The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-10-24
REAL ANCIENT HISTORY
Catholics Once Made the Mis-.
take OF Going Into Ger
man Politics
A King S UNFEEusC son

The American People VIII Gcs Evcn
BOLD Act Of Two Chur~h Pr~-
laies-Oid World and N~w-worid
Affairs Compar~d-Germ Politics
and Others About the samc-AAr.
tin Luther.
Correspondence OF The Caucasian
Enterprise.
Bilkinxvtle. " C. Octz2, Isi2
In the good old ays." nearly .
thousand years ago. Germany. like
other countries. suffered much on ac-
count ov the Catholics In politics.
Durin' the reign ov Henry ". much
trouble arose. The Emperor wuz op-
posed by Pascal Ill. who excommuni-
Gated the Emperor. alleging that the
Emperor had introduced Schisms In
10 the church, once a favorite game
ov the Catholic clergy. Hiz son Hen
son. took up arms against hiz father.
then imprisoned him. backed by tie
unfeelin' church. ov course. The son
then sent for the archbishops ov
MentZ an Cologne. The two big Ikes
demanded that the Emperor ov Ger
many give up the crown an step
down an out. Now, what would you
think If two archbishops or two
clergymen should demand that q
President ov the United States must
get out ov hiz offlce in the midst ov
hiz term just because he didn't jump
every time they snapped their An
gers? No matter what branch ov the
church they happened to belong to.
Protestant or Catholic, I venture TO
say that at least nine American citi-
zens out ov ten would emphatically
say hands off, an they would mean
1t, too. Ov course we sometimes hev
things just az bad az that in politics.
some things which hev happened this
year, for instance. But the Ameri-
can people hev a way ov getting even
IL hit takes a lifetime or longer.
Good people seldom act hastily, there
liz day comm. / hev an idea that
when the American people get
through with the oil trust an the to-
bacco trust an the seventy-two dis
honest delegates who did a dirty Job
recently, there will be no oil trust, no
tobacco trust. The acme had TO be
reached, the capstone placed in posi-
ton in order that the American peo-
VIZ hnx III
ing. The fight may or may not be a
| long one. When an how hit will
start, no one can tell. But the die liz
cast, an the American people are to
be congratulated. The newspapers,
many ov them great ones in both cir
culation and influence. are getting in
to training. Side by side. shoulder TO
shoulder with Mr.. Roosevelt. you will
find such men az Thomas A. Edison
an other brainy men ov the country,
TO measure lances with the powerful
but small handful ov trust magnates
an their shrewd but hired gang ov
political bunco-steerers. But, you
say. what hez awl this to do with
the ancient history ov Germany? A
good deal. IL two church preiates
could an did snatch the crown ov
Germany from the head ov her EN-
peror an tear the royal robes from
hiz body, handful ov trust magnates
who could not rule Theodore Roose-
welt, snatched a political nomination
from Mr.. Roosevelt only a few weeks
ago at Chicago. They put Mr.. Roose-
velt in an awkward position forced
him TO attempt TO vindicate himself.
not because he has been guilty ov
anythin', but because he IL not guilty
ov anythin'. They hired a small mi
nority, practically awI ov them file
gal, irregularly elected delegates. to
change the result ov the convention,
10 thwart the will ov a majority ov the
delegates ov a great party. The trusts
were born in iniquity. hev lived hid
den (az they thought) In a bed ov
roses. hidden behind the piles ov Ill
gotten gains. But at last they ex-
posed their hand. hev given the goose
that laid the golden egg a mortal
blow. Some welI-intentional people
argue that with three candidates In
the field Wilson IL sure to be elected
an look with apprehension on that.
which they fear will be little short
ov calamity Well. vote for Roose-
velt, then. Az hit looks to me. there
liz but little difference between q Taft
misfortune and a Wilson calamity.
With three leading candidates In the
field the American voters can pick the
best one az easily az IL there wuz but
two leading candidates. Hush whin-
Ing an whimpering. With three can
didates to choose from you hev cne-
third better chance to pick a good
one than IL but two were In the race.
In 1860 there were five strong can
didates representing az many fac
tions ov the two parties. A majority
voted for Mr.. Lincoln. Hiz record az
President wux made. an now after