The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-10-14

There Is a black radical sheet pub
lished at present at Raleigh called
1.-The Defender" The gang are being
driven to the wall, and this sheet is
their arsenal, their shield and defense.
In its last issue we find a nice letter
bearing the signature, w. II. Chad
bourn, and dated Wilmington, N. c.,
September Is, 1898, addressed to Sena-
tor ]. C. Pritchard. The editor states !
that this Mckinley postmaster SIS one
of the wealthiest white men in Will
mington." II he is he made 1t all here. |
He has lived here prospecting all the
years, and has invariably affiliated
with the negro party. He is not in
good odor with the "sure enough"
folks. He is a man Of intelligence, of
good education and he has gone it
blind" He would probably vote any
day for the meanest stupidest, black
est negro in Wilmington to the ablest
and best men who have been contem-
porary with him since he landed here
poor and fortune-seeking.
Mr.. Chadbourn's screed is an attempt
to controvert all that is said as to ne
gro domination here. He squarely
pronounces it a democratic lie and a
| gross libel. According to him the mig
| ger is scarcely Gin it," but it is genuine,
simon-pure, unadulterated white gov
eminent (~radicals) with the smell of
niger not to be realized. He charges
that it is a strictly white rule down
here.
How did the white radicals get con-
troll of the city government and GUST
the democrats? Every man not a liar
will say unhesitatingly that they got
in by negro votes. The 120, 900 negroes
gave the white radicals control of the
legislature. They fixed up the plan to
hand over the city government to the
hungry white traitors to their race
and now we have the white-nigger gov.
eminent of which Chadbourn is i'm.
mensely proud. And he calls demo
Gratis liars who say that it is not q
white mans government here. HI
makes a good showing if his statements
are true, if the fact is forgotten that i
is all the work of the negroes, AM
that some changes in police and per
haps elsewhere have been made lately
Mr.. Chadbourn's artful plea will be in
quired into with mor particularly.
1t was quite observable in this cit,
the very day it was known that Rus
sell had been elected governor, and tn,
radical-pops had control of the legis
lature, thus guaranteeing importan
changes in the city government, tina
there was a change for the worse il
the bearing of the negroes. Thei
swagger and effrontery intensife,
early thereafter, and has steadily grow
} worse, more offensive, and all becaus
they would be under black radical gov
eminent and not under white demo
cratic government. Latterly owing t.
instructions from Raleigh the negr
men have become more subdued, les
| insulting and overbearing, and the
. are told to avoid all possible cause
of conflict until after the election,
d. as we were told. The women are NOR
self-asserting and obtrusive and inso
? lent however. Possibly they were nc
warned as to advice, not being voters
The almost total suspension of law
in Wilmington, the breaking in store
t and dwellings, the robberies on tn
streets, the drawings and outrage
and insults, the public uneasiness, tn
negroes seeking for arms with whic
S to kill whites, the buying of cartridge
by the thousands all show how nea
{ chaos the city is and how p~ortenou
the clouds hat hung low ~presaging
e coming storm.
U |. But this is a glorious white govern
| ment we are living under and demo
Gratis who deny it are calumniator
n libellers and liars, quoth this M
Chadbourn, postmaster under lit
Mckinley and big rich man. But til
public will earn more of this fin
white government before the st
November is here.