and feel still that Cleveland struck the
key note of national progress in this
message to Congress. Intimidation was
begun in this city mouths before the elec
tion by the Hosiery Company the Nor
folk and New Brunswick Hosiery
Company which shut down and threw
hundreds of laboring men out of work for
weeks and claimed that it was made bv
tariff legislation proposed which would
eventually destroy the manufacturing in
terests of the country, if not checked by
Republican victory. Many of these poor
people belong to my church and 1 felttheir
scare and financial distress, hit still voted
1'ir Cleveland, which innvy of them thought
it an awful thing for a preacher and espe
cially for their pai'tar to do.
lSox, let me say I am not distressed over
the sensation concerning Harrison's South
ern policy. He will not re-establish the
carpet-bag system. All that sort of talk
is a humbug'. The country has progressed
beyond that sort of thing. "Southern people
need have no fear on that score. The in
terests of the people are safe. Harrison is
a christian gentleman, an elder in the
Presbyterian church, and a good man. He
will not be ruled bv Blaine, cither, but
will attend to his own duties. Iet us not !
be tormented bv fear. North Carolina is
al I right there is nothing the matter with
her even if G rover is gone as a reward for
his appointing 170 colored men and keep
ing many other Republicans in office. It
is amusing to see and hear the predictions
that are made now as to what will be done
bv the incoming President to make Ins ad
ministration noticeable in history. The
admitting of Manitoba, Washington, etc..
