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- 4 Leading Paper ; INTUF YELLOW TOBACCO DISTRICT- Largest Circulation BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. o- o- $2.00 a Year;6 Mos.fi.oo. " Crozlizsta, Heaven's Blessings -A-TTzeistid Heb." Til VI) II- MANNING, k liturand Lrop r. IJTlsr:ilIlT10N HENDERSON, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 18SS. VOL. VII. NO. 38. - - - - - - .- ! ames rv . B ombound i wUfHS Nervous Prostration, Nervout Neuralgia, Ncrvou t- Headache, Weakness, Stomach and Liver Diseases, Rheumatism, Dyspepsia, and all affections of the Kidneys, VZAK NERVES I'a:. r.'H CTujiy Cojipoi'nd is a Nerve Toni wit. eh never faiU Containing Celery and Co.-u, Uw?e wo!n hrful stimulants, it speed ily earti all nervous dliordcrs. RHEUMATISM Cf.i.kry C'ompound purifies the blood. It drives out the lactic acid, which CL-.a-cs !:!; urac.tis:n. ainl restores the blood making or-fAns to a healthy condition. The true rcu-t-'iy fur Rheumatism. KSDMEY COMPLAINTS Punk's d.'i inv Coiii-otrND quickly restores lh'; liver mill kidneys to pcrfeK health. 'J'hi! curr.tive .;wr combined with its rvo torncj, iakes it tiio beat remedy y a.' ki lm y conii.lji'iits. j YSPEPSIA iV.iN-n's Cr.i.i.iiY C,Mr-oCNi strengthens the tt'r.iarh, un'i tiicts tlit norvosof tho diges tive r(;a;is. This U vhy it cures even the r. t.M-,-:t vnM!?t of lys;.ti-iia. COWSTiPAT.ON Paink's Celekv Cojipocnd is not a Cathar tic. It is a laxative, giving easy and nutural action to the IavcIs. Itegularity turely fol lows its use. KeconuDotadel by professional anil business men. Send for book. Price $1.00. Bold by Drufrgists. WELLS, RICHARDSON & CO., Prop's BURLINGTON. VT. FACTS THAT ARE Worth Remembering. "Mint ;i policy of Lift Insurance afford rca.lv iiii'iii-v ;t v;i i bible for t lit wants of a family ill t!ie event of the death of the policy-holder, and that the money collected from tin-policy is often the. only funds at the immediate command of the family. Th;t the proceeds of a policy of Life surt nee w'tl I often aid an executor or In- ad- ministrator in I he settlement of an estate anil prevent an nnfu voi able sale of prop erty to discharge the debts of the deceased. -:o:- Th.it forced sales of property by executors or administrators do not always bring the best results, and that any arrangement which will prevent Mich sales until the piopertv can be sold for its value is very desirable. :o: That the proceeds of a policy of Life In surance can be used to pay liens against property w hich may exist in the event of the death of the owner. :o:- That policies in favor of a wife or a wife and children are protected by a special statue of the tate against the claims of creditors or representatives of the husband. -:o:- Tint a policv of Life Insurance mnd livable to a wif, can be eollecrr.l W n, wife without the intervention f tov ur administrator. :o:- For rates and farther informnt to ion apply JAMES R YOUXtt, A OEXT, ruiuible Assurance Society, Henderson, N". c. AV. COG HILL, CONTRACTOR AXD BUILDER, HENDERSON, N. C. Est i mates for the erect an.l orders for t,;;, "J' . :l V "llul .'- sell -.11 .":' V' owciteu. I will licb.iJ-1 c 1 FROM AIR. CLEVELAND. The President's Letter Accept ing the Iienomination. HIS OPINIONS SET FORTH. , He Speaks at Length of Important Campaign Issnes. High Tariff anil the Surplus He Says, "We Have Kntered Upon No Crusade of Free Trade" Concerning Unrestricted Immigration A Word About "Trusts." He Urges Immediate Action. Washington, Sept. 0. The following is the president's letter of acceptance: Washington, Sept. 8, lass. The Hon. Patrick A. Collins and Others, Committee, etc. I Gentlemen In addressing to you my formal acceptance of the nomination to the presidency of the United States, my thoughts persistently dwell upon the impressive rela tion of such action to the American people whose confidence is thus invited, and to the political iarty to which I belong, just enter ing upon a contest for continued supremacy. The world does not afford a spcctaclo more sublime than is furnished when millions of free and intelligent American citizens select their chief magistrate, and bid one of their number to find the highest earthly honor and the full measure cf public duty in ready sub mission to their will ' It follows that a candidate for this high office can never forget that whrn the turmoil and the strife which attend the selection of its incumbent shall le heard no more, there must in the quiet calm whieh follows a complete and solemn self consecration by the people's chosen president of every faculty and en deavor to the service of a confiding and gen erous nation of freemen. These thoughts are intensified by tho light of my experience in the presidential office, which has solxrly impressed me with tho severe responsibilities which it imposes, while it has quickened my love for American inst i tut ions and taught me tho priceless value of the trust of my countrymen. It is of the highest importance that those who administer our government should jeal ously protect and maintain the rights of American citizens at home and abroad, and fchouH strive to achieve for our country her proper place among the nations of the earth; but there is no people whose home interests are so great and whose numerous objects of domestic concern dese rve so much watchful ness and care. Among these are the regulation of a sound financial system suited to our needs, thus se curing an efficient agency of national wealth and general prosjx rity; the construction and equipment of means of defense to insure our national safety and maintain the honor le ncath which such national safety reposes; the protection of our national domain still stretch ing beyond the needs of a century's expansion, and its preservation for the settler and the pioneer of our marvelous growth; a sensible and sincere recognition of tho value of Ameri can lalxr, leading to the scrupulous care and just appreciation of the interests of our work ingmon ; the limitation and checking of such monopolistic tendencies and schemes as in terfere with the advantages and benefits which the ieoplo may rightly claim; a generous re gard and care for our surviving soldiers and sailors, and for the widows and orphans of such as have died, to the end that w hile the appreciation of their services and sacrifices is quickened, the application of their pension fund to improjier cases may bo prevented; protection against a servile immigration, which injuriously compete with our lalior ing men in tho field of toil and adds to to our iopuhition an element ignorant of our institutions and laws, mqwssible of assimilation with our ix'ople and danger ous to our peace and welfare; a strict and steadfast adherence to the principles of civil service reform and a thorough execution of the laws passed for their enforcement, thus Iemutting to our jioople the advantages of business methods in the oj)eration of their government; he guarantee to our colored cit izens of all their rights of citizenship, and their just recognition and encouragement in all things jertainmg to that relation; a firm, patient and humane Indian policy, so that in peaceful relations with the government the civilization of the Indian may be promoted, with resulting quiet and safety to the settlers on our frontiers; and tho curtailment of pub lic expense by the introduction of economical methods in every department of the govern ment. The pledges contained in the platform adopted by the late convention of the national Democracy lead to the advancement of these objets, and insure good government the as piration of every true American citizen, and - - J - -..V M. IVUU l-ll Cllit l the motive for eveiy patriotic action and ef- fort. In the consciousness that much has been done in the direction of food cnivwn ment by the present administration, and sub mitting its record to the fair inspection of my countrymen. I endorse the platform thus presented, w ith the determination that if I am again called to the chief magistracy there shall Ik- a continuance of devotd endeavor to advance the interests of the entire country. Our stale c f federal taxation and its couse-quem-es largely e: gross at this time the afc- tenaon ot ci r cizeiis, and th izeiis, ana tne pecpie are 6ot -ny 11 insider of relief. necessity of measures ( ear oveni;r.onT i tb ..t;., t, 1 pie. . . abashed o Clirrv out thrfr AvAzas aaJ aci-ouiphsh tluir good. It was founded on justice, and was made for a free, intelligent and virtuous j hi .pie. It is only useful when withm their control, and only scrv. s them well when regulated and guided bv their con stant touch. It is a free government, because it guarantees to every American citizen the ; unrestricted ivrsonal nse and enjovrneiit of j all the reward of his toil and of all his income, except what may be his fair contribution to" j necessary public expense. Therefore it is not j :rdy the right but the duty of a free people, j in the enforcement of this "guarantee, to insist j.that such expense should be strict.lv limited 10 .ne actual public needs. It seems i-rfoetly olear that when the government, this instru . mentality created and maintained by the peo ple to do their bidding, turns upon them, and through an utter i-rveiion of its powers, ex torts lroui their labor ani capital tribute largely hi excess of public necessities, the creature has rebelled against the creator and the masters are robbed by their servants. Xhe itisst of the lyernmvjit nirist ei.ntiuue tq laTniet Kytaritr uuties collected at our cus- I torn Liustsi ujKn imixjrted goods, and by in ternal revenue taxes a.sessed upon spirituous and malt liquors, tobacco and oleomargarine. I suppose it is needless to explain that all these duties and assessments are added to the price of the articles upon wliich tlny vre ! leviwd, and thus lecome a tax upon all tliuae who buy these articles for use and consump tion. I suppose, too, it is weU understood that the effect of this tariff taxation is not limitxl to the consumers of imported articles. but tLat the duties iJnposed upon such aiti- cles permit a corresponding increitse in pi ice to ln laid upon domestic productions of tlw sanio kiuil, which iivcreae, paid by all our Ieople and consumers of homo productions and entering every American home, consti tutes a form of taxation as certain and as in evitable as though the amount was annually paid into the hand of the tax gatherer. These results are inseparable from the plan W3 have adopted for the collection of our revenue by tariff duties. They are not men tioned to discredit the system, but by way of preface to the statement that every million of dollars collected at our custom houses for duties upon imported articles and paid into the public treasury represent many millions more which, though never reaching the national treasury, are paid by our citizens as the increased cost of domestic productions re sulting from our tariff laws. In these cir cumstances, and in view of this necessary effect of the operation of our plan for raising revenue, the absolute duty of limiting the rate of tariff charges to the necessities of a frugal and economical administration of the gov ernment seem to be perfectly plain. The continuance, upon a pretext of meeting public expenditures, of such a scale of tariif taxation as draws from the substance of tho people a sum largely in excess of public needs is surely sometliing which under a government based uion justice, and which finds its strength and usefulness in the faith and trust of the people, ought not to be tolerated. While the heaviest burdens incident to the necessities of the government are uncomplain ingly borne, light burdens become grievous and intolerable when not justified by such necessities. Unnecessary taxation is unjust taxation. And yet this is cur condition. We are annually collecting at our custom houses and by means of our internal revenue taxa- tion many millions in excess of all legitimate public needs. As a consequence there now remains in the national treasury a surplus of more than 1 :W,0M,0GU No better evidence could be furnished that the people are exorbitantly taxed. The ex tent of the superfluous burden indicated by this surplus will be better appreciated when it is suggested that such surplus alone repre sents taxation aggregating more than 108, 000 in a comity containing 50,000 inhabitants. Taxation has always been the feature of organized government the hardest to recon cile with the people's ideas of freedom and hap piness. When presented in a direct form nothing will arouse jxpular discontent more quickly7 and profoundly than unjust and un necessary taxation.. Our farmers, mechanics, lal Hirers and ail our citizens closely scan tho slightest increase in the taxes assessed upon their lands and other property, and demand good reasons for such increase. And yet they seem to be expected in some quarters to re gard the unnecessary volume of insidious and indirect taxation visited .upon them by our present rate of tariff duties with indiffer ence,, if not with favor. The surplus revenue now remaining in the treasury not only furnishes conclusive proof of unjust taxation, but its existence consti tutes a scixirate and independent menace to the prosperity of the people. This vast accu mulation of idle funds represents that much money drawn from the circulating medium of the country, which is needed in tho chan nels of trade and business. It is a great mistake to suppose that the consequences which follow the continual with drawal and hoarding by the government of the currency of the people are not of imme diate importance to the mass of our citizens, and only concerns those engaged in largo financial transactions. In the restless enterprise and activity which free and ready money among the people pro duces, is found that opportunity for labor and employment and that impetus to business and production which bring in their train prosperity to our citizens in every station and vocation. New ventures, new investments in business and manufacture, the construction of new and important works and the enlarge ment of enterprises already established, de pend largely upon obtaining money upon easy terms with fair security; and all these things are stimulated by an abundant volume of circulating medium. Even the harvested ; grain of the farmer remains without a market i unless money is forthcoming for its move I ment and transportation to the seaboard. ! Tho first result of a scarcity of money I among the people is the exaction of sovero terms for its use. Increasing distrrst and ; timidity is followed by a refusal to loan or 1 advance on any terms. Investors refuse all j risks and decline all securities, and in a gen eral fright the money still hi the hands oi the people is persistently hoarded. It is quite apparent that when this perfectly natural, i? i not inevitable, stage is reached, depression in all business and enterprise will, as a necessary ' 'l..lS-. X 1 J consequence, lessen the opportunity for work and employment, and reduce salaries and the wages of labor. Instead, then, of being exempt from the in fluence and effect of an immense surplus lying idle in the national treasury, our wage earners and others who rely upon their labor for sup- port are most of all directly concerned in the situation. Others seeing the approach of flan- i ger may provide against it, but it will find I those depending upon their daily toil for ! bread unprepared, helpless and defenseless. Such a state of affairs does not present a caso ! of idleness resulting from disputes between ! the laboring man and his employer, but il I produces an absolute and enforced stoppage of employment and wages. 1 In reviewing the bad effects of this accumu- i lated surplus and the scale of tariff rates by which it is produced, we must not overlook I the tendency toward gross and scandalous j public extravagance which a congested treas- : arv induces, nor the fact that we are main- taining, without excuse, in a time of profound ix iW suustantiany lue iwe mo" uiiti imposed in time of war. when the necessities of the government justified the iuipositimi oi the weightiest burdens upon the people. Divers plans have been suggested for the re turn of this accumulated surplus to the people and the channels of trade. Some of these de vices are at variance with all rules of good finance some are delusive, s me are absurd, and some betray by their reckless extra va- ganco the denn reiizing influence of a great ourplns of public money upon the judgments of individuals. While such efforts should be made as are consistent w ith public duty and sanctioned by sound judgment to avoid danger by the use ful dis-ios-rii'ii jf iliesurolus nuw reinaining in theTreasury, it Isevl-hi that if its tribution were accompli-hod another accumu lation would soon take its place if the con stant flow of redundant income was not checkad at its source by a reform in our pres ent tariff laws. We do not propose to deal with these condi tions by merely attempting to satisfy the pjople of the truth of abstract theories nor by alone urging their assent to political doc trine. We present to them the propositions that they are unjustly treated in the extent of present Federal taxation, that as a result a condition of extreme danger exists, and that it isJor them to demand a l xvuedy and that defense and safety proni'Ld in the guar antees of their free government. We believe that the sama means which are adopted to relieve the treasury of its present surplus and prevent its recurrence should cheapen to our people tho cost of supplying their daily wants. Both of these objects we seek in part to gain by reducing the present tariff rates upon the necessaries of life. We fully appreciate the importance to the country of our domestic industrial enter prises. In the rectification of existing wrongs their maintenance and prosperity .should be carefully and in a friendly spirit considered. Even such reliance upon present revenue ar rangements as liave been invited or encour aged should le fairly and justly regarded. Abrupt and radical changes which might en danger such enterprises, and injuriously affect the interests of iabor dependent upon their success and continuance, are not contemplated or intended But we know the cost of our domestic man ufactured products is increased, and their price to the consumer enhanced by the duty imposed upon the raw material used hi their manufacture. We know that this increased cost prevents the sale of our productions at forei, eign markets in comjetition with those ; ntries which have the advantage of free r material. We lino w that, confined to a countr raw home market, our manufacturing oreratio:is are curtailed, their demand for lalvjr irrdgu lar, and the rate of wages aid uncertain. We pro'ose, therefore, to stimulate our do mestic industrial enterprises by freeing from duty the imported raw materials, which by the employment of labor are used in our home manufactures, thus extending the mar kets for their sale, and permitting an in- creased and steady production, with the al lowance of abundant profits. True to the undeviating course of the Demo cratic party, we will not neglect the interests of labor and our workingmen. In all efforts to remedy existing evils we will furnish no excuse for the loss of employment or tho re duction of the wage of honest toil. On the contrary, we propose in aiyy adjustment of our revenue laws to concede such encourage ment and advantage to the employers of domestic labor as will easily compensate for any difference tliat may exist between the standard of wages which should be paid to our laboring men and the rate allowed in other countries. Wo promise, too, by extending the markets for our manufacturers, to promote the steady employment of laior, while by cheapen h-.g the cost of the necessaries of life v.e increase tho purchasiVig iwwer of the j workingman's wages and add to the comforts of his home. And bef ore passing from this phase of the question, I am constrained to express the opinion that, while the interests of labor should be always sedulously regarded in any modification of our tariff laws, an addi tional and more direct and efficient protec tion to these interests would be afforded by the restriction and prohibition of the immi gration or importation of laborers from other countries who swarm upon our short's, having no purpose or intent of becoming our fellow citizens or acquiring any permanent interest in our country, but who crowd every field of employment with unintelligent lalmr at wages which ought not to satisfy those who make claim to American citizenship. The platform adopted by the late national convention of our party contains tho follow ing declaration : Judpd by Democratic principles, the inter ests of tho peop:e are betrayed when, by un necessary taxation, trusts and combinations are permitted and fostered, whreb, while unduly en riching the few that combiue, rob the body of our citizens by depriving them as purchasers oi the benefits of natural competition.. Such combinations have always been con demned by the Democratic party. The de claration of its national convention is sin cerely made, and no member of our party will be found excusing the existence or belit tling the pernicious results of these devices to wrong the people. Under various names they have been punished by the common law for hundreds of years, and they have lost ine of their hateful features because they have assumed the name of trusts instead of conspiracies. We believe tliat these trusts are tho nat ural offspring of a market artificially re stricted ; that an inordinarily high tariff, sides furnishing the temptation for their ex istence, enlarges the limit within which they may operate against the xpie, and thus in creases the extent of their power for wrong doing. With an unalterabl-j hatred of all such schemes, we count the checking of their lmleful operations among tho good results premised by revenue reform. While we cannot avoid partisan misrepre- ' - ""S, s- . L sentation, our jositioii upon the question of revenue reform should be so plainly state 1 as to admit of no misunderstanding. H e have entered udoh no crusade of free trade. Tho reform we seek to inaugurate is predicated upon the utmost care for established in dustries and enterprises, a jealous regard for tho interests of Amerieau labor, and a sincere desire to relieve the country from the injus- tice and dinger of a condition which. threatens evil to all the people of the land. We are dealing with no imaginary danger. Is existence has been repeatedly eon f ess 1 by all jolitieal parties, and pledges of a remedy have txvu made on all sid-s. Yet when in the legislative body, where under the Cortsti- tut ion all remedial measures applicable to this subject must originate, the Imocratic majority w ere attempting with extreme mod- eration to redeem the pledge common to both parties, they were met by determined opposi- tion and obstruction, and the minority, re- fusing to co-operate in tho house of repre- sent ativts or propose another redemedy, have remitted the redemption of their party pledge to the doubtful power of the senate. The people will hanlly be deceived by their abandonment of the field of legislative action U meet in political convention and flippantly declare in their party platform that our con servative and careful effort to relieve the sit uation is destructive to the American svstem oi protection. -or wu tne peopie oe misiea by the appeal to prejudice contained in the absurd allegation that we serve the interests of Europe while they, will support the inter- ests of America. They propose in their platform to thus sup port the interests of our country by removing the internal revenue tax from tobacco and from spirits usM in the arts and for mcchaa- ital purposes. They declare, also, that There should be such a revision of our tariff laws as shall tend to cheek the importation of such articles as are produced here. Thus, in pro posing to increase the duties upon such articles to nearly or quite a prohibitory point, they confess themselves willing to travel backward in the road of civilization and to deprive our peojjle of the markets for their goods, which can only le gained and kept by the semblance, at least, of an interchange of business, while they abandon our consumers to the unre strained oppression of the domestic trusts and combinations which are in the same platform perfunctorily condemned They propose further to release entirely from import duties all articles of foreign pro duction except luxuries, the like of which can not be produced in this country. The plain people of the land and the poor, who scarcely use articles of any description produced ex clusively abroad and not already free, will find it difficult to discover where their inter ests are regarded in this proposition. They need in then- homes cheinr domestic neces saries; and this seems to be entirely unpro vided for in this proposed scheme to serve thd country. Small compensation for this neglected need is found in the further purpose here an nounced and covered by the declaration that after the changes already mentioned there still remains a larger revenue than is requi site for the wants of the goverumant, tho en tire internal taxation should be repealed "rather than surrender any part of our pro tective system." Our people ask reiief from the undue and unnecessary burden of tariff taxation now resting upon them. They are offered free tobacco and free whisky. They ask for bread and they are given a stone. Tho implication contained in this party de claration, that desperate measures are justi- tied or necessary to save from destruction or surrender wliat is termed our protective sys- tern, should confuse no one. The existence of such a system is entirely consistent with tho regulation of the extent to whieh it should be applied and the correction of its abuses. Of course in a country as great as ours, with such a woiiderful variety of interests, I often lealiug in entirely different directions, it is difficult, if not impossible, to settle upon 1 a perfect tariff p!an. Byt in accomplishing the reform we have entered upon, the neces sity of which is so obvious, I believe we should not be ojntent with a reduction of revenue involving the prohibition of impor tations and the removal of the internal tax uion whisky. It can be better and more safely done withi a the lines of granting ac tual relief to the people of their means of living, and at the same time giving an im petus to our domastic enterprises and further ing our national welfare. If misrepresentations of our purposes and motives are to gain credence and defeat our present effort in ;his direction, there seems to be no reason why every endeatr hi the future to accomplish revenue reform should not bo likewise attacked and with like result. And yet no thoughtful man can fail to see in tho continuance of the present burdens of the people, and the abstraction by the govern ment of the currency of the country, inevit able distress and disaster. All danger will be averted by timely action. The difficulty of applying the remedy will never be less, and the blame should not be laid at the door of the Democratic party if it is applied too late. With firm faith in the intelligence and patriotism of our countrymen, and relying upon the conviction that misrepresentation will not influence them, prejudice will not cloud their understanding , and that menace will not intimidate them, let us urge the peo- pie's interest and public : duty for the vindica- tion of our attempt to inaugurate a righteous and beneficent reform. Guover Cleveland. COUNTY GOVERNMENT. The people knew full well what they were doing when they ratified the amendment giving power to the Leg islature to fix the county government as it pleased, and the Legislature knew full well what it was doing when it exercised that power and enacted the present system ; and the question now is, as it was in 1876, in 1878, in 1880, in 1882, in 1884 and in 1886, wheth er the white people of North Carolina prefer the Canby system of county government, or that under which their lore tamers enjoyea peace ana pros- perity for nearly a hundred years. The Canby system means negro rule and extravagant expenditure; the system j force negro rule on white men; with no of our forefathers means white man's j immigrants coming in; with good citi rule and economical goverment. j zens leaving to seek homes where white Choose ye, white people of North men rule white men; with firm after Carolina, between them, but betore ! farm thrown upon the market only you choose, it may be well enough for ! to find no purchaser, except at a you to pause and consider: j terrible sacrifice; with bad blood en- 1. What the North Carolina system gendered between the races, does any is worth to the negro counties in the man suppose that these negro counties O A .b ate. j 2. What worth to the Democraeic party, and 1. What thev are worth to the tax - payers of the State. W nat then is the value of the tern ? sys- There are twenty-seven counties in 'goverment in two years irsonal prop the State that either now have negro ; erty in the negro counties depreciated majorities or will have negro majorties j 15 per tent- of its value; that is to say, at the next census at the present rate ' in 1878 it was worth 53,489,629 less of increase of the two races. than it was in 1876. On the other 1. The records shows that under the ! hand; in two years under the present three years of Democratic rule, thene-1 system personal property in these gro county expenses were $3 14,5 94 less j counties went up 14 per cenL ; that is than under the three years preceding j to say, in 1880 it was worth $2,815, under the Canby system. And not I 466 more than it was worth in 1878. only this, but the Democrats, with that much less money, paid $266,198 of the advantages to him as a tax of former county indebtedness; and j payer of the present system over the not only this, but they brought county i Canby system of county government ? orders "and county obligations gen- j And does not every tax-payer know erally from their various stages of ! that if the east, by reason of depre shamcful depreciation up to par, so I ciation in property, pays less taxes, that they have since been almost uni versally worth dollar for dollar. 2. But what are the negro counties worth to the Democratic party? The total white vote of these twenty seven counties, according to the last census, was 51,031, or twenty-seven percent, of the possible white vote of the State. The vote cast for Scales in these counties, and it was al! white, was 45,424, that is to say 90 per cent., or more than nine-tenths of the white men in the negro counties. In the white counties of the State only 70 per cent., or seven-tenths of the white ra?n, voted for him, that is to say one fifth less. In other words, if the white men of the negro counties had voted, ac cording to their strength, no better than the wliite men in the white coun ties voted, according to their strength, Scales' majority would have Ken only 10,000 votes. Whereas, had the white men in the white counties voted as well as the white men in the negro counties his majority would have been more than 50,000. Why this is so, any thinking man may see at a glance. The white man in the negro county realizes fully the importance of going to the polls and casting his vote in the State election. It is only in the State election that his vote counts, and he knows he must make himself felt somewhere if he would get relief from the Legislature. Deprive him of this relief and you will take from him the inducement to vote the Democratic ticket with the zeal that he does vote it. Send him back to negro rule, with the knowledge that -f - th TVninrritir mr, tu1t c 3 . ' . , L",Jt-"11 Pariy "t sends I nml back LlUS cutting him OiT from all hope in the future, and you certainly I cannot expect him to go to the polls j any better than his brethren do in other countries in the State, and then j and then, what can you depend on especially in "off years"? Jarvis' majority in 1SS0 was only 6,237. Bennett's was not 1,000. Are we ready to risk the surrender of our State elections to the Republi cans? If not, then we must not send our brethren of the negro counties back to negro rule. We do not say that the white men there will join the Republican party, tut we do say that they will have no more inducements to go to the polls and vote than white men elsewhere have, and not as much. There, nine-tenths of the white men vote the Democratic ticket; elsewhere only seven-tenths. See difference and count the cost, before voting to change the present system of county goverment, for it is the hope of holding that sys tem that makes the .white men of the East vote so well. Let every man who considers the success of the Democratic party essen- tial to prosperity in ISorth Carolina ponder well these things, for so far as facts an(J fi can h j 0 J ' ascendency ot the Democratic party m iSortn Carolina has depended upon the protection it affords to its white voters in the negro counties. What the future has in store remains to be seen. 3. But what are these negro counties worth to the tax-payers of the State? The whole amount of taxes levied j for the last fiscal year was in round j numbers $543,000. Of this amount j the twenty-seven negro counties, that is to say the white people ot those counties, paid $209, 000, much more than one-third of the whole amount, that is to say, over 38 per cent, of the whole amount. With bad county government in the negro counties, with heavy levies of taxes and extravagant expenditures; ; with the unsettled, disturbed condition j of society sure to follow the effort to I can contiue to pay their present pro these negro counties are ; portion of the State taxes? Property must decrease, values must diminish, ' and taxes with them, and the other j parts of the State must make up the : loss. under the Canby system of county j Does any one wish for plainer proof mat tne centre ana nest must mate up the difference? We say, therefore, that before any man votes to return to the Canby sys tem of county government, it will - be well very well for htm to pause and consider all these things. Democratic HaiiA '-book of Worth Cat alina Politics, Wiil Color Qr.a to Fcur Founds Of Dress Goods. 1 FOR 4 wi BO Garments, TT V- . i xurns, xvags.ctc. J CENTS. A Child can use them! The PUREST, STRONGEST and FASTEST cf all iye. Warrinii ! K I've ihp n-ost pood, tJ Civc the bct color. 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Henderson Gold Leaf (Henderson, N.C.)
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