Tlie Goldsboro Star.
GOLDSBORO. N. C.
Saturday, January 7, i.S;.'.
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COLORED JOURNALS.
We r-Hp tiiis Grange advice
fro
m our neighbor cotemporary
untl brother Editor, E. JO. Smith,
Senior Editor of the North Corn
Una Enterprise, which appeared in
the issue of December .list, 1 88 1 :
"Only a few years ago, jhere
were less than half a dozen news
papers in this entire country edited
and published by colored men.
To day, there are raoro than the
number mentioned published by
colored men in North Carolina;
and in the United States t here are
nearly or quite one hundred.
Now, if these, with oth.r papers,
read by the six or seven millions
of our people in the country, are
to serve them as speliing-books,
readers, histories we say, if these
are to serve oar race as teachers,
to be the lever )owor by which
they must be raised to a higher
plane of citizenship; it is really
lamentable to see Low far many
of them fail to grasp the idea cl
the groat work for them to ac
complish. If th work of the
colored journalists is to better the
condition of the race, then it is as
we understand it.
This, in onr opinion, in not to be
accomplished wholly by a contin
uous clamor and howl for office,
political recognition, and the like.
As journalists we should endeavor
to see and point onr leaders to
aspire to walk in other than po
ltiical avenues, though they be
paved with gold.
The race cannot all .hold office,
nor need all our young men wlo
have spent years in schools expect
to do so. The press, then, should
constantly seek to inspire our
young men and women to "aim
high" and pursue tboso walks of
life which lead to prosperity, to
greatuess. ' Oar ideas,'' sa.s a
cotemporary, "ate too narrow,
onr whole talk is give us recog
nition, etc. Let us drop this
mode of action, stop this puny
whining tor political plander; wo
can thereby do infinitely more
good than we are now accom
plishing.'" We feel that many of our lead
ing young colored men of North
Carolina, will read this editorial
with astonishment, as the motto
of the Enterprise is "Aim high-"
lie Bays, this is not to be accom
plished wholly by a continuous
clamor and howl tor office, po
litical recognition and the like,'
bnt seems to inter that the colored
people injure themselves by de
manding the lights of American
citizeus, in political matters, but
advises them to "aim high" the
sky, we suppose
The churches are sufficient to
teach moral lessons, and perhaps
educate the people to some ex
tent, bnt all the liberties and
privileges that the American ne
groes enjoy today, thev owe
to National and State Legis
lation brought about by this
clamor for recognition politically.
So far as churches and religious
principles are concerned, the ne
groes of the nation erjoy to the
fullest extent, and even in the
days of slavery a colored man
coald preach and exhort as much
as be dsired, but if a colored
man should have made a political
peech in ante Mima days he
would have been hanged to the
iirst limb suitable for such a pur
pose. Jt certainly seems amazingly
strange to u?, for an editor of a
colored paper to advise this out
raged, proscribed, yet rising peo
ple, to quit the very work that has
brought them, from the slave
cotton field to the citizenship of
American f icemen.
4 - -
The total population, according
to the census of JSSO, in this
State, is 1,.".! 10,7.10. Of that
nnmbarthe colored have .":1,277,
and the whites 807,'-' 12. Ac
cording to the usual way of
rating the vote, one for e.vciy live
inhabitant?, we find that we have
in North Carolina lit 7,7-!0 vote
of that number, 10(1. are
colored, end 171,175 whites.
According. to tho lowest estimate
we havo 10,000 Republican white
votes to be added to the colored
vote, which will make the Ee
publican vote of this State 1 10,
2.V. Deducting licit, from the
total vo!e of tho Hluto and it
shows thai, Ihe Republican party
has a clear majority el' I 1 ,7 SO.
These liffi:tO: Wli VOUCll lor
Thev are reliable, and a.e proof
' .1 f tl.n oacor.im,
wo have often made, thai we were
defrauded out of the Staff, both
in JS70 and in ISSo.
Kx-Sjrator Jlovw, lLe newly
appointed Postmaster General,
will assume control of ti:e de
partment; during ihe Coming
week.
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RAILROAD TO JACKSON
V1LLK, N. C.
At a meeting of the fiknds
and promoters of the Wilmiug.
ton, Wrightsvihc and .Jackson
ville Railroad Company, held on
the L'UMj day of December, 1881,
in the city of Wilmington, tho
following gentlemen were elce.'ed
directors : E. O. MoLendon. I!.. E.
Bait, A. R. Black, K. M. H'oo
'ei, W illiam H. King, Joseph T.
Foy, (l?o. M. Crapon, George T.
Wassom and E. 1'. Martin.
At a subsfquent meeting of the
Direclois the following gentlemen
were elected cfliceis: Joseth L.
Foy, PrisideM : K. .M. Woolen,
General Si)i?not lrlent ; (uorgo
M. Crapon, Secretary and Tretts
nrer. The following gentlemea were
appointed a committee to secure
the ri"bt of way of tho lands
through which it may run : E. C
McLendon, of Onslow; A. R
Black, and E. F. Martin, of New
Hanover. . .
Thfl 'President was directed tn
appoint suitable persons to open
books - of subscription along tho
ino of tho proposed road. "
On motion, the meeting ad
journed to meet agaie, in the city
of Wiiminirton. on Saturday, the
7th day of January, LSS2.
We are informed by a reputable
white citizen of Indiau Springs
Township, who says, that a com
uiittce was recently appointed to
lay said township out into fechoo
districts for white and colored
children, and that they dividei
the township into four white dis
tricts and two colored, thereby
compelling a gloat portion of tho
colored children to walk six or
seven miles, while the white chi
dren have only about three or
;ii in pfilk at the fait ii-
111..',
erest.
We ahk why this nnjuet dis
crimination is mado between the
white and colored children of
Indian Springs Township!
Again, will car Board of County
Commissioners f utter the pro
scription of the colored children?
if our version or informn "s not
correct, inform us of the facia and
- we will readily make, a correct ion
PLYMOUTH RIOTS.
Gov. Jarvis on receiving infor
mation of tho liot, ordered out
three companies of the l'.U Bat
talion North Ca'ol;n:i Stae
Guards to Plymouth in haste, to
suppress a riot between tho white
and colored people of that place.
AVe suipt'ct that when the facta
are all reached, that the whiles
are as much in fault as tho col
ored, if not mete. Later informa
tion comes to this office that Gov.
Jaivishaa gone Jo the scene of
war, and in r.ll probability will
endeavor to divert the attention
of the State press from railroad
matteis, an-1 cnntfe them in pub
lishing his experience in riots,
routes and rapine at l.'l. mouth.
Still later -Information is, that.
Gov. Jar via arrived in R I j mouth
early Sunday mormug and pro
ceeded to the t a'tk-lleld and
found one dead negro, who was
killed by a white man which some
other negro had insulted. We
are informed further, that the
Edenloii j ul is lull of Republican
voter.3.
A favorite
iirgumenl juC now
' wopo ...
W that it ftlOIH) hold i.
the 'iuirc.h
forth to ''the
common people' the consolations
aud inducements to quiet, cndiv.
ranee of the evils they hear ui
(his world through hope u coni
icnsating joys in tho world to
come! An eminent uiiia-monia-nittl
urges that the masses ol the
poor, oppresaed and snll'ering pop
ulations, on comparing their con
dition with that of the upper and
ruling classep, cannot be per
suaded nor forced to patient t nf
feianco except by tho promises
of a leligion which atfiwis them
of a greater share ol bliss after
death !
All that will do very well in
Prussia, Ruesm, ana even in
North Carolina, except for this
hitch in the matter: That the
clashes which into and revel in
this o.3d to do so by u diviue
right accruing to them as "the
Kt, neonh. hde tuey ruieu auu
the miserable are ground aud op
pressed because tbey arc wicirout
thv wfaUb. virtue, or intelli
gence ; whence it follows (if the
claim bo tin-) at meywno u.o
good time bete , are the only
heirs ol heaven . bereaite and
that i hey who ale undergoing tor
met on earth are ouly having a
foretaste of the eternal 1 Rules
which awaits them beyonu tno
grave.
The argument, therefore, is m-
couisteLt aud self-coutradietory ;
for it is obvious that if tin bliss
of heaven is reserved only for the
"best people,'' thou it is they who
should piously accept the ills,
hardships, deprivations ana op
pressions of this life in tho com
fortable asaurenco ot tneir ever
lasting revard in the final ao
count. We commend this view oi
thA Rubiect to Doctors of Divinity
and to "tho '.best -people" genera
ally. For, if tho "best ptoim
will not qulfctly an'1 Patiently
sububmit to poverty, ignorance,
and all the shocks that llesh is
beir to, if thiy will noU meekly
endure
"tho whipK muI KConiR of time,
The ojipreHRor's wrong, the pvouil mau'n
inntntn aIv.
The insolenno of office owl the spnwH
Tlmt patient merit of 0 unworthy
iftKee,"
if they will not
"fardelH hear, t
To p,ninl unit Bwont nmler R weary life, '
with all the tnanfiona of the
blessed awaiting their sainted
coming, how can it bo expected
that ' the worst people" ""ill un
dergo thetethiDgs with inevitable
damnation awaiting them any
how t
s&Now is your lime to subscribe
to the STAi't
STATE NEWS.
Raleigh XtKt-Ohscrr.r : On
Monday night Mr. John Harp, a
farnif r who lives about eight
miles from this city, on the road
to the Kalis of Neuse Eaper
Mills, indulged in Ihe Christmas
sport of fooling with fire crackers,
his sons assisting. The night
being exceedingly stormy with
rain and waul, they used the
second fbor ot the house as the
see no ol action. When they had
popped"' U the liree: acker they J
went !on stairs and sat bv the
lire. After a time thev heard ,v
sudden crash and roar and saw
bright, light. Rushing out; doors
they were nidoiiishcd at seeing
that, the entire upper story of the
house was m liames, and that
puts of it, were, tailing in. Above
the noise of tho wind they could
hear tho roar of the lliineH, while
the rain, which fell in torrents,
seemed not to bo able to check the
lite in the least. The terrified
family was only able to save a
little bedding from the house,
which, with all of its other con
tents, was totally destroyed. The
loss is estimated at about sVJ.oOO,
with no insurance. It is thought
that one of the firecrackers mmt
have fallen on a bod upstairs and
set lire to it
Raleigh ' AVmw ami Otevfti :
Deputy Sherill Belviii on Monday
ai rested a white man, fuller by
name, on a charge of larceny.
W hile the deputy had Fuller in
custody, tvt the farm of Mr. Jessie
Taylor, near thu city, tho prisoner
drew a knife and cnt at Relvin,
striking him in the side. Belvin
in an instant shot at him, and tho
bullet hit him ;u the head just
above the temple. It ran around
tho skull, however, for several
inches, and tho wound was in
coriRi quenco not at all serious.
Mr. W. R. Williamson has been
appointed postmaster at Taiboro,
in place of Mr. II. II. Shaw.
COMMUNICATION.
Mr:. EntTOH : "Tho evil that
men do, lives after them,
the good is olt, interred with their
born A," observes tho groat eeer of
mankind, but; we are of the opin
ion that very little of the latter
element will accompany the bones
of some of our quasi-Republican
friends.
In your article entitled "Chew
ingot the Pudding is the Test of
It," you make mention of several
prominent white Republicans who
have befriended colored men by
appointing them to subordinate
positions under their control.
While we are unacquainted with
the go jd deeds of tho majority
whom you have on yonr list, yet
we think you have done injustice
to the Collector of the oth Dis
trictthat is, we mean to say you
have given him credit for more
than he has really done. There
are some of our white friends who
think we ought to be thankful for
small favors rendered, but when
we take into consideration the
important fact that we number
90,000 out of tho 12.".,000 votes
cast, we have a right to say to our
friends in power, "these things
ye ought to have done, and not
left the others undone.'' Now,
so far as tho Collector of tho .nh
District is concerned, wo under
stood when he was about to as
sume charge of his office, ho was
very enthusiastic over the idea of
colored appointments, and af
firmed that it was his purpose to
make four or five such appoint
ments, but Binco the untimely and
much to-be regretted death of
President Oailield, his zeal over
tho idea of colored appoiotmonts
has become slackened from eome
Hence your
statement that he has appointed
two colored men is true so far as
his promises are concert ed, but
untrue in fact. One of the col
ored applicant! to him for a
position, endorsed, by some of the
most prominent white and colored
Republicans iu tho State, s
promised at first, so wo learned, a
situation in the Collector's office,
which seemed to be almost certain,
but all of a sudden when he was
t xpectin,'; the promised situation,
he was rt quested by the Collector
to make out a petition for a
storekeeper and gauger's position.
Tho applicant could not surmise
the cause tor so sudden a change
of purpose on the part of tho
Collector, but he did as requested.
Tho result was, that alter two
months' delay he was appointed
by the authorities at Washington!
aud after another two months
delay he finally succeeded in filling
the required "bond ; now he is
waiting to m'- j how much longer
he will have to wait before going
to work.
By the way, l ho attempt; to
make the bond lias thoroughly
and truly tested th sincerity of
tho professions of himdship of
some white Republicans for their
colored friends, for which they
will be graciously remembered in
the tune ol fietr political need.
lr lie it, IVotu mi to accuse tho
(V!!.,ftoi i,l tiaw iilintrnets to
J, i aililld Uy lllrt JUOHIlttOCi, IMll II, umi
seem singular that trie coioreu
applicants were n quested to
pi t it ion for ganger's positions,
which require them to give a
heavy bond, and in doing s
experience much trouble and
inconvenience, as well as the loss
ot much time be.foro lliey can
linally become sjecessful iu their
efiorte. Is it supposablo that tho
thought of the probability ol their
failure to make the bond, thereby
reliving him (the Collector) ot
the unpleasant task of assigning
them to duty, govern his action
in the matter of colored appoint
ment, i? Wits there any good
reason why ho did not, ahidn by
his first, proniiso to appoint a
coloied clerk in his ot'thc, li
inoulhH ago?
II ir h:d r:ot been for the kind ness
of .his E. Rryd, E q , C
S. District Attorney (who, oy tho
way, is far more deserving of :
place in your list of while irientU
to the colored man, than some)
others in this direction of whom
you make mention), Col. R. M
Douglass 1'. S U n shall, J no
li, (iiotter, Eq., and ono other,
whose name 1 am not permitted
to reveal, as he is a person who
does not let his left hand know
what his right dors.C II. Moore,
would likely have failed to make
tho bond in this district so hypo
critical being the pretencee of
friendship for the colored man on
tho part of the great majority of"
vanished Republicans here. But
the few that I have referred to,
and it is a shame to our so-calied
friends that there are not more like)
the former being fully imbued
with the underlying principles of
the Republican party - worn
pMnnto,! in nasistini' Mr. M. from
..iinfT that, it; would he ft
disgrace to the patty should the
fi ret. colored appointee in the -th
. . .... t, Uir, L.-ir.l '
District I an to mane uumu.
Thar, mnrpnvof. I Ill'V ICAliZO the
very important fact that the ua-
publican party cuuuui, au
North Carolina without the aid ot
tho colored voter?, and u tue
latter are slighted in the matter
of cilicial recognition they will
become indifferent as to which
side is victorious. It is time ihat,
more of our professed tneiniH
should open their eyes to this fact
for tho colored man has not un
dergone fifteen yeara of political
experience in vaiu.
"Experience is said to be the
best Echool room, and fools will
learn in none other." In the past
we have been attending such a
school in which wo have been ,
taught to be a little wiser in the
future. "A word to tho wise is
sufficient." The spirit of political
independence is becoming preva
lent among the colored as well a
tho white voter. lie sees that
more is to he gained by such !
course than a slavish adherence to
any particular party as in the
past. As he holds the balance of
power, it is time that ho should
assert his. independence, self
Bpect and manhood, regardless off
party ties, and turn the stream in
the direction of which ever sourjo
from whence he may hope for
official recognition. X. V. Z. J
B. L. Nelson, opposite Dadson'a
gallery, keeps a fine assortment
of liquor i, cigars, and tobacco.
Scotch whiskey (S years old) a.
specialty. A lirst-claas restau
rant is kept in roar of his br,
and thoso desiring a good, sonars
meal for twenty-live ce.,ls, will
do well to give Mr. N. a call.
Table supplied with tbe best tho
market affords, and yolite and
attentive waiters are constantly
on hand to servo customers. Per
sons who propose to havo a jolly
good time, should not fail to
give this bar a trial, and get
something to enliven their bones
for the holidays.
The next issue of the StaU wMl
be much improved, Terms fuZ
per year.