! !
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Now, men are sold nil over the land for mo-
peyjuattbeiamaaa yon ou'dell ao mauy
paint of Uoc or no many (found of tobac
po. Intelligent mn of tljuir own party as
sure ua that bi-Urv of U th Cucasiau
pant all over the land.
- Now Wad caused it I It; was not Known
putil the Radical came iuto office-the na
tural presumption U that the party in pow
yt ar th author of it- it d'ul nut exist
w h n ther came iuto poweij. It exiata no,
H Viil itinut5 to eit a loug w4hoy
M iuaiu io olficc. 9
' ThuJ nuWlnlTTationT'poiht of view.
No w what hat , that party done for the,
;.utrthf .When the war cloMfj. our slave
w ere taktfa from u ncHil one half of our
Tvpcrty4-our coantry va dcwlatejdY our
li'otie were burned down, bur btock driven
ion and killed, and the u jiolej fare of the-
.country- jmawje mliit .WMUenion. All
ibis w,e aubjuitUrd tu idirfujly us tj re
Hulta of the kbi. ' J f
Then new, constitutions were forced upon
ji in the place of the constitutions of our
jTatbra. ' I . j i
The new constitution of North Carolina
waa h" one-third of the w hite
itizcos was Unfranchised, j It was the com
bined -aVrfc of fcarpet bag malignity and
African ignorance. All our experienced men
.were displaced from tj,j public- council to
-allow the thieving carpet bagger to bam
boozle the ignorant race j and j what have
.been the results t Tbey bd already stolen
from Korth Carolina everything which could
jbe -taken and parried awsiy ah.d we had
.nothing left but our good old Nbrth Caroli
honcstv, which gave ucedit. Qur State
.bond' would still bring something in the
.market because ixjople had confidence in
,our prpmUcs and relied upon bur honesty,
hathey bare stolen our honesty.
They issued $2,000,000 worth of bond,
they said, to build railroads! in the State
but where are the roads I These bondi wtre
all placed in the hands of tihejr friends
.Littlefield and Swepson got $7,000,060 to
finish this road. They have not built one
mile of railroad. They have done koine work,
they dag out a little dirt beyond the Ridge
jiitt fbout as much as jou'd dig by tak
ing a dog and drag him byj the hind legs
.down a hill and that ia unpaid for lor
the contractors who did the Vfork have nev
ur beu able to get their inoocy. !
pr. Sloan, president of thip tyjlinington,
.Charlotte and liutherford Railroad, reti
. ed $3,000,000. lie built a bqdge across the
Pee Dee and two and a halfmil.es of road
about two millions to the mile S Dr, Haw
kins received $1,200,000. He built about
20 miles of road and got the Chatham Road
through to the Coal Fields. General Stubbs
received f lbO.000 and graded thirty miles
on the Williauuton Road and there the work
stopped. Those two. latter gentlemen were
Democrats, the only ones who built any
road Jifow gentlemen, that is r every dol
lar' worth ot road that you have got for
your twenty-five million of dollars. Where
has jthe money gone i - The mont of it ha
been stolen. The Radicals hive taken eve
rything they could lay their hands on ex
cept) our State Capitol, and they would hare
taken that if the legislature had not taken a
homMftfrud in ft. Ttyey renijnd me of a story
1 have heard of a company of soldiers who
wertj noted for their thieving propensities.
They were encamped during the war near a
large saw mill, and one day when an officer
rode up to their camp lie found them all
crying like babies, lie inquired what was
jto pay. You see that saw mill down there"
WuJ one, " we are all crying bejeause we can't
carry that off." (Laughter.) t broke their
heart, because they had conic to something
Hiatj they could not steal, ( daughter and
Applause.)
S 'Hqw gentlemen, let me fdipw you some-.
Hiing that has K-en dime by thp Radical par
fy in tlio South. I have hereithc minority
report of the committee appointed by Con
gress, to investigate kuklux matters in the
bout hern States, from which I will read you
u few items, showing the amount of debt
imposed upon the already ruined Southern
States by the carpet bag state governments.
i In Alabama the debt and liabilities of the
State on July 1st, 181, were $5,99,054 00.
-The present indebtedness of the State, actu
al and contingent, including Railroad bonds
is $33,381,657. Increase under Radical rule,
$32,442,312.
j In Arkansas, the debt and liabilities in
J86.1 Were $4,036,952,87. Present indebted
ness, $ JJ),76 1,263,62. Increase under Radi
cal rye, $15,724,812,75.
F In Florida the debtt in 18G0, was $221,
000. present debt, including Railroad bonds
issued and authorized, $15,76,447,54. In
crease under Radical rule, $15,542,447,51.
Our man Littlefield got down there. He
made it howl. f
! In Georgia, the debt and -liabilities, in
I860,; were $3,000,000, Present ipdeljted
nesa tnd JiabUjties, $44,4,473. Bullock
Wtnt fur Georgia. i .
i In Lousiana, tlje debts and ! liabilities in
January 186J were $10,099,070. Debts and
liabities- now, f 41,104,473. Increase over
31 millions, i j
! In North Carolin, thg debtj and liabili
ties in July 1861 were 9,609,500. Present
debts; and liabilities, $34,887i4tf7,85. An
in-flraae of over twenty-five millions. ,
! U lieuth Carolina, ilte debtaland liabili
Itiea In 1861 wore $4QO,000. in 187 1 they
amounted to $39,158 914,47, sn increase
tinder Radical rule ot over $35,000,000.
This much for poor old South Carolina.
Mississippi, m i860, had ni debt. Her
.debt incurred under Radical rule amounted
in 1870, to $1.796,u7l,0. ThU was doing
Jnighty well. They didn't 'ted but a little
Jesa than two millions.
j Texas, in 1861, had no debt. ! Her present
jlcbti and liabilities amount tQ: $17,000,000.
1 Tennessee, in October 1861, had debts and
liabilities amounting to $20,105,606,96. In
January, 1871, they amounted! to $45,688,
X'63,46. " An increaio of mori than $25,000,
p00 under Radical rule. x
I . Xovr, gentlemen, just tcf appreciate ihe
fiM of this stealing, rememler that the en
tire taxable property of North Carolina
amount to about 1 40,000,000,. i The amount
tney nave stolen trom the entire South a-
Z;u near y twice as
mint. j. tliA iiiid a.i - .
North i. k;j TJ ",v "" '
A! hl ?H !VT on,y netd
a lew more- ears to stealthn mnr Sm.ti,
reyears to steal the entir Smith
jThey have become sly and skijl.ul in their
jtliette that they would steal a chew of to
bacco from between vourteetli.!! I I.aiiirhtpp i
jThey would steal the hails out W the shoes
of the shoes
,on tne nma teet oa kicking niule. U.oud
Laghter.J And yet some meri in this se-.-tion
will become impatient, and say, Mav
bewe had; better change wir tactics. c
,Tnt eera! t doing good where we are ;
we had all' better goovw to the Republican
party and mm: it w e cannot have bei ter times.
That's a b1ght idea, ain't ir! The lKt way,
recording fo this arrangement, to topt eal
inj is frr1allthe hnnvtt men) to join the
tlilere! (Lnchtr.J Thf wav to ton
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aa. ' i ' : il. ii I.- it iu , .
iuoin:r ujc vu. iiuiik up ail I Jit? wnicKv
Continued xjag1iter. - .
j' It is aloj fashionable now to call erery-
Ay who does not; belong to the Radical
;jartV knklbxind to charge all the disor
"der of society npin the Denuraey. Now,
ho u repouiibe for the kuklux; There
a etbfy of two jenerals of ohj times One
jra.1 entrmrh?d in a strong position, and the
ptber afraid to attack, him in. his cntrenclu
perti, marwr-uVmi many days to induce, his
adruO t come o it and fight him
raratanot furniahttf such a ma 01 cor
ruption in th civil aerviraf appears in the
VnjUd State. Ntiml corruption U ram
the
i
open field. Finally he sent
him
a taunting message, saying, " If
urn are tne great general tnat you
claim tp be, tome otlt and fight me," The
other replied promptly, Ir yoa are-the
great general yon claim to be, WaU me
come out and fight you. If this Radical
party have had any new revelations from
heayen about'the art of government, and
are So much our superiors in civilisation,;
why don't they make ihenekuklux behave t.
Yhy don't they repress these disorders ih;
sbcietyl They have had absolute possession
of the government from the'highest to the;
lowest bfiice in it. Not only so. but I have
before ; stated, they disfranchised all of our
leading and influential- men," w as fo"pre-
vent any possible interference with their
rale. u fact, tbey had to tie the bull dogs
before they could rob the smoke bouse.
f4pplaise. Now, with thousands of ne
groes t j do their voting, arid regiments of
soldierf to suppress any show of resistance,
they cain't keep order in the South. What
is this ibut an acknowledgement of their ut
ter inability to govern the -ountry properly,
and tht their scheme of reconstruction, for.
all purposes except securing vots, is a total
failure If Suppose a man is grievously wound
ed by k blow from another. Certain de
rangements of the system follow ; the wound
ftittrs ind gives forth olfensive matter and
cornipion. Woald a sensible man lay all
the h.'aine of that person's condition upon
the wounded man himself, or Upon the man
who inflicted the blow! If a man's family
are noti'd for their misbehavior, are you not
apt to suspect that he is as much or more to
blame han they ? Why don't he rule them
prbperlV, and keep them in order ? '
t thpy had nndertaken to rule the South,
with justice and moderation, they would
have found no disorder here. If they had
treated freemen as they deserved to be treat
ed and' respected their rights as freemen,
they wc'Uld have found the -people-of the
South, as grateful, generous and submissive
to authority as freemen ought to be. (Ap
platise.) If white women and cbilren had
found hat 'protection and safety, which
they ou jht ever to find In christian commu
nitfes, yiou would have seen no misguided
young men goaded by desperation, to com
mit horrible outrages by night or day. If
there hid been no damnable union leagues,
there would have been no damnable ku-
kliix. Continued applause.)
took jat old Virginia, who had the good
senie, some how or other, to get control of
heriownf affairs and keep her government in
thejhanda of her own citiaiens 'You hearof
no pcu-lllux there. Some carpet-baggers
were there, but they sang very low, and
whiatt stealing was done, was done very qui
etlly. took at Missouri, Mar viand and"
L Kentucky! In many portions of those
States there was a southern sentiment and
sympathy quite as strong as any that exis
ted elsewhere x the South, but their gov
ernments were iii the hands bf their own
people, ind peace and prosperity have been
the.general rule. They have been treated as
white people ought to le treated, and there;
has been1 no disorder there.
Just h'ere, the speaker was interrupted by
the afntrance of the jury, to return a verdict
to the clerk of the superior court, in a case
of bastardy. The foreman, in a distinct
voice announced that they found that the
defendant was not the father of the child;
whereupon the Governor remarked: But
radicalism, the defendant in the case we are
trying, fellow-citizens, is the daddy of this
kuklux twiby, and all thelither bastard poli
tical institutions of the country, which they
are trying to swear to us. Tremendous ap
plause and uproarous laughter.
Now, in the case of North Carolina, all
the$e va it appropriations of money of which
I have been speaking, were hiade in 1868
and 1869, by the radical legislature, the
most corrupt body of men that ever asbm
blejl iijthis country, except the legislature of
Soiith Carolina, w hich was composed almost
entirely-of negros, and their corruption was
moie exqusaoie than that ot our legislature,
because of their ignorance. Horace Grcely
sayi, and he ought to know, that they tho t
they had as much right to sell their votes, as
theijr had to sell their mules, if they had
any; or their chickens. Nearly all of these
railroad bills were passed bv means of down
right bribbing, as is shown by the report of
uiejiraua commission, appointed by the last
legislature. In fact, it is not now denied by
any bwty; one instance will suffice the late
sleepy Downipg, as Joe Turner called him,
wlib was; a leading spirit in that legislature,
died apparently a poor man, protesting up
to his death, that he was a very honest andj
incorruptible on, yet his administrator
found among his papers, a note on Littlefield
for twenty thousand dollars. Old Littlefipl.l
forever ! Now when our democratic legisla
ture .oi itwi assemo!o:, they put a stop to
all their! appropriations, and not a singlo
charge qf political corruption has lieen
made against them. f
Now there was Holders jwarln wliich he
suspended tlie writ of habkah corpcs, de
clared hvvartial law in certain counties, im
Iorted art army of cut throats from Tenfies
see seizetLand imprisoned citizens without
warrant ind bid defiance to the laws, not to
mention his exhausting the judiciary hi
Iladical party is responsible for all "these;
Some of jlhem want to deny it now, but if
any of them ever disapproved of it they did
notthave jthe manliness to say so. Many of
you will remember that when I replied t(
Mr.Sam.Phillip9 in this hbnse when hewa4
canvassing for Attorney General, I tried in
vain to get him to say that he disapproved
it. He wjas dumb as an oyster. He wal
ashamed approve it and afraid to disown
u- 1 - ! ' i
Lpok a so at the political persecutions to
which thy are subjecting our jK-ople to the
Federal Courts, under this infamous uncon
stitutional ku-klux act. I have heard it Sta
ted .that there were ,8000 defendants indict
ed and td be tried at lialeigh no doubt i be
fore; a pafked jury of Radicaia as others
ha; beerj tried, no one of whom is charged
witft taking lite or for any other offence
which would amount to more in our State
courts thajn an assault and battery pr a fof
eibli trespass. I have seen1 five pr sjx hun
dred passing through CharlpttF $ Qne time,
of men women ami children, going jwq hun-
micu uu uuy miies irom ftome to attecul
court, some with their rations tied uu ih
ruir W miie or no money, and compel!
& of means to camp out in crowd;
...:!;... -u ....... .. ."r .lirvM
without a!shclter over their heads for week
at a timo, How-such sights do fill me with
love and admiration for the government
Theobjoci nf all this is aoDarent enoiiah'
rOne? of thfir moat riif u i
n f -ttt u.aiujuimicu uiru UHU
me impudence to teltme that they intended
to run enough pf our citizens away by ktt
khix prosecutions to carry the State in the
next elect Foils. I told him if you undertake
to do that I wil) issue a proclamation telling
them to all come back. (Laughter and
applause.; I oaly tell you what I had from
the mwths of their own leadera. Still, some
men pretend that they are not satisfied with
the progress that the democracy are making
to restore a properrnlp to the country, and
ing In the conservative ranks. One follow
will' tell you that he )3 an old w-h-i-g, and
don,t like the democrats and secessionists,
that: they brought oa the war and are re
sponsible lor all he ruin of the country,
and therefore, they think thev hadhettpr tm
ore?. (Iiighter.) Nqw, J have this to say
.ui, luiiu tn tne nrst place, these sece
eiordsts alone were not responsible for the
war: The Northern abolishionists had, in
my Opinion more to do in hri
tha.n anybody else. v But suppote the
.1
in
democrat ere to blame for: it how does
that effect the question ? What excuse docs
inac give jor-jenaing your : uuueuce o aj
party that ia rubbing the country of the lwr
tie the war left t' Suppose I was a demo
crat at the beginning ot the ' war, (which I
never was) or a secessionists, (which I never
have been) or that I helped to 1 bring on the
war, which ! never did, Js that any reason
why you should take to stealing. Laughter J
Suppose a neighbor should catch you rob
bing his hen roost, do you think it would
be a good, excuse to say: why I wouldn't
have stolen these chickens if Vance hadn't
brought on this war. More daughter.
Now, I want to tell you some oi the symp
toms of a fellow when he begins to turn
over. He first begins to talk about being
i7idejedHt." Laughter. He is not tied
down to any party, and will vote for what
he thinks best, &c. According to the diag
nosis of the most skillful political doctors,
this symptom means the same thing as the
Sheriff there, says when he leads a horse out
to the block and cries out, Who says, gen
tlemen and how much P Applause. 'This
is an independent horse 1 Great applause
In jorther words, he's tor sale. A man who
is devoted to principle cuu not be indepen
dent. Hi principles' constrain him to
vote with that party which will carry them
out. The next symptom is an inteuse love of
old Wbiggery. Laughter and applause.
Wlieu this comes out stroug you may ap
point the funeral Laughter, j Kad way's
Relief can't save him. Ureat laughter and
continued applause. I do protest and beg
that if any man wants to join the Iladical
party he won't prostitute the name of old
whlga. The whig party was at least a decent
party. The Democrats in old times used to
cal( it aristoeratit, and to some extent it was.
1 ean see now many of these old fellows who
used to dress with scrupulous neatness, their
boots so black aud shiny that a pupp would
bark at his image in them all day, Laugh
ter, his shirt collars white as paper and
stiuf as paste-board; in his pocket he carried
acdpjr of the 2satiwnal Intelligencer, and
b'owed his nose with the sound of a trum
pet in a red bandanna handkerchief. Great
laughter and applause. Such men were
the very salt of the earth for personal and
political uprightness. They elevated no
thieves and public plunderers to high posi
tions in the government; they made no Lit
tlefields the guardians of their State bonds;
thet had no Sam. Watts nor Jay-bird Jones
on the bench. They associated politically
with no Cuffy Mayos", Dewees. A. J. Jones,
Windy Billys and Jordan Chambers.' Ap
plause. j Their profane use of the name of Whig
reminds me of a circumstance that happen
ed once in my law office. A fellow came in
bne;day and taking a seat with a very sheep
ish countenance said, '-Governor, me and
another gentleman has got into little scrape
and I want you to help inc out of it." "What
sort of a scrape ?" said ."W-e-1-1, its a
a kind of a dispute," said he. "But w hat
kind of a dispute ?" said I. "Well," said he
again, "it a matter cousarning of hogs,"
(laUghter). 'Well, how concerning hogs V
said I. "Well," said he, "I believe he ac
cuses me of taking one of 'em." (Great
laughter.) He didn't w ant to call it by it's
right name. Now, if any of you jr'ant to
go bver to get your t-htvre of this plunder
that's going around, don't put it on "old
Whiggery." (Great laughter.) Don't call it
"a matter of hogs," but tome out openly
and call it by its true name a matter of
tetiliiig. (Continued applause and laugh
ter.) Some men pretend to find a great simi
larity between the doctrinces of the old
Whig party and Radicalism. There never
wa4 a greater mistake. There is no whiggery
in any of these violations of the Constitu
tion and outrages upon civil liberty that 1
have mentioned. Light is not more widely
sepirated from darkness than are the prin
ciples which distinguished those two par
ties. Just imagine, if you can, Htnrv Clay
wallowing in the fcame bed with Billy IIol
den, the Hon. Curly Mayo and Windy Bilk
ir...l,.r.,n .1 t : i ii-i ".. .
"u"u .-vju, uuu Lsumei n cosier summ
them with a stick. (Uproarious laifhter
T i si . i r .... v . ' '
I repeat if you have any Lnkiing lor the
ncsh pots of Lgypt, say so, and be done
with it. Be like the girl w hen her bashful
sweetheart, ashamed to speak his mind, sat
and swallowed his spittle in stupid embar
rassment, and kept pressing her foot with
his under the table. She finally exclaimed.
"John, if you love me. why can't you say so,
like a man, and quit dirtying mv clean
stocking." (Great laughter.)
We are making progress. Our return to
better things is slow, but I think sure. In
the;matterof our State expenditures great
reforms hare been effected by the last Legis
lature in every department. Everything
has, been cut down that could be cut down
until stopped by the prohibitions of the
Constitution. The annual expenditures, as
yoit will see by reference to the proper offi
cial documents, have been reduced to alout
one half, and when they could go no further
by reason of the Constitution, they 'submit
ted; a proration to you to change that fun
daihentallaw and made the reform com
plete. As usual, all the .authority of the
State and National governments were
brought into play to prevent the exercise of
your will in this matter. The Supreme Court
of jthe State volunteered its services by an
extra-judicial opinion to aid the p'arty
which put it in power, and a super-ben ice
able Attorney General of the United States
made stump speeches like a constable and
threatened you with the vengeance of a
new re-re-re-construction, if yon dared to
call that Convention. It was "defeated, and
the power of the Legislature to effect fur
ther reforms, like the powers of the judici
cisry, were-'eshnusted. CLauL-hterA
The approaching election is one of vast im
portance. There is nothing "to disoouratre
us in the prospect. Hatred and bitterness
are slowly passingaway from the minds of
the Northern people; and they arc now be
ginning to hear other things, and consider
other questions of policy, besides those in
spired by the malignant past-ions of the
w ar. Many of their greatest leaders are be
ginning to plead earnestly for justice and
fraternity, w herein alone are to be found the
true elements)! union and national pros
perity. In our own afflicted section, things
have perceptibly brightened since 1868. Vir
ginia has been redeemed from Iladical rule;
our pwn State, in Jnart; Georgia, Alabama.
Texas, Florida and Louisiana have either
been reedeemed or fast approaching their re
demption. Stan,4 fast to your guns, my triends ; and
keep your linstocks ablaze. The mills of the
gods grind slqwly, but they grind surely
and pxceedjng srpall. Let no allurements
entice you away from the plain paths of po
litical honor arid integrity. If one approach
es you with honeyed talk, cast him out
from among yoi-, as one who would now dis
sensions among you, that the enemy may
reap the harvest. I can but recommend to
you the platform of our gallant friends on
the mountains pf Vatauga. The resolutions
are short, pregnant with meaning, and could
not tie improve4 upon by a conclave of
statesmen. They are,
lf. pfaolred. That we are opposed to
Radicalism in every shape and form.
"2d. Rtmlptd, That we are for"anv man
for Governor, who can beat it." Applause
Iretlell is the banner county of Conserva
tism in our State, giving, I believe, the larg
est majority. Yet, I am told that you have
near a thousand yoters registered who do
not come to the poljs. This must not be.
Set ,ns the example of polling your full
strength. We will try and follow it and by
our united f fforta redeem our belored State
from her thraldom and restore to her bord
era the ancient reijm of peace and prosper-
iry, justice, aecency ana gooa government,
J '
Carolina IDntcljinan.
SALISBURY. FRIDAY APRIL W.
HON. Z. B IVANCE.
This gentleman has been invited to address
the fieople of Rowan County at the Court Hoe
in Salisbury, on Monday next, during the sit
ting of the County Couvention, and he is ex
pected to accept the invitation. We hope there
will be a good tt:rn out to hear him.
OUR CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE.
The Examiittr, gjieaLiug ia tl interest of
Maj.W. M. Robbina whom it favors as a can
didate for Congress, profees to "see or thiuk
it sees, an effort making to override the pomIar
will and force upon the District (he nomination
of a candidate by mean of packed Convention,
moneyed and ring influence," and thereupon
warns the people, &c.
This ix grave talk, and our neighbor has much
more of the same sort. It says 44 the nomina
tion ihusI be made in strict obedience to the ex
pressed wishes of tkc peopl. Cliques, ring, and
particular friends must not be over zealous
they must not attempt to force their favorites
in disregard of the rwjmLir preference."
This, and a god deal more like it. The Ex
aminer evidently has ho confrlenct in the" honor
of Mr. Shober's friends. Speaking in -the in
terest of Mnj. Robbins it imputes to them in
justice, corruption, unfairness and wrong. It
means something what is it, a game of Uuf
ami mis me nnilying7 Or, mUhief, and this
the muttering wrath ! Men who have lost confi
dence in others virtually outlaw them, ami
practice against them the very crime they pro
fress to tear. Mr. Shober's friends have an
nounced their preference candidly, and have
earnestly advocated his claims.
Thev will not
abate their zeal nor change their mode of pre-
fenng their favorites claims. They mean no
urong to any other aspirant though charged (by
implication) of plotting it. They especially
cherish no eaptious spirit of opposition to Maj.
Robbing ; and believing that he is in no way
responsible for the extravagance of the Emm-
iner, we feel authorized to say for them further,
that under other circumstances they would most
earnestly support him for any place in the gift
of the people. They admit his high ability and
his valuable services heretofore, and hoje they
may never have occasion to cherish other than
the most respectful and liberal feelings towards
him. But they can see no reason in this why
.1 -l l.i :. . .. i ..."
mcjr Miumu join in puiiing uown one lriend to j
build up another, ami think no one should ex- :
pect of them so unkind ami illiberal an action..
It is difficult to restrain a more extended no-
tice of the Examiner's article, whose tone and '
language smacks uf "a house divided " wntfi -
ries rule or ruin
We bespeak autf attendance of conservative!
and democrats at our County mcelinj; on Mon
day next. Every man opposed to the (irant
radical scourge has a complete right to attend it
and take part in its deliberations. Attend it,
fellow-citizens. Your presence will awe the
turbulent, define your will, and energise lhoc
who work for its establishment.
THE FA Y ETTE V I L L E E.H5LE.
Our friend of the Eagle, in a rejoinder to an
article of ours replying to his strictures upon the
Legislature, reiterates all 1
ie s.i
id
before and
adds more of like, tenor.
We still think the ;
loneot ins article i rather captious. Kir be it
r . . .
from us to "cn' f r question the sacred privi-
lege of the public press to be frank and out-!-1
ken in regard to all subnets of a public eharac-1
a public eharac-1
ier a privilege we would chcrili aud which
we exercise freely. Nor can just and candid
criticism, on the part of a free press, ever do
harm. It is the salt which keci tbe public
service pure ; but heedle? fault-finding and too
great readiness to cut and thrust with our keen
wea-Kn,-the pen.-ongl.t to be avoided. Why
does the Eagle, in exercising its undoubted
right to ppeak of the bad a well the good, in
the acts of the Legislature, dwell so exclusively
on that which he deems bad Unmixed cen
ure, or unmixed praise, in seldom deserved bv
either individual men or public bodies. In 1
what we have said upon this matter our sole
motive h:ts lecp to set forth only what we deem
ed fair aud just.
We idiall not travel over the ground agnin to
point out what' we think are the mistaken view
of our friend. lint: we must ask him why he
sneers nt the Legislature as proposing S3 per
diem for members of the Assembly, in the Con
stitutional Amendments, when in fact there is
nothing of this purport there ? lint they have
proposed to make the pay $30y per session.
How much ier day this will prove, will depend
on the. rapidity and zeal with which the public
business is dispatched. As affairs shall get to
moving in regular and accustomed channels,
the Legislative sessions will be short and this
pay sufficient. As for the Legislature having
fixed ,.5 per diem for themselves, the Eagle
might mention that this was done against the
votes of a majority of the Conservative mem
bers. The Eagle criticises the Amendments because
they " leave our judges and courts as they are
now.'' Is there not a mistake here and a mis
apprehension, too? The Amendments make
very important improvements in our judicial
system, and will diminish the number of judges.
But without abolishing the office itself, you can
not turn out an officer who is in, while his term j lion of this gentleman for making a stenograph
runs; and heuce the Legislature propose all ! ical report of Got. Vance's speech at Sutesrill.
that, in this respect, U cousistent nith vested
rights.
We do not feel called upon to answer the
Eagle" satirical hits at the " exhaustive labor of
small brains in attempts at work, without anv
useful result," and other similar innuendoes. , 'on of the Registration lists for th pur
He claims that he says such things in a spirit pos of striking off those who bare died
of friendship and good humor! Such a claim
will probably provoke a good-humored smile
all around, among his Legislative readers as
well as others. We presume nobody, not even
the Legislature itself, would insist that this w as
the ablest body which ever assembled in that
capacity in this State. The disfranchisement
of our greatest men compels us to fall back up
on those of less ae and experience. Rut we
think impartial critics will accord to the late
Legislature the praise of faithful, sincere, and j
reasonably unsuccessful endeavers to serve the 1
interests of the State, in dealing with the dill!-'
cult political and financial problems which ore- !
septed themselves for solution.
, , ,. . t
The Etgle guesses correctly as to the author
ship of our former article, which was prepared
at our request by the gentleman referred to,
for the benefit of our readers, as he was fa
miliar with tho subject. As the lglt takes
the occasion to make a personal thrus; t him as
beii.g the author of the LegUlaUre JreMlast
year on the Conservative question, It Is due him
to wy that h was the aalhor In no other tense
than thath was selected t embody the views of
a Committee of which lie was but one of several
members; that the positions takeoJ ia that Ad
dress, concerning what the Constitution does
expressly require on the fax question, have
never yet been satisfactorily controverted by
the Eagle or anybody eh ; snj tkat this gen
tleman, at the lvt sewion, warmly supported a
measure designed to compromise the debt and
Provide for paying intern n it a rtmi promt
er Believing himself in effect instructed, by
the votes of a large majority of the tax-payers
lt year, to disregard the strict letter of the or.
prcNfive CorMtitulional proviion on tbu sub
jeet, he took the reponiblity of disregarding
it, except in that he advocated making provi.
f ion for paying the interest on a compromised
debt. Thw much wjb are authorized to any fr
him on this point,
Natt Atkixsos Editor of the Ahtvi!!c
Citiarti, dropped in on MonJay. He u one of
the 44 mountain boys" a big fellow that is able
to carry his end of the log if there is a man able
to carry the other. He stepped in and called
fr us like a man on business wlih one l.e
had alwar known. Thai's - their Wsy." They
" go for yoi. - when they want you. Vance-like,
they M drive the center," and there's an end of
it. With souls like their native hills, minds
like their limpid streams and hugs like their
bear-, these mountain boys are hard to beat.
Mr. A. tells us that the Citizen is soon to ap
pear in new drew, and he is determined to make
it equal to the lrL Price $2 a year. Any one
wanting the new from Asheville and the coun
ties thereabout aud beyond, should Uke the
CtrisfM.
Japan. There ia much iu the paper just
now, of thcruelty of the Government of Japan
toward those of her people who profess Chris
tianity. There are only about 200dsuch. They
are pel secuted to the death. Seventy were kill
ed January last, and the remaineder are io dan
ger of the same fate. The government and
people are rapidly advancing in liberal views
and it is hoped the remonstrance of civil
ized nations against this cruelty may bring
them to abandon it.
The Newlern Courier (radical) is Jown on
incoinjetent and dishonest men as" candidate
for office, high or low. It wan U to raise the
standard of qualification for. office a mot
praiseworthy aspiration. We widi it mccn,
but fear it cau do liule to the purce iu the
party with which it acts.
,
. B3.- The Lowery Ciang and the New York
Jlwald's sensational articles are treated cf
i n in'erenting and reliable articleon the firkt
P?e of this paper. The thanks of the North
Carolina public are due Col Alexander MacRae
Esq., of Robeson county, and E. D. Hall, for
this vindication of tlio truth concerning the
Iowcrvs and the people bf Robeson.
It is stated that had the Democrati in the
large towns of Connecticut gone 10 the poll this
year as they did the year before Jewell would ,
have been defeated by 1000 majority. We hope j
democratic and conservative voter iu North
Carol iua will remember this, and be at the olla
in August.
(!(v. Vance's peech at State-ville telN the
ftory of our public wrongs in no much better Myle
than we can do it, thai we have no aiMloicy to
make lor the space it occoiuri-. It cuts wide1
'
ai.d deep. It U a brief record, but verv dark
--
r ri . . ...
. ''-" I'w'P'e " H part of the
Sla,,' Lr Town",,il "J Counties, are pn-
p.iriii' their delegates for the Greensboro' Con
veiitioii on the 1-4 of May. The signs of the
timc are good. The Conservative and IVruo
crata are awake and getting ready for action.
Prof. Morse, father of the telegraph system,
died in New York on the ?d inkiint tk Ri
yearn. He lived to ,ec the fruit, of ho. eeniua
brought to wonderful ierfection, and waa honored
in both the old and the new world.
The Fayclteville Eagle say 42 mnle weTe
sold in that place last Saturday by Kentucky
'"a1'"-
There is achaiity school of 4(1 scholar in
Fayelteville, kept by the Episcopal church, to
tLe support of which the citizen general con
tribute. Tlie Drrpatehun started at Charlotte, is a
"live" paper. It brought ua Got. Vaxce's
speech delivered at Statesville on the 3d int.,
last Saturday morning. The speech was report
ed expressly for that paper. But irt all respect
it shows energy and spirit. It is Democratic in
politics.
The AVtcs at Raleigh, and the Despatch at
Charlotte are valuable adiliona to tli Conserv
ative cau, and we hope they will be liberally
patronized. ,
IcjST" )Ve shall soon have another addition
to the list eniinatiiigfrom Statesville (lheae
ligenrer, see Prospectus,) to take the place of one
lost nitre. r
;
Auditor. The name of Cap. Wm. Craw
ford has been proposed to the Greensboro' Con
vention for nomination to this office. CapuC
is attentive to dudes and wHl donbtlou- perform
the duties of this office, should he be elected toi',
with fidelity.
Rev. Mr. Cobb. One of the most unreason
able things of the day is, the radical denuncia-
The Charlotte Despatch engaged Mr, Cobb to do
the work and paid l.ira tor it. And radical
newspapers are mad about il
Tlio Registration law requires a revis-
and entering the names of those who hare
home of age or moved into the Township.
It docs not, we learn, require that averj
ra.m shall be re-listed. And this work
must be done before the day of election, so
that there will be no registering to be
done on that day.
Recent developments in the N. Y. Jodiciarr
investigation, shows that nearly onehnndred of
' hwt criminals, have been released at
diflere"t timaa, by Judges Cardoroalid Barnard,
in violation of law.
Maj. Sea ton Gall has been nominated in
different part of the Sate for Lt. Governor.
Persons attending the GreenaLony Con
vention will be carried over the Kail Koad at
one fare.
, The Air Lini Hail Road. The Cha7
lotte Imocrof reports the Atlanta (or
Air Line) road in rnnntuff orier to the
CaUwbi river; and "the1 editor gives an
interetrttej account of a trip over it. W
quote from the artitlrytLa foHowiu;,
which we cemmend to!the atteution of
County Commisiioocrs, in the interest .f
an enterprise in which Uowan is deeply
concerned. Say- the Dtmocrat :
t4Tke'J2 miles of Road from here to
the Hirer baa cott store than 20 mUee U
yondtwUl cost.. The campaoy ha. aU
read picnt three v fmir ktiiidrrd thous
and dollars in ClraHotte and fn the eonm y ,
twice as much as the County subscrip
tion; and at least that roach more will be
expended here Lefote the wuik is tom
plcttd.' j
Dririat IU Of. A Waskingtoa correpon
deol of lb Rstlerfcrd Star (HolJen or Pool)
seems detenuine.1 to drive Col. Han aoJ hu
friends ott of the radical party. I iided LU Cre
U directed agalnot all the d'eermt iuto ainK ,
them, if the Cincinnati movement proreaa
' I
succm it will not require much driving toclraa
Uiem out.
SEW ADVERTISEMENT.
sTw terell
Auction and Commission
j AND DEALER IN
GENERAL MERCH ANDIES,
Staple, Dry Goods,
Shod, JfaU, Cvnccliotirrirs, Crockery
and Glass Wart, and roducc
GENERALLY.
SHALL fce-p a supply nf nr.., ii..i aprd
a the market can affoid a.nd at price to aujt
the times :
Beef, Pork, Fre-h aud Salt Fuh. flutter. Eg.
Chickens, Cibbajre, liacon, Ini, Salu
Flour and Meal. Supur. O-ffer. JJoUmhu.
Syrup and a variety ,f Lib OimJ-,
Generally kept in a Family GrtKrery. cuta:)t
ly on hand.
Will buy all kind of Country produce at mar
ket prieis.
Cash paid for Hi pa and llvnr. Hotels of
any kind bought or w.ld ut Auction .r on c..uj
muMon and pmmpt returts made. tJi-emi-
ft trial f fin.. .1... ..... . . ...
I "v u-m WI c t. A.. UiliK'rU
otfioeou lunusktreet. 8. W. TLHKEI.l.
PLOWS fPLOWS ! !
The f:irmeriare ep-ciallrinrit.d U. call and
exaudne the latest iwpri id cultivator, ir
I Cotton Ilo.v,
know-n'asthe SrXNV POFTII. I iavm
Iiopular plow in Iht Intern tiuutien. It ha
extra att hnuiit. aud can be converted into
a Sultsoil plow, a tiirninpr plow, aiid adapted
for ploughing y.ui. jc ctu and i-.tt.ii at ditler-
eni are. c uu uloutli out im.I.U,- wiilioi.r
furrow, or two, it you choot-e. It i ad.ioied to
any kitd of farm work, tu ruing over land, plow
ing in grain, 1c.
Ald a tioittl two hur.-f! plw. kr.owu
"Tar II cel."
Thee plow w ill 1 x.l.J nt M.mnf.u-t vrer.
prices,' ami -atirartiinj''.Uirni!ifl. I'.'it. ami
Harit, Will be kept on l.aad f..r -.!. l.
; . W. TKURKLL.
! "WEED"
SEWING MACHINE
lllvK taken the agency i:i Sa!:!irr for
thq Sale of tbese rop'ilr MMeliii e. All in
I
want of a tirst caboj Sewing Mtchii.e. are in
vited to call at my Store and examine th-in, or
if desired, will be ent to their rc-ideiice fur
trial, i The "Weed" i unr.pial.-d iu sin.plit ! .
durability, lieauty ar.dfjx . a. It ruti eairr,
and can do all any other Ma hiiie ean do. No
other Machine cau excell tfce Weed in auy mi ,
and 1 um ready to tt its merit, with any j
other inucLir.e at any tiaic. It i a Shuttle 1
ilachhie and uiukes'tbe Lm.k Stieh; Aork
both threads tLe isuie, and -li h alike on etih- j
eride. Read the follow irr. home testinoi.ie.
S. W. TL1I It I'LL, Aytnt.
Samsei bv. March 2.r. r-7.
Ma S. W. TiBK-.i.i..
Jg't " Weed Soring Machine .
Yonr Machine lM-ir.jr entirely mv and un
known in this portion of tbe State.it atfords me
pleaure to reeonmier.d it ttl.e pablic. I hate
had in my rni for'i week, the lloae. Amr
ic-au Combination aud Ihe Weed" and gave
theui all. a lair, in partial irinl I now say
Unbeaitatiiily, 1 prefer the "We.-u" U any
other, it runs easier, more M.ujle in mechan
ism, and durability acd can do all any other
machine can do.
I think its simplicity of construction, e.ov
of msnagf-nv-nt. adaption to every kind of fami
ly sewing combined, render it a hrt ela-s Ala
chine. Respectfully.
lri. X. I). HaKKIS.
NATURAL HOTKU )
f ALtscT, Apri
il !'. Irti S
Ma. S. W. Teieell,
I Jg't "IVtrtT Sru inq Marhimr :
I have ned your Machine a sutici-ut lengtlt
f tjine to teat its nieritx. cn eh i-rliJij re
eonuuend it to all iu w ant of i Iirt cIsm. ma
chine. It in iuip!e ami durahle, run easier
than any other, is cay to o;mtji.:oii, a:ij can
do all any othr machine can d .
; Mr. M. A I1rii;lk.
i AUCTION
? OK
General Merchandise,
Dry Goods, HaU, nmd Shoes and Taney
Articles, dc dc, dr.
Wednesday, and Friduy, 17A, and 19A,
IN 51.
I at S W TKKKKLIS.-
Salisbury. April 13, :K:tf.
lyamily Groceries.
I JOHN A. HALL
I ! i
la the Btore-Hnu- of J. H. Verble, on i
Inaiss street, is selling a well assorted stock j
of Family Groceries, conisting of
i Coffee, Sugar, Teas, Molasses,
i SALT. RICE.
BACON, LAUD,
Confectionaries, Vegetables, Fruits,
c c
, ' . ' , .
at rert, lorn, rmt jor enh and country
Irroduce. He invite all to call and examine
lit good, w hich, thoucb not as larpe in
spuintity aa may he found Hewliere. are not
inferior in qnali)v, and will be old low.
:Feh. ' 2l :tm
THE LAST
SENSATION !
T
UK ABDVK (Olll'AXy WILL
give lUre ct p,,,
SENSATION PERFORMANCES
AT
-McNeely'sTjaall;
Thursday. Friday and
.
Saturday,
April, 11, 12, &13.
Fr particuUrs rre Lill. of the daj.
THOS.a: LEATT,'
IMPORTANT NOTICE""
To Manufacturer of Toiacro I
I Mw" U'Tlt A f f"r tbr fale of J ants
It McAnnaaw. braads .f Liqoori Pa"
I bae jut reee.fd 0 t JHl llraod p
T and eapett to kep a k of differ
ent brands ou bead donor tbe t-reM-ot T--n.
1 wiiiM-ll LI,ounat X. T. ltTuu
freirht added. I-U matiufacturtr. ,iU
well to pive nre c;j.
1 a. kr-p cx-n.tanlly oa hand a r,
. ot k of fei rralmwhanJI. itKui,Bf 8UP1
lry Ooodt Urocenea, Produc. dc. F
c . R J- "OLilES.
Saluburr. Marih t7.
Aolicc in nankriiptey.
ThU l, to aire Wotlce : That oa
the U day .,f April. A. !.. a w.r
r.nt iu Bankruptcy r.s Uau aCaiiwh
rMate of C. W. ..f jingle.
v . o V"l,,,tJ Slat. ,J
.North Carolina -wko bM l.u adjodged
JUukrupt mm,n hit uvu petition that tL
pnyineot ,.f , and the drlitrry ..r
auy property Wunjitc to urh llankrupt. t.
nun or f..r ,, anj ,). lTtar J
property by hit,,. an. forbidden l.v law. That
a uieetii.cof h rre.i..r of Mjj lUokmiH.
U. pn.ve t L-i r d I ta. and ..., e .k 14
uoie Ain-e ,.f kia .-Hat-, will W held at
a C"urt f It iMkrr.ptry i.. W boljn at th
Court Hon.eln 5:!ibury. N. f., j;.
II- Hr..adr,eld. I.j .lU-icteriu Bankruptry.
at ldi.VI.K-k. A. 1!.. ou the -.Gth dajft.f
April. A. I.. -7. S. T. ( 'AKKOW.
T. S. Marshal.
J. T. Cl'TIIULLU
Peputy L'. S.MarsUI and M riKt r.
Tt):.'l:pd
XUTICK IS IILHLIIY GlVtl.N THAT
( a -titioij ha U--u tied in tl.f 1 liMrict Cait
. of tlir 1'i.iied -tTe. f.,r X,r t rVar
liitt of North Carolina, by Ju,e II. Latier.
of lai" roiitilr. iu .iid Dtrief. .I.,l,i.
rlMM-d a bi.nkn:, t uidt-r the art of C..ni.
of March "J. ?4,7. f.,r dirhar. and certi
orate tb.-r. of fiotn aJ! his d.-b'. and that on
the tilth day of Aril. . D. Ir7.1. t M
i ii r rk. A M .1 ..: fir 11 u j
... ....... , ..aua,r, .n. in.ia.
jfi-hl. !i, ll.u.kruptey. at ."-aJitbury.
, ait;,,, ..r h, heariuz of lh
.ll,.. ul.u t,, wi.rtraJI rr-d.!ors. who
Imvi- .i..i-J m.J JJ tl,rr j.r.
m.u r.i. i. v , ! uuiy U.- .1. and show e.i.
if ai v u ..-y b... ;,y , pr.rr of ll
Hid i i ...,14 t;,.t t. gran"t..
hat-l i iLniiifton. X. C.. on the ith
day ..f April. A. 1 1.
VI. LAl'KIX.S. Clerk.
Apu .tb, 7'Z. J!.:tnJ.
N" I K T. IS HlJtKItY GIVLX THAT
1 1 1 .i ..i, .;t U-vu Binl in the Dintrirt C.urt
of thr l'nit. .l States. fr th Ci Fear
iriet of X..rtb atoiina. Iy ThtMopS4.ii Rob
'Ux.ii. of t'a-t.oi e-.tiuty. in said Distivt.
duly ! laml n lMttkruft aader th set f
C.-i r. of March t!. 17. a discharge
an J r. rtificat- thereof fi.e( all Li debts, and
that ou ihe 21th daj ..f ApiiU A. 1. lr7Z.
at 1(1 oVUk. A. M.. a' U.r oILce of R. JL
ItroM.lf.l i. .itr iu Itankruplry, at Sajis
Iniry. X. C. is assigned fr the h.-ait.g of
the p;iii.e. when and where a'.l ciedjtors. who
have proved their del--, m.d all other er
aous intert-st.-d. may attend and s w cause,
if any tbey have, why the prayer of lh said
petitioner should n4 I granted.
llatd V:li:,ii. ' u. N. I.".. o the Jib
lay of A ill. A. l- 1p72.
WM. LAP. KIN'S, Clerk.
April 51.. 1-7J 2l:.P,l.
xutick is iii:rki:y GIVEN THAT A
-tiiion ha het n hied in the Iiurirt Court f
the I'niteti Slate, for Ihe Cat 1'ear IXjiriisuf
North ( 'arm'iii.i, hv R. K, vLh, of liuke roie
ty, ii' "iiil I 't-irui, duly drt-larrd a bankrupt
under the net of .nci-- of March 2, 1$7, tr
a di-hsrre nd re rtifir-ste "thereof frrim all Iua
it III, and (hit on lh Still dav of Afvil, A. D-.
17 at io o'eh k, A . M , at lite oCkw of IL IL
l;ro.-oif"i !!, iUicr ia Lankruptcy, at Salubu
rr, N. '.. i :t igi-l for th bearing of the aam
heti ai.d h-rr all tredilor, w!k hare proted
ih-ir delt and sll oth r penvm Interested may
attend, m d Im w raue, if anv larv have, mhj
the praver of lle said pettttoorr should iA be
grantctf.
lUted at Wilminpton, X. ( on tle Olh day
of April, A. I. "
WM. LARKIXS, Clerk.
April ."ill, 7.-l9t3wpd
XUTICK IS HEltfcliY GIVEN THAT A
petition h.v been filed in the lh-trict Crnirt of Ui
I'ltiiol Slate, for tlieCfe Fear Iitrict of X.
Carolina, hy I. i. I'nmni, of Itnrke county, In
-aid riArirt, duly declared a bank rupt under lh
at of Coonre-ho 34 arch 2, eJZ7. far a dicharft
and i irlibcate tl.eriof from LU del-U, and Lbs t
onlhe'-Mth dav of April. A. I, 172. at 10 o'
clock, A. M, t the ir.ee of R. Ii. UronJfirld.
Kej;itrr in r.jr,kniftry, at SalUbcry, X. C,
i aliened for the bearing of ih aatae, wbci
and where sll creditor, who fcav wvvh1 ihetr
deb', and all ih. r per-or interried, may al
teol and div ou if any tbey have why th
prayer of the oiJ pilitioner hould not ba
granted.
Ited at Wilmington, X. C tk-a id. day
of April, A. L. 1p72.
WM. LA IlKIXS, Clerk.
April Gth,172,-2.3w,l.
TOMBS.
HEAD Sc FOOT STONES, AC.
JOHN H. BlilS
rKM)KK.Sbia ra.Bpliuient U Lx friend
a.
od the putlic. and ID lii II feth.nl Would
rtfz to their altektioB ki extended lacilitiea
fr uieetiup demand.. In Lis lire of tolnes
He i n.iw prepared ! fnrrih all kitd of
(irate Stone. frnu th chtpet IIe4 tiloue.
to ih- e..-t;it-t utwi.aa.ent-. TLi prefuix
' tTl ad very collr work nl en Und. rw
Hm.n, uflhort time. Mrictlr io ar-
w,r4ianCe w iih rpnatinn. crafu. and th
j term of tbe contract. Satusfacuoa atiar
j teed. Ho will not be uuderftold. 'rta of
i SAutb. Ordera lolirted. Adiie.
j 17:tt JOHN II HCIS. Shnrr
I