The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-04-17
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All white republicans may think the
negro should have q right TO vote but
all do not think he should have the
right to hold office-they car take
care OF these Observation-Disclosures
Herald.
In presenting Don Gillian to the
democrats of the district h Edge-
combe democracy is animated by the
desire to give the district a represent
alive that will do b state and party
credit and at the same time TO snow
some recognition Observes wnicn
MI. Gillian has 50 often rendered the
party.-Tarboro Southerner-
It is reported that Colonel w. c +.
Breckenridge will leave the democratic
party and become editor-in-chief OF
the Louisville (ky.) Commercial. a re-
publican organ. The democrats Will
be happy when he carries out his de-
termination. That is where dis
graceful old colonel has belonged for
a long time.-Charlotte News
The amendment is aimed at h ne
gro and no one else. 1t is framed so
that il will not be in conflict with the
federal constitution. The negro has
for a generation openly displayed an
inveterate political hostility. towards
the best interest of the state and the
best people in the state. The people
Of h state have grown tired of IL and
do not propose TO take n more
chances of having him in control. The
amendment is proposed to relegate him
to in%nocuous desuetude. Tarboro
Southerner.
There are a large number OF honest,
we'll meaning republicans, that are be-
ginning to him thai the democratic
party is unconsciously seeking TO do
them a great favor. We are unable
to see that the republican party has
anything to complain of in regard to
the amendment. In all things il will
o a wise n benlficent law. first.
to remove one Of the most dangerous
and degrading ever known or felt, an
element that has proved a pandora
box of mischief, second, h amendment
will act as a great stimulus to educa-
ton.
We believe hat every man in North
Carolina who has at heart hopes that
DR.. Alderman will not accept h call
to the presidency of Tulane university.
But what right have we to expect him
to make this sacrifice? In education.
as in all things else, money cuts an i'm
pOrtant figure, and we cannot expect
to retain capable men at half the price
other states are willing to pay. The
best is none too good for North Carroll
ma, but We cannot expect to secure the
best al half price. Everything being
equal, DR.. Alderman would probably
remain in North Carolina, but we fear
it is to his interests to leave us.-Dur-
ham Herald.
There is a story OF a minister in
charge of a poor church in a country
town having a call to a wealthy city
congregation at a handsome salary.
One of his ~parishioners met the minis
ter'S little son on the street n day
when the news of the call began to be
nOiSed abroad and asked him whether
or not his father were going to accept
it. WELL said the boy, pa is in his
study praying over the matter, but l
notice that ma is up stairs packing up
the things" A decent respect for the
opinions of mankind impels DR.. Alder
Ia to visit New Orleans and look over
the ground, but he will prove himself
more than human if he does not accept
this invitation. His removal will be a
great loss to the educational life of
North Carolina, but who will blame him
The democratic position. as set forth
in the amendment, is that negroes
who have fitted themselves for citi-
ZenShip shall continue to vote, but
those who have not, must quit voting.
The fuSioniStS in substance say, that
unless enough of the negroes are al
lowed to vote to give them the offices
they want them all disfranchised. 9th
er fusionists say they would vote for
the amendment if it disfranchised il
literate whites and black alike, but
they are opposed to showing a prefer
ence to n race over the other. But
democrats recognize a difference be-
tween unlettered white men and I'M
lettered colored men, n are unwil-
ling to put the poor white people," as
the fusionists call the white men who
have not the blessing of an education,
on a par with the negroes. The white
people of this country have been free
from time immemorial. The qualifica-
tiohS for citizenship, the habit if indie
pendent thought and the right to vote
la descended to them from genera
ton to generation and do not come to
them entirely through education. The
blacks were raised as slaves or are the
descendants of slaves.-Newton Enter
prise.
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