The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-08-30
There Was No Election I'm North
Carolina Aug. z, 1900.

And IL should be 80 stated IN the ~
ture history OF North Carolina. An
INJECTION Is an act Of the qualified yo-
t-rs, choosing their oFYIckEs, EULEE-,
or KkPREsESrAuvks BY la lot and hay-
ing them counted as cast.
Did We have such a choosing IN North
Carolina August End, 1907 Most as
suredIy not, Tor TBoUsASDs were not
allowed u yOfe at nj that were as
good citizens and law abiding as any
70 be found IN the state. aud white
neu at tnat
Thousands more Of white men, born
and raised ~ North Carolina, were
challenged under some tiiDsy pretext,
and not heard or allowed Ia vote. and
for no other reason uGder the sun, than
because they were not gong To vote
the democratic ticket. Anybody could
vote, provided twas we'll known that
he or they would vote the democratic
ticket, so-called. Yes, boys under age,
men from other counties, and negroes
however black.
And, In fact, the democrats, so-called,i
wanted negro votes so badly, as 10
give their white supremacy" party
the right odor, that they actually stole
them by the thousands, as their large
maJOrIJies in Halifax and other negro
counties clearly prove.
To abuse the NEoRo all over the ate
al 4 Ass huf
want any negro votes, and then actu-
ally steal the negro votes by the thous-
Ands, n just too bad. But bad rs that |
Is, tie machine went beyond all that |
aud stole the votes Of thousands OF
white men, and then announced that
these very men voted the democratic
ticket, when macy OF them would have
suffered marGyrdom before they would
have voted that democratic ticket.
Thus you see that the State and
county election boards, the registrars,
judges Of elections, and nearly every
democratic leader in the State stands
to-day before an outraged and indig-
nant people as traitors 10 "A Republican
acter. Hence, say, there was no cleo
ton in North Carolina Aug. 2, 1900.
There was terrible stealing in
North Carolina on the End day Of Aug.
1000, DONE ExcLUsIvKLY BY MEN BE-
LONGING 70 PARTY CALLED DEMO
GRATIS. TO call such party by name
DEMOCRATS, Is "A SANDER upon the good
names of jefferson, Jackson, Vance
and Graham. And people should have
more respect for those good men than
to call reyOlutiOnists democrats. They
were honest and truthful men, while
the machine men now calling them
selves democrats, are ballot-box stuff
era. The man who will steal your meat
or wheat at midnight, or rob your hen
roost, Is not criminal at all, compared
to the man who stole your vote on the
End day of August, 1900, and then lied
about iC. II a rogue steals your meat
and chickens, they are worthless, com
pared TO your votes, for the rogue that
steals your votes, steals your liberties
that can notbe priced! 80 we should
not call such men democrats, but the
tory party.
Democracy means a government OF
the people. by and for the people Will.
these tories are in favor OF GOVERN.
MINT OF THE MASSES nv THE FEW AMI
FOR THE FEw! And their motto is
Rule or ruin"
In hn ffat al. 81
men In the State are made to respect
the Federal Constitution, that give.
the right of franchise to every male
person, I'll years of age, the better il
will be for the whole country.
am glad left the so-called demo.
cratic party years ago. and burnt the
bridge behind me, for saw then thai
they were only democrats in name and
not in practice. And how any DECENT
and REsPECTABLE MAN can affiliate DO
htically with the party called demo.
Gratis, after this wholesale lying anC
stealing, at the so-called electioJ,
cannot see. IL am not mistaken, il
was John Adams who said: "COrrup.
ton in elections, Is the greatest enemy
of freedOmW And President Adams
never uttered a more truthful sente ce
Then L wish to say to ali good people
In North Carolina of all parties II you
value freedom, left to you and your
children, it is high time for you tC
wake up; for never in the history OF
North Carolina has there been such
planning, scheming, lying and stealing
done, to overthrow your freedom and
that of your children as that common
ced by the Legislature of 1899, and il
great measure contaminated by cor
rupt, dishonest, thieving and ly ms
election boards and poll holders. an
made TO wonder il sa'an himself die
not blush and turn his head i'm shame
when he saw the depth of the infamy
practiced on August the 2nd, 1900, b,
so-called democratic pOll-hOlders. One
of the most disgusting things of tn,
age is-that at least sever ty-five pei
cent. of the ministers in North caro-
lima are affiliating with and aid ns
those who are trying to rob the peopl,
of their freedom and destroy this ono,
grand republic. 1t is blushing sham,
and such preachers should stop ant
think. Those very preachers would n,
doubt blush to be caught associatins
with chicken or horse thieves. Yet
they associate with those ballot boz
thieves and liars, the greatest scoun
drels that ever walked this green earth
II is no wonder that some of them d,
not have 10 conversions under thei
ministry in whole year, and tina
there is no net increase in their churcl