The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-07-19
HON. CYRUS THOMPSON At NEWTON.


OF the Constitution and the Upholdsr Of
Liberty Make an EIoa uent and GOWN |
sing Speech
NEWTON. N. c.. July 7tb, 1900.
DR.. CYRUS Thomson spote here to-
day. Ypsterdsy Hon. G. b Aycnck
Den o~ratie nominee for Governor,
was here. srd spoke 70 q gathering re-
povted m have Numbered between four
ard Eve Thousand, by his friends.
Twenty-Five hnrdved would be lib
eraI estimate ~ hist number; ard 1t 10
n we'll known fact that the gather ng
vss corrosei ~ orp-tenth Of voters,
and rirp-tprths women and children.
The sfYort ~ Mr.. Aveock's friprd' tn
pvocure for J i'm = hig show, irsrired
them ~ beg .vevyihIrg 10 turn cut IN
swell the GRO I'd, whether they istered
In Mr. Ayco,k's sreech or not. And
tbi. effort mot with something like a
show o. au~r sac.
spsct.l Eft ,rts were put forth TO
mske the Orssion something like a
ssIa dav. arT acme ~ the people were
attracted nv he rprovt fhst the ststets
were sbIpzs s,th bnn'irg. figs. etc.
They we've al nrIv ont for a lark. with
ont sny conn rehsnsior or appreciation
Of the purrn,e for which the speaking
hsd heen avenged.
To-day, DR. Thompson addressed
crowd ~ nssv'y one thousand NJ the
stnrdv voters ard repvesenta'ive REQ
pIs o. the county. There were M frills
Of spy kind. snd the audience was
com po.pd sinnst EXCLUSIVELY ~ snb-
stsrti.I white ci'izens. who litered
with the closest at'erticn % one - the
stvon gsst speeches ever msde ir North
Csrolina. The crowd ss' for two honrs
snd n half without sny sign ~ impa.
tierre. srd whatever sign there IVES
msde during the speech was in favor
Of he ~ontiruancs, after the speaker
had s'nrped.
Dr Thompson hpsan his speech ny q
blessing reference ~ the ~eco'atiors.
nay fvinR. e.. ofthp dav before: and
then ds~Iavpd hat Re Wa in fsynr ~
ths n.g ard believed IN the doctrire
that the Constitution followed TIE
Dag.
He stated thst the size ~ the crowd
and the character ~ his hpa-ors was
an agvresh'e snrprisp to him-that
following the great fav ~ Mr.. Az
cocks sppskirs, he rad expected hn'
a small sudipnrp-that he bad never
snoken IN North Carolina to a more
Intelligent and irsririnp audience
thar he saw befors him. Thar he had
no y, rhsrue TO rffsr, ard that the pres
once ~ the sturdy voomanry ~ Cataw
ba was declaration u-mis'akeshlp
that they comprpherdod the fact that
they could not live by barbecue alone.
ANev advpvtinQ B thp fact ~ Mr..
Ayoock's refusal 81 a Joint discussion.
hA 90
rose M srd sskpd, do you think that
tie fair. IN the absenca of Mr.. Ay-
cock m say thai he has run from a
Joint disoussiorp' TO which the an
swpr came unirk,'I cannot say il In
bis presence. hacanse he IL not here
And know this To he time. and you
will admit IL, that 10 ne bad cbalIer ged
ne for a Joint discussion, and 7 had
refused. Won and he and every Demo.
cvat In North Carolina that supports
him u onld have proclaimed it every
where that 7 had raised the white
feather, and had run away because
WAS afraid TO meet him. I think that
my statement IL fair"
The lawyer then said. coming inside
OF the bar. "W ell, there is mar here
that IL not afraid to meet yOn. IL Mr.
Aycock IT," TO which DR. Thompson
answered, "That being the case, there
IL but one logical conclusion. tO-wit
that the Democratic state Convention
made an egrpR'ous b'prder when i
nominated the Wayne man for Cover
nor irstpad Of the Tstsw ba man"
This pnt quiptus for a time on tbi
SKIF IMPORTANT yonrg lawyer Late1
on, however, in the discussion, th;
same lawyer, with a broad, satisfp,
countenarce, called ont. ooh. 70,
ought to vote whitel You ought t,
vote white!"
DR.. Thorn nsor said. "wsll, what d.
You mean by thatp Wtat Is required
for a man tn vote whittier"
The lawyer answered. "VoJe tn
Democratic ticket"
Dv. Thompson asked, "Does tina
make n map whittier"
The lawyer rPrlied, Eyes"
Then said DR. Thompson. at that h
the case, you will And that Lowesvills
in LINCOLN conuty, one hundred an
ten negroes who sra white men, he
osuse there ARE ONE HUNDRED ANDTR
rKGRors THEKE who vtpd the Demo
cr.''c ticket IN 1893. Ard this Ia re
msrkahle. III SIT ted in The SCRIP
tuye ttat the lporsrd cannot chapg
bis spots, nor the Ethiopisn his skir
Rnt " what Won say ia true, the pesr
In North Carolina becomps whit
man. and loses his COLOR. simply by va
ting the Democratic ticket"
The speaker discu. sed the Copstitr
tionaI AmPndmpn nj In its different phs
ses He declared that the amendmsr
a. 10 now stands. was not the amenC
mert 70 winch the Democratic part
plpd0sd itself, q its recent State Cow
venttnn, and that it was not N
amendment which was passed by I'll
Legislature Of 1899: hut An amsnde
amendments, with might again
smerd,d on the % h Of July. That a.
ter all. 10 was not the amepdmeI
which the Democratic party propose
to pAss In the beginning Of the sessi
Of 1899; that THAT amendment pr
posed rot only an educational qualif
cation, but also q three hundred d ,lli
property qualification; and propose
to raise the poll tax age from fift
years to sixtv years. Al d that it d
not have 1908 "a the great day for Il
ending OF the hereditary fitness of tt
Whit man for the ballot, but The ye,
1901.
He declared that this whole schen
was an effort to strike down the ballo
Of white men who would not bow
the Democratic Oligarchy, under GOV
Of the ignorant negro; but that Il
amendment now has 1908 IN it, inste,
Of 1909, not for he purpose of addiI
to its constitutionality, but fer q
purpose of beginning this eliminate,
of white voters at the earliest day tn
they could be deceived into accs ptir
it. He further said that what tb,
wanted in the beginning, they won
secure in the end, il they su 'cseded
this campaign. That every State sou
of rs had gone further than this pro
osition goes; that Virginia is xoil
further, and that North Carolina, u
der the leader, b p Of the Dem ocrat
party would 60 Ms far as this. becau
the spirit which animates the demo
racy of the South, is tn same in or
Carolina as iC is IN Louisiana, Missi