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VOL. 1 i.
BLADEN SPRING S, N. C., THURSDAY AUGUST 13.1886.
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given u s by bui t o publish
it.
| We know the writer very well
ittnl what, he averts we he ee.pt as
t rue without further evidence, kin
word, with us; being pie a ary
lit oof.
vi b are triad that M
Sut-to*
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had sufficient lo\e of fair dealing
and leU luterest enough in the
event of the Convention tobeifn
iwded to giVe a history, a correct
o'.je, tif the oc.iar renews at a Con
V ' I -i *v 1- -
leiuiou llivt \v11 l*»«g| be memor
able because of its i gularity and
If- 4 tnai*li.t<de.i»inn eetlin gs.
It isua.<c one to that fuss that
a tWw wire pullers, tricksters, De -
lingo^ues, ana political pluuilers
bjy all laauuer tf unfair proceed
iugs, scrupling at nothing,, will
have things their owu way, with
out reference to the question of
right and wrong, whether the ip
tereat of the people, j whom they
pretend to represent, is lieiug seiy
t»d dr nOt. - j i . ji
fiiuel' a course of proceedings
ought to be condemned arid loudly
for to weakly auburn is aulieriui
dangerous-iiecetedenf: l>o establish
«4
■fhtngs like these are eiiieifiag
wedges to t he destruetiou of out
l.iHiiunf.s.
. - . i . 'J . [
i lie gent I emeu who withdrew
from theCon\eutiou felt thaf they
feed iieeu wronged ajid it was |>u-|'
ly to cotidemii litian nfnir conn ^ ol
protjejeding that they did so, they
liad | n o selfish o bj« c t i n
view. |
One di duration w e invite partic
ular attention to and that ifioi e.y
was offered to a Delegate. auki^e!
A ijJiluMRM Skamk! I! 1'ifat [ if
should ever come to this. In a
free Country. Hoftli Carolina,!in
this e
Ide is
that ;
a | HU)
ulightened age, when the Hi’
at every house in the land
W e a
right
the L* tier
mail who is lit to repre.se it
»ie of a county was not too
good to have a oitbe offered hibi
s|» we knew the parties uaifie
who offered it uud We would put
Jown 1 ere iu big Caps, Head
I—p !'•.
Pear !S»r:
u»
It. is lalwavs in<isf
—• say agreeable add
plvasuj'nt1 things, about any tiling
iiud ejj.^c hilly in giViuj' the news
ot the jidsuit ota jiolitical convoy
t hin, that had just at sc in l led, ///<•
xtuiuibltf 1< x, lie beuefijt of the Demo
eiatii-jumj. and fid the geueiiii
■a.ivniivemeu'r- of its w el fine, but 4
huti/y,as ieeults shod, v ;*.u a s.a|e
aireadi made up, add a p.euoifh
dot* l UMuawon to carry it out, atuli
h.izaids and regardless ot every
oiuei- ruii*idelafciou.
i )iiooiiueut aud worthy citizen
df ytiuj couuiy, w<w;t*> hurt' b* <‘tt
placed be tore that cou veu;iou,auil
i\cuu4 ids irieads were so situ
:i,,d h4 uu.ue was not even pie
'h ote l is the principal reason, and
4,v appiecartlou of your love 01
i".r «jie4»u»i upon the priiuapjeaujl
ioa,lytju honesty, is ti.e general
reason why 1 address jou
ydsmnimcaticu.
r at j plumed, it* won id be a morti
10^ spectacle indeed,lor the dele
gaiiou fjum lUadeu to havereturu
ed to their- Home.-*, without having
their <i»«d<d»te passed upon <4/i*/i,
the call verijr ion, nut when explain
ed, It w.Ji readily be seeu, thatthey
toot the only emux* left then* of a
manly and diguitied wit kdrawal
ii dm a body, wuow; .sole pui-j[>ose ■
it u’iW, to every one, uitltl
every consideration or quesdiou,
tlmt did! licit look to, and own «&; the ,
pnriknes tpr which they Lada*-,
sembled. Mr. C. C. Lyon, j had j
friends in ait least tive, if not inote
euiiiijLies m this judicial dist.net.i
|>i‘U*yates fnrm bluer counties ItUan i
Cmrioivtuiujit s -£?-?
sard that tjbey wished to tm
Mr. Lyuii, hot their eouuty was east
as a whole, for auotlier persom Inf
this eouuty be was ahead of all:
other cowpeti tiers, having 19 Votes
upon a pod takcu, against *17 for
Me Ivor, and 14 for McNeill. ! Yet
I iu thy early moments of the eou
; ventiou, before uommuuCions were
rent bed, aud while a questioh w as
j before tlie convention, uot genualu
: the the subject of nomination,
and before M.. LyouV, name had
i been mentioned (publicly) ill thj
! couvolition he was made tiiuUuo
ject of a sneer aud snat, by afdeie
| gate lrom—- county, winch 1 only
1 one, to h show tiie viudicii ve and
malignant spirit, which actuated
some w no nad voices on tuo llour
of the hall, delegates wuose
jiamcif were senc, as apcxeijited,
were ruled out, because tuey' were
deemed to he Uniavorable to the
nomination of tho person chosen
by the, captors of tue convention
aud mono instance, money was of
fered to in duce «* deiegath to,
i euiaiu away from the convention,
because his op:uion was not jin ac
cord with those who had essayed
to be the m asters of the same! Hut
the crowning act of injustice, was
iu taking lrom the Oumberland
delegation, their inherent jigjxt, to
vote as they pleasedi borne days
before the ‘_'9tu nit, adyeiUseffient
was made in our daily and weekly
papers, lor a meeting of thecuiuoer
find delegation, at Id o’clock in
the morning for consultation, a lull
meeting was nad, a ouairmuh (A.
A. .<ic rve:nan. Jr. Es(f
pointed, and among ot.i i1 things
) was ap
ii mstU’uet
t the solid
iu lavor ol
iu uujuiii
a resolution was adupto
j lug oar chairman, iu cas
! vote (od) oi Cuuiberl.iud.
j continuing tue gras rule
| hating a candidate.
| 'fins jftds rule nas always been
! in force in every political coijven-.
! udu held here since tlAiwar. Under
its operation Me Iver, the paiseut
i boliciior, was nominated eight
years ago, aud at the last eoUven
! lion four years agp. Judge ilea
! nett aud Me Uae, Co«gresspiau
j Waddell, Shackelford and Green,
a.1 have endoised it. E
! ty convention for the uomiuati u
! county officers,'siuejs l 1 aye been a
I resident here (nearly twelve years)
! have acted under ift conveying the
idea, as it doest that unless a can
dnlaie is strong euougn
his nomination ty a two-thuds
very oouu
to secure,
vote, he is uot strong e
put oefore the people as
date. A roeoluuou iiein.
nominate by a majority
ijUystiou came before fjie - bioase
ur debate.
Any peidOi
ui the majority resolurioi
gu to
cand.
rt-d to
vote, the
ode
s a j ji v o r
I, had uo
liouble iu •‘oaicu.ug tae speaker’s
dye, ’ and enjoyed the largest
•autude and'yn i vdege oi ucL ate:
out waca one opposed it, aud was
nrijvor of tin* yr.ls rule, n ail'd wed
to ppc.iK a*' alt, wuica ne seldom
Wat.*, ..as.treated in a most dlyeour
teous an 1 Jjuus* Manner: aud in jue
.oi oi tae
i*c "nil l
Ho a was:
s pul, or j
ipon, on
instance i aedebate in i a
Jins mu‘( vv <*«» de«4fe.cd,(>o
uioiaoi, When iuo <|Uc.s
Stated aud i»etole, a a.,
coni .ueuacvl .o yt* . tited
(ilC ^VddU * i ddt «* \ l*Lc U iW dtiUUC j
to . e c.u.tvt o*r j. 1 ue vp.e i*eiug
caltcd lot i*y ry.rulics. it sl.md, fox
jutjoiit v rule a t i, lor , a.- ^t-is r uic
,1h>, iso tho iuu - r •* a., t timed by j
a .a*ge tu aoftfy, < Un « .ft, .it: Vt r
anaouced j,J cum clia«a delegate
, tinsuidd at nr. -VlcjnMi.f uadex.
too a to Cwa.te.ige . »c t mo yi tadl
coaniv, taougu ae ^.art.t'iualed iu
luO utccloi^ oi .»* Ot legal tot , |
which instructed that coiliiCy 's VtK e ,
ifr
n >e ca.d as a tihxfc on itum, flipgle
«piest'ou, and aider muck dise.ts
.stou, this {same delegate'll id jfo.ir
dv leg.mou would ta. f|| sinotik-r
vok*, and were .-mu <.i r«*v * <?v,tpo
gr-ls rule, he .v.,um fit, »v«
withdrew, ami .>/ an aci.i |l count
stood lio ior jjrds rule an4i> agaibs:.
Tins we reporteu to tup t p,, veutipu
and agaiti voted our <1^4itiou ks
iwme instructed, iiaj|prj we m
lere.i ty vote, l»«it the m rveativpi
iu its window (*j Uii.U'ito k to .set
aside the vote a.VuM,.,ii l divided
«,o.ut us suited 'tk.yir'ptf*] ..«*»«. At
i- bt».j, ....
were lbiiowcd, and tuus supported
in their action by the councils lift'
rladeu and Modi e, solidly, and
ifruusw ick in paid, and rcassemoi
ed at tuc town find over tuo .dark
etiiou.se. Here a mo t remark*
able statement was made by an*
titan ly,on airma.. of the rJruus.viek
delegation, to tins convention wuo
I was alsu chairman eJ tlite Idem. ©Lx
Ooai. oftaut county, and a member
off he duald of Ouj. »Jom uisstoaei‘.l.
iuis ge-uticuiuu,. oer.atniy -p pnji
! mjur.L.1 man at .lOiue, puolic<y ue
cutred mat Bruusw.ck county uail
instructed iier delegation to vo.b
lor tac nomination of capt Mel verj
oat taut tne mala portion of tiie
Uelegalkm vote, by souie process ot
legerdemain, unknown to ium, a ad
bi-eu cast .or a urau wuom he Iran
never seen, whom the'people of
Brunswick county did uot know,
aud wuo as he sta ed b tenths ox
tue vuteis Would hot support J The
.darhei riouso inootfug was ud
jurued to meet at 6$ oV lock of tue
dbtn uju, at Wuicn time delegates
from ifuUcson, aud.some ftom xtidn
nioud e.veu, joined us, augmenting
tno assembly, which tilled the iiaii
almost to overiiowjug. Yet every
thing was said and done in an or
derlyajud teuipeiaw; manuerj when
resolutions wult$ pvot.Ostiug
against the outrageous
o’jli
oao
law]
a. d unjust proceedings 01 tuc ln.dy
of men who had that Uav drxocti
four counties out of the convention
and trampled mttr lights under
foot, at in.s meeting ju. iveli'y ot
your county presided j the entire
delegation ot .door Bladen ami
jlCuuidejrlaijd, together witi..,>li.
dauly chairman of the Brunswick
tciegat 10a, were preseat, oestues
ouio lrom other counties.
The utmost freedom of expression
'asallowed, and tue seutiment was
nnamiuious tual turnoeriund pur
sued the only course left tier, uot
auj telly supine ami cowardlytiie
Same tunc any other free-born A
ipericau citizen would have done un
der similar cneumstauces.
These are the tacts o ftlie case,
and let him who has the nardihi od
assert, or attempt to mautaui that
those Tour counties were bolters 1
u.i> s.r! we mane our light inside oi
tue xauks ol the l>e;uoc»atic party,
aguist oppression and wrong. i
rcspe-cliUily submit to you sir if
sijioh cUu be sucessailty defended i
oh tue contrary, it it is uot with;
oat precedent or paralel in the his*
lot y of don \ si. t ip.ial or parliamen ta
itt uodtcs, Wit tiiii y ou» CAperieacc,
.iu*ervniioji i
Upon u Uat tu.ucipie 01 light or
isoaNcation set;
•on, could .uo
• de, ; Lac tU^iesmd Wilt of tuc!
delegation iio.u cnatueiiauil an l
Wi. «c coi|L t»es, a.td Vote it
us it i*e.*>u sitiie.l t.ieir pui ,»oses.
i itou want ground coulu Uccmi
\eut 04, tuujuga Us cLa.ruian iefu*e
io declare tht re^ul. ».f the vote
ojr wLe |ds *iud majority ruL, when
it had oeeulhg »dykfa.».eu.
foldJj jus .«.ic .is it had been
form 1 j Vast ee repeated except
a |ds vote up.»u tue principle
that it takes tuc same strengtu
and power to destroy ^e4ieal) time
it lakes to ciea ci an analogy may
bciiouud m tire legislative manuer
ol nrskiug chmiiiidtious. Tin. U .loiix
ov a gils volt, sec. 'J alt. Id; w it
ahWipe iiailftrfake t«> <ay this voi«*
could ue rcuu cd or ai.eicu oy .*
jlu or utaj rity vote.
iu our convcutional bodies, in
this judicial district at least, cu
tool iaaguarpi have given us toe
cbiisttiuUouul |ds rule, aud by ig,
; ' 1 ■ ,
\ «fe lea* t Uhu 14 could it \w r* -
pealed,! altered it reduced: and
then only upon : otice from the
preceding convention, .SO that tho
subject matter might lie 1 »*Ui Con
jddeltfl by tue people aid their did
r^aif i instructed upon lit it prop»"W
turn. Ajguin, if the voM dool as
, secret ay les reedrljt .-*!iew ll to <»tt
for |lit* $U rnl.i and IU t ir
. t^e majority rule) was not the
t\;rmoi adopted? iVif l if aldpted,
how can tj*c eaiiitidatiyrlawi ro be
the nominee by a majority vote!
; And vrhaV right had the chairman
n-ioRo to declare itl would lie
nUefoW
»««C IVWWVFWf Bsftm *-V- «r *wi
nee, be would have been, li ne had
acted under the $ifs rale us by
'•precedent immemorial uswgcc and
I the vote atiHtultubg it, we ought tc
have done? ‘
la candor, l submit sir, was
| sue.i ■ Mitjraj'ous conduct ever upon
enacted or beard of? cau it be •ex
petted that a flee people will sub
mit to be tun i treated! timuufy lent
idy 1 can imagine that will correct
the wrong is to N»!y the mailer up
on the JJ ss. Kx'. G oil. and e. them
call a new convention, upon wit icn
I the ft tends of I he var ous compel i
tors at least have a hearing, so far
as this county is concerned, let it
be tin derstood that vve mu he uo,
attack (athough it was publicly ala
' ted to some of tii e successful dele.
gates that the nominee did not
I wan , or ask for any democrat ie sots
| from the counties of Moure, Bladen
l or Cumberland) thtvhgU tas before
| stated is to be made inside of the
j lie uiocratiic Party, and we can set
| tie it, partly quarrels aiways should
! bo, among! ourselve.q 0U •'»*de have
uotliirg lo do with if;
take uo comfort or eneouiagemeut,
they uec;|
may seef^ to
ess hope, a
at what tn. ir distance ,
them, or they doubl
pioiuonitioi) of Kiri, out of which
they hopo to m. k<* part propit
capital: ohr friends! (the enemy ,
♦day no 'such lat’emig unction to
their soullsl” It is a
puny tight
ahdas a party we can and jsi.ih
light rt oat among ouw lvi s. But
at the same time l would remind
who perpetrated, au;»jl seemed to
idelight in the perpetration of this
! wrong, tliiitit is just fucu wrong
conduct i.s this that gb c ajrgu
; meiit to the independent candidate
and" vole, that ilestioys that
strengthivv*.tii eh union and concen
trated, hauuoiiious action and el
fort would otherwise surely bring
; about: and wbicu it persisted ih
will result in actually ifuotabso
i lute party apathy, which it not only
i left to take care oi itself, will linai
‘ ' the disintegration oi
ly result in
jjauy party ,or society ©f uieu, toi
whatsoever purpose it may iiave
been organized. Lfi,
8uch cohjdnet brings about that
“division of the home” to be
followed by the swift1 liiltilmeiit of
11)!\ iue prophecy “it cahuot stand”
with such connections as tbar/of the
| 2Dth uit, the days of convent ins are
i|surely numbered, used as that out
was, piartic day the ban
:and the people now arh
say "* a a not the uld wj ay
-a scrub race tor ail.
da of a lew
begiuiujgfco
L;- best1
ihe.y uiau
who w auls to shod huv a i o4,eu field
Sl
,i lid a- tail* dgnt, til'd
OemVe the people, sonny
u l.viatmi ihci .£ *,
1 ain
Veiy liespeo.luliy.
t iio.ma.s U.
and or tail
upon
his
Sir.
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burner at
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s!km* Heel.
tieuiit-tlsvillee
Dinner at Sanford
lit and Passeugei Train
liiMimt'tsvdle Tuesdays,
iys uud Saturdays at, 2.3»
rrivmg at Slioe Heel at
in. and Fayetteville at S
Fayetteville
Thursday* and
I L Shoe fleet
ives at He
Leaves
days.
at 0.30 a. in
in., and arr
at 12 tii.
Freight and Passenger Train
North leaves Fayetteville DaiiV at
d a. in., (connecting at Sanford
with Freight and Passenger Trims
at Ualeigb), leaves Sfutjfofdj at
11.30 a. io., and ar>ive* '.at Greei *
boro at 3.40'p. in.
Leaves (D ei nd>oro Daily at 5 a.
in., leaves Sanford at 11. 15 4. m.f
4,id arrives at Fayettevilo at
j.#o i*. in. ■ • i", AM \' -
,J:;o.'M. K<oe, W. }[. s. ries*.
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