The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-11-18
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WIELDS HIS PITCHFORK HERE
= BEFORE SMALL AUDIENCE q
MISUNDERSTANDING
And Blames the adoption of the Fiji
teentll Amendment to the Consti-
tuition for the Negroes Zeal for Po-
5. Htical Equality. ~sNs< &. =

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! Our. people do not want to hear
only one side Of the question, and
that is the side they agree with" SO
exclaimed one of two women who.
with FIVE men-three of them SER
wants to the theatre management
made. up the sum Of the colored peo-
4 pic in the gallery. In the other parts
] OF the house there were possibly less
l'than a dozen white women. The aud
fence was Of men. The lecture was
| not q financial success as plenty. OF
vacant seats were in evidence. " l.,
Here ts a synopsis of the Senator's
method OF argument: H. =. ~
! The fact Of Japan successfully re-
s1stipg one of~the oldest, largest and
strongest of nations of the white peo-
lples. has awakened the fear of "the
Yellow Peril" The dominancy Of
the. white, peoples is threatened and
consequently there is an antipathy
to, aud a caste feeling, against both
Chinese and Japanese. ... b..
| In speaking of the requirements of
tho lands Of. America from the In
dams he said Tn dealing with them
we cheated; If they complained we
kicked them, and If they resisted, we
killed them" ~. ...sI.,, ~ .
| The Senator seems to have a proDh-
cite vision Of the Negro dominating
the Son thyTin the near future, IL az
lowed unequal chance with, the white
man. In order to forestall the Me-.
gfo's political prospect in the exerr-z
else Of the rtghtrof suffrage, the best.
legal talent framed and legislated
tine method Of MISUNDERSTANDING. IN
4 illustrating he proved @that the illft2
crate white was not any more able To-
ztaRa fair Test sssesf iiterata
Negro ins the test for; gregistrah on:>,
the white, man had. read to him the
simplest clause Of the Constitution.
while the, most difficult, puzzli1g to
1.-THE: ablest, lawyers, was read to the
Negro, The. -. grandfather clause.
and to have borne arms against the
Union In the Confederate army was
Another method of qualification.
| %TThese'' said the Senator, gave us a
breathing SPELL; but he seemed to-
be IN doubt when the breathing
spelp' had reached it's limit and the
innumerable host of young Negro
voters, from the schools showed up
In demand for the right of suffrage;
he could think, just now, of only one
remedy, and that, "our first, the shot
gun" J..
| 'The time will come" he asserted,
| when the whites and Negroes will
| be killing each other by the tens of
| thousands" 1t will be clash, the
| one to maintain domination, or, the
extirpation Of the Negro; and, the
Negro, in equal contention and de-
Tense resisting unfair measures and
the system of caste. While the Sen
ator Is confident in asserting the SUI
periority of the white man., his argu-
ment proves a dread and fear of the
people denounced as grossly inferior.
He blames the adoption Of the 18th
amendment, granting the Negro the
fright to vote and not to be deprived
on account Of race, color, or previous
condition OF servitude, for the inspi-
ration In the, Negro Of the ide< Of
human equality, zeal and evidence
for the Justice of broth erhood; but
he, rather than grant such, whatever
! the attainment Of the Negroes as
man and a citizen, would not only
/ advocate but personally enlist in an
other civil strife.
His argument for disfranchisemen
to prevent government control 10y
Negro ballot, is peculiar and pre-
somptiye that, there wouldA be in
power none but Negroes; otherwise
he blames the leadership of white
men for the attainment of power
! He declared the moral selfcontrol,
honor and faithfulness Of the enslav-.
led Negro, In protection Of the de-
{ fenseless virtue and honor Of the
Southern women, while their natural
protectors were on distant battle
fields; but, denies the same morality
to the present Negro; and living in
! O. state Of siege" with every agency Of
protection immediately at hand. 1t
4 was pure and simple an argument to
stir the. passion Of hatred and embft-
Itering prejudice.
! He declares the system of concu-
binase of white men of the south with
Negro women; but does not claim
that those white men are of the hit
crate olass. In the attempt to dis
claim any moral worth of the Negro
big argument leads to the conclusion
that, White blood and Negro, Is pro-
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