The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-30
THE DEMOCRAT.


for Senator Ingalls, speech on the
lace problem. He delivered it to
fnu session of the Senate, large
part Of the House and crowded gall
leyies.
It was simply bitter denuncla-
ton, from first to last, Of tie South
ern people and the honorable course
they have ever pursued in dealing
with the colored people and the pro
b!em that seems to be Vexiug the
North especially
As TO the coloyed peoples vote, he
made the unblushing statement that
the South is not friendly to the
negro, and that the negro has voted
with his friends. He clothed tie
sentiment in these words:
1T seems incredible that gratitude
should not have defended and shield
ed them from the hideous snd In
describable wrongs and crimes of
which they have been fO- a qQerter
of century the guiltless and un'
resisting victims. Tue same Impulse
which mode them loyal TO their
masters thrOuI hoUt the war has
made them faithful to their deliver
ers since. Their allegiance to the
party Of Lincoln and Grant is per-
sistent and unswetving. Their in
stincts were more Infallible than
reason. They have voted with their
fricndS.'
In the name Of reason, what in
dcscribahle wrongs and crimes" have
the negroes OF the South been sub
jectcd to since the war; They arc
fed and clothed by the management
Of the white people; they are edu-
Gated with the tax money that the
white man pays on his own accumuI-
ations;they are protected by the best
Jaws in tie known world, State, ma
tional and municipal, and what more
Can BC iCIlcHIti lOI tut III
The Senator's tiptoing emphasis
seemed 10 DC on his threats towards
tue Suuth. Listen 1T him:
THE South is standing upon a
vulcaLo. The South is sitting on The
safety valve. They are breeding III
Vulnerable John Browns and Nat
farmers. Already mutterings Of
discomfort are heard. The use of
the torch ard the dagger is advised.
| dep}oTc it, tut, as Cod is my
Judge. say that 10 other people on
the face Of The earth have ever sub.
mitted 70 the wrongs and injustice
which have hecn for TWENTY-FIVE
years put upcn the colOred men OF
the South without revolution and
blood"
AS to The motive for such 3 posi-
ton towards the South, only one oil
two things can be said: Either Mr.
Ingalls, is not properly informed OF
the attitude Of The two races IN the
South or he disregards truth al
together. Who ever "sdyised the
use Of the tOrch?" Where are the
mutttrirgs Of discontent9' Suct
fire branlers as Sheppard are the
Cnlv ones who have threatened The
torch. TIE colored people of thC
South have never dreamed of suct
things and they never will If left t(
their own choice. Where are th'
mutteTlngs OF discomfort? We know
Of one Case. Just after the las
election n negro of this community
became dissatisfied aud concluded
he would emigrate. lie went North
and it was the first and last time WI
have heard Of a negro going North
\ few days after be left he wrote t
the editor of THE DEMoCRAT, beg
ging us to send htn enough mone'
to cone back homo on. He was il
Philadelphia, and truly bis lette
was saddenmg. We did not doub
the rcgCo' carncstness when lie de
clarc1 and swore in his letter, tina
If VIC would send him the money ht
would Go anything on earth for U
when he came back-Ee say We dIt
nat doubt his wel1-meaning in a.
that, bat VIC Gld not send him th
money,
We h3i tTo reason: First,wc d.
net feel willing to risk dollar i
that boy's hands while he WAS anon
his republican honeYs in the North
and then We had no objection to b
trying life awhile with his who'll
scaled Northern brethren. "
thought he would learn somcthin
ABOUT the way the Colorcd man
appreciated st the North, and the
return and teach his colOred brethre
here some sense about their Mort
ern leaders but for aught we kno
the poor fellow has been smashed j
to smi.hercens long ago and b
bones gathered up 70, sosp factor
We have never heard Of him sinC
'Nbo No-r YAH IIosn1J oooroi,;c ~