The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-01
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Lucy uO"A Wu4G0 SUPREMACY ONO
to give white supremacy is not their
object. To protect womanhood is not
their object. To give good govern.
ment is not their object.
To serve the monopolies and rail
roads, as directed by overseer A. B.
Andrews, is their object, To undo the
good wook of the present adm inistra-
ton is their object. To put On the
statute books a law which will be the
death knelI of 1.-The freedom and sanct.
ity" of the ballot is their object,
We do not believe that you wish to
help them carry out this diRboli cal
scheme. But you have been misled,
just as they have misled others. And
in speaking of the Democrats in this
letter, we refer not to the honest rank
and file who have been misIed, but to
the machine that nov controls the
party,
You mention a negro school commit
teeman who cannot read or write. We
condemn that. Those who appointed
him should be ashamed of it. You
mention Craven county's negro over
seers and deputy sherlffs. Read the
letter on page 1 from a gentleman of
Craven who says there are not as many
negro road overseers in his township
under fusion rule as there were under
Democratic rule. And for a long list
of negro eff GERS, read our supplement
this week. We regret to have to print
such facts. A campaign fought On
race prejudice is disgraceful. We re-
greet that this campaign has been fought
not on principle, but on 1.-The Niger"
Bat we are not to blame. The perty
that on May 26sh rel acted Bryan's
recommendations, stabbed silver and
put secret circular Simmons at it's
head, had to raise smoke to hide it's
record. and if it has stuff 0cated in the
attempt we cannot help il.
We are in favor Of white supremacy.
But we do not believe that North Caro-,
lima is in danger of negro domination.
Our Democratic friends say they do
fear NEGRO rule" The Democratic
party is the only body of white men in
this State that does claim to fear negro
domination. And yet, mark we'll my
words, for they cannot be denied, the
Democratic party is the only body of
white men IN the State that ever made
an inexcusable refusal of a plan, safe,
simple and sure as time itself to get
the white men of the State together
AMI prevent all negro domination.
They have never attempted to tell why
they refused the Populist proposition
to CO operate.
Why's
BECAUSE THAT ACT PROVED BEYOND A
SHADOW OF A DOUBT THAT THEY DO NOT
FEAR NEGRO DOMINATION, OR IF THEY
DO EAa IT. THEY HAD RATHER THE
STATE WOULD sUFFER THE HORRORS OF
NEGRO RULE THAN THA THEY SHOULD
RISK H CHANCE OF LOSING A FEW
MEAsLY LITTLE OFFICES.
This cannot be denied. The Demo
cratic speakers may dodge, prevaricate
and raise smoke to their hearts con-.
tent, but they cannot help acknowl-
edging the truth Of this statement. By
their own acts they have proved it,
and thereby killed their last reason for
demanding again the reins of govern
ment
A Democrat said to US recently that
he wished ''all the fusionists who voted
for negro rule had to live under negro
rule in New Bern or Wilmington"
And then we were cruel enough to ask
him if he didn't wish also that all the
members of that party that put a BIO, 900
tax on Peg leg Williams and others
who attempted to carry negroes out of
the State, and the party that refused
on May 26 b a plan to get the white
men of the State together, had to live
under negro rule.
Well, he was struck silent" Such
imDertipent questions put a quietus on
the negro hoWlers
On the same day we heard q Dsmo
crat bowling about the election of D.
L, Russell to succeed 80 year lease
Carr. We asked what Russell had
dOne-why he was howhng-a1d he
seemed positively dumbfounded. It
never occurred to him that he ought
TO have any other reason for doing
anything except that the bosses O.:
dered it Toe railroad bosses who are
mad because of Russell's opposition to
monopoly press the button and the
small fry dance and fume and yell. Ir
makes a thinking man sick to see such
a spectacle
Yes, the Democrats profess friend
ship for feee silver and honest elections
but never neglect an opportunity to
stab both IN the back The hnnaat !