The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-09-16
NEGRO RULE IS nISpIur

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Ex-Governor sGisnmbe
ldin Declares his Admi
iSfrdfion Proved tn
ond in FaCtRemains m
Same Today.
10 the Editor of the Heral5;s
Wish 70 offer a few observations /
way OF reply to your several ed !
torial articles on my "Open I ~ .,
Ter" to Mr.. James Rrvce ~ ~
Ma Nsned IN the Charleston Is. d
views and Courier of the list inst
as my remarks must take NOR nor
= snan q little space, if / do b,,
scant Justice to your nearly f;", &
Iuli columns of editorial comnar,
ah ana criticism, perhaps I can q,
Che outset conciliate your favo,
q nttle by saying that with the
plesenC letter to the Herald will
absolutely close my discussion Of ~
tne negro question for a lono Nc ~
r1od, unless in the quite unj;Leei,- e.
event OF there being a loud cail
upon me for further writing F
Must stop here for two reasons.
rirst, because my health. 90 noo,.
81 pest, has been appreciablv ;n
J9red by the apparent necass;t,,; i
~ Ieadlng and In some cases AZ
aeplylng to, comments. on INV - =
ter or attacks 0n~fie Tf-WffS17fg<
1T; second, because the subject,
SO far as it is connected with nv
Bryce letter, seems to me to have
had sufficient discussion, certain.
ly for the present. think it is
time the piece were withdrawn
/ from the stage.
felicitate myself much that
on q theme so worn and fretted
by discussion in all moods and by
many hands, some or few COM
petent. but most of them clearly
incompetent, / have been able to
stir up a really serious and some
what fresh discussion of some
salient points of present pressing
Importance. Though of course
newspapers have acted for their
own interest, not mine, the result
has been rather striking, / think,
and / have noted a few facts
which have marked the discussion
precipitated by my Bryce letter
and which have come to nv
knowledge. Five leading news
papers in Philadelphia, Cincin-
natl New Orleans, Vicksburg
and Milwaukee have reprinted
the letter in full; thirteen more
have printed verbatim all the
principle parts of it; forty-six
others have published leading ed
itorial articles exclusively given
TO Its disc cussion, while over 15OI
more have noticed and comment
ed on sjf more or less fully. If i
therefTe, there is virtue or safe
sty In Discussion, some good may
have come, or may come, in this |
case. Of course l have not seen
all, perhaps not nearly all, the
articles, and am told that thei
discussion is still going on inl
newspapers of less circulation
and consequence.
must further warn YOU. ift
warning it may be called, that / !
must speak, if 1Ispeak at all, ofI
your editorial articles with entire. |
though always with respectful
freedom, and perfect candor.
You haye used a free pen; so
shall I.
The News and Courier having
charged you With discussing the
negro question with q ss;fatal mar
rowness of spirit and plentiful[
lack sdf real knowledge, I as
sumo that by this was meant mar
'rowness fatal to wise or fair andl
valuable discussion. This charged
you resent with warmth, and on
the point of lack of knowledge
y0us slikefl Che negro question toI
the tariff nsthat the latter is cal
more intimate and poignant ISSUE
in Come States than others" Dol
you mean that the tariff chanQesl
with change of locality, that the