The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-07-25
wHHN THE "NIGGER' 10 OUT on
POLITICsi

wHHN THE "NIGGKR" - OUT OF
PoLITICsi |,
For something like year there
have been appearing In various pa
pers purported interviews from
Southern political demagogues In
which they are quoted a. saying that
when the negro "gets out or or
IL ceiling bated from" politics, there
will BE- or may he . new alignment
Of parties In some Of the Southern
states, that there will be more In
dependence among illegally sccredit-
ID" voters, and that they will vote
according to their judgment and In
clinations etc, etc.
A singular fact In connection with
these interviews is that not single |
man interviewed has ever expressed
his own Independence, and 1t Is easy |
to draw the conclusion that each
and every one Of them will continue
TO do his best to keep the negro In
politics ~ an Issue, 1t least, for the
simple reason that their demagogical
yell Of "nigger" is their only polit-
ical graft" or salsation.
AS matter OF fact, since the ma
tional troops were withdrawn from
the Southern states after the 80 called
reconstruction" the negro has never
been In politics except to vote or 10
think he was voting; and 1t Is well
known fact that his vote has gener-
ally been counted according to the
needs Of the democratic demagogue.
With every safeguard that could be
thrown around The franchise of the
negro, IL would be a. impossible for
him to dominate" any Southern
state a. IL would be If he had no vote
at all. Knowing this, there have
been, and there are today, men who
have shown their political independ-
snce by opposing democratic dema-
goguery without fear of its "nigger
yelling" character or without fear OF
the neePo in politics, and these men
have an unbounded contempt fol
the political shyster who had no in.
dependence because Of his alleged
fear Of the negro. No white mar
who ever felt his actual superiority
to the African race-who was con
WINGED In his soul that the negro
was an inferior being, has ever re
sorted to the degrading and debasinf
practice of "nigger yelling" A mar
with q genuine consciousness o
superiority easily perceives that sucl
course does not put the negro any
lower than he really Is, and 1t is
seleevident fact that the shyste
politician who cannot rise withOu
the negro Is basis of his elevation
Is not one bit higher than the negr
can put him. He Is only just abov
the negro, and If the negro shoul'
suddenly be transported from tn
Southern country, these niger how
Ing shysters would naturally fall In
to the place made vacant by the neg
ro's removal. They would hav
nothing on Gods earth to stand or
and would be bound to rest ON til
level which the negro left. This In
desputable fact accounts for the 10,
order Of men who are In control {
the government of the SOuther
states to-day-that order to whic
Tlllman, Simmons and other simils
characters who are unknown outsid
their own states belong. The sam
condition accounts for the fact tn,
the men Of big brain and sterliu
character In the Southern states CA
not be leaders in political matter
They scorn to try to come to Il
front on such low level, and the
deepise the shysters who will tai
that level.
In these days there are no Lamar
Hamptons, Herberts and Vances
the head Of Southern politics, ar
under the "nigger yelling" regin
such characters cannot come to Il
front, for the reason that there is
them an honor and respectable,
which make It impossible for the
to stoop low enough for that purpoe
Those demagogues who are mout
ing about the time when the neg
is eliminated from politics knc
that such time Is never coming
they can prevent 1t. They are u
certain Of themselves as to actu
merit, and they cannot consent tc
test in which morality and 20
character Is involved. If they we
not towards and shysters they wou
show their stamina and independeu
under all circumstancs-provid<