The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-08-16

0Aiks the state E.1As . asssfslsSc~-
Mg. EnfTog There was another
pisce Of the most perfect hunaor
ever given the public In that secslnu
Of tie Stale platform adopted hy
the Dcnr~rstlc Convention. July :.
1906. relative to iAw and order. We
quote:
"We congratulate the people of
Inc State that under Democratic
auspices there has heen established
throughout the borders Of tn. Slate
a reign OF las anil liberty, peace aud
progress
This statement would he the finest
specimen Of satire and humor If
there were not q sadness in lis fal-
sIty. For brazsn gall The PROPOSE
ton stated above Il superior TO any
thing OF the kind We have ever seen.
We are told in Holy Writ that
s'whatsoever man soweth that
shalt he also reap" The Demo
cratic party has sowed the wind and
reaped the whiriwind. In The
year 1895 they began the formation
Of lawless bands known a red@hiris.
The people forming these lawless
bodies were, many Of them, good
men, who had no interest in a cam
paign of lawlessness, but who were
led on by scheming and selfseek-
ing, snsll caiibre politicians, "ofiice
seekers of the worst and most vio-
lent type-Democratic heelers who
cared nothing for Law, order, de-
dency, but only for the office in
sight. The misguided members of
the various clubs used by these eur
ming Office seekers thought little of
the CONSEQUENCES of the-then-
to-them apparently justified acts of
lawlessness on the part Of these
N obs. However, the effects and
consequences of every act of such or
ganiZed laWiessness "falls long and
fingers heavy yet" 1t was doubt
less considered by the unthiuking
and especially by the ignorant that
if some Of the so-called leaders
winked at lawless mobs in 1898, the
public would approve the course of
any mob or organized lawless band
of people thereafter or in any case.
BY this means the spirit of disre-
gard for law and order was taught
by Democratic politicians Of low
type-some Of those unfortunately
now holding offices of more or less
Importance by reason of their dex-
ter;ty in organizing these lawies
which was what these So
called "leadersn wanted. Demo
Gratis "higher up" winked at it.
The result has been disastrous, and
lawlessness is seen more than ever.
About the time the Democratic
| Convention was congratulating the
| people on the law and order they
had given, a lawless mob entered
the Jail in Arson county and lynched
a disarmed white prisoner by the
name of Johnson. The prisoner was
not lynched for anything like "the
usual crime," but was charged with
| granddaughter. The defendant was
! said to be insane, aud an application
had been made to the isnane asylums
to ADMIT him, but these were full.
He had been tried once by q jury in
his county and the jury had disa-
greed. The Democratic Governor
and upright citizens everywhere con-
demned the lynchers. Their con-
domination was proper, but they havt
failed to go back to the origin and
root of the evil. The Governor
/, caused an investigation, but all his
investigation developed and dis
closed was to call attention to an act
of stupidity and almost criminal
negle on the part Of the DemOcratie
legislature of 1905. That legisla-
ture had, s'by mistake" repealed
the only law under which the lynch
ers could be effectually tried! Re-
publican legislatures have doubtless
made mistakes, but for downright
stupidity the books fail 10 disclose
any such piece of botchery as this.
About the same time there was q
murder committed in Rowan county,
near Barber's Junction, that shocked
the moral sense of the good people
Of the State. A whole family of
quiet, respectable white people, by
n'me of Lyerly, were musd ered in
C I'D blood in one of the banner
Democratic counties of the State.
La GuiIford County, another
strongly democratic county, r. E.
Beacham was foully murdered by
Frank Bohannon during the same
month in which the Democratic
Convention was "cOngratulating the
people on its preservation Of law and
order"
In Forsyth County, another Dem
ocratic county, the County Commits
sioners had a county convict force.
aud over them Dem ocratic guard
by the name Of Pink Fulton. This
guard foully beat helpless prisoner
by the name of Rand Hart to death
The grand jury Of Forsyth county
indicted Fulton, but h na- new, r
been arrested and is still fusIti. e
from Justice.
1t is rather singular that while the
author of this article was writing