The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-05

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From the Greenville Is. c. News.
The following entertaining and interest
| ing contribution is from a well known
colored Baptist preacher who once lived
in Greenville and had charge of a large
congregation there:
stopped over at Trenton last Tuesday
about two hours waiting for a train to
take me to Edgeheld court house. Know
ing that ex-Gov. Tillman lived within the
corporate limits of the town. 1 decided to
go up and walk around his place. and If
I could muster up enough courage, to so
to his residence and have talk. The SEN
ator lives in a large mansion in a fine oak
grove about five minutes walk from the de-
pot The stately mansion is surrounded
! by Ave or six servant houses Quilt before
the war, two large vegetable gardens con-.
tain every variety of vegetables. and a
| beautiful flower garden in front I APP
| preached the place in fear and trembling,
| thinking he might drive me away, unless
I was hunting work. He was sitting in
the front porch reading a newspaper.
Good evening, governor"
Good evening, sir. Come In"
AS 1 opened the gate he said
/, Hold on; who are you, and where do
you come from?"
II am a travelling colored man, and /
simply want to take look at your place
and have a talk with you If you do not
mind talking to me-"
WELL If you are not after chickens you
can look around; niggers love chickens
| What do you want to talk about-religion,
/ politics, education, farming, or what?"
]
BY this time l had reached the front
| steps. / was not invited to come any
| further, and there l stood up for one
hour. He was in good humor and seem
! ed to be pleased
"Wen governor, 1 want TO talk on
ested in that race. ] am not in politics
/ and never was, but ! favored your move
in 1880; | did not, vote for YOU, but 1
some good. You divided the white people
and put them to fighting each other and
we were let alone. In 1880 the majority of
the negroes either voted for you and your
ticket or did not vote at all. l am sorry
you are elected Senator, and wish you were
''Why?'' said he.
hBecause you would keep up strife and
| we would be at peace"
How do you niggers like Gov. Evans?"
! 1--WE are afraid of him, and look for the
worst under his administration"
| WELL you are mistaken. He has no
! and l have no malice for them, but think
that the majority of them are ignorant
| and not fit to vote. They can be bought
| and sold like cattle, and will do whatever
| their bosses tell them wnen 1t comes to
| voting. have good feeling for them,
and believe the CONSTITUTIONAL convention
| peace among the white people, and we
never can have 1t with such a majority of
negro votes that dissatisfied white man
can buy up and use at will. There are too
| many negroes here anyhow. Why don't
you niger preachers take some of them
well. they are moving out of the state
every year. They are going north. Do
You want all Of them to go.
No, not ALL but some of them"
We'll, governor, you have more infiu-
snce than any white man in South Caro-
sreat deal of good for the nesro can w az
you be delegate to the convention?"
II don't know, but suppose l will My
| friends all over the state want me to be.
What do you niggers want us to do, any
way?"
white and black the same in the eyes of
the law. and as citizens of the common
'I did that when 1 was governor. I par
doned many poor devils out of the peni-
Tertiary that | was satisfied did not have
fair trial and were improperly convicted.
A negro killed white man in GreenVille
county about his wife and he was convicted
of manslaughter and sent to the peniten-
tiary ] pardoned him at once, and 1 was
abused for it by the white people,
How about lyuching?"
81 am ready TO help lynch any white man
that will criminally assault colored wo-
man to-day, as well as l am to lynch a ne
gro for criminally assaulting a white wo-
man."
Don't you think ex-senator Hampton
hasg
INVADE Hampton is a hypoerite, and let
me tell you above all things in the world
hate. hypocrisy. 1t is most as bad as steal
II can't believe that Gen Hampton ever
killed negro or wanted them killed"
He accepted the results, which was just
as bad, and held Office which was the fruit
Of Intimidation, fraud and such violence.
did my share of 1t in 1876
Don't YOU feel that you have done
mo. We had 1t to do We could stand
II no longer ! confess I have never killed
a niger, but shot at one in Hamburg and
tried to kill him, but missed him.
well, what are you going to do in the
convention. The negroes are alarmed. You
are the cause of 1t. The Tillman-Hemphiil,
Evans and Barnwell conference did it, I'm
to that time the negroes were at ease. 1
have never voted but once in my life, and
do not care to vote now, but l would like
to have the privilege to do so"
DO you know anything about the Mis-
sissippi plan?'
mot intelligently, sir''
We'll, you must pay a heavy poll tax
and be able to read the constitution of the
| United States and understand it,"
Who Is to be the judge?'
The supervisor"
And what Il he be partisan. prejudiced
That's another thing; but the United
! States will not allow us to make a law for
the negroes and not have the same law for
| white people"
But making laws and enforcing them
after they are made is another thing"
No reply.
LET me tell You something. We will
! carry this election even if all the angels in
| nell the devil. all the niggers and cOnserv-