Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-03
THE WHITES ON GUARD
CONTINUED FROM FIRST PACED

Bile resolution and determination that
these things must stop; that hereafter
white men should make and administer
the laws; that negro supremacy should
forever end in North Carolina Men OF
less determination, OF less desperation
than the leaders Of fusion In North Caro-
lima. would have quietly submitted to this
inexorable decree of the white race, but
they did not. One recourse was left to
them. With a strange fatality they
seized upon It, II white men would not
quietly submit TO negro domination, then
they determined to force them to submit.
THE CALL FOR TROOPS.
The arm of the Federal Government was
invoked for this purpose. Armed troops
were asked TO be sent here TO force the
white people OF the State. at the point OF
the bayonet, TO submit to the continuance
OF the conditions which to the Anglo
Saxon is worse than death. But where
his honor and his conscience is concerned.
the Anglo-Saxon fears not the power OF
mortal man. Louder. and still louder,
they proclaim their defiance. Closer, and
still closer, from Currituck to Cherokee,
from Wilmington to Asheville. the SYM
pathy Of blood brought the white people
together, until party lines, past party
affiliations. were wiped out, and men,
grown old in the service of the Republi-
can party. men who had been strongly
rooted in the fold of the Populist party,
gave their adherence to the cause Of white
supremacy. and pledged their faith 10 their
brethren of the East, despite Federal
bayonets and executive proclamations. to
redeem that fair section OF the State from
the reign and domination Of the negro.
and now, right on the eve of the cleo
ton, after three months Of frantic denial
that there was negro domination in the
East. these desperate men, at last aroused
to realization that they can no longer
deceive and humbug the people, and that
their fate is settled, begin a process of
taking down the wretched creatures whom
they had sought to elect to Office over
the white people Of the East. and with
humble apologies, thereby admitting all
the charges of negro domination that the
Democrats have made, asked the white
people whom they had sought TO put in
slavery TO the black man to forget the
wrongs they have done and compromise
the issue with them by agreeing to sup
port a mongrel ticket.
A CORRUPTION FUND.
Driven from every position of defence
disappointed in their hope of intimidatinr
and coercing the people into submitting
TO their schemes of negro domination, the
desperate men who are now at the head
Of affairs in North Carolina, and who
are running the Fusion campaign. have
still one reliance left. Their last hope Is
a large corruption fund. which they have
extorted from Mark Hanna, the financial
agent of the monopoists of the United
States, under assurances which they hav'
given him. that if they could carry the
State this year it will be easier to carry
the State for Mckinley in 1900 With this
corruption fund they still hope to save
something from the wreck. They hope
to import negroes from the North and
the South Of us. to buy up votes, to pro-
cure fraudulent registration, and other
wise TO obtain by the various means
enough votes to control one branch of the
Legislature, and thus block the efforts
of the people to reverse the horrible con-
ditions Of the past two years This hope
will prove as delusive as their others
have. If their corruption fund were
tenfold as large as It Is they could moi
bride the sturdy manhood Of North Caro-
lima to longer submit TO negro domino
ton.
The battle has been fought, the victory
is within our reach. North Carolina is q
WHITE MANS State, and WHITE MEN
will rule 1t, and they will crush the party
of negro domination beneath a majority
so overwhelming that no other party viii
ever again dare to attempt to establish
negro domination here.
They cannot intimidate us; they cannc'
buy us, and they shall not cheat us o1t
of the fruits OF our victory.
APPEAL TO PRIDE OF RACE.
The Democratic party has appealed in
this campaign to the highest aspirations
Of the people. 1t has appealed to their
patriotism to their manhood. to their
pride Of race, to their immemorial GUS
toms and habits of ruling every other
race with which they come in contact
Lastly, TO their self-interests, to the
peace and happiness of the family, the
home. the freside, in the name of good
government, in the name Of peace and
amity between the races. in the name OF
religion, in the name of civilization. 1t
has promised fair and just laws. it has
promised to all peace and prosperity, II
has promised good government, it has
promised protection to property. protec-
ton to life. protection to virtue; 1t has
promised TO undo the wrongs that have
been done to our brethren in the East. 1t
will keep every promise 1t has made.
What good thing does this enemy prom
se in this contest? What measure of re-
lief does 1t advocate? What principle does
Il stand for? Nay! verify nothing, ex-
sept the perpetuating Of their own power
and the retention of the Offices which the
people were deceived into bestowing upon
hem. In these circumstances, may not
be warranted in appealing to the good
people of North Carolina TO go to the
polls on next Tuesday and cast their
votes for the success OF the Democratic
Darty's ticket-State, county, and nation
al?
II has been a great fight. The issues |
involved are pregnant, with momentous |
10 the people Of the State. |
In view of the terrible crisis; In view of |
he incalculable consequences to follow |
20 us and TO our children from failure to |
redeem the State from the rule Of the |
men who have debauched and despoiled |
I. feel justified in appealing to all good |
men TO close their places of business on |
he day OF election. and give that day. |
exclusively. to the great cause for which |
We struggle
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