The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-26
soME RrPunLIcAN THREATs.

recent violent expressions made by Southern speakers, says:
 Right-minded Southern men in the South have sincere interest S .na sh two races must live together there. ann work out their own destihies' anu Northern public opinion has shown willingness during the last 2, ten tbs yea eonser. vative and right minded people or tne South But if these violent leaders or Southern opinion are permitted oy the Southern masses to inname 'ns .,t worss ss to be expected? The nation Is not go- ing quietly to submit to such a pro- gram.
 The Mail is partly right and partly very much the other way. It is strict ly true that the best men in the South have an interest in the negro. and it is also true that they desire to see him fairly treated and protected. We know that the two races must live together and work out their own destiny. They can do this and will do 1t. if not in terfered with.
 But while this Is true, it is not cor rect in The Mall to say that the North has for ten years shown a disposition to hands-and- tongues of, as we might say. During the Mckinley administra- ton that was true. and for the first time since the War good men of the South believed that the time had come when there would be no more inter ference from the outside, and when the -aaf f~sa.a~ of +ho na0ro xvould he Jeff to deal with him in the way which would prove best for both races.
 This was the condition and the pros pect when the President was killed. but what was the result? Hardly had RooseveIt's words got cold in which he pledged himself to follow and carry out the policies of President Mckinley, when the change began. Almost the entire course of this man since he be- came President has been such as to antagonize the best sentiment of the South and to infiame that sentiment. whether he did this designedly, or whether he did 1t from inexcusable ig- norance, makes no difference in the re- suit. He has been rubbing the South ern people the wrong way all the while, and intelligent Northern men ought to know it.
 Can any sane and observing person doubt that to Roosevelt,s ill-advised course is due the violent and impolitlc speeches made by the hot-heads of the South? Would the Tillmans. the Var damans, the Davises and other public men like them have continued their tirades, if they had not found excuse or palliation in their own opinions in the policy of Roosevelt on the race question? We do not believe it. The sentiments they express are the logi- cal outcome of what they conceive to be the studied efforts of the President to advance the colored race in the South white people. The best sentiment of the South is not in harmony with these violent utterances of some of our peo- pie, but the best sentiment Is powerless while a President of the United States consistently shakes a red rag at our section and people. If our hot-heads are illiberal or impolitic. they point to Roosevelt and plead justification. Does The Mail deny that they have some reason for 1t? It may be childish plea to say, "You began it." but there Is at least a semblance of truth in 1t.
 We don't know whether the nation is going quietly to submit to such program or not, but we can assure The Mail that the people of the South are not disposed to submit, quietly or oth . erwise, to such a program as the Presi- dent has apparently marked out. It is possible that between his apparently vicious and vindictive race policy and the hot blood of the South, there may yet be serious truble. If there is, a large portion of the blame will lie at the door of Theodore Roosevelt.
 And one of the most lamentable fea- lures of this recrudescent racial feel ing Is that the negro himself will be the principal sufferer, as he has all the time been the one to suffer because of incorporate Northern interference If there is continuation of Northern and Presidential effort to infiame our people, nothing is more certain than l that the negroes will find themselves largely cut off from the sympathy and help of the very people who could and would do most for him. We don't know that this would matter much with Northern Republicans who profess such sympathy for the negro and put so little of it into actual use at home, but the best and truest Southern men would regret 1t, and they will know where to lay the blame
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