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THK CONSTITUTION
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HILLSBOROUGH. N. q.-.ANDARfSeft-;;"-"..;..1;-
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Po the NUjb1 !nte'.!l(r.cr.
THE PRESIDENT AND THE DrHirtlO.V ,
MTa-IHSN AMD NOW,, t
..There in one ponit which the Radical par
1y, iti leaders rti ia press, with their ma
il aailacity, now aarume ai a matter uf
count in the wicked ceetroveray which
they hato farced upon ti President. The
Jay dnon a, a leadicg premise, and eipect
the country to great it in lenc, that hit
present position is inconsistent wth hit
former rcord oa the subject of the late re
teilio, end pirtt whch were rcipnn
ih!i for it creafioa. Ther now eoafront
him icv hoitile arrar, at.:l ri'.t a Ininutra
tive policr. oak htra t. tiirrrr.Jer ihe
oert tad dttiea t l a rfat office into
ttieirhandi, tnd becowat he ra ta ihei
a.iu!tf, Weipiaea their threiia, ti reiutet
im field l their inau'.en', lemaa l, ther
crt oat ith an indi'aant air of injured in
nce ce tht hr haa turned hi back on his
frieada; that he ii falae ti h..i ancirat and
Ufiaf alliea, and thet he haa btrajred hia
parir lohglil. Haw .iften in aU the re
lattont w lite art aach arlf-cvmpUcrct aa
fopt40'i the atratrgj af the itea!!if: eo
irin and tl.e ctaak lorjthe ifcre; vpera
ttnn'i ( tre itot periidioa. treaeherr!
Kainranaber f Corsgrcaa Kate recent
lj .ifd him, and, willi wunilerfu! mdn
t rd jjnod tate, atiare J him that, after a
fe" wuotat trial, hia palicv f retnra
'"." i tiare, but that ther mil
pa'r-n him iih tieir enigianimnttifur
hpaa;e if he will abdicata ia te;r faro.
coiii tHat be baa liae QAihinf ai jet
worth f ratiScatiaa br the .Tarica'i
ei,p , and keepailent ht!e t'-e ravpe
r.r ppiit thepJace wt fia weah
neaa, TMa u the iJiaoaa f eren thiapha
riiica and arraptt fcttn ; aMi prhapt
o rm ort-p4ald ocer an aaw
itmill to their raiada and to alio recol
Octtttn f tho esucirv the well atteated
ta;t,ihat the Prra.dcnt nettr we their
tr,e4, neter had part a&ialiena with
theii, neer.aajSt their aappr(, rettr
roartvd their l'afr, but alwua. at all
tivef, and o rider all eirctimatmcea, de
naanced tnm a enomiea t their ruantr,
ii tr tf i1ininn, and at tit alhea of
I he at.erj e f eaiinat. it mi f we 1!
bec!earlf ndcretoo4 that the preaent an
tat tun between tho fnrmaa faction ( ra
hral reolm t and the Froaidcnt ia
nihtp ecw, ar.d aeJ aarprtae ootd.
1' it an 'd battle, partiattjauipsadeJ dsr
tn the war, whi!a the Northern d4aaniov
i ?re ficrd b pabl'C fntiraent tpr-f-M
ai iaaincere le for t'e Uin, tad
while At Ji err Jahaaon a atrugj'ipj Itf
lite ritroae tnCr!dief(latcer wi retief
r etfr fntuied. It ia rr-aowed. hnwrter, ai
ajrft 'a tie meat aain, at certattif at
that rigf t ir"i wrung, trath and faiarhood,
ntinte their eunfiict for their aopremtr.
Wm ia not charge that tho Hadicai faction
ia iaefiistatia its attack epon the Weai.
drnt. Op the coatrar, ihie fictprntia ita
eaaa-ea'c i bnt the rVeeident ia likewite
tant-ste: t when he paratea hia awn police
ir. dr.r.ce n( their. Let t tee what
wMni-ii me Freaident tntertaiaed wf (he
in Ftraarj, 1861, whan ti e doctrine of
e un and diaaaien were makf; haoc
ta t. o land, and when thtir aathort were
jilt1 eiecrated b t At friend mt hia jo
eerfitaeat. peakia; in the Senate f tl.e
17aittd Stattt, ia replr ta J 5etei Havit,
U taid t
Hat, Mr. Prea'deat, rti-arrinj t what I
aid yetttrda , there are two partita in thi
run!r that wintto break tpthe Uoera.
taant. VVharethe? The nat.'ifleripro
yt f the SjaU. tho tecteeivniitt or 4,1.
Miitonitto. ftr 1 aae thcaaallaitnonraoui
itrwe. There? ia a portion of thru wiiofrr
ti Uf aire tit diareptioa of the tint raraent
Inr porpMti of thair own tjranditeraent.
I do net charte upti them tlat the want
to break p the (ownrrieot for the pur
ptte tt afi"octi j lUter ; it I charge that
at break ire: up tf the Gtvr raotent weald
kat that elect t the reault waild be the
lame. elie is for brcalisg'tip thil
i .eramtatik I rtftr to tome bad men in
tho North. There it tat of men called
Abutitieaitte, tad the wait U. break vp
tke Geftraaeat Taejart diitaiiaiiti;
the art aecetiorunti ; the are nallifiert.
sir. the Abeliuaniau and the liatm?uiahe d
Senator from Misainippi (Mr. Jalferioa
Uavia) and hia par'., both ttand in the
tame attttaue, to tiai te aame end, a
J'uialution nf the Union; the.unepartbe
tierir that it will rult in their.owj ag
rran'ineiaent South, and the other beliee-
inr that it wiil reabU in the oTerthrow f
the intiU'.im f a!ar.t Who are he
! iy niwatat of the Nrth? Who are the
atliei wf the diatinguiitked denator from
MiaVuaippi? We fend that a retolutiuu
was adapted at theaniieraarr nf the Mat
aachuaetta Aali-Slaver Social, cunrened
in Btan, in theae word: ft
Rnohti, That t:ie one great naae be
fore the ceantrr 1 the liaalotni tf the
Union." in companion with whirl all other
iouta with the lare porr are a dual in
the bilance : Tnerefrre we gire urt!ei
ta the wrk of anriallmg tii eurtnant with
deatU at eaaeatial t r own i.itcence
and the peedv a.ud the everlasting orer
throw of tSo atate aattno i
Thai faoltin wa oaieil b the Abo
lition Anti-Slararj i)acie(t mi Maisachu
attti. Thoe think a liauIuUoti uf the
U.iien waald realt in the iIeatriicimof
tlairer, a.nd abaolee ihem from thta 90
reriet with ileath,and atlea: their ii'ia-,
cenca far a the Gate rowent cuncern
d.. 0 that we fini that Mr. Wendell
Phill pa a.1e vho f lawja reicarka;
I ent'rtly acrwd with the eentimenta
rf tHit .aat re i!.i:in. I think all we haj
!! i to prepare tr.e pbJic miid b the
daily and hoarl prestation f the die
trine of tiatiui!i. Kfenta which,' furto
na'vf"r ua, the Girernaieat itaelf aod
other" partle are proiiuciaj w!ti on:iam
pled raeidhr, are eur opit aid."
Mrl i dna"on than pf receded at Icgt!Tta
ctte:lrr auth-ritioa in auppor: ! h po
itien that t'ie . Abot:or.ikt who li':oed
Wendell Pni'lip. LK'.id Uarriaon, ar.d the
Libera'o', aid ho nw hailCharieaautu
oer aid Tf addewaSteena at .Heir leader,
were iiiuttv(at, ewapirator, ar.ii trii
t"r H naaiaot etideace aa overwhelin
05, a id J'O reamed at (o!! : ,
Then, wlien we came to talk af al-
lift," hme atsiea are tbeie geailemen i
Whvue atliea ate the Abviitioatete at. the
N'Vta,'f thof art ngt th alliet of the at-
ceaitiita ood Jiuntoniit of the South ?
Are ill? not ait labarioxaad toilin; to ac
c(ecIiU the aane treat end, tho overthrew
of thit grr-at nation t oanf ' Their object
ia the taae. The are boih etnploi&e; to
aome ettent the tame aaeaai. " "
Mr. PreaiJact, I have alladed to thil
aotjfct o1 " aM'.ca" in order to thaw who ia
t "rajed n thit eiho'r aad nefarioaa work
of breakin p thit Union. We fiml firtt
the rtn04d Ahuli'.iofitsta ot the .North.
The are aectitiun ati ; tl.e are fordiaaa
ioai the are for diolutin. When we
turn to the foath, we ee the red-hot Di
onioaittt and Secaaiien'ute at the aame
wirk. I think it cornea with a err bad
grace for them to talk about the ''alliet"
uf other who are trjinj to tae the Union
and preaere the Cooatttution.
I weetbaek eaierJav and' ahened that
tftuth Carolina" bid held thit doctrine oi
aeceiaion at t ert earl da a ear aWt
time after the entered into the Aruclaa of
l.'onfederttioa, aad alter ahe had entered
the Uetea b whic andthroojh which the
iodepenJeaeV of the couatr wtt aclilct
el. What elit do we find at a tcry carl
da? Go to MatMchaacttt duriaj the
war et 1812, and the Hartford Convention,
aad theii ou will find inen engaged it
thit treaoaable and vnhaUowed work.
Kvoa in 1845, Mataavhuaelta, in aaaiftat
in; her great opptttiton to the anneiatita
of Tetaa to the Uq ted S'Atei, patatd.a
reiolatina reiolria htraelf eut of the Un
ion, she acceded; the went oJ b her ovo
act becaeie Texas wis admitted iatt the
Union. Thai we find South Carolina tnd
Mtntcheietti takiag the lead ia thil a
cmita tnatenleltt.' . ,
, These citracti f err cietrl ehow in what
eitimttiea the Freitdcst htid the Radical
eleneat of the North, whta hi wat'riakiog
Via life tnd all ia dafeace of the Uaioa of
tkc lithtn. Hit iavecUT wit ptarid vp-
! t .''' '..',1 .(... I
on their gailt heads, like a stream of con,
aitininj fire. (le regarded then at archi
tecta uf their coentr' roio. as allrs in. a
crtsadi of deitructioa with the seceaaion
iati c'f the Southland wijh them joint! re
tpoasible before God and, man, for' the
blood, the oniaeriet; the tears, and the tin
iinmbered woe l which, were iheo ruihiaga
owift mountain avalanche upon this unhap
P aation. The were miaerablo outlaws
from hi icVoolf patriotism Ithen; and
doea an one avppote that bis opinian of
tl.e a now it an higher, when he finds
them atdl at their old trade of disunion ?
Even durine jhetwarf,it it familiar to the
publie mind that he did not spare them.
r.ver one remember the famous syllogism
wnicn ue pot in a speech at Naahvjlle
whrrebv he proved that anaboiitionut was
a eocoaaioaut, that a aeceiaioniat wti an
abohtionitt, and that both were disunion
1st. The term abditiaaiat has. it ia trne
lost moca of ita aigaificance, but the men
to whom the lllogiara applied then are to
da the Radical who aaaail him. But i
it ia con;nded that neither can the former
term of ' diauait'Oiata" ipp' ta them, 1c
os see. . .
The PretiJent croved that ia the one a
iog ug of the rebellion, and for man
fart prior, wej were and naa oeen ia la
or .of a diaaolutioa. of the Union. Nw
that the war for the Union is over, do the
viild their point? The Soethern seces-
tioaiitt, their old "alliei," dn; but the
adhere their old herei b declaring
tnat e.even ?utt have been Inpped off,
and ire r. longer membera of the Ucioa.
The nt !ent held in Februar, J 851, that
no pooer eiiated anrwheit t declare a
State oat ot the Union. He ho'd the ajae
opinion now, when Congrai, under the
ieea 01 acmaer and MeveM. aimta to
no mat trr tr.isg. He aaoanred in Feb
ruar, 18lt that the men. wherever and
wheevrr the wr-ht be, who made inch an
attrisp: wrra conapirators and traitors.
and we have the beet teaaon to eeJievethet
hit mind haa endregone ao change on that
pin:. VTie State were not oat of the Un
ion ia Februar, 186l,althoegh ordinances
0! iecesta had baea raised, and a lare
party then as row declared thera no longer
iiviagomemoari ot the American Union.
The States are no more out ef the Uaioa
now thaa then, aad a pan that in 18 $5
ueciarea nat doctrine is ao lets treaiona
b!e ia the estiaatiao of the Preaidtat than
the part that did the aame in 1861. The
ea partjt hat keen btaten on the field of
oartie. and the other will be beatea like
wiie ea an field it oir choose. The Pre.
anient dea nt leek an calliaicr:, nor will
it be found that he will tkrink, no matter
from what qatrter the . allies' of disunion
ma aatait him. Aad when he appaala to
the people, at he will, againat thoie who
now arraign him ea account of hit great.
Denenceat. and eraiaeatl euccasilal po'i
c, no wm tear volte et approval lach
at bat teldom in the hiatorr of the world
has greeted tie tan ot eVhiet rragiatrate
01 a tree people.
A UK23SIOX A?tD ITS ZTTZCT.
The act of the surrender of the civil au
thority in thit State by the frasidtnt tt
ie uovrrnor eleft, ha been ttmewhit
a'agular in ita effrct. It haa produced a
resell a' together ancspected. It eitia
gslihca the Provisional raterrtmentandre
mits theaiiiriof the State, ia all their
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ramiecations, eicepttag t&e particular
daiel devoir lag upon the Governor and
the Ltgialatsre back to the care of the
military, er to no care. It taay aot be fat
1 comprehended that the efice of em
asgiitrate, ia the State becomes recant by
this extinguishment of the Provisional go
t eramttt.. Tha teaire of every o&ice III.
ed 0 anheritjt of the Preeitional Cover
air termintte with tat existence ef the
appwating power. The Mayor and com
roiitioatra of the town of Wilmington, ap
pointed by the Prtfiaiona! Governor, loae
iheir atthoritt with the retirement of the
Pretiiional Ootemor. The police force
appointee aadir and by that board of com
saiuitatn, iad til ciher m jnic:;il tcen
and boards similarly appointed lose their
authorit with the loae of authority the '
power trom wh ich aheir aethority'wai de-i
rired. The Judges appointed by the Pro,
oiaional Governor are likewise tammarilrr
transformed into citizen. Thus the whole.
State ia left,-with a State goeernmeat es
tablished, but no civil machineiy .through,
which to operate. 80 that we are virtual
ly with no government; There in no civil
officer aside from the Governor of the State
and the appointees of the national govern
ment clothed with the slightest authority.
We are remitted to the control of the rai.
litafy and' the provost marshal until such
time as new and mere permanent machine'
try may be set op. & n U itvw am
1 1t was' undoubtedl an oversight that'
braa;ht about this anlookel far and much
to be regretted state of aCairi. '-: It was tin
doubted I competent foe ik President to
clothe Governor Worth.1 t;vJV the functions
fa Proviaionat Governor, and enable hiai
to maintain and carry era the provisional
establishment until a more permanent and
complete civil estatluVtmejit could be set
up. But ibis was fiat done. It was not
dose probabl because it waa not thought
f. It wee probably not suggested to the
President that the vitalit ef all civil offi
cers in the States was derived from the
Provisional government. , ,
, This peculiar and embarrassing state of
affaire will explain the anxiety manifested
by Governor Worth to assemble tho Leg
islature at the very earliest possible day.
Under these circumstances ever da ta
important. If the Governor can get the"
Legislature together even ee week sooner
than the time that body had set for its re-,
assembling, he will have performed a raeri-'
tortcos act. - -.! .. V
Bat it strikes us that he is authority
vested in the Governor to appoint, in the
reeest of the Legislsture, civil oScera t.
fill vacancies Of course, if Gov. Worti
was persuaded that te had thit authority."
ho would at once issue a proclamation con
tinuing in office the appointees of the Pro ,
visional Governor until such time a thai-'
places coo' 1 be regularly filled. But he '
not 10 persuaded. It is not for us to ad'
vise hiaa ie this respect, however much we
may be inclined to the belief that he haa
thit authority. Bnt it ttriket ut as a sin
gular omission in the organic law ef the
Bute, demanding the earlieat attentisrt of
the oonstitutional convention- if there ia
aathoritr no where resident to repair an
evil bke'thit now so sisgttarly existing.
WUnun'tri UeraM.
THE IS EXT PRESIDENCY. , ,
We observe with regret that some of our
Southern cotemporaries have thus earlv be
gun to ttggeit name for the nextPre.it
dene. It ia a qeestioa which deeply in
terests the 3ooth, yet the modest ot any
sugzestion coming from the South upon that
i eject, at least under existing circorssta a-
ces, mat well be called ia question.
uen.uraai oacopiet a very nign poii
tion as a humane and chivalrona aoldier.
tad he hat done much to give him a very
commanding position before the country
tor tne eate 01 rrcsioent, yet it ttriket
u at isvoring of bad taste and ingrati
tude far Southerners to bring his naae for
ward for that politico, in opposition ;o
Aidrew jennion.
The hiiterr of the hat six months at
least, haa placed the name ef Andrew
Johniea far tn advance ef any other com-
(etitor lor tnat omce, with all who are real-
friends of the Union and ef the South
whither they are Northerners or Southern
ers. No. other man in the nation at thit
period, enjoy t laraely at he does the con
fidence tad estttaa of the liberal minded
people if tfle Republic He is our choice
above ill there for that high office, and
owing oui an. aoaaaonmcai 01 mo punu
ptesho'hia so npettedly avowed of late.
ceatd lead os to tatevtam a proposition in
favor of any other persot.
Besides. i are no advocate for placing
in higS civil poaitioa tie military men uf
the ceuotry. Tat experience of the ottio
don aot ftttr te election ef men wk