The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-14
ent. as the safety of others might be

ent, as the safety Of others might be
affected
ManIey said that the trouble all grew
out of the fact that the much talked
of editorial in the Record had been mis-
quoted by the press of North Carolina
and only parts OF 1t had been reprinted
with editorials tending to infame the
whites of the south. This he said had
been done to try to scare the white
voters for political effect. He did not
seem to think that the editors of the
papers which started the blaze of riot
realized the harm which would follow
the articles printed in their papers.
The editorial which appeared in the
Record, Manley said, was called forth
by a speech made by Mrs. FELTON,, be-
fore the agricultural society of Tybee
Island, Ga, early in August. During
her speech, Mrs. FELTON, said that money
which was collected for foreign missions
could be spent to a better advantage at
home in educating young white girls.
She said that owing to the carelessness
of poor white men of the south their
girls are left victims of colored men.
Then she spoke, according to Manley's
statement, of the low moral standing of
the cOlOred race. He says she advO-
Gated lynching as the only means of
eradicating these evils.
ManIey's editorial in the Record was
a reply to Mrs. Felton's pseech. This
editorial infiamed a large portion of
North Carolina. Manley says he did
not intend to attack any class or race
but simply wrote as he did to defend
the DETAINED cOlOred men. In this edf-
tOrial Manley said:
We suggest that the whites guard
their women more closely, thus giving
no opportunity for the human f1end, be
he white or black. You leave your
goods out of doors, and then complain
because they are taken away
Poor white men are careless in the
matter of protecting their women. espe-
cially on farms. They are careless of
their conduct towards them and our
experience among the poor white peo-
pie in the country teaches that the wo-
men of that race are not any more par
ticular in the matter of clandestine
meetings with cOlOred men than are the
white men with cOlored women Meet
ings Of this kind go on for some time
until the wOman's infatuatiOn or the
mans boldness brings attention to them,
and the man is Iynched.
Every negro 1ynched is called a big.
burly. black brute when in fact many
of those who have thus been dealt with
had white men for their fathers. and
were not only not black and burly. but
were sufficiently attractive for white
girls of culture and refinement to fall
in love with them, as is well known to
all"
The very long editorial from which
the above is taken was published on
August IS. Manley says that for nearly
a week after it was printed nothing was
said to him about it by the residents of
Wilmington, or vicinity and his rela-
tiOnS with them were of the usual
friendly nature until the white press
took up the matter week later. From
that time until now they had attacked
him and his paper in every conceivab BILE
way until at last he was compelled to
flee for his life.
When asked as to the present situa-
tion at Wilmington. Manley said that
as he had been absent for several days
he would rather not be quoted as ex-
pressing an opinion on that subject.
When asked if he intended to return to
North Carolina he replied that that was
another question which he could not
answer at present. There were facts
connected with that part of the story
which might affect others and he
thought it would be best not to say
anything as to his future prospects.
Manley would not tell how much his
losses were at the hands of the mob.
All he would say was that he had lost
everything he owned in the world He
had carried an insurance on his proper
ty, but he said that there was no clause
in the policy which insured against the
fury of a mob.