The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-01-18

Wn0n every right guaranteed to CitiZ an.
ship by tho constitution will be given
to us by and through tho whito man of
the south.
God can moyo mountains. We arc
not any worse siil;ctod iu our oitia On.
ship aLd rights than havo boon other
nations.
have stated that ain opposed to
tho cutting down of tho representation
Of tho south. Why am opposed to it?
Because it would be wrong, and if it is
o wrong to temporarily disfranohise us,
tho taking away Of tho south roprosen-
tation for that reason would be groat-
or wrong Two wrongs can novor mako
q right. Have YOU oyor stopped to
count tho cost to us negroes shodld tho
south lose its fifty congressman that
arc allotted to her on account Of our
proscnco hore?
II the representation wcro takon
away it would moan absolute and total
disfranohisomont Of tho pooplo who
had no representation in tho general
g0vernmont.
For timo tho whito pooplo wonld
suffer, but if tho representation wero
taken away from tho south tho negro
would be practically killed for ono
hundred years. Somo 60 80 far as to say
that thoy do not caro- what happens to
as negroes 80 long as tho south loscs
hor fifty representatives, but lot us stop
and count tho cost boforo wo join tho
huo and ory: "Cut down tho roproscn-
tation, cut down tho south's roprosen-
tation."
1t is argued that it is no uso to have
thing that you oanoot use; right
that you cannot cpjoy. But that. does
not hold good in ali oascs. The children
Of Israel woro givon tho ark Of tho
covenant, aad after thoy had crossed
tho Jordan thoy forgot tho teachings Of
Moses, and for them the ark of tho
covenant lost it's power, but it was tho
insignia Of Johova's promise 1t failed
to do sorvioo for tho sinful Israolitos
aud tho Canaaninites carried it away,
and placed it in their tcmple, in tho
midst of thoir idols to mako it thing
of dolision in it's hel elplessnoss in that
tomplo of blindness. wickedness and
sin; but when they wont back to look
at it in doriBion, surrounded by tho
idols of Hsal, what did thoy bohold
Why all their idols had tumblod to the
ground and wcro crushed; and in that
sight tho heathon saw that tho ark Of
the covenant, which was tho magma
oharta Of tho Jews. had in it tho
strength and protection to tho Jows.
Lot our right to vote bo locked up
temporarily in tho tomplo of prcjudioo,
but do not sock to destroy it by asking
congress to out down tho representation
of tho South, which was given on
| account of our presouoe horo. A right
should tho south loso tho representa-
tion givon on account of our prcsonoo
wo will bo disfranohisod forever wo,
aud not tho whito man, will be tho
| sufferer for all time If tho act is per.
potrated.
No, follow oitizcns, lot tho south
havo hor representation. although tho
| right is looked up in tho temple Of
blind prejudice; but if tho right re-
mains tho timo will como, and como it
must, whom tho white mon Of tho south
will invite us to enjoy it with thcm.
Let us prepare ourselves for it's OF ~
ment, for it will como back to us in its
fullnoss and its right.
| lACt I'D lCpOlfO w u5U ~ Will OuT WullC
noighbors for tho benefit Of ourselves
and our white noighbors. Let us rn.
solvo 10 fit ourselvcs eduoationally,
spiritually and materially for it's use
and enjoyment.
In short, lot us look to tho south, ,abso.
lutely to the south to assist us in tho
enjoyment Of every right that belongs
to froo citizenship. If they do not
give it to us the north will mover inter
fore or assist us to got il. Wo havo
been the bono of contention between
the two sc ctions too long. 1t is timo
for ns to educate ourselves that "
may 500 the true inwardnoss or motive
Of this political agitation.
Tho Jews had boon disfr,nohisod
in Europe for hundreds of years, but
they remained virtues, aspiring, ,achicv
ing, God.fearing, neighbor loving peo
pie; and today on account of thoir in
teligcncc, high moral dovclopcment,
integrity, and wealth, thcy dictate al
most any terms Of peace or war to tho
crowned heads Of tho world.
God is God and right is right. "Jus.
tioo, like volcanic fire, may sleep
awhile suppressed, but can't expire.
1.-Two right. bright. God is not doad
AT spes non fracta."
We must possess ourselves of tcoh-
nloal education, commercial education,
industrial education. Wo must pre-.
pare ourselves to oc,upy every avenue
of thrift and Legitimate gain. Get mo.
noy, but get it honestly. Keep money
but do not hoard it. Keep it to assist
you in developing tho southland Keep
monoy to assist you in bottoring your
condition, and securing homes. Koop
money for rainy day Keep up your
churches; support your preachers; sup
port your schools; toaoh your girls to
work at homo, and by 40 doing you viii
strengthen their morality. Aud lot us
not forget that wo owe duty:frst to
South Carolina; second to the nation;
third, to ourselves; and last, but not
least, to God.
From the report Of Superintendent
MoMahan we 500 that moro negroes
attond public schools than whitos
1t is true that wo got less than ono.
third OF tho monoy appropriated for
the puIlio schools of tho state, but
when wo consider who the ruling olass
cs arc, and arc reminded Of tho politi
cal antagonism that has cxistod bo-
twoon tho two raoos, l am really sur.
prisod, odifiid and gratiGod to SEQ
that our political antagonists havo
treated US 30 woll, and arc spending as
l. L u !