The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-29

ship of state. The political conditions
then that Col Andrews wants are the
conditions that Republican rule would
insure. And the Republican party
would be destroyed forever, in spite Of
corporation and trust help, unless the
Populist party chose to play into their
hands by fighting impossible issues and
then combining TO elect venal men who
oppose every policy they claim to advo
cate.
We are told by the Caucasian that the
'nigger" cry is raised to help unscrupul-
Gus corporate greed. There isn't baby
that does not know that unscrupulous
corporations fare better under negro gov
ernments than when honest white men
are in power. 1t is the honest, business
fer by nCgru rule. Unless the white peo-
pc can be persuaded to come esgether
upon an issue higher than gold or silver,
lease or rate, prejudice or principle the
supreme, Importance of preserving tn"
ciyilizat Ior of the South, THE AHmgest
child no W living will be white-haired
man before any one of the demands in
THE Populist platform or any measure for
the good of the people is seriously CON
sidcrcd
The race issue has not been raised by
politicians. 1t is not raised to side-track
any reforms. 1t has raised itself. In
the last election the negroes voted more
solidly for Russell, who had denounced
them as Savages and their mothers as
thieves, than they had ever voted for Il
friend, showing that an appeal for good
government to them is utterly wasted.
The presence of negro politician. utter
~ ignorant of the duties of the place as
Chief Supervisor of Fertilizer of the
Board of agriculture, with white men
under him; the election Of negroes to
have 4 voice in the selection of teachers
in white schools; the selection Of ignor-
ant negroes as pa gistrates and county
commissioners the growing ihSolence Of
the more Vicious Of the FaceA and the
ireigI of terror Gaoduced by the worst of
5he| race hose and other things, coupled
with scorel6f disgraccful acts and the
debascmont Of every department OF
state and county government, hayetpro-
Juced condition that threatens Apglo-
Saxon civilization. White women ia the
country ale afraid to leave their homes
without male protection. In the entire
history Of the State, except when .fqf-
Idansm was put down by the Ku-Klux
.Elan, no such conditions prevailed as
now. II is these things tllHt have caused
tlopghtful white men, Of differing poll
Sd.kIvitws, to strike hands and looking
eye tc eye, say: eve must protect our
homes and preserve Auglo-Saxon civil
4ation in its,purity"
There III no political Issue as important
as having peace and safety in the home.
We are asruFal people and many Of our
best girls and women Have to milk ana
work in the fields. They are in Il posi-
ton. worse than slavery if there is a
menatd that flfreatens what they hold
dear if they go about their daily duties.
dearest if they go about their daily duties.
safe and that is for white men who are
white men to stand together, and to tell
the negroes ana their. allies that they
shall not destroy the peace of mind of
the women and girls as well as deplete
the treasury and make the name of
the Commonwealth by-word and hiss
ing.
>nWhen this paper, publishing only the
most fragrant cases, tells the people that
this reign of terror should drive all
good men together, the Caucasian, which
ought to- welcome fight to protect the
homes of the people, tells its readers that
we are publishing and magnifying rape
cases and charging them on the Peo-
pies party" We have not charged
them ON the Peoples party, except to
show that if they put the Republicans
in power, as they have done, they cannot
escape the responsibility for the crimes
that follow negro rule. The good men
in the Peoples party, seeing what con-