The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-06-01
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Fow-wow of the Democratic-
Observation-Disclosures of Rockingham
,a EUtroR Hoping it may interest
yohrdeaders. j send YOU an account of a
.,g # fhe many tliscordant clements Of
,uc called conservative party, held at
y, msnswortll on Saturday May 21st, to nomi-
aae County candidates. 1t interested and
amused us Ihope it may do as much fol
nefc were near one hun 1red people pres.
G Y which number about one hundred
r." pne were candidates for Office The
ny ;s'a,are seemed most popular, but fail
go - mat, anything they could get. Every
Dm.s"'p delegation had its own list and
, H.s'u NOT give way, so there seemed but
yu4nce OF an harmonious nomination
yen, a. M. Scales had two or three dozer
pfotherfin law, cousins, ETC., all of whom
were prominently spoken Off for nomina
tons It was understood however that who
ese, wasnomlnatcd must be strong for Gen
a. NJ, fr U. s. Senator next Fall. The ole
cahaioatts, who in 1868 were run to b,
Deat' seemed disguised and were thought O
the TWO, TO prefer the devil to the General
thinking perhaps that the first named gen
tlcman had more claims upon the party thar
the last. A delegation calling upon ono o
them, the old nominees, not the devil O.
the GcneraD and asking him to explain Ger
tain rumors, were politely requested to 'sgt
where the wood-binc twineth,n or words (,
/ that effect. Therefore the brothers in-lay
did not like the old nominees. But the Of,
nominees DID like the legislature, and it wa
whispered tiht it might be dangerous t,
kick them. lest they might go and do like
wise. But the cousins were hungry, and il
fact everybody was hungry, and no on
could devise any means to make tie few
loayes and fishes satisfy the famished multi
fudc I
A disguised anti Scales man told me an
other good thing in. this connection
lie Seid mold colorcd man had been /.
scirn3 ffhc sermon WINS a,outithe miracl
Us andsfslcs. Being asked wha
fhtS lSTsail uncle replied De Lor,
AM hls Y pnstIes sotl down and eis aon
loaS 5000 fishes. and de miracle wo
how asyy haf1ldc face and de belly tn eat $
much! My anti Scales friend said the mira
|.cls wasR how the General and his cousins has
tic 1aceto ask so much.
SFinaliy, after the battle had wagcd som
hours fear proved more potent than hunger
and they entered the court house to re- nom
mate he old candidates of 1868, Ward, Set
tie, md Johns. There the public perf"rm
ance begun by u flaming speech from DR.
Keefc. assailing in bittercst style carpet bag
gers, scallawags, and Niggcrs. 1t was :
speech of the old style, full of blood ant
thunder suited to the crowd and the occa
sion
A WHISKY washy, bombastic platform wa
adopted. in substance declaring that thu
Democratic or Conservative party of Rock
ingham county were hungry, and begging
for any old clothes or broken victuals which
our people might see fit to give them. W.
are sorry for$you gentlemen. but in the Ian
guage of the poet, you amt good looking
and YOU CAN'T get in"
The only plank OF any real significance
was one denouncing Settles Bridge" and
favofing Gen. Scales for opposing it as coun
sci, thereby indirectly strongly denomcing
Gov. David S. Reid, who was counsel fo
the commissioners in that case. A glorious
Democratic party is this which thus dc
nounces q man like Reid, who has so of.
ten letlsthc party and been their shining lieh
and standard bearer, and whose main iaul
seems to be his bitter denunciation of Ku
klux. God have mercy upon such party
forgot tn mention Il would not do them
injusticr) that resolution was posted con
dcmning Loyal Leagues and Kuklux, ~
such an organization crisis"
Go ask the dead, the burned, the whip
ped, the outraged in many ways, if such al
organization exists l should have thought
their groans and cries of agony would have
reached the cars even of the most skeptical
but it seems there is one oath which thu
Kuklux do observe--thc oath never for
second to publicly admit the existence o
their infamous order.
After this they dispersed with many q
heightened mouth and furrowed brow, ex
pressive of disappointment and anger
Gentlemen. wait till August, and then thci'
will he, in the language of A. Ward, Esq.
"Such whccping and whaling and 1
nashing of teeth in your ranks as will sat
isfy even the most morosc.
The Republican party here is united au'
in fine spirits, and endorses strongly thu
course of the Convention and its nonna
tions.
Expect TO hear glad tidings from ole
Buckingham ,sSAt august. s.=----'s-,.---
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