The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-11

The Preach People Had Nnxh Troa-
! bic In Trying to Broak Religious
/ and Political Bonds--An EfYort To
. Corner the Religion of Fr~ncc-an
+ Infamous Political Organization
Weighed Down the Preach People
/ for Some Time-France shah ea
by Another scheme.
/ Bilkinsville. y. C.. April s. 1sl2.
Correspondence OF The Caucasian
Enterprise.
Peace wuE concluded =; Paris in
/ 1863 an England wux again game
cock ov the earth. But peace with
her foes did not bring prosperity nor
tranquility to the French people.
/ The Catholic politicians (for they
were nothing else at that timel could
/ study up more Internal mean things
10 do, an could meddle more effect
lively with the peace an prosperity ov
! the masses. than any gang who ever
| disgraced the holy sanctuary, unless
| hit wuz Josephus Daniels an his lit
| tie squad ov allies who act in one ov
| the political parties in this State
| They awlso pretend TO advocate a
| form ov religion an In that way de-
ceive some very respectabl epeople
/ Remember that I'm not talking poll
| ticks now; I'm just denouucing po-
! litical and so-called religious hypoc-
| risy because | am an humble citizen
/ ov North Carolina, an | believe a
/ right to take a fall out ov such peo-
/ pie now an then. If all people who
! try to be honest would do more ov
/ this we'd get more for our produce
an we'd hev fewer sheep-killin' dogs,
/ for such dogs don't run long IL prop
er means are taken to stop 'em.
| About this time the French Catho-
lies made fresh effort TO corner the
religion ov that country. The parli-
ament, a national body something
| like our own Congress an Senate.
undertook to down the Jesuits, a re-
| ligious organization whose plans dis
pleased the Catholic authorities. An
old history in my possession says the
| trouble grew out ov the fact that the
Jesuits had trie dto enforce the bull
! Unigenitus." This wuz some fool
| French fad an cannot explain what
| it wuZ because l don't know any rea-
son why law or a law-makin' body,
should call anythin' bull unless hit
liz bull; so when I strike such var
mints in historical language, / pass IL
on to the gentle reader with my COM
pliments. The history refer to says
the once powerful organization wuz
now "at the brink of destruction.
Let us hope that 1t wuz destroyed.
The order must hev bin a sort ov a
''red shirt" political organization
whose motto wuz "git thar anyway
you can" az per Simmons & Company.
ov North Carolina, for / notice that
hit had at the time mentioned form
ed conspiracy against the King ov
Portugal, hiz death bein' the object
sought. The Portugal ruler had q
narrow escape an when the world
realized that a vast band ov red
shirt murderers had clubbed togeth-
er, the indignation ov every European
il became known that the low-down
secret order had engaged in some
criminally fraudulent practices. lie
Vellite, the chief ov the gang, had q
scheme to monopolize the West India
trade, when the war with England
chants, said to live in Marsellies, ex-
pecting TO receive tw omillion dollars
worths ov merchandise through the
scheme, advanced one and a half mil
lion ov dollars to the conspirators an
accepted bills drawn by the Jesuit
leaders for tw omillion dollars TO be
paid them IL the plans carried. Thus
they hoped TO add half q million In
profits to their own profits. Ov course
that couldn't last When the plans
were finally put into operation an
ships were engaged In transportin'
the West India products to Europe,
the war began in earnest England
had q strong old-fashioned navy an
many other sailin' craft. The vessels
were manned by armed men. each
commanded by experienced naval Of
ficers an they swept the seas for yes
sells carryin' the large among ov
West India products, an few ov the
ships ever reached the Freich coast.
War had caused the financial bubble
to burst, the econd great fraud
France had suffered wuz only an un-
pleasant memory-the Mississippi
land frauds mentioned a few weeks
ago bein' the first fraud ov gigantick
proportions. The French Jesuits were
obliged to apply to the Jesuits at
large for assistance. They either
e0uld not or would not do ANYTHING