The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-10-17

Of Rome to Controi the Govern
ment-Chnrch and state Mast R~~
main Separate and Dtstincs-PYr~s
German Army Made Up Of soldier
Farmc-The Old Kings Enoear-
aged Town Building In Germany.
Correspondence of The Caucasian
EnterpriseD
BiIkinsviIIe. ~. C. Oct. 7. 1914.
Germany wuz ruled by a line ov
Saxon princes from sI2 to 1924.
They were Henry l., Otho l., Otho IL,
Otho Ill. and Henry II. Durin' this
period the limits ov Germany were
extended. chiefly by Otho l.. some
times called Ohio the Great. This
monarch subdued Italy durin' hiE
reign an fixed the imperial crown
in the name oy Germany. In 9s2
two maxims ov public Jurisprudence
were introduced. First. that the
prince. who wuz elected In the Ger
that instant the Kingdoms oy Italy
an Rome; an second. that he could
not legally assume the titles OF EN-
peror an Augustus, till he had re-
ceived the crown from the hands ov
the Pope, awl ov which goes to show
that the Catholic politicians were not
out for business even at this early
day, an that they hoped 10 make
sure ov the government ov Germany
from that date on az they did In
France an Italy at later date. But
the scheme wuZ only successful In
part. and at times they nearly lost
out. The time liz comm, will soon
be here, In fact, when Catholicism
an other church machines will be
compelled to play hands OF In po-
litical affairs. Two such machines
| practically rule North Carolina to-
day. The State liz not much benefit
ed by such rule, an many disadvan-
tages might be pointed out. One ov
| the denominations referred to lost a
member lately on account ov the ten
dency ov said denomination to dab
! BILE in politics an the end liz not yet
/ The notable deteriation in political
parties plainly visible just now
! throughout the United States liz most
/ ly due to mixin' Church an State
| An remember, that no matter what
| the name ov the denomination, no
matter how smart the politician,
| Providence will not prosper the man,
nor the Church nor the party, which
gets mussed up in such an unnatural
alliance. We need an should hev re-
| ligion an morality in politics-the
more the better. But remember that
: the man or set ov men who attempts
/ to use any branch, or number ov
branches, ov the Christian Church
done many times lately, liz himself
without religion or honesty, an the
two are inseparable. Dishonesty in
politics IL bad enough But when
you add trickery. deception, hypoc-
risy an everythin' else ov that ma
ture, you hev gotten up a concoction
that even a Taft Republican or a
Wilson Democrat can't stomach. un-
less he hez gotten very low in hiz
ideas ov a political standard
In the time ov Tacitus. az hez been
mentioned, the Germans were an ag-
ricultural people in every sense ov
the word. But az they spread over
the country west ov the river Rhine,
a change came. After the Triboci,
Nemetes. and vangoins settle In the
country between the Rhine an the
Vosges, the cities ov Strasburg. Spire.
Mentz an Worms became important
enough to attract some attention. But
az these villages. for they were hard
iy more than villages. contained no
great temples. no important build
ings ov any kind, they attracted but
little attention for many years. But
after the Francic sovereigns began
TO reign cities an towns multiplied.
an, in some cases. received substan-
tial encouragement. Under Henry
the Fowler" when many ov the able
bodied men were serving In the
standing army, that ruler picked ev-
cry ninth man for duty az a soldier
an the other eight were encouraged
TO till the soil an sell the surplus
to the ninth man, the soldier, who,
in addition to hiz duties az national
guardsman, wuz to act az merchant
an dispose ov what he an the eight
men could not consume. their fam
lilies. Ii they had any. bein' among
the consumers, ov course That wuz
primiaive farmin' with a vengeance.
But hit had some semblance ov sys-
tenn an divided the population into
certain proportions. AZ there wuz
nothin' doin' In the way ov manufac-
turin. but little I'm building except
very small habitations. which did not
require skilled mechanics. Henry
the Fowler" wuz not such q bad ruler
after awl. At any rate. he establish
ed system among q disorganized peo-