The state chronicle., 1888-10-05
IRepubhshed by Request
TO YOUNG VOT ERS.

TO YOUNG VOTERS.
There is generation of voters now IN
North Carolina who can scarcely appreci- i,
ate the immense debt of gratitude the !,
people of the State owe to the Democratic
party for its manly stand during the days
of Reconstruction. And they cannot ap
preciate it because they were too young 10
understand the issues Of those days. For
the benefit of all such we beg leave to
recall few facts Of indisputable record:
For the first three years Of existence
of the Radical party brute force was relied
upon to accomplish its ends, coupled with
insult of the grossest character. 1t was
in 1868 that the women of the State were
insulted by the advice given IN an edito
rial in the Radical Raleigh Standard TO
Radical canvassers to throw their arms
around them when their husbands were
not about. 1t was in 1868, IN puplle
address issued by Radical members OF the |
Legislature, in their character as leglsla- |
tors. that the white people were threat
ened openly with starvation and destruc-
ton of their homes from the vengeance of
negroes.
It vas in 1859 that the Speaker of the
Lower House Of the Legislature, in open
day, with a band of armed men. attacked
the editor of the Raleigh Sentinel, alone
and unarmed, and that the Radical Gov
ernor of the State, in the presence OF and
in defiance of the magistrate on the bench
TRYING the case, declared his previous
knowledge of the attack and his subse
uuent approval of all that had been done.
1t was in 1869 that the Radical Cover
nor claimed the power to suspend all laws
at his own pleasure. 1t was in 1869 the
bill was passed under which the State was
tilled with spies. 1t was in 1870 that the
Shotfner bill was passed empowering the
Governor practically to declare martial
law in every county in North Carolina.
It was under this bill and in this year that
the Holden Kirk war was carried on, and
the Radical Governor asked the Radical
Congress to authorize the Radical Presi-
.lent to suspend the writ of HABEAs CORPUS,
80 that "men might be arrested and tried
before military tribunals and shot, and it
waS in this same year that the Radical
,rovernor declared that if he was per
>olally menaced, certain leading Demo
Gratis and Conservatives, who might be
named, will be instantly put to death.
But thanks to the manhood and courage
of the white people of North Carolina,
that Radical Governor came to great grief
in fact was driven from office in shame
and disgrace.
The age of Force passed away, but only
to be followed by the age of Fraud. Nio-
lence was then discouraged and partisan
ends instead of being accomplished at the
point of the bayonet, were reached at the
end of the law, SO called. 1t was in
thorough accord with the then spirit of
the age, therefore, that Judge Russell, in
his Opera House OBITER DICTUM, to which
he referred in his recent letter of declina
ton told the negroes not to resort to VIC
lence, but to the machinery of the law, to
enforce their rights to go wherever white
men might go.
Till 1870 the military sustained the Rad
ical party. After that the judiciary, lex
hausted'' as it was, sought to do the wick
ed work
But stronger proof of the villany of tn,
Radical party of those days than is to b.
had in the acts and utterances Of its lead
ers cannot be imagined. That it was
negro party then as now, that it was vic
lent, lawless malignant, insulting ant
vengeful, it stands convicted out of it
own mouth.
Let no white man, especially let NJ
white woman, fail to read the following
extracts from the Infamous record mad
by the Radical party in the days that triet
white mems souls and made white women
cheeks pale with terror. Great heavens a
we look back to those days we wonder hoy
North Carolinians withheld their hand
from Furnishing such creatures. Perhaps
however,w we ought not to wonder, for ther
was not man that had the nerve to pull
trigger that did not have either wife or chill
or mother or sister, sometimes all of these
depending on his single life and freedom
for the very bread they ate and the clothe
leaving loved ones to battle with the worl
at any time, but in days like those tn
thought was simply horrible-so horribl
that doubtless it withheld many an arr
from righteous vengeance, when no othe
consideration under the sun could hav
stayed it. But see what those people sa
and did in those days and Judge for your
selves, ye young people, what the provo
cation Was Don't fail to read a singl
extract:
1868. 'But wherever else you wor
don't forget to 60 among the women.
Go after the women then. An
don't hesitate to throw your arms aroun
their necks now and then when their hus
bands are not around and give them
good . They all like it.
Our experience with female rebs is tina
with all their sins they have a vast amour
of human nature, and only want to hav
it appreciated to be the most loving crea
lures imaginable. Scalawags and carpet
baggers, don't fail, therefore as you car
Vass the State to look after the women. y
Raleigh Standard