VOL. 2.
RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, KOVEMIiEK 27, 1N(,7.
JVO. 52.
THE SENTINEL.
WM. K. I'KLI., I'KIXI-itllTOB.
TA I K C'oysKH VA TI VK f "A VKX
rrny.
We are glad to nt that the l oiiM-rvative
are moving in the scveial counties, of the
State, and pHiimng delegate to the Slate
Convention, to be held here on Wednesday,
the 1 1 tli. . it Deci in I ht in-xi. We lui' it
will he done in every county.
Application will be mule to every Hail
r ad l'rcsideut tn pass the Dcbg itcs In the
Convention, to ami tro, at limit price or one
f in- YVe presume that all the Hoadu will
Im ready to h thin lor delegates to any
kind ot Convcniion wh . huve to pay their
own tare.
or it octv.
Iu ome ol tin- legends ol the ei.lnnial
ilays of the country, we read ol ini-n. who
were driven out, for somecrime ami because
their piesence wan deleterious to society,
Irom the wliitescttlcmcnts. Seeking refuge
Irom the worn "f their fellow, and the
means ol sustaining lite, among the almrig
inal dwellers i" the lorcsts, they sometimes
succeeded. ' .i""rior art, in ingratiating
tln-msi'li. with the simple natives, when,
filled ith malignant passions and animated
,y ,t' c lust of revenue, they would il cite
the savages to plunder the sub. lam .-or
hum the houses nl those who had -W tlnm
out with a mark upon them.
Purine; the late war, it was not an un-
common thing for deserters to had Inutile I
rsiders, by fonili ir path. t" pillage n.Haiir,) ,yal Lei.gu. riihas ln crai.ked, and
destroy the homos ol those, anions whom
ther were riiin-d and had lived.
Thus il is that the while people of North
Carnlint, while loldmg their arms in indif
ference and listli ssiie-s. h ive U en surprised
and overcome. The horde!) which have in
vailed and overthrown them haxe been led,
as in the two instances cited, y men who
have been f.ivxvV as unworthy of tin public
confidence.
It is useless to specu! tte upon the causes
of our deli st. They miy all be brought
under one general head. - that of criminal
apathy. We must now deal n i' h fai ls as
they present themnelves in their Hern r.-sli-
The general composition ol tin- Conveii
lion elect i mu ll as to bring the L!u-h
-hatne lo the che. k of every lover of the
Conner fair s'ml unsullied name .if.V.rth
Carolina. With u..t an ec. ption. the Cm
nervatives rh-cteil are genileiiuii of inlciiii
i. i.rn.l.nre and character Alien the
Kfptibirtint chosen are nu n of modi rat ren,
fairness and worth; but. in by far the ma i
jorityof iacs. the extreme un-l ultra liad - j
cals are either incompetent anil ignorant, or :
nun without any ol iho-. qualifications
which make up standing in a cminuflily - i
llcr.lotole, wlwn the aolelllll ad. n j
Minsd.le wotk of making or uunJing 1
our organic law, the Const it utio under ,
which we weir t live has latin hn- I
dertakeii, il has I'een committed jto the!
hands ot tin Iiet men in our midlt, - the
uen ol ii.srU.nl i-eneiice, andot wis.loni.
Could the great worthies who sat if) t
yention at Halifax, in 177" or in this City
In rise from tlM-irL-nxve and liol4 upon
il.. s, us ' i hi I., .hop iv lo lie nr. enteil it the
Carr-en). who can pic turn x
their emotions f ItagUnd i
: wo'41 be
h .et o
sttnnlvc Tourgro in Uu! dUuir ul lacoir
and rilleen or twenty negroes, sonic it wh.sjn I
cannot ritn their own names in pla'c.-s oniY
adorui J by (lastoii, p-ught, Toomer, N-a- j
well, Morchea.l. ami others, alas for North
Candiua '. j
We do nol U lieve that such a body, cm
t:ol!ed by Mich men, c iii be capable ot fram- j
.:..!. ..Ill 1... . f.,r . I
nig a l oust it ii 1 1 -n won o mo ...
Iree peopie to live under. It must, ncia
rily, be bungling and inconsiderate, or op
pivssive. proscriptive snd tyrannical. But
we will not prejudge their work. Wr in-rouio-c!l"'
he our purpose rrtttirtsToYr' it rr
fsiily ami d. -passion ly as wc cn. Bwf,
a measure of pn-i aiition, the white Con
sertalive p.oph- of North Carolina must
organize thoroughly, and at once, with a
view to defealii.;: it, it it "h-uld be what
mi have too-good reason to apprehend. We
limy have but one more oppoitiiuily to resist
the encroachments ol that agrarian despot
Ism, which i-ccks to pu'l the white man
down and elcwtc the black man over his
head. Ar-I w- should lie lost to evciy in
itini t of ! 'y. manhood and self pn sei v.i
tion. it tK-ii iit.rsion. for any reason, should
catcii es im iiiipn pared mid as lethargic as
llie i 1-,-fit e'. c i-ins found ns
A In Cn-st 't.-p lowanls complele orga
i.ij.i',. u -e b. c our liieiiils ihrougliout tin
SlatP to, lake pi ! "tep
to uiiike tin
Sllggi ste l Colisi rval ive CollVentlon a
ecus.
I.xil-r.Ai IIXH.M-. Our ilispiitehes I mm
Wa-hlligtoll. ie. l ived on Suiiihiy.st too Lite
an hour Tor publication in yesterday's i-c,
staled thai the Imp- a hiiienl Committee
was in session until a list.- hour on Saturday
night. Humors were al nudiuit n to r. sul s,
but the Committer--seems to have headed
tr iicws-1 crs. The impression prevailed
Ihat the t-loinmittee would stand.rfi-e lor Im
pea. hnv nt, to lour against. We shall doubt
less have the report in luM before we go I"
pres. II so.it will be found in our tile
graphic columns.
sB - - -
Tiik Mkxhikbs ol the Alabama Negro
Convention have voted themselves eight
dollars per day and big n'llicagfl. Tiny
.xioiilJ also vote tin nisi Ives a farm npiece,
if they thuflghi tjoufcreaa wauM
tht in in it. IVrhapa the cownilttce sent on
to Washingtoo to ask the Jaciibh leaders
how far the Convention would h permitted
to go in disfranchising white citiwns, is au
thoriAcd to consult them od this point also.
PRINCII'LKS AND MEN.
What the firtneijiUi of the Radical party
are seems not yet to be settled. Beginning
at a low stage of levelling and agrariauisin,
it has reached now a far lower depth, hut
whi ther it has found liottom is not yet
known Many of them have heen the moid
viol, nt partisans iu the land, opposed to
abolitionism, to the freedom of the blacks,
and, since their freedom, to granting them
any civil rights; hut, yielding to the pres
suie and aiuiiuua to be on the strong side,
they Inive swung to the other extreme, and
now not only advocate civil and political
'equality to the Macks, but are ready to al
low t In-iii trwl equality. Such aic the nat
ural oscillations of extreme men, every
n lu re Many ol them were the moat bitter
r.-la Is in the South. Without principle or
honor, tliev wen- clamorous for secession and
lor war, hill anticipating thu certainty of
Itadicul rule in tin- country, they now come
down upon their knees and lick the dust
tr im the fi d ol tli in-they fotmerly hated
and abiistd.
The Kudn-itls now fully endorse the old
deinaooL'ical ilogms, "principles, not men,'
which simply meant, party tirst, party
second, party always. This is clearly evi
denced in the late election in this State,
Decency, churscter and rapacity vi m not
to hiivc hrd unx influence in the selection
of the Radical i rttidid itcs, as a general rule.
In seine few instances, iim.lerule men, w ith
sullir rt spfctilbiiity , havtbi en self! ted, hilt,
asag.neiul iiih. 1 1 1 1 m has -been disregarded,
tna,,y .it the worst men in the State
,v.. .,. , !, , Tl,L. wliiu of the so-
every slave to the p arty has pressed forward
to place men wholly unqualified in ail res
I M-cta iulo the solemn and hyh position.-, nl
j de'eijiiti-H lo the State t'onvt-ntion.
The ( "!,S( rv:itiwN l-rought forward many
I of the niot worthy lurn iu the State. In
j most ciiw-h tin y have been beaten by the
craven iondiu-t or the indilTerent-n of the
' whites. We aie sure that no Conaervative
' g. ntleiuaii in the State regrets his ileleat,
I si in it in palpable t hat his election would
! mi l s-iinly have Imoight him in contact
; witli a cUss of men, whose asaoeiMt ion. at
h li-t. CM.Ii-r sin h rircillllitunces. would
gUdll he slum
I
THE Slli:itll- y OF S WELL A CQL1 T
TF.lt.
Il will la- reiiieiu'n red th.il the Ha lical
pr-s w a piously 1 1, ; some weeks
i .in, -i , .n i l -l In- stn!i.ni -It of Col. Sickles, ill
his I'hilaih Ipma speech, that one Win. M.
i .bhns-Hi, a profligate "loyal" scauip, had
I Int o cruelly p. r sec u ted through the ma
, cluncry of our civil courts. At the instance
j ot one 1'uiiigM-, and perhaps others, the
, Sin ritf of t aswell. an i xemplsry gcntlt rr.
' and c-etlerit officer, was airestcd and ur
j raigm-'l la-lore a Military Commission, on
j charge which are stated at length below.
' The fuel that the Sheriff has been acquitted
by a ViiViry tribunal is the strongest re
buke that could have Ix-cu pussihly admin
istcrrd to ( 'ol. Sick.'c, and shows the malev
olenVe ot the persecution of which Mr.
(iritliih has bu n the victim, a persecution
doubtless instigated by the "League."
II Do lis III. MtMTAKY UlsTHICT,
1 uxui.r.sioN. S. C, Nov. 20, 07. (
(Imtral f)r,fr. No VU
I lVelon- a xl Hilary Coinmideion con
yelled ill Charleston, S. C. pursuant ti par
agrapli II, Special Orders No ,!, t urn lit
sclics, from these Headquarters, and of
w hich llrevet Major tSeiieral K. i. Tyler,
Lieutenant Colonel, Deputy Quarti-rniastur
(!cm riil I . S. A , is rresnlent, was arraigned
and tried : w
Jrvm C WryftVA, Sheriff of Caswell Coiioty,
North C irolina.
C ii a in ik "Misdemeanor in office.
Sitcilif'i'iun - "In this, thai the said Jesse
C. (Jiilfith, ritir.cn ol the county of Caswell,
in the Slate of North Carolina, w hile sheriff
of mi M county, and having under the laws
of said Slate the custody and control of the
jail of said couiily, and ot the prisoners
therein incarcerated, did wantonly, unnecca
sr,!y. maliciously aiidcnnlly coiiflnc uue
William M. Johnsim. a citiienof theeottnty
'of tTmlringhsin, in the (state of Jforfli
Caiolina alori s ii I, w ho was coiuiiiitted to
the custody l tin- said .lesse C Orilfith.
sheriff as aforesaid, by order ol the Superior
Court ol said county of Caswill, under con
viction of burglary, at the bill term ol said
court, in the year IWtli, in an apnrtmcnt
other than ih'it provided and designated
In Lux. to wit : in an iron cage, nine feet
square, by six fiet high ; and the said .lesse
(', tlrillith, shciitl as u foresaid, did wanton
ly, iiiineeissaiily. maliciously and cruelly
maltreat niul cause lo la- maltreated the
said William M. Johnson, in the following
manner, t - wii Ox oinuing ana causing m
be bound the said Johnson inside ol the
said cage. Willi all iion chain of alxuit the
I. -nutli of six l. ct, and the said Jesse 0.
Ortftlili, sheriff as albiei-aid, did wantonly
and unnecessarily fail lo pioy'nh- any means
ol pnp.ulj wariiiing the premises in which
-.vid .billll' -n W" 'is o eonHiieil, ki-epiny Said
J.liaon.iu',5ai'r1K' without fire or sulli
eieut i lothingyor oiher means of warmth iu
II, e winter tiine; alleging, as a reason lor
such inhuman tr- atnieiit as aforesaid, that
said -I iliiison had deserted Iroin the nnny of
;he so-called Confederate Mates, ami had
joined and served in the arniv ol llie Lnilwl
Si atis All this at Vain i y die, in the
iiiiii.ty ol Ca-xiill, in said Slate of North
Carolina, hi I ween the month of September,
IHclii. .mil about the Oth. tiny of May, 1HU7."
Plea "Not liuilty."
Finding - "Not Oinlty."
And the coiiiliussioii do th. reloie s. quit
him
II. The proceedings and finding in the
firegoing case lire approved.
Hv ronimanil of lire v a Major (iuicral
Kn. I!. S. Camix.
l,()l IS V. CAZlARf',
AIiLitu Ciinrp, .
Acting Assistant Adjutant tieneral.
"'rrm: O- M. Mitehetl, Aiti .tCamp;
A Yankee has purcliivserran ialainl i the
Ohio river and slocked it with black cata
to raisu the annuals for tin; sake ol me mr.
New Orleans ia ten miles long, following
u curvet of tlM Miatnaippi.
"TH LaVaot'Ea." txclUKMTa ok- lilt.
LATt ElbcTIOH. A correspoiiflent if the
WadWhofo Arjui, wrtttng from l.ilesville,
Aqsou, gives the followin;? im -i.lt nt ot the
late farce, called, by courtesy, an 'e'ei li.-ii ''
"Everr negrii hronght his ticket with
him, and neither persuasion, rca-oning mn
argument could affect their intentions I
aiproaohed Abram Cox, an old mgioot
more than ordinary intelligence, and tried
to explain the matter to him. He agreed
to all I said, but said he hml tirarn f ' r..(, inr
Chillem and Twktr, Und could not vioiate
his oath. "No," said I. "siir.lv not ; xm.
only took a certain obligation when you
joined the League, to support the Constitu
tion, Ac. You did not swear to vote for
these men." i "Yes, sir," he replied, "I di-l
iwcar on the Bible tu ttr f-r Mr !iil!.n
and Mr. Tucker, and I mint do it !"
The Ashrxille AVws says that iirmy in
groea at that place did nol w isli to x ote. but
had licen threatened by the I.' ague that, if
they did nol, they would be fine I Im ...
lart.
The same paper stub s that, after the opei -ing
of the polls, a Conseivutivc ticket Has
presented, but refused by tin- ui.oiaL'-i-.
upon the ground that the word- "fmii; -i.
tioii aud Delegates" were not i-icl -r-ol
on it.
Hays the New: "This was tin- liist inti
mation we had of such a requirement, but
the presentation of a .in.A.Y, from 1! -ad
quarters, allowed the necessity. Why t! i
handblll was not miide public b for. , i
known only to those who had had it in their
possession for some day-. The Itnliial
tickets had Ini-n all printed properly, and
sent into the country. At Hondersonville
the handbill was posted, bin as tin n- i
no printing oflicc at that place, the lickit
could he procured only Ht Aslu x ilh, and n
we had no communication bitvieen th -point
and the other counties, by won, limn
Friday evening until Tuesday in --n .big.
there was no time to correct tin oinis-ioi, on
the Conservative ticket. Fort un.ib iy we
printed our tickets on writing pap- r, all
we hope our Conservative friends supplie
I i I
I i
the deficiency, Jiy wri'irig the words on
them.''
Again .
"Our frend, J. It. Wiav.r. Chik ..I'th
County Court, was not permit te.l to n gi -ter,
in consequence of having be n (Nik ol
the Court during the war, although dining
all that time he xvns a lonsist.nt Cn-o-,
man. This is in dins-t coi Hi. t wit i lie
Canbv's instructions, that la ing a Ceik ot
a Court during the war did not d.strancliise
We inquired the reason why -o mmy
negroes carried clubs to the poVs, and was
afterwards informed they hud be. u t i l
that the rebels intended lo attack tin in. and
there would be alight One poor I. i.-w
kissed lits wile, on leaving hoine, and i. i I
her he dirl not know whether sin- w in
ever s. e him ngain, alive, as he i p. e'e I to
have a tight with I lie iela-ls, and iu..y I-.-killed.
I'oor, ileludeil la-iiig.l t in ir I ou.l
age to the League is really woi-.- than tin it
former bondage of slavery. We ktui.r that
hail anyone iiinli-tnl any of them, iln,
would have fouml that the "r. bels." a . lb.
are taught to cull tin in, w-oii! I have l ten
ded them."'
"11 is believed by some, th.il a majority of
the svhite rcgietereU xoleis are loyal iiit-n,
and at heart in sympalhy wiih the lb-pub
lican party."
Hie foregoing specimen of cool t iTronu u
ia taken from the Wilunngb u, VW, a xn
leot Kadical sheet.
That a "majority" ot tin- "while fg
istered xo.cis" of North Carolina ti re
' Uijal nu ll," no sane man d.uibts. That
any but an inconsiderable fraction .f iluui
sympathize with Hadii ilism, is a chiiu. i a
Which only t-xts" m ih- 1 1 : e of tin- W. -There
arc 10:1,000 v. hit-, icgisti-rc! vol, rs
in the 8tntc, and if there are lR,loi of that
iiuinler. who have any lolcrmioii lor Ifiidi
ralism, the figures and fai-ts do not show'rt.
The W will find this out in all gianl lime.
Mn. Davis' Thiai.. The Counsel lor Mr.
Davis announce their entire rca lim-ss to go
rn w ith the trial, and the govci mm -nt oil! -cers
give no intimation ol any postpones
mcnt. (ien. Ii-e has been smniiioin 1 as ,i
witiies. and will be present. Ad tin i -in.
scl, jiru and r.m, are on the spot.
MrJ.)avi altundeil St. Paul's thmch, in
lilclimoinl, on Sundiiy.
I. S. DisrniiT Col RT. -The Fall Term
ol llus Tribunal coiiiuienc. -. ,n lliisc t, to
day, Judge Brooks presid: -g. Among
the prominent incinbets . the l .r fr. ni a
distance in attendance up -n tlo Cur!, we
oImmtvc lions. W. A. (Jr.ih am. Z. H. Vance,"
Hnbt. Sirange.lt. V. McAdcu, Nulhl. lloy
den. Win. Katon, Jr. It. I'. Dick, mid Jos.
II. Wilson, snd A. J. D.iigan, F.-q. We
presume that there is a lull Do. Wi i a,.o mm h
bnsinc to Int despatched.
Si riiKUF. Corn r.- The Wiiiicr T.-im will
commence on the s-i otnl Monday in January
next.
, FirH Wiwk. Mouihiv nil I Tuesday xxill
be devotetl to applicants lor lii-t use, ( 'ah-es
mi the First Circuit w ill I c . alt. il.
Second Wak. - Fifth ami Second Cir-.-uils.
Third irf(-il. Fourih ami Sixth
Ffxirth Wtil.- Seventh an. I Kighth "
Filk Week- Tliirtl Circuit.
- Bs SS- --
SiimtiKK Hat.- We Iciuii that barges
have been priderretl agnin.t this . keell. nl
officer, for having '-obstructed ncoiistiuc
tion, by telling the colon, I people tlmt
they could no' vote unt I th. y p i"! taxes."
Thechiiigcs are said to h.uc la-en pn-firml
by W. W. Hohl.n mid J. I. D. , Mr.
Hay will 1st-, we presume, able to viu.liiatc
himst ll, by the nioiilhs of iniiiiy witm-'es,
from the accusation. We g ive, some il iW
since, a perlcclly coin ct mid truthful tic
tounlol this tiansaciion.
CjiI, Boiitord has vct) properly eomtitu
ted a Hoard to investigate tl.ia matter. Ii
consists of t'jttA-vSmith aiifi Stutter apd
Livul. Aiken.
-The tun shine eighteen hours out of
twenty four In aotuo parU ol Alaaka.
Fr in the New l.irk Worl.1.
SIIM.I.TIIR NKtlliOF.S Kl.KVT THE
Within eight months then-has been much
d--1 tin it ion niul some tin oriing rilatingto j
what is culled "minority representation.'' j
Tin: aim of speculators on this subject is to j
gixe io cat n poin-.ai pariy, ami in every
ft cti .n , f I'm people, a wt ioht in the gov-etui--.
:n . xnctly proportioned to its mini -b.
i-. T;n . assert that, under existing a:-rangei!,'-!-'-.
tniiioriiies hrtx.' no influence,
and th -.t an cipiitab'c tlistribiiion of power
ixould give tli.-rn a.share in the ratio of the
otisi;tly iioil i'i the ehi-tions. Smh a
. laini. in th form in which it has been
I. overlook- the nature of political
I'n1. he out .troll- a 1i.nl only of a
r .r a negative decision They can I
spli'. ns you would tlixille a loaf ol j
t. tin- turnings of a corporation,
a larnt r portion to om an I a sinulh i
i to amitln-i . Shall we acquire a liact
ot loi. ii It rl it", , 1 he ulir-stlon CSll ordv
be uu-ui n d ae or no ; it ihe ayes .ire a ma
i-nin tin- i g t nothing, and it matters
:ot whc't.ii i In ir numbers be tew- or maul ;
it the i - uie a inaoiity, the tables are
eomplctetv Iilrned, and the n.es are as lullv
tit teat. ii w it ii I. irrc numbers a tliev would
1 n s; ... i I Le ttie-i ;,.u in r. 1 al ion t o
exu I i! b ; . a l.-i isJuliv. Ui Iv is. Mi.id '
II - - Il i, lloiji f -. I ion II- passage, .
I l.ere IS no posslt ., , , ,,l I in- mi mil it X hill Ing 1
an :i 1 v i n "i.;.. i n propoi i n n to t heir n - -.in bei s.
'I lo v ice- -s in'v Itw a. I. and wlieiii. r their j
v. ces be h w or msnv. Ihev are no Is tier off j
in tie-r-suit than it t.. had. none. Hut il I
It llllO IIIV Vol.- t.tttt tile bill, it Is US o. ni 1
pi- ly io-t il it.-- iiniiori'v be iniuieioiis as j
II It : . It w . n ir 1- ;.n Mirangcmelit pos j
s( '.- I. u lil, n ll.e T'-stl.t wo.lld be propor-
tl--:l. -r-.O-d belW.lll till- lll'l j' I It X alll I j
tie ntilnoitv. The Hit me ol things lorbida. i
So i n tl.e clicii Hi ol executive officers.
I n Ic is bill (llie I'r. si, U nt. or one liovemor j
! . .--'ale. It u. 1 the citli-Ua Vote lor the i
same in O'. th' le en.Tl be lio qlle-tioll ol uia
i : n ie- ami ucie il le-. Hull then- be tw o
or (l i e p.oi.is. ih.-re i ii u -I ol necessity be :
twooi 1 1n ec can. I . l.tt s, mi. I tlmse beaten
air i: - c mi'ctc Ii. ittii il I lit y get nearly I
Iiili ii,.- v -.e- a. ii in. x get none. Kach I
U gain- ail or - all. as it docs in the
paH:-e
r ib-lent ol a bid ill a legislative
Ix ; .'i. i. i i- pus.sible wlncli wculil
i'n .-to , m ii a -h.ne in the result prnpor
1.. -H-.I o ii - niiiin 1 1. ,d st . ng: Ii. The ''res
ii -o: t .; i. in . i. .in.. i i, -." as it is culled, is
tin i. Ion a Cn.g oi xi iy little practical
t -1 si i j ',. in c.
lint u li it in .in .1 it ies niiist always be in
eliieici.t iii 'i-it sih-..-, there is a sense in
im .:,...!: v. i v MiiaH minorities are all
p .i.nei H In n- pari ies are pretty evenly
bii. ,1". id, uii.iiioriiv iilwai-s governs. For
"- ' I'
n nomiiiatillg Its t.-andl-I
by it uuijorily ot its
I lie-,
memo,
..ii:;li
s , Ollllliell' l
, -l le .iiay hi
I !'.. XI I... I
Inilc more than oue
i ouibi r ol vol. rs. If
i: It .1 to tin- suffnige iu
lln Slate governlitellts
, tini i. i I In ir coin tol as
. s .,1,
,1-
M I 1 "
il t lie V
l.p
. I
111 v l.o p .plilltt loll. Ar-
.inn I1-, U. publican party, tiny will
.-tv State torm its majority: they can
e a-l i.s in, as'ir.-s ami all its noiniuii
I hex cm determine iii every instance
s a I b - i.ovi ii'.or mid what laws shall
--eil l.v tin-Slate Legislature. Nor is
in Thev can not oin'v govern those
be,
' li.-
n Mr.-, 'i.i i-ii'i control eveiy federal
ctioii and govern the country. The
ta't - which they will con'rol hold the bal
!i, c b. t xi 1 1 n t he t o gn at purlic?v and can
ru ih. -ia!.- in laxor ol x luchever the ne
r.-i - pr. t.-r. Mipposing a Fresideulial
ecii -it to be Iii 1. 1 now. and taking the re
lief t . c last Mule i lections as ii eritelion
I ll, -io n. :';i ol parti- the contest would
e v i lose. The lo. .w ing are theDim
.i.i.i m.i-h s. .net the number of thlir elec-
.1 lot. -
Se .1.
e,v 1.
i:..-.tu.-i
Marx!..,-.
1 . ini-vivania
i.. ; iu
Th ini.ii' t r of 1. 1 1 i :il votes i nlt-il
ill tie las- I'lesidcntial eVctiotl WHS 2J I .
nl Lln IK! is a Uiitjoi ,ty ot fixe : m that
tl.-l'' 'Si Ll II. . Lilt P.I.I
ii'.i.iij; oi. v the sun- Malts io vote
!,s''l. ti,! I1 -.(--its woiil.T eh'ci rf.
' -. - i-.i'i.o- t biiil.it gi'rs. We
'.-i'i .'--"'i' I. -ti gir'n Mwine, lilimi', Indiana,
ii 1 - -in- .-tin i Nt rt'nin Mates, and our
p..,.:;l,-
wi h us
o-, ii-ctit 'og ilne-e who vote
In- S.oitl t in States, will make
, , iiuj ni y of all -in nl ill mill" inhiibi
1 i i.,--. xxbi't-':.!:.! kila. -. ndy.-t it might
1 I..: up. n ti. it -ft . r g.iii.".-. ' 1 Mates named,
1 u -': i,! li.se the i o . ti. ii by the complete
e i.t , , r'ed byte, nt -not s over tlu-rc-i
Co:.--; li-ti .i Suites. I hose Mat. s. im-.udiug
T.-.-'.-.e. i ill haxe 77 . lectin al vo.es. aiut
! it tiny arc nil brouahl under the nuitiol of
t'i. Mans', they mux Him 'In- '. and
i el. A tin-next Tit sid-ii . Willi Maine. In-
I it' .1 and I 1 is yolmg with tie Demo-
i i ':.-, o- -iit.iil'l be bt .-i'enby a majority ol
I tue II, !., side- Iho-t Mates, we call gain
(Ma go:i. xx e shall .1 ill I,..,,- u miijorily in
-p;-. i - in ... r . .i,
1 Thi- si. vev will e-p-aill why Ihe Itepith-liciii-s
a:.- stiff mid ..l-siina'e in adhi ring
I lothcii negit siotV.ieer.c ii-truclioii -i hi me.
I I ti-ie is no possibility ol lliur curry i g the
' I'lcsi.n niial i N,- tion n tin y aliantloii it. II
1 tit. y give up that, they are ll.e sunn- as In ati ll
air. -..Iy . i x. ti it tin y ki ep on' tin- ex. lu.l- d
' St . c- a-,.! pii-.i.t tic 111 bom ret i ! ! . ing
' th n-'iiio. nitic pnrty. The Hepubbe-.tis
' linn ! i. I -,t mi c'l thai a n ei. polit y of t
1 !, i ,i --i-.n-.t -avc tin-in. Tl.ey iiins- re
1 oi-c, ! e S'ab - uinler m-ero eoinrol.
r t .
I ' '
t V t
hi..
.- I"-.
I. ,1 .
It is lor tin- r. i
,r to r.ll moth iale
i. illlpl'. mi-e. atnl
i t:
c.niisi I
r. I'1 - 1
in-tw III
p.ople.
III. It ,. :
. t , 1 1 p tin II' I . -It net .oil s, lirmc
'aiiding its ton.liiniia ion by the
T ie pe-tple ul t ... on l will
be i al ett to decide xx Let n r I he
Shut li. in nier.es sh ill -.-tivt rn tin- toiiiitiy.
'I';..- I ). uio( i a-ii p ti '. must gain en.uo:li n
oyei La i hi-f I .ie I.. ; ibluaii gan.s in Ihe
S -niii . w hieh can . a-l be done as s -on us
ihe p. op.c ...me i 'hat the real is-ue i-
xvli' lln r t-ii- w Lite or the black rac - -hah
rule : he i ounti v.
I . f si i; i- s C r' I he Mormw l'ff.n II el
i. ai next -jmpi r recently started in Pinl.i 'e
pin:., a It .v .1 ays miu-c- aniiouiicctl t.ie 1 i
low ing gentle1 doctrine ;
"We mu! set up the Test Oath in ilo
Soiitu, n, ( onti .1, r:u y. an HtUr t-it
tj. r.'rli' . s. and t hose w hocain.oi i..Uc
it must not p;w-s it. "
I pi n wlni h that sterling Deniot raiit pa
per. the .Iy-, asks, "Is ihe aware what
becilnie ol ii evict's experiment !" liiTiTiiijJ
that hbsiory wilL T'itu, liiui. ,
tiesicr's i up was set up in the I'. S. Cir
cuit Couit liooin in thi city, on Saturday
last, when tew - were louud tcorthy to pass
iiiidtr it.- lxtiinMKfiet. " ? -l-
Two or three dead babies are picked up
every day in w York streeta.
A Further Coniidrration of the Dan
geroui Conditiou of the Country Cau
set Which have Led to it. and the Du
ty of the People.
I.V A M A It VI. AM .Kit.
I V,mel to.'.. I.)
Ill ll.o ' ivcr been contindcd b, lore';
that ii ii -1 r the guarantee clause. Conor.-ss
ha- a right to make u constitution lor a
Slate? And yd thi- i- viltn-illy what i
now ill tt m j 1 1 1 1 in u-giuiito M.nyLiiitl, I,1
aw ale, inn I Keiitu. k x .
If they Can do t Ins tin y hit. ihe p. ever
to decide when ami how la tl.i it. A -i tit
ling pielcnsion, eel t aini v 1 ll linn- leant
right evi i held dear by iln people ,. tins
Coiuitiy, it I- ihut oi loiiiiim. tin ii ovtn
Stat-- govt i 1:111. ol. Hut how i - '. ll ovir,
it It etilsls. tobe t-xerl.d; . C'.HL;li'!ii ol
Itself lo ll ami- :i C.mstitiil i..,i and loice it
llpt II .1 Male, llol only vxillloi.t lii;tl.l to,
bill -igiiinst the knovvti xtill ol Iii r people'
And is this to be done in the muni- uml on
la-hall of n publican Ireeil.un : I 'un any
measure be more uiibigouisl ic to ll.e idea ol
such fmnlom i Ami if Congriss is not to
tlo lb s wora itsell, hut lo It iiv-f it to the
pi ople of the Stale, it can only aicompli-h
Ihe end by i-s. n i,. ihe light to x j. . 1 such
II Constitution, lis ill the Case ol olle framed
bv the people ol a I'. 1 1 i:o- . Wll tt, then,
is tube tin condition ol Males which insist
upon ;i Constitution w l.ich is ol j i humble
to Congress! They will be w ithout a Con
stitution, or have one Ion i d iinoii tlin.i by
Congress which that body III t x, approv.
A ii 1 w hat is the charat o-r ol llie Ion e to I.-- j
ex.rtetlf ll must be physical, i.ot mora'
mililarv, not civil xi Inch is Mate b -tin. -tion.
This is not making the niili'ury -i.L
ordiiuite to the civil authority, a- the soi
rity ol liberty rcquiri -. but paianioiiut. . It 1
is, iu fact, to give to ( i.ii jii--- t !..- power to
establish military go., nun. i.is oi every one
of the States; tn oil j'-ti iiicpe.-ph.-ol each, j
nol to the mild it. tl.i. in a-ol tli-.- and l.u- (
mane laws, but to lie pow.i. l any iiillit.uv
man w hoiu Congress ,L. til po.pt r lo pl-n-oyer
thein, as ( 'oiig ri ss li :s 1 1. .n in relation I
to ten ol the Statist.) tin- I uion. The re- '
suit of this experiment has n.. been such as
to eommend it to the good sense and patri1
otic letlillgol ll flee pie.
Mr. Stevens, ot l'l-niisylvaiint, tho very
heatl and Imnt ol the Ibulical portion ol the
Republic. ill party in the Mouse ol Ki prisctis
tatives, in a recent, letter to a (l.-rniiin pio
fessor, twho. by the bye, xvitli wretched
taste, suys that our lathers lulled to up
proach near "to t lie tun- print iples of lib
erty," and that there i- in ihe Constitution
a "great blol" and heinous . rime" u cross
libel upon our nio-l ilh.st i iocs ,1-. a.l.) m.tiu
tains, that since wind In i i lo.ieoiisly says
has taken place, t Le adopt i. u ol the four
teenth alnendnif nt i in- Ii I- ii. , .loiil. I i.i the
power of Cmigrcs "toiej'oi e the . let
tive Ir.incllise. s., tin- a- i: it-gard- iln;
xvhole nation. Ill i' iMo. ! ihe l liloll."
The aiiieuiimeiil hi- i... -u. h pow ci . Il
only provides : 1. Thai p. is..:i- boininthe
l. S., or nut urul i .. 1 1 a..-l mi1 i el lo il i ju
risdictitHi, are citicus i l - r -ol. and ol llie
Stute ol their residence. Tnat mi State
shall make or eiiloici- an law w hit h shall
abridge the prixiieges ami immunities ol
citizens of the I'nitetl Siute-. ;l, Tluit no
person shall be d. piived ..f life, liberty, or
property w ithout .Inc pr.M-.ssol law, or be
rlenied eipnil prote.iion ot tin- laws. There
is nothing in either ol these provisions from
which the power in "piestn.i, , an be implied.
I'lifter the Constitution, uidecmleiil of this
supposed amendment, the provisions as to
the rights of t-itieiis are the same as those
ol the aim-mliiic ul And yet Mr. Stevens
himselt adiuiis xxhal no one has until late
ly denied that Congress had no authority
to interfeff with suffrage in the States.
How, then, can tho amendment lie held to
confer that authority i 1 have said, that in
relation to this subject,, the Constitution
snd the Hnientliuent aie the same. Ale
they not f Will Mr. Stevens, or any other
man of sense, maintain, that under the
Constitution, without the amendment, a
Stute. could, by luxv. "abridge the privileges
ami immunities ol cili7.cn-,." or dtprivc any
person 'ol life, liberty, or property without
ftie process of law." Arid tliese sre nil Ihat
the amendment prohibits. I he fact is, that
the piovisions just referred to are wholly
unnecessary. Il the ain.-iitlinetil hudcoi
taincd hul the single clause th lining cinz n
ship, the eon-l it in ion would have supplied
all of the seem nie-i enuineiated in tin- ft
cond and third clauses. If, then-' re. u
Mr. Stevens conn des, citii -tislnp .l. , .-i ..i
confer the rigln 'o vote, or give to i '..i :o,.,
any power to c. i.fer it upon the i , n, ih-
aiiientlinent gix. - neither the rignt.
power. Imleet. to construe tin
other wise w on- I ' i-ike it the dm
gress to. set Lire t'.e fr:-i.t lii-e lo io
i II, il T. sped I e of Sge, r"si 'en, e.
color. For il n 'a- s right im id. nl
li-
.1 1 .
t ;
7.eliship. on o i . s has not tinlv
I
deny or abrn
it. Im'. on tin ct .ri in .
It. The I ,e! is. , i:
bone. I to i.i.
Stevens' i 1 1 . : a L c i in nn ho. "I i
an entire nii-eq -.rehensi. n ol its iiiaim g
ami piiipo--.
tloes HOI .1. Ill
ii d n it ui s up- m
i ll.- Ol I I I .it t'o list ll Ul loll
ll I. Iislil p. all I , i 1 (let. n '
.. p 'in. i an -io , a , ii eii I .-r-
tallied, tin obi i t of t lie
in.-relv to -i.piox that oi
Inllll. lit W ti
ll I . a - it thus
by .leelaring I iiat lurthaml i.ai ui 'i b itnm
shall give ii : and as It ii el been lo M b the
Suprcinc i .i i . in iht Di d o'i thcision.
tllMt tile ll -et II ' 1 11 II t ot lOl Aim MM, bom
within tht I int. d Slates, was in. I a i. i. n.
the langiiAe ol the tiisl i iue-c wa- 'lisig'i
etlly Iliad- m 1 1 llipr. hi llsix e as to Inc'tide
that class. Jn fact, the ih sign was to pro
vide that the viiiue ciiciitn-tuticcs i b.rih or
nafiif ali.it t ion i shall make a black us well
it a white m. n a eiti7.cn. It steins tome.
thii. pi 'bcl'x plaiullott ll.t t-lcliisixt-ri-ht
of the Stat, s I o n glilute Sl.ltiiig -, nillinltcd
bv Mr. Si. tens to belong to tin in pr. to
I lie linn li.lliuil, belongs to tin in. Ml
-This must beso. mil. s i nui nslnp m il,,
I'nite.l Stat, s of ilselt gives, tin- right to
vote - II I oposit ion I.ai exlravag.tut to be
bt-lletetl III Iy any hul a pt-IXcttt't! tllnh-r'
standi n;1!
I'lain the whole sul.j el of (he gn-.i'inltc
clausf it is siibinittetl : I. Tliut its m uiing
is enfir b different from that wtd h t lit
Hii'litals i me day impute to il. v! That
thet xisl.n g.tverniuelits of tl.e Slates are.
niul have a! ays bet n. republican in toiin.
3. That ihe -"le office of Ihe e'linsi- i 'Vi
secure to iln in ihat form. 4. That llie op
posite construction wo old. in pun tice, fa
ilestrueiiv of tic rights ol the States ami
of-tlie ftfiipb, i 'I Ii ! Meh vV-imruei.ii.t.
is rcpyid ao tl I . iln tmiie past history .d
our coiuitiy. And. 'lastly, that there is
nothing in th.- supposed loiirleenlli amends
incut ahull In HuV ny enlarges the power
of t'ongriTS ui thusrvsj'cct.. Ju what I huvc
thu tar saitT bt ftie ii1meht, 1 have i"
sumed that it tiss lacn constitutionally lati
ficd. But tht i ceitainly not the fact, uu-
less the ten Southern Htatea are not States
of thol nion lu my foruiiT pamphlet 1 quo
ted u relent tin l-ion . Chief Justice Chase
to show that. in f he judgement of llie judicial
dep.titi t , the (iot, riiinenr. their charac
ter as siu h Mates was not lost by the rebel
lion. Ills tniriujs;e is, that the rela lllon
ill. I ll,.) ;tlll ,", 111 ", loll A MOM1..M. Till,
sl l'tmiloN I K Nolllll Cxhoi.ina UloM
i ill.: I Mow"
Tin- . out r irv hxMiihesis goes upon the
lisv-tiiipl,.n III it llie III. e I X 1 1 Will t-Atill
..'lltshe.l tlniu ,lli ll '.(alls, illni gave til
the t mini Slates t In- same title to the ter
1 1 1 1 . i x hi 1 -i :n . I w ithin thi ir bouniluiii s,
and the . uie aiithontv over thetrpeople. as
if thev hail been conquered Irom a foreign
m ini A woi.l oi iwo more upon this
point 1 in- be tin. . il would follow that
t In- I luted Slate, i mi1. 1 transfer them and
their people lo another mil ion ; for what is
olituiiieil hv conquest, and has not after
ward become a Stale, til the Union, the
b t eminent of the I nion can cede away.
Ami yet, so fir, no one has been reckleaa
enough to say that such a cession can be
constitutionally niade of these Slates. In
tiufh, such an act would be aceasion by the
I ; ..fin, icnt ol a vital portion of itself
Tin .i- States not having, in the words
of t ic ' Inef .1 ust it e, "even f ir a moment"
l.-sf iii--ii character or connection with the
I uion us States, the aim-n.inifiit in question
bus not been ratified so us to make it a
part of ihe Constii niion.
1 V. The inipeuehiui-ut power. Upou this
point the wrifT thinks that very erroneous
and mischievous doctrinesarc held by soine
.1 our public nu n. Tht s,- errors are : 1.
,s lo wiiat may be the subject of the pow
er. 'J A-to xx hat Congi.-ss t an do pent!
log the liial. The provisions ol the Con
si i I ii tion me . iu regard to ihe tiist ; that th-1
imp. at liinent is to la- tor "treason, bribery,
or ollnr high t limca and misdemeanors :"
niiil upon the .second : that when the Presi
dent is impfui he. I 'ami to that case the
. iter will i online hiuiselli the trial shall
be by the Senate, anil that two thirds of the
iiieinbtr- pit-sent shall Ik.-necessary to a con
x ictioii, niul that the jinlginenL is not to ex
tend ' further than to removal Irom office
ami disqualification to hold anil enjoy nrty
office of honor, tiust, or profit under the
I'nitetl Slates." I. From the fa-ginning of
the (oivcrninent it has been uniformly de
cided by the Supreme Court that there are
no i-onitnon law offences prohibited by the
Constitution except such as are specially
mimed. Iu thu clause before us the only
oth nccs so designated arc treason antl bri
bory. For the nature of these oflences the
courts have u right to reler to the common
hive lor their definition. Hut it is other
yi-i -e as to the general terms, high Clinics
and iiiis.lt inciiiiors. Thc-e not being speci
fied, and there being no . oiuuion law juris
ilii : ion in the Courts ol the I nion, they
on 1 1 in t take cognizance ol them without
stulutoiy authority. If this was not so,
the the iriue of the judiciary would be pal
publy wiong. lint il it be wrotig -il there
mux , under this i ltiiise, be :i ci .me and mis
ileiiieiinor not made so by statute this is
certain, that there must he some law niak
ing it so. Mu act, therefore, which thu
President may do is cause of impeachment
iinh-sss it be treason or bribery, or declared
criminal by stiitutc or the common law.
Any other construction would place it in
the power ot llie House of Heprescntativi s
to make any act ot the President, though
not prohibited by law.uud wholly innocent,
a crime and misdemeanor, which would be
to place the President in absolute depen
dence upon Congre,s, contrary tn the obvious
design ol the Conslllulion. The result! is,
thai iht President can only be impeached
for treason or bribery, or tor some act made
by statute a high crime and misdemeanor.
Any alleged violation of a supposed .lutv,
not made a crime by statute, miv alleged
violation of party fealty, any use of his offi
cial patronage which politicians may find
fault with, or which may have proved in
jurious to the public interest, are not causci
of impeachment.
2. hat power has Congress during the
trial? Il i. c.tuleuJcd, ami. ns the wribr
liclii vi-i, for the first time, that I x siuiuif
the President may be suspeiiilt .1 loin nil
the liuictioirs of iiis othce. Clcirlt, this
pN-twer is not m terms given by th-- ttns'i
tu'ion. tin the contrary, by ls v rv wonts
he is In remain in office until In
I
In
lu en t un-l t'tioually convict. 1 i
tii-u wliic-i can only he had ll ni t:
ot i...-:hirds ,. the Senators po s i.i
t oiiv.-iitiou had designed to give t
o-. s- lln- powt r ill question, i- it . .
I Ic i !i .1 thci would not have Ion
nvie
vote It the
in
I'
tin t. i i,,- ; I lu v had th i.u I
p. n-oii I be necessary i
.1, .t n' I : h- y have left ii t
ll ..po,i ,,e dl-eretioil of I
ii il t .u- n i , is in the c-ise
il
I"
.lie
I en
Or
iriil-
it o in vai, have made it tin- subject of
- oii'i- i, n prox ision t Hut we are not
ii. wex. r. to mere argiim. nl upon the
jt . t. I ll power, it W as Suggested by a
ii.l.t-r of tin convention, should I e deles
..I lo i oi giess. The su .te-: ion iltet
n no faxor it w ;ts general y n mli tied.
Am
' i ..ttiers. Vr. Madison opM.i(l it,
oinui.d tli-it it Woulil en , bit- a mere
III .j . iv ot cue Ii House to t If. i t the It mpo- 1
rnv i inoval ot a President who might j
pi ne oi .uo ions to tht in, an.l to take to!
theui-i 1 1. s ihe benefit of hII :c patronage !
..t iht-olhce. by phit-ing iij it Voine person '
wh would lb-pose of such phironngc to
their ii.Kaniiige. i It will not be .h.-m.-ii .
i xiiavatjniit or unjust to athl. Hint the lores ,
sight ol Mr. Madison is illustrated by what, I
it is said, is now contemplate.) by some of
t he. leading men ol the Itatlit al br imh ol !
Ihe Hcpiihlieiiii party I Hut t
notonlt xvithout warrant in i
tion, hut is rejuignant to its
pose.
The whi le .'lenitive pew.
the President, ami he holds il -rciiiovrtl
w hen conv icted on
uti. I. wiih that exception, i
doi-trine is.)
Collstllu I
imiis pur
t estei in
. vi only to
iii-hmeiit,
under, bin
against, any power conferred iif.t.1. Cm-it-.. ,
In reant respects it is given tuimu lo mu I,
the im-oiisiderate or unconstitiiiio.i il u. t.s .u"
that bislj. lie is to beeha-.d by e'ectois
t'liiist n by file people, an.l ro tulle rity is
given to t'ongn ss in ngartl lo tin- el. c'loii.
except in the contingency ot the failine oi'
tbe electors tn elect. The 11 'list .1 It. w,
sentitives has if. control over him. eve pi
by iivipe.u hinent ; and the S n il.-t an m y
coiiTii't upon the judgment of two thuds ,.
its ini-mbers. His awer to arrest the L.-i
Is' ion of Congress by x-eto cnnii.tt h- ot, r
ruied, encept by t-wo thirds of each llo.ise.
It ia evident from thi se several provi-e u s
that it w as not. the dftiign to sjiliitcl Inni or
his powers to the authority of a in .-re uuij ;i
ity of the Legislature. The prat 1 1. al r. suli
of a power to suspend might le to woik his
removal. The House impeaches and tin
majority ot that body and of the Semite
suspenns durinfT the trials) two thirds-of the
latter branch cannot ba brought to, convict ;
the Uoute again impcachcw,and suspeusion ia
agaiu provided lor ; aiitl the mine proweding
may be tenoned toon every Buoccaaiyts failnre
in the Sen ile Intoiivic.l, until hi term of
ollict! expires. During ihu alutlawriud the
executive power of the tnvernmciit is to las
wielded by a man u!l wktU'LliX t6e J'eii
pie, but by a I re majority nt -each llonss-.
Cnn it be imagined that such rca u Its as
these were iviiicinplattl by the Convention f
ll il cannot, it ia subuitlte.l thai lUo axjf'w. r
lias no place in the Const itufioB. The
w riter, then fore, niaiiitains that there csn
Iw no impeachment except for treason or
bribei-v, or for some suit which by ttalMe h
bteii luatle a high ci iiue aud niiadauieanor.
'. 'i'hc s. ttiitt opinion of thia ouuntrv
(justilictl by all history) lias ever been, thai
political Ma rty ami individual rights can
la-best secured hv a written Constitution,
limiting niul ih lining llie Mnveia it me
tloverninent. .1 nrcv.li icttd power, whs'tber
vested in nii-.i iiiuiany, is alwuys danger
ous ll is but (In- power of tin despot,
lata! alike to sia ial and private rights ami
interests. Ii i, then-lore, albitnportant that
the public mind shall adhere to tho opinions
upon this -i! ji. i whicii our father Cnnly
ami th vol. illy !n ' util very recently tn
considerate run.'' the country Were Im?.
coming uppr. hcn-iv. tint a majority ol our
pi-ople w ere ab 'lit to a i million these princi
ples. The r. - ill of the election during
this and the pneeding month has cheered,
them w ith it hope that such will not 1)0 the
case. The voice which tliese elections have
uttered is so coiuniuuilingt.that,.if it docs
not fail to airest the course of the present
Congress, and lorn; t hem to adopt a con
servative .im I . .institutional policy, it will
soon tall into power il different act Of servant-.
The writer, for himself, ha not ful
ly shared iu those apprehensions. He ha
always felt a inunction, that the assaults
upon the i 'onstiiuiioti- the violation of it
most sue red prox isitins -and the distracted
and distressed condition to which the coun
try would be hioiigltt by them, would at an
curly day awaken the patriotism and lovtt
of ficcdoiii, wlii. h he believes are teo deep
ly s.-.ited in the hearts of the people ever to
la- eradicated. That the Constitution has
not la-en mid is not now observed by the
dominant party in Congress, he thinks he
haa deniousl ruled. . ..tMi '
That the condition of the country is a dis
tressing one, all must admit. Who has read
a recent address ot a Convention of the
white citi.ens of South Carolina without
sy mpathy and pain ? The sad state of their
section thee describe with a touching elo
quence, power, ami truth, which much ex
cite iitlmiriition and awaken solicitude. -They
have made their appeal, not In a pu
sillanimous, but in a manly and patriotic
spirit. Tin y invoke the justice anil human,
ity of their nice cvprp-s no hostility to the
rightful authority of the United States - ad
mit that the d.a-ti'ine ot secesaioa can no
longer be maintained, and that the institu
tion of slavery is teTminnted forever. In
their ow ii words, "shivery is at an end," and
thev disclaim any purpose or wish to rein
state it. What they ask is, to lie permitted
to participate, equally with the Northern
men of their lace, in the privilege aud se
curities ol a common government. They,
above all, implore such brethren not to sub
ject them to the dominion ot an ignorant
Alriean race, just emerged from slavery,
uneducated, devoid of all knoweltlge of the
principles upon w hich rest our free institu
tions, and who can only become the instru
ments of bad ami designing men. What
they want is pi-ace, benign peace, which
carries with it security and happiness not
the peace which rcigua ia the homestead
whose inmates have been butchered by a
savage foe not the peace of the Desert
but pence guarded and protected by civil
laws, such ns freemen have a right to de
mand. Disclaiming any "tactions oppose
lion to the recoiisl rut (ion lli tsol Coi;iei s,"
they tell us for what Ihev desire peace ; that
it is to enable tin in to bull. I un.ui waste
places "our temples of wnrhii,"rtnr sacked
and ruin. 'i eii it s now lying ia ashes, our
dismiiir letl tltei:iiios, mid OUT pi ost rate
credit ; ti-r its lu.ly Christian' Influence, ami
for the civiliriitinii irurl n-frnement xvluch
spring up in its path " Shall' this appeal
be in vuin I Knr.bid it, justice 1- V irbid it,
liuiiiniitty ! Km bill it, our ohiubiuii orijtn,
our px-t and etiiiiil renown as defenders ot
the -right and hom.r of our nation upon the
net an mi l the land, and as equal contribu
tor... in the public council, to the salety,
prosptrity. and hippinei of the whole
country! I'm the writer ha no fear that
the appeal will be in vain. Tot it is now
the demonstrated determination of the
white men of the North, the KaM, the West,
ami the far Pacific, to have the Constitution
respected, and lo continue the governments.
State and national, exclusively in the hand
ol men of their own race. When thi i
done, tin; South will toon be restored to for
mer prosperity will be once) mere a stores
house largely contributing to the wealth and
happiness of the nation and t)e, as in the
past, the nbmle of th intelligent and re
fined, di qiensing an elegant hospitality,
which has ivr bee e'OTerhinl. And then,
better than all, h. j .leople aavd-those of the
other States w-iil be brmod together by tie
far stronger than any that Constitutions can
create thtii.i of mutual interest and af
fection. A MAaVtAMiKR.
GKNFKAt. "HA XT A UA1N8T NEGRO
l FFRAOK. -i
"Mack" writes under dafe-'fcf November
15 from V-is',i..:t"ii tti-theCltMinniiti Ciwu
m ;.ti. n Hepiibliciin paper, aa follows :
Anio.ig th,. witnesses summoned before
he lnijwsehii-1 nt f-'itnmittewas Colonel
llillyer.ioriiii.ru nl Central fclTant's staff,
now a 1 . h i .. "Uit t: litiltler iu New Tnrk.
What !.. : .-liii. d it., ,.r was supjamed to
knot ih ' r ' t i i e ii a I to. V..I. T cannot say;
I in h- ,. i. i-'.iv mot Mr. Kldritlge. of Wia-
" 11 "-'"'I'-r of Ihe com in it tee) on
l', ..ii--. ,t n i i i, v. uue, ami addressing him.
Sin. I be upp.,K d . iu wouldn't la- neeesanry
br liiui I., o ti-,. ti. rerjortot his triim.
"v. .X". i.n no ;:. ..inl.qiiat would
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lie all
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jia.l pui lln .p.isstiim to me, awl vi
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