The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-06
The Wessewer.
TWO ARTICLES ON THE WHINING.
ks.saj TON REVOLUTION

mel A. NJ. Waddell, in two columns,
gave a calm, correct, lucid account Of
the revolution, recently successfully
nsumma In this city, and so much
to the benefit and safety of all good
citizens of all conditions and races, for
We have the yellow, the black and the
N hite here. In giving an account Of
WI vat followed the fighting and the
hal ply and easily accomplished rev.
olut ion, he tells how he guarded the
Jail to prevent seven negro leaders
from hanging. We copy one short part
as it is instructive and may possibly
scorreca some misrepresentation on the
part of people here or abroad. Colonel
WaddeI |, now the efficient and benig-
nant ma yor Of this city, says:
And light here 1 want to say this
about m ' part; L never dreamed the
time Won Id come when | would lead
a mob. But / want to say, too, q
United St; ttes army officer, d prOmi-
nent man. was here, and saw the whole
performanc. :. He said:
81 never witnessed anything like
this before 1t is the most orderly per !
Torrance 81 Ter Witnessed!
Then thep got seven of the negro
leaders broTei 1T them down town, and
put them in all. l had been elected
MAYOR bv that time. 1t was certainly
the stranpoet , erfOrmance in Amert-
can history tho,, gh we literally follow
MA "
ed the. law, as Il re tuSlOnlsIS made 1T
themselves. There mas nos Dten d SIN
gle illegal act conn 80 II III" |ndhSC
III government. Sin 'pS III Ou Dodiu
went out, and the I " ID amt III
strictly according ~ ~ ~ IeSdiu
70 those who had bet "l'17Hl 80 II
% 1Al a crowd said that ny litIHdt" ~
destroy them; that the 80 '"S ledH-
ers, and that they wen & 9''ho ~ 'dhe
the men out of the Jail.
Il ORDER d a force of U "iou'd
the Jail. / ( aid to the pc, p'
My pos itiOn has bt ianafJ
changed. / a m now a SW, oHiCel y
the law. TIL at jail and ~ peop'
FAust have Ir, Otection.'
L went out md appealed ~ peo- {
PIE in differt mt parts Oh %
They realized the situation IL to,9 ]
me was right, and that u " {
"a -staved -, he whole nj ght my :
self ap1 49, rccc stavc5 uD all =
night and we. s. aNad those Y
reatu res lives" V
The north, 'or II 'oSt OF 1t, VITA y
Z lderstand j ust v hat happened
does not j intend to understand :
= rs to The New ! 'Crk Observer "'e It
, ritten to it from this city ny 49, ~
ted, reG gious me n OF ITS own I u
nd chur ch, and it would not puo nSh II
hem. TT ,s writer h aG recently Diet er- Il
subscribe fer it, but All ,er n
yearnin o. that fact, we concluded ' 'e W
DC "want any o bserver in our n. OF
Color ,eI Waddell turn $ on the llght Il nj
the following which IS respectfully IT
con ,roended to all nor thern seekers al l.
tee : truth as we'll as Goa u
GO 70 the eovernm ent we haze eS- m
' +ablished. it is a perfectly legal Vle' .Tf
Tbe law. passed by the ~repuDlcan le9- I'll
isIature itself, has been comE)heo WI m
% 1uac no intimidation used in the
astablishment of the present city gov
ernment The old goVernmeht hau n
car,a satisfied of their inettlclency anu
rttarIv helpless imbeclllty, ana
,ieved if they did not resign they "ouIu
IL ,un out of town. Therefore tney ST
ONO forward, after consulting WIZ di
an &C NJ citv. and they said each T,
nno of them wanted to reslgh-Wda -,
onwinna to do SO. They wanted TO Set ~
- If the responsibility. If our PEG p
~ WOULD organize. they would De G,
pad TO resign and let us take the re-
PIT .It vas not a matter of coerclon' y
uo nd CITY government simply redLlA-
III uae not able to continue IN CON )
trol and wished to be released from II
the weight of responsibility. "A ch@ise i
vyas imperatiVely necessary: MeH We"
o"aad Who could and would cope with
visiting conditions. ru !
In order to accomplish this leSahy
rnetine was held, and the old ooaru
- aIdnrmen resigned by wards. one
oidnrmen would resign; that Woulo
MAKE. a vacancy; and then the nldyos
lUho has escaped from h"e, 49,
,ck If there were any mountainous 1ol
the vacancy; and one OF ms own hren
would nominate a man ne hneM Nc
wanted for the ward. and so on III
r,ncassion through each ward in town.
xUe really didn't have anything 10 40
uN+h If They asked us whom we
Lr,ntad Successfully they resigned
I'D our men were elected. Inc room
vas as quiet as a room in a private
house !
The other article is by a special cor
rasnondent of the Weekly, writing
from our city and signing his name as
CHARLES Francis Bourke. He gives a
fairly good and truthful account OF
things in general" and what he saw
in particular while here. He mingles
his yarn-there is the gruesome ana
the funny-the tragical and the far
.rical. We give an extract from the nrst
mart of the interesting letter as the
author described right conditions and
told the truth without fear or favor.
He writes as to conditions:
1.-THE recent revolution, which result
ed in q reformation of the city govern
ment, was OccaSiOned by munlclpal
misrule and the dictatorship usurped
by Governor Russell. Radical olf1er-
.euces formed the basis of the revolt.
Trouble was brewing fop months. be
fore election. the city was in the pow"
aer of the fusionists, was practically
without a charter or effective govern
r1ent. and was dominated by negroes
and negro sympathizers. Many police
officers and deputies were colored