The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-07-04
HE URGES A REVOLT
Herbert, Of Alabama, Says Lgsry
Citizen Should B, Sovereign.
YELLOW DOG" THEORY WRONG
Secretary Of the Navy Under Cleve
land Delivers Unique Address
Before the Alabama Bar
Association.

EX-Secretary n. A. HerDerl auQTesS'
Cd the Alabama Bar Association at
Montgomery Friday on the subject of
the Duties and Responsibilities Of the
American Lawyer IN the Twentieth
century" The constitutional conven.
ion adjourned in honor of his address,
and the address was delivered to beth
oodies in the state capitol.
He declared that "thc country had
entered upon the most critical period
II its existence. In the time Of nation
Il exultation and exaltation, we must
not be over-confldent 1t is easy Dor
few people Of the same general char
.eter to agree. The country is no long
ar small or homogeneous. For seh-
government to be successful, citizens
must be alive to the increasing ardu.
BUSINESS of self-control. Great cities
are multiplying; vast masses OF manu-
sactures are aggregated. The tele-
graph and press bring the whole coun-
try under the same exciting conditions
that compel mobs Of civilized men to
do the work of barbarians.
New complexities are arising. Cuba,
Porto Rico, Hawaii and Alaska and the
Philippines demand solution. Shall we
return them or abandon them? Shall
we govern them or let them govern us?
1.-TWO perils assailed US prior to 1850
in the days of our infancy. The Hart
ford convention threatened disruption
and South Carolina attempted nuliica-
ton. Since 1850 four crises have been
passed-the civil war, reconstruction,
attempted impeachment OF Andrew
Johnson, the Hays-Tilden contest.
Reconstruction gave the ballot to
the negro, and this led to ballot box
frauds in the south, where the ballot
had always been sacred. Fraud stalks
through the land like a pestilence In
the night. The line is imaginary be-
tween counting out the negro because
his vote is cast for the wrong candl-
date, and counting out the white man
because his vote is obnoxious. Honest
elections are the only salvation Of the
country. Let all educated men pro-
claim aloud that except upon the basis
Of honest elections the natural out
come of republican government Is dis
content, unrest, instability and fnally
revolution"
The speaker turned to the remedy
and declared it to be greater lndepend'
ence Of thought and action, less slaV'
ish adherence to parties. The yellow
dog" theory Of politics will not do.
Worthy men must not surrender their
power In party and state to tricksters.
Every citizen must be sovereign to
act.
The power OF the independent press
OF the north and south was dwelt upon
at length and its influence for good to
the south in the past twenty-five years
was described. The Civic Federation
IN chicago duu luS ASo0SAiS ~ = o'AsA
cal Science of Philadelphia were laud-
ed. Colonel herbert declared:
ave are in need OF freer thought
and freer action in the south. The
time has come when no man should
support the nominees Of his party u!''
less the platform and the man are such
as he approves. If no party puts ont q
platform and nominees which man
approves he should reject them all. Let
the parties understand that clauses put
into platforms to catch votes will drive
away intelligence"
Colonel Herbert specially emphasiz'
ed the growing readiness to party re-
volt among the Alabama newspapers
and commended those which refused tc
stand by the party in 1895. He partic'
ularly urged activity in party prlma'
ries and nominations. 50 as TO prevent
the necessity of revolt at the election.