The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-22
oo,. CLARKE TO CAPTAIN
w. JARVIS.
..uis Exceilency" Rebuked.
rror Of tie New and Observer-l
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"u,-af,re startled 10 tiu,t fs ne thee
'",nrar article, winch ats G.s-rr sr
81 I'll in his ~contEoral-s u."
nile. Chatham c"unlF iii .-s-.-
,r IN, blowing aS>iu "s.. a.,
.r,e ~-si CIT cfrcula-. conc ed in "a g rit
srn. a-.s led L. So "ls
D4.,.- taE miy.hI,f, et,ai - -a q
rir-. III things when assu- --a 3t
v-s-s.F1 North f.roEva #t r'H@ t#ar -H1
80 - - the least Of it l.a pro- az
g. 49, ?, by and cJmpitse tae road -.aN'
IN e.. Il 10 the State, coming ri=a .t.A -
- of Tn Mud yut boom, pc Up #+t'J Gp3n
- . c~9-..tiou o. things VII ca leg SEA n-@ 20
- Inn. I was cautioned N MY "ays u- 81.
Fnf-. I Il - At t. pest i4'c-ez q i-- 7
rr1t4irel u t. 90 1t. L did u. iEe road "-e
gold To ~
This attack Is the mo4e unpIovoked
hacause entIIei, unnecessary iot the
a~o1ment he was making 1t is lug2ed
n 80 - speak, 10y the head aud cas-.
On2r co.ditlon is indeed iLloic:as!a j Il
private citizen, pursuing MS avocaNoaS
= liable 90 Hage iis n.F1Csr r ana nc "a
ration a~s,tiled at the choice ana Wl ri
.ufhorit. p. the blow teIng weighed ~
the hiaa oihvlal position occupied by
the ass.ll.nt. As it is in my humble
nersou that THIS official assault upon
the N.t4s. Il - lB3a'Cs L SAtouA% ~ 1919
TO AugIo-SaXcn tradition Ii the nam
mer OIL his speech did not receive ibe
anvil. AS 10 the secrecy with Whlch
he is pleased To charge me in putting
forth the sa-culled Mud Cat circular
Twas not aware oil 1t. For a Setfet cir
crfnr | must say 1t achieved "a tCyn6er-
fdhy yujHcitg. My own recollection
is tnat 1t Appealed IN tie larbo.J
N,utLcrHDr. tie Raleigh Nctrs and other
uaDers al NY instance. II the Cover
nor had Investigated the facts before
he mad the change a very moderate
regard Tor truth would have mace hlm
suppress 1t. The charge Of spite Is
enuliIy unlcunded. But | viii net
b.ndy words with the Governor of
North Carolina. When that high Off
cal deliberately goes out o his WY 90
assail u private citizen Ill coLtfoFcf~:
to which ne IS not Il party and yeuss
after an alleged event. it woeid seem
that the word spite is the very las.
that he should wish presented to the
public eye. As 10 the a1enIer or motive
q putting foIth the Niue Cut clrcU.
Iar.' the public are not so much Inleg-
ested a. III his declaration that 1t We
full g. Interpretations.
In the very breath in winch the above
assault upcn me Is made II G9veTnu.
tells the people that III consequence o.
that circular he was forced To "troS.
MIR Best though cautioned again.
him, and called Il special session 10 Sc.
the ROAD to him. Aud is tnIs tue eff.
that Governor jaws viii aisoW a ltre-.
lar full of Misrepresentation - hay,
upon hIu III the discharge Of his h.-..
duties dealing with ii great lu.eTes
In less than Liuety days attcr tae MUD
tut CIRCULAR Gov. Jarvis and his s.ose
friend. the excellent Secretary OF Stale,
issued circulars to the people justitlIag
the special session, called IN great p&lI
10 get rid of the taxation (Which was
the ,Li It of the Mud Gus cirouiar) ii
which -. substantially used every ~
gumen: and assertion made 10y lne.
The Sc. .ctary of State known through
ont NJ, n Carolina for his eXceIle
iudgen Ut thorough accuracy went sc
Jar in J. circular as to do NE tn hlTr
honor copying my line OF argume9i
shown the cost to each county OF tHt
taxatio complained OF. Ii my circu
lar was ''fl,u OF Interpretations,
what vas his and his friends whei
they USED its statements and horrowc,
It's a~rgUnentsF
Cove nor Jarvis boasts in this sam
letter tt Ae is lever aiiald 10 sui
nil ANY question. in which he felt th1
the tru,a was on his side, to the people.
Now. then. | ask Governor Jarvis, dnC
/ respectTjtijy ask his.repy IN tie face o
the Deopie Of N0rth CdrO{tRn, "wh,
did You act put yourself Oh the side o
the truth apd leave tins question to the
instead OF endorsing the CIRCULAR, o
feeling compelled by 1t to trust Mr.
Best and advise a sale or the road tc
him when repeatedly cautioned aga.ns
him 2" If this circular was ''tull o
MISREPRESENTATION" why did not tn
Governor OF North Carolina withstand
instead of, as he says, yield to its III
fuence and call an expensive specla
session to. sell u great State property t
4 maj against whom he admits he wa
fully cautioned?
To boil this whole controversy abou
the Mud Cut circular" do wn to . few
words. 1t is this: When 1t appeareC
and made the public acquainted WIFI
the magnitude and folly of the large
annual taxation wrung from them "a I
subsidy to the Mud Cut Railroad, j
soon became apparent that pubhc sen
timens demanded the repeal of the tax
alton. 1t was also seen thai attack.
upon the author of the circular wouiC
not serve their intended purpose O
diverUing attention from the truth o
its Then there came &;
stampede among those who had aldec
to put the tax upon US, ana best wa:
brought here and the sale 10 him bur
RED through without a close scrutiny.
or much care, as tC his responsibility.
The purpose was to patch up an ar.
rangement that would last until the
nominations and election was over,
After that, if the make-shlft Best
turned out badly the loss must fal
upon the people-the tax payers-ano
no. upon the enterprising cfhce-bolderS
whose 1extcrity had saved themselves.
This is the whole story OF the "huo
Cut circular and the sale to Best.
The circular was a mere statement OF
facts concerning a great public tax,
which the people had Il right to he in
formed about any citizen the right to
discuss. If the statements were errone'
Gus, it was easy ts point out the errors,
and it could not nave produced that
condition Of things which the Cover
nor SAYS forced him TO call a special
session. That instead of IA answering my
facts AID figures | was violently assaulted
for it, hows that the real grievance
WAS tina. hid .stuf1ta3 on the IOHts.