The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-07
AL1BEL ON NORTH CAROLINA.

The Boston Transcript is in many re-
spects one of the best edited newspapers
that comes to this office. It is clean,
high-class journal and seems to be honest
and fearless. But when it comes to tae
discussion of Southern questions, paru-
cularly the negro question, it shows the
same narrowness the same unfairness,
the same Intolerance that were manifested
by the abolitionists before the war, and
the editor seems to be Incapable Of dealing
justly.
We find in the Transcript, Of a recent
issue, an article headed How North Car
DINA Became White The assertion is
made in the beginning that in 1898 the
state government was in control OF the
Populist and Republican parties and that
there was a better. condition of affairs IN
the State than in any otter Southern
State the relations of the races being OF
the most cordial character. But in a very
few months. it is added, all this was
changed Three Democratic politicians.
we are told, made up their minds that they
would redeem the State from fusion rue.
But this could not be accomplished,
saws the Transcript, cas- long as the white
Republicans and Populists worked to-
gether, and so the cry Of white suorem-
acy' was raised by small voice, ana IN
a short time every Democratic newspaper
and campaign shouter was ringing the
changes of it, 1t is further declared that
the race riot in the city of Wilmington
was with malice aforethought, brought on
by the whites to serve selfish purpose.
And 50 on, and so on, ad nauseam.
It is a strange thing 10 us that so reputa-
bic a newspaper as the Boston Transcript,
a paper which, as we nave said, seems to
be honest. should be capable of libelling
the good people of North Carolina after
this fashion. The charge. is cruel and un-
pardonabe for it is utterly at variance
with the facts Fusion rule in North Car
DINA was but another name for negro
rule. BY this we mean that the Fusion
party had rallied all the negroes in the
State 10 its support, and that while the
leaders were in the main white men, the
negroes furnished the voting strength and
were really the dominating influence. In
order to keep these negroes in line they
were put into office and what, with Office
and power the negroes in certain sections
became insolent and unbearable. and 1t
was only after a season of corrupt rule
ana after the whites in the black districts
had suffered unutterable indgnities at the
hands of the blacks that the white men
Of the whole State arose in their might
and indignation and turned the negro
party out of power. The strange thing is
that there was not more bloodsIaed, for
the negro party was IN the saddle and was
defiant. but the whites took possession as
peaceahly as they could, and never did
men fight in a more righteous cause. The
action of the whites was necessary to
the preservation of government to the
peace and welfare of North Carolina. 1t
was also a fortunate thing for the blacks
that the fight was made at that time for
had the thing gone on for Two years longer
there had. in all probability, been a race
war. and in all such conflicts it is the
negro who suffers most.
North Carolina is now in a prosperous
and habitable condition, and Northern set
tiers are invited to come in and see low
things have improved since the negro
party was turned out.