The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-05
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CORRESPONDENT of the Charlotte
observer. who signs his communica-
tions "Junius," and seems to have as
sumed that nom de plume because ne
faneied that his style resembled thai
of the mysterious character who shook
ministers on their seats and made 4
monarch tremble on his throne, and
vet died without revealing his name
That writer. like most imitators OF
,lunius. seems not ITO understand how
far his feeble limitations fall short OF
the productions of his great pro-
tatype. The last of these etfusions APP
peared in Sundays Charlotte Obser-
yer. and it's readers were urged to read
it as one of the clear eXposdcions OF
Democratic faith that would make all,
who should peruse it and afterwards
omit to follow its teachings, sinners
against light and knowledge. Heralded
with such prelude we expected to
find it orthodox to the core. II con-
cludes as follows:
NEARLY quarter of n century ago,
the Democratic party debauched It's
principles, when it endorsed the nomi-
nation of Horace Greeley, an erstwhile
rabid Republican, for the Presidency
of the United States, in the hope thai
IL might get division of the loaves
and fishes; and, in consequence, it suf-
Tered the most humiliating defeat in
it's history / can do no better than
to close fthis article by calling to the
attention of the faithful Democrats of
North Carolina a section of the plat
form adopted by the 'straight-out
Democracy, who refused to cooperate
with the Liberal Republicans headed
by Greeley. The section referred to,
reads: We proclaim to the world that
principle is to be preferred to power;
that the Democratic party is held to-
gether by the cohesion of time-hon-
ored principles, which they will never
surrender in exchange for all the of
fees which Presidents can confer. The
lAangs of the minority are DOUBTLESS
excruciating, but we welcome an
eternal minority, under the banner in
scribed with our principles, rather
than an almighty and everlasting ma
iority purchased by their abandon
mems.'
''He that hath ears to hear, let him
hear"
We have been to no little pains to
look, up the history of the noble men
who bolted from the Democratic party
I'M 1872 and got up an O'Connor cleo
toral ticket in North Carolina. Tt
will be sufficient for the readers Of this
paper to know that Horace Greeley
was endorsed by the National Demo
cratic convention, held that year at
Baltimore, though he had been first
selected by the Liberal or Mugwump
Republicans, as the candidate against
Grant. Vance, Graham, Ransom,
Fowle, Jarvis, Scales, Cox, Barringer,
Bragg and all of the great leaders of
the State gave Greeley cordial sup
port, not only as a matter of party
policy but in obedience to the behest
of the nominating convention.
The men who bolted and supported
| O'Connor were conspicuous amongst
the disorganizers who lobbied at the
next session of the Legislature and
helped to organize the bolt that de-
feated Vance as the caucus nominee
for the United States Senate. One of
the electors on the ticket, who took
fire at the thought of having been
.ssold out, was an avowed Republican
in the next campaign and received re-
ward under Hayes administration in
his appointment as postmaster of an
important North Carolina city. We
shall make it our business to hunt up
this noble army of patriots, and when
we get through we may publish their
names to be entered on the Observers
calendar of political saints. We are
afraid that we shall find that their
reward came la advance Of their
translation to the next world and
long before their canonization by
/ Junius.
The panegyric OF Junius and the
commentator of it by the Observer is
suggestive. Does il mean that if an
Objectionable silver man should be
put forward at Chicago, Junius and his
friends hold themselves in readiness to
rliifse the cry of "sold OUT as did the
patriots in 1872, and then move to the
half way political station till 1900?
Thank God for Alfred Moore Wad-
dell! A leading member of the lar in
the chief commercial city of the State,
where there is more gold sentiment
than anywhere else, he remains true
to his convictions, and has the courage
/ to assert them.
| A GREAT RECORD.
! The University baseball club has
| played ten match games this season,
| winning nine. They scored 122 runs,
/ against II by their opponents. They