Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-08-25
Difference of Republican anC
Democratic Treatment of
the Negro.
n. G. Dem. Hand Book, 1898.

GHC NtSEO.
n. G. Dem. Hand Book, 1898.
The Republican party uses the ne
gro for all he is worth for election
purposes, and in pursuance of this
general purposeit sets him up to rule
over white men. The fact that he is
unfit for the position to which he as
pires makes no difference. He must
have enough of the local pie to ap-
pease his hunger, or else those who
manipulate his vote may have
trouble. But some western Republi-
can may say, is it really true that the
negro is unfit for government? Hear
what D. L. Russell, though made
Governor by them, says about them.
In a letter written in 1888 to j. G..
L. Harris, declining to be candi-
date for Supreme Court Judge, he
tells Mr. Harris that he is going up
North to make some speeches, and
he tells him something that he will
be compelled to say to the people up
there. We make just siugle extract
from this remarkable letter. Hear it;
says Mr.. RUSSELL:
Fourth, while I shall say much
on the line above indicated, I would
also be compelled to tell the truth
on our own party in the South. For
instance, I would rise to remark that
while as a rule the South does not
treat the colored people with the lib
erality and justice which they re-
ceive in the North, there is yet de-
Tense for the deep and dire deter
mination Of the Southern white man
to never submit to negro rule. The
negroes Of the South are largely
savages. We, with Northern aid and
sanction, kidnapped them, enslaved
them, and by most monstrous wrong
degraded them so that they are NO
more fit to govern than are their
brethren in African swamps, or SC
many Mongolians dumped down
from Asia"
Notwithstanding Mr.. Russell says
the negroes are savages and no more
fit to govern than are their brethren
in the jungles of Africa, as Governor
he appoints them to Office and aids
in various ways to place them in po
sitions to rule over white men. In
the counties and towns of the east
there are hundreds of these people
in office ruling over white men. They
are found in the post-ofices, in the
town Offices, in the magistrates of
flee, in the constable's Office, in the
school committeeman's office, anc
sundry other positions where they
rule over white men. They were
placed in these positions by the Re
publican Party.
| We do not agree with MI. Russell
when he calls these people savages
They are not sayages. They are civ
ilized beings, made so in the provi
dence of God by being brought intt
contact with the Anglo Saxon race
They are vastly superior to thei.
brethren in African swamps, and W,
trust that many of them may b,
made instruments in reclaimins
their brethren. But we do agree will
Mr.. Russell when he says they ar,
unfit to govern. The difference be
tween him and us is that he say
) they are unfit to govern but he put
them at it, while we say they ar
unfit for it and we do not put then
at it.
Instead of making rulers of them
as the Republicans do, the Demo
cratic Party seeks to make better cit
izens of them We build school
) fhouses for them, train and emplo,
| teachers for them, encourage then
to acquire homes, and teach them b.
precept and example to become bet
tier citizens: