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T H £ EDUCATOR SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1875. WADDELL <fc SHTH Editors and PnWishers. Our friends will sec that our terms are Cash. We hope they will govern them selves accordingly. CORRESPONDENCE. It must not be understood that the Educator endorses the sentiments of its correspondents in every instance. Its columns are open to the friends of the party, and their communications will be given to the public ns contain ing the views and sentiments of the writers. receiving their Paper with a Blub Cross Mark on it, are Hitts notehed that the term of their Subscription has expired, and unless they renew, we will be compelled to dissontinue the paper. PROSPECTUS nr THE EDUCATO li. A weekly newspaper published every Saturday in Fayetteville X. C. THE EDUCATOR, a journal ol mor al and intellectual advancement, will he especially devoted to the interests of She colored youth of North Carolina: and will be the untiring advoeateul eve- j ry measure calculated to benefit that | elass of our'eati/.ens who most, feel Tlie | need of education and an organ. While not strictly a party paper, THE | EDUCATOR will earnestly defend the Republican principles and policy, believ ing them to he necessary to the peas e, prosperity and happiness of the Ameri can people. Religion, Literature, Agriculture, a,nd jvews inn be rflaue special features ol THE EDUCATOR. Terms of Subscription : One year in advance, 4*2 00 Six month* in advance, - - -1 (10 Three months in advance -- - .50 i WADDELL & SMITH, Editors and Publishers, j Fayetteville X. C. Minis Brown null 1. IIV c. One bright and lovely day in spring I left that busy town, And wandered through a garden with ■ Sweet Araminta Brown; And, when I asked, “Art fond of flowers?' j In accents sweet, she said— “Oh, yes, I'm very fond of flour lit the shape of good wheat bread.” “Behold,’’ said I, “the lovely plants j That round us sweetly bloom, Without their charming brightness The world would all be glooui. J even love the cowslip That blooms in meadows green.” ‘I think,” said she, “cowslips are nice | When boiled with pork mid beans.” “I love,” said I, ‘ the gladsome birds. Singing their songs so sweet.” “I think,” said she, “a nice, plump bird. Is very good to eat.” And, when we passed a lovely rose. With flowers fast blossoming— “ Oil, dear,” said she, -Tvc scratched my hand Upon the ugly tiling.” !Slie pointed to a running vine That just then caught her eye. “What, is that lovely plant?” she asked, j “A marrow. - my reply. “Oil. yes," said she, -marrow are good, j When nicety boiled and dressed. But still, I think, of atl'tlie plants. I love the oniou best.” ' ' . I talked to her of poetry. Os musie, ait. and nature. In boja-H to find some object that Would please the fair young creature, r But, whe;i she moved her lips to speak, j As true as I'm a sinner, , tshe only said, “It’s almost time For us to goto dinner.” An Election for Delegates to num her One Hundred and Twenty, to amend tin Constitution of the State., | trill be held on Thureday , the Uth ol j August, 1875. The, Convention i till' meet at Ilaleigh, on the <kh of the j following September. GALA-WEEIi. Fnyottoville Alive. Cumberland County Centennial. — Howard School Examination and Exhibition. —Free Maton Celebration. Fayetteville baa experienced con siderable excitement and pleasure during this week. On Monday las: the people of the County met to cel ebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Cumberland County resolutions. These resolutions were only thirty days later than the fa mous Mecklenburg resolutions, and' have 39 signers, the grand children and great-grand children of many of whom are still among us. The procession was formed about tour o'clook, on Gillespie street, in front of Mayor Williams’ residence. The Independent Co. taking the lead Svilowisi bj/ihe LaFayette Company, Masonic Fraternity and a very large ooncotrese of citizens. The procession moved through Mumfcrd, Maxwell, Hay and Person streets to Liberty Point, where pray er was offered by Rev. 11. G. Hill, the resolutioES read by Mr. Rob*. F Htiske and an oration delivered by Mr. Ban. Fuller, after which the immense crowd was addressed by Mr. Josiah Turner Jr. The procession then moved thro. Person and Green streets to Rowan for a general dress parade of the military companies. Scnooi. Examination. This being the last week of the J present school year, Mr. Harris lias had his annual examination and ex , hibition, all of which was very cred itable and interesting. Particularly I interesting were the classes in Prac- j jticle Arithmetic. He had several ' spelling-matches in which the pupils acqnitted themselves very creditably Masonic Co, erratic x. Oii Thursday last, Eureka Ledge : No. 3, of the Order of Free Masons, \ celebrated the 100th anniversary of Masonry among colored men in 1 America, by marchirng front tlioir hall to ft. Joseph’s Chapelwhere an oraubi/ wxs hmtverh.TTiy "Mt. ilrttm J. Sawyer, ofUa'eigli. The Oration was very good, and well delivered. The speaker gave a minute history | j of the rise and progress of the Order j : among colored men in America, and I | its fellowship with all classes of the ; | Order in this and other countries, j j Their condition in this respect is | very encouraging. The oration wa a ] ; not very long and did not detain ) j tile audience more than about an | i hour. It is very highly spoken of 1 by all who heard it; and Mr. Sawyer’s i i manner of speaking was much ad i mired. The craft displayed a beautiful ap- j pcaranco oii the streets, led by the | old-time martial music, drums and I fife. We will give Mr. Sawyer's j speecli in full in our next issue. Tlie Convention Ques tion. Immediately after the general e- j lection all over the State, on the flf/i ’ of last August, the Gazette, among the first papers of Forth Caroli na, took its position FIRMLY AND SQUARELY against the call of a Convention to amend the present Constitution of the State. *,** * * * The Convention question teas not an issue in the August campaign; toe do not suppose any candidate or any public speaker ever broached the j subject any where on the stump; the j people anticipated ho such issue — I and, what is more, thousands who \ voted with our party for the first ! time, would never have done so had they seen any reason to expect a call for a Convention-, should it be fore :d | upon them they will ha ve voted with tes for the LAST time. In short, the citizens—the voters of Forth Carolina DON'T WANT A CONVENTION/ they are not in clined and not able to endure the necessary outlay of money which would be incurred, and they prefer relying upon Legislative enactment for the. correction of whatever Con- I stitutional abuses may note rest hear ■ j// upon them.—Forth Carolina Ga | relts, of bth Fovember, hut. Township Meetings. —The elec tion is drawing near, and onr people have to elect their Magistrate*, School • Committeemen Ac. Thi* matter should not be neglected till the laslmoment. Republicans should begin to hold meetings, harmonize unite and select the best men, the ; srongest men. Men who will carry with them strength in saving onr ■ Constitution from the ruthless hands i of silly and rebllious democrats who • are working to make themselves ■ popular, and place every poor man i jin the condition which he was, in I 1800, by bringing about a qualified i suffrage which will disfranchise one - half the voters of North Carolina. Democratic Kaacultty , It will be remembered that it was supposed that Governor Brogden I ; would attend the Centennial Celebra 'tioa of the battle of BunkeijHill, arid . hfs to do occasioned no Rttle into the information obtained from those who are supposed to know disclose* the fact that with its usual and cuatudm ry disregard for honesty and honor, i the Democracy intended to take ad vantage of onr Republican Govern ! or's absence and with the hope that! , | the Democratic Lieutenant Govern-! | or Arintield would he a willing tool i jin their hands, they proposed role j bing the Governor and the KeptfMi- ■ 'can Party of certain of its rights and j privileges. It was supposed that j | during the absence of Governor | : Brogden, Judge Mitchell of the Sit perior Court, would resign, and by : “the appointment of Mr. Arm field, | was to lie succeeded by Col. Folk !of Caldwell County, a Democrat. It was proposed that the acting G»v --| ernor would appoint tlie directors on tlie two State railroads, thus g»v i ing them over to Democratic control, j This was a nice little game, hut onr j vigilant Executive was not caught napping, and the well laid jian ’gaug'd aglee,’ to his credit he it said I ' however, and as we . are really in ! formed, Lieut. Gov. Armfield exlrili-i , ited no disposition to become a par tv, or tool for the perforiiitUKmflDf tlilu slsnlyi iu*»l- on afv/i'vjtlj’ • tjapfre-?? l*y Ids associates. In what a light do these wicked and reckless men place onr State! The Governor cannot leave its border* for a few days on a | high and patriotic mission without j having a conspiracy formed to rob him of his prerogatives, and tlie par ty lie represents of its rights, and | [lower. It ts but another evidence | that the Democratic politicians and ; leaders of the party in this State are : devoid of all political honor and principle.—[Newbern Times. To Tlx«? Uenjilc. 15. R. Moore, better known by the j name of “lien Moore.” as the report jed ol tlie Journal, seems to be de | sirons of misrepresenting me as to : the trial of W. T. Jackson alias C. :P. Snow. The good citizens of : Wilmington all know well that I do ! not use the broken language a* re ! presented in the Journal of 16th. ; They also know that I can adrainis {ter an oath, with or without the book as well as any Magistrate in the city. I would further inform the gentle man that no witness has testified be fore my “that the prisoner was re quired tp touch the body of the jntrr dered Jackson.'’ I will further in form the GEXTLKAHX that I some times buy the New York Illustrated Police News, one of which I bought last Sunday morning, which contain ed the murder of a child in Boston jby the sexton of a church, which I; j suppose is the case he has reference I to, but as to the Gazette, I have} not read one to my recollection in five years, and I do not think there is much similarity between that case and the one the gentleman was re porting, and tlie murdered Jackson was buried when I obtained that. ' But he did not tell the good citizens of Wilmington of his trying to buy, me out as a magistrate, just before 1 1 went to the Legislature, for the sum 1 of seventy-five dollars, snd I suppose 1 this is wiiy the gentleman attacks me in the manner he does. But I can assure the people that he never | CAN BUY ME OUT. This statement I can prove, if the: OENTI EUAN requests or requires it, j by witnesses. W. H. MOORE, J.P, | The Whipping Post. J] The Democrat* are becoming j t more outspoken in their sentiment*' i about changes in the State Const it u- j i tion, and in spite qf their proterta i tions made sometime since, they are;t now advocating measures against': which we have all the time warned j Republicans, but which they have! not until lately avowed: The Durham Tobacco Plant eftke! 2nd inst., speaking of th* morals of j negroes and the increase of the num-! ber of convicts in the penitentiary, 1 ! prescribes as a remedy for tbe evils complained of; “Reinstate the whip ping post and dlsfranceiee the reels. 7 ' : —Aye, the whipping post • and dis-: franebment are the. remedies of the Democrat*, ami if they can only con- j trol the convention, e’er a year has! passed we will be treated to the: sigh’, of black men and whit* men: of women and children stripped to the waist with hands and feet iv stocks, with quivering md torn sod hired- ‘ ing flesh, under the sash of olSeer* of the law, executing the sentence? of* the law, and that, too, in The refined i arid goodly city of W ilmington In behalf of the Republican Party, we' tell these men—Beware!— Wilming f ton post. i Address to thr Voters ol Carnliutt. i | Rooms Republican State Ky. I Com. Raleigh, June lt>. 7a f j The late legislature, presuming | upon the strength of party discip j line, has called a convention to a ! mend the constitution of North Car i olina. No intimation was given to j the people, in the campaign of 1874, that such a purpose was contempla ted. The question of CONVENTION, OR NO CONVENTION, was not an issue in that contest; and generally when candidates for the legislature were interrogated upon the stump, they disclaimed the *1:- j sire to cal! a constitutional conven- - J tion. When tire legislature assembled, a : j majority of that bo»ly were opposed 7 j to the call; hut at once the agitation! commenced. lor a long time it was in doubt whether, or not fb* plotters , w wwl4 enow “-I, trrV(ttrr-. lltT »1< »Tlli r nent party, knowing the temper of' the people feared to risk the pas- 1 sage of a convention bill. THE PARTY LASH WAA APPLIED, and one by one, those opposed to the project yielded to party discip line, under protest, declaring they! did so as a [tarty measure: and at , last the necessary majority was se- j cured. Without being in any matt- 1 ner consulted, the voters are thus | compelled to take action; and this compulsion has been resorted to. in spite of the fact that so late as 1871.1 the people determined, by a large majority, that they did not want a, convention. In like manner the dominant par ty, in 18GI, disregarded the will or the people. During that year, the !eglsht*nre ( submitted the convention question to a popular vote, and it was deci ded by an overwhelming majority that the convention should not be called. Yet within a few weeks thereafter, the legislature called a convention; and the delegates to: that body , again without consulting the people, passed an ordinance of secession, and plunged the state in- 1 to rebellion. It seems that certain politician* arc determined to overthrow the or- < : ganic law. Since 1870—a period of | only five years—they have three . ; several times worried tbe people in ! to voting upon ti e question of amen-. \ ding the constitution. It is high time the people had rest Iron these CEASELESS AGITATIONS; | and it remains with themselves to put a quietus upon them. If the < . present scheme is defeated, we may ] reasonably hope no other attempt will be made in a long series of years. There is a mystery attaching to • these tiersistent endeavors to over- , ’ turn the organic law. While polite , cians are exclaiming that the exist- i ing constitution is imperfect and needs revision, none of them inform I | the people io what respect* it should ;be amended. Even the Address, re i j ceutly issued hy authority of the i | Democratic party, deals in general. i | expression?, gravely advancing the, I I idea that the “necessity for changing many of the provisions of the exis ting conslitntion is generally admit-; ted, and is too appearem. to require extended argument;” and the same -sjfcmn document, in mother place announces Halt its “LIMITED STATE does not perinet a catalogue of the I numerous defects and imperfections j f of the present constitution, or to e i numerate the remedies to be offered.” j | From the begining to the end of this • , Address, not a single important sug ‘ gestion of amendment is offered or ! foreshadowed! Why these siiruifican omissions, | unless some sinister design is eon-! : cealedr It will not do to say the j ; rights of the people are secured by | | the so-called restrictions of tbe Con- j I vent-on-Aet. —While these restric tions amount to a confessoin that ! many of the provisions of the cxis- : ting constitution are admirable, (the ! t acknowledgment being extorted, t tram its enemicN) tliej' arc by no i mean? a guaranty that tl:e PLOTTERS ARE NOT CONSPIRING against tbe liberties of the people.— •There is nothing within them to t pi event the restoration of the county i courts: nor :he abolition of the town , ship: nor the i«- establishment, ot the f whipping post; nor the requirement f of a residence of twelve months in a Msntv. before acquiring the right to vote: nor the fixing of excessive rates of poll tax in the various coun ties: nor forbidding the forced pro duction «>f tax receipts to enable a 1 citizen to cast his ballot: nor tlie creation of a rtringent landlord and le'.aut act; nor the taking away iron . the tiller of the soil his rights atm ; ; property: nor the creation of life-ol fie*-?; nor the appointment of judges 1 solicitors and reagisttwtes hy tin l legislature; nor the taking away from the people the right to choosu f their own raiers. Ail these tliii g ■ V “KE-Ti;l«TIOX- no VOT PREVENT. , l And c*»u.?ldcriiig the silence of tin ; ' projectors of the convention scheno | ! none lot! the conspirators themselve, •an futvtdl what other itrjn'.ties may «lw resorte-l to. Wiii oerc ii,r n-rtrinjoii. phtt-ts* I |at all with!* the convent ion-VI. i Tlie promotersof the oowqdrarr iiavi ’ time and sg-VI drnoimee?l the very inensanes they n*v pretend I < pr serve. Tis -y «reie insir. -rre Irefote. !or treacherous mv. Every one u. j t tlie restrictions arc as to iiK’iisuriv ] j that have beenme endeared to tin j f people, and which they are uiiu il i ling to re-loiqu.-id and it must In i !<onie in min-l they are parts c.f .. ' roost it nt ion cremed hy it? enemies to be tlie “creature of military dict.v 1 tion, bom in tie throes of a tudiiaiy f recuost ruction.’’ In trnlh, it was ■ known l«y the conspirator* that the PEOPLE DISTRUSTED THEM; and these so-called restrictions,; which many «r them arc ready to i •Ibrcgxnl, were inserted in the eon- i vention-bill, because its authors fear-! i ed the people. No arguments whatever have been ! i adduced to prone a lack of excel- 1 lem-e in the existiug constitution. In many instance*, tlie principles of the preseat organic law, are the very ones advocated in past days, bv PROMINENT STATESMEN of North Carolina In 1840, Gov. | Dudley recommended the location ; '■of the Judge* of the Superior Courts i m tbe Districts. In 18.V4, Gov. Hied recommended that the Attorney General be made an executive officer and that he should reside in the City of Raleigh—ln tbe tame message, lie recommended two additional judic , ial circuit*. The same -year, Mr; Dortch introduced a bill to elect the judge* for a term of years; and Mr.! Biggs introduced a resolution to di vide tbe State into nine judicial cir mil«. During tbe same session ofj tbe legislature. Mr. Bynum proposed to divide tbe State into ten circuits. In 1860. Mr. Merrimou introduced a ( resolution instructing the judiciary committee tv inquire into the expe diency of establishing another judi cial circuit, md also as to the ap poinlanent ol an additional judge of tbe Supreme Court. As in the case of the judiciary, and the election of officers by tbe people *o with all the important changes made in tbe constitution. The ee Lxiduhmeul of a pvuitvntiary: the abolition of imprisonment for debt; the organlz-ntion of a bureau of sta tistics: all these have been recom mended at different times by our old-time governors and leading men. GREAT COMPLAINT was made because of the establish ment of the Code Commission; and after much clamor, it was abolished, ( But one of our recent legislatures ' appointed Judge Battle to do the same work, requiring it lo be done in a specified time. The General Assembly pretended to pass upon his labors; bltt so little know ledge ' had ottr law-makers of what had I been accomplished, that the statute j law has been thrown into ooniusion, {and the best of lawyers arc uncertain . how to construe it. We have said'the agitators REFUSE TO INfOKM THE PEOPLE in what respects they propose lo amend tbe constitution. But obser ving the work of their hands, we are not left entirely i* the dark as to their'Bcsigtts—For instance, read ! the infamous charters of tlie cities of i Raleigh, Wilmington and Newbern, , (to say nothing of other towns,) in ; which property, not citizenship, !m* i representation; and which overturn fundamental princples of republican ! government, giving political power to the few and withholding, it from I the many. Recall the shameful law f reforming the senate districts, VIRTUALLY DISFRANCHISING large immln rs of voters, llemeni j Ist also the outrageous attempt in 1871, to call a convention of the peo i pie, by a bare majority vote of tlie General Assembly. In regard to the homestead, call Ito mind the opinions and advice of prominent conservative lawyers, who i construed the HOMESTEAD ACT to apply only to new debts, claiming i dint it did not relate to obligations ■ ,-ontracted prior to IStiN. Should j dies* me obtain emit nil v>t" the Stt- I pieino t'onrt, w list will lieconit* of ! the homested. a* applied to old ! debts? No ~roat rid hum" will save lie debtor <• ass in such a contingen ! V. l*Lc Jill, uing. i. » list nt .J..,i . CViuntiff and the numlHT <*l Dele gate* to wh clt each county is entitle in the Coilvcnt‘OU which ts to meet at Raleigh, on the till, ot September, j Almanc.:, 1 i Jackson, 1 i Alexander, 1 ■ Johnston, - : Allegliatiy, 1 j Joi.es. 1 i Anson, 1 ! Lenoir, 1 I Ashe, 1 Lincoln, 1 Beaufort and Macon, 1 Pamlico, 1 Madison, 1 ISertie, 1 Martin, 1 Bladen, 1 McDowell, 1 Brunswick. 1 Mecklenburg, 2 Biincoiiibc, 2 Mitchell, * 1 Burke, 1 Montgomery, 1 Cabarrus. 1 Moore, 1 Caldwell, 1 Nnslt, 1 Camden, 1 New Hanover i Carteret, * 1 and Pender, 3 ; Caswell, 2 Northampton l j Catawba, 1 Onslow, 1 ! Chatham, 2 Orange, 2 | Cherokee and Pasquotank, 1 Graham, 1 Perquimans, 1 i Chowan. 1 Person, I Clay, 1 Pitt, 2 j Cleveland, 1 'Polk, l : Columbus, 1 Randolph, 2 Craven, 2 Richmond, 1 Cumberland, 2 Robeson, 2 Currituck, 1 Rockingham, 2 Dare, 1 Rowan, 2 Davidson, 2 Rutherford, 1 Davie, 1 Sampson, 2 Duplin, 2 .Stanly, i ; Edgecombe, 2 Stokes, 1 ! Forsythe, 1 Surry, 1 Franklin, 1 Swain, 1 Gaston, 1 Transylvania, I Gates, 1 Tyrrell, 1 Granville, 2 Union, 1 Greene, 1 Wake, 1 Guilford, 2 Warren, 2 Halifax, 2 Washington, 1 Harnett, 1 Watauga, 1 Haywood, 1 j Wayne, 2 Henderson, 1 I Wilkes, 2 Hertford, 1 Wilson, 1 Hyde. 1 | Yadkin. 1 Iredell, 1 j Yancey. I Total, 120 KUITII’H Perec anil Ague Pill* A SPKCIHO FOR ALL CASK? Or CHILLS ami> Fkvkh litaiii Ague. Imtkr- MtTTENT FEVER. Jfcc. This prrpurritfi.u is purely vegeuhle. •ml i* prepared frmn the reecliie of Dr. Keith, who hs? ustl It in tlie treat, ment or atmve diseases for many years, with invariable success, l’ut up in hexes containing 50 Pill?. Price. 81.00 jwr box. orß boxes for ♦.’Ltd Ment hy mail on receipt of price. Prciihreil only by B. KEITH A CO. 14 Utterly N.. X. 1 jau. Ibih.—« me.
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