Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-12-03

white man, and if he despises one thing
more than another it is white man
who has become Negro, and the first
neck his heel will tread upon is the
white mans through whose vote he
gains power.
In the county of Richmond, N. c., 6
white man made speech within five
miles of the South Carolina line, ir
which he openly encouraged his Negro
hearers to assaults on white women
He did not speak at his next appoint
ment, and in any other state in this
Union one uttering such statements
would have been hanged ; but this
man was allowed to 60 with ar
apology.
LIBERTY OR CIVILIZATION.
Finally, let it be understood thai
this is a righteous cause, high above
the plane of party, and involving the
preservation of civilization. 1t was
Macaulay, I believe, who said of the
French revolution, "It destroyed lib
erty; but preserved civilization" Il
was an awful calamity when, after the
war, vast horde of ignorant voters
were enfranchised. More than once
have our people been face to face with
the dread choice between liberty and
civilization.
Once in South Carolina Wade Hamp
ton thrilled the hearts of our people
with the words: ~ will be governor
of South Carolina, or, by the Eternal
we will have a military government
Better for me military depotism thar
civilization inferior, degraded ano
corrupt.
This is the cause of civilization. The
southern people can stand four cents
cotton and poverty, but they will mol
stand Negro domination. AS long as
there is decent white man living be
will be ready to die in defense of oul
women and our civilization.
think one of the greatest mistakes
now being made is the methods o
education of the Negro. He is being
rapidly developed intellectually be-
fore he is prepared industrially ano
morally. The three should 60 hano
lin hand, and the process in the first il
too rapid for the latter to keep pace
On the contrary, it is just and righ
and absolutely best and wisest for botf
races that the white people, who set
tied this country and civilized it and
made it the grandest country on the
globe, and who have done more fol
the Negro race than all other peoples
should govern it as whole and in al
its parts. 1t is their country and they
have right to rule it, and they GER
tainly will rule it.
THE cAUcAs1AN's "DIvINE RIGHT"
In looking for the solution of these
race evils we say at the outset that i
calls for the same solution-that o
white supremacy-that has followed
throughout the worlds history. Th'
superiority of the white, the inferiorit!
of the black, is principle recognized
by sociologists, which no mere senti
mental utterance can obscure. 1t ha'
been exhibited in all ages, and the in
stances which Egypt gave in the early
days are today repeated in the advance
of Apglo-Saxon civilization under th'
banners of the Sirdar and the driving
back of the black hordes at Khartoum
The right of the Caucasian to rule
comes from God. Where he is founc
he governs. 1t is in his blood. Hi.
commission is printed on his brow by
the hand of the Almighty, and tht
record of his race is marked in all the
histories of the past in all the coun
tries of the earth. Anglo-Saxon CIV
ilization in North Carolina will never
retreat in the face of conflict with ar
inferior race.
Every state in the south has had the
same ordeal to 60 through; but il
every struggle our civilization has beer
maintained and in every conflict it ha:
ultimately triumphed. The constitu
tions of South Carolina, Mississippi
and Louisiana tell the story.
1t has been fortunate for the Caro-
linas, for the south and for the country
at large, that the recent demand fol
federal bayonets to sustain Negro dom
ination was not carried out. President
Mckinley is good man. He is better
and stronger than some of his advisers
He has been very conservative in his
South Carolina appointments, and
hope he will not be influenced by un
wise counsels in the future. He should
defer to the sentiment of white supre
macy prevailing in the south, because
such supremacy does not necessarily
involve any hostility to the Negroes.
TIME ONLY CAN SOLVE PROBLEM.
Time alone can solve the complex
problem. A certain period of quies
cence must elapse during which the
public mind will have time to recover
from the violence of reconstruction
and Negro domination, as recently
witnessed in North Carolina. The
Negro will become more generally diff
fused over the entire country and the
haunting terror of his domination thus
become less. In the meantime he is
developing morally and industrially by
contact with the whites; be is well
qualified for the requirement of an
initiative civilization {; all that he has
came in that way. By nature he Is
peaceful, and only dangerous from his
emotional and superstitious nature
which makes bim the prey of bad
white men. 1t is pity that he has to
suffer for it: the white men at his back