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Democrat
WATAUGA COUNTY, X. C, TlttJUSDAY, JULY, 15, 1897
NO. 2D.
VOL. Lt.
o
WASHINGTON LETTER
From our Regular Correspondent.
That, evfcry Democrat is
ht''ssjaril.y u good and pa
triotic citizen is so well known
that it seems aluost super
fluous to mention it. When,
therefore, a large number of
good Democrat, together
with tha vives, mother-,
daughters, sisters and sweet
hearts of many of them, get
together to celebrate Inde
pendence day, as they did in
R'ashington to-day. patriot
ic enthusiasm is hound to he
plentiful. T h i s gathering
was not at the Capitol, al
though both branches of
Congress were in session, but
in a Washington theatre. It
was a combination Demo
cratic and patrioti: celebra
tion, and it was a regular
three-cheers-and-a-tiger sue
cess. ' Ex-Representative Sib
ley, of I'a., presided, and the
principal address wasdelivei
ed by Senator Daniel, of Va..
who did himselt proud, both
ns a Democrat and patriot.
Each of the original thirteen
states were represented by
short speeches, and net ween
times there were music, both
vocal and instrumental. The
celebration was under the
joint auspieies of the Nation
al Association of Democratic
Clubs, and the Democracy of
the District of Columbia.
Senator Jones, of Arkan
sap, and Teller, forced the Re
publican Senators to an im
mediate and abject surrend
er, by a amendment hatched
by the Republican steering
committee to pay a bounty
oti beet sugar. This amend
ment was a complete sur
prise to the Democrats nn;
also to some Republicans
and is believed to have been
a bit of political trickery
Senator Jones and Teller
said that if the Republicans
expected to pass the tariff
hill, they must withdraw
that amendment, and Mi
leher, made h i s remarks
more nagging by adding
that there had been reports
that Republican Senators
would bo glad to see the bil
defeated, and that this new
proposition looked very
much as though the Commit
tee was not anxious to pass
the bill. This brought about
a hurried consultation of Re
publicans and the announce
inent that the Committee
would withdraw the anient
inent. Then Senator Allen
made an individual attempt
to get the bounty tor his con
stitunts by ofh-ring t h
amendment himself, ami Sen
ator Kyle made a speech in
favor of it, but its death was
assured when the Republi
cans withdrew their support
. The tariff b:ll might easily
have been disposed of last
week Mind the Republicans
been able to stop wrangling
among themselves long
enough to agree upon sever
al proposed amendment.
About the only amendment
they agreed upon that is de
serving of a good word was
that taxing stock certificates
and bonds. That is so sensi
ble that it seemed almost
useless to expect that it will
bo allowed to stick. The bill
ivont- if
vt,iv, ii
the Republicans desire it to
pass. They can "hang it up
indefinntely by proposing
amendments that they know
the Democrats will not allow
to be added.
Ross llanna has not had
much success in bossing his
tarty in the Senate, but he
made a success of his fight on
he 'anti-trust amendment to
the tariff bill, and compelled
he Republican caucus, hur
riedly called at the eleventh
lour, to decide that theanti-
rust amendment, which had
ieen prepared and adopted
y the Republican steering-
committee, should not be of-
red in the Senate. That
)roposed amendment h a s
leen introduced as a bill by
Senator Thurston, but there
isn't vhe slightest probabil
ity of its passing; if there
was, Ross Ianna would have
another Republican caucus
called to prevent it.
It is now stated privately
n administration circles,
h a t campaign promises
made by Ross llanna mattes
it necessary for McKinley to
send a. special message to Con
gress askir.g for legislation
for the appointment ofa cur
rency commission, notwith
standing the notice seived
upon Ross llanna several
weeks ago by the silver Sena
tor, that no vuch legislation
should be acted upon at this
session of Congress.
Gen. Woodford, our new
Minister to Spain, has gone
home, but he will return to
Washington to attend a
grand dinner to which he
was inyited by the Spanish
minister when he called on
that official personally last
week, instead ot merely send
ing his card, in accordance
with the usual diplomatic
etiquette. lie will not sail
for Europe until July 23th.
Mr. John R. McLean says
the charge that himself and
Mr. Paul Sorg had instigat
ed the coal strikes for the
purpose of making a politi
cal capital against Mr. llan
na in Ohio is too ridiculous
for serious discussion, and is,
of course, without the slight
est foundation.
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Mints tht! only endorsed, reliable
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Hearborn St., Chicago
Curikn, 0., July 5. Moth
er McKinley, in walking on
the pbrch this morning slip
ped aTid lell, striking her
forehead over the eyes on the
door step. Although 88
years old, she was not so
stunned but that she was
able to arisn in a few moin
( nts. She made light of the
occurrence. The President
ran in haste to secure a doc
tor. Her courage was ad
mirable when the doctor
found the -jut was so deep as
to require sewing. She did
not seem to .be suffering seri
ously from the blow.
Ktinrato Your Hutreli M'llh t'HirnretH.
Cur.ily Cnlli;irtli fiiiv ropotirnlloii forever.
i lOi-.wc. llt.'. C (all, Jn, ii.ni.ua u.uuoy.
will be passed this
An Eloquent Auarosi aeiiTeiea oj hot.
.. . ,.,. ,. ki .1.. p01if,.(ierate Re
union nt Nnsnvllle Tennesssee.
Ladies and
Gentlemen:
Why need I say welcome to
the men of the South? Ev
ery heatt in Tennessee throbs
a welcome to you, and every
loval home smiles a welcome.
I think if 1 could draw back
the veil which separates im
mortality from this vale of
.ears, you would see a vision
of your old comrades who
have answered to the roll
call of eternity crowding the
air, and you would hfar
them shout: "Welcune
thrice welcome!"
I hvtf tJlive in the land of
Dixie, under the soft South
erd ski;s, where summer
pours out her blood of sun
shine and showers, and the
grateful earth smiles with
plenty; 1 love to live in South
ern soil, where the cotton
fields wave their white ban
ners of pence, and where the
wheat fields wave back their
banners of gold from the
hills and valleys ivhich were
once drenched with the blood
of neroes; 1 love to live where
the mocking birds flutter and
sing in the shadowy coves,
and bright waters npple m
eternal melody by the graves
where our heroes are burned;
I love to breathe the South
ern air that comes filtered
through ninales o t roses
ii p
whispering the story of South
ern deeds of braverv: I love
t o drink from Southern
springs and Southern bab
-mfX brooks which once roo
P(j the lips of Lee and Jack-
son and Forrest and Gordon
and the worn and weary col
umns of brave men who wore
the gray; l.love to live a
mong Southern men and wo
men, where every heart is ns
warm as the Southern sun
shine, and every home is
temple of love and liberty;
love to listen to the sweet
old Southern melodies which
touch the soul and melt the
heart and awaken to life ten
thousand precious tnemorie
of the happy long ago, when
the o'd-tin.e darkeys used to
laugh and sing, and when
the old-time black mammy
soothed the children toslum
ber with her lullabies; but,0
the music that thrills nit
most is the melody that diet
away on the lips of many i
Confederate soldier a s h
sunk into that sleep tha
knows no waking:
I AM CLAD lAM IN DIXIE.
I doubt if the world will ev
er see another civilization as
brilliant as that which per
ished in the South a third of
a century ago. Its whitecol
umned mansions under cool
spreading groves, its orange
trees waving their sprays of
snowy blossoms, an J its cot
ton fields stretching away to
the horizon, alive with toil
ing sla t'es who sung as they
toiled from early morn un
til the close of day; itssplend
id manhood, and the dazzling
beauty of its women, placed
it in the history as the high
tide of earthly glory, Rut
the hurricane of civil war
shattered it and swept it
away. Millions of wealth dis
solved and vanished in smoke
andflair.es. Tlie South lost
all save honor; but the Con
federate Jioldier, the p weal
and proudest type o f the
Anglo Saxon race, stood
amid its charred and black
ened ruins. The earth was
red beneath him, the sky was
black above him, his sword
was broken, his country was
ci ushed; but without a throne
he was no less a ruler. His
palace had perished; he was
no less a king. Slavery was
dead, but mngnificient in
h e gloom of defeat, he
was still a master. Has he
not mastered adversity? Has
io not rebuilt the ruined
South?
Look yonaer at those flash
ing domes a n d glittering
spires; look at the worlds of
art and u 11 the fabrics and
pictured tapestries of beauty;
ook what Southern brains
ind Southern hands have
wrought; see the victories
of sp.ace we have won; all rep
resented within the whitecol
umns of our great industrial
Exposition, and you will re-
eive an inspiration -jf the
old South, and you will
catch glimpses of her future
gUr.y.
I trust in God that the
struggles of the future will be
the struggles of peace, and
not of war. The hand of se
cession will never be lilted up
again. The danger of the
Republic n o w lies in the
mailed hand of centralized
power, and the South will
yefi be the bulwark of Amen
can liberty. If you ask me
why, I answer that it U the
only section left that is pure-
iuencan; I answer that an
archy cannot live on South
ern soil; I answer tin t the
South has started on a new
line of march, and, while we
love the past for its precious
memories, our faces are turn
ed toward the morning.
Time has furled the battle
flags and smelted the hostile
gun. Time bus torn down
the forts and leveled the
trenches and rifle pits on the
bloody field of glory, where
courage and high-born chiv
alry on prancing charges
once rode to the front with
shimmering epaulets a n (
brig h t swords gleaming
where thousands of charginn
bayonets at uniform angles
reflected thousands of suns
where the shrill fife screamei
and the kettle drum timet
the heavy tramp, tramp o
the shining battalions, as the
Infantry deployed into bat
tie line and disappeared in
the seething waves of smoke
and llame; wheredouble-sh d
ed batteries unlimuereii on
the bristling edge and hurlet
fierv vomit into the faces of
the reeling columns; whet
ten thousand cavalry hovei
ed for a moment on theflan
and then rushed to thodrea!
ful revelry.
The curtain dropped long
ago u p o n these mourn fu
scenes of carnage, and time
has beautified and comforted
and healed, until there
IS
nothing left of war butgrav
es and garlands and morn
ments and precious memor
ies.
Blow, bugler, blow,' bnl thy
shrilling notes can never
gain call the matchless ai
lines of Grant and Lev tottie
carnival of death.
Let the silver trumpet
sound the jubilee of pence.
Let the veterans shout . who
wore the blue; let them kiss
the silken folds of trie gorg
eous ensign of the Republic,
and fling it 1o the breeze
and sing the national hymn.
Let the veterans bow who
wore fie graj , and with un
covered heads salute the na
tional flag. It is the flag of
the inseparable Union. Let
them clasp hands with the
brave men who wore the
lue, nnd rejoice with them;
or time hath adorned the
uiwd South and robed her
dds in richer harvests and
glided her skies with brigh
ter stars of hope.
Rut wbo will scorn or frown
to see the veterans ot the
South's shattered armies,
scattered now like solitary
oaks in the midst of a fallen
forest, hoary- with age and
covered with scars, sometim
es put on the old worn and
aaed gray and unfurl for a
ittle while that other ban-
ner, the named ana .moon
. in i . i i i J
stained stars and bars, to
ook upon it and sweep over
it, and press it to their bo
soms? For it is hallowed
with recollections tender as
the Roldier's last farewell.
They followed it. amid the
earthquake throes oi Shiloh
where Albert Sydney John
son died; mey lonowen it
amid the floods of Hying fire
at Chancellorsville, where
Stonewall Jackson fell; they
saw it flutter in the gloom of
the Wilderness, vvh?re the an-:
gry divisions and corps rush
ed upon each other, and
clinched and fell and rolled
together in the bloody, mire;
they rallied around it at Get
tysburg, where it waved a-
hove the bayonets, mixed
and crossed on those dread
ed heights of destiny; thay
saw its faded color flaunt, de
fiance for the last time at Ap
pomattox.and then go down
forever in a flood of tears.
Then who will upbraid
them if they sometimesbring
it to light, sanctified and
glorified as it is by the blood
and tears of the past, and
wave ic again in the air, and
sing once more their old war
songs?
When these heads are white with
glory,
When the shadows from the
West
lengthen as yon toll your story
In the vet'ran's ward of rent,
May no ingrate'h word of sneer
ing
Reach one heart of all the bruve,
Put may honor, praise, and
cheering
Guard old valor to the grave.
Hon. C. R. Rush, president
of theGilmerCounty ( W. a.)
Court, says that he has had
three cases of flux in his fam
ily, during the past summer,
which he cured in (ess than a
week with ChamPerlain'sCol
ic, Cholera aiid Diarrhoea
Remedy. Mr. Rush also
states, that in some instances
there were twenty hemorr
hages a day. Gleav'lle, .
Va., Puthlinikr. This reme
dy has been used in nine epi
demics of flux and one of
cholera, with perfect success.
Itcan always be depended up
on for bowel complaint, even
in its most severe foi ms. Ev
ery family should keep it ut
hand. The 25 and 50 cent
bottle.j lor ( sale by M. B.
Rlackburn.
fiiSSubocribe for his paper.
PROFESSIONAL.
W. B. COUNCILLj Jn.
AttornfA' at La Jf.
Boone, N. V.
W. R. COUXCILL, M. D.
Pooue, N. C.
Resident Physician. Othce
on King Street north of Post
Office.
E. F. LOVlLL. J. C. FLETCHER
IIViLL & FLETCHER
ATlUliNbYSATLAW,
BOONE, N. C.
eBSpecial attention Qiveh
to the colletion ofclaimsrGJk
WILLIAM R. LOVlLL.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.'
Sutherlands, N. C.
Practices in the State and
Federal courts.
Dr. J. M. HOGSHEAD,
Cancer Specialist,
BANNER'S ELK. N, C.
Ao Knife; No Burning Out:
Highest relTereuces rik endors
mt nts of prominent persons kuc
cessfiilly treated in Va., JVun.
and N. C. Remember that ti
is no time Too soon to get rid ot
a cancerous growth no i. atter
how small. Examination free,
letters answered promptly, and
satisfact' n guaranteed.
NOTICE.
By virtue of a decree made
by the Superior Court of Wa
tauga county in a special prd
ceednre entitled, W. L. HorT
ton and others ex parte, I
will, aa commissioner, sell at
the court house door in the
town of Boone, on Thursday
the 12th day of Aug., 1897,
two tracts of land contain
ing respectively 100 and 75
acre?, situated near E 1 k
knob, in North Fork town
ship, being the lands former
ly owned oy Win. Horton,
embracing the old Nathan
Horton and W m. Miller Su
gar Camps. These lands are
rich, agricultural and miner
al lands. Terms of sale; five1
per cent cash and balance in
six months with interest ori
deferred payments. This July
7, 1S97.
W. II. Rower, Com.
2nJK? t the ess?.
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