The St. Louis Republic., 1902-06-15

only quietly smiled until the General was
! on the verge of collapse. Dav after day he
begged, pleaded. ragged and finally took to
hard swearing as he looked into her calm.
happy face.
In the meantime Mcleod and his hench-
men on the Judges bench had seen 4 new
light. The excitement over the arrest OF
CASTOR seemed to have famed the halneS
of the Red-Shirt movement into con
hagration. He was alarmed at its meaning
The Judge heard O rumor that five thousand
Red Shirts were mobolizing at the foot OF
the Blue Ridge. near Hambright. and that
they were going to march across the noun
tains. into Asheville. demolsh the Jail, lib
crate CASTOR and hang the Judge who had
committed him without bail.
The rumor was a fake. but he was rot
taking any chances. He issued an order re-
leasing CASTOR on his own recognizance.
and left for a vacation.
CASTOR returned to Hambright showared
with congratulatOry kilograms from every
quarter OF the State.
He received a brief note from Sallie say
ing the war was on, but had not reached its
final climax. as the General was now devOt-
ing his best energies 10 the Democratic
Convention, which was to meet in ten days.
when he expected to crush any fool move
ment of young upstarts."
CASTOR knew Of his organization, but he
was sure the number Of delegates pledged
to the Generals machine were not enough
TO dominate the body, even II he could
hold them in line
When CASTOR entered the convention hall
he received an ovation, heartfelt and yener-
Gus. but II did not reach the point Of dis
turbing element in the calculations OF the
three or four prominent candidates for Gov
ernor. General Worth had drilled his CO.
horts so thoroughly in opposition 20 him
that any sort of stampeding was out Of the
question.
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seven leaders. among whom was CASTOR.
There was q long wrangle over the docu-
ment, and at length. when they reported.
q sensation was created For the first time
since their triumph over simon Legree. the
committee was divided, and, refusing to
agree, submitted majority and minority.
CASTOR and e daring young politician
from the heart Of the Black Belt signed the
minority report. When Castor rose and
offer and defend his minority report a sud-
den hush fell on the sea OF faces. few
men in the convention had heard him
speak All had heard he was an orator of
power, and were anxious TO see him His
leadership in the revolution of Indepen-
dence and his subsequent arrest and inpris-
onment had made him famous man.
Mr.. Chairman and gentlemen of the con-
Yeution," he began with deliberate clear
voice which spoke of gr alter reserve power
than the words he uttered conveyed-'T
move to substitute for this document of
meaningless platintudfs the following res
olution on which to make this campaign"
You could have heard a pin fall. as in
ringing tones like the call of a bugle to
battle. he read
Whereas it is impossible TO build a State
inside State of two antagonistic races,
And whereas, the future of North Caro-
ltnian must therefore be an AnSlo-Saxon
or a Mulatto
Resolved. That the hour has now come
in our history 10 eliminate the Negro as
sovereign citizen and re-establish for all
time the government of our fathers
The delegates from New Hanover. Cra-
ven and Halifax counties, the great CEN
ters of the Black Belt, sprang on their
seats with roar of applause that shook
the building. and pandemonium broke