The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-10-14

anu prev lOuds, anu DuLiSI AS uO-
ing his level best to continue 1T in
power. Does this look like he is much
opposed to trusts as he pretends to
be?-Raleigh Post. q
Populist are returning TO democratic
camp so fast that il is just impossible
to keep up with the procession. Fact
Of the business is. there is something
wrong with the white men who will
vote the fusion ticket in Pitt county
in preference to the excellent demo-
cratic ticket. No white man can do so
and truthfully say that he favors de-
cency, to say nothing of white suprem-
acy.-Greenville Reflector.
There is not a negro fool enough to
think or a white republican leader
mean enough to charge hat the negro
can get office in the democratic party.
The republican leaders, as we under
stand ii, do not seek TO cover up or
dodge the issue. They rely upon the
negro for their support and they stand
by him and their policy of giving him
the local offices. 1t is their fight, but
they publish no hand book.-Reidsville
Review. A.,
The white raids were very humble
and polite to b negroes until they ar
ranged to fuse with the populists, aye,
even implored them to allow them
equal representation in their county
convention; but when fusion was
agreed upon, they ruthlessly kicked
the negro aside and said, at least by
their action, of course we want your
votes, but we are white and will have
all the Offices-and the poor creatures
wilted. But there is a howl in the
negro camp. There is much dissatis-
faction among the colored people,
and if they don put out a separate
ticket many of them will not vote at
all. How can they respect those who
treat them Observation-Disclosures Rocket.
Let the present condition in the east
continue, and soon we will begin to
hear of white men moving out, then of
the abandonment of the fertile fields
of that section, leaving them t o grow
up in weeds. With the decline in ag-
riculture there will be witnessed a de-
cline in the prosperity Of the towns,
many of which are already filled up
with negroes from the country. NOV
ing to the county seats to become pol
iticians and get offices. With the pa
ralysis Of agriculture and of commerce
will come a decline in the valuation of
property; the east will cease to pay
its just proportion of the taxes, and the
weight of the support of the state gov
eminent will fall upon the western
counties .-Statesville Landmark.
That the populist party is nearing
the end of it's existence as a distinct
, party is a fact recognized by every
careful observer. The republicans of
the state are especially cognizant of
this fact, and are laying their plans
accordingly. with a view of catching
the largest number Of them possible
for the republican party. In the cam
paign which is now on they are, with
the assistance of such pietriots as Hal
Liar and Jeremiah Lamentation Ram
sey and other populist luminaries who
F.: are drawing a good fat salary for
which they are indebted to the republic
: cans, ~endeavOring to hide their own
bacon in the populist smoke house,
and thus direct the fire of the demo-
Gratis upon the populists as much as
possible. These so-called populist lead
ers, who are in reality republicans,
are doing good service in aid of this
pioh W Tx lCDuDiISollS dlu
thus inviting the democratic fire upon
the Populists, thinking that the result
Of this will be to widen the breach
between %populists and democrats
, Whiteville News.
In his speech here last Saturday
Senator Butler enumerated the reforms
which he advocated in 1892 and said if
they were important then they were
ten times more so now. On July ii,
Senator Butler said in the Caucasian:
From the present outlook we very
much fear that the peoples party will
put a state ticket in the field. Such
, action, if taken, would be greatly to be
regretted, and should be prevented if
possible. Whatever differences may
exist among North Carolinians
over questions of national policy,
there should be none in the state,
where Anglo Saxon supremacy and
good government is the paramount is
sue" If Anglo Saxon supremacy and
good government would be the para
mount issue in 1892, they are ten fold
more so today. Perhaps that is why
Senator Butler did not advise popuiists
to vote the republican fusion ticket in
his speech the other day. Good gov
eminent and white supremacy is still
the paramount issue.-Monroe Journal.
But the democratic party never has
and never will put the negro in posi-
ton to exercise authority and control
over white people. 1t denies that the
negro is the equal of the white man.
1t declares that the negro race is an
inferior race. 1t is generous and
kind to the negro as is becoming in
a strong superior race to a kind and
inferior race. 1t has been so and will
continue to be SO. 1t does not ask the
negro vote as a condition or precedent.
1t is moved by a higher notice. 1t
seeks the negroes improvement and
the elevation of the race. But he must
always occupy a subordinate position.
He must not aspire to places of u
thority and control over the persons
or affairs Of white people. This gov