The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-18

the virtue of wOmanhood Of his ma
tion and his State, he will tear it down
and walk over ii in her defence. re-
gardless OF whatever may be the
consequence or whatever may be his
punishment; or the result to himself
Now, Mr. Chairman, we have
Judge in our state whom consider
the ablcst man who has ever been on
th' bench there. ON one occasion seV-
oral indictments were handed out by
tn" solicitor 20 the grand jury, and he
sat there and heard the solicitor hand
out indictment after indictment. After
awhile he turned around and said:
Mr. solicitor. are these white people
or darkies YOU are handing out these
indictments again2t?' 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
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 indictments against these ne
groes The result was no true bills
were found. So it will be seen that
NE can't treat them as we do our
selves. We treat them as servants
We pay them honestly for the days
work, and | am proud to stand here
and make this statcment-and when
! speak mere | know | speak to the
American nation, because it has been
heraldcd all over the country and ali
over the world what my opinions are
on these subjects
Il an proud that have paroled or
pardoncd more negroes than all the
Governors Of South Carolina put to-
Sethcr since 1876, when We redeemed
ourselves and went back To white eu-
prcmacy in The old State of South
Carolina; therefore, l say that ] am
not his enemy, but his friend, and /
know him better than YOU know him.
But We don't give the negroes di-
vorce CThe speaker was here n
terrupted)
BY Governor Carey, Cf Wyoming:
Governor Bleasc, whom you were
sworn in as Governor of South Car
olina, did you not swear to uphold the
Constitution and laws of the State Of
South Carolina"
BY Governor Blcase: Il did, sir"
BY Governor Carey: Don't you
fave a law on the statute books of
Snhh Carolina, protecting the negro
the same as you do the white man?
BY Governor Bease Yes, sir. /
Will answer the Governor Of Wyoming
as l answered this question on the
rostrum in South Carolina: U wish to
call upon the newspaper men present
not to say that / am excited-in South
Carolina, thank God, / have a rec
ord of not only being fighter, but
u coldblooded fighter:) / answer you
sir, by saying this, that whenever the
Constitution of my state steps be-
TWEEN me and the defence of the vir-
tue Of the white women of my State
| will resign my commission. tear it
uP end throw il TO the brcczes and
march To the defence of her honor
anc her virtue. regardless or what
may be the consequences.
would like for the newspaper
reporters here TO get this correctly; |
was quoted in a campaign speech to
have said: "To hell with the Consti-
tuition. Sevcnty-!ivc thousand white
men OF my State endorsed it as | said
IT, and here is the way ! used it,
Sald: i VIII never order out a COM
pany of militiamcn. or regiment, and
order them To do something which |
would not do myself and | viii never
order out company Of young men to
shoot down their ncighbors and
friends 10 protect black brute who
mas committed crime upon Il White
woman, and when the Constitution Of
my state stands between ne and the
defence Of the virtue OF the white wo-
men # my State, as have just said