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THK:C0N6riTUTl0N AND THE LA WS-TI1 E OV AIlDi ANS OF'OtJ b'xIBERTT: i I Y, Vol. XLV. HILLSBOROUGH. N. n.i .TANnApv o i cr. i( - IT" .'' i -. No' 1318. NOKTII CAROLINA; Official Vote for Uovcruor ISG5. Countie-, Worth. Holden. Alamanre, ' 619 431 Alexander, J80 229 Allfghiny, 35 ' 581 -" Anon, MO ' 71 1 ' " A he, ' 184 471 "i,v Dfaufort, J14 ' 427 ' ' Vtriit, . ,.?8,", 364 '' Ii!Jn, V . 90 L'funiick, " 278 31 Buiiconil, 424 573 t Ugrk. t Hi t 434 UUrruv, . , 1S7 295 filJwelt, SW . $51 Ci:s.Jfn. 34tt , 32 CkptcII, 15 4tA CiUwUa, . 115- 316 Chatham, 707 ' yil t'bfioke tiHl 211 w85 Chow in, 227 41 C!tc!DJ, 3CS 301 Coiumhui, tOi 3(i3 Oren, 667 208 Cjta!rUoJ. SU 391 Carritack, 293 72 UiiJoti, 633 474 lv!e, 390 103 biyliii, iii IG 1 LJecmt, 42C in F.jjthf, 1,1 10 fc$ KurAlio,' ; 326 :c Gituaa, i4 416 Oi:n. 1M 35 Urantille, 811 564 (irwij, 217 S6S Cailfurj, 1.218 314 HihUi, S06 Hiinctt, 210 HitwaoJ, 212 302 HrisJ'aon&Trtn'a, 210 iSS HfriforJ, 193 Co HtuV. 163 71 I-'e!I. 721 349 Jsajn. 167 276 134 ) J-ii, ( , ( 124 3J UuUf, 316 : Liocoln, , 39 225 Mmus, , , tt9 99 Mc)it, , 29 4'6 Maruc, 343 61 WcUtU Ui7 270 MvckJeaUurf, t34 343 Mnuigatumy, 409 at Mort, 49 512 t'ati, 229 f, Hmoter, 741 114 Kitbamton, 19; k$ Uniiow, 231 . n Ofinjc, " 9i 361 l't'looUr.k, S9 Ml Per.uiantif, 212 92 Ptrm, 227 314 Pi", 472 143 Ksmiolj h. C10 6.'i2 KxhmohJ, 4?l 124 RoUaoo, C20 233 Kockinbio, 371 278 Bon, i70 311 KutherfwrJatiJ 1'ulk, 138 331 lUmec, 41i ao9 Manl), ( 3J9 as fltk, 2t3 432 flurrj, 5 Cm Tjffell, 293 16 Union, 3C6 . W.kt. 4i3 1,703 Warren, f3& 46 WtLiuiin, 19 93 Watauga, H7 III Wayne, 633 98 Wilkea, a3 HI Wilaen, 197 211 Ya.!kfrt, - 408 331 Yaocej A Mikhflf, 119 533 31,048 23,709 23,701 Worth' tujority, 3,939 uer1n 369 ( ut thft Z. Vanc ttftitti 147. PRESIDENTS MESSAGE GEN. nKAJTTS , REPORT. . Witaiacton, Dc. 18, 1863. Ta the Senate of the Vnitei Slutitt In reply t the resolution adopted W th Striate on the Uih instant. I have the Hon or to atate that the rebelliat) wagtil br a portion oftht ntoole a?ainit the nromrTr cnititutetl authority f the Gnrerniaient of the United Statei hat been oppresttd that the United States are in ptmeisioa of et ery State ia which the ioiurrectUn stilted, and that, at far at it could be done, the coorts of the United Statei have been re stored, pait-oflkfi rt-eataUiaked, and steps taken tu put ipt etTectivt vptration the revenue laws f the coantrr. As the result of the measures instituted by the Kiecative, with the flew of induc ing a reaumptitn of the functions of '.he States comprehended in the inquiry of the Senate, the people of North Carolina, Koaih Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Misaiasippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Tennaatee have reorganized their respective State jevtrn tnents, aad Mare yielding wbtdience ta the laws and Government of the United States with snore willingne and greater promp titude than under the circumstancea cauld reasonably have been anticipated. The proposed amendment of tha Constitution, protiding for the aboJitwm ef slavery for ever within "the limits ef the country, has been ratified by each one of thec Sufks, with the eiception sf. Misaikalppf, from which no officii! information has been re ceived, and in nearly all of them treasures hate been adopted, or are bow pendinj, to confer span freednea the privilege which are eaaential to their comUrt. prp. itction anl Mcailty. In Florida and t ex a the people are making commendable pro greaa ia restoring their State government, ami no doubt is entertained that they will, at an early permd, be in a conditio to re sume all of their practical rclatioas with the ueneral teveromeot. Io " itat portion of the Uaion latclv in rebelllfln," the avpecl of affiirs ia more pruiniMng titaa, in view oral! the circum stance, ceuld well have been espected. The people throughout the entire Souih evince a laudable desire to renew their at lejUnre to the Government, and to repair the devastations of war by a prompt and cneertoi return t peaceful purtuita, and abiding faith i entertained that their ac tions will conform to their Drelenions. aad that in acknowledging the supremacy of the Constitution and laws of the United States their lovalty will be unreaervedlv given 10 tne Government whoe leniency ihrv cannot fail tn annreciaie. ami whoie fmtering care will soon re I ore them tea condition .f prosperity. It is true that in some of the Mates tho'derneraUiiBff effect 01 me war are to be seen in occasional dis orders; buf theae are Ural in character, not frequent in occurrence, and are ranid- ly disappearing as the authority of civil law ia n tfiif l a. m I t!ajl t.faS nflftlinni ari tifttnr!! fn Kai mwmttmA from the great aad sadden chsnre in the relation between the two races; but sys tems are gradtatly developing themselves under which the freed a en wilt receive the protection t which he is justly entitled, and, by means of hia labor, mke hime!f a uelul and independent member of the community in which he hal a hawe. From all the information in my p3. ion, and from all that which 1 have recent ly derived from the most reliable authori ty, I am induced to cherish the tolief that sectional animosity is surely and rijudlj tnereinc itself into a auirit of nationality. and that representation, connected with a 1 i!-... 1 . r . . . pi vper! aoju-uii niicm i lazaiion. Will rtsolt in a Itaruonious restoration of the relations of the States to the National Un ion. The report of Carl Schart is herewith transmitted, as requested by the Senate. No reports from the lion. John Cor ode have been received bv the President. The attention of the Senate it invited to the ac corapanviaff renert of Lieuti,jr.t Cni.rl PGrant, who recently made a u ur of insper 1 linn tri-Aitfot,t f t. 0 1 . . . .. L inhabitants participated in the late relief lion. AUKfcVV.JUHWbUN. OKKtRAL OR ANf'a niPOIT. ' . ' r .. HeaJuHar(ara') t . Armwa of (ha United 3tatr , WMhinilon, D. Des. 18, I9C3. Ut ExnUinty 4. Jhnn, Pruidtnt fi t'm.'u.t v.,).. . j Sir, In reply to your, note of the iCth K(ui, resooB-iog ropon iroia me, giy ing such information at I may be possessed of. commr within the irant f th in,...:. net made by the Senate of the United States 'ir i.iniiiiua 01 inc mn insi., 1 nave tne nonor to submit the following : With your approval and.'alsn that of lU Honorable SecreUrr of War. I left With. ington city on: the 27th of lat month for me purpose l ctakisg a tourI mspectioo through some of the Southern States, or States lately in rebellion, and to see what . L . ... cuanges were necessary to bo made in the disposition of the military furcoa of th country, how these forces could be reduced. n . ana expenses curtailed, &.C, and to learn as far as possible the feelings and in ten tions of the citizens of those Statei iowir.li the General. Government. The State of irgima being so accessible to Wathing ton ctr. and information from thia nmr ter, therefore being readily obtained, I nasieneu mrougn the state without conver sin? or meetin with anv ef ita citif.en. In Kaloigh, North Carolina, 1 spent one dav ; in viitiirston, toein Carolina. t.ivi Savannah and At-mail. Licorria. tif h on day. , Iloih in travelling and wbiht stop- pin, I saw much and converted Ireelr witK ike 'iticano of those States, as well as with the officers of the armv who ha been stationed amoag them. The follow. in are tne conclusions come to by me: I am satisfied that the ansso of thinking men 01 tne outl accept the prevent situ ation of affairs in good faith. The que. tiona which have heretofore divided the principles of the people of the sections sis very and State riftta, r the right of a a . . a - . . Mate to aeceue Irom the Union they re tard aa heviog been settled forever by the mgnesi iriounai arms that man can re ot to I tu pleased to learn from the leadinr men whoa I met that thar nman. I? accepted the decision arrived at as Coal. 0 m. . a out mat now the soke ef battle has citar ..1 . - i . . . . . ru anu uree nas Dceu given .-r re flection, that this derision h.i been a for. tonate one for the whole conntf v. they re ceiving the like benefit frm t with thmo who oppeied them in the fici-1 sad in the cauae. Kour years of war, drinj? which law was -.-.--..a a . raeruieci oniv at the point r the bavonet throoghout the State, in rebellion, "have left the people, po-Mb.y, in con Jitioo not to yield that ready otedience to civil j. "ority the American people have general ly been in the hbit of yieldiflf. This woom render the presence of small farri sons throughout thnie Statea neeearr nn til such time a labor return tft it rirnnar chat.nel and civil authority is fullv eab- iis.ied. I ilid not meet any one. either thoe holding places under the Onvern- ment or citizens of the Soithern States, wnoinmk it practir.ble to wittul.aw the miiiiary irom the Saoth at preat. The white and the black rsiutoallv require the . . ' proircuon or tne ueneral tiovernroent. There is such noivers.-il arnaiecenre in the authority of the Ganeral Government ini vuiiviiv in purnoa oi 1 tic voanirj w)R. I.M .1... .1 - - - - . f iiwk u ma iiiai inm miri nrrtfnci mi a mil. itarv force without rtrard ta number, ia nuniviciii 10 nainiain oruir. mr gOOH 01 tr.e country and economy require that the force kent in the interior, where tkare are many freedmen, (elsewhere in the r t .t '- r m . .a noumern ataies, man at I oris upon tne sea coast, no force is necessary) should all be white treen. The reaseni for thia are ob vious, without mentioning anr nf tham w .. oau e The ireaence of black troops, lately slaves, damnralizes labor, both be their advice and hy furnihmg in their camps a retort for v.c 'reeumen lor ien distances around. V'hi troops generally ciclte no Cpposi- 1 I ion , and, therefore, a small numh'or of them ' km maintain order ia a given district. Co lored troops must bo kent in cient to defend themselves. It la net the thi0kng men who would usa Violence to-' wards anr class of troona untimnm. . mf - r e4 vast by the General Government, bit the igno- rani in, some places might; and the late slave seems to be Imbued with the. that the property of hia late master ihould by right belong to him at least, should' have no nroteetion'frnm tka rntnrarl .at. diers. ' There it danger of collisions being vruugni on oy sucn causes. " ' My observations led me te the cencla- ' sion that the citizens of the Southern Stu are aminus to return to ielf-rovernffient l.t.:. .1. tt- " ... . : 1 wuii tne union aa aeon us possioie; mac whilit reconstructinr. thsr want and re. qoire protection from the Government ; mat mey are in earnest ia wishing to do what they think is renuirid bv the Gov- ernment not humiliating to them as citi tens and that if such a course was point ed out. they would pursue in that good ' faith. It is to be regretted that there can- not be a ere a ter comraintlio? at thia time between the citizens of the two sections, aad particularly of those entrusted with the law-making power. t . .. .. ... 1 urn not give tne operationi el the Fir admen's Bureau that attention I would have done if more time had been at ray diapoaal. Conversations on the subject, however, witb officers connected with the lloreau lead me to think that in some of tk States Ita affairs have not been eon. ducted with rood'iedrment or icanamt. and that the beliet, widely spread among me irrciimen oi tae southern states, that the land of their former owners will; at least in part, be divided atnenir them, ha come from the arenta of this Bureau. Tki. belief is seriously interfering with the wil liagneis of the freedmen to make contrasts for the corning year. In some form, the freedmen a liureau is an absolute necessi ty antil civil law is ostabliahed and eafore. ed, securing to the freedmen their rights a- a a . a ana ran protection. At present, however, it is independent of the military establish ment of the country, and seems to be ope ' rated by the different areata of the Bureau according to their individual notions. ! Every where General Howard, the ahU head of the Bureau, made friends br the just and fair instructions and advice he gave ; but tne complaint in South Carolina was, that when be left, things went en aa before. Many, perhaps the majority of the ageots of the Freedmen'a llureao, advise the freedmen that by their own industry they must ejpect to live. To this end their endeavor to secure cmrjlovment for tham. 4 . and to see that both contracting parties comply with their arrangements, la ssns'e instances, I am sorry to say, the freedmen'! mind does not seem to be diaahuted f tk idea that the freeduian has a right to live without care or nroviaion for the future. The effect of the belief in division of land is idleness and accumulation in campf, towns, and cities. In such cases I think it will be found that vice and 'disease will tend to the extermination or great reduc tion vf the colored race. It cannot be e. pected that the opinions held by men at the bouth fur years can be changed in a day, ami incrcioic mr irccumen require lor a few years not only laws to nrotect them. but the foatarinr care ef thoio who wilt give them good counsel, and in whom they reiy. The Preedmea's llureao. beiu;? separat ed from tke military establishment of the country, acquiresall tke expense ef a sepa rate organization. One does net necessa rily knew what the other ia deiog, or what order they are acting under. It seems to me this ceuld be corrected by rerardina? every officer on duty with troops, in tltc soutnern statei as sgenu 01 tne rreeo tnen'o liureau. and then have all ordara from the head of the Bureau sent through department commanders. This would cre ate a responsibility that would sscnto uni formity of action throufhout the South, would insure the orders and instructive from the head of the Bureau being carried out, and would relieve from duty and pay.
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