THE WILMINGTON POST.
W. I CAN AO AY.
Editor and Proprietor.
.1. J. CASSIJJEY.
Associate Editor.
WILMINGTON. N. C.
TRIDAT. JULY 30. 1876.
Candidates Ornoacd to Convention
and Pledged to an Immediate
Adjournment.
For C onstitutional Convention..
ANsoN.
M. IJOOti
AN.
A I. A M N 'K-
JAMES K. 1HJVD.
ItlU NMWIf K.
KDWAKD W. TAYLOK.
IlL'NOi.MHK.
K. U- HAMPTON.
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Kt'KKK.
(i. ijyn r
M.
IU.AIKN.
Mcdonald.
i
ItKKTIK.
W. HKLL.
.1. I.
I'VMUKN.
I'll AMHKKL,AIN.
CIIATHM.
1. I. HOWZK,
K. W. YORK.
C l!KKVKKK ANI liKAHAM
A. A. CAMT15KLL
f
l -now AN.
JOHN K. l'VllK.
LTMI'.KKLANU.
Hon. K. 1". IUIXTON'7
J. C. 1ILOCKKK, Est..
IKAVKS.
U. II. LEHMAN,
JOHN 3. MANN1 X.
IA llS '.
JOHN T. CKAMKK.
JOHN MICHAEL.
KlHiUVM KK.
W. 1. M.AHSON.
A. M'cCAHE.
W
P.. 1
KiiltsVTHK.
II. WHEELKK.
KK NKI.!N.
. HULLOCK, .IK.
i;atks.
JOHN r.VKKKK.
liKANVM.I.F.
ISAAC J. YOl NO.
JAMI'.S A. HULLOCK.
.k:knk.
.tosEl'II DIXON.
ii'ii.KMRn.
A. W. TO CHOKE,
A S. HOIION.
J
IIAUKAX.
E. O'HAUA.
J. J. IJK)VYN.
II A UN K I T.
NEILL Mt KAY
II KN
lFBSON.
II Kit I K KI.
.loKDAN J. HOKTON.
mi
I'.liYANT
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INsTN.
K. II INN ANT.
IASEY.
KM
.ItiNr.
J. T. SCO IT.
I.KMMIt.
II AKD V. KINO.
J
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M AHTIN.
.1. MAIiTIN.
MAMW'N.
V. KOLLINS.
Mi IMlWK.I.I..
JAMES Dl'NCAN.
H K I.K.N HI lid.
COl.. W. K. M YE liS.
DK.'AV. M. KEKK.
NKW H.N KK.
Hon. DANIEL L. KUSSELL.
J. II. SMYTH. Kmj .
liny S. Jl. MANNING.
nahii.
J. J. Si I A UP.
o
KhrtMONIV
II. IHK'KEKY
ROHfN.
N HI 1.1. MnNElLL.
K. M. NOKMENT.
Hih ktM.MAM,
OI.IYKU II. IHK'KEKY
.KsiN.
i.irro.N WAKD.
J.Mr T. tUDDENS.
STASIA .
i. KOKEMAN.
snKix
V Y. U CAN DLLS.
I'KKV
J M. KKOWEK.
T KRM.t.
r.DWAUD KANsoM
J.
I'MoX,
J. HASfY.
Hiniuu.
J. W. IXWMAN
ALLEN" JORDAN
north AMrrv.
WILLIAM ItAKKOW.
OR i".
JOHN T. IltHSAN.
WASHINGTON DIKE.
W.
J. ill NDEN.
J. W
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ALU
ERIOV
J. W. KKAS.
A. M. LOWE.
WASHINGTON.
W. A. AIOORE.
RICHARD C. BADGER,
ALEXANDER a DAVlej.
MADISON C. HODGE,
JEREMIAH J. NO WELL.
WILKKH,
Coi.. T. J. DULA,
Gen. J. II A. BRYAN.
W.VRKEN.
J. WILLIAMS THORN E,
J. O. CROSBY.
WAYNK. .
W. T. FAIRCLOTH.
GEO. II. GRANTHAM.
B.
W.
YADKIN.
F. JONES.
YAXCKV.
M. MOORE,
Township of Wilmington.
FOR MAGISTRATE.
AT LAIUtK.
J. J. CASSIDEY,
J. C. HILL.
sr Wari-HENRY BREWINGTON
d Ward-S. VaxAMUINOE,
3d Waki W. II. MOORE,
4th Ward ALEX, SAMI'SON,
VOH CONSTABLK.
siOL. W. NASH.
FOR l'1F.RK.
S. T. l'OITS.
Si'IIOftlj OI.MMITTKK.
ALFRED. HO WE,
A. II. MORRIS.
J. E. SAMI'SON.
THUNDER !
August 2Ctb came a loader peal from
the same source: r .
We believe that inalititT f tk
press will coincide with oar pasjtioi,
tbat the call of a contention to than? I
.1.. i .. 1 : . 1. : . . "f t
unwise, oecause premature, pernaps
hazardous.
If we try, aa we tried in 1871, and fail
we must expect the same result of oar
folly in 1876, that we realized in 1971.
Like cause produce Ike) eflbgs. .Ff PP
lar distrust ef innoratioh was always
strong in thiaState, -Owr leading iuent
know this, and therefore they are re
sponsible, if they fcrtrt the party , bf
failing to use their knowledge. ,
The Democratic ConsenratlTe party
baa no lease of power. We ' belieVe it
will retain power until it does some im
prudent act. Let the party profit by the
past and do nothing tbat would place
its uiasterT in peril. Let no eonrentfon
be called at this time.
Then came the &ar of August 30th,
1874, with this boM announcement:
The Yoicc of the Press" Mot
Anti-Convention Thunder." And theTi
it paraded out no less than t Demo
cratic papers of the (Mate, all against
the Convention.
Then came die Star on Septembef
lib, rejoicing and announcing' that
three other" papers were added to'
the opponents of the Convention:
vz:.tne fchelby Banner, tne tiooeo-
man, tne Magnolia Monitor and Onar-
lotte Observer.
Then there was no "thunder" 'till
September 8th, when, a fellow, " W
by name,' from Lillington appeared and
said :
Political economy tells us when we
desire anything, seek the most effectual
means to accomplish it. Let us then
mingle prudence and consistency with,
il t
eoy
I I m MM m l in
I i 1 I I .1 Y1 V
mJ r. K ( irfnt. 1 EWr
nearu no one up
AMI-CONVENTION THUNDER
DEMOCRATIC OPINIONS
At-'i'inst CJoii vent ion
ThrcL-Fourths ol tlko
Doinoeratio 1'aperss
ol tho SStato
AGAINST CONVENTION ! ! !
What tUc "Star" Said Abont Con
yenlion Eight Months Ago.
"A DuneiousMoasuif
We have several time said that a
large number of the Democrats of the
State were really opposed to a Conven
tion. We spread before our readers
this morning a partial record of their
saving-, j;om wiijcnii imn
one ypar ago. The In-st arguments to
be presented against this fearful con
spiracy of demagogues are the utteran
ce of the Democrats themselves. Our
genial but rather weak spinet! neigh
bor, the -Star, was a year ago the leader
in opposition to Convention, iw-'thc
Journal with its flabby rhetoric w as its
advocate. At the outset, no bull ever
strode more pugnaciously into the am-
pli lineal re tnan dm luu cxir, roaring
and bellowing, defying all mankind, and
all bull kind, denouncing the Conven
tion as "DANGEROUS?". It was a
fierce controversy inside the iK-mocratic
party a controversy between the bet
ter thinking and soberer class of
which- the Stitr is the exponent
and the fanatics, demagogues, and loaf
ers whom the Journal represents. The
Journal beat! The mau who ".'oueht
bravely" at Kiitslon, and the man who
made the very bet of time out of
Washington, in company with Strud-
wick, had more influence in ihe caucus
of the late debaui hcjl lpitntnre than
the earit-baggvr frtmi Virginia. In
other words, the carcl-bagger from
Mississippi overcame the caret-lagger
from irginia. and that rabble of
K-ardlrss youth, and imbecile senility,
called Ihe General Avtciubiv, had Hieir
wav. The Convention bill was paMel.
Ami now the carct-baeger frwm Vir
ginia bow in submission to the flabby
carpcl-baggrr from Missivippi, and the
whele crowd of "our people"
go along at a respectful distance
and ttt tlvtr to tkrir boutt? ThU
in the attitude of thing here. The
better and more ritsible cU.v of lh
pciple of the State did nof want a Con
vcnlioa. There was not much, looked
with a micro-cope, which rviuircd a
Coo vent Ma. And yet the slouchy
clUwhkh oricinatrd the thing have
their way, aad we are obliged to elect
membrr to a Coo vent Kn.
Now let u hear what the IVnxxralH-
aewpprr said a Unit calling the CVn
vrwtion. Kirt, Lhe .Vr, not a very
brillUat luminary, bat o much more
defeat than it ncifhW. tKt we t'
ike it. Ow tbitl M Ag. !74.
the .V-y kl
We took rrouwd inm4 the etfort to
call a cowvewtWm of the pufle ia 1571,
iia all orrwrrT whrw tV LrciU.
rt deterwiim! m saak the iaii ex-
rwt, TW d tttrwM rrall tkat
eipmawwl H rm 90m tm ftrk ia
IW Miadt of omr fwfle Ua nwire
V
our zeal to ameliorate our condition,
While the constitution Is bad enough,
the corrup men administering it make
1 1 it appear worse.
'I ..." ! 11
1 oeiierc in letting wen enougn aioue
'-!
The policy of changing organic Jaws
too often has a bad tendency, and the
idea of securinc now the blessings of
our old fundamental laws, seems to be
the offspring of an impetuous and dis
eased imagination
Now, this must have been a devil of
a smart fellow, albeit not a logician.
But on September 13tb, the Stmr was
made happy, and announced a letter
from a "distinguished ei-CrOTemor
who was opposed te a Convention, and
also another from "lion. William Eaton
of Warren", who gave various reasons
why he didn't want a Convention.
Ou October 30th, comes Judge
Fowlc's letter and a two colunin edito
rial upon it. The Star is still more
happy and exclaims :
Wc feel there is a portion of our
Conservative " population who are un
wisely but unchangeably opposed . to
State Conventions in general and this
proiKjsed State Contention in particu
lar. If this portion could be won over,
the way to a change of Constitution
would be easy. As long as they hold
out in' bitter, though perhaps silent op
jKwition, ihe way is blocsed, and it
would be madness to attempt to scale
the obstructions. On this head we are
glad to be again reinforced, and by so
able and so sincere a Conservative Dem-
owle is one of the ablest of our law
yers and politicians."
jn iovemoer 4 in, meofr again re
joice in the following extract from the
Rocky Mount Afir7
"We know we express the sentiments
of tho people of the county of Nash.
We have not yet met with a single in
dividual in the county who favored the
calling ot a Convention, and after dili
gent inquiry wehare not heard of one.
If an election is held fer delegates to
the Convention, we feel confident that
our county would vote against the can
didate who faror a Convention." I
And these are the editorial
ments:
" Rut Nash does not stand alone
her unanimous opposition, nor
counties of ilson and rran
only ones in which the anti-Conveh
non sen 11 men 1 is nirortir. 11 win take
all the counties, all the Conservative
party, to mske the Convention meas
ure a safe one to pnt throuch at this
time. There is more need now for
caution than ever.. We are not vet ont
. t "
01 me wiiuernev. ,
Rut our 'neighbor's exstacy knew no
bound, when on the 8th of November,
t published the letter of old Mr: Vena-
ble, an old Anchises who came for
ward shield in hand crying ont :
It is alro niost desirable to avoid the
expense attending a convention. The
people of Noijth Carolina worn down
by taxation, poor and impoverished,
can bar bat few more burdens.
Reside all this we need peace and
repose. History bat repeat itself. No
free people can prosper, who an rr-
- 1. . -r Z .
ooenwv aliening meir fundamenUI law
It renders everything uncertain, and in
the end is minooa. I knew North
Carolina briers toe fin conventioa. a
body of distingnished men presided
over oy .ainaniei Maconndcoeapoaed
of men remarkable for both their sa-
Scity and ialrgrity. and tke wisest f
eta infonned tmm that UM saos that
they had effected was to prevent crest
...
ua mags U the cotuUtaUon.
ow bappinews WciB to flow in Mr
continued stream, and we read ihs tal
lowing from the Duplin Rermri in tne
.vrrof Norembrr 11th. and also Jo.
lavw letter
r4 ;
protest of eight papers against the Con-
reV'Sn,jnd has
frof onf od?)n
moVemeLi. T have
here say KjlsSn favor of it, jbut many
denounce it." ' j
And adds, "and so it is all over the
f tNlvenfbelJtlJ h? W"" prinUl
the minis nrsw nf Dr. Mtmkiiw
out Quaker friends jwW coiMHkGnr; v
Very soon the SfeHrejoiccU ih new
convert, tk,4?lfJieZaiikTVraiid
announced : tbat the j4ositjwi t the
Uvnvcniion,!! "gcttuig btreugw. '
M- .Cn tbe '23-V of. November, tbe Mari
published Mr. Kitten's letter against
the. Convention. Its romincnts will
annear refreshing td those ?io read
the nar of to-day. The' following are
the comments i "
!"lThe Anti-Con venttbn ''Vee'liiig'
steadily gaining grounds s now evi
dent to most of those who &Fc 'uccus-
fni4x1 to look at exeat fftiblic ouesUons
in the light of sound policy1 and filial
good, rather than in hw duubtfut light
of desire, Umnoary.iWanUge nd p
parent necessity. ,tbnM call ,vCovin
iron at mis iiuic m,.ijiiu v''w
wnedd be eitremelt' hazardous, ndt'to,
rioaitivere rarnous. ' We repe'at.'tTie
aeitatioo for Contention has reached
its high-water mark, and all tho. igs
point to an eariy suoawencooi mc vvu:
ing Craters. Truth' to say, we have
never thought the movement likely lo
succeed. We relied oit the bottom
sense of the people to 'deTeal 'it "The
subject is under consideration in the
Legislature, many of-whose 'members,
freshi from their constituent, do not
hesitate to avow their opposition and
intention to vote against the 'measure.
Thi is enanerb. If the vi?artv which
bi harelv two-thirtls inaioritv. is
united there is an ,eud ol tlii matter.
The Convention can not be called, and
the people of the State will breathe
mote freely, biding the time, when
ther wi'.llcet control of the" Governor
ship and give the first gun for a Democrat-id
President." , ,
Tlie Con;-erkiou cannot be called! 1
"Thej people ef tbe State will breathe
more, freely! " Thnt was the language
f the Star just eight months ago. 4The
people think now as tho Star did then.
It 'is impossible for us to proceed
further in these extracts to-day, but
we will give a fresh batch to-morrow, or
to use the language of the Star, "more
anti-Conrentioii THUNDER."
era men t
4 liral
t fa.
"1
r r a. c z 1 1
1 liatl II
com-
r are the
iklin the
The paxtr was not piedreJ. net
now pledred, to const itatiooal amend
meat bv that asodsv As r a we hare
had aa'expefmMM it im pUdrnl agalna
urh a maJ f cKaaeiwc tW rrwaif
Law of theSta. la fact tW gmtle
mrm frM diirrrwl parr of tW Stat
who bar ciprr rd Iketr sieww hi f
poMtkta t tto measflrr hare nnifWrnly
Oati thai tWtr offwHte srw rhietfy,
if swt solely. ftwOfiifiliri
r iMitif writ aerrrtaiaed ami mat fmtj
We have alreaJf pohlwhed Injrk'
maaly aad rWraled fetter, ami s ml.
wly saewtM Jt.
! the neat day tW ,r arrays tW
Extract from the Western Addict
On the 1st day of January, l$olt tbe
Western members of the General Assem
Wy f North Carolina, without dis
tinctiln of paity, ijucd'au address to
the people of the State, from wbicl
we make the following extracts:
" Yonr Bill of Rights says That al
nolitidal power 11 vettel inland derived
from the ifoil imfy" Is power in the
senate of North Carolina tier 1 veil Irom
the "peoplt itnfy.'' Let it not be sail!
tbat taxation onu representation go
hand in hand. That principle has no
application here. U is true that our
ancestors fought the battles of the Itovo
ution upon the principle that they
whicoHiiri nnc mn represented. Rut
who represented ? certainly the eople
those who paid the taxes not the
taxes themselves. Our ancestors never
claimed that their property shnuM be
represented. They claimed, and jnstly
too, that they should be represented.
In theenatc, irtirrtj is represented
and not the jrojte; and the same prin
ciple which prompted our ancestors to
that glorious Contest, and sustained
them in it, which terminated ii llie
achievement of our Liberties. Should
prompt us to war against this most
odious nnti-RepnWican remnant of
feudal aristocracy by which the ieonle
are taxed by a body in which they arc
not represented.
Apply the principle and see its In
justice. Ten men, in any one county
own. aa much property and pav as
much public tax as five hundred men
in another county. They all own (he
same species of propcrtv. Each of ihe
nve hundred is enuallv interested in
the preservation of his little mite as
either of the ten. r-u li one lias per
haps made It by the labor of his hands,
by the sweat of his brow. It is all he
has, by means of which to maintain
and uroride for his raruilr. It is the
dependence of his children for educa
tion for sustenance. A"d yet, by the
present system, the ten are equal to the
five hundred. Is this justice? Is this
Liberty ? 11 war break out let civil
commotion arise whoe lives arc cx-
ised, ftr the protection of this proper
tjV Who are sent forth to fight the
battlca ih your cmniry ; inenvc Hun
dred rt forth to ficht the battles ot
roar rottntrv : to vindicate it honor
to maintain' its ghry : leaving their
wires and little ones to struggle on m
poverty fad Indigetwe while the ten
stay at home, enjy their wealth, and
boast of the honor and glory oC their
roawtry, the bravery, tbe freedom, and
roualiti in its eiiixrns. rave ns irora
such freedom ave' u from such
enaalitr ! IV r no freedom it is no
MHiklilr ' It fadownrlthttvrannr Ir
nnif in its mot rFlon" form. The
few grinding into the dut the miny
nader tbe iron heel of power power
under the1 pretence of being derived
frees the pewtde only.
lotf foils
Ml IhU
rdi (for
shi the.
A imorj ighHde'
axxv iess.Mia evcrywoor mo
hopes and expects to improve his con
dition, and one day to become ricn.
Hence it is in Western North Carolina
we are more interested in the'prescrva-
have more ttore oicnert ; 3P'1, yigonr.p.
Wler number t persons to watch
over.anjjf jggrewewM pou-rtu' 'ine
sarji istroj d, Ve.Jiavn
land owners, and tfwuprs of .every othgr
sieciej of property' ;aniT fewer of that
clafs of persons vhyYeTotMrjg to
tovf, an8 'nothing W protect or defend,
bit their rtgh:ofpersm:'!'k ,
ToKiiieet torether tbri-injople 'of
thei StatQ iii one coaunuu Uoud f in-4
-'The rules of the Senate
i
require
feat
the presiding Cry of tha. Jxxly s-l
bot vote -upon ad ttions t Judiug La-
fore it, except in ca-i of a Ue, ami
when his vote ro'Jl t keieitAmt
he is not nennWd Vi speak except
when the House is in OoWmitteo of the
Whole. One Senatorial District is
therefore necessarily almost wholly dis
franchised. The impropriety of this
state of things will readily occur to all.
Manv other complaints exiet against
KN. eU- EKI T1NDEN1V O'rilE
H. C0KsB).
imnrovements could be pointed out,
more consistent with the progress of
the age. -The science of government is
progressive as every other science.
The people i m pro veitbeir means of
knenv ledge increase ; tbeit circumstan
ces! yhnge; their relaiions towards
one' another, and towards citizens of
'their sister States alter. Our sister
ejtafies everywhere aroTInd tKare taking
I-T-T---I " 1 , r -t t 1 . 1 . - !. I. .
terst, it is only necessary mat mej ayaniage oi mis age 01 improvemem.
Wil.Ml.soto. N. C. July I, IS-.S
1
ciuNiiK ir.tcuiiuir.
ON ami aflrr fnty, July ih. Ih l..
Jowinc M-hciluIr III l inn o Hit
rout:
NUiUT r.XI'Kri AM) I'At f; r.MiM;
TKAIN, (.Uily)
shoiild possess the same kitfd of prop-
fa . 1 . . . -1 i i 1. .1 :
TIT
y, ana iql ui mw, uc, u
and uniform. Indirect .taxes are sel
dom xprce'fiMrtYes of the wealth of
thetcbaminrotv' wlicre'they hre cftllect
ed. 2'be antouat uf uubWcrorenueeoi-
lectcd in the city of ew Wrk ia no.
purd test of the weahj, "j, that city.
And many 01 our taxes' nc-oi nut reus,
andjfuriiish no iiidejLajfUs-wealth of
the tyjujury m vmiux icy jmv paiu
vIB isJille-Micn, lo&AXtim uiut4fv
more7blitrchl weight to the, rich than
the boof-ehe envhr of thotisAnd- than
the ? owner !ofiMind reds;' 'Athenstandv
ow'ncts, uf ajgr ncirtjcu wr spucies uf Vo
crty.will afford it much njorn .ejTeutnaJ
urotection tbau pe owner of the same
ajnpunt aud peciej, yudcr any Arnaof
government thai would be tolerated tor
JrTrtv has norrght nJepcndrot
of perwttfea, yon can give it no ritt.
oT privilrgT, rx jBSipwrtlcs whkh
aAVrt It akvwe. It is maucr. ia4taa
n4 serf noc tutor rirht,- Init ia coo
jwewce f ifs pr woa, yen mar rive
rts ewnrr pefitKal pewrr an.1 pririi-
erea. Il, taw, ym profert cn3 la
the enjoyment of property, b wl the
Of frwadrrds .ewwsDr rttitW
to Protrt, the owner t4 lW
and? U hli rwWmeni the h-T
- .
aaa4ty sart1? HppMe vi Ui !
inm tW rich man ha thM3l
It fcimmlT hWL If roa f tkr r.)
&T,mw V)r 0J tlte j f.i. til
ih tW more MvUaaotr! WIVl
Ul mvroai it mh mxi rtjnl r
w sn fcwvrtar ; and mm
NStUUitOl4iiIt W
a moment t3 a" ire; country."
Miiy o or citizens -are greatly bp-
osed to, thftectun of Judges by t lie
Legislature, as,is,reyiiiredy tbeCon
sUtntion. It cannot be disguised that
our, own Legislature has, in many in
stances, been the sccne"ofihtrigue en
tirely t wal with our ideas ot the pu-
tv ot the bencu; aud ui winch it was
shown that neither character; nonqual
ifications were inadc the test for fitness
for office, but simply party services.
Legislatures tire small "bodies, nmally
elccteil upon politiwik jarty grounds
and that, too, freiiueiitlviihe sacrifice
of the best intercetsf thcpeople.'
Under the, circumstances many be
lieve that the people would be the saf
est deiwwdtorics of this 'power. The op-
? . a. f i u A
poriuniy unu iacnity ior corruption
and' intrigue wonld not exist, nnd the
people, in acUng, would not botinnu-
enced by the fear of denunciation or
panisliini'iit of party inei v. , Jibe system
has been tried iu many 0 tales 01 inc.
nion. anil found to operate so well
that' it vs. much to-be doubted whether
it will not, 111 time, be -adopted in all.
Others, too, think that thevmight to
hold otlicc for a limited period4- .There
m no otuer otucer Known 10. our aws,
but who 1s limited to a short ieciod,
after which his iKrwer W laid down at
the foot of flho.se Iom whom he received
it; and Jnjfletcrminiug whether they
will . again, place him iu power, they
Sass,. upon the. manner in w hich his
utics have been discharged. Many
of these of ices are of tTHTtiigTiest ehar
acter and importance, and equally re
quiring in the. incumbent, purity and
JulCgrity of cluiractor. No evils have
resulted from giving the election oJV
these officers to the people and certain
ly no corruption of tbe people, nor of
the olliecj- has been the consequence.
And it certainly is not a question of
much difficulty whetherwe shotibl.be
cursed with - IU ouiing His life,
if, "in despite of all precautions, one
should imfortuuafclv be eliTteil. In no
other instance is such a curse inflicted.
Can any other be greater'
The present mode of appointing Jus
tices of the Peace is universally admit
ted to be worse than 11 farce. A certain
eveumg is set apart lor tuc purpose ;
yd, the. members ' from the different
counties hand 111 the names of those
thev desire aiuxiiptcd ; and they art
rend tit the clerk's table. Nobody near
the iHun, w cares to hear them. It
l.s iiiulertoa 10 oe ine sea-son ior sjorx
and is one of thoc vutnuis of our
Legislature long known and rccognizeil
anil never nepanini irom. iney are
treiuwitly seKctf bv the member of
the Legislature for tbe inrluence which
each can exert at home in some narti-
ular iR'iglilMrhKl. And it i well-
Inown that manv of lhoc ;uqHiiiitcd
arc whollv unlit f r the proin-r crfvr-
uishcc of the duties enirn-.fcl to thun.
ud 'some of tho-e dutit-s JTrp of the
iiglut imjortamr to flu-fr vveral'
cu"nties. 'J beyesjy nnd extTCvv tin
lwcr to tax Ibo pcypr ;.Uty iniiHMe
taxes much more heavy than those im-
1. .1 t.v w4T
oaCU oy me iiCgi-iaiiir. 1 ney regu
late road, build brMgr, crmrt frnuy
and jails ; regulate the patrol, anl pv
cru the whole itpJitu if their wvrral
couatic;, bhies exercising original
jurisdiction fnall ra of accounu un
derwit?, anI action on areodnf u ruler "
$10; bcMeaprrwdioar wi tnty Court a.
where buitn-vs of ihe bi;lul import
ance to the intcrotn of all --''ii'"' 1-1
Tliry hdve rii luve jirtelcttou f the
prubatc of niiUi of imfiiina- Iciirr ot
ad mi ni t ra t m ; tlj j aj i n I g iu rd ia ns,
and cootrofhe cetlfcmcnt of iheir ac
couu, sad r of the settlement of all
estates. Tfahere ate marry (her imprrt-
ani uuues incy yciuxm urr
fact, the great conservator, uf the pracr
of ciety, ami uph the pmjwr ni rf- I
m irm prTmriajinre or innr auxir, ue-
Jend in a great meawrr, tbe aorial or
. ;r, morality, peace and pnmtt Uj v4
every, cpmronity. Surrlr. men ufMi
tbo? urineatKn for ofSof. sod
lr conduct, o tnnh depend.. boiW
be MlcctM wiU frrewt cwre. Tberr
no amco loicoi Ui U ln4uoj mm
in-prnooly dcnianJted bv ike j-uU
rood than thl. If thev m th- n.-.- 1-
oorht not ' Che frwle t eirt tbr?
Thi i a ifwi for thews to ftaVt
hl Ia 0OTrntn a - bird.
ft is m!c a Mn
State, VvaipCrvikt And I trwitrt, fSghli
not ;o l given to the j r . ; and U I
ilatare."f a reaerwl rsrarVrr. when!
other daUrs wr Urm wi tWi
wh-4e I4tr. , . j
U h l 1- rJ. t i- reov le
k t the c of a I3ectrjst fV '
rrr-.t l prrJr m Use waate, tad V f
hall hv lis t&cm 4 (W Mm. I
to improve their forms ' of government,
ndohted when the rights of her- people
were comparatively -little-known. Is
bur prostitution alono to receive, no
impvomeat . from .the spirit that is
sbrdad? Is North Carolina alouc tu be
still-? she alone to continue bound
in those shackles which have kept her
rlimbs so long fettcredTn life bauds of
steel ? Or shall she ant, like a strong
hfian; iu his might, and it imutil that she
cdiall bo frqp? .
.! . . .
" Signed by John Gray Ilyham, Cal-
rvIn J. Webb. Jesse B. .Sloan, Kuthcr-
fordji W. Woodfin, Marcus Erwiu,
Uunomle ; W. Lane, J. M. A.
Dralie,; Jesse Thornburgh, Randolph ;
Jno. A. Lillington,- A. II. Caldwell, O.
G. Fpard, Stephen Douibitriiowan and
Davie ; U. F. Davidson, G. it. M'Koy,
K. M Campboll, J.o. vlJogle, IredeU;
Fmifcis Locke, Stanly ; A. M. Foster,
Wilbrt rJohnA. Gilmer, D. F. Cahl
well.jOa.vtn 'll.: Wiley, 1'eter Adams.
Giulibrd; Rufus Barringer, J. W tscolt,
Johhj Shimoeb, Cabarrus; Alfred (i.
Fostdr, Jas. M. Leach Davidson; A.
H. MLMilLini Ashe; David W. Siler,
Maeoh; John Hayes. Caldwell : J. 11.
Hauchton, Chatham ; August K. Kel
ly, Z.jKufwelI, Moore and Montgomery;
Samuel Fleming, Yaney; II. T. Far
mer, Ilendenion ; 1. 1C. Ca hi well , .1. u.
Wal0n, Burke.
, 1 -4
The Proposed Cvonion
Yc liewers of wootl, drawers of watci.
and dHvernof the earth 'generally, says,
the Afebevillo lioiteer, hear what 111.
J. Yntos, editor of the Charlotte Deiu
ocrat, has 10 say about Convention and
the jiroppeetivc pay for emancipated
negroes, and then bare your bacts to the
If a Convention is ealUil let it be
unrestricted-1 let Uicre be no pandering
or promise to Kadicalism or unporu-!
Yankee ideas let tbe old time prac
tices be restored, including the whip-piiig-post
and qualiticil suffrage. Iut
it is understoixl, we think, tliat the
'Legislature cannot, limit the action of a
Oonvcntion,aiid if the Convention meet
it caa tlo as it pleases.
No member oi' a sovereign SUite Con
vention should regard the dictation ol
a mere legislative body."
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