The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-08-02
LETTER FROM c. ]. BRAsWEll.
10 Mr. j. 4. Green, Editor of ou,
Home.

| nen 1 Wfote you fhe
card askfpg you to stop my paper, ]
nsd no idea Of provoking controversy
or seeing 1t in print, but really have
no objection TO Its publication, ,ince
It afforded you text for a very LONG
sermon on Butler. fusion. fusion boss.
ca and Braswell and bis "New Revo,p.
ton" have been abused and r,di
cu'ed SO much for the past eight year.
fhat have learned not to get "wrathy'
simply because do not endorse the
political course Of any man. sincs
yoo bavs hoasted ESQ modestiy Of
course) Of what you done for the cause
OF reform you will pavdon me for re
feTrinR to my political course since the
formation of the Peoples Party. In
1880 when the Alliance OF reform ele-
"ent controlled the Democratic party
IN this State TO q very great extent ]
vent into the Democratic primaries
and worked hard to secure the nomina-
t'on OF farmers and reformers, be,iev.
ing that by 80 doing we could secure
many reforms through that partv. 7
| anon saw the folly of attempting TO mt
new wine into old bO't'es-ssw that
We need not expect TO sscura reform
snd good 9ovarpmant through party
d"m'rafed and controlled by sucb men
as Grover Cleveland. David B, Hill.
Matr. w. Ransom. apd others Of the
same stFipa. 81 when the famous con-
terence OF re'ormers wss bold at At.
Louis on Feb. 79nd. 1899. fWashinp-
IONS birthday aud outlined plans for
'ns formation nf . new party, was
ready and willing 10 on. my shoulder
70 tbs wheel and do al I could FOR its
success. 1T ores called meeting Of
tns reformePs in my rai ghbnrhood at
Sfump Hill on March 7th, 1899 and
drew up and had adopted resolutions.
endorsing the actiOn of the st. Louis
conference and pledgiuR support to
the new party. This WA the frst Pso-
D'ss Party convention ever beld in
Union county and possibly In North
Carnlfna Since that time have stood
'oyally by the Peoples Party through
thi"k add thin. through evil ~ we'll a.
0ood repovt, and hsvs voted for all
our nominees from Prsaident down TO
.ownsh'N constable. including the en-
nr: fns'on tickets, II you plsass. lam
sas''fisd, ve> I know. that 1t would
have bees fer hettsP for me both socia'
" a-d onsnnia''y t" have remained
Within the Democratic party and been
. willing tool of this red shirt and rot
Ten egg orGarixati~p. But the record
"f this ra-ty for fraud. force, intimi
datioD and broken promises 10 such, in
my estimation, that I could not be
honest With my God. mvsalf and nv
country end support it. Since the or.
9anixstion Of the Peoples Party have
spent ~ near a. can estimate it..
,bout twenty dollars in clean cash in
the interest OF campaign work This
does not include the,ittle time I have
spent in working for tha success Of the
entitle me- tn be heard in "the meet
grant ma space in it's columns for thi.
.rticle, even though it be somewhat
lengthy. The readers can see by your
s+atemant in the last issue Of Onr
Home that If von had kept ont of po.i-
tics and devoted your whole time and
means to your own personal gain you
would have been a very rich man by
This time. Possibly yon might have
heen A mil,ionaire by this time and
heen occnpyin9 one Of those paletial
residences Dpnn Wall Street. New
York. am sOvrv that Won have made
snch q great secrifica I dn MT endorse
everything that has hean done hy the
POpnlist party. "a Won we'll know, Ido
mt endnrsa everything that Hon. Ma
rion Butler hss done. Bnt l 60 into
the Popnlist primsriea and conventions
and fight for what believe to ha the
hest policy for the narty tn rnvsue. and
IL am victnrious. If a msioritv Of the
Popnlists agree with me then T exnsct
the MINORITY ~ true PnpDlists to sub-
NIT and atlck fo tbe organization.
ia majority docides that I am wrong
whv then as true Popnliat ahou'd
submit and go One with the ma toritv.
! Two years ago 7 foresaw that "negro
domination" would Re the iseue in that
cam rai9n. This was an "off" vear and
me Penple's Party had very little at
staka in that ec'inp except few Of
fees. It. was not Presi6e ential elec-
ton neither were State officers to b.
| chosen. and the Legislature TO be elec-
Ted did not hava to elect a Senator. The
| Legislature of '95 and ~ had given us
a fair and honest election law and en-
acted manv other good and wholesome
reforms The COMMITTEES had been given
lnca, self 9overnment-a law which
the Democrats dare OF repeal. In view
of all this was oppos ed tn fusion thai
| wear. I was in favor nf nuttinR out a
srraieht ticket and building DO and
Strengthening our organization. pre-.
paratnry for the great fight which
| saw would have tn ba made in 1870 to
preserve the liberties and political
II - -
State of North Carolina. Yes. went
into ths Popu'i:e convention two years
ag0 and opposed fusion. and, noswith-
standing the fsot that was suffarine
| At the time with 4 severe toOthaeha, 7
had the effronfe,y to get IN in that
convention and try to give nv rea sons
for the "faith that was in me-" When
| the proposition to Dnt ont q fusion
| county ticket was put before the con-
| ventfon I promptly moved 70 reject It..
And who, prav, was it that opposed
my course? Were you not 90 badly
| scared for fear this fusion offer would
be rejeoted that you and others man
| aged to get the convention to adjourn
| without taking vo5e on nv motion
which was then before the house, In
| order that Nv. l.. B. Wetmnra and
Rev Bavlus Cade might address the
convention and get them in the notion
to accept this fusion ofYer3
When the Convention re- assembled
did you not ask Mr.. Tade to give his
advice about the matter, and did he
not tell us that it was the policy Of the
State Committee to fuse with the Re
pnhltcans whenever we could secure
An honorable cooperation /? In fact,
Mr.. Green. did yon not favor fusion in
81 '96 and '9e Now, let Us reason =
little and see II we can tell why you
were so ardently in favor Of fusion
| two years ago. At that time you were
candidate for the State Senate, ffu-
sion candidate too II you please You
wers willing to fuse with Tom Crsigs
party or any ody else il by 80 doing
you could make sure your election to
the Senate. Yet yon could "swallow
negro. fusion and all" for the sake of
= little "pie." Lock back over your
dies and see how many times Our
| Home has told rs that the negro uues-