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

bcrs rciurn~d In their plAr~. By
ths~- methods . majority of sixty
thousand l. claimed for the Amend
Inent and for the Democrats state
ticket; - stated In the Moruing
Post, . GLORIOUS victory - show n
10y fgsrs" About four-hill. vi
the senate aud hou-e OF Rspr'---n-
tAtive- will be Democrats Fr.nd
and .Saliiy have reign-h supreme.
and honest Democrats are di-gust~i
with fictitious returns and the steal.
ing OF counties In which the Fusion
i-ts have mslorities ranging a. high
~ two thousand. Democratic rp-ak-
ers, from the candidate for Govern
or down, repeatedly declared during
the campaign that the end Jusiin,si
the means. They declared their
determination tu rule, whether 10y
fore or fraud. They stated their
preference to rule by law hich
was the law legalizing fraud. ncm-
ocratic members Of the Legislature
boldly declared that the election law
Was made for the purpo-e Or adopt
ing the Amendment and pcrprIuA.
| III kn - H.. a..
party. To these statements then
arose q mighty protest from Popu-
lists, Republicans and Disguised
Democrats, composing large major
ity OF the voters Of The SIzte, but
whOse voice was partly stIiied Ia.
many places 10y armed intImidAi ion,
consisting OF Redshirt mot~ organi-
zed and encouraged by the candidat.
for Governor, whom they escorted
from place TO place; and further stI.
fled and overthrown by che inia-
nous provisions. of an election law
which iegalizt-s fraud and lawles-,
ness.
boss Mckane would have giuried
in these frauds, by the side oi " Inch
his reported returns pale into insig.
niticance. He was rent To- the Peni-
tentiary, but the recipients oil thess
fraudulent returns 20 To- the kgis-
lature, and their boss, Simmons, 10y
the aid of their votes l. To 10 10 The
United States Senate. o TEMroRA,
10 MOREs,
These fiauds commenced years
ago in Eastern North Carolina, anu
for long time were denied. They
were pracliod especially in the
Second district, in which the Demo
Gratis, through their professional
Congress. They were exposed in
the contest of Cheatham vs. Wood
ard, but the Committee on Elec
tiOns, like Gallo, ''cared for none OF
these things"
The election Of 1895 was carried
by such methods, and today the
stencil is awful.
The law abiding people Of the
United States must face the question
whether the Fifteenth Amendment
to the Constitution of the United
States can be nullified by q State Oh
shall stand as the supreme law. II
this amendment cannot be enforced
were it not better for the morals OF
the nation that il he repealed?
Every voter i'm North Carolina IL
sworn before he can register, "to
support and maintain the Constitu.
tiou and laws of the United State-,
and the Constitution and laws OF
North Carolina not inconsistent
Herewith" How little regard /.
paid to this oath! White suprema
Icy is the slogan, but il has drgener.
ated into the Redshirt, the symbol
of anarchy. Imperialism was the
paramount ISSUE" but il is the des
potic sway of the Boss and hi,
henchmen. We first endure, theI
pity, then embrace; and the judge.
Of election, under the orders giver
them, select our rulers, and all WHIT
do not tamely submit, are denounced
as traitors to the white race and
told that they ought to he expelled
, from the State. The Declaration ol
Independence was read on July 4tf
at the Convention i'm Kansas City
and made . part of the Democrat,
platform; but by North Carolina
Democracy il is not considered Il
apply to negroes nor to white mer
who do not vote the machine ticket
The claim is made that "the Con
stitutiOn follows the Flag" Perhap
it has gone to the Philippines or Z,
China-it has certainly departed
from North Carolina during thii
election: and many of the provisions
Of the Constitution Of North Caro-
lima are placed IN NUBIUs until TN,
fraudulent returns of this election
are made. Thus voters are deprivet
Of their right to elect their represen
tatives aud officers, as no law wa
left by which they could get the ai6
, OF Judge to protecI them "A thei
: right to vote and have true rcturn
, made. Unconstitutional regulation
. have taken the place Of the guaran
: teed right Of suffrage and represen
2 tatiOn; and those i'm little brief au
thority are the masters who selec
the rulers and servants Of the peo
pie. At first 1t was cheating ne
groes. bat now IT is depriving Of tb,
3 right to an honest ballot and fai
count those who were born free.
3 These men may attempt . repeti
g tion of these methods, but there !
retribution in history. "Righteous
!. ness exalteth q nation, but sin II
0 reproach to any people"
e Raleigh, n. C.