The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-24
Frt tils t4rt1"r Al< u rcnailc
De Omnibus Rebus Qu busdam
Anus .AbouJ oil So'ts of
Things, and Somo
others.

Should my sketch 90 an pti time rtrH
rprc el.. ton by an accitcn. meet the
eve ot i Bo-tunUI, he Will cAcla.m.
.uae. uncivil.Zea. harharouS shock
~. and thank God That ht uui =
O. = men Of that time and place were
Yet Yankee travellers in the South tall
Ii. ii with these barbarian> GENTLY
say that they arc good citizen. and hap
py people. black and white \ ld what
none would they have. 10 they thiL X
il better TO have m,lllonaire~ aud pau
per- 10 have all the people. like men
u a theatre on ire. pulling down excl
nan Iii, nci-hbor. and tramplinG over
hie crushed body in order to escape pow
~. which they consider worse than lire.
ma place when Il single State with i
population of but itw hundred thous-
aud> could show 4 Washington. "A Mar
shall. Jcllcr. on. Madison. Lees. TaZe-
Vel. Henry. and a hundred others but
little nj lpr ii the best Gutliti-~ Whici.
make VI a ,na.i , OF the first iivc Pres
dents four we're Nir..nlaue. each ot
whom was reelected; the OILY North
ern man was beaten in his CANDIDACY
lor a second time | am nearly eighty
years of age. and ii had the option To
select time and place To live that space
over again. would unhesitatiuLly be-
yin the term far enough back 10 close il
about the close OF Van Bureus admInis-
tratlon when the South under Calhoun.
teaching became demented, and uunec-
e-,arily and ioolshly rushed INTO seccs
sion. The worst bluuders (they might
well nigh be properly called crimes)
which the South ever committed we're
It's refusal to support Van Buren, and
Douglas when candidates for the Presi-
dencv. Both had ever been As firm and
cons lstent supporters of the rights oi
slave owners as the most cXactlng
amongst them could have asked for
HE former on one occasion went even
farther III this support than was consis-
tent with constitution and law. \ bill
authorizing postmaSters to destroy any
matter sent to their Offices which they
might conceive to have an abolition
tant about them. was passed by the
House and went up to the Senate. The
Wings having a clear majority in the
latter body could, at any time they
chose. contrive tie vote. Van Buren,
al that time as Vice President filled the
chair. The fact was announced that
i-tlaere was a tie. Calhoun. thinking that
| he old Fox was fairly holed, hoped to
| his feet and with eNultation in every
,cature demanded that Van Bum
| should give his casting vote. He calm
" aad firmly stated the question, and
voted to pass the bill Calhoun drop
ped back into his seat like one who had
received a heavy electric shock. The
| sd Fox. as his enemies used to call
him. was not caught. This had from
i gentleman at that time Il member OF
| :" House, who was an eye witness OF
4 the seen.
A. to Judge Douglas there was not a
m.,I III tie Union whom the Abolition
~t~ 50 much feared and hated, and III
spite oI his sqUdtter sovereign { doctrl lc
"a ta.n1 Of no practical value for good.
/ Tor evil, but which was very efleo-
| t.ially used to weaken the confidence OF
the South in Inn, as valuable a tricno
to the South aS 1t ever had. The Whig
! ,artV at the North had even in the lat.
ter part Of Van Blu el's administration
struck hands with the y AbolilioniSts. ano
| OntIol ed e State governments The
| ,ouug men saw that no one not OF that
Ian could get office there they saw
| ne South turn its back on their bes1
| riendS because of Northern location
and thus that the door to office under
he Federal government too was closeo
against them and the consequence. a.
| ought to have been turpseen. was tha
he North became nearly unit III the
attempt To destroy slavery. They like
wise saw Virginia sending to represen
/ in Congress a Bolts. aud Nor h Caro-
ina a Ntanlv. both .Abolitionists, ano
scry naturally concluded that it coulC
lot and should not be expected ira
hey. Nho had no direct interest in tn,
natter. should fight battle for thos,
,vl.o would not ti-it for themselves
And here. Mr.. Editor. permit me to sa,
you and great many others are quit
TOO bitter III denouncing Governor But
ler-remembcr that the Souih force,
him into the place which enabled him t
commit the crimes YOU justly charG,
him with.-remember, too. that we
for one) torgaye and voted for Greely
who hurt the South thousand tine
worse than Butler ever did.-remcmb
that until war began Butler. Douglas
Dix. along with thousands of others a
the south. were our staunch friends an
: aI,ies.-remembe that the South wa
, forcwarned (for one did 1t through th
: columns OF the Raleigh Standdra) tha
: our Northern friends. when wan cam
on. would side with ther own section
and FIGHT against us-that they wcr
: cited 10 Decaturs famous toast, lou
country. May it always he in tn
right but right or wrong. may it al
WAYS be successful" Remember tina
e We too had thousands Of our best cit
D zens in the same category, men VIII
fought against secession until the wa
heran. and after that fought for it a
brayely a. the brayest secessionists
e To vote for Butler for any office wuul
: TO me be more nauseating than tn
I taking OF dose of ipecac; but as
. would take the ipCcac to save my life
so would | take Butler To save the III
{ Of the nation He i on the right trac
now. aud ! bid him God speed until h
Y DESTROYS the foul vampires he IS attel
TNoTE.-Ow friend seems to fame
that Butler is sincere i'll his preser
conse. Unfortunately the Beast ha
ALWAYS tdIked like saint even amid h
!, hlackest crimes. Men wno spend the
i lives hm.tng office are apt to do thu
!. way
: / set out in this article to contrast Il
o slave south with the free North, bl
parru!ous old age has led me away frol
: that matter into a z9Zag medley OF I,
n collections Let no man say | am CT,
/ mo over split milk. There is hardly
,r surer means of going right than to loo
hack. and find out wherever we ha,
gone wrong. In the article about Il
= Virginia election you make me say
Il witnessed nine fights going on at OF
i time. ! did not write nine. but six
w. O. GREGORY.