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rnriMfAV MAY -I.
I«iiiiKratlMi-( utlmlic.
Mn 1 "*l>vei t hris ti a n
hrotherot the N.  . Presbyte
rinn. i> much exercised ;il»«>ut
T IN* immigration IIM»T
remitls inaugurated at Hot
Spring, it s;iys 111♦ • wll > 1» *
111 (> Veill mi I i> »{ 1 v'){llis!! i » i • i
in. ;111i its purpose is to
obtain Pr»>t.-stunt money in
tid of ( a t holic iriiini«i*r;it im
! > the S Hit li. We li;i Ve U
|*(ll*# 1 for t lie Presby te-,
rian. and it it li.m! said t liese;
11linns before t lie meeting ot
11n* convent ion. most likely i
i »r( aniii'Mit iim'llil>ers ot that'
J *
Church \v»nl 1 not have sug
gested. ami participated in
a meet ing to s*nil delegates
from tliis town, to said eon-'
vent ion, and 111 is writ er .
would tinrdly na vebeen t here.
We read notiees in several of
(Mir exchanges of the ; * im
port ant an>venient. I) nt
none of 11 o'iii said it was the j
work >f Cardinal (lihbons!
Mild t lie  at holieehnreh. (hie 1
lias charitably said "the
i hree (i »\vrm >rs present, and
the eight>t hers who appoint
ed delegates were kept in the
dark MS to real ponrpose of
t lie inert ing. " and we tli ink
all ot her 1 'rot est an t s en tit 1-
i(l 11) like forgiveness. in case
any '\ i 1 result from their
work . Will Mich be t license'.'
That may dej>end on the
cal a ml harmony of Pi otest -
ant opjM »-it ion tot heappre
henderl evils. at h >ii> had
.f  min h right to come Sou th.
tmy lands and hero an riti
:• MIS . IN '[>;•(' ilif lliii Springs
eon vent ion a> si 11 rr. Mail V
i;i \'r done so, and. wit 11 lew
e\reptions ha\epl'ovel lo lir
ii)od I >eiuocra ts. holiest
deht -pay iiiii ami pear ih 1 r
it ! f * * tilt* ;i t llolir
church i> a polit iral hotly as
well as a religious organ iza
t ion. ton Id it not coiicen
trate lis torres at selertrd
points for sprrial political
purpose*. het ter by itselt than
through the Immigration
Soeiet \ V 11 has been said
our Presidential oleetionsare
decided by the vote within
live hundred yards of City
Hall in N w York. If thisbf
true cannot tholminigration
Soeiet \ do good Protestant
service by sending  at lmlic*
from that virinitv all ovei
the Stmth wliere they will tn
.'ill tll'T ! rlUO\'t'tl fit -111
]\ intliit are. ami thmlK havt
their e\ il temlem ies natural
i /.t *tl ai e 1 111 > st»i \» 1 ii! ili'
1 •i ♦ » i a I>• > • . i ] • »■ i
••? 1 * T * O 'j %
: i I - - .1 i t I. -ti . it*   lil
\-«• r 1 a mall tht r>T thinii to
look after is to > ,r that lit'
not eonevrt you.  n»od
help in thi> undertakimr is
u(> >d r» mipan v and harmoui
ou.- art ion on your si do. and
isolation with love oi eoni
panionship on iiis sitle. !t
the ( a t holie ehurth liatl tie
(it led to send its members
into the Sonth.it seems best
that the South, through the
i'-eiicy of the Immigration
sot irty or other aid. should
make an effort to sitt out the
bad and welrt>me uily the
best of 1 hem. Whether the ;
oflire In be established ill
New Yolk by the Southern
Immi^iratiou Soriety will lie
t»perated by. t>r in the inter- ••
est of t liet'atholir ehurrh. is.
we take it. an unsettled ques
tion. in the solut ion ot whieh
this disrussion may prove,
timely amJ important. 1 hat
office will be under the direc
tion of a lioartlof directors.
These I )irert ( >I'S will be select
ed by the States, cities, towns ,
j or associations that contrib
ute SKmm) to the Immigra
tion Soeiet v. II Catholic in-;
j
fluences ju-edoininate, and,
: the worst ap}»rehensions be-,
t # t i
j come imminent, the duty of;
Protestants is plain. Wo j
should unite our forces so
t
perfectly against the ends
thev aim at that wecaninakei
it undesirable for them to
j come among us with such;
tlesiuns. If Catholics are
! . . . .'
united in their purposes ol
evil let Protestants unite as
one man tooppose them. If 3
Catholics emplov* Catholics
only, let Protestants employ
i'rotestants only. If i'ro
testant s know  'atholirs will
! ;
i be bad neighbors ami worse
polit iria us. t hey a re no t com
pel led to sell them farms. ■
rrnt them litmies or hire.
1 t heir t iine. I n conclusion
we repeat our adinirat ion of
t lie I ,y i .'pi m. We are
'glad it ha> sjloken out on
t his (plot ion. 11 iia> done
\ alua'hle service in a part ial
ava kening t)t the Presb\"t e
rian church to the dangers
of t he liquor t raftic and now
it sounds the alarm against
Pomaiiisni. I-'orewaruing is
i(»rearniiug. \\ e nia\ n>t
|>re\ en t Catholic immigra
tion ill the South, but we
may disappoint the calcula
tions (>t its pr«>jectors.
The Outlook.
i \\ hat a difference in the
I condition >t" the two great
* parties at this time. The
l ■ Republicans are in a diloma.
: i Most of them consider Mr.
' Blaine their most available
l candidate and lie remembers
i
t his inglorious defeat in lsM.
% and asks not to be made to
r represent the same part in
e the play this year, lie is
smart. He knows his party
r cannot win this year and h»
1- t]t >ll t wish tt) be sarlitirrd.
e j I he part \ teel much the salie
«■ i\* :'t •] ■ i T•« .••)!inj- a!»on f
•i■ la *i \ ho^noiai'
i i
their demoralized tor*e> ;111«1
whose will l>i*iiiii 111*-
lea> t disaster. In the I>♦* ni >-
, era tie earn p the st a tues isen
j tirely different. Their great
' leader. Cleveland. is aeknow 1-
edged l»yall. He has no peer
or •>ni|»ititorand aniongthe
hosts ot his supporters there
is neither division nor dis
cord  'levt'liiinl w ill > into
\ In 1 iioininatmil t-onvention
with a unanimitv never
-
known before ami will he'
nominated bv acclamation.
The great leader >f nn'ii. t he ;
1 wis** statesman, tin 4 man of!
) . i
1 • *st my.  1 rover  leveland |
will ii"o before tin* American
people with a j»!*»• sti*_r«• un
. known in our history, and
j he received with a *• w♦ -11 done
good and faithful servant "
that will speep away nil op-!
posit ion and insure his relee-j
tion by a majority approxi-|
mat ing that of (I rant over
i
(Ireelv. Stut«* after State
is falling into line. North,
South. East and West his ad
ministrative ability and pol
iev have been acknowledged
and endorsed hy nn inerease
of Democratic majorities and
in manv instances overcom
*-
ing opposition majorities.
Eroin the cold, bleak hills of
' Vermont to thedulf-washed,
» «
sunnv shores of Texas the
Democratic heart i* enthused
j
and Cleveland, the people's
: President, and honest gov
ernment is the sonjrofevcrv
li]) anl tontine. The origin
al and constant supporter
'of Cleveland winks a happy,
•• 1 told you so. as lie sees
his doubting brother return
to his strengthened allegi
ance. The weak are encour-
I
aged, new converts are made
and t hegrea 1  lex-eland Hood- j
■ t ide boom grows higher and ,
1 higher as it nears tin- bar ofj
the nominat ing convent ion :
where the formality of nam-;
a President tor \he next term
will 11" enacted.
l.K-al Option.
llecause t!m 4 edit or ol t his
paper has seen tit to voir tor
local option in this tiwnship
we ha ve I »eeil t lie object >t
cor.siderablc amount »i mis
#
representat ion.
A few men. living in t>wn.
who TU'etend to be Republic
ans. have put themselves to
no little t rnible to tell it lier
Republicans that we were
trying, through thelocal op
tion movement, to destroy
the Republican pai ty. fhese
same men have told 1 demo
crats that it was a political
! move on our part to hurt
the I)emocratic party. Both
of these statements are false.
We do not believe that the
views of any citizens upon
*' the question of local option
.'should interfere with hiu
I standing in either the Demo
' | cratic or republican parties.
y j and it is a question on which
1 every Democrat and Repub
lican may indulge his own
; view- without affecting hi
. party standing. That is om
I» »it ion. and we are not toi
joeal Option because W'e be
. iieve t hat liqm >r is a ! i evi!
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- *  >l. !!. Ml i> * o WI." •j 1 * •
in thi> township is an abso
lute injury tothecoinmuniiy
and that the men who are
engaged in the bu>iness here
area lot ot desperadoes and
( swindlers poling in the grab
of ritizens.—Statoville Mail",
(iood reason and good
i
sense. We are glad to shake
hands with the Mail on this
non-political platform of lo
,eal option. All Christians,
and even non-professors w ho
wish well to their neighbors
Can join in this moral move
ment. The liquor men leave
no lie untold t» carry their
j point. Tempera nce men,
; whither Democrats*#!* Repub
licans. should not go to their
enemies. on this issue, for
advice, but all pull together,
and vote the evil from your
doors.
t Judge Mlieptiercl Repllet*, Vnd
I"ro\e»* 111 A Innocence.
I
\\ *miinc4TON\ N. C. MAY. 10 ISSS.
Mk. Kin Ton:—l have just received
a copy of \>ui "paper. containing a
communication reflecting upon my
conducted as one of the counsel of
Win. Parker, tried for the murder of
Gen. Grimes some *«ren or eight
years ago. The same charges were
•» O O
made Against me in ISH2 before I w as 1
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elected a judge of the Superior court.
They were published shortly before
the election and only reached me the
dav before in Cherokee county, where
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I was holding court under the ap
pointment of the Governor. I took
no notice of the charges Rfter the
election, being almost universally ad
vised by prominent friends that my j
election and the comments of so»ie '
of the newspapers were a sufficient
vindication against such reckless as
sertions, even now I am loath to ap
pear in the newspapers, but ts you
seem to think it necessary. I adopt
this method of interposing a calm,
most emphatic and I trust a dignifi
ed denial of these slanderous impu
tations.
1 was employed b\ the patents of
l'arker t» detend him. He was
,t i it:tl before Judge Schenck at J 'all
jTeim ISBO. of lieaufoit Superior
'court, a mi>tii;tl \n;js had l>y teason
|of the sickness of a juror and the
case was removed b\ the State t>
| Mat tin county, it was finally
| tried before Judge Gilmt r at S[»ring
Term l ssl My associates in J3eau
, . A. , ~
1 «rt county wt re Sena tor C tiai ies r
Warren and Col. I A. Sugg After
• the reiin»val Hon.'Ta v . l.dwm Moor'',
j Hon. J. J. Martin and \\ m. / More
ton. Jr.. were also of counsel for t he
defence. The j>rosecution was ably
conducted by Messrs. C. W. ( i randy.
Solicitor. I>. G. Fowle. Hon. I, ('
Latham. Maj Thomis Sparrow and
(i( orge H. Sj>arrow. J r M i (ieorue
Spairow a.s» appeared f«»i the
prosecution in MeautoTtcounty I
i refer to the above named Judges ard
all of the counsel. If any of them
know of aLvthing I did which was
'unprofessional I hope that they will
; s"y si) without hesitation.
1 st nd you for publication state
i ment.s of all of the counsel vsho are
i within reach ot me. i ha\e written
and telegraphed the Judges «iid
other counsel I haYe mentioned. If
■ thfrii statements leach you in time
1 I for vour next issue jou will please
1 publish them with communication.
1 I ieare the public to Judge of the
spirit and object of this .^landerou*
* attack just at this time I? these
1 charges are tiue. it is rat Lei -ttange
" that the .ntel.igeiit citi/«n> «- f Ileai
-1 tort count\ --lux h »uj» shoul 1.
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do me tL» j istiee to gve  .piu. j id
licity to my response. J E S
(fRKKN-l'.ono, N C . May l ss - s
Hon. James K. Shepherd.
Verv Dear Jud^e: —The ca>e i
State \s. Parker. for the murder of
OeiJ. levari (iiitn« wa- first b»!oi«
me for trial at Washington. X I*
and just befole the case Hosed a ju
ror was taken sick and a mistrial
had
You appeared as one of I aikei *
counsel. Your conduct as a lawjei
in this trial was unexceptionable, ami
not onlv met my approbation but m*
admiration for the skili. ability an"
fan n«*ss exhibted by you.
I make this statement with pleas
ure m justice to you Iseit as you
think best. lam with high regard.
Sincerely your friend.
l>. SCHKNCK.
Ki.i/Ai;trii C'n"\. May -1. ISfcS.
Hon. .las. E Shepherd
I was present and conducted the
trial on the pint of the State a* So
licitor in the Parker case, and aiu
pleased to state that you in no way
acted un profession ally it • defeiiuing
tho prisoner, but upon the contrary
your conduct washoncrablt» and pio
fe««uoual in every renpect.
C. W. GHANIT.
W\siun«.TUN. N. C . May ll». I***
i . , ..
1 was one of the counsel tor the
1 prosecution in the ca>e of the State
vs. Win. Parker for the murder ot
Gen. Bryan Grimes. I was in the
case from beginning to end. It it
for me to state that Judge
Shepherd did nothing whatever uu
professional in the case. His well
| known character and unblemished
record forbid such' a belief upon the
part of any one who knew him.
| From beginning to end I know ot
| nothing unprofessional or dishonora
ble done by him in the case. I am
intimately acquainted with all the
ciicunn»tanc*H of th» case and had
anything unprofessional been done 1
feel sure f would have known it
(i. H. IbtOWN, Jit.
Wamhnoton, N C.May 19, l-SSS.
1 was ot counsel for the prosc-u
tion of Parker in the first trial oi
the case in Beaufort county, and am
; entirely i imiliar with all ot the cii
enin-tances from the time c! the ar
rest until the c;i-e wa- removed to
Martin county lam confident that
nothing wis «h»ne by .fudge Shep
hel d as COD n-el toi the defense \\ hicli
i w:i> inconsistent with an honorable
: lawyer di*ebarin£ his duty to his
client. (it >i;m \ Si*\i i:»\v
W\-i;iN.i \. \ (' . Mav l'.». 1 Shs.
i was one of the counsel for Wm
Pinker, charg* d with the muider ot'
(ien. Ilryau (»rimes 1 was em
I ployed a few da} a after his arrest,
and aj peared in the 11 ials in Beau
fort ami Martin counties. In tl.e
management >\ the case I was inti
mately associated with Judge Shep
herd. I know of nothing uiiprofc*
sional done by him in its conduct
 HAS. ] Wu;Ki \
I appeared as one of the counsel
, r Paiker en the removal of Lis
I 1 case to Martin county, and was asso
, ciated in the conduct of the case
thereafter, and know of nothing in
the case done or suggested by Judge
Shepherd inconsistent with the
. highest honor and integrity.
» b" E. Mi Mf>r
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