The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-10-22

buOuBub Va mouuiluB WASh ~ al "AJ
way. When the subject WAS seized |
upon in 1890, 1t was to make 1t o stalk |
ing horse for selfish and ambitious men |
to ride into Office. 1t was one OF the |
sharp tricks politicians often resort to |
while playing the game. But lest We
forget and fall into the error, let us go
back and read up on a little history
woven into our national life. We have
seen how q small band Of absolutists
seized upon the condition of the Coun-
try in 1919, whom the United States
Was just entering on the second war OF
independence with Great Britain in the
hope Of raising q storm against the
Madison administration and thus OBJ
tain control OF the federal government.
But the friends Of free government
were not deceived by the shouting out
cries OF absolutism. The plotters to
get control OF the federal government,
make peace with England on any terms
she might dictate and so get back un-
der George Ill as king Of America,
were disappointed in their scheme to
deceive and mislead the people back to
kingly government. Though disap-
pointed in their reactionAry trick to
upset government by the people. they
went over to Hartford and told all the
world that they were wolves in Sleeps
clothing by giving aid and comfort to
the public enemy.
Under the providence OF God, Gen.
Jackson with Tennessee and Kentucky
rihemen closed the war in o blaze Of
glory in 1916. Here was disappoint-
ment once more for absolutism, but
they never iorgave Jackson, bounding
him down to his grave. For Eve years
more these officeseekers nursed their
political wrath and finally hit upon the
plan TO revolutionize the federal gov
ernment, upset the rights Of the states
and convert the poor negro into polit-
ical asset. And now after so many
years Of agitation and strife we are no
nearer a just and peaceful settlement
Of the question than we were eighty
years ago. Why is this2 It is as SIM
pie as any question could be if men
would stop and anoint their eyes with
truth and justice so they could see the
subject as it is and not as they want it
to be.
But without further prologue let us
pause for moment in the mad scram-
BILE to elect this or that man to the
presidency and take a snap shot at
1 Springfield, Illinois. Who can tell us
the exciting cause of the riot, lynching,
murder and house burning up at
Springfield? pause for an answer.
4 Northern newspapers say it was the
criminal class" and they are simply
anarchists, while the southern papers
answer back and say it shows the trace
problem" has become national. Both
are in error and show that they do not
understand the question. When con-
gress jumped over the constitution and
began 10 exercise control, that made il
o national question and it has been q
national question for eighty years. The
people went to sleep and suffered the
politicians to lead them along and put
them to fighting each across the Mason
and Dixon line for Office. In the mean
time the federal authorities took charge
OF the negro as person separate and
apart from tho white people OF the
! states, thus setting up negro aristoc
racy in the republic. This unwise pol
I 10y naturally drove the two races apart
. and when the president exalted thG
/ negro over the white man, much better
qualified, by appointing him to ofic'
Q over the white mans head, he had pre-
0 pared both races for q riot on an,
: emergency. The negroes became vail
4 and self-conceited and offensive in tn
n presence OF the whites and an angr,
3 word was always followed by blow.
Success is the dominant idea OF al
: Americans in every department Of life
When the campaign liar starts out o
our quadrennial elections he seeks Il
0 win success for his party, and his frs
. move is to drive . wedge between tn
! races. To stir up the angry passion
OF the negro is to make him Q bin,
a political slave to his new master 80 b
:, can be rounded up on election day
u We have seen this game played by th
70 federal machine here in Tennessee
70 until it has split one of the parties int
two hostile factions. Instead OF th
> people ruling in their own governmen
70 il means an outside force to delude an
3: rule them as q lot of helpless dupel
II And this is the spirit that raised th
~ storm in Spring field, Illinois, and whe
= ;, the storm broke over the city it's fri
victim was the unhappy negro who hs
v married white wife.
:. Now, what is the only certain rem'
1t dyP II is simple enough II the peopl
N will shake off their lethargy and rise u
like freemen, snap the chains by whic
. bosses and machine politicians hay
ID bound them. Go back TO the conetitJ
II ton as IL was and honestly obey Il
m mandates. Take the negro ont of fet
= eral politics as personal equation
Return him as Q citizen under the cor
at stitution and laws Of the states that Ii
Is white man obeys for the protection
tv person and property and help hin
: when found worthy, to rise in ii
o world. II he refuses to obey the lav
he kha vhiteg are Obliged to obev. Dunis