The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-22
THE NEW UNION LEAGUE.


ston county, under the pretcnse of de-
string to effect an organization to secure
the expectation of the negro, have been
organizing what they call Colonization
Leagues. After the candidate for adj
mission Is fully initiated into the League.
he finds out that it lis in reality an anti.
Constitutional League, organized TO try
to deceive uncducated Write men to vote
with the negroes against the amendment
At first it gained little foothold IN
parts of Johnston, but when its real oh
ieet was exposed, it lost the little il
had gained,
There are indications that it is the puf-
pose of the dark lantern crowd charged
with organizing these leagues to intro
duce them into all parts of the State. II
is shrewd dodge il not exposed. The
promoters, hoping to get hearing Gy
advocating a plan that is approved by
many good men, go about talking moth
ing but colonization of the negro. As
sample of the insidious methods pursued,
we copy the following notice in this
weeks Sampson Democrat:
PUBLIC SPEAKING.
Mr.. Jas. ID. Parker, editor of the
Smithfield Courier, will address the peo
ple at Clinton, Oct. 7th, 1899, at !
o'clock u. M. ON colonizing the negro.
Public cordially invited to attend.
M. b. WILLIAMS.
There lis nothing in This notice to in
dictate that it is Republican trick To
fool white voters, but THAT is exactly
what it is. The notice is calculated to
deceive any man. We do not know
whether Mr.. Williams knows the true
purpose that organizer Parker has in
view, but we do know that the honest
and Jealous Sampson Democrat wound
not be party to the underhand meth
DDS employed. If the notice had stated
the true object of the meeting, Editor
Bethlme would have warned the white
men of Sampson to have nothing what
ever to do with the meeting.
Organizer Parker has been to Harnett
county. The following editorial from
the Dunn Union shows the line Of his
speech there and its effect;
Jas. d. Parker, of Smithfieid, the
self-appointed organizer of the African
Colonization League, or some such fake
organization, struck our town last Thurs
n,ri,,i alN.,uvN
ling of negroes, Il small crowd of Re
pubiicans, and Il few Democrats who
went out of mere curiosity.
/ THE first part of his harrangue, was
an elucidation of his scheme for the coll
onization of the negroes. He desires, so
he says, for the little handful of white
men in his party to send the great bllik
of the party-more than hundred thou
sand strong-to Cuba, Porto Rico, the
Philippines, or some other somewhere
he is not certain where His plan is to
petition to Congress to give Cutfy free
ticket and permission to get off OF Uncle
Sans premises. With this generosity on
Uncle Sam's part, Mr.. Parker thinks
that thousands of the black and tan
population of the Republic will take
their lands, tenementS and h-redlta-
ments, their goods and chattels upon
their backs and hump lit out of the
realm.
1.-The lion skin beneath which the dom
key was concealed could not long, how
ever. hide his ponder0us ears, and tho
real mission of the negro organizer was
made manifest, which was a futile ~
tempt to prejudice the white men OF
Har-nett against the Constitutional
Amendment His talk about the colon:-
cation scheme was so palpably inslncere
that the negroes were we'll pleased with
his speech. well knowing that its sole
object was an attack upon the amend
ment.
''We have heard no change of opinion
ON the amendment however. nor of 4
single Culy leaving the haltnts OF nus
childhood for parts unknown, since the
speaking
Advocates of the constitutional
Anemment-w includes all who
honestly favor permanent white snprem-
acy-would do we'll TO give this new
Union League a Wide berth and to eX-
pose the dark lantern method to restore
negro domination under the false talk
of Negro Colonization.
There is agitation for change along