The Penn's Grove record., 1907-09-06
The Race Question
Hxpounded By Senator Tillman.

Those who heard Senator Benz. r.
Tillman, at Brandywine Springs, on
Wednesday of last week, gotta more IA
vor able impression Of him than isgained
by reading the brief u~nfavorable COM
ments of the Northern Press. He said
that it would be a good thing for Con-
gresham to travel all over the county
so as to be better qualified to legislate
for the whole people, and, of course, it
will be as beneficial for the Northern
people to here the Southern side of the
race problem.
Every Northern man, no matter how
strong a Republican he may be in the
North, sees the conditions when he goes
South and if there any length of time
soon acts rs the natives do politically.
Among other things the Senator said
that it had been the rule of his life to
do what he thought was right; to speak
so he could be understood; to tell the
truth. He considered the race problem
the greatest and most serious problem
which threatened the civilization of the
South. While some goody, goody
people may advocate the doctrine Of
equality between the races, who would
sell souls and virtue of their women
and the future of their country for
money, he would continue to advocate
a change.
The wal was the first great effort to
settle this great question and their would
have been no wal but for the attitude
of the North on this question. 1t was
a civil war on the border States. 1t
was the Southern states fighting for
their rights.
Congress has declared that there was
no wal of rebellion that it was a Wan
between the States.
The U. S. Supreme Court has decid-
ed the Southern States never seeded,
were never out, of the Union.
The war decided two things. First,
that slavery was dead. Second that
this was a nation with a big N.
1t was surprising thati it lasle solung
Is it was % millions against 4 millions.
The South lost enough to pay the ma
tional debt and $40, 600 men never re-
turned.
The aspect was more dangerous to
him than in 1861. There were 9,000,0 O0
negroes in 1900 and the increase would
make 1000 0U0 now. The law gives
them all the right to vote and hold office,
every right and privilege that the white
man has from Caucasian Inheritance.
South Carolina has 225, 600 more ne
groes than white men, Mississippi has
265, 1000 more and there are six other
Southern States with more black than
white people. If they have the full
right to vote they will govern us.
| never yet heard of the soldier who
fought to make the negro the master
over the white nal. 1t was the skulk-
ing politician who wanted revenge on
the South. Thad Stevens, Ben Wade
and Zach Chandler wanted to con6scate
the white owners property in the South
and give it to the negroes. They were
hindered by their failure to impeach
President Andrew Johnson. Lincoln
said in public debate that he did not be-
lleVe in negro equality.
The advocates of equality recite the
Declaration of Independence wherein
it says that all men are created equal
with the inalienable rights of life, lib
erty and the pursuit of happiness.
That was written under conditions of
white man inequality. Jefferson own
ed slaves. The U. S. Constitution 1t G.
ognized slavery and the U. S. Supreme
court upheld it, until it was abolished
as a war measure.
He would grant the negro life and
liberty but when you put him to rule
over me where is my happiness?
All civilization and government has
come from the caucasian race and all
the civilization the negro has acquired
has been from the white race. They
eve built a city in Africa, organized
gov eminent, nor invented an alphabet.
The idea of politicians in giving the
negro the right of civil equality was to
make Republican votes and to perpe-
trate the party i'll power. The South
had negro rule for eight years.
In the reconstruction period after the
close of the War between the States
carpet baggeIs from The North with
white scalawags of the South by ne
gro votes and Legislatures, more than
three-fourths of whom couldnot read nor |
write ruled, backed by Federal bay |
Onets whom and imposed taxes which |
the whites had to pay. They not only
spent all but run the States hundreds
of thousands of dollars in debt.
We had to secretly organize and stuff |
the ballot boxes TO get rid of them and |
when the white-liyered hounds return
North they brought their hard? earned
earnings. We changed the consti- |
tuition so that all negroes who can read. |
pays tax on $500 worth of property or
understand a section of the constitution |
read to him can vote. Few under |
stand it.
The negro shall never rule South Car |
DINA again. We don't want TO butch /
er, them, and we don't want you North
erners to make us do it. We believe in
White supremacy and only ask you to
keep your Yankee noses out.
Down our way, Democrat means
white man, Republican means negro,
L don't mean to be offensive, but can
only make myself fully understood by