The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-12-13

"Of course, We can not apply that
10 this individual race, and why not?
Because. my friends, YOU do not un-
derstand those people. You condemn
us of the South, and yet Ohio follows
the example; in Springfield they fol-
lowed it; New Jersey follows it; Penn
sylvania will follow it. All other States
of the American union will follow it,
because, no matter where it be-, North
or South, East or West, whenever you
touch the Caucasian blood it IS the
same, and it will prove itself to be the
superior and the history of the world
has proved it (both Bible and profare
history that whenever the inferior
race gets in the way of the superior
that the superior will rule and con-
troll. even though it be necessary to
wipe the inferior race from the face
of the earth. Some men condemn this,
and that is their privilege, but in the
Southern States we love :, woman; W.
hold them higher than all things else,
and whenever anything steps between
a Southern man and the defense Of the
virtue of womanhood Of his nation anil
his State, he will tear 1t DOWN AID
walk over it in her defense, regard
less of whatever may be the conse-
'quence or whatever may be his pun
ishment or the result to himself
''Now Mr.. Chairman, we have
Judge in our State whom l consider
the ablest man who has ever been on
the bench there. On one occasion sew
eral indictments were hand9d out by
the solicitor to the grand jury, and he
sat there and heard the solicitor hand
out indictment after indictment. After
while he turned around and said,
Mr.. Solicitor, are these white people
or darkies you are handing out these
indictments against?" The solicitor
said, May it please your honor, they
are against colored people The Judge
looked over to the grand jury and said:
Gentlemen, you can find no true bill
against these negroes for the crime for
which the solicitor is handing out these
indictments Do you want any cotton
raised this year; do you want your
fields cultivated; if so, it will not do
to bring in true bills on these in
dictments against these negroes The
result was no true bills were found.
So, it will be seen that we can't treat
them as we do ourselves. We treat
them as servants. We pay them hon.
estly for the days work, and I am
proud to stand here and make this
statement-and when 1 speak here I
know l speak to the American nation,
because it has been heralded all over
the country and all over the world
what my opinions are on these sub
jects.
q am proud that I have paroled or
pardoned more negroes than all the
governors of South Carolina put to-
gether since 1876, when We redeemed
an al to T1-Ij
premacy in the old State of South
Carolina; therefore, I say that I am
not his enemy, but his friend, and I
know him better than you know him.
But we don't give the negroes di-
vorce-" (the speaker was here in
terrupted
Question Asked.
By Gov Carey, of Wyoming: Gov
BIease, when you were sworn in as
governor of South Carolina, did you
not swear to uphold the constitution
and laws of the State Of South Car
oIina?"
By Gov. Blease: q did, sit"
By Gov Carey: Don't you have a
law on the statute books of South
Carolina protecting the negro the same
as you do the white man."
BY Gov. Blease: Eyes, sir. I will
answer the governor of Wyoming, as
l answered this question On the ros-
trum in South CaroIina-I wish to call
upon the newspaper men present not
to say that I am excited; in South
Carolina, thank God, l have a record
of not only being a fighter, but
cold-blooded fghter-I answer you, sir,
by saying this; that whenever the con-
stitution of my State steps between
me and the defense of the virtue Of the