The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-06

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ings.
No doubt NJ. Hale thinks tina, 7 ought
10 have remained at home Ia look after
4 these ny lHUe concerns and left ia. bIg
concerns 1T making piatforms, ,vc at CHI
caro- Ia him. Pardn anuths quotation
from Scripture Tor Illustration. II any apoi-
Ogy for quoting Scripture is ever required.
Tor my colleague, conduct towards me l.
so much like that Of Elisb tI~a.ds his
brother David / must c.u ..oad ii 10 Mr..
Hale Tor Sunday reading II he can spare
time from The consideration Of tariff tala-
ton TO 10 So
And there went out a champion out of
the camp Of the PHI istiues named Goliah,
Of Gath, whose height was SIX cubIts and "A
span. And he had a helmet Of bras
! upon his mead and he WAS armed With .
coat OF mail. And he had greavts VI brass
upon his legs and a target vi brass be-
tween his shoulders. Aud to sum IL all
up, he WAS a great big fellow with lots Of
BRASS about him. And he challenged the
lsraelites 10 hight, ; ylng Il defy the ar
mics OF Israel this day; give me a ma that
We may light together =
And the three eldest sons OF Jesse were
in Sauns army, while DAVID, the youngest,
was feeding sheep" VI Bethlehem
And Jesse said auto David, Take now
for thy brethren .u ephah Of this parched
corn ami these ten lunycs, and run To the
camp to thy brethren"
And when David got there, boy like, he
began TO INQUIRE of the situation, and his
brother, EilaO, Who WAS olde: than lie, and
ought at least after nj ing ms stomach with
pa chci corn and Loaf bread which his lit
tie brother had brought him, 10 have had n
word Of encouragement for him, began al
once TO belittlc him and disparage him and
ridiculc him.
And Eliab, his eldest brother, heard
when he spake unto the men, and Eiiau's
anger was kindIed against David and he
SAID, Why earnest thou down hIther, and
with whom hast thou lett those few sheep"
in the wilderness"
and David, utterly astonished at his
older brother, as ! am nov AT my colleague,
MIR. Hale, replied by asking the question of
him, wv hat have | now done."
because / am not a great teacher of tariff
and because didn't know that Sir. Hale
was the man specially appointed and Sc
leCted bythc Almighty To construct such a
tariff plank Tor The Ma ional Democratic
patty as would demolish the giant OF High
Protection in his opinion | am only lit TO
feed sheep" at home, and must be held up
TO public rdicuie if | !, u mere ''caterer" for
the delegation, should undertake with my
little sling TO throw rocks AT the great
Giant, covered as he is by brass" which
nothing but the superior knowledge and
n Va "a al otii oC SABOStCC " BCh-
citrate.
ask Mr.. Hale if, upon reflection, he does
not think just at this time 1t would be bet
ter for his constituents of the 3D. dis
trict for him to unite with us all and try to
kill the giant that threatens to destroy the
liberties of the people, rather than by little
~Inslnuations endeavor TO beslime one OF his
colleagues because he was preferred above
MIN? Would it not be better for him in
some other way to try to build himself up
in the estimation of the people, whose good
opinion he openly detied by deserving them
while in trouble liz he would advertise
his great excellence as u tariff expert by
WIRING Tor some LIVE "newspapers,' as L do
In advertising my Durham Bull Smoking
Tobacco, he might by the mex convention
get upon the platform committee. | must
confess that | had not read Mr Hale's great
and convincing editorials in his paper, to
which he refers / never see the Fayette-
vile observer" unless specially sent by
some friend, though | DO see regularly his
intelligent but less pretentiOus neighbOr,
the Fayetteville sun" as | am a subscriber
TO it. What a loss to the country that Mr..
Hale was not appointed as a substitute for
the tariff commission Which Congress
created to examine this subject, just be-
fore Mr.. Hale became a citizen of his native
State again Where was he then What
a pity he was Lot then the sole editor, as he
is now, OF a ''live ~wspape
1t may not be tOo late even now for him
To be consulted by Governor Cleveland be-
fore writing that part of his letter OF ac-
ceptiaCc relating TO tariff" and no vote of
our delegation is happily in his way either
10 prevent u tender OF his services. | fear
that my colleague, Mr.. Hale, did not take
any comfort TO himself or feel much pride
Tor his State th,t IL was my good fortune
to have been the associate of the very dis
tingulshed gentleman who composed the
committee on PLATFORM, and that on at
least one occasion during the sess ons of the
committee | was sufficiently recognized to
be called 10 preside over the committee
during The temporary absence of the chair
man. And ] am afraid my colleague has
not been a permanent resident of the State
long enough to take pleasure aud pride in
the feeble efforts, though %savoring of ''in-
dlvi duality" intended by me, and which
had the effect to give our State a promi
nence at Chicago such as was enjoyed by
but few OF the other States.
The fact that there was anything among
the decorations Al the North Carolina head
quarters that would tend to show any in
dustry with which | am connected arose in
this way. The manuf .cturing company of
which | am president has spent sixty thou
sand dollars in purch lsing and 'glving
away" a, an advertisement clocks made
III bhC SiiillillluC vi a OdS VI our SInOhiDS
tobac :o,and some nknO yn friend of mine,
supposed 10 be III the tobacco trade in Chi
cage, without my knowledge or procure
mcnt (pcrhapS rs a compliment to me-
placed one of these clocks" in the room of
the Stale delegation on the mantel-pieCe,
where 1t served TO keep time for the dele
CATION AS well rs an advertisement for me.
! did not feel il absolutely incumbent ON
me to take 1t and pitch IL out of a window,
but IT my colleague had at the lime even
limited lhat because of the presence of that
clock in the room he objected To paying his
proporIionate part OF the rent, | might have
relieved him of all distress on that account.
| think VT. Hale needed "A thine y ece'' of
some sort about as bad as any man in
the delegation. Ii he had notlccd Thai
"Buli clock" as nucn before rs he did
latter" my clectioI u the place he wanted,
perhaps he might have been on hand at
that first meeting, when | was e.ected. He
would at least have had tie ''gratitication'
of seeing it done" But afterwards he
was SO blinded by rage that he mistook a
clock tor n bag If Black wells Durham
Smoking Tobacco" he must know that
there Is no truth in the gratuitous insinua-
ton that | sought to advertise my private
business ut the expense of my Colleagu, s
on the State delegation. After spending q
| have within the past year over one hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars (91d0, 900
for advertising, | could hardly consent TO
descend to such pal.ry prnuriousne 5, and
| am sorry TO learn that my colleague, MIR.
Hale, could so far forget / imself and give
way 10 vexaIion and jealous di.appoint-
uIent as TO c~overtly insInu lie such Il thing
against me and attack my private character
with The expectation of thereby getting re-