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

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f;Ss @ nestlon' Z can only be prac-
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IN an0s ne Pn the spot have soy oy
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S1ls by actual observat;nn
~ cite your familiarity VIII
newspapers, addresses of so,,tI Win
e. e.al men and debates in Con
gress All this is well as far on as
L. L. YES; but the negro is a human m
Oe. VINO can be but very I'M
perzectly known except bv sct,n1 @
conFact. almost the only % vsiIa
fre. Sre kneWiedge of him must Come |
lIoIn as9a! ones own contact or the
ssscs'nony .ss q @l OF other actual observ
ers The former 1 assume I,v Wv,
nave nave not had, as you do not n,ou SUu
t3 It, Your discussion will
perefore, be, as u e:-~siid emerr, me- :
52SsEds. Sso Esfent.sTAa,of-I 6 fo 'ssH of ;;s
que about the negrus}u,,ro ow7aa tIIas
ought to be done with him and
for him far better than l can,
but when you come to practically
handling him, so to speak, YOU
have what The News and Courier
correctly describes as plentiful
lack of real knowledge of your
subject"
Again as to "narrowness of
spirit. Z" You show it, probably
unconsciously, in talking about
the negro being human" that
they should have citizens
rights, privileges and opportuni-
ties equally with other citizens
upon conditions that do not un-
fairly discriminate against them
because they were not white
men," AS if anybody anywhere,
VINO is OF any consequence, at
the South denied all or any part
OF this! Who denies that the ne
gro IS human, or that he is enti-
tied to- fair and equal treatment
with te men in all rights,
privil4 n d opportunities
which M the gifts or subjects of ;
the Law DO you know, or can
you pol1 to-. any instances of ,
practlca theoretic denial ofall
this pu coolly assume that
such deniH Elsthe condition in the !,
South, a1!A on this unwar-
ranted and false assumption you
to condemn the Southern
whites and 'bemoan the cruel fate
of the Southern negro. First, ,
give yourself a basis of fact, and ts
then construct your argument ac- l.
,ordingttO the, fact. Not to do ,
This, as you do not, I call fatal F,
narrowness of spirit. =" Again. I
you talk Of "disfranchisement in !
order to secure white suprema-
~" Cite your cases. Tell us ,,
where this is done or attempted. :
You are wiser than mo violent !
supposition, admit--if you can
10 it. You probably refer to or
lave in mindscertain provisions u
faced in the Constitutions of !
bries of the Southern States
)eamng;on the suffrage. Every
me Oh these provisions bears
equally an whites and blacks. 3
Cases to test these provisions as :
% illegal discrimination have been ,
before the Supreme Court of the
United States. Has any one of +
hese provisions been set aside? o
Not one 1 say, therefore, that so s
ong as the South acts within its y
egal rights in regard to the suf- y
rage, it is not censurable. The
act that you do continue to CEN .
ure the South for this is another
of fatal narrowness of {
pirit.