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y til' ITS OF HAUtVJI.lsU.
in W'J the fWfJe of Virginia -wisely
an-1 jTnrnrty.Wi! amde lll'l pirty Jiffur
im S.ld lliadl' Common Crlli.-c n ;.-tiM t1(.
ihiih I i. argent suit) their ntgtu' full,, were
tt. safety of Hi.; st'ltlk
at t- crowned with sue... and the tir
Mm, .! iln-graed .Hd commonwealth X
jvc.l Ir-'iu pollution. In-day, again, the
j.,.i.lB d Virginia 1111; in solid r.ilunui,
: '. Utile cry being 'Oppi;uI
lit''1 .; " ll whlgs and old dciun
. -onipiu-tly side li) side, thrill, ,
; , :. ii --magic tout ti of iliei IImiw" which
ii.-j.iir i'i uili. Icncc in llif soldier and bear
h 1, h. .'i.ily up in II,. v,-ry j.iw, ,,f
!..; I I: .-rv i 11. lull of ity or ni
,r... 1" tMi'Tig in. ill. 1 dry arr l .Ti
I',, mi. v, iili a ciiiniii.111 danger ami uri'
i' .1 .' . ;i ruiaiu.iu piirfMai.1 Ut iiv.Tt it.
Ul . !.: .U4l liia ino tiiiHi u .IU us.
Unnii n.'it1 rn, ur iii'siioii;j of juiwlriv
"i t tin; "Hut's n-lii..u u:u-t.
Uic bravf suliliur liiul lights liy
lllf ski.
in Up' uiiiif of uiwiikinj. if uutt crtaU diaa-
't wt. ''l.-!1 anim.-ltle tin- n;(.jiie of
V:r..F.u.a will aain moat Ofwtinitlly l.mi
(hi. in i" vi.-tory. Tlii' IiiikhuI Wk'nj
b.il.t I-" tM'fnrw tth'm (In' ralamiiiirs ttiat
h.ii- Ii. iiiI'iti tlu-ir siitlii &.nt ijl ra ti
H!,.i nurns Ihtni il wliat tiny nmy c
ni ! 1! Iln 'HI v it!.l up '111' liTllloli .! till'
MMIttliTIt Mi Hit , I'Ul CUrjM'l Uliy TKLIV UHA
hpTi rm-rrr dmstrmmthTtti wnr. !'HaTlm
Itm, auen eniilnyl a the agen. y fur en
n hiiif: I he ail venturers win. Irave nwitruiisl
:,p mi r llie illtli. I'll. it and lliemileof
ti', 1 r. i. rty win tin 11.0.I1-Itf HthiliL;
in, nit v . and wh.'M rn'itcd tlie wtutiij. iiii
.li in .tf-iotl lo ; jl,r. ll I..I.' It lo llltfWl
ttUtni. 'I !: re lut.s Uvn ill ul! Ill.w. nUU
in vtlilili rati Hal iwiii lua iirev til. .1 h
u,:t; 1 v ..rv'iMii?!' : it f i'.,I.!m ly .,11. 1
I. I'll'.- 1... l h
. .' 1 .. " th ic.jL '"r. .. 1I1,
... iii 1 , t. utni ratlieal in.livi-l.i-ili. and
. ' j, .in. and vnU have lalell lHi.ight Ujj
,'p. n'i and slu. me lewly at no 111 ueh a heat,
l iide, the w n(tiad rule of rmii. nl nicrrr
narii, adventuiuia aiui cuet baiTa,
tin' putilic dibl of the southern atatea htm
run Ui, it in ttitiniati'tj, to the enornioiia
VKngote of $l'X),(HK),llim. A C4iluMI
hu ul Uie debt and ralu of Uiaiion in the
miiiiIhtm ntatea anterior to i'artct but; aa
c mi'iii, y, and after it, shows the differ
em.' lH'twiT-n the rule of tionettt uiun and
rn.nifn. Itetflrwn that of jaiple Rttaehed
n iiieir utatea and anxious lt proinote
their nrotHirity, and of nii.TUitnla who
nnrj vatne thenran-ordin'Riy as thryran oe
iiiailc to pay. Look at the follow 111-4 num.
intiry. and aee what i-atH'( bti;t; roblierf
Iihh iloiit- in ttniue of thoMe a(aua in a few
mIi irt )i'itrs. In
1 Mill u. in lit of Louwiana wan IO,(Hl,IKK
im do do 14,500,000
1 '"'do do 83,rUO,(r(l
17U do do ,.4,l.fKKI,000
1-71 do do 4!l,000,000
In I -til) to 1 IMO the l ate tax rangp.1 fnmi
21 to 110 oenu on $100. In 185 ItHifi
c,U ; in IHIIU. 75 cent ; in 1870,
$l.4 i; in 1871, $'i, with an exceua of tut
l!ikliluren over nceipta of $M,778,0W.I5 I
Sun North Carolina, in 1-ttif, the ataU
debt w $1 1,000,000, and ill how $10,000,
W0, anil tl(e mate tax rii-uired t.i nuvl all
npcDira luuiuuts to 'i on the 100, and
tbe w li.de property of llieaLale:ia luuteaaed
lit only f 1 iO,0(K),(K)0. In Arkautwa the
ilibt in 18113 waa 3,000,01X1, and is now
tC-OuO.OOO. In Teinii, iu 188, the'ntate
TBeded r-fl,J68.:)6, "ptrovided bj Dieans
uf a tax ol 15 ceuU 1111 IW) ; in 1871, the
exptn'tui are $ri,;7.UdH.S, and the tax to
:.2"i no $li')0. In (ieoiiria the state bills
in I sso were $7;i,60O, iu 1S70 $1,470,
m .03. In l-SHOie tola bonifcel debt of
loorgiu w., $8,554,450, and in 1S71 the
regiaterett Umde.1 debt in $20,137, TiOO.
Tin H'Aiy a.liln : The aple wlm
Uavetbua plundered au.l ruiueti tiw atatfn
Mernd lo am the brethren Yirtlioiaj Vuo
ru .'iiihuvoring tt acquire inpreiuaey in
Virginia They are adventurers, inert 'en
rir tuid carlatt bagpsra. 8upp( tbet
tliould nuceced in outblialiing tlicuiaetves
ie power at our tpproatiiiiff election!,
what, think you, would b the fate of Vir
ginia I Would ahe tare any bettur than
mux cvrnmouwearthi have fared 1
What reason ia then Uituppoae ahe would!
lr nut carpct-boggela the aanie every
where? Hava tnwy Doi unif.maly and
tniversally increaaeil the debt ary1 railed
the latea, and cninruittod thelt apuiUUuaa
lo all ixiruuiunitia in whkb Uiej jkava
gxincd aarendancy t Why ahould they
pare Virginia ! Spare Virginia, indued !
Why, they are huiijpiring for bv fiaM. i
Oiirktiug lor bar blood, like half fauiialleU
w.iln. . -,L't ' ' , '
ltuto rltfeiat ihow -peopW and their
w&ifcjateVuui -fowOtrOl Sg6.:
aaMrar:
k.iUu psn ha was tiaiii;aiwiiKint'y rZ??ZrZI!Z -
vvrgtuia. Tl wai felt to bVaitaavat
' ' - r . . p
"le " npjioidTIonto ftiHirparlj tfie oily
ol conservatism, passing oyer eVer
tliiog else. It is to snatch oiir'good irld
R.t fW th: graiip Wrtieww' rdwal
lue cunaervaUw duiuocratk pwjrtjf of
"oclh Cardlina tboranghly reorgaMSxd
mi ttanJialeJJfut nejt jemr'i iMaipaignt.
o beware of ill efforts to 4irct and
'liride iu. Let us watch Um Tijlonl
Uo would tttqbpV to reach the porertj
U eapidity aunongst us witk nvmi.7
Twf Biwa'ttia toil and sweat 0 ths ts
Wium. We data the Bower to rlrrre
1st BlOf pv t4,trtM (van lk amnl If W
. -(,- r- -
w txenit.
'-:-' HUttttsi.B
. v , aj murh nr our jifcC t.i a
Mli Vuumi, itrenboio niulli. i, n
rf.jfJen, and south.!,
Sovfin,..-, c t nuli.ala, 1:,Vl. 11UT
y bn-Miie,. CiifcdBrai, KuU. r,.U uiid
! . ., la.,, f congr., ail igcn ..f
...t .i..iiui,n-e ,il secuaaiou, hav,; riin,i
aiimly .l ,,;u-,tlu wUcu Kt i(i h
'ti..ri .., ,,,u,a, ti,a( they w.IU rvU
'lie rnili. al pany.
iu. L.mKtrt, a gra.luaU: u Waal
'""" ',t,"1 ign1 hu jnwition iu tli
n.. 1:
"iy lor a !.. i ,
If Cull
ii 'i'-riit.' army, can tx.
liarilniivl Uli.l n.n.
I.'.l.l- 11 hi.;', tto,, Uw StiJoH
K"vui,vi.i, worllj UI, or ljll0iu U,ltoaluj
.i. :l: m tar llIt ,(I(J mIl!Tr,lt,.s
iMiaUl.la mi l aluTitt. are f.,rl.i,.eu to
liol.l oif,. t In Uieae mUUs. If ilt.rt. ls wu
iiohly an J amttT Rir Longstrect, why
tlte be 16r 11k- alicri,,.' la..,.
i.y anu una I0M vrfuiidaxa It ia a
to.uii
luul a.lniiiiiDlrati'iu of giiyernaicnt and of
j nut u:e when amnesty, jmr.lon and iilace
are ntf. nd to lyinyalrott and refuaed to
nmi traten, (unatulilea and slieriffa who
never Ixiie arum aiaiunt the goTurnuient
To Lie lovvil, one's government must be
loely.
Pith l.ti -AI UM k
l..ijii.-llla b a small Utmu ui .w Men
i;o. At a red lit el. . (ion there wan as
iiiu. h use if tiie pistol aa llie harlot ii
ihal little town. Seven were killed and
thirty wouwdetl.
NoihiiiK liit"the foi lieu ranee of; tin
lill- 111.01 11. 1.. ,neurlil. .l u. I. seenea m
..rih-,
1 H-
of this
I ' .... . l'a taa u
... . o tal h-'iiors. II' we had
ii.., t., ihe New Mexican style, aud
anicl thi-'-judoim whir wttre oanvassiu,
what would have become of Ihek, Kusaell
and I'ouiKwiu Ihn late campaign. Judges
hoiild not Im' killed fur entering into a
taropaign ; but wu do think there abould
Ik. a 0011.I public sentimeut againat tlieir
active purticipation in politics.
Iu Kciitutky and Georgia there have
Inii bl.Midy riotr. -between the negro and
the white race at the mi11b. The peace
and Kood eider of society demand a dis
luti.tli of the nero leauea, and the at
tempt ol the n.aro thniugh secret
ties to control the couutry.
. ..It haa Imi'U atabial, aa'yS-tlot Kiehmond
- - - - . - - . .
UutfMiUh, that tlia lwthat:hihls lumtr ei-
ployt d " unlucky mm." The Cincinnati
( 'timmrrriiii says that Slew art, the million
aire ttf New York, adopts no such rule.
but has employed a great many broken
merchants, dfrivii jrroat advantage froui
their experience. If there is wilumiu
either ptilicy a:, such, there ia more on Hn
Su wart's side than on that of the Iiollw
childa. The trne rule ia to employ
capable and honest linn, Ao matter
whelhw tliet have liecn luiforlunati' or
ihiL H utfortunt: in not of ttaell a pnaf ol
want of capacity. No man can control
events, nor Can any mtiu'fortiaoe them. As
for " luck," it is all iu Uie ilnainuation. It
is not a constitutional trait. General anc-
ceits in ui comes iroui very uinen'iit
causes Kven camblem, whtwe faith in
" luck'" ought to be as good as anyliody'a,
rely very little upon it. They take pre
cautions against the fickle genius. All
their guinea tu-ve the chanees decidedly in
their favor. Luck is a vagabond whose
vicissitudes ait iiiuiuucialilc, until finally
the Incomes a Beau Hickman, the.iHje.ly
sfine, whoitl tips autf aowna should
warn all against dallyioir with the delo
si. his w hich seldom loud to any other end
than ruin. -r .
Indeed fortuitous circumstarawi may
j;iv a man sudden wealth, but he deserves
no more credit for. thai, thaa 4 a rrntn
dcaurve cunaurt for lieing a loser by an uu
fonween event. It is unfortunate for men,
especially young ones, to believe that there
aro "lucky" and "unlucky" men. It ia
ant to impair their faith in the only safe
mental and physical qaaHtiew and virtues
suck as experience, good judgment, indus
try, fortitude, sell-denial, and good faith
in the relations of life. To distrust these
is to impugn the wisdom and beneficiencel
of an orcrruling rroviaence.
Oetirge L. JMabsoa, coL, memoer' of the
present ilouss of rUpresentotites from
NewariOTer oounty, bss been appointed
inspector of customs in Wiluiiagton, vice
one Pet'k w hit,, removed. No cause is
assigned for the rem oral.
T4KLNU
111 WUOXO
HOW MT
It is said the president Will renwrte (4
jrsibmsf'3f;f
H7l II t t 1 ,,l,..r mm itmtrtrti S I
t4Mirmiil a4 poawwiasaai ftasral s
a))pi(iuriatlng hi thtjit own, Has money bey
longing to the govaranaent. ' The) gorsra.
tnent is alo to act, because the general,
like Bowes the .bigamist, has readem
ben the premlent gitea such reasons tor
pardoning Eowi,w ceases to think about
Ixiagstraat, Iloidaw and his fconfsdcrate
pets.. - ;
Let the post Blaster of HsrtAwd go out
with the poatrasster -of New York. Ws
wowlfl say, Vst Calna . Rngan go wtlh
them, but Caltia moat be retained f bis
senicus rendered 00 the North t'srlit
railroad. Disss the administration I Now
bat " mrtptnUmf rebels haU it.
KXCV8H r.S, GSXTlKMElf.
.. .. . .
biiihai BUU inajhliiil, au.l
.i.h.ui,M W) A'n (o nuccctJ.I tlial inl.
I m. .!.... .1... t.- . ....
....... .ii-itirn, I,U. a lU
i.- ft. 1 . . 1 i : ,. ... , . I
1. ,iui itw DUrt ftf lli.. ? iiftftdiin
ilolen by ,itti.it.ld
Ninth Carolina.
Inim tin
jaijik
Tim Ojlia, (u WM nm
by (-1 linaU-e, then by Man ua Krwiu. It is
now run without an alitor, ami any muni
ber.if the radical party who will writ,
al.tUve of the Hkhtikki. can lw heard
through its ooluinna. Hot. ( iildwell aud i
1 hillipa. with four other radical, are aid
to . ..ntrilniud to the Kr ,1 Srjr., fh-n,
iKiine of the n lH ls call it. TueUirvd
hkeva who abu. ii l(,K, (h Jfn
I'i'iat rxcuMt u, if ic fidl to taJt't-
'llie ,-f ih. ill What liny Jay, t)ev nv
. -j-, trirnrrri, aay puri,is Ui lajliai'
thi.M whom tin .-utauil. We know llisu
matler of bread with thiuu.an.l not malice
'"""K I'lrry, llilv llendimnn an.l th..
J"'flc WUor. f yH-W.fe7Tf ''they
f r " '
.to ..I. -it jw, J tttotH. 1jOII 1 i-ity -lull
btiikea them wh.-re illolden struck Cant
Well with, tlit ooe if bread, j
The nck'Tnes can't read, and e do not
know of a -eiitleuiaB who subaoriliee and
pays fo, the AV.i unleau it lir some deluded
geutleuiuu who waa turned over by iich
tjtth tt Ort.nuaii to the ifr-x.
; ! U r 4 not iuijiibJtwit ,U
-the m-jtoei n,tr the trt-titltmieii of thrrstatr I
will ever hear of it. So (he unnamed
hirelings wilt excuse us it wc ive tlnj'iu
only an .x'cuaional iioti.e (01 '.In 11 Hidings
gate.
(Jot. Caldw.-lt anil Mr I'liillipe hate
not l.-nrnetl to put th.-ii names to what
th Wric lol'thr lfr,f,laM- tfcr fv . lianieAi
did wfi.-ii hc Wrote for the J'e iji-tim! One
ul th.i radiial (tuiilK-uicii engaged lu ljlat k
mailing the Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio
railroad company, is said to be engaged
, . 1 t, ,t t
u throwing rocks at ua thuugh the Lmj
i'irrj alias , We sdisosisli all auch
to cuib their noble rage.
When the &,tnbir,l was edited by Pike,
Judge Dick, Victor llarringcr, ..Judge
Tourgee, Pilgrim Aahflj, tioT. HoldetJ,
and any radical rascal who wished to
bliu kguanl us, did it thjCusjii like. W.
are bi go-through the same warfare again
nmn the money of Loug l'erry and the
Uitlier ollice It. ii. li ra.
err, itxii am i rm.MK"
Our people must preimrc themselves for
Hdrnnl's tuny idea ol govermncitt, which
" cill, , piiali 'auVl piline.'1 Thelf is no
vdui'iitcd mail, on the contineut who has
am little hli-a ol i4ril jtvehiifiefit aa the
iproid.Til ol Uiu UuiUal bUitus. Ilia only
,ud great quality ia brute or bull dog
(courage, aad many a bulldog has more
of that than the president.
As long aa an election was depending m
North Carolina, we heard threats from lii
rxu iilive; the election having Ih-ii aiaa
itle.l 111 lav or of the party he esM.ued, he
will not now interfere. Ahi-ruum's talk
at Vti-.l, l, n( anil III.: lenr iS l.aniiir uiij
lit ti-iul, were though for North Cur..
lina.
ra-uator Scott and the outiage c.iiniuiu
tee are still wtive. This represent at iv: of
the bla k Dutch ot l'cliil..) 1 1 aiiia, ltd v iae
the preriideut that martial law iiiiint lai
ikvl.if.il ia (Seutk ( urolilin ilnul, ever
ready to cut, push and '4jiiil , in-tiu hia
priH'iainatioti prcliininary (n ptitilnvr a
ptartlon ol Bouth Carulina uiuleJ utarlaul
law , just aa llolden did North Carolina -lirst
Jones, then Alamiince and Cawcll.
iris no doubt Tool and llol.leu who are
UiiUI-ing Urunt and toe outrage uHimiillte
up to the exercise and use of martiul law
in an kour sf umCuitm pac and, wins
the civil law is potent for all piireas4
il'roclaiming a Mirtiou of S.1111I1 Carolina
in a stale of insurrection, the Piestilenl
then pnclaima, "let us hava ataeiSC"
When the plundering carpet Imgirers
arc driven from llie south, you umj look
for pa ac, and not nfrtil Vhcn. tirant may
"cut, push antl pride," but nothing but
the exit of tai pet-bakers will givo last
ing peace and quiet to Uie south.
'1 "",
Much of the nohsppinesa in this world
arises frvai giiligliuaiiis U) hasty, un
kind words. Many sorrowful hours and
sleeoleas nighta hsve been spent in brood-
Ping OTcr some harsh or angry ansd w high
OSS UollllHO 11 vittt uiu um tu a luuiimaui
uoguaruwu? passioo. Uow much pitf w.e
would save oyiaielvea mad otAas if w
woukl guard all our ways and actions
Ki jd words, spoken in Uie right time and
place, do more to heal lbs wuuuded spirit
than all Uie gold this woflsV qaa give.
They ctatt mHli.ing, while they ennch Ha?
heart and scatter sunshine sll around.
Iwinuing true d,aiUrfal frmnxr.!"sitsf4
or lemytruHm.
ine rhat irtt ra)rm ipm ruaxes 1111 pen nrter
.Al J. .i -r f TT-f f- T
wirasi--
v Aatranfie freak uf nature i rdattd by
Kock Ingham fVa.) eorreHponuent t Uie
Baltimore Aims aa having occurred in that
county. He aay : A Strang freak of na
ture has takers pasea in Use trai k of the
severe hailstorm that occurred in this re
aware ol anytnmg 01 uie ainu uccuirmg
heretofore. It ia (hist skat ail the orrbaids
in the track of the hailstorm have come
tout til fell kkjosn. Hww orchanls are in
as , full bloom as they ever wen in Uie
spring. Not only the apples are is bioom,
but the locust tress ia many ysswanaksf
I IS tMOm. (t'H'tt" wu.i -
I but mk and trad me m trie mad bet he
saw aa apple tree with artera! Dostieu or
ripe appiss on act tnouaan.u 01 ohjuom ob
taaaaioeute. A vary pretty but strange
sight. ,
RAIEICII, I a, lllMBil': MBtlS
, r-nrrtaiam-icrofihe tn.i.-.n.i
I " " IM
" ill"' i iin.l . .. ..1 1
look bai;k
I .1.. J ... .
, ,. mini
ritiif tti-otir-te sadlt
almut the
nati'iiit-hiiiL' erowih ..f v..
ork and adtlniom (Jie( iii, of the
West since N,.rt,ilk was lirst know,, as a
'"n,n.iitr of all r,.n,,.n. in the nice of
American commerce." " They talk mourn-
'""J ol th urn. ktu thexo wore a thou
and time more maiU in our harbor than
tiivre are row,- the JunuU on tu
wy, -''when 'n.jiirej-iKKe,l vessels ' were
inuehnuirt numerous tl.ati they are Uxlay
-i.vuout nest nmia trade, waa aBr.-at
fen, lire i ,,r ,;umKnv, K,u lht, ,
kW f Norfolk aortinf, down on the
wi.ams a,,d whittli,. iti,k, ami a,l
Innr
W their ' mai;;nficeut harl-.
' w-rre nrlv
w.iitm t,)r ,(le
n. t. ...1. . ' .
coiuiiitir, inl luilleniuiu
-.0.11 wasaiwaya very near to them, but
nan n..t i'oiiiMt
UiclJIntiuuvUakul
1
ship."
Hut while these dreamers and croakers
thus trifle the time away, the live" men
of Norfolk -the active, sanguine, 14. ahead
men w ho. hold up th. ii I1. .1.I, . h.n-fullv,
look to (ha future, and la-lieu 111 a grand
destiny for the city -they tai what in
goiiiu on They st-e iwh it the foties and
Ironesaeein idtrivious. tqV the iiuiricn
.'Sa2'U
Ith then th Ulsaiidi. ol Uiua ol
Ii-t.iril.i
They see the
aiualler boats, proi
I
li-.l by HltMiti, .
w ith iia-,-.i c: . -towiH
and v V)
their bityi.ij; ..1
see- t he col '' ie i ;
. ftrrmn? and d. Jiilrtiii
tml h.'ilii li.Hn -the
a-.d 1 ulliitt.-s that d 1
d selling licic, Tliev
1 corn, and wheat and
oata, and naval ato
here through the
the can. c,..inng iu
They see the gi
of our LiveipMil
a Ihsl an- liiotighl
canals. Tli.'i see
with their liuruttua.
litllL
line.
ocean
They
sttainiers
we the
sailing, lesm-w-- -nc a 111m, ana iTaraa, aim
"
eral of th.Mte ot' olhei days, and not leate a
spar protruding the three maatod scIiimjd
era often bigger than the big aiiis of the
olden times and Uie smaller craft, with
half decks, quarter-decks and no decks,
that in the "trucking season." deposit
fruits antl vegetables 00 our harves in
jiianlitiea never dreamed of by our people
twenty years ago. They see that although
tlie cotton trade ia quite new hare, Nor
folk is already the tilth cotton market of
the Union. Tliey see and Uiey will
sue that Norfolk is moving forward aa
last, if not faster than her bank country
improves and expsuds. They see and
they will see that, us the staples of
Kartell! Virginia and North Carolina are
multiplied in proporti.m to the increase of
acres of their neglected lands subjected
to cultivation, and as our railroad coiinec- j
tions reach farther ami fattier aouUiwai.l
and westward, this city must inevitably
progPHsa." j
Hut while the go-ahead see all this,
the Jturtuil insiats -there is not energy
enough even among lAcm. "Our North
('aroliua trstle is largo, lull it could lie,
and would lie made much larger if the
business uieu of Norfolk wftjuld seek more
diligently for iL
" Tin junction of the Chatham ami Fay-
i-lteville roads, iflxled less than two
110 ml Ii ago," e inchi.hw the Jottrtvil, "is Im
giiiiiing to u ll iim our trails with anioat
chwring llierease. On Monday, eltyen
inimlrwl and six barrels of nin, one Info
dual and fllty til'iiiujritatal'luipiaitiiic, and
one hundred and fifty bands of dried
blakbtfrjesi ,were ImSigJii p.an. SorUi
Carolina to Uiis H.rt. Yesterday seven
hundred and fifty liarrels nf naiin, one
hundretl and taonly barns uf spirits of
turMTitine and sixty one liarrels of black-iM-rrica
were brought in. This is a new
trade lo im new source, aud it Is but a
la-giiuiiiig.
" The '( ilJ North State is full ..f all sorts
of romm.Klius for market; ami Narfolk is
usturally tlie centre to .which hue. com-mT'-ip"raimatrst
ttrt ' rinr rnrrrllants
widen their tlelds of operation until every
county in North Carolina contiguous to a
railroad, a canal, a river or a creek that
communicate directly, or indirectly, with
Norfolk, is embraced wiUiin tlieir reach
and rang of btwrl seat ' The IA sV hot.
Let our energetic business inea strike."
We are gratified at the prosperous con
dition of our sister city of Norfolk, and
trust 'the may continue to advance. , Bist
we cannot but regret thst Vime of tlie
spirit ami sttorgy saMlUug ia tis pros
perity do not' actuate the people" of our
own state, so that the porta tif WilniingUm
and Newiiern "and Ihavufurt, Ac, might
feel thy two tnsy lay nJsiw ta tha
poaition of snsteralcaBntlK"! which Uie
lasiiuwfrs of North 4aJTttna tfniold grarr-
tate.' Our nresent
aeteT dnnwe
.....Av-Ti-HsntJ-twit-,frr'
at the oosasr af (uarth aTSRStaied tWrty
second street, "Net? York, whith is lo oust
uirea million dollars, is rapidly approach
tag completion. It ia certainly una of the
moat sensible charities of Uis day. ia
I this majfjsilircrat edittaa the wsrkinp a-
man - ew fancy em pioj m m xsssav
scsmUri'Sjioi tc arr to be bmr tut
just mrnfrh to pay ft the food and ser
vants hire of the establishment. Many
of the shopwomee of New York aml oUisr
cities do not receive more than eawuH
per week to pay thnu board at an ordina
ry boarding bitrss.j!viag at eaten, an
eslsjishtneat as Mr. art's, ttsBf .will
be enabled to maintain tliemselvas own-
fcarUbtr, and save suoiethrng dwssdsa. J
Every Largs city in Use Caton slmtild fcawei
sock a boarding bouse, not 00I1 tor work
uigwotneiL, but alto for workingmen.
"WVT1. Mi. EtlwnrtlKjlliiuw X. Wright,
kVto and sswrf, a r u Irtf ago, oiie
afb-rji.i..B. hiiiWTi.d sn1 tsi lhe shatlv
tr.a i , Wbj; wibo pmptmetl ws
srnitrfd )en.f our wawnwanls the old
"""le'ieo of Judi'ti Otvti Atmwtl. was
the reayt nasiMatsa. utr atartixt an to-
Lfetlns- There wers ii-r nenttemen o4
the party ttdiowing cioivhind us. ltuach-
lng, presently, the corfdirortly onimslt
quite a lar(o wwtwn snmon, I stoiied,
which also, bruuvht HWriirht to a haiilt.
tn taring silent, to avlu'iher ho would
recollect th locationas he had sharett
there th hospiulity oJudgeUastoii him
self, during his life, at olaaTviiig hu did
not understand the it nf Uie pause,
piinting I nxrhiinted,t)o iu ih remem
ber the plane od.a.niU' ttwtis associations
with one of the most iiiouiiii tm.iiav.it
the Old North Slate fi usl not now U ll
VOU it w-tta li li,,n,tt J WillUi,, fl iuI.mi
Jr. Wnght starUal uncnlvine. 'Is it po-
wbhil ilua- tury wb tt apiars now to
what it did to bis wlus I was before here
listening to the stwn.k of the soft, sweet
voice of the great ami reterberatinii
through ihow 'Hggrfxmmaat.
'it'iVWWtttlrrpiiian, a nhvsician of
high standing to .1 gn at popularity ill
this community winle living, and whose
iiMeuiory sine hit .l.-ath. which Ivpcurred
ill III.- I 'oiirclccitc Int.- .1 iiirvr the war,
it still clustering inn' 11.. li.-trt ol
many of these H,ple, piiieii...l uie ptaee
and he mad, an a-hfithiu to the dweltinav
honiaj which made it nearly as Large atr;
aa it was originally, tliat has mitsst-iya
Tim krHaae jttstt beyowd it (nearly a4iuul '
intr) is .ul ..., t rnrn,"r"riavs,
antl. 10 Mttlint sHW-tt'tSa M
law sttnl n,, was tlie tuiKioi laluujr ol
(itHi.in Sailv Killaid. the late llaimlioi, ('
.lottos, r.f., ami the very last uua, 1 ba'
li.iw, was Mai. Thomas Sparrow, whose
.able antl ft-arlesa course, as one nf the
.rtt uittM-Hi nianagfr rn tlw irlal of tiov
iloldeti, did cntdit to his eminent mastei
a writ as Ml himself." jMilop NlatlHaH It
another student, who him .wldtd lustrw to
1 I tine, a a scholar and a lawyer.
1
shad never forget au oath administered
toAi.s, in Uiai olHee, by Judge Oaston,
wl.eu I waa a little I toy. It was my lirst
formal oalh liefore any offloer. I was wit-
ueaa to a deed for land for an old country
geriHcman, and earned it to have H ap
proved that it might lie registcrutl. The
veiu rajile aputiaranre of the J a Ige and his
nowuig wtllie nair, siruf-a uiu wuii awe.
1 ha.1 seen, him before on the street, but
never to speak to hnn. In those days iucu
added honor to tit lee as well as tinea Hon
or to men. The judges were all exalted and
wers revsreBA-d then.ton.by men as well as
boys., f told lilrh, lb a word, my business.
Ilising from his seat, hi5ttely form tow
ering up, holding a Bible antl compel
ling me to put Is.th hands on it, he
rcM3ate.l the oath very solemnly looking
at uie aUiulilv uatll Uie butt words, whea
he raised his htuwl and c hated Iris etea
Luuking at me. again, he said mildly, kiss
the iMMtk, my sou. What a painful tain
(nut, I rtuuwknd to Mr. Wright, is going
on over at Uutfrtinsr I It was eleutiiss ttny
and ws wrr SiX far from a iiolling place.
where without Bible or Teatamsut, 1 had
just witneaaod simply with uplifted hand,
amid profanity and irers of Uie niultita.ie
ouuiue, Uis ssiTeil oath rattled aver, almi
lar to an auctioneer selling go, sis and
Chattels at a vendue. The respect pah)
Ul such an oath under such cin aiiistancee
can Well be imagined. I suppiav, however,
sir, it an some 111 wiui is prnsTrvas or
the day which -had now spread over the
whole country. That, Mr. Wright again
reiaiatetl, not laMiig yut able to liieale it
in hia own mind, you say is the old home
of Oiurtoii I Yes, I assure you it ia, 1
answered, and if you would hear me I
could prove to you we are standing on
classic ground Now, I said, we arc looking
at a place directly in front of us hallowed
by the virtue, purity ami learning ot
William (las b .n. Next, with the lands
adjoining, is where the world was given
Oeorge K. llatlger, and a little' iMtyttinl,
acniMa Ihe strtait, on the corner, an humble
house once st. aid (it waa removed in my
tlay.l in which the elder Hpaight lirst saw
light. Further down Uie street, a square
niilv, the star of Oaaton Iwgan tti twinkle
amid' the thunders of, thu revolution
Ruil and iliagonally from us, a little iinaru
Ih.m a square. John Mliuily ruteru.1 111
lima upon hie stormy sea. Two squares
w. si, rraiu:is L. Hawks, staited out upuit
li s earthly pilgrimage. Notfarswa) flow
thttre, Uic younger apalghl,too, coiumum ed
his earthly career. I loan the lirst street
south of tu, and a aliait walk ileal I h
Neuse, in 1740, Jauiua I fa vis set up tlie
lirsl p'inLing picas ever in North Caroli
na. Fifteen years afUTWarita hepublislteti
the lirst uumtier of flic til at paper ia" ari
tMlicai in the stale, under tlie title of
"North Caroline Magaaiue or Cniventai
InUlligencer." The residem taf Mrs.
Captain Thomas Uresn is on the lot. I
have found there. my ailf, siiiua of- the old
type. L'ttder the shsdu of tlie cypnaa,
tiie top of whichou see towards the
river, we are told, wss buitt the Unit casel
in North Carolina. Jt ia now. Uie propet
ty of Alexander Mitcrtell, Es, ,'and st one
time belonged to the Kpaighta. Compar
atively a short distance along the water
line. In the direction of Trent river, grew
the " War oats," twu troca, for the kiml,
very large, under1 which one hundred
ami tlxry-one years ago, the red men met
in council two white men, Christopher
Baron de Ursflennsd, a Kwias nobleman,
from the Ce4ua f Bern, and- a Hwiss
gfstUeman, Louis Mitrliell, fronr whom
tua Mr. MitclielL, before mentioned, de-
WaJwl Th tmrm SnM MtytA Imatu
and at owe nasvrsnol the town of
"New BtTs, It was from eotue cause
alWara srikBOWa to ma, or so sny of
its inhaiiitania, as sxr oars, aa i nave any
fesviwtaslff written, ia the act ssf hannrrs.
rstiiai " AstsVasTs.! The name, as it nrrw
universally kaowt. waa si'litrt.! .hi SP
Diinwni in ike ieuiMr af the ttviss, law
Ue UrahVrsreid, eMted to me prrvlout to
tStWrfegraW'isye
ssto v rsV mnajns itlt-re U 1
marl te nxuneuters). Ir. Hawks stated
to ma ha wss lst at sea. iMtiauoaed
this atatwmmt to tie Dectisr en one eeoe-
na repund, r" fl wit trsay tU I
trut aa4ar as-1 hum u. inwiit iioeahwi )
tSata. owsuliiaive; 4 wkis fce-was ssst at 1
sua." I lirir.k he 4id duiing hia tiait to
stumps be siao welt tu the usunuxissut ssf
the Baron in Berj, rMtilaerksiwL Ihete
ftara, abon htt-wroie his history, he waa
aware af the facta I migdit bars told Mr.
'Wright, perhaps lilitl, sisue gentlemsa ke
Wiuninguxi, uneartirrssiaiUiUii with the
Hon. It H. Doo nil would jpcraut in writ
ing New barn wiUi the small bf taud in w
torn Dunnelt ms aged to fug la (japs
Pear a number of ones; always writing it
Capsfeateraall I TUit Isrought from
his correspoodec an Inquiring about it,
7:
Vk tit Ok. ' lii Jliilitt wiltt, ihfo'Mii. ii . aw.,"!"
waa geiieiniiy
In itm'h iiiattcrs.
Ual w illl.illl d.H
ht n rT. Prrr
ntn.-iiV o1
t
ic h id only Is;
-oli' any rvlV
11 iuAtU
lion on
w as Mr:
all I tivn.-tt
Wlighl hi'malf llio.lnh, 1 il" not chaltg.
it- la i tMt ta'isani -Jtt.aa b 44bs
that kTlittv Vr 1's until, "it all iliieml
txl for a joke, hs he was a noU-.l lor hi
hilarious spiril.t il"d Imojiinry it! tn
IM-raiiicnl, a- lot Iin stu nelh iiiii-'letT.
spli'il lM legal att.tiiim.Tit!, h.inenly anil
simplicity of character. 1 r.aiieinlir the
In.- oaks, and tiny grew on iliril'.ly op to
Ui. da of tlieir dittiucti.in, whiih occur
nd in the great tire in Ncwliem, in April,
IMI, 'when some lirty-six buildings, tnmt
Uu; Uie stnJta, in addition to all the oiil
houstt on the same lots were burned.
Wilmington, doubtless y.ai will never for
get, met with a similar or greater misfor
tune, a few da v thcrealtwi, by onitlagta-
tion, the lire swet ping through it lor a
mi In or more, and liiinllv st.MM'ing, a.
there were no more houses in Ihe direc
tion I he. w mil carried It, to oonsuirt.
owuu'tiittS pwnious to lbs year IrUill,
the t'eiil isinan a ready r. I. riva to, came
to Newla'n. in search ..rifllcs and Infer
ination relative to IMlraffi-nivid. Then
u-alaaoxtitnKle4tol thu old treessxcit
;7Vr8Jf,.iUw WWrtHyWWrnv.tttcTi,
ihetn, and which 1 lost,' I deeply rtret to
have so sav ,111 Uie wiu. Thai cue 1 did not
care to part with and wccould g.-t uoothur.
ITeheo we thought wo would make the
atu-mpt to obiiiiii a piiyc of the wiMjd
anil ivjaiired one morning loathe spot
wheru the Uvea grew. No sign of the
Jt "lis"1";' jrWw-ffl, "" N"'
1 s? tTTHIiif (a) mtHli i n '. 'J irs. lt
irrtaiT Thf-ifKr, Mr. Slephrn Si
,ilumua.-jw., .Hve,1.(4i-.iui:,l. Not I
1 asuip builticr iHir bv and a atmttt-uiati til
I sspttslrarSrWT
ihu shadows uf tlie old uaka, aahu la-Hu
live.1 opp.wite 'frty the lot on which tin v
stiHal, and perhajia was om e their owner
With axtts and spades, shovels itad hnes
weall t'oliimeil.-ed digging. Asntl,
Uirs would onuie ah trig we would call tin in
iu, ask queations and put them to wuk
White and t-oMrvd all lent a witling hand.
Many a tale was told during the hum or
two we wure then.. Indians antl pirattw,
ttines and patrtout, w.Hild rust up in
imagination laifore us and tlianputau
again. One old colored man said, when he
was a boy a circus of unsurpassed mas
niliucace, the Ihrst ever seen in NuwImuii,
which was s fact, made its circle near the
livu oaks. Instead of a canvass to oovci
the performance and audience, there were
merely loug planks placed around upon
end hack ol the seals, and he and many
others went up in the tojis ot the trees
ami looked il own .ipon the astounding
fusts of the ridera. Such horses, such men.
each summersaults, such fun from Uw
clown never was tuvlt iH-fore aud never
could lie again, in his opinion t Another
heard aa old man say and be knew hnu
well and he would tell the trulh ; that be
went one stormy night, years bi tore, to
assist in digging for some of 'loach's
tinned treasure, around the base of the
trrcK, vt heii,! inlcrrurtcd hhn by enquiring
It lie n 111 ml any. no air, he n plletl, some,
what excited, I tell y,ai what he said,
"dat he striu;k tie pot wid tie g.tld in it.
Im so," suiting tlie action to the word
and striking Ihu Imck foundation of a
house tiear to us, "when tie man wid hint
said, dare it is antl il ran right otf in de
channel ob de river, I will hers mention,
In those dsys, you could often see larirr
holes dug on Uie Neuse river banks around
the town and alwve it bv money ilUiirers
llltuiey t
Secretly looking tor IVarh s hidden tress
. tlus ignorant IwmooLv
iintmutt luuuwtisi iMiiatainu
pot or chest oontainlng f ol,l or silver
were discovered an.l k word was spoken
hliurwards before, any of it was taken
nut, or some other money put in,
it would vanish, as iMtfore stated by the
negro. Finally our labors were rewarded
In one ol the parly sinking a root of the
(inks. Cut, tug, we could only get small
biUtof the wtiod for thctlcaccmlauttsf the
Itaioii, who bote oif the trophy with as
lunch satisfaction as Ihe old negro would
hate horn bis pot of gold, if he had
secured it bi his stleme. That waa. the
last of the live oaks so far aa my inkiuiia
titiii extends. Il was up Ihe Neuse river,
ten miles, above NcwImth, at an Indian
village, t ailed CrwrM, now Streets' Kerry,
Hint IMlrairrurtiiit's "tiiisfy rod men"
1 aught him and John I.iiwaou, thesumry
01 of ihe state, and after subjiH'tilig theui
to thu most barbafous insults aud treat
incut, they were stripH-d iii an tqicu tieltl
and set down before a lire, with several
hundred liidiaiis around them witnuating
(he pna-erdingii They were then coTurau
with lb 1 wen. and Uie latter was stuck full
nl lighiwoiHl splinters and burned to.
ih -ilh. ' Ttfr'elegaiit figure and uianly,
t,iaiHht.,iiii- lace ..fill' (Iritlfenreitl, whh'fi,
is ...I. 1 ten . aiititalt d Qiietal Anne ol
ringlaiitl, t-.i vttl L i in.. 1'hey moveil an
lieli duh p stiiion with xthevtrilM:, to
phaul hirthe tlejay of hia exocutlim antl
then foi his release. Lawaon, in his histo
ry. thss ilia's a dsMtli similar to Uial he
met, with horim, as yu renieuilmr. Ol
bourse these si aliments are only rcviying
history. But Uie exact Itsjationa I have
never liereU.lort tecu in print. They were
given to m both by l'r. Hawks and Ur.
Jaiana u. niajily, of whom we shall have
occasion to speaa hereafUsr In connection
with this subjucL -
I ALTON.
Hmairi'L AnmiKisuxjiT or trkik
posts or Duti. The Washington Putriut,
of Hnlurday. makes this SUilernetM ngard
iug the' coiitlitiiia of aJTairs at tli scat of
govcrnmexiT; ''jkt. -thiac-.tlaia the pnstt
derrt, snwtarr of state, secretary of the
treasury, atri tary of the interior. , secre
tary of war, secretary of tlie navy and
sssUitaster general, are all atwent. Tlie
treasurer of (lie L'nited States, with a
large staff; the .sjsaiatattl secretary of the
troasiirt, with a larg staff, a,e in Kuroue
adailriiyt .myailji at lbs, public Mpettat.
rirar neairs rietsaxaaw ana euixHrainave
withaat smirWsr. are atsread over the rnuit I
7' mat ine gtivemmenx ss iitxio
ruilBiicl
irf'Egwh'H'krahev,) I
t s)i. an.l are rnrjaswty
iug tJtusu-
time dsys in VVssliingt.n since the 1st of
hw"m itrelwd frrCT fftt tfrt 'tatlf "
she- serrkw,l! er ejeactty ?,Ml.iS Hay
fist signing his name, and sanding orders
to brum out li.u Us tt ling gam) in New
tiMsanV,''
To Itaanvs WahTsL Warts are not
l.iiiily, tiuu tSpiiMwtbut tisJgw-vMH
hands. Our readers trill thank OS (.it I
calling Uieir sUuition to the lol lowing
perfeot cues, even of the Urges, without
leaving a near. It has been tested by the
writer : 'Take a small piece; of raw beef,
steep it all night in vinegar, cut as much
from it a wis cover Uie Wart, and tie it
on, or, if the excrcsmre is on the forehead,
fasten It on with strips of plaster. It may
be removed during the day and pot on
every night. In one fortnight the wart
trill die and peel oil,'' The' sauna pie
em prion . will cure corns. rlltm aad
tifaltk '
H1L, y
I li.Jet I
AT'Vivr i'.vav Ki.Diim.H to ri
Ai. -
Thi tuLkiaiiig.MUit froin .J. JUtuiolpb
,'l'n. k . iihite atltvrui'T general tf Virginia,
wiU ucnatmrf twstii( ilmu abunt nj
lirjting the li l l fnan which to select
iiiciiiUts to lit, k-gislalure :
" Win. HM-Tb.u, Aug. S3, 1871.
K. M 7't.M.iU, A'. .
DkahSiii: The question of the effect
of the fotirieeuth amentlment of the fede
ral eoiislitulUMi upou the eligiliility of the
111. 111U is ol the next general assciubly ot
Virginia, upon which you .Wire my opin
ion, is one which naturally interests the
public, mint! at this tune. And although
1 sin w ilhiirawii from public affairs, yet ss
you and oihiTs have assured me that my
views upon the qtioUnn will have some
funuciice with tli.sw aaiongut whom 1
lMucd s. . many years of my eaii V man-
IumhI I st-c 110 reason why I ahouid not
gin ih.Tii at jtiur numt, iliough I have
.jiilrtimc lo Indicate- and Hot siiti.-fitcttiri-
ty Ur rtPTCfope -rhtty my remsms fctr tuenx.
taking 1. 11 the purptaa 01 nils rtut,
the fourteenth amundmvnt at a part of tlie
federal constitution, tt Is to bo construed
iciith iiiiiendiiieuls. the tenth amend
mut provides that "the xiwvra not risle
gated to the L sited Mates by Uie twisiu
tiition, nor pnihibited by It to Uie atalca,
are riae rycd to the states respcclliely, or
lo the people." -
The I4ili hiii. ii.Iiii. Ht, is so far as it ie
sliitti, the ikiwer ol tlu; States in the air
Miiiilu ic .,! ii, nm ollii tj, an.l in the
coii-iitot ni of ji own government, 1s t
liiohibtt-Mxi tqttt MlaseTHwr.asyd trenbhea
Uui.x.ltattlrtth!tmW
iiiiiiiai, r. i- ii ihb "auiBnojiujurihL.
.'hale 11. the otiprime couil calls it in
Texas u Wink that ia, upon its righl
10 regulate iu internal contrenis, is fVirclgli
Ui the main puiptatt of the constitution,
and should not Imj extended by construe
ti.ui lMyond the meaning of the terms
Haeti tn the pmhibitnry clause, but should
lie restrained so as to carry out the clause
fairly, but to go no farther than the term
require.
l'he ' third section of Ihe nineteenth
amentlment is 111 tli,-se words
" No person shall Im' a acinihir or n pro
senialive in congress, or elector ol piiwi
dent or vie.- pres.ileiii, 01 hold any orliii
i-ivil 1. 1 jinlilai';, uie lei tin I'nittd Stales
or iiitibf ,,tiv state, who, h.iuug paetMuis
ly I.,. 1, .... a. 1. a- .. tut 11. 1st tit cougrist
or s sn ..III, it ol ine I iliie.l .li. iu , ,.r as
s tutmbur of any slate' legist.!, 11 re, or w
sn eiecu.lrc o. judicial ulhc r uf auj
slate, to auisirt the consUtuUtm of the
United States, shall have engaged tn in
surrection or relssllion against the sauie."
1 he words descriptive ot the tllell who
are disabled aa to ottice and to public
trust indicate lour clasaea :
1. Members of Congress.
1 llltlcurs of Uie United Stat.e.
8. Meniliert of Slate Legislatures.
4. Kxocutive or judicial ulticersul states.
It will be perceivetl that the framere of
this arUcte disUngtiish Iwtweim lcgialatort
(Stale or tetleral) and oltltairs (aisle or flal-
eral). The woi'tl oiIIimt la never applied
lo legislators but only those who arc not
l.yialators.
The thirtl class disabled aro legislator!
ol the state --end corress.ml to the first
class, who are tetleral legislator t.
When we turn uow to the p s.iii.ui.., fur
which these classes oilmen are disabled,
we Hud there are four classes ol such posi
tions ;
1 MMitCuca e tamtrrrjsa
2. Elector for president and vice pren'
tlent.
3. Citil or military oQiour uuder the
I lilted States. ,
4. Civil or military officer under a slate.
It is obvious that the question you pro
pound is reduced lo this : Is a state legia
laiot miller the 4lh class t Is he a civil 01
i.niiluiy olhecr under a state I
I he Irauiers ol this amendment in Uii-
1 las.ilicntion make the distinction already
Ml- ned (o iKilwocii fedeoil legislalois and
Inderal otlieers, civil and military. Il
would violate all rules of cousUuclion to
siip)Mste they meant tetleral Irgialutora
wln n they used the words "civil antl mill
tary ollicers under the United Sub's." II
they til. I so mean I hey are guilly of need
less tautology. The use of words making
this plain distinction com (Mils the conclu
sion that, withiu the view of this amend
nient, a tneinber of congress is not a civil
or military ofticer under the United States
any more than au elector, who ia named
in UK' second class. The diatiuction U
pslimbie, and cannot tie disregarded.
Wh itever other Riple may aay or think
iilMiut it, tliu aliiciidliitsit, as a sell Inter
piemr, puts the led era! legislator out ol
ihe class of civil oliloers ol the UulLed
Si a' t. I
VS by this distinction f No reason can
be u-igne.l except that the legislator U
dill, rent in nature Irom the civil iHlker.
As legi-laior he is not an ollicer. Ue is s
part of ihe chief department of tlie gov
ernnient iis. lf. He is not under the Lni
ted Males. Irut a member of its groat le
gislative organism a part of the supreme
power 01 tue iUitoo Blares, wiinoni wiiicu
tt would cease tn las. The otBcer is the
minister he the legislator) Is a maker ol
tlie law. The officer is spiaiinted and acts
under Uie law : the legia.ator is s delevali
or that popular will winch calls the law
Into existence, and designates the officers
who are to execute iv
Now, the words descriptive of state ofll
ousr to whiob the disabled cititau most
not aspire, are Uw same precisely as thus
uspl as to federal offices. If the words
"dvil ollicers under the United States" do
not include, but- exclude, federal legisla
tors bt seif-iuternretaUon of the fourtounth
aiuemlment itaelr, can any rute of constroc-
tioa lustily uie tiscluttoa of stats lotrtsta
Uirs with u the wcril ''4U a46een ttader
uie state r muk not ine sauna meaning
be attached to the words when used aa to
t'tabj'" officers"" which the seieojnj
qn
1 attached to ttiem whan aasd
astsfed7 sjehotsat-
ItJUua be so, tht onaelusioa Is-ieerUa
bka that the Iwurteenth amundusstrt does
huf -ifltemV'amf-''lBi'''susC ttitoj t itabji
rcgiaiswiav ;
, But the stfgnment is mors emcloaira,
from the fact that the disability ia created
for membership of con great the federal
k-gtalsture ; and there M no Bientiott of
rfnMMity -mm mrmmmmt
Why the omission I It wss designed, and
not accidental Iwcauaa, when daesrtbiag'
thoss who are disabttd, snembert of cou-
1 and ntetntMHS, of state tsgtslatare
are both ntenunsd. Why menuoa the
latter ia oVeoribirur the disabled, aad omit
thata when deaeribing posts for which
they are disabled I Why. mention th fed
aral legislators in both csues, and the state
It-gislatia-s in the on case, and omii them
in thaolhnrl ' ' " . ,
I can readiW nctceive two reaaona ai
least, which gar rise to this dJscrirjLlnsV'
tion. 7
I t'.n
t idssigiwui to I
elude Uitaat W'hou) il denounced aa rutajsl
Irom Inniience in all the ; deuartmMita of,.
i lio TisIcriiT gocrHfiBi;aiia Waif fh flaV
rhare ef aei'atite aad 4mtttsV Butsf -umUa-
the state government, but. wttbnsja
rcatric'.lim trxg choke of Uie law j, i k ing a
dcVutrliii. ht of . I lie state fcjfjhe penpia.
The jiidrciary and execuUvs of the stats
wcii d (h was thmighl)hsxk atlequately
any "relHlinus" leadeacy m the legisla
ture and the legislature could rjut inade
quately discharge its functions if the lo
nle were restrained from electing the beat
and w isest citinma to direct its lerisestion.
Seand. AuoiIhv reason might well bar
been Uie saonutl v or Ui utter impractica
bility of any judicial procedure to rtepose
a atrmber of a IrgUlaUTe body, or to pun
ish hia for representing his on titueof
upon Uieir elecuon, acoonling to any pre
cedent ill tlie history of this or of thai
couutry from which we derive oar iuetitn-,
Uons.
I he retuins, cleetious.aailquiaiiicjttioiie
of menila:rs of a leglslativt: bmly must be
decided ojion by it alone. This is csn
'stal to Its fraetLm. - Jo -prlV-ay----tranoous
ptiwar.sspecially any federal du
partmant ur oincar, to keep tlia ra of
-the tUte Icgislatore; tu admit or aaehatle,
,! , 1 , )aaW MfSa .olwe, -fcril tl J
license or ervnu,i.a to leave others lo ru
maju, would be audi a uioojtmus anomaly
iu Auglo tiaiuo history would so com, '
pletely destroy svery vest ige of local sult
gorerntnont, and leave siitih a mere shadow
of state autonuur, as that we dared not
Tpresume to hare been conceived by the
I irauiers of the fourteenth aiuuiidaienl.
By such eeuatruction as will give this
uifect to this amendmejit, the law-making
iKuver ef every slate liuuld be. bus.au'
f twica tor
ittou WuTd"beat
au oud.
Iudeed. it iaobviuua. had it been iniei,.!.
tal to cffet l"ilits rtSult, u.iUiitig would hava
lieen easier thau to bars tnaniteauid it
clearly by atlduig thu words used ia the
lor urn part mI the nxiUen ia tltmuilitiig
the iwrtont disabled thus; "Ot.iia a
mcmlasr of a slate legislature." The omis
sion of such wordi canm.t be explained
but by the supp.sntlou (hat it was not de
a.gue.1 to impair the freedom itt electieev--I
muubeis ot ihe state legislatures by the
people.
: or, recurring to the mis of conttiire
tioa laid down in a lunuer part of this
.letter, it lusy be asked, dot this amend
ment prohibit the election of the disabled
claw. 10 the stele teglsfature f Does it
do so in lanital Certainty not. If not,
what rule of construction requires, or evtsa
M-,iuilf, the cxUm-Msa of Uiass surma nf
INohlblstoO to embrace s'caai m blt.1. ir""
Bcluded, rt agaitim every principle of Iree
govorniueui iu the statu I Hay I not go
ikukt, iwtti any mull me tpmt or the con
stiuiuon aud its letu-r demand that we"
.an ugauist such a coiutruclioa as will in.
chi le wnitin tiie harsh operation of Uiis
Jt'.rsL Thes
iiiiriiiiiiicni uie case 01 Uie hlw-liiakeis of
the slate, who are, with obvious dcaign,
not included in iu tcrntt
Tlie eoeaurut-tlisa thus gi ven to Uie nrt
leeuth amautiiiteut la aococlanl with oJJiir7.
ijiruvtstnasot the cousUtdUou:' "A "
The disUnctiou between a civil officer,
state or federal, and a state or tsderal lug-
islator, is everywhere madu iu the fodural
constitutioii.
In Art. I, JrJ, c I, it is provided that
110 person holding any ottice under the
United Btalos all ail be a member of either
house during hia ooutLnuiince in ollka."
If, as ,1 nit iiilKT of eiiiier housi', be be ua
orHcer of the t'uited Sutos, what la the
meauuur 01 tuia JauseTii asiss-.a '
except ou thegrouud thai' t.iwmUM. ' - "
congress is not a ieraoa boldiiii au ulhou
under the United Stales,
art. , i, tn "Wo senator or renin
suntetivii, or person holding so o'iice of
trust ur uioUl under the l uil,-l .,..i.'
sliall Isv apuoihUid au elector." llLie Ihe
tllslmotlou It Clearly made again. ,
60 111 1 Art. tt, uhap. S, the same tlistim
tiou u fiiade In requiring an oath to tun-
imtri ll.u ... . .
t" - v 'u.,.iwuuii 01 suuators and re-
pmeiilatives, of members of Uie stale le
gislatures, sad all executive and indud.!
ofllcois el the Lulled Stalest and of Ihe
several stales. It is then added : " llul no
religious test shall ever be required as
tUaliiication to any office or pMie tnut
uudur Uie United Btatea." Here dis-'
(Uiciion is made between an trilii and a
public ti ust. The legislator holds a pub
lic trust, but not an office.
Throughout the constitution the presi
dent, vice president, and judges are spoken
of as holding otticea, but in ho case is the
word ulllce applied to a member of Con,
great.
In art I, sae. tt, it ia provided that the
president, vice prtaiideut, and all oiril otfi
cers ot the United mates shall be rsmoesitl
on iiwiicaclirueiit ; and ret in Ulunt'acas..
to the'tasf century, it was deddeoX that a
senator could not be fmnewched. on tha
unmod Uiat ha was not a civil otneer.
This docisf.sj ia approved by Jwlyt btvr '
In bis com uun tary on the eoosli ution
Btory Cora, tjonr. sec. 7VI, 9, S, '
, In Uietarly history of Virginia it will
be found that the tame distuicluas at-ob
asnredi The; oaths of U tuliuara oUtufT'
tiian members ot the Wialatum ara tua.
ecrilK.i . oaths of office. But not so as
to lueiuiKts of Uis - Legislature Hun.
.lnre, H, lao-i, also 1 Hen,
bl. at Large, tH. " l , '
; Jt is said thai In tlM cOMtlTuilon of'Yit
ginia of l40, and ia that inatrameBt tm
def which we bow live, roam be rt ssf the
(.gisieiuie. ara iwiafreil toar-hwdlllg bffi--tea.
TKU cannot, I think, make any dif
rerenot irXthe nopcluaiuti to which I have'
Wit The aa of that tana caimoihssta
Oues not cbanga tha Inherent nature of
lh Icgislativs trust. It may ia the generm 7
Cae be called an office but the question '
what dost Uie 14ta andmonv-wwhat '
Hoes the wboia. Jstlaral eassssitntiusx assava4---bv
the term "civil tiffioa asder a ritata I' '
1W meaning bsasvtsjiaasd by ersmtain
(mamatrnineaf, oahhtl WsoUedbtaar ;
state comauiutieav -
Ifi. tlirrilt-m rsittrli mi enialnsi shst
pre rata tmsoiintsstt ausssnt
eitizea ol
ia from beins? esected to ' r
af Vu-irinia.
" - ... ih.i h ua wtc Ecoeiau attain in 1
I am, wary truly,
J.lCTtWMtiT'
i. norace Greeley's forthcoming article fa
-, .t
fha Santnlaar 'Sfnl rTill' tii' t li ii-ifaagaaa
The One-TermYrirlrte, aJwill d-.
ucate the policy of restfktojhtbe, Dreai-' .
fucate the policy of resuktuiahsj nreti.
denuaf office to 00a ,trm. 1 UsNpeealiar
telatioua of Mr. Greeley just Bow to Uty ' '
uke ia question, and the ei pressed hopes
aau amoiuoai ot his tnoods, riwa unuswtal
dgiutkaace ta this t7aaary article. . .. , ,
i 'tte'.i" n
t The cora crop lit Pitt county it (aid W I
bs fine, while tha ootioa hat beam cotwid'
arabl; lojniw. bj ni . "77 "
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