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Are the War Amendments
Beyond Reach of Repeal?
By Sam W. Small.
‘Do party platform declarations
bind the party, or the people who
once indorse them, forever after?”
This Is an important question in the
moral ethics of politics in this country
and especially appeals to the righteous
and statesmanlike sense of republicans
and democrats alike at this era of the
national history.
Many republicans are asking for rm
anti-trust and free raw materials revision
of the protective tariffs made in fulfilment
of republican platforms of the past. These
republicans evidently believe that with
changing conditions party policy not only
could bo, but should be changed in the
direction of larger benefits to the people.
Other republicans are challenging their
party to change its avowed purposes and
policy in the Philippines, declaring it un-
American and violative of the fundamen
tal ideas ill it made the foundations of
the party.
A Demand on the Democracy.
Also, and on the other hand, the re
publican leaders have the way of as
serting the “eternal persistence" of plat
form utterances—by th- other party. For
instance they are now, in their news
papers and on their platform, denounc
ing the agitation of the legislative repeal
or judicial testing of the validity of the
fifteenth arrmidment. when discussed by
mccrat ; i - ion of the
pledges f the democracy in 1876. In that
year tie democratic platform contained
the following declaration:
“We do here reaffirm * * our devotion
t.-> the cimstlt ution of the Felted States
with its amendments universally accepted
as a final settlement of the controversy
•■■l. red the ch il war."
And now the republicans contend that
ev ry de:u< ; rat is bound and estopped by
tli.-i: plank fr m everything otherwise as
to those am> t. Iments. . specially the fil
ternth. even should the United States su
preme court finkily adjudge that it was
nev - constitutionally passed by congress
or ratified by the states.
Who Ts Forcing' the Fight?
The fact ts that very few people south
have the slightest notion that the United
States sinm-me court will ever screw its
last:. ~ .p to th- conrag. ms point cf
■lite of ti fifteen!’: I ln< m nt. Ji Wil
But w!. i- it that is forcing that issue
to the front l.efor, the supreme court?
Tfi,. <-i-< -■ I ■•'or that court that have
■t-as 1 all Hi- present discussions of the
amoiidnV rt woto brought by or in bc-
iPt-Lin- i •.i»'.l r b.it th-’ nnirndmoiH
- r •’ up lib in the hit.* liixht of
■ :ffr; ' .i national :i- ht, ir. spite of
.i;.\ ii.'ii;.upon the eh ;coral
• ; h . - ( o- its < .tiz.fitF. and not based
■ : . color i>. pn*vions eonuitinn nf
. y n .. I >r u-ht by (’olon-e)
; ■.> < fi nn Ala ban. < v. •- . o of that
Twisting the Mule’s Tail.
I; • • of the th- ns aln i.ly
:ui. . ih- . ipri-nie * • ir is • vi-
t:■?: • u .. !n dHinit. ’ • 1 finall ’
*h a-ncndnivnt. in ‘heir favor
r- •■-riizt-I : of ’he states
* • ci ri'stJaiing suffrage. It
i.-f.a •: ; .!■ (] if to » vi-Th’, tly agi
tated 'l'.a.. yet ..’’pl; its v.h< re they
. ih , the most •<•••.!. Am! then th?
... .i i ...!•• ' ■ t -t *
< .-I r»- - f v ■ spizin’ er mule!”
The inO'-i aiwho’o Aome error that th?
ha is that the fifteenth
;j,-Up the - b'l line ill Ills
.< -, l th.it h-- is titled to vot< in
Jl-ouH Be -ad He L; Free.
‘S l'-\v peopb'. <-<p lily in
. •fi.H'i, ;■> .• y i ‘thing ;f sp.jrial yrivi-
irc. H in tie- ui niovemt nt i:i-
\.'i? onti-'if pr 'Hinati'.a atbi
The n-gi i is 1 freeman now bccaus.- in
-
I Kentu s Great Whiskey |
• :Bi7-77!V. 1903 !
1 DIRECT FROM DISTILLERY TO CONSUMER, EXPRESS PREPAID.!
y T'i>' p':!>iic i:?s ..< n frequently dt-t Nved b;-, reckless and extravagant J
he advertisements of irresponsible firms, who ar© not®
$ distillers. We invite the most rigid investigation of these *
0 facts for your consideration. W? refer you to the |
s''~' —, First, German, Citizens and Farmers & Traders S
& f National Banks, of Covington. We own and oper-
j FrN . nte R S. Registered Distillery No. thi, Sixth I)is- 1
2 I ’ trict of Kv. idyers’offices and shipping ware- !
y / . .V*• •-' ■ hetir-e are located on th«-I’ublv-Square, opposite
$ f& : 5 the U. S. Government Building.
■j .’V ;; 1. Kethc of til <ll-ng FULTON Whiskey. '
.[ D. N. Con r < N,■ ears I .S.Col-
lector of Internal Revenue, Sixth District Ky., at i
6 o 7s"->lrsnr ;•!. Covington, Ky.. to whom you may write, stated,
Si H e i g-s 4 after a thorough examination of our Distillery—'■<
H 1 “I found in the processes of manufacture you had
■ ■ •• d re ’ eiy best and most approved meth-
® . ods for producing the highest grade Whiskey.” :
J , -- Or 4 full 2. Medicinal Quality of FULTON Whiskey, fe
i’> quarts . For many years we have supplied a large num-gj|
m -A
y ' v Chesapeake & Ohio R. R. Hospital, at Clifton Hl
g Xe.-. -w v?Forge, Va.; the Ogdensburg, N. Y. Hospital;®
F. S. Government Hospitals, and many others fa:
* s ’ to whom we will refer you. gi
g We ship, all express charges prepaid, securely packed in plain boxes il
S with no indications r.s to contents, sumedat order is received, two gallons, u
g of fuliv matured, mellow, pure whirkey, either Ry< or Bourbon, or one gal-g
$ lon of each, in .Myers’ patent glass demijohns for $5.00. Or if you prefer, gi
S with two gallon F'.tO order, as we will ship on terms of 30 days to persons
$ who will have (heir Lank or responsible in; reliant, guarantee their account
J when ordering on these terms. This inducement is made to prove the. su
ra nm-ior tiualit' of FLLTON Whiskey and place it m households for medicinal
i purposes. Minors need not answer. If not pleased, return at our expense,
I and P if paid for. al! your money will be refunded by next mail, v ithout <)«•->>- :
'/! (jo;i Four miniature bottles Selected Reserve Fuiton will bo sent i
b FREE to those who remit with each two gallon order. i
5 T<al orders for one gallon are snipped .fill express. cbars’c-i
quail ..-t lies «r «} erg patent gl>u-itomhobn ON hl-.< I ! Pl Os 83.00. , ■
-.urr. if not pleased, and ail your money will be returned by next mall. <
7 tsi nd for A Fair Customer”-a booklet of HHtory about whiskey, Illustrated, MEE. Address-
IMYERS &, COMPANY, <U> ISUTU3, M. Y., V. S. A. g I
1861 the southern people let their pas- ;
sions outrun their prudence and political
j sagacity.
i The Amendment That Failed.
i The expiring congress of the Buchanan j
regime, on March 2. 1861, tw'o days :
before the inauguration of Abraham Din- i
coin, adopted an amendment, to be known :
as “tile thirteenth amendment” to the ■
constitution. It was certified to the sev
eral states and read as follows:
"Article 13. No amendment siia’d be I
made to the constitution which will an- i
thorize or give to congress the power to >
abolish or interfere within any stale with i
the domestic institutions thereof, inclucl- .
ing that of persons held to labor or ser- ;
I vice by the laws of said state.”
I This article was acted upon in some i
| of the states, but not by a majority of !
: them, and 1 leave not at hand the record ,
! of wha.t state legislatures voted upon :
i it or which ones voted to adopt it or to :
i reje.t it. I only know it v#s pending
j wh» n the southern states began to sever
their allegiance to the union.
Could He Have Carried?
In the presidential election of 1860 ;
Lincoln obtained the presidency by the
| electoral votes of fifteen states, in which j
; lie obtained republican majorities, two
I democratic states that gave him plural- I
■ ities and one that switched its vote from
i Douglas to Lincoln. :
! Vet of the thirty-three states then I
. composing the union, nineteen of them ■
! were democratic in their politics, leav- ■
■ ing only fourteen states that could be :
1 culled republican; in fact, two of these— ;
Illinois and Indiana—changed from their ■
d. inoeratic status in 1856 and gave Lin
coln majorities of 5,629 and 5,923, re- :
spi ctively. It is reasonably certain tin t
b'-th these states would have voted f< r |
flie amendment, since Lincoln himself
vored it. making twenty-one states stir
for its rati.'l ation. It has been eoi ■
staritly b-'liivi-d bv men conversant with ;
rii.it period that had the south acqii - '■
■ ■ - d in Lincoln's programme and not
revolted so hastily, enough other states ■
could have ben won over to ratify,
i th,- amendment and incorporated it in the
l federal constitution.
Wh-it Would Have Resulted?
Had tlm south ihos-n to make her
fight further in congress and before the
people, instead of by secession and bat- ,
th . ami the above amendment had been
adopted, th chief ,-nds- of Lincoln and
, his party would have been satisfactorily
accomplished by the non-extension cf
I .-.'livery into states and territories that
did not desire it. and the south would j
li.iv gained the constitutional right rs '
slavery in al! its territory, defended from ,
further interference by any act. of con- ‘
■ Tien the negro would have remained !
ia Slav.- in the south until voluntary eman- I
ci: ation bv th* ii holders. Hence the m- ,
g:o.-v ought to thank the southern pc<-
I i- lor go>!> .- t.i war and so working the ;
military n -i • v of their etnam ipatioa I
Iso eottsider It worth .-
o: th. n gratitude that the southern peo- I
ph nt tedav would not r, enslave them I
; if they could.
Ate Platforms Irrevocable?
1 But going back to oar mutton—as t:>
rustea whit-1 party' must
forever make ends n; <-i it Is pertinent
to that this country would have been |
wr. <’ked long ago und, t that rule.
i Sane polities are affected by the con- i
i (litions o: tie times find parties ehango ,
tl.eir -le. la,-aliens as the popular needii
appeal t-> den,and Bour . onism in on r
parte r: :; d bulihe.-idednvss in the oth< r ai r -
1.• i:.-<;y bad tor the people. The demo- j
.. "of 1876 could not see and 1
1,, e, ■--siti-.- of sound government lor tm-> i
- w- do. and w hat th« ;. -.. id of
I |.. w-tr im.'.idments then i- no more
; l-ii.dlna upon us than rope.- nf sard. Th' :
- le, ■< '-roe-.- not asking tiie rej.eal of
th-'se amendments. Bat should such a
.i: tnd aris-e. it wotild ■■ e :■ rost < ; ! ’■■ d In
th, eonstit utional way. T-i.-r,. is a law
ful wav out of the evils produced by til?
am, mini ms just a- ’liei - was a legal
way into th-m.
PREACHER SCORES THE COURTS
Declares Tillman and Heywood Trial
Prove Courts Useless.
■■ Ttaleigh. N Octobei 1 9.-(Special.}-
I \ !.. w-i> ipev in this state whose editor
! 1 I’resbyt-'. ian minister says editorial- ,
i man and Heywood there should be : I
. n-t-.t-ii 'a til - •’ . I, -mi tb it this is now ‘
the tuny way to si ttlc difficulties.
Otlua j'.ip■. . in the state are saying |
ti.at the editor is right; that it must be i
<were man for himself, and that tin on: I
wiio’ean get lite drop on his enemy i- ;
th.- im. who must go to ihe formality I
of sustaining th. pi-, of self-defense. j
. One of thi lending papers in the statu ■
■ makes th" <-.itori..i di-elaraiion that the ,
| criminal courts seem to be lor the sole |
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA. MONDAY, OCTOBER 26,1903
Owaised:
the
Mortgage
MRS. L. R. TRYON
lives in a small town in southern ■
Connecticut. She writes:
1 * Jtach year for sevfcft years we
tried io fay off a little of the
mortgage on our home but al
most every time we got a I title,
fut by sickness or something >
else seemed to eat it us.
I had earned fin - money
through The Indies' Home
Journal and The Saturday
Evening Post and thought of
the same plan io help pay the
< mortgage. The priac money
for the summer's work, to
gether with the commissions,
will pay the last installment
■next month, all done by my
self in odd hours during
about a year and a half.'“
arc earning money oy uus |
1 plan. An\body can do ibe same. ,
Besides pa yin u liberallv ft'ir every sub- I
scriplion secured we arc giving
$50,000
nn Extra Cash Prizes
H Bach month SSOOO will be given to I
it 525 persona who do tin-best wot ktn.it |
St tno-.itli and. at the end of the season, I
iW SIO,OOO more to tlw 451 persons who »
ifex have d ine the best wo:k during the «
I-hole time. Everything necessary sent
k-j on request. H
THE CURTIS COMPANY /]'
EfL 604 Arch Street 4 g
! ' l,ilol!e ' ! ’ hlo ' ! ' enns ’' !van ' a
purpose of sending petty criminals to
work fin roads and giving a ( lean bill <>
htalih to those charged- with higher
crime.
HOW’S THIS?
tv- I'fter One Humlf-d Dollars Iteward for
any case <->f Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Hall's Catarrh Cure.
I-'. J. CHENEY it CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Vi’e, the undersigned, have known F. .T
Cheney for the lust 15 years, and heliiw. him
perlv-etly honorable In all business transit
lions and tln.ui--i.-Hlv able to carry out any
obligations n>ad>- I':- their firm.
West .'r Truax, wholesale druggists, Tole
V.'ihiuw. Klnn.i.n i Marvin, wholesale drug
" Hall's I'at.-iirh Cure is taken internally, act
ing direitly upon th-- blood and nine.ms rar
fa?, sOf the system ToHtinioiii.-ils sent free
P:i.- 75e per bottle. Sol.) by all druggists.
I all': I -.r.iily Pills arc the best.
GREAT STATUE IN COTTON.
A colossal statue of King Colt n will
bo tin niw-t Striking feature of Missis
sippi's exhibit in tin- pal.lt: ■ of agricul
ture .It trie world's fair at St. Louis.
It will be the largest statue in th*
t xpi'Sition, and will tower 50 t,.ot .ibove
the hl.of' the Visitors. Hi.: niaj-sty
I.- .-late! on an immense throw, and if
Hie breath of life were to animate th’
gigantic statue, ami ho were to arise ■- >
lii.-i leet. io.- w add be vompi lied t > stoop
t<; prevent ii. > In ad strikim; th" ratters of
the gr. ; .it buiidmg. the co't.ie.- line 01
which is 65 feet above the foundation.
No modern monarch possesses a sutll
eiently' uignili<d tippctn an.-e. say ll’.'
Jiissisylpj'ians in charge of thr feature,
to adequate!;.' rcpres<.nx so important a
• übjeet as tjieir great .southern slate' .
e Hon crop, so K. H. Henry, the direetor
ot exhibits I- Hired tile rrist to enoos
f,r ids - vet. a venerable king of th
sixteenth i.-intury.
King <. tton's face, ham's and feet w.ll
bi of wax, and cotton wnl l ain the re
maind'.-r of bis make-up. A space f>o
le . t square has been allott d by ti,'.
exposition management as King Cotton s
domain. Hi.; will be an exelusiv • mon
archy and no passports will be honored
A strong railing will define the boundarie.r
.'if hi- l-iingd'cn 'nd Jeiterr n guards witl
previ nt tr spnsi-iug. AJI visitors may
see the king ami pay homage, but thi.y
may not tread im ills domain, nor pick
him. or his subjects or ins kingiium to
j»icc<‘s lor souvenirs.
His majesty sits with dignified me n on
a gie.'il inrorie coniplec.iy covered witn
raw cotton, as white as snow. The
throne will rest on u pedestal b feet liiga,
bu . niirely ol cotton bales. The draper
ies about 11" throne w.m be maib irotti
lint Horn tin- cotton gin, daz.ziin.i; m
whiteness, and as line in tex.ure as a
spader’s web. His crown ami sctpier
of cotton, and his gia.ifl Hmus ,md
colossal body are of the same material.
Tm mtlre kingdom is covered with ,1
carpet made ot mire white eollon. Kvai
cotton plants will be insta.led and ...
. statuary will oc
cupy a space before the throne. Tt.iu
group will ■ oiisisi of a lamily of negro--:;
pi-long eott-m—father, .niother, son
and daughter, and i little pickaninny
too little to toddle, will lie on his back
on the downy carpet, just as- he does on
hi- native heath in the sunny south.
These figures will be life siim. and. like
everything else in King Cotton's domain.
m;id< cl Mi sissippi's most • .
product- except their heads, hands ant'
feet. Those, like his majesty's, will be
fashioned in wax.
This King Cotton feature of Mississip
pi’s exhibit Is an artistic er- ation by
leading M< x.--r n wax-worker ami was de
1 mainly to at r ract at tent lon to
the state’s display. In the universn
cotton exhibit, under the same roof, fhti
stat.- commission will install other exhib
its of absorbing Interest. A practical
cotton gin will be in operation, looms
will be working and cotton i.- al] its
phases will be shown. M.'t' hinery will 1..-
In motion and cotton will be put through
ail processes and converted into fabrics
in plain view of visitors.
Introspection.
(To Major Charles H. Smith—' Bill Arp. "
Could I have looked in his face, filled i_ tl
glory.
And seen the glad light in his heaven
bent eyes,
I know I could have read the swc-c.
Os the mansions far up in the skies.
For I have wondered sp often If mor
tals.
At last when the curtain was drawn,
could see, through the wide open portals
Tile light of eternity’s dawn.
But he is gone-What but. trusting anc
hoping;
What but trust in the power that made
What -but hope while in gloom we an.
groping;
What but work till at>rest we are laid?
Behind uh the shadows grow longer
As the evening of night draweth nigh:
Our faith Ir. the infinite grows sfruug
er,
For with God's chosen, wo shall see him
by and by.
—LVLA TI’MLIN LYON.
PLEA MADE BY PICKENS
TO GIVE NEGRO CHANCE
Cleveland, Ohio. October 21.—This niorn-
I Ing's session of the American Missionary 1
! Association was largely devoted to pa- i
; pers on the Chinese and Japanese mis- ]
I sions, Porto Rico and church work in the '
j south.
The feature of tin session was the re- 1
I port on Indian and Alaskan missions, i
1 presented by the Rev. Robert W. .Me- 1
I Laughlin, D.D., of Grand Rapids, Mich. |
| He emphasized the fact that the Indians j
i are relatively few in numbers. The ne- j
. gro questio.n numerically, he said, is ■
forty times as gieat as the Indian ques- i
tion. The Indian reservations today, iho I
speaker continued, cover an area equ 1
to all the New Eng.and states. New York,
New Jersey and half of Pennsylvania. •
The Indian has in the vaults of the Unite I I
Slates government $240,000,000. If inis i
money .should b<- divided equally among .
! them and the 250,000 receiving it should
■ go upon separate reserves as a nut ion i
, they would constitute, per capita, tin; ■[
i wealthiest people upon the face of the i
; earth.
i Thwing’ on Southern Education.
1 Dr. Thwing, in his report on educa-
j tion in the south, said:
i "The question is whether the negro
; shall be regarded as a man. The ques- i
' tion is whether he belongs to the huirnu |
i race, if he be n man, ail me rignis wmen |
■ belong to a man shomd be given him; •
: it he be a man, all tile duiies which ue-
| lung 10 a man sliouiu be given io Him to ;
I no. U lie be a man, the question, mere- '
• lore, goes uzek to the vuy oi rtiuuuel- I
: pma, iue Loy of brviu .ly Low, ami
i io the uei-iuiiiuuu ol muepeliuenve, all ,
I men are crea.eU Hee ai.u equar ami .
I navo a rignv to lui-, iw t ij and me ■
’ pursuii ui uuxqai,es.'s. ji i. c ue. a man.
«.i«C (|.l.o«iOli JlvtixY I>j .siUuitL Oxiiitl
J 1..t: tCII Cu.H.miiiw.i' ii Lb, H XB kji. 0. I
jAii.Hl, lilt' qULDtiOII MViMtr-,.1 lu KUC AL» U
i>u. pe.h anu iu uiv B.4LAXL i v.i.uu’uuumi’q
I 1 u-u su.iic rove t*’,,* uu.Quuur as my
. soil.
1 uerefore, tin: question is a quesiioii
nut <<l me s lain, uui ui lae nui'vil, ii'Ji’ 1
: vi Uns tni.vu enux, nor m auick. a is
I a quvSi.ua 01 iluu.anlty, tq me purlec.i-
I m save Ilian, 01 tile capucii; 01 mull to
. ue tawu. sii'ieiuit, m queaiion is a
I l,UeS..'>n Ul ami Jur tile I.l' , Ina il IS
; . ~.u u question ul ;mu lot m<- mm.iuaui.
i m me |jio» hi 01 me Cuuw sve puiioiu :
: in hum.m sociwy, io: are i<oi 10 luige: ,
: mat me nr-1. unit is tiie muiviuuai mm- !
■ sell. 1 lie mUlviuuHl is u> ju.-l lum.-eli.' ■
• to oilier individuals; 11c is 10 ue wormy '
i lo receive bviieliLS il'om mem; he is l > ■
I be wormy 10 comer beneO'. upon tn" u. j
I In: is to mak( nimseli me mest i.vpe 01 1
I liie mail, me bony a vwriby conuiiiin I
: lor and tool of Uu sous; mo intellect
j ciear and laigi to think; mu heart warm i
| and lender 10 love, me conscience keen '
to approval and remm-m in ethical con- \
I duct and misconduct, me will mighty to •
choose the light and mighty to refuse ,
■ evil, lie is lu malm him.-vlf the best I
I neighbor, he is to sav wood and draw ]
' water, if that be th- be.'l lie can do; '
’ he is to be merchant and carpenir, if
■ that be the beet lie- ".it do; he is t.i
Inch school, plead e.i.-i.s, praeticetao:
! . teach si bool, pri-m h sermons. plea t
. iase.-i, prat lice med m . write editorials
; or books, if that be his best. He is to be
the best, lie is to <io the best. Such u
■ duty, such a privi.ige belongs to th,..
1 negro as a man
"Education is th inly force which tiie
stato formally us- I'ol its s- i.'ut ity and
1 perpetuity. For ei ation represents the
■ love of the famil the value of the in
finite which is the > sence of religion, the
I book and the wh" power of personality.
1 Education is i-oii 1 ,. h'.-nsive, vital, vital
'"A 1. Ulis point -. nierges the inquiry
1 about the kind m duration to b>- used
j in securing these '.real results. The ati
' swer is as el--.ii- s are tin- prini iph-.-
whence is derived mswer. The an
' swer ts all kinds 1 . Aui.-;-tion. Shall the
| hand say to tin- fm'-t. I have no med of ;
I thee?’ The kind i- determined by the j
■ capacity of th. individmil. by the en- I
‘ vjronn-i nt - f tin- individual and by the
! ■ ai'.-er Hie individual is t > pitrsti- It !
v ill therefor", be a mutual education for
some. It is to .->■ a manual education for !
post nun wli-t'-ver their color. The id ■
I.Cation will -d-o br- an frit, llcctual odm
cation tor : <n: ' ; for the race lacks lead- |
ship, b.-'dersh',' which shall be , s wis- I
: s it is com :? oc ■ it wil- th'-ietori
i also lea moral C’dseation. For hiiinanitj '
is still in it* wolfish, lioni-h, tigerish
state of hist, avaraieiousm ss and re
: veitge All pride, therefore in Tusk.-
go.-s shops ami all honor to Booker
Washington. A’l pride. therefore, 11
Fisk's academic h.-iil.; and all honor to
the rneiuory ol t'ravatn.
"Education works by growths like na- ■
turc. it represents not the French revo- ;
lution, swift ib-sti uetion, 1 id overturri-
1 ings. reforms of the guillotine. It rep- :
< resents the Eng'ish revolution—reflection.
1 discussions, constitutions, laws. There- ;
| for-, educ.n.tion demands time, not ns an ;
i agent, but. as a condition.”
Officers Reelected.
i Tin- business session of the association !
! was held this afternoon. Tim old board
' of ollicers was r> 1 l<-ete<l. except that Rev.
' A. F. Beard, N- tv York, senior secretary, I
was made honorary seer- tary ami e-lit-i., ,
owing to ill health. The Rev. James i
\V, i or-per. New York, was ele ted io th-.:
1 secretaryship.
1 Resolutions were pass. <1 complimenting I
Governor l-lear i. of Louisiana, lor the I
: stand he I.as taken in re.ation to the ’
murder of Professor LT-’" '-I A. I lau- 1
ring, of the Pointe Coupee Industrial 1
school.
; It was voted to hold the next annual |
meeting in Des M'-lm -. lowa, in connec- 1
tion With Hie national c-ongregationa; |
■ council.
This evening addresses were delivered ’
! on tin- work of the association among ;
the Chinese and Japanese, the, J’orto
Ricans, the indium-, the jrighlaiidei'.s air: ;
the negror s. Two colored stua-ats o ,
Yale university, both of wli an have ;
' t.ik' n the h -;'mst priz. s in oratory and I
a;,. In Yale, were among the .spe.ik- '
~r 3 _William Pi.-kei'.s, of Arkansas, who :
. made a ph i for op trtmiity tor tnc ne- ,
groes, ami G.-org" W <’r .«•!■•: 1. of Al
bania, who Sipokc ui t-ir outlook tor the 1
negro. Both of th -so students are also ■
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graduates of Toiltdega college, Alabama,
an institution of the American Missionary
Association.
Address of William Pickens.
“A Plea for Opportunity” was made by
William Pickens, a senior of Yale uni
versity, the colored student who won the
historic Ten Eyck award of first prize
in oratory last year. In substance he
said:
"America Is an opportunity for life,
liberty and pursuit of happiness; an op
portunity for the ignorant to learn, the
lowly to rise and aspire. Today ten mil
lions of her population, mongrel in blood
and motley in hue, arc knocking at the
door of this very opportunity. For 250
years of drudging toil they received the
pay of freedom from physical bonds, but
not from the moral and intellectual thral
dom to which that period had so thor
oughly made them slaves. This more, sub
tle slavery can be removed only by the
slow, slow progress of the evolution of
mind and character.
"To this more onerous but nobler task
the American Missionary Association ad
dressed itself Immediately after the war.
Her teaeh.-r and missionary stepped into
the clearing smoke of battle with a trut.it
and gospel might.er than armies, and the
word of life mingled with the death echo
of the gun The sacrifice and heroism ot
her workers are esteemed by a grateful
race with tne martyrdom of Gettysburg
and Fort Pillow. She lias held unswerv
ingly to the manly, candid, Christian
opinion tha: every man, whatever his race
or color, should have a fair chance lor
his highest self-realization.
"If certain men and classes are su
perior. du not legislate and discriminate
against the inferior, but give all a free
hai.d and the cosmic law of the survival
of the fittest wdl du Hie rest. The best
stimulus lor Hie sluggish powers of a
large part of America's white population
wool I be to lift al! h.andicaps from the
American negro. That superiority of a
race or an individual which has for its
'oiir.dation the ign eanc- of others a::.;
measures i’s strength from their weak
ness. is the most insignificant kind o'
V- rioril y. J f ee- t.-i i n men li: 1 ve a ruts too
wt nk for blacksmiths, it is unnecessary to
pass laws to hin ler thieir becoming such;
if negroes are unlit for th< pro!.-ssions.
il is idle lo legislate against their becom
ing such Gn the other hand, if tie y are
fit for such, then the law is a wrong.
Consequently such law Is eilber a dead
letti-r or a flagrant injus,-. ■■ and in < itli-r
case unworthy of a civilize 1 Christian
"It has been stated that negro crimi
nals hove multiplied with the progress
1 f edui-atit.n. And from this it is du
ouced that -duo,ation prodm .-I the < rlm
inals, a conclusion due to a half analjsls
of the case. But when we go one step
further .. id find “hat in fact, it crimi
nality does insriasi-. the increase is
elusivi-ly among uneducated negroes, then
if the increase argues tor anything it
argues for more education: it tends to
show tli.it the ranks of ignor.in-'e :tro
th< hotbed of criminality. The half
truth was no argument against uegru
eilueation.
"How many educated n groes have
been guilty of the ct’.ne in which the
mon spirit vainly s. ek.i its justili'ation i
Such eases can h summed up in one
round figure. Those who commit such
crinu-s are in every case the very dregs
of the embodiments of degradation
wh: ~ our educational institutions are
S'iviug every day to extermimit* by
1 ■ ■ ’..'i 11 ion of ric'lif id- is and Hie In
st iratum of higher hopi-s In the young.
This is the <1 A ■ wav in whi'-h they will
be i-xterminat-.1; for altTio'-igb all of our
American mobs ar- composed of the
"best citizens,” yet they seem not to
have a sufficient educational value to
elevate the character of -i race. It is
better to support an ins'ltution of learn
ing than to tolerate the many-hande t,
no-brained monsl< r pscudonvrnousiy
calkil the mob.
"Considered as n race the negro needs
-very degree- of education from Tuskegee
to S'.'ile; f»■ th- present, the training
of the masses must be rudimentary. Yet
no reasonable person would deny that a
man with the natural abilities of a law
Is at much out of place in a black
smith shoji as one with Hie qualifications
of a f irmer in a professional chair. Like
all oth"i r.i.-'urns is made up of every
kind of individual, and each Individual
e.-’in ..till find Ids proper place in the
wor.il by having the liberty to gra-.iia.e
"Both the north and the south have
contributed «■-piously to the education
of black mon. But on account of the
burden ot ignorance which the south hi--
been compelled to bi-tir, It is ptoba 1.
that in th ■ Immediate fttHir - she will
b ■ able to eontriout.- much kss than :n
the past. Vet there can be no reason
able doubt that til" liaders of tin south,
i-- Christians ,-tnd men, "i-alize that the
problem o;' lite n gro is simply the prob
lem of race progress and advancement;
that the solution is simply the advance--
merit ot too interests of this race in
consistenev with th • ri-.-h: of tiiers;
that neither the north nor the south,
hut the negro liimself, must do the
i;.pc:iter part of the solving.
"That Hie negro has in him the elements
of success no long-r needs proof to in
telligent Americ ins Starting ot t with
; lowly train d hands, cul 1 ur.-'-s;-, brain-;
' amt'indifferent character, he has acquired
; me billion dollars of wealfh. r.-ducetl
his illiterm-y on r --balf and r--ar. .1 a m-l
--: titUl'le of sons nil daughter: above
. m<ia -h I have too m-i--!i faith in Go I
to believe that even slavery was to th
i negro wholly and solely a s-; out o?
i cd'- its .-ice-imp i"ying evtls an 1 undesir
I able results have come industry, un-
I trammei'.-’l. but uns'triined. The h.-ird
i ship of servitude was the pri of civill
:-z.ition and progl.-ss. Ju this ;;-n-:(- the
' toil was requited by a law of com
licustiti-m :i- universal and absoitt e as
It’ll, laws Ilf matter and son-e. It is no
I q-'f-nse of oppv. ssion that God turns
I it to the benefit of the
1 “The history of the negro rap tn Amer
1 tion will ever retlomtd lo i s .-’reillt Tim
i generally good conduct and ponce.'tble
jilt-, of the .wo races could not ' ’.ve beer
I predicted bv the most far-s-elng miml
'..f 1876. Taking inlo account th- amotml
I i-.f ignorance and vice in the ,ib*trat:i
of both faces', it is marvel ns that tiie
. . lasses have be- ’i able to -:< -’ t
: sitifiei'nt pr-ssore to keen 'his bo".jj
i voi.-ano from tit!- most torrlb’e outburst
i But h tnpilv foe both, the n grr. is tract
nii’--. pe:t"(--loving and patient and th.-
g.'iieislly good ti'i'ninn-nt that the weaker
’>■ it--‘ <>f -\ ir ‘1 i :11s Ii 1 ) ?' 1 t’t’ivpf? o-n tJi
; Ht .'omm-, SO far from being wholly dis
; 1 r-'ditafile, i 1 - a lasting ti-l'ute to Hit
i <'hr'.-tinn religion and republi.-.-.n govern
-1 in-nt."
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THE TILLMAN VERDICT.
The Columbia, S. C.. State, whose edi
tor was fatally shot nine months ago
be James If. Tillman, publishes In its
k--ne of Friday the following vigorous
editorial comment upon the verdict of
"not guilty" remii'r.'d by the Lexington
jury:
Tiie Crime of Lexiny tou.
The execution of James If. Tillman
for the assassination of N. G -ttzal'-s
would have carried no comfort to the
rtl'itives of the martyred r-Jitor of The
State; would not have ameliorated their
sense of personal loss or caused on-- less
sorrowing hour. The taking of a hun
dred such live;; would not atone in any
degree for the loss of the one; a hundred
years In the pt r.itenfiary, an eternity ,u
. the hell of a lost sou] would not com
pensate for the absence of him who was
i so foully dot- to death just nine months
. ago. That is tiieii persona! viewpoint.
' But every citizen of South Carolina,
I worthy of exercising citizenship, had a
i citizen's interest in the verdict of a jury
I in a ease in which tin- state of South
I Carolina was the prosecutor. Every
: man. woman and child who believes that
I laws are made to be obeyed and not to
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I Cornlsli pi mo or o gm. (t' lai'.o a -:<jrt.ti' 1•> -at 1- : 1
tlio Hold :r to a two years’ scholarship l-i V u ■' , -
L'uited Slates School of Mtslc. Tuition t> > :11 "i ' ' J .g.,.' • 1
. 1 nut-dlnoiy l.iwr.i-aei.t is ptircua -I. !' ; - 1 ’. ■ - , '
eo.iriioneo it any s.uae of t t-ir ’lii-.i: ■ Jan 1. . ' ' ' ... .ci
< itisfaetory pl 111 o( 11 1 ia E.laeftloti ever Ijimi •!. ;
Success absolutely *u aranteed. 1 ■ 1
; night lit >our o.ctl liui'i-, iaKoig yum-o rti t!:il ‘. ■ • , ' .1
; >r t.-.'o v-.-i-j toil will r'-c .-H ali.ilae.lv I' v' . •' - i
TUITION fro.ll the best pruiessjrs et music. 1 '..lt '• - 'Ti
■ irticulais with every album. ' • No
/gpl rite fur c-r.r Sou ven 'r AI >.:m '*. ■
• <■ ; .-> < : a Udi <’e- rit - C
-’A- ,sT tion ot all Hto di” -I- i J
M DIP,-- Y" ’. ♦styles of Cornish Pirn
ii-A etm sale ' mid OR If.”- M 1-• fS.
V T Savory ii.Mr.Hnpnt is t:t : ’><1 in fhtn ** -. • f
Jyou Will M’« lu-t hl’
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En'tbosscd Minir/.i-rcs free.
' T.i •’! l-.-.-'Ti I r.:r pi' ■ i ■ . t’
ttltii o.i". i.i a st.
iti-iiial-I->'•• ■ • f> "'l' :•■ '
| HgjiSpSW -.lll’ : l "■ ■” ■ >. 1. ■ - ■ - '
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2 ( iih'-i’k ••’ d:;tj »■’ fa’ .• >• ■' <t. . ■ • > <
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can’t b»i v n <«‘sn ume < -r ?»•-.» . '*'■
: - ■ ty’-' direct fr in r>u r f-el■.ri.-c. • ~
V - o’ I'---
I CASH OR tNSTAi. IMF NTS. KLbij B r 4. j, lots Wg|
I he violated was concerned in the result |
: of the trial of J. H. Tillman if they '.v- re i
I concerned in the good name and honor :
,of the state in which they live. Every ,
citizen of South Carolina who daily reae ;
each word uttered in the court room it
Lexington is competent to find a verdict
!On one point thee r< aders us evidence
| have been at disadvantage; they coulo I
■ not test the witnesses by their appear-
i mice and demeanor < a the stand, but. :
• their failure to do so was entirely in la
i vor of thi deft ns<, the men and women I
I who testified for the prosecution being
I admittedly unimpeachable.
! 'I lie citizens of S.oii ii Carolina who rem;. ,
■ have heard the i vldence and the argu-- .
I ments. Th-y ha ve seen Hie defense
I abandon the grimi:-” ot self-defense; they
; have si en them leave the only po-i .im:
which might shield the manslayer from :
(tie charge of murder, abandoning il be
cause it was untenable, and then, pri.--
tically admitting the malice and th ’ :ts
sassination, th--;, have sc» tli in app-' i
to the lowest passions and poiit.-’al na
ireds as tiie sole ground for saving a lite
| iorielted by the laws of God and nianl
j There is just one important pk-ee of m
| formation possessed by the L- xington
I jury which lias b ■-a withheld from the-
: Hie testimony. The L-xingtun jitrot-j
Knew that belore the trial began tiie in
! equations of almost every man on Hie
I panel had been scoured and il at wlp-n
I trie case was enieri d upon a majority ot
| me twelve men who swore tney wet.- im
' partial ami hud never express-1 an
I upmion were partisans it-r the defense.
I That th-; jury would not convict under
i any circumstances was a foregone i-im
elusion; i< wou.tl not nave found the i"-
! fehaatit guilty had no testimony bo-.n
1 his b- aait. A.nd lhe comity of L'.xi.i, - ;
I ton must forever b -ar ill- shame ol a j
1 .-n.-trous crime commitivu
' system of government.
' But wlia-. is tit. v. rdiet oi' the pm., i- I
jury, the fr-•••■ and unpurehnsubb- opinion .
I of the intelligence of South Carolina'. In (
1 ex pressing our ••0:1 victii'tis as ei'-i/.cJi,
■ v,’; believe the -?»-ws <>: that j.oiti >u j
lof the public to which refi rtUb ■ is ia .« '
■ ere given voc e. This newspaper hs - r-- ’
I riag.-'of justice in this stat-; it has olt-n I
i sv n evid i. e of with ,tu- ,
■ th- omu'oymer.t o' any and every m- .ins
to Sin'll!'- ’ll’’ of th’’ V’ d~ hJ. HU*'■ I.
r.'.g, './ T c. \.f public viriue N’Tint; !’n-
b-nn-heu To’. S-mth <'.iro’ina is the vic
tim, rcvisT -i her ho*.or mi’i tin.’ >
ofi<rrinc WHI in.iv the woruv s ■
• ■ r-hti rs bow ■ ■. I - in aj< t
shann I
"Women find quick relief in
Dr. Thaehvr Livin' and lliuod Syrup.
ODELL DICKER WITH DEVERY.
So Tammany Letder Murphy Says.
Murphy on Upstate Gratters.
1 New Y’ork, Octo’ner 19.
Murphy, b-a.kr o'-' Tammnny hall,
Iterated today C- it Williom S. D
and Governor Ode’.! had met it. ti',- Fifth
"They met,” said ?.ir Mu 1 ihy, tho
I il d not expect D- '.'i ry to aomit it. N a
could we exp--'t any sim:!:;:' a-mu.'••=
I irmn Odell, I hav- po.-itiv- pr.'-i-l ol
. their meeting. They ware seen t'm-'.-c.
The Tammany lead - was sked it' I-
I had anything to say t-> He- h port mat
, Tammany hall has gatit'.'--l a lam.
$200,000 for campaign ptirpos. from .lis
orderly house keepers and others of ti- it
kind.
••Tlier.. is n , such find” -aid Mr. M-m
--: phy. "Nor would such a Hmd --011.-et.-1 .
: from that source be ui■ d by tm— oi-
g-inizatimi.
Mr. Marpiiy says ti--- li.-avy registr-uid
.-howed tii.- popular ini'n sr m the -.am- •
I ptugn d.-.m-miu. d not r.> p< rm.’, the city .
Ito fail mto th< h mds it up-s
I T it. meeting of the h" - ' '" ’ dvm •
i T- ' - ! ‘'' ■' '
; Mc.nu.ghtm- wr.o ca.r.ct .. n <-m -a. ■■
o'./ cl "■ ' .
vote” mi-'.id ba-.v ehau.-a i -a" i‘--ult.
•og abs.-tV I'.k'n th" -m'Olvg w-.s ualle-l :
to order. M " H i'. n mad > - 111 :
i port of a resolution ..il'ered <y mm to
i Ind •< sc the entire Tammany ticket. Joint .
L. Shea, chai-rm:'n ot the cxe.mtiv.' ,-o.n
mitt'..'. .'ff--.’\l ■' ’'lies ji.s '""y''' ,
that the whole ma.it r * amvu in (tt-
Cai rt ns r< solution be rt-.oirod to a com- i
rnftte" ! fifteen, and th u th,- -om : ittee ■
».. dire ct' d to report its rceo-nm-i . : - .
tio. s t . tii- ■' unity commit'.! - as to the I
■o. st m. aim ' bringing alc'ut h amimi.v t
This substitute w h i art ted .>y tip- a.I
--! herents of M :Laughlin by a standing vote
>f I4S to 141. '
But slight hope-: ire ("it.'i tat", d that
th.- I'.a n.oiiy ... .mmi’t. c will s:i - -a :a ,
' (.'rod'th-1 a'bitter fight betw- ti the ri val ,
fo-tions of ?>lcl.aughlin an I ,'.i 'l’.'irr. a j
i '.vl'l be warn'd curi'tg the cann'tiian.
1 The f'is'o!’ and T tmm'i'av omi' izati ms
I fiin.-gur-ite l the impa'g'’ of "i ntorv to-
night in numerous mecti' l "S hold n 'H.
par's of the eitv. tit wbi'l; the princi
:J./T " ■
i tugs on tip east I.'. "n ■’ C-i’onel M- 'l
.' ma !>■ an n'lt-'.mobH- ' nir of M'n
: hafta'’ ami B o i’dvn. 'T-i-.iking at iwo
j tmct'ngs in ca.-h b-cotigh.
Marched Eight Hundred Miles.
' \Va - ;ton Oet'.'ber 20. -Th< Thin
ti ry <>t' field arti.lery -nipii-tc.] it;. 800-
mile march from civ. k:.m i':ga I’ar't.
Tenn., to Fort M- y. r t-i-' v. Every matt
who started from Chickamauga w'.-s in
line as the battery arrived after its forty- :
day march.
JUDGE JONES KO FIE REFEREE.
Alabama Jurist Enters VclLey.ient
Denial of Charges.
States • '»urt f r ’r ti' !- ; ’-b< • ■
districts ”f A’a’.tfn.!, h i- ; achirc h. J from
HuctsviUn. Ale... a !■-: ter 'r-..- Lb
gonnu'y Advertiser, in wfir.-h :c .’ 'ii
ly
dictate f-' b.’isil ]■'. tr;-’> : in ’.i'. :
ionti.il referee .
B-ii tnl'c t i«:i i.:••• ;' !:n - . . • i
w-’i'i Ibe disu • sect u: IJ.: r; n7 r '
TPV ar-fHI b.» i c.
W./sii'i —ton
V, .pt w , ; ■ - i'' 11 ■
EVERY SUE r "'- -DER INTER-
The Constitution is youi paper.
The port rec ipts co 'test is you:. '.
It reads now f . ''t 0.000 cash, yc-i
can make it 820.000 if by united ac
tion tiie stihe-rotion list can co vp
to 200,000 circulation. Every mc.t
sending’ ■liicther in v;.'l go ;>y be
yond it. Wilt you no send at least
one nev.* subsetipti-'n?
Morse Fell To Hi?- Death.
Long Eiidce Is Repaired.
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Uu L d fekd <• ■N J i-i:
ft. j ra m
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Sand Ycur Application At Ones Te
. Ths Fhy.. ;i c':' Institute.
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'1 item ••• . !■' . ■•liiirj •!; vo t?.o ordi-
nary Hi'(tio.l ■■ neat::’ >■: lor chronic -JF as.' 1 .,
sun “t..:.: : t::or. t::. n <.y.- s[,eci.';iist or ... i>
numb 1- <■: .-.'e, : a ,in\; lmn m-ndentlj
eot:M do. ■•••.■ 1.1- :■ itself. . ,der the powers
gratiu-i it by it - u ml l.i ■, gave the power to
tlio l“!i.' i.iiis’ 1- to i rni -’t to tlio sick
Y.ieli Iv-lp ..... i.l malto them vo-il and strong.
Ev-r ?r: its •• .. ult-i, this institute has
eudeavorc ’ i.. • ■ , -y po- -n !.< v.; y to carry cv*.
tl. 'i>;:y. .■•!<■:;■ .• s ■i s e-tabiisiimeuttinder
the bi at :c:7 . of t ■.• State.
ihr.-oj ■■sm'o, '.n' j li.v.dclans’ In: tt.v.'.e,
realizing the value < f elect! iclty in the Geatment
oi lOi '-iei ; I-.;: • ot <!!-•'.: ■. created l.ndiT the
stiperiuteiidcneo of Its staff of specialists an
el".-tri<: belt, :ml tills I !:-i: '. i.'Ti proved to bo
ol gi i;U '■ al oas a curatlvi tg< nt. i rom time
io rhu" it iris !,.• :i I. orovcl until It reach'd
tt’it ■ oi in ife<:ilo:i -.’.Licit warranted i.s
pro-ent r. imocf -iiipi-i-ino.’-
'('hi bci: ist i■ tn teiie. t.- oofu’l a ’entsin tb.»
cm • of .-.s-’:.: cmn, lame back. r.-.->
on; e: i-m ~.,.0; - :i;em <• ct t vita! functions,
’’m i • ’C'l--, kidney disorders and inauy other
coruniaints.
lln -.ipreir.c ii’c.-tr! ’ licit” is made to one
K’.-a.i • only !■:) cnage -t licro is no better electric
belt and no b -i; ,an lie made. You
tmve e:d.’ (o toll?’ i’iiy iclaus’lnstltue
an i on-,. f t ] u .. , 3 .., ■ yoll absolutely
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forever v.-ii’m.t’t t!i >. pavmentof cnecent. This
Ei'i’.’i ons o'l'..r nmv bo withdrawn at any time, so
you sivmlsl writ.’ today tor this free “Supreme
Jilectrl i ! . b“ to The l-’hyslciaus’ Institute,
4.1 2COI. XtiConie Temnle. Chicago, Ui.
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