The weekly standard., 1870-06-22

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Democrats be printed in blue and those OF
the Republicans in red. He said, that in
all the extravaganza, Mr.. Graham, Of Orange,
and DR.. Moore, of Alamance, had no better
record than Mr.. WeIker, of Guiford, of Mr..
Shoffner, of Alamance, whom, for some reason,
he did not see there on that occasion
that they cast as wise, as good, as patriotic,
as economical votes as the Democrats named.
Had the Democrats and Republicans, who
voted against all these cxtravagant and
reckless measures, come out and formed q
new party, then there might have been some
plausibility and propriety in that party
denOuncing eXtraysgance and corruption as
patty but it was in bad taste for those
who were for and against such to unite to
danounce it. The Democratic Address is
signed by the base and corrupt fifteen who
were mixed up with the thirty one Of the
forty-six members of the Democratic party.
The Republican party are throwing, and are
determined to throw, oil who acted so over
board; if il cannot be done in the nomina.
tious, they will do it at the ballot-boy They
wiH be rid Of them-thsy soiU haue men Of
honesty, edpaeity aa1 economy. The Rcpub-
lican party in Convention denounced this.
and Mr.. Phillips said he could be. surpassed
by no man in condemning and donouncing
it. Did the Democrats do this in Couven-
ton Did they do it in the Legislative
Address alike against all men who were into
it of both parties2 Read the address and
you will be compelled to answer no. Would
not il have been rich Scene to have
witnessed debate between them i'll conven-
tion on these various subjects2 Would not
that party have been fuller of fragments
than ii is if they had so assembled? Did
they not know this? Ay, they are for for
giving all in the past, they are Tor forget
ting oil they did that Was erroneous and
wrong; but they. forgetting purposely that
their friends in these swintlles and frauds,
for the numbers they had in the Legislature,
were more in numbers and in influence than
the Rcpublicans,-iorgive their own party
friends, but hold the members of our party
to strict and rigid accountability. This is
truly fairl
The Democrats complain fthese wild and
extrayagant appropriations, then why did
not Osborne, Graham, Malone, Hicks, Jones,
of Mecklenburg, or Love, offer amehdments
by which the bonds could be received only
as the works ofimprovernent progressed p
by piece.meal1 Then, no harm could have
come of these acts Did they offer any such
amendments 2 Not one Nor is their being
in the minority any excuse for not doing so.
No, the truth is, Osborne and each OF the tif
teen Democrats had an axe of his own to
grintl, and each was willing to grind every
body else's that he might have his own
ground.
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handled them ably and forcibly, in such
manner that all men must remember his
remarks, and the good. If they love their
country and desire its peace, prosperity and
happiness, will ignore party names and
scorn the party lash, and vote for him and
the good and true Republican candidates.
He concluded by adjuring and implor;ng
the people to (rown down all lawlessness,
violence and midnight, or daylight, assassi
nations. He showed that the colored man
was by nature amiable; that they behaved
nobly during the war; that nothing but
inexcasable and heartless malignity could
justify the outrages committed upon them.
He declared that he did not believe, and no
man could p.ove that the leagues had ever
been guilty of such horrible crimes; that it
was the Kuklux, who had turned some
parts of our State into slaughter-grounds.
His appeal upon this subject was to the
good, truly touching.
page, psuedo Democratic, demigogueical
candidate, was there. lie sought
chance to reply to Mr.. Phillips, and
did so. He aneclOted, and anecdoted, raved,
surged, made ugly faces, and gyrated all
around Mr. Phillips massive arguments; but
lie. exercised better and sounder discretion
than the little bull, Which mounted ON the
railroad track to but the approaching en-
gine off. Had he run against Mr.. Phillips
lucid and powerful arguments, he would
have Jared like the aforesaid animal. He
appealed more to the passions, prejudices
and heels of his friends, than to their heads
and judgments. They came there to laugh
and stamp, and hurrah; but with all they
could do, their efforts to tear down the
great and telling arguments oI MIR. Phillips,
was like the puny power of summer breeze
against the old and stalwart oak which has
breasted the terrific storms of an hundred
years. In all his much speaking, like the
Legislative Address, he never touched upon
national politics,-be ignored that alto
gcther though he is running as candi-
date for seat in the National councils.
He thinks that passion, prejudice and cI-
citement, gotten up by a hue and ely
against extravaganza and corruption, vii!
carry him into Congress, and a little tuugging
added thereto will help him. lie talks
about how he is going to change Re-
publicans, how he has changed them,
and how he is breaking down big ma
iorities in Randolph, Forsyth and Da-
wilson. He never was worse mis-
August he SoiU, as Judge Reade said to John
Kerr, shear something drap." He will be
worse beaten than Livingston Brown was
at the last election. Hanes, Caldwell or
Winston could have run far ahead of him.
He cannot carry the strength of his own So
called party. They can't 60 such a athimblc-
rigging, summersaulting, fishy poItticioner
as he is. And nc is greatly, terribly mis-
taken if he supposes that the friends of the
Republican party of this nation will forsake
its principles and its good and true men,
because fers0oth there are some bad men in
It's ranks. They will not do it. They will
drop tho bad men and take up good and
true men. And he is equally mistaken, if
he supposes that the colored men will for
sake the party that has stood by them
through good and through evil report that
has made them what they are, freemen OF the
great American Union. They will never
desert them, no, never! They would not
do it, were the best m. n of that party before
them for their suffrage-nor will they for
Gen. Leach.
Republicans, stand true to your colors,
and Leach will be laid on tho shelf for all
time, and you will have the benefit of the
counsels OF the good aud distinguished
Phillips. a VOTER.