The daily sentinel., 1907-09-25
IS NOT AFRAID TO
DISCLOSE IDENTITY
IS: b. L." Perfectly Willing to Let
Larry Hynes Know Who He Is.
Last Discussion on Till
man.

\ Editor SentiLel.-In your regular
issue of yesterday there appeared an
article under the head line. Has
More to Say" which was signed by
Larry Hynes.
\ Curiously enough, about a week
ago there appeared in your paper an
article of similar nature signed by
one Lawrence Hynes Ca LAWYER
would require an affidavit of identi-
ty right here), which was replied to
/ by cowardly brute who was afraid
to disclose his identity. but endeav-
ored to hide the same behind the
three innocent letters, IS. B. l."
Now it happens that IS. b. L."
and the author of this. what shall
We call it, are one and the same
Identical person. and not other and
different persons; and he, after care
fully reading the article referred to
above, and while writing under the
withering sarcasm, lifts his head
from the dust of ignominy and de-
feat to once more make a feeble
protest against willful misrepresen-
tation and erroneous Interpretation
of Senator TillmaIs S speech and that
distinguished gentleman's position on.
the race question, and at the same
time to remark that If Mr.. Hynes
had anything more to say, why il the
world didn't he say 1t?
Some people, you know, Mr..
Hynes, have a peculiar foniness for
seeing their names in print and
while the writer has about all the
weaknesses that flesh is heir to, this
Is not one of them, and he begs that
Mr. Hynes and the public will at
tribute his failure to sign his name
in full to the first article rather to-
an extremely sensitive nature and a
lack of desire on his part to parade
his name unnecessarily before the
public as if seeking cheap notoriety
However that may be, the senti-
ment which so gravely affronted the
patriotism of the honorable gentle
man was one which was unexpressed
by Senator Tillman on the occasion
of his speech here several weeks ago
Nobody has denied that Mf. Jeffer-
son owned slaves. The question was
whether he approved of slavery orr
not, and the simple fact that he did
own them up until the time of his
death is evidence of the fact that he
did. his Notes on Virginia" to the
contrary Notwithstanding
Mr.. Tillman's friends and admir-
ers tand he has quite a number
stilD object to his being accused of
preaching anarchy because he does
not. Mr. Tnlman's ancestors were
charging Bunker Hill or hewing a
nation out of forest doubtless when
some people We're pursuing the even
tenor in a foreign country.
Senator Tillman does not endorse
lynching, save for the one crime; and
strange as it may seem, statistics
show that the perpetrator of that
crime fares very little better in the
north nowadays than in the south.
Senator Tillman did not point with
pleasure to the determination of the
Indians or to the numbering of the
Chinese; but simply referred to this
bit of history as an example of the
unanimity of opinion as to these
races and how quickly they were dis
posed of and merely showed by COM
parson the Inconsistency of the av-
erage northerner's position relative
to the negro.
In regard to Senator Tillmans de-
scription of how the Anglo-SaXon
race wrested South Carolina from
African domination, l can only say
that he is upheld by the entire south
il his contention that the end justl-
fed the means, and we must admire
the way in which an uncomfortable
people came into their own.
Mr. Tillman's position on the race
question is as sublime as it is pa
thetic. Like a great many reformers
and educators, his path is not strewn
with roses; but wherever he goes and
speaks there is always revulsion
Of feeling on the negro question, and
many broad-minded intelligent peo-
pie after hearing the truth from one
who knows experience a change of
heart in this connection. However
there are none 50 blind as those
who will not see"
SO endeth the second ani last les