The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-17
Concerning the Plaster as Fine
Arr

The editor Of the 4drance favored Mr..
Jarvis for Governor in 1880 and advo-
ted his appointment as Minister 10 Bra
zil. The 4drdnce has more than once
said that Mr.. Jarvis made a practical
and progressive Governor. SO uniformly
has the Adoance supported the eN-Goy
ernOr that in some quarters it has been
call a Jarvis organ. And Yeti has not
hesitatcd to condemn those acts of hj,
administration which it believed to be
unwise. This pa per has neither belong
ed to that class which could see no good
in Mr.. Jarvis, or to that class which ha,
bowed down and worshipped him as Il
second Washington. 1t has endorsed
his good acts condemned his uuwise
ones. That is the function of a news
pape- and when the 1dCdHce fails to be
honest enough to continue its past rec
ord it ought to die. Thus much as a
long preface for shoIt editorial.
When the Legis lature met Mr.. Jarvis
administration was endorsed and he was
recommended for a cabinent position.
We deemed this an unwise precedent.
but as Mr. Jarvis had made good Gov
ernor and we hoped he would be recOg-
ulZtu Dy 1ItSlutHI tlCNcIdllU. Nt SdIu
nothing. Then the Board of Agricul-
ture met They endorsed and recon-
mended Mr.. Jarvis. In few weeks
the Directors of the penitentiary met. :.
Again the customary panegyrical reso
lutlons concerning Mr.. Jarvis were
unanimously adopted" Then the Di-
rectors of tho lnsance Asylum at Raj
eigh, Morganton and Goldsboro re
solved that so great a man as Mr.. Jar
Wis is had not lived since Mr.. Washing
ton had gone to his long resting place
at Mount Vernon. The Directors of the
Deaf and Dumb Asylum adopted reso
lutions which strongly for Mr.. Jarvis
We believe the Pitt county bar also
adopted set resolutions reatlirming
their faith in Mr.. Jarvis. The 4dcaRcc
has long ago thought that this resolu-
business ought to be stopped, and has
thought more than once Of calling Il
halt.
We had thought we were to have no
more resolutions of this kind. But it
inc Of the Board of Trus tees OF the Uni
versity last week another set of resolu-
tions were another set of resolutions
were adopted, ssent to the press and to
Hon. I. J. jarvis
Now the 1dUaAce thinks il high tine
to stop this before every other school in
the State floods our commonwealth with
such resolutions. In the name of eX-
Governor Jarvis and his friends we
plead that this resolution business be
stopped. Like Lord Sheffield eve be-
lieve it was) Governor Jarvis will hsye
to cry out Lord save me from my
friends. ,
We verify believe that the passage Of
these iulsome resolutions has injured
Mr.. Jarvis no little. 1t looks to one
not acquainted with him that he needs
bolstering. a prominent gentleman
said to US one day last week. a stran-
ger would that eX-GovernOr Jarvis is
diseased and to hold him up end enable
him TO walk, plasters are being placed
on all parts Of his his body
We call halt, Governor Jarvis does
not need these endorsements. He can
afford to let his reputation stand on his
career as { werner. His friends Will
not appreciate him more nor his enc
htte less if every town aud county were
to pass long resolutions proclaiming his
achievements In the name of long
suffering reading public we call a halt
Wilson 4draHre.