The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-05-02
ENLlGHTENING
THE NORTH.
Congressman Norton's Bril-.
liant Defence Of tho South.

Weontugsoos April 20 -Special
ledge Nostoe made Q short speech
n the Hooss oa Monday. on oondi
sioes IN the South. In reply to some
esapsrssoes which hsd been drawn
~ Representatives, between the
Nosshsrn Sssses and the Southera
eoss. He peeeeated The situation ia
Ne Southern States 10 . very clear
eoaoiss nsaesr. and Il will prove in'
eessssipg rssdisiog to oil Soulherners
He said II part:
''6oos dsys ego the geuslemsn
iron Iowa osds some comparisons
bsswssn bic owa State end come
0oushssu States. referring especially
- Alsbama. 10 the matter of educa
tiossl fsoilities. rsking the oonsrss,
sesongly against the South This ID
osly . sample of meoy Of the like
Sp6sreuoes 20 the South On the floor oi
THE Houee. desire TO address my.
elf somewhat 20 these misapprsben
sions.
Ell wish TO cay that oil things and
conditions considered. the South has
doao spd 10 doing % much in these
end other directions - soy other part
ef th ecountry. The disadvantages
usdes which the South hes labored
fbs the lsss thirty years are greater
eben snyose outside Of Il can we'll
oosoeivs Of OF even believe
"The soath hes paid TO other
oeolions Of THE ooussry siuoe the war
q three heoe. VIZ psosions. inter.
80 end tssi6 peotsolioo. enough to
hevs paid The peblie debt q the close
of the vas. os ahoas $4,000, 600, 900.
AID I'll THE. Too. allss che had been
devsssssed b var and robbed Of
nlllioas ssd oillioaS By che carpet.
~ governments alssr the var. Men.
- Of The 0eush, sssaaing 10 die cues
qoeseioss. asvss oossides these iacts
in their eoopsslsons
''0oush Ossoliss. With Q property
osssssasas Of lee then S200. 900, 900,
hes paid los peesions over and above
evssy dollss received By psusiopers
j. that State shout 90. 900. 900
1hs eleven seoedisg States have psid
II ths ssos wsy. for The same pur
pess $500. 900. 900 sbovs Oh going to
then
"Ths Soash hss paid sbous 81 .000..
900. 900 interest lor money to make
asd harvest her drops. sod not less
shsn 81. 500. .000. 900 for special pro
tsosioo 10 The psossosd interests Of
ether ssc,ions
"The people Of tho South. being
mainly produosrs IN tho markets OF
the world in oompetiou With ell
countries aud were forced 10 buy iu
tho protected marksts Of the United
States. guarded by protective lave
"lu addition to this direct financial
drain great damsge has been euffered
By tho Sou,h, growing out Of the
prejudice. aud faIsehoods, and the
misrepresentation of the North
against Southern people. Much Of
this has come Of che recoustruction
period Missionaries with oarpe.
bags came South from tue North
after the wsr sad took control Of the
psgro. voted him TO suit their nefs.
rious purposes. sad taught him that
% was not wrong to rob and murder
white men, TO burn aud despoil white
homes
"Here begsn lynchings They
never occurred st the South uutil the
John j Psttersons. tho X K SCOTS,
ths b + Whittemores aud their fel
low missionaries frvm Pennsylvania
and Massachusetts, end Cs:o and
other psrts Of tho Norsa brought
thsir mslevoIoot political Influences
sod social teachings to the Southern
negro No case of, or cause for
lynching can be shown among the
negroes OF the South until the re-.
construction period, the days of the
Northern carpe,bagger 10 the South
"Tne reputation Of the South has
been affected BY thess meu, who,
after going North. painted the people
Of the South - black in in'qui,y ss
their own souls Bet during aii these
years the South has suffsred Ia
sile1ce. patiently awaiting q proper
vindica,ion Of her people by sn I'm
partial future.
Notwithstanding 4 v war wa.
hell. military rule. huhi'iation and
Reconstruction were worse--worst
than tho frogs and fies. the locust,
and lice. the ds;kuess aud death sen,
upon The Egyp,isns ye, tho south
stands today resplendsn, ia the char
sc,ef OF q gsest and splendid people,
unscs,hed ny the bIigb, Of war, IN.
sullied by the rot Of reconstruction
uadAun,cd by poverty aud oppres
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