Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-03


GOOD and HONEST government They
have seen the government OF the last two
years. and they recognize II to be BAD
and CORRUPT. and they were not TO be
Seduced from their purpose TO sharply
arraign the party, which has debauched
the State. before the bar OF public opin-
ion. The horrible condition OF affairs IN
eastern counties. and the progress there
OF negro domination over white commd-
mites. raised the question OF whether In
any part of North Carolina. men Of Anglo
Saxon blood should be subject to the
rule and mastery of the negro, and this
issue burned itself into the hearts of the
people. and kindled a fire Of Indignation,
which cannot be smothered at the behest
of executive proclamations,' or the
threats OF Federal bayonets.
THE FUSIONIsTS' RECORD.
On these two issues therefore, the Dem
ocrats have waged an aggressive and re-
lentless campaign. Our enemies haFe
been on the defensive from the very
start. To the charges OF extravaganza
and corruption they at first made denla':
then they attempted evasion; then they
had recourse to miserable subterfuges
but the charges were pressed, the conciu-
slve proofs were offered. the people sat IL
judgment. and. when the evidence was in'
rendered their verdict Of GUILTY.
No one knows better than the leaders
of fusion I'm North Carolina that TINS
judgment has been rendered.
1t was charged and proved tnat the
Fusionists coming into power under
promise TO reduce expenses, had. IN three
years. increased the expenses OF the etate
Government 100000
1t was charged and proved that the eX-
penses of the Legislature, under FUSION
three
$4,000.
1t was charged and proved that in one
wear salaries and fees paid the oincers
and employees of the penitentiary were
increased 5000
II was charged and proved that the
fusion Legislature of 1897, coming INTO
power under a promise to cut down sala-
ries and fees to the level of farm pro-
ducts. did not decrease the salary OF
single officer. did not decrease the lees
of a single official, did not decrease appro-
priations. stopped no expenditures put
increased public expenses and Increased
taxes throughout the State.
TO the charge of extravaganza was auu-
ed the charge of corruption.
It was charged and proved that. know
ing Senator Pritchard to be Gold Re
publican. nineteen Fusionists, elected as
PoDulists and pledged 10 silver. betray q
the cause of the honest Populists VINO
voted for and elected them and soid
their votes to Senator Pritchard. IN con
sideration of appointments under McKln-
lev's administration
II was charged and proved that pub
lic office was made a commercial COM
modify. and bartered and sold for price
unblushingly, openly, and systematlcaliy.
IL was charged and proved mat the
| books of the penitentary would snow
pilfering. peculations, false entries, ana
untold corruption.
PENITENTIARY FARMS DENS OF
INIQUITY.
| As these charges one after the other
| were presented and the proofs adduceu'
| the Fusionists attempted 10 take reluse
| first behind enc cover and then Dehihd
| another. but all in vain. They were
| driven from every position by the in
exorable logic of facts-facts that could
neither be successfully dened. contro-
verted. or explained. Pressed to the wall
exDosed in all their nakedness, they re-
sorted TO a campaign as despicable as
the cause which they defended. Against
evidence, facts, and argument, they OPP
posed falsehoods. Misrepresentation
and slarder. AS disgraceful as had been
| their administration of pubic aHalrs'
their method of defence, when brought
| sharply TO the bar of public opinion was
still more despicable.
For the first time in the annals OF po-
Utical campaigning in the State these
desperate leaders threw away all reserve
and semblance of truth and deliberately
| sought nv Misrepresentation and false
| hoods To pervert the damning effects and
deceive the people by denying the facts
which make up their well-established re-
cord. Most commonplace truths with
reference to their record were disputed
ana denounced as democratic lies
THE PEOPLES RAGE.
In the midst of all this din and con-
| Aict there came a voice from the East,
| ike the wall Of Egypts midnight cry III
was not the voice of despair, but OF rage
| 4 proud race. which had never known a
master which had never bended the neck
IN the yoke of any other race, by the
| irresistible power of fusion laws ana iu-
sion legislation, had been placed uhder
| the control and dominion of that race
which ranks lowest save one III the
| human family.
The business of the two largest ana
most prosperous cities had been para
| wed bv the blight of negro domination.
In another city a white majority had
| been disseminated against in favor OF
| blaclx minority. and the white man, VINO
bore all the burden and expenses OF gov
ernment had been given only one-haiL
the representation of the ignorant ana
non-taX- paying negro
/ white women, of pure Anglo-SaXoh
| blood had been arrested upon grouhdieaS
| cbarges la negro constables and arralgn-
| od and tried and sentenced by negro
| magistrates. ,-,.. o,,a
| aggressiVeness which his sudden eleNo
! tion TO mower had engendered in the ne
| gro a representative ana leauer ol nc .,
race dared openly and publicly to assam
the virtue Of our pure white womaiihVou ~
| suddenly the venality. the corrupuon III
office. the extravaganza, the pecula.'oi.
| of funds and the miserable scandals mat
had disgraced the state passed oul VI
| the nublc mind. and in whirl OF mug
nation. which burst forth IKE the laVa
| rom "a nent-up volcano, there was thrust
10 the front the all-absorbing ana para
mount question of WHITE sCFhN-
! MACY.
Frantically the Fusion leaders sought
! 10 stay the storm or indlgnauon' WING"
swept like whirlwind over the State.
In their desperation the Fusionists had
recourse 10 their old device OF denial OF
| evasion. OF subterfuge. They SAID II was
the "old negro racket; they said there
was no truth in it; they said there might
be a negro officer here and there, put
they held only minor offices and inslgnih-
Fcant places-that the East had no cause
of grievance that it was all a baseless
claim and outcry for political erect
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