Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1900-07-05
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Some Questions and An.
Charlotte Observer OF June IS |!
In coming to Charlotte, on the
Southern Railway, this morning I
read the contribution of Mr.. Edward
Pierson, a Northern Settler in Char
lotte. His contribution is a review
of my work in last Sundays Obser-
yer. under the headline "Hate of the
Haters."
The first paragraph of MIR. Pier
sons contribution is as follows:
81 notice in your Sunday issue of
June the oath that a writer COM
menting upon the Philadelphia con-
vention and the hatred of the North
toward the South, says: 1t is over
now, and it is Mckinley to say in
his own shoes and Roosevelt
to put on the shoes Of HO-
BART Evidently the writer of
the article seems certain that
the above ticket will be elected,
hence we may draw the conclusion
that he is going to give his silent
support to the same, namely, his
vote"
It is true that I did comment on
the Philadelphia convention, which
was the national Republican
convention of the United States,
and therein is the head and front of
my offending. I as aDemocrat, and
as a regular contributor to the Char
lotte Observer, had no right, in Mr.
Persons Judgment, to criticise the
action of the Republican convention.
However, the statement that L COM
mented on "the hatred of the North
toward the South" IS untrue, and /
defy Mr.. Pierson to find a single
sentence in which I used the word
North, or Northern, or even spoke
of sectional hates. [ was writing q
political criticism of the Republican
party, and spoke Of it's constituent
SLIP 0o NJ W.
egated authority in the Philadelphia
convention. Inasmuch, MI. PiersoD
whom I do not know, has assumed a
championship of the Republican con
vention at Philadelphia, with its
vile oratory against the South and
it's Infamous platform, with a plank
fundamentally bassic in the oppossi
ton Of the Republican party to oul
proposed constitutional amendment
the purpose Of which is to insure
white supremacy in North Carolina
to the end that such peace and or
der may prevail that Mr.. Pierson, 6
Northern gentleman, may live, labor
and prosper in Charlotte unaweG
and unmolested by such negro dom
ination, as. prevailing in Whining
ton, made it necessary that sho'
guns be used to establish safety TO:
life and tranquility above scenes o
disorder.
The statement that [ evidently in
tend to vote for Mckinley an(
Roosevelt, I will answer by stating
that [ have no mor intention, a
this period of my life, Of voting TO
the devil, a negro, OR a white Repub
lican, than I have had heretofore
during my unbroken record as
Democrat. While my views touch
ing the currency have DETECTED from
those of my great party, as is we
known in North Carolina, I hav
lever yet consented that my fnan
cial views should be represented b
William Mckinley, who shut hi
mouth, from opposition to the gol
standard, and, then, blantantly ope1
ed it, in favor of that standard, whe
he foresaw that by becoming a trai
tor to his convictions he might be
come President of the United State
Senate.
The second paragraph from nj
Persons pen, in reply to me is q
follows:
eff you, Mr.. Editor, will allow N
to say so-and I mean not to in an
way offend the writer Of the article
/ will say that just such sentiment
as those expressed in the article r
ferred to have a tendency to kee
open the old sore between the Mort
and South. just because Hem
Cabot Lodge was made chairman
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