The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-04-12
VANCE AND JARVIS.
A Glance Into the History of North
Carolina

A Glance Into the History of North
Carolina
From the Wilmington Messenger
In the dark days OF our political
reconstruction there was one gtin-
meriDg star, the light OF which was
only OF sufficient strength to show
the utter darkness that surrounded
it, and reveal the black cloud of
Radicalism oyersi,atdowirg the brave
people OF North Carolina. 1t was a
star in the East. 1t arose in Curri-
tuck county and guided the wise men
| of the Commonwealth to the capital
city.
/ That star has never been lost sight
OF from that day to this, but has
ever guided those who follow it to
the illumiGed path leading up to
| good government.
| This political luminary was Hon.
| Thomas j. Jarvis.
! As Speaker of the House OF Repre-
sentatives in the first Conservative
Legislature, alter the adoption OF
| the Constitution OF 1868, his name,
| together with that OF the President
OF the Senate, the lHmented Judge
| Warren, became household words
f., from Currituck to Cherokee.
The constitutional convention OF
| 1874 had passed INTO history as had
also the defeat ct tie Cons erVative
State ticket beaded by those men of
sterling worth, MerriInan aud Hughes
! III 1872. The State Government was
stlli III hostile hands and the oppres-
/ sion OF the people was sore The
campaign of S16 was the important
one of ali to that date. If the Radi-
Gals trlumphed ruin stared the good
| people OF the State square in the face.
| All hope would have fled and despair
| would have taken It's place III the
minds OF many. But the convention
met III the city OF Raleigh i'll the
| month Of June, some OF the aOlest
Hitn OF tie State were there to guide
| its action. Cool, calm delibera ton
Was the paramount duty Of the hour.
| No personal ambition was to be con-
sidered, no discomfort was to be pla
Gated. Only the good of the State
and the redemption OF the people
! from the CALLING yoke OF missrule
and degra dation, was thought OF.
| White paupers were publicly sold to
| negro masters Mixed schools OF
negroes and whites were threatened
to be forced upon the good people of
the State. These and the iniquities
| of the Kirk-HUlden war and thous-
ands OF private and public wrongs,
were to be throttled or civil liberty
was to perish Calmly, cody and de-
tcrmineOly that convention scanned
| the state and Tia 1t star WIS again a
guiding one and when the nominal
ton OF Zebuion b. Vance, of Bun
combe and Thomas j. Jarvis, OF
| Currituck, were emblazoned on the
Conservative banner, a rain bow
spanned the State from east to west
and the rays OF hope lighted up the
hearts of many responding mortal.
That campaign rendered the names
of Vance and Jarvis immortal.
Dull must be intellect and vicious
the spirit Of any one who thinks he
wonid or could tarD;sh the memory
of those men, So long as patriotism
has a name or worth an admirer.
This is no obituary. These men,
thank Heaven, still live. They are
still viewing the field and while the
illness OF the Senator prevented his
taking any active part i'll the cam
paign of 1892, yet his spirit and
letters were with the friends of good
Government and but for the hercu-
lean efforts OF Thomas j. Jarvis the
State would have been lost to
Democracy. He saw the dangera of
the hour. Dissatisfied men as honest
as any iii the State We're disposed to
desert the party. They must be met
with sound logic and kindly appeals,
brotheriy Kindness and not vindic-
tive assault, and who better than
Jarvis knows how to 10 that? No
man in the universe knows the peo-
pie OF North Carolina better than
Thomas j. Jarvis and the people OF
| North Carolina know no man better
than they know him.
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