The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-03-08

Ing the man and not Dy the que5
ton whether hey are Republican
or Democrat.
TO YoUsG VOTERS.
But why should a young man be
Republican in forth Carolina? /
will give some of the reasons. He
should be Republican because that
party believes in prosecuting its
criminals and MOI in passing acts of
amnesty to prevent their prosecu-
ton, whereas The Democratic party
does not prosecute it's criminals and
passes acts Of amnesty to prevent
their prosecution. Because the Re.
publican party relieves in its erim-
inals defending themselves even by
employing the biggest Democratic
lawyers they can get If they wish
to, whereas the Democratic party
believes in repealing the laws vic.
lated by its party criminals to shield
them and when indicted for their
political crimes in the courts of the
United States itappropriates money
from the State Treasury and directs
its Attorney Gene.al and other State.
paid lawyers to defend them. In
the name of God, il SO far as I may
take His Holy name upon my sinful
lips, I say that to my mind that is
reason enough to make every young
and innocent minded man in the
State a Republican. Republican
leaders sometimes ''shake the bag"
and 'slet the cat out" but Demo
Gratis leaders never. When great
scandal breaks out they hold the in
vestigation behind closed doors, and
will not permit the reporters to see
the report unless upon conditions
they can not comply with. For this
I cite the late A. & N. G. =. R. iD-
vestigation. If Mr.. Blackburn takes
fee for serving a man in case
against the government he is in
dicted. If Mr.. McBee calls atten
ton of the State to the fact that its
reve nues are pillaged by Democratic
politicians, he is arrested fer. thai
and threatened with the peniten.
tiary. That is to my mind pretty
good straw showing a wind that
should blow all the young men into
the Republican party. A Demo.
cratic Governor calls numerous spe-
cial terms Of court to try men for
crimes quick after their commits
sion yet on hisrmotion soon after
his retirement the court continues a
case, when four strong men are &C.
cused Of beating an insane man to
death, "because the public mind il
excited and in no condition to try
the case till it becomes cooler and fiji
to deliberate" That there is graft
and special privilege in all govern
ment no one will deny that Re
publicans expose and prosecute such
among their friends, as well as foes,
is certain that no one ever hears OF
such in Democratic circles is equally
certain. But, above all, no one has
ever heard any Republican Of prom
inence say in public speech or pri
vate talk, that it was expedient OF
proper in any case to cheat or de.
fraud or swear falsely or make false
returns under oath in order to carry
an election ; whereas the Democratic
party and its highest priests teach
not only privately, but publicly also,
that the end justifies the means
that false registration, false voting,
and false and perjured returns are
justified and proper in order thai
the party may get in and stay in.
CORRUPTION AND FRAUD,
The young man who has just lefl
his home and his fathers and moth
er's prayers with a mind filled with
high moral conceptions, thinks such
conduct wrong. If the leaders in
his State and party approve of it il
must be right. If such conduct il
right in elections it is right in bust
ness, in lawsuits, on the witness
stand, everywhere, and the mora
basis of society is swept away. The
Democratic party has to large ex'
tent blunted the moral sense Of the
State. It has taught the people to
believe that anything is right .sto
keep Republicans out and Democrats
in" The morality of State is its
only sure foundation. HThat away,
all else is gilded loam or painted
clay" The Democratic party de.
nounces tainted money and demands
money worth only half price. 1t
demands integrity in its officers but
breaches corruption and fraud at the
ballot box. It enaets laws regulat-
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