National Republican., 1883-06-12
COALITION IN NORTH CAROLINA.
What IL Has Done and Is Doing to Make
the State Republican.
TO he Editor.


SHELBY, N. c., June s.-Sir: notice in
reading the different newspapers that some re-
publicans north, and some of them who pub
lish newspapers, seem to be very much OPP
posed to the coalition movement in the south.
As southern republican, cannot see why
this is. think believe with as much faith
in the principles of tho republican party as
any man, north or south. And for a
young man, as l am, have beon per-
secuted by the democrats rs much during
the campaign Of 1850 while doing what l
could in helping to carry North Carolina for
Garfield and Arthur as any man in the state
according to the territory Travelled over. l
live in what is called the banner democratic
county of the state, giving 1000, 1900 and
sometimes l 400 democratic majority. Shelby
has population of about 1900 Now in 1880
only four white men voted for Garfield and
Arthur, including myself l mean in Shelby.
The democrats carried tho county by about
1000 majority. In 1882, under the coalition
movement, about twelve or fifteen white
men in Shelby voted for o. III. Dockery,
q life long republican, and the coai-
ton candidate. These men are good, repu-
table citizens and one of them had been
elected register of deeds on the democratic
ticket here for eight years All these liberal
democrats will vote with us in 1854 for Ar
thur, Logan, Sherman, Edmunds, or any man
the republicans may nominate. This is what
hurts the bourbons. There have been cleo
tions since the war when not white man in
Shelby voted the republican ticket. In 1882
the democrats only had about 700 majority
in the county, Now we have two or three
men in this county who claim to be republi-
cans, who were opposed to the coalition
movement. They are men who like to
hold ollice under tho federal gov
cmment, if the northern states will
keep the republican party in power,
but want to stay in the minority here. This
kind ofrepublicanism is playing out Younger
men and more men are now engaged in the
achievement and success of the republican
party than for several years here. The rec
ord of the democratic party for some years
past has not been such as to add any white
votes to their ranks. A democratic legisla-
ture passed the prohibition bill, which was
submitted to the people and voted down by
over 100000 majority (llSOOO). The last leg
isature, which was also democratic, took up
the plan of incorporating the churches all over
tho state. This was done by the prOhibtiOnistS
getting up petitions and sendug them to the
legislature and asking that tho chui ches bo
incorporated; and by getting tho churches in
the county incorporated for two, three and
four miles, they very often mako the
territory link aud close up a bar room-get-
ting prohibition, the thing they were de-
ieated ut when left to the people When
church was not handy they would take a
school house and have it incorporated to link
the territory, if possible, This will all tell
next year. Men are now donouncing the
party for such a course. There is no
doubt but that the republican party
in North Carolina is receiving acces-
sons daily from the white people, and
why should any republican object to the re-
publican party in North Carolina receiving
recruits from the democratic party when We
are in the minority Any one who does OBJ
ject does not want the republicans to carry
the state nor elect the next president, and is
not worthy to be called republican. If | was
in Virginia, would vote with the Malone
party; in North Carolina with the liberal coa-
iition movement, as l do, which will carry
the state in 81. Sore heads to the contrary.
SOUTHERN REPUBLICAN.