The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-06
wHITE-SKINNED RADICALS.

Ii seems that Butler is not the only
black radical of the black and tan
brigade, who is talking of war upon
the whites. Butler denies, but the
Raleigh News and Observer says he
is guilty. that he spoke SO Incorporate
ly, bitterly, i~ncendiarily at Raleigh de-
claring that the combine must open
war and drive the white democrats
from North Carolina. That was mighty
bold and saucy. Will it be tried? Wait
awhile and learn. But Hobton is an
other fast and furious killer of white
democrats, ITO hear of his talk. This
black radical fOretells a race war, a
the negroes will raise cain and kill
before, they will yield their right to
vote. Here is what The Raleigh Post
says. Let the true white men all over
the STATE read and consider:
Wants troops does he? The ne
grOes are determined to fight are
they? So Mr.. James A. Hollomon, the
Washington correspondent of The At
lanta Journal reports Mr.. Chairman
HoIton, the republican committee
chairman of this state, as saying.
The correspondent say Mr.. Holton is
in Washington, and will talk the mat
ter of the amendment campaign over
with Mr.. Hanna and President Nc
Kinley today (3Gth) n will init
mate, it is said, that federal troops
will be necessary when the vote IS
taken declaring that riots and blood
shed will inevitably result, as the ne
groes are determined to fight for and
demand their rights
This is the stuff which our b~ellicose
chief OF the republican state commit
tee dished out to the representative
of the Georgia paper.
Why does he put the negroes for
| ward to do the fighting? Are the Hol-
tons and Buffers. after stirring up the
poor Garkey to the point OF putting
himself in the way of vengeance. by
committing some act OF lawlessness,
going to desert him as heretofore and
let him enjoy all the s~uffering?'
These greedy, needy. hungry traitors
TO their race and stats are evidently
on great mischief ben They will pre-
cipitate a race war in North Carolina
before they will surrender the swill-
trough and give up their selfish mas
terry over the negroes. They will put
the devil in the heads of ignorant, vi
cious negroes who are ready for enter
prise and any exciting campaign of
hellish ~concocting, even if the result
is a genera war between whites and
blacks in North Carolina. They may
themselves flee THE state to escape the
punishment of their crimes against
their race and civilization and state,
which they invite and richly deserve,
but they will have a land deluged in
blood and misery. Such fellows are to
be despised. The batter class of negroes
will not follow such malign, such Sa-
tanic leadership. If war should be
brought on by such Internal mechina-
tons it is not ard TO see the final out
come n which race would be on top.
And Holton and gang, following
Pritchard's tall in 1898, solicits federal
intervention-the sending of federal
soldiers into North Carolina ito inltimi-
late the white voters. Unless McKin-
ley is more stupid and wicked than he
has been credited with even by those
who abominate his curse in other
matters, he will move slowly in send
ing soldiers into this state at the beck
of the riolting and incendiary gang Of
office seeking ~implacables. The white
men of North Carolina a not be sup
pressed by Holton, Butler, Prftchard
& Co., or by THE Intervention of blue
coats and bayonetS. Lit is a shameful
exploit that marks Holton's advent Ito
the capitol of the Union 1t may sue
coed, but ii will be a great crime
against q free government, against a
great state, against Anglo-SaXon man.
hood and civilization the growth of a
thousand years of discipline, education
and trial. We shall not believe that
the administration viii TAX SO great
a risk and Seek TO precipitate so great
a crisis and outrage upon an ancient
commonwealth, and all to crafty a few
low-bred and desperate traitors to
their race and to the south The true
people of North Carolina are never
r~ecreant to duty, are law abiding, are
the builders of the state, are liberty.
owing and faithful, and they will be
ready for conSpirators and s~coundrels
who may mediate instruction and de
Sruction-