The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-26

praises. I tell you that the old negroes are passing out and the young bucks that are coming on have got to be at- tended to. like to think of the negro from the old-fashioned Southern stand point. I like to tell him you do this, or you do that John, and here Is a quarter; you black my shoes. or catch my horse, and you go do this and that. and all Is well; but when I have to walk up to him and say. John, come down off of that telegraph pole that Governor Oates spoke of on yesterday, where he is setting telegraph wires through the city: come down, want to talk to you about the tarif question, and sit down with him at my side. just light up our cigars and talk. We are equal in the light of the law, and I have got to sft down by you and ask you to vote my way. not because you are my equal. for God Almighty never made you SO, but because under the hate and malice, makes 1t so: and un- der it you are entitled to hear me and be persuaded by me to vote for me. or to vote against me. Is not that sad state of affairs? Why, MT. President. saw this morning e little fellow com ing down the street, met by my friend. MT. weatherly from Jefferson and the negro was as happy as could be. with a piece of watermelon in one hand and a set of cane quills from the swamp tied together with a string, in the oth- CT, blowing "Boogoo Eyes" You see them now and then in blacksmith shop. with a sqreaking bellows. and with the hammer and anvil making mu- sic, sweet That is his home; that Is where he ought to be, and that is where he must be. For i've thousand years, MT. President, they have remained the same Go back to the carvings Of Egypt. and see their images there; look at the negro of today: he is negro still, having made but little progress. All things that we see standing ac- complished in the world today are properly the outer material results. the practical realization and embodi- ment of thought that dwelt in the white men sent into the world.
 A man goes out and buys section of land, or inherits it from his father, and in the midst of the place he builds a magnificent home. and there he rears his family, and . negro comes along through the country and builds him. self a little house out in the woods. and becomes the servant of the white man and looks after his horses, and stands at the door with his hat oil, and asks. Boss, you want your shoes shined?" and all is well. He stays In the kitchen where he belongs. Finally however, we see that man telling this negro, you are too good a man to be out there; come in by the fireside. and let us counsel together as to how shall run my property. MT. President, It IS the same case. The white man bought this country with his blood, and the blood of his descendants inherited It. and the negro has no right to help make the laws that govern this country. He is inferior to the white man. and the white man should make the laws to govern the land. They say we do not hold out any encouragement to him. He doesn't need encouragement. Let him 20 on. and it won't be two years until he would be content with his condition and happier by far than he is today. Why, as soon as you elevate him, you ruin him. MT. President, l take the position that it is best for the negro race. Take the lives of the hundreds that are killed every year at the ballot box. They will be saved when they cross the path of the proud Caucasian: It will be better for them. They Will prosper more.
 what | would like to say. neither has this Convention the patience to hear me, One other word, and am through. Why, gentlemen tell us that the son of the Confederate soldier should not be allowed to vote, but he should work out his own salavtion as his father did. Do not let him by req son of his fathers valor and sacrifices for his country cast his vote.oya-.eite the gentlemen to the Scripture. IL IS found in Deuteronomy. And it shall be when the Lord Thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he swore unto thy fathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give thee great and good Iy cities, which thou buildest not, and houses full of good things which thou fillest not, and wells to dig which thou diggest not, and vineyards and olive trees which thou plantest moi"
 It is the inheritance, MT. President. that we are asking for the sons of the Confederate soldiers, those who sup ported their widowed mothers and schooled their sisters, and brought them up, and were themselves denied an education. We throw around them the strong arm of the law, and take them with us as we march up the mountain side, to a higher and better time. a higher and better civilization.
 MT. President. so far as l am con- cerned, I am opposed to the disfran- chisement of any white man, care not whether he is learned or unlearned, whether he wears the purple robes of good fortune, or the tattered garments of poverty and want. care not whether he is in little hut on the hillside or dwells in mansion on the mountain top; he Is descendant or those who fought for our freedom. and men who have gained thir priceless heritage that we love so well, and Will die to maintain.
 In conclusion, want to say to the gentlemen who compose the minority of the Committees: You will live to see that we are right, and that you are wrong, and the people of Alabama, whom we represent here today in this supreme body, will endorse our action and repudiate yours. I thank the con vention for their attention.
 Mir Harrison--Mr. President and gentlemen of the Convention, it is with some diffldence that I rise to dis charge what conceive to be my duty It is with regret that I felt forced to differ with the majority of the Commit tee on Suffrage and Elections. FouE of us at least. who. after six weeks labor, and after yielding point after point. have felt it our duty to differ at least in one particular with the majority of that Committee. ! am pleased to note that of that quartette all four of us tried to discharge our duty as Confederate soldiers. We feel
 that we are at least entitled in part
 to represent that element who have been singled out, and have been
 sought to be made the special recip-
 tents of special privileges, and as one haf NTTNU