The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-04-13

For TnD CAUCASIAN.
The Lats Bsvoiutiou-Aob Violence
Aurdsr the DEN oorssio Moth OILS. Etc.
Mr.. EDITOR Whist has become
Of John McDnfRe, whose two inter-
esting letters read with pleasure I
As you have asked for opinions
from your readers and political
friends, and as Mot)uftiie's trenphaut
pen seems to be laid aside for the
present, II drop you these few
lines" There is not an honest Pop
ulist In this State who believes that
the last election was carried honestly
and fairly by the Democrats.
Take New Hanover, Nash, Edge
oonbe, Halifax, BERTHE and others
Of that character, and WHO believes
that each or any of them were
fairly entitled to Democratic mem
bers Of the Legislature
The Sixth Congressional District
(where Col. Doeksry WAS undoubt-
edly elected, or would have been. If
the voters had been allowed to have
east their ballots for him, and they
had been counted as cast, with the
storm center at Wilmington, was the
scene and theatre Of violence and
bloodshed Ia more than one Of the
counties composing it-And it is
amusing ito put it mild to sec by
the papers, that in the Doekery- Bel
lam7 contest. now going on. 80 many
Of the 'hishly esteemed" citizens
and church members testify that
there was no violence, threats, in
t,nidation or bloodshsd before Or
after the eiection-and yet, strange
to ssy, no Populist, Republican or
/ fusion ticket Was allowed in opposi-
ten to be pat up. or voted for, and
this. too, in county which has al
WAYS been lsrgely anti-Democratic
Numbers Of wkits nen-property
owasrs- and citizens were under
threat Of death, driven from their
homes, and for no other reason than
they were opposed to tho Democratic
machine
The very men who, As candidates
Of the machine, declared on the
stump that they would oppose dis
franc hissment. when assembled -
legislators, were insolent in their ad
voeacy Of that measure, and enacted
bull PEN election law which, nm
der machine manipulations, will be
% sffeotual to disfranehise rs their
proposed amendment. >,
Il has always been principle OF
political economy thSt there be two
parties, for the safety OF the State
and the protection OF the people Z
rights, the one to serve - . CHECK
upon the other, but hero in old con
servstive North Carolina We have
lived to see tho day when one party
| by violence, fraud, intimidation and
murder. deliberately propose to rot
the people Of their liberties spt
rights BY eliminating" every yes
t,xe Of opposition, 30 that there il t.
| remain only one party, and that y
! DO under the absolute sway and con
, troll Of the Democratic machine.
The people living in the country
farmsss and laborsrs-nsed not sup
! pess that they will b protected ant
have Observation-Disclosures tn,
, Democratic LAwyers' Convention
(Which insultsd the Populist party
and the Dsnocratie Lawyers Legis
lstare, aias tsuths Of whom Ut no
{ mere) were from the cities an
! towns, Let the negro be once and TO
al tine ''oliminatsd'' from the Bal
lot box, and the machine will max
short work Of the Populists and 81
3 ethsz elements Of opposition. HOY
l. | 10 it IN Alabani, Georgia, Hississir
pi AID elsewhere Z What respect ha
the Democratic machine for tn
. Pepulists in those States, and wha
J; showing have they had These u
J, serious matters, and, the eountr
4 peopls should reject upon them, NJ
: Iaao they desire to become the slev<
- - slina1ahx and TIA attn of1e1