The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-03-10
Northern Republican Newspapers
Disturb His tranquility
TRYING TO POSE AS MEEK
And Humble Patriarchs-Afp Rejoices Over
the New franchise Law Of North Caro-
%Iina-Issues 500 Invitations to His Golden
Wedding.

David saith, Fret not myself because
Of EVIL doors, for they shall be cut down
like the grass and wlther away" And
Solomon saith, "He that uttereth
slander is a fool, and somebody else
saith, "Avenge not thyself, but wait
on the Lord" 1t takes all of this
scripture to q Iiet u man nowadays and
to keep him cain and serene. | know
that | am old enough to be q phlloso-
pher, and therefors should not let bad
nen disturb my tranquility, but it ia
tigues my Indignation to read some OF
these Northern Republican newspapers.
l read al editorial yesterday which said
that every Senator who voted against
the treaty was fit for tho hell where
Bsned let Arnold and Jefferson DAVIS
had gone. According to solomon that
man Is q fool, and it doesn't become me
to get mad with a fool. My great con-
Germ Is that he will make fools of the
600, 600 daily readers that his paper
boasts of. for it Is q fact that most peo-
pie bank on their favorite paper next to
their church or religious convictions.
The tendency is to make the 6OO, 900 b.
lieve that Mr.. Davis was q traitor, aud
that IS equivalent to saying that [ aud
all the Confederate veterans are trait
ors, and that makes me and my wife to
fret because of evil doors, which David
says We must not do. We ore trying
just now to pose as meek and humble
patrlarchs like Moses and to cherish no
resentments, but it is hard to do unless
We quit reading northern literature.
Another editorial in the same paper
says that Dewey SAYS that ''in times of
war he Democrats are traitors, and In
times of peace they are FOOLS" What
KIND OF a man is he who edits that pa
per-that Mckinley rgau. | tell you,
my brethren, there is no use in crying
peace, when there is no peace. 1t IS
IKE q c~ampmeetlng revival where hun
dreds are converted for q few days aud
Their lapse and relapse into their same
old ways. Handwriting and promises
don't signify genuine conversion.
A few years ago Henry Grady cleo
trifed the nation, and, as John Temple
Graves said, 'loved it into peace"
Those words are upon his monument.
but whore is the peace? It didn't last
SIX months. He was hardly buried be.
fore the northern press begun on US
again about the negro, and they kept
it up diligently until Mckinley came
down here and Sale kind word, aud ws
have him q lovefeast and the nation was
harmonIzed and wise mon said, BE
gold, how sweet aud pleasant it is for
brethren t. dwell together IN unity. y
publican organ shakes it's cory locks
AID says, Jefferson Davis was a trai-
tor, and he is In hell" How is that for
harmony?
But the scriptures say wait on the
Lord" and Il have seen the wicked
flourish like a green bay tree." and sc
] reckon We will have to wait. Ire
member when Horace Greelv's paper
was Just as malignant, aud yet the old
man went security On Jefferson Davis,
bond and got him out of the filthy dun
geon where General Miles had fettere o.
him. and Beast Butler, who stole ou1
spoons. signed the bond with him. So
there is no telling what will happen /,
we will only wait like the late move
ment Of the good people Of Fitzgerald
1t looks more like harmony than any
thing I have seen since the civil war
The mon who wore the blue and tn,
gray and their sons have formed q mil
ltisry company ard asked for incor
poration aud an outfit for the detens,
of our state and to keep peace ct hem,
and preserve law aud order. That /
real and lasting fraternity. The fac
Is, that no northern men have ever cas-
their fortunes dowa South and dom,
ciled with our people but what the,
teil In love with them. and tho lonCe
tney stayed the better they l.cke,
US. think l viii visit fl,z
gerald and pay nv respects (.
ihst yankee colony aud tip M hat {,
shat military company. We give Q cor
dial Welcome to ell northern people VII
come TO stay. for they Are the best DEC