The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-08-26

The publication of this editorial in
| Republican paper created the deepest in
: dignation all over the State. 1t is
monument to the conservatism and Law
/ obeying instincts of the people Of Viii
mington that no injury was done the
base negro.
The above article appeared in the Re
! cord on the 18th. day of August. On
the oath day of August the Record
printed the following;
"The following resolutions were
adopted at the regular session of the
Ministerial Union, which is compos-
ed of the colored ministers of this
city:
Resolved, That the Ministerial
Union. is in hearty sympathy with
the efforts of The Daily Record in
defending the rights of the race and
that, each minister inform his congre-
CATION of the present situation, and
endeavor TO sustain the paper. by
swelling its subscription list, and urg-
ing prompt payment"
Here we have the Ministerial Union
of the city of Wilmington giving strongest
endorsement and earnest support to pa
per that was upholding negro fiends and
traducing in the vilest manner the white
women of the State. This is not ali.
After the article had been widely pub
lshed and denounced the negroes of VIII
mington, hearing that the negro editor
had received threatening letters, gather
ed in great crowds at his office as a
body guard of protection.
1t is such things as these that exasper
ate white men and stir them to indigna
ton. We copy elsewhere from the Star,
an account of the actions of the mob.
1t has been heralded all over the State
that the negroes repudiated the editor
and his paper The Messenger thus |
gives the only action taken and com
ments on it:
1T is well enough for the republican |
executive committee composed of
fourteen negroes and one white man, |
so alleged, to repudiate the sentiments
of that article in denouncing the negro |
editor, but the fact remains that this |
same negro has been given office by |
the Republican party, and, if any
thing were wanting to show he is en- |
dorsed, it is found in the resolutions |
by the Ministerial Union reprinted be- |
low from yesterdays issue of The |
Daily Record.
THE following resolutions were hand |
ed to us on yesterday by c. p. Jockey. |
the Republican candidate for judge. |
with the request to publish them, and,
upon his authority we state that they
were passed yesterday by the Repuhli-
can executive committee of this county
At that meeting. he says, there were
present John w. Lee chairman; JAS. e.
Howard. secretary: and Stephen Wash
lngton, Chas. Stanford. ]. =. Bowen. A.
III. Lamb. Chas. A. Foreman, Daniel
Howard. VIM. Johnson. Samuel Reese
Jordan Nixon and Geo. Green-all small
fry negro politicians and quite an indis
nant set. aa course
And why not? Such an ''irresponsi-
bic upstart" should not be endangering
Jockeys chances TO be elected iudge.
The solitary white man of the committee |
one l.. \. Orrell, and two other of the
negro committeeman. We're absent. Per
haps, they were not indignant. But here
are the resolutions candidate Jockey
drafted "for political purposes" and had
his political brothers to pass:
Whereas, A little paper published in
this city Wilmington called The DailyI
Record printed in its issue of recent