This doctrine will be applied hereafter, unless it be abandoned,
to the Negro at home. Senator Tillman of South Carolina well
said, and no gentleman in the Senate contradicted him: "Republican
leaders do not longer dare to call into question the justice
or the necessity of limiting Negro suffrage in the South."
The same gentleman said at another time: "I want to call your
attention to the remarkable change that has come over the
spirit of the dream of the Republicans. Your slogans of the
past--brotherhood of man and fatherhood of God--have gone
glimmering down through the ages. The brotherhood of man
exists no longer." These statements of Mr. Tillman have never
been challenged, and never can be.
I do not mean here to renew the almost interminable debate.
I will only make a very brief statement of my position:
The discussion began with the acquisition of Hawaii. Ever
since I came to the Senate I had carefully studied the matter
of the acquisition of Hawaii. I had become thoroughly satisfied
that it would be a great advantage to the people of the United
States, as well as for the people of Hawaii.
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