Wilmington journal., 1874-07-10
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Democratic-Cons vative Meea
ing i'm Columbus.
Col. Robert Stranse's Gree
Effort.
Col. w. Foster Frencs, ard Capt
W. S. Norrnent.
No Lukewarn1 Conservative il
| Columbus!
After an uncOmfOrtably hot ride O
several hours, on the train from thi
| city to Whitevllle, We arrived in ampl
| time to look around us and examine
for the first time, the village and til,
situations of its many attractive look
ing residences.
One of the very few universal act!
OF benevolence of the United State!
government, had through its servant
"Old Probs.". furnished us with the
Information that We might expect t.
see fall Of rain, which expectation
was fully realized by the pattering ot
the drops on the roof of the car, unit
we reached the station, and the in.
crease of the storm cloud after we ar.
rived at Whiteville. Owing to this
inclemency Of the weather, the busy
season with the farmers and the Emi-
ted notice in the country that Col
Strange was expected to address the
citizens of Columbus, thecrowd which
assembled in the Court House at l.
NJ, was not SO extensive as it would
under other circumstances have been
but those Of the sturdy farmers of Col
IL hing hn fI,,f
showed by their earnest attention to
the words of the speakers, that their ex-
pectatlons of being entertained and in-
structed were more than fully realized
Bnt few men could have more
clearly shown the eminent wisdom
and policy Of the Democratic-C -Conser-
yatlve party in its steady opposition to
the aggressive movements of the
kepubllcan party OF than did
Colonel Strange. Although she
has been oppressed and robbed
by the most UNANIMOUSLY cor
rupt rings and cabals, up to the year
1870, the Conservative party came for
ward at that time and arrested this
general progress to ruin. The Schoff-
ner bill in all its hideousness was fully
In as bad condition as the
State was, her condition was nothing
III comparison with the condition of
''poor, bleeding, mangled South Caro-
lima"
The assemblage was of the most
worthy and intelligent men of the
county. During the entire speech of
Col. Strange nothing but the ringing
tones of his voice could be heard, and
tie attention which was given him
conveyed the idea to a mere observer
that they were being advised of the
proper course to pursue in order to
arrest the last and greatest infamv
which the Republican party en- heap
upon the South.
his whole argument was logscai a.d
solid directed entirely to the under
standing, and without any effort to
elicit applause.
But of all the infamous acts of the
party, its great crowning
aot of tyranny and oppression, was its !
Effort to force upon the country, for |
5he sole purpose of humiliating and |
degrade and corrupt all the youth of |
he land, by q forced association with |
5he negro. He warned his audience |
IF the great danger of this measure be- |
coming law; and that in this event,
is deplorabie consequences were !
printed in living colors. It would be |
IN act OF cold 6iOOdc} tyruny.
The whole intendnent of the pro-
posed law was to force equality be- |
5ween the races; not that each race !
should have equal advantages in edu- |
cation, but that the white children and |
negro children should be compelled |
closely to associate, the one with the |
)the, SO that their moral feeling, as |
veil as intellectual cultivation should !
De the same
With all these results o. this pro-
posed measure staring him in the |
ace, he did not wonder that Mckay /!
'hOuld dodge the issue, AMI declare /
himself to b. better Democrat than |
Col. Waddell. There WAS o field for /
discussion before the speaker so vast |
hat he scarcely knew how to oapproachit. !
II the reporter had reviewed the |
subject in the light of the speaker. he |
would have "cussed and quit" This |
great sum of villainy need not be !
pushed further BY the Congress Of the !
nited States, SO long as the people |
IF the country, by their votes, keep |
lpOn the Bench, Judges who travelled !
outside the record and their oricial /
functions to electloneer with their |
party. This had been done recently I
II the written rendition OF judge Rus !
sells opinion III { ease that has been |
made notorious in all the Cape Fear /
,egion. This opinion was delivered |
after deliberation and reflection. Col. |
Strange merged into legal argument |
i, I, + Is, 7 !
become a law, that sever Of the |
Courts had held all such propositions
Is would force negro and tChite equal |
ty, to be unconstitutional. The case
If the State VS.. Gibson, taken
lpon appeal from the Supreme Court !
If Indiana to the Supreme Court of |
he United States, was cited; and if |
Judge Russell had consulted this and |
'ther cases which the speaker referred |
o, he would never have given his no
orious theatre Oijai0n;; an opinion |
which superseded the nc1es-ity i
If the Civil Rights bill, inasmuch |
IS by al ''obijer CtictU3,t," that Judge
lal pointed out the tract that the !
legro should or might follow 10 reach |
h goal of his ambition.
The speech of Col. Strange was lis !
ened to with an attention. that ssvi-
lenced the great confidence that his
audience had in him, and when the
-oters Of Columbus shall poll them
elves, there will be no one among
hem who can honeSt.y say that he
'oted for Russell for Judge or Me
Key for Congress, without full infor-
nation of the results that must neces-
arily flow from the action and tend !
ncy of the Radical party. /
We have heard many speeches on
he hustings, but few of them equal
md none of them excel that Of Col.
Strange on yesterday.
Speeches were made by Col. ". |
Foster French and Capt. ". s. Nor /
nent. Roth were excGllent, and their
election to the Offices for which the |
)emocratic party has made them can
lldates IS abundantly assured. /;
We heard OF M Conservative (and |
r. were diiigent in our inquiry that
Y ould vote for Russell for Judge.
The New York Weekly IVit7ess, the !
cheapest and best weekly paper, only |
me dollar q year, or twenty-five cents !
quarter, will commence, in July, an
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