Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-26
The Race Issue in North Cnro,,n.
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Every thoughtful and human
from one end of the country t8 -t....l
WIZ De appalIed by the prospect rao. Is.
Oe' hlOle III Nofth carolina. 10 H.. r. ....
er possible 10 believe that the e.ar.- s.
| the whites Is merely a reyIy.r .r,. ..
| Democratic trick TO catch y0...
| into official place and perggi..... ITO
| contrary, we are cOufr0ut.I ,...s ne
missions OF prominent Repubt.sr. ,. - ~
effect that the question Is far f....- -i
more vital-that IL Is. I'm fact "a ,.'...1
! or simple civilization. We ar. -
back thirty years 10 the dark and l....-
episode or reconstruction, and -.. ..
! more the menace OF the strueeI. I....'-
/ anarchy and organized sI.I.r. r.,-
menace Is obliterating mere rart, E
and bringing together the Wh.t.- .g|....
reference 10 political affiliations r...|t
phalanx of seif-defence Tb. ....
/ wolves the preservation of erHsft.r.r ..
stitutions, OF honest goverrm... M I'D.
an order, Of the integrity of Nh. ...
casian race. Ii is an issue that can r...
but one termination.
Apparently the white Rerubr.-sr. t.-.
gone too far In their efforts t0 Ea.n ..,.
troll OF the North Carolina rstr.r...
They have simply repeated the usI.r
and sinister performances of tL. c.rr.t.
baggers OF lo6o-'l6, and invited .u|.,
catastrophe. The southern pe8r. r.cs
shown already that they cannot and eu
not submit TO negro domination. with In
that that implies. The negro has rr...9
to the satisfaction OF the entire ..gr--y
that he is incapable Of conducting a e..
ilzed and wholesome government A
far back as 1869, the northern mon .V.,
went South 10 invest money and maxi.
for themselves permanent homes ana -
climate careers, recognized tle u.4..t.
tlonable fact that local negro ODD. .a.s
hopelessly inconsistent with social order
and material prosperity They according.
ly joined the native whites .u d.l matters
connected with domestic politics W.Ha
voting the Republican ticket .r adj ri.
tlonal contests. IL was with their a.I.Hd
sympathy that the South threw 9F fr-
incubus. and after eight I..- ..... .t
tragedy stood erect az .8st m seems.
however. that the North Car1Iu. leaders
have forgotten the lesson OF t.I.I b..rs
ago. and are about 90 revive t.- ll-s
and calamities OF that ab0miu.t.e e..-
sode. We draw this conclusion u.. Com
the outcries and imprecat0us az u.rl-
cratic demagogues and oitce-seeaa.. t4t
from the solemn utterances OK White Bee
publican officials. lie US quote lr 0t-
ample from the public declaration 0t W..
McKinley's postmaster az Wilmington.
made in the form OF an open letter %
Senator Pritchard:
There is a greater feelug OF unrest
and uncertainty about the maintenance
Of order than I have ever seen. and
many even the most conservative. ed
that a race conflict Is imminent. tl
which nothing could be more disastrous.
not only TO this city and county tIt 20
our party in the State, and rather ,ll
have riot. arson. and b.o0dsaed prevail
here. I-Republican though ! am-diUs8
giving up the local offices in this county,
as there are no national political prince
pies involved in this contest
Il had thought at first that 10 vas
merely the usual political cry and '-s
fight for the offices, but / am now con.
WINGED the feeling is much deeper ,rl1
this as II perades the whole commune
~. and there seems % be a settled deter
minauon on the part of the property
owners. businessmen. and tls-pdgs
that they will administer city and county
government"
This Is from Hon. W. H. Chadh.un
Republican Of high personal character
and or good social standing and r.sil1s.-
billty He is a friend OF Senator Pu
ard, and as we have already shown l.
Mckinieys app0intee as postmaster NJ
Wilmington. He states that Their. tr
thlrty-slN negro magistrates a li
county alone, 10 say nothing nj I'd l.-l
Register OF Deeds and various other .1-
Gals OF greater or less importance Tbs
means that the places through which noe
people and the government ave brought
nto the closest and most intlmaf. ..a-
act are administered by negroes. While
ne businessmen, the taxpayers ati
he classes most interested lu g0yeuu Do
IRE In the proportion OF at ie3s, o. fr
cent. whites. Is n cOncovab.. tH1i mo
OF practically a'I fha Y-1-
'erty the education, the enlightenment
md the civilization IN North Carolina
VIII assent 10 an arrangement $50 pieF'-
erous-so impossible We think poe
Ihere Is no reason why we should W.
matters. The experiment has been ODD.
lnder the most favorable auspices l.i
{ has proved q dismal and n trag. fH-
ire Even General Grant who had -
Iuered the Confederate armies i1 ie
eld, could not, with an the civil and ui-
airy power Of the country az bis back
orce negro rule upon the southern whites
he thing Is out Of the question. ] cane
ot be. And those who engage ln sI.a
esperate enterprise will reap only no
arvest OF dismay and ruin.