The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-12

premacy without making it necessary
that white men should always vote to-
gether and act together without refer
ence tc the impulse of heart and dictates
Of head, the last Legislature, represent
ing the white manhood and white woman
heed of the State submitted the Constitu-
tional Amendment. This Amendment en-
bodies bur plan for establishing White
Supremacy upon a permanent basis. and
at the same time freeing the mind and
conscience of the white man. The way in
which, it accomplishes this object can be
stated in one sentence 1t does it by
DISTINGUISHING the ignorant negro with
cut DISTINGUISHING the uneducated white
man. This discrimination against the
ignorant negro in favor of the unedu-
Gated white man we maintain is not vio-
lating either the statute or moral law,
because it is not discrimination on &C
count of race, color or previous condi-
tion," but on account of we'll recognized
and essential differences in the moral
and intellectual attributes of the two
races.
The Democratic party says, as a result
of long trial, that the ignorant negro is
not mt to vote, and is not entitled to
vote because he neither seeks to under
stand, nor is he capable of understand
ing the object and effect of the ballot
The Democratic party maintains that the
uneducated white men of the State are
tit to vote and are entitled to vote, and
intends that they shall vote, because they
always seek to understand and they are
capable of understanding the object and
effect OF the ballot The opponents of
the Amendment do not take into account
this essential difference between the
races. There is distinction between
the ignorant man and the uneducated
man, not fanciful or theoretical dis
tinction, but a real living distinction and
in this distinction is found the founda-
ton principles of our Amendment. The
uneducated white man of North Caro-
lima. though he has no book learning is
seldom ever an ignorant man; he is gen
orally well Informed: he is generally well
posted; he cannot read the newspapers.
but he can understand them when he
hears them read; he may not be able to
discuss questions of finance and tariff,
but he understands them when he hears
them discussed. He is a man of indie
pendence of thought and independence
OF action He seeks to understand, and
he is capable of understanding the effect
OF public questions upon him and his in
terests. He loves his family and his
home and his country, and because he
loves these before he casts his vote he
seeks diligently to understand it's effect
upon family, home and country, he not
only seeks to understand. but he has the
capacity of understanding it's effect upon
these sacred interests. The uneducated
white men of North Carolina are good
citizens in peace and splendid soldiers in
war The uneducated white men of
North Carolina are descended from a race
who, before the art of reading and writ
ing was known had established an or
DERBY system of government, the basis
of the system under which we now live
and the envy of the world. The unedu-
Gated white men of North Carolina are
descended from race who before their
proudest chief could read or write had
produced orators, statesmen and war
rlors whose names and fame live III his