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HlWiW f CUBES COXSUJIPTION, Hon MM its infredtents fmbllshed a erery i .- S tack.? mi snow it to your i-nyBieian, nu in riti vn-.i it 1a KHnnoaed or tha fctroneeflt dlU'rattvca that exist, and Ja an fcxceUent Blood Purficr. EOSADALIS lfl sold by an Dragglsta. IIB Ml FAMCEi ni i'mi- i IbyLriif and BEAST. -j ilikternaiandlnternal. TIB OiPJifesT VMS IiTUSVES OF THE ACE. ,m.,Mwi.ijij j in.uiw.ii ...-'..j .' -Ui.i-m -'--'ft i Wii i W jfcMfcfcMl MPs to Pills; . TBS 62EAT VEGETABLE CATHAETI0 ! ,.; i 7 T?T.-'lTTT.ATnn . f ni T ii ! "Vetable WORM SYRUP "h lutsntty destr0T3:T7OE"I5V!n(I rocotrmended -fcy piiysieiats na tile best, VorjI IIEI)lCtNE. lin HJiiwp i. ll nwuni'. Jit !Tr',. .l : f fcrror gale by n'.l DrneglsU.- JOIlJir.IIEXRY, CITRItAN & CO., JlCoIipRfrriace, New York. For im 2, F. KLUXTZ, Druggist, ItSrJy i j Salisbury, N. C JAMES M. GRAY,. j Attorney .and Oounssllor at Law, m u 1 ' '4 - S 1J ii j t i tt . 1 a. . x ,1 " n , r U mi V itoNitui ilantr htnii. W ill practice m all the Couisr ii the jState. I: - 1! I ixiyy AT LAW, Pricfi 'V ml tin; State and Federal'. Courtlij 12:Gm' Hi! ;; m ijRLOIiAIGE, r;f JIUarnen at '?afej, J - V. f- .-.ana Henaerson, IVs, C puh-s elors'-' arid Solicitors. . SAUSIiUJiY, N.C n i$79 J-tt. I- UN HIGH SCHOOL. j t, rfn f this Scliool will open, f uomifH! a ,ij!.,.jo.i . idjii i -- Tli $mm &c.ldress.- d 'Zfti OEO. Ii. McNE McNEILL;- l Wood Leaf, N. C. eiisboro -Fenialo Colleee. tt MGrejensboro. c :I kiZt on wilt begin on tl 25th of Vnown Institniion ofiersrsiiperior . -1 HJ ii tv "'wiii-iiu uinrni nii:iirp rnm. i dtrcd I...;.. tTj"Cemfort nf a i.lpncnnl w.ll or. k : ... i'. . . WprWion of 5 'montlw: '.Bosrd ti f, , r v'" and Jighu) and Tuition NllSft) orso, $75, - lExtra Studies , i . . at. wyro, res . . r.. lfl! and Note Heads, Bill. Heads, t vtruH rffvrES printed to order !It"; ;i - ': ! . i eJife0 !"The Milk of one cow is . eH eiDressIr for infant, ot . . A 1 A A a i i5 K' . "1 I POETRY, For the Watchman. t j The Dark Horse. i ir r . Mr. Cyrns B, Watson, a prancing, dark horse, ; Ganwgnlloping down to the Yadkin Ville ' ff5! It V V i T f Iliiviug fixed itf at home the convention to boss. Beiug; big;with the thought, ' 'tis my! day ofgracp " f . 4 Tho1 liitclied up, he manged to kick out the traces, i Aud to frw liimt4elf front litem, weut ie- cretly to work ; -1 v-v- j Bat talkint migiity fair to some honest v inenVi laees; they certainly belied all the wonl that n spoke. -jt- ! - I . : of fixed uif the trick uiee. Ut ket-n H1 UmHout,, r ( j rut it to eTeu aud a fourth, he toldi bolting Jjiutiy, rhe DeiJiucral ie strength: will raiu uk ..tee vvtv. : - " : - bvi not doiuir thi- we'll send Kobbiua ( O- - - . - ------ y . to 'Qui uea. i for Anutu-Id, Trt sure I'm much strong- ' crjuau lie. - ! lonk ! heu-the Kobbius Citn certain- ! t iV,UU,. - t I ' J f-uw '' 'VliIIUlC llllll VIJl" 11 C'UIC over to ine, - . b$ this uiart uianeuvciiug to Cisn- giess ril go. wasVt it awful, when so near the j goal, With the Washington looxiume ut alniost j 'insight. vi; ! TpTbe suddenj-deserted aud' left out in j t la llllli - TU I,' , . t. , i , i Ihe star ot hope set iu the blackness of . . . . Ulgllt ' jUU VUU'CVCI JfVfJUCU IU UIC1 UlSlllvl. 1 i . I Let no questions of preference, or preju- JMr. Cyyus B. Watson some advice I would WbSllet you asfii-e toaCongressmius i seat - - ; 't he a dark horse for an Kiira as vou i live, Nine chances in teu you are sure io be beat. Democrat. -States ville, N. C, Aug. 13, 1680. For the Watchmani ! CaustHrhou by Searching Find Out I God? t . .., BV JEXNIE JOXES. I God in eternal glory dwelt, j . Eith earth's revolving mass, In living grandeur o'er it felt j The Holy Spirit pass. - j His hand th' world with goodness crown'd, When early time began, ! While all the morning stars around Creation's order Sang. " j lie smiles upon the flowers that grow. Beneath the torrid rays, And those that skirt Siberian snows, j W here raging liorea plays. He saw the flaming chariot high Trie Hebrew prophet-bear, The fiery steeds ascend the sky And paw the trembling air. j He bade Elijah share his love With those who never feu, And in those aznre hights above With kings and priests to dwell. He fills the boundless realms of space K., Where worlds nnu umbered roll, Yet sheds the blessings of his grace - i .,. , 6 On every humble soul.1 His glorious works extend afar, j In regions dark serene: Beyond the fartherest twinkling star, By Optic glasses seen. . Here wonders grand he will display Eternal aces o'er, Beyond the dreadful judgment day, When time shall be no more. COMMUNICATED.4 Jnst In Time. Capt. J. L. Grabber, of .Litaker town t ship, through the solicitation of his nu- raerous trieutls ot L,iUker, uoia mii.t well aud other townships, has consented to become a candidate to represent the county of Rowan in the next General As sembly, subject to the action of tUelpri-' niary and nominating conventions. It he fails to get the nomination on - the 28tb instant, he wiff not bolt but. retire, giving Ins bearty co-operation totne nominees ot the convention, Hancock 'and English, as well as the entire ticket of the State offi cers. : i Capt. Graeber, we think, will make a good representative, being a gentleman of the; highest character ; is well qualified to discharge the duties of the responsible position. One great feature about hidj is, he is a farmer, the thing much harped upon in these days, and being so he j will undoubtedly labor earnestly for that class as well as for others. : P. S. Hafchiuan please copy. j Franklin. j Mr J Editor: The 21 it and 28th I are fast approachiug, and many of us think it is high time the people settle dowii on the men that are to represent them in the next Legislature. Every week declares new candidates. f It. is very true every man din run as a candidate if he pleases, but it frequently happens that the whole political machine is turned bottom! np, and meq that are the most obnoxious to the people receive the nomination.' f Now many of us (I don't say all), in Franklin think that two among the very first of all the gentlemen recently named "for! the Commons, to wit : J. J. Stewart and Frank Brown would make a most excellent team for Rowan. They . are both able men and can make a thorough canvass, and if both these gentlemen are chosen on the 28th, oar forces will be solidly launched with such unanimity of strength as shall crowii;our county ticket with overwhelm ing euccesaoMany of jds are 'opposed to 'dark horses, or old grand-mas. ! ; The farmers of Rowan, could not be more fully represented jq all their Inter- ests, thau by Messrs. Stewart and Brown. , Now, friends and farmer of Franklin, wo are going to ran these two "nien'(a the ; cat did the mouse),' lile ilie dl. They j hare worked hard for 'oar party hereto- iore,ana biuck io is lice me uck ma to the "niter's" heel. We desire to honor tbein now. aud we expect to do it. Sal is- bnry, wake npwe are Vfight side,! withcare. r' " ; Voters. " ' ""' ' :M "' " It POLITldAIi. Salisbury Examiner. 0UB CANDIDATE FOB C0XGEESS. We merely had time in our last to an nounce the nomination of the Hou. R. F. Arm field for Congress by the Yadkin ville Convention which assembled ou the 5th this month. - i-,.': This noruiufttion. tio donbt. trava irreat surprise to the people of the district, since. "i .. u r t Bobbins wajnot only the choice of a large majority of the people, but that they ; liuuu bo cxuit'Jwwu lufniseivcs iu mtir county conventions. Nothing that we cau do or however,- at this date will remeay tiie matter, or cimnge ine uoiui- nation Mr. Ariuticld stands forth as tlm i t,.kiiiiiiu4 ni' tliu 1)unnuMiitii li.iHi- iti tlii - district for Commits, and a a strict dw-j ikurrv fe;iU iiiiil i:iitv frraiiizHtion. it ij or d.itu miM.rt i.ii.- Mr. R.,hi,i.. iWci,u ,,, slll4, ' ; ,l!lt !in ti. f a"1 hiselection; and we sincerely hope j that every true. . denncrut in the district will joiu with us and labor to efl'ect his triumphant election by the largest demo- . 1 .... . . . . .. . . ........ ...... ... ...x.. . 4.1... -i . . . n; .. dice, warp -our judgements or control our n u1" tissue ceS8 ot I-nwmtie principles and the oiessiusrs oi gtou iiovci uiucui aic oi vast- 1 1' iii.trtf t ii iiim tlisi ii t It tn.t'f. r it ii in till of this or that man ; and that they can be secured only by the election of our Dem- ocratic uoujiuees. Wi are not worthy to succeed, aud we need uot hope to do so, if we allow ourselves to be scattered and : disorganized by the mere whims of poll- 1 ticiaus, or our own selfish desires, likes .j ....j ..w , or dislikes. Honest patriotic meu. struc-. fling for great political principles and louest, local self-government, can not af- ford to be disuuited by insignificant, per- : sourtfTprefeienees, or have their .purposes thwarted bv the. iil-founded orivate claims Of this or that individual. j 1 Mr. Armfield is a sound democrat, aju able man, a faithful representative, and the chosen nominee of our party, we should, therefore, march forward in solid nhalo n V n n1 nrii'n 1,4 -mil nnitait cntiwil'f ,, . , . ' . i Aiiyiuiug ies nuuiu ue uuworiuj ut ijs as men proud of our manhood aud priucl- , pies, and vigilant of our sacred rights, j HANCOCK TO SHERMAN, WOKDf WORTHY THE GREAT :.' KOLDIEB-STATES3IAN. Une of fits letterato General Sherman Mhat He Thought of the Political 'Situation thl876 His opinion of ', Inaugurating Presidents The Peace andProsperdy of the Country lit Sol Aim. , I - - - lU' ;NEWYctRK;'July 31. The World, publishes the following. This letter was wii i ten in reply to two letters ou the situation received from Gen.Sher man v U , CaRondeLET, P. O., JSt. Louis, DecemberS, 1876.- My Dear Crew - mw. , xour ,iavor or. toe -iin liiiani i reached ,tne hi New York on the 5th,; the dayibefbeji'teft for the West. 1 imtncuja.ttJrepiyuo it ueiore leaving! but cares inddentto.niv departure in terfefedt' ThenT'agaln, since my ar rival here J .have , been so cxcupieji with personal affairs of a business nature that I deferred writing from day to day until this moment, and now I find myself in debt to you another letter., Iu acknowledgement of your favor of the 17tb, lecerved a few days since, I have concluded to leave here on the 29th (to-morrow evening,) so that I may be expected in New York bu the 31st iusC'-'It. has been; cold and, dreary since my ar rival here. I have worked "like a Turk" (I- presume that means.- hard work in the country in making fen ces, cutting, down trees,, repairing buildings, &c, &c.t and am at least able.to say that St. Louis is the cold est place in the winter and it is the hottest, in the suoimer of any that I have encountered in the zone, I have known St. Louis in December to have genial weather throughout tlm month. This December has been frigid and the river has been frozen more solid than X bave ever known iL'1 AVhen I heard , Jhe ru mor;. that I J was ordered to the pacific coast I thought it prob ably .truei considering the past dis cussjoni on that subject the -possibili- ties seemed to me to . point that way. Had it been true I should, of coarse, have presented no complaint nor made resistance of any kind, f I would have gone qaickly, it r not pjrepared to go promptly.-Fl certainly would have been relieved from th'e responsibility and ; anxieties concerning y- the Presi dential matters: which? j may. fall' to those near the throhe,!or; iu our au thority, within the nexjj four months as well as from other; . incidents or matters which I could ; not control and action concerning which I might approve. I was not exactly prepared ed , I to go to the Pacific, however, and I therefore felt relieved when I received your note ?ntormmg me ..tnat.tnere was no truth iu the rumors. -Then I did . not wish to appear, to be escaping frora . any responsibilities, and the possible' dangers which, may duster around military commanders, in the East, especially in the critical period fast approaching. AllVwell that end's The whole matter of the Presi- Iency geemt) to me to be simple and "x n 1 m i . vAnmrnl cl i The macliinery for such a contingency as tlirPtPiia to nresPiit itself hns hepn all carefully prepared. It often requires lubrication owing to disuse. The army sliould have nothing to do with the election or 'the, inauguration of Presidents. The people elect the ! President and Congress! declares in ;joint session who .'he'isj -We of the army have onjy to obey n;s man(Jates, . . i b J ' f. .1. U- 1 - su Iar as ue iawiul- ,,r Commission express that. I like Jefferson's way of inauguration. It su;tJi oursystem. He rode alone on horge to the Qapitol (I fear it i - i wa" the old H), tied his horse to ra ience, euierea aim was amy sworn ; he then rode to the executive mansion and took possession. He iu- ailirI1Pate,l himsplf sininlv bv takinir i-j -j ' o the oath of office. There is no other l l : : i icgai inaugurauon in nur &ysiem. 1 he people or politicians may instil tute parades in honor of the event nfi n, nftif-i i!a mnv arid to t.be nnrp.,nf hv -wmhi;nW ' trnnn nnd m w a ar a w v v w a- tu a m mM w v m " banners, but all that only comes prop- - - erly after the inauguration, not before. And it is not a part of it. Our system docs not provide that one President should inaugurate another. There might be danger in that and it was studiously left out of the charter. But you are placed in an exceptional ly important position in connection with coming events. The capitol is in j my jurisdiction also, but I am a subor diuate aud not on the spot and if I s were, so, also, would be my superior j iu authority, for there is the station j of general-in-chief. On the principle that a regularly elected President's term of office expires with the third o ; March (of which I have not the slight- est doubt) and which the laws bear ing on the subject uniformly recog- j mze, and in consideration of the possi j bi I ity that the lawfully elected Presi- j dent may not appear until the 6th of mjircii a great aiai oi responsiuuuy may necessarily fall upon you; You hold over. You will tiave power and prestige to support you The Secre tary of War, . too, probably, holds over, but if no President appears he tnay not be able to exercise functions in the name of the President, for his proper acts are those of a known su nerior a lawful President. You act 4 on your own responsibility and by virlueof a commission only restricted by the law. The Secretary of war is a mouth piece of a President. You are not.. If neither candidate has a con stitutional majority of the Electoral College, or the Senate and House, on the occasion of the count, do not unite iu declaring some person legally elec ted by the people, there is lawful machinery already provided to meet that contingency and decide the ques tion peacefully. It has not been re cently used, no, occasion presenting itself, but our forefathers provided it. It has been exercised and has been enercised and has beeu recognized and submitted to as lawful on every hand. That machinery would probably elect Mr.Tilden President, aud Mr. Wheel er Vice-President. That would be rightenough, for the law provides that in failure to elect duly by the people the House , shall immediately elect a President and the Senate a Vice President, Some tribunal must decide whether the people have d air elected aPresldentT;! presame, of course, that ?! ft1' 'action of ?aireilall, -'HoBse, or i why are they present rowitness the; count if not see that Jtjslair and j uit Pit a failure to agree arises between the two IbodieshereZHn be fno lawful affirmative decision that -tHe pedple havej Elected President And : the, House must proceed ; to atf, not the Senate.vThe"Senate elects the Vice Presidents, not the Presidents. Doubt less, in this case , of ; fail ure by .? the liouse to elect a President br the fourth JfAIarcti, tile Preideiittlie Senate (if j there le oneVwould beth legitimatereonfto lexerciselhe presi dential authority -for the time being, or until Uhe-appearance of a, lawful President, or for the time laid down inthe tronstitutionr'f 8uch " courses would Je peaceful and, I have a firm belief, lawful. I have ii6 doubt (Gov. Haye would make an excel lenttPres identi I have met himand know of him. For a brief period he served under my command; but as the mat ter s finds I can't see any likelihood of hist being duly declared elected by the people unless the Senate and House come to be in accord as to that fact and the House would, of course, not otherwise elect him. What -the people want is a peaceful determina tion of this matter; as faira determi nation as possible and lawful one. Nootlierdetermination could stand the testj The country if not plunged in to a revolution, would become poorer day by day, business would languish and our bouds would come home to find a depreciated market. I was not n favor of the military action in South) Carolina recently, and if Gen. Ruger had telegraphed to me, or ask ed tor advice, I would have advised ii mi riot, under any circumstances, to allow! himself or his troops to deter mine who were the lawful members of a StatejLegislature. I could not have given1 him better advice than to refer him to the special message of the President in the case of Louisiana some time before. But in South Caro liua he had the question settled by a decision of the Supreme Court of the State! the highest tribunal which had acted on the question so that his line of duty seemed even to be clearer than in the action in the Louis iana case. If the Federal Court had interferred and overruled the decision of the State Court, there might have been "a .doubt certainly, but the Fed eral Court only interferred to com plicate, not to . decide or overrule Anyhow, it is no business of the army to enter upon such questions, and even if it might be so in any event if the civil authority is supreme, as the constitution declares it to be, the South Carolina case was one in which the army had a plain duty. Had Gen Ruger asked me for advice and if I had given it, I should, of course, have notified yon of my action immediately so that it could have been promptly overruled if it should have been deem ed advisable by you or any other supe rior in authority. Gen. Ruger did not ask for my advice, and 1 inferred front that and other facts that he did not desire it, or that being in direc communication with my military superiors at the seat of government who were nearer to him in time and distance than I was, he deemed it un necessary. As Gen. Ruger ha the ultimate responsibility of action and had really the greater danger to confront in the final action in the matter, I did not venture to embar raiss him by suggestions. He was a department commander,'and the law ful liead of the military administra tion Within the limits of the depart ment, but, besides, I knew that he had i been called to Washington for consultation before taking command, aud was probably aware of the views of the administration to the civil af fairs in his command. I knew that he was i'n direct communication with my superiors iu authority in reference to the delicate subjects presented for his corisiaVratibri,f or had ideas of his own which he believed to-be sufficiently j in accord with the views of our com mon I superiors to enable "him to act inteligently, according to his judg ment and without suggestions from those not on the spot and not as fully acquainted with alUbe facta as him.-1 self. He ' desired, too, to be, , free .to 9.?? n7Z$ mr??Vl woimyanastjiemal goy- j erned as between ? himand . nwself As I haye been writing.thus freely to you, I may still -further unbosom my self by ; stating tliatl hive riot thought it lawful or wise to use Federal troops i nV ; such matters as have -1 ra'ns pi red eastpf the Jlississippi AvHhiu- the last ew months, save so far as they i may be brought " into action .--.under an ar- icle of; the constitution which con fmPjates"r meeting ariiiqd resistance or invasion of a State more, powerful han the State authorities can subdue by ordinary process, and nhen only when "requested by the 'LegTslatufe. or If it could not be con vened i n ses sion b"J i he Governor, and' when the irresiuent at t the United States inter venes in that , manner 4 it is a -state of warnot peace. irhe army is labor ing under disadvantaged, ' and has been used anlawfully" at timesin the judgment of the people (in mine cer tainly), and we have, lost a great deal of kindly feeling which the communi ty at large once felt for us. It is time to stop and unload. Officers in com mand of troops' often find it difficult to act wisely and safely when their superiors in authority have different views of the law from theirs, and wheii legislation has sanctioned the action seemingly in conflict with the. uudamental law, and they generally defer to the known judgment of their superior officers of the army, who are so regarded in a great crisis, and are beld to such responsibility, especially those at or near the head of it, that it is necessary, on such momentous oc- casions, to dare 'to determine for themselves what is lawful and what is nut lawful, under our system, if he military authorities should be in voked as might possibly be the case in such exceptional times when there existed such divergent views as to the-ucorrect result. The army will suf fer from its past action if it has acted wrongfully. Our regular army has little hold upon the affections of the people of to-day, aud its superier offi cers should certaily, as far as lies in their power, legally and with righ teous intent, aid to defend the right, which, to us, is the laws and th institutions which they represent. It is a well meaning institution aud it would benvell, if it should have an ' a a t 1 opportunity, to oe recognised as a bulwark in support 'of the rights of the people and of the law. I am, truly yours, WlNFIED S. HaXCQCK. To Gen. W. T. Sherman, Com manding United States Army, Wash ington, D. C. From the Monroe Enquirer. To The Colored People. The nominee of the Republican party for Lieutenant-Governor, Gen. Rufus Barringer, told the negroes in Charlotte, that if the Democrats got control of the National Government, their race would be re-enslaved ! That a man from a. good family, and with such a brilliant war record in the Con federate service, should be thus a self proclaimed traiFor to his people, and to truth and principle, is unconforma ble with ordinary speculation. But his prestige gives him strength as a peace disturber. No one can blame simple-minded blacks for believing a white man of his positition, supposed to be "at home" in the arcana of occult politics, -and so act in a panic-stricken way, detri mental to themselves as well as others; for their interests are inseperable from and identical with the welfare of the mass ofwhites, among" whom they live, and no in "boosting" into office their self-assertive w hi te leaders.1 The black race, as a "bone of con tention,"has long been" a sore afflic tion and drawback to this country; but no observant, reflective, fairmind ed man wiU blame the blacks for this. As far asiAy 5 are couoerned; they have been a negative evil,"caused by the dissensions of two classes of whites- honesty of . purpose on the one side : fanaticism arid deception on the other. . They had no more agency even in coming to' this country than a child has in being born into the world ; it vras iot their fault that, when slavery bccame'a'dead loss ''m the Northern h was nslated &utlu Ifcr was jit jior fan I t of t heirs that a reat ci vil; war was " waged, ostensibly lag- ; gressi ve and defensive of slavery, but real ly the outgrowth afid en lnjinatioa" of the Summer and lirooks' ptnsh in ho U. S., Senate '.Chamber. . j They had no agency in objaining heir freedom ; forjhetr fidelity to the South was most-.remarkable Muring its Jour years struggle "against the great orthThe world, in fact. I am a native of neither North nor uth, but have been a citizen! oif tlie Soutl XJ. S., tlurty:eight years and am.thor-i oughly cosmopolitan. This- country had rota more arden t "and hfeartfel t over of the Union within itsoufiues than myself; and, just prior fto the war, I was feverishly active, in my small, way, doing all I could to hinder he impending war. Every ebneomi ant and residuum evil"!- predicted were terribly realized but one,- and that I laid; most stress on. t yas this: "If war begins, it will abtend until every able-bodied man in thci. Southj is in battle, and vanquished herd. In the meantime, wiih onlv old men women and children. as fire side guards, what will the blacks fre and slave be doing? "Revolpluni- der, raperand murder will hold high carnival !" .My fears onthat scbre were derided ; aud with reason, - too. as the result proved. The slaves atr lended to their duties with enliancetj idelity and energy; without' which the Confederacy would have bleu de-. fiirict long before it was.H . f F I rejoiced that their conduct proved me a false prophet, and increased my regard lor the race. And jret these "particular friends" of theirs the scura of Northern place.-seekers, and the untrue nien of th(r Soutly--hye ' got theoi to believe that, they were, during the war, "true to the old flag,' forsooth I ! J ! - i I make no pretence of "kiniTnessT, to black men more than to white; it is all I can do to lake-care of byself; but if I could afford to dispense kind ness, I vuld do so with discrimina tion. All blacks are not deserving of kindly consideration any more than whites arc. But I can s e.ik with can dor in the interest of truth and gener al good, will. - -1- Now, about this re-enslavirig qries-' tion: The emancipation of slavery by war, cost the North (the nation) two thousand dollars a head fof every; slave, from infants to dotards j it beg-4 gared the South ; it cost the lives of a million of white men ; it cost a wasto of four years time; it cost incalculably in lost honor, lionesty and virtue; it cost many years of bitter sectional -'' wrangling and wrong-doing before the war and ever since. Now, J calm--ly ask all sensible black men to say if they can really think that even if the black man wa3 intrinsicallyi worth anything as property, (which hejis not), and that the Democrats, lorice in full power, cou7d re-establish slavery, (which hey cannot), would it be any thing short of insanity to try over again such a costly experiment? 4' Again, Jong before' the war,? nearly -all thoughtful slave-holders desired to get rid of the' bondage they yrlro un-j der, by sectional usage, of t having ,to buy their labor, and keep it in sick-! ness and health ; infancy and dotage.; good times and bad; loading theni down and keeping them at af disad vautage yitlUhe rest of the world, uad behind progress; and by the work and ! influence of fcuch men as Clay, Gra ham, cjc, slavery would have been wholly, abrogated long before (he war, -' for the good of the whiles; but gradual- ly to save injury to the blacks. It was only the pcrsisent intermeddling fof pharisaical fanatics, putting the in- J, dignant slave-holder on the defensive.,: that kept it up so long. , But novf that all have' beeu rid of slavery, for , fifteen years, if you can find ja . man who candidly says he would he will ing to try it again he or I nlnst go . into a lunatic asylum. 4 1 only advert to these few points briefly , to Start ja: right train tjf reasoning in the minds . . of the colored ieople, for our oomraoo, good, and that they may see to jsvhat a depth of infamy, cupidity and low ambition wilUink these hollow-hearted white (mis)-leaders of theirs. Those, of them who will still cling -to such rotten prop., after reading tho above, do so from sheer perversity or arc like owls, blind in proportioi to the light shed on them. ; , v - Very respectfully, i Kaptim. ' . J - i . : . - r, iiii 'jji
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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Aug. 19, 1880, edition 1
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