The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-25

doubt as to what the result will be. Let us be true and stand by our peo- pie and pander to no sentiment, 1t matters not from what section It may come, but do our whole duty. If we will do that. we will perpetuate the supremacy Of the white people of Ala bama. The people of Alabama decided that they wanted a Constitutional Con- vention to regulate this question, one so long. They demanded a Constitu' tional Convention, and by their votes they sent us here. Let us prove that we are not unworthy of the trust re- posed in us. Yes. MT. President, There is a day and there Is an hour,
 moment of time.
 When the gods shall be willing to
 try us. This test of our strength. of our pur-
 poses sublime
 They cannot, they would not, deny
 us. Iris our right to demand tho occasion,
 else how
 Shall we prove by our courage un-
 daunted
 That we merit the crown that is placed
 on the brow
 Of the man who Is there when he's
 wanted.
 The world is a stage and our lives are
 play
 And the part that is cast for us in it May be very obscure, yet there comes
 that one day
 When we speak its best lines for .
 minute.
 Then the dream of our lives -
 Through all these years of trials and tears
 The soul like soft music is haunted Comes true and we see through the
 tangle of years
 The man who Is there when he's want
 ad.'
 Let us discharge that duty as be- comes citizens, patriots and statesmen, and prove to the people that we are the men who are here when we are wanted.
 MT. President. some objection has been raised to the grandfather clause. l say to you, gentlemen. that l be- lieve that is the best clause in the en- tire report. They say 1t Is an unjust discrimination. Why? If a negro served in any of these wars, or any descendants of those of that race who served in any of these wars. does 1t shut him out? Not at all. The white man has ever fought the battles of his country, and 1t Is right and proper that he should rule and govern, and in my humble judgment, he is going to rule and govern while time glides rimbly by. Let every man with white skin have a pride In the good work. and disfran- chise no white man on account of iilit- eracy or poverty, but say to him. you xrNur hava fonNht the battle of the world; you have stood up for liberty in the years that have gone, in recognizing you for the brave deeds done on the field of battle. we grant you this privilege. MT. President. our armies have been composed in the past largely of illiterate and poor men. Take the war between the States, and who rallied to the tune of Dixie when the tocsin of war was sounded? It was the yeomanry of the country. The illiterate and the poor man went forth to fight for and save their country, and Mr. President. the world has never seen such patriots nor braver men. In the language of the Great Hill of Georgia, will say: "He who saves his country, saves all things. and all things saved do bless him. but he who lets his, country die, let's all things die, and all things dying. curse him." We should recognize these men for what they have done in the days that | have gone. When the political firma- ment began to darken. and it was fore- seen that war was inevitable. and when the liberty of tfN chivalric sons l of the South was threatened. the Con- | federate soldier coming from every | walk of life. the farmer, the merchant the professional man, the rich and the poor, enlisted under ihe starry cross | and went forward armed with the laws of our country and the constitution of our fathers. they went forth with gun and battle blade to meet fourfold their number in the death struggle of war, | They believed that they were right, and we believe it still. A great major | lty of them were poor men. illiterate men, men who never owned a slave and who owned very little land. Shall we deny them in this. the morning of | the twentieth century. the right to vote? l. for one, will never consent to the proposition. Who in this Conven- 1 ton would deny them that privilege? They were good soldiers as you all know. They were patriots. They were | not the Caesars or Napoleons of his- | tory but were the SpartanS of the South. We should teach the present generations to honor the memory OI those who have gone across the river and to- honor their descendants. The | lives and characters of men. in a great degree, are shaped and moulded Dy the records of the past. Then. il | this be true, we may expect the South | to produce heroes and statesmen for ages to come. May the sons of the | south study the lives and the charac- lers of those heroes. and So reflect on theIr great achievements that 1t will | enable them to build a stately craft l that will sail the stormy sea of Hie. | By adopting the grandfather clause. | you honor the men who are living ana | the memory of those who sleep in 1 their honored graves, and we say to those men who may be among us of that grand and glorious band of pa triots in that conflict of arms though we were defeated. yet in sentiment. thank God
 | The South is solid yet, And those who died to win the cause 1 We never can forget,
 And here's to those with empty sleeves.
 | And those without a scar | We wave on high the Donny blue flag | That bears d single star. Mir. ByaIs-I wiSch to ask the gen. | tiennan q question.
 The President-Will the gentleman n yield?
 Mr. Hehin--Yes. sir. bc right quick about it.
 Mr ByarS--In hoHorinG the men who fought in the war. do you not honor the negro who leftNthe South and went iO tha linton 9 tnIV