The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-02-02

n. c., FEB. 0, 1893
FORMERS OF THE SOUTH DID
THEIR DUTY.

i Occasionally we see an article III
Sme western reform paper, lntlmat-
Ia that the reformcrs in the south.
b states did not stand 10y the wes-
In brethren III the late campaign.
B h are sure the brethren west and
&rthwest do not intend to do the
B pthern brethren injustice, but they
81 not understand the situation and
'&e elements that entered into the
ID test down here. 1t is true we
|frselves expected last Spring
later results than we realized
I'm the struggle was over, mot
)rer for it is now revived with still
zfcater energy and determination
SIT when we now look back and see
he bower and the devilment of the
the lying, the force bill
sd negro domination scare-crow
|aekets, the dishonest registration,
'he cheating at the polls, the tamper-
ia with the returns, the wholesale
out of votes and even of
#4Dle townships, we are astonished
I'D the mangled remains Of the ac-
rote show up half what it does.
I4 The past the elections down here
ia in the main been fair and
est us far as the rank and Ale
kHew. At any rate we were taught
rom our cradle to believe that De-
n1ocracy was always fair and honest,
fhat it was the voice Of the people
andin fact that it could do no wrong.
On the other hand we were all
tahght that RepublIcanlsm was the
enbodimcnt of all that was mean,
hateful, dishonest and unclean, cap
ped by the spscter climax of negro
dof1inatiOn. Knowing the extent
and power of this deep rooted preju-
dice of a generation, the Demo
eratic machine politicians used it
for al 1t was worth during the cam
paign by charging that the reform
efs we're San aid society of the Re-
publican party" and were getting
money from the Republican ma
chine to put the negro on Top and
fasten Republican force bill upon
the people. Besides the above,
pressure on account of debt and So
sal ostracism was terrible; all this
drove thousands back INTO the OLD
party lines, men who were with
nB hen and are with us now if they
dare to vote their convictions in
free (?) America. On election day
the fact leaked out that the Demo
cratic and Republican machines had
foiuned copartnership and raised
hQodle to get the negro to vote the
4emocratic ticket. Yes to such
desperate straits was the machine
e1s that the hypocrites, some Of
there church deacons who howleC
<h6 budest about the danger of ne
sro domination, went to the polls OF
Gar of election and Rugged anc
honegfuggled with negroes all da.
giving them money and whiskey t.
Yote the Democratic ticket. Blu
This Was not all, the biggest devil
ment was done when the votes wer
counted or rather miseounted. W
have fourteen men in the State Leg
islatnre and polled over $4,000 vote
according to their count. But W
would not have gotten that much
the machine Democracy had nc
fsrribly moderated the strength c
The movement. They loudly pre-
dieted that we would not carry Is
90 votes and they themselves al
6anderstruck at the result. Non
kn3N better than they do whs
HoEH have been the result with fai
vote and an honest count. Don
1l|zan derstand us, very few of til
Izea who voted the Democrat
tEeket approve of such method
sands of honest plain peopl
making up the rank and file of th
Denaoeratic party, are to-day dix
gusfed. The reform is gainiu
ground in the south every da,
ae anne of the Democratic part
can old the people no longer, III
Jess the bosses stoop to conqut
b7 s'glng the people the relief an
lustlce they demand. In the neg
eEeAign the masses in the sout
ffote for what they want an
need and besides the people ha,
nse*a mazed at the corruption no
A11g than they had ever dreamt
g he people are aroused. Th'
VII ave justice at the next ele
ton. Mark it.