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Letter from William H. Fleming to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from William H. Fleming to Theodore Roosevelt

William H. Fleming believes that Senator Benjamin R. Tillman’s attack on President Roosevelt was only representative of Tillman’s own beliefs. The Brownsville matter should show Southern whites that Roosevelt is willing “to do justice to them,” while at the same time not having prejudice against African Americans. Senator Tillman predicts an impending race war, but Fleming does not believe this will happen, although it is good that there are not more senators as outspoken as Tillman.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-16

Creator(s)

Fleming, William H. (William Henry), 1856-1944

Hon. W. H. Fleming writes again on the subject of disfranchisement

Hon. W. H. Fleming writes again on the subject of disfranchisement

William H. Fleming responds to the Augusta Herald editor’s criticism of his position on the disenfranchisement of African Americans. Fleming argues that denying qualified African Americans the right to vote in general elections is against the Constitution, and criticizes the editor’s stance that the state of Georgia should disenfranchise African American voters.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-10

Creator(s)

Fleming, William H. (William Henry), 1856-1944

Letter from William H. Fleming to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from William H. Fleming to Theodore Roosevelt

Attorney William H. Fleming appreciates President Theodore Roosevelt’s suggestion that the appointment of a commission would be most palatable if it comes from “some high class southern senator or congressman.” Fleming suggests Senator Alexander Stephens Clay, Congressman Clark Howell, or Congressman William Gordon Brantley for the task. Fleming commends Roosevelt’s caution in the matter and agrees to discuss it with him before the meeting of Congress. Fleming encloses an editorial he wrote about race hatred in Georgia that rebuts the claims of Hoke Smith and Congressman Thomas William Hardwick and discusses the disenfranchisement situation in Alabama.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-11-09

Creator(s)

Fleming, William H. (William Henry), 1856-1944

Letter from William H. Fleming to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from William H. Fleming to Theodore Roosevelt

William H. Fleming approves of President Roosevelt’s treatment of the “race problem,” and he thinks the appointment of a commission to investigate facts and make recommendations about racial tensions would be useful. Fleming says some political factions will oppose the commission because they “do not wish to have the light turned on.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-11-02

Creator(s)

Fleming, William H. (William Henry), 1856-1944

Letter from William H. Fleming to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from William H. Fleming to Theodore Roosevelt

Politician and orator William H. Fleming believes President Roosevelt wishes “to do the best thing possible for the whole country, including our Southern white people, and not excluding the negroes.” Many Georgia locals agree with outspoken men like T. W. Hardwick though the South owes no allegiance to the 14th and 15th Amendment. South Carolina politician Coleman Livingston Blease has argued against education for African Americans and called for the university in Orangeburg to be torn down. Fleming asks Roosevelt if the government can make a statement of clarity regarding the amendments to help “check the riotous tendency down here.” Fleming believes that any man not willing to commit to the Constitution and its amendments should be stripped of their seat and discusses counter efforts against the passage of disenfranchisement laws.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-24

Creator(s)

Fleming, William H. (William Henry), 1856-1944

Letter from William H. Fleming to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from William H. Fleming to Theodore Roosevelt

William H. Fleming writes to President Roosevelt about the possible disfranchisement of African American voters in Georgia. Fleming believes it would be a disaster if Hoke Smith, who advocates such disfranchisement, was nominated at the Democratic Convention. He is even more concerned about the conduct of Representative Thomas W. Hardwick, who has been decrying the 14th and 15th amendments to the Constitution and publicly renouncing his allegiance to those parts of the Constitution. Fleming thinks that the question should be raised in the House of Representatives, whether a member is violating their oath of office by refusing to uphold these amendments. Such an inquiry would force Hardwick to either retract his statements or be removed from office.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-17

Creator(s)

Fleming, William H. (William Henry), 1856-1944

Letter from William Henry Fleming to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from William Henry Fleming to Theodore Roosevelt

William Henry Fleming thanks President Roosevelt for his letter referencing Fleming’s “address at Athens on the Race Question,” and promises to send Roosevelt a copy. Fleming states that “the Committee of the Georgia legislature reported against the passage of the Disfranchisement Bill without a dissenting vote.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-23

Creator(s)

Fleming, William H. (William Henry), 1856-1944