The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-07

iy the progress of events. Be ready at
 all times for any and every kind or peaceful action in defense of your rights
 especially ferret out and expose all reg
 istered illegally.
 'Non-voting for the present is mot non-
 action. It is the most effective and pow erful action. The time may not be dis
 tant when it may become your duty 10 | vote; and you ought to keep yourselves ! tuuy prepared to vote your entire
 strength when that time comes.
 'lt Is said that you need the stimulus or voting to keep alive your organiza- tions and to arouse your energies We believe this to be a reflection upon the inteiigence of our people: we believe that stung by the intensity of your con- Victions, by an intelligent appreciation ot the awful majesty of the perils that surround you, that you will rise to level with the moral grandeur of the occasion. ana that whatever of action or non-ac- tion. patriotism, love of liberty. devotion 70 me great principles of constitutional government, honor and an enlightened seif-interest shall demand. will be re- sponded to by you with a zeal and en- ergy. an ardor and alacrity worthy of an oppressed and burthened, but noble and magnanimous people,
 A Stirring Appeal.
 Then comes the final appeal, which stirs us now, as we go back in our mind 70 the day and see those grand and true men. Alabamians all, who pleaded for the sake Of their own race. Hear them:
 Fellow citizens of the State of Ala bama: With deep and solemn appre- hension of the perils of our condition; with painful sense of the responsibility or advising or indicating course of ac- tion, after solemnly invoking the pres ence and guidance in our deliberations of that God who presides over the destinies or nations. after elaborate and protracted ana unreserved conferences and. discus slon we have come unanimously to the conclusions we have announced, and to tne convictions we have declared. In view or the great interests involved and the necessity for cooperation and unity of aeuon on the part of the white people or Alabama, we entreat of you a calm, oehperate, unimpassioned and manly consloeratlon of the reasons we here sub init and of the policy we recommend"
 Those who signed the address are the following: Benjamin Fitzpatrick, Alexan- der White, A. B. Moore, W. H. Barnes, A: B. Cooper. Lewis E. Parsons, s. F. Rice, J. H. Clanton. J. T. Holtzclaw, Hooer1 Tyler. George w. Stone. w. H. Crenshaw, R. W. Walker, l. T. Tiche- nor. s. K. Cox, Daniel Crawford. M. H. Sayre, J. F. Hurst, W. H. Northlngton, J. C. Brown, W. D. Smith, E. G. Richards. Hugh l.. Narramore, J. J. McLemore c. A. Edwards. N. D. Cross. A. M. Cul- llns. Robert Mckee, c. B. Cullins. c. "A. Cabot, B. J. Baldwin, James B. Clark. Albert Bethea, Enoch Morgan, H. A. Her. bert. Luther Haigler. c. D. Farmer, J. ID. Mcqueen, s. J. Boiling. G. W. Webb, w. A. Ashley. Alfred H. Moses, Andrew Jay, M. l.. Moses. T. A. Walker. William Johnston. J. M. Kennedy. William Wright, L. F. Mccoy. A. l.. o'Brien, F. Wat. kins. George Sayre, H. A. Woolfe, S. B. Brewer A. A. Barton. P. D. sayre. A. B. Fannin. E. B. Randolph, J. B. Fitzpatrick. F. c. Randolph. F. B. Presley. W. W. Allen. S. E. Norton, sr., J. M. Newman, V. S. Murphy, Jo- seph Hodgson. John G. Winter, B. s. Blob, John c. Duncan, J. H. Chapman, Solomon Pierce. A.. G. Jones. w. W. Screws. J. V. Ashurst, W. c. Bibb, John Mckinsey. P. T. Sayre, NJ. M. Cooke.
 UT all these men who took so prominerG a part in that conference, and whose names are So closely linked with the his- tory there are less than a dozen now alive. All that can recall who are liv- ing are Hon. H. A. Herbert, Major w. W. Screws, Colonel Robert Mckee, A. H. Moses, M. L. Moses, Colonel Joseph Hodgson, F. c. Randolph and E. B. Randolph. +"
 When a5ked about the conference a gentleman of this city, who was then holding d State office said "Yes. I re- member the conference. but do not recol- lect who were there except. Parsons, White and Rice. and their presence was impressed upon me by their conduct af- terwards."
 It is remembered that these three Ala bamians joined the Republican party and placed every obstacle in the way of free ing our people from the horrors of re- construction.
 The constitution was clearly defeated by the plan adopted by Congress and yet it was arbitrarily declared adopted. as II was predicted that it would be and put upon the State in the face of the objec- tion of a majority of the voters.