The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-13

thorizing such appeal by any voter whose right is denied, without cost. In that court his right was passed up- on by a jury composed entirely of white men. The court and jury upheld ms right to vote, and this right, upon an appeal. prosecuted by the registrars in the name of the State, was sustained by the Supreme Court of Alabama. Phiianthropic gentlemen from the
 North send & few thousand dollars 70 Booker. Washington and complacently conclude that they have inaugurated a movement which will work the redemp- | tion of the negro. They seem to regard
 it as of littie importance that the South, in the meantime, out of It's pow
 erty, has given $135, 5,000,0oo to educate the negro, and from year to year, as conditions improve, Is increasing these appropriations.
 What other people in the world has done so much for, the uplifting of an inferior race with whom they are in political antagonism. and which alarge element in the North has sought to give dominion over them!
 In the recent Constitutional Conven- tion of Alabama, a proposition was in- troduced to confine the funds appropri- ated to educate the negro to taxes paid by the negro. Together with many
 others, I opposed this, and, as showing the spirit of justice which prevailed in that Convention, I will say that the proposition was overwhelmingly de- feated.
 It Is painfully true, however, that the conservative influence among our peo- ple and the efforts of those who are in a position to render substantial and practical aid in the uplifting of this unfortunate race, are greatly hampered by a persistent outside interference in our local affairs.
 In California the people were con fronted with the question of-the alarm ing increase in Chinese immigration. In dealing with that question they had the sympathy and support of the coun- try Grave situations growing out of labor troubles, and accentuated by a large foreign-born element, have con- fronted the people of Pennsylvania, H. linols, and other Northern States, and
 in dealing with these grave problems
 they have had the sympathy of the
 country at large. In the Southern
 States alone is the right of self-gov-
 ernment denied, and the Southern peo-
 pie are the only people in these United
 States whose views with reference to
 what is best for the peace and happi-
 ness of their own section are held in
 contempt by a large element of the
 people of the North. The unconquer- able opposition of the Southern people
 to social equality is due to a conviction
 on their part, confirmed by the history
 of other races similarly situated, that
 social equality. if long continued, would amalgamate the races, not to the ele-
 vation of the one, but to the destruc-
 tion of the other. It seems incredible
 that any scion of the AngIoS Saxon race
 could countenance the thought of de-
 basing his own by amalgamation with an inferior race. The question, when pre-
 scented in this aspect, involves not only
 the question of good government in
 our midst. It involves the preserva-
 ton of our, civilization. Shortly after
 the war. Senator Boutwell, of Massachu-
 setts. in a public speech, said: We
 will take the child of the white man,
 and we will place him side by side with the child of the black man in the public schools of the South. and we will bend them to our way of thinking on these
 questions. The policy of coercion in the South has been tried, and it has not proven a success!
 Notwithstanding the course of sys- tematic aggression towards us, finan- cial1y and commercially. the South is just beginning to feel her strength. In cotton we have the most magnificent crop the world ever saw. We have
 what the world demands. and must
 have. We have a climate and resources not equaled anywhere on the face of the globe. There Is a tribe somewhere in the wilds of Africa which is in the
 habit of leaving the products they have to sell or exchange in some secluded place in the woods, where those with
 whom they are trading go, and leave such articles as they are willing to give
 in exchange therefor. The course