The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-10-19
SENATOR iRBYs SPEECH.

SENATOR tRBYs SPEECH
The CAUCASIAS loves the truth
whatever may be lis source. II ad-
mires courage ia this era Of Hunky-
ism. II respects the candid, honest
man wherever found and in whatever
ranks, and Whatever may be his pc
litIcal faith. 1t despiscs the coward -,
the hypocrit, the time server. ii
hates, profoundly, unrclentingly, the
public man who lacks the courage Of
his convictions. We have no words
TO adequately express our loathing
only supreme contempt for political
Jugglers and ''makeshifts." An hon
est, brave, courageous, defiant, ag-
gressive man like the intrepid South
CarOlinian, whose speech Is printed
in The CAUCASIAN this week, is re
violation in public morals. No doubt
our communication of this man and
our enthusiastic appreciation Of the
speech will subject Senator Irby to
the criticism Of IL trucking, subsi-
died, bigoted, ignorant, vicious
Bourbon press. We have waited
eagerly, expectantly, and, at times,
hOpelessly, for the inspiration of
Southern leadership in the Senate
debate. TIE hour and the man met
in John Irby. He comes from a race
of people that know no fear-as hon
est, GOd-fearing, liberty-lOving, he
role people as lives on Gods green
earth-resolute, indOmitable, invinci-
BILE. AS has well been said by re
cent writer, ''they are Southern
farmers, defendants of English,
Scotch, Irish and Huguenot immi-
grants, resolute, religious, moral,
persevering voters. These men sell
dom trifie. They are chary of jok-
ing about what they deem serious
matters. They have never counted
the cost when they started to settle a
point They beat CORVALLIS and
Tarleton. They stuck to the Civil
War until their clothes were rags
and their leaders surrendered. Fur
Their back, before they became Amer
leans, they fought Cromwell if they
were Royalists, and Dundee if they
were Covenanters."
We shall hear from Irby again.
BUTLER OF SOUTH CAROLINA mo
POPULIST."
In feeble way, after long wait
ing, Senator Butler tried to be hon
est and consistent on the silver ques-
ton. For long, long time, like his
kinsman, Ransom, nobody knew
where he stood. AT the last moment,
and, evidently in anticipation of Sen
atOr Irby's speech, he defined his po-
sltion. He was characterized as a
Populist by a Philadelphia paper, and
this brought the Charleston News
Courier, the Bourbon organ of South
Carolina, to his rescue, and in its
frenzied attempt to save its friend
effectually dams with feint praise. -
The Courier says:
Senator Buffers position is not
an envlable one, but we should give
him his due. How then does it hap
pen that Gen. Butler stands now in
opposition to the Administration. in
antagOnism to the business interests
of the country, and in direct defiance
of the wishes of the people.
The answer appears to us very
plain. There was a ma ioritv in the
Senate IN favor of the Administration
without Senator Buffers vote. Be-
fore the time came for him to decide.
the vote of the House in favor of re
peal had already stopped the finan-
clal panic and put an end to the chi
SIS. 10 have come out for repeal
would have cost him his seat, and
that sacrifice did not appear at all
necessary. Senator Butler is no Pop
ulist."
No, the South Carolina Butler lis
no Populist." The Populists In this
country are reasonably honest, intel
igent people. Butler can now pray
with Cleveland "Oh Lord! deliver me
from my friends" The way of the
transgressor is hard. Honesty is the
best policy The South Carolina
Butler is not eligible to the Populist
party until an unconditional" re-
nunciation of Democratic methods,
such as the Courier credits to him.