The Caucasian., 1896-03-12
FUSION THAT
WILL "FUSE.''
The Opinions of a Correspondent
On What is Being Said
And Attempted.

Un What IS Being SAID
And Attempted.
Care Mus, Be Takes Net to Lsse What Has Beea |
Galsel-This crssesiss and These Overtres Are
Made Fer Slaistes Purposes -"Dost Take Asy
Chasees"
For The Caucasian.l
CARY, N. c., March 6, '96.-It is
evident that this is the time of all
times when it is necessary for the
people of North Carolina to realize
the truth of the assertion that "Eter-
nal vigilance is the price of Liber-
ty." When the lion. the tiger, the
leopard or even the common house
cat gets ready to bounce upon its
victim, you will always find him as
suming a crouching attitude, max
ing ready for the leap which is
to decide the destiny of his
prey-and it seems that to-day We
have only to look into the political
arena of North Carolina and behold
the counterpart of these beasts of
prey being illustrated. Not having
the manhood to acknowledge the
error of their ways, and the justice
and truth of our position, you never
theless see the GREAT Democratic
party of North Carolina to-day
crouching down, making their prep
arations for that final, fatal
leap Gf allowed to do SOY upon the
despised, accursed and already con-
, demned Gin their estimation) Popu-
lists. And though but an humble
. citizen, this writer feels it his duty
, to raise his voice in behalf of his
. friends and allies and warn them to
, beware of every proposition made by
q common enemy.
: Populists know that if there is on
! eartL anything Democrats hate
It worse than the ''Angel of Darkness
Q it Is a Republican, only must add
if there is anything they hate worse
than they hate Republican it is {
Populist. Then why this bidding
Why this making overturesi AM
why this crouchingi It means some
thing. Now let US see if We can tel
20 what that something is.
- In the first place, from past expe
80 rience we must infer that it mean
- (and this is not mere presumption
:. that they will try to declve us
A. they have ever done the individua
who confded in any pledge the
might make, and attempt to wor
81 the utter ruin of our party and the de
struction of those principles whic
every true Populist holds dear, an
for which it has always been Den
m ocrat's sacred pleasure to villify an
SO abuse US.
er Then again, We may see the
er hope of controlling future legisl'
d. ton in the State. They hope for Il
Is! repeal of many good laws of II
last General Assembly, especial
I'M our election law, to which We ha'
ell never heard any one object. To a
he complish this, they, like the lilo
on and the tiger, and the cat, are on
'es crouching and making overtures
ow Populists, hoping by that ruse
to make an opportunity to wipe 1t o
ry- of existence, and enact for US th'
former iniquitous election law,
. one more unfair and odious.
When, my fellow citizens, you
member for the last few years y
have been taunted with being
Il "Pop," a "Hayseeder," "Thil
IL ite," and all such names and 9
to thets-names in which you and
tor have learned to take pride-t
l which we're then applied by them
lo,;e;o,, h1- un1 an
Ion forget your common interest, y
ex- pride of manhood and independ'
citizenship as to form any allia1
:. with the party that thus would I
HONOR () themselves Gas they wo
say and jeopardize your politi
interest for all time to comet
9 a they not tell you that fusion v
ia Republicans would not fuse7-t
can fusion was dishonorabie il Is
er's And did they not tell you that
will were only a few-a mere handful
ross North Carolina? But has not t
. l handful been sufficient to overthl
we'll the tyranny of their boasted Den
/ de- racy and put to fight its despoti
oral And now behold the spectacle!
The are AGAIN invited to "walk b
will into my parlor" and allow curse
oral again fettered, and become
work tools, the unhappy subjects Of
be- same party that has SO long he'll
any in subserviency.
er to No! we can't do it. We left
gain. execresence because the sore
"A. grown so large that the Democ1
doctor refused to make the pla
large enough to cover it, and
have long since learned that to
l am the sore you must make the pla
alton large enough to cover it. Then
lorse try that same old doctor againf
nited Leading politicians may see
and force our people to terms and n
out ures, but who would do this
remember that he is treading
IL. dangerous grounds; that the .
- age voter, though humble in Iii
-Sas to-day as we'll informed as {
people, from the force of cir
6.-I stances which have compelled
about to seek for refuge and relief in
IS not places than in the Democratic Z,
lal is Only let them once more contro
1T on and legislate for you again and
the will soon receive your just desc
Q who politically besmeared with the