The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-16

been supported, reared and prepar-
ed for life by the generosity of this
great Republican leader OF his coun-
ty. what was his first public act? Was
1t to show his gratitude? No.
Daniels Untrue to Himself.
Il am told that his first public &C.
was to take his savings, or his
mothers savings from this Republi-
can office. and to establish a news
paper in the town. Was IL a Repub-
hcan newspaper? No. His first act
was one that showed his small size
and low grade fiber. He established,
not Republican newspaper, but a
Democratic paper.
IF Josephus Daniels had any polit-
ical principles, they were Republican
principles. Then we see him not
only born Republican, reared and
supported by Republican generosity
and kindness and charity, at once
sell and barter his political prin-
scfples, IL he can be said TO have had
any, In order to ingratiate himself
with the leaders Of the opposition
party that happened to be in strong
majority in his town and county.
Some one may be charitable
enough to say that this young man
Josephus Daniels owed it to himself.
if, upon reaching the age of majority,
he was struck with great and deep
convictions that it was his duty to
change from the Republican party to
the Democratic party, like unto Saul
OF Tarsus. il this man Daniesls was a
strong man, with known strong con-
victions on any question, it might be
possible to take this charitable view.
But his acts as editor of that paper
have dispelled any idea that he was
moved by any feeling or sense of con-
viction or duty.
A Base Migrate to Col. Stanton.
He conducted his newspaper not
only as a Democratic paper, abusing
and villifying the party that had sup
ported him from his cradle up, but
he turned and used the columns of
his newspaper to abuse and villify
Col. Stanton, the friend and bene-
factor of his widowed mother and
her orphaned children. In order to
curry favor with the Democratic ma
chine, whose feet and shoe-strings he
licked, he abused the man who was
the benefactor of his mother in the
darkest hours of her distress, and
bounded that great, noble, brave soul
to his grave. cloud applause.)
"A man may have many defects
in his character. and We all have
some, and yet a man with many de-
fects, and some serious ones. can be
a man who still has many noble and
redeeming virtues. I submit, how
ever, that when a man shows him
self to be a base and cowardIy in
CRATE, he thus advertises once and
for all to the world that there is not
one good redeeming quality left in
his miserable carcass. (Applause.)
Il have never taken the trouble to
investigate the details OF this story,
which / have heard many, many
times, but. | see in this audience a
grand old Confederate soldier from
the county of Wilson. see in this
audience one of the bravest Confed
crate soldiers that ever wore the uni
form see man that is a hero
among men-a man who has every
day of his life. before the war, DUR
ing the war, and since the war, been
an open book, and has commanded
the admiration of his friends and the
profoundest respect OF his bitterest
enemies. 4 refer to DIR. b. T. Per-
son, of Wilson, yet man OF vigor.
though whose head is white and
whose beard has silvered.
s.I call upon DR.. B. T. Person now
to rise in this audience and state to
these people whether or not what i
have said here about Josephus Dam
iels and his miserable treachery and
perfidy is correct"
At this point DR.. Persons tower
ing form rose up in the middle Of the
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