, 1876-08-29

special Trims from this place and Fayetteville
swcllcd tho crowd 1,006, and there wero at least
1900 persons present Judge Settle spoke
hFst for ono hour md hail Ills
nnln points wcro that taxes arc now
levied On one-tnlrd OF the property Of
the State as compared with the year 1850; that
Gov. Vnnco was more Responsible for ths than
any other ono tnan, because he continued The
war for two years when he might have stopped
It In 1865; that two millions Of dolats belong
Ing TO tho sclool-fund was invested BY Vance In
bonds to sustain Jcil Davis, and al that was
lost BY tho result Of tho War; that the
,spccin'l 70 tas nonls were voted for I siike
Congress Which flushed Gen. Bclknap flushed
9. II. pendlcton In sw1nlling the Government
Ct $16ooO; that here In North Carolina tho
Pool. and that he robbcd tle i,,id ieit hy Mr.
peabody 10 educate tito children Of the South;
that tor every corrupt Republican he could show
Vance two corrupt Democrats. OF national
c;1pcnses, he said that under klr' BUCHANAN
Under S'' ton Grant M 4i77; lint S'in' il dsn. %
Jackson's time Of cvorY si,o00 collected Tor
Customs $17 were lost, and TINT during Gcn.
Hrant's administration for eyer! 81 600 collect
and only $1.93 on tho s1,o0o was lost u the
money collected by internal reycnue. liz al-
l'!de1 TO TIC passage 81 n'orc stringent 1ntGr-
nal revenue law oy t1e present Congress. uc
Vance, at tho dirtation of Jcir Davis. anu
after being. Promised the sttcccssorahip to
Davis, llal changed from lover OF thu Union
desired to fight until r. frozu oscr, n,,l then
fight OH the lcc." Judge settlo thon read from
Vanco's letter showing TINT Vance applied for
cavalry to quartcr upon tho neoplo; tint In
fautry was sent Into tho Stato ls,stead uf cAY-
G1ry. {nEf f1L fHffr f1rtfnttpru
among the desertors; also, asking JEFF Davis
Secretary Of War for co1rt-martial to try
and have ncscrtefs and conscrlpts shot to
death tt M yaco ,e, h1 proposed TO lsfrancl,ss M
starr and Stripes; tlat Vance had applied to
the Legislature for h0o1y laws feyrled at tho
Union men; TINT w: \. 0rahatn. now dead,
bad defeated Vance. before the Legislature;
JEFF Days. The various murders and outragcs
by Wants militia wgre dweft upon. Marked
attention was given Judge Settle. Tho crowd
was largely DO nocratfc: a deep impression was
mndc upon hundreds OF Union men.
Gov. Vance replied for ono hour and q half.
Ills speech was replcte with anecdotes and litl-
Nor, fof which ho is noted; but he lid not re-
pel tho heavy blow delivered by Judge Settle.
Ietrnyd Of the Unofa men WHO elected lin Il, II,
1802, nor 1!a he alludo to hta nets and deeds rs
tho grent War Governor. People were prcscnt
from Moor, Cumberland. Chatham, md Wake
Counties. 6peelal atlu careful inquiries failed
to show any change detrimental to the nopub-
lean party, but many changes beneficial to tho
Republican. party. Judge 6ottle says that In the
Counties Of Rutherford, polk,. Henderson, Bun
!so1be, Mad'son, Mitchell, Ashc,, Wilkes, Ire
Moore, where he and Vancu hayo met in Joint
discussion, tbs Republican party will receive
half Of tho white vote. Tho boat of feeling pre-
vailed. There were some disorders md Inter
ruptions causcd W drunkun tnen, which Vance
promptly rcbukctl. Both enudilatcs arc III fine
condition, and such canvass has not BEEN rit-
messed IN tho Ssatc sitce 1910. II Ohio md In
diana give decided Republican ,najoritiea In
overwhelming,