The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-12-01
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and Observer O. tie 1ssA lnssans haa
. lengthy editorial In Regard % samp-
son County politics. ard sara:
Tks only eoansy In tie unIa-
sd States that ~as untoacAss b.
the reform ware o. November
sta that gave severe renuke 10
the Republican party. was the
county O. Sampson ID NORTH Car
DINA
Our contemporary goes OF and
tries TO reject upon the good people
OF Sampson County. but this We vii
not stand for. because we know the
people OF Sampson County TO &c -
intelligent and a. well informed on
public questions. and that they are
just a. honest. able and patriotic a.
the people Of Wake County. the home
Of Josephus Daniels and the News
and Observer. Again our conteu-
porary says:
In 1894 lots OF Sampson
folks got mad and left the Dem
ocratic party. some OF them have
since realized their mistake, but
are very mad with themselves
for being fooled and others have
been dazed By Butler dope and
have not been politically awake
In all these years"
Yes, in 1894. the people OF Samp-
son County did get awful mad and
left the Democratic party. and what
do you suppose they got mad about,
Josephus? They got mad because
they had been fools enough 10 vote
the Democratic ticket and help elect
Grover Cleveland and a Democratic
Congress which had brought on a
great panic and ruined the country.
Farm products would not bring
more than one-third their worth, and
times continued to get worse, and
many happy homes We're swept away
under the red flags of the mortgage.
Yes, thep eople got mad and swore
| by the eternal that they would never
again vote with a party that had de-
ceived them and drove some of them
from under the roof which afforded
shelter to their wives and children
and were forced to go out in the cold
world penniless. Yes, they got mad
because they worked harder then
than they do now, and had to live
on pot-licker and bread; yes, they got
mad when they carried their cottor
to market and were forced to sell al
Il cents per pound and their corn al
80 cents per bushel, pork at cent:
per pound, grown chickens at l.;
cents per dozen. Yes, the people o.
Democratic party because after they
had destroyed thousands of dollar!
| worth of their property through The
hard times they produced and wher
the people refused to fall in line anC
vote for a return of those conditions
they went around in the back yards
and raked the cutters and sewers anC
got up all the trash and filth they
could get together and put red shirt!
on them and shipped them over il
Sampson County to try to frighteI
and intimidate honest, brave mel
who had followed Lee and jackson
and had put to flight just such trasl
on a thousand battlefields.
Yes, the people of Sampson Coun
ty got mad again with the Demo
cratic party in 1900 when they saw
that they had failed to scare then
into voting the Democratic ticket, 81
the next effort they made was t
steal it, but again they found tina
they had tackled the wrong crow'
and that the prospects for new-mad
graves were so bright that they de
cided it was best to stop. Yes, tn,
people of Sampson got mad again
in 1907 when the Democratic Legis
lature appointed four Democrat
commissioners over the worthy gen
tlemen that the people had elected
No, Josephus, the people are not mae
with themselves for leaving the Dem
ocratic party, but because they eve
voted with a party with such a con
dope, We will say that the peopl'
OF this county read and think TO
themselves, they are not led arounC
by the nose like a gang of Demo
Gratis, but they have the highest re
spect for the Buffers. because the,
are honest, clean, able, consideration
gentlemen, but if you think, Jose
plus, that the people of Sampson
County are not politically awake
suppose you come down here an
rub up against them little and theI
tell us what you think about it.
Again you say: There isn't Z
six-year-old boy in America ignoran