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


he House adjourn in honorof Wash
ugton, and that motion prevailed.
. nd from then until the last legisia-
ure Of 1898, and until the Demo
rrtic party and Democratic legisla-
ures had been repudiated, there va
Ievrr an adjournment IN honor OF
n shiugton. But in 1895, when the
people sent patriots 10 make then |
avs, they had the decsncy and pub
10 spirit 10 renew honor 10 Washing |
on by an official note of the day OF
lis birth. The reporters of the News
and Observer in their records OF the
,roce edings of both houses note 4 at
were introduced to adj
iourn Ia honor of Washington, and
they knew that such resolutions were
adopted: but for some purpose they
dill not state the fact of adoption
The CAUCAsIAS's reporters noted
the fact that Senator Starbuck's
resolution to adjourn in honor of
Washington was adopted i, the S a.
ate, and that Mr.. Lusk's resolut. IN
was adopted in the House for The
same purpose.
The records will show these state
ments TO be true.
For some weeks the Democratic
papers, and especially the News and
Observer, had been starving IN
something to howl about. They Is-d
sought in vain to discover some
action that they could condemn.
They were furnishing for some eva
dence of crookedness with which to
fill their foul mouths and filth.
maws. They were perlshing because
they could not digest honesty and
decency. They were desperate. And
then they manufactured such treacl'
as would relieve their agony.
None but souls reeking with filth
none but minds capable of inventing
most lecherous Interpretation coulC
ever have clothed the Douglass reso
luton with such significance as wa:
put upon it by Democratic papers
"Miscegenation Endorsed" Had
any single white member Of the
legislature been personally accused
of such endorsement, the accusel
would probably have at once de
parted to receive his final reward
They knew this. SO the Democratic
papers joined in one great effort O.
| filth~spewing. They bathed thei
| l., hA{ Low % IN
vented scandal and defamato on
| They revealed in the boiling cauI
dron of black falsehood and ia rhom
less hypocrisy. They suddenly foun'
themselves in their element and the.
were maniacally happy. That thu
world knew they were happy is no
to be denied.
But we digress. It has been show
that the News and Observer wa
brought face to face with a bald an
wilful falsehood of its own creation
Did it acknowledge its error? Did
! take a commendable course in tn
matter of the Lee adjournment
Would it acknowledge the truth o
the records2 Did not common de
cency DE- mand that correction shout
be made7 Those who knew the fact
were almost paralyzlngly amazed a
the effrontery of that paper in as
sertlng it's first statement to be true
1t actually tried to prove it,! |
struggled and sweated in an effort t
make some things said, when tn
Lee resolutions were referred to
$ prove it. But the plain incontro
vertible fact, as shown by all re
) ports and by all records, was tina
, both Senate and House adjourned i
? honor of r. E. Lee. Did this cor
vince the News and Observer? NJ
5 1t appeared TO have sunk to spanle
, depths below the influence of trut
and fact; and as last despairin
effort to prove its innocence, it re
sorted to the miserable, sneakin
driveling whine of*'Who has bee
doctoring the Journalist
We give here an illustration of th
News and Observers idea Of ''ev
dence.' In trying to wriggle out
disgraceful position it says:
e Mr. Lusk, speaking on Saturday Q9th,
r respect of the Pitt county bond bill, is thu
: reported by the CAUcAsIAN:
. Mr.. Lusk gave notice to the tilibuste
: ers on the other side that they were goil
y to remain in continuous session, even tt
Z Monday morning, in order to make tn
bill law; for unless it does become la
o before Monday it will not bring the rei,
r intended, as that was the limit allowed fl
e giving the bond ~
j If a resolution had been adopted to al
journ in honor of Lee. Mr.. Lusk would n,
0 have made this threat This is the ev
j dence, furnished by the CAUCASIAN itsel
! and it is estopped from denying the trut
: Of its own utterances.
If the News and Observer wante
: to quote the CAUCASIAN as authority
and wanted to tell the full bloome
!, truth about the matter, it woul
have noted the following item in tn
e CAUCAsIAN's report of the proceed
ings of January 1Sth.-the day b,
fore Lees birthday:
ri A message from the Senate was al
. nounced. The Senate refused to concur
s the House resolution to adjourn till Mo-
e day at 3 o clock, and the House resolutio
t was tabled.
!, Leave of absence was granted to lars
0 number of gentlemen at the request
their colleagues, and the House adjourne
to meet on Saturday at 10 O'Clock and a.
journ without transacting any legal bus
ness, that day being the birthday of Gel
eral Robert E. Lee, and legal holiday.
! This seems to have been a part {
r the report which the News aud Oh
S server could not see. And now
will perhaps say that the Cal
CAsIAN's report has been "aoctored.
D Suchri the method adopted by the
paper to prove(O' that it told th
g truth
Il In all the fog and film that ha
been attempted, and to quite larg
: extent created in this matter. th
, News and Observer has appeared t
lead. The other Democratic pape,
are accustomed Ito yelp and "ki-yi
when that paper opens up. For il
, fluence and following along tn
3 line there is but little that can SUI