The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-15
GRADY RIDDLES
 RANKS 0F t. UP. Former Congressman Makes Ra-
 pier Like Thfusts at Payne HE IS BITTERLY SARCASTIC 
Says Republicans Only Want One Sec ton of Constitution Enforced While They RuthIessly Tram
 pie on Rest-pefends South
BY wArrERsoN sTEALEY.

Washington, December 4.-(Special)- Former Congressman Grady of North Carolina looks upon the walls of the postmaster general regarding the scheme to "enforce the constitution" against states which have disfranchised the illit- crates in rather a humorous light "The republican party" says the North Caro- linan, "only wants to enforce this one amendment to the constitution. Has it supported the tenth amendment? When it sends negro troops to supervise elec- tions as it did during the infamous re- construction period, and as l witnessed at my own house in North Carolina, what provision of the constitution did it sup port? When by operation of the infa- nous ku-klux act (which the Supreme court declared unconstitutional 1t sent honorable southern gentlemen to the AL bany penitentiary, which clause of the constitution did it support? When it sent a war vessel to the West Indies to give John Sherman a free ride home, which clause of the constitution did it support? When it votes to give $50,0o0 of the peoples money to a set of gen tlemen who MT. Roosevelt selected to set tie the strike troubles-an act for which he had no more legal authority than you had-which clause of the constitution did he support? When MT. Roosevelt takes pleasure trips in the Dolphin, which clause of the constitution is supported? When congress passes acts to go inside a state and condemn lands for public purposes without asking the consent of the state, which clause is supported?
 Every Provision Trampled On.
 ''The truth Is, as every well informed person knows, every provision of the constitution which has stood in the way of the republican party has been tramp led on or evaded: and the devils quoting scripture would be more tolerable than that party's quoting the constitution. In truth, during my five sessions the con- stitution was never appealed to by re- publican, unless by some perversion of it's meaning he attempted to justify some misdeed of his party, and whenever democrat appealed to it, he was sneered at the hint being perceptible in the sheer that the speaker was in danger of ally ing himself with the defenders of what ignorant fanatics called rebels" Now, let me ask whether the principles of every day fair dealing, do not demand that the north let the south alone? The south was made to pay two-thirds or three-fourths of the Revolutionary war debt The Revolutionary war soldiers of the north drew out of the common treas ury about three times as much money, per capita, as the soldiers of the south drew
 Paid Seven-Ninths of Expense.
 up to 1860, according to pubic records, which have never been discredited, the south paid about seven-ninths of all the money that went into the public treasury from 17S9. And up to 1894 the people of the south, all colors and ages, had paid nearly eleven dollars per capita every year of so-called peace as the cost of their subjugation and degradation, in- cluding the feeding and clothing and sheltering of those who conquered us. Don't you think that under the circum- stances it is time for every day fair dealing to demand a halt to our oppres- sors? We have reached the point of be- ing political and religious hypocrits; we call ourselves Christians. and we have vague impressions that there Is a con- stitution, especially when officials are to be sworn in; but every political doctrine embedded in the constitution has been repudiated by the republicans"