TheTri-Weeklv Constitution!
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ltALEIGH, N. C,
Saturday, June 17, 1876.
REPUBLICAN TICKET
For President of the United States
JRuflicirford B. Hayes,
OF OHIO.
For Vice President:
William H. Wheeler 9
OF NEW YORK.
To Correspondents.
For the past few months we have
given unbridled license to our
friends throughout the State in or-
order that every section should
have a chance to present for the
consideration of the State JiepuDli
can Convention the claims of the
flifltorpnt candidates for office. We
havft done this willinerlv. although
many of the Republican papers of
the State have thought proper to
adoot a different course, We find
however, that we must in justice to
ourselves, abandon this course. We
And it impossible to give space to
all the communications which are
nverv dav bein? crowded upon us
To say nothing of the expense of
composition, it is doing great in
justice to the editorial columns of
. the oane-. in future we must oe
the j udgei of whatever communica
tions mav be sent us for publication.
and shall be eroverned almost en
tirely by the brevity of the matter
sent. It may be proper to state to
our triends, that repetition oi the
names of the Laie parties for office
car ot consistc tly be allowed, and
if such repetitions are insisted upon
feuch com- unicallons will be
chanred for. accord in cr to their
loncrth.
We hone that our past liberality
is oufficient evidence that we de
sired to erivo as wide a scone as pos
sible to our friends, and that noth
ing but necessity compels us now to
restrict them.
We hoist to-day the names of
Rutherford B. Hayes, of Ohio,
the Republican candidate for Presi
dent and William H. Wheeler, of
New York, ps the Republican can
didate for Vice President.
We have no room for comment
further than to say that it is a ticket
which will arouse enthusiasm
among the friends - of tho Union
throughout the entire land.
"W. R. u." surely does mean
"Won't Run Cox." We are certain
of it now. .
How doth the little "Bus-y-bee'
Sting iYiends with all his might
He hit friend Cox some heavy knocks,
Which swept him out of sight.
Copyright secured.
Why did Daniel G. Fowle resign
his position Adjutant General of
North Carolina in 1S63 ? Was it
not because he remonstrated with
Zeb Vance against the action of
Surgeon General Warren in taking
large quantities of forage for his
horses contrary to law ? Did not
Daniel G. Fowle charge Vance's
administration with being corrupt?
Did not Vance sustain Surgeon
General Warren in his extravagant
and unlawful use of the State's
property, and for this reason, did
not Fowle resign" his place and
swear that under no circumstances
would he ever support such a man
as Vance? How is it then, that in
his speech, on Wednesday night, he
speaks of Vance as the honest pa
triot ? Does he acknowledge that
he slandered Vance in 1863, and
now makes amends by craving par
don, or does the Supreme Court
loom up to his ever watchful vis
ion? What has brought about this
humiliating suit for pardon ? Oh!
my countree-men !
Wayne County Republican Con-
- -rentiom
A Convention of the Republicans
of Wayne county will be held at
the Court-house, in Goldsboror on
Saturday, June 21th, at 2 o'clock, P.
M., for the purpose of appointing
delegates to the Second Congress
ional District Convention, to be held
at Goldsboro, on the 26th day of
July, to nominate a candidate for
Congress and a candidate for Presi
dential Elector ; also, to appoint
delegates to the State Republican
Convention to be held at. Raleigh,
on the 12th day of July, to nomi
nate the several State officers.
The County Convention will at
tend to no other business.
The members of the . County Ex
ecutivo Committees, who are ex
officio Chairmen of Township Com
mittees, are requested to hold their
meeting on the 17th day of June,
and appoint their delegates to the
County Convention.
All such delegates should be pro
vided with credentials signed by
Chairmen and Secretaries of tLeir
respective meetings.
By order of County Ex. Com.:
H. L. GRANT, Chairman.
KICKING BACKWARDS.
The speech of Daniel G. Fowle at
the National Hotel, on Wednesday
night, fully establishes that gentle
man's reputation as a first class
demagogue. It is welllknown, that
he was utterly opposed to the nom
ination of Zeb Vance, and that his
hostility to the course of the revo
lutionists in calling a Convention
last summer, was loua and seem
ingly sincere. But Fowle has been
soundly whipped into traces, and
his speech Wednesday night shows
that he was a suppliant at the feet
of the Vance faction for mercy.
Let us hear no more of Fowle as the
representative of the Conservative
element of his party. He is equally
as bitter as the worst ex-Confeder
ate in North Carolina, and, having
more brains than the common run
of them, is more dangerous.
In Fowle's speech on Wednesday
night he showed himself capable of
appealing to the worst passions of
the crowcl, but his miserable and
contemptible attempt to create ex
citement among his poor deluded
hearers by an outrageous applica
tion of the features of the so-called
civil rights bill was disgusting to
many of his own party, some of
whom so expressed themselves.
By the by, this question of negro
equality seems to be a heavy laad
on Fowle's mind. Ever since the
memorable campaign of 1864, he
has thought it proper on most every
occasion in which he has addressed
tho people, to labor to prove that
he was the equal of any color
ed man in the land. To hear Fowle
allude to this question, a stranger
would suppose that the man was
haunted day and night by hordes
of Africans. We hope the colored
population of Raleigh will keep as
far off from the gentlemen's skirts
a possible, and thus quiet any fears
that they intend to darken his path
way. '
The closing part of Fowle's speech
was simply infamous, coming from
amanofsucH attributed sense and
respectability.
But what will not some men do
for power? Mr. Fowle has at heart
no goodwill for the madmen who
rule his party. We are earnest in
this belief. Why, then, does he
sacrifice his innermost feelings on
the shrine of party ? The answer
is, that uamel u. Fowle is a man
whom the almighty dollar governs
unrestrictedly. He comes not from
his hiding place, yielding obsequi
ously and fawning at the foot of the
man he hates, for nothing. This
patched up peace, with D. G. Fowle
means reward. We cannot believe
that he would voluntarily , surren
der his stamped convictions of right
except for place or profit". He should
not do so for even these, but Daniel
G. Fowle's weakness consists in an
inordinate love of self and filthy
lucre.
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That a man like him should lick
the hand that has so often been
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raised to smite him, and that such
a man should twist and turn and
allow himself to ho handled as a
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ioy, is surprising.
It is so, however,! and he goes
where he expects Ihrift to follow
fawning; Among .the whipped
'yaller dorgs" Fowle stands pre
eminent. J)
The Dutch-Mississippi, compound
of arrogance rrnd conceit, (Jo Engel
hard,) stated in his speech at the
National Hotel, on Wednesday
night, that for the first time he is
fighting in an open field, and that
for many years he had been behind
masked batteries.
Now, this fellow tells the truth
for once. All during the war he
followed in the rear as ye valiant
quartermaster." He smelt no pow
der nor heard no cannon roar. He
will hear something drop.however,
before the autumn leaves fall.
Whv don't Gov. Brofrden accept
Col. Poors resigiMttififr? Ishedazled
by the spectacle of a man volunta
rily giving up a public office ?
Daily News.
For cool impudence we think
the above outstrips anything we
have ever read in a newspaper,
Voluntary, indeed I
So far from voluntarily resigning
his position , Pool was actually
kicked out, and when he did resign
he went out with such false state
ments, that every sane man, even
of his own party, is disgusted. We
do not propose to spend much more
space over this man but merely to
show the people of the State the kind
of material their hfifcrved democratic
office holder is composed of. We will
draw a little comparison between
the note addressed by him to the
newspapers, and the one sent to W.
R. Cox, Chairman of the Democratic
Executive Committee.
In the former he says, in sub
stance, that he will; on the 30th in
stant, lay before the. people o
North Carolina, a statement, exon
erating himself from the charges
against him and proving his offi
cial integrity. In the note written
to Gen. Cox he acknowledges his
guilt as a defaulter, and, as thous
andsvof criminalsjivomdone before
him, promises to repay it, if he can.
Now, what confidence can be placed
in a man who twists and turns and
falsifies himself ia this manner.
The truth is, the note written by
Pool to Cox was not intended for
publication, and the one written to
the press was clearly intended to
throw sand in the eyes of the peo
ple of the State, and more especially
to ward off blows from the Demo
cratic Convention. Pool has shown
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himself as wily as a fox, and the
press that excuses such a man is
not entitled to the respect of the
honest people of the State.
We can answer the News that
Pool need have no fears that Gov.
Brogden will insist on his remain
ing in office. He can go out at any
moment he may think proper,
Even if the office remains vacant
for a few weeks the people of the
State will have the consolation of
knowing, that it is out of the hands
of one who has brought disgrace
upon them and seriously damaged
one of our most important interests.
Correspondence.
It mnsthfl linrtfirstwl thai, thin naiutr
does not endorse . thfl nanti mnnta nf
its correspondents in every instance. Its
uuiuiuius arH onnn rr rno tnonrta rr tha
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party, and their com mn nitrations will
be ClVen tO the mihlin R9 enntaininor tho
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none auu SBUUlimuu OI IUO wrllGtS.
To the Uditor of The Constitution :
I see proposals have been made
through the columns of the Consti
tution for candidates to reoresent
our county in the nextensuinsr elec
tion. This election T rpmirrl fld nna
of the most important elections that
has ever been held since the ReDub-
lican organization. It will be death
oi our party if defeated : therefore
every care should bo taken to har
monize any fcehner that mav arisA
from defeated office-seekers before
the nominating Convention. And
I would suggest first here, that in
order to avoid that feelinjr to a exeat
extent, would be to place a new set
of men in the field, and in makino-
our selections; we should choose our
hrmest fire-tried Republicans, men
who have stood by the nartv from
mm
principle and not for the offices. I
think it nothing but right and jus
tice to those to give them some of
tne fruits of the party, r We have
had nearly one set of men in office
ever since the organization of the
party, and if we continue that poli
cy, let us do away with county con
ventions and let it be generally un
derstood that those men who are
now holding the offices be the stand
ing candidates of the party. There
has been a great deal said about
the third term in regard to the Presi
dential candidate, and I think the
same fear may be brought closer
home, even down to some of our
county officers. It seems to be the
opinion of all leading politicians
that we will have a new candidate
for bur great National leader, and I
think it would be prudent and wis
dom with us to select a new set of
candidates to lead us in our glorious
old county of Wake.
REPUBLICAN.
Raleigh, N. C, June 15th, 187G.
To the Editor of The Constitution :
There is now no time for the Re
publicans to be at rest. It is full
time for every one who is true to
his party and 'countrymen to arise
and take hold once more of the Re
publican wheel and bid it turn un
til it turns the Democracy into ob
livion, where it may never rise
particularly to shame and blemish
the pages of history of this Old
North State any more.
Let every one be at his post, and
remember that our dear old Consti
tution is now hanging over the gulf
of despair and unless every true
Republican is aroused to a sense of
his duty, it may fall to our utter
snrrow ' We should, therefore, be
careful whom we select and recom
mend to the true men of the State
to fill the various positions of honor
and trust in our erovernment. We
should nominate none but unwav
ering Republicans. T.hose who
have stood by, laid by and main
tained the principles of Repnbli
canisra at all times. Those who
laicj by her when, it was said that
she had been lain upon the shelf.
Those who are lovers of Washing
ton's government and have since
loaned a helping hand in the pre
servation of the same. Those true
to their country's good and not for
their own personal welfare-
A. HICKS, Jr.
Plymouth, N. C.
Convention of Tobacco Men
Durham Board of Trade. Ow
ing to the very unsatisfactory con
dition of the tobacco interest in this
Congressional district, and deem
ing it of very great importance to
all concerned that we should at as
early a day as practicable, assemble
in Convention at some central point
in the district, to take such steps for
our protection as we may deem
proper ; therefore, be, it
Resolved, That we, the Board of
Trade of the town of uurham,wouia
nrerentlv reauest all nersons in this
district, engaged in the handling of
manufactured tobacco, (manufactu
rers and dealers, including ped
dlers,) to assemble with us m Con
vention in the city of Raleigh, on
Tuesday, the 20th inst., to inaugu
rate such measures as the occasion
may require.
Ilesolved. That the Honorable
Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
the Collector for this district, and
the Assistant Collector for this
county, be most respectfully invited
to attend.
Resolved, That these minutes,
with these resolutions,be put in cir
cular form, and mailed by our sec
retary to the different manufactu
rers and dealers, including peddlers,
throughout the district; and that
the secretary be instructed to send
copies for publication to every pa
per published in this Congressional
district.
Resolved, That we all pledge our
selves to secure, as far as we may
be able, a full attendance of all con
cerned, at the place and time men
tioned. JULIAN CARR,
Wm. Lipscomb, President.
, Secretary.
To the Editor of The Constitution :
At a convention of the Democrat
ic party of this county, held this
day at the Court-house, a resolution
rebuking the editor of the Albe
marle Times, the recognized organ
of the party in this district, was
passed by a vote of 21 to 8. 1 Tho
Times wa3 bitterly' denounced as
unworthy of the support or confi
dence of the party and an article
which appeared in its issue of the
9th inst., was characterized as slan- 'r
derous and libelous. A .speaker re-: ;
marked that he had had his eye on -him
(one of the editors) for the last
three or four years and ho believed
he was about to turn traitor to tho
party. , OBSERVER.
Hertford, N. C, June 10th,187G.
To the Editor of The Constitution:
The New Hanover Republican
County Convention assembled in
this city last Saturday, June 10th,
and nominated a full County ticket,
the best we have had in several
years. The best of feeling and har
mony prevailed in this county in
the Republican ranks. Wo are
ready for the fight, and old New
Hanover will roll up a large ma
jority against the Constitutional
Amendments. In years p3t .e
have always had more or less con
tention in our own ranks. To-day,
we are solid and enter the contest
with the highest hopes of a glorious
victory in November next.; This
county sends the following delega
tion to the Republican State Con
vention Gen. S. H. Manning, Jas.
Heaton, Esq., Wm. H. Moore, Esq.,
and Owen Burney, Esq.
REPUBLICAN.
Wilmington, N. C, June 12th.
To the Editor of The Constitution :
As it is drawing near the time
when the nominations for our State
ticket will take place, and observ
ing that a great interest is being
felt throughout the State as to the
proper selection of a candidate for
the different offices, I take it for
granted that you will allow the
mountain sections to encroach upon
you a little in order to communi
cate their feelings and preferences
to the public. We have determin
ed up here, upon one important
point, and that is, we intend to go
solidly for the nominee, let the
Convention select whom it may.
however, I tke it, that it is the
duty of every county in the State,
to indicate to the cenend nnhl!r
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which of the many gentlemen
whose names have been mentioned
would be' most likely to prove ac
ceptable to their people.
A general feeling prevails in this
Senatorial District, composed of the
counties of Alleghany, Ashe and
Watauga, decidedly in favor o( Col.
O. H. Dockery for Governor, Dr.
W. H; Howerton for Secretary of
State and Dr. W. H. Wheeler of
Forsyth, for State Treasurer.
Col. Dockery is a decided favorite
among mountain Republicans, be
cause of his unflinching devotion to
the cause of the Republican party,
nnrl nm Irnnw fViof. - fin ..'ha a haon
weighed in the balances and he has
not been found wanting." Wo
shall feel safe up here with him as
our standard bearer.
Dr. W. H. Howerton is our espe
cial choice above all others, as our
candidate for the office of Secretary
of State. Having filled tho posi
tion for the last four years with
ability and credit to the State, and
his party (the late slanders to the
A. A. I A I 1 - -1 t
cuuirary iiuiwiuibiauuiuj emi
nently qualifies him as the coming
man for the position. He is a strong
him to be unfaltering in his devo
tion to the principles 01 our great
cause and ? has shown himself .wil
ling and ready at all times and in
all places to do battle in her defence.
ur. vy imvivi a tuaiauit'f a a f,t:ii-
tleman and his course as a politi
cians for the last five years, is suffi-v
cient to bring him prominently be
fore the public, as a man eminently
qualified to fill any position in the
gjft of the people of North Carolina. !
With Dockery, Howerton and
Wheeler, as our leaders in the com
ing contest, we need not fear the
result A REPUBLICAN.
A colored woman of Wilmington
recently found a number of lottery
tickets issued by the .Montpelier
Female Humane Association .signed
bv James Barbour, President. A
grood chance of a prize to the finder.
if they are not called for,