The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1888-07-26

fOWleSIpatrl0Jlc illusions 10 nag
of the Union-"a flag around which
memories clustered from Washing.
ton in his tomb at Mt. Vernon to
Hendricks who lies buried in In
dianapolis" were elegantly put, and
eloquently conceived-under this
fag-our flag, the poor, and dis.
tressed lived with expectancy and
hope. 1t was around this flag that
the democratic party, the defenders
of constitutional liberty and con-
stitutional authority gathered. Sen
ator Vance was loudly eulogized
by the speaker, as was also ex>Govt
ernor Jarvis upon the records these
gentlemen had established for them
selves while governors of the old
North State. At this iuncture a
number of benches gave way in
front of the hall, and above the din
and cheers that ensued the voice OF
the speaker was heard to exclaim,
"That is not half equivalent to the
breaking down of the republican
party that will take place in Noyem-
ber." [Tumultuous applause.] The
Judge continued lhis remarks, ex-
posing the deceitfuIness and duplic-
ity of the republican party towards
the people whom they had so often
times attempted to disgrace. The
republicans, he said, had violated
every portion, part and parcel of
the constitution, and were now
again before the people asking an
endorsement of their ruinous policy;
this was supremest impertinence of
the age. Judge Fowle said that he
loved North Carolina; every foot of
her soil from the seacost to the
mountains; he loved her people,
and he did not want to see them
again placed under regime Of rad
ical rule and ruin. He loved the
eternal, immutable principles of de-
mocracy; the principles of liberty,
more than home or place. The
republican party had violated all
the principles of civil liberty, and
the great principles of the constitu-
ti)n. 1t was efrontery on their
part to pose as the friends of the
people, and professcd to be Of the
people. viii you ever consent to
allow these men to take away from
you the writ of habeas corpus, and
all the blessed privileges of civil Lbs
ertg? [Cries of no; no!1 Judge Fowle
next referred to the surplus, and
dealt with this point OF his argu~
ment in q mastery manner. The
county government-the old system
and its curses were fully and freely
discussed. There were twice as many
people in Asheyille to-day as he had
expected, and he must say that he
and his colleagues had been granted
the most cordial and extensive DEM
onstration in Aslleville than any
where else in the State. Cheers, fol-
/ lowed this acknowledgment, and
the distinguished speaker, then
turned his attention to the auction
sale of poor white people in Jones
county, by radical authorities in
1878. The Judge raked the misera-
bic, hypocritical imposters Efore and
aft, while on this subject, and not
few of the truly loyap who were
present writhed and squirmed in
their seats, as their diabolical mis-
deeds were shown up by the speaker.
Democracy, the Judge said, be-
lieyed IN white mans rule. The
civil liberty of the people is safe in
their hands. 1t is not safe in the
hands of the negro He felt kindly
towards the colored man, bat he
could not be trusted with the ad-
ministration of the government.
The twenty-nine eastern counties
under negro rule in the East paid
thiIty-eight per cent of the taxes OF
the State. Taxation is cheaper un~
der democratic administration, said
the speaker. and produced two tax
reaeipts-one signed by Orlando
Hubbs, sheriff of Craven county,
for S172.O6 in 1877; and another,
signed by democratic sheriff for
$64 61 in 1880, upon the same and
identical property. He referred to
the repentant Gen. Barringer, Col.
Lott Humphrey, Jake Hallyburton,
J. P. Robbins, and others, who had
seen the folly of their ways and left
the ranks of party whose peridy
and. rascality even they could no
longer stand. The best men in the
party were leaving it, said Judge
FoWle, and I doubt if there will be
any republican party by November.
He quoted Judge Russells predic~
ton of a democratic victory by40, 900.
He exploded the protective theory
of the g. o. p., and likened it to the
religious services conduced by the
two men who were in a sinking
boat and passed around the hat for
a collection. Republican protection
meant passing around the hat
nothing more. Put on more tax, is
their cry; they know nothing about
government. Judge Fowle related
his Massachusetts experience. He
found the manufacturer living in
elegant splendor, while the laborer
was Lying in novels, half clothed
and half starved. This was protec-
ton. Protecting American indus
tries; it was all bosh of the veriest
description. Clear away the war
tax. am in favor OF the repeal of
the internal revenue tax. The re-
publicans had chance to repeal it
the other day when Tom Johnston
brought the question before the
House. Did they do it? Not bit
OF it. The Mills bill, did not come
up to the republican idea. They
don't want to do it and they will
not do it as long as they can help it.
They have lodged it every time.
The republicans are constantly
making war upon the constitution
the constitution they should sup>
! port and protect. They are dying
from their own rottenness and cor
ruption, and we will bury them
next November. He paid a most
eloquent tribute to Lee and Grant,