The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-06-26
THE DUMPING GROUND.

Tn 1895, 1896 and 1897 the negro pa
pers of the country began to call the
attention of ambitious negroes to the
fact that North Carolina was the gar
den spot of the world for negroes who
wished equal rights in office-holding
and equal participation in govern
ment. They pointed out that North
Carolina was the only Southern State
that sent negro to Congress, that
nearly one thousand negroes We're
holding Offices. and that they served
with equal authority with whites in
the management of white institutions
and the public schools for the white
and colored race. They stated that
whereas Louisiana, Mississippi and
South Carolina had formerly given Of
flee to the negro, North Carolina alone
of the Southern States offered him
every opportunity for political adj
vancement that the white men en-
joyed.
This advertisement was true and the
tide of ambitious negroes was begin
ming to turn toward this State when
in 1898 an incident occurred that
aroused the white people Of the State
Some of the negro office-holders had
grown impudent, assaults on white wo-
ment grew frequent, and the leading
negro editor in the State published a
foul and black Islander upon the white
women of the State that was SO mon
strous as to make the blood of every
good white man i'm the State boil with
Indignation. Once aroused, they
were more terrible than an army
with banners" Negro rule came TO
an end-a temporary end as a result
of the election in 1898.
1t was the revolution in Wilmington
and kindred race troubles and dam
with one voice to demand the submits
sion of a constitutional amendment
that would forever make repetition
of the Wilmington revolution impossi-
BILE, restore peace and friendly rela-
tons between the races. Democrats,
Populists and Republicans all agreed
that the time had come to eliminate
the negro from politics. The passage
of the amendment eliminates the ne
gro from politics, and brings here, as
it has brought in Louisiana, purer and
better politics, secures protection to
the negro in all his rights, and puts
an end to the terrible conditions that
exist wherever the negro voter seeks,
with the aid of few white allies, to
rule white men.
Suppose the Amendment fails-what
then? 1t is notice to all the world
that North Carolina is the political
haven for the negro poltician-that it
alone of the Southern States keeps the
negro in a position of political equali-
ty and power. This notice will cause
many of the best white men in the
otdie u Stch DOIllcS III NHClC
white supremacy is permanent and
at the same time will make North
Carolina the dumping ground for the
negroes in Virginia, South Carolina
and other States who are denied equal
power in making and executing The
laws. That is the future that is in
store for North Carolina if it deliber-
ately refuses to eliminate the negro
by the adoption of the amendment.
How do you like the idea of North
Carolina becoming Black Hayti?
Look at Mr.. Jennett's map of how the
State will look if the amendment is
defeated and the Fusionists are re-
turned to power. If you wish to re-
store Negro Rule, or to jeopardize
White Supremacy, vote against the
amendment and make North Carolina
the Black State on the map of the
United States.
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