The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-04-08
sen AToR NA>tE'S SPEECH
How II Was Received in the Nations
capital.

Especial Cor NrAt- GHGe>1tl
NAsWNnToN. II. G.. April 3. I~~b The
CHRONICLE received me ~ The ur.t coric,
OF senator ancc'. autlo.NII sef> lt, speech
after II left the press of thepublss pr.nt,r.
\ careful pcru~aI OF the able eTorj ,~,n
Nlnces me that any synopsis Of b would do
injustice 70 our distinguished senator I'd
i impossible to form a correct i8cAef ii
from the mcagre and carblcd pres reports
sent out from here by the Western tuuu
Telegraph Company For reasons best
known to themselves bie corporation. like
the ". |. I. Co. arr not partial to men
like Senator Vance. 1t viii be a matter of
interest and cougratulation II cur people
to know just no" the ,pcccl WAS received
here
Every Democratic senator and "A mum
Der of Representatives,, especially several
members Of our own delegation. Nh0.utit
over from the House side of the Capitol 10
hear il, warmly congratulated senator
Vance when he resumed his seat senator
Hoar, Of Massachusetts,, went over and @at
immediately IN front Of senator Vance ana
listened intcntly while be spo<c 4 Scu
ator, who is considered the best coustitU
tlonal lawyer on the Democratic side #
the chamber, said, that as "A legal argu
ment IT was unausWcrable Senator Vance
had occasion To 20 over to the House the
morning after the delivery Of the speech
lie was immediately surrounded by Rep
reoentatlVeS, many of whom b. bad never
spoken To before, and received quite an
ovation. one hundred thousand extra
copies Of the speech have already been or
dered Representative Henley If Califor
MIA, has ordered 10, 900 for distribution
among his constituents. The New Orleans
Times Democrat ordered the speech by
al, ...-I.,
friend tells me that Senator Vance has re
ceived fifty letters already from politicians
outside of North Carolina congratulating
him on the courage and ability with which
he handled the subject
Mr. Henry G.. Williams Assistant ~u
pcrlntendcnt of the document Room Of the
House, says il is the finest speech Cover
nor Vance ever made.
The New YORK Times aud other Mug
wumpan oraclcs criticise IT, quote "A
a paragraph from the Times. aud If you
reproduce the speech Your most liberal
reader viii admit the injustice Of the orac
ular Ptrodactyl. Here 1t IS
The trouble with Nh Vance is that he
measures the IN tiycs Of his fellow w-citizcu-
by his own, which is unfair. not 10 say iu
aultlng. He imagincs that their motiF,
for supporting the Democratic OF the H.,
publican party is desire 10 share Iu tho
petty spoils of office, because his own poI,i
cal aim rises no higher than this low lcs.i
That is where he makes a terrible biuII,r.
and that is why his vulgar abuse oi thc
President and the principles Of the Prs.
dent viii awaken only contempt among
the great mass Of his own party
The vulgar abuse Of the PrrsIdeut
consists in hIs manly and gcnerou. claim
that the President Of the United states
should have all his constitutional preroga-
tiyes. Moreover the language IN which
our Senator ass, rtS this claim is strong.
chaste, eloquent and unanswerabe I'm
agInc /cbulon Il. Vance awakening only
contempt among the great mass Of his
own party" If the ''PterodactyI' had
said this at great mass meeting composed
Of Democrats. especially if there was a
slight sprnkling OF Tar Heels present, he
would long for the primcval bat wings hat
ornamented his ancestor Of the secondary
strata that he might get out Of the way a.
eXpedltlOusly as possible.
An indiscrmiuatc use Of adjeetlYc5 sei-
dom characterizes the editor Of the .ne-.
His evident loss Of his usual e,iulpoi5e IN
this instance can easily be accounted for
He, and his set, fear the power of our sen
ator, and well they may. 81 his back in
solid phalanX stand the straight-Out uu
compromising unterrtied Democratic mas
ses, first Of his State and then If bis country.