The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1895-02-20
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Under the above captain D the News
and Courier of last "Wednesday had a
most timely editorial Which Xo com
ment TO tho attentive perusal oealls
white men. Our cotemporary says, iii
GCyy:sScnt;af, "in tbs jaiY;s;o:: of Tic
|tlyhite people Of this State the Republi-5
can leaders sec thcirSopportn,lty and
they hayo boon quick to seize it,. Tho
address which they have sent out is
plausible and adroit. II is calculated
| |atonce' to arouse tho negro and pull
tho Whito man into false sense of
security Its statement of tho race
situation MS nn. clcmcnt oc The political
problem is aslngcnio,ls us it is falla-
tcioils. Tho Republican address rep
resenis the colorcd people rs the patent
recipients Of all manner Of wrongs;,t
the handsof tho whito people, who arc
charged with breaking faith with them
Tand dcpriving them of their civil
rights, and with tho intent to render
them ever after powcrlcss to assert
those rights, yet there is declared to be
no attempt to overthrow white sllprc
macy, no republican or colorcd capdi-
dates arc put forward, but the Republi-
cans, nine hundred and ninety nine
thousnndths of whom are colorcd, are
! advised to yoto for those white men
| whom they can best trust. Now, we
| take it that tho intelligent white pco-
pie Of this State have 10 desire to i'm
| pose upon tho negroes, nor do they
| wonder that tho colored people should
look at the Constitutional Convention
from racial standpoint and seek to
accomplish what they think hest for
their race. But the White people must
be. permitted likewise to look at it
from racial standpoint and be OK
pcctcd to do what they think best for
| tho white race. Will il be best from
that point Of veiw that the delegates
/ to the Constitutional Convention owe
their election exclusively to white
men, or that they Shall owe it to white
mon aided by negroes? Can any white
man hesitate as to the answcr2 Are
all or q majority Of tho white people
Of South Carolina ready to rally round
the polls, check by jowl with our col
Orcd fellOw-citiZens, on u footing Of
perfect equality, and choose the best
men for tho Convention, regardless Of
| color or political preiudicel Ccrtain-
ly notl However desirable such a
political millennium may be from q
| purely abstract point of view, il does
not exist. This election must be either
the white man on ono sidc and the
negro on the other, orso,ne white men
on one side and the negroes and some
| white men on tho other. In the lat
ter case what will be the result? In
our humble opinion the whi!e mon
who have negro allies will be beaten
out of their boots. But supposing that
the white mon aud their negro allies
should win. What then2 Would
there eyer be peace in South Carolina
with party in power that depends on
the negroes for its majority2 It is an
ugly dihnna, but we had as we'll face
il once for ALL Let the Convention
be white mans Convention
out and out, elected and supported by
tho white people Of the State. We
can trust white mon TO do right by
their inferior race, but we cannot
trust the inferior race with powel
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