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THE SENTIMENT or THE SOUTH.
The views 81 q Distinguished LAWYER 81 saNan-
nah nho VIII vote for htklnlcJ.

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TO TgE Eplron or TnR SuS sir In your
issue Of the 2sth you publish my communication
Of the 2ith. aud answer 1t with n strong and
earn. ct editorial which closes with u question
add eS.cd - me.
Bryanlle domination as an escape from negro
domination
Mr.. Lawton. Is not that a humllatng alternative
for mru and descendants Of men who won the a'
mlratIin of the world by their splendid yalor and en-
durance In a gigantic war
cannot refrain from answering your ques-
ton. Nes. a more humiiuiing alternative than
Won. who do not regard negro domination as 30
humiliatlng, can conceive. lbhor as keenly
as you the one alternative Bryanism, but you
who do not live arong u can not adequately
abhor the other You do not, therefore. appre-
olatr the full extnnt Of the humiliation to which
you sO strenuously refer.
In Utopia each citizen votes with the party
whose n-cendancf he boli v"s will best pro-
mote The welfare Of the whole. even though 1t
may greatly damage him or hs immediate sec
tion. But this Is not Utopia, and Il man will
prefer the welfare Of hiS own city and state to
that Of the nation. The white men OF Georgia
believe that their State and her people will be
more prosperous even with dishonest money,
with Altgeld and Tillman in the cabinet. with
the flag ANONYMOUSLY hauled down where our
brave ,oldIers are fighting. with riotous mobs
permitted 10 pillsge and destroy and kill those
whose estimate OF a proper wage differs from
their own (although We do not have suoh mobs
inEGeorgial with all the other evils that Bryan
ism will bring, than they would be- under such
negro domination ns We have had IN past years;
or. worse stnl, such a. South Carolina and
Louisiana had And there IL race prejudice
and sentiment The whist, man Is unwilling to
be dominated v a black rice " ich was
formerly his slave and thi- without regard to
the good or bad qualities Of thar racr.
A word as to the effect which Presidential
elections may have on the question. IN politics
white supremacy means that the white mans
vote shall control. aud tina the white man shall
make and Judge and administer the laws. The
Republican party has in the p ist combated
such supremacy In the South, and has. on the
contrary, placed the neg 70 in Office as legisla-
tor. Judge and executive officer. At IS only In
the belief that II will not continue to do so that
/ shall vote for its Presidential candidate.
| have neither the time. the inclination. nor
the talent for full discussion of this subject,
and there ar many things in your editorial
VIII ch | must pass over. My first letter was
written for the purpose OF showing 10 you. as
an ardent Republican. what reasons restrain
most Southerners from voting with you. They
believe Mr.. n, Kinley 10 be the representa-
tive Of negro domination. and for them the al
tentative presented in this campaign is. indeed.
an awful one.
think otherwise. and believe that by voting
for Mckinley in this election | am helping to
speed the day when the negro question will be
eliminated from southern politics and the
voters OF my State will divide on other issues.
Whether this day will come or not depends en-
tircly on the course OF the Republican party.
II It continues the political promotion Of the
negro the day will never come.
ALEXANDER RUDOLF LAYTON.
SAVANNAH, Ga, Sept. 20.