Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-25
Protest Against Vardaman.

Il protest against the democracy OF
the state of Mississippi being committed
to the political methods used and issues
created by Gov. Nardaman. They can
| bring to the state no good from abroad,
| but over and above and beyond every
thing else. I want the democracy of the
| state Of Mississippi 10 put the brand of
its disapproval now and forever upon any
man who seeks, for the purpose of polit-
ical gain. TO breed discord and strife be-
tween the two races. which, under the
hat of an Almighty God, have been placed
| OH Mississippi soil for the purpose OF
there working out their common destiny
am not one of those who say that
there Is no negro problem. He who fails
50 see IL Is blind lie who fails to admit
\ IL Il untrue to himself and to his Deople.
! There is a problem. the greatest probably
I that ever confronted an Anglo-Saxon
race-that OF endeavoring to administer
government so as to preserve harmony
! and conducc To the happiness of two
races as dissimlar in their character,
| habits and conditions as the Caucasion
and the negro. How is il to be solved
| How have Mississippians treated the
| problem that confronted them In the
past? Her illustrious leaders-Lamar,
George. Walthall, Lowry. Stone, Street
and others-with the solid yeomanry OF
the state al their backs. snatched law
and order from the chaos Of carpet bag
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and civilization out of the anarchy of
negro domination. To whom did they call
for assistance? To the God that rules
| over the destinies of nations. BY His aid
| and with their own courage and cliarac-
/ ter they met and conquered those dan
1 gers, creating constitution that has
been the model for the constitution of
\ every other southern state-one that an
/ swered. when IL was created, every pur-
| pose Tor which II was intended and today,
| twenty years after its creation. is in first
class working order and requires no
/ tinkering with by would-be statesmen.
There never was an hour in the his
/ tory of the state when the constitution
of this state was better performing the
| purposes for which il was designed than
now Not only is white supremacy abso-
luteiy established in every Office, from
1 that of constable to supreme court judge
1 but is recognized and acQuiesced in by the
! negroes, as every man of you know. II
| any danger should arise OF which the
| present gives promise those dangers
| must be met. Those problems. whatever
| they may be, must BE- solved by Missis-
sippians for themselves without any aid
| from beyond the state, by state legisIa-
ton and without aid by national legis
lation.
Twice has the federal government,
taken part in the race question in Mis-
sissippi: once when II issued the procla
nation of emancipation. and once AGAR
| when il passed the amendments givins
the negro the right of suffrage. Do yot
want aid Of that kind? No. my fellow.
/ countrymen. DO as You see fit with Won,
Il office of senator. but. for Gods sake &C
home taking with YOU in your breast I,
i your people and 10 Your children the
truth that the negro question must bs
handled by Us alone, and let them not la,
awake like child crying in the nigh
for assistance which Will never come I,
their aid.