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H ( ' I r I i i . . - ' .1 VOL XIL THIRD SERIES SALISBTJEY. 17. C.; JANUARY 20, 1881. HO 14 .-"!J!.1t ' L ' ; " - - - '- - - N I - -. i ... H L a : : M ' '" . ' J- lie Carolina Watchman felTABLISIIED IN TIIE YEAR 1832. i PRICE, $10 IN ADVAACJfi. cbSTBACT ADVERTISING RATES. VI S! FEBRUARY SO, 1SS0. - v1 1 monlb el's Icq's CmVlSm's tror Tlnse for run for $1.50 $2.50 $3.50 $H.fc 3.00. 4.50 6.S5 79 . Ii.fc9 4.50 .00 T.60 11.99 .15.99 COO 7.50 9.99 13L&9 18.99 70 9.75 11.85 14.59 25.99 11.25 15.75 800 S5.59 40.99 13.75 86.25 33.75 48.75 75.99 759 j mmmm I iiido. do, Ill "ZD Ceres j ill Uoascs socliios ana i:ois-iJu jiimiu-oM 4kA iiist'.ist. ana nrcTcnba iiits iireaii sud tightsess -.rruss the ctiest V3uc!i!act3piiy.lt. COXSUKFTitS iMpotan Lneuralilo lr.iiiudr. It is e!y sua tJji Jjemirn tiwiss tji care you, trews mum i JIIo.i Potccrfitl Healing Agent ever Uiscorcrgii, ttnry's Cnrbaflo IktZve lictlJ hitrttx. i&itrf I'nrbolla ('.aim c-irns tores. CarUuiUi Sitln) c:r. erit-.tlrms. 'Mtrnru' C'trlivlio t.nlns hculA ti:iplrs li&c fdr Henry's, a nil Tlio Ko CCIjc?. irn SOWNSLEY'S CC2ES lit OSS niNDIT, i; ti ! ; Idey's Carboli .1 n 1 1 A SCrvU rKE"X!TI YU C7- D-iiitheria, fend V7iiovpi.ig- tou'ji. j j j J'ieatant to the Tnstj. - plcleva Dyspepsia eratl HIIiouriicEa. C3 FOI? SALE BY ALL DHUGGISTS. ' 1 mm tmX F. HENRY. CO.. ?.CoUor Place, ! Tr-wTot pr Sale by T. F. KLUTTZ, Driip-gist, f4r- MES M. GRAY, A- 1 ttorney and Counsellor at Lav, -i SALISBURY, X. G.t 0llC in tlm Hnurt: TTnnso Inf. nrxt i1ir teSquft-e Huughton. Will practice in all thi Courts of the State. UTTORXEY AT LAlVf practices in the State and Federal 'Ji ! 6 Spurts, i . - - . 12:6m -i . -:525 I .4 KERR CRAIQE, gttomen at- Bla r :aii Hentoson. Attornoys, Counselors and Solicitors. SALISBURY, N. C aay22 t870 tt. Brown, SALISBURY, -IT. C. , ; in . . ... . , 1V K ' kkk All low down tester SmS-in fact I will cnuia, 3 grcll STOVES nfull - tT'i-UoiiTwr tlin 1ar," 18S0. Hryou cm buy "'Vw and pr-o .i Mr'BRfSar-Will repai Mbp best. old stills oi r on L Short Notice. tf IF YOU WISH I Y0Ur Watches and .. Please ltari tlir win. t twenuieinan, Salisburr, N. C. Ti R. L. BROWN. BMifs THPTIME T0 SDDSCB13 f PR THE WATCHMAN r IiBl.::Blfia.! Co. Is P:;cnmonLi) BrcrtctitLs Croop, mocpa: ucasn ana ; of lire iircaimcir vrzzzz r to nave liio n-as reineuy. a t - a .T a kT I. a I X. i ' ' j Pi i mm Hms. liUJ I POBTBY. Angrel Messeugrers. The loved and bltat, whoVo crossed , ' i '". the ucv wua iiare cons ifnri Come they not still ns mfM.ir, From the celestial shore. :e Oh it is not saperstitioas faith, 1 Though scoffers s deride. And doablj blessed are' we who feel We have an angel guide. j , The mystic ladder still, is flnng l?rom heaven's embattled height, Crowded with messengers, as when . xi cueerea the Hebrew's sight, i With tread too light to bend to earth The fairest frailest flowers, ! j Or brusliaway the beaded dew, I That rosy morning showers j They wall ile eartlittliese spirits pure, : Heirs of a heavenly land,- . - -I They come, they go, but leave behind Jso foot-print in; the sand. Bathed in a stream that ever flows Hard by the throne of love, Spirits arrayed in heavenly light, Invisibly they move. And bearing censers which exhale A soft, a rich perfume, Tluy whLsjer to the dying ear, Of life beyond tho tomb. Pure messengers they come to win, ' To warn, to comfort, chide, Ana blest we are wjib ever walk An augel at our sid. . ; WeeUy Independent. J All at Work. Xo mansion or manor have I on the land And fortunes and favors I caunot eoiti- mand ; it No title, no triumph on.laiul or on sea. Yet thousands on thousands aire' working for me. j , i The miuer down deep in the dark,di-eary '. gronud, j The soldier, bold battling where dangers , ; abound, ' i The brave jolly tar, on the wide, winding sea, j Are toiling and toiling for you and for me. The watchman pacing the cold cheerless iniht, . And "watching to welcome tho glimmcrins: ni,t, te ! 1 fie spinner and weaver are bound to tfgree To spin aud to weave for vou and for mc. Tiie printer, plying his art at the case, The -huntt r, vily following the eltase, The smithy, so swarthy, aceept4 the de- cree " - ' ? . " And ponnds the laight anvil for. you and ; for me. ; . i i The earpenter, driving thechiscl or plane, Tho reaper, reaping the ripe-bearded grain, The doctor, Riniliug on patient audi fee. Are slaves and sovereigns to you and to me. Indeed did you know that for you j and for me j The brave thousands toil on land and on sea J j There's little we eat, and there's nothing we wear, ' j But what's been a burden for some one to : bear. j L. B. JJoman. POIilTICAIi. How a Hisrh Tariff Protects. The argument that the higher we build the Chinese wall of protection, the better it is or the laboring class- es. is a delusion, as can readi y be this proven by facts. But false as is theory, U is honestly believed in by hundreds of thousands. And most of those who hold to the heresy are com pelled, unconsciously, to suffer for their faith. They are made to believe thaj; their labor is being protected, while it is being actually robbed by an uneaual adjustment of the duties 6u imports. They are compelled to pay twro prices for much of the goods that they consume, while there jis no corresponding increase in their learn ings. As our tariff is now arranged there is not one in twenty of the work ing people who is not the poorer, at the end of each year, for having been so carefully "protected.,, If a prohibitory tariff on articles f general consumption be such a pana cea for human afflictions as its advo cates claim, why has it failed so con spicuously in this country ? If it be such a guarantee of good wages for workingnien, why was our whole industrial system blasted in ia?3, when this great blessing was in full operation ? Why with such a to make work abundant and tariff wages high, did all our industries languish for five terrible years? Why did millions of worklngmen and j their families suffer for food ? Why did thousands of skilled laborer, take to tramps ? What thU panacea uQing mrougn an itnose gloomy years? r Our Canadian neighbors concluded two' or three years ago, that they They must put up a Chinese wall. j built it high and strong. They put ft prohibitory tariff on many articles of general use. Has it been a bless ing to labor in the Dominion ? Are the 'wheels of industry humming over there? Do any of. oar idle men go to Canada for tork? Nothing of the kind has happened, but something else has come. :The laboring popt la t ion of Canada are emigrating by thousands. ; Let us adjust our tasiff in ithe interest of labor and vo vrillj be coneent. It is because the present adjustment plunders labor that j we denounce it and demand reform. Washington PosL ..' ;f Good Advice by Gen'. Garfield. Cleaveland, Ohio.. Jan. 12. delegation from the colored men of Alabama called upon Gen. Garfield last evening at the residence of Wml Edwards. Their chairman addressed the General, setting forth the condi tion of the colored people in the South, their lack of education, &c, and hoped that the coming adminis tration would do what it can towards the education of the blacks. Garfield repjied that the education of their children was the foremost duty of all American people, and assured them that w hat could be done would be. He urged them to avoid raising the color line, and not separate them selves as a class from the mass of citi zens. Garfield's Inauguration. It is Expected to he the Biggest Ecee Held --A General I iiritatioH. j Wasiiixctox, Jan. 12. Tho following notice was issued by the inauguration committee to-day : i The executive committee in charge of the unofficial ceremonies aud parade in cident to the inauguration of Gen. jjas. A. Garfield, as President of the United States ou the 4th of uextMarch, has extended an invitation to all military organizations known to tho adjutant-generals jof the several States, to which there has been a very favorable response from all parts of tho Union; The committee now," through the press, extend a coi-diifl jinvitation to all civic aud other associations thruugh out the Union to be present aud partici pate in the said parade, which we iare al ready assured will surpass anything of the kind iu the history of the country. This invitation is extended to those resi dent in all parts of the Union, regardless of political affiliations. Acceptances should be made with the ieast possible de lay, giving the numbers of those comiug, &-C, to the undersigned. II. C. Gorbiv, "Assistant Adjt.-Gen. IS j. A., Corresponding Secretary ." Although definite information can not be ascertained, documents! were j presented to the Senate, in response to resolutions of inquiry as to the cost in life and money of the Iudiau wars from 18C5 to 1879, showing that $22,680,341 have been expended in that time, and that 40 officers, 526 privates and 13 civilians (with the army) have been killed during! these wars. MISCELLANEOUS. What it Means. Christianity means to the merchant that he should be houest; to the judge it means that he should be just; to the servant that he should be faithful ; to the school boy that he should be diligent; to the street-sweeper that he should sweep clean ; to every worker that his work should be well done. Baltimore Pres byterian. ftBj all means pray for whatever you want, only pray the harder, Thy will be done. As to praying for the con version of sinners, the only limitation in the Bible is; that if one "sin a sin unto death," we need not pray for him. Until you are absolutely convinced that it is not the will oT God that the man should be saved, (and how can you know that while he lives?) you are invited to pray on. Why did Christ make special -mention of im portunity, if He did hot intend that we should pray down some Igreat blessings under great discouragements? , "you can know nothing of what is predestined by the results. It is much njore likely that you are predestined to pray your friend to Christ-ay in ten years, thair that you are predes tined to be denied your prayer; n ,v Those most ambitious of prefer ment, arc usually the least fit for it. A Vivid Descriptiout A correspondent at Cape P&lmas gives the Observer of Monrovia, the following account of the disaster to the Liberia Coaster To and the sad loss f life:' I 1:- - The steamer which air ved here from Eng land on last Saturday brought very distress ing news of an, accident, unparalleled, I think, in the history of Liberia, The steam er picked up fear persons (2 Amcrico Libe rians and'2 natives) at sea from the wreck of one of the boats owned by Messrs. JlcG ill & Bro. of this place, and jbrought themJ home. From the two Americo-Liberians (one of whom was mate f the jmfortunate boat) we gathered the following particulars of the disaster: ' j i . The boat left Monro v a on Wednesday, the 15th jnst. 5 o'clock P.; jf bound fer hopie, with a jcargo of provifukerosene, and a lot of sails, &c jTroof the wrecked Schooner "Lincoln ;r and about 39 passen gers, more, than two-thirds of whom were natives. Ilou. J. B. McljiU, part owner and manager of the business, was himself on board. At 4 p. m. on Thursday they anchored at Bassa Mr. McGill went ashore in the canoe which the boat carried. ; He soon returned, asd they were off again at 6 p. m. , The wind being ahead, they stood out to sea. At 10 o'clock there was a squall. The mate sug gested to the Captain (the latter had never sailed that boat before) that they "shorten sails." He looked around composedly, not seeming to apprehend any danger. , After a little while the mate returned to the captain, but he scarcely repeated the suggestion be fore a gust of wind struck the boat, aud she was capsized. Mr. McG ill, 1J. Wood, and others, who were below, immediately sprang out, the water filled in. The consternation was great. All attention was turned to the cauoc which was adrift. Those who could swim, having hastily to n off their clothes, swam to it but in their efforts to get in swamped it The capttin and most of the crew held to the boat, the canoe . havins drifted from them beforu they could get to it. Several of the bushu en wlio knew noth ing about swimming,and two native women who did net get out of Ihe cabin, drowned at once. Of those who' were with tbc canoe a few were expert swimmers, of whom Mr. MeGill was one. They made an effort to get the canoe above the watjer, but others hung on it in such a way tha; the attempt was fruitless. It being very rough, and the ca noe altogether at the merry. of the waves, sometimes turning quite difficult even to hold on over, it was very One after another ceased the struggle for life and yielded to their bad fate. Mr. Wood was the first to give upj I have done all that I could," he said, and was covered by the waves. Messrs. Hunt, Hoady, Turner and some of the natives followed one after another. Paylight brake upon eight of the number Ktill struggling tio keep their head? above the water. No boat, no laud, no heln. out, and received all the assistance that Could be rendered him by his companions in misery; but it Mas no use, there vs x foot-Lohl. .He, too, departed. A krooman followed. Six were now left. An equal number of Americo-Liberians and natives. They encouraged each other, and seemed determined to hold o it. Land was now visiblrlie current drift ing them rapidly up the coast. Mr. McGill remarked that the steamer was expected, and if they held on she might pick them up. It was observed some time after this, that beseemed to be gettiug weak; when one of them asked him if lie wa s giving out. ne replied, "No, I feel huiigry, that's all." About 4 p. m'., the canoe jave a sudden turn and struck him on the head. He sank, but rose again. His exertions now, however, ceased. Yancy (the ma :e) and Gibsen (a passenger) held him, one on each side. His head dropped. They sa ,v n signs ot life. They could do no more. Hesank and join ed the company of the departed. The greedy sea yet claimed another victim. The head k room an reached the utmost limits of his endurance and followed his employer. Shortly afterwards, th: steamer was seen coming, heading right to them, though they were not seen, and wouh likely have been left un noticed for thqir calls were not heard were it not that a passenger, sitting on the rails, saw one as t lie steamer glided swiftly pass, and cried lout: "Man over board!" As soon as possible the ship stop ped and a boat was sent to them. At 5 p. m., they were on lioard tile steamer, having every attention given to relieve their suffer ing condition. On Saturday afternoon they reached home. Nothing has been heard of those who were left with the boat. tThere is no doubt that they were all drowucd during the night of the accident. If so, and the number that left Monrovia has been correctly reported, there were 35 lives lost 3 viz., Hon. J. B. McGill, owner, Capt. Armstrong, James Yancy and B. Henderson, sailors, M. Barnes, cook, Dweh, (native boy); steward, Hon. G. S. Wood, Collector of customs for this port, Hunt, Charles noadly (?) David Turner, Horace; 19 buthmcn just discharged from work on McG ill's farm, 3 Grebo women, and 3 Kroomen. The survivors are, Murdock Yancy, mate, Jacob R. Gibson, passcpgler, one k'rooman, one bushman. TS Samuel H. Irwin, of Uto Creek, Colfax county, Now Mexico, says: If my wife would quit work as she should at her age (61) she would live years a monument to the magic influence ol le "Only Lung Pad." See udvcjtjaenjcut Liberia. i i - - lhe pioneer visit to the West coast of Af rica was made in 1818, by the missionary, Samuel J. Mills. Frem this first effort for thjej evangelization and civilization of this part of tKe globe, the republic of Liberia has grown. It was at first a colony formed by Americans for the reception of emanci pated slaves, and te be an asylum for ne groes recaptured by American cruisers nn der the law of 1819 for theauppression of thp slave trade. In 1848 the! colony was ele vated inteja distinct republic. From the first it has sustained peculiar and intimate relation with the United States. Her political organization, origiual ly modelled after oun, the United States has' alio, furnished Liberia with systems of mon ey weights, measures, and with variovs so cial and civil institutions, and, like a lAs cloer brother, hai from thn flm t...;..j protectorate powers over this sister republic! The, treaty with Liberia of 1820, stipulates thkt the United States shall not interfere between the aboriginal inhabitant and Li beria, unless solicited by the republic. Four years ago, our government, "solicited by the government of Liberia," did send a ship of war to assist ia suppressing a native revolt Liberia preper has an area of about 10, 000 sq. miles, and a population which, with that of the Kingdom of Medina, amounts to 1,500,000. The chief commercial products of the country are palm-oil, rice, gum, coffee, dye woods, sugar and ginger. The Senegal and the Niger are the great water-ways that lead into the interior, and attract trade to that partf the west coast, of which Monrovia is the chief eeaport With a railroad to tke Niger valley, Liberia would command a large share of tke com merce that approaches Africa frasn tike west An English company have such a road in contemplation. The French have establish ed commercial communication with the in terior by way of the Senegal aad Niger. Both these powers England And France look with wishful eyes on titis little re public, and would gladly assume its jar-otee-tion. Liberia, doubtless feels sufficiently protected already, and, at aay rate, the United States, mest likely, wwild not look on quietly and sec Liberia annexed to eith er of these forcigu overs. African IZtpoti tory. The End of the World- Mother Sluton's Prophecy o he FdfilUd this Year. New York Sun. The world to an end shall come In eighixn hundred and eigty-ene. Mother Shij) ton's Prophecy. It would he difficult to describe all the sinister jircdictions that have, as by com mon coiweut, been concentrated upou the year. The sooth -say ers, diviners, onveie makers, astrologers and wizards seemed to have combiued to cast heir spell upon it.! 4 Superstitious people of every sort, and some who are not williug to admit that i hey are superstitious, regard tlie year 1681 with more or less auxious m pectation and dread. As the earth, ou New Year's day, swings out into auother round about the sun, it will go to meet a host of evil omens. It will go cursed by theomancy aud bibliomaucy. Aeroiuancy and, meteromancy will glare at it from comets aud shooting stars. Oueiromancy wil intercept its path with visions of evil, and noma n ey will shake the ominous, baek ward-reading numerals "18(31" be fore iL It will be beset with scarecrow ligitrcs oy aritnmaucy, with menacing phrases by stichomancy. Yet there is no reason why persons of good digestion iouUI not go to sleep on New YearV n'gl t eontidcjit that after having encountered the average quantity of storm and sun shine, tho one-horse ball that we call the world will briug them safe through the perils of its five hundrcd-tnillion-niile flight round to the starting point again. Timid persons first began to look for ward with some alarm to the year that is about to opeu, when, several years ago, the key to the so-called prophetic sym bolism of the great pyramid of Egypt was made public, backed by tho name and reputation of the British astronomer, Pi axzi Suiytli. Others, using Mr. Smyth's observations and measurements, have gone much farther than lie did in drawing startling Inferences; but no one can read this book without perceiving how power fully it must nffeet those who have the slightest leaning toward superstition or credulity. Besides, this record of explo rations and experiences in tho heart of Egypt's greatest marvel has all the charm aad interest of Dr. Schlieman's descrip tions of his discoveries iu Homer's Troy. Such a book could not well be neglected by the world of readers ; and by the na ture of the humau mind many of its read era; were sure to be imbued with its omi nous dtgmas. So the belief, or at least the suspicion, spread that tho secret cham bers of the great pyramid, under divine guidance by the most mystical character in all history, Mclchisedek, King of Salem, foretell, among other thiugs, that the Christian era will end in 1881. ; Mother Shipton'8 so-called prophecy fixes upon the same date for the end of the world. The ominous jitijdo of her rhymes has probably done at least much to disturb tho equanimity of credulous '"persons as the more elaborate vaticiua- tious of the pyramid interpreters. Mora over Mother Shipton is represented as foretelling that iu the latter days England accept a jew." , As England has, considerable emphasis, and more than one accepted the remarkable son of old Isaac Disraeli for her Prime Minister, tnis &as been taken as a fulfillment of her prophecy. So Lord Bcaconafield'a dm- math; personality is made a principal fig ure in the innrkv cloud of vil that hangs over 1831. Aa if.tho evil er of Mother Shiptoa and tho mystical menace of the Great Pyramid were not enoogh for one poor twelvemonth to bear, the "horrors of the lHiribelia" have been denounced upon the coming year. About two years age. certain pamphlets were circulated abut .tho .country pur porting to be writt en by men of science and predicting that awful consequences to mankind would, result from all the great pLauets reaching their perihelia, or nearest potato to t he euu together. Ae- cordjiigto these prophets the .sinister ef fects of the periht di were to begin mak ing their appearai ice this fall, when Jupi ter passed his peinhelioa, and next the scythe of death w as to be put to the" har vest in the far ca st, aud to sweep west ward, with a 8wr itbe as broad as the con tinents, until it i -eached the Pacific Ocean. The narrow Atb tn tic was to be no more than a brooklet jn the path of this terri ble harvester. Plagues, famines, pesti lence,' fire, earth j quakes, floods and terna does were to sc Urge the human race un til only a few r emained, like Noah and Lis family, to r. ipeople the earth with sturdier and nit tare Godfearing race. So much al hoeaspoens of prhesy that irm was caused by this pretended science .pud some jeal men of science Air. I'roetor ai ,5ong others were at the pains to show , that bo far as these predic tion profe&se d to aest upon scientific facts they wei je baseless. The great plan ets will sot be in perihelion iu J881, and they will not : di beau perihelion together at ajir time, the chief plan ltlut a few , jtueia to begr they will be ; It is alee true It is true that several of ets will reach their perihelia fears, aud that it is rare for ouped so close together as it any one time next year that o-e mark able instances Lave been ol served between tho exist enee ef sreat storms on the sun, that pro ddee; electric; d disturbances and. possibly meteorologic. il changes upon the earth and pie prese nee of Jupiter near his peri- euju jMtr Dimmers nave also suspect ed tkattie m jfluence.qf some-of the other gTeaj; planets inpoe Ihe earth can be per ceived, bat th ey htuve never discoved any reasoa to belh vre that the combined ferees of aJl the pla nets could, under any cir cumfcancea, irodajee jipon the earth a thousandth pa jrt of the evil effect ascrib ed to them by l the astrologers, if indeed theyprodaeed ' auy evil effect wliatever. Still tie asti '.,ologiel almanacs for next yearjare repeat ng substantially the same predictions of e vil tilings to begin, if not to eutaiaate, in J831. Because, they say, the lavage of the biack death in the midt Je ages folio !wed the nearly coinci dent perihelia of , four great planets, they pred iet similar ( eonsequences from the configuration of tlie pJaaets now. But neiUier ia their p. reraises nor their infer ences does science recegeue any validity. FdaiGATE the Vkkjmv. How I got rid ot red mites in : piy poultry-house:: I obtained a little fur nace that is used in summer on a cook stove tm ave fuel, built! a coal fire in th e furnace, then car ried t to my fowl-hc ;iie, put seaie bricks on tlie floor and close xl the bunas tightly and ptoced two pouu la of .brjiustone in the fliruace and left in ifcbort order, clos ing the door after mo. Soon tke uioke came, from every crack" ia the house, and in one hour I had no i od chicken mites, but a good clean house jh which to keep my fowls. Poultry Ya rd. Time does not wear ont thegoiltof sin, and, though long; reprieved, tlie guilt will be reckoned with at last. PliOlIIBZilOX, MEEtlN'O OF THE STATE PlSTinsmOX CO! VENTIOX YESTEK1 A V A UL.UGE ATTENDANCE INTEJitSTlNCJ- PliO CEEDINGS. From the Kaleigh Observer. A t 2:30 o'clock Wc-lnesday after- noon the State nrolubition conven tion assembled in Tucker HaJL . The attendance was very iarsre. n fess than 200 accredited delegates from, all parts of the State, being; among those present and presenting: eredeu tialF.j Tiie convention was called to order by Hon. Ed wia G. Reade, of this city, jand was led in prayer by Bishop Theodore B. Lyman, I). D., 4" the Diocese of North Carolina. Petitions without number were presented from every section of the State ! The reporters of the News and (J)bberyer, Star and Visitor, of this city, and of the Southern Home and Friend and Templar were made temporary secretaries. A committee was appointed to nominate permanent officers of the convention. During their absence interesting speeches were made by Bishop Lyman, E R. Stamps, Rev. Ishani Cox and other. The committee reorted the follow- Inj fof peraiuoeat officers : President, will with IT. A. Oi.rlr ,.f T?n1;K . presidents, -tlshop T. B. Lyman, Wake; J. li. Manning, Tvew Hano ver ; Kcv. JVB. BooueIredell.; Kv. Roger Martin, Robeson ; Rev.;L. C. Vass, Craven; Re R. J. Waldenr Northampton ; E. R..Stamps, Wake ; Rev. Caisar Johnson, Wake; ETC. Graham, Buncombe; Rev.S. D. Ad. ams, Moore; J. S. Abbott, Crayeji ; ibr secretaries, Rev. R. II. Whitaker, J. S. Hampton, Raleigh.; T. B. El ridge, Graham; E. L. Pell, Char lotte ; Charjes N. Hunter, Raleigh ; for treasurer, John E. Raj-, Raleigh. Tl. - j. 1 . 1 xvc reiwrt was aaontea unani mously, and the president elect was conducted to the chair and accepted U 1 1 .!.. . ne nouor ina neat iitue speecn. . A committee of thirteen was ap pointed to arrange business;" for the meeting. , . . ...v. . , During the absenee of the commit- s ee a numberof gentlemen wre call- J ed upon, who entertained the conven tion with interesting speeches. 1 ho committee on business, through its chairman, E. R. .Stamps, reported an address to be submitted to the General Assembly. The report was received with demonstrations of ereat satisfaction. A resolution rcquestincr Hon. A.Sr Merrimon and Rev. N. H. D. Wil son to addsess,!! convention at 7:30 was adopted; EVENING SESSION. The convention met pnrsuant to ad journment, and was called to Order'by the president, who introduced the Hon. A. S. Merrimon, who would ad- dress the convention. He bejran by pleasantly alluding to the task laid upon him by the kindness of tlie con vention. The question before the con- vention was one of momentous mag nitude. We aie brought face to face with a great evil, but his waut of pre paration would necessarily make his speech somewhat disconnected, but in what he should say he would certain ly endeavor to be frank and truthful Man in his ltural condition is neces sarily miserable. He is a social beiBgi aud must be subject to law in all h functions he must be subject to pros per restrraints. Government is aes- scntial to the well-being of society as breath is to -the body. Every mart must sui render some of bis rights for' the conx mon good, but the govern- ment t hen prowrly constituiea is limited in its appropriatiou of the rights of man. He discussed the re lations oi ' the citizen and the govern-j ment reci procally, showing that the? happines. i and best interests of the citizens a; id of the body politic was when mat i should be restrained iu his natural pr .oclivities and inclinations to do wrong. Society claim prQlectiojo against w rongs which grew etri of certain rigV 'its which under the laws of nature belo. ig to the citizen. It Iws-the unue3tioue d right to suppress or abridge a wi ong or a public nuisaner These positl ns were well supported by numerous and strong illustration Now as to tli, l intemperate or immod erate use of intoxicating drink, if it" iuflicts ntold . evil on society, society has the right as a matter of law to -abolish that evil. Society and its well being under God is omnipotent, and! it has the great right to protect itselfU If spirituous liquors derange society" and damage every tiling affected by it, government has not only. the right but it is its highest duty to suppress it, and, said he, "the government is false to ma and my neighbor and my children if at does not suppress it."" If - I murder a man under the influence of drink I am under the. the Jaw hung, and yet that law not on ly tolerates but sanctions the cus that brought on the murder. Go into the court house in this city to-morrowj-and four-fifths of the case are ini;galed by, liquor. The man ia tried and sent to jail, aud yet the cause voir sanction by your laws. He had been practicing law for twenty eight years, jukI nine-tenths of the cases in his practice ha ve been brought on by liquor. Some qtiestiou wheth er society has the power to suppress the manufacture and sale of spirits, but it has decided over and over again that the government, that North Carolina, that our Legislature now in session, have the riirht to legislate it out of the Slate, and as to whether it should exerci.se thu power it is purely a question of expediency. He should not tell the legislature what it should do, but he was free It) say that had he the power he would abolish it forever, and in five years one aud a quarter millidn of people would ribe up and called him bhsscd. Nortl a.np toa c unly had alolihed it, ai.i) nw tUoati people are all for it, and the State docket, he was -told, is almost blank. Has the iiiaguiltide of thia evil been exugeraled ? He had felt the heavy hand of this blightiug curse, although he did not ue it him keif, aud his experieuoe ami observa- ' tion taught him that it was the su preme tetujxjral curse of humanity. He 'pictured the evil in powerfully strong colors. This was the social view; but look at it from an economical point. (Com tinned ok 2il pa,.) ;1 11 r I r I"
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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Jan. 20, 1881, edition 1
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