The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-10-07
COME OUT FROM THEM.
HON. F. ID. WINSTON, REPUBLI.
CAN NOMINEE FOR JUDGE.
LEAVES THE PARTY.

poiloi SOuit Judge ana SstVeS Ills
Reasons For Withdrawing From The
Party--He Arraigns The Republican
Congress For Injustice. sevOlu.
uiOn and Sectionalism--A Strong,
Manly and Ringing Letter.
The following open letter from HoS.
francis D. WINSTON to J. B. EAvEs,
Chairman Republican State Executive
Committee viii BE- read with deep inter
est and great pleasure By many readers
OF the CHRONICLE. 1t explains itself.
WINDSOR, \. @, Oct. 2, 1890.
j. b. EAyEs, ESQ, Chairman Republican
State Committee, Raleigh, II. c.:
DEAR SIR:-At the convention Of the
| Republicans Of the 2nd Judicial District
in Rocky Mount, | was nominated for
Judge Of this district. The Republican
| Stale convention ratified that nomina-
| ton Although grateful for this ex-
preston Of confidence on the part Of so
large number Of my fellow citizens,
cannot accept the nomination. |
notify youin order that your committee
may take the necessary steps to fill this
vacancy on your State ticket.
The tendencies Of the Republican party
are such as to alarm every man who
places the permanent welfare Of his
country above temporary party advan-
tage. The National House Of Repre-
sentatives, abandoning all pretense to
calm, wise and impartial deliberation
has repressed free speech, free
inq uiry and free discussion, has ap-
pointed the speaker aud the clerk a
permanent returning board for the coun-
ting of voters who DO not vote, and has
enacted Legislation involving hundreds of
millions of dollars without condescend-
ing to justify, or even excuse its oppres-
sion and without allowing inquiry to
be made or discussion to be had con-
cerning its justice or propriety. The
methods that have prevailed in that
body during the past ten months belong
rather to packed convention of politi-
cal partisans held in a corner groggery
, than to the highest delberative as
sembly Of free and intelligent nation
1t is doubtful whether the legislature
of any civilized people on earth has
transacted public business in the yeal
1890 with SO little regard for the right
! Of speech and discussion, or Of the rea
{ interests Of the people as the present
| Congress. It has abolished parliamen
; tary rights that were observed during
the passion and turmoil Of civil war anC
the reconstruction period, and it ha
, imposed taxes which not even the
! necessity of war required.
6 New States have been admitted into tht
i Union with a smaller population thar
one of our Congressional districts; bu
;, the votes Of their Senators IN the Unitet
. States Congress were thought necesSar
. to establish the vicious legislation anC
y perpetuate the power of a selfish an
y Unsuitable oligarchy of millionaire manu-
facturers.
Sectionallsm has been revived in it
q most odious shape. Every Southern in
q dustry has been taxed that could be SEP
: arated from the industries of the North
- On the tie that binds Southern cotto
= = the tax has been trebled; the twin
that binds Western wheat has been a
most freed from taxation. Souther
! Democratic Senators vote to relieve th
;. Western laborers Of unjust burden:
- while Western Republican Senator'S vot
to increase the unjust burdens upo
- Southern labor Such is their ideal of st:
= tesmanship! When asked TO explain th
- inconsistency of their votes, they laug
e in their sleeves, or Justify their eXto
! ton by crying "Rabel." Government
= becoming game Of plunder, and tt
!; methods Of the men who now contr
i the Republican majority are partly Il
as methods Of highwaymen and partly Il
~ methods Of sneak thieves. A half clf
negro in the Southern cotton field
good p!under for the millionaire phila
- thropist who needs protection. Rob
~ Hood was more humane. IL their d
4 sire to oppress and plunder the Sout
~ ~ ern people they are willing to keep
n poverty and even to destroy the poo
helpless, ignorant negro. What paro,
and a satire for such men to advocate
- force bill-FOR TIE BENEFIT OF T
49, NEGRO
- There is in this force till some dev
no ish design to involve the country in d
to order, possibly to force a war of rae
:" and by this wicked eXpedient to dive
on public attention from the game of plu
10 der which they are playing with su
~ boldness and recklessness. No sd
as 10 man believes that the bill will add to
political power Of the negro, or will
crease his opportunities for wealth, &c
cation, moral culture or happiness.
The leaders of the Republican pal
oss seem to have Abandoned the wise, libe
- - and progressive policy inaugurated
lgn Garfeld.and happily carried forward
Arthur and Cleveland. 1t required
little craftsmanship to continue this p
icy and to give the entire country
riod Of national development and
progress in education, refinement a
(aI culture, such as the world has ne
seen before. The present administ
laI ton has deliberately chosen to go bi
Ln thirty years in our political life, and
~ endeavoring to reverse the painfr
laU wrought results of the struggle OF th
twenty year8-results IL the main wht
ne. some and beneficial. To begin th
struggles anew will retard The now ra
development of wealth, education ;
The refinement in the South; will inflame r
- passion and prejudice will reopen
Do Do healing wounds Of war, and will br
"a. only disaster upon the negro race
-na good results Of any sort can posi-
L VI come from this mad political sche
but, if carried through, it will contrib
largely TO the final overthrow Of popl
elections and popular government.