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THE MOVEMENT TO REPUBLICANS THE SOUTH WHITE MEN MUST STAND TOGETHER. Senator Bacon’s Presentation of the Issue That Faces the Southern People. SENATOR A. 0. BACON. Macon, Nov. 28. —Hon. Thomas Vi’. Hardwick, Sandersville, Ga.: My Dear Mr. Hardwick —I am in receipt of your very kind letter of the 26th instant and appreciate the request you make therein for an expression by me relative to some phases of our pres ent political situation. That there are agencies and influ ences at work, the design and purpose of which are to Republicanize the South, is easily discernible in recent newspaper communications and other utterances, and as well in the an nouncements made of intended efforts to this end in this state in the near future. It cannot for a moment be thought possible that the effort can succeed in Georgia; but unless the scheme and its disastrous consequences, if successful, are understood and realized, it is pos sible that the effort may succeed in part—sufficiently so to produce a di vision among our people. Such division would destroy the present peaceful po litical conditions resulting from a solid, unified white man’s party, and pro duce the untold evils which would be found in a political struggle, with the majority of the white men on one side and all of the negroes and a mi nority of the white men on the other side. If nothing more is practicable, to accomplish this division would be a most joyous achievement for the Re publican party, to which the solid white man's party at the South is a grievous offense. Republicans After the South. The overwhelming defeat of the Democratic party in the recent presi dential election, and the triumph of a solid North seems to be regarded by the victors as presenting a fav orable opportunity for receiving the submission of the Southern people and their praise as well for the measures and policies of the Republican party. v\ hen the spaniel is chastised he is all the more ready to lick and fawn upon the hand that struck him, as it J s in ,he next instant extended to him in a conciliatory caress. And thus In the assumption that a like spirit will be found in the men of the South it Is manifestly intended, in what is evi dently regarded as the hour of our hu miliation, to secure through honied words and the promised prospect of political favors, the surrender of at laest a part of our people. Hie Possibility of Republicanism. Aside from the consideration of self respect which Is Involved, the possibil ity of the accomplishment of this un dertaking is dependent on whether the people of the South shall, In the pres ence of such effort, clearly recognize jjnd appreciate the results which must follow from the ascendancy among them of the principles of the Republi can Party in relation to those matters "hhh most closely affect their social order, their civilization and their ma terial prosperity. 11 there are such recognition and appreciation of the Inevitable results the success of such effort is Impossi ble, however strong may be the influ ences thereto, or however great may he the rewards offered for the aban donment °f the heroic and untiring etruggie 0 f a generation. Under ordi nary social conditions, where the di 'tsions between political parties are only upon the lines of economic ques iHins. or upon the policies and meth ods of governmental administration, toe ascendancy of one party or the other is a matter of comparatively fhght Importance to the people. Un der such conditions the safety of their 'ltal interests Is not endangered by ’he success of one party or by the overthrow of the other. " bite Supremacy the Issne. This is not true, however, where con ditions are such as those In which the •mi them people are placed. These conditions were not of our making, and we are in no wise responsible ’" r 'heir existence to-day. Forced dpon us as those conditions were by he enactment and adoption of the iiiteenth amendment, the vital, the su pterne Issue for the Southern people Is rd must be white supremacy. A par > which denies the principle and prac '" white supremacy and which " as to overthrow white supremacy Is * ''“"y whose domination in our state ci local governments would certainly mean ruin for the South. It is well !"* nien of this day to under ■""nd and th , B fnc , tha , , hey '■> appreciate and properly value the juggle which was made thirty year* jo to throw off the negro domination '' *o establish the white supremacy ' has since been maintained, i'epubllcnaa Forced Negro Rule. They should know and realise that It Democratic party of the South ‘ a achieved and now maintains *ntt* supremacy, and that It was the Republican which forced negro ‘ * upon the South And what la Immediate importance, t hey would know that It ta the Republican ***** hy Mg oAataU iMUfgttusg and practices, now denies and combats the principles of white supremacy among us. The principle is the vital one with us, and no one who in any manner or degree fails to recognize and affirm its importance and correct ness should be allowed to evade the issue or deceive us, it matters not with what honied words, or in what ever guise, he may come. It is not a question to be disposed of with am biguous phrases, or with the splitting of hairs, or by professions which are inconsistent with acknowledge prac tices. Those who practice social equal ity cannot excuse themselves to us by saying that in theory they are opposed to social equality. What the Democratic Party Stands lor. The Democratic party in the South makes no uncertain or equivocal ut terance in regard thereto. It is at all times and under all circumstances and everywhere within our borders unqual ifiedly in favor of and insistent both in theory and practice upon white su premacy. The Democrats of the South recognize this as vital to their every important social and material inter est, and to maintain it in their state and local affairs they will, if neces sary, sacrifice every other political consideration and interest. Therefore, it is. that for every man who believes in the vital importance of white su premacy in Georgia, his place is In the Democratic party. He should not be seduced into an abandonment of it by the promises of rewards from those who preach or practice political and social e-quality, nor should the man of to-day turn from it because of weariness in the struggle which his father has handed down to him. The issue of white supremacy is as vital to-day as it was then his father main tained it under circumstances vastly more difficult and trying than those of to-day. The Reason for White Supremacy. The Intensity of this demand for the maintenance of white supremacy is not due to hostility and unfriendliness by the whites toward the negroes. That no such feeling exists is conclusively proven by the fact that during nearly forty years of freedom, with all the world open to them, only an inappre ciable fraction of the negroes have by any Inducements been lured away from the Southern states. But with the kindest feelings towards the negroes, and in numberless instances of person al affection for Individuals of the race, as is found in the personal experiences of almost every white man In the South, It is recognized that negro rule would be a calamity which would In volve in ruin the negro no less than the white man; and I use the term “ne gro rule” as equivalent to mongrel rule, the latter being if anything the worse of the two. Democracy Means Prosperity. During the past thirty-four years it has been through the supremacy of the Democratic party in the South and through its unyielding mainte nance of which rule, that our civiliza tion has been preserved, and that there has been made possible our great material progress and our marvelous increases of wealth. And it is the as surance and confidence which the business world has that the whites of the South will continue through the Democratic party to maintain their political supremacy, which causes it to retain hundreds of millions of dol lars of Investments which its capital ists already have here; and It is the confidence in the continuance of that FOR TWENTY YEARS. Not an Unusual Instance. “I used Pyramid Pile Cure and have not had anv trouble since. I have been a sufferer with piles for twenty years. I think it Is the best remedy on earth for plies. Hoping this may help others to use this remedy,” Mrs. J. D. Teller, R. F. D., 20. Sparta, Mich. It Is a singular fact that although many women suffer from piles, or hemorrhoids, they frequently do not have proper treatment because of a delicacy women have In mentioning such a subject. Especially is this the case with those who have no husband or brother In whom they can confide; and a physician is seldom consulted until the pain and agony Incident to piles becomes unbearable. Thousands of women have suffered even longer than did Mrs. Teller, al ways experiencing slight or temporary relief. If any, from the various reme dies used and linully settling down to the conviction that a cure In their cuses was Impossible. Pyramid Pile Cure has come us a boon to all such, as It seldom, If ever falls to effect a permanent cure. It is sold by druggists for fifty cents a package, or will be mailed by the makers to any address, upon receipt of price. Absolute se crecy Is guaranteed, and no name is ever used without the consent of the writer. It is suggested that those Interested write to Pyramid Drug (to., Marshall. Mich., for tholr llttla book describing •he causes and curs of pi tea, as it is sent free tor the easing. SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. DECEMBER 4. 1904 RECEIVED CAEEERS ON MTH BIRTHDAY Mrs. Pliebo Amelia Pratt Observes 90th Anniversary of Her Birth at Her Home in Chelsea. Muss. MRS. PRATT. Says She Is in Excellent Health and Feels as Vigorous as a Girl. Due to the Vse of Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey. Mrs. Phebe Amelia Pratt, widow of William Pratt, yesterday celebrated her ninetieth birthday anniversary at her home, 366 Broadway, Chelsea. A reception was held from 2 to 6, during which the old lady received numerous callers and was th- 'ipient of many presents. She wa: isted in receiv ing by Mr. and Mr . George Pratt, of Stoughton; Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Pratt, of Chelsea; Mrs. Eugene Pratt, two of her grandchildren, Chester and William Pratt, of Chelsea, and Ida and Mabel Pratt, of Stoughton. The reception was planned by her relatives and the members of the First Baptist Church of Chelsea, of which she is a member. During the summer Mrs. Pratt wrote: ‘‘Gentlemen:—l am now almost 91 years of age and am in excellent health, owing to the use of Duffy's Malt Whiskey. Catarrh of the throat troubled me for four years, and I tried many remedies, without any benefit, until a friend induced me to try Duf fy’s Malt Whiskey. My general condition was very poor also until I used Duffy's, but I am very glad to state that since using this grand medicine the catarrh has left me, my general health is better than it has been for years, and I know that it has prolonged my life. I most certainly would not be without it.” This letter of Mrs. Pratt was taken at random from among thousands re ceived from men and women who gratefuly thank Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey for their wonderful freedom from disease and for their marvelous old age. More are published in a booklet, which you may have free by writing. Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey is a. gen tle, soothing, tonic-stimulant, which replaces the weakened, diseased tis sues, tones up the nerves, strengthens the heart, makes digestion and nutri tion perfect. It purifies the blood and regulates the circulation so every organ is made to do its work perfect ly and fully, keeping the whole sys tem in vigorous health and lengthen ing the days far beyond the century. Every testimonial is published in good faith and guaranteed. I.lke all good things, Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey is imitated by unscru pulous dealers. Accept nothing but the genuine, which is guaranteed ab solutely pure and without fusel oil. It’s sold by reliable druggists and gro cers everywhere; SI.OO a bottle. You will know it by the “Old Chemist” trade-mark on the label. Duffy Malt Whiskey Cos., Rochester, N. Y. which will cause them to continue to eagerly seek here other investments. Wlint Would Happen. On the other hand, let it be known to the business world that, by a poli tical revolution, white supremacy as represented in the Democratic party has been overthrown In. Georgia, and that the Republican party with its black cohorts had grasped the reine of power in the state, and capital and investment w r ould as promptly flee our borders as darkness follows the disapperance of the sun. We have orderly and honest and economical government in Georgia. If so let the truth be proclaimed that it is be cause the Democratic party of the State is in pow 7 er and embraces with in its membership those who repre sent the educated intelligence, the virtue . and the property of the state, all united in the maintenance of* white supremacy. A Peril to Investments. We have a marvelous and a rapidly Increasing material prosperity, the product of the diligent and peaceful in dustry of our people. And this in creasing wealth. Is, in Its production through all our varied industries, rrtade practicable because the white people of the state, acting through the Demo cratic party, by ' the maintenance of good and honest government, make it certain that investments are rfate in Georgia, and that every man is pro tected in the fruits of his labor either of his head or his hand; and further that the value of no man's property is to be practically confiscated either through the burden and waste, or the plundering of dishonest and incapable government. It is because of the fact that the Democratic party, through white su premacy, maintains in Georgia honest, Capable and economical government with protection to person and property, that the people of Georgia, both white and colored are, speaking generally, peaceful, contented, prosperous and happy. And It is a fact, equally In capable of successful denial, that if the .Democratic party were to lose power in Georgia, and if the Republican party should, with those who would neces sarily compose its majority, gain con trol of the state, we would have In Georgia neither honest, nor economical, nor capable government, nor would there be among our people, white or block, either peace, or contentment, or prosperity or happiness. Democracy the South's Sail at lon. It Is well to note present conditions and to recur to the struggles of the past, in order that we may recall the remembrance of* the utter ruin and desolation from which the Democratic party saved the Houth, and that we may realize the abyss of social degra dation and material desolation and governmental ruin In which we would be to-day plunged, If It had not been for the work of the undivided white men of the state organized aa the Democratic party which has saved us from all these calamities In the past, and were It not now for the same work through the aarne organisation which guards and protects us from these calamities at the prwent time. There never was In all history a blacker nor a wore Infamous crime at tempted age I net c|vHtMttor> then the ♦ffei* srfcto* the KegoMtauz pertjr made in the years succeeding the Civil War to overthrow the rule and power of the Intelligence and virtue of the South, and to place them under the enforced domination of the utterly Ig norant and debased In their midst. It was a crime against society and civili zation unsurpassed, unequaled and un precedented in all the ages to endeavor by legislative enactment to take mil lions of black men, the lowest and most Inferior in blood and development of the human race. Ignorant and ut terly wanting In each and every moral and mental equipment for governing themselves or others, and to place them in governmental power and con trol of the white people of the South— a people of education, culture and re finement—a people who not only by their own character, attainments and achievements, but toy the attainments and achievements of an ancestry of a thousand years, justly ranked as a not inferior part of the foremost and most illustrious race of all the earth. Rescued From Africanization. And as there was never a greater crime attempted against civilization, so there was never a greater service rendered to civilization than In the work of the united white men of the South which defeated the infamous at tempt. And so in the years which are to come will Impartial history write it down. If there were nothing else of which to 'boast, if this were the sole achievement of the Democratic party in the South, this great work which it accomplished in rescuing the South from a fate worse than anarchy, would earn for it and entitle it to the un dying gratitude and appreciation of all those in the world who value and prize civilization and all of its attendant blessings. And there are none who should be more grateful to the Demo cratic party for this than the Repub lican party of the North, because the Democratic party in thus saving the civilization of the South, at the same time also saved the Republican party from "the deep damnation” which would have been adjudged against them through all the ages, if they had succeeded in the effort which they made to convert this whole Southland into the desolation of another Haiti. A Menace to the Southern People. Nor is this simply ancient history with which the men of this day have no practical interest. For while the immediate effort to Africanize the South was thus defeated Vnany years ago, the end is not yet. The Fifteenth Amendment, which was for this pur pose added to the constitution, pre sents a continuing menace to our civ ilization and our social order, which can only be guarded against In the future as it has been in the past by the union of all white men in the maintenance of white supremacy as superior to all other public questions. Our people In the presence of this menace have been thus united for nearly forty years, and I doubt not they will so remain if they continue to realize the gravity of the issues which make such union essential to safety. I speak generally, for there are some few white men in the state who do not stand politically with their fellows. I doubt not the majority of these white Republicans in their hearts favor white supremacy, and that they would regret to see its over throw; and yet no man can escape his own personal responsibility in such a vital matter, for there can be no question that if a sufficient number of white men could be secured in Geor gia by the Republican party to add to the negro vote and make a ma jority, the Republican party would again toe in power in the state, and white supremacy would be over thrown. We would again have piebald conventions and piebald legislatures and a repetition ol’ the scenes of cor ruption and the debauchery of the re construction days. Flaying With Fire. However honest their purposes, these men are playing with fire, and they are doing so with impunity to the pub lic interests, only because there are enough white men In the state who see their political duty In pursuing the opposite course, and thus prevent a conflagration as the result of this ac tion. And the fact is not to he ques tioned that those who have thus align ed themselves with the Republican party are indebted to the rule of the white Democratic party In Georgia, for the present and past security of their persons, and of their property, as well as for the peace of their homes and the prosperity and success of their business enterprises. It cannot be successfully disputed that the Republican party favors ne gro rule in the South—certainly to the extent that It seeks to establish It In some instances, and is willing for it to be established in all instanoes —In the South. Enfranchisement Means Domina tion. The enfranchisement of the negro could not have been other than a de sign to establish negro domination In the states of the South. When the enfranchising laws were passed It was known that in some of the states the negro far outnumbered the whites. There can be no doubt it was the in tention and expectation to establish negro rule in each of those states. In most of the other Southern states the negroes so nearly approached the whites In number, that with the many whites then disfranchised by the same laws, and with the aid of the carpet baggers and the military, there was every reason to anticipate that negro rule would be established In each of them. That design was in fact ac complished and negro government was set up In each one of the reconstruct ed Southern states, and in each one of them there was an era of lawless ness and plunder and corruption and dishonesty such as has never been known under any professedly civilized government in modern times. Al though those governments were over thrown and white supremacy estab lished in the Southern states, the Re publican party, while In control of the federal government has. to the extent of the opportunity thus offered, en deavored to Impose and fasten negro rule upgn us—and at no period has this M “Ever The Same ” Hand Made ■ ralHn Good Old Fash- K|(KES5fy ioned Whisky, Mellow, Mild, and Wholesome. IJpJgpr Cascade Sour Mash is taken through a scientific pro cess of purification and every undersirable quality removed. GEORGE A DICKEL 4 CO. Dlitlllert Nubvilk, Tcnn. Hl* kpcz, ItlrtllUug In., Hl.irP won Gentlemen's Highest Grade Custom Made Footwear Jp The shoes that are fashion- Sm able in New York, Boston § ;trf Tr \ and Chicago. / rj fjj Made of the finest upper / bjm and sole leather, and pot to- Vgk S&i JP* gether by America's finest ImjLM The kind that has no so- \ 3Ww2'^ / ‘ Sm<3B ‘ Stacy, Adams & Cos. Shoes II The hand lasted and hand vjjpMftk finished kinds. 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And so evidences without number could be given that the Republican party seeks to put the negro In positions of authority over the white man, and the so doing Is the practical essence of the overthrow of white supremacy and the establish ment of negro rule. The Cram Case and Others. The case of Crum in the Charleston Custom House Is too notorious to re quire comment. The same is true of the Indlanola postofflee in Mississippi, where the postofflee was closed for months In order to force a white com munity to take a negro woman as postmaster. The Indlanola case had a counterpart In Hogansvllle in this state, where in order to compel a re spectable and refined white com munity to mail their letters in the HogansviUe post office, and thus to do business with an offensive and objectionable negro postmaster, all the railway postoffices were instructed to receive no leters on cars when pass ing HogansviUe. In each of these instances absolutely violating the law in order to force upon white people A negro as an officeholder. And these acts of the Executive Department, and hundreds of others which could be mentioned, forcing negro office holders on the white people of the South, have recently had the emphatic endorsement and approval of the Re publican party In the declaration In the Republican platform In favor of reduc ing the representation of the Southern states in Congress un less the negroes are allowed, pro vided they have the numerical majori ty in any states, to take the dominion and control of such states. Such a proposition could have no other purpose and design than to establish negro rule over white people In the South. Negro OHlrehnliling la Negro Rule. It Is true that there are many white Federal officeholders In the South, but most of them are In charge of postofflees where It would be im practicable for one reason or another to place negroes. It Is also true that in all the Republican administrations there have been special Instances where in response to urgent appeals whites have been appointed In the place of negroes. But a modification of the practice of negro officehoiding does not deny the principle of negro rule, and it is only a question of time when the practice may be made again well nigh universal. And the practice of negro officeholding is negro rule. In this connection the possibility is not to be overlooked that the bestowal of office upon a few favored white men may be adroitly and skillfully used as a consideration by which our people may be con ciliated into an abandonment of their opposition to the party practicing negro rule. But although much remains unsaid, time and space will not permit me to further elaborate the proposition that the Republican party Is not the place for one who favors white supremacy, and who opposes negro ofllceholding and negro rule. Those who desire to divide the whites say that there Is no negro question and that therefore the whites ran safely divide .The negro question Is not actively In evidence In our local policies simply because the whites are united. Division of White I'artr Means Ills- A division among the white people means the negro with one part of the whites, fighting the other part of the white*, or the two divisions of the whites fighting between themselves for the control of the negro vote. In eith er case disaster must follow. Equal ity In political association tends, how ever slowly, nevertheless certainly, to social equality; and social equality leads In th* end inevitably to mines gens lion and amalgamation. While there are many Mmukj*, the one plank in the Southern Democratic platform to which all Southern Demo crats agree is white supremacy, and in this there is no opportunity for equality of political association, the progenitor of social equality. While I have been somewhat lengthy in my reply, the whole discussion may be summed up in the single sentence, shall we above all other things, stand for white supremacy. If there are any who will endeavor to conciliate Geor gians in their opposition to the Re publican pnrty and to persuade them that their Interest lies in the advance ment of that party in the state, the issue to be determined will be a very narrow one if not confused or dis guised. It is simply this: Does the Republican party believe In and ad vocate white supremacy, and is it op posed to negro rule and to negro office holding In the South? If yes, then the Democratic party in the South will ground Its arms so far as concerns that issue. But if no, then the argu ment with us is closed, because If the Republican party Is opposed to whlto supremacy in the South and does fa vor negro rule and negro officehoiding. there are no considerations which should be sufficient to Induce the white men of Georgia to support that party. Hut On* Answer. Of course, there can be but one an swer to these questions by any can did Republican who does not seek to evade or becloud the Issue. For In the practice of social equality by many prominent in Its ranks, In the ridicule and Jeers now freely directed at the protests of the South against the prac tice by certain persons of social equal ity, in the forcing of negro officehold ers on the South people, and In the utterance of the last Chicago platform, there is no room for possible doubt as to the attitude of the Republican party on the negro question. It is probable, now that the election is past, that the Indignation and resentment of the South may cause an abatement of the zeal with which negroes have been heretofore put in office. For this we will, of course, be duly appreciative, but nothing short of the recognition by the dominant party of white su premacy and the avowed renunciation of negro rule and negro office-holding will Justify the relaxation of their vigi lance by the white men of the South; for so long as the principle of negro rule and negro office-holding Is recog nized, there is no security as to the time when the active practice of each may be resumed. A Law to Ourselves. The fact is not to be ignored that we are a peculiar people and that in consequence we must be a law unto ourselves. This is not as we wish, but we are subject to conditions beyond our control. We are peculiar in the fact that we face conditions such as confront no other people, such as have confronted no other people since the dawn of history. Where the negro is In small numbers hie presence from a political or even a social standpoint is comparatively unimportant. But it is different when he comprises a large proportion of the population. The men who says there is no nogro problem In the South either is uncandld or he is not thoughtful. In 1865 the negroes in the United States numbered 4,000,000. In 1905 they will number more than 10,000,000. There are those who may read these lines who will live to see them number more than 20,000,000. And there are children now born who will in their day see more than 30,000,000 of them here. How, in view of these facts, can it be said by any one, after thoughtful consider ation, that there is no negro prob lem. The Negro, a Tremendous Problem. The mere presence of the negro in the South necessarily presents a tre mendous problem-how two people* In nearly equal numbers, the extremes of the human race can live together and yet separate and in peace. Hut that problem has been intensified an hun dred fold by tho enfranchisement of the negro. In fact this feature so overshadows all others that it may be said, now Mt least, to constitute the negro problem. If the people of the North are sincere In the oft expressed desire to leave the people of the Mouth to deal with the ii*|ib problem, their first step should be to repeal the Fifteenth Amendment. That would leave each state free to deul with the question as It saw fit. Until It Is repealed, the Mouth Is not left free to deal with It. The Kouthern states with that amend ment repelled would undoubtedly dis franchise the negro, and the necessity for the solidarity of the Mouth would Immediately disappear. Meal* Me a liras* loiosHr*. To require the Mouther* etalse to surrender a portion of their representa tion as ‘he price to be paid lor the repeal of the Fifteenth Amendment woujd be a gross injustice, because the universal rule haa been that represen tation is based on population and not on the number of voters. Tire provis ion In the constitution which gwt-e three-fifths representation to the slave population, was no exception to this rule, as the reduction was a compro mise made with those who denied the right of any representation to that population, on the ground that they were not citizens, but only property. But while it would be such gross in justice, and while the North ought to be too magnanimous to exact it, still tf the repeal of the Fifteenth Amend ment can bo secured In no other way. It would. In my opinion, be better for the Southern states to pay the price of a loss of a part of Its representa tion, rather than that this eternal con troversy over the negro, and the in evitable sectional differences and ani mosities resulting therefrom should continue during all the indefinite fu ture. A Costly Sacrifice to Be Avoided. The lose of any part of our Just re presentation In Congress would be a ccstly sacrifice, one to be consented to only in case of absolute necessity, to accomplish a greater good. The loss of a corresponding vote in the electoral college would be of less con sequence, for unless there is a mate rial change in the disposition and temper of the North, it is a matter of ilittle practical consequence whether the electoral vote of the Mouth be greater or small. There will be no political peace and harmony between the South and the North so long as the right of the negro to vote is forc ed upon the South. The repeal of the Fifteenth amendment, leaving to each state the power to regulate for Itself the negro question, would destroy the sectional barrier which the South so greatly deplores and for the removal of which it knows no other method. Repeal Would Help the Negro. No fears need arise in the minds of the genuine friends of the negro any where that this repeal would mean ill results to him. In fact if would be to the interest of the negro no less than of the white man. An unavoid able Irritation and antagonism must Inevitably arise when an Inferior race endeavors through the ballot to gain the ascendency over a superior and naturally dominant race, or even to share In the governmental power. To this effort on the part of the negro in the South has been duo nine-tenths of the friction between the two races. But with this cause of conflict remov ed and the threat of negro or mongrel domination forever withdrawn, . the magnanimous and kindly white men of the South would Instantly recog nize and appreciate the changed re lation and act accordingly. The eternal Interference of misguided zealots at the North would then largely abate, and the proper re lations between the races would be promptly and fairly adjusted, with fullest consideration for all the rights of tho weaker race. White Mon Mnst Stand Together. Until this amendment is repealed, the menace which must ever accom pany it will require that the white men of the South should stand to gether upon the issue of white su premacy. and opposition to negro rule and negro officehoiding. It is within the power of the Republican party If It desires to do so, to repeal the Fif teenth Amendment within the next three months by securing the necessary action by Congress and the ratification by the requisite number of State Deg- Matures. When they refuse to do so, it can only be because they desire the continuance of the opportunity for ne gro rule, and negro officehoiding. And If while thus still beleaguering our stronghold, they approuch with soft words and promises of the favor of those who sit in the scats of power, I would cry to the defenders of white supremacy: “Beware! The Greeks are at the gates bearing gifts!" A. O. Bacon. H. M. A SHE, General Agent Smith Premier Typewriter, Atlanta, Ga. Dealer wauled for Savaumh. 5