The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-22

'oSt the Hmltie>S held From Bismarck
a newsper can reach all creation. meta
phorlcally speaking. Ifanybodv doubts
the geographical advantages Of Bismar-
OK as a newspaper town let him scan
the worlds map and utilize his divid-
ers.
Learning that Col. Don4n was in
cllned 20 make this radical change Of
base, | inquired for the reason. He
PhIlosophically replied Il am tired
fight"
well !. That is a straw. comino
from a man who has been the journal
isllc dragon of the lost cause" Then
followed a running conversation thar |
VIII preface with a crystalized notice
OF the man. In the South every one
KNOWS him, and in every newspaper
ONCE IN the United States his stvlc and
name are recognized. At seventeen he
was commissioned by the confederate
secretary OF war to raise a regiment of
independent cavalry. He was a boy
colonel at the beginning. and was c
cely more when he came out. If he
was writing this be would skip all al
lusions 70 his services during or i'm
medlately after the rebellion. He IS
reconstructed now, and sensiblv in
piores bis brethren to halt and give his
smltten land a rest. 1t is hard to be-
heve that DOMAIN is a mild, quiet gent
leman, with all the evidences Of one
cropping out In his speech and address
His bitterest enemies would be pleased
with his society and delighted with his
philosophy and intelligence. He is
certainly a gifted fellow, and the very
opposite OF a X, X. In 1870 his news
paper, the Lexington Caucasian. led
the movement in Missouri that ~enfran-
cbized e~ighty-tive thousand voters and
elected Graiz Brown governor. II. 1871
he brought out Greedy and Brown. and
IN October Of that year received Gree
ley's written acknowledgment that he
was in favor Of the '.Possum" policy
upon the part Of the Democratic party.
Greeley then had no idea that he could
be nominated by any party or faction.
The 'Possum" policy, however, was
bayoncted at Baltimore and DOMAIN
threw up the sponge in disgust. In
1915 and 1876 he edited the Raleigh
Sentinel, n. c., leading the campaign
that resulted in the election Of Gov.
Vance. Pending the quarrel in congress
Owe the electoral vote. he wrote to
Gov. Hayes at Columbus, Ohio, admit
ting his succession to the psesidency.
and outlining a Southern policy that
would be acceptable to him as an ex-
tremist. Gov. Hayes replied and con
ccded the main features Of the policy
tb,+ ~, ,,nc1lo,t ~ +J> J-.:.1 ~
he after adopted. Both letters were
published by the Cincinnati CONNER
cial, Murat Halstead taking the respon
sibility of making it ali right with the
governor. That letter had a great deal
10 do with quieting the brigadier's and
screwiEg them up to a compromise.
DOMAIN was disappointed, and tue re
cent display Of pyrotechniesin congress
has added to his grief. The South has
not returned President Hayes peace
offerings, and the editorial diplomat
has yielded TO the philosophy OF the
situation and given in. He has como
North, where he can find peace and
progress. He has given nearly twenty
years to the service OF his section, anal
sill finds
IT DEAD.
lie says that the South, with all her
magnificent advantages of SOIL and
climate, unequaled upon the globe, has
been constantly declining for ten years.
Ill over the country splendid pIlEta-
are waste places, yielding weeds
md bramblcs. Houses are old and
down. The Wharyes are OF
.ening and grass is growing in many Of
he streets Of her proudest cities"
.What is the cause, sir z"
1T is manifold. There is no emf
The young men are scatter
ng everywhere. The sons of the first
antilles | find in my travels in every
.itv of the North, Portions of Ar
KANSAS, Texas and Florida are receiving
immigrants. These are the excep-
"There must be quite a contrast be
wcen the North and South"
eyes; it is terrible. In the North
vest, for instance, | witness a magniti-
ent growth of development. In five
ears YOU build an empire. See the
.reat farms you open, the mines you
and railroads build. With no
uch advantages as we have you carve
ut States in a decade. We can grow
nything Of either zone"
do you not lay your condition to
be wal z"
"No, sir; it can't be. France in
x years recovered from the Franco
russian war, and paid beside tina; i'm
lense Bismarck levy of one thousand
lillion dollars