The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-03
CaIorIc of the Campaign


the canvas seems TO gain in personal
caloric what it loses in atmosphere
GOODNESS. At first there came reports
Of jocose exchanges such as York's
taunt that a certain bouquet anne from
".She-cesh y and Scales prompt reply
| that If the Doctors colored supporter
! esses saw tit 10 present him with a bunch
Of posies. nobody would interfere. But
soon the Joking takes a 'wirey-edge,"
as it we're. Somebody sent York a tri-
color cravat ; and he Numbered from
the stump that the fellows who got of
that trick would, within a year, be inn
ploring his pardon to save them from
the hangman's neck-tie. It was quite a
hit, but Scales held up the innocent bit
Of cloth, and said that his competitor
had unnecessarily worked himself into a
fume over it because nobody knew If 1t
had not come from York's own admirers.
They had probably sent it as a badge
of his politics, which, like the cravat,
were ring-streaked and striped part
blue, part black, part yellow, and part
| Of color that used TO be white, but now
needed soap.
AS the canvas came on through Surry,
York's supporters appeared in greater
force, and his own audaCity naturally
gained by the show of strength. The
travelling correspondent of the Ne~s
and ObSercer says:
AT Dobson the were in
full force, and whether DR.. York made
a point or not, at a given signal from a
fugleman, the negroes, both male and
female, shouted for York. They crowd
ed the platform and the crush was ter
rible to the speakers. Such bowling
never heard.
At 1adkinyillc there was an exciting
time.
Gen. Scales in his rcjoinder charged
DIR. York with having a petition at Raj
eigh for a collectors place. DIR. York
said it was a falsehood. Mr.. Glenn, of
Winston, stepped up and said he was
responsible for the charge-that it was
a fact he did have a petition for a col
l~ector's place.
NOrk-"You are a liar"
Mr.. Enthusiastically: "Nou are a
d-n liar"
Then DIR. Nicholson came to the front
of the stand and said: You are a liar !;
| saw the petition myself" Quite "A
commotion cnsued but it sOon quoted.
Gen. Scales proceeded, "Dr. y DIRK has
charged me with being a traitor to my
country. | deny the SANDER of being a
traitor. l went out at the dictation oi
of my State and fought through the war,
and shed my blood in her defence, and
| have n wound on me that will carry
me hating TO my grave, and 1 declare
here in DR.. GOrk's presence, and the
presence of the world, that a man who
would charge treason on me for my
course, and the noble soldiers, both the
living and our honored dead, is a SLAM
derer and a coward" cloud cheers.)
Gen. Scales then said that he had proved
at Wilkesboro that DR.. York had run
or a ~lieutenant's position in a company.
He wanted to let all the Union blood
out of him. He begged the boys To 90
into the war and said that he would
come along with the physic and the
milk cans, &c.
DR.. y ork was terrific in his reply.
Swooplng his long finger III the air, he
exclaimed that those towards, whelps
and desperadoes who made those charges
against him had uttered falsehoods as
black as hell, and as dark as midnight,
and that Gen. Scales had been misin-
formed. He then said the same fellows
would like to shoot him oil with pistols,
hnf hn cnIl1 not hn fpi,Jtonn1 n,,l
would stump North Carolina"
At Salisbury the current, of course,
ran with the Democrats and hundreds
of the intelligent citizens of that COM
munity turned out to welcome their
State leader. Every attention was paid
to him, and when the large assemblage
surrounded the stand in Boyden's grove
at least threc-fourths Of them were in
sympathy with Scales. DR.. York, on
the other hand, had been able to see
the papers with their reports of his
speeches and to hold conference with
Republican leaders. He therefore felt
the need of making ali uncommon eff
fort. In his speech he tuttered a Con-
federatc bank bill, talked about the ruin
that had been wrought by the Rebellion,
and predicted similar results if the peO-
pie continued TO follow the Rebel Briga-
diers.
This enabled Gen. Scales TO come TO
the defense OF his old conrades-in-arms
in a gallant style, which SO stirred the
crowd that they rushed on the stand,
seized Gen. Scales Notwithstanding his
geo poundsl and carried him around on
their shoulders, while ladies slowerad
flowers, the band played Dixie, and the
crowd yelled like wGll-Rebels of old,
DIRK did not enjoy the boyish de-
monstration and his manner had the
wicked air of a celebrated mule"
when its ears are laid back preparatory
to a kick. Soon he spoke slightingly Of
Gen. Scales wax record, and said that
he had heard that Scaie~' only wound
was in the back of his leg.
Great excitement ensucd, and as Gen. ,
Scales promptly denounced the state
ment as q lie, The G4Owd clustered upon
the platform, and Or. isaac W. Jones.
according TO the Charlotte QLserrer, !
rushed up with his hand on his pistol.
He is the Republican candidate for the
Legislature in that county. He was
seconded by G. +. Mills, and others.
but they were only a drop in the bucket.
When York stated that he had heard
the report that scales wound was in the
back, Gen. ). thundereG-'If you are
not a liar and n scoundrel you VII, tell
who told YOU York responded that
he could not recoliect; that he had
head it in casual conversation. He
then proceeded to denounce the crowd
declaring that they liSht mob him, but
they could not drive him on the stump