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Newspaper
Tarboro Southerner
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1876
Page
2
Edgecombe County Conservatives call a mass meeting at Tarboro Court House on Tuesday May 16 1876 at noon to appoint delegates to the State Convention in Raleigh June 14. Each township should hold meetings and send delegates. full attendance requested by the County Executive Committee.
A local reflection laments Col Conan leaving the Sentinel and possibly joining a Danville paper. The note praises his sharp writing and social grace, and it mourns the Petersburg Daily News suspension, highlighting Maj R. H. Glass as a quick-witted editor.
The text previews a diminutive Daily in Oxford named the Morning Clarion, praised for its typography and local editing. It notes rival papers and the owners Messrs Williams and Robinson, and compares its size to a sheen between a fifty cent shin plaster and a quinine label.
The Richmond Dispatch editorial praises temperate discussion on usury, noting a 6 percent cap with 8 percent under written agreement and the law’s effects on capital flow. It discusses a congressional push to set a uniform 6 percent rate nationwide, the political divide, and the goal of universal currency value and uniform lending costs.
A restless call to harmonize nationwide usury laws contrasts with heated postwar figures. The piece derides Ben Hill and Blaine, praises Gordon and other Southern leaders, and asserts secession is dead. It includes quotes about New Hampshire politics and Civil War loyalties, ending with a sharp defense of Reconstruction leaders.
The column asserts President Grant directed efforts to shield his secretary Babcock, with a spy in St. Louis and in the Grand Jury room. It condemns naval committee findings of widespread corruption, including Secretary Robeson diverting funds to aid Jay Cooke and Co. and navy contract blackmail benefiting Cattell.
The piece accuses the Indian committee of widespread rascality with a ring permeating government departments and the committee room. It highlights Page and Wilshire, Meeker’s claims, post office contracts, and ongoing investigations, noting House sittings and a maturing fiscal bill while praising certain figures and predicting political shifts.
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