The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-08-19

,n.;n;4 r.. P''lC1u STALE bv rood
~ -" JoatE. or There are 500, 900 ~. and
p' y ','oo negroes in the Ste At preset
s'ry lew negroes vote the Democratic
.,ehe.. In 1870 he Democracy gained
.ne o'a'e ov q series Of outrages on nolit-
io"i rl3h', perpetrated by an order
klo~h as the lnvincible Empires. The
result OF this political excitement uas ~
lhslmldate the negroes by shotgun rnle
Later the present mode of carving cleo
tlons Was adopted and violence wss dis
caSoea. Even now, the vote is very
o'oSe ana II anywhere near fair connt
was given the State would be permanent
ly Republican
"ihe climate OF North Carolina is va
rlable, as the State extends east and
west, embracing as it does a vast vari
ety OF climate and territory. Ia the
eastern portion 1t Is warm and moist. In
the central portion corn and tobacco are
raised. In the western end the noun
ta'nS are, IN some instances, 5000 feet
above sea level. In this district most
u tao SIN Ill grain is raised, with some
wheat, IN abundance would advise
all Wlde-awake men not to live in that
country, particularly Republicans, as il
Is not healthy place for them and thew
w9Hld not be treated with kindly con.
sllCration. "
IL Is needless to answer these repre-
sentations. Each statement refutes itself.
and convicts the speaker of recklessness.
Every HONORABLE MAN" knows that
what DIR. GRIssOM says of North Caro-
lima is rash, and none know this better
than the doctor himself
OUT OF HIS OWN MOUTH HE
STANDS CONDEMNED.
The readers Of the STATE CHRONICLE
will remember that in November 1888. a
pestilent fellow by the name of
JORDAN, who had melted the
negroes to incendiarism, was expelled
from Durham. The affair created great
interest JORDAN went North and print
ed false statements which were on par
with DIR. GRIssoM's representations
only they We're more malignant and
reckless, if that be possible. The
Board of Trade of Durham gave full
statement of the affair, which eXonerat-
ed the citizens from all wrong doing,
and showed that they were re-
markably forbearing and kind to the
scoundrels who plotted to burn them
| and their families in their houses. The
| house Of one prominent citizen had al
ready been burned through JORDAN 5
instigation.
At this time, about the first OF De-
cember, 1883, DR.. GRIssoM voluntarily
prepared a statement Of the affair
| which he sent 20 DR.. S. G. GORDON, a
leading physician of Portland, Maine
DR.. GORDON secured the publication of
this letter in the Eew England press
with an endorsement of DIR. GRIssoM
From this published letter, written by
DR.. GRIsSOM, we take the following ex
tract:
"The citizens of Durham have done
only that for which they should be hon
ored in saving life and property by re-
moving the evil doer, and at the same
time protecting the misguided and ig
norant from the dreadful consequences
to ensue from such misguiGance. MOI
did they hurt hair of the disturber's
| head x The Iibar
ality of the white people toward the
colored is particularly shown in the erec
ton and maintenance Of State Asylums
| ~ o1lo for Al
ored deaf mutes and blind, and il
common and graded schools, ant
also for permanent normal schoo
for colored teachers, in appropriation
for the colored State fair, al from th'
taxation of the whole property Of th'
State. Although a very large elemen
of the population, the negro can con
tribute but little, and the greater shar
falls upon people already struggling un
der the ordinary burdens Of government
cat the head Of a great charity Of tn
State, retired from active politics 10
many years, but necessarily thrown il
contact with leading citizens of al
classes and parties, | speak absolutel
from non partisan standpoint, and 1t
: but justice to say that while there ma
have been some individual acts OF lnJus
, tice by members of both parties in tn
State, THERE WAS NO CONCERTED ATTEMP
BY EITHER PARTY TO DISFRANCHISE AN
, CLASS OF VOTERS; AND 1T is ONLY tn
TRUTH TO SAY THAT IN NORTH CAROLYN
, THERE WAS A FREE BALLOT AND FAI
COUNT NO HONORABLE MAN CA
, DENY THESE STATEMENTS"
QUERY-Did DIR. GRIssOM tell tn
4 truth then? Or does he tell it now!