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VOL TIlAa 2M
TUE'flORTfl CAROLINA ARGUS,
yBLIsatD IVEKY TnUKSOAT,'
BY FRANK. PARLEY.
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eablloiii w; tnd for qoarUrly, (ttlf yttrt or Jtrl
dtrUnifit aay On tfltr lrt tarrtloa.
TUB ST4T Liir.
AK 'iSOJNiKCE TO CHANGE THE JPR1SDIC.
"TL E l ! I TO T 11 1 R El H .
Se rtoli D i orduxuJ if lit pfoplt Sonh
Ca'v.mi, v i.mmiun umiW. m4 U if htttby
dam, I mukonty (A km Tbt Ibt jridictioii
f ih wrl LVuiU o( tht 8tU, aad of Jullrtt of
. U. Po. tscpl jproii)tl io thia orJlaoe, tbtil
U la tb r 18(X).
Bu.2. 4 fur'kntUmtd, Tb! U rvtr) Sp
rlor Cvnrtt tt lw, tt U8pHo( Trrsi tktrtofMly,
- l.4 utb.f w;t brtliprTiJl, ibtll bft ttclaairt
r!jio! JaHwJtotioa tt ar, try m4 dsUrnlatall
tioM of obf , ftatat, aMnpt or teeoant, vbtt
tbt tun duo or ovlog, traoutU (priaeipl ao4 Inter
n) t4 .:-r d 'lir or aiorr.
liol. bfrtk$rt4iinU, 7l aJI wriU ia atbt,
coitUASl, attaaptlt or acooaat itwll 00 rttaratbla la
8priij Ttrta aa j bt omd al lout thirty (Saa
4ji ItveluJod MiTO tbi rotirs dj. Wibia Ibt
- irn tbrot 4a;a of tbt tttara torta, too at J ibt d.fad
6l jit It Cbt plUtiJ. or into Coart U bit not, oot
trftA ef tbt dtbt or uftd pHociptJ aiti la(orot)aaJ
t tuau ft tbt litia. bt bU b aatll atst
priur Trw to plttJ. At tba tmii Spiiag Terta,
.aiaaiJ lb dcfoadtel pa to too tUfaUf. or ia, o Cort
bit aw, ft-i.b of tk rtUao of Uo dtbt tr do
d tkoi ocat, a tbU t aJ:o4 mtJ ttt adroetd
t" Spring Trw la poad. At tbtoaM Spring Troi,
..,,a!i tbt dflo. pj It tb p'otanff, or iato Coait
i bit ota. tbt Ifclf of tbt midut of tbt debt or do
bt btl bt vlltot4 aot- tbt tacot4ieg Sprio
Trrfii t plMd. At Ibt oid Spring Ttrm tbt plaietia'
bil bt;t jJctat for tbt rctMut tf bit tlobt or da
lUAtd. PfUtd. howw, Tbt tbt painiltr, if rtqalrtd
'abtii tit bit dtbt or dtatad la w riling; tod if tbt
4tfro jot bH kt oatb tbat tbt mt-o or an prt
ibtro( i a Jutlj dvt. or that btbaa a oouoUr oiaia
of oklcb tbali bt ptrtitabrljr aet forth by atBJatit
- - iLa tbt df. o lat abait 00I7 )i y tbt laaulmtct rt
quired, of wbai bt adoiila to bt dot, aod Ibt Co art
khkt! erdtr t Jorr, at tbt taatt or wm aahtaqatat
ttna.Ho try Ibt "tr la ditputt betotta tbt parlitt,
tad t tbt atit Stria- Ttrti tbt dvftadtM tbali bt
tlloatd Uoto to plotd uo1 r apoo panttt of oat-ftftb
of iHt rmlJiit of tbt aJmuud amvaat, and vbaitTtr
in tbat-caat tbt pi
to Jo Igtatnt aod exooatioo- tocsrdiag 10 Iba eooret of
ibt Coon to low-
8-fr'.r-rBfc aa
ti.in of debt, boveoaat attBmpalt or ace cant iatntd
to fall Term
l. . H.aa BKaK.1 faiaaa I Riluhia.! A Aa . m Kn tta the afaBMak 1
Tk. .1. .1.-fk. .I.f.i.i f.ii 1,. 1 J'" w 7Tr BO
tw, ;."W "T Tbal on taeb aoUoo to
par id r mmj guttoitot thali bt fillod:
tiiuin itnii tt eannit it vmttai
a 01 tot superior "'"r, That mil txocutor eraJmini.tratort, who bavt
by the Sbtr.
nn M opnog term, iovt,mw an kiiou ,
t dflt. eoeenact, attrnptit or account, bow peortiog
ia the Saparior Court, ahall bo ooatiaaed to Spring
Term, and if Ibo defendant baa entered hit pitta, be
ni;l bt atowea 10 ttunaraw tot aatat, aua uat ut
ttunrlu.tf ool4B Arf-lbitrdiBaBe
Sacf 6- Bt a fufthtr oriiintJ, Tbal dormant Judge-
BieotH tbali only bt rtvivtd by action 1 of debt, and
ary scire facia to rele 0 jadgment obt.ll be die
oii J on motion :vjW, That tbott bow ietned
bail bt diami?'i l tbt eoel of tbt debtor.
fco 6 Bt it furtktr ordivud, That fht Clerks of
tbt ?teial Conoty Courts tbali transfer 1 actiootof
IM, eoTcnent, atumpit or aoooaat now ponding in
tbtlr re(tctivt Court,, to tbe Spring Term, 18d7, of
the Superior CoBrte, and tba aaid Spring Term aball bt
detmed tht rttara tera tbtrtof and tbt aaid aotiooa
ball tUod at if originally instituted la that Court.'
Bsc. 7. Bt it furtktr ordaimtd, That tbt Clerka of
tbt ttvtral Coonty Coor, if requetted ao to do by
tba plajntifft, Uy dajs before tba Spring Terma, 1867,
of tbt "Superior Courta, tbali traaaaiU to aaid Spring 1
debts, oovenant, aaaampait or account entered on tbt
dockttt of their Coorta, togo'Jiar with thaartitaof
8tri faoixt or vtaditioni txponat Issued thereon, aod
ahall laiul rot'ce thtrjoto tbtiel9adatehioti
notice shall bt oervfl tt least thirty days befort said
finptrior ConrU. At tht Spring Ttrms afortiiaid, tht
Court (hall on motion order tbo eatd judgtuent
to bo tntertd 00 tbt mioutt dothtte, provided tbtaawt
wert not dormant wbtn transmitted from the County
Courts, and on such entritt bting made, tba aaid judg
ments (halt bo taken and held to bo judgtoenU of tbo
8aperior Cborte and writ of fieri faeit and voodi-
s tiontexpwtaemay Insoe, sa provided in seotioa 10 of
this on'inct, following the write transmitted from
' the turfty Coorte aad pmtrriBg tbe litna, a if is
ined by tb am Coart.- -
Safl- 8. Bt. it further ordaintd, Tbst tbe Sheriff In
waob Counry tbali ret am all write of fieri faoiaa and
ttaditiool tzponas issued from tht County Court on
Jodgmontia actions of debt, eoveaaat, aaaampait or
aecuunt to tbe next tera of aaid Court, without salt;
and (hall return all writ of fl fa or venditioni expon
as Issued on timiUr judgment from, the Suptrior
! Coart or dtcroe of tbt Court or Equity en money dt-
- mended to Spring Term, 1867, without tale.
Sac. 9. Bt it furtktr ordaintd. That ao wriU of fi
fa or venditioni exponas oa jodgmeate ia actio us of
dtbt, eottnanu; Mf uapsit or account abavit nereawer
itaaa from tbe County ConrU, nor aball aaid wriU oa
taob Judgment iat from or to tbe I'all Terma of the
Saptrior Courts'; exeept la east wbtrs defendant:
. failt to comply with the provisions of tbit ordioanot,
aad it la directed that Dumltff may proceed aeeording
o the rogaiar aonrta of tbo Court. . -Sao.
10. BtUfuftktr prdotd, That ao write of fi
f or venditioni txpooat ea Judgment ia aotioae of'
debt, covenant, aaaumptit or aeeoaat, or deeroee for
. aaonty dtmaade lo Kqnitv aball laaue from 8u ring
Tera, witboat pertnlwloa of Court, and should
tba deftodaot vltbia tbtlrtt tbroo dart par oao-toaik
of tbt ladgotat or doorta tad ootta, tbta tbt writ aball
M erodittd oot-UDlh, latatd aad lnatodlauVr rttar-
ra "iBaaicta:" trvoyUA, e plaleUlf ahall bo al
lowtd U Uka tba aald oao-Uatb vltboat I rat ttUritg
bit atotat to aald rttara: Andpmtdtd furtktr, That
taob aattBt aad rttara tbali aot prrjudioo aa Uta
tbt plaintiff may tbta bavt by rjrtat of laid I fa or
rtaaitioai tipoaur rrovU4 furtktr, Tbal atBprinr
Ttrrml, ibr tafradaat"po-VBttBr aot Iftt of
iba rttltut or tbt ladgmtot or dooroo and ootta akall
a't loaoigtoot to uit atanntr.
Bao. 11. B it furtktr trdaintd. That opoa all war
ranto brfort Jattioot of tbt Ptttt for a demaad (pria
eipai aaa lotortttl or VIZ or Ittt. tboald tba dtftad
aot par ont-fifib to tba plaintiff or to Ibo oollootlag
ometr ior aia not, bt tbali bt aiiowta tlx asoBllit
to pleaJ, ao l at tbt oiplratloa of tbo aaid tlx montbt
ahoald bt pay aa aforoaald oao-balf of Ibt rtaldnt, bt
tbali bo allowtd tlx noro to pload, aad at tbt txpira
of aald tlx aiontbt plaintiff tbali bar jadgtatat aad
txtoutiQB for tbt rtakiut. Upoa dtaaada (princi
pal aad lattrttt)of Itti that 150 and mora that Ivta-
ty-lvo dallart, tbt drftadaat thai) bt anovtd tvtlrt
aiootbt iottoad of tlx, 00 taeb paymtot: Prooidtd
That Iht plaintiff ahall Alt bit tlaiaa ia writing, and if
MO aciaauaai, 00 oatb, aball dtny tbt aaaa, or ro
ttat a otantor olai-n, tbt Jottiot tbali proeotd to try
tbo Mat. Upon judgmtat tba dtftadant tbali bt ai
iowta m tuy of txttut.oa for tlx or twtlvt mootbt.
at tbt eat nay bt, apoa paying oao irtb, aad after-
warda oaa aair, aa btfort ta lcaool: jyond4. That
all Juttiota1 Ja lxstata fur W or awrt, aot domapt
aball bt traaatatUtd, toctbtr with tbt warrantor
othtrptpora, by, tbt Jjtatiot tt Spring Trrwi, 1(-Q7, of
tbt Buptrior toort, aad notleo tbtrtof tbali bt rirta
tbt antBMot at tratt twtnty day btrort Coart, tod
ia tbt Suptrior Coart tbo tamo pmottdlngt aball bt
bad aa oa Jadgmtatt fieoj tbt Coaoty Coart, tooord
iog to 8t:ioo 7 of Ibla ordiaaaot. .
8 to 12. Bt U furtktr oriamtd, That all wriU of
tetrtfuut to aaHoet bail, latatd from tbt 8antrior
or Cuonty Courta tpoa jadgincott la actiootof dtbt,
aortaaat, ataumptit or aoooaat, tbali bo rttarotd to
Spring Tr, 1867, of Ibo Superior Coartt, tndiboald
tbo ttatb, fifth aad half of tba jadgmrnta bo paid
froio Spring Ttrm to Spring Ttrnitini to flf al ihaj
bt allo-rd, ncooniing to attllta 3 of tblt ordiaaaeo.
Sao IS. B4 u fdriktr ordauud, That thio.ordiaaoco
ahall aot apply to joJgiaciitt for to it oaly.
Bao. 'If. 0 U furtktr vriam. That tbit ordlnaaeo
tbali aol apply to tbo rtoitditt fur tba ooKtetioa of
Towa, County or ciatt lltvtaoa.
Btc. 1ft. II iifurikmr ordauud. That thia ori.oaaot
tbali aot apply to proeotdioga by ,attaohMut, aolrat
tba dtftadant rrpltry aad girt bail, aad tbta and in
tb.t at tba procttciaga aball bt tMot to tbt pro-
r.ioD of tbia ordiaaaot at if ootAiataovd by wnt of
timet
Sac 16 B it furtktr 9rdami, That wboro tbt ac
tion it by or oa brbalf of lufuti,. still minor at tbt
rttara torn, aad tbo lattrott txettdt tot-tB-Ji, tbt
ftrtt payarnt aball bo ioeraavod to tbo ao.oo.at of to
ttrttt dot, not to t lot ad oot-fith of tbt wbolt dtbt.
SfC 17. Bt it furtktr opUuud, That tbt prarMoaa
of tbia ordiaaaot aball aot bt cooatrotd to tiUnd to
aay dtbtt or dttaaoJa ooatraoud, or ptcal titt ia
carrrd, tiaoa uo Iroi day of May, A. D., 1841, or
alch any bo hrroaflor ooitlraetod or iocarrod, bat
that tbo rtOMditt for tbo noottry ol tbo aaeta tbali
bo la all raaptcta aiaitlar to tbo roaMlloo fir tbt r-
oovtry of tttbta which wtrt la fnrto la tbt yoar 1801.
. Bt U Jttrutr 0tumd, Thai aay orwditov
atttmp'td ta at dtfraaJod at aat forth ia tat. 1, tbap.
W. Rcritod Covlt, ajtay, withoot obtaiaieg Jidgatat
al law. 8 It bit bill io Equity, and aaiJ Court la barby
aathoriitd aad ttapoworod to dirtot proptr iotaaa to'
bt OMdt Bp aad tried, tad tt aakt taob ordoro ltd
dcortot M to Hgbl aad Jottiot may appertain; aod
aaid procoodiagt ibtll aotalUct tbt art Jitor'a right tt
proctod at the aa tiat at law; aod aay tartty, btfort
paring tbt debt of but priocipal that ettempbeg to
dtfraod bit orodtinra, may iostiute proooodtogt 1b
ecja ty, ia Uka maaatr, to the tad that be may obtain
rtiiofV- : " - " ....
Sao. It. Bt it furtktr t retain f, That every axtootor
or adeaioiatrator aball fit, oa oath, at the Urmiattioo
tf too ytort frota tbe tuavo of bla qait8otioo, a full
BtateMttBt of bit roetipta aad diabtretmonta, aad tba
aoaditioa of Ibo aeseu, particalarly netting aat all
monty eolltctod and how diebarted, atd 00 notion tht
Ctort may allow further time to tettlt tht ettatt, from
txerrdiog tbret yeart: fromdt,
tttrwd Ibt boa, a aopplamtau.
Provided, That My OrtdiUr
tr atxt kin may otmm aaid motion, and If tbe aula-
ateat la aot foil aad fair, fit ioUrrogatoritt wblcb tbo
asaeatoraor admwletraUrt ahalf -aoewet, before bin
motion for tiae ia allowtd: JVovmm, furtktr. That tbt
Coort mty alar exttnd tht Hat for pleading; rrovuici,
Ber,,ofort qntSv
Qoa iDed, sball bo allowed until tn uwuuiy
Conrt next tA-r tbe first of January, 1607, to (lit hi
statement.
frJl.t Shall make or enforce ant jwijrfei0h aball
parttjsf ac tet tunpemJiog vbt opraiioajtJbe atatntta4--rrrj r-.r- r t.7t . .
of limiutioa in tbe RteiatdCodt, art hereby repealed, !
except St btrtio provided: YeroitVrt. 'Tbat tht timt
tlapaod tinct tbe first day of September, one thoasand
siitht hundred and sixtv-on. barring actions or spite,
or presuming tht satitftciioa cr abandonment of rights 1
. .. . . ' . . . J J A . 1 PL . V
anail OOtDt OOUDMa: Ana praviaea juriurr, imiouw
ing contained ia tbta ordinance, or ia tht seta hereby
reptated, ahall bt to construed a to prevent judgments'
from bepoming dormant. '
Sxo. 21. Bt it furtktr ordaintd, Tba. any Sheriff,
Clerk, or other officer failing to execute any of the
provisions of this oruioaoce, when the Sitontion
thereof devolves on bim, or tsaul-g, receiving, tr ex
ecuting any proeess whatever contrary to the provis
ions of this ordtaanco, shall bo subject to a penalty of
fire hundred dollars, to bt r 'covered by rale of Court,
at, ptaaltie aod fines wert recovered id 18600
SiSTZTrTfrtrTuTtfrffi ell actions
brought by any bank or other corporation having ex
eroice J banking privileges, or by any asslgnet or tn
doree, or officer of aaid bank or corporation, it sball
tsd ouy be tatful fortnt defendant to wt off by pica
ur on trial any note or certificate of deposit issued by
aaid bank or its branches, or other corporations,
whether tbt aaroe baa been presented for payment or
not, any law or asagt to tbt contrary notwithstanding,
bat said pita of set off, or set off on trial, sball not
avail to carry ootta against tht plaiotiff, unless then
bas been a tender of such payment btfort suit brought:
Provided, That should tht defendant require tht debt
to bt scaled according to tba Male of depreciation of
Confederate eurrtnoy, then and Io that cast tbt said
notes or oertifioates of deposit Bhall not be a att off in
any manner." ' . J:
r Sao. 28. Bt it further ordaintd,' That "An- Act to
change tbe jurisdiction of the Coorta and tht rules of
pleading,'' ratified tht lltb day. of September, 1861;
an act totitltd "An aot to restore tho Courts aad for
other purposes," ratified tba ,14th December, 1868;
also an aet entitled (An aot to ohangt tht Jurisdiction
of the Coorta aod the rnlta of pleading therein," rat
ified tbt lOth of March, A. D. I860, and all laws io
conflict with this ordinance, be and tht sams art here
by repealed.
Sao 24. Bt it furtktr ordaintd, That tht Geoeral
Assembly shall bavt no power to repeal, alter or mod
ify tbit ordioanot until the third Monday of Novem
ber, 1868, and thia ordlnaaeo ahall Uka effect and be
la force froa aod after ita ratification.
Adopted by tht Convention, Jont 21, 1866.
Ckofs. Tba wheat crop, which baa just been
harvested, ia believed to be nearly ia average
yields Qats, uncommon! 1 heavy. Corn exceed-:
logly fine for. the time of year. Vegetable, .of
all kid, moot abundant 5Utt6ury Banner.
WADESBOBOUGH, N. a, THURSDAY,- JULY 5, 18GG.
Froa uo Bait gh Statlaal.
Tie CcDiiitaUaal Immilmfit .
Tba goferemeot of tba Uaited 8tUtof Atntr-
lea, aa adtaiolaUred by.our father, we bar al-
waja regarded u tba " beat gororjmtot io the
world." we bare eerer jeea tlti boar, when
we did col rrrereoctaodtttecmtAoffjoTeroment,
nore bigtrr rthlfJTottor tuiao gorern'mcou.
Uenca, with all the abilitj and rarooatoesa we
poaooaaod, we labored to prortrra It oppoied all
efforu 00 tbe part of Northern or toatberb dilu
tion iiu to deatroj it, ontU afTort wae unirailing.
Under tbe cgia of fAaf goreromett, Federal
Uoiob, liaiitiDe and defioloiroorreotlr iti tywera
bj written Conititution, wbioli leoured at tbe
lame time tbe real ngbu of, ill tbe Statea io
that Uoion. we buoarar rertrded the blosainre
of eiril libcrtj, the right of peoo and property",
better, protected thao coder 1 ' Tba at
tempt to diaoiember tbe Uoloo tt ti e riak. tbe eer-
taio riak of a blood fratricidal war, we bare al ware
felt eoofideot, pat ia iouiniDcnt jeojardj not 001
tbe propertr of tbe Souti, bat the liberties of
the whole people aod the Terr eitnteoee of iti
Republican character. Yet, when our native State.
by the force of cireomaUoeee, elected to aopport
tbe 8outbera caoie, we went with bar to tbe cod.
bo rapid, bowerer.' btve beta the eooroacb-
meota of tbe beol of power opoa the ebartered
rigbta of tbe people, aa well aa tpoo tbe eeacotial
principle of the aorernrotn., that tbe troe pa
triot, paaaiog to witoeae tbe wreck aod rolo urwa
which hie eje reata, U forced Io eicliim, ' AUa !
ia tbia bj coootrj "
Tbe lotion of tbe dominant rirty ia tbe Na
tional Legialatora for the laat frar jaara, and ea
peciallj witbio the laat tix tantha more derel
opea tbe Ud traiu of bamaw LincUr,the
rrtoding7TialdTfi-nd peraecullogipint of tlef
mioj towarda tbe few, the victorloua toward tbe
vanquished, than we have believed, coaldfiod ao
long a lodgdieot in the American iaan. If tbe
Congrca reallr wished to eruih ot boatilitj in
the Southern heart if it real object waa to care
tbe t pirit of opposition to Northern rale, it would
svt reeorted to 00 better methods tf increasing
it. Ur if iu objeot waa to adopt wise measures
to unite the two sections indiuoiablj if to ore-
ate a revereooe aod a love for 1 foveroment we
hive aul laved, no 00 arte eould have beta more
raoght with folly. Bat when we remember.
that, aeeordicg to their own declarations, the
bigheet'aim of lh maj jrity baa ,rvea to strenrtb-
en their bold apoo the rioaf ibe government,
nothing eooKl be ao dervgatorv 13 Aneneao lie
pablietaiaui aad Amort'oa ciurcter. aa tba ler-
iaiailoa of CbOgresa bas been. - . . ' ;
We will, not now disouaa tbt. wara ei Goo
gresa over tba tptstica of tbe tuoratioa of tbe
tvretberti State It I aooogb, to-", that Ue
Conatitatioa, which that body hat Sworn to aop
port. lia.it lis po erg over the State stmplj to tbe
eeeuringthea tiepabiioaa (oot Repablican in the
modern aense, bat io the eeaee of the Cooetitation)
ooostitaiiotu, aod ajtctuicg their Seoaion and
Reprcaeautives to iu bod y, agreeably to the terma
pointed oot ia the Cooatitatioat itse!t Ail be-
iocd tbia, it appeaia to aa, Is heer usurpation,
he last act of tba Coogroai, to wblob it ij our
design now to refer, ia the proposition cf the ma ,
yjr'uj, witboat even coosaltaxioo with or the'at
aeot of tbe Erecative branch of tbe government,
to tbe several States to amend the Constitution
ia several radical and highly important partita
Ur. The press of the countTj has u-ntilafod
tbia amendment at large. Bat we lave aern
slight allaaioa to what we regard the must artoos
objection to tbe proposed amendment. . Wa there
fare add a brief comment to tbf eereral sectKina
of this most oSeoaira meuore.
.r1tasrtuaroltr
incorporated in the ConstitarioJ Teads tbaa ;
... . ., r 1
Articlt, , Sectio I.- Ail peraoria born,
nataraliied in tba United Stales, and . asbject
to tbe jurisdiction thereof, are oiuxena of the U.
IS , andiit-lhe Statea-wberein -4k.e rotido. No
aw'uji," uitiicK ur iiuwmnvt eiau.
of. the United -States, nor ahall any State deprive
any person of life, liberty or property without
tbe procc?a of law, or deny to any person within
iu junsd.cuon tb. equal protect, of the Um.
I a the organization of the government oar
fathers' feH lhat io forming a Consiitution of the
Federal Union, for the common dtfenoo and gen
eral welfare, it was of the almost importance to
guard all the personal and municipal fraachistt
of tbe people, and of tbe States, agtiout tbe en
croaahments of tbe general governmebt.c While,
therefore, all the powera neemikry'b tarry oat
the objects of the Uoioo, aod to perpetuate it.
ffeTgiran ted tb tbe general government, and no
more, they'reserved all other riarht. franchisee,
mnnSlMAlird tan I AfawAeat v f Is a Qmtba iVamtAlttoa
They recdgatged the -veretgtrtrof the perspliSTtof tbw once eterioaa Union
. . 1 .. -" . . . . I. . I. . . I V
tUUIIIlUVUlO BBVvt UJ f Ct J M tUV WMiVa IUVWOV1 V UO I
in icitj owies, guaranteeing to loeot tue powers
neoessarv for tbe protection of thatjovereignty
and the protection of the libertythe pereou and
property of tba people. Hence, our people looked
to tbe States, alone, and not to the geaeral gov
ernment, for the protection of their Uvea, their
property and aacred honors, aa well, aa all the
frattchiaea -which the Statea oould eonfer within
their limits. It was Suly-upon tbe infringement
of .their rights by a foreign State, that reference
waa had to the general government It waa apoo
tbia peculiar feature of the government that our
people relied, as tbe great bulwark of their per
sonal rights,, liberties, and fraoebiaee. Now, it
must be seen, at a glanoe, that the aoove first sec
tion strikes at the foundation of tbia first prin
ciple of Amerioao liberty, chaogea-esseotiariv
the orgenio character of tbe gcveroosbut,' and
transfora frora tbe Statea to the general govern
ment, the right to d ifioe tbe jqaaiiScaUoua oi
their citiiens, and obliteratea the right and pow-
era of muoicipal authority io tbe Statsi. .Ju
verbiage, moreowir, clearly iodioatoa a desigq to
give constitutional authority to liittioua tseis
nre, tba civil ribti bill, whose pnevisiona ignore
and aet aside t1 juriedictiou of tba civil CourU
of tbo State, Ber ber own internal maniipal
rcgulationa, and tranaferii tbta to tbe liadioial aa
therity of 'be general government. Wa ask, and
wa put the qaeitioa arioubly. to ercrrold Dam
oorat aod ererr old Whig,' if thoj have not been
total. demoralized, bow eao thej give their amo
tion or awpport to a proposed atnendiuent of tbe
Uooeutitioo, wblcb ao asset. tialljr charge the or
gania coaracter 01 tea froverooeotr
I The aecond aottl(gpropcadca4a iLu
f ffl" CTITTT X r a aaa
""SccJTon 2 Representatives ahall be at Dor
tloned anrong the several Jftatea acoordiog te
their rcpective namben, oouDtioe the wbol6
camber of persons ia each. State, excluding In
diaoa not taxed; bat whenever the right to vote
at any election of Preaident or Vioe Preeideot
aod United State Representative in Congress
executive or. judicial officers, or tbo member of
the Jo,iiItures thereof, ie denied to any of ' the
male inhabitants of each 8ute, lelni? IweDtv one
; afc" u tuiAcua ui ma unuea otstes,
or ill any way abridging it, except for participa
ting m reueuioo or other crime, tbe basts of rep
reeeotation therein ahall be reduced j a tbe pro
portion which the number of anch mslo oititeo
aball bear to tbe whole number of male eitixeoa
twentj-oae jeara of age io suob 8ute."
The objeot of tba above ia evidently to force
open tbe ooutbern fiutea negro aoffrige, or a
meagre rrpreaenUtion. Yet the time attack upon
the mooioipal rigbta of the State ia apparent at
it. a WTTI ,.e aa ..aa a. .
in toe orst. mi toe brat laUa to do in oblit
erating tbo reserved rigbta of the States, the aeo-
ovu auu imra aections eompieto.
The third section read thus : '""
I 1 !. . . : . .
M iyxtwn 8 No person sball be a Senator or
Representative in Congress or elector of Presi
dent or Vioe President, or bold an office civil or
military, under tbe United Statea or under any
C... L- I 1 . .
oai, wuo, narmg previously uxen an oatn aa a
member of Conerea or aa an offieer of the U:
TTObrbrov "State Leglalatore, or
as ao cxeontive or judicial officer of snv State, to
support tbe ConsUtotioa of the United States,
shall bav engaged in insurrection or rebellion
against the aame, or given aid or comfort to tbe
enemies thereof; but Congresa nay, by a vote of
two-third of each House, remote such disability."
. Tba above ia the most remarkable and starting
propoaitioQ ever made to tbe A met icon people.
Seriously pondered, Ov copxiderate, ecd Ameri
can, at ail anxious to preserve the governtant as
k oaoe fram the baud of tbe fathers, cao tkoc
tioo it. Had tbe Coogreas confined iu propositiwi
to tbe qualificatiooa of United Statea feenatora
and Representative alone, while it would bare
been onjust to many Southern citiaecs, it would
at least have bad a shadow of reason, if there waa
any intention in tbo Radical to 'proaerv 'the
character cf tba government. Sot? to hik tbe
Statea of tba Federal Union H oofJr upon tbe
Central gorereo.ent, tba power to deeigaate tbe
Corereor, LegUlatares, Judiciary; and al exec
utive and jud total oBweri of the Statea tbe taelvee,
i a monstrosity Wbiob we are oot prepared to be
liev'e any aonnd minded Ameaioaa cidieo, North
or Sooth, will aaaent to. Instead of the general
government being tbe creature of tbe Statea,
limited by a constitution, it would pot io that in
atromeat tbe viciooa and destructive power of
ueking the general government tba master and
ruler of the State, disfranchising them of all tbe
rigbta and powera reserved to them by the Con
ftitatioo. Nothing would be lackiog to make
tbia a couaotidated government, oonceoating ali
power at Washington It places tbe Southern
SUte not at the mercy of the government, bat
under tbe entire; control of two-thirds el tbe
Coogresa.
. It forever debar, if two-thirds of tho Coogresa
eboose, froa publio ofice, fivo-sixtha of all tbe
male eitixena of tbe South, capable of conduct
ing trie machinery 01 government It operate
mUTog offeocea pan
:i..ki .1..: . j t,
uuiura mivsw uicif cviumiuai, auu f viuiaiea niai
fundamental principle of American liberty, that
do man ahall be deprived of his rigbta, wivhaut
trial and conviotion. It ignore and aulUSaa
the sulemn p rerogative tbeJExecnttva la piu
duo offences against the Government, and ahuta
out the Executive la 1'JudicTaI depart 03 tftt. of
the government from all participation tn eler
oisiog the imporuut functiona of their ofice.
The partition of Poitcd by tbe powers cf Ka-
Mtioa of thfee B
rope bas never been forgiven by Christendom
the Southern States to a worse despotism" than
Poland suffers. States they are, yet, in the con
dition Congress proposes to place tbcm, they are
Statea witnout" sovereignty-, without power, witb
oat franchises, only at the will and mercy of tbe
general govcrntaent. Can it be poaaibjejthat the
people of the Northern States will look on and,
aanction a measure, which in a few more years
rogreaa will tiehembamHrnd fwt, aa the"
Southern States are proposed to be tied ? If tbe
corpse cf oar fathers eold be. rehabilitated
h Avajay BJSfnJ(i thtfv
how would they sUml aghast atlaucb a picture,
The other section we venrd as fully settled aa
any amondment to tbe Cotutttutwa ear. mika st.
."The Uirio'nista who finally fklls,' fall in
rise no more, eaye 2 he. tan(a.ni. e pre
sume this statement ia based upon its cwn expe-
rienoe. Having once been the wgun of tbe ae-'
as it prooiaimec a few day ago, tbe ot!y roysJ
G per published in the Atlantic States,, iSm
readily inferred why it ia that a nulhfier ia in
better odor than a " non secession int."
. Gnsetiloro Patriot. ',
A-The exoitiog and protracted trial of tn
Commonwealth va. MoCan'o. Eoddy, Caiurand
Ramsey, for the murder of a man named Habn,
wbieb wa oonoladed before the Kn)xvt(Tenn.)
Circuit Court on Inday of week before mt, re
sulted ia a verdict of acquittal. Habn, it will be
remembered,-waa bung-ia Knoxville, is 1861,
tinder the jadmeat of a Confederate Coart Mar
r. Jndpa Jones, formerly indre of te IT.
Disuiot oart at Montgomery, Alabama, baa
beerrind.rled for treason at that place, for accept-
ine tb ofioa of juoVe of the Confederate Dis
trict Oourl, and holding the ao during tht war
.WHOL? NO. 391.
DIRECT TAX-OPINlOX OF THK 8KCWTART
. ' or iius TJtEASwr. - ,i
Tbe Seoretary of tbe Treacosy, Ia a ooumuni
catioo to tbe IJoae of Itepreoentativeo on tbw
20th inat, expresses aa opioioa, bietd 0701 bla
olervatloo of tbe operation of th.law pf 1801.
ihat arr additional t CfiJlalenrit'othorixiaxftLa aa
sumptioo by tbo Southern Sutoe raspeotively of
(be remaiodcr of lha direct tax da from eecb
would ia view of tbe proatot impoverished ooo
ditioo.of tbeir people, preveM much bardshlp Inj
individual cases, and lave from cocfiscalioo tba
property of persona agaiost whom tb Government -,
haa 00 grounds of oompbaat, while no publio in
terest would bciojurioualy aJuctedby tba change. '
He autee that, should tbia roliev be adarjtud.
the collection of taxes under the praaent y item
might aad ought to be disoontinuud oti! an ep' ,
portaoity for reeumptioa be ofJertd. WhttLor
the amount realised from the resale of property
bid ia for the Government ahonid not be allowed
to the Stat respectively ia oomparincr tba raxea
till due is a question well deserving of eondoV -eratioo,
which ia aabruitted witboat comment.
IMMEDIATE CAUSES Of THE WAS 15 EUEOPI.
A cotemporary, apcaking of the immediate
causae of tbe war which now threateha to law
volve nearly all Europe, remarks :
"Tbia war belie the old axiom of honor among
tbieveju Three years aro AasUiarami Prtiaal.
combiued to rob Denmark of the Elbe Provisoes
of Scbleewig-Uolatein, tbe only juatificatioa t
iog tba German tendeociea cf tbeir population;
which ia no justification at all io tb drnastiu
system of Earope. Prussia wanted, a good sea
port, and induced Austria to join In the robber v -
oLPenmark England, v-etral ally of Den-T
mark, whimpered a few weak objections; but
the plunderers . went 00, and bv a 1oiot eon.
aae.'t acaaired a ioict inriadictioa. Thv
quarreled about tho division of tba apoila; Proa
ia modestly claimiog tbe whole. This is tb
immediate cause of the war."
' . CROAKERS.
Tbe ereateat pett to a community ia croaker
teen wbo are continually harpfne on the "bard
timea" and prognoaticatiog aomethiog worse to
morrow. The times are certainly bad enough,
with rather a poor prospect ahead; but whata
tbe oae to borrow trouble ? A report la fa aotiv "
tircnlatioo in some aeotions that tbe " United
Stre Government" will proceed to collect a iaad
tax o2 two dollars per acre on aU tba land in tbw
South. How absurd such a atory. Aad bow
atrange tbal many tiueilieent men listea to each
ataff. Bat aaen will croak and oomnlaia tLoaa .
who eroaked duriog the past fouryftas being tba -priooipal
gnr&Ufci w.Greaubcro' fyfrioL
IA. Tbe cWca haa eooa forth that tbe South ,
cu rrgtia Coogmaional represeotatioa only oa
condition that she win obey the Radical msadate
ordering oar people to ptaee themselves on a line
with tbe BeRto-- Tba rccoaatrootioa amendmens
mean ioat tliaLBotbiagHsflV XTu tbe Inlamy
of a facticn aver score traapareut ? In one
breath tbey charge oa with btcg too robeUioua
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to (e irosrea wtui represeauuoa, mi yet,ia tbe
very next, tbey stultify th easel vea by proposing to
restore ea te faS fellowship with tbem,:.f we will
allow tb negro to vote ! Thus it ia, the " nig
ger" la tbeir panacea for all political and moral ,
evila JLxcna nfft.
ItT Tbe) President'a teto'of tbv Now Tork
and Montana Mining Company bill receive tbe
approval of nearly fiery oe," excepting those io- -
teraated. It was chaperoned through tbe Senate
byrWadeaBd"gavr"frcteite gtgbT to the
eorporatioo to enter noon and PM-empt alternate -
aectiona of mining bind at dollar and a quarter
per acre in advance of its survey or being thrown
into market. Tbe object of the bill was ttaoifeet-
)y te enrich tbajcjporator at gp5ilJ?:
pebser---:.-- . VT" - v "' : "
DtlJ. W. Jooef, of tbia place, a few dare
ago, retorted to hi friead relieved, a boy seven
years of age, from whose bladder he took a atone
weiging 2vU grains or about i of aa ounce, lie
was assisted in the operatian by Dr. R. Cobb of
this place .Why,gULQarpeople go North to
have these operations performed, when we have
able and skillful physicians -in our midst, who
can perform them aa well a Ypokeo doctors ?
. - 1 1 arooro oouAerr.er. ,
. attT L. F. Seott, of Bethlehem, Cftnuectfaui,
writea that a pott mortem examination wu made.
of the body of a littlejjrlwbojiiedjn
borhood, and it was found thaTijarticlea which
bad deen bitten from her finger naila and swal
lowed were sticking in tbe lining of her Btomach
wbicb-r ulcoratedherfiTef Ibey sluek a ni
undoubtedly caused the death of the child, which t
was seven year "old '
' "fA. A squad of negro "soldiers at Greeoville,
La.; went into a store, and one of the party bought
a dollara Worth of good, which be refused to pay
for. 'An altercation ensued, io which the negro
soldier shot tbe storekeeper first, and upoa .the
appcsr&fcce of the man'aeick wife, who came to '
resca Ibr buabind, tbey- sbot her too. One vt '
tbe negroes baa been arrested. The otbeta have
act. ' . T ' : . -.-;' : - '-.
' faS." writea to the Raleigh &ntWcor
tectiog a atatemot of that vapor that a lump of
gold weighing eix pounds, aeee'ntly found aad oa
exhibition atStatesville, K the largesb found Inr
tbl But alnce 1828. ? S-A aayr a lamp of gold
weighicg eight aod three quarter pounds, waa
-Jmfc$t the Swift Itlatid tiold-MiacJ,- Moct
goaiery county, o 1S50.
f& Prbriaional Governor HamUtoa, vi Tei -aa,
disappointed io bis political' aspiration, ia
about to Wa that Stat for the NorthA Tbe
Houetoo i-a7wapi8oaTeJy trutta tbat
bis abaeace zoaylaot bo oaiaagins to inlTsi
of tbe Stats," aa the jooraal ' p! f rtw i
that bis prfffe bs r,wx Vjen-'of y;5aa '
to it . . -- -.- v . ' " ' t ,
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