Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-05-06

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southern than tho rimes.ruiun W
have never seen a. Oar readefs
know that no paper b gulCeer 90 ~
sent any injustice % ~ Sruta s~'l
none shows Ercater pride IN the bis.
tory. ire achievements. TIE maGhooc
q the southern peopln.
IA q not Inconsistent With this
love a. ne South. but a part "a "a.
% bitterly oppose anytime 'hai
tends % revive sectional anlmositirs
Oar people have passed through TIE
ore. but they have come ous % q
triumphant 80 Ear a. home rule b
ooncernadN TIE North nov stands
aside and kaves the settlement q
southern questions % the white men
of the South. without a prOtest.
but there is q class a. the south
thank God they are few-whO grow
more beIllgereut a. the North grOws
more pacifc. When the Republican
party trusted 20 the bloody shirt fT
its victories: when a treated hatred
of the South as It's chief political as
set: when Il was trying 20 force ne
gro domination on the SOuth-then
vas the time. n ever. to aght hack.
but our hrebrands were then not hglt.
ed. Now when peace reigns and the
whole nation is pleased that the South
ern white man Is In control Of hts
home afairs; when NE have a Presi-
dent who IL IN closer sympathy with
the south than any President has
been IN any years. the call TO arms
e. sounded. The warriors SO out q
Sight after the fight Is over
But n We take only a unitarian
view OF this question. the passage %
this resolution would b. mconceiv-
ably foolish. Why DO NE wish % dis
franchise the negro IN Florida 70 any
greater extent than his ignorance has
already disfranchised him. Prom the
Escambia % Florida keys. frOm con
stable 90 Governor. What odicial has
he elected What policy has be in
years forced on the State or on any
county of the State: TIE passage Of
this resolution would not rob the NJ.
gro OF political power. for he has
none. Il would only sound the tocsiu
that would call the North % arms
and array q once more On solid ranks
AGAINST the south n would reopen
a hght that We have already Wun
Il would place In jeopardy a victory
that Ne have already gained.
We endured negro suffrage Wheu
Il vas causing disaster and ruin. but
Ne passed through that 90 period o..
gain. and nov Ne wish % throw away
the Eain.
DO the gentlemen Who are dis
cussing this question not know that
the South gained hfteen representa
dives In Congress and ffteen electoral
votes b. the enfranchisement % ths
negroes. and that We would lose mors
than that number nov n they wers
dlsfranchiseds Before the negroes
become voters the South had Cnly
three-nfths representation on hs ne
gro pOpulation-that b 90 say, the rep
resentation OF the 100000 negroes
would nov BE- cut 20 100000. W.
would loss the representation %
s 500 900 people-that d 20 say. nine
teen Representatives In Congress an'
nineteen votes IN the electoral col
llege. No force bill would D. ueces