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nittee paid his fine and set him
free. as we saw done in some eastern
and a. was done right here
when q prominent Democratic law
yer told an officer, who had Demo
crst up for Is cases of fraud in one
to turn him loose and call
on the White Mans Club and they
would settle the matter. This the
officer did ard the man went free.
The next STEP was the refinement of
this system IF corrupting elections
by creating the returning boards
with judicial powers. These had
the power, which they did not fail
to use, to throw out township after
township and thus reverse the will
Of the people and count their bench
men in. Another step was to give
the county commissioners, created
in this way, plenary powers over
the bonds of he officers the people
had elected. This gave them the
power to refuse any bond they chose
and declare the office vacant and put
a Democrat in. This condition be-
came so outrageous that the people
finally grew tired Of it and began
to take more or less control of their
affairs and TO defy these election
officers, and elected men by such
majority that they dare not count
them out; then they passed the law
to pack the juries in certain cases
and thus take his office from the
legally elected officer as was done in
this county. The people grew more
and more restless and new scheme
of fraud must be devised. This the
Democratic party was equal to and
secured in a decision of our State
Supreme cour5 in the Scarboro case.
This decision was the basis of and
was followed by the secret circular
Of the Democratic chairman which
destroyed voters rights by politi-
cal trick. This the people resented
and drove the Democracy from
power. The rext resort was the red
shirt bands with every form of vic.
Ience from outrages on speakers to
the murder of voters which finally
eliminated in the murder of more
than two hundred innocent people
in Wilmington, right where Mr.
Kingsbury published paper and
helped to fan the flames of anarchy
and outrage, The United States
court again stepped in and then the
State treasury was thrown open tC
the defense Of every election crimi
nal in the State and the Governor
declared he would have emptied il
before one should have been con
vlcted and every Democratic paper
applauded his utterance and / sup
pose the preachers remembered him
in their prayers for it.
Just as soon as the Democracy re-
gained power one Of its first acts
was to re create the returning board:
which the fusionists had destroyed
also a central returning board al
Raleigh, s as to take no chances
This was followed by the Amend
ment passed to destroy part of the
constitution of the United States
and secure its adoption an act was
passed to place the right Of every
man to register in the hands of ar
officer that had not been sworn
Another act was an attempt to i'm
peach the Supreme court judges be
cause they would not assist them ir
their illegal acts. Another at war
to give all the fees to an officer who
had a stolen office, no matter how
base the fraud by which he gained
the office. Another act was to re-
peal part Of the criminal law under
which Democratic election officers
had been indicted and save them
from punishment, all Of which wa:
defended by every Democratic news
paper in the State and concealed
from the people by every Demo.
cratic speaker under the rretense of
negro domination.
With record like this what is
there to stop crime? In that won
derful sermon On the Mount, Christ
said to those to whom he taught
"whosoever looketh On a woman to
lust after her hath committed adul
terry with her already in his heart
This same rule applies to every
crime, for whosoever applauds, en-
courages, condones or comments
crime is at heart a criminal and is
equally guilty with those who actu.
ally commit the crime. It is this
that has made criminals at heart OF
a large part Of the dominant part OF
the Democratic party. It is the pc.
litical performances Of church mem.
bers and their open approval or by
their silence in condoning this class
Of crimes by the pulpit that has
weakened the hold Of the church on
the world and has brought Christi.
anity into the most dangerous con.
dition that has ever confronted it,
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What else can we expect but crime
and criminals when a man is made
Governor because he said in a public
spec CHI, tive have ruled by force and
we can rule by fraud" Aycock had
com netitnrs until he made that