The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-06-08
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
POLITICS AND CRIMES.


posed to seek the truth that no po-
litical party has a monopoly ofcrim-
inals, and no party administration
enjoys entire immunity from an oc-
casional spasm Of lawlessness. SO 1t
has ever been and must ever be, I'M
less human beings reach higher
degree Of perfection than has ever
yet been attained upon earth. Truth
is truth and must not be lost to
view even in the heat Of discussion.
So far as we have heard no one
ever claimed that the Fusion ad-
ministration Of public affairs in
North Carolina was perfectly flaw
less. This much admitted, it is not
boastful to state that in many re-
spects the period from 1894 to 1898
was a most propitious and prosper
GUS era in our States history. The
people ruled. If mistakes were made
by the peoples representatives these
could and would have been corrected
had the rule of the people contin-
ued; but unfortunately there were
freebOoters so intent upon public
plumber that in their passion for
power no means was deemed I'M
worthy Of their purpose even though
carried into effect at the cost Of hui
man life. There were big prizes to
be taken and the trade Of a bucca-
neer ignores legal and moral ethics,
concerning itself only with POSSIBLE
tiles of success.
A recently depOsed hOrd of office
hungry adventures led by that Arch
political juggler the Hon. Secret
Circular Simmons, swOOped down
"like wolf on the fold," and es-
sayed to accomplish by the arts and
cunning of jugglery and theft the
destruction of majority rule and
thereby the peoples undoing.
A deep-laid and most diabolicai
scheme was first to prOphesy a gen.
eral condition Of lawlessness as re-
suit Of Fusion rule, then to bring
about such condition by melting
their henchmen to provoke as many
as possible of the opposite party to
violence, and falling in this to do
violence themselves.
The plan ought not to have sue
ceeded, but the people in the main
were honest themselves and could
not see how it was possible for men
to be so base and 80 lost to every
principle Of honesty and truth as to
bring about such condition for the
sole and only purpose Of gaining po-
litical advantage. The charge was
made by Simmons and his under
strikers that there was fearful con-
ditiOn of lawlessness in the State,
and that the same was due to Flu
sion rule. The remedy of course
was to put him and his gang back in
power when peace and tranquility
would be restored and maintained
under democratic good government.
The people forgot themselves and
re.instated the hungry gang, and
what is the result2 If Democratic
papers are to be believed conditions
We're rarely, if ever so bad in this
State as now.
We quote below few paragraphs
in proof of this statement. Hear
the Salisbury Sun on the subject of
lawlessness, and the farcical conduct
of the courts, also the Morning Post
and the Charlotte Observer on the
feud-Vendetta business. After read
ing these extracts let your mind re-
vert to time when it was consid-
cred an act of patriotism to kill
negro for daring to register his name
as a voter, when men were actually
defended by Act of the Legislature
for the crime of stealing votes,
when red-handed mobs waited with
guns on speakers to prevent the
truth from being told and were ad-
judged guilty Of no crime. Consider
whether the present condition is not
due to such high. handed methods.
We quote first from the Salisbury
Sun.
cit seems now that all the MUIR
defers of Jones at Wilson have man.
aged to escape. And yet the fact
remains, that Jones was in his room
asleep and mob of ruffians came to
his door, broke it down and muir
dered him in cold blood. One by
one they have slipped the halter,
cheating the gall0ws Of what was
iustly due It. The ghost houovor