Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1884-08-07

against powerful ent1cement5 to do
wrong? A man who bogs pecuniary
rewards of those his official action has
enriched, or one who defies corrupt
dictation and seeks only by just cours-
es to deserve the approval of right
thinking men? A candidate attacked,
impeached, tainted and besmeared all
over, or candidate beyond reproach?
A Grover Cleveland, whom honest
men respect or james G. Blaine
whom rogues love 2"
We will not discuss the State ticket
further than to say, that at no time in
its history has the Democratic party in
North Carolina ,tfered for the votes
of the people a ticket representing
greater ability, integrity and energy
than that headed by the name of Hon.
Alfred M. Scales, or one that was
more favorably received by the peo-
pie in all parts of the State; while Dr.
York, who heads the Republican tick
ct, having less than two years ago
been elected to Congress in part by
Democratic votes, on the claim that
ne was still Democrat (though he
threw off the mask and stood display
ed staunch Republican as soon as
he took his seat), cannot command the
full vote of his party, because many
of the faithful say, it was an outrage
to prefer so recent convert to ADLER
men who have long fought in their
ranks.
With such candidates as the Dem
ocratic party presents, and such prin
ciplss as it has enunciated, we have
nothing to fear, if we are but true to
ourselves. If we will properly organ
ize our forces and go to work we shall
surely win. After twenty-four years
of exclusion from administration of
National affairs, all indications poil
to triumphant return Of Democracy
to power on the 4th of March next,
and if the people will but remember
what Democracy has done for them i'll
this State, we shall elect our whole
ticket by greater majority than ever
before. They cannot forget the We
nality, corruption, fraud incompetency
and oppression, eliminating in actual
war upon our people, attending Repub-
lican rule in the State and from which
Democracy promptly relieved them.
They cannot forget that by reckless
appropriations and the issue of fraud
u!ent bonds, for which the State re-
ceived nothing in return, the Republi-
cans destroyed her credit and reduced
her to bankruptcy, and that the Dem
ocrats have annihilated the fraudulent
bonds and by a fair compromise with
the creditors Of the State reduced her
honest debt by three-fourths and re-
stored her old fair credit in the mar
kets of the world. They cannot forget
! that Republicans levied heavy taxes
upon the people prolesaedly for popu-
| lar education but misused the money
SO that no schools we're taught while
now, with less burdensome taxation,
Democrats are expending over half a
million of money annually in teach
ing the children of both races under a
system of public instruction which is
admitted to be equal to the best in the
land. They cannot forget that not
withstanding the immense appropria-
tions made for railroad purposes all
our railroads languished under Re-
publican control. Under Democrat c
administration, the debt for tho North
| Carolina railroad, in which the State :
| interest was in danger Of being sold
has been adjusted, the continued con
troll of the road by the State secured,
and its prosperity established, so that
it must be source of great profit in
stead of public burden. The West
ern North Carolina railroad, which
was left in a wretched condition, the
Blue Ridge seeming to be an insuper-
able barrier to its further progress, has
| pierced the mountains, one branch OF
it put in connection with the great rail
road system of the northwest, and the
other rapidly approaching the extreme
western border of the State and devel-
| oping the many resources of counties
so long cut off from the rest of the world;
the Yadkin Valley railroad resuscitat.
ed and extended its iron arms across
the North Carolina railroad at Greens
boro toward the fertile valleys of our
northwestern region and the Chester
and Lenoir road, etc, etc. And more
than all this, they cannot forget that
in place Of confusion, doubt, suspicion
and war, Democracy has given us
prosperity, happiness, hopeful conf
dence and blessed peace. What reason
there can be to make a change now and
run the risk of being remitted to our
wretche1 condition of 1868 and 1870 it
is difficult to see.
But that our victory may be signal
and overwhelming we must organize
and aeork. Let every man remember
that in this great Republic he is a
part of the sovereignty of the country
and that it is his duty to exercise his
high prerogative by assisting in the
selection of faithful public servants
This ne can best do by infor ming him
self and his neighbors about public
issues, and seeing to it that he and
they vote at the election. Let not 6
white man of one of our eastern coun
ties in which there is little Or no pros
pect of electing local Democratic can
didates, stay from the pills for that
reason. But let him remember tha
/ in the State and National tickets hi:
vote will count as much as that of any
man in strong Democratic county
or one in which the contest is close
and that 50 long as the white men o
the east do all they can to keep th'
State under Democratic control the
white voters of the West who are saf,
under any form of county government
will from a mere sense of justice se
to it that the present or some similar