Birmingham state herald., 1896-05-31
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Continued From First Page.) party not only desired this indorsement, but sent a supplicant committee to a convention of which Stevens was prom Inent and influential leader, and this com- mittee. and the convention that sent 1t, were kept waiting during the greater part of a night to see whether Stevens and his colleagues would not merely in- dorse the ticket, but graciously name two men of their own choice and fellowship to accept Inviting vacancies left on the populite ticket.
 Standing now behind Mir. Goodwin and ndorsing and upholding his candidacy Is a large body of negro voters, led largely by the same men who led them in humll1- ating and spoliating the white people Of Alabama some twenty years ago. Behlnd him is not found a single democrat who was a prominent leader in emancipating our state from negro rule.
 At the very first speech made by MT. Goodwin in this campaign-the ratif1ca- ton at Birmingham-upon the platform by his side were republican leaders, and the audience who did the ratifying were composed of twice as many negroes as white men.
 It is possible that two negroes and one white man may frame and execute laws better than three white men, and all who believe this possible certainly have the right to choose their political associa- tions.
 If MT. Goodwin has, as has been claimed, majority of the white men of Alabama behind him, why this anxious urgency for a combination and fusion with colored voters?
 Is it essential in order to get pure gov ernment and secure clean ana honest methods that there should be some addi- ton to the plain white voters? Centuries of freedom, immortal deeds of valor, im- pershable heroism, 1t seems are insuff- cient 10 establish the superiority of the white race to the satisfaction of the fu- sionist of today.
 Fruits of Fusion.
 Can anyone ask to what end this steady evolution will lead?
 Happily we have not to walt for this hybrid tree to blossom and fruit; another state-one of our own southern states, too-has saved us from this humiliation. Two years ago the peoples party in North Carolina fused with the republicans and delivered the general assembly of that state into the hands of this combine, and these are some of the fruits that quickly rjpened:
 l. It increased taxation and raised the appropriations over $loO,0OO, adding noth- ing for schools.
 g. It elected one republican and one popullte to the senate of fhe United States.
 B. It passed an election law that allows only five days for registration and forbfds inspectors of election from refusingl to re- ceive known illegal vote.
 f. It turned out a one-legged Confea- crate soldier as doorkeeper, and put a burly negro in his place.
 B. It created 3600 new offices in order to fill them with their partisans.
 G. It appointed nearly 100 negroes as magistrates throughout the state to Sit upon the rights and liberties of white men.
 T. But it's crowning infamy was in re- fusing to adjourn in honor of the memory of Washington and Lee, and adjourning in honor of the memory of the negro mis- cegenationist, Fred Douglas.
 For legislature to refuse to honor the memory of the father of our country and the immortal and stainless Lee, and 10 bow it's knee at the name of negro who had violated the laws of God and de- graded both races by marrying white woman, leaves no lower depths of infamy to be sounded.
 The Birmingham Age-Herald, com- mentng on this occurrence at the time, well said: