Campaign Edition.
DURHAM, N. C, AUG. 19th, 1884.
Price 25cts.
WE DECLINE.
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Every mail brings to us letters ur-
to investigate on its
iie truth of the shocking
char
ging The Sun
own account t
I scandals that affect the persona
j acter of the Democratic candidate for
President.
I All of these requests come from Dem
ocrats, some from Democrats promi
nent at their respective homes. Some
of the correspondents arc old personal
friends of ours. They express as a
general thing -willingness to accept
the result of our investigation as final
in determining the question of Mr.
Cleveland's fitness or unfitness.
1 We must respectfully decline to un
dertake the task.
. If The Sun jwere in any way or in
any degree responsible for the selection
of the candidate, our sense of duty to
the Democracy might lead us to a dif
ferent decision. New-York Sun.
SOMETHING LOCAL.
We understand that M. E. McDow
ell Esq., of the BlackwelPs Durham
Tobacco Co., said publicly while" here
last week, "I am a democrat but I
shall vote for filaine. I have just re
turned from the Pacific coast : Cleve
land is hardly jknowri there, nor do we
hear anything of him in Philadelphia
papers.
except through the
Blaine and Business.
CIVIL RIGHTS.
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There never was a greater "bug
u
Its
bear"
in politics than the. interpretation the
v Democrats seek to place upon .ques
tion of "civil rights." We intend to
deal with the matter fairly and as the
very best definition of tlie termj any
where to be found, and the one univer-
"sally accepted, aside from partisan
purposes, we give the definition as de
scribed by Blackstone the great (Com-
.mon law Commentator, viz; "the right
of personal security : the 'right of per
sonal liberty: and the right of private
property." There is nothing in this
true political definition that North
Carolina has not granted all her' citi
zens years ago and which they are in
full enjoyment of to-day : !Any attempt
to turn and twist and distort the term
"civil rights" to include knore or less
than the definition above quoted is
sure to meet with failure. That is the
definition the Courts put upon it and
it must bo so accepted.
POLITICAL SMALL TALK.
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spots, but the
' The leopard cannot change bis
three-card !monte man canj
Massachusetts democrats estimate that Butler
will poll 40,000 votes in that State that would
otherwise go to Cleveland!
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John Kellcy's silenoe is not of the golden or
der. Thtre is a sort of cast-iron flavor about it
which renders it very imposing. -Philadelphia
Press.
Senator Voohhees will open the Democratic
campaign in Indiana. We are not advised wheth
er he willfdo it with prayer or a bung starter.
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; Cael Schukz threatens to leave the country
if Blaine its elected. If any man
wants a better
reason than this for voting against Cleveland he
is mighty hard to suit- '. .
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. Since Iircell took to the woods a good many
other Democrats are beginning tp look around
for some place to get in out of the rain. Bing-
hamton Republican, i :i .
to be enjoying
see-saw plank.
Mr. Dana and Mr. Kelly seem
life on opposite ends of the same
Philadelphia Times, f
A Southern Democrat says that the Democrat-!
ic ticket Las no head. Oh, well, fit has a neck,
and Mr.
ber. .
Blaine will put a head on it in Novem
Mr. Beech er is almost satisfied that the char-
i i - .i
ges against Cleveland's: morality are slanderous.
"Why," le indignantly exclaims, "Cleveland is
as innocent as I am V '--Pittsburg Dispatch,
The New Yrk Sun j is supporting Cleveland
after the manner in which, the old woman is said
to have kept tavern. St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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The Republican party is going to pieces like a
chunk of lime in a rain-storm.- Cincinnati En
quirer. Pshaw ! Lime isn' t good until it has been
wet; and een then it makes it hot for the man
that meddles with it a the; Republican party will
for Cleveland. i
Mr. Birnum as the chief manager of the ''Re
form" canvass. This has turned the stomachs
of some fof the Free Trade Dependents. But
they cannot afford to be j squeamish. Whoever
ships wUh the Democratic party for a Presiden
tial voyage must have a strong stomach, or else
sit near ihe rail and keep! quiet.
The Republicans are still trusting that the
Democrats will give them: the victory once more
by - making their usual blunder. Louirfrille
Courier-journal, r . j .:
Not any longer. The Democrats have already
"gone and done it, for this year.
The campaign roorback that Jim Blaine work
ed all one Sunday, when a boy to earn a quarter
to ret into a circus, will not do him any harm.
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LiUle Steve Cleveland would have crawled in
under the canvas, and, if necessary, can be shown
to have done so. New Tork Star.
Congressman Bisbee, of Florida, said: "Blaine's
letter of acceptance is a grand document. Noth
ing could be better. It is a burst of sunshine
It is not a burst either, that will last for a weeli
or ten days. Ie is bright enough to last forever."
With a praiseworthy regard for cold facts The
Macon Telegraph remarks : In its present con
ditibn the Independent party isNnot formidable
to Mr. Blaine's prospects nor promising to Mr.
Cleveland's fortunes.' ' Its 'presenfcond ition' '
can never be improved; Judge, Iloarsverdict
that it was born c ead will never need revision.
'" Seven thousanc . barrels of whiskey were, tle
stroyed by fire t ie other day. j Henry Wattersott
considers such a conflagration, right in the be
ginning of a c iropaign, when the Democratic
party was about to brace itself for victory, noth
ing less than a great political calamity.
There are
NO CLASS LEGISLATION.
many fair-minded men
men who have little time or
inclina
tion to study the science of govern
ment, who pave become possessed of
the idea that laws are being passed
discriminatin
Such is not
States Govesrni
Government treats all
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between the races.
he case. The United
ent as also every State
persons as cit
izens, excepting Indians and Chinees
All laws passed, bear equally upon
the citizen There is no law for
whites as j ga inst blacks, but every
one is amei iable to the same law. It
cannot fav r t ie one clasp at the ex
pense of the other. What affects one
affects all. There is no more distinc
tion made by law or regulation among
citizens, than
of tobacco
The farmeri who thinks his tobacco
pon our warehouse floors.
here is among the sales
quality as to cover
till it is about to be
of
it
6f-
places
it in the ware-
such superior
with blankets
fered for sale,
house upon the
blest colored farmer
tobacco to the! main
judgment of experienced buyers. Tho
law is supreme, it knows neither class
or individuals. It deals only with cit
izen's.
same terms as the hutn-
who trusts his
i .1 ... . t
chance and the
It ireats all alike;
. Judge Bynum denies that he lias
said he cannot i support Yoek. Ho
spoke ' kindly of Gen. Scales but aid
not expressjan intention to support him.
While not actively engaged in politics
he gives notice of his adherence to the
Republicar Party, i i 1 !
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