The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-02
ARP QUOTES FROM BIBLE.
Northern Republican Newspapers
Disturb His Tranquility.
TRYING TO POSE AS MEEK


like the grass and wIther away" And
Solomon saith, "He that uttereth
SANDER Is fool, aud somebody else
saith, "Averge not myself, but wal.
on the Lord. 1t takes all Of this
scripture to qIiet q man nowadays aud
TO Keep him calm and serene. know
that AIN old enough to be q philoso-
pher, and therefore should not let bad
men disturb my tranquility, but il ia.
ugueb my md Isnation to read some O
these Northern Republican newspapers
j read an editorial yesterday which said
That every Senator who voted against
the treaty was fit for tho hell where
Benedict Arnold and Jefferson DAVIS
had gone. According to Solomon that
man IL fool, and1t doesn't become N
to get mad with fool. Ny great con
Germ Is that he will make fools of the
OOU,OOO daily readers that his paper
boasts OF. Tor 1t Is u fact that most peo-
pie bank on their favorite paper next to
their church or religious convictions.
i he tendency is to make the 600. 900 be.
iieve that Mr.. Davis was a traitor. and
that Is equivalent to saying that aud
all The Confederate veterans are trait.
of", aud that makes me and my wife TO
iret because OF evil doors, which David
says We must not do. We are trying
just now to pose as meek and humble
Iatr!archs like Moses and to cherish no
resentments, but it is hard to do unless
we quit reading northern litera ure
Another editorial In the same paper
says that Dewey says that lin times Of
war the Democrats are traitors, aud In
times OF peace they are FOOLS" What
Klhd OF man Is he who edits that ia
per-that Mckinley organ. tell you,
my brethren, there is no use in crying
peace, when there is no peace. 1t Is
IKE campmeeting revival where hun
dreds are converted for few days and
then lapse and relapse into their same
Oh ways. Handshaking and promises
don signify genuine conversion.
A few years ago Henry Grady cleo
trlfied the nation, and, as John Temple
Graves sad, Flowed it into peace. -
Those words are upon his monument,
but where IS the reace? 1t didn't last
SIX months. He was hardly buried be.
fore the northern press begun on us
again about the negro, and they kept
IT up diligently until Mckinley came
down here aud said kidd word, and we
nave him lOvefeast and the nation was
harmonIzed and wise mon SAID, BE
gold, how sweet and pleasant it is for
brethren t. dwell together IN unity. -
Aud now oil of u sudden the great Re-
publican organ shakes its gory locks
aud says, Jefferson Davis was trai.
to1, and he is In hell" How is that for
ha mony?
Put the scriptures say 'wait on the
Lo'd and Il have seen..w1n~raKe
tl" ra.k IKE ssIis year. This commit
u can only fiud out bv !. inc wicked
. uu;,or:- ,-oeu bay tree. and sc
perVis"we will have to wait. re-
.nember when Horace Greely's paper
was just AS malignant, and yet the ole
man went security on Jefferson Davis
bond and got him out of the filthy dun
geon where General Miles had fetteret
him, and Beast Butler, who st le ou
spoons, signed the bond with him. s.
there is no telling what will happen /
we will only wait. like the late move
ment of the good people of Fitzgerald
1t looks more like harmony than any
thing L have seen since the civil war
The men who wore the blue and tn
gray and their sons have formed mil
itiary company and asked for incor
poration and an outfit for the detens
of our state and to keep peace at hem
and preserve law and order. That |
real and lasting fraternity. The fac
is, that no northern men have ever cas-
their fortunes down South aud DOM
ciIed with our people but what the
| fell in love with them, and the longe
they stayed the better they icke
us. L think l will visit Flt1
gerald and pay my respects t
that yankee colony and tip my hat I
| that military company. We give q cor
dial welcome to all northern people VIII
come to stay, for they are the best pee
pie they have got up there, and al
thinning out their good society might
fast. Fools and fanatics don't dare I
come aud that fellow who edits that p
per wouldent CT oss the line for mi
guise. We wouldent hurt him, for So
ONION says he is fool, but our sma
boys might annoy him and make h
stay unpleasant.
rejoice TO see that North Carolina
to have property and an education
qualification for every voter-white OIL
black. When Georgia follows suit
old Rip Van Wrinkle and Louisiana ar
South Carolina We can elect q respec
able Legislature and have q dog la
passed and give to widows the right
suffrage on taxation and to all wome
the same rights concerning the educ
ton of our children. What mo
strous injustice it is to choose WON,
for our teachers, but exclude the
from our school boards or from al
choice in the selection. We men co
sign to their tender care aud traini1
our little ones, but claim the exclusi
right to elect or reject at our pl~asu
and to make the rules and regulatio
and choose the books for them to teac
: But all this will be- reformed in due
undue time and they will have
, wait on the Lord, / reckon. MANY
forms have air -ady been made with
my memory concerning the female Sc
but more are wanted, and would ii
to see them made before I die.
Well, l am weary of writing and "
dismiss the subject until after the VIZ
ding. My folks made me address m
Of the invitations and there were {
of them and each one had to be adore
ed inside and outside and it made
tired to write near thousand nam
!. When they ordered the 500 was am
ed, for l could't imagine we had II
e many friends who felt interested in .
4 antiquity, but they kept on adding
" the list unit! the pile was exhaus
aud the postage broke me. and now
We can say to our friends is that if 8
=, have been omitted please to hold
~ your right nands ana come any he
N Standing room will be free and air g
water abundant. The 7th of Ma
will soon be here and our children b.
determined to gather at the old ho,
- stead Cor the last time, perhaps, and
a rejoice with us in the goodness of
al Lord. The children are the promot
8: of this golden wedding and my '
and I are trying to be calm aud sere
n Bill Arp in Atlanta Constitution.