The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-05-20

who are responsible for and who have
enjoyed the benefits and honors of Office
under these laws have turned upon their
state since their retirement BY an ap-
peal to one OF the bitterest enemies OF
southern civilzation-a politician who dis
graces the judicial ermine of the United
States court and masquerading as judge
they have succeeded in having declared
the registration law unconstitutional, null
and void. The chief argument made De-
fore him was the defamation of your state
and insult. if insult could come from such
a source, to your state officers. Under this
decree, the doors have been thrown open
and the ballot again placed in the nandS
OF every man. white or black, of the age
of twenty one years. The abuse and sian
der heaped upon the sta.e by the counsel for
the plaintiffs was only surpassed by that OF
the judge in his document styled "A decree
in equity But the pity of II, the humlila-
ton and the shame of ii, is yet to be TOLD
Beside this Jefferies on the bench, sat an
old man. whose head was gray, who had
fought on the field of battle for states
rights. who had been speaker of the house
of representatives of South Carolina, ana
in whose handwriting part of your regis
tration laws exist in our archives; there
he sat, wearing alike the judicial ermine'
hearing his state DETAINED, his comrades
In arms denounced as rebels, and his own
handiwork adjudged n crime. If the law
was a crime, was he not the crminalf
Should his head not have been bent and
his eyes moist with tears OF humiiiationT
Alasi they were not. With a Mephistophe-
lean grin on his wrinl1led face, he noudeu
assent to the most infamous document
ever emanating from a court in equity
while the black audience exclaimed; "A
Daniel has come to Judgment yea,
Daniel The ex-senator who has been
in Nfsl
houses. having the ear of the court and
holding the foot of the chancellor, re
turned 10 his home feeling that his move
ments had not been detected; but the re-
sponsibility shall rest where IL belongs.
Let the people not blame the poor lean
and hungry counsel who are barking mere
IL for bone, but visit the sin upon the
heads of the arch conspirators.
The Two Flags.
"a crisis confronts us-an issue has been
thrust upon us without our VIII or consent,
al a time when peace was lowering over
the state. South Carolina is enjoying an
era of industrial Improvement: factories are
being built IN greater number than else
where III the south; the credit of the state
ranks higher than ever in its history, our
bonds not being purchaSable at premium
Of less than 10 per cent. The narch OF
progress is about to be stopped; the black
pall of negro domination hoNcrS over US.
We must meet the issue like South caro-
llnlauS. There are Only Two HdSS-lnt Anllt
and The back-under which viii you enlist?
The one. the white, peaceful flag OF Anglo
Saxon civilization and progress; or the 9TH
err the black flag OF the debaSed ana iS-
norant African with the white traitors,
who are seeking TO marshal the negroes in
order To regain political power. IL is for
tunate that the issue comes at this time,
when a constitution is TO be made. guaran-
teeing white supremacy once and forever.
The constitutional convention must be con-
trollcd by white men, not white men with
black hearts nor negroes. Inc world must
be- shown that we are capable of governing
ourselves and that, constitution or no con-
stitution. law or no law. court or no court.
the intelligent white men of South Carolina
Intend TO govern her. Let the man who UNI
dertaNes 10 lead the ignorant blacks against
you suffer az he did in 1876. and remember
that entcrnal vigilance is the price of lib
erty.
Il VIII not call the legislature together.
They could DO nothing. An appeal will he
taken TO the supreme court Of the United
States but under the red tape and tech
uicalities surrounding it, a decision cannot
be had in time TO affect the election OF DEL
egates. 1t must be "A free. open fight. 1
appeal to the sovereign people of South
Carolina-the wiscst and safest and purest
tribunal-to protect their homes and liber-
ties. They have never failed TO respond 70
duty. The government of the people must
and shall be perpetuated and We are ready
10 lead the fight under the white mans flag.
Your ohedient servant
"JOIfN GARY EVANS. Governor"