Richmond planet., 1898-12-10
REGISTER LYONS
RINGING LETTER.
HESPEAKS PLAINLY OF THE CONDITIONS IN
THE CAROLINAS.
The Arguments Of the ApOIOgiStS Demolished
An Able Defense Of the Colored People - No
Negro Rule in the South.
REvOLUTIoNISTS TAXES-THE GREED
DEMOCRATIC oIFIcESEEKERS
The Arguments Of the ApolOgiStS !
|REvOLUTIONISTS IN WILMINGTON PAY LITTLE TAXES
OF THE DEMOCRATIC OFFICE SEEKERS

took more than a dozen ives. they
drove thousa1d ads TO the VIC ds, where
nearly dozen ipfsnts weT,. born and
died, in many Instances Win tneir
mothers the victims of exposure, as
the result of the cruelty OF people who
call themselves Democrats and patri-
OTIS. Weylex in his maddest moments
and deeds was hardly mere barbarous.
MAKES MEN WONDER.
The record Of those days immediately
following the Sth of November makes
me wonder il, after all, we are not mis-
taken aud are not, in fact living in mid
die ages. with their racks and thumb
screws, instead of in the bright civili-
cation of the closing days OF the nine
teenth century.
Notwithstanding the fact that those
occurrences were so shocking and ap-
palling as to desden the senses, still
the first thought shat comes in the
calm is. What caused all this? -''.
We hear is all around that "the
blacks were in control of the Stste--in
complete control" It was Negro
domination, overbearing in ies inso-
lence it could not be endured >" and
hencc on the cry of white supremacy
white ard black men alike were driven
from the State sse,,, fav
NO NEGRO DOMINATION.
Supposing those Who are pc sistently
making these assertions to be in pos
session of the facts that there was not
and had never been Negro domination.
there is only one hypothesis upon
which can account for their reckless
temerity. and that is that fear and in
timidation had effectually closed every
avenue through which truth might
percolate TO contradict them Well, IL
this is what they rely upon, in the par
lance Of the street they are 'soid." o1
The colored people constitute a lit
tie over one third of the population of
North Carolina, aud although they
have made rapid strides educationslly,
morally, and materially. yet. since
they have been freed but a generation,
it is nonsensical 20 think of them rival
ing the white citizens of that State in
either education or property.
BROAD PROPOSITION.
Now. then. as broad proposition to
start out with, say that, as one man
cannot dominate two unless by their
consent, aud as education and proper
ty have always held their own, even
when in the minority numerically.
certain it is that they would hole
sway when ia the majority.
This general statement ought to con.
vince the most careless of the utter
unreliability of the sweeping charge of
Ignorant Negro domination" and lin
complete control of the State" 1t al
so arouses the suspicion that great
wrong is sought to be excused and con-
doned under the cloak OF race preju-
dice.
THE STATE LEGIsLATURE.
In the Legislature of North Carolina
there are 120 Representatives and 80
Senators, making total OF 170. / have
the exact figures; there were z mem
bers of the House and 2 Senator's
colored Representatives, all told in
those bodies, not one-eighteenth OF
the members. Not one in State Of
feel mean in the Governors Cabi-
net or an office of that class.
Under this showing there could be
no Negro domination" at Raleigh the
capital One man could not dominate
eighteen unless by their acquiesence
INNOCENT BLOOD SPILLED.
I In the city of Wilmington, where SO
! much innocent blood has been spilled
and 80 many valuable lives taken bI
that furious mob, see what are the
facts:
Itis said that the city never had {
cleaner. more honest, and upright sci
of officials. ~ ta
As the crowd which calls itself tht
democracy, and WHICH maas Speechel