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s an', 31 J) a: i tanif k t f J it Ml' i I 51) of: 3! nr it i. 3LISMED IN !373f LUME XIV. )rcd Ken in i.'oJUics. New York World. :gh, N. C, Aug. 12 The 1 Church in this ncigh 1 has been much, disturb , question which savors f politics than of religion, i Conference which was in a last November, when the of Vice-President Hen- was announced the Rev. )W J. Chambers offered res- ;ns of respect to Iho dead j memory, which brought a i of reproaches about his In spite of the fact that he harged with being a Demo aowever, the church at Wil son, to which ho was ap ed, received him with open , although its members are iblieans. Before Mr. Cham- received this appointment it been decided to. hold the Conference in Wilmington, 3 soon as the appointment : announced a circular was " Hshed declaring that tho iference would net meet i r mbers. His church members, ever, stuck to their pastor, , as a compromise, the Con nee will meet in New Berne. he special session at which ; decision was arrived at was led by Bishop Turner, of At ta, in the folio wing circular: You are hereby notified that r several reasons too numer- :z to rr.ention at present, yet ex ordinary in their character 1 bearing I have resolved to 3mble the North Carolina iference for two days in Ral i, N. C, Aug. 4, at 3 o'clock .. You are directed to be ent at the time above desig 3c?ivJirhould -you know of otner member who may not aive a like notice, you are au rized to order him to be'pres I shall then and there pres- the reasons tor calling this itra session. This is only an ex session, remember, and not V regular session which meets November.75 The meeting was well attended I the excitemeut was great. As : ruber of speeches wer made linst Chambers, ti which he plied as follows: , ! UI did not surrender my "vnan od when I joined the Church, : r did 1 abjure an interest in ray gantry's affairs when I assumed obligations of a minister. I ve never been a politician in 4 1 . .3 pulpit, neither have I obtrud 1 my views upon unwilling au tors. And whether I have or ve not is not the question.! is Conference must decide j lether or not I have infringed 3 Decalogue or contravened 3 Discipline of the Church. If have, summon me to the bar; if have not, touch me atyourper . I oflered resolutions of respect the memory of Vice-President :ndricks last November. There re no eulogistic sentences arein. He vas referred to as .e nation's dead; and yet the per nal integrity of the man would we warranted favorable men on. Had Gen. Logan been in ice-President Hendrick's place id death should have claimed im, I would have oilered. simi r resolutions, for I recognize id honor that feature of our de ocracy that conducts govern antal affairs by party agency, do not think a citizen either a illain or an outlaw because his onception of public dutv is op- ''here is not a State or Federal official in this land that I do not honor. It the worthy Chief Ex- 2CUtivft of this narion should na awav, or should the Governor of North Carolina, no unenviable legatee of an intolerant age should stand between their honored dust nd my sense of duty. fear we are too often misled iy 4.u i -i - j j x regard the men in authority as posite politics, and that the law!to is partial in party men's hands; i of that it is not the same law unto I all the inhabitant of the same , . . . . . . xauu, uutisutuef uuiusiruui.uu, of a party to crush its antagonists, When the truth is, the law is the Fame and its purpose the same, It is the same guardian of virtue , T .. u - ana iMemesis ut vice, uuvei may apply it. There was some little excuse for a colored mans dread of Democratic ascendency 'u rr,..t; Xf D I our present President, but since tnat auspicious event every es cuse has gone. Life, liberty and fl-o TMfoiiif rf nrvrin ac ara nc I sacred to-day nay more sacred uiey iictve uixuci num uuu the public conscience than at any previous period in our history, ...ki; :. . . , , ' . j I ly recognized law oi manmu, sustains the right, while force of everv form vanishes awavr, kti will not turn an envenomed ngueonthe white ?en of the tongue South, nor do 1 think the roal friends of my race would sanction such a policy. Had we striven half as hard to win the good will of our neighbors, albeit they were ex-slavewners, as we did to win the good will of, strangers, the wThole phase of affairs among us would be brighter than it is; and in spite of all mistakes there is no section of our land in which we are so welcome. In no place Snnth- i t.. juieimeu uuve ueen inuueeu to ernnomes. very muustnai ta- rarified achievement. 'You cau tion is the legtimate prize of am- not bridle the soul. Yoa cannot bition. Tax levies for learning filter fhrnnorh Knnthern finp-erA like crystal daw drop3, la want the same fingers feed us. In time of trouble they befriend us. In ! sickness they minister unto us. In old age they comfort us, and in death they bury us. Oh I that justice may be done by Christain ministers to a mercilessly malign ed people. Every race has its roughs. We have complained because the misdeeds of one colored man was charged to the whole race. How unjust! Yet we hold millions answerable for the crimes of the few. Some men say I shall not preach because of my politics. hope they will allow me to live on the earth and breathe the air of heaven. I assert here now and forever the proud prerogative of an American. Othello's ocenpas tion of whipper-in is gone. I tell the colored men of this na tion that the nation can get on better without it; that we are un der as many obligation to the Government as the Government is to us; that the world has no use for and no time to bother with a man with a grievance;that the mountain will not come to Mahomet; that impracticable eg otists have no place in a land of active, busy, plucky men who can scarcely find time in which to die; that self reliance is the first clement in manhood; that the colored man or woman in the South who has not one white manor white woman whom he would trust as far as any mortal on earth, is in jail; that liberty of conscience is the ireeman's her ritage; that to proscribe a man on account of politics is to play checkers with the devil; that a church for bald-headed men and a corner in heaven for fools is as rational as a church for colored : Kepnblican I would tell them that to mourn a grievance past and gone is the next way to draw new mischiefs on.' That the anitt legibilities : towers foont them, but the mallet or the will and the chisel of indust? v thev alone can ue. That all the na . lions wait to honor the urst negro ir tions wait to honor the first negro yuuvsylltl, DUCUU5K Ji lUIUliHt hat all the world will ound Twnn otcxji ri-MUHj. OXFORD, N. C, TUESDAY, AUG. 17. peans to that defendant ot thejing one of the measures pro Occident who shall sweep the uni- U,vi; Si verse with Milton's pen u DouW thktmaWic tin wondrouideeds, "I go farther and say we can- not hate and reach heaven; that wind is not wisdom, nor are be!- .. . dirt-covered diamond is a diamond stul; that Ciod never made lovelier ladies than the white ladies of magnolia lan?, anu that a more generous soul does not beat nor a truer uMTt.Ue f fuVv th one locked in the bosom of a son of a revolutionary sire cavalier, coniederato or citizen though we call him. Tie time will come L hon I 4m n f whA I rwi-l t h n OTt-m A a of the victo;imis Nnrth be companioned with Tilden, whose ad would have plunged the na- tlOU ill DlOOCl. "Caucasian is the soul of our civilization and tho present pilot 0l j!lima!1 destiny. Ail our race are not saints, nor all other races sinners. Washington and Jeiler- son will be honored by the next generation of colored men. In tne homes of majestic Blaine and heroic Losan I have been treated as a man, and in the home of the nugmy Kandall and tne hotel ot fto my own race than I have receiv ed from the great leaders of the other race. The siiint of tiie great man falters not in hone light, but, falcon-iiKe, sweeps amid the aggregate grandeur of a thousand generations,and when from earth it is at last set free it will revisit old haunts witly sum mer's dews, kiss the velvet lips of the blushing rose, cast armorous it atiiQo inrrv 1 11 o nnnninrht. Gone hy with the beams from the stars to cheer the lone traveler o e tho wide world's way and lead budding jreniu 3 to the fields of conquer the will. You cannot make me hate a man: for man's my brother still." Chambers has a fine presence and is a graceful and forceful speaker. He is :rom Nw Jer sey, but has taken part in Demo' cratic campaigns in the West. The result of the tr a , if trial it can be called, resulted in a com plete Victory for Chambers, who was favored by Bishop Turner. The latter had appointed him. Bishop Turner said to the World correspondent this arternuon that Chamber's vindication was trium phant and that he commends his work. The Bishop hiuiself,up to a few years ago, was an enthu siastic politician in the Republi can ranks. He says that when the Civil Rights bill passed he ceased to be a Republican politi cian, for thenceforward he was of the opinion that the negro must stand alone and carve out his own destiny. The clergymen who were attempting to make head against Chambers aie dis- comfited. Tobacco JLegiMation. Cincinnati Tobacco Journal. Early in the session bills were introduced in both branches of Congress providing for the es tablishment of export factories, where imported articles intended for use in tho manufacture of Tobacco could be' used free of duty, while manufacturers man- facturing for both home and ex port trade would be allowed 90 percent, of a rebate, and "for abolishiug inspection fees on To bacco intended for export, and allowing it to be entered for bond without paying the revenue tax. Bills were also introduced in the House amending the clause fixing the duty on foreign Tobac- so (included in both the Morrison and the Randall Tariff bills) re ducing the penalty bonds of Ci. gar manufacturers by one-half, and amending the law relatingto the packing of Cut Tobacco,pro viding for the sale of Leaf Tobac co by any planter to any person without a license in either- case, and protecting Tobacco manu facturers secrets as to processes and material used from inquiring ! rivals or others who have no right to such information, and several for abolishing the reve i , , , f TiTiA svstem as relatinfr to Tobac , J c co the Randall Tariff. Bill be- Wfc. STRIVE TO SHINE. the number and varietv 6( theso bills, only one of these measures Iassed both branches" smd that i one relates to tfie abolishineiri of inspection fees on manufactured ! Tobacco, and , grants bermisVion for the entrance of nianufcu;tnred port in bond without paying the revenue tax. All ihe other meas ures were either defeated in thq House or Senate, "or lio.sliimber: ing as unfimshed businoss, pos sibly to be considered next ses- - ? a sion. - , - - , . Tho measure relating to the establishment of export Tobacco j factories and allowing a draw back on article of forei-a import, J entering into the mairafacture of Tobacco,was-passed by the House on the recommendation i)f the Ways and Means Committee,1 but "died" in the Senator. This meas ure was antagonized -to a certain extent by those whomluauiacturo for domestic and foreign trade,as it gave them but 90 per jent. of a drawback t on imported ; duties, while allowing those who manu factured wholly for export a re bate of the whole duty. The Morrisdn tariff bill, which provided for amending the im port duty on foreign Tobacco, as is well known, failedbf passage in the House, and to the satis faction of Cigar Leaf growers, as it would not give them as great protection as does a'ndihg bf the Treusury Department now in force. Tho Randall bill, which also provided for the im'e object, and also for abolishin x. the reve nue tax on Tobacco, was intro duced only after thd" Morrison bill was defeated, u'nfl tod late for the consideration it i deserved, even was the .. House 'and its au thor desirous of it3 consideration. The bill agreed - upon by repre sentatives appointed by the va- nous sections . errowrnsr oeea Leaf Tobacco, and which has been held- ready- by its friends for a favorable opportunity to in troduce, on Thursday, just previous to the closing of the present sessson, Congressman Hiscock, olNew York, obtained the recognition of the Speaker, and moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, which was sent to tho Clerk's desk and read. The introduction of the"? measure at once provoked animated discus sion, and evolved the oposition of Mr. Morrison, . Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee and his folio wers,but Representa tive Hiscock obtained the advan tage he was really seeking, which was to place the measure in a po sition on tho Calendar, which would eusure its early considera tion at the next session. In an other column will be found an article relating to this subject. The measure providing for re ducing the penalty bond of Cigar manufacturers passed the House and failed to be brought up for passage in the Senate This is a just measure,, as the. penalty bond is now the same as when the tax was double what it now ls. It was endorsed by the Com- missioner of Jnternal He venue. It would probably have parsed the Senate had there been time for its consideration. The bill relating to the pack ing of Cut Tobacco was passed by the House, reported favorably to the Senate by the Finance Committee, but recommitted to ! that Committee by request. The last two issues of the Western Tobacco Journal will enlighten our readers as to the provision of this measure, . and the reason of its defeat. The bill relating to the sale of Leaf Tobacco by and to a person . - ... - ' without license, did not come up i . " for a vote in tbo House, although 18867 it was understood the Committee proposed to report it favorably It was a measure that was crener- ally desired by the Tobacco plan- ers; The bill providing for protect ing Tobacco manufacturers' pro- cesse &n&K secrets froia being made public property by making tho book of record accessible 6n revenue officers and agents passod the House in April last, and we have seen no reference regarding it sineo. It probably remains on the Senate Calendar. A number of bills providing for the abolition of the Tobacco tax were killed by adverse reports of .Committees or by failure to consider them. . THey Were Carried. Ralelga Visitor, . - .Postal cards were recently sent out to married men in N. C. town aslang: ' . Why did you marry 1 A few of the responses weie: X. That's what I have been trying to find out for eleven years.- V ' W. Married to get even with her mother, but never have. , . J. V. -Because I was too lazy io work. C. Because Sarah toldf me five other young men had pro: posed to her. B. The old men thought eight years courting almost . long enough. D. I was lonesome and mel ancholy, and wanted some one to make me lively. N.B. She makes me lively. . i J. C. I was tired of buying ice cream and candies and 'going to theatres and church and want ed to save money. , : J.Tlease-don,jt etjr tne up: : f E. Because I thought sho S3 one among a thousand. Now I sometimes think she is a thous and among one. . Reter. -Because I was cross eyed. Now I am afflicted with two pairs of cross eyes daily H. iho governor was going to pivp rrp. hi font, so I tnnk hi daughter's hand. A. C I thought it would be cheaper than a breach of prom ise suit. C, A. That's the same tool question that my friends and neighbors ask me. B. D. Because I had more money than I knew what to do with Now I have more to do tnan I have money to do with. A.I wanted a companion of the opposite sex. ' R. S, She is still opposite. F.- Don't mention it. vinh HnH a fiiffipiilt.v unlock- ing the door at night and wanted ! sustained in what he did, but we somebody to let me in she let 8tiil believe that the murderers me in.. I ought to swing. They killed a - R. J. Because it is just my! man of good character, with a lnck. fa large circle of reputable kin, S. I didn't iutend to go to do and in his own piace of business, it. land they are rauriereis, we have I yearned for company; we ; no doubt, according to the Di- urr, oil fhn vine law, and according to the now have it all the time. an d houia Old Man. I have exhausted all tllir joom, the figures in the arithmetic to fifriirp nnt. an answer to the nues- Fair in Xorth "Carolina in tion. Between multiplication and division in the family and distrac tion in addition the answer hard to arrive at. Simon. I married to get toe best wife in the world. B. C. Because I asked her if she would have iiave me.and she said she would. I think she's got me. Tlie Sontli in Forging Ahead. N. T. Herald. There is an agricultural col- lege in Mississippi which the peo ple of that State are very proud of. The Times Democrat, of New Orleans, declares that "no institution in the South has done more good in the progress which ! has marked this sectioa. i jf Toa ilnPfl fr rir! tfp nith It has helped to na the oontn I . ij J 1 r t At. rn of old prejudices. One ot these 53l OO PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE: NUMBER old prejudices was - that right hard work for a living until the face looked like the outside of a cocoanut and the hands were r.s hard as a bit of rhinoceros hide, was not exactly the thing to ex cite a man's ambition. The ag ricultural college has knocked that notion out of time. Tho graduate grows wildly enthusi astic about the different grasses which should be fed to cows in order to produce the bt butter, and he wants the last improve ments in his farming implements and ho delights to tackle a bit of worn out land with phosphates, and to coax it and manipulate it until it becomes vigorous enough to produce a double crop. . These graduates settle here ami there over the South and stir up whole neighborhoods, and pro ject new life into farmers who aro inclined to do things to-day just as they were done a couple of thousand years ago. Yes, the agricultural college is a mirack worker, and under its influent c the South will recognize a dozen new and remunerative indus tries. Tlie Wake Murderers. Wilmington fctcr The Star ventured to express a wish that Governor Scales would hot interlere with the decision cf the court in the Gocch and Sn.ith cases, because it believed they were murderers, and that mui derers should be hanged always --an eye for eye, a tooth for . tooth, a life for a life. From al we could learn the killing of 31r. Cheatham was a tremendous outrage. We knew him well and he was a worthy you ng man. Ho Was ihurdered ia his own stor by the two wretches whose sen tence has been commuted to im prisonment for a term of years. We regret this, although we can not censure the Governor for hi- course. He is a most estimable ! gentleman and held in very hv'h ' personal esteem by thiswriter who ! has known him for a quarter oi a century and knows only good of him. He has caused his reasous !for commuting the death sen- jtence to be ziven. Ic seems ho was sustained bv all of the Su preme Court Judges, and by Judire Clark who tried the cae, as well as by Solictor Galloway who was the prosecutor. In. ad dition S00 Wake county people signed a petition. This last does not amount to much as you can get people to sign a petition for anything,' especially not to hang a scoundrel. We repeat, Gov. Scales is wed ISS6. Rop-ar Tent Cabarrus county, inr.i.t nth jml l2rh. is! iw.rip Amnltnrah Mur- free-bo ro. - Fiedmont Agricultural, Hick crv. 'Roanoke and Tar River Agri cultural, Weidon, October 10th to 22nd. North Carolina Sate Agricul tural, Raleigh, October Jlh to Fair of the Carolinas,CuaroUe November 2nd to 5th. Cumberland County Agrkul tura!. Fayetteville, November 9th o 12th. Edgecombe AcriCcIrurai aud Mechanical, Tarbur, vVv-mrr 2nd to 5tli. Rockv Mount Agriruitnral and Mechanical, Pocky Mounu No vember XOik to 12h. Eastern Carolina Agricultural and Stock Association, Goldsbora Nov, 3rd4.tUand5lhv ;. ;
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