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OCTOBER 8,1890.
THE WISE WOBOS
Of a Peace Maher and Student of Po
. ' r litlcal Economy., ) t .1.
Krlrtti-.lt from Hrnry }VnUm-ton<» Sp-rcH
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AN APPEAL EBOJI THE POLITICIANS.
■ An appeal from such politicians
as Mr. Blaine andJMr. Reed, Mr.
Quay and Mr. Hoar, Mr. Sherman
nnd Mr. Chandler, to the good vro
. men and good men of the Republi
can partv, who hr#Vie been 5# „,.votiy
toetr ghastly ami lurid
-misrepreseutations of their fellow
citizens. If what they say be true,
the Sooth ought to be blotted out in
blood and flame. It is not true; nor
any part of it, in the spirit with
.which they urge it. How could it
i,'be unless the same be true of you;
for, as I have said, it is ten to one
„ when you scratch a Rebel that yon
will find a Yankee. 'v- - ::
In our great war, the North
showed as high a standard of chiv
alry as the South and produced as
many cavaliers. 1 know no such
terms as North and South when I
point with pride to your Sherwoods
and Wadsworths, your McPhersons
and Custers, your Kearnys and,
Lytics; men pre-eminently distin
■» gmsiieu as duelling soiaiers, ana as
brilliant and accomplished gentle
, ; men, according to the old courtly
- definition; and, whenever I hear it
sajd that the North has sacrificed
gallantry to trade, and that thpre is
no knightlioodhere, I pity the nar
rowness-of him who thinks So .mis
takenly and speaks so glibly of that
about whichjie is so ignorant. In
like manner, I have a feeling rather ,
of compassion than anger for the
man that believes that in that rich
and fair land, stretching away from.
^ the Chesapeake Bay around the
n.-*-capca of the Carolinas, and into
the Gulf of Mexico and up the
1 -■ Father? of Waters to the sources of
the Beautiful River—at once an
Empire and a Paradise—there is less
’ " of that which honors our common
origin, and does duty to God, than
- may be found on the Penobscot and
the Connecticut, Or anywhere be
-S tween the head of Buzzard’? Bay
and the foot of Pike’s Peak.
I will take Arkansas, Texas and
Mississippi for my examples, and,
asking you to judge them by the
representatives they have at this
moment in the public life of the
country—and challenging - the
• : closest scrutiny—I place them con
fidently along side of Maine, New
.. Hampshire and . Rhode Island, and,
if you like, I will throw in Mussa
ehusetts for good measure. In
worldly conditions, so different; in
human nature, just the same!
Although yon have two ce&turies of
' civiliaation the atart of us, with its
vast accretions of wealth and cul
ture, and got rid of your race prob
. __ lem at a profit, whilst we. were left
‘ to hold the bag, we are not so far
behind you in yielding power; andJT
. makihg a fairdiscount of time and
&. 'opportunity, we can still measure.
churches with you, schools with
~ yOu, homes with you; and the fires
there burn as brightly, and the beds
ring as sweetly, and the children
taope as unwillingly to their books,
•8 they do here. You caunot set
S', our house in order any more than we
can set your house in order, The
attempt on either side to do so is
& wicked and mischievous. But we
can all unite upon the common
'v ground of mutual confidence and
respect, mutual patriotism and con
cession, in helping each the other
with his burden, not by sectional, or
t > partisan exactions, but by the good
offices of friendship, rearing mean
while, upon the yet furrowed sur
face of the old Union, with its in
■-cessant Jealousies and quarrels,' %
s new birth of freedom and a new
faith of brotherhood alike fur the
North and South, tha blacks and
the whites.
Gentlemen, I am no politician, I
.. want no offico. I do not get my
bread and meat, or my respectability,
from any party. I hare been used
► "all my life to speak hi g out in meet
ings without much concern who it
pleased, or displeased. What I have
said here to-night, I have been say
ing at home and qbroad these twen
ty-five years; and it embraces the
best observation and reflection I am
able to bring to the subject. Iran
not believe that 1 am mistaken on
any essential point. • .These are great
questions. Ihey involve /the pres
ent well-being, and the future of
the country. That they may lie set
tled soon and settled right, is my
earnest prayer to the Ruler.of oi
all. • - — —
Hirw-BNOLAirn's jjaivgek.
Why, look at it, gentlemen; you
have your plants, your patents, your
trademarks, your processes. Yon
have plenty of skilled labor and:
cheap labor-. You have a great
,stretch of sea-board. Above all, yon
, have your courage and integrity,
; your business thrift and order. You
are immeasurably this greatest race
of work-people on earth; not even
excepting the Germans. But you
sire fearfully handicapped by the
protective system. You are; econo
mically, in almost as bad a situation
as that unlucky scout of the great
Daniel Boone, who, looking ahead
Of him, saw only-— >> r
/> v f r lfInjins on the -upper road,
? ~ And death upon the lower.”
yon are obstructed by the Went.
You are menaced by the South.
You have tariff-walled yourselves
out of Canada, and the rest of the
world. Reciprocity may help u lit
tle in detail; but it wiR Hot save
you nothing can save you short of
untaxed fuel; Untaxed everything
that enters into living and manufoc
.ture, that enters into the develop
ment pf your peculiar aptitudes and'
genius, that enters into the libera
tion of your industries from a sys
tem which is slowly,- but surely,
depleting them and your people
from" the rigors of a geographical;
territory no longer able to furnish
them the raw materials and the
markets necessary to their commer
cial and bodily sustenance.
This is not the time, or place, to
enter upon discussion of the ques
tion in detail. I can only throw
out a few hints in a suggestive way.
My purpose is rather to invite your
attention to this view of the " case
than to follow it to its conclusions.
If f be asked how it is that I come all
the way from Kentucky to Massa
chusetts to tell the people of New
England how they-may obtain ad
vantage over the people of JfCentukv
and the South, my answer shall be
that 1 do not regard the tariff as a
local question. A just tariff is fair
play for all. What we want in the
South is.not a Protective tariff, but
moral emancipation and National
fellowship. The Caeator has sown
in our soil and climate all the Pro
tection that we need or ought to
.have. Iii my judgement, the time
has couie when the interests of New
England and the 6alf States may
be united upon a great system of
Don-restrictive intercourse and free
dom of exchanges; we to furnish
yon with untaxed raw material, and
you to make it up and return it to
us, with only th'e added cost of your
skill, which we can, never, under
free conditions, hope to equal. In
this way you will not only keep us
as customers, but acquire the means
of securing other customers. The
whole business, as Mr. Blaine has
so ably shown, is an affair of ex
changes. We have a great susplus,
both of agnenltural and manufact
ured products. Let the world come
and buy of us. But the world can
not take our great surplus unless we
take lts surplus. When we shut
it out, we shut, out ourselves; and
thus keeping us poor, in the end
you will destroy the home market
as you have -destroyed the foreign
market. ' - *.
It isfthe Protective system which
is sapping your life. It is the Pro
tective system which is sapping
your markets away from yoh, It
ig the Protective system, hnilding
up monopolies and trusts in the
West and South—enriching there
*» it has enriched here, the few at
the expense of the ihany—which id
striking at the root of all idustries.
Help us to set it aside, not by tlie
Secretary’s ■ scheme of dicker, by
which jobs and jobters may get in
their work, blit on a plane broad
and noble, laid alike in wisdom and
a^khumanity; and along with it,
the extremists' declaration of -per
petual War between the North and
the South with its assumptions dis
honoring to us all. _. ■■■
.Resolutions of Respect. J
-The foRmvliig resolutions have
been adopted by-Jonesboro Lodge,
I. O. O. F..
-< WHBKEA8, by an inscrutable de
cree of His Divine Providence, ’ Al
migty God has removed from com
munion with ns, our well beloved
brother, John J. Partridge, Sitting
Past Grand of our Lodge, to a place
of rest in His own Kingdom, as we
fondly believe, now therefore,
Resolved First: That while we
bow with humble submission to the
will of our. maker, we deplore the
loss of our brother..
: : Second, That in our opinion, he
was a young man gifted by nature
beyond the lot of common mortals,
and erne who had improved the op
portunities afforded him to their
fullest extent.
Third: That in his.nature his was
affable, and in his relations with :fais
human kind, cordial and friendly.
Fourth: Thatin all respects and
with all persons, he was ' honest,
sincere sympathetic and deserving
of the highest praise.
Fifth: That, in him, ttie widow
and the orphan had always a, friend
and an advocate, none being more 1
sincere than he. -
Sixth: That, being a Methodist,
bred and born in the faith, he was
noted for his devotion to his church
its precepts and its principles; yet,
he confined not liis efforts for good
within its pales, but generally ex
tended them abroad, wherever good
might be done,
Seventh: That, he was - not only,
esteemed, but loved and admired by
every member of our Lodge, with
out exception.
• Eight: That-, we sineerely aiid
deeply sympathize with the Widow
and children of mir deceased broth
er Vet we extend to them the conso
lation of saying that the hushand
was an Odd-Fellow, true, tried and
honored.
Ninth: That, a copy of these re
solutions, with the preamble, hand
ed the window of onr deceased
brother by the Noble Grand of our
Lodge, accompanied by the officers
of the Lodge, and that a copy be
furnished to each of the following
named newspapers for publication,
to-wit: The Jonesboro Leader,
Central Express, Carthage Blade,
News-Observer and Raleigh Chris
tian Advocate. *- ^ /
~> r ratcrnally submitted
W. E. Murchison, 'l ,
J. B. Cole,
W, A. Sloan,
W. H. HUMBER,
, J. It. Watson.
A $100,00 Prize.
Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 18,1800.'
Dear Sir:—I desire to say
through your paper that I chal
lenge any one or more persons in
your county to rnn their horses
against me in a twenty five mile
race.. ,v'Vy • ~~i•.
1, to use a common size bicycle,
race to take place on the
State Fair Ground. Track on
Friday of Fair week 17th October.
Horses will be carried over railroad
free of charge from any part of N,
C., owner paying freight going and
when horse is returned the owner
exhibits certificate of secretary and
gets his money back. - Room will
be furnished horses from a distance
in the fair grounds. I want a large
number to give me a trial. . The
prise to winner is $100.00 and may
be increased before the race. On
the State race track riders of hor
ses wiil have advantage of a bicycle
as it will be so badly cut up, fts
there will be more racing this Fair
than ever before.
Persons desiring to enter against
me notify j. T. Patrick, general
Superintendent, Raleigh, N. C.
i' 'Yours truly,
- - Will Wthniu
BURDENS FOR THE PEOPLE.
The McKinley Bill is a Bill for the
Protection of Monopoly—It is Sec
tional in Character and an Endur
ing Outrage! .
Xcur York Hern Id,
Wasinoton, D. C. Sept. 29th.—
At hist the now famous McKinley
Tariff bill has assumed its final pro
portions at the bauds of its Bepub
lican framers, and it wB I ' be ready
for the President’s signature in >a,
few days. , The history of nations
probably does not record the enact
ment of a measure which is so well
calculated to burden a people with
needless, inexcusable taxation. The
cost of nearly all the necessities of
life is enhanced to the consumer for
tlie pretended object of building up
home industries. The cheaper the
goods in variety the higher the rate
of duty. This is especially true of
all articles of food, drink and "wear
ing apparel, sugar alone excepted.
There are no foreign markets in it
for the American fanner, for its ef
fect is wholly in the direction of re
stricting trade with,, other peoples.
There is no outlet in it for the sur
plus production of the American
manufacturer, for he is denied the
right to purchase bis .raw, materials
in th“ cheapest market.
SECTIONAL IN CHARACTER. i£*!
The bill is a sectional bill. ft
was conceived in iniquity and it lias
been framed without regard to the
interests of a majority of .the people
country. , its beneficiaries
are largely confined to a few locali
ties—Pennsylvania and Ohio prefer
red. They are*the barons, already
made millionaires by the protection
system, who furnished the money
to elect a Republican President in
1888, and who demand reinforce
ment for their past outlay and iad
ditional opportunities i£.they« were
to furnish future campaign funds.
The bill is merely the execution of
the contract with those gentlemen,
nothing more nor less. Even pro
tective tariff bills are supposed to
be framed in the interest of a na
tion, and it is the boj^t of the Re
publican party that Appomattox
made the United States a nation.
No one can claim for the McKin
ley bill a national scope. It does
not reach south of the Potomac and
Ohio rivers. • \
:One illustration will - suffice.
While the duty binding twine
has been, largely reduced in the in
terest of the Western farmer, the
high duty on cotton ties has been
maintained against the interest of
the Southern cotton planter. Such
instances abound, and yet even'with
this slight sop the Western farmer
has no part or parcel in the McKin
ley tariff bill. It increases the price
of everything he buys, while its ef
fect by every axiom of political
economy must of ..necessity be to
curtail his market, and thereby re
duce the price of his products by
overstocking the home market.
AN ENDUBINO OUTRAGE. ~ "f.
! The worst side ofi this pernicious
lawia that once passed .it must en
dure for years. The Republican
majority in the Senate renders its
repeal highly improbable for per
haps a decade, and during all that
stretch of years the ' masses must
groan under the unfair Bystem of
taxation which Mr. McKinley and
his monopolistic coadutors have de
vised and carried in the present bill
to an extent heretofore unknown
in the history of economic legisla-?
tion. : -
The Tariff at It Stands. ' *
New York Hemld.
Under the pressure of public
opinion, as it were from a sheer
sense of shame the proposed tariff
has virtually become a law. The
Committee of Conference have re
ported to the Senate and House.
The changes made „ by the Senate
are as a general thing accepted.
These changes looked toward a pro
tective spirit more stringent than
those proposed in the House. . The
Special interests ■ supported by a
powerful lobby and the friends of
what is called “American industry”
may rejoice in the severest measure
of protection that ever came from
an American fkragress.. .
In its genera] features what do
we see? A new measure as strin
gent and sweeping as was found
necessary at the outbreaking "of the
war. A consequence of that unhap
py strife was that the government
needed vast sams of money. Prop
erty was taken as lives were taken—
t he public safety the supreme is
sue. It would he profitless to dis
cuss what was then done. History
will indubitably say that oar finan
ces were managed as miserably as the
military affairs, and^that rapine in
campaigns was followed- by rapine
in the Treasury. » .
Finanejal rapine thrived 'upon
what it lived.. When the war ceas
ed it Was hoped that the war meas
ures wpuld end. This was not to be.
The special interests which the war
.tariff had served—wool, iron,cotton,
salt, oil and wine—were not dispos
ed to surrender the vast revenues
'which an iniquitous impost brought
them. The tax on wool meant a
tax upon every blanket, shawl or
bit of winter drapery necessary to
the comfort of the laborer.' No
matter, wool most be protected. The
tax on iron came • home to every
farmer who owned a-, plough,. to
every laborer at. the forge. ’No
matter, the Carnegies must have
Ineir unnecessary, semi-felonious
millions, that libraries may be en
dowed’in Scotland. Cotton goods,
[the proceeds of the cotton plant,
might be free, and with that the
commercial empire of the Pacific.
But no! The cotton manufacturers
of New England subscribed to the
success of the Republican party,
and poverty must bear the burden.
Yes, poverty must tsear the burden.
The time will pome—and \yitbin the
lives of many who read these Hues
—when this McKinley tariff will be
studied as a remnant of barbarism.
To that happy result we shall come
after a bitter experience. The
United States is too great a country,
audits commercial influence,' on
the world too widespread for such a
measure to ,be. passed without a re
vulsion and reaction. Alreay we
hear from Germany, England,
France and Spain, the- rumble of
resentment. One industry is de
stroyed— liere. and another there.
And there is a soft chuckle of satis
faction in some protection papers,
as though of victory won, because
some German town has gone into
starvation, or some French indus
try has fallen into blight and ruin.
There may be an amusing side to
these realities, but we cannot see it.
American labor means American
manhood, and American manhood
would live by its own energy and
courage. To live at the expense of
human beings, fellow Christians in
other lands, was never intended in
the economy of our institutions.
Nor will the policy implied in
this Tariff bill be without its penal
ties. Oho hundred, better -perhaps
two hundred, millions^ taxation im
posed every year upon. American
labor, in order that Mr. Carnegie
may endow libraries in Scotland, and.
a thousand trusts, combinations,
leagues, pools, or whatever name
the nefarious monopolies may as
sume, cannot last forever. The
war is over, sp far. as it means the
slaying of and. the destruction
of wjyr'is ■- jttot over
as to burdens. The
time wi it will not be
endured .will bring panic,
stress amt cnSSige. It Would be
well were wisdom to look that way
now.. We have no such hope. The
tariff we accept with shame and sor
row. It bodeSl,no good to the narj
tion. riio the people it means bur-!
dens that should never exist. To
those who profit ,by its immediate
iniquity it means ultimate sorrow,
the consequences of which they
should study with concern. v
North Carolina** Colonial Reoords.
■Secretary of State, Col. W. L.
Saunders, has about finished the
Colonial records of North Cardinal
and tho copy is now in the hands
of the publishers. In the executive
of this much desired work. < !<r
Saunders h;is not only “done ihi
State some serviced” l>ot h.ts iid liij
to his already extended fame for lit
erary work ami historic research..
The records wi.lT>e a most valuable
addition ,to the History of the, Old
North State, which it must be admit
ed, has heretofore been sadly neg
lected. “ .
THIS vIS REVOLUTION.
flie Unseating of Congressman Elliott
- an Abominable Deed. j
Ketv YarH Bun JEdltnriat.
Tn the unseating of Congressman
Elliott of South Carolina on Tues
day, the reckless majority iir the
House of Represen tati res struck'
another blow at the “right of elec
tion by the people” which Governor
Hill described on that same day os
the bulwark of our liberties, pecu
liarly distinguishing a republic from
a monarchy.- ...... ’
. The leading Republican, newspa
per, the New York Tribune, treats
the arbitrary reversal of the vote in
the Seventh District of South Car
olina as a pretty good joke on the,
Democrats.
“The. (Republicans mustered a
quorum yesterday,” remarks’ our
chuckling contemporary, “and not
only disposed of the Langston-Ven-i
able case, but also took up the Mil
ler-EUiott ease aud decided that be
fore the Democrats had a chance to
recover from, their surprise.” r .
The Tribune. Almanac for I88i).
con tains this record of the vote in
the Seventh district of South Car
olina:. .... .
Rep.- Dem. Iud. Rep.
Miller. Elliott. Simeons.
VII. 7.Q08 8,858 74
Under what circumstances was
this plurality of more than thir
teen hundred votes swept away, the
election in the district nallified,
the honest verdict of the citizens
reversed, and the regnlar certificate
of election torn to pieces in order
that there might be one Democratic
vote in Congress" the less end one
Republican vote the more ?
Marat screaming for the name of
another innocent victim was not
wilder than the Republican majori
ty after the “disposal” of the Lang-,
ston-Venable case. The scene is
described in the Tribune's Wash
ington correspondence. T lie re
came a chorus from the Republican"
side: “Call up another case!” Mr.:
Rowell of Illinois called up the
South Carolina case of Miller against
Eliiott. O’Ferrall of Virginia rais
ed the question of consideration.
On a viva voce vote the Speaker
stated that the House had determin
ed to Consider the election case.
The point of no quorum was raised,
and the Speaker declined to enter
tain it. The previous question was
ordered, and in spite of a protest
from a Republican member from
Iowa that some reason for unseating
Elliott and seating Miller should be
givgn, the resolution reversing the
vote of the Seventh district was
adopted without a division.
The brutal business can "hardly
have occupied three minutes. In
that time law, right, and precedent
were trampled under foot, as Gover
uuf x±iu (nits «, in. oruer mat me
slender majority of Republicans
might be increased. The plurality
of'1,300 votes by which Elliott
held his seat was snouted down to
less than nothing, without even the
formality of a dirison of the House.
The pretext for the abominable
deed was not even stated for the
information of members like Kerr,
of Iowa, whose remnants of political
conscience were disposed to haggle
over the infamous transaction. There
was no discussion, no weighing pf
evidence, no opportunity for the
victim to defend his rights. Mr.
jjlliott entered the House soon af
terward to find that the shouts of a
mob had deprived him of the office
to wbioh he had been honestly
elected by the ballots, of his con
stituents.
This is the United States of Amer
ica toward the latter end of the
nineteenth century. It is not poli
tics, it is revolution. There would,
seem to be only one step further to
be taken by the assailants of the
right of election, the main .bulwark
of our liberties; and that is the
final outrage which shall bring arm
ed troops on the floor of Congress
and point the way the bayonets
shall turn and the bullets speeds
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5AR' HEEL WEALTH.
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Signs of Riches and Prosperity in the " '
Old North State.
Quite a number of Marion’s citi- yj
zens met at the courthouse on last . 1
Friday night and organized a joint
stock company for the purpose of
manufacturing barrels, buckets,
tubs and bandies of all kinds.
Gaiffin & Glenn, wagon and bug
gy
putting in a large ntrw engine and
boiler. . ,
Marion Neicst No other country
on earth k better adopted to growth
of sheep than Western North Coro
line, and out of all our sister coats'
ties to use McDowell eoanty seem*
the finest for that business, she has
her vast mountain ranges where
they live from year, to year without
the usual attention common to this 1
industry, flourishing as do the na
tive animal in the the Rockies.
Our fertile valleys will afford am
abundance of pasturage and proven*
der for the frequent snow of win
Oxford Day: Davis It Gregory"
are employing nearly one hundred
men and women in their grading;
room. ■
The entire cotton in Lenoir coun
ty will he harvested by the 36th of
October. The Lagrange Spectator
estimates the crop in the surround
ing country is about 1-4 shott
from what Hie fanners anticipated
about the 7th of August.
Milton Advertiser: The Episco
palians have exchanged their
church lot with Dr. Walton for a
lot cornering on Main and High,
streets, and have begun work on the
foundations of a new church.
They will build a'very artistic little
chapel which will be an ornament to>
the toWn.
A big picnic- is 4o to given at
Ponther Creek, Oct. 9th,' when the
cornerstone of a new; school hoqge
and Masonic lodge will be laid -with
Masonic honors. .
Moeksville Times: Rev. C.
Cash well has a hen that was hatch
ed on the 1st of last February,
-which has just hatched a brood of
thirteen chickens.
New Berne Journal: The schoon
er Nina now lyiBg in the stream
off the market dock is a raStlit ac
quisition of Capt. James Saltel^ of
New Berne. He has just pur
chased her iu Baltimore and this is
her first trip here. She is intended
chiefly for plying between New
Bere and Elizabeth City.
Foe Sale.—Three large copper
stills. These stills are in splendid
condition. Address C. L. Dan
nie!, Moeksville, N. C.
Carrie, the very polite and lady
like daughter of Lemon Taborn, the
reliable barber, is not only a most
excellent shaver, but she is ope of
the best hair cutters in the state.
| She is certainly graceful with razor
and shears. ■v--\ * - . .
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The Art of Cooking.
Charlotte Chronicle.
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The subject o. cooking, how good
it might be and how bad it is some
times, is attracting a good deal . of
attention in North Carolina. Re
ferring to a recent communication
in the Chronicle, the Wilmington
Star aays: ‘‘A writer in the Char-*
lotto Chronicle eouies out in a
strong communication in favor of
establishing schools in this State
where the art of copking maybe
I taught. He is an eminently level
headed gentlemou, und no doubt
Gen. T. L. Clingman who once ve
hemently remarked that if “war
had slain its thousand, the frying
had slain its tens thousands" wilt
agree with us. North Carolina is
not without her A 1 cook, and pe*.
haps in the average of cooking she
will compare favorably with most
States, but there are not good cooks
enough anywhere. There is entire
ly too little intelligence in prepar
ing food for mortals, and all for the
reason that cooking is considered
a very ordinary, easy thing, when
in fact it is not. Every one of our
schools for the education of girls
ought to have a cooking depart
ment with it, to which m .much at
tention should be given as to. ether
departments. Some of our schools
have we think adopted this featur
If all our housekeepers were mil
tresses of the stove the servant girt
problem would pe a less perplexing
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