New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-09-02
How Settle and Vance Canvass North
Carolina.

A Raleigh special to the New York
Tines, August 25, gives the following, to
which the attention of General Nichols is
respectfully directed:
Messrs. Settle and Vance met in discus
sion at Jonesboro to-day. Special trains
from this place and Fayetteville sweled
the crowd 1000, and there were 1t least 1000
persons present. Judge Settle spoke frs.
for one hour and Q half. His main points
were that taxes are now levied on One-chird
of the property of the State as compared
with the year 1860; that Governor Vance
was more responsible tor this than any
other one man, because he continued the
war for two years when he might have
stopped it in 1865; that g., 900, 600 belong
ing to the school fund was invested by
Vance in bonds to sustain JET Davis, and
all that was lost by the result of
voted for alike by Democrats and Repub-
lcans. Speaking OF corruption, he said
that the same Congress which flushed Gen
eral Belknap flushed G. II. Pendleton in
swindiing the government Of $780, 900; that
here, in North Carolina, the Democrats had
only one State officer, s. D. Pool, and that
he robbed the fund left by Mr.. Peabody to
educate the children Of the South; that for
every corrupt Republican he could show
Vance two corrupt Democrats. OF national
expenses he said that under Mr.. Buchanan
the expen,es were 81 SO. and under Cen
eral Gran: 81 II: that in General Jacksons
time OF every $1,000 collected for customs
81 were lost, and that during General
Grant administration for every $1,000 col
looted for custom duties only one cent was
lost, and only 81 80 on the thousand
dollars was lost of the money collected
by internal revenue. He alluded to the
passage of q more strip gent internal
revenue law by the present Congress.
He then took up Governor Vance's war
record, and showed that from a strong
Union man, Vance, at the dictation Of JED
Davis, and after being promised the sue
censorship to Davis, had changed from q
lover of the Union to rampant, bitter war
man; how Vance had desired to fight until
.,-froze over, and then fight on the ice.'
Judge Settle then read from Vance's letter,
showing that Vance applied for cavalry to
quarter upon the people; that infantry were
sent into the State instead of cavalry, and
were instructed to take no prisoners among
the deserters; also, asking JEFF Davis Sec
rotary of War for a courtmartial to try and
have deserters and conscripts shot to death;
every man who would not fight against the
stars and stripes; that Vance had applied to
the Legislature for bloody laws leveled at
the Union men; that w. A. Graham. now
dead had defeated Vance before the Legis-
latuTe, that Vance then applied to Congress
and to JEFF Davis. The various murders
aud ourrages by the Vance militia were
dwell upon. Marked attention was given
Judge Settle. The crowd was largely Dem
ocratlc. A deep impression was made upon
hundreds of Union men.
Governor Vance replied for one hour and
half. His speech was replete with anec-
dotss and humor, for which he is noted; but
he did not repel the heavy blows delivered
by Judge Settle. He did not attempt by
one word to defend his betrayal Of the |
Union men who elected him in 1862, nor did !
he a.lude TO his acts and deeds as the great |
war Governor. People were present from |
Moor, Cumberland, Chatham and Wake |
counties. Special and careful inquiries |
failed to chow any change detrimental TO
the Republican party. but many changes |
beneficial TO the Republican party. Judge |
Settle says that in the counties OF Ruthor- |
ford, Polk. Henderson, Buncombe. Madison,
Mitchell, Ashe Wilkes, Iredell. Davie, Yad- |
kin, Forsythe, Randolph and Moore. v here
he and Vance have met in Joint discussion,
the Republican party will receive half the |
white vote. The best of feeling prevailed.
There were some disorders and Interrupt.
tons caused by drunken men, which Vance
rebuked. BOTH candidates are IN
fine condition, and such canvass has not |
been witnessed in the State since 1910. If |
Ohio and Indiana give decided Republican
msjOrities in October, the victory in North |
Carolina will be overwhelming.