The western sentinel., 1892-09-22
A WORD TO THE CoLoRED MAN.

WORD TO THE COLORED MAN.
And my colored friends, in this au-
dience let me say to you that, any
legislation that would stir up strife,
that would create antagonism be-
tween the races, meets my heartiest
condemnation. The men who attempt
to excite you to hostility against the
white race are not your friends. And
L know that the passage of the Force
Bill is not in your interests but is
simply for the purpose of controlling
these States by the agents of the Fed
eral administration sent here amongst
you from abroad. There are within
the sound of my voice men who recall
the evil days of the reconstruction pc
riod. You recall the time when your
State governments were set aside and
men were set to rule over you and
over other States of the South who
were not of your own people, who
have no interests or SympathieS in
common with you, but who were set
in the high places of power by the
Federal administration and who used
the power given them for the purpose
of enriching themselves by plunder-
ing the people of this State. [Ap-
plause.l
Do you remember that in the dark
days of 1868 when your State govern
ments were set aside and the Old
North State was in the clutches Of
the plunderers?
REPUBLICAN FRAUDS.
The first Republican Legislature,
elected in 1865, ordered bonds of the
State to be issued to the amount of S25,-
| $50, 900, and IA, ,00O,0 900 of those bonds
| were actually issued and put in circu-
| lation for the purpose of building
| railroads and not mile of railroad
| built. Have you forgotten the fact
| that railroad bonds held by the State
| in the interest of the education of
your children were sold at a great
| sacrifice to pay the expenses of that
| Legislature. Those bonds are worth
$3.50 today. Think what precious
heritage you would have had left for
| your children if those bonds had been
| protected by the men who took
solemn oathes to protect them.
| LOOK BACK.
| Do you remember when the day of
| redemption came to you? How did
| it come? Will some one who has a
| good memory tell me at what master
| full hour in your history the Third
party came to your relief? Applause.
Do you remember how your people
| arose: how they nominated glorious
old 'Zeb'' Vance for Governor, and
| how his voice and those who followed
| him in the van of the battle were
heard calling upon the people OF
| North Carolina to arise, assert their
manhood and restore the Democratic
party to power. [Applause.l There
was no Third party then. 1t was a
contest between Democrats on one
the other. Let me tell you this, in
great contests such as the people OF
| North Carolina had before them then
and in the great contest they have be-
fore them now there is
NO PLACE FOR A THIRD PARTY.
Why have 1 recalled this:
| Simply for the reason that the
Force bill means the destruction OF
the right of self-government at the
polls and the control of your Federal
elections by the agents of the Federal
administration. Federal officers un
der that bill would have full contro
should be put in effect all over the
United States it would call into be
ing an army of 100000 office-holders
and the expenses of each biennia
election would be ten millions of dol
lars.
But great as would be the expense
of this law, that is by no means the
worst feature OF it. Y Ou could StanC
tle expense, the robbery of ten mil
lions of dollars every other year as yor
have stood robbing under the tariff
law. But here is a measure thai
strikes at the right of the people tt
govern themselves. This force bill
although general in its character i:
aimed at the citizens of North Caro-
lima. 1t is possible that it is necessa
ry for me to say to any man of NORTH
Carolina with the friends of constitu
tional liberty upon one side and upor
the other the men who would relegatt
you to the most horrid days of Recon
struction-is it necessary for me tt
say to you that there is no place here
for Third parties ? [Applause.] If yor
believe in that legislation, if you want
the glorious days of carpet bag rul.
again, the glorious days when mer
| were
DEPRIVED OF LIFE AND LIBERTY,
and when legislative halls and courts
of justice were in the hands of you
!. enemies, if you want a return to thos,
days, either vote the Republican tick
ct or stand apart and say, 1--WE hay
J no part or lot in this BATTLE" But
| you desire good government, the gov
). ernment of North Carolina by he