The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-14

that he was, just and fair to white
and black alike, there was something
in his gentle demeanor that said t
the whole country that though PLACED
in his exalted office by partisan inStru'
mentality he was indeed the presi
dent OF all the States and all the sec
tions. Alas, the pity of the unful'
filed promise that his successor would
continue the policy which had SC
markedly ontrlbuted to the spirit ol
the national unity, and as the result Of
which even the Republican party
made enough converts in the south tc
break it's Soidity ard to mike doubt
ful several States, which by the change
of policy are today more certainly
Democratic than ever. Even as
Democrats we had hoped that the time
had come, by Gods grace, when
white men could differ on economic
issues without fear Of sacrificing their
civilization or of immo?ating intelli-
gerce and good citizenship upon the
altar OF illiteracy, corruption and
racial disturbance.
L st the Republicans should want
further testimony than that offered
by the kindly attitude of their
own Mckinley, let his successor ask
the negro himself-not the polit:cal
type out for the loaves a d fishes, but
the conservative representative Of bis
race-if the changed policy has been
productive OF 6 oi or evil to the rice
in promoting harmony or diScord be.
tween it and those who, in the very
nature Of things, ought to be, and
are, their best real friends.
Il would not deny them a single
right to which they are justly entlJl-
ed-nor would our people. AS Goa
scientious well wishers Of race that
is among US, and which is here to
stay, we but ask the privilege of CO.
operating with its better element to-
ward the upbuilding and the uplift-
ing OF the race to the plane OF good
citizenship.
More than that, I would bsspeak
for them at north the same con Sidera-
tion they receive in esolth-t though
frequently denied them in Republican
States OF having the right to
earn their own bread by the sweat Of
their brow, and OF protection from
assault when, as happened under more
than one Republican governor, they
have asserte 4 that simple right.
WHAT THE SOUTH ASKS.
''All the south asks is to deal with
this question as its conscience and its
judgement dictates, and we pledge
that the solution will be for the best
of all concerned-best for the negro,
best for the whites and best for the
country at large.
II am aware Of the fact that in re-
sponse to this suggestion the Republi-
can reply is to point to an occasional
outbreak against the law as evidence
that we need help from partisan sour
css-but our answer is that for every
Statesboro there is Wilmington, and
that occasional expressions Of mob Vio-
lence, however unjustifable, are no
more expressions OF public sentiment
in Georgia or Texas than when they
occur, with less cause to provoke them,
in Illinois or Indiana. Why, even
Mr.. Roosevelt in his Winning OF the
West has gone further than the most
rabid apologist for mob violence in
Georgia or Illinois would think Of
going, for in defense Of lynching for
nothing worse than horse stealing ne
wrote; In many Of the cases Of lynch
law which have come to my knowledge
the effect has been healthy for the
community
Eliminate the race question, as a
political issue, and you have put the
capstone on the pyramid of national
unity. Republicans no less than
Democrats should welcome the day
when it is done, for then will, all the
States divide in healthy contention
over economic issues the country
will be the bettSr for it.
John B. Stoll, editor OF the South
Bend, Ind, Times, responded to the
toast, Triumphant Democracy"
Andrew Mclean, editor Of the
Brooklyn Citizen, closed the speech
making wnen he responded to The
Democracy Of the Empire State"