The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-08-08
GOV. YARDAMAN'S SPEECH.

, NhhA kOHb ~ last JdlutAdy III
Brookhaven. lie was met on the
arrival of the morning train by
Secretary Curtis and a committee
of the Brookhaven Progressive
Union and escorted to the Inez
Hotel, where breakfast was await
ing him. After breakfast he was
given drive by Secretary Curtis
and a committee Of the Progress
sive Union and show the extent
and Improvements of the city, and
expressed himself as highly
pleased at Brookhayen's growth
and many evidences of pros
perity.
On his return to the hotel, the
| Governor was taken in charge by
committee Of the Farmers
Union and for awhile held quite
a levee among his farmer friends,
consisting of the sturdy yeomanry
of Lincoln county.
At2 O'Clock the court house
was filled to its capacity with cit
liens of Brookhayen and represen-
tative farmers from all parts of
the county to hear the Governors
address. The lack of space will
not allow us to give a full report
of all the Governor said in his
speech.
He paid a high and eloquent
tribute to the farmer and his
calling, contrasting his indepen-
dence and his opportunities for
acquiring useful knowledge and
enjoying the manifold blessings
and beauties Of nature with those
of the tradesman and toiIers in
other departments Of labor the
shoe factory workers of rich Mas
sachusetts, for example.
Governor was strictly orthodox
as to the best way to succeed at
farming. Farmers we're urged
to raise their own corn, meat,
horses, mules, etc., needed for
their farms, and when they have
done this, then raise all the cotton
they possibly can besides. These
are the kind of farmers who have
saved money in the past and they
are the kind who will continue to
prosper and be the most independ-
ent people in the world.
Turning to the discussion of
the race problem and negro edu-
cation, the Governor reiterated
and emphasized his weII-known
views on this subject. He declar-
ed there must be a change in the
present plan of distributing the
public school fund and seeking to
educate the negroes, only to make
them more criminal and worth
less, and said he was in favor of a
\ Constitutional Convention, il no
other remedy could be found. He
paid a high tribute to Senator j..
Il. George, pronoancing him the
greatest man in his opinion this
country has produced since
| Thomas Jefferson.
The Governor did not want to
be misunderstood in his attitude
toward the negro. He feels kind
ly toward him. He is in favor of
protecting him to the fullest
. measure in his right to life, lib
erty and the pursuit Of happi-
ness and in the enjoyment of the
fruits of his labor, but he is un-
compromisingIy opposed to trying
to educate him at the white mans
expense for sphere for which he
lis by nature unadapted, and of
recognizing him as the political
equal of the white man. God
never made him to be the equal
Iof the white race; Thomas Jefer-
son, when he wrote the American
| Declaration Of independence. had
no reference to the negro when he
said "all men are born free and
equal and have certain inalienable
rights" /" for Jefferson was slave
owner at the time himself, and it
is folly for men to be attempting
to do BY law and the education of
the negro what the Almighty
never intended to be done. The
Fifteenth Amendment to the
United States Constitution should
be repealed.
The Governor referred to opin-
ions expressed adverse to this
/ proposition by Lamar, Wade
Hampton and Alexander Stephens,
lin 1878 or 1879, who agreed with
James q. Blaine; but in his opln-
ion, they we're Influenced in their
|opinion by fear Of Northern crit
Iicism. Montgomery Blair, a
member of President LincoIn's
Cabinet, who expressed his
views in the magazine with
lBlaine, La mar and others, said it
can be done, and he agrees with
Blair.
It is this fear OF Northern crit
Eicism which prevents Southern
1 Congressman from introducing a
fbill for separate car accommoda
Itions in the District Of Columbia,
lover which Congress has exclu-
lsiVe iuriediction. The Governor
took occasion during The political
part Of bis speech to announce
Ibis candidacy for the q. S. Senate
Ito succeed Senator Money, and
Isaid If the people elect him, he
will see that a bill for 4 Jim Grow
law for the District Of Columbia
lis introduced at least once every
year. He declared that the people
lof the North are seeing new light
Ion the negro question, aud that
The had rather be instrumental I'M
1 fonrJ; - ~ - d 44Fser aSed fsTV N rOIf.