The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-07-26

WINSTON SALEM, July 17.-'.The
man, the faction, the party that tries
to frighten the people of North Car
olina will fail"
These were the opening words of a
great speech here to-day by ex-senator
Matt w. Ransom. They were greeted
with mighty shout of approval from
three thousand throats, for the people
were pleased with them. 1t was shout
of Joy and triumph waking the echoes
beneath the venerable shade trees in
front of Salem Female Academy where
the meeting was held. The blare of
music came pulsing between the roars
of cheering, and women waved their
handkerchiefs in the bright sunlight.
"All history for hundred and fifty
years proves that North Carolina has
never been scared" he continued.
The applause broke out afresh with
triumphant unanimity with not one
dissenting whisper in all the bedlam
of happy voices. '.They move slowly,
these people of North Carolina, but
when they do move they move like
the waters of the sea, like the earth
quake's shock or the storms mighty
sweep; nothing can withstand them. -
The words came slowly, deliberately,
winged with conviction, but they
were not now greeted with applause.
They were too solemn, the manner of
the man uttering them was too i'm
pressive. And splendid picture he
made, standing there in the portico
of the academy between two tall and
massive pillars regarding the throng
of people before him. That throng
was composed of men of all callings
in life, and of women and maidens in
gaily colored dresses.
Winston and Forsyth county are in
earnest about this matter of arresting
registrars, and they showed it to-day.
Early in the morning they began to
come in from the country, men with
serious, sun-burned faces and honest,
toil-worn hands. Every train brought
delegations from neighboring towns.
At 2 o'clock when the procession
was ready to start from the court
house square the streets were thronged
with perspiring, enthusiastic human
ity. Every business house in the city
was closed. The procession was a
very long one. In it, besides the
mounted marshals, there were large
number of men on horseback and a
thousand or more in line on foot, car
rying flags.
The speaker, the local committees
and visitors were in carriages. The
carriage containing General Ransom
was drawn by four splendid bays.
In the carriage with him were the
mayors of Winston and Salem and
Hon. Clement Manly. On account of
the great length of the procession the
march to the academy grounds was a
tedious one and it was nearly 3 o'clock
when Hon. Cyrus B. Watson called the
meeting to order. It was assembled,
he said, to hear a speech from one Of
North Cardinals most distinguished
citizens and to take some steps in re-
gard to the recent outrageous and un-
warranted arrest of certain registrars
who had refused to do the unlawful
bidding of Radical leaders.
This announcement was heard with
a storm of applause and when the
tumult ceased Mr.. A. H. Eller rose
and read the following:
"WHEREAs, The citizens of the county
of Forsyth, with neighbors from the sur
rounding counties, have met to consider
the present crisis of public affairs and to
give expression to their condemnation of
the conspiracy to intimidate and cOerce
the registrars OF the county and deprive
them OF their liberty, we in mass-meet-
ing assembled do
''Resolre. That the arrest and prOsecu-
ton of John I. Thompson and Hunter
Wall. registrars of Winston, by the United
States authorities on the atfidaVltS OF
corrupt and ignorant negroes remandlng
them to Jail in default of a most eXOrbi-
tant and Extraordinary bail is an outrage
on the rights of the people and gross dis
regard OF the laws and courts OF the
State
That f. 4. Holton, United States Dis
| trict Attorney. and the Republican Com
| missioner of this county together with
| the ignorant and vicious negroes allied
| with them have taken such steps as to
convince the public OF deliberate con
spiracy against the liberties OF the citi-
| zens of the State. and A. f. Holton, Chair
man of the State Republican Executive
| Committee. by using men to do his bld-
| ding in open disregard of the law and
| using his responsible Office OF United
| States District Attorney to drag the citl-
| zens from their homes to distant places
| on grave charges. affecting their liberties
| and to try them in a court where he has
control of the criminal procedure, has
| committed q crime against the State and
persisted in this outrage on justice, not
| withstanding the facts and the sworn tes-
timony of witnesses that no man who
| had a right to register has been deprived
| of registration by the officers now under
| prosecution and Notwithstanding the un-
| contradicted testimony that hundreds oi
| negroes are employed in the factories oi
Winston and live in other counties and
States who have notoriously and fraudu-
| lently voted in the past elections in this
| county.
'Reso!red That registrars acting under
the law, for the integrity OF the ballot
| box have been. at the request of the cabal
| composing the prosecution, bound over
| to the United States court for base parti-
! san ends, and the laws OF North Carolina
| degraded and insulted, and we i'll this
| meeting assembled demand that a State
| officer acting under a State law shall be
amendable only to the courts of the
State and sovereignty OF State under
| the Constitution, respected and do hereby
| appeal to the sovereign people for a vindi
| cation Of this just demand.
Resolved, That this miserable effort OF
Federal Otice-holders and negroes to in