VOL. II.
WADESBORO,; N. CWBDNESDAj M Alf 15,: 1872.
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Wadesboro, Wednesday, May 15, 1872.
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RESOLUTIONS AND PRAljFOBlI.
' The following are the resoluti ons and
platform adopted by the- Greensboro
Convention.
The Democratic Conservative party
of North Carolina in Convention as
sembled, do declare,
That all experience proves that, in
free' government those to whom power
has been delegated, are prone to enlarge
its sphere, and by usurpation and abures
( encroach upon the rights and liberties
of the citizens.
1 The present condition of our coun
try demands an union of all parties
by whatever name heretofore design a-;
ted to avert perils greater than any
with whiclTour government has been
menaced since its organization.
i Constitutional Government and civ
il law are threatened with annihilation
and military government and bayonet
law substituted in their stead.,,
Immense sums, not needed-Ifor any
legitimate purpose, are drawn from the
peophyjy means of a system of taxa
4;nvexatious in the extreme, and as
,Oowffi as thq iueenuitv of the maker
.Fiasnion jit, imposing heavy our
dens upon the' people, not only to sup
V port extravagance and waste by jgov-
i eminent officials, but also to meet the
demands of wealthy monopolists, who
seek to convert the whole government
into an immense machine by which the
public is to be plundered for their ben
efit. ,
This system has produced an! amount
of official corruption, that has' astonish
ed the country, and which will, if not
soon checked demoralize the people.
The administration at Washington,
not only fails to correct these evils, but
by its conduct, encourages extrava
gance, peculation and corruption.
In order that tha patriotic men of
the north may not be aided m their
efforts to reform the administration, by
the southern States, a large number of
the m:u of most experience in those
States are disfranchised aud prohibit
ed from taking efficient part in the
management of political affairs.
In addition to this, and to keep these
btates under the control of mere retain
ers and instruments of the central pow
er, at Washington, oppressive and tyr
annical laws have been passed and
large bodies of troops distributed to
overawe he citizens aud prevenfrafair
, expression ot public opinion at the bal
lot box.
, 1. Resolved, Therefore that the time
has arrived when it becomes the duty
of all patriots without distinction! of
party, to unite in an honest effort to
restore constitutional government, an
equal and moderate system of taxation,
economy in expenditure, honesty among.
. the officials and aniversal ainnestvand
thus secure the permanent peace and
. prosperity of our common country. !
,12. Resolved, That the present sys
'. ' tem of internal taxes on spirits and to-
bacco, is unequal, vexatious and tyr-
aruical, ought forthwith to be abol
ished, and thus, by its extinction, re-j
lieve the country from the curse of a
numerous horde of officers whose con-
spiracies and frauds demoralize the
public mind, and who are harrassing
and plundering the people, and by their
extortions fattening oh the hard earn
ing of a helpless, impoverished and op
"pressed community.
3. Resolved, Thati the late Radical
Convention of this State, by recoiu
rnieudingJ. C. Abbott to a teat in the
Senate of thz United States, though he
did not receive one-third of the votes
cast, manifested an utter disregard of
the rights of the people of the State, a
contempt of the Constitution of the
United States, and a plain act of Con
gress maie In pursuaace thereof, and
a preference for the laws of Great Brit
ain i where the minortiy rule prevails,
and the rights of majorities are habit
ually disregarded.
4. Kesolved,f that their endorsement
of W. W.- Hclden, who was deposed
from office fori gross violations of the
Constitution and laws of the I State,
squandering its funds, and illegal ar
rests of its citizens, a3 well calculated
to alarm our people with the dread
that in the event of tne return, to pow
er of his associates, the State is again
to bo oppressed with military arrest,
penitentiary aud railroad swindles, and
general waste, profligacy, fraud and cor
ruption. '
5. Resolved, That the general ten
dency, both at Washington and in our
own State, of Radical action is entirely
in the inteiest of monopolists and the
wealthy classes, and for the oppression
of the masses of our countrymen, and
that instead of such conduct, it is the
duty of the government to aid, elevate
and. dignify the laborer, to whose ef
forts, mainly, we must look for; our
prosperity.
6. Resolved, That education and en
lightened public virtue are indispensa
bly essential in a government of and for
the people ; and we insist that a fair and
just proportion of the public lands or
their proceeds which belong in common
to all the States in the Union, shall be
given to them for the e'ducation of all
classes of the people, without distinc
tion of race or color, instead of being
granted by congress, as they have here
tofore been, under the most corrupting
influences and in vast quantities to over
powering railroad corporations and
other monopolies of accumulated wealth
so dangerous to the rights and liberty,
the labor and welfare of the people.
7. Resolved, That while we accept
and faithfully abide by the constitu
tion of the United States with all its
amendments, including emancipation
and equality before the law, thus con
ferring equal civil and political rights
upon all who are citizens of this feder
al republic, we oppose, and denounce
th at la t itju d nou con struct ionjsvh id y.
makes the discretion of congress or"$Ke '
President superior to the constitution,
and under pretence of enforcing the
laws, destroy sthe most important pro
visions securing the personal liberty of
the citizens, and dwarfs the States
themselvss into mere provinces or cor
porations under the Control of a tentral
government with no rights "reserved"
to them or the people, except such only
as that central government may confer.
8. Resolved, That we desire a real
and hot merely a pretended civil Service
reform, and that we believe thp 'one
term, i principle" for 4he Presidency,
would greatly tend to produce that de
sirable .result. ' I
9. "Resolved, That the patronage of
the government should not be brought
in conflict with the freedom of elections,
and that the elective franchise should
be free and untrariimeled. '
10. Resolved, That the amendments
to the constitution proposed by the last
Legislature will, if adopted,' tend ma
terially to benefit the State, aud we
unhesitatingly recommend their sup
port to all citizens without distinction
of party.
11. Resolved, That all secret politi
cal societies are dageious in a free gov
ernment, engender violence, combiua
tious against the peace, of society, inse
curity of person and property, and
ought to be discountenanced m by all
good citizens.
12. Resolved, That as an independ
ent press is the palladium U American
liberty, the Democratic press -of the
SjLate, for their able, manly andpersist
eqt defence of constitutional ; and civil
liberty, deserve, and are-hereby tender
ed the grateful acknowledgements, and
hearty thanks of the people of this
I An exchange relates a story of a
farmer whose son had for a long time
been ostensibly studying Latin in a
popular acacemy.
The farther not being perfectly satis-.
nea witn the course ana conduct ot the
yotmg hopef ul, recalled him from school
and placing him by the side Of a cart
one day, thus addressed him :
"Weil, Joseph, here is a fork, and
there is a heap of manure and cart,
what do yoiicall them in Latin?" !
"Forkibus, cartibus, et masureibus,"
said Joseph.
"Well, now," said the old man, if you
don't take that" forkibus pretty quick
ibus, and pitch that mauuxibus into the
cartibus I'll.hrcak your damnibus lazy
backibus. 1 U
Joseph went to workibus forthwith-
IDUS, .
Frcia the Northwestern Farmer.
Florteaitare A Plea for Flower?.
plead for them, their friends
will a&k, Svhen they plead so elo
quently.for themselves V My plea is
not to them, for they knotrall I would
say, and. more perhaps, but it is to the
eminently practical people that I am
talking just now. ' I haveone of that
class in my mind's eye, and be is just
as good i a man as ever ws. He used
to look into the garden and watch me
at work amcng my plants, and he
would say, "Well, I don'tsee how you
are ever to get paid for, all that dig-
1 would laugh, and say "Oh, I take
my payjas I go along;" then he would
turn on his heel and walk away, say
ing, "Well I'd give more for a good
hill of potatoes than for a whole lot of
'em." What do you thiuk that same
man did a fe7 weeks ago? Why
he dug up my tulip beds for me, and
fixed them splendidly, and without
ray asking, too. When my windows
are brilliant with gay blossoms, he of
ten stands outside and admires them,
while they nod smilingly I from the in
side. He is fast being converted. In
the bleak; cold weather, ton entering
the sitting-room,, he saysj4Now, those
plants eta make the room jlook a great
deal pleasanter, don't' they? and that
hanging basket is beautiful ?" "Yes,"
I would say, "we have a little summer
of our own here, with the plants, and
basketsj and vines, and I glanced up
at Dickey, singing in his. cage, coi
scious that he does his part toward our
artificial summer
No w, good fanners' wives and daugh
ters, if thereare any of these practical
masculinrmembprs in your households,
see if you cannot convert them to your
faith in flowers. It will make the gar
dening operations much" easier next
spring, as me aeep aiggmg is ratner
too hard for us: though "where there's
a will, there's a way ;"'and a sprained
sinew in my hand will testify that my
will was better than my ptrength. Some
one wisely says, "tne cultivation or a
God's love to us, and oar;hearts should
be strengthened by them and made bet
ter. T)iey should awaken in us tender
thoughts aud a love for the good and
the beautiful. Their cultivation is a
source, of great enjoyment, and tends- to
form the habit .of order ud "neatness.
Where you see plants in the window
you will generally find a collection of
good bpoks oq some shelf; or table near
by, and everything-neat and tasteful.
A little garden where the plants are
tended jby one's own haudfv gives far
more delight than if it were on a grand
er scale, and cared for liy a hired gar
dener ;j and you will get health and
happiness for a return, and get it not
semi-annually, but every day. The
time for gardening has passed for the
present, and flower lovers have already
made preparations for tifeir winter gar
dens. ; 'i i
Say not, oh gentle housewife, that
you have no lima to attend to such
things Flowers are our fiiendf, sent
by the good Patherto refiaeour natures j
and gratify our higher tastes. Let us
have more of them.
You surely can spare them a window
or two, and give . them a little attention
daily. Re sure to have a basket of
trail'ngi vines hung in your window.
Thi efiect of; the drooping sprays is
very pleasing both outside the house
and in it.
; Plants suitable for- these baskets I
will name it some future time, but be
fore
Ic
ose I wish to:seak especially
of
THE IVY,
This
plant I consider auite indispen
sable for the decoration $f living moms.
The most brilliant bipssoms do, not
give so pretty an effect to a room as a
thiftyJ well-trained ivyt I have one
,which, stands on a shelfpi the corner of
the sitting-room. The pot and shelf are
partly concealed by an organ which
stands! across the eornerj The;ivy forms
a dense wreath up the wall, around a
lecture, up the coid, and down on the
opposite side, encircling a bracket be
neath the picture, on which star ds a m ar
bio bust,. the whiteness )f which comas
out in beautiful coriti"ustfvith the bright
green of the ivy. It wreaths itself round
and round, while one brinch has started
out to enclose another picture on the
other side. In Germany jvies are used ex
tensively forroom decoritionj they prize
them highly, andalmosf regard them as
mernbeirs of the family. The English
ivies are very strong, f and; wiil live
thiough most any treatment: but if we
sturdy their wants and gratify ' them,
tliey will thrive. PeopU generally keep
their rooms too hot , for them, and for
themselves, too, for that mattv Plants,
as well as people, will thrive better in
a temperature of from sixty to sixty-
garden isthe purest jMearthi y en
joyraents" FTowers alssorjgeis of
1 five degrees Fahenheit. do not give
them too mucJi water, that is never wa
ter unless thesurface of the earth looks
dry, and do not let them be unduly
heated and they will thrive, especially
if their leaves are sponged occasionally.
Some one speaking of an ivy they had
seen whose leaves i were covered with
dust, at d the roots saturated with water
said, "How would you like it to go for
weeks with dirty face and hands, .and
yen r feet in a mud puddle?" I oTten
make this hurnan'application in regard
to plants and their needs. The ivy is
a great favorite. It is always pretty
whether climbing over picture or win
dows, arching doors or hiding some
ugly, old-fashioned beam ; doing so
much to render your room charming,
and never minding whether the sun
shines on it or not. "
FARMER'S DAUGHTER.
ResoIutiGns Radical Convention.
: Resclvcd, That Governor W. W.
Holden deserves from the Republican
party of North Carolina the kindest
afieeliou and deepest gratitude for his
manful and bold defense of 'them in
1859 and '70 from the assaults of the
Ku-klUx Democracy, for his universal
and consistent defense of he poor and
humble when he wa3 Governor, and
his" faithful and ceaseless maintenance
of the Republican principles when he
was with us; and, now that he b a
martyr in exilt at Washington,
Resolved, That we endorse hi ra in
the past ,amL shall ever cherish our
love for him in the future, and we have
a confident hope and trust that the
time is not far distant when he shnll
return to his native State again, to
battle for the Union,, for equality be
fore the law aud for the progressive
principles of Republicanism.
The- opponents of Radicalism in
North Carolina can do nothing to bet
ter serve the cause than keep the above
resolutions before tbe people.
These resolutions endorse the weak,
incompetent, corrupt and lawless ad
ministration of Governor Holden.
They endorse his every action wherein
lie played into the hands of Laflln,
Deweese and their class, against the
advice and over the protest of the bet
ter menoJib party, '. natives of the
HatetTtThey emlorseiafuduiehfcj
sue of millions of State bonds when his
party advisers warned him of the re
sults that ! have since transpired and
the consequences that followed. -I
The resolutions endorse the Holden
Kirk' war I They endorse the plunder
of the Treasury to carry; on that war
and they endorse the outrages perpe
trated on the innocent victims of Kirk
and Bergen and, in effect, call for their
repetition. ;
These resolutions rebuke the five
Republican Senators who voted in the
Impeachment Court for the conviction
of Holcleu. As a rebuke to the Demo
cratic party, they fall harmless behind
the shield of truth and.iustice, but they
come with telling effect upon that por
tion of the Republican pijrty which dis
approved of the Kirk-Molden war, and
which to this day approves the convic
tion of the usurping Governor.
, In the passage of the re3plutions the
Republican Convention did-good ser
vice to. the Democratic party, and reaf
firm the determination of Radicalism
to carry on its war Gt partisan hatred,
to the destruction of the peace and
prosperity of the country ind every
good principle of free government still
animating our institutions..
It remains to be seen if the people of
North Carolina will, next August, 'en
dorse these resolutions this Radical
party and Governor Holden. If they
love their-'lives, their liberties, their
peace and their; property, they will
not. -Cliarlotte Despatch.
The Noble,
IJolpers -The
Brigade, ' which
AmiY of Ofeice-
"Bread and
utter
demands the re-elec
tion of Graht, tjonsists cf about 31,000
postmasters i 17,000 under the com
mand of the Treasury Department,
with a signal corps of 3,000 more under
difierent lea'ders, making iu all 51,000
noble; patriots who demand that Grant
shall be kept in pover ,in order that
they may continue to hold office and
serve the country for their own good.
This number does not include the mem
bers of Congress who are dependent
upon the breath of Executive favor for
their future political existence, through
the 'Control of the appointment in tbe
district!;. Itdoesnot include the licensed
spies who go about plundering individ
uals under pretense of la w, but who are
all devoted to the cause of Grant, Je
ca use Grant and official rascality' seem
to be identical in aim and intent. This
armv of office-holders nroDoso to dictate
what shall be the political action of
the people in the selection ofarresulent.
Detroit Free Prcss
Good Xatnre.
Ai welcome as sunshine
' In erery place,
Is the beaming approach
Of a good-natured face.
Ac pentle as sunshine,
Like warming to impart,
Is a good-natured word,
From a good-natured heai
Marriage 31axlru3 j
The following marriage maxims aro
worthy of more tr.tn a hasty reading.
Husbands neednot pass them by, for
they aie designed for wives : and wives
should not despise them, for they are
addressed to husbands. ,'
The very nearest approach: to do
mestic happiness on earth is the culti
vation cn both sides of absolute! unself
ishness. i !
$ever talk at. one another, .cither,
alone or in comp'any.
Never both get angry at once.
Never speak loud to one another un
less the house is on fire.
Let each one strive to yield oftenest
to the wishes cf the other. "j
Never find fault, unless it is perfect
ly certain that a fault has been com- .
mitted, and always speak lovingly.
Never taunt pae ivith a past mis
take ' v " ..: "! " .
Neglect the whole world besides, rath- .
er than one another,
Never make a remark at the expense
of another; it i3 meanness.
Never part for a day without loving -words
to think of during absence.
Never meet without a loving wel
come.: . Never let the sun go down upon any
anger or grievance.
Never let any fault you have com
mitted go until you have frankly con
fessed it, and asked forgiveness. ;
. Never Yorget the happiness of early
love. .
lever sigh over what might have
been, but make the best of what is.
Never forget that marriage is ordain
ed of God, aud that his blessing alonev
can make it what it should be. v '
Nver let vout hopes stop "short of
theteraal.bocac r ; V
Remember, !
Remember this Radical party should
ers the whole responsibility of the enor
mous and dar.i dyed villainies for
which you deposed a Governor and
diqve out a legislature. Remember
what these crimes are:
Violations of the Constitution
Violations of public confidence ;
Violations of personal liberty ;
Violations of the publ ic peace'.
Remember the Convent:op endorsed
the; action of the man who tortured
Pattea and Murray, who imprisoned
Kerr and Turner, who deprived hun
dreds of citizens of , the privilege of
voting, and terrorized for months over
a whole section of the State Wm. W.
Holden, whom your legislature con
victed of high crimes and niisdemeaa
ors and deposed fron the office of Gov-
ernor. . ' , ''
Republicans of the West ! , With this
damning record re-endorsed in cold
blood by a convention two years after
the event, can 'you support the party
and its leaders? 1
; Citizens of the State of every party,
will jrou net rousjfe inthe great strength
of freedom, from Currituck to j Chero
kee, and hurl to the earth this infamous
party that glories in its convicted crim
inals and hue;s to Jt3 bosom id aban
doned shamelessness its disgraced and
branded villains ! Wil. Star.
Power of the Press. -I love to
hear the rumbling of to steam power
press, better - than the rattle anid roar
of artillery. It is silently attacking
and vanquishing the MalakofT3of vice
arid Redaus of evil, and its parallels
and approaches cannot be resisted. I
like the click Of type in the composing 1
stick better than the click of the mus-v
ket in the hands ot. tbe soldier. jl
bears a leaden messenger o deadlier.
power, of sublfmer force, and of surer
aim, which will hit its mark, though
thousand Years awa v ! Ch&vin
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A lady correspondent says the first time
she was kissed she felt like a tub of roses
swimming in honey, cologne, nutmegs
and cranberrises; she felt as if something
was running through ber nerves on feet
of diamonds, escorted by several r little
Cupids in. chariots drawn by angels,
shaded by hojey-uckles, and the Whole
spread with melted rain hows p
The Grand Jury of Buncomnecoun
tv. have found a true bill ackinst G.
W. Swepson, for fraud and conspira
cy. . 1 -y . i '.
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