The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-10-07

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 ao-
vocates lynching as an extreme meas
IRE. This woman makes a strong plea
for w~omanhood, and If the alleged
crimes or rape were 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 WI""'
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
and showing them that the preserva-
ton Of virtue is an essential for the
life OF any people.
MTS. II ellOIl lis we'll y llC VI
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
fiend, be he white or black. YOU
LEAVE YOUR GOODS OUT OF
DOORS AND THEN COMPLAIN BE-
CAUSE THEY ARE TAKEN AWAY.
Poor white men are careless in the
matter of protecting their women.
ESPECIALLY ON THE FARMS.
They are careless of their conduct to-
"dIu lltIIl, anu JUN LZNI IIINIEL4NO
AMONG POOR WHITE PEOPLE IN
THE COUNTRY TEACHES US THAT
WOMEN OF THAT RACE ARE
NOT MORE PARTICULAR IN THE
NATTER 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 and 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-
TENEMENT 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
be something more than an excuse fol-
them to intimidate and torture a help.
less people. Tell your men that it is
no worse for a black man to be init
mate with a white woman, than for &
white man to be intimate with {
colOred woman.
You set yourselves down as a lot o.
carping hypocrites; in fact, you CRY
aloud for he virtue of your womer
while you seek to destroy the morali
ty of ours. Don't think ever that YOU,
women will remain pure while you ar
debauching ours. You SOW the seed
the harvest will come in due time"
THE AFFIDAVIT OF THE CLERK
An effort hoe haan ,ooIa ~, so~,,
of the politicians to fool the peopl.
by representing that this Islander
was a democratic trick or was gar
bled, but the following affidavit from
the clerk Of the superior court settle.
the question as to it's accuracy:
North Carolina.
New Hanover County.
Il, John D. Taylor, clerk of the SUI
perior court of New Hanover county
do hereby certify that the foregoing i:
an accurate and true copy of an edi
torial in The Daily Record, a pape,
published in the city of Wilmington
of date of August IS, 1898.
Il further certify that said pape
has been published in said city a
least eight months prior to this date
that Alex. L. Manly, the editor %
negro, is we'll known as a republican
and has before this held the office o
deputy register of deeds of New Han
oyer county, by appointment from
CHARLES w. Norwood, republican regis
ter or deeds, of New Hanover county
further certify that John n
GolnS, business manager: l.. D. Man
ly, foreman, Jno. 7. Howe. genera
travelling agent, and F. g.. Manly
general manager, are all negroes. an,
are known as republicans and the sal,
John T. Howe was a republican rem
resentative from New Hanover county
Witness my hand and seal this. An
gust Gath, 1898.
JOHN D. TAYLOR.
CLERK Superior Court Of New Hanove
County"
NOT IN THE PAY OF DEMOCRATS
The recent defamatory editorial il
the negro daily, The Record, of Angus
18th, in which poor white women wer
slandered, was such a blow to tn,
Fusion cause that Senator Butler
paer, The Caucasian, in desperatio,