The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-11
A LETTER FROM PAsQuoTasx.
@"o Men Denied th., PRIVILEGE n,
Voting at Elizabeth City.

'"oh denied the Privilege of
'o'inE at EIIzabeth CITY
lfor The Caucasian.
Many have written letters To T..
ASIAN giving n description of tb,.
hxs the Democratic did to car
, Wv. eiectioh last August, and no one
>, o1'he iact, not even themseiye.
~ was ~ Wholesale steal all over
oJ iorce and fraud. They
seem to have LIST all s-ns~ nf .h.n,..
thd dec.ncy Jo say noLbiDp s,.,,, ,I..i.
bible training. Even am. -, -
preachers laid aside their ,Io,k. nf =.
hsioh and took sides with the .,uon.
ahi rrdshirters To take away th. |, ,h.r'
Ties OF the common people. simnIy t..
CAUSE Chey would not vote for th, con
S.IIulioDai amendment, To denriv.
enough OF the voters OF North Carolina
VI their franchise To enable them tn p.t
1he ohces. They used the same cor
."P' neChods here in Pasquotank couD
". ihey declared on the stump tbs,
they would carry the election il they
nau 10 use shot guns, ssand guess they
u'u ooth: There wascnear 200 voters
ueiieu the privilege of casting their
oaiiots In one ward IN Elizabeth CITY All
u whom except two or three were Ponu-
llsts ana Republicans, 10 say nothing
about hundreds VI Others who wer. i'm,
tllIiuaLed and threatened III 4 WAY Ia
Keep Them from voting.
many f0pulists have, through the
CAuCAsIAN, stated their positions re-
saruing the national election. some
ieel ~ their duty 10 support Mr.. Bry-
an Some To get ON the fence ana watch h
The hight, etc, but my position is to
get on solid ground, and from now un-
I'll the November election do all can
Tor Barker and D0nnelly, the candi-
dates Tor President and Vice-PresIdent
oi tiie Mlddle-Of-t the Road POpulists. /
Lhlnk every PopuIst in the State, al
Ter having been so badly treated by
their democratic friends, should come
to The same conclusion, and burn the
bridges behind them.
There Is an addage sit is never too
late TO do good" 80 let us repent Of
our past sins of listening to 50 Ureach-
erous gang as the bosses of the Dem.
ocraIic party, and lie in sack cloth and
ashes and neyer-UU, never-trust
them again aud resolve from this day
10 get in the middie-of- th.-road and
Keep shy ot the bitches on either side
This is The only respectable course, in
ny AoI W
taAe, anu the sOUner they take it the
better II will be for them and the coun-
try thousands Will come TO US and
enlist under such banner, besides the
backsliders will again return home.
/ have been u strong Bryan man
nave done great deal of shouting and
| following for HIM tor the last tour or
five years; read his great, patriotic
speeches, which he made ali over the
land, denOuuting corruption and up
ding honesty and square dealing in
everything. His speeches sounded like
those of Jefferson, Washington, Pat
rick Henry and others of Kevoiutiona-
| ry fame; but when he went down III
Kentucky 10 help GOebel out in his dis
honest methods u rule that State by
fraud and force, | began to suspicion
the patriotism of Mr.. w. j.; and since
he has refused TO rebuke his party in
| North Carolina for doing worse to their
own kindred and brethren in the State
of North Carolina than the Mckinley
IGes have done To far OFF strangers in
cuba and the Philippine Islands, my
! suspicion has been confirmed that he
/ will not practice what he breaches, and
my once grand admiration for him has
| gone.
THOMAS MEADs.
Kehukee, N. c., Sept. 23rd, 1900.