The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-10-20
Correspondence North Carolinian.

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Correspondents North Carolinian
Dear Nadam-Your lot in life
doubtless hard. Your cook, if yo
can afford to have one, is thriftless
incompetent and impudent. The col
ored hands are idle, careless and un
manageable. Your husbands crop i
short. He is in debt, doubtless. Cot
ON is six cents the pound. Tobacco
IS going for song. There is no SPAR
money to educate the children barrel,
enough to clothe them against tn.
winters approaching cold. Your hus
bands face no longer wears a smile
He does not talk about the same thing:
he used to talk about. He is much
from home. Strange and bitter words
are in his mouth and in his neighbor's
mouth.
This is your condition-this is ou,
condition. Your husband has been
fooled by his false and treacherous
leaders into the belief, that, through
The Third party, sudden change for
the better will take place. Perhaps
your husband has misled you into the
same belief. If so, dear Madam, stop
and reflect. The Third party is made
f, up of white men. The Democratic
party is made up of white men. The
Radical party is made up of negroes.
The negroes never divide.
Ask your husband, dear Madam,
this question: How can the Peoples
party win if the white men are divided
and the negroes stand united2
What does he say? All hear him.
His cheek is flushed, his eye is red Ind
inhamed, his blood is hot and he says Z:
"/Aad as soon haze tile 6Iackest mig
&c, tn the State to rule 0vey me as to
haOe things go on like they a,e."
Yes, your white husband has said
that, and has gloried in what he said.
Shame on him!
"Whom the Gods would destroy,
hey first make mad"
In his bosom, yea, he has forgotten
the blue-eyed white boy, your little
boy and his, the pledge ofyour mutual
affection, him he has forgotten as he
COOS in his innocent and helpless
cradle.
Let the pure, red, anglo saxon blood
n his veins, that blood that knows no
master, and has never known that blood
that has made the Southern white man,
n the midst of defeat, the wonder and
admiration of the world--let that blood
'ose its color; let his straight hair, that
'adge of distinction, grow crooked and
curled upon his dishonored head let
lie hollow of his foot make a hole in
he ground, and let him be consigned
, tine companionship of the negroes,
''hom he is seeking to elevate above
IS!
And then, when he succeeds in this
tate, what will be your lot, and the
It of all white women in this State!
The first act, dear Madam, of the Rad
ais when they get into power in our
5 ate will be to disarm the white militia,
nd this means that when a white
woman in this State is raped by a
rcgro fiend, her undoing will 60 un
avenged for fear of a negro mob and
-iot.
Why, with the fear Of instant and
unerring death staring them in the
face, the number of rapes of this kind
in the South, running into the scores,
would amaze you.
You think now when a negro is i'm
pudent to you that it is bad enough,
but where will you 60 to get relief,
when the negro finds out that he owns
the State and county governments?
Besides, ask your husband what has
the Democratic party in North Carroll
ma done that he should fight it. Ask
him if his taxes are not low; if he is
not protected in his life, limb, and
earthly honor; ask him if his insane
relation is not cared for at the States
expense ask him if the poor soldier
does not get some compensation for
the wound received in defense of his
country; ask him if the officers of the
State and counties are not upright
and honest; ask him if the State is not
doing all it can do to educate the chill
dren, and finally ask him if he did
not 60 into the Democratic primaries
and help to name the very ticket that
he is now fighting? If he says "yes,"
fsk him if he is honest in so doing.
My dear Madam, if we Democrats
we're rich, and your Third party hus-
t and was poor, my words would have no
wings, but such is not the case. We
are all poor. We are all in the same
toat. The town is poorer than the
country. Why make bad matters
vorse9 Why overturn good govern
rent because we are poor? Let US
rot forget our many blessings. We
have lite, we have health, we have
Liberty, we have been happy people,
a united people, a peculiar people, a
God-fearing people. "Isms" and
'.scisms' had no lodgment here.
True, we are poor, but God has
r,ade many things worse, thousand
t,ld worse, than poverty.
Think on these things, dear Madam
I'D in the still watches OF the night, in
1e silent presence of those you love,
K your husband if he will not with
I'D his destrnuino hand Or else in