Wilmington journal., 1874-07-10
to be hard one; there is but little in

to be hard one; there is but little IN
ducement for any of them, be his ab1l-
tiles what they may, to enter upon the
canvass. because there can be no hope
of success; all, by the force of circum-
stances, are consigned to private LIE,
and must be Herewith content. save
when, by q chance as rare as drawing
a prize in lottery, one of them may
receive q nomination to some office
within the gift of the State.
But no district contains trrIer men,
or any who are reader to buckle on
their armor and do battle in the cause,
when the success of the party demands
their aid. If they are inactive now, 1t
is only for the reason that their ser
vices are not required. In Presi-
dental or Gubernatorial contest, they
are always to be found dealing the
holviest blows i'll the thickest of the
fight, and if q general Convention 1g-
more their claims, like true patriots
they submit in silence, but still fight
on.
So far we have two candidates for
Congress-Hyman the regular NOM
inee, and White, independent. l know
Hyman mainly through the evidence
of the Fraud Commission, wherein he
! is proved to have been worthy coad-
ir1tOr Of the Littlefield wing OF his
party, and a fit associate OF the cor
rrunt men whose robberies have de-
stroved the credit of the State. IN the
| better days of the Republic Il man OF
Hv,nan's public character, how white
scever his skin might be, would not
have been allowed to hold q seat IN
Congress- White is a resident OF the
town Of Halifax, owns property there,
is nan Of some culture and infinitely
superior to his competitor.
Hyman and White are both negroes,
and [ would not refer to them at all,
were it not to aid in bringing more
fully before tho people the degreda,
ton TO which we are subjected, and
the negro domination with which we
are threatened. In this, one OF the
wealthiest. if not the wealthiest
district in the State, where the
real and personal property are al
most wholly in the hands of the whites
we are allowed to choose between
negro Jack and negro jim, to repre-
sent us in Congress, while to attend tt
our interests in the Legislature, met
, are chosen for us who have little more
idea OF Legislative business than the
l1OlUtIlolS VI AL ii<t.
; a Radical Convention was held IL
Halifax on the 9th ult., to nominate
, | County officers and members OF thu
Legislature, for this large and wealth,
. | county. Four negroes were selected
5 for Commissioners, and one Radlca
white man. James NJ. Grizzard, Esq
the only representative Of the Con
servatiyes on the old board, was Sc
aside. He is an excellent busines
$ man. who has been mainly instru
, mental in getting the county out
debt, and, without whose aid, his as
sociates did not have sense enough t.
l levy a tax. One would think that III
e asmuch as the whites have ninety
+ nine-one hundredths of the taxes o.
- property to pay, they would give us
fair representation on the board. The
not only deny lis this, but their candl
dates for the Legislature are all ne
groee; and / suppose two-thlrds OF tn
= Justices of the Peace in the county ar
D Of the same class. Such state of sc
ciety exists nowhere il Christiandop7
save in the Southern States.
Let the white men OF the State con
Il template the deplorable condition t
o which we have been reduced, and tn
:, even greater evils with which we ar
= threatened, unless they unite as on
L man and assert their rights and maj
Y hood at the ballot-bOx. Can they b
: their votes, aid in sustaining part
which has robbed the State, destroye
her credit, srlllied her fair name, It
r tarded her works of Improvement
E cripl led her resources, disgraced he
Judiciary, and would place the foot {
e the negro on the neck of the whit
:, man? In the words of Patrick Henr.
Il "Forbid it, Almighty God!'