The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-01-05
For the Farmer and Mechanic.
voIoe from the West

II Is noy understood, that Gov. Jar
Il. ba. zone over to thc Richmond anC
b.nv;ne Syndicate. His first letter,
pme months since, had a decided
Aauing the other way. What suddeE
hanre has come over him, no one vii
y 30 bold as to guess at. 1t would bt
Improper to suggest that the K. & ID.
lent him . vote, OF two, or more OF
nerbaps 4 score, in time of need and i:
row unkind enough to torcibly re-
mind him OF the fact. 1t would also be
unjust to intimate, that like Antony,
be thought if Brutus were borne down,
be might become the foremost man 10
Rome.
Whatever be the cause, n GOV
|ernor ha. changed base and now ap-
Enears 3. the champion of the X. q ID:
mononolv. the assailant of Vance, and
Al. would .be exeoutioner Of the Mud
Cnt author. By the letter of the lat
ter however, 1T seems, that the Gov
amor ha. been hoisted on his OWL
/ netard. Indeed it would be well fol
1 the people to fully understand this rail
road controversy. 1t is well enough tt
remind them that Vance's honor and
honesty has endured all weathers,'
that for twenty five years he ha. never
Ainched or faltered in his devotion tt
the State and is true to her still. Per
haps - the Governor suggests, Vance
memory may be at fault as to the minor
details of time and place; but the
masses know, as the Wilmingto,
Star" forcibly puts it, that ON the mair
80 A. fAl.
s,signees against North Carolina towns
the failure of the assignees to ~prosecut.
the work with diligence and energy,
and to put a sufficient force on tn,
Ducktown branch to reach Pigeon riv
or, simultaneously with Paint Rock, ht
is true, firm and invincible.
Right manfully as Commissioner (al
in every other s~tstlon) ha. he done hi
duty to the State, and right manfull,
will the Inhabitants thereof" endorse
him. This much at least he has accom-
plished the Syndicate has ceased tc
discriminate against North Carolin,
towns, or promised to do SO, and for tn,
first time obligated itself to go to Duck
town, neither of which would have beer
done, We verify Lelievs, if Vance hac
not taken the stand he did.
1t is an open secret that the r. (
d. Il. r. with its hosts of employees
from the President down to tircmen
have decreed Vance's doom. They
discuss this at hotels, street corners ant
other public places, but in differen
ways. Some put it up in the way o
sorrow for Vance, poor fellow" nov
1t pains them to see him stand In hi
own light and undermine his225 pound
of solid South. Others blandly say, /
is unwise in Senator Vance to tackle
great corporation, it has immense sum
and power, can do and undo men and /
Vance would let it 90 on in its own wa.
commercially throttling the State
they would plead for his pardon. Stil
another class take special pains to aeclar
their warm administration for Nanc
sno then mildly assert that he is losln
his popularity. But these sayings b
not true, and to the r. & ID. moropol
and those who bolster it up, the peopl
Of the STATE, somewhat changing til
language Of Old Ninotti TO Alp th,
renegade, says
None Of our true sons shall DC
Slaves 10 oppression aud to thee.
Come Or
ST be continued.