The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-06-07

erty. We were taught on the Mount:
blessed are the merciful. for thew
shall obtain mercy, and to do to 9th
ers as we would have them to do t.
US, and to love our neighbor as thy
self. God is not the author of con.
fusion, but of peace.
Now the answer to all this is Love
work eth no i'll to bis neighbor: the
laws were taken out of the Bible
which is the very spirit of life and
peace. But, alas! how do we find il
anything else but that Thank Heav-
en-. this is day of light and liberty.
We are not living now as it was in
the dark ages Of the world when the
people were governed by Presbyters
and Synods; man obtaining office
and holding it during life, and Their
his descendants taking his throne af-
ter him. We have monarchial prin.
ciples with us yet. The statutes of
the last Legislature prove it when
they made such heavy stroke upon
the liberty of poor men, working i'll
to their neighbors, bringing the re-
Election Of thought of the great Gen.
turion in the land of grace, he vas a
Roman captain of hundred soldiers.
saying to one come, and he cometh,
and to one 60, and he eoeth, and to
my servant do this or that and he
doeth it; his boy or servant was at
home sick, and he heard of the Sa-
vior passing through that country
and went to see him, and told the
blessed Jesus to heal his servant; but
was not worthy for the Savior to en-
ter under his roof; and we don't be-
lieva the Savior was under that roof,
for he loveth all men and oppressetb
none, and eats with the poor publ
cans and sinners, which must un-
doabtedly be us. According to the
last Legislature their deeds show
without question that they were leg
islatlng for thieves and robbers, by
their abrupt, notorious, abominable.
diabolical and unconstitutional
amendment.
After making solemn vow, under
oath, to support and maintain the
laws and constitution Of the United
States, it is a dangerous thing to
tamper with the constitution. The
South rebelled once, and the result
was painting the earth with innocent
blood, and the Bible was fulfilled;
the North shall overcome the South.
Proverbs 14-31. He that oppress-
eth the poor reproacheth his maker.
The children of Israel rebelled
against the righteous law of the BIZ
BILE and what was the RESULT The
earth opened her mouth and swaI-
lowed them up. This was for DISC
Incidence. And the fruits of the las.
Legislature was disobedlence to com
mon sense and good law and the Bi
BILE, which will force the people to
come together and unite under the
Union flag, and contend for the old
land mark that our fathers have set.
The people of North Carolina have
better sense than to be SHINING
against light and knowledge; for if
Wa sin wilfully there is no more Sac
rifice for sins. To him that knoweth
to do good and doeth it not, to him
It is sin; it is death and destruction.
The old saying Is, a drowning man
will catch at straw. We think the
White Supre macv sheets are abont
that point when they have to publish
political speeches for the ladies' and
sign it at the bottom "Sagittarius, F"
one Of the twelve signs of the zodiac.
Forging names to papers is a bad
crime. Repent or else will remove
the eandlestick out of its place. If
We fulfill the whole law, and yet fail
In one point, We are guilty. of the
whole, what word fulfills the whole
law love; love thy neighbor IS thy
self. Making poverty q crime is
condemnation to the law Of love. -
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