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

Il e ! ~ y say you try to eenco,,ra
- siiDeral Southerners. !, NJ
are they And how ID vo,, - Z
courage them? So far &C II ), )
see, you do it only BY stinobia I,
ing, II you have any infi,,sn'
Inere, a desire or effort tn'so,,p 7
5urn laws which The S,,n,.e,. ~ss
court will not overturn ~ ~ y =
ASIDE. This, too, 1 cali ssfaf' e
narroWness of spirit. {, - -
& ou ask IT the Alabanla ,i;syt,
q age cases were fakes !, -, :,
glaa you alluded to those caaa' q
ZOE they will serve excelIensei M ei si
g 'ifds laa{aI aai9t5it,,S is55,Ss
peonage cases were not "faIes. f =
4 wb;oh aaG Ihney e We're tried in a court !,
IWnlch winch the judge and district : 81 =
m1Erney were both Den,ocraf.s, s J,
iLhey We're quickly and effect;,,s
y trled and peonage was ILL., k;iles
IN Alabama at one blow N11se Ts
ouage and district attornev are re
among the very few, almost H. tbe
only, Democrats appointed tL.e h,,
roosevelt to any high Office ~; ~
the South. This is a nat % ;lh,slh IN
do dlon, not only, of what can be
zone, b 9 ought to be done, and will III
&c aone by the best men of the
south whenever they have the te
power to act. 1t also illustr,tt.a.ee t..e
sbe,,t ahe extreme ire folly of your outcry rs
aoou1 Z, the negro because he is ny
III RPolielcal power at the South
LOU make what I NAV call
an ad hominem argument wban hon
you allude to any admin;strWmtien Wien
h :h,t Houth > I Carolina as showing
=. ,nat a Republican Governmenf
Il Ihe Southern States was not q
nronlc or ,incurable evil, even
plth VII colored men as voters eee1 aea
fhflceholders." Sir, / wish anu t
ell !, yoH that my administratiorno "
11oweTno such thing. # sho,n hClo
q pfsclsely the opposites AND !;
erhaps | had better repeat bera @
,ca t,ie u,hs matter is of any import
ace nee, what l have so often said :
lat the lesson of nv admistrao' is.a'
stS,yiIat with a predonderat, J..
g electorate Of negroes; Il iin,s n,sss1 : :
nKfenMs. nMas within tEa the bounds s3.9 Of poss 5
ore possible now: Giving me a
edit for qualities and abilities
IF management, tact and what Id
9t-qualities | never possessed "
hat could do from 1874 to 1877 |
erely retard a little the crevasse 1t
corruption and misrule ever c
altering force behind me and a
ire shortly to overwhelm me-. t
is ungracious in appearance to
ject intended compliments, but t.
am trying especially to tell the n
nth on this Southern negro a
lestion to ears long inbred to
ltruth on this theme. s
AS to social equality, to which is
III allude in a manner which | Q
'eatly regret, let me say that if D
~ regard it as a mere bogey of O
e whites of the South, l do not. il
is a real danger, or reality. v
you like the word better. Ily
I'VE seen two Republican Gov n
nors entertaining negroes, male D
I'd female, at their houses, in v
'awing rooms and at tables. q
nat is what I call social equal O
Z. What do you call it? It d
i'll happen again, too, if the me-
'oes ever return to power. | "
y nothing now of the right or :;
rong of it, but since YOU treat =.
as a mere chimera, take leaverl :,
einform you that it is a very n n
lrd fact. r
To my, views on lynching you .
We an entire editorial article. 9,
~ call my attitude "apologet- p,
= a gross injustice to me for y y
nich you have no excuse. =,
rote the Bryce letter principally - =
say what | did about lynching. E,
will not traverse in detail what =
u say in reply, further than to y, -
lterate all | there said, and tol e
d, in no disrespectful spirit, n
at the trouble with you, espec- 81
ly on this point, is that you Il
We only, in the words of The N
ews and Courier, "a plentiful -
TX OF knowledge" of the SUBJ =,
It on which you preach and 4,
gmatiZe. II
Now will you allow me to say ss
word here in response to- the y,
te of Mr.. MoorfieId Story in =
ur issue of the 10th inst? Mr., 4
prey knows already, hope, fc