Year: 1876

We are delighted with the speech of
Governor Vance at RutherfordtOn as
reported by the Charlotte Observer.
We are glad to see Judge Settle held
up in his true colors before the peo-
pie. If our press and Our speakers
shall only take the trouble to inform
themselves as to Judge Settles record
and will then present it fearlessly y to
the people, he will not get five thou
sand white votes in the. State. We are
not afraid of the result if the peo-
Pile shall only be informed about the
antecedents of the man put forward by
the Radical party as its. candidate for
Governor.


Continuing it's report of the discus
sion, the Observer says ::


In the hurry of the report we gave
of the meeting between Vance and
Settle at Rutherfordton many items of
interest and Importance were necessa-
rily-left out, and we now propose to
produce the features of the debate that
most strongly engaged our attention
Vance made a telling impression when
he accused Settle of sympathy with the
Kirk war. In times of war when every
thing was in disorder and confusion, he
mover once permitted the suspension
of the sacred writ of h0beds corpus. His
opponent had disregarded it IN time
of peace, when he agreed with his ass
sociutes upon the Supreme Court
bench that the Judiciary was exhausted
and unable to protect the life and lib
erty of the citizen. In time of war
he had preserved the writ intact and
even threatened to withdraw the North
Carolina troops from the Confederate
army unless the writ was obeyed at
home. Said he had written to Judge
Settle to prosecute all instances of
cruelty that were practised upon any
citizens, men or women, and if the
prosecutions were not made, it was
tho fault of Settle who was the prose-
cutting officer and no one else was to
blame. He had used all his endeavors
to punish criminals and violators of
the law, but conld Judge Settle and
his associates say the same Did they
ever raise their voice against the hang
ing of Muir. ay to forco him to betray
his accomplices -? Never once had
they denounced the brutality of Bur-
gin and the imprisonment of private
citizens in violation of the Consti-
tntion and the laws of the land!
Settle smarted under the churge and
declared that neither he nor Holden
was present at the hanging. bnt de-
clared that Holden ordered Burgin to
be arrested; but Gov. Vance proved
that Holden had nothing at all to do
with the a: rest and Only rebuked Bur
gin when the people arose in their
majesty and wrath and put their seal
of condemnation upon this outrage
upon humanity. What was the use OF
the war asked Vance. The Reput Ii
can party held every branch of the
State government and had every Judge
in the State except one-Judge Mitch.
ell. Settle thought the hanging of
Wyatt Outlaw Ga colored man) was suf-
ticient to justify war upon the people
of the State. Vance then recited the case
of Lee Dunlap, negro who shot down
Jas. Gleason, white citizen of Char~
lotte in the presence of the Mayor of
that city. Was any war ever declared
for that No, Gleason was only
white man and of course no fuss must
made over the murder of q white man.
Dunlap was convicted of murder by q
jury of eight Republicans and four
Democrats. Judge Logan presided.
His case was taken from the State
Court and Judge settle was ON the Su-
preme bench at the time it decided
that Dunlap could remove his case to
the Federal Court. Dunlap during
his whole imprisonment was lionized
by his party and treated like prince
But that is not all: Tim Lee, the Re
publican Sheriff of Wake and high
man in the party, suffered him to go
out of the back door of his prison and
make his escape. He only murdered
white man and no war was made about
that.