Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-11-25
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The Richmond, Va. TINES continues
to suffer from an acute attack Of Ne
grophobia. Throughout the nigh. IL 10
haunted by the nightmare Of Negro |
snd.it INDUCES in Uto-
plan dreams Of the times when the
citizen of color will be wiped OF the
face of the earth or, il here will .beso
dead politically that the average white
man will not know it. 10 its issue OF
the 10th inst, under the caption OF "a
Sensible Republican" it says:
"The Hon. Thomas Settle, of North
CaroliHa, is q Republican, but he rs
heartily in favor of eliminating the
Negro vote from North CaroliDs poll
ties. He says that the disfranchise-
men5 OF the Negro would mean the
emancipation of the whites from poll
ticRi bondage"
The above proposition is so absurd
that it hardly deserves notice. How
much emancipation OF the whites"
did it do in LouisisnA and Mississippi
Are they any more divided upon vital
issues than they were thirty years ago2
1t says:
Ever since the war the people OF
North Oarolins have been confronted
with the serious question OF Negro su-
| premacy, which means the rule OF the
party which controls the solid Negro
vote Therefore, the Negro question
has ever been the parsmeuntis issue aud
the whites were compelled to stand to-
gsther in order to prevent the Negro
party from getting into power.
Mr. Settle is, therefore, in favor OF
retiring tbs Negro questlon from poll
ties, believing, as he does, that the
true interests OF the party to which he
belongs would be thereby promoted
de says that q large and responsible
number OF white men IN North Oaro-
lima would vote with the Republican
party, il the fear OF Negro domination
should DO removed"
1t has been demonstrated time and
again that there has never been any
Negro supremacy in North Carolina
The ablest and most complete refuta
ton of this charge which we have seer
was made by congressman GEoRoE II
Write OF that state.
II Mr.. SsrTLR's views are correct
why is 1t that the white men in Missis
] sippi and Louisiana do not Join the Re
publican Party and take charge O
those states 2 The TINES remarks:
, Mr.. Settle is sensible. and it is
r surprise to US that other Republicans
, except such as profit by the Negr
: vote, are not thoroughly in accord will
him in this view. IL is simply impos
; sible for any party, the Republican
party or the Populist party, or b.
c Whatever name it may be called
3 which relies upon the Negro vote {
D succeed in the South. 1t may triumph
!, now and then, but its reigd will b
: brief. The whites will not tolerate tn
; rule of such party"
1t should have said that the ring
a will not tolerate the rule of such pal
D ~. Il has been demonstrated tim
6 and again that the machinery use
against the white an i colored Republ
q cans. when they are eliminated is use
d against the white Democratic who al
:. out of harmony with the Party. Coz
BELIsx in Kentucky, MARTMI-N in Va
:, rILMANIsM in South Carolina are liz
q ing examples of this. The Democrat
u primaries have been the shield OF pre-
lection against the outside foe and y,
h the machine is as absolute in its .sws
d as is the Car OF Russia.
u It seems 60 realize that it b
= "swung too far out and qualities
words with the following language:
1T is far from our purpose to gi
the Republican party in the South q
to and encouragement, but we do SINGER
- " believe that the best thing th
OF could happen to the Southern Stat
B. would be the establishment Of q Z
% sDonsible minority party, and this 81
10 never be until the ignorant and vi sio
l. Negro vote shall have been Abolishs
IN Ii would, in our opinion, be q godsel
IN to the South, il we could have ia
~ the Southern States two suSh parti
re rs were the Democratic party and {
of Wing party of -beilum days"
NJ When gou find q minority party
q, Mississippi, of sufficient strength q
he consistency to merit notice as much
y. &c as respect, then you can tell the pc
"a pie of Virginia and North Carolina
ly the beauties to be found in the wipi
We OUT of the 14th and 18th Amendm,
90 to the Constitution of the Unit
As States.
do As the case now stands, you are {
IL worst enemy and las big . fool as
90 BUrLER's Old DICK" cannot fail to
ed it even in the nighttime.
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