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n hen 1 }]••!'*• wi *• a •! l ;»ii**'* t 1 »
)MJI ID. ;i ml wh.'li t ht'iv X\ »*P'
(>t h.-f- • juall \ y. lii
«_»*;t[•i to th'* ipmstion ot a
j»r«il J v»» t;irill it must !»•
]•.-j i.M-t ;i I »1" to !>•' i !_f 11« > Ii 1 lit
lor i> lull of this
inf »j ni;111« »n >r >t t h»* x\«>rst
kind ot )i \ j M)C|";M'V . \vlii« ii is
uoi'M*. It' I In- founders of
this ♦*r 11111* *n t. —th»* tra
11j♦ •rs ot t h* i orisll MI t ion.
)t;i' 1 'i l ■ ts x\ i*»♦' I. ) stat IS
-111; 11 i ( ) iioU | »r»'t«'lid to S»M>.
it is clt'.i r t h;i t t lwiv n'VT
xvoiih| ha v* IM-cn aliy j>lll>l i"
|•(»t. In h« i j»:i t ri« >T s >t" 7*'»
11; I 1 ON! \ 11;I I" »1 IS«*♦ *RII 111«*T11
'•IK I I IJJ 1 I to i ;11i z« * that a
j«n »t eel i \ 1;i riflw onM riv;> t
a surplus in th«» I n'jisnry.
;t in) li.nl >| M'cjtic;i 11y jmt it in
t ]i♦ • M i-1 it lit ion f h;i t nil t In*
1.1 rll h-r- ; 111 i piior j>♦ » >}» l♦'
should 1 t a \«*i 1 i 11»• i«I'll ta I
ly through tin- oj »«>ra ti HI « >t"
a jir« it' !i\ tariff—lor tin'
ln-iH'tit i»I• i111".ti11 imlustri»\s."
i i \ ♦•!! to ; i hundred wars oM
a n«i upwards, and not wit li
st audi
ri i 11 ami hVt at »ria I. an» I i»n
--t» * r into co n >[i ira res—
-1 nis t > lor 111»• i*t »nn t inll
- impoverishing'ot thi'poor.
11 h'ii 11H♦' \voiihl licwr lm vc
Im•♦Ml ah'v 11♦ lot I'\i'ix> laws,
t ii-' Tiv.-isury would alwax s
ha \ «* (h'.'ii full with rich manu
t.i« t uriiiLi' lonccrns, tln» far
mers aml >t lirt s \\ h » hu v
1 lot In i s and usv t lu i nianula«'-
t ll ri'i l iz'i >O«l> i >f; hi' pr>t♦ MT♦ M 1
• 'orj M >ra t ions won Il ha v»>
I 'a ill tor it a!!. atnl I onirri'ss
uii'ii would hav»» had little
•'lsi' to think »f than who
N as tin' most daniivrous as
|• ira nt t >r th•• ir j>];'«v- 1 tut
now : hi> protrctiw ] >» l i« *\* is
;| i'l to IM> um-otiM it ut ional.
that it l»«'ars un»'t[iiallv on
t hi' jmu »r, and any • >tn' who
' t( ad s must lif asi oni t(»
how it i'iiti'l's ints* i»v»M'v
ijUi'stion and thi»"
pi'ouivs- of n.N'dfd l.'o-jsia
tion. Likra two »di:vd -word
hfld up 1» t ! lmiri'Mids or
•'. M'!liH• S(»; j w»m !i 11 ij U' ' o;i>
a- hojM's or fi'ars ar«- to ].♦•
;t ' '1 4 'ti. Senator \ ani-f
and man\ ot h,*r al»S>
lll»'!ll>ji!M)Si»ji ; »fo 11 '"' !\ i *■ t
a t ami tax or t.* I • •ai • o jll »j j (> t
thi' inti'rnal rrxvmm n> a
-'»•{' -owanis t i r:*T q-u,
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-:i-t aim-d 1»\ n*a- ui and « o:. ; .
mon M-nsi'. \ I i'ii ami nhh,.
nh].' n»»xvsjiap»»r> hav»» tri«'d
'o ridii-ul" this- positioi.
talkii.L " fr»*e whisky an*]
••dear blankets. shoes etc,
},;jt \ •']!■»• has reason. - m
inion ~■ 11 ■ ;111 i a knowledr«
( 4 ;i J-; f T p» rat ion> in }i is
.ip r ulli»• rjt that a ] >r»tti
» *;)! ;!? : ro I. Ib 11 s »rtation
and decree- revenue while
. a low tariff encourages im
!ort at i »n and increases rev
♦ ij1 1«•. lIIT doubtinir souls.
iii ' >i:i! ) who an* eit her
too ignorant or too coward
ly to think for themselves,
hiit aiv driven .about with
.•vry wind of political doc
t rin»\ ojijiosc t lie repeal of the
internal revenue lawsbecause
Sam Randall favors it. as
they fear in tlie interest of
hi- protective tariff views.
Randall may favor the re-
{ m*;11 as a patriot and favor
a protective tariff as a poli
tician. the one posit ion not
influenced or in any manner
connected with theother. but
ignorance is always suspi
' cious. And there no less a
man than Senator Coke of
Texas pretends to believe a
protective tariff" •' piles up a
vast ' surplus beyond the
needs of government." and
undertakes, on tliis fallacious
1 heory t(> just ifv liis opp»si
l ion to the Blair bill. If an v
pr«>tect ive tariff man adv)-
ca test he 1 'lair bill or t lie re
peal >t i lie internal revenue,
his ni>l ive is all ributed to
his desire t > J)erpet ua te 1 lie
protect ive taritf. Nearly all
the lradiiiLT Republicans fa
\>r ;i rej.♦ 11 of t lie internal
tax and it frightens half-wit
ted tariff reformers from
their prcviously expressed in
tent ion to repeal an odious
law. . 1 >emocratsha ve, as we
understand, always opposed
a protective tariff, but we
verily believe about half of
i hem are >nl v so in name,
* •
and it t he Republicans should
turn against protection the
poor unthinking creatures
would favor it. It really
seems to be onlv a liobbv.
Men who claim to be I)eino
cra ts oppose and favor it
and t lie same wit li Republi
cans. Men of hot h part ies
-ay the protective tariff in
ci*ca sc> t he revenue and pr >-
duces surplus, and men on
both sides say the reverse.
In t his st ate ot th imrs what
i- a ] m m >r uninh >rmed man t »
do ? Who must lie 1 relieve?
II to prove that all men
need educat i >n sufficient t >
re;id and t ieei i]e t heir act i Ills.
' l ' help in this We need \he
b.M ir i i]; . which we holiest I \
'" ' : '' k ' *II i« 4 111♦ *ll I>J>j M»C
''' '' •i 1 i — l ' 1 le V oppose Ull i
v> !•-;t i ed icat ion
Ib■ r ; i 111 ; i >:rau-. a drum
'"ti* V filletf >.">( I
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i m * 11.
M:c r V, W Hemming and the
Hon C, D w!. both recently of
Charlotte, Uv* forced a law p arl .
k m W*»L:ngton City.
" HucCt-MMful MiMlOlt."
I he Democratic Kxerntiv*
1 ommittee In .t in naViirh
some months ag"o and re
peated the demand of til*-
party to abolish the internal
i»• \*-tj ii ♦' tax. ami authorized
the chairman to appoint a
'* oinin ill e e of "visiting
statesmen " to ro to W'ash
. inrton and inst met >nr 'on
jrressmen in regard to said
demand. They went, and
t he pa per now before ns lie,ads
its report of tin- visit : •• Sue
cessiu] Missi>n." A monr the
" visit ing* statesmen we find
tin. 4 names of some who hold
office in tin* internal revenue
service. and in their interest,
we are bound to confess it a
•• successful mission, but in
the interest of the Democrat
ie ]»arty it was a failure, and
better not have been made.
Asa basis of reform ( '*) 111 ♦»
following* propositions are
reported as agreed on:
1. A modification of pun
ishment, and the substitu
tion of salaries for fees of
collectors.
12. A reduction of the bran
dy tax to t«'n cents.
•). A repeal of the tobacco
tax. except on ciiia *s.
ei tes and cheroots.
If the ir mission had been
in the interest >l" the dficers
and against the people, its
success could not have been
greater, and yet the dispatch
says •• t he irentlemen are all
delimited." A modification
of punishment relieves the
c(»unt ry >f m>t a sinirle Mine
Hot.tie," but makes more ra
ses for the court. A reduc
tion of the brandy tax to
ten cents keeps all the odi
(>us machinery of tlie svsteni
in full force overthecountrv.
furnishes its ]iiota of cases
in the Federal ' mrts, while
the tax would not pay the
costs of collection. A repeal
of the tobacco tax, with the
exceptions named, leaves the
abominations and dangers
the people have denounced
and said they want .abolish
ed. even if it relieves one
class ot people and disposes
>t one set >f officers.
"\\ e are n > ad v >ca te of
" free drinks" or "free clia ws.
We are not complaining
airainst the tax on li«juor
and tobacco, but against the
inquisitorial and obnoxious
excise law >. that are sa j»pinp"
the fuinda t ions >f Liberty.
1 lie * * SUecf 'SS «> t tile (Je]ee*; | -
t ion to W'ashinet >n irives m>
110 pe of rel je{ t( ) the people
frc mi t ho>e law**. bu . in a
the above named j»ropo>i
t i Hisarerarried t iirou. on-
M-j-e> -, it l alio! her 1"! V» . ill
ouropinion. lateniiiLr the m
fei*l ia is\ > t eia 011 *1 c ■ 1 '(»1111: r\ .
I ]v« r . e >ii »u 11 • j »et a 1
\vea!\.« * i* >'«•♦*
a«rainst the who.lt? system,
and i>f « «»ur>e t h«*.-h \u- -t« >r
it > ♦ *111 1 *• r»']»• *a .
At the j-.t.e of ni la. >
Tstbt-i Lacie. ii. ]>: ...v.'- New \ .k.
tLe choice fetci:# i 3
, l#x\ *,'>7G. the tbix iss . and s • :
Jown to S3O or
* Had law.
Hande A. Matthews is tip
son of a tobacco dealer in
vi 11 ♦ k . North 'an>lina t oj
rreat resp»*et n 1»i lit v. I a u«1 ♦
i- a wiywaril. li s> i j»a t♦ m 1
youth, who has \• 11 his fa
ther and fri»*n«N no end ot
trouble. Last week he com
111i11♦ m] f( >rr**ry jtii'l jull1 } »♦'« l
his hotel bill in W ilminirton.
and skipped to South Caroli
na. hut was brought bark
and lodged in jail, siys the
W'ilminirton Star, lb' wa*.
he >ays. a student for two
years at Ibiiufhain School,
a ni bit home in )-t >1»«»r
last. Since thru lie has been
1 rilt about from j»la•*» to
place, writirir home for inon
r v whenever he was * *}); 1 I'l
up- 1h ♦* happiness of a
home is dr.sti i>yed. perhaps a
mothers heart broken, as
the result ot respectable,
moderate drinking, which
leads to idleness, extrava
gance and crime.
♦ • •
Another Uhorcr Nettled.
I" or the first time, Durham
sho.vs more rriminal cases
on the docket than Wake—
Durham having 1 'J'J and
Wake 1 10. thus civil causes
in I hirlia in a re prart irall v un
heard.
1> it not time for Durham
to divorce thecivil and crim-.
in.il dockets as Wake has
done, and ha vet hem a t sep
araie terms Recorder.
Is tlm t the kind »f divorce
1 hirham needs 7 It will bere
in em I»«*red 1 ta has local
opt ion. n) ba r-ro mis. and
J >urh am voted jit -ciist' and
lias bar-rooms. LiYpior
makes crime, and crime takes
the time of the court s. 1 f is
not a divorce ol the courts
that Durham needs, but a di
vorce from the li(juor traffic.
Abolish your ;rro:r-s}iops.
Krother, ;ind your criminal
rases will soon be less than
in Wake.
"Mows 111 -rile Klicht I>irci tiojn.
harlotte lias taken the
manufacturing: fever in earn
est . Three cot ton mills ha ve
been subscribed for and the
i lironirle says her mami fac
ta rinr interests are still
spreading out. the latest
mo\ eiijent the or^iani
ent ion ol a company to es
tablish a factory tor the
111 a 11U t•'l rt U I*e )) Well buckets,
redar ii'oods and •• ho rsc
hanies."..
1M". 11. M. Wilder and Ls
•pi ire D. li. Maxwell y.-M.-r
--day a minted to start a fac
tory in Charlotte for the
uiauularturr •11 >]i o' • and
s t >Ve polish. They \\ jjj start
out with a «api ta 1 stock ot
>->.oii,i J j i,• \ e \peet In silp
i > ' •!" xj.it ie-rn and \ »rt ii
'': n niark»*is wit i an ai*ti ** ♦»
tM ju; i i to the best 1 l*ej'cll
blackijilt. and as t h»-y u ill j M .
a1>1• • to mailt! kef Ul «* it chea j.
'1 * Will 1 a 1• I e T(> s»'H it
ica' p.
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to ' -1 I
: rn i .u.reu ifr n. I t -
[ -:iA ti.o .N Mi. Cur. h^e.
Thence it will 1 otinue tbrou rh V.
Z* * •
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-i 1. .i.t"j I r.:.' ,i a- L:i.t
--► ■ .1 K.jT • Xtt.l. 1 liiT t Aai-ifc.
N C —J«-iler-o:. News.
(ono% er Item*.
Rev. J. \ Moser was hms
on business . His
familiar smiles are clceiing
t> many of his friends h*np.
Who w«»11111 ha \ e tie uiirht
of it? Mr. Piukney Millar
and !!.•' «1 ;iiii_i"lll«*r ot Loui>
HefTner were united by tin*
Ti«- of matrimony, January
!»♦;, t» the surprise ol many.
Rev. J. S. Koiner bound the
twain in «>n**-
Prof. .1. P. Moser has
to Alexander • unity on bus
iness t»r the * >nov»'r Manu
facturing" Company. I heir
business is nourishing and
they art- moving things oil
systema t ically.
S-In>>] st ill increases : t hero
are now lifty on roll. More
are coming as their schools
are out.
I lev. J. S. Koiner has been
'elected to fill the vacancy in
this congregation caused by
the resignation of Rev. J. C.
Moser Jt is thought that he
will accept. Also Rev. J. M.
Smith has been elected at St.
John.
Mrs. Coders music class
it* increasing considerably.
The Sunda v-school here is
I •
in the most flourishing con
dition it has been in for sev
eral years. There are now
twelve regular teachers, and
some of the classes number
from twelve to fourteen. It
is truly encouraging to see
so many, both older persons
ard «Tii 1 irell, doing, in a
measure, t heir duty in 1 his
noble work of tlie church.
Prof. R.A. Voder is making
r->
]»rej>arat ions to build an ex
cellent, large residence just
back of the college lot. it is
to lin ve ten rooms, the la rgest
four, IS\ 1 s feet. The design
is attractive. lie is having
t he site cleaned off and some
material prepared. He ex
peet sto a 'co i a mod ate young
ladies who come to school.
January it 1. K.
NOU-K.
1 he miorma t ion s()ine peo
ple, even editors, have not
got. would till many books.
The New York World says:
Ihewifeoj Senator Vance
of North Carolina is a Kami
some. dark-e\«M, woman, l>
u iIo,JI t lie .Tenit of much of
fe-r husband's polit it-a 1 suc
'•'•>si> due. She is said to be
t he a bl»-st feiuininepolit jeia n
-outli of M;j>on allll Dixon's
line.
*'' "e. .Mrs, \ ;| Jll-i' a.
handsome. dark-cved wom
;,n. »»ut 'Mi. \'a a nat
-1; r";i;i i-j »(>]•]. politician, ani had
enjoyed T heo-reatest polit iral
before r saw or
n ' ;,ni hi- pre.,. {1 . u } lf) j s
1 i i"• 'ci )j]d w i \.
. 1 :i * ' t.a- ] rinfit il of
School at Charlotte H.
off abasia
glenwn.ud.a, juiu , b«u i n the
' Jt baa leaki i it that he i•> 1
* «a:. 1t ~ e1... I. .in n s, lu , t
'; " unL He ha, been
> -t M- „ ft . j, n
Ti * A . , " VA
I COlUf.-n U jln »(.
a! ' for a
1 T" " :r "" ! 'f » retire
a., i known North Carolinian.