The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-19
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|, Is manifest after reading his spcech h
tfor which ~ arc indebted 10 Senator
Ransom that senator Vest Of Missouri.
Is not the Kind Of Vest which ough, To
be pulled down or kept down Ills
eloquent PLAIN speaking was al eye
opener for the whole NaTth Here IL a
sample
Il saw men who carried their muskcts
IN the war OF 1872, who had never even
sympathized with the South in her rr
volt against the Mon, who came on
their tottering limbs To ibe polls la
put IN their ballots IN regard 10 the
1 destiny ot the land for the mastery OF
/ which they hed Ought against the La.
dams and the Wild beasts, when with
rife in ons hand and plow in the other
they had blazed the pathway OF civil
zation-l saw those men driven awav
in the name of Republicauism. Al.
this was done under the Drake consti
tuition, the author of which lately
figured in the papers OF this city A.
most orthodox Christian gentleman ~ho
proposed 10 dEive a clergyman from the
ministry because he had married u
Catholic woman.
In Missouri the county courts in
those days were brought and sold like
sheep in the shambIes. We who own
ed the property in the State were for
ced to be silent Uuscrupulous militi.
roamed through the borders a. VI issou-
RI pistol IN hand and whenever man
declared himsclta a democrat he was
disi"yal 10 tie Union aud disiranchixcd
At once. Why, sill, IN "A country AL ia
ceGt 10 the one in which lived three
judges OF the county cour'. compos-
ing tn 1t tribunal and having the pow
er to issue bonds, issued 100000 OF
fraudulent bonds at the dead hour Of
midnight. and they were thrown upon
Wall street and there sold to innocent
purchasers for Il valuable consideration!
One OF the county court judges, shin,
ing and leading member OF an ortho-
dox church, being attacked by that
dread disease, typhoid favcr, a. his feet
touched the cold waters Of the Jordan
Of death hlsConsciencc awakened and
he sent for the minister Of his church.
With his relatives around him, weep
ing children. and sorfowing friends,
he confessed that in n certain hour he
got s., 900 from certain leadIDg re
publican for issuing those bonds. That
confession was made at eleven o clock
at night At three O clock in the
morning the crisis Of the disease came
and to the wonder of the community
he recovered He Immediately swore
that his confession was the ravlBg of "a
delirium! lie was re elected by the
republican party and was vindicated
at the polls. The dlsiranchised de-
mocracy proceeded to pay the bonds
under the mandate Of the Federal
tribunal. Ny friend from North Caro-
lima Mr. Vance suggests that he could
be received with RiddIeberger. He
would have been received by the re
publican party Of this Senate with
avidity and gulped down without a
single word Of protest or question.
One hundred million dollars OF such
securities were rcpudiated IN those
States and yet the Senator from ONO
tells us that no republican community
w;-s ever known to repudiate any obi
CATION at all | have no doubt many
OF the bonds repudiated arc fraudulent,
but so were the bonds Of the Southern
States, and ali ask is that even hand
ed justice may be done 10 both sec
tlOns.