The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-16
"At snes non fraota"-ne7ertheless

cat spes non racta"-nevertheless
hope is not broken, and let US rest up
on the anchor Of hope, for the day
when every right guaranteed TO clHz n
ship By the constitution Will be gwen
to Us by and through the white man OF
the south.
Gnd can moro uou 1taias We are
lot any worse sill cted in our citizen
ship a1d rights than have been other
natioos.
have stated that | am opposed to
tha cutting down Of the representation
Of the south. Why am opposed to it?
Because it would be wrong, and if it is
wrong to temporarily dis;rsnchise u,
the taking away Of the south rcpresen-
tation for that reason Wou,d d b. great
er wrong Two wrongs can never make
a right Have YOU ever stopped to
couut the cost to Us negroes shoa!d the
south lose its fifty congressman that
are allotted TO her on account OF our
presence here?
If the repres entatiou were taken
a8ay it would meaa absolute and to.a!
'6isfranchisement Of the people wlo
had no representation 10 the general
gov-romeut.
For time the white people Woold
suffer, but if tie representation were
taken away from the south the negro
would be practically killed for one
hundred years. Some 60 SO far as 70 say
that they do not care what happers TO
IS neg oes SO long as the soush loses
her fifty Representatives, but le Us stop
aud count the COST before we j)in the
hue aud cry: Cut down the represen-
ts,ion, cut down the South's represen-
tation."
1t is argued that it is no use to have
thing that you cannot USE; right
that you cannot erjry. Bat that GOES
not hold good in all cases. The children
Of Israel were given the ark Of the
covenant, aad after they had crossed
the Jordan taey forgot the teachings OF
Moses, AMI for them the ark OF the
covenant lost its power. but it was the
insignia of Jchovss promise 1t failed
TO 10 service for the sinful lsrae.ites
and the Caoaaninites carried it away,
aud placed it in their temple, IN the
midst of their idols to make 1t thing
of derisiou 10 its helples.ness IN that
temple of blirdness, Wickedaess asd
sin; but when they went back to look
att in derision, surrounded by the
idols of B.al, what dii they behold?
Why all their idols h.d tuubled to the
ground and we're crushed; and IN that
sight the heather say that the ark OF
the covenant, which WAS the magns
charta of the Jaws, had in 1t the
strength and protection to the Jews.
Let our right to vote be locked up
ten porarily in the temple of prejudice,
but do not seek to destroy it by asking
congress to cut down the representation
of the South, which was given on
account of our presence here. A right
once given is never annlbilated, aud
should the south lose the representa-
ton given on account of our presence
ne will be disfranchised forever-we,
and not the white man, will be the
sufferer for all time if the act is per
patrsted.
No, fellow citizens, let the south
have her representation, although the
rights locked up in the temple Of
blind prejudice; but if the right re-
mains the time will come, and come 1t
must, when the white men of the south
will invite US to enjoy it With them.
Let Us prepare ourselves for its fj,y-
ment, for it will come back to US in its
fullness and its right.
Let Us resolve to use it with our white
neighbors for the benefit Of ourselves
aod our white neighbors. Let US ra-
solve to fl ourselves educatioaally,
spiritually and materially for its use
and enjoyment.
In short, let US look to the south, sbso
lutely to the south to assist US IN the
enjoyment Of every right that belongs
to free citizenship. If they DO not
give it to Us the north will never inter
fcre or assist US to get il. We have
! been the b,ue of coDiention between
the two sections too long 1t is time
for Us 10 educate ourselves that we
may see the true 10 wardness or motive
of this political agitation.
The Jews had been disfrspchised
in Europe for hundreds of years, bu.
| rhey remained a vIrtuos, aspiring achlev
ing, God.fearlng, neishoor loving p-o
ple; ANA toiay on account of their IN
,eIugcnce, high moral cevelop= ment,
iotegr.ty, and wealth, they dictate al
| most any terms of peace or WAT to the
crowned hea... OF the World.
G ID Is God and rishl is right. Gus
t,ce, like a Volcanic fire, may sleep
| awhile supprcs,ed, but cant expire.
Lave right Dor,ght. God is not dead
Al spes non fracta.
We must possess ourselves Of tech
nical education, COMMERCIAL education.
industrial education We must s're
rare ourselves TO oc;upy every avenue
of Thrift and Legitimate gain Get mo
ney, but get it honestly. Keep money
out DO not hoard 1t. Keep it to sssis'
you in developing the southland Keep
moucy TO assist yvu in oetterlng Your
condition, aud securing h"mes. Keep
money fo: rainy day. Keep W your
churches; support your preachers; sap
port } our schools; teach your girls t"
work at hone, aou b. SO doioS you !.
strengthen their morality. AMI let Us
DOT forset that We oEe a duty first to
South Carollua; secocd to the nasica;
third, to ourselves; and last, but not
least, to G ID.
From the report Of Superintendent
McMahan We see that more negroes
attend pub ic schools than whites
1t is true that we get less than one
third OF the money appropriated fer
the public schools of the state, but
ubon c,oc;jer who the ruiinp class