Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-08-11
speech of Daniels.

which way the cat will jump. All is
not lovely in democratic circles, can
didatcs for all the county Offices are
multiplying every day.
Each section is demanding recog-
milton as we'll as the different combi-
nations.
The democratic laboring men are
knocking at the door and members of
the Farmers Alliance. Whether the
moss back aristocracy of the demo-
cratic party will allow this class to
press itself on them remains to be
seen.
BY the way, it is rumored in these
quarters that there is to be in Raj
eigh the 18th inst, a meeting of
laboring men, for the purpose of
considering the formation of a Labor
Union Party in North Carolina.
What does this mean? Does it
mean that the poor white laboring
man has just found out that the old
bourbon democratic party has no love
for him and is opposed to universal
education. local self government and
protection to American laborers and
mechanics
The fact of the matter is, the poor
laboring white man is becoming to
see that the democratic party is no
friend to him, and his only hope is to
make strike for the liberation Of
himself and family.
SO we welcome the Union Labor
Party, and trust that courage, wisdom
and principle may characterize its
movement. And it may be that in
all this rise of parties the God ofhosts
has His Hand in it, and in the end
the black man may receive that justice
and protection he is entitled to un-
der the constitution of the State and
Nation.
Well, we have been startled again
at the outrageous murder of a young
man of color at Ashevillc few weeks
ago.
What a blot on the fair name and
fame of that delightful section of the
grand old State We are often put
to it to satisfy our mind as to the
civilization and christianity of some
people. The worst of the matter
was the hanging of the wrong man,
VIC were told.
This state of things cannot last
forever. The colored man has suffered
much at the hands of those who
interpret the Bible for us and who
wrote our theology, and who pretend
to keep the commandments, one of
which says "thou shalt not kill"
We are a firm believer in Holy Writ
and would direct the attention of
these violators of law that it is written
on the pages of the sacred volume,
"Hc that shcdeth mans blood, by
man shall his blood be also shed"
See the truth of this in South Caro-
lima where a white man was lynched
by colored men.
With the continual increase in
education of the race and such staunch
friends as DIR. Haygood of Georgia,
the day of lynching colored men in
wholesale manner will soon come to
an end
Ethiopia shall soon stretch her
hands unto God, and His justice will
not sleep forever.
Let colored men stop fawning and
stand erect in the full statue of
American manhood and 60 in to make
for themselves character and have
proper regard for virtue, and in all
their dealing with their fellow man
let honesty be uppermost.
Last week was court week, his
Honor Judge Shepherd presiding
The State docket was quite large but
no capital cases. Court did not last
but three or four days, leaving the
docket still heavy laden with cases of
violations against the law of God and
man. If people would pay more
attention to building up the homes