Wilmington journal., 1876-10-06

aud although Settle is much respecte
1 suppose that Vance will get twenty
nine out of thirty of the white votes il
all this region. A vote Was taken ol
an excursion train which left this cit
the other day fol the Centennial. Th
tally stood: Tilden and Vance, 376
Hayes and Settle, 5, aud three of thes
were colored men. That Is about tn,
way the case stands in all the regiol
hereabout
Observing the drift of matters care
fully in various parts OF the 8 ate, .ant
nothing particularly that all the young
white Een, almost without exception
affiliate with the Democrats, I car
come to no other conclusion than tha
Tiiden will carry the State by ma
iority Of not much under 10000.
VANCE AND SETTLE
Each of these men are the natura
leaders of their respective parties here
and neither party could have made 6
stronger nomination. Judge Settle i.
a very able man, and as popular as any
Republican can be in this latitude, and
he will run ahead of his ticket, bul
hardly sufficient to pull through. He
Is man of some national prominence,
|
Philadelphia Convention which re-
nominated Grant.
! He was captain in the southern
army at the time Vance was the "war
Governor of the State. Both were
ardent Confederates, and we would
suppose that neither could say very
much of the other on that ACCOUNT
But they do. Settle paints Vance as
a tyrant who forced Union men into
the army, and hung women mp by the
thumbs to make them tell where their
husbands were hid when they were
needed for the army.
On the other hand, it is proved that
Captain Settle, while in command of
Company |, Thirteenth North Caro-
lima regiment, drummed out some
members of his company for refusing
to take the oath of allegiance to the
Confederacy. In support of this we
have the following certificate
1.-The undersigned, citizens of Ala.
nance county, formerly members of
the Thirteenth regiment North Caro-
lima volunteers, certify that they were
present when said regiment was orr
ganized and mustered into the Con-
federate service in May, 1861, at Ga
rysburg, n. G., and that several mem
bers of Company I. in said regiment,
OF which company Judge Thomas
Settle was captain, refused to take the
oath prescribed by the Confederate
authorities, and were drummed out of
ca mp by Captain Settle with tin-pans,
and having placards upon their backs,
with the endorsement L am coward
and refuse to fight for nv country
"Given under our hands this 22d of
August, 1875.
"W. e. THOMPSON,
"HENRY M. RICH,
''H. @. HURDLE,
~. M. TAPRoorT,
"JoHN r. ADAMs."
Vance and Settle had both better
settle down to the conclusion that
each did what he could for the Con-
federacy. and let i go at that.
1t is said, however, that the Wash
ington Government furnishes Settle
anything i,e ;snts ,frorc, tie r1.ai o.
chives as to Vance's record, but will
not furnish Vance a single document
as to the rebel record of Captain
Settle. This is not in accordance
with the constitutional amendments,
which guarantee equ.l rights to all.
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Democrats are likely to carry
every Congressional district but ono.
No, that is little too strong, for there
is one which is 80 evenly balanced
that the Republicans have q living
chance to get it, although the Demo
Gratis carried it the last election. When
the civil rights bill gave the Democrats
the Legislature they redistricted the
State, throwing all the heavy black
counties into one district (the Second),
which they gave bodily over to the
enemy, but managed to carry all the
rest This Second district has Re-
publican majority Of about IA, 900, and
all black. At the last election the
blacks insisted upon giving the place
to one of their own color, Hyman by
name. He was a great success as a
Congressman in one respect-he sue
ceeded in over-drawing his salary
$500. It is proposed to credit this to
the next term; and if SO, it will have
to come out of the pocket of Governor
Brogden. who is to be chosen as Hy>
mans successor. The blacks are cured
of the vanity of being represented by
a black man. SO they took q white
one this time, and the question is dis
cussed among them as to who has to
lose that $500.
In looking over the districts it seems
to me that the Republicans may make
gain of one, but it is more possible
tt an probable. The chances seem
about even. H. V. r.
Uncle Jimmy Williams does not
wear blue jeans to gain votes from
Grangers, but because it is dear to
him from many old associations.
"For many, many years in the country
where was raised," the old man says,
''they could get nothing better to
wear" He learned all he knows,
though faint much he says in clothes