The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-12-14
THE SOLID SOUTH
Will Never be Broken as Long as
the Fifteenth
STANDS AS a LAW.
So Says Senator Tiliman in an In
teryiew with . Correspondent
ofthe Augusta Chronicle
in Columbia.
in Colunbia.

ofthe Augusta Chronicle
in Columbia.
When l net hin here by appoint
neut as be was passing through Co
!umbia on his was to Trenton, Sena
| :or Tillnan was in particularly gooc
spirits, and caatted pleasantly anc
ensertaining?y concerning the lessons
taught by the results Of the natioua
election and tie political future Of tht
South. Though when he touched CD
certain pha:es of the negro question
! The corners Of his mouth vent dos!
promptly and with marked ene'g gy
his eyes fes.sed and his voice depend
nto that tone OF intense earnsstneS:
or which he is 50 famous, says cor
respondent Of the Augusta Chronicle.
Asked what be thought OF th'
solid S1uth," and whether be sa"
any immediate hope OF breaking it
Senator Tillman declared with en-
ohaSiS that the solid South woulc
sever be broken as long as the Eff
eenth amendment is allowed
stard
The South is solidly Democratic
cot in the broader sense that th;
term democracy is understood in th'
politics Of the whole country" h;
said, but in the narrow sense that
he Anglo-Saxon intelligence OF tbs
South s>lidly aud always unyieldingl!
,tan5S FOR white supremacy. 0
course, this situation is unfortunate,
1ssruch as the resul are intellec.u
lily sitting in the discussion Of anc
;or1ertion for tae broader principles
II government and OF civilized life
But there is no immediate hope OF
;aanging these conditions. Every ef'
inrt put forth By the N msguided
o5i!anJhrcpiSts and vicious politicians
# the North with THAR inpracticabls
notions about the equality Of man. 10
oreak the solid South, only ssa(s that
)ocd Of union as with hoops Of steel,
aud the problem will never be solved
Until the North lets the South alone
10 solve it.
If these dreamers of tie North,
working in corjunctlon with tbei:
reedy political brethren dtn't stop
y ddliug in this matter there will te
,.cu war and terrible massacre. Ful
political equality means social eqaaii-
y, and social equality meaus misce.
genation and the nlonsreliz:ng OF the
people Of the South, WITH the result
bat the white intelligence OF tae
South will degenerate to the level o.
those S; u:h American republics who's
listory has shown than to be wholly
Ind invariably inca apable rot only Oh
:e!f-sovernnent, bus CT acquiring
property, the Distinguishing charac.
Cerist:c Of the white man, ard un,
willingness to respect law and live 10
quiet and orderly manner.
'Oace let the wedge De driven in
just the least bit, once recognize 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
;couudrelly, triding white men who
asye lost all self-sespect will sctuple
[ 70 marry the daughters Of negro men
who have acquired property. Then
will the sluicegates be opened, and
5here will be no stopping the mon.
greliz!ng Of the white intelligence of
the South. This in an upthinkab!e
condition, an impossible conSunma-
5io1.
There is only one solution Of tie
oegro problem" be continued, only
one way OF eliminating the crime OF
rape and freeing the land Of the re-
sultant crime Of lynchiDg-th the COM
plete subjection Of the negro under
stringent laws and police regulations.
AS long as be is allowed by law to vote
aud run about the country without
restraint there is 40 checking the
crime which he commits. And the
North is gradually coming to that
view Of ths matter
Ia this connection Senator Tillman
told OF his experience in campaigning
il the West, and mentioned number
OF Illinois aud 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 toe
South even. The patriotic intelli
seuce Of the North recognizes that
the South has great problem on its
hands and is willing to let the South
solve it,"
The Overwhelming defeat Of the
national Democracy does not in the
slightest degree, in Senator Tillman's
opinion, rthics the North's agreement
with President Roosevelt's negro
policy. He attributes the Rspubli-
can Success to the general prosperity
OF the country and the personal popu-
iarity Of Mr.. Roosevelt.
Senator 'Tillnan is not feeling blue
about rfdvction Of Southern repre-
Sentation. He said:
Il have talked to many Of the
brightest and most cap;b'e newspa-
per CORES pon7ents at Wasb;ng5Gn
and they all pooh-pooh the idea, and
from many Of the leaders OF the R.
publican party l lesrn that it is not
the intention to attempt any such
sning. Those greedy Yankees who
want to reduce the South'S repreSen-
tation in order to decrease our power
a1d influence and Increase their own,
forget, in their sal6shness in arguing
for representation in proportion to
voting strength and the number OF
people participating on government,
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