The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-09-25

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frue-but every one of them is a lawyer
With Pritchard, a lawyer, in the Senate
we shall have 70 one to represent the
business men and the farmers IN the coun-
els Of the nation. AS q farmer l stand
| here today and plead with you to give
| Us q representative in the Senate that
is rot a lawyer. All the candidates for
the Senate except one are lawyers
The Colonel next proceeded to discuss
each of the candidates in detail and con
Guided by saying:
They are all good men and l oppose
them for no other reason than that We
have a candidate who is superior. In pup
lie benefaction and private charity he has
been q good Samaritan. You Will never
know all he has done in helping the Door
and needy. lie has dried the eyes OF the
widows and orphans and supplied the
wants of the p~ensionless Confederate sol
der.
The great Democratic party Of North
Carolina owes 10 man anything. We have
al labored faithfully and earnestly, and,
if by reason Of position, some have &C
connIished more than others they have
done only their duty. While some have
planned and executed, cur candidate has
carried US financially through nearly
every campaign. | do not claim that We
should thus honor him for what he has
done. but l recount his deeds to show
his great character Of head and heart
and that he is IN every way fitted to be
elected to this high position.
Il love him for what he has done for
The class / represent, and I support him
for what l believe he is ard can DO for
Us. He has never asked me TO support
him. He viii, if elected, represent all
classes Of people.
II have now the honor OF presenting
20 you your next Senator to succeed Ma
rion Butler: General Julian S. Carr, OF
the city CT Durham
GEN. CAPR'S SPEECH.
General Carr was warmly received by
the large audience. After thanking his
too partial friend" for the encomiuns
lie had lavished upon him he expressed
his love for the old veterans, the cause
they fought for, and a wish for their pres
ent happiness ard comfort.
'You have within your borders Kings
fountain famous in story and song. II
there had been no Kings Mountain there
would have been no GuilfCrd Court House
II there had been no Guiiford Court
House there would have been no York
town.
7 h people of CASTOR county nave been
COlttCAl " nc lOC oi1Iy plotONAA' btt 4-~@'
ufacturers also. Under the impetus given
to Southern industries have sprung UP
among you the cotton mills Of Gastoina,
Kings Mountain, Dallas and other man
u~facturing centres until your country has
become like a Northern community Of
factories.
But the people of CASTOR cherish in
their hearts something noblcr and grand
er than material DEVELOPMENT. From
their midst marched to war her nObleSt
scrs and formed q part of one Of the
greatest armies that ever shook a con-
tinent with its tread. 1t has often beer
asked what made the North Carolina sol
der uncomfortable. The ANSWER has
been given that it was the Spartain-like
mothers thai infused into them the spirit
Of libeny and patriotism. The NortI
Carolina soldier viii never submit tC
wrong.
They formed one-fourth CT that splen-
, did army under Lee, which defied tbs
hosts OF the North with their wealth anC
| nayies and unlimited hordes of Europ<
: from which to draw, and, as confessed
by their enemies were never conquered
1t was only through the methods adopted
by Grant in which whole armies were
2 sacrificed to destroy q small fraction 0
} the Confederate force at q time unit
Dy attI1IlOn, as 1t were, the COn1cQef2Lt
army Was worn away 10 a mere skeleton
1 and lined up to be dismissed by thei.
: great leader at AppomattoX. And, indeed
4 it was not so much the force Of arm
OF the enemy as gnawing hunger and pr
: yation which fastened the end. Apo
: mattox is but another word for starva
ton"
General Carr then gave a history o
CASTOR county's heroes of the Civil War
: the regiments in which they served, an
+ positions honored by them. His knoWl
f edge Of the detafIs was marvellous an
showed that he has made a study of Con
Gederate history, and especially the par
North Carolina played. ''Where,' said h
, in conclusion, lin ali European history /
there a parallel of the deeds OF Nortl
= Carolina soldiers?'
r WAR ON THE TRUSTS.
0 General Carr next spoke upon tn
question Of trusts. rs he describe
e their dire effect upon humanity one al
q most felt he was listening to utterance
CT the great Bryan.
:, Said he: 1.-TWO hundred men control tn
: money Of the world. During the republi
Il the Romans boastcd that to be calle,
a Roman citizen was a greater homo
! than to be called q king, yet Rome yield
ed to the money power and the prOu,
citizens were bought and sold as chattels
hen followed miIitarism and the Empire
I have enlisted il an eternal warfar
= against trusts. ] know well the strengtl
Il Of the powers | am fighting and expec
q 10 feel the pressure Of the cold stee
: for this days work, tut so long as til
Il blood CT my brother cries to me iron
/ the ground and ny people are require
9 to make brick without straw my swor
shall never be Sheathed in this fight
e Fortunately the farmer as yet, for tn
g most part. IS the freest and most indie
G pendent man left upon the earth. Their
{ is, ! verify believe, enough Of knowledg
and moral force left TO spurn the bribe
2 save the financial slave. and dare tn
" trust kings, with their worst.
n "Stand this day, with Great-Hear
n against Apollyon. Hear me, my country
k men. Like Hannibal when with his hand
upon the altar he swOrc eternal vengeanc
q TO Rome. | swear here in this presence
T eternal war against trusts. | pledge 70
7 that I have drawn my sword and fun
e away the Scabbard and have sworn upor
the naked steel that North Carolina sha-