The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-09

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whose vote he gains power 1t is s
question not of Republicanism, Democ
racy or Populist; it is the preservation
of your civilization 1t was Macauly
| believe, who said Of the French revo
luton. 1t destroyed liberty, but pre-
served civilization. 1t was an awfu
calamity, when, after the war, a vast
horde of ignorant voters were enfran
chised. More than once have our peo
pie been face to face with the dreac
choice between liberty and civiliza
ton.
Once in South Carolina Wade Hamp.
ton thrilled the hearts of our people
with the words. Il will be governor Of
South Carolina or by the Eternal We
will have military government. Bet
ter for me military despotism than
civilization inferior. degraded and
corrupt.
Social and political conditions under
any government arc rotten when pub
lie speaker can give utterance to such
lOSttS duO >liS lCpOA W. es
Masons y Roads few days ago. A
white man advising negroes to assault
white women. Great God! has he a
white mother? has he sisters? Such a
monster should be scourged and driven
by decent Negroes themselves beyond
the pale of civilization.
The office holders read the handwrit-
ing on the wall The letter Of the vii,
mington postmaster is "a straw which
shows which way the wind blows.
1t is the manifest intention of the
Negroes to control this State. and |
firmly believe if they carry this elec-
ton large numbers will come from
other States. 4 determined effort is
now being made in the eastern part OF
the State to terrorize the whites into
subsection, and the basest, meanest
thing Of all, is such threats against our
women as are being made.
1t is manifest that the Negro is not
satisfied with being accorded his con-
stitutional rights. In no State in this
Union is he in such a position as in
North Carolina. There is not New
England town that would submit for "a
hours to what the refined and cultiyat-
ed people of Wilmington, Newbern and
Grcenville, have for two years. Your
people have been patient and lcng-suf-
ering. Not content with taking posses
sion of your municipalities and appoint
ing negro justices ard policemen they
seemed inspired with indicative de-.
sire to make their sway as odious and
oppressive as possible to their white
fellow citizens. NO taxation without
representation, and yet people who pay
no taxes assess your property and dis
burse your money.
I also read N the papers that an at
tempt is being made to import Federal
troops, but | do not believe the Presi-
dent will be led into such scheme.
If he does the American people will
hold him responsible for the conse-
quences. If the troops come and see
what the white people have to endure
in the eastern counties, they will sym
pathize with you, just as they did with
US in 1876. If the President was here
himself to see the humiliation that the
white people in this section are sub
jected to, he could not be deceived into
sending troops here to assist Negroes
in trampling upon the rig hts of white
people.
Fellow citizens, | have heard, seen
and read enough in the past six months
about affairs in eastern North Carolina
to make me feel that if | had to stand
it, life wouldn't be worth the living. |
have heard of assaults on white women,
and then read in Wilmington paper a
justification by vile slanderer on the
purity of the white womanhood of
North Carolina.
l read also of young orphan girl in
one of your cities. She was walking
down the street, and finding the side
walk blocked by three Negro men,
stepped off to pass around them. One
of the brutes overlook her, grabbed her
roughly by the shoulder, turned her
round and slapped her face for ''put-
ting on ears !" Negro policemen were
around, and, | am told, made not the
slightest attempt to make an arrest. l
am told that in some instances white
ladies have been arrested and carried
before Negro justices on some flmsy
pretext.
In some sections it is unsafe for a
white girl or woman to walk the road
alone.
The disposition seems to be to aggra,
vate and harass the whites into the
commission of some overt act so as a
pretext to import troops in here to boil
ster up the courage Of those Of whom
conscience has made towards. Take
that occurrence at Ashpole. Who
bothered the Negroes? They robbed a
store and burned it down. When the
warrants were issued the Negroes as
sembled and not only defed arrest, but
swore they intended TO burn the town.
The whites assembled after this demon
stration for the protection Of their lives
and property. The Negroes we're driven
off without single one them being in
jured.
The whites thought the trouble was
over, but deemed it wise to watch the
town during the night. While stand
ing around fire unsuspicious Of harm,
FIVE Negroes crcpt up under cover OF
darkness and shot three white men
down. Yet, this is made the pretext
to rush to Washington and beg for
troops to protect the Negroes from vio-
lence. y State government that is so
odious that the people Of this State will
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