The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-29
An Argument Which Does Not Con
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 Mifiiin & Co.
 An Argument Which Does Not Con-
 vince. Nashville American.
 When The Nashville American de- clares that all talk about the menace of negro rule in the South is simply rot" it doesn't know what 1t is talk ing about. There is no danger Of negro rule in Alabama, because the wnlte people have prevented it by methods of which they are heartily sick, but if we should go back to the election methods of fifty years ago and let Vot- ing be perfectly free and unrestrain- ed, the negroes, by the help Of unprin- cipled white men, would control Ala bama, or portions of 1t. in Tour years. Montgomery Advertiser.
 Yes The Nashville American coes know what 1t is talking about. 1ts assertion that there is no danger o1 negro rule in the South is a plain Statement of fact which every intel ligent Southern white man knows to be a fact. Even The Montgomery Adver- tiser knows 1t, and the above paragraph corroborates the truth of The Ameri- can's assertion. We repeat that not Tn thirty years has there been any danger of negro rule in the South. NO reputable newspaper or individual will deny the truth of this declaration. The Advertiser does not deny IL. IL cannot be denied by anybody wno respects the truth and who has intelh gent knowledge of the white people or the south. in the article to which The Advertiser refers, The American said. .sThe South had little touch or negro rule just after the war, when f. was feeble and prostrate; but IL soon
 vered. and not Grant with his
 ,tes could maintain negro suprema-
 y m States where they ana uneir white allies were numerically the stronger. From that time since there has never been any danger or hesIo rule. In those localities Tn wnlch tne negroes outnumbered the whites the wh,ts man rules. He has to. He wo,,ld. whether he had to or not. Wsnen if comes to the point as to who small rn,s if is a race question, not poiiti- cal ar marty ouestion-and 1t IS always set+led in favor of the white man. Ine rcd man. the black man, the yello" nosr the brown man, in the west III the south, in the islands or the sea- have yielded and must yield 10 tne vhite man when they coIiie iii e9i. The noliticians who rant apout the !r, of negro domination in the Sa,,t, ara sometimes elected to once hy inc simple process of translerrine tb. negro vote to the Democrallc so1rrnn The white Republicans or tha South have never been able to coh- tro, or return their own party Not1;
 Thsse are not mere opinions. Iney are facts of history; denons'l or, aor truths. They leave absoluteiy no .a r for difference of opinion anhons .t,osr Sans wno The American does mot know ~Sat if is talking about" and m tne raxt sentence it declares that tnere is m danger of negro rule in AiaDanla
 70 state in which some sectlohs alo alu,ost wholly populated py hesioes' Ix,hy3 "Recause," says The AdVertisei, ', sthe white people have prevented ~ h., Tnethods of which they are neartliy S;or ~ y, Here is what The Amerlcar said. "In those localities in which the negroes outnumber the "htles IIe = white man rules. He mas Io'
 would. whether he had to or not. u neu if comes to the point as to Who sna,' rule it is a race question: nV. litical or party questlon-sn s,,;+e wavs settled in favor of the While : man" Will The Advertiser deny thls LorSlv As to what might result uh- sar the election methods of nifty years 600 that is a matter that has nothlns to do with the case. The free ana easy methods that prevailed then, Mnen there were no abuses of the sulIrase ariviIege will newer prevail agaln TTha negro was not allowed to vote linen. He should not be allowed to vote now. except under wise limits anu Ie- Na- toFN nf strictions. With the elimination or the ignorant negro vote will pass the neceS sitv or excuse for resort to -Inethoos which are repugnant to honest men S,,t which have been necessary to maintain white rule in sections where the blacks outnumbered the Wnltes: These methods have been peacetul ana sufficient. If they had not been then methods other wise than peaceful pu' still sufficient, would have been enl- ployed. Nobody in the South Will us pute this fact. It serves to snow the truth of the assertion that 1t is absurd talk of negro domination in the South. Nobody but the political dem- aRogue will insist that there IS danger of negro rule. It is an insult to the Southern white man, reflectioh oI the race of which he is the purest type to assert that there is danger or his
 
 inferior race, or that he really fears any such danger. We repeat with all possible emphasis that "all talk of the menace of negro rule in the South Is simply rot"
 This, however, does not alter the fact that there Is wise necessity for change of methods in maintaining that su' premacy which in no event Will DC yielded. Such constitutional require ments and restrictions as win ellml' nate the ignorant voter within giver time will obviate any necessity or ex' cuse for methods that have been em ployed respectfully, but determinedly Such laws will be to the best interests of all concerned-the white man. the black man. the political parties, th' South and the whole country. Le them be enacted in the name of wisdom and justice and the truth which make! laHRA in rnntAUnnf nlt