The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-02-19
l~FERRrARY ra,'0QN

POLITICAL. The Monroe Enquirer, II
column article, declares fatty, aud hear
for Judge Daniel q. Fowle for Goyernac
Judge Reade's d.clination harrow, Ib,
list Of Republican candidates to D.. E.iuene
GrisSon, Judge b4xiVn, and Trea,ur.-
jenkins The first could have the aomln..
ton. but does not seem 10 want Il. The
second csuld have. bat had better not taxa
it. He has neither the skill, the Iigpr. Tho
cunning, nor the personal magnetism, Dec
essarv to gather M the broken cohorts =
Republicanism is Nerth Carolina. AMI -,
all the camp-tireS baxning. Rufus Btrrin.
ger OF Charlotte for Governor, AM Judge !.
S. Seymour. of New Berne. 'coa.heI" bv
a co nuIttee consisting OF Holden, Dan Rus.
sell, and w. A. Smith. OF hurn-b OWN,
fame, with a new secret polltlcor religions.
nliiitary-and -Burying Society, thoaghout IN.
State, might stir zap the old tialc >clt1.
But a fser all. half she battle will be fought
in the Democratic nominating convention
The Ledger thinks . tanye coaInty s,r3D,
for Merrilnon. It may be So. Htt a. thene
are three towns Durham, flllsbJru, ana
Chapel Hill. IN Orange We shoG!d con,.I Ter
it difficult to arrive at the cousty pre.rf.
| ence. -Judge Reade. IN reply to d. II.
| Starbuck. Feb. eth writes:
There is not an Office in tlAs world that |
| desire but thas should not make me he's,
tate a moment DO yield to the wishes of nv
friends, if could. My impaired heath
however, makes it impossible. To mcet
that objection you suggest that 4 gen.
| canvass would Rot be necessary. To that T
answer, that If | were a candlulte, 1t wo5.J
be quite as impossible for NE not to canvas
AS to canvass. Withmtny thanks for mlay
fayors, [ must reiterate to my friends that
my public life is ended. Sparta has anoth.
err son worthier than I'-chooSe him :"
Rise up DR.. G!-Judge Ashe is eon,il-
ering the proposal as to the Law S1hooI a,
Chapel Hill, but will hardly be abe 80 come
to a decisio for several months -rhe
Pee Dee Herald leanes 80 Judge Fuwle aaI
Col Thomas Holt, for lieutenant Go,ernorI
who by the way is kindly spoken off b. ,ey.
era! writer's in the same connections -Capt.
Latham, Ofthe Newhern Democrat is hot
for Gov. Jarvis. He says: ''This assumes
that the East Will have the naming OF the
nominee. We are tree to say, that should
the nominee come west ofRalelgh. we shau
support him with less warmth than we even
did Horace Greedy. The East has right
and in this instance she mua dare maintain
them, or i'll will 1t fare with the Democracy
We do boom Tor Jarvis and the Pamlic,
and the Albemarle sections are booming
The reasons why we boom for Jarvis ar
easy dlu SlllpiC W Tel. LII all times, IL
all days, in all hours; In the genial sunshine
in the hazy, misty uncertain y; in the POI
tentous gathering of the storm in It's DIES,
latlng, hurricane sweep over the land, +
}. jarvis stood calm AMI firm, listened +,
the calls of duty, and curing nuuyht far self
he girden up his loins, and like a Spartan 0
old, he stood in a pass OF Tnermopyle an.
batt!ed for the rights OF his State 81. &c
(The Italics in the foregoing are the Demo-
crots. The article is two long to quote en-
tire. )-rhe Charlotte Observer says thar
. Bisuop Hood, the head Of the Africar
church in this State, broke up an intende
Grant meeting in Charlotte, by the followin.
letter :-"Brethren [ understand that Their,
is to be a meeting held IN Charlotte to-mor
!, row night for the purpose Of denouncina
Sherman If such is the case, | hope got
will not take any part in said meeting. Yol
can depend on Sherman word. He prom
ises to divide the offices equally betweer
white and colored Republicans. He has al
ways been true to our cause"