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VI.- : : . ..: . . . A S II E Y I L L"E, i X. ..C,.: THURSDAY J.FIjY 27, 1 87 1 . ' -0 5 . f . . " ir 1 i . . - , . - - " ' ...i-ip. i i iip ww :U 1 -1 I ;'ti Ttc and tii'9 Testiinoiij. " The Coattilation of North Caroliua expiwlj . cUre- ihAt NO CONVENTION F TFIE PEO BE CALLED BY THE GENERAL ASaKMIiLY. UNLESS BY THE tXiNCCR REHCKOFTWO THIRDS OP ALL THKME-t-gUwRA OT E1CU ElOU-iE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 1 1 1 STATS OP NORTH CAROLINA, ' ."' f - S!r'lDctfT nCRT. .' To JTxt KjeuUevcy", Gov. C bntKt.. ! S; t:i rn!v Li viur ctn i;uc.iti n iiiiir t- -! iv, of . . thai fith irU- I have Urn . tU CW Jntit, a I J'-nicM-i U Hmnn, Dirk jof refer;, i. iri violation f the Cuuslituti.in. ' ' , AU Irguiative Kwt?r i vixltn! in tlie (Irn ral AnUlv -Ca!linj C .nvfiition is an Act of leUI.itif. It follows that no Con vention tsan he e-alltsl unless it be done by the tjeneral Awnibly? i . v The pebple hve rwcrred to themselves no powr at lrjriilatio r 4 J t follow, that 'a Conrrotiotl tarmot be called bjra Totc of the fieve ; ncr will iuch voting enable the Gueral Ajisembly to call Conveution ii taanneT ot lOthorixeJ by the Constitution JntticQ Ueade, for the reason staled by " him wbch tlie oj.iwion of the Justice was re- iMrsted ty the Cieneral Assembly in regard to ik trf.arc of office, declines to givo an 1 l opinion. I 1 Upon jthc ccnd question in regard i -oar dutf. lrovidel you believer the act to L unconstitutional, the Justices do uot foil mt i;irt lit iff.-r nn imininn 1 Very resiieclfiillv, tc S ' k U."M. PEARSON Chlff J uxtice, JSupreiuc Court. JUDGE OASTOH AND COHYZIfTIOX ? ! t Ur" the question rf anx rdinjf the Constitution la rfc Cmtention of li&l. Jude G.ton said .' f J-Thl w-ui mie rf the mot FuipnrUnt questions tkst had rfnw before the Conveuiion ; f.r. what ertr beneSU w may have pninie4 ourselves from or Ulnars In Hie bod J, in living tlie foundation f or Connitntion on equitiMe nnd fair jiriiicipit-s If ww pat It in the wer of Ihire L,i!a 'iV ! JriHm to tip-et tliem nil. then joJevd have e soiled In vi. He whs n.t nJy sur;ricj. bit flnd w5th.ftrful iipprthn-Knii. Ii -t .rs ut .if this body s gn? rlb!r fnun oi;e extreme-to another. B4T.-) difSeiilty h Iwm exjrieneeil I emljinff A (nvt-nt)in to nnu-n.-lour t'onti:uliia. t are tJrtcmiinti to have a j-erpruiUj chitntnf ' Cctitxt. W'Lnl the pnjisili n r-ionrait-iiu-d in the Import That two ueecedin.4 Leislr turea. by tibir mJrLy of vt4-r. may niter nny . pnrtof ihrtAniemlmenv which m iy be ail.pi.d by this CouvtjJiU.rti. or any prineiple in the Bill of llifbu. cod-vemtitl fr "the security of ' our lives, "liberty ant property. What ren.on Is riven for this prncet-4in That mtrj,r!ty nnghi to yotern. Let as tut t tlooeiTed by irf nenilitieH. In whnt aenaa 0ght.mitjuritis to jwrm f - Thnt the tielibcr air will of 4lie people og-ht ultim-ittlj to p-vuil. o rme wii(rd-ny ; but thnt the trmj-irara tr,U eji mtjerilf, irtiVA mny be prxinrrd the fiferefefncc f lA wKnttkut, ofjhl tlo trhat it ;Vio, ffl up iut pmt nVu ColttutimHa fnim tLig tu t.jr no man can lw bo e-ttravajrxnt as to demire. ""If tHithlhp ruorr i iieetle! for the purpose of government than f hi brief uiMxini. let the mnjority jTTirn. wlMt leoMiies of all our clu-cki on nitjori tN?, Whe hare two Iirnncts in our Le;ilnlurw ? Why jud-ciil eatalWisbmenbiP Why Twl by jury? : If we mdopi I his u'ifrltvrcd principle, aliy any of tneae etnt-hnM-nis "He wnuW mther live undr the mot despotic - fitrnmentHn ewrlli. than under an unHiiiiU-d gov ernBicnt of .HunilMrr He inizht escajie the notice f one Tyrant, but there could be no rscape from a ultiltHte-.of Tyrints. On a mNn-qut-ut lay. 3fr. Gnton. of Crnven. UwHiht tli.( the m-iis ot tlie Lmvcntio;i hml Im-u diatinctiy HVivrtainctl. the other d.iy when the Otion tjs JlM-u-ised. thnt iki further obMacle mqkl tie. Ihpw !i in the way of carrying out the prinripk-s rerl on. Bat e are now met by the mpulnr rry. tlint we are lut t' Uimt the jwrtr ' tht yrtifiU. It was rx-t the pfjit but I lw xrtitt-rr of the jieople. that tie aniendni-'nt nj!t! to limit. The oh use pro aosrd wa. not an nnnual ine. It was m-oirnizrtl in three CoiMiilutioi.n hich h' h.-id piehed op on the niurof tie nniin-iit. viz: Nuth - arolina. Al! bana and the United States. Jtia ta nnic i rhrtk Oar iaoocnneteot and worthlew offh-era, and late rarkleaa Legislation, is not tha faalt of the Consti tution. It in mainly the result of the coara- pursu ed by our leading men in tha elections of 1807-8, when tiiey advised the whites to stand aloof, and have nothing to ilo with aerm suffrace. They hav at'koa bad their eyea opened, and they now ennra with their '"New Departure." and ay. "tru-t oa aain -let provide the organic law. ' Bat uf ter the nd experience of 1861. the KtapMity of 1865. and the criminal blander of 1867 8, I ftrefer to tee do more Ouarentions cailed until things get aomewnatsettled. - f Let oar friends of the "New Dcnartore" turn Uieir attention to the churned aitiMtkia aarronnd iiiit tlM-nu Iel them, above all, der'ete themselves to practical lerislation. to the reatoratlon or peace iiTtit eonodenre. and ti the development or oar vast res)ur - and tuey will raaw t atajii the Constitu tion of lbi8. iU!t as they have ceaned to denounce "Niireer Votin aiid the ; "horrors of reconstruc- Hon.' t ' 1 , -,- T. They wonld in this way soon rid us of worthless offidals. They would see virtae .and intelligence resume, their wonted away, and ere long, fhe coun try wwM once m re rejoice in plentiful barns and uopciui noiues. f ... ir . ' Tours, &c.l ; v '( : - - I . 1IUFUS BARRINQER ,. : IFrotn the Old North State.) .' ; Chief Joitipe Eafin on the llode of Calling a I Convention. .. , r t ' Under date of July the .d, I860, the late Chief Justice Uuftin wrote, a long letter to a member of-jbat, body, dicussitur the powers of tltw Conveution of 1865. We present be low all of that part of Lis lettei in relation to the manne in which a Convent ibn of the peo ple must be called under the Constitution of this Stite. His clear,' unequivocal' and to the point.' The eminent Ciiief Justice had no doubt whatever about . tho revolutionary character) of ! a Convention called after. the manner iu which the. present is attempted to be called.! This will lie 'almost universally admitted I to be the very highest authority that can be cited on either side in : the pend ing content, and will, we believe, have more veijrht than any other, j t We hate italicised certain portions -of the letter lieariii"; more closely ou "the question mow u uiler discustiioii : i f "You will perceive, that I ha e nitlu rto difr; uitnl this subject, as depending oii the original and natural rights of our people, un affected by any provision of our pre-existing Constitution; ami, even on that basis, I deny tlie anjhority of your Convention to make or projtrjvnew or modified fortrt of 'goveni-neiv4- na. Hut the clause in our Const.- . 'I .. i . . l ii ti r i i . I wc-tt, trregutfir ami usurped mode from - ;7..r, .. rV..,,, 1l1trrt(tintu - nil I . ' out such .-previous authority and regulations the inajoritj'; if. physically able, may 'over throw the existing gowernnjent, bat it can only do so by revolution and not as possessing a, K-gitimate delegited office ; and power. . I need not, however. dilate further on this topip as the grounds and authorities on whieh the doctrine depends .are, according to ray re- couecuons, bet lortn in tire, argument and opiuion .'given by the Supreme Court in JJoorU cate. Then, if tht people of it State cannot, by their own direct vote, abrogate or make a Constitution, without the previous sanction or autliority jn power timler the existing government, as in Door's case, much leas can tneyj do it, when tht ! Constitution then subsisting especially provides two otlier modes for effecting these purposes and ex cludes au otiaes. which is our ease. We arrive then, at these restifts; that the Convention was not constitutional; it had no powers; ana could not make a Constitution; that for the same reason the peoJei have no powers, ana Uiat as ne;Uier .the Convention nor the people hsdTany power in tlie premises, ny consequence Doth - togetheri are eouallv destitute of the requisite power. Tho Con tention, was an unauthorized bodv. and there fore no more'than a voluntary collection of ao many men -a caucus recommending to tho people to adopt by their vote a certain instrument as our Constitution, a thine which the people, under our Constitution, . are not competent to do on that recommendation, and therefore; the conjoint resolution and votes of the two bodies have no more effect tban that of either ly itself. I conclude it is no Constitution, j mid cannot be made, one by wnat lias peen ione, or can be done now. What, then, does it behoove the people to do ?' They ought, it seems tome, promptly and decisively to reject the whole project. If it be 'suggested, that in our experience all conventions since those of '76, which formed our original Constitution, have regularly made them worse and worse, and therefore, we had better "take .this than j ran j further risks, and especially that, at least, those who approve of: the alterations shall give their siilf 1'air.e : for adoption. I reply, no! The yreut principle of political and cieil liberty, that a people may, and oitgfU to make a Con stitution akd Government for themselves ; that in so ding they ought to be careful to proceed in the regular and peaceful method ichtci is prescribed, instead of an unauthor- o proeise asraiust anv such Convention as we have had, ns to- put" the point beyond doubt. or argument,1 n it eems to me. Two nuMleS of amending the Constitution are pro-, videtl -One through the agency of the Gen eral Assembly, proposing an amendment for ratiti.itionl by a vote of the jieople, which need hot be considered here ; the other, bv a as to the validity of their tiomg.- and consequent commotions, arise, famish iTie strongest reasons ichy every man should give his voice against the instrument now proposed, and wait for the action of the Legislature, the proposing of amendments to the pe-jpl-e.' or the dul'i calling of a Conven- j . It t is, trel sometimes tp top, in the mad career, of partisan Tage jand . excitement j ianci ask ourselyes the plain simple questhip "what will this state of things lead to- if ipersisted in ? If the people in 186lr r had' boeij'truly informed of the design oitlieir, leaders, they would Have jrfiuuned thej'vortex Jiito which they were afterwards helplessly t huilel. ! ;;If they , bad foreseen the consequences, , they rquld never have trusted the .Secessionists'in the Convention of. that memorable year; which brpughtruiu and want and woe throughout tjie Iengbth and j breadth ot, the land. . liuti they followed blipdly the teachings. : of these., self same man then., j Will they a it now f We hope the people have duly, weighed - this sub ject, ami properly j understand, it, in all its bearings. At all; eyenUs, in after time, when the day. of fear cometh, they ; shall not -have I to say 'again; "yotp did not warn, us, we were misled.",, We intend tiiy ehall be truly: in- formed as far as we! are; ble,and then if they suffer themselves 'thrust into trouble, at least they can attach ; blame. ; only to tliem sel ves, These same hien who are now , blowing yoil to a white heat on the subject ot Convention, are fannmg t; tian' which- would have legitimate power to t on vi'nt mil filli-il in n nniiiw.r I .ri--t-i lux I ill 1 . the Constitutioi., which is the matter now for ! 4 consideration. It' is' olnious that, in pre scribing Ouse two, all other modes are' ex cluil d by irresistible inference. In respect to a Convention, the words are, "No Con. vciiliomof the people shall be culled by the General Assembly unless "by the concurrence or two-thmis ot all the members ot, each House of the General Assembly. In either case the regularly constituted authority of the organized government is-' required to initiate an alteration cf the government, whieh W.wi no doubt, upon the sound princi ple laid down in the Rhode' Island case, in ordt-r to avoid popular 'commotions, revolu- j tions, and liiH-ertaiuity as to what is the Con j stitution. . If, then,-the two modes designa I tetl are the only ones by whieh the Conslitu lion cab be altereil, it is clear that. this last j so-calletl Convention was not a Constitu-1 tional Conctntion, and therefore its acts, are void. 1 f . : Yielding then, that Mr. JohnsonV and Mr. Isj:s'4fure, tAatit int uot .noi" of HoldeiiN Convention might, bv popular ac nc are ralieu oi by .every eoiiMderut;oii. not to aanctkin the prii--ipt". ih-ti l-irr m-n-'ri y ' au- ' IncoaUauul tlu-tiin:-. 1 ii- h-.ve..i; is j troe. 11m acvd ri?h. f l!-vt iuii..u. t;u-y js-s ; the power ofrifuij; it. i -i ui!!.; m-I :.. :rn;4 ', the fundmiiSnUl . hI.. i.l- .-i J.-. vir.iu- i.i; but ; they cart not'do it, ank-s the emt-i ari iicy is nat. Jlr. C miM-Kled hv mywg. if the riht it r- avyvriff eMk a Ktaemtum were reeoiriuzei in the ConkUtutioti he would not jriveone 6 for nl tn nwiKi, iiii u i lie i ununu:i uau ueeit eii razed In adj'istin?. since it aniblol. Iute.id it any pennaiicnt reculation, everything would be ef afloat and we sboald have a new Co::iituiion erery two or' ibrce years. j. ; (mmunicated to the Charlotte Ubscrver. -i General Bufoj Barringer on the Conrentiol Enrrom nBs.RTCR: - " 1 am so of tn asked for my views in regard to a Convention ;hat I mav be iiardoned a brief state meat of tbeu through the public pre. Free and fair discu.- Vra it what the country now greatly , seena I, I am nppo-d to a Convention in the present jnntf . tore of our atTaira. Theorranir law lKu!d not lie changed, wfctn tomibIe to avoid it. except in times r quiet an .ctmndence, and when the co-opera- twn of pn men ot all. eiadea cnald ins aecurcd.' TbM i impiwible ul present. Public affairs, eS- - pecially in U'h bUte, are now in great doubt and eoafuMiax Even the art itself, under which tlie Cocvenlion js proposed to be called, is of question able validim i Authority and pi trow lent are both against it- With tbU lct lyinir at the very thres uold ot the moveoient, fa it possible that I lie work oi tne Convention could prove satisfacuiry or per roaoent in it results! It is more apt to lead to fur - thef ronfusioft and worse complications if not b - oaflic and violence. ! But my in-in objectioa lies in a different direc- 1 be Const itMUoa of ViK8 hM Its defects and blein- Mhea. But fw one I l nU heitate to s ty that in tar Bamnie opiniod. th.-a h .U-d and much alieU oiHiameat omuons many excellent prviNions. Its enemies aAmit lhi. when thee. pr.-o-e, as th-y consUnllr dot. V retain mi l r ad I p m mv if iu Pwaliar feattHres. suc h its priiv-iples of cpiality weiort iim u-. tne a ix union of all property qannn cauoas for ofLee. tlie H'iiit-ie-i.l. i.rotevtion to the ataurs wf married women, the LatMirer and Mecban ass Lien, the Equation of uxation. the d-struction fall diatinrtions brtwren Couna tif Ivtw,and Cwiru of Eq-ity. the estabrishment of a sound arid navenieni IVoUite vtem, the cnlarsrrd jurisilic- or 4utk-es or tne t'eace. tne concession or lo cal self Kovermuetit to the masses. A-c &. These rreat inipnivements on the oM rstem and will Himatery work well " Give the new Constitntihn fair triaJ. and I have m doubt, the friends iof vention would ere long fall in love with others ha peculiar featoresiu so-called oovelliea and lannvrntions.' v ' ; ' 'e"' 'r themseTves over the Wr and chanyea f the asr. and clamor for the old order of thimrs. aa tboQ-t, it Vrere possible to escape the terrible - tZ. iNil to all viuleat chaairea and revolutions. Tlua cannot he. Hut if I ooaki.. I would not co -ck to the old, Constitution Tlint insrroment. , " bad iu merits. But its essential feat area were an oatraxe on the great mass of the humbler white M proved a cur to the State. It kept the mass- ----- .n. r,iiiim. n uiuve uvnuicu ' . .u Ml oiaie ; isa i . a iu mora iimjj j ay one thinf , to tlx on NortJi Carolina the oppro Wious spirit of Rip Van Winkka , Tha neoola rose ' ii? V.S U m .18;J5 I Jo'""-d In denouncintr it ia ftrW Ml"a dil Bd I hope it it dead t,?ih?c$Hir .nrjV' t-e ConsUtolion of 1863 U. W! 11 fun ana frrrl M.ni. .1.- i. tk. . .. itw irNiua v& iu r,Md recogBixea the true principles of popolnx aM deveLpaient; and this, wlta beUer aaii aartfcj th.n ercx bciar. . lUifsceticK udopt lor us. the measures de manded by them, yet it h.ad no existence as a Convention of the people of North Carolina ::ii.K-r the Constitution, and could not, there fore, alter jt hat instrument in any of these j -oints hIiK-Ii afi'eet our internal organization :t a iititu-t I.t iMibliian State :"for. example. iitions le ap- ihe iais"if representation, the qualiticatiot of the Representatives, I ami of voters; tl i.innlier ;u 1. 1 jurisdiction of Courts; tlie poiiitiiu-tit i the Judges thereof ; the tenure of their brhVe, and that of the executive, or the like.' xSodiquisition can render these. points clettrer than the short and simple para i gnrph of the Constitution itself. rlie con clusion can only lie evaded by establishing as the truth, that the claue of the Constitution was no longer in force, and that position canimt be trne, unless.it be also admitted, that no other part of it was in force, or, m other words, that by virtue of the war and its results,! we M-ere a jieople without Consti tution or law of any sort. It necessarily comes to that, and thnt never ought to' be, and never ban be, yielded. Perhaps it would be Ktifhcieut for our present purposes, to say, that, even your Contention does not assert such a lldctrine, but plainly proceeds upon a contrary oue. bv professing to amen''iour oM..Constitation, as still subsisting,' and ; not to make one aborigine, and by designating the old lawsstill m force ascontra-distinguish-ed from those passed by Legislatures sitting under the auspices of secession. ! Indeed, it is impossible under any aspect of any law, as understood among civilized nations, and in modern times, that a whole people an be treated or considered as being "without any law or ministers of the law, even bv con- querois. The security, and the obligation of contracts still subsist. Can it, for instance, be supposed for 'a moment that upon the death of .a proprietor, there is no rule of S".c eession to hisreal and personal estates, and that the first occupant may appropriate them, or that nojluxly can! On the contrary, I say, that the laws of North Carolina were still her laws, including her fundamental Law, and if so, it is then to .be deduced, that there could be no Convention to abrogate or to alter that law, unless called and chosen in the manner prcscrilted in it, and' that, as a corollary, yonr Convention iad no nower in the premises, and its pretended powers and acts ought not to be confirmed by the people, if the people could conbnu them, but ought to be opposed and rejected. It woul4 seem that body, was aware of i the defec'tof , I its powers, from the submission" of those acta to the people, fthus seeliing the requisite Con firmation. Bht, in truth,' such confirmation ; cannot be deriv! from that sourcwj for the same 'procisi6?v in the Constitution which makes tie Convention ' a nullity, 'equally ex cludes the efficiency of a popular majority to annnl one Constitution ana make anohter. As the act of a people living under a consti tutional Government, even the vote of the majority'? propria pigore ineffectual, with out the assent of the subsisting constitutional government and ita' directions for ' taking the " . ... . l - . i ' irrrw row ana me here add nee a case which I ou;ht to have added- to the efficiency of the popular vote per e, 1 adduce it, because it is clear to the apprehensions of every one, and ex hibits iu a strong light the correctness of the argument against the. popular power a mere majority over the Constitution of a nation. The case to which I allude is that of the government of the- tTnitel Slatesj . The Con stitution there! specifies the modes of amend ment; modes intended to protect minorities against superior numbers. Jsow, suppose, upon this assumption, that the people may do as to them listeth, and that the, majority of the. people ! are the people, an attempt were 'made. to alter the Federal Constitution ot the United States what sort if a -Constitution should we have who- could en dure it "especially at the South who would endure it and bold it to be a Constitution? So it is under the provisions of onr State Constitution. -jTheii let our people with one voice reject it.': That M ill quiet everything and we may begin anew,.in a lawful way to make the Constitution what wo wish it. j lint, if approved by the people and " proclaimed by the Governor. I all the questions upon the validity of the instrument and the powers of the Convention arise questious affecting the right to all the'old anil new offices, and the objection of the so-called .Constitnlion- I no bounds can be set to the disquietude in cident to theiui nor to the embarrassment of is flames of . Rebellion, and tellin . ii ';! r . ' you, just, as tney aiu, m pooi, mat "tuere is no danger." We are Walking the same path precise! v. as we trod then, to destruction. Stop and think just i une moment, aud you will see itbat every . movement, every argu ment then made, is urged now; "there be no war.'' j "Thev. people have ,a rig Ct i'-nri 1 1 -kti- ill - iiitr tl'fl u t-Vi r " "The General Go verumeut won't interfere." This is tlie exact, simple;; language which be trayed yon to rum once pbeforei , xmow then, will vou follow it again. Have you for gotten the untold horrors of the last rebellion of this thousands of gallant boyswhose bones are bleaching ou every lull, and; whose blood soaks the soil of the South 1 - lias the poor Conscript forgotten the, day he was hand- cnffedi.iand.tpru away from his wife and chlln dreu to. be shot at, that slavery . might live1 and the slave-holder continue to .lord it oyer ini? !; Have they forgotten the little boy torn sobbing from his mothers very apron strings, and who for long weary! days carried the heavy musket, until jit fietted corns on us tender shoulders, and at last gave up his young life in jthe rich man's war r A Have they orgolten, - when the lad of the copperas breeches was sent to the: I front, arid the man with twentv negroes sta;ed at home to specu- ite on' the soldiers wiye and mothers, and 1 .1 - - . if I 1 11 J sell tnem snoes as (neniy-nre-iuouars per pair, wnue lie receiveu eleven - ciouars per mojitii, to risk his life ? II lave they forgotten the'tithiwr aiid impressment laws, and the gasgs of bomb-proofs,! who took J the bread out of his babe's moiithsL which his poor wife had liocd out on the hill jside, barefooted -j in the burning sun ? - Remember how meti who desired peace were huiited down j'with liloo'd hounds, and oh ! the terrible scenes of the battle-field, the shrieks (if the wounded aiid ReconstTotion acts,; and subiniftelto and ratified and approved bv the, same aril there by became! part of the National Legislation, before the first day ' of Januarj-, 1872, this Slate will jitjx rivers ov Btoon. Let I there be no - misunderstanding abobt this matter. We speak whereof we know.- nndl we tell you plainly the Republicans cOforth Carolina don't intend to submit to C And don t imagine that there are no more right arms here bow than in 1861 j to" strike fop. law and orjler. And don't imagine that be cause a feJ disguised K Elux in outland ish'' costumes can frighteh: a jfew isolated decrepid and aged freedmen, that the! uegrpes can't and ' jkv'on't ffighti Ask ' these Isoidiers w hornet them in' the hell-hole of Petersburg aid jdrove "Ttbem j. back , wit h ' r clubbed mus kets; and thev. will' tell vou that firmed and discf plined,! they) are . bold arid; fearjess sol fliers. Neither do the Republicans of North1 Carolina expect to abandon the State io avoid war If there is any abandoning to be done, those men who seek it overthrow a lawful Government in'ari unlawful way mns do iti x,et there be no mistake. Let those who 'are determined; to gq into it, and who hafe made up their minds to overtlirow this Republican Constitution right or wrong, do it with their eyes open,) for there will lie no amnesties abd pardons to those who "follow the multi tude; to do evil" again. When the day of tribulation comes as come it Will", let there be no whining, bul let us all met it like rapn, whoj have staked Republican liberty once more on the point of the; bayonet. The op ponents of this State' Government hate been uncharitable -aud impatient "with those in au thority. There may have (and doubtless has) been mistakes made, and errors, committed. This would have been so , in any laudden chancre of party, particularly so? with the lie. nublican party who had ibut a ' small scope from which to choose its material- But then these men who have walked, tht'oush the fires of persecutipii, and incurred the odium in diis charging tlie duty of recoust; uctibii, pud do ing the blading of the. American Congress, ay Very near the heart or that Congifess and the loyal Millions of the Nation, arid that Congress aiid -these loyal Millions through ineir jrresioeni-ine man oi -Appqmaufx-nave promised, before this-campaign; was begun, to jstai.id to the backs of the people a-ho are endeavoring to sustain Constitutional; law in these States!; and if North Carolina ii declar- edjn insurrection, arid the smell of gunpow der is agaiu'on her fair fields, let ony those be blamed who brought i on the the trouble, jwho "knowing their duty, did it not."- . ! ! v . I N And now,' we bave no aisposltionj to -say anything in ja bombastic or pompous ! spirit. Neither is it our desire to say or do any thing to intimidite any one, much less to hurt the: feelings of any, who are not enemies1 of our goye.rntnent.1 j For these !we do not cfe, and EAILEOADSTOE THE " WEST. Let ie1 people not fortget thnt a Conyen tion, if assembled, will abolish the. clause in our prjjsent Constitution probibitingtippro priations to railroads' until our own Western C. R R. is comDleted. The east arid middle portions of the State want railroads, and they can' only, get thero now : by comple ting ours, and not 'until then. Love, of. Ma- cou, and Uryson, of .Jackson, offered resolu tions r proposing to ) restrict, the Convention from iiitertering with this ehrtrse of-the Con stitution, and:they were jbooted at and their propositions voted down. Even Jaryis, the Snealejcdes'cended from bis scat- to oppose them, 'and, deuOunced the idea, saying the West deserved pothing.becau.se sbepaid no taxes, &c: u Let our Western friends remem ber these things when thfy Jcome to vote on this question, and; make np their minds whether they will bid farewell ito all: their hopes of a railroad. J j - '(- ' Tfl E ' A L L"EG f I A IV V - "A ! D BUXC0."IBE i -; j TUttXPlKE-1 . ' That shameless ''Legislature last Winter took the money appropriated i to" this Road and, paid their per-diem with it, and then ad journed withoTt doing anything for the peo ple through whose section this :- Road p'asses, and who have never had any benefit from the State, though . they have 'paid immense amounts of Taxation to build Improvements in other portions or the were the Representatives on tions and indulging iu Impeachments, ami other extreme Legislation,1 State. So intent getting Conven- that they never -t tf-ia ! " AZTTZKLr AND rViLrTICAL J0l'RSXLt I3S0 ' EVERT TflCrtdDAT -M0R2WNQ sci, op suBscEipnox. Two DotLaJiS A ,Ya; Oaa J)otl-.aro 8ix Mojrrns. Club Subacribera.: Flv copies, one year tS 73. and a copy of the Auuriam Suck Journoi. faymact to be invariably in advance. 1 j ! pinctet iu)ixnra, ' ( ? i -. Editor and Proprietor. -H IL- ii . i .... L-J by their countenances o cVt come it thia time for Pink cant deceive fhe people again, for thev have trot their eves opened. Ac, Well. JiillT. rose with hU uaual wnUe ana r - i-.- .a jtb perfect ease of manner a though there t - . . .'it . t; i .1. .. ir Jiaxi liotlling Oeell saw ov iiiKiiey vne it mo, and .brought' to the mind 6f thejefple thai Pinkney had misled them with misrepresen tations, and they bad lost all their free school, anrl hr.tad them th mnncv was in the Treas ury and had been there all the time, and f lso all the special tax. mooty, and that the public land that Pinkney said had been stolen by the carpet-baggers was still in the. Swamps ox North Carolina,- and that PinkneyV party bad acknowledged . that tbcj lands Lad been sold for more money than it was worth and that they wan to bold the purchaser for the purchase tnoney.' ' ILyoU fouM have seen Pinknet;$t this time you wouldfhave ex- j : ttrrrt - i: - ' i. .- ciaimeu i "ivuaiiiaa coma over-vuv iuvu( man, for be seemeth not natural' Will he recover,. So you. may set, it 4??'"- Jbat 'oU Haywood will go sgainat a Convemloh and aave its Homesteads. v , , HAYWOOD. I. : . : I. T BPEAKINO AT WEBSTEE. ' " ' ' Wkiw'tkk. July 18th, 1871'.' Mb. Emtoe: On vesterdar a meeting' of V A i lk.i...S ....('.'..Hi. ..IT '.tt place.1 The Hon. W. G. Candler was present aad made a speech to a very largo and at tenUveaudience in the Court House. - ,"' Col. J. R Love, a protnineut Convention man in this County was here and asked ,3Ir. t. v . " , . i i - - i. i . , - . I uiau u isuia at home. Many of the best ferjple.all along Cand.ler for d,nsl0a of t,mt wb,0,. tb U .1 1- .f.l? Tl :i1 il .1 t Jl laf rinrfl nvontiwl 1 I 'all. A, I Lah IaI rr IlOneSUV Ilia I H" fc.MMij kiwiwui i, wwwmi hinu IV4 va the liiw of. this Road ' worked faithfully, and have large amounts due them, and have secured their warrants from the governor, omy to nnt tant ttiese men in tne Legislature have gobbled honestly due them for work up the money, . i if Victory Certain. We have reliable information 'I with' them nave no woras t..': : -i . t the: groans of And where scattered from vania, - to tl men living jin a caqseless warl are tuey the grpeu roaring ; the Judiciary j i: I-- 'I; r J' I . - Your friend, tc, ! ; i ii ' THOMAS RUFFIN. ! Two Kinds of Homesteads- Tlie Republican homestead is gootl against all kinds of debts both md and new and it is sustained by the decision .of the present Supreme Court in the case of Hill vs. Kess- Ur. j The Democratic lawyers who are looking to Judgeships under the Convention move ment, sayi that a homestead is onlv good as to debts contracted since the adoption of the Constitution. They denounced the decision of the Supreme Court as par -'Zkan and public ly rejoiced when Judge Brooks made a de cision sustaining their views. ; Tile Legislature in the first Convention bill, proposed to restrict the Convention on this subject, and declared j that the decision of the Suprhme Co-irt should form, a part of the new Constitution. In the present Convention bill that provision is omitted and why J Tho Democratic lawyeis who lead - the party woiild not allow it to be inserted. Mauv of thenv are interest! larsrely in old Court judgments,. and some of them'' expect tobo.lud-res, and they are publicly commit ted against the Republican homestead. To accomplish their purpose, they have made a Democratic Executive Committee composed of a I ve VV large n a jority of lawyers, and most; of the candidates for Convention are lawyers, .'j The Convention will provide that the Judges and Magistrates shall be appoint ed for life by the present Legislature and thns they will be independent o( the people. The lawyers will , thus have control of the State, and the power of the old slave aristoc racy will be restored and secured.' 1 Th Democratic homestead will be but in the Constitution, aud pie Judges for life will decide that it onltt extends to new debts. Tlie poorj men, ' without office, position or credit, will bave jto work for a homestead and pay thcirold debts; and nne out of ten will die pau pers and leave ignorant and penniless fami lies.' Jl -: ij "i i - j- - ; " "" 'j - ' . ;Wtb tlieRi-pnblican homestead the j poor men pf, tbb ', countrv jean live in eafse and com-, fort, educate their ?aniilies. and leave ohem a home until the youngest child is of agej Which pf these two; homesteads will tfie, people tale? The 'matter will te decided, at the ballot-box in Augnst, It is; almost, a question of life or death with thoasands of families who are now contented and happy. Remiblicans,' be "true to jonr , high arid no bis charity to., the, poor! . Homestead men be true to.your -country yonr Kimilies and 10 w Alas! alaslj hills of Pennsyl- e roaring : waters .. ot the. Kio Grande, in uncared, unriiiarked graves, with not even, a dog to howl a requircm over thejn. Yes, there thi'v rest, crammed oiio upon an- otliei in rude holes, until humanity itself sickens at the sight. Poor boys, ,they slepp that sleep that knows no waking, and the winds of heiiven as thy sigh througH the rank grass, that' waves over them, gives back a mournful dirge, to the tnemory of our sons and brothers, Iwho were ii murdered! i in a Re bellion in which they had; 'no interest.- ,. This land is ridged, all over w'ith; graves, and the sounds of sorrow and tliej weeds of niourning have not yet departed from the habitations of the people, j The gray !hn.ired than, as he leans tottering on ins start, cries, ',irive mo back my son,? the 6taff and support of my rr - is- old acre: lne noor wniow- naa locked lonr for the coming of him, who can come no more, and the little ones,; whose father, was4 forced to the'front toilie. still struggle with tlie cold charities of a i cold-hearted world, and aloue with bleevung; feet they, .press on while the prayers j wafted to ' i j i , 1 . ...... . .-. r election is ai iieccssitv lawless spirit j stilt prevai pie' if they are still nietit, aiulj their mtent to i. wl.VV to overthrow lit. i to: parleyl I a ! rebellious and among our peo- enemies of f ree Igoyern- and .design Ibe . still in any and -all illegal ways, the sooner it is known the belief for all 1, that it may be not allowei as it did m concerned cqipncy, and froiri neglect, we. mean to say is, that it policy and intenti Jrt of people of -North Carolina, allow theGovcrnment to besubyerticd iriian ille gal unconstitutional man crushed mf its in to gather strength ce ueiore. f nat is no part! pf the ithe laws' and! order and of AmeVica, to from jevery quai-ter of; the Stale, and ithe new is jinost glorious. l We confidently believe . that- the majority i against Convention I will exceed 20,000. The Republicnns throughout the State, ;with the exception 'of a few unfledged disciples; who are under calico influence, area unit against Convention, while' thousands of honest old iDemocrats are manfully co-operating with them to save the country from the horrors of another couflict with, the United States 'government. 1 - b j Friends, of constitutional1 liberty buckle on yonr. armor and-march to tfife polls. on the 3d of August and vote "No Convention." If you do not, you may again be forced to shoul der your muskets and march into the tented field to fight' through another War waged for tlie benefit of yffice-seekers, Chooseyou this day which! you will do. j i iu a speech of one hour and a half in -length, in which he showed beyond j successful oon- tradiction, that this Convention movement, was unconstitutional, iuexpodient, revolution ary ami designed by the seoejsion leaders for mischief, but he did it' in such a kind manner that the most ultra could not take exception, and in such a forcible way that it made the leading rebels quake ; aud the moderate Con servatives who came to hear and ascertain the truth were heard to say, j" Weft, we had better let well enough alone f-we bad, better not risk a Convention. We tried it in 1861 and thjeao are the very men wnq called a con Ventiou thou and by it got us into a cruel war. Jpliei ii 7 Before the ner, andi upon this throurh Heaven from come back in bave put. to are soma th These recollections They .will not their" young' throats, will yet curses on!i these leaders, who death' their protector! There ngs that cannot bq forgotteru ot Ithe past lire tearful. lown at Our bidding. Terri ble passions are now at rest, which it, were a Lva 4 i ' law well should still repose in peace, j Jliese are wrongs and outrages, that even God's chris tians cannot forget. If ;it .vas not treason, then it was murder, to chain a free mau aud make him die in a rich "man's war.j It was a greater crime,) to starve tiis bates i at home, after he had been dragged away. J To the people, we say in all truth, (and we beg thein to bear what We say,) these men are fast hurrying you jj into this cauldron of death again. They know it well, (as they did in 1 861,) but they won't tell you the truth about it J .thev are well aware that if would they did so, you defeat their success. j and Mcertamirrg. the majority'. . With-' yodr norxje ! - : n ", - ' ! - ; - . t . . .. .i . .- v-" 1 ! - ", ..f - . - s I . . "Forewarnel is forearmed." In; the name of God are' the people going to suffer ; them selves beguiled with false teachers into an other, war 2. j. p- .. . j,, Will not they profit byjj the .lessons of the pas,t ? ' Will they seek another cemflict with the Federal Government ? The next result may not be so fortunate.! I Tlie leniency with which this Nation has treated its Rebels-' is unparallelled in -the history of . the world. England chained her insiirrectionary Sepoys to the mouth of -her cannon, and blew, them into a thousand fragments. Mexico shot, a Prince of the best blood; of Europe. . Only the other day France murdered her Commu nist rebels, until the Very; gutters Jand 'walls of Paris dripped and draggled with human gore. ,For our last rebellion, no - lives! were demanded, no rights of j property abridged. For the million of lives' audjbillions of ! treas ure sattrificed that freadprnf might! live, and beiperpetuatetl on this continent, the Nation demanded no gnarantee for I the future, but siinply that the slave who had beeii made the bone of contention might b liberated. But in its wake went all of personal 'estate. It will not be so easy,' perhaps, - again, ,j One more effort at strife, will bring dpwn ,upoi the enemies , of the government the ! . ven geance of an loutraged people, , and it will cause confiscation of everything iwned b those who seek Revoliun..:.;'"TeiIe'aderC are willing to see the coinlmon people pacri ticed, if they ciin .thereby? ignin. ven tempo rary power.' i Any fate on; eirtb tof them "is more welcome jthan' to do without fficeJ' iTo tne people we Appeal (hOt tc ;tbe3ei4r'i) auY we spcak as unto wise jmejn, hear ye what we say"breaic this spell and think ope mo ment, to what are we drifting;" ' If ;this jCpn vention is callcdt in the $0egH waylptPPP an4 attemjj.ts , to tear, down this State Gov ernment, erected under the H authority of the Wfjte of the, thefiives of every man loyal to the principles tic - L . . l i. .v'fi .i. of a free rovehuneut is staked to the Now then sound the orisct! i . ; CA SA. Have our people forgotten the old (death. Ca Sa Law, when a man under the old Constitution could arrest his debtor and thrustl hij a loathsome i prison until he j rslv Tins is abolished in Sect. "There shall be no 16 Risthts. fori debt in this State, except for Give them a Convention and they wll soon show you. how) to aet rid of the ''Homestead" Law. Thev sav that they are restricted from interfering with that, but thev have striated themselves from re-adopting n into tu a Bill bf xS'r.Law : and; how Jaij until he woul an convey a:way imprisonment ffraud.'.' pot re- he Ca long would a tnanj lay in Sua- willing bo x his. "Iloniest to silrrender thiiij else to pmcure his and; return to ithe bosom of his fajmihyj Mariv mei gave all they had to j iu t)ie late. war. save i themselves shaine. fad!: release from Jail rocure a'Su i . i They would g3 further to from jimprisanmepi ana or any )Stltllt3 elected i Nat1h)ai i!:ltreJ, arid ' fW - i if -..":-, ...;- '-? ;hrf. ' TAXES. These men prornised the people, if to the Legislature, they U-ouId lessen taxation Iloiv! standi the matter? i The highqst that thajRepublicaps ever had jit, was j35 cents on the j 100 worth. Now these men hye got it to 52 cents bu the 100 worth. I Anil this .too! after thieyjsay Ihey have'abolisb(d officcs anl cut down salaries antl fees. liet them explain. They cannot do such 'perfidy. I If its so what will it be, if a Convention j.is called ? Jttst mate the calculation It is easy to see wh.ere we are drifting. -Let the people be ware of false. teachers. These are! the same men who took! one-tenth j of all yauiraiseTd in th'eilwa'r from the very mouths of yur chil- .cirenJ nesiaes the monev ..collected fortaxation.i it. Oh, shame on in the j,erisiature POLL TAX- f i : adoption of the present Con stitution, poll-tax in some of the couuties was five dollars ; in other couuties a high as nine dollars. "The people have surely not forgot ten tlys. This Constitution forbids it tp ex ceed two dollars. In slave times, when the government"-was"' controlled by the aristoc racy, they took the tax off of their own property, jmd put it oi- the. poor man's head. ivnu oecause tnev aremow ioroiuoen to no this, they howl about jtaxation, and have the impertinence to endeavor to coiix the . poor men to vote with them for Convention, so that they mayi restore their nnhniited power of captation taxation. Don t tho people see the drift of things ? i I ' CORRESPONDENCE. PUBUOiSPEAZINQ AT i vJAYNISVILLE. , i Waynes vilIe, July 17th, 1871. Mr. Editor : Seeirig ai notice that sjhere would be public speaking by speakers from a distance iat jsVaynesvUe, on this day I con cluded to heai what was to be said. There ioretl repaired to tho appointeil place ati the time : when Mr. Wm. Candler mounted tho stand and fmnbunoed tp the citizens that tliere was an arrangement -wtb himself and Mr; v. P. Welch to debate tie constitutionality of fcc. When Mr. aud from you t MECHAinCS. UES LAW. : Never before in anyCoristifUtTon 'of Nbrth Carolina, hasucb generous provisions been made toecirre to the Mechanic pay ! for his laliori l; Hunrelft,;to-day jin North Carolina are indebted to -the! poor laboring marfofbr the IIoqsewhich covers his hejad, and whach was erected years ago, before the present Lieri Laiif was enacted. But for all those bntlt since, the law guarantees that the property hall be ansyverable, arid that the'Iaborer is wdrthy of - T! .: '.ul' . ...:ii tin j ihic. xii; ihi3 vuuv tiitiun, ll'yj abopsh these laoor hens, and io6k.com ly and defiantly from their windows' pooi" Mechanic; passes by drenched! i andr shivering With cold, -while jthey; are sheltered by the unpaid labor of hU brawny will lacent- , asf the n "rain, arms. ' ' ' ffwaiitxaiioa Tarnpike " '! Don't let the people torget that to Tomttiv Johri- singj thi' promising."-Sx.: they are indebted for the priyih-geof pnying: ;toll over a , road liuilt , by themselves, to get to tho "Railroad, just as it sets, in i And th only one man Of. Buricmhe sits M the 'receipt ot custom at Swannanoaj .Gap ipid draws thisplendidiw, wrun.? from the hard working people of; the coUntyj y,this yodnglrr-an who promised the people letrenclinient and reform, and went to 'Ka'lefgh ' for the, purpose f grind ing ! them till deeper 'and ' deeper lto the earth -. with taxation and expenses. Dont forget hi and don't forget his convention bill, which he told you be opposed., but which lie went j for yyhb all hfs mfglit and, main. And wberi be comes around you advooatin it, Ofk Mm 'abovt ta TurmmH on the convention i question, Candler lead off iri a speech of one hour and a quarter, showing the unconstitutionali ty of the cal of a convention by the Legisla tive enactments, which held the; large assem blage of ithe citizens of Haywooti :as if spell bound ; and every man that was present that listened with an i unprejudiced mind j was obliged to admit that the j present mode of calling a convention is .unconstitutional. He made the matter as-plain as the no6o on a man's face ; so if there was. any, man that did not see it, he shut his eyes. :So; the opposi tion saw and felt that thejr props were all knocked from under them and they were obliged to fall, t -j . ' Whereupon Pinkney the son ;of Williani, mounted the stand with his usual air and Uad off in his old way, trying t deceive tho peo ple, by telling them that tbe present consti tution was a Carpet-Bag-Nigger-Scalawag constitution;! and that it was not a eonstitu tion of the citizens of North Carolina, and that they must vote for a convention, so that they could; have it changed touuit the Conser vative! party; fcc, saying that the opinions of Judge Ruffin, Judge Gaston and the Supreme Court of North Carolina and others was not worth anything ; saying who is Judge Rtiffin, Judge Gaston and Supreme Court of North Caroliua arid others to bis opinion, Ac. O, Billy PinknevVthe Son of William, tbe great Democratic champion of Haywood, we did not know before that you had soared so mgn in the breeze of legal opinions as to set at naught tliP oi.inioiis of these creat and learned mem bers of the Bar, whoso opinious have been Col.,J. R. Love then replied iu a speech of the same length using tho roost of the time in reading the debates of tlie j Convention of 1835. Tlie Colonel, through the kindness of Mr. Candler, was allowed equal time, except as to the reply, for he, as well as all other Re publicans, is willing to discuss this question fuce to face so as to let the' people see who Is right und who is wrong. Buj the Conserva tives here will not do that: for a short time since they had a meeting in" the Court Hoose, at which they had two speakers from s dia tance. Mr. Hampton thenfasked them for ai division of time. They only allowed him one-half hour, and their Chairman, a man who has lately come into this county from a county largely Republican, aud is trying here to get into the lead of the Conservative pari ty, ruled Mr. Hampton down and did not lei i him use all the half hour allowed him. ; (' -t ! .Well, Col. Iove is usuallyj a pretty eocri getic speaker, but having bepti beaten by his own party in a nominating j Convention, as a delegate to this Convention they are trying to call, by a common farmer of the country, . causes him to. be-a little cool, j(as Gen. Cliog man says) his "ardor has romewliat atated. ' Mr. Candler then m&dei a hhort reply. In. which he 'completely rquted" the enemy and put tliem to flight. It so affectel the Ku IClux Convention party that a storm came that night arid the wind blew Wo bard that it tore off one of the wheels of Messrs. DeaverV and Ray's buggy, atid also shavjed their horses but they nireu anotner ana went on uieir way, rejoicing, and prepared for the next storm. , THE WEST, Commissioners' Count .vs. County Courts ( Mr- Epitoh : The favorites of .Convention f in this 1 county are desirous of dicing t away , with the Commissioners' Court on the groun4 of ; its enormous expense to t of restoring the old County ground of it being so much Aa T otn Tirol t u-r-11 ncnil:iinf il tvilh tha Unin. cial business of tins county, and bave been i for the last twenty-five Tears, I havtr been making some figures to; ascertain! tha , a ie county, ana Courtron .the, cheaper, tto, , facts. ' ; ' i As the law now stands, the CammUsionera can only prove for eighteen davs in the year, at $2 per j day, and there arij five com mis- J sioners and one clerk, which in the aggregate " will cost the county 6210. Now, sayj thai ten men will attend the Commissioners Court each day it meets on business' and there will' be 120 days -consumed by them, at $1- per ! day, making $120 total, .130. So 1 yon ' will see this is the entire expense to the county and citizensfor one entire year, ' ' I " Now we .will count the cost 'of the Connty ' Courts, with, the lost time to tha citizes,nnd. put it at the old figures. Four , court in tha the year, three, of, them seleet, to ail four j days at each term, will make 1 8 days, each' " at $1 per day -total 48. Extra services of' County Court Clerk, 160; extra aervioos of 'I sheriff, $60; 36 jurors at $1 each peridayfor 8 davs. including the two tenna. 42.88: oA .i the standard of North Carolina for lo, theseVfarmers losing 8 days each in ithe year, at $1 forty ; or fifty ;years. &o jiriiy; rearwa uu snorted, piling abuse on the Republican par- . - I i:i 1 . ,-1.1!.. 1 a aa jf JX tv in .-bis Ola strain ami ticinciuig ma ji snwch of; 1868 and 1869i which, actually sheriff, on account of the nocumnlation of l .. 1 J i i ..t..,l t.. l..f...l...l I I ! .1. .. J . - .1 i.i . ndo his own party feel abashed, bat be failed to tell his constituents that he had misrepre sented vass to'i them bis can 1868-H6, in ll(l.h (! S Of iii rerrard to the school fund, and! that he faras the sole couse of cutting thein Out of their free schools for the last 2 years i and that ha had told them that the Radical had . stolen all the public lands and all- the; special tax money that tliey had paid for the- Railroad ? No,of cbursW be did not tell that; he vampeTed unul ho had spent hi littlej cupf full - of jtha real stuff and bad opened a large onfica in his large tub of wind, and it yawrateu, pe Mnir his si-ar: ana nis ir.cnuo w ehch, $1,600; contingent extienses of thst county on account of these, courts, $50" per vear : fees and half fees to. the clerk and business on tho state side of iLe docket, 150? County solicitor, $t0 .total; $2,106.' ,,fou, you see the County Court fwlll coAt xhe'' county and citizens the snug little :i v ....,'.. I wlT f n" ": '! " v V While the Commissioners scout the , . oonnty and ' citizens.'. . :. 1.1 tt vi " , ' j'.....' i '.. '.I'-; f..-(p.-il , Leaving a balance in favor of th5" '.l tH'tf Commissioners' Com t, . ! ..,4 . 1,8153 1 And in ninenty oounties a saving ai ; j H, , tb people of..'. . . .'. .'. , J - . -i:lrctiuJlr,- )"'H":'''in'.':'1 r ' " i - 1 -; ' ' A. JbrUHRlT. V Hattvood Co-, Jo' 13, 18.lr tv .its- 3 4 i'f
Weekly Pioneer (Asheville, N.C.)
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July 27, 1871, edition 1
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