Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-02
BUTLER VS.. A%FFIDAVITS

Marion Butler as to what he is
charged with. So if Mr.. Butler
will read them carefully he will
be able to answer them lntelli-
gently and not have to deny
charges of his own manufacture.
Now please read this and see what
these men make affidavit to:
IF colored men commit out
RACES the Democrats pretend to
be terribly shocked in public,
but when they get behind a wall
they laugh until they grow fat,
and if the outrages are not fres
quent enough they hire worthless
negroes to commit them"
We, the undersigned, do here>
by make affidavit that we heard
the speech of Senator Butler and
that the above in quotation
marks is in substance what he
said.
(REv) B S. M'KENZIE,
+. j. THORPE, M. ID,
j, P. DAUGHTRY.
Nov, u, 1897.
Sworn to and subscribed be-
fore me this the 13Lhday Of Now,
1897.
JOHN L. ARLINGTON,
Notary Public. =.
Can there be any doubt of
what were Senator Buffers real
remarks after reading the affda-
Wits? Is it possible that any in
telligent human being in North
Carolina believes for one instant
that these gentlemen, who stand
as high as any mt in this com
monwealth, have committed per-
jury when they veal that Ma
riou Butler said these. words in
his Rocky Mount speech? W.
cannot think il. But in case any
one should doubt we ask them to
read the following:
IF colored men commit out
RACES the Democrats pretend TO
be terribly shocked in public,
but when they get behind d wall
they laugh until they grow fat,
and # the outrages are not fire.
quent enough they hin worthless
negroes to commit them"
We, the undersigned, do here
by make affidavit that we heard
the speech of Senator Butler,
and that the ABOVE extract is in
substance what he said.
r. Fl. HICKS
F. M. DRAUGHAN,
ISAAC LEVY.
Rocky Mount, Nash County,
N. G.
Sworn to and subscribed to
before me this the oath day of
November, 1897.
JNO. L. ARLINGTON.
Notary Public.
If this does not convince then
an angel from heaven would be
looked upon as a dissemination OF
.'campaign lies"
We believe that a certain
amount of respect should be
shown to high d1gnitaries, and
for that reason, although our
blood boiled when we heard Sen
ator Butler make his damnable
accusation, we kept our peace
and might have said nothing
about it if it had not been for the
terrible crime in Rockingham fol.
lowing SO shortly after. This sc
brought the dagger of allowing
such utterances from a United
States Senator to go unchecked
that we thought tour duty to en-
tighten the people Of North Car
DINA regarding the utterances o.
their Senator.
Now, something we have no
said before, which makes thi:
matter much worse-This charg,
was not made against the Whit
people of the State to white PEG
pie, but to a crowd CT negroes
who sat in one corner of the seat'
provided for the audience. Sen
ator Butler turned to this corne
and pointing his finger to tn
colored men gathered there use'
the language we have quoted
and was applauded by some o
the colored men who heard him
We said some, for. to their homo
: be it said, nearly all the intelli
gent colored men in this com
munity have in common wit.
: their white brethren denounce'
the cowardly lie.
We leave the case in the hand
! of the people of North Caroline
We have made a terrible charg
against Senator Butler AMI hav
substantiated that charge by il
' disputable testimony. We coul
g add much, but the subject is nc
an agreeable one and will nc
further discuss it in this article
The facts are before you. Eithe
Senator Butler has cruelty de
J famed his own race and own pei
u pile and stopped to a base lie t
e escape the consequences of h
words or six of the best peop
of Rocky Mount are perjure
r scoundrels-let the world decid,
And yet Marion Butler come
out in a signed editorial in tt
n last issue of the Caucasian, a
tempting a further denial Of b
villainOuS language. in which |