The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-04-04
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The. South :Carolina Senator
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Huntington Which Dis s
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Huntington. March 30.-Senator
Benjamin r; Tillman. of South Carl
oHna, was both hissed and applauded
here tonight when he spoke ins the
Huntington theater before an audi
Eence that crowded the atsles on ".The
Race Problem" The speech was caus-
tic-=1Teven more SO than the most
radical expected. !, A section of the
theater has been reserved for the Ne
groes, but not a Negro was present.
am determined to tell { the
truth, . were the senator's opening
words. you people may hear. some
thing you may not like, hut the truth
must be told D. 2 -. <.
To. begin at the beginning, after
the war. dirty, /, NANCY politicians,
who had never smelled smoke, came
South with their damn'able methods,
and outraged every sense OF 4decency
Of the people. The 18th amendment
aroused the last drop of manhood,
and! the natural order was reversed.
The pyramid was turned upside
down; the Negro was at the top :
2l'..NqW," continued the senator,
this was wrong. This is white
man g country, and meant to be ruled
by white men. In many states theRa
are 10000 more Negro, voters than
whites. II We didn't take some dras-
tic ateps and some shrewd political
work; like you West Virginian poIiti-
clans Go-the day would come when
South Carolina would be a black
state. II, ~. 1, +. ~ 4 -
Before South Carolina becomes a
black state it will become mighty
red. i ~ ~ = : .--l'-:-
eve have had trouble because the
Negro, wanted to dominate, and we
Will have more. There are more black
children in school in south Carolina
than there are white. They will soon
catch up. with the whites in eduea-
ton. You see. < RI .I<< +, ,:,.,.5 4 X NJ
eaGf fioEhry Relief bont 0yer.g (
Es, 9 Sc efY
but II ssOnn have the problem to
face again. It wifi be a question Of
black and white domination again.
And this time; let me say, It will be
more real and actual than before the
war. / It;:would cost thousands of
lives. 9. T.. T.. 49,. -, f.; =
Everything the Negro has in the
way Of progression, achievement, in
tellect, enlightment, has come to
him through slavery and contact with
the white race. On the other hand,
the mixed NegEo, the quadrooni Of
the North. breaths hatred into the
minds Of the poor ignorant Negro
who has enough education to read
and not enough to comprehend the
questions Of the day The damnable
politicians Of the North commenced
this breeding and are keeping 1t up
now. o.. o. ~
[ The: Negro stands between the
white people and progress. They
have always and always will. They
stand between the North and South
and unity OF politics He is not the
equal to any white man. In the first
place the Negro is but 200 years out
of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Animal
passions dominate him. Mixture: with
whites brings out his worst qualities
He Is unable to control his passions.
'tIf God Intended for the Negroes
would have made him white from
the beginning. #cz---
r. His Lack of Morality. ~.
"You can educate the head of the
Negro, but you can't educate him out
Of his lack Of morality he has.
The immoral women Of the race
damn the raceI Every other child
born in the South Of c0,ored parents
is illegitimate. ,-1 -
Without good women, true men
are impossible; and there's no soci-
ETY. where women are corrupted.
Slavery Is national sin and not
a sin Of the South. Your grandfather
sold my grandfather slaves" IT,.
Continuing "a terrible cloud
hangs over the South because all
white men are not able to stay at
home to protect their women"
Most Degraded of aN Races. ---
Speaking Of the five different races.
Senator Tillman said 1.-The Negro Us
the most degraded Of all the five
races. And still we keep all the
other races away and keep the Ne
gro, nou rish him and protect him and
mix our blood with his. He is the
most inferior of all the races" ......
Reference was made to Booker. T.
Washington His father was a
white man and got his strength Of
character and brains from his white
father. But do we want to go into
the business of manufacturing Book
er r. Washington's for the sake Of
redeeming the Negro racer"
Senator Tillman's solution of the
race oblem~--that is. for the. pres
ent-migbt be summed NJ in these
words: Repeal the 18th amendment
and give each state the. right to dis
franchise as it sees fit.
In the course Of his address he
said: Democracy In the South means
white supremacy" Then he was
loudly applauded. AS the applause
died down he continued: And re-
publicanism means Negro equality"
Whereupon he was loudly hissed by
those who had kept quiet before.
Referring to politics in West Vir~
ginia, the fiery senator said that this
state also has q race problem. Take
the Negro away and the state will be