The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-09-29
THE BOGY MAN
Republicans attempt to Brighten
the Unletter.d White Man vi I
the Same Bogy Man They Have
for Years Used to Scare the Near :,


Day by day we are called upon to
nail some lie put in circulation by the
Republican manag gers and their allies
Their exposure in one false statement
has no effect whatever except to cause
them to invent another lie which they
hope TO make uneducated voters ac-
cept as the truth.
Upon the issues of the campaign the
managers already See that they are
defeated, and they have been driven
20 their wits end to shift the issue to
some false plane upon which they can
deceive the people.
They no longer appeal to men who
"an read. because they know that all
HhO have read the details of the i'm
famous record they have made will
vote for a change, but they insult the
intelligence of those men who were
denied the advantages of an educa ton
by presumins that IT, can be induced
to vote to continue negro rule by false
" telling them that if the Democrats
win this year they will never be allow
ed to vote again. They have scattered
this lie broad cast over the State. and
in every neishborhood they send their
agents to the homes of the unIettered
and say: IF the Democrats carry the
State this year they will disfranchise
every man who cannot read and
write" They presume that the man
who cannot read has not had access
to the usual sources of information and
that this false plea will be difficult to
co1nteract, because the uneducated
man has not read the papers They
also argue that the unlettered man is
very jealous of his political privilege,
and that If they can make him suspect
any attempt to deprive him of his
rights to vote, they can, by an appeal
to his desire for the political rights
that inhere in his manhood. secure his
vote for negro domination and con-
tlnued corruption in government
The Republican leaders are spread
ing broadcast this latest lie in the vain
hope that the unlettered will believe IT
They show thereby that they do not
understand the intelligence Of the I'M
educated voters in North Carolina The
late lamented, Hon. Joseph J. Davis
one OF the best and ablest men OF his
day, always maintained that an un-
educated North Carolina voter under
stood the principles of the government
and the questions at issue better than
many we'll educated men in other sec
tons He attributed this to the facx
that in hardly any other State did thu
people attend courts and public speak
lngs so much as the people Of North
Carolina, and listen so attentively to
the discussions. He said that this
habit sharpened their intellect and
made them much better posted upon
public questions than Northern men
VINO knew how to read. write and
cipher. The Republicans who are now
to the uneducated up0n the
idea that they are so ignorant as not
10 know a lie from the truth are Dre-
phr1nS themselves for rude awaken
ing in November. Though deprived OF
the privilege OF reading Of the crimes
and lncompetency that mark this ad-
q ~ fytya tgo1
very far from being ignorant In most
cases q son or a daughter reads the
news to him. and when that is not the
case he hears it talked among his
nelEhbore and acquaintance, and he
mas treasured the facts in his mind and
hnoWs more of the scandals and short
comin&s Of Radical and Fusion rule
than many OF his educated white
neighbors He knows. too. that his in
terest and his destiny are linked with
ms own anS not the negro race. and
mat the future of bis children 10 de-
pendent upon white supremacy. He
61oWs that tkis 10 true OF the un.du-
sateA white nan even mere than ~ NJ.
nero Fortunate nsighbsr, for IL bad
nero rule ssntnuss the scholar car
'<1Se - ofate aal r. sSp4vhsre M.
the poor and uneducated have not the
means with which to seek new home.
Inc Republicans have forgotten an
'iuS "hen tney appeal to the
Inie'tereo men by q false threat to
.ote TOT negro Domination. They have
forgotten that in almost every inst.nc.
me uneduoated man 10 ambition. in Iife
cMeny for his children He viii n.ts
escr1ncec Tor their education, of which
.he wealthy know little or nothtnr
I neg have forgotten that he Il, bear-
ing burdens to educate them and CIV.
mem . position In life which he's been
oen,ed to him He know. that their
~ .cL 20 rlce IN tie world 10 impeded
ny heGo rsle o. BY the rule Of anv
party that relies chiefly upon IN, re.
gre vste- Ana IL he hAa ~. oths.
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