The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-10-11

4. Eynching for rape OF white VIC.
men By negroes will continue as long
as the crime is committed and the
fact that In many instances the guilty
fsn1 is not caught intenaifies the
hatred Of the whites towards the ne
gro race and ten1s to preoipitste race
c1uf cts in which innocent and gooc
nagroes are too often the only suffer
ers.
S Amalgsmation is the hope and
ultimate purpose of the negroes; the
obliteration of the color line, and
many white men, too many cbliViou
to their duty to their race and caste
are voluntary criminals In this regard,
white thank God, our white women
prefer death to su3h fate. In al.
most every community white men can
beGfound brszenly living opsnly with
| colored women and nothing is said or
done about it. We must protect our
women at any and all hazards else
they would spurn us and ought to
spurn US; and we must draw the line
of caste between white men and black
women and sternly compel its obaerv'
anos, just ss sternly as we are resolv'
ed to nraw the line between black men
and white women. The fact that the
negro ravishes the white woman while
the white man only lowers himself to
crafty lust with q willing nsgro Wo
man as morality is concerned makes
the only difference.
6 That rnost essential and burning
Issue With us is how to prevent rape
rather than try to svenge 1T. Lynch
'rg has failed; we must try some.
thing else. As the superior race we
owe it to ourselves to protect the good
and ipnccent negroes, Of whom their
are nsny-millions Of them In faot-
from felqe teachers and bad leaders
who are rapidly driving the whites to
desperatio1 and to the massacre of the
negroes. and to race war which can
have only one result, the destruction
OF he weaker race.
Ny words are bold. There are not
7oeay who would like to discuss this
question. shrink from it, but tia
subject ia tco serious and tho situation
too grave fer me to speak on 1t at all
and not hew. to the line. Prevent
rape. Stop it-don't try to aVenge 1t
I moan thGt Ia the policy, but CID
knows I sid after I had taken the
oath OF Office as governor OF South
Carolina with the oath warm on my
lips, that would lead q mob to lynch
any man, black or white, who would
"a Viah any woman black or white
and l meant 1t.
But We want remedy for rape.
Lynohiug has not succeeded. We
must have remedy.
When 7 come to discuss the remedy
" the remedies for the conditions Of
which have spoken we are confront.
ed with difficulties aud obstacles
which appear almost inSuperable.
The storm center OF all this trouble
is the necessity for the protection of
the white womer OF the South from
the fends who have been turned
loose upon us by Northern fanatics
and we must stop st nothing, how
ever costly and cruel 1t may appear,
which will afford our women safety
from t1ege dsvils in humsn form.
The only feasible scheme which l
have ever hit upon has been rejected
lime and sga'n because it envolVes q
most radical departure from I'll Of our
ideas of Auglo.Saxon liberty and nov
| I adopt 1t as q last resort. II is
nothing more nor lass than the estab
ishmant among us of the European
passport system coupled with large
increase of the cf1 ers of the law,
most of whom are to be stationary or
live at their homes. while in every
G unity where the negroes are at al!
numerous we would have two or more
Mounted policeman ever On the move
t. track down suspicious and danger.
,us characters. With half dozen or
more picked men In every township
commissioned to make srrests, with.
ont variant, IT, after Investigation,
should be deemed necessary under
he ragulation, and also charge with
the duty Of ferretiDg out all ca9es Of
ineondiary teachings or utbsrances
ph;cl u, uld tend to lawlessna1s, We
could soon put the breeders # trouble
5etwcen tie races, white or
oack, in such hot waGsr that 5hsy
I'D movs on and oui Of the couu.
1T is ioleness to try to put out 8
f-e and prevent cor1.gation if men
lra allowed to roGm shout with mat
ches and continue to set 1t. II we
i1tyn1 ta assert and maintain Whit
supremacy we must force the negroes
reac gnize their subordinate posi-.
Ion aDd allow no Other idea to bs
'isgeninated or taught. We must
compel every man to have dx:d do.
nic'ls aad to b, regularly at work, or
employed by soms one to whom be
osn refer for character and good con-
luct; and allow no stranger TO enter
community without betDg.sutject.
I'd "a orcs to an tuv stigation.
Make every such man produce o,
,ars Iort issued by the proper officer.
IND lave IN the passport a good 70!
on ior changing ni5 nome. Ltt
Ihe punishment be year On the
chain gang This laH, OF course