The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-20

,hor, ho,d no.ltions as magistrates In tho
Eas+orn counties OF North Carolina. The
NEGRO has not, nor ever will have, juol-
cisl mind: Il IS not given him by ma
tire. Il is one great fault OF hisChysical
makeup; and why should he, because ne
Is black. be put In position Tor which
nature never intended him2 There has
hcen too much talk through the press OF
All The faults OF the negro-of his faults
against the white race. due 20 his sem
sual nature; OF the danger from him 10
be feared by respectable people, &c. &c.
I did not begin this letter 10 discuss
these questions but I will simply pause
TO say that the negro of to-day Is not
the negro OF thirty years ago. Ihesold-
timo negro Is honored and respected ny
his old-timc masters, and need never SUI
fer II they have bread, but the new nc
gro" the boy and the youth who have
grown up I'm the streets Of the rapidly
growing Southern towns. are 20 be watch
cd and suppressed. II is the only hope
OF security. the only hope OF civilization.
Give the ordinary negro an Inch and he
will take an ell" lie has been 50 cajoled
that he honestly thinks, at least many
Of them do. that they arc superior 10 the
white race. They have gotten In North
Carolina so that they dictate 20 the Re
publican bosses, and that Is the reason
they have been given nearly all the local
offices IN the Eastern part OF the State,
not because the leaders desired IL, but
because they were compelled 70 give IT.
Tho tool was rising up against the ar
tisan. and with power 10 crush him.
TIFB ELECTION LAWS.
Tho Press speaks OF honest "elcc-
ton laws" Tho election laws OF North
Carolina have been so arranged that,
with the machinery in their own hands,
the Republican officers could Illegally
register enough negro votes 20 carry
the state. and this without the power
Of the white men TO challenge by the
present law all names must be chal-
lenged before the day Of election. on spc-
cihc days set apart for this purpose. The
voter not being present, how can any one
know from a name whether he is en-
titled 20 vote or not2 There IS no chal-
lenge allowed on election day. Thou
sands of negroes have been illegally reg
istered, and this IS why the white men
not alone white DemOcrats-gave It out
as they did give 1t out. they would chal-
lenge this Illegal vote with rifle or shot
gun on the day of election.
The feeling in the Eastern part OF the
State, as / learned from a thorough study
Of It just before the election, was not
against the negro as a negro. The most
intense feeling was against the white
"FusiOnist," and the white Republican
who had organized the negroes for the
sole purpose of forwarding his own po-
litical ends. The fight was really against
the debauched Ofiice-holder and his min
ions. The negro was secondary con-
sideration- If he came between tho upper
and the neither milestone he would be
crushed; but aside from that he would
be perfectly safe. There was a settled
determination that the abominable con-
ditiOns existing should come to an endi
and they did to a great extent. The day
Of negro domination Of the Eastern part
OF North Carolina has come to an end;
the danger Of negro domination ia other
sections Of the State have come 20 an
end; the day Of the negro as a political
weight TO elevate unfit persons to Office
I'm the South has come TO an end. With
the negro vote entirely eliminated, the
South could be split ny the Republican
party on legitimate issues. 50 long as
Republicanism means negroism in the
South, so long will the Anglo-SaxOn race
vote as a unit for men who are white
and represent white men.
IF NOT, WHAT?
The Press says there was "no negro
domination" Perhaps not; but where. as
in New Hanover county, where Wilming-
ton IS located as well as other COUNTIES
out of forty magistrates thirty-siX We're
negroes-where the deputy sherifs. COR
oners policemen. and all similar oxccu-
tive and judicial officers We're negroes,
while the whites paid % per cent. of the
bils-if that IS not negro domination ]
do not know what 10 means.
l wish TO repeat that the whites
have nothing against the negro as n
negro. The whites OF the South will do
more for the negro than wiz the whites
OF the North. ANY inferior race attempt
ting to usurp the reins of power and
dominate and domineer over the Anglo
Saxon, has made "a mistake. THE negro
has made this mistake. out ne has made
Il, not Of his own volition, but at the
suggestion OF the white men. who have
used him TO carry their own ends. but
the dam. once broken the oricinators
Of the break cannot control tho stream.
The sooner the Republican Party recog-
nizcs the fact that ignorance and color
cannot rule-and ruin-the education ana
the Anglo-SaXon OF the South. then and
only then can it hope TO break the
solid South" for Northern men. North
ern Republicans coming down here TO
live. only make 81 that much more solid;
that much harder TO break / am not
now q resident OF either Of the Caro-