The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-07-09

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Special 10 The Csacasian.l II
GREENSBORO. y. C.. July 4, .s.-At |
this morning the booming Of
the cannon announced the advent Of
he 9Th annual Guilford Battle Groupt
The report Of the cannon
could be distinctly heard in Green's
boro, five miles from the battle ground.
and, in fact, sll over the adjoining
Early in the morning, spe-
cial trains began TO run from Greens
boro to the battle ground, and confin-
ued TO run every half hour all day.
Transporting immense tbrongs OF peo-
Pile. Senator Butler, the orator Of the
day. and the distinguished visitors
were driven over from Greensboro. ar
irving at the grounds at II O'Clock;
when they were escorted to the large
and elegant auditorium. DIR. Egbert
Smith, Captain of the Guilford Battle
Ground Company, offered an eloquent
and earnest prayer for deiiverance
from certain national evils, among
which he named anarchy, organized
selfishness, and craftsmanship. Judge
ID. Schenck, the venerable and distin-
tie Ground CO., introduced Senator |
Butler, the speaker of the day.
The speakers subject was: "The |
part played in North Carolina for |
civil and religious liberty during our |
Colonial and Revolutionary period"
He first reviewed briefly the strug-
gle made for civil and religious liber-
ty in England. and showed the source
from which our ancestors got their in
dependent spirit, and their determi-
| nation to fight oppression.
He said: 1T was in the 18th CEN
fury that our English ancestors re-
belled against the weakness and tyr
amy of King John, and wrested from
him the Magma Charter, the great
charter of liberty and the cornerstone
of AnglO-SaXOn freedom" He also
sketched the struggle made for reli
| gious liberty, showing how the refor-
nation began when Martin Luther
and his associates rebelled against the
abuses of the Church, and the tyran-
nous exactiOns of the Pope at Rome.
| But, in this connection he called at
tentiOn to the fact that the civil and
religious liberty which the people of
England enjoy to-day was largely &C
quired and established after the
American Revolution, and said that it
was the patriotic example of the
American colonies that taught the
mother country what true liberty was.
He said that there was SO much OPP
preston in England from the Church
and State during the 18th and 18th
centuries that the highest type of the
Christian and the patriot were forced
to seek larger civil and religious lib
: critics in the wilderness of the West
ern Hemisphere.
He showed how the very evils from
which our colonial ancestors fled from
+. England to escape, followed and con-
tinued to Cypress them here in Amer
; lea, until the time of the Revolution.
He spoke of the restless nature OF
, the early settlers of the Carolinas un-
), der oppression and religious intoler-
!. ance. He called attention to the fac,
e that our Colonial ancestors frequently
q protested against the oppression Of
e the Royal Governors, placed to rule
r over us by the British Crown, and
y how, on more than one occasion, long
r before the Revolution, Royal Cover.
t nors of the CarOlinas were driven from
|. our quarters; how not only the frs
: protest against British oppression
), came from the cOlonists of NORTH
e Carolina, but, also, how the first Dol,
e declaration for independence OF
American soil was made at Mecklen
o burg, on May Goth, 1775; and how il
r the spring of 1875 the General Assem-
II bly, of this colony instructed their del
" egates to the Continental Congress t.
vote there for absolute independence
Il from the British Crown, before tn
|: people of any other colony had dare
TO fob !, holI to- ofo
= He showed how the Regulars of Ala
d nance made the first strike for libert
n by force, and that the first battle O
y the Revolution in the South wa
n fought at Moore's Creek, in Mort
e, Carolina, and also that one of the las
IS great battles, and the one that ha
l. more to do with breaking the Englis
1r forces, and driving CORVALLIS to SUI
he render at Yorktown, was fought q
lie Guilford Court House.
ar He next called attention to the pal
" that North Carolina played in refus
eS ing to adopt the Constitution unit
e the first ten most important amend
t. ments to the Constitution were adde,
r. Senator Butler then drew a pictur
of the dangers and evils that no
ut threaten the Republic. He quote
es from the 10th chapter of Revelation
Sc where John said:
to 81 saw three unclean spirits, liz
ey frogs, come out of the mouth of I'll
er dragon, and out of the mouth of IL
so beast, and out of the mouth of tt
y, false prophet"
ee Commenting upon this quotation,
a said: 81 do not essay to appear in tt
ia role of prophet, or even to EXPIRE
be an opinion as to the meaning of tn
part of the Scriptures, as given us
ed the Divine Revelator; but l see to-da
p it's in our body polite: One is a.
a archy, which may be said to come o
Ia Of the mouth of the dragon; the Sc
nd ond is organized avarice, which m,
m be said to come out of the mouth
he the beast; and the third is blind al
ret intolerant partisansbip, which may
IN said to come out of the mouth of t.
10. false prophet"
EN- He said that anarchy was the resi-
ne of oppression or ignorance; and tn
OF the existence of anarchy was a war
ng ing note that something was wrOn
up and it should behoove patriots al
all statesmen to look to the other end
the social strata and there find t
1sy cause that produces anarchy. He sa
TO that he had no patience or sympat
The with anarchy; neither had he any t,
IDS erance for those whose oppression a.
nd tyranny created anarchy. He spo
len of foreign immigration as one of t
PHI fire brands of anarchy, and said tn
lgo steps should be taken by our nation
5ut legislators to prevent the scum a
1t excrescence of the evil social cone
ISL tions Of the old world from bel
IDS, dumped among our people, as a dead
lad poison to our institutions.
vas He said that until the present &C
tn, fury, avarice seldom appeared in
red organized form, and then only tc
'nd limited degree; but that the new
er" dustrial conditions, especially of t
llm last half century, had made it possil
1ad for avarice to organize and becol
yes more oppressive than was KING 10
of England, or any tyrant upon a
ark throne. He referred to the numerC
as trusts combines and mnnnnnlias "a