The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-08-23
A NEGRO DEFAMER OF THE
WHITE WOMEN OF NORTH CA =
OLINA,

In the year of Grace 1869-early in
the year-a rascal from the north,
name forgotten, vas editing The Raj
eigh Standard, Holden's old paper,
and then the organ of the rascals who
| were just beginning their plan to rob
the people and SOW the dragons teeth
of anarchy and discord This north
ern scamp wrote an Infamous editorial
about North Carolina women who
were democrats, and it got so hot for
him he was forced to flee the state to
save his bacon. Those times were
d~isgraceful times. There is a negro
paper published in this city called
The Daily Record. We have never
before referred to it. But in it's issue
of Thursday, the 18th, there is an edi-
tOrial that casts a great slur Upon the
wives of poor white men, and is more
infamous possibly than that foul ed
itorial of the northern white scoundrel
in 1869. We copy a part of what is
said by the negro paper of this negro
city and ask the white men-particu-
larry the white married men, and eS-
pecially the ms of white mothers,
what they think of such dirty defama-
ton, such a sweeping insult to all re-
spectacle white women who are poor?
The intent Of the teaching is to JUS
tify the black brutes who commit rape
at the expense of the character of ev-
cry white wife in the south whose con-
dition is pOOr as to this worlds goods.
But hear this vile detractor and SLAM
derer:
Poor white men are careless in the
matter of protecting their women
ESPECIALLY ON THE FARMS.
They are careless of their conduct to-
ward them, and OUR EXPERIENCE
AMONG POOR WHITE PEOPLE IN
THE COUNTRY TEACHES US THAT
WOMEN OF THAT RACE ARE
NOT MORE PARTICULAR IN THE
NATTER OF CLANDESTINE MEET
INGS WITH COLORED MEN, than
are the white man with cOlored wo-
men. MEETINGS OF THIS KIND
GO ON FOR SOME TIME UNTIL
THE WOMAN'S INFATUATION or
the man's boldness, bring attention to
them, and the man is lynched for rape.
Every negro lynched is called a big,
hurley. black BRUTE when, in fact,
iANAAA "a AACS "AAo Villas Win
dealt with had white men for their
fathers, and were not only not black
n hurley but were SUFFICIENT
LY ATTRACTIVE FOR WHITE
GIRLS OF CULTURE AND RE-
TENEMENT TO FALL IN LOVE
WITH THEM, as is very we'll known
to all"
Here he tells of his own experience,
and he has been holding "clandestine
meetings" with poor white women,
wives of white men. He charges that
the virtue of this class is of as low
type as those of negro women who are
represented as ready for "clandestine
meetings. Not satisfied with this
statement he goes on to embrace girls
of culture and refinement" so fallen as
to become lovers of negroes. He says
this is very we'll known" The in
fanny Of the statement. 1t is to break
the force of the reiterated statement
that negro rapiSts are brutal and saw
age and deserve hanging, by the plea
that they are beguiled by poor White
women and are fallen in love with by
the young ladies in the higher circles.
If SANDER and lying can go farther
than that. it must be an ingenious
devil who suggests it. 1t is the most
Internal, slanderous, lying article that
ever appeared III a North Carolina
newspaper.