The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-08-31
ORGANIZATION OF THE NEGRO RACE
NO. 5.
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pichpockets, with intent 70 cnuni,
tne' OF whole State, and ia such .
WIN as onsht 10 make Goebsi him.
SCI. urn pa'e with envy, even il h.
uio XVI sanford, and is running for
tne ONCE OF Governor in Kentucky
win DIRK n his pocket.
Furthermore Upon the eve of the
iast erection, when the issue hung in
uouot, this party of Righteouspess in
1ne person OF Hon. Furnifold Maclen-
hdnn oimmons, rs itsaccredited organ
came before the public, and protested
WIN uamnaDle iteration, that il had
10 purpose 10 disfranchise the bumb-
If"t cil'ZeD N the Sta'p-that the MT
most contemplated was little plebaId
Ieki7iation, Tor the better government
VI che very lew counties having negro
ma Hrltles-that 10 stood now. "a il
nag always stood, for Manhood Stuff
rage pure and simple, and having beep
nrst 10 repeal all property and educa-
,iohai QUALIFICATIONS, it still held such
Gning IN utter abhorrence-it assured
all poor white men, that they were
not only secure themselves, but that
OUT OF the loving-kindness which il
ielt Tor them, i: would take their LIy.
Tie CHILDREN also into its tender
guardlanship-it counselled the too
credulous Negro, not TO be alarmed or
deceiyed-as proof Of its good ipten-
tlons, and of its good faith, it appealed
to It's past record OF twenty-five wears
OF pOWer-aDd ~ for the Imputations
ana suspicious, that were being cast
upon It's word Of honor, it branded
them as falsehoods, as Scarecrows, and
as BUGABoOs! Nay more, after the
election was over. and the victory won.
TINS party through the self-same &C.
credited organ, had the effrOntery to
publicly thank the many deluded Pop
ullsts and Republicans, who, trusting
10 It's promises and its protesfatiOns.
mao united in giving 1T the victory,
But mark what follows: The moment
ttIs party is reinstalled into power it
hrIngs forth, ready-made, Suffrage
Amendment that DISTINGUISHES 80 600
negroes, and endangers as many white
men, and having just then no further
need for the services of the dupes, ard
tools, and fools whom it might not be
altogether safe to trust again, it ex-
cises them by single stroke, of bot b
tail and claw, and turns them loose in
more helpless Disagreement than that
OF the Oyster-feediDg raccOons on Ba! d
Head Island.
And now | ask, BY what sort of
moral obliquity? and more especially,
by whose OvermasteriDg leadership?
was this party, of great moral ideas, led
TO the JmmlssiOD of an act, the turpi-
tude OF which is only surpassed b.; its
lngratitude The answer to this ques-
ton will be found in the speech that
was delivered by
Ii o n. FIR A NCIS ID. w STON
i n the House of Representatives upon
the second reading of this Suffrage
Amendment, He was himself the au-
thor OF this pOrtentOus measure, and as
such was given the distinction of clos
! ing the debate upon it. The orator
was not unworthy of such theme
and of such an occasion. The vote was
about TO be takeO, and it was known
that it would be close. Never before
/ | venture to say, in all our Legislative
| history was there a moment of greater
solemnity. A painful stiffness perva-
ded the Hall such as precedes the per.
petration of some dark tragedy.
When even chiel could understand
The Diel bad business on his hand.
As this Mirabe of the Red-Shirts
surveyed his audience, his imperiOus
eye encountered in the face of Hon
ID. b. Mcneil. the upright member
from Brunswick, and in the face OF
Hon. j. +. Reinhardtf the upright
member from Lincoln, and in the ia
ces of five other upright Democrats
from tue counties of Clay, BuncOmbe
Randolph, Moore and Pitt, a look OF
defiance that assured him that they, al
least, could never be brought to bow
the knee TO Baal. Turning from them
to others who covered like spaniels I'm.
der his lash, this self-elected member
from the county of Berthe, and Meph
istopheles OF the House, may be said tt
have mounted to the zenith of satanic
eloquence, when in the midst of hi
appeal to members, to violate TIT
pledges upon which they had obtained
their seats, he exclaimed
DO DECLARE THAT THE HOUR II
STRIVING WHERE 1T HAS BECOME TIL
\. DUTY OF EVERY PATRIOT TO SINK Hi
CONSCIENCE FOR THE BUBLIC GOOD.
was among those who heard thi
Declaration as it fell from his inspired
lips, and the hour has struck when
in turn, must declare, that no wher
among the notices of suicides, or tn
maxims of highwaymen, or the bias
phemies of atheists, is there to b
. . IOunu HUH "OhoVA W.
than this. And if these words hav
n OF already been inscribed on the ban
ner of the Democratic party for tn
next campaign, il may not be too lat
10 enquire, How is it possible that tn
public good should ever require an
man, or party of men, to sink thei
, consciences or if that were possible
What amount of good, either public o
, private, could any man, or party c
men, afford to take, in exchange fO
the damnation of their immortal souls
But 1t is enough to know, that TIL
, party leader found no difficulty i
sinking h - own conscience, and that
sufficient number followed his exam
pie, to make the requisite majority
their reward will come later.
=, Abhorrent to every well-regulate
1 mind, as must be sentiment, so di!
o bolical as this, it is nevertheless tt
:, one that has animated the pendin
A Legislature, from the day OF its organ
ization 20 the hour of its adjournment
e and [ desire to thank the Hon. FRAN
CHS ID. WINSTON, fer having coin'
a oh. Sc in which he has chrystalize
:, it's very essence. Other members
- this legislature gave proof, as well
a he, of the possession of the same ha
py faculty, although they made OF 1t
different use. For when the impeac
meut of Judge Norwood was befo
j. the House, and was being made
=, turn upon the nice distinction betwes
!, Judge DE JURE and Judge DE FACT
J. Hon. j. l.. DAVIS of Haywood,
thought to have rescued his friend,
discovering a still fner distinctiu
which he denOminated Judge
FUNCro In like manner Ion. w.
Hampton, of Surry, the leader on
Republican side of the House, rewar
I'd The subseryiency OF the ebony mel
\ Der from Newberne, when he placed
chaplet upon the head OF Isaac
smith, and crowned hin as III
Grand Old Democrat OF Craven Cou
ty."~
And o; hers besides these, at otf