The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-12-07

pointing NeSTO Justices anu pOllccIucn
the Negroes seem inspired with a vim
dictive desire to make their sway as
odious and oppressive as possible to
their white fellow citizens But this
Negro, unrepresentative direction of
property rights is only the least objec-
tionable feature Of Negro rule. The
real danger arises TO the individuals.
particularly the white women and
young girls. In some sections it IS un-
save for white girl or woman to walk
the road alone | travelled over North
Carolina during the recent political
contest and on all hands heard the re-
11,ls Of Negro lawlcssness and outrage
which at last had become so bold and
defiant that the white people, represent
ing order, protection to life and person
and purity Of womanhood, were arous-
ed and united as never before, and
without reference to pervious political
utilization.
The frequent assaults by Negroes
upon white women are constant me-
mace and source Of terror. Not long
since | spoke to large crowd in North
Carolina. Among those present was an
old Republican, who had been the
backbone of his party in that section.
He was an old Confederate soldier and
a man of undaunted courage. it was
the custom in that section at the close
of speech to call for converts. White
men of all parties were called upon to
come forward and sign the white
mans union l made an appeal
something like an old fashioned Meth
odist minister at camp meeting for
those who wanted saving grace to
come to the mourne-s' bench. The old
man Immediately came forward and
made as thrilling an appeal asI ever
heard. He started out by saying
II have been niger for fifteen
years, but by the help of God Twill be
a white man the balance Of my life.
You people know how mean l have
been, and / ask your forgiveness. Do
you know what turned me? Well. a
good woman did it. My nearest neigh
Dor was assaulted BY a Negro, and a
white lawyer volunteered for his de-
fence. Ny daughter put her arms
around my neck and begged me with
tears in her eyes to stand by the white
people. Her plea for the white woman
was irresistible, and l promised her
then and there that I would stand by
the white people in their fight for white
supremacy.
is impossible to describe scene
like this. He was a big, rugged old
man, as brave as lion, and when he
announced that he was not afraid OF
Yankee troops as he hal fought
them under Stonewall Jackson, and was
not afraid to meet them again if sent
down by President Mckinley, declar-
ing he would not ask more glorious
death than to die in defence of the wo-
men of North Carolina, and thus expi-
ate some Of the wrong he had done,
there was hardly dry eye in that large
crowd. The effect of such an appeal
was electrical, and every man, without
reference to politics, there signed the
paper.
/ heard from reliable sources in
North Carolina that since Negro rule
began in the State there had been
TWEEN, y felonious assaults Of white wo-
men by negroes, besides numerous at
tempts, and that every one Of them had
occurred in a county under Negro gov
ernment, and not a single one in coun-
ties under white rule. A Negro news
paper in Wilmington, n. c., attempted
10 justify all such assaults by an attack
upon the virtue Of the white women. 1t
was an unbearable insult, which helped
fan the spark Of indignation into a
fame.
heard Of another instance charac-
teristic of the conditions prevailing. A
young lady eighteen years Of age was
walking along the streets and found the
sidewalk blocked by three negro men,
and stepped of to pass around. One
of the men took hold of her, turned her
around and slapped her face for put
ting on airs" Hundreds Of instances
Of a similar character have occurred in
that State which have never been pub
lished because the white people are
ashamed to admit that such outrages
were being perpetrated.
The worst effect Of Negro domina-
ton is the abasement of the white man.
The most characterless and degraded Of
the whites compete for the Negro vote.
The Negroes by themselves have never
in single instance been able to gain
control, but have been led by white
men whom they always repudiatc as
soon as they gain power. The reason
the Negroes repudiate as soon as posi-
bic their white allies is because the Ne
gro is ambitious. His one great ambi.
ton is to beceme white man. and If
he despises one thing more than another
is white man who has beceme Ne.
gro, and the first neck his heel will
tread upon is the white mans through
whose vote he gains power.
In the county Of Richmond, \. c., a
white man made speech within five
miles of the South Carolina line in
which he openly encouraged his Negro
hearers to assaults on white women. He
did not speak at his next appointment,
and in any other State in this Union
one uttering such statements would
have been hanged, but the man was al
lowed to go with an apology.
Finally, let it be understood that this
is righteous cause, high above the
plane Of party, and involving the pre-
servation of civilization. 1t was Ma
cauley, I believe, who said Of the
French Revolution, 1T destroyed lib
erty, but preserved civilization. 1t was
an awful calamity when, after the war,
vast horde Of ignorant voters were en-
franchised. More than once have our
people been face to face with the dread
choice between liberty and civiliza-