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3 j a S 9 IS O OS a S3 K O Eh O A o T P." a a 03 A f-H 0 C3 3 31 tuV. ive -jon, - an -a o 3 el C3 Si D I o flCf t i S3 a o If o b0 3 3 a a 03 o a O 3 o i "This Akgus o'er the people's rights Dth aneternal vigil keep; No soothing strain of Mai's son Can lull its hundred eyes to sleep". a 11 ur at T. t f VOL. XVI. GOIiDSBORO, K. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1893. NO. 108 , - rat V.i ,4 AM X 14 A ON LIFE'S BA IS QUET STAIRS. We pass each other on life's, banquet stair.-; New guests are mounting to the festal light, "While we descend together to the night, Clt se muffled 'gainst the outside win- try airs. They tread upon our shadows as they climb . With quick, strong steps to join the crowd and crush. We see in sparkling eyes and speak ing blush, How expectation ghda the coming time. Young forms go by us, tossing rosy sprays, In brave apparel, tints of flower and bird, Of blossom patches by the summer stirr'd With sheen of silk and cems that scat ter rayF, Knew we such zest, trui heart, when mounting up? Such haste to lilt the chalice to our lips, To learn if pleasure sweeter 13 in sips, Or when, with manhood a tlmst, we driu the cup? Shall we stand by and carp at these and say; "Go. eiddy ones and mothJike fire your wings. Pleasure is pain, and lausihier sorrow brings?" Shall we speake thus wb once weie young aa thej? " Farewell! we've supp'fl, Lite s wine was keen and bright; Old lriends move bv and srain the outer door; The wind blows buffets "with a north em roar, And past the shadows gleams the dis tant light! W. W, Hasten- The New York- The trial trip of the New York, has resulted in her developing s speoi of twenty-one knots and s fraction over perhaps as much aa twenty-one and a halt kno'ss on the final figures. All the condi tion were most favorable, but when it is recollected that her engin were to be ofonlv 17,000 horse- rower. while the Blake and the Blenheim, the cruisers with which she is most frequently corns pared, were built to steam twenty knots on 20,000 horse-power, and y radically failed, the excellence ot the achievement is manitet. ?he New York takes rank, then, as lie swiftest fighting cruiser in the n.vies ot the world. Not only this, tit her Btalility, the arrangement f her sons and her general de sign give her a superiority which tor the time places ber wen at the head of her c:asa. For the time on ly issbe to be surpassed by her mate, the Brooklyn, but the Rus sian liurik will outpoint her, ard the two new English cruisers, just projected, the Powerful and the Terrible, are ujeant to be her sua periors iu tonnage, seed, protect tion aud armament, though it is already a question whether it is an economy fr the Admiralty to baiid them. But governments are ad keen rivals aa the great steam ship companies, though for a differ ent reason. Of course the New York will not always be steaming 21 knots, and in truth the beet trst of war ship's speed and endurance is af forded by her performances in all weathers. Here we are fortunately enabled to rest satisfied that the New York is not merely a fair weather boal, for sho has already shown that she can steam almost as fast in a dirty sea with her iu naces burning scrap coal as when &he is on a sprint over a mill pond course in catboat weather under forced draught. And 6he can fight her guns in a sea way, which is what all cruieera cannot do by nuy mean?; and in that respect her high fieeboard is a great advant age. lake her all in all the is one vt the finest achievements ot modern ship building, and very many battleships ought to decline a rush with her. It is impossible to accord her this high praise without naming her designer, who, it may be siid without hesitation, is a worthy 8U ceesor to John Ericsson. Lieuten ant Nixon's plans for the new era isere, commerce destroyers and battleships ot our navy are so im portant and successful as to place this young l-ennsylvanian not only in the front ot his scierce, but in th e proud positio.n of having done as much as any man to restore his country to the moral rank that was here whenever or before it was necessary for America to show wh at she conld do on the sea. And it is scarcely neces3ary to add that Mr. Nixon has had the cramps for employers. It will astonish you how quick John mi's Maeneuc uu will Kill all pains Bold by Kobinstn Brjs. Goldsboro, N. V. - CLASS OF '93. The Graduates of the G of dsboro Grad ed and High School this Year: Fine Address by Hon J. C. Scarborough: AJr. Henry Weil's Prizes. There was a large and representa tive audience in the Messenger Opera House Friday night to greet the 'class of '93" of : the Goldsboro Graded and High School, and to hear the address of Hon. J, C.Scar borough, State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Mr. Scarborough was introduced to the audience, to whom,' however, he was no stranger, by Superin tendent Jcyner, and for some thing over an hour he en tertained them with a succinct his tory, interestingly told, of the Pub lic School system of North Carolina, from its incipiency, immediately after Democracy got control of the State, down to the present time. It wa3 an address such aa only a man thoroughly conversant with the edu cational affairs of the State and embued with the progressive spirit of Public Education could make; and was so full of thoughtful facts that couvincing argument and un controvertible conclusions that all who heard him were grouuded stronger in their faith that Pub lic Education is not only a public necessity, but also a public duty and a public benefit. .At the conclusion of the address, IIou. C, B. Ay cock, chairman of the Board of Trustees, then, in his own characteristic style of eloquent lan guage and inspiring utterauce, pre sented the Diplomas to the grad uates, who were seated upon the stage, as follows: Misses. Ophelia Howell, Winnie Hicks, Annie Her ring, Mattie Nash, Estelle Parker; Messrs, Cobb Lase, Lionel "Weil, Allie Edgerton, Cornelius Maxwell, Earnest Loftin and Hugh Maxwell Superintendent Joyner then step ped to the front aad announced-what was indeed a surprise to the class and the audience alike that Mr. Henry Weil had that day placed in his hands two packages, one for the girl of the graduating class who had maintained the highest average for scholarship during the past three years, and one for the boy of the class maintaining a like average, and, that each package contained twenty-five dollars in gold. This announcement was received with hearty applause all over the house, ar owing how thoroughly the spirit of the generous giver, who has ever been one of the staunchest friends of tbe school, was ap preciated by the audienc". Mr. Joyner then announced that these prizes, iu going back over the records, weie found to be won by Miss Ophelia Howell, daughter of Capt. K. P. Howell, and Mr. Cobb .Lane, son of Mr. W. P. Lane: and he further stated that Miss Winnie Hicks and Mr. Lionel Weil, son of Mr. Sol Wei', stool next to the win ning pupils and deserved honorable mntior. The prizes were presentsd bv Rev. B. R. Hall in a graceful, witty style that made the happy circumstance doubly pleasing. Supporting Foreign Criminals The sentence by Judge Butler ot the two Garfinkles and their aesoa ciates lor counterfeiting and cir culating counterfeit pennies brings 10 ngui one or ine evils or unre stricted immigration. These erim. inals are all foreigners, and appar ently experts at their trade. 'They had come to this city to all appear ances for the specific purpose of engaging in the counterfeiting busB iness, under the mistaken impres sion that they were less liable to dt tection and punishment than in their native country, Tfaev verv shrewdly counterfeited only the coin of least value, doubtless thinking that no one would take the trouble to find out whether the pennies received in change were counterfeit or genuine. It is much to the credit of the Federal authorities that they were able to detect, locate, arrest and convict these alien criminals so quickly, but it is much to the dis credit of our immigrant system that they should ever-have been permitted to find a home and pur sue a criminal career on American soil. The United States Govern ment has a long arm and a sure g rasp when it has to deal with criminals who violate the Federal statutes. It is a great pity that it is not aoie to detect and shut out the foreign criminals that seek our shores to ply their nefarious trade, It would be far cheaper to deny them admission than' to convict and maintain them at the public expense when they have once landed, THEM ,FLO vVER3. James vVitcomb Rilty Take a feller 'at's sick md laid up on the shelf, All shaky, and ga'nted, and pore Jes all so knocked out he can't handle hisself With a stiff upper lip any more; Shet him up all alone in the gloom of a room - ,f As dark as the tomb, and as grim, And then take and send him some roses in bloom, And you can have fun out o' him. You've kttched hini fore now when his liver was sound And his appetite notched like a saw A-mockin' you, maybe, for romancin round With a big posy-bunch in your paw; But you ketch him, say, when his health is away And he's on his tack in distress, And then vou csn trot out vour little bokay And not be inulted, I guess. You see it's like this what this weak ness is Them flowers make hioi think of . day3 the Of his innocent vouth, and that mother o' his And the roses that she used to raise So here, all alone with the roes you send, Bein' sick and all trimbly and faint My eyes is my eyes is my eyes Is old friend Is a-leakiu' I'm blamed ef they ain't Northern Presbyterians- Washington. Mav 26. Elder McUongail, oi Cincinnati, etated that by arrangement with the chairman of the Judiciary Com mittee, he was charged with the duty of openins in support of the motion to entertain the appeal This was accepted by the Moder ator, and McDongall took the plat t orin. There was a storm of protests at this arrangement, but it was summarily put down by tne Moderator and this plan followed throughout the diacussion. At different times Brigg3 made efforts to be heard in reply to state ments made by his opponents, but he also was put down, not alone by the Moderator, but by clamorous protests from among the commis sioners. Two hours and forty minutes of the morning session was given up to five minn-ie speeches from Com missioners who represented every possible view of the question at issue. Briggs found many snp porters upon the ground that the present proceedings were irregular, while many of his oppenents used for their principal argument the necessity of disposing at once of the troublesome and threatening element of discord in the Church. The first thing done upon the reassembling of the Assembly at 2 30 p. m., was to determine to hold a night session for the purpose of further proceeding with considera tion of the Biigga case. D. Duf field, of Princeton College, began his remarks by saying that he had great personal appreciation of the scholarship and Christian character of D. Briggs. "If his logical faculties were eqoal to his scholar ship, 1 do not know his equal, 1 in the intellectual world of America at least." This or some other ree mark of Duffield, brought Briggs to his feet flashing eyes and de mand to be heard to correct mis, statements and misinterpretation of his writings. He was ruled out of order, but persisted determindly and appealed to the house against the Moderator. His appeal was not euteitained, however, and he reluctantly took his seat. A passionate address against the plea of Dr. Briggs was made by Rev. Wm. C, Young. D. D.. of Danville, Kentucky, Moderator of the last Assembly. Speaking with much emphasis and in an emo tional manner, Young said he never had a clearer conception as to the disposition of any ecclesiaso tical matters than he bad in this case, for peace, for speedy settle ment, for doing away withvexings and disturbances. He believed in entertaining now this appeal in the fear and view oi liod. Rev. Geo. D. Baker, of Phila delphia, closed the debate in favor of entertaing the appeal. The debate closed at 4 o'clock. - Judge Purnell, of Baltimore, then offered his motion to remand tbe case to the New York f.ynod. This was defeated by a viva ' voce vote, and again by a rising vote. The question then recurring on the resolution of the Judieal Commits tee that the appeal be entertained, the ayes and noes were demaned and the roll-call began at 4.15 v. m. All over the house and in the galleries the vote was followed on the call of members by interested ones who could not wait on the official announcement of the res suit.. While . the roll wa3 being called, Moderator Craig yielded the chair to exa Moderator William c Roberts, D. D and himself voted "aye." Resnlts of the vote on the motion to entertain the ap peal was announced by Drl Craig as follows: I'eas, 403; naye, 145. On motion of Dr. Young, tbe Judicial Committee was instructed to prepare a programme for the procedure in the t rial of the appeal, and the Assembly decided to pro ceed with tbe trial to-morrow morning. At 5 p. m. the Assembly adjourned until 8 o'clock p. m. for the consideration of administrative business Northern Presbyterians. Macon, Ga , May 26. The General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church met this morning at 9 o'clock. Prayer waB offered by Rev. J. H, Lacey. The minutes having beenapproved,Rev. W. A. Campbell, of Virginia, and Hon. John Quincy Ward, of Ken tucky, were appointed delegates to attend the approaching conference in Chicago and requested ta co operate in the effort to establish Federal union between the Re formed churches in the United Statesadhering toPresbyterian doc trine. The Assembly declined to take action looking to representation in the Temperance Congress to be held in Chicago next June, An extra assessment of twenty five per cent, was laid upon Pres oyterians to meet tne usual ex penses of the alliance represented by .brench and bwiss delegates. ReT, A. L. Phillips was ap pointed to attend the meeting of the ne2.t General Synod of the American Reformed churches. A resolution, introduced by Rev, C. W. Trawick, of New Orleans, providing tor a petition to the Congress of the United States to anual the Chinese Exclusion act, was docketed. itev. j. i. Jordan onerd a ree olution tendering the thanks of the Assembly to the administration of President Cleveland for the legal and prompt measues adopted to suppress the opening of the Col umbian Exposition on Sanday.The resolution was telegraphed to the President. After some futher routine ' busiw ness was transacted, the considera tion of the report of the com mittee on Foreign Missions was again taken up. A long discussion took place over the resignation of Rev, M. H. Houston, formerly secretary ot the committee, in order to take up mission work in China. The committee declined to accept his resignation. Amendment by Rev. J, G. SneJecer was adop ted and the resignation accepted. The office of assistant secretary was aboirsnea, ine present mcnm bent will hold offiice until next April. Rev. Henry M. Woods, D, Lt.t ol V lrginia, now missionary in Unina, was selected to nil the va cant secretaryship. J, H. Cline, of .Nashville, was elected treasurer Report of the Committee on Edi ucation was next taken up and went over to the night session. The President and the Congress, One of the exchanges says that it is evident that President Cleve land intends to cultivate congress men hereafter more than he has heretofore; aad this because be exs pects to need their assistance in getting through Congress the mess ures which are to be considered as peculiarly the measures of the ads ministration. We see no impropriety in the policy thus outlined. The Presi dent cannot do without Congress, and Congress cannot do without the President, Especially has the ben ate grown to be & bigger man than old Grant, or, in other words a body which cannot be controlled by tbe President, The senators are a clannish set, as well as a conclave of great men. It learned while Andrew Jackson was President bow it might exalt iteelt and hu miliate the President. When yon see Democratic sena tors agree with one another that the President shall appoint no man postmaster in a senator s own post otbee town whose appointmen would be objectionable to that sen ator yon see a thing very small in itself, but also a thing that has much of the world's history in it- Aichmont JJispatch. Winston Sentinel: The morning dispatches bring the news that the Hon. Lee S, Overman, Speaker of the House last winter, has entered the race for tbe District Attorney ship. There' are now six candi dates ;' R. B. Glenn, of Winston Kope Elias, pf Franklin; D. A Covington, ot Monroe; J, W. Gra ham, of Hillsboroi and Lee S.Over man, of Salisbury. Graham and Overman are recent candidafes The candidacy of the latter excites some surprise here as he was sup posed to be inendly to Mr. Glenn However, it seems that the "dark horse" candidate haB better chances than before. TRUTH AND BEAUIY. BT WILLIAM COWAN. had a friend who lived lor Truth, Who sought it Fast, who sought it West, In city streets and lonely haunts, - And died unprospered in the queBt Another, who for Beauty lived, For Beauty bartered all beside, And in the evening of his days For Beauty, as was fit, he died. And many a time between them both Contention on the point was long; On v Truth's brave knight in weal and woe, The other Beauty's champion strong, But when they crossed the flood of death, The eternal, all revealing flame Flashed on their souls, and then knew they That Truth and Beauty are the same! Good Words. NORTHERN PRESBYTERIANS. Tne B.tKKS Heresy Case on trial, on Appeal from the Presbytery of New York preliminary proceedings Great Interest Manifested. Washington, May 23. The Judiciary Committee reported in favor ot hearing the JJnggs case and the trial was at once com menced, the reading of the papers in the case occupying an hour and a half and exhausting all of the afternoon session that remained. The expectation that action would be taken upon the Briggs case drew to the xiew York Ave nue Church this afternoon a larger crowd than was present at any time previously. The galleries and even the stairway were packed to suffocation. The platform was filled with distinguished visitors and members of the Assembly Among them was Senator Cnllom. of Illinois. Dr. Briggs made hiB first appearance on the floor of the house. He occupied a chair on low platform immediately in front of the pulpit and to tbe right of the Moderator. Just to bis right and in front of the Moderator also, sat Rev. G, W, h. Birch, Chairman of the Prosecuting Committee, while in the mam isle, Just behind Drs Briggs and Birch, sat J. J. Mc- Cook, a leading member of the Prosecuting Committee. Briggs eat quietly throughout the prelum nary proceedings, apparently un mindful of the tact that he was the observed ot all observers in this distinguished body. As Dr, Baker read trom tne report, Ltr. Unggs from time to time took notes as quietly as if, instead of being the central figure, he was at most the counsel ot a man under religious indictment. Before the reading of the report began, McDougall, of Cmcmnatti, moved that the case before the Assembly take preced ence of all other business, and this was speedily carried. The yener able Dr. Smith, of Baltimore, prob ably anticipating an outburst sought it adricable to pour oil on what he thought might develop into troubled waters. or this reason he suggested that all expressions o approval or disapproval be pro hi bi ted. Moderator Uraig em phasized this suggestion and called tor absolute quiet, so that tne men upon whom such great and tre mendous duty involved, might be able to hear calmly and dispassio" nately all that might be said. la tbe name ot God and the Presbyterian Church," said Dr, Craig, "I beg you to keep perfect quiet. I should be mortified beyond the possibility of expression if any man were to be disturbed by any evidence of disapproval. 1 won der if it be in my power to stamp it out with ruthless band." Dr. Baker, chairman of the Judicial Committee, was then re cognized and read his report, o which the substance is in tbe reso ntion presented for action by the Assembly as follows: "Aiesolved, That the General As semblyhnds that due notice of ap peal in tins case has been given, and that appeal and specification ot er rors alleged to have been filed in due time and that the appeal is in order in accordance witn provisions o the book of discipline. , He8olved,Th&t after the judg ment, notice of appeal, and specifi cations of errors alleged have been read, and the parties have been heard, viz: The prosecuting com mission and the Presbytery of New York, as to whether said appea shall be entertained, three hours being alloted for such hearing, viz,: one and oneshalf hours to each oaity; and after the hearing" from members of the Assembly three hoars being allotted for inch heard iug the Assembly shall then vote anon the'following resolution: "liesolved'y Th&t the appeal from the decision and final judgment o the Presbytery of New York, reca d$red January Utn, isvd, oe enter tained by the General Assembly, and it is ordered that the case pn ceed to trail in accordance with the provisions of the Book of Discip- ine. This report is 6igned by fif teen members ot the commission, The minority report recommends ubstitution tor the above resolur tions of the following: "We fined the appeal in order, and recommend that parties be heard in accordance with povisions of the book ot dis cipline." l his report is signed by Messrs, Myres, Stebbins and Nicholls, There is much explanation and argument in both rports. Some time was occupied then in straight. ening out the parliamentary sit uation. It was finally deeided to act upon the first resolution of the majority report, which waB adopt ed. Then a motion to pass the second resolution was offered. Mr Cut cheon, of Detroit, moved to strike out limitation of time of debate by parties in interest to three hours, but the Assembly refused to remove the restriction. At this point Mr. Brigg3 sought to be heard, but the Moderator ruled that this was not a proptr time for him, promising him a hearing later on. The second res solution was adopted The Moberator then announced that in accordance with the book of government, the Assembly would the Lord Jesus Christ and following cou the rules of procedure, called tor the readiner cf the iaderment notice of appeal, appeals and specification otthe error alleged, lhis was done 1 .ill 111. ! Jl oy staieu eierK JODeris, ine reaus : . ,u l, or . balrnnH o-rhonatino- ll t.hft . - to . rfima ndr of the afternoon session, Iha great audience sat more quietly throughout the dreary re- petition of legal forms than they would have done under the most eloquent sermon. The Court then adjourned until 2.30 to-morrow afternoon and the lieneral Assembly until y du a.m. After adjournment in the afternoon, the commissioners to tbe Ireneral Assembly and olhcers ot the va rious boards and the ladies accom Danvinsr them were entertained at the countrv hot;se ot benator and Mrs. Brice by a garden party be tween the hours of 4 and 7 o'clock. STATE NEWS. Durham Sun: Mr. James L Blackwell, father of Col. W. T. Blackwell died this morning. Danbury Reporter: We are nainpH fpiirn of the rtpath nf Mr T?Zin w Rnhir ln Powell W, ' Robertson which oc curred at Dalton last Saturday ev- ening. Washington Proaress- The first shipment of potatoes this season we suppose from this State, was made Mav 17th bv fcreo. VV. Ivees of South Creek. Sanford JZicpreesyThe grape crop ot southern Moore countv promisea to be very fane this year. Many crates of these very fine grapes will be shipped to the .Northern markets. Fayetteville Obs rver: We re gret to learn of the death of Mrs, McNatt, widow of the late Daniel McNatt, Esq., which occurred at her home near McNatt's station, yesterday. Newbern Journal'. Mr. Thomas Daniels, Treasurer of Craven county informs us that tbe connty is in better condition now than 1 has been before for about twenty- five years. Wineton Sentinel: Kobinson's circus is l Virginia, it will oe in Winston next Monday and will pitch its tents in the northeastern part of the city, weBt of Liberty street. Greenville Reflector: Brown Bros, received a large 'ot ot nice cinv Tnrvia bibles last week. bought fifty of them and presented them to the Methodist Sunday Newbern Journal; btephen Kerney, a colored man who helps! around J , D.Dinkins barroom, fell I tory can never enfold a grander down the stairs leading to the barLharacfer Sunday afternoon and received a severe wound-compound fracture of the skull. RD wr. nhm, snmo w. vi mD yj-D. planted on Long Island bound were damaged a recent storm w W w- IOS8 was eeuinaMju at two millions of dollars. When we reflect on the ncident, we are moved to remark bat our oyster beds m AM oemarie ana jramuco seem r0 i 1 -r 1 ' - . be in no danger ol such' trouble. Neither the sand nor the waves hurt them, for they remain as yet on paper. 3. emapa uy me time anomer generation cornea aiong, they may bloom in a hne industry. In the meantime, our friends on these Bounds are missing a rare ops portunity. THE CALM THAT COMES AT EVEN ING. There's a cilm that comes at evening When the weary day is o'er, That's as soothing as the lullaby Our mothers sang of yore; And though the day be dreary, I can just forget it all, In the calm that comes at evening, When the twilight shadows fall. I can see my sweetheart's signal From her waving window blinds I can feel her perlumed presence Wafted to me on the winds; When I hush my heart to hear her, I can almost understand Her sweet welcome in the winds. Of the wind-wave from her hand. When she laughs its like the music Of the ripples on the rills, And her breath is like " the fragrance Of the flowers that deck the hills. And though the day be dreary, I can just forget it all. In the calm that comes at evening, When the twilight shadows fall, New York Sun. the soldides oir sokih Carolina A letter from Jefferson Davis to tne Goldsboro Rifles, in Which He Bears Testimony to the Valor of North Caro lina's Soldiers. When the beautiful monument to Our Confederate Dead" that the Goldsboro Rifles erected ou the Con of our city was about to be unveiled "ie company exieuutiu au m.iu to President Davis to be with them on the occasion -ma autoeraDh " letter in reply to ul Bloats. ii. A jwciij tucn I i r a l. -r n J 'rUnnniT tary or ine ivinea , auu uu i.uuiOUj night he presented it to the com. pany neatly framed, to be preserved by them as a revered souvenir. The letter read as follows: Betuvoir, Harrison Co., Miss, Oct. 29, 1832. Gentlemen: Please accept my Bin- cere thanks for vour very kind in vitation to address the Goldsboro Eifles in connection with tbeir pur pose to erect a monument to the Confederate Daad who repose in the cemetery of your city. The occasion is one which appeals strongly to the sentiments nearest my heart and 1 regret that 1 am sire oi ine uranu Army or tne ite physically unable to accept the invi- public to pay pensions to people who tation which waB rendered,if possible, doubly attractive by the cordial ex- pressions.in which it is couched. .North Carolina may be justly proud of the manner in which her sons maintained the rights inherited from their sires, the freedom, sover- figmy ana inaepenueuce oi onu uaronna. it nas ever oeen i.o me a pleasing duty to bear testimony to V J J constancy of North n ,. .na . Afana(k nf u Lanss. nnt mfirp.lv hpr own. hut that of constitutional liberty and the re- served power of self governmeat. Deeply impressed by the assurance lUA jour pproiug iwumuBiauuu buu with earnest wishes tor tne success of your commendable undertaking! I am, with highest regard and es- t?em, Faithfully yours, Jbffersox Davis. Oapt J ,E. Peterson, Lt. T. H. Bain, Dr. W. H. H. Cobb, J. M. Powell, K. W. Taylor, Jr., - Comm. The name of Gen. Robert E, Lee will go down the ages, " 'till the last syllable of recorded time," clothed in a halo of unprecedented glory, while the student of history through all time will recognize in him the Rep rtsentative of the military genius of th South. But the name and fame and char acter of Jefferson Davis! what do they mean? lie was the head of the Southern Confederacy, the chosen leader of its fortunes stormy and bnef-hyed as they werc, the Rapre- sentatiee otits nationhood, tne em- bodiment of the wisdom of the jus- tice of itsprinci'ples.the defender-on the battlefield, in prison, in chains, m uk wruiu.-im ueatu, 01 ,ih 11.. TTi i.-ll J 11. . r -i constitutional rignta xne world has never produced a greater man; His- I r; ,1 I . f, vTv mcjvui-uo u.Sunululii S""- tleman, a soldier true and dauntless; I t 1. : 11 L - 1 - "i.-i.:-: x- i. -; PrP sun to his rising; an orato polished """s1""""1 - nmn. and a I3hntain readv ta di at fW .tafc for r.iB conviction.' m..moooai A f w w ;i . . ... 0 . . . whn tjirsatAB ma nvn nnnstin oarlavl " I in adversity aou aeieat wno sneaks faway.sanrig, "T never Jcnew; him." Hasty but hearty hitter tears alone efilore Buch one to deC,nt 1 . T . mother model her I . T 80n "7 tnis man u uuuiuvug DvvA his qualities in their IbveVs, and let all young men Btudy him as they grow to manhood and we will always have such generation of heroes in the South as those who wore the Gray. . A CRISIS IX THE GILAND AKXY. The Grand Army of the Republic has reached a critical period in. its history when its members must choose between patriotic indepen dence and abject submission to the pension speculators who have brought discred"- -" . jir order. Many memrjei-g' and many posts of the grand army have raised their voices, from time to time, against the abuses of the pension system, and , it was evidently to suppress such ex pressions that a resolution was adopted at the National encamp ment in 1884 requiring that "all petitions, resolutions and memonals by post in regard to pension legisla tion be required to be forwarded to National Headquarters through De partment Headquarters, and for bidding all independent discus- son 0f the subject. Nothing of importance followed from this gag law until the present year, when Farnham Post, of New York, adopted and promulgated a preamble and resolutions declaring that "tbe only veterans entitled to pensions are those who by wounds or disabilities incurred in the ser vice of their country are prevented from earning a liying in their re spective callings, as they might have done had such wounds or disabilities not been incurred, and whose cir cumsl ances are such as to justify them in calling on the country for aid and support," and that those seeking or accepting pensions under anj other conditions are "guilty of conduct calculated to injure the good men who were and are willing to give their lives for their country without any reward save the ap proval of their own conscie: ce and that honorable fame that is due to every patriot." lhis manly declaration, which ex cited favorable comment everywhere, was followed immediately by a re buke from Department Headquarters and a threat to suspend Farnham Post for "contempt of the laws of the order" and for "criticising the legislative power of the country in passing laws" and "condemning the worn omcera or the government whose duty it is to execute these laws." The commander of the pos promptly replied that "if it is the de have not incurred thsir disabilities in the service of the country and to tnose wno uo noc neea tnem,tnen this post aoes not aesire to remain in tne GrandArmy of the Eepublic. " This was a bold challenge. Tha answer to it was an order suspend- xuS .uuu , -v, uul yug i u oppon-uuiij tu yuic noeu. vl me offense" by asking leave to withdraw its declaration upon pensions. The mat rpnlied witlf a rnewal of ita declaration asainst unearned pen sions and against the influence of pension agents in the Grand Army and a demand that the questions lainu uj iu imviuuvui uo ouuuui- for its opinion, so that Congress aud the people mignt "form a correct idea of the attitude of the Grand Army of the Eepublic toward this interesting question." The next step in this controversy was recorded in an order annulling the charter of Farnham Post. This order is issued by tbe Department Commander and approved by the Commander-in-Chief, who says:"Th- action of Farnham Post iu passing and parading those resolutions bee fore the public and disseminating them among the posts in contraven tion of the order was piainly for a purpose hostile to the principles of the G. A. K, This clearly means two things: that there can be no independent discussion of pensions legislation or administration in the Grand Army and that the purpose of confining pensions to the deserving i3 "hostile to the principles" of that organiza tion. Are the veterans of the Grand I A rrntf i- vor-va tji f-rv annnnf Jntln rat:n f A. 0ommnrlpr-in.f !Wpt? The expulsion of Farnham Post for the offense of delivering an hon est opinion, that. is shared by honest c,.clJr' u"8 VUL7 ik iuouv, in ciio uiauu wut cannot be evaded. "We thought; 8ays the commander of Farnham Post, "that it was time for some one I to get up and say that there were some members of the'Grand Army of the Republic who were not in it for revenue only," and tor this they have been put out or it. is it not time for other members and other posts to I ir, Ihi J 1. their r s-hfc to freft disr.nsamn? a Op - - - - authorit 0f the Grand Irmy to be prostituted to tne support of the o-rrvm hni ffeaf V.uw lol,- the irenerositv of the nation? Th J issue has been clearlv mad a and everv soldier mnst dp.lar himself nn one side or the other. - GOOD SENSE I Disease is largely the result of impure blood. To purify the blood, is to cure tho disease 1 as a blood nurifip.r and vitali- zer Dr- Pierce's Golden Medical Discov- ery stands head and shoulders above any other kuown specific. Ita power m this direction is nothing short of wonderful. I case, or money refunded. v i.tn cut w tiivuv ;mg 111 CVUr - 3 SE S I 1 : I- mi.- J e i . - t
Goldsboro Weekly Argus (Goldsboro, N.C.)
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June 1, 1893, edition 1
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