The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1888-05-18
OUR LEADER
MUST BE A MAN OF ABILITY AS
WE'LL As OF INTEGRITY:
One W hose Ci,1Tarteris ! bOVe ReprO3Ch
and W hose Burning EiOquence Plays
Upon the Heart Strings OF Thousands.


and whose Burning EiOquence Plays
! Upon the Heart Strings OF Thousands.
Especial Cor. STATE CHRONICLEi
Happy the land that shall receive him,
/ Cngrateful the country that snail cast him
out
Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy
country's,
| Thy God and Truths. Then if thou fallest,
| Thou fullest a blessed martyr"
HENDERSON, N. c., May 1G, 1SSS.-The
time will soon come for the Democratic
| party to nominate a man for Governor OF
| North Carolina. That man, in the APP
! preaching campaign will be called upon to
| perform herculean labOIs. He must possess
not only the will but the ability. He must
be one of whom We may proudly aud con-
tidently eXclaim,
THAT which he has done, is but an earnest
of what he will do.
1t is true that we have many eminent
gentlemen in North Carolina any one of
whom would make a most excellent Gov
ernor, bat can any one of them surmount
the obstacles that would interpose between
him, and the GubernatOrlal chair!
Can any one of them by the power of
logic and the beauty Of truth, convince the
populace, and play upon the heart strings
of the people, With the magic wand OF or
atory until from tens of-thousands Of
DTdNt DUSDIuS III NOTlu SdlOllud, tltIt IS-
sues one glorious melody, which being
| united and borne upon the breezes of
Heaven shall FL our land with its sweet,
inspiring thrilling, heavenly notes, the
grand trumphal march of the Democratic
party!
There MAY POSSIBLY be many who can do
this, but we KNOW that there is ONE One
whose burning eloquence has for fifteen
years thrilled the souls of listening thou
sands in every county, in every campaign,
in North Carolina-the music of whose
oratory fingers around their hearts ike
the expiring strains of the MarSeillaise
Hymn or Of some delicious old song that
tells of childhood and mother.
In making the nomination We should be
governed by the principle, ability and
character being equal he who is most de
serving should receive the prize
The systematic and universal practice
of a different rule would strike the ham
mer from the hand Of the artisan, the
plough from the hand of the farmer, the
pen from the hand of the scholar. the
chisel from the hand Of the sculptor, the
brush from he hand of the artist it would
shut the mouth of the orator. paralyze the
| energies of the statesman, annlhllate ar
| mics, shake and shatter the thrones of
earth. and lay society PROSTATE at the feet
of anarchy.
What name rises to ever, mans lips in
our State, when asked, who DESERVES
most at the hands of the Democratic par
| ty2" To deserve. is to be worthy of--to
earn. Is not a man, whose life has ever
been adorned with high thoughts seated
in heart of courtesy whose character is
SO pure that the sagaclty OF his tiercest
adversaries cannot discover one blot upon
it's not such a man his ability beng
conceded. wcrthy OF the nomination for
Governor of North Carolinaf Has he not
EARNED the nomination for this high
office, if for nearly quarter of II century
he has labored, as but few other men have
labOred for the Democratic party; that
party which is soon to award golden
CROWN . and is actually hesitating as to
whose head TO place it on. Place it on the
head that destrv it. That head as on the
broad shoulders of Daniel u FoWle Those
shoulders that nave never trenbled, wine
ed or staggered. under the burdens placed
upon them by the Democratic party. One
said long since,
.s'1is not in mortal power to COMMAND sue
cess.
But Well do more, ,semproniusw we IL deserve
Daniel g. Fowle has no power or wish
to command the Democratic party to rec
Ognize and honor him. but in the name Of
the manhood and chivalry of North Caro-
lima that has ever loved justice, and des-
pissed ingratitude, we say that while he can
not command the party to bestow hOnOrs
upon him. he does more, HE DESERv Es
them. Like every other person eminent
for ability and acting in the forefront of
public affairs, Daniel G. Fowle is undoubt-
edly an object of envy to some as of admi-
ration to many.
''The jealousy to which his capacity and
situation have raised him, has been created
al and circulated with equal meanness and
address His merits are As much above
, panegvric, as the arts which have been
+ employed against him are beneath con-
tempt"
But notwithstanding, | am bound to re-
gard this man with the siDccrest sentl
: ments of admiration and respect: | do not
wish him nominated against the public ap-
a probation, IF HIS CLAIMS CAN BE RIGHTEOUS
q IY IGNORED, If HE CAN BE SILENTLY SET
ASIDE WITHOUT DANGER TO THE PARTY, II
, THERE BE ANY OTHER. MORE DESERVING THAN
, HE, ONE WHO HAS LABORED LONGER FOR THE
: PARTY, AND CARRIED HEAVIER BURDENS.
o If YOU say to him, by refusing to nomi
q nate bim that his vast iabors for the par
f ty are unappreciated by that party,-tha
+ though the Democratic party wants it
4 principles instillcd into the hearts of al
n | men. so as to insure Democratic perpetui
/
4 / not of sufficient Importance to Justify thu
man who does nstil them, in claiming o
expecting any recognition or reward from
the party-if you tell him this, if you pu
this estimate upon the value of his servi
ces, and ''the necessity for Democratic
rule, !" then Daniel G. Fowle, great as hi
zeal fof his country is, powerful as hi
l, abilities are, and earnest and assiduous a
u his endeavors have ever BEEN" to rescu
'r and protect North Carolina from the diff
i cuties that once oppressed and nov
threaten her, unless he throws all persona
II ambition and interest aside, and works TO
ii the party that ''casts him out, in the fu
ture, as he has in the past, can at leas
s. RETIRE. ''firm in the dignity of his ow
7r mind, conscious of having contributed
IL the public advantage, and if not recogni,
ie ed and rewarded by his Fellow Citizens,
c possessed of that substantial and perins
"a nent satisfaction which arises from tn
Z habltual appreciation of an upright mino
| think know him well-and dismiss hll
a if you like, ignore him. despise him, rep,
er date the debt you owe him, to this trans
10 cendant consolation at least, he has tit
IN which no accident can invalidate or affr'
III it is the glorious reward of doing wei
or | of acting an honest and hOnOrab part