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r fj e "Sf iiFlleridB fiettftttel RALEIGH, N. G, SATURDAY. KOVBIBER 2, 18G7. NO! 45. yasttwsji -f-"i-v...-i-"....; ,t , TII12 SENTINEL. K PELL, Pbofwjou. C OKSSB VA TIYR TICKET VOH TIIK VOXVKSTIOX JXWAKE HOJT. DANIEL U. KOWLK, RKV. BENNET T. BLAKE, PRDE3TLY n. MANOm, A. NORRI8. The,lregoing ,1,r admirable ' ticket presented to till- peoploot Wek, i lH-ir auliragc, by the Conservative County Con vention, which assembled in thi city, 011 yelerdy. None better could powtibly have ttkctetl. Ii can ic with ' the wi ilit f intelligent, H't'g'i'r. "'"" devotion to U.m.tiiuiional lilriy. It r. p resent, nee. 1 as could have liMilff l-t-.l, every Msctioii f H county, and c.u bines, with excellence in rtlf. " he m.ulanl popula.il f. ,Nrly llle, unani mous choice !l U ' ouvcoii ,u on the fir.t t ..I lot ing, i t w mi mi I -! i itn t y m!' " cclamtion. Such lieing the cae, we l.oie that none ol the gentlemen chosen til feel themselves t lilrty to permit jxrw.ol cwsidriation to di.appoint Ui unanimous wi.be of thr Conservative pc-pte l Wake, expressed throf ,wWMnUtUta. -Judge Fowle'. previous letter of d.clension wa known toell. ht the roovirthm wa. naivvTMl Ut hi. eilo III the piescul r ieary eotil.l " ,M' dispensed '' Unity lie pr.ip.-r to Ute. m t'ii connec tion, that swne "fth gcuilem.n sclc-tcl nithcr d,in d -r sought tii- nomination The Convention. w nf ! l Ur-M rver hM in lh.-County, ixt.r i .linirin ,.ni of iwrny '.im '). r.wni.-l. Iy Kentlemcn of M UU- ' formrr poliliral ..pinioit The ptoo-.liii)tlir..uv;h..tit w. r. Iir.n.mi .U. n.l ihe iirit .f ll.e . i.'n rverytkinK tht il h..il'.l mv I .. unions wii roiit.-n.li.ii f-r . "iiini 'i. .u(iI"tV jn, t, with romtiion i1rmiH"i .nrin.-. II. O. Paikei, Kmi., .ir.i.l. l. if.i !' n. lingwetl, Jrprtw Morton ' " ' r'! '" in.', jirfc. Vk Pr. i l. nss. nn.l Wm. 8imuHn an.l J.'ht. l. B.H. n H.c .ti nt. ElCI-.liilif'j tirln-. ai"ii'.- n.l If tivt--!. !i.n ri- iu'l' l 'r Hu.-. Mr. Itle..r. Co.. Kiri'M' "'I H.l(j.T. w!nrh l.r...iuh ilowii Ho- lioii..- ' r-inrt.-lly. IMw.-lif. I't tli- .-.-r.. i.mUl ol Uns '.nvn i" ! If ihi-OoimTYinv.' ui -i, throuifhinit tlo County, il.iri.ic 'hr li..rl timr iiil.rt. nintt Iwfw lh . l.-cti. n, i'l H" f ork nwii.t ly n.l vi(foroii-ly. wn .-.n .1 r' -l.i tirk. t If hH1niop' th.; Mifla-tnctf t!i. pi-..pl ..f VV.kr. hi-h wl'll Ui n.ini. i! coo'rant with miy tht r I l.tcl..-l n l? tb ple-bahi Irinrnt. "f lU.licnlm in the County Vp, '., "'! " """ IrienUat CAHlt yiiO V I UK 1IK1UFF V IT . I KF An eOitoriwI i tl lt Ht-nMrJ. -fl cting o.iot'.n-Shrr.tf ol il.i County, icitwi tl following rr$) fi.'tu that olli , r. VV h only time tn jrf to rail Kitratvin to it: McwiU. EdAok : - An wlitoriii! in the S JiuWof tl. nint. ot (). t..l.. r. r..i -. in mg tlia c 4r) t caruiin xrr.'in in the rtonthrrn piirt r tbia cnawtr, ! it ms tionllierHin In ohertimicr t.. it,truti.u. Iron Col. J. V. Ilniut.mt. ."iitain. v..rl insrmnirim whirl. iil i-orrrction. ThE.Ui .J... '',UerS ,". Prmf that dwu'.ly w-p'n, ol miy kin.l, "r eifi41 Jbttft) " vn th e.mtrry, thrr it the mwt tifact.-y eyi.lenc ill thy p.w iioa, tUu. tbry U.iWy 4di- wettji ou, lie J 'hat in) rip rt 'wa a vi rspie Bil uiinntiefaciiuy affiir," whn tli tr JtK U, Mll U WM mnat JfrtorT tothw miftery nthoritiee tht tnw partw o eerodnit(l ileterinmnl tomarrli to Harnett Cotnty, "!, fBK-fian of the onlrr. of the Co mnamlnnt of lire Poatof Fevottrvtlle aa gin-o to thrni hy the ShrrHf ol Harnett Count;, to drill c.il, for that puipoee, if It was nerpaaary, "to wle UtroUKh I.I.kmI knew d," end ttiat they arm word to the 8hei iff of Harnett County to nwttheiu ad thet tbey were reedy for him " Now, Meere. Editora.xl have no opinion to eVprea., eonceminjr the Leeguc, and no Kwoe v make with the E.titor of the Stan Jural, or any one ilar, conixruiug I hm, l.ut, tin I heve to nay, that not only the Leagn.n ' t;CT1HlWt,tli'-",Wwkw' wnwty will Uw,te. qtlirrd to olwy th lwof tile ftftihr mi mllitery orlrr,whih) I hold my prreeiit po aition. ' I told the nflloer or the I.eajfiu that 1 ceme not to interfere ith their law ful ui.riinpt. l.ut I rame to 'prevrnt any r inirt Ihw.wi them and tlio artinj tin- .let mUrM of . the Coninnuidiint of the Poal of Kavettevitte.' '" TImi oftVera ol the LeRgue, alter con ier.at'oii with mi', U"'.i that- they wire perfitty letisfied, end that they would not have attempted l" '' Uone to Harnett emiHty. if they had known it to lie hi ron flict with proper military auih..ritv, hut liMatioy lied hceii edviaclto the contrary. The) all actl in q"i''t. -ireiMe. and proper inarnrr, and .hownl a pro,Mr r Mct lor my otftcinl rhar.ietei an. I tin. or-d-M nndrr whicl( I waa wctiitjr. E. II. H.VY, Sheriff of Wake. TllDlvVult Herald, all'iding to the fiotthatlwo white cilia-na if Richmond were ordered, hy e mKW rigilai.M. Cmmii tee, to leeve the Btale within lurly-e'ht hourt, laggeaU that they I invited toiew York, end that errand puhlic recept ionti tendered to thorn. 1' - "They will XCiU moreenthuaiH.nl tli in lliu i.otriyred Stanton, end, ea the pioneer victims ol re gro Wle, deerrve demohatration." - Th lUtittiSlMl - A lelegrani in the s8w Xqrk ycrtiWsv that John L. Maiye, Jr. Km ;--e-riltiff-wi4.p 'a lowed (Hv Hie Tlttntricntrite, we enppew, or ie It Ouueiml Bchofielrl t) to take hi "cat in the ConveoUonJbcceu belwe mayor of rredericktbarg before the wer. Richmond THK CONDITIO Of TUB COl'NTHT. (UK A M ARTMKOUl I - N nltrcting eilieen can be tnaeaiiie i ibe ilnngeroua condition of the country. It nll'ect ii..irioulv every inU'reat. private tin. I pul. In Ii paUim inlutry lu ell ita l r,ineh.', and aliak.athe financial credit ol Hi, Oovi riimeiit ; and whi1t It leaariia the iiieanmifmH'tinif tt demand, it remlera more oppreieove the l.urlhenof taiallon. , II pralz.- commerce, wiinmn """" h nIiI.ImI" iiindition Hie nation ceotrot pn-M-r. O.ir laiht m tl oujilit, and eiprrieoCe i.H4 (ieailv proVed it to lie true, that with out ii reiifl'ni.oi ..fall the Stale., and they ..ml tin Ir people b iwMiinj eotiei rifhia, t'.e nation lonl l "v't pr..p.r. With thet view thev mlopte I the ( onsl ilut ion of tile (ieni rnl (iov. rnin. ii,. They clothed it with nil the p.. we. iie,'ew.a'y to it. preaervetion, and diifrucd it t I petpelual. lu the. UtiKiiir ..I it preanil.le llieir ol.j.ct wa. t.. ' cure the Mcatting. ol lilwrty to (l.em uirtu am I lluir 'stei ny." line of the car illon) principle, ol the tioviriimcnt thu lormed i the e,Ulity of ti e State, lis v ry . jiteiu e .I, 'nil upon the continu ance ol lint e.ualily. They ere made equal in the Senate iu to repiewntatiou wille ,ul rcL'r, to population, alio in the II .iwof Hepie- tittive, ncvording to pop illation The Hil tlieir people arc alike k. cnre.l tn the lien. Ml. of the judicial de partment, mi I in rvery Mute and peraonal i;il .r.ilil. e. I'.. jji.ar.l ailli.nt the po.i -lull, , ,,l miv iiilcrh renc- w ith tin. priiwi ple of , jMnlit thni'ih the a-aumptlon ol power eul iciaateiL, which luigut. wield ..I t., i k inoillliuation, or iksalruclion, they iiIim ij ie:it I ml 'pled mi Kini ndim nt ol I he ( otL'itilli'irt, wh'li dicUn. tiiat "the I mi. not ileleenL-d to the Lulled Stute. Ii or piohiliitnl to the Slat are nxrved to the Stu.i r.rptciiv.-iy, or to the people " Ti.n: i-.pi do now at mi n I. I n ol the Hll- mi. I th.ir it. on mi aie uut oulv not ad- in 1 1 icd to . ,i i .1 i ."ins w il h the M--.I, I . j fur b tin ..:i-l one departinehi is con c Tiled, Hie deliiid tin in, and ill' j.n le l to imre u,i,il.iry lule. The const , J ntni-i- i that the whole p..teiilil wmdh of tlioee State, i-, mi I will Ik- a. long a. the prewut M,i! ul iloi.. i ontiniw. lost to the nation. It-ur. ,,1 MM l sniir. lie- and cotton, w Inch, III toe pl.t, mi III l' el tally cm; ril uvd t, f e r.il wellirtv. aic not. .ul canuol U-produce. I i in . lien, d the ..!.! "I ill ilu-tr ill ad t u olinr t it.-, m nmcli a, it tot inTc tlmn, in I do S.uth They . o rolled cm llie-ice supplied tie nei l of the ui.iinfo'tnniio indii-try ol t'.e K.it, tur-ni-h-d I he I . f I l,,i k- t l"i it- .ro.:uct.. H ,v . mplovui. i I an, I rennin-ritiw w.iejm t., il employ. end increase I the r. venue ol' ill. c. mm lo incrctnif it'" I. up -it. A- Ion,; n- I ,i political duo: ,:ini. n i m n loan,!,:.,, no r dctru.tive w 1 1 i' le.oihe IM, ol a: lu' III" Iroiiifhl Ilie . nint V 'o ll'i" pie li. 'llneiit .' 'I lie answer I. ,,i.n.,i I i tl.i c nil which the le;;. iUtiv. detiiitin, in lei- oiimued. Without n, en ,.ng t" impure impim-tic ni'.fe u i i- or ii-ilii'irinir in vitniieratioii. Ken. railv 1 i n i-t and iway. unliirinHe.l,hut aasiiining i tl..,t ii h i ac'e.l Iroin an nnet error, u .- -i t. 'Ii- ttuihor l. lii-m, I douMrd tlci- t:,.t lours- lias I.- llle calis ol tlle i.r s'-nt tr-TiMr The war irrniuietid me il in two i.-.rs an I a half Since, w nil I pleie iiiilitan hihvim. It grew cut ol llle j lu.urrecii ,niy ati.i(,pu of the people of I the S. let l. lo kllpprew, IIK'tl altelllpt. ; I o'lgr.-s. l.y the 1 'on.: itu, ion is vete.l with I the ijowi i lo .iipor, . insurrection, hv mil i ii.iv Ion--. K." this purpose tiny can call I out the in litia.tul nsi'the army ami bary . 1 ami long I elore the ru lit iiniurrpclton, law were a . I under tin. authority. I lie tie .ten ..I I to. powi r w is to luainiaiu iiiu in- i tegnty of th. I uion an I not under any cir cu-nntance. tdyimpnir it. It w prenerve lion and not "lest. iicllou which waa aimed ui. To couatiue a jiiwcr to preaerve into e piwer lo deatroy a glaring ; alxurdity. ' And yut w hat lull la-en. end i li-iiig done I l.v Cougrcs... . xhioiis thi. .I,.ur,lity. They di I rait mtMhe nri'itia d ow.1 ibe army i and nan l..r tin .oppression ot the insur rection; rhut aupjir, ..ion haa lasi-n attain- , e l ; no rm- I . r ..ti.er lesl-t.ince to the ( ...uiuii..u n.i law of the UiilUd Stat.a j. lll.ts am !c r, , 'lll.l el, Ilie l ill ui, w men 1 (lc in.iiriicti.ui jut a time .uspt-nded, c on - tinned sii.pctiiTi'd. '' AfiS .UCti' a remit a. I tbit CHiilejiipU'ed. lej, lli aulh-u ol Ihu , ' Coii.'itiition ? ra it cont. iiiplateil Iri the"' caily ilay.of the in.urrre. tion '. That it waa n t cnt. iiiplated hy the former i. clear from wioit hiu hrcn already Hale. I ; that it w as not contemplated in the latter, i equal i4 ly clcur. K -r in .lulv 'tl!. Congre. piiaaed, i hy uu ii I tn i.t uiiuiiiinou. vote, a resolution j disavowing any purpose of i-onipiesl 'n sub iugaliou, and on the loiiIi.iiv declaring thai the nnr il.ject wn "t i defend and maintain the kiipViuacy l the ( ousiiiu- thin, and to pic. rc the Union who all the j dignity, Kpi . liiv and rights of th.' scvernl t Stati in, iinuau.al." Ha the Union Ixn n . pre, rv.-.l I llavctiic Mate, which w. re in iniuircclion l.ecn preaerv.d I Are they, in the language ol lhat re.oluuti.iit, now in the po.-e.si ,n. uniinp.iir.-.l. of their "dignity, iiimlhy and iighf. f" We know they are Wft, " If tt poliey id ie.t.Kini lhu lo their ci joviiient.iii .uguralcl hy Mr. Lincoln with the nlni'ist uiiaiinno.i. npproval of hi. pal ty, and which Mr. Johnson ha. endeavored ! lo rally out, had not lucn interfered with I liy Coiigrem, the State, would long .'nice have lc-n in Hi. ir lull enjoyment. Thia, it ,j,!t ficlii;ve.no candid, wnsihle man wilr; ipiesiio". If. The ground upon which Congress cl .inn the power, hich it Im. exerted ot holding the S iiilheiu Stiitca a. conquered wnsi u'-jiiii'wdr.au,l iMni.latiug iu regard to them a such, i that the insurrection, hefore itw a Mippn kse.l, n-siimcd siich propror l uut as made it a w ar, and l.rought il with iu the war power, .-t .l in thai body by the Cnnstiluii-n. That this i. an error ia ohyioiis. 111. power i,, dtu'utu war, and the pnwir to pioiVli' for tin-mippn s-ion of inaiirrectioiis, urn, iu theii Very iiiituir, ilia Unci pott'tli. Tile one looks cxclll-iljely I . ho-lilili,-. Hitli loiuigii nation., the other t.i di.turhance. at home, an, I limy are ... Healed in, the Constitution. C mgrca is vcted with llo- wottmrity to.iliajare -war, raise and support aniiics ami provide and Mill in i mi ii uav " II these pow,rs Were Intended lor casie nl iii.urrectio'i, therui Icinng upon Cougie.. uny oih. r audiortly jor thiit end would h vc Ih-cii nere eiui plus age. And yet, iu i!i aaine ta-i,liou ol the (or.titutio:i venting ihehe the p.i.ver is etpreaply giVeu pi call out the Ulllltia to suppres 1irtimotion. At the bc.innin(f irf the m-t itt iittititllHi it '' hniritiily couceded that wheu it boul(l le iipproed ibfiXiun woufd fv . if wn Wfnre coiii- tied to e.piui light. The Insurrection, however, became eo fotinidelile that uiion gionnd ot humaiiity, . well a to give to the Government the means to assist in it upprraeioB,hil!igerent rig-tie were conceded to the inauuertionista. Humanity demand ed that Ihia uliould Iw done, in order to nave the butchering M prixinem. If our flrft? eminent had exeruttd llnne cup lured hy it forcra, the Confederate nuthoritie. Would have retaliated Such a reul! would have enwcred no good purMi-et,.w ardi upprcH ing the relielllion. and wonl.l. not only ham lacerated the laclinKi ,.l mr own people, butehocketl the puhlic M-ntiiuent .ol the World. Conj;r.t, iher.f.re. aud the Presi dent, wriwly and with the hut motivei". rec Ojni7ed he liooretit light, in the in.iii ni tion ery Uovernini-nt. And I, conce.nion al tlieaetne lioieirarc to Co .yii-stu,- aiitln riiy to exclude neutral Dationstnuu a I intwevur-t with the South. A fur u. Mich nation w re concerned Cmgrea prop, r y claiim-d tie right, of war, ami upon t h.,t Linn d. dared the ll,K kdc ol t h S.m'h. in p .n.,. ,n, 1 pro vidod lor the capiur.- i! v.-.el. ami tlieir cargoe. att. uipi.i j; t.. vi,.lie i Sm licnp turce were made .n.l a j.id". I to l,e lawful -ikjdlir prizecii'l T.'.m gr.adi ai l -d the Uoveromeut in hriniiig -he iuMiir.iti.ci to clow. In the lirv ol ihce, cnlii d lb' prlttt -, decided hj the Supreme Court of the United Stall, the opinion contain one or two pv.,ues which hive lucn relied npon juktifying C...g-. . in r .i.kring the State, iu iju- .tio,. h c .pi, r. I pro vincen. Thin erooii I In., hjeu in lint i'.iic I with onti h nee in l th Iloim-. The ret of the opini in, the author tl.i V . heivuvcry plainly thai tin- con t did mo I. .ig:i to announce any ui li iI h frin.-. No m-v hi. ince hcen la-Ion- tha tiil u ml calline; i,,r any roirn tion of the in iippi, icni.i,n. In one, trowcTrr, ?ietore Mr. Jna-frw Nelwm, ( a tin in her ot that Court. i ncrurr :nj Mure the terininaii-ti o -he r. ' ellion. mvoh the M-raonal riohl of a citizen ol S ui'li Carolina, he ruled t int -li e cun-titiitional law. of the Union wei" then -l.y i-i.j y.-l and olye l, and w-r- a ev.i. Ii. ri t i vh ai d liin-l ing uver the people of die Sun- aa in ..th, r portion . f the c.untiv." Thi. vi.-w i- plainly incon.i.ti nt with the pretence that the South in now i. coniju -re.l terrilor. The .fudge piece. Sou h Carolina upon the hiiine tooting, a. Irtr ti her right. :oel the light, of her people no- cone, rued, a. New York or any ntl.or ol what weie the loyal Stales. ince licit l l;i;g on.' lla. Ien made l.y Chief In. lice I ha..-. u June, 18H7, in wl.iih lhat .lu.tg. -, -t.-i to t!-,-opiuu.'i in lln- lit')-4 r ii . in I cvi.lrrrtt' tieali. the pretence Hint h - ( ,,i u nitendcl to deci le licit the S .uthi in Sla es w. re hoi now cqnil S'ati-. in tlie Union, 'o ' e tin' w arrantalile. Thtt c.i. wn. thi. : A citi n o North Carolina wa- indcl'led n a proiuir-- ...ry note lo a citt-n ol on.- ,u ii.,- Sia;,. 1 yal .hiring the u.uirectui . Pen ling i,.e iu-lltl.i-iion, hy force -d u law pi-HC,l l.y tli. li.'lertiu.ent ttt fi -tit ot North t 'arolina m.li- 1M .,1 lio .t. 'lel.". the ,lco',,r WJ.Ciin n lled to pay it to tili ng, m , I th .t Stale, and he relie I llj.on that pnviil'lj l,i. de fense, lu hi. epini ,i t In I .del Ju.liie sa, "I'd niuiiilain these proposition., the couuei i.ir uic ucicu jiniii. n-iy upon tnen. ci.ii.iiH of the Supreme 'oui t of t he United Stau-a to the .'feet thai tin- hiU- rehelhon wa a civil war. in the ptnaccution ol w inch iK-lligiTent right, weie cx.-ici.e.l l. tie-Nati-'iiai ifovernin. nl t ac-rd.l to Hie amied foruea ul thu U.-l,. I Onifedcf u y, and upon the decision ofth,- Stite Court, dur ing nnd after the cios,- ol the American war f.r iiiileperideiKn.-. which alllrnied the valid itv of conliscatiorts. .nd m-.pie.trati.iu. de creed against thepropertv ot tton-re-ident Ihilish ktlljects and the inhal.itant. ol oohniiee or tales hostile to the Uuited Colonic, or United Stat.-.. " li.it these de- ' ciaion. do n.it, iu our judgment, sustain lh,t J proposition, in .upjior' of which they arc i cited." . "There i. no doubt that tic- State of North Carolina, hy the acts of the Conven tion of May, 1861, by the previous ii-ts. ot the Governor of the State, hy .u incipient act. 1. 1 all the department ol the State I Government, and lv the acts ,l the people I at the election hell after May. I all I. act ' edi her-Stere. liovram.-oi eiui- tmnstitn lion, and conn cting nnd.r ibe National I Constitution, with tin lioierninent of the i. United State, and estalillsheil a Con-tiiu-j Uon and llovcrameiit. conjiected with tin I othel pretended O iverntnent t up in Im.. , tilily to the United Stales, a,nil entered ' npoii a'C-owna- M ae-t-i.e watUrw ugwinst thu rvallonal ( .verninctit ; n ir is there any doubt that, 'hy these np:, tbe practical re lation, o North Carolina lo the Uni-m were kuapendeu, and very ecrio.) liabilities incurred by those, who were nnoagetl in IIm-iu." "Uut lliuse mis did not ell'cct, even for a moment, ike aepurntiou of North Caiolina fn.m the Union, any more thin the act. of an individual who commits grave oil.-nccs against tlu State by resisting it. oiiicers and defying il" authority, can separate him from the" State." In referring to the legal i licet ofc.uice.l ing belliger. nt light during the war to the Confederate (Joveniment, an I to the di-cis-ion of the Supreme Court, the Chief . lu-.tice further aid : "In the prize cases the Su preine Com t aimply asserlud the right of the United Stales lo treat the insurgents a. lieUi'. aud to,i;llin Irotn torci; lions the performance ..t nen-'r..l duties un- der the prnaltie known to 'international law . The decision r-a-ognize I. aU... the fas t dl the ex. rcisr and coucessic.n of t. ;:. gerent righls, ami elfirmc.l, -is a uec... iiy conacqticnce, the proposition thai duriuc the wur all thu inhabit int. of lliu coti'itiy controlled hy th relafl ion rend art tW . habitant, of the country loynl tithe Union were enemies reciprocally each of the other Bl'T TIIKHK la NOTIIINll IN '111 AT oelMON WHICH OIVM l-ol'NTKNANl'K TO THK tlcc TIIIXB WHICH COt-NSKI. KMI1K A VOR To neill CK VHOM IT -THAT THK INM ItulNT HTATKS, BT THK ACT OK TIIK H KIIKI.I.ION. AM. BY I.KWKO W'All AOAINST TIIK NATIOS, IIKI AMK FORMON S-f TKS, AMI TIIKIlf IN II AH IT A NT Al If.N K.SKMIKS." In I Ills Mew of the opinion of the Supreme, Court the C'hiel Justice no doubt ha. the concurrence of all his associate oft (hut bench. Sin, he became ita presiding Judge the subject bus bi-.il acvcral fimcs tliscu.scl l.y coun sel ; anil although the Court has not .hs niei' it proper to decide it in any subsequent case, the point must mces nriiy lmvi b. , n considoreit by them ill ct.n.ulliitioii, and t He ir views in that way have bcome krirwr to the Chief Justice. In hcllns langu ige in the Carolina ruse shows that he lilli-t speiiW ftom oitive knowledge a to what the Judges really meant. '"Thcro Is noth ing,'' he says, "in that opinion whicil gives eminlcJMiBtai to the doctrine which counsel euileafBT to duduv fr.no iTthattittl lnu4r gent Stale, by the ct of t,he tcU liion, and lis luivina war anaiii.t the. nation, became f. j(6:ga KWr; as -loeir haiIUjifcaJi enemies. JMow, it they were Slates, a lie holds them to have 'been during tne war, and not toreiim States. . they must have been r State ot the Union, and at nothing has occurred einee the termlnetloa of the war t change their character, they mut be uch 'Hlate now. The ordinance end other act of North Carolina, in the word of the Chief Justice, merely "upende. "the practical relation" of that State tn the Uuion. Those ordinance and act bring now thi-tiiselvc annulled by the result of the war and the act of her citifen, (uspi-n-ein caused by them necewiarily terminate, and the prior relation of the State aie re Cored, and she and her citlxena entitled In ll the right, md bound by ell the duties, as at first. But the doctrine itsi If w hich Congress aeetn to have adopted toward the S.iuthei-n State, that by the result of the war they am-not Sulci, hut Territories sub ject to the unlimited power of Congress, cunt),,! be supported upon any constitutional or o'her theory. The idea of ronqtirat, by a governni, nt, ol its own territory, is ridi id ui-. Th. idea that any department f the (o.vermn. nt of the Union has any other po.icr. than those, conferred by the. Consii tut o i i. iquilly ridiculou.. That (iov, ru in nl had no existence ra-fore the Con.titu it.. ii w,.- miopted; il came int " being hlv nn li t and l y virtue of that instrument ; all ii. power, are granted by it. Thi being 1ln- case, how can it be, that under any cir ciiin-iuiit'os, a- long as the tinstitution re mains unchanged hy the authority creating i', Ihe (jovi-rum.-nt can exercise powers n- t d -h-gut -d i This can only be done by ita making a compicst of the Constitution il elf. which, if possible, is more absurd than n conquest of us own territory. If thai could be done, it would become but a io i run, cut. . i'.-ta without any other re i mint than ita own will, which would be tviitiiM, lorwln-ilnr unlimited power is in iimii v men, ,u in one man. i. immaterial. Tyii.nn) is unlimited power, and it. charac ter i- no changed by the numlMrof M-r.oi.a w hi. may cxeri i e it. And vet the claim w hich I '. ingre.s makes to legislate for the Southern sia;, i without any limitation They h ue subjected tlieni to the military p ..i, uhi, h they assume is, for such a puiposc, within their unrestricted control. They not only di.reg.inl the Constitution aa the charier ,,f their powers, but the consti tutions of tin- Southern Slates. They are not only not acting under any authority de lired from llle H-ople of the United Slate, li.it in dm-ct c .titravenUon of the known w ill .: t'ic people of the South. Il i. true that ,'.in.- of thr menilwr ot tbe dominant pot-, iu and mil ..I Congress, juilily leg I -I i' i, oi upon i on.titutitinal grounds, but Mr. S'cvens. i f I'eiin-.) Ivania, who ha in tiit- public judgment become the master of hi. party in the House of cprcentative, is gtnl.l. ss ol such a lolly. In a letter ot ni-, no nth published, with the franklin, an I h, l.lri.s which belong to him, he re i.a t.s th-' ftb.tir !itv and pla.-cs the authoritv ol I oiior-'-s upon .ouie ground outside ol I the I otis-iiutiou, uiul admits that it ha. lift i war, nut whatever, under any ot its delega ted power.. It I e is right, then it lollowa i hut ns f ir as regard, the South there is no other restric'toii upon the legislation ol Congress tlmn its own discrrtirtn. It may conseipieutly treat all the Southern State as having no existence whatever, aa States, and gorern thcin, through all time, a terri toti. -. ..r ( ..iisiitulc the w hole in one or us many States aa they may think proper, and with ucli power and rights i.s tnev limy choose to confer. They may, of course, if they makeState at nil ol them, deny them equality of rciH-iacntatinn in the s. nale, or any representation there, and deny th'-m also repres nfation in the Houe ol K-'pri -ciitaiivca. They may else deny th in the Ik ii. fit of the judicial departnienu ot tlH- ii .vernnieiit, and citizen of the other States the riirht to sue their people in the courts of the Uuited Slates. TbcJ mey keep them altogether out ot the Union foriii.-'l by the Constitution, and make them a Confederacy ol thenwelve, under iuch a Constitution (il the term can be so profaned) as Congress uiay from lime to time grant them. They may alo refuse their people some or all ol the guarantee of personal lilarty secured by the Constitution of the United Statu, may suspend at will the writ of ..i.-o foio, declare martial law in lime of iei.ee, grant titles of nobility, au thorize such States to pas laws inipaiting tin- ohliguiion of contracts,' make any cur rency a legal tender, regulate commerce ivithotu r, grird lo re.trnints on that power in tiiF T'onstTtutTin, "a'nff, frt a wofd, may rale tin in more aluolutrly than the (biveru lu .-nt of Spain w as wont to rule her colonic, and infinitely more so than England endeav fnc I to ru'c this country Im I'itc 'Tl! - -an en . Ic.r which our f.ilheis Ih.iuglit justifiable, ami required resistance by tone ot arms to is'nblUh thetnscves as an independent n itiim a course Mlnch In-s long since re ceivid the siincti' n ot .ill other nations, including Uugl.iiul heisclf ColtS'-qtlelncs, such us tiles., legitimately folil. .vina t ' ' ''UlgreS.loll.ll .loci Tl lie, -hould cniie ii to I , s'iriily cm. I. mile. I by every I. l.rnf c m sli'uti "iial lil.i'l ty Uut cvt n it the power ivhlcll it lnli.lv. . W a. In t ob.loX ion. to eiciy ilia of sii-h ;i!..i, ami could be vcted anywhere wnh ..if M, C.. giess. jiartunl nly the Hon.. of Kcpie-ciitM. tiies. is not the body t,. p,.s.css it lis very ti.im' i diminishes lite responsibiiii v of f 1ndhwf memlier, whrh,t f i subj.H t I . the in!! .eucc ..f p - -r th whu.is and . api.c , .. I make, ibeitt pil!.,. p. r I h .v ', n.l. and apt .c . ol t h, h. ui I lie i tr r. i.l nl hi.tciy prov . ih.-it-ncu a l ..." a af.' .1. p 'si'Oiy of in,' nitcl ! '. :,nf ,..r- ... ill- l'e h i ,' -I ... body p u t.l ii.iiiiilain, d the ie e it i ' li ce rtion ple.J lb. tl p .1. Is . I .ml ill,. il ..'.il.Ji , r .ll;i I depa. ' thill w I I Ills nd . ic nil., t .. I.l . .ch -, I - t. ll e 1 l lid ,,l II It .' f 1,11 1 1 I . lk. t. litll. ' 1 to e 1 It C.Ii. la the hi. I, C "11 ' rcpect I lit. . Ciuillli'-i ;' l.t te a nil re - I- .1 VC ',. iii.c -iniing , nt i t inii'ii 1 1, ,t in no. S, 11- ;.' ii., . ';.' I, is n j tuc .1 '"go- lite. I it. oil y . , ice ,1 ,t , Ui n c ti-..l le.l 1 tlooil th, "l-,, . I, lllld'T t war pu , S taken by Mi. Siuv, u. lhat it i Olll.l.le ol ill' Cou-Ti'lll on. I.c! u- lu'W see lllu llltl it lit-a. ; ii .ii iiiut un.l. i any . ( 'n - to ,-r known to tiuit lti.tr.iuit in In the .1.- ,, , ittli-il of- tlm.1 ruivi:jil..i,TU ehiC'l Haiti,, . ii. it ii... ..,,.-..! -I by t-i.iy iii'.'iii't'. nl, ,: . ir, part fn the .h-i..-,- thnl tne (io .-(rnu.cnl, and c.p. cially I'.ingt-is-, w u. It. i.c out t.l stcictly delegated pinvtis, I hal Ih.s ,h! -galion w as to be made l,v nu . lii.ui, i ili.ui, anil that no power, n. t-nuuicrate.i u oild belong tv it, but, on ihe contrary w is pro tlibiUd. 'This, as a tub- ol coiimu, in.n, a injtt tn be .the trutr.njo; by cytty-aitttf during the interval of the submission ol ihe .Constitution to the (aopla of the Slate for or without ilisse the Status by kiss since, ill every Comt, State or Pudcrul, been decided to be tne correct one. With thi lule fot oui guidance, under w fiu h ot the delegated power, d.ies Congress p....i- the authority which It Ills i ken Led or claim 1 That ol war ha. alr.-adv I teen con sidereil. The only other one is that "th United Slates .liull guarantee to eiery Stale a republican form ol governinent ! n,l r thi authority or duty it is said ih it C ,,: grw may, not only in thu Stat., which were in insurrectiou, but iu nil the . th, " Biatea, regulate the right ol s .fiiK-e ... ns In make ihe government ol ine Sat - in form republican, nccordin t , tin ir vi. w . of what I Hal form is. Thai l,,iiu t.. 1,,'i I cannot exist without univei-il sulli m..-; and I therefore assert the power to u-jah - such sulliage. Agam.l iLis pretm-t 1 i lad i c inclusive Hint no.uch cxtensi I frvuehi-e i xislct in thu Mates hy ivh ,.e pcij ; present, f loicriillielit was loruie I. 1, I p -e tliat this clause ,. gc. n ,u,t, e s.g i-. I to g: ,. such a i 1. 1 r i . ' 'on to -.jns.' -hal .in . !.!''. ' ol I i' , tutiou. sel.l to til - C on .il'.l ... j rral Stales, intended to mfmit tha' I ilovernmcuts w.ro not rcpi..;icii . I the absurdily ol this iiifereiu is, f ihe sup . .1. po i ble, the uuire m inileat. from llle lact th I from the nrganiz it ion of tin- ('ovenim nt to I the last lew ears. no such iloctr.ne i ,n; bioiiciicl in or out of' C, nnr, ... I . minioi is M,. Siimn, r. a Senator Irolu Mn..ach , sells. lie has to.iv a bili befo1. th. S.-i, ,'e i to carry it or. It regulate. ol. m in al the Mat or color. w it ; lit lee-ur.l I,, propel ' . rai e H- Inailltain. t h- r. I' u, own Slate fiolernuiel.l for she lis. ticver author z limited right. Brj' w-" nr " I' ll ;iui s r,n. f'-f the r.tiita'lon ,, .uch i. .loctrme reasoning. Th,- meaning of' t Ii. s'atud by Ml. Ma ii-'ll in the II I ,. Ill ippo. of the Pel. rali.t : 1.. a pre exislllic I i . , i -.IV- ill .' " iimi.i ";l "I I rh- o j. II. V ' hich Is lo Im- onaclu'i', 1 glla li"il was yiven b hun ,u Ihose dai'., or since, cntii the Sumner era. that t,,, , ; I -1 dl to give to Connie., the p,c. i I lo fere with Sllflrai-e m 1 ie' '.,',-. r tie. State, then aho'it to i reati- the 1 uion Hu ll cl not liovernmei Is ot llcl.u' . ; 11 I. Till ll . ,t wa indeed to t liev er 1 ,, , i nun n: a t , theelallsewasliiapi.lv 1 Has to .. . I to the people of .in it M.ii.-. aiouunu right to their enj y, cent. If it hid o tllggi .fed by uni Tin .nlier of th CiO'vc tion, ill It the tioi erilllli'l ts in I M -ci-!, setts and Virginia were not Republican I cause Ihere was in cn-h but a re. tin t ..I suffrage, it would have b, -I u pr UIOUlH'.-d a llliel by Adsn.s an I M.(,, .in I rje. led a insulting to tin- .;,.n t . l y hoi.i all ' l, then State (Inn nun. ills ha. I i en e-t u, lisbell Indeed, hi lhat 1 1 tne t he lllllg. 1 to republican liberty was thought to b. in nn exec, ol" Ihe J i.-m.-.-rati.' piiiieil.-. mi l lhat tin danger w.uil i I., ihe nci b -s imminenl as stili'i ai. i'h- ucre r , . reatricied. Il is b in -ye. I thii in ull the States, la-sidii age, ri-.nlenee snd sex, a property cjuaUlii'.iiii ieni n .a icmicil, and that, in all, a piopen v qu.nllic n iai'i, and lo a conaiderable, aiiiouul, was r quired ol' lhc peraon to Iki elected to their Legisl.itun s and executives. ( ,-rta.n.y, no one then even imagined that t.ii. ui nl,- On in i.nt, republican. Tha laet i lhat the republican form mentioned in the clause, wa. used ., distinguish it Iroin the motiarcln. , or aristocratic form. What Conurcss i- to guarantee is not a repu iican Uov. i nun ir . according to ita i,leas ns t i ivhit sin h n Government is, lint llleie y that tile ,,; shall be repubbcHn. This laneu igc s!,,,,.. lhat in the ),ulgment of the Conveuiion and ofthe ieoplc in 'mu, thr Itttu (i.iv.-rn-menta ol the Slate, were lioveriimeuU of that form. There may be republic more or let democratic I lie purpose of theclau-e was aimply to provide thi.t ihe ui...,te of constructing the State Oovernuieuts ajioul I be republican, aud not to prescribe the ex tent to which the democratic principle must be carried. Any other interpretation would empower Cot grew to constitute U veru menu for tha Slate without the sanction of their people a power never la-Luc claimed, end totally inconsistent with every view ueretotore entertaint-il ol the rigbla, in .Utijeaesk uf Um ueuultt.ut.. tU State. The doctrine also would be as intolerable in practice as it is uuwarranted by the C, u jUitutivtu, That it I so unwarranted is too clear for cavil. The only claused thel 'on stitntion which relaiee to the suojisst of j suffrage is that, in the choice of repiev nt.i tire, the electors shall have "the qtialiticu ' tion requisite for the eluetors o! lhc mo t ' numerous branch nl ihe State Legi.ln'uic " 1 It is evident liom li s thai the Slalcs weie to fe left o reguUt.'the lia'ich,s- lorti.ciii elve without thi iiiXcrli rence ol Congre-.. It w,ia mallei' iu which they were chiiflv concerned liieii houses of ih leguri s wt-ie to legislu'e tor t hen pet uliar .louitstit- u -tereats, and. upon . v, ry principle, the pu -pie of the State. o.ll.l ilave the sole p..w. i of prvM'l'i'-ing II. nio.le Nu, t lu. p. - ., select I m-. n ( ..n i c, t o I j .inagirn ... ! men ot 'tJ wou. with that power osiliou i .v.- uia. I. mole limn her, d.,y-. I' I repuiilir.ai, uriii the clause ci q,t Si,lerc;l . . pel. the State T ,'Ula III. ml. S- llll ot a r. po s nliit' uctet w a- III.'-p in,' Colts.'lll' ,1 t.. lis i r-amlv i.o .lie j,io . t i hat perm, I or ha. : ., , n litil illiill these latt, r ii. ir in this that ll.e IJ ., erniin'iit, to which lo I i . I is 11 .1 col. -ll' , a IV device iigton i, ot .llll, ig-. Hat . i- - o i I ; iuelil sn, u.d I- .1 i. I, r I' ii ,i t , i . , . .! Ill,- , Xlent til t !., fiauidiitw.' AV in, Hoi ill. o without r. gitril I i ii e , i Rons, ot to i.l. I in . - - .,- .d M.l lilllO was lllllllat -tl.l ' ,e u . ' Constituii iti to th, . it was m-s-,J .... ti. in Uut, would it no- .1. ! practice ( l'n in li e i g ernllicllt lo ilie p:c.(ir l.iol : oi t ', exercised the p.cvi i pri aiicn d. In that pi ticinaled Kadi h sh .l.e I, an.! , , ;i y a : u um n., I' , , . I , i t . c ,i u t-i iiie it m to promo ' How W ouitl It In- if I ll y . , of il, and the power een U.d I , . .i hi r .1 1' How can the pt t.p I - l , S iforni i. i iregoii, .Ni-. a 1 1, N Ie know in what u ner -nil g ! nrjv .fcd li N. w V"-k. l' ' ,'c. ,-k t -i, I. a d . ,.i Jl in, is. lo .av i.o hin I t Stalesi Aii.l yel, if the dot I the v . in. of tin ir It pu. it ih ' I'" 'u. In Senaie, will Ic ti. j-e, i, i.l a. t cii -I : j ScQatoi.. ll this aha I I"-h. 1,1 to be lhc tn j ing ol tlieir Ciiiktiii:ti, i . ii will it quo. I argument to p oye ih I t ie g. in taj (iov inenl is, not ft-.pu'i'i . ,. in- ,1 .in, ..... .. .. I . ' 1 C- COAH'i'tliS Ol I'lull M, by 11. 1.11 nt 41 i.. x ' wnl 6':n"r'c'iu.'iiti.i, ! .... n t i persons it h, nal business. riitht whicil .1 ex orea.lv roserved ci me outts r,y tus Cotiatitutlon, be practically w ith Congre.. Again, iiiiiiht in. ailing of the clause, would r quir.' ..(' C..ngri-a I l.rf. re with thel Uoternmeni. of the Siate. Bmi ivnv frHB,J up.m iv'.icti it mini,. b, li. v.- that llu ir Con .11 toll Pi . i' -V-t I., it.-:.- r. I.g. , II inc. ...rcnot lUpuboca... Kor exam t.,i; to piovi.le for u general ' -' i' the support ot the " d, -.en ing, the maintenance ol "i. tin. restraint of intemperance, or, . ! ni el.aHers ol' incorporation to . : 1 ti . l" u. ii! ,! th. corpora " ' ' I ' i, i I ,, - th - ol v, the duly "' I r - i ' mi, 1 1, 1,-, il in it. pulguient, ins, a. i , oi oiiu.,ions were inconsistent ni l. U. pubbc;,, i i;..vi riiiiient. It has, In- I. .1, a ii ' eii ataU-d m the Svnaie hy n on .:'., i . I' ,i,!i!y. tint Congress ha nu' , i,, pi.ni Ie I,, i a Msietn of education, uu ,,-r 'in clan..- in .pie.tion. U-cause, in his .nu, a KepuMieHii I i . i v c rn iinu I cannot . x.si wh.ie tne p oplc aie uneducated. -H il u t In- - ,.i.e t..icc. it n .t greater, it may ncii-iiain.d t1 it it aim. it exist where t ie j.-oplc are in t vi'tuou.. and upon that ur. iiiid i oi,Uii.-s w ill l.u Isiuod to lake cara in;, i iheS at., .hull hgi.laie so as lo render 'iei'pe pie Mrtllo;. t hey llllist. tlll'IT- t',re. pr . i Ie t r t lo- -uppnr' of religion, tne i. u .-t moral tv. and the pr nbitiou . w in, h thev mar think tends ,1, -t: ,y or Weaken the llllueol the pCO- i :, . ! n. y m ty. thereto:. , p oh bit or insist that the . -hill prohibit the manufac ture or Mile of intoxicating drink. They mai ,k-. I'b-t'.at inoiiopolie. are also hostile I., i: I in an i l .. . .iLLieiit with Kcpllbli coil, leii.inril. U oil this pretence thev mi. m-i.t ii; n the r, eal ,f all State Charter. . every de.rip!ion, ami aay to t1,.- .til... that thev must of themselves, 1 '. cm., . Ill I. oil, then people will ji.i.. i "i ip.i in ihe proiit.) become in. :i, i. i-a k-1-. t li.i.enl rind cnal propri , -or.. andtng-ige dir-i tlv in eveiy business .-nierp:!.- in .w cut-usted to chartered com p.ii.i. .. ( an any mind, however unhinged . y l.iu.iti, i-m and liiiin.initarianism, bclievo ' ... - u ha ower as this wa contemplated by our father. And yet, logically consid. i red. il Cuioress baa the power under the guarantee clause to regulate suffrage in the Mat... in or ,,r !,, iiinke their Uovernmeot I!, pu'.lii an. it bus the right to legislate to the event .tnted Indeed, if the power a to .ulirng.- is in Congress, it i difficult to pirn .- any ii.nit upon ih.-ir authority. It la -nten-(c.l that the Cousliiatiou doe not il. hu.' the t. mis and consequently thet Con ores leu n HL'ht to decide for itself what i In, i I , nu i., and if any one ol such Uovern nienis i m ie. from it, they tuuat interfere. Ho reasoning will lu-.n: effectually lead to a i ons,,!iilati -ii of all the owers in Congress, whi it. h- retoroie, l.y the framers ofthe (' n.ii'iition and their deseendnnta without a ,li.s. nt in g voice, have been conceded to be in the Stales exclusively. So far were the antlers ol the Constitution, from favoring su h a , li. ,,'id. Hi, ui, that they thought it noiihl be f'.t.l to fneioin. T.) guard against this danger they expressly reserved to the Slates ami to their people, by the lOth. allien, linent, every power not dele gated to the general Government. If such consolidation was then hazardous, liecauae leadi. g '., ib -pot'sm, over a cnuntry and population us limited a. these were in 1 7U, 1. i.v neii ii uion: harardoiia is it now, when our liiniM evfrnd from .cean to ocrsn end the nuniber of Stale has more than doubled, and our population instead of lieing three million, i. m-irly, it not quite, forty, and I,. I,u, the in I .1 !l e niitury will probably I,.- Ir nn , igh'y t.. one hun lr. d millions. To mi,- a territory so vn. and a people so mi me o ,s, by n .;ng.e Ir.-e U.ivernmeut, how. . i, r constituted, ia wholly impracticable. Nothing but gross lolly can Ulievu other. wise. Such an nttempl inu.l fail, anarchy be ti., Ii -r i si qiicnce. nnd to avoid that worst ,(' all conditions refuge would be sought in military power, which would be pure ill -pot i ui. In one particular some of the great men of s iv pr led to hive been in error. Tl.i i t . -it- . .,i, -si.l in th- national and SUiic ( o-ivi nii ,,s were that the danger of u.n.- I-., i ; . c. nn: delegated, inv. il in: ill n.'1 i nt' ilie people, and The an I thotitv of the other departments, was in 1 the Kx.u uUve. . TUey eutcttaiuid tin such iippieh, i.scui 111 regirti to Coiigtc.'. nnr hi. I,,t -luoi. licit such fear, were uuf ,un ile I I' ., K. ' c" ' : . ." ii, no iii st a tic.' has at tcuij ' d i.i w,. Id any jxiwcr ilil g tint in Congr. ...-or 'n ex.-rt any not iin-ludcd in th. gi..n' to t.e'f -that is to say -no power n ." tl; lo .1 c -lilcned up 111 the K c 1 iw. , r ii ,.. , lln' there ih ,t ...eii I i :!, 1. L not iii its ii i lire t xt en' i-e. -c b ar. enteitiiin.'d I -"lin- n-iti I'lttiolis Weld be attempt, -t i-i itiie ih'i nr'n, n! Thi. i i- a- in, i.l. ii'iil t tuc vi ry i.n'ur, ui.ation- in i s number and it ,1 ,i i!i iraeicr in one hrac h. -i.ee f th" I ..' f.-w year. Ii .s .Ml III COufilll tilCV lipprelmt n 're,s, atnl .-.i-eeiultv tin llo-tse. p. I 1' . i . ( ' ; i i t I ,.r chitinot almiait every cxecu ner, and aitemp'ed to deprive the ,' of in a"rly t Vt ry one vested in him. hav iiude.rf uken lo govern, witlnuii regard to hi n, the aniiv .mil navy ; to deny i.i'n tin- right 10 ii'iil ,v, olllceis -a tight ,1 lel-id I vel't'iy rresidellt, fl'OUl the I n- gintiiii) -f rhe OoverrmMnti includiBS Mr, I.i . ..In, aid one without which the Pr. si ,1 ut cannot p.rfonii the .buy cxprcsly - minan-le I ,,( him. to take "care that the i.i. I..- faithful v xt'.uted," or fulfil the ' -t , '.i- offi 1 1. oit i. to "preserve, , . , I ,h tend ine Constitution of the I. - 1 , .a s." They have also establish ,in ni'l nil, I against Ms tiro .. i: ,r despotism in ten of the Union destructive alike , in-h irity reserved to the States by ..ti.'n. a. e 1 a every indt- .; i of d'e, lih,r:y ail property, i ,n tie., ine way to th.ir people. -: ; a i..i, n.eive. tor any length ,. , ,e ;,,U,:,'Vll .'I the people, li.e ci i ,,i will be at an end, and indi l e ,i,,n, . inert- idea o! the pas' the l ...ir l.'uers blasted the t toggle I . f the revolution fruitless -the i" A : .l ie p oplc a..iVif. and the Cause of tu'i. uiHibcrlv postponed f ,r ajes, if v. i h.-t. .i , when the cbitnor of war is nn : -.bed J when il has cead t,., rescued I. . f Im I ii'i l perfect pence ha' r, -t r".1. Thr-r arr indisjnatit thai the t ii,. ii ir. tor which they so anxiously I, ire r,..i . nyoycil. They witness a n.t .acted ii ii, I disunited country ; in Hi tie S ii h, th ir brethren are iu a condition as c .1 .unions a. tlnit of the people ml io Ic.leiei was: l lie v we thein still treahd I ('iinuii '.. aS t iii iiilt ; suf-jrcleil 18 Hi5 .a. at IcgisTalion therr' recent ataveei la and thev denied it They see tliein without I ri-nreseotstion in vJongres, uieir iuuimitj ar a total Hahd, Their tlelitr ttoCUltfTateil, and the promi.e held out to them in thu l tlnhlng of the Inmrre.-Hon tliat lin It. f. i ,inwt,m ihev wmi'hf lie ret-eWed a cHiXn. ! and allowed the same i.otiilrnl and lodat right which t n y poraew. liefore, gn Iv viohit.,1, ihe expend- of the goveramei.i , i con . qti ncc greatly enhenced, end i... j pMaueel idllie rrstornli.wi of lhe Slale. loth,. Union, except Afrloanlzed with ' Senator, ami H pre;ntBtlye1n'Conglv ! that rwe, end a claim made to place II,.- I neffro 111 ever V Sih.m ii n,,n .., potl.l ffMlline lih the w lull-m in, I v giving- to him the elective Iran, hi.n and the right lo bold office, not only oral It d.ral, but in ell Slate election , and, ftWls, r.ouUniHmt.aad. jp;.t evering iif ,ris tn deprive the President ol every power rnnfeired by Ihe Constitution upon lhat depattuu-i t, l .r the .loubl-i pto pose of checking the ii u oitiuitioiiul b gt lation ot t'm.i'r, -. o tl etubling him to en force a faithlnl , , , , t the laws nnd threats midc to- s. in .,t i . b aders, nnd. i the a, r ol ini. a. inn, -nt, ttuvonly to mi peach him up .,, i1. ,r. uf w hich the peo pie kn .w notfi iK', b it to suspend him from office during the iri.it. and eppoint annthii in his sterol a in, nsjire whicil notllillir but i his patriotic foi l,, nmnce ran prevent from teriniiuiting in ;n other civil war. It i t b wondered at, lhat, nnd. r ull these eir rnmnee., the p,',.plr are at last trouaed, and resolved on ceasing to confide longer in i dangerous a party. Let it not, however, lie believctl that this indicate the men triumph of another political party. Iu the words of a popular j mrnalisf, it is "nothing but the march of the intelligence of the land to iw political reacne." That watch ia v -ideiuly onward, liot to be checked or r reated until su.-h fescur: Is achieved. The moral taught by the recent election is, that the reasons which caused the people to re sort to arm to preaerve the Union from the attempt to ih slrgy it by force, bsve, Impelled them to re.on t.i the bull, it-box to preserve from destruction I ho Constitution which created it. nnd under which aluno It can permanently endure. . Iiadicalism has never any settled, whole some nr generous policy. A described by the American essayist,' Emmeraon. "the spirit ot onr American radicalism isdestruc tire and eimle it ia not loving it has do ultimate rods but ia destructive only out of hatred ind selfishness. " It maj, and don bt lea ia true, lhat many of tboea who advocate the radical mensnrea of th day are governed by a conviction of duty ; bvit it is uevftrtheleiu trua that the spirit which guides them, without thoir being awaro of ft, is that state ! hy EiutaereoQ hatred to ward the South -selflshnesi in themselves That a party o animated Is unfit to govern the country must I clear to estery reflect ing and honest man, who, discarding preju dice aud party influeuse, shall decide as Ida judgment and love of ronntrt" may dtctate. A MARTTANDER. ADDRKSS OF TUU JUDICAL CON- VBESSIOXAL BXECVTlfS COM MIITKK. "' 'f" "T " ' We publish elsewhere to-day the Address of the Radical Congressional Executive Committee to ilie pc.yle ot the States that are to vote in Xoviteber It is an ietempf ate document, awhetftwtiwy- tsrrnel eosjitinn for argument, violent in its abase, appealing to paiiiuu in place ut reason, and seeking to revive and intensify sectional strife. It abounds In all lln) hackneyed blackgnerd ism thst has been heaped UKn Ibe Pr, si dent nf the United Si ate by radical politi cian tor the past year aud a ball, alluding to him aa the "perfidious Executive," tfio "apostate in the Presidential chair," and "the accidental President ;" and pretends that the Comniiitee are in receipt ot intelli gence of "new outrages upon the Union men ol the South, while and black,'' since the recent Northern reaction against the radi cals, which intelligence, singularly enough , is confined to the Committee and unknown to everybody elsa Uud. rthn specious cry of protection lur luv ' Uuiuoiala" of the South, it justifies the disfranefdsement ofthe while racu and the elevn'ion of the South em negroes, who were reb is during the w ar. to political supremacy. In short, it ia an uuHirlunatc docuihcuf fur the party la whose. Intrrc.l il is mitten, and shows that it has no better weapon than violence and slang wttb-swbkttt Iw ttbttt battle. . Thu aitttruu uught to be printed by the C(,neivativea and scattered all over the country. It i. the In st electioneering doru tnrnt they can desire. Under Scbenck'a eloquence on the wrong side we sbuuld not lie surpri-e.l il the ratlical ticket were defeat ed hj iluriy thoiiauud in the State of Mew Yolk. His lineal of repudiation and in. sum ctiuu are nil ba'derdash, and will frighten no sensible man. The "lolcnt. revolutionary and desperate men' who l.e say arc rea.lv lo "adventure another rebt I lion" to fight th.ir way into the Union, wi.l tie quiet and peaceable enough, and tin North will see lo it that thiy are restore ! to their proper posi'i d in the govrrnm.i.i without the cuie of negro supremacy. The only "violent, revolutionary nnd desperate men" w ho are to be .lniiini'd and guard. I against are those who won Id bring snout a War oiiacts, and, who are qowhy their p ! icv, inciting f1i.- s'miHagw turgrue4l the hoillll to take uo at lu- iig.iiust. the whit.. and driv.' thiin out f tnr Soutliern State This i? the n M ,lng r that threatens the peace of th" country, and the national ciedit, mi, i iigtiusi tins, the people el New York will ree.u.t tin ir verdiit next month. the rv,pl of California. Ohio and Pu -nsylvunia have already done The free, circulation of S -In nek's address it all that i. needed to snii.e a radical defeat in thi. State b il.st ".ni i v thousuul inaV-ujilv.. .v r in .' " ' TlIK 1. 1ST I'lilsoSLB TO Bis HcLCASCD. We are grat iii, tl to learn lhat tueteua pros p,ci o. ii,.- eariy icieise ui uicuicnaut W. . Iiiaine, of the hit,: Confederate navy, who has been, sinte t ,'J t'.o.-e of the War, nnd is now, a prisoner iu Fort Delaware Lieutenant limine has never had trial, t 1 i: ia umU-i.lo l tkitl he, will bereleaseii u; on paxoie, and lien his case 'it called a n 1 pica, will be in .Veil l y iliv District Att.u ni) id the tliftrict i,n w nail be may U- i dkied AU tlmi Is necessary linn tr, if! tut rCktiiMTton rtv iiHcrrv i. tire' amoi which will Iw required to pay the tx., t:- -of a pio'-c.s t . tu.l r i lie forms of the I Monday Nioht' Uatw. Wihie pro nl the sev. rttv ol .'ib.otltiy nigh ga ie be nwH In tile iylivo u.wtiivl M i f . strea Is ot tlie citi . Hie Heaviest tn'ow wn.rre'ni -s. . r.. .
The Raleigh Sentinel (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Nov. 2, 1867, edition 1
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