The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-11-28

trlDute TO Ills wants, ana Ltta ScOundrel
will make more out of it than he ever
possessed in his life. When the
truth is he ought TO have been made
TO run the gauntlet and every man in
Durham, both white and black, should
have had q good fair, two,handed lick
at him. No sir, he was neur molests
ed for being republican, aud q
Yankee. There are other Yankees here
aud many good Republicans, who
will spend their lives here in peace
and quiet. The writ II hereof is what
Is termed a Yankee. If four years in
the Uaion Army, and forty years Of
his life spent in the northern States
will make one. have been FIVE years
10 Virginia, AID N. c.. three Of which
have been spent in the city # Dur
ham. / am sn Architect by profss
sion, and came here perfect str niger
have never disgnis d the fact of be-
ing a Union soldier, but on the cons
trary have spoken Of it freely to all
men, and as good friends as i ever
had are the old Confederate soldiers
with whom frequently talk Of war
times, and let me tell you, they are
just as loyal to this government, and
would respond as quickly to cill,
Should an emergency arise) made by
the n, xt President fjr men to bear
arms against any nation on earth as
your men of Maine or Minnesota, and
should | wish to enroll my name as q
soldier, would doso just as quicklj
under the gallant gray haired Webb,
Of the old 9th n. q. Regiment as any
mtnon earti, aud If were to leal o
regiment, would wsnt no better,
men, more tue and ioyal than those
living here in DHrhsm, in fact the
woodsls full of them.
The old Union soldiers and north
ern men who are living in the south
and know the people as they really
are. are thoroughly disgustcd viii
such silly nonsense as IS raised in the
North over just such men as this Jor.
dan. They are anxious to have good
men come here, and nuke their homes
mere, regardless of where they come
from; let them be Republicans, Dem.
ocrats, or Prohibition men. Ths
question ofhOw | would vote has nev
er been asked me yet by any man in
N. C., in fact. You you can vote here
or express your political opinions just
rs freely as any place on earth. so far
as have seen, and have Travelled
over the State 10 qpite an extent.
some Of the business men Of Raleigh
have requested me to come there ia
live, q number of men from Charlotte.
N. g., have said 10 me come down
and make your hume with US aud any
man, anywhere from Main TO Oregon,
who would make q good citizen
would be just as ~eicome. A&s @A
l don't pretent to say, mind you
that ! ain especially in love with eve.
ry man in Durham and North Caro-
lima, neither do ] suppose that you
regard every man in New Haven AZ
your bosom friend. Men are much
alike everywhere. have been in
mo every civilized country on the
globe and / hare noticed but little
differrnce-good meu everywhere, bad
men everywhere but / io not pre-
tent 10 say this. The people Of N,
o., are as good, Us hospi;able. ac
generous, as civil, rs noblesminded as
any yuu can find on the American
continent. ii you want better men
they must be imported from some
section Of the globe that / have never
visited. | don't say the old Union
men, or the old Coulederates, Repuh.
licans, Democrats or what MT; .bul
The people, The whole people through
out the State wherever have been.
DO y0u expect the ci'iz rs Of any
country or section will allow any aud
every sra'np 10 come in their ini,lst
aud carry cut his communis.ic idea:
according to his own sweet will p
Southern outrdges, oh these south,
erB outrages. But. lei lne tell you
viewing iron from my standpoint, II
is geueially the southern peDplewht
are outraged, and I have been look
Ing on Tor the last fise yetra aud
know something about il.
BYRON A. PUGTN.