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Vol. Ill,
SANFORD, NORTH CABOLINA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30,1889.
HON. JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The QeJoaenartah Patriot and States
man Write* a Brilliant and Valuable
Letter to the Committee of the Fay
etteville Centennial Celebration.
Jiist*., Oofc, 30,1889,
Messrs. Wharton'.T. ; Green, James
' C. McRae, C. W. Broadfoot, Neill
; tv. Ray, W. C, ^cDuffie, Com
mittef)— ^ ; *
GBifxjUBaiKirt—Your letter invi
ting me to attend North Carolina’s
't- Centennial to be held at Ray etteville
on the 21st of November next, was
: duly received, bat this acknowledge
. xnent has been delayed under the
. hope that an improvement in my
condition would enable me to be
present as'invited: As the'time ap"
■ proaches I find that cherished hope
unrealized and that ! must regret
fully confess my inability to join you
i»the commemorative celebration.
“Ithas been my wish to meet'the
. people of the * ’Old North State” on
the occasion which naturally cause
v. them with just pride to trace the
historic river of their years to its
source in the colony of Albemarle.
All along that river stand monu
ments of fidelity to the inalienable
j: rights of the people, even when an
\ infant; successfully resisting execu
tive usurpation and in defence of
the privileges guaranteed by charter
:t* boldly defying kings, lords and
commons, Always self-reliant, yet
Mot vainly seir-asserting, sne provi
ded for her own defence while giv
ing material aid to her neighbors,
ss she regarded aU the British colo
, , ines of America. , Thus, she sent
ffroops both armed and equipped for
'-servico in. Virginia and South Gafo
■ linas also despatched a ship from tW
1 port of Wilmington, with food for
the sufferers in Boston, after the
T‘ closing Of that port by Great Brit
sin. . , * . ■ ■ ■ i
. HIS VENERATION FOE BRAVERY.
fn her declaration t hat'the cause
Of Boston was the cause of all there
.r'.yras not oqly the assertion of a com
munity of rights and a purpose to
defend tliem, hut of self abnegation
of the commercial advantages which
!! ■would probably accrue from the
- 'dosing of a rival port. Without
diminution of regard for the -great
Skid good men of other colonies, 1
hate been led to special veneration
. for the men of North Carolina, as
0 the first to distinctly declare for
y State independence and from the
first to the last to uphold the right
to govern themselves. I do not
propose to discuss the vexed' ques
tion of the Mecklenburg resolutions.
, of May, 1885, which, from the simi
0' larity of expression to the great Dec
oloration of Independence of July,
, 1776, have created much conten
; tion, because the claim -of North
■. tion than the resolves of the meet
ing at Mecklenburg, which deserve
to be preserved as, tho outbursts of
a brave,, liberty loving people on
the receipt rtf the news of the com
•bat at Concord between British Sol
diers and citizensof Massachusetts.
Carolina rests on a broader founds
, The broader fouurtatioua referred
. to are the records of events preee
- ing and succeeding the meeting at
Mecklenburg and the proceedings of
the Provincial Congress which met
at Hillsboro in August, 1775. Be
.fore this Congress convened North
Caroling in disregard of Opposition
by the Governor, hud-sent delegates
|| to represent her in the General Con
- gress to beheld at Philadelphia, and
' had denounced, the attack upon
Boston apd had appointed commit
• - - tees of aafety with such far reaching
*%: functions os belong to revolutionary
times only. The famous Stamp act
•* of Parliament was openly resesisted
hy hieu of the highest reputation? n
-vessel bringing the Btaraps was siez*
* ed and the commander bound not to
' permit them to t#> landed. 'These
things wore done in open day by
men who were not disguised and
- shunned no question. _ , ’
Before the Con grow of the proV*"
4- iuce had assembled -the lust. royal
Governor of North Carolina budded
-- - jo escape fftfiM, the indignation efm
#..i * ■
people who, burdened but not bent
by oppression, had' resolved to live
or die as free men. The Congress
at Hillsboro went earnestly to work
not nierely to declare independence,
but to provide the means of main
taining it. The Congress, feeling
quite equal to the occasion, proceed
ed to moke laws for raising and or
ganizing troops, for supplying mon
ey and to meet the contingency of
a blockade of her seaports, and' of
fered bounties to stimulate the pro
duction of articles most useful in
time of War. ■ On the 12th of April,
1770, the Continental Congress be
ing t heir in session,’ and with much
diversity of opinion as to tlie proper
course to be pursued under this con
dition of affairs, the North Carolina
Congress resolved “That the dele
gates for this colony in the Conti
nental Congress- be empowered to
concur with the delegates of .the
other colonies in declaring indepen
dence and formipgforeign alliances
reserving to the Colony the sole and
exclusive right in forming a consti
tu tion and laws for the colony, * &e.
FIRST TO DECLARE FOR FREEDOM. ..
This,' I believe, was the first dis
tinct declaration for the separation
from Great Britain and State' inde
pendence, and there is mucn besides
priority 4o evokeadmiration. North
Carolina had br many acts of resis
tance to the British authorities pro
voked their vengeance, yet she dar
ed to lead to defiance; but no dan
ger, however dread,In the event of
her isolation -could make her accept
co-operation save with the reserve
tion of supremely iii regard to her
own constitution and laws—the sa
cred principle of “Community inde
pendence” and government founded
on the consent of the governed.
After having done her whole du
ty in the war for; independence and
become a free sovereign and inde
pendent State, she entered into the
federation with these rights and
powers recognized as unabridged.
' W hen experience proved the Arti- i
cles of Confederation to’ lie inade
quate to the needs of good govern
ment Bbe agreed to a general con
vention for their amendment. The
convention did not limit.its labors to
amend men t of the articles, bu t pro
ceeded to form a new plan of 'gov
ernment and adhering to the cardi
nal principles that government must
be derived from the'consent of the
governed, submitted the new plan
to the people of the * several States
to be adopted or rejected*as each by
and for itself should decide.
it is to be remembered that the
Articles ‘of Confederation for the
“United States of America” declar
ed tliut “the.Uuiou shall be perpetu
al,” and that no alteration should
be made in the said articles unless
it should “be confirmed by the legis
lature of every State.” True to her
creed of State. sovereiguty North
•Carolina recognized the power of
such Stutes as chose to do to, to
withdraw from the Union, and by
ihes&ine token her own unqualified
right to decide whether or not she
wouiu suoscnoe 19 uie proposed
compact for a more perfect Ulliqp,
and in which it» to ha observed
the declaration for perpetuity was
omitted. Id the Laid school of ex
perience she hod learned the danger
to popular liberty from a govern
ment which could claim to be the
final judglof its own powers. She
hud .fought*.a long ana .devastating
war for State t independence, and.
was not willing to put in jeopardy
the priceless jewel she had gained.
After a carlful examination it was
concluded tnat the proposed constitu
tion did not sufficiently guard against
usurpation off powers not -expressly
granted, amidijclincd to net upon
the general Assurance that the Suffi
ciency woulll soon bo supplied by
the needful Lunendments. • In the
^meantime Sw*te after State, had se
"cedodtothe now union until tho
necessary uuimbor had been ob
tained for the'cstnblisbmeut of the
‘‘constitution lietween ' the States
ratifying the saW” With char
acteristic seif reliance North Curoli- ,
na confronted the prospect of isola
tion , and calmly resolved, if so it
must be, to stand alone rather than
isabject taictsai ]i£r.:most-priced1
possession—comuinnitj \ indepen
dence. Confiding in the Scrutiny
offered by the first ten amendments
to the constitution, especially the
ninth and tenth of the series, North
Carolina voluntarily seceded to
the new Union. The tenth amend
ment recognized the functions of the
Federal government to the exercise
of the powers delegated to it by the
'States, all of which were expressly
stipulated. Beyond that limit noth
ing could be done, rightfully. If cov
ertly done under color of law or by
reckless usurpation of an extrane
ous majority which, feeling power
should disregard right, had the State
no peaceful remedy? Could she as a
State in confederation, the bed rock
of which is the consent of its mem
bers, be bound by a compact which
others broke to her injiiry? Had
her reserved rights no other, than a
paper barrier to protect them against
invasion? - . .
Surely the heroic patriots and
wise statesmen of North Carolina
by their sacrifice, utterances and
deeds have shown what their' an
swer _ would have been to these
questions if they had been asked on
the.day when in convention of the
United States. Her exceptional de
lay in ratification marks her- vigi
lant care for the right she had so
earnestly maintained. Of her it
may be said, as it was of Sir Walter
Scott in his youth, that he was “al
ways the first in a row and the last
Ont Of it.” -
in the peaceful repose which fol- !
lowed the revolution all her 'inter
ests were progressive. Farms, school
houses and towns rose over a sub
dued. wilderness, and with a moth
er’s joy she saw her sons distinguish
ed in the public service by intelli
gence, energy and perseverance and
by the integrity without which all
other gifts are' but as tinsel. North
Carolina grew apace m all "which
constitutes power until 1812 she
was required as a Stdte'in the Union
to resist agressions on the high seas
in the violation of American mer
chant vessels and the impressment
-ot A merican seamenby the armed
cruisers of Great Britain. These
seamen generally belonged to the
New England States. None proba
ahly were North Carolinians. But
her old spirit was vital still-1—the
cause of one was the cause of all as
she announced when Boston was
under embargo. - *
At every roll Call for the common
defense she answered,, “Hers!”
When blessed peace returned she
stacked het arms, for which she had
no prospective use. Her love for
her neighbors had been tried and
not found wanting in the - time of
their need ? .. ’ __ ■
VALUE OF SELF SACRIFICE,
-The envy, selfish jealousy and
criminal hate of a Cain did- not come
near her heart. If not to.suspect
such vice in others be indiscreet
credulity, it is a knightly virtue and
part of un honest nature. In many
years of military and civil service it
has-been my good fortune to kaow
the sons of North Carolina1 under
circumstances of trial, and I could
make a list of those deserving hon
orable mention which would too far
extend this letter already, I fear, te
diously long. , ' ,,,
Devotion to principle, self-reli
ance und inflexible adherence to res
olution when adopted, accompanied
by conservative caution, were the
characteristics displayed by North
Carolina in both her colonial and
State history. All these qualities
were exemplified in her action on
the day;pf the aniversary of which
vou commemorate. '
If there be tuiy not probably to
to be fotind with you, but probably
elsewhere, who shallusk,“How then
could Nortn \ Caroliua consist
ently enact her ordinance of
secession in 1801?” he is referred to
the declaration of independence of
1770 to the articles of confederation
of 1777 for a perpetual union of the
States and the secession of the States
from the Union so established; to
the treaty of 1780, recognizing the
independence of the States severally
and distinctively; to the Constitu
tion of the United States with the
first ten amendments; to the time
houored resolutions of 1789 and 17
99 that from these one and
»W he may learn that the State, bay
ing won her independence by heavy
sacrifices, had never surrendered it
or ha^ ever attempted to delegate
the inalienable rights of the people.
How valautly her sons boro
themselves in the war between the
States the lists of killed and wound
ed testify. She gave them a sacrifi
cial ottering on the altar of the lib
erties their fathers had won and had
left os au inheritance to their pos
terity Many sleep far from the
laud of their nativity. Peace to
their ashes. Honor to'their memo
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THE RACE QUESTION.
A Striking View by a Representative
Colored Southerner.
f}*rreapondei%ee of thoJfet&York World.
-While the situation at the South
may not be altogether fftich as we
Would wish, there is Nothing in it
that could possibly justify the retali- •
Story measures ad?isedby a gath
ering-of eolored preachers at Wash
ington, D. C., on October 20th
There are always two sides to a ques
tion, and until the colored race
learns by hardy and sad experience
where their true interests- lie there
will ever be' unnecessary local
troubles and disturbances in every
Southern State between- the - two
races, and no power under' the sun
can by force prevent it.
The situation down here needs no
solution, for it is not a problem.
There is nothing wrapped up in'
mystery.___ , ._'
It is unreasonable for the people
of the North to expect that ofl the
people of the j South which they
themselves do not accord the negro
I say it is unreasonable' for any
people to expect the wealth, intelli
gence and refinement of a communi
ty to yield passive obedience and be
come submissive to the domination
of its ignorant and more illiterate
clas-, and so long as there is a; per
sistency in this direction, encourag
ed by unprincipled politicians for
sinister motives, so long' will there
be serious conflicts between the two
elements. I repeat again as my
honest convictions that the negro
Inust abandon politics for a time and'
strip himself of all delusive and vis
ionary ideas of political honor and
preferment lii these States and turn
hisattention to these industrial jjru
suits that mark the'prosperity and
'progressiveness of every other race
around him.
There is no prejudice here against
the negro pursuing his own substan
tial happiness in any legitimate call
ing. .There is no avenue of indus
try shut against. him in the South.
There is no deside' on the paft of the
people to keep him down, but they
have rather, in every instance, shown
a sympathy and feeling that ought to
be commended. ' Those fanatical
leaders, pretended preachers and
politicians up North , who are-trying
to incite a conflict between the ra
ces by advising retaliatory measures
against, outrages in the South aie
of all men the greatest enemies of
the colored race. * * Whatever
may be the disadvantages under
which the negroes labor in these
Southern States, thev are brought
about by natural causes, and can
never, no, never, be remedied by
force. ' These disadvantages, so of
ten spoken of, are in fact more im
aginary than real. I would venture
to say.that there are fifty disadvan
tages in favor of the race becoming
prosperous and happy where there is
one to their deteriment. Outside of
politics what .disadvantages does the
colored man labor under in these
States? I defy any man to show me
a single unreasonable disadvantage
he is subjected to throughout the
broad.extent of this Southern land
that any other people would not be
sudjected to who keep themselves
poor and dependentjgpon a more
progressive and thrifty race. Show
me an honest, upright, industrious
colored man in any Southern com
munity and I will show you a man
who has no complaints tb make as
to his treatraentin that community.
No colored man can say truthfully
that he is prevented and debarred
from- entering into any legitimate
business that a white man engages
in, qn account of his race or color.
On the contrary, thousands, am as
sisted and encouraged in every houest
calling they have ever put 1 their
hands to. The held is before them;
and in common they have the same
chances and opportunities, through
frugality,- patient industry aud
ebonomy, to become prosperous and
happy that their white ' neighImre
have. . , ' rf~
In all the southern States, -there
for the
colored man’s improvement and ad
vancement to a higher plane of citi
zenship. Pnhlie Schools are open
m every school district in every
County for his and his children’s
benefit* the expense of which is
borne by another' race without a
murmur. The whites freely give
to.all religious and charitable under
takings; public charity is never de
nied to any one -deserving itT No
colored person is absolutely exclud
ed from any place of amusement if
he or they desire'* to attend and oc
cupy the places assigned them. On
every street railway in every south
ern city the colored man is freely
admited without. any objec
tion. * *- * * * *
Let the colored man turn.... from
all of his imaginary social happiness
of mingling with another race of
people, who.show in every conceiv
able, way that they do not wish his
company, and get to work in ear
nest in acquiring the more perma
nent and substantial things of life
and the great problem is at once
solved. The colored people" want
uew teachers down here—teachers
and leaders who will point out and
instruct them in the way ef peace
prosperity and happiness; teachers
who will disabuse their mind3 of this
political vanity, farce and humbug
that are fast le;ulirig the(m blind
folded into an indolent shiftlcssness
the result of which is- now being
manifested by every criminal court’s
record. And now, in the name of
humanity, I ask those who are stan
ding at a convenient -distance, to
desist front their diabolical attempt
to incite a defenceless people to un
dertake their .own destruction.
; \ . John T. Shoffbn.
Orlando, Fla., Nov. 6. •
' Corporal Tannery Col. W. W.
Dudley, both ex^pommissionere of
pensions, have formed a partnership
in Washington in the pension and
claims business. --
When President Fulda of the Cal
ifornia Athletic Club wired John L
Sullivan for his. terms to bight Jack
son, he received a reply which read:
**W hite men $10,000 apiece, colored
.men double price.
' The Queen of Italy tried to
writea novel. It- was enthusiasti
cally praised' by the Court ladies
when oufe day she read them a few
chapters. She was bright enough
to wish a impartial test, so she
sent it under an assumed name to
a leading publisher, who, politely de
clined to accept it. . ^
Green D. Rauin, Jr., sou "of the
Commissioner of Pensions, bus been
appointed assistant chief clerk of the
Pension Bureau, vice' Breeds, resign
ed. The Commissioner has created
a new division, to he, known us the
appointment division. Of which
his son will have charge.,,
' Representative Carter, of Monta
na, says it is not improbable that the
Democrats may cause „ n deadlock
in the election of a Senator by the
Legislature . of Montana, and the
election will bo thus delayed uutil
after the expiration of the term the
Legislature can sit, when the Sena
tors could be appointed by the Gov
ernor, who is. a De'mocrat.
The Si<w~tells thatT Mr/ J. W.
Hutchings, of Durham, was sitting
at a table making out accounts,
bis baby ou his lap. Baby pulled
the lamp over and it fell on the floor
and broke. The oil spread over the
floor and ignited and Mr. Hutchings
threw a qmlt over the flames and
stamped on it. Thinking the fire
out, Lie raised the quilt—when the
flames shot to the ceiling and before
itjWiis ail over the quilt and rug
were destroyed and liples burned in
the carpet. It is not stated what be
came of the buby. *
Charlotte IVeics, 11th: Early yes
terday morning the dead body ,of
Robert Lee, the son of W. C. Lee,
was found lying in u . public road
three miles from Shelby, The young
man lived ut folkaville, Cleveland
county, und wasseen in Shelby Sat
urday night, in an intoxicated con
dition. He started for: his home,
but stopped at a barroom two miles
distant. After tarryiug there awhile
ho resumed his journey but fell by
the wayside. A pond of water hi
tlm road surrounded his face wheat
his budy was found." "
THE NATION’S CAPITAL.
Oar Correspondent Still on the Track
af the Radlcal'Rulers.- . '
JKcpPttf Correspondence. /$§£ ' V
Wahihgtow, D. C. Not. 25,1889.
Secretaries Noble and Tracy Lave
locked'boms again for a fight, and
many think the result will be the^re
tirement of one or the other of them
from the Cabinet,;., perhaps both. To
the student of politics a contest be
tween two such nStffft cannot fail to
be very interesting, representing as
they do the extremes of the Repub
lican party. Mr. Noble was selected
personally by President Harrison
for his present position, and has al
ways belonged'To The conservative
or silk stocking wing of the Repub
lican party; while Mr. Tracy came
into the Cabinet as the personal rep
resentative of the craftiest politician
in the country—Ex-Senator T. C
Platt, of New York—, .and belongs
to the working wing of the Repub
lican party. President Harrison’s
personal inclinations are all undoubt
edly with Mr. Noble but owing to
his susceptibility to the influence of
the powerful members of his party
it is doubtful which Secretary he
wil.l in the end sustain. The trouble
between the two gentlemen comes
from the Pension office, which con
tinues to he a veritable thorn in the
Blue or the administration. Secre
tary Noble has asked for the resigna
lioH of five of the prominent officials
whose pensions •were re-rated during
Tanner’s regiraei One of them hap.
pens to be a special friend of Secre*
tary Tracy’s, and that gentleman
advises him to refuse to resign and
promises his help to aid him in keep
ing his position. The result is that
not only Mr. Tracy’s friend but the
other four officials whose resigns*
tions were asked, hare refused to re
sign, and they, together with all the
other re-rated officials have, formed
a combination and proposes to fight
for their places, and as all of them
have friends—some- of them big
ones-Mr. Noble will find that he
has undertaken' a large contract.
Mr. Noble in asking for the resigna
tion of these officials was undoubted
ly endeavoring to do the adminis
tration a service by trying to save
off a Congressional investigation in
to the Pension office and its meth
ods, but it is likely to result in
bringing about that very investiga
tion.
There is little outward change in
the Speakership campaign. Mr.
Heed left hurriedly for New York
last Thursday evening and the rest
of the candidates have been puzzling
their brains ever since to find out
what he, went for. They are all
afraid of Heed though they will as
sure you that' they have got him
beaten. Mr. Blaine who has not been
personally friendly towards Mr. Reed
for some years, promised that gen
tleman’s friends last summer that
he would do nothing to prevent his
being elected Speaker, lie has kept
that promise up to this lime, though
great pressure, has beembrougbt to
bear on him in behalf of one of the
other candidates. The can. us will
be,held next Saturday andj unless
Mr. lllaine shall break his promise
my next letter will chronicle th»
nomination of Reed for Speaker.■ ■ "
Gen. Cook, the Secretary of War,
and Capt. Pratt, superintendent of
the Carlisle Indiana school, expect
to visitMt. Vernon barracks,” Ala.,
during the latter purt of December
for the purpose of deciding whethef
Geronimo and the other Apache Ih
dians now confined there shall be re
moved. - •
Verily the Democratic cup' of joy
is full almost to overflowing. Ma
houe and Foraker have been put on
the shelf, and now comes news to
to the Republican Senators that In
galls will probably be defeated for
re-election to the Senate. “Too
good to be true,” is the general
Democratic comment on the -lust
item. ~ ■ "
The local Republicans are very
mu.-h worked up over the rumor
that Bruee, the negro ex-SenatoF, - ie:
to be appointed Recorder of Deeds
. -- -j; -c* * V _
for this city. If protesting to the .
President will prevent, the appoint'
went will not be made.
Honors are now easy between
Senator Quay and Mr. Wanaraaker, |f
as the President has followed- the , : •
Q«ay slat® in making the rest of the ' ?
Philadelphia Federal appointment*. : yif
It logins to look as though Pres
ident Harrison proposed to pigeon
hole the report of the Civil Service *
Commission handed him, pearly ft'. ,J
week ago. It recommends the pros*
ecntion' of several office holders for 1
violating the law against soliciting 'aii
campaign contributions from the of-—- - ■
fice holders The Commission is
anxiously awaiting the President’s t, J
decision in this matter.'* **
A strong effort will be made this
winter to have Congress adopt the
English idea of a postal; savings
bank, to bo conducted by the Post*
office department. ■ >
THE MONTGOMERY BONANZA. -
The paid Gotten Out of the Mine by
. Pounds Daily. ,y ,, '
Troy (Montgomery county> VidciU. Jv- >'''
We have been prevented Irom
publishing to the world the fapt of
the recent discovery in this county
of the "’1 ebe Saunders” mine, loca
ted ten miles west of TroyJ in
Uwharrie township, because: we
promised Mr, Saunders soon after
its discovery, not to- publish it, for
reasons which he; would at the prop
er time explain, until he gave ns
premission to do So. We have kept
our word until new, that the “cat is
out of the bag” we feel at liberty to -
give the facts as far as we known,
them. '■ _
The half is not known, nbr can
not be known, until Mr. Saunders
becomes willing to give tothepublio
the fact as to how much of the pre
cious metal he has actually takem ,
from his new mine.; Thera is no
doubt but that considerably over'
one hundred thousand dolllars
'
worth has been taken out; that it m
gotton out by the quantity of
pounds daily, and that so far there
is no signs of its diminishing in its
rich out-put.
We learned yesterday about six
pounds had been taken out this
week by six or eight bands, who are
left in charge of the. mine during
Mr. Saunders’ absence.
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POLITICAL POINTS _
Mayor Chapin, of Brooklyn, ia am
avowed candidate for the presidency,
and Gov. Hill is securing delegates
to the nominating convention.
Mr. Calvin 8. Brice, chairman of
the national Democratic committe,.
has announced his candidacy for tbs'
United StateaSenate from Ohio;
There is said to be a growing oppo
sition in Kansas to Senator ; Ingalls,
whose term expires in 1891, and it is
doubtful if he will succeed himself.
The Democrats have gained 646,•
000 votes since the last election, and
certain Republican journals are ata
tempting to account dor it on the>
ground that it is an “off year,”'
Chas. H. Turner, the ice-cart driv
er, who was defeated for the State
Senate at the recent election in New
York, is the candidate of Tammany
Hall for Congress in the sixth New
York district.
Anthony Joseph, New Mexico's
delegate to Congress, says that im
mediately upon the assembling of
Congress in December he will intro
duce an enabling act for the admis
sion, of New Mexico as a State.
It is said; that with the anti-Allis ,
son Republicans elected to the Iowa
Legislature that gentleman can't,
figure out a possible majority of
more than ono. The'Iowa Demo
crats fell Jiko kicking themselves
for not having carried the Legisla
ture, which they could so easily have
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