The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-19
COUNTY POLITICS IN $4,000.
Schoolhouse Debates on Slavery and Other
Issues of the Times

the origin in inndelity to the Consti-
luton ana laws, is not questioned by
any fnir-minded man. glance at
those things Viii answer my purpose.
Lincoln declared that neither he nor
the victorious Republican party had
the right nor the inclination TO inter-
fcTc with tho domestic institutions OF
tho States. Tho South seeded Lin
coins Congress soleunly resolved:
spirit of oppression. or FOR any pur-
pose OF conquest. or purpose of over
throwing the rights or established in
StitutiOnS O. III. States. but TO defend
the supremacy Of the Constitution and
to pres"rv" the Union with all the
rights OF tho States unnpaircd. Con-
NdIuS IN this Assurance. men from
every township IN The North. 10 tn"
number Of 2.I7J 900. took up arms TO
preserve the Union. ana AZ the same
time allow the states 10 retain all the
rights guaranteed them by the Consti-
tuition. with what base pcrfdy the
solemn pledges made by tn. Kcpuhli-
can leaders were broken. is Il matter
After the victorious conclusion OF tho
war. lAncoln's Congress fully developed
the abolition plans. all pointing to q.
complete and total subjuration OF the
states. Instead OF restoring them to
IN" Union. they were blotted out Of
existence by the Stevens Dill. and mill
tary rulers appointed over the people
Then the world WAS treated to the
spectacle OF 100000 American citi-
Zens d!sfranchised, and millions Of no
gro slaves clothed with political power
to rule over thern through the vles,
spawn OF tho Civil War, tho carpet
lican jamboree, with It's negro
Governors, negro Judges. negro leg
islators and negro Congressman in the
United states Senate. The history
Of the world does not record a more
atroc!ous and contemplate crime; It
was a biunder worse than a crime.
Tho people OF the South arc pre-
enlinently O., proud spirit and deeply
imbucd with the spirit OF constitu-
uonal liberty and the rights OF tho
States. 1t belongs TO their rae" and
lineage. Thor relation TO the negroes
has intensified this feeling To sup
pose that such people VIII ever long
submit TO b" ruled by their interiors
Is too insulting TO be entertained for
moment
The Confederacy, with It's mad am
billions and dca,hlcss history. is gone
ana tho ESQ 600 men who fought for it's
snort life are sleeping ia unbroken
ranks. the r'old on their brows and the
rust on their mail"
The Republican jamboree over the
negroes Is coming 10 an end. In
speeches in New York and at the south.
Mr.. Taft has virtually approved OF the
tccnth amendments Al one time no
was in favor OF the establishment OF
a government In the South, based upon
negro suffrage under The control OF
IN. regular army. lie admitted In his
inaugural that the movement proved
to be = failure. and added that ne
giocs must base their hopes on the
result OF their Own Industry ana self
restraint. II IS concluded that his
southern policy IS tn" supremacy OF
the white man. Never Was pcoDIe
more cruelty disappointed than the
negroes. Their brief dream OF glory
ana white women, OF forty acres and
q NIUE" has passed away and all that
is left to them is the bitter rcai!ga-
ton OF their actual condition as the
hcwers OF wood and drawers OF water
for the white man.
II is only question when -be g.,
famous fourteenth and ftteenth amend
insnis. pat into The Constitution. ns
thcy were. by force and fraud. Will be
wiped out. A. NJ GIVEN
Brooklyn. Iowa