The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-04-20
WHAT GOOD HAVE THEY DOME

ing, we fear. In truth, they do no;
represent the plain people. the farm
ers ana iaboring men. The Demo
cratic party, which has placed these
governors in power is to-day rna bs
its worst elements and is u machine
of fraud and oppression, organized
to benefit the aristocrats and monop,
olies and hold the offices.
The Democrat machine bosses
cheat the people in the elections, al
though they are loud in their pro
testations OF friendship for the
wage-earners and til.ers of the soil
This meeting of governors resolved
that they were IN favor of immigra.
ton, They thought no one could
see through the thin disguise of their
hostility to the people. But all the
world knows that machine rule ii
maintained and conducted to bene.
fit the few at the expense of the
many. The bone and sinew, the
hard working men and women of the
Uuited States, and of foreign coun-
tries, do not care to come under such
rulers, an so they stay away.
Governor Carr, of North Carolina,
who has not yet condemned the
frauds of the late election, offered
resolutions at the governors meet
ing. All of these related to immi-
grafton. Their language was what
might be called exceedingly grand
and high-sounding. Papers were
read, setting forth the resources of dit
ferent Southern States; and finally an
address was issued to the people of
this country and Europe, setting
forth the agricultural and CONNER.
cial advantages of the Southern Com.
monwealth.
1t will be all in vain. So long as
the South is dominated by political
bosses, who care nothing for the peo-
pie, no settlers can be counted on. II
any should be fooled into coming,
they would go away in little time.
Unit there is material change in
the Southern methods of into,erant
and high handed fraud, it cannot
be expected that those used to free
dom will submit themselves to auto
cratic authority.
The census of 1890 shows a de-
plorable lack Of foleign-born citi-
zens in the South. The rush ALWAYS
has been to the north and
northwest. The census statistics
show how it is. There were. accord
ing to the census, more than nine
millions of foreign-born citizens in
the United States. Only about three
quarters of million of these are To-
Gated in the South. Missouri has
234,S69 and Texas 1895. It may
be Noticed that the large foreign
populations are in the most thrifty
of the Southern States, where there
are also big cities. Great towns
draw largely upon the foreign ele-
ement.
But look at the purely agricultur-
al States of the South. The fore; On
born population of North Carolina
is but 37O2, out of total of l.
617,947. South Carolina has 6,27O
foreigners and a full population
Of 1,l51,149. Virginia 1894 of
the former in total enumeration of
1,655,9SO. Georgia has 12.137 for
eigners and total population of
1,S37,353. Mississippi has 1852
foreigners to a whole number of L.
$4,000.
These figures illustrate our mean
ing so far as the South is concerned
Let US look to the North. The i'm
perial State of New York, with a
full population of 5,9s7,s53, has L.
81, oao foreigners. Massachusetts
with a population Of only about
three thousand more than Texas
contains 657,137 foreigners. Iii
nois has population of 3,S26,351
and S42,347 foreigners. CALIFORNIA;
population is ,2os, $50, with 3e6, 3o9
foreigners. This proportion is main
tanned in the other northern COM
nlunltles. Emlgrants are filling up
the States of the North and are
making them rich and powerful. It
is because those States are really
free, and wages there are good.
Men who Toll, escaping from the
despotisms of the old world, do not
intend to throw their living away in
States where wages are low; where
there is neither free thought. free
speech nor free political action.
They do not fancy those govern
ments which do not prevent their
small boys from pelting strangers
with stale eggs, and whose leading
politicians do not rebuke such i'll
manners.
These are plain words. The gov
errors may as we'll have remained at
home. 1t is our duty to turn on the