The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-04-15

war sncccsaiuil against the american
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"Grccnwooi and Yazoo City owe
their fine houses and prosperity -
| c0ttou made by negro labor principally, /,
| now quiet and submissive, by ~ at
tack on all they have left to form a
basis of hope Suppose the negroes
were to conclude to. hunt a place.
Louisiana, Arkansas or Texas, where
their educational privileges arc not
called iii question, and should aband-
on Yazoo and Lelorc? How the peo-
pie, poor and rich, would howl with
rage aud get out their guns to stop
them; and yet that is the logical re-
suit of all such wild talk. How diff
fcrcnt such talk from the statesman
like orations of George, Walthall and
Lamar in the United States Senate
If Eardaman is right these statesmen,
in stating the friendship of Southern
people 20 the negro and his education,
were ignorant Of the sentimcnf Of their
constituents Or lnisrcprcscnted them,
and when George advocated the prin-
ciplc Of the Blair education bill, in
tended to give money out Of the Uni
ted States treasury for Southern cdu-
cation for white and black alike, he
did not know what he was doing, If
Vardaman is right.
"llc must have known less when in
the constitutional convention Of 1890
he, with others, agreed to exempt the
negro from mis- - poll tax and keep
up his schools if he would let the bal
lot box alone. I suppose these white
Democrats, who made this trade with
the negro without consulting the ne
gro ut all, were domagogues hunting
negro votes, under the present theory.
''Itis dangerous to tamper with the
peace Of the State for votes just as it
is dangerous to smoke a cigar in a
powder magazine"
SOCIAL EQUALITY.
In his charge to the grand Jury of
Amite County, Judge JEFF Truly dis
cussed the whitecapping evil from the
standpoint of tho farmers themselves.
He pointed out that the disturbance
of labor and labor conditions was sui
cidal to the farmers and was, besides,
an unmanly exhibition Of prejudice
and bitterness. Judge Truly referred
to the absurdity Of the puerile plea
that there is any danger Of the ne
groes ever becoming able TO dominate
or dictate State affairs, or that he
would ever compete with the white
man as land owner. The white
man, he said, controlled every single
branck of the government; he made
and administered the laws; every sin
gle officer in the legislative, executive
and judicial departments are white
men, and the control Of the whise
man extends even to the ballot box it.
self, where the negro is not only ex-
cluded from voting as mass, but
must vote for white man il he does
vote.
The judge then paid his respects to
the argument Of danger Of social
equality, which he said wassa an insult
to the women Of the State. He said
the negro does not seek social euuali-
ty. 81 have never" continued the
judge, "heard OF case where negro
tried to force himself on white
church or association, but have tried
and sentenced white men who have
degraded their social positions by at
tending negro associations. have
never heard Of negro entering
white gambling house to participate
in tho game, but have had TO punish
white men who were convicted of
gambling in negro gambling dens."