The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-04-05

Stale In this last campaign made this
same pledge. and that was the remedy
and the only remedy offered 1oy any
BODY, because Il was what was peoes-
'ary and all that anybody demanded.
Mr.. President, so clear and patent
was 1t to every voter in North Carolina
that that Genedy was all THAT was
needed to eSta blish forever permanent
white supremacy and at the same time
.Ocal self-goyerEmen without disfrau-
ahlsirg anybody that when 1t was
charged in tbe campaign that il the
Democratic party got into power they
would go further, and submit dis
amendment, every Demo
cratic paper and speaker in the State
made haste to declare that the charge
was false,
SOLEMN PLEDGES TO THE PEO-
PIE NOT TO DO THIS THING.
The Democratic leaders knew that II
they declared in favor OF disfranchis-
ing single voter In the State, or al
lowed or permitted a suspicion 10 that
effect to rest in the mind of the voter,
ahere was 10 hope for them to carry
the election. Realizing this, they
pledged their party officially, from
their State committee down to their
humblest candidate, that if placed in
power they would attempt nothing q
The kind
They put it officially in their hand
book and declared that all their can
didates, from the highest to the lowest,
would make the pledge on every
stump. Yes, the handbook issued bv
the Democratic State committee not
only denounced the charge, but also
declared that they were not in favor
of disfranchising a single voter, white
or black, and further declared for man
hood suffrage and that they were IN
favor OF upholding the fifteenth amend
ment in good faith, and - S>ther point
ed or,. that as long as that amendmeat
stood it was Impossible 10 distranchlse
a single colcred man without al the
same time disfranchisiDg a white man
for the same reason.
OFFICIAL PARTY PLEDGE IN THE
DEMOCRATIC HANDBOOK.
In spite OF that, Mr.. President, the
PEOPLES Party handbook made the
| charge that there were many leaders
! of r{hs Democratic party In favor OF a
! fisfranchising amendment. The Dem
! ocratic State committee Thought II was
! necessary to reply to that charge
What did they do. They issued a second
. handbook, q supplement to the first
| han abcok. in which they denounced
the charge made in the Peoples Party
handbook as false.
f,+,rbcts and said mat &
Democratic convention would spit upor
,ny man who would make such a pro
position. Trhey went further, and sait
that the men who made the cnafs'
ought to De ashamed CT themselves to
willfully lying, because their wnol
~ecord had shown that they would no
10 anything Of the kind. Here IS TIL
language: It is official; 1t will speal
fer itself.
1t is as follows:
The Democratic party is tine poo
mans party NiEle-tenths OF ffjs mem
bers are poor men. How utterly alb
<urd. then, is the false charge. that tn
!. Republcans are trumDing uD to de
oeiye the unwary. In order to civ
| -one color to 1t. they quote somet'nln
5 from a Yankee newspaper, who's
owners and editors are, We have alwav
, understood, Republicans, thslt GEN.
, r. Cox. who lives in Washington, tol
, reporter if the Democrats succeedte
hey would Gisfranch.se the igncrar
= negro. But General Cox pCi2lishe
r over his own name a declaration tas
, ,,e never said that and never said an.
: hing like it. for he we'll knew that
@ wen the Democrats should succee
= and should have control cf the legl
\ 'strre they would be powerless TO dl
erarehise anybody. The Ccnstitutif
g forb:ds it.
The Constitution gives the right
v suffrage to all male persons over
. wears of age net disqualified by Grim
" md dha legislature can not add cT tai
J. away a letter from that. That C
J. cnly he done by the people themselVe
+. and the Democrats will never suDnl
o any proposition TO the people T." tal
4 from a man his right to vote. No Del
ocrat has ever proposed such tMn
The charge is only intended TO mlslea
- 10 deceive, and to make political cal
~ ~ tal II is entirely false. There is
~ q Democratic convention that Won
q not spit upon the main who mig
=, q Democratic candidate fer office w
III would not pledge himself most solem
70 y against 1t.
n PLEDGE BY DEMOCRATIC STA
a CHAIRMAN.
oil Later on in tine campaign, On Dece
O. Der 27, Mr.. Simmons, the Democra
ed State chairman, realizing that tht
I'd was some doubt as to their SINGER
o. and some susSicion that shey intend
I'd to submit a discranchising scher
TT. thought 1T necessary to issue an
p dress. Here is his address: He !
ty only repeats the pledges in the Den
so cratic Handbook, but he makes tn
lie even stronger and more emphatic.
IL declared strongly and unequivoca
l eor manhood suffrage, white and blat
ed that "rever under any circumstan
d. under the sun" would he or the De
ocualtic party favor OR consent TO
90 massage of any law that would in {
n way lessen their present rights
lp- privileges of voting. So solemn
re- positive were these pledges that
EN- only were the white people fooled
he even thousands Of negroes were m
ere to believe that the Democratic Pc
IaS was their '0eSL 1rleEFI, diNu tio icS
fs- was that the Democratic party in
.en last campaign got more negro vt
to than their majority at the elect
Iod amounted to. Listen to the follow
pes extract from that address:
ew Fer the past twert1y years Or m
sdy ius3. before every election, the Rep
,di- ,ican sps9kers, at their midnight m
by irlss, have been in the habit OF tel
the negro if the Democrats came
M power their right to vote would
,tic taken away from them
cy- First, they told them If the De
eo. Gratis got the State government t
rsq would disfranchise them. The De
ent Gratis got the State government
the did NOT disfranchise them. Then !;
her told them If the Democrats electe
, IN President they would disfranc
,ple them The Democrats elected PI
init DENT and they did Eiot ddsfranc
hem. Then they told them ii
hev Democrats get control of Congress