The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-12-16
THE SOLID SOUTH.
Will Never be Broken as Long as
the Fifteenth
AMENDMENT STANDS AS A Law.

u
.AMENDMsNT. STANDS as a Law.
So Says Senator Tillmnn in an In
terview with a Correspondent
orthe Augusta Chronicle
In Columbia.
When I met him mere by appoint.
ment as he was passing through 90.
lumbia on bis was to Trenton. Sena,
tor Tillman was in particularly good
spirits, and ohatted pleasantly and
entertainingly concerning the lessons
taught by the results Of the national
election and the political future of the
South. Though when he touched on
certain phases Of the negro question
the corners Of his mouth went down
promptly and with marked energy,
his eyes flashed and bis voice deepened
into that tone Of intepae earnestness
for which he is so famous, says COR
respondent Of the Augusta Chronicle.
Asked what he thought OF the
solid South," and whether he saw
any immediate hope of breaking 1t,
Senator Tillman declared with en-
phasis that the solid South would
never be broken as long as the Eff
teenth amendment is allowed to
stand
THE South is solidly Democratic
| not ir the broader sense that the
term democracy is understood In the
politics OF the whole country" he
said but In the narrow sense that
the Anglo-Saxon intelligence Of the
South solldly and always unyieldingly
stands for white supremacy. Or
course, this situation Is unfortunate,
inasmuch as the resull 8 are intellectu,
ally sitting In the 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 ef-
fort put forth by the m 'sguided
phianthropists and vicious politicians
Of the North with their impracticable
notions about the equality of man. 10
break the solid South, only seals that
bond Of union as With hoops Of steel,
and the problem will never be solved
until the North let's the South alone
to solve it.
IF thes, drcamers Of the North,
working In conjunction with their
greedy political brethren don't stop
m ddling in this matter there will he
lave war and terrible massacre. For
political equality means social equali-
ty, and social equality means misce-
genation and the mongrelizlng Of the
people OF the South, with the result
that the white Intelligence of tue
South will degenerate to the level OF
those S uth American republics whose
history has shown them to be wholly
and Invariably inca pable not only OF
government, but Of acquiring
property, the distinguishing charac.
terist.c Of the white man, and un-
willingness to respect law and live In
a quiet and orderly manner.
Once let the wedge be driven in
just the least bit, once recogniz, 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 lower class of whites. Those
scoundrelly, tritiing white men who
have lost all self-respect will scIuple
to marry the daughters OF negro men
who have a. quired property. Then
will the sluicegates be opened, and
there will be no stopping the mon
grelizlng Of the white intelligence of
the South. This in an upthinkable
condition, an impossible consumma-
tiou.
There is only one solution Of the
negro problem" he continued, only
one way Of eliminating the crime OF
rape and freeing the land of the re-
sultant crime Of lynching-the COM
plete subjection of the negro under
stringent laws and police regulations.
as long as ne Is allowed by law to vote
and run ABOUT the country without
restraint there Is no checking the
crime which he commits. And the
North is gradually coming to that
view Of the matter
In this connection Senator Tillman
told OF bis experience In campaigning
In the West, and mentioned a number
of Illinois and Indiana towns which
will not allow the negro to live In
them.
The North is gradually getting
educated on the negro question:; the
little taste these people have had Of
Cuffy has made them less tolerant OF
his weaknesses than the people of the
South even. The patriotic intelll.
gence OF the North recognizes that
the South has great problem on It's
hands and is willing to let the South
solve it,"
The overwhelming defeat of the
national Democracy does rot in the
slightest degree, In Senator Tillman's
opinion, reflect the North s agreement
with President Roosevelt's negro
policy. He attributes the Republl-
can success to the general prosperity
OF the country and the personal popu-
larlty OF Mr. Roosevelt.
Senator Tillman is not feeling blue
about reduction OF Southern repre-
sentatlon. He said:
Il have talke1 to many OF the
brightest and most capable newspa-
per correspondents at Washington
and they all pooh pooh the idea, and
from many of the leaders of the Re
publican party learn that 1t is not
the intention to attempt any such
thing. Those greedy Yankees Whn