North Carolina Newspapers

THE GLEANER. K. H. PARKER, Editor, GRAHAM, N. C.> FEB. 9TII, 1875. [ These columns are open to the free discussion of affairs. The GLEANER is not responsible for the opinions expressed by correspondents.'] INTRODUCTORY. We prop&sc cdithtg and publishing at this place a weekly newspaper, and as .an" evidence of our intention so to do, we, to*day, introduce to the public Tin. AlamajJce* Gleaner. Wc have put forth no prospectus, as a precursor of its coming, nor have we otherwise ad vertised its expected appearance, partly for the reason, that until quite recently we did not know positively that wc would be enabled, so soon, to give an «arnest of what we have for some time contemplated doing. Our hopes arc to slake tho Gx.ea.mer valuable as a newspaper, and by «o doing to insure fhe success of our project, Thfe enter prise is Undertaken •with a view to per manency. As a newspaper, wc fully intend and confidently hope, to make the GLEANER the ejual of any paper in the State, to those who have opportu nity or inclination to take only a) week ly paper. This can be done as well here m anywhere. From our ex changes we expect to condense and col. late such news of the State as our judg ment tells us will be of interest to our readers. From papers of other States as well as our own, wo expect to select, condense ftnd collate whatever, in our opinion, will be most useful and interMtiug to the people of our section. In all matters of public concern, whether county, state or national, of which we may feel called upon to speak, we shall in an humble way, express our candid views; commending where we approve and censuring where we con demn. Our endeavors shall be to faith fully serve the public, and thus, in a small way, to serve ourself. In politics the Glf.ankr will be Dem ocratic; firmly believing a 9 we do, that ** upon tho triumph of the principles of that partj", depends Republican govern ment and civil liberty iu this country. In the discussion of political questions and principles, in which we may, and expect to engage, we shall ever bear ourself with that courtesy, toward our , opponents that a consciousness of right renders natural and easy to those up holding truth and combating error. We . enter upon our carreer editorial free and antrammcicd, and we shall so con tinue. Our arrangements for publica- ' tion arc safe and complete—for some . time to come at least. We are not, nor is it any part of our ambition to become 1 the advocate or organ of any man or 1 eet of men. To the doctrines and prin ciples of the great, and now successful Democratic party oi the country, we will be found ever true and faithful; for tcv be false to those now, is, in our opin ion, however humble it may be, to be false to our ancestors, false to ourselves, false to human liberty,and false to those who are to come after us. To those who shall favor us by be coming our readers we can only prom ise that, whatever latent ability, as an editor, if any, ire may possess, and which may be developed by our efforts, shall be energetically devoted to the task of giving them a paper, worthy of their \ confidence, patronage and encourage ment. So far M in our judgment, it may be come our duty, to spirit" of men, we ■hall confine ouraelf strictly to ' their official and public acU. We shall t upon all occasions, use language sufficiently forcible to express our vie%s; but shall studiously avoid the use of sourrilous phrases and approbious epithets which, we think are sometimes uselessly in dulged in Ibr no better reason* that their utteranoe may have a soothe ing effect upon the imbittered feelings of the writer. To the Democratic editors of the State we come as an enlisted co-laborer in their good work. To the Republican editors of the Btate we come as one determined, by reason and not abuse, to, faillhfally If feebly, strive to win them from the error of their way. To the peopl* at large. we corny to advocate and j>romote, to the fullest extent of our power so to do, what we honestly conceive to be, for their good and , their beat interest. We look to them to ibr enoouragement and support. ~ ». S. PARKER. *• mvm vM*N»a. In starting this paper in yonr midst, we have met with nothing but enoour. agement and good wishes. While it _ will be in polities purely Democratic, it will not be. filled with trite party mat , ter and stale politics to the exclusion of other subjects, interesting and useftil to all classes of onr fellow-citizens. It is an enterprise in which yon all are inter, ested and should feel an interest. A newspaper in any section ,of country fends to the good and benefit- of that sectioflu For your patronage we shall VA • • V feel thankful; yet feci that wo are giv ing a full equivalent in return. Very soon the size ot our paper will bo en larged by four additional columns. Published in a country village it is not probable that its pages will be, to any very great extent filled with advertise ments. It will th&i'efore contain more reading matter than a great many weekly papers of larger size. And to those who patronize us as advertisers it will be all the better on this account. An advertisement,'where not a grpat many-appear, will much more readily -strike the eye, and] much , more likely be read than one forming, perhaps, a small part of an entire pago of N adver tisements. Our subscription price is low —the same charged for such a newspa per before the war. No one regrets the pittance invested in the price of a news paper. The great Daniel Webster is credited with having Said that be never picked up and perused a however Unpretending it may have been without learning something—with out'finding in its columns what was in formation to him. We shall keep up witfy, and keep our readers well inform ed ot all matters of local importance— of our county affairs and of all other matters of general news and interest. Wc send out this issue to many of our friends in order that they may see for themselves the paper we are offering them. Of course, this our first issue is not a fair sample of what the paper will be. As we get in our exchanges, and grow somewhat accustomed to the work and duties devolving upon us, wc shall steadilyjim prove. We have i 11 connection with our news paper a job office, where we are pre pared to promptly execute all kinis ot f job work. We shalMßeep constan ly on hand blanks for magistrates, adminis trators, executors and all county officers. Ina word we shall by every means in our power strive to make our jews- j paper and job office an acknowledged ] necessity to the county. Our terms for | newspaper, advertising or job woik are i strictly cash. From these terms 'here . wiV be no departure in favor of any 1 one. First, we arc'unable if we were ] inclined to do otherwise. Secondly, we I establish our paper with the firm deter- 1 mination of making.it a permanent in- ; stitution, and there is no other than a cash system that can accomplish this where the aggregate is composed of [so many amounts to be gathered from so manyjdifferent sources. We send out this issue to many of our friends, and to the Postmasters for distribution. Wo oould not send to all. Where we have sent to parties we.have simply addressed such of our liiendsas occurred to us; We shall have no dead heads—not one. We look to our fel low-citizens for support and*, especially those of Alamance county. jWc think it their duty to lend us a heljping hand. LOUISIANA. To many who may read thia article there *rill be found nothing nfew, but to Bome there may be. No occurrence in the historyof this country, save those immediately connected with actual war, has caused such'wide-spread excitement and apprehension, as the recent inter ference, by n portion of the Federal array, in the organization of the Legis lature of the Stato of Louisiana. The legislatures, of a number of States, where they have been in session, have pissed, by both Democratic and Repub lican votes, resolutions strongly con demnatory oi this gross outrage, Congress of the United States shared in tlije general apprehension, and took sol cmn notice of this unprecedented act Of Federal intermedliug with the domes tic,affairs of a State.' indeed, must haVp, been the act of unauthorized violence that cau find no equal in the administrttion of this government by the Republican party; and could arouse tp apprehension and action a people appareutly grown lethargic, or careless, In all matters pertaining to their rights or liberties. ♦ *-• "" Public meetings have been held in j nearly, if not quite, all the States ot the union, for the purpose of giving public expression to public opinion upon this subject, wherein Republicans, promi nent supporters or Grant in (he last Presidential election, have joined Dem ocrats, prominent opposers of Graut's election,in denouncing this forcible sub. ordination of the civil powers of a State to the military power of the nation. The fkcts as we understand them arc briefly these: On the 4th day of January last, the lower House of ths Legislature of Lou isiana met to organize. There were present in the Legislative hall a number of rildiero under command of a Colo nel; under whose command this Col. was is not we believe known to the public, There were five members, or five men who claimed to be members present who bad not been returned as elected by the board of canvassers, but who** eases had been referred to that branch Qf the Legislature to Which they claimed pjectiou for decission. The house met and organized and declaret these five members duly elected am entitled to ther scats.—That each brand of every Legislative body is the sol( jnclge of the electii n and qualificalior members is oonceded by all. —Im mediately upon the seating of these members the military by force dispersed the house. On the eighth of the mold] the Senate of the United States, by res olution asked the President for inform ation as to this military interference with the organization and proceedings of the Legislature of Louisiana. On the 13th the President replied By message, in which lie incorporated all) the news . paper horrors, gotten dp by partizan journals for ..campaign purposes, of crime and outrage charged to have been committed in Louisiana lor the past eight years, lie says he sent Sheridan to New Orleans to afesume command or ; not as he pleased ; but no one did wrong . —6r if WfOttg was done lio one iu 'l'ndcd it; that Sheridan never proposed i an illegal act, and this too after he Sheridan had suggested that the Presi dent by proclamation should declare citizens outlawed to the end, as unmis takably intimated, that he, Sheridan, might butcher them at pleasure. The President had 110 idea that anybody was going to interfere with tho Legis turc.—So he says; yet, it comes to fight that on the 24th of December last from the war department at Washington a confidential letter to Chicago, where his head-quarters then were, was written to Sheridan, containing instructions from the President that he Sheridan should proceed to New Orleans, and from there, suggest to the President what to do. The same letter gave .Sher idan the power to assume command or not, at his pleasure. He was permitted to tell Gen. MeDowcll but not obliged to. Now why was he to assume com. maud if he chose unless it was for the purpose of using the army? Grant in his message apologizes for his, Sheri dan's, brutal suggestions by saying he is no lawyer. Then why did he send him there to make suggestions about a matter in which he was incompetent to form an opinion? In the language of Henry the VIII it is "too thin." AVell, to proceed with the facts, Congress ap pointed a committee, to go to New Or. leans, inform itself, and report upon ,he condition of allairs there, This com nittee apointcd a ißub-committce of hree, composed of two Republicans and me Democrat, to go, take evidence, and >y every means to inform itself fully of ill matters pertaining to any alleged listurbanccs, intimidations or elections 11 Louisiana. This committee wont, md after a fair and impartial investi gation Jma i-epo rted, that, they find no ntimidation; that they find tho white eaguo to be only a political organiza ion as harmless and as free from -vio ence as other political clubs are, save n New Orleans, where they have armed hemselves for protection against leagues imong the blacks. This committee re. jorted that not a single negro could be irought, or was brought before it who lad been threatened, assaulted, dis :liargcd from or refused employment >y ally Conservative because of politi :al opinion. In a word the report Oj his committee, in which the two Re publicans and the Demoarat agree, ihows conclusively the only need and ise for sOldiei*, in New Crleans, was tg mable the accomplishment af fraud and isurpation, on the part of the Republi. am party, and to uphold that usurpa. iou after accomplished. This could not jc disposed ot as a rebel falsehood, born )f hate and disloyalty, so it created jonsternatiou ,ahd dismay in adminis tration circled; and party interest re. prired its force to be weakened, and its :ffect to be diminished if possible. In >thcr words, that the truth be smothered uid its influence, as far as might be, IcstrOycd by a contradiction, enunating from an equally high and authoritative source, however reckless of trnth party lecessity might require that contradic. iou to be. The party first, theconstitu ,ion country and liberty afterwards is the .est of loyalty! To this end the whole :omniit4 ce repaired to Orleans and he telegraph brings us tho news, that i compromise is likely to be eflected.— That the five members are to be seated otligr conciliating matters effected. Of course tliev want tbc matter bushed up. The people have shown a d|#posi. tion to condemn the one man power enforced by the people's ariry. Grant tested their servility too soon! In the meau time Bcpublican Senators in Con. grcss are caucusing upon the policy of the, party; —whether it will indorse. Grant in his Louisiana trouble and thus share his responsibility or not? No decision yet arrived at. It is understood that there are eight Senators who are opposed to loading the party further with Grant's sins as it appears he will never get his cargo aboard. Why was all this you say? Why. i Grant had a brother-in-law in New Or leans who wanted to be U. 8. Senator, and the people elected a lafge majority of Democrats to the Legislature; and they were a contrary unaccomodating set, of Bmall discernment, who prefer red some one rflseto represent their State ID the National Legislature, —and they blabbed this—so they were dispersed. ♦ In the absence ol a better reason, and in the light of the past, this is generally accepted by all who do not allow Grant to detremine for them, as the true caus of all the trouble. Family affection is commendable but there may be too much of it. said he had no policy. T|lE inVICEKTAINTV OF TIIE CO!*- UN DEB WIIIC'U WE LIVE. \ Certainly no people ever lived, whose fundamental law was so uncertain, and so capable of different constructions. And when a coristyuciion of the highest judicial tribunal, to •frhich we can ap peal, is placed upon any of the provis ions of our Constitution, it is frequent ly not so supported.by reason as to in sure it against reversal, at some future day, when other rr.fcn shall fill the high places of those now on our supreme bench. Not because of any want of ability in our present Judges but be cause the instrument itself is not suffi ciently explicit to bear, in many of its parts, anything like a certain interpre tation. For now nearly seven years, differences of opinion, as to the meaning of its provisions, have gone in great numbers, to the Supreme Court lor de cision, and yet we are apparently furth er from certaintythan at the start. The Court itself in its various and numerous decisions upon Constitutional questions seems to have fallen into doubt arid un certainty, and not strangely either, for many of the provisions it has been called upon to construe would seem to bear differentjiiterpretations with equal easo. So that now, different opinions of the same court, composed of the same mem bers, might be cited as authority, for different conclusions upon the same I constitutional questions. If then, the Judges themselves cannotfind sufficient reason for a definite and certain con struction, how can the people be expect ed to know scarcely anything of their Constitution ; save only that its provis ions are beyond their comprehension; and that, so for as it effects their rights and interests, they are, in many respects ag con/pletely in the dark as if those rights and interests were to be effected by the uncontroled will of a taciturn rcuin? We were thrown into tliis reflection by a recent decision of the Supreme Court oi our State. In the second Ju- dicial District Judge Jones elected in ( 18G8 resigned; W. A.Moore was ap- pointed to fill tho vacancy. The Con stitution in such cases provides that . the appointees shall hold their places , until the ne£t regular election." The ; Legislature at its session of 1873- '74 provided for an election in this dis trict in August, 1874, that being the regular election, for Superior Court Judges. Louis Ililliard was elected and took his seat upon the bench, held courts, rendered judgments, punished offenders, and may have hung some. Judge Moore all this time claiming that he was the Judge and that Ililliard was usurping his place and was no Judge. The matter finally came before the Su preme Court where it has just been de- that Hilliard was as Moore 6aid, no Judge, and that he had been sitting upon the bench, administering the law effect ing the rights of property and the fights of persons without due authority so to do. So in the eighth Judicial Starbuck was elected in 18G8, but being shortly thereafter appointed United States Solicitor/we believe dftl not' even qualify as Judge. John M. Cloud was appointed Judge in his district. At the last August election Thomas J. "Wilson was elected by the people of that dis trict to the bench. Cloud fussed and uaid ugly words but Wilson donned the ermine,(raveled around the district, held I courts; and disposed of the rights of persons and property, as they came be fore him; and left Judge Cloud free to devote his time uninterruptedly to the prosecution of whistling boys, all with out due authority so to do. This case found its way, first before Judge Kerr who held that Wilson was the rightful Judge, and then before the Supreme Court which held that Cloud was the man to hold courts and deal out justice • to the good people of the eighth district, ' —and if there was another place for the '■ riiatter to go to, we would as soon look ■ for Wilson to be replaced as for Cloud I to be snstained in his-claims. And all t this after a legislative construction, of . the Constitution, which is next ti> the [ highest and most authoritativeTt can re ceive. "7 "^ j We want a Conventfpij,, bq, that the. Constitution as a whole can be consid ered, and its diflerent articles and sec- 1 r tons can be tendered inteligible and harmonious. It has good features we 1 wish retained. The uncertain parts we - want so written as to bear one reason, f able interpretation; and the parts, bad 3. in themselves, and unsuited to our peo. i pie, we wish expunged. We want it > sufficiently ample in its provisions, and 1- sparse in its restrictions, to enable the s Legislature to enact such laws -as it, in r its wisdom, may deem good for the pco j pie. The Legislature has no such pow er now. It is hampered to an extent manifestly detrimental to the public • good. When we elect Clerks, Sheriffs u and Judges let us understand for how '» long we are electing them; and whether Y in fact we are electing them all. R. M. Douglas, U. S. Marshal, for the Western District of North £ajt>lina is called to Washington to explain the heavy expenditures of his district. UNITED STATES SEIVATOBS BK CEHTIiV ELECTED. The late elections for members of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress, having resulted iu the return of a large Democratic majority to that body, the public felt more than an ordinary interest in the re sult of the electfons for United States Senator which were to occur in several of the States. We believe there are but two States yet to hold elections. While the Senate branch of the next Congress will not be, and by possibility could not have been Democratic, yet, the great success of that party begun in the fall elections, has continued undi minished in the selections of United States Senators. Ohio elects the Hon. All6n G. Tlrar .man, of great ability,/are attainments, and of unltnpeached and unimpeabhable character ; the leader of his,party in the Senate; the defender of the Constitu tion and the rights of the people there under ;—a Democrat who wins the ad miration ai}d respect of even tliose who will not heed his teachiugs. Little Deleware re-elects the Hon. Thomas E. Bayard, Democrat. He has large experience, aud will, doubtlessly, maintain his, already, high reputation in the Senate. Connecticut sends Hon. W. W. Eatonj; and Virginia sends Hon. R. E. Withers, both Democrats; and both possessed of those qualities calculated to render their career in the place to which they have been chosen, usefnl to the couutry, and honorable to themselves. Neither has been Senator before. New Jersey elects ex-Goycrnor Ran dolph, a pure man, an able lawyer, an experienced statesman, and a Demo crat. From New York comes the Hon. Francis Keruan as the successor of Sen ator Fenton, a Democrat selected from his great State, where there are so many of his party, famous for their statesman ship, he cannot fail to become famous in his country's councils. Judge McDonald, a Democrat, is seut from Indiana, i;> place of Senator Pratt, a Republican. The Judge is a pure man, of ability, distinguished, among the many able men of his section. The great State ot Pennsylvania has selected from the able men she had to choose from, that .sterling the Hon. William A. Wallace, a fit man for the high place he is chosen to fill. Carl Schurz from Missouri gives way to General F. M. Cockerol, a lawyer of the first order of ability, and an ex-Con federate officer, and a Democrat. Andrew Johitson, ex-President of the States is again to take his seat in the Senate as the Ilepresentative of Tenneessee; —, anjl as he declares, of ante-bellum Democracy. He is we be lieve she second ex-President who has been elected to the Senate, in the his tory of the country] Paddock, of Nebraska, a Republican, defeated the regular nominee of his par- ty by the aid of Democratic votes, and is therefore, we take it, an improvement upon the man he Jseat, and whose in tended place he will occupy. Dawes, Republican, will take his seat from Massachusetts, as goon as Wash burn gets out of it. Judge Christiancy, a Republican, helped to his electio i by Democratic votes, beats Chandler in Michigan.. Chandler should hope that forgetfulness of the reputation he earned for himself while in the Senate, will follow his de feat, and thusfconscfle himself. Rhode Island, though small, puts in a prominent General and ex-Governor in the person of General A. E. Burn side to answer for one half of in the Senate of the National Legisla ture. We believe, he is the same in whose honor a certain style of whiskers are called. *• - , -J Judge Augustus Cameron, a Repub lican selected by Democrats, has defeat ed Carpenter of Wisconsin. When Democrats can't elect they select the best Republican they can find. j v West Virginia will elect a Democrat, I and Minnesota will elect —somebody. .So, it Will be seen, that very soon, without very great change in the public mind, the Legislative department of the government will be fully in the control of the Democratic party. This is, we suppose, sad news to the great number of office-holders, whose places, in many instances, were created for their benefit. With the people generally it will be hailed as the harbinger of pure legislation; and the end of official positions as] rewards to party favorites lor party services. We want only such officers as are necessary to the adminis tration of the government. The people are beginning to see and understand that one mode adopted by the - Republican party to recruit its ranks, was, by its acts, to proclaim a reward in the shape of place and pay, to those who would forsake party and conviction, and work for its continued supremacy, and, if it had no place at hand, that it would create one. They are tired of it. The masses are honest. They are not looking for place or pay at the hands of any party. Their inter est is in having a simple, just and eco nomical government; one that will allow them, to till the soil and sell the product to a neighbor if they choose, and can agree about the yice; one that will allow them, molesting no one, to convert the products of their own soil, raised by their own labor, into any ar ticle of commerce sanctioned by law, without having one of these officials, who it may be has sold his politics for his place, watching them as he would a theif .while 'they handle their own | property. And they already rejoice iii j the prospect Of better times, when their ' burdens will be lightened by a dimin ished number of officers and place *men whom they have to support, and generally make richwhen their priv ileges and rights restored, shall make them once more free men. IMPORTANT DKCISIO.T OF TUB SUPREME COURT. In the castt of the Trustees of the Uni versity against Alexander Mclver,' former Superintendent of Public In struction, which was argued at the last summer term of the Supreme Court, the Court took an advisary and bis just rendered i£s opinion. One of the questions involved was the validity of the constitutional amend- 1 ments proposed by the General Assem bly at its session of 1871-72; submitted 5 to the people for ratification by an act of the Legislature of its sesion of 1872-- '73, and ratified by the people at their August election of 1873. At the sessions of there Werff a large number of amendments, all con tained in one act, proposed by the Leg- - talatui'c, which act was published as re-* quired. The Legislature ses J o n of 1872-73, adopted only eight of these amendments; and each of these in a separate act. These eight were ratified by the people and declared duly adopt ed. Under one of these amendments the Legislature elected a Board of Tims tees for the University. This Boar was the plaintiff in this action. It was contended that the eight con stitutional amendments, under one of which this Board was appointed, adopt ed as recited, were not made a part of the Constitution according to the true meaning of that instrument provid ing for its own ameudment by Leg - islative enachment. The Court; has decided that they were regularly adopted, and that, their all being contained in one act, together with others when proposed, and afterd wards contained in eight separate acts, difference; and that they are now as valid and as much a part of tho Coustution as any section in it. The Court further decided that tho Legislature had the right to elect the members of the Board of Trustees. In consequence of this decision the Board will meet in Raleigh on 10th instant, when it is expected that some thing practical will be done looking to the resuscitation of that ouce proud but now dilapidated seat of learning. CHRISTIAN CHARITY AND BRO THERLY LOVE. [From the Boston Herald, Jan. 19.] At the regular weekly meeting of the Methodist preachers of Boston and vi. cinity, held at "YVesleyan Hall this foie noon, the recent difficulties in Louisiana were discussed at considerable leugth. Bishop Bowman gave an account of what he knew about the treatment of colored people in Louisiana, narrating a number of instances in which they had been shamefully abused and' (eprived of life even. By invitation Rev. B. I. Ives, of New York, addressed the meeting and his speech was of the Radical kind. He declared there is altogether too much toadyism on the part of Northern people in their treatment of the South. He said we are undertaking now to coax the devil out of the miserable whelps down South, when nothing but strychnine and cannon ought to be used. He rather agreed with Phil Sheridan's declaration during the war, " that it he had owned hell and Texas he would lease out Texas and live in the other placee." Mj\ Ives administered a castigation to the church declaring that there is not a Saper in the Methodist church that dares iscuss the civil rights bill, and ask that it be enforced. He said he believed the meanest rascals iu the South are in tho Methodist church South. He declared himself a Radical of the strongest kind. And he said he believed tb*e more he hated the rebels of the South the m6ro he loved God. He declared he believed that the spirit now rampant iu the South has got to be crushed out by another war, and he longed for the appearance of some colored man able to become a leader among his people, wielding the sword and torch. He said the bishops ought to come out publicly and declare the whole truth about the treatment of the colored people in the South, but he didn't believe they would. If they did, he kuew they oouldn't return to the South, for if tfley did, they would be hung; but he intimated that it waa no worse to hang a bishop than a minister, but he suggested if it waa done it might wake up the people quicker than any thing else. He thought the bishops were too ten der hearted and they reminded him of the man who wanted to cut off his dog's tail but he was too tender hearted to cut it off where it ought to be, so he cut off an iooh at the time. The speech of Mr. Ives was received with frequent demonstrations of approval; some ot his mott radical utterances exciting con siderable applause, mingled with laugh ter. How they love us! and how tkjey try, by gentle words, to win us! All the bitterness and bad leeling is with the south I All the forgiveness and gentleness is with our northern breth ren ! None but those of the south, are violent in word or deed, and they per sist in so being against the mild and pursuasive efforts of those of the north who so love them. What savages they must be | not to appreciate, and be influ enced by, the affection lavished upon them. Can any one of the south., tee! otherwise than grieved at having pro-' ▼oked the brother to the use of such in temperate language?—[ED.] Brown of [Kentucky, and McLean of Texas, have been telling Butler of his meanness to his-jace.—JXo information to Butler or the country.