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-rt.-rTr. it,--. .r s-. .--.rp 1 r . ? .A- ' -4 h3 ti 03 f t. cn B 3KJ CO O i-3 to 5d H3 H"- Q H O fed -3 02 Aft 1-3 en UVv ps -.ESI y M -J fi w s us?, ftf np; m w sr.. il i IRJ IKIllllllBfllllHlllll .11 II II !I 'X-ltUl-UU l ll li I I - I ' I co i "This Argus o'er the people's rights No soothing strain of Mai's son DUh aneternal vigil keep; Can lull its hundred eyes to sleep". Vol. XVI. GOLDSBQRO. Kq. THURSDAY. MARCH 1, 1894. NO 18 I 1 -5 4 J s : i s -3 4 1 OLD JOHN HENRY. Old John's j !&' made ot the commonest John Henrj He's tough, I rc ckon, but none too tough Too tough though's better than not en ough, Says old Juhn Hmry, II -s does his best; and when his bes .'s bad. He don't fret none, nor he don't git sic, He simply 'lows it's the best he had. Old John Henry. His dvctcra's j' of the plainest brand Oil John Hn ry A smilin face and a hearty hand; 'S reiigen 'at all lolks understand, Says old John II nry. He is stove up some with the rhtumatiz And they hain't no shine c n thtm shoes of his, And his hair hain't cu but his eyc-tecth Old John Henry, He feeds hisself when the s'ocVd all fed, Old John Henry And slei ps like a babe when he goes to bed. And dream3 of he-wen and home made bread, Says old J.hn TI- nry. He ai't rtfiaed as he'd ort to be To fit the s'atutes of poetry, Nor his clothes don't fit him but he fits mp, O'.d J Tun Hmry, J. VVhitcomb Eiley, WASHINGTON NEWS- Matters of Inter st at the capital. Washington, Feb. 21 The Senate bas cr ti-med the nomina tion ot following p- sMnas'tr ; Mis sifsippi Win. Hampton, Oxfoid North Ca-oiina Alexander II Galloway, Keidrvilh ; South Caro lina Jamas K. Diyidsof, New berry. Washing- f. Ft. 21. The President torday sent to the Senate the fol owing nomination?: Gran ville Stuart, of Montana, E vo) Er'iaordinary and Minister PlenU rotentiary of the TJuited States to Paraguay and U guay. John M Savagp, f New Jersey, U. S. Consul at Dundee, Sot and; Harrison Purcell R gi.'ter ot the Land Office, and Larry W. Hunter. Receiver of Public Moneys at Montgomery, A a. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND. The Presideut has decided to take recreation tor a few dayp, bat he has not yet determined where be will go txjept that ma time vnu be spent on the water, ine ai patch boat Dolpnin, some times cal'ed "Tbe President's yacht," arrived at the Washington JN vy Yard last night, an I it is be ieved that Mr. Cleveland will utiUzj the vessel for the trip. He will prob ably go Fiiday afternoon after the Cabinet meeting or on fcaturday mornine-. The ducking season is nearing an end, and it is understood that Mr. Cleveland wants to get bit ot his favorite sport. li;por!s from North Carolina that tbe Pres ident wiil go to that State, cannot be confirmed. ADVICE FROM EI Secretary Gresham to-day re ceived a cab'e message from Minis ter Thompson dated Rio, stating briefly that the insurgent war-shipe Aquidaban and Republican had paesed out the harbor this morning nnder fire otthe tijvernment lorts. The conieotare is that tbey went after the cruiser Nictheroy, which a iew davu ago turned up in Rio harbor and then tailed southward Secretary Herbert ras leceived official information that no yellow lever now exists on board Ibe U. S vessels at R o ad Monteviedo. disDatch received fo-day from Ad miral Benham savs that a'l on board the shins at Rio are well. It is understood that theDctroit which has just rejoined Admiral Benham' Eqnadron, after a tour of observa- tion in the Southern Provinces of Brazi', reports that the stories of insurgent successes in that quarter are almost wholly fictitious. C HTE4Cr F jR POSTAGE 8TAMP3, The-iPostmaster-General today settled the long controversy ove the avy-ardiog ot the contract for prin-ting the postage samps tor th next four years by rejecting all the bids and ordering that the work be done, ttj the Bureau of Printing and Eugraving. The principal bidders were the American Bank Note Company, of New York, which now has the contract, an Mr. Steeh- ot Philadelphia. The Bureau oLPxinting and Engraving thoogh its representative, Captain John60D. submitted an eatimate which waa materjally lower than either 6f the two bids. The Amer icstn Bank Note Cooorany will prinl'the stamps until July 1st when the bureau wuLDe prepared lf do the work. SENATE FINANCE O.MMITTE. The announcement was made tc-day, with Senator Mills' sanction that he had withdrawn from the Senate committee on Finance. Whether or not it conies abont as result of the debate in the Senate or personal solicitation with the Senator cannot be said, bnt at all events, Mills, late this afternoon. reconsidered his action and will res main with the committee until the bill is pasecd. '.here was a vast amount of work connected with the Tariff bill," said Mr. Mil!?, this evening-, and I was tired of the trouble it was causing. 1 was put on the committee temporarily, to fill the vacancy caused by the absence ot Mr. McPherson, and during the time he was away I gare the best effort I had to the work in hand. Now that Mr. McPherson has re turned, I thought it was no more ban right that he should take his own place on the committee. That wap the onl motive I had for sav- og I would leave the. committe. This afternoon McPherson told me his health world not parmit him to do the work and that I mtist con- inue. Under the circumstances 1 could do nothing e!se, and shall re maine with the committee until the bill is reported. That is all there is about it." A GREAT FALL. If anybody had predicted five-to-day Erastus, Wy b hiud prison ba 2 numerous forgeries, years ago, that man would ba charged with the prophesy would have been con sidered an lufamous libel. For many ars anl until a few months ago, Erastus Yman was considered not only one of the ablest nxanciers in JNew York, but was also regarded as a mm cf unques tionable integrity. He ws proniin nent in man t great public enters prises, such sa improvements on Scateu Island. For ears he was the general muuager and controlling spirit of the great coo.mercial agency cf 11. G. Dun & Co. Wyman was an actual intellectual and enter prising citizen. He not only took a large pait in practical affairs, but contribute 1 frequently to the maga zines and newspapers of the country. ie was a man of remarkable re sources ana nue attainments in New York, he was accounted a mil- ion.ire, and was consulted about great projects almost as much as any man in that city. A year ago, to the surprise of al most everybody, Wyman made an a sigament of all his property for the benefit of his creditors. It was not even suspected then that r e had gone wrong, and there was very gen eral sympathy lor what was consid ered his misfortune. It turns out that for years past he has been per petrating the boldest kind of forger ies, and that years ago, he w as spared ODly by the kindness of his old friend, Mr. Dun. Instead or turn ing from his evil ways, Wyman con tinued on the old line until he fell nto the clutches of the law. This is one of the most remark able down-falls that has recently oc curred in the United States. Wy man is an able man, possessing rare business qualifications. He could have made a fortune honestly, but there was something in his - nature which drove him to wicked methods and placed him in the o.ll he now occupies. Xhereis certainly little excuse for a man of his capacity when he plays the rascal. THETARIFF IN THE SENATE Mr Mills announced vesterday that he had withdrawn from the Senate finance committee. He had been engaged on the sub-committee which is preparing to report the tariff bill to the Seriate. The announcement of Mr. Mills' withdrawal from the committee was taken as a very significant fact and was interpreted to mean that the majority of the subcommittee was acting on a line which Mr, Mills could net approve. We are glad to know that Mr. Mills has reconsid ered his determination to withdraw from the committee and that he will continue to labor with it to the end. His services are certainly needed on that sub-committee. Not only is he thoroughly posted on the tariff, but he is an ardent advocate of the true Democratic prinriple on this ques tion. It is said there are influences at work in the Senate to change the Wilson bill very materially in the direction of protectionism. Some of the Democratic Senators on the finance oommittee ar weak-kneed when it comes to genuine tariff re form and are reported to be opposed to some of the best features of the Wson bill. If this is the case, the country cannot afford to dispense with the services of Mr. Mills on the finance committee. He could be 1-1 J2 . 1 1 f m reiiea upon 10 ugnt xor genuine tariff reform on the floor of the Sen ate, but he can do so much more effectually after he has served on the sub-committee and found out exactly how the weak-kneed Democrats prb pose to alter tne Din..., Tee Wilson bill is not an extreme measure, and if the Senate endeavors to make it still more conservative the country will be diaappointea ana the Demo crane party win ue piacea in a very dangerous attitude. Weexpect to see Sir. Mills take the lead in the battle for a true Democratic tariff, w-bicb. wiU soon begin in the Senate, THE STORY OF LIFE, John G. Sixe. Say, what is life? ris to be borr; A hapless babe, to greet the light With a sharp wail, as if the morn Foretold a cloudy noon and nih'; To weep, to sleep and weep again, With sunny smiles between and then? And then apace the infant grows To be a laughing, sprightly boy, Happy, despit hia little woes, Were he but conscious of his joy; To be, in short,from two to ten; A merry, moody child; and then? And tb.cn, in co.t and trousers clad, To learn to say tbe Declogue, And break it, an unthinking lad, With mirth and mischief all agog; A truant oft by field and fen To capture butteiflies, and then? And then.increased in strength and sizi To be, anon, a you h full grown; Si A hero in his mother'o eye r, A youug Apollo in his own; To imitate the ways of men In fashionable sins, and hen? And then, at last, to be a man, To fall in love; to woo and wed; With soothing brain to scheme and plan To gather gold, or toil for bread; To sue for f ime with tongue or pen. And gain or lose the prize; and then? And then in gray and wrinkled eld To mourn the speed of life's decline, To praise the scenes his youth beheld' And dwell in memory of Lang-Syne To dream awhile with darkened ken, Then drop into his grave, and then? CHEAP WHEAT. . Since cheap wheat means cheap flour and cheap bread two things in wnicn everyoody is virtually in terested our regrets for the present flabby condition of the wheat market should be tempered by the recollec tion of those sweet ues of the wheat growers' adversity. And while no one can withhold sympathy from the farmer whois forced to sell his wheat at less than it cost him to grow it, yet in the long run the present un favorable conditions mast light themselyes. That is one beauty of unrestiicted trade in any article- When over-prod action has weakened the price, the low price checks pro duction, and with decreased produc tion the price soon rallies. In the case of wheat, so many con ditions enter into the problem that only those who have become con firmed in the statistical habit will undertake to sav when or to what extent the rally will take plrje. In tie first place wheat is not a lew as it looks. Its purchasing power has not decreased to r.nything like the extent ox. the decline in Drice. Sixty-cent wheat in 189 will buy a great many more of the necessaries of life than it would have boueht in the davs when one dollar a bushel was considered the minimum price at which wheat could be pro fitably raieeJ. But there has been some decline in the intrinisic value of wheat, and that we owe to overproduction. We have steadily increased our surplus for export without regard to what the rest cf the world has been doing. Wheat his always been the favorite crop for a new country whose cli mate was adapted to it. KJur Wes tern prairie lands invited its pro duction on a big scale, and exclusive ly, without any attempt at ca-elul cultivation or at diversification of crops. We have increased our acre age without doing much to improe the yield ptr acre. Production has increased more rapidly than coi sumption. Ii 1840 we produced about five bushels of wheat per head of population. In 1891 we produced nearly ten bushels to eacn lnnanic tant. In tw?aty years we heve about doubled the acreage devoted to wheat. We are exporting at a rate that has averaged for the past three years about 170,000,000 bushels. Even that export movement has not been sufficient to take up the surplus product. Year by year the supply stored in elevators and warehouses the visible supply has steadily in creased, until at this time it is Jarger than ever before in our history, reach ing the total since January 1 of over 80,000,000 bushels. While we have been producing wheat in this fashion, other coun tries have not been idle. India has not much increased its production but improved transportation facili ties have brought to the Earopean market at little cost a surplus that was formerly not felt in competition with other wheat. Russia likewise has been improving its routes to market, besides increasing its acreage and vield. France is raising about the same amount it has raked annu ally for years. India seems little disposed to further increase its proi duction, but Kussia s yield is grow iog. Australia is raising more and more. Chili, Agentine Republic ank other South American countries have barely begun to show their possibilities in their direction, bnt are sending increasing quantities . of grain to dispute our supremacy in the Luropeon markets. The result was inevitable. The price had to come down, with every wheat-growing country in the worlc that hadjm ex portable surplus pounngjthe bulk o: it upon English decks. (JuTtaumentot production is guye to follow the present low price, A farmer will not continue to raise wheat to feed to his hogs, unless meat is yery high. Whether or not this curtailment of production shall ma terially improve the price, it may eventually lead ta improve the yield per are and consequent greater profit per acre, even At a price which would have been regardeu. a few years ago as ruinous. The wheat-grower's sal vation is in cheaper production; the present holds out to him little hope of permanent restoration of high prices. Organize far Victory. Lt the Democrats in North Carolina begin to organ'ze for the battle ahead. It they are to win thib year they must lock sbiels and keep step to the music of harmony nnd sound principles. Althongb it is what is called an off year," it is an important year for N.rth Caroline. In our jadgment, re membering the bitter paet, it is of more importance to all North Caro linians, whether natives Or by adoption, to have control of the State in all of its departments, than to have control of the Press idential Chair and all that con cerns it. North Carolina may - get along well and even be prosperous under vicious rule in the Execu tive Department, as has been the case when the President might happen to be a Harrison, bnt it cannot possibly prosper with bad laws at home and a ravening crowd ot officials in the chief offices of the S:ate. It is all important then that the Democracy should have control in North Carolina that they shall control the legislature, The Exe cutive Chair, the other state of fices, and the Judiciary, and in tbe countries. We beneve that a fair public economy prevails take it through the State. Where there may be abnses here and there, in the main the white officials aim to be frugal aud upright. Our esteemed contemporary, the Raleigh Newt Observer Chro nicle, says in a recent issue: "We are to nominate county of ficers, membeis of Congreee, J udges and a state Treasnrer, and the forces are to be marshalled and led into the field against the opposi tion, Heretc fore the State Con, vention has generally been held in Juce, and this has led to early county conventions, We do not think it well to be eo early this year Oar voice wonld be for a late convention, and for a very active campaign tollowing swiftly on its heels." We think that opinion sound, and that a la'e meeting is prefer able to an early one. Thorough organ'-ation if that be possible in North Carolina and an active canvass when it begins, will be essential, we tnin. xi tne nemo crats are not united and very earn est and diligent, they will lose the Legislature and the Congressional delegation, or the most of if. Both wonld be calamities, bnt far the greater calamity will be the loss of the Legislature, Wilmington Messenger. A VICIOUS ATTACK- New York, Feb. 22 What was intended to be a celebration to night of Washington's birthday on an eiaooratea ecaie naa oeen planned by tbe New York South era society. Owing to strange mis chance, however, many oi the guests of honor expected did not put in their appearance, secretary Carliee was one who had to de cline. While resident jJeshon was speaking, ex&Mayor Abram S. Hewitt entered the banquet ball. He was askd to fill the place of Secretary Carlise, and respond to the toast of'Udt JNational Credit." After prefacing bis remarks with a tribute to Secretary Carlisle, be proceeded to lay out tbe Southern statesmen. He said: ''Bnt tbe character of Sontbern ttateemanship has decreased from the time before tbe war, and her Senators and Congressmen of to day are as pigmies compared with the intellectual giants ot that day. The Statesmen of to-day show little signs of having studied the great economical questions attecting the interest of tbe conntry. The silver question was at tbe very founda tion of public credit. It-was doe to the adoption of a currency not based upon the intrinsic value ot the coin that brongbt about the silver crisis. The difference be tween the true and false value o the silver dollar is called the seig inorage. The South wanted to coin this seigniorage, ihey might as well try to com a vacuum, it waa even worse than that. It waa trying to coin a negative qnanity on tbe other side. There is one thing the south wants to learn. It is that public credit cannot be maintained until all concerned realize that there is no royal road .to valne and that Southern .representatives must rise to tbe heights of the men who represented the South in Con grees previous to the war. "There are other statesmen rom tbe South who have suc cumbed to the fallacy that positions in the Supreme court of the United StateB are local questions to be seU tied on demaudot local politicians. Ic might be supposed that tbe Su preme court bench represented the whole United States and that it be filled without regard to politics or acality. It is not a football for ward politicians to kick about from one end of the United States to the other. Such men as Calhoun Benton, Beeves and Crawford wonld haye resigned their posi tions in the Senate and gone home in sackcloth and ashes rathor than abandon a principle such as this to a man without character or worth and who had no right to speak for the great State of Mew lork. At this point mere was uune a sensation among guests. Ul mis Mr, Hewitt took not tbe sligtest notice but proceeded to asl ; "Are you less brave now than you Iitners were euiny yearo ago when they eacn need everything tbey possed to their convictions, that they will allow your Congress men and Senators to misrepresent both their country and the South!" Proceeding, Hewit went on to praise the Wilson bill, particularly tbe provisions which place irou and coal with tbe tariff question be said that Southern Representatives had displayed a lack of intelligence away below tbe standard ot the " . -r- men who preceded mem. "it was hard to explain this, he said. "After the war many Southern men came North. Those who re mained that had brains devoted thtmBilves to business with a view of regaining their shattered for tunes, fossioiy tne remaining ae voted themselves to politics. "The course of tbe Kepreeenta tives in Congress from the South could not be explained simply by devotion to section or locality. It was the result of gross ignorance. The present stagnant condition of trade was brought aoout oy tne sua ver bill, aud tbe booth in solid phalanx voted for the bill, thus making themselves responsible f.r this stagnation and demonstrating that there was no greater enemy of the poblic interests as the f-ol who roshed in where angels reared to tread." The conclusion of Hewitt's peech wae read in silence. The gauntlet thus thrown down wae immediately taken up by Lyndsay Gordon, a yoongN-w York lawyer r -it- IT J. I V irgima Oil iu, . biuu, "With all due deference to the opinion of Mr. Hewitt, I will ven ture to say that the men who stand in Congreea tday trom tne south are as true, pure, upright, and sin cere in their convictions and as well equipped botb morally and intellectually, as any man there rom the North, -Last or West. It is possible, nay, even probaole, that tbe people in the North may be unable to compre hend the influences that mould the sentiments of the South ern people. Those of them who ave voted for tne ouyer Din nave done so with an eye to the advance ments cf their constituents and .the honor of tbe country at large. Nor mast it be understood that SauUr ern statesmanship is at a discount today. TbeTreaeury is guarded by a Southern man. Ine great navy of Uncle Sam is being built under the direction of a Southern states man. A Southern man ia in charge t the Interior Department and i Southern man presides with dig nity and ability over tbe dehera tions of the House of Represents tives. A Southern man, great pure and spotless, bas been raised to the Supreme court bench, and a Southern man is responsible ' for tbe Bew Tariff bill. This is the record of tbe men of tbe South to day. They are Southrons, tbey are statesmen, but, above an, they are American citizens. AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DATS. Did Jules Verne ever think that his ima.orinrv fnineas tosx wouia do ecliD-ed dv an American girl, who once made the circuit ;in le?s than 73 days? But Phlneas had to take second money, The fame ot Dr Pierce's Golden Medi cal Discovery has gone around the world Ions - aeo. and left its record everywhere as a precious boon to every nation. In the whole world ' of media cine, nothing equals it for the cure ot scrofula at the lunsn wnicn is von- umption. The blood is punned by it until all unsightly skid. Diotcnes are driven away. It is guaranteed to every purchaser. You only pay for the good you gt, -M. B RobinsorrUros. Druggists, will tell you that Johnson's -Magnetic ' Oil iwva (rivea satisfaction s ad is the beak - " TXT-rn oniets : the 1 nerve drives away bad dreams, andgiyea - eaiet rest and peaceful aleep. Sold by Robinson Btoa. drug store, uoio--oro,i.v. "" a'I- 1 i i ' ., .. H'" Johnson's Oriental Soap isHbej&iost Hiit facial mm lor ladies' - use ia existence, sold by Robinson Bros.Oolds- broiH,U. ; ; . AS TO LITERARY THOUGHT Mr. Sydney G. Fisher has created some stir by bis article in the Forum ast month asserting that immigra tion bad killed literature in America and offering in proof of his hypothe sis, the fact that nearly all of our great writers were born in the period of forty-fife years between 1780 and 1825. The great immigration which set in about the latter date, he averred, destroyed the hcmogen eity of the people and so dried up tbe springs of literature. Incidentally he claimed for New England, and Massachusetts in par ticular, the. origin of nearly all of those giants in the world of letters. dgar Allen Poe, whom he included in the list, was, it is true, born in Boston, but has writings do not show that he considered himself a Boston -ian or eTen a New Englander. In fact, he is on record as having writ ten disrespectfully of Boston Com mon and the Frog Pond itself, but then he was an erratic genius in every respect, even in that of being genius, as not all of his lauded contemporaries were. Passing that, it is instructive to note how a man cf Massachusetts birth and lineage, who boasts descent not only from John Adams but also from Thomas Shepard and John Cotton, Mr. Charles Francis Adame, regards the value of honiegeneity as factor in literary development. In his book, "Massachusetts. Its Histo rians and Its History," this repre sentative cf the best thought of the old State says of Cotton Mather's Magnalia," that it is "the one single iterary landmark in a century aud a half of colonial and provincial life geological relic of a glacial period a period which in pure letters produced, so far as Massachusetts was concerned, absolutely nothing else not a poem, nor an essay, nor memoir, nor a work of fancy or tics tion of which the world has not cared to take note." Again be says: From Cotton Mather to Nathaniel Hawthorne is a long stride, but ia Massa chusetts literature there is no intermediate stepping.stone. The 'Magnalia was pub lished in 1708, 'Twice Tol Tales' in 1837, that year of profuse germinatioii; and, be tween the two, so different and yet both distinct and unmistakable products of the Massac&usrets mind.the one a boulder and the other a flower between them the.e is nothing!" The Revolution, incomparably the greatest political event in the hiss ory of the world, did not evoke a single poem worth reading, from the minds which it should nave impressed naa not itoee minds been hardened beyond any possibility of receiving an impres sion. Joel Barlow's nine-inch "Col- umbiad" waa poetry in comparison with the doggeral of his contempo raries; but if writing poetry were a capital offence, no jury of sane critics would hesitate a moment in giving bim a verdict of not guilty. As to the major premise of Mr. Fisher, it may be granted that no succeeding generation bas produced the equals of Poe, Lowell, Longfel- ow, Whittier and Holmes, for al ready the fame of Bryant has sensi bly waned and be cannot be in cluded among tbe permanently great; but the art of poetry itself bas declined rapidly in this commercial age, when men of genius are no onger content to wait for the slow and meagre rewarda grudgingly be stowed on tbe bard. In the better recognized domain of prose, how ever,' we have writers like Aldrich and Harte to name only two among many who are fully the peers of Hawthorne botb in fertility of im agination and perfection of style. It is Bhockingly audacious to say so, of course; for both of those writers are gifted with exquisite humor, and, your true literary worshipper takes up a book, as he goes to tbe theatre, to'.be edified, not to be amused. Neyer thelesa the creator of Hamlet was tbe parent of Falstaff. Mr. Adams has invented a happy phrase to describe tbe landitora of the past in our history. He charac terizea them aa "Alio pietistic de votees of "ancestor-worship," as are tbe Chinese. The sentiment which inspires them ia lauaaoie, wicnin due bounds, but when it leada to de preciation of our own age it is a trifle illogical. When it results aa in Mr. Fisher's case, in looking far afield for the explanation of a literary dearth which existi only, or chiefly in the brain of the seeker, it is ridic nlona. We do not know who Mr Fisher is; but when he maintains tha foreis-n immigration, which in other lands has ever proved to be a help rather than a hindrance to literary fecundity, has a contrary effect here, we Question his critical acumen. We hope to live to see the day having a consuming desire for extreme long evitywhen the literary censor of the middle of the twentieth century will say: "Ah, those were the gil den days of American literature, away back in '94, when Sydney Fisher lifed and flourished!" G. I'M GLAD I AM ArLIVIN'. That this here world is a world of woe I doajt make no denial. An' speak as one who's had bis share Of human griel and trial. I sometimes wish it all was past, Hein' so worry driven, But tuen I figger out at last, I'm glad I am a livin', Our troubles come like flies in cake There's lots more cakes than fly; There's ten square deals to every fake, Ten miles to every sigb. There's sneaks.but lots of good men too, There's hoardin' but there's givin', An' that is why I take this view, I'm glad I am a-livin'. I've found that in this vale of tears The patent proof umbrella Is kinder casin' up the fears Ot some poor other fellow, Don't treasure up your rights an' wroDgs Don't grudge, but be forgivin', Make this the chorus of yonr songs, I'm glad I am a-livin. ELOQUENCE AND PATRIOTISM We give most of our editorial page this morning to the conclnd- ng paragraphs of Senator Daniel's great speech on the Hawaiian uestion, in which he sweeps the keys ot history with master hand and eloquent toncb, bringing out the strong points of political ethics trom a Republican standpoint and making the spirit of patriotism assert itself in unconcealed and just admiration of the clear brain, pa riotic nerve and sturdy purpose to do the right that characterize resident Cleveland. Senator Daniel said in conclu sion : The questions arising about Hawaii are those of race, of com merce, of international necessities and ambitions, of forms of govern ment. But that of race is the pre dominant and paramount question which must and will work its way above all laws and above all logic. t is tbe whole story which 3aop knew in tbe olden time as wen as we know now, that the clay pot and the iron pot in the stream can only preserve their autonomy by not jostling against each other. The two thousand Americans in the islands constitute, with their German and their English breth ren, the leaven of modern energy and progress, which will inevitably, in time, leaven the whole lot with the prepotency cf character and blood which always operates the same way under use conditions. They have all the spring, knowl edge, adaptability, progressiveness, and resiliency of the young race which, rising in the .British Isles, has swept over one great ocean and one great continent, and they are now the vanguard who have ad ventured in the waters of the west ji ern ocean and appeared upon a new scene of action. I have nothing but sympathy for the body of our American brethren in those Southern islands. Blood is thicker than water, and the logic of instinct is higher than that which was ever written or can be written inbook. I do not forget that my blood and theirs is one. Were I there amongst them 1 would be with them and of tfcem. And I can not rebnko or blame them that they have sought by every accessiuie means to urea. , t A- 1 1- tbe fetters ot ancient Dartane power, and merge out of the chrys alis into tre institutions wnicn their race molded, and which they can not be at home without. Since the recognition by Presl dent Harrison, albeit that recog" nition was based on misrepresenta tion and misconception, and espec lally sinoe the withdrawal ot the troops and the protectorate, tbe . l. lr -1 new govern uieub ubb laiou ruui. We could not uproot it without disorganization, without evi!s"nu merons and widespread; and we wonld not be warranted in these measures. Aa the tree has fallen so must it lie. To it and its American support ers l would wan over the waters my greetings of Godspeed. At tbe same time I am iealSus of the honor of my country. I am jeal ous of tbe honor of its flag. Better the spilling of blood, bad as that be: than tbat our honor receive stain or our flag be advanced where every honest heart can not . be prompted to maintain it, where ven tbe eager. Harrison, who wished it there, felt abashed at its presence and lelt constrained to re buke and order it down. When American civilization bad planted itself on the Pacific shore f 0aiiforniat civilization had belt- ed the globe, liising in the far East in the distant ages, and pass- ng over ABia and i-urope, it gathered new impulse in the island homes ot the - t. and here upon this continent it has onnd in oar own glorious liepub ic its grandest manifestation. It completed the circuit of the globe when it paused on the Pacific shores. What may be its career iu that broad ocean beyond we can not yet dofinp, but we know fiom the signs and omens that, as our own lands are filled no with teeming population des tiny points its finger to the far ther shores. In St, Louis is a statue of Thomas Benton, with outs stretched hand pointing westward; under it a scroll with the legend These is the East; there is India. This little colony in Honolulu nswers the prophetie finger ot that extended hand. It is the first spray of a mighty wave which will eventually sweep westward with its ships and its arts and armc; and when the cradle ot civilization shall be rocked in the ancient lands by a new hand, acd shall hold within it a new face, that band and face will bear the imprees ot the American stock from which it sprung. Let not tbe first act in this new genesis of progress be tainted with odor of fraud or false pretense, or of that cunning which Lord Bacon calls I'a crooked wis dom," Hither our fathers came and with high thought and high hand th3y conauared westward. where their children and their des cendants go with uplifted brow, disdaining intrigue and low design, flying high the flag professed, and making power speak the naked truths of tbe Saxon tongue. While 1 do not in all resDects. in the iight of present events, say mat every contemplated step of the present Administration was the widest and best, I do say that it de serves commendation, not reproach, lor its adherence to ' truth, and I honor the brave and rugged honesty mai snines in its everv action. When all unpleasant incidents of this passing event are forgotten, and the small actors in the scene have disappeared from the stacre. the great honest heart of the Amer ican people will not fail to render a just tribute to the President and the Secretary of State, who over all things cherished the honor ot this people, and interpose them selves that it might not be tarn lshed. No, Mr, President, honest men will not denounce the President nor his Secretary even if they ' conclude in the present condition ot things that honest indignation against wrong carried them in strife tor right beyond the bounds of that prudence which has been styled on the battle field "a rascally virtue." On the contrary, tbey will judge calmly and righteously, and the aspirations of this great people, as of their high-minded rulers, will be tor the new nation that it will ift its bead no out of the foe of intrigue, and that it and its seed and itB brethren mav move still westward aud westward to the Ultima Thule of hope. In siflht of mortal and immortal powers, As in a boundless theater to run The great career of Justice. SUNDAY READING. Made Up of Divers clip pings. Tbe hope of tbe wicked is as dust, which is blown away with the winds, and as a thin froth which is dispersed; by tbe storm, and aa smoke, which is scattered abroad by the wind, and as the rememb ranee ot a guest of one day that passeth by. But the just shall live torevermore; and their reward is with the Lord, and the care ot them with the Most High. - Therefore. shall tbey receive A kingdom of glory, and a crown ot beauty - at tbe band cf the Lord, for with His right band He will cover them, and with His holy arm defend them, Wisdom. If you had lived, I would have com one day, Perchance thro many a routrh and thorny way, - Come, just my head upov your breast to lay, . - m' To look intojroar eyes:, with . earnest brow I would have said; ,1 wronged you once,' that day,, now so " longp'&r, rTou ldOk-d for stf-bet-V'that should ttaad finm and fast;. I gave you weakness) but am come at .... lat With somewhat better)" bnt alasl not - now, ' " Since you ara dead, . o-HanaalrFa-ktr KlttbalL " '" t- - - I w I l- 4f '1 8; Si , r I i . I. t: i' i i r
Goldsboro Weekly Argus (Goldsboro, N.C.)
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March 1, 1894, edition 1
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