The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-06-02

the pulpit or press, by legislation. by
the good will of all concerned or even
(if the races are any way evenly
matched) by physical force itself, short
of war OF eXtermination.
And the reason is as simple as it is
deep and universal, and may be put IN
''a nutshell, namely: that the pure
':white of justice, which is believed to
::be the remedy for all political evils,
';will be stained and degraded by the
impure color of the mixtures into
(which it has to plunge; and dye ITS
hand long before these mixtures will
'sadrnit of Justice being applied to them:
:.and, further. that the higher moral
;scode of nations, instead Of being raised
::bv the attempt to apply it, will, dur
ling the progress OF the experiment,
ssbecome more and more degraded until
sit descends, with its lynchlngs and
'ihomicides in its train 10 the level OF
''barbarism again My contention, In
;'other words, is that the application
':of pure justice to these mixtures can
::never get foothoid at all, but will be
';blocked at every turn from the start:
land that to imagine or expect other
':wise is of all delusions and Ctopias the
s:most hopeless, besides being fraught
with the most terrible consequences
ito the posterity of any and every ma
::rion that embarks on it. The whole
s:scheme of nature goes dead against
them and all history is strewn with
':the ruins of the nations that have
ieither knowingly encouraged. or un-
"wilIingly have been forced to submit
'to them"
I thus present strong opinion on
each side Of this the most important
question that now confronts the South
ern people: and as for myself ! repeat
that / cherish an abiding faith. astrong
conviction that our children will meas
ure up to the full responsibility OF L
wise solution o. this question in the IL
sure as our fathers have met all the
emergencies that confronted them IN
the past.
But I affirm that there are three fun
damental. essential. never 10 be com
promised conditions precedent to tae
peaceful and permanent solution OF the
lQueStion thus presented
First st-That in all matters pertaining
to the enjoyment Of life. liberty ana
property absolute justice under the law
must be granted to the black race:
SeconG-That in all matters political
the supremacy of the white race must
be maintained.
Third That there must be no mkt
ure of the two races in social relation
ship
II there shall be universal recognl'
ton of the two last named conditions,
the South will pledge its sacred honor
to the recognition and enforcement OF
the first condition. Inclination and duty
lcombine to prompt the Southern people
ito the maintenance of these conditions
We stand today as our people stooc
forty years ago. On the first day O.
November, 1867, our people assembled
in convention to protest against the re
construction measures Of Congress: ant
in their address to the country they
said:
I'VE arc not unfriendly to the negro
ION the contrary we are his bes
friends In his property, IN his ilt'
land in his person we are willing tina
, s'the black man and the white maj
SHALL stand together upon the samt
platform and be shielded by the same
, :.eoual laws" lReynolds' Reconstruc
, ton in South Carolina, page ~
Our experience since that day lusti
fies all the sacrifices that were made II