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"More About the Butcheries." Richmond Planet, November 26, 1898

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MORE ABOUT THE BUTCHERIES.

LAWLESS CONDITION EVERYWHERE

Scandalous Behaviour of the U. S. Naval Reserves.

Officers of the Law Exiled.---The Treasonable
Revolutionists in Possession of the City.

ANARCHY TRIUMPHANT AND THE GOVERNMENT OF…

"National Politics," December 31, 1866

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In a somewhat similar view of the case the New HavenJournal and Courier looks upon the bill as "an immediate result of the refusal of the Southern States to accept the proposed Constitutional Amendment." For, while Congress was willing last Summer to…

"Negro Rule," Raleigh News and Observer, July 4, 1900

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Political Cartoonist Norman Jennett drafted this particulary vicious image in June of 1900. An African-American vampire is shown terrorizing the white citizens (including several vulnerable white women) before him. The message on his wings…

"Negroes Trying to Register Illegally," Raleigh News and Observer, July 13, 1900

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The farce of a trial of a white registrar in Winston, inaugurated by Federal office-holders is an attempt to bulldoze with Republican methods in the South. They always rush to the Federal courts for assistance in their local affairs. The trial in…

"Nineteen Negroes Shot to Death," New York Times, November 11, 1898

Nineteen Negroes Shot to Death Wilmington Fatal Race Riots in north Carolina. Vengeance of White Citizens Negro Publisher's Plant Destroyed by Indignant Men. New City Government Formed by the People of Wilmington, and Steps Taken to Restore…

"Our Duty in Reorganization," June 24, 1865

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“Peace,” said Edmund Burke, “may be made as unadvisedly as war. Nothing is so rash as fear, and the counsels of pusillanimity very rarely put off, while they are always sure to aggravate, the evils from which they would fly.” What this…

"Peace of Radical Reconstruction," March 14, 1867

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The New York Times draws the following truthful sketch of the peace brought by such reconstruction as it yet aids to thrust upon the south:
“Tennessee -- If any ex-Confederate State is to be subjected to military law it certainly ought to be…

"Pritchard Spouts on His Resolution," Raleigh News and Observer, January 23, 1900.

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PRITCHARD SPOUTS ON HIS RESOLUTION Declares the “Negro Has Never Been Offensive” MEEK AS A LITTLE LAMB THE VICIOUS DEMOCRATS HAVE PREYED UPON HIM DEMOCRATIC NOT WHITE MAN’S PARTY To a Crowded Senate For Two and a Half…

"Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction," May 29, 1865

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Whereas the President of the United States, on the 8th day of December, A.D. eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and on the 26 day of March, A.D. eighteen hundred and sixty-four, did, with the object to suppress the existing rebellion, to induce all…

"Read and Circulate!," 1872

CONVERSATION BETWEEN A REPUBLICAN AND A DEMOCRAT OF THE RANK AND FILE. Republican. Well, neighbor Democrat, how do you stand on politics now a days? Democrat. I am a Democrat still. R. Going to support the Democratic ticket and endorse the acts of…