The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-22

The New York Journal, one of the
yellow" tribe, prints a letter signed
Canadian" n all about Whining
ton. 1t is a budget Of lies and mis-
statements, a scandalous assault upon
the white people Of u city. Mum
chausen himself could not outlie this
scapegoat who sent off his %slanderous
TRADE just as he was departing for
Toronto, Canada. He is a very MINI
bic fellow with the pen, selecting
points for comment, and so twisting
yond recognition. Sam Weller said
that certain piemen could make
veal pie" so dexterously out of Exit
tens" that even the pieman himself
could not tell the difference" This
cunning, lying Canadian so perverts
facts and hides truth you can hardly
recognize in it the original Kittens
We have hardly ever before seen as
much falsehOOd crammed into the
space occupied. He is artistic in his
management of details and so tricks
out his lies as to give them the shape
and habiliments Of truth. His false
hoods we'll adOrn the sheet for which
they were furnished. 1t is to be hoped
that North Carolinians will ''remem-
Der" the Journal, and do as we long
ago did-nOt allow it to come again in
to their homes.
Here are some choice excerpts from
this mendacious publication. We copy
hat our readers may see what their
enemies are saying and how often they
have enemies and slanderers in their
midst. Rea and remember:
But could you have seen them on
Thursday you would have thought
them the ~bloodhoundS of hell turned
loose. There was no riot; simply the
strong Staying the weak and helpless.
The negroes a no firearms Of any
/ The papers here-The
Messenger is edited by a red shirt and
The Star by a rough rider, as they
style themselves-are one sided. I
would not stay in this hole for all 1
am worth. l am ashamed to be iden-
titled with laWless people. They say
they are prepared to attack the Union.
[ believe they are preparing to rebel
against it. 4 = The negroes who
were banished without any cause what
ever all are good negroes, dealing on
Stantly with the whites. The north
ern men who were in public offices
were made to leave. / was
forced to join what they called the
white mems union. The ne
grOes here are Industrious, and for the
most part have comfortable homes.
Everybody will leave this town and
state who can do so. All the well-to-dO
negroes will be afraid to stay, and rich
whites will leave and give this place
to the rabble. * The town is in
sack cloth and ashes. AS South Caro-
lima rebelled in 1861 they are urging re-
belliOn now. If John D. Bel
lamy is seated in congress there will
be war between the north and south"
In all this we arc reminded Of what
Prince Hal said Of Jack Fatstaff's a "
ern bill, but one half-penny worth of
bread to this intolerable e. Of sack"
What the greasy knight said himself
is applicable also-"Lord, lord, how
this world is given to lying" Like
Fatstaff the sneaking Canadian is no
manhood enough to stay out Of the
White Mems Union," and just as he
was fleeing from 'Fthis hole" as he
calls our city, he dips his pen in an ink
horn filled with venom and lies and
then skipped. He left the city for the
city's good. Erupit, evasit. The cor
respondents of the northern neWsDa-
pers have written truth that offsets all
the lies of this enemy.