quiet, and had the full protection of the laws … But there is one thing the Democrat Party has never done and never will do—and that is to set the negro up TO RULE OVER WHITE MEN … Republican rule in the East means negro rule; and negro rule is a curse to both races … It is useless to tell the people of Wilmington that there is no danger of negro domination, when they see the negro policemen every day parading the streets in uniform and swinging the “billy” … where you see the negro policemen and negro officers as thick as blackbirds.
