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'f r - 1 ' - . K It . 3- r - - 5c i ::-v: hWMBERNARD, Editor ahiT Proprietor. T! WILMINGTON; ri. erf Friday Ju ' Remittances mast be made by Check, Draft,. s5 Postal Money rder, .or Registered Xetter. X$&i HulM ,rfl iWrifltM- letter eh'en 5llMk.-if'i. - ;tS!Qnli ftch rmlttancea wlll te ;t the risk tof ,tv T the publisher., ; rfxWto-w?) r I '" Sjdauneoptol forwarded whedaa!wd. V iiioiitbbr h tw dbed in a ibt- ; : .;;!. u,The pd year gone, brought v iui many trials and sorrows and fears, 'U It; was hailed is thevreat Centenmil year of American Independence. The' ?i nations of thaearth 'were invited, to 1oin-the United States in celebrating v?i its, hundredth;; Anniversary, and to send to our shores their seleotest speci- mens of art,their contributions of loom 'm and workshiD.tbeir teemide products- of the, . fields -ani. mines-rail 4 that would fittingly' represent their na : : tion'ality asd their progress. Before thel year ba 'ended a' storm ', cloud 7 Desan 10 gainer in our bsuuuu u jeus It sajBj jortentous h - eyiUtp ; oat peopl v and i has grown . so great Ifand loweridg that the hearts of men f " f i i ha o rrt h n riot c ---a.ni-1 ; nniiniinnn srii now. nt l oowingwhat a day iwill 'people, and ... whether-tbe - e w ' x ear Vwin be sig&alteed by this triumph of ?onstitritfohaf HbeHy ihd : lawor f- whether iti months will not be. mark- ?aie?y?ft1f jWarswuSi) nufmreaspi ' " thousanda ,meri bent on the swofk Sof: deiih. Majr f God graiiaf happy 'andtieaeeful ' issue 'oat ;,of alF bur -troable! Trt - WeT-Meot witbout hope atp the : future: of jipiir country. ?W jbelievP there ; arecfligns i of. letorning reason. v;;wV think e thfrteflecting, business v clyfl insUtutions, ind the certainty of finjBJDcial ispnvujsion andv commercial u nrostrationcrf : ibro e !and: fraud'1 tri umph over right and' justice. - The consequence, as we, hope, pf . such : ;oojYactioq;Will be. a , calm . cpnsidera i tron ot the political situation and an ; .eiitiiest',- determined: appeal to- the i : owerWthat be" to cease their vio :f latibnsof the Cbhstitutioh H and tp :;eteodrthe broad sgisrof law aBd lir . bertysand justice over the whole peo ::- In this beliefffeeling assured -that ! rotjrfwhf the vfrMii- cation of law and rigiit and the alstr ranee of public- peace,-we wish every reader, ioii4he. Stab :a Happy &Kew -THB III AVGUk ATlOIf OF COVJBBW vit' OB ViRCE. - . -This 'Oimortant event for? North ; Carolina 'passed off quietly, ; Owing tP' th'e very seVere sndw storm" the cereon les ,took2T placeX at Tucker HalL Wepposexmly smail part' of the ' crowd could be accdmmoJ a'tep.'At.lie b'clpcjk'a. .m.,y:Tue3day), we have but . lew particulars, but: peiore we go to. vbresr !toniehtwej mav be able ;toi - gif ef a f alf aceount rof the ; proceed-; lugs, iium uur uwu reuurter or irom merrfef the'SOTth' 1 arr begmnngto 1 jeiliz The address was received amid ' gratedonstratibns of - joy, ' and' .Va's applauded to the echo,'' accord! " ing to a dispatch received. The sen-? timents expressed by Gov. Vance on ; national: affairs are eminently; calm,r Yy resolute, patriotic and full of genu v lneorthr Carolina' spirit. ; He'tbinks ) the cbndition of : ihe country : 'ex-: . tremelt critical, and ' that our bnlv . ' reliance; is in Lhe moderation and pa triotism of j; Congress.;;? He- says": if there should be an-attempt made to inaugurate the candidate " not fairly i elected, that it will devolve upon the . ; Constitutional party in the North to ' take s the v. needed i steps in ' assert ing Ah Tightof theajorityl ; HeY' says 'North' Carolina rnay be - conMnWyj; reduponp sustain ; that portion of; the people -of the tJdited' Stater, which :shall: convince ,ni that it , is .strnggling jt f or ihe Con stitution, the Ia ws, : the Pubiio' Jns- . tipe,- .which are ,the ilife and soar of tbe 4nwrcpn f it'shbbld beewlop - ; . Carolina is nb wHling'tb: embark in revolution: nbr is'sh'e willinff toquiet ly submit to any outrage ahat phy-; x sicat' force - directed 5 by party zeal 0Mn fit"; tb iniseB lNbrtb '; Catt ;; Una winJtbllpf Ihe lead of the Cok- ; us" the lavr jsays pur.eloquent an4pa ; , . triotib' Gov ernorshW na the' law,' tbat sttf3ceh"1ls., i". We believ&-thesecEentiments will - receive the .hearty concurrence of. the V ;; law-abiding, liberty 'Joving, consery .'v tife,' patriptie peopleof Nprtb Caro ;?Jqa; ' pejafie; .They i.d.eprecate violence;. tbeyf arpestly hppe jpr;an: amicable : 1 and equitablpsvettlemen pf 'all di5- culties, and . they will do all that freemen , can to- secure it. : But if violence .attemptsTtO ; OYerthrow the; government, and ; the" ;men "of r the North shall:risepih prevent,.: such a - terrible, beinous wrongthen tbejble Carolina will be true to theirGbdiitp r. country, and to themselves.. : . ,: WithaVeynbt tseeti ai ye thnaul gural address of (Goy; Robfo8bn. ':Ve,t Jtbereprev igxo Itheliollb win inief- ft sting" extract : fro rdaiNe wTork let ter.writtpn. before the inauguration. It .foreshadows the position .v he. will take - on . the iFresidental compltca-t tipns W'WW .."Though tbe Governor eidct, Mr.'RQbiq- boo, is Koowo io oe i man or y.ery yon-. servative instincts, it ia. given put - by his most intimate personal and political friends that t his forthcoming message will taWe '.'high grpund" on the disputed Plesided tial vote. . By "high gronnd" it is,, meant, that he will assume that 'Governor Tilden has been lairly; elected, and. must,' there fore, he','inaugarated on the 4th of Iarch. Large space will be devoted tb the state of' affairs in South. Carolina and: Louisiana,' with, a view -of enabling the-. Governor to formally recognize : by -namei. as -the real Govtrnors of these States, the,two geplle ( men whom the Democrats claim to have, elected. It is , further - intimated that this portion of the message has not been.wjii-j ten without ' f requent? cbasultaUoi , :wiUi' Governor Tilden, and that it has fecerveii' the . approval of " not a few 'members qt . Congress, who" expect to use it to strengtl en their own pbsitiomwhen 1 the time cdines for them to act. It has even been intima ted that it was to hear this ' document read ' that ; so , many Democratic.enatots and Representatives came on- fronx Washington J at unnstmas. mat asu may.avihiSjbe a correct foreshadowing of 'the-message of the new Governor , as I am. persuaded, n'4C it is destined to excite a far wider atten- tion than Governors mesaagea' nsnally' i-' a keynote for Democratic future action ncjt only in xew;york.but everywhere.;,,; It is npwurirentlys reportedtttha; the -adtninistratibtf attWishnM)n nas esiapusnea a cen.sorsnip .oyer tn any thing concerning and the other conspirators. Tyrant auod 'usurpers have always de"qwa upon the liberty of the press, f 'It nll be entirely in keebinff: famous plans to throttle thb: freedbnl oi press qispatcnes. ;. ui every ane effort to forcb HayWVilieonfr try wiu only make - the i conspirator! the more detestable,' a5id?jarpn8eTtn greater both the fears and patriotism of the people. A fr tutional Jtberty aid eternal vtgilanc these three go' iogether. ' Lei -th4 North pnt on -her strength and del dare to the Washington -Aministrai tion n a voice-of thuttderi-'iCivil3 lij berty must and sbalt rbe j preserYedj Down with tyrants, conspiratbrs and nsurpers.'if iSM Jl;;dyxtt ari It is now kno wn that the frauds in! Louisiana . . have been ; so uneartbea that no .fait minded r Republican, :carj any longer pretenidi; tP Mstain; tbp; Jte turning BWin jts jtii Democrats throughput the .country! have said to the-Congressipnal com-j mittee at Columbia, vTtfU hive 4onel well; yx)a have "got thbttPni factij y obi have - made - anVhbnelst-'and fair! count, and; we. are satisfied.- -We North will put their feet upon f tbej attempted frauds 's the Louisiana Board.v ThbSavinnab iW kjP r?engressional coimmftfee ilKml-l siana nave cenclOsively proved .that- there is absolutely no case for the Jieiipblicansas to East Baton -Rouge. Webster: Bossier. Tangipahoa, Lafayette aiid' tsV 'omlltedl wards of Orleans; ' This diBftoses"f6fJ Veryi nearly three thousand five hundreds of the! neiurmng iioara's majority for the Haves electors. . J r. The NcUional Itepttblieon,' fGrahtrs ? Washington organ, prbbabl v. speaks aeinvPnlcialty ( issue oi ' Saturday; that i it thi, .pujie j aisagrees witn tneiBenate vini.ootintJ ing the electoral vote and .then ;nn dertakes to elect Gbvefhof Tll'derl President, that Grant .wiir'arrestfihe members of the House. Such is "thp ispatefcof IQ. tW. . tPi the iRich-r mond. JFAir, dated. Washington,"Det 1 cember 30.; -We predicted B'-' mbntfi ago that inch - wbtf Id bb; thb 'linVof, action oh the part , of ecspira '5 "t i or ' 2 ci rj thT? 1 1 6 jpotj The couptry will wake np when tuey fint: theiriNationalReprentativei prisoners and. Grant the Jailor. I -Thai is a first x tate:uggestibiri:brf the Richmond (Va.) Enquinr 'xh&i Congress should'appoidt a cbminitie intbthe intimjdatibnvrna certain manufactories. ;X A'letter frbra Rhode Island to the ; jfe irt ily indorses the. idea and gives a" dbr scriptipnj of iM4 RdioaLbttlldozin well tP pay some attention too to the Gpyernment navy yards. ,an.d ishpps, and see j if some'buildbzinwas' not resorted ;to .ampng : Government emplbyeB''-Fft -.:gcb V . A negro ;bloped ;wlth ff ant in ixr? ried. a white girl Id CampDeH ..dtmiyKy andibfiicers w.erp sent to af fesl.him.;.; ..TK negro shot two or. three of his paj8uers,anaT tried to shoot hU wifers father and brother. That, night: he was .found dead- wiffi' sii bulletwounda in his body.- .x-eWPf.. ecinfesionT'atii not half so long as jiW l&bnifehovv 'I!hicevttsbet 4 . DUOGDE EXIT. " Tet interesting 1 indiyidual - known asl Cnrtis n. Brogdenat.the bidding of theT peopfe of North- Carblin a, has 1'stepped down and out." He was wandenng on thjel'ra political despair when the darkies, bf the ecbridIJif trict ipitM tb; orV their 1 sooutinz for them, iai.the -Na tiodal CapitoL ' ; We sqpposeCurtis will take up;hisabbde'bucem 'Wayne oodntyi that ; was firsX tore--cognise hii' gopeflative'gifts'.&nd the placesTin cKaxelgTHhat h him-willthen know4 him no more foN eVer. Ye ; : w h b h a v e tears5 prepare' to shed them BpWiw;': We fear th at rheo Curtit 4hall takePpiisHittle carpet-bag and "get up and git from the "City of Oaks that there will be dry eyes bii that day, except ainPhg the disconsoiates bf the" Canitol. A .Vr .;viri ; "rii. Lj . r - : ; a i J and -when tlfe melliflnousPratbr'anld ; immense patriot" V tthereiimay.be : heard - the ; lingering echo, pf a 6ng " PP casionibyJohn Neatberyf andsung 'e tiepQMM "We never bad a gay old fell; .p? " To feed us long with bread and cheese, ." Knt wHn n rtatn VrniW iia m i mX He lbstllis' place, as did Deweese.5 The'old man -Curtis, he went a jumping I 3jJ ,rooadra bobbing around; ; ! ? i Oid maff 3urtis wtottoobbinip aroudd." t rwnterm; ine ..pf.eto: uyprm state gives- some rtsunzasififrom: Milton magnificent Hymjnon, the ativi- l;ity and.then; quotes tw'P stanzas of Mr..,Thfio.;.Hv Hill's neat; and; f elici- I1 Thb Npw1!ar is herepndts the Very time to subscribe fib tbDJtH-y or ipi:eiep: poteflieis;spyet reign5J tMvhf'-ahm iai , reigns U .. '.'ir jf Raleigh Observer's Report GQBdens(L 1 The Senate was called, to order at lavbtlbck;1:'1' President1 Robinson id tbe chair. :i j&:i:syM ' : 4-..There being no quorum present bri .Saturdaythe.;Pre8ident ordered, the yeadingXof the journal of December iSth as Vvell as the; journal of "Saturn .day,'!bbth of which were approved.1' J ;I2pDrCl30JT OF BILLS USD SSOLTJ- ",'Mr. Stanford ': JBiU tO;Veniaterte; ate Pf interest and to repeal chapter S -yofej -the v laws -of, m- Re- f erred: to. he cbmmitteebn Banks and; .Cnrreney. f -'. ,f.-. .1,.- v i f Mr.Tbrtch : Bill to extend the ju-' j isuiutiuu ui uBbiceB oi me - peace. Referred to the committee bh the'J b- ;diciaryTciyfc5 -o . . ..By' the same: Bill ,to provide fori I the government' of ebunties. Re! ierrea ioT,ne committee on uounty! flrflDOTttitqS.b'SS -5 Mt. I41es: ! Resolution,?; which ws adopted unanimously. . U T&ia&ft? Tbat for4' Kis linifbym' "Pburtesy and kindness, as well as bis discriminative and ' just discharge bf his dutiet as Presideii V .ra tempore I of the Seriate, . the thanks .of theSe- .naT,e are. puie) an are -hereby tender- ed to theHonr Jas. Ii; Robinson.: - CnmPtipn. of Mr.lCbnhingTiani the ; We's'were su8pebded4and' the bill to ) aathbme the town of Milton, to sub scribe ftl.0,000 in stock in .'the Milton '& Stttherlin Narrow. Gauge Railroad J-JtlL. j tftken up, and jassed its'third i .reading.i.Jv : r ' "?U; ; i &i! 3iV- ilCKSSAGB IFSOK-THS HOTJSB. -- ''' Trafasmitting Vill for the relief of the shp'rift of CW8refe..-.'-.t'i ' Ob motion of Mt. Short trie 1 rules were Suspended and n the bill passed its several -readings , smd; was prdered to be enrolled at pnee,.; (.f;:. -!;;;- r Tb "Senate. itetf tbbt 1 a recess ub; til 'a darter to ;12,vwhbn the 'Senate meti'jagaia : without " transacting - any &UMneSM:f:gy - On motion of Mr Scales the Senate ad j dbr ned . until 'to-morfow morning dt; ia b'clock.5 ?m si:u0 L JSenators then proceeded in a body to Tueker: Hall to participate in .th.4 inaugural jcereinoTiiesTt; o K HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ''ThHPusb'' met at id Vclock; A,: M,ithiMr,eakePHc-ra chair.ilj: The journal o5 Saturday t was read and aprbybdrV'rW iSBykMriiynghanit A.bUtMP make misdemeanoc'to carry concealed weapbiisRefeTre t tBJnd ipiary cpmniittpew, . ja-s.:;.'-',;:'.--.:.By;Mr. Henderson1: A bill to alter the r.CQhstitutiotf of North Carolina, changing tbe time bf the ePmmen'cer ment" orJ the GoverabVsNterm ;:pf; office and omitting certain obsolete sfeictibtBRVf erred to Judiciary c6m ttittee;''! $A'M'??fW&i'& isrByj Mrt Single'tary it Aibill relating toepjintyTgpyernmenta, changing the Drovisions Pf sectibns J ktiA & "nf 'Ar tide 7, Pd municipal PorpPratibns. " thfeillpfoyibjes Bibsntially'as P?PPle snail. pontique to eleo as is now, done, biennially, twpimag iitrates t itf-each' tbwnsbip ThV Le gislatttres;hall elebteyeryfbyears for the term of If o dr. years, two masr- I "trtest fpr(each JtPwnship, rani, the- as, their, ."man - .and : brother '-to',; :ao xou8 poemi entuiea, i ne o tar -a oove 'tnjSrJ Bik Snakes thisfJ daivi Legislature may, j at discretion, elect " an additional number for.towns ; and for tpwnshi ps i n wh ich ! tow n s are situated.. The wbolp number of mag-r iBbtiibCH, luciuuing j,nps9 eieciea ; py: the peplejand those elec0d byjtbe Iffislatnreihali' f: elect ibienniallv Worn j their own number five County f benate bill; to Tepeal chapter 76, awf;:i7671relat Hra'JanU ibibsbced rri iS0; i n Jcbti b ty ofecbs vf as? ,takenupxand puUnonj itSietsoiip! ;readingi;and;it-pa8seM Ths question recurrepupon:f rtbei passage of the bill on its third read:-, ing, and was passedT'y a vbte' bf 54 yeas'Hays V2H si:Mim-$;: lA On iriptibn bf. M.-eff royithe bill for the ' jelief f thpflberipfjcrK tuck cpunty was taken up passed its readings; and sent to the Senatewith-' tPjbgrossing. Tbej. Clerk ireadtb for the inauuratibn "oererabnies t as arranged by the Legislative commit tee, when 'the House itbok a -recess until J. 1:45 t WAt 15 minutes before 12 the House was ca"ed to order, and , moved in a bodyHo Tucker Hall, 4o:; participate in the inanguration' of the Statei of- flpprs. frvvxii,! ; Adjourned ..till tCKmprrow . at ,11 raissiONEas. -r ; o'clock. rAtTWrV ham m vsaaAwna r Proceedlnsk ?f the nt'ettiae:' tt , The JtJoard.met t njght at ;8 .o'clock; present, John G.'agner.airm Commissioners L B. Grainger, Bt GWOrth, DPNixoband p.6!meU-Sf?ji;!';; I' The I report of Elijah Hewlett, wCoun i .Treasurer, for December, 878,. was sub- anitted and, referred to the Auditing com- mittee . : ' . . ' '. .. it - A bill from the GaS Company was refer- i rexl tb the Auditing committee Application of Mary Davis, -: or-license retail splrimousjiquors was jntiedit yanjAmringe; apd D. O. Davi com mittee .appointed t; jp. vseltle -i' wlthj R. Black, late ax.CoUeetbf, haned in tbefir report, which was 'received; and ordered 1 ;ipread--bntnemia i Application : of Emanuel Tirisdulet have charge of the ' cou q ty . prisoners;! wak i ; The Chairman t appointed tthe rf (allowing standing committees;' y '. i'tiri I CJliairmanl! BGralnt ; gerand gJ Wprth:-y;:;H4l,; f On Fitume6plh Chairman; BWbrtn and J. Bi'jGrainger! '? - Worth andD.-N-iron ", J Jj r j V On BoaddM Bridff--7be Chairman,!), ttiXbn and D;;iblm;te-,1 On Public Butliingi The Chairman, D Niioh and D. Holnaes.. V 0 1 On Out-Door jRwrThe Chairman" arid: 1; Bj Grainger; 5 j : 'f: i;r.c '..It was ordered that the Committee onj Poor House anJ. Hospiul examine into the contract with H. E. Bcott, and r reportat next meeting whether a more advantageoua con tract tb the county can rioX be madia and thereby curtail expenses:' It.was.ordered that the Chairman appoint a committee of. two to eeLwhat arrange ments can be made regarding the prisoners lately confinedlat the Work Hbuse;i ;: The report of John Q. Wagrier -j and, $. Van Amririgel :iCommittee bii OuVDbbr Ppr,.was received and ordered on filel" It was ordered. that theuattbrney of the Board investigate the; matter ca deljnquejpi! tax-pavers, whose property was sold by A.! "R. Black for j nbn-payrneni ol injunctibnj tax for 1875, and take im'easures to collect; the same, or recover the property!! deemed; ; advisable dtf0mMui j j ; Brinwlelc co?atr MewaJ: i ! The3oaf tfpf Oobriry Commjjnuneri cbn-i Tenedat 8mithville' on Monday,! January '. 1st "1877 v;- ! f r 4'. .v-5 jIrGtissittpf ihaUotte, appeired and' qualified as Commissioner. - fK(l 7:-. ' Coroner elect Hurrill failed to 'appear aridit was Bupposedbat the Boari would! proceed to fill tbe vacancy yesterday. c 'Ao order was passed for the employment I of Messrs. -Russl sod-DeVane, as.attor-i neys, to bring suit against the late ; Sheriff and Treasurer, of the countyand their re spective bondsriien ; iA committee of four was' a; 1. ' mea . - vestigate the" books, -papers and-adrnTnisH tration of county affairs by. the Jate; Board j of County Commissioners Sheriff and Trea surer, iorhe pa8t'two years.K'Vis 'V ui: TJlosinjt festivitje SniUhyille ;'tbb : lace V at ., the Academy Monday evening, 1 at jswhich me al grand ball was'gven under' Wspces'bf jblpi C. C. Morse arid p other citibs, - the music beings famished iy a colored- band -from this cltyAboudtifuIj supper -'-pi ; Tefreshy meStS was f uVnisiijedby. 't.btlj'bopr mplars.-. Theri was a large;; turn-out of those; whtf -deligblH f antastifc,1 an'd gray heads appeared tb vie with young eighteen and twenty, in the dis play of agvrity,V&c.r Thenianagement was good and the best of order .prevailed ; Accldontaily Sliou ; We are infqrn of Benlahville, Dnplin coaniy, forrierly of Warsaw, received 'adugfyr'nSi serious. tho It ishopbd, ribt.fatal2wou ln the thigh on Christmas bay, by the accidental discharge5 bf a! pistol-in. the hands of 'hll A. blessing tb ldamanity is'wIiatDr, BuJTs Cough Syrup cad "well; be termed for It has, done more good directly than anyother niediciner"- ! v ,; a '! BeEnlr8eeretf on Essential tb Hei ? The rsi; ieepetton Xand flo ioiceij , and pf ';ti 1Ue whica the W of oBtetter'4 St Bitten irompte 'are effect whlct cott dice 'nerUlly to tbe Testoratlo jiW y tbe system la disordered. ; Food ii abt digested io ttedyspeptle stomach because the gatrio fluid' Is aeflcient, nperabundant or TJilated; the liver -become diretted and the bowels conetipaUd because' S?.!?pprLf bll,J?decnateor mlidlreeted Xbo. tters rectiaes all this. and. removes every ilteoa v sequence of non aselmllation and bflioos htegnlart try.,: Furthermore, it stimulates the acUon o the5 Udnsys. -by whteh . ImpunUeS , are, toe to epeaJti strained, from the blood. mi in. K.Tz JSLSSf'tSl and disordered" , conntetacted. lJVhethet-It be used ass meaas'of! S8111?8 ?2 P WUous secretion, and relieving the overloaded bowels, or to nromotecomnleta. i5r therefore healthful, nrination, Uostettert Bittert may be reLed upon, with confidence to accomplish tbe end in view, . if-.,. ig" VVe Vre indebted to theRaleijh cpb,n tpfth e i oa uguration ibf : 0ty? 'Zebulon Baird , Vance ; and fpf the address ' delivered- by him oti ihat PlfeWjii&& InteTeftingll ,violei)t snow storm,: were . ba.nged,' and instead Pf tbe'prearraiiged'pro-! 'iframmPiriji'-feiv- , r At IS.minuteb before 42 the. Seb-? abD auu ui ' JkeurrJHeiiL&LivKH eV'Mrtfeeir moved, to Tjockey .QsVi')ioinfl-i seata assignebem ;toer;jl -p, iu. jnevroveruor eiec5r aoco.mpa nied' by: his Excelleboy, GPtBrbg-' den, the ChiefJnstice add Asssociate: Justices ipfj ha . Supreme.- Coni xhe iputpingtefjnd tha pfa- cers elect, escoitedrbyi the committee on behalf pf thb b'gislature, Watered the' hall,5 and occupied seats upon the I The. cerempnies were opened with of Greepsboro., . . ;- , . f ij :The !;bkthsf:bf bflBcW were adminis tered bytbeVf Hon. Edwin G, Reade. Associate Justice, tP the officers elect in inn ioi owinir oranr t .. . Superintendent of Pnbio'tnstrue- :.u-w'-tsa.i..:lAwf&v:.-'Ui 'i-'t' Attornev-General. i y MVUi .1 ; . ; rXientenant-Goversor f The SecretftryjpXmatltbpj An)di-i tor and ''the'Tjasurerrbeing bonded officers, cannot, bPjSWorn until Gov. Yance has passed' noon tbelrTbonds, fias'-reqWred4:- j.'iXbe oatb.iof ofnoei was then. admin istered. Gpyn Vance Jbj; Gh jef . Jus- ,'wTJpori takinglhe bktb' pf bhicp jrov.;yance delivered b!arinangnral addresfvias follows: i-snHtf fl There ia retribution in history. F. .or airthewrbngs' uiviuuai auu tusuonai me r.nere-18 ompensation provided, -If wwerd bai patienUyjSawait ita:coming. Twipi, before this I took the oatba of office as Governor of i. North! Carolina ; r "tbp Grst time on the 8th of September, 11862 the second: 'time bn tbelst day pfannaryjfisa wa&4iipt;iper mitted tb serve put my .last, allotted term? ; War was 'then raging In tfti landand ihe btarbf Iher Confedera cy ; was faiready palingr towards its final !obaourlationf; ,In' April; this second and last- remaining great drmy of the tJbnfederite Ses sari rendered at' GreensbbrtHV'and ihej hardly contested ! struggleivOfSIitiei Southern people waa; ended.57e hed found ourselves in .ppcnliar poddii lion," attributable lb a 'great measurej to the complex nature of the Govern ment under which we live; That atrng-l gs was m.e resuib pi tue., opinion or. withdraw , from the Union. by State action j it q was inaugurated ; by - or dinances ef secession ahd was main! tainedby ;rmsItas-thrp an, attempt to escape1 from tbe Amer4 ican j Union.; as- established by - the' Constitution, a When that escape was! reyented ;bythe ! ad versp, Result is f; the war we naturaUy s were still inr the Union and subject to the Constitution; -True;: according tol thekthei8Wfu!vW8a idbaiiVJgged In iheeedl bellipn bad inonrred the penalties bf j treason, .bat it' ' had i becarred - to no! lawyer to Bappose ; that the' States' compctsingthe Confederacy hadfor-j feited their noaition as ; members of 1 Unibnbr that they had acduired ! oy aeteat tbe very. obiectw tber had ! sought to I attain by success.f- It was therefore admitted, by the nndispnted Togib of all '"'parties, that! the insurf- gen t States were still1 at' the biosbas ! iiui -vcguiuiug .-uicninr war,- ia too JJqton; on.trolled'; by the Oonstitn tion, bound by all its oblieationa and entitled, to ail its protections,.; In ii fabt Ve' were termed traitbr by rea son'of,' and 1 only bf :teason 1 of,:the provisions tof t that instrument;'-and but for the fact, that as wM.aaidrwp owed an obedienpe.rtp it, which .we could in no wise.'atPid by secession, no one could have badftbe hardihbpd to Vbfi to rb pn the': use of , such a term .toward uaC!: 3u,t when! the. War ended successfully for the North,' the situa tion became embarrassing' to our5 ad versanes.; The Union and the Con sUtutipn fwhioh i badii if urniahed such excellent . battle ...cries in. the, day , of strif'eiT were Vnow decidedly; " in i thp way. -The CbnsWtutibri sai'esb States ) are "members i'of tbe . Union ) they . did not j get pnVr andi indeed could pot, whilst my. provisions, were observed;' and " being where, thby al ways were, they; are -entitled inmedi ately tofl; rPf prni' their I: o wn .' gbvernr ments and Wsend Senators and Rbp esebtativbs!;jrpte2 gr8,43fethe!neoetjeaao Kepublicab iparty 'Spoke ithutr If th'esbStates arp1' treated !.a8 beinsr ia ine u nion, anp: ti;,tneif;jsenatora and RepresentaUveV.are, aiUed! into Congress from ? governments f : their own f ormaticin,'they will add so mltchi strength . tP1 "the ' jDemberatip party that therP ht danger bf heirl seizing the government .and! busting iia from power.?ThnsLhenbrganio the land and the necessitieaof a party wefer: 4t ww:' Witfcbut hesitatioo party oPd rflpref etrednd the Constitution went: down.;tiW9:were treated Jts outsidbpfi tnTJfnjpnOnf ?tatb government .was overturned: evWy ciVil offic4r 'from : tbb vChief tagistrate'tbstbe hnmbrbstnserya tor of the i'pbade u was deposed, and f 9?X: mIi months wel yrm nbso iutely without law-f or, the absnrd term "martial ' lawf mPans'bbly' tbe will of t the iootomander'oFirWpsJ Test-Paths defeated loiurjlffeef.repre sentatipn in Congrress. and manv nan. f altieb attached to treason were visit-i w upon us witnoni ine tortus of a trial and cobyiotiob. wbicb indeed!' j; might have been ay hazardous -pro-. ceedinsr, as thevSupreme- Conrt : was I still somewhat sensitive to the legal cpmipns of the jworld; vlq thbfinam'e t f the TJnionJwe were." thrust put qf the Union; iq'the name ofthej Coq-l Etitution we weredenied: all protect tion of the Constitution. In this marl ner we existed . until , it; pleased itb!o President of the United Statps toireK 8tpre;-us to the ; Union, desicatedbf 1 : 1 '! ........ T !:.:- iBiwsmingnip was; ooiv Buidcieottor our adversaries, inasmucri .as it t craye 3 us semblance ofbbnstitutibnalprbfa icciiou anu leit qurcsiaie government' still in' thb hands of bur'legsCl and fid-' tiver born citizens, vhiietubbbrnlT r- I -fuseu ;io ;auiiiai JWIiP: qe;;tiip.mjBanii bartv. 'After due .consideratibn . the 'RepubliciiiJ'barty own : terms rc Certain: amendments to 1 the . Constitution, having Jbeen . first J ibyvuobf uvviyu wi. d adopted br the' aid of the States tb 3 be recbnstrVbted j the series of - Reconstruction ' Actsi' ; .acknowledged; by tbeir-advocatea:vtb ha rtnt.Bi .was ine union aissoiyea ;a seconp time wereeithTUst but j 'obep ttibre were .we Huujeoieu to ine governraeni Of the bayonet ;5new qualifieatipni of; ; suffrage, were established, n e wjr u Jds pXuisfanchisementeri and the extraordinary spectacle wais exhibited to the world of a Cobstitnlr tionl.being foisted npp.n 'a free peopfe jpf, one off the f reefi American States; bynhUnegaltdisfrancbisement Jof PtheTSv-nd. 11 d 4 11 f super i n te n ded "an p yaheayonetsjifi rcontrolledl . strangers !.iJBy thw ,jbnrlesqub.:f upon law and free government, the politi cal charabter of tb e Southern states Wad made to accord' per force,' - with ithat pfithe dominant party, and hold ing the check of pplitical disabilities upon, the leading; men of their pppov nents ib their Pwri h an ds hey t faaf cied they had secured to themselves a long lease of power, h Theu dau gejr being thus happilv averted from their f party, and the" State governments ot iuc ouutu uavtug uetu piaveu ia - tue bands of tbeir own breaturesaome bf whom were pven provided with -selff .perpetuating powers bailed , "Returnl- ing Boards," it was.; thought safe t readmit these States to: thb America Union On :terms of ' so-called ; pe'rfec and absPlute equality. ; :All of this we submitted to J'afte uuavainns-: proiesi. ana oy an o these things we have solemnly agree to abide in good faith, : for the- sake! .of peace in order.; that the land i mays have rest. ;We were r;nojtpo with- out a reasonsbleipCth haying: done; al whibh" was .required, of us, and concurred in' amending tbe " fun-j damentallaw1 in such a- minner as t the victors .thought; - necessary, tb se4 I enre all the jresnlts. of tlie: :wa,. t wej mignt naye a Tctwm.tQ8trict.and ex-l "iict constitutional goyerntnetriibdl putting behind nsai ; we ' certainly were disposed to do--the : irrbgnlari ties and bitter, memories of the oast, look forward to ,; better ..times in the future. jBitt er were wb deceived m that' f ond; hope. ': From' that rday to the present,'. tbb armed Jbaripp the Federal rj : Government ;?has fe.uever cpased to interfere, ; vpr.threaten tp in terfere, )n I the domestic . concerns ' ofi beBbuthern States, ' Svlienever f tb el aupremaoy of the RtJpnblioan' p4rty ltah'btiobe.'iaangeiiTbe cnse.for this; nnconstituuonal action t by Supreme Court- that; the Hatiooal i Government cannptiercispm police powers in : the StatesV it is a I matter pf history that there has been i jpo conBerauie ; preacn pr,,,invppace : iRi Vny part pf cti(e cpuntrylexceplin that: which; Was ruled byx the! execra-1 blp'1 creatures ' who - Were blaced in wwelere by the' aid bf the Federl i wblVbrniftenti constructed States have throwni pfl! fl this alien -cbhtrPllhere? isfnotf the q sbadbw bf :;yiplencb pr!iscod;; that tbe only semblance ofpretendedis jpbrd i existing in 4 any abf t themK on whiokis fonnded - the President's ex uspvrtbeff utbfldieryisvin bbj3rtb States wbloh.. alone re-msj-yejdciby ireoonstrubtioa carpettbaggers,- and whose electoral voted bappep to be necessary to f se cure, the Bdpremcjrtbf Hbb ' iRepibl can. party' once! more-V 'Witbintbe last "thirty days,, the; world f jh as seen With wonder and ' disgust,- the Legis-1-jature of a'sister State:' assembled -to States soldiers, and sentinels :with fixed bayonets guarding the doors' of its balls whilst a . bergeani' decided apon the;; uaiifica pf .'jnemf rfusi those who Were declared duly elected bj the!:bpreml judicial tribbnal of thai'S'tatb ! Ndr was' this' the .first time; that this great ontrago ntipbn liberty and Jaw had bfeencPmmitted. Thia mafrhe 'preserving thepnblib peace,"but inpokiastlTOPre like a deUberatlelnlfrTg men: to desperation in'; order to dshed their bloody as.wellasto rob them bf Keirlibeiieshel realUisturbers brth "peabb in SbutM Carolina are the President land his advisers; the real preservers pt the peace i are the noble ;ianbY ebivalrb bis; ,long buffering andadminng countrymen;" - ; , : f: - - ; - nare is ?nOt att fiotiest amin America torday bnt ibelieves thisil in v -. vSupb are ;. the., results, which have flowed naturally from predetermined vipiationspf thbtpbnstitution : and' tbb on' warranted aniptio of pbwe? by the military arra. ;!'Npr. have these .beenthe only, if -thee worsti fruits pf these departures from the legal paths Bjrythi8; unnatural process and schemes' foF'; ; recbhstructibn North Carolina" wai placed in the bands pf: tbe designing and JgnQrant of ; oqr; pepple, .organ ized and led on by un scrupulous and disreputable ad vehtu--rers from tbbalums of Korthern poli tics; a base and cormorant tribe of many ot ,;out rights ianpi.sstrippedoi rMbeaVbfp Ibisitr cntrrvanbe iiWthb pW6?peabe? . idiJt is a matterof decision brihe! 8priir like fungi, '.f ronv??th;a ;p;tipirjfjivblatapnayvt 8tory3ofheiEishort4ivd? bui ievil i in character-ana means, of naw they iRSPfdj birnorjtitcHf tiojis, persecuted decency oathueed l honor an d hbnesl- an d established i fraud asgaHhin g e1be4orsh ii pped in lb eir steady audlbqwi J,bey rioted in t. hearbling;4owi2 0 j tbebsit re-j VerftdraaitionsfoaT- Tjecrbler iabnal J --. - i. - c-.i-f.i5f -.r . ' too well lajown-toDfr epfeatexl 'here. Thagfc Gbdi4fcwUndedartl!! ffo fair- asdfth C&MiZicMhSd. !that IrnleLof nbrruplojr: and . calamgy 3s n nmbered Wit& Jaiib t ,!l&t nd 4-he damned TA4 farBt the 'Icgl-i ?6mnpT rub meif Hviacli 9nejihit! was snpni afib isp'iiOone. ? . jNbt j .v(vuyiibU'iuiHAi tiQ vutjpubUWUU jElUU laws of tb.eir ownmaknfraTfdntSr- prbting, 3uttiga1rtikj sbdoy 3f Federal ppwstoodrfotween tgn -and ')he rightbusiwcalh df an opprefs $4 peppib i Rya dlpnst use ofthe sacred, name cObbbaejricanJD'rJon, and bykinfttraprM&3 Sices excited by .ai,oiJey securdji a 1argeandj respictiplif lowing of many wno - were- not-priviFto-trreir ihe' apjtnoney, w. juh niero :wa' a rtsiauaiiv .wxr!uovea f ew; names left m SaFdiwbotdit dehbeielrs abd courageously thWcbawred -bii ihp 'ewMSSmr uumuer anu neir spirnis-iHcreasea ; one py ,pn;e cortp one by bne Wm werefeibb and kWisea ft eieptfla remedied; one.blpne the different ;. br.ancbes Tpf ;.the ngo.YfliSSamVdVere the Juegislature; now.it was tne rep ; rbsentatioii'rJ CobgnfibV-Sppr-tion of the' Judiciaryj whilst ever and anon'a corrupt connly g'bvernment would fcegel2ed5Ttd overturned. To " show how thecatt8ejQl right and jus- tice gre ifij?SiWj epnldb gft& to &. Ashe, pne pf our pest and purest nieny$ot;;9mfel fWHiHve gave Judge Mertimon WvtOirlfti. -F4pally,the: daviokfireal andidecisitte prouuest uay in tne Jnstory.oT niy UfbVas throne ol whicrra- i inost abanimoa8iy4 f .r :P,pePf?lPi of .mf4aato8tiiD k reai. Jigai.-. j a maieuia,si)ec- tacle was' presbnted 'ui the making teadyTbrnii rayrstretcbed f rem 'Were'tnWretiriess rwayes iab'C tbeeteTOVsfiafheatotJbeir sanded 8nore,.of Hatteras westward M iwnerelthefugged' Alffnef tgrabd'bM'AlleghWmesaieBci into thp chambers bt;these'umgi sda. ' Under the pines, of tbe astera Dlaias. weuesia - me : oa 'midlandVbtosl: the valleys of5 1 Broad and oCape tEeatui xbor sides and Bammits, of jbej mona Btooa. . liike our German ancestors,, theb6M;pebiil wfS'b Whikfo the -women add tbecbildrew aiothiB- tfiiniid,-rbayfiAnry obtrinmpiianrl tu'itasr4fe6tafl:4ft. PP dspajr Iht4bJkIj a0Ad ; white-baired, age;, Mm aQWmJZ andlbsty youth,' tbe. wi8etbe8t and oraVest out bfa mfflibeolD?e?3o ": icoiild manhpbdf gttiaokwbrlcttPVtfrjb ; presence; fpsjrapaTjiperlav with such ardent and universal enthn- iasm:i:U'b&eariof bWedtilettrffnt- - ted Tpitoa fiol 8ftfc4iniiQrSfifa4tlSe tW.-asapo-b,eiyiai(di OTSbwF I command, .my cquntrymen, inscribed I wilh'thbse sacrydtasfWor j front of ; that :68,ssf!ifbddy Wf ,: able and. gaUant cljeairttktseA f ever achieved in - Pur State. - The j average vote; for our : ticket isJjfu? 123,500; so rapidly have tjfafetf rlMdsr. i to deny :that! l!am peroklly,grif - fied in -an- especial' .rjqpattet1a6pl rbsult,' 3WbichOjfe-i 4bned.foT?&$ years l WMyburi.GoyrjBirkxAtl1 , midst of the oivjl ' war; 3 tbWpai- eityjiniicb -tim'esdtoty miel gracipnsioniiiKunplejtiapktHli Some of tbemawere oojdoiiisfalrrjp : open to hostile-' Pritieisra-.' fett whbh' looked anibelftojf ebTal!i 4uent history. But I wasio4 The prolific rebareeV 'bti?isi:alto1e1fti8 andlandwe more votes than was ever. befjBMthafe time castfor yr5anjjojppfitBaL histbryVbt tbatery", tbiog. L did wisrigliat'thi-M faithfully peVf brmed ' fcialf end8avdre toi perf prm' the-dutiesmbiciuthey t? imposed.upon me. I liopemjMmie are satisfied Witb.the verdict. -Quite- isuotuSnly greatbnwaswbbyii' of the fairest, 'bg t idatgriod Ltwlrnhfcfr peacefuf elections evejjigWm ng tate or any other state. Ana now cneerea oy mis-'magatucn stitntion and Jaws of tteCarolSfiaa tP ber ChiefaMagistrate; PS t Id assuming 6nce ikiS8.foyefffliaT of our native-Statef WtfJfle'renettjWrf wilhpower tbere comes reWnBbtatKlTie' deep wounds whiob t&e lateneaVf.bf war;, sand3 ttilsgoverbmeiitH ;btfvei 4alliete : ftfertit ha bee;aimbBt tit&WMi!ml&& f. our wealth has been swept waj7F&i catlonat fund .has, been ipst; uppatrMtic -partisan statestnatfship'has: k mcreased and " replilei which cseecr.jp ks ot ; tbe .rolling ftbeinis-Qf-Dann tbeSradki8iJ0tWk. assauea wtncexi,rapTiM?ya8inBss and i njusticev h' wb at Xd1d..ut pitj terlyrfd fal8e1V?fof bkWaidMt. iamrngime. - lnoresponsewxoereiouuw people of ithe Statfe- wb'bse ckftse1'! i ment, - x io rvin e ,1 u JPs&lwxbJffi& the Msfh"duties assi'flrnea Qy.rtPfiidCSfflD A v - r
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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