The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-03-28

voting 10 HDfl0T the memory OF red Doug |
Ass aud refusing IN 10 homage 10 Washing
ton and Lee The only onnsoling thought
IN connection With the matter i the reiiec
.lon that the white men are not as good
a. che negroes with whom they are ait lated |
ard are .puFned by every decent citizen OF |
the Old North State. Their memories ought
TO be y3re~eTr only TO Ike exccratsd and at |
the next electiou the white people Of North
aroiins should drive the whole lot Of i'm
ludeut krares from their Legislative halls
II the action at Raleigh yesterday Is sIeei
men of Popuisn. Cod save the country
from such blight
Norfolk Public Ledger: Tie dispatch from
Raleigh. which announces that the North |
Carolina Iegl- iature. after refusing To honor !
the memory of George Washington and |
Robert r. Lee. had voted TO al ourn over i |
day for the purpose nf paying IT. respects ~ /
the memory of frederick Douglass. will |
strike the friends and admirers of tie Old |
North state " tn aInazement. The p-.fltlcal |
upheavai which took place in that State last |
fall produced changes of very radICa! !
character. but nobody outside OF the walls |
of lunatic asylum ever thought for mo-
r.*.nt that the legislature OF the State, which
furnished such men as Vance, Jarvis and
Ransom for It's public service. could hold
the memory of Frederick Douglass i'll higher
regard than that of Washington or Lee.
Richmond Dispatch. That the party in
power in North Carolina is not truly repre-
sentative of the good people of that noble
old State is conspicuousty shown by the
resolutions of respect passed and al journ-
ment ORDERED IN the House on Tues lay III
| respect TO the memory of Frederick Doug
! lass
We can appreciate ne desire Of the col
0red members to honor one OF the most
| noted men Of their race, but how their
| white allies could make 81 h an lnvldlous
! H., Il
| We can explain only on the ground that
| they are Of the opinion that Douglass was a
greater and better man than either Wash
| ington or Lee.
| New Orleans Times Democrat: The honor
| to Fred DOUGLASS was not because of any
public services he had rendered-for he had
| rendered none but simply bee. use I've was
negro. Ii is the worship of the negro, in
troduced by the pOpullsts OF North Caro-
lima for their political advantage, some
thing the negroes themselves would not
have dared in the days of reconstruction
supremacy.
We hope to see in every city where any
North Carolinian lives a protest 20 up
against this insult that will set the Old
North State" and its people right before the
world, as believers III white as against
tCongo civilization, as holding up as models
to tie young men of today Washington and
Lee instead of Fred Douglass.
Birmingham Age Herald: In his patriotic
: poem on the action of the North Carolina
Legislature, in preferring to honor the
memory of Douglass to that of Washington
and Lee DR.. 0. T. DOzier writes these lines:
Where are the men of Mecklenburg,
Whose patriotic sres
Were first on North Cardinals heights
To kindle freedom s fires"
This is happy reference to a historical
fact. The Mecklenburg Declaration of In
dependence was issued before the Decara-
ton or independence by the thirteen c)lo-
! MES. The brave and hardy sons OF North
7 Carolina acted on their own responsibility,
. and declared their independence of Eng
land regardless of whether the other colo
MES would sustain them or not. Such a
course was looked on by the British gov
Meek lenburg would have hung for their
! boldness if the other colonies had not raj
5 lied on them. How hath the mighty fallen
| Ill fares that land to Fastening ills a
. Where hybrid politics prevail and men
{ decay"
, Here, People of North Carolina
6 you who first broke from the yoke OF
British rule; you, who first demanded
! an equal representation for all the
9 States in the upper house Of Con,
= gres; you, who saved the national
constitution; you, who gave the first
=, bloody sacrifice on the field of battle
in the greatest war on record; you
, who sent 125, 900 to the front out oil
y a voting population of lis, 900 wher
you had espoused a cause; you, who
, were the first Southern State 70 hur
head-long and forever from its sea
= Of hypocrisy and corruption, lad con
- denim to everlasting disgrace clique
known as the Democratic party; you
who have been first and foremost il
9 history more than the people of an,
], other State: here you see an illustra
ton of the slanderous whine sent u,
? by the miserable, snivelling hireling
=, and pariahs of a condemned and dis
. credited so-called Democratic party
You know the TRUTH. You may pas
Judgment on the mob.
j. There is another little scheme
a which is in high favor among tn,
the falsicrimen fakes of so-callet
n Democracy. They show nearly a
is much talent In suppresslng truth a
they do in broadcasting falsehood
e Here is little illustrations:
i On February 23rd the following
is telegram was sent out by the Dali,
" CAUCASIAN through the Associated
y Press:
"RALEIGH, n. c., Feb. 23
l. There is a wide misunderstanding over
y sO-called Douglass adjournment by tn
1 General Assembly of North Carolina and il
l. connection with it there have been statement
which do not present the matter accurately
The actual facts are as follows:
d On the day after the death of Frederick
Douglass, colored representative nance
! Crews offered resolution providing tina
the house adjourn at II o'clock M, as mari
d of respect to Douglass. Mr.. Crumpler,
q Popuist, at once offered an amendment t,
make the hour of adjournment O'clock
which was the regular hour for adjourn
= ment.
Speaker Walser ruled the amendment an,
| resolution both out of order saying that tn
- house would not adjourn until the busines
, II of the day was disposed Of He then sug
- gested that motion might be made tina
II when the house did adjourn itcouId be as
70 mark of respect. A standing Vote on a mo
e ton to this effect was taken and was carried
4 No special attention was given to the matte
u and IN the rush Of business it seems tina
! there was an impression that the speaker
A. ruling would do away with any significance O
the resolution. The strong illustration of thi
statement is the fact that number of Dem
# OcratS voted for the resolution, and have
y since it passed said they voted for it.
,. ! The construction put on the matter by tn
It News and Observer, the Democratic pape
+ here, was surprise to everybody; bat tina
,, construction was accepted by Democrats as
good campaign point and the most Is bein.
u made of it. The Senate branch of the legiss
e lature took no notice whatever of the dealt
of Douglass. "
kilograms sent out by the Unitei Pres
stated that the General Assembly had refuse,
IS to adjourn in honor OF Washington and Lee
q but did adjourn in honor Of Douglass Tn
q facts are these
y; Tie legislature did adjourn in honor Q
both Washington and Lee-both house
$ taking special note of their respective birth
y days; The house only took any notice O
l. the death of Douglass, and that was undo
the conditions above namei
IS 1t is a fact that on the minutes of ,b
: House there appears resolution whicl