The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-03-14

self. You promised me tour Thousand
dollar Consulate two years ago next
April, or to speak with absolute accu-
racy you told me to give you my papers.
You took charge OF them, and though
you kept them in your desk about seven
weeks, until a tobacco drummer from
DanvilIe, Va, without political prestige,
was appointed Consul General to Rio,
for which | was endorsed, you carried
them to the State Department and after
wards, on several occasions, asked me
Gent" remarking that "Mr. Quincy
Consulate would not do" and that You
Your warm inquiries about my little chill
dren in this connection capped the as
surance of an appointment and cemented
my faith in your sincerity.
You told me after that in Weldon that
"would be appointed,' and said: "Go
ahead, Walter, and do your duty, and it
will be alright
Protesting all the time that you
were doing everything in your power
for me, you told Inc last summer, CON-
ing out fro n our audience with the Presi-
dent, that you had never before that day
"really pressed my claims
The following gentlemen, among
Others, had been appointed from North
Carolina before you ever really pressed
my claims for recognition:' Kerr Craig,
$4,000; Josephus Daniels, $2.25O, then
$4,000; q. w. Sanderlin, 81, $50; A. ID.
Jones, 5000; Eben Alexander, Sc, 800 !;
7. K. Jerngan, $4,000; Paul Faison,
$4,000; W. =. Roberts, 81, 900; William
Little, $500; W. H. S. Burgwyn,
$4,000; George McCorkle, $4,000: Mr.
Shaw, s., 900; Pendleton King, 81, $50;
W. E. Faison, 81, $50; j. c. l.. Gudger,
$4,000; Peter Wilson, $4,000; W. r.
Cox $4,000. Not to speak of the three
four and six thousand dollar appoint:
ments in North Carolina
Protesting you were doing your best
for me, YOU had Mr.. Gudger appointed
to - $500 position in the Department
OF Justice. | had asked for q place in
that Department. have been told that
Mr.. Gudger was one of your strongest
| opponents in the West. He announced
in the papers, speaking of his appoint
ment, that the office sought the man and
not the II an the Office
find nothing in the career or party
work or sentiment in behalf OF either OF
the gentlemen above named that emit
|
ly not to the extent of denial of just
recognition.
You have never given me any reason
Tor my non-appOintment, nor for the
policy of not really pressing my claim
until last summer. But the reason is
$50 clear, so shining and SO evident
That it will glimmer through blind
mans eye
You remember you complained to m,
one night about Vance being a Republi
can county. If had lived in a county
that was expected to return a Democratic
member to the Legislature | would, nc
doubt, have received recognition as soon
as any one of the distinguished gentle
men above named.
The truth is you have sacrificed me t(
your own plans, and you must entertain
some personal hate also, for you hav'
been so heartless.
Dur ing the past two years, though
have written you many letters, you hav'
never answered one, nor have you hat
your two Government paid clerks to dc
SO.
One of the chief badges OF a gentleman
is to answer a gentleman letter.
4 pub e se.vant-a statesman-Sys
tema ticaf.v tails to answer letters, either
because he is too indOlent or indifferen
to the cOmmOn-st dictates of courtesy
or because he is afraid to commit him
self to paper-appreciating the latitud
allowed by verbal communication.
"a formal deed with seal and signature
A spectre this from which you shrink
afraid
The word its life resigneth in the pen
Leather and wax usurp the mas ter.
them
Though his right arm hangs shattered
and useless by his side, ex-senator
Thomas j. Jarvis never fails to answe
letters written him. And the last tim
| saw the great Zebulon B. Vance looked
down from the Senate gallery upon hi
disease stricken form and hair grown
gray in the faithful service of his people
he was writing a letter, no doubt to on
OF his constituents. He was holding tn
pen in his trembling right hand, ant
vainly trying to steady it with his left
What a lesson for the cOurtly Ransom
You are great man. You are one O
the greatest men | think | have eve
known. This is true. Your smile il
like a benediction; you have the manners
of Chesterfield; the majestic bearing OF (
Roman Senator; the form of,AppolIo; tn
eloquence of Demosthenes; the magnet
ism of Mesmer the tongue of Lysia.
and the hypocrisy OF Mephistophees
Full of honors, titles, fattery, fame,
you nevertheless remind me of the words
of Queen katherine to Griffith, touching
Cardinal Wolsey:
"He would say untruths and be eve
double
Both in his words and meaning.
| His promises were mighty,
But his misunderstanding.
Like Mibrabeau, to quote the word
OF Necker:
You can descend with the greatest ia
cility into Inferno, and rise WithOu
effort to the brow of Olympus"
| have for many years been your friend
l have been an ardent admirer of you
genius. | have believed in your patriot
ism.
When in the last campaign you thrille,
your friends by your splendid and impas
stoned declaration that,
A good name is rather to be chosen thai
great riches, and loving favour rather thai
silver and gold,
thought it came from your heart.
/ was warned by many good peopl
against putting faith in your promises
repudiated their suggestions. | realiz
that up to the recent past | had onl,
known DR.. Jekyll, am now acquainted
with Mr.. Hyde.
According to the spirit of Jeffersonia1
Democracy, office ought to be given t.
those who merit it by work for the party
Under our Institutions the Fedora
patronage due q State goes to the dOmi
nant party to help perpetuate it il
power.
To the extent that it is controlled b,
any one man for his own purposes t,
that extent it is a gross injustice to par
ty workers and blow at the life OF th
party itself.
The Chairman of the Democratic Stat
Executive Committee of North Carolin,
in a public address declared nearly tw,
years ago that | was lone of three men
Che named) in North Carolina, VIII,
ought to be appointed before all 9th
ers, by this Administration
l have not asked or expected office a
your hands as q personal favor,