The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-07-28

nxsd ionxfnEIy apoz arr 20 the coan-
tries OF tie old woTid. wheve labor -
better paid. and where there 10 ,
higher standard Of comfort for e1rA
individual and higher plane OF c4u-
Zenahip than hsres Not ssaxie cns-
In short. hers In America today.
under Republican policies. II The veTy
top-notch of tho worlds ambition
and hope for prosperity. for progress.
and for liberty.
In this connection. SIR. Pou com
plains that his party has nos been In
power but two years during the last
forty-gix years. want 10 say 10 him
that IL the country should make the
mistake 10 give them another two
years, that then for the next forty
SIX years the country will continue
to repent IL as they have for the last
forty-six.
co. The gentleman next quotes an
extract from the speech made by
President Taft at Greensboro. about
three years ago. In which the Presi-
dent pointed out the evil effects of
the Republican referee system In the
South as being one of the chief causes
that prevented the growth OF the Re
publican party. and then Mr.. Pou
asks how can q Democrat, even IL he
should believe In protection or all
Republican principles. be able TO Join
a party that was ruled by the class
OF men described by the President,
Whn cnnfFnIIfnU the daussnfn~ Of
the party in the South. Mr.. Pou then
proceeds to say that he agrees with
the President that as long as the Re
publican party in the South Is SO
governed, or misgoverned, that Ii is
not competent party TO manage the
affairs OF any Southern State. In
this connection, | must remind the
gentleman that while what the Pres
ident said was true, it was only half
the truth as to the causes that pre-
vent men in the South from voting
their honest convictions.
The Democratic politicians who
are eternally painting pictures of re-
construction days and OF the bitter
sectional feelings and arousing the
ghost Of the negro question, in order
to hold the Democratic party solid
and prevent any independence OF
thought or action, are even more re-
sponsible for this condition of po-
litical slavery in the South than the
Republican referees. Indeed, thi:
class of Democratic politicians and
the Republican referees in the South
described by President Taft, are pc
litical partners
, 1.-TWO souls with but single thought
. Two hearts that beat as one"
> The Democratic politician plays
, his part of the game in order tina
he can stay in office, regardless o
S results. The Republican referee doe
i the same-plays his party in orde
e that he, too, may hold office-and
8 trust that | can be pardoned to sa,
t think of the welfare of his State a
y being of any Importance in compari
r son to this paramount purpose O
It the two political parners.
> When the dark and horrible day
u of reconstruction were being enacte
, | and my people were in the Demo
cratic party, and were no part no
q parcel of the Infamous reign of Grim
e and political darkness. At that tim
l. some who are now Democratic leat
l. ers were in the Republican party an
lc a part and parcel of what was bein
,r done In this connection, to stat
IL all the truth, must further say thu
d there were some Democrats, who al
d still Democrats, who were partlc
a. pants to a greater or less degree wit
N the carpet-baggers in my State. II
er leaders in that awful regime hay
in either left all left the State, or die
ly or gone to the Democratic party.
at Mr.. Pou attempts to attach tt
" name of the Republican party
those days. The Republican part
at as it exists to-day, was no more r
he sposible for the crimes and abuses
We that period than is the Democrat
Is party as to-day constituted. II
ty rank and file of old-line Republican
ne are as honest and as patriotic eli
ry zens as there are in the State, D
We the fact is that the majority or e
or Republican voters in North Carolll
~ to-day are men who were born in t
IN Democratic party and who have hi
the manhood and courage to lea
I'D the party OF their birth because the
ID sense of duty and the highest call
ng patriotism demanded it.
nd In the last campaign Preside
res Taft assured the people of the Sou
res that if he was elected the old refer
m system would go, that the polite
nd pie-counter machines would be
out molished, and that the doors OF I
re- party would be thrown wide open
lid welcome every American citizen W
RS believes that the principles of the
has publican party were best for hims
ons and his country. This utterance
but noaIad to the growing independi