The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-09
II. r. Keith Replies.

tor VINO corrected the PROOF OF the ar
ticle in yesterdays Messenger. under
the head Of Mr.. Keith Replies" made
an error in lifting out the wrong line
IN Mr.. keith's communication. We re-
publish this morning the entire article
and The Messengers rsjoinder. The
following is the article as 1t should
have appeared:
Wilmington. y. g. sept. ;. lSsS.
Editors Wilmington Messenger:
on my return 10 the city today from
my farm. my attention was called 10
III article in Sundays Messenger that
Is nothing more han a gross Islander
from beginning To end. and the man
who says or that ] am TAX
ing sides with the negro sIanderer. -
nothing more than a ~slanderer himself.
But when / learned who wrote the ma
licious article n knowing it was for
political purposes. ! am not surprised
TO find it full OF gross misrepresenta-
TONS AS regards To my getting my
cue from Jockey and voting for ne
groes. and amalgamation"-the solution
Of the two races-the proper solution.
that is false along with the remainder
OF the slanderous article. J Will leave
my article TO the honest people OF
North Carolina t. say whether or not
l deserve such uncalIed for abuse. for
l assure You my intentions were good.
II l hav been misrepresented.
Respectfully,
3. F. KEITH.
The Messenger ssumes the respon-
sibility OF the article in Sundays issue.
1t matters not by whom il was writ
ten. II was The Messengers criticism
of Mr.. keith'S article on the Daily Re
cord. The material facts set forth in
our criticisms Of Mr.. Keith are not
denied by him in his denial. He was
not accused OF voting for amalgamation.
He has not had, nor will he have, that
opportunity. 1t was said that he had
expressed it as his opinion that ANAL
cation would be the solution Of the
race question. This he does not deny.
He was criticised for having failed TO
give to his readers the Daily Records
article. the Ministerial Unions en-
dCrSement Of ii, and other incidents OF
the negroes approval Of The Record.
while referring only TO the action or
candidate Jockey and his negro COM
mittees' resolutions, and dismissing the
whole affair with the suggestion that
politicians would make much Of it, as
if it were all much to do about moth
ing"
Hill King, pCpulist and office-hold-
er, said the democrats hired the
negro editor to write it. Mr.. Keith
| says: III Inc article ndu Deen pan
ned by the enemy Of the negro race, it
| could not have been more cunningly
devised" But Mr.. Keith will hardly
deny, as alderman of his city, hold
| ing office by virtue of Governor Rus
sells appointment, he has not voted
| for negroes as policemen. Now If he
wants to attest his sincerity, let him
publish in The New Era the SANDER
Gus article in The Daily Record. the
| ministerial TTninn'C an6nrSamanf of il
| Mr.. Jockeys resolutions, and state by
whom they were passed, our criticism
of the attempted explanation of the
Ministerial Union, and present the
whole case to his readers We did
not intimate, nor say, Mr.. Keith was
taking sides with the negro slanderer.
We said, and by his editorial we are
willing for the public to judge. that he
failed to tell all the facts to his read
ers, while jauntily discussing the mat
ter as of little since, as he
says, it came from an unknoYn i'm
beetle, "mischievOus animal as he is
while Mr.. Keith well knew both Man
ly, the editor, and Howe, the manager,
of the negro paper, were well known
here to the public. We do not judge
Mr.. Keith's intentions. We do Judge
his u~tteranceS and performances as a
politician and journalist. If his inten-
tons be good, he has a bad way OF
publicly manifeSting them.
He says it was for political purposes
our article was written. And so it
was. The Messenger has the political
purpose straight in view to expose the
"nOn-partiSans," who are too good to
support the rotten old party" Of de-
mocracy, the only white mans party.
and who yet are giving aid and sus-
nan by their actions and co opera
ton to the republican party, which has
1 w r1nnnC n that ~ 49,
blighted the honor and prosperity of
our state. The fight is on, Mr.. Keith,
to remove this blight from the fair
name of the Old North State. The
democratic party is making a fight for
white government. The republican
party stands for negro rule. The pop
ulist party aids and co-operates with
it. On which side, Mr.. Keith, do you
draw your lance and couch your blade
in this magnificent fight for "civiliza-
ton VS.. barbarism?" There is no mid
die ground pom which white men may
stand On which side, Mr.. Keith, do
you stand? If for white government,
work and vote for the only o%rganiza-
ton that today stands for il without
apology and without dalliance with
negro leaders. If you have not the
manly courage to repudiate your po-
litical confreres and to stand out in the
open, advocating and working and
uniting with democrats to achieve
white rule, then do not expect white
journals and white men to accept,
without reserve, your protestations Of
devotion to the former, or good gov
eminent, or white mans rule, or that
you oppose or abhor negro domino
ton. The time may not be too late. IL
you act promptly and truly, to rehabil-
itate yourself in the respect If the
white men of this city by actiun--not
talk. Even political "amalgamation''
in this campaign will not save the
white man from the contempt Of his
fellows who do not stand unresery-
edly for white supremacy.
After the appearance of the above
article. Mr. Keith called at The Mes