The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-07-26
ADDRESSED 1900 PEOPLE
Mr.. Ed. W. Pou Made a Magnificent
Plea For White Rule.
Mr.. S. |. PATTERSON ALSO SPOKE
PopuIist Crept Among Their Democratic Neigh
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Nashville, N. c., July 25.-You may
| put the good old county of Nash down in
| the column of White Supremacy. 1t has
been all right all during the campaign and
all it needed was little lining up.
1t lined up. .today-4,OO 900 strong-to hear
the great commander of the white forces.
Chas. B. Aycock and his gallant and able
lieutenant Ed W. Pou, give the closing
call to duty. Every white man, when the
roll was called, answered with arms up
| lifted, Here am l, ready for the great
battle"
The beautiful little town of Nashville
was crowded to overfowing with the good
people from every nook and corner of the
county. The honest sturdy yeoman came
with their wives, their sons, their daugh
ters and even the little children. 1t was
an inspiring crowd and every white man
and woman seemed to be thrilled with en-
thusiasm and determination to win next
! Thursday the battle for their homes,
| their iresides and their country.
When the train arrived from Rocky
| Mount at 10 o'clock a great throng of
| people were gathered at the station to
welcome Democracy's great hero, the
| peerless, matchless Aycock There was
| yell of welcome that greeted him as he
! stepped from the train that echoed and
! re-echoed up and down the streets and
| highways. A procession, nearly mile
| long was formed, made up of floats bear
! ing beautiful girls, cavalcade of horse
men arrayed in red shirts, long stretch
of carriages georgeously decorated with
| flags and bunting and summer flowers,
| with a thousand foot men lining each
| side of the line of march.
stand had been erected on the court
house square and around it gathered the
| enthusiastic thousands. Captain B. H.
Bum, the favorite son of old Nash, in
| beautiful language opened the speaking
by introducing that honest. capable farm
| err Hon. S. l.. Patterson, the white mans
| candidate for Commissioner of Agricul-
| ture Mr. Patterson spoke briefly, and
| gracefully gave way to Ed w. Pou, of
| Johnston Mr. Pou everybody in North
| Carolina knows, has few equals on the
| stump His speech today was clear,
| convincing powerful and unanswerable
| argument in favor of the amendment and
of white supremacy. At times his appeal
| to the higher instincts of individual man
| hood was so touching and pathetic that
| it opened the flood gates of the hearts
| and filled with tears the eyes of old and
! young alike. He completely shattered
| every argument used by the Fusionists
| against the amendment and left the ne
| gro and his allies demolished and demor-
| allied. He spoke for an hour and a half
and held the crowd as if entranced by his
| logic and his eloquence.
| When he closed Captain Bum arose
| amid deafening applause to introduce Mr..
| Aycock There was a stir as if a new
wave of intense interest had spread over
| the thousands whose elbows were touch
| ing around the stand; another yell of
earnest greeting for Aycock went out upon
| the breezes. This was Aycock's hundredth
| speech since the campaign opened but it
| had in it no less of fire, no less fervor,
| no less earnestness, no less power, no less
| of logic, of beautiful diction and of thrill
| ing eloquence than those great speeches
the echoes of which are still sounding up
and down the valleys of the Nantahaa, the
| Swananoa, the Catawba the Yadkin, and
the Neuse. In moment every eye was
riveted on the sturdy handsome, honest
| countenance of Democracy's great leader
Old men stood uncovered forgetting that
| the rays of the sun were scorching their
bald heads The voice of Aycock was al
| most as clear as a bell His eyes were
beaming with the promptings of an hon
| est, sincere soul filled with love for the
| men and women before him. His coun-
| tcnance was lit up with the assurance OF
| a glorious victory already won. His
arms and body swayed in graceful and inn
pressive gestures. They were tired of
course. but he is a physical AS well as
| mental giant, and this fact has enabled
| him to make such campaign as few
| men living could make.
| In moment he had touched the cords
| of the thousands of hearts and wound
| them together into one flexible fabric OF
| earnest enraptured attention. There was
no great applause during the speech.
/ There seemed to be an effort on the part
J of everybody to suppress it for fear that
a word might be lost, but there was a
! waving of hats and fans and handker-
| chiefs as if by a silent but forcible GR-
| core of sentence after sentence. Before
| the speech was concluded there was
| mighty melting together of the minds of
men. Populists crept up among their
| Democratic neighbors and acknowledged
| their conversion White Republicans,
what few there are left in Nash, except
| the doodler and the census enumerator
came out for White Surremacy IT
a great day for Nash. 1t was an inspir-
| ing day for Aycock and Pou, and a gala
day all around for the cause of the white
man in North Carolina.