The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1881-09-03
TIE PROHIBITION MOVE
MENT REVIEWED.
Nr. Eitor ::--Yonr coarsc n the
Por The s.ar.

'aAN taH I"EH
meets with my hearty concurrence,
as i; does with the hearty approval
Of the great mass Of Republicans
Throughout; the State. You and !,
alike, have q right is our prlyi>
lcgc--to rejoice over the downfall Of
the first attempt a; religious isnaii-
cism in the good old State Of North
Carolina--and the Democratic par
ty, with Vance, Jarvis & Co., arc
the legitimate heirs Of u political
disaster which is without a precedent
in free government
The "prohibi;ion moycmcn; wns
sired by the pit county Judge Of
brandy, whose certificate Of the cx.
cdlcncics Of said brandy has been
paradcl through the columns Of the
State press over the signature Of !.
J. Jarvis. He handed over, as the
Governor Of said State, the Demo
cratic party to the Prohibition
Convention which assembled in this
city. Senator Vance, not to be out
done ~ Jarvis, used the name,
irrcycrcnt'y, Of our Creator, in his
,,o.j,ro,;on IN onc Rev. Mr.. Aber-
nc,hy, declaring he would not be
cauph. in The company Of negroes,
whisky merchants and revenue
agents. Ex-senator Merrimon,
looking towards Washington City,
where his heart still fingers, took
the stump and cloqucntly defended
the infamous Bin known as the
"prohibi,iG> Act. Preachers and
cross roads Nation savers, walled
their Pharasalcal eyes and thanked
God that they we're better than 9th
err peoplc--and the people, with
their good sense, smote upon their
bosoms, and asked to be kept out
81 bondage, and majority of 49,
200 round nunbers) the State has
declared that they will not submit
10 such low down trickery, and many
OF heretofore Democrats
are now enrolled on the Republican
boclss a. active warriors in tho CAM
paign Of 1882, when the State, in
the Legislative Halls, and it's elect
i've Offices, will be represented by
good and true Republicans who will
come into power just in time to save
onr people from one Of the most dis
asuous financial crises (which now
threatens ever experienced.
The Democratic party are toiling
to make the impression that PRO
hibi,ion" bad no political signiii.
canoe. Men who say so know too
we'll that they misrepresent facts,
aud the people know they speak
that which is not true; and it is
your duty, aud the duty of every
Republican leader, to charge it upon
the Democratic party, and keep
them on the retreat until their forces
shall be scattered and only known
in the history Of the past as one Of
the most unscrupnlous organizations
that eyer afflicted a people.
N<"Act" Of the Democratic par.
ty since they have had control Of
the State has passed their Legisla'
lures that did not have for its aim
the curtailment Of the privileges Of
our people or tie plunlcring Of the
State Treasury. They have stolen,
for political purposes, great Rail
Road from the State, and actually
given il to parties whose interests
are not with US; and no "Act' Of
their regular session is worthy Of
the paper upon which it is written.
They have disfranchisod the col.
orcd people by system Of gerry.
Wandering which has cursed their
memory; and the happy near will
hurl them from power and the Re.
publicans will again man the ship Of
State, and once more tho poor man
viii be mado 70 rejoice, FOR bis day
Of dcliseFance has come.
No one now believes that the
Democratic party is anything more
or less than an organization Of shod-
dy arislocracy whose aim Is, ha,
been, and ever will be, to trampl'
under foot the poor white man ant
the ncgro--this accomplished an'
the State would become poverty
! .4...l.n.. a.1 f,ilnd ssith Aha NhNaahay