The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-05-15

was the defamation OF your State, ana
Insult. II Insult could come from scch
source to your State offices. Unoer
this decree, the doors have been thrown
opcn and the ballot again placed IN
the hansd Of every man. white or Dlach'
OF the age OF twenty-one years Ihe
abuse and SANDER heaped upon the STATE
by the counsel for the plaintna was
only surpassed by that Of the judge IN
his document, styled decree I'm equity
JUDGE sIMoNToS SCORED.
"Rut the pity Of il, the humiliation. and
the shame OF I Is yet to be told Beside
this Jeffries on the bench sat an old man.
whose head was grey who had fought
on the field Of battle for States rights,
who had been Speaker Of the House OF
Representatives Of South Carolina, and In
whose handwriting part Of your registra-
ion laws exist IN our archives. There he
sat- wearing alike the judicial ermine'
hearing his State DETAINED. his comrades-
in-arms denounced as rebels, ard his own
handiWOrk adjudged crime. If the law
WAS crime, was he not the criminalF
Should his head have not been bent ana
his eyes moist with the tears Of humilia-
tom Alas they were not. With Me-
phistophelean grin on his wrinkled face
he nodded assent 10 the most Infamous
document ever emanating from Il court
in equity while the black audience ex-
claimed A Daniel has come to judg-
ment: yea. a Danieli' The ex-senator
who has been holding caucrses in Colum-
bia at private houses having the ear
OF the court and holding the foot Of the
Chancellor returned to his LONE. feel
ing that his movements had not been
detected. But the responsibility shall rest
whore II belongs. Let the people not
blame the poor. lean. and hungry counsel
who are barking merely for a hone but
visit the sin upon the head of the arch
cOnsrira tors
WHITE AND A BLACK FLAG.
"a crisis confronts us. an issue has
been thrust upon us without our will
or consent at time when peace was
lowering over the State. South Carolina
is enjoying n era Of Industrial Improve
ment, factories are being built in greater
numbers than elsewhere I'm the South.
The credit Of the State ranks higher than
ever in its history, our bonds not being
purchasable at a premium Of less than
10 per cent. rhe march Of progress is
about TO be stopped: the black hand OF
negro domination hOvers over us, we
must meet the issue like South Carolin-
ians. There are only two hags. the
white and the black; under which will
you enlist? the one. the white, peaceful
flag Of Anglo-Saxon civilization and
progress; or the other, the black flag OF
tho debased and ignorant African, with
the white traitors who are seeking to
marshal the negroes in order to gain
political power? 1t is fortunate that the
issue comes at this time when Con-
stitution is to be made guaranteeing
white supremacy. once and forever.
"The Constitutional Convention must be
controlled by white men, not white men
with black hearts, not negroes, the world
must be shown that we are capable OF
governing ourselves and that Consti-
tuition or no Constitution law or no low,
court or no court, the intelligent white
men Of South Carolina intend TO govern
her Let the man who undertakes TO
lead the ignorant black suffer as ne dld
I'm 1876. ana remember that eternal vigil
ance is the price of liberty. / VIII not
can the Legislature together. They can
do nothing. An appeal will be taken TO
the Supreme Court of the United States,
hut under the red tape and technicalities
surrounding a decision cannot be had
i'm time to affect the election OF dele
gates. it must be a free. open fght' /
appcal TO the sovereign people OF South
Carolina. the wisest and safest and pur-
est tribunal to protect their homes ana
liberties. They have never failed to re-
snond TO duty. The government or the
neople must. and, shall be perpetuated,
and we are ready TO lead the fight under
the white mans flag.
Your obedient servant.
JOHN GARY EVANS.
Governor"