Show T I NEGRO MUST PAY PENALTY Of IS ACTS Frazier of Tennessee TalKs Tallis in Senate on Race Question FAVORED TREATMENT WOULD ONLY SPOIL Brownsville Affair as It Appeals to the Southerner W WASHINGTON Jan 20 Senator O. Senator Frazier of Tennessee today spoke on onI I tho Brow Brownsville lle affair and opposed the thc passage of any anyone one of tho the pending bills bill for the tho reenlistment enlistment of or tho the nc negro ro soldiers sol sot diers tiers of tho Twenty fifth regiment regimen who were discharged without honor b by br bythe tho the president Senator Frazier was a n member of the tho committee on milita military affairs which in in- the thc Brownsville incident His views arc are those thole of a southerner who has bas an un intimate knowledge of the negro nc ne ne- ne gro race Whenever declared Mr Frazier any question arises concerning the negro neero there thero are arc certain people including including in ing the ne negro ro himself who seem to think that lie he should be dealt with ii iian in inan iii an exceptional onal and unusual wa way that he hc is is to bo ho treated as tho the ward vard of the time nation and aull must be 10 tho the con constant tant sub sub- of or its care and solicitude No Ko greater wrong wrone can be done one tIme the negro netro and anel no greater injury can be he inflicted in in- upon thc the country as as a whole than to impress upon the nc negro ro such false and erroneous teachings Those who ho have havo been instrumental in placing the entire n negro p population of th tho country countr in the tho attitude d Of dC dc de fending tho criminals criminals' of their race because because be be- cause they were v ro of their rao have as ag responsibility rC it ith h Indeed dif They Thoy have inflicted a lusti lasting J injury upon tho country and upon the negro himself If those people in oyer every section sec see tion tiomi of the country who are espe cia email solicitous for tho the ne negros negro's os o's we welfare wel fare by act or word tench the negro that ho is to lIe be shown no exceptional consideration hut but must stand or falon fall fal fallon fallon on his conduct and merit alone they the would woud render him I benefit boneff t tand and tho the country a lasting service No Question as to Guilt Analyzing tho the testimony taken ji In InI various investigations Mr r Frazier sail sai said I thero there was no question as to the tho guilt of the thc soldiers of the Twenty fifth regi regi- regi I meat ment He justified the thc president regi-I regi in in his bis discharge of tIme tho entire bo body y of ot troops Of tho the incentive o of the soldiers for tho time crime he lie said No one not familiar with the thc rca real character of the nc negro ro race knows or can fu fully appreciate tho the intensity of feel feeling nJ with ith which ho resents an any apparent apparent ap ap- ap parent discrimination against him on account of his race raco and color This is strikingly l illustrated in the intense op opposition op position of the negro to those laws Jaws m in effect in some states providing for the thc separation of the races in railway coaches even een where the thc accommodations are equal and exactly alike It II was admitted l 13 by many of the time soldiers in their testimony ny that this subject I to together ether with the subject of ot indi indignities which they claimed had been heen inflicted upon them were frequent matters of discussion in the tho barracks Their restriction in the thc saloons of ot Mr r. Frazier razi said Brownsville Browns r gave savo ample incentive for the resentment that was wan shown among them against the tho people of oC the tho town Against Lynch LawIn LawIn Law In tho the conclusions which I have havo reached in this thiR matter and in the thc views I have havo expressed upon it I have havo been Leen influenced by bo no prejudice n against the th ne negro ro he said sain I I have hac never ne favored with ith reference to tho ho any policy negro that did not recognize his bis rights as a aman aman aman man and did not assure him equal and exact justice before the lawI lawI law Jaw I ha have 6 never Cr failed 1 to condemn ever every act of lawlessness inflicted indicted upon the ne negro ro and have havo always Ys demanded for him a i fair air and impartial l trial when ho bo has been charged with the iol violation ion of law la it mattered not how ho atrocious his bis crime Knows the N Negro I T know knoT the negro his faults and his virtues virtues and and has baa many man virtues My M i knowledge and ob observation en ion of the n negro ro race covers almost the span of my mv life for tor the they nursed mo me in in m my infancy played with me ma in in my hood bo and I have havo known and studied them as a lawyer law Jaw yer I havo have tried trien and passed sentence upon upon them as a a judge I r have exerted the power of th the state to shield anti and protect protect pro pro- t ct them bent against 13 lawlessness s sought ou ht to tobe tobe tobo be bo inflicted upon them for gravo era crimes when I was governor of my 1113 state and man many times in pity have bave I J reached out outto outto outto to them the thc hand band of oC executive clemency because of their weakness I recall with gratitude and r I pray God Gort I may never forget their loyalty and fidelity to those whom they serve erv 1 and loved lo during the turmoil and strife and bitterness of tho the c civil cil il war I would not bo ho entirely frank if I Idid Idid did not say sa l that upon certain phases phase of tho the race raco question I I. I in iu common with the tIme rest of tho the south have havo stood and I t Ibello bell believe will ever stand firm and unalterable unal Two Principles to Guard First never ne again in will ill tho the negro race bo lo allowed practically to dominate a sovereign state Iato in this union union Second tho time social barrier harrier which separates the tho thoraces races will never bo be allowed to be low low- ered cred For or fort forty years cars in iii patience and amid Continued on pa page c P. P NEGRO MUST PAY Con Continued t i nud from pal page 1 1 kindness the people of the south havo have wrestled nested with this problem ho he said in conclusion It I is still sti unsolved What the end will wH be he only God in in his infinite wi wisdom om can see sec c. c Shill Shall it bo be that tho the black race rac will willbe willbo wi bo be deported 1 If I feasible it would remove re re- move moc the last remaining barrier to complete tho the unity of ot tho the American people Shall it ii i be a race war bloody fierce exterminating exterminating-a a a war nr for tho the survival sur stir viral vival of tho the fittest God forbid Shall it be amalgamation and nr the unspeakable horror of a corrupted and and inferior rac race To allow ow that would ho bo boto hoto hoto to destroy that civilization which arc are areat at once our strength rind and pride Shall it i bo be that the tlc two rac races s will wi dwell together and yet ct apart in peace and harmony ond har To do rio so without theone tho the one ODe race tho the other would be bt to belie bele tho the universal verdict cr of racia racial ra ra- ra cia cial history I do not know But Rut one cue thing thina I do lo know that the solution of f this thi problem m rests rest primarily In th the hands of tho the southern white whito man nina and md tho the black man |