The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-02
Polluted Blood
Breeds Disease

CONFIDENCE. THE SWIFT SPEC
II thank you. my friends said the
General, "for this evidence of your con-
fidence. / was a Wing in politics.
reckon / hated a Democrat as God hates
sin ] was Union man and fought Sc
| cession. My opponents won. My State
asked me to defend her soil As an
obedient son | gave my life in loyal SER
vice.
Il need not tell you as a Union man
that / am glad this war is over. / have
always felt as a business man, cotton
manufacturer as well as farmer, in touch
with the free labor of the North as well
as the slave labor of the South, that free
labor was the most economical and eff
cient. believe that terrible as the loss
of four billions of dollars in slaves will
be to the South, if the South is only let
alone by the politicians and allowed to
develop her resources she will become
what God meant her to be, the garden Of
the world. say it calmly and deliberate
~ | thank God that slavery is a thing
of the past.
A whirlwind of applause arose from the
heard above the din.
Hear dat! You niggers. OATS my ole
Marster talkin' now"
Let me say TO the negroes here today
this war was not fought for your free
dom by the North, and yet in its terrific
struggle. God saw fit to give you free
dom. Life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness are now yours and the birth
right of your children.
I'VE need your labor. Be honest, hum
BILE patient. industrious and every white
man in the South will be your friend.
What you need now is to go to work
with all your might. build a roof over
your head get a few acres of land under
your feet that is your own, put decent
clothes on your back, and some money in
the bank, and you will become indispen-
sible to the people of the South. They
will be your best friends and give you
every right and privilege you are pre-
pared to receive.
''The man who tells you that your old
Masters land will be divided among you,
is a criminal or a fool. or both. If you
ever own land, you will earn it in the
sweat of your brow like l got mine
Hear dat now niggers" cried old
Reuben.
THE man who tells you that you are
going to be given the ballot indiscrimi-
nately with which you can rule your old
masters is a criminal or a fool or both
1t is insanity 10 talk about the enfraD-
chisement of million slaves who can
not read their ballots. Mr.. Lincoln who
set you free was opposed to any such
measure.
LET ME read an extract from letter
Mr.. Lincoln wrote me just before the
war"
The General drew from his pocket a
letter in the handwriting of the Presi-
dent and read:
my Dear Worth:-You must hold the
Union men of the South together ct all
hazards. The one passion of my soul is
to save the Union. In answer to the
question you ask me about the equality
of the races / enclose you newspaper
clipping reporting my reply to Judge
Douglas at Charleston. September Is,
1858. l could not express myself more
plainly. Have this extract published in
every paper in the South you can get to
print it,
The General paused and turning toward
the negroes said,
"Now listen carefully to every word
Says Mr.. Lincoln
Il am not. nor ever have been in favor
of bringing about in any way the social
and political equality of the white and
black races (Here is marked applause
from Northern audience) I am not
nor ever have been in favor of making
voters or Jurors of negroes, nor of
qualifying them to hold office, nor to in
termarry with white people. l will say
in addition to this that there is a physi-
cal difference between tn white and black
races which I believe will forever forbid
the two races living together on terms
of social and political equality: and in
asmuch as they can not so live, while
they do remain together, there must be
the position of the inferior and superior,
and I am, as much as any other man, in
favor of having the superior position
assigned to the white race"
This was Lincolns position and is the
position of nine-tenths of the voters of
his party. 1t is insanity to believe that
the Anglo Saxon race at the North can
ever be so blinded by passion that they
can assume any other position"
Hear dat folks!" yelled cd Reuben as
he waved his arms grandly toward the
crowd
ITO the white people here today. 1 say
be of good cheer. Let politics alone for
awhile and build up your ruined homes.
You have boundless wealth in your soil
God will not forget to send the rain and
the dew and the sun. Yon showed your
selves on a hundred fields ready to die
eli L.
something drawer and harder. Live for
her when it is hard to live! Let towards
run, but let the brave stand shoulder to
shoulder and build up the waste places