The state chronicle., 1888-10-12
stIT IS A CONDITION, NOT a THEO-
RY. THAT CONFRONTS lS.''

long to the same party, the fact that
the opposition party is composed almost
exclusively Of negroes makes il imperative
that there be no division in the ranks Of
the white men. 1t is as easy to state how
the negro will vote in he South before be
deposits his ballot, as it is after it IS count
ed He votes invariably and always the
of his race pride a negro who dares to
vote any other ticket is ostracised. 1t is
as much as a negro's position IN his race
is worth to proclaim that he is a Demo
crat His church, his preachers, his wife,
his daughter-every factor that influences
him is brought to bear upon him to bring
him back if he departs from the Republi-
can faith. The negro women are stronger
Republicans than the negro men. They
will not tolerate a departure from the Re
publican party in their lovers or their hus
bands 1t is a fixed fact, we'll known
among all observant men, that Demo
cratic negro is not regarded with favor by
the woman of his race.
The organ Of the negroes in the State,
a paper published by a negro at Goldsboro,
states that any negro who votes the Dem
ocratic ticket ought to be given thirty
nine lashes. A few days ago Presidential
Elector Aycock, addressing white men and
negroes at Sanford, quoted the above
statement from the negro paper and asked
the negroes what they thought of it. They
said that they agreed with the negro edi-
tor, and one said that any negro who
would vote the Democratic ticket ought to
have one hundred lashes.
| At the Radical County Convention held
/ in Durham last week a negro was made
/ and a negro was nominated for Coroner,
and the candidate for Constable in the
| township said I'VE NEG ROES will car
ry Durham county by three hundred ma
! iority.'
/ In a number of counties in the East,
where the negroes have majority, ne
groes are nominated for county officers
and for the Legislature, and elected.
There is not a negro in North Carolina
Of any prominence who belongs 70 the
Democratic party. They stand together,
without hardly a break. in favor OF Radi-
cal rule.
out of 120, 600 men or about that mum
ber in the Radical party in North Caro-
lima, 105, 600 are negroes.
In the Eastern counties Of North Caro-
lima only ten white men out of hundred
vote the Radical ticket, and nine tenths of
them vote the Democratic ticket. The
negro vote is unit for the Radical party.
In the Second Congressional District in
Radical district in the State, 4 negro is
the nominee OF the party for Congress.
In the Second Judicial District, the only
always certain Radical district in the State.
a negro is Solicitor
| The above statements are not and can
not be disputed Radical orators, in en-
deavoring TO explain them away, only seek
TO account for their existence. one says
that it is because the white men twenty
! years ago drew the color line ard drove
the negroes into the Radics.! party. 9th
ers, give other reasons. About how it IS,
or why it is, is not the question that to-
| day concerns the voters of North Carolina.
/ We see that these things exist. We see
that they exist ONLY where the Radicals
/ have the majority We see that it is the
result of Radical teaching and Radical
practice. Whether it is best or not, this
is not the time to inquire. If not safest
or best, the white men cannot remedy it
or give good government to all the people
| except by securing Democratic success
/ Radicalism means the rule Of North Caro-
4 lima by the negroes or their agents No
+ RADICAL. IN NORTH CAROLINA COULD BE
/ ELECTED THIS YEAR WITHOUT TIE NEGRO
VOTE. The negro knows that he consti-
| tutes the party and while he is willing to
/ be in the back ground in State politics.
/ he IS the leader III county and district mat
| ters. lie can kill and make alive He is
! therefore THE Radical party. Any man
| who votes the Radical ticket votes, there
| fore, for the negroes to rule his State 1t
! lutduS udt-uOtH1uS IuOIc, EOlulIlg less.
| 1t is a legal maxim that what man does
BY ANOTHER He DOES FOR HIMSELF He is
responsible. The same maxim applies in
politics. If Mr.. towle is elected Cover
nor, he will be the agent of those who
elected him. If Mr.. Dockery is elected he
will be the agent of those who elected
him, and as the negroes will elect him, if
he is ell cted, he will be the agent of the
negroes.
The fact, therefore, that the Radical
party in the State is the negro party, is
established beyond question. No sensible
man doubts it or denies The white men
in it are there either because they want
loaves and fishes, or because they don't
know any better, or because they favor
the National policy of the party and are
indifferent to the dangers Of negro rule in
the State.
1T is a condition, not a theory, that
cOnfronts u.s. in North Carolina. The ex
istence of the danger of negro rule in the
State is q fact patent to every thinking
man. Those who choose to 90 into theo-
rizing about the future, or the past,
or the present of the negro FORGETFUL OF
THE DANGER TO THE WHITES may do so.
| The issue of negro rule has passed out of
the domain of theory il the election next