North Carolina Newspapers

— ■—■ — : ——■ ■■' : . _ , v .., THE ALAMANCE GLEANER. L ~! w ".. .. ■"!? 4 :* ''''... . r . VOL. 7. ®!>t JUmmrk (SHuwfr, PUBLISHBD WiyiKLT At HMHSA, N. C. Eldridge fy Kernodle, raepairrehji. Tkitifc! bne Year .#1.50 Six Months ~.:75 Three StdritHsj... • • - 60 Every person sending n» % ol ten sub scribers with tb,« eartf;. entitles himself to one ir.apy free, for the ltstigli of time for which the fclnb is made up. Paper* sent to different offices Ifo Depavtuve Jrom tUe Cam SyateiH PosTAGR PuKPAID AT TH.a OVFICX. A bvE«Ti»*.*o HAvis: 1 in. I a In. | 3 id: [Jf col % col 1 col, 1 week ~Too #lSo'#*oo'a4Bos7Sotl3 00 it 181 »CO, 350 700 1100 If 00 3 '« 175 2no 850 800 18 50 18 00 1 nib.. *OO 800 450 ss6 509 WOO 2•' IOC 450 fIOO iRSd 750 80 Oo 3 " 400 «00; 750 IS 50 SOD 87 00 is " 6f» 10 00 12 50 15® Mtw «00 is » 10«. i#oo 1800 ttoo aooo . Yearly advertisements changed quarterly if iesirad. Local notices ten cents a line, first insertion fco local inserted tor toss than Mtv fceMtD. I'ROFESSIONAL CARDS. i rr - * #NO. W. GUAHAM, J AS. A. GRAHAM HHISODM*} N. I'. Grahaßi, N. C ATKAW, PWilifee in the State and Federal Courts, erSpecl d attention paid to collecting. j. D. KEKNODLE, Attorney, at Law/ Praetlre* in ttif State'and* Fs'deral Courts-' Will falihfully and promptly attend to all busi ness intrusted to him B. ». FABKBB, ATtdRNEY, ORAHAJI, IV. C. Will attend rcgtjlarly the Bui)erior Courts of Aliilijatifce, Caswell, Person; (Latham and Ran dolph, and the Federal fc'durts at Greensboro. Business eniriiStM to him shall have faithful attention, ao. iy. T. B. Eldridge, Attsrasy at law, GRAHAM, N. G. Practices In the Btate and Federal Courts. Alt business Intrusted to hiin shall reeefw prompt and carefnl attention- Jis. K. BOTW; Jiso. W. ALBERTSOK, JH AT*•SSNBYS At LAW, F ' - . — Ox VICES At— Grot rubor 0 thl& (fr/ihant, iV". C. Practice in the Btate and Federal Ctturts. i an 21 DrJ.VV. CsriHith DENTIST GRAHAM, N.»C;j tls tii lly prepared My So shy aud all kinds of #ork pertaining ttt {he profession. , Special attention (riven to the treatment of iiseases ot lite MOU fH. CALLS Axtsvoko Tows oa Cotnrrar. Bp* 6ca. We X*6xt& GENERAL PRACTITIONER . 99 Medicine and Surgery OSS ASS A 31, K. c. Pure drags always en hr.nd. fi i ■ ' ADVERTISEMIJiTS. RSNBE" UEAUAJI, N.C. Th 6 next term will commence the 3rd day of January and close the last Fiiday in May /881. limited. . . Board, washing, fuel and Uglits $8 to fll per Saoath. Tuition SO to #4. Jarf T. E. JONES t . - ! fS . I Livery |r Feed Stables flrakiSt It* A Chert*} horses su& buggies lor hbe sM reasoMa 1 Vc rates. . Horses fad at 35«5. per iMkt >1.15.». ly. Prices reduced Perfected Farmers FrtewS Pfcws nrft Mi Patersburg Va. 3fc»e Horse No 1 .9 rrfee fwo Horse No. 7 " (Wo Horse No. 7X " two Horse No. 8 lev sals as Graham by SCOTT * DONNE Li rUM»K«T fIiWIII-M liIADSD. ■At WASHING TO*, Idardli 4.—'The follow ing is the president's inaugural sddrtlts: FKLLOW-CITIZENS:—W# stand to-day M tmiinNea which overlook* a hundred year* of uilloiial life- aceutury crowded with perils, but crowned wi'b (be triumphs of liberty end law. flefofre continuing the onward inarch let a* paaae on this height for a moment to strengthen titit faith ft ltd renew oar hope by a glauce at the pathway along which oar people hate traveled. It is HOT three days mere than a htfndred ytlnrs since the adoption of the first written codslitutiou of the United State*—the art idea of confederation aud perpetual union. The new republic was then beaet with danger on every hand. Otik ttOVSKKXENT. It had not cor.qnered a place in the fkmily of nations. The decisive battle of the war for independence, whose cen tennial anniversary will soon be grate fully celebrated at Yorktown, had uot yet been fought. The colonists were •irnggling not only againat the armies of a great nation, but agaiust the settled opinions of mankind} for tlid tfofld did net then believe that the supreme au thority of government could be safely en trusted to the gnardianhslp of the people themselves. We cannot over* estimate the fervent love of liberty, intelligent courage and saving common •ense with which our fathers ttladtf the great experiment of sell-government. When they fotffed, after a short trial, that the confederacy of the States was too weak to meet the necessities of a vigorous and expanding republic, tWy boldly net it aside, and ealabliahed a National Union foauded directly upon tho will o! fife people, endowed with the powers of self-preservation, and *ith ample authority for the accompliah f its great objects. Under this consti tution the boundaries of freedom have been enlarged, the foundations of order and peace hate been strengthened, and tho growth ofonr p*opte iu all the betler elements of national life has indicated t he; wisdom of the founders, and given sew hopes to their descendants. Under this constitution our people long ago made themselves aafe against danger from without and secured for their mariners aud flag eqaifiiljr of. right* on all the seis. Under this constitution twenty-fire States have beeu added It* the Union; with fctittsfitnlioua aud laws framed aud enforced by their own citi zens to seeure the manifold blessings ol •oeal self-government. The jurisdiction of this constitution now enters an area fifty times greater than that of tho origi nal thirteen States ami tf population twenty times greater than that, of 1780. The supreme trial of tke constitution came at last under the Irtftnehduoni pressure of civil ifraf-. We ourselves are witnesses that the Union emerged irom the blood and fire of fhat conflict purified and made stronger for all the beneficent purposes of a good govern ment. Aud now at the close of this first century of our growth, with the in epil ations of its history in their hearts, our peoplo have lately retteitod the con dition of the nation and passed judgment upon the oondnet and opinione of poiits ical parties and have registered their will concerning the future administra I tion of tin government. To interpret aud eXecuto thai wiH iu accordance with | the constitution is the paraitiottnt doty , of the Executive. TIIE POPOI-.AR WILL. JEreu fto m this brief review it to mani- I test that the nation is resoidtely facing lo ' tbe front, resolved to employ its best energies in developing Its best energies in developing tbe gfeat possibilities of (he fa' tire. Sacredly preserving what ever bus been gained to liberty and good government during a century, our peo are determined to IcaVe behind them all Ihoso bitter controversies concerning things which bate been irrevocably set lied, aud a farther discussion of which stir tfp strife sud delay our onward march. Tbe supremacy of tho nation and its lawsslrotrld no longer te « sub ject of debate. Thai discussion whisti for baif a century has threatened the ex istence ol the tfnion was closed at last in the high oourt of war. By a decree from which there hi lio appeal that oon stftertion end the laws made in pursuance thereof are and stMtl eotftiiVtie to be the supreme law of tbe land, binding sflTke erpoti the States and the people. This decree doee not dkUrb the autonomy of tbe States nor Interfere w!t& any el their neceesn ty rfghrtw of loeal eelf government but ft a does fit and e*f abftsb tbe perma nent stfpromacy of the tJnlbn. The will oi the natforr speaking whh the Voice of battle, and through the amended! cOttstr | tut ion has fulfilled the great promise of 1776 by proclaiming liberty thronghw GRAHAM, N. C., MONDAY, MARCH 14, 1881. the laud to all ot tbe inhabitants there* or. MlWrtO SU^UAtiC. The elefatlon ol tbe negro race from alaTevy lo tbe full rights of citizenship is tbe ittost important political chartgS we hare seett since tlie adoption of (he con st it nt ion r f 1787. No lliotightlul man tan fait id Appreciate ita beneficent ef fect upon our Inetitrtilorts and people. It has freed us frcMi tbe perpetnal dan ger ot war and dissolution. It IMS ftddtd immensely lo tbe moral and industrial forces of our people. It has liberated the master as well as the slave from the relation which wfangfiii aud enfeebled both. It has surrendered to their own gusrdianship tbe manhood ot more than 5,000,000 ot people, it-id has opened to esch one of them a career ol freeddm and usefulness. It lias given new inspiration to the power of self help in both races by mftkitig labor more iloiiorab'e to one and more necessary to tho other. The inffaence ol this force will grow greater aud bear rlcbef fruit with the coming yean. No ddubt the great change has caused serious disturbance to our South ern commuuitios. This is to be deplored tlntigh it was perhrips tins voidable. But those who resisted the change should remember that there was no middle ground for tbe negro race between slavety and eqtial Tlifet-fc can. be no permanent disfranchised peasantry *>» tbe tfuited States. Free dom can ncter yield its fullness of blessings lo long as tbe law or Us admin istration places tfte smallest obstacle in the pathway of any virtuous citizen. The emancipated raco has already made remarkable progress: With un« questioning devotion to the Union with patieuce and gentleness not born ol fear they have followed the light as God £ave them to see light. They are rapidly lay* fng national foundations of self-support, widening tho circle of intelligence* and ' beginning to enjoy b'tissliif.s that gather [around tbe homes ot the iudustrious. So far as my authority can lawfully ei tend, they shall enjoy the foil and equal protection ot the constitution and llws. A ftll and free enjoyment of 1 equal sufirage is still in question, and n Irank statement ot the issue may aid the solo lion. It is alleged that la many commu nities negro citizens are practically da nied the freedom ot the ballot, in so -tar aatbe truth of this allegation to ad* milled it is answored. in many places that honest lecai self-government Is ima possible 11 tbe mass of the uneducated negroes are allowed to Voto. tub" l EVIL. These are grave allegations. So far as the latter is true,- Hlf the oftly pallhi tion that can be ottered for opposing Ibe freedom of the ballot; Dad local gov ernment is certaiuly a great evil which ought to be prtvented, but to violste tho freedom and sanctity Ol suffrage is More thau au evil—it is a crime, which, if per sisted in* will destroy tho government itself. Suicide Is not a remedy. If In other lands it be high treason to com pass tbe doath ot tho King,- it shodld be counted no less a crime here to stranglo our soveieign power and stifle our voice. It has btcii said that oneettled questions liavo not pity for the repose of natforw. It with tbe utmoelempba» sis that thls qnestion ef suffrage never gives repose or lafety to tbe Stales or to the nation, until each within its own ju\ risdicl*on irakes and keeps tbe ballot free and pore by the strong sanction of of the law. But (he danger which arises from ignorance in tl 9 voter emmot be denied. It covers a field fkr wilder than tlu-t of negro sufiragn and tbe present condition of that race. It is a danger that lurks and hides iu the sources and fountains ol power iu every State. 'We have 110 standard with wlifct* fo meas ure tbe dieuater that may be brought up-- on tfs by lgoorance awl viae in citizens when joined to corruption and frundin sufirage. Tbe voters ot tbe Union, who will make aud unmake constitutions, aud tfpbh whose wills bangs the desthiy Of our government, can transmit their su preme act borfcjr to no successois save (becoming generation of voters, who are' (he sole heir* ol the sovereign pow er. If that generation cornea to fta in heritance bUndod by. ignorance and cor rupted by tloe, the fall or tbe republic • will be certain and remediless. Tbe eew strs has already sounded the afarttr.fn ap palling figures which marks bow danv gerous tbe high tide of Miteraey bee risen among our voters and Ihtetr ehil« dTreu. To tbe South this question to one of supreme importance,- tnrf tht responst bilhy folf the existeu«e of slavery dKt net rest upon fhe flbtnh alone/ fi M KEiiKiyr. Tbe nation Itself to respcnsfble for flie extension of sufirage, and to under spe cial obligations lo aid in moving the il- literacy which It has added to the voting population lor the North aud South alike. There Is but one remedy. All the cons sfifntiotfal power ol th* nation Sfisl of the Slates and all the voMnteer forces of lbe people should be summoned to meet this danger by the saving Influence of universal education, it Is the high priv ilege aud th« altered dvity of (hose now living lo educate their sue essors and fit them by intelligence and virtue, for the inheritance which them, in Ibis beneflcieut work sections and races sliruhl be forgotten aud partisanship should be unknown. Let our people find a ue# meaning In llie divine oracle whieli declares that "a little child ahall ' lead them," tor our little children will' soon coutrol tho destinioe Of tbe repub- He. • ;■ (tEfcOMCIIJATION. • • -P-L « My countrymen, we do not now dit fer in Oiir judgment concerning the con troversies of past generations, and 6(f years hence onrchildreu will not be dr vided iu |b*ir opinion* concerning their They will sttrely bless their lathers' Uod that tbe Union vrfii preserved, that llavery wis overthrown and that both races were made equal be fore the law. Wo may hasten or we may retard, but we cannot prevent final reconciliation. Is It llet possible (or us ho* to make a truce with time by autio paiing and accepting its inevitable ver* diet 7 Enterprises ol the highest import tance to our moral and material well be*> Ing invite us, and crflef ample eeope for tiie employment of our best poWefs. Let all our people, leaving l>ehiiid them tbe battle fields of dead issues, move for> ward, and in the strenirth o( liberty aud restored uuidu win grauder Victories of peace. Tn» CURRF.SCT. The proeperlty which now pfovails is without a parallel lit our history. Fruit ful seasons haye done mttcli to secure it, bttt they have not done all. the preserva tion of the public credit aud tbe resump tion of the specie payments, SO success* (tally attained by tbe administration ol my predecessors, havs enabled onf peo« pie to secure the bfossiugt which the brought. By the experience of commercial nailous in all agee it has been found tbut fbl'l knd silver afford the only Safe foundation lor a monetary system; Some contusion be* Mdfn(!y been created by variatious tn the rela tive value of the two fnelato, but I coir fldentfy tellete (hat arraugemeiits can be made between the leading coniinefrial nations wliioh WiU secure tbe getteral use of both metals. Congress should pro vide that the compulsory coinage of sil ver notr required by la# totty not dis turb our monetary system by driving either metal out of circulation. If pos sible such an adjustment should be made that the purchasing power of eterv coin ed doliar will be exactly rqtftfl to its debt paying power hi all the maikets in the world. The chief duly of tbe ratioi.' al government Iu connection with (he currency ol the Country is to twin mon- 1 ey and declare its taifte. Orave doubts have been eutertalned whether Congress to ahtboriMd by the const it (ft lon to make any foftn ot pitpet money a legnl tender. The present Issue of the United States has been sustained by tbe necessities or war/ but such paper should depend for its value and currency upon its coffven veuieuce iu (fee, ahd Its (rtoinyt tedemp tion iu coin at tho will of the holder, and not upon its oompulsory circulation. These notes are not money/ but promises to pay money. -If tbe holders demand h the promise should be kept. Tho re funding of the national debt at a lower raitf of interest shottld bo accomplished without compelling the withdrawal of national bank note*/and thtfs disturbing the business ol the country. I venture (o refer to the position I have ocoupied 011 financial questions during a k>rg ser vice in Congress aud to say that time and experience have strengthened the opto* lons 1 have so offeu expressed on thf subject.- Tbe finances ol (he government shall suffer no detriment which H may be possible for administration to prevent. AOTTFCVLTV R». The interears of Agriccrilure deterve more attention from the goterumenf than they baya yet roceited. The farms of tho United States afford homes and empfo)'nmnt for more than onto hall of otfr people, and lurnlsh mneh tke largest part ot all our exports. As (1m govern ment lights our coast s for the protection of tmrfinefs and the benefit ol commerce, so fl should be given to the tillers or the soil the best lights of practical science undf experience. TFANO#ACTURFTL. Onr manufactures are rafpirfly making Ua industrially independent Sud are opeuing (o capital aud labor uew and profitftbfti fields of employmont. Their steady and ItoaHby grrfwth should •til' be maintained. Onr facilities for trans portation should be proasoted by tbe con tinued improvement ot oar harbors aud great;int«rh'f water Ways and by the in create e»f our tonnage on the ocean. ntOjK2+B. The development Of tltt world's, .JOIN'S merce baa led to aq urgent demand for shortening the great sea toyigU around Cap® NOfrt by Constructing ship canals Or railways across the Isthintfs which Unites 111 J ttfo continents. • 5 ' I tadoth plant to Hit* (Mil bate been suggested, aud will weed csnsiderstioh, but none el them bate been sufficiently matured to warrant the United Siattfs In extending pcrttttfaty aid. The Subject, however, is ono which will immediately engage th* attention of the government with a view to a thorough protection of our commercial interests. We will Urge no narrow poller, nor seek peculiar nor exclusive pflrilegee iu any oomuaerehtl route, but iu tbe lauguage ol tttf prede cessor, "1 believe it to b* right *nd tbe duty ol the Uuited State# to assert and maintain sncb supervision and Au thority ovef any intor-ocesnic cafyri across ihe Isthmus iHSt connects Nwrth and South America as wMI pfctcct otfr na tional interests/' * •' THE MOulitiM (jtJESTrtfl*. " * Tbe constitution guarantees atawftrte religious Congress >e prohifrf ted from making any law respecting an establishment of religion or protiiMtiug tbe tree exercise thereof. Territories of (lie (Jnlted States afe subjected to Hie di rect leglalatiye authority of Congress, and bence the general government is re sponsible for any violation of the con stitution In any off therti. It is tbefi-A>re a reproach to the government tbat In tbe most populous of the Territories tbeeoa« St Notional guarantee is not enjoyed by tbe people, and tbe authority of Con gress is set it naught. Tbe Mormon Church not only offends tbe moral sense of mankind by sanctioning polygamy,tat prevents tlio administration Of justice through tbe ordinary Instrumentalities of law In my judgement, H Is tlMf duty of Congress, while ffetpfcetlng to tbe utter most tbe conscientious convictions and rcligkms sftruples Of etety cftWS% Id prohibit Within its jurisdiction nil cTlmk nal praotioes, fespfcoially of that class wbick destroys family relations and en dangers social order. Norcan any eccle siastical organisation be safsly permitted to nsnrp lii the smallest degree tbe func. tious and pO#ers of tbe National goitth menti CltlL SERVICE ean nfcter be placed on a satisfactory ba sis until tt is regulated by law fOt the good of Service itself, fcrt tbe protection of those who are Intrusted with tbe «p --poiufing power agataet tbe tfajte of time atfd tbe obstruct on to public busi ness earned by inordinate pressure for place and ler protection ot Incumbents against intrigue and titong. I shall at the proper time/ ask Congrtfcs to fix the tenure of the lienor offices of tire several executive departments, and prescribe the grounds upon which removals eMail be mitde during tbf terms for tfliich tbe umbeutsbave been appointed. tONCLtJUOI*. : Finally, acting hiways withiri (lie au thority an* limitations Of tbe eeftrtfttu tkm, invading neither the rights of States ntfr the reserved rights of tbe people, it be the pufpfte (ft nay ad ministration to maitftaitf tbe authority of tbe nation, and in all ptaOra* withio ite juriatftciion to tofotce Obedience to all laws of tbe nioU, in the'interest of fhe people; to demand rigid, eoopopi/ in all tbe expenditnera Of the goseittraent, abd to require boneat and faithful ser vice of all the eXcCtotite officers,- remem bering tbat the offices were created OoS for tbe befteftt Of the incumbents of their sUpporteft, but for the service of the government Afrd now, f»Ro# citiAn«, I a 'at about to assume the great truat whieh you bsrve committed to my hands. t appesd lo you tor the escraeat and thoughtful sop port which makes Oils £>vernutoM i* foet, a* it is iu lav, the government of the people. 1 Shall greatly *aly opon the wisdom and patriotism of Congress sn*f of thoso Who may sbvre with me tbw responsibilities and dutiea of the admin , istratron; and, abb re alt, upon our efforts :to promote the welfare of these great people and their government, I reverent ly invoke the support- and blessings of Almighty Godv NO. 4. A pqntnt) it If Mid) riMMUI fcfr flew inti stfitaWe* tteitli** no ftictltw «a * to be worth tie tiling id Itself, x>f /el m costly m to bring aft cUHgtlifn oo flh receiver. We know of r.6 sutfh nltioMt ftieetiet between friends Tha gi iitdeed,. fk right to bfstowjlutl let this bj» th« nasfr, JB*4 • «trew fronrt auch a band shall be a worth a sceptre from anothef. A keepsake in partictllaf' aa it implies something wrj latinaKt | nd cordial, is above the** encemoniono nioetlea. We easy we wUt ptqpfe think of the reel veltfe of keepeak« hf th§ . humble ooifl #hich they le not .heeitato to beatow ii #itls Petrarch, it i*tro«v when be bequeathed *#iater garmexH W liia friend Boceaeio to etudy in, epolew gited for "leering so pottt a memorial to so greet a bat thie #* oflly to ehow tbe*cnlier*s oteritej Ud ktfe# that the very greoe of the apology stijuJipl all the riehea it lamented tb% end when he sat enveloped ifl , hie Warm gowfl; would Csel "wrapped up in hie friend." Borrte>lilnf that he* been about a friend's peteon completes the value of a keepsake. . Thus people be* queath their fttj b**rU to 'heir friends, or evetl to piece* they have befetl attache , fid to, end thie is what gives a lofclt of heir a value ftboYe ell othet itis a pert'of the indivldu*rs self; Frank lin iflede no apdlqg/. when he loft Washington hie "fine crab tree walking*. stick," with « gold heed euridri*! y wrought in the fohH dl the cap of lih cttf. ***** Hci^cii A certain litetur; gentleman, wishing to be undisttffbed one hi# Irish sfirtant to admit flq one, end, »I any one should inquire fat him, to p*6 , him an "equivocal answer," Night came end the g«ptleeuUL proceeded tol int« rrognte Pet *s to his callere. "told any o«« oelli" /*»* ji ,*fyshr i "Yia, si*-* #an gentle***.", t "What did heaafF" . "He a±ed was ysr honor in;"' • "Well, whM did f* toU Wm?- "Sure, I geve bisa a quivihle answer jist," •' u ; **■»»•■ "How #as that?" "I asked hint was hie grandmother * mdnke*?* , Breatbei there' a man so*6 dead; ' Wlw to Mmfclf bath said, •* ' I'f p*j Mtfore I gd to bed, That btU 1 owe the printer?—Sr. Te«, there ere some we know fall wstt; Who never SHCh a tale could tell, #ifl thc«e we fear gd to—well, The ptac4 where there's nO printer.— Qrtp;\ ■ A F*w Thoughts IJT Chckch. "This atrmon is a bore." "How mudh longer is he £tt?ng Id preach?" •*i'm hungry fCr dfntfef. . "That man isn't at all bad-look ing.' y . "1 wonder if Cqsma is engaged." "WeH, it old Mrs, F; isn't wearing * terben, too." ' [. "I do womht hew atruth that bonnet •m?* - , t.«i t ..it.**# it?* «'lt apunde ajr If he #ee going to cfoW » 1 up' the sermon. • a great mhnt to tHVe it tVlmmeil with eoaMet. , " "* ■ "1 ««Bt otdjr a. n#w pais ol shoes to. morrdw, and the «natef;i*l for per, am} r» to-iry on thai new dfe*. "That's H. Thontas we Ik# la He#-* port tost eemeser," " "JHoW-thet ayl fhtp Weel" - "Amen! lijl ien't it nice to : ..:.T ■ ■ » .T. 5 I The titan who Manly and qeiehty fo*? gets agood twrn te jnst the oaten ttfflvo:d doing on# if Ito possibly tin, The diminu'tite etaitis of Idftft era seldom heavy enough to be felt Mfllt the/ are too stong to l*Hbroken. Manf people ma/ not beliete in Slotfc* er Ship ton's p/opheey,- about the world ending tfris ytoi'y yet h be' v#el MoOgh id pay newspaper aubacriptiomr tfbd square up matters the ewiae.—• Winston Leader. "What Mfe jroa lartgWhg m.t* sfdte«l Sbpltoeiee of they stood afr the tide t4 liie Stage and lodked o*ef the vast andienoe. "At all theee nfan do^keyi, rt answered Amcitjimf "who have paid frowßve to ten Aitfrmri ' for the privilege Of KatoM% to «M# Persian actress Whttf fhey W» tfn derstand otee wordf that sfte «ays.' t -=»» Tuok,