The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-08
1T DON'T KNOW.

While the struggle IN North Carolind
for white supremacy has attractei much
attention at the North, most OK the
Northern publications have conten'ea
IL emselves with simply laying the facts
before their readers and letting thein
iudse for themselves the merits of the
case.
AVE note. however, an exception In the
case of the Independent, semirehglocs
publication Of New York. The inde-
pendent declares that the Governor OF
North Carolina is DESTROYS OF executing
the laws Of that State but that the
white Democrats are in arms to prevent
II. That the Democrats have brought
on a race war in order that they may
get the offices @nd hold them, and that
"to help the conspirators bands of armed
men have been called In from South
Carolina armed with shot guns" And
this in conclusion:
Governor Russell. Of North Carolina,
has issued a good enough proclamation,
in which he declares that this state Of
lavlessness exists, and commands the
insurgents TO dispense; but II il quite
improbable that throwing grass Will 90
any good 1t is very likely that by thus
destroying a republican form OF govern
mcnt the State will be redeemed from
the rule Of the people, for a while. All
this teaches the old lesson that educa-
r,cn. education Of the common people,
is the only way 10 show them how 10
maintain their rights; and II ought 10
teach also that violent instruction should
be met and Quelled by force. IL used 10
be said that the negro had no rights
which a white man was bound 10 re-
spect. The real fact is that armed ma
RAIDERS have no rights which anybody,
white or black. is bound to respect. Their
only right is suppression.
This shows how little the average
Northern editor knows about the true
condition of things in the South. The
UPRISING in North Carolina is not mere
poltical contest for the spoils of office
II is a desperate struggle for white SUI
premacy. On the one side are the re-
srectable white men of the State. regard
less Of previous party athliation-and on
the other Russell and Butler and other
nolitical Adventures with -thelr black
cohorts 1t is, in short, a contest be-
tween the wealth and intelligence OF the
Old North State and the ignorance and
the corruption of the Russeli-Butler-
negro combination. If these men are
"insurrectionists," as the Independent Is
pleased to call them, so also were our
forefathers when they took up arms in
176 for good government.
The idea that Governor Russell repre-
sents tho law and order element OF the
State Of North Carolina is too absurd
for serious consideration. Russell rep
resents that element that has brought
on this conflict and for that element 10
remain in power is to throw the whole
State into a condition of lawlessness.
There can be no peace in the State Of
North Carolina, or in any other State
of the Union, so long as its government
is in the hands of the Russells and the
Buffers and the negroes. If the indie
pendent would take calm view Of the
situation and see It as 1t IS, 1t would
open its eyes to the fact that this up
rising, which it calls an Instruction, is
absolutely necessary TO the peace and
good order of North Carolina.
Our readers know that The Times has
always stood for the majesty and dig
nifty of the law and has protested against
all acts of lawlessness, but The Times
has conscientiously done all that it could
to help the white mems movement in
North Carolina for the reason that the
success of that movement is necessary
10 establish law and order IN that grand
old Commonwealth. The white men will
succeed and the negro party will be put
down. and there win be no negro
problem in North Carolina after the polls
shall have closed this evening