Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-02-11

c. ho1aers Hbe copartnership was pleasant
- ,vof;table enough. But as the DlacKs
-, 20 claim some consideration fof
nine.tenths of the Radical voting streng'n
+bav grow into disfavor with the parry
Tbey should be satisfied with their hoer'
t;os and the rights of citizenship, and con-
tented with the promise OF "forty acres
and a mule" and not aspire 80 posa''onS
wh;cb itinerants and white mendlcants
cls;m as their exclusive property
Faeles. one of the colored representa-
.;.as from this county, ''speaks out IN
oburcb. 3" and is hard upon those strangers
ubo have ridden into Office npon the DECKS
- tho negroes and now complain Wnen
81 hlocks claim a reasonable share OF
the Offices for themselves. we are sur
,,r;sed that they have stood oack 30 long
and voted ignorant, incompetent ana 700
froorantlv dishonest, men into Office. we
do not know why they should not claim TO
have a representative or two IN congress
from North Carolina, and why they shouio
not aspire to be Sheriffs and ponce 3uuee"'
In Mississippi they aspire successfully 10
seat in the United States Senate anu Ill
Sontb Carolina to place on the supreme
Oonrt Bench. Why, then, in North caro-
lima cannot they represent Congressional
Districts. and be sheriffs and clerks ana
rattv iudges At least their aspirations
should not be stifed in the house OF tnelr
friends. The Radical party should not go
hack mon them. Whatever OF power the
party has attained here, and most OF us
character and standing, it owes to the col
Grad voter. Harris and Galloway ana
Prize and Sweet, all colored members OF
the Legislature, will compare taVoraOIy
with the white Radicals OF that BODY IN
intelligence aud character. In winning
ton the negro Aldermen and policemen
have been as efficient and borne them
selves es praiseworthy as have their white
colleagues.
We have mover believed that the South
ern blacks we're prepared to take control
of our local and State governments ana
we opposed their doing so upon principle
Against our vote and protest the Recon
struction Acts Of Congress and the FIJI
NSCAA
in by North Carolina. The rights OF citl
zenship were conferred upon the blacks
nv these measures, and it is natural and
proper that they should claim all the priv
leges and powers granted to them thereby,
and which their numbers and Intelligence
entitle them to. We are satisfied if the
relative number of white and black Rad1-
cal office-holders had been reversed IN this
State. North Carolina would not have been
in the condition she now finds herself. If
Alfred Howe or any other honest colored
man had been Governor Of the State IN
stead of Holden, such rogues as Littlefeld
and Andrew Jones would not have had the
control of millions of our bonds by Ex-
ecutive appointment. If Sampson had
been Treasurer OF Wilmington instead OF
Durfee, our City Treasury would be some
thousands Of dollars better off. Under
the management of colored men we do not
think thieves would have had such har-
vest, or would the credit Of North Caro-
lima been destroyed.
So far as New Hanover county is con-
cerned we hardly suppose that any one
will contend that our interests are better
cared for by French than by his negro
colleagues. lie has no advantage OF them
in intellect, in character, or in any feature
that renders him a more worthy or suitable
representative. He certainly is not more
in sympathy or has more of the respect of
the tax payers of the county than Price
Under Radical rule 10 this State, the
black office holders are, and have been,
the equals in every respect of the whites
who have been promoted by the party
Both are ba! enough, but it has been the
white officials who have brought ruin upon
North Carolina. There has been no Little
field and Jones among the blacks to
squander and gamble away the bonds of
the State: No Tourgee, no Jones, no
Watts to bring disgrace upon the Judiciary
no plunderers and thieves among them
connected with the Railroad ring" the
''Penitentiary ring" and the other ''rings'
which have devastated our Treasury and
increased the burdens of taxation. No.
white Radicals and not black, have
brought reproach and dishonor upon North
Carolina.
Insurance.
We publish elsewhere a very able com.
munication upon the subject of the Insu.
rance Company Deposit Law lately intro
duced into the Legislature of this State. II
the intention of the friends of tho measure
be to give better protection to poliey-hold
ers, then We think our correspondent fully
meets the issue. If the intention be tc
protect home companies against foreign
rivals, we do not think they require it, nol
do we believe they would or should ask it
We are the friends of home companies