The daily Caucasian. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1895-1895, 1895-02-10


II is conceded by the enemies Of
themselves, that this
legislature has an opportunity to
make itself immortal. We want to
point out again what some of this
General Assembly's opportunities are:
The debtor class in this State have
their necks under the iron heel of an
eight per cent interest law. They
have been suffering under this law
for years. Their sufferings are be-
coming more and more intense, and
their position more and more
abject and pitiable, as this
law, slowly but surely. eats
away their substance. This law
was fixed upon the people and has
been continued upon them, in spite
of pleas and protestatlons and pray
ers, by the Democratic party. This
Legislature has an opportunity to
take away lhe burdens imposed by
this law, and give to suffering debt
ors the inspiration of hope. Will it
suffer It's opportunity to passg May
u merciful God forbid!
The election law of this State
was devised to disfranchise large
numbers of free citizens in
this State; and, for years and
years, it has done just what it was
enacted to do. 1t has done more
than it was enacted to do. 1t has
not only disfranchised large num-
bers of citizens, but it has debau ed
the public conscience to an arlarm-
ing extent. Men who stood as fair
before the world as any man on
earth, through winking at the oper-
atoms of this Democratic engine OF
Acknowledgement and wrong called
an election Law, have become sc
deadened to the appeals of right and
justice, that they not only wink at
the wrong, but come boldly out, and
try to justify it's fearful evil effects
This legislature has an opportunity
to repeal this election law, and enact
an election statute that shall be re-
ligiously fair to all citizens and tc
every citizen-fair to all parties and
to every party. Will it let this op.
portunity 60 by7 We hope not-most
profoundly do we hope not.
The system of county government
is as mean piece of political ma
chinery as ever was devised since
history began her records. 1t
was invented to keep the Dem,
ocrats in power. 1t has KEEP
them in power for twenty years. l.
has put the financial affairs of every
county into the hands of an irrespon
sible oligarchy; and these have hat
their own way in disregard OF al
right and decency. This Legislature
has an opportunity to repeal thu
wretched system; and put in Its place
another system which shall restore
the interests and actions of ali loca
government to the hands of the PEG
pie themselves. Will it suffe1
the opportunity to do this: t.
passs We shall see! We shall see
The Common School law Of Thu
State has been very defective from
the first; and the schools themselves
have been miserably inefficient. Thu
legislature has an opportunity t.
give to every child of school age IL
North. Carolina the privileges ant
benefits of four months school eacf
year. Will the Legislature let thu
session 60 by without giving thes'
blessings to the schlldrenof tn
STATED We hope not!-we.hope not
These are some of the opPartnni
ties given to the le.., islature Of 1895
If it should embrace these opportu
mites, and do these thiags, it will b.
entitled to live forever in the CRATE
full memories of all good men. Ma.
God grant the legislature grace to d.
all these things, and to do them un
sal6sblv q nd wall