The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-10-26

world do the wives and daughters of the white
man fear to get beyond the reach of his pro-
tecting arm, even on. his own land and In the
bFoed open day time <<a& @s;> .s..l<
What then are the dangers?
The highly educated negro wants social
equality. The negro politician wants office.
No graduate of the schools will return to the
paow-handles, The leaders of the race bit
terly resent their loss Of the ballot The Sc
cret Society spreads the idea that the negro
lapoTer can dictate terms in the home and in
the field, Elm just as good as you," is the
defiant air of nearly every black school child,
every fashily CARRIED buck, every languishing
colored maiden you meet. ~..,t z.l....Il.s-a
And, worse than all, the white woman who
has ventured out Of the sight of her protectors
is, to the 1usts of the vagrant black brute, a
temptation which even the certainty of speedy
death by tire cannot check 80 - : !; rl~e
How are these perils to be met? By coloni-
zat1on2 | do not think SO. By restoring the
ballot indiscriminately to all the blacks9 By
no means-the tree must now lie where it fell
By granting the franchise to limited num-
ber--to the educated blacks? They will not
thank you for what you concede, and will hate
you for what you withhold. You would sim
ply be putting deadly weapon into their
hands, after having given them a provocation
which they could never forgive.
My opinion is that since the South has gone
so far, she cannot take step backward Her
own safety now demands that she make good
the position she has taken. Let us say frankly
that self preservation requires that we disarm
the black Of his ballot, and close the door Of
Office to him, as far as lies within our power
Social equality is something we viii fight to
the death. Secret Societies must apply to the
county authorities for a license without which
they become illegal-their existence a misde-
meanoF. Vagrancy laws must be enacted, and
enforced, which will make it impossible for
criminal vagabonds to infest the highways,
lurk about the towns, and swarm In filthy
groups at the street-corners Let every militia
district have it's mounted policemen Disband
every negro military force In the South. To
leave guns and military organization in the
hands Of those whose aspirations you
feel tha6 you must curb, IS the blindest folly.
Let 1t also be your consistent policy to pro
tect the laW-abiding negro from the lawless
white man. Make his home as sacred from
fFespass as your own. Defend him In his
freedom Of worship. in his liberty Of speech,
conscience and conduct. Give him absolute,
ungrudging justice in the Courthouse. En-
force all contracts made with hlm, and COM
pei him to abide by those he freely makes
Punish swiftly, harshly, the white man who
follows him to his cabin, to his church, to his
social or business gatherings, and there does
him violence. Keep the drunken white roWdy
out Of the negro car on the railroad; punish
the white vulgarian who wantonly insults
him, his wife OF his daughter Let us deal
honestly and justly by him, paying him what
we promise, and doing for him, in every re-
lation of life, just what we promise to do.
ON, Constitution renuires us to teach him the