The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-07-09
In Alabama and Texas.
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For some weeks the DcmOcrAllc pa /
pers had been starving for something
To howl about. They had sought In |
vain TO discover some action that they |
could condemn. They were famishing
for some evidence Of crooEedness with
which 10 I'LL their foul mouths and
filthy maws. They were perishing be-
caus. they could not digest honesty
and decency. They were desperate.
a nd then they manufactured such ~
ing treacle as would relieve their az
ony.
Is to honoring the birthday Of
Washington, the records Of the state
Legislatures for twenty years, under
Democratic control, show that not one
had any respect for the memory Of the
"Father Of his Country" In the Leg
islature OF ls7i-'75, a Republican, Mr..
spears, moved that the House adj 0urn
In honor Of Washington, and that mo-
tion prevailed And from then until
the last Legislature OF 1895, and until
the Democratic party and Democratic
Legislatures bad been repudIated,
there was never All adjournment in
honor Of Washington. But in 1895,
when the people sent patriots TO make
their laws, they had the decency and
public spirit TO renew honor 10 Wash
ington by an official note Of the day OF
his birth.
The power Of the press" was with
the Democracy in this matter-a power
built up while the party controlled the
offices, patronage, DC. How that power
was used ia shown above. IL created
and scattered falsehood and misrepre-
sentatiOn with the energy and swift
ness Of cyclone; but Trnth-slow-
moving Truth forces It's way, and IT
will Overtakp and eventually smash its
scurrilous defamers, just rs II has
smashed the Democratic party itself.
But its press is so given to moral de-
pravity, so saturated with the essence
Of iniquity, so thoroughly stepped iii
diabcliCal turpitude, that when it shall
receive its death-blow, it will die with
viz id illustration Of the old prOverb,
1.-The ruling passion is strong IN
death"
The political organization assuming
the name Of Democracy in North Caro-
lima was hurled from power by pa
tient and conservative, but indignant
people. And the popular emphasis OF
that Indignation was expressed by a
ma jority of twenty thousand-a change
of more than forty thousand votes in
two years. The people representing
this expression saw fit to condemn, III
an official capacity, Democratic jour
nalism as not being the representative
journalism Of the people of North
Carolina.
70 show this fact, Mr.. Lusk, of Bun
cOmbe, introduced the following reso-
luton IN the House on February 18th
Whereas, The Democratic press have
wilfully and maliCiously charged and pub
lished that the General Assembly of 1893 re
fused to al Ourn out of respect to the mem
DRY of the birthday of Washington and Lee
but did adjourn out of respect to the mem
DRY Of Fred Douglass, and
Whereas BY such false statements they
have reflected upon the dignity and pur
poses of the present House and
Whereas, The facts in the case are a
follows:
THAT on the 18th day of January, 1895
that Mr.. French offered the following reso
luton:
Resolved, BY the House of Representa-
tves, the Senate concurring, that when thi
House adjourns, it adjourns to meet Mon
day at p, III.
Mr.. French moved to suspend the rule
which was done, and the resolution wa
adopted without dissenting vote and sen
to the Senate for concurrence, which resolu
ton the Journal shows was adopted. TIL
House met next morning at the usual hou
and after being in session less than half a.
hour, on motion of Mr. Young, of Wake
the House adjourned out of respect to tn
memory of Robert f. Lee, the same ben
his birthday.
ON the list day of February, a resolution
to adjourn from Thursday until Saturda
out ct respect to the memory of Georg
Washington was offered by Mr.. Williams
of Craven; and was passed by large ms
jority. The House met the next day a
usual. A motion was made by Mr.. Lusk t
adjourn out OF respect to the memory @
George Washington, the same being hi
birthday, and the same was unanimousl
adopted; and
Whereas, On the list day of February,
resolution was offered by Mr.. Crews, c
Granville, that the House adjourn at
O'Clock out of respect to Fred Douglas
when his sudden death had Just been al
nounced.
The House did not agree to adjourn
this hour, but when the purpose of the mt
ton was explained to simply give publicii
to the sudden and unexpected death of I'll
deceased, 1t was conCurred in by all parti
and as matter OF fact the House did n
adjourn until thirty-seven minutes after IL
time required by the rules for adjournment
q o'C,ockJ now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That in the interest Of tru
and accuracy OF history, the utterances al
expressions of the Democratic pre- in tn
connection are denounce as uni just untru
mlSleaulNH. mdllclOuS ana llOel0uS.
RI solved, further, That this record,
above r cited, and resolution be spread upI
the minutes uf the House "
The above resolutions were approve
and adopted by n vote of 50 TO 20. l.
it be emphaticalIy stated here tn
those who voted for the resolution
were members of the party which Il
people had sent to represent them
a large ma jority. Let it be furth
stated that those who voted again
the resolutions were members of
party which had been discredited al
repudiated by the people at the ball
box.
One of the misstatemeuts in t
above letters is: "Increased taxati,
and raised the appropriations Ov
100000, adding nothing for schools
AS to the increased appropriation
they are as follows:
Raleigh Insane Asylum. ...S 5000
Morganton Insane Asylum.. $1,000
Eastern Insane Asylum (colD... 13,0OO,l
Deaf and Dumb Asylum at Nor
canton. ................... 81 SOC,
Pententlary .............. $4,000
Greensboro Normal and Indus
trial Scoool (Female) ...... 25.6OO)
Agricultural and Mechanical
College, Raleigh. ......... 10000
Colored Normal School. 5000,
The national emblem of Democra,
by common consent, is a NANCY, fuz
haired, stupied looking little jacka
and it would be impossible to imagil
anything that could more clear
typefy the Democratic party in Il
State. A few illustrations in poi
may be interesting.
The Legislature found the pub
institutions inadequately prOvid
for, and especially was this the C,
with the Insane asylums and the pc
Tertiary. The oppressive cOnditio
consequent upon Democratic Nation
and State administration of laws a
affairs generally, have 50 distraus
the minds of the people and driv
many into such desperation as to sa,
and alarmingly increase insanity a
crime. With the increase of both ca
the imperative necessity of proyidi