The semi-weekly messenger., 1898-08-26
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The righteous indignation which has
stirred the white citizens of this city,
as well as the people Of the state, as
few incidents have moved them in
years, over the slanderous article pub
lished in The Daily Record, a negro
newspaper Of this city, attacking the
honor Of white women, has had its
effect on the republican leaders of this
county. They are stirred, and yet not
with sentiments Of honorable disap-
proval, but with the fear Of impending
political disaster. That article, in dis
closing the sentiments and attitude of
the negroes, will ring out through the
state, as the Liberty bell, calling the
white people to arouse themselves to
strike down, at any cost, the negro
rule of eastern North Carolina We
say. and repeat, that these republican
leaders are stirred. not with senti-
ments of honorable, but interested,
disapproval. Men are held to know
their acts, and as a result Of the over
;, throw by the last two legislatures of
white government in this county and
city, and the elevation to public office
and important positions of incompe-
tent negroes and their irresponsible
white coadjutors, are traceable the ag-
| gressive insolence, arrogance and law
the negroes are displaying here, while
our city and county authorities are
| impotent, if inclined, to restrain them.
1t is well enough for the republican
| executive committee composed Of
| fourteen negroes and one white man,
| SO alleged, to repudiate the sentiments
| of that article in denouncing the negro
editor, but the fact remains that this
| same negro has been given office by
| the republican party, and, if any
| thing were wanting to show he is en-
! dorsed, it is found in the resolutions
| by the Ministerial Union reprinted be-
| low from yesterdays issue of The
Daily Record
LOOK ON THIS PICTURE.
The following resolutions were hand
ed to us on yesterday by G. P. Jockey,
the republican candidate for judge,
with the request to publish them, and,
upon his authority we state that they
| were passed yesterday by the republ-
can executive committee of this cOun-
ty. AT that meeting, he says, there
were present John w. Lee, chairman;
Jas. E. Howard, secretary; and
Stephen Washington, Chas. Stanford,
J. P. Bowen, A. H. Lamb, Chas. A.
Foreman, Daniel Howard, VIM. John
son, Samuel Reese, Jordan Nixon and
Geo. Green-all small fry negro politi-
clans and QUITE AN INDIGNANT
SET, OF COURSE.
And why not? Such an "irresponsi-
BILE upstart'' should not be endanger-
ing Jockeys chances to be elected
judge. The solitary white man of the
committee, one E. A. Orrell, and two
other of the negro committeeman, were
absent. Perhaps, they were not indig-
nant. But here are the resolutions
candidate Jockey drafted "for polit-
ical purposes" and had his political
brothers to pass;
Whereas, A little paper published
in this city (Wilmington) called The
Daily Record, printed in it's issue of a
recent date august Is, 1899, an article
which is a base and vile libel upon
countless thousands of good people,
poor white people living in the coun-
try especially; and
Whereas, The democratic papers
here have copied said article, and
given it prominence, and are seeking
to place the responsibility of it's COM
position and publication upon the re-
publican party, for political purposes,
declaring that said paper (The Daily
RecOrd) is the organ Of the republi-
can-populist fusion political crowd,
ETC., and
Whereas, In truth and in fact, the
said Daily Record is not now nor never
has been the republican or fusion or
gan, and is not even regarded by our
party as republican or fusion paper
but is generally classed and regarded
as a kicking, disorganizing concern
being published by few individuals
who seem to think of nothing but their
own Importance and aggrandizement
and edited by an irresponsible upStart
who represents only himself and his
own views in what he writes, now,
Resolved, That we denounce the ar
ticle referred to as a base libel, we
repudiate and denounce the writer of
it as a michief- making simpletOn, and
declare that he represents and ex-
presses only his own views and senti-
mentS in said article, and we urge any
and all republicans who are now TAX
ing The Record to discontinue it, and
leave 1T to be supported by the demo-
Gratis whose interest it is now serving
and advancing by it's foolish and rep
rehensible conduct
Resolved, further, That we de-
nounce and condemn the course and
action of the democratic papers, in
trying to place the responsibility of
the libelous article upon the republican
party, when they either know or could
easily have ascertained, that our party
not only did not endorse the article,
but condemned it equally as strongly
as they did,