National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-12-26


Bourbon Legislature 10 prohibit he manu-
fdctuYo only of liquors in North Carolina,
and submitted TO the popular vote. It
was Indignantly buried under a noun
tain of derision and denunciation by a
majority of 10000. The Bourbon party
was broken up. An anti-Prohibition or
ganization was formed, composed Of
Democrats and Republicans, and Stall
wart Republican made the chairman of
its State committee. The Republican
State Central Committee met, and, de-
spite the protests Of some members
against the power of committee to lay
down party law, the majority took the
responsibility and voted an appeal TO the
Republicans of the State TO vote against
the law. Upon this question of the COM
mittee's power considerable feeling ex-
listed in the Republican party, and the
opposition to the course of the commit
tee led some so far rs to favor the OBJ
noxious law. These now acquiesce
heartily in the result of the popular vote,
and there are no Republicans in North
Carolina who favor q law making it un-
lawful for the people to manufacture.
what it is lawful for them to sell.
No Republican will claim that the po-
sition taken by the State committee was
binding on any Republican who differed
with them, or that any mans standing in
the Republican party can be called in
question by reason Of his vote on the So
called prohibitory law.
But while the great majority of the
Republican party who voted against the
so-called prohibitory law can easily frat
ernize with the minority, many of whom
voted for it rs protest against committee
authority, the nti-prohibition Democrats
will not reunite with those who origin
ated the measure and carried IL through
the Legislature as political sword for the
destruction of Republican political inhu-
ence at the expense of Democratic per-
sonal freedom. The Observation-Disclosures
are enlisted for the war. They will not
rest until Bourbonism and all its works
are things of the past in the Old North
State.
The Republican party, animated by q
desire to remove all stumbling-blocks
from the pathway of Liberalism, will of
course so shape its campaign the coming
year as to unitcu nti-Bourbon elements.
The Republican State Central Committee
will undoubtedly frame its call for State
convention in such a way as is known TO
be acceptable to the anti-Bourbon Demo-
| Thn 4; Drpl,;I;t;n,, Ct,Ia ra,,,
mittee will probably take such action as
will rally all their forces without divid-
ing the Republicans What is wanted is
hearty and enthusiastic union Of all The
rioters Of North Carolina 1cho are in .fdror Of
local seL-gorGnment, and of the iegaily-reg,t-
ldted manufacture Of 'chaterer il is ld,gfM 10
sell. This will result in the sure overthrow
of Bourbonism, which. in its blind hatred
ofthe new Nation, strikes down the rights
of all the people in order to reach Repub-
leans.
We are sure that no old differences
among Republicans are to be heard Of in
the coming contest. No matter about
the Chicago convention or the flood
what we now want is the union of Lib
erals against Bourbons. Republicanism
wants help to lay the ghost of The con-
federacy, and the more confederates
there are to join in that work the speeder
and more genuine will be the restoration
of the right feeling among all the Ameri-
can people. Virginia and Tennessee are
in line-North Carolina must be the next
to join the Union procession.
THE New York Tribune publishes an
interview with that great statesman,
Thomas l.. James. He will enter soon
upon the duty of drawing his $4,000
salary from Vanderbilt's bank. (The in
crease of compensation for railroad ser.
vice made by James is over a million q
year-three times as much as the decrease
on star routes.) He thinks official life
disappointing. (He has had his fore feet
in the trough moro than twenty years,
Then this great statesman compares him
self with Benjamin Franklin, because
each started a. a printer, and each be-
came n p. NJ. G., Modest person. The
retirement of General James from the
Cabinet will not be fully realized until
some great constitutional question shall
come up for settlement, The President
may then wish he had him back.