The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-12-22
MARION BUFFERS RAJ
EICH SPEECH.
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k.f1oxs. Thou shaft not sIsal any
80 nut a Republican vote (Greas
~ror wears they have placed this
,-.ar,refatfon upon the Eighth Com
a,dmen, but now they even want
80 amend 1t further. To-day they
IN, Il TO read as follows: Thou
mai, not steal anything but a Re-
rubIIcan vote and the vote Of my
democratic opponent in the prsmar-
los. Great applause-D
The Eighth Commandment means
stmuly what II says: Thou shalt not
seal anything. Local self govern
men, means that the people shall
have full power In managing their
Iolal affairs. and that no king or po-
m;cal boss shall take from them az
n that power. tGreat applause.)
The truth, my friends, Is that
,hey claim not to understand the
Eighth Commandment because they
Raut to violate 1t just In the same
way that they claim not TO under
stand the principle of local self gov
ernment, because they want to rob
the people of that great fundamental
principle underlying all free govern
ment-the rule of the people-for
which our ancestors fought and which
they purchased with their lives and
haIlowed with their blood.
The Struggle of Our Ancestors for
Local Self Government.
When our ancestors in England,
nearly a thousand years ago, faced
the tyrant King John at Runnymede,
and forced from him the Magma
Charta-the foundation stone of
English and American liberty today
they were struggling for a larger
measure of local self government.
When they wrung from the English
crown, at another time, the writ of
habeas corpus and the right to trial
by jury, they were again struggling
for a fuller measure of local self gov
eminent.
When one English tyrant king
dared to take from our ancestors a
part of the rights of local self govern
ment guaranteed by the Magma
Charta, they arose in their might
and cut off the head of that tyrant
king. Later, when our ancestors left
the old world and came to this new
country and faced the wild Indians
and the wild beasts, it was that they
might enjoy full measure of local
self government.
when the English crown forced
upon these colonists royal govern
Ors, appointed without the consent OF
the people, our ancestors for a while
submitted, but later, when King
George the Third. with his increas-
ing greed, dared to reach out his long
greedy fingers and attempted to take
from the people of the colonies the
right to manage their local affairs
and sent more red-coats with bayon-
cts here to enforce such tyranny, our
ancestors again arose in their might
and waged long seven-years' bloody
war, and at last succeeded in driving
the last British red-coat forever from
American soil.
Thus, through indescribable suf-
fering and deprivation, and through
an enormous cost Of life, there was
Te-purchased and restored to the PEG.
pie of this country full measure Of
local self government" (Great ap.
plause.)
The Simmons Machine Has Stepped
Into the Shoes of King George the
Third.
To-day there is in North Carolina
ring Of Democratic machine bose:
who have boldly stepped into the
shoes of King George the Third, anC
are today robbing us of the right o.
local self government, for the same
selfish purposes and exercising the
same tyranny as did that tyran
English king. But, fellow-citiZens
eternal vigilance is the price Of lib
erty under king, and it is equally
the price of liberty when a politica
machine rules.
In that great struggle in the Rev
dictionary War, there were some o
our own people who joined the tyran
usurper in his efforts to rob us of ou
liberties. What did we call that class
of people then? We branded them al
Tories and traitors. How shall W.
brand the same class of men now
Those who have raised the cry o.
traitor against me are those who
know in their small and treacherous
hearts that they are conscious o.
being guilty of that crime against the
nperty of the people themselves. Yes
IelloW-citizens, here and now brand
eVery man who is guilty of putting
Ills polluted hands upon our sacred
u0erties and attempting to rob the
people of any measure of local sell
soVernment as being traitor to ou1
country and to our institutions.
When our liberties were threat
eneo by king in 1776, your ances-
<ors and mine rose to the height OF
%ner duty and nobly performed it. Il