The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-09
INGALLS, TRYING TO PROVOKE A
RACE WAR.

Ingalls, lately wrote trying to infiame
the southern negroes to use the torch
and guns against the whites. He is
a bigger ass than he was credited with.
The Baltimore Sun says of this states
man out of a job" that the torch and
the sword will never be a remedy for
lynching, nor will the negro ever get
in that way what Mr.. Ingalls, calls his
rights 1t may be we'll for gentlemen
who far removed from the scene of
strife to suggest a revolution by the
negroes, for whatever may happen they
at least will not suffer-"
If his desire is really to invite the
determination of the blacks he could
not give surer advice to accomplish
that end. No wise man or true friend
of the negro can eve give to the in
ferior race in the south such desperate
and Internal advice. The whites are
not only greatly superior to the ne
groes as fighters, man for man, but
they are double the negroes in num-
bers. If it took nearly five northern
whites to one southern white to sup
press the rebellion" as they called it
with a lie in their mouths, how long
would it AXE a as many negroes as
whites to prevent their complete dis
truction. The truth is, Ingalls, writes
in The New York Journal like a mad
nan who had partaken largely of "the
insane root" and he shows he is neith-
err wise nor humane. The Messenger
has said many times that the best
friends of the negroes are in the south
the better classes Of WITHSTAND it
knows enough of the situation to say
emphatically that no real friend of the
| negroes in the south will ever advise
the inferior race to begin a war of re-
rfisal and destruction upon the White
race. A fool and fanatic only in any
section could advise that appeal
| whether black or white. The Sun says
| this:
eff the negro is suffering from evils
which are not directly traceable to
| his wv crimes, he can trust to the en-
~lightened public opinion of the south
to protect him. We have enough O:
the torch and the sword in the Phil
lippines now without starting a reyo-
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and massacre are to be the principa
J features"
When h ex-senator, a brilliant rhe
torican and master of invective, dare.
to write such stuff and try tt poison
and inf1ame the ignorant negroes in tn
south, he is guilty Of a crime agains
both races. The very worst of enemie:
is he who would try to provoke a wa,
by infiaming the partisans of eithe
race. The whites are showing the,
mean well by the negroes, but the,
the ruled. They will studiously en-
deavor to uphold the law and to pre-
serve'a genuine and noble civilization
in this dear southland. In Nortl
Carolina Immediately succeeding tn
disturbances here and elsewhere I'll,
democratic legislators gave the nesr
race the benefit of white mems take
to educate their children. Let blinda
fanatics seek some political santa ri
UNI for restoration to sanity and healrh
We did not think ingalls, half as t,,r
bulent and wicked in his heart as h
shows himself to be by his ill-tip, .
and i~ll-intended advise. If he succeAd
in starting a war let him come dor1
and command a brigade. He will knoy
! much more then than he knows