The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-29

he still. had secreted himself closely
10 watch operations. The moonShlner,
speaking to himself in kind of solilo-
quy, said: IF Buck Adams Will just
| let me alone this winter, I'll make u
pile of money" Buck didn't say
lanythlng but laid still and watched the
fellow start his fire. After awhile the
spirits began to run, when, in his
great delight, still soliloquising. and
at the same time tasting the nectar,
that had begun to flow, he spoke out
loudly and exultantly to himself, say
ing: Buck Adams, won't you take a
drink with me-
Il believe | Will" said Buck, spring
ing TO his feet from among the gall
berry bushes. The fellow left his hat
behind, which Buck got, in addition
10, the still, which, report says. he
captured.
If the story is not true, my inform
ant thought it was. If il is true. the
only comment l wish to make is,
wish there were more Buck Adamses
The next time President comes
down South, | want him to put on his
! linen in his grip sack, take his over
coat and umbrella and come right
along, and not be afraid
All of us. down South, are the
friends of, and would treat the Chief
Magistrate of our nation. just as cleV-
| erly and politely as If he were d Jus
| tice Of the Peace or the mayor of a
country village. Up North there may
, be need of q bodyguard; but. in the
South where we pride ourselves upon
our good behaviour, when visitors
ONE to see us, nobody need be afraid
| of being insulted or assaulted. if he
behaves himself. We may have noon
shine distillerles and blind tigers, but
we have mighty few, if any, anarchists
| none that are natiVe-born. | am
| sure.
| Yes, I insist on it that the next
| Pres.den who comes down South TO
pay US a visit, shall leave his body
| guard at home. and come like q free
and independent American citizen,
among free and independent American
citizens. A body-guard is an intima-
| ton of fear, on the part of the body
| guarded, and a gross insult to the
people visited. If any of our people
idown here wished TO shoot a big man,
we've got a plenty of game, equal TO
| any President. Instead of being a
| protection to the President. Il body
| guard is calculated to irritate the
populace, and to suggest thoughts and
beget emotions which might lead to
deeds of violence.
1
agined himself safer, as he rode
through the streets of Raleigh, be-
cause he had a body-guard. / did
not think SO; for, there was not a
moment of time. while lie was the
! honored guest Of the city, that his
bOdyguard, (much less that secret
| service man on the carriage. who tried
| to look sharp, fierce and brave), was
any protection To him. Almost any
I Nrrith chr. Ia
have run that fellow from his perch,
! by tapping him on the side of his
| head with a squirrel shot And all
along the line, from the Union Station
| to the @rand-Stand, in the Fair
grounds. the President could have
been Goebelized from windows. house
| tops, or even from amid the thronG
which cheered; and Mr.. secret Service
would have been none the wiser, as TO
| who fired the shot, because of his oc-
cupying a seat on the box beside the
negro driver. Yes, the President
could have been shot and Killed and
the body guard. including Mr.. Secret
| Service, on the drivers seat. put to
| flight at a dozen points. during the
| march. But nobody wanted to Kill
| him. North Carolina came out to see
| the President (of the United States of
| America, to lay a tribute of loving
esteem at his feet, so to speak thus
honoring the Great Father of the
| family. 1t made us children feel a lit
| tie curious toward our Great Father
when, on his arrival, we learned that
| before we could even speak to him
our pockets must be searched by his
professional pocket-searchers
| But. that's the way they do in Rus
| STA. and, l suppose, Uncle Sam don't
propose to let the Car cut any big
| ger swell than he does. / don't begin
to believe that Mr.. Roosevelt has a
| drop of coWardly blood in his veins:
| but, he is not the man | thought he
| was, for sense, if he thinks that few
secret service men are any protection
| to him i'm Il great parade.
| Yes. if he should ever come to see
us again, / hope he'll take his grip
sack and come right along And
when here he can walk about the civ
and joke with the boys, and fiirt with
| the pretty girls, and treat them TO
| cool drinks; ride around on the street
| cars, with niggers and white folks
and smoke cigars, if he will sit outside
with the motorman Or on one of the
rear seats: can go out with the bows
| to shoot birds, or to some mill pond
| to catch fish. and do just as he pleases
anywhere, and at any hour of the day
| or night, and be just as safe as if he
| had a hundred secret service men
| toadying about him. The Vice-Presi-
dent didn't go from this section of the
| country, and there's nobody down
| here, that I have heard Of who wants
! him to be the President; so, if the
President feels like coming to see us
again, he can come more cheaply and
more pleasantly if he will take his
erip-sack and umbrella, scrouge into
the cars with the old farmers and
come right along. like free Ameri-
can. instead of being guarded by fell
lows who learned their trade by guard
| ing rogues and rascals.
! Raleigh, n. c.