The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-03-31
C0GENT REASON
Why The South Is Democratic
Given By a Georgian
WANTS EQUAL RIGHTS

PrlncipleS OF Government Keeps
the South in the Democratic Col.
umn, Where She VIII Stay.
Washington, March 2S.-Judge
Adamson, Of the Fourth Georgia dis
trict, is one Georgia congressman
who takes his Democracy straight
and who has been able to give
sound reason why the South is Dem
ocratic. 1t has been 4 rather noisy
claim by Republicans Of the North,
and to a too largo extent acQuiesced
in by public men Of the South. that
the South is Democratic because of
the presence Of the negro and the
necessity of preserving white civili-
zation. Judge Adamson in his speech
in the house on the tariff gave
more intelligent and more accurate
view of 1t. Said he:
THE Republican party and pro-
lection are so mixed up and inter-
woven that the party could not live
beyond an election withou. the doc
trine of protection, and protection
could not survive single session
Of congress without the Republican
party. Sometimes through igno-
rance, but oftener from malice, peo-
pie deplore the, South's sectionalism
and partizanship, basing the SANDER
on our steadfast adherence to - -
party of the constitution and its
consistent and paramount demand
for local self-government and honest
taxation. 1t is true that we are
more solidly and permanently Dem
ocratic than some other States, but
it is because from environment, edu-
cation and conditions affecting i'm
migration we have a greater per
cent Of native, upright, intelligent,
honest voters than favor most 9TH
er States. (Applause.) Rererring
all questions to fundamental princi-
pie, We not only vote right on politi-
cal questions. but present the best
and purest type Of Americanism now
extant. Our integrity, purity and
answering devotion to principle will
prove the bulwark Of conservatism
and good government, the mainstay
of the republic in dark days that may
come when madness, confusion. NAL
ice and reckless desperation destroy
peaceful conditions in some regions
and plague our country. cloud ap.
plause)
1--WE have suffered most grievously
and without provocation the shafts
of sectionalism aimed at US. our so.
cial conditions and our commercial
and political ascendency. It has af,
hicted US with every conceivable
form of insult, indignity and robbery
We have calmly, firmly, honestl,
and bravely rested sectionalism, and
for this have been called sectional
We ask nothing inconsistent witt
the good of the people Of all parts
Of the republic. We want no specia.
favors and advantages, but, in turn
we object to their being conferred
on others. We support the only
national party ever prominent in this
country, the only part that offers
fair conditions and honest govern.
ment and equal protection to al
parts of the country alike. We dc
not care what you call party. II
other people prejudiced against the
name Democratic would only open
their eyes and wake up their con.
science so as to cooperate with US
in restoring the application of cor
rect principles to the administration
of this government, we would, if nee
essary to please them. be willing
even to go back and take up our old
name Republican, which we discard
ed long ago, though the practices Of
the party in power under that name
have brought 1t into considerable
disrepute. cloud applause on the
| Democratic side.)
"The enormity OF protection might
in some measure be mitigated
through some device permitting the
treasury to share the profits the
privileged class Is enable to e1tort
from the people. Fifty per cent Of
| the net profits ought 10 provide the
benefciaries princely incomes; the
other half would keep the treasury
overfowing with money. The nee
essity for further exactions upon
the people to replenish the treasury
would be eliminated. The automatic
arrangement might prove more pop
ular and even remove the system
from partizan politics. For such g
soft snap in perpetuity as the trans
ferred power to levy tribute on all
our people ad libitum the barons
should be willing to divide profits
with the treasury. In kingly coun-
tries it used to be fashionable to
farm out royal prerogatives, some
thing being paid to the crown for
the concession. If it is competent
10 transfer the taxing power gratuit-
ously, it would certainly be equally
proper to farm it out on halves or
some other reasonable per cent. 1t
is thought the steel trust could
easily support the postfice depart
ment: the Standard Oil Company
could finance the army and navy; the
spool-thread trust and all other
thriving brood OF protection
could easily meet the expenses of
all the other departments of the
government, improve all our rivers
and harbors, connect them by canals
restore and maintain our merchant
marine, drive from the seas by pro-
lection, erect public building at
every county site IN the United
States, dig Panama canal, in a few
months pay OF the public debt, and
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