Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-05-08

known as a living talking machine.
telling about the grabbing tendencies
OF the legislators at Washington. but
saying nothing of his own grasping
disposition In his injunction to "se-
cure for himself and fSmiiy ten OF
the best quarter lots"
He continued:
At the same time I want to
speak of the great change that has
come over the North in the last few
years. One reason for this is that
the old abolitionists are dying out.
and we only find the agitator in some
old soldier, who is drawing a pension
he never earned, and who never saw
a Confederate soldier. but who has
OF late years become a great war
rior. Fifteen years after the North
tried 10 pass a force bill TO let Mig
gers vote, the President of the United
States declares that he will not ap
point an odiceT in the government
service who is obnoxious TO us"
Yes and a great change has come
over the south Liberal minded
white men are in evidence and il is
this liberal element that Is demand
ing the right to dictate the policies
and the platforms Of the political
parties. The abolitionists are diving
out, Senator Tillman. and so are the
Negrohaters. One was needed to on
set the other with the disappear
ance of both. the equilibrium OF this
terrestrial globe is maintained. soon
sir. you viii die out and your rabid
utterances will be a memory.
You are to a great extent a Gu
riosity now apd much of your seem
ing popularity is born Of that curios-
ity to see the remarkable product OF
the unreconstructed statesman of-tbe
old school. Many Of your utterances
are discounted before you give voice
TO them and the public turns aside
with a smile and 'murmurs that "ft.s
only Pitchfork Tillman. Poor fel.
low. he can't help it"
President Taft has announced that
he will not appoint a Negro to Office
IN the Southland. who is obnoxious
to a white man OF the Tinman TYNE
and all Negroes. however capable are
obnoxious TO a Southerner OF the
Tillman tyne. SO much for Presi-
dent Taft. And yet Senator Tnlman
tells the President that even this. Is
all in vain Even II he throws the
Negroes overheard and comedies that
the equality OF the Declaration Of In
dependence is only a myth. the South
viii continue 20 remain solid.
Senator Tillman said:
They say we must enforce the
laws impartially, and we say we will
not. We have nullihed the Four
teenth amendment. and in every
southern State the Negro is disfran-
chised. We hear much about the
grandfather clause in our voting
qualification. @The reason we nut
that In is TO give the poor white man
who cannot read chance 20 vote
and TO disfranchise the Negro
Here then Is an open declaration
OF defiance, plain unvarnished state
ment that Senator of the United
States will disregard his oath OF OF.
flee Was there ever a more shame
less exploitation OF an ofheiaIs
shame? We believe not. The liner
al Democrats In the country viii re-
gard with disgust these disloyal ut
terances for they will tend to make
solid every state of the North where
reason holds sway and love FOR the
Union is paramount.
Senator Tillman concluded as fol.
lows:
The Negro to-day is a republican
asset lie holds the balance of DOW
er In Philadelphia and in Ohio. Indi-
ana and Illinois. And so long as the
republicans continue to use him as
political asset IL is our duty To be
true TO the civilization of our father
ana 10 educate the North, as we
nave been doing during the last ten
years -
So the South. CaroIinian is educat-
ing the North. The country is smiI-
ing at the teacher. The Republican
managers are jubilant over the out
look for every speech that this fire
eater makes for the South increases
the majority of the Republican Party
at the North. .Ephraim may be Join
ed to his idols in the South. but liber-
ty and justice continue to roam un-
molested in the States above the Ma
son and Dixon line
Spring in the Park
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