The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-24
10, How Sweet and Blessed q
Thing u - for Dem 1crats TO
Dwell IN haVmony

Z .mment very sharply on the G~Overnor
il 4 selection for the Supreme Court -ea-
judge Schenk. Friends of John Man
ing. Esq. tell Of a letter he received
irum Ills Excellency which sounded very
runi-ing pIior to he Greensboro STOP
,th, e-urn rom i;ul rlom. -GOv
n,ce was invited to deliver a lecture a.
Al ooro IN Al OF u { PcDdcr mouuu,er'.
lie ielt unable To comply, and hast: J
srote as follows
CHARLOTTE, Oct Is
" T. williamson and ofhers.
GENTLENES i am again compelled
1, decline YOUR invitation. | have on
hand now at least fifty similar requests TO
lecture. cannot possibly oblige them
al. and to obiige q part offends the 9th
ers. You will remember the harsh com
ments of the Gold,boro paper last
spring, because of my failure to lecture
Tor the military company there Ia
hort. it is a matter OF necessity with M
- shut up on the lecture question
pay respect 10 me memory Of SO gallant
A -JIUltT A. ptu- i rifltl, i u utN1ltAt
your invitation. Very truly YOUR.
Il B. VANCE.
Whereupou Tarboro .SDU,h,rnrr says
Ne are indeed sorry that the Senator
cpuld not come over 10 Rocky Mount,
where he speaks to-day we aud give
rhe Fender Monument proposition 4
n%elpine hand. lie had I NE to 20 10
Grrcuyille. 5. g., week before last. TIL,
disappointment is a bitter one, as he
,ruld have done 40 much. aud all thought
l.e would make some little sacrifice for the
memory OF the dead hero.
Perhaps his eloquent colleague, Cen
eral Ransom, will 90 To the trouble o.
coming p miles, or so, and leni his voice
~ all Of a monument to the dead Con
fcderate General. He will be 4 ked to Do
50 tomorrow
Whereupon the Goldsboro Messenger
a Ids 1T is strange the Cove nor should
,.iZe our for 'xcu>t not to lee
ure through this section lis letter 70
the Tarboro COMMITTEE is the second ex
cuSe of the kind which has been brought
to our attention. However harsh he NAV
have considered our c. itlcism, the people
here thought it just. The invitation ex
tended him was not IN behalf OF the
military company, but the lecture was
to have been a benefit for the Confeder.
ate monument which was under the lolnt
auspices Or the Ladies Memorial Asso-
citation and the Goldsboro Rifles. We
simply stated that the Senator could find
time to make anti-monoply speeches 10
New York and regretted that needed rest
when asked for the second time) to lee
ture for the benefit of the monument.
We did think that he might have lent
his aid to 50 good a cause, a. did his
colleague, Senator Ransom
The Farmer and Mechanic prints the
foregoing without endorsing il in any
way. for with our knowledge of Zebulon
b. Vance's war-record, in the field. and
in the Governors otiice,-we feel assur-
ed he has some good asO for declin-
ing; and if his note sound rather curt
~. we attribute that to one of the best
traits of his character. Senator Vance,
though he has been for nearly forty
years in office. : has as much ~frankness.
and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. as any public
ma that ever lived. We have not seen
him for several years. and never owed
him a favor. but we have long admired
the manly impolicy OF sone of his acts.
Some of these are hasty and in ju%dicious,
but they bear witness to the tact that
the man has not ben swallowed by the
politician and in these days Of politi-
cal corruption-this is something rare
enough to be of value. A Northern
MAJ once said. with a kind of holy hor-
ror'' at the very idea-"Why your man
Vance talks us plain and cOcky to them
there old fellows as if he di int know he
was in the United States Senate!!!'
Down in Carteret. there vas ned
some weeks ago a meeting ,f Demo-
Gratis which reflected sharply upon Gov.
Jarvis in regard TO the LIST Congressional
District, and resolutions were adopted
censuring him. We did not print them
at the time. and will 10 do so now.
Jarvis reply is printed in the Beaufort
Telephone, and its tone is said to have
gwen much OffenSe: -
RALEIGH. N. c.. Oct. 16. 1888.
JNO ID. DAVIS. Esq. BEAUFORT, Nc.
NV Dear Sir: Yours of the llth
came in my absence, o. it would have
received an immediate reply.
l have spent more or less of nv time
at Beaufort or Morehead City for the
last five summers. Generally the wind
was from the South and the air delight
full. During the continuance of these
fresh south breezes there was absolute
reedom from the annoyance Of mos
4~uitoes. But occasionally the wind
blew from the north. and it most ALWAYS
brought with it out of the boys and tens
of the marshes an annoying little insect
called mosquito. Some of these were
so feeble and tiny that one could barely
hear their faint notes or feel the force of
their harmless bills. The most pain
less bite from the feeb'est of these tiny
mosquitoes gave me more ANNOYANCE
than did the action. of the late Carteret
county convention. | beg that no friend
OF mine will allow it to give him a mo-
ulent's concern. 1t certainly gives me
none. Not even :nouyh to calse me to
have a feeling of resentment against
those engaged III il. l will work on. as
l have done. for the good of Carteret.
and | hope before l 90 out of office to
show some result of this work. 1t Is
my purpose to do all | can TO pres. the
work on the New Berne and Beaufort
Canal, aud before my term OF office ends
[ hope to see the canal open and many
vessels in Beaufort harbo- passing to
and fro through the canal. Whatever |
can do to advance the prosperity of the
people of Carteret shall be doue. though
the sheriff and his folloH ers pass reso-
buttons every day ~denounciny me.
In reply to your inquiry as to what |
would have my friends do | ..ave TIL 5 20
ay. II have auy triapJS -, ~.