The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-02
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The signs point to victory in August
for the suffrage amendment to the
constitution. The true white men in
the republican and populist parties will
not vote to re~inslave themselves, their
neighbors and sfriends. They will not
vote at the crack of cha and
Buffers whips to place fifteen or TWEEN
ty eastern counties once more Under
negro rule, and to thus invite and in
sure a continuance of negro bossing Of
and visitations to white schools taught
by modest virtuous young ladies. Pro-
pitious signs are visible in the political
skies.
Russell, the ablest or one of the two
or three ablest, of republican leaders in
the state, has been watching through
a telescope the political skies n he
sees shining in great brightness the
Star of Hope that is brightest on the
first Thursday in August mex 1t is
the promise of a splendid victory for
"A White Mans government in North
p Carolina. Loge Harris, a practical OBJ
server, has been closely studying the
bodies in political heavens that hang
over North Carolina and he sees the
whole sky lit up with the promises of
the White Peoples deliverance for ever
from the rule and ruin of negro domi-
nation. Rev. Baylus Cade, a studious
man much given to Astronomical pur-
suits and prophetic d~eliverance in the
wide field of political contention. has
been up DER nights watching carefully
what consultations swept before his
PIERCING glass. He sees much that in
dicates that it will be an unwise thing,
for the populist observers to so arrange
their horoscope of the future as to
make their calculations to turn upon a
declaration of hostility to the rule of
virtue, intelligence and probity in
North Carolina, and to shape their
course by a declaration of sympathy
with the negroes, looking to their COM
plete domination in North Carolina
ever hereafter. These three astrono-
mers are among the best practiced of
the late combine-that of 1898.
To confirm the wisdom and true
sight of these astute sky-observers,
there are signs accommodating almost
hlSnly. we " q AC" Oh-
DR.. W. p. Craven, a leading Mecklen-
burg populist. a member of the legis-
Iature of 1896, is out squarely for the
amendment. He tells the Charlotte
News: :.
Il am a populist from principle and
have always been. AS an Individual l
am in favor of the amendment and
Shall vote for it. 1 do not think it is
a partisan measure and no pOpuliSt in
the state should so consider it. 1 think
each individual should vote as he
thinks best. If he is a populist and
thinks the amendment a good thing. 1
think he should support the measure.
If a republican and thinks the amend
ment is right, he should vote for it. l
think we should all unite and support
what we honestly think is best for the
masses"
Ever since the war the negro has
been an incompetent voter. He mas
been in the possession of a club which
he has used to his own detriment and
to the detriment of all three political
parties. In taking this club from the
negro We not only help all three par
ties but do the negro q kim act for
being incompetent, he does not know
whether he is voting right or wrong"
very sensible ana sound talk tnat.
DIR. Craven is not one of those simple
fellows who can be -beguiled into polit-
zeal sin and infamy by voting to put
the whites under the perpetual boss
ing of the ignorant negroes. He knows
that the white men are in no danger of
losing their suffrage rights by the
adoption of the amendment.
Mr.. John H. Sutherland lives at
Murphy in Cherokee. and the late
chairman of the populist executive
committee of his county. He is out in
favor of the franchise amendment. He
addresses a letter to Marion Butler.
the topper and traitor. IN which he
puts to him some pertinent questions
He tells him that he cannot expect
the free white men Of this mountain
country to do otherwise than vote for
the amendment" 1t is time for Butler