The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-08

the haieleh Ne"s anu OoSSi'cA "A
last Sunday:
THE Shelby-Aurora (Republi-
cam says ex-senator Butler
will take an active part in this
campaign OF course-he Is
the whole cheese. It also says
no honest man can censure him
for this'-meaning Buffers con-
nection with the South Dakota
bond suit Butler, three months
before his term as Senator ex-
pired, accepted employment to
work a fraud upon the jurisdic-
ton OF the Supreme Court to en-
able bond spectators TO sue his
State. This was moral treason
and no honest man should fail to
to denounce it,"
Hardly a day passes that the News
and Observer does not publish ly-
ing SANDER of some kind. When the
editor of that paper is caught and
exposed for bald Misrepresentation
he may be sorry that he is caught,
but he is certainly still glad that he
made the publication because he
never, so far as we know, corrects
single false statement, but, on the
other hand, proceeds to manufacture
new ones as soon as possible.
This has been the conduct of the
editor of that paper toward Marion
Butler as attorney for the collection
of the North Carolina "ten-share sec
ond mortgage bonds" That paper
first started it's TRADE of abuse of
Mr.. Butler by declaring that those
were fraudulent carpet-bag bonds,
and that it was dishonest and unpa-
triotic to attempt to enforce their
collection.
The editor of that paper either
knew better at the time, or was
densely ignorant about the facts,
which he could have easily learned.
One thing is certainly true, and that
is that he was either publishing a
wilful and malicious falsehood or else
he was guilty of criminal reckless
ness. For a short while he succeed
ed in fooling many good people
When the facts were produced did
the editor of that paper publish them
and make a truthful and honorable
correction? No. He refused to pub
lish the facts, and by his conduc
showed that he hoped the falsehoot
would never be overtaken by tn,
truth. Then and there the editor o
the paper became self-confessed fal
sifer-one of the wilful and ma
licious kind. And to this day thos
who depend on the Raleigh News an,
Observer for their information ar
still in ignorance of the facts an
still believe that the published false
hoods are true. 1t always gives
sneaking and contempltible slandere
great deal Of pleasure to know tina
he still has some good people fooled
Now let us for a moment agai
look at the facts. The laws whic
authorized the "ten-share secon
mortgage bonds" were passed by
Legislature controlled by our ow
white people, when Hon. Jonatha
Worth was Governor and DR.. KEN
P. Battle was State Treasurer. /
order to induce the public to bu
these bonds and to pay one hundre
cents on the dollar for them, til
Legislature, in the Act of 1866, O
fered mortgage on ten shares of i
stock in the North Carolina Railroa
as security to go with each $1,0C
bond, and declared in the Act tn;
this was done to enhance the Walt
of the bonds and induce the Peep
to pay not less than par for ther
DR.. Kemp P. Battle, the State Urea
urer, did advertise those bonds vii
this security, and did sell them f,
one hundred cents on the dollar. Q
Battle testified to these facts in Il
suit brought in the Supreme Court
the United States to collect tho
bonds.
So if there ever was an hone
bond, and if ever the credit and no
or of the State was pledged in go,
faith to pay an honest debt, it W
in this case. But the State not on
pledged its honor and good faith
pay these bonds and the interest
them in full, but it put up valuat
security and induced the public