The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-08
TLLMAN PREDICTS RACE WAR
FORESEEs BLOODY RIOTS BOTH
NORTH AND SOUTH.
Intimacy or white Men and Negro women
Potent Cause or Trouble Would Es-
tablish Passport System for Worthless.
Rowing Negroes -LynChins 4 Failure.

AUGUSTA, Ca, Oct. TN a characteristic
speech to 1000 people, by whom he was
oheered. Senator Tillman of South Caro-
lima here to-day declared that the South
was on the verge OF a great race war. He
said:
There are some people who say that a
race problem settles itself, but l make the
prediction that in less than ten years, l fear
in less than five, there will be a great NUM-
Der of bloody race riots North and South
beside which the Atlanta riot will pale into
insignifcanoe.
Il lay down the following proposition 4,
which cannot be disputed:
~First-White men OF the South are
united and determined as never before
to maintain white supremacy, politically
and socially, in every part of every South
ern State.
~Second-Negroes were never more in
tent on contesting, in every way hat they
dare, this position Of the whites, the Repub-
lican national Government aiding and abet-
ting this idea.
-Third-Raee hatred in every form is
growing in intensity in both races.
notwithstanding for criminal assault
will continue as long as crime is comm tilted
The escape of the guilty nflames whites,
~precipitates riots and causes innocent,
negroes to suffer.
-Fifth-Amalgamation is the hope and
ultimate purpose Of the neg roes. White
men are rendering them great aid in this
by intimacy with negro women. Tn line
must be drawn as sternly between white
med and negro women as between black
men and white women.
-Sixth-The burning issue is nov TO
prevent and not to avenge criminal assault,
I'M lynching has failed. The superior
race should protect many millions Of inno-
cent negroes from false teachers and bad
leaders who are rapidly driving the whites
to desperation that means Il race war that
can onlv result in the destruction Of the
weaker race"
After considering every conceivable plan
for the protection Of white women against
negro assailants he concluded that there
was only one effective way. This plan II
the establishing Of a European system
Of passport, coupled with a large increase
in officers Of the law.
He referred to the rowing class Of negroes
claiming to be workmen at saw mills, on
railroad gangs. &c, who are always oi
most depraved character: Worthless scum
of the race-these are creatures who are
defiowering our women and precipltating
riots"
He declared the only place for these
was among Northerners whose scheme OF
reconstruction produced them. He de-
clared that il all were shot like wild beasts
the country would be better OF. but that
was unlawful; therefore, when thoy were
unable to produce passports they should
be placed on chain gangs until reformed, or
leave the country. He said no further
concessions should be made to various
objectors. for I'VE must cease to ponder,
else we will soon be forced TO go to shooting.
And negroes, too, will begin to kill when
they begin to believe that color Of skin Is
a death warrant regardless OF good be-
h%avior."
He declared that the white men of the
South should 20 ahead and DO what they
believed was right in this matter regardless
"of all the Yankees between Cape Cod and
He'll"
His closing remarks were pictures Of the
horrors of miscegenation. to which he
affirmed the cou ntry is surely coming
unless conditions are changed.