Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1884-04-10


LAuRfNBURa, N. c., April ii
have been very much pleased with the
bold and decided stand you have al
ways taken in favor of the young men
of North Carolina. You have labored
zealously for the recognition of the
young men of the Democratic party,
and you have done it in such bold,
fearless, manly way, that the old fossils
themselves at whose bosoms your
shafts were hurled, could not become
offended. The young men of the State
appreciate your efforts, and the old
mossbacks, "the chart and compass"
as they are pleased to call themselves,
have long since felt the weight of your
well directed blows. Away down here
on the South Carolina border, I can
hear the SENTINEL spoken of as the
paper through which the young men
can get hearing. And it is through
this feeling that write to the SENTI-
MEL to propose the name of a young
man for the next Acknowledgement of
the State, a young man who is in the
full sense of the word representative
of the young men of the State and of
the Democratic party. I refer to
Platt D. Walker, Of Charlotte, one of
the most brilliant lawyers, old or
young, that North Carolina can boast
of. Mr.. Walker is not 35 years old,
and yet he is the equal of any lawyer
in the State in every branch of legal
learning, as every one will bear me
witness who has come in contact with
him at the bar. No man in our State
would more adorn the Capital as At
torney- General, than Platt D. Walk
er. No man would give better or
| more general satisfaction to the bar
of the State than he. a Col Kenan is
a high-toned chivalrous gentleman,
one that is loved by the people of the
whole State, but he has been there
eight years, and | know he is too rea-
sonable not to admit it himself, that
turn about is fair play. There is not
a man in the whole State who could
better digest the decisions Of the court,
prepare fuller index to each report,
and better syllabus at the head OF
each case, than Mr.. Walker. I men
tion his name without his knowledge
or consent, for he is modest man and
would never thrust himself to the
front, but he is a man of giants
brain and that is the kind of q man
we want for Attorney General. Mr.
| Walker would not only make an eff
cient Attorney General, but he would
| be an ornament and tower of strength
on the Supreme Court bench of this OF
any other State. He does not seek to
enter politics, he is exclusively law
yer, one of the brightest too, tha
North Carolina has had since the war
and it is not right that he remain il
the back ground when the State hath
need of such men in more importan
spheres. Give US Platt D. Walk
er for Attorney General and the
young men will feel that they are rep
resented on the State ticket; and hi
name will help largely to swell th'
next Democratic majority.
! The boys over this way are extreme
| ly glad too, to see that the SENTINEL
favors Maj. Chas. M. Stedman fo
Lieut.. Governor. Maj. Stedman
another representative of the younge
men, while he is, it is true, in middl
life; he started from poverty. and ha
made an honest fortune in the las
few years, and he is 80 friendly ant
jolly with the young men that the,
all feel like he is one of them never,
respect. We think over here tina
Stedman is the man for Lieut. Cover
nor and that Walker is the man fo
Attorney-General. Stedman for th
second place and Walker for Attorney
General will be enough to carry tn
next ticket through in triumph.
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