The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1888-09-28

Out IOt dIlOSelnef, IOf t0e} are extremely
useful in whooping the bucks up to the
polls.
Accordingly, in April, 1868 by the help
of the bucks and the wenches. and Canbys
bayonet>, he was ''clect6d, so-called, to
Congress = the then uneXpired term, the
''7 'teS being counted in Charleston.
South ~ rolina. 1t is an easy thing to be
''electt@" when the negro bucks and
wencll'- and Federal bayonets are on one
side ahG disfranchised white people OH the
other and the returning board in Charles
ton. In August Of the same year he was
''elected' for full term of two years.
la fact. our hero always did his best run
ming with Federal bayonets at his hack.
Harkery rs Il Bragsart.
In 1870 he was not ''elected.' for that
year they We're short of Federal ba yonetS
aud Colonel Waddell sat down upon him,
and they do say there was scarcely
grease spot left Of him In July, 1870,
at Fayetteville, during the discussion there
between Colonel DockeIy and Colonel
Waddeil, then opposing candidates for
Congress il the Cape Fear District, while
Waddel VAS speaking Colonel Dockery
rose and, interrupting him, said in his
biggest voice and most bullying, browbeat-
ing manner: If the statement the gen
tlemen has just made is ever repeated |
shall reply TO it with a monosyllable, and
thereupon resumed his seat. 1t is said
that had pin fallen it would have been
heard, 50 great was the silence that en-
sued. Everybody saw the crisis. What
the result would be no one could tell
perhaps bloodshed and no little of it.
Waddell was slender and youthful looking
and by no means a match physically for
the burly Dockery, but he would have
plenty of friends if he showed fight.
Would he DO it The result will tell.
When Dockery sat down Waddell rose
and, addressing the crowd in his softest
tones, said smiling as he did so: Eel
l0wcltizens, you have heard what Colonel
Il ckery has just said, and you know
hat It means 1t means that if | repeat
stat have said he Will denounce it as a
lie, ano You know what that means. "
Turning then TO Colonel Dockery, and ap-
proa hing him until he could almost touch
him, he repeated the statement word for
word. and then as it were. shaking his
finger in DOck"rv's very face, he said :
And now, Colonel Dockery, what are
you going 10 do about it," TO the surprise
Of every one Colonel Dockery's reply was.
still keeping his seat, ''oh, psfaw, Wad
dell, | don't want to have any personal
difficulty with you" And then such a
shout OF laughter and derisi0n went up as
made the very welkin ring. And no mon
oSyllable' was uttered and no blood was
spilled
Darkery Feigns Sickness.
During the same campaign, at the place
for speaking near Lilesville, ia the county
Of Arson Colonel Dockery stated that
owing u violent sickness the night before
hr was physically unable to take part in
the discussion and he hoped that under
the circumstances his opponent would de
cline to speak Colonel Waddtll, in reply,
said he disllked TO disappoint the people,
but as there was much in his speech about
Colonel Dockery, and as he could not
strike sick man. he would not speak.
The people, much dissatisfied and dis
pleased, insisted that Waddell should
speak any way but he absolutely refused
10 DO 50, ami iefI the ground and went to
the house OF d friend some four or five
miles Off TO get his dinner. He had barely
gotten there, however, and been made
/ comfortable, when messenger rode up
/ in post haste and announced that Dockerv
had suddenly r covered and was speaking
away for dear life, making all sorts of
misrepresentation Waddel at once re
turned to the speaking ground and, they
! DO say, gave the burly Lockery a scoring
/ ir WOULD remember to his dying day if
b
! so bad using more "monosylableS. ." poly
| eyilabieS and all sorts of syilables, than
were ever before heard to fall from the
| lips Of SO soft spoken, mild mannered,
| slender built and Christian a gentleman
| in the same length of time. And the
valiant D0ckery, like other lambs generally
| when led to the slaughter opened not his
| mouth.
What he Did in Congress
The trend of our hero's genius, however,
does not seem to be toward craftsmanship.
| Two speeches that he got permission tc
print and that he might have printed
! without permission. and not word OF
which he delivered, constitute the sun
total, 50 far as this blographer has seen
of the Congre> Sional efforts of our hero
during his three years service at Washing
ton---of course, we mean outside of draw
ing his pay, which, if We mistake not, was
somewhere near $25, 900.
Favoriti>m to Special Ia, Bonds.
In 1875 he again left his crops and cam,
mp 10 Raleigh as a member of the Consti
tutional Convention of that year. Will.
in that body he distinguished himself b,
his opposition to every effort to disOw1
and dlsclaim the speca ii tax bonds. II
1876 be was candidate for Eiector for tn,
=
1880, when he was again defeated.
Tried to Go to Congress.
In 1882 our hero proposed to resum
business as a statesman, as Congressman
at large but Colonel Bennett having got
ten in his way, he concluded to remain a
home.
Now he Wants to be Governor.
And now, having once more Wearied o
the delights Of rural life, in spite of it
many attractions, he proposes 10 come t
Raleigh and be our Governor, and natu1
ally enough, perhaps, for farming wit
free niggerS. who are also voters
neither pleasant nor profitable to a ma
accustomed to ''planting' with slaves ant
bull whips, one too, who is a supplcan
for their votes and who has the furthe
. disadvantage of knowing nothing abou
tilins the soil. 1t is admitted on all hands
50 his neighbors say, we believe, that on
hero is perhaps the poorest farmer on tn
Pee Dee Ordinarily, indeed. as the oil
! saying goes. the masters tracks are th
best manure he can put on his land, bu
, III the case of our hero it is not true, a
his plantation, it is said. is by long odd
the better for his absence. There is on
f crop, however, that he can beat all cres
tion raising, and that is grass; ma king tw
> blades grow where only one grew before
r an easy thing to him -iu fact. a half doze
I is his usual crop, they say, but the deuC
of it is he grows bis grass along with h
o cotton and corn, and they do say that
= bad Judgment.