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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-07-13

their mean and selfish ambition, and
ly and yearly more ami more odious
liz the eyes of self-reSpecting white
men and women.
Let Senator Pritchard and his office
holding regrophilists put this in their
p,pes and smoke it.
The white people of the State are
seeking and honestly seeking by the
proposed amendment to settle this ir-
ritatin" and troublesome race cues
top and remove this ever recurring
and fostering sore from the body pol
tic.
Senator Pritchard and his office
holding crowd say we shall not so set
de it, because, forsooth, they want the
negro vote to keep them in office, and
to give them influence in the national
conventions of their party. We'll. we
are going to settle it and in this way,
whether The white Republican office
holders give their consent or not. TnIS
is the best way. for all concerned, 70
way or another If we cant settle IT
this way, We will have to settle i III
a way, perhaps. worse for the negro
for we repeat that settled. and SET
tiled FOREVER it MUST be. This
- the decree not only Of the whit peo-
pie of The State but of the wloiG
South, and it is a decree as memorable
as fate itself.
\ vote cast against the amendment
VIII be VOTE CAST TO CONTINUE
TIE NEGRO AS \ VOTER and if
that vote be east by WHITE MAN
IT WILL BE THE MOST DISTINCT
I'VE VOTE ANY WHITE MAN IN
NORTH CAROLINA HAS EVER
CAST AGAINST HIS RACE; it will
be Il distinctive vote for THE NEGRO
Il distinctive vote against the WHITE
MAN; it Will be Il declaration
on his part that lie thinks
the negro is as good as the
white man; it will be a protest on hi,
part against the white mans having
anything that the negro does not have
il Will he a vote for the continuance
of race trouble and conflict and clash
and finally it will be Il vote which can
not possibly help even the negro fol
which it is east. since if he could sue
coed in defeating the purpose of the
white men, as expressed in this amend
| mpnt. the race question Tin the
settlement of which he is as much in
| trrcSted as the white mani will still
remain unsettled, with the fixed ant
t irrevocable purpose on the part of thu
| whites as we have said before, to set
tie it. if not in one way then in anoth
en- but to settle it and SETTLE II
! FOREVER.
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POST=ELECTION DEMANDS OF
REPUBLICANS FOR NEGRO
ELIMINATION,

When the election Of 1898 was over,
and the smoke of battle had cleared
away. and negro domination was rap
idly diSintegratinG under the advent
of the sun of white supremacy. there
went up from the Republican poll
of North Carolina to the other a cry
of rage against the negro as the cause
OF the calamity which had hefallen
their party.
Many of them denounced loudly and
Professionally his miSchievouS activity
and aSSertivcneSs in politics. and de
clarcd but FOR him their party might
have had Il long Lease of power and
SpoilS And while the Democrats Were
vet rejoicing over their victory and
,lclivcrance. having not Yet taken
thought for the morrow. these men.
who had 50 recently conSorted with
and defended die negro. raised 4
mighty cry Of "Crucify him. Cruelty
him.. He must be eliminated from
politics -" And they continued To
cry out against the negro. and demand
ed his elimination. until the politicians
at the national capital whispered into
the ears Of their leader and representa-
live, Senator Pritcnard, the suggestion
that although thr negro was of nu
use to their party i'll the South. il
greatly needed him in the North and
West. il many Of which States he
holds the balance OF power. and thai
= the G.. .. Z. must at least make 4
show of caring for him in the South
that it might continue 10 use him IL
! these close States. Gracefully bending
I othe eXicencieS of the political sitlla
ton. the thrifty and adjustable Sena-
tor. from his perch at the national cap
ital. sent forth his famous manifesto
against the amendment. 1t is Il curl
GUS document.
. The Senator's position With reference
10 the amendment, the last campa gn
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A PRACTICAL RATHER THAN
A CONSTITUTIONAL CUES.
TON.

The 1arboro Southrrner ElakcS 4
good point when il says the Rcpuhli
cans VIII fail 10 interest the people III Il
discussion Us to The conSi.tutionaiity.
The people VIII consider whether ihry
desire TO dlSfranchiSe the ill!teratr ne
"roeS and VIII leave TO tn" courts the
settlement Of The con>iituiiouaiity of
the amendment.
The Southernrr sums mp is 1-gu-
mem thus:
'Shall The negro cease TO he 4 po-
ltIcll power 10 DO evil?
Those who would have the negro
eliminated viii vote Tor The amend
ment. and those who prefer % stand
cheek by iowl with "Coffre." Will vote
against them and that is all there is
70 he matter. 80 far a> he people ara
concerned. The people are not lawyers
nor skilled III questions Of constitution
al law. They will therefore not pre-
tend 10 Hntici PATE the courts. Rnt
they do know what they want. and N
this respect can very gently vo.c
on the proposed changes II our conS1i-
tuition. N. \ =.
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DEMOCRATIC PROMISES MADE
TO WHITE MEN ONLY.

The statement has been made and
often repeated, that the Democratic
party III the last campaign promised
not to liSfranchiSe. or in any way
ahriu"e the right of the negro to vote.
Pray, to whom did the Democrat tic
party make such 4 promise? 1t GER
tainlv did not make it to the negro.
because it did not ask for negro votes.
On the contrary, it dCtied the negro
Vote. 1t said to the negro: I'VE do not
expect your vote: We propose 10 beat
You with the votes WHITE
MEN," Ii said to him: This is a
white mans country, and white men
must and shall rule it 1t said to
him: We propose TO put an end 20
negro ottice-holding IN North Caro-
lima" 1t said to him: We propose to
sion negro domination in North Caro-
lima. now and forever And upon
every stump. from the mountains TO
the seaShore. ii demanded and prom
isel WHITE SUPREMACY. Under
these circumstances. what sense would
there have been in its making this or
any other promise &c the negro. What
consideration could it have expected to
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people Of no county. long tnlcr,', i.
|; has been the one thing that has
Erpt the Republican party III the Son;h
from advocating the principles Of that
party IN :! way to appeal! alone 10 he
intelligence of the people. Whenever
the Republican party obtains conn 81
OF tn" state. the negro influence takes
possession of the Republican party.
ErehenSion follows for little while.
and the white people rise and take
charge of the government. The Rcpuh>
Ncan party with the negro IN the 'l.i-
Jorlty has been in charge of affairs n
North Carolina on two occasions and
each time the peace. safety and quiet
o. III" State was threatened: the Ia "
was delied, the women and children
put in jeopardy, and reign of dis
honor. terror and nutlIWry inau"u-
RATED that no good citizen wants 10
see repeated.
Heretofore wnene,e r the Republican
party was in power the negroes 1omi-
mated that party ana the negro intiu-
ence controlled the State in spite Of
the better element Of the party Cities
and towns OF Eastern North Carolina
attest the truth Of this statement. Tnr
perilous days of lS6S-63 and 1896 rs
ought 10 he a lesson to the people Of
this State ana should warn them
against allowing such IA state Of affa Is
again to exist.
The constitutional amendment VIII
not diSfranchiSe a single white man,
but will eliminate the illiterate negro
danger of negro domination. Win
both political parties under the con-
troll Of the people, We would feel
safer
TO the white people of the State the
amendment that is proposed for the T.
ratification offers an opportunity for
relieving the State of any possibility
OF negro domination. Will white men
turn their backs on the State and the
Anglo-SaX race? We shall see \o
white man can be DISTINGUISHED by
he amendment. They have been care
! fore 1908 and they can vote for all
time whether they can read and write
or not
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A QUESTION FOR THE SU-
PREME COURT OF THE
UNITED STATES.

We are Informed that Republican
politicians are trying to scare the peo-
pie about the amendment by telling
them that our Supreme Court"
meaning the present Republican Su-
premc Court will decide the amend
ment unconstitutional. In confirma-
ton of their prediction to this effect.
they cite the frequent Instances in
which that Court has set aside lesiS-
IatiVe enactmentS.
Let no one be alarmed by these
threats. In the FIRST place. the amend
ment. if ratified by the people. will
not 90 into practical effect until the
election of 1902. That election will
lDub,less DE held in November. and al
the same time the people will elect
three new members Of the Supreme
Court. 50 that this question. if it gets
before our State courts at all. Will IN
all probability have to be decided b7
the new court.
We do not mean to say that the pres
ent Supreme Court would decide the
question against the amendment, or
contrary to law. if it could come be-
fore it: we merely state the facts as to
the earliest time the amendment can
be applied. and that it could not soon
er become the subject of inveS,isa ton
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receive fo- such promise, and what
possible inducement was there TO make
it: 4 bare statement of the facts.
shows that the statement that such 4
promise was made by the party is
both untrue and absurd.
Whatever promises the Democratic
party made in the last campaign upon
the subject of suffrage generally. e"
upon any other subject. WE'RE MADE
TO WHITE MEN AND NOT TO TIE
NEGRO.
Ana what white man in all North
Carolina who voted the Democratic
ticket in the last election has said
Or VII say to that party: Il voted the
Democratic ticket, because you prom
ised not to limit or abridge the suf
fraSe of the negro. I demand. there
fore, that you keep this promise
Or what white man in all North Car
olina has said or will say to that
party: Il protest against the disfran-
chisement Of the ignorant negro vote"
Emphatically we say that no such
white man has been or will be found
In the name of the white men of
North Carolina, we protest with indig
nation against the intimatiOn that any
white man in the last election voted
the Democratic ticket because Of any
promise made in behalf of negro suf-
frage.
In the last campaign, the Democratic
party did promise the white people Of
North Carolina that no white man
should be disfranchised for lack of ed
llcation CT on account Of his poverty
and it promised the WHITE WOMEN
as we'll as the WHITE MEN of North
Carolina that if it should come into
power it would PERMANENTLY Els
TARLISH WHITE SUPREMACY
the faith of THESE DOUBLE PROM
Uses that we won the great and glori-
Gus victory of November S,h
In the constitutional amendment
which that party has submitted to the
people it has faithfully KEPT THESE
PROMISES-NOTO ONE OF THEM,
PROMISES, NOT ONE OF THEM.
But BurH OF THEM.
The position of the Democratic party
upon this subject is not the result of
any convention declarations or ante
election agitation, any more than the
! present attitude of the United States
toward Cuba is the result Of a pre-
conceived purpose to turn out Spain
and appropriate that fair island to our
selves: but it is the inevitable evolu-
ton of the situation.
There is not sensible man in the
State. of any party or race, who does
not know that the manifestations and
developments of the last days of the
campaign forced upon the minds aud
c'1,Sciences of the responsible elements
of our people the conviction that the
good order of society, and the peaca
! and safety of the State demanded the
elimination Of the ignorant and vicious
negro vote, and that the amen inent i.
in response to this feeling, which has
become deep rooted in the hearts as
we'll as in the minds of the people
1t only remains to be said that any
suggestion that this amendment was
or is proposed in the spirit of mllevo
lence or injustice towards the negro
is false and slanderOus.
That the negro needs protection is
ali too true, but the protection he
needs is protection against his OWL
folly and blindness. and TO rescue hin
! from the inevitable consequences o.
this is not a wrong, but kindness II
rim.
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must hr DISTINGUISHED, the other should
be also. comes Only from Senator
fritchard's organ. And thank heaven.
il VIII only come from such 2orcraS.
Eut we Will repeat what We have
sad before: THE ANE\pMENr ~
GOING 10 BE RATIFIED Ar THE
POLLS. and il is going 10 be dome not
only by the Democratic voters, hut
very largely by Republican vorcrS. IN
Gliding many Intelligent colored ve-
tiers. OF course We include rhc rank
and I'll" of tho PopuliStS with the Dem,
OcrltS.
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NEGRO SUFFRAGE A FAILURE
Pra ctical Discussion by Hon. NJ. II.
Justice

Whatever of sentiment or of love
for human freedom and manhood Suf-
frage may have prompted the univer-
sal acknowledgements of the negroes of
the Southern States. the experiment
has proven to be a failure. There is a
vast difference between an ignorant.
illiterate negro and an llteraie white
man. as respects the qualification for
exercising the rights. powers and du-
ties of citizpnsip and in the qualities
! for Self-govprnment. The white men
tional qualifications. have sprung from
a race accustomed TO govern. Each
one of them was brought up in a Fam
/ lily. and in a social circle where love
of country. love of home. pure patri-
otism, the rights and duties of the cit
| izen are frequent topics Of converSa
ton. where these sentiments grow up
in the minds and hearts of the family
as THEY grow; where the love OF or
der and respect for law interwpavp
| into the fibre of their nature; where
the worship of the heroes of our inSti-
buttons tends to keep alive this love of
country: where the good old fashion
of naming the children for our own
great, men of the past tends to keep
up the history of our country. All
these traditions, the daily tutilage of
the white mothers the constant con-
tact with the things that pertain to
| government, the heretlity of country.
other environments and circumstances.
go to make of the white man a capa-
bic and intelligent voter. whether he
can read and write or not
The more culture and proper educa-
ton he has, the better, of course. Not
so with the llitera1e negro. He has
no traditions. He is inferior. natural
ly He has no patriotism. He cares
but little for his home and he has alb
solutrly 10 ambition for his children
He has strong race prejldiceS. but he
behaves himself in matters pertaining
to affairs of government as one who
is g wayfarer and time-server.
power. Let one of his race break loose
from the body of the negroes in a
community. i'll matters of church OF.
State. Of politics or religion. and the
Iii
traciSed and tainted and ridicued
ana abused. and often personal VIC
lpnce offered him. 50 that if he is not
a pretty game negro the offenSe is not
repeated. You tell a white man,
Whether he can read and write or not,
that martial law is about to be yieclar-
ed that the writ of habeaS corpus is
about TO be suspended. that the liber-
ties of the citizens are about to be en-
rroached. and you at once stir his re-
sentiment and awaken his opposition.
The Nero knows nothing and cares
nothing about it. unless you make him
fear for the preferment Of his race.
What | have written is the theory of
the subject: a practical view. Now
! what practical lessons are there III
!, history to be learned in this matter:
; |. That no white man ought 10 be
DISTINGUISHED whether he can read and
write or not. because his blood. his IA
f5jvitv. his education. his environments
his family and social surroundings all
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THE PASSING OF THE
NEGRO In POLITICS

r~7a --h'te people Of North Carolina
eyer again submit TO negro dom
.- nor that III" negro shall rule
white man in any part Of this
was the irrcvocable decree Of
.h.r :. 1898 For this reason the
r... ian party can never hope TO
- r,n+rol in North Carolina. so
s- If continues under present in
-..-- for il - manifest
no long a it 50 continues
..--.. domination III certain parts of
~4-r will inevitably follow its
...-- and the influence of the ne
--.- .. p-.lrics viii Of necessity be
..i and felt i'll every part of the
.. !. = futile for Republicans TO
r deny IIIa, their party in North
a... aa- j. controlled by the negro
g.. -.I, government by it j. neceS>a>
g.. Government under negro influ-
e re are but few white Republicans
(. Worth Carolina compared with the
-.....,. If ,,..s.,r. that constitute the
-,...... .-,...,,.,,r, nf rI,,t n,rtv In thn
s-.....,- 7,r..., far every white Rcnub-
..u Voter There are FOUR negroes
vii. vote HE ticket of that party. In
..,--..ru mart of the State the dis
--..,r..on between white and black
T...3u.In voters j infinitely greater.
4. craven county. for instance. there
a.. considerably over 1000 Republican
tu...-~. and Of these not more than
III IG are white men.
f.. u,Ifrax in \or1iamnton in War
.... am; New Hanover counties. and in
.r.lr many other eastern counties
v....., u,fobr he named the proDortjon
81 hrl.k Rrpnblican TO white Repub-
Lean voter. i as grcat as il is in Ora
t... .-uri,Ifv
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A STARTLING PROPOSITION
FROM SENATOR PRITCH~
ARDS ORGAN.
Raleigh Post.

The esteemed ASheville Register. the
Republican organ of Western North
Carolina in recent article replying
to the Post said:
But why does the desire to elm
mate ignorance extend only to the ne
gro? If Ignorance is Il constant men
ace to the State. certainly it ought 10
be wholly eradicated. and not stop ut
the LEAST OFFENSIVE part. THE
IGNORANCE WHICH DISrTRrS
THE PEACE IN THIS STATE Is
FOUND AMONG TIE WHITES IN
TIE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. AMI
not among the negroes. If the negro
is unfit for the ballot by reason Of his
lack of learning. CERTAINLY THE
WHITE, MAN WHO is EQUALLY
AS IGNORANT is also unfit for thu
ballot. No amount of SOphiStry can
destroy the force Of this argument"
The capital letters used above are
ours.
AS the Register IS the special mouth
piece Of Senator Pritcliard. we may ui,-
derStand the reason of the Senators
opposition to the amendment to be be
cause it does NOT diSfranchiSe igup-
rant white men. this class being mor"
''offensivr" in the opinion of the Semi
tors organ than the ignorant negroes.
We confess we did not expect such
an acknowledgment from such :.
source.
The Register know$-for The above
is a tacit admission of the fact-thaf
the proposed amendment will not dis
franchise any white people. If il does
not know. we will tell ii. II VIII dis
franchise about one hundred thousand
ignorant colored voters who have
proven - dsaStrouSly their unfitnrSS
for the use of the ballot. There are
some thousands of intelligent coloreI
people who Will still vote under tina;
amendment because Of their Possession
Of the qualification the white Demo-
Gratis have prescribed. 1t is known
as fact thai il is through the iyno
rant negroes that the vicious elements
OF that race. under ;hr manipulation>
of the white Offic"-S"ekerS of that par
". that the Republican party has been
n constant menace 30 good government
and GOOD order throughout the state.
The educated reiorc'! people nave
shown. from time 10 time. strong dis
position To break with theirf Leaders,
bEt their racial relations would ,inlni-
uate them. an the mass of Ignorance
directed by tile viciDT> blacks and
whites. would control. Emancipatnd
+ from such influences and control. as
the amendment Will emancipate them.
hey Will cca>r 20 bc used 10 The injury
of The State Geducated white citI-
zru>- Republicans As well as Demo
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TIE EFFECTS or TIE AMEND.
MENT TPDN THE tOLORED
pOpI 'ItTION.

Its iir>t effect upon lnIe race VIII he
to greatly reduce The number Of ,.DI-
or~h voters IN this state. ana cun#e-
Qurnily TO practically eliminate The
colorvd man from politics. VIII his
be IL blessing or Il curse 10 his racc7
After thirty years of earnest cndcay-
or 10 adTanc" The negro race n all
thai pertains 10 their best interests. |
give it lS my opinion that 1t Will 10
Il blessing 10 Them to eliminate tha
great body of Gem from politics. They
were. suddenly changed from slaves 10
Suvcrri.nS Without any 2rrparI s;un
for Il proper iSchar-" Of In" Important
duties Of American citizenship thry
We're. by military cdicts clothed wiki
All 81. prrrogatiy's. powers and priv
ile2rs Il is Ina natural that they
shonld have !rizca these IcE-1Dr1.
right above everything elsr. =nl
should have ravri".l ia them. For.
thirty years they hav" devoted incn-
sclvr, to politics p:ily 10 JinI TGs: +
does noi brin.s 10 fhrEI Ia: which
4hcy Ilo%t need. t." n,1:n go
alloy" ali things els. need hul.e. Iol
their rauil"s and In"nt:.i. moral an,
industrial training FIR tier children
They cannot get these gu. Of pc..tirs
WILL NJ ! Ni, Iiltl 4i.!.'-S M
GROES '.TIT:IT'J'Y.
The colnrpd race nay -" az. Cd INTO
two classes lJSe who are Try .Is 70
do something. 40 2cqiHr. @OucLh.rg
.rd. 10 make so!noth.rg out o: them
scI,,s and thrIF children. ,nd hose
who have 10 concern for nnyt ll2 be-
yond one day Tations. To" n.st cia-s
make good citizens. In" Tc"pnd =, rot.
All who belong 10 the list .!1<. VII
sooy, tit an. qualify themselves and
their offspring 10 become vctcrs under
INC proposed amendment il il ali be
,dop;.d. T5o>e Hho beloas 10 the
.ocon.i las viii soon lean 1slt t.Iry
,rust H.. ilttf.r o. torey"r ID crt IL
from me ballct-1CS. | bsii"Te -his
will appeal - them a o":ning s'1e
will. Waen they gee :. La:t o, -Itir
aga walking Up to thu Lallot-box and
u,rt,cia1t.ag il. Eli TIE privileges II
.hc elecfiv. "a. ch:se Anr tara ru'ly
Understand t.i&: L : wi.ken Their
,,ap.er 10 qualify rlem> lives n I: eh..r
,.f:i.irrn &c become vo.er~ IL VIII fcui.
| tr;st. - move many TO " A.
,iytrv ..aj zeal - baCo.!c better Cd
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. - {. I = =
| Has matriculated about 100 students,
| xepreseu,i,aa Aty county in the state
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Ucnti'"I; on fAge -

tue atu ,faS bf Jtf,f- t.sr,. "a .'..-'"-t"-
he nl.aded in bar of the rrc's"rE OF fh'
al I'd The %al..