The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-05
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does not know about North Carolina
politics. If he Is as ignorant of law
and the science Of government as he Is
of public opinion in this state he SO
g~rfevously misrepresenSts in the senate
and In newspapers, he will stand q
In the senate examination. Even Mark
Hanna, the political leper, would stand
above him. Jeter gives it as his very
solemn and knowing opinion that d
suffrage amendment is as dead as a
three-years old mackerel in a salt bar
rel. Hear the Tennessee descendant OF
Solomon:
az hope and believe 1t will be voted
down, for although it is a democratic
measure, many democrats see that 1T
involves serious danger to the white
voters as we'll as the blacks, and that
if it should be adopted many whites
may be DISTINGUISHED. . The IL
literacy of the state, which IL by no
means confined to the blacks, is large
ly the fault Of the various democratic
administrations, which ave not given
the people proper education facilities.
And that is what this slanderer OF
the white people of North Carolina
knows about the amendment. The
democrats have expended probably
$40, 600, 900, nearly all raised upon
whites, to help to educate the negroes.
The Ignorant whites he speaks OF
have had equal opportunities to edu-
cate themselves and their children.
Jeter will hear what the Wild wave
are saying before he is one year older.
He is disappearing the White Race
i'm North Carolina for the last term i'm
the senate. If he can get a hiding place
in some soft life-federal office he should
Jump in without delay.
Yesterday mornings Messenger con-
tains the new in a special o
Greensboro, that Hon. Thomas Settle,
ex-representative, will advocate and
vote for the constitutional amendment.
This is wisely done. He and Judge
Purnell are certainly among the ablest
republican leaders and both favor the
suffrage amendments. They count for
something and many other Intelligent
men of their party will prefer white
rule to negro rule, will vote for the
amendment also. He says when sollc-
ited to be a candidate for governor or
congress-"I cannot c~onscientiously
1900, oo. n, ttoIytot 0f on1r nan~txu that ma khS
opposition to the amendment the basis
of it's platform"
Pritchard can "conscientiously" do
all he can to fasten negro rule upon
North Carolina and to fasten thereby
himself upon the public crib as a fix
ture for life. But he is ar East Ten
nesseean.
AS an Indication of what Intelligent,
fairly we'll educated colored men are
thinking and saying, we give an ex-
tract or two from a letter from a COL
ored teacher to a leading lawyer in our
city, Mr.. George Rountree. He ap-
proyes of the amendment out and out,
and he says many-thousands-of his
race also approve of it. He a y
in former years he was prosecuted by
some Of his people because he support
ed honest and intelligent white men for
office. He writes that there We're many
others "who were ostracized because
they were competent to vote intelligent
ly for good men," He regards the
franchise amendment as needed and
proper-that cit is one of the best civil
movements that ever was undertaken
in this good old North state" He has
closely examined the amendment
reading it several times-andt The says
he "can see nothing in it that will harm
the general future welfare of the color
ed voter-those who ought to vote
but do see much that will surely bene-
fit him." If it fails ITO pass he predicts
that there will be great confusion in
the future. He writes: MY influence
shall be for the amendment because
1 do sincerely believe it will be the
best for the state" Written like a
man. North Carolina will be a white
mans government Or there will be an
archy and ''rumors of war" often.
There are abundant signs showing that
the crack of the black-radical whip OF
scorpions can not prevent honest in
dependent, true white men from sup
porting the so much needed suffrage
limitation. 1t will be seen too that
there are men of sense and character
among the colored voters who will
dare to do right in spite of all the dis
nervousness. the wiring in and out
the gross, palpable p%erversions and de-
ceptions of the hungry white radical
leaders. This set know that their days
are numbered-that their occupation as
deceivers and grabbers sis gone" as
was Othello's. and they are toying their