The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-06-21
LETTER TO SIMMONS.
Don't Need His Literature In Their Bust


June IL, 1900.
Mr.. F. N. Simmons, Raleigh, ". g.,
sir:-For the past two weeks SIAN
derou., filthy, black, dirty sheet disgra-
cling this grand old State by bearing
the name, North Carolinian," Is be-
ing'sent out from Raleigh to many Of
the good people Of this community
Ny neighbOrs have asked me to speak
for US all and ask you To not send any
more Of that trash to this community.
IL IL not fit to enter the blacklist home
In the State. The man who will edit
such stuff to be circulated among Chris
tian people Is more devoid Of good NOR
ais than the blacklist African in the
State.
Sir, you mistake the character Of our
people IL you think they will tolerate
such literature as you are circulating
through this county You have no fol-
lowers here. We are WHITE people up
here. II will do for you to circulate
such stuff among your black brethren
Of the East, but sir, our people have
not forgotten the infamous campaign
lies You and your crowd told them two
years ago. Your name is becoming
by-word among our people, and the
poor white boys and girls Of Western
North Carolina are being ia" ght to ut
ter your name with horror Your name
IL taking its place along with those of
Draro, Brutus and Benedict Arnold.
ir, you try to SANDER Marion But
Ter by cartooning him, and charging to
him utterances he never made. But
our people know Buffers record and
yours They know Marion Butler all
hail to the noble work he is doing! has
ever watched with jealous care the best
interests OF the great common people
Of the State. He has exposed your in
famous schemes from first to last; he
has kept your black record before the
minds of the people; he has challenged
you for joint debate on the great is
sues Of the day; he is the champion of
been thorn in the side of good gov
eminent and decency of every kind
You have raised false cry of "negro
domination" and stirred up race ha-
tired to n dangerous degree; you have
caused innocent men and women to be
shot down because they opposed your
schemes; and now when our great lead
er proposes to give you good shaking
up and expose your composition to the |
people, you back down like a COWARD
WILL do, and cartoon and Islander the
man You are afraid to meet. You do |
not want the people to know the truth |
II they did know il North Carolina |
would be an unhealthy place for you
and you knowit.
The "North Carolinian" represents |
Butler "a saying, "Let us whip the
white men out OF the state" The edi- |
tor Of that sheet is liar and the truth |
is not in him Marion Butler is the
champion and leader of the "White
Peoples Party" in this State and does |
not wish TO drive the IN out. But, Sir, |
the advocates of your schemes are 60
ing over the State saying: eve have
ruled by force. We can rule by fraud |
but we won d rather rule by law"
Every white man who votes against |
the amendment should see red blood |
and smell it hot" democrats will
carry the State or make n graveyard of
il. Thev intend to rule it if it takes
fire and blood" The white men of |
Western North Carolina say that such
threats should not be allowed, and such
hot heads should take warming from
the fate of VIM. Goebel. Your negro
howlers may use such threats down
there among their negro allies; but if
they value their hides they must not
come this way with their threats
against white men. We ARE white I'D
here.
Sir, by the and OF your negro allies
you may carry the East for aristocracy
and social equality between the races,
but you will get cold reception in the
White West No wonder your band of
orators made their visit to the West a
short one. They found ont at wes-
tern North Carolina does not admire
Benedict Arnol You have no con-
stituency here. We are not Democrats,
Populists or Republicans, but we are
free men, ell united almost solidly as
one man against you, the great arch
traitor to the rights of our people.
Our immortal leader, Zeb Vance.
taught US that you were not worthy of |
the respect of the people of the State. |
and that IL such men as you became tn
leaders Of the great party he rep esen-
ted that the party would "walk out of |
itself and leave nothing behind but !
Wall Street and the smell of brim-
stone" Vance is gone from among US |
but his teachings will never be ROOT
ten. We know he was the guardian
angel Of the rights of the common peo-
pie. II he had not known you was
dangerous man he would not have
taught us to beware Of your Sc emes.
The second Vance, Senator Butler, Is
still exposing your treachery. All
praise to his immortal name! You can
cartoon him all over the state. but Won