The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-04
DECLARES FOR WHITE
SUPREMACY.

EDITOR COMMONWEALTH With your |
permission I desire to make a short
statement as to how some matters stand
in our section and also to speak few
words of warning to the white people
of Halifax county. The white man
who from the present outlook does not
see dangers ahead in the near future
must be blind indeed. billiard (allas
"Square'') Hewlin, colored chairman OF
the Republican Executive Committee
OF Brinkleyville township, Justice OF
the Peace, observation-disclosures and
member of the legislature in carpet
bag times, is postmaster at Brinkley-
vile. Norman Keane, another colored
man, and recently elected Justice Of
the Peace, is postmaster at Essex. Miss
Alice Butt, colored, opens the mall
bags at TIA, while Charles Jones, col
ored, ex.poll-holder and registrar and
a genuine white man hater, is said to
be trying to GUST Mr.. Williams at
Ringwood and will probably do SO it he
can get white man to stand his DO nd.
This about takes up all in Brinkley-
vile with the exception of Medoc, and
Medoc would probably be enjoying a
colored postmaster now in the person
OF Isaac Nicholson but for the fact
that Isaac was killed by lightning last
spring while blowing In the field.
The colored man occupies most OF
the post-offices in this district, and
through the kindness of his brethren
of the populist persuasion dons the
maglsterial ermnie. White men OF
North Carolina, and especially OF Hall
fax county, behold the spectacle
Will not the old historic county OF
Halifax whose sons and daughters have
always "been formost in llberty's story"
wake up and by the help of the powers
eternal resolve for once and always to
rid itself of this miserable misrule and
African supremacy? Shall we bear
the reproach of being called "degener-
ate sons of noble slres," or shall we
prove ourselves worthy of the example
and inheritance handed down to us by
our forefathers who gave their lives
and their all tor their country in the
| "times that tried mems souls"?
Negro supremacy means ruin and de-
structlon. 1t is demoralizing.
In the South 1t is the result of our
defeat at Appomattox and the determl-
nation of New EnglandIfanatics to force
every indignity in their power upon us,
not tor any love tor the negro but
because OF their hatred and jealousy
toward the proud Anglo-Saxon race OF
1.-THE South that before the war furnish
ed the brains and craftsmanship of this
country. Let the white people be up
and doing. It is high time we were
getting together and marshalling our
forces for the contest next year. Let
us shake off the stupor and arouse our
selves from the lethargy Into which we
haye fallen.
The situation is grave, therefore let
us commence the campaign at once
and not wait till it is too late to ac-
complish anything. believe most of
the white men of North Caolina and
HALIFAX county, when it comes to
drawing the color line, will take their
places within the white ranks, and
surely the time has come when the
color line must be drawn.
| It is not a question of politics with
us, it is white supremacy against negro
misrule, and every white man who for
the sake of reward votes for that mis-
rule or in any way aids or abets 1t
should be ostracized. Why should he
desire to affiliate with white people
when he has sold his birthright for an
Office and taken his stand with the
black race? He surely should not be
insulted when he is given the identical
medicine he prescrlbes for others. In
the house of representatives the white
people OF this district are n.isrepresemted
by negro, and he is the only negro
In Congress.
White men, ponder these simple
statements and let us bury our past
minor differences and come together
and with shoulder to shoulder stand
firm and pueh back the dark cloud that
is gathering over our beloved county
and State.
"IN PLAIN BLACK AND WHITE
\ Ringwood, N. e.
i Henry George, the great leader Of