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(OFhq djjhntfuun Record THURSpAY, September, 26, 1878. ; H. A. LONDON, Jr., Editor. fob con-guess: j HON. JOSEPH J. DAVIS. A STANDING CANDIDATE. The main arirument used bv the Democratic friends of Mr. Turner, is that he has been badly treated by j tho party, and not rewarded as he ; slmiihl l.jivn boon time n fool. ....v. ..... av,. : r. ..xi - ? i li.v jii-oit.yinpauiy iseime:iM)rcu rooe.tlKit the Democratic party be- arousal lor lum. e propose, in : ioui;s to no one man, be he Joe Tur this article, to show how much such ner Ur anybody else; and that no sympathy is undeserved, and to man, be he Joe Turner or anybody lrovc that Mr. Turner for the past j else, who has persistently persecuted thirty years has been a standing ; tbe people for office for thirty years, candidate and professional office- j lms any c.mse of complaint, if "their seeker: that his greed for office impatience is at last exhausted and they insatiate, and his ambition bound-1 refllse ioner to tolerate such greed less. His tirst appearance on the j ;md ambition, political arena was in 1S4S, when j lie was a candidate in Oransrc for a CONGRESSIONAL CANVASS, seat in the House of Commons, ! T , ,. , and was defeated. . he Mai a candidate gain in for the 1850 same place, and again defeated. In 1852 i he was once more a candidate, and this time was elected. In 1S54 he vas again elected. In 1850 he as pired higher, and was a candidate for the Senate, but was defeated. In Usob (as usual) he ,vas a cad.- date, and was elected to the Senate . ' . . , , . , And again m lM0. During the . . ... . , "'V "-f 'Kiwho was present. chj nao u Lanuiuiut. iiliu was elected to the Confederate Congress J f i i . " A ' . A, . - , T fore his late visit, and now is more where the close of the war found 1 i i i i , . T ... . ! popular than ever, and his maiontv linn. Immediately after the war, t mi i i v i , . , . '.here will be larger in .November lie was again (as a matter of course) a '.i i " , t11 , ,., f v , , , than it has ever been. All who candidate, and was elected to the i 1 i . , w i Oi 4 r ,4 .heard this speech were greatly , T1 , , : drew Johnson s plan of reconstruc- . t osii i i . , tion. In 1807 he was "on the look- out" again and was elected PresU K-'l.iil.k.o WJIItW. UllUL'i V 1 1- rlot.t vf tlm Y n r t f dent ot the N. U. It. 11 Company, A , . , 1 u most incraiive aim comiortaoJe j t ini i.i irn'P, In I .f S in trie a oii.lil.ifn ,i 0 , . , , for the Senate m Orange, and was i . Allowed to take his seat. This was the infamous Legislature of 1808 and 1809, when there was but a handful of honest men to keep in i cnecK a norae oi uneves, and where every vote and every man "was of the greatest importance, and vet the county of Orange was for a long time deprived of her vote and voice in the Senate, because the insatiate ! ambition of Josiah Turner made him become a candidate when he well knew that the law would not lLir rni- if Shortly thereafter lie purchased for a 1 ,Istnrt Couvcutioii, to be LU , b! the cd,tor from a former rrom.- thc Sentinel, at that time the tet i at Gol.UW on Tuesday, the l6, . nent citizen of this coni.tr, now liv- mvini. iiMrnrtn,.,- in tl, tnt i lay of October 1S78. In that Dis-1 ,nS " nShbonng town, and we lSTOcW the S n-ioritY i over-:P''blishioO'-eou.,tymentho WlfJr ' l.ehninS, ami theEerublicashave I ' Chathaniite : d frZ J l!tc h! ' 1 ominatc4 as their didate, a e-' S : ea I send yon ana nom hich he received over ' SJ.00 for one years subscription to seventy thousand dollars, of which ! & liamed IIara "! llace of cx t The Chatham Recoup. I rect ivtd the amount at least one-third (or nearly Govcrnor lrogden, who dislikes so first number of it yesterday, and I 5 OOm should 1, boon ,.Wmucl1 Wg displaced, that he was t5roml "deed to see such u pa-5-o,uuo?; should hae been clear 1 ' per emanating from the home of mv profit. At the Congressional Con , tl,rca'ns to run as au Independent childhood. If I know my own heart vention for this District held jn candi date. If he should become a there is not a spot in Chatham coun-i Raleigh in 1872, Mr. Turner made!caildWatc Mld livi(le tl,e ri&r wSnXf- a speech declining the nomination ! vote, there will be a fine oPPor-1 1 for Congress. This action was so!tmut-y of elecllllS some Sood I-cm-; Bnstain you in this noble effort to contrary every surpr ........1 1 1 1 ' 1 . i 1 to his life lono- h?bit that ; oerar ana nins Pwiire a solid j Jem-1 uuiia up, x inmK, the greatest 700 : ' Olio -it the tirno whr rmntlir !ocmtl delegation IrOlll Jsortll Uar-!"7r mere w. one at the time was gi eat ly . on this contment. If the future is- ised thereat, but it was after i01ma 111 "gross. sues of The Record are as rrood as! m ua uApiuoieu oy ms wismng to ue ; Democratic Executive Commit made united States Senator at the tee of Chatham County. ensuing session of the Legislature. This accounts for his not supporting in the Sentinel, Governor Vance, as I the nominee of the Democratic cau cus. In 1874 he was a candidate for the nomination for Congress at the District Convention, when lion. J. J. Davis was nominated. Disap pointed and soured, he then endeav ored to have another Convention called, and failing in this, he did all he could to harass and annoy Mr. Davis. In 1S75 Mr. Turner was a candidate, and elected from Or ange to the Constitutional Conven tion. In 1870 he was an Inde pendent candidate for the Senate, and was overwhelmingly defeated. At the late election in August he was a candidate for the Legislature, and receiving the solid negro vote f Orange, was elected by a large majority so that he is now a mem jsays : The Republican congressional ber of the next Legislature, and still j committee met in this place . . L. ... , ' . . i yesterday and after a close consulta- his restless ambition, and insatiate j tion among themselves announced greed of office urge him to aspire that they had decided not to make a for yet another and higher position. ! nomination for Congress. Col Wad ivr'j. i j? l , , j ! dell will therefore have no opponent With the facts as above stated, is unless an independent comes out and it not true mat jvr. lurner is a chronic office-seeker ? Has he not for the. last thirty years continually and persistently forced himself be fore the people as a professional office-seeker ? Has he ever been sat isfied with any office, to which he has ever been elected ? For twelve ; years preceding the war lie was a j i candidate for a seat in every Lesris- I P ! Mature that met: lie was in office i when the war commenced: he was in ottice (in the Confederate Con gress) during the war, while Joe Davis was suffering in a Northern prison; he was in office when the j war closed; he was a candidate for office immediately after the war, has been ever since, is now, and will ne g0 OUir asa suffering public will tolerate him. We hold, that the offices belong to no one man. he i... t ..... v i. j jnuuuu Aiirner, or any oouy else : i. . .J ' . ; All illlUUIfl ruuuiiii U pUUUMl ill! extended synopsis of the speech of lion. J. J. Davis, delivered at Pittsboro', on the 17th inst., to which we call the especial attention of our readers. We regret not having been able, ! , of vcrvble j a,ul tliercfoi.e . flm The 0y i ' t j server the report given that paper h i hy lts enterprising correspondent Mr. Davis had l l i .. .11. , , . . pieaseu, ana it will ue prouuctive i i T i i i of much good. Kead it, and pidge f Ar rv . fr y0Ur Twr?Cr WilS ?ot i ,pwkiii,ttuu nuwmn muih ilvu ' 7 M1 he will favor us with his presence. t i m ilrobablv ! ' he thinks our Pe ple have heard 4,the same old editorial ' as (. , , , v ered it here at nearly every term of i . - , - ! ;T f" M.r. uiivis win reuirn ana spena ; the last week in October canvassing lis county. His appointments will be published in The Rixokd in due time, so as to give notice to all. POLITICS IX THE SECOND DISTRICT. The Democratic Executive Coni m,ttoe uf tl,e Sec'ud Congivsional Dlstnct as-;mW( at Gohl?bor on the 1 71 1 inst., and issued a call R. H. Cowan, chairman. Albright Township D. H. Al- hli S: Erds, I. W. Perry. Baldwin Township L. B. Bynum, i J. W. "West, Joseph Baldwin. Hadley Township H. Crutch field, Jesse Henley, Madison Perry. Bear Creek Township J. W. Cal der, B. Burroughs, J. W Brewer. Cape Fear Township W. C. Fau cett, J. H. Mimms, J. W. Scott. j Centre Township G. R. Griffith, j G. W. Thompson, R. H. Cowan. Gulf Township J. F. Rives, J. ; M. Mclver, T. J. Goldston Hickorj Mt. Township J. A. Als ton, J. A. Pugh, J. N. Green. Matthews Township J. A. Pas chal, W. S. Webster, J. C. Kirkman. New Hope Township J. D. Bra zington, Alvin Wilson, Alf. Johnson. Oakland Township A. G. Rober son, E. L. Tysor, J. P. Badders. Williams Township C. R. Scott, J. W. Atwater A. J. Riggsbee. A Favetteville . sneeial to the Wil- migton Review, dated September 19, if he does he will be beaten.as a mat ter of course. The people in this sec tion of the district are solid for Wad dell. m The Carthaginian contains a card irem uoi. w. x$. iticnardson an nouncing himself a candidate for Congress in the Third, (Gol. Wad- j dell's) District Correspondence. Home Enterprises. It is with much pleasure that we publish the interesting letter of our esteemed friend, " Eastern Chathani ite," and it will always afford us pleas ure to call attention to our home en terprises, and do all in our power to aid in developing the great resources of our county. Indeed, this is the mission of The Recokd, and its chief aim is to help build up our good old county, aaa aavance us interests. 1 1 T - J '11 Tr e will be pleased to receive similar letters from our friends in all sections of the county, and hope they will aid us in our good work : Chatham CorNTY, Sept, 20, 1878. Mr. Editor : Quite unexpectedly to me you placed in my hand yester day something that I have long de sired to see a newspaper publish; d in Pittsboro'. I know of no enter prise better calculated to dt velop the mineral wealth of Chatham, the pecu liar adaptation of her soil to oil the products of the State, her extensive water-power, and the high moral standard of her citterns, than a good county paper. As to her miueral wealth I know but little ; I remem ber, however, having heard that aone- i fourth interest in one of her mines was sold last spring for about seventeen thousand dollars cash. I heard a machinest say recently that he had visited Lowell and Springfield, Mass., and that there is more water-power in eight milt s on Havs River in this county, than either of these plaees. As to the fertility and adaptation of her soil to corn, wheat, oats, cotton and tobacco, and in fact to all the products of the State, many of her citizens are perfect strangers. There is a belt of land lying on and extend ing a little over the Orauge line, from Haw River to New Hope, upon which the "Drake's Eye" (which is consid ered the perfection of the staple of cotton in New Orleans) is common. The best bale sold iu New York a few years ago was raised on this belt. ri T-r . . i ....... uen. Moke (wno recenilv visited this section slv? tl it if h nmntt tr. , cllo; si.s W""- " ue mam going to tarmmg he wonld prefer this district to any That he has ever seen. Tobacco ; raiseu m tms section lasr year moiurt u. - (u, , , i -, , r 4. n! ; per hundred, it being the nrst cr0V lsed b' T . ?venil i We have now in successful operation ! a wagon manufactory, a cotton lacto- ana aa 11 on lo&mm wir.hm six mile3 of your place, and yet our ix o- W articles made of Lie- nor materials from other markets. I am inclined to think that one cause ?,ft.m' is.tbat tb dnot afvertise people will learn that m-iuttrs ink ipays, and that they will patronize i The Record, and all other home en prises. Wishing you much success in your enterprise, I am, yours respectfully, 1 EAST2KN- Chahtamite. Em-oii raging Words. The following letter was received crooc the first, no Chatham man can find an excuse for not subscribing and paying always in advance. I hope most sincerely you may make a suc cess of the enterprise, "and I believe jyou wiU- By all means adopt strict- iy "cash in advance" and stick to it to the letter. With earnest wishes for the suc cess of The Record, and for yours personally, I remain, very truly yours, County Pride. We thank Mr Gunter for the kindly words in his letter, which we publish below, and while differing in politics can "agree to disagree." Mr. Gunter was elected to the Legisla ture in 1868, and while there voted (almost alone among the Republi cans) against the infamous Shoffner bill, which gave to Governor Holden the power to declare certain counties to be in a state of insurrection. Merky Oaks, Sept 24, 1878. Editor Record: I received the first number of your paper last night, and am much pleased with it Judg ing from its tone, it seems that you intend showing to the Press of the State and nation, that a paper cau be edited, though advocating one side in politics, yet not extreme and vulgar to-wards those who may hap pen to differ with you leaving out personalities, as matters of a private nature, not belonging to journalism. I am proud of the paper, as a Chat ham enterprise, as it shows what can be done when one will. If nothing else would induce me to take it certainly county pride would. We now have a paper at "our capital." Respectfully, W. T. GUNTER. Congressional Campaign in the Fourth District. Capt. Davis in Pittsboro ! Condensed from the RaMgli Observer. Capt. Jos J Davis, the Democratic can didate, wn received by hi old friends with miny evidences of the high appreciation in which he is held by them Ilia popularity with the crowd here to-day was evident to the most carnal observer. From the time of his arrival to long- after .nijfht, lie was surrounded by his friends. .Iudre Kerr adjourned court at 1 o'clock, and at 2 o'clock the Inrjre crowd aspembled in front of the court honse to listen to the speakers. Mr. Davis opened the discussion in a speech of an hour and a halt, and spoke as follows. W.3 have jriven his speech as full as it was possible to give it. Mr. Davis snid that he had as:ain been honored by a nomination at the hands of the Democratic party of this district. He had been twice elected as their representative, and expressed Ins grateful sense ot the kindness he had received at the hands of the people of the county of Chatham. lit had endeavored, an their representative, to serve them faithfully and to aid in remo ving the burdens under which they had so lonir suffered; theHebu'dms had resulted from 11 publican rule iu the National councils, from which a Dmccratic House had sought to aff rd them n -lie; they mast remember that the Senate was Republican, and that no measure of reliefcould pass without the concurrence of both '.he. House and the Sen ate. The next Senate would be Democratic, and let the people see to it that the House should be D timcratic also, and fien we should have w joint action of both the leg. islative branches of the government in measures of relief, andthe public sentiment of the country wjuld compel executive concurrence Mr D ivis then proceeded to pav his re spects to his opponeits. Mr. Brown, of llillshoro, was not prent, but he had an nounced himself a candidate and was a Re publican, long recogiized as one of the leaders of the party in Orange. Mr. Turner was also abent. Mr. ivis had been with Mr. Turner in the couitv M Johnston re cently and had endeavored to arrange with him for aj'int canva of the district, but Mr. Turner chose to mike his own appoint ment? and would not inter into a j int ar rangement. Mr. Davis proposed to canvass with his opponents and meet ;hem before the peo ple, and expressed hi.-regret that he could not have Mr. Turner here to-day. If Mr. Turner had arranged his appointments with any regard to ai equal canvass of all parts of the district, Ur. Davis would have adopted them, but heh id not done this and hence he would not. Mr. Davis then review d Mr. Turner's course at some lengtl. The time was. said Mr. Davis, when he ind Mr. Turner were fighting side by side to overthrow the Rad ical party in North Carolina. Then no man went beyond Mr. Turner in denunciation of the wronjxs which that party had inflicted upon the country, and all the h a.lers of th pnrty came in for a sliare of h's sharp ridi cule and satire now this was all change j nd Mr. Turner is no longer heard abusing Republican-, but all his denunciations are for D-njocrats. Th- ost of his speeches are Ft'dl about rinirs and thieves, but. now h find them only in the I democratic party. Mr. Turner had hoaod that lie had driven the thi-vesnut ot tin- Republican party an i he row called on He ullicans to aid him to drive the thieves ami r-iruea out of his own party. Mr. D.ivis si-.l that he had said to Mr. Turner "show me a Democratic thiet in office and 1 and thousands of other Dem ocrats will aid you :n driving him from office without, tli- aid of I.adica's," but Mr. Turner only dealt in the general assertion, and never ventured to rame the Democrat ic thief in office. Mr. Davis drew an amus ing picture oi Mr. TurneTs log-rolling en terprise. Mr. Turn-r had alluded to the neighborly eu-'tnm of rolling iogsin which neighbors aided ec!i other. Said Mr. D ivi-, "imagine Mr. Turner iu his Democratic new ground. lie ha invited the Radicals, out ot whose new ground lie has ai led in removing all the thieving log?. Hin invited Radical Irtends come in Jul! force. Firwt and strongest among them is Judge Tour gee.who is now runninir again-t my gallant friend, fien. Scales. Mr. Tourgee takes one end of the hand ppihe and Mr. Turner the other. It will be a pretty sight Tour gee, whom Mr. Turner in times past called ' the ri He-eyed thief from the Oliio peniten tiary," and who, in return. otnplimented Mr. Turmr aa the great shnderer of the State these are in the front, with Windy Billy Henderson, who according- to Mr. Turmr, stole Darr's mule and Kittrell' law books, at the tail of the log And then McLmdsay, who according to John Pool, could take (iraham and Vance and other Democrats out into the deep ocean and no more would bt. heard of t hem. Mr. Turner and Mclmdsav rowing in the same boat! And John Pool will be in the new ground also. O'llara, the colored candidate in the 2d district. .Collins, the negro Solicitor, and Col. I. J. Yo-mg and Mr. li idger, these and many other iuvited neighbors from the Republican fold will be there, all aiding Mr. Turner to purify the Democratic new ground. Rut, said Mr. Davis, where will Mr. Turner carry the thieves v There are but two parties. Will he aud Tourgee, and Henderson and Pool, ami Young and Badger, and O'Ha-a aud Collins and all the other purified Republicans whom he has invited to aid them, carrv th-m back into the Radical party ? -We suspect this will p'ease somebody, and I can imagine my late opponent, Col Young. twinkTieg his eye as the work go--s bravelv on." But there is a Becret connected with the change that has come over tbe spirit of Mr. Turner's dream. It finds its solution in the action of the Republican executive committee.. Mr. Davis then gave an account of the ac tion of that committee. There was Mr. Uunter, of this con nty, whom Mr. Turner used to caTl "Chicken Uuuter," there was Louis Jenkins, of Orange, and then Har grove, of (Jranville, with Young for proxy. You remember that Turner said that Cuffy Mayo said that "Taz had pen ted himself."" 1 oppose Col. Hargrove will now say that. "Turner has pented himself," and then there was Stewart Ellison, a very respecta ble colored man from Wake, and Pat Ma cey of Johnston, and L N. B. Battle ot Nash, who for reasons ot S;ate could not be present here was represented bv Mr Bad ger, whom Mr. Turner has designated the ''Rotator." These men in couucil have endorsed Mr. Turner, and naturally, per haps, we hear no more abuse ot Radicals. Mr Turner was now aiding the enemy, and MrDavis thought .hat Deinociat.8 would not be deceived. Mr. Davis also reviewed Mr. Turner's action in regard to the Anderson letter to Mr. Norwood, and showed that Mr. Turner's ambition had gotten the bet ter of his p itriotiem in more ways than one. He then reviewed briefly the course of Maj. Bledsoe and said that until a few weeks ago Mr. Bledsoe was a Democrat. You will hear Mr. Bledsoe denounce the financial measures which have brought distress and ruin on the country, but he will not tell you that all these measures were put upon tne country by his party. He will tell you that none of them have been passed since he became a Republican. This is true, for he has only been iu the party a few weeks and there has been no legislation since he joined it. cau imagine," said Mr. Davis, " only one principle npon which Mr. Bledsoe can ak the people to aid him as a Republi can, and that is upon the plea of the eld toper, who thought the hair ot the dog was good for the bite;" the people have been terribly bitten by tbe mad dog of Re publicanism in the National Legislature, and they are now eufTsiiug from that bitd ! all over this land. If they shall aid Mr. Bledsoe in again restoring to power that party they will again be bitten, and can have only themselves to blame. Mr. Dtvis then proceeded to review the financial condition of the country. He showed how all the legislation of the Re publican party in congress for the past six teen years had been in the interest of a class and against the fa.-mer and the laborer. i When the war ended all was ost at the South, and we had nothing left but the land; it was different at the North. They had, in round numbers, about $1,800,000 000 as wv circulating currency ; this consisted of greenbacks, national bank note and treas ury notes; they had alsoabcut $1,700,000, 000 in bonds. He then showed ho, by ! contracting the currency, tbey made money scarcer aud enhanced the value of the bonds These bo::ds originally cost the holders from 40 cents to 63 cents in gold, and by the leg islation of the Republican party in 1869 their value was enhanced, and it was pro vided that the principal, as well as the interest, should be paid in coin that is, either gold or silver, for they were both then legal tender. To still further enhance their value, the silver dollar was demone tized and silver was made a legal tender for all sums of $5.00 and under, while gold was the only coin in which the bonds could be paid. The effect of this legislation Mr. Davis explained lully, and showed Iiow it I cost the people hundreds of millions of dol lars. Again, these bond were not taxed. There were now about $1,700,000,000, that j is, about six times as much as the whole I State of North Carolina was worth, and all I this wealth did not bear one ceut of the burdens of the government, because the ! Republican party, by abolishirg the taxes on the lucoiue from them, had relieved them ot all taxation, as by the law under whic'i they were issued, the bonds themselves could not be taxed. Your reporter could not follow Mr. Davis in his array of figures, but he showed that since the Democratic party had had only one branch of the Legislature they had : prevented any further legislation of this sort, and had done all that could be done j to remedy the evils that had been inflicted j upon the country. He defied any man to i name an act that had been passed since the j Democratic party had control of the lower I House of Congress that had been in the j interest of bondholders and the capitalists, I and against the interest of the farmer and the laborer. He then reviewed tho action I ot the 1 tst congress; and showed what had I b.-en done by the House. The silver dollar ' had been restored .to the currency of the couutiy. He illustrated the wrong that i had been done to the mass of the people by the demonetization of the silver dollar, i while minor rilver coins were continued a I legal tender for $5 and under. The day ! laborer was obliged to take silver worth 85 cents or !)0 cents, while the man who held ua'ional bonds got gold. He showed also how the national banking system enhanced the value ot bouds, aud how the 10 per cent, tax on banks other than national banks secured to the national banks a monopoly of the banking business. He himself was the first to introduce a bill to repeal this tax. He shoA-ed that by their votes the Democratic party had done all that it could do to relieve the people, but measures of , relief had been defeated b.v a Republican Senate. He said that the votes of himself aiid colleagues would show that they had been striving to carry out the principles of the platform on which be was nominated. The Democratic House had not permitted a single act to pass congress in favor of ; bondholders, railroads, rings or. subsidies a;id agi..ii the ii.lt-reat of the people. ; Mr. Davis then reviewed, at some length, the electoral fraud. His opponents, whose '"hind sights were better than their tore eighis," had seen proper to attack his vote ' for the electoral commission. It was quite evident that they did not comprehend the bill ; in fact, Mr. Bledsoe had spoken of it as a resolution, and seems never to have read it. Mr. Davis showed how the return ing boards o! Florida. Louisiana and South Carolina had, by fraud, by forgery and per jury given the certificates to the Hayes electors. The constitution provides thai the ballots for President and Vice President shall be oeoed by the President of 'the Senate in the preeeuce o? the two Houses, and thev "shall be counted." Strange as it may seem, no law has ever been pased, providing the mode of counting the ote, on I heretofore it has been done under joint resolutions of the two Houses. In 1876, the : official authorities of Florida. Lousianaand South Carolina gave certificates to the II iyes electors. The Tilden electors also sent np their returns. It was insisted by , tiie Republicans that only the returns cer tified according to the laws of these States could be acted on. It was insisted by the Democrats that these returns were fraudu lent, and that we should go behind the re turns and ascertain whether the charges of fraud were t rue. Here was a conflict be tween the Democratic House and the Re publican Senate. All the returns were, by the constitu ion, in the hands ot the Presi dent of the Senate, and the-Republicans iu sisted toat he, tbe President oi the S-. nate, ; had a right to count them, and when iu st of the leaders, such as Sheiman, B aine & Co., opposed the bill to appoint an electoral commission, they knew that it was abso lutely certain that if they could prevent an '. investigation Mr. Hayes would be seated, and President Grant had assembled a por ! tion of the army around Washington for ; that purpose. The electoral bill provided that in all cases where there were duplicate ' certificates they should be referred to the elec'oral commissOi In the mode prescribed by the bill. It made it also the duty ot that commission to examine into the tacts aud ; report to the two Houses in joint session. ! Mr. Davis then described the mode by j which the commission was constituted, and I said that every Democrat in the commission j voted to examine into the returns, as re ' quired by the law under which they were i appointed, and see whether theie had been fraud. H.very JKepublican said no ! vv e will not go behind the certificates of the officials in Florid, Lousiana and South Carolina" in other words they refused to execute the very law under which they were appointed, aud the frauds which they refused to inquire into are now being ex posed, to the fharaeol the American people, and to the disgrace ot the Republican party. The electoral commission presented the only possibility of seating Mr. Tilden, and he would have been seated, if the Republi cans on that cotnmissiou, backed by a Re publican Senate and a Republican Presi deat, had not refused to go behind the re turn and thus expose the frauds by which those returns had been made land every other Democrat from this State voted for the bill to investigate and expose the frauds, but the Republicans refused to carry out the law, and we had no power txcept by force of arms to make them observe it. Every Democratic Senator but one voted for it. Senators Ransom and Merrimon, my colleaguea,Yeates, Waddell, Scales, Ashe the able lawyer and pure man whom you have put on the supreme court btnch, and who will adorn that bench Robbing and Vance, all voted with me and the Demo cratic party, and Hyman, the colored mem ber, was the only man from this State who voted against it. The legislature of North Carolina, by an almost unanimous vote, approved the mil, and this was telegraphed to us by Gov. Vance. We were in great danger of civil war, and the whole country approved the bill. If the bill had been de feated, and war had followed and Mr. Hayes seated, as ne certainly would have been, we would have been denounced by the peo ple for not voting for the bill. It has since been shown conclusively that this bill presented the only nossible chance ; ot seating Mr. Tilden, and if the eame had ; been carried out and the frauds exposed, j he would have been seated, but the Repub i lican commissioners refused to go behind the returns, and then every Democrat in the House and in the Senate voted against counting the votes of Florida. Louisiana and South Carolina for Mr. Hayes. We did all in our power to have a fair and full investigation ot the frauds, and failing to get the investigation, we voted againat counting these votes, and now Mr. Bledsoe charges that because the Democrats voted for a bill to expose the frauds, and the Republicans refused to execute the law, that the Democrats themselves are respon sible. This is bad logic. Mr. Davis concluded with an appeal to the citizens of Chatham to discharge their duty as voters at the polls, and to vote as they might think the honor and prosperity of the country demanded, and reminded them of Mr. Turner's present position, and of Mr. Bledsoe's new party relations. He said hat if they went for the " hair of the dog ' to get cure for the bite, they would feel badly when again bit. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. W. C. McMACKIN, GENELAL COMMISSION MERCHANT, East end Citizens National Bank, RALEIGH, N. C. Consignments of all kinds of Mer chandise and Produce solicited. Sat isfactory sales guaranteed and prompt returns invariably made, for moder ate comiuiesioDs. s Cotton Received also on ! Storage at Moderate Rates. ! Raleigh Daily Cotton Market Re j ports and the latest changes in New York and Liverpool Markets forward ed every day to patrons. Refers to Raleigh National Bank and the business public of the city. OH HAND: A larere invoice of MILBURN WAGONS for sale at $75 each; sub- i stanlial work and warranted. I OPEN AND TOP BUGGIES at ! $S0 to $100 each; workmanship and ' material guaranteed. j Flour, Corn, Oats, Fodder, Hay, s Meal, Chops, Brown Stuff, North Carolina Hams, Sides and Shoulders, : iu fact all kinds of Produce always : in store. sep!9-3m. D. T. JOHNSON, WHOESAtE GROCER, COMMISSION MERCHANT, AND Two Doors North Market, TTilmington St.,! Raleigh, ST. C We are now in receipt ot our fall stock : of Groceries, consisting in part of l Sugar, Coffee, Bacon, Lard, j Cheese, Salt, i Molasses, Nails, j Leather, Fish, j ! TThich we offer at prices as low as tbe low : eit. Strict attention given to the sale of ! all consignments. Ample room forsiorage j of cotton ; for those who wish to hold I will j charge low rates of storage and make cash I advancements on cotton left with me. I Correspondence solicited. D. T. JOHNSON, 2 Doors North Market, Wilmington St. COST! COST!! In view of the expiration of our partnership and a new business ar rangement, we now offer our LARGE and FRESH STOCK OF DRY GOODS! f IB0fl9Kfc SZ5HNB39 &c$ At Cost, to Close Out. Now is the time for all in need of MY GOOBS Come one, come all. These good must be sold. You can save 25 per cent, by attending our daily sales. NEW FALL STOCK NOW BEING RECEIVED ! PETTY & JONES, Raleigh, N. C. septlO 3m ALFRED WILLIAMS. E. 6. HARRELL. ALFRED WILLIAMS & CO., "Wholesale and Retail BOOK SELLERS and STATIONERS, RALEIGH, X. C. Everything in our line furnished PROMPT LY and at Lowest Prices. Special terms to Teachers, Merchants and Sunday Schools. Complete Catalogue of School Books sent free on application. sepl9.3m W. E. ANDEE80N, President. P. A. WILEY, Cashier. CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK, RALEIGH, N. C. septl9-tf NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. J. P. GULLEY, Retail Dealer and Jobber of Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods, Notions, White Goods, Hats, Boots, Shoes, Fine Hand Made Shoes, Clothing, &c. Jgir Agent for Frank Leslie's Cat Paper Patterns. sep!9-3m J. T. MOORE, (Johnston Co.) A. A. THOMPSON, (Chatham Co.) MOORE & THOMPSON, COTTON SELLERS, AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, RALEIGH, N. C. SELLING COTTON A SPECIALTY-. Consignments Solicited. septl9-3m W. XX DODB, Raleigh, N. C, COMMISSION MERCHANT. Sole Agent for the Sale of EGERTON'S SCOTCH SNUFF IN NORTH CAROLINA. And Dealer in FLOUR, SALT, AND BOLTED VIRGINIA MEAL. Consignments of Country Produce solicited sepl9-3in JOHN G. WIMJAMS, President. W. S. PRIMROSE, Secretary. INSURE YOUR PROPERTY IS THE NORTH CAROLINA HOME INSURANCE COMPANY, OF This Company will insure your Dwelling, Mill, Gin, Store, or other building on the most reasonable terms. All losses paid promptly. En courage Home Institutions. Insure in a first class Home Company. Apply to H. A. LONDON, JR., septl9-3m Agent J. J. THOMAS, Commission merchant and Cotton Seller, NO. 8 MARTIN STREET, Receiving, Sale and Storage of Cotton a Specialty. Will make liberal Cash advances, with low rate of interest and storage charges upon such consignments.. 3f Refers to Citizens National Bank eepl9-3m h. nAHLEn, Opposite Market Place, Raleigh. Man facturer and dealer in all kinds of Gold & Silver Ware, Watches, Clocks, Masonic and Hair Jewelry Watch Repairing and En graving Promptly Executed. SEALS &c. MADE TO ORDER. FALL OPENING. W. H. & R. S. TUCKER Have the pleasure of again pre senting their entire fall imtokta tion and purchases in the northern MARKETS. New Silks, Dress Goods, French Costumes, Carpets, THE LATEST PARIS FASHIONS. RARE AND CURIOUS NOVELTIES . For Carriage, Promenade, Dinner and Evening Wear. AVe are prepared to show our pa trons and the public a stock oi Novelty and Staple Dress Goods, Silks, Satins, "Velvets, &c, fec, unequalled in variety, magnitude and CHEAPNESS. Remember our motto: "The Best Goods at the Lowest CASH PRICES." W. H.& R. S. TUCKER. v sepl9-nol-3m EI. T. BJORXIXS Cl CO., GROCERS AND Commission Elerchants, No. 3 Exchange and No. 5 Market Street, RALEIGH, N. C. In store and to arrive A Large and Well Selected Stock of AND GRocsnxno, Which we offer as Low as Any One ! Consignments Solicited Liberal Cash Advances made on Cotton Stored. Correspondence Solicited by 3X. T. Pforris &, Co., ! sepl9-3m Zlaleigh, XI. C.