The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-31

| the IaWS 0k H&ture, tunt we VIII ccttie | It rightly. These great laws have demonstrated the fact that the white . man is the superior. and that the wnite man is the only race that has ever | shown the capacity to govern himself | and the capacity to govern others. Now it is a fact that the negro as I race. has never shown this capacity. | and am sorry to say that the little ! education that he has gotten does not help him along this line. It ts fact l and a deplorable fact, so far as experi-
 ence Ia our section goes, that the | educated negro is the worst that we have to deal with. It seems that his | education does not benefit him along l this line. There Is another question | that I want to mention just here. Does the majority report on suffrage and
 elections meet the wishes of the people | who sent us here? In my judgment
 1t does. We are under one sacred pledge to the white people of this State. and that is that we will dis franchise no white man. Now does this report carry out that pledge? l claim that it does. For sure no white man will be deprived of the right to
 vote under this report. Now there Is
 a temporary plan and a permanent plan. The temporary plan is to
 last until 1908. and then the per- manent plan comes in. Under the temporary plan, the question of prop erty qualifications and the question of l educational qualifications cut no figure at all. It is q question whether you can vote under the provisions laid down under this section that we are now con- siderins. Old soldiers in any of the
 wars can vote regardless of what other | qualifications they have. then those | who are sons or descendants of old | soldiers can vote regardless of other | qualifications. and if they cannot come ! in under any of these. they come in l under the next subdivision, which Is good character, and an intelligent un- | derstanding of republican form of gov
 ernment. So that lets in every white man. and If carried out properly and | according to the intentions. no doubt 1 1t will eliminate all of that clement | the ignorant class of voters which now l give trouble. So I say this majority | report does solve this question. and 1t | does give to our people what they want, along this line. Mir President, l do i not care to carry into this discussion l any more of the race question than Is absolutely necessary, but 1t necessarily comes into it to some extent, and
 what shall say in regard to the race question. and to the races, l mention
 only incidentally. but 1t is a fact, that
 1t is not educa ton that gives a man
 the capacity to vote, correctly and
 rightly, and 1t is not the ownership of
 property that gives man the right to
 vote intelligently. It is the capacity
 to understand the right use of the hal-
 lot, 1t is the capacity for self-govern-
 ment and the capacity to govern
 others. Now the negro himself will
 be a great deal better off, and will fare
 great deal better in this country
 under the intelligent rule of the white
 man than he would if he were permit
 ted to exercise any control in that gov
 ernment himself because the white man
 as said before, and especially the
 higher class of the white race, the
 Anglo Saxon race, Is the only race that
 has ever shown any capacity for self
 government. and that is shown by the
 fact that wherever you place these
 people, whether few or in large num-
 bers. they at once begin to improve
 their conditions, they at once begin to
 take in the surrounding circumstances,
 and to better their condition, and to
 bring law and order out of confusion
 and disorder. It is a race instinct, it
 is 6 race inclination and they always
 exercise that wherever they arc. On
 the contrary. the negro has never
 shown such capacity, he has never ox-
 ercised it. and I am sure never will
 When you cut him aloose, from the
 friendly influences of the white man,
 he invariably goes backward It is not
 his race capacity or inclination to
 build up and improve his condition. So
 l say they will be better satisfied, they
 will be better contented, when they
 once understand that the white nan
 Is the ruling power in this country,
 that he is exercising that power ex-
 clusively. MT. President, 1t was said
 a few days ago by some gentleman on
 this floor. that the white people owned
 the lands of the State. That ,hey
 owned the railroads of this State. that
 they owned the store houses and the
 mills and the factories and they hold
 all the offices .Rnd he might have ad-
 ded with consistency and the white
 people are going to do the voting in
 this State" MT. President, there is
 no need of any confusion on this uues-
 ton. They might as well look the
 matter square in the face. I for one
 say. and believe I represent my pco-
 pie. when l say 1t. that the negro has not the capacity for exercising any con-
 trol in the government of this country.
 because the power to vote is the power to control. The use of the ballot is one of the greatest and most sa acred
 powers exercised by any citizen of this country. If we allow this class to vote
 then we allow them that far to govern in this country. and as 1 said, do not believe that the negro has the capacity
 for self government. that he has a capacity for governing any one else, and ought not to vote at all, but under the Fifteenth Amendment. it would be impossible for us to exclude the entire race. so We have to respect. to some extent at least. the Fifteenth Amend ment. but I cannot regard the Eff teenth Amendment as was done by one gentleman upon this floor a few days ago. who pronounced 1t jewel. pre- fer, MT. President. to term it an amobinable crime, because 1t was a crime against the civilization of the age and against the white peouple of the South. It originated in prejudice. and to humiliate our beloved Southern peo-
 pie who were already crushed
 under the iron heel of war, and shall never respect such an amendment though we may be fore ed to obey 1t in the law. Now, Mir. President. as I said. the negro has his place. and the white man has his in this great age, and there is no need of any conflict, no need of any con fusion: the white man is destined to rule. and he will rule; he will make the laws. he will execute the law. and he