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GOLD LEAFSupplenient. HENDERSON, N. C, NOV 3, 1898 RINGING RESOLUTIONS Adapted at the Great Democratic I M iss fleeting in Goldsboro Last ' Friday. I "We, a portion of the citizens of Fust .ii North Carolina, in Mass Meeting nssembh d, being mindful of the obliga tions we art; assuming and being desir ous of informing our fellow ititizcns of n condition of affairs iu o ir section of T 1 1 - Start', do publish to the world the f.i t;o wing plaoi statement of facts: i'ii - r. I Ik I top illation of i his section u- State is divided info two distinct 4 I ii Anglo-Saxon and the African ciiid I'hat in some count if-i tin ,.s exceed t h" blacks and in others lie' b! Cf"S if ! !i 1 I rg'-ly exceed tilt. whites, but in tile negro is found in large claimed even by his he negro is capable .1 a- Oil ; iMil. It is not .. i-adei-s that I uiii:t'-riUL a government. -v the man who is the present liiuc.tii Governor of the State has i red in the most emphatic language On the tli it he is u holly ll'illt ted 1". mi t h. That in ina ay cil es .'III I Io.VIIS of I lie i governments iiilV" been wholly, or in purr, To r it. f t U" CMiinties. .sl the local turned ov'ei the neirroes. mong these we nien:ioii Bertie, Craven. F dgecombe. Halifax, New Hanover, Wav ! -a, ( ire.-ii ville. New Bern and Wilming ton. In t hcMc conn ties, ci t ie, and toAns, negroes may be found holding the otli ' Register of Deeds, D-pnv Sheriffs. Constables, Justices of the 1'eace, School i iminitteeinen, town ( oui ussioii. is, I Policemen, and t!ie like I a s.-vra I ot !ct I c unities many of t hse . oilices are ;i!!ed ll" IleefOes Mild IllllilV of the Post i lilies are tilled by t hem. "i'iftii. That counting the offices of ie-ui-ter of Deeds, Deputy Register of l"eds, Deputy Sheriffs. I 'oust a hies,! Justices of Ptilee, School Committee lieu, Town Commissioners, l'osr Masters, (' ill ectors, Store Keepers, (Junkers, and the like t here a IV in w i a office itnou n! les, cit i i sand to wns in Fas tern North t'firoiina tiearlv one thousand u-'grocs, there beiue nearly three hundred negro inigisfrntes alone. "Sixth. That as n consequence of turning these local offices over to the iieefo. s, bad government has followed, homes havebei-n inv:idd, and 1 he sunc titv f women endangered. Business has been paralysed, and property ren dered less valuable. The majesty of law has been disregarded and lawlessness encouraged. In many localities men no longer rely upon t Ik officers of t he law lor protection, for they are known to be incompetent or corrupt. Conditions! nave become so intolerable in these com munities that they can be no longer tolerated or endured. "Seventh. That 1 his n-grodominat ion was made possible and these deplorable conditions were bi ought about through i division of 1 Ik white men at the bal- ot box. H.ail the white men remained oecihcr as they did for many years l.e-e t h i ngs could not ha ve been. "Liglith. Thiit knowing these eviis one about through ii division of the hite men, the White Man's Tarty has "en zealously working for months to ' unite the white men at the ballot box, i . i i lere these wrongs ca ii lit' rig i i rei .i ami . se evils remedied. In view of these things it is resolved: "1. That t he Republican leaders have -eci aid t ime cleiirly d monst ra ted t heir ibility and their unfitness to govern nail Ciirolina. "2. Thiit the time lias come when ose who have followed these leaders ill Id no longer do so, and that all iin-n o love their State and their homes mild unite in one supreme effort to leem the State and to place honest, white men in office m State, unty, city and town. 5. That our appeal has been, is now shall continue to be, to the ballot and to honest white men. We have teinplated no violence; but we are i mined to use all proper means to ourselves of this negro domination. h is paralyzing our business and Ii hangs like a dark cloud over our Hint we declare it is not our pbrjose to do the negro any harm. It W b Iti r for him as well asfor us that the hc i nam should govern. That while wafij Vopose to protect and encourage hioj In all his rights and duties of citi SW i, we allirm that North Carolina Aft jnot be iiegroizd. It is of all the 1&Z. B of the I'nion peculiarly the home 1 f Anglo-Saxon, and the Auglo if I shall govern it. S iTiiat we affirm that no such con tk V exi,t in this Stiite as to justify M r l'titchard in calling upon the Wk I'll to send troops to this Stiite, fin I iiovernor in issuing his brutal f itiou.and we hereby coiKJetnii Si fist numciisured terms the coii Itl t n.iter i'ritchurd .and (iovernor fcf In at tempting to make it appear II Vitsid- world that tin desceiid b( Vie men f Mecklenburg. Halifax, t le, the Cape Fear, of Alamance, Ifc I ourt House and Kinii's Moiin- the military ower of the ft. Vat which they helped to create pizetocomp. i them to observe U- IThe White Men of this State, n ,i above all others, jire interested in maiii- Limine, i.iiv ami onier, and tor them to b" charged by Senator i'ritchard and (iovernor Russell Wlti, having a purpose to become insurrectionary citizens is a vile slander and we denounce them. They have been leaders iu establishing negro domination among us and th-v are herefore responsible for the condi tions now existing, and iu appealing to tie Preident to send troops into this Stiite to aid them in maintaining negro dominnriou they have shown thev care less lor file hoaor and reputation of their State than they do for ; ie ir olli -ial posi tions. ". That it is iu tie power of the Legislature to restore to i he white men of the Fast the manage. ueiit and control of their lovil effairs. l'ii i r ii t li Demo cratic party shall be p a -d in control of tie Legislature this vili b- done. If the Republi.-au .party is t!a -e i in control it will not be done. We, therefore, a.i;(e a1 to o;ir white brethren ia every ec!iou of the St.ate to go to the ballot box on the day of election and vote forth" Demo cr.tt ic can lidar. f or tin L ei-lature. i i H'i t a . .a i-1 ied an i ; hi ! jud icia r v is necessai-y to t he ppus.rv i : ion of lie . i-iti t s of the weak as eli ,-, rM. - t l ong The Democratic candidates for this hli position are men learned iu 1 he la vv and of eminent tituess for this great o!!i We, therefore, iljipeal to all men who desire learned and pure men to -it upon the bench, to work and to vote for the 1 )i'mocratic Candida tes. "S. That the President and Secretary of this meetingvare hereby direct d to cause th;s statement .of facts and the-e resolutions to be published iu all the papers o; t tie Mate at,.! tliaf the I mo cratic Fxe-uti ve Co:nmittie ; requested to give them tile vulesr possible ci dila tion among t he pec iple." The following .-idiiit iona! resoluiion in trodu -ed by H v. N. M. Jurney, wfis adopted; Iie.ilrel, That thep-esent pe j of the State is uch its 1 o deiia ud that every true hearted white man shall on election day, suspend nil business and give thai cut ire day to the service of white suprem acy and good economical government in Nort Ii Carolina. Lkt all white men keep perfectly cool, but determined. Watch out for fraudulent voters. See that every ood white ln,an is at the polls earlv. Let. each true North Carolinian do his duty, then all is well. Raleigdi Post. EVERY MAN OWES HIS STATE A , DUTY NOW. The brunt of this campaign, as of all campaigns, is being; borne bv a few by the speakers, the workers at Slate headquarters and in "the counties, and the newspapers. It is n at right. The property of the State as well as the safety of its citizens is in peril, und people who have property t( ie protected should -rive of their means, if they do no work, for the success of tie- Democratic ticket. It is a reproach that the Democratic State Fxecutive Com mittee, which is conducting an aj; g;ressive and exceedingly expensive campaign, should be hard put to it. as it is, for the money to meet its bills, w lien just a dollaro:- two from nil those who could ;ive it and never feel it would put the c.mnnittee iu easy circumstances and make its work elfective. It is a time when :n -:i can alTord to make financial and oilier sacrnices, lor .North caionna will not be an agreeable Slate for residence if the vicious horde which is now ravaging it is e;ivcn a new least; of power. But in addition to tiie duty of personal work and of giving,, there is another duly which a certa'ti class shouht perform: I hi J ARViS PREDICTS VICTORY. Declares Many Populists Will Vote With the Democrats and Thinks Success is Assured. After speaking in Henderson ville Hon. T. .1. Jarvis furnished a cor respondent of the Atlanta .lurn'd the following statement predicting victory for the Democrats at the polls next Tuesday: 1 confidently carry st contest hit lire : n 1 s for Jud c!ieve the Demo the State. Our is to secure the to elect our cun 1'es of the Superior State the (iovernor I' speakers and the news papers an plying the voters with eve: v argu ment thev can commend, but it is not possible that ot them Clllll- bined have covered or can cover tne whole field of discussion. Tijcre are in the State very many men of bigji ability v!i cannot but be thinking" very seriously of the situation, but who have not uttered a word nor WHY DEMOCRATS FAVOR HIM. The Chatham llicord tells why the Democrats favor Senater Atwaterand will support him for Congress. Ti.e Record says: "The .endorsement of Mr. At water's candidacy for Congress by the Democrats of this district proves the sincerity of their efforts iu behalf of white supremacy. Mr. Atwater has been as bitter against the Demo crats as any Populist in the state, and vet Democrats are now ready to vote for him. Why? Because as a Senator in the last Legislature he voted against every bill that was in tended to place any town under negro rule, and has revolted against his party selling" out to the Republi cans and giving them the power to place more towns under nejjro rule. Blood is thicker than water' and it is high time that the white men of North Carolina should lay aside in this great campaign their party prejudices and unite together for white supremacy and good Govern ment!" HOW FUSION LITERATURE IS DISTRIBUTED. A citizen, who says he is neither a Democrat nor a Fusionist. semis us a copy of the Agricultural Hull, tin, sent out by the Secretary of Agri culture, and a copy of the (.'uunninn. The labels on the two papers are the same, even the numbers being" identi cal. Another copy of the Bulletin and another copy of the ('nHcaxinn shows the same remarkable coinci dence. The case is too plain to need further explanation. Tlie mailing list of the A'rirultural Bulb tin. Stiite property, is being used to distribute Fusion literature. Is the State also paving the postage on these papers that are being mailed by State machinery? Are they not also being mailed by clerks paid by the State to work for the State? What do the honest tax-payer of the State think of being compelled to pay for the distribution of Fusion literature? This is more Fttsim purity in poli ties." Xi irs and O'lSt rci r. Pt'Kss the tight from now until the polls close next Tuesday evening. The victory is won for White Su premacy aiid ood (iovernment if we do. Ra"leig!it W. lifted a fiinger to forward the in terests of the party which they are depending upon to safeguard their interests and those of their children. What we are driving at is thai every such man. who has an idea which has not yet been suggested or de veloped, should advance il through a communication to the press. The papers will be glad of all the help thev can get, and the people are reading I the papers this year. It is a time tor every North Caro linian to do his duty. We believe we are going to curry the State, but no citizen should be willing, in this extremity, to fold his hands and thus leave himself in such position that he will not be able to say afterwards that he had any part in victory be yond t he mere casting of his vote. Charlotte )!scrccr. COL. WADDELL TALKS BUSINESS. Hon. Alfred M. Waddell addtessed an opera house full of people at Wil mington Monday night, and speech, which bears evidence careful preparation, is printed his of i n to the much ! whi'-h would myself wo 111 full in the Missi nji-r. It is in the best style of tiiis accomplished gentleman and orator, and according to the testimony of all the Wilmington papers, it moved the audience mightily. If," said he, -I thought the pe pie of North Ciirolina would sul; a;; (I do not sav consent) longer present condition of tilings, ess to the worse condition would inevitably follow. I be ashamed to acknowledge a citizen of the State, and w ish to shake her dust from mv i feet forever. It is precisly because I '. believe that they will not submit and ! oirht not to submit to it that I am here to-night." But here follows the gem of the speech: 'I do not hesitate to say thus publicly that if a race contlict occurs in North Carolina the very first men that ought to be held to account are the white leaders of the negroes who will be chiefiy responsible for it, and the work ought to begin at the top of the list. I scorn to leave any doubt as to whom I mean by this phrase. I mean the (iovernor of this State, who is the engineer of all the deviltry and meanness. I trust that no such duty will be thrust upon us. but if it is." I trust that it will be rigidilv and fearlessly performed." That's the stulT: that is the kind of talk that has been needed in North Carolina for a long time. Our quarrel is not so much with the negroes as with their pah-faced allies and leaders. And Russell, vile am! venomous as he is. is not the only one there are others, and they do not all acknowledge allegiance to to Russell's l.artv. either. Lharioui ij'jsri;tr. crat s gre.a i lerj.. dic.iti C 'U t. In thi- iiiis no veto power, and the power of the Legislature is only limited by the Constitution. Heme much de pends on t he Legislature, hot h parties are therefore putting forth its best elToi ts to control that body. It now looks like the Democrats will no,t only elect a majority of both I Houses of the Legislature, 'but that thev will elect the Democratic" call- 'lnliites tor ,1 uilges and a number of the Congressional candidates. I have been in t he cam paign since the 1th of .July and have been in nearly all sections of the State. 1 find the Democrats every w here active and enthusiastic. There were in the State in IS'.h, 3v,0 ) Populists, and I think l.o M of this number will vote the Democratic ticket this year. Many old time Republicans will also vote with us, while thousands of others will not vote at all. With all these elements favorably to Democ racy, it seems to me victory iscertain and that the fusion majority of to, 0 H will be wiped out. The results of fusion in this State have been so disastrous that thousands of good men who voted for it two years ago. repudiate it now and will vote to put the State back into the hands of the Democratic party. Fach day. in mv opinion, but adds to our certainty of victory. The tide sets all the time one way in the great campaign for white supremacy in this State." Do not forget thiit six judges are to be elected. It is full time that a change was made in some instances. Put men on the bench who have good common sense, know law, have the sense of right, cf decency, of pro priety. .and w ho will not make stump speeches from the bench or talk llip pantly of Star Chambers and High Commission procedure jn-jt as if they lived in the Dark Ages and had power to use the thumb-screw and the boot-jack after the manner of Thomas de Torueniuda or Charles I. of Fnglaiid. Wilmington .IA... u :tr. C. M. BERNARD. Here is an object lesson that we want tin white people to look upon. In the hist few years no man has done more to place (ireenville under negro rule than C. M. Bernard. He is the reputed author of the infamous gerrymander bill that divided the town up into zigzag wards so as give two-thirds of the Councilmen of the negroes.. He h:is been foremost iu arousing the passions of the negroes and keeping them banded together. And no man has been more active than he in spreading falsehoods over the State and telling the people that the reports of negro domination that that went out from this town were exaggerated, that (ireenville was well governed, and so forth. But what is he doing now? He is the tirst man to show that under the con ditions that exist hen;, and as the town is now governed. (Ireenville is not a good town to live in. As this article is being written, he is in Raleigh looking for a house and pre paring to change his residence to that citv. He helps to fasten an out rageous condition upon the white people of his hometown", and then is the first to tlee from the infamy wrought by himself. Base ingrate! Yet (ireenville loses nothing in his departure, and no town is to be envied that has him for a citizen, (iive anv excuse he may for hi change in residence, the people see and know the cause of his departure from (ireenville. (ireenville .' - ;' "' r. T ERYES must be fed on pure, rif Ii blood. Hood's Siir-aj.-irilla is the best nerve tonic. By enriching the blood it makes the nerv.-s S7RONC. I-- 1
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