Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-03-03
MHRtH : 3, 1881

stfQ 8W6y WIFI TIC f11m0SlLIeS Ce-
IsaseH4 ey6Rrtmidfi Wigs aid
'Bec1A6oAxDe1nB Bgfats,, and united
NE %hite 'akc9Ss 4ae pebpfe in de-
fenes of smeif' ana atnntcsient laws and lib.
sgfEa'fus haFdw :" + STl VIZ 7"
{ ..'asstsas#sss : Il t. S,ai5sstian is;sfts 2.-we had
Cpl APE vftafc, Legislature under
eagPstE3bSH ,epntrplI 1t and the
iGsqaP GqP yYfeeptign dYhieh Rzaceededs it did
Rs<Sbiento ,fasten the
daRtr9m ct f4ahoRsrtyt upon the
Sister saQlg agsib6s trick, the
prolengatiea ofssthc aincumbency OF
all State ofiioasz tor, two years be-
yond the limit fixed by their own
constitutions But So glaring were
iniquities Of that party, it fell
wheaevcr abe people got fair
chance atiit. I %
Ahswee to question .-Certain-
|ly. they had ehance, to be honest
why not 2 They had, absolute con
trol ofexerythips, and the govern
,,mIelit ST the United States to back
them. Qa5 people were broken
spirited BY. war, and disposed not
only, to, submit, bs,t to- welcome
aAy fir nd reasonable government
that would restore them to their
constitutions relations with the
u nieR and give. them peace. But
Ithslsarpet-baggers simply wanted
pla,hAer, p aaadl iconciliation and
peace wouad net give them plum
den; hence the troubles of 1870.
The State OF Pennsylvania furnished
us one carpet -bagger-Gen. M. S.
Littletield-who alone. got away
with hear seven millions Of dollars
ih' our bonds, with the help of some
3 naive At pale. ID. Ii
/ Answer to- question At is vir.
tually gone. ne
AND many blessing followed it.
| The day-it went away
Answer to question 5.-They
are a help, of course. They were
and are the only bulwarks between
ds and all the fierce passions en-
gendered by the war without them
there would have been no. end to
the oppression and v;ndictive leg
islatiou Under which we have 81
long suffsted without them there
would have been no end 20 central
ization, and the autonomy of the
} States would lave been utterly de
! stfoyed !, without them there would
uow lie no constitutinnal party il
J the pnited States, with power t.
MA Re itself felt. Without them
the United States would still be il
tile House of bondage.
To question G.-Tbe negro him.
, self is now, as in the past, behav
lug remarkably we'll, considering
his Surroundings. The great troub
; le. is that political demagogues ane
, cfazy sphilanthropists will not le
him, alone He is constantly stir.
; rad,pp by either corrupt or mistak
en- appeals. In spite of it all. how
/ ever, lie i. making progress, espe
cjally, ,ip .A0rth Carolina. He i,
r |incteasing both in wealth aud in
!, tellige1ce. /, Ip time, be could ,.
indHfed TO divide lis strength be
2 tween the political parties, ss othe
citizens do, should such thing b.
desira able.s As a party, they will
never achieve much for themseiue
OF. Their political associates willis
: led and off exclusively by
set OF selfish ard generally igno
q rant Office seekers. - These mel
have no desire to elevate the negro
but. use him simply as the mean
of obtaining Office, and the recruit
to their ranks have generally bee
/. of a class ,of white men who had n
hope of apoemotion by their ow
race. L. was aud is with them
: pure question Of fodder; aud frol
: snch, otGourse. the negro has ll,tl
to- hope for. $50 est
r To question 7.-Ths time ha
Y not'come. nor is it ne ar, when th
peo5ies esof North Carolina will see
q ahiiidtion With t6gW politics! pal
o tisE There sre' MA will be man
= changes Of opinion, Of policy an
Q issues, UPON Iarrept topics but a
G these phases OF public thought wi
Il be expIessed thloHgh the machiu
n cry Of existiRg parties. SO far as
dt am able to forssee.: re
III tQuestsons 8, $40. IL and ]
III may. ba briefly ana,ssred togethe
sd Thegxeate error -ssaiatssr amour
,,s ing,koea IariDe--wasd dn rsconstrut
.. tieafhrm ethods entirely unknou
"a tostiIsa psastitu<iop. But as tn
sd hAsshesaueceded to and is past,
~ make h6e further reference to
I'd Thereft0f of the Northern peop
w ia the treatment of the Sou b th
y il deserves most serious atteusio
r, Was id the selection Of the agen
I'd Of rs toration.s The idea prevail,
y. that those, whoi had bees mo
he. faitbtul and zealons In support
sor the Confederacy were utterly a
sr wqsthy, of trust, while those vi
I'd dodeed and played fast and loo
Mt with both sides, or who were loo