The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-07-30
wh,, Wherefore ard Therefore

The RAleiEh Farmer Ga8 Mechanic
does not hoist either the Democrats
state or National ticket Whether Il Il
Bro. Shotxells natural repugnance to
voting for a Northern man, under any
circumstances that influences him in bis
course towards the National ticket, and
his cruel treatment at b State cOnyeo-
ton. that operates on his feelings towards
ten Scales snd Company. be, Of course,
only knows Greensboro North Stair,
Republican.
Ordinarily We DO not take police Of
paragraphs ike the above because a. It
happens Bro. Shotwell comes in for a.
much remark about what he doeya't 10,
as what be doelh and this Is a free
country, and if some people weren't al
lowed to talk they would burst" which
would make things a good deal unpleas-
anter for the neighbors. But the scrip
lures teach that when you see a Re
publican and a sinner fallen into the
ditch it Is proper TO pull him out, and as
our Republican ooafrcrs has tumblei down
an whole fight of steps into the pit Of
Error-we proceed upon our Good Samar-
i"taDian task
st The Farmer and Mechanic Las
neler ioated a political ticket for the
very good reason that il never had space
to waste week after week in printing
names which every man, woman, and
child have heard until their headached.
This paper doesn't need anything to iii
up" We usually have about tHice as
much matter a. We can get into the
paper. But leaving all that out Of con-
sideration, We DO not need a label TO
show where We stand. Look 10 the best
man for the Office, and there you will ind
the papel endorsing and helping him.
2nd We have DO natural repugnance
to Northern men There is no paper
il the State which has said 50 much il
favor Of the good qualities Of the North,
nor censured 50 often our own lack ofcer-
tain traits Of Northern character, methods,
and life: nor has any editor in North
Carolina done more I'VE might say-as
much to Jurage the immigration of
Northern men iuto the South. Examine
the fes Of the Newborn Journal Of
Commerce. the Rutherford Western Ju-
Ac1tor, the Asheville Cut-sa, the Char
lotte Southern HON., and the Raleigh
FGrmpr and Mechanic. If you wish to
see how s~teadtastly and zealousiy Bro.
Shotwell's pen has advocated the up
building Of North Carolina by means Of
Railroads. of Manufactures, Of Mines. Of
Schools. Of Northern Immigration. and
kindred measures. Year after year this
has been done. Many things which are
DOW proclaimed as new and wonderful.
were advocated a dozen years ago, and
only failed OF fruition then az now, be-
cause the blisters Of the war were still
throbbing. and the fyrant hand OF 1ankee
mis-rule still throttled our State aud sec
tioa. Gov. Holden at that date besoueht
the Radical leaders to deal gently with
the South, if only for the sake of the
Union men who were now in control Of its
local affairs. mol" yelled THAI
Stevens Sumner, Blaine, Garfield,
Logan, and the rest applaudiDg)-''We
intend that you SOutherners shall feel our
heels upon your necks for a. least ten
years. Tor words to that efecD. This
prophecy was truer than Pattersons
declaration 10 1896 that there was"still six
years Of stealing for the Party ? South
Carolina 49,
Now henceforth please bear IL Mid.
Bro. R.,-We do not naturally repug-
nate Northern men. We esteem an
honest man wherever found, and we
count many an honest Northerner a. our
personal friend. But we do naturally
repugnate'--a Yankee" His type
was bad at the start, and he has gained
little goodness during all the years be.
tween 'wltch-burning and Tevksbury.
Sensible people make a wide distinction
between Northerners and Yankees"
One half the North is settled by South
err blood one half the South is Of North
eTn lineage. Nearly half the North
opposed the war, and thousands Of gal.
lapt Northerners fought for the South.
More than half the North to-day Is cor
daily friendly to the South-but they
are not Yankees Lincoln himself
never became a bona ide Yankee He
never lea ned to hate Us merely because
We were Southerners. Mcclellan, Han
cock, Slocum. Rosencranz, and others,
had no hatred Of the South as a section.
They allowed themselves to be led into
the war because the Yankees spread
the false impression that it was a war to
save the Union" But these men were
always too ~mild"-to too humane-too
lenient towards the South to suit the
Yankees" therefore they were all kept
down, and finally cheated out Of honors.
3rd You tell Us news about cruel
treatment By the State Convention"
We were not in that Convention. We
have never yet sought anything at the
hand Of any Convention. When We do so
seek, We shall get, and don't you forget.