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LlX VILLI-:, MlTl'UKLL Co.
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r,-i29-( mo.
A CARD.
To the Doniorrntic Valors oi
the Light h Coiignvs
ionnl District
Although the time for hold
ing the con vent ion to nomi
nate a Detncrat'C candidate
for Congress has not been
fixed by the Executive Com
mittee, in accordance with
the custom of the past, I pre
sume such convention will be
held sometime in the month
of July, and the announce
ment herein contained will
not be considered premature.
I am an aspirant for the
distinction (and I esteem it
a very great one) of being1 the
nominee of thatconvention,
and discarding the false mod
esty so often affected by wily
politicians, I take this as the
most available method of ma
king my wishes in the premi
ses known.
To those who know me per
sonally, no exposition of my
political views is necessary,
but as I am practically a
stranger to a large element of
the Democratic voters of the
district, I trust it will not be
amiss for me to say, that by
ad hern nee, choice and educa
tion, I am a democrat "after
tin straitest sect." 1 believe
the doctrines of government-j
ul policy as taught and ex
pounded by Jefferson, Madi
son and Jackson, and latter
ly by Cleveland, are inherent,
right; as enduring and un
changing as the "everlasting
hills," and withal as saluta
ry and essential to healthy
political life as are the water
we drink and the air we
breathe to our physical well-
being. Morovey, I believe
that every departure from
these time-honored and crisis
testiil piinciples has brought
in its train its own evils ami
envolved the country sooner
or later in somcsuddencntns
trophe or lingering disorder.
Our fathers allowed them
selves to forget forawhilt'the
invaluable doctrine of State
Sovereignty, and the result
was, first, sectional contro
versy upon the question of
slavery, a matter purely of
State concern, and thenseces
sion, and then one of the
most devastating civil wars
of any age. Again our fath
ers, in the exuberance ot a
mistaken patriotism, and in
their too great zeal for the
country's material progress
in onedirection, embarked on
the sea of a protective tariff,
for our "infant industries,"
and the result istheestablish
men and threatened perpetu
ation of the most gigantic
scheme of legalized extortion
in the form of partial, une
qual and unconstitutional
taxation of the nineteenth
contury.
1 mention these instances
only as illustrations. Tosum
marize the Democratic creed,
as applicable to the exigen
cies of the present time, it is
substantially to this effect:
To modify, materially i educe
and in some instances abol
ish theexisting rate and mode
of taxat'on, whether it be in
ternal or import; to reduce
the necessary expenses of the
government tot lie minimum,
to ignore and discourage all
sectional strife and animosi
ty, ami "in season and out of
season" to rebuke and thwart
all class legislation ;to intro
duce personal and official puri
ty into every department ot
the government, and to make
its machinery as simple, ase
conomicnl and as little inter
meddling with the liberty of
the citizeun as possible; and
above all, to make theeonsti
tution our sheet anchor and
polar star in all our political
voyages.
lint without going into de
tails, 1 feel that on a retro
spect of my past career, and
an introspection of my pres
ent convictions, I can truth
fully say, All these things
have I "steadfastly believed"
"from my youth up." And
every one who does believe
trulv in these doctrine's is a
good democrat and worthy
to be called the "salt of the
earth;" and theearnest, hear
ty support of such believers,
either at a convention or at
the polls, is the highest trib
ute of personal favor and lion
or. Hut enough on1 this score.
So far as I am informed,
there are up to this time, two
other avowed candidates for
the nomination the present
incumbent, Col. Cowles, of
Wilkes, and Maj. Graham, of
Lincoln. I have naught to
sav in disparagement of these
gentlemen. I regard them
both as my friends, and take
great pleasuie in saying that
either of them would make,
as the former has already
made, a most efficient and
creditable representative.
"Honor should be give.i to
whom honor is due", and I
have no disposition to "damn
with fale praise" ither oimv
of those distinguished expo-!
iients of genuine democracy. !
I may be permitted however!
to say m lvfereiHi' to Col.
Co .vies (and 1 say it in no
spirit of injustice or unfair-!
ness) that at the expiration:
'of his present term he w ill :
have enjoyed the honors ami
'emoluments of the ofliee foi j
(six years, and one of the well'
recognized, if not openly and
formally declared doctrines;
of his party is "rotation in
office." In thinking over the
list of North Carolina repre
sentatives since the war, I
can not recall but one who
succivded in winning a fourth
term. Others equally as faith
fill and some even more dis
tingished than he, coveted
this honor very much, but
sought it in vain. Whether
this was the result of acei
dent or design I will not .say.
but it is a part of our histo
ry. The democratic party is
very powerful, so much so,
that the influence of any in
dividuals howevever great it
may be, is insignificant in its
bearing upon party weal and
success. The time too, is past
when any one not having) he
prestige of a Webster, or a
('lay or a Calhoun, can have
any extraordinary whole
some influence on federal leg
i.ilation. This is especially
so of Southern members be
cause of the sectional preju
dice against them. About
theon,y effect now of long
service in Congress is to ena
ble Northern members to foist
upon the countiy the wildest
and most ruinous legislative
projects and jobberies, in the
shape of extravagant Pen
sion Rills, River and Harbor
Rills, and Rail Road and
steamship subsidies, etc. The
old members are usually the
"daddies" of all such schemes
as these. It is the tribute
that t heyouger members pay
to their "influence" from
length of service. Considered
from th's standpoint it would
hare been a. great blessing
to the masses had there been
a constitutional provision
limiting the service in Con
gress to one term.
Nevertheless, it is perfect Il
legitimate for any one to
claim a fourth, a fifth, or even
a twentieth term if he has a
ny thing upon which to found
such claim. I will only add,
and in the spirit of kindness,
that, where one does ask for
more than a third term, he
ought to have not only an
extraordinary quantity of
brain power and legislative
calibre, but in addition there
to, an unusual amount of the
christian religion, for he will
need the lastabove all things
to keep him in the path of
rectitude for so long a period
ol service at Washington. I
leave my friend, the gallant
Colonel, to say to what ex
tent he possesses this kit
qualification for ar fourth
term.
There is one other subject
upon which I wish briefly to
remark before closing this
communication. It becomes
pertinent because of the atti
tude, which my friend, Maj.
(j ra ha m , one of the a spiran ts,
has assumed in this contest.
I refer to what i.H known nsj
tli" Farmer's Alliance. It is
conceded thaf this organiza
tion has grown to va.-t pro-;
portions in the State or else-1
w licreand sonieha vethought
tl't't it woul I revolutionize j
parties, or at least for the
t iuie o'.. literate party lines.
Fears have been expressed by
some that it would cripple
and d sintegrate the demo
cratic rty. I have no such
a ppreluN. t'o f.:r ns
have been able to catch their
views, the general scope of its
doctrines is in perfect harmo
ny with the democratic par
ty. While it declaims any
connection with thetwo great
parties of the day, and pro
poses to act independent of
both, it is plain to see that
in the principles it, publishes
and advocates, itcan be not h
ing more nor less than the
hand maid of i he democracy.
It opposesh'gh taxation, and
strikes for tariff reduction
and reform so does the dem
ocracy. It wages war with
every species of monopoly,
I rusts, combines ec., so
does the democracy. It pro
ceeds upon the idea that the
great agricultural interests
of this country have for thir
ty years been ignored, or ren
deied of secondary impor
tance and made tributary to
other supposed higher con
cerns, to wit the manufactur
ing interests oi the land;
whereas, the exact reverse of
t!:L; -should be the natural or
der of affairs; and ithasnow
set itself to work to bring a
bout, a change in this respect,
and to give to every one tint
tills the earth a fair and e
qual start in the race for in
dividual comfort, prosperity
and ivealth. My friends of the
alliance will permit me to say
that this is no new doctrine.
It is nothing more than good
old-fashioned democracy. I
cannot say therefore that I
am sorry this old doctrine
has found its warmest advo
cacy in this new organiza
tion. It will emphasize and
advertise it with the masses.
So long as one is a good alli
ance man he cannot be an en
emy to the democratic party.
Those democrats who are
arrayed under the Alliance
banner, are among the truest
and best in the State. They
will make their fight, as they
ought, within the party lines.
Their jn'culiar principles in
the main, are not hostile to
to that ancient and venera
ble organization, to which a
majority of them, in this
State at least, have hereto
fore so faithfully and zealous
ly adhered. The farmers oi
the country have .simply de
manded recognition in thepo
litical arena, and because of
their numbers, their honora
ble vocation and the momen
tous intersts they represent
and uphold, they are en titled
to this recognition, and they
should be heard through
those who are in full sympa
thy with them. I know that
the democratic party will
now, ami in the future, us it
has done in the past, give a
willing'earto their complaints
and to their appeals for suc
cor, and by so doing the e
vils threatened to our organ
ization will be averted, and
"out of this net tie-danger will
we pluck theflowerof s ifety."
To my democratic fellow
citizens of the counties of
Ashe, Riirke, Caldwell ami
Watauira, I take this opprtu
nity of making ley acknowl
edgements for confidence al
ready extended. Ry their
warm and genen us support
in the past, they have placed
me under obligations whi'ii
I trust will be intensified and
renewed by their adherence
to me in the present contest.
W. II. RowKit.
SEXATOR VANCE'S LETTER.
There has been a great deal
said about the sub-treasury
bill that Senator Vance intro
duced for C1. L. L. Polk in
Congress n few weeks ago.
He has addressed a letter to
Mr. Eiias Carr, President of
the Farmer's Alliance, giving
his views on the subject. He
can't support the bill, think
ing it- unconstitutional, but
he says:
"I stand ready to vote for
any menstve for the relief of
the agricultural classes of the
community that will serve
the purpose, asAMngonly that
it, be within the power con
ferred upon Congress by the
Constitution. We live, hap
pily for us, in a government
of limited powers, but be
cause, as I believe, the pres
ent tariff duties are utterly
unconstitutional, and but
"robbery under the forms of
law," I cannot gain my con
sent to vote for thissub-treas
ury bill which provides for
the loaning of money to the
people by tin government,
and which, in my opinion, :s
without constitutional au
thority. I believe, however,
under that clause of the Con
stitution which gives to Con
gress the power to regulate
commerce with foreign coun
tries and among the states,
that the bonded ware-houses
now in use for the reception
offoreign importation might
also be used at every port of
entry in the U. S.,and others
established elsewhere as well,
for the reception of domestic
articles, intended for export
or for sale in other sta tes, and
that the government could
be made to receive these ar
ticles and issue receipts there
for upon which the holders
could readily borrow money.
I notice w ith pain that much
of the ill feelings of the farm
er is directed, not against the
authors and upholders of this
nefarious legislation, but a
gainst their nearest neigh
bors and best friends those
whose interests are as inti
mately connected with their
own as is that of members of
the same household. I ob
serve that bitter feelings are
springing up between town
and country between the
farmer who brings his prod
uct to town and the merch
ant who buys itand in return
sells him his daily supplies
that often the farmer is
taught to believe that the
lawyer, the doctor or the
professional man ishostileto
him, oris in some way re
sponsible for the ills which he
suffers. I need not say to you
that this is all wrong, un
wise and hurtful to a degree
to all concerned. It saps the
strength of our jMopl and
weakens their power to pro
cure redress. H'e need every
body's help, because our op
pressors are a great party
entrenched in tl;estionholds
of the government. Natur
ally the redress of w rongs oc
casioned by unjust legisla
tion is the repeal of that leg
islation. The great Demo
cratic party of America, now
ju a larire numerical majori
ty, but deprived of the con
trol of the government by
the most unscrupulous meth
ods, openly and almost with
unanimity, favors the repenl
of all the legislation of which
you complain. A little stren
gthening of its" hands, and
but a little, will enable it to
triumph. Its triumph will be
yours. A little sapping of its
strength, a little division of
its ranks, will be its defeat n
gain. Its defeat will likewise
be yours. The danger is that
oppressed freemen become im
patient and impatient men
are often unwise. Your great
organization is but little
mote than two years old it
is not yet grown. It cannot
look for a great harvest of re
suit before the sowing and
maturing of the crop. Alread
y wonderful things have been
achieved. Venerable legisla
tors, life-long servants of cor
porations and Wall street
policy ha ve already come to
know that there is a large
class of the American people
called farmers and who have
rights and privileges like ot h
ers. No greater shock for
years past has been given to
the sleek and comfortable re
cipients of class legislation
than the recent passagu
through the Senate of the bill
to restore the unlimited coin
age and legal tender charac
ter of silver. This was un
doubtedly due to the Farm
ers' Alliance. For the past
six months there has been
more discussion upon the
condition of the farmers and
matters pertaining to their
intersts than had taken place
within ten yers previous. The
more of that talk the better
for the farmers. Their wrongs
are so palpable that the jus
tice of redressing them will
become more and more irre
sistible, as the light is turned
on. The policy of t he farmers,
being now right, is to keep
within the right. Demand
nothing that is illegal, ask
nothing that is unreasonable.
Especially, it seems to me',
they should be careful not to
injure their friends.
They should hold their for
ces in hand ready to aid those
who favor them and strike
those only who are hostile to
their purposes and principles.
The attempt to make a po
litical party of the Fanners'
Yllianee for the purpose of
supplanting either of the
great parties who divide the
American people would be a
great mistake. In the South
it could only destroy the dem
ocratic party and leave in
undisturbed control thatoth
er party which is the author
and upholder of the evils by
which we are affiicted. By
your own rules you exclude
from membership a majority
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