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TIIE GLEANER. 12. 8. PARUIJt, Kdltor. (IK All AM, N. C. ; FEB. lOTjr, 1873. [ These columns are oj>en to the free diwttssion of affairs. The (I LEA XEH is not responsible for the opinions expressed by correspondents.] HPGCIAI. ItIKMAOIi- O F THE 4>Ki;niDE.vr to tiik ne.matk. On the eighth of this month, in obe dience to a request made upon him by Senate resolution of third, the Presi dent tent to the Senate a special mes sage upon Arkansas affairs, accompan ied, as he statas, by all. the.iuformation not theretofore furnished, in his posses sion relating to affairs in that State*. In this message he expresses "the opinion that one Joseph Brooks was rightfully elected Governor of that State, and has been unlawfully deprived of his office, ■ and that in I*7l the Constitution of the State was violently overthrown,) and a new one adopted. This opin ion was gratuitous ) and, ordinari-1 ly, would be of no more conse quence than the opinion, of any other individual in the habit of having his I views already prepared ui>on all mat-j ters about which he knew little or was j poorly competent to judge; and, ready to be serv d whenever circumstances afforded an opportunity. But when j we remember that Grant's expressed opinions are accepted as true, by the republican majority of the Congress of the country fyr all purposes of legisla tion, then, his con victions, pretended or real, asuumc an importance, not for their true value, but for the reason, it is felt, aud the past shows it to bo true, | that the majority of his party in Con-! gress dares not oppose his will or hold contrary opinions. JJo is evidently bent upon forciblo interference with the do mestic affairs of Arkansas as well as Louitiiana. He is like the shoemaker, who, when warned to work the road and bring his tools with him, appeared promptly wittfhis kit of implements suit able to his trade, and upon being told they were of little use in the mending of roads, lie replied, that, lie knew how to use no others. What the lap-stone and pinchers were to the shoemaker, j the arn yis to Giant. Tiiat shoemaker may have been the veriest cobbler, yet, ' he would use no other than shoe | tools upon any .kind of work. Grant j knows, or professes to know, how to i use soldiers, and will use nothing cbe, ] whatever the job beforo him may be. Their is however this difference: The i shoemaker was summoned to the work i he showed himself so unprepared to per- t form; while Grant, equally unprepared, with tools not only equally unsuitable, but absolutely forbidden, voluntarily in trudes his services, and proceeds with a work not only not required, but ruin- 1 ou9 to be done. Ho thinks it danger- 1 ous for the present government of Ark- ' ansas to be recognized by Congress. In s that event he says the •' States, recently c re-admitted to Federal relations on cer- I tain conditions," may change their con- 1 stitutions and violate their pledges. ' Arc not tho States re-admitted, as ho c terms it, to Federal relations as much j 1 States in tho Union as any? Have they j 1 any pledges to the General Government j' not common to all the States? If not I ' why discriminate? Are we yet in and ' ' out of the union as tho whims of those j ( in power sec fit to locate us? What 1 rights has any ono Stato tnat all the I' others have not ? Are wo under any 1 plodges save an obedience to, and sup-1 ' port of the Constitution of the United J ! States, aud the laws enacted thcreun-! ' dcr? If New York or North Carolina ' ' hhould in pursuance of law change its j 1 v Constitution and adopt one iu any of its parts in conflict with any provision ofj the Constitution of the United States : would it not bo otpially null And void to , the extent of that conflict,in the one State i as tho other? If any diflbrcne:: where-; fore, and what is it? Tho Constitution ; of the United Stated U the Charter of the Federal Government, aud the pow ers therein delegated cannot be resum ed by the States at pleasure. As loug as this is observed iu good faith no State can violato any pledgo. To con trol its internal affairs, not 'in viola tion of the Constitution of the United States, and ef the laws authorized by it, is the right ol every State north aud south, east and west, in equal degroe. Has this great government so fallcu from tho high purposes of iu creation as to seek pretext for unauthorized in tcrmedling, at the' instance of disap pointed aspirants for official position, into all the miuutioß of each political campaign of tho various States, and the various counties of tho " .differ ent States/ It would seem so. For all the southern States, it would seem that all that is necessary U, for some defeat ed republican to complain to tho govern ment at Washington, and staightw&v an investigation is ordered and, if the caprice of the committee or party neces sity so directs it, the incumbent of the place sought by the complainant isfoust -1 od, and he is inducted into the office without further ceremony. In this message the President respectfully aub- Life - • ' ."'V V • '•' ' ■ - iiiHher Congress should tvcog iii«*»nc present Government of Arkan sas? Ominous threat! We will refuse jto recognize voul You may elofct your Senators and send them here, but they can't take their seals. We refuse to J recognize your legislature hy which they arc elected! We'll send a com i mittee down there and we'll examine | into your last campaign, and into the means used by tho candidates for seats j in your General Assembly to influence | voters. We'll count out some and we'll ; count in others. Mr. Smith or Mr. Jones j ought to have been elected Senator to Congress, and we arc? very certain would have .been but lpr some devil ment in tho election; aiid inasmuch as he should have been we'll count out his 1 ojiposers and count in his supporters unlil he can be. And, to sustain our , fiction we'll cry 'intimidation revolu tion, rebellion! We'll get certificates of more voters, that they M ere afraid or tailed to vote, it makes no flifferpnee whether the negroes know what they are doing or not. when they sign them, than democratic Smith beat republican Jones for the legislature ami we'lfcount them all for Jones, and we'll prove Smith is a white leaguer or a ku-klux, and send him home, glad to get oil' without arrest and trial before the Fed eral Court. I But why is this procedure peculiar to the s.uitli? Why, because the gov j eminent at Washington knows first, j that the southern States will submit to j anything; for if they dare even to rc | monstrate they arc met with charges of | disloyalty, rebellion, hypocracy,' and I threats of military interference; and, secondly,-the southern States arc not recognized as equals in the Union, j Though they are formally so declared, j the full truth of tho declaration has never been recognized. There are con stant outcroppings of this from high official sources, as in this special mes sage. No State government has, since reconstruction, asked the recognition and aid of the Federal Government, 6ave those unquestionably b:iscd upon fraud and corruption. There is no in stance of any rightful State government unable to maintain itself. That the Federal Government should interfere | at all, with no more pretext than it has | had, is bad enough,'but that it should j thus interfere m the interest of fraud and usurpation is indeed deplorable. Grant says to Congress, I'd be glad i if you would destroy the State govern ment ofAjkansas; it is rather an un ! pleatfant job; but, if you fail, blessed if / don't do it. Is the will of one man the measure of American liberty? If not, how long, without a change, be fore it will be? T»«Ii NO'-TM CAROMNA t'EN TIfNNIAL. While there is so much being said and done about the Centennial aniversary of the the declaration of American Inde I>endenco which is to be observed iu so imposing a manner in Philadelphia, on the 4th of July, 1876, our own j>eo plc, for a wonder are not asleep to the propriety, not to say duty, of commem orating iu a becoming manner tho hun dredth anniversary of Independence as # declared by North Carolinians at "Char lotte on the -Uth of May, 1875. No more heroic deed can be claimed by any peo-' plo. , The constant and extravagant indulgence of self-laudation, because of the noblo action of our ancestry, may sometimes not unjustly provoke criti cism; yet the due appreciation of, and respect for the evidences of exalted man hood furnished by those from whom we are descended, or with whom we are as sociated as natives of the soil that gave them birth can but elicit univcrsafcom | uiendatiou, aud in some sort show that we arc not wholy unworthy of those j tltoso places we have been assigned to I fill. The city of Charlotte having taken j the initiative, there wa£, on tho 4th of j this month a meeting held tliore, over j which Gov. Graham presided, and by which a committee was appointed who reported resolutions which were adopt ed, asking tho Legislature to create a corporate body to be known -as the j "Mecklenbnrg Centennial Association," for the purpose of celebrating in a bo-' fitting manner, on tho 20th of May next, the ono hundredth anniversary of the Mecklenburg,declaration of independ ence. To aid in defraying the expenses of this celebration a donation by" the State of five thousand dollars is asked. A cominittco on preliminary arrange ments was appointed. Tho friends of constitutional liberty throughout Amer ica arc cordially invited to attend and participate. We trust our Centennial may be a grand success. In honoring the memory of those whose act we com memorate we certainly honor ourselves However complete it may be, there will certainly be no more touching feature than that formed by the presence and participation of the lineal dcscendonts ofthose whose patriotism and love of liberty, and noble daring and independ ence, are thus cherished, and revered. Quite a destructive fire in Yancey ville last week. The loss, we, under stand, is about fifteen thousand dollars. We do not know whether |hc sufferers are to any extent indemuilied by insur ance. Hope they arc- Tim ivir kiciits in i.i,. This odious measure, with 110 good or profitable feature in ii> Jbas. at, last passed the" lower llousc of Congress. It is the same, with the sehopj and cem etery clauses stricken out. that betore Congress at its last session. The welfare of no classdemands its passage. It cannot fhi 1 to be damaging, to the veiy class for w hose benefit it was pre tondedly urged. The truth is, deep malignity against the South pushed this uncalled for,dangerous measure through the House. Uuder its provisions no hotel keeper can, not .only, refuse to entertain a negro, un der heavy penalties to make any dis crimination.between him, he. is ri negro, and white man. So it is with all places of public amusement. No one is allowed to make fuiy sort of discriminafion between a negro and a white man. Suppose the young peo ple, in country or village, as they very frequently do, should get up an exhi bition of tableaux-vivanls, or charades, for the purpose of raising money for any chairitablc object—lor the poor, for the church, or to help pay the preacher, why, if the managers dared to make any difference between a white lady and the dirtiest'negro woman in the neghborhood, because , she was a negro, tliey would lay themselves liable to indictmentsin the Federal Court, and if worth anything could be made pay the sum of five hundred dollars to the aggreived negro woman. The bill is, and the law will be if it passes the Sen ate, that there shall be 110 diflereuce, distinction or ,discrimination between negroes and white people in hotels upon railroads, steamboats, stages omni buses, or anyj- pnblic "conveyance; at theatres, circuses, or any place of pub lic amusement. But we are toid by those ol'our fellow citizens who do not denounce this bilband sever their con nectionjwith the partyj that passed it Miat the negro will never seek to in trudo himself, as this gives him the right to do. That he will not ask to be entertained at-our hofels, or to inter mingle with white at places of public amusement or in public convey ances. How do they know this? It may be that they will not, in many lo calities, and for some time to come, but those in others and at once will demand all that this bill confers. And because they know that the very law under which thev make the demand is regarded as one of humiliation and punishment they will be supercilious in claiming all that its provisions gives them. Can this fail to produce.conflicts and breaches of the peace? And is it not the case that a rencounter between whites and blacks is much more likely to spread and involve others than a diffi culty \between persons of the same race and color? This bill when it becomes a law promises, yes, injure this. And besides, as if apprehensive that the negro might, in the exercise of bet ter judgment than the lricnds of the bill have displayed, hesitate to thrust himself into an intermingling with the whites, it is provided that if he is dis criminated againstbecauso lie is a negro he shall receive from the party so of fending the sum of five hundred dollars, This part of the bill is nothing more nor less than an oiler of that amount as a reward to the negro who wilt claim his privileges under its provisions. Should a negro go of our hotels? draw up his chair in tho midst of the guests, make himself generally at home, and when the dining-room bell rung, should march in and take his seat at tho table among the others stopping at the house, the landlord would havg one two things to do; he would have to inarch that negro out, and pay him five hundred dollars for the indignity shown; or, loose his entire patronage or turn his hotel into a negro boarding house. What would he do? Why, he'd lead that negro out before he got tD the dining-room, while he was smok ing so large, with his lect so elevated, basking in the warmth of the stove he'd lead him out, and, would probably bo a little positive in word and action while ho did it. No law, BO pregnant.with mischief and so void of good, was ever passed. This bill will be the law of the land as soon as It passes the Seriate, and, it is said that it will that body- If you are too poor to pay the negro his five hundred dollars then you arc to be fined not less than fire hundred, nor more than a thousand, if too poor to pay that you are to be imprisoned not less than thirty days, nor more than one year. The Federal Court has exclusive jnrit diction of all matters arising under the bill. So you see Mr. negro has got you certain. Now, for tlic sake of your children, if ijot for yourselves, sever you conuee. tion with the party that could, force upon you and them, such an iniquitous measure, if you have ever affiliated with it. If you never liave go to your neighbor, who has, and beg him to for get party, and all else than the welfare of his country and at once, and forever quit the party that would so desgrae# his race. * Youdon't Want that little girl of yours, j when she has grown to womanhood, and i gone out into the world, to be hustled by a sensual negro at any place of public amusement she may attend, or , in any public conveyance she may > chance to travel? If von, in the rontrh '' 7 ° j ness of your sex and manhood Jean stand this intermingling of races she cannot. Then do not help to bring , it upon her. If you support the repub ! | lican party; and it makes the law, are j you not, whether so intending or not, yourself aiding in its enactment? You don't approve the law! You can't! Then don't let prejudices against your political opponents, in past cam-j paigns, and that pride, that is common j to us~ail,-aiid-often hinders the best -of I us from following the promptings of our better judgment, prevent;} our publicly and freely denouncing the act, and withdrawing your support Irom the party which has been so reckless of your welfare, the welfare of your race, and Ihe welfare of your country. There are manly examplesbefore you. ISIBV BILI,. In our legislative summary in our last issue we noticed the features of this bill, and declared our approval of them. Since then it has passed ifs final read ing in the Senate, and has gone to the House, where we trust it will be made a law. It is being fought in every con ceivable manner known to legislators. That we are indebted more to the want of a stringent usury law for our want of prosperity, commonly denominated. •' hard times," than to another one cause we arc entirely satisfied. Thq only amendment that now strikes us that we would suggest to the bill would be to make,the maximum rate of inter- j est six per pent, per annum. This cry | about the probability and even certainty I ot capital leaving the State, in search of 1 a more profitable investment, if this bill! becomes a law, is not alarming to us. Some of it probably would; —better I that it should go (ban remain to tempt! ' the people to their ruin. The present j 1 law has permitted the Banks and Bank- ! 5 crs to become the funnel through which 1 the spare money of the country passes, > until the people in many sections al most belong to them. There are thous- ( ands of dollars now, in the hands of| ' of Banks and Bankers, that should be 1 in circulation here, in this county, and ; used in improving our water powers, ' our farms, and in adding substantially I to tho wealth and prosperity of the 1 country. As it is, these Banks and r Bankers take it on deposit at eight per ' cent, if kept for a specified time and s nothing if not and lend it to the neigh- 1 bors of the depositors, or to strangers 1 at twelve or eighteen per cent. To - 1 whose advantage is this, to the people's 1 or the Bankers? Suppose some of our 1 citizens who chance to have a large 1 amount of surplus cash on hand, and i there are very few such, should invest out of the State,would wc be materially 1 injured by if? We think not as a peo ple. Some commission house or large merchant, or-one of these Banks,—all * of which live directly or indirectly upon 1 the labor of the farmer might be. AVhat ( class of people cry out for a repeal of 1 all laws restricting interest. The few £ monicd men of the land. What class 1 is it that demands protection from the ' avarice, and cruel, unreasonable de mauds of the money lender? The farm- ( cr. From what class do we derive all 1 that we get, either direeily or indirect- ( ly? The farmer. Let every farmer in ' the land for one year cease his labor 1 and .what would flie result be? Too 1 terrible to think of. Then, can we af ford to strike directly at the farmer, by j pcrmiting the circulating medium by which he transacts his business to com- i niand prices for its use, that all agree : Will bring ruin to him if pays them ? Is 1 there no selfishness in the monicd inon i who arc so apprehensive that this bill will become a law ? Oh, no! They ignore self and are only for the good of the people, poor fools, who are unable to see that it is better for them to pay twenty per cent, per annum for money when they are forced to borrow than six per cent. Talk about rings aud monopiliesl this ring of money against labor, this ring of extortion by the rich upon the poor is more terrible, more universal, and more fuinous to our {>eople than all the railroad rings and >other rings combined. It is in tact thd father of mpst of them, and near kin to them all. Let our legislature choke it. It has been permitted to grow too long and too large already. It must be choked or it, and its relatives will choke to death everything else. A resolution, introduced in the House of Representatives of the United States, declaring, that the election of a Presi dent for a third term is against the tra ditions of the Republic, is iu violation of the example of Washington now sacred as law itself, and would be haz ardous alikVfor the liberties of the peo ple end the free institutions of the country, was votjed down by a strict party vote. All the democrats voted lor it and all the republicans voted against it except Smith ot tins State— who voted wita the democrats. ~ r"~ .Ja-; ■ IIOM' THIV TAX is: The new tariff bill introduced into the House of/ Representatives of the United Stotes Congress by the Com mittee on Ways and Means, and which will doubtless become a law, makes important changes which are of great concern to our people. The tax on manufactured tobacco is increased from twenty to twenty-four cents a pound, but this increase is not to apply to such as the tax has already been paid upon. In regard to distilled spirits it is different. The tax is increas ed to one dollar on each proof or wine gallon, infill cases where the tax has not been paid. And in all cases where the tax now required by law has been paid, and stamps affixed to the ages, and the spirits is yet held by dis tillers rectifyers or -wholesale dealers there is an additional tax of fifteen cents on the proof or wine gallon to bo paid. The additional tax of fifteen cents on the gallon is to be paid by an other stamp to be provided by the Com missioner of Internal Revenue, and to dispose of any of this distilled spirits iu violation of this law is-.visited Avitfy the penalty of one dollar for each gallon so disposed of, and the forfeiture of the whole. When,you got your stamps at seventy cents on the gallon, and had them duly affixed to your packages you probably thought your tax was paid and that you could roll your barrels into some cellar or somewhere else and keep them for a year or so; and then get a good price for old whiskey or brandy as the case may be. But you were mistaken. You must drag it right out from its hiding place and put more stamps on it. Fif teen cents more oil the gallon must go | to the Revenue officers, and if you keep lit long enough, to improve by age no j telling how, often you may havctobring i it forth to put on more stamps. The ad- I uitions to the tax before it grows old | will out run its improvement in value by age. Better sell it right oil. If new offices are required for party purposes they'll make you put on more stamps, in order to give a pretext .for more offi cers for the people to pay—if for noth ing else. Our fathers had very crude notions of freedom and tbeblessings of a repub lican government. Poor souls! there were scarcely any offices for them to fill and grow rich upon. It never occurred to them to create the offices for the purpose of filling them and getting money in various ways from the people. They were not progressive. They knew very little. Many of them never saw a revenue stamp or had a man hired by the Government to watch him while upon liis own premises, he boiled his own grain. Well, they were paid very little attention to by the Govern ment, —had to "shift for themselves mostly. Wc of to-day are more fortu nate. We are looked after. EVEN THE REPUBLICANS CAN'T BTANU EVERYTHING. Wc give below the resolutions of Mr. Glenn, republican member of the legis lature from Yadkin county. He was openly supported by Foote, republican member from Wilkes, and, it is under stood that a number of other republican members will thus publicly reuounce their allegiance to the sinking party. The degree ojfrnoral courage exhibit ed by Mr. Glenn and Mr_Foote is iu the highest degree commendable. They don't like the Civil Rights bill, and they show their dislike in tho only con vincing manner, by denouncing the measure, and quitting the party. Whereas, The Republican party of the House of Representatives of the United States, disregarding the princi ples ugon which our liberties were achieved, and over ruling the social rights of the Anglo-Saxon race, has enacted a law whereby the two races in this country are compelled to asso ciate on terms of perfect equality. And whereas, wc believe that*the re sult of this legislation will be to thor oughly and completely break down and demoralize the manhood of Norih Car olina. whereas, it is a duty every man, irrespective ot his color or his connec tion in life, owes to his country, his race and his family to condemn this reckless effort of the Republican party to perpetuate its power upon the utter destruction of the white people of the South. Therefore, Resolved, That we the General Assembly of North Carolina do appeal to cverv man in the borders of our State to protest against this un just and ungenerous treatment of our people, and especially do we beseech our brothers of the white race who have adhered to the Republican party to sev er 1 heir connection with the same for the reason that in this hour of extreme peril to our manhood, all mere ques tions of party pride or passion should be forever sank in the great issue for the preservation of our morals, our so cial rights and our race. We still have hopes for the Republic, and believe that the true friends of the Union, who once so nobly ofiered their lives to have the nation from disruption and overthrow, will again rajly and maintain the principles of American liberty in this new hour of danger New North State. 1 If they do " Good-by John" to the republican party. Judge Kerr opened Alamance Couri) yesterday Ilis charge to the grahd jury ' was such as was to be expected, THE NEWS. Maj. Dunham, the editor ot this able a (unenterprising journal, lias lor some time been sufiering'much from wounds i received in the Confederate army dur -1 ing the war. It has been determined by his medical] attendants, that arnpu ! tation of his leg nas become necessary. ! When we first knew the Major, in 1860, lie was in the flush of dawning man hood. and already gave evidence of those qualities which have since dis tinguished him. Youth, as he was, 'at the first call 01 his native State, he took up arms and cheerfullyJwint j, toj : iight her battles. He in active service till disabled in 1862 we believe. Now that the flag lie fol lowed is forever furled, and' the cause he fought lor lost, and after eo many years of suffering, lio*must submit to the operation that maims him for life. Sad! He lias our sympathies. Maj. John I). Cameron editor ot the ]lillsboro llcconlcr is.temporarily edi tor ot the News. Probably 110 paper in the_Statc would loose by an exchange that would secure the editorial services of Maj. Cameron, lie announces that liis engagements with the Ncics are only temporary, aud that he shall, even during llk continuance, regard his obli gations to the readers of the Recorder as unimpaired. They will be, doubt lessly, pleased at this assurance. [Wc clip the foliowiily from the Raleigli News.] AIV EXCITINr. VINE IK TIIE HOI 'SIS OF REPKEB ENTATIVED .-THE; SCHIVE ATTKNOAIVI* UFOIV It RO WJV'M ('AHTKiAUO.y OF UL'TLER. There has doubtless been no more exciting scene in the House of Represen tatives since the war than occurred on Thursday, when the gallant John Young Brown, of Tennessee, branded Butler as the accomplice of liai's, murderers and thieves. Wc take the following account of the affair from the Washington lie publican, (a full-blooded Republican source) of Thursday: "The Civil Rights Bill being under discussiort, Mil. JOriN' YOUNG BROWN got the floor, and the excitement began. Bv this time the floor of the House as well as all the soats were crowded with persons who had been unable to obtain admission to the galleries. Vice Presi dent Wilson and many of the Senators were also present as' interested spec tators. Mr. Brown had not proceeded far before it was apparent that his re marks were intended to have a personal application, and that they were full of bitter expressions. Referring to some of.the acts of the Republican party ho said they wete "born in malignitv," when he was intenupted bv a point of order by Mr. Hale, ofNew York, but tho Speaker ruled that the words did not transcend the ordinary limits of debate, which was applauded by the Democrats. Proceeding, ho addressed himself in di rect tegms to tho members of the opposi tion as having been "tried and found wanting," when he was notified that he must address his remarks to the House, in the ordinary manner, which he did by continuing, "your conduct in this and other matters, Mr. Speaker," etc. This put the laugh on Mr. Blaine, who enjoyed it with the other members. As he proceeded he warmed up with his subject, and soon he poured forth the torrent of invective against the im agiuaryTnan he had in his mind's eve. As the words were uttered he seemed to TREMBLE WITH EXCITEMENT; but he halted promptly as the Speaker's gavel fell, and listened to the inquirv as whether he referred to a member of the House. As promptly as he had halted, he as promptly responded that he had mentioned no names; that he had a man iu his eye. During this time the excite ment had spread through the hall, and the members sat waiting for the blow they felt must come. He resumed, re ferring to the Scottish executioner whose name was linked with his mani fold crimes, and concluded with his ter rible philippic, "If I should be called upon to characterize one pusillanimous in war, inhuman in peace, immoral in society, and infamous in politics I should call him Butlerized." Dawes wanted to expel Mrr Brown for thus expressing liis opinion of tho man who is said to claim only exempt ion from the charge of being a fool. Ho admits being charged with everything else disreputable, from conscious inno cence or liis inability touo FO he ncvci takes the trouble to defend himself. If it is innocence he has succeeded iu deceiv ing the entire population of this country, and to the extent of his reputation, the entire world. Brown was by a solemn resoution scolded in a set speech by tho Speaker of the House, and is MOW fa mous for having been censured for tell ing the truth at an improper time. There is a time for all things, and this was not the time to tell the truth. So the lower House of the American Con* gress says. What does it know about a season for truth? Tho worst intimidated individual wo have heard of lately was the darkey who was up before the Congressional Investigating Commttee in Alaoama last week. He was so much intimidated that he only voted three times in one day, and would have voted oftener if ho hadn't been so scared. And he was just twenty years old. Here is a case of oppression that should be attended to at once.— Orenxboro Patriot. •}•■ -. i - V, >&. _. ■ * / * ~ , i The Constitution prohibits our le»- Jalature from allowing.crippl c d soldoira \o peddle without license. V~ > t ' it \ .'-.tr.,. *'
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