The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1886-10-19
ZEE VANCE IN AsHEYILLE.


of North Carolina, on the politicatissuel
ofthe day. A number of ladies were
also in attendance. The appearance ol
| the Senator was greeted with great
applause, which shows that he retains
his place in the hearts of the people
Senator Vance not only looks well, but
his speech shows him 10 be in excellent
spirits, and growing stronger in the faith
of democracy and honest government
for and in behalf of the people. He
opened by suggesting that he did not
come to take part in local squabbles, but
to discuss great principles. No man can
conduct business without looking back
into the past, and taking lessons from
experience, and just SO with parties.
Reviewed the condition of affairs in our
state in 1865, then the effort of the good
people to re-establish government, how
this was overtuIned by the reconstruc-
tive measures and the establishment of
the Candy Military government which
degraded and kulnlIlated Gnd outraged
Ine peopIe, until nnaIIy mashial Ia ~ was
proclaimed, Kirk with his minioaa war q
turned loose upon helpless and defense
less people, until such state of affairs
caused all honest, fair-minded people,
regardless of old affiliations or prejudices
to unite and hurl the party who had
brought all these outrages Upon the
people from power, and in 1870 the good
people obtained control of thelegislature
and since then under the name ofdemoc-
cacy have gone to re-establish law and
honesty and economy in the admins
trait IN of affairs. Gov. Vance recalled
numbers of instances in which the peo-
pie were insulted, their liyes and liberty
and property taken under the admins
tration of the republican party, and of
even the infamous prostitution of the iu-
dietary to the basest of partizan purposes.
He contrasted vividly the scenes of but
a few years ago, when all was desolation
and dependency, with the present state
of affairs county, State and National,
and showed from the records that
all this great and grand and wholesome
change has been brought by the democratic
organization, which had to contend for
these great benefits against a solid re-
publican party with all the aid Indepen-
dents and disappointed men could give.
He asked the people if they wanted to
turn affairs back to the crowd who had
never touched public affairs but to hurt
them. tSpoke of the Decessity for organi-
zation, churches and all human efforts
for public good are only successful
anu uloClDl1uSs NO
person can get all he wants, all cannot
secure their personal preferences, but,
all can unite on great, true principle,
stand together for its maintenance, and
let miner incidents and local prejudices,
and personal differences go. He gave a
happy description of an Independentand
asked what would be thought ofa fellow
who, during battle, would go to the
commando and say, "Genl you are not
fighting, this battle right, it don't suit
me, put me in command and l will clean
out the enemy" The people the mem
bers of a party, will select their own
leaders, but only gain a victory by all
true soldiers standing shoulder to shoul-
Ser and following the, party organiza
ton, though some may be displeased.
The Senator referred to the work of
the National government since the dem>
ocracy have been gaining control. He
showed that only nfrom the democratic
organization could the people ever hope
for relief from the corruption and bur-
dens heaped upon them by the republi-
can party during twenty>odd years of ru~
inous rule. The idea that an "Indepen~
dents can go to congress, one who will
reforms is impudent nonsense. Whom
"OuAO ouS4 AAoBO ~ E4O1y 0POA " AAClP
him? Not the republicans, because they
have been practically unanimous in OPP
position to every effort at reform, while
important reform urged by democratic
majority have been defeated by solid
republican vote with few "Indepen-
dent" democrat. Si>ty-six democrats
voted to repeal the Internal revenue,
while not single republican SO voted.
When it was attempted to pass
tariff reduction bill, large majority
of the democrats voted for it, while sol
id republican Uote, save four, with twen-
ty-eight deserting independent" demo-
Gratis, led by Mr.. Randall, voted against
it, thus Debating the reduction. Sena-
tor v. showed that only by and through
the regular democratic organization
could these outrageous abuses, Internal
and tariff be remedied and removed.
Senator Vance diseased the county
government system very forcibly. The
present system is the one under which
our fathers lived and prospered; the
other, given by the Candy carpetbag
government, while only existing about
eight years, brought ruin, and desolation
and dependency upon the people, spe-
cially of upwards of thirty counties. We
wish we could repraduce what eloquent
GcndIOE 6dlu OL OIlAb bhOJCOb, Gbo WOAA 90
all others. He read from official records
showing that in three years under the
Candy government, twenty counties
were plundered to the amount of nearly
one million of dollars, while for three
years under present system, managed
by " hite men, oyer five hundred thou
sand dollars were saved by way of ex-
penses, in those same Ecanties. This
bnt well illustrates thes working of the
two systems. After contrasting the two
parties, their work, and their, purposes
and results, throwing the people they had
full and every causeOe stand by the dem
ocratic organization and government, he
begged the people of Buncombe who had
so nobly contributed to the grand results
of democratic victory to still stand to-
gether not run off often new and strange
gods. and turn over affairs to the old en-
envy, through Independents, just because
of a few local troubles. because l am
not allowed to split rails shall not make
me leave the party which only can and
will protect the people in their rights Of
l life. liberty and property" Said he had
sympathized with the people of Black
Mountain township in their efforts to
get out of the law, but, when in going
to his field of Rcorn the other day anc
finding, notwithstanding his fences
about two dozen hogs in his corn and
about two and one-half bushels of corr
lief, his no-fence,law proclivities were
rather Jared. But, all this, and much
more should not make man, one who
| loves his State and country, and goot
t and honest government, leave the goo(
: old democratic party, or permit him +
], vote for independents, who are bnt enc
4 mics in disguise, agencies by which tn
si old enemy hope to deceive and defea