The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-07-19

0Ao my tnoeeeco white p<o-i.
would b disfranehised ure.r -.
aaendosnt without rsnsdr 49,
edueatsd before 1908. you al
claim that no white mar xin -
hrs vote oil the same. and strirr g..
familiar old rag about The D,zN
cratic party being the eh.rp,os =,
education. when you FASTENED 10 "a
peal the best school Law ih. s,,,.
sas ever seen. some OF yolr l.aa,-,
admitting that the only sriou. q
j-ei,o1 10 IL vas the fac, ihn ~,
child OF fusion. You talk aipVAs,-
" about ecu~.'ing oil tie "a.
people before 1905. while ih. r.cr-g
your record-ot twenty eou..ru.
tive ysars of Democratic rul. ,'.r,.
YOU In the face and tells yen II. Do
cent OF iliiieracy has increase A
increased ~ steadily ~ VAR g.,
down stream. aud 10 to-day l0x.r
than that Of any state save Sev
NJ. xico.
You talk soout elIuip.lug n,
usgro from politics (after t-lht Z I'm
you would not in order to- ,t h.t
vote and thus induce him 10 Afsisi z
his own dsstrueiior) but ycu ADM,
that IL the amendment 10 passed ROT.
than hfty thousand negroes vail coz
time to vote, under the edncstiorNl
q ratification, while at least 81 Qag
~hite people will be disfrnrenl,sd
uuis o. before 1905 such . revival n
~ducsiion as The world has never se,r
should seiz, the people and cOniiua.
. without Interruption. III NAsSsrhu-
setts, With an average school tern y.
ten months year 10 enabled 10 re
! duce The per cent Of illiiersty only
!, one. fourth Of one per cent sppnAlly.
how 10 il possible for North CAroliuA
with an average school term OF 10
9 weeks o year, TO reduce the per
!, cent Of illiteracy from . per cent
to nothing in eight yearsf Such =
proposition b. IL hpite comprehen.
a sion. Such . performance would
!. transcend the greatest miracle eV-
!. er performed. IL would take MAssA-
. chusetts uinety-two years with ter
= month schools to Danish illiIierscy
: among the white people of Norit
: Carolina, and with our present
length of school terms il would take
North Carolina Ave hundred years u!
me percentage diminished In pro
!. portion to the length Of term Is IN
a Massachusetts which il does not, but
increases rs before stated, and what
, length OF term would begin 10 dimin.
20 ish lliteracy Is left to conf ecture.
oil Thus il is easy to see that your
- plea for education as . prerequisite
,r to voting is q fraud and a humbug.
70 intended to still the commoiion and
n quiet the fears Of those you are ~.
Al tempting to deceive, and like your
~ many other schemes cannot endure
ID the light OF intelligent discussion
A. Hence the necessity OF q blood auC
II thunder Campaign to inf ime IN
se public mind and obscure the issues
&c No one not willfully blind can iAi
ss, to see that your cry of white supIem
n acy Is . fraud when You carry ever
to negro county in the State, when yor
% have already eliminated the negrt
~ vote, except what you can use Wit
on Your present election Law which en-
o ahles inscriptions, unsworn and dI
I'D honest registrars to absolutely an
&c arbitrarily control the vote Of ever
h- man by ruling him ont or couniID
to his vote as desired. You blow sbOu
Dr. superiority Of blood aud social pur
n q " in the face OF The fact that you
En- Wanted white Supremacy legislator
nk OF 1899, By almost unanimous cor
r. sent, voted down q bill making q
'er habitstion between persons OF d q 4
h- ent color felony. Yop affect gIes
Oh horror at the presence aud prom
Iill nence Of the negro rs . mepace
20 peace and safety, and yet your pa
or. y objects to every proposition e
m the separation OF the races. YoE
S. leaders feast and fatien on negro ID
= bor; your d.magogues hold fiices
lat virtue OF ne gro votes, either roc.ivt
or counted, while your banner d. u
Tor ocratic county, has two negro vote
18th TO one white, yet you have the mi
IA dulterated gail TO claim that vO
oI- for the Simmons machine ia q 70
do for white supremacy and protecuc
the to loved ones.
tn. Respectfully,
,,l n nV.ToG