When Zeb Vance and Judge Settle
made the memorable canvass of North
Carolina in 1876, they made it on the
very best of terms. Many a time they
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same buggy, and treated each other as
gentlemen should. No harsh names
were called, and the very best of feel
ing prevailed between these two
political giants.
But now that day seems to have
leparted. The good old days when
campaigns were conducted without
spite, ribaldry, or slander seem to be
things of the lamented past, and now
the speaker or newspaper that can
have the greatest number of little
spiteful sayings is considered by many
as particularly bright. Marion Butler
by a euphonic change becomes Mary
Ann Butler; Peffer becomes Whiskeys
by the same process of vituperation ;
Mrs. Lease becomes Old Gal ; and
other silly and offensive epithets are
indulged in by thoughtless quill drivers.
That is unnecessary and uujust. It is
unjust to North Carolina journalism,
because it is making a name for Demo
cratic editors that the rank and file of
them do not deserve.
In our opinion the time has come
for such abuse and ridicule to be laid
aside. It has had its day, and has
long since served its purpose, if it ever
had one. The dignity and purity of
the press demand that such villifying
be discontinued.
It is not a campaign, or crusade, of
one race against another, but it is our
brother and our neighbor that is op
posing us, and he is conscientious in
his belief and deserves courtesy from
us. Let this be a year of good feeling,
a campaign wherein every man shall
be considerate to his political foe.
Wilson Advance.
THE REPEAL DENTED.
