The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-04-19
Democrats Wish To Disfranchise White
Men.

Men.
For the Caucasian.l
The proposed constitutional amend
ment has been discussed by so many
able men that it must be plain to every
rational mind that Section 5 is clearly
unconstitutional. For that reason alone
is enough for any honest man in North
Carolina to vote against it. When
registered TO vote, took an oath to
support the Constitution of North
Carolina and the Constitution of the
United States, and if | were to vote for
the amendment | would violate my
oath.
| was talking with a commercial
traveller on this subject. He told me
that when he registered to vote he was
not sworn. Of course it was a Machine
Democrat that registered that man.
No one will deny that after 1908 all
white men will have to stand the
same educational test that the negro
will stand. There are good many ID
year-Old boys that are working hard to
support a widowed mother and perhaps
half dozen little brothers aud sisters,
and it is about all he can do to keep the
wolf from the door. 1t is almost mat
ter of impossibility for that boy to 60
to school day. Yet the Simmons Ma
chine says that this young man is not
qualified, he is not worthy; ne can't be
trusted with the!ballOt; he is altogether
| unfit to enjoy the rights of suffrage.
On the other hand, the educated town
negro that lOaf5 around bar rooms and
gambling dens and drinks all the Whis-
key he can get, and plays cards and
| other games for money, and sells his
vote on election day. TO this negro
| the Democratic Machine say Walk up
| to the polls, cast your vote, enjoy all
| the rights of suffrage. Is not this put
ting the educated negro above the poor
iliterate white mar? We all know that
ii this fuss about white supremacy is
bOsh. We know of good many white
men that voted and did the bidding of
the Democratic Machine during the
campaign of 1898 under the cry of white
supremacy, who have been discharged
from their positions and their places
| filled with negrOs. Not satisfied 1.-The
Machine is now trying to take their
liberties from them, notwithstanding
the fair promises and affidavits to the
contrary. If they had been honest
about DISTINGUISHING the no one bat
the negro, why did they not amend the
Constitution so no negro could ever
hold office il North Carolina.
There would have been no danger OF
disfranchising any white man. But
that is not what the machine Demo.
Gratis want. They are anxious to dis.
franchise enough illiterate white men
to weaken the POpulist and Republi-
can parties: so by the help of the infa-
nous Simmons election law they car
get all the pie. | doubt if they would
disfranchise a single negro if they
could eliminate the illiterate white
men without eliminating the illiterats
negro. Ii the negro was eliminated
from politics the Democratic party
would die suddenly. The negro is tht
life blood of the Democratic party in
North Carolina. They nOurish hin
we'll that he may be able to give lif,
and strength to the machine. The ne
gro is the only issue that the DemO
cratic party ever had Except wheI
they stole the Populist platform il
1880 and without the negro they are
dead failure. Who are they after?
is the illiterate white man. They ar
trying to put the Anglo Saxon blood
below the African. The plain peopl
are beginning to see through the trick
|
they realize that the Democratic part,
is not their party. They are determin
ed that their liberties shall not be ia
ken from them, They are subscribing
for the Caucasian" they want ligh
to get them out of darkness, they ar
beginning to see as they saw befOr G
They are oonfessing their sins one T.
another of such there is hopes. But al
lars, ballot box suffers, murderer
and purjurert will reap the rewar
they so mnch deserve. But these plaiI
honest hberty-l0ving white men ar
. going to maintain their political right
the true manhood of North Carolina
too strong and pure to be trampled uI
on Simmons and his red shirt gan
!, will hear from these people at the Al
|. gust election. They will speak i
{ b 4nder tones against the amendmen
aud Simmons and his ballotbox stuff
ers will cry for the rocks and mount
aims to fall upon them. This Is on
time that the people of this grand oil
Commonwealth are going to act an
= vote independently of the Democrat
= machine. They are going to cast the
. vote and see that it Is counted as cas-
There is danger ahead, and our lii
critics are at stake.
Let every true North Carolinian
his whole duty As long as | have
voice to speak and can get ink to flo
:. from q little steel pen, L am going
= tell the people of the evils of this hel
% ate white men of North Carolina.