The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-22

man, and said that whoever would
understand the true character of the
qualities of Washington must study,
not only the man himself but the race
from which he came
THAT race, in all of it's noble quail
ties of mind and heart" he said, lis
the same yesterday. to-day and for
ever"
Referring to the question of trusts.
Mr.. BraXton said:
We believe that monopolies are
baneful, particularly in the necessities
Of life, and should therefore be dis
couraged; when impracticable to pre-
vent their existence altogether we be-
lieve that they should be placed under
the strictest supervision and regula-
ton, to prevent imposition and abuse.
We believe that no Institution should
be tolerated which the government is
unable to regulate and control, and
that the possible existence in this land
OF a power greater than the govern
ment is the doctrine of anarchy itself" ."
Much of Mr.. BraxtOn's speech. was
devoted to the negro question.
The Southern people entertain not
the slightest animosity against the
negro, he said. They are the best
friends he ever had. His condition
in the South to-day is far better his
opportunities for moral and material
Improvement are far greater than in
any other country upon the earth, and
none OF the rights guaranteed to him
under the Fourteenth amendment, as
1t was understood when adopted, are
either denied or begrudged to him
there.
But while all this is true, still. in
the South, just as everywhere else in
the world. white men are unalterably
resolved that, come what may, no
black. red, nor. yellow man shall ever
rule over them or their children, so
long as time shall roll. This is the
decree of nature. which no human
statute can reverse. AS we'll try to
set up crows to rule in a nest Of eagles,
or Jackals to make laws for lions There
is but one way to make laws to have
negroes to govern white men, and that
is to first kill all the white men,"
Speaking about the Fifteenth amend
ment, Mr.. BraXton said:
utterly impoverished as we were,
we spent tens of millions upon the edu-
cation of the negroes and to which they
practically contributed nothing, and
from which they graduated only to Of
f1cer the vast army of blacks arrayed
sol1dly and persistently against the
very men who We're educating them.
No sooner had the Fifteenth amend
ment been proclaimed than the ne
groes banded themselves together in a
solid, impenetrable mass, and true to
the instincts of their race, voluntarily
submitted themselves to a political
bondage, as complete as that from
which, without any effort of their own,
they had been recently liberated.
when God, in His wrath, saw fit
to Danish us into the wilderness with
the Fifteenth amendment. He still. in
His mercy, left a difficult, narrow. but
safe path, by which He might after
much striving and tribulation, once
more achieve salvation and regain the
Promised Land. Mr.. Chairman the
southern people have struck the trail!
are now with rejoicing and gratitude
to God, gazing once more into the
happy land of Canaani
one by one the Southern states re-
hnquished the principle of free man.
hood suffrage, so dear to them (but
which they, like the citizens of Wash
lngton gladly exchanged for the i'm
munity from negro domination) have
availed themselves of the expedients
which they have found, and declared
to be permissible under the Fifteenth
amendment, and placed such restric-
tions upon suffrage, irrespective of race
or color, that the vast sea of ignorant,
venal and vicious negroes is now safe
ly and perpetually shut out"
DR.. Van Amringe, dean of Columbia
college, replying to the toast of Co
lumbia University and the South" said
that from time prior to the Revolu-
tion, when it was Kings College, CO.
lumbia University had had with the
South relations of mutual good will and
advantage, and closed by wishing long
life and success to the Southern So
cietV