The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-07-11
The Democrats and Conservatives
of North Carolina will Sing
Greeley tO the Tune eff
10000 Majority.

Greeley to- the Tune eft
10000 Majority.
Ex-Governor Zeb. Vance recently
made speech in Wilson, North Carroll
ma, from which we make the following
extracts. 1t is hardly necessary for us
to say that Gov. Vance was, before the
war, an Old Line Wing; during the war,
until 1868, gallant soldier in Lees
army While serving in Virginia, he
was elected Governor of his State, beat
ing the Infamous Holden by large ma
jority. Since the war he has been Il
Observation-Disclosures, and after his
State was redeemed from carpet-bag rule
he was elected L. s. Senator but was
not permitted TO take his seat. At the
same mass meeting Senator Ransom also
spoke He before the war was an Old
Line Democrat, during the war was
soldier in Lees army and commanded
one of the best North Carolina brigades
in the service. He was elected to the
u. S. Senate when Gov. Vance was re-
fused his seat. The old wings and old
Democrats march shoulder to shoulder
in the old North State But the ex-
tract:
Governor Vance addressed a large and
enthusiastic crowd to-day. \ great part
of his speech was devoted TO national affairs.
He took strong grounds for Greeley, as the
best means of securing real peace. lie said
that the South by supporting lifelong
Ia.
convince the North of their earnest desire
to forget the bitterness of the part. and as
the Northern Republicans. by Offering US,
Greeley and Brown on so liberal a platform
as that adopted at Cincinnati, had convinced
the South that large body OF our former
enemies were DESTROYS of shaking hands
with us. lie said that for these reasons the
South would support Greeley cheertully,
Notwithstanding the many objections TO
him, in the hope of inaugurating an era of
better feeling in the land, and of starting to
return the government to 4 constitutional
administration. He hoped there would be
unanimity at Baltimore, and was sure North
Carolina would give Greedy and Brown a
large majority if endorsed there by the
Democrats, and illustrated his position by
humorous story of an old preacher into
whose hymn book some bad boy had pasted
the old song
Old Grimes is dead,
That good old man.
We ne'er shall see him more.
On opening his book one day before
sermon his eyes fell on this hymn. He read
the first verse and stopped with surprise.
He wiped his specs and real il AGAIN. and
said, Brethren. | have been singing out
of this book for forty years; have never
recognized this as d hymn before; but it's
here and l amt agwine to go back on my
book now, so please raise the tune and
we'll sing it through If it kills Us p"
Now, said the Governor, we have been
singing Democratic hymns for forty years
down here, and we have never recognized
Greeley as a Democrat before; but if the
Baltimore Convention puts him in orr hymn
book we'll sing him through ii it Kills US.
This was received with prolonged applause.
The Governor spoke over two hours, to the
great delight of the audience and was fol-
lowed by Senator Ransom for an hour in
the same style. They both claim North
Carolina for the Democracy by 31,000 ma
jority.
For the information of Mississippians
who were victimized by the Egyptian
corn man, in 1867, we will state that
he has recently been SENTENCED to the
Albany, N. Y, penitentiary for term
of years by the Virginia U. S. District
Court for defrauding the government,
while postmaster his name is F. E.
g. Lindsey. We find the following in
the Richmond Enquirer of late date
Lindsey is extensively known to the Vir-
ginia public us the Egyptian corn DOCTOR"
For two or three years alter the evacuation. |
he advertised Il species of corn, for which he |
claimed innumerable virtues, said to have |
been attained by him on the banks of the |
Nile, and he invited all who wanted to get |
samples of this valuable grain for planting |
purposes TO send him So in greenbacks. |
Hundreds and thousands sent in their |
money and the corn that came back to them |
was OF the common red Ohio kind, and was |
worth about two and half cents. He was |
exposed by the newspapers after a while |
and his business in this line consequently |
broken up; then he became loyal, went into |
the Radical party and was appointed post |
master at Ravens Nest, where his thieVing |
prOpensties again developed themselves |
and led him into the trouble which is now
about to result in an enforced confinement |
i'll the Albany penitentiary.