The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-01-27

eober, second thought We old time
southerners who were born and raised
in close communion with the negro
have known it all the timo that be
wasn't at to vote and that it degraded
the white man to buv his vote, and that
was tho reaaon Why We had such Q low
grade OF lawmakers and Office holders.
No gentleman who r~esrect himself
will buv . ~negro's vote and as he can't
be elected without it he will not offer
for Office. Th,s is the general rule and
there are few excertions. It applies TO
State. county and municiral pol,tic.
and even to congregational elections I
have known q candidate for mavcr in
nv town to contract with a leader
among the neeroe. for fiftv woes at 81
q head and he got them. and wss elect.
ed. though the white vote would have
defeated him. Onr best reorle are
utterly tired Of being dominated bv
this rurchasable element and have ~
9urpd it about a. long n. we can. The
truth is az, aren't hat we will never
have ap honest. decent. reanectahle leg
islature until the negro vote ia eliminat.
cd, for it is a sslf-evilent trut,: ;hat q
man VIII" will hnv ano'her'a vote cal.
h mup'f I've bought. Eut I woulden tbase
this exc u<i"n upon race or color. I
would ut it far aud >quare upnn con-
I 1nct aud i. t~e'l'~c"ca. o"d II Il Ont off
many Of the whits race. let it out.
There are u good many who ought to
To out. [ have more respect for Gas
soft aud Joe Brown and Uncle Sam
aud Hayes M.luer anil Preacher Brlce
aud q few other colored meu in our
town than for many white men l could
namo. aud [ had rather trust my life or
INV property IN their hands. There
ought to be a commiss,ou in every
COUNTY to purge the polls. We had
one before the war to purge tho jury
box and no ~dt~reputable msu was AL
lowed to serve on the grand jury.
Then. why MT purge tho ballot box
1t wouid have good effect upon toe
r's ~ geueratlou, both whlte and
black.
But [ i, think that orr grand old
sister State Of North Carolina will 20
to nn IN -ufo and unfair extreme If they
give the negro for u school fluid nc
moro than thor taxes mount TO-, OF
rather no III ,ro than that proportion
Of the pub &c school full. It seems to
mo that every child between eigh1
nL.d sixteen shou Il have q chance t.
learn to cad aud write, and if the
parent can't l'av for it the State should
But | would have a commission aud
school box for that, too, und # the
parent wouldeut work bis children
SHOULDN'T come in. Nothing di~turbI
my tranquility like having to pay foI
the schooling of these negroes VIII,
dress fine every Sunday aud go on ev
erv excursion that comes along. Abou
half # the wenches have got to wearing
s~rectacies and [ reckon whom the pu!,
lie school crank have a law passed f.
free books they will put in the srecta
cles. too.
Senate Hoar made a great speech
and q good speech. He is too old I,
he a %hyrocrite or y time server aud h,
spoke his real continents aud com
manded the rant attention of ever,
man who heard him. But Solomo,
said: "Groat men are not Away
WISE" aud 40: We a differ with til
Senator. aud many eminent and con
scieut,ous statesmen do differ.
would vote for that treaty. bu
what next to do I could not say
Tune and circumstances will have t
determine. Even Senator Hoar ma,
change his mud. He il two month
younger than | am aud. of course, lack
" mouths OF having ~ much sense
that IL, If folks have sense according t
age-wh,ch they onsbt to have.
bank on the old men. King Rehoban
was cursed because he forsook tn
counsel If the o.I men who had coun
seled his father, King Solomon, an,
took counsel from young men. Som
young men are smart and eloquent m,
can carry the thouchtles~ along wit
them. but when / wan wisdom | Q
to the aged. both men aud ONE VIII