The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-02-17
BLOOD MAY FLOW
IF YOU co TOO FAR
The Policy of Raising Negroes
to Power.
AN iMPASSl0NtD SPEECH
Tl'ma7 al he Ba Q Iet Of The ken York Press
Cub Spea<s on the Policy Of Giving
Negroes 0Fice in the
South.
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New York. Feb. little thirteenth
annual daner Of the Neu York Prc I
club Was given tonight At TIE Waldorf
Astoria. ON the LEFT of President Jos
pm 5. Howard Jr. sat WinIam j. Hssan
While Mayor Low occupied tHe CHAIR "a
his right. Senator TIlm4n VAS among
the guests.
senator Tillrnan referring to the negro
question said that President Roosevelt
had raised a subject that VIII not easily
down. 1t had brought forth a number
Of comments from prominent mon OF he
North and had raised a storm IN tho
South. After mentioning a number If
these comments and the men Who made
them he said:
You have had this subject Eoos
velt,d. Hannaod. Irclarded aud finally
Rooted, and now it seems to mo ii i
about time that We had some one who
knows something about it say something
What are my qualifications2'
First he said he had been nurscd by a
negro nanny. Then. although he had
not served in tho Confederate ARMY. he
had tried to join it, and had been pre-
vented only by an accident that deprived
him Of his eye. Lastly he had been upon
the ground and seen the raVages OF the
war.
q know something Of what this race
question has cost this country. Many Of
you who write so fippantly about III.
know nothing about it," he continued,
and if you write about so grave a sub
ioct. when YOU know nothing of it you
are no less than criminals.
NJ Roosevelt was very wise in saying
it viii take the best thought Of both soc
| items Of this country to solve the prob
lem"
After an impassioned recital Of the per
lis the white population of the South
threatened BY the increase of the power
Of the negroes in the past few years, he
said:
" are compelled by the exgencios
Of the situation to use the shotgun and
the tissue ballots. and we used both.
Why? Because in the State OF South
Carolina there were sc, 900 more negroes
than there were white voters
He said that they in South Carolina
had established their free schools and ever
since there hayc been moro negro chill
drcn in those free schools han whitc
children.
~ - thAAhIN II FttS * i'oA lFo'N ~
raise these negro children to a condition
Of enlightenment in order that they may
| govern u.s." he asked.
by the Holy God no, Three months
ago" he continued, the President wrote
q letter in which he said that when a ne
gro showed himself qualified to fill his
| office, he was unwilling to shut the door
of hope in his face"
Commenting on this Senator Tillman
said that if the present condition of cdu-
cation continued and the negro
is to gain control Of the State
Of South Carolina and the whites
become subordinate tho depIorabIC
result would be that In a hundred years.
the population would be half mulatto.
Tic had no practicable solution Of tho
problem. nc said, unless it be that thc
North take its share Of the blacks, I'll
you love them so we'll"
His address grew more inY,asSiOncd az
he continued. At first only applause
| greeted his uttcranccs, but towards tho
| end an occasional hiss was heard. and
finally he was interrupted by a voice
| crying: "What about your nephew
Senator Tillman was at the moment do
Tending the summary measure adopted in
the South for the punishment Of negroes
| guilty OIL CTI.Ic, CSDGcIaliY against WO-
mon. After tho excitement caused by The
interruption had subsidcd Mr.. Tillnan
| said there was much moro be could say
and would like 10 say. but he regarded
it as highly inappropriate to refer in pub
lie to family affairs.
Before concluding mis- address he took
| occasion TO assert that if the policy Of
raising the negro into power in the South
is carried too far tho result would 10
; bloodshcd and its flow Will be upon the
heads of those who have tried 70 fc-co
the white population into subjection 10
the black. This was not a throat. hc
said. but simply a statement Of what he
knew, from his acquaintance with the
| conditions in the South, would be the in
cvitabIc result.
William Jennings Bryan said:
II have taken as my subject Tho Nan
Without the Hoe l appreciate tho fnfU-
encc of The Man with tho Hoe, You gail
cred here. represent the man with Tho
hoe, but don't forget the man without
tho hoe. While We could probably get
along without the daily papers. We coul1
rot get along without tho weekly papers
You Will probably find moro truth in
The little paper where tho editor is known
than in the great papers whose cdi-
| tors arc not known"