The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-14
STATE PRESS

We do not think there Il "aH IA
North Carolina more cordially hated
since the HoIden-Kirk war. than Mar
ion Butler. From every section OF the
state there arises the most intense
and bitter feeling toward this high
priest Of populism and agen. OF Mark
Hanna--D1rham Herald
We believe that the adoption Of the
amendment was the best thing tnat
ever happened for tn state and for the
negro as well. The oniy trouble thai
has ever occurred between the races
In the state grew out Of politics. and
now that the possibility OF this has
been removed. the utmost peace and
goodwill will prevail.-Durham Herald.
The amendment merely prescribes
the qualification Of a voter. and now
IL is for the state to make & possible
for every person without regard TO race
10 be able 10 vote. Having made edu-
cation the test the state must be alto
gether generous in providing educa-
tional facilities. Manhood suffrage IS
vet a democratic shibboleth.-Tarboro
Southerner.
II is not only in North Carolina that
census supervisors were guilty OF
wrong doing. Here they were can
vassers for the republican party and
used ;heir positions TO become peripa-
tetic "eIectioneerers-' In some parts
OF the north republicans are coming
the Porter act on the census and Will
try to make il help the ~epuoncans
In Chicago il is claimed that both pop
ulation and manufacturing statistics
have been manipulated.-Raleigh News
and Observer.
The Frightful Ignorance Of the people
manifested in the Sampaign that has
lust closed is enough TO alarm every
patriot. To see the gullibillty anu stu
pidity Of many good men, the utter m
ability Of others 10 think FOR themselves
and detect error and misleading rep
resenIation is suggestive OF great peril
10 the state. 4 republican form OF
government cannot exist for 4 long
period unless the people are educated.
We cannot preserve our religion with
its purity. maintain our moral status
muchless make progress unless the
people are Standardization Express.
Il am tired Of hearing the talk OF
niger Niger, Niger" said Butler
in the campaign when he was trying
TO keep negroes in office in North car
DINA. But the white folks were de-
termined TO put an end 10 negro office
holding and they would not let him
escape from the wrongs he had intiict-
ed upon the people OF North Carolina
Let us have done talking about the
negro in politics. says the republican
and the democratic bolter who wants
~ JIG - 1AN -
twenty-seven negro postmasters in
North Carolina. But the white ok
are as determined TO put an end To ne
gro federal Observation-Disclosures
News Observer.
Yes. he is dead. Poor fellow. He
fought for life 10 the very end but no
earthly power could stay the terrible
disease with which he vas afflicted
He died Of negraphobia. This terrible
diease attacked him abou six years
ago. The first attack was light ana IL
was thought hat he might partially
recover. In 1896 new symptoms were
seen which showed that the disease
still trOubled him. In 1898 il became
more violent and we'll nigh ended him.
But he managed TO survive. In 1899 IL
became worse and in the spring of 1900
it attacked him in its most virulenI
form. For the past several weeks IL
has grown worse daily, at times rend-
ering him almost insane. In fact. ne
has been slowly dying for several
weeks, and yesterday the eni came.
How sad TO die so young. but how much
sadder still TO die with that most terri
BILE
Herald.
Il required nearly a thousand years
TO evolve a self-governing white man
out OF the savage Teuton and il is un-
w~arrantable presumption in the Afri-
CdH anu HIS iIItUuS " tid4ID tqudllNs
Of political privilege for him before ne
is one generation out Of slavery. The
African has no advantage Of the Teu-
ton either in original environment, in
natural aptitude or in the school where
he has a his principal tuition in citi-
Zenship-the school of slavery; and ev-
cry candle observer who has viewed
him from the vantage ground of init
mate acquaintance knows that his com
parative attachments as a citizen are
no greater than his comparative ad-
~vantages. The attempt 10 give him
rule of the white race, wherever he
happened to be numerically stronger
was an almost objectionable crime
against nature and civilization. II
failed e~gregiously. and. happily, few
patriotic white men regret it's failure
-AsheVille Citizen.