The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-07-11
WHITE MEN! DANGER!

Tom Watson says that the Bristow
amendment is surrender to the mig
ger and to the niger lover.
The Georgia legislature, now in
session, repudiates the Bristow
amendment and refuses to ratify it.
They regard it as dangerous and a
smooth trick by the Yankees to en-
trap the Southern States. (See edito-
rial, Atlanta Journal, July 3rd.)
The Democratic platform, just
adopted, uses this language: 1--WE
denounce as usurpation the efforts of
our opponents to deprive the States
of the rights reserved to them, and
to enlarge and magnify the powers
of the Federal government"
Thirty thousand negro children
are attending school in the second
congressional district and only fif-
teen thousand white children. There
are one hundred and thirty-five
thousand negroes against. sixty-fve
thousand whites in the district. Your
property is being taxed to educate
them and to qualify them to vote,
and Mr.. Byrnes voted for the Bris-
tow amendment. HORRORS!
Senator Tillman says: 81 never
said our congressman voted right 1
distinctly said l thought they made
mistake. l do not say now it was
a good thing. If things come to the
worst, we will always have our shot
guns to take care of white suprem-
acy."
Tom Waston says: eve don't in
tend to allow congress to again force
on US officers in blue coats with bayo-
nets to back up lot of lowsy, kinky-
headed niggers at the polls" This
is what the Bristow amendment
means if adopted. Mr.. Byrnes voted
for it.
A negro eX-congressman from Mis-
sissippi by the name of Lynch says
that as soon as the Bristow amend
ment is adopted in his State he eX-
poets to be elected United States
Senator
Mr.. Bartlett, congressman from
Georgia, said: "Gentlemen, vote for
my amendment and we will vote for
the bill" 1t is this: Congress shall
not have authority to use military
aid and troops at the polls, nor to
appoint supervisors of elections,
judges of elections, or certify results
of elections" The amendment was
killed.
Tom Watson says the Bristow
amendment us a menace to the South
and a challenge to Southern man
hood.
Congressman Byrnes says that
only one of his votes in congress has
been criticised. He voted to adopt
the Bristow amendment. HEAVENS!
He could not have made more Sc
rious mistake, representing as he
does a district largely populated by
negroes.
Senator Root, one of the most
prominent U. S. Republican Senators,
said to Senator Bacon, of Georgia.:
IF the Bristow amendment becomes
a law, the federal government will
have the right to annul the grand
father clause in the Southern States"
Senator Bacon replied: II am glad
the Senator has put us on notice as
to his intentions. We will act ac-
cordingly."
Congressman Sisson, of Mississip-
pi, says: IF the Bristow amendment
is adopted, congress can take charge
of the registration books Of the
State and determine who may regis
ter and who may not under the State
laws. If State elections are held on
the same days, federal officers could,
with the big majority of negroes,
elect county and State officers from
coroner up"
Vote for Harry D. Calhoun for
congress who believes in the preser-
vation of States rights, and against
negro domination.
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