Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-09-29
Vance and settle at MOnrO e,


Vance and Settle at Monroe,
IFrom our own Correspondent
The speaking to-day (2Oth Septem
ber) was attended by large crowd OF
people from Union, Anson, Stanly
and Mecklenburg counties, Nortll
| Carolina, and from Lancaster, South
Carolina. Many living at a distance
came in the evening before, and either
STAYED in the town or camped in the
suburbs. You would have thought
| there was an army on the march which
had encamped there for the night By
o'clock A. M. the streets were
tHronged with an expectant crowd
more than half of them bearing
large cards on their hats, with
the talismanic words printed ON them
In letters four inches long,
"ZEB VANCE,"
The band and about a dozen
mounted marshals, with blue sashes
on, were driving and riding through
the streets aud general hurrah and en-
thusiasm pervaded the crowd. At 81
the train arrived from Charlotte, bear
ing the candidates and their friends,
notably among them Col. Jones, of the
the ubiquitous reporter of the Raleigh
Nea0s, who to-day listens to the discus
sion for the fortieth time. (Mr. Printer,
don't say iniqnitous reporter, for a
fairer spoken gentleman we have rare
ly met with, notwithstanding Judge
Settle insists that he is ''a little hard
on him, and bears down most too
heavy.")
The procession was formed at the
depot of the O. O. railway, and escort
ed Gov. Vance through the principal
streets OF this beautiful little town.
Cheer on cheer went up for "O!d
Zeb," as they all call him up here, un-
til Ee was safely housed At the hotel of
Mr.. Wolfe, when the citizens generally
passed in and out of his reception
room, giving him the warmest greet
ings. All the boys and young men in
the county seemed anxious to take him
by the hand, and he had
pleasant word for each and all,
from the little toddler only about knee
high to the old grey haired man
bowed with the ''snows of many win.
ters. ;" they all had to talk to and shake
hands with "Old Zeb."g Meantime
what had become of Capting Settle?'
Parson Sinclair was at the depot with
an old barouche with six pocket hand
were beanerfdfy PffGte,h h and fksEchiefs
OF the q. s. flag. The parson aia--~.
wait for band or marshals, but drove |
away to the hotel. 1t has
happened during this canvass that the |
Capting Was indebted to the courtesy
of Gov. Vance for getting into position.
This was the case at Lineolnton, ,swhere |
Vance took him into the vehicle With |
him, and the band escorted them both |
up together. At IL o'clock the candi-
dates left the hotel, Vance 4haying an
escort of a hundred mounted men be-
sides the band, marshais, and an i'm
mense crowd. =, The speaking stand
was erected in q grove at the edge |
of town, and the. vast throRg |
soon gathered about it! The horsemen4
ranged in single rfile,round the,swhole
crowd to preserve. order. ~ The candi-
dates have an arrangement by which |
they each begin,the speaking in time.
Their rule is TO speak one hour and a
half, then comes the reply of an. hour
and half, then the rejeindery for half |
an hour, and the reply to that of half
an hour, making in all four hours.
AS Settle opened in Charlotte cyester-
day, Vance opened here to-day. The
weather was .delightfuleand the :audi>
ence orderly and attentive. We do |
not propose to give even a sketch of /
the di cussion, as we want everybody i
to hear them for themselves and enjoy |
the pleasure, which swiH be, enhanced
by their Ignorance of the general
course OF the debate We will say. /
that, Settle reiterated cl.is 4
old charges for the, fortiethe tinei and
for the fortieth time Vance answered 4
them and added on the trimmings,
which trimmings, We think, we're not
very palatable to fommy. The great
est good humor prevailed, and except
that few jealous individuals had sneit
too much benzihe, which had rather
loosened their tongues, there was no
confusion. ,-
Tommy tried one 6f his di.dupper
lodges in the closing speech but made
nothing out Of it. In the opening
speech Gov. Vance was unable, for the
want of time, to discuss the proposed
amendments to the Constitution.
Judge Settle, in his reply, carefully
avoided any allusion to them. .Gov.
Vance, supposing it was intended to
give that subject the go by to-day. did
not allude to it in his rejoinder, when
behold, the ''artfhl dodger," knowing
that Vance could not speak in reply,
took MP the constitutional amendments
aud proceeded to discuss them. The
trick was so apparent, the dodge SO
palpabIe, that the people fsaw its uIs
fairness and began to leave the ground.
Altogether it has been. great day for
Vance. Such hearty love as one and
all extended towards him is reailyT1n~
usual in the history of public men; the
masses seem to ogather round him from
pure love for the character of a pure
man. tlfls T. ,.t5 ..sr ls--..F 4.
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