The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-09-20

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sc~ naiartss OF Figure and Dsssin~sioa.
W no arw he 1n~en.ors and Publisher
Of Gross Fals~Aooss. CAnnos b. R~sHr-
COMING down 10 ~ through the
We have here the words Of
! celebrated writer OF vide And en-
during fame.
Shall our people then de,est those
speakers on . thousand Eump., and
men, and writer's, and a..
q iavit makers, who, in 1898 declar-
ed that il elected, the dominaN par.
ty woul' disfrAnehise no man, vhits
or blaeki In violation OF these sol
emu pledges. how many scores o.
thoussr DIS Of our people believe tha'
false hood invented in R,lsigh T.
carry the amendment, and keep the
iomiuapt party in power. WAS b,
lection machinery, at the expens.
4 the State. propagated at ever,
county seat, and thence difused Il
very voting precinct, tn be cer,iiei
in writing, aud returned bv the sam.
channel to the capitol, TO be publish
ID, and tina. in this way mn ar.
made to rule over us who we're neve'
elected ny the people.
In proof "f this accomplished fact
Mr. Abel now says. Name your MAJ
for Congress, and he shall have. l00(
more votes than there ave voters il
Johpston county. il necessary I
MS election" Why then Lave q,
-lection at all. If an invented false
hood is to be published, aid Mr. p,
declared elected sham, Sham,
hat the beautiful temple OF our lib
4rtias, eemented bv the blood Of on
fathers, Is to be thus destroyed j
ha specious name Of white supre N =
Icy.
Let it never he forgotten that sc
! ,essiou, with all IT'S horrors. was a.
| ,omplished by the now domlnar
,srty, with a good working d. m'
ratio ma j,rity in the House of r !
-eAentatives. Where IS the pen .
hat signed the ordinance Of seces
IN that was to be preserved throug
III timei
Iucendiary is the ouly word in o.
snguage to describe those who i
vent falsehoods, and publish tbar
.onceal ,he truth, and will not allo
theirs to speak it. Have they ev
,eard of the d calneue, or Of An
HAS and Sspphirsi Have the cler,
r Who cfficiated and voted with the,
av considered of Roger William
A. Smithfi-ld. in that lard OF o
preston, from which our ancas'C
; we're driven to seek refuge J @,
!. Annie Askew and four other educ
ed women were burned alive, at (
), stake. for opinions sake. Omino
1ame! FOR at Smithfield and ell
where in our State. speak-rs We
jerked from the stand, kicked. Gu
ed, and forbidden to speak to I
', once free people Of North Carol!l
What shalt the harvest of invent
}, md puhlishe d fslsehoods BET
Z. Already the minister has be
counted ont Of his pastorate by ia
.auvass Of ballots for opinions sa
:, County missioners have be
counted in by false CANVASS of b
lots, when the magistrates have n
Cor an election. At the peace
:, primaries, where the much boast
r amendment has been adopted, m
,t ire killed by pistol shot or disc
IS ooweled by the fearful knife IN I
.. camp of their political friends. II
=, shall We escape the shame of ,
r harvest of poll keepers shot, a
8 election returns seized and destroy
o At the hour of midnight by aru
- mobs that invented falsehoods m
IS he published, aud men put IN of
Ee who are in no way responsible to
neople for the m nner in which til
execute their trusti
p How shall We escape the fear
i. shame, that If a msn vote for \
n Bryan, or against him. that in
81 wav can effect the invented fal
n hoods to be published as the mach
b. may direct, and that machine ope
ct ted At the expense Of the Stste
q We had fearful proof of this w
"a IT the incendiary at the go cal
o. August election but let US hide {
h. head in shame and say no more.
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