Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1900-08-23

appeared. So much so, that even SEN
ator Butler, ordinarily an attractive
speaker. could arouse no enthusiasm
by his most dramatic efforts and Sio-
lent assaults. The reason for this is
not hard to find His followers had
discovered that he was reasoning
from false premises and that his con-
elusions we're illogical Men do not
enthuse over a lie Some strange IA
taiity seemed 10 have closed the eyes
o. the Fnsionists to the situation They
did not seem to understand that the
people had discovered the false prem
ls5s uron which the.r arguments and
literature were based. and they grew
bolder day by day IN their misrepre-
sensations, in their falsehoods. in their
slanders, and in their efforts al intim-
idating. 1t may BE- said with abs oluta
trn.i hat during the last days CT the
G.. .nya lgn the tons OF literature sent
out by the Fusionists did them mo.e
harm than good. Every dollar they
srent il circulating these les. after
the people had discovered the falsitv
OF their campaign stock arguments
added strenfth 10 the tide which had
set in against them There was abso-
paign There vas nothing OF broad
statesmanship in it, There was Moth
ing calculated 10 arouse the patriotism
of the citizen. Nothing to stir and en-
list his zeal or arouse his enthusiasm.
Il was campaign on a low plane. 1t
appealed to the prejudices: the fears
and apprehensions Of the uneducated.
It was a campaign which could not
possibly succeed with a people as intel
ligent and patriotic as are the people
OF North Carolina.
THE VOTE BY COUNTIES.
OF the ninety-seven counties in the
State. only twenty-five have given ma
jOrities against the amendment. Thir
teen Of these twenty-five are very small
counties, and quite a number of them
have given a majority of less than one
hundred against it. In the First Con-
/ gressonal district every county gave
/ q majority for the amendment except
the small county OF Camden, and it
gave less than twenty-five against It,
Every county in tie Second district
gave majorities for the amendment
Sampson is the only county in the
Third district which went against the
amendment. Chatham, in which the
Democratic legislative ticket was cleo
ted is the only county in the Fourth
district which went against the amend
ment. In the Fifth district only two
counties voted against the amendment,
! and one Of these, Orange, gave a ma
| jority Of only sixty against it. In the
| Sixth district every county except
Brunswick which was lost by reason
Of factional differences in the party,
| gave a majority for the amendment.
| Lte,s ''.t.t,t IN the Seventh uio,IIet
| except the rock-ribed counties OF Davle
! and Yadkin, which gave about their
usual Republican majorities. gave ma
! jorities for the amendment 5 me
time before the election the Fusionists
confidently claimed they would carry
/ the Eighth and Ninth districts against
| the amendment by 20, 600 majority. In
the Eighth district the Fusionlsts car
ried seven out Of twelve counties. and
! carried the district by majority OF
less than 600 In the Ninth district
we carried four counties, with yet one
to hear from, and the aggregate ma
iority in that district against the am
endment is less than 1000.
Leaving out of the count those coun
ties which lie East Of Wake, the ma
iority for the amendment is more thar
% 900 Including in the count tho 4
counties viii n lie West OF Guilfort
county. the majority for the amend
ment exceeds 1000 Including onl,
those counties which lie west of Iredel
we have a majority for the amendmen
Of more than 2000 It appears there
+, ,i.-l Of no ,-,f
for the amendment was polled in tn
counties west Of the capital. Thes
figures show the utter falsify OF tn
Fusion claim that the election was car
ried by fraud manipulation and in
limitation o. the negro vote in tn
East.
EFFECT or THE AMENDMENT
The beneficial effects of the ad ptiol
cf the amendment upon the State an
the people can not possibly be overes
timated II Will establish a better feel
ing among the races. Those negroe
who qualify them selves for tho suTrag
will continue to en i0y il. All native
born white men. vhsther educated Q
uneducated are forever guaranteed i
: their right 10 vote The next eigh
years will witness a marvellous degre
Of activity in. tie education Of II
masses, and in the near future il!itera
= will be abolished throughout II
state. AID the moral social. intelleotu
al and material welfare Of The peopl
, rapidly advanced ! p-edi that v
w.ll have tie same experience her
, that have had in Louisiana. and aft
: fev years All parties and all race
Will accept the amerdn. nj as JUS
a sell a. a wise ard permanent silt
5 ,ion OF the most vexed question whsc
has threatened the south since tre wa
On behalf Il the people who has
. teen worn out BY tfe tre-erdou
E strain under which thev have beea Il
! the last .hrae months. shall no. op
: the nat oral campaign Gntil ~ - =
3 first ri ep-enter II IS prctahl- 10
g the regular ean}ass of the state nj
! not begin eae}i"r rH4n ..e .n.61Ie
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