Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-06-26
NEiLL MCKAY, ESQ. NO PAR
E.Oix AND no KITCHEN.

NEhLL MCKAY, ESQ. NO PAR
sOik AND no KITCHEN.
. If MIR. Neill Mckay, the Radics
, Candidate for Congress in this Dis
trict, supposes he can clear himself c
the Infamous ''no parlor and no kitcl
en-" doctrine. that he found so dana
glng to him two years ago, we thin
he will find himself very much mista
ken. Nor will it avail him anythin
to take ground against the civil right
bill The people will have little conf
dence in the opposition to the cvi
rights bill to-day by the man, who tw,
years ago said to a crowd of negroes
"rally this last time and carry the elec
ton, and there will be no kitchen ant
no parlor."
The following article upon this sub
ject was published in the columns o.
the JOURNAL, just two years ago to-
day. That the sentiments then uttered
were true, the lapse of two years shows
beyond all question.
''NO PARLoR AND NO KITCHEN"
We have, elsewhere. referred to ap-
peals made by Radical candidates to
the passions of the colored people, and
their attempts to stir up strife between
the two races. These efforts, by whom
sCever made, have been disgraceful
enough, but it has been reserved for
| the Radical candidate for Congress in
this District, Neill Mckay, Esq, to
place the cap-stone upon the huge pile
| of infamy.
Neill Nc Kay who, at one time fill, 4
or sought to fill, the honorable posi-
ton of a Confederate soldier, has so
far fallen from his former high estate
as to be Radical candidate for Con-
gress. This, of itself, is spectacle
sufficiently deplorable. But this is not
all. He seeks to secure his election by
means that the most unprincipled
Radical ought to blush to avow. If
there be meaning in words, or truth i'll
men, Neill Mckay seeks to abolish all
social distinction growing out of race
or color and to inaugrrate a mad cru
SADIE against the wealth and intelli-
grnce Of The country. He tells tie
negroes that the sure way to accomplish
this purpose wilt be to ''rally this last
time and carry the election" for then
''there will be no parlor and no kitch-
en-" These are his own words. 1t is
true, he denies having used them, but
his denial will avail him nothing. The
following certificate, which we copy
from the Fayetteville Eagle, is from
gentlemen whose word will far out
weigh anything Mr.. Mckay can say 4:
CERTIFICATE.
We, the undersigned, do hereby GER
tify, that we were present during the
speech made by Neill Mckay, in ac-
cepting the nomination for Congress
in the Sd District, and that he did use
the expression as charged in the Eagle,
"rally this last time and carry the cleo
ton, and there will be no kitchen and
no parlor." z. II. MURPHY,
JOHN A. ASHFORD,
II. j. LEE,
LEWIS Fl. MOORE.
It can be safely asserted that there
cannot be found in any county ia the
State of North Carolina, four gentle |
men of more unimpeachable vcracity |
than are the four gentlemen whose |
namoe arc appended to the above Ger
tifcate. There can be no question, if |
there be any confidence at all due to |
human testimony, that Neill Mckay,
ESQ.,, did say to the negroes, carry |
the election and there will be NO PARLoR |
AND NO KITCHEN" Mr.. Mckay says. |
"I did not say that there would be no |
kitchen and no parlor, but here is
what I did say; L SAID THEY MUST VOTE |
DOWN THE WEALTH AND INTELLIGENCE |
OF THE COUNTRY.
We are quite prepared to believe
that Mr. Mckay told his friends that
they must vote down the wealth and
Intelligence of the country. The man |
who could tell crowd of negroes
that if they would carry the election
there would be no parlOr and no |
kitchen, is fully capable of telling them
they must vote down the intelligence
and the wealth of the country. BHt |
we tell Mr.. Mckay and his Radical
supporters that the negroes will have
to vote down something else in the
State of North Carolina in order to
bring about the time when there shall
be mo parlor and no kitchen" They
will have to vote down ana beat down
that feeling in the breast of every
white man in the State that would
force him, in spite of law and bayo-
nets and bullets, to kill his sister or
his daughter ere he gave her to the
embraces OF a negro. They Will have
to vote down and to beat down that
feeling in the bosom of every white
woman that would make her hail death
as joyous deliverance from so loath-
some and disgusting a fate. Mr.. Nc
Kay and his Radical supporters will
learn that these feelings do not belong
only to the white men and white wo-
men of "wealth and intelligence" as
he may choose to term them. In town
or city or country, among the educated
or uneducated, the rich or the poor,
this feeling is equally strong and all
powerful.
The day will never come when there
will be "No PARLoR ANp NO KITCHEN
in North Carolina. Let Mr.. Mckay
and his Radical supporters beware in
making the attempt, lest they unchaln
a devil they cannot again fasten.