
The Gazette (Raleigh, NC) · Oct 31, 1896
The News and Observer, the bitter organ of Democracy, is still penning out its vials of wrath and abuse against the negroes. Because that paper failed in its attempt to catch the Populists, it is now attempting to wreak its vengeance upon the -colored voters. The paper accuses the negroes of all sorts of election crimes, and is now attempting to intimidate and bulldoze honest voters and law-abiding citizens of that race. Again we ask, under the vituperation heaped upon our race by the Democratic press and speakers, can any self-respecting colored man vote with that party? We shall see

