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! i 11 ,n Hl Jv MVl IN) U A "T- 1 r w.H. kitciiin, owner WE MUST WOKK FOR THE PEOPLE'S WELFARE. StTBSCRIPflON $1.50 PER YEAR. YOL 3. SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. FRIDAY NOVEMBER 5, 1886. NO 1. . . . (I 7 POOR FARMING. A system of agriculture which has ruined many fertile farms. In go. ing aben the country we s-e many farms where the grass i? cut oiT j'ear after year aud no dressing put on the land to kep op its fertility. This is a deliberate attempt to cheat nature. No one lias ever yet suc: ceeded and no one ever will succeed by doing this.However, year by year the cropi become less until is a few years, the land will become s8 run out as to be lardly worth mowing over. It is a very mistake to attempt such farming. What is worth doing ?8 worth doing wells This Mssium is as applicable to the farm as to any other department. If a man can not make money fur the neces sary dressing, lie surely can not by withholding ths S3!i?;fuid had better give up tbe business and seek some other occupation. If by a moderate use of dressing, one cjn make a profit on every acre cultivated, tl en by a free use of th 3 same he may make a still larger profit. Why should any man mow ovr fcur acres ef grass to set four tons of ha', when by propei- met ho Is , he ili-y get the same amount from ose acre? Few farmers, excer t a few markit gardeners near the cities, have ever fully tested the capacity of their fartits to prodllce. They hear of large crop?, but never attempt to secure them. Most farmers are un willing to expend the money to bring their farms tip to the highest state of cul ivation. This is a mistake. WLa: would be thoMght of a manufacf urer who should build br plirehass a I?re nd costly mill and necr run it up to its fullest capacity, possibly not do more than one half of what it was equable of doing? Most men wok. I think him veiyjcohsh. We !'. ; in k it safe to ea.v that not one :i a hundred firms ftre made to priida-; een one half of what they are 0 ipal .e "of doing. Young imn could find full ana urc fi table scope for all their enterprise on the farm if they would only take j hold of the bufcir.es in a proper j way. Ifj'oucg men w 'm Wet would b. cnnt-iir to suff r the same hardships tt home that the do at the West i:i order to in success, they woul 1 mike a in :ch money and secure oth?r advantages. We wish more country boys could be led to bee this matter i t the right light, aad take bold and r.-juvenate some ef the old a id neglect fd farms and make tLeni as 11 former days, and sven mare profitable. life an HE A HUMOltoUS WHITER TEJ.LS WHAT II 15 KXOV'S AllOUT IT. Our bow el 3 niels, with rrercy to wards the.e Sudras of the soil, whom the high and haughty Bra mins of commerce and coin "st-nrn with the foot as a stranger cur." We know tlieir sorrows and sufferings ; the trial of temper in stumpy fields; the vileness of pi an ta mi , the wicked ness of weeds; the deceit of cockle; the "birth-sin'" in wild onitiii. While tbe averaae citizen can hardly hold his own against the world, tb: flesh and t e devil, the uahappy prisoner of ''land measure'' perch, rod and rood is tormented by the Apaches of the vegetable, mineral and animal kingdoms. The farmer has oar pity. He is the dri;dge the helot of political economy. Everybody ri Us him , no body rames hiui. lie is the victim of hcg-ebolera, Ligh tarirf and fraud ulent fertilizers. Pastoral poetry may dv lude him , for the moment, into a d eam rf rural bliss, but the sheiitf rudely wpkes him to his wretchedness. lie cah'i strike for increase of wages or shoit-T time of tod. The j mechanic has his gui.d, fixes his ; own pay an.i hours for work. The j cobbler is a '-Knight ;" the plowman a damb driven ox. The man of tools follows Ma trade often in warm fac tors and always sheltered from tne weather. The farmer must rise with the dawn, face the ttoru. and for sake the tdd enly with the depart ing day. In city or town, superior schools tra'n the child of the poorest 1 iborer for ten months iu the year. Short sessions, and frequently in different instruction and furnished tlie o.iiitry patron. And indeed the bdy can be spard but lor a. brief period from tte farm. A wt tariff m these years of n;t;ce f luudes, by a hundred cun ning devices the laod-ownr.' The ' robbrr borons" of monopoly haa him bv.t'drt tbioat and : their, bands upon his purse. They are raorc rnerrjitese than he flnodc that sweep away his crop. The earth i treacherou?. Weeds choke the g )od grain ; wire grrss eiitrajls the innocent timothy ; sassa fras flourishes in immortal yigtjr where wheat piDes and perishes. Let the husbandman set nut a vine or Sprout a seed. It must run the gauntlet of the frost. The fflo'e bunts for the root to destroy. The! grub gnaws it. Caterpillar, cut wormi borer nd counties enensie, winged or creeping, frith tooth or sting, prey upon it. Mildew, trust and blight lall oe it. Potato bai turnip, bsan weevil, taniato worm, leaf sdtig, cilion aaagor, roseeharTer, cabbage lice, lead an arm' of VegSU able pet-ts in fora-s upon the fruits of his toil. Every invader lays eggs by the thousand and batches a new brood, in the run of a single SUH, to ravage the rewards of rural industry . 1 lie air is dim with buzzing van lals and the earth alive with crawling dcVourt-fS: The tntcxe-d cur dettroys his' flock. Tbe sly fox and slippery weazel revil in his hennery. The hawk by day slid the owl by night capture the survivors cf the gapes 8 straddles and cholera. His capital in the farm stock is a precarious irvcftmc-nt. Murrain and black tongue May his cows. Tbe bot-fly isei: intifit on fastening its deadly egg to the horse. The scab, the fluke, the rot, rum the fold. Tbe elements b: file his hopes. The S tbeanS make incursions upon him and lev7 o "'war tariff"' on Ins property. Iiliplnz, Bildad and Zor bar. with the usual lingual lim bci'ness of the small statesmen 'darken counsel word3 without knowledge' and rather side witli S tan and the marauding Chalde ans. The modern Job. sitting amid Lis brcOin-sedge furrow1, with the lar v,e of "ir.lar.t industries" feeding witli festeiing ulcers upon his life vexed with the gabble of the Tcm- anite the Shiihite and the Naaraa- thitc is it a Strang thing that lv ':'ggi'fLva;e lii voice, roars against 1 I is tormenters i'nd repines at his! t: -"erable lot Despair on an ah-j heap? Richmond .Christian Advo cate. CLOVER. The experience of the fanners of Catawba of establishing the value of tbe clover crop and its adaptation t the soil and climate of this sectio , Volumes have been written on t'.e clover plant and its great value te the farmer. It seems to combine many remarkable advantages. On i a stock farm it i3 indispensable of a cheap food for raising young animals or fattening ol 1 ones. Asa fertil er it is very valnable and conies nigber than any other plant to solv ing the problem which gives pause to'modern chemistry the problem bow to f xtractTrom tbe atmosphere tbe invalnable nitrogen wbicb lies around us in an oc3an of boundless profusion, and wbich yet refuses to respoud to any iuvitatiou from any chemical substance to combine with it for the us? of plants. Clover assimilates nitrogen from the air and fixes it in its own substance? ,co that it can be added to the soil by tbe mere mechanical process of ploughing under the plant. As nitrogen is the most expensive fer tilizer,bcing the most difficu't t obtain, it is evident upon mere the ory that clover is of a great value as a fertilizer, and the facts more than sustain the theory. Heretofore it has been the cus torn of the farmers of this section to send Uorth for their seed or buy ' it from dealers supplied from th Northern States. This is now :d: about to be changed. The Messrs. Sigmon, of this county have a clover buller which is in operation, and the Me.srs. Suttlernyre have also a hnller attachment to their thresher, which thev are success fully operating. The seed from an average acre of clover at present prices is worth as much as the wheat from an average acre of tb d crop, with this immense advantage in favor of tbe clover, that the fit st and valuable cus ting of -clover is saved for feeding the stock of the farm, and the soed allowed to ma lure on the second crop, which pos sesses little value as a fesd on ac count of its salivating properties. With these facts in view it is pretty certain that the clover crop is bound to receive attention from the farmers of the Piedmont coun- lr. They canuo(Tord to neg'ect a crop which will fertilise the sC.U. feed and fatten live stock and pflt money d'rectly and indirectly in the farmer's purse. Hickory Press. AN AMERICAN ARMY IN 1777- Here is a picture of One of tht men at Valley Forge: 'His bare fet peep through his wornrmt shoes, his legs tlenrly. naked from the tat tered remains of an only pair of stockings, his breeches not enough to cover his nakedness, his shirt banging in strings, his hair dishevel ed, his face wan and thin, his look hungry, his whole appearaiice that of a man forsaken and neglected." And the snow was falling! This was one cf the privates. The officers were scarely betttr off. One was wrapped "in a sort of dressing geirn made of an old blanket or woolen bed-cover.'' The uniforms were torn and ragged ; Hie guns were rusty ; a few only had ba-onet-$ the soldiers carried their powder in tin boxes and cow-horns. The hoi'sea died of starvation, and the men harnessed lb uiselveB to trucks and sleds, hauling wood aud provisions from storehouse to hut. At oae line there was not a ration in camp. Washington seized the peril with a strong hand and Com pelled the people in the country a'out. I10 had been telliDg tc the British army at Philadelphia, to give up their ttores to the patriot at Val'ey Forge.- St. Nicholas THE SECOND TERM- A SKILFUL REPUBLICAN POL1TICAN THINKS CLEVELAND WON'T GET IT. trtm an interview with 1he Hon. W. . Diullfij. lately Comnrisxioner of 1' em tons. "Do you think Cleveland will be re nominated?" "No, I do l.ot. I am almost alone among my friends in taking this vievrj but I have been all over the North dur ing the summer, and have made a careful examination of the possibility of opposi- tion to Mr. Cleveland within his own party The leaders do not like him . and t he people with whom he i.s popular are not enthusiastic over him. lam confi dent he will not be renominated. The feeling in New York especially 1 know to be very strong against him." N. Y. Sun. OFFICE-HOLDERS A3E AFRICAN CITIZENS- A Cabinet Minister was asked to day as to what, in his opinion, was the proper interpretation to put on the President's order reLtireto the political course of Government of ficial0, lie said he had never dis" cussed tht subject with the Presi deL.t, and therefore he did not feel authorized to undertake to express the meaning of the President. As to his own views, they were decided enough, and he had l.o objection to giviiiur utterance to them. He did not lielie.e that ay power exited to forbid to oihet-ho'ders the same privileges as pertained to other citi zens to express snd to advocate their i o iticsl convictions. If any officer of the Government saw pro per to address Wis fellow citizens iu public on current political issues, he did m t sec that it would be any crime or call for any censure. In his own department ke certainly would not venturt to call to account any oae who shuld do this. The casting of a ballot was just as much the expiession of aa opinion as would be sdvocacy of it by word of mouth, and one was as much an in alienable right as the other. When he entered the Cabinet he did not surrender his rights as a citizen, ad had always expressed his political views when the occasion called for it. He had also contributed to cam paign funds, as had the President, and he would not take from etht rs the ruhts which he exercised him self. If Government employees at: ended faithfully to their duties during office hours, in his opinion jurisdiction over them ceased when thev were off dut. It would be thought UiOa strange if tha Govern ment should assume to prevent one of its employees frvm spetkiBg in church or leading at a prayer meet- mi, and a citizen has as much right to his political as his religious con victious. ilo thought, that it wdull e safe to leave conduct in such mat lcr& to the individual sense of pro nrietv of thoce concerned. From Baltimore Suv. In Raleigh Never. An article is going the rounds of the papers f .titled When not to drink.' A: man who was was in Raleigh a fully ''dry' the circus and was fear a vd couldn't get a drink. would an' wcr "In Raleigh never."' stntm'X EXTRACT FROM VANCE'S SPEECH AT RALEIGH AS GIVEN IN CHRONICLE. "It is, I suppose, generally known to yott," aid Senator Vance, '-that I'm something of a nore-head.'' " He did notapproveof everything that Mr. Cleveland had done and did not tLink that he would object to some honest criticism from his best friends. "If he (the President) did be is not worthy to occupy the position that he holds." -And if I," said the Senator, '-fof fear of offending the President, should withhold such criticism, I would not be worthy of the position that I occupy." I have disagreed with the President in his silver policy and in his views on the so-called civil service reform. But I'm not going to quit theDemocrotic party on that account. ' 'Butjthen," said the Senutoj, with a merry twin kle in his eye, "I have thought that perhaps the President knfws as much about it as I do.'' He said that Mr. Cleveland was an honest man and was fearless in the perform ance cf what he considered his duty. The departure from Washingtoa of those 1'itscals and thieves who hav hung around the Capital in former 3'ers is evidence of the character and abilil of the Administration He said that Mr. Cleveland was bull-headed, conceited and obstinate, but he tlr ught he would soon get over that as he had just married. The Senator closed his speech, which was aoout one and a quarter hoars long, with the advice to stick to the good old Democratic party which had done so much for the people and was aooat to be in a posi tion to do so much more. Th Sun Butis Clsveland. President Clercland in his speech of Thn.slav at Richmond said: "I congratulate mysklf that lsy first introduction to the people of Vir- ginia occurs at a time when thej' are j surrounded by the exhibits of tha productiveness aud prosperity of their State." Mr. Cleveland had an opportunity to be introduced to th j Virginians in 1SG2, but he sent a subftitute. If be hud goae him self at that time would the Virginians have greeted him anv less heartily now? Not a bit. There are no truer men going than the Virginians. N . Y. Sun. ISiiiiic Itletlioil in Farming. It is not possible for any n w: tes W. S. Barton, of Rom, Tenn., to the Nashville America, to handle mon ey su "cessfnlly in any business who is lacking in the art of creating capi tal. Nineteen-Wcntieths of tha young men in our knowledge, who first ventured into business on bor rowed capital came to trrief. They lacked knowledge of the principles of their business wh eh comes of expe rience &nl close, hard thinking. Wm. H. Vanderbilt mortgaged his little island farm for $5,000 and spent the greater part of the money on it, and t ame out successful. He was trained in the h use of his fa thcr, and knew the art of turning the pennj-. Where we find onecomeout so successful as he did, fifty others will go to the wall under a moitjage. In our opinion nothing would result so disastrously to our agricultural inerests a3 that of allowing farmers a free run on banks under the mor tgage system. A temporary show f prosperity roiht be ma le in erec'- ing new buildings ar d dressing up the farms: but th e inevitable result ;n the majority ol the cases would be foreclosures and a transfer of pro- Derty to the banks. The money leader, tvlieiher he be farmer or other business man. is usually a financial success, while a con.' tint borrower is as certainly a financial failure. So! we would say to the farmer, look to your business formonney to run it. Create your own enpi'al out of your surplus products. K-ep what is not. needed to run you invested, loaned r in bank. Sptud sparingly and judi ciously. Economize closely in every thing. Keep alive to your business, and keep 3 our business alive. So un dept as you would a viper. Compare your own methods of business with that of .your euccessful neighbor. Keep your efforts withia the bounds of your mental grasp, for to over reach it is simply to commit financial 1 8uioide. Save your laads by careful tlnaee an(j imbrove them by rest and fertil izing. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE DEMO- POULTRY NOTES. Those who can get plenty of milk will find it a most valuable adjunct in feeding young stock. Plaster of Paris scattered over the floors of th fowl-housfis is a power ful absorbent, preventing the smell which arises from the droppings. The nests must occasionally be renewed and kept clean. Straw is better than hay. Tobacco stems covered with straw are su excellent prerention of insect breeding, espe- ciall' when liens are setting. I tried rice for young chicks this year, says a correspondent, and think it is the best food found for them. Did not have one to die that was hatched out. I shall thorough ly test iU merits and adaptability nex) season. It is a cheap article, too. Vnrlly ofFecd. Young calves, especially those in tended to be kepf for cows, should be taught at ai early age to eat, a great variety cf food. Cows worth anything as milkers ar voracious feedars and not dainty. This is one reason why the much petted single cow of the poor man is commonly superior for milking qualities to the best in a large herd receiving only ordinary care. Variety of food is as conducive to health and appetite for stock as it is for people. Iz is nec essary from the fait that no one kind of food is a full ration end wLsn one alone is fed thi appetite palls becau? " then food offered does not meet the jcquirements of the system. A Short Biography Of Ths Oyster. Baltimore fmjrican. The oysters is ag;ii;i iit our midst. !The oyster is a good thing t have in our mi 1st, It creates a feeling of comfort aid content, an 1 answers completely the old question as to whether or not life is worth living. There may be better aquatic things than the oytter, but their names are not known. The gentle bivalve is the very essence of goodness. The oyster is mankind's friend. It is as modost as it is useful. In its youthful days it affixes itself to an object and stays there until com pelled to leave, it, does not visit or gad al out. or go on excursions. It, sticks closer to its perch than a politician doe3 to a sinecure All it does is to be there and get fat. As the tides pass by it opens its month and takes in whatever of nutriment the current b ings it. It is the picture of vtium cum clignitute. For months and months it stores iway the succulence of the salten seas. Then some frosty morning it jumps into a dredge and leaves its watery home. It comes to the cityT. takes up its residence in the raw box and when the sable gentleman with a knife threatens to cut its throat it comes out of the shell, crawls upon the prongs of a fork, and after pass ins: through a yawning cavern, takes a last, long dive into some human depth from which no traveller re turns. Its little life is gone, but the man who takes it utters a bane lic tion, and c ills for another half do zen. 4'IiiI-it Cholera. The symptoms of cholera are great tfcirst, a nervous anxious expression, greenish dropping and rapil pros tration. Its woik is done quickly, usually killing the birds in twenty four hours or When it attack8 a fl ck the sick biris must be sepa r:it;d from tha others, ind a tho rough cleaning and disinfection of the whola premises-yards, eeope, and even the roosts ad nests must be male by sprinkling with water, to every gdl-?n of which an ounce of car bolie acid is added. Ahhough hun drvds of iemedics have been pro posed, it is douhlful if a sure cure has as yet been discovered f r this terrible scourge of tha poultry yards. The best mode of tre atiHjr a large flock of fowls is to al ow them no drinkinar water at all. but add a teaspoonful of sirong liquid car bolic acid to a quart of water, and use this water for mixing the soft food, which should consist of two pounds of corn meal, Oiie pound of parched flour, half a pound of fenu greek and an ounce of bread Boda. Boil a pound of the ir.ner bark of thered oak tree in half a gallon of water down to a quart. Take a pound of the mixture, po of red oak bark decoction, stir.it well, and then add the carbolic water until the whole is of the con eistency of dough, but do not have it too stiff. Give them all they will eat of it. In fact, keep it befor them all the time. Tkose that do no eat should be forced by cramming with a tablespoonfui of the mixture twice a day. ThU will be absolutely necessar3' with lurkej-s. Give no water until the birds begin to recov er. Then add twenty drops of car bolic acid and a tablespoonfui of red oak bark solution to etch pint of the drinking water. Kep the sick bird dry and warm, disinfect ah drop pings as soon as they accumulate, and bury or burn all dead birds. American Agriculturist. OTERFEED11G IIORSES. Horses, especiall thete at hard work, suffer more from overfeeding than from almost any other cause. They may ot eat too much ; n fact, overfeeding is often a cause for a horse not eating enough. It is much easier to put too much hay or grain before a horse and let him eat whut he will and muss and soil the remainder, than it i.s te give iust the right amount and see that all is ert en cleanly. No animal ie more deli cat in its food than a horse. If the manger is half filled with tome luy or other food the der from this takes away his appetite for what is fret lily placed lefui kiw Disre gard of this fact is cue reasoa why horses often grow pcor on cut feed moistened and fed to them in warm weather. P. sours very quickly at this season, tnd a fTJ little left in the feed box wiil ooh destroy a horse's appetite. Country Jlomns, tii a sz. iii:Ki:it- There is no more cowardly assas sin that walks th rai-fh than the charaeter-murderei the slimy and slanderoufc-tongued ossiper whose delight it is to rn peat every idle word that is wupered m tteir ear to spew out and. enhig upon to the first listeniuj; fritud they mett the If test ''what 'Iiy tay :" the vcdo- mous and viporos-hearted scandal - monger whose business it is to tar nish the good name and traduce the obf.racter of their fellow-men, wheth er by direct charge or insinuation. With a knowing wink and a signifi cant shake of the head, they are ev er ready to peddle the "ucw" about but always with a soft reminder not to say I tela you so and so. These pion hypocrites iafeet every com munity , . and ply their nefarious practice of character-amirching wherever they go. Heaven pity euch miserable wretches as these, and while this sort of character calls for condemnation of the severest kind let us rather pity them and leave them alone in the hsuds of a H-gher Power before whose judgment bar their Llacktned and pnnj' souls wu6t some day be called to sccouut. He who undertakes to run down a slan derer ehows himself waiting in good judgmen'J but iie who livs it down proves a ctiar ut r invulnerable to the attack? of t'.-e t. O Jghlkss and maiici u. H il:tm Mirror. Ioett'l MAUi- G rover llic Grat. The followii g is a b '.ter fiorn an old Democrat to lVmero's Demo crat : "I hare been for nearly thirty vears an active, earnest an i consistent Democrat a personal fritnd of President Pierce, Thomas 11. Seymour, jucuenan, i mien. Hendricks and Hancock. I wrote the 'Inauguration Hymn," which Cleveland accepted by letUr and the Inauguration (Jominittee puoiuneu in ineir omciai p- .. . r . 1 gramme. iut 1 miui say, auer wtiui survey 01 ins Auniimstraiion. mm, u Grover Cleveland and Democracy be syn onymous terms, then may the pood Lo d in His infinite mercy deliver me lr.m all future Democracy I Fortuwattly, 1 am not driven to such a conclusion. David B. Hill bv-s, and I ran sav with htm. am a DemocraW Joil.v AnketklL, A. M. New York City. totikr iii:mi: our or Fi'inrruni; IFtft the part with warm water ; dude a pic? of brown paper fiv or six times, soak h in warm wa'ir and Jay it ou the olace ; apply on that a warm, but not hot. flat iron. till the moisture it evaporated. If the bruise be not gone, repat the process. After two or three appli cations the dent or bruise will be raised to 1 he surface. If the bruise be em 1. merely soak it with warm water, and hold a red-het iron near the irftr-, keeping the surface con tincalij wet. The bruise will soon .disappear. rr-yressive Farmer. WISE WORDS- Improve opportunities. Ill doers are ill thinkers.. All men can't be masters. Agree, for the law is costly. Care and diligence bring luck. Hatred is blind as well as love. Idleness always envies industry. Heaven is worth the whole world. A great fortune is a great slaver'. Idle men are - dead all their life long. Honors come bv diligence ; riches spring from economy. No man is more severely punished t'i an he who is subject to the whip of his own remorse. When the forenoons of life are wasted there is not much hopa of a peaceful and fruitful evening. How noiselessly the snow comes down! Tou may see if, feel it, but never hear it. Such is true charity. 'Tie an ill thing lo be ashamed of one' poverty, but much worse mot to make use f lawful measures to avoid- i To c nciliatc is so infinitely more agreeable than to offend, that ir, is worth 851-111:5 sacrifice of individual will. It i often paid that second thoughts ar,' best. 0 they are in matters of judgement, but not in loa'ters of 1 onseit n:;e An old .sheep raiser of Mas-sachiKetls, says: "I have two pastures of twenty acres each. I have kept sheep on one of them about seven years in ten ami the ocher three in ten. The one I kept sheep on the most is worth twenty-five jer cent, more than the one I pastured vvhh cattle. 1 have an orchard of four ar rive hundred trees, or about five acres. When the apples arc the size of walnuts I turn sheep in, they pick up the grc-jn fruit which has fallen to the ground, thereby destroying many worms, I allow ihem to remain until the middle of July, and I think they benefit the orchard more than one half the expenses of their nast- uri,1S tnrfuSh ,hti S(;a'J,,, APoser for Dan Lockwood. Washington, Oct. 28. The Presi dent's bouncing of District Attorneys Stone of Pennsylvania and IJinton of Missouri for making a speech at a political meeting, raises public ex pectation to frenzy about what will be done to Dan Lockwood in 1888? Dr.11 wiil and must inevi ably make tbe nominating speech, and will Air. Cle eland bounce him? Fr m the Mail and Fsiress. Tie Democratic friend of the people- tjarty is tht -it is composed of the people , rnd the intelligent people. The Republican party is composed cf a few bosses ar.d a large herd of ignorant, superstitions blacks, who its;-ond to t lie c ill of the few selfish -shepherds' with the fidel ity of the uiOifc faithful sheep. W Hson J'lonce. TRUE, BROTHER. The people of North Carolina need ! to prepare for the more thorough education of the children of tUe S ace. Give us mi n in every posi tion of power and trust - win are in thorough accord with the progressive ideas of the times. Give us men who be:i-ve in the education and tl vation of the masses of the mass es of the people . We need truj and huaesi. men in the halls of Legis- i b.tion anrt in every political offi'ie. Golf Leaf. A Contrast. Philadelphia Record The Southern Democracy c arge I by James G. Blaiuo awlessly an! systematic. dly ae with sup- pressing the right of suffrage that belnsr to tte colored voters. Yet two negroee one from Sontk Carolina acd the other from North Carolina, have seats ia the present Congress, and these are jast two more negroes turn have been elected to Congress by all the Repablicans of the North. If what Mr. Blajne aeserls be true, how did Robert Smalls and James fi. O'Hara get into the preeent House of Representatives? And if , lUrthere ReDublicans have so great a desire for the political elevation jof their colored brethern, why do they ot wad an occasional negre to Con- ere1 the C .In T.onialot iiroa? . -4 ... . j
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