The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-01-31
MIR. DANIELS KEsIGNATIOS.

MIR. DANIELS REsIGNATIOS.
Mr.. Daniels has evinced a good
deal Of unselfishness in this action.
He has given up good position and
a good salary to harness himself to
the hard work and poor pay OF daily
journalism IN North Carolina. Such
acts OF unselfishness are not numer-
Gus amongst men who hold good po-
sitiops ia the Federal administra
tion-indeed, they are not over nu-
merous amongst any class OF the
people.
Mr.. Daniels is r. newspaper man
OF good gifts and long experience.
He knows how TO fight; and he is not
afraid to fight. His coming back
may be taken IA legal notice to all
whom it may concern, that no pains
will be spared TO return the Demo
Gratis TO power, IN this State, IN
1896. Indeed, in his announcement,
made few days ago, he tells the
public what his purpose is, ia plain
words. He throws down the gaunt-
let to the Co-operationists and EVIL
IDENTIFY expects them to take it up.
He will not be disappointed. We
take it up. We take it up, with
something Of
THE stern Joy which warriors feel
In foemen worthy of their steel
And, while we do not
make boast of our prowess, we feel
too keenly the justice of our cause
to permit us to be laggard in the
fray. We promise, Mr.. Daniels,
please God, to be present at the
death, as the hunters say.
There is one part of Mr.. Daniels
announcement" which we think in
bad taste; and which might very well
have been omitted. We refer to his
expressed determination to redeem
the State. That is Il sort of high
assumption, that might be the pre-
rogative of angels, if they were not
too modest; and which tempts per
sons of much humor to indulge in
immoderate laughter, when they Sc,
it affected by mere mortality, anC
mere Democratic mortality, at that
By the redemption of the State
we suppose Mr.. Daniels means the
taking of North Carolinian public
affairs out of the hands of the Flu
sionists in 1896. Mr.. Daniels ma,
be able to do this. But if he shall
accomplish it, we shall be ready t,
admit, that something greater thar
the most difficult of the seven labor
of Hercules has been accomplished
by mere man. And, il
that case, we shall regre
the richness that would have accrue,
to the story of Greek Mythology, ha'
Mr.. Daniels lived two or three thou
sand years earlier.
Mr.. Daniels undertakes his tas
with splendid courage-a courag
which seems all the more splendi
because of the absence of some othe
qualities of the thoroughly furnishe
warrior. Indeed, Mr. Daniels coul
age reminds us strongly of the stor
of the bull and the locomotive
Mr.. Daniels intends to redeem
the State. He means to take th
old Commonwealth back into tn
hands of the aristocratic coterie ths
have held it, and selfishly used it. fc
the last twenty years. He means
subject all men and questions,
this State, to the machine method
which have been employed for twent
years. He means to have our ele,
tons so conducted in the future ths
there shall be no possibility of asce
tanning what the will of the poop
upon any question is-that is to sa,
he means to govern this State by ii
will of a minority. He means to p,
the appointing of nearly all IL
County officers into the hands of
few Democratic Executive Commi
tees.
He means to redeem" the State
We think Lucifer would use IL
term in the Same sense, in trying
persuade the angels to quit their il
nocency, and join him in his bad r
bellion against all good.
We assure Mr.. Daniels that v
shall be present at the redeemin
The people will be present too, al
have something to say about Il
matter. Never fear for that.