The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-08-18


81 certain osscea. - ionx NJ there
are oE1oes 10 - allied and the AdEln-
IstratIoa ts Republican. these oEec@
wiIl Be nllsd hy Republicans. bal
deem IL absolutely snsspArahie froE1
party growth and success. vitality e.
seutial thereto and the very e@mencs
Of RepuhiieanIkFn. that tke@e local
Offices be filled By Republicans select
cd By those Republicans CT The spot
and who are accordingly most inter
ested and who hare most at stake IN
the selection OF their local apposntes-s-
That wilI be the basis and founda-
lion CO any action taken 81 ne IA
subject OF once. wish te say that n
my Judgment tt is not within the
province OF the chairman 20 inject
the party organization isto the local
affairs of the district represented By
4 Republican Congressman.
The duly elected representative of
the people should be absolutely un-
trammeled by the State Organization
in matters pertaining TO his district.
And in this connection. allow me 10
say that such has not been my ex-
perience in my district
Ny conception OF the duties OF your
chairman. gentlemen. does not in
volve what 10 my mind is very much
more important than having TO do
with the Federal patronage. 1t in
wolves proving and demonstrating TO
the people OF the State that Repub-
/ licanism is not altogether synoni-
nous with Federal office.
It involves the showing to the
/ State that that taunt and fling is but
this disappointed zap of Democracy,
and that 1t but voices the chagrin of
| a party hopelessly a national minor
ity.
1t involves the demonstration that
Republicanism means loyalty TO and
! active interest in those principles
which have made US the greatest
nation on earth.
That the success of Republicanism
means that We of the South will no
| longer be set apart in the council Of
| the nation by both parties as unde-
serving consideration because we al
ways belong to the one and are al
ways antagonistic to the other.
That Republicanism means pa
! triotism.
That Republicanism means prog
ress And that successful Republi
canism means a regaining of the
! South's lost voice in national affairs.
Now, gentlemen, just a word in
conclusion.
/ I have endeavored to briefly out
line my conception of the duties de-
volving upon your chairman.
I most sincerely hope that my re-
marks meet with your approval. I
can assure you that so far as they re-
| fer to personal acts of mine as chair
man, they can be accepted absolute
| ly at par value with or without ap-
prevail.
We have had a hard fight in our
own ranks. but that is past. desire
to say here and now in behalf of
| my friends and for myself that If
/ those gentlemen of the opposition
! III dSSCpI IuC o11FC III oASA oS Ii OCAy
and in the same spirit and to the
same end as it is extended, no power
on earth can keep this State under
the dominion of Democracy.
| Let us forget our factions and dis
sensions and present a solid front to
the opposition.
| We are equipped with principles
on the eternal rights. They are
equipped with principles so chaotic
as to be unworthy of the name, and
their main reliance is to awaken and
control the passion of men by I'M
truthful, illogical and unmanly ap-
peal, and a party with such basis
will inevitably work it's own destruc-
ton.
Our State Convention is drawing
to an end.
Let the gavel of adjournment fall
upon a unified and solidif1ed Repub-
lican party, whose mission is to fight
for the eternal right as we see it
and the outcome can be left with abb
solute security to the intelligence of
North Carolina as expressed at the
polls.