The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-09-28
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And presenting these Resolutions,
as an Alternative Proposition to tn
Suffrage Amendment, let us invite
the voters of North Carolina. to look
upon this picture, and upon thai, and
to make their choice between them.
And now, Mr.. Editor, my task is
accomplished, which, to me, has been
labor of love. But have I won my
causei which is not my cause. only,
but the cause of all our people, of
both racesf That l can not say, for
that will depend upon the VERDICT
of my party. I can only say. that 1
have praeticed no deception upon
my reader. l have based my
argument upon authority, upon
reason, upon statistics, upon ex-
perience, and I would have ven.
tured to place it upon far high
or ground, "but for the Rsr-
itv Of Christian Charity under the
SUM- And now. for the present, I
lay down my pen, which / can do
with greater satisfaction, since / but
resign it to you.
Many q time and oft, during this
discussion, have l been asked, where
does SENATOR BUTLER stand upon
these new and burning ques,ionsi
AID when will he speskf And what
what will he say Of this Suffrage
Amendment and, while that inhu-
man butchery goes on, would he have
his party to hold while anoth.
skinsi And, as a substitute for tua,
atrOcious scheme, what will he say oil
some plan OF Negro Colonization. (, b q,
shall be gradual, and generous, and
vOluutaryf
Having no authority to speak for
him upou any subject, 1 could onl,
ans yer that | did not know, and opl )
knew, that other avocaiions had
compelled his silence until now, wheu
from these avocations he is about to
be released. But left no questi"nel
OF mine to suppose, when he should
s. eak, that there would be- any hest
tation or TREMoR in his voice. A.
little did have my questioner to sup
pose, when the battle shall be- ser
that his voice would be heard
as never before, commanding a sur
render before a single blow shal
have been struck. And least o.
all. when the battle shall be joiue d
and the Peoples Party shall displa,
i u banner with q strange device. il
, which shall be written Political Lib
T erty-and- Personal-Se in Nortl
Carolina, have /, for one memen,
suffered myself to doubt, that hi
. form would be- seen foremost in tn
I van, where no sword will CLEAN
? brighter, and no plume will NJ,
knIghtlier than his own. Aud now
3 1t only remains that he should slesl
the word which borne along our line
e like the Fiery Cross of the Rigblande
will kindie in our ranks the same al
t dor and loyalty, with which the Son
/ OF Clan Alpine once gathered benea;
= their Emblem of the Evergreen Pine
, And trusting to his matchless lead
= ership to redeem our own de- cieu
: cies, and trusting still more to tina
= Good Fortune which some times re
;, wards 1.-The vigilant, the active an
o the brsve,' We, when making thi
D fight for FreedOm-aud-C ivll.z atior
9 shall not stop to calculate the chance
e OF victory, or to count the multitud
2 OF our enemies, but will endeavor I
Y make up in zeal what We lack i
e numbers, while We remember
o That ours is no sapling, chance SOW
by the fountain.
And blooming a. BeItane, in winte
TO face,
: When the whiriwind shall strip. ever
= leaf from the mountain,
f The more, shall Clan Alpine exult /
J. its shade!
3 M0Ored In the fifted rock,
Proof to the tempest's shock,
The firmer it Roots 1t, the ruder
blows.
r. B. DAVIS.