The new South-news., 1909-04-24
ACREAT SPEECH

oliowifs ines. which are as frn- - II
rnsh can h~-pe have no paf'rrrr
stfh the southern white man wbo
rouid vote the republican ticket TOR
ne ~ake ~ few paiffy dollars IN
he face of these 'rnshs.
Now Mr Chairman must close.
'rhey tell us. Mir Chairman. that
we must quit the Democratic parsv
ana break X the solid South If VIZ would
have favor with the reynblican Pres
ides, and occupy seats at the PIE
counter Of rbsrepnbiicsn party.
remind YOU sir of the long spffsrinz,
the Affections. aud prosecutions that
VI have endured at the hands Of the
republican party and how the Dem
ocrstlc party mas deliv red as out of
them all. /; was your party that
tried TO destroy the civilization OF
the white man in the South, your
party that broke Grants agreement
with Lee violated the sacred terms
of the surrender ~ App0mattcx its
cruel agents who plundered our peo-
pie and filed dungeons with the bra
vest and btst men IN the land be-
cause they dared 70 defend their
property against the thieves and
their homes from the lust and car
naliry Of the prutes Ia our midst.
II was your party that destroyed I
local sell government IN the south ?
and generously offered our peopi-
choice between military rule and ne
kro domination. II was your party /
that gave us reconstruction, mant-
led IN saturnala OF crime that
shocked and a-touuded the civilized
world. shall we so soon forget the
Republican party aud IFS criminal
record the Southg God Of our faith
ers forbid that we shall ever forget
II. What Of the Republican party &
record In more recent years. IL
was your party that declared that
Northern States shall have the
right 70 regulate the franchise and
change their constitutions at will
bat that this right will be denied to
the southern States. IL was yoar
party thut tried TO pass the force
bill. and had you succeeded federal
> soldiers with their pavonefs would
| b. about all che polling places III
the South on election day to pre-
| vent a free expression OF our peoples
w,ll--so carry elsolions by force !.
I aud IL s.your. .par:y 2ow that HaS
'Idtclared IN ifs platform its defermi-
4 nsticn TO cut down our representa-
ton in Congress and IN the electoral
college.
our invitation for u- to leave the
/ Democratic party IL an ingitnuon
y for us 10 turn our backs upon The
!. South's best friend and become nm
; ally Of the South's worst enemy.
Your invitation to US 10 abandon
b Democracy now Ia An invitation tc
DESERT the party of equal rights
{, the party of the Constitution 1t IL
an invitation TO leave the party that
70 drove the scala wags and carpet
baRgers trcm the South and gave
back home rnle and self-govern-
ment 10 every Southern State
!, Ii ia an invifation. sir. t. destroy
- the party upon whose shoulders res'
the final perpetuitv OF constitution
al government. IIisan Invitation
"a TO desert the party in whose nand'
a rest preservation Of tho purity O
our Anglo Saxon civilization. l. II
an Invitation to forget the saore,
teachings of our Democratic fathers
and prove ourselves unworthy to b
D. their sons.
No. Mr.. Cnairman. we are Demo
crn,s-trained ia the school of Dem
ocracy. taught to believe in the Con
stitution, and TO regard the welfar'
Of the people as the chief concern o
the Republic--she highest end an'
aim OF constitutional government
:" and. ennohled hv these beliefs, ",
had rather be doorkeepers in tn
house of our Democratic fathers
tnan to dwell IN the tents ct ReruD
:. hcan spolls and wickedness forever
Neither the spoils of office no
tariff sop can destroy the mill
tant Democracy Of the South.
Toe South loves jewels aud goldel
store.
az lint the South loves honor and viriu
more.
So long as your party is the too
10 Of monopoly. SO long as you tax on