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Newspaper
Wilmington Post
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1881
Page
2
The Wilmington Post reprints a US proclamation by President Chester A. Arthur praising national gratitude amid grief and a Thanksgiving call. It also includes John C. Dancy’s address and a lengthy critique of southern Black rights, urging Republican cabinet posts for Southern Republicans and equal political rights for African Americans.
Fragmentary text reports a vigorous speech by a Southern Republican figure. The piece references the Ohio land and a Southern States Board but lacks clear context or specifics about events, dates, or outcomes.
A North Carolina gathering of prominent colored men in Bateign on November 4 1881 resolved to send a delegation to Washington January 10 1882 to confer with the President and his Cabinet on Republican party interests. The group listed members from state-at-large and eight districts and urged support for trusted leaders like Harris O Hara Price Dancy and Leary. They praise Arthur s record and call for unity and confidence among southern colored citizens in backing their party and its leaders.
A long address from the HE NG INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION extols the success of a past fair, urges unity to overcome dissension and prejudice, and highlights crops, farming, and philanthropy. It praises supporters among white friends, laments poverty, and cites Colonel Peaks on emancipation, urging continued effort for a glorious enterprise.
Fragmentary remarks expose renters driven by oppressive rents and alleged discrimination favoring the wealthy. The speaker laments legal resistance difficulties and warns about monopolies exerting unprecedented power, noting extortionate behavior and caste bias as consequences.
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