The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-05-08

! Clerical Garb In Days Past and
Gone-Democrats Threatened to
/ Imprison Negro Voters IL They
/ Failed or Refused TO Vot. Bu,
Had n scheme on Hand. OF Cour~e
! Past Elections Appeared TO be
Greased-Moral Schemes So
! called.
| Correspondence of The Caucasian
Enterprise
| Washington. d. c. May 5. 1913.
When last writ you | had Just
/ reached the front door ov the White
House at Washington, ID. c, L. 5 4
| am Particular ter specify whar
the White House IL located now fet
whole lot ov people who hey bin
readin' the Raleigh News an Dis
turber fer years an had bin seein
awl about how mean the Rapublikin
party liz had done concluded that II
We dymakrats ever should meet with
a mishap an carry the country
again that we'd each put on a red
shirt, tank up on painted corn Ticker
an wipe Washington City of the
map an move the capitol TO Weldon,
| \. c. Weldon IL the capitol ov Hal
/ flax County an Senator Matt Ran
som useter live in that county.
! Them wuZ the days when North Car
olina wuz jist az apt TO go Raypub-
likin az hit wuz ter go Dymakrat.
Halifax County had a purity big ne
gro population, the negro voters
numberin' about twenty or more TO
each white voter. While the most
ov the niggers sorter hung 20 the
Raypublikin faith an thought they
wuz votin' for "Massa" Grant and
'Massa" Mckinley, the pollholders.
Dymakrats, of course, would wear
long-tailed black coats with a hymn
book or Bible stickln' out ov their
side pockets conspickuously. an with
solemn countenances an chewin' a
Glove would proceed to hold the cleo
ion az per the law, keepin' the polls
open from early the mite before cleo
ton day till two or three days there
after, maybe, (if they thought hit
necessary. The niggers would
vote the publikin' ticket, or thought
they did. The dymakrats not only
allowed them to vote az much as
they could or wished, but would in
sist on their votin' early an often.
hnu ~ th a
niggers that they'd be imprisoned In
the pen for years IL they didn't at
tend the election an vote, a rite that
the constitution gives to practically
awl citizens regardless ov race or
color. Most ov the darkies would
they could into the act. The lee
ton would go on same az IL hit wuz
creased. II any ov the darkies
showed signs ov hangin' back. the
dymakrats would pull them up to
the polls an maybe give them a
bracer ov red lightnin' TO cheer
them up a bit (the same policy wuz
pursued In the various campanes In
the interest ov prohibition In some
sections durin' the several campaigns
In late years. the only difference
bein' that the niger thought they
were votin' the wet ticket when in
reality they were votin' hot an
strong for prohibition. not because
most ov the dymakrats were bitterly
opposed to prohibition. which wuz
a fact, but for the reason that the
bosses Daniels e. CO..
had decided that they had fooled the
voters in North Carolina about az
often az they could afford to on or i
dinary issues an must adopt a new
game or lose out, probably forever. |
Hit worked. In that way they got
the support ov thousands ov men
who had not drawn q sober breath In /
many years. The niger IL a great
institution in our modern dymakrat
politics, provided we hev the cleo
tion machinery we'll In hand an git
to count the votes. or course they
fooled a good many white sitizens at
the same time, tellin' them, when
awl other yarns failed, that prohibi- |
ton, via the dymakrat plan would
result in more an better licker, the
necessity for better licker bein' very
urgent at awl times in late years. /
Not less than a thousand ingenious
lies were placed in circulation an
lots ov guide people were deceived |
Az a matter oV course, there IL no
such a thing az prohibition an never |
will be until the millennium comes. j
No sensible. thinkin' person will be
caught with such ribald nonsense
only such az those are too busy or
careless to think out such matters,
az plausible az the idea looks, will
ever fall into such a scheme, though
there doubtless are Thousands ov
guide men an women who hev suf-
fered from what appears to be a
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