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DISFRANCHISEMENT
BILL IS DISCUSSED
Mr. N. B. Davis Gives his
Reasons Why the Bill
Should Not Be
Ratified.
To the voters of the State of
Georgia, and ^specially to
those of Mitchell:
Now, my friends, the intention
of this writing is of political
nature. Please believe me when
I tell you that I grant every man
his own views, all I ask you to do
is to follow me closely through
this communication.
I will say to you in the begin¬
ning that it will be a disadvant¬
age and confusion to the best
political interest of all parties
concerned to ratify the Disfran¬
chisement Bill that we have heard
so much about. Why? Because
the written law will not disfran¬
chise; it is a fraud from the be¬
ginning, and will cause political
speculation and confusion.
“How?” says some one. Well,
the bill contains five different
clauses, any man can register
under either one of them.
Now, my dear friends, we who
are suffering under political pres¬
sure, of which I am one. Please
believe me I would not mislead
you one step. The bill in ques¬
tion is, first, the grand-father
clause, this clause will cease in
1915; second, this is only a part
of the first; third, the good char¬
acter clause reads thus: All per¬
sons of good character who under¬
stand the duties and obligations
of citizenship; fourth, all per¬
sons who can read correctly, and
write correctly when read to
them the- English language-,
any part of the Constitution of
the United States or the State of
Georgia; fifth, any person who
is the owner of forty acres of land
on which he lives. Sixth, any
person who owns five hundred
dollars ($500) worth of property
in the state of Georgia, as shown
by the tax digest.
Now, my brother, you have got
the law in question, what do you
think of it? As I have told you,
it will work a hardship on us, the
poor white people of the state,
because under the law, the very
class of voters whom this bill is
said to strike at, more of this
class will go to the ballot box
than is going there now.
Now, the half is not told yet.
The trouble is this: Every class
will meet you in the democratic
primary. “How will they get
there?” some one asks. I will
tell you later on. Have you any
insurance of white primary under
fchi# law? Not a particle. Why;
this law, if ratified in the Octo¬
ber election, will become law
under the democrat’s own mak¬
ing, and if any man can and
does qualify under our own law
who will say he can’t come in?
Who will dare say he won’t ' be
invited in?
Now, thisbriugs me to the point
direct. Now my dear reader and
friend, for I am your friend,
please bear with me for I expect
to hew to the line.
We are all democrats, or should
be, yes, we Bhould be. I was a
member of the Farmers Alliance
as long as it was in a working
condition, and I am proud of it
today, tho’ we are dead but yet
alive in the spirit. When I think
of the good old rules or laws that
breathed its first life under our
banner. And I can tell all of the
Alliance or peoples party plat¬
form in a very few words, and it
was, “Equal Rights to all, and
THU FULHAM JQU£]Sf4H, FRIDAY, SUPT; 85, 1908.
Special Privileges to None”. And
there is enough meaning in these
nine words to cover the whole
platform.
Weil, some by this time, wants
me to explain myself, and I will
do so.
As for our state matters, about
three years ago our leader, the
Hon. T. E. Watson, called his
force to halt, lowered his colors,
laid them down at the feet of Mr.
Hoke Smith, asked us to fight
under Mr. Smith’s banner. What
party was Mr. Smith in at that
time? His advice was taken and
Mr. Smith went in. For some un¬
known cause to me, he, Watson,
changed fronts in an unreason¬
ably short time and laid our
banner at Mr. Brown’s feet; so we
filled orders promptly, and' Mr
Smith went out and Mr. Brown
went in.
Now, brother, where are we
today? Answer! If the court
knows itself, we are nicely quar¬
tered in the democrat house.
Now, that being the fact, I won’t
advise you, but will say for sure,
we can do better fighting in the
house than we can do out of it.
For the democrats have got our
platform in the the house, not¬
withstanding the Watson of to
day says: “Nay, come out and
follow me”. Why does Mr. Wat¬
son want us to ratify the Dis¬
franchisement Bill? He well
knows the negro is not now, nor
never can give the white people
any trouble as long as the white
primary is maintained. He is
aware of the fact, that with the
exception of a few office holders
and appointees of the republican
authority, all white men are in
the democrat party. If this bill
is ratified and becomes a law of
our own make, what law will
keep the negro out of our prima¬
ry, if he ^can qualify, providing
he will declare himself a demo¬
crat?
We also know that the execu
tive committee has control as
whether we will have a democrt
primary, or white democrat pri¬
mary.
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Now. I will answer the question
as to how the negro will get into
the democrat primary. He won’t
go there of his own accord; the
white man that can use him will
register him under the good
character clause, and he will be
a qualified voter, and into the
primary he will go, and the devil
will be to pay, and Mr. Watson
will have a stick to crack ogr
own heads with.
So, brother, the negro is out of
politics, let him^alone. This is
to^tlisTvoWire^o t u’nWHnbble state
of Georgia. I hope every paper
in the state will copy.
Now, Mr. Editor, if this don’t
find its way to tjie waste basket I
may have another say. This is
for the Pelham Journal.
N. B. Davis.
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