The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-25
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brave enough TO Stanu up anu ueuy IT,
The Democratic party believes 1t, and SO
il has printed it in the laws OF the State,
and in doing this we have declared that
no white man in North Carolina shall
loose his vote. Though he may not be
learned in books he has written win his
sword and read with the bullet in times
that tried mems souls and of such were
The men that forced the Magma Charta
from King John" tremendous ap-
plause.)
Speaking of the educational clause in
the amendment Mr.. Aycock said: Il
plant myself on this part of the amend
ment, and / pledge myself to devote the
four years of my term to the promotion
of education in North Carolina. CAP
plause) Is there a man in the State
who is opposed to such a policy? Then
| don't want his vote. That's what I'm
standing for and I'm not afraid of what
demagogues say of it either. l intend to
go all over the State and proclaim this
| doctrine. (Applause.) The spirit is
abroad in the land, and if there is any
man going around opposing this amend
ment and yet claiming to favor public
education put him down as liar" CAP
| plause).
| Concluding this great speech Mr. Ay-
| cock said: Il have great faith in you.
| AS l have journeyed through these rug
| ged mountains | have thought that men
reared here must be strong and truthful
and virtuous. and that's all you need to
carry this amendment. And when it is
| carried every white man in North Caro-
lima shall have one vote and have it fair
| ly counted But we are not going TO have
negro domination and no power on earth
can force it on u.s." CHEERS and APP
plause).
| On Monday Mr.. Aycock, Mr.. Grimes,
| Mr.. Lacy and Mr.. Rogers spoke at Bry-
| son City. in Swain county to a crowd OF
| 200 or more. and MIR. Glner and Or.
Dixon spoke at Hayesville in Clay county
to over five hundred people. The sitTa-
| ton in Clay county is especially favora-
| BILE At all these points the people have
shown great eagerness to hear the amend
ment discussed and the discussion of it
| has won for it many votes every where.
| From Waynesvile the candidates went
| to Asheville to spend the night and will
| leave there for Marion on the morning
| train.
| Mr.. Aycock and his colleagues on the
| State ticket spent two days and three
nights in Murphy They arrived there
| Friday night at 8 o'clock from Asheville
| and left Monday morning at for Bryson
| City in Swain county. The work done in
Murphy was most satisfactory.
Il have been living in Murphy for
| twenty years." said Mr.. Ben Posey, who
| has been county chairman since 1884. Il
| tell you candidly we have never had
| speaking in the county during that time
at which so much good was done and 50
many votes made. You leave our county
1 in splendid political condition
| Other leading Democrats were equally
| emphatic in their declarations as to the
good accomplished in Cherokee and ad-
| joining counties.
At the meeting of the White Supremacy
| Club in Murphy Saturday night one prom
| inent young Republican. who has held
office since the Fusonists have been in
| power, arose and said:
Il don't know when / ever heard
| political discussion that l enjoyed more
| than that today: and | want to tell you
/ that while can't join your club for the
reason that don't want my name pub
| lished abroad and ruin my influence in
/
on this question of White Supremacy. I'm
white man if l am a Republican
And in these words he voiced the SEN
timent of hundreds in this section.
| Here are some things said at the Muir
ply speaking that are worth their ink:
''The white man and he alone is en-
titled to vote. The black man is not en-
| titled to vote. not because of his race
| and previous condition of Servitude but
| on account of his ignorance and his in
fernal meanness Ben Posey introducing
the speakers
ut is simply a question of whether
the white people of the State shall gov
ern it or whether the negroes shall mis-
govern i'll. Bryan Grimes,
I'VE are not in this campaign to fight
the negro. That's beneath the dignity Of
q white man. 1t is in his interest as well
as that of my own race that | tell YOU
that if this thing continues much lon
| ger it will be woe to the black man and
not few white men. There would have
been a race war in South Carolina Louis
| lana and Mississippi but for the a1op,
ton of amendments similar to that Iro-
posed in North Carolina today. DR. b.
| f. Dixon.
| The white man that does not stand
by his race as Loyalty as the negro stands
| by his is not as good as the negro. B.
| r. Lacy.
| LAS you all know I'm a native OF this
| section, but I've been all over the eastern
part of the State and I'n here to tell
| you that the condition there, induced by
| negro rule, is worse than il has Keen de-
| scribed to you.''-Samuel L. Rogers.
1.-The Republicans SAY they don't like
| our election law ! don't suppose they
| do. We didn't make it for that NJ Csc.
We didn't like theirs, but l didn't hear
of any changes being MA le in it on that
account. "-Chas. b. AycocK.
1.-THE adoption of this amendment VIII
| be an emancipation proclamation tor every
| white man in North Carolina. With it in
our Constitution every man can vote ac-
| cording to his convictions witiicut feel
ing that he is thereby "nda1gering tie
| social fabric of the community in which
| he lives. '-Chas. B. Aycock.
1t is hard to imagine any finer, wilder
| scenery than is to be found between
| Asheville and Murphy For almost the
entire trip Mr.. Aycock and several others