Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-02-13

"You say now il was a mistake to give
the negro the franchise. ] say, it was a
crime
"There are poor, degraded whites in the
South. There are negroes that are supe-
rior TO them in intelligence. But | tell
you that the lowest white of the South be-
lieves and knows that he is the superior of
the best negro that ever walked the earth.
''You people know nothing of the ne
gro as he is. The place TO study him is in
the South, where, in some states, he is in
the majority.
81 win take the strongest negro lover
among you South, and il | do not make
him a good white Democrat in three
months viii pay his expenses.
81 do not defend slavery. 1t was
damnable curse put upon us by our
fathers-and yours. j rejoice that it is
gone. And / would to God that every
negro brought from Africa had been sunk
in mid-ocean, before he reached our
shore
II do not hate the negro. have one
who has been with me 30 years. He has
charge of my property and carries my
keys. i trust him and would defend
him-but he is no more fitted to vote than
i am to read Sanskrit.
.Education will not solve the negro
problem. BY making the negro the COM
petitor Of the white, you only intensity
the race feeling"
The Senator took many occasions to
preach good Democratic doctrines, and to
point out what he deemed to be the in
consistency OF the Republican North in
maintaining white rule in Jamaica, Porto
Rico and the Philippines, and complaining
because the South would not submit TO
negro rule.
He ridiculed the United States supreme
court for its decisions, saying that four OF
the judges were one way, four another and
the ninth a-wabbling. And this is the
voice of God !"
The speaker was most emphatic in say
ing that come what might, the South
would never submit to negro rule. He
discussed another phase-the viciousness
Of the negro, saying that it was unknown
under slavery.
"Durine the war, the slaves were left at
home with the women and children, and,
in spite Of the lying picture of cruelty por-
trayed by Harriet Beecher Stowe, tbey
proved faithful and kind. Now how is
it2 Excited by false teachings, he has
retrogressed to his original state of bes-
TALLY Our wives and sisters, even our
little children, are constantly exposed TO
his lust. And when rape occurs and swift
punishment follows, ou-you-Anglo-
Saxons raise the cry Of horror because we
do not stop to go through the cold formal
| ity and trying ordeal OF a court J"
As 10 mixed bloods, the Senator said
that wherever he had gone in the world
the white man had always left his trace on
the inferior race. Il was low lust, graft
| fed by small proportion Of depraved
white men. But he ahsolved the white
women entirely
aNever, in 5i years, have ! known a
white woman to bear a mulatto child.
There is something within the breast OF
every white woman that turns in loathlng
from the thought of her own offspring
with brown face and kinky hair"
Mr.. Tillman offered no serious sugges-
| ton OF a solution of the negro problem.
In closing he said,
az YOU wish to show your benevolence,
come to our aid. Take your own proper
ton of the negroes and settle the question
yourselves. Vermont would be entitled to
q. 900. The South can spare them, and
hereby offer to give three niggers for
every good Vermont Yankee that you VIII
send down to u.s.
/ Senator Tillman talked two hours and a
quarter and held the almost GREATNESS
attention of his audience every moment.
| Although well prepared in advance, 1t
may be imagined that the kind OF talk
above outlined was an eye-opener. AS ne
walked back and forth ON the stage, with
his hands clenched and his arms swing
ing in energetic gesture, his face twisted
into a lnDSl Cdlhult tAHINSHlbh anu LIE
voice keyed to the loudest and highest
pitch, he was the actual embodiment OF
the sEfire-eater." But he was powerful.
Even when he gave it to us the hottest he
was greeted with applause. lie had z
comical way Of stopping after these heated
periods and saying, allow did that set Y
or ssYou take that well, that caused 3
laugh and restored humor. The Demo
Gratis were i'm ecstacies, as he arraigned ms
political opponents mercilessly. The au-
dience rendered the utmost courtesy
throughout-not one hiss or sign OF dis
pleasure Tillman must have been pleased
with his reception here.
on course, sentiment differs about thu
lecture. A few accepted Tillman's posi-
ton from start to finish. Probably al
equal number were disguised. The greal
majority were very much interested, en-
dorsed a greater or lesser Fart OF his ideas
and are glad they heard 'Pitchfork Ben.
A very general criticism was OF his Vul
gar language, bordering on profanity.
Senator Tillman came here direct from
J Washington and returned via Boston anS
/, Providence, lecturing at the latter cit,
Tuesday evening. This was his first al
dress in Vermont and his second visit Z
the state. He attended Senator morrill,
funeral ut Montpelier three years ago.
The HERALD man had a very pleasan
talk with Senator Tillman before the lee
! ture. In spite of his seeming roughness
Mr.. Tillman is very genial and approach
able. He asked many questions abou
, Vermont. He spoke in the kindliest wa.
of Vermont's senators.
, "Proctor is affable, and" the Senator
J added, with wink OF his lone eye, "eal
drive good bargain"
81 have formed a very high opinion o
your new man, Dillingham;. He remind
me Of Morrill-honest, truthful, kind.
! and genial-a clean-hearted and clean
i handed gentleman. ! have never met
/ man more lovable,n was the high testi
] mony he bore.
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