The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-12-08

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fools and their little money will
soon be parted and these hero
ines will get it.
The Tillman fund to the hos
pital will be very sacred. An
atom of the dust from his shoes
sprinkled on the pillow of a pa
tlent (some of them) will work
a miraculous cure like a relic of
the saints.
1t is hard to treat any part of
this Tillman affair except in
terms of contempt. In his bru-
tai paukness, however, he has
declared one thing l fear is true;
that the greatest race war of
modern times is imminent. 1t is
much closer to us than the
thoughtless are aware. Little
did the white slave owners of San
Domingo in 1884 dream of what
volcano was under them 10
burst forth suddenly as it did.
They went on heaping outrage
upon outrage-regardlesS of JUS
tice till at last the patience en-
durance of the blacks turned to
the most destructive fury that
ever returned to punish tyranny.
The exploits of the Negroes there
Is the surprise of history. They
are the only people who ever
bounded from slavery to nation
atty without help. They COM
mitted awful barbarities, but they
were in retaliation for worse
ones.
Why does Ben. Tillman seek
to precipitate this race war OH
the country to the destruction of
both races largely? Let us hope
he may be an early victim. Let
us look at the possibilities of the
situation. The Negroes ever,
where are armed. Whatever else
they lack-they have arms. and
know how to use them. The Ne
groes in this vicinity knew OF
the proposed mob of Tillman be-
fore 1t was announced in the pa
DerS-a hundred and fifty miles
from the field of action. This
means something. They are no,
numerous in the north, but they
are strong enough to repel the
attacks of thier active haters.
The great majority of the pee
pie in the North would take the
side of the Negroes as against
Negro hating mobs. How would
It be in the South? The whites
there who would befriend the Ne
groes would be borne down az
once, as it was when secession
was being inaugurated. Then all
the whites against all the blacks.
As the whites would conduct
none but a savage warfare they
could not expect the Negroes to
do otherwise. Then what? Burn
all dwellings, burn railroad
bridges, dynamite. depots Gu
telegraph wires, poison the
springs and wells, poison the
food. This was done in San
Domingo. 1t is what all people
will do in a death struggle.
Who can longest survive the
poisoned food? Those who have
always eaten the poorest food.
Who can longest live in woods
and swamps? They who have
always lived in the poorest
houses. Who are these longest
survivors? The Negroes.
The issue is not that the Ne
groes want to pull Tillman down,
but that he don't want to let
them up. His hatred of Booker
Washington lets the whole cat
out. claws, tail and all. Washing
tons teaching Tillman thinks
tends to make the Negroes think
they are as good as the whites,
and viii want to associate with
whites. 1t would be bad Mig
ger" indeed, who would volun-
tarily associate with Ben Tillman.
Booker T. Washington is an edu-
Gated gentleman and has shown
himself such wherever he has
been placed. Tillman has shown
himself dirty BLACKBOARD at all
times and places. Washington
can calculate an astronomical
eclipse. Tillman can't disting-
uish between an eclipse and the
shadow of a soaring buzzard.
Great God blct him outl
l am not a degenerate daugh-
ter of a soldier who fought to
free the slaves like Mrs. K, but