The enquirer southerner., 1874-07-03
For the Enquirer -Soutilefncr.
Behold the Scene.

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Behold the Scene.
NLE. EDITOR Saturday last was tht
time announced by the Bellamy and Bryan
wing Of the Republican party to hold theil
! Convention in TarbOrO and nominate can
didate5 in opposition to the McCabe wing.
But what happened, we know, and how
it was brought about, We were told by a
/ gentleman. Tie McCabc wing sent out
and cot all their leaders and worse n2en in
and around TaIbOro, and when the bell
rang for the Bellamy and Bryan wing to
/ assemble, the AIcCabe wing rushed up in
| the Court House and moved that MADISON
| take the chair, which he did with a spec.
! announcing that the meeting was called to
ratify the nominees Of the last Convention
The Bryan wing after seeing the situation
instead Of Withdrawing attempted to speak,
when they were hissed down by the McCabe
wing. When they found out they could
not speak, they quietly withdrew to Mr.
JOHN NOTtlect Office, made out their ticket,
and after dinner when the McCabe wing
| had all withdrew from the Court House.
| AIr. Beilamy mounted a box in front of
the Court House and proceeded to speak
and announce his ticket But the McCabe
wing soon gathered together and drowned
his voice in their yclls and Kisses. Taylor,
the most gentiemanly one Of the whole
NCCabc wing, arose and very sensibly and
politely asked his side to be quiet and hear
both sides, when they attempted to cry him
down. He went for one Of them and it
would have been d good thing if he could
have got to him, Tut during the fuss and
confusion, up comes Willis Bum and gets
the stand and in long harangue, without
sense or point, spoke until all the crowd
left him and would have been speaking IN
til now, if MADISON hadn' told hiln he wan
ted 10 speak, which lie did, in q long har-
angue of abuse Of the white people es-
pccially the most law-abiding, peaceful
citizens we have, the Jews | wonder if
he hasn't got any more sense than to think
he can make the colOrcd people quit trad
ing with the Jews or make the Jews Of our
town vote the Radical ticket. We will say
now Ir. Bryan and Mr.. Bcllamy we have
no sympathy for you. Behold the poison
ChaliCe is now returned 10 your own lips
Do you not Tcmcmcr bcholdlng the same
scene enacted by the same party upon the
white people and you quietly standing by
enjoying tie sport, seeing men Of your
party interrupting the white speakers p
They Were voting for YOU then, now YOU
must drink the bitter cup yourself. But
we do not blame the negroes, the poor de-
luded things, 'tis their leaders, McCabe and
Cobb and Dug@an, who instigatc all this,
Or at least they stand quietly by and do not
open their mouths and should be held re-
sponslble by the white people. The good
and intelligent Of both races should frown
down upon sach men and such acts
White people OF Edgecombe, behold,
whittier are we drifting? When YOU re-
cognizc such leaders by standing Their
bond, are You not accessory to their acts of
violence and dis0rganiZers Of society?
Suppose il one Of tie riots or fights the
colorc1 man VIII = large family is killed,
who l.a> to take care OF his family? Are
not the white people taxed to support
them? And now you viii hear their white
leaders say they can not help it. They are
their leaders and 90 not open their mouths
against ii, and are therefore IS culpa-
bic rs the men Who perform it. We do
believe there is white man in Edgecombe
county the defendant Of an Edgccombc
matron thai even imhihed any such spirit
Of humiliation from his mothers breast,
that viii stand the bond Of any such man,
a Gisor@anZcr Of society and advocate of
Civil Rights, and q destroyer Of the lber-
ties OF lis own race. One who will teach
the poor dcludcd negroes to hate the white
people, if not in words, will quietly listen
to the negroes on the same ticket do it,
and not open MS mouth against it. We
ask the wealth Of Eugecom5c to stand firm
once, persccutc no man for his political
sentiments, bat learn him that 4 man can
90 too f2r III politics Qs we'll as anything
eLsf, @nu UIicn le uses politics II an,
classes and further Lis own designs for
avaricc, regardless OF the consequences, he
should be spurred. People of Edgecombe,
stand firm; b. worthy Of the spirits of
your fathers before you, and let not your
acts be TO degenerate that high born spirit,
but transmit it to your children untarnish-
ed. God have mercy upon the people of
Edgcc0mbc. Give as firmness, give as de-
termination. Give as only that high spirit
OF self-TclianCC, with a determination to do
nothing but what is right and just and sub
nit to nothing that is wrong and insulting.
We have submitted long enough. Hold
the leaders responsible, and | say to the
people Of E0@ccOmbe, whenever there is a
fuss created, remember the leaders. Do
all You can 70 avoid it, but if !. does come,
remember tLe leaders first, for they will
be the caase Of it. They are trying to play
bluff The McCabe wing Of the Radical
party are trying to bully their way through
this campaign. Let every man be firm,
bully when they bully. Fight when they
fight, but remember tie leaders and act
peacabIy when they act pcacably, but re-
member tie leaders. PLANTER.