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N.C at econdclat nuil matter
now have a State lew bat the trusts
can thank the Corporation Iri
!tur which passed it that it is a
most harmless affair.
And ao it will b with alt anti
trust lawi, at long aa trust are
powerful. The way to remove tb
trust evil is for the people to forre
their representatives to strike a
decisive blow bjr removing from
private control the eaosea wbieh
prod ace tratto.
TIIK OOLbllCO M.IIEMK.
Recently we learned from a prcm
ineat Democrat tbat tbe reasons f t r
boldiog two separate election in tbe
State next year ia that tboi-e who f
tor the Democratic paity ia tbe State
can bate an opportunity to vote for
th candidates representing tbat
party on State issues solelj; and in
the November election they can be
free to vote aa tbey see fit.
So it seems that this is tbe ecbeme
adopted by tbe corporation Leginla-
ture to elect toola and srvantaot
comorations in tbe State, and then
throw all of their influence and sup
port to secure' tbe election of men in
November who represent the gold
standard.
We can see do other reanon for
making the taxpayeia of the Seal
bear the heavy burden of twoelec
tions unless it be the plan of tbe ma
ehine element to defeat, if posibk
the many who stand fur reform meat
nres in tbe National election It if
well known that the railroad and
banking elements of tbe State are on
tbe side of tbe gold standard, and
everything that is monopolistic, and
it seems to be the purpose of the
machine to enable this claps of men
to vote against Uryan. For this rea
son they hold two elections.
It entails a great cost to hold at
election ia this State, and the cor
paration Legislature is responsibl
for the great additional burden that
will be imposed oo the taxpayers
next year.
Hut then the corporations bo 01
derd it and it must be done !
COLONIZATIOH OF THE
NEGRO RACE. HO. 9
The land-grabbing poliey of Eog
lai d has led her into many question
ntl positions, one of which sbe has
n w to deal with. SLe must either
fiht the little Boer republic in South
Africa, or col fens herself befoie tbe
world tbe great bluffer tbat sbe is.
It is lufrt for gold that has kd to the
present crisis. When the Boers were
poor, ttbey were undisturbed; but
now tbat their country is found to
be rich with gold, England, on pre-
t xt of protecting her subjects there.
st eks to lay bands upon it, but the
Doc i s will bave none of it; and have
ffiven John Bull to understand tbat
they prefer to fight and die instead.
If England persists, of course there
can bw but one end, but it means the
massacre of every able-bodied Afri
'under to make way for aggressive
England. Such is tbe policy of im
pir'talUm a policy the like of which
republican America will enter upon
ucltsa present it flaences are check
td. Our sympathy is with the Boers.
It is interesting to read the com
ments of some of tbe Democratic pa
pers of North Carolina with rf r
ence to tbe race riot which occurred
atCarterville, III., sme days ago
mention of which was mae in thes-
colunms last week. Thy have
point to mak, and tbe p int is tbat
the negro fares better ia the SoutL
than in the North. They all express
the sentiment that the killing
these negroes, iix in number,; wa
a most shameful massacre. The
Charlotte Observer characterises
as "the St. Bartholomew of Illinois,"
and declares it a stain upon th:
State, to which it refer a as being
'anarchistic.'' We would like to in
quire where were all these paper
when that "shameful massacre" oe
eurrtd at Wilmington last fall. Their
pleasure then was to condone instead
of condemn, and certainly that w.s
"a shameful lo&fsacru" more atro
cious than this one. In this Illi
nois case white miners were fighting:
for preference of work over negro
miner: in the Wilmington caso the
instigators were fighting for office.
Of tbe two seta of "anarchists'' we
think the Illinois crowd has the bet
ter case.
The right of every white man to
vote, and vote as he thinks proper,
without hindrance or restraint, is a
sacred privilege, which the white
men of North Carolina will not suf-J
fer to be abridged. The election law
now on tbe statute books, passed by
the last Legislature, is a machine
made-law. the purpose of which
to disregard 'he vote of any man, be
he Democrat, Populist or Republi
can who is not in sympathy with the
machine.
But such a purpose can find no
permanency in North Carolina. The
Simmons election law needs but one
trial to prove tbe correctness of the
statement.
HK OJO.T KATIOVAE. HOPS fOE THfc 1
Political, ftoetal, tad Iedtrtl
tloa mtXmrtH Carolina. kt of tbe Seetb.
Will be Fes ad la ta Gradual Ieeort
tloa aad SvUlemeet ef tba Afra-Aaert-ee,
t'poa heeae Portlaa af tba Ieblle
l'amata, Oattlda tb Lmlt of tba I' fil
led Hlatea, Wk ra They Kh.Il a Fre to
U.fwa Tbemeelvee, Under tba Xailtaal
reteUrae. 1
Editor (Jaccabu! I
In a partial review, in your last
issue, of the manifold iniquities
which lie upon tbe very surface,
while many more are hidden with
in this Suffrage Amendment, no
mention was made of the over
whelming preponderance, which
an Educational Qualification must
give to our urban over our rural
population. Even now, that pre
ponderance out of all propor
tlon to numerical strength, is
strongly felt in our public af
fairs. And this is naturally so. For
many,and great, are the advantages,
which people who live in towns
and cities, possess over their less
fortunate countrymen. They have
tbe Newspaper Press at all times
within easy reach or them. Ihey
have the money-lenders. They have
the resident attorneys. They have
schools of higher grade and longer
terms. They furnish nearly the
whole of the State Guard. They
bave better facilities of trade and
transportation. 1 hey have broader
credit, based upon corporate in
debtedness. The employments of
their laboring people, being chiefly
mechanical, are pkotectid indus
rn" 1
Is often a warainr. tbat toe m-r It
torpid or loawtive. More mr
troubles may follow. For a irn;?t,
efficient car Hf-1 be wwl all
liY trouble, take
Hand's Pilto
While they roc tor llrer, restore
full, regular action of tbe Dowt-u.
they do not gripe or pain, do i
Irritate or Inflame tbe Internal organs,
but bare a positire ionic effect. 25c
at all drorjrists or by mall of
C. L Uood Jt t-o-, Luveil, Mass.
The CatCasian is receiving nam
b rs of letters each week similar tc
tbe one below which are very grati
fying to us. We take the liberty of
publishing this one in as much as it
ts short.
Jrromb, 24. C., Sept. 19, 1899.
Editor Caucasian Raleigh. N. (J.
L)ik Sir: Please find one dollar
enclosed to renew my subscription for
another year, 1 cannot get along with
one I he Caucasian, it is tilled to
overflowing each w e with what ev-
ry voter in inn Mate should know
t he articles b Mr. K. B. Davis on tbe
Ionization of tbo Negro, is worth
alt th paper cots.
Wirinng your paper and all it ad
vocates success.
I am your? fraternally,
WcK. CCLBRKTH
livery reopie's i'arty man lu
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Write to us for subscription blauks
atd return onvelopes.
The People's Party is strongly op
posed to the policy of imperialism,
Though it has not had the opportun
ity to so declare iu National Conven
tion, every State Convention held
this year has taken a position strorg
ly antagonistic to such an an-Amcr
ican step. This is natural, in as much
as the party itself is a protest against
wrong and oppression of any sort,
and though oppression of a foreign
people was not one of the conditions
which gave it birth, it is ready to
meet this new issue with as strong a
protest as it has always lcdgtd
against industrial oppression of the
American massts. And besides thia
view of it, it bodes little good to our
own people, this strange departure
from our Republican form of gov
ernment. The governing of a for
ign people of such uncongenial sort
would, in itself.be distasteful enough
but especially is it so when such gov
erning will necessitate the mainten
anee of a large standing army, botb
at home and abroad, the mammoth
eost of which must come from th
American taxpayer.
Dewey's return is the event of
most general interest to Americans
at this time. He arrived in New
York Tuesday, and it is heedless to
say he was given a reception
worthy of the Hero of Manila. I
has been m -re than a year since th
great battle was fought. But' tbe
ardor of American pride in the fear
less conduct of this American nava
Commander baa not grown less warm
and the great ovation he will re
ceive tbrougout the Union will be
a most fitting demonstration of this
pride. True it is, that the victory at
Manila was taken advantage of to
inaugurate an unpleasing policy to
the great majority of Americans, but
the victory itself is something which
very American feels proud in that
it has added lustre to the already
glonona history of American war
fare. We say: Welcome to Dewey
and his brave men.
In this issue of The Caucasian
Capr. B. B. Davis takes leave for
the present cf our readers. For
many werks, in the discussion of
Negro Colonization and tbe Suff
rage Amendment he has held their
undivided attention. The two are
cognate questions, ard upon them
he has spoken strongly and fear
lessly. It is for those who. dissent
from his opinion to answer tbem.
Our columns are open to such as
wish to reply.
tries, which makes them more re
munerative And, what is more
than all else, their numbers are
concentrated, which gives them su
perior organization and unity, as
compared with far greater numb
ers of men, disunited, and dispers
ed throughout the countryside.
All these are legitimate advanta
ges, cut wnen to them you aia
an Educational Qualification, their
supremacy in our public affairs
and you may call it W-h-I-t-e S-u
p-r-e-m-a-c-y if you like? will be
come absolute, and the waning in
fluence of our rural population will
be gone And this will result from
the fact, that the occupations of
townspeople, being largely clerical
and professional, necessitate a bus
iness education which is the same
thing as an Educational Qualifica
tlon higher, and more general,
than is required for those who fol
low, less ambitious, but not less
honorable pursuits.
In saying this I am not trying
to arouse antagonism between
town and country That is wholly
unnecessary. For as a basis for the
ELECTIVE FRANCHISE, I Utterly
contemn and dispise any Educa
tional Qualification, and 1 care not
whether it shall be inaugurated in
1908, or shall be set up just so soon
as the deceptive and swindling
Grandfather Clause known as Sec
tion 5 of this Suffrage Amendment
can be first kicked into the gutter
and thence carted to the dung-heap.
For the amusement of the reader,
suppose we take a look at this Ed
ucational tjualihcation, for a mo
ment. Section 4 of the Amendment
reads as follows
Every person, presenting him-elf for
registration, yfcall b able to read and
write, any section of the Constitution
in tbe English language.
Hereupon a number of questions
suggest themselves. For do the
words "any section" mean one sec
tion only? or can they be made to
mean more than one, and every sec
tion, and all sections of the Consti
tution? And must the reading and
the writing, be con ectly done? that
is to say; must the words when
read, be fitly accented? and correct
ly prcnounced? And when writ
ten, must the writing be legible?
must the words be accurately spelt?
and correctly capitalized? and
must the whole be properly punct
uated? so that whatever is read, or
written, shall be true copies of the
he earn an hooest living? Does he
live in obedience to the laws of the
landf Does he p rform hiscivic du
ties? and will he fight for his coun
try! which lat, I consider the tru
est test of all, s nee there Is no
stronger proof which a man can
give of his love of country, than bis
readiness to die for It. liut the
Suffrage Amendment asks none of
tluse questions, and an Education
al Qualification answers none of
them. And this I say not4n depre
ciation of education. It has its val
ue, and is its own rewad. But it
does not of itself, make a citizen
either good or bad. It only makes
the good citizen a more efficient
one, ana me oau citizen a more
dangerous one. This is lliusirateo
by the fact that seventy-five per
cent, of Negroes wearing striped
clothes come, it is said, from the
educated class. And this is the
class, which the Amendment pre
fers above tbe more faithful old
illiterates, who served us as slaves,
but must now give place to the Lit
erary Negro. And, equally among
Whites, the educational standard
proves too short, when applied tc
the defaulting fiduciary, the ab
sconding bank-officer, and the pro
fessional Shys er.
We give below, in parallel col
umns, comparison of the Goebel law
of Kentucky, against which the most
prominent Democrats of that State
are waging bitter warfare, and our
S.mmons election law, passed by
North Carolina's last Legislature. It
will be seen from this comparison
that the two laws are "birds of a
feather."
Ooabtl Election
Sec. 1. The gen
eralAssembly shall
at its present ses
sion elect three
cummihsionerswho
shall be styled
"The State Board
of Election Com
missioners "
Sec 2 Said State
Board of Election
(.! o m m 1 a a i onerr
hall annually, not
latr than tbe
month ot. Septem
ber, appoint three
Election Commis
sioners for each
county who
be styled "The
County Board of
Ejection Commia
sinners." '
Sec. 8. Said coun
ty board shall an
nually, not. later
than the month of
October, appoint
for each election
precinct in tbe
county two judges
one clerk and one
sheriff of election
to ant as such in
Slmmori E'eftlon
Sec. 4. That there
ball be a State
Board of Elections
consisting of seven
discreet persons
who shall be elect
ors, elected by the
General Aasemb'y
at its present ses
sion.
Sec. 5. That there
ball be in every
county in tbe Stale
a County Board of
Elections to con
slet of three die
creet persona who
are electors in the
sballjcounty in which
they are to act ,w bo
(nan be appointed
a hereinafter pro
vided by the State
Board ot Elections.
Seo 7. That it
shall be the duty
of the County
Board of Elections
in each county to
aproinc an regis
trars and judges of
election in their
respective coun
ties.
their precinct.
It requires no acquaintance with
the dictionary to define the meaning
of "discreet," as used in the above
connection. : Any man who will do
the work of the machine ean have
his name placed on the eligible list.
The Trust conference of Gover
nors at St. Louis passed resolutions
recommending the parsageof State
and national laws to curb the power
of trusts. While this should of
eourss be an effective way of dealing
with the trusts evil, yet experience
baa shown it to be futile.;' We have
had national anti-trust laws, bat
trust flourish under their, and we
Chaag- In baUlng- of Tranaporta. "
Washington, Sept. 25. Owing to
delays in the departure of several
transports and the necessity of se
curing new transports in tbe place
of the Anglo- Australian transports,
w hie h are to be used by the British
govercment, a new schedule of pro
posed dei artoreof transports to Ma
nila hat been arranged. It provides
for the sailing of 367 oficers and 8,
076 men before the end of next week.
uonstitution, verbatim, litera
tim, et punctuatimi Nor are these
frivolous questions, when it is re
membered that he who can raise
them, and must pass upon them
this political schoolmaster of the
Democratic party may be some
villainous, and low-Drowed Regis
trar, who has been selected on ac
count of his moral fitness for such
work. Nor, if wrong be done by
him, will there be much hope of
redress, in going before a partisan
Judge, at a time when party feel
ing ia running high and el.ctions
are close. No f tht6e questions are
not frivolous, but the Educational
Qualification is. And to show bow
frivolous that is, it is well to re
member, that there is to-day in the
Tower of London, an old piece of
parchment upon which is ir scribed
.magna unarta, and under it are
written the names of. ail those
brave Barons, who extorted that
charter from King John at Bunny-
meue, out opposite the name of
each, one of them a cross-mark ap
pears, except against that of Ste
phen Langton, Archbishop of Can
terbury, who alone could write bis
own name and yet all but he, with
section a stricken out, wculd to-day
be disqualified by this Suffrage
Amendment ! And in this connec
tion, it is well to remember also.
that such small men as Oliver
Cromwell, and Napoleon Bonaparte,
and George Washington, and -Andrew
Jackson, were, notoriously,
among the very worst spellers of
tneir times and any one of them,
ii now Jiving, might find it dlfli
cult to satisfy a Democratic Regis
trar in North Carolina. It must
have been in ridicule, therefore, of
every thing of this kind, that John
C. Calhoun used to say, that he
would be willing to admit the Ne
gro to all rights of citizenship,
-whenever he should be able to
conjugate the Greek verb," which
is as much as to say that the man
who can only speak broken Eng
lish should, before he is allowed to
vote, be required to speak good
ureex.
But is there no better standard,
man mat oi an Educational Quali
flcation, by which we should meas
ure a man's fitness for self-gov-
ernmentr ior me right of self
government he has now, and will
Keep, unless he sball be base enough
to surrender It I think there is.
For I think, if we are to go into an
examination, of the fitness of "the
person presenting himself for; reg
istration," that the first question
to be asked should not be, Can he
read and write? but rather, Does
But let us suppose, that it was
all otherwise, and that the posses
sion of "a little learning," was the
sure and enduring foundation for
human rights : What, in that ease,
ought I to say of the selfishness of
the men of one generation the
charter-members under this amen
ded Constitution who are seeking
to exempt themselves from condi
tions, which tluy are mean enough
to impose upon others! For to my
mind the many-sided turpitude, of
this Suffrage Amendment is shown,
at its worst, on its treatment of Lit
tle Children. And by Little Chil
dren I mean, not only the blue-eyed
suckling of less than one year old,
and his flaxen-haired brother of
thirteen, but all the boy-babies
that are still in the wombs of their
mothers. Those that are yet to be
born, are to be treated very much
in the same way as Herod treated
the Innocents of his time and if
I were one of them I xvould prefer
not to be born until after the tyr
any, which is sought to be set up
in North Carolina, has been over
thrown while those who, are now
running about in short clothes, are
to be made to pass through the
fires to Moloch ! For all of these
little ones will then be placed, as
our foreign-born citizens now are,
upon a level with full-blooded Ne
groes, OR A LITTLE BELOW. For
whereas this Amendment does de
clare, that the illiterate white man
shall be placed above the illiterate
negro, for the present, and until
1908, Still FOREVER AFTER THAT
time it declares, that the educated
negro shall be placed above the il
literate white man, who is de
barred the suffrage after that date,
and this is done in the name of
W-h i-t-e Sup r-e-m-a-c y. The
authors of this Amendment, start
out with the very pretty theory,
that there is in 'the blood of the
Caucasian something that is in
trinsically good, and so much
thicker than water, as to make a
White man ajittle better than a
Negro. And they say, that there
is a quality in it which is trans
missible, and which they call He
redity But they soon abandon
this theory. For after 1908 this
quality ceases to be transmissible,
and the Heredity is lost. Thence
forth, by this Political Bill of At
tainder, the blood becomes tainted
the children are bastardized and
a bar sinister is set opposite their
names !
And shall these "hungry, lean,
and lankjawed" Spoilsmen, who
are seeking through its General
Assembly to dominate the State
this Bread-and-Butter-Bngade of
the Democratic party, and fit rep
resentative of that Mob of Patriots
who, in Raleigh last winter, filled
all Capitol Square, and overflowed
into Fayetteville street shall tney
be suffered to rivet upon the peo
ple of North Carolina their own
scheme of Disfranchisement, with
all which that implies for them,
and for us! And are tbe people
themselves ready . to tamely kneel,
like a bastinadoed elephant, to re
ceive such paltry riders! I for one
will not believe it. For when, I
should like to know, have they ever
before given proof of such servility!
Was it when, at Bethel they were
among the first to . unfurl the ban
ner of the free, or when, at Appo
mattox, they were among the last
to furl it again ! or vas it during
those intervening years when, in
tattered uniforms but with bright
muskets, they were foremost in up
holding that banner, from Manas
sas to Petersburg, and by way of
Fredericksburg, and Chancellors
ville, and Gettejsburg, and Cold
Harbor! When, I repeat, have they
given proof of such servility! r Was
It when, a little more than a year
ago, the sons of these same men, in
answer to a call to arms,' mustered
under the restored banner of the
Union with no other rivalryand
of this I speak with pei sonal knowl
edge than, which one of their regl
menls should be chosen to plant
the flag of the nation upon Morro
Castle, and when, one at Cardenas,
sprung from the same proud lineage
with themselves, and another at
Santiago, leftv names that will be
remembered as long as the bil
lows of the ocean shall break
against the walls of Fort Shipp and
Fort Bagley!
And yet, these pi tters against
the public peace tell us, with a
recklessness that is born of despe
ration, that they intend to fasten
this thing upon an unwilling oeo-
hle, pes fas it nefas, while we
their Myrmidon Contabl and
Bailiff they call them-with fall
power and discretion, to arret and
imprison, and to do tab, not In or
der, that timid Democrats may safe
ty approach the ballot-box but. In
order, that force may cover fraud.
It Is incredible, that these puzzle
headed, and denderheaded, and
muttonheaded Blunderers should
not understand tbe nature of the
conflict which they are provoking.
for bave they such short memo-
ries as to have forgotten, that only
ten years ago, thiiy raised a prodi
gious clamor ovtr the tlnva-enod
attempt of the General Govern
ment to interfere forcibly in our
elections! and tbat Congr istLe
judge of its constitutional power
and duties, without waiting the de
cision of any court! And an they
not now courting such interfer
ence with no other object, or rttiult,
thn that Federal soldiers should
appear at the polls In numbers
equal to tbat of their own Bom
bailiffs! Vy own opinion ii, that the au
thors of this Suffrage am s?nin
have no aiquae conception of
what they were doing, and have
dor.e, at lant for ibemf elvt-t-! Tnej
have yet to learn what it i to tam
per w ib tbe rights of men, i-e
fatbits wre fie, wboare ttr th m-
.lve, and who bave not trot n their
c ne it to disinherit thir own e.til
area, ouudrnly lirtfd into power
by a Ked bbirt-Iievoiution. which
thy helped to fn-ate, tbfse foment-
ers ef strife have po broken tetr
pltdgeg, and abused their true, as to
provoke a Cuunter-Revolutior, which
they will be powerless to rf-riit. For
they little know what it is to eacoun
ter the rago of a people, when thor
oogbly ar. usr-d, and fighting f. r
their libfrtita. Tb Is they will aoon
be called upon to do, and they will
find it something different, from per
verting the law and the facts, and
badgering witnesses in an ordinary
Court Moose. For it is they them
selvts, who are about to be arraigned
before tbe Grand Assiz of the peo
ple of North Carolina. I have some
times spoken of them as quadrupeds
And I now use a like figure, when I
say, that those, whom they have de
ceived and betrayed, are making
ready to hunt these wolves-in-sheepV
clothing to their hiding-plaees that
they mean to pull tbem out of tbeir
holes and, after carefully removing
their borrowed integuments, they
will proceed to strip tbeir own brin
died hides from them, in tbe broad
light of day !
Rejecting, then, this Suffrage
Amendment, as being th latest Mon
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trrwrn whfah LhV afivT SO 1 tCaJtV.
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log new strength ad life to the whole body. It -the
aprtitrWlda ap Ua oergiea. a4 eoade atv ttfo-
glvinc blood thnmghoat tao oaUrs yatoaa
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for twenty mn.. I waa sick la different way, andtn
addition, had Ecaom terribly on one of say Ua The
Aorta mmiA that on aooooct of bbt im, 1 womld never I
wellacmia. 1 took n doawn bottle of 8. A. S. end st
completely, and I am happy to say that
I tJd m wll aa I ever did la mv lif.
Mr. J. W. Loving, of Colquitt. On., anya: - For e4-ht-an
year I suffered tortures from a tory eruption en
my akin. I tried almost every known remedy, but they
tailed one br one. and I was told that my age. which m
nbrty aia. waa against me. and that I oou!d never hop
to be well again. I Anally took 8. 8. 8.. and It cleansed
my blood thoroughly, and now I am la perfect health.
O. O. O. FOR THE BLOOD
is tbe only remedy which can build up and strengthen
old people, because it is the only one which ia guaranteed
rr rrom pocaan, mercury, nkwo u wr TT . , , ,
yneral It is mad from roots and herbs, and baa no chemicals whatovse
m it, 8 8 9. cure the worst cases of Scrofula. Cancer. Erretna Klveumatiem,
Tetter. Open Bore. Chronic Ulcers. Boils, or any other dirae of the Wood.
on these diseases will be sent free by Swift Specific Co., Atlanta. Ge
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ipelago offer a broad Held for such Colonization.
And presenting these Resolutions,
as an Alternative Proposition to the
Suffrage Amendment, let ns invite
tbe voters of North Carolina, to look
upon this picture, and npon that, and
to make their choice between them.
And now, Mr. Editor, my task is
accomplished, which, to me, has been
a labor of love. But have I won my
cause! which is not my cause, only,
bnt the cause of all our people, of
both races! That I can not say, for
that will depend upon the verdict
of my party. I can only say. that I
have praaticed no deception npon
my reader. I have baaed my
argument npon authority, npon
reason, npon statistics, npon ex
perience, and I would bave ven
tured to place it npon far high
er ground, "bnt for the Rsr-
strosity in legislation, and consign- tty of Christian Charity under the
ing its authors to that public and sun.' And now. for the present, I
condign punishment, which thevM&y down my pen, which I ean do
have so richly earned, let me ask. t with greater satisfaction, since I but
SOME S000 SUCfiCSilONS.
can only, reply, that they shall be
resisted with every legitimate
weapon, that can be found In the
whole armory of political warfare.
And how are they going to do this
thing! They hope to accomplish
it by means of an-Electioir Law,
that is at once a fit companion
piece, and an indispensable auxili
ary, to this 'Suffrage Amendment.
For, armed with that law, they pur
pose to surround the polls with
Is there nothing more which tbe Peo
ple's Party ought to do! Its duty is
plain. For we understand, if we
ean be said to undtrs'aud anything
this whole Negro Problem, in all
of its relations, political, social, and
industrial. And we know its whole
history." We know, that our connec
tion with this negro race, from its
very inception, was a thing "sba-
pen in iniqui'y aud onc-ived in
sin," ind that it does not help us
in tbe leas, to be told, tbat we had
tbe pelf-setrking aad stlf-righteou
N?w Ecglander, as a rartner in the
busiLefS let us rather hope, tha
the future holds in i-, for him, e.lso an
equal retribution. We know wbo
were the first to Africanize this State,
and who thev are that are doing all
they can to Africanize it still they
are those who first brought him here.
and their lineal dt scetdents, wbo are
still trying to keep him hrre. In
proof of this. I could easily name the
man, in the city of Wilmirgton, who
with several hundreds of them upon
bis pay-roll usually denominated
savages, and rapists, but whom he,
like ethers, preferred to n equal
numoer 01 white laborers was soen
in the Massacre cf Nov. 10, 1898.
with a Winchester on his shoulder,
and joining in tbe senseless howl of
"Negro Domination P Aud we, who
are cow seeking to find some djor of
esit for this redundaut negro popu
lation, must expect, in 1900, to en
counter the same howl, from the
thousand-throated hypocrites, Bnt
let us not be dismayed. For we know
what power liberated, and enfran
chised these negroes, and chat we
are powerless to dist urb tneir consti
tutional rights. And, even if we
had the power, we ought to kcow,
that any partial disfranchisement
of them, could only have the effect
of converting the remainder into a
purchasable contingent, and as eucb
holding the casting vote between pe
litical parties, and thereby convert
ing what is corruption now, into po-
lution then. And knowing all thir,
w ought to know, that Separation
offers the only remedy that is within
our reach. And tbat this, and this
only, will open a safety-valve for tbe
pent-up evils which ate consuming
us. Remembering, therefore, "how
beautiful upon tbe mountains, are the
feet of him who brmgeth good ti
ding5, who pnblisheth peace,'' let the
People's Party submit the following
Resolutions b e i n g substantially
ce same as inose wnicn wire rejec
ted by the Democratic State Execu
tive Committee, m its meeting cf
M&y 20 1895-aiid make thm hence
m a L l . ... .
Lor;u, a viai poruon or tne party s
creed.
(I.) We believe, tbat the Seoaration
of tbe Races, gradual as it must behind
yet ultimate and complete, furninhes
the only solution of this Racial Prob
lem, which, afterconvu!sing tbe na
tion for nearly a hundred yeara, and
culminating in one bloody and wide
wasting conflict, in which the Saver
pigmy or oe states was lost, now
threatens auother cor flier a remorse
leas and more endless, in wtnea tbe
Liberties of the citizen mav be loaf.
(2.) To believe, that this Seoaration
ot tbe Races ia warranted, and enjoin
ed, by every dictate of enlightened
stateem; nsnip. ana or Christian Char
lty, and that the time has come when
it ought to begin
(3-) For we believe,' with Franklin.
aim .jeuerson, ana ciay, ana Lincoln,
and Grant, that there can be found no
Hones vivkhdi, by which two hostile
and heterogeneous races of men. can
safely coexist in one body politic.there
Deiog lor tne weaser race no alterna
tive, in tbe end, except slavery or ex
termination.
(4.) We rejoice, therefore, to know,
that the Negro baa' begun to realize
bis hopelefs situation here, and ia be
ginning to show a growing desire in
favor of emigration, which it ia both
our duty, and our interest, to aid, and
to encourage.
(5.) And with tbat end in view, the
People's Party of North Carolina, will
u.emoriaiize vod gres, ana will con
tinue to memorialize It. to make a euf
flcient, and generous, provision for tbe
gradual Jfemoval and Settlement.opon
A Nw Method er Wrlllef
Prep-d.
rwtr
resign it to you.
Many a time and oft, during thia
discussion, bave I been atked, where
does Senator Btjti.kr stand npon
these new and burning qurstions!
And when will he speak! And what
what will he say of this Suffrage
Amendment! and, while that inhu
man butchery goes on, would be have
his party to hold while another
skins! And, as a pubstitu'e for tuat
atrocious chme, what will bo say ot
some plan of Negro Coloniztion,that
shall be gradual, and gonetoue, aud
voluntary!
Having no authority ti Speak for
him npou any subjt-er, I couli onlv
anser tbat I did not know, and only
Knew, that oiber avocations had
compelled his silence until now.wben
from those avocations he is about to
be released. But I left no questioner
of mine to suppose, when he should
Sjeak, that there would be any hesi
tation or tremor iu his voice. As
little did I bav my questioner to sup
nose, when the battle shall be set
that his voice would be heard,
as nevtr before, commanding a sur
render before a single blow shall
have been atruck. And least of
all. when tbe battle shall be joined,
and the Peoples Party shall display
a banner with a strange device, in
which shall be written Political-Li b-
erty-and-Personal-Secnrity in North
Carolina, have l, lor one moment,
suffered myself to doubt, that hu
form would be seen foremost in the
vau, where no sword will gleam
brighter, aad no plume will n-jd
knightlier than his own. And now,
it only remains that he should steak
the word,whieh borne al ng our lines
like the Ftery Cross of the Highlander
will kindle in oar ranks the same ar
dor and loyalty, with which tbe Sons
of Clan Alpine once gathered beneath
their Emblem of the Evergreen Pine
And trusting to his matchless lead
ership to redeem our own deficien
cies, and trusting still more to that
Uood t ortnne which some times re
wards "the vigilant, the active and
tbe bnve,'' we, when making this
fight for Frtedom-aud-Civil.zation,
shall not stop to calculate the chances
of victory, or to count the multitude
of our enemies, but will endeavor to
make up in zeal what we lark in
numbers, while we remember-
That ours is no sapling, chance-sown
oy tne fountain.
And blooming a1. Beltane, in winter
to face.
When the whirlwind shall strip, every
ri iroui me mountain,
Tbe more, shall Clan Alpine exult in
its shade!
Moored in the rifted rock,
Proof to the temne.t'a atioek.
The firmer it roots it. tbe ruder it
blows.
R. B. Davis.
HIS LIFE WAS SAVED.
Mr. J. E. Lilly, a nrominent citizen
of Hannibal. Ma. lately had a wonder.
tui aeinerance from a frightful death.
iriKug oi it oe eays: i was taken
with typnoid fever that ran into pneu
monia. M lungs became hardened. I
waa so weak-1 couldn't even sit up in
bed. Nothing helped me. I expected
to soon die of consumo'ion. when r
beard of Dr. King's New Dianowor
One bottle gave great relief. I eoutio
ued to use it, and now am well and
ttrong. I cant say too much in its
praise." This marvelous median i
tbe surest and Quickest e.nr in th
worl f for all throat and 1 n n 0- trnnhu
Regular size 60 cents and $1 00. Trial
Dottles free at all dru kton
bjrtle guaranteed.
Editor CaccASiaM.I
I see tbat several writers etdoree
the plan Mr. E. M. Cole, member
People's Party State Executive Com
mittee proposes, bnt to far as I have
seen there has been no complete or
even satisfactory description of tb
plan in print.
I believe the plan ahould b eon
sidered. and I will give a brief
description of it.
As I understand tbe plan it is pro
posed to submit in the form of de
finite and complete bills the leading
issues, those most vitally and direct
ly effecting the peoples welfare to
the people in the platform. And id
addition to going before tbe people
ith usual platitudes and declara
tions, let two or more of tbe flrai
and moat important planks bo fol
lowed by the very best and moat et
lectire Dili mat tbe combined wis
dom oi ine reform loreea ean tro-
duce. We should have a bill agtioai
Trusts, one procuring an inectu tax
on railroads (Farmers pay Ux on
corn, meat and other income of thtir
farms) and one or two elbtr strong
bills, perhaps.
Mr. Cole rajf that we should tare
a Li gialiive Couituilt, uh- da y
e . .
1( would be to uieae rteeatcu ot ih.
different laws of tUt several b:U-t
and to ehooso the beet features of
thefce las. and lo formulate a bill
that wouid ibcorporaie the btat ot
at . e
an laws on iLts several economic
qatstiobs compering tbe grat issues
of tbe day; as well as any tbv pro
visions tbat would ibcresee the tffcCt-
iveuts of the law a&d avoid errors
of former laws Thia Cimmi'tte
l-aa -e e
auoua cesppoinxtd very tat ly, in
order that u might Lave atnpl wax
to fnmulale the r qairtd bills and re
port to the people through the pre Be
long before th? o ate aud irimry
e inventions meet. And ther-roil
having coaaidertd .be bills eoa:d ia
struct their delegates, attd tbe bint
Convention could revise, or refuse
acd make some other bill, according
to the will of Lam people.
Tans, yoa see, the whole wcik
vuiv. w iu mi uauui ui iu pvooie
from the initiation of the bill to tfce
enactment of it into law.
It is plain that tbe rc.u't of this
method It adopted Would be govern-
m . ,.m . i... l
ucu. vi ms ptjoyie, ov ana ior me
people.
I would like to go into farther
particulars and develop the plan
more acuraieiy aaa lully, bat it
would take considerable time and
space and more consideration tbau
1 have yet given it.
I want to add, however that I
tbitk we should adopt an impartial
election law. Parwttu prjudice
ana a paruzau election law aro in
. . 1 l ...
Mieraoie. ii ine Caucasian race.
tbe only race that has proved iisf
capable of suf-governmeat, un'ie on
this businets-Iike principle and lan
oi een-go vera ment.
How often have we witnessed the
failure of the ordinary newspaper
artielo-like pUtform.! We send
cur legislators to the grca. capitel
w:th a load of promises a&d ihtj
imagine that ttty accomplish a
great deal, but they have no' eoa
eerted plan. Tney hare all made a
thousand different promise?, and
prhap none have formulated a b.ll
that is like anything that the other
.have thought of. Except one class
of legislators which we a.wsys bave,
namely, Corporation Attorneys. Tnis
elas of men know exactly waat thiy
want and they usually accomplish a
great deal.
In this respect, as Well as in all
others, Mr. Cole's plattoim is ideal
Our legislators would be voted for to
perform .a stifle and prescribed
duty. Tne ptople would eh their
own laws as a self-governing pop!e
ought to do. '
Let thesi who are iotrres ed in
this movement write their opinion
on it, it is worthy of oar immediate
attention.
(Let other papers copy.)
Will West.
W Wa IM Ceeleff r.ki
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the t aeMiet eniiry i
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eart lo snake a tecturi. i i ,
tor no expert trathmti it i i,,
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the mnetentn oeor ; , . ,
run tbeir oorte utui n.tr . . ;., 4
m'dnight tbe thirty flrt 1 1. .
br.lJK. Numerically. --'.tti.
twentieth cerila-r ei'li J ...r. j.
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tbrougb its three hualrrd
Ave day, belt-re the actual 1
hundred years r-ha'l lit '
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tried remedy, Mas, W4. ..t.
mo tycr for rhildreo tritu it
eoothet tbe rbild. soften lie ou..ti.
laya all paio.rurea wind . all - i.a
tbe hett remedy for diarrlt. e :' ru.
per bottle.
niitni man takea )or l ai.i ttti
firm, medial gratp. it a .ur.-. 4
tbat bit hetrt it (oil, er 1 1 ur..
empty.
Spslsa (irrsleet Nr.-4.
Mr. It. I. Ot via, of lUrl.ti. i t i.
enrudt Lit wietera at A 1 ti, .
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Illerrl Kit l rr. An.en.t-. i-r.i4
mora aro re i(eroot. at it
eoo irlt b-m. He ette 11 rti.fl
uiedirine it what Mt ivuMri .-fl.
Ill Aro-rif kiowelbat it 'uf !hv
r-d kidny lr.. urihe It.-
l iri tip !; et niati. e'frt g i. 't
tiffin, fiute t ifii. r . J i.. life
e-ry niuerle, n-tv- m"1 rtt f
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need it. r.vrry buttl- ruir ei.iy
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S0UDA
Bicycles.
Most Altraclive M
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NEW
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TTJEES
TMEY
3 inch dmo to betr,
Hat era nki, 2 pieci,
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Thumb Screw ajurW.
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lool iteel cor.es-
Stand ccznpiriBoc,
Are attractiyf,
Are eajjruDLiL?,
Are Curable
Are h pradf .
Are ' egantlv ficitlei-
Wonderful Vklr- We aatit
agent in ev ' y city'or ro:i.ty.
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A Glrr Kzaerleae la Batteev
A anarkline aerial of Boarnn lir.
: der the title of -Her Boston TCt
MO RIGHT TO UGLINESS:
waa. .
ine woman who la lovely in faee.
usw auu brra per will always Lave
irienas, out one who would b attrac
uci ucauu. too le
weak, sickly and all ma down, she
will be nervoa and irritable. It abe
has eoDttipttion or kidoey trouble, ber
, impur blood will cause pimpiev.
encee will he-in in k. i w , : "wm-uw, 'h erwpnona ana a wrebcb
iISllKi S .ri Bituralstbe
r.n k. f... . " " best medicine In tb world lu reroute
' AU.lWii, a vivacious, ttomach. liver ..h kM..... 7 " '
w.-w.ra BUI wuo apeut a winter In
Boston wua relatives living in tne
Back Bay and waa taken everywhere
in tbe most exclusive social, dramatic,
literary and musical eirelea. Ah. ...
we oei ana worat ox
BoatAB life, and
abe tells both as sba saw ahem. .11 in
aome portion of tbe public domain out-1 Dn" but audaciously frank manner.
. . . r . . - . . . 1 nnrii r n k - . . .
siue ine limits 01 me united states, of I L V ,ul" weoomea a pence 01
all Negroes who sball be willinar to oc
cupy the same, and whe shall there be
free to govern themselves, under the
national protectorate our West In.
I dian possessions and Philippine Arch-
ograpb of Boston life and people of to
day. ; - --.
The only eoveruur of th
bed is a sheet of water. Ex.
rify tbe bleod. It giiea etrong nervea.
bright eye, emootb, velvety sain, rich
v-aupiujon. ii, win raaae a good-lot a
ing, charraUng woman of a rta-dowa
lovaiia. vniy at cenu at all Ctug
There are rascals in tbe People
Party ek well aa in other parties, but
they Uo't stay Ions;. The People's
srwiy bm no nee 1 or then and they
soon ami Dacs: froa .whence t key
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I bare a Is brtrae-power et.ip-,
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tivesnd llacbioe Wot k. l.inIU
sell at a barraio. Tor t.rw e e:e a4-
dreas J.C. WILM
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