The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-03-06
I.i,IilLMAN ], SPEAKS.
He Criticises the Presidents Door Of
Hope Policy in
CONNECTION WITH THE NEGRO
3 He snys the Ballot of the Negro in
" :55.5 ts:e South is Always
Menace to Good
Government.

he proposed to surprise his friends
and as, Onish his enemies, If he las
any, by being very mild and temper
ate in What he would say: "If we had
known at the beginning OF the civil
war" said he, what we know now
there would have been no war; He
inquired why the large NH jority of
the Law abiding people o. l,,di;nol;l
should be punished because there was
Il small lawlcss and brutal clement.
!. 1t was contrary, he said, to the fun
damental principles of Anyl0- Saxon
Jurisprudence.
H OReplying to some remark; made by
Senator Spooncr in his spccc j, Scua tor
Tillmal said: 1T is not the dream OF
the widest ass thai rOamS over the
Southern States with wax skin on
him that the Federal Government is
not supreme" but, he said, there were
some cognate propositions which have
been ignored.
He said that in the South people
have Il constant reminder that their
ancestors thirtytiye years ago were
conquered. We are pcrpectually re-
minded" he said, accentulting his
words, that we are in tEc union, but
uOU CACCpG 10 pay U1XeS,
The poison In the race condition III
the South, he declared, lay in tile ref
cree system which had beer. adopted
The balance Of power, he said, in the
National Republican Conventions, was
held by the machine Of the South, and
that machine WIS composed of ne
groes. When the people of the South,
said he, lose patience and do Cruel,
bitter, fearful, tiendish and savage
things, there is Il howl from men who
know nothing and have never been
South Of the Potomac, but have thco-
riZed.a
Continuing, and addressing the Re
publican side, he said that If this pol
icy Of negro equality is carried out,
and If some Of them could be given
places In the cabinet he would vote
for them. Il will vote to confirm
Booker Washington as secretary oI
anything. Let us have IL negro. a
s55g genuine neprn. moi a lpulalto or hy.
o brIn. Then let us make them uillcers
in the army and navy. Let us give
the N prOrata Share OF all the good
Jobs, wherever they exist, without re-
gard to local conditions" lie said
That nothing Of the sort would he
done.
Mr.. Tillman said that in dealing
with the Indianola postonice the pres.
ldent and postmaster general trans
cended their authority in rcsortino -
method which were both tyrancal
and unconstitutional lie wanted to
know il in figuring up the purpose of
their new born zeal this cold blood
ed, calculatlye, advisedly- taken ac-
tion" was not prompted by low mo-
tive. He charged that 500, 900 ne.
groes are cocrcing $4,000, 900 Of white
people in the North to deal with IL
900, 600 white men in the South in the
interest Of 5000, 600 ignorant negroes
in that section
lie referred to the cost in lives and
money on account OF the race problem
in this country and addressing tile
Republican side, called OH them to
meet him upon the same plane OF
patriotism of race pride and civiliza-
tion and not to fall into the pitirul
cesspool Of partlsam-p p:H..icS :" He read
extracts from the letter Of the pit si-
dent written some time since covering
his views with respect to appointments
Of negroes to Office. He wanted to be
JuSO W utlC plColuCIlU, IlC Sillu, DuU the
views were superficial ''IIow little
and small and intititcsimal, he said,
is the knowledge behind such a
view"
He added that the people Of the
North have no more use for the negro
at close quarters than he had. IIc
cited instances Of assaults by negroes
on white women and declared that the
more the Northern people lind out
about the negro the less use they have
for him. The ballot OF the negro, he
maintained, was a menace to good
government and the people Of the
North are coming to realize that the
.cnfranchiscmcnt Of him bOrdcrcd on
a crime.
Reverting to the Presidents utter
7anccs that he was unwilling to shut
the door Of hope and opportunity in
the case Of Il worthy and competent
,colored man, Mr.. Tillman said at first
blush there is not man alive who
would not agree with that sentiment,
but he inquired il it ever occurred tC
any one that in opening that door oil
hope it might not be to shut it i'm tho
face Of the white man. The door oil
hope In South Carolina, he said, at
one time had been closed by bayoncts
TO the whites for eight years while
rapinc, murder and misgovcrnmcnt
ran riot with an abomination in tho
sight of man.
He declared that he did not hate
the negro and that all negroes arc
not bad. Only a small percentage arc
bad and these, he said, are leading Tho
rest and being pattcd on the back by
politicians. lie regarded it us his
duty, he said, 10 his State To STAND
forever opposed to any idea Of politi
cal or social equality on the part OF
the negro With the whites. Continu
ing, he referred to the adoption OF the
18th amendment to the con: ti;ltion
When you rcmorsclcsSly stand by that
said he, and say it is sacred, yo,
force us to face the alternative Of /;
conflict Of races. :"
The purpose Of those who endorse
the Presidents door Of hope policy, ht
declared, is that in time South Caro-
lima should become a State OF mula
toes, and in this even he predicted
there would be more bloodshcd thar
was ever shed before. II beg yOu fol
Gods sake facing the RcpubiiCar
side, not To reproduce an acute stage
H..