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The Republican Party Dominated By
the Negro.
REPUBLICAN BILE IS NEGRO RILE.
It is t ' "less f.,r S:nr.tor I'r.tdiard to
Ssy There is no Danger of Negro
Dominate n.
Whether tlio.ii' men who hold to tin
theory that riM's iiri' sprung from
a lonimon origin mo correct or :n.t. it
Jh certain tint there air rarial d.fl. r
otn i's ainl ;n..1iat l :-s mi the
il'lletcnces between rail.;. Th- Mon
golian. tin1 India:, ami the in gro ar
difli'i i nt in their eh u.n t-Ti-tii s fro.n
tin' hit' man. 'I In- ii'-fro his in 1 n
tin1 sam" that lie is now fioni the e.i.l-Jr.-t
period i f history. Tin 1 Ir li : -i;-ti
liaii-it changed his skin, neither has
lie i iiail(,i i Ills ehai a- i.vis'i. s. lie is
on a il fTiT' lit plan" .iii.l level, inti !!'
tna'!..' mil morally, from tin- while
man. Nature ha- taken areoiint of
the fa-'t. and by nature the lowi r or-B.itii-m
H repulsive to the higher. 'I li
negro is repulsive t the white man.
It is then fore not a men- nt.i t : r r
prejudice vheti the whit" man de
dans tl:at nemo iloai.nat i :: is re
pulsive to him; h it latin r t is an cx-prc-sioii
of antipathy fi Mil lu the
heart of the white man !y his very ua-
talf it.-e'f.
I n tlie white nan n"2ro rule Is not
lin-re!;.' tepid. ;ve. Injt it is odious am!
opii.i s.iiM-. ami cannot be honi''.
It is the lioininai ion of the snpie- ' :
ra-v hy an inferior race, ami it
."igaai.-t nature. White men cannot
Statu! it.
The Ucpubli. an parly is rompo !
if two distinct elements Hue:'" Whit
ir.en : li r iji l.iii. ii ni ernes. - might h"
(::!; i slmi.--.- -.-' an i Most ni'ai-
-: 1 1 element to:it.ol.'. ;iie weaki i".
'I'll.' p-gr.ios i ic.trol tin' r."pu!i!ie:in
p.r'v. ami whenever that party rules
the St lie. lletpl I'l l I mi'S the I' ll V.
It is liitan.-e of the.-e tieihs II. .it the
lt.i
1 1 1 i -r r party in t he K i.
e.l'ill-
t.:o a
ti- s has (1. i'.eii. :a'e,i men I
muss i)f in -grin s.
TIIK NKOHO I
winn: it;
I'ormerlv tli'Tc
S IH'.IVKN r.ir
rn' a cotisidei able
neniher .:' ,v . .. .. :.. ' : n
ro'intli's who nil": ; it i! ,ith Hie l!e
pMhl'ian pariy. I! :t they could not
stand the rule o.' th. ir negro poiitieal
asMii iatt's, anil fd tin y have, for Hie
mo t part, dropped away from that
.niy. having It composed alinosl ex
clusively :f negroes. With but few
exi'-ptions. the white nun who ei.n
tur.ie to iitTiliiite with the m-ui-ims in
the east. hehillK to the (f!'i n -li i il. 1 i UK
rlas-. anil n tiialii w ith the in i;:oes in
nler to til i ii offii 'N.
Mr. K. V. Cox. wlni Is a Kr-;iii I'l : : n.
1 i i ii k in l'itt i iianty. in tin open i.'t
t. v. has rerriitly ai'l :
"Tin- Kepiihlii an party so far as
North Carolina is t-oueertieil ;s diviileil
into r-. o liiftinet ami separate parts;
Wst ami ea.-,t anl Hhn h hi '.t . The
average W'stirn North t.'.u ul:na He
puliian. ami in this iispirt I am
sorry to t:,y Siliator I'ritehai.l seems
leit !il I ln-tter infoi'ineil than the
arii;h'i', lilt Illy anil Ineoinpleiely
i oaiprehetuls the Hitnatioii in cistern
North Cniolinii where the negroes, i
ii. . ant ami in-oletit. are entirely in
lontrol of all Ueptililiran lonventions
ami when' every effort to hetter the
uilliiitiiill of alTail's is eonnt'-rai tei hy
the opiuisi': n of .some l.laik-he.irteil
whit" man vith rorrnpt praitnes who
Hees in aihlell illtelliK'ellfi' MRil reput-
ahle wi.tk a iiimiii'ii ion of li s own na
si nipii'.oi: '. y a "i:'i .1 power. Aithoagh
111" l!ep';l.'.;, iiii party has an exeel
leiit plan of ii.',. u. i-atioti it i ,-eareely
iniT folloAiil on a. . o ait of ihe un.ir
liii. i' ami ii. ! ;;ptlo:t of the m s'rn poli
tn'.ans who. h. iim imaierii all.'. sI'.i.iik
er. preshlrt over white men, lail iheni
to oiih-r at will ami oiinssionally coi,-
til'tlt for them to lie elelteil ilelei;ates
o a State Itepiililiean convention. The
white Hepnhliean. if honest, is entire
ly at their mercy and under their con
trol: If corrupt lie must purcha.se
their votes ami influence. This is not
an overdrawn piciure.
"In concluding this part of my pa
per, lot me .-.v. a last word as to the
situation in Eastern North Carolina.
If tho aiucniliiieiit is defeated hy the
people at the polls la August, in the
future there will or may he white He.
puhlicans in Western North Carolina,
a. id negro jtepulilii-ans alone in Kast
ern North Carolina. The carpit-hag-gr,
the kuKliix. alnise. persecution.
could not drive the while lle-
puhlieans In Ka.stern North Carolina
from his party. Many chose death In
Ftead. Hat wliat the liiiklux and the
carpot-liajigi r euni.l not do, the logic
nnd force of evi nts ;.i doing. I will
give one exaaiple vviiiih I do tun
doubt may ho paralleled In a majority
of the counties In North Carolina,
east of Raleigh. In this county, 'iu.
In the Sfl's there were several linn
di ed white It. publicans. There can
not bo twenty-live counted now. No
party tan hope to succeed for tiny
length of time under these conditions.
'
What Mr. Cox says of l'itt. he avers
to be true of other Eastern counties,
and others know that his statement Is
rorrert.
ONL.V OFFIO: Sr.KKKItS RKMA1N
IN THE KAST.
The white Republicans, except those
who are on the lookout for office, have
quit the negroes. Negro domination
has been too much for the white Re
publicans. At the West, in the West
ern counties where the negroes are
not numerous, the case is different;
but In their party i onventions and in
tho administration of public affairs by
the Republican party, the negro in
fluence is felt. The Republican or
ganization has to take into conaldnra-
tlon that the party Is composed of four I
Btroet tfl one wlUte TOter. To be tue,4
the influence of four in gnu s is more
potent than one white man.
Not only then do e have the negro
dominant in the Ka-tern comities, lint
dominant nis i in the Hi publican
pariy. and whenever that party ad
ministers public affairs the negro
dominates.
One of the results of this is that
many excellent inen who opposed the
Democratic party right after the war
and became Republicans, have left
that organization.
Indeed, the Hepnhliean party, some
years back had aiming Its members a
considerable number of nun distin.
giiislu d for i In ir talents and standing.
We mention Chief Justice Pearson.
Tod R Caldwell. Judge !-.'. C. Reade.
II 'tl Thomas Settle. .Indi.c W. I'.
liymini. Ces.ei.il llarringer. Taswell
I !. it move. Judge Hoyden, Mr. Sam
I'd Hips and Judge Seymour, etc. Hut
hose men hav passed .:...: an I t
i tier Republican- of similar s;;.ivl
iir.'. lab Ms ami i lii.ra. I. : have i;i. u
i h- ir jd i. es. It is e. id. uit that the
I;, pul lii an patty ill N.uih Ca.nlina
has m.ghtily ib gnu. rated.
Il.i pnsMil h aih is are i.n' eipia! to
tlni.e whose n.tiins we have men
tion.. 1. lint few men of iharaeter re
main in it. It has sunk far lower than
i'.- old lime le.el. Spoil- and office
are tin. r lily attractions. Those men
w iio wo, ild sacrilice everything for
office remain; but negro domination
wi'hin that party has driven out of it
he better element that might other
wise have become adherent.4! of Re
pul'li'ati principles and Republican
.ortrine.
It is apparent that the Republican
party of to-day is on a lower plane
than it was twenty-live and fifteen
years ago. Then it contained men of
r-spi et'alde tab tit. and character, in
;var!y even ::.';.. ;;ml tie- ii.e: ''
v.eie (o'.t. :.t t" I. el w '.'ii'li: v "'.o':
: 'isciti;::: in.- f.,11 ii'tlr.-ni i I 'In i;
di ..:itiani numerical st ,ci' :li
Tin: 'iiirniucAN harty has hi:
i 1 KXKRATKD.
Now ilinn' strong and d
li. pui'lieans liave pas i d
la Id i.:' .e tni:.. a; d local
: i I eelaiiiii i l.a.'acl. r ha . e
ling i -i' i
oil' of til
1. ,n. .- o
e'.lt II.
R.'piiblicuu party and tlnil' i.Utic.-i
I. ave no: l ien till'd by siaiiiar tin n
Tin. m :;.c s have ;.? I !c I tin m-.-!'.
i. and .; i a result w Uepubli
. a ns in the lla-t have , -neially abuti
ea IP d that paity. having 1' in th"
II. .. . ru lo'n.iiis in. ''aim l.ut a ma-s
Ihe
hi ::
ia iis
mint
Rc-
I v i '
alia
'tale
I v
lain
la
ihe
a: I.
'I Lis is a .lis! itu t ehai.";
i hanae: a i halige w hi. h
Ihe attention of the peep',
that the m grin s. uiih s
a notable
.lial'-'liue..
It means
restrained,
will iloiiiitail.' evi '
w here they ha ve t
Kastcrn county
aiajoritv; ami it
ni. ;ii:s that the negro will dominate
;he ?. ite whenever the Republicans
li-.ve i otitrol of State affairs.
!.,! T.TS (!!' RIIITHI.ICAN RIT.l.
The Hepablieiuis had control of
Stjtc aiTaiis. just after rei ,i';-true-t
i. hi. and .-m h an ititolerable coinlition
I. ..lilted tllat the people till III"' tll 'lll
,'it and amen led the Constitution, in
e-p"ct to I 1 1 1 1 1 gov ern.'iu n;
liy ;i fusion four vcara ;-go, the !;-p'.lili.-ai
ai!an succeeded in citing
part'al control of public affai'-s Let us
s. e what i lie condition then was:
In New Hanover county, forty negro
maui.-trati s were appointed.
Iterlie county Rot sixteen of these
dusky di-peiisers of justice, law and
"eiiuality." Kdgeconihe got nearly
twice as many, or thirty-one.
Craven county was hi. sse.l with
twenty-seven of tl ver faithful.
Halifax county was pari ie ilarlv oh
noviuis. having prm
Kilchin. who diil In t I
d "Hue!, '
ve in i.e ;i o
ile of them
lite- l .' Illle
magistrate-, got twenty
C.ranv ille i ounty not
you wait.
Caswell county, which had not dune
quite so min Ii fur "our cause," re
e iv cl seven.
In all. there were named by the
Legislature of IVCi three hiindnd ne
i:ro inagistrales in North Carolina.
So mud! for the dispensers of jua-
tiee at the hollies of the people.
Was there not a flavor of m g"o
doiaination in that? Hut tin' negroe-i
were not content wiih that. Years ago
the negro did not a-pin- to the county
offices. In that year, however. Craven
county whs given a negro registe.- of
deeds and negro deputy r -gisters and
three negro deputy shenf.'.i. a to gro
coroner and a negro coniniis ionci'.
A negro was elected register of
.' ids in New Hanover, negro con
stables aud deputy sheriffs were ap
pointed. In Halifax. Kdgecombe, Hertie. War
ren, ami indeed, in all the black coun
ties of the Fast, negroes were elected
or appointed to public office.
And if there was one offpo !'.. ne
gro wan particularly unfit for it was
school committeeman over ,vhiv chil
dren; and yet tlironghou; tin' ila'-t uti
c 'lllltie, there were hundreds of tie
gr.ies appointed school committeemen
over white children.
Nor did the municipalities escape.
The charters of the towns were amend
ed to favor the negroes.
Wilmington was protected by nam
Ing fourteen negro policemen and one
of the members of the Finance Com
mittee was a negro.
Negro policemen mid aldermen vn ie
chosen in Newbern.
(ireenville was gerrymaridT-'iI in
such a way that the negroes were en
abled to elect four of the six mem
bers of the board of aldermen.
Was there not something of negro
luminal on in that?
In State affairs:
The negro Jaiues H. Young was
made thief fertilizer Inspector nnd a
director of the white blind asylum.
A negro was appointed collector of
customs for the port of Wilmington
and twenty-five negro postmasters
were named in sundry towns of the
Hast, at the solicitation of State Re
publican leaders. A negro deputy c d
lector was uppolnted for the Fourth
District and numerous storekeepers
and gangers.
For two years the negro was on top.
He controllod tbe Republican party.
ami the administration uf affairs was
ia his Interests.
TIIK CRISIS OF ls9S.
Then the election of ISlis came on.
lu the Second Judicial District a ne
gro was nominated for solic itor.
In the Second Congressional Dis
trict a negro was nominated for C:.n.
gri ss and was elected.
In Kilgeeombe county three n"t.i'o"s
were nominated for the l.egislatiuv.
two In Halifax, one in ISninvill", one
In Vance, or In Craven, one in 1 as
piotank, one in Northampton, one in
Warren, aud others in ether counties.
In Craven county negroes alone were
named for tho I'gislaluie, ligh ters; of
deeds, treasurer, eorotie'. cutimy ioin-
I ni'.- slo.ier. stand. ird ;. eper. ami ii:i;
I candid ilc . fur shcrK iml i lei ' pi uai-
i i.-e-i t i name negro i : p'i!;i .
In all ti.e great i: gro coaniies. the
d e.i..' ran riot over ihe white pi.ni. and
i ic iiev r the m,;io voteis ha I any
::i:tli I In y were given n presenta
: linn on tie- Republii an ticket. This
i was Intol" rable. A i "ls!s bad come.
! The white pie banded te ;ither in
1 W hile Supreinai y Clubs and met the
i ,'-:-ue at tl e poll-.
I Till- W llite pei.pl" of Hie St lie Sii W
Hie evil of such an adirii.ist ral inn and
put tlnil' foot lieavi'y down up n it.
NKilROKS IN (il'FI' ll
However, there yet retaa ii many
mgrocs in office, whose tuiins nave
not expired; many postmasters and
Federal and count'- officers.
In Warren then are :l negro Jus
tins wbi'se term- expire this year
and next var. ami there are four ne
gro iesi :t ,..-!ets ia that county. At
Ridgew.iy. Mini. li. Cliui''iiili and Ar
eola an. I th. re t: ay he othcri.
In Hal. fax county the l. iwing ne-groi-
were appoiutid by the Fusion
!. !;:.-laliire:
V. I.. KI'.F.N, A. .T. ri'l T.MAN,
A. C. A 1. 1. S TON. F.D CHI'.F.K,
J. M. FITTM X. WH.I.I.sriKKCK,
II. I. Hi HUY. W. II I AN1K!,.
1. S. HAHI1IS, W V YoFN'ti,
S I'. SIIIF.l.S I F.N X HON.
1 F li.
I'iNF.S. '. C. I! Kl lt.
ii P. V. M.I.IAMS..T. J H SHAW,
V. I i.Ll AM HOWSF.l:.
isiiAi.n wnn'AKi.n,
.1ACOH IliiWIiKliiX,
i.oris wii.wiAMs.
J. II. AlvKIXOTON,
HTKWA11I' IIAHPY,
THD SI! 1 1.1. D.
HFXDFKSON 11 cki.i:.
Ti.ere vvre a!o a good many negro
i oii.-tiible i. ami negro school coinmit
! i iin ii too numerous to be mentioti-
d.
Thcte are now negro posi masters at
Weldon. Halifax. Seoiland N i k. I.it
tletoti ami until recently at Tillery.
The negro postmaster tiisl nppoint
. d at Tillery. .1. M. I'ittiiian. is now in
jail, having been convicted in the
I'nitcd States court of embezzlement.
The Heitie County lllin k tcnid is
as follows:
Notarie- public:
Lewis Roulhni
bv the ciii.erni.r.
. W nil.-nr.
Nov i tuber
appniiil.
N. lVO. i
OIM
S. M . Mosel. y. I.ewi-ton.
bv I .overiuir. .lime n. I"i!,
l W. Maker. I.cwiston.
by ( 'lovi-rnor. April :i". IM'7
appien'eil
out.
appointed
. out. He
was convicted of shilling postofllce
funds.
Justice of the Fence:
D. Raynor. Windsor township,
I elected 1 VM), time expired,
i Finiiiiiiel Taylor. Windsor town-
ship, appointed by Legislature. ls!C
! ill office.
Arthur Heck-tall. Merry Hill town
ship. lected 1V". time expired.
A. T. Wilson. Merry Hill township,
i lected ll'ii. tune expired.
.Mark Law. Meirv Hill township, ap
pointed by Legislature, ls'.i;,. in office.
Ilryui.t Walton Rnxabe township.
. In-', d lV'ii and I V' ia office.
I'raak I'eele, RovaU" township
d. did Kill, time nut.
Richard i'.igt;.-. Ruxabcl township.
elected IMI'l. time on;.
Wright Cherry. Mil. hell's town.
; ship, appointed by l.cji.-laliire. !Mi-
I'e.-igacd.
Noah Cherry. Snake lute township,
elected lv.n; and Is'.'T. ill office.
Haywood Cherry. Snai." iiile town
ship, appointed by legislature, Iv.'."..
in office.
: Simon Cherry, Snake Ifite township,
elected IVn, in office.
t.-'i V,'. ; rily, Yoi..v i'le f;v. ash, p.
elected lVu; and ls'.ix. in office.
D. W. Stewart, Woudv ille township,
! elected 1 VUl nnd 1 Vis, ill office,
i Wiley Wilkins, Woodville township,
I elected In!"!, time out.
! John A. liazemoie, Indian Woods
! township, appointed by Legislature,
1. : ,". in office.
Harry H. Spivey. Indian Woods
townshi. elected IMiil, time out.
W. I-:. Mallard. Indian Woods tovvn
, ship, elected lv.is. in office.
' Robert II. Spivey. lndi .in Woods
I townsliiii. i lected 1MIV, in office,
i Coroner:
Champ Hugh. Windsor township.
' elected IVtli.
I Constables:
Cicero Fniuharf. Woodville town
' ship, elected IV"''. anil before his qiiall
i lication was indicted and afterwards
, convicted of larceny uf cotum from a
I negro who voted for him and sen
! fenced to one year In the work-house
I and was allowed to escape jaH the next
! morning, and is now at large.
Robert Smith. Koxabel township,
, elected 1 :!:.
1 Win. Oilliam. Indian Woods town
ship, el", ted IS'.lii.
Metson I.ee. Woodville township,
elected in IM'S and could not give
bond.
Ashley Smaltwood, elected in 1S3S,
did not. qualify.
Member Vvi tj H i.'it 1 if IMucatiort.
Luke. Tierce, elected by county com
missioners, etc.. in 1V.I7, out by act of
General Assembly.
Jailer:
H. J. Askew, appointed in 1S97. by
Fusion sheriff. W. O. Murden, Is now
under indidmeiu for perm-.ttlng Cice
ro Vrquhart, a prominent negro poli
tician nnd constable and convicted of
felony, to escape jail.
At the first meeting of the Fusion
School Hoard, the following was
passed
'Ordered that th boaru proceed to
the election of three white and two
colored men from each district as a
committee of the same."
The following iiesroo were elected
by districts as follows:
No. 1- Windsor, (iianville Cherry
an 1 1'iimiiH Outlaw.
No L' - Merry Hill. Ceo. Hurley and
A. T. Wilson.
No. White's. John A. Uorley
and Willie Cobb.
No. 4 . - Colcrain. B
J. Hane and V.
Willis Askew
11. Morris.
No. MitcheH's,
and Wright Cherry.
No. II. Roxabel, R
;. Hush and
Whit I'eele.
No. 7. - Woodville, Lewis Duggan
ai d .1. C. Wiliiiins.
No. s . Snake liiie. J. J. lia.eii'.ore
at'il 1 lor.-' y Cherry.
lii- !i. Indian Wood, Isaa
and I larry .-'malivvood.
1'osi masters:
Lewis T. Il.ui. I, Windsor. N
office.
F.d. Clarke. Ke.-ford. N. C.
flee.
.1. C Willi im '.. C .'aaiia. N. C
Rotnl
c.
Ill III-
lie
F. .1. Ryan. Quilsna. N. ('.. in of
li. e.
t in n . . I in vv. N. C, in office.
W. F. Deiun tt. 1'owellsville. N. ('.,
in office. He succeeded Maud Wynii.
In Vance county, there were in I vis
Hi n. gro magistrates and negro
School Committeemen, and the Regis
ter of Deeds, a county conuni. inner
and a member of the school hoard
were negroes.
We could take up several other
counties, but tin.." will do as a sample.
They show tli" extent to which negro
rule has gone in the past.
In view of these facts, it I- plain
that the negro has become much mure
i'allia ntial in dominating the lb-publican
party than he used to be: and it
is p'ain in the Fastern counties of ihe
Slat. . he is alm'.st exclusively the Re
P'.!. Lean p.-.rly.
I tut not with
lamlitic. all th:s i- so
y one can see it and
the Republican b a.hTa
plain that eve
ui.,;er.-laii.l ir.
pv. ml net to
i see it. It h' all i'.v. it
that ihe I'.-gl'o she'ild
, ,-e .1, 'life blued .'ill i f til" V.h'.tl'
, i omniuirties of the Kasti-rn i ounti.--.
! if tln'.'iy the negro is k. pt a voter t
! help th" 'it,.p I'.lic i'i party ill ".wer.
WHAT .vlNATilK. I'R I I t'HARD PRK
TKNDS. It is all right in their i yes that the
influence of the negro should be potent
in the administration of public affairs
I when the Republicans are in power, if
thereby, the negro voters are kept in
line and by their vote and aid ..e Re
publican party gets control.
Tiny, therefore, pretend that- there
is nothing at which white men should
complain in ail this. And they insist
that there is no negro denomination :
that l here is no ii.-jio rule; that tlu ro
has been none and will be none. Sena
tor I'ritchard stands up in his place in
the Fnited States Senate and so as
serts, and he ami his aiders and abet
ti is so declare on the stumps. Tin y
declare that there is no negro doniiua
lion; that there has been none and
I will be none. If having negroes to fill
all those offices we have mentioned
I does not malw negro rtlc, what does
I il make? If it don't put the negrc
over the white man. who does it put
.over the white man? if it is not
' odious and oppressive and tyrannical
and cruel In the white men to place
m grocs over tiiein. ami to have all the
public offices tilled I v mgrois. what
is .t? Mut it is all the same in Sena
tor rritchard and his political clique
' because they think it is all right.
They ai'e the men who did it. They
have no fault to find will. it. And it ia
to he t-x led that they would pre
tend that there is not!. ing wrong in it,
and that tin- while uuu ought to sub
mit with gladness and cheerfully to
having the negro over them, bcause.
Senator I'litebard thinks it is for h;s
political iiit. rist that il ?!.oiilil be that
way. Mut. whatevi r S. iiaioi' I'l itchanl
may say. the fact is. v. la never that
party obtains power lln m :.ro is domi
nant. Th white people i.uo.v that,
and it was because fh" white people
came to an understanding and realiza
tion of the actual condition of affairs
in this State that they determined two
vears ago on having white supremacy.
hit wirrvK I'Foi'i.i: iuomanh
WIHTK SIT'RKM ACY.
They, then fore, united am! elected
: a Legislature which, as far as the
legislative power went, applied u
remedy to the evil of negro iloniina-
tion.
i And then, this legislature, represent
! ing the white voteis of North Carolina
with a determination to eradicate the
I foul blot and stain upon our State, and
to rcjuove the possibility of negrc
' domination of white men hereafter,
' proposed a Constitutional amendment
, that would settle that matter for al'
time.
This amendment was not proposer".
1 as a party inev-ure. It did not come
i from the Democratic State Kxecutivf
j Committee. It came from the stiver
I eign people of the State, acting tlirotlgr
their representatives in the Ciu ral
I Assembly. It was proposed as a
I measure calculated an ! intended to
! suppress negro domination, and it car
! ties with it a hope that when adopted
and put into operation it will have a
i most salutary effect in removing race
differences, in settling t.e race ques
! tion. In rendering it impracticable for
! the negro to aspire to oft ice, and in
I h ading the negro to look to industry
I and labor for support instead of mak
ing him an agitator and political fac
tor. And it will have the effect of putting
an end forever to negro rule in some
of the fairest counties of the State,
and imbuing the white people with
hope for future go. d government and
progress. When the incubus of negrc
domination is finally and effectually
removed from those communities, they
may lie expected to range tiietnselves
abreast of the more progressive and
prosperous portions of the State, and
to make rapid advam cim nt in indus
trial lines.
To them the adoption of the amend
ment will he the signal of hope, hritiK
ing with it peace, happiness and prus-Dcrltx.
SWORN STATEMENT OF
HON. JOHN D. BELLAMY
Loncernuijr
Actual
Under Fusion Rule
Mr. Bellamy in the Contested Election
Case of Dockery vs. Bellamy.
,. Hiil yim rcail llif (lop isitinii of out Sccivst, a
fur Oiivr-r 11. 1 lock fry, t nil - -stunt in this rase taken
i'i ie, I'liion county, in tlie pti'si'iit rasi??
A. Yes; I (inl read it.
,. Will you state, in s ili-tano'
was.
A. Alllti.n-li 1 liardly Hunk it ii".
slati incnt of Mr. .-MM-rcst. as his
ninnhi'r of wi!i;esses In lie ery
thai he was present at a pulitii-al spi-akin"; where I aihiie-scil
Cue asst-mlilae at a srlnml house in I nioii comity, ami that 1
ct thit t lie lil'iil. l' ill W ,
'. -
Chester lilies ami were -oiti"; '..n atry iiumuviiuii ii h was ncces- j,i(;n; ,.,,.; and repair of rou.la.
t-iiry to shoot down ihe iii iui's. I say in reply to thai, that, the ' j'ruetica! tests of vnrim's tln u-ies mnl
staieinelit of Mr. S ctest is ahstihltely false. What j metlmds ol road building urn mailt) by
I Ufl Pay, ami what lias In en testilicd to hv other He liureuu aa.l the results are ro
witnesses win, heard me, was this: After" I had l'"rl '"''f f . Mu .:,
discussed
the policy ami piinciples of the Peinucra'iir liai ty
and its position upon national
question of the had government ot .North I arohna under tns-on
rule in State affairs, and then linally in local matters. I
stated to the asscmhlae ;is a n-ason why the l'nsiniu-ts s-hoiild
ho hurled from power and control in .North Carolina w as that i
thev hint sntiiectcd tne citizens
(ireeiivillt' to the horrors of inisjrovei nnient. and ni Lrro d.iinina-
tion, and all that itnplietl, and
of Urecnville h;id heon p rry inandered and put under m pic
cont.ro), and how the city of New hern had heeii likewise 1 prated,
I then came to the city of Wilmington, wlific 1 resided ;;t!-l wiis
familiar with i he state of iit'l'iiii
1 stattd lluit its a lesttlt of in-ion leisla! ion the ciiy had
hi'cii nut under in-nio conliol. -uhslantiailv; that althoiiuh the
.. i 1 . I ..1. ..I o-
VV line peolie ovv lieu .io.'hi . .' " i u ni ui me (iiupniv aim I S( V(.B (1f roud
that much of the taxes of the city, that, we had a hoard of aM r- T 'xi10 K.neriil plan of the propose.t
men. with ;i white nuin for mayor, that didn't own a foot of Kind in ; roml is to lay two wide steel rails on
the count wind paid comparatively lit tie or no taxes;tliat three or ; jr.lmary highways. The r..ml as thus
f..tirofthehii.ard()faldi'rinaiiwer.''n'groes:t.hatfortvt.fthenia";is- ""-ucted consist, r two i-amllel
e . . f .. lines ol steel plates or rails, eucli
trates were ueKioes; th.tt I nun fourteen to seventeen of the thirty ; iliMli,s wiil't. niil at u illlVlojl.u
on tln police foire were negroes:! hat nearly :tll the diquity .-herills i .list.mce apurt to receive the wheelfj
in thecouilty were ne;i nes;that the register of deeds oftllO county : nf all vehicles of standard gunge,
was a neofo'that everv health ofjici'r oflhe t-ifv.n very important ! He f"'"''1 plati" r rails have a slights
posit i w as held hv miws; that one of the three county com-!'1"" '1 , U) Tu
I . i .i . i. r -. .iiii sufficient to prevent the wagon wheels
nussioners was a ne-ro; ;ind the result of it was the horrible ;fnmi lovil)V , trm.ks easily, while
state of misgovernment had been brought ahotitithat niht alter llllt jnU-rterim; witu tuining out win-a
ni.nlit burglaries and rohheries took place in town without any! the driver desires to do in order to
di-tection. that within about ' feet of the tit v hall six biirukir- ipa-s another teuui or for any other
.- i. . i i .1 .. ill,;,. I,,.. ,.-.'ti, ...", .. . I. .(.... i ;...,'ii...f i.ui'iiose. I f one nnaL'ines to hiiusolf
us uau u 'en i tiiiiiuiio'i ..........
one burglar had been iiri ested in a lady's residence, a negro bur
glar was rapt ured and held by the ladies until a police officer j
arrived, that, although the otfense was punishable by death audi
not bailable, he was let off on his own recognizance or a straw j
bond, I have forgotten now which, ami the negro escaped; thati
piurders and crimes of all character were of constant occurrence; i
that within about a year six murders had taken place in t lie coun -
ty ;t hat the negroes showed an ttt.t er di -respect for and detiance of
tl... live- lleit tho cif.v .-intliniities. in llie exercise of t hi if discre-
tion upon sanitary niattei-. hail
diseases on the outskirts of the
iiuiulred m numtier, ;i coiiitni'ie moo, at inen u on guns, ptstois
and othi'r w eapons, went out, iittacked. shot into, and burned it
down, ami the mavor and policeineu, although remonstrating,
- . . i . . . .......
u-i.rit iniu i.i-evu ni ri'ti s i n
arrested or tried for the hense;
the court house house it was impossible to convict a nyfcro of
crime where a question of crcd.lnlity arose between white wit
nesses and negro witiies-es; that thejuiies, icinposed partially
ot whiles and partly ot blacks, would retire ami a hung jury: Ti( ,.,,.,.,,, ,.,.
was the result, the n. gto. s always voting solidly mtho jury box u of ,,,votioB
in favor of the acquittal of the negro, il a negt o was on trial. 1 tl) i.is birthplace Colonel John .laeot
1 recollect especially nviting ;in instance of my own exper-istor is now comiiicting s.u.ie twoauj
ience, where 1 told tin n Ihat I pioseculeti lor .Mr. lliimnie, a
very gallant .and r pitiable citizen, a hat merchiiiit of this city,
who w ;ts assaulted m bn ad daylight in hi.; store bv lvichard
Holmes, ;i nemo polio in
an.
ol ti ll
pair of brass knuckles ai
three t rials, although the
the stand. that the iurv, although
ed, failed to iigiee a siimle one
first, time lime wiutes lor cuiiviciion ami uuee negres loracipur- f,ri.u, UI1 ...jd.y i;,,,,,!, stat
tal;tbe second trial taking place at the next term of the court, all t;.,. improvement of the public high
the white nu -non the jury stood for conviction ami the negroes j way should under any conditions do
..ii lw i.ii-v f,.e ......nil i -i I- mi tin. I bird trinl wliiih took- nl:iei ,'it ' peiid ou private generosity.
ii subsequent term, it likewise s'ood eight or nine 1 lnive for
gotten the number white for conviction and three or four
negroes for acquittal, according to the number of negroes on the
jury and that linally the fusion solicitor, although 1 myself was
associated in the prosecution, nol prossed the case without even
consulting tne; that day .after day white ladies, while walking
the streets of tho city were insulted, and in one instance a repu
table young lady going to the cemetery was shoved from tho
sidewalk by a negro woman ami struck over the bead with an
umbrella; that the daughter of one of the ablest di mes of the
city wits brusquely hurled against the fence and bruised by a
iiegro on the sttcets in broad daytime; that indecent remarks
were made to ladies walking the streets by negroes, and com -plaint
after complaint being made to the city authorities, which
were the ones i have before lelated to you, they found themsel
ves unable to repress it; that property and life were not safe.and
that good order could not be secured in Ihe town; that
the city authorities were totally insufficient to se
cure it; that, the Chamber of Commerce, a repre
sentative business body of that city, presided over hy a
lieiitibliran as nresident. nassod resolutions statinir the city
authorities were nn.il.le to secure
calling upon our people a matter of business ami self-nre .er Va
lium without regard to politics, to change existing order of
things.
1 w ill state fuither that having statements in that speech
and substantially the same thing in many others that 1 delivered
dining the campaign. I now again aiiirm that the statements
made are a statement of tlie true condition of affairs as they
existed in Wil mington, and if 1 ha ve failed in the statement it
was in not slat ing other aud greater wrongs winch actually oc
curred and which 1 forgot to mention, among them being the
publication in a negro newspaper published in the city of a vile
and slanderous attack upon the virtue and reputation of the
white women of our State,
Conditions in Wilmington
tract From Evidence of
witness
it .Mon-
wh.it the testimony
ssaty to con' railk't tin1
liaracter has hern
Icnl. I will tin su.
town hv ii
He stated
il'III''tOn Were al'tne. wit il Ull'.-I'
., i
questions, I came down to thp
oi v iiinmoton, .m-wimt'i ami
aitei hrii'lly statin-' lmw the town
...... ..r tl ..........t i ...,;.i
v .... .... i, v. , .a v
locatctl a hospital for infectious
town, ami the negroes, several
none oi s u l eeroes. were evei
that in the trial of the causes in i
d struck over the eyes with a
si useless to the lloor.ar.d that on
Icfemleiit hiinself.llolmcs.did not take
the evidence was uncontradict
of the three times, standing the
law and order substantiallv.aiid
('i(M)l) ROADS NOTES.
A New It. til. I Scheme.
DFRIN'ti the last few years tin
Federal l)euirt.meiit of Ai?ri'
culture lias largely increased
f, its usefulness nnd extended
the scope of its operations. It has
iiiinle its methods more practical anil
has adapted tlieni more closely to tho
Leeds of the country.
It was onee mi a lu'i! that I lit secl
Kent out liy the. Africa tural Depart
ment never came up. Of course thin
was a libol on tin; deiarlmeiit, lint it
is a fnef that the quality of t..o seod
distributed liy the lovci iiineiit lias
l.cLii so greatly improved tint, no
uunetioi' seed can be found ntiy .vaere.
The Agricultural Depart- uit ha
many other iniiortn" . luiii-lions lio
si.les the tli:t.r.'lii.iion "'. seed. n
of it most useful bureaus is that
which is devoted to til" ee'euee. of
l-oiel building. Its dirccl us am!
cMiw.iiiii.n..li.iit4 ire men who lire well
! M.i-se.l both in tlie theoretical and tho
pr.ictii-.il srienci
The monographs
' bv this bureau e
building.
mi.! reports sent out
ititaiu iiiiiny viiluablu
; SIlL'.'estl.iUS folic.
.Tiling the construe-
l,., ,,,., , i. i ,
ss ainl lei- lieu ciirri.'-l on with
marked success. These sample roads
have lit'cn inspected by ollieials ami
other visitor-, from nil pints of thtl
country ainl tie- suggestions wliioli
tliey oiler have l.ccn m many
is.,nices embo,iied in i nu-tieul i-e.-ults,
The bureau now iiroposes ihe eon-
i stmetion of
tet'I tin ! vvaoii loatls'.
Siieli roads may be Imill niucU
cheaper than cilhcr iiiiicil.ini of chert
highways, an. 1 w hile they are not ns
desirable as either arc a vast improve
ment on the ordinal y dirt lo.ols ami
are by reason of their smaller cost
within tlie reach ot communities who
n
not able to et.nstrii-t Hie bes
treet ear track wttli tlie depression
ju Hie mil iit neeounu'iihiti'S tho
vviigoii wheel eight inches wide, and
the rails set at such a distance, apart
is t receive both wheels uf the ordi
ury vehicle, he will have a very good
..leu of the road in question. It
' .c. i without savin ' that on a voatl
; .,,,,-trueted in this manner very largo
i i,,n Is can be hauled w ith grciit ease,
i Iaih riments have shown Hint the
ted rail road will wear well and not
t-.-t out of oi'.ler easily. The loa.l
which a horse can luiil on such a roatl
,u hll Kl,tlu.r is several tunes os
' .-.-at as that waich ho eouhl pull oji
i i 'hrt roml. The cost of repairs is
u,,,.,n
.'
A lirst class steel rail mail may be
ron-t meted for :i."iilil u mileaud prep
'iratioiis for building such highway
ire i-Joing on in several Stales. At
hu.ta -loiiriia!.
ahull' miles of roadway b.-t wceu Rhine-i-iilV
and Kluuibeck, which wo an
it-lied to contemplate and admire ai
being probably the bc.-t picco ol
mail work in t he State.
t'oloud Astor has reinleie.l a public
service for which ho is entitled tc
recognition. Hut at the same time it
is impossible to escape tho sense ol
i :i. ..i:,... , - ii... ...i,..;i..., o,.. ...
In this matter, so vital to the well-
being ami prosperity of the Slate, at
example lias been set us by the ad
joining Slates ol New Jersey mid Mas
! suchusetl-. In these States private
! citizens arc md called mi to improve
! tin- public roadways beiviuse legisla
I tive intelligence lias devised an ef
j 1'ieicti! plan of adjusting the relative
i interests of State and locul assessment
' in piovnUn;; f. r the cost of si:e'a itu
i provcmeiit. Thev have solved tho
good-romls problem with sat isfnetory
results, mnl year by ycur they arc
bringing their country roads out ol
the b irli iri-iii of neglect and improv
ing H em up to the highest stiuiilard o.
real civilization. New "York World,
Tti. Work In I'.'iiii-v letlihl.
"V1 1 ut the IVntisylviuii.'i Division o)
ihe I.. A. W. is doing in the mattel
of fiipplving tin; wheciUleu of that
State with good roads may be judged
i by the result of the lust meeting ol
" -'-"-l Hoads Commission, of which
II. H. Worrell, the representative of
the 1.. A. Y., is chairman. In dis
cussing the xv oil. of tho commission,
Mr. Worrell said: "We liave been
securing data from tunny sources audi
have obtained much information from
other States. Wo tire endeavoring to
prepare a lir.uiit ami eoinprelieusiv
i jd.ni which will be equitable in nil dis.
' triets. lvnialization of taxation ia
perhaps the most important element
of our work, nnd it is the intention ol
the commission to ask Htute aid in ad
dition to the taxation which is now
assessed by townships. Our labors
will not end for soma timti to couio,
however. "
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