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THE WILMINGTON POST.
W. Pt CANADAY, Proprietor.
r WILMINGTON. N. C "
tPhiDAY M)RT?inq, Feb. i; 1884
Oar Advantages. ;
It is most gratifying and encoura
ging to notice the confidence, zeal, and
determination evinced by the Bepubli
can party and its allies throughoutntlie
entire country at the threshold of the
great contest b&re ns this year.v At no
time in the history of the party, hare
the pro3pecU and general outlook oeeh
more auspicious. .. . j ,
The confidence thus early exhibited
arises from patent considerations. The
administration i l
Success of Mr. Arthur's
v-j,, nii r&ano., ithlno. that
has been in.au respect everymmg iaat
the peoDle.of all classes
and shades of
political' opinion couid
nancia condition is
desire. Our.fii
unparalleled in
the historv of the. nation, our relations'?
with foreign countries are all that we
have a right to. expect, while our do
mestic affairs aremost tranquil and
satisfactory. The -people of the nation
plainly sea; that no change in the man-"
nsr or policy of the admioUtration; can
better cot" condition, while ' such ''a
chanee mi'rhtxnaterially affect us. If
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the Democratic patty was 'an untried
prganizatibn, with new ideas based up
on Bonje great principle, productive of.
good, to which the Republican of the
land offered strenuous opposition, then,
indeed, might it ba' considered probable
that the voters of the! country would
take the quaslion of a
change into Ee
nous consiaerauon.
But such is not
, the cxte. The Democratic 'party does
' riot, nor is it likely it will, offer any
iriducemerits of a taugible -character,
: sufficient ! to work a - change in the
' minds of thei people generally. Ia the
9oming contest, as in others that have
. jireceded. it, they ft land solidly only
upon the question of spoils. It will be
ab utter impossibility for them to pre'
sent a platform upon which can con
sistently stand the northern arid south
&rn elements of the party. To this ex-
tent the Republicans have an acknowl
edged advantage. Our party goes be-
fore ho people with a prou record in
all respects, arid in .it one more so thsn
in the aumirabie tariff system, which,
iwhile it has met all the general and-ac-
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cruiug esptiidea of the 1 government,
ha so fostered our grpat interests s to
promote the general .,we iafe of
psople. ' ; : , :, ' V. .
I Aside from iU owa prou
record, the
"liepuDrKran party can wi
th more ri ro
I priety appeal to the voters
try from' the shortcomings,
of the coun-
aad in mauy
instances open corruption of their op?
.. pbnenU ia localities in which they
have -gained a ...temporary foothold.
The recent senatorial contest in Ohio
affords ample.-warning ?. as to the ten
dqkeies of modernDoitiocracy. '
: ,Tho bypocrilal cry of turn "the ras
cals out", will scarcely he heeded, when
at ..the first opportunity a . desperate
gang of bribers, headed by a gigantic
- moneyed laoaopoly, invades- the sanc
tity of a eovereigu state anu barters
a2way the choice of the people for one
rrf the -.moat honored poaitico3 known
'f : under ouricstitutious. , I ,
f In North Caroiiaa the initiation of
the campaign will bo brightened by
ithe fact that thousands of the young
men" of the state, disgusted, with the
1 old and obsolete Uea3 of past decades,
will give the weight of their influce
-I auU 6iivtf to the party thjatj promises
to keep step with the progress of the
, tinies. The people at large, . of all
sh fides of former political affiliations,
are" beg;ianing to think1 and act for
themselves. The old hackneyed ha
rangues of. social equality arid, radical
ism will fail, to divert them froni the
pjaip paths of duty to theinselves, their
state and their country, j'
We note with special pleasure the
tone and temper of the resolutions re
cently adopted at a meeting of J the Re
rublican senators and representatives
in Washington City. A mostlcordial
invitation is tendered to the citizens of
southern -etates, reardless of past party
"affiliations, to unite in a common cause
as against thoso whose action tends to
retard their personal no less than their
political interests. , :-
We take it that the prosperity which
has attended us .during the past fow
years, may welUcause (hose against us,
from the teachings of their ancestors
or ungenerous prejudices, to awaken up
to the living present, and iri doing this,
they will not hesitate as to their course
01 action. ; K : - '.
We enter the contest at an advan
tage far beyond precedent, and if we
do but follow the vautage ground, our
continued success in a national point
of view is secured and the prospects of
redeemin-Ntrth Carolina approaching
a certainty.: North State. ." 4 ." .
r A cWtrast.
. The Kepublicans feel, with good rea
son, that they are pot called upon to
"make issues" for the coming presi
dential campaign. .Their record is be
fore the country. By; that they are
willing to be judged. A year or two
" ago they were anxious to set them-seiv-es
right on some matters, on which
they! had not at-.that time done all that
the country desired, or on which " their
action had been misrepreiented or mis-
understoodiJBut that work has been
done; well or ill, it is for the people to
judge. . Nothing that the -Bepriblicans
can j now do or say can mated illy
change the record' which they have
made during twenty-three consecutive
"years of their administration of the
government. Nor do they manifest any
feverish desire to modify that record.
Nn-the contrary, the mosf striking fact
in the political ' situation at this time
is that one of the great parties is calmly
awaiting the yerdic.of the people, with
absolute and unqualified readiness to
be indeed by r the : record as it stands -
There are individuals in the party who
wish to perfect their personal bold up
on the. confidence of states or districts.
But there is no section or faction, no
wing or fragment of the Republican
party, which desires at this time to
bring about any real modification of its
positian as a whole. . .
' This Is not because all Republicans
think their party faultless. 6a the
contraryyits real faults' have been more
unsparing criticised by Republicans
than by democrats, and It has ben
captiously censured by Republicans in
almost countleas instances where its
action, if not tno best conceivable, has
been on the " whole : the best that was
practicaWe." This remarkable fresdom
ofcriticuimh'aVneTerWa'disOTuraged
. , :. . .t. I
bTintelliffent members of the party: 1
they have seen that it hel pled to avoid (wbich is almost certain) amounts to a
mis'akes and to correct errors. Brit total destruction of all plantation .in
Republicans feel- that, on the whole, terests; which the south, as sure I as
they have aright to be proud of their
party as the bravest, the mcst patriotic.
the wisest , and the most successful
party ever Been among men. They look
in vain for its parallel in the history of
any other self governing country, for in
other lanjiia,rhen lofty motived have
inspired actioDr there has ne yer been
enough of practical - statesmanship to
Secure public support for a loog period.
They rejoice to contrast it with any
other party ever seen in this country,
bovh as to the progressive tendency of
its acts and the gsneral expUence of
its administration, and as ta fhe wis
dom shown in moving fast enough and
yet not too fast to take the people with
iU On every great question of the past,
its course has been vindicated by the
'results and by the confession of its op
On every disputed question
ponents
of the present, Jt has taken a 'position
wbich it believes the people will sus
tain. Best of all, it has shown that it
can correct its own errors, purge itself
when there is need, and move forward
as the needs of the country change.
It is not possible to say these things
of any other party Democrats do not
say for themselves that they have suc-
cossfully consul tea the popular will.
They do not say for themselves that
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they have found the right course in
great -emergencies, or that they have
been wisely led, or that their pdlicy, if
adopted, would haye made the nauon
more honored or prosperous, or that
they have been able to cast out corrup
tion or to correct errors among , them -selves.
On the contrary, they continu
ally adiriit that their leaders hve
shown almost iccmceivabjle folly;, they
CDnfess thatjlvhere they have had un
restrained power, as in Nesv York ciiy,
they have failed to provide good government-,
or to clear away, corruption,
or even to repress the influence of the
worst men among them; they sadly ac
knowledge that at the south a supposed
necessity has pushed them into coupes
of violence and injustice which they do
not justify; -and they denounce each
other with great heat for. Criminal or
8tupia conauct on greau qucsnuus now
pending. The whole party is bailing
over at Washington, in its half crazed
anxiety to getits record straightened
out so that it may have ft chance of
success r
Nothing can add to the force of this
contrast. The marvel is that any Dem
ocrat can imagine the people do not
see it. Anioog all iho proofs of Demo
cratic stupidity and; incompetence, per
haps not one is.morrt convincing than
this, that the party, while presenting
suuh a contrast with its rival, really de
ludes itself at times with a hope of suc
cess. Does it suppose that more than
half the voters are fools ?New York
Tribune. . ; . , '' . .
A BIT OF SECRET HISTORY.
Amazing Letter From Jndah P.
Benjamin. 4 - ;
PROPOSING THAT THE SOUTH SHOULD
, , KESUME ALLEGIANCE TO GREAT BRI
TAIN DESIROUS FOE AN ARISTOC
RACY SOME "ADDRESSING EACH
OTHER BY TITLES
j The following letter from Judagh P.
Benjamin, then United States Senator
from Louisiana, to the British Consul
in New York, was left among Thtrrlow
Weed's papers, and is given in the vol-
ume of memoirs of his' grandfither,
wnicn lhurlow Weed Uarnes is now
carry ing,through the press. It is pro
duced here from the advance sheets of
that volume. ' r
Judah P. Benjamin to the British Con-
-mZ in New York. ': ft
New- York, Aug. 111860.
Dear Sir: I exceedingly regret your
absence from Ne w York at this time,
as the important object of my visit is to
have a personal and. confidential in-
terview with' von" " . .
My apology for this breach of con
ventional usage, iu presuming to ad
cfress you without ''the formality of an
introduction, may be pardoned in con
sequence of the very extraordinary na
ture of the business which induced me
to approach you without the friendly
intervention of a third party? Indeed,
it would not only have been unwise
but actually dangerous for me to have
even borne a letter of introducton.
Having assumed the whole responsi
bility of this very critical step, - I can
not use too much caution and circum
spection to insure my personal safety
and the successful accomplishment of
the mission I have in view. Therefore
I prefer trusting myN own, judgment
in approaching a genteel stranger on
such business, to that of. bringing into
my service the scrawls of Governors or
members of Congress with whom, per
haps, you are as little acquainted as
myself.
The official confidence which.your
government seems to repose in you, by
intrusting to your charge Its great com-
mercial affairs in the most . important
nn ii.;a Mnt;nfinM tMnlr is sum-1
cient to warrant me in trusting to your
discretion, patriotism and loyalty a
s-cret of the greatest -importance and
interest to Her Britannic; Majesty's
Kingdom. ;V "t : ,;' ! i.UVi
The present' disastrous condition of
political affairs in the United States' I
f which ha no oarllel in ine past his-1
tory of theuhtry ) seems to haye split
the gren. Democratic party into maoy
contending iaciioaj,Iali of whiciareso
hungry after the public spoils' that jits
disintegrated parts render tnemaeasy
prey to the opposing Black Republi-
cans ' i 'hi
The doctrines maintained by the
Repub'ican party arelPunsiiUbte, t 0
the grat interests of the whole'aputh I
. : . . V t.!-':ufw4M.i..
than an election of their candidate
there is a God in Heaven, will not sub
mit to Sooner than yield to the ar-1
bitrary dictates of traitorous allies arid
false friends, who haye proven recre
ant to the solemn obligations of orir old
constitution, we will either secede fcom
the Union and form a separate govern
ment, or, upon , certain conditions, at
once return to our allegiance to Great
Britain, our Mother ' Country. , -. Lv.
; Many, very many of the most weal
thy and influential planters through
out the south have already discussed
this alternative, ii the event of the
election of Mr. Lincoln, and the popu
lariiy ot the proposition seems to pass
from one to another almost with an
Glaslic rapidity. It is true they have
made no public demonstration of their
intentions, for such a course would be
attended with direful consequences at
thi4 time, but the Fear "will be fully, ripe
hf November, y -
pothouse politician are not allowed to
know what is going on in their very
midst. . ' : -
Select dinner parties come off every
day throughout the whole south, and
not one of them ends without' a strorig
accessions to orir forces.
I have even heard some of them a'i
dresss each other by titles already:
My object in approaching you is to
cultivate your friendship aaii procure
your co-operation' in aid of accomplish
ing this grand object 01 returniog 10
the do alia iou of our filhers' Kingdom.
Through your kindness and loyalty
to your Q'iet-n, I am desirous of prop
erly api?ro:iehiog tier Alaj esty 's Miu -Uter.
at .Washinietuu CJity, witn a view
to 'be accosailishuaat 01 this great
end
If you will condescend to grant
ma th 4 necesaarv assistaace lor this
purpose, you WiU aooQ r'jeeive the
riieritorioureward of your most gra
ciju Queen, and the hearty cheer froui
every true Briton's heart far having
aided iu the rtturn of the National
Prodigals. ' ' i ' . - . j
BeposiDg' flat confidence in you
which your position iri life, warrants
me in doing, you must I at present ex
cuse me for not siugoiug iny name for
fear of an accident. Tim much you
HJUiX, kflmy.,I M . t n mi tlntf n , ami im
member of cooirress, ! whose untiring
persaverance will never cease until the
object 1 have thus Doiaiy unaertasen
is fully accomplished. e so kind ss to
answer this as early as possihle. , Al
low me a personal . iuterview, arid, if
you can not .come to New York, address
your answer to-"Benjamin," in care of
soma one at your office. Wibune.
T lie Card or the Pilot Editors.
'-The editors of the Pilot, an iusignifi
cant sheet lately published in this city
as a daily, have been able to bring
themselves unduly before the public by
the publication of a card in the Raleigh
Netfis ancTQbserver of Saturday,' charg-
their suspension to the intimida
tion of the publishers, who are tbe pro
prietors of a job office, by Dr.. Wheel
er, collector of internal revenue in this
district, allegijOg that he threatened to
withdraw the printing J for the collec
tor's office if they continued to, publish
the Pilot-
The absurdity ot.thia chargo-is fully
appareut to every one who is at all' ac
dua'Qtea in this city, and its mere de
niai supttfluous. but tor those who
are; not, possibly a word is necessary;
There are in these towns five print
ing estr bliahments besides the one at
which the Pilot was published four
under Democratic and one under Re
publican control each with extensive
job outfits. Has Dr. Wheeler "chained,,
all these?
The truth of the matter is, the Pilot
was edited by men wUh no characters,
education or raonev; who dealt in low,
dirty, personal abnse, beneath the no
tice of any one. Of the three Demo
cratic papers published here1, nor this I
journal, ever referred to a single charge
they made, Disappointed applicants for
position in the revenue service them-
selves, they became the willing tools of
others similarly afflicted, and instead of
publishing a newspaper in any sense of
the term, issued about a fourth rate
gutter-snipe sheet. : A forbearing peo
ple stood the affliction for four months
when an outraged; public sentiment
arose id lis mignt. wunarew-us patron
I ga lhe thing collapsed. Tfitsand
not Dr. Wheeler's interference, was
cause of the suspension of the Pilot.
For the information of the press an
injustice to our local printing houses,
we take this occasion to say, knowing
whereof we speak, that the allegations
contained in the card are false in every
particular. U nion Republican.
Brother Shotwell Makes a Start
ling Discovery.
North Carolina is a ncble state to
look upon on the map. And a noble
fostate to talk about-- on paper, or on
the stump with a big salary paid yon
for puffing her. Bat North Carolina
in fact and in figures makes but a
poor show! A very sad"; showing for
one who has already wasted one - half
his life in her service, and is likely to
keep on at it. Fanner Mechanic.
.''TnO Sotitli and the Tariff,
,The f
fc publishing fcctne Statistics of cot-
wn raanuiactunug in tho south, re
mam.
y; It Is safeia iay without protective
tariff laws not one of the factories es
tablished in the south ' since the war
ifonld no'be in existence.! Instead of
the cotton grown in the south and con
Verted into fabrics through -southern
labor and supplying oim
flapped lb glwdTjjre
'under the pauper labor system i ofthat
lfcjy ' tod &kf ft j be
sold where j th raw material is )sed
Thui would til rfprcplti,:?cottoii-
growing haTeaidrained 'from the
south for the benefit of English, manu-
facturera and eperatives, whilo under
to stimulate diversified! industries Te
nWmf Uhnr
employment taiuome 1uiDor,create a t
market for arm products and enrjeb 115,000 republica ns who yot5d for Bux
the ectiongwerallyr-The southjis- ton will be in line and more. .
destined tO be the Teat COttbn matlU- Rr their aidft snd'fitrhtins t.h com.
facturindlsirict! Of (he World,-if the
legisiaiion 01 icongresi win conunue 10 1
be.'frieadly tojabme enterprise and pro- I
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tect our mil arid - factories from the
low wage olfEuropei ; 1 - !
: The'taauNfTect that free trade would
have ottthe? cotton inte:et of the south
wouldufidef t Mr; . Hewitt' sugges
tion,'; f free . iron -:orea have on th
iron interests -of .the south. With ino
duty '.on?iron' 0&8. Mir. Hewitt cohld
inaporiirom uuoa ana opain ana ja.iri
ea for i hi furaaces ill New York at
ndminl costl He would thus depreci
ate tho value of the iron ore fields of
the Uattd States, arid throw out of j
employment the lahor engaged in their
mining; " He could, in this way, make
iron cheaper than it could Joe made in
he 8onih, and arrest iron development
arid manufacture in this section, to the
advantage of manufacturers situated as
he is. vo be consistent and to relievo
h i mself the C charge ' of mercenary mo
tives, he should fayor the removal of
the duty on pig . metal, and thus bring
his own loperations directly in compe
tition wth the furnancei of England.
But instead of this he strikes at the
south, iu bis prop sition to import free
iron ores knd wool, and all raw materi
al that hai not been applied to manu
factures, in order to enable his own
furnaces t rus at a profit, at the ex
pense of the iron regions of tbe south,
and the Nw England woolen factories
to operate, 011 English free wool , to the
desrructiori of the wool tfrowiag inter
ests ot-the louth and west, '"
Why the South Wants Protec-
Free tradu advocacy in the south at
this time is the most foolish course that
politicians 'ever adopted. Just when
we are prepare to reap the benefits
from protective duties, there rises up a
spirit of opposition to that policy; It
matters nothing to the supporters of
this fallacy if it ia pointed out to them
that protection has made the north and
east rich by encouraging the building
of manufactories in almost every town
and Tillage of that section. It weighs
m-. . m. x z a. i . a. a. m 1.1.
the small industries scattered through
oat the country which make a people
prosperous, and thai now the opportu
nity it opehei to as and the; time' at
hand for clotting oar land with cotton,
wool, iron and other manufactories. ! It
doesn't stop. their clamor to demon
strate that the south can be made the
wealthiest and most influential section
of the ' country, if her resources are
only developed and her raw material
worked up at home. i
These mad advocates of a suicidal
policy are really striving for the very
things that they Bay it is their purpose
to avert. They raise a great cryt agaiist
mouupouB, ; anu - yet are pursuing a
course for their encouragement (Jan
they not see that to wipe out all pro
tective duties will compel small manu
facturers to shut up' shop and leave the
business to the wealthy corporation at
home and the cheap labor abroad?
Take oil the taritt duties and you de
stroy manufacturing enterprise in the
smaller cities and towns, and leave a
where j interest on money is low, labor
cheap and transportation favorable.
And sacif condition of affairs asthat'is
not what builds up a country and makes
its people prosperous and happy. , ;
A great centre of manufactories in
Massachusetts would not bring pros
perity to the people of, Texas. And,
narrowing the limit, it all of the man
ufacturing establishments of the; state
were concentrated at Nashyille ' there
would not result an equal benefit to
the people a if they were divided out
amongst the several counties. We fa
vor the '-police'that -tends to bnild up
the sjuth and give opportunity and ea-
couragement to the , establishing of
small industries in every town and vil-
Wei already Lave the advantage of
the raw material"; now permit - the aid
of protec ive ; duties until manufacto
ries can be. started and established, and
we will have the garden spot of the
world. ' Tne north and east caa better
stand the' abolition of protective duties
,tbao can the : south; because (1) their
manufactories are well established and
backed ,by large capital, " and (2) the
rates ox interest witn tnem ranges from
2 to 3 per cent., while in the south 7 we
must pay S and: 10 per cent. Evident
ly, the southern free traders should be
locked up'AaiAriWc Banner.
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A queer occurrence took place re
cently at a, theatre in Ohristiania. Nor
way. The first representation in Dan
ish of Schbnthaa's VDer fichwaben
streich" was-aboat to besrjn;whena pi
triotic. Norwegian excitedly arose and
exclaimed that It was a shame to allow
the production of ibreirn pieces whil.
those'offlht besnatifetwriters ,wefe
;;j-i ii-Akiw- : :
coolly jconsigned to" oblinoa, - The
speech; created a great sensation and
most of the. audience left the theatre
and, went to another theatre, 'where a
play, by'aS hatire was being enacted.
These f patriots retorned, howerer, be
fore Schonthan's play was J concluded
and rigorously hissed it off the stage.
Bright Political Skies.
' ;Two things in politics are well set
tled: ' , ; "--;?
;First.-i-'f be national Republican pat
ty will elect the next President of the
United States. :
Second, The state of North Caro
lina will be redeemed from the tyranny
of tho bourbons and the bosses. ;
This last good will be accomplished I.
in spite of frauds, appeals to race pre-
an(j cry cf
adice, c
nigger.
j It will be accomplished by a patriot
ic and: united opposition. The lines
will be formed, those who favor an
honest ballot, the right of the people I
to govern themselves, cheap popular j
education, the encouragement of Amer
ican labor and, J industry, and the per
petuity and glory of our country will
be on one Bide. Radicals - and liberal
republicans and independents will form
'L 1 , . I
one line and vote one ticket. The
mon battle will be the enthusiastic fol-
lowers of liberalism . led by such men
as Price, Leach, Edwards, Darby, I
Cooke, , Murray, Day, Gol.Vm. John-
son and others equally earnest, equally
patriotic. ' V - - rr;
A united Opposition, united ia senti-
ment, in patriotism, in purpose that
is the mnsicj gentlemen of the Democ-
racy, you have got to face in this year
of our Lord 1884, i
One convention, one ticket, one vie-
tory this is the political trinity under
which we fight and win There will
be one political convention composed
nf a united onnosition. ; Anv man. no
matter by what past political name he j
has. been known, so that he is opposed
to Democracy, national and state, will
be cordially invited to a seat in that
convention and will have a voice iu the
formation of its platform and ticket.
The republican party is great and it is
therefore generous. It does'not ask for
1. 1 1 i 4 a. v?i
office, but it does - stand by principle.
When such a convention meet, as it
will meet, and nominates a ticket, a3 it
will ; do, the North State will support
that ticket, no matter whether Grissom,
Russell, Winston, Price, Leach or ariy
other good nian is at its head. There
is much cold comfort io .tub article for
the bourbons. But thejre;wiil be still
less iri the count next1 .November.
North Stale.
. The Ohio Democrats.
Since the defeat of Senator Pendle
ton, the Ohio Democrats are saying
terrible this about each other His
defeat is denounced as a downright
betrayal, lite that, of Juda3 who sold
his Master for thirty pieces of silver.
It is openly charged that money bought
the success af Mr. Payne. 'X. promi
nent Democrat editor of the aiate draws
the foliowiog pea-picture:
"Corruption ha.3 made rotten the
'Democratic legislature of Ohio. Mo
ney has had iis potency to drag hon
or down ioto the mire. Satanic temp-
fintra' hw rtrmn iifTiitlim :.nflfif.iftl
fofit ha?8 seducd lhe lra,te,3 of the
..
noblest estate within iho transfer of
men. The guardians tf political rights
have betrayed , fhoir wards. These
traitors to their co.isii.uent must, be
investigated. Th3 insult to the state
must be avenged." X ;
Ex senator Thurman declares that
Pendleton was literally butchered by
Democratic cut-throats-, j VVe do not
undertake to say bow : much Uuth
there is iuall 'tui3, but if half of it is
irue, locn unio democracy is in a
pretty bad way. This, remember, is
not what Republican "say about the
Democrats, but what Democrats say
about themselves. Republicans can
look on complacently while these
Democrats tell their own story. North
uarouman.
Evidently cariog more for the pros
perity of the country than It dots for
bourbou' success, the Maoon ' (Cl&nriria..
Telegraph, a staunch Democratic paper,
: . . 1 . X .t
coutains this nugget, whici the Demo
cracy can assay: "Sugar making, rice
growing, wool growing, and the bun
dred5 of Etylea of manufacturing are
protected by tariff duties, but they are
not 'monopoliea.' Any one vhat wishes
to;do so can engage in any ope of these
enterprises. If ithe people really believe
that 'protection' makes the business
protected 'a bloated monopoly it is
singular that more of .them do not em
bark in one or more of the protected in
dustries. Moreoftheae 'monopolies' is
what the state needs." Good for you.
lit. Telegraph. If there is a state in
8oath .tnat !s in fav0.r of. protection,
that state
is csrcainiy ueorea.
Whether the
vote of Georgia will re
fleet the sentiment of her people or
not, Georgia ia as heart in favor of a
protective tariff; yet she, like her south
ern sisters, is but the foot-ball of bour
bon bosses. !;i "
About a H ould be Uistoriasi of
NortU Ciiroliua.
From the special Correspondence of ihe
1 . Western Sentinel..
Wilbiinqton, N. C, Jan: 16; 1884.
, Where was Kingsbury born? Ia he
a NortH Carolinian? I never pick up
a Star that does not have soma reflec
tion on North Carolina, and it is enough
to rile a less patriotic tarheel than I.
See to-day's issue about f acy's remarks
on Sir i Walter Raleigh; he'll next dis
pute the Mecklenburg Declaration of
Independence, Battle Jof King's Moun
tain and any thing North Carolina
does or has dotie. Give him one fort
me! . . .
The Sentinel regrets its in ability to
fS j"5 .in?H"l.ftnl-
cr i j : j sr .:
ZSS&. Kgea
I tleman who doesn t think Raleieh wa
Raleieh was
erer on the JSorth Carolina coast.
He who betrays, another's secrets be
cause he has quarrelled with him was
never worth the sacred name of friend;
a breach of kindness on one side will
not justify a breach on the other.
Tho Revenge r j Moousliincrs
TWO BOYS ETOLEIT AND BELIEVED TO
HAYJS BEEN MUJBDEEED. . -' j
JbAEiETTA, Ga., Jan. 23. James
McMin was employed by rerenue? offi
cers to go into Gilmer county and lo
cate the illicit distilleries. McMin has
a cousin, named Lazarus Shad wick,
who lives four miles from lllijay. To
his house McMin5. went, carrying a lit-J
tie boy who was left at tho house cfl
Shad wick while he went down the line
of the Marrietta . and north Georgia
railroad to cut cross tiesf as he said,
V
but, in fact, to locate illicit distilleries;
A few days after McMin appeared ia
the neighborhood; he reported, to the
officers, and the result was the seizure
by Deputy-Marshal Gaston of three
illicit distilleries, and 'the capture of
seven raeaA The affair created a big
sensation in Gilmer count; . Shadwiek
had two sons, James and Edward, aged
to i ir nAaM a. annn
fCoCVifcl C1J , It) AUU XV J MM am - UD pyvu
as the'work of Scout McMin began- to
show itself, suspicion was directed to
thetwo sons of Shadwiek, but for; what
causa is not known, as McMin jvas liv-
linz in a little hus four or hve miles
away.
An old woman who sympathizsd'
strongly with the moonshiners .went to
the house of Shadwiek and Stated that
his two sons had reported distilleries,
and, after abusing them for some time,
whQ w w QQ Qth a thiog
lBU.Y 4, t . ... 7
wou.d not be allowed to live in that
neighborhood, and she would kill them
fi,st. Oa Tuesday, a weekago, the
b9JS were Started off to a mill a mile
, . . , . .
and a half away. They left the but on
foot about daylight, and were expected
to return at dinner-time. They did hot
do so, however, but no uneasiness was
felt, as it was supposed they had found
the mill unable to grind and that they
had to wait. Night came and they
failed to appear. Mr, and Mrs. Shad
wiek became uneasy and began a search.
Wex?day two sacks were seen on the
roadside that were identified as the
property of the boys, but the missing
ones could be traced no further. Ex-
,5-2
The riyers and creeks in the heigh
borhood were dragged, and every effort
was made to unravel the mystery,
The distressed mother firmly believes
her boys have been murdered and sunk
in the Ellijay river. Atter the reve
nue mon had made their seizures they
got McMin and his boy and safely' es
corted them out of the neighborhood.
FJGEDIHG UPON
graves,
A Strange Beast in Ohio A Foul
autl Fcrociojas Creatusre.
FosToafA, OhiolJan. 22. The
slrange animal which has been dese
crating graves- ia Perry Township,
Wood county, has been seen. A gen-
tieinau whose veracity is not questjoned
gives this description of the novel
graveyard ghoul; its ' neck, and breast
are white, and the rest ot the Doay is
black; the tracks 01 its iront teet are
about eight inches long and three wide,
making i mpressiona in the srfow with
its claws about twice the length of a
man's finger. The tracks made by, the
hind feet are nearly round, and about
ihe siza of a larcre doe's except : the
claws, which are longer and sharper
The animai id about three teet .long
and eighteen inches high.
It burrews into the ground-in the
graveyard, aud penetrating the coffins
therein contained, devours the contents
thereof. It travels with such rapidity
that all attempts thus far to kill it
baye proved futile The man who last
saw the animal says it was in the mid.,
die of the road, having gone from a
farm by -literally tearing the feacet to
pieces. His dog gave chase to the
beast, but soon returned scared almost
to dealh. ,
The peo;j3o living in the vicinUy have
frequently heard loud noises which are
nbw supposed to have - emioated from
this peculiar, unnamed, unknown beast.
The animai is said to be slowly work
ing ita way toward Toledo.
A True Bill.
No man who k nowingly casts an il
legal ballet is neither a democrat or a
repubS ican, , but a foe to the United
States; constitution. He who extracts
from the ballot box a republican ticket
and substitutes therefor a democratic
ticket is a .traitor to our form of gov
ernment. He who casts a tissue ballot
is a traior to American institutions.
He who makes a false count or opposes I
a free ballot is the assassin of constitu
tional liberty, He who reorta tb vio-
' lence or assassination to prevent a free
oanut piunges a uageer mio the heart
of the United States constitution. He
who goe3 into a mob to suppress free
dom of speech or discussion is a mobo
crat.noi a democrat or a republican.
H who accepts office through any o
thss mobocratic agencies is a traitor
to the western continent. The repub
licans must explode tbe solid despotism
ca'ied the so!id sou'.h. Nat. Rep.,
No very great number of immigrants
will come into a state in which a tax
is placed on ,hU head and himself in
dicted if he has not the, money to pay
the tax. We could not conscientiously
advise a man to settle in such a state.
This system of oppression is the work
of Bjurbon Democracy; First legist
law a man into povenyoy laws to op-
press'V labor and then -indict him for
being poor, this seems to be the high
water mark of Democratic statesman
ship. Next year the1 opponents of
Bonrbon Democracy will change this
odious law StalcsvUU American. ; f
. Don't worry about the surplus in the
Treasury. : Already enough bills call;
ing for appropriations have been intro
duced in the Hoase to draw $500,000 -000
from the Treasury. Jf the Demo
crats have their way there will not be
a dollar of surplus in six months.
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