RALEIGH, N; C, SATURDAY, JULY G, 18G7.
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TIIE BENTINEL.
-Wltjli PRM, Fewr-ata-roti.
, , TUK COH Q REUS.
Tbc telegraphic proceedings, already re
ceived from UieCoogresa, show m disposition
at once to supplement the Reconstruction
Acta, by conferring upou the District Com
uiantters the powers whlrh they have already
exercised, and tu . grant tlicm all that thev
can possibly claim, as necessary for tlie object
of thair appointment. Unfortunately, most
of the member ' wUo are absent are the
moatoset anrt owwMerate; hence, there In
danger that ilia extremists will go further
thaa will be found beat in the future, even
lor lb oooaM of Radical principle.
It Joea aoem to Ha, thai Congress cannot,
" with any (bo of consistency, do more than
at plain what St meant by tbn Recotistruc
lion Acta, sod, if it approve of tbe art ton
of tha Commanders, si in ply conBrtu their
put acta and make tbeir future course so
plain that art Obe can doubt or question.
We can hardly bring ourselves to lielieve that
the Congress, whatever may lie ita feelings,
can, out of sheer spite, became of the differ
eooes of tbo President and bia Cabinet with
tbe practice of the Commanders, wreak Its
vengeance upon tbe Svuthtr penpU, by wore
stringent ineaaurea.
Our people bate giroa no just causa lor
this. Tbe civil authorities (?f this State, so
far from throwing obstacles in the way of
reconstruct ion, have rendered promptly tt'l
tbe aid which the District Commander baa
required. A between tbe military and civil
authorities here, there baa been nothing but
kind aftd cordial feelings. However the
civil authnrliiee may have differed in opin
ion, they bavet thrown no obotacle in the
way of military authority. Differing an our
people do, largely and on principle, with tbc
Congress, as to the character nt tbe Military
bill, they have, ncvertbeleaa, quietly submit
ted to it requirements, aud the large body
of the) people, viewing the necessity ..1" re
eoas truntioa . aa .inipar ious to llnir present
inteiwtaBd future recuperation, have settled
down in tbe purpose i-illier to prom id- re
construction on the term nt Congress, or. il
tbeiroeBaclencei will not allow co-operation,
at least to be silent ami in In way i.l.atrui I
it
That tha) Congreaaional polk-y, aa etulwd
ied in theltacmiatrnction Acts, will car
ried Out in North Carolina, we have ix'ver
bad doubt. Whether one or ten thousand
oppose, or I e iudiffvfent, the great IkhI v nl
the people have dottrmined upon it, ami
the press of the Stats baa fnrniabaxl all the
facilitiea in ita power to bare it fairly and
properly' carried out to tbe letter II the
Coofrreaa, therefore, should determine to
oppreaa the Southern people still ni'.m by
rigorirtis elafltous, it will find iwilbcr rvtuu i
nor exenss for ao doing, either in tin u
Jiui m lMur nl Iha lumnlp nf fillhl'r '
olinaor hi tha aondBcl 4 erciU suih.i -ttsa.
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TUB W J It.
Tbadeita, Steveoa, aanL Uia puuliai I.. II.'
era, aiw, this day, as decidual rnemiiK to the
Union as waa any Coufeilerate anldii r t
fore tbe (all of Kicbiuond. They ri-. Ky
. far, worse-fee to iu integrity, now. than
any man, woman or child in tbe Slutr l
th-8oaitb;.--They refhae tir admit vhiit itn
t'nioa U resturoi anwl thereby tu ai knowl
edgV the snrwaaof the Federal arms. Even
after tbe Mouth has laid"down its arms, ac
cepted all the legitimate isAues ot" defeat,
sod tuaUa a full capitulation, thu parties u
tbe other side, ignoring the solemn terms
of surrender, are reviving ami continuing
the war Wttb an, indiscriminate violence
and ferocity. "We will qualify the cxprts
aion, "tbe parties on tbe other side." (lens.
Urant and Hberman, who received the
staCkel arm sail h.weresl dannrrs of the
Confederal aniiirs, and guaranteed to thoe
who gave Ukui u) all' tbc assurances of
peace and of protection to persons an.l pr op
erty, adisoaed,witilicve, with the rent
er portion of (hose who made up thclrvicto
rio"ooiumn to observe the sacred pltMlg
ea of soUUsrly aad iwtioiial faitb. It is tV
QnactUpuloOS and vengeful leaders it";..irfy,
who never ins, much lesa "act, a squulron
i' the field," who) are for erseeution. Mood
and war, when the former foe is prostrate,
disarmed and powertrsa. The indications
of the temper of these men. in mid out ol
Congreaa, are, that the ur is not to Is- ul
lowed to stop until lilt-is extinct . and
the like FsUUtf at Sbrewsbui,), tbcs,
valiant heroes will claim that it was ''".
who overcame and slew ibc gullunt I'en-y.
Tbe bad faith ol Ibeae men uiaku, the
perfidy a witianml atigma. Napoleon's du
plicity1 toWardathe haplcaa Mximilin,
though diff.Teot in form, was no leas cow
ardly and .infamous in.' degree. Tunic faith,
in Carthaginian 'annals, bus descended to
modern times M a synonym for all that is
treMtwrmfs. It wiM henceforth pass from
the Wicbu1ar of nations, -U tw Sipflant
.siy atetpt elally degrading and txpius
sive: ultra- Saditml J'aM.
Are jheae strictures not jutitied by tlio
fscUl Can snj apologist or defender of
Mr. SterrWr' point toa ttingle declaralion,
in hit spealcwversstiua, whihihb,
wbereia be has 81 oay ctHtditWma, upon
the tulQImant of which be would c onsent
t the re admission of tbe oiibern Sutea t
. 19 eecnt intarvla with tki K-ittw f the
J7iieAjrkia4
whicl hare been generally published s'sd in
mo ; partlcatal ; jlentod, tlie eBotrywas
propoaadod : "It , the . 3outUtm : States
should reconstnict ietbe most Radical seas
sajUbliaw tchooU to which whites and
blacks ahnuld bu Indiscriminately sdmlt
teil, Ac, Ac, would you then vote to admit
their representative, who eau lake tbe
iron clad oath, into t 'onfjreaa t" The answer
of the old reprobate w:is an indiguant neg
ative. Auuin, we ak, uhen will this one aided
w:n slop '
Sol; I il ( I urn .v.t luioA h.
We .ire m:,,1 il,:,t Mr. Wel.l., the Presidcul
of tlie N. ( '. Uuiiioad, has so promptly re
sp.iiiilnl to the urlicli- ol '"A Stockholder,"
l-'ipie.l into I In w eoliiiim-. :i dy or two soo,
truiu Itie i harlnttc Tim.. If we had sup
poSnl llml ,i- ,. Ilii cis i.f tin- I to;,. I were not
fully pn-i:in. I.. meet the charge of "A
Stotkholili r," we r-htiiil. I m,i !i.M- pulilished
his uii'uli, I h 1 1 Miit il ilim i!y to them, ex
pecting u suilaMc reply Uulicviu ttml
whatever ill.) lu.l I. III.) could luiui h
a reason tor. we iti.l in.t In Misle to publish
it, fmlii ma imliiiai.t, in Mi. Wel'li appi-ara
to lie, at the intimation ot "A (Stockholder,"
that the .Sthttiul wonM eloaku wrong iuthe
Norlli Carolina Idiilroml, or nnywhere else,
from iiierccum v or lnvial motives. Nor did
we fail to rcminil liim that his course towitrds
the ollieers of tin Koa-I was unjustifiable, in
failing, liiat, to rull Mini attention to uny
delinijneni v or evil that nnlit exist, betore
publishing il.
We presume Mr. Webb'a n plv wul be en
tirely sat Maetoiy to all, yei uo one can be
blamed loi suppo-in an erroi or built to
exist soinew In it . ulirii ther w aa -urn a ills
crepancy in the f.iie at each i u.l ol a line ol
tiavel. Mr. Webb explains it.
We have no p.-. uiii ny inten-t in an of
the llailroads. but. rerfardini! them a- the
riu'ht arm ol the St ite in the work ol r-eii
eration and prosperity, we conieas to a
deep anxiety t ll.it tlie -hall be inallaued --o
to promote, in the highest degree, that
end. We are highly pleam-d to learn that,
although the reeiipts ,,i the North Carolina
Kailroad li-ll oil" .rcatlv the past year, com
pared with tin ti.iipt-.ol' tbe pre! lolls
year, vet the past year s administration of
the exHh.itlir-s has been so judicious as not
to haVi inolel tin- Hoad s,-riouslv.
Out sieges! imj, al.-out way fivight and
travel . maile from an anxiety to promote
the interi -Isot ihe l.'oad, after having hearJ
ot the falling off in its ns eipts We had
little or ii.i know ledc ot the present rales,
and supposed they ;weie not greater than
any other Koinl, vet Le had heard rendered,
as an i i line tor not travelling or sending
freight shoit .li-tam es on the lios.l, that
the high fare an. I tales Aoul.l iiot justify it.
We lelieve It is n tni-taki-n policy ot all our
Hoads to put way height nr travel at such
rates as toi otiip. I Iran lh-rs and producer
to keep tliemsi-Ui-s or their produce at home.
Tbe true policy is to encourage, in every
whi, (he ii-e ol ihe Hail Itnatl iu preference
to s'l "'her inrm-i nt' ennvrvaner Iwub fir
travel slot Irilubl. short dlstaiiei-s. In this
. llo Ki l It. nils beennie wnnderllll plo
pele;a to enteiprie and the production ot
elen thing v hit h coliiinauiU M lllarkel.
We bi-" le ive to corn et our friend. Mr
Webb, m i.-gard lo the prices of new spa
paper" Ten dollar n yearwa the uni
lorin pi ii e lor llailv newspapers I a-fi ire the
war in i In St.it. . :ind $ i tor Si-iiii-weeklies,
an.l advertiHiiig rales are r-allv lower, al
tog. ther, than betore the war. There were
, i i.it hiis to thi-. rule. bulAwe spekof tlue
general rod The iianoiii.s obvious. The
comparatively s small sitlmcriptifm, wbii-h
any Itailv or eiui- eekly or Weekly, of good
size aud conducted with energy,' has in this
Htate, obliges the proprietors of our news
papers to eharge oinrwh:it higher than
thev desire to do. Il the press in North
Carolina renin-. 1 III. en. oiirageiin ut which
it does in Slates North of ns, if would be
far more j.rolil.iUi to n- to issue at $li,
than to reoiiire $10 under present circuin
stances ip, if by reducing our prices,
there vnis ;(ii ii .i.-Minable ground to hope
for large iie riMse ol' readers, our plain poll
c Would be to ....-, I in r, ,,.
Iii ll'l' I'ooli Nl.ollo. A l;o: iiImiiIhT
ol Mie N. w .York . ' '.' nf. diM'iising ihe
races r, jy s . "l'.l.,i L woinan are .. ignorant ol
the tUI'Mlin", of oei:ll n'-.peetabilit ; black
men- at least llme ol the sea elands ate
not -utli. i. nf l hnnt:ini7i d to iliseriininale
lwi-4ii ,ntice onl Ii, ens-" TIhs la al
nuHl as b id as Hclpi r's ''Nojoiiuc."
Tin.' in.liealioli- are sig.iiliennt. The
Itailn .il I'lciM-., loo- in more real nard
toi il. ei 'i.i lb- -. f..r the goi ilia of the
Alrii an wibl V.- r,..t intielpnte that
Iletpi r' jt'.in f
i- n ill Is- imniedi
1 . 1 1 1 . f . r I he n n-.on
ai. ' lil. 1 1 i.i
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tha' Ihe in iO'.. i
ll i-. i . i l ou, ii.ov
a snuiil.iti .'i ol
slavi s, w III II. 1 1 I
a i'.'.I in I u.'iv a . a voter,
ol. I h il tho,. u ho, miiler
philanthropy, freed the
let i a leil in ih.-ir lulim-
.b-i.-lll"ll 1. 1 III. 1.1 bv
ot liUlninit
inv eonsiileratioiis
I iiKkl.oM or l.t.Ki rniss -.rsf :itt'i,
inH in i'hti;it;.- : The action ot the
ll ni-e ot He n s. nlativei- in the case ol tfie
mi nibus ch-rt In. iu K' ntui ky.
Canada ii I he l.uiith day. ol the pics j
ul i ii . hi 1 1 1 , Hi. in govei iimeii t, called the
1 i.iiiii'iiii.n ol 1 Hinola," enl into opeiatloli.
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ij nt.- a tiuinrier ot nomination'- will be
. t by lle I'M si. lent to the S- tl.lte. -hollld
tliiii.' la- aVi'ioiiini iii l .iiu! this week.
XirtonrtheAithe minis-li'rs'r. -Auah-ia, I'm.
ain.M xieo. Hay u. 'm-uil b i.eral lo Havana
l ..ilililisf.ii in r ot Agrieiilliire, and several
iiillucUiM nd aii.ir tft, jeairt ml
poslmaaters. It is quite ccrtaiwtbat Mr.
HajUlCffid WW TstWMwMa5 ai,Hsria.
Mr. BsncmU's name will, of eourae, las sent
In Tor the Tiaalaa miasion,' and prolaxLly
General TlioltuMI Kllby-SnrHh for eoaoul to
Havana; tint it is not at all certain what nom
iMatlooa will be made lor the remainder ot the
positions namet'.-1r)t7fit ftr reiyiisislraes
AisMre Bun.
Tot tbe Sentinel.
hlKaana. Editobs I sra an interested
reader of the IMtf frsfiaef, and derive
from it much prefil and pleasure. Your
clipping on "Turnips" from "A. B." to the
ilillaboro' llrtnlrr would, of itsell, pay me
for a year's subscription. That article on
tbe cultivation, use and preservation ol the
turnip, wss evidently furniahi d hy s prac
tical man jr-ho ..lluirongbly umieistiMKl bia
subject.
Equally refreshing was il to me to lead
your eiliiorial in the same issue, headed
' The While Man'a Tarty "
I am glad that you are enabled to say. aa
you do, that you area stranger to such a tact
aa that tlienegroea m this staterr arrayed
against the whiles I am sor. y that there
ale those who dilft-r with you. Gov. Vance,
iu bis letter to the Kdgis onilie and Nash
Coiuiuittetj t colored men, intimated as
lunch. Nor are there wanting writers, who
are ( tixiglng that tlie object ot the Kepul.
I leans ol North Carolina U to array the
blacks, in solid tanly, against the w hites.
It la even prwMrted that a warot mres w ill
cerliunly result in consequence
If any do try to array lace against race, it
certainly is no intelligent Irieruiol the black
man. The latter, lour millions in number,
out of thirty-live millions in the United
Stales, and olitniilnU'ri.l two to one in this
State, would surely la-overcome and crushed
in any collision of races political or phrs.
ical.
I appeal to vou, Messrs. Editors, as pub
lishers of truth and as patriots, to say if
vou know of any man or act ot men, who
are trying to airay blacks against whites, or
slaves against former masters. I have hail
in mil to ito with the bhu k man Ixuh as
a slave aud as a Ireeinan. By the law 1 have
iK-en his master ; lietorc the law, to day, hc
-is my eipial I have neither seen nor heard
of the attempt of any man to array black
against white, or former slave against hunt
er master. A Sciischihkii
our correspondent h'iiic-lo labor under
the iuipn-ssion that w t- admitted thai we
knew of no case in whWi fT-Tts had leen
iiiade to anay tin blai k-again-t the whites.
This is a mi-take. Our po-itnm wa.. lh.it
we did not know, or bsd not suflieient evi -denve
to believe. I hat tin blacks ol the South
hil arrayed theinsclvcs, in a bodv, again-t
the whites. Thai i ftorts have been made,
and are making, lo etTi-ct this obpet, we
have no doubt, and that bad feeling baa
been engendered among some of the blacks
by these efforts, es-cially towards their old
masters snd towards men of strong South
eru feelings, cannot lie 411c-.u1.uc1l. The
speeches of almost everv white Northern
man or foreigner, and the private conversa
tions held with the blacks by them, are cal
culated to do this. Nor have Southern Kail
ii als la-en uackward in endeavoring to stir
up strile, not so much perhaps by a direct
1 ffort to alienate the rn-e, as 1-y false and
insulting attacks upon those Southern w hites
who differ w ith I hem Mr E. W l'..u, of
Johnston, and Jna. II. Harris, ot Wake, ale
exceptions, so far ss we know.
The anxiety of the blacks lo hear Kadical
-linkers, their disposition to go mi lei an.l
neglect tbeir work to hear them, an.l the
tone ol their conversations, indicate that Ihe
blacks have been fk-rsuiuled to lielievt' that
the Hi-publicans are their only friends, and
that Ihe Conservative men are their ene
inies, and are fast en aling the opinion that
tbe blacks are srrsying themselves against
the whiles. The diabolical murders re
ceiitly occurring in Lenoir and Jones Conn
ties, lin the latter cane where even infant
children wi re killed,) are the legitimate re
suits of 1 Lul ical tc.-iching villi let-ling, and L
will go tar to confirm uiany in this opinion.
Uov. Vance, indiis letter to the blacks id
Rdgcc.iinbe aud Nash, simply expressed hi
fears, that these ctbirts hail produced a uion
gcneial inlliu uce upon the colored people,
than nr la-llered had been the case.
Whether he or we were right, time only can
piove. As yet, we cannot believe, hi cause
we are nitwiTing to do so, lhat any general
feeling ul this sort prevail among the col
ored people Certainly, if they know their
true iiitensts, liny never would abandon
their uld and long tried Iri. nils, until they
had Ihe vely best evidence lhat they had
Ins nine hostile Their freedom ha brought
with il tate and an xiety and a struggle to
live. The delay s of t he government to re
construct, and taxation bear aa hard upon
them as upon tbe whites. But who is it
lhat employs them, who cares for their con
dition and euablea them to struggle Willi
these hard times, but tbe very men whom
they sre taught to despise as tbeir enemies t
The Boston Mas' recentlydisposed ot 8bcr
idan in this way :
"General Sheridan's letter to General
Grant in reply to an order to -xtend tbe
lime for registration in Ixmrsiana, is aa cool
a specimen of aelf -assurance aa baa come un
der our observation for many a year. He
regrets to differ with the President, but says
he shall be governed by bis own judgment
iu the administration ot th law until posi
tively directed to the contrary. Attorney
General htanbery. General Sheridan virtual
ly decides, ia hardly capable ot comprehend
ing the effect ol bis opinion, or else he is
ii-cklcssof the public wi Ifare. In short,
little I'hil. runs Ilia sword right through
instructions and suggestions trom his supe
riois at Washington, and seems resolved lo
I'sllop lo the front and give commands
without regard to any other authority.
Aren't we having more of this than is! heal
thy 1"
Hkiurtrxtion i LotnsiAHA. Tbo "gal
lant i'hil. Sheridan" baa iaaued the follow
ing special order :
New Oni.Ei.NS, La., June 2D, 1807.
The President of the United State having
expicsseit the opinioa tbst the time' given
for I he registration of the State of Louisiana
iot Uattf (saousb, tb time ia bereby ex
tended until f urtlicr orders.
Qenetsl. .
(7a. t. Barttvff, Asst. Adjutant OeneraL
A bridal dress la Parle coat 12,000 francs.
It was white silk scolloped, bordered, eat
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WsHcsjeVsbjieel, -siutveaed VltlV penrle.
aad made with a peplnttx.
DXCIA&ATIOV OF IlDSPIlsnCX,
JCLV Ub.. 1776.
TIIK INVNIMOIS 11KCI.AIIATIOM or TIIK
TlllllTKKN I SITfcD STATES OF AMKUK A IN
CONQI1KSS ASalCM m.Rl.
AVin'v ill the course of human events, it
fiecoines ncccssarv for one people to dissolvc
the political bands which have colilui led
fhem w ith another, and to assume among
the powers of the earth the separate and
equal station to which the laws of nature
and of nature's (tost entitle them, a decent
respect to the opinions of mankind rniiires
that thev should declare tbe I'slN-l w hich
impel tht-mtothe separation.
We liobl these truths lo Is- w If ev idem :
that all In. 11 are created equal . that they
are endowed by their Creator with certain
unalienable rights; that among I lies,- are
life. lilH-rly, and the pursuit of happiness;
that, to set ure these rights, governments
are instituted among tin a.drriting thtir jilt!
l-r rt e j'r. Hit cuwii uf tht ff'Ttrnfil ; that,
whenever any lorin of government become
ile. 1 rin live of these end-, it is the right of
the people in alter or M abolish it. and to
institute new government, layiug ita foun
dation on sui h print iples, and organizing
its posers in such torm. as to them shall
seem ino-t likely to effect their safety and
happinc-s. Prudence, indeed, will dictate
that gov ennui tits long established should
not be 1 h.iyige.l for lig.ht and transient caus
es; and, tlei ortlinglv . all experience hath
show 11 that inaiikin.f are more disposed to
suffer, while 1. nils are Hiilh-rahlr. than to
right Ihein-. Ives 4if al-obshinr ihe form to
w In. h they are ace ustonie. I llul when a
long train of al.ii-e-v and u-iirpations, pur
suing invariably the .nnn ol..ct, evinces a
design In reilll. e tlleln under absolute ile
poiisin, it is th. ir right, it is th. ir duty, to
throw oil sii. h governineiit. and to provide
new guards for their future sn-unty. Such
ha. bun the patient sufferance ot these
colonic-, an.l such is now the necessity
whir h en li.iin-tin 111 to alter their former
s stem - ot gov rnini iii The history of the
premnt king uf Html Blitaiil is a bistory of
leiH.iti.l iniiiri. - ni.l l.surteitiolis. all hav
ing 111 dirnt objei t the e-l.ibli-linienl of an j
absolute tvr:inn ovir these State1. To
prove this, let tacts be submitted lo scan
did w. rl. I
lb I1.1 r. In-. . I hi- i-seiit to laws the
most w li'.lesoiiie and in i e-sary for the pub
lie good
He ha lorbi.ldin his Governors to pass
laws of immediate and pressing iirtportunce,
unless suspended in their operation till his
assent should Is obtained, and, when so
suspctnli-d, he has utterlv neglected to at
tend to them.
Ile has refused lo pa-s other laws for tbe
aeeomiiioilatioii of large districts of people,
unless those people would relinquish the
right of representat ion in the legielaturc
n M;it iiittnnililf tthitH uttd J'ormitliihU to
tyrant "a.
Ile ha-called together legislative bodies
at places unusual, uncomfortable, and dis
tant Iroiii tin- repository of their public re
cords, tin the sole purpose of fatiguing them
into compliance with his measures.
He has dissolved representative houses
repeatedly lir opjyiwuug with manly lirin
iic bis. invasions on, the rights of tbe peo-
lie has rel'iiMi .1. for a long time alter such
dissolutions. 1.0 1 ause ot hers to lie eha-U'd ;
w lit rt-hy the h-giblulivc powers, incapable
.it 11 11 11 i li i l it i. hi. have returned to tbe pis. pie
al large foi their exercise -the Stale remain
ing, in the meantime, expo-ed to all the
dangers ot invashm from without and con
vulsions v ithin.
He has 1 iii lea vori'il lo prevent the popu
lal ion ol I In - Mali's lor that purpose ob
sliucliu tbe Ian., of nalur.iliJitiou of foreigner-,
rclii-ing lo pass others I o encourage
their migration lutlii-r. and raising the con
ditions o in w appropriations of lands.
He h i- ol.-triii led Ihe administration of
ju-tice. by refu-iug his assent to laws for ss-
tuhlishiug judicial y powers.
fh- has made "jndgv-s -ttcM'rident on his
w ill alone lor the teunre of their otiicea aud
the him-unit ami pay uirut of their salaries.
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our
(' i.l iljl',rl,,l Ii' niflrr lilt Imlltilru iiitle-
fitnil. nt iil iitnl tiifitriiir tu, tli rii tl f nirer.
lie ha- combined w ith others to subject
us to u jurisdiction foreign to our Constitu
tion and unacknowledged bv our laws giv
ing his as-ent to their acts of pn tended leg
islation. A'oc ifititrti-rt'ii hirtft-11 in 0 rtrrtint ttyf
Mutiny ai ;
Kor prolecl ing them, hv a mock trial,
li'oni piiin-liiiieiit Ii.i anv intirdi-rs which
thev -dioiihl commit on the iiihnliilants ot
these States;
For cutting nfl our trade w ith all parts of
the world ;
for uiifinim tiirm tui h trtthmit our .-.n-
b'lir tlrjirirtirt w. in wi.imv ciises, ir the lien
tit of th? triiil hit jury ;
Kor tnuiaportinst da beyong seas to be
trieii for pretended offences ;
For abolishing tbe tree system of English
law i in a neighlioring province, establish
ing therein an arbitrary governuicot, and
enlarging it boundaries, so as to render it
at mice an example nnd til instrument for
introducing the same alwolule rule into
these colonies ;
fur t.ikiti'i it""''! vur rhitrleru, alttitthiMQ
our nfi ritiuiihlr hurt, aiiii altrrina. junda
mt ntnlli. Ill hiriti uf imr tovcrii inrut ;
For suspending our ow n legisJatuivs. and
declaring themselves invested w ith pnwei.
to legislate for us ill all cam s whatsoever.
Ile has abdicated government here by
declaring us out of his protection and wa
ging w ar against u-.
He has plumfc d our sea9, ravaged our
coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed tbe
Jivea of our pexiprc.
Ile is ut this time transporting largo
ii rin ics of foreign mercenaries to complete
the work ol death, desolation, and tyran
ny already het'iin with circumstance of
cruelty mid perti.ly scarcely paralleled ill
the most barbarous ages, and totally uu-
wortbv the bead of a civilized nation.
He has constrained our fellow-citizens,
taken captive on the high seas, to hear arms
against their country, to become the execu
tioners of their In. uda and brethren, or to
fall themselves by their hands.
Ite has eieiresf (bmlCj-tli? msurtetflous
among us. and has endeavored to brii on
tfie-iabrtwtsot owrfrr
Indian savages, wkeae known rnlenf- wars
fare is an undistinguished ' destruction Ail
all agea, aexee- aaal tMtadilionsv -
In every stage of . these oppressions, we
have petitioned for redress in the most
buiuidtt-terms. .Mur. repet4 . petition
have been answered only by repealed Injury:
A prince, w hose character is thus marked
by every act which may define a tyrant, is
unfit t lie the ruler of free people.
Nor have we bu n wanting In attentions to
our British brethren. We have w arned them,
from time totinie. ot the attempts, by their
legislature, to extend an unw arrantable ju
risdiction over us. We have reminded
them of the 1 in iiinstances of our i-migra
lion and set t lenient here. He Imrt .ui.
fniM to thftr niitirt jvnfirr ami ntiTrjri.i
hiltiiti, nitil ire htire trliiiml tlirm. I't
tke tin of our mmnntn tinttn-'f. f, diunrmr
lAsm wr.irj. .((,.. s. which would inevit ibl
ilitci . i I our totinexions and correspond
ence. 7'Ai-y, ., Itiirt htfu iiii f ti Iht wn
ul ju itic aud uf imimtHifvinitif. , W- must,
thclelore. acquiesce in the tni-i-ssity w lin h
ileiioiiuci s our separation, and hold tliem.
a-we hold the rest ot mankind, m.-inna
in war, in peace, friends.
We, theletole, ihe replc-iHitatives of the
CniUat Slates of America, iii gein ral Con
gresa ass, mbhsl. appealing to the Supreme
Judge ot the World lor the rectitude of our
intentions do, in the nauie, and T.v the
authority, of the good people ,,f these cole- i
n lis solemnly pul.lish and declare that
these united colonic are, and of right ought
to be, tree and independent States; tliat
they are absolved frnin all Hllegianci; to the
British crown, and that all political cpn
nexion betw een them and the State of Great
Britain is. nnd ought to be, totalh .lis
.solved . and t hut, aa free and independent
Stites, they have bill power t.. hy u.it.
e 111. I. peace, lolitract iillialiei -. i-t:il.
Ii-)l 1 oinnier. e. and to do all other net-. ,il.l
thin, 's w hi. h in. Ii pendent Stabs may of
light do And lor tlic-uppoit ot thi
1 lar it ion, w ith a linn reli.un e on lie
ile
lection ot liivine rrovideriii', we inuti
pledge to each other otlr live-, our toltl
and out sacred honor
IWI.I'Eirs HOOK
.11 V '
The New York Trili'llu. ill a Coll.. ol 1
llelpei anew lxok in whiiii the negi
ia brutallv abused, refers to the voluii.
which Helper published in 18"i7 under I In
title ul ' The 1 lulu 11, 1 mt; Crisis." That vol
uinc, the Tril.i.m S-IV-, "sit ured a cry laigt
sale" at tin- North, on account of tin- si-iiii
no ul- it dilliis. .1 It was a bitter m nil 1
lion of slaveholders, and in that was v.n
agreeable to the abolitionists
But this w is j
not all. "He took no pains, " sis il,.
Trihutif, -In 1 0111 en I in his 'Crisis' his
scornful bate of the blacks." We are bound
tosiipposi that this, too, was very grateful
to the mill tit in Ii-h who bought his book.
Hatred alike of Ihe slaveholder and the Af
rican, was the actuating sentiment of a'i
lilionisin.
In proof of the lavor with whiih IKIpei's
la?astly assaults on both w hite and black 111
the Mouth were received, e reb r to tin nu
merous Northern citizens in high pln. es,
who endorsed it at the lime, 1 Sulwicriplioiia
were taken up tor distributing a hundred
thousand copies of a Collqiend, grai uitously.
Mr. Seward, iu a published letter, June -Hi Ii,
1M37, said, "1 have read it with deep atten
tion. It seems to me a work ol yimt nurit.
rich, yet accurate iu statistical information
and logical analysis." Sixty-eight uU.linon
members ot Congress certified that they
''eoiulltiautUlt tadvrte" tbe achcuicol scatter
ing Helper's book broadcast over the I..11.I.
Among these endorsers were Speaker t 'oil i.
Senator Sherman and F. E. Spinner, (whose
name ia on all iheTreasury uolc.) Aiin.'i"
thostr who also earnestly recomiiiciiib ,1 tin
circulation of the honk, were Hor-ice (in dev.
Tburlow Weetl uud John C. I'liderwood
We have seen bow Ihe Trilmhtt now i
that the hook thus warmly endorsed hi'
these-men ' tin ifc nn pains to conceal
trrnfvl K.iU 01 the blacks." And we. quo
ted a few days ago from the book itself,
where it denounced the negroes as an
"abominable" and "odious" race "who
ought to tie hurled headlong floin the
flir face pf tbe earth " ,f hee wers the co
timents which, in '1H67, the abt.litionisu
were an lontllv applauding ; hatred of black
aad white alikes This was the Isook they
were printing and scattering by the hundred
thousand, lr it any wonder that the North
ern people, thus poisoned against tbc negroes,
refuse to allow the handful of tailored persons
among them to vote ( Is it not palpable
that their imposition upon thn South, are
out of no love tor the negro f And yet many
of our colored people are permitting them
selves to be deceived and led by the ear-,
by these men, who have united in dcchir
ing them an "odious and alwiminable" race,
who ought to be swept off the fare of the
earth! Instead ol no, king common caii-e
with their neighbors, lin y are Iftliikg such
men So Underwood, who endorsed Helper's
abuse ot them a few y. ara ago. set them
against those with whom Ihey ought to be
on friendly terms, unit whose ha-ai inter.. sis
are the same with theirs. Richmond En
ouirer.
sa -
The Hon. If. II. II. M. .me ..f th. ablet men
ot Georgia, is publishing iu the Augusta
Chnmirlr a series of eloquent and powerful
articles, entitled "Noli s on the Situation."
He opposes the voluntary acceptance nf the
Military Bills. In his .1th nuinlx-r he says :,
"As a people we have but little-- scarcely
enough to prevent starvation. All the world
seems to lie moving to send bresd to keep
US alive. What a curious people we an !
fit objects of charity and tit subjects for con
fi -cat ion! The same tiain I ri igs ihe bread
to leed, the officer to oppress, and the emi
aary to breed slnle and to rob "
Gen. Wager Swavne, the Satrap, bullving
over Alabama, has iucda general order, No.
fen thousand or less, suspending a law nl
the State which imposed a stamp duty ort
official documents, relative to the collection
of iH-nsions, tMMinty, nnd oack pay of Feb1
ral soldier. He has also rrjualed a law inl
posing a license lax on the sale ot illustrated
periodicals published outside of tbe Stale
of Alabama and not in a foreign 81 ale
such as Harper's Weekly Journal of Civ ill
ration, Swayne would be well employed as
news agent for Harper and should by all
means start a staud at once. He might
then get tbe agency lor "my two piqiers but h
daily.' 1
A Mi'cii-nkhikii Im estion. We have
been shown 11 patent hois. shoe which must
certainlv nipe.Sede the old system when it
TjeVoTHCti kOrtwii tn-Thtf pQbttcr ll "entirely
dispenses with nails, beitujt laslenvd on the
toot bf wmvnm.t, an aUipUcal basKt, entimiy
eo the uaU ttS tha konf, asMt vieldinir
readily to ita growth. The form of the shoe
also tends 1 l j a 'lanral expausion, J tat
been exhibited to the oflieers of tbe War
Department for the purpose of . introducing
it into tbe cavalry and arliHery itrrice if
toe vanea otsiet. triwi. -
TIIK J.ATK JCWJ'EKOK tiAXIMIUAS
Fh:nmxAxv or MKXivo. ,
Ihe llinpiror Maremttiau is tin son of
I Archduke Francis ' Wrea ol Austria and
j I'riuct-ss r-ophia of Havana, lie was born
I ok the tlih.it July. ;n:t-j In I lit be enter
; -d the Au-liian l.avy On the Tthof July,
18V.I, he niariu J Uie untorluualr Maria Car
' loita. a duui:liti r of tlie lain King Leopold
' 1. of Ihe Belgians He wan appointed All
I iniral and Commander in chii I ot the Aus-
tnsn navy in l-i!t. and retained this post
; tion until his agccpihiice ol the Mexican
.clown Mining bis administration of this
liighi'llin he Intro. hi. nl many important
' retornis in the iihvv. ami left his post amid
nmvi rsal ri gret. He vv as elected Kniasror
I ot Mexico by Ihe Asiseinlilra ile Notables on
! ile- loth, ol July, Mi;:t, l.ut mi t H.'.oler 3,
tolluw i 1 1 tr . in an intciiiew at his castle of
I Mirainar, near Trieste, w ith the Mexican
deputation, with despatches 10 him to re
his a-suiujiuoti of the imperial otfice,
he made hii ncceulatujp of the crowq deiK B-
in,,,., it... .:( .,r ii.A xf.is,.- Mki.ii
, ,,,, ' , , ,,, ,(Idre n. .,, dVrws,,:
Hon he asid : .. .
"Although the mirniou nt maintaining the
welfare, ot Mexico on a solid foundation, ami
with free institutions, is a most noble one,
J mut, nevertheless, in complete accordance
with the views ol the Emperor Napoleon,
declare that the nionstchv cannot lal n es
tablished on a iegiliiuale and tiim t.lsis
without a spontaneous exprt-nsion of the
will of the u hi.le nat ion. I must make tnv
aterptntii e of the throne deenftcBt rift
frliiM iU of the whole nalion."
" 1 1 i this answer the Mexican delegation
ti Mimed hi re with the ..Hteusihle object ot
. j.roi tiling a popular vote- in lavor of the pro
: pus, d i-mpire. but in thi w-altertsl anil di
iiitlud sitr of the Mexican people, to ob
1 t-iin a popular Tote ot anv character was
i . vnlenllv impracticable. With this repre
i seiit .tiou tliu delegation ugain visited
M ixiuiilian, and on the Kill) ol April
i..i.,be 1 xpn -scd himself satisfied that "ihe
t n solution whtfw brruight them the nrst
. lime to .Mininisr w as confirmed by the im
I incuse in ijority ot your compatriots, and
that he might, with good right, consider
1 loins. , I the legitimate ele I nt the Mexican
i p.-ople " Immediately afterwards a firvt-fit
1 1 ' 1 '..I tin- aiceptanec of the crown ot
j Mexno was signed by the parlies to the in-
trrvi,vv, und a convention lietween France
uil'i .iieieo was entcreit 11110. noon alter
this Intccriew Maximilian starred for Mex
ico, stopping at Home to receive the bene
diction of the Pops upon the enterprises -Ou
May 'Jsith he lauded at Yera Cruz, ami
on Sunday, June 12th, entered tbe city of
Mexico. He Immediately commenced or
ganizing a new Government, and to afford
him a liasis of action, he adopted every
means lor securing information upon the
population and resources of the different
sections of tbe country. And an insight into
the national character. In order to initiate
good feeling, shortly after his installation
iu tliu capital he conceded a general am
nesty to all prisoner condemned for politi
cal otTeuces, ami some other classes of of
fenders. He also sent immediately to Jua
rez and Ihe ltepublican leaders, inviting
them to atteud a conference in tbe capital
lor the purHjse of discussing a plan for the
resi.. run. 111 of peace in the country and the
lirui establishment ot the Empire. This
nu t vvilh a ttoMteuaptuoos refusal from Jua
1 . .- and tumid ns little favor Iroin other b-a-ilii-
From the lirsi the linancial question
W IS the III.-: t dlllicillt With W II it'll Msi-
nn'Tui I, id to mri-r, and cohtmtttec whfcll
be appoinn-il tailed from ignorance of the
ivoiiiiuiicnl 1 i.n.biioH 1.1 the couulry lo insli
lute auy available incisures lor prcuuiary
relief. Als.nl tbe middle of August, klali
milian started on a tour ol observation, in
tending to go as far as Zacatecas. i'revions
to his departure be removed the cemorship
from the press. On the Md of NovemU r be
addressed a letter to bia Minister of Stale,
Velasquez de Leon, in which he announced
a dcterniinatiou to treat as outlaws tl'ia
armed adherents to the Republicau Gov
ernment, and com tuanded all "txinctionarieav
magistrates, and military authorities of tbe
nation to purtaie autl annihilate tin in by all
means iu tiieir power." Finam i d troulles
coiiiiiiiud to etubarran the Einpen.r, and
to these were added fresh ronq Ii. alious
arising Irom Ihe demands of the rr-clcsia--ti.nl,
1 th. icsioration of church prop, nv
coiil i 1 e l during Liberal administration .
1 best ileiunii.ls the poverty of the Empire
eoni. ile.l liim to refuse, and thus he offend
ed me 1 liureh party and the pope. On Uc
t.ili. 1 .'. IHii'i, I t lieving that Juarez, when
driv.ii ...ii of Chihuahua, bud taken ref
uge in the Coiled States, Maximilian isrued
a p .. lam , Hon announcing tne oepanuru 01
tin II. iml
11 an t'rcsident Irom Mexican
1. and
li claring his cause utterly lost,
uiii' 11. .1 tne snuggle in luture win uc is)
tw .11 lioiifsi 1111 n and gangs ol criminals
a... I i.andit-." This proclamation was im-
in .list, ly followed by an lmierial decree
i.roiiiiuneing the most vigornut m.-asHres
ngiiin-t parties in arms against the Govern
ment, and declaring that when captured
pi Kimr would be shot Within tWeUly-
tour hours a iter conviction by court msrmJ.
In aeeotdsnce with this decree, Generals
Ortega and Salazarand several Kepubllcans,
being c-iptured at Santa Anna Amelias on
OetoiK-r 13, were, in a lew days, summarily
cxicu'td. nutw iiusiauuiog mat 11 was proo-
a iy tin 11 known by the Emperor that Jua
r. 's reported abandonment of his cause was
nnlonurtetl.
Iheviar 168 opened with tbe Repubiie
in o 1 111-hed autl mutilated a condition as
to la.- Maictly recognizable, but soon the
li, piili.i. ana were greatly encouraged by Ut
, vention between France and tbe-UaiteU
States, by which the KmptMr of France
agreed to wntbdiaw all tbe French troops
Irom Mexico by Novcmlscr, Ibtit), wbile the
riiited Males, on the other hand, inlbrtBed
Fran. '- that she might rely Upon our friend
si, i, and neutrality. Gradually the Repub
licans gam, ,1 important advantages, until, in
the lattee part ol June, General stejia found
liunsull eniH'llett to surrender tlie Impor
tant s -sport of Matamoras. This first sig
nal del, at of tbe Imperialists was followed
by a series of other successes ol the Hepuh
licans, which reduced tbe territory subject
to Maximilian's control to a very small por
tion of tbe country. An effort to delay the
haaxieial rum of tbe country by Ibe appijint,
mi nt of M. Languet aa Jtiniater of Finance
tailed ia rouseqaeace , aat death of Lan
guet, in February. TM.otMal Ummm.
ment of tV: determiBaUioa ol Louis Napo
leon to withdraw all tbe French troops m-
f dBfw4-aiaJtimii '-dimise tbar Ltberaf
inruiuni v. ins, s. itoins mi otd ayam CO
tirely en' th Cl nrch party, which, agreed to
supply lb ioi.aiiclHa. wanti tuVuoveta
soeat by a toaaif tteveral mUliuoa. Ilia f
lort to retaia a part of tha expeditionary
fore in Mexico entirely failed. . A journey
ondertakea by Um Empress Carlotta lo Pat-
j' '- -i 1 lV Ji J J , . i :-s, , vlj
I HI) I L 11 J..I I. 1U.I..J,. H
is ami l(tim was hoi only unsuccessful, but
entirely bioke down the health of thti F.in
press, who Ia-utn.V Insane! An altempt lo
create a native armwlerl likewise let tin n
siiTf. 'Oil SiBSt T6'brfi ctlenratiag the
anniversary of Mexican independence. Max
imiiian slid promised to dclund bia throne
In the ast ; but on Octola-r 22.1, be left tlm
capital, as was ccni'ral!) suppnsod, with a
design to rte wr-reraj-C-rua- tot; Europe,
and to abdicate. lint tbia eWviga was pre.
vented by Maialial Bacaitw, Woo insisted
that tlie Emperor must Orst abdicate before
h c..n'd irav- the country. ?of afl'-i
Maxiaiilisn ytel.led to the entreaties of the
chiefsof tlieConai rTSllve party aad reaol ven
t-it'sy. In a proclamation dated Decern
tier 8. be expressed a wish to convoke a Na
tional Congress on the most liberal basis, so
that all parties con hi participate In the elec
tion ; hut this proclamation met with no re
spvosefrom the liberal b-aUa-rs. Thus, at
the cause cf tbe year, tbe Empire was in a
desperate condition, the whole of themun
try, with tin. exci prtoB'of ttieclfles of Mcx-texvQiimtaiwranrrTerlWytTver-
Bali in the tuamU ot tWJUpablioana.
Tiiidi urlure ul Uie Fsimiu4ruopevwhicli
was rottipietcd in the Unit month of the cur
rent year, ws snon followtd bfart entire
eollanse tti flw Fisnirs IV lu n tttn Ttenuli
j lican l-uxscsau wll SHlaa.victoriously advan
ced upon tin capital, Maximilian cnucen
iratiil his troops at Qiieretnro and placed
himself at their bead, llut gradually tlio
l.ilwrala surioundctl the entire Imperial
army, which was licsiegetl in tuerctaru, anil
filially tha Einpcrur aiiit Ida vntira lores
had lo surrender. In cumpliiuice with a r
quest Irom the EnieMr of Austria, our
government interretletl for the life of Maxi
milian, but, aa it seems, ia fain, for, accord
ing Ui lite despatches which we puldiah this
morning, the unfortunate rrihcu was shot
on tbe lllth. instant.
A sketch of Maximilian,' recently puli
lished iu the Tributu, says of his personal
spMjsrance :
Maximilian is rather nlxivo tbe middle
height, well proH.rtioned, witJi powerful,
high, sqtmre 'shoulders. "In face fie "Is deci
dedly good looking, having regular feat iin-s,
light hair, long hide whiskers and mustache
ol the same color, a small mouth and excel
lent teeth, with n good tcniK-n-d smile per
petuully on bis countenance. Ile has light
blue eyes, and a most benevolent and amia
ble expression of countenance.
In dress he is al way a scrupulously neat -A
black I rock coat, ligbt-ctdored pantaloons,
white vest, and a small black: necktie usu
ally constituted his morning costume, while
in ths evening, at dinner-parties, receptions,
eVe., be wore the usual evening attire of a
private gentleman. He very eel loin don
netl nniform, nor was it of ten wolu at his
receptions. When occasions ol itite ren
dered it necessary, he would appear In tha
plain dress of a general nf the army. He
was verv fond ot the Mexican Cuatume, al
ways adopting it when on horseback or in
the country, also when tlravwlllmT. This
consisted of a handsome white sombrero, or
namented with silver, aad a silver band
round it, or. sometimes a-plaia white French
wide-awake hat of very large circumference,
a jacket and vest ot black or a dark color,
handsomely embroidered, and black pants,
with doable ros nf silver buttons down
the outside seam of each leg. , Sometimes
his riding-dress was like the rancbero of
the country, namely, Jacket, vest, and pants
of buff-colored leather, usually deersktn, but
handsomely embroidered and ornamented
like the other. JL Y. Tribttiu. : r
" St lit. Skuvicb at titk tjotmu'We un
derstand that the Southern mail service, re
stored as belore tbe war, which went- into
operation on the 1st instant, includes about
one thousand roofes, and f ' as eontpletelv
under contract with responsible parties as at
any former period. No effort baa been
spared by the Department to furnish the
very beat service in regard to tbe frequency
of trips aad best connections, so . that the
Ijagat lynnla part at eaah Btate awybe-ltt-
Jwfitf posjMmct-s-iafiwi ,.
The papers tllrnughrtot th South sre ur
ging registration with gTeat earnestDess, and
apwar much more anxusus for rceonetroction
tinier tbe laws of Congress than those who
en anted tlw la wa The greatest obstacles to
n eonstitttction at the South ate tberentiinenls
svosred by Shtvcns, liutler, and men of tbeir
class, making new demande and throwing
uueertiilniy ever Whatever action the Boutb
mat take. Wu ifuat.
The Fitjtnd l,mvn, pnllislied at Roches-'
ter, UiiiMsota, says in its issue ol the 22d
IliSt. "x '..
"A vary Ititelligint gcutleman, -Connected
w ith a prominent traainraa house ia Milwau
kee, autl a dtCided Iirpublicaa ia - politics,
prcMjluiined it as his owu opinion, ui this
city, a lew days siiicc, that a repudiation of
the bonds and paper money issued i by the
Federal ttoTfmment was Incvttsble, and
that a prupuaition, if submitted to tb peo
ple 0i Wiuconsin to morrow to pay . or re
pudiate, would be decided in favor ' of tbe
latter altera a live." '" i
Judge Wayne, of the Supreme I Court of
the Cni text 6 tat ea. Is said tor be lying at (be
point af death. Ha ia nearly eighty years ot
agx and wae nppomtesl trrira the' State of
Georgia. In the event of bia death there
will be no vautc? on tbe beneh, a the law
provides for a retiuctii.ax of tb Qumlier of
Judges l six. . i i. ,i ,i
Political excitement IV running high
throaprhnot Tensieasee. Uovariior Brown
low niks with a stera will aotl has set aside
the registration in every district thai does
not Lcline toward his radical viewa. Ia one
distrrrj where his fi tenets Ttrehjicre.l tlm
atst tan days aud bia. tpiiwaMtw-4ai two
WCMedirxg flsya, be set asiti all bttt tlie first
two day s. He holds tlie card and will car
ry the State.
Th ViciiMs or Fashioh. (Jones baa
been telling Kobinson mui of tyia aplitting.
stories.) Robinson-s'Ya'se He rery fun?
ny r Jones Th why-thw Tlcxii don't
you laugh V Ktibsiuwa Mf dear fellah, I
would with pleasure, but I dare not display
any emotions these trousers are ad Ueaieii
dottsly tight V Fun.. '
Tbe almlitiim ot capiut punishment was
provided for by a bill recentlv Introduced
into theConne, r'r-nt House oi- tLeprctout
hvea, Ht th .1 h-rfy, after w.ntura illsxtuaaiiu,
UvUsltrit tbe bUl bj a votu of IJ to uj.
It is evidcut that the people of Cynut cticm
are mx yet preparen to dio away with ha
Iiang-
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