The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-02-25

time since YOU became Governor. The
Ku-kiux Khan has broken up your
Lcaguee. You are Fighting for your life.
But III tell you now. you can't sus-
pend the Constitution OF the United
States Will I'm 2 Federal Judge in this
state. am not 4 hsnctmaa OF yours Ia
10 your dirty campaign WORK. The cleo
ton is but ten days OFF. Your scheme Is
plain enough. But If you want 10 keep
these men IN prison it will be done on
sworn evidence OF guilt and 4 warrant.
not on your personal within
The Governor cursed, raved andeihreat-
sred In vain. Judge Rivers discharged
every prisoner and warned Colonel Berry
q ~rsonaiiy against the repetition OF such
arrests within his jurisdiction
When these prisoners were discharged.
= orear mass--neeting was called 10 give
them a reception In the public square OF
rndependence. \ platform was hastily
built in the square and that night fTe
thousand excited people, men and wo-
men. crovdet past the stand. shook hands
With the men and cheered till they We're
onetration in helpless fury from his room
boarsa. The Governor watched the dem
in the hotel.
The STATE burst into a flame OF excite
rent that fused in It's white heat IN"
whole Anglo-SaXon race.
In vain Hogg marched and counter
marched his twenty thousand state
troops. They only added fuel TO the Are.
II they arrested Il man. he became
forthwith q hero and was given an oya-
ZION. They sent bands ot music
and played at the Jail doors. and the Ia
dies flied the jail with every deiicacy
that could tempt the appetite or appeal TO
the senses.
The day before election found Hogs anc
Legree in a panic OF fear with the GER
tainty OF defeat, exposure and q teton ;
cell yawning before them.
Two days before the election the prayer
meeting was held st eight O'Clock IN Inc
Baptist church At Hatnbright. IL was
the usual mid-week service, but the at
tendance was unusually large.
After the meeting, the preacher. Mai
Cameron and eleven men quietly walked
back to the church and assembled in the
pastor study. The door opened at the
rear OF the church and could be approach
ed by 4 side street.
Gentlemen" said Ma. Cameron. I've
asked you here tonight TO deliver to you
the most important order ! nave ever
given and 10 have Or. Durham as our
chaplain to aid me in impressing OF you
its great urgency
We're ready for orders. Chief said
young Ambrose Kline, the deacon's son.
You are to call out every troop OF the
Khan in full force the night before the
election. You are to visit every negro
In the county. and warn every one as he
values his life not to approach the polls
Tlo. ,.o ooN,o xetI1 ka
allowed TO vote without molestation. All
towards will stay at home. ANY man.
black or white, who can be scared out
OF his ballot is not fit to have one. Back
of every ballot is the red blood of the
NAN that votes. The ballot is force. This
is simply a test of manhood. 1t will be
enough to show who is fit to rule tho
State. AS the masters. OF the eleven
township lodges Of the Khan you are the
sole guardians OF society today. When Ct
government has been restored,
your work will be done, as was the work
Of your fathers and their kinSmen who
with violence took the law in their hands
and destroyed tea in Boston harboT,
raised the flag Of revolution, and estab-
lished his nation"
I'VE will do it. sir" cried Kline.
Let me say, men, said the preacher,
"that / heartily endorse the plan of your
chief. His word is your supreme law In
this crisis. See that the work Is done
thoroughly and it will be done for all
III a sense this is a fraud. But it
is the fraud OF war. The spy IS Il fraud.
but we must use him when we tight. IS
war justinable?
4, is too late now for us TO discuss
that question. We are in q war, the most
CHASTITY and hellish ever waged, a war on
women and children, the starving and
the wounded, and hat with s~harpened
swords, The Turk and Saracen once
waged such a war. We must face it and
fight 1t out. Shall W. finch"
NO! no!' came the passionate answer
from every man.
You are asked TO violate for q mo-
ment a statutory law. There is a higher
You are the sworn officers OF that
higher law"
The group of leaders left the church
with enthusiasm and III the following
to the letter.
Tie election was remarkably quiet
Of soldiers were used at the
polls by Hogs orders. But they seemed
to make no impression on the determined
iueu VINO WdTc!-eQ up between Lnelr MES
and put the ballots in the box.
Legree'e ticket was buried beneath an
ayalanche! The new "ConServative"
party carried every county in the State
save twelve and elected one hundred and
six members of the new Legislature out
Of a total of one hundred and twenty.
The next day hundreds OF carpet-bagger
thieves fed to the North, and Legree led
the procession.
Legree had on deposit in New York two
OF dollars, and the total amount
OF his part of the thefts he had engineered
i've millions. fIe opened a mag
nihcent office on Wall street, bought a
seat in the Stock Exchange and became |
one OF the most daring and successful Of
a group OF robbers who preyed on the in |
OF a Nation. |
The new Legislature appointed a Fraud |
Commission. which uncovered the infa-
mics OF the Legree regime. but every
thief had escaped. They promptly i'm !
reached the Governor and removed him |
from office, and the old Commonwealth |
once more lifted UP her head and took |