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C as second-clana mail matter
Elsewhere in this issue appears a
very timfly and pertinent cumniooi
eation from a Cabarrus I,puht ma
kiDtr iiquiry why sections 4 and 5 of
Cm Btitutiocal Amendment were not
embodied into one section bo as to
rtmove any doubt or danger that
may exii-t in the minds of the peo
ple as to the disfranchisement of any
white voters in the evtnt that the
Htate Supreme Coort nhould declare
nction 5 unconstitutioral and leave
the rent standing. This ia a highly
. a
important, jta, vital question ana
we would like to see toe Democratic
leaders and r.ewspapera ixplain why
them twosietions were not joined
together when the amendment wm
framed. This will net at a very im
portant feature of the matter and
the motives that actuated them to
mike separate section. We do not
believe that any pood and satisfac
tory reason ran bo given for having
two distinct sections when one would1
havo removed all trouble. With on
ly on & htcc'rioN and in the event of
the grandfather feature being de
clared unconstitutional, then the ed
ucational qualification would also
have been defeated, and no white
voter' right would be in danger.
We call upon our Democratic con
temporaries for an explanation.
IHlW TO TANKS.
In tLe receat preat law-suit in
Asntville, before Judge Simon ton,
in wtich the railroads contended
that their property ought not to be as
sessed at full value for taxation pur
poses, they allege that other pro
perty, and especially farms, are
not assessed at their full value, and
that so long as this is true they (the
railroadO have a right to pay taxes
on undervalued property.
The real jiutice iu the wbole mat
ter would be to assefs property for
taxation at tho value of its pro
ductive capacity. In other words,
property which pays a ten per cent
profit ought to be tsxtd twice as
much as property which pays five
per cent. This is just, it is right.
Property which, under good manage
ment and though cirumstancts over
which that management has no con
trol, pays nothing or is operated at
an annual loss, ought to be txempt
from taxation, if possible.
in the light of this reasoning, it is
plain that the farms of this coun
try only ought to pay a small part
of the taxes.
Farming does not pay under the
present conditions and they should
not be made to pay heavy taxes.
The railroads, on the other hand,
pay welt, and have no right to
grumble at present rates and should
congratulate themselves if they get
off by paying tax only upon their
actual value instead of their relative
value.
A FIGHT (OK rOLITt ,L FREEDOM.'
The fight now going on in Ken
tucky by certain Democrats against
the Infamous election law passed by
the Goebtl Democrats is increasing
in intensity. Mr. P. P. Johnstone, a
former chairman of the Democratic
State Central Committee, is out in a
card ftrongfy arraigning this dis
honest election law, though the ma
chine of his own party passed it, and
it is the law by which this same ma
chine hope to perpetuate themselves
in power. But in Kentucky, as in
North Carolina, there are Democrats
who will not sanction such dishonest
methods.
Mr. Johnstone's prominence in the
Democratic party of Kentucky gives
him the right to be heard, and what
he 6ays is of interest to North Caro
lina Democrats as well as of Ken
tucky. And for the benefit of North
Carolinians we quote the closing
paragraph of Mr. Johnstone's ap
peal: Can you go before the country as
the 8ponscrs of a "force bill'' that
gives the voters of Kentucky not a
ray of hope, that makes no claim or
show of fairness, placing exclus
ively in the hands of three irrespon
sible ersons, named by the authors
of the measure itself, the entire elec
tion machinery of the State.!
The time is on when yon must
stand nr fllnchinglv for your liberties
and vour manhood. Tolerate no
craven in your midst who boasts
openly, or by insinuation, bis will
ingness to 8 teal an election, and let
it be understood that any man who
commits such a crime does it at his
peri). I appeal to all good Demo
crats to unite in a supreme effort to
overthrow this attempt to debauch
the ballot by men who have deliber
ately prepared to deny every politi
cal right to these who refuse to join
them servilely in their nefarious
chemes.
A bloody riot occurred in the mln
lng district at Cartervllle, 111., last
Sunday. Trouble has been brewing
for some time between, the white
miners at Cartervllle and the im
ported negro miners, the white mi
ners refusing to let the negroes
come Into the town, The riot en
sued Snnday, and six negroes were
killed and others wounded. How
unfortunate for the negro miners
""thatnayor Waddell, of Wilmingt
on was'not. there to champion their
cause, and encourage them by say
ing they should be protected, even
If It were necessary to call out
every able-bodied man In Cartervllle,
Tilt ST DItl IO.
Thin is the R aon of Trust Con
ffrenct. One was was held last
wek in Chicago, and another opvn-e-d
yesterday In Si. Ixui. Th'
Chicago Conference wan called to
gether by the Civte Iteration of
Chicago, and the delegate were
appointed by tho Governor. 7b'
one now In hf-Hnlon at St. Ixjui In
the one proposed Home time ago by
Governor riayeres, of Texaa, and is
composed of different Governors
with their Attorney Generals.
While these conferences have no
power to accomplish anything def
inite, It la a very -hopeful indica
tion of the determination of the
people to put awtop if iOissible (and
It Is jK)Hbible) to the Trust.
The nentiment agtinst this com
mercial despot haa been growing
stronger among the eoplo every
year Hince the People' Party point
ed out the danger of and made the
first attack upon it, until to-day
the opposition against it is alaost
unanimous.
Jiut there is yet much difference
of opinion as to how to remove the
trust.
The Caucasian submits that the
People's Party platform offers the
correct solution. Let the govern
im-nt control the Instruments of
commerce', that is to say. let the
government alone Issue money, let
it own and.operate the transporta
tion lines of the country, and also
own and operato tho more rapid
means of communication as it owns
and operates the post ollices.
1 heso Instruments or commerce
under government control would
mean that tho government would
perform Its whole constitutional
duty of commerce; but these sanii
instruments of regulating com
merce in private hands are the
Ineans by which trusts tro built.
Thus by'removing them from pri
vate hands, we remove the cause
of trusts.
THE GNAT AND THE CAMIIKL .
It was in the name of "White
Supremacy", of course, that the
lied Shirters at Wilmington iu N.v.
1898, under command of Gen. Af ter
Office Waddell, committed that in
human butchery of inuoeent and de
fenceless negroes, which has left
buch an enduring stain upon the re
cord of the State.
Hut, pray, what high and lofiy
purpose is it that now actuates the
warlike chief of Wilmington in
threatening to call out his braves
ar.d start again upon the war-path?
A recent dispatch fiom Wilmington
explains:
Wilmington, N. C, September
1G Special. There is considerable
apprehension here to-night of a &er
ious dash between 1 cal ftevetlorfc
and a colony of sixty negroes brought
here by Messrs. J. H Sl an & Co.,
extensive cotton exporters, of this
city, to operate the Wilmington cot
ton compress.
Local stevedores are indignant
that work was not given them acd
have warned those brought hero that
they must leave the city at ot ce
It was necessary this afterco.m for
Mayor Waddell to go the compress
and in a speech reassure the opera
tives, especially those imported, tha1
they and families would be protected
"if it required calling into service
every able-bodied man in Wilming
ton." Now it will be remembered that
during the last campsin it was cir
culated that the people of Wilming
ton were done with the negroes, even
as servants, and that a movement
was started to import white laborers
to tako their places.
This was probably ore of the
many campaign stories sent out by
the "white supremacj" crowd to
give fome sort of justification to
their highhanded methods. But no
sooner were the Waddelites estab
lished incflice, the (white supremacy
they were seeking) than they began
to consider ways and means of keep
ing the negro in Wilmitgton, and
we have it stated in abovetbe dispatch
that negroes have even been import
ed into Wilmington. And ever
more, astonishing as it may seem,
Mayor Waddell, the Great Chief of
the "White Supremacy Rod Shirt
ers" has taken it upon himself to
make a speech to these imported
negroes in which he assured them
that he would protect them even if
to do so required calling into service
every able-bodied man in Wilming
ton. Now when we consider tha;
if it were not for negro labor, which
can be gotten cheaper, white labor
would have a better show, it ap
pears that Mr. Waddell (having got
ten his offieO is this time ready to
don the red shirt in defence of the
supremacy of negro labor over
white.
But the Mayer of Wilmington has
done something else in connection
with this recent trouble deserving
mention . fie has issued a Proclama
.i on offering reward for arrest o
any who disturb the imported neg-f
roes, and the preamble of this Pro
clamation is sneh rich reading that
we give it to our readers.. It as fol
lows Whereas, certain persons, whose
names are nn known-to the Mayor,
went, armed, to a house where some
laborers from Norfolk were staying
last night, and threatened to kill
them if they did not leave the city
today, (although said laborers had
violated no law); and whereas such
aets are not only criminal, but base
and cowardly, and are calculated to
ruin the business and dishonor the
character of this community; and
whereas said laborers have been in-I
duced to remain here under promise
of protection from the Mayor, who
is determined to discover, if possible,
these violators of law and punish
them, now therefore, etc.,
Had such a reward been offered on
the morning of Noy. 11, 1898, Mr.
Waddell himself would have been '
Tonight
If jour liver is oot of order, canting
fiiliousm-M, SicSi Headache, Heart
burn, or Constipation, take a dose of
Mood's Pills
On retiring, and tomorrow your di
gtive organs will be regulated and
vou will tw bright, active and ready
for any kind of work. This has
ben the experience nl other; it
will be yours. HOOP'S PILLS are
sold by all medicine dealers. 25 cts.
sar ject to arregt for there is not 8
single iLdictment in the above -proclamation
which would cot apph
with tenfold greater fore to bim
and hia band of Red Shirters than
to the culprits he now reeks to . ar
rest. Mayor WaddH's Red Shirters did
not only "threaten" but actually
murdered a lot of the laborers of
Wilmington ;altLough said laborer?
had violated no law"; and were not
such acts "bate cowardly and crimi
oal," and were they not alone calcu
lated to, but did they not in a larg
measure rum tue business and m
a iarct-r measure dithonor the char
acter of Wilmington 1
Mayor Waddell should either put
himself and his associates under
arrest ior last iairs woik, or oe
t. i lit i
more lenient to his successors in
anarchy.
THE (IHSHtVKR HIT IN A TKNDK8
The following yelp from the Cbar-
loUe Observer is proof positive that
the facts contained in the Caucas
ian's editorial hit that paper in
tender spot:
General Mercier J juause-Esterha-
zy-Dn Paty de Clam Butler, late fu
siotiipt ailv oi Claud Bernard and
Jim Yonng, is foaming at the moa'h
in tnis we k s Caucasian b -causa
the Observer has recently expressed
the hope tea1: the Democratic party
would not build its platform of one
plank alone free silver but would
emphasize als the anti-trust issues.
This snap and snarl exhibition is the
most recent case of hydrophobia we
recollect to have noticed.
In his speech before the Trust
Conference tit Chicago, Mr. Bryan
opposed the idea that protection is
responsible for trusts. He said he
did not believe that all trusts could
be destroyed by pu ting all trust
made articles on the free list, "be
cause if an article can be produced
in this country as cheaply as it can
be produced abroad, then the trust
could ex'st without any tariff at all,
though it could not extort so
much." This declaration of Mr
Bryan's will, we have no doubt, be
received with bad grace by the
class of Democrats who are so anx
ious to revive the tariff tight; but
as Mr, Bryan said ; "We cannot de
stroy monopoly until we lay tho
axe at the root of the tree,'' and the
tarlT scale won't do it. In this
same speech and in the same con
nection Mr. Bryan declared that
"discrimination by railroads has
been a great aid in building up
trusts." Mr. Bryan is right: pri
vate management of railroads has
contributed, perhaps more than
any other means, to the upbuild
ing of trusts, and government own
ership anel control of railroads will
remove one of the chief causes.
It seems that the A and M College
is about to lose a part of its tract,
owing to the negligence of seme
bodj ; but it does not seem possible
that this negligence is traceable to
Democrats, though it dated back to
1886. The whtle trouble is that the
deed to the tract was never register
ed and is not registered yet, though
it is thirteen years old. Subsequent
ly in July of this year, the original
owner resold a art of the tract and
the deed of tne secton sale .s regis
terer; and holder of the deed claims
property.
There certainly wa gross negligence
somewhrrf ; but, we repeat, we do not
see how such competent people as
Densocr.itic officials could be respon
sible for it.
The Board of Directors of the
Pententiary aro considering what to
do with the shirt factory. We tak
tbe liberty of iuggesticg that they
begin the manufacture of red shirts
for the nxt campaign. They ought
to be able to make a contract with
Chairman Simmons that would pay
them well.
The IJIght to Think, Speak and Vote,
It will b foolish for any party to
make a campaign in the State solely
for or against the proposed amend
ment. That alone will not free tne
State of negro domination and give
it pure white fopremtcy. Neither
will it lessen taxes and free the State
from trusts, combines at.d rirg rule
The Populist party will discuss the
amendment and will be able to prove
that it is not what the people want
and must have. The Populist party
will contend that every man, white
man, of every party should have the
right to think, speak and vote on
this and all other questions as he
pleases, regardless of party plat
forms or drunken roughs and red
shirts. I he Popuust party believes
In "a government of, for and by the
people, and will not show its weak
ness by an attempt to prevent free,
fair expression of the people at the
ballot box. Times Mercurv.
How Party Lioea are LooseDiug.
Morgan ton Herald.
Mr, Thomas Patton, of Asheville,
is out in a card announcing his in
tention to oppose the constitutional
amendment. Mr. D. M. Luther, of
the same city, had previously spok
en to the same effect. On the other
band Judge Starbuck, ex-Congressman
Settle, and Gen. Andy Duval
Cowles, all prominet . Republicans,
are outspoken for the amendment.
We do not believe our side has lost
anything in the change of players
thus far, though we are willing to
to call it even.
COLONIZATION OF THE
NEGRO EACE. NO. 8-
1 UK OXLT RATIONAL MOPS f"OR 1HK
f'nlltUai, autX Itduftttial Restora
tion ft Jfortb t'aroiiaa. t4 ef h o 1 1.
Will hm t aauA in tt eimdul !prt
tlou ami 4ttleinft of Ih Afro-.A mi I-
ran. I wa oui Portion t iba Pobli
Doinato, Oulviilti tho Limit of th I nl
twi Stmtr-, h.re They Shall ha rrvc to
eivvarn Thctuaetvca, Cndtr the National
trut'etors'e.
Kditur Ccca8ik l
After probing, as I have bee?n try
ing to do, to the very bottom of our
wretched Political, Social, and In
dustrial Condition, your readers
had a right to expect that I should
locate for them the seat of the All
pervading Malady. And this I be
lieve I have done. For if I have
not made a false diagnosis, the very
plaouk-si'ot, and true focal center
of the disease, is to be found In
CH E A I'-FHE K-N Kf EO-LA BO R. To this
we have been sacrificing all our
natural advantages, and unexam
pled resources. But in saying this, I
am bringing no accusation against
the Negro himself, for If I did he
wejuld be acquitted on three sepa
rate, and distinct grounds ,Forin
the first place, he is not responsible
for being cheap, and is only cheap
because he cannot hedp it. Nor is he
responsible for being free, since he
was not made free on account of
any merit of his own, but had his
freedom thrust upon him. Neither
is he responsible for being a Negro,
for I dare say he feels that he is a
Negro, rather by accident than ele
sign, and would have preferred to
have been a white man, if he had
been consulted. In a word he is a
Cheap-Free Negro in spite of him
self. And yet because of his nat
ural incongruity, as well as his to
tal want of harmony, with his pres
ent environment, he has become
altogether an obstruction, and very
much of a nuisance, partly in spite
of himself, and partly also on ac
count of himself. At any rate, the
dme has come, when in the opin
ion of all political parties, some
disposition or other must be made
of him.
The Democratic party has been
the first to lead off in this direction,
but in trying to adjust his posi
tion it has lost its own. Its atti
tude in respect to him is ludicrous
ly untenable, and is nothing more
or less than an attempt to work a
contradiction, and in such a way
as to have him, and not to have
him, at one and the same time. In
other words it desires him above
all earthly possessions its attach
ment for him indeed is but the old
story of Damon and Pythias mod
ernized and yet it cannot- get its
full consent to take him just as
he is, unless he could see his way
clear to vote the Democratic ticket 1
That, indeed, would render him al
together acceptable to the Demo
cratic party, while the People's
Party, it is hoped, does not desire
him on any terms either as a po
litical equal or a political serf but
wishes to bo rid of him forever.
To fix; his status, for all time to
come, the Democratic party, after
hard travail and protracted labor,
nas brought forth a Suffrage
Amendment, which it presents as
its ultimatum, subject of course to
ratification by the people. This it
does out of the plenitude of its om
nipotence, and the magnitude of
its benevolence ! As such we mus
accept it. And now, that I am at
last brought face-te-face with this
Amendment a thing which I have
longed to do I weigh well my
words, when 1 say, that it is a bill
of abominations, of which every
part, by most skillful contrivance,
reflects eliscreelitupon every other
part, and upon its authors. Its au
thors, wTith one or two exceptions,
are the Fify-J lve Attorneys-orshall
I call them Lawyers who hold
seats in the pending General As
sembly, counselled and abetted by
many who have had themselves
incorporated under the name anel
style or "the bar association of
north Carolina," and of whom,
when all shall have been gotten into
one fold, little and big, there will
be about a thousand, more or less,
dispersed throughout the State, and
the cry is still they come ! But let
me make a distinction here. For
in its advocacy of this Amendment,
there are, I am happy tosayT, many
honorable exceptions in this once
honorable profession, and enough
of them, I trustj to rescue the pro
fession itself from the shame and
disgrace that are being brought
upon it.
But returning to the Amendment
itself, my present purpose is to
evicerate the thing, and spreading
its viscera upon a table, so to speak,
to invite the reader to take a good
look at them ! He will find
(I) That it is a flagrant violation
of Article XV of the U. 8. Con
stitution, which is written in the
following words, that are so few
and plain, that the wayfaring man,
though a fool, need net err in con
struing them
ARTICLE XV.
Skction 1, Tbe right of citizens of
the United States to vote, shall not be
denitd, or abridged, bv the united
States, or by any State, on account of
race, color, or previous condition of
servitude.
Sec. 2, The Congress shall have pow
er to enforce this Article, by appro
priate legislation.
This is the whole of the Article,
and short as it is, this Amendment
conflicts with every part of it. Such
is both, its avowed intent and its
practical operation. -But to do its
framers justice, I must say, that
they have shown no sort of shame
faced ness about this thing. For if
hypocracy be the homage, which
vice pays to virtue, this Amend
ment does not possess even the
merit of disingenuousness. It is,
in trutn, a Doia ana orazen Ordi
nance-of Nullification, and noth
ing more. As such it presents so
ominous an aspect, as to recall
mournful memories. And if I did
not know, that its authors were
prepared to run at the first volley
I would believe that they were
preparing to precipitate us, into an
other Devil's Dance of a Revolu
tion, and not such as the Peter
Funk" Revolution of 1898, but the
more tragic one of 1861.
They insist, that Article XV
does not confer the 'right to vote,
upon either race, or upon any per
son whatsoever. And in saying
this they speak truth. But they
speak a falsehood, as often as they
deny, that it coes enjoin and com
pel ABSOLUT! SlilCTTVK EQUALITY
for both races. And this Suffrage
Amendtm-nt, by attempting to ert
up a kibd of doftb!f-teJard, that i
t ray. bj prerribibg an education
id qualification for one race, aod not
for tbe 4tr, violate tbi rqualitj.
Heor itt uocunst ittuionalitj.
In oMrr to mjMifj tbe quest ion, tb
author of Itis Auecdmmt contend
that il doe not disfraocbiM lb Ne
gro, ply asp olklt, bera he U
a Negro, And that it true. But it U
equally trs. tbat it doe dufrancbiM
Lim, patlt asdoslt. because be iaa
Negro. The : Under thi Amendment!
iHueracj, alone, uoe rot disqualify,
f r alt iilitrrat white tno raa vole.
Neither do t-gro-blood, atone di-
(ju&lifj. for educated Negro can tote.
Hut to dttfrattebbe a man, under tbit
double-faced and double -d e n I i n g
Amendment, be reunt be both aw II-
LUEKATK AND A NKOKO, Wbh.fa foTCe
tbe question of race into tbi contro
versy, which by violating the equality
prescribed ic Art'cle XV filiate tec
lion Sot the Amendment, burelf it
does not require inure than tbe aotlyt
ical power of a child, to penetrate
Mich a ohiMu as thi.
There is stilt another way in which
the unconstitutionality, and even ab
surdity, of ttiii Burfragtf Ainendm-nt
can be made to appear. For it must
Hlwuts be borne in miud, that Article
XV U S Constitution was bo framed,
as to protect the elective franchise,
nut of the negro race only, but of the
white race equally. Tbe language of
the Article itself, the debate u(on it,
and ait the circumstances sutouoJ
it jf its adoption, show thi. For at
that time, there were three Southern
State.-, of whose papulation a major
ity were Negroes, while in three oth
ers, i he number of Whites and Blacks
were nearly equal. Thus: South ('ar
oiina had 2Sy,72 Wbitea, and 415,814
NVgroe; Mississippi had 308 721
Whites, and 444,201 Negroes: Aid
Louisana had 362,705 Whites, and 364,-
210 Negrce.
Now, therefore, suppose tbat in any
one of tbee States, Mississippi for in
St. n ? for, aKbough a stronger case, I
abbor to use the names oi boutn Caro
lina and Beu Tillman, when it can be
avoided the Negroes being largely in
the ascendency, as the; were, had
sought to disfranchise all illiterate
white men, it woulu only nave been
necessary for them to copy, or invent
section 5 of the Suffrage Amend
ment its Grandfather Qlause and
change just oni word in it, which
would not have affected its constion-
ality in the least, and tbe thing would
have been done, provided always, that
a tning so vile, anu vindictive, was
then, is now, or ever could be law, in
this country. For by tbe use of a sin
gle negative, that is to say, by substi
tuting the word "disqualified, for tbe
word "entitled," our own beautiful
Grandfather Clause would read as fol
lows :
ARTICLE VI.
Suction 5. No person who was on Jan.
1 1867. or at anv time wior thereto. "DUV
qualified" to vote, under the laws of ny
state in the United States, wherein he then
resided, and no lineal depo.ndant of ; anyj
. - , . j 7, 1.1. ' auieiiuuieui uuwriri , uuuiuuuuo
such person, shall be denied the right to5 t irhth .Hit. nJ.(
register, and vote, at any election in this? J?"006?'; WfL..l g.VIilJ. -i?h
Stlte, by reason of his failure to possess thej them all in the same category with
educational qualification prescribed in sec
tion 4 oi this Article.
Thus by simply borrowing "our own
devilish invention to plague us with,"
all the Negroes in Mississippi, would
hove been clothed with the elective
franchise, and all illiterate white men
would have been robbed of it.
Here then is just one question which
I desire to ask our Bar Association,
and it is this: Can it furnish me tbe
name of any member of tbat Corpora
turn, who has ih- hardihood to affirm,
if the cegroea of Mississippi had thus
copied, or invented. Section 5 of this
Amendment by changing a single
word, bub preserving its wholk spirit
and without impairing its legality
thHt it would have been consistent
with Article XV U. S. Constitution,
and that tbe white men of Mississippi
would have been entitled to no relief ?
I pause to tear his name announced,
since it is always important to know,
who is the biogkst liar, in a state as
big as North Carolina.
Oh! what a tangled web they weave
When first they practice to deceive !
But is there no escape, for these
dodging and slippery Attorneys, who
constitute so large a proportion of the
present General Assembly, from a di
lema such as this? Yes, certainly. A
Hindoo Juggler can swallow, or seem
to swailow, naked swords, and coal? of
fire, and so can a Juggling Attorney.
And from this dilemma be can find a
way of escape. For there is another
case on record, that ison all-fours with
t' is. And it is a celebrated case. It Is
a leading case. It is 'one of
which it can be said, as -was said
by Chief Justice Pearson of the case
of Hoke vs Henderson, "that it is a
mine of learning." It is a case that
was reported by Noah Webster, ana
can be found near tbe end of a lilue
Back Spelling-Book, that bears his
honored name. I regret that I, having
mislaid o.j brief, cannot cite tbe page.
But it is tbe case of An Honest farm
er vs A Lawyer Not So Honest. The
matter in controversy was & claim for
damages f-r the goring of an Ox by a
Bull. In reading that case, one can
not help, being struck with admira
tion, at the dexterity witb which tbe
Farmer uses the weapons of his adver
sary a dexterity equal to tbat with
which Hamlet exchanges swords witb
Laertes and pins tbe Shyster to the
Wall, But NOT TO HOLD HIM THIBI. Oh
no! For the Pettifogger then, as now,
covered lumseii with a principle of
law that has ever since been summed
up in the legal maxim "c-i-r-c-u-m-
s-t-a n-c-e-s a 1-ie-r- c-a-s e-s!" And
that is the only principle of law which
underlies this wbole Suffrage Amend
ment.
(2) Again: This Suffrage Amend
merit dishonors the people of the State,
?mce it is a distinct repudiation of the
pledge, which she gave, when in com
pany with tbe States of South Carol!
na, Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
and Louisana, sbp re-entered the
American Union, under the Enab
ling ct of June 25th 1863, that Act
being supplementary, to the Recon
struction Acts of March 2 and March
23d 1867. The "fuudimental condition"
named in the Act of June 25: b
1863, and upon which North Carolina
was re-ad mit ted to tbe Union, was in
the following words
Its Constitution shall never be so amend
ed or changed, as to deprive any citizen, or
class of titizess of the United Stats of the
right to vote, who are entitled to rote by
tne ejonstuuuon nerein recognizee.
Now 1 do not need to be reminded,
that a sovereign state, when once re
habilitated, may by reason of her soy
ereignty, repudiate many of her sol
emn obligations, and may even repu
diate her honest dents. Ticr fo 1 need
to be reminded, tbat this Enabling
Act might under fav-rable circum
stances, have served tbe purpose of s
Democratic Platform, as being a thing
very convenient to get in oh, but not
to stand os. But 'he right to repu
diate is not reserved in this case, since
tbe General Government in Article
XV, 'IS DKAXIKG . DIRXCTLT WITH ITS
own citizins, and is, vested with all
the power, tbat is to he found in what
ever it may adjudge be to "appropri
ate legislaticu." It is true tbat the
conditions imposed by tbe Enabling
Act were harsh, and vindictive, and
even degrading, No one knows that
better, or feels it Stronger than I dp.
But that is not a. question now. And
the only question then was, whether a
conquered people should accept tbem,
as being leader evils than a continu
ance of military rule. And having
once accepted them what is naw to
be gained by an exhibition of
Punic Faitb.-which is equally im
potent and gratuitous? And was no
equivalent received? Did we not
thereby procure a seat in the United
States Senate for Matt W. Ransom?
and was not that seat filled for twenty
four years, continuously, by our own
delectable Matt?
ralvllivlUuVlibi mm,
mm ahoe
After Sli Yeirs of lofoss
SBffcrlii, Prcr.ptly Cured
Ik. O C C entire circulation is in a elepravexi conaition. x iwy.
II J 0 dt Of are a sever drain upon the system, and are con
stantly sappine away the vitality. In every case the poison mad
be eliminated from the blood, and no amount of external treatment
can have any effect.
There is no uncertainty about the
made for it is backed up 6tronRiy oy convincing
testimony of those who have been cuml by it
and know of its virtues by experience.
Mr. L. J. Clark, of Orange Courthouse, Va., wri toe:
For ix years I had an obstinate, running ulcer on my
ankle, which at time caused me intense suffering. I wm
ao disabled for a long while that I was wholly unfit for
business. On of th beet doctors treated me constantly
but did me no good. I then tried various blood remedies,
without the least benefit. S. 8. S. was so highly nwom
mended that I concluded to try it. and the eflsct was
wonderful- It seemed to get right at tha seat of ths
disease and force the poison out, and I was soon com
pletely cured. Swift's Specino
G. Q. O. FOR
drives out every trace of imparity in the blood, and in this way
cures permanently the most obstinate, deep-seated sore or ulcer. It
ia nnlv hlrwf rmxl v cninrftntMtl nurvlv vftfret&blc and COn-
tains not a particle of potash, mercury, or other mineral. 8. 8. 8
euros Contagious Blood Poison. Scrofula, Cancer, Catarrh. Eczema,
Rheumatism, Sores. Ulcers. Boils, or any other blood trouble. Insist
upon 8. 8. S. ; nothing can take its place.
Valuable books mailed free by Swift Specific Company, Atlanta, Oa
(3) Again : I object to this Suffrage
Amendment, became it imposes a
Property Qualification. I know this is
denied by its authors, but their denial
is worth nothing, for the reason that
whoever denies it ia either a fool or
has never paid a poll tax in his life. In
face of their denial, I boldly affirm,
tbat money is Property, and that Tax
es are Money, and therefore, that the
prepayment of the Poll-tax is a property-qualification.
It is not a very
large one, it is true, bus that is its me
anest feature. It is so small in fact, as
to be directed, mainly, at poor white
men, as well as tbe negroes, tbe former
of whom it strikes over tbe shoulders
of i he latter. In my opinion it is not
only punitive, but in the highest de
gree oppressive, that the non-payment
of any tax, whether great or small,
should work a forfeiture of all of a
man's political rights, since, in any
case, it may be tbe misfortune and not
fault, of the delinquent, i nis
Amendment however, confounds the
aces
he
perjurer tbe incindiary, the murderer,
the ravisher, and I wish I could add,
hut can not the batlot-box-stcffir
For I cannot think, that Poverty ought
to be treated as tbe Greatest of Crimes,
even in a State so abounding in wealth,
and so overflowing with riches, as
North Carolina is low, and is likely to
be for some time to cornel For if tbat
is not plctocract-on-a-vert-bmall
scalb, what is it? Still if the rrepay
ment of all taxes had been m vie the
Property Qualification, and tax doimj
er- in general, and lare tax-do1gers
in chief, had been it. eluded in the
disih-lity along with the Poll-tax de
linquents, there would have been some
sensa audconM&teocy in tbe Amend
ment, since, in that case, the poor
man's tax, like tbe widow's mite, would
have weighed as much when put in
the scale, and would have wkiqhed
NO MORE WUE.N TAKEN Ol'T OF IT, tliaC
the rich man's largeps.
From what is paid, the intelligent
reader can cot. misunderstand me as
speaking, in extenuation of tax-delinquency
of any kind. For ttie object, of
the Poll tax pruvisiou of th.s Amend
ment, is not to c-dlect tbat tax, but
juat the opposite. Its hidden purpose
is to defeat its collection, by taking
from the State ies power for enforcing
its payment, except as against assess
ed property. It proposes, in effect, a
BARTER OF TAXES FOR VOTES End SSJS
to the poor wbi'e man as well as to the
negro, you shall not have to pay any
poll tax, as long a you will consent
nottOVOtf SO STAT AWAY FROM THE
POLLS, for WE DON'T WANT BCCH FEL
LOWS as you there, any way In this
way, the Democratic prty would take
money that ougbt to go ioto th pub
lic treasury, and use it as a campaign
FUND TO KEEP MSN FROM VOTING. And
thus, in the form of Pol ii ical Indul
gence?, are tbe rights and responsibili
ties of men to be turned into merchan
dise, than which, nothing more revolt
ing has been seen, since tbe time when
Religious Indulgences were sold in
the market place, in a manner so open
and scandalous, as to eummon Mar
tin Lut her from tbe cell of a Monk , and
make bim the greatest of Reformers.
(4) Again: This Suffrage Amend
men is a revival of KoownothingUm iu
North C arolina, and in its mo-t ma
lignant form, since it sacrifices upon
tbe altar of W-h-i-t-e S u-p-r-e-m-a
c y! as many perhaps, as seventy-five
percent. not of foreigners arriving
or to arrive but of our foreigh-born
fellow-citizens already residing among
us. It is true tbat there are cot very
many of these, and the more is tbe
pity, since it is by something more
than a coincidence, that we find
North Carolina in the roll of States
highest in illiteracy, and lowest in
her per c.pita of wealth, and lowest
also in the percertage of her foreign-born
popclaeion. In 18!K), the
number of tbia victimized claes was
only 5.209, but of these it is safe to say,
that seventy -five per cent, bold Cer
tificates of Naturalization, dated since
Jan. 1 1867. And these, together with
their native-born descendents, are
prcbably not more than 20.000 to-day.
But to them all, both sire and son, this
educational qualification applies, and
witb the more shameful injustice, since
with a large proportion ot them, o jrs
was not tbeir native language. It is
therefore pertinent to inquire. What
will the gallant Irishman aLd the
sturdy German who have been al waj
foremost to lead the forlorn hone, of
this Party of Proscription, that is now i
maequerading in tbe name of Democrs
cy going to thick of this attempt, to
place tbem and tbeir Children upon an
exact equality witb full-blooded Ne
groes I And what will they say of the
effort, which these Political Resur
rectionists are making to exhume from
tbe grave tbis corpse of Knownothirg
um, which we supposed, tbat we bad
buried forever, as far back as 1856 ?
They will answer these questions at
tha ballot-box
(5;, Again: This Suffrage, Amend
ment certainly endangers, if it does
not as certainly disfranchise, all illit
erate White Voters in North Carolina
amounting to 60,000 or more, for it is
difficult to say just bow many of us
will be able to pass tbe Civil Service
examination of Democratio Reris-
tram, ai nee that will denend r.
largely upon tbe politic of the aopii.
f tnt Tt im fiawiaa that OaetlAM C M . a.
a wf wa mmmm UCVilVU f UlwVaVCtl m
pretense or protecting tbem. But bow
will it be when tbat Section shall t
stricken out? Will the remainder of
the Amendment be le t standinc? Its
aotbors say it wiil not, but of all men
tlavy are tbe last, who should be heard,
or believed, upon that question. My
own opinion is, that witb that Section
eliminated, tbe remainder of the
Amendment will stand. And I think
it ought to stand, as a warning at least,
for whoever, beinsr eudancered bv it.
shall walk into snob a trap, deserves to
be caught in it. And it is to be hnni
tbat it was the illiterate White Voter
Obstinate fore and ulcers which
refu.v to heal under ordinary treat
ment soon lxxn chroaio and devj
seatod. and are a suro sign that the
merits oi o. a. o. ; evry cuuxa
THE BLOOD
whom Solomon had in view, when he
aid "In i tin is the net pprrad in
tight of any bird.
It is difficult for any fair-minded
man. to reach any other conclusion, in
reepct t this Section a tor withtht'
re lion stricken out the symmetry ana
completeness oi wfcat is lrt are hot
broken. itn tbat one plank removd.
tbe box fits down tongued and grooved
at every j ilnt. And inasmuch as the
Amendment would have been valid,
with Section & omitted altogether, why
should it be less valid, after that Seo
tlon has been stricken out? Tbe edu
cational qualification which is pre
scribed in Section 4 is not in conflict
with Article XV, because it applies to
both races. But Section 5 attempts to
do an unlawful tbing, by marikg am
exception which is ukeqcal and
discriminative, and henco it ia viola
tive of Article XV, and void. Why,
therefore, should tbat part of tbe
Amendment which is illegal and had,
invalidate that part which is legal
and good? For if that be so what be
comes of that principle of law. that
Utile per inutile non vitiatcr?
The qi'ESTioN of intention, both of
the law-maker and of the voter, can
not be enquired into. In the case of
the law-maker it would be it ad -nis I
ble an well a unsafe, since it might
reveal an intention tbat he would be
gtad to conceal. And in the case oi
the voter it is inaCmiaab!e, as well at
useless, since any illiterate white voter
who should vote for lliis Amendment,
could hardly be said to have inielii
e:ice enough to k iov vrhv. hv was do
iog.
'1 ne iliterutc Whit Voter shoo I J re-oieuib-r
that be is to-day i purmi.
ion, not of a statutory privilege but.
ot a constitutional right, which l.e is
icvit: d to ut to tbe hszzard of a judi
cial decision. For Le is -tenuutly
atiked, by voting for this Amendment,
iu enter suit against himhelf and to
bring an action of Kjectiiienl, in the
nam- or jvlu Hoe va Juun Doe to trv
lh title to Ins own property. Itffore
doing this he should remember that
there is in tbe bdminMration of justice
that which lawyers b.t of as "the
IHoriou lil.rprtvin, v nf llio law "
Ought he, therefore, be willing to trust
that glonoos uncertainty? :Aod if be
is looiifb enough to trifle with hi
own liberties In tbis way ougbt he to be
wicked enough to tntl with thelib-r
lies oi otn-rsr r or ne tr.ou;a remem
ber, that Liberty has ottn o--n en
snared and Io l by tbitbtlesneK,
tnua Buarmg the fate of the beau'iful
Ginevra, who on her wedding-day.
a reused in her uridal rb. and uVemg
i re in ner merry-mamng frieoda, con
ceaied herself in an oaken cbet.
Fluttering wi'h joy, tbe bappitrt of
ine nappy.
When a spring-lock that lay in am
bcsh there.
Fastened her dwn forever.
R. 15. Davis.
CONSTITUTION!! AMENDMENT
WHAi A PROMINET WESTER" DCM0
CRAT SAYS ABOUT IT.
Mr. till loa M. LLr. rtmldat cf t
Zb Tsnrt Drm rll t ll. Tell Way
lis Cat Kapp.trt IU
I he Abeville Gszett (Drm.)
w e publish blow a letter from If r.
billion M. Ln'her on tbe Constitution
al Amendment. It is significant in
many ways.
Hillion M. Lai her has been a life
long Democrat, lie has long been a
party leader In western North Caro
lina, and the moot active and effective
organizer of the party's forces that
KuncnrotH county possesses. Ttuougb
his
individual efforts chiefly the
largest 'and strongest Iemocratio club
in ortbT;arolina was organized dur
ing ine isst presidential rampaigo.
vre nsa an enrolled mmrjerbip under
Mr. lu ner Ts leadership and preldeo
cy of more than eleven bun Jred voters.
For two I ears Mr. Luther has been
president of the Zeb Vance Club, the
oniy Democratic Club lo Asbevilie.
The rucces of the Democratic nartr
and its principles bsve been vital to
Dim, and be bas won leadership in tbs
county and district by persiMeor, effi
cient and eif sacrificing work for tbe
party. He was tbe candidate for
major twr yere ago; as tb Ietno
craj candidate opposed to;ol. V. H.
Lusk for tbe legilsture, and bas sices
seved a term as city attorcej. It ia
a Democrat who sees a violation of tbe
principles or tbe party and of its faith
with tbe people and confidence in tbeir
judgement tbat he opposes tbe scot na
of disfranchisement concocted in tbe
legislature, tlis opposition to tbe
measure, as is well know iu this com
munity, ia not a new thing. It ia at
oio as tbe measure itself. Mr. L'b.r
bas talked very frankly in opposition
to tbe scheme of tbe party leaders to
follow in tbe footsteps of Tillman to
gain political supremacy at tbe ex
pene of Democratic principle and Id
drflareeof their own pledges. At f be
request of tbe Gazette Mr. Lmber bas
5 written out bis views briefly for publi-
".W.'.""J
! " ,c"w".
To tbe Editor of tbe Gazette-
In obedience to the dictates of an
honest conscience, I shall oppose the
adoption of tbe proposed aax-Edmebt
to our state constitution, restricting
suffrage.
In taking this course I know I in
vite tbe caustic censure of a majority
of my party associates, but when con
sideration is taken of tbe action of
our last legislature in its disregard of
certain campaign pledges opon wbieta
tbe Democratic majority in that body
was, secured, I know the integrity
end honor of my fellow citizen will be
generous in tbeir criticUn of my
rear.
lYoas t h dU tf Cttahma . ham .
letter to tb voter of tto .au.
irg tb peblie tbat. If tb ct ,
Peaiocratic wore, fJtrrt 4 t.
mad teabndg In sat vsv iL .hf
fraevrigbts ! aot vmvr.ltbr
or ear eppests agate cur mi t
root rot lb stat mpUrii an,
MTHb IfcU ttb net; ,
or alrtaat .iiitrat tutr r.
moved, tbe dsty ! SMji-riit ,f tt .
silt 04 voters of lb Mat , n
cear.
Tt bled ef our atU.I in ttf
rampalgn wst to rct tb tr :
rmial governments frrni the rr n
pv'rat bands into wbirb ihy ;
laUra. To da ltl wth t t.r
rurrnMi of rtrirt.og .r?rtgw ,
Ci. WSsatJbSt ti3 Hftl4,f, a ti
. vrrjllVmorrat bavirgaa utrr- ,,
campaign an lMirm(nistab t.r
Her la t bo way of mt ,t4.,
far as awy aoowledf eaterd. t-..,
was not a candidate ft r as t pf.i t
nr a campaign orator, or (,,, r
within lbs Mate, inai an r..t t..
rsrnectly ard empbatirir d.
any such b urpo ou in m-rttu. rti
irtf. ana rieagea u i gti;i. i .
urful, aa'tt urb a irj .
How well tbo anti-lctiun g !.
wr aet by th IcCMla'urr
matter of hitrj. and is n. w, r.
us tor ratification.
As on bUiog in iliii t :
. iy, a well pribal l.tir-tj. i
not btlirv tbe common - m .f .
crest Irmorrstic prtv ! M : .
onioiUlrd -r ft rrd lo tbe rsiifl. t
o. Ibis moiiMro nsie.
Tb imorracy of JrfTVr.-1. ,i, k
son. Ilrjso at d Vsoc td ut i, -i .
housetops and tt bMlrajt f t.. r
ly, proclaiming in in wor.u, iii ,.
vt-roal poiiucsi iiooi ui t
kind, witb "equal risbta l ;
special privila o noo". who
iMmocracy of Tillman at.d t .r.
bides itself bebiod uajut la . j
restricts tb privileges of ntii.i .t ,
to the ClSMfled fW, Wtto li-li.tr :
d , and will follow at lb i ,
the schnwldgd i'-r. it,
tip I North Carotins' In..r j
bss always bn th formr. at.d i i.
fuse to bliev tbat lb latter mu t .
he substituted at tl e bidiig ..f tt
who seek through u h tura-urr.
j ti ts proposed sunrsg niiu!n(. t
i foist It upon our party am :t. . .
at tbe dictation of psr'y irj-r
Space in your valuable i -r if .
tbat I. at this tune. aMmipa t
my reasons for parting qi t i mt
Darty on this question, iii nit '.
uocootltu1iol.alt,wMrh avt tiott ?. ..
of the propn4d amrodoient unk'.
itb tbe couatitu'ion of the I i ' t
Stales, and tbe great darrr , .1,
lies in an unfavorable opitiinti t) i,r
national supreme court upon 1 1n
tioo. and the strong prubshilit) tt -
lies in tbe maintenance of the mntx-
derof tbe amendment, wherrtiy iihi
eraV white and colored vote ar-irtt
alike without the pritilrge -f tl" t.ti-
lo's, linold b auturieLt rauf i,. !
niiods of all patriots for the dann.M g
ut the entire tnaur-.
I havo csrrfulty rrsd evrrj ariir'
et offered by I be friend ot it.
ami ttdment. and fu my mind, I hat
got to the firt -xpreion lriii ai
of Ihrtu that Would ronvinrr lh iiMt
crdulu Is man that there ; t-f! a
remnant of hope that section tit n
stand the test of an lionrrt ju.1i.nl
opinion.
In fact, not one of lh frirtnl f itr
ametidmciit lie a-ver tourhd tl
vital point In the case, and to in j ohm!.
it M-tm clear from all the work I
have burnable it find upm il i,ti
ject. th-.t hIihi lb. a uiatttr i- I r ugll
btt.rc tbe courir cf the nun rj. a
legality will not ta: d.
1'bere are many'otht-r pain "a f.l.
j eel ton to tbis proposed in quity t t.at
I hope to be beard upon, a th 4.t.t-t
for Its adoption or rejection progr--es.
In conclusion, I wish ),ttia!
in fsflhtul adhrrenc ta t 0 r t n
and dicipline, when not in option
to th patriotism .f tie lin.rti
partf.ai d in love for t time Ign
ored principals and in fait It ii tl..r
final triumph, I yield to nc m nr
most escred devotion. V.m lni I
see its cause so mslieiouei dr. tl
from its lime honored land intra, a
is pros posed by this un-irni(Krli'-proposition,
I feel it mj patriotic d ity
to consecrate the brat aff.H-ts of mjr
life to prevent tbe fwrfcclioo of a
scheme so full if dauger toor
pie and s'ateastu adoption f Uw
prop ed amendment.
Ilepectfulljr,
Dll.lxiN M I.i ihsk.
Asbctille.X. C.Aug. 31, 1
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11 sure aud um that old at J wJi
tried remedy, Mas. Wumuia'iNioiH
iNoSvarrfor children leeflnng. It
soothes tbe child, softens tie gutu. al
ia s all pain, cures wod ell: snd i
the twst remedy for d!arrt.ea. 2 ct.
per bottle.
W'Ln a man takes your band with a
firm, cardial grap. it ia a sureigu
that bis heart Is full, or hl ur
t mply.
Spalaa Urea lest 'eVd.
Mr.lt. r. OUvis.of Ilarcelona, palr.,
spends Lis winters at Ai-en,
Weak Sfftroi bad caused severe paifi
i tbe back of bis lead. (In ottg
Klectrlc bitters, America, greate-t
lilood and Nrve Remedy, all pi
stson left htm. lie ass this grat a
medicine is what tits country tteeds.
All America knortbat it cures iiier
and kidoey trouble, purifies the b!ifl,
tones up I be stomach, strergtfi the
nerve, pots vim. vigor and $ttm lit
iali every muscle, nt-rve and orgati f
the bdy. If weak, tird or ailmg
nsed it. Kvery b Ule guranteed only
&0 cent. Sdd by all Druggists.
A BAUGAix.
I have a IS borae-power eicine, g4
as new, built by Iticbmond L-m.!tio-tiveand
Machine Works, which 1 i"
e-H at a bargain. For price etc, afl
dress J.C.WILLIAMS
Ro- UiIl.N.C
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