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i '7 4 a AW. " 0 r VOL. X-NO.' 22.1" WADESBOROUGIIj N." C, THURSDAY,. JUNE 4, ISCS. ' WHOLE KO. 191. , I 4TUE-.K0HTU-OAU0LINA-AltGUS, ' '.' ,, ,'ryuBLi8aiD iyiht Thursday, ' : --dy.rank; dahlet, " 1 . ' . ' J : 1 '. ' t :" , . ,j t . TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTIONS X , IXTAlIAtlT If 4bTACI. ' - TtSjti eopy, ene jeer, ....., ' $1.00 . i .-v. -1 i . three months, 1.00 : '..'INe Berne entered upon the subscription book. V..9Ut pre -payment, kid aubacYlbert aemei will be rutl the da their subscription expiree. TUS UTS- ELECTION O EX, BATES Of ADVERTISING.. , r ?"t la the waprt cad sated stagnation in business, , I.. .I ts ,!ecreeae la tho( price of many of tbe aeoeisa . 'tin of life, adrertlerejeoli, brgieeiag with lt of , A nl next, wf4l U jMtrUj la tht trM it the fol leing low rates i , 1 to S square, tret insertion, per square $ 1.00 Atloftrt tbe fat, to, end inclusive of the tilth Insertion, per square, each later - 1 ta 8 equarea. overall, la, aad lacloaiva of Iba ninth insertion, par square, each insertion, Including tba first. 45c. ' . 1-J Notices, Obttaeriee, Aeaeaoccmeats af CeB- TJatrs for aj aSct , Declinations, cW , at tba above rato. , . -'.., ; . , ( iioucei ei arrtts aaa irti. . : t 1 ta 5qaaret for tbrta mo&tba, per q 100 41 1 to I tqaam for l-elra Qaartar aolaaa tbrta noatbiM...M..MH.,M..M - ill i t - twtlf a " Half eolama, tbrta moBtlii.nm.H.''. , Oaa M threa " " i H 4,, . ' (4 tvelra I..'-' . 10U.00 Trantiot aJrt!itmoU matt ba pail for.vbaa banded La. Tb pj far qaartart'stirerttaeairaU Jaa aj tina aTlrf firitlaarUoa; for half jtarl, coa hilf SoimcdUUl after rt laaartfoaad tbaotSerbalf at titration er Crtt ibiaa oti:8. j"eMjarprU3t- raeoU qurter1j, krQlB itb rt lasertioa. 44r.k vvaaiii! lea qurei rUJ aa half a eoluina, aad fira rqaarts ai a quarter of a eolomn. 8.00 12.00 23 0 25 00 45 00 40.00 65. 00 70 00 60 00 63.00 " . A.VIXCIDEST. V. Jt . - Tba Inpeacbweat faroebas "plared out,"' bat ear 'rtbtlea tba folio iog ioeiitf at, occur iof befara tba Doaru of Naaafera, aottogai a Star Cbatnber" will ' -b found ta be iotereaiinc aad amoving: Mr. Ralpb W Newtou. of Naw Vork. wai tba pria j !fal vitbrta tn-Jaj, and waa nadar axamiaaiioa for out boon and a balf. with about tba aaraa rnalta i V in tba eaa of Mr. Woolej. Tbirtj-aiz pritata tale . rramlor Mr. Ieatoo. $, relattoa to all aorta of tab. ' Jeli r prodaerd aod read, bat nothing waa elicit ed opoo which to baaa tba abadow of a proof of cor aptum. uatier aaktd Mr. ftaaloo if be bad aat written a certain teller lo Mr. Sojytba, Collector of I .Nr York, ami went on to indicate tba eonteoU of the i letter referred fa. Tba witneaa replied be bad; that " be bappanal it leaea ti on tba table in bia room an- oMad aad Ibat It waa etoien from there, ' Who stole U7" laqoired Boiler. ,4I.axpact on UiiLlL rapJd.Ne,-f(31-'-- , Tba witnra was put an ler arnat four timea, but aa often liherated, tba wbo'.a proceeding being eon ducted with a nock decorum that waa quite refresh? log to witness. Tba witoess reaolutelj perflated in ref suing to dieolosa bis pritata affairs, tbougb be verj good bnmoredlj answered all tba questions bopossiblj could without quite taming himself inside out. But- Isr, for intnce, read a telegram addressed, to Col- lector Brathe "Coma on here at once" signed 'Newton, aod asked witoess what nefarious scheme he had in contemplation when ha penned such an attro- cioaa reqaent as that. liewton replied ba Mt lone, aonif and wanted Smjthe to coma along and take a dint, whereupon Uutler got indignant aod said the Hwird of Managers was not to ba trifled with in tbjat fabloo. A grant deal of such sill matters made an :ihliiritSjDLiojaiasUgUi or Mr. jxewton's teKtimone be was asked if be bad - i - ' .... ... mwtr anowu an oner or mourv maua to toe rreahjeui. - Jle replied with much crave deliberation, tbat ba bad. and immediatelj all the Managera became atteotire ; and prepared themselves, in Imagination, for another article of impeachment. lie ftatvd that Mr. Willum II. Appleton, the publisher, bad oome to Waabinatoo soma four or Ave weeks ago, and signified to tba I'res- lueui, turougn newion, toai in caae or Dia neing con victed Several gsutlemaa in New ,ork Intended to preaentbi'm with a purse of $100,000, in gold, and that the bnaae of Mr Appleton would be at bia aer "vice aftr he q.itt-d the Executita Mansion, In case he should he acquitted the sum to be presented would be made $0.O00. There Was nothing Impeachable in tbU, and the Maongers tnt disconsolate and told the witness be might go. IFa. Cor. IT. V. JJtrmU, tu There Is very little, entbnstasm exhibiting here over the nomination of Oeoeral OranL 8?vral lUdicials , wxpress senona apnrebrnsious a to tba effects upon tba country of tba appearance of nineteen negro dele rates in the Chicago CotiTanlaWSenator Wilson , Ammm ! It mM k 1 . T . .....v'.v., ..ill laiai iu scTcrai iiuriuera Sutes, bilt tbat strength will be gained in tbe South, i Tbe nomination af Colfax as Vice-President is regarded a mi weaaesi woicn ooaid bare Deen made. XT., t i t v. v . . JIlqrAtTtis ? Mint ait Dmtsict, CHAUssrok, 8. C, May 12, 1809. OiiktAt, Osdsm 5d. R3i. At tbe erection held In the Elate of North Caro'ina aa the zut; zj . aad ir aas or April, - isos, pursuant to 0n ral Orders Nn'4S, from these' I lead ouarters. dated Mlreb 33, 1808, and nnder the etjtW- itj- of tbe law of Iba United 8 tales ef March 2, 1PH7, to provide for the more emcient government or tba rebel 8tates,V and tbe laws supplementary thereto, the q sett Ion ef ratifying ar rvjectiag the ponstitutioa framed hj tbe Convention elected Tor that purpose, wader ibe asthoriiy of the aforecited laws wait sub saitted te tbe qualified electors ef tbe said State, aod at which elective was also submitted, an to tbe au thority af ti-e eseoad aeetioa of tba Uw of tbe Unite States ef March 11. 18C3, pmendateey of the ufv v Sited laws, the election ef tbe oUiecre of tbe legiala- live. Judicial and executive departments, and eouaty olSaea of tbe State of Nmb Caralioa provided for by the said Consul etioa aad mads elective by the people; and, a'ietunder tbe same asUiority of taeraiSers ef the llouae of JlpresenUIivea or tbe Hailed otatee: And the election of nfiioers having made tbe returns required by law, it ts hereby dfclard ' Jtril, That the Coustiteliea adopted by the ln- testion which assembled ta tbe city of Rsleigb, N. C, ob the ifta uay or jaauary, ana a"ioornea on me 17th day af March, 18C8, baa been rstified hy a ma- jnrity af tbe eetee aotaally aait by lbs qualified eleo- tore of tbe State or ertb Uatxlma. fTbe eeoood paragraph gives tbe Dames ef the Stale Exrcative offi'cers declared to be elected. Tarrd, That tbe fallowing named perrons have re ceived a majority of tbe votes cat by the qualified electors ar their respective oeoatonai aad nerresenta- tlve Districts, aad are duly elected Si members of tbe Senate aad Iloate af Representatives of tbe General AmciwMv ef the 8tatef North Carolina, aa herein specified: . v 4 - ' . , . . SIS ATX. . ' First DUtrict Erhu A. White Jos. W, Ethe SeeonJ District Fraoktlo Q. Martlndale. Third W-trlct Jba B Repase. ! r-. -Feartb Diatriet William lUrrow. . - v rifh Pintrict James W. Beaaley. 4 , ' Sixth IHatrict Uenry Epps. , ""',' Seventh Diftrict-Npleon B. BcHamy Elcbt W-Oilet V.4 Rich. ' Niath District Joel aa fiaraes. ' ' Tenth District WiUUm II. S,weet, XT, A. Moore. Eleventh DMtletD. l&CoJgrove. . , Twelfth DiMrict Willian A- AV.ea. ,ThireanbAiiirlet Ww.,' tef, A. IT. Calloway. Foarfcoth PUtrkt Joba V . Purdis. . r ' Fifieenih bivtrict Orlia 8 ilsyea." Sitteentb D(rlct Jt. P Harrington, L. P. Ilall. " TtateentS itrie(J. V f.'ok, .r l : r. Aai4a Uistriet 4Tortis 11. trnf Jen. Niae-teentb District Willie D. Jones, R. I. Wynne. Twentieth uiitrk-tJeba A. Ilyman. Twenty first Dis't C. S. Wlnrtead, R. W. Last iter. .Twenty-second uitriet J.rih Turner, Jr. Tweary-third W-trict Silaa'Borne, '.-Twenty-f.iurth District Dedford Brawn. Twenty-fifih Mtrict Jao.-M. Liodnar. Tweatyixth District E. ShotToer, Q. W. Welker, Twenty.eeventh District Jehu II. Davfs. Twenty-eiibtb District W. B. R'chardaon. Twentyinth District P. T. -Beeman. t . Thirf lelh District J. W. Osborne. Thirty fint District Christopher Melcbor. , Thirty-aeoond District WiliUm M. Robbids. Thirty third District P. "A. Lmg. . Tbirty.fonrtb Dintrict Peter A. Wilson. . - . Thirty finh District Samoel Falkaer. Tbirty-aixth Diftrict John II. McLaughlin. ; , Thirty -seventh DistricU-Lawion A. Manow. Thirty-eighth Diitriot J. B. Eaves: 1 Thirty-ninth District ram'l P. Smith. Fortieth District Jss. Blytbai Forty-first DisMct Edtnuad W. Jones. Forty -aecood District William M. Moore, F6fI4blH Diiriicr-WrLevt Love. 7 noes x or xtrxxsi.vf atjvxs. Alamance county John A. Moore. "Alexander R. P. Matheson. , Alleghany John' L. Smith.'. Anson D, logram.- Ashe Matthew Carson. Beaufort Hiram E. Stiller. , " Bertie Parker J. Bobbins. ' Bladen F. W. Foster. - Brunswick Benj-unin I. Morrill. " 4V ' Buncombe W, O. Csndler. , Burke Samuel C. Wilson. Cabarrus John P. Gibson.. Caldwell JamMC. Harper. ' Carteret Joel Henry Davit, Jr. . Caewell-JV illism 4ongr PhiltipJIedBettr- - Catawba James R. Ell'a. . Cbatbiin William T Uunter, James B. Long. Cherokee J. 11. Simons. ' Chosfao-Richard Clsytou, Clay Joo. O. Hicks. : - Cleveland Plato Durham. .' Columbus Daoiel P. High'. iV ' Craven A. 8. Sevmour.A, Vf, Stevens.B. W. Morris. UurnoeiiatiiJ ooo t5, teary, iobam sweat. Currif nek TliomfH O. Humphries. . 7" Davidson Jabeg Mendenhall, George Kinney. Davie James A. Kelly. . Duplio Isaae B. Koll v, N. E. Armstrong. 'Edgecombe George Peck; Henry C. Cherry. 1 Foray the John P. Vest. V Franklia-Iame T. Harris, John,' II. Williamson. Gaston Jnaa itofftnan. ' GatesJohn Gatling. .' ' GranviJe J. W, Riglinl, J. A. Crawford, C. Majo. Greene Joseph Dixon. . ' : Guilford Stepea 8. Horoey, David Ilodgia, Halifax Joba U. Rsufrow, W. T. J. Hayes, Jvey utchiogs. . - - " - Harnett Neil 8.. Stuart. , Haywood Walter Brown. Heoderaoo D. W. Justas. ' Hertford Thomas Snipa. , . t Hyde Thomas Farrow. - Iredell T. A. Niobolaj&n, George F. Datidson. CANBV'8 KDS-fWMtei-Jeet Keener Johnson-B. R. HlnoaatE. W. Jeoes-L D. Wilkle. Lsnoir Wallace Ames. ; Pou. Ei- i e Lloeolo A.'C. WUwall.' Maeon Jmes L. Robinson. J v 'f Madiaon Nal Keleey . . .. Mrtia Jeeae J 8mitb. , .k McDowell V. W. O.Urt. " , Mvckleaburg-R. D WhiUlsyr. Vt. Grief. Mitchell aoob W. Bowssa. ' .Msntgomery George A. Graham. , . t- lle tra Abel Kel'ey. fasb W. W. Bod lie. . ' '. Ee Haaever Joseph C Abbot, LlewsUya Q. tfs, Gmrge W. Price, Jr. Nortbamptm Roe well C. Parker, Jno.T. Reynolds. CnIow Franklin Thompson. . " " . M0.vtT..bn J. Alllaoa, Thomaa U Arge -; PauoUnt Thomas A. 8iks. , Perqa'unans Jeptha White. , Pei son Stmael C. Btroett. ' ( Pitt Byren Laflin, Richard Short. : ' Tolk Aaberry Waldrop. v --RiOdotth-E. T. rTalftJet'AiBworUi: Rich moaiRlsbmoad T. Long. . Robeson James Sinclair, Elward K Proctor. ' Rockiogbaa Henry Barnes, D. 8. Ellington. rRowaa Jateph A. Hswkins. Isaan M. Ebavcrs' RutherfuH Jamas M - Justice. Faoipaoo John C. Williams, Btanly Ufayette Green. Sfokea-J. Wn McCsnlvss. . Sorry A L. IlrnJricks. Traovliiie James W. Claytoo. Tyrrell lb om as J. Jarvis. Union Rigb Downing. Wake Jo-eph W. Holdrn, Stokes D Fielding O. riog, Jamvs H. Harris. Warred VillUa Cae thorn, Richard Falknc. . . WaKbingUw James J. Rea. .1 - - Watauga Lewis B. Banner. . , ' . Wayow J.ba T. Pearson, ' John C. Rhodes. , Wilkes VillUm B. Siegrist. Wilsoa Q-ore W. flan ton. . T4rey LvdProfftt. '. . Tadkia T U. TesuL The foarb, fifth and sixth paragraph givef 'tbV names of lbs Jadg-e of tbe Supreme and Saeriar CeorU. Softtkor, aad Coo.ity officers. R. P. Box ton is declared dec ted Judge Tor this (Fifth) judicial district, and lei II McKay, Solicitor. From tbe liet.of couitycGeer we select tbe fallowing&a sof general loci) iotr-raatj " Abnn Coo ty Sberif , George W. Willongbby; Cor oner TUs. Allen; Treasurer, A. M. Boggan; Coun ty ( -k of fjperior Court, Jas. M. Covington; Reg-l-tt vf Hea l, Thomas Carpenter: Surveyor, J. D. ! tfD-7 Ccn tisaienere, W.J. Lerd.-E. T. Gaddy, j Franklin, iraWieiwoneyawr-pnbHe'prwpaTty; wl'lwnl beTtHevexl-1 front respoosihrity f r lbs due discharge of the dmles of " their ofiioeo until their sueoeaaors sre doU quslifled. . It is made tbe doty of Commsnders'of Posts, wftbia the limits of ibeir respective Jorid!ctlon, to see Ibat the ofiicers eleotwhoare able to qualify under tbe Constitntioa and laws of tbe Uhited States and tbe Constitution and laws af tbe Slate, and have so qual ified, are duly inrtalled in tbe f ffics to which they bs?s been sleeted and as above prescribed , Under tbe requirement of tbe aintb rection of tbe law of July 23, 18ti, amendatory of tbe law of March 2, 1867, "to provide for tbe more efficient government of the rebel States," the ofiicers elect, both of tbe legislative and executive departments, will, before en- '.erieg upon tbe discharge of the duties of their tS ees, take aod subscribe tbe oath of office prescribed by tbe law' of , July 2. lb2, te prescribe an 4tlre.f J c-ffiae, and for other purr ee." This oath wiribefalen in duplicate; one to be filed ioabe office of tie Secre tary of State for the State of North Carolina, and the other to he forwarded ta District Headquarters. . If say of the gfats officers eleetrd uaJer the new Coni.tilotioo are disqualified bybetbtrd. Section efj. He proposed amendment to tbe Conatitution of tba United Statea, known ss Article XIV, or sre unable to take tbe oath prescribed hy tba law of July 2, 1 f 82, tbey will not be altlowed to discharge any official func tions until tba disability has been removed by tbe Congress of the United States, or unless tbe oath of office required by tbe ninth section of tbe above cited lsw shall have previously been dispensed with by lew, or uoleu tba said ninth Section shall have become Inoperative by tba fact (bat tbe people of. tbe State have teen declared by law to la entitled to represen ts tion in the.ConcTesa of tbe United States. " By commajhTof fiv't Mj Gen. En. R-fi. Caxbt: LOUIS V. CAZIARC, Aidede-Camp, A.. A. A. General I From (be Raleigh Sentinel. the Radical platform. . ' " The following Is tbe platform adopted by tbe RadieaL) at tbelate Convention atChicago. We do not call it a plat form of prineipUt, t6r tbe reaarm that it is devoid ef prioclple.and is a mere desaagogicAl rnume of what may eV Bisy not be tba partisan measures of the Radical par r: It is really an "omnibes bill," designed to Uke In every body who cau be befooled, or ojoled, or scsr- eS into the support or tirsnt and Colfax.- Anything mora definite would not have snhed Grsnti though the jntenae radical character of Mr. Colfax- readers -tbw ticket sufficiently radical for tbe party t , hb rtarroax. ' . The National Republican parijoi the tailed Statef f assembled iu Natiooal Convcnti a in the eity of Chica go on the 20th, dsy of Msj, 1SC8, make tbejollowicg declatatiow of trineipies: .' , - " "r -; If. rr .V JotiB frtsUv. W: T ' Toeker . 1 HraL WacoorA.f at Jhe faautry aw ftliwiC" si aJirtv lr CuC'iliT r-VTeUr'tX Uiit Vorvrcrrear die i:cceatreotioi projetf Congress it oner. Davia D berry: Tree aurer. ie via a. iyon County Cle. of Superior. Court, C. C. Wade; Regis ter of Deeds Parson II. .Morris; Surveyor Nerioaa Tbayer; Comnhetoners Neill Mclnoes, John C. Nich ols, John. A. Graham, Silas Kerens, Austin. 8. Harris. RichmondCoanty. Sheriff, Harris U. Terry: Cor- ... ... -M- av ma . ne .'l t -L oner, wmian I, ateuonwaj.ireasurer, Aiirea ioca ery; County Clark of Superior Cidtt, John A. Long; Rcrisrsr of Jeeds, William K. lerryi urvsyor, mi- Ham W, Graiam;tinaiifcioners, John Watson, George W. MeKinnn, Robert Fletcher, Willum W. Burton, evinced bv tba adrrtioo. in a maiurUy ef the State! . Utely in rebellion, of Coastitutiona securing equal; civil and polliica -fcts to all, and regard It as the duty of the goee .-."'it to susUin" llresenatituttOBa ai.d to preent tU people of such Sutes from bemg remitted to a state of aaarcb. . ' ; " ' The new Qoostitotlons are td repulne to 'the great, body of tbe IntelPgeoce and worth of the Soath, and so acceptable ta (be scalawags and negroes, that tbej may aff jrd cause of congratulation to such a party aa the Radical party. In many cases the above resolu tion asserts a falsehoodwhen it says that the Soothers James W. O Drvaut. Stanly Cotity Sbertff, Joseph Marsbalt; uorener, n. j t ir-.. . T .1 k t in. Oa.m. risk ! of Superior Court, James M. Redone; RegisUr of rV rT b in. U. nan flail:- "" . Zj: " " V T . . ' . . i aL m V a e riAM eMail aawa taAn.lAanlsf IibFmh. Fhilip Deeds, Samiel S. Stoos: Surveyor, Wm Commiasionen,W, II. Smith, A. F;. Atkins, Ridenhour. Aid re w Honeycutt, E. AT. Davis. Union Coutty. Sheriff. Jno. J Ilaaty ; . Coroner, Jotpb MoCIeland; Treasurer Thomas W. Griffinj County Clerk japerior Court, George W. How: Reg icter of Deeds James, O.' Griffin; Surveyor, Andrew W. Baa: Coexulasioners, Cat via Trull, Exekiel Gur- ley.Leroy I.Fincba, EUaha .W. Griffin, Eujah M. nalkerr :rr- " ,': 1 w. r:' '':'-"'e. "'. The eertifiuLtcs of election will be sent direct to the State executive aad judicial officers, and to the mem bers elect of tue House of Representatives of the Con gress of the taiud States; but for convenience and aafety of trarsmissioo, the certificates ' for the mem hers elect of tie General Assembly will be sent to the Commanding Officer, Post ef Raleigh, fyr delivery, up on application by the persons who areeotitled to re h'or like reons, the certificates for tbe epunty otft- cers will be aert to tbe Commanding Officers of Posts 4VrUQ QlUUIVl VI IbUlU IUVII JUIIVJIbklUiif .u, Wf-vt or transmittal to tbe persona who are entitled to rs- celea'thein. :. ..' '. ' ; i '" ' - A certerfiedabstrset ot the returns tnadeby the election office's, will be pracaTedand-depositeffl-iw tbe office or tie SocreUry of otate for taa awe 01 North Carolina. ,;-,. . - . . . v ' Under the piovisions of the Constitntioa, the Gen- eral Assembly tt the State eteoted thereunder 'eball meet on the fifteenth day after tbe approval thereof f tbe Constitution!: by the Congress vt the United States, if it fall not on Sunday; bat ir it should so rail, then on the neit day thereafter.'1 (Article III Sec tion ) . . ' : The ctacersof the executive department or toe State, "first elected, shall assume their duties ten days after the approval of tbia Constitution by the Congress of the United Sutes." (Article III, Seo- tion 1.) : " : The term or office or all omcers or tn Juaioiat v partment-shall begin upon tbe approval of this Con stitution by the Congress of the United States." (Article IV, Section 82.) - f The county efficers trovided for and elected "shall enter upon their duties ten days after the approval of this Constitution by the Congress of tbe United Statu.1' (Article VII, Section 10.) But in order tbat mere may ne no eontusion, oeiay, or railure in. tbe administration or justice or emer government functions, and to ensure the safety of public property, the Solicitors of Judicial Circuits, clerks ef courts, sheriffs, coroners and other executive officers charged with active administrative duties, or with the care of publio reoords, or tbe -custody or mint of the best Union mea. are hopelessly disfran chised by some of Jbese Constitutions. Tbe practical effect of all the Constitutrons adopted, if carried out in the spirit of Radicalism, will most ceruiofy remit the people of these States to a .state of anarchy, L instead of to a free, orderly and republican govern . ment. 'The s ueces of Reconstruction , therefore sill bangs in doubt. --Seeendr The uaraptee-br-jCoogresa of -equal eaf- frage to! all loyal men at tbe South was demanded by every consideration of publio safety, of gratitude, and of justice, and must bo maintained, while the, , question of suffrage in all the loyal SUtea properly, , belongs fe the people of these Sutes. - , 7 . , . The above is a shameless abandonment of the doe; trloof uaieTsai negro suffrage, while" it eUR more shamelessly gloats over the infliction of it on the pee pje of the South. ;Tet the Southern traitofa ta the white race were there and endorsed tbia resolution.! What ban bw thought of the white maa who degrade! I himself and his race to vote for It ? The intelligent reader can readily make his owa, comments on the following, which would not be cred itable to a horde, of cross-road politicians, aa a plat- . form for principles? ' - . . Third. We denounce an rorms ct repudianoa ss at national crime, and-the national hone require tba ' payment of the publio Indebtedness In the utmost good faith to all creditors, at home and abroad; not only according to the letter, but tbe spirit of. the law -. under which it was contracted. . - Fourth. It is due to the labor of tbe nation that : taxation should be equalixed and reduced as ia?41y : as national facility will permit. ? . ; Fifth. The national debt, contracted as U bas, tea, for the preservation of the Union for all time to come, ahould be extended over a fair period for redemption,, , and it Is the duty of Congress to reduce tbe rate of In-, terest thereon whenever it can honestly ba done. J;, Sixth. Tbat the best policy to diminUb our burden? of debt is to so Improve our credit that capitalists will seek to loan, us money at their lower rates of interest .. than we now pay aod must aontinue to pay so longaa repudiation, partial or total, open or covert, is hreat- . -ened or suspeeted. . " i . ;'i ' Seventh. The government of tbe TJnffed Statei t " should be administered with the str'atest economy, $ and tbe corruptions which have been so shamefully nursed aad f ottered by Andrew Johnson call Joudl for a radical reform, . s ; Eigbthr We profoundly deplore the death of AbraV ; ham Linooln and regret the accession of Andrew Jehu- , son to the Presidency, who has acted treacherously , to the people Who elected him and the cause ba waw . i
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