The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-11-17
THE STATES WORST ENEMY.
Clearly Won a Title to That Dis
tinctiOn
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tStatpsvIlIe Landmark.
The two worst enemies that Mort II
| Carolina has in this great crisis Of
| the white citizens Of the State are
Jeter Pritchard, United States Sena-
tor from North Carolina, and Dan
| Russell. Governor Of North Carolina. =
We find the above in a contempo-
rarF. 1t was written and printed be-
! fore the election. Yes. Pritchard
and Russell are bad enough in all
| conscience. and 50 are Thompson,
| HoIton, Aver and all the other lead
| crs Of the fusion dcviltrv. But we
| desire to 90 on record here and now
"a saving that we have had little pa
thence with the policy OF the cam
| paign which has sought to place all
the infamy on Pritchard and Russell
| ct al. and their ignorant negro dupes,
while The very chief Of them all-the
most infamous Of them alI-Marion
| Butler, is allowed to 20 practically
! without blame. The others are bad
enough, God knows, and the wrongs
| they have done the State should and
will haunt them TO their graves, but
We believe in giving even the devil
his dues and in placing the response
bility where it belongs.
Every man OF intelligence in the
State knows that Butler is RESPONSE
bic for the conditions which now cx-
i,t and which have existed in the
State for four years. The others have
given assistance to the best Of their
ability it Is true; bnt surprising all
Of them in ability and capacity to
engineer and promote the ends which
gave the fusionists success, he work
ed out the plot to its successful con
clusion and to him is due the infamy
Of its success.
1t was Marion Butler who, bv per
sistcntly and assiduouslv instillinc
prejudice and hate into a portion OF
the people whose confidence he had
succeeded in winning, divided the
white people in '92. II wa, he who,
step by step, led his forces into
coalition with the Republicans and
negroes in 81 and 80 and thus elect
cd Pritchard to the Senate and Russell
Governor. 1t was Butler who, real
ling that the conditions which he
had brought about in North Carolina:
realizing that the honest white peo-
pie Of the state OF all parties would
not long tolerate the infamous dynas-
ty which he had set up. but would
come together and overthrow it: and
knowing that if it was overthrow he
would be crushed in it ruins-it wa,
Butler who sought by overturcs last
spring to unite with the Democrats
on condition that he be allowed to
dominate them as he had dominated
and traded upon his handful of fol
lowers.
When his proposition was scorned
Butler. filled with venom and hate.
went up and down the State in this
campaign and made the mcanest
speeches by far that any white man
has made in North Carolina. Pos
scSsed Of all the arts OF the dema-
goguc, filled with Unsuitable ambi- |
ton. greed, malice, hatred and re- |
v"nge, he used every means within |
his power TO so incite and inllame his |
followers that they would once again
vote with the negroes and the Repub-
llcans to keep in power the infamous
gang which now controls the State.
and to humble the Democrats and |
II possible bring them to his (Butler's)
feet.
10 him good government in North
Carolina is nothing: to him the abo-
Il'lon Of trusts, free silver and the
other things Of which he pirates so
Gllbly are nothing. He uses them
III as part and parcel of his
scheme. Proclaiming that he is for
white supremacy, he would see every
county in the State dominated bv ne
5roes rather than surrender one of
ais own selfish schemes. As brazen
lVpocrlte. as an utterer Of falsehoods
ma ISLANDERS against men the latch
is OF whose shoes he is unworthy to
Dose. he has had no equal in all the
history of North Carolina. and if fu-
,ure history be correctly written fu-
,ure generations will be taught that
II all the sons of North Carolina who
nave attained prominence Butler
'Ione reached the very acme of in
amy.
These are the facts about this man
Who. to the disgrace of North Caro-
ma, holds seat in the United States
senate. and no intelligent man in the
state can successfully deny them.
Many household is saddened by death