The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-09
For the Farmer and Mechanic
xee. Politics out Off. COL oe"'
Iev's Vows.
Aug. 5. 80.

D.a. .Sr.-In 1878 The Aioenafi
cnard Of Edenton n. c.. proposed Z
uuaarl ne ut the State Far. the Ia
u aaoS by the pixie Guards. during !n'
49, md such conduct being IN my opiunto n
wal VAL wrote the incloscd letter TO Dr
w. Il. Capeheart. INV lette
la Canebeart, properly worded eApIe'
nv feelings n0,o, about the nieetihs' 70
mo held 10 North Carolina, lii fuTtieia
I'm objects of the Society OF eN ~
fa3arate Soldiers and Sallors OF No'li
Garolina" the father of which l eau wy
;nstlv claim II be, for 1t was at my III
s,ance and chiefly through my indiViuua
Efforts that that society was orlgha'eu "nI
snn.sssfnIIy iuaugurated. Now DO no'
,ndarstand me "a Directing to any Ihine
Connected with these meetings save lux
nrobah HE noltical tendency the desiehlhs
poIiti,ians of this day nay cause ,hem .
wear The record made by North GARY
rs soldiers sir. is too grand ana sue
lime TO be ~entangled with the dirty ano
sI,bv nautical trickery of the present pc
riol and every one OF her sons mIo W.
the grey and loves the record VI {
mortal dead should rise up. condem
and curse the Dleu wiz "o
record at any time Improperly.
The chief issue OF 1872 III North Iaioii
ma has been proclaimed boldly py the op
ponents of DEMOCRACY to De the Coioi
Line and no stronger incentive W uu'S
could possibly be devised or concelVeu
and its effects will be magical. ne "nl'I
men Of North Carolina have cot reached
that point in their lives Wren they art
willing to work labor and pay tor Negro
Rnle.'and subject their children to de-
trading results that Will flow from It's as
cendancy
Much as there may be, and doubtless
will be again, To cause pure mel 10 con
denim some of the leader and workers
IN the Democratic party OF North caro-
lima | cannot conceived how that party
ever could reach a point Of degradation
as low as is expressed anu represented by
The TWO words Negro Rule.
But enough of this for my heart slcken>
at the thought Of my WI native lana
being again turned over to rulers seiected
OF negroes Wishing you success, l am
ID haste. Your irlehi'
w, +. BEASi Ety..
II Is needless say we coincide with Col.
Beasley's view-that politics should be
kent out Of the Confederate re- ulons
and so far as we have heard this has been
the case. At Roxboro, for instance, Col.
Winston, the Green-Back leader mar
shalled the veterans, and Col. Chas. >.
Winstead, Republican State Senator, IN
troduced Gen. Ransom, the orator.
As for the allegations of certain kepub
lican Journals that these "SurvlvOr" PIC
MICS are gotten up to aid the Democracy,
and re klndle the prejudlces OF the war;
that is all Bosh The persons who tax
most interest in such things are apt to be
men who care little for politics. The
Democratic Ofice~seeker is the one who
harps on Peace and decentralization
and wants the flag not only ''turied" but
actually forgotten j
Meantime, there is not a town In Yam
k~eedoodledom that has not its one 0
more secret, oath Bound, Leagues, an
"Grand-Army Posts" uniformed and u
many cases armed with muskets ano
swords, which once a month hold ses-
siens to keep alive the spirit OF loG5,'
aud once OF twice a year parade in pub
lie and every four years yell 10 all the
"wearers Of the Blue, to vote as We
fought, and hit the damned Rebels
with a ballot, as deadly in it's effects a.
our bullets !"
There is not, at this hour, a State Capt.
tol, of any Northern State, from Maine to
California, that has not a number of-"the
way we licked 'em!' Many captured Re-
bells flags c~onspicuously displayed to show
Of the Legislative Halls are decora-
ted with huge pictures, showing how th,
brutal Rebels were chaseG. at the bay,
II point by our handsome Blue
Coats"
Ia short, there is not a Northern State
which has not its Battle monumen,s.-
Rebel Reil;, Soldiers Reunions, Lea.
CUES, G. A. t.. Post &c. &c. to
keep alive the memory of the war. and
10 honor to the heroic dead who wore
tue "biue'-GLd thousands ofthem were
heroes; though in an unjust cause),-
while we of the South, who have far more
reason to honor our dead, because then
az ran must scarce dare whimner
the past, lest we be stamped by the
truly Loyal as-Traitors, Matching more