The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-03

Baltimore, October 30.-At a demo-I
cratic meeting held tonight at the
close Of the campaign. speeches we1-
made by Edwin WarfeId. the candi-
date for governor. and d number OF
leading democrats. including UnitedI
States Senator A. p. German. Al im-I
meuse crowd was present and the
speaking preceded by ~steroptican vfewsI
Illustrating the association of the
white and negro delegates at the late
republican state convention. The in
portdnt address of the evening was
that Of Senator German, who in addi-I
ton 10 his advocacy of the stateI
G and his excoration Of the repub-
deans, referred to President Roosevelt
and the race issue as follows:
i have u great respect for the pres
ident. He ought not to be lightly CrI
uuJuStly criticised. But lovers of lib
erty must enter their earnest protest.
whenever high officers of the govern
ment exercise powers or commit acts
which tend to restrict the rights OF the
people or undUIy interfere in mattersI
Of state concern.
president Roosevelt is a man OF
fine Attachments and of honest cOnVic-I
tons He is young IN years. impulsivC.
ambitious. is Il partisan and believes ia
his party. In his anxiety for its Sue
cess ne is liable to make mistakes
and. In my judgment. he has COM
Hutted q most SrievOuS error N forcing
To- the front an issue which must be
deplored by ali conservative men of
the country.
I'm every country where the race is
u has arisen. it has always carried IN
its wake ldmentable results. and mas
been attended by evil II
trust his earueStness and impeuOsIty
may be restrained and that he may heI
prevailed upon to accept wiser counsel
in his treatment of the negro problem.
From the day Il cargo Of Africans wdsI
landed and sold as slaves. until this
hour. the burden of the white men of
this country has been greater than that
borne by any people known to history.
II was one of the causes which led tOI
Il most gigantic war. which drencned
the country in blood. destroying fair
homes and impOVerIShinG u gallant
people. Immediately after the cIOseI
of the war came the adoption of
the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amend
meuts. which ~enfranchised the blacks
for party urpOses alone. and thus in
jected into the body polite q people
uupTepared and untitled for self gov-I
eminent. AnglO-SaXOn has never. and
Will never tolerate the social equality
or the political domination of the negro
race. The south has passed through
scenes of turbulence and disorder andI
a and riot. By amendments tol
state constitutions and by legislation.
the whites have secured control. tOrl
the time being. of their own local gov-I
ernments. and the cOlOred race IS mol
longer a political factor IN any stated
south Of the Potomac.
For more than thirty years. thisl
question has aroused sectional feelingI
and divided parties. 1t has threatened
the peace of the states. put in jeopardy
homes and parallyzed industrial ell
forts. All thoughtful men realize that
this canker upon the body polite mustl
be eliminated and the supremacy OIL
white government assured.
I'm 1896. William Mckinley wasl
elected president of the United States.l
During his service in congress he haCl
favored the most drastic legislatlonl
proposed by his party in their efforts
to enforce the constitutional prOvisiOns.l
As president of the United States hei
realized the responsibilities Of his OK
allied position. He began his termI
when the country was emerging from
the throes of a great commercial panic.
All the business interests of the north
were depreSsed-the wheels or indus-l
try scarcely revolving. The south WAS
struggling with the negro problem; its
fields but half its
lures at the lowest ebb: its mines ard
forests undevelOped. These conditions
were principally u to the great pail
that hung over that section and madel
Developments and progress impOSSiDie.l
while President Mckinley Kept his
party obligations as fully as any man.
ne ceased making partisan war upon
the people of the south. But that pso-l
pie removed. at least temporarily. the
incubus that oppressed them. The a.
ton OF the states was sustained by the
courts and confidence vas restored.
The old and young men Of the south
took on new life. Developments and
progress resulted. both north and
south. until the stream of prosperity
and enterprise was flowing from one
land 10 the other.
In the interest of humanity. the
government Of the United States de-
terntned to free Cuba. War was de-
clared. and in pom to the presI-
dents call. the men of the south and
the north. and the east and the west.
volunteered. SectIOnaliSm and party
were Ob~literated. Our army was or
ganized. and General Miles. OF Massa-
chuSetts. General Lee Of Virginia,
Generals Shafter and Joe Wheeier.I
were given important commands.
Every section of the country vas
brought together in the interest of me
uniOn-no north. no south. no east. no
west.
A little more than two years have
elOpsed since that deplorable tragedy
at Buffalo which deprived the nation
of a great president. Mr.. Roosevelt
succeeded to the presidency. In his.
anxiety to be constantly doing ONE