Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-07-10

10 the Intelligence OF the negro, to expa in to
nm that slavery having been forever abo ished
ne as citzen possessing all the rights Of
white citizens, had the same interests and the
same duties as white men. Our orators and
our press piled him with the obvious reasoning
on these subjects. We invited him to our mee-
.lngs, We placed some Of them upon our tickets
Election after election they turned deaf ear
TO us, treated all our advances with distuss
ahd suspiciohi unhesitatingly followed the
leadership OF men whOms they knew to be un-
worthy and dishonest, and with scarcely an
exception voted like body OF trained soldiers
o0eying word Of command. We still hoped
that time and experience would give them dis
cretion In the exercise OF precious right.
which they never exercised here or elsewhere
except As gift from our race. We
Thought that right which they owed to the
white race would not be persistentiy used by
them to accomplish the ruin Of white men. la
pointed.
The negro has proved imselfa as destitute
OF common gratitude as Of common sense
instead OF improving iu his capacity to make
Al intelligent and patriotic use of the ballot,
we DO not hesitate 10 affirm that he is to-day
less qualified for the duties OF sell: govern
ment than he was seven years ago. In the
beginning We are willing To believe that he
| was guided by childish faith In the bad
men who arroRated TO themselves the
control of his vote. But though he has
long since lost that faith; though the bare
| faced rascaliiies OF those men are now
known 10 htD; though he denounce them
| as liars and thieves, he still retains them In
positions of power and trust for the svowed
purpose OF breaking down the industry of
| the State, wasting il by xorbitant taxation,
and finally driving its white Inhabitants to
| other States. Any one who has beeu TO
their meetings or overheard their private
conversations, knows that they dream of
| the gradual ex odus Of the whites, W hich will
leave Louisiana to their exclusive control
like another Hsyti The increasing spirit
OF caste, founded on the most absurd inveI-
sion Of tho relations of the race, shows itself
In every form. Their incessant demands
for offices from.the State, City and Federal
govern msnts, for which they are unfit, ana
to which they have no title ether than the
color OF their skin; the development in
their conventions OF q spirit OF prescription
against white Radicals and even against
} honorable Republicans who fought 10 the
| Northern armies tor their liberation: their
increasing arrogance, which seems 10 know
no bounds; their increasing dishonesty,
which they regard as a ststesmanlv virtue;
their contemptuons scorn OF all the rights
} | OF the white man which They dare trespass
upon. All these signs warn US that the ca
lamiiy which we bad long spprehended Is
now imminent, and that we must be pre-
. pared tor all lis consequences. Disregard
ing all minor questions OF principle or
policy, and having solely in view the main
isnance of our hereditary civilization sud
Christianity, meuaced by a stupid Africani. e.
zation, We appeal TO the men Of our race, OF
whatever language OF nationality, TO unite
a with us against that supreme danger. A
:, league of the whites is the Inevitable result
= of that formidable, oath bound and bllndly
> obedieut league OF the blacks, which, under
the command OF the most cunning and un-
scrupulous negToe OF the State, may at ahy
), m oment plunge. us into war OF races
II conflict in which We are resolved that " u
4 and ours shall not be victims Indeed, II is
d with some hope that timely and proclaim
ed union OF the whites as race, and their
II efficient preparation for any emergency
r NAV ar rest the tLreaie ened horrors OF social
e war and teach the blacks 10 be~ are of furth
A. or insolence aud aggression, that We call
ie upon the men OF our race 10 leave III abey
r ance all lesser considerations, to forget all
o differences of opinions and all pIej udices oil
= the past, aud with no object IN view but the
IL common good OF both races, TO unite with
rs us in an earnest effort 10 Te-estabilsh q
~ white mans government in the city and
:, the State.
10 Were the negro willing to listen 10 the voc'
y, of reason, we Gould demonstrate, even to HIS un
o. derstanding, that the predomlHance OF cur rae
N in government is indispensable 10 his wel-beiDg
a Wa could show him that in every Souther Stat
in ruled by the whites his rights TO life liberty, an
II the pursuit OF happiness are more firmly secare
be than they are under the black domination IL
y. :. .ouisians. We conld show him the negro
right ID vote, To labor, 10 secure tenure OF III
h profss Of his industry, far better guarantee
,st | by The white rulers Of Virginia than by blac
We rulers OF Iousiana; that in Georgia and in Tel
les as every io and title Ct his legal and consiiu
to tional tranchises-his life, his immunity frol
wrong and oppression Of every kind-are {.
Gu betier guarded Than in those States in which Il
W. race is in the ascendelcy. We would show bi
~. that where the white man rules the negro
A peaceful aud happy; that where the black Ais
he | rules the negro is starved and oppressed hi
in where our race bears sway his race is mental
on morally, and materially progressinet that whe
his race governs there is increasing ignorsnc
cy distress aud brutality. But il ia worse Than id
Ne to reason With those people. They have becou
ne Il maddened by the hatred and conceit oil rae
:" \ and il has become our duty 10 save them 81
!, save ourselves from the fatal probabilities
lh.s their siupid extravagsnce and reckless vaHit
on fby arraying osrselves in the name OF white Ell
ter ization, resumng that just and legitm ate sur
10 riorty iu the administration Of our State ala
our ! to which we are entitled by superior respon
oul blity, superior numbers. and superior intel
es Ss gence. and while We declare ii is our purp'
he. and d xed determination not 10 interfere in a
nee manner with legal rights Of the colored race.
OF own legal rights by all the means that may
rich come necessary for that purpose, and TO preset
pro- them at all hazards.
rn- The platform was adopted with snthusias
and unanimously.
'uy, Mr.. F. Southmayd then submitted the con
er 1 tuition and bylaws approved by the commit
ncs. appointed to draft them. The club adopted th
OF \ as a whole.
the An election of officers was gone into sith
chy following result:
oes. President, F. N. Ogden; FRS, Vice Preside
ious w. J. Behan; Second Vice President w
,aa aas Hedgson; Corresponding Secretary. ID. Jenk
-. Recording Secretary, Theo Schultz Treasu
s~~s 4 x Il