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VOL. XXIV,•
POINTS AND PARAGRAPHS
ON TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
Dodei mla had will to printed Iran dm* to time noteworthy utterance*
•• ttonn a< can-tot Internet. Ttoy will to tatoa lean public iiWthim.
toaka. Duulaa, amwpen. la lact atonal we may ud than. Iiai
Haa than (election* will acenrd wtt aay alawa aad Ito vitae <w oar tend
er*. toateimn the eppoeii* will be tree. Bat by raeaoa <X tto ntoect Butter,
tto arU. the aatkaenklu, or tto eiewe eeaiatead. each wtl tove aa element
al timely latetaat to make U a CO tuple BOW* attoeaace.
Whal the Tariff Dmi for Iha Steal Treat.
Cfclcaeo bnr< Herald.
The stuping earnings of the corporation for the nine months,
after providing for maintenance, depreciation, interest on bonds,
sinking and reserve funds and dividends on preferred stock (5#
percent) and on common stock (‘i% per cent), were almost $30,-'
000,000. The corporation’s scale of prices for its products still
stands at about double the cost of manufacture.
American Oeed ClilMmUf.
CWrlotta Obacrver.
Mr. Cleveland’s speech in Chicago yesterday desit with "Amer
ican Good Citixenahip," and'hc kept the bonds to eschew politics.
His speech is full of sound sense, and the keynote of it may be
found in this single sentence: “As in the municipality, so in our
nation,our weal or woe is made dependent upon the disinterested
participation, or ttfe neglect, of good men in public affairs."
Sfow-foatad Istrlfotisa.
Sc Lam Republic.
Boodle in St. Louis. Boodle in Jefferson City. Boodle in
Minneapolis. Boodle in Kansas City, Kaa. Boodle at Topeka—
according tq William Allen White. Grafters in Chicago. Boodle
in Pennsylvania. Boodle in postal affair*. Boodle in Indian Ter
ritory. Polka talking boodle to the PresiBent. Boodle here, there,
everywhere. Quite an epidemic, hot not of the crime, luckily, but
retribution following fast and ever faster.
A Dangerous Csmbinatisa.
SumilH« Uateirt.
The "unloaded gun” has done much business in North Caro
lina within the past few weeks. A number of persons have been
maimed and killed by these " unloaded” weapons going off. Of
conrse those who handle them are very sorry after tbe other fellow
has been killed or maimed for life, bnt that doesn't repair the
wrong. One is much safer to have a gnn fired at him point blank
than be is to stand around where a fool is handling a weapon
which he says ia unloaded.
WsaU Look at Matters tills randy.
Suurrtu* Uidmfk.
Somebody has to and ought to prosecute criminals in the in
terest of justice; and we have often wondered whst these lawyers
who boast they would not prosecute would do if a member of their
own family or some one near apd dear to them would fall a victim
to a murderer? It is very probable that were the matter brought
home to them they would sing a different tune. The trouble is
that these lawyers have defended so many criminals that they get
to tbinkiog nobody oueht to be punished for anything. If they
were brought to a realisation of crime from the standpoint of the
injured party they would look at matters differently.
Jmfic* la tha Csart Boom.
CWrilr »»d Children. ^
We believe that the negro gets even-handed and impartial
justice in oar co art-bo uses, We do not believe there is s single
judge in tbe State who would permit a man, because he is igno
rant and helpless to be imposed upon in the punishment the law
inflicts; and juries are likewise disposed, as « rule, to do tbe fair
thing by the criminals who have neither influence nor money.
Bnt here is the rub; White men often escape tbe just punishment
of their misdoings though sometimes their crimes ire flagrant and
wilful. It la not that the negro fails of justice ia tbe courts, but
that tbe white man escapes it, thatlias no doubt given rise to the
opinion of our friend, which bss been copied and endorsed by
many of the papers of the State. To be sure this is a matter to be
depend and should be remedied, bnt it is not quite so- bad as the
punishment of an inaoceot man, or the infliction upon a guilty one
•f more punishment than be deserves. Tbe negro, we honestly
believe, is given perfect justice ia oar courts as far ss it is given
the officers of the courts to see tbe right, bnt many a white Tascal
goes unwfaipped who deserves the lash of the law; and there is
w^ere the injustice comes in.
The North Cartlhdii Aa Be la.
O^MurC.a Aveeek. at the Onmbon InakMi.
In your travels you may have run serosa "the scornera who
scoff at and the witlings who defame" this State. Yon may have
heard that she la ignorant and provincial, but I have the pleasure
to inform yon what your affection already knows, that there can
be fonnd nowhere within her. borders a man known out of his
township Ignorant enough to join with the fool in saying "There
Is no God." There hi no man amongst us whose head is so un
traiped that it does not instinctively seek his bat in the presence
of a woman. Tlur* is no enr so untaught that ft does not heu the
cry of pity, and no heart so untutored that it does not beat in
sympathy with the weak and the distressed. Illiterate we have
been but ignorant, never. Books we have not known, but of men
wa hays learned and of God we have sought to find out. "A gentle
people and open," frank and courteous, passionate when aroused,
•ad dangerous in conflict ; capable of sacriAoe. among warriors the
first—pi afeed by me aa warriors only because of the Ugh courage
manlfaated there, giving promise of the wonderful achievements
which lie before ms In peace. These are your people, they are my
people. I am ptoud of their history; proud of their character and
glad to introduce yon to them again. Ybur brethren all wish you
40 it*jr *aioo« «■ to the utnioat limit of your time, to see us sad
know us as we are. If yoe find our material condition better than
1 **' ** claim no praise for It. If wa have done
well. It to because wa were taught aright by thorn who went before
us, taught at their expense, and credit belongs to them alone. Wa
think wa bold on to the truths which our fathers tahgbt us. We
balieva that we artUmlntain a pMrtou ter Libarty; that we love
*■**»**•? * JS tote by houo, than by wealth, aad
tiMg tha kind promptings of our heart, may find a better way in
which to express themselves; that our deeds may beep pace with
°« wishes aad that the earth may grow batter by what wa do In
tog cahl., |« tom, house, ia modern mansion, sack aad all* you
^ **d • "*towme. The latch string hangs outside the door but
n®Ubr you. The latch string is lor tha straagar ooly; the door
ROOSEVELTS VIEW OP MEN.
Excarladna of PrasMaats aag
Othara who Mako BIMory—Bo
Bogina With Jaffersoa-Tbsn
Going Along (ha Liaa ha Rapa
Each locaabaat la aaa Way
or Aaalhar—Cowbeya Pralood.
Belliwm Son.
Washington, September 29.—
President Roosevelt is beginning
to feel the force of the wish that
one’s enemy should write shook.
As the writer of many books,
be may appreciate the rejoicing
of bis political enemies. Re
cent quotations of Mr. Roose
velt against himself have excited
interest in bis writings not here
tofore felt by the general pub
lic.
As a writer of greater or lesa
popularity, some of his work*
have been read by many persona
but probably very few have read
all that be has published, and it
is only through such reading
that he may be tally appreciated.
Scattered through the entire out
put of his pen are examples of
originality and diversity of views
which, if grouped together in
one volume, would be enough
to make any man famous—iu
one way or another—without the
added glory of military honors
and cowboy characteristics.
.The Snn has called attention
to the diversity of his views on
the subject of lynching*, of the
tariff and of the negro question;
but this by no means fills the
measure of the marvellous to be
found iu bis works. HU viesrs
of public men whose names have
been written on the tablet of
fame are corrective of history as
it has been learned from litpior
childhood by Americans wbo
have grown old nursing the de
lusions of the greatness of the
fathers.
The man against whom Mr.
Roosevelt has found it to be his
duty to warn the public most
frequently is Thomas Jefferson,
whom he baa discovered to be s
Secessionist, treacherous and
constitutionally untruthful; but
hia discoveries of evil iu famous
men have not been confined to
the author of the Declaration of
Independence. He has found
bat few men who have been
seated .in the White House whom
the public should respect.
With reference to President
Polk, wbo, be says, was assisted
to the White House by the • vic
ious and criminal claaies in all
the great cities of the. North and
New Orleans,” he says, in his
"Life of Benton,”
The Abolition! joined han^t
with Northern roughs and South
ern slavecrats to elect a man who
waa, except Tyler, the very
amah eat of the line of amall Pres
idents who came between Jack
son and Lincoln." '
. Tyler, he says, was a politician
of monumental littleness," and
to call him mediocre would be
unwarranted flattery. In small
compass of one paragraph be
brashes eight Presidents aside
aa unworthy of consideration on.
account of their smallness.
"Jefferson." be says, "was the
father of nullification, and there
fore, -f secession. He uaed the
word nullify in the original draft
which he supplied to the Ken
tucky Legislature and, t&ongh
that body struck it out of the
resolutions ia 1796, they insetted
it in those of the following year.
This wo done o an unaempn
loos partv move on Jefferson’s
part; and when his petty came
into poster he became a arm up
holder M the Union; end. being
constitutionally unable to put a
proper value on truthfulness, be
even denied that his resolution
could be construed to favor nulli
fication. ”
Mr. Roosevelt says in another
place that Mr. Jefferson, while
Secretary Of State under NW**h
ineton, waa playing a "discredit
able part* toward hia chief.
" Jefferson's course in the mat
ter," he says, "waa characteris
tic. Openly he was endeavoring
in a perfunctory manner to carry
oat Washington's policy of strict
neutrality In the contest between
France and England, but secret
ly be waa eogsged in tortoons
intrigue* against- Washington,
and was thwarting n!s wishes, so
“r •• he dared, in regard to
Gent."
He says that the war of 1812
was "attended by incidents of
shnme and disgrace for which
Jeffenou and Madison aad their
political friends and supporters
among the politician* and people
have never received e sufficient
ly severe condemnation."
Mr. RooaeveH says that Jeffer
son was "perhaps the most in
capable Executive that ever filled
the Presidential chain* • * •
"and seen excepting his succes
sor, Madison, it would be dif
•emit to Imagine a man Waa fit
to abide the 'State with honor
ana safety."
As to Monroe Mr. Roosevelt
says:
MI think beiwas as conch a fail*
ura as his predecessors, and a
harsher criticism could not be
passed upon him.”
These quotatiobs are only
sample* of the assaults made by
Mr. Roosevelt on Jefferson and
Madison, to whom be refers
again and again in most con*
temptnons terms.
Presidents Van Boren and
Buchanan he refers to as"duugfa
fsees” and "fitrepresentatives of
the sordid sad odious political
organisations of New York aad
Pennsylvania." Monroe he
■peaks of again as a "courteous,
high-minded gentleman of no
especial ability but well fitted to
act as Presidential figurehead"
during the era of good feeling.
He ranks Jackson very high as
• soldier, and now and then says
things strongly favorable Co him
but refers to him while President
as ignorant and violent.
Mr. Roosevelt does not con
fine his criticism to his prede
cessors in the White^Hottse. He
says that the glory acquired by
the battle of Luke Erie "has
moat certainly been estimated at
more than its worth.” Capt.
Perry's name,” Mr. Roosevelt
says in hit naval war bistory, "is
more widely known than that of
•ny other commander. Every
schoolboy reads about him if of
so other sea captain, yet be cer
tainly stands on a lower grade
than either Hell or MacDonough
and not a bit higficr than a doxen
others.” Speaking of Decatur,
Mr. Roosevelt mys:
"I do not think the facts bear
out the assertions-on,the part of
most American authors 'that
Commodore Decatur covered
himself with glory* and showed
the utmost 'heroism.* ”
With much frankness be says
of GouVfcncur Morris:
"Ini fact, throngont the war of
1812 be appeared as the open
champion of treason to the na
tion’s creditors and of cringing
subserviency to a foreign Pow
er.”
Speaking of Oliver Ellsworth,
who was appointed Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court by Presi
dent Washington, Mr. Roosevelt
says:
, "Oliver Ellsworth, of Connect
icut, whose name should be
branded with infamy because of
the words be uttered," etc.
He refer* to Gen. Winfield
Scott as "* wholly absurd and
P*'*™***.” He refers
to Chief Justice Taney as "Judge
of unhappy fame," and says that
being appointed to the Supreme
Bench, be "lived to do even more
mischief than he had time or op
portunity to accomplish aa Sec
retary of the Treasury."
Silas Wright, of New York, is
called "a typical Northern
doughface politician." "Wright
and llarcy," be says, "and their
successors in New York polities
almost up to the present day.
certainly carried cringing subser
viency to the Sooth to a pitch
that was fairly sublime.”
The term traitor is used with
great freedom by Mr. Roosevelt
in his writings. In speaking of
Jefferson Davis, however, the
term is not strong enough, and
"arch-traitor" Is used.
"Before Jefferson Davis took
his place among the archtraitor*
in our annals,” be says, "he bad
already long been known as one
of the chief repodlatfoniata; it
was not unnatural that to dis
honesty toward creditors of the
public he should afterward add
treachery toward the public it
self."
William Lloyd Garrison and
Wendell Philips, together with
other Abolitionists, do not es
cape without roesting, and the
Quakers, ai srell us tbs Kansas
farmers, ere included in the gen
eral round-up of *un worth las."
The class in whom Mr. Roose
velt finds llttk to condemn is
that of the "lighthearted cow
boy," who lynches only horse
thieves and shoots only for fnu
or revenge. Hia description of
this clam has in it the evidence
of admiration.
iMtnMInaMMtai CnK
",8©B»n»«S?«to Judge Nm)
held court la Stohai county tad
lottracted the grtad jury to In
dict the county commimdoaen
for not providing t inhabit coart
bottie. Tbi oommitcionen ware
indicted, we believe,but tnywty
lb«y proceeded to auke image
minu to baild tbt court borne.
Thereupon ooe W. P. Pul Hem,
• ddxM.af Stoke*.'procured id
In unction to rmtrila the com
mlMioncn from building the
coart boaee. illtglng tbit they
had do kgli Mtnonty to build
ABoran stow f micom.
Shawls* haw Bigh Kls C—cap
tlea at fxMte Defy Was.
•matin Wi.
hfto in a heretofore un
published story regarding Abra
ham Lincoln', high conception
°L hlf ft** “ • (wcnuncnt
office-holder were obtained from
the manuscript of the grandson
of George Harrington, who was
the Pint Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury in tbe Lincoln ad
ministration, and a great per
sonal frteud of tbe latter. Later
Harrington was Uaited States
Minister to Switzerland. The
grandson occupies a position in
toe Treasury Department and
is writing tbe memories of
George Harrington. Shortly af
ter Lincoln was sworn in he
•rat for Harrington and mid to
tbe latter: "Harrington, I want
you to take entire charge of my
personal finances. J will tarn
my salary check over to yon
every month, together with what
other moneys I may receive.
Yon may Invest them as yon sec
fit. I don't want to know bow
yon are baodliag the money,
whether your investment* are'
successful or fallens. If theta
are any dividends 1 will sign
for them from time to time and
will draw on yon for my general
household and personal ex
penses."
President Lincoln’s purpose in
thus transferring his private
finances to the charge of another
with instructions that be be told
nothing about what was being
done with theta, was to insare
having his mind free from in
fluences of a personal and
pecuniary character in discharg
ing the duties of bis office. If
bis money was invested la 'a
corporation that wanted govern
ment contracts. President Lin
coln did not want to know it.
Aside from avoiding the poarit
Se charge that be was promoting
e affairs of corporations in
which be was financially in
terested, he wanted to satisfy bis
own conscience that none of bis
official acts was influenced by
the prospect oi getting large
dividends.
Lincoln had absolute trust
and confidence in the hitearky
of Harrington, so much aotha*
he refuted to receive a tingle
receipt lor money tamed over to
hts agent. That Harrington
was true to hie trust is evidenced !
by the fact that ota the death mi
Lincoln be turned over to Jndge
David Davit, the adminstrotor
" **»«*. the
earn of $62,000.
North CassUna'e Brapdsepe.
The Charlotte Observer
that tdetty nearly everybody
who amounts to anything either
came from North Carolina or
"has North Carolina blood in his
veins. Add there seems to be
•ome truth in it. We were in
the Olivia Raney library a few
nights ago and 'picked up, unit*
ft random, five biographies of
fa moot no. Tim first waa that
of Thomas H. Benton, the states
man, who waa born near Hills
boro. The second waa that of
the great Union Admiral, David
Parraget, whose mother, it la
not generally kopwn, waa a na
tive of Lenoir county. .The
third was a life of the equally
great Confederate leader, Qea.
Nathaniel B. Forrest, whose
father was bom is Orange coun
ty. When the celebrated artist
Whistler died a month ago, we
learned for the first time that his
mother wap a Wilmington wom
an. ' And now Judge Walter
Montgomery Idle nt that Gener
al Luke B. Wright, who la to
aacceed Judge Taft as Governor
General of the Philippines, la
the torn of a Halifax county aaan
who emigrated to Tennessee be
fore the Civil War. Blood will
tell.
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