The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1872-06-20

tive supporters in this town. tnfor~
turatelysfor their conservatism, however,
two Of The most outspohe,a Of them were
nominated to positions Oh the raf7%ccJ
ticket By tho convention which net III
;his town Oh Saturday last
With characteristic amnesty the Doc
ter asserts that there is not voter of
either rarity in Robson county who |
will not say chat 1t was he who won the !
victory il the campaign two years ago.
| + by this the Doctor mcans to say no
one will deny that he was electc,2 two
years ago, we can quito agree with him;
| but If he means to aeroaate to himself
ali the honor of the success of the tick
ct in that campaign, his extreme nsoa-
osfY allows him to cIaim more than we
have Ger heard oi,ti,aos, Tor aim by any
one else,
The Doctor c;.arges Ii C his opronon
deoIareG III a speech a .jfs,o years age,
'hat the colorcd u.an ought not to have
the sight to vote, and that he did not
want tLem to vote Coz him. This / sup
pose WIS in 1865, if at al, when Doc
tor Norment stood about sig feet, two
iches high on the 'ehits a2an's platto. n;
working hard against the constitution
'' which allowed thea the right to vote,
has since denounced that constitution,
and a.w goes back Gil himself and his
party. The colored man may we'll say
C save HE from such friend Consist.
3 ency, tI.o1 at jewel!
: The charge that We ever "workct
y our press" to the iniu:yoi the c3nserv.
7 alive cause will be regarded by tn,
t people of this county as too ridiculous
}. ly absurd to require any notice from us
l. and we must be permitted to say tina
it comes with bad grace from a man il
/. tie position at present occupied by 1t
e. author, who openly declares that he ez
q. poets to defeat the nominee Of the part
6. in the district By means Of, radica! vote;
u We have never heard tho Doctor &C
Z 2used Of any very great cnolastlc a
tainmeuts. There can be no IN;
ground Of complaint Oh that score bu
he is the only candidate We have hear
Of boasting that he had eight hundre
dollars to spend in the campaign, al
u ne cannot lack for friends If it is trtl
~ as he asserts, that 'wo-thirds Of Il
1T conservatives and the greater porto
? Of the radicals Of the copaty are COZ
'A nitted to his support.
~ If it is true that there IS SC great Ill
~ 2imity IL his favor, IS 1t Il
= strange shat he should close his lett
l'' with al. appeal 70 I'll { people to suspc
''' their juj IN. cnt? The tra,1 is shat
80 Norment knows as well AS We 90 Il
-" he WIZ not only not the choice Of
~ Fair Bluff convention, bat that a>:cts
-" the delegates as were instructod
f'o thoir CO ustitutents ut all were Instruct
- to oppose his nomination. He XXX
"1 that his course is condemned b. nj
o'o tcnths Of the Conservatives 0: he {
w ", trice, and that its only possible eli
'1S will be to jeopardisc the success Of
~ Conservative ticket in tie county.
49, own defeat is certain. With :, !"
- CONSERVATIVE majority against HIN in
u : listric he cannot hope to be elect
'o He is marching TO certain and Inc
'0'' able political ruin and disgrace;
- " nine-tenths Of al those who are enc,
'' aging him in his course are actrated
50 no motives Of friendliDess to him Q
~ the party to which he yet claims to
'l'N long.