Wilmington journal., 1876-01-14
,rsso NsUCEA NaGss sxESW,

The late GcWdIu, OT 6A
1ndoo Russell, or Squire Moore, OF
III of them, have said that s'no one
ubo spells negro with two g's would
orar be President of the United
States" AID really it matters little
which of the three made the remark,
or indeed if all have SO sail.
The first. after .'life's" ftfui fever
s1eona. without having attained the
GREAT object of hls ambition, however
he may have spelt negro.
The second is "fretting and strut
ting his brief hour upon the stage, y
literally as well as metaphoriclI!y, and
the only chance he has for the Presi-
dency, or indeed a Magistracy,
or even n Constableship is from
the support of the double 6" negroes.
And possibly he may have heard of
Ernton's reason why Douglass
couId never be President, that
"hi. coat tail buug too near the
ground" aud has dispaired notwith-
Standing fnujt;ess or5hography in
rrgaid to negro.
And The lust, e "tale told by an IDIOT, :"
finds hia chances for the Presidency
or Magistracy or Constab!eship, not n
whit better than the other, and de-
pending also upon the "donbIe g's, :"
although he is not noted for sF.elling any
particnar word by any very we'll de-.
fined rule, though the ridiculous am
bition of the last two, may of late.
years, have caused them to be partial
to the ''slngle e. orthographly of that
very delicate word-negro.
We speak adviscdly when we say
"ot late years." for we suppose for
merry Squire Moore believed mig
ger" was the proper pronunciation,
ard spelling was an unknown science to
bim. and Russell had not aspired high
enough to cause it 10 effect his or.
taoErnVhy or politics. Indeed since
tn var, when he was member of the
Legislature, before. the negro, ''single
or double z, could vote, we recoIiect
f. have been awakened very carly one
morning AZ the Tarboru House, in
Raleigh, by the plteCus appeals Of d
suffering negro, aud the loud blows
81 still inUder curses Of the member
from Brunswick, beating most unmer-
Gi.U.tv ia negfo waiter. an embryo
statesman, N the person of Stewart
EiiIaC1, afterwards Representative
from Wake and Alderman of the city
Of Raleigh, and toeday and then very
worthy and respectable n N. And
while we were not very careful then
as row how we spelt negro, we were
unwilling to see the poor fellow suffer
and intereerred.. The ex-Judge haH
nov changed his conduct towards the
negro, as much as he has his spelling
OF the word.
But it WAS not of Secretary Seward,
or Of 0x-Judgc Russell or If Squire
Moore that we desire 10 write, but OF
our own people. Thero is ''too much
niggerism" among Us. We have seen
the honor of our State farpished, our
works of internal improvements sold,
our Univers ~ destroyed, our Judi
ciary Dr"Ftitdted, and the Exc cutive
aud Legislative departments of Govern
IItnt made Il by word and u reproach.
We have seen our local affairs placed
IL the hands of unworthy men we
have seen officials leading infuriated
blacks to attack white citizens: we are
to-day paying an enormous tax in order
to make good the frauds and thefts of
those whom the negro has placed over
us as rulers.
And that there has been a 1eforma-
ton i'll the State is not owing to
charge IN the negro, for where he has
the power in any locality, the same in
tluence, which governed him in the
earlier years of his citizenship still
control him. Ia South Carolina the
people are now alarmed, almost to open
violation of the law, by the election,
by negro Legi iature, of two un-
worthy and dangerous men as Judges.
and the direst are feared.
Her" we see our county treasury rohbed
to support an impudent blackamoor:
We see men selected to have the con-
troll of the liberty and rights of citi-
zens from tie most debased of both
races. And at each returning election
we see mobs OF negroes, i'll utter vio-
latlon of law and with violent disre,
gard Of it's officers. threatening violence,
and in some instances putting their
threats into force.
They have no meeting, sacred, So
cial, convivial, military or agricultural,
that Is not nsed for political purposes
that Is not used to band the blacks
against the whites.
And yet 0ur citizens smile upon and
encourage these people in their parades
and meetings and associations-elcour-
age them not only by their approving
presence, but by their substantial aid
aud onr papers lend their efforts to
give fclat to them. And yet without
'he morai and material support of the
Whites many of the means by which
Tie negroes are enabled to organize
'nelF ntollerant opposition to the
whites, wonid not be furnished
Ne do not wish to be mlsunder-
F'ooc We have no feeling Of hostili-
= OF Of Rnkindness to the negro, but
write Il spirit OF the utmost kind
ness fot hlm. But we beli"Ye i. to be
'he duty OF our people and our pa
petS. so long rs the negroes baud TO-
ee'Aer III opposition to ,he whites, to
nave ~ oti4er relations with them
except that Vi employer and employe,
1ad IF enforced fellow ci.Izeuship.
"A,ie kind, just and liberal in our
business relations, We should let them
understand we do not approve of, aud
N4Il not aIl