Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-10-06

lenSo, WHICH ONCE 6XClteu CQ0 aOm1Tat1OQ
of Burke and of Chatham, has disap-
peared under the blight of your illiberal
laws v'-[New York News.
Morton and the Special Tax Bonds.
North Carolina has special interest
in defeating the Republican ticket for
President and Vice-President at the
coming election. Why is this So?
Because Levi P. Morton, of the firm Of
Morton, Bliss & Co., of Wall street. and
the Radical candidate for Vice-President
of the United States, is the owner OF the
infamous special tax bonds, so. called,
issued by the carpet-baggers, and is seek
ing to force us to pay them through the
Federal Courts. Worse than Shylock of
old, he "craves the penalty and forfeit"
of false bonds, even though they cost us
our hearts best blood.
Conceived in sin and brought forth in
iniquity, the history Of these bonds is too
well known to need repeating here. Suf-
fee it to say The people of North Caro-
lima, laughing to scorn the claim OF the
carpet baggers to pledge the faith and
credit of the State to anything that was
not to be enforced by Federal bayonets,
repealed the laws, so.called, authorizing
the issue Of the bonds, and by formal
ordinance, duly ratified at the polls and
incorporated into the Constitution OF the
State. forbade them to be paid. In spite
of this, however, the aforesaid Levi P.
Morton, Radical candidate for Vice
President of the United States,
George Bliss, Richard J. Cross
and George I. Bliss, compos-
ing the firm of Morton, Bliss &
Co., are seeking to have these bonds col
lected through the Federal Court, and in
this court it will be borne in mind that
Hugh Lennox Bond, man remembered
in North Carolina only to be hated, is a
Circuit Judge. Morton, Bliss & Co.
brought two suits, one in their own
name in the State Court, which having
been removed to the Federal Court was
thrown out of the court because they
were not citizens. The other suit was
in the name of A. H. Temple, citizen
of Wake county, and the case coming
on to be heard in the Federal Court,
Judge Seymour, the District Judge,
and the aforesaid Bond, the Circuit
Judge, both being upon the bench, there
was division of opinion, Seymour being
of the opinion that the State could not be
sued by citizen of it's own or any other
State, and Bond being of the opinion
own citizens. Rond being the bigger
Judge, his opinion prevailed and so the
C ase went against the State and in favor
of Temple. But an appeal being allowed
in such cases, one was taken by the State
to the Supreme Court of the United
States, where it is now pending.
Under these circumstances does any
man think it prudent on the part Of
North Carolinians to put more power into
the hands of Mr.. Levi P. Morton than he
now possesses? Is it wise to put stick in
your enemy's hand to break your head
with?
Suppose Mr.. Morton should become
Vice-President and Mr.. Harrison Presi-
dent of the United States, who knows
how soon the Supreme Court of the
United States will be "watered" to
carry this suit in favor of Mr.. Morton
The millions he would make out of it
would be a big thing to reimburse
him for his present campaign expenses
and to create future campaign funds
for the Radical party. 1t will not do
to say that Radical Presidents will not
"water" the Supreme Court to suit their
own views, for that very thing has been
done, and a Radical President did it.
1t must be remembered, too, that during
the next administration there will be an
unusually large number OF vacancies on
the Supreme Court bench to be filled in
all probability. If Harrison be Presi-
dent he will fill them. Think you Morton
will have no influence in the matter or
that he will not use it with an eye to his
own interest? The man who does think
so is assuredly very "green."
If, therefore, the Federal Supreme
Court should agree with the Circuit
Judge rather than the District Judge,
and should issue the process to its Mar
shals, backed up by Federal bayonets, to
collect these bonds, there will be lively
time in North Carolina-so lively that it
to do everything in our power to prevent
its coming.
But perhaps our Northern brethren,
and our Southern ones, too, of the Rad
ical persuasion, think that as these bonds
were written with the bayonet they
should be collected with the bayonet.
We don't think so.
But what sight it would be to see a
Federal Marshal, backed up by lot
of blue-coated Federal soldiers, selling
the mules and plows of the men, and
the bread-trays and cooking utensils
of the women to get money to pay Mr..
Vice-P President Morton his accursed
special tax bonds! Would there be
much sleep of nights in the country
while that sort of thing was going on,
think you? We had better let Morton
stay where he s.-[Exchange. *
Easily kept account of: The husband
stood at the door, hat in hand, and spoke
with a tinge of impatience in his tone.
II am waiting, Maria" he said, stfor my