The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1878-03-20
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| We are glad to see the iutercs. CROWN,
uponthe important question, and especial
Is 50 % uo,s The concor.laace Of views Ak
pressed BY the sosndrst journals Of vi,
State. We are g,atified alsn To- iind our 81
sitioa In fsgaFa % tie sat.jecs 81 prinlusj
elections endorsed BY such papers as III,
Wilson Adcaace aud shs Randolph Reyu,
tator. The latter. very properly characte-
riaes the scheme as trap laid hya vel
known politician as full Or promise 70 bin
rs # danger to party unity and success.
Both The Ade, bee AID Regulator dwell
Wit, emlh,sis upon The necessity If adhsr,
lug % the use q, The ,larbinery u which
sucsss ~ lar has been avhiss.d. a,si 81 isr
he. heem retained. To abandon snclr ma,
caiasry now for an ontrie.l system is'tosiis'
arm, in the face Of tie enemy. ,ss deiuis
ourselves i We believe that That easmy II
dead " even slerpe,h. lie watches With
sleeple~ vigilance. ready 70 spring with
deadly iorce uFoni the xp.,sed ~saknesssof
his adversary. What thar enemy is I'VE
have full rsssal 10 remember The present
Supreme Court. the surviving instrument
Of past terrible history. is standing
warning against the festora,ma ii radical,
800 . E y
ism. u il . fearful ,reachery. which no
Stress Of Individual exige..y can excu<e,
that would invite IL retarn ~ the IMPAIR
,nent Of the strength Of Democratic organi.
zation aud Tins We SAY emphatically won.d
be dune b, the admission OF the primary
election sy-iein--a system utterly irrespon-
sible. utterly unreliable, without tine pale
Of the Law. shielded BY No safeguards.
amehable 10 no Fdna'ties, open 70 all
frauds
hut the suggestion 81 the subject ought
10 have the god effect Of ar.u~ing al coun>
~ organizations 10 action. and see that tile
primary meetings for the selection Of dele.
gates to county nominating Conventions be
faily attended aud fairly constituted. II
this Is dsne. then snrh Conventions will
fairly represent the views Of the wi,ole peo.
pie. Let the people then come ont IL full
strength 10 their township meetings. and We
vii hear no more Of packed Conventions,
and Court House rings.
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Anderson has now little hupe Of escaping
hrs full term Of penitentisry service. Esen
IT, Nichols bad been ever 20 mud, inclined
to pardon him. public olihion Was too
strongly r"nsed TO be tried WITH. r
Why should BE- have been lsrdoned!
The New Orleans D.mogta. commenting
on letter Of Mr.. Converse one Of the
jury wh" convicted Anderson. and who ap-
Pea!ed TO Gov. Nichols for mercy to the. \
criminal. and VINO says in his letter ..the
law aud the evidence 10 ice case being 80
convincing. there could be no other result"
says, we do not comprehend the quality
Of mercy which falls like benediction pp.
On the head 81 man whose intelligence re-
allied the enormiiy u BIZ crime, and whose
wealth. placed him beyond the necessity Of
crime. aud which, POurs no kiudly isws up !
% The ruined lives aud hopeless prisons Of
poor wreiehes whoSe crimes we're prompted.
rot BY native depfayity. but BY poverty, |
misery aud want"
ofihe character Of the man. the Dem.
oena gives us The following picture: |
..The felon has been = dishonest mab /
from bis yspih. Ia biz earlier mauhvod ae 4
won the sVubriqust u Keno Anderson by
swipdiipg Al cards. for which be was ban.
ished from respectable society 10 l,spides
parish. A iew years ago. IN the hsyJay Of |
Radical power, be obtained from the leg
nlsiure an appropriation 81 eighty ihoasand .
dollars for the Improvement u Biyous Cro- /,
codile and Beaf 10 the western pvrtion of l
the State. nearly every dollar " which No
Siyle. For ysars pat he has been . leading
s2'rii IN the ballot hos stufhng. the orga-
mixing VI negrV insuneetiuns. aud the Ne.
turning l'uard frauds. pstjaries aud forge. /
ries. winch bsye nearly ruined this State 7
aud through which is people have been /
pluBderrd 20 ten years VI mure thsn one I
hundred millions Of dollars. . 80
Essry act Of his life shsws tina, he Is a bad I
mai /; . man ready 10 any wicked cause, aud
foe any evil end. to DEFY the Law sud oyer.
ride the public good.
Tbisk 81 national administration and T
great parry making eomnUn cause xith
such pTsisb ~ j
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