The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-07-04
GOSPEL OF
FREEDOM.
cLEvELANps SECRETARY
oFTHENAvy JOINS THE
RANKsOr POLITICAL
INDEPENDENCE.

II
INDEPENDENCE.
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orovcr Cbsvsaaod. In thasp dsy.
,hesc was not . single litiis two by
four pinp Of . DcmosHtse yas.s In
the whole south that coaid .ios4.,r
eooagh over Mr.. Cleveland and hss
noinct. The mannss an vhi~h
thesse shecss thcn lsodsd and uhosp.
ed for the democatic sdminissnfIou
was simply disgu-ting. No Is.- di.-
gusttng In the manner In which
the~e same ooutemysibIe little sh~~,,
nov bark st the hsels of some of
these same men b~causs they are
preaching the g-pei Of politini In
dependence.
The last one 20 snnouncs this ro.-
pei is Hon. II. A. Herbert, OF Ala
nema. and vulgar aud gro~ sbo- or
him may he expected from the
little dem. machine tooserx.
In speech delivered In Mont
gomcry ON June 2sth, Mr.. Herbert
aid: "Wc need freer thought and
freer action In the South, and ~bould
give party manager 10 understand
that they must put up good men
whom we can approve and can ga
our votes only on the man and the
platform. II may happen that NO
party puts up . nomipcs on q plat
form to suit us and h will lie our
duty 10 reject them all aud giye
partisans 10 understand that clauses
put In TO catch ignorant votes will
lose intelligent voses."
Mr.. Herbert declared that the
country had entered upon the most
critical period Of Its existence. "In
the time Of national exultation and
exaltatiOn we must not be overcon-
ddent," Aid Mr.. Herbert. at 10
easy for few people Of the same
geseral character TO agree. The
country is no longer small or homo
geneous. For self-government 10 he
successful, citizens must be alive 90
the increasing arduousness OF self
control. Great cities are multiply
ing; vast masses OF manufheturcns
are aggregated. The telegraph and
press bring the whole country un-
der the zane exciting conditions
that compel mobs OF civilized men
70 do the work of barbarians. New
complexities are arising. Cuba,
Porto Rico, Hswaii and Alaska and
the Philippines demand solution.
Shall we return them or abandon
them! Shall we govern them or
let them govern Us?
"Faud stalks through the land
like pestilence In the night. The
line Is imaginary between counting
out the oegro because his vote In cass
for the wrvng candidate and count
ing out the white man because his
vote Ii obnoxious. Honest elections
are the only salvation OF the coun-
try. Let all educated men proclaim
aloud that except upon :i.s basis Of
honest elections the natursl outcome
Of republican governmsnt is dIscon-
tent, unrest, Instability, and finally
revolution"
The speaker turned 10 the remedy
and declared IL to be greater inde-
pendence Of thought and action and
leas slavish sdhereucs 70 parties.
The "yellow dog" theory Of poiitirs
will not do. Worthy men mud not
surrender their power In party and
state to tricksters.
''One Of the greatest questions fog
solution now h whether the Consti-
tuition follows the dAg In the insulAr
Possessions" aid Mr.. Hsrbsrt.
'sThe turning over Of the Philip
pines II IN accomplished fact. Shall
We govern them or they ~? The
parties have swappsd positions On
the underlying question. The aboii-
Zionist Republicans, Gerritt Smith
and Charles Summer, declared that
the Declaration or Indepsndence
taught that all are free and equal.
Now the expansioa Republicans
have the opposite view, which was
held by the old Democratic leaden.
Our Democratic friends in Congress,
taking care always 10 quote from
Lincoln, make the welkin ring with
the views Of the oId-time abolition
lists" v
Col. Herbert led the revolt In Ala
hanna In 1896, but most OF his fol-
lowers have worked back into har-
nea, aud some thirty Of them Ire
In the constituti0nal convention.
The speech b political senAtion,
interpreted - prelude 10 the In
evitable division. He he's The In
donement Of the leading busine8
tmen Of Montgomery, but many par
ty leaders are sore 1t TIE appsass
which his doctrine met
The Peruians stfH believe Tat
human team are remedy fds certain