Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-10-14

.hc nomination OF nearly the entire
BODY Of the old State officers, pre-
sents to the people of North Caro-
liza a ticket seldom cqualed and
never surpassed IN this or any otter
State in the joint qualifications OF
honesty and competency. Their
| fidelity in the past to the honor
and interest of The State, in the
offices which they have SO worthi!y
| filled, the splendid character OF the
convention that nominated them,
and the popular enthusiasm which
greets them at every point in the
canvass, strikes dismay into the
enemy, and gives every guaranty
of triumphant election. The same
may be said of our ticket IN every
district and county i'll the State
Able and honest, they have the
confidence of the people, and will
receive their support at the ballot
box. Tnis committee has the full
est assurance, and congratnlates the
party that all ground lost in 1878
VIII be entirely redeemed in No
/ vember next.
The canvass Is now III full blast.
) Thomas j. Jarvis, our noble leader,
has met .he enemy under Judge
Buxton, and driven nim from the
field. Unable to cope with the
gallant Jarvis and he host of Dem-
ocratic champions before the peo-
pie, Judge Buxton and the rest OF
his party canvasscrs, afraid OF and
refusing Joint discussions, are seek
ing, in their own peculiar way, to
induce the people to again accept
Republican rulers, which, construed
in the light of the past, means
bankruptcy. bloodsheG and dis
honor. But this committee has an
abiding faith that the people OF
North Carolina cannot be betrayed
into a surrender OF that liberty that
they have achieved at such cost.
Let the people remember that the
Republican party has never been
III power in North Carolina but
two years, aEd then came intestine
war, with negro sold!cry and an
outlawcd commander, to opprcss
the white people of the State. Let
them remember that during those
two years tie Republican party in
volved North Carolina in traudu-
lent obligations, known as the
Especial tax bonds,' amounting, in
;he aggregate of principa! and in
terest, to twenty-oue millions vt
dollars, which the people of North
Carolina are called upon at the
November election to say whether
or not they will pay Let them
remember that Thos. J. Jarvis, onr
patriotic candidate tor Governor,
in the constitutional convention Of
1875, INTRODUCED an ordinance to
amend the constitution Of the
State, so as TO forbid the
General Assembly from pay
ing these special tax bonds" or
any part o. ,hen, and that tie
whole oi the Republican party in
that Convention voted against that
ordinance and defeated it. Let
them remem Der that the Demo-
Cratic Legislature of 1879, III order
to FOREVER destroy these bonds,
! passed DILL 10 amend the conSti
tuiion of the State, so as to forbid
the Legislature Of the State from
ever paying the SAID Especial tax
bonds,' o, any part of them, which
said amendment Is to be submitted,
III November beXt, for their ratlfi.
cation or rejection that their re-
fusal to ra.lfy The said amendment.
and thus place the seal OF theIr
condemnation upon that gieat
f,aud of the Legislature of 1868,
may be construed as an endorse
ment by them Of the legality OF
those bonds, whereby they wonld
fasten upon themselves this vast
debt of tweuty-ou millions OF
do lars, which they can never hope
to pay. Let them remember that
unde. r. publican lule, the school
fund, sacred TO the education OF
the poor children of our State, was
reckiessly squandered, education
languished, and the school house
aticaliy closed.
Let them remember that in the
two years of Republican rule t'ey
received for school purposes $32S,
59l.l2, OF which they applied tC
educational purposes only $3S, ,9SI
and sqnAndered the balance o.
+ $279,6lo.12.
That Democratic government
since 1877 has made an average
expenditure of $261, 900 annually
in education That they spent fol
schools $324.2S7 IN 1878; 1926,
O4O.S5 in 1879, aud much larger
sum will be spent in 1880.
Let those who believe knowl-
edge is power" remember iha
under Democratic rule the schoo
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