Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-06-07
HERE'S A PRETTY HOWDY DO.

Dy Cleveland TO be hGcOfuof
of Deeds of the District of Columbia. |
has been confirmed by Democratic
Senate. The vote was 81 to 10. This
is big fat office. 1t is a place whore
that negro will have more jurisdiction
over white Democrats than one hun
dred Justices of the Peace would have
in North Carolina And yet such ma
chine Democrats as Ransom and Jar
Wis have howled ''nigger!' to try to
terrify the white voters of the State.
Oh, We hypocrites. away with you. No
longer can you hide your own wicked
ness and frighten the people from re-
form by your hypoeracy.-Caucasian.
The above is from yesterdays
issue of the Caucasian. 1t IS
from the pen of its editor, Mr..
Marion Butler. 1t, therefore,
speaks his sentiments. and. as
he is the supreme dictator of'the
Peoples party, it goes forth as
one of the precepts of that party,
and bears the free construction
that among the reforms" it IA
vors for North Carolina is the
return to negro Justices of the
Peace in this Commonwealth.
What else does the above
''whoop'' of the Caucasian mean?
And we all know what means a
return to negro Justices Of the
Peace in North Carolina.
And in it's zeal for the further
ance of its ''reform" movement,
the Caucasian draws parallel
between the Office of Recorder OF
Deeds of the District of Columbia
and that of Justice of the Peace
in North Carolina, with the odds
in favor Of the former at a rate
Of hundred to one, thus naively
seeking, in the interest OF re
FORM" to under estimate the i'm
Dortance of Justice of the
Peace in North Carolina and to
augment the importance of Re
corder of Deeds Of the District
Of Columbia.
But let not the people-let not
the honest yeomanry of North
Carolina-God bless them.-and
we are talking to the 1chie men
of North Carolina-let them not
be deceived and led off after
strange principles and untried
parties by the utterances of de
signing, unstable men, whose
aim is office.
What are the relative duties
Of the Recorder of Deeds of the
District of Columbia and those
of the Justice of the Peace il
North Carolina?
Is it true. as stated by the
Caucasian, that the Recorder O.
Deeds of the District of COlum
bia will have more jurisdiction
over white Democrats than one
hundred negro Justices of the
Peace would have in Nortl
Carolina" Not at all. He has
simply to record the deeds o.
the District; he has simply tx
obey the mandates of the Pro
bate Judge; he has jurisdiction
over no one save his own hiret
help in transcribing deeds.
How is it with the Office o
Justice of the Peace in Nortl
Carolina? It is the mud sill
upon which rests the foundation
of our free Institutions 1t i
E an office of the gravest impor
tance and of far-reaching respon
sibility. A Justice of the Peac
in North Carolina can try an
finally determine the rights of Gil
. liens toproperty, can inquire int
the commission of crimes, an
! may cite any one to appear befor
him to answer to any crimins
charge. He is the foundation c
the judicial system, and upo
his efficiency thoroughly depend
the just administration Of th
: law.
One hundred negro Justices i
North Carolina would mean on
for every county, and the writ {
!, a Justice extends to the bound;
ries of his county, SO that wit
), one hundred negro Justices eyer
citizen Of the State would be sui
ject to their supervision an
largely to their direction.
! We believe that the negl
ought to be treated fairly al
!. with justice, that the laws ougl
to bear equally upon him, til;
II his moral and educational natul
ought to be cared for and in
proved, but we do not believe !
ought TO have jurisdiction ov'
white men, whether Democrat
J Republicans or Populists.
WE GO FORWARD.