The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-24

the beginning of great things for the
negro, and without which redemption
to good citizenship is impossible"
A white laboring man recently said
to us that there was a difference In
Wilmington between the class Of ns-
groes born mere and tramps and
interlopers. He said that the former
were orderly, industrious and friend
ly. We do not doubt that this Is for
the most part true. On b other hand
he held that man. of the newcomers
those from other states and sections
OF this state even, were turbulent, lazy
and disposed TO wrong doing The ne
gro not under the restraint of law isa
nuisance. The negro not governed by
principle and kindness Is a perpetual
menace. The north has very much In
jured the character and value of the
negroes as a whole. Its effort TO coddle
him. make a pet OF him, max a voter
Of him has been disastrous to him n
which he ives. The negro is somehow
constitutionally disposed to lawless-
and insolence. Dr.. Stage notes
this in connection with the late Span
ish war. He says:
But in the volunteer army, the
northern white volunteer saw the ne
gro in all his i~nsolence. and the most
inSolent being on earth is a negro in
the paraphernalia of office, without
the instincts Of a gentleman or the
qualifications of an officer. These
northern white volunteers have done
more han all the newspapers pub
lished since the war in giving a correct
estimate of the negro as a race, and
they hove taken this information to
every state of the union. The horrible
crimes committed in the south in the
way of killing the innocent govern
ment officers, is due to feeling kindled
by negro insolenece at first, and has
been fed until the drapery Of office
will render obnoxious the best negro in
the land to many of the lower class Of
whites"
These are facts and are we'll worthy
of careful attention. The south is not
unkind to the negro. The white peo-
pie of the south are the only people on
the earth who really understand the
negro. The superior ace must govern or
there is anarchy and wars. Peace can
not prevail except the great race rules.
The north is to this hou responsible
for the greatest crime Of this century
perpetrated against civilization and
morality and good government. 1t put
the negro in power, and above the
whites and made hin "a ward of the
nation" The curse of that act will
remain for an hundred years to come.
The amendment seeks to undo in
part, as far as possible, the iniquities
and wrongs and misfortunes of the
northern act so big with fate and so
OVERLOOKING with tremendous conse
quences. DR.. Stage said to his north
ern auditors:
With purity of heart, sincerity Of
and soundneSS of mind, the
south says the wrong to the white and
the wrong to the negro will be
righted until the negro is relieved of
tn burden of responsibilities for which
as a race, he is unqualified.
Every true man with a white skin
and a right heart must help to bear
the White Mans Burden" 1t is no
time to shirk duty or responsibility.
If you wish negro rule to be perpet-
uated in North Carolina, refuse to reg
lister, refuse to vote like a white man,
refuse to be Unidentified with our race.
Go and LINE de radikels and play the
part of Mig in the woodpile' h re-
mainder of your days.
The remedy for all of your race trou-
bles lies in the amendment, and the
behavior afterwards of the negroes. If
the low-down whites continue to hob
mob with negroes, to drink with ne
groes, to gamble with negroes, to buy
negro votes, to give office to negroes,
and to practice Sociology with them,
there may be trouble given, but it can
be more easily dealt with than now.
Vote for the amendment. Quit you like
men.