The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-11-10
THURSDAY, NOV. 10, 1898.
KEEP up THE FIGHT.

KEEP UP THE FIGHT.
The election is over but the cam
paign for white supremacy and decent
Government in North Carolina is not
ended. Let the fight 90 on until it
is made forever Impossible to bring
about repetition OF the shameless
and disgraccful condition Of affairs
which now curse the State and which
made it necessary 10 wage the con
test through which we have just
passed on the lines laid down.
Every sorry skunk and renegage
who has had hand in bringing such
condition Of things upon North
Carolina; who has turned his back
upon his own people and allied him
self with the negroes; who has stirred
up strife and created race pre- judice;
who has outraged every known prin
ciplc Of dcccncv, debauchcd public
morals, degraded the State and
would destroy its civilization and
prosperity to promote his own selfish
ends such man we say should be
treated a an alien and an cncmy-a
traitor to his country and his race.
He should be discountcnanccd, shun-
ned and dcspiscd, and made to know
and keep his proper place the place
Of his own choosing.
We have no quarrel with the hon
est, decent Republican or Populi,t,
whether he be white or black. but
there is a class which is neither and
it is to that class that we have refer
encc. No names need be called.
They are to be found in every com
munitv-and is well known who they
are. The fight against these fellows
should not cease because the election
is over.
MATES must 90. Let the Board Of
Education do its duty and remove
him from Office at once. 1t has been
prostitutcd to selfish ends as long as
the people of Vance will quietly sub
nit to.
PERHAPS if Pritchard had got his
Federal soldiers the result would have
been different That is to say the
Democratic ma jority might have been
larger.
To Chairman Simmons Well done,
good and faithful servant. YOU have
fought good fight, and 4 glorious
victory has been won under your
splendid leadership.
IT appears that we had an election
Tuesday. But there does not appear
to be graf deal of hilarity over the
result in the camp of Russell, lIolton,
Thompson. Butler, Aver, and other
unmcntionables-
TIE mistake Matics made was in
trying to manipulate too many voters
at one time. He should confinc his
operations To smaller bodies-abOut
the size of educational boards and
school committees for Instance.
TIE election not having gone his
way why don't Mr. Mates remove"
those voters of Vance county who
didn't vote for him. and put in an
other set who will do his bidding? Or
will that procedure work only in
dealing with refractory committee
men?
THOMPSON. Butler. Aver. Henry
Covington. negro Manly. What a
combination and a stencil in the
nostrils of decent people. of both
races. Poor miserable. degraded.
living wretchcs. They are disgrace
to their species and a foul blot upon
the page of humanity.
y MAJORITY Of the qualified voters
on Tuesday gave expression to their
opinion of the fitness of \. NJ. Mates
to hold one office in Vance county by
turning him down. and now ii only
remains for the Board of Education
to do its duty and he will be re-
moved from the position he already
occupies.
THE '.persuasian" used in num-
Der of our counties by which they
protested against Rus>ell-ButtleriSm
NAV have been somewhat energetic.
but If was aS iuStiti3hIc rs il was