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'iahJRaAsros, N. e March II. 1888.
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AMdRGANToY, N. C, March II, 1858.
Coz G. L. HARRIS, q - il7'''''''
s5Aol9 Pres Repub. Nominating Convention |:
My DEAR SIR:-- Your favor of thei28th
ult., informing me of my nomination by the
Republican party as their candidate for
Lieutenant Governor, reached me yesterday.
In reply have to say most truly regret
sthat the Convention did not select some 9th
o erperson, as our candidate for tine office
above named. I neither expected or de-
sired the nomination, but was perfectly viii
ling, without position on the ticket. to do
nwhatever I could in nay own immediate Sec
ton of the State, for the advancement of the
principles ofthe Republican party, upon the
success of which, verify believe, depend
the future welfare and happiness, and | may
add, the peace and safety of the American
people iiSuch being my conscientious con-
.yictions, l do not feel that am at liberty to
withhold the use of my name, after being
selected by my friends with so much har-
9mony and unanimity Of action. This much,
however, must say, that in accepting the
nomination, it is with the understanding
that the party must not expect me to, can
vass outside the limits of this. judicial cir
cult. My Courts commence ON day after to-
morrow. and ] am necessarily compelled TO
attend them,i to look after the interests of
my clients, and, it is more than, probable
that the election will come off before my
circuit closes. ie'a 2l94hf' 10 l'2@'u'n
-I5iI had hoped that this election would he
permitted to pass without Canvass The
people almost universally do right when let
alone. When they do err they are general
t,x,
men who make politics trade..d Judging
from the temper and disposition of the peo-
pie in this region of country, a canvass is
wholly unnecessary, the voters having long
Since made up their minds as to what self
interest and duty to their country require at
their hands, :and no considerable number of
them can be driven or persuaded from, their
fixed purpose, even though they be daily
harangued from now till the day of election
by the most popular and effective stump or
-ators of the country Fl ,eI ulH ri sol
d. | do most ardently desire. one time in my
life, to see an election pass off peaceabIy and
quietly-to see voters march up to the bal
lot box unawed by power and unbribed
by gain" and deposit their votes according
to the dictates of their best Judgment, tor
what each one believes to be the good of the
State; and every citizen thereof, without re-
gard to race or color, and not influenced by
a higiI and frenzied feeling of party preju-
,diceIand excitement which is too apt to be
engendered by partizan speakers. Oh that
our people could become thoroughly united
in a determination to uphold the Constitu-
ton and laws of our government, and there
by secure peace and tranquility throughout
the entire length and breadth of our whole
country, both North and South, East and
West. May God speed the day when Fl" the
lion and the lamb may lie down together
and when universal peace and good will
may pervade all the nations of the earth.
DO In conclusion, 1t is proper for me to say,
that if shall be hOnored by an election te
the high office tor which have been nomi-
mated, / will never willingly consent to tue
surrender of a single right or privilege to
which the people of my own race and color
are Justly and fairly entitled their lot is my
-lot-their destiny, my destiny. On the 9th
er hand, with equal candor, and in good
faith, l do most emphatically say, that | will
not by act, word or deed, countenance or
assist in depriving the colored people of the
State of any of the rights and privileges
guaranteed to them by the Constitution and
laws OF the land. Each race has, its proper
sphere in which to move, and either, in the
others place will do incalculable mischief.
No sensible man, of any color, expects or
desires social equality between the different
races, and any attempt by either party to
compass such an event, will so convnlse this
government as to ensure its utter destruc-
ton, or the entire extinction of one of the
races, which ie requires no prophetic knowl-
edge to forctell. ,,,.a,.F, I,.r.- r. h.fs -,.,..
May the Supreme Ruler of the Universe
so override and direct in all our temporal
affairs as toebring order out Of Chaos, and
light out of darkness, and eventually save
our beloved State and all her people from
all impending dangers. You will please
accept my thanks tor the kind manner in
which you have made known to me the
action of the Convention. q h9a,Elsns e
717, Very truly, your obedient servant. III
z.f "a. ..-,,., TOD R. CALDWELL.
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