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i OIIU Ll .... - -..'?.' "V . Volume XXIX. GREENSBORO, N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEllBim 3. 18Q7. Till': PATRIOT. D . F. K DlTii.1: a :.:.'lv tar mii'AT T CALDWELL, a N l V !:ii':;IETOR. :te i. rrlt r. Tin v liolMr per Annum. VHUTv5 ADVKUTISIXO. , V u. rt"(l m 1 11 K 1'ATRIOT 1. ImLLAU jfr square of i r t '.io tir-'. inMTtkn, and r : a '. .ritiriiivncn. ; v.!! V( naele in fnvof of ' . ' ,v ivi-rli-'i quarterly or A-v.t' nt t;. i ';'. I or FIFTY A r.Vr." ! : vfrl v. DobLAU-h ; .t--, 13'" suUm 1 ' i arri ir.i;: at.- i .i . Letter frrn .t . f..r.CiTlIRKK in U'lr.'irnP. (li-.:(i.tiniH(l uutil nil 'mm. mm '11, S. ntiii. l. Cel. D. M. Carter. W a -1, i . . i , N. ( '., Nov. 1 i-t, 1 &C7. J nil .( 7 ".- tnv yv. :itly :.!:! rcJiv: ail in your can f f t!i' ?' " l'i;i'M caivliilntc l,r ( ii i ii' r ::t tu. Mucli of that lioart f. It it !.i t:t;,ri-in North Carolina to ouit the I'i.:. 1 1 , v. 1 , 1 1 ' i vai o .stionIy expross 0I i r t 1 lrr ny, 1 Jl, ly twenty thousand i:iajiri:y r . A : s l -'fiiin v v: tojer niii tin "a- i.il l v of a ( 'oiivciition to i-on-fi h i tit - !' S cf .ion, ua duo to i,ur :ti ! a: i' I i.i.u.lv tl;-ru.ion of that dc- t't ll.'.C h' l i - . Fr. :a tii. - ' "t thn Stato, tittil Au;"M, I--".!.! v. :n hi th Confederate ar my!, ;ui'l c'a'i ! t" di-r.harfd fvrrj ditty tln-iv wis -h the 1 ..ii'r of a soldier xa" t. d to !'. i. 1'iiiv skill and ahility. If I h i I i i": in I fi lid h i 1" at . .'ti d:itv ..fa .s In'Y;:; ! I- and ;;t I I. ( ' I I 1 111' IM'llf.l V av nv:i - i' t !.::' t d-vd 1 I t c 11 1 1.1 ., 1 - II lin ..h tl . hi.rtd, :.i "i t .. m. '11 v io - ( an h.-n..i 1 rt"' ? I !' ' a I i ..!-',: t;..!l . ..! u,, i. v. i j.n in j f -!il i itv tf tl.C "t .Mr. .,m. ! ; P.l'ld '!!! 'It.' yv. -i... : j.'.Mi..' ;!,'., T I -M t d in tin- military service, n f ) in I with (Jen. Lee . :uv i- 'iiot jitioTi of tha I, i i t -vlv oted a nieni v i- . ! Ninth Carolina, n n rtiifweu our i n. M;;it'. n of the Ccnfeder it'i v r irrave. and iu- 1 it utt.rly hopeltf. ! j a 1 ould not, ,! i . 1 -i n- ; hut w hi n I . . 'rnii'Ti'ifi' on , C-tirrss or not Htttmpted tHcetiidon was void ob initio in law. I Grmly Wieve that thin plan wouV have been as acceptable to the Noith, as it to the Sou'.h, if our people had dis plyed the proper spirit of subndj-ion to the ( Jovtrnmcnt. If they had elect d Uu i nistH and Submissionits to Con(;re.a in htead of rampant Secessionists if they had not proclaimed their intenti n to repudiate the public debt so loudlyif they had shown a more social Mil friendly dispobi tion to Northern people settling r.rnong u if tliTe h d been hop-? of those bloody riot,!1, ex cited by politico animosities, which hav disgraced some of our Southern eitie?, this Un w.u!d have met a hajpier fate. North Carolina and V.rginh sent delegates to C ngresa who v re not obnoxious, but thii was not the c;s. with many of the oth r Southern States. The President' plan failed, because tin Northern people beli-ved that th South ern people were still disloyal in sentiment and purpose to the government, that they nought admission into the Union, w ith a hostile intent, and with the expectation of renewing the scenes of 18C0 01. It wat this belief, more than any objection to th thery of the President's j lan, which caused its rejection by those vast majori ties which displayed tlicearnestness of the North. ' Next followed the first plan submitted by Congress known in the Howard Amendment to the Constitution, or as Ar ticle Fourteen. This was submitted to the Legislatures of the several Southern States, and rejected by them all, by votes ap proaching unanimity. It ought to have been accepted by as unanimous a vote as refused jt. ItB rejection ra that kind of political blunder which Talleyrand denounced. We are now tw consider and decide th third of the series, known as tte Conjrc$ sinnal Plan. This will be voted on by a portion of the people of North and South Carolina, within a few days. It is a matter of the highest possible in terest to the people of these States, that their decision of this momentous question should b expedient and wise. I feel bound t" fay that the practical ef fret ot our subjugation w:s to divest usot all control ov r the settlement of our fu ture relations with the Union. Whatevei vote we have in the m tter was bestowed bv the United States (loverninent, and ii nt a matter of right under the Constitu tion br laws of Nations. I Rut by the action of the government it is referred to us to deeide whether we will call a Ct 'mention under the present plan o! in w as t lien an. jwrtive obliga- si iVo-M tii liKlil t eorsi' lei at !' ;;; i roe. -rd of iii':".; i anv nation ;iii..t have e term-, iv;,-! and l.oin i.. Hot liea.l ti in antli go! ! u tor ti e p the ' a-i- j ha- i mm b 1 i ( :.'l! ii a ho ti.'.n. A: r.i' nt ot tii N"i iu!i ; hu;-' i i A i ('in II r Let us now examine with all candor "the situsttoi.." No man can consistently vole for a Con- , . any to :ieeom- A-r.tin unless he is pr. paivd t" go further : i t vhi'h it la- ntn support the Congressional plan of re- i f af f.i'!ur, r.re omistJUetion. That plan embraces uni- i, id i ei -npirulalio .. wrs'il negro tt"jJ'rojc ind limited white ia:t v. a- to sii-ute $iti';'riiip. It clothes with the highest re- v ti e wv'm of a . wards and privileges of citizenship every i ot i jn.il StaU, nero in the Stati-, and it puts under ban ' v i lii-mu ;;lr lite ttie most usieiiigeiii aim capaou or ... the aboli- the whites. This diser iir.ination is obliged i : war un- to b incorporated in the State Constitu i i I tu.it iiistit.;tion. tinn virtually. There are haif a dczen con ! o laie, ( eu theii. by diti ns pi ee-dent to the admission of a o (in- liohttul author- State under this plan, lly it, haf the er:mient, to revive Southern States are placed forever under ;il.ei-iy of compen-. the absolute sway of emancipated slaves; I and an interminable vista of strife and t ti..- r.id of a friendly fierce rivlry opened b 1 .-. our eyes in our .". rlhern S'ats to own State, ending in barbarism, or in the -lions resulting overthrow of r publiean government. settle-: 31 any ersons think they can vote tor a With Convention, and at the same time ford ip tie field, and a gates, wh- will not carry out the Congres- eir.ents of which gioiial programme, and that thereby a re . ! proud, we could construction, consonant with their views, Aud fierce war upon j could be consummated. This is a palpable i;li our wn self-respect, ' mistake. ;i a-i er-anes. i uo it this Convention f nouiit be calleit uv 'si x ! , . . i "i.i ;. ot !:;!( -iimndiip ; nor take to substitute a State Constitution of I ot i i-i I? 'atii:g the ai ti' ii of their own, siu-h action would be regarded its r.i N u h Carolina. Time ; by Congress as more contumacious than a i ;i. v i ... a I that Jiiovermnt. ' refusal to call a Convention nt all. The t i ii-' j". '.ees ot prcnt- ( a illi.-ien wit h Congress vould be direct, - - i" !,h o.n of subjuga- and an issue made in the m(st irritating ti r. f;.'u the commence- niam er. Rut bv refusing to call the Con- - .. j ot tl,e Legislature in vention we yostpone this strife, and allow 1 . I, t ill tii' capture of Peters- time fr peaceful cour sAs to prevail. We lii. 1 - the voice" f Noith ' avoid the enormous expense of a useless. ... i a', .. Ik u j i IV k I'l tlic r ovvu bands. -rd a : - .si t oi;r a-i i r-ai ics. i uo it this convention f nouiii oe cauea oy ill ii' w, to '.aunt those ; the people, atid shou'd then rtfu-e to tf- i I. i in neglect of thia ; fietnate the Congressional plan, but under- wa w i ! I i r t o ( (v l a : i . i tiiariltdcil ! v., w t 1 i ' w 1, I" 'ii: ioa a in il. pot. ti i..i i .1 !- tl.e i a! W U...,, ;o; i: L ! '.ta-e tr.ti; -'1 r. i -j" i' il'i,'. t " i,;t,J n , ;, r,'a'.a -t 1 i .:: . .'. o t" ' e t ... i, oil !i ; . . i , t i,-l a 1 1 - i ;';.i. l i 1 1 - .v t . I" a. i . Vi l : : i 11,1 .. :..v... It ! t !: -(.: . aa ii 11 W;i ', Iv. at l! a. a t r. t it.. ll-'l ' r. '1 w ill:: l;o i In a'ii ti. h a- i t!.v l "i r;. t t peace. : inharmonious Convention. W e avoid the ii h had com-' disgrace of assemblimr a bodv to form out :t: 1 VC f, or be ground j organic law, whoso hands are tied whose : :t Virgin':; and her ' work is done for them in advance who ::;o' i.rr in ISQl, a have no free will of their own, and who ti.. Coufrdcracy be- j do not represent a free constituency. more troops m the; e thereny show no disloyal baling to .;:! Iieni State1, and the tiovernment of our country, or to the oa.'i h. r territory was public sentiment of the people of the lii l' ou'raphical pod- ; North. On the contrary, we put ourseh es 1 to i"!ee the Statu : in accord with that sentiment. We obey i t!ie Union, I thought iu teachings, and we point to Connecticut, yi d to scc'ire her re- to Calif -rnia, to Ohio, to Pennsylvania, as iu the condition of proofs ot it. Kvery Ireeze watted from : r . f stieiicr h ar.d the North brings to our ears ihe joyful H.aktiess. Hut the whi-perins of peace and reconciliation, .pi. c.--i .1 .i'l the sug- Many jersoiis tear confiscation as a con- .uni the content of reipu nee of a refusal to iccoiistttict undT a ;i every soldier in the Congressional pi.ui. I do not share a t ii- r er f war, its thir terrors. Tiie resu't ot th? rebellion i. .- :!i-s in llnmes. i was a practical confiscation of more than ;i per 1 1 ii t . id ti.: ; bIf the property of the South. If this has of the South for-! not pioduced IovaUy, the robbery of the I other half will not create that sentiment. : tii. .. mistakes If it has not inflicted punishmei.t enough w . c::i learn s. me ! in ta'isfv i istice, further plumb rings will 1 i m . i'or giii lanee , not mitigat' i-lou'uy. Jn truth, confi-ca-.. " iis.ut.'fs which lion would fall more heavily on the crcdi- ., ns. t.ijs of the victim, than on the victim him- ' i.. f ti . t i :i . ;;,ii:i is ;. to sen, in mort ua.cs. ine oaiiMiijii wm . .oid fruihfiil. ! confiscate unfortutirtte thousands t'v a U i o'hef J repeat that what the North demand . r i" i be ti r- of the Soiiti; i:-"ot this plan r the other, . t.. o.o- j o, but ht'j'ilty. It our people v. jil detnon- , . i d j ' p e, en-; xtrale tiieir wish to id ntify themselves : i.iir eoii.pieroi K. Wq j with their government in feeling and senti i i o it t-rin-, i I there i m r.t todofnd it and support it ;S tlnir it. fir history to indi- j ancestois did, tho expectant North will I'ii at was under th? ; hrow tn'n plan to th" winds, and receive 1 a ip r tio;, of policy j us with u'riii arms. Without ioy.'dty a re- t1 II 'I'll I aiiuu ! l.Oijsi I uciiou i'i i;vciiiiniiiai .mt.iuuvj ) look more i Will be made over by force ; with loy- i!i iti to ours. ! alty, we can have tuc restoration ot a par- engender disloyalty now, and fosters that feeling in the breaets of tho next genera tion. The kindly and forgiving ppirit of Abra ham Lincoln does not pervade a line of it. Etery message addressed by him to Con grew evtry proclamation published to the people, and both his inaugurals, rebuke it. The solemn pledge and plighted faith of the American Congress is violated by it. Again, the Convention is to be elected, and called together, by military orders, un der the terrorism of martial law. Men fear to discuss the demerits, ith bayonets t their backs and military arrests in pros pect. Such an election will not be free, in any ense of the word ; and this is a fatal ob jection to such a Convention. Since the rejection of the Howard Amendment, many important events have occurred to produce great changes in the nind and temper of the South. Time is cooling the feveruh excitements ot the war, under which that measure was rejected. Our people have been brought, face to face, with possible calamities, greater than any which have yet befallen us. Confisca tion, negro domination, and the probable loss of the most profitable and magnificent monopoly jn the world that of cotton have brought the most hot-headed and in considerate among us to reflect upon the ruinous consequences of further conflict with their rightful government. Now is the auspicious time for that gov ernment to renew its offers of clemency, ind its invitation to participate in the heri tage ol a glorious ancestry. What will be the result if th people decline calling a Convention? I cannot! tell certainly ; but my belief is, that if the i Northern people ascribed its rejection to j the right motives, and to a certain defer- j ence to their latest elections, which they undoubtedly w ill, then such rejection will be followed by no evil consequences. Let the South display the nerve which the situation requires, and all will yet be j well. That nerve does not consLl in ludi- j ci'otis attempts to defy a government, j which has conquered us in lVir light, and which has the power to exterminate us. It does consist in a mvily and dignified pro pitiation of our government by an unre served allegiance. Disloyalty will never open the gates of the Union to us; and loyalty will not have to knock long for ad mission. The only problem in our situation, difli cultof solution, is the future statu and re lation of the colored race. They are citi zens of the country, and, as such, have an interest in its welfare. They are entitled to suflivient weight and participation in the government to insure- their protection. The most liberal and enlightened States in the Noyth have bestowed a qualified saif frage upon them. Massachusetts requires educational, and New York property qual ifications. Can we do better than apply similar tests here 'i Note the fact that such qualifications are powerful sumulants to thu acquisition of knowdedge and prop erty, that the class excluded by such tests is always diminishing ; and the bal lot will be within easy reach of every fru gal and intelligent colored man. The set t! .:ncnt of the subject has b. en satisfactory at the North to both races, and is no tu le and dangeroui experiment with a grave matter. In the present stage of tii is question, I believe the method of qualified suffrage to be the safest, speediest, and most satisfac tory compromise and solution of it, for the best interests of both races. Iu all the iii" cussious of colored citiz -n's interests I have I ngut to be their friend, but not t!i-ir ohampion. I strove in the Legislature, in 18Gr. for their right to testify in all esses, in all our Courts of justice. In March last I sat in a political Convention witii them at Raleigh. Relieving the bestowment of suffrage upon bent, either qualified or universal, to be a forgone conclusion, jr. seemed to me the narrowest pivjudjeo to exclude them from assemblages where t'aey could best learn, in friendly discus sion, their rights and duties. You will first see this letter in the news papers, and while I would be glad to know that you approve my views i.fwhat the crisis demands, vet I am constrained by the pressure of time to publish it without delay. I will dose this too long communication with a suggestion disconnected with poli tic. The cotton crop of Norih Carolina, and perhaps of the whole South, will not pay the cost of its production, shipment and taxes, at the present price. The peo ple ought to petition Congress for relief from the. onerous tax imposed on this sta ple. Let the people avail themselves ef the occasion of the approaching elections to circulate respectful memorials to Con gress, for signature, asking a remission of the tax on the present crop, and forward thesa memorials to influential members of Congress. Perhaps one-third of the pres ent crop has been produced by partner ship between the planters rnd laborers, and thus both cl isses have a de p interest in the removal of the tax. Itisitad ot em ploying a corrupt lobby to achieve this re sult, let the peopl.' appeal dijvctiy to Con gress for relief. I am. Sir, with great re spect, your obedient servant, I). M. CARTER. night. As it was late they concluded sot to disturb the household, go they quietly stepped into their room through tb lovr open window. In about half an hour after they had left for the party, a young Methodist rain ister called at the house, where they were staying and cravtd a sight's lodging, winch, oi course, was cheerfully granted. As ministers always have the best ot eve rything, the old lady put him to sleep in the best room, and the young lady (i'an nie) who had not gone to the party, was entrusted with the duty of sitting up for the absent ones, and of informing them of the change of rooms. She took up her post in the parlr-v. and as the night was sultry, sleep overe irne her, and she depar ted on an excursion to the land of dreams. We will now return to the young ladies who had gone into their room through tlu window. Ry the dim lights of the moon-beams as they struggled through hee irtr.ins, the young ladies were unable to decry the outline of Fannie (a they supposed) ensconed in the middle of the bed. Thoy saw more, to wit: a pair of boots. The truth flashed upon them at once. They saw it all. Fannie had set the boots iu the room to give thm a good scar'.'. Tiicy put their heads together and dt-tei mined to turn thetables upon her. Silently th y disrobed and as stealthily as cats they took their position on each side of the unconscious parson, and laughing and screaming, " Oh, what a man ! 01 what a man 1"' they gave the poor bewil dered minister such a promiscuous hug ging and tousling as few persons are able to brag of in the course of a limetime. The noise of this proceeding awoke the old lady, w ho was sleeping in an adjoining room. She comprehended the sitation in j a moment, and rushed to the room ; she opened the door and exclaimed : " Oh , Lordy, gals, it is a man ; it is a man sure enough ! There was one prolonged, consolidated sci cam ; a na.-u oi muslin through the door, and all was over. The b -st of the joke ie, that the minister took the whole thing in earnest. He would listen to no apologies the old lady oould make for the girls. He would hear no ex cuse, but he sok-mnly folded big clerical robes around him and silently stole away. Querie was he mad at the old lady, or the girls tLuii;iUe (Ay.) Courier. Number 1,371. School Equality Whites and Blacks. It was only a few days since that we published an account of the forcible ejec tion of wards f the nation from a school in Ohio, tho parents of the whites refusing to h ive them fed intellectually from the same trough with the blacks. Buffalo, N. Y , is equally unreliable when it is de mand jd that 2" .Jessions of regard fur tke darkey shall b . enforced by action. Tim Couiiticrciil oi that city, of last Wedues dav, furni-hes the fallowing : For a time pas', a degree of xcitement has been cceasioned in s.rne of the public schools on ace unt of the fact that a num ber of colored children had insisted upon attending, and remain d despite the efforts of the teach, rs to eo.;.;.el them to leave. Recent lv, a petition by colored people, asking pe mis-ion to send their children to other schools than that set apart for them, was ret' rr d to the common council coa mktce on schools. Tiie committee repor ted '.hat the council had no authority to grant the pc.mi-si' t asked, and the report was adopted. Notwithstanding this action, the parents of the childicii continued to send tlwm t the s -li"ol-, and yes'crday superintendent iv '.vi ;r id districts !Sos. 11 and 12 e. red the colored children to leave. : y re!'u ed to do, when they were e; 1 1. is morning the colored cail- 'i were also ejected by the se. .a intetnlvat. It. - traLsstood that Mr. Fosdiek has adopted this r i;e in pursuance of the ac tion of the e at!. !, an J it is rumored that the parties c.-m-ji.;. -ring themselves aggriev ed threaten o have him arrested and ar r:;ig!iv.'d b f . a e the United States court un der the civil ri jlits bill. Tin- school set apart for colored children, on in i'os and T' : e vill accommodate 200, we arc fold, though the average daily atten davee is only about 45. We do not d sign to comment on this exhibition of radical hypocrisy. The col ored people will surely open their eyes to thes plain la ts and escape from the em brace of m's raVe demagogues who will use them and then give their sanction to extermination, expulsion, or any other nica-nre fur th ir ruin. Progress. A Proclamation- J'j y I.',; a r , Jonathan Worth, oi tii M ll ve been proposed " ental governm nt by peaceful means. ,11; : i .a i '. t,tfus( the rebel - l. si . , v wiii give us that i I .'.i -t, Iviiovv n as the Pre-i- "j ;. . o upon tii,. theory - ! - i r e t ible, and tho ' i" i i r il ttoveinment oj. o..u will, aud that Ia'I the people rise up and reject this Congressional plan ; because it is penal in its uperation, because it confounds the guilty and the innocent, because it dis criminates against intelligence in favor of iguorance, because it foments hostility be tween the whites and blacks, because it ouxg .Man- lircGEn against his Will. A most ludicrous scene transpired it) a place not a thousand miles from the. city of Louisville, one nigh: last week, though a little annoying to the parties im mediately concerned, was vet so innocent T 9 ' ? and funny that w e cannot refrain from giving the general outlines as follows", sup pressing names, of course : Two sprightly and beautiful young la dies were visiting thir cousin, another sprightly and beautiful young lady, who like her guests, was of "that happy age which turns everything into fun and mer riment. If the truth were told, we fear we fdiould haw. to record the fact that these tliree nnsses were just a little fast. They were fond of practical jokes, and were continually playing all sorts oi pi anks with each other. All three occu pied a room on the ground floor, and hud dled up together in one bed. Two ot the young ladies attended a par ty on the night in question, and did not get home until half-past twelve o'clock at i . - -1 - r national deliTerai c,1 and safety. Wi.cn we look to Ilim, we must come with repent ance. It will not do to draw .near with pride in our hearts, feeling that we .'have nothing to confess, rmd that we are not guilty in His sight. It were cay to point out great and crying sins which both sec tions and all parties arc openly maintaining and praetising every day, but the r eital would be" only too wearisome, because of their nnmbcr an 1 fttormity. We arc sin ning wi h a high hand, and Go ls people must cv i.l'ees the-e transgressions and the iniquity of the people il they w ould ap pease His cUciided majesty and turn adde the fierceness of His w rath. A deep and sincere r:pti:tanco, a turning away from our s:ns with full purpose of, and endeavor after, new obedience, will be followed by a blessing that there shall not be room enough to receive it. Then God will save the State, and all the precious interests that are bound up .n its preservation w ili develop and mati:; into a rich inheritance of liberty to all generations. ' Wit! tempt t Volt ( torerio)' A orth C arohtta. Wiikkkas. lly Act of Assembly, "the Governor is directed to set apart a day, in every year, and by proclamation give notice thereof, as a day of solemn and public thanksgiving to Almighty God, for past blessings, and of supplication for his cmtinurd k.ndr.eas over us, as a state and as a nation : Xow i iin;:;:rout:. I. JONATHAN WORTH, GovuuNon, as aforesaid, do is sue this, my proclamation, appointing and wetting apart THURSDAY, the Twextt Eir.imi day of NOVEMBER, iustant, as such dav, r.nd do most earnestly recommend-that it bo observed accordingly by all the good 'people of the State. - 1 TESTIMONY WHEREOF, JJiS L. S. jy'(lkiicj, Jonathan Woetii, , ) our C 'a j't iin- General and Covi-vi'i'idtr-in-Chitj has heretofore set his hand, and caused the Great Seal of the State to be affixed. Done at the city of Raleigh, this, the fourth day of November, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred ana six'v-seven, and in the ninety-second year of American b;depen.: ice. JONATHAN WORTH. Rv the o.vei tt r : W: H P. - ' Y. Private Secretary. yroaa The N. C. Presbyterian. QOD SAYS TUB STATS ! The character of the newspaper discus sions upo political aflkirs, &s we read them in our Northern eTtchanee, is such as to excite our foreboding for the welfare of the cauntry, and to auggest the possibility of a speedy cuhjaiaatioti of the preseut crisis iuto a bloody contest for power between the opposing parties. We of the South have a deep slake hx the permanency and perpetuity of oar iaetiuuous. Though the Coustitutio of our fibers has been rent and tora until il is but a thing of shreds and patches, taere is enough of the old material stiU bt to enable us, by wise ad Tniaistsatioa and haxatonious consent, to conserve the principles of freedom even to the remotest genecatioas. Yet we cannot disgige frotit ourselree, much as we desire to pttt fetride gloomy apprehensions, that the uiomantum acqairea by the successful party, whigja. has directed the government for the last wx years, bid fair to bear do wn all opposition and carry us beyond the familiar, landmarks of the Constitution. If that shall be Vatally repudiated, or so far ignored as to exercise but little influ ence on the legislation of the country ; if we are about to pass from a government of law to a government of numbers merely, w hose only limit is the approval or forbear ance of the people, we may well anticipate another struggle, ns violent perhaps as that through which we have eo lately passed. The parties will be different indeed, we shall not be principal actors in the drama, though vitally interested in the result; but the conseqaences will be such as to bear with seTere and crushing force upon our well-nigh ruined people. There is now a breathing-spell, a short pause at least, liuring which the probahle combatants are preparing for the attack and defence. And while yet the storm may be dispelled and the actual conflict averted, there is pressing necessity that God's people, in every part of the land, should be importunate at a throne of grace, that He who stilleth the waves, the noise of their tumult, and the people, may speak hi own powerful word of peace, and cause the wrath of man to praise Ilim. We can aot afford to lose this hope aud conlideuce in God. Without His interposition, either in a way which is plain to our own judg ment, or by a way of His own choosing, we must go to pieces on the rocks which lie ahead in the direct course of our ad vance, and 6ink, as nations before have sunk, in the wild waves of anarchy and des potism. Bat a few years ago, he would have bees held a prophet of evil, to be shunned by all good and true men, who could have uttered such a prediction. But now we have grown so familiar with vati cinations of this kind, sustained by argu ments of so much cogency and power, that, humanly speaking, such a result appears more than probable to every thinking mind. And hence we implore all true lovers of 'our iajtitutaons who are, at the same time, familiar with the means of access to Him who is the Ruler of the universe, to seek his presence with strong supplications that He will avert the evil day and bring peace out of the fearful strife which threatens the destrection of the State. We are net alarmists in any sense. We utter gravely what our fears lead us to spoak, and we express only a moderate opinion upon passing events. We indicate the da.8ger aad declare our belief that a few short months will test the strength of th Constitution, and the hold which it maintains upon the affections of the whole people, to a greater degree than the late revolution, even in the height of its power. For then, on the one side, the Constitution wa? the rallying cry which drew to gether the thousand who went to battle under the starry flag, and on the other the same principle of devotion to the Constitu tion animate the hosts of Southern men who yielded thwir Htcs to advance the "stars and bars" to a proud position amongst the ensigns of the nations. Now, we hear the representatives of the people speak of the Constitution as repudiated, while not only fierce ievoctive but threats of deposition are freely indulged in to wards tho chief magistrate of the govern ment, who profesies to be guided only by an unwavering attacliruent to the laws and institution uuder which we live. Religious newspapers, so-called, clamor for impeach ment, and flippantly connign the President to, trial by a drum-head court martial, with a doawu seMiers ia a hollow-square to exe cute its sentence by the bullet and the bayonet. In he stress of public, affairs whither thall we turn for help where cnoii u-n nnr mr wiifftMK I Mr 11111 I . . " r . " V Un the oi. r to Thee, oh Uol, wmse purposes ol mercy ,.iVC ;i; are always pleadable where, but to Thy in;1I1( strong arm whose power none can stay, sia. ',,,.,,. j,,..; nor turn aside ! Bactria but too river And why should we not be encouraged ritorvo: lends- to Ti; to seek unto Him ? We are well aware baeho:u-!. borders, that srreat and abounding wickedness fills If vaei : line ;ti;, the land; that on every side bloated cor- manner. yMa. y ruption festers and poisons the wholesome Xation i ieh ir air which else would give moral health arid ar0 on ;UI t,x-M ;1 vigor to the masses ; that recklessness in that cciii leu : i- one section and criminal apathy and indif- jw.t,j,h. ; th ie can i. no' sincere b ifieMih ferencc io another invite the approach of iK'twecu'the oj-jiivss, ,.j;id thuoptift- :scd- national uissoiution as a just juugmeiu ior eVen ir. peace, fie i.rvr th :ik th.aa -:a our national sins ; yet we also know that entitled U- th.t rights rf.var against tl there is no limit to God a mercy, and that, former. in other day, He has interposed to save We wiii. His people from a ruin which appealed in- tretUY'w i n evitalle. He has placed means within our wlilcii i no power; He expects ns to be earnest and the gods diligent in their use ; He has suspended torn" but 1 blessings wpon the condition of our faith- Scythians a - A . - . . I J fulness, and He has taught us hy the ex- jH rion a wit hoi amti Mi ot ma woraana nrovkience now we i ti. ti- r... . u, cm 1 r - . v...... . . , ought to walk &bu to please Ilim. Are I becaus-- those who have no regard i'f "t!:( we guiltless then if we look on with mdit- ot(-em oi 'men, wiii n : hesitate to -ferenee, or with passive, though sorrowful tbe ,rms l,v perjury. subraissioa, white eo wucti may oe, at this loumav. tiu reiou , consider with very raoaent, involved in the coarse which gef; whether you had better hsive a j we may pursue? Do we owe no responsi- of such a character, and so' situated bility, eren to those who refuse to acknow- nave pt m their i .o v.a. r it her to sen ledge LfOd in the government ot nations, n t,r to annoy vou, ace-'.-rdmg we btsiege not the mercy-seat with fervent them, ior allies or tW enemies. supplications that tne Almighty Disposer . of human event woul4 eo order our pub- jjon r r lie afYirs that, oat of probable danger, we y- Tin; Si'keui o: Quinils Clkth s. Below wiii be found a .'air translation, of the' famous speech of Q uidm Curiii's, the Scythian . Ambassador, to Ak.unuhr the Grtut. It i-e jurte suggestive, find well worth perusing, at the present. time, by every America;: citizen who wishes wdl to his country.-' speech of Tin; Si run. vn AMir a jsai.oi: to ALnxAMi:i: tui: ckeat. If your pe; son were as gigantic i.vf. your desires, the world would not contain vou. Your right fund v.-a:!d toacli the e:ist,V,nd your left the. west, at the same time. Yru grasp at more than you are equal to. !Yom Europe y.M ivach Asia ; fiom Asia von iay hold 011 Europe. And if vmi should conquer an mankind, you seem di.-jioscd i",r,rai uitu i ( JO. IS UIK l SHOW . ' -. . , livers a i.i wia; oca. ts, an., to subdue Nature. Rut have you c( ;; -idereii the usual course of things 'i Have yo:i reflected, that gia a' trees are n: my years in growing to their height, and are cut .lawn ' iu an hour 'i It is foolish to think ofti.e n-iiltonlv. without cousideiiug the i;J.t you have to eii nb to come at it. Vai-.e care iel, while vou strive to 1 each the top. un f;l to tv ground witn ine b.r.uchcs on which have laid hold. Rcsjd . what yo.i have to do with the Scythians, or the Scythians with you ? We have never invadi-d 'i.Maccdon : why should y:.u aUaek Scythia V You ; relend to be the puuisi.er e.f robbers, ti'ud are yourseif the j -neral 'obber of mankind. You have taken Lyilia; yon have sci.ed Syria ; you arc m.;-ter " f Persia ; 'you have subdu.VL the R.ictiians, and attacked Ind;a: this will t;ot satisfy.' you, unhss you lay o:;r greeay and insatiable hands upon ot'.r fl-.Kks and our. herds. Hut Lave you forgotten how I.,:.g the eo'iqnt-ft oftlie J I u I ;-i;uis detained v..u ' : H'l O.. . ; - . , : ii line j. " i n e ; e saoaamg i tiein, t he dians rtvoitc u. Your victories serv no otlie-r I'tirtu) .e. ;, to joi, L ' ... . ) ' to em ployment ty .ro: ;.-ii:g new wars: for. the biisr.a.-ss oi ev ery conquest is twofold to viu, and to pr. serve ; aial ''thoatgii you may bo the g;va'tcst .of van ior, yV-n must expect that tin nations you coinptef will eiubavor to slir.ke off the "yoke as llit s passi;.',- ; lor -wliat iieitple ehoo'.-e to iic under forcigu d-uui:ii.'ii l- If you will cr.s tle.j. Tatiids-, you mav travel ever Scythia, and observe" how ex tensive a territory w: inhabit, lint to conquer us is quite another business : vou will tim I us, nl one time, too nimble "for your pursuit ; and at another tim-, v. U- t, you tlna k we are il; i far i nottgh 1V.iu yen, you will have us surprise you in vour camp ; -for the S -ytlrians a;t::-k v:i!i uo less vig. -r ilam they llee. It will, therefore, )C $ our w ;siio:u to ia tton, wiiat you ia-v i more, vo:: may lose e a : hav Fortuii. with lain. vors, a those to tl d v. ; iio i to Ult i til ti-.s lie V ol.i'. a k with strict Hi en- gained : caic.iii-.g at . hat you have. Wc iug in S.-ythia, that t.ii'l is fiirni ' a i;lv te lie.' cap: ieio s ii.- lade the grtrqi o't a -1, en bouiitii'ii!. o t to be a go '. the ti. It suits the r-hur-v." favors on t.,.- tals. f wiiat they liavo. , reilecl on the prreri humnnitv. Yoti will vv i-a .:;t than by 1 weliiivg s v, hich hav e puffed up ui;..ic you ibtget yoursilf". Yotig son of.iai lier Am::; tev f u g d to. 1m - to Hot to d;. prive h ia But if you i :i gel rious c. Miaiiioii oi" tllUS si.. W ri('!V V. 1-; on lho:-c subjects v. your i You s-.-c'lcMV iii tie yu are iikelv to gain by .itieiuj tin-; ti." eo:;j;est d'Se f hia- ou may, if you p'oa-aa a :.i.iaiic-e. v e un i if both Euroi'ie and t.rag between us anil uiais ; and our ter- afree. which, as we - on Maceiion. ):. -King us in a iio-tiic ht;-. e our fri ndshitt. . never oei n at . ar ti'-g ; but it is ie vain eu in :i C(i!;n;r re The Seventh Regiment have decided to resume their former fail dress and fatigue unibrm. A. J. licr. Then the couutrv is safe. a t Ii i acco Willies ,. a o, !;-- Hot Usl.l : gooii, en tor mto a :ng to our gt;r.nm.r, .'.-tihttg, and taKit! j is tin (iree an cu util services. Ti.c to promise, btit uising. ted body, and explains how the delegate! from nine counties dictated the' organiza tion and policy of the Convention, by threatening to bolt, and break up in a row, unless their will and pleasure should bo ac ecptcd as the law of the party. It will be seen also that there was " a Southern white and a Northern white element" in the Convention; and that the Northern white element, consisting of half a dozen men, had control of the nine counties' through their influence over the black element therein; and that by standing out for their " rights" as they understood them, these half a dozen Northern whites sub dued the Southern whites, who directly ret resented some fifty or more counties of tiiL' S ate, and; indirectly - the "remaining thirty. This saifgular result was duo to t wo or three causes. The first was the fact that the Convention was composed of two-thirds colored to one-third white. We rather under, than over dtate the propor tion of colored delegates. The second' eattse was the almost absolute control which the Northern delegat-n exercised over the colored delegates, through the prcfitijcot one of them as a Union soldier, ml the encouragement' which - has been given to tho idea that the people of the North or Congress, intend to divide up the lands ot the South among the negro population. The poorer classes of- the whites in some localities, are wid also to share iu these delusive hopes, which car ta: i disinterested patriots have propaga ted among than. But it was tho largely domin:i':t black clement which enabled the Northern delegates from the nine counties t give lone to the Convention. . " It is a fact of public notoriety that tho Northern delegates from the nine counties citric to. Rale'gh with feelings anything but friendly, politically, to the editor of '!;-.. Stomhtrd; but in order to carry tl cir point, as will be seen by Mr. Hood's M:tmeiit, they agreed to compromise, by . continuing that gentleman as Chairman of the Executive Committee. On this basis, ti:? hatchet was buried, the calumet of ptaee was smoked, and victory was secur ed f -r the " Northern clement" in the. niqe counties, over the Southern element in tho remainder of the state. . Rev. Air. Hood,- (colored) of Cumber- 1 land county, said : . - '.v . .Mn. President: The colored delega- i ail have demand, d none of the honorable nosiaotis in this Convention. Under some -oi e. instances it is likely we .should have .! in- so; but, sir, after meeting last night up to which time wc had a particular i iTgianiTve, which, perhaps, without ditri- ilty we couid have , put through ; : and I may ctnark that upon that programme was the tiiimo of a Southern cian for Presi- ' h at of this Convention, and up to . this morning it was the decision of the leading colosv.tl mm in this Convention that this was our best progi amine. But this mora- ' lag, .sir, welind there aretwo elements in -this Cuiiv ent ion a Southern white, and' a Northern white element and these are struggling ibr ascendancy. The colored ui legal ion at once found that they should a posHion.it possible, to, barraonita ai;e i ii se e.emcnts. N in counties met in cau cus this morning and decided that if we i UV J1hj we had laid our minds up- 0 i we should be in danger of destroying th;1 harmcny of this Convention, from the eu use I have mentioned. Nothing would pi .ts the enemy better than that we sno ah: !, eak up in a row ; but they shall . not have an opportunity of witnessing any sch tidng. In this difficulty we concluded to Mij.noit General Abbott, and propose to i veo:, imeiid Air. Poo) as Chairman of . .. oiumiitce on Resolutions, and liov. 1 i eo a as - hairman of the State Execu tive Committe. Nothing would 'please s e.ie ).. i p!e hi tier than to s-o (lev. Ho!-' a ;i removed from that position, hut wedo cmi to be driven to the wall by the ; we shall pursue th; ivoi tenor of omc, entirely' independent of what ouroppe.f.n.ntsmay think or do in the mat s' r. W e liave inr.d j up our minds to carry this party through this State, independent" f th.- opposition; and the men we wish ; I i in positions of trust we will place therein spite of all opposition. t ! Atvt thev !.d as vou . nr- t 1 : tO you treat. CorNTiES Pule Ei.itiiv i.ie extracts in our last iroia He not teach our eesators wisdom, and I the speech of 3Ir. Hood, th? colore I dcle- our exactors righteousness? And shall (rate from Cnmberlan 1, sa's The 7o;eA- Regi.sU r. to the fth S-qitember '('nvui. tion. It is brief, atid we now lav th'.; w hoa we not seek this as the best rift for an im perilled people? But thr is one inanortant fact that we should remember in connection with the 11 before our re:.U rs. Jt furnishes .u y exercise of this duty of prayer to God for I lothe chicanery which ruled thatill-assor- -v i oi.o'.-.ical Womer. On the north : .i'.Ai ' f BuiValo creek, one of the tributaries r;n- Rivanna river, there is a large sand s' :; i- -: k, which stems to have been de ei: a if, in a high cliffhard by. On this : iv tiieie are five distinct and perfect im p -i-'Ses of a child's feet. There are, bo ils, other impressions not so distinct, ; n - :' which is about, twelve inches 5n h :igt .;, ( id- ntly productd by the slipping ! t! - h;. -,'s foot. Tho foot-prints aro ;';.. st ef:? child. ;etween two and three y. r.i-s of Dge. There are also numerous f-a.-ks tt some animal, probably an otter, i : . f .iot-prints of the child appear at reg- m u- miervaJs, tne right and left loot alter- at lug, and extend over a space of five feet. ! uev arc so perfect that, when examined r iti '.;. lly under the microscope by a scien iilc ma'i soim; years ago, it is said the very ualn of the flesh could be detected. It is -carcely possible that these foot tints cmiM have been the Work of art. i ia estate on which .the rock containing i v,u is situated belongs to Mr. George Y. Iv.riy, and has boon in the family ever ne the lanl was nrst entered, uuder a cert obtained from George III. It has ik-. si a neignr.oriioou curiosity ior many, years. (tiite recently a gentleman living in (j jr.lonsville, hearing of this curiosity, rode twenty miles on horseback to see it, a id. becoming interested in it, induced Mr. Early to join him in employing work men to quarry it out. This is now being can f illy done. It is, in "all probability, the most remarkable curiosity of its kind which has over been discovered, and may throw much light on the vexed question vt li e date of man's appearance on thi glolc. liichmond Disjyatch. .A V I r'f f i 1 i V i Y it j:i 111! ii i!', h. if! IS
The Greensboro Patriot (Greensboro, N.C.)
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Nov. 22, 1867, edition 1
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