The leader., 1904-09-28
MHITECAPISM ITS CROWNINC lNFAMY.

ed the history Of the white cap
organization III Lincoln county
from its introduction ID 1902 to
the present time, and showed how,
from an apparently harmless and
Legitimate organization Of farmers,
|it soon developed, by The best
class Of men in it dropping out,
into secret band Of midnight
murderers, assassins, house burn
ers and black hearted periurers
lready To commit any crime in the
catalogue Of infamy which they
I dare TO commit.
There are no doubt d great
many good, well-meaning citizens
Of this county, with no sympathy
for white capism, who do not APP
lprehend the full significance Of
what has been stated. or the ulti-
mate injury to themselves and the
people of this entire county and
section if all good citizens do not
rise in their majesty and strength
and destroy whitecapism, rootand'
branch.
i Let every one who reads this
article stop and think soberly of
what it means and may mean to
have in their midst organized
bands of criminals who have TAX
en- a secret oath on becoming mem
/ lbers, binding them to cover up
1.-THE gravest of crimes and swear
lilies as jurors and witnesses rather
than suffer their fellow members
i brought to justice, and that to the
better insure the observance of
this secret oath, the death penalty
is prescribed for its violation.
i Not only does white capism delib-
Ierately conspire to commit crimes
against the laws of the land, but
it at the same time binds its mem-
bers to forswear truth and black
en- their souls in the courts Of
their country by holding up their
hands and calling upon Almighty
4 God with the brazen effrontery of
Lucifer, to witness their infamy.
Last year they went SO far as to
secretly conspire together to elect
men to public Office whom they
believed would favor them in
their career Of crime and scheme
of perjury, as q further guarantee
THAT all efforts to bring them to
punishment in the courts might
prove nothing more than asolemn
farce.
II Every citizen before he can be-
come voter and juror must take
a solemn oath to support the Con-
stitution and laws Of his State, and
eyery witness, before testifying
in. court of justice is required
to take an oath to tell the truth,
the whole truth and nothing but
the truth SO help me, God";
but along comes Buck Smith or
some other white cap leader and
tells our young men and others
whom they have led astray that
the Constitution, truth, God and
the sanctity of an oath in court
are all back numbers and that the
white cap oath with, its death pen
atty attached, is a kind of higher
law and supersedes every other
obligation man owes to society or
the State. According to the white
capper's creed and practice, it
doesn't make any difference that
Jour Constitution and laws and
our whole system Of iurispru-
dence, including the jury system
and the examination Of witnesses
under oath, are the outgrowth of
+
the combined wisdom of the best
THE of race for ages,or that God is
still God.
Let all good citizens stop and
reflect upon what will be the in
huence Of whitecapism and its
teachings upon The boys and
young men Of Lincoln county who
are soon to take the place Of the
folder generation. if it is not
stamped out with strong hald.
Think Of the wholesale reign Of
crime and perjury that is fast ap-
preaching, if the present evil seed
Isowing is not stopped and stopped
! speedily.
Tie courts of the country are
not only the place where criminals
are arraigned and tried for their
crimes, but the courts are TIE bul.
n lWArka nf tlae nnnnIess RIGHTS and