The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-01-30


with the observation that the issues
which precipitated the late war a.,
dead, and that the eminently wise and
conservative administration of Psesi,
dent Cleveland has done more to de,
stroy secipnalis ! and restore conf.
dence aud Fraternity between the
States than all otl"r causes combined
We extract the flowing. bearing on
State policy:
SPECIAL, TAX BONDS.
improper taxes should not be i'm
posed or collected In this connecS
lion your attention is called to that
clause of he Constitution Of our
State which provides that NJ tax shall
be levied for The payment of any spec
cial tax bonds until the same mas
been submitted to a vote Of the peo-
pie, .
A suit is now pending for the col.
lection of the special tax bonds issued
by the legislature of 1868, and wish
each and every member of the Gem
eral Assembly to understand distinct.
ly that everything which the Govern
or can constitulionally do to prevent
the collection of these bonds or any
portion of them, and that he, as well
as the people IF North Carolina,
relies upon your earnest CO operation
in protecting the State from'this i'm
position.
EDUCATIONAL FAcIL TIES.
t. an intelligent man seeking a
rev home the educational facilities
afforded BY State to the young oil
both sexes are Of prime import nee.
We are proud of the record made by
North Car.lina on this subject.
For our guidance in the present
and the future We must look to the
requirements OF our State Constitu
ton and the wants of the people.
No ore can peruse the Constitu
ton adopted by North Carolina il
1889 or its various changes sine
without being struck by the solici-
tude of cur people that our
STATE UNIVERSITY
should b, fostered By the legislature
Under that Constitution its care is
your duty aud its proper mairten>
ance by you one Of is most bidiug
obligations
Whether the people acted wisely or
not in establishing a University for
the State is not the question so long
as that Consultation continues its
present provisions. Although the
honor of being one of Its matriculates
is not mine, yet the glorious desire Of
our revolutionary and post revolu
tionarY fathers, to esEabli ID in North
Carolina University in which every
true son Of the State may feel an hon.
cradle pride, finds responsive echo
in my helrt.
To your kind care it is committed,
and anything Oh It may be necessary
10 make it more effective and usefu
you will no d ,ubt take plea ure as
we'll as prid In doing
DrsABLED SOLDIERS.
From the most powerful let US
turn to the most helpless Of our pen
pie. However we'll the material pres
pefity of State may be provided for
If it oEe, debt VI gratitude t. auy
portion of il people, aud tit occ .slon
comes fJr lis payment. and the abili
ty is pres Mt t. discharge that debt.
at least il part, aud that duty is neg
lected, prspe itY itself will only
make more glazing the ingra'ituie Of
the Commonwealth.
We have MANNED and disabled sol
diers around US who haze fought the
battles Of their State. and entwined
around North Cardinals brow chap.
let Of uBdying glory aud repown For
even in a war which culminat d in
def~at for the North CaroIina soldier
won and himself reputation for
courage feat, heroism unsurpassed BIS
the achiements If the human race in |
any cline or any country.
II Is the desire Of our p, ople that
this legislature should be prudent
and economical, but no whisper has
yet come 70 my ears that a proper
appropriation shouId not b. made 10
render more lolerable the condition
Of those brave soldiers who were
wounded upon the battlefield, aud
are nov suffering on account Of those
wounds for the actual Beeessarits Of
life. Let your bounty to them be Is
liberal as the circumstai ees Of the
State will permit, for under no cir.
cumstarces will the peop'e f North
Carolina be willing % see enc Of her |
sold ers enter the poor house. Fla I
upon the amount which, aided by Tn =
gifts Of the charitable and the sffsc
ton Of kindred. will bring comfort 10 q
each disabled soldier. and provide I
that an additional amount shall be
added to the sum appropriated un ,
der the act &C 1884 for he benefit
until be shall receive al amount to
I've fixed by ynu, and the pIaudils Of