Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-11-02
ButIerism at Work.
Rrleigh Post.

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Rrleigh Post.
Recently and CONFIDENTLY the
Republican and Pop-Republican
papers have turned their guns
upon Chairman Simmons with a
degree of viruleuce and reckless
ness that betrays their despera-
ton.
The advocates of negro rule
stand in mortal terror of him, and
they lose no opportunity to vilify
and abuse him, During the past
several weeks their vulgar assaults
upon him have been unusually Bit
ter aud rabid, but so far as such
billingsgate injuring that gentle
man it is rather a "badge of
HONOR" and SO considered by all
good people. They fear him; hence
malign and SANDER him. They can
be assured, however, that the hon
est white people love and honor
him I'll the more s.for the enemies
he has made'' by his efforts in the
past, and assured in the future, 20.
relieve them Of the hordes o. in
competents who have disgraced,
and the dark cloud Of ignorance
which so seriously threatens the
good old State. We give below a
sample of the course and brutal
assaults made by Senator Butler
in his paper, The Caucasian:
"This is the same Simmons who
has in the past stolen elections,
and who got the last Legislature to
pass the most Infamous and
ttievipg election law ever yet
passed by any State machine, and
who is now organizing a band of
ballot box suffers to steal enough
votes next August to pass the dis
franchising amendment if be should
fail to fool enough voters by his
various means of deception. The
people know this man Simmons.
His political record has been
crooked, and the people have
found him out. They have been
fooled too many times already by
him to be fooled by him again.
He knows this, and this is why he
is getting ready to attempt to steal
the next election. He knows that
the majority Of tho voters will
never support his disfranchising
scheme, even if they thought he
was telling the truth, and he knows
that they have abundant cause not
to take him at his word again. He
knows that the people of the
State will not support and put IN
Office ballot-box suffers and per
jurers. He knows that they in
tend to vote against him and his
machine with a large majority.
This is why he has framed such
an election law, hoping to be able
to steal more votes than the size
of the majority that an indignant
people will rile up against him.
MI. Simm DDS and his machine of
ballJt,box suffers may take no.
tice that the people are more op-
posed to ballot box thieves than
they are to chicken thieves or
sheep thieves; neither will the
people allow such characters to
steal their votes. The people are
on their guard. Eternal vigilance
is the price of liberty"
Beth the paper and IFS editor
are discredited by all parties in
the State now, and we simply re-
produce the above extract to show
to what vile depths certain defeat
and everlasting disgrace have
driven them. Mr.. Chairman SIM
mons may we'll ask that Butler
through the Caucasian, end
Pritchard through The Gsz. tie,
keep up the methods they have
adopted, not only to insure his
own welfare with the people, bui
the overwhelming triumph of his
efforts to secure to the people OF
the State the blessings and secur-
ity which only tie success of the
constitutional amendment can end
will give.
|, These are the kind Of enemies
he has made that has SO endear-
Ell MIR Simmons 70 the patriotic
white people of North Carolina.
ED. ARGUS.
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