The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-26

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"A government of the wealth 1;r
tue and intelligence Of the
~ TIE deoased and the criminal is ?
le'uih TO parbarlsm to which no race
q lTee Inen can submit.
Natons are made by men NOT bv
naPef constitutions and paper ballots.
we arr not free because Va havo =
constitution. We have a constitution
because our fathers, who cleared tho
wilderness and dared the might OF
hlhSs. were freemen.-it was in their
piood-the evolution of centuries of
struggle and sacrifice.
we grant the negro the right to
NE, lloerty and the pursuit of happf-
ness, IL he can be happy without ex-
ercising kingship over the white man
Or dragging us down to his level. Rnt
II he cannot find happiness except in
loTdlhS 1t over a superior race. then
there IS not room for US both on this
comment! And We will fight it out on
this line, If it takes d undred wears.
two hundred, five hundred, or =
thousand! 1t took Spain eight hundred
years to eXpel the Moors. But when
the time comes the Anglo-Saxon can
40 in one century what the Spaniard
did in eight.
When L refer to the negro's So
prenacy, [ use words in their plain
meaning. Negro supremacy means
the rule Of a party in which negroes
predominant.
Il call your attention to one typical
county Of over forty thus degraded in
this State-the county of Craven,
whose quaint old city was once the
capital Of the commonwealth. What
are the, facts? Permit me, gentlemen,
TO read you the list Of negro office
holders Of raven county-they in
clude a Congressman, a of
the Legislature, a register of deeds,
the city attorney, the oroner, two
deputy sheriffs, two county commits
SionerS. q member Of the school board,
three road oVerseers, 0 II constables,
twenty-seyen magistrates, three city
aldermen, and four policemen. There
are sixty negro officials in this county
Of twelve thousand inhabitants, and
their member Of the Legislature is a
convicted felon. The white people
represent n~inety-fye per cent. of the
wealth and intelligence of the COM
munity. pay nlnetH-fVe per cent. OF
its taxes, and are Noiceiess in its gov
ernment.
Would a county in Massachusetts
submit to such intamy? No. VIII the
children of Lexington. Concord and
Bunker Hill demand such Submission
from the children Of Washington and
jefferson?
Il confess. | am in a sense narrow
and provincial. / love mine own peo-
pie. Maudlin sentiment is the froth
Of civilization, as crime it its dress,
Race. and race-pride, are the ordl-
nances OF life. A true citizen Of The
world loves his own country-and has
own people.
$50 : confess love my people. !
love the South-the stolid. silent
South that sneerS at paper-made pol
icies and Scorns public opinion-the
South old-fashioned, m~ediaeNal. pro
vincial. worshipping the dead, and
! ra:cjncv men rather tfldn ma KING
money - manipulating, horne-build-
ing, t~radition-riden, if you please-the
South, cruel and cunning, When night
ing a treacherous foe with brief Eolca-
mic bursts of wrath and vengeance
yes. the South, eloquent, bombastlc, ro-
:. mantle. ~chivalfous, proud, kin and
hosDitable-the South, generous allo
reckless. never knowing her own III
terestS, but living her own life III mel
own way. Yes, / love her: In my sou
are all her sins and virtues. ANA VIII
it all she is worthy TO i've.
1.-The courage Of the Celt, the no
bilitv Of the Norman, the Nisor OF
the Viking, the energy OF the angie
the tcnactity Of the Saxon, the dar1hs
Of the Dane. the Gal!antry Of the Gaui
10 freedom of the Frank, the earth
hunger Of the Roman are All yours .p4
The Iinaal heritage OF blood. from sire
] md dame through centuries Of cul-
/ ture. vii YOU halt now. and surre1l-
der TO q mob OF negroes!
Il repeat: is the negro worthy &c
= r,,1o over Won? Ask the history OF the
three thousand years he has owned
. * continent Of Africa. For centuries
+ he has c~runched acres Of diamons' be
f neath his bare black feet, yet he neVe'
G naked one I'D from the dust until {
e white man showed him It's slltterlhs
r 1ioht His land swarn1ed with power
: - and dociIe animals. yet he neVel
Y ,iraarnod of a harness, cart or sled
: hunter by necessity, he never MADE {
n neannn worth preserving beyond th'
e noment Of its use. He HFeo as az
~; 1aae1e on league Of ocean ant
anajIae of inland seas, for four thou
e sand years, he watched their surfac'
# ripple beneath the wind, heard his han t31
= rutren Of the storm over ms hgau