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FORTY. In the heyday of my years, when 1 j thought the world w?is ng, And believed that I was old—at the very gates of Life— It seemed in every song the birds of heaven sung That I heard the sweet injunction: “Go and get to thee a wife!” And in the breast of youth awoke a se cret desire; For Love spoke in that carol his mys terious word, That to-day through ashen years kin dles memory into fire, Though the birds are dead that sang it and the heart is old that heard. I have watch’d my youth’s blue heavens flush to angry, brooding red, And again the crimson palsied in a dull, unpregnant gloom; I am older than so ne sorrows; I have watched by Pleasure dead; I have seen Hope grow immortal at the threshold of the tomb. Through the years by turns that gave me now curses, now caresses, I have fought a fight with Fortune wherein Love hath had no part; To-day, when peace hard-conquered riper years and weary blesses, Will my fortieth summer pardon twenty winters to my heart? When the apring-tide verdure darkens to the summer’s deeper glories, And in the thickening foliage doth the year of life renew, Will to me the forests whisper once more their wind learnt stories? Will the birds their message bring me from out the heaven of blue? Will the wakened world for me sing the old enchanted song— Touch the underflow of love that, through all the toil and strife, Has only grown the stronger as the years passed lone and long? Shall I learn the will of Heaven is to get for me a wife? The boy’s heart yearns for freedom, he walks hand in hand with pleasure; Made bright with wine and kisses he sees the face of Life. He would make the world a pleasure for a love that knows not measure; But the man seeks Heaven, and finds in the bosom of his wife. —H. C. Bunner, in Scribner's. [From the Wilmington Post. State Debt vs. Jarvis. Did it ever occur to Mr. Jarvis that it comes with very bad grace from him to abuse the Republican Legislature of 1868-’69 for issuing bonds for cer tain railroads in North Carolina, when he, Jarvis, voted for the bonds him self? The Journal of the House of Representatives show that Thomas J. Jarvis was a leader of the Democratic side during that session, and that a very large majority of the Democratic members, including Mr. Jarvis, voted for all of the infamous acts authoriz ing Governor Holden to issue bonds. Even the infamous special tax bonds was voted for by Thomas J. Jarvis. And the Ship Fraud books shows that Thomas J. Jarvis got the small sum of $1,500 from one Pickerell, a noted bond thief. Mr. Jarvis has never de nied receiving the money, but claims that he borrowed it. It seems that Jarvis is going over the State abusing the Republicans for doing that which he himself assisted them in doing by votidg for the Republicans. Mr. Jarvis should also tell the peo ple, and he will do it if he has re formed, that A. S. Merrimon, Swep- son’s attorney, was a lobbyist at that time for the railroad bonds, and that the said Merrimon drew up all the acts authorizing those bonds which he and Jarvis lobbied through. They were assisted by all of the Democratic pres idents of railroads in the State, and by Euch leading Democrats as Judge Person, of Wilmington, and others. Mr. Jarvis, if he has at last refoimed and wants to stop being bribed as Pickerell bribed him in 1869-’69, should also inform his audience that out of the $19,000,000 worth of bonds issued, $17,600,000 of them went into the hands of the Bourbon Democrats; and if they were squandered, as we have no doubt they were, then it was done by those same Bourbon Demo crats who received them after they were delivered to them. Gov. Jarvis, these are historical facts that you should in common hon esty admit. 1st. You should say to your audi ence: Fellow citizens, I know it was wrong for the Legislature of 1868-’69 to burden you with an enormous debt, but I voted for it. 2nd. I know, my friends, that these bonds were issued by means of cor ruption, but in justice to you, I would state that I, Thomas J. Jarvis, voted for them, and I received $1,500 from Pickerell. This is all that w is ever proven on me. When Governor Jarvis mounts the stand and states the above facts like a a man, then and not until then will we believe that he has become any more honest than he was the day he received the $1,500 from Pickerell. We dislike to tell these important matters on the chief executive of the State, but when he startsout falsifying the record and makes statements which he knows is as false as can be, we be lieve the people should know the whole truth. A man who lives in a glass house as Thomas J. Jarvis has for thirteen years should not throw siones, nor neither should a man with the re cord that is fastened to the past con duct of Jarvis, get up and abuse men even as notorious as Swepson, Little field, Laflin and others who are his su periors in honesty and integrity. It might be considered that we are saying these things about Jarvis be cause he is a Bourbon Democrat, but that is not the case. Wo have clip pings from a majority of the Demo cratic papers of the State, including the Star, of this city, which charges him as being dishonest, and while it will be a little cumbersome to publish them, yet we may be called upon to do so. 3d. Friends and fellow-citizens, as a matter of history, and I admit it to you, that my (the Democratic party,) received nine-tenths of these bonds and squandered them. ^4th. My dear* friends, I, Thomas J. Jarvis, exceedingly regret to have to admit, but the facts must be told— these corrupt bonds was authorized by the Legislature of l£68-’69, on account of the tremendous lobby, consisting of every Democratic railroad president in the State, [and all the presidents were Democrats at that time.) assisted by A. S. Merrimon and thirty other of the Democratic lawyers in the State, in cluding the very ablest in the State? 5th. My dear friends and fellow-citi zens, this record is hard, but as I wish God to forgive me of all my sins, I must make a truthful statement to you. And now this Thomas J. Jarvis is canvassing all over the State in the en deavor to oust Ransom from the United States Senate, and step into his place. [From the State Journal. Our New Titled Aristocracy. It has been known for some days past that the Bourbon leaders were consulting on some measure of great importance, and that they were making extraordinary efforts to keep not only their action but the subject under discussion a profound secret. Despite their efforts, however, the whole matter has leaked out, and lo and behold ! the object of all this caucusing was to arrive at an un derstanding as to who should have the honors and titles when they should establish a titled aristocracy in North Carolina. As the peop e may have some interest in knowing who their masters are to be, we give the list, as full as the bosses could make it at this sitting, which was cut short by Gov. Jarvis having to leave town on the western-bound train, Monday, 28th ult. It is their intention to reassemble, however, at an early day and complete the work so satisfactorily begun. After considerable discussion as to the method of selecting titles, it was determined to show to the world th.it they were not Bourbons by adopting the First Napoleon’s plan of con ferring the title in connection with some notable event in the life of the beneficiary. For instance, he made Marshall Ney a peer, under the title of Duke of Montebello, Davoust was Prince of Eckmulh, and so on. In accordance with this plan, Gov. Jarvis leu off the list with the title of Duke Pickerell, Grand Command der of the Order of the Red Nose, High Functionary of the Society of Prohibition,and Supreme Pensionary of Railroads. He takes the county of Pitt as bis hereditary domain. His castle is to be called Malafides, in allusion to the manner in which he was elected Governor over Judge Buxton. Senator Vance’s claims to nobility were next discussed, and after many suggestions it was at last settled that, in acknowledgment of his great est service to the State, he should be invested with the title of Duke of Billingsgate. His hereditary domain has not been definitely settled, but he has already declared his intention of calling his residence Buffoonery Palace. Senator Ransom will be known as Prince Claptrap, residence not yet settled upon. His crest, we under stand, is to be a spavined studhorse. Col. William L. Saunders is not content with the title he won on the tented field, but comes before the people now as Earl Klux; coat of arms a negro pendant, three daggers couchant and cowhide rampant, with the legend K. K. K. Residence Den Hall. As usual, when the good things are being divided, Judge Fowle’s claims were ignored, and he was re warded merely with the title Baroh Silvertongue, for life, and put in charge of the Bureau of Uncalledfor Candidates. Judge Merrimon also came in for a small recognition, and his ser* vices were rewarded with the title of Viscount Bolter, with no present em ployment, 'save that of Grand Al moner to the High Priest of Prohi bition (who is said to be Bishop Hood, and rumor has it that he is to be further honored with the title of Prince of Africa.) This office, or rather place, of Viscount Bolter does not pay a salary, and he is to have the reversion in fee of Baron Silver tongue’s office. Kiah Gudger has no title, but he is to be rewarded with the important position of Functionary of the Order of Political Pimps, which carries with it fine patronage, we are told. Gen. Cox is to be Marquis of Pom posity and Posture Master to the Court, which pays well. He will re? side at Puff Castle. The^e were also a number of lesser lights provided for. William S. Mason is to be Court Jester, with the title of King of the Punjawb. Fab Haywood Busbee, a Baron Something, residence Little Ambi tion. George Haywood Snow, Count Ce dar Fork, residence Arrogant Hall. Capt. Coke is to be Count Vox, and will take charge of the Depart ment of Election Frauds. Preten tious Castle will continue to be his residence. Judge Gilliam, it is reported, will go into the peerage under the title of Marquis Oldbear, and will have an important charge. These constitute the list so far as they have gone, and while we may not be absolutely correct we are striking close to the truth. We will give the public additional titles when they shall have been settled upon, unless our source of information should be cut off. PROHIBITION A BOURBON MEASURE. — The following is the vote in the Legislature on the final passage of the Prohibition bill This Legisla ture was overwhelmingly Democratic, and that party is responsible for the passage of the bill. Those marked with a star have since seen the Bour bon trick in the measure, and are now working for the Republican-Lib^ eral cause: SENATE. Those who voted in the affirmative were: DEMOCRATS. Battle, Nash; Bernardt, Pitt; Bur well, Meckle iburg; Carr. Randolph; Cuningham. Person; Davidson, Bun combe; Faison, Duplin; Finger, Ca- £awba ; Gudger, Mi chell ; Harris, Franklin; Harper, Johnston; Hamp ton, Su. y; Jo , Carteret; Lockhart, Arson; Manning, Gates; McMillan, A 1 eghany; Merritt, Chatham; Mebane, Alamance; Newland, Caldwell; Oates, Sampson ; Parish, Orange ; Richard son, Columbus; Scott, Rockingham; Staples, Guilford ; Stove, Gaston ; Tucker, Iredell ; Williamson, Davie; Woodhouse, Currituck. REPUBLICANS. *Clarke, Craven; Pridgen, Bladen; *Scott, New Ha io er; *Spears, Mont gomery. Those who voted in the negative were: DEMOCRATS. Blue, Cumberland; Dortch, Wayne; Foil, Cabarrusj; ^Respess, Beaufort; Spruill, Washington; Whitaker, Hali fax; York, Wilkes. REPUBLICANS. *Carter, col., Warren; Hanes, Da vidson; *Williamson, Edgecombe. Those who failed to vote we.e: DEMOCRATS. Deaver, Transylvania; Dickey,Cher okee, Glenn, Forsyth. REPUBLICANS. Eaves, Rutherford; Jenkins, Gran ville; King, Lenoir ; Nev .-om, col., Northampton; Wynne, Wake. HOUSE. Those who voted in the affirmative were: DEMOCRATS. Boykin, Sampson; Bradshaw, Ran- do 1 ph; Bry^o i, Swain; Carter, Bun co nbe; Click, Iredell; Covell, Curri- tack; Cox, Hyde; Daris, Hayv ood; *D v, Halifax; Ellingtoi, Johnston; Ga’ther, I dell; Gardiu, McDowell; Gatling, Gates; Gl in, Rockingham; G'cju, Stokes; Crainger, Wayne; Green, Hari ett; Green, Orange; Grae- ber, Rowan; Gwyn, Surry; Hamrick, Cleveland; Hanrer, Chatham; Harper, Caldwell, Joyae-, Johnston ; Kilpat rick, Pitt; Leake, Anson ; Manning, Chatham-; Morrison, Lincoln ; Moore, Pitt, McClure, Clay; McCauley,Union; McEache n, Robe'on; Neal, Mecklen burg; Nrnholson, Duplin; Parish, Or ange; Pig.’od, Duplin, Pool, Alex- andc; Ragsdale, Guilford; Ray, Ma- coj; Riggs, Camden Roberts, Davie; Rose, Cumberland; Rowland, Robe son; Savage, Halifax; Smedes, Wake; Spainhour, Wilkes; Sparrow, Beau fort; Taylor, Wilson; T rrell, Jackson; Toon, Columbus; Townsend,. Cumber land; Tupper, Moore; Turreutine, Ala mance; Walker, Meckle iburg; Web ster, Rockingham. REPUBLICANS: *Battle, col., Edgecombe; Cowan, Pender; Deans, Wayne; Dunn, Lenoir; H’eks, col., Washingtoi; Holton, Yrdkin; King, col., Warren; Lineback, Forsyth; Newell, col., Bladen; Rob- bii s, col., Bertie; Sikes, Tyrrell; *Simpson, Dare; Thomas, Davidson; Waddell, col., New Hanover, Watson, ■01., Edgecombe;.White, col., Craven; Wilson, New Hanover. Those who voted in the negative we e: DEMOCRATS: Lindsay, Nash; Tate, Burke; Worth ington, Martin. REPUBLICANS: Bledsoe, Wake; Bunting, Wake; Page, Jones; Johnson, col , Warren. The fo 1 lowing failed to vote on roll call: demoCPats : Mr. Speaker Cooke; Austin, Yancey; Brooks, Transylvania; Brown, Rowan; Culbreth, Sampson; Foy, Onslow; Gentry, Ashe; Heilman, Cabarrus; Vaughan, Alleghany; Yount, Catawba. • REPUBLICANS: Benbury, col., Chowan; Bingham, Watauga; *Blaisdell, Perquimans; Bigelow, col., Caswell; *Blythe, Polk; Bov man, Mitchell; Bradley, Ruther ford; Brooks, Brunswick; Chappell, Richmond; Cooper, Wilkes; Davis, Madiso 1; Di_on, Greene; Graham, Montgo nery; Green, Craven; Hailey, col., Northampton; Harrison, Caswell; Hays, col., Granville; Hood, Hender son; Pasour, Gaston; Perry, Wake; Pritchett, Guilford; Rogers, Gran ville; Snipes, Feitford; Wall, David son. IS PROHIBITION DEAD ? READ AND CIRCULATE. [Tho “Spirit of the Age,” (Prohibition Organ of the State,) Feb. 11, 1882.] We fear that some of those who talked for temperance and prohibi tion in the recent past have backed down,Tor back-slidden, or at best have grown lukewarm. We hear nothing from them—not a word. * * We are sorry for it, * * * be cause, we do not think now that, in the result of the recent election, there is any just cause for discour agement—much less an excuse for a back-down and give up, as some seem to think, judging them by their silent indifference; because if the cause for which we have so long con tended was right last year and in the times that are past, it is right now, and will always be right, and, if right, it should be maintained at all hazards. As for ourself, we are determined to continue the warfare, let the con sequences be as they may. In the language of a very eloquent and zealous baother: “We have had a snuff of the battle, and our blood is still warm.” Instead of being dis couraged we are greatly encouraged. [Prohibition Organ of the State, Feb. 21, ’82. A political paper stated recently that Prohibition had “its rise and fall” last year in North Carolina. We do wonder if the editor meant to convey the idea that the Prohibition movement is dead in the State? If so, he is wofully mistaken. It did not so much as get a “fall,” in the S. H. Buchanan Esq. We learn from private information that Mr. Buchanan’s chances are very fair in the Senatorial district composed of the counties of Moore and Ran dolph. He is a man of the people, a friend to the poor and laboring classes, and the people of his District could not makeabetter selection for Senator. Mr. Buchanan started in early life at the lowest round of the ladder and by fair, honest and just dealings kgs reached the top, and there are none who are more willing to testify to the fact, than his friends and neighbors with whom he has been in close busi ness contact for many years. He has a record of which any man might well be proud, and if the voters of Moore and Randolph possess the proper ap preciation of true, sterling worth, they will send Sion Buchanan to the Sen ate by fivehundred majority.—Laurin burg Enterprise. Hans Makart, the Vienna painter, has married a ballet girl. mulgated by the Liquor Dealers’ Convention that met last summer in your city, is to be accepted by both political parties as. platform princi ple, then until the sermon on the Mount has taken a deeper hold upon the minds and hearts of the people in our State, I am an inde pendent voter. Fraternally yours, W. T. R. Bell. brother abernethy. Senator Vance’s friend Abernethy writes as follows. We find his letter in the Prohibition organ of March 30, 1882. We suspect Mr. Aber nethy is not so much of a Vance man now as he used to be: My Dear Editor : Capt. Bell, in a recent issue,’ gives no uncertain sound upon the great question at issue in North Carolina. I, under a pressure of abundant labors, stop long enough to say that, I am in uni son with him; and by the grace of God, I expect to fight it out upon this line, till the Master calls me to account. Political parties that have to be cemented by the glue and froth of drunkenness, deserve to be con demned by the voice of a free, en lightened people to endless infamy. The elements that should be found in the make up of every political party, should be such as to exclude from its code of principles whatever tends to moral or social evil, Every good man in North Carolina knows the laws which we make to permit and encourage the making, buying and selling of ardent spirits, no matter what seeming good they may do in increasing the revenue, or in healing as a medicine, nevertheless, overbal ance all these goods in the damage they do to the moral and social in terests of our people. The great trouble in our political parties here tofore has been that good and sober men could hardly be elected to our Legislatures. The great mass of the voting population are dram drinkers and drunkards; hence the impossi bility of getting such members elected as would make proper temperance laws. And a goodly number of those heretofore elected, who were sober men, have been too fearful of the loss of their seats in the next Legislature to come out boldly in favor of Pro hibition. They have been like the Irishman when about to die and being told that he must pray: “Faith and be jabbers 1 don’t know who to pray to. I’m not after making ene mies for myself in that far off coun try, and I will say, its good God, good devil, for I’m not knowing into whose hands I’m to fall.” Let the temperance element in North Carolina stir itself in organi zation in every county some kind of temperance fraternities, and when the time comes to elect State legisla tors, let these fraternities select and nominate the best man or men they can bring at the front, irrespective of political parties. I tell you that, if the two old parties, or those in them that love the critter, stick to their principles, being cemented only by the liquor element, a third party of good, temperance men iu many coun ties being gathered from the old ones, 1 will elect their man. Let us try it. The salvation of the country depends upon this move. Let these liquor lovers call us what they please, we will ultimately succeed. They may pile on me what ever epithets they choose, I shall not change my purpose. I can’t do it without sinning against God; and I can’t see how any other Christian man in North Carolina can take any other position. It would be remark ably strange, in the more than 200,- 000 church members in North Caro lina, if we cannot elect a majority of temperance members in the North Carolina Legislature. R. L. Abernethy. The Asheville Courier, Prohibition Bourbon organ says: The majority against prohibition last year was large, but there were 43,000 who voted for it, unsatisfac tory as the proposed measure was, and their number have not grown less. That minority is not the kind to accept such a defeat as final. They will be heard again, and their power will be felt in elections here after. The issue is a live one and will be while the penitentiary, jails and poor houses of the State are being constantly recruited by whis key’s doings. Great evils, and those that were considered invincible in this country, have succumbed to an enlightened public opinion, and this one is des tined to go also. Rev. L. Branson republishes the foregoing in the Prohibition organ at Raleigh, and adds: “It so nearly coincides with my views and what I conceive to be the truth. Prohibition is gradually ^gaining ground.” THE BALANCE OF POWER. As for myself you may count me for temperance, for prohibition —for temperance men and prohibition men—and when voting time comes, regardless of polities, I intend to vote for the man who is opposed to the present system of license; and I am not alone in this locality, by many. There are temperance people enough in North Carolina, if they would speak out and be firm on this important question, to hold the bal ance of power. Let us have a convention soon, and put our principles and our de mands in proper shape. Then if both political parties reject or ignore our claims, let us nominate and vote only for such men as will agree to treat us and our cause fairly. The time has come when we should re fuse to be set back to make room for politicians who used us and our votes to hinder and not advance our cause.— G-reen County Correspond ent Prohibition Organ, Feb. 20th, 1882. THE MAIN QUESTION STILL ALIVE. Let politicians prate and bluster and turn, somersaults, and make wry recent conflict, at any rate, got no dust on its back.’’ It is not true that it got its rise and fall last year; but it is true that it declared a warfare against the le galized liquor traffic in North Caro lina last year; and also true, that it went into battle with unorganized forces and made one of the most g- 'ant fights of this or any other age, coming out of the battle with a discip'iued army of fifty thousand freemen, who, pressed back by brute force, were not whipped, but, on the contrary, had more to rejoice over than the majority whose seeming vic tory was won by the appeals to the baser passions of men. The fight last summer was the first effort, as it were, of a stripling un used to partizan conflict against a giant skilled in all the arts and tricks of the demagogue. How well it sus tained itself in a contest so uneven, t ie world knows. That man has read history to very little purpose who has not yet learned the fact that revolutions never go backward. And it does seem to us that a new paper could not choose a more certain ’method of forfeiting its claim to prophesy, than by uttering the opinion that prohibition has had .its rise and fall. A certain bill was rejected, but the great question of Prohibition is a 'ive issue, and is growing in stature and strength daily and hourly. It will at last win the fight, and the great battle which is to decide the conflict-is much nearer at hand than 1 many people are willing to believe.” The same organ of March SOT, 1882, plainly states the purpose of the Prohibitionists: We are greatly encouraged at what we have heard and seen lately, as to I the future of the temperance work in North Carolina. We have been somewhat among the people and . talked with them, both in private and from the rostrum, and we are cheered to find them more ready, than ever in the past, to fall into line and make war against the in iquitous liquor license system—the source of almost all the evils which grow out of the traffic. The people are beginning to under* stand that they have been cheated by the politicians; that the bill which the last Legislature passed, in re sponse to their petitions, was framed with the view of making it as odious as possible to the masses to the end that it might be voted down at the polls and the cause of temperance and prohibition made odious. They are beginning to find out that nothing may be expected at the hands of the politicians, therefore, they must, if they would ever succeed in freeing their State of the curse of alcohol, take the matter into their hands and manage it for themselves. The Prohibitionists fully recognize and appreciate the fact that they hold the balance of power in the State, and while they make no threats and are not yet prepared to say what they may do in the next general election they are determined to make no concessions. They are proud of the fight which they made last summer, and, reasoning from analogy, they are very confident that the next few years will decide the matter very differently from the way it was decided last year. We find among the people a fixed determination to stand by the cause of Prohibition, and they are only waiting for a proper time to move forward in the work. CAPT. BELL. In the Prohibition Convention which was held in this city on the 27th and 28th of April, 1881, Capt. W. T. R. Bell, of King’s Mountain, made a speech, in the course of which he declared that whilst he did not desire to carry politics into tem perance he did want to carry tem perance into politics. He then added: “After this day, party or no party, I will vote for no man and no measure that is not sound on this [prohibition] question; and if that be treason,” shouted the gallant Captain, “make the most of it.” (Loud and prolonged cheers.) Next day Gov. Jarvis gined the brethren. And Capt. Bell sticks to his word. In a letter to the Spirit of the Age, (Prohibition Organ,) dated March 1st, 1882, he says: From my earliest connection with the temperance movement, I have held that the license system was the root of the great evil: and, having once struck boldly at it, I felt that it was a humiliating concession, to abandon a virtual organization, and relapse into the old guerrilla war fare. With that view I wrote an article over my own signature for the Methodist Advance, urging organiza tion at the proper time, and the ex ercise of all the anti-license system strength of the State at the ballot- box, year after year until our efforts should be crowned with success. That campaign was a wonderful one ; and if followed up by prudent sagaci ous leadership, will yet tell upon the destinies of this commonwealth. I do not stop to ask what effect such an organization may have upon the status of political parties. I have my own party views and party pre ference which I do not propose to sacrifice unless driven to do so. But when I find party organs ready to apologize for a movement in which every better principle of my nature prompts me to glory, then expedient must go, and what I feel to be right must find a fearless assertion. I have no political ambition to gratify. But when I find both political par- ties manceuvering for advantage and both seeking to pander to a depraved vicious public sentiment; when policy so far loses sight of all en lightened principles as to ground the drink traffic upon the inalienable rights of man,— then, with one or a thousand, I am for virtue and truth and reform, and the God of Provi dence, in the mean time, must take care of the State. And if the political philosophy ex pressed in the “bill of rights” pro* faces if they delight in that kind of sport — but, it will all amount to nothing, in the end, for the prohibi tion sentiment of the country is growing and is going to keep on growing until it shall come like a mighty wave, and sweep the deck of the old ship of State so clean you will hardly believe that an anti-pro. Lib. or any other sort of a politician ever sat and walked thereon. The bill on which the people voted last summer is dead of course, and will never be revived again, but the main question is still alive. That will not die, nor will it down so long as human lives are being sacrificed for the purpose of raising revenue.— Prohibition Organ, June 14i/j, 1882. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY’S LOST OPPOR ¬ TUNITY. A correspondent of the same paper and of the same date, writes ; Mr. Editor :—I have seen from the papers that the whiskey party think they have it all their own way, but they are mistaken as to the meaning of the .vote last August. Many thousands who voted against that, to them, obnoxious bill, are not in favor of whiskey domination, by any means. If the Republican party had vig orously declared for Prohibition fourteen months ago, it would have gone into power in North Carolina, to stay for some time. But, it is now in great danger of committing the greatest blunder of all its blun dering career ; a blunder that will be fatal unless the Democratic party should outstrip it in blundering, as it has often done. Politicians should remember, as a rule, that that class of society who are most susceptible to party enthu siasm are not the prohibitionists. There are thousands of solid, quiet men, of both parties, who cannot be coaxed or driven against such strong convictions as they have on this liquor question especially when those convictions have been aroused as they now are. They believe that it is essent : al for the well-being of this country, that the liquor traffic be prohibited by law. They believe it the most important- question now agitating the public mind, one that comes nearer home to every philan thropist in the land. But, they are not of that class of voters, as a. rule, who are most likely to be present at political conventions; or, if there, they are not apt to be the most noisy members. * * * ** STRICTLY A POLITICAL QUESTION. And thousands of these quiet, firm, country loving and order loving men all over the land of both parties, have determined in the future to vote for men and measures known to be most favorable to laws restraining men from propagating vice, crime and poverty in the land. This liquor question is strictly a political ques tion, but wo to that party which shall declare in its favor. VV. The Prohibition organ at Greens= boro, of advises its readers and friends to nominate none but Prohibitionists for the Legislature. “Col. Dockery is still the nominee of the Anti-Prohibitionists, and, if elected, it will be proclaimed thioughout the nation that Prohibi tion has again been defeated. We fight him not as a Republican, but as an Anti-Prohibitionist.—Spirit of the Age, August 20th, 1882. The Prohibition Democracy DOES NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE DEFEAT OF THEIR PET SCHEME AND WILL PASS A SIMILAR MEASURE IN DEFIANCE OF THE VOTE OF THE PEOPLE IF THEY ARE CONTINUED IN POWER. THEIR SPEAK ERS ARE NON-COMMITTAL ON THE SUB JECT AND WILL NOT PLEDGE THEM SELVES AGAINST SIMILAR MEASURES. CAN YOU TRUST THE BOUR BONS? There has never been a measure favored by the Bourbons in North Carolina submitted to the people and by them voted down that the Bour bons did not afterwards, when they had the power, pass it in defiance of such vote. In 1861 the question of convention to take the State out of the Union was submitted to the peo ple. It was voted down and a major ity of the delegates were Union men opposed to secession. In less than ninety days the Bourbon Democracy by Legislative enactment called a convention in defiance of the vote of the people, and on the 20th of May the ordinance of secession was passed. In 1871 the question of calling a convention was submitted to the peo ple, and by them voted down. In 1874 the Bourbon Democracy, by Legislative enactment, again called a convention in defiance of the vote of the people. The people then elected a majority of delegates opposed to changing the Constitution, but the Bourbons took control of the Con vention and amended the Constitu tion in defiance of the vote of the people. In 1881 the Bourbons passed the Prohibition Bill and submitted it to the people. It was voted down as the other measures had been The same men and class of men who lead the party in 1861, 1871, 1874, 1875 and 1881 are leading the Bour bons to-day—that intolerant, deter mined set who never learn and never yield a position in deference to the wishes of the people. If they are given the power in the next Legisla ture will they not pass the Prohibi tion bill in defiance of the vote of the people? It is in keeping with their record to do so. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE RE PUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION, JUNE 14TH, 1882. The Republicans of North Caro lina, in convention assembled, renew the pledges made in all former plat forms and declare as follows: Resolved, That education is the bulwark of American liberty ; that the constitution of the United States requires the National Government to secure to each State a Republican form of government; that the amount of money as now collected and dis bursed by the State is greatly less than is absolutely necessary to fur nish each child with a practical English education; therefore we favor the appropriation of the in ternal revenue tax on distilled spirits by Congress, pro rata, among the several States and Territories, to the full amount of money derived from this source, and to be expended in educating the children ot our com mon country. Resolved, That sound policy, based upon the experience of the past twen- ' ty-two years, requires the continu ance of the tariff which enables the labor and capital employed in our great industries to compete fairly in our own markets with the labor and capital of foreign producers. Resolved, That the present system of county government is based upon the monarchical principle of taxation without representation, and is utter ly subversive of the rights of the cit izen, and should be repealed. The inherent right of the people to elect every officer clothed with a portion of the sovereignty of the State, from the chief executive to the humblest official, must not be denied or abridged, to the end that local self- government may be restored to the people of North Carolina. That an uonest coudt must follow a free bal lot, and the majority shall determine who shall make and execute the laws. Resolved, That the Bourbon leaders of the Democratic party are respon sible for the passage of the prohibi tion bill and the agitation resulting therefrom. The said bill having been rejected by a vote of the people, the Republicans of this State, in maintaining the fundamental princi ple that a majority must rule, request their candidates for the Legislature to vote for the repeal of said prohi bition bill and against all similar measures. Resolved, That we unreservedly and cordially indorse the adminis tration of President Chester A. Ar thur, and realizing the difficulties originally besetting its plan and course of duties, we recognize in its policy—combining wisdom with con sistency, justice with moderation, suavity in manner with firmness of execution—the policy of the Ameri can people. Resolved, That the declared pur pose of the President, as set forth in his message, and assured by his well- known character and associations, to secure both the recognition ot in dividual right and protection for personal property, as well as the commercial and business prosperity of the people throughout the South ern States of our Republic, commands the hearty support of every Southern interest and the admiration of every Southern heart; and we pledge him in return the earnest co-operation of the Liberal and Republican voters of our State. • Resolved, That the Liberal Con vention, which met in this city on the 7th inst-., was the first organized evidence on the part of the liberal and progressive men who have here tofore acted with the Democratic party, of a revolt against the des potism of Bourbon Democracy. That free thought, free speech and inde pendent political action received great encouragement from the action of said convention : that the men who had stood in convention and denounced the destruction of popular rights in North Carolina and the evils of class legislation, are worthy of the confidence and support of the people. That Oliver H. Dockery has always been true to the rights of the people; that he is a man of ability and experience, and the cause of the people in this campaign has been wisely entrusted to his leader ship; therefore we endorse his nom ination for Congressman-at-Large. Resolved, That George N. Folk is one of the ablest jurists in the State, is singularly free from prejudice and bias on account of race and political affiliation and is in every way fitted for the important office of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court; there fore we endorse his nomination as made by the Liberal Democratic Convention on the 7th inst. Resolved, That the lives, liberty, prosperity and happiness of the peo ple are inseparable from au incor ruptible and non-partizan judiciary ; therefore we endorse the nominations of Charles C. Pool, John A. Moore, Frank H. Darby, William A. Guthrie and L. F. Churchill for Superior Court Judges. Durham and Vance Counties. The acts creating the counties of Durham and Vance made no provision for the voters in Congressional elec tions. The Durham vo.,e s will there fore vote with Orange and Wake, and that portion of Vance taken from Granville and Franklin counties, will vote with Granville and Fiank’in, . or Congressman in the 4th Dist ’ict, and that portion of Van^e taken from War ren will vote with Werren coa ity for Congressman for the 2d District. THE Wilmington Post FOR 1882, With its exceedingly large subscrip tion list is the best advertising medium in the State, and is the only Republi can paper published in the Second and Third Congressional Districts. It reaches all classes of the people, white and colored. It advocates equal rights befo.e the law and at the ballot box of all men, regardless of color or nativity. Its location is in the largest commercial city in North Carolina. Gives the latest marine and market reports. It is opposed to rings and cliques, rail road, political or commercial, and ex poses them whenever found. Adver tising rates low. Subscription price only $2.00 a year in advance. Do not forget to send the money with your name. Address, “The Wilmingtno Post,” Wilmington, N. C. J. 0. L. HARR2S Attorney-at-Law, RALEIGH, N. C. Practices in State and Federal Courts.
The Times [1882] (Raleigh, N.C.)
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