The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-03

Friend ShOtwell, of the Raleigh Far.
mer and Mechanic, is inclined toIfnd
fault with the go slow" policy. A gooG
many agree with him but few have the
independence to assert it as boldly as
he does.-kernersville News.
Nay, Bro. Lindsay not 50 very few
as is shown by the fact that you, and
other OF the brethren, have copied our
article IN full. Indeed We rejoice to see
a great change in the State press. Edi-
tors are beginning to feel that they owe
a responsibility to the people, as well
as to the party. The fear of Negro Rule.
Or Radical misrule based upon negro
votes, has kept our press, like our best
people. chained to the wheels of the
PARTY MACHINE, regardless of we'll
recognised s~elfishness, and misuse of
power on the part of a few who had
managed to get control of the pilot
house while the old ship OF State was
tossing III troubled waters. In times
such as those through which every mid
dle-aged North Carolinian has witness
ed, there was need often.-yery often
too often-tc shut the eyes and stop the
ears, and yield the tacit assent of non.
resistance, to things, and measures, aud
deeds which Injured to the benefit. of an
aspiring and scrnpulous few because
eny serious opposition would have lu,-
perlled broad and deep interests effect
ing the civilization if not the very eAis-
tence OF our down-trodden State. You
could name dozens, and |. being older.
could name scores of men who hold a
prominence to-day due to personal
greed amid the turbulence OF the times
who but Tor the times could never have
cut a figure u the South. Stir the water.
n you find the scum pushing upward.
In peaceful weather, the purest water is
on top.
Thank the Lord 1--WE say it reverent-
lyD the evil days are fast passing into
the realm of history, and bar-room ira
dltions. 1t is little more than a dozen
years ago, Blu it seems fully fifty since
Democratic editors were being arrested
by squads of Yankee bayonets and one
otthem being marched up and down the
streets OF Raleigh, with arms bound be-
hlnd his back, a scallawag holding the
rope, and a gang of Grants "Judicial'
ele~ctloheerlng agents, trotting in rear,
loaded with enough carbines, and seven
shooters to slaughter a regiment!
What is desirable now is a bold.
manly, cautious press. If this sound
IKE a paradox, let us explain that we
think the time has come for the Demo-
cratic press of North Carolina to
speak plainly on party questions; pro.
that nothing be said out of
mere captiousness, nor without rea-
sonable inquiry as to the facts. Our
present Governor, and his cabinet. can
nave little motive for perpetuatinc old
Time %follles, even if he desired. He can
not be a candidate for reelection. as
Jarvis was; the Railroad questions have
lad their day /; the Lion and Lamb after
'~Lambastlng' each other for eight years
are now Lin down together (Which of
hem cent inside we don't know: if
ooks as If both got too tired to eat fresh
neat; the Agricultural Department is
'ettllng INTO more settled habits the
'chools have come to the front: and in
many ways there are signs of a quiet
all over the two years next prox. Any
way we hope so. North Carolina would
a great State at this very hour but
or tactional fights, partizan politics.
pufflng' presses, synecure salaries.
nd such like, of the past twenty wears.
T ten, or less.