The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-07-02

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vn.e<ey t~:fac n any manner sh41e
or form, bur. on the other hand, !
would 20 as far as any ot.er man ~
prevent the sale Of any thing thai
would create taccA3cat.cn. Futner-
more. a1d best Of all, from an 5ndi-
viduaI standpoint. don't touch the
miserable and damnaole stuff or drink
any hing that contains alcohol
But, am ! trust, a conscientious
ana faithful attorney, who ALWAYS un-
dertakes to represent his clients to the
best Of his ability.
IF vas IN this capacity that ! maze
the visit to Kerly. y. g, about which
YOU wrote at SUCH length am the
aired and paid attorney cf Mr. E.
D~anncnberg. Of his CITY. who manu-
features and sells certain soft drinks.
known as Hop-hrew. Cubanade. etc,
etc. These goods are being sold to-
eastern North Carolina. and our state
courts have held thar my client $
business Is a lawful one. under our
present laws: that is. said goods do
not contain enough alcohol to create
i~ntoyication.
This being true. lid GO % kenlE
for the purpose Of getting the Board
Of Aldermen to allow Mr.. D~annenberg
to sell his goods in their town: but
not for the r Of getting the
board to allow that man Farmer to
open up business in their naidst for
the purpose of dispensing out that
hell and damnation which flows from
a distiller's outfit, nor did / 60 there
as a distllier: but | went in the dis
charge Of my duty-that duty which
every lawyer owes his client
So. it turns out thai Mr.. Damien
berg was the man. and Mr.. Farmer.
according to his statement. was
simply an attorney. Now 7 under
stand The matter better, and am
in our hatred of whiskey. will culti-
vate that b~rotherly feeling that makes
the world better and builds the stair
a to Heaven.
I am sure the reader will decide af-
ter reading Mr.. Farmers letter that I
had no idea of doing injustice to him.
but that all my animus was against
the vhiskey business, which he hates
as I do.
I am glad tina Mr.. Farmer found
gentlemen in Wilson. who said they
knew me-that I was a fair-minded
man and a Christian-hearted gentle
man.
II I an pleased with the spirit of
Mr.. Farmer in saying; Il am sure YOU
will not delay to right the wrong you
have unintentionally done" THAT was
N4iId ~
As a conclusion, I frankly say that
whatever of harm was done was unin-
territorial. and is therefore deprecated
by me.
To the old man. anything that GER
tains to the Old South is full of in
terest. The young student of history
looks upon the Old South through
smoked glasses. and he cannot there
fore get a correct idea of the ante
bellun period. when the Jeffersonians
and Hamiltonians were at war with
each other, and "a conflict, which
finally ended in blood-shed. was be
ING waged in the forum-vhen the
great men. of both sections. we're dis
cussing, from every standpoint. doc
trlnes as ayerse to each other as were
the Declaration of Independence and
the old monarch, from which the colo
MES had made good their escape.
From my earliest recollection
heard. in almost every political speech.
that Mr. Jefferson's ideas of govern
lnent. If maintained. would
make strong and inVincihle
that Bill of Rights, which. if sacredly
guarded by laws and statutes, would
forever secure to individual. as We'll as
state. a form Of government giving
equal rights to all. While on the
other Hand Hanliltonianism would
finally lead to Capitalization and a
Curtailing of power, on the one hand,