Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1883-03-31
Fayetteville Letter.

NOR reported it to come off March Sth,
but, from some unknown reason, 1T
was delayed a week, and the man who
has passed before the American peo-
pie as an Independent" on Wednes-
day the 14th inst, at Tokay, he pro-
claimed to the world that he was not
so free and independent as he "use
to was" Itwas quite private affair
no guests being invited and no repor-
tiers being allowed access to the
grounds.
The future of Fayetteville seems to
be Frightening. A corps of railroad
surveyors passed through here last
week on the route from here to Flor
ence and the wise acres" say, that
ere the July moon has waxed and
waned, the people of this locality will
be treated to the sight of cross ties
being laid ON the proposed extension.
There is quite an animated revival
going on at the Methodist church.
Several accessions have already been
made to the church and.the mourn
er's bench is thronged nightly with
sinners seeking spiritual consolation.
Our young, or rather old friend,
Whit, is preparing to build very
handsome residence on Mumford
street. Rumor say that he has asked
a belle from the Palmetto State to
make it her permanent abode when
completed, but, as Whit is such
confirmed fiirt, do not vouch for it.
Shad fishing has begun in earnest,
but as yet there has been, but a very
small catch not near enough to sup
ply the demand.
The election is over, but an article
that saw in the Teras iSiiftings the
other day challenged my admiration.
The more so since 1 see that the Va
D,inqton Post and some other paper
has nominated Judge D. L. Russell
for Governor of North Carolina. The
Republican leaders in making their
bargains count the negro vote as
solid, and past observations show that
they were tollerably correct in their
estimate of the loyalty of the colored
people to the Republican party. But
Judge Russell and the Wilmington
Post must suppose that our memory
is very short if they think that the
people of this community have forgot
ten the outrage inflicted by Judge
Russell on old man Jeffrey Robin
son. They are presuming a little too
much on the loyalty of the negro TO
Judge Russell in this community.
But to the article in the Terds iSJt-
ings copied from an exchange says ::
An asphyxiated Swede was resusci-
tated by the TRANSMISSION of negro's
blood in New York on Saturday, but
when he revived he thought the ne
gro was his brother. SJtings in
commenting on the above very truth
fully remarks, as long as political
party is largely in the ascendency in
any of the States, it has no use for
the colored voter. He is treated with
disdain. He receives little or no
share of the political patronage to
which he is entitled by the strength
of his vote, but as soon as it becomes
week and feeble, and its very exist
ence is imperilled, then the leaders of
the party initiate the example OF
that asphyxiated Swede in New York
who was restored by the TRANSMISSION
of negro blood. We are told that
after the Swede was resuscitated by
the TRANSMISSION of negro blood, he re-
garded the negro as his brother.
That is not the way the experiment
works in political life. After the
feeble party has been restored, SO far
from regarding the colored voter as a
brother, he is kicked out and not al
lowed to take a seat at the table.
That's just about the way the Repub-
licans have acted after they have
been restored to life and health by
the TRANSMISSION experiment The
only time that the Republican party
regards the negro as a brother is be-
fore the election, when the party is
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