Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1900-04-12

knowledge by inheritance which the
negro has not. aas the white man
such superior knowledge? Will any
man deny it? Will Senator Pritch-
ard deny it? Hear what he said in
his recent speech in the Senate:
st is absurd to contend that there
is any danger of negro domination
in North Carolina. In the very ma
ture of things 1t cannot be. From
the earliest dawn of civilization to
this good hour the great white race
has given to the world it's history,
it's philosophy, it's laws, it's govern
ment, and it's Christianity, and it
will continue to do so.
Why, unless the white man is su-
perior? viii Senator Butler de.
ny it? Ask the Caucasian, evidently
named in honor of that great race
Will Governor Russell deny it?
unlettered white men are no better
than savages," If then it be true
that unlettered white men have a
knowledge of government superior
to that possessed by unlettered ne
groes, want to know If Senators
Butler and Pritchard and Governor
Russell want the Supreme Court to
hold that the XIV Amendment de-
mands lie. The Democratic party
knows the truth-it IS certain that
the unlettereG white man is more
capable of government than the ne
gro. 1t IS so certain OF it that it has
put it's opinion IN writing; has print
ed it in the laws Of 1899; has submit
ted it to the people and 1t now chal-
lenges any white man III North Car
olina to deny it. Republicans are
processing a special love for the poor
and unlettered white man, but at the
same time they assert that the l&w
can MAKE no distinction between him
and the negro. The Democratic
party takes tie true. bold ground that
a white mau Il superior to negro
and that the law of man will follow
the law Of od II recognition of it .
If we are wrong about this, then
God pity Us for that sense of
superiority which beats with our
blood and boastfully exclaims with
ST. Paul. L am free born"
Bnt the opponents of the Amend
ment attack it on another ground.
. They say that every child who comes
of age after 1908, white and black,
must be able to read and write be-
fore he Can vote. This is true The
Amendment does SO provide. We
| recognize and provide for the Cot
given and hereditary superiority of
the white man and of al, white chill
| dren now over 13 years of age, but
| for the future as to all under IL we
, call on them to assert that superior
! ity of which we boast by learning to
! read and write The schools are open
| and will be for four Or more months
every year from now to 1908. The
! white child under Is who will not
| learn to read and write in the next
| eight years will be without excuse
| But we are told that there are or
phan children in the land. And so
| there are. But the State and the
| Masonic Fraternity support the Or
| phanage at Oxford, and they stand
with open arms inviting orphan chill
| dren to enter the doors of that noble
| institution The Odd Fellows Or
phanage at Goldsboro is open for the
sons and daughters of Odd Fellows
and the township in which [ have
| the happiness to live in, it's public
! Graded School teaches without mon
| ey and without price, but not, thank
| God, withouta blessing, the orphans
| assembled there The Baptist Or
| phanage at Thomasyille with it's 10
pupils follows the Master and preach
| es the Gospel to the poor, while it
teaches to read and write. Barium
| Springs, and the Thompson Orphan
| age, and the Friends Orphanage
near High Point attest the interest
| of Presbyterians and Episcopalians
| and Friends in the education of poor
orphans, while the Methodists are
opening in this beautiful city home
| and school for those to whom they
owe duty. The State and Charity
and Philanthropy and Christianity
all stand ready to aid our boast OF
superiority. -
The man who seeks in the face OF
l these provisions to encourage Hitter
1 acy is public enemy and deserves
the contempto of all mankind. have
heard Republican speakers grow elo
oquent on the impossibility of the
poor white children learning to read