Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1850-07-19
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The Register chuckles over the fact. that Mr.
Manly has attacked Col Reid on account of his
vote, in 1910 in relation to the "Vagrant Laws Of
this State This law was repealed in 1910. 1t pro-
vided that persons who had no honest calling and
who were g sauntering about, endeavoring to main
tain themselves by gaming, other undue MEANS"
might be- in certain cases. imprisoned, and if found
incorrigible hired out-the very same law for which
Gen. Harrison voted in the Senate of Ohio. In Mr.
Badgers celebrated Granville Speech in 184O in
defending Gen. Harrison's vote in favor of this
law he said
"The mode of disposing of offenders, proposed in
Ohio, as not IN North Carolina. By own law,
man convicted of being vagrant is directed to be
hired out for the costs This law has been in force
since 1884, and the statute of which it now forms
section read three times in both houses of the
General Assembly, and passed, so late as the session
of 1867. Yet, you hear persons declaiming G.
gainst Harrison who voted for this very law"
Now be it known that Charles Manly, the Wing
candidate for Governor endorsed this very language,
in 1910, one of the members of the Wing Central
Committee, and recommended Mr. Badgers speech
the above extract included-to the attentive pc;
rusal" of the people of the State Surely Mr. Man
y must be hard run, when he thus stultiies himself
by resorting to such arguments against Col. Reid
We copy the above from the Standard of the 18th
July, 1913. Mr.. Manly pursued the same course
towards Col. Reid in this matter two years since;
that he is pursuing now and still Col Reid gained
votes The Governor and his partizans ought to be
ashamed of such conduct. Why do they back out
from discussion OF principles, ana resort 70 SUCH
low demagogueism as this Because, in the first
place, they have no principles that will stand the
test of discussion and because, secondly they enter
tain such poor opinion of the peoples intelligence,
| advantage with such stuff as this.
The Wing papers state that Col, Reid voted to hire
out and whip poor men," This is false and these
papers know it. He voted against repeating good
lava law passed by revolutionary forefathers.
for whom the Register processes much reverence
and which provided that persons who had honest
calling" and who ''sauntered about, endeavoring to
maintain themselves by gaming other undue
MEANS, should be taken up, dealt with; and made to
arork Does it follow, because is poor, that he
is Udgrant? Is poor man who has no "hOn-
est calling who saunters about in idleness and
meanness-or one who lives by gaming or other
undue means q So says the Register and Times, and
so argues Coz. Manly Such statements and such
arguments insults to all the "poor men in the
State, and in their repel these insults with
the contempt and indignation which their authors SO
richly deserve.
/ If all the ':poor men in the State will vote for
Col Reid, Gov Manly is welcome to the balance.
The truth is, Col. Reid has always been the friend
and champion of the poor. He started the issue of
Equal Suffrage for their benefit, and he still advo-
Gates it. though it was opposed by Gov. Manly and
sneered at by the Register and other Wing papers.
He wishes to give the poor men, who own no land,
equal privileges at the ballotbox with the landhold
ers; but Gov. Manly and his partizans opposed
to this Judge We honest poor of the State. who
are your frends-Col Reid, who would enlarge your
liberties and rights Gov Manly and his hackers
| who would keep you you are, DISTINGUISHED, and
deprived of the privilege of voting for Senators!
/ Raleigh Standard.