The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-17

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ans OF the cro~s-that Christians ~
supposed TO have for each other. I I'D
not see the doctor, 10 shake his hand,
OF leaving. but l pray that the clouds
may lift. and great peace may fiji his
heart. the remnant OF his days.
Some OF the school children may not
know tina on Moore Square, not ar
from Hargett street, about southwest
from the Tabernacle church. used to stand
What was known, IN my boyhood days,
a. the old Baptist church. Il was a
tIcc church, a. I remember, used pr!nci-
reilly by the BaptIstS. before that Genonj-
patton built and moved up near the
Capitol. The Christian denomination was
wOr>hipping il that old church when |
first remember. and Rev. Henry z. Hayes,
Who, if | am not mistaken, was at the
same time, publishing the christian Sun
was the preacher. sometimes aided by
old Dr.. Hinton, Z minister OF that de-
nomination, who owned and lived IN the
house on Fayetteville street next to the
building in whichthe Times" is published
kept now as a boarding house. That old
Baptist church was frequently used for
political meetings, and many a big speech
was made therein. III the G~uDeInatorIal
campaign between David s. Reid ard
john Kerr, l heard the discussion thre
and rendered what a fine looking man
Judge Kerr was and how his file oratory
ecIipsed the plain matter Of fact speech
mad by Gov. Reid. / was { Democrat ana
Reid was my man. but boy rs ! was I could
not help feeling that Judge Kerr was
more than a match for him. But he beat
Kerr as he had before beaten GOV. Manly,
and from tie guhecnatorial chair be
went to the United States Senate. his
colleague being Hon. Asa Bigg-, OF Martin.
The Wings had ! good deal 10 say about
little Davy's '>lasning around" il the
seat formerly occupied by Judge Badger.
and quite "a much TO say about how I'M
easily Judge Bisgs fitted the seat which
Judge Nangum had occupied so long. but
We Democrats thought they were very
good men. and the mantlcs that had
fallen OF them fitted very well: so every
thing Quletcd odwn after 4 little ana sen
ators Reid and Biggs served faithfully
ard Wcll.
Gov. Thomas Bragg and Hon. ThoS.
i. ~CIingnan, were still IN ,he son
ate when Secession came on. VIII stop
here TO tell my readers a little story.
Il l. tins: when the Democratic Nation
a Convention met in Charleston. s. C,
IN 1850, 10 nominate a man for president
it remained there a whole month balloting
every day. yet failed TO make a nominal
ton, the reason OF which was there
were TWO distinct factions in the party
a northern faction that favored Judge
Douglas. ard 4 southern faction which
did not like the position Judge Douglas
occupied with regard to what was called
"Squattcr SoveTeIgntv.' and some other
questions At that time il must be re
memberod. James Buchanan was pre~i-
dent, and John {. breckenridge Of Ken
lucky. vice-president. say the conven-
ton at Charleston failed TO make a nom
~ination and it adjourned 70 meet in Bal
timOre a few weeks later. There the
Two dement, failed as at Charleston to
harmonic. and the Douglas wing with
drew from the convention and Douglas
was nominated ny it. while the regular
/ Convention nominated John {. BecEen-
ridge, then the vIce-pre-ident FOR presl-
dent, and Gen. Joe Lane, senator from
Oregon, Tor viCe-pIesidcnt. There We're
four presidential tickets that year. to-
wit: Breckenridge and Lane. the Southern
Democratic ticket Douglas and Johnson
the Northern Democratic ticket. Bell and
Everett the Southern Wing ticket: ANA
lincoln and Hamlin the Black Republic
can ticket, as II WAS called here in Tie
South. OF course it j. but 100 well known
that the Lincoln ticket was elected. but
Breckenridge and Lane carried North
Carolina and most OF the southern States.
When the Electoral Colleee met and cast
the vote Of the State fer ~Breckenridge
and Lane, | was chosen messenger BIZ
the college to take the package contain
ing the result OF the vote to Washington.
which l did. Arriving there / found the
city in a whirl OF excitement. South
Carolina had already seeded and the
sentiment as I could gather it was that
South Carolina had lone right and that
secession was the only redress for tbs
South. CockadeS were a. abundant p
May roses and it really looked as if the
hoops We're off and the whole thing was
about to tumble to pieces; that a new
government was an inevitable result. ana
from the way l heard them talk IN the
lObbjes there would not be much LETT OIL
the old government when secession had
done its seeding.
Senators Bragg and Ch;ngman paid mc
very courteous attention and opened IN,
way to me for d most enjoyable TIM
while l s~ojourned there. BY them was
conducted into the presence Of the vice
president. to whom l delivered nv pac.-
age. He received NE graciously, compli-
mcnted the gallant Democracy of t..
old North State" and asked me TO bea,
back to the Legislature then in session
his heartfelt gratitude for the high com
pllment the State had conferred upor
Eim. Others then coming in our confer
cnce ended with Il handshake. | went t,
the Senate the next day and listened 70
two hours to d most impaa@ioncd spcccI
By Senator Jefferson Davis. the last one
he ever made IN that body. Gen. 10,
Lane, tho VIce-presIdcntial candidate hay
iEg visited Raleigh during the campaign
and with myself and others taken a ridt
INTO the country where his ancestors Ina,
lived near the city, sought me out sonr
alter l arrived IN Washington and 70.
, pcatedly told me to tell his friends !,
North Carolina to Eight for their right
and to assure them that when the Abo.
litlomlsts started with an army 10 fign
: the South Ec ard thousands OF geo.
southern men in the North would civ,
them hi in the rear. He might hay
, done so after the war began but h
friends down here never heard OF i
g. Coy. Bragg | remember said Tell III,
; friends at home 10 move slowly in tht
matter Of secession. fools rush IN vhcr.