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& i I mju, m i l THE CONSTITUTION AND TtiE LA WS-TH EG VARDIAN8 OP OUR LIBERTY- rol. XI-V. HILLSBOROUGH, tf, C., OCTOBER 4, i65. ";. No. 2306 1 to Hi? II II I II I II ' I I f-. I I XT I I II white fee people free from involuntary; Hervituile, except when th State demand their vertices tod-jet ihej do not claim the prerogative, t testify in Courts, t,til a Jurors r to vote, a right, because they are fret frm involuntary servitude, Nor i they claim it as a moral right' a right which Owl ha given them or which teir loyalty or good conduct merits, bat if they ever expect to enjoy thesj piivileg es, they lotik fir thm a an act f grace a .1 ' a ' B a I ' irom me government umier wmcn wey irve. In that source must the colored people of the SoiiUi l'Ntk for them. They are still alleat, out nttzent. If they ever become ctfirrm. it mut be by the grace, the mere favor of the sovereign power of the State. How then may the colored people of the. South hope to obtain thee privilege, these right? We answer, not bv hauling col ored Conventions. n-t by loudexciting aiiJ threatening speeches not by impertiaent and unreasonable demand. If the f ever eetthem. it must be br fir$t proving to the people of the Scuth that- thtjf art'wurthy of mm: So far, they have, mown we speak ot the masc that thev are unworthy of cit izenship. In the broken down, exhausted and impoverished condition f the South they have m.nileted no disposition to im prove (hat condition, Being the chiel re iunre ot the South f.r tabur the only means for the recuncratioi the South f.rt,;-.f II il mcy gin P regular, synemauc i trti..r f the Norihon Ihli point br. and thrown themselves pon the -gov. i;,Ue-"if the oCIci.1 decUr.l.on. of mmtnt.-w the pa I mean ot the whites 10 ue i'u. I ne cropt iiitr uccn ncgicticu, leavin the cuntrv unable, without great . a . : r u ..-i-..k. untios ana economy, to ueuootn me oiacar ment tm wetr mnraU oo proper oppeecia lion of their new condition. Uoder these circs usuaces u.ullt tf ri?Ai, is aheor impertineuee. I he state Convention which meets to ilar. will oido4UtrIIv declare tht slavery or invniuntary servitude in x tu Larou na lull no longer exist, but it will not con them all the rijSts ot cititenshi , rrom the Rateifh Beotioet.-' , ' KIGHTS HP THE FRCBDMEN. 'Thtightt clsimed fr the colored peo. pie of the Soth, made free by the war, ori filiated in New Khigland fanaticism. V We learn that the Northern tutored men in the itlnred Coiivrution, taUc boiiljy, imperti. nent Iv and excitiocle.of their righti. They unte U instruct the colored people of Nurth Carolina in. those rtgMt, inculcate rroneoos aid dangerous sentiments, and labor to inteosilv and excite our colored h.Bu!atiori to mske extravajant demands uimh the while race in this State. The Northern radical papers teem with iHiitar sentiments, and the changes rt te upeu the riAa of the Freedeu." Now the question is, whatre iheirnAsf We m b behind no one m endesvoring to se tc to ihem all the rightt which they eo i tHMtttt cwiirt. Bat what njMi have they icauired bv the war? What ri&ri belong . . i l--a . I t.i them eitner natural, ponucai r amrai, bv the chaifie in their coaJitini We acanovlcdge that as an attiitnt of the war, ad by the power of the sword of lite whitejrdral army, thsr are no longer Mbjecl t slavery or tue.intary servitode. Wr ie ready as a peace ufTerin to the North, and a a penalty of Mir unuccri lot reoletim, to kinettd the ContiUtiun t the State, ratlltiug'wht t'te war has l4ie. flqt ilot tia seille the question a the black ate tntUlea en to that luxe a a a n:m wii1v i ail Hi I ihe giterameit will be allowed io evidence. it palpaoty prtven, M war was no . Iae. It was solely to restore iHe Union nJ oothin; eUe, the North belug the wit nes. The Ire'edotu f the slave is an ac rtJftf reu1l r and above that fur wfnVn it wia bndrrtaten and pioiecaieJ. Vml d t men acquire 'tightt, epecialiy po litical rljhi by aeeUtnif Ceruin'y nt. Tor freedom uf the Southern lave forced by tbe word an I then ratiSeUI by amend ecaU to the Constitution, does not, can nt wake the Treedmen either American ctuacn or ciiitens f Nurt'i Carolina r!toftre all ihe -o'li'd interpretatiwn ol the Fe-ieral Ciou'itauu ffimthe dy of Jay ad Marshall dow to Chief Jtice Ta- o". Have all drflred that the Atncan race ' are not Am'flc citien. The war could i. t tettl principles aud reverse r1e dcci ;n r he Courts. It has settted a fact St African slavery involuntarr ser ,imA' hll no larer ettrt in t'e United Mates and t accept it as a fixed fact: bnt the principle whether Alncati slavery is ettnt r wiong wneiner u is ura wiv t lr both race, that tne slave should be tree or whether it is jut and tifht to the Urmer stave holder that thee shall be tree, r ohethcr the slaves are v right entitled 1 be free, these are still open questions ad nu.t be proven or t ertutned by fact MJ arguments, or the mure History 01 bgh rices. Nor can th amended Consti tution etU lire principle, that they are tree of rlikt. It will fix the fact unalter blj that they are free, bat will not settle 'tHe principle of right. II it can be shown clerlf that they.arr fire from tUery, by the interposition and prpo ol (i.oJ, that wauitl we gtani rs isbmh their right to freedom ftom invol niarv sertitude, but that wouUI by no ,eans establish their n;M to citizenship. 'Hut is a perely political rieht and depends entirely upon the sovereign power of the Sste. That sovereign puwer lies wholly, with the white prople, the citixenship d ihe Slate. Hence the claim s-t up by tlee freed aitn. that U cy hse - right to testily , in the Court against cltitcns fight lo it as jurors on the trial of a citizen- a right to vote at the polls for officer to fill high stations and by conqnce to fill tkaaeo&eet themselves. IsirantaBVontf ri and imoertinence. No ttcl political riafi ran be theirs until the ci.i7.en of the State bestow ibem npon them. Nor can the v claim them si naurflf rights Tbi. r tinrU rKil'illrsl and do not tUt rally inhere to any mm. The people of aVViuct, Oermiiij, Ruis'u and Pruilii, tee 4th. The introduttion of armi into' the Southern States.,. ' t f t t i 5th. The disbanding ol the colored reti- 6th. The refax&f to order a sweeping con- abted to march to the polls, with his two or tiiree hundred " freedmen ' as employ ees, voting ashe. directed, and control all elections. 1 he poor white man in the Eas tern districts would have no influence, or I their influence would be overpowered by I fiscation. one man ol. large landed estate, la Uon-t 7th. Toe reitoratlon of Cie Soitbern necticut, Ohio, Indiana, Illinoii, and sev-l churches. .-.. i ,t eral other non-slaveholding States at the 8th. The refusal to arraign Lee, tWIea- north, tree negr .es and colored personi I tier o; the rebc: bosti, alter Jie had been are entirely excloded from voting.f In most indicted for treason; t oi inu iMoriaern Mates there is property ? 9th. The refaxal to try Duii by a aili qualification required of all voters, which I r court. , 1 excludes them. If the New York noalifi- . intS -Thu .n,fK ahawB U tm nfar- Cations of a freehold for a person Ot Color imnt flh MunrneTiortrittaaaftnlahL voting were adopted in Snath Carolina, re- Mexico.1 t jiy. v u tj few of the Treedmen in this btato would Snch ia the list ao far,' and thera ia no ever be abl? to exercise tae right oflaSrage. di8Dttlinff that it is quite formidable: tat la North 'rolna, rennesee,and perhaps I repeats the Preiident ia ready, not only oioer ai.vcHwuing ouwa, ire cgro ior- ror opening gin, bat lor all the terriblo merly were entitled to vote, bot it U on- Rr- that it exneeted to follow. That th derstood that the seldom saw prtper to conservative masses those who love their exercise jnis irapcmse. ...... f v,4 countrv and the r who e coantrY: will sua- The radical yepoblican party North are tain him in solid column.: there- can be ire looking with great interest to the aetioo of Question, and thia inl! the Preiident saks. tne soumern a:wea in reierence in a negro Urtnt him thi support and be will band sunrage, ana wnue tney aumit mat a man his name dofntoposteritjaiecead Wa$h should be able to read and write and have jin-non .,!,..' 1 4- a pfuperty quilificauon in order to vote, , fhe time is not distant when there will yet they contend that there should be no be n entire reconstruction ol the cabinet. distinction between voters on accouot of The members whose V time will have ieome" color. 9 They forget that this is a white U,e Messrs. SUnton, Harlan,-Speed, and -,fiinrni, biiu iuiii..c ,vi -uiw looge aavocaie uoiu xou.raay reiy on only ; and that the Supreme Court of hat I aasert. It is the Preaideni't wish that his cabinet shall be a perfectly har monious one; or as nearly so as possible, and when all is ready the change will be made and the new members duly announc ed. 1 v,; ' : ' Of coarse, nothing is known as to when fer upon them ait the rights ol cititensnip or declare them to a citizens at an. 1 be a citi.en f the United States i a dig- mtv, which even while aliens cannot claim as Uieir in a day. It mot be gainea oy thowing the purpoe to make a citizen. Hut th approaching I.egiJature wdl recogniae ht treedim of our colored peo ple and will appreciate their condition. It will pass law conferring upon the tu the right to buy and sell, to acquire the right ot property, to live where tney please ana to enter into contracts, to me and be sued, and to protect them, their live and char acters and property. Ueynnu tan, me i.eg- Wature will not go, at least lor tne. present. man men the United States has decided that the ne gro is not an American citiien under the I Federal constitution. That each and eve- rv State of the Union has the unquestion ed right pf deriding for herself who shall exercise the right of suffrage, is beyond all diepute. Yon will settle this grave qjies- the portfolios will be teadered. nor is it tion-aa tne interest anu nonor 01 tne ctaieMixcly tne names will pe divulged until demand." ' . . I made public bv the President hioiself. uev. ur. ewman nas nau an interview . "iU .L. n. : 1 . . forarnrvr mirvn"a Pnttrv I wiiu mc i rcaiucoi wim rcicrcuic 10 acviir- I mr. if nnamble- one of the leihodist church- The Washington correspondent of the t New Orleans for the use of those who Philadelphia Ledger writes: hltTe .uended upon his preaching daring iuc i reamcni win n;m ibis r.uicai war lne Dat two vears in that CltV. The Uoc- tor the end. V ithm one month alter the ,or 1 hear, represents the number of said inauguration of our new President, I ad- attendants at" one hundred.M and he thioka vised you un high authority, that in no e- t no more right that one of the three vent wouiu me ruuicai r-irmentoc lavoreu, Methodist Lpiscopal Churches in that Cltv and tlie whole tfbarie of Mr. Johnson since Uhould be set anart for their use : in other l 1 .l . ' e.L.. I . . . r- nisproveuinecorrcrinsoiinai.cruun. words, that the edihee shall be known as mere ii-n comer quaner vi me cut to the property of the northern church. -But tne nesirociive lacnon man me. ai nous-. to ,n . Mr Johnson most decided v obiect- Renresentatives theVefrom have called and ,j. it. considered the churches the riiht- called. ent Canl after card but in most fu property of the trustees, and if the rasesvthe President was too "busy to at- Methodists of the north were anxious fon tend tu them; he i engaged!' Their .ne church at the aouth, "the belt way call 1. re loss frequent, and they have open ed the war outside. (JOTERNOK PERRY OS NEGRO SUFFRAGE. In his late address to the t'onveaiion Cov, Perry hold the toll.rwing langaage concerning negro suBrage: "The question of suffrage and who shall exercise the rigSt of voting in South Car olina is one of grave importance, and muil be settled by you in y-Mir new constitution. In 190 the State ewnuitution declared that no ne should be allowed to vote on less lie was a freeholder or tax payer and a tree whit mai of the age of twentyone ver. In 1310 the right of suffr.go wa eatended to all free wnite men of tne age ot twentv-oue, who were residents of the State tw veart and of the election district mx month previous to voting. The qual ification ol a freehold or tne payment oi a tax was no longer required. It was thoogni proper at that period that a free white man who hail to rre in tne roiuiia, o duty, work on the roads, and defend his country in lime of war, should bealjowed to vote' for membera of the Legislature and other officers ol the State, without the own ership of a freehold or the pajraent of tax es. To extend this universal auffVage to ti erewdnien." in their prtsent ignorant and degraded condition, would be little less than folly and madness. It would be giv ;n, t. h man of wralth'and large landed poisenions in the State a most undue in r ... . a I 1 a. . K flstace iii all elections. . lie wemu oe ca was lor them to come together." The propositions of Bishop Ames to sub trill be futile! ihourh not without nro. mil the nuestion of title" to the chief bable serious embarrassment to the Preii justice ot the United States is a luJicreus 1 . ... . - - ..l Lr. 1 ,k iii.uti k. uent in carrying out tne wora. hi " resiora-i one, worn it is wiumcitu u. nms is, wj tionM he has so noblr commenced.. This the decision ol the Preiident restoring the is the " new danger that threatens ts. As churches, no such question at issue. Per long ago as the 14th of Jaly, the executive haps the bishop had not then heard of the saw the cloud of opposition io hia policy restoration. rising, anu men sen mc iut wurus. ma iiii i riu-. uhi..i-i; sagacitv far seeing and penetrating aw bj proclamation of the President are still it all. "To meet, the contest he armed at ctirrent, and it would not surprise me U once and planted himielf aquare upon the such a proclamation were issued. As mat bulwark of the constitution. To n well ten now progress, years must elapse before known Soutoemer, last week, he said," My ne docket of rebel applicants is cleared, chart i the constitution. I shall not de- and the best part of the President time viate from it a hair's breadth il I can help during the whole of that period musmec it. On that constitution the States mist essarny oe occupieu in neanng ine muu to be restored, and the privileges which it ual caes. I cannot believe that he will conlera must be theirs. They are entitled mucn longer continue me presem syncw, to them and they shall have went but that an important change will be cud i The President it firmly anchored there, at an eaily day. . .. . ahd l it is because' he has so fait a hold up- . , ; m . . a . a - . mm. atar.a- rfM -4 W19S on the helm or the national snip, tnat the hokacs (.kccli tu int. buuaw r.w- waves of fanaticism and discord dash about ; v or pjoki ji uakuma. . hint. They would beat him from his pssi In response to an invitation to be pres- lion, bat it will be "thus far and no far ent in Raleigh on the 29th instant, Horice thertH and they who think otherwise do not Greely writes to the colored people of this know the pilot they are dealing with. State a letter from which we make tome ' The list of radical compumti thus lar extracts berow, ne no not enaerae o nade tat, and to be presented immediate radical views on negro suffrage, but semq , I j after the opening of Congress, is as fpl of his adtice is good, and we give at a lows! i ' 1 " jte peacfjui.. vo not oe eu w. 1st. Refusal to extend negro laCVsgr.' (provoked to resist lawful authority wiu t 2d. The appointment ot secessionists at lawless violence. Metier soner: wrong m provisional governors. ' J j i silence, or be' worsted in invoking the pre- Sd. The free exercise, of the pardoning tectionof thelaws. You see what the slave- nower. wherein sfere included tntnT who holders have incurred by reststiogaatho- should have been hanged. it bj force. Let nothing temper twevu
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