Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-09-09

would see to that. But if the Amend
ment is defeated, is there no danger Of
Republican "Ring" domination? Natu-
rally. the Democratic party would be
discouraged and disheartened. The Re-
publican Ring" would then rally for u
great effort the entire mass of negro
voters. They would bring out thou
sands who have not been in the habit
of voting for years. and with the aid
of their friends the so-called lndepend-
ent Democrats il would be quite posi-
BILE for them TO get hold hard to I'M
fasten.
There are multitudes of Marylanders
who have lively recollection of how
the affairs of the State and City were
managed when the Republican party
was firmly intrenched in power. Do
they wish a repetition of the conditions
then prevailing Talk about the ma
nipulation Of the election machinery
No Democrat who ever lived anywhere,
or who does live anywhere, ever was or
ever could be match for Republican
election manipulators when they have
the chance. OF course. the white peo-
Pile of Maryland, il they desire. can
vote down the Amendment II they
elect to do so, they cannot complain
when forced to face the consequences.
II is not only the strong possibility Of
the permanence Of Republican rule it
is the negro personally with whom they
will have to deal. He will be more
aggressive. more insolent. more over
bearing than ever. and the negro sister
will not be slow to play her part. The
street car and other incidents which
have famed to fever heat the indigna-
ton Of the community will dwindle into
insignifcance by what will surely follow
In the past month or two there have
been terrific race riots in New York and
Philadelphia. caused by negro insolence
and excuses. At times the police have
been powerless to control the situation.
The negroes in New York and Philadel-
phia are very small fraction of the
population as compared to the negroes
Of Baltimore. 1t is unnecessary to fol-
low this. for the suggestion of what
may occur will be in everyone's mind.
Maryland and Baltimore may. if they
will, falter in the good work which,
starting at the Gulf of Mexico. has been
steadily followed up to the Potomac. 1t
is work which, as | have said before,
has the sympathy Of the intelligence
and the best judgment of the country
at large, without regard to party. Pub
lie opinion has abrogated the Fifteenth
Amendment. and public opinion, for all
practical effects. is just as powerful
and just az effective as formal legisla-
tive enactments. Negro suffrage is a
terrible wrong, and so universally ac-
knowledged. IL is wrong which should
be wiped out, and il will be sooner or
later, in every community where its ex-
tent is sufficient to show its unhappy
and blighted influence. Never before
in the history of the world or nation
has there been an attempt to confer
equal political privileges upon an in
ferior race. We have tried what was
never tried before, and it has been a
dismal. disastrous failure.
Will Maryland set herself up against
the natural law? The pride and the pre-
JUDGE Of race circle the globe and
penetrate its inmost Businesses. In our
own country it is more intense in the
North than in the South. All the great
cities of the East and the West exhibit
il on slight pretense against the black
man. The British Pacific Islands will
not tolerate the yellow man any more
than will our own Pacific Coast States.
Maryland may hang on to negro suffrage,
but the movement against it will extend
to the east and TO the west Of her Dor
der +. A. X.