Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1882-04-06
WINSTON, n. C., THURSDAY APRIL 6,zz1ss2.

Revenue Collector Geo. B. Ever
eit,sof the 5th district publishes in
the StatesviEle Amer;;c,al1, 4 frey
retort to [. 3. Keogll, who asset o
in the Mort. State that he I'VE
quote ''sives,his, patti onase to Dem
ocratic papers, has Democrats, in
office and who: is backed for his
place by Democrats! Ti,ere are
probably upwards tof a hundred
internal Revenue officers in ahis
and among them but one
colored man sppears and he Is not
assigned to .dnty. q Our position on
this question ID well known p y
Everett says he scorns athese
foul attacks > but goes, on to say
that when keogh was in office he
didn't appoint single. negro
whereas lie {Eycrett) has several
now serving under him. As, for
Democrats, he did appoint Mr..
Chas Z. Shoher, (brother of Frank
Shober. Tie Senatorial Secretary
bnt he is a brother in law OF ex-
Collector Wheeler, and it dom,
count.
4 Everett then fires at the bulls. eye
in this style. "From these facts i,
is evident that Mr.. Keogh is inter
ested not so much in behalf of tile
o'ored men. as he is anxious te
@tnisreprese"t me to the Republicans
of North Carolina. When he
wrote the lines above quoted. he
must have imagined himself once
more seated on his sntler stool
writing copper head letters to the
"Milwaukee News,' in behalf o
the enemies OF General Grant and
the friend of the Rebellion; or, il
may be, that like ii political mer-
cenary he WAS, seeking to contrn
the patronage OF this District
"Let me tell you, Cassins, you your
self are much condem'd, to sell ant
mart your offices for gold to undo
servers" Mr.. kcongh can wei
say
Pm the Ex-boss of the State,
And a man whom all do hate,
For / sold my favors SO care'essly
And traded OH the horrors Of th,
old party,
That now Pm now nothing but Al
Ex-bossee.
The Republican party viii nev e
| be successful in this State unit
Thomas b k:ogh and his caba
naked and powercss, is driven frol
its leadership; and then aud the
only Will our heart aud brain an,
Drawn find in Rapubliclnism Il sat
pro ection AMI golden rewards 70
all their labors and for all thei
sufferirgs."
Ne ,ntine, the Washington he
publican, organ Of Arthur, raj
both sides over the ear in this style
| (in a leading editoriaD -" We hea
OF the Liberal movement in Mort
Carolina, and we hear of Republl
can protests, against it. Then W
hear of movements by Republican
of pronincncs in that State agains
each other. Thtr-, is, i'll fact.
very bitter feud among them, i
which neither side is wholly blam
less There are all sorts of pre-
texts on which men are antagoniz
ing each other, chief among whic
is the prohibition question. I'll
. introduction of that question in
) party politics, as parties Aare no
constituted, is as inexcusable
would be the introduction of /!
, Thirty-nine Articles or the Darw
t nian theory. The existence of
: strong temperance element amor
l the Republicans was known, al
4 Democrats, who cared no.hii
+ about it pretended to favor prob
n bition. The latter were si,ap
!. driving at the political power su
posed by them to be welded by t
!, Republicans through the inter,
revenue Officials. A convention
= prnhibitionists last year sent Il co
= nittee to confer with a legislatl
p committee. The Democratic mel
-: bero ontwitted the genuine, POL
!, bitionists, and reported bill
,r prohibit the manufacture, but ?
x tie sale, of liquor in the. Sta
This bill WAS passed, but not
take effect until "a flied by the pe
# pie. The State Central Commit
a Of the Republican party was dlvi
nj ei between the two factions arr;
- ed against each either the previt
~ year at Chicago. Some sharp pr
~ ~ tice had been alleged in the orga
ization of the coismittee. Ih
u was fnll meeting of the St
- committee, at which it WAS gen
.; ally understood that temperal
h, question should not be made a p;
sn ty one At a subsequent meet
ne minority of the committee, bu
oo majority of the quorum prese
g resolved that the party ought