The semi-weekly messenger., 1898-10-18

quests, we publish below the full text
of the famous and Infamous editorial
from The Wilmington Record (negro
paper) of August is, 1898:
MRS. FELTON'S SPEECH.
"A Mrs. FELTON,, from Georgia, makes
a speech before the Agricultural So
ciety at Tybee, Ga, in which she ad-
vocates ,ynching as an extreme meas
ure. This woman makes a strong plea
for womanhood, and if the alleged
crimes or rape We're half so frequent as
is ofttimes reported, her plea would be
worthy Of consideration.
Mrs. FELTON,, like many other So
called Christians, loses sight of the
basic principle of the religion OF Christ
in her plea for one class Of people as
against another. If a missionary
spirit is essential for the uplifting of
the poor white girls, why is it? THE
MORALS OF THE POOR WHITE
PEOPLE ARE ON A PAR W''"''
| THEIR COLORED NEIGHBORS Of
| LIKE CONDITIONS, AND IF ANY
ONE DOUBTS THE STATEMENT
LET HIM VISIT AMONG THEM. The
whole lump needs to be leavened by
| those who profess SO much religion
ton of virtue is an essential for the
life of any people.
Mrs. FELTON, begins well, for she ad-
mits that education Will better protect
the girls on the farm from the as
saulter. This we admit and it should
not be confined to the white any more
than to the colored girls. The papers
are filled often with reports of rapes
of white women, and the subsequent
lynching of the alleged rapists. The
editors pour forth volleys of aspersions
against all negroes because of the few
who may be guilty. If the papers and
speakers Of the other race would con-
denim the commission of crime because
it is crime and not try to make it ap-
pear that the negroes were the only
criminals, they would find their
strongest allies in the intelligent ne
groes themselves, and together the
whites and blacks would root the evil
out of both races.
1--WE SUGGEST THAT THE WHITES
GUARD THEIR WOMEN MORE
CLOSELY, as Mrs. FELTON, says, thus
giving no opportunity for the human
fend, be he white or black. YOU
DOORS AND THEN COMPLAIN BE-
CAUSE THEY ARE TAKEN AWAY.
Poor white men are careless in the
matter OF protecting tnolr women.
ESPECIALLY ON THE FARMS.
They are careless of their conduct to-
ward them, and OUR EXPERIENCE
AMONG POOR WHITE PEOPLE IN
THE COUNTRY TEACHES Us THAT
WOMEN OF THAT RACE ARE
NOT MORE PARTICULAR IN THE
! MATTER OF CLANDESTINE MEET
INGS WITH COLORED MEN, than
are the white men with colored wo-
men. MEETINGS OF THIS KIND
GO ON FOR SOME TIME UNTIL
THE WOMAN'S INFATUATION or
the mans boldness, bring attention to
them,an the man is lynched for rape.
Every negro lynched is called a big
hurley, black BRUTE when, in fact,
| many of those who have thus been
dealt with had white men for their
fathers, and were not only not black
and hurley, but were SUFFICIENT
LY ATTRACTIVE FOR WHITE
! GIRLS OF CULTURE AND RE-
| FINEMENT TO FALL IN LOVE
| WITH THEM, as is very we'll known
! to all.
| Mrs. FELTON, must begin at the
| fountain head if she wishes to purify
| the stream.
! Teach your men purity. Let virtue
| he something more than an excuse for
| them to intimidate and torture help
\
| no worse for a black man to be inti-
| mate with a white woman, than for a
| white man to be intimate with a
| colored woman.
You set yourselves down as lot OF
| carping hypocrites; in fact, you cry
| aloud for the virtue Of your women
| while you seek to destroy the morali-
ty of ours. Don't think ever that your
women will remain pure while you are
! debauching ours. You SOW the seed
the harvest will come in due time
THE AFFIDAVIT OF THE CLERK
An effort has been made by some
of the politicians to fool the people
by representing that this slander
was a democratic trick or was gar
bled, but the following affidavit from
the clerk of the superior court settles
the question as to it's accuracy:
North Carolina,
| New Hanover County,
"I, John D. Taylor, clerk of the su-
| perior court of New Hanover county.
do hereby certify that the foregoing is
| an accurate and true copy of an edi-
torial in The Daily Record, a paper
published in the city of Wilmington,
| of date Of August is, 1898.
Il further certify that said paper
| least eight months prior to this date;
that Alex. l.. Manly, the editor 's a
negro. is well known as republican
and has before this held the office of
| deputy register of deeds of New Han
over county, by appointment from
Charles w. Norwood, republican regis
ter of deeds, of New Hanover county.
Il further certify that John n.
Coins, business manager; L. D. Man
ly, foreman, Jno. T. Howe, general
| travelling agent, and F. G. Manly.
general manager, are all negroes, and
are known as republicans and the said
John T. Howe was a republican rep
| resentative from New Hanover county.
Witness my hand and seal this, Au-
| gust oath, 1898.
| JOHN D. TAYLOR,
CLERK Superior Court Of New Hanover
County,"
NOT IN THE PAY OF DEMOCRATS.