The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-08-31

So all u0t ~auV0caLIng social
equality. I realize that there is a
physical difference which renders ii
impossible for these two races to
live together on social and political
equality. There must be the position
Of inferior and superior. / am in
favor of assigning the positions to the
race Of which L am a member.
Some people offer a a solution that
sooner or later there will be the abb
sorption by one race of the other The
negro and the white man are lust as
different as the difference between the
horse an dthe dog. God Almighty
raised a barrier against blending
them. There must be the position of
inferior and superior.
There is talk about race prejudice.
| have been criticised about it. Did
you ever stop to think it is that pre-
JUDGE which has made it possible fer
the English race of people t accom-
plish what it has in the world? It is
prejudice you are indebted to for the
literature of the English speaking
people; for the discoveries in science,
that has made you the heir to- the
ages. in the foremost files of time.
If / never opened my mouth on
the subject again, that prejudice
would continue to fame in your boz
SONS, because it was lighted by God
Almighty.
ssPhere is a physical difference
which renders it impossible for the
two races to live together as equals.
In Mississippi, we tried to live with
the negro after the war. Then we in
Voked the aid of the Klu Klux in self
preservation. A great many may not
know what the Klu Klux Khan was. /
tell you it was the greatest organiza-.
that ever existed in the world,
with the exception of the churches.
We drove the scalawags and carpet
baggers from the country, and main
tanned our rights from 1876 to 1891
by force and fraud. ] never stuffed
ballot boxes or shot a negro. But
when it was necessary to preserve
the welfare CT or protect a white
mans home, I approve of everything
that has ever been done. We either
drove him from power, or from the
ballot box, OF if he voted, after he
voted we simply Slipped the bottom
out of the box. took the tickets out
and changed them.
I'VE went on from 1876 to 1891, then
there arose a Moses to lead the peo-
pie out. This Moses happened to be
the greatest American that ever lived,
except Thomas Jefferson,-James
George. He wrote: I'VE must save
the people from Immortality, from de-
terioration. The boy who stuffs the
ballot box commits perjury and suf-
fers moral deterioration. The old
man who goes and drives the negro
from the polls commits murder and if
persisted in, it is only a question of
time until you are going to destroy
the very thing you are trying to pre-
serve"
He called a constitutional conve
ton. / vas a~young fellow in the leg
islature. and / was one of the young
force in that body who took hold and
put the thing through. It was said
we could not do it, that there was an
angry public sentiment in the North.
we were not far enough from the
war" But he was possessed Of the
vision of prophecy. He could dip into
the future as far as human eye could
see. God helps those who help them
selves. He said eff we try and fail
we can go to our brothers and sisters
of the North and ask relief. The con-
xention was called and after four
months elaboration, they gave to Mis-
sippi and America most remarkable
constructions. We got around the
question by l~egislating against the
moral deficiency and the racial weak
ness of the negro. We first said, pay
all your taxes for two years on the
1st sof February. We all knew the
improvidence OF the negro. They
will look at So, or 81 as the case may
be, and say / don't know whether 1
am going to be there, and if I am
there, / don't know whether / will be
allowed to vote.
Then VIZ said you must be able tc
read the Constitution, or give a rea-
sonable Interpretation when it is read
to you. Old negroes can not read.
The best educated negro in America
can not interpret as well as the most
illiterate white man. Education does
not equip the negro. So we said:
IF o can not read, you can not reg
lister, unless you can give a reasona-
Bile interpretation"
you have not get the condition
here We have in Mississippi. SO per
cent of your people are black. so per
cent of our population are black.
Don't anybody get the idea that this
is a local question. 1t is not. 1t is
as large in character as evr emanated
from the womb Of time. We under
stand it, and it, therefore, becomes a
duty to tell the world Of it. When
induced to pay his taxes, and he
comes back nd knocks agin, what are
we going tc do about it? / a we
are going to put another rail IN the
fence. l can see one solution
and that is to repeal the 18th amend
ment. Then you can pass a law say
ing: "Be it enacted by the State of
North Carolina that no negro can ever
vote or hold Office"
when you close the door of political
equality you close the door of social
equality. When you close the door of