THK miJMWTON JOURNAL
WILMINGTON N. 0.,
5TM!I V. JUK 30 1871.
Anton Concty.
Wc learn that tho trial of tho prisoners
cbatg-d with the murder of Bedfearn will
commence to-daj. Tho Solicitor will be
assisted in tbe prosecution by Meesrs.
Asbe aLd Bennett, and Hargrave and Mo
MiUan. Tee defense will be entrusted (by
a,tignment cf tbe Court) to General Dar
gn and Steele & Walker. The trial at
tracts mucb interest and will be ably con
ducted on both fic.
A Model JoWMhtP,
In Williams' precise. Columbus coun
ty, where there were three hundred Con
servative vote3 cas-tattbe lat election and
cot one Rdical, there aro bat three deiin
quents on the tax list, and not a case of
bankruptcy in the township. This is th
effect of good local government. If i
Were not for the burdens imposed upon
these citlzsns through the extravagance
and corruption of tbe Stats government,
they would soon be as prosperous as ever
The people cf Columbu3 will, howevi r, d
tfiAiV tvhnle dntv in "richtine tbin2s"iL
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August.
CiiDVeillluB,
Tbere were considerable insinuation
and tl reats p nding the passage of tbe Con
vention Bill and nf-er the adjournment ot
the L gielature, of great opposition in tb
"Coutervativo ranks to Convention if th
Legislature by a majority vote should sub
xnit the question to tLo pt ople. The namer
of eminent gentlemen were paraded befor
t'ae pntl c, and their oppoiition was held
in terroreni over those who favored tb
movement. Unteirified, however, the bill
wa passed, ard tbe question is to be sub
mitted to the people in August for theii
ratification or rejection.
The canvass bas now fairly opened. The
most emioent gentlemen in the State,
xnaoy of whom have bad little or nothing
to do with politics since tho war, and tome
who are di-francbised from holding office
under the Constitution of the Uuittd States,
are taking an activo part in tho discussions
in favor of the call while not a few aro can
didates for the Convention. Indeed,
should tbe Convention assemble, it will be
much the ablest body which bas met in
North Carolina aince tbe close of the war.
In the meantime, ono by one, tboso who
were claimed as opposed to Convention,
have openly denici any such opposition,
and stated their p orpose to canvass in its
favoi. and, in one iustanoo at least, Colon-1
Bennett, of Aoson, is a candidate for
Convention. To day we cannot recall a
einglo Democrat or Conservative of any
geaeral reputation, who opposes Conven
tion, if we may except Mr. J. E. Moore,
of Martin, a young gentleman of worth
and of position in that section, who has
represented his ccunty in tho Senate and
H ue with credit. There may bo others
whom wo cannot now remember. Two
papers, the Salisbury Old North State end
the Raleigh Telegram, jin'i Radical, are;
battling manfully against Convention, bat
if they havo any supporters outside of the
Radical ranks, we do not know it. We
trust, at leant, that in this ' departuro "
they have none.
On V e o'her hand, e cveral Republicans
of prominence and influence iu different
pordons of the State, have openly declared
in favor of Convention. Among others,
Mr. L. O. Moore, of Craven, one of tho
Radical Senators in the present Legisla
ture, among the ablts, as be was the most
pronounced Republi an in that body, has
declared in a public speech that he would
vote for Convention. He said that several
Republicans in the Legislature were in
favor of tho bill, but that a party caucus
whipped" in the dissenting members and
compelled them to vote against their con
victions. At tae Barns meetiug, Dr. M.
F. Arrendell and Jennicgi Piggott, both
prominent party men, lJ and the former
long connected with political contests in
this State, and for many year.s a Senator
from Cartaret county, announced their
purpose to vots for Coavcuiion.
Ia Robeson, ex-Senator Hayes, a promi
nent Radical, and we believe others, have
coma out in favor of Convention. From
the West wo hear of several leading local
Radical politio:ans who aro open in their
advocacy of Convention, and that seotion
is represented as about unanimous for if.
We do not believe that it will ba made a
party qiestioa ia many counties of the
State, but t-o contest will rath-r be over
the election for delegate. Conservatives
and Republioans, rich and por, white and
black, all alike, aro oppres.-ed w.th the bur
dens which our pr sentcontitution imposes
upon them. All parties aro equal y interest
ed in saving tha Stato from rum which the
present expensive government will inevi
tably bring upon her. Reformation is as
much needed by the laborer as by tho em
ployer. The poor suffer proportior ately
as much as their more prosperous neigh
bor. The blacks bear the burdens no
mote graciously than than do the whites.
From all quarters, from all classes of peo
ple, the demand for ohange, for economy,
for judicial probity and learning, for peace
and oider, for renewed prosperity, comes.
Nothing can check these appeals. They
will continue to be made in louder tones
nntil the evils nnder which the people suf
fer are corrected. V
Everywhere the bo.t men in tho Stato
are being brought forward, and tho Con
vention when it assembles will bo con
trols! by men who will not only
know the wants of the wholo people, but
who have the wisdom, firmness, honesty j
and capacity to give us a Constitution
which will be consistent with those wants,
and not in conflict with the laws of the
country. The people demand the change,
thsir necessities require it, and politicians
who personal interests are in conflict
therewith. Trill be cast aside as hardly
worthy of notice in a contest of such vast
moment. The office holders have cade a
good thing of it many have grown rich
many, too m.ny by dishonest practices.
Bat foeig time is limited. The end of their
official existence draws nigh. The people
have been robbed Jong enoagh. Thev
now demand that it shall cease, and thev
ip.te4 to be, heard and heeded. J
General Ilancaci. .
Wo have rooeived a pamphlet entitled
"The Civil Record of Major General
Winfield 8. Hancock duriDg his Adniinis
ration in Louisiana and Ttxas." It oom
oriees bis orders and letters, aad a review
t bis administration in these two St aee
hile irili'ary commander.
General Hancock is tho only one of tbe
Federal Generals who baa bad command
in the South who bas shown any knowl
dge of. and rispest for civil law, personal
ibsrty and rights and local self-govern-ment.
During tbe few months be was in
command cf the Fifth Military District
he exhibited a statesmanship of which few
soldiers are capable. Beforo be took com
mand there we bad a high regard for him
vVe bad fought him to often acd so bard
that ho bad wou our admiration us a col
lier. We iearaed to recpect him aho as a
?ivil office r. One who bas been ciotneu
with such great authority, and bas used it
ith such wisdom, firmness and modera
tion, for the good of the people and in
obedience to the Constitution of bis coun
try, in a time of great trial acd tempta
tion, it is but just that bis example should
have honorable mention an 1 remem
brance amocg his fellow-citizens.
Wc have been favored with an advanced
p-oof of a letter from Colon 1 Blaktos
Don-can in regard to General Hancock
bich will appear daring the week in sev
eral leading papers of the country, which
we publish with pleasure. The admira
tion which the co teg of General Hancock
has excited throughout the South, espe
cially among that portion of oer citizens
bo know nothing personally of the dis
tinguished eoldier but the brilliancy of
his attack and the stnbbornnee.-s of bis
defense, show bow united and fraternal
might have been tho relations between the
sections if all like him bad accepted the
surrender of tho Confederate trmits sa
cessation cf hostilities. But tbe close of
the war gave to cowards and knaves au
opportunity to vent their spleen which the
dangers of the field hal caused them to
nurec with noisy but harmless fury for four
tODg years. In euch a contest he could
r.ke no part. Ho has dared rather the
disploamre cf tho President and Con
gress, and among the Indians of the
Northwest proves hii devotion to the car
dinal principles of government laid down
in bis order in assuming command of bis
military district. 4,rho right of trial by
jury, the habeas corpus, the liberty of the
press, tho freedom of epeccb, the natural
rights of persons and the rights of prop
erty must be preserved."
Xo gkavek questions were ever pr.s ant
ed to the people for solution, ays the
Baltimore Gazftic, than those which will
constitute" tho leading issues between the
; two parties in the next Presidential cam
paign. Sines aoui iue xvauiuaiM uavu uem
control of Government, and during all
this time ha'e been working, by legislative
n. M rr-t 1 T-U l- 1. 1 11
,' enactments and all sorts of devices, to con-
eolidato all power at Washington. The
checks and balances of the Constitution
havo been steadily ignored ; the rights of
the States trampled upon ; tho judiciary
crippled in the exercise of its legitimate
functions, aDtl the Executive reduced to
the conditi n of a mere subordinate of
Congress. Tho echemo of the Radicals
from the beginnicg bas been to get rid of
all constitutional restrictions whioh inter
fered with their determination to make
the legislative department of tho govern
ment the ruling power, and to bring about
an entiro change in the relations cf the
States to the central authority. They have
undertaken at the South to make and un
make States at their sovereign will and
pleasure. They have also undertaken,
both North and South, to clothe Federal
agents with tho power to supervise elec
tions, and to invest Federal Marsha's,
backed by a multitade of armed Deputies,
with authority to regulate votiDg at the
p dls, to make summary arrests, and to turn
over a'leged offenders for trial beforo tho
Federal Courts.
In respect to tha amendment to the
Constitution, under which the Radicals
claim for Congress novel and extensive
grants of power, evea Senator Shekman, in
his speech at the Republican Convention
held at Columbas, Ohio, on Wednesday
last, did not dare to assert that all three of
them wre legally adopted. Iaseal of de
claring outrght bin balief that they were
pre parly passed, he dealt with the amend
ments bjpathetically. " If," bo taid,
they were adopted by a vote of two
" thirds of each House of Congress," and
14 if they were ratiGed by tnree-fourths of
" tho Spates " why then ; if so,
the
amendments were the supreme law."
After thus adroitly dodging tho ques
tion he challenged the Democrats to deny
that the amendments are a part of the
Constitution. The Democrats do not pro
pose to discuss this question. They do
not deny that the amendments have been
foisted into the Constitution ; but they
denounce tho means that were taken to
frustrate the popular will iu respect to
them, and the fraud and force that were
used to mako them a pari of the su
preme law."
But leaving the amendments out cf tbe
question, there still remain between the
Democrats and the Radicals issues of the
utmost importance to the well-being of
the Republic, upon1 which an appeal to the
people is to be taken. The question
whether the present tariff, framed in the
interests of monopolists, shall bo contin
ued, or whether it shall be changed into a.
tariff for revenuo purposes merely, is one
of these. A thorough reform of tbe in
ternal revenue system is another. The
recognition of the Southern States as
equal members of the Union, and the
abandonment of tbe system of political
proscription that prevails there is a third.
Besides these there are many others
among which are: The enforcement of
a rigid economy ia the administration of
all departments of government, reorgani
zation of all departments of tho civil ser
vice, and the adoption of a finanoial sys
tem which shall equalize the distribution of
currency, instead of making nearly all cf
the States tributary to Eastern capitalists.
II there were no other issues before the
people than the Election an J ko-k ux
law, these alone ought to be sufficient to
arouse them, to a sense of the danger they
are in from ltadical domination, for they
strike direoily at the rights of the States
and the liberties of the citizen. But when
ia addition to those we have stated, the
notorious corruption of Congress and tbe
demoralization that ha- spread like a lep
rosy sbroughout the entire eraiy of cfiice
ho'ders are taken into account, tf .so sure
ly are grounds enough upon which the
opposition to the Radicals can ba.e a
strong demand for a change.
RKttonal Itiue.
We hae no quarrel with the Northern
Democratic party for seeking ai 1 among
their political enemies. We are satisfied
that unless CoEservitive Republicans--suoh
as have become disguste 1 with tho
recklessness aud corruption of their own
party are enio'lei under the binun- ot
the Democracy, it roust xruxAw iu tin?
minority a-- tbe North, and tint our pre
ponderance here cannot make up f r their
weakness ilure. Iu thi tpirit we Lave
approved cf their ' new departure." We
feel that in it lies tho path to victory ;
out of it is inevitable defeat. Wo aro
willing to acknowledge and respect the
laws of tLo country, ho-vever n.u,-h ve
may condemn the manner and purple
of their enactment. We have higher ob
jects and nobler aims than to liit againtt
the wind. We have neither the .time ccr
strength to waeta ia fighting accomplish d
facts. Tbe future is toe pregnant wi b
evil and danger to theorize and weep
over those of the past. There U some
thing jet left for free ciu'zens to battle
for ; ranch can be saved from tbo wreck
of a constitutional government the
equality of the States, tho liberty of tbe
citizens, local f-elf govc-ramet all of
which aro now threat curd, are certainly
worth evry t&ort iu tbe power of iiec
men to maiutuia. We ceo no safety for
these great and vital principles exep
in
tho defeat of tbe pirty now iu power.
It behociVts Northern and KoutLero
Democrats, and conservative citizats of
all political creeds, of all sections of tho
Union, to unito together to work oat this
result. We are willing for this purpose to
co-operate with them upon livo issues and
live meu. We are williug, in order to,
m?et upen common groutd, to make our
duo proportion of tLo sucrifioa cf opiaiotg
and feelings. Thus far we can aud iil i
go, not duiibtiugly as;d disirnstfa!!-, bat
honestly and openly.
But wo shall require that the ground we
meet upon 6hall be common we niusi as
sociate together as tq oals we must work
together as faithful aod zealous allies we
must Loner and confide i a each other.
While we avo wibicg to fight under the
lead of some acceptable loider, who oither
in the field or in civil life, contributed to
defeat a cause to which wo Lai uevoted
our lives end propt r y, wo ehail demand
that our feelings shall be respcettd. and
that oar overtLrow shall not ba continually
thrown up to us by way cf insult. If our
8uff jriigs do not protect nc, iur political
unanimity and strength can and wi!!. We
do not ask our par.'y friendi to mourn
with us over cur dead brothers nnd de-
foitcd cause. We appeal to no people on
tbe globe for sympithy W3 fought with
out it we lofct without it we have
suffered without it. We propose to work
out our materia', regeneration by our own
efforts, aud without surrepdering our man
hood and honorable pride.
These aro not matters for political con
ventions and party platforms. We are &
much interested in the maintenance of
good government iu the United States as
those who fought io her armies or labored
ia her legislative councils. Indeel, we
havo been tbe dhief, if not the only suffer
ers from tha vindictiveness aad violence
which has oharacterizdd the spirit and ac
tion of the Geneial Government tioca the
war. W7e are, therefore, willing from ne
cessity, if from no other motive, to work
for the future. We cannot egree as to the
pasS, and it is without politicil s'gniti
canca, unless our friends render is so !y
joining in tho Radical party cry of 44 re
bellion "ani "treason." The fllowiug
article from tbe New Yotk Citizen a?ul
Round Table, a Northern Doaiocratic pu
rer, edited with ability and exercL-iuff a
wide influence ia that city and Srate, will
j istify what we have said and point out
ho danger which now threatens the unity,
certainlv tbe success of tho Deasocratic
party :
Tha KopubUoius fcava tilwara eadU'e.1 the
North era i-etaocracy with tbe bun cf etcfe.-ion
The late rebels aro callbd "our frie' Cs." and
T Hereon DaviR in bia lisS exhibition of pn-eump
tion ana atop any its an oner weapon in Hi- ir
bauds. W once boptd t bat D&ria woold bV:
been raadj au tiinjplo of. As a traitor he de
served if; and as tbo pretidii g e-niua of Anor
uonviJle he doub!y merited au ifruorainione fiU.
MoreoTer he might then have oeen of value. As
a ratrtyr be would have been of nsa to us, for be
very reason tba-t the liepublicaae strove to ldect
uy wax witu our parry. .Laving, be vas a mere
worthless piece of Beif-auflioieticy the paiofa!
remini-cence of a dishonorable raet: dead, he
btoame an or ject of pity; buried an effeuded
people wo aid forget tbe wrongs ne inflicted, and
say ne meat Wdii and was honest iu bu convic
tions. Therefore it was a real los to tbe coun
tr when tbe ghost was deprived of its legitimate
rights. According to bhakespeae, a dt ad man
is of some value, at.l .bat cat not be said of some
living man, the Confederate ex President atuong
tbtm Jeff. Davis' view, from repud ation d jwd
to disanion, were no -part of tho Demoo-iatic
creed, and the sooner onr eoatheru fellow con i -trjnacu
appreciate that fact tbe better.
Now when we acknowledge such ic hu
man and diabolical sentiments come from
ono of "our party" organs we have said
enough to satisfy our readers that we are
willing to do much to accept a great deal
to preserve the integrity of p.srty. We
may accept a "noV but not a "moral"
departure.
Suppose the Southern people shou'd de
denounce General Hancock, Judge
Hendricks, Judge Thubman, the Adamses,
Governor Hoffman and other prominent
party leaden because they opposed cs in
our struggle. What if wo should condemn
them to tha gallows instead of recommend
ing them for tho Presidency ? How
would "our party" friends accept snch
allies ? How long would our co-operation
last ? Yet ive are supposed to be equal in
political councils if we aro not as citizens
of a common country. The certain elec
toral votes of Virginia, North Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Maryland
and Kentucky are as effective in deciding
the result.of the next Presidential election
ai hn equal number of doubul votes in
aoy locality however favored. Adopt your
platform, nominate your citdidate, bat if
yoa desire our aid do not erect barriers so
strong that self-interest even canuot over
come them.
The Ciccinnati Enquirer t&ye: "Ihe
anniver-ary cf tho bttle of Bunker Hill
the 17h of June was an tventful one to
Mr. YaUatdigbaiii. Had the horoscope
of fate Chst its iLll ienca upon Lis belief,
be cer!aio!y wr-uld havo rt-gardel this day
wi'h F'iperatition ncd apprehension. It
wis c:i tho 17th of June, 1863, that he ran
the blocksde froai tbe South and encoun
tered the dangers cf cxiJe, tbe sea and
deatb. On the 17ch of June, 1861, a year
to a clay exa lr, be reached hU own home
and made a tp-cch at Duyten, then labor
ing ender -u apprehension cf renewed
military arre-r. On the 17th at June.
1871, be died a victim to nn unlucky acci
dent from his cavu band. to happened
that it was seven esr after bis return,
and ii) a vpnr id wiiic!) iho figure s-ivt-n so
n imt e:.'!', sr-j e-r to mark the date."
J he fulsome res ohition of tbe effiee
holders lv- Ohio Radical S'atn Conven
tion in fav.jr of Grant's Admiohtration,
provoker the Ciccii nati Commercial to
saj : "Evk?eL:tiy tiura aas an overhigh
or two yes-terday at Columbus. There
was no refoHti; n of sympathy with Billj
McGar; a'iua and Batz, and Babcoek and
the Ctwiogtiiu Postmaster were utterly
n glected. There was also a palpable
oav't-sb n to approve the lvmoval cf the
seat of government to Long BriiDch."
CaiEr Justice Chase favors the Demo
cratic 44 tew departure." Our corrts
poi;dor.t, 8j s tho New York Herald, hal
an interview with him at Cincinnati re
cently, and be said that many Republicans
would join the Demccra's if tho 44 new
Jepr-rttiro " were adopted. 41 It is," a . id
i be, 44 tbe vzv lens of u tw party. It n a
platform Hie:
men t f lvh p
i v.hicli hone.fct, pa'iiotic
trtit s eau come tc-;ther. "
QEN. HANCOCK.
TLo following letter sttlirg forth the
merits of Gtn. Hancock and recommend
pg him t. a candidate for tLo Lrosidency
.sill bj fouu 1 interesting to all admirers of
tbfit distinguished soldier. Wo publish it
at tbe e-p.ru-t rf-qutsi of several etteemed
frit -ids:
CiENEVA, May 13, 1871.
II J t iiaa i A: r, Ex ii v ru. r of It 'tuiasa,
FriukUb, P;;r:;i cf ; t. Mary, L :
My Beau Sir: I perceive by tho news
papers f it;o United -?tate -i hat the j-o-lit
c ai caidioi; 13 beginning to bci! and
that rcaay movemeurs are beii-g nude iu
bcLa'f of various dife'.ingoishcd me of
our paity. Tht.se evolutions are tot de
Void ot interest to m . In ko far as I my
be able to afsist in anything which can
benefit tho wJjo'h country uni especiaby
ensure pt ace acd prosperity f .r our section
tuere f,it i- my duty as wel aa my highest
p.'tasuro to bvU-i ail my energies thereto.
Yo', as a devoted acd nurgetic citizen o?
Louisiana, uill always do the fune.
Biii-viug th it you Lave not firgotteu
tho nob'o iiud p.itiiotic stud us.-tuned by
Gcjl. Hancock when ia com ma ad of tbe
Department of the Sou'h be fallowed tbe
dictates of ju-tico and duty ia his at ecps
to ameliorate tbe condition of t e citizen1-,
ul(1 to maiie the military subservient
t tbe civis Jaw. I write to euggt-st that
Hancock is siill alive, and will le presented
and urged fur the position of our standard
leui'er by his rtionei oes icarm and zealous
friends.
lhe peculiar consideration?, which ought
to make Lou siaaa, Arkansas, Mississippi
and Texas come unitedly to his support
aro not a.'ons the attempts upon bia part
to uonent tae people of those States, but
also tno ciicums ituces
vncli
- -t
have tsince
occurred. He ba3 bcou o-tracirftd as it
wer.', for bis bofj"utS:s in braving tbe wish
es cf Ge:. Grant, en 1 for daring to have
an cpicion of bit own, iu which kindness
of hrurf. utid m-jguanimous sympathy for
tbo feulTerii g j of t nr people formtd not the
leis-t portio::.
For ;our sake?-, ncjy oue might eay for
tLo whole Sou h, martyred iu bo far as a
jubt and ) ri per atkunwitdgment of bis
grt.at merits au-1 ct a;ity aro concerned,
when assignments cf military oo itijin
were mail ; it :s eaiiaan'ly proper that
your State stir-aid bo the vanguird of the
entire cJoutb, lal yitgia bia bv Lalf.
What cjuid be ui'-re proper, th-iu to have
theS.'Uth H-Kiu y tlemandicg permistion
to tiaciu u jN-jrtuern m.'in. as ttie Dem; crat
ic candidate, iciio could be elected ? W.a
cuuld b? m re li ting thn tho selec ion
by tbo Stith of a gallant si!d:er, whu
fought us as long fcs ve could bod our
we iponp, ar;.t;', when wo Wtra crushed
aod bleeding, wi;s the first to stop forward
liKe a mimsteriug angel to fctaunch our
w uufls ud ti atoiiil ibtiu with balsam
and to raise u.-i froua moiita; proatrat ou bj
inias ng ncps o? just aLtl generous treat
ment in the fature ? What more righteous
reirioutun io ttse compensations of life
ciu'd there be, tbau to pit thj wardor.
who ba!i'je in the sucreraacy civil law,
aaiu t t-biit PrcbLIeut, who ban ugam uu-
hrtitbcd bn bvord ai tbe bidding of par
lisans, and who, iu bis itauguehs to crush
our s etien of tno country, may ytt ttrive
to riuc- into p.itver by the complete tub
vers-iou
Thtrd
of tho iibrrtics of ull '?
is but ono leudicnr nnestiou
ia Jbe choice cf the next Demi-crati-j
Convention : To select the
strongest candidate. I have not a Wurd to
allege against uuy of tha diitmsruished
champions who teek the honor of carrying
oar colors. Bat in a c isis iiiie this I
daem it incumbent upon every rnau, who
na a arop of patriotism in bis veins, to
dis&ri all pereonal considerations, aud
to nave au eye tingle to the deploy of tie
country, and tho cun?tquences which our
iai nre in lovu may entail ; and more 03
peci-ally is this compu.sorv on everv
Sjuthern mao. We absolutely require
rrst end paace and years of bolid pros
peri:y to rtgaia what we have los: in the
past teu years of war for we have not uel
had peace nor is it likely to be vouch
safed t j us, so long as the bauble cf power
is within the clutch of Eadical umbiticn
or the rich priz.s of Southern El Dorados
are to ba attained bv huncrv odvpn
turere.
Iu 18C0 there were hundreds of thou
sands like me. who fallowed such leaders
as Alex, totepbens in regard to the policy
of tue Souta. We believed that the battle
for the constitution fchould have been
fought inside of tho Union, where we hacl
the Supreme (Jours to rorotectour interest.
before partisan legislation had stricken
down our legitimate defencea ; and where
the thirty Southern Senators, bv the aid
of the Northern Democrats, could have
oiled tlio machinations of the Radicals.
The majority, overruled us and said that
the proper course was the 2Jontcromerv
Congress and Government. Did we. be
cause of that, falter in our devotion to
Southern ineterests ? The battle-fields of
the fSoath will attest that the Whigi and
Conservative, who laid down their;
lives npon the altar, of lovo for their
States and brethren, were among the
bravest and most self-sacrificing of
the gallant legiens who facte! death
so courageously during: that long
nd dreadful war. Nor have we. nor do
we now propose to caEt a shadow of re
proach npon our friends for what might be
eonsrdered an error of judgment. Our
policy might have avoided tbe carnage, the
.-. 1 . 1. 1 .it 1
distress ana lue uavoc ; it migur cuve
saved the ten thousand millions of pr
petty which have been lost, end it might
have averted tbe dreadful vassalage which
tbe Radical p liticiacs, with an utter want
of magnanimity, l ave now so long com
pelled us to endure. I was not foreor
dainad that oar views 6bould even have
the p ivilege of essaying the peaceful bat-
tin. (Jar people, a minority of the United
States, accepted or proffered the gge of
battle. Thos who urked action aid not
thorrusbly understand the Northern mind.
and that delusion was a fatal one which
"n':b"C'd tho belief cf a divided North in a
sectional war.
The present is a crisis in our fate, fally
aa vital as wa that of 18G0.
Aud, agrin, I venture to plead for calm,
w d-considered and wise action.
If we misunderstand the tone of North
eru sc ntiment, the error that wo may com
mit mav destroy us as well as our friends
ia tho North. There are men in tbe South
who believe that our section will uhima e
tv secure its former ascendan y io the
ouccila cf the nation. am not one of
them. Tbe laws of nature are irresistible.
and so are those of events. Wre might ca
oon expect to reverse the corrent of Nia
gara as to subvert tbo inevitable sequences
f our wer. There.shcu'd bo no hesita
tion to proclaim our prompt acquiescence
therein, aod thus take away from subtle
schemers their capital ia trade, which is
the constant defamation of our people and
tbe u'terly faUe construction of our view?.
To practical minds an aJ demonstrate s far
mere th in a thoasmd words. If. there
fore, our people thonlJ say, "We waive
l revolutionary attempt?, though forced
by the bayonet to accept many laws, we
have, io good faith, enfranchise! onr for
mer tlavep, givoa them equal political
riahts and propose to ecauiesc iu all
'egal ectc mea'e," and if that should bp
followed up by piescnting to tbo North
God. Ianco -k. h tiui and tried soldier and
s'a'esman, in whom ibey i av every cot.fi
elocoa. tbe :eeuk v:- u'd not he doubtful.
Wfcut 'joi1 will it do to agitato peat if-suef?
Tbe recent 'esi-latiou cf Cocgres for
tho purpose of f omeniug d'sturbanees or
mnnvjaclurinfj them, end thus frghtetiicg
a certain number of Conservative voters
into the support of Geo, Graut, will be
uf2ijient ler bis micc-'ks, even without a
resort to force or fraud ia 1S72, if wie ac
tion is not concerted in tho u?h to check
mate them. Toe Presidential contort i
narrowed doo to tho control of less than
two hundred thousand voters in the North,
who will defea' ns unhss :o unequivo
cally f bow V om thai tbere is no danger of
disturbances frcrn the S mtb, at'd ttmt our
candidate is a man whom Iho North can
conrido iu with more certainty than in
Gen. Grant. Ttat Grant is to bo tho op
poking candidate is unquo tiouab!'. Toe
lat milit iry bill rivet- it beyond reraU.
Who can defeat Gin. Grant? Only a milj
t6ry man who eau reeure the votes of tens
of thousands of former ucldieis who vtod
for Grent in 18GS; or a civilian, who f -om
former Republican a?scc:ations cao stcart
tbe Biipport of a portion of thai par'y
The latter candidate is probably out of
the qr.cstion .
If we pri e.it Gcu. ilancock lo the
Ncrthtm delegates iu convention they vill
accei)t him, for she Southern States cast
the majori y (S3) of the reliablo Demo
cratic electoral votts.
lie is probably die only Democrat whom
we could select with a certainty of success
Is it to our interest to tk any chana
whatever V
Tbe result in Connecticut ought to open
tho eyes cf every man who is not wilfullv
blicd. It proves tbo compnei organization
and etreegth of the Radicals. We can win i
the game with ease, and yet we may throw !
it away by foby. Idle declamation and
assertion will give ua no streugth. It is
the Conservative element of the North,
now acting with the Ilidicals, whioh we
must divert from them, or consent to let
the c'o3tions for the next century go in
the same suaooih groove. Look at the fig
ure?. What States can we expect to cirry
with'certainty V Alabama, 8; California,
5; Delaare, 3; Georgia, 8; Kentucky, 11;
Maryland, 7; Missouri, 11; New York, 33;
N irth Ottrcdiua, 10; Oregon, 3; Tennes-ee,
10; Virginia, 10; West Virg nia, 5 Total,
121. Hal ti elect wa require 159. Now
litre are wo to get the otuers ? Dealing
fraokly with each other as businets men,
we could discus3 our chances in doubtful
S'ae.-. Under the military ia just enact
ed we will be swindled, aud probably lose
Arkansas. JL'icncla, Louisiana acd Missis
sippi, wLjab under a fair and legitimate
vo o are all Democratic. We havo ther -
f .re to fight tuo butle in Connecticut, 6;
India;. a, 13; Nevuia, 3; Now Jersey, 7;
New Hampshire, 5; Texas, G in each of
which ihe change cf a few hundred votes
wilt decide th- result. Three were Demo
cratio and threo Radical at the lasl elec
tion. And wo have to contest tLo elec:iou
with unscrupulous opponents, who have
all tho plunder aud a 1 the power to back
them. If wo car.r altj of these States ex
cept Nevada cr New Hampshire,
o have jtibt enough to elect.
Will a:.y boue-t man say that our
chances to carry all but one woull be a
afe betticg point 1 Aud yet if wo les
two of them, or even one with eix electoral
votes, the election is gone, unless we carry
Pennsylvania. With that S a'e safe,
could tii-f enso vith several of tboso enu
meia'ed above, and still win. Now I spak
advisedly when I say that Pennsylvania
Democrats will be a unit for Ilancock that
cer btata Convention will ir-stract the del
egation to nominate him and to
vote for bim from the first ballot
peat, also, tnat Hancock can get tweutv
thousand votes in that Stato which no
other Democrat can. After our Conven
tion m 1868. distinguished Radicals in
Washing on did not conceal their joy from
me that Hancock had not been nominated.
They feared bim and Chse alone, and one
of the most distiDRQished politicians of
Pennsylvania, who knows every nook and
corner thereof and has managed its polit
ical campaign foe years, candidly answered
my demand for the troth that Haxcocts
wuTjiiD have r 'Eaten Gbant thirtz thous
and VOTE.
8hall the bouth ignore each facts V
Shall wo turn away from tbe cebtaxnty
that wo can uecure a reiga of justice and
affection, instead of ono of oppression and
hate ?
mi- i
XUiV
is all that wo of the South
can claim or ak ; for with it would come
tuat lasting peace, that brushing away of
the clouds of mi-representatioa and foul
calumny, which to-day is the real barrier
between the North and the South. And
the negro raco would no longer be stirred
up by the adventurers, who se3k to em
bitter their docile instrument at any coe-t.
so that rich returns may flow unceasingly
into their capacious maws. The Ku Kmx
bill, with all its enormities, would droD
harmless to the ground, if when orators
attempted to raise the affrighted bristles
upon creduioas bumpkin heads by reci
tals of Southern horrors and outrages
every Northern Democrat could reply,
" And yet these people are sanoortinff
from preference onr great soldier, Winfield
Scott Hancock." It would take the nith
and marrow out of every lie concocted by
al.. T - -r
uo uicaj press.
For tho South" the stake U a groit qne. I
She bis far more to lose than the North I
by the result.of the next election.. And
us practical men, I place (he isiueuefore
you and other friends in. the South,
whether it is not wie now to consult with
each other, . apcertain. whether my asser
tions and my figures are not correct, and
be prepared to act hereafter with that
unity of purpose, which alone gave onr
section its great strength in tho past. '
I have taken the liberty, my dear fir, to
address this lettei to ycu, in the hope that
j on will take steps to bring the subject
treated of in it to the notice of the South
ern people ; partly because of my knowl
edge of your position io your State, and
partly because I am certain that from your
having been for some time connected
with Gen. Hancock ia the administration
of the civil affairs of tbe State of Louisiana
while he was the commander of the
Fifth Military District there is no one
more competent than yourself to speak of
the fatness of that gentleman for the feta
tion to which I wi uld desire to have bim
elevated by the suffrages of tbe law-abiding
citizens of a constitutional republic.
Yours trnly,
Blanton Duscax.
For the Jcurnil.
Anion Spaclal Coart.
Wadesbobo, June 27.
To-day, at 3 o'clock, the Grand Jury re
turned a true bill ag.inst the five negroes
charged with the murder of J. W. Red
fearn. Alargj number of witnesses had
been examined, and the investigation was
thorough the jury having been eogged
on the case since 11 o'clock yesterday.
After the usual formalities tho accused
were arraigned for. trial, MeasrF. Steele
and Walker being assigned by Judge Bux
ton for the defence.
A syecial venire of ono hundred and
fifty tali nien is ordered, and the trial will
probably commence to-morrow.
It ia understood V ai several of our
leading lawyers hare been retained by tho
fami y of the deceassd to assist in tho
prosecution. ;
Rollfitril. AIoTCnw is lin5Ixr r n nr-i rril in I
j j " tr" o
"making up" the case.
The feeling cf the whole community is
deep and strong, but not the slightest
indication i, or bas been, offered of any
intentions or wishes but fhose whioh al
ways characterize a la v abiding people.
I will tdvi.se yon of the progross of tha
trijJ. B.
For tbe Joaraal.
Plotting iu tjulnniblii Townihlp,
The Democracy of Columbia Township
mot at Picey Woods ou Thursday, the
2Ji instant, for the purpose of uomiua
t jag delegao to represent the Township
iu the County Convention to take pi tee
in the city of Wi'miugton en the first day
of July, 1871.
Oa motioo, R. W. Moore was called to
tho Chair, and G. F. Walker was request
ed to aot as Secretary. After the Chair
explained the objaoi of tho meeting, and
a short speech by John H. Murphy, the
Convention proceeded to nominate her
daJegate-3.
On motion, G. F. Walker, G. A. Her
ring and R. H. Murphy, vereunanimou ly
chosen as delegates to said Convention.
On motion, R. W. Moore, E. A. Hawes
and J. F. Croom were chosen es alternates.
Tho Democracy earnestly request the
undivided atteuiiou cf tho Executive Com
mittee to the fact of their duty, in this
important campaign. Let three influential
men be appointed in each Township, that
will work from now until tho day of the
election.
Qa motion, the Convention adjourned.
R. W. Moors, President.
G. F. Walker, Secretary.
Meetlngln ZIoIden Townihlp,
For the Journal.
June26tb, 1871.
Mr. Editor : Notice having been given
that there woald be a public meeting hold
at Rocky Point Depot ou Saturday, tho
24th inst., the citizens of Holden township,
ever ready aud willing to rpovein that di
rection which tends to promote the inter
est and wolf ire of their native State, nobly
responded to tho call, and organized a
meeting by calling Mr. Joel Hines to tho
Ciair, and requesting Mr. R. N. Blood
worth to act as Secretary.
The Chairman explained the object of
the meeting to be for the purpose of tak
ing into consideration tho propriety of
sending township delegates to the County
Nominating Convention, to be held in Wil
mington on the 1st of July to nominate
delegates to represent us in the State Con
vention. A committee of three, consist
ing of Dr. W. T. Eunett, D. M. filillan
and M. Batsou, were appointed to draw
up re- olutions expressive of the sentiment
of the meeting with regard to calling a
State Convention, whiqb, after retiring a
few minutes, eubmitted tbe following:
WntBEA?, The question cf Convention or no
OonvbLtion will be submitted to ha p oploof
'ho Htate on the nrat Tuura lay in Angaac in ao
cordauco with an act of the Lcgidiaiurt; there
fore, liesolvid, That we deem it an inherent rifih.
that tue peop'e ehoatd frequently b permitted
to express their win throngu the bullot-bux, and
aoy opiuiun or decision to the contrary ia ex
preatfl contrary to the sp rit of th bill of righta,
arid oubvereive of a Democratic) form of govern
ment. liesolvd, That any legislation countenancing
the euppression cf tbe writ of haheas ccrmia ex
cept war . really exiate, ia fraught with great dan
cast her ' gt,r to tbe hbertiea of tho people and is revola
j. t j tionary iu its ttmency.
x Tf Itesolva.1, That treason ia high pl&cca is as
respouBiDio as in Jonr places, and whea the au
thorities violate the spirit aad interest of the
Cons itution it ia time far tho whole people to
arouse acd shake off tha shackles through the
ballot-box, by the overthrow of a party that
wucduoa au 3u outrages.
Hesolved, That wa shall usa all honorab!o
means to eecure a Convention of tha peop.'e, be
liev ng it to be the ooly m ans to relieve onr-
seives or tho bunJ3LS Leaped upen ua by the
fkauicai parry.
litAnen, That the right of all classes, color
aod r es shall be stiicuy guarded; acd that we
dencunce.every infringement of those rights.
Hesotced, 1 hat the Chains m appoint ten men
to represent cs in the County Convention, to
meet ia Wilmington on the 1st cf July, to select
siitable pereo&s to represeat us in the tttate Con
ven' ion
litsolve-i, That we reccomoiond Daniel Bhaw,
of Ocliy township, as ono vt the delegates tn re
prceeuc ns iu the ritata Convention, should it
be cabed, but we will submit cheerfully to the
deciion of the couaty ia Ooovent-oa assembled.
Jieso ved. That we heartily endorse tbe action
of the members of our Legislature, who used
every effort to procure for ns a call for a Con
vention. Hesotced, That the proceedings of this meet
infrbseut to the Wilmington Joubhal, and
Morning Star.
The following is a list of delegates ap
pointed by tbe Chairman to the Conven
tion to be held in Wilmington, viz:
Everett Smith,
J. M. Weetbrook,
J. S. Hines.
J. B. McPherson,
S. P. Hand,
Jno. M. Walker,
D. M. Millan,
W. T. Eonett,
T. A. MoLendon,
a a Batch well.
Jon Hines, Chairman,
Caciy Thrown Lrom
BaCCy an.i
- Killed.
CuAMBEit'ijUEo, Pa., June 23 ir
Momma. wfe of the assistant State L.brf
nan at flarriiburg, who was visiting th,"
family of Dr. George Kaufman, neaFthS
place; went riding wnh the Doctor th,,
morning, and whiUt thoDuctor btrPPt.d
ee a patient, leaving the lady in the b iull
at thedoor, tho horse got loese atidin
off. The lady was thrown fr .m the buBv
picked np inyeniblo, and di-d soon alter
. A German mechanic named Rempt, Whc
ia at present employed by a well knowrj
firm of bridga-builders in Patterson, x
J., bas invented a gun that is a cooiu-1
nation of the advantages of both tie
French and Gtrmau infantry weapon
with none cf the teveral di.-advautjges
poss-ssed by these. L.ke the needle mm
it is fired by a needle, in a very nice ani
curious manner ; but the moet wonderful
thicg of the whole invention is the cart
ridge, whioh is not affected by dampue.-s
and can be soaked io water f-.r honra
without logins? it explosive qualities.
O.d Irusbiau s. Idiots, who are qutto fa
miliar with the needle gun, und who
have seen and examined tbe new weapon
say that it is far superior in every re
spect, aLd will range among the ruo t
deadly and unerring weapons of modern
times.
1'ourlh cf July.
The Drake couuty, Oaio Pioneer Asso
ciation will introduce) a novel feature into
tbe celebration of the Founh of July. ii,0
proceedings will coaipriso tho emm ny ot
reinterrin'T tho rouiauib of two lit tie g r!s
who were tomahawked und t-ca'ped by tbo
Ind lacs in the vicinity of Grceuvilfe in tho
year 1812. Tho remain bttvn just be n
txhumed, aLd are iu a rtmaikbic ute of
preservation, anl tho skulls aud larger
bonei bi-ing entiro aud compar .tivcly
solid. The fractures of the skab by toma
hawks aro plainly discernible. Twelve Jit
Mo mistes have ben selected to act us pail
bearer ou tho occasion, aud other qi aus
will be taken to render tho ceremony nota
ble and imprts-ive.
LoaUlana,
A flying visit to tbo country give3 a verv
II- - T II : -
umavurauiu luea 01 mu growing crony
both of cane uud cotton. S ich-continu
drtnchiug rains have not Leeu kiuwu for
mauy yeurs, and tho fplanis .both of tv. t
loa and cano have a sickly hno. This
datnegj, however, is not iriet-arablo. V itu
gieat vigor and activity on tho t art f the
bauds tho grass may ba kept down, in
C f ri toan I ln nlo nj o vtnv t
nuivu vstiavo a u u itku u j ma. u tuu tIiUULr'i
; to mako a now etart and become a col
stand. It is, however, a onditiou prece
dent to this imi rovement that tho raius
should censi; a lung drought would u y
be a blessing, (.specially to tbo cotton
growers. We nro pleased to observe that
the planters th:s yeat havo g -ne more
largely into the corn culture) . thau umuI,
and the prospects are that they will be in
a better condition next t.C'aon to meet
j any of tho emergencies of reduced prices,
and other disasters of tlieir occupation. "
Callftfralu..
Tbo harvest 6Cascn has fairly b;guu.
Probably nearly ono-h ilf of tho hay crop
in the coat countie Las been cur. Tbo
reapers and header havo just g jue into
the wheat fields. X.-urly every larai pro
duct this yeur c (Uimabd.i n hig'a price.
Wheat ban rurely gone up totuch xtrecie
figures. Oats, barley and bay also c m
mand bigti priccf. After all, tho farming
results of the year a fiord li:tla cau-.o Jor
discouragemeLt. There tiro t-bott cr. pa in
many places; iu 6omo places tbe returns will
hardly pay for labor and seed. But iu
many couuties along the coast thorn is aa
average crop; in others, two-thirds of a
crop; in some, whero little was expected,
half a crop. Now, when account is taken
of the prices wbicu farm products are
bringing, and aio likely to briDg, we doubt
if in any previous year tho uggrega'c
crops of tho Sf a' e would brin ua tnuoh
ready money as they will tlrsyear. Indi
viduals will suffer. Hero aud there a
township or ceigbborhoo I will have noth
ing to send to markot. But theso extreme
eases aro the first to be known, mi l they
go far to color many of tho most unfavor
able reports.
What will Mr a. Grundy Say 1
Among tho sovereigns who telegraphi
cally congratulated the Pope ou the occa
sion of hia twenty-fifth anuivtrsary v.ai
Queen Victoria tho visible head of tho
Protestant Church of Ecglaud, by liiw es
tablished. Tho low church people and
the anti ritualists who ure nothing if not
"no Popery," will probably give her
Majesty as good a ecolding for this "new
departuro" as she received from tho oppo
site party in the church, not long silco,
for going to a Presbyterian kirk to fay her
prayers, and having her daughter married
during Lent. Her Alajs'y, we gue-s, i.i
getting to bo nothing if not "bioul
church," whose platforu calculates twta o
in everything and every bo y, with co
questions asked. N. Y. Erpress.
Salts for Damagti,
The Now Orleans Commercial Bulletin
says :
The criminal negligence of the city au
thorities then fore, in not piovidiog a
proper und snllijieut nvafem of Jevi;s nr
tho protec ion of tbo city, i. about, t re
sult in a number of suit, w'bicU wo liarn
are to bo institu od by property hohb rn
agaibst tho city for damage done by tho
present flood. A largo mudon of the
sufferers are tmall projicrfy ouers, wlmso
accumulated bavinga ty yearn of economy
have been invested in smal homes. Tbo
flood has injured thorn disibtrouhly. They
cannot afford to I030 a dollar of their hard
earnings through tho inaction of the city
or Stato authorities.
Tho narrow-cauco railroads are multi
plying. In Pennsylvania a company has
been chartered to construct one cf tbirty
inch gauge from Puiladelpbia, tocnnct
wnh the Pennsylvania Central in Cheater
county. Tho Lancaster and ICeiSJmg road
(gauge not to exceed four feet) ha been
incorporated. They are about to b-gin
woik on a narrow gauge road from BoII'j
Mills station on the Pennsylvania Central
across tho Alleghany mountains through
Bell's Gap, twelve miles. A narrow-gauge
road is also projected from Media to
.Chester.
r,'
The story of Fred. Grant's marriage to
Beatrice Guelph is only a ccond edition
of the romance of 1819 relating that a son
of Martin Van Baren was to be the hus
band of the girdsu Q loen.V.otoria. Tho
title of Print o John was then bjstowed
upon the 3 0uth, and it htood by him until
Lo died, three years ago.
An nnsonhifitioited vmir rr man in Osh-
kosh, Wiscousiu. soed a maiden the other
day to compel her to keep her agreement
to marry him. Beforo the case was called
for trial, the father o f tho maiden offered.
the discarded lover fivo dollara to eettlo
matter.', which the young man accepted
as fall compensation for a broken heart.
Sunday parties in Kearch of mud turtles
are popular in Norwich, Conn., and gen
erally speaking quite successful.
An attorney's olerk in Loncjcn recently
robbed his master's ofiioe of over half a
ton's weight of manuscript documents be
longing to clients, and sold the title deeds
to estates and. tfee, representatives of a vast
amount of property," for about a cent and
half a pounds