The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-25
OLE Messen9er,


So long as northern white slanderers
and liars continue to abuse n mis-
.epresent the South It compels the en-
frightened and faithful part of the
Southern press to notice now and then
the gross misrepresentation. 1t Is a
disagreeable duty made stale by SER
vice, but it Is non the less a duty.
The foul-mouthed, beastly woman in
New York lis she white?) a Mrs. Gran
mis-. who so lavished her SANDERS and
lies upon the women of the South, is
really so low in the scale of humanity
as to be beyond the reach of either in
vective or contempt. She lies recum-
bent in all Of her beastliness and saw
agery in the ooze and slime that BELTS
her, and there is no companiOnship for
her among all the women Of the WHITE
race, for none has fallen to sucn
depths of iniquity and depraVlty. She
is simply too vile to characterize anu
should seek society with Manly and MS
black indorsers, and with the traitors
in North Carolina who egged the ne
SrOeS OF L dIAd N'~' '
the white race, and sought by defama-
ton to bIacken the characters OF the
pest and truest men Of the state. Ihere
Is q deep in the sea Of depraVlty ana
degradation that neither the warnings
nor the compassion of mar can ever
reach. 1t is difficult to pity slanderers
and enemies Of the type Of this very
bad, degraded m She, like her
kind, must live on the impure air that
surrounds her impure being, for h IS
of that blind and venCmOus crew who
like 'tIa
Blind and naked ignorance
Delivers braWling judgments, IN
ashamed,
On all things all day long
The South can pity the negroes VINO
never learn. Those in the North are as
blind as bats and know not what they
are doing. They ave no equal chance
with the whites in the North but are
set upon by mObs in Illinois and III
New York city, are shut out from
Grades and competition with the whites,
and vet seek to stir up their contented
and happy race in the South when they
are not worked upon by low white
demagogues and made political tools 10
Dull the office chesnuts out of the lre.
The negroes in all North Carolina
would not essay to bring on a race
war. display daily ace antagonlsm
and offer personal a~ffronts but for the
agency and power Of the detestaple
low white, leaders. The Northern ne
groes throw up their hats IN their ma
fred and abuse ignorance when a vie
wretch dares to SANDER as pure n
true women as adorn humanity ana
beautify earth, and would reJolce IN
seeing the negroes at war generally
throughout the South inviting the rum
and determination Of their race. Inc
very worst enemies the negroes III
North Carolina ever had are the base
white leaders who have well nigh be-
r,,i1ed them to ruin. The next worst
enemies they can possibly nave are the
foolish fanatical negroes in the North
who would persuade and invite them to
make furious open or concealed war
upon the Southern whites.
There is not in Wilmington today one
negro Who does not know that MS pest
friends, and the best friends OF MS
race are the white people, VINO nave
aided. countenanced, protected ana en-
ploved them for thirty d years OF
freedom. When they so lose thelr
heads as to follow blindly and say
a. ,.~lar;rr NOrthprn SIAN
derers. white and black, who lnclte
them to rage and rapine, to deeds OIL
insults and violence they will not only
betray themselves into a great oluhoer
but will bring upon themselves lneVlta-
hIv q great sorrow, a great crime, d
most calamitous ending.
We know that the white people are
no enemies of the well dlsposeu' Id"
abiding. decent, we'll hammered, lnous-
trious negroes. They do dislike ana
will not tolerate the DULLES and insult
err, of ladies' and othe~e, and who live
a vagabondish and useless existence
an offence to all and an injury to the
State.
let he best classes among southern
negroes conduct. themselves with pro
prietv as they have been wont TO 90
and they will find the whites not with
out the kindness and good Will OF vore
A. the old preacher said-'You car
catch more flies with molasses thai
with vinegar" Try mlldness anu 9ho"
respect and courtesy and be dlilsen'
and faithful and see how much better
their fruits thar bitterness and brawl'
ing than curses and conspiracies.