The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-22

S4AGy GuOuSduu majority. l. Sudl1S
therefore, confidently expect you,
gentlemen of the Legislature, with
out regard to party, to frame an
election law fair in every purpose,
clear in every detail, and to provide
machinery by which every man quail
fed under our Constitution shall be
able to vote and shall know that his
vote is effective. We can have safety,
security and integrity on no other
basis. now pledge you the whole
power of my administration t. secure
this end.
OUR DUTY TO NEGRO.
call upon all upright negroes to
aid me in suppressing crime in all its
forms. The white people w a high
duty to the negro. It was necessary
to the safety of the State to base
suffrage on capacity to exercise it
wisely. This results in excluding a
great number of negroes from the
ballot, but their right to life, liberty,
property and justice must be even
more carefully safeguarded than
ever. 1t is true that a superior race
cannot submit to the rule of a weaker
race without injury it is also true
in the long years of God that the
strong cannot Cypress the weak
without destruction. 1 said on April
18th, 1900, and 1 now repeat it as a
deep conviction that universal JUS
tice is the perpetual decree of AL
mighty God, and we are entrusted
with power not for our good alone,
but for the negro as we'll. We hold
our title to power by tenure of ser
vice to God, and if we fail to admin
lister equal and exact justice to the
negro whom we deprive of suffrage,
we shall in the fullness of time lose
power ourselves, for we must know
that the God who is Love trusts no
people with authority for the pur-
pose of enabling them to do injustice
to the weak"
FREEDOM OF THOUGHT.
Let us serve the State in this spirit
and with wisdom and the people will
continue to trust us, butif we depart
from this plain and just way, power
will drop from our hands, for the
amendment has, 1 believe and trust,
brought with it d freedom of thought,
of criticism and of action, that will
be swift to withdraw d trust abused.
STATES HIGH
With the education of the whole
people; with a fair and impartial
election law, with peace everywhere,
there will be nothing to prevent us
from working out the high destiny
of our State. Thought will be set
free, opinion can have it's full sway
and every man will be able to de-
clare the inmOSt feelings of his heart.
We shall have genuine free speech
our newspapers will have an OppOr-
tunity to address themselves to
moulding public opinion without
fear of injury to the State. Discus
SiOnS can then take the place of
abuse and argument will supplant
passionate OratOry. In this new and
freer day we shall grow greater
men. Trust in all things high will
come easy to us. We shall have
problems and differences, but w
shall have the intelligence to solve
the problems and the good spirit to
harmonic differences.
GOVERNOR Oh L PEOPLE.
have been elected us "a Democrat.
[ shall administer the high Office to
which 1 have been called in accord
ance with the policies and principles
of that great party, but [ wish it dis
tinctly understood that l shall strive
to be IA just governor of all the PEG
pie without regard to party, color,
or creed. The law will be enforced
with impartiality and no mans petit
ton shall go unheard and uncOnsid-
cred because he differs from me in
politics or in color. Nv obligation is
TO the State and the State is all her
citizens. No man is so high that the
law shall not be enforced against
him, and no man is so low that it
shall not reach down to him to lift
him up if may be and set him on his
feet again and bid him God speed to
better things.
GODS BLESSING ON US.
l shall need the support of every