The Hillsborough recorder., 1878-09-25

/ -''PtsSs'S'' u'esU - vs. D"stS Was " hhc
one, aud that his influence grows with
every speec,, he makes.
\ We lirard him al Chapel Hill ON Satur.
day, where respectable though not a
large crowd was inaltendance. Mr. Bled-
s9 was moi III attendance. but Mr.. Brown
WAS. Mr.. Davis called attention To the
fact that IIis principal sconpelitor, Josiah
Tnrner was not present; that In vain ne
had essa.ei 10 make appointments that
wnld suit,i ,ile' con venlrllrv,d imah. that
'itnlsr h,riS,rd ulr,Il sI#s,kii,g fourteen
lilne- inilir nnail c.,ui,iySof Jdi,ilsol,, and
neatly M ma,iy In The .c.nnIy 81 NASH;
thai u was impossible 10 .lujusiice Ia his
uwn wishes l,y. en,irav'1inr 10 keep pace
with Turner, and iherrfare he, had made
his avn apI1ini iiDenisswiih earnest desire
90 meet any n,ni all of his ai,,au,-uis; that
falling 10 meet Turner or Is rtsut nerr to-
,Iay. lie wauii refrain iimi any attacks
uInn them wllit.i, might ,e rsn,sir,le.i into
taking unfair advantages NJ their absence.
lie w"uld s,y this mrici, ain'nt Turner;
;bat inail bis speerlrs ~, Ji'linso,, lie
had :efraii,-d fran amy. the Iemois~t at
tack upnn any y" ihr lsela,bi,an party;
l,- Iia,l e,sn SPARED LILLY smnh; while At
tie rain. time l,r was uiineasuic,i IN the
Decentralization 81 Ihnn..Ials. al ,lrInTraiic
in.ii. oi ,ieiinwialic s measures, ui ae,ho-
cratic dishonesty. Thi. was coDclusiv. 10
Mr.. Davis mind that Turner WAS acting
iR fi,ll Accord with the Republican party,
aud c,,,slderei tne act Of the Radical
Executive Committee an authoritative
nomination. In connection with these
charges against DeinocIals. Mr.. Davis si,i'i
he had challenged Turner 10 nan.e ANY
dishonest Democrat nov in utficr; u he
did 80, i,e nred n,d go totbe Republican
party To ask lor aidin purifying the de-
, m,eraiic Iariy. He aud all other Deno.
Gratis w.uld l@ i,r,nIa 20 purge the i'sriy
of sli sucl, stain. but TURNER could only
l0int 10 ne, aud 10 acts ofirn years ag".
In this connection Mr. Davis said That
Turner specially exempted him from all
responsibility. He, Mr.. Davis. was pure
and uiirlaint.l aud The admission Mr.. ID
thought entitled hin, TO the full Confidence
~ his party. ..s'.. "' *&
Mr. DAVIS drew humorous picture of
the log rolling system by whicI, Taruer
carried out his Idras Of larihcati",i This
Willie found nj length In another column.l
Mr. Davis gave an acu,ant Of his stew
ar,isliip IN Congress. iionora,'lr :" himself
aud satisfactory. lie sl,nwed what an
Immense b,an he had conferred un,,, the
South i,iputiilIg in It's true light tile subject
Of Southern Glazing. THIS Northern Ra
dicals had made n weapon against ll'e
south almost ~ Tremendous ~ the blo'sly
sliiFi; aud Nurihera Democrats, moi having
investigated tile subject, had teen terrified
by Hsnncr's risrch. and we're nla,ls to be-
Iipse that the SuuIh was grredily rxor-
biiant of rcrlanIalions frnu tile ti"vern-
ncnt. Mr.. Davis ilasi taken ~, he sub
jert; Ind piolEd Il to tie bottotn; and had
shown tl.at :lle csaims called sanIheriI
claims, werr, three f,artl,sof tl,em Moth
era, clain,s. And the effect ~ this refu,a.
tion was - greattbst the speech "f Mr.
DAVIS was ,plLlisi,ed and distributed 10y
the ten tliouSands as Democratic caim'
paign Ial~r at the North. +t+.--.
ON the sulject sf Revenue and taxation
Mr. Davis sinwed that he hsd the h.
terests ofhis Ieurle nj lleaIi; that lee had
used evrry energy 70 rvJuye the taxation
on toI,sco aud whIskey. aud that he had
reI.ellrd against the IiJIIstice which lrt of
vsrHoni, Staie nearly aspopulo',s ~
Nnrih CaroIina with q tax of SiS.UOl
while u mulrts Nmth ,aroliua ito th,
tune II nearly two millions On the sub
jet offinance Mr. Davis rxpfrssssl soun,
seasIhle aud practical views He expoSet
the legislation which bad givris the bant
huI,Iers much sxori,itant power; show e,
that the bouds lad wiginsily bt~n iss1rd
re,Ircmable ~ greenbacks. with intvrrs
lmyal,le in cnlu; showed how, iu the in
isrest ~ the boud holders. the b,in,ls wer,
subsequently, masle Iedrrniable iu c,iiu
h.w, afterwards. silver was denolriized
aud guild was tile only rerogniz~d vrhicI'
of redemption, aud The payment ofin'
tsfe-l. n. sIoke of the unjust tax 90
State banks hy which they we're sipprrs
sed ~ of the National hanks; sl'owts
that tax io he unconslii.itiohal. brcaus,
taxes eau obly Je levied for purI'nses %
rryruue; aud this tax on hanks raised ~,
revenue lni waSa hostile niras,ire. aimed
at pfiyais Interests. Mr.. DAVIS hal in
tnsluce,l hills at his tirst sc~ion to rrpra
this tax. aud huIWsi the rrrai w''uld IL
matIr next scs-iun When tile Deniocoali
would have fall ,,ntrul ofCongrrss'
Il II. N. Brvwn followed ina spercl', 81
fan,blinv. 20 aimles-, saloinilcss, that il''
pe,,rlI TAILS fram the hand IN attempting
10 sollow him. whsl lie urai'r ten'aitl'
lcxkc,l ny inihr iI,scrutai'lv recesscs"f hi
own niind. Certainty tile public are no
Yet enlightened Jy anything be says as c
his purrsres. \.
Mr. Davis - far has male splrndi'
md deep Ii.,ple~sIon. aud the Denocrati,
g -. a A.. s..II,sts.u hack fU hin