The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-14

Que Of the great political parties ar,
allowed with impunIty to conCea-
trate their forces and funds upo2 the
territory ard within the jurisdiction
of one member of the Union. for the
express snd avowed purpose Of cor
ruptiDg the ballot AMI defeating tb,
will of The maturity? Can the nstitu
tons Of this country long sustain
such violent and unnatural assaults
made direct against the citadel d
nope and freedom? This is a direct
attack upan the purity of the ballot
and the unfettered and untrammeled
will OF the majorlty. But we have
no constitutional p Prohibition az Ainst
such Inyasions; therefore # checked
at al, it must be dohe by the Poopl,
of the State at the polls, by all
ministering such q rebuke, that the
scoundrel5 will never repeat the ef-
fort to seduce the people, corrupt th,
ballot and defeat the will OF the maj-
GRITTY.
The government of Virginia ought
to remain in the hands OF the white
people, because they are more COM
petent, better qualified and by al
odds more interested in having s
good and cheap administration than
the colored people, Tley have by
far more at stake in reputation,
wealth, population, civilization and
in all that goes to make up great,
grand and glorious people. Not only
this, the universal, indispated history
of all countries and all ages demon
strated beyond dispute, that where
ever two races come in conflict, the
superior race will always dominate.
Here the speaker told his hearers,
they must treat the negro justly,
they were his only friends-that
neither Malone nor the republican
party could OF would protect him =,
aud we must.)
The colored man and his allies
are totally incapacitated to
govern or control in any one Of the
Southern States. The coloyed man
is unfit to rule because of his su
preme ignorance, and from the lack
of that information, learning, expert
ence and special training. so indis>
peosable to success, not only in the
art and science of government, but
in all other departments Of life. Be
ing absolutely without his capacity
and these prerequisites 20 govern and
control, it would be not only a great
wrong, but great and unpardonable
crime, not only agains1 the white
race, but against the colored man
himself to place the government aud
the responsibility of its administers
ton upon his weak and feeble shout
ders.
His ally, the treacherous, hypro-
critical, unprlncipled white man, who
deserted his white brethren and join
ed the colored brigade for plumber
and sp0ils. is more unfit to take
charge of the welfare and destiny Of
q people than his cUlored brother
because as a rule, be is devoid OF
principles, is hyprocrite and is pos
htically dishonest. And as betwee II
the two, l would prefer to fall into
hands OF the colored man, than into
the clutches and power of the white
Philistines. Colored people never
enter into conspiracies on a ia &c
scale. They never plot the down.
fall Of governments, kingdom, prln-
cipalities or invaSions and bloody
worse. The colored man is only
DANCE IOus to government as he Is
made q tool Of by such men as Quay
; and Mahune. Without the bau in
tluence, wicked advice, and desper
ate leadership of such men, the
colored man would be a be tier anG
happier man, ard more prosperou;
, citizen.
1t is the bad influence Of bad white
men over the colored man, that
makes him bad citizen politically
But this is not the question for yor
to decide. The question is, shall
Malone be governor of Virginia, ant
shall the Legislature fall into The
hands Of the enemy? Malone woulC
create quite row as governor. lie
would turn things up side down, anC
inside out. He would have gTea
| many debts to settle with both dem
ocrats aud republicans,and he would
{ be sare to get even with both. Blu
, he must never be governor. H.
must be defeated. You have ballots