The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-11-14

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An old editor and honorable eitises,
who wrote an article .or he city. "a.
denounced as brutal faIsi Ger =
hoary old rsprosats,- apa . -s~rvils
old liar
The editor y; the soaopoly orsnn
aoA bic assis;ants ssrs 1naily indicted
fer criminal libel. In ssars they a.
vAno~d NO Justification They had
simply been induiSiny 10 Di:iinSsSsis
and liss for . purp0s~. They wer~
put In jail aud The paper ssspssa sasd
Tor want VI patronage
This 10 but one Of the many case.
that might b sighted where the Pre-.
Is prostItuted To the purposes Of The
vampires that are Destroying the p~o-
pie.
America has been called the ne~spa.
Per nation, and tic lrisbman uss IA
point when he asked. W neither the
country belonged To the n-~spap~rs.
or the uewspap-rs To the county,
In North Carolina the larger part of
the Democratic Press, instead Of b-ar-
ing come s-mbianc~, ~ least, to the
sun of civilization, - q will. o'-fbe wisp.
dancing over the rotten bog, and mo
rasses OF Democracy, -nd-aSoring o.
deceive and misicad the unwary.
says great writer Il he-- 10 in most
Of the counties and citie. Of the L nion
some bad, shrewd Press lord. gsom~
man who sets himself up A. the Re
deemer OF bis people Who attempts "a
dominate she good men Of his commu
AR VA aV A.
rejoice" In North Carolina the party
that poses ~ the Democratic party. has
n least two of these Press lords, whose
editorial columns are the beacon xhss
and siGn- boards for moss Of the "me.
too," cuckoo" country newspapers.
Hawthorne presents O scene ia which
the inhabitants OF the world hurl vari-
Gus objects into vast bon1rs. when
IL comes To burning the Libraries and
papers, the degree Of sheir literary ~x-
celience Is shown by the length Of
time they Withstand the names. Say.
he Millions works sent up Q power
ml blaze, gradually reddening into
coal. which promised To endure long
er than any other material Of the fre.
From Shakespeare then gushsd flame
of such marvellous .ple ndor that men
shaded their eyes n against she suns
meridian glory. But when the papers
Of the American Metropolis were
thrown into the mighty blaze thsy
were consumed in the twinkling of
an eye, leaving behind nothing but
ntful and iurid gleams and gushes OF
black and ill-smelling GAS"
The Democratic editors Of North
Carolina, OF the most of them, limp
ing along after their press lords, and
tumbling over each otiier for the
crumbs that fall from their master.
mental tables, would see their in
substantial, partisan fulminaiions
their William Street Goldbug litera-
ture, and their slanders and vitupera-
tion Of honest men, changed to vapor
IN the mere hot Air Of such Q fire a.
that depicted by she great writer.
The Democratic party pratinG OF
Anglo Saxon supremacy, the sy ynonym
of political religions, and intellectual
liberty, nevertheless keeps . large
part Of its press like SO many blood
hounds, to run down and denounce
any man who dAres to exercise that
liberty, the birthright Of every Anglo
Saxon.
Upon . man who dares change his
party affiliations, they pitch;
.As q cloudy swarm of summer flies
With angry hum, and slender lance, bssei
The sides of some huge animal, % do
They buzs about the fearless man"
These Demagogues Of the pen, prac-
tice the most contemplate arts OF
that creature so graphically described
by Coleridge in his Second Lay Serm-
on. They ought to have learned ere
this, that ridicule, sarcasm, faIsehood
and abuse, cannot stay the onward
march Of an oppressed and outraged
people. They might as we'll attempt
TO stay the torrent Of the Mississippi
with broom sedge, as TO try to stop the
economic and political revolution
with paper pellets. The people de-
mand argument. logic, truth. The
song Of the gOldbug or the wiles OF
the partisan slaves can no longer fool
the masses.
The people know that the press does
not concern itself to hound down Do
litical opponents, unless il fears them
desiring to break their influence, and
deter others from following their ex-
ample.
When We speak Of the Press in this
article, We have reference to the major
part, not to the whole, for their are
good and noble men, even Of the Dem
Ocratic Press. We would not be un-
just.
But the patriots Of the Press Of to-
day. are for The mort part confined Ia
the Reform Press. The very cause Cf
their existence, 10 to expose the
the methods and cOncealments of the
partyized, subsidized Press OF the old
parties.
II the Press 10 the Sun Of Civilixa-
tiOn it is now in great eclipse, the
Reform Press being the glorious cor.
Onna beyond the darkness.
The papers OF this country are o.
amenAble TO censure for failing to de-
nOunce abuses, and TO expose the rot
tenness Of this Administration, a il ID
for deliberate lies, or support Of open
enemies. Thsmas Jefferson said OF
the Press OF his day: 1T 10 . melan.
choly truth that . suspension Of the
press could not more completely de-
prive the nation Of its benefits, than ID
done BY its abandoned prostitution q
falsehoOd"
Let us for . moment review The
work Of the Democratic Press for the
last three or four wears:
lst. Are they not fighting each 9th.
er, and together sacri6cisg the peo.
pie on the greatest Issue Of the cen
turies-While the Press Of the Peo.
pies party 10 unit for bimetaiiism and
silver 1t the ratio Of l6 to 1!
Ind. Are not some Of the most pow.
erful papers Of the country and state
With unblushing front, supporting th.
Wall Street Republican Policy ol
Grover Cleveland! When did thu
Democratic organs, with one or two
exceptions, denounce Cleveland foI
violating the Constitution, nullifyinl
pablo laws, spurning the Chicago
platform which he promised to sup
port, and lashing Congress into sacri.
hcing the interests Of the people sst
the party!
Srd. They shout, "AngIo saxon su
premacy" and talk "nigger" ~ theiI
only reason for remaining in the Dem
ocratic party. How many papers il
North CayOlins save published tb,
fact, that Cleveland, with the concur