The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-12-14
..30II7ICAL EQUALITY
MEANS SOCIAL EQUALITY
SENATOR rILLMAN TALKS OF RESULT
'' OF RECENT ELECTION
where the Danger is to the South The
Famous South Car0IIH'an Makes
Same striking Remarks

,,ansts Chronicle prints an
,,,eresting Interview WIN :, a ;" .. hr
ln'e' TiIImau on the lessons taught oy
ben aant national election, and in the
the rs' ~ his views the famous South
COURT gave expression to some
CaFo-'1, marks on the race question
''r01 ny noIi,ical future of the south.
Snu w Cbropicle reporter met Senator
.,. Lu' nv appointment at Aiken, and
l !nd him in particularly good spirits
ioaaI talked p.esantly and entertaining
"ns s '" when he touched on GER
~ MAS nbasss of the negro question the
'a anners Of his mouth went down
wv OromptIy and with marked energy MS
plO~ flashed and his voice deepened
~ '.o that tone of intense earnestness
(which he is SO famous"
~ ,.Lad what he thought of the "solld
.Lmord whether he saw any imme-
' ,3ato hone of breaking it Senator Till
on declared with emphasis that the
soIid south would never be broken as
wv os the fifteenth amendment Is
allowed to stand
nTbe south is solidly democratic not
:. tho broader sense that the term
democracy is understood in the politics
n the whole country" he said, "but
:, tho narrow sense that the Anglo
Saxon intelligence of the south solidly
and always unyieldingly stands for
white supremacy. OF course, this sit
ratop ia unfortunate, inasmuch as the
ro,rIts are intellectually sitting in
tho discussion of and contention for
the broader principles of government
and Of civilized life. But there is no
immediate hope of changing these
conditions. Every effort put forth by
the misguided philanthrorists and
vicious politicians of the north, with
their impracticable notions about the
eouaIity of map, to break the solid
south only seals that bond of union as
with hoops of steel, and the problem
win never be solved until the north
let's the south alone to solve it.
"If these dreamers of the north,
working in conjunction with their
greedy political brethren, don't stop
meddling in this matter there will be
trouble Political equality means
social equality, and social equality
means miscegenation and the mongrel-
ling of the people of the south, with
the result that the white intelligence
Of the south will degenerate to the
level of those South American repub'
lies whose history has shown them to
be wholly and invariably incapable not
only Of seIf-gOyernment, but of acquir'
ing property, the Distinguishing char
acteristic of the white man, and un-
willingness to respect law and live in
aquiet and orderly manner.
"0nce let the wedge be driven in
just the least bit, once recognize the
political equality of the negro and
social equality will inevitably follow,
and the races will merge by marriage
between the better class of negroes
and the lower class of whites. Those
scOundrellY, trlfing whites who have
lost all self respect will scruple to mar
rY the daughters of negro men who
nave accumulated property. Then
will the sluice gates be opened, and
there will be no stopping the mongrel.
ling OF the white intelligence OF the
south. This is an unthinkable copdi-
ton, an impossible consrmmation."