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omiilaint are iincnHinew
tfXKXIS SETS'
1 : j I Sometimes the paiij i in
, " j (lie li(ioTler. and ix mis-
t.iki ii tor rJi!nn;uir.i)i, the utortuicli jh a flirted
with 1nM of lMiiH-tHu and-kicmicvm.; Lowell in
iH'rtl frAtive, wmetitnew 'alf erirtit hrig wi t h lax .
1 1 lie hvinl im truiihled
Iwiib .ain, and diill, hea
vy nensjitioii, conKidtru
iJe" IwA of memory, ac-
rlv' ii-. s L
fomnanietl with -painful
wii"ati( ol having It'ftiinddnenonielhini: which
oiijjlit l have In-eii doiw. Often cotiiidaining of
I'liinviuvwiiij, iiiu iow ppiuiH. oomeiiniefl
inaiiy l the above Hymptoma attend the dinea.se
nnl at itler tiinea Very few yfihem; but the
liver itj frpneralir the orgnn most involved.
Cure tU
UU. SIMMONS'
a I'rcpiratioi) roots and herb',. warranted to be
firutljit V(elaolHt can th-oMijnry to any
one. It lia- -IxH-n used by hundreds, and known
fr lh.j lurtt 41) yearn, an uuy of the most reliable,
etlicaiJoa atu! hnrnmlevx preparationn ever of-
vi.Ti-ci in inejwnmntf' in laKen reularlv and
)eri4iint.iv,:u H hufc tm cure
irt Hiirc tin cure -
?3 yspepia, headache,
T iimindico,coi'tivcne)i'k
Of. ilyieadache, chronic diarr-
I! Regulator,
II j1' - I t)o'a,a(Ieetioiwoftheblad-
.v.. t. . q ifh-r, camp dysentery, af-
eane of I liorfk impunity of the blooxi, tnelan
jh.ilr.jor h'jireJi)ii of jcpiritn, lieartbiinv, colic,
i pain in ttf IWiwvIh,; pain in the headt fever
jrl Mfll'ie, di ;.wyl IkiIk, ''pain in the back, &c.
. , Pnjamil prilyjby J. II. ZKILIN & CO.,
, . -L I Druggirttia, Macon, Oa.
1'ri. e, $1 ; by mil$l2l '
For Uale by f T. F. K LUTTZ & CO.,
187,1.
Fall Trade 1071.
LARG
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BltOWFS
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' TUAtJlEv haa necessitate 1
-b ikying of t
tllev llHVe brMI'lit tu this murlivt 'ointiiia.
ii'H full linns & jiliuont every- ela of the: -clmua'jAe
l)mestie Good, Ladies' Ire?s
w.NHVoftl lit. t and must desirable st v
railing iroin! the beet grades, to it hi
ttwtlys. ' ij
Heady Miula Chthip . i
f " Hats, JSoulk atid Shoes, j
es :
es
CiIa rr obi atid yo.ing ; Blankets!. Table
Linens, ud atJ ; other gds fur IIrmsckeepir's
hill tckjatid of clKMce sebtiotiS J
TlieyialMj, continue ,to deal largely in all
km. 8j..,( grain, flour, Accnud buy cotton at
the higI,Alinak4riicea fi wiidi.' ! -,
Th. undr8igi?ea are duly sensible of the
f'bligation heyareT under to their customers
"n-.n)tin;i.jd patromage, and shall spare no
paius to please thve whom they serve.
! . ': i ! v ' MOCK A'liHKdWX.
ct. 12, 187U ;,.';.
SOKTif CAROLINA,
KoWAN CqpXTY.
? In tlie? Superior'
S ' Court.
Joshm Miller, Administrator of
W.jMcNeelir and
Mary,- McNeely.
r
i tiiiiittns. . ,
Summona and Peti
tim to eell laud for
' Assets. h
Against, -IL
! IMcNeely
Win
ami
Acenith f
NeJ'ly, alias Ace I - r
uith Coniher. . ' ; . .(.. !' .
; I this case! it appearing to the! satisfac
t'u of h Court that Win. . McNly and
Arenilh MNeely, alia8, Acenith Corriher.
J n-rcsidents of the State (of North
Urohualt , is therefore ordered that rnfbli
U iade it, Hhe CirU Watchhan.
"newspaper published in Salisbaj-y, N C,
f Rl? wf,''iR Successively, requiring isaid
lf.udai.tsjtoJ appear! at the office orthe
Yi Vf' l,liquperior.,lCourt for he county
f lw'4tltjli4!:C6nriVtIoitse in kalisbW
" b ruly the 1st day of! December next, and
answer tfj cbinplaiut of tlie plaiutffs. t.k- the
jitiles, A. Judspd Mason Ctrk of the
T Tufr itW of said coubty a offij-e iu
MiauUI f ; VbA
'Uiy, the lG,h da of lb-1,.l.r A n
7t
' nr IT'"
J A ITinCtriVr 1 crixr
T 1.1 I j '"' : i t -
Xiaml T4tJ n,Li3
n fffpift Deeds, iiieniT
Cli attic" M tir t&nrrfio
K V 1 . 0 ,
a or oaiC at this oiKpr
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MOCK &
INCHEASED
I, - .'I : OF-T$E ,
Ceaeijal Exenifl e.mmlitfe.
The Exec iltve Coinniittw.f the DnK.
cratic 'cnsehative uartv tf tbr tit-. ..ff.
ciiPiiltatiihS HiiKtnir thvinslv .;ti,
many , frWis fvoui ' diftrrnt narta of tbn
State faiuil
r with pulic seutitnrtitTia vh
iecessary ahd ;jhp-r that the
stitive-. CviditiUtee shall
deemed! it Si
Central 'Jr
the peoplp i , feierenpet , .various topics of
IQblic.ititeeuJ-a:rei1r1y-eiti8titul1uu-al
refoHn if jthia State. I The Centra Coin
it'itte. therefore, feel eedally cHl led upon
and insrucAd to sabiut to th pet.ple such
view s. Mid o suggest pch ine; sures of re -forth
and rflief as in tbeir judgment are cal
culated to protriote conlert of actiou aLd th
eeiierak velfafeof th State. i'
i He- i -t ).! ui t-4 (iin m AngHst last,
allhough aeiset thcall of at'ourention
of Uepoye.caniiot bi regarded as an ix
pre?iu off jopuhir apjlroval of inany of the
leading pro' isb.imof the present State eou
stitution for i ll partiel, with scarcely any
dissentrrec gnized a ti.j conceded the para
inouiit uece ityfir a change iti the organic
law iu ieveial iiiateriallpanicular?.
. Nor cau I he result uf that election be
feat.. The fiiue ubuti(t'd and passed upon
was not a mrbj issue, Mthotigh great elbta
uchnor as it so regarded or treated by
luoubauus fii uemo a s ana coi.ervatives
L . . u J ? a, r f x .' -1
who roed against f .xuveution'. , That
election turned oircol'i i ral and immaterial
issues, most
or in em suggested and pressed
upon nvblii
atteution by the areat bodv i f
the uHicevKi'ldersitUif State, who apjire
bended that
tut u them o
a .conren ion, n called, would
it;ot i officef The office holders
general! opposed Abe call:
of the Staf'
they freely ilsed itiotteyaudther appliances
it defeat itf I The colored people were made
falsely to brtieve that a xouve.uti.ou Would
ilepriv theili of iheir Ifreedom. or "greatly
abridge -their' T61iticalf rights. , Thousands
votetj rtgaiiilt th-e call because they feared
armed ii tei lerene of tjie authorities af the
federal gove uiueut and another war-other
thousands Vi ted againsjt it, becau e they ap
prehended"(inR unfriepdly interference with
the present I oinestead Provision, while some
belitned the call as , nfet le was without il e
sanction of t be constitution and revoJtitiou
ary so that we repeat. the election turned,
not in favorj f or against any political party,
nor upon thJ real ineiits of the Usne sub
mitted to t people,! but inauy collateral
c6nsideratiMs.
The uiai.hltagauijltth'e proposed call for
a convetit'uMil though tloiiparaHYely ineaere.
settles adverlely the roposi bin to amend
the constitui.n by a cIuveutioiiof the peiple
however prter atf-i desirable that method
if aineiidmeikt may bel It settles iti bei-ause
the rd cal yfembcrs tf the Legislature, at
tiie behest (fl their p4rty, iwammously' re
fused to vot for' tie ejU of a eouveutiou of
ihe peop.e ut the Legaslature. Kuch a call
canuot ,e iilde withi4U the votes of at least
a few of the,uaud-tby and their par'y thus
assume the grave iespTtusibility t f prevent
ing the peojill; from1 attending and reformiug
iiieir omauictiaw. k
The oiilyfrl'matninJ method of amending
the coUftilutiiiu is by legislative enactments
altliou li tlKf constitution perHtes oppress-ivt-ly
ip inaiM respect4 and soine of itsjiro
viijobs 'precj'dde' all hope of general pros
pe jity whiletJiey continue iu force, yet it is
mainih'Stly tlL duty if every good ciiizen to
seek reliet Iffm such tsv lis by Xhe legislative
wiorf;,!howeVr slow paud unsatisfactory, iu
ne present ewiergeucf, u may be. Veeii
ture to hope that the uieinbers of the I.
lature will,! Jvhen tey assemble, at once
agree upon j this plant of relief, and wore
spectikHy silggest tha, in
the ineautime.
the iople gite proinnt and
free ex oressim
of their wishes! as t
they desire. h that thfe Legislature may le
iuforiijied f )e popular will, as well as may
be, iu reference to constitutional reform.
That the Material, iudust ial and educa
tional" interHt of the state are in a ca-
lamaitou clitirn ife manifest to the coin
inuest obseHer. Tlere is now a direful in-
cubns upon Jlle state -fthat deadens the ener
gies of the jiel'ple a n destroys all reason
able hope ot luture pfosper:ry. Ibvery man
has the distressing sefase tha; he labors and
toils ii vaiufjl ! f
These evilsmre not lowing to-any lack of
industry and fersisteift effort t h the imrt of
the people, Kyer siifce the late war they
have worked ajssiduo fiy, and thousands have
laboretl wlnj 'in-ver labored before. ' Thy
have lived e nomicaly The soil has gene
rally yielded km1 ero)S and fair riees have
beeu realised jot tlieiii. ' Irut their earnings
are g.me : UerearesUiey I lietr desolated
farina are nol t rest orep. The waste places
aic um utiMMm. i iigreaier nu inner oi me
towuslkud yfges ar as decayed as at the
Iose of the war : I man v .of them are
in a w orsecoiiditiou. i The destroyed manu
factories, witlbut fev exceptions, have not
beeu rebuilt I And Mjrhere, we, repeat, are
uii earnings, pt our mfoveruhed peple ?
They are swallowed Op in oppressive taxa-
tnaf, t supp)it a f ystini of state government
esseutially eeusive,aiKl a Rad cal extrava
gance withoul a parallel in. the history of a
ireer people.
During theprst twl years under the pres
ent.-.cnstitUffiou -$,S07.580 were clWcted
from the peole; au4 every dollar of this
vast sum wa expended in the admtnistra
thm of the Sirtta govehnnent au average of
over $lXX).0f il) a; yeliri tbout ten . times
Vhat it costjt adini4ister the;'govtruiueut
before tt7e' tw ir I There belobged to . the
School Fund, ilerjvedfroin the Land Scrip
donated by th i Lllrted States, the sum of
$122,000.1 Tl
is sum 1 was! inpesf erf' mostly in
special 'raxbliads
i.njjwik...i r.,j ..: n..
v iuiiu ta vii iubuj
lost.
These inoris
ionaSevls are legitiinate fruits
js of tle present eoustitutiou
rule under it. The present
of the work In
and radical in
oraniaatioit fisteus 0;iu the jieople a system
oil governmen ', essentia ly extravagant the
towuship svtfinalejiefiiaking necessary
aloUt three ih usandofficers at an anuual
expense of frojo. $30l.000 to .$4(K),-000. It
establishes apliblic dbt nuiouutihg to .f 40,
(k00Jli0. Iu.!f fh!i' is' confessedly ,Vis
lioWst'and fra idulent and which the people
are unable tf pay. ' f - t - . ;
; Under t)iis.rganij law people are sub
jected to au uoleiabje misrule at the haiids
of the railiciil jiartfV jI)y meani of. notori
ous fraud, fokci and lite sword, that party
had absolute? control ojf the: convention that
fyiaintd;thejfei ent co tfetirutbri.land likecbii
trol of the rirp , .legislature that assembled
under it; and': Ithoogih the people w?re im
poverished, hi Tdic4i convention and leg
islature increaeid the ublic debt from $20,
000,000 to ceir ' $40,000,(X)0, In less than
eighteen month. ,0f this 820.000.000:8
than 50Q,(KX hare goi;t. iuto t,he pablie
works or to th Wnefirj of the ,(eiple' This
party Ia led in office a 'governor who abso-
lutelyisuspeudetl the const itut'u u, and lawof
the btUeS' he "arrested scres of innocent
eitizeis without warrant or any authority of
w itn suspeuded tltei writ of hubeas corpus
and dffied the Chief J list ice. tf the State $
be iiiadehis warrant from time to time on
the Tea"urer f,,r largei suma f moiiev with4
;ut the Saiiition of law;' he raised a lawless
and li.ercenary; horde 'oT'despeiadors and
arinei them at the Public expeuse to execut'
in." nrfuir. wiii. i ins party elected to ihe
State convention and -the ijegiglature scores
of liien notorio'is for their IgiioranceJ ITcVc
tiousness. dishonesty and corruption; who nt
the lieheftsof their party and knavish sjec
ulato a Increased the public debt to the euor
uiousfiun already f tai eiti This jmrty de
graded and disgraced t be Judicial) by elect
to high ju. ieial stations men shamefully
ignorant and rorrupt, and others who have
...-...., ..it i I -1.1 ... '
uoi jM-runieu m u auiiest the most biatant
paitfzau feelings while holding their office3.
This party have ruined the credit of the
State they have blasted the hopes and pros
perity of the people in, the inost shameless
aud defiant mauner they have made every
department of the iroVf rimixnt u
and reproach', T. , estKblish ihe truth of
these charges we need but noi nt to the his .
twy f the Stat6 for tlni last three years and
appeal to the observation of every iuteiH
geut uitizeu'. "
This constitution and this party with a
radcal, reckless and extravagant "adminis
tration of the Federal Government, nakniin
the manifest rauses of the sutferiugs. poverty
and ruin that crush the people of the State.
nauicai party nave brought upon us all
these evils, and there is no relief from them
But through salutary changes 'of the Consti
tution, and a change of lour 'fTfeseut rulers
for Others who shall be capable, honest, wise
and patriotic, i '-.
The present conitutinn is loose, illogical,
contradictory and absurd in many ol iu provis
ions, and it wtrejivell if it could' be entirely re
wriite but this id tMt practicable by the iegis
fative nnxle of amendment. Action will be
expedited by amending it in a few very imjKir
tamv particulars, for the present, aud leaving
gonentl'niendnient to a future time.
lit the judgment of the KxecutiveComniittee,
the constitution nhoiild at once be amended in
the following; particulars: !
Seetipn 6 of Article 1 should be so amended
as to strike ont ail thereof that provides the t'art
lubilily of the public debt. ' j
Section 2 of Article 2 should be so anieqded
as to provide that the Legislature shall meet
regularly every two years, instead of everv vear.
and it should be jirovided that the.members of
the legislature shall receive $3.00 per day and
10 cnts mileage, and such pay for no longer a
Ieni jhan 100 days during theif term of ViiTice.
The office of Superintendent of Public Works
should be abolished. ; j
Article 3, Sect ion 1, should be so amended as
the Governor. !aud other (ifficers therein int-n-tionid
shall hold their officlts but two vearts. in
stead of femr years, a now provided.
Seetipn 10 of Article 3 sliould be so amended
as to provide that the Governor shall iioniiiiniM
the offi-ers therein mentioned, by and with the !
u..ivv mm mimcm ui inc cjcuuie, unless omer-wi-e
provided by law.
AniCle 4 shtmhl le po amended "a to strike
out sections nnd 3, thus abolishing the Coile
(.Vniihifssion. I
Station 4 of this article shoul J be stricketi out,
leaving the IJeislUturc to regulate the nninUr
and Mile of j Courts. Instead of five Supreme '
S. 3.1 . .. , A . "preuie ,
Court JjudgesJ and twelve Superior Court Judg
es, as now provided, there should be but three
Suprertie Court and eight Shjierior Court Judg
es, trli shall be elected everv eight years. Sec-
lion ii, iz, ia, 14, 1-V lo, 17, 18, 19, 26,27,
2M! f? ? rtk!ould Ustrickeuout,
J u :
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I niirl linn in cnli Kmuir .,-1, ..! I
";".v,i kjnviiui vtiitn tffiu iiiieTiiir
Courtsas thej General Assembly may establish.
Section 4 ejf article 9 should" be stricken out,
thus striking out the mortgage provision on all
the properly of the State tor the interest of the
public debt, ji !
Section 6 of article 5 should le so amended
as to enlarged the class of exemptions so as to
include " stock and provisions."
Article 6, section 5, should be so amended as
to provide th:t the persons therein rendered in
eligible for ohiee shall likewise be rendered iti
competent to-vote.
Article 7 siiould be abolitihrxl
l t:' ' '' l' J - N. vy i
f iO, tllilS SWCeiM!)2 awav ihe Tnu-iixhin xuxtrui m.l
leaving the matter tohc Legislature.
Ariicle 1Q! Should be so amended aa in nro.
virl.. ih-vt ,uM u..;.....j ,
nlv 1.11 . I , iT . ST ii . aV 1
ply to all debts alike, ami it lu 01 t..
ti.. ii L.i.i.'-Uw 1
Article 11 section 10, should be so amended r T 'Ti T Governments, f o cor
a to pj-ovidi diat its benefits shall Steady . . h IZZ?'.?!'?
to Wdiaetit. niirsonfi
I rr-" "
' Article 14 section 7, should be so amended
as to providl that no person shall hold any lu
crative oflice under this State while he hohls an
office under the United Slates.
Section 5 of article 2, should be so amended
as to abolishj the provision for taking a census
of the ijiate in 1875, and every ten years there
after.! , . . !
We would; suggest as a further amendment,
that sec. 5 of art. 9. be so amended as to nrovidw
fthat the University shall be under the control
of the General Assembly,whoshall elect a board
of trustees, ol wlueu the Governor shall be ex
officio cliainnan.'anil fee. tlons 13 and 14 of that
article should be stricken out.
Other amendments should be made, but those
suggested, would relieve the people from the
burdensi.me and extravagant State government
that now swallows np their earnings, and fast
ens upon them a Slate debt which they cannot
pay, but of hieh they may easily so compro
mise and adjust the honest portion, as will re
duce it within manageable limits.
We deem' it worth while to notice in this ad
dress, that wicked and interested persons tin
principled and violent radical partizans in and
out pf thU State for sinister purjioses, have
sought) to produce tlie false impression that the
Democratic Conservative party have and elo
connive, at and encourage tlie perpetration of
crmie and outrage. To this detestable end they
have, wherever they could, prostituted the press,
legislative and judicial proceedings, and resort
ed to every . : means within their power. Such
imputation not only groundless, falseand slan
derous, but infamous to the last degree, and be
trays a spirit of wickwluess, we venture to as
sert, without a parallel in political warfare.
The party which we represent has always and
P r-L-ie.itly to.idemncd trim?, by whomsoever
perpetrated, and has repeatedly gone out of the
usual political course to denounce it, and urge
upon the people the high importance of peace
and good order, and the duty of every good cit-i
jzen to be. active "and zealous in bringing of
fenders i to justice. s
The course piirsued by the unworthy persons
to whom we refer is deeply to be deplored by
all good men of, every polititial party. It is not
onlv ignoble, bin it tends to dosiroy the moral
and legitimate effect of the Voice of the press,
Icgislatif e action and judicial determination,
for the suppression of crime their constant ef
fort is to turn such matters to political advan
tage by giving Uicm a jxlitical turn, and thus
they produce the almost inevitable conviction
ori the mind.i of disinterested observers that the
purpose of the press, the Legislature and Courts
isnot lpsupprtjcrimeand outrage, bti!to manu
fdctnr! political Capital and advaiHajfe from the'
very crimes of ofl'enden, and thus eugvn Jer lAt4
ter fetling among thcHonfionentjs destroy H
Cdcnce in the Cour a aid bring them into tlLH
grace and Iconicinpfi ii vi -,ci in- .t-n
We again urge our frind lolset (leir faces
agauit violence and lawlcssnem of all kind:
and to be esiWially a'cfive in preventing secret
outrages .by dMguiaed person. i j L i ; i
It is to lie regretted that the people of this
State have failed to take any very a.tive inlcr-i
est itt national jiolities since the clone of the
late war. In our judgment thia w nnwise. Oub
iKH.ple are of the Union it w our rovernm. i.i
and tnitiwe must jiiok, as w'a hay the riehtl
fri .11l,tU..t .? 1 . ...
r V1"T ,lu;"on' in our ngnia i ntei
liberty and property, a! home and abroad -wo
owe it allegiance and siipirt, ahd it i n tatri
olic duty to vield theseit is aa much our dutvi
to join our fellow-connlrym.-n in shaping nnci
controlling the policy and iestinvW this great
conmion national government; Ve1iave all
the rights that any of the American pcopbf havej
anil we are false to the country and ourselves
if wJ fail to recognise, exercise and act npon
them,. The people haye rights; Ut tliem ex
ercise them firmly and respectfully, and when
need be, assert them as freemen and American
citizens in the councils of the nation, in politi
cal assemblages, and everywhere. If we con
sent to be dwarfed and ignored nationallv, then
indeed, we may expect toiie for all time to come.
,Our common ctmntry ia subject to grievous
IoHtical'evits'tf which the comjws of 'this ad
dress wi!'. allow us to advert Very bridly,
Officwl corruption - in high nnd. low places ;
public extravagance; usurpation of great pow
ers not confjured, but denied ami prohibited by
the constitution; high and - oppressive tiirirf
f ster iminense monopolies; prostitution of offi
cial patronage to proimae jmrty ascendency ; a
system of taxation which, brings into active ser
vice iii the interests of the parly in power,
hordes of Internal Revenue officers who oppress;
plunder and out rage , the iieople of the nation,
and under which large "surplus sums of money
are raise'd that ought to remain in the pockets
of! the people; a general syMtern of epoiuge;
si suspension of the liberties of ihe eople hkui
the slightest pretext, in express violation of the
const ituti4n; armed military .interference with
the treedom of elections; a general system of
oiaciai oriiK-ry and party favoritism in every
departnunt, and the administration of the af
fairs of the government are public nationalevils,
the enormity, extent; and danger of which can
scarcely be measured or appreciated by the peo
ple subject to them. That these evils" do exist,
is manifest to everybody. The dearest, highest
interests of a free puoule demand thattliev shall
not close their eyes to such dangers too long, "lest
uie time shall come when they will find their
form of government changed in name a well
as ir fact, and their liberties lost.
Most it not all these evils, are attributable to
the liadical or liepublican party of the nation.
to its doctrines, policy and practices. It is
essentially a party inimical and dangrrous to
the constitution and publicand iersonal liberty.
It is founded ujkiii the despotic dogma that there
is a " higher law" than the constitution; it is
emphatically and essentially a "higher law"
party. This dogma i.s it life and bool, and it
proeeeds on the jesuitical maxim, that "the end
justifies the means." Hence it is, the head of
mis party, (he president, does not hesitate to
send the army to New York and elsewhere at
the orlhta tins State, Texas and all over the
South in violatiuu ol the letter aud spirit of the
constitution, to control the elections and pre
pare the way to his and his party's continued
ascendancy, and his own election. Hence, too.
we find him lor like purposes suspending the
wrtioi lutoeu cot-pit in a tune of protound pe-ace,
arresting the ciiizen without warrant or lawful
authority, but only by lawless force. Hence.
.1 , , 7 ,M nSre yowedly,
aiKi , i,e most riotous manner, iwssim? Inws
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atone time to oust the jurisdiction of the Su
i r -
preme Mitirt ot the Lnion to prevent that great
tribunal from declaring its acts and assaults on
the constitution unconstitutional and void, at
tIl;U Court will,
anotiier time passing a similar lawiio "pack
partizans to alter a solemn de-
niade, but distasteful to this
"higher law" partv
. l"'x.
Hence, too. hundretls of
other similar acts done by this party which il
lustra te the principles, policy and practices
wnicn we nave attributed to it, and which if
not arrested and suppressed, must result in the
absolute overthrow of the system of govern
ment formed and handed down to us by Wash
jugion ami ins compatriots. That such a party
has leen allowed to spring upon American soil
is monstrous and alanmnt:!
There is but one other great political party
in the country thaf is the National !enoerati'c
party. In our judgment, it is the patriotic duty
of every lover of liberty and free government to
co-operate with liat great and powerful partv
to arrest the tremefioous evils to w hich We have
1.' BOO!Kr."r ,not
I .. I J 1 TH ,, . I
siippresscti, destroy ireeaom and establtsU de-
P" and the sword.
r m f
10 accomplish tin great measure of reform
ry patriot, without regard to his
. party affiliations. We stand in detertuinH op-
-T " v.... . s o 111s ii uivnu
ik.iu.ii iii me ciuiics nun evils to wiiK'li we
have briefly directed public attention, a;d we
: ask all good people to Stand with us. tihistinsi
1 that such common patriotic eflort, tlinmgh tlie
messing oi ikki, may save us and our country
liom lmpenuing aanger and ruin. '
TIIOS. UR.G(;. Chairnian
A. S. MEKRIMON, I
M. A. IiLEDSOlC,
li. II. RATTLE. JR.
J. Q. DECARTERRT, I
C. M. RUSHER
W. R. COX,
, J.J. LITCH FORD,
. Central Executive Committee.
THE CONSTITUTION OF NORTH
CXHOLINA.
Provisions Affected t y A menrfments nciflel by
mrcu KAJiiiuuuee oj me ucmoeralle Lv.-iscrv
The finllowing Articles and Sections are taken
from the Constitution of the State to show
wherein it is proposed by the Democratic party
to amend the Constitution of North Carolina by
Legislative enactment t
AKTlCI.E I
Section 6. To maintain the honor ami good
faith of ihe Slate untarnished, the public debt.
regmariy coniracien belore and since the rebeH
ion, shall be regarded as inviolable and never
be questioned ; but the State shall! never
assume or pay, or authorize the collection of,
any debtor obligation, express or imoiied. in
curred in and of insurrection or rebel lion(against
the Vniteel States, or anv claim for the- loss or
emancipation of any slave.
article II.
Sec. 2. The Senate and House of Represent
atives shall meet annually on the third Monday
in November, and when assembled, shall bede-
nomiatedtheGeneral Assembly. Neither Homta
J shall proceed upon public luisiness, unless a ma-
jvuij ui an uie inemuers are actually present.
ARTICLE III." f
. 1 oe executive uepanment shall con
sist of a Governor, (in whom shall be vted
the Supreme executive power of the State, a Lt.
Governor, a Secretary of State, ah Apditor, a
Treasurer, a SunerinferTdpnt of Pnti;
a Superintendent of Public Instruction! and an I
Attorney General.' who "shall L UMrnP.'
term of four vear by t!te qualified voter of the
fcstate, at the same time .and places and. in tha
s.Vriie manner members of the General As
sembly art elected Their terra of office shall
commence cnrlhe first dJy of January next af
ter their election, sud continue until their Suc
cessors are elected an.1 QualiCM: Virrff.
That the oflers fir-t. elected, sluJ! iume the
duties of their office ten davs after the approval
of this Constirntion by the' Con?re of the U.
Suites and shall hold their office four years from
nei auer tne nrsi aay.ol Januarv, ISiiy.
'Address aks far aNdition ofthHbnje.
See. 10., The Governor slut il lo:nio.itt. and.
by and with the advice and co:i-nl u( tnil.iriiv
of the Senators elect, appoint all officers' wuie
offices are established bv this Coniit.uit, ur
wuuiisnau oc created bylaw, ami wUwoa
pointments are not otherwise provi led lor. and
no such oflurer shall le apuointeil or eh-eud by
. i - ,i -
iue vjenerai jvfcsemuiv. .
. ARTICLE IV.
Sec. 2. ThreeCommissionersvhall ltmrMMnt.
ed by this Convention to report to ihe .iettrml
Ass rnbly at Its first session after this Constitu
tilution shall be adopted bv the ncotdc. rule
of pr.ic ice and procedure in a- co.d ok-c with the
rovisions of the foregmna section, and the
Convention shall provide tor the Coaiaiission-
ers a reasonable compensation.
oec d. Ihe s.inu Commissioner shall also
report to the General Assembly as soon as prac
ticable, a coxle of the law for 'North Carolina
The Govenr.or shall have power to fill all ti
cancies occurrim; in this tmmission.
Sec 4. Thejtidi. ii! power of the Sute shill
e vestetl a Court for irial of Impeachment, a
Suptenie Ci tirLSni erlcr Couits, Conns of Jus
tices of the Peace, aad Spec:tl Courts.
Sec. lL The S.ipreme Gain hU have orig
ins (jurisdiction to hear claims against the Slate,
oui lis uecisious stiall be merely recomuieUtory ;
no process in the nature of execution shall issue
thereon; they shall be reported to the next ses
sion of the General Assembly for its actions.
fee. vz. I be state shall be divided into 12
udicial districts, for eadiof which a Jude shall
le chosen, anil hold a Sujerior Court in each
county in said district at least twice in each
year, to continue for two weeks, unless the bu--
sines shall be sooner disposed of.
txHj. 13. Until altereil by law, the following,
shall be the Judicial Districts :
Frst District Currituck, Camden, I'asqno-1
tank, Perquimans, Chowan, Gates Hertford
lieiiie. ,
Second District Tyrrell, Hyde, Wtshingtonj
Ilcaufort, Martin, Pitt, IMgee-ombe.
lhinl District-Craven, CartereL Jones Greene
Onslow, Lenoir, Wavne, Wilson.
i-ourth District Brunswick, New Hanover,'
D iplin, (Jluinbus, Bladen, Sampson, Uoheson
Fifth District Cumberland, Harnett, Moore
Richmond, Auson, Montgomery, Stanly, Union.
Sixih District Northampton. Warren. Hali
fax, Wake, 2ash, Franklin, Johnston, Gran-
vine.
Seventh District Person. Oran?e Chatham.
Randolph, Guilford, Alamance, Caswell, Rock
ingham. ,
Lighth District S'okes, Forsythe, DaviJxni,
Rowan, Davie, Yadkin, Surry.
Ninth District-Catawba. Cabarrm. Metklrn-
b:ir. Lincoln. Gx-ton. Cleveland. It itlu-rC.r.l
Polk. ' ' '
Tenth District Iredell. Wilkes. B irkc. Alex-
anier, Caldwell. .VJcUowel .
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Eleventh District Allezhanv. Ashe. Watau
ga, MiL hell, Y uncey, Madison, ibincomle.
A wellili liistrict llondTon, Transylvania.
II -iy wood, Macon, Jackon, Cl.iv, Cherokee. ;
Sec.. 14. Every Jndgo of Superior Court ululll
reside in his District while holdinr his oflioe.i
The Judges mav exchange Districts with ...-!
other with the consent of the (iovernor, ami the
Governor, for good reasons, which he shall re-;
port to the Legislature at its current or next
session, may repdrc any Judge to hold on,- or
more spex-Hieu terms ol said v ourts in lieu of
the Judge in whose District they are.
Sec. 15. The Superior Courts shall have ex
clusive original jurisdiction of alt civil actions
where-of exclusive original iurisdieiion is mil
given to $pnie other courts ; and of all criminal
actions in which the punishment may exceed a
fine of fifty dollars or imprisonment for one
month.
Sec 16. The Superior Courts shall have a p
pellate jurisiliction of all issues of law of fact,
determined by a Probate Judge or a Justice of
the Peace, where the matter in controversy ex
ceeds twenty-five dollars, and of matters of law
in
til case's. '
Se-c. 17. The clerks of the superior courts
shall have jurisd:clion of the probate of deeds.
the granting letters testamentary and of admin
istration, the appointment of guardians, lliean-
prentiiing of orphans, to admit the accounts of J
executors, administrators and guardians, aud of
such other matters as shall be prescribed bv law.
All issues of fact joined before them shall be
transferred to the superior courts from their
judgments in all matters of law.
Sec 18. In all issues of fact, joined! in airy
court, the parlies may waive the right to have
the same detcrmine-d by jury, in which cae the
finding of the Judge uj on the facts shall have
the force and elllct of a verdict by jurv. j
Sec. 19. The General Assembly shall provide
for the est.ihli-hment of sjiecial courts, for the
trial of misdemeanors, iu cities and towns, where
the name may be necessary. '
Sec. 2d.' The Justices of the supreme court
shall lie elected by the qualified voters of tlie
State, as is provided for the election of members
of the General Assembly. They shall hold (heir
offices for tight years. The Judges of the sujie
rior courts shall be elevted in Kke manner, and
shall hold their offices for eigbt years; but tlie
Judges of, the suierior courts elected at the firvt
election tinder this constitution shall, after their
election, under the superintendence of the Justi
ces of the supreme court, be divided by lot into
twoe-pial classes, one of which shall hold office
for four years, the oilier for eight years.
Sec. 27. The General Assembly" may provide
by law that the Judges of tlie superior courts,
instead of being electee! by the voters of lac
whole State, as is herein provided for, shall be
elected by the voters of their respective Dis
tricts. - ;;
Sec. 28. The superior Courts shall be, at all
times, open for the transaction of all lusiness
within their jurisdiction, except the trial of Is
sues of fact requiring a jury.
Se-c. 31., All vacancies occurring in the offi
ces provided for by this Article of this Consti
tution, shall be filled by the appointment of
ihe Governor, unless otherwise jprovided for.
and tlie appointees shall h-jld their places until
the next regular election.
Sec. 33. The several Justices of the Peae
shall have exclusive original jurisdiction undir
such ivgualalion as the Genera I Amembly thill
prescribe, xf all evil actious, founded on ct
trari, wherein the sum demanded fdiall not ex
ceed two hundred dollars, and wherein the title
to real estate shall not be in controversy j and
of all criminal matters arising within their
counties, where the punishment cannot exceed
a fine of fifty dollars, or imprisonment for oriv
mint!. When sn issue of fact shall bejoinep
be ore a Justice, on demand ofeiiher pan v there
to, l.e shall cause six men to be summoned,
who shall try the same. The partv sgaimt
whom judgment shall be rendered in'sny civil
action may appeal to the superior conrt from the
flauie, and; if the judgment shall exceed twenty,
five dollars, there may be anew trial oft he whole
matter in the appellate court: but if Mhe judg
ment shall be for twenty-five dollars or !ess,then
the case shall be heard in the appellate conrt
only upon matters of law. In all cases of s crim
inal nature, thsv party.agsinst whom judgment
w given may appeal to the superior court, where
the matter jdiall be beard anew. - In alt cases
brought before Justice,' he shall make a rfe-
krd of thtf conrt irtWedintrs. iil fiV iIJlT1
win. m cierK oj the mrerior court for Lis
. . u t t - s. ,
ieounty. w .'I'I 1 : ..-' .1,
iH ,- - IL ARTICLE V., . . ,. ; ,
i fcec. 4. I he OtTeral Asserably shall by ap
propriate legtolatloh and l.r
lion, provide for the romptand rxdir pay
nent of the puMiddedt,d aficr Ibeyesr l&SQ,
n hiimu lay a specpic anmtsl Ui cpm tk real
ml personal property of tht Sute, sn.i tlie sura
lints realizefl sJiallibe set apart as a sinking fund,
to le derotetl lotlte synient of the pil.lklebt.
8ec 6.' Property belongiiit to the Stale, r1
mnnicipal corjritio!s, ,ha!l beexetn from
iaxation. . TbeGeticral Awxtabiy mav exempt
cemetarie and ifoperly held for etbictUual,
scietnilic, literary, hsrilable, or religious jsir
pocs; al-o, WeariiijJ apparel, arms for muster,
household and kitchen furniture, the mechan
ical and agr cwltural implemenls of mechanic,
farmers, libraries, and scientific instrnmtnts, to
a iralue not exceeding thrve hundred dollar.
ARTICLE VI.
See. 5. Tlie following cUoscs of persons idiall
le djnuajiifiel for pBkf 1 HrsH AU persons who
shall deny the beipj of Almighty God. Second,
All persons who shall have been convicted of
treason, perjury, n of any other infamous crime
since becoming cittzens of the United States, or
of corruption, or roal-practice in office, unless
such person liall ave been legally rettord to
the righu of citizenhii.
ARTICLE VII.
Sec. 1. In each jboanrv. there shall be elect
biennially, by the qualified voters thereof
provided for the defection of members of tl.
General Assemblyi the following otTicers: Trr
surer, Register of Dcetls, Surveyor and five
Commissioners.
Sec. 2. It shall ibe the duty of the Commis
sioners to exercij a general suiervUion and
conthd of the penal and charitable in-titutions.
schools, roads, bridges, levying of txe aod fi
nances ol the county, as mav le prcrilcd by
law. The RegUtef of I Veils shall be exojjicio
Clerk of the IVartf of Commist.ioner.
Sec 2. It slull e the duty of the commis
sioners first clefteilin each county, to divide the
same into convenient District, to dett rmiiie the
boundaries sim! prfsenbe the name of iKcsaid
Districts, aud to rori the same to the General
Assembly In-fore tlfc- firt day of January, IS9.
Sec. 4. Ujsm th approval of tlie reports pro
vidwl for in the foregoing nertion, bv ili Gen
eral Assembly, thcaid Districts fhall haveivr
israie towcrs lor the necvarv iMirnones of lo
cal government, aiwl bhall be known as Town-
ships. ;
Sec. 5. In each Towr'"' there shall be bi
ennially cleeliil, by the qualified vo!cr lliere
of. a clerk and twit Justices of the Peace, who
shall constitute a ISwrd of Trustees, an I shall,
under the suerviioiiof theitsintr txHuwisFi'tn
ers, have tonirol t( the laxin and 'Cnancr. roaU
and brides of the 'Iwnship ssmay be rerri'
by law. The (ienfral A-scniT.ly may provide
for the election of larger number of Ju-iicc-of
the Peace in ciae-s and town and in ibour
Townshi( in whicp cilif and towns are situa
te i. In every Township there shall aim be bi
ennially elet-tcd a k'hooi committee, coniting
of three jiersons, wtiosc dui v sliall be prescribed
Lbyjlaw. I
Sec, G. The Towliship Rord of Truiee sliall
aK-s the taxabre piojcrty of their Totihip
aud make return b tlie county conimi-ioner,
for revision, as may 1 pre-M-ribed bv Uw. The
clerk shall be fx fprit rrc.iurvr of' the Town
ship. I
S-c. 7. No county, city or town, or other m'i
nieipal cor sirr.li.o shall coiilraet an dobl.
I'litle its I tiih, or Joan its crt-ilil, nor -hall anv
tax le levied, or collected by any officer tf the
same, exiTt for lhV? nce-e--ary ex k-ikt thereof,
uiile-s by a vote of a majority of the qualified
voiem iiierem.
Sec. s. No monev shall tie drawn from anv
county or Towiisldp Treasu y, extcj't by au
thority of law.
Sec. 9. All !axe$ levied by any county, city.
iow 11 or town-liip, Hiall 1k uniiorm and uil ru
I Ii
lorrm, njon an pnnriy in tlie same, except
properly exempted by ibis ConMituiiou.
Sec. 10. Tiie comiir otlieers hrl eln Uil iim!.T
the provisions of lfs Article hall enter ii4n
lucir uueies teudav alter the approval of tl.i
lonstitutioii by the Congress of the United
Slates. j
Sec. 11. The (oivernor shall appoint a suffi
cient namU-r of Jii-tiees of Peace in e-H h coun
ty, who shall hold their place until sections
lour, nve and six this Article shall have been
carried into eficct. ;
Sec. 12. All eh.oicrs, ordinance and provis
ions relating to inifd ipal i-orporaiioi shall re
main in foree until legally changed, ui.bs. in
consistent with thif provision of tl.in consiilu-
Hon. t I
Arn.Ttri.K X
Sec. 1. The iiersvual itoihtIv of anv resident
of this State, to the value of live hundred dol
lars, to Ih.- nelccUi by suc h resident, nl.all
and is hereby exeiiUile'd from sale under exeew-
noil, or oiner una ; process oi any CoUrt, isued
lor me collection of any debt.
Sec. 2. Every hi:iiestenid, and the dwcllin
and buildings Usednherewith, not excceiiing iu
value one 11. ou.ouf dollars to l selected bv lb
owner thcreoT, or iii lien theref, st the option
01 tne owner, suy (iK m a city, town or vilUge
with the dwelling land build'iiit used thereon
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,,niit-u aim oecttpieti oy any reinc-fil PI tlu
Stale-, and not exceeding the value of one thous
and! dollars, shall lie exempted from xle under
execution, or iibef final process obtuineei on
any debt. Rut no-jroperiy sliall U- ezemtsed
trom-sate lor taxes, or for p.tvoieiu bf !iliva
tions contracted for the purchase of said j rem
ises. -
Sec. 3. The homfstcad, after the death of the
owner t hereof, ha9 be exenij t from the pav
meat of any debt, iduriiig the minority of his
childicn, or any out- of them.
Sec. 4. The provt-ioii of section one and twj
of this article, sliall rot lie so ctm-mel a to
prevent a laborer' 1icn for work ilorie and ir-
lorme-i fir the ix.-r4iii ciaimio- Mich rtni.ii,.n
or a mechanic's lk-b for work Ione on the pre-
m 1 jjm f
ss 1 n 1 P t
Sec. 5. irtheowaerof a homestead die. lea v
ing a widow, but he children, the saine shall be
exempt from the df bts of her husband, and the
rents ami profits thereof shall inure to her Un
eht during her w(owlKod, unless she Le Ue
owner of a bomcs(ad in her own richt
Sec. C Th rt-il and i-roial prpertv
of any female in flie Stat, acq aired bf..r
marriage, i,d all property, real and rrsou
al Ut w hich she ir-ty. aftr inarriag. ltr,m
many man ur entitled. shall Iand reiuaiu th
so! and tiinte staie and prom-rly of such
r ... t . 1 -1 . . '
leiuaie, auu snail not ie liable lor anyd-bt
oiiltatioiis or engaeelnents of h-r bu.band
ami may h del ist d or bequathJ. and, will
th written assettt-'nf her hnsband, convey!
by her as if h si Jre iiBiiiarrbd.
Sc. 7. The hufbakd may insure his own
t' 1 r .1 , a . . . . .
me ior in soie use and lnrit of l.ts wifi
and children, and hi cae .f the death of tl
husband the aiiHtuut thus insurd shall b
paid over to tne '-wife and children, or th.
guardian, if underage, for her. or their own
use, from all th4 flaiins of lb rpreenta
tives ol the hiuHifl-l. r aay of hU rrdil-r
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o. .'oiinuc rinaiin-a in loreiroinf
sections f this. Ariel shall prat to pre-
P owur oiifi i..n.ta.l from Iimm
ing of the same btdd; but no dd mad
by the owner of Kfioniettead shall b rnJ
without ihe Tolubrnry signatar nud assent
j . 'D(ffJ uu "f pnvale eiami
nation according t.J law. j
I ' AlttlfLE XI. 1'
t Section 10.: Tl Gural Aaserably shal
provide that ail the iL-nf amM tk ii;nj
the insane of the Bute, aluill be cared for at
lie eCargw U tbSta'e. : , f
' i!-': ABTICXRCltr; .1 ..
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'"I w
rWtl.ttt 7. X. pr..tr shall fctdd tnore that
lucraiiveoffic tdt-r '0?ial?at tk
Mm, time '. JVodded. Tfcat tiSri u tk
Militia. JMier of tW Tesee. CWemuMoa
ers Public t baritiee afij 1 CfniiUsissWafra
appoipted f..r sprial porposes. shall not be
cnsidered officers with Q themniDg of tbi
section. ,'-.'
". ' ARTICXE .1 1. hl ' . . "
"' ?Tti'ti 5. An -nuineTti..i of llie !nl;aU
tants .f th State sliall l.taUa aader.the
dirrction of the Ueo-ral4AMildy io'the
year one UHiasaad eight huidred and seve&ty
tiv, and at the -od f every t-a tears tbre
after; and the said Senate districts shall be
p. altered by the GeueraL A.rmbly.' at the
firft M-ion after th return of every enu
meration taken as aforesaid, or ty 0 der f
Cfiigress. that e-ch Senate District shsti
cmtain. t nearly as inty Wan eqwal netn
ber f iukabitants, exeladi aliens and ln.
dians oot tasetl. and shall reaiaia cam2ur4
until th retarn of another rnuntrratio..
auJ shall at all tim consist o ronligaow
territoryi aud no couuty shall W divided in
the formation of a Senate District, aalrea
sueh couaty sliall be equitably entitled W -
ro! or more Senators. 4
AkTK LE IX.
Seiim 5. The Unirensity of Xorth Cam-
iua with its lauds, emoluments and frail.
chi-s. is under the cootn.I of the State, aoi
hall ! brld to an inseparable AnDB town
with the free public school systeua of the
State.
See. 13. The Board of Education shall
elect Trusts for the University as follows:
thm Trustee for arh county is the f tate,
whose term of office hall be eitht rrers.
Th first ineMtng t4 th Rmrd shall be held
within tm (10) days after th'ir electioa, aavd
a this aad every subseiuebt Dierlior. tm
Trust, at lhir first iiitiog, shall be ii-
vivied as ually as may 1-e, into four classes.
The seaia of th firrt cls shall be vacated
th ezplratiott ..f two yars : vt the eonJ
rLss. at ttt expiration of four years! of th
third class, at th x juration of sir yeatf ; of
tsiourlh class, at the expiratioa of eight
years so tliat on-furth may -be chose
every -eond year. .
Sse. 14. The Hoard of Educati. .a aodlbt
resident of the Uim rity shall becx pfjicio
in-mirs ! tti IVoud of Trcsls t.f th.
"uiversJy ; and shall a ith three oUirTrus-
tt-s. tit l apintI by th IViard of Trus
ts. utitnt :he Exentive Coumiittre of
the Trnds ,.f th University 4 North
t r liiia. and shall ! rlotk-d with the pow
ers Vlecatd ti tbs Exee&live Committee,
uudrr the xitine rgau:tstHm f Ue Iasti
tutHiu. Tie (rt-rttr "shall ex officio
Pr-sidat of the bsrd of Trutes and
Chiirmu of lb F.trrutiv Crrnmitteof the
Limeisity. Tlie R ard of Edocatioo shall
provij for th umr ierf-ct organlxatioa id
th Board of T'0l-s.
TIIE 111 RLE IN ROMK.
The following graphic description it
ettrartitl from Mary JInaitt's paper on
" Rome iu 1871," published in tie Lei.
ure llttur lor Augmt. It shows so met bio r
of the wonderful chanv prodaretl in the
Ilonly Ciiy by the introduction f the
Riblc.
In the mean time the Bible Society hat
opened its store in the Uors, near tbo
very spot who, a few rears a, tbo
pict made a bonfire of 14 bad bocki'
and destroyed as such ertry copy of tire
Scriptures they could lay tbeir bands on.
A colporteur may be seen frix-Jy selling
iu the street the Testaments, Old and
Ne w, or ei-rplc copies ol the Gospels, a
tracts, lor soldo or n each. Yonr acr
vant, if she can rrad,, which is by no
means generally the case, will be found
n-ading the New Testament in herontidy
ki:chii, leaving;, the dinner tilings a
w ashed, because, ''Oh, sijrnora, it is sd
i:iterotiiig and beautiful in that book P"
The diivt r of y out carriage, loo, wLUejU
w aits for you at a shop, biirgs Jita Lis
pocke t I. is half penrry copy of St .Mat
thew or Ht. Luke, and is so absorbed,
peihajis by the Serruon on iLc Mount, or
the history ol lhc birlh nf the Saviour
whom be pbaf-autly rtcognizea as the'
blcsaid It.iUilino of his boyhood that
jou have to jouse hiui as out of another
w oild w bin you an rcy to proceed.
Every wlii re, soniciimes in almcit ludic
rous ways, you sec liow tLe imagery of
the I5ib! u taking hold of the puUk !
mind; thbs the otlrer day, when one of!
ihos halfpe nny newpabers, now to ea
gerly rcail by the lower class, was speak
ing the .i Mailt appearance which the ;
mayrr of Jberity made mln n riding along !
the Corso it , cribed htm as mouuled i
011 a horse, splendid al oue of those in i
the Aj;tlypse. No longer is the com-
ptiison drswn from t he familiar steeds of j
IM.idUs aiai Praxiteles, on Monte Cavallo,
but fi-otn Imse seen by St. John in Lii
vision on be lord's day, iu the island fci j
'ltmoa. 5S0, again, at the mery artists ;
f tlival, when l'bara !i a as repiesented In
ti 1 - i . . 1
an tun r.jjiun grandeur, one ol the at
tendants jwas bard eiplsiuing to hts
fellow s tl.t sul j ct of the comic shew, and
his mind being full of the Mosaic narra
tive, he ave tlie whole history vf ihe
chi'dn 11 of Israel in 1'gyp.ian bondage,
aud the destruction of Pharaoh and hit
host in the Red Sea, which, tboogh it
had iiolhiiig whatever to do with the com
edy, yi t ticfuatrd that nulc knot'of list
eners for half an hour. It is eery Inter
esting ai:d curious to w.uh Uie adranca
of light irito this Id papal daiknesi, and
little incidents that axe continually crop
ping up ii its progress are worth detailing.
Tims, siine ate sraiidalizcd by heating
he Virgin Mary spoken of as the wife of
acarpenu r. They have evr thcoght cf
her as tl.1 Queen of Heaven, the Mother
ol God, "w ith crow n on her head, her
fingers cvt red iih tiefs, aud siring cf
pearls round hi r neck. Imagine then the
apparent dceecraiion, when peihapa the
pious, humlL wieof a carpenter finds
herself fia.idiag, as it were, on the same
!evtl with lire lladot.s for a candle at
whose sLiinc, at the comer cf her awn
foor street, she has many a time rired
icr lat'bafjocio. Tim head and heart
need be sound, and ihe trnth which !
given io place of Ihe old fUc need coma
with a great Ieaveu cf love, if it is to c
itself in the heart aud conscieuca of.thcsa
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