The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-02
SENATORuMONEY'S REPLY TO
P~RITCHARD.

senator H. d. Money. of Mississippi,
made a decidedly effective speech in
&he senate on last Saturday in behalf
of the suffrage amendment in North
Carolina. 1t is almost amusing to see
how Jeter Pritchard interrupted him
and piled him with question. They are
great personal friends, it appears
quite loving and complimentary of
each Other-and the Mississippian be-
haved with marked courtesy and anna
,bilfty. Not only Pritchard, but other
n~egrophilists interrupted him with
questions. air. Moneys speech is in
t~eresting and a good contribution TO
Ihe debate on the amendment. Pritch-
ard surely relied much upon the long
suffering and forbearance of the sena-
tor for we find, if we counted carefully,
that his lame occurs s~eventy-three
times as speaking while the MISSISSIPPI
plan held the floor. If hat is not TAX
ing advantage of courtesy and kindness
we know not how to characterize it.
senator Money incidentally stated that
his father was a native of North Car
Iolina as were both the father and
mother of his wife. He took occasion
to say an appreciative word of North
Carolina when he said:
~Her conservatism, her steadiness,
and her intelligence have been equal
TO those of any of her sister states. On
any field. whether during the revGlu-
tionary war or the civil war, no troops
Noenaved better. 1 had the pleasure
once of being brigaded with a North
Carolina regiment, no more Sal-
liant fellows ever trod upon battlefield.
I would go as far as the senator from
North Carolina to resist intlicting upon
what he calls the very poor people OF
THE state any sort Of deprivation OF
their rights, but these people have
made an experiment of the elective
franchise in the n of the colored
men, and when he cites what was Salo
in 1870 and at other times, they were
beginning then to TRY the experiment
of negro suffrage.
They have tried that experiment,
and while my friend say that there is
no fear of domination of North Caro-
lima. by the negroes on account OF their
numerical inferiority, vet l will remin
him that he said that 10 or II
in mis- state are under the control or
the negroes so far as votes go-that Is,
they have the numerical superiority In
yote-and that the condition of some
sections of his static only a. year and a
half ago was utterly L
have here, which 1 may have occasion
to have printed, begging leave to do
so, the statement made by a gentleman
now, 1 believe, a contestee IN the otner
= House, of the condition of things In
Wilmington just prior to the election
of 1898, and also of Mr.. ChadbOurn,
who was the postmaster at that place.
/ believe, which shows a condrtlon OF
things that wou simply appear to me
to be i~ntolerable."
Thanks to him for such apprecia-
ton when North Carolina is made the
subject of obloquy and misrepresenta-
dion in the senate by those who ought
to be swift TO defend her. But the old
saying fits about dirty birds befoul-
ing their own nests The present SEN
ators have no right Ito speak for the
genuine white men of the state. Let
them speak for their negro allies to
whom uhey are Indebted for their pres
emit seats of which they are so unwor-
thy
Pritchard's speech is very smart and
plausible, where ignorance abounds,
really a we'll prepared campaign eff
fort intended for ignorant whites and
Sambo. Unreplied to, unexposed, it is
dangerous because misleading and de-
ceptive.
Ia Money in a very kind way
showed up some of Prrtchard's sins
of commission and omission. He quiet
", but decidedly, put his very dear
friend in a hole, where he will remain.
-Jeter made a speech al Asheville, and
the senate spoutings is the same old
speech, with a vain and unimportant
attempt to answer the profound argu
ment of the great senator from Ala
bama, Mr.. Morgan.
Mr.. Money shows that letters speech
abounds in Misrepresentation and
Interpretations. He is kind enough tc
say that of course these were uninten-
tional. ETC., but all readers will no De
50 generous. It really looks as II Jete,
had quoted deliberately with al eye
to deception. If not he was very un-