Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1900-05-03

CANNOT say tQat anu Will not say !
that" Then proceeding. he said He |
has comparatively no love of family. |
home or country, and because he cares
little for these he is Indifferent as tothc
effect Of his vote upon them and there
fore neither seeks TO learn nor has the
capacity Of understanding its effec,
upon these interests. He is descended
from a race the lowest in order OF in
telligence and moral perception among
the races of men. Sometimes. indeed
he attainS TO a measure CT civilization
but it is always the result Of contact
with the white man, and as soon a.
that contact is withdrawn he rapidly
returns to his original condition OF
barDarism. He is the child man OF
the ages Shall we longer continue this
vain effort to preserve political equal
ity between two peoples made by Goo
so unequal-between this giant OF the
centuries and this child of the dark
continento For thirtythree years We
have taxed ourselves in our poverty tc
educate his children: We have protect
ed him in his life. liberty and prosper
ity; we have administered to hin
equal handed justice in the court
house. 1t is not our purpose to take
from him any of these rights Or privi-
leges. During these tnirtythree years
he has also been allowed to vote. Some
of them have measurablv prepared
themselves for a reasonably intelligent
exercise of the suffrage. but the great
mass and body of them have remained
| as ignorant as III the beginning, and
| have exercised the ballot for theil
| own hurt and to the injury Of the
! white men Of the State. After this long
| and patient experiment We now pro-
/ pose to take from this persistently ia
| competent mass the ballot just as we
would take a pistol from the hand. of
q child for his own protection and the
| protection of the State We do not dc
this in anger. but in mercy; We do not
| do it in the spirit of an enemy, but Of a
| friend; we do not desire to do injus-
tice to the negro: we do not intend &c
do injustice to the negro; we are not
doing injustice to the negro; but if we
| cannot do full justice to the white pcO-
pie of North Carolina without doing
incidentally injustice to the negro,
| then the law Of the survival Of the
tittest must apply. If it b., injnstice-- -
and We deny that it s-to the ignorant
| negro to take the ballot from him, it
would be a greater injustice 20 the
white men of North Carolina not to
do it. There is 10 equality between the
black man and the white man. You
cannot make them equal without pull
ing the negro up 10 the level of the
White man or pulling the white man
down to the level Of the negro You
cannot pull the negro up 10 The level
Of the white man, and what white man
wants to SEQ mis- race rlllcd down tc
the level Cf he l egro?
The Amendment is cur plan for re-
moving all possible danger of future
negro domination: for establishing
, upon a permanent basis white supre-
macy, and for forcing the white man
to the end that he may vote his judg
ment and convictions upon all public
questions. We say it is lawful we sa,
it is just, and with entire confidence
both in its wisdom and its justice an6
it's neSs-righteOusness to tht
white man without being unjust to thf
negro-we submit it not only to the
white people of the State irrespective
Of party. but to the judgment and con
science of the world.
Gentlemen Of the Convention it vii
, be the duty of this convention to ap
: point delegates to the National Con
9 vention of the Democratic party whicl
. Will meet in Kansas City on July 1
Four years ago, when YOU met in thi
city and appointed delegates to tn
, Chicago Convention there wer
= doubts and miSgiVingS as to what De
> nOcracy has come to mean. The part.
=, was in the hands Of false leaders. VIII
O had betrayed its principles: there wa
- doubt as to whether the National Con
vention which was to meet that yea
f would adopt the Democratic principl
Cf bimetallism or the Republican dec
: trine of gold monometallism. Ther
4 was even doubt as to whether that con
q vention would have the courage =
9 nominate straight Democrats for tn
e presidency and presidency Tha
: great convention the most representa-
: tive of the masses in the history of tn
t party. met the issue sQuarely depose
g these false leaders brought the part
:. back to its first principles. and reestab
n Iished it upon the ideals of jefferson
d and Jackson. There is now no doub
! about what Democracy means TIL
e delegates which this convention sha
e appoint when they meet with thei
/. associate delegates in Kansas City thi
II year Will meet not 10 quarrel abou
n what Democracy means or to discus
J whether il will be expedient to nomi
G nate a straight Democrat for the pres
! denCy. but to reaffirm the great prin
I Ciples OF the party as they live in tn
hearts of the Democratic masses. an
: 10 ratify the nomination which has a
= ready been made by tf- people of tina
great tribune Of the people-Wiliar
4ls Jennings Bryan.
| did not intend to say as much as
have said. | an no speaker of St
speeches. AS have proceeded you hay
encoura ged ne to say more than ha
:, contemplated saying. II | have spoke
:, 100 long you are responsible for it, an
= not l.
It IS my duty as stated in the on
: set, 10 name your temporary presidiE
: officer In doing that I IS also u