The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-01-28
in the sand, or fools.

in the sand, or fools.
Nothing has saved the South from
the negro being the balance Of power
but the Democratic primary. He re-
ferred to North Carolina and "the
capture Of that State by Pritchard. !"
Such thing would not happen in
South Carolina in his day.
immigration the Remedy.
Coming to a question of remedy he
wanted to say first that the problem
had not yet been safely solved but he
believed there was only one answer
to the question-the white race must
be reinforced. We have no race
suicide or divorce and we have the
purest blooded citizenship in America
with the most glorious history. All
this should nerve us to get at once
more white men and women in South
Carolina. In his travels across the
continent he had noticed that other
States want more settlers and a great
many of these States have far more
advantages and it could be easily un-
derstood why the people are not
breaking their necks to get here.
''It's good State, but a great many
coldblooded people will see the gull
leys and the swamps and may go
elsewhere"
However there are things in this
State we have to offer and these ad-
vantages can be displayed. He has
found people who do not want new
corners. He Wou.I,like to adopt that
theory, but conditions are such that
settlers are needed and are Necessary
AS to what kind ar best, he declared
that he had fellow feeling for the
English, German and Irish, having
that blood in his veins. He, however,
in going through this State was
struck with the good stock, the pure
blood and the fact that every citi-
zen was proud Of the State. More Of
this kind are needed.
The general assembly a few years
ago passed "a bill for department Of
immigration. Now what is wanted
are homeseekers. Those of us who
have thousands of acres OF land and
are facing labor trouble with the
negroes, realizing that the negroes
are more and more independent,
know that something must be done.
The difficulties grow day by day and
what would be the result of an influx
of 100000 people who seek to be-
come South Carolinians?
Can we expect them to come here,
however, when the advantages OF the
West, with its high wages, are being
constantly advocated everywhere and
the government spending millions OF
dollars on the desert land? He had
served notice, however, that If this
government was going to put water
on the desert lands of the West he
expected the government to take the
water off of the lands of the coast of
South Carolina. But suppose this Is
done. The settler will find the ne
gro there, five and 10 to one. He
believes firmly that immigration Is
the solution. True, he did not be-
lieve in the certain classes now pour
ing into the country, but the other
kind make good citizens and they are
needed
Fifteenth Amendment.
| Whan Lee surrendered at. AppO-
mattoX we knew that the Union was
one and that slavery existed no long
er. But we did not know that sec
tional hatred would make the North
forget all the long past and declare
the. negro as good as the white.
While Radicalism has been thrown
off temporarily there is only one de-
finite and permanent remedy-the
repeal Of the 18th amendment.
He was told that he was the only
Southern representative who advo-
Gated this. He had talked to hun
dreds of Northern audiences and
found that they had very little use
for the negro, although they wanted
| HIS NUlG dllu tiIC SouSCIuNhNiS fSiy
polite to the colorcd brother.
1t was a question with him. he
said, whether or not it was not time
for the South to unite and call for
the repeal CT this amendment. If
the South never asked for it they
would never get it.
In roaming over the land he was
able to bring the news back that Sec
tional feeling was dead. There were
few old men who still cling to the
old ideas. But there are many who
have come South during the Span
! ish-American war, have invested
their money here and have visited
here and they have the same ideas
we have. He claimed that he had
aroused more enthusiasm in Wiscon-
| sin than here on the matter Of white
supremacy; he had followed his old
style of hand primaries and Usually
secured q unanimous vote. 1t is now