National Republican., 1882-08-22
Marching On I'm North Carolina.

readers to the report of the meeting at
Greensboro, N c., which appears on the
first page of to-day's REPUBLICAN. North
Carolinians will understand the impor-
tance of some Of the speeches there made.
To those not acquainted with affairs there
we will explain: The coalition between
the Republicans and the Liberals has
embraced the great body of the Republic
cans, and all Democrats who are angry
with their party for its Bourbon class
rule, its adjustment of home-rule in the
counties, its Capitalization of power in
the legislature, its gross violation of the
laws governing elections, its contempt
for popular education, its provincial char
acter and bat-blnd adherence to the
old States-rights dogmas of slavery days,
and finally its advocacy of a bill to pro-
hibit the manufacture of liquor in the
State, although by the same bill provi-
sion was made for the very general sale
of that commodity to be brought into
the State. The Prohibition Republicans
have been divided on this coalition, on
the ground that the Republican managers
suffered their party to be forestalled by
the action of the Liberal convention, and
that when their own convention met
they committed the party to request
that members of the legislature should
vote to repeal the obnoxious law pro.
hibiting the manufacture of liquor
and should oppose all similar leg
islation. AS to the existing law We
think it was Bourbon trick, and those
who set the trap having been themselves
caught in it have no wish to preserve it
The honest Prohibitionists regard it al
the stone given them when they haC
asked for bread, and scorpion giveI
them when they had asked for fish
and so they will not mourn its repeal
The Republican convention gave offens,
to Prohibitionists when ii declared
against all similar measures. But whc
really wants any similar measure? How
ever, without any play upon words
we regretted the introduction of til,
expression which was displeasing t.
men who, however small q minority
ought to be allowed to entertain thei
| Oplillollo oll al lllOIui VI bONlui IutStlOl
without having them made the subjec
of comment in party platform. MI
Ball. who spoke at the Greensboro
meeting, is staunch Republican, al
earnest and honest Prohibitionist, and
citizen above reproach, and respected
of all men. He has favored
hearty union with really liberia
men on the basis of ignoring the TEN
perance question. He was great,
disappointed at the treatment of the sub
iect in the Republican convention, anC
at the manner in which the campaign
boro' is most important us showing the
disposition of the best Prohibitionists t,
sink their feelings on the things not t
their liking, and TO lend their inhuenc
and work to the cause of anti-Bourbon
ism in North Carolina. Mr.. Ball is t.
make other speeches in the campaign
He is patriotic and generou
man, and will, we believe, do a
much good as any man in Mort
Carolina. The speech of Mr.. Price
the colored preacher, is also most i'm
! portant. He canvassed North Carolin
for prohibition last year, and is man c
powerful eloquence. Now he engage
with equal earnestness for the progres
of his race and of his State toward equa
t rights and broad nationality, whic
, can only come when Bourbon Democrac
{ is overthrown. The North State, publishe,
, at Greensboro, has long taught Repuh
}, licanism to the people of North Caro-
lima, but it is not doing so now
1t is devoting itself to the on
subject Of Temperance Legislation. /
is blind guide for Republicans in thi
campaign. There is no ticket whicl
represents the views of the North iSatC
and yet the tendency of it's course is t
induce Republicans to withhold thei
votes from the Republican ticket. 1t
discouraging enlistments and harborin
deserters. We are sorry to believe tha
it prefers Bourbon success to this
of the Coalition ticket, but tha
is the irresistible conclusion draw
from its course. We exhort it t
reconsider. Any man who battle
against Bourbonism is good soldier i
the cause of political liberty and nationi
J union. If the North State will not NOV
along with Mr.. Ball and the Republica
party we rather think it will find that
has separated from four-ffths of the Pro
hibition Republicans of the State.