THE SUN, V A Daily Democratic Newspaper, IS PUBLISHED BY THE SUN ASSOCIATION, IN WlLMIXUTO.V, NoKTH CAROLINA, EVERYI MniiMXfi nxcei'T Monday, and mailed Vr)i! DEI.IVE11EI) IX THE CITY BY CARRIER, t sr.nfr.itiiJEKs at TifE following uni- 1 ii;M KAT? : Koit ONE MONTH, CO CENTS; TiniEE month?, six months,3.50; 1 TWELVE MONTHS. ST. OO. .ADVEKTIKBMENTS inserted in regular AOVKKTISIXii COLUMNS FOR Sl.OO PER JI'AREONE DAY: $3.5() PER SQUARE one week; $0.00 PER SQUARE ONE MONTH; S'-iO.OO PER SQUARE THREE MONTHS: S35.00 PER SQUARE SIX MONTHS; .10. PER. SQUARE TWELVE MOXTU4. CoXTKA.'TS MADE FOR OTHER SPACE AND TIME AT PROPORTIONATELY LOW RATES. Special notices are-charged fcO cents a line for first, and 15 cents a line fob each .subsequent, insertion. Interesting "correspondence, solicited. A rni ess. , THE SUN, Wilmington. N. 0. fsnn V CICERO W. HAEB1S. - - -. - Editor. Saturday Morning. May 3, 1879. Largest City Circulation. ,1 Xoble Speech.. : .. .: The Hoik "-Thomas Ewing, of Ohio, is iust.lv regarded as one of the foremost mem- hers of the House of Representatives He is IjoTil, ah.v patriotic- and.. hi the recent speech made by hi in upon the bill forbid .ding tj'c use -of troops' at the polls, he took occasion 10 give utterance to certain sen- timiMHs concerning the people of t le South cm States, which provV him not' less gen erous ami jost. It is so seldom, in these latter days, that our people have justice done thorn by Northern men of either po litical party, that the speech in question becomes exceedingly grateful and refresh. in" reading.'" Mr. Ewing is a member, of a family long distinguished in the politi cal history of the State of Ohio. He was an officer iti the Federal army during the late war, winning the rank of general by conspiciou3 gallantry and devotion. lie is entitled by reason- of such service to spiak for the men who followed the flag of the Union during the four years of that bloody struggle) and we would be-; glad to believe that he voiced their sentiments. His estimate of the characters, wishes, purposes and per voices of the '"Confederate Rrigadiers," wh ise presence in ' Congress has given such sore trouble to the souls of " - - - i i - the stalwarts, i.f widely different from that of Conger, Frye, Blaine, Conkling and others of that ilk, who having remained in peace and quietnesskt home when the integrity of the Union was really threatened by armed resistance, have, since that resis tance ceased, discovered in the fact of such presence a second, mid to their affrighted souls, mow dangerous conspiracy against the Government. Mr. Ewing speaks like a gentleman and a soldier. 1 le does hut jus tice to the men whom the people of the Soutlr have sent to represent them in the National Councils; and certainly, no high.; er testimony could be given to t lie fidelity of those, representatives than the preg. uaut fact, which he mentions, that since their entrance upon their labors all manner -of thieving and blibery has teased. Mr. Ewing. in the speech referred to, says: "I see even the highest leader of the Republican parly gel down to the small J.iusiness; to use no harsher word,, of; pub lishing lists of Confederate brigadies and ...soldiers' of less rank who sit here in Con gress, ,..1 am amazed that they arejiot ashnnied of it. Why are the Confederate soldiers here? Uecause the whole South, all the sweep of manhood from the cradle to the grave had to enter the Confederate army to meet our overwhelming numbers. The Southern people have scarcely any other men of experience to choose from, to whom they are attached by the sympathy ofcommou struggles, common calamities, and common submission to the result. I remind the gentlemen or the other side that since the confederate brigadiers have been in this House there have-been no more great jobs passed through Con gresstbat Vtbeir action and their i votes tlie'desfructiotfof our warrnoney was stop ped, and silver was at least partially re monetized, and the broken soldiers of the Union Army given their hard-earned ar rears of pension. And I challenge contra diction of the fact that, from the begin ning of the Government until now Con gress never has been purer and never guid ed by more patriotic purposes. Gentlemen of the -Republican party, as you now sit and Took in the faces of these ex-confederates men of character, educa tion, purity of personal life, with hands unsmutched (with pixbUc plunder--yoa ,knowr that they are yoHr peers in intelli gtneri tod abiutyiud in' devotion to our common country and its laws. -Xou do in- justice -tovybuf own hearts if you say other wise. , You know there is not a latent pur pose of disloyalty either in them or in the great masses of the Southern people Bey represent. And you know that if the honor of this country were assailed how, any where or in anyway, they would fly to its support with an ardor a9 strong as ever . burned in joar own breast." Such words as these are comforting, .clmuogaatbey do, at a time when all the efforts, of all the leaders of the Republican party have been directed to the purpose of JfiQg .tjje Northern heart, by the vilest TnisreprnlatfoB of fthe sentiments, con victions and desires.of the Southern people. The KeBtueky IVomiuatloa. T1k Democracy of Kentucky have paid a merited. tribute to- moral heroism by the nornln&tton of Dr, Xuke .P. Blackburn, for Governor; It will be remembered ; that Dr. Jllackburn gained an almost world wide reputation bj his heroic eCFortS in be half of the people whovere so sadly strict fen by yellow fever during last year. Among all who'1 gave their time, talents dnd energies to the amelioration of the suffering caused by the terrible scourge, he stood conspicuous for energy and devo- .tion; .the people of Kentucky, gallant. : large-hearted and generous, regarded -bis conduct with pride and admiration: and have signalized their estimate of that gen uine courage which, forgetting self, heeds only the call of duty, by tendering him the nomination for the highest office hx the commonwealth. It too seldom happens, that services like those of Dr. Blacfc- bnm ' receive .'! annmnn'.'n rpnrnf ilAIL As a rule, we belieare, the labors and aeri fices of members of the medical fraternity receive the scantiest acknowledgment and reward. Benefactors of their kind, they do the duties which come to their hand be cause they are duties, urged thereto by their sense of responsibility for the gifts granted them and by the traditions and teachings of their profession. Bj day and by night, at the call of the rich and the poor, alike, they eiidure fatigue and suffer tng and expose themselves to perils, receiv ing satisfaction, for the most part only, in the consciousness-of duty cheerfully aud faithfully performed. Sometimes, as in Dr. Blackburn's case, conspicuous public ser vice receives some public recognition, but for the most part the labors and dangers of these ministers of pealing are done and met and the great public remain in ignorance of them. Dr. Blackburn 's nomination is a compliment to his profession most worthily bestowed. He wjll, of course, be chosvn the Governor of his Commonwealth, as the Democratic majority in Kentucky is too targe to offer hope of successful Republican opposition. If he shall discharge the du ties of the high office to which he shall be called with the zeal, fidelity and ability. which have marked his professional career, and we believe Be will do so he will carry with him, when he retires from pub- lJC station, the best wishes of the thousands of his fellow-citizens; who rejoice at his present ffood fortpne. ' Tiac DemocraUe .Position. . Washington correspondents report that Messrs. Alexander Stephens and Emory Specr. of Georgia, J. H. Evins and J. D. Tilman, Sf : South Carolina, and Casey Youngj of Tennessee, are the only mem bers of the Democratic majority in the House of Representatives who favor a "back-dowu" by the party upon the repeal ing laws. We are sincerely glad to see that there is no Democratic member of the North Carolina delegation, who is willing to make sacrifice of his principles to pur chase a deceptive and danrerous peace. We are not at all surprised, at the- course adopted by Mr. Alexander Stephens. Ever since he found reason to endorse Grant's course iu the enforcement of some of the harshest of the. Reconstruction measures, we have had : no confidence in either his convictions or integrity as a Democrat. His connection with the great Democratic party of the country has always seemed to as merely nominal. We have never felt that he could be trusted in any of the great crises through which the party has passed. He has never given it that earn est, hearty and unwavering support which we are accustomed to regard as the test of party fealty. Democrat "after the strict est sect" onrself we have always regard ed his independenvy in Georgia politics as hurtful and dangerous. No man, who re fuses implicit obedience to the will of his party'i as lawfully expressed in convention, is. in our jndgment. thoroughly orthodox.nud thisMr. Stephens hus frequently done. For his mere intellectuality we have sincere nv spect, but for his course as a public man we have none;. and we sincerely trust that his timid, time-serving counsel will have no weight in determining the conduct of the Democratic majority in Congress. Of the other.gentlemen mentioned we know too little to speak plainly. Mr. Speer is regarded as a mere echo of Mr. Stephens. Messrj. Ennis and Tilman may represent the sentiments of our South Carolina neighbors. We incline to the opinion, however, that they do not; Senator Hampton, wno was sub stituted for. 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