Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-03-11

Senator Tillman said that at the first
blush there is not a man alive who
would not agree with that sentiment,
but he inquired II it ever occurred to
anyone that in opening that door of
hope it might not be shut in the face
Of the white man. The door Of hope in
South Carolina, he said, at one time
had been closed by bayonets to the
whites for eight years, while rapine.
murder and. misgovernment ran riot,
with an abomination in the sight Of
man presiding over the state.
He declared that he did not hate the
Negro, and that all Negroes are not
bad. Only a small percentage are bad.
and these, he said, are leading the rest
and being patted on the back by poll
ticians.
He regarded 1t as his duty, he said,
to his state to stand forward opposed
to any manner of political or social
equality on the part Of the Negro with
the whites Continuing, he referred to
the adoption Of the fifteenth amend
ment to the constitution. when you
remorselessly stand by that" said he,
land say it is sacred, you force US to
face the alternative of conflict Of
races"
The purpose Of those who endorse the
presidents door Of hope policy, he de-
clared, is that in time South Carolina
should become q state Of mulattoes,
and in this event he predicted that
there would be more blood shed than
was ever shed before.
II beg you for Gods sake" he said,
facing the Republican side, mot to
produce an acute stage Of hatred,
which will bring the two races togeth-
er with the resolve Of the whites to die
in order to retain their supremacy.
Senator Tillman said his newspaper
friends always took great pains to
quote everything he had said that was
"hot," leaving out everything that was
rational, decent and sane in their pur-
suit Of sensations, and in this respect a
great wrong had been done him. "A
lie," he said, never had any particu-
lar TRUTH" and he would not attempt
to make even start to run down those
that have been told on him.
Senator Tillman said he did not want
to see the African driven to the wall,
and he did not want to shut the door OF
hope in his face, but he could not con-
sent to the dominance Of that people
over the whites.
Senator Tilman then poked fun at
Senator Hanna and read the title OF the
bill he recently introduced to pension
ex-slaves. "Oh, my Cod" said he, did
Senator Hanna mean that or Is 1t a
political dodge?" The effect Of the bill
was, he declared, to give opportunity to
unscrupulous Negroes to bamboozle and
deceive their people by securing SUBJ
scriptions ostensibly to further the in
terests of the bill. He concluded by
saying that 'fn proportion as you
arouse false hope in the minds Of these
people you are only sowing the wind
which will flame up into a whirlwind
later on"
Senator Tillman spoke for three
hours. He was followed by Senator
Carmack, Of Tennessee, who said the
action Of the president in the Indianola
case was not in accordance with rea-
son, justice or the constitution. He
said that If the closing Of the Indianola
postoffice is to be taken as a measure
of the strength Of the executive and
the power Of the Federal government
then the government at Washington
deserves to be despised for its weakness
and imbecility. The postoffice belonged
to the United States, and he inquired
il handful of ruffians was more pow
erful than the government, with It's
militant president at its head"