Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-11-03

North Carolina nearly one thousand
negroes, there being nearly thre,
hundred negro magistrates alone.
/ Sixth. That as consequence o
turning these local Offices over to th,
| negroes. bad government has follow
ed, homes have been invaded, anc
the sanctity of woman endangered
Business has been paralyzed, ane
property rendered less valuable. TIL,
majesty of law has been disregarded
and 1awlessness encouraged. II
many localities men no longer rel,
upon the officers of the law for pro
lection, for they are known to be in
competent or corrupt. Conditions
have become SO intolerable in these
communities that they can be NJ
longer tolerated or endured.
Seventh. That this negro DOM
nation was made possible and these
deplorable conditions were brought
about through division of the white
men at the ballot box. Had the
white men remained together as they
did for many years these things
could not have been.
eighth. That knowing these evils
came about through division of the
white men,, the White Mans Party
has been zealously working fo1
months to re-unite the white men al
the ballot-box, where these wrongs
can be righted and these evils rene
die1.
s'In view of these things it is re-
solved
81. That the Republican leaders
have second time clearly demon
strated their inability and their un
fitness to govern North Carolina.
SO. That the time has come when
those who have followed these lead
ers should no longer do SO, and that
all men who love their State and
their homes should unite in one SUI
preme effort to redeem the State and
to place honest, capable, white men
in Office in State, county, city and
town.
49, That our appeal has been, is
now and shall continue to be. the
ballot box and to honest white men
We have contemplated no violence;
but we are determined to use all
proper means to free ourselves of
this negro domination, which is par
alyzing our business and which
hangs like a dark cloud over our
homes.
's4 That we declare it is not our
purpose to do the negro any harm.
It is better for him as well as for US
that the white man shall govern.
That while we propose to protect
and encourage him in all his rights
and duties of citizenship, we affirm
that North Carolina shall not be ne
groized. It is of all the States of the
Union peculiarly the home of the
Anglo-Saxon, and the Anglo-Saxon
shall govern it.
'5. That we affirm that no such
exist in this State as JUS
tify Senator Pritchard in calling
upon the President to send troops
to this State, or in the Governor in
issuing his brutal proclamation, and
we hereby condemn in the most IN
terms the conduct of Sen
ator Pritchard and Governor Rus
sell in attempting to make it appear
to the outside world that the de-
scendents of the men of Mecklen-
burg, Halifax, Albemarle, the Cape
Fear, of Alamance, Guilford Court
House and Kings Mountain need
the military power of the Govern
ment which they helped to create
and organize to compel them to OBJ
serve the law. The White Men of
this State, above all others, are in
terested in maintaining law and
order, and for them to be charged by
Senator Pritchard and Governor
Russell with having a purpose to be-
come insurrectionary citizens is a
vile slander and we denounce them.
They have been leaders in establish
ing negro domination among us and
they are therefore responsible for
the conditions now existing, and in
to the President to send
troops into this State to aid them in
maintaining negro domination they
have shown they care less for the
honor and reputation of their State
than they do for their official posi-
tions.
IS. That il is in the power of the
to restore to the white
men of the East the management and
control of their local affairs. That if
the Democratic Party shall be placed
in control of the Legislature this
will be done. If the Republican
Party is placed in control it will not
be done. We, therefore, appeal to our
white brethren in every section of
the State to go to the ballot box on
the day of election and vote for the
Democratic candidates for the Leg
islature.
s'7. That learned and pure judici-
ary is necessary to the preservation
of the rights of the weak as well as
the strong. The Democratic candi-
dates for this high position are men
learned in the law and of eminent
fitness for this great Office. We,
therefore, appeal to all men who.
desire learned and pure men to sit
upon the bench, to work and to vote
for Democratic candidates.
ss8. That the President and Secre-
tary of this meeting are hereby di-
rected to cause this statement of
facts and these resolutions to be
published in all the papers of the
State and that the Democratic Exec
utive Committee be requested to
give them the widest possible cir.
culation among the people.
These resolutions were elo-
quently seconded by Mr.. Walter
a. Neal, of Rockingham. Mr.. w,
e. Fountain, of Tarboro, the res
turning Populist chairman of the
Second Congressional district.
who. in thoughts that breathed
and words that burned, pledged
himself henceforth to the white