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faroliua. jsn 1-1 0
To the ruhlk :
8. nee my election lo the Soni'.e uf the
United Slates in 172 Gov. Vancu and
in mi v id' Z'i lous friemls have ward
an ir j'.islifiutile wuil'ure upon me tome
times opeiily soon times covertly
wholly unworthy of th it gt tli'inuu mi J
unnieiited Ly niYself. 1'i.wiilinj lo
pnrude my armies hi fore ilm puS ic
ulii'n I could avoid doing so, noxious
for the liiiriiMtiy of ilu 1) in. c ntic
party, ill.' q.iiet nl Urn pi" p', tl,e
promotion ol i! c eneiul elf;irn, I hnvc
sileiiilv hiilciMUtil for uii.ru tliuu fim
mrs lo (;r M deli action, misrepn sei,-
tntloii m il n s It" l i. t rs im.l t.iiinl.
ilini sin io rely upon my ch.irucli'r uiul
coi.duci, both public a d printo fir my
sure viudicutioii. Mi sili'ine bus been
iiiiscoiisliucd hy my uilversiu ics. They
Imv c tntu ii iiilviii.lapc of it in view of
the appri ttubin August election fV.r
members of the Legislature, and the
election of my futcei-sor in the Senate
iuj inuiirv ihxI a (1 Lave of late re
newed their assiults upon nin tv t i siuh
iulencn as manil'i sis tlie witkd pur
pose to rletroy me. if posibl", in the
eMecni of my fell iw ciliz us. F abt ar
anci) in this respect on my part, loiio
siixe ceased to be a viitu, I b ive sub
mitted q iietlii li ti ei ooh pciliajis
too long to such calumnies. la ie
fei ce ol myself, in jit-tice to my fiicds
mid Ibe people i;eiier.illy, I feel called
upon to take s i:ne "itu:e of the InKe
and u found "(J iii) ut itinns n;a I t n iiost
me. I am averse to and deprecate such
a coiitrovcrsy, but te turu to trust
tl.it, under the ciicuiti.Uuce, I shall bo
pardoned for en iiji. g in it now uuly in
defence of myself.
Duiinj; the time I have been in the
Senate, matters and qnesli his of the
most complicated aid embarrassing
character, and many of them of grave
moment to the whole country and par
ticularly to the S outbi rn Slates ai d
people, Lv c one before that body for
coiisideralion and action. I have voted
upon all, aud discussed, to a greater or
less extent, most ol the nnpirtant nnes.
It c iuld baldly be expected that 1
would make no mistakes. I a n, linw
ever, gratified to know that n i serious
ot'ji'eluin has been taken to my course
of conduct as a Senator. I have en
deavored to serve my Stato and pe pie
mid Uie whole country faithfully, a d I
challenge the closest scrutiny of my
conduct and iccnd. I think L
can truthfully say, that I have
not neglectt d the btiM iess interests of
any one, rich or poor, while or black,
snd witljQ'it teard to putty alii iati.ms,
alien the same hae been lroii Jit to
my ultentiou and 1 n.inlu be pmpeily
churned with them. . d while 1 have
paid due tegm-d to tiie Interests of the
country and particalarly those of tiie
people whose num"J'U'. servur. I am,
have been evt-r faithful to the I. oi i
cralic party. In mat ers of ku'istnnec
there crems to be no comnluinl or
ground of complaint against tin;.
The tingle thaige against o e, that I
have l.esid of, is allegrd insuboidi.is
tiou to the IVin cratic caucus in t: e
Legislature iu 1H72, on the occasion of
my election to the Senate of tilt! I'oit-d
Slates; a d iu that connection, Collusion
with I he KepubliCiii me. oilers in the
L-gislature tu secure their v te for my
sell lor Senator.
This lhargc I fl itly deny. It is uf.eily
false iu substa ce and duta I, and I clia'.
lei ge oi y oue lo preduce aught in proof
of it.
It has been si.), and nfteo. repcatfd,
that iMimcralic gentlemen io tl.e L egis
lature, wb supporte 1 ill e lor ntor,
and myself tea" the . mnciatic
caucus. This is not true, ui d t!io-e
who say so, eiui T do not kno the
fads, or thev ate unactpiaii.l' d with
party usage and practice, or thi-y wil'ully
pcrveit the truth. J i lac, I expressly
refused to sob nil to or be boti id br the
action i f the c incus, and the ge tfjoie
referri d to lei S3 I to go into or be bound
by it. or its acl.o i, biciuse it bad been
"packed" by liovern ir Vance, liovcr mr
Vance told me in plain terms, and did not
deny it aflerwarU, that be had a
majority of the caucus pledged tJ vole
for hit nomination fur Senator before the
Cau us assembled. He stated in terms,
that he had for inoi tlis "electioneered a
hard as he could" to secure such pledge.
1 complained then that ) bad been
grossly iinsieprrsented by himself ai d
tome of bit f i lends ia releiei.ee ti the
late war. not only on that, but on firmer
occasiont us well, ai d by such undue
ipeaut 1 was prejudiced gieuiy. I
insisted then that be bad by sucb pledg
ing destroyed the freedom ol the caucus
as a Dominating b "ly. . id so be h id.
The lundaii'.eulal pnucple on whicll the
caucus system refcts i, that He members
first consider the public goi d. and, iu
feSjiect to nomi. atioiis, that they cou
Mder la'uly nnd wi.hnut prtjuJice, the
fitness and claims ol such peisous as
may go befoie llietii to share in the
distribution of such honors and .beinfi'.s
as they may have power t' bestow.
Tbe abs Mute (a. mess and freedom of
the caucus is the tingle tjtiiUy tl at
gives it life and binding power none
mav tainoer with tlieitt. Laucuset ore
perverted by active, designing men, aua
this has been done so often us to cause
Mr. Calhoun and other great political
writers in Ibis country to denounce
tbein at the instruments of intrigue
ing men to defeat ike popular will
Tliey are essential to concerted prty ac
lion, but Hnlest true fairness pie-ails
they do not and ought uo( to bind any
body. A uiu'j irily of iba caucus bating
beeo pledged in advance of iu meeting
had
the
the
the
to
t support (i vernor Vance fi r Senator,
w hut a motkerv for other t;enllemen,
i cluiliug inseK, to go into the caucus
j jt to see his Domination recorded !
It had been procured prearranged,
predetermined. Up--n what considera.
lims? (Tpnn what re r.'Sentutiuns?
And it was so done in I he absence if
every o'.btr gentleman wbo aspired, and
without such mv.j irdy having beard or
eonsiilered any other person's rights or
clii'n, or any thi g tint might be Slid
in favor of the public, the party or any
other person. The innj u ity being so
pledai'd, tin) niinoiity were belj I 'ss
they had to su'iiuit to the dictation of
i l-'dged innj i r i t y , pledged fur one con.
snleriition or another, lair or unfair, in
the n'.xeiice of everybody save only the
man who received the pledge 1 If sii'b
piactlce can be tolerated and upheld bv
a ireat party if one member of the
party can thus successfully prostitute
the machinery of the party, then the
caucus system is a cheat and a fraud,
The man who can alford to go around
in advance of the assembling of the
caucus and intrigue with individuals.
make his own exporte statement, argu
ments and misrepresentations, with no
ntie hy to correct them, will utmost
invariably get a controlling advantage,
which those who cannot and will nut do
such things can r.cver hae. Such
practices are vicinu, contravene every
principle of true and just party discipline
and destroy all fair and wise pirty
action. Stich practice makes lie caucus
uiid the convention a mere trap, a snare
for the bem fit of those who employ
intrigue and cunning. Io this case a
liiend of mine asked that I might be
beard by the caucus in reference to
certain methods of rlecl'onorri'ig against
me and misrepresentations of which I
complained. Of courso the plelged
m ii irity rejected and mocked at the
respectful request the n nni nitioii
already been (Jeci lcd and before
caucus met! did not "jolt"
caucus nor did my friends fur
reasons stated, we expressly refused
g i hit it or be bound by it.
The result was, tl) it although a num
ber of gentlemen uspired to the nomina
tion for Senator, Gov. Vance had a
clear field no one cared to venture into
a caucus the maj rity of which was
pledged to one man and without oppo
sition in the caucus so pledged, he
received, on the first ballot, forty-nine
votes, only half a vole more than
e inngh to nominate him. Then, as
of course, the nomination was maj:!
u aiiiuinus as to those who wc.it into
it
Fur the reasons stated, I did ti"t
subm I myself to the caucus, although a
number of ge illeoien wim desired my
cl c'i n did go ii.t i it and ubided its
action. I here declare my fi.'in convic
tion that if there h id been a free and
lair vote of the cau jus all the Dem
ocrats being presa.t I would hate
been nominated, and I koow this was
the opioi o of many other gnllemen.
K'ghteen Il-mocats friendly to me
s one of them wm; tbe leading and
ablest men in the Legislature, and all of
them m.'ii of high integrity and respect
ability, absolutely refused to go into the
caucus unless (i -v. Tance and I both
should be withdrawn from its considera
tion lor nomination. 1 know that many
others went into it and submitted to its
action with great reluctance, and on the
ground that a majoiity of it wiu
p'ed.ed, and it was nut a free caucus on
the subject ol the S maiorship. 1 know
that many gentlemen who were io it
debited my election. They told me so,
mi I Min e nf the limit cordial con
gratulations I received alter my elec
tion weie horn gentlemen who under
order uf tbe caucus voted for Governor
Tuiice.
I was nevertheless sincerely tt' X'ocs '0
preserve paily bjriji my, and Irom the
hegiuui' g of the contest between (io.
Vance and myself to the end, my Inei ds
a d im self proposed to him and his
fi lends 'hit I would abandon it, if, he
would do likewise, and let the caucus
nominate a third person. This they
re'used to do. It was then proposed
by my friends to bis that one fice, un
pledged ballot should be taken iu the
Legislature lor Senator, leaving every
democrat to vole as be plrase-l, and
ull-iw the person who niihl receive the
highest ilemopratic vote, to be the
iniiiiinee of llli! caucus. Tnin ton was re
jected, lid w is bent u realizing the
benelit ol the pledged vole.
Al las', tiller ma oy uusucees-lul bal-
lollings iu tbe L glslaliiro lor Senator,
Gov. Vance withdrew with a ere it flour
ish li out the Contest, u.akiug loud pru-
essio s of sacril'ue on bis part. Imme
diately, theieup on, I w.tlelie, us I bud
all along proposed to do I withdrew
in all sincerity, and was entirely content
to rio so.
The caucus then reassembled, all the
lem icmlic members of tbe L 'gislature
heiog present, and at I have Iraroed
from many ecullemen of the caucus,
with the dis inct agreement, that in ither
my name nor that of U v. Vance should
be brought before the caucus again for
nominat noi. Kntire barmouy then
teemed to ptrmil.
Alter my aithdiawal, I gave myself
no more concern about the movements
of the caucus, and only kuow uf what
was done in it, and how I came tu be
elected Senator from others, t here
give an account of what happened after
wards frum the pen uf Col. V. II.
Aera, a democrat who supp Tied me.
lie is a gentleman well known, of high
respectability and intelligence, and no
oue wbo knows him will fur una tuu
meut question bis yeracity. I have al
ways heard td.it the facts were substan
tially as be states them tie says in a
rece-1 number of his p'p r, the
Ricky Mount Mail, among other things,
as follows :
"At the Monday nu rning caucus both
the supporters of Judje Mitrritimii and
Gov. Vance were present; not haviio;
s iffi rient fme before the convening ol
the Legislature, to make a nomination,
it was ngreed t vote that day ccmnli
mental y to various fiiend", guarding ia
the meauwhilo the ball t, seeing to it
that imt enough support bd given to any
line to enable the it 'pulillca H to rleut
by concentrating their vute u.noi him.
The Vote uf lK'inncrats before the leg
islature M mi lav was therefore c i-t lor
various personal friends, scatt-red in all
parts nl the S ate, ami of course res.iltcd
in no election ; and at 1 o'clock that
afternoon the caucus a;'ivn assembled to
nominate a cutuli.l.ite for He a'or, when
on third ballot (leu. A M. Soles devel
oped strength that indicated bis iiuuii
i) itioti on the next ballot. TM.'utrMg
set in, and the caucus ailj turned in great
confusion. The object of this adj iuru
meiit j'jst at Ihe apparent point of the
no'nination of lien Scales w is explained
in the next morning's caucus when it
met, by a motion made by Mr, Krysou
who had formerly S'ipp rted .lodge
Mcrriiiiop, that the nauvi of Gov. Vance
bo bivugi.t again t efore t Ii t caucus for
nomination, vi Inch was called with the
express d understanding that neit icr tbe
'name of G v Vance or Judge Mj'ri
innn shoti d be brought before it ; this
pledge having been made by the friemls
ufGov. Vance, wh i h id iuvi'cd tln
friends of Mr. Morri noii to participite
wiih them. This moli in was carried,
notwithstanding the protests irn la hy
Judge Merrimoii's friends. (The writer
among the number. ) It is but candid,
however, to state that there were two
pers ms. that hud supported hi i, ai d
did afterwards support him on the last
ballot beftue the Legislature, when he
was elected, who did in speeches before
this caucus, favor the intro.tucii m of
tha name of (inv. Vance a 4:1111 before
the caucus This a.tini wis taken and
the caucus aiijo irued about fifty miuuti s
before the elect on before the L 'gislature
was to be gone into. The friends of
Mr Merrimon fell that Ihey ought not
to abide this action ami leave their
Iriend to be ruined in the house of Lis
foimer suporters, they covering their
heads Irom the violence of the pilitictl
st rtn then raging nnd they agiin put
his niiuie in iio niiia ioii buforo the leg
isltture. This action was taken without
the knowledge or oonse J, of J jd je Mer
rinion, as d 01' tless was the case with
Gov. Vance, in regard lo tbe action uf
his friends
"In this nay, and under these circum
stances both Gov. Vance aud Judge
Merrimon were for the second lime
brought into this memorable and ti'i
loitunale coolest before the Legislature,
and it vote was taken : At the end of
the roll-call it was found that 17 nf the
original Democratic supporters of M.irri
nioii had voted for him with 13 Republi
cans, and while the tellers weru casting
up the vote the Republicans who bad
voted for Mr. l'ool, upon nll-call, began j
to change their votes to M ri imnn, st 1
tiog emphatic. I'y that they did it as 11
choice betiv-cn what they considered
l.vo of the most ol j -cli onaale Djoiacrats
ti them to be lou id in tiie St tf ; ami
mat no overtures, promise or pledges
of any kind had been made t'lein by
Jodge Merrlmo 1, or from his fiiunds for
him. In this way, and u tder th-sij cir
cuo. stances, he was eleetel l the United
Siat-'S Senate.
We beg our readers to remember
the folloing material points:
"1st. The in'.eg ity nf the caucus
bi i g di!stm e 1, the friemls ol M .rrim-111
did not j 10 in its delil.erattons.
'2 d. That they, at all tines,, ex
pressed a willing' e,s to withdraw the
1 ante nf Meiiiiuoii il the fiieuds of
Gov Vancu withdrew his name.
"3rd. They proposed that a vote be
fore the Legislature iniyht decide the
contest ; which was declined.
"l:h. When Vance was withdrawn
they withdrew M.-iriinin.
"j:h. They met iu j out caucus to aid
in noiuinatii g the thud man in good
faith.
"6th. That they dil not put the name
of Merrimon in nomination helorl the
I.i"-I I'ure the sec (! tine uottl after
the friends of G tv. Vance b id voted in
caucus to reuouiiuile bin; nl'ler they
hi1 called a tniuens in wh eb the friends
of Merrimon were invited o psnicipat ,1
with assurance that neither Vince or
Merainou were to bo brought before
it.
'7'.h. That the chargn that coalition,
bargain, trenbery of any kind was prac
ticed, or that Hint personal honor wai
conipro nised with thi! II 'pub i ::ins, is ab-Solsi-ly
false, and is a I mil siauder upon
the Jadge and his friends"
I knew nothing of what wis line in
the caucus j p;l before the L 'gislature
met to elect the oiator, except that I
beard th it h tv. ane had been re-nimiii-ated.
I went lo the Circuit Court
of the United States thr-il sitrtng in Me
troplitsstt where my business -called
me, feeling indignant and supposing that
Gov. Vance would be elected. 1 was
entirely ignorant of my election at the
time it took place and had nothing to
do with it in any way. A friend bat
tened to the C 'Urt chamber where I was.
beckoned me from the immediate prei
ei ce f the, Court aud ictornjuj uie uf
il. No one could htm beoo .Uinre sur
prised al il than utynlf. - I could not
at first cYedit the statement, thinking my
fnetid might be jesting until be assured
nn that he was in earnest. As I turn, d
to walk back to my sea', I met one 1 f
tliu fi; st, purest audgria'est men in
Noilli Car 'linn, a man whose name and
j idgmeut aUays comma ided the reaped
of the people a Democrat win se sin
cerity could not ho questioned, nod ii
firmed him of my election he inngrat
ulnled me very cordially and expressnl
his gratification at the resu't He was
familiar with the contest that bad pre
ceded the e'ect! hi So anx'o is was 1
1 1 do what I ought, I asked Ihu geuth.
man j 1st refi ired to aid In 1 or lilteen
nlher DeinoLrnliu gentlemen souni ol
ihoni members of the legislature and
Some m t several ol them gentlemen ol
oitich prominence and i 11 leuce in the
Heiiiocr itic piuty, to meet together on
thu second even ng ufter the election lo
consider what I ought to do io that
respect. I'po-i consider itinn, they all,
without exe'epti to, agreed that I ought
to ncuept the election and thai by doing
so 1 would not coiiirunise myself nor
the Pernor ra ic patty. It was then
mentioned that such contests bad been
ft t qtient in the history of p ai tie iu
tl.e past.
It will he snei that I wis c.tuti nn as
to my action. It was my purpose to
do right, anil I insist that I did nothing
wrong i i a party or any other sense in
accepting the election of Siuator under
th" circumstances. My consi ience and
my judgment approve my action usj it
and proper.
Hot let it be suppnsid that I erre!,
then I ask a n I for oue error, tin 1 a
venial one, to be sacrificed and n j cttid
by my patty? I) 1 I thereby forfeit ch
filcnce and favor? I Cannot believe
that disinterested men will think si. Si
harsh a rule us that has never prevailed
in the past iu any pa-ly, io cases much
mure opened to criiicis n than mine,
t here are many cses recnrluJ in the
history "of the Democratic party, all par
ties, when ge tlemen were elected to
the Senate aud other high stations as I
was. and they were not therefore re
jected by their parti-s-j-on ih; contra
ry, Iheir parties cmlititied t lion 'r
them. , Some of the greatest men this
country has produced were elected,
some of them more than once, under
like circumstances. The Hon. Mr. ILiu
ter. of Ihrninia, was twi.-e so elected, so
also was Mr. Mum,, of the siine S.a e,
si was II on J.ibu Bell, nf Tennessee,
over Mr. J' 1 k. the re.uar nominee 0
tbe parly ; so was the lute lVesidi lit
Johnson there were two other like
cases in Tennessee so wis the late Mr.
Kerry, of (' tnnecticut ; there are thtee
or four S Miators in the Senate now
some of them among the ublest there
who were to elected. 1 mijit cite a
Siore of cases. The parlies of these
gentlemen did not theiuforc repudiate
them ; many of them were re.ie itedly
and continuously h inured by their
respective parties, nnd they continued to
stand as higu in par'y esteem as any
body else. Great political patties call:
not 11 trnil to ullow their uai n and the
success of great principles lo be con
trolled by the personal rivaliies and con
flicts of their members, nor can they
wisely embrace the cause ot one mem
ber against another. II they should do
so, the inevitable result would he, that
t oey would ut oncu riegene a'e into pcf
8 mill factions, and would ecase. to etis',
or to serve any useful public purpose
There have been reunited instai c in
X rtli Carolina in the Democratic puitv,
where members of it, for cause, rclusrd
lo submit to and abide the acti m of the
cir.cus. lu IMo'J I lunik it was, the late
Mr. Dobbin was nomina'ed fur Tui'i'l
ted States Senator by the De uoctutic
caucus Tho late Judge Sau iders re
fused to go into the caucus or abide its
action he and one nth t gentleman so
refused, an I they d -feato I thi eVc.i m
entirely. Jjlee Sanndeis was imt
there!, re repudiated ry his party ; on
the contrat v, they con'iiued ti ho or
him while be live 1 as oie uf th ;i r pre t
lights.
I inn sensible ol the iiiipnrtsuce of pnv
orcsn 7. ,t:on. It o'lijlil to be obseive.l
and pre-ervod it is essential lo succiss;
but the simplest moid mu-t understand
that puch organiiiinn ran nnly be pre
s. rvcil by s'i- tlu'e 'nirness and tree I001 in
all pa'ty tians iction. Tne ' psi kni''
and o'eigiuz nl primaries, ouru-i-8 ami
eonve itionii, is rim bane the run 01 party
oros.ni7.f ion ; anil tin man who eni'anes
in it should 111 uie 1 In- renrnb ition id 1 fioy
IA 1 V - -Tnosi Ann hil-l 1111 Hiid rii(iiirai;'
int'lc'ieis and !l:u,e who Mo-k to ci'eil n-
r on I Iba poiu'ar will, an; not in'nled to
pul'lieran8 teaee and wiil not erj ty it for
a I no pi-nod el time.
The imputation th.l ( cnllude I with ti e
Republic tin in the L-vist .turn fr btr.
ifiiiu I lor I lit i r votes is tiltiriy lnl-e and
tcandalous, and the reek!K n.'iidseuy ol
timta who persist in in vim; it h i sacu
ly a parallel in thu vile' type of political
wir'a e. I denounce! the imi;.;esiiHn ol i'
io a puhli.lud card in Jinnarv, 1S7I1 s
ntt- rlv la'-e mv wlio! mume nl c imluet
ever elmo proves Hist it was tils,' the
('e no nt! in the L-uislature wlm v.te I
lor me hive ilenouncd it as false the He
tiuhlicm ucwsiuipvis lik'W.se; ant so
have innv prominent He,oit.lioans Irom
time to time. II i lel to every sense ot
truth, (icer,ry and honor must be the
e iluniniaior hi cm' persist in makitu
such imputat:n to advance tbe poliiiesl
tortunes ol his I ivoritu I
It mav ba that there are tlinne who.
tn'-a-ur n niy' I' Ity Itn ir own me rrnary
and corrupt natures, expected me tu prove
U se to princiu e and laolili -s to aiy pnlit
i. a! anciat-a I do not doiibl thai tite'e
ere in my put ihce who wou'd hnvc
r joice I, jl 1 had done so, sail are uuhapi y
Dial I have not. Sgeti permni are etpnb
nl ce og io Ihem-elvcs un Icr like ciicum
stsncet. Ttey uiarlt aud bate rey coo
tempt.
Tnoae who thus assil me, sITtct to bi
cb'iviuui el any pttsible ibortcgmiags on
th ' arr n (iiir. 'n c.' in re erei ce to the
is ns o UI il.eiionin CJT'.' and on forme
0 fas nits, l iny itiiii he eaiiiioi r asun
Itly cnu.p'ain il, 111 oelt sL-lrnee, I tiler to
some t t hem.
After n hat hai been said, run any lair
man say Hist lui mi not censurable lot
what happened in 1 87 J 'f l)id he pursue
the cou se nl a lair, true parly tiiae I Those
a I o understand the Icyilioniie cliar.ee
and 1 lining. 1,1' a caucus an I party dm
ciplin ciiunnt say m.
Ibit il in the opinion of otne m"ii 1 ,tm
oil'i cl to i-i'iisnr , oiijltt (1 tv V 11 1 u U
lie trie troiu like ce t-iue f Whit he did
10 prmliKii the Birilu in 1S7J I, as been
11 ' le manliest. On a loilil oeea-ion (in
1870) he was a eiiitii'late I 'I fenumr lie
was I lien im lict'ile In 'hat pi tee. Many ol
1 lie wiest no n in the I). t uner 1' io party iu
111 I nut ol lite I. g slatiirti thou it tin
wise to elrrt liuu r any other 1 nt: i 1 l; 1 : ! e
man, lieeaiise It was thouoli' -ertaui Urit
sii-h a man would not hi! ndmi'tc-d til the
S nate. Neverthele-s. lie an I his liiends
iuisted a his iiouiinaiian. Alter about
twenty five Iruithss tulltiii'a in caucus,
he and till triced onye the pled.e to Hie
caucus and the Denu cralic paiiv, that il
heslnuild be elected tv-nator iiiol ehou'd
rot be promptly admitted to the Senate he
svoUiii res'gn, so inn tne i.egisiitiure tlu-n
sittm; uiiohi eh'ct some cliihle person in
his) Hte-.il In view nl this p'ede and the
iicr.-'istenoy ol his Iriunds, hi; was nominated
mid elected. Un was not premptlv admit
ted to tb Senate; but in the luce ol the
pledge so made, he persia'cd in fruit I
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S:atsnil Provinces to answers tnis ad .
veru.sement. Aodres.
DAM EL K IlKATTY ,
WadiiiiL'tdit . M T
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n API'ININS Olt MlsiKltY, IS TllH
(.I-'K-STION !
lr. W. M. il.ivt of :r years niecesaftil
praeiice cuaraiiincs t-p Iv and p, 1 ri.nnent
urc" I all I lii'O. ie, MMoful u. I'livmn.
SvphiPtie ami l otoaln Idseas,,, Kncrina-
crrl.o'i, or Ncll-itliusii alius .Mcihenl In.
(it He, Acan .V t'lnmev llltek. isnnoaiin
lie City Mall I'ark. ,Svrnetie, N. Y. Med.
u-ini,'iii 1 o nil 1, arts of Iho '. S iwl
l.i hin't Im it ivtl l.v ndverlia-
iniriiiiieks who throni; our Ini-jo eltiea.
nin cinsiiii nr. ii. t t . r send tor circular
irn.itinit on bin m oeiaitica 10 I i l (1.
Ilox 7il.
liVIUKS. Me urr-at Ihiuid F rnnt-.li
Honied v, A M I K IH'l I'.iMMK, or I'VmaU
britind, is unftilinu in the cure nf all imin.
fill uiid il tttcorotis disrases of vour hex.
U nio;lerstts nil excess, and brlniH nn the.
moiutily period wih regularity. In a II,
1101 vols and spinal itir-etuios, pa'ir.H in tho
lta(!k or liuilis, hoiiviuess, fatieue on alior-.t
exertion, palpitation of the heart, low lines
of Hiiirit, hysterics, sick beulaeho, whiten,
and all p.tii ful disoascs occasioned by a
lisnsMfrnd system, il ell'in-ts u euro wlion
all other means fail, l'rieii o,ni) ((ir Hot
lie, sent by mail. Dr. IV. lloyt, Box
1 u. Svneuwn, X, v.
Nov 1 v.
ff'r'.sto be altnitted lor nearly Iweive
ui ntlis. He wai repeateilly ured to desi t
on the ground that he iHriaiel? would imt
l.e Hilniitt il. tstill he kept the S ate with
nut r.pn a.'iitiiliun for all tlntl time in vio
l uioii ol ni pledoe and Inr a long while
1 'i tin! nice ol Ihu wishci ol the Denmctali
St'iistois then in Ihe Senate. They at last
dre up ami sione I a paper wr.ting Icllitii;
I 1 1 11 he would nut be admitted and lo de
sist nn 1 let the l.e;islatuie uiect an tlipiulc
man. He still delavod to do t. The time
lie thus kvpt tlie State without rcprcscnta
tinii, was oue nl i;iavet moment to the
S ale ami the wholo South. Mca-ures
tiffectin tlioSnith vitally some alvero
ly, pseil, nnd others lavo ably, tailed tc
pass si ine ol the.n too, by one Vide I Tl.e
D. inoeraiie beiiatn a thaueht Ins conduct
linji n 11-iWe, an 1 it seeni to nrj there
siinstautial ground lr ceinplaiut. Now
c.n his moat e ,rnest liiend make any rea
sonable iip'ilngy ,tr this con tuct, snd can
he say that he did not put his private in
tvtests and Im ambition tu bo a Seuator
suaiiKt Ins State and the people who
souelit to honor him I And is it not Mir
prising, seeing tills, liiat be made tile
flf its he did 111 lS7i, in Ihe a'tsenee it I
ev rybo l y else lo ncute by haul lectiou
eer n lor inonlhs, a pledge Iroui a initjori
ty ol the caucus to vu'e lor his ctitiiiuatioL?
Let candid men judge.
1 advert to another incident in concec
linn with his 1 ill, to lie ad nitlcil to t
Senate in IfTi. Kx (1.1V. II il l u ' ,s then
llovernnr ol the Hts'i'. He was lin;i aehe 1
lor trairsictions in 1ST0. with which the
pniphi are lamiltar. 1". 11. lino that iui
peip liin' ut, 0 -v. Vtnce lavorcti the prop
ositi'iri th it O tv lUld' U's liienls in th
Lejial .tU'e s'loahl Vol" Inr tt Sate (,'ou
vention to niiuiid the ('institution, nnd iu
ronsiilera'itin nf such support nt the ('on
venlion proposition, the impeachment pro
'(cillno shoii! I be abandoned. At h a-t
one ronslii. r ttien in siiftport nl this Strang
n'op 'sppin vv is, that it would help Guy
Vance to t,et into tho Senate, The prop
c -1 1 i 11 w , snouted mil spurned: III)
llol den til 'tre I inipetciiinent, bow moti
Irons the proposit en to hit ler rioht I
10110 j (.Jati t lie most litii-e fail In a
at hast one motive th it Gov. Voice bad
til I ivonng this proposition 1 Can uis:u
lins'ed mm even tail le see tk'' ear marks
ol anibuion, il not iitiholy auilntitiil 1
will not C'i ieise. I leave others to ju Ice
ul such condu t.
It is said that Qoy. Vance Isbmed hard
to seen it) my il'Ctinn as (i ve nor iu 1 S7i
an 1. tben'tore, I w is ri'iiMirable tot bcin
in lii w ty to ihe Senate I sha'l no. 1111
lerra'e anything he sai l or did in my bi
Iml' then. Bat it is due to tr.llll In fav.
tliat he was opposed to my tioui iisUmi lor
(i tvernor, an I what he did, wis rjnte as
modi in In own ictt rests us n.ii r, 1 1 sp ke
g'ticrnlly where he coild best prom 'te hii
own advaneemsnl - there were in nplaie'
in 'o -! lie ir I t hem that 111 IMfiy il
st mces ho ttol ii 't U'i wht rc be njoht ,.,
much o,i ,,1 15 si lis. his i ;iiiis.s -tire
paid ny the D inocnlic pirtv dirmi tne
e inuiiioii. J ii" wcr- no!. I whs very
s: ni te ,tl Hip hio h ,n,). cou'cire I up-m
lie bv the no i.ina'i'in lor (1 v 'tuor. I' is
well known, liont'V r, that I aeecp'cd it
with crcat reluciin . ln-csuse na ' ri renin
stances were sii 'li tint I could ill-atf ml to
sil-pen 1 ui v piitles-i-tnal liusine-s, or un-
erijo ih.- cV"cn-e im 1 I. nt to the under
t.iki:i a f.ree in nths to-ir th-i.uj'i th
slate ii vert l, I. ss, 1 tl d fi - (.! I un
I'lli ami susof ide I niv bu. n- o I r tine.
uoin'hs I (ltd the to ! I 1011 d I . r the
penult' and toy party, 11 0 I the hut.irv ol
the time records -- e.l ut 111 ! .! d it.
lid Itiifot-r in reply In the c iniot; jus'
rrlcrretl to : I 1 ISTll, w lieii Ii tv-'ruitr
Vance w-ts a Citididtte lor llotf- rn ir, I did
what I cull I is aid in lis ccc'ioi, al
ihniljh he an I 11: nv ol his nr. lent rnp
porlcrs had in i'io icd uie t r more than
1 hree yea s I spoke ti many plae s. 'til l
witbout pu'li i! the pariy to any esin-nse.
I',. 1 u I Ho- vvo.k I 1 vtr did in en le ivormg
i. mlvsnce the loituues ol the it un i r ilii
p a'ty. I asked an 1 leecivtd noll.K.u. lull
I lei It cutiioule I ol niv lesuuiiM a- I ns
title lo tl 1 so. I Wave reaion ti ken
thai Ins ixpensts were nlieu pa il, even
ht n he was a can lid tie. lie was jo-t s
a't'e ti nivscll to n.ukti pecuuiary sac Ii
1 -r lit party, tissod ajant. Iltat tio
V un f was e!i e'ed Senator 10 1873, an'
is n t alhiaed to enter the Senate -thst
lie iy is al i;rt a' clot ne, tr m ile aa t dis
tpiiiiD iiient, and Uu refore, be 0 11 4 ' 1 1 now
obeeicttil as a tcbukii. to the Senate
ami ts inr. This ia merely a il u -y i,n I
unworthy ciin-ideruinin. Bat il it I.
woithy ol U'ttiee at all, I do not oceiipi
the teat to which be was electci. General
liansniii nf4. .(JoVL'iiior Vancu and his
trim. (Is did not cluu wken Ueutral Han
roui was re-ebctel in S?(5. that be shou'd
tlitn be te-elected tn tge rest be was not
allowed to ocruuy It 10 not dillleult to
see tbe reasou why they did pot Ihe)
upp"ted they would have an caster victo
ry 1 ver me by a cimade si slauder and
prejudice 1
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J U H O U I, T IC A C H H K S ,
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leisure time to mi interest. 1 do not ex.
peer you to canvass fur mv celebrated
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son lit to; but tint snrvieti I rcqtiiro of von
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DAN I KI, K. KKATTY,
tVashinploi), N . J.
JOCiiY
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January 1st, 1870.
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I'er-i ns ivi.sliiojr .M. tallio lturlal Cases
c n- nle.av h i. bi ai ii tin-. ii bv ntml vine to me.
p.: the jt oi u nl Messrs. Wmii. ld K Kmry.
1 ft., s;;i Leepit'i;, as hc-retolore. a lull as
sort ut ol lite Very ll.-st r.sKS, at the
Very l.uwesi I'ru-ca. In my fbscneo fiom
Wol'lnu, Mms.is, ii.iloiil .V Kmry will
deliver t'asi's io persons who may wUh
Ineus.
JAMKS SIMMONS,
.Wcld.'U, N. C,
apr4 1Q
Ml K V N l K tl 8 I il N K D VERY
respectfully eal.s tii" attention of tbe
trade n Ins extonsivo stork of domestio
and imported liiinora, lo v. hich be ie still
inaL:i,'g ndditioiie utd coiiBljliiiK of pur .
KTK AU HOI ltHO WkllSKIE
Kroneb, Apple, Blackberry and Oerry
Brandies, Jamaica and Nev Kiijtland Kom
liondon, Tom and ilollai.i Gin, I'orl
Sherry, Claret, Khlne and t .ve-year-old
Soupruoni( VVino. Kcobh and London
Hurler, and a very large lot of
RECTIFIED WHISKEY
which I ahi nfleringat priCM that cannol
fail to civ satiefaclion. '
S. VV. HKIDNER, Ag't ,
aprll 6a !lKoanoke Squajjj,