Evening star., 1898-11-03
North Carolina Democrats Appeal to
the Populists.
CIRCULARS and COUNTER CIRCULARS
Republican Managers Meet the
Charges of Their Opponents.
TIL E STATE FIN A n CES
Special From STAFF Correspondent.

Special From Stan Correspondent.
RALEIGH, N. c., November 3.-The DEM
ocratic state central committee is csrcl-
lating throughout North Carolina hundreds
of thousands of copies of circular entitled
Proposed Democratic Plan for the Protec-
tion of the White People of Eastern North
Carolina Against Negro Domination and
Negro Rule"
The circular says:
THE campaign for white supremacy inau-
guarated by the democratic convention
which met in Raleigh the 18th of May, 1898,
has forged ahead at such rapid rate and
has forced itself upon the attention of the
white men and women of the state to such
an extent that the republican leaders have
become greatly alarmed and they are cast
ing about for something to break the force
of its onward march.
Among other expedients adopted by
them. they are telling the iliiterate white
men that If the democrats get control of
the legislature they will be disfranchised,
and with this false alarm they hope to
frighten those illiterate people away from
their support of the only party that can
or proposes to protect their wives and
daughters from The danger and curse Of
negro domination. 1t must indeed, be a
desperate cause which requires a resort to
such desperate methods. When those re-
publican leaders tell these poor people such
stories they attempt to excite their fears by
telling them deliberate falsehood or they
themselves are ignorant of the provisions
of the constitution of their stale.
THE legislature can disfrancnise no one,
and those republican leaders know it hen
they attempt to play upon the fears of the
ignorant white man. This is one of the old
lodges they played upon the negro so long
to keep him solid. They now propose to try
these white men are kept advised of the
facts in the case.
Landed Qualifications.
There was time when no man could
vote for a state senator who did not own
certain number of acres of land 1t was
the democratic party that struck down this
landed qualification and gave the ballot to
every poor white man in the state. The
democratic party has ever been the friend
and protector of the poor, and it is chiefly
for the protection of the homes and wives
patgn against negro domination is waged
The rich and the powerful can protect
themselves; the poor must rely upon the
law for their protection, and if this fails
they are at the melcy of the lawless and
the lustful. The poor man has nothing to
fear from the democratic party. and he
should be made to understand that no law
can be passed to take away the right of
any one to vote without giving him the
right to vote upon that proposition.
The democratic party stands pledged to
a fair election law. A fair law excludes
from the ballot box all illegal votes and
law as the present one that the republican
party in it's hour of dire distress looks
for a safe refuge.
But beyond a fair election the ques-
ton of suffrage is not involved in this
campaign, and our democratic papers,
speakers and workers are urged not to al
low the republican leaders to shift the is
sue from bad government and negro domi-
nation to any other question. The repub-
iican party by it's own acts has made the
lssue-shall the negro be set up to rule
over white men?-clear cut and distinct
The democratic party has met that ISSUE
rair and square without any evasion The
republican party draws it's life from the
negro and it must provide for him. The
democratic party draws it's life from the
white man and it must protect him.
The Charges Filed.
The republican party has set the negro
up in many localities to rule over the white
man. Ihe democratic party proposes to take
him down and set up The white man as the
ruler. How? Not by DISTINGUISHING the
white man, as suggested by republican lead
ers- That would be very curious way to
go about 1t, to say the least of it. We do
not propose to do it in any such way.
There is an easy way opened up to us by
the Supreme Court in the case of Harris
against Wright. in which it is held that
one community may have one system of
local government and another community
oiferent system. Standing upon this in
depreciation of the Constitution by our Su-
preme Court the democratic party without
interfering with the local government where
the white people are secure, proposes to
change the local government where it NAV
be necessary as to make it impossible for
negroes to rule over white men anywhere
in North Carolina.
The republican party made the present
order of things and set up the negro as a
he, Start Tod
to defend 1t. The democratic party met the
issue and opened the campaign on the
ground chosen by the enemy The indigna-
ton of the white men and women of the
state has been so aroused that recruits are
1ocking to the democratic standards every
DAY The republican leaders have become
dismayed, and are now seeking to shift tht,
issue to some other question. They shall not
be allowed to do it. They must be held to
the issue: Shall the white man or the ne
gro rule-and made to answer to an out
ragged people for the crimes they have COM
mitted against the decency of the state"
Alleged Secret Circular.
The republicans claim to have discovered
that secret circular has been issued by
Chairman Simmons of the democratic state
central committee, which is intended to in
f1uence popuiists to vote the democratic
ticket on Tuesday next. An extract from
the alleged secret circular Is given as fol-
lows:
Dear Sir: know you to be a Jealous
democrat, anxious for the success of your
party, because it means good government
and white supremacy, things of the great
est moment to every honest man in the
state. As chairman OF the state committee
l want to make personal and urgent ap-
peal to you to exert every effort Just at
this time, to persuade your populist friends
that 1t is their duty TO themselves, their
families and their neighbors, to help us in
this supreme trouble, to save the state
from negroism and the recklessness Of the
men that now control it.
Il firmly believe that more good can he
done with our populist friends many of
whom are now wavering because they love
their families and love their state; because
they are honest and do not wish to do any,
thing which they know will hurt their state
just at this time. They are wavering now,
hence 1t is the opportune time to approach
them upon the subject and their duties
Now let me beg you that if there be such
In your neighborhood or within your ac-
quaintance, you will see him and talk with
him neighbor and friend about this
matter. 1t will do more good than litera-
ture and public speaking, 1t is the way
and the chief way for us 10 get back these
honest men who have left our party and
Joined the popuiist party.
Again let me ask that you will put forth