National Republican., 1884-10-09
IN TIE oLp NoRru STATE.



suit In November.
RALEIGH N. c., oct. 7.--This Is by far the
most exciting campaign this state has ever
seen. Things have been liyclicr here during
the last ten days than they generally get in
even the closest states. Since my arrival here
ten days ago 1 have attended number Of
political meetings, aud ON several occasions
listened to the Joint discussions between tho
bourbon and coalition candidates, which
terminated in this city the last Of last week.
Gen. Scales, the bourbon gubCrnutorial nomi-
nee recovered of his recent hurt some Two
weeks ago. lie got out OF his sick bed WIN
the wrong foot foremost" IL would appear
from his subsequent conduct and has re-
mainCd n very mad man over SinCe-eNcn uulo
this late day. Perhaps this bit of information
will prove small wonder, however, TO Those
readers of THE REPURliCAS who take stock In
the axiom, "Whom the gods would destroy
they first make mnd," or words to that effect.
OF late there have been several little per,
sonal bouts" between the two gubernatoriM
candidates. in which much choice Language
aud manifold little plcnsnntrics have been III
dulged generally TO scalos's discontinue
aud one or two occasions physical exercise on
the part Of the candidates against each other
seemed threatening
Dr. York the coalition candidate for gov
ernor, is II sturdy honest, brave man, ScaleSs
equal mentally and his superior in debate,
and now the bourbons have withdrawn scales
| from the Joint debates and made separate ana
| distinct appointments for him Tor obvious
| reasons. After the failure to scare YORK, Hnd
| the realization of his advantage over his bour-
bon opponent as n speaker, they very shreWuly
| try the new move. Truly DR.. YORK, Tor one,
can truthfully be said to have made the
| Scales n.y. ~
The most notable of these little unpleasant
| ncsscs" to which 1 have alluded, occurred ny
| salisbury, very near Scales nome. ~ heNeIHHi
| prior appointments Scales had lnsolehtiy NJ,
i ludCd 10 York and all COaiitonlsts as men
| who favored both social equality ana mlsceg'
onatlon. on one occasion, II was reported,
| when York was absent from the speaking tnc
bourbon candidate bad even g gone so iSt as sbo SC
Doctors as being welded TO DUCK, glhvk,
| ignorant, greasy niger "How WOulu tue
doctor or his coalition friends IKE tIansaG.
| tlon like thntg' &c. DR.. York, 1t seems, only
heard of 1t when the two reached Salisbury.
In his speech at the latter place Gen. scales
made direct appeal to his old soldier com,
rades-"the men who fought under MN ana
were shot with him" When York rose to re-
ply one could see that he was mad. He mad
The devil ia his eye" said a democratic editor
to me at the time. When he alluded 10 that
remark of Gen. Scales's he said IN erect
| "Ycs / think l have heard something about
that wound of yours. If am not mistaken
have also heard that you were shot IN the Dack
part of one of your legs"
Then the music began. You may think
that, with the temperature above 1902 In the
shade, there has been some warm weather e&-
perlenced lately, but things looked ,,I,' con, n
|
than that in Salisbury that day, The
inevitable "wccpon" hove in sight on
land in, toO,) all hands, but there wasn't any
fight You see, the bonrponS have nag WY
OF "cleaniug out the radicals and niggers
| on such occasions rs this, for generally those
worthics would take to their heels before the
bourbon revOlvers. Just now 1t happens Una,
many thousand eN-dcm0crats,w VINO nave pllytu
the same little game themselves heretofore,
are In the coalition ranks 1t was, therefore,
slight surprise to the tire.eatlnge element on
the bourbons 70 lind SO many Oh in ineir rcoTv 0Tv
to do battle and die in the same glorious "
cause. 1t,
scaies's friends gathered about his portly
form, and quite as many OF IOrkh ndmlTet'
did the same thing for him. Then the tWC
bodies of braves glared at each other, ana thG
meeting stood adjourned. Ihcro Is iltttu
doubt, however, that York would nave @ Deuil
shot down If he and his friends had not showl
abOld front. He told me that they would mur
: der him IL they could ind an excuse ahd al
, opportunity to doso. A..
Both the candidates were on hand at the
next appointment The differences were ar
ranged on a speaking basis at least, and the
joint discussion proceeded with more or les'
zeal until discontinued at TINS place i4st WCuh @
us indicated above. The discussion here wa
spirited, and was listened to by the larges
political gathering every assembled IN NortL
: Carolina The state exposition had JUS
opened couple of days previously, and there
were over 5000 NONRESIDENT North caro-
linians in Raleigh, beside thousands OF stran-
gers from other states and the $1,000 perma
nent population. York did valiant service 10
! the republican-libetal cause, handling th'
tariff club in great style. Protection Is ponull
, hero. aud il is IOrk's iayorite and most elect
7 The bourbons dfs 'conuuu.nls I,ae,,.
f. | on the very meanest principles, endeaVorlpi
q to stir up the passions and prejndiccs OF tn
\ ignorant white men against the .,niggcr;' AM
" yet, in the black belt district of the east the
7 will make all sorts Of promises to the negro y
= get his vote. III the white western Gountie
! tIn IuFn NJ "a
, | would astonish you. "Civil rights is the grca
d bugaboo. They tell the old farmers of that re
!, ! gion that If the republicans obtained contrO
: of the state government they. would be com
> pcllcd to let their negro farm hands eat at tn
| same table with them, sleep in their hes
rooms, use the same wash-basn, and then b
/ compelled to black Cutiy's boots should il
# have any every Sunday morning.. Now, thi
: Is no joke. They even tell intelligent aud
= ences In towns stories similar to this Her
a il an extract from an editorial In last Satui
~ days NCWS Obsc'rCr, of Raleigh, the leadin
y bourbon daily paper ofthe state:
!, "1he Edmunds bill now, pending In cor
n gross, declares void all state laws making an
=, distinction between whites and blacks. 1t wi
a be voted for by every republican senator an
y, every republican congressman. IL wipes Ou
= from the statutC-bOOk of North Carolina III
y provision prohibiting marriages between tn
races. II wipes out from the statute'bOOk Q
:. North Carolina the provision establishin
4 separate schools for the races. Such is til
" measure which the republicans are pressing
!, and yet they have the hardihood to say thu
:, nobody wants social equality"
- "And so about what is called civil rights
- , but which are really social privileges. 1t
l,f said the negroes do not want them. But thes
d civil rights are growing, growing, CROWNS
daily and yearly growing to strong and yigo
Gus manhood The republicans sowcd IN
seed and the seed has germinated and th
evil plant is growing growing, growtng-an
70 when the harvest times comes 1t will, unle
prevented, ripen and social equality Will
accomplished.
II. "Now, these are truths. What are the whit
,s people of North Carolina going to do about It.
=, | notice an extract in THE REPUBLICAN,
'l- the lst instant from the Carthage IN. ca "
s. setie, copied in the editorial columns. III
h. man who wrote that Is u minister OF the 90
n pei The bourbon sheets have already bcgu
y, to Vilify Hon. John NJ Moring, the eX-speak
~ of the house of representatives, who Joint
lie the CoalitiOnists couple OF weeks ago. al
81 who is now the candidate for congress in III
IN district Their abuse, however, VIII only I'D
es to his strength.
of "Blaine and Logan will carry North Car
II, lima p
O. This assertion, made to me with calm O
H. surance by every leading republican and liber
ot in the state to whom put the question, is I
ms peated by me rs II prediction i'll which ha
We the utmost faith. ANY impartial stranger wi
T. will come down here, stay week, and gau
public sentiment, cannot arrive AZ n dihere
conclusion. The men who are now the leade
of the coalition anti-bourbon party are aInoi
the best men in the statein wealth, in 2,
id sonal worth, in intelligence, in social staudln
of The BuNtOns, Bynums, BledsOes Cooks, \
wards, FaircOthS, GrssOms, Johnst0ns, BaIri
gers, Settles, Winstons, Mornings, Nichols
Motts, IOrks, Respasses and hundreds OF otht
- that could be named are all men ofthat calib'
~ They are likewise men of nerve and pluck al
DO Just so certain as York and Blaine receive
Il. majority of the honest votes cast at the eleCti
or next month they will be counted
~ Many people up north are know dispOs
~ TO read an article on southern politics like tn
and then dismiss the subject with contempt
he Gus toss Of the newspaper and the remar
al "Pshawl IL may all be true, probably Is, b
"a what's the use; they'll count us out" In q
ru past there have been good, the best
on grounds for lust such an opinion, but the
fit good people are open to argument and reaso
nm nmd 10 tMs Cnss OF reAlers l MAnt % y