The Greensboro patriot [October 25, 1876]

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Indiana.
Hark the peal from tower and steeple!
Hark the shouting of the people!
Hark «he RUu!
Yet another!—'tis the token
That the gallant West has spoken,
And corruption'* chains are broken,
Every one.
Nail to her who bore our banner,
Hail to glorious Indiana,
Kimt in line!
To disuonur uncompliant.
See she rushes iorth defiant •
Thro' tbe battle, like a giant
Flushed with wine!
Wax ye boldor, men, and bolder !
Press the shoulder, boy's, tu shoulder
Tis the time!
Let no recreant or defaulter
Pause to cavil or to palter!
Think, to waver or to falter
Were a crime!
I.'nto every man that donbteth,
I'nto every State she bboutetb
"Follow on !
Mind ye how the vultures tore you,
Mark the iaveuing beasts which gore
Mill i
Drive the heard of wolves before you,
Sire and sou '"
NEW YOICK, Oct. 13. C. L.
\ M/.F, A
Tll.liKN „ VANCE OLTTB
IN BVERI TOWBSHIP
IN THE STATF
Judge Settle on Boyd.
Is Judge Settle for liojd f We venture
to answer in th-* negative, unless he has
ohangsd his tniud since he gave in his
sworn testimony before the United States
Senate Investigating Committee in 1-71.
It will be remembered that a committee
van appointed by the IT. S. Senate in
January of that year to investigate the
Ku Klux. Judge Settle.beiug first sworn,
was examined as follows:
(Question.—With your knowledge of the
1 means by which the organization seeks
CLUB MASS MEETING.
There «ill be a mass meeting ol
me d Vance Clubs of
iiiiai>i) uj tmivu nans n ■■■ in ■■ ■ tmmramw
in (.reensborO, On Satur- itoaccompliBh J,, purpose*, do you believe
November I'll. A beautiful
baunei will be presented to tbe olnb
i e largest proportionate
number ol names enrolled, Tliere
*ill be a toreb-light procession at
night.
Come one ! < Some all!!
HON. A. M. SCALES,
C ogress, will ad-
■ people ill tbe following
litrti
I:. » Tow II, Thursday, Oct. 26th.
ReiaJHY-ille, Friday, Oct. 27tb.
Thomasrille, Saturday, Oct. 28th.
Tyro, Monday, Oct. 30tb.
l in nday, Oct. 31st.
iWednesday, Nov.1st
i urcl . Thursday,Nov."nd
\ ore's, Friday. Nm. iid.
I. Saturday, Nov. 4th.
it would be safe to entrust its members
with political power as members of Cou-ress
or tbe State legislature ?
An -it.— !.o sit. Having heard the
character of their oaths / could not trust
them with anything anywhere.
Question.—Would it be prudent to re-move
the disabilities of such men T
Answer.—Well I would not trust a man
in any petition private or public who I be-lieve
was a member of that organization
or who had taken theso oaths.
This testimony may be found on page
110 of the Report of the Senate Committee.
Feb. 3, 1871. So Judge Settle is against
Boyd or he has gone back on his oath be-fore
this committee.
How is it Captaiu Settle I
THE ELECTION LAW.
Address of the Democratic- Conserra-tire
Committee
KALEIGIT, Oct. 17, 1S7G.
IN GUILFORD. i To tlte Voters of Nortk Carolina ;
• i taxes al ihe fol- Supervisors of election have been
and the various appointed for the eastern—and .ire
to be present now being selected tor the western
i . ,„, the district of our State. It is to be
remembered that uo act of intiinida
„,.,.„.,„, tion, or disturbances have hereto-do
17th ,ore been reported as having oc-eeday,
do l-th curred at any polling place in North
*• Thursday, do nub Carolina, even (luring the most ex-
•';; »* citing elector,, through wh,ch we
do LMnl bave passed. In addition, we were
ii" -.Mtb informed definitely that these fed-do
2f>th eral supervisors were not considered
"'• ■•«* necessary and were not desired by
Saturday, do 2«th : either party in several counties.—
iio 30th [ Yet we find that they have been
do 3M applied for with a uniformity that
-'-> "£ ,';' ia remarkable. This cannot fail to
do 3rd strike the unprejudiced observer
________ that there is a hidden meaning in
tScttti Abroad.
Addressing a re-union of Federal
- '. a, Ohio, lust tall,
■ Jil:
r I lore 3 on a thorough-nu-
ted rebel Uw.l0vijtj
> i>ti.n to lake oft Kac_ yQtei
this new and extraordinary move-ment.
It is certain that this dan-gerous
innovation did not originate
with the people of North Carolina;
aud we feel assured it will not re-ceive
the countenance of our quiet,
zens.
should exercise the
constitutional right of casting his
vote freely and without intimida-tion,
and we should not be content
with less, believing with Mr. Jeffer-
'■
:.i\ e dctenders of !
at Home.
-ddti ssiug the crowd assembled
Judge Set- so" ,llaC "«rror may be safely tol-i
| erated when reason is left free to
• i: Klu\ S( OI'NDItKLS. combat it."
IN I UiNAl. FIENDS OF la or(ler l,|at every one may
clearly, comprehend his right and
—————— duties, we respectfully call atten-lid
be certain that lion to the following concise digest
properly registered— ot the election laws, which was
• . .. „. . carefully prepared by one of the
- '"■ '•" ofl '» most eminent members of our bar,
rake nothing for ! and which, after examination, we
FOU have moved from adopt as our own :—
■ ana bei since you
red, do no) forgel that you
iu the township in
i are living or yon will not
! to rote. Don't forget
ll to the matter.
1 Tliere shall be an election held
on Tuesday after the tirst Monday
in November, 1870, for governor,
lieutenant governor, secretary of
state, auditor, treasurer, superin-tendent
of public instruction, and
attorney general ; aud also for
members of the general assembly;
tor county treasurers, registers of
deeds, county surveyors, county
commissioners,coroners and sheriffs;
also for members of the house of
■ ii id! up these bands before
esence ol my Creator
all thai time of war
and .. mid through I representatives of congress, aud
ol temptation aud i electors ot president and vice-presi-
, , : dent of the tinted States.
owed the war A„ thMe dections-state and
dishonest money federal-shall be held at the times
lined their palms; and and places and in the manner, as
hat! never had a "'">' b'' ~~»"~ l,y the legisla-
, lure: but "congress mav at auv
was preferred tlIlu>'bv ,,w m
u
ake or linet KUCU
> and honor of my regulations," as to the elections of
tpeecA tit the representatives for congress.
■1. The county commissioners are
,. by law, vested with the power to
, .stablish the places ot election in
each township and ward of a city
ed upon the peo- having 2,000 i ibiUnts.
' oliua wben 30,000 Each voter shall register his name
were disfran- before he votes; and the county
to vote , commissioners shall select some one
person in each towuship as regis-i
trar for that precinct, whose duty
,, . , , ., it shall be to register the name
. tbe Internal Kevenue „f eadl person w|l0 m.ly desire t0
ngress in tbeBal- vote, and who, within a specilied
,sounded tbe key-note time before the day of election, shall
i impaign wlien he l»resent_ his name, it in the judg-
. ment ot the registrar he shall be
us bave to do is qaalified to vote.
UELL, AND STICK 3. The couuty commissioners shall
I." at each place of election, " appoint
lniir judges or inspectors of elec-that
William A. tiou, two of whom shall be ot a dif-
I the Had- ferent political party, where possi-
. tbe Vice-Presidency, ble, from the registrar of that place
I ril RighU Bill in its of election."
i »'■ The judges of election and the
registrar, 00 the day of, and previ-ous,
to the election, shall be sworn
by a justice of the peace "to con-duct
the election fairly and impar-tially
acccording to the constitution
and laws of tbe State." "They
shall keep poll books, in which shall
be entered the name of every per-s
n who shall vote; ami at the close
of the election the judges shall
osrtlfy the same over their signa-ture."
" The polls shall be opened on the
day of election lrom seven o'clock
in the morning until sunset of the
same day; and each voter whose
name may appear registered, and
who shall lot be challenged and
rejected shall hand in his ballots to
the judges who shall carefully de-posit
the ballots in the ballot
boxes." " The ballots shall be on
white paper and may be printed or
written,or partly written and partly
printed, and without device.—See
Bat. Hev. c.52.8. 4 Hand 16—
Acts, of '73 '74 c. 132. S. 12. '74 '75,
c. 237 ; s. 5. Cons. U. S. art. 1 sec.
4 p. 1. art. 2, s. 1 p. 2. State cons,
art. 0, s. L'.
And here we would remind our
friends that no one has a right to
inspect the ticket of any persou
who may offer to vote, aud to do
so without his consent, is a clear
violation of the law.
It is the duty of the judges .of
election to provide separate ballot
boxes for the state officers, and
members of the general assembly,
county otlieers aud the constitu-tional
amendments, the poper vote
for which is " ratification," with
none of which have the supervisors
as such any right whatever to in-terfile.
They are also to provide
boxes for representatives in con-gress
and presidential electors, aud
with these alone have tbe super-visors
any right to interfere, the
state electious being conducted en-tirely
uuder the election laws of
North Carolina.
We would therefore, advise our
friends to have their boxes for state
officers so arranged that they may
bo voted in first, in order that if
there are any challenges or wrangles
made by supervisors, the contest
may arise iu regard merely to fed-eral
otlieers anil not affect the elec-tion
for those of the state.
it is not contemplated by the law
that there shall be more tbau one
set of registration books, aud super-visors,
judges of election, and all
others are advised that the super-visors
of elections can challenge,
serutiniee. count or have to Jo, only
with the voters as they present
themselves and their ballots at the
boxes tor federal officers.
We urge upon the judges of elec-tion
to perform their duly fearlessly
ami faithfully, aud to guard and
protect the purity of the ballot box,
and to afford every qualified voter
a free o, portunity to cast his ballot
for ihe candidate of his choice.
We call upon every citizen to
preserve and maintain the |ieace on
the day of (-lection, anil to that end,
to exercise the utmost forbearance I
and thus deprive the unscrupulous
of even a pretext for creating a I
disturbance and enabling partisan
lederal officials to wrest from the
people the signal victory we feel
confident they will achieve.
We would likewise call attention
to the law on our statute book which
prohibits the selling or giving away
of spirituous liquors or intoxicating
drinks on the day of election, and
soggest the propriety ot every citi-zen
seeing to the rigid enforcement
of this » holesome law.
The attention o( supervisors is
called to the fact that they are not
required to take what is known as
the •■ iron clad oath," but the one
which lias been modified and which
is taken by the officers of the state.
We urgently request that reliable,
speedy and minute information be
furnished with the names of wit-nesses
of every departure from the
line of duty on tbe part of the fed-eral
supervisors, or ol i lie failure
anywhere on the part of the federal
authorities to have provided intel-ligent
men of good character, for
supervisors who can read and write
tbe English language representing
equally the democratic and repub-lican
parties.
We respectfully call attention to
a series of "instructions to super-visors,"
issued by the chief super-visors
for this district, and while
iu the main, they are not objection-able,
yet !hev are not sufficiently
clear in confining the duties of these
officers to the federal electionsalone,
which no doubt was unintentionally
overlooked by their author. The
eleventh section of these instruc-tions
however, is peculiarly repre-hensible
as it aSSUUies to clothe his
subordinates with immunities un-known
to the law, into which error,
be may have been unwittingly led
by the accommodating zeal of the
attorney general of the United
States. The sectiou is as follows:
11. Supervisors of election, while
ou duty, are not subject to arrest
by any state authority or process
whatever, and in no such case
should submit to arrest.
It ia related that Frederick the
Great, on one occasion proposed to
take from a poor miller a piece ot
land near his castle which the miller
had iclii.i i! to sell. But when the
messenger informed him of his
pin pose, the humble peasant drew
himself up with dignity and bade
him tell Frederick that there was
law in Prnssia yet, and the monarch
bowed before its majesty. And so
we say to any one who enunciates
such a proposition as that any of-ficer
can defy the law with impnni
ty, resort to ballot-box stuffing, in-timidation
or any infraction of the
criminal law and yet refuse to sub-mit
to arrest, there is law in North
Carolina yet, and we hope not even
an unbiased, moral character law-yer
would advise any one to dis-obey
it.
We see no cause for any conflict
and trust that every one will so
deport himself as to carry out the
law iu good faith, and with the ut-most
courtesy aud kindness of feel
ing enable ns to reap the full bene-fits
of tbe reform and reconciliation
-o auspiciously begun in the Octo-ber
electious, and to transmit to
posterity the blessings of free gov-ernment,
a paternal union establish
ed in the confidence and with love
of all, strengthened and not im-pared
by our acts.
In couclusiou let us urge upon
our friends then importance of at-tending
early at the polls, of seeing
that every voter favoring reform
deposits his ballot in tbe box, and
that the amendments are folly ex-plained
aud their benefits secured
by these votes. Neglect nothing,
perform your whole duty to your
State and country and all will be
well. WM. E. COX,
Chairman.
S. A. ASIIK, Secretary.
From the Raleigh News.
Vance and Peace Propositions-
Vance returned from Richmond,
and, elated at the proposition of
Davis to make him his successor,
the ambitious Governor unbosomed
himself to one of his principal cab-inet
officers (Col. Kuss). lie tells
Buss that we must now fight it out;
that he (Vance) could be the suc-cessor
ot Davis. Vance was will-ing
to continue a hopeless war, to
cause thousands of widows aud
orphans and to deluge the laud iu
blood, merely in order that he
should occupy the seat of Jefferson
Davis.—Raleigh Constitution.
When Judge Settle charged this
upon Governor Vance at New Light,
Col. Kuss arose aud said :
"1 am here to settle a controversy
between the candidates. I have
never been guilty of the charge al
luded to by my friend Settle. I
would uot do any iujustice. He
has beeu misinformed, and it is false
in toto. It is hard to say after thir-teen
years what a man did say thir-teen
years ago. Bnt with my hand
on my heart, and my God before
me, it is not so."
That settled it, and we shall
probably hear no more of the slan-derous
statement on the stump.—
Judge Settle will certainly not
have the hardihood to broach it
again
The tact is Governor Vance was
lor peace, for an honorable settle-ment
of our difficulties with the
North, as long as there was the
least hope of obtaining it. In De-cember,
1863, he urged President
Davis to "constantly tender nego-tiations,"
that the sufferings of the
people might not be prolonged
"unnecessarily one moment."
It is matter of history that
Vance's policy of conciliation did
not meet the views ot the Confed-erate
authorities at Richmond ; and
his earnest efforts iu the direction
ot peace were of no avail. Instead
of being willing, as the Republi-cans
say he was, "to coutinue a
hopeless war, and deluge the land
in blood," Goveruor Vance advo-cated
the contant tender of peace-propositions
to the Federal authori-ties
whilst there remained a gleam
of hope for the termination of hos-tilities
upon fair and honorable
terms.
No one, in all the dark, stormy
and troublous times of the war, was
more tender of the lives and happi-ness
of the citizens of North Caro-lina
than Governor Vance. The
poor women and children left at
home, as well as the soldiers at the
front, were his constant care. He
was ever doing something to alle-viate
their sufferings, to arrest as
far as possible the calamities of the
war, and shelter the weak and fee-ble
from its fury. He was true to
the South and her cause. Manful-ly,
nobly, did he do his duty : but
even while uplifting the sword in
our defence, he bore in his hand
the olive-branch, as well.
Can't Eat Crow Any Longer.
One of the radical nomiuees for
the Legislature in Wake couuty re-tuses
to "eat crow" any longer, and
gives his reasons to the public at
large in the following card ; It will
prove interesting reading to those
who have been worshipping false
political gods, and who need the
necessary stamina to come out and
join the party of democracy and re-form.
Here it is:
To the reople of Wake County :
Ou the 11th day ol September,
1870, 1 was nominated by the Re-publicans
of Wake couuty for the
House of Representatives of North
Carolina; anil since that time I
bave endeavored to give the mat-ter
my most serious thought, with
the following conclusions;
1 am satisfied that the interests
of my people require a change in
tbe administration of the govern-ment
and the system of persecution
Inaugurated by the Republican par-ty
is prodnctive of much evil aud
distress. I believe our country, to
be prosperous, the people must be
at peace with one another, aud the
Republican party iu striving to pro-mote
discord, is destroying our
prosperity. My own (leople, among
whom I was born and raised and
with whom, when I die, 1 hope to
be buried, need my assistance, aud
desiring to promote their interest,
which is my own, I feel it to be my
duty to sever my connection with
the Repoblicau party, and affiliate
with the Democratic party of the
country, which is seeking reform
and reconciliation.
J. P. H. ADA3IS.
Raleigh, Oct., 11th 187U.
[3F "2'his is a Whtte Man's Gor-
,rnutcnt, made by White Men for
White Men and their posterity for-ever."—
Stephen A. Douglas, 6'r.
What does Stephen A. Douglas,
Jr., Radical candidate for elector
on the negro ticket, think of this 1
Important Circular
The Raleigh yeics has obtained
from the Clerk of the Supreme
Court the following important cir-cular
from Chief Justice Pearson,
in relation to the returns of the
vote on the Constitutional Amend-ments
to which the Sheriffs of the
various counties should pav particu-lar
attention :
To the Sheriffs of the Several
Counties of North Carolina :
Yonr attention is directed to Sec-tion
2, of an Ordinance entitled
"An Ordinance to submit to the
people the amendments to the Con-stitution
adopted by this Conven-tion,"
passed by the receut State
Convention in this State. By a
provision of said section, you are
required to make "returns of the
whole vote cast for the ratification
and rejection of said amendments,"
in your several counties, to the
Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of the State, at Raleigh,
within thirty days after the elec-tion.
You will, therefore, forward said
returns, within the time specified,
to "R. M. Pearson, Chief Justice,
(care of tbe Clerk of the Supreme
Court,) Raleigh, North Carolina,"
and marked on the outside of the
envelope containing the same, the
words "Vote on Constitutional
Amendments."
R. M. PEARSON.
Chief Justice.
The October Elections.
What the newspapers say of the
Result.
Tbe vote in the West shows that
the Germans are deaf to the appeals
of the bloody shirt orators, that
Carl Schurz has lost power with
them, and that they discern that
the overmastering issue of this cam-paign
is the reform of the abuses
which sixteen years of Republican
dominance has established in tbe
administration of the Government.
The Germans of the East are of the
same mind with their brethren of
the West. This fact, with others,
give promise of a heavy majority
forTilden in this State, where the
great battle will be fought. The
Republican orators, released by the
close of the canvass in Ohio and
Indiana, will be brought hither to
wave the bloody shirt: bnt they
will find that it is not a standard
winch will stir the euthusiasm of
our voters. The citizens of New
York know Governor Tildeu. They
personally benefit by his reduction
of taxes and the reforms he has in-troduced
at Albany.—.Vcir York
Sun. Oct. 11'.
From the Albany Argus, Oct. 11th.
REPUBLICAN 1'KESTIGE BROKEN !
The Democratic party has strug-gled
against terrible odds iu Ohio
and Indiana. It has had to con-front
nulimited resources of men
aud money, it has had to meet an
unprincipled organization, ready to
sacrifice every great public interest
to carry its own selfish ends. The
spectacle of a great party selling its
honor, and entering into unholy al
liance in defiance of its own profes-sions,
is degrading and disgusting,
andjwill secure the contempt of the
people ol the entire Republic.
For the first time since the or-ganization
of the Republican party,
the Democracy pass the critical
period of the October elections with-out
the influence of a depressing
popular current against them.
The prestige ot the Republican
party is at last broken. At last it
must face the people throughout the
entire length aud breadth of the
land. At last it must give an ac-count
ot its stewardship at the gen-eral
election in November.
No longer can it enter into the
November election with the impetus
of an avalanche, sweeping every-thing
before it. It must now face
the sober judgment ot the country.
It must abandon its appeals to pas
sion aud prejudice. It must abandon
its hopes of winning by personal
calumny and 3cnrrilous vitupera-tion.
The questions ate simple and
easily comprehended by every voter.
1. Will this country prosper so
long as sectional bitterness is per
mittcd to load ihe South with heavy
and oppressive burdens ? Sluiil the
relentless persecution of the South
continue? Or shall fraternity and
good will between the sections pre-vail!
The Repnplican party stirs
up the rancor of old-time hatred ;
the Democratic party seeks to heal
the wounds ot the war. and to recon-cile
race with race and section with
section. A United North grasps
the proffered hand of a L'uited
South. Shall it be i
'J. Shall the general administra-tion
of the country be conducted
upon the principles of the fathers,
or shall the Republic, be managed
by those who have alre idy brought
itjto the verge of rum t
:S. Shall Reform and Retrench-ment
be enforced; or shall the
destinies of the nation be left in
hands utterly unable to comprehend
its needs J
The result of yesterday"s contests
in demt nstrating the great impres-sion
made by the Democracy in the
critical States, gives bright promise
of final success in November. The
Conservative, libcral.loyal, cultured
States of the Republic will vote
solid for Tildeu and Hendricks,
Reconciliation and Reform.
Victory is assured!
From tbe Bostou Post. Oct. 11.
The back of the Grant Hayes
campaign is broken. Yesterday's
work in the great Western strong
hold of Republicanism determinates
the attitude of the nation in No
vember. What this work is, and
what it means, can only be tinder-stood
when it is remembered that
Indiana aud Ohio were claimed,
less than two months ago, by the
National Republican Committee;
that they have been Republican
States from the beginning; and
that the average Republican ma-jority
in Presidential years since
I860 has been, in Indiana, 7,566,
aud in Ohio 24,285. It is no gust
of transient passion that has
wrought this great change of the
people, it is the strong and steady
flood that will sweep the land before
it subsides. Now for Massachusetts!
From the Baltimore Gazette, Oct. 11.
Giantism is crushed to the earth
never to rise again. The bloody
shirt will be bleached. Chandler,
Blaine, Morton, and the rest may
cease to trouble themselves about
the solid South, for they will have
enough to do to prevent a solid
>orth. For every vote the Repub-licans
may secure by bayonets in the
South, they will lose five in the
North. The battle will now be
trausferred to New York, but no
fear need be entertained in regard
to the State that has twice given a
majority for Tilden.
From the New York World, Oct. 11.
THE TRIUMPH OF TUESDAY.
On Tuesday of this week we
fought a great battle where we had
everything to win and every chance
ot losing West Virginia was so
surely ours that in our preliminary
reviews we did not even admit the
chance of its loss. We had hopes
of Indiana, principally because of
the local sympathy that Mr. Hen-dricks
as a candidate on the na-tional
ticket was sure to attract;
besides, the average majority there
to be overcome was comparatively
small. At the same time we had
our fears. Of all our antagonists,
Mr. Morton is the cleverest, least
scrupulous, most versed in the dirty
and desperate ways of politics. In
Ohio we had confidence that our
Western brethern would make a
gallant resistance; we could hardly
have hoped for more. Ohio is one
of the banner States of Republican-ism,
aud the caudidate whom in
effect the Republicans voted for
was an Ohioau, selected especially
for hi3 local popularity and his suc-cess
a twelvemouth before in the
most desperate political battle ever
waged iu the State. The Republi-cans
had the choice of ground and
time, for they concentrated ou these
two States their whole army of
orators, managers, Government
clerks, repeaters and ballot-box
stutters and the campaign fund of
millions wrung from 00,000 public
officials, extorted from whiskey
thievesor contributed by candidates
who proposed recouping themselves
from the public pockets. The Re-publicans
fought like cornered rats.
They had the Treasuary before
them—and the Penitentiary behind.
All that could be effected by rous-ing
prejudices of section, race and
religion was done. The arts of
calumny, falsehood and corruption
were exhausted.
Indiana is no longer doubtful,
but Democratic. In each State the
full Republican strength, with all
extraneous appliances, has been
developed. We enter on the No-vember
election with the certainty
that Messrs. Chandler and Morton
oannotagain concentrate their funds
and forces on those two States and
that the " waiters ou providence"
will re enforce ns.
The Republican overthrow in
November means starvation or hard
work for nearly a hundred thousand
fat officials and politicians, and for
many of the greater rascals social
ostracism and the convict's stripes.
There is no weapon from murder
and high treason that they will not
employ But happily to no purpose,
it we ere only true lo ourselves.—
Three weeks more of such work as
the Army of the Ohio has done, a
simultaneous advance all along the
line, and we shall dictate peace at
the Capitol.
Diphtheria-
Obtain a physician if possible at
once, if you can't get a pbysiciau,
use the following:
10 drops tincture Belladonna.
11 drops Phytolai-ii-, the juice of
the common poke root, each in half
tumbler of rain water. Give tbe
patient one teaspoonfnl every half
hour, if lever is very high, for the
first two hours, then one every hour
for the next twelve hours, theu oue
every two hours while tbe disease
continues. Use no gargles or swabs
for the throat, but an outward ap-plication
of suit oil or lard may be
used.
fn about fifty cases that have
have come under my observation
aud that have beeu treated as
above, not more than three have
proved natal.
President Grant continues to
talk fiaiily on the issues of the pres-ent
canvass, and he speaks with
remarkable frankness. A solid
South, he thinks, can only be secur-ed
by tbe democrats by the "shot-gun
policy," and, while he has no
doubt of Hayes, election, he fears
the result of the election for mem-bers
of Congress, and even autici-pates
a possible loss of the Senate
to the republicans.—A-. I". Herald.
The ...otto for the week on a lit-tle
girl's Suuday school card was,
"Get thee behind me, Satan."
There weie gooseberries in the gar-den,
but she was forbidden to pluck
them. Pluck them shedid. "Why
didn't you," asked her mother,
"when you were tempted to touch
them, say: 'Get thee behind me,
Satan!"' "I did." she said, ear-nest
ly. "and he got behind me, and
pushed me into the bosh."
From the N. Y. World, Oe„ 10.
Chamberlain's Proclamation.
The more we learn about Cham-berlain's
proclamation tbe more
clear our conviction grows that it is
a master-piece of villiany. Wade
Hampton, the Democratic candi-date
for Governor of South Caro-lina,
declared that the statement
of facts upon which the proclama
tion is based is untrue. The Chief
Justice of the Supreme Conrt of
the State and two of his associates
vouched for the peaceful condition
of affairs in the State, and charac
terize Chamberlain's action as a
scheme to introduce military rule
aud prevent the holding of an elec
tion. It is considered a curious
fact that Chamberlain should have
discovered the illegality of the rifle
clubs so suddenly, since in the cele
oration of June 28, he marched in
a procession of them, and previous
to that time presented one of the
clubs with a silken banner.
From N. Y. Herald, Oct. 10.
We have several times urged the
colored voterB ot South Carolina to
support General Hampton and the
Democratic State and local tickets.
We cannot see how they can wisely
do otherwise. They are citizens of
the State ; their welfare is involved
with that of their white neighbors.
Certainly if they reflect, they will
see that Mr. Chamberlain has ut-terly
failed to give the State peace,
prosperity or good government.—
General Hampton, a man of influ-ence
and character, solemnly
pledges himself and his associates
on the Democratic ticket to give
the State honest government and
to secure to the colored people every
right. Why should they not take
him at his word 1 We suspect that
many of them intend to do so, and
that this accounts for this last aud
desperate expedient of Chamber-lain's
which has been so promptly
exposed by members of his own
party.
From the N. Y. Herald, Oct. 10.
There is evidence enough to jus-tify
the assertion of Jndge Mackey.
that Chamberlain is really engaged
in a conspiracy against tbe State.
Is it not a monstrous and danger-ous
stretch of power to so consti-tute
the electoral returning board
and the body of commissioners of
the election that the majority of
these pei sons are in fact to decide
upon their own cases 1 But, in ad-dition
to all this, the Governor, cau-didate
for re-election, now purposes
to call on the federal power for
troops to help carry ont bis scheme.
It is very difficult for any one to
believe that be is not an unscrupu-lous
and very dangerous dema-gogue.
If he means honesty why
does he not call upon General
Hampton and the other Democratic
leaders throughout the State to
assist him in restoring and main-taining
tbe peace, which be says is
not only menaced, but brokeu t—
These gentlemen have pledged
themselves in the most solemn and
public manner to see fair play be-tween
the two races. Governor
Chamberlain has on a number of
occasions publicly admitted that
they have given him valuable and
nnpartisau help iu managing the
affairs and maintaining the peace
of the State. They would uot dare
refuse him uow, even if they wished
to, which we do not believe. If
there are snch disorders as he pre-tends,
but as other reputable and
equally eminent Republican citizens
deny—if there are such disorders,
why does he not call on the Demo-cratic
leaders to help him in put-ting
them down 1 It would be his
first act if he were sincerely de-sirous
of an orderly community
and a fair election.
my mouth an' made me play hoss
to tame me V
Smith here consulted with Jarvis
and for fear of a row on the ground
between their friends both gentle-men
left tbe stand.
The above facts are given as told
us by an eye witness.
Reoord of Judge Settle.
TUNE OF "MY MOTHKB."
Who was an ardent whig when
that party was in power t—Tom
Settle.
Whojoined the democrats when
they carried the State t—Tom Set-tle.
Who became a violent pro-sla-very
secessionist T—Tom Settle.
Who went off with the Douglas
movement t—Tom Settle.
Who repented and oame back to
the regular democracy T—Tom Set-tle.
Who raised a company to whip
the yankeest—Tom Settle.
Who labeled with the word "cow-ard,"
the men who were nnwilling
to enlist for the war, made negro-scullions
tin-pan them out of camp 1
—Tom Settle.
Who left the in field the men he
had induced to volunteer, when the
bullets became unhealthy 1—Tom
Settle.
Who, as solicitor, sanctioned the
arresting of the wives and mothers
of deserters to make them tell the
hiding place of husbands and sons T
—Tom Settle.
Who became a strong union man,
when the yankee flag was ever-where
triumphant!—Tom Settle.
Who, at Dayton, Ohio proclaim-ed
himself a traitor and "took off
his hat to the brave defenders of
the union V—Tom Settle.
Who turned against his own peo-ple
aud took office under their con-querors!—
Tom Settle.
Who took an oath to preserve the
law aud then approved the sus-pension
of the writ of habeas cor-pus!—
Tom Settle.
Who encouraged Holden in the
Kirk war u|H>n the best people in
North Carolina!—Tom Settle.
Who drew $10,000 as outfit as a
minister to Peru aud $10,000 for a
year's salary and stayed bnt ten
mouths!—Tom Settle.
Who joined the Good Templars
and habitually breaks his pledge!
—Tom Settle.
Who betrayed the wbigs, the
democrats, the Douglas men, the
Confederates, Andy Johuson and
the Good Templars !—Tom Settle.
Who has violated every oath ta-ken
and every pledge made!—Tom
Settle.
Who loves Judge Settle with all
his heart and soul and loves no one
else!—Tom Settle.
Vote for Tildeu and Hendricks
the candidates of the working men
and producing interests of the
country. ___________
' Henry Watterson says : "Hayes
is merely a brass pin in the ruffle of
the bloody shirt."
Smith Cornered.
During his canvass iu the west
Bill Smith, the Radical candidate i
for Lieutenant Governor, offered to
give five hundred dollars to any
man that would face him and say
he had run him with dogs during
the war.
Ou Tuesday last the candidates
for Goveinor spoke at Smithfield,
Johnston county, after which Hon.
Thos. J. Jarvis took the stand and
told the crowd, as we learn from
the Raleigh Sentinel, that he didn't
expect to make a speech but ouly
wanted to inquire into tbe charges
made agaiust Major Smith that he
hnnted deserters with dogs during
the war. He bad made the charge
on hearsay and if tbe statement
was true the people ought to kuow
it, and if nntrue, it should be cor-rected
in justice to Major Smith.
The Major was on the stand and
triumphantly exclaimed, "There is
no man in Johnston county who
will face me and charge me with
having run men with dogs."
Jarvis replied : "Yes, in the west
Mr. Smith has denied the charge
and stated he would give the man
five hundred dollars iu gold who
would face him and say he had
run him with dogs, and now if such
a man be present let him come for-ward
and claim his five hundred
dollars."
About that time Zoe I.oMay sang
out, "Clear the track boys; here
comes theman !"
The crowd made way and an old
chap, J. H. Morgan of Meadow
township, straggled through and
they raised him on the stand and
sat him on top of a table. The old
man raised his specks aud eyeing
Smith like looking into a horse's
month he spoke through his nose
and said : "Major, don't you re-ko-lect
when I was home on furlough,
you pnt your dogs arter me an' run
me home" in my own bouse V The
crowd yelled at this and there was
general bedlam below. An old
coon's voice was beard ringing
above the din, "Yes, an' I b'longed
to his home guard comp'uy an' he
put a boss bridle on me an' a bit in
Peru Settle—The Salary
Question.
The Republicans have denied in
vehomeut terms that Judge Settle,
while Minister to Bern, drew a sal-ary
for a louger time than he was
in service. We have insisted that
he did. Now we have undeniable
proof of the fact; as tbe following
editorial from the New York Tri-bune
of August 1872, will show:
Judge Settle,Presideut ol the|Re-nomination
Convention aud re-pudiated
caudidate for Congress in
North Carolina, made tbe following
statement iu a receut address at
Greensboro : 'For tbe information
of Greeley's paper and other lesser
lights, I can iuform them that tbe
law prohibits tbe payment of more
than oue month's salary to a for-eign
miuister before reaching bis
place of destination. I will fur-ther
inform them that I did go to
Peru, and only drew my salary for
the time I was iu service ' It may
not be much of a satisfaction to the
country to know that Mr. Settle
did fulfil the functions of ■ Foreign
Minister; but we have caused an
examination of bis case to he made
at the Fifth Auditor's office, and
ihe result so well illustrates .Mr.
Settle's chronic inability to tell the
truth that we propose to publish it.
In the first place it is not true
that t!-e law prohibits the payment
of more than one month's salary to
a miuister before reaching his des-tination
; iu the second place it is
not true that Mr. Settle only drew
his salary for tbe time he was in
service. A minister is allowed one
month to obtain instructions, make
preparations, &C. Mr. Settle took
that, and another month (more or
less) besides, to make tbe journey
lie was appointed Feb. 18th, 1871,
and drew pay from that time till
March, 20th, 1.871, namely, $883.33.
He started lor Lima April 10th, and
drew pay June 30 for two months
and twenty days, namely, $2,2oi,75.
He drew pay again September 30tb,
$U,500. On the Pith of December
he gave himself sixty day's leave of
absence and came home, although
he was uot entitled to leave until
he had served for a year at his post.
When the sixty days expired, be
drew pay up to that date, Feb. 19tb,
187-', amounting to $:i,87.'1.03 and
resigned.
Thus we see that Mr. Settle re-mained
at Lima less than six .
months and a half, allowing thirty
days for the journey ont aud that
he received tor that service $9,459-
71, or at thejrate of about $,8,000 a
a year, the pav of Lima mission be-ing
fixed by law at $10,000. That
is what Mr. Settle calls drawing his
salary for the time he was in ser-vice.
Bill Smith told the people of the
west that the negro O'Hara's name
would be taken from tne electoral
ticket before November, bnt O'Ha-ra
still sticks. Will our white men
vote for tither.
A colored man living near Mnr-freesboro,
N. C, says he has fonnd
out "the more you make the white
man pour, the more yon make the
colored man poor." So he votes the
democratic ticket hereafter.
A boy has written a composition
on tbe turtle, in which he says; A
turtle is uot so frisky as a man, bnt
be can stand a hot coal ou his back
louger without squalliug.
A Worcester paper says : "Brig-ham
Young has reduced his stock
of wives to eighteen." There are
lots of old coves in this section who
would like to get hold of this pro-cess
of reducing wives to eighteen.