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I ..-ai r, r. VOL I NO. 36. WADESBOROUGII, N. 0,j THURSDAY, MAY .19, 1859. iW SERIES, - . I t I x r , . - ; , PUBLISHED WMKLT DABLEYr- - TEHM8 or BIJBSCBIPTIO". eUa.teOoplee, Two Douibs ar year, Invariably la Idea nee. T. Cluht of T.i ibo apwarde, I will be faraliaed t.1 On Dollar d a Hal per oopy. Ho eubeeriBtioa reeei-ed f "is tbia sis amta.. , K4TKS Of ADVERTI8IN0. OVI 04CABI, LIIII OB Lilt BBIV1JB. t)oo ioMrtina 10. Tares loeert4.Bi M $1 0 Two awlae, or bIbo lasortioBa..... M Three sao-thi, or thlrteea Ineertloeuj 4 00 aU n.hs .....,............ 0 00 Otto your MM a1 00 A4w-U.w eaeal otaee the ibMI oi uaiei mi-j WUh their adrertlaemanU laeerlea ; otBorwu the will we enatlooed fill forbiddea,' Bod ihirf-o eeeorJ- - ( ok ftb4T AsreeneaU will bo BMdo wltfc yowl advertisers ' a liberal aad advaataceeai tones. - Profeealnnal aid Basiaoes Cards, bo oaaosd!a Ito lira brevier la laagta, will ba iauwrtew for f a year; If etaee-liag Ira Hue wlil ao oaamod the bum si wiier advertieeaeeati. Obituary aotioas free wbsa Bat exceeding twenty Ubosi all abs twenty ttaao at aaVortiassMal ibUs. . aflajayajasa-aajaajajafja BOBXIVSOirS BAKimATXO ' GUAM mHIS C5EQ0ALED fERTIUZI COMPOHED uoo-ulf bt PSBUrUA'OPAyO, aoa-balf flat OtOUXD BONSi tba bast PUOSrHATIC - aUAA'O, it ia oaaditiaa Ut iaasdiato aae, bsiag praparad by saw aaJ lapruTad aucbiaary, by which aaas tba Baat prrfact aoablaaUoa is rnratcd, radoc iag all to a aniform lu powder; aad for appliealioa by DRILL or ttbarwlaa, it if la tbs Kaat parfeet arder. Aad 1 bata Bo baviutioa ia sayiog, thai for ALL CROPS it is tqaal to any fartiliaar srer offrrad to tba faraiag aoaaolty. Tba QcaUTT will is kipt PsirccnrCsiroiM la ill aaats, sad WARRANTED soooauia par saat. of AMMONIA sad 4ft to pn eant. of BONE PHOSPHATE Of LIME. It fa pal op in good bap, wtlghiag sbaot 160 Iba. aacb. Parcbaarra will pleaaa aatioa tba. tba Baas, "f. RORISO.N,'r U bnudad oa aacb bag bobs otbar is gaaaiao. My loag siparinaea ia tba trad, aad tba gracral aat ta'aetioa baratufora girca by all Oasaoa sold by aa, will. I bopa, ba a gaaraaiea tbat tba article bow offrrad will b BO raproaent-d. I will also baa eoa Unty oa hiad tha boat PERCVUy, MEXICAN and other GCANOS, wbicb I will sail as low as aajr koasa ia lbs city. WM. ROBIMSOif, Kas. 4 k t Hnlllngawortb flraat, (Near Pratt ft. Wbsrf,) Baltlaaor. ' ftOllftSvMS MANIPULATED IUAN0, - ; It also said ia loti to lait by tba following Agenti: t J. C. KEfKTT, Alsiandria, Vs. 0 A RRISON A MAIQNE, Norfalb t Vs. - E. H. 8KINKEB A CO., Richmond, Va. 1 THOU. BKA:H A SONS, Petersburg, Vs. ' T C. A B. 0. WORTH, Wilmington, N. C. TEW WORK BY REV. J. H. INGRAHAM. tar trtLIINSO, ' THE P I L L A B. OF PIRE; OB, I8IAIL IN BONDAGE.. ' By aba aaihor of "Tbe Prince of the llouieor Daiid." tWing aa aecnont of the wondrrful icenei In the LIFE UP THE SON OP PHAROAH 8 DAUGHTER. (Muaea,) fma faia yoatb to tha ascent nf Mount Sinai; comprioing. ni hy ia eye-wltneaa. HIS MIRACLE8 BErORE PIIABOtH, PASS AO E OP THE RED SEA, and RECEPTION OF THE LAW ON MT SINAI. Cotitoiniag an elaborate and richly colored deecriptloa of the Architects re or tbl Egyptwni, Iboir Maanera rod Caitomi in Peace and War, ia tbl Taaple. the Family, lbs Mart, snd st tbs Tomb; and a.Wa ar tha Iiraelitei while ia the Land of Bondage; together with Picturesque Sketches of tbs Hebrew, under their Tsakmanteri, of Scenei, Procesiioni and tpectactri upon and beiiuj.the Nile, snd Legend of tbe OMiaki, Sphiniei ind Pyramid, and of their Founder before tbs Flood. Delineations of Beoeti fnl Womea Miriam, AmeBSS, Laiora, and Osiris; and of Woaderful Men Aaron, Roommi, (Moses.) and lbs Prlnos of (J..b,) narrated in a leriei of tettrra frwa a Srtia Prinoe, traveling in Egypt, to bis Rojal Mother, Qieea of Tyrs. Tbs eatwaa akaaods (a ebaraetsristle pasMges of fc'gbly wraasM beauty, and dramatic incident. To tbe l "0,001 readers of "Tbe Prinoe of the House of ' David" are aeed aaly say thai this book l by tbs aaaa Author, aad more wonderfully la-creating Sad " eacttanting. . Om VotcM,tAtoil2Mo. 600 rr. Iilcstsatsd. PaiciS1.23. gent to aay address by mail, poitpald, on rsccipt of tbs price. ' ... . rCDNET RUSSELL, Publnhew, 79 John street, New Tork. Aoiits Waitid. T B. IIOHTOt, DEA'TtST, WADESBORO', J N.'C , will opeiateoo mm a the loilowing LOW rates, for persons who . - ..m.. ,a kava ika work done. lor pay cib: Gold Plugs, $1.60; Teetb oa Pivot, SI; Teeth on Gold Plate, $8 each op to siiJ-all V' - .c. ma k. . ai rTer Set oa Suction. S75: Lowsr Teetb, tbs same. All other operation! -, . l.m iA AMMlIt mv nld eharm equally wv, . " - - -- j will be made. I can refer thoaa who wiih it to some f chi aoit reipecUbla eitixeni for wnom I nave n a L MUM IH! thl SSmi ttlUBI in still fin aad doing wslf For others 1 have put in teeth on pivot and gold plate, some full sets on suo tlon, which tbey nave worn for several years, and are till wearing, all doing well; and many other opera- . . I .... fM.hut intait VMM. Sioaa, Wkioa aave nesu 1 jli ii ..aw 1 warrant nil my eoeratioul. : and have the advantage of upwards of eighteen years' m k Imi e-lwa aatiafaction to all who are dispossd to patronise aad give me a Ibir All .1-1 .L. 1. .11 mlr - V. tt H-Tln ennrtd hi th TtfttotrupWe Art i.- M4Me.l a KaIUvbi 1 had a ait to TinUtr . Kawv ihlft ia a falaa tmDrtimon. fraiowivaj wi j w , have aot mado enough to Jaitify my retiring rron be balneal. Oa the oontoary, I m betjer prepared now tbaa ever to operate oa teeth, and-im .till in tbe v A.,, i .ii iim, a AttAnfl tt all aaIU froea this or aay of the adjoining eountteoytad resoeotfully ask a oontiaaanee of that petronswe laretorore so liner- .... n 1-. A L... ..... MMnlk any ossiowea, oa - pat la laughing ordered theo get oae of my superb 8e yoa who bsve beanty to H0RTON ihoutd take it, t. w . .u.aIa klm malra U ah ji " " " ev 10-5 - CHICKERINQ & SON'3 PIANOS! rpUE 8CB9CRIBER, BEING AGENT FOR THE I sals of tbe above celebrated Piaaos, informs tbe public respectfully that be will be shortly la Wades bore'. All persona wi.bing to ponhaan a good Piano , wUI be shows FOURTEEN DIFFERENT STYLES. Ever? Piano warranted. . PIANOS TUNED AND REPAIREDIaa satlsfaetory , naanar or ao charges. , f . . P. A. E. BOaSSTBDT. ' Mr. B. Barries with him letters of reeommsBdsUoa from gentlemen of Wilmlnglen, North Carolina, where he resides. CARDII-BUSllftJS AND VI81T1!0 BEA0 tifaliy aol chtaply wriatew at iaii VfaU .KEBBIt4M LKIDIXO, IUPOKTER8 "lrt'sssioT JO4ymtHUWyTl0d4r , . ITbo'soslo aad ReUil, SXSSU STBBBT, OBI OOOI MOM KIM, " CHARLESTON, S. C. . 1. . . 82-ly BUM AUK t AtllE at II A R6 HATE. Praotioa la partnership la tbs eooaty of Anson, il ea pi oa tbs Criminal Docket ia tbs Coonty CooH, (J. . Hargrars being Ooasty Sollailor.) Thsy will attend to tbs aalleetioa of alt elalas oa traatei to them In Anson sod tbeldrroBnding counties. T. S. Ashs sttowls too Cvarts of Richmond, Moat goniorr, Meanly, Cahnrraf , Union sad Anion. J. R. Hargravs tboss of MontgoaMry, Stanly aad Aatoa " " fajr (MBoa at Wadaabora'. THOMAA f . AUE. I 3. R. HA ROE ATE. 19-tf ELTAMf JL TUOMPSOlf, WASHINGTON, D. C, Dtakn li Csttl, CaUiet ind CphoUtery Rarivtrr, lir 1 m iif stftL ay A CtmpUf Artmmt f BUBS, SPOKES, FELLOES, SHAFTS, , fe. 1 J-tf trmtch oMaf Clmck JIjsTirr, s AisorriLLi, t. c. Jewelry, Ac., aeotly aad labstantially . . repaired, sad all work warranted twelve aoathi. ABGIA DABBfl. lUpmirtr of CfavAs. ALL PERSONS HAVING CLOCKS THAT ARE not of -nler sad aeed repairs, can bars them put into good ranaing order, aad warranted l keep time, by calling npoa ma. lily work bis bern teettd throngboat Anaoa and I" lion, as will bs certified by eitlseni whoea clucks I hare pnt la order. SO-flm 4lMb THE CIB1 Ql'ESTM VET LXSETTLED, AID UxVCLE SAM INSOLVENT. fUT THE QUESTION IN WHICH THE CITI f tsas nf Aasoa aad tbe adjoining country should more directly concerned, ami upon which reate a considerable item of doacitie eeiBovy, is whirs they can obtain tbs best BOOTS AND SHOES, . Harness, Saddles, Bridles, AND LKATilERe '.AT THE LOWEST MiCE. To decide properly and satirfaetbriljr ibis question they auat EXAMINE snd COMPARE. K eallins st Hi irk Mount Tanneryfoar miles west of Wsleaboro', they will And a large i-tock of LEA THER of all kinds; BOOT4, SHOES, HAR---. KESS and 8ADULES. nestly snd euB-I all CCsuntlally put up, which will In J alisll Van. Vbe80LD A8 LOW A8 THEY CAN BE AF FORDED IN THE STATE, ob otvs biobakdi mi mrvTi aa.inrre rna VBira ' a IISIKAL rBJCB Witt as it"wr" . ' 2. ...i, -- 1,'all and eiamine. si I aa aeirrm:B w aa- XUFMRiyO done" with ntatneei ind die p.?ch. 'v. CAHAWAI. 60,000 lbs. Raw Hides Wanted, For which I will pay the highest aarkel prices. March 10, l5-i'61y ' - E. Hutchinson, CABINET MAKER, - ri,iK.rriiv tvSYtRUO. TflR PUBLIC i lurfiviivuui .... ti ik.t kernntinnea to msnufictars illAasa articles in his line or buinei. Furni-IiBB) if f, tare of eeery description made to' I i L, order. In addition lo the above he manufactoree mil' and WIRE 8AFE8, and ii prepared to do all kfndi of INSIDE CARPENTER WORK-rucb at Blinds, Dors, Sash, Shelving, or sny other work . . ... . . . i u: perUiBing to tns interior oi a uitnun ata COFFINS made to order, at the shortest no tice. He wiahei it to be understood that be can ana will furnUb Coffins or pine, popisr, wamui or mnnog say at from two to font hours' notice, depending upon .... ti. !. n.i nntetcaedini four kourt inch are his facilities for aanufaetonng them. Tbe faet ii, bs can mass plain rine i .omna ski tK nnuv. .nd hetter. than anr carpenter, it being a legitimate branch of his bminess. 21-tf VALUABLE PROPERTY THAT VALUABLE PROPERTY IS THE TOWN of Wadeiboro', known ss the ..... AM SO M IIOTEIa, together with the OUT-BUILDING8 and FURNI ti'ud i..i.iin ararvthioe neoesaarr to carry oa the basiaeas, is bow offered lor lale. . . . TbO House is large ana eommoaious, w iovbuou central; the Furniture good and ia good order, tbe ...ii.. t.i. a.. .n. K " In abort, ns those nuniAH. uum. w., ' 1 ..nnalnt-d with tbs propirty well kttoW. a better oi portunity lor sale ana pronmoia m... to be f'lana. x a If not enld in a abort time, the property will be rented on reasonable tenni, Ia oar absence 8. W. Heal, JSsq. win snow tbs premises. . . X, tTrln It t T ttfK I.UP.II BrtS AND CARRIAGES. ftlHE SUBSCRIBER HAS 8EVBBAL rini; nw I BCOOIEftind TWO FINE FAMlLYpaB' CARRIAGES for sale - togethr soms SECOND HAND WOKK IBM na is sir tm rnTroa4toi.il. BARGAINS MAY BE HAD I This is bobs of that sorry kind Which looaa wis eona - SIMfi J.P.SMITH. TAKE NOTICE. ON AND AFTER THE FIRST DAT OF APRIL aext, or lerma for the sale of LC.MBER will be, For good lumbar 80o. eaah, or II credit, V m Refoae lamber 60s. oaib, or oOc. credit; - Roach Ediri lumber 83io. cash, or 40o. credit ' , ... THOMAS OULLEDGE. 28-tf -- CALVIN LILLY. KEROSENE LAMPS AND OIL. A N ENDLESS 'VARIETY w Ttir.BB riiFB-r.A-A PLOSIVE. ECONOMICAL, AND ONBCR PA8SED LAMPS. One of these lampe will give a lie-ht eaaal to fonr candles, and eon limes noemi one eent'i worth of oil in three hoori. For eeooy and brilllaney of light they eannot V'i .wtlaSv by fo-tf SMITH tt L1NDSEY. REMOVAL. w XT E HAVE REMOVED FROM . OCR! PLD If 'ttand npposiU the Brick Store to the rt corner loose tniely oaenpied by S. W. Weal, op-TV poiite the COURT-HOUSE, where we will bet aapev to eee all ovr frienda aod enitomers. if. l" SMITH A LINDSET, B tArfatlTBaTBKI-FOR SALE AT THE arui orric. NORTH CAROLINA ARGUS. For tbe Argas IlrtOIrTU LIKES. " IT IC.ISIAM. Written oa being ttkei if Fritni 'V I ever pnfui Jvr km.'- . Pray for tbeeT Oh, yes, my friend, In prsyir fAjr nams 1 ever blend i That Ucavea'i blessings moat divine, While tboa art bore, nay e'er be thine." . j I do not ask that deeds ef fame Msy shed their lustre round thy same; ' Thine I ask not wealth miy be, or power ill influence gite to thee. . . eBmorhmglOBtneth-w lnT when T Its blush oa westera iklei doth leiri, ' ; Thea from my heart a prayer ascends ' For erring self and mack loved frlsad. t For thu I pray life's sanny hours " Msy banish every cloud that lowers; Aad an seen aagels gaard thy way, Aad bover roaad thea night and day. Hut, Oh I there i on earneil fie t , That's always breathed moat fervsntly That enr lingers ia my bsart, To lias for thee where o'er thou art: Prom dark temptation, oh I dear friend, 1 pray that He may thee defend; And guide thine erring steps aright, When straying from tbe path of light. At glorious morn, at eve so bright, Aad in the solemn bosh of nights In every thought tbst soars on high - That prayer is wsfted to tbs iky: "Into temptation lead him not:" Ohl that petition's ne'er forgU, But stesls with esrnest fervency Forth from my soul's deep fount for thee. Thoa art snswered. And now from the depths of thy For me let sincere prsyers ascend; ' heart, And when e'er on thy lips trembles soul-incenss pare, Blend with it the name of thy fritni. Oh! iak, that for my wand riug steps evermore A gentle guide Jesus may be; And know when for nu thy prayer rines above, I also will still pray for thee. ' Washixotox, April 24, 1869. 4ir. I'ink,' the New York correspondent of tho Cbsrlestou Courier, writes to that paper as follows: "A matter of public interest, nut only to the people of this city, but to the moralists nd economists of other latitudes and localities, is the recent report made by Dr. W. W. San eer, tbe eminent resident physician of Blackwell's Island, (one of our public benevolent institu j tions.) in nu report, tne iJoctor rays: ii must be acknowledged that it dues nut present a flat tering view of the condition of things. The in crease of the number of patients is 1331 at tho Islsnd Hospital. The nativity of the patients ranks in the following ratio: natives, 24.8 per cent ; foreigner", 75.2 per cent. Of the tur. eipnirs, four-fi ths are from Ireland, aud nine tenths from the Urftiyli dominion. More than balf rsnpefrom serentecu to twenty-five years of fl,.h L age; tlirec-firths are unmarried, Ind one- 1UUWIMJ. r.lUUIV-HV. UUI. Ul UFFIT MWMi. vm 1 l J L' ' L . . I I l.,,l n. nenis " w use ot juitoxicuunj; urn iu a (jiuaiti w erce: of who-n sixtyjne were intemperate drink- ' . . 1 .1 . . A n.ran... era. t he Ilgures siana inus ; h-iuh;iuwj 628 ; moderate drinkers, MtZ; infmperate unna ers, 1629 ; habitual drunkards, 808. The propor tion of intemperate dnnuers was largest amuug ihe uneducated and the children of parents not temperate. "Tbe proportion of Protestants was 32 per cent.; of Roman Catholics, 63 per ccnt.j of Jews, 2-10 per cent.; non professors, 4 per cent. Of those whose occupations required mental ability, the proportion wag 6 10 per ccut; mechanical knowledge, 81 percent.; physical strength merely 63 per cent. About 69 per cent, were discharged cured; the relieved rated at 18 percent'" Home Manufacti re of Railroad Iron. It ii stated that the Northeast and Southwest Alabama Railroad Company contemplates estab lishing a rolling mill iff-tbe -neighborhood of Elvton, for the purpose of manufacturing the m'n to be used thereon. The site chosen is said lo be io tbe midst of a rich iron and coal repioi ..j .1.. r,r.Anniiinn iarenerallvatiDlauded. there are now about 700 miles of projected rysa still to bo finished in the State, to iron wljicli will re quire, aa estimated, 66,000 tons oT rail, costing t3 556,000 if imported fromabrosd, but .only 12,240,000, or ei,316,00jHess, if produced at borne. But it is not oprf in this point of view that the propoeitioribrS good one. The ?2,240, 000 -instead of jTng abroad will be -pent at i. i ii,. rWinnrr nf ruanv a lioPPV home and the buildjngup 'jf institutions in which consists our graatest lecuniy as a rcpu-uncau icuj... anwiNO of tue Earth A book has been recently published by Captain Alfred V. Dray ton, of tbe British army, on the present, past, and future condition of the erthi He under takes to prove that "our earth is growing larger, and our distance from the sun increasing. He observes that measured degrees of the meridian in modern times have often been lonfier ttran those of olden time. The yearly growth ol the planet seems to be stated atlhrec quorters of an inch in the mile. When the earth becomes as large aa Jupiter, the obliquity of the ecliptic will bo only two degrees." Death to the Blah. The following remedy i. ) tn k. infallible: Take two pounds of (rood alum, bruise it and reduce it noarjy to powder ; dissolve it in three quarts of boiling water, letting it remain in a warm place till the slum is dissolved. Tho alum Wnter is to be sp plied hot, by means of a brush, to every joint aud crevice. Brutth-the crevices in the floor of tho skirting board if they are suspected places ; whitewash the ceiling, putting in plenty of alum, snd there will be an end to their dropping from thence. PRETTY Goon.-rJ. 11 Stevens, in reply to I call made upon him by " Many Voters" of llo.-k-ingham, Vi- avows his willingness to serve them if elected, if the Democracy of the county can not proenre a suitable man, but says: I wish it distinctly understood, however, that I must be eloeted by spontaneous combustion, as t cannot eondeeoend to electioneer. If any of tl sover signs wish to shike my banJ they can Jo so bv calling at Oonrid's Sbire ; ind their childreii Will be kissed when presented to me with clean faces , (fj.Ths Older of Odd Fellows now numbers ahnnt 200.000 ' meml erstf) the United States. aod paid out last year $350,000 for the relief of . a, - a. . m . a , . I (b net and ll'i,wv lor tna aancatton pi orpnans IFEECI IF 11.1. WI. C. IIIEI, IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND. vrMr. Rirei besan by remirklng, tbit tha bibiti ittd pursuit of bit life, for mm- yean past, hid removed him eotirelj from scenes of political i citomcnt. I hit no desire, ha laid, again to engage, in them. While I had publio duty io perform, I endeavored to discharge it honestly, faithfully, ind to the best of my ability, more intious to Sfrre thin merely to please my con. diluents. Cherishing with sincerity tbe princi ple, I bronght with me into publio life, I could not ii in honest man, change them it tbe bid piiW ot party. My services- were no toncer ac ceptable ; ind I hiveiinoe lived privite citiien, eoewnted nrrd toppyrwrfkr no ceTOjMnt cirgA3 gMti in tbe past uo aspirations in the futuro. llut, fellow-citiaeni, I should bo sorry to aay that I hare lived ia unconcomcd pectstor of public events. Io a free country, every citiien, the kunibleet and moat obscure, ss well ss the highest, hai i patriotie duty to perform in watch ins; over and defending, according to bis oppor tunities., the precious deposit pf the public lib erties. - Can Joe eooipcJa' me to declare that, from time to time, I bsve aeea much cause for patri otic inziety, but never ao mochas at the prescut oioment. It is this conviction wbicb l.n. induced me I msy isy constrained me not without man) stroge against the foree of habitand that love of reti ement wbicb growl stronger by every day's indulgtnce, to appear before you, in obedience to the fla(teriii2 call that has been made upon me. T I know bow incapable I am of adding, by any thing lean say, to tbe force of tbe many able and elotfuent appeals that have been already ad- 1 .Se 01 ,rceuo,n 1c" our ancestors nave trans-Jn-Jiaed 'in the inlet:in.-nrB an.l mnnlinntj, nf fl.o n"tl!l t0 u. n" the time to mako the effirt. country I.ut powerless as my voice is1 I feel t h I iIaii H Iia rcr,.nt tn Ilia dm ,.f mvu . e duty of a good citisen. if I were not to raise it in such a cause, : in suck a cause, while thsre may be one of my countrymea will ing to listen to inc. I do lot armear before tou to rlead for tho ; triumph of a party. No, fellow citizens; it is a far higher cause wbicb now demands tbe exer a . " - a' . . a. .a 1 tions of us all. A bold and unblushing corrup tion has invaded every department of our nation .1 .mi;..r..in -hi-l, if n.. mmil n.l viiroruusly checked by tbe sovereign rebuke of - . f.. , w , .r I J . ' the people must soon" engulfTthe' public liberty, as it is rapidly undermining the public morals. Tbe wisdom snd alor of our ancestors be queathed to iu noble free institutions, which were intended to place the public liberty securely under the guardianship of the public virtue. It is these noble institutions which during official abusrs, emboldened by impunity, would now per vert to the destruction ot liberty,, by under- mining every guarantee provided for -its -security u-' ven the virtue and patriotism of tho people i themselves.' Shall we not, then, rally to their defence, one and all of us? Shall we be told that this is the' coue of a party ? Believe mc, fellow-citizens, it is the vital cause of constitu tional freedom the common cause of eveiy Xmerican cittzenr')emocnit,VV'hig, or by what ever party denomination he may nave been huh .1 , - i. j- nave DQenniin , irthr.ght, and is j it . . t erio Known, wno vames ins oinn manfully determined to defend J nat l have presented to you no exaggerated - . ..Ull. ' t a I.. too well established by TaclsV now'Wvtrsal notoriety. Kevelations brought out during the late session of Congress, have placed them before the public in a form not to be questioned Look at the report upon public printing- ond ?ro will see there bow elaborately and ingenious y, in that large department of the public expen diture, corruption has bcen organized into a sys tem to multiply bribes to the employes and sup porters of the (jovernment. hvery whether for paper, for printing, for litb mtr. for enixravinir, has been so managed as not only to yield a rich harvest to tbe contractor himself, but to the officer oftfte Government who swards. the contract, amHo the intermediate agents employed as brokers to procure it. Thus is a single job madeby its ramiBcations, to en list and remuncrapr'a dozen or. more political re tainers, at an enormous cost to the Treasury ; for the prices alltJwed to the contractor must be cof respoiMvly highr ta enable hiui to pay thejms- tomajf tributes to his oatrons and associates. U mis ran. scene u. vurrupiniu u ue. i . i i c i i i j ,i .j. m i m tttiici; tnimmv wuu rcunuu tue imiuwt buw . of 839,000 for his good-will and patronage in tho sale and brokerage of public contracts was but tho other day owner and conductor ot the official organ of the Government, and is even now, wo are told, public printer in fact, though not in name. . . Look now at the huge report made upon the operations irttlw navy yards of Pjiilidelphia and Brooklyn a document gigantic in its propor lions, but yet more gigantic and startling in the official iniquities it reveals. I have neither the lime nor the patience to enter, into thojJisgnst .l.tila nf thflie revelations. But one dar ing and monstrous tact , appears from them all- thn avstpmatic emblovuient of contracts for every variety of work and materials in both of these vast establishments, and that with the direct ap probation of Government itself, .to reward parti san services, and to debauch the suffrages of the people. There, yoll will sec contracts involving large amounts of t ie pub mo ney u, oy ne liovcrnraeni. :o uuf;1""". "l,c" "'""' ""' to the highest, instead of the lowest bidder, trom ih aola consideration of the nuinber of sub sidized voters tn the employment of thu preferred party, whose luttrages were requircu in ma con ical moment of a contested election. So min utely and systematically was this policy earned out in oneof these establishments that Demo nratin mambors of Co.nsrrrss representing the ad- iointne districts were formally constituted by the " "... .l. . . . . 1. : ... uovornment its aumonzcu 1113:1113 im maMMu ..1. niiithle division of the public sfthils among ij supporters; and in this nianner,thc yard was filled to the number ot several inousano, wuu ousuno, witn worthless and incompetent men, wh( . 1. 1 ... worthless and incompetent men, whose only clai-n incal service,. and amone whom, in the lanCT.,e of the rt. ,i mnTinent was iounue'4 uii puiiMi-ai 3uin,. irllrhs.s. theft, msubordl gross neglect of duty, prevailed to au alarming extent." . - , The developments made present the Govern ment as moving tn t constant circle of corrup lion First, the Government, with the public money, corrupts the contractors and their em ployee, to yow for meinWrs of ("Vngrc ; . (ben th' contractors onrmpt the mcmhers of Congress, m-ith a stinulated per centace, to pmcure them other eontraewi and finally, the members of Con-4 ttresa, by one species of inMuooce ot anouicr, cor Brooklyn. ' : , -i' contract! :tJJtte, M)mMtetti?trcunSii 'fotlortrut thco revolting details; there they ire upon record, where you esu eximine them for yourselves, ind ponuer on lot tuourniui degeneracy ot tbe pub lie Diorals thsy disclose, ind upon your aolcuiD duty, ii meu end patriots, to rebuke ind cor. feet the evil. I have referred to these things with the deepest bumiliition in- American citiien. I sincerely wish, for the honor of my country, that they could be shown to be party libels. Hut, unfortunately, the facts ire too no torious tbe knowledge of them ii too wide spread and universal to admit either of denial or suppresion prooigflted on the winds to the corner.! of the eartu. wnnt bis made Washington, is tha cen tral seat of the government the public offices - Congress itself, byword and reproach with the vet uncontaniinitod miss of the peoplo, but the belief that corruption fosters there, and is thcocs diffused, like a subtle poison, through every branch of. tbe publio administration depending upon ilt Have not BcnMota of tbe dominant party elevated by their character as well as their position-r-opeuly proclaimed in- the Senate chamber their solemn conviction that the Govern- me,u ' tu olteu fta"-'S, of Which they form a ' " ln0!,; cofupt uow existing on the j hai1ta,'l. Klobe?'' Tll ,,u,e u com.: ,llcn Ka patriots and j ",vu " i""-1 una muai m- rousiy reflect upon tno duties wilfch tli-v owe. to IUV1I KUUULIl, III nUvVt IIG Ul IUUIV UUII V LUIIMU eration.. If we mean to preserve the uoblu ber- . uul u w viuji u huiuh ,ivc X UUI. II 1UUIUI11T IliU UIUV U US 10 OU WHICH ,,ped, ! v.. o.auu. wiw eamce itseu mu erumoie to toe grounu. I have not been an inattentive observer, fellow- i citizens, of what has parsed in other countries, . . . . r r- .. ?" f1 ou.r own, uunng tuo event ut epoch 1 ti IV 1 1 I f II VTA llfeJ I have witnessed the dawn- fall of an ancient monarchy in Europe. I have i seen a constitutional representative government 1 established upon its ruins; and iu eighteen short j J". I have seen that government subverted by , rnnnl;nn l,. o.,. ufi . .n.l .... a revolution, to make way, after a brief and eon- vulsive period of anarchy, for a military despot ism. ( " What has occasioned the prcmaturo downfall of tho representative government of 'France? It was political -corruption underumiihp: it r.t its base. Louis Philippe ard his ministers, instead of resting on tho virtue and intelliaence of the country for support, sought to rule it by an open, shameless system of . corruption, iin elective I rupt the Government to bestow tho which they had stipulated to obtain. pmnFfll Reingja immw..u wmpnvsj, amuj.. Auma.ruoL.iuo.A, p u. , e t L c 1 . .:..!.. M ! portion of tbe nation, and tRat fraction being self corrupted by the tloverument, the mass of j the people could right themselves only hy revo lution; and the Government fell. ' It is a remarkable instance of tbe certainty with which effects follow their causes in the po litical world, that M. de Tocqnevilc, one of the most profound political philosophers of this or otbe. 0 ,,10ttnced from his place in the; (;,fml)bcr of 1)cDUtieJ( while all .,,cmcj sure, and .. . , in the ee t tbe' tJot ernmtnt, that the t country was sleeping on a Vule.ino, atij that r sordid ,e!iir:;i-uiiy ot mercenary OMCC-Iiumerf ni.u -- ).,ijorj was. at hand. A"'1 ,Ta3 ' ufflue-aeekera T t have tin- Kitisfaetioh to know ground ot nn prcatction r There then h;rd been-thnt ther-.1 tin1 DcumndU In Viri'iurapat leastf no popular tumults no public disorder. He 1 who repudiate such'a system who willjiot per-. pointed alone to the depravation of tho public ' mil tlieinselvcs to Le manae'eii with such .U let morals by the mal-praetieos nf the t'.'.wornaent! tors tIio -.Till asscit t'ltnr privii'-res as freemen, to the system of political corruptions it had j i their dignity as men. introduced, and on which it. relied as the fatal 1 In a free country there will be,' there iuust be, ca.use, which must inevitably bring oh a national ! p-irtie. llut to he i irtuous . and honorable, and akuuiu in w , iatastrophc. . ow, tellow citizens, 1 take upon tnysclt, w.th some knowledge of facts in both countries, to . publie good as il.eir aii, not - the requisition say that, great as were the abuses then com- ' of power fir mere sclfi-h ainfiiitcrested cnls. tuitted by tht Government of France, they were, , f'.!!ow-i i'i.:eiis, how this nettiial and legtt- in no respect, greater than those which are this ; imate ejnsttu'ion ot parties has been perverted day revealed to us as habitually, systematically . v late, in'this ev'::tr . by the corropiing infl'.i practiced by our own Government. Fortunately I encrs of the n-.'iv slt!:u of pi:ticnl c-thiiS for us, our political institutions have, in the sen-; taught and prueii-.-c-l by the parly in pnwer. eral right ot surlrngc, furnished the pcvple of.i Whtrt were the dis:ingmsl-,i:ig principles of tho America with on efficient instrumont fur -the ! Dcmocratij party, pruW-jd in the days of its peaceable correction of these abuses, if they pitrity, by its great founder, Thomas Jellerson ? choose to make use of it. This great right, Mr. I .-impiicity and economy in the public expense 'Jefferson has emphatically told u, U ihb p'a"jeaT0"us"'ltidrMi"n'T.VocMt:ve pwer--a"a--rir.nrinte and " neaceable corrective of abates . ereJ roard-fcr tbe f.1' r.iic-i x -lections s -tern . , , , ,hfl .wrj : tneir party leaders, win noi aniiiv nic corieeiic, . . ; - , . ., - - , ..... . it in ih asm thine as if thev had it not: and ' we must then, like other nations, run the risk ot ; violent re actions and revolutions, of which few , can foresee the issue, when they are once entered upon. - ' ! We have had impressive admonitions,, thr.t .; these are not mere visionary speculations, -evon i -in k land ,pf the Jirgestjlbertjy V biit h ivc : already been the results ot the heedless -exercise -, liavcsei n iVu;joct3t:e menioeia .oi v'mg'K.-ei jr or of the party ensiavement of the right of suf-: an act ofonfteccdenfed eupi lity arid in violation frafe iii the hands of certain portion, td-the-i t-oil deieney.-a wMl s the spirit of the C.ou Atnerioan people? Have we not seen vigilance j stitution, doubli itg their. pay and voting the in comuiittees forcibly seperceding, in several large t:cre;ree into their ' own . pockets by a retrusjK-etl0 ; . ',',. or,:nI1- i,ttt wi,osu nrtinirml novernments ttiat snrans abuses and corruptions were so great that the.) riuus oeconimod attotis au l cxtravacaot auow most virtuous, and, in general, peace-loving eiti,-! ancos, that put to-.shame all wc read of orieutt.1 tens, co-operated in their overthrow; and even ; uiauiliccnet ailil relf indulgence. , those who gave existence to them bv their suf- : 'ith like professions of Democratic jealousy fragoa, looked on, and rejoiced in their downfall, j cf executive power, jour I'rt si Je.nt modestly calls And whales this but revolution ? And may fiipon tho rcpiewntatives of the people to trans- not what has Occurred in your cities, occur, in. i V Mtin 5fi r ----- i-..i..a I W.. . suco enonnoos avnU1... r.. .., posed to you this day,, be permitted to-j0 on, not only uncorrected, but accumulating, af acquir- ly uncorrected, but -ocun.nJt,nK, aro acqu.r. Lni z zzrz ; Jic Zl'i'TJr. the cruel alternative of a tame surrender of its liberties, or of a fearful 'resort to a revolutionary vigilance commit ee taking pos o,.inn of the Government at Wasbinctoti. IIIG Idim l i-wiu ( . fellow-ciiizenst let t organize' bur legal; constitutional, salutary vigilance committees ..t jhepoHs-.-Lctus throw off thedeg he polls. -Let us throw off the debasing shackles: V ........ 4i,-.i.l... ,A n..ri th' nini.wtv and sovo- i a. un.j v..,A '--- ... 'realty of the popumr wi je ,u .0 ;tne poicn. voice m um ...... I 'the. ?h place of the Government u.osenc :iner ... 1 .i ...e. sanctioned.' participated in. or been accessory to ll.A crnvso rim (llllll!!' aUUSCS WlllCn OlSIIOIiOr IUC country, while they tmpe.il us i.ccines-, - I know there-are many of my Democratic, friends who loattie and detest these iiheial ini- quitic. as t do 1 .y to ' th-m, .henrr.p.-el-.plond fully but earnestly do not make- .yojrst Ives re - Sible for andr,: toeh:ahS -, .... ... . . ... Biving your connuen """l t-'; '" '" praelie. them.- 6UnU up in ZZZ 1: r n fr.l,m. . ou are toe rjcht- ful masters. Do not consent to wear the tarnished and dishonored li very of your ocrvanu. iou fowe no allegiance but to your country ; ind she 1 1,.. a.ii. . e. . .)... , www van. ujuu juu w jieriuriu jwwr umj, vuyr whole duiyTOiiciftsr tiously is men. It is the futul doctrine of passivo party obed ienco ind non-rcsiatenco doctriuo so long and uccrs.tfully inculcated by the party in power that has brought the u flairs of our country into their present deplorable condition. They havn isaiduously taught thut tiiu Gist, and indeed only duty, of every man, in the excrciso of his civil and political functions, is to follow and obey his party leaders ; that tho predominance of bis party, under ill circumstances, mid whatever be the coiiscqueuecj to his country,, is the one par nuotmt and absoibing object which should en gagoalL.Lia ical, tothc disregard ofevcry die-. . tuto of constiienw, und of every call of patriot ism. ' Hi's mercenary and slavleh doctrine has been enforced by the terrjis of ceomuuoicstin on the one hand by" the laviuli promises of reward oo tho other. "To the victor belongs the spoils of victory," is the motto cmblr.oiied on their stiiidsid". The o8ioo, tho employments of tho tlovornmcnt, are no longer, in tlitir eyes, pub lic trusts, to be conferred and adiuinistcrca tor the public good; but of ecry grade and discrip tion, from the LiglaV. to lii lowest, ihey are the legit tmnti: l"(jty of a C'linji ering art v, to be dealt out iu !urgeMs and rLWardi to its luljow- ore. Tbuii-h j-t, through c-mtru-W, through the proui .nl und unscrupulous cxpi udituto of uie i uliij im.i ev, up'jii vwiy ii-iu jncitik tno l reasury is aer.vercu up io piu:is;c, io oiim 'ulttij tli) acuity and I'jt J the cupidity of parti san lionii-i. ' The startVin-r aliwcf which have been recently brought to li"i,t,in il.e various branches of tho puui.u auiuiuisLi.ii.iuM, uio uui ueiuuuiui.ui w.w sionai, or sunpiv pcrcuiiui. i Lev tiro tue neecs- Birv, lusicnl, inevitable ilsuIis of tho system of political lUiiralitvembrtei-d, and indeed professed, by the Dartv in rv.vur. It tbe UuverriUieot is .,... v ."": . - to ho aJai.nistorad sj.ei) t-r tui ocnent aui su- !'fih interest of a party; then fellow -citizens, your rulers hr.ve B'jt b:cu tiufaithful to their creel. And who, permit mc tons!;, according to this modem intcui ot polilieul tactics, constitute the ........ v . ,l. .1, ..,! i;i .1, ..,.. I....l pUII t .1 I I; I UCJ llll'IUAVIIU uu V, iui. VWJ of worthy rcpeetiible citizens who do tho voting that constitute the.party, iu a practical sonse '! No fellow-citizens; no nil know, and I utu sure that many ot my Democratic friends will sustain mo in what I say it is s few adroit political man agers, who for the most part, make a trade of : politics, that commute the real party, m every practical, influential sense. It is tbey that make the nominations they tha; make the political : . .! L . . . ... . .U ... nl...f...... . it-land tho sovereiirn people,, however their con sciences and better feelings may revolt, have no option, under tins ntw material law of party discipline, but to obey, or to be sliot as des'urtt;rs. Is this, fellow-citizens, the system of govern ment which our uoLlo free-born uuceators be queathed to us? b this u ijveiumeut of tho ).7''n;' Is this a m'wrej, in- the virtuous and honorable sense in wW-J-viily a fr-a r0 would acceptU, or is it not nubct an olytirc'.t, of -the-worst ami 'liio't-degradtng ehaiaacr a :. r ,. tii l to mr!t the supp-rt ot the pe ple, tucy oinst D toundua on prmeijiie, nna tioncsuy pursue tuo or(J,iM!i., of alJ 0,r, ial interference with V llll Hit 1.1 nu wemueiaiio uauuiwis, nu cc. ....v- .'.ons of sinmHeitT an 1 etoho ut, your tw - adiBiiiitrutioiis have, in six years, carried up tVj annual -expeil.-tcs of th.9 I lovcrnmetit from 40 t ) . 80 millions, of dollars. (I sptal; approsiuntiw-l and ia tourid iiambc.s) having exhausted a ur-. j,Us of 2V or S'X miiiioiis aud hot hv.ng tutu hand to m-i!tii, on "the b:i:garly and ruinous ei-.. ,,e(Ut-tit of" hwn ; whibJ at the 'Mine tune we muvkuhi. and surrounamj ir.es. stfs v. '. ,. ,., V,,.-, ,,f thB mihu treasure, with lusa- t.r totinn the power oi peace fnu wai s"" uiin i effect, the solo treaty making power,-to nlaco millions of -the public monry at his discr j tion and to inv;:st stss over -foreign . t Mill .i:n -niuiiai j j.iuLc-iji- ; U s;; uer mthe d .1 ' bv tlH.fouuder qf the Demote party for the c I.,.,. ,,f i ci't :011s. ana Drmsrs ttwfiioio pai- . ..... ... 1. . 1 . . r.)iiace..ad ii Buen.!0 of bis highofli.-c to control f elections in the States froia the.humhlest repro-j;'- , sentattve' itrnst up to that 01 pe.mj.j 01 . . United States. Niecceaing 10 t o e,m , maxim' of peace and houe.t tin. nations, he threatens all ty fei. W.-- .,i.,,t., n the flacun'C "Pint ot ih flarL'siici spirit of , . s- ' mJ, td aational 1 1. . y - --- . Pr e a- ..v.. . pjiJ founiled . v-u . .... .. 1. :. i. i Sa . upon ; any ru;bUc r'J th'w whicb " . imui-l lie v...v ... - - . . l. l...,J nrmeinie aid acknowledged. . I.. 1,0 ,h. am: : we re tji,h-which gave that oracle U the IK n , , great ouo the Jn. wme! . .e ; lencyof the artj lu ti.e ct i.m ? "" '.Inctive as it mv b.. when every prm- Zl- which below es to in ii proper ioterprou- ciple w j tion, and in its ane ient and honorable traditioos, C0ST1M I o ToraTB VAa. I . J.'
North Carolina Argus (Wadesboro, N.C.)
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May 19, 1859, edition 1
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