The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-08-30

wins. Effect win IL Hav. on Him-SasA-
ing is Settled ussii <estt.,si Justly aud by
Honest Means.
VIII the disfranchising OF the ne
gro make him u better citizen or
more fearful beast? Is he "A hu-
man or Is he a brute. | shall as
sumo that he Ia human. find no
thing In the Book contrary TO this
assumption. Then, IL he is human
ne is entitled to citizenship. II q
man is dtsfranchised he is deprived
of his citizenship and placed on .
'evel with the felon and the beast.
Now what right has any State or
government 20 ask OF man TO sub
ject himself and property 10 taxa
tion to do the duties OF q good citi.
zen and perform the functions Of
government without guaranteeing
TO him the right OF free citizenship
and independent suffrage?
The Morning Post commenting
on the situation, tried to console
the dtsfranchised element by say
Ing that 1t would take no part In
the Mckinley niger ISSUE" tha,
the negro should be allowed to rest.
and that we should try to make OF
hlm a good citizen, etc. What new
o"auties la the adoption Of the
amendment does the Post see for
the negro and poor white man: Can
1t show any color Of rainb bow tina,
has been left on the retiring storm:
No, the rejection OF the Howard
amendment and the adoption OF
the l4th and 10Th amendments Il
the United States Constitution hat
given him a taste Of free suffrage
and American liberty and neve,
Will he be content or happy. His
country's flag has been folded, as t.
him, and he can no longer rally
around it or sing his songs Of lib
erty beneath It's shadow.
Make better citizens out of such
conditions: No, Instead OF max
ing better countrymen of them you
have either driven eighty thousand
good laborers from the State, OF
else you have turned loose eight,
thousand negroes who will degen.
crate into so many Boxers or an
archists.
And what will you do with the
sixty thousand white men who will
be disfranchised under the grand
father clause? Any man who can
read or spell, and put two words to-
gether, can see that this clause
crosses the l4th and 10Th amend
ments; and any one can understand
what Webster ment when he saiu
that six men can sit on one long
b nch," can read a second time and
know what is EN- bodied in the l4tb
and 18th amendments.
Prince Da aniels or Lord Simmons
might say that Webster did no,
know what he was talking about,
that six men We're too many on on.
bench This might be so IL it were
a short bench, but this State is long
enough and broad enough for eve
ry man in it who behaves himself,
to vote, and Simmons and Daniel,
are as poorly equipped to test tn.
qualification of a voteI as any sim
LINs' in it But they have cast the
lie without the count, and without
| the test. The State has been raw
lshed Of it's splendor and civil lib
erty, has been robbed of It's glory,
free and independent suffrage is a
thing of the past century,
Cecession has been repeated, oui
compact with the Union severed
how an oath has been disregarded
to accomplish this end. Power hae
been taken out of the hands of many
and concentrated into the hands
la few. We are virtually out Of the
Union, and are regarded by other
states as a lot of perjured fools
The distant impe ialism that w,
have been hearing SO much OF, has
been established in North Carolina
The empire is complete, and tn.
Emperor Is A Cock, and he will b.
com bed when the ravishers meet al
Raleigh next winter. May God
save the poor inconsistent mob.
This Is nice step for North Car
olina to take. 1t looks q little be-.
ter for South Carolina, the home O.
accession, rebelism, Tilmanism and
riot. But they say every man votes
IN South Carolina that wants to
This Is not the case. Every man
who accepts the empire can vote
for the Emperor if he chooses, II
not he IL elected all the same.
believe too they have some kind O
q row up there now, as to whom
shall be Empero but it is all il
the family.
But how does the adoption OF tn,
amendment look from q christian
standpoint, and where was the re
, ligious press during this conflic
for humanityP Looking at it evel
from a moral standpoint, we se
sixty thousOnd white men an,
eighty thousand negroes who's
chances for heaven have been re
, versed. The religious press. witt
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