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illll !l .':.' i il' 7Mv!i-to wt ii -v.Y, N" V 11 I V A.T 4 :. MORNING STAR. fly W3I. II. BfcUXAItD, office, No. 3 'South' Water St. 3TilE STAR is', mailed, or delivered to bribers In ull i.irt of the City, at 8a 50 JJrlS?Iontlit ohl S3 for Three Mentha. RATES OF AlVi:itTISIXG: , -,..n nu:lVOOM AilV,. .. '.. ' It " .tWOUtVd, .............i " three luys,. m - 'frmy days,. ;.y itvlays .:'. " M)Hww;kt ............. 1 25 3 (K) A i 2 50 (I ' ti 11 Contra?' jitioutitely 1 t Advert isements taken at pro low rtites. 's y " HAILWAY UIKECrURt; V MLMIXUTOX, MANCJJ ESTER RROAD President William B. Giles. Director' John Dawson, llenry Nutt, O. C. vii slcv. A. J. DeUost, IX b, Jowrtnr Geo. J. AV UcLiill.W. K. Mills, James G. Burr, Rich- VII MIXGTOX, CMAkLOTTK, Jt UUTIIEK- P,-eident UotH'rt 1. Cowan. Director J Terson, A. iL' VanBokkclen, juo V. McDowell. Kobert 8. French,' Walter L. stwoUr, Stephen V.,Cole, aiuuol H. Walkup, K. ; v Hutchison, Haywood W. Guhm, U. C. Hen derson, A 0. Logan, A. R. UcHmwly. . XuueritUen(ljnt V. I. Everett. Jluntcr of 'JYtniorlaiion . ti. Allen. Ncrrctartf tnul I'reastmr--1. T. Alderinun. Mutter Aiviniiti(Yf . GUI. ! -j j ; - . . ' HLM1XUT0X & WELUU2J RAIL ROAD. J'rmdnit 11. K. Bfid,'crs. I V? , Director on the ttttrl Stockholder AV. A. Vrint,$. D. allace, Eil Murray,. Altre I Mnnin, A. U. Va&Ukkelen, Geo. Ilarili, of AVilminsfton, and John rjverett, of GohMoro'. lhreclortonincpanof urn &vu &iwam Kid diT, of Wilmington, N. C, John Apr.ieet. tf TarlMiro', ami 'nomjh li. Hogg,- iUlelgh, CMi'f KiKjincer, ani Oawral Superintendent S. t'reniont. Sinker of IViinvtortttfion Wiu. Smith. e fbvrrlarfftiiul 'IrextKurcr .1. W. Thompson. Mn .( of Mttct'ni-rjL. 3d.. HiiakiiiM. Auditor G. L. Iu.! KAIL ROAD , LINES. V,i!iiiiii-ion A Wcl. It. R. Co.; OrriCK ChIkf- KsoixjgiK A Gbn. Strp'T. ) j W 1 1. m i s oton , X. C, March ii, liW8 ... ..... SCHEDULE NOTICE. OX AND AVTKH TO.DAY THE PAS SKXGICU TltAlN: will l"ave Wilmington ai .1:00 A. M. and 4 IV M., and arrive hvreut 7:3 i. M. and H:l A. M. tli'.v Kallroad CoinpiWitc Nnrtlr and South of us, wm Miiail run hAluA Ti!Aia!, to carry tlji'ouuli Pa?j.-rnxr on- a ioot tby reaoh h night or day. W'- vmnot be pmt' in th: tcrony when not at fault. - L FUKMON'T, " 'En,rTn',r an.l superintendent. Wilmington, March 441 h, l&tt. . Viitt GENERAL; SUP'T9 .OFFICE, "Wilmington & Manchester E. R. ; "Company. ' ' . . Wilmington, March 24, 18G8. OS AND AFTER MONDAY, the 231 hist., the EXl'KKSS .THAIX on the Wil mington' and Manchester Kail road will leave WilTiiington'at 7:ia P. M. arrive at Florence at 2:4.) A. M. ; arrive at KinCTville At 6:45 A, M. J.avf KiiiKsville at 1ISM) A. M., and arrive in AVilinington at f:.V) P. M. Connect at Floi enc with the X, K. K- 11. for- Charleston, and at KhigMvillc with the South Carolina itail voatl for Augusta and Columbia. WM. MxrRAE, mrtMXMOt Gen'l Sup't. Wihniiifoii, Charlotte and HI TIIKai OUD IIAIIj ItOAD. GKNKRAL 8UFKniNTIStKT'l"0FICie, ) . Wilmington, N. C, Aug. 9, 1807. J OX A"1 AFT Eli TUESDAY Jfect, Au gust l:lth, the Passenger Train t)t this Ko,ir will loave WMmington oil Tnewda Thursday and Saturday,,at 7 o'clock. A. M. Arrive at Sand lliH xauioduys, aX M. Arrive at Wadesltoro' (Stac), t li raid-, night. Lave .Wadesboro' (Stage), on Tues day, Thursday and Saturday at 8 L M. lieave H(Kklnghain (Stage), oil. "Monday, Widnewlay and Friday, aM-KA. M. Loave Sand 11111 (Cari) Monday, Wednes- u;iy aim r ruiay, at 1 o'clvck, A. M. arrive ai v ui t Wilmington Mumc days, at 3 P. M. Y. I. EVERETT, ' -tf - on. Sup't. (1t-3-l MISCELLANEOUS. North CayoHnaljanS Agency TDARTIEH WHO Wljilll TO IIAVK X lHoiurht to th notion of Northern and .uropiln c'rtnitaliHta thtiir LANDS; MINES.'f .WATER TOWERS, &.. Willi a view to a aakvL tun aflrtrwwjuo at ReeUrfville, C ' ' ' f ui-icrcncei made to pnonc men generuny .... Y' Miuui iic puiu. feb: ftato. V. W, COURTS. . '7h AT UEDICED PRICES. mL ITK It A VI.' Vaw AVin nilvrRY ilT,',"eettud complete stock of . . ,lr ROCKAWATS and ,K 1 rrt , ,v, , , ...y. ... IIARNE3S.' ; lili wef aro offerinsr At' 'srreatly reduced A. A. McKETIIAN & SONS. Fuycttevllle, N. C, Marvh VA. . Ii6-lm TO THE PUBLIC. LTAVIXO COttPlGTKH tY AR- jnuudlnga lull assoituventof .Carte d is "V. irames, Cod,and Tasiela, Albums, &c, vC,kLay--Corner Market and Second sts, "NriUXCK-N0TthwMrtCruer. mra-nA.trj'l C Mi FANOitHDELL. - Artist ttul Foprietor. A Wilmiiigron:'10TOW. wagonmantiiactory. rn,X -WAMT A. X'AIIT, IfTAOOST, .'lt atia Rnht.nt.l m nnr nrHltV BlaOlC- thing done: call wrXAX KiC HUtTOS.mt utir new e8tai)lishmenton 3rd. betwenrlA, W ore vir v rntu w v. ;. 'e warrant our vnrk a rfyiommendea. ana r- vonutlent of nlMimlnsr thonft WhO may ia- inrA call, VAfNE GUJHL Sr-cretHry aiul Treuurrr-Vmi. Walker. fHwi FreiyM Ayv& John L. Cant well. r.nRemeiits tlirougbout my NJtw ruu i WX" 1 W ROOMS Snd ClfEMIC AL D r t;VlAMENT, I am now ready td receive my, is lathe best style or the A rV -r MORKING STAR. rv-S Mailed, or delivered to subscribers in - Jill part of the City, tf2 SO for Six iuyuiua, or i ior x area Months. CONSERVATIVE ' STATE TICKET. X.'rOR QOVEKNOH, THOMAS S.: ASHE, j j r - OF AKSOIT. v - ' ' ' tOR LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR, EDWARD D. HALL, : OT. KBW HJlXOVEII. TOR SBCBETKT pF STATE ltOBEUT W. BEST, , -f OF GREENE. FOR TREASURER, KEMP P. BATTLE, FOR AUDITOR, "' - ' S. AY. BURGiN, OF BUNCOMBE. FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, SAMUEL F. PATTERSON, 7 t ; OF CALDWELL. . rids. feUTBRrNTENDENT' OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. REV. BRAXTON CRAVEN, OF RANDOLPH. ' .f."V i "") FOR ATTORN E Of NER At, 'SIOII.'ROOERS,' OF .WAKE. Supreme Court Judges. RICHMOND M. PEARSON, of Yadkin, WILLIAM 11. BATTLE, of Oranife, EIIVVIN G. READE. Mi Person. yj tATHIASiR. MA2iLy,i Craven 4 A. 8. MEKK1MON, of Buncombe. (The two last, if the number of Judges, as proposed, is increased to, five. J )!- Superior Court. - : riasx jmstrict; ' : ; DAVID A. BARNES, OF HERTFOHP. SECOND DISTRICT, EDWARD J. WARREN, OF BEAUFORT. GEORGE V. STRONG; OF WAYNE. FOURTH DISTRICT, WILLIAM S. DE VANE, , i QF SiEW HANOVEU. FIFTH DISTRICT, li. P. BUXTON, , OF. CUMBERLAND. . SIXTH DISTRICT, R. B. GILLIAM.'. v OF GRANVILLE. SEVENTH DISTRICT, THOMAS RUFFIN, Jr., OF ALAMANCE. EIGHTH DISTRICT, . FRANCIS E. SHOBER, OF ROWAN. NINTH DISTRICT, ' WILLIAM M. SHIPP, "OF LINCOLN. TENTH DISTRICT, ANDERSON MITCHELL; ,, . , OF IREDELL 1 . . .:. 't ' . . . . , ELEVENTH DISTRICT, : JOHN L. BAILEY, ; : 1 OFBUSCOMBE. ) "XI V J J . v.?. Hr I ", "J TWELFTH DISTRICT, f ' A; T. DAVIDSON, J " 7 OF MACON. COUNTY XOMINATIONS- FOR THE SENATE: WILLIAM T. ENNETT, OF NEW HAS OVER. i ' UOC8E op representatives: DUNCAN J, DEVANE, 1 ' ' CHARLES 'W.: McCLAiDIY; JOHN D. POWERS. ' COUNTY" COMMISSIONERS : WILLIAM Al WRIGHT, s ' DUQALD ; McMIIiLANi ); D. WALLACE - r; ' WILLIAM is. LARKINS, - ; j. b. seavey; ' f-:;::; 1, 1 - ". 8nERD?F r ' '' , samuel r. BUNTiNa; .: SUPERIOR , COURT CLERK t (i riCoRAcELAV Baxjo, o ROBERT( J3. .WOOD, . JR., f ? TREASURER OWEN FENNEL; Jr. SURVEYOR : John c. wood; ' IlccVst rat Ion. j tliider ; thV Tcobitrictiori (Acts, : unaerr we xvecoustu--, it will Jbe: the duty of: the Boards of Reistratiom of .ithis. State cditt- meiicinyfi't'fieTtlayoYApril, to revise tbvtrtptsriortAree days, ana r .-t it':r?n( z.sA receive the names -of .all those (not J disiraticbised xiM have not already (registeredi WealP- the especial r?XAnvl.iW Conn- TirlTJ'T' VATT' JIATTIi l.,r'l hoi anal . Single copies of Ts MoHNiara Star maV bo had ot Mr. '. M. Harris, at his news stand on liont atrOef , oYf ry. moriiins, f . i jtvavaxavx' iif xa.A-.' Vi. tv.i,i -wf rrvcpx oi vour vrariv irienus; khijusanpV fy in. North CUrolnm who have not registerea. QJfcv FRTDAT, MARCn 27, THOUGHTS TOR THE PEOPLE. A Familiar Coincrsation on the New Cons itution. ORadicalGoocI morning, neigh bor Joe have you seen the new Constitution ? - i; ? ('ONSERVATIVK Oil ! XCS. Kauicalt Well, it id pretty good under the circumstances, ahr't it ? Conservative --Well, 1 Imve read the Constitution carefully ; indeed, I have studied all of its most im portant provisions, and I have come to a different conclusion. It is no more like the old Constitution. handed .down to us by those firm old patriots, Gaston" and ' Macon, than 1 inner s Almanac is like the Bible. - Radical Oh ! Pshaw ! you are witMiiuiceu agaiiwT trie Trainers 01 i ? j. ii i the new Gonstftiition you ..don't like II olden, Ashley, McDonald, Tourgee, and the other members who had most to do with hxing it np ; and, for this reason, you go against the Constitution. Conskrvative-Ixo, my friend. yon are mistaken. It is true, I have neither fancy1 nor use for the men von named, and I should receive with far less hesitation a Constitu tion mad1 by. such men as Graham, Worth lragg, Eaton, Ashe, Shep herd and the like, than from the h nds. of these men yon name and, hence, I have given the new, Constitution a more thorough and critical examination than if the last named gentlemen had had the niakr ing of it. H Kadical Well, what is there iu it that von don't like? Cons ekv ati ve There is a great deal in it which I don't like but much more out of it, which I would have in it. Upon this point I have the .most decided objections to it andt I am sure, neighbor John, you cannot have considered this matter well to bo In favor of it.. Radical vou talk us if von have studied a"d thought over this mat ter lnorethan'fT have. J' have read carefully hf printed Constitution, and I find in tt nothing 'partiHilar to find fault with- but, 1 confess, I have not thought about' what was out of it which ouht to be in it. What is there in tt you dbject to ? Oonskrvative- In jth fii't.plape, this Constitution increases immense ly the taxes which our impoverished people have to raise, by multiply ing the number of offices with hea vy salaries. Should this Constitu tion be adopted, we shall have six more Judges and a Superintendent of Public Works, a Superintendent of Public Instruction, a Superin tendent of the Penitentiary, an Atr torney General, a Lieutenant Gov ernor, and dozens of other offices and commissions, heretofore un known to our laws, for all of whom. laryre salaries are to be provided ; so that the increased annual expen ses -of the -State officers will not amount to less than' $100,000, or more, a sum, of itself, sufficiently large, exclusive of Asylums, to pay the expenses, ot the present btate Administration. If ' these new. offi ces were necessary to the due ad ministration ot the government, nothing could be said against it. But the reverse is true, and theyr have been created for no other pur pose than to provide for such irres ponsible " adventurers" as Mennin- ger, Ashley,. ,Tourgee, and . the-n u merous families of Frenches, and the like, who, how tliat ".humming" has ceased, are to be made high of ficials of by negro votes. Radical Uut, these offices are necessary to the proper carrying on of the ffovernmentiid cannot well ue uispeuseu wiuj., , , . Conseuvative: Could not eight Judges ride the circuits, as well as twelve ? and- could not tlireetfcii preme CourjtTudges have done b'et tei than fivelIlave not three Su preme, Coui-t; Judges, and. eight Su . .ft 1 ! main the State? . - a .RADicAL-ril confess that, in the maiD, the Judiciary has done well enougn. r.nv5Tf T? v a tt vK-i-Well ' Lin v" fr i en d. it is best to ,f let wey enough alone v---. - -T. .i.'. rf . ' ciall when not tovl4t.it alone is0 tblready-impoverished neople of.the jState the suni; ot tif- teen or -eighteen othonsand dollars. e.rj.v.w? ; j - i.. ,.v , " KADioAL-In the mfttter of the TnWa T think it xvonld'have been 0 : let;theld 'Coiistitution stand as it Jwas. ''Bnt-Mt1 should be onr fiKt duty to get i bacbi into. the ' .,. i .!.'.:; '''i- !...,3i'- !VVe are aireaay in tne umua, uwpj haying been oat dfM't I setiit to perior tJourt duages, neretoiore ais- charjrea tneir-: aunes, ana iunv tamea me luuiciai cuuraei-er oi mm - -. ----- tell what I thought was in the Cn stitnti(ri,?which shrmld impose(npon us Alev absolute- Qtify of rejecting that document at the coming elec tion. I'The niost oljectionable I 'night sav,the mosVmfamons ft?a- Unre of this newConstitution, is that which makes.it obligatory upon the Legislature' to levy a taxrat the pre sent time, anJrin, the present crij) pled and imppverisbed condition of our people, to pay the annual inter est on tue State's indebtedness. Radicai. You are in favor of Repudiation, are you? Conservativk No, Sir, I am far from jt, and this feature of the new Constitution will do more towards majcihg our. people repudiate than all the legislation which has been done in twenty vears, not exceptinix i the-secessiou of the State, and its5 defeat. Uur own Courts are closed against the citizens of this State by this v'erv 'Constitution, while North-; j ern creditors-are allowed to collect j j tneir aetits in the federal Uourts, j and iu doing , so, to ,sell vour roof ! iroiu over xne neaus 01 1 your wires 1 wouia nave placed in the Oonsti and children. And, while such is i tution a clause compelling tlie Leg our sitiiation, this Constitution de- islatnre to provide separate schools clres that these .people (whose lands j tor the education of white and ne and whose all, are to be taken from gro children, to prevent niv children tliem by these iN orthern bhy locks ) j shall be taxed to the tune of $1,200,- 000 a y ear ! trt pay ft terest ?on the fetate debt, which is almost entirely in tlieliartds ?ofii,thes6 Northern inen.:' It is an but rage, a villainous outrage upon the poor tax payers, who calf now hardly make a sup port for their tmilies. Radical But, my dear , Sir, you sav von are not in favor of Ren u- diation. Then what do you. pro- p(-se to do, when yon object to pay iiig phly.the interest on what the State owes ? Conservative. I will tell you. I would tell these tNortheni bond holders that the debt is a just and honest' one that 'we will pay it, but not before, tee are admitted to our rights in the Union, and labor shall become regulated, order restored, industry revived, and the wealth and prosperity of the good old davs'sliall return to bless us and our good old North Carolina. The bondholder is rich we are poor,: lie cau attord to wait with out injury to him or his. Radical. You are inn king a strong case for your side, but, still, you have not paid what you owe. Conservative. That is true, but we are going to pay. it. When an honest man is unable to pay an hon est debt, all that can be rcqmred of him, morally or legally, is to ac knowledge the debt, and promise to pay it? when he has the ability to pay it. ; Radical. Our btate debt is not over fifteen millions of dollars, and we ought to be able to pay the in terest on that arnonnt. Conservative. I grant von that we ought to be able : but we are nou .ieiaes, inis jis. noi; an we iiave to pay. Let us look -at this matter as it is, and withont party prejudice. The State debt, by the end 'of the present year, will hot be less than .$19,000,000. The inter est on this sum, at 6 per ccnt.j amounts to $1,140,000. Under the new Constitution we shall have to raise not less than $500,000 for the purpose 0? carrying on the' public schools. -This ihakes the sum amount to $1,640,000. Then,-, we have to raise a tax to support the State Government, whjch, since the increase-in the number of Judges and other,high, salaried officers, by the new Constitution, will not amount to less than $300,000. Tliis'brings it up to the snug little sum of .$1,940,000. But this sum, even, does not begin to be all. The new Constitution requires wrork houses, &c, to be cbnfcrncted,' and the county taxes will notanionnt to lalesswaiUuiR-$()00,000? This brings our Taxes, ior oiate anu conn- 1 ty purposes, np. to the enormous ; Oi . z,Odto,ouo i ! in vauumon to this, the Federal tax; will not be less than $1,500,000 1 11 So i'tis re- dnfeed ' to absolute certainty Tthat, under the proposed -Constitution, the people, P5r as they are, w have, to raise each year, in tne way of -public taxes, the stupendous, the nn reason able and Jnfainous sum of over FOUR HILXKXNB OF DOL LARS.l 1 and.tbQa greater portion of this sura is ; to so into the pockets of Northern, 'Shy locks" and' bro' Kers. i Radio AL.--Th ere must be some mistake WouffluSv'for ,onr. people L cannot y&j.jmfrienih of this snia.-?- You must be mistaken. ' J CbNSERTTATXVTrl, .d6' not give yottxnyword for it. I give yon iWfiwret. Thee.cantip; , any WistakV for '-fiffares do not lie." Radicau Why, : sir'dhr people 1868. could hot raise this amount of moneyVif their individual lives de pended upon it. Conservative. That may be true, and that tact only makes the necessity to defeat the Constitution the' more urgent ' and obligatory upon the people.. The truth "is, this proposed .Constitution in a financial point of view, is. an absurdity; for yreqiire8 tjiat to be done which is impossihle to be done. Four mil lions of taxes could not be collected out of the people of North Carolina, without forcing three-fourths of the landed' property of the people un der the auctioneer's hammer. The legislators who framed such a re quirement were either idiots or knaves, and the people will find out when they shall have ratified it. Radical. I confess, these figures i rather surprise me.' 1 on said J ,awliile airo that von had as much ! objection to what was not in the proposed Constitution, a3 you had to that which was in it f Conservative; In the first.place, from being .placed upon an equal footing with uegrtes. ItADicAUTiie Constitution does not require them to be educated in the same schools. Conservative. But. the action of the Convention meant this; if it meant anvthin. When the sub ject was being considered 'by the body, it was moved that separate schools should be provided for the tw races, and the motion was al- most unanimously voted dowtl and that, too, When thev had put a clause in the Constitution compel ling children, whose parents are! unable to educate them, to send them at least lb months to' the pnb lifchools thus forci,ng the chil dren of poor white men to associate with jiegro children, on. terms of equality. : Radical. To-be sure, the Con- ventiondid not do this? Conservative. The 1 records of the Convention show this to be true. . And besides this; outrage upon the white .children of the State, the Convention; refused to forbid the enrolment of whites and blacks in the same companies aud regiments of militia, and carried its infamy to the extent that it refused to forbid the mustering of white men under negro officers. , ; Radical. I would snfFer myself to be hanged before I would be mustered by. any negro. - Conservative. Thut's the way your party all talk, but you act dif ferently rand your'aefs lead inevi tabty to social equality ! with the negro, and to the' very result for which you exhibit such aversion. But this is not all. It was pro posed to insert in the Constitution j a provision forever forbidding the iiiter-marriage of whites and blacks, and this proposition WAS VOTED DOWN. The Convention not only did this, but, actually passed an or dinance;, legalizing marriages of whites and 'blacks ! 1 . Radical. This cannot be true. If I believed the Convention had perpetrated such an outrage upon the white race, as thatvI would vote against a Constitution1 framed by such traitors to their race and conn- try- . V': Conseryative. The recr rd can be produced to prove it. But, my dear sir, the Convention .not only did this, -but it absolutely voted down a proposition forbidding' that a WHITE CHILD should ever be bound out, as an apprentice, to a NEGRO RASTER and should this, Constitution be adopted by the pebpl en ot '.'Kortli' j 'Carolina, your children may be bound ;ont to one ot vour former slaves. The truth is, in the Eastern Counties, ! where the negroes are largely ij; fbe 'rtna jority, under ihe system bi "election by tbe.people of all the subordinate officers, which is incorporated in the yc-jisijiuuon, inere, wu pe a ma- ! jority ;ot Justices. .of thriegro race, WliT;'uuu ,'s viuy. jtrrwuwt?) nut vtrr tqin, 1 thatJifpoer7 white, children, whose parents are dead, will be 1 u rn ed j p v er, to eoro masters ! RADicAii---Thit is hardly likely 'Iwiir'fi'sbbner subnii Wsocial ; equality witu5T,n. negroes tnan yoa WllL ' ' & -,4..a . , CoNSERVATiTE. i on, are ..raw taken. against The .whole, platrtn, upon whichTou and Vour party have been acting, is' made up of the, day: to happen, for notwithstanding; the UnpTinl1TO"rmenToiil(l ;i jonvenuon as aone-itnese tnings,r np0n thein ! the fMtVmeh':iri that I Con?enUoiVwWiVi'i;mfi W1 wora i2iVUAJ-ii i. xuey sing u. prat i arid l preachuit.: night - ana , L -fi V'"1'' ?1 : 11 ii j.'i.." ( PRICE JETVE CENTS. Radical.-! know 'this, and ad mit' it ; but -we ' meair ' political. u equality." You oiiht"to 'niaW the distinction. - Conservativk., xow, yon , ,ftre wrong aain.,., TjiQicf legates' in that Convention met the negro dele gates, oltsipeoF the Coiiverition, oa terms of social ' cqnal it V. The charge has been, inadei. hni. kevkr denied that Calvin J. Cowles, the PRESIDENT of . the ? Con vpntionr went into an eating house, ;in the city of Raleigh, and cdledi for a two plates of oysters, and sat down at the same table, fcideVby-sidet with A. II. Galloway, negro .delegate from the County of New Hanover, and the two;" Cowles (white) and Gallowav (negro) ate togc rether,1 en- tertaining each otlier, atr the 'time. by familiar SOCIAL conversation. At n,ns "cen cliargeu, nrTTner, anu never denied, that Same: W. watii?, ucitJHie 110111 uinriui vuuutj, uuu Radical candidate for JUDGE in the 6th Judicial Circuit,' wehtinto a grog-shopin the'eity'of Raleigh, with a notorious negro character, of that city, known as " Boots the barler,? and the twoi-Watt8(wfiite) an d " Boots" (n egro) d ran k toge f he r a " social glass,'' toasting eaeli oth er's good looks ! ! Is " not all this SOCIAL EQUALITY ?j ' Radical.- Why, you astonish me ! Do you tell me it is true that the President of- t iiE Contention has been charged with associating in that inanner with a nigger, and has not denied itjJxand,tbaLt auother wAnJian Q t6Coi)vi)nJso acted; and that he wsis ofterinai'd& nominated tor the office of Judge by the Republican Convention. CoNSKRVATjvij. -Yes, I know these charges have-been fumde, and that they.'ha've not been denied. A-nd. tliese at.are not alonedonc by the men wnose names nave oeeu men tioned rthe mem beiB of: the Con- vention, generally, acted towards these negroes in the Convention with a consideration; blqual to that with which they acted towards white men. I tell you this, and am prepared to prove it. Why, 'on the night before the day of the ad journment, these delegates, " in Convention assembled,'' ; resolved themselves into a; general spree, into a regular -Cohi-sh ticking frolic," and there, in the Hall of the House of Commons, of the Capitol ef the State of North Carolina, this glori ous old tate,jwhose. people have been famous, the world over, for their steady morals and correct de portment there, in . that Hall, sanctified byv StnkrVs living repre sentation, of the. Father of his Coun try, and made immortal by the names - of' the -sainted Gaston and those grand old statesmen ot former days; 'iu ffSori,' Badger, Manguin and Morehead-f there, in that once sa cred place, was commenced the most disgraceful, the most infahious transaction, that ever occurrea out side of a grog-shop.' : Members of the Convention. black; and white, and black outsiders, formed a cir cle, joiuinsf'' haids, immediately in front of ,tne(! Speaker's chair, and dancing to all sorts of tunes differ ent persons singing different tunes ; among which tiie -inoU" poJSiilar were. such asi Sal's in the garden siftin sand,!'j i"?cld JohnBrown's body.k .monld.ering iu, thejelay;," " Cofne,ou,tj 9f tie, ,wilderness," u Oh I lrall()wt gal, can't you cqme put to-night," &c, SiTj it was a scene that made the heart sick, and the eyes ' weep. Candidates for Judgeships ' were seen' ' prQriiineiiit among those creating fa elTarii I of the State Capitol, and delegates of the people were seen to stagger from the effects r of ' whiskey and exhaus tion ! ; ": -I This scene was! kept np nhtil a late hour at night,' arid the depart ing spectator could Beei 'he'find there, in. ;th lobbies and passages, on the :benches,aodon.ithe floor, bodies of ! many f ; the , revellers, white and black, ift slumber eior ing away their, .stupor. apd,7 weari ness ! Qod .grant vm Jlisv. mercy, that poor old rIoctn jCarolin may never again, he .curseb! i bv jbucJi a scene in.,' her "pron ol j&apitol and tnat her, people maybe spared the ihfliction, npori them arid tneir children of such a curse as the es tablishnterit .vttf 4 the'infarhoaa 1Con- m " IA m - ff AAAVU WftW TV WXV t I l fasten Y.2 . t . i i Wmmmwmmmy mr H CUAiU'AfXE, 1 w nv a T. WtvT5n tt At GXOt MYERS , ! 11 ta1 IS Front BtC), mrSVlMf GIIAS.D.MTERS AgetiU -3mj a VropTrtctors,
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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March 27, 1868, edition 1
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