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I' 7 I i i t i i THE DAILY SENTINEL ViJm .., I ,, ;i mi .WW. i TEHM3 OF SUBSCRIPTION. fit 8lTi U publish! ry tOTtag tent ttuuday, oa lb following Wrsss s ' t For ne sooth, - 1 vs'," fl.OQ Far two ttMitht, . "..''.'." t.00 Three months, ' -. . , ' H wmthi, , -' - ''' ' MO jar W solicit ths J4 of our frfsnuY ext. 1 1 JJ!JJJL.1!-L JU, i.-if J U ' UK MA UK S OF MS. paauruF OlANSE, In Committee of the Whole upon the Que tioa of Admitting Jffegro Evidence is Jjtarttef tic. -,.:;;;' '-, -i.'.V i.'-r- i ' --ORBESPosrbEs"cE. , i ":.(,'-1U$ioa, Februaey 30, 1898. Hok S. P-. Perritrp, Dear Mrr J Tue undersigned having listened with much pleasure to-your- apepflhjiu ucmuiiUee on th wnoie, itt iTO.UiW h iatnuions, n hi r reeu msn's Code, and twiii if aatisdod that it Will ineet the vlkwrt of vast majority of the people oi rtortn uarotiua, ana wui i oi great oene fit in assistinir our people to com ui a correct uuileraUnding of ou great political cbangea-r Mpeetfillly ek of yu.t-furuik a copy t th ame tor putmcnn. j. r. uou, k. y. mcadm. J. W. CHKBO!l, - o.,( Vbuxowlki, Jot. H - IIdiax, ' Wm. J. WlUKIM, , W, A. CalwiU., Ja. C. Hahpur, : W. U, , V'hkklk, , M. L. DoiMica. R Ai t kiii, Fub. sl. J86. Grstlcuk. In reply to your note of the 20th iaat I uljmit &r your (lisixnal filch a col lection of tbe remarki mad by we in debating tue question npon negro leatinioay a my mem Oif eualile ma to make. - For the honor -whirh on have done ma in this connection, allow me to expreaa to yon toy incere acknowlednimu. - Vary fCaapactfidly : 'Vj- - 8. F. PUIIXIP8. To Lugs Blatk.ii kb, Eu.. and other of the House of Common. - so-1 tW Horf Aoo upoa Uila day of Jukuary, 1S8, ."a hill concarmug neRroea,'' cVc, was nnder conaideratioa in cow mil tea of the whol, Mr. ltu ner io the chair. The 11th oectii of the bilt havittg betm -tead; to irft - That Prwhh of color ah ail be capable of bearinireviduene acalant t White fersoa in con- truvcraica at law and ia uuity itwn the right J , f peraini or profMu-tjr of Jenona of color shall be. put to uume," ami wouni oe eonciuiica ty tne jnljiiieiif or" dwrre of court, and also in the nleas of the Sate where the violi-nce, frand Or itijury jlf alaU h thmKtil 'jt have heeh ;chmt-.y' in U"lwauitofT5o1oWlrttgrtlef " -tvil and criminal canes such evidence hall, be - duenied inadmhauble, uulosa by conaent of the tartlerf record."- n Mr. HcNair duivm) to strike it out, and the motion woe socecaitfui. Upon application by Mr, : lorniaiiy rucotiniucrim, aua iiirruujion wr irocmi ed to addros the CooiinUteei What appears Jwre is the "UtuUinte of, his rauerks during the dbit whirh tmi4 Jtbrougb jNfveraJ day. I had not expocUtd that a motion to strike out this auction would be successful. I had hoped that the Committee would silently eem to a different coucluaion. J had hoped that witbonttutering upon a diacuaaioa ot thai else Of arguments wnicu are generally brought to bear upon" legislation, the policy whUh -prmm vi would tw to clear that debate would be waiv ed; auj this provisioa paaaed into law by vote almost universal. - . ;n Oonfeaaioir some disappointment in this let uecL't ak ipy,awjoiowiedaineot t the Com-- juittee (tir , that recooaidamuon which allows tha matter to he debated. ." ' "" if ' V The quest too htre us ia.--WTiother Ktyro (at- tiufnf haU be heard in our courta of juatu in "' . allcaaea whore a Negro i interested that U shall ., ' be heard, even although the other party to the suit be a W IM person, t l- olr proposao in thi bill to heur iNt-vTo (estimooy where the par- tlare clujjvely White - Nor is it proposed ' that in t lie ea where ho is hward h -V, ahaU necessarily ue,believod. -In bo case id his . evidence to aro for wore than it is worth. , He is to be believed only in caM (he Magistrate, 1 M the Juryf ortbe Judge shall deem him worthy of being believed. The capacity of those trihu' jiala, especially that Of the jury, for sifting truth rotu ontruth u with us matter of long stand ing satisfaction and- boaat To them it is pro nosed to eubftiit the credibility of the testimo ny of Negroes, and Unit without the smallest ro- ' strictlon upon tnose cmaoiiauea ruies oi pruce tttre, thai-ioBg practiced aud powerful coiuioon ' aease, ana that sover temttoy .wnicu toara in vestiifatiott ia our court of justice. The Ke T. gr u -not to be imposed upon oar court ooe.j m no is woruiy oi uiuug uuintm p wij id that be ikiail is W iu all Case where one of his ow-n color is interested in hi teeti- "" nlntiy"."- Those who are to hear bim are to be Wliito mea, ana iv mie men eiciuwTBiy. jb criminal ease he is tlrnt required to stake bis complaint to a solicitor ; it s thea to be can-1 . ... i i i i a Tasneu uciore a grauu jury, auu-uuii must via. liminsrv tribunals, is he to be admitted to stand .;',- upon the witness box iu a court the whole of wlios machinery judge, jury and bystander f is composed or WBite men, tuen ana IBere to OTrterco tww'-ram!nstion''a to the truth' of liUstuLemeb.uk Iu civil causes the mat-hihery - is somewhat lesa complicated, but powerful enough at all event, when accompanied by the . .. natural eiiouU of-raca and Color, to tako, away -,;' 'all resjonahle chanocs of any IrV hit raajt't re ieivuig injury therefrom.''' Tnat Negro testimo J - ay, under s,ucb cia-umsumces, is to pervert tho - i course of justice in .North Carolina, ia.bXm a , . proposition destitute of all louadstioB. , 1 Ven ' lure toNwy that With these surroundings, these - checks and balance the testlmrfny rrf.Negroesi ' never to afreet verdict in ivorth Carolina ,e . n ecpt where U ought to do so, Hind that if ever . hereaitor aucUteatimoiiy U to prevail With "M jury, that result will be under circunistaucea v" that wilt coirJmand the applause of- alt good men. I'nder the. embarrassmeut 'that must J ... surround their statements, Uium c.n bevor pra- vail with.' judge and- juriee except- truth de mands that they shall; and that truth (hall ' ever fnil of hr legitimate Wumphs in our tri , iiunalk 18 to the interest of no good citizen of r the State caa be the wish of anmkab citizom t' Entering very fully into that feeling of confi dence nt admiration i the Working of our ", evstcni of distributive jurtice, which long ob- eervatiou of its sulU i Wef( jjalculatail to in . epire, I am thoroughly impressed with a belief 4 ti that tlie fears expressed in regard to the present imposition are ' but panie ftrt." t dtf hot be leve that they pri vail to any considerable ex- tent with the quiet and gallant people that fills .-' this Bute. - One cannot reflect upon the QauiUlH . it were,, which the hegro witness ha to ruo '" -i wefwre hecas sot ore credence la cui.touru. . - ...;,.. -;-j.-t. ; mow. -awy tni nmmt jr VOL. I. ; . . ."..."; v without . Imuuc orri!(rao with aonac of the ludicrvo upon ret urring to the spprolimiomnj which are said to eiUt as to ttui IreiueiulitH consequence of its ailmissioa. . wUU ail my respect for this Assembly, I y have ' BOt , Cow celved so exalted aa. estimate of it wisdom a o conclude that iris our duty to establish our selves ax fwariioMt in ibis nwtter, over trfe gotI ciUaeni whom , we have left in ,our respective thai, it will lie decent in US to de- -etere-to tbvraTrnoTi ur-wttirn frwaTtltrjtt u .'. u "." t.T.- :i! .v.:.- i.r fr.:.Tirr.ii.itt.i.iv.!.- IIH SUCa Wat VUI.MMMU" VV W...Htnx or wtegrilyf-rthat althuuih j grave 'reasons' called Hio ua to declare Uie jsvldcm- of Ne groes competent in certain 'caaow ' did not dare t expose them (o Hi yevnfitolumt,'l Let oth er gentlemen ia this matter speak for their own corUuenU-ee to mo, will never consent to nse such language to the people' hf Orange ! tTAo tee that we can with pmjriety a some such airs before the people of North Vx eliua, trained as they are Sy 'tlio experience of many years, and strengthened by those lmhiU of mind which griiw Jrom geuerution to genuf- ation tor the Investigation ot such queatiotw ax arise in our courta oi justices uanng own brought by oilier reasons, to Conclude that, thi testimony OUghF to be admitted, I confem that I am shaken ia my purpose uy no appreuension that anV one of my contitaents is erer to Im In jured by it in courts controlled oxclosfvely iy other ef my eontlituent: Nor in thi rospect do I set my constituents above those of any oth er gentleman upon this noor. ft then the white man cannot be. injured by the admission of this evidence. I may tie per mittedas another step in this caase, to inquire why mav not the Negro have the satisfaction ot having his complaint heard in our tribunals f I submit as a reasonable opinion in the premises that the treatment of the Negro, which will be found wisest M orthjCej-rmns, it ttrat treat, mmtwhrrih7prs.up he yp'osse'iiiedof hiimaa nature. To that nature when in trouble there ttnothtngmore consoling and assuring than to have the complaint pa tiently twit y those who have the wwr of e-tving redress, it it not necesary that Hir shall always be favorable decision, after siteli hearinc tkt kttrino itself afford consolation aad sausfaetionl 'That is a great part of what ft insisted trpon hetts." "Vrhether Tlrer-wtrr- tw low must depend upon the truth or false- sand teste ef sneh nntruttt which do Bt exist in thcef white man will eauneitr to fall harmr less. If true, all those precioutlntaresta which do maml, and in some deirrer guarantee, the ttual tri umph of truth wifliejMceveritareoepthm aud its success. Meanwhile ia having appointed hearing for the fxmiplaintt of 800,000 huinaa beings within your dominioB yon have wisely created t voir for the escape tA' much ill-tout- per which unprovided tun us this way must re sult in the insecurity and , disturbance of the public peace. la this connection, I call your earnest attention to the wise suggestions of the commissioner who have submitted this bill for our consideration. ' ' . NetbinK can be more certain than that It it for the Koueral ienod of societv.--lot the repose of all classes ot citizens, that every grade of men snail nave tree acctwe to tne common foun tains of justice. If thev are debarred front these, vou urovoks a fever in their blood, the results of which; to the Htate, must be only evil anrftnat eotinttaitjr -' x i - But it Is conodenlly nrged that If this rnivl- ten he eonceded. Othert wilL necessarilv or naturely follow, and that a iilsa for. Utixm Urn- timonv will prove the tore forerunner of other pleat for Negro juriort, Nwro voters, Nqrro judge, Negro legislators and it general Negro equality.' I own here, that it ia only by a great inadvertanca that the granting of a right to testify can b spoken of as pointing to a grant of the privitecre just em aerated, as forlinstance. to that of volaig, or sitting a a juror. lt it very certain that the distinction between those classes of right is eery marked and substantial. Whether the right M testify be a natural rlirht or not I' do in cai ia. this connexion to dMle. ' It'eertaHily f) take of mu of the- cbaracteristics- of natural right. WbiUover it be I may safely say thai it is nrt BOXitJCal rigi-nt! Giving evidence certainly,! confurt bi political power. Depootiont of Frenchman taken at Paris, and of Russians taken at Odessa, have sonieQniet swayed VerdicU -witlun the United States, but this eircamstance has never Sninrea- ted to our most jeskms stateamaa t fear lest such to a)mlssioa might lead to there witneiiaea being permitted to vote, or to tit upon our juries. Many clause of residents araongat us bare hma exercised this right without exciting any s- pretieRstoa lliat thereby they may eusae to think themselves worthy of voting or of giving ' vcf dicta. Neimvtentinmny affords no thadow of a claim for Negro suffrage or Negro equality .'The gift of right merely private dos in no evnee point towanlatha yielding or tliosengtiUwmch M tU.lltlI.1 I ' I enter fully into the onuntehf of those who defln this to be a government of White mew. For one I propotr tbst nuue but Whitfr mew thaQ participate ia the duty and distinction of iWMWiiftnJytttf thai; the ritht of autfrage shall b their exclusively a,. also the duty of exercising publis employ ment Bud th duty ot distributing JujHice. tvery paijite piaco trorn wie-jnry Dot to the chair of the President must be a. place foe tlie n sua wh wirt. t uovioua iuu so song as this continue to he to, the rovemnient wilt fee the While man government v H' will be sa none the leas because within bis dominion he porauts Biackmea to live and labor, or because be may giBarlrstiirtw trtnr ttw poteaion otthaTlireaiid' the fruit- f that- lahori - It 4m his wisdom he believe it to 'be for the advantage of the whole eommunity-wWlier trnm ' perma nent policy or for the present distress to ap point one or another of the offlcer of the gov ern me at to audit and aettle tb greviencce of tU Negro w liethcr tlu W csustl iy othier Diegroes or ry tne runng class doc this la any way affect the question wbotbei our is a gov-; ernftent of White men? 1 ask whether ours be i more likely -to email. uh a a-nveniment. for showing it WiUihgneas to administer the ordl-1 nary and universal rule of juatjoo t Of tkeea rules i know of none more certain than that; which allows to all cltuvn th" rtgtit of lieiug heard before the tril.nnl Of jni-l ice. ling jier niission in this connection to remind gentTeinea that the Almighty God hat 'tnucft to il with the stability of IVstem of government.', I sun informed of ni line of conduct more likely to attract the favor of the great Anther of justice. umn luc cauiiiiiiua oi wiutanest oy uie rulers of ouutry to -do cnhal -justice to all of its -... tl T ... , utuavussts, ue uciwi u au waQ uiea fUf) biuii-.).,. ,j ' . 4I WOUIP ATHCK BE KIUUT RALEIGH; THURSDAY, MARCH Hi I860 W , . . t. .,.-,..- . ' ". a refuse to near any! Vllovr can we con to -those to tract - flejrm!atSin by uatuuin whom i listens 1 How Can wo go to oar prayer to the grcut t itthcr or all men,' con cious that among our fellow men there, are thoae whose prayer : we will hot hear t - What a maimed aud haltlul justice ia thi that ere are . invited trt admiiilster to the treedmanr in deny ing, liim the right of drawing hit evidence fnom tint ts (o yhlch he biilonifs, and with which most OTTlu life" mil si fie passed: I eonfesa that f am'so thniu Lchly ImOn-tscxl thai this is t de ny him Boy etneient hearing ia mir eoart that 1 nave not acrupwu) ia these remarks to tpeat: of his other riiht f access thereto as in effect httkinb f I aubmit thilt in practice It will bo next to nothing, r -X ":"'' '" "' . Fsasiug to auothtf class of arguments in sup port of this proiKwitiou.T beg to submit that among the lesaons Of that FnltOsolihy whichJ teache by, example, there are some valuable In the present connection. That tulghty Repub lic and .Empire, which as ha well been said, stilt rule the World by her reason, although her arms are f ,- Kovic had questions of policy jo ucuiw, not uiinne loose nisi nave come pe fore us. She too, had bet classes of citixem and freeilmen, and her clear distinction 'of rights' ioui pouucai ana pnvatre. u is wen mat we can escape from the hearts and prejudices that necessarily surround tbit question, considered in reference to ourselves exclusively, and survey it in connection with a treat example buricA beneath twenty Centuries. ' ' I have made no vef-' cruuee ta aiUhofiUe upon this mutter of bite, but speak under general impression left by for mer adiiig.'"Througli all the age timer lib erty and gockf government Rome aiade no more difficulty 14 admitting her freed men to a par ticipatioB in all Jjrwate' right than the did in excluding uiem inun mnje.wnicu were pontioal, ynscluu of be let of her inliubitantt solicitous for her rep utation ts a dispenser of justice among those das sesRonie Comrauiiicsted full rights of property and perfect rlirht of appeal t eoortt IF freedmen. No lets perfect however was their ex clusion from the sacred political right of Suf frage, Office kud Intermarriage. "Oalyafter her liberty and Integrity Ind departed wens the Ulierated slaveaadmlttedtowtrestraaynent of political privileges. "-"" : S ' - leoefass to mi surprisa at hwtrlnu, Iu the conrtc ofthi debate;-abht and InteffltfflllTjgaif ttetucu' denying that the right to tit upon a ju ry is a political right. , I venture, notwithstand ing, to ay that it is beyond all reasonable doubt political right, llow buportiint a right of tliis class it is, how nocessary a bulwark in popular constitutions it entirely familiar to all readers or xtugusn or American History; na it will oceur to every lawyer to remember that it character a a body Of freeholders ts almost the only trace remaining In our system of that lead ing' feature .In ., the political philosophy of our forefatlujrt,'. both her and beyond the teat, which confined all exercise Of political power to tlw freeholder. ' Nor. cr.n 1r be said here. any more than at Route, that the right of mar riage in tuu connection it a private- right. V hatever tends to oliscure or to . courinmct the boundaries betwixt two classes, one' of Which alone it entitled to political righlt must itsulf be of political importance; and however tnfe we muni nave oeco in leavinit una Question to toe ordinary instinct of our citixens, In laying down severe rules upon it, we have but followed uui f, principle, , ; '' ,.,(! .... .. -i...i..i.. v :. ..... -V .. . - 2 cannot take my leave of this part of the argument wituoui expressing, what mav be. m Dlied from that which has boon said, that la my opinion it were a wise policy' in North-far- oliua to loake very sweeping alteration in re gard to toe rule whielj attuct tb exclusion of witnewe in our Courts. 1 am In favut of al lowing our juries to hear alt the evidence" that may throw light upon question before them. p partiea jn JntpruiiL or persona convicted oi uupiiuu. oMene-va,, ,; i suait taae every opporiun ily of forwarding this policy. It is the policy of the moat enlightened nallout, aud of the laost pertect system of justice. I may add, that as miwt uf the litigation In Nortll Caro lina is suttlcd U'foru inairistrafcK, who are ia the habit, of hsariug ; all witnesses who cna throw hglit upon tha juntter iu haud, htha parties or not, this rhle is already an oxtaMish ed one in this State. ... I feci confldeiit that it it to the interest of justice here that it shall be come universal. 1 shall not elaWate this view. 1 will only udl that no lawyer, can cona.Hvc of the universal, improvement wiihin civitimtioa iiae wfonght U liw material of our jurji-a with ant being convinced tliut much of that system by wbicltio.ur ancestors sought to if4 jurors as it wers by uursing bottle, may well be dispetuv- ed with. , u u out in accordance with tiieae views that I feet strongly impelled' to support tilt policy, of ytiwittiny; he ,egiro 'to the 'wit I nissi starifi I have at yet soudii to ariru this -questioa 0xm alistract and uivral principles.; I re gard theoneluaioBthat Sow from these urin- cinlea aseertain, and as irresistible. Butwbat- wer,Biay.h4lissr l) iaiimitthat awh is niy view oi th character oi tne goveniment imler whleh we livwiuAib it tnv respact'fhr the opin-, ions of th people qf th' ("tat and mora parthv uluiyof these people whom 1 represent liere, that nudor ofdiuary oireunntaiicea, j ;Wiuld not have bean willing tw preinitAt such legisla tioB upon them-r-arerse to it aa t . believe them to bet I aharo the comiintaj opinion a to the untruthfulness of th negro, , J believe, how ever, that thi defeat if mil so muth due to the raahatlUi msgWWThatTliMtie haii Tieea' B elav:-1 rajtehood and Ithelt have marked th , lave in all age aud centuries ; tjiey have mark- l tlsves of every irac and color The Emnan annalist an4 p wt speak uf the aa character- ixing in iwbm siave iwo laousana yean agu, although ha wa sometimes of - that race which mm :una Ua..tue imnt ank of dviliaatiun, both in iiurope nd America, I owa that I liar not arrived at the conclusion that the Ne gro onght to , b admitted .to testily without cooaideratitm ' iW ithout some variation fet oiiinion, Starting, witli an imprcasioa that tiijirtmiU, altec reilectiou on the now y: tetn of tilings around us and an observs'ion of such slgna of the tiwea as may be found ia the concurrent 'action of many other Southern Status, ana in certain remarks which upoB im portant occaaiona have once and agaiu fallen froth the, l'reaidsot, I bay been convinced that th t;y admission of this sort of evi dence into our State court its political neccsitl ty. ; la niy opinion the exigencies of the hour do not kUiuu oi tne ucicrcnue tl'-l uvIsy u4l- THAN BB PREaIDKT.--Barf CIS). I f IV ur ticed In rvuard to great question newly arisen, iu t iul.es of great commotion tike those around us, all iersou who Bud themselves in public plao aiust take a more than tinllnary share of responsibility This is, tjiticlpatwi by all their rnnsidaraiii nuiiatituent.' It ia Bald bv gentlemen that they are too muck araid of their constituent to be. willing w vote tor tni pro vision! 1 Bava .ao such amotioa in regard to nilB., ff baawyW'IJrflMIy among them, at laaat arect and calm. I desire their approbation, hut , no apprehension of the eiintiTuy rji shake my purpose to do what I think to fbe for their advantage, l nave tucq an ouiiiion Aif them that I believe it to be their will that I shall always give them the benefit of my fre judgment upon tucn mattera. I may add that no separation from, their confide uc in futur can extinguish my appreciation of their uas kindness: aud upon the only view In which my future cat) be of public interest, it occurs to Die, to say that the publicutpirit' of Orange county, as evidenced by iu selection or repreaen- tativvs in this Assembly Iroui th foundation of the government, is to great a to assure) every one that from aruoag the ' gentlemen whose humble agent I am here, th county will rhooa miis sweat least better prepared than I Bin to keep upoa foot it well established reputation. - Tit argumenU which press this question to an ttanwJtut solution are of course connected with what is extraordinary in our present poai tion. AU wili admit that any policy which promise to, thia j State an .early extricBfioa trom it preaeBt unfortunate situation cannot too quh'kly bo inaugurated, and followed np. In lonkuut over the various items which com pose our troubles it may well be said that of all that harasses our people with present vexation, and lowers over their future, there it nothinir more distressing or portentous than th Freedman't Binvan,, 1 say nrtMny.tal ,it. M.a.' mtpediauL: and the court closed. At present however, I protesa myself willing to mIo fnything that Is boorbls.Whish.promises iu"ey!y anl .final xtirpittten.1 VA B provisioB for timet in Wriich the civil law can lie administered it exsjtcnr cannot be too greatly deprecated, I am though ly penetrated with horror, ht .conteoiplatliig sux-u-machinery at full play .among a beopl uaeu to ircuouv-.A speaa m, jye interval oi Ueneral Government as well at in those of the people tlu8ta4.--Jt Is ot to th tnterest oTputnto -nrorty--tliBt-nr intmmon''Trrrnrjea upon such principle, i milllaryT 'a'bBiilut ami for all practical purposes so Irrespoailbls should be successfully administered If It vrer to administeretl much, would be done toward sapping the popular conviction that free' insti tutions are the institutions that ' are beat.' How bitterly in (kit ., ,jny we say that it it moat fortunate that we are threatened with no tucb results I Never was there an institution upon this toil more !odloai Fervadhig every county, tilled in it lower station, thou static us which most generally eom in' contact with the citizen, by thesubordinat otfioers of Ui volun-: teer army, by persmu who rhatavar -May be thetr gallantry in war or the respeetability of their tormer i vet ia ttmee ot peaoe, neoamtly have but a most tneagre acquaintance w u the law which thev art aunnotnd t tdtntnlster. but tittle knowledge of human- nutoiw ut f mni- furrn, and make none of that aibmhum wrbjiih ia essential for just lea pet worn the two races in V. i;.. . ll.i. !.!, VA tn vwmn,-Mi ,iinim,.i lira man's Bureau it one threaten tue U batty of tua wovernmcnt winch atlminupjrt, r, atm tq self rcsiKs t tnd manhood of til DoDulatiem that i4taulijiiuied to iu ountrot, 1 Every Instinct con- ncctoit with our awn Interests, every aepirttlon for the contintUHice of the tpirit of freedom In our great country, demand that at the Very earliust mouieiit we set upon foot a policy; 'Chat alum ersaicate it iroiu our sou , It is a well known vio about all abeolut eriwerainenta. that their ooresion oi the citi- Ken is altogethitf irrespective of the cbarajcitor Cif the pnif ipal figure W flir machinery, in Wis case of the Freetluian' Bureau It i cleat .thai the community can , obtain but little relief from the virtue which are said to mark the chf acter of General Howard ; a it is simply lmiio- sibt that he shall bo able ia person to rcirulate or even inteiliKently superintend the w ork ing of tbia vast machinery A IB Ml Ottiex auc,b ar- rougutueuts, aa hea,..iJiauUirdlijftt officials who eom ia eoutact with the people, are torao- t it-ally absolute and irreaponatbio, within cer tain limit of Injustice at least, they may do as they uteasa. Who can- afford to appeal from the decisions of the conuty mlministrstors t thi Bweant-' Who caa think of prosacuttna; to pea- tun, appeals involving the petty sums geu orally at Make to the officer in command at Raleigh I It i plain, that the counties may "be fllledl with diaaatisfaction at rr pealed case, of injustioe, without thi becoming known to the Commis sion; , at our capital. r I do net speak of injus- Hew ajriBttllw. dostax Jh of 'lnjntioa.dtsjif Jn ig- mTMatmv.AtmiJiWt .iwaiivwiieuBas. sVswe , raw ,1 " lesely, don as every tliinkiiig person nvut know that Qndsr toe lnlnis,triiu, T each machinery, it It done over and often In averv netuiiborhood In ttia Statst... I say ia all serf jtis- well calculated to carry disaffection Into rural communities, otherwise disposed to entire loy alty, say with equal seriousness bu4 regret, that it is by just tucU Aelienl, cillWral aa it war to lit legitimate institution of tli oeatn try, and at first, inteailed. filsly for teiapurary ut aud for aa abnormal condition of pnblic affairs, that liberty has, bctn undermined in re-1 peasotiawt ui us trio us yases Ji uuiiorj. . , , , . Tuminif this suhleetinver UI m nlnJ Fmim I toJtntrTriir;)?o to lie taken by the geaerat gnventweaa, 1 hare fond but on reaaoa for eontinutaf this , trijisnsl auaongut .- At long at we axsluiW the tottiutoayqf Bcgroe In case whet ucyoie are intereatod -olong there may be good grouu'l, ia th view or the people of this country and of the TbU is th reason that ptWe u to Jnnmlitttt act too opon this mattorjtNi dr not mj that wiiat ws jtnau aa i to: pea truil OmoiKllte 1 but 1 do mslntafu that the earlier the teed ia eownjh rlie th tieoefiuial rop of fa vorable public opinion will spring up among tbeae to whoa judgment eur aulkut 4 au li mit wd, v Shuwing iouiaolvea iMxttiared in be half tf tit Negro tomaka ixiwiuteat soon our social imaiuitious-rprepared to lend a ready! nr w uay-sy Mi um vwn peitaic, iwe so far laf the fotindtua ol an appeal to opinion iu the other Htatea and in toreiga'aationa which atjaat 9li tw irresistible. J hop that I am not mistiadcrabMMt at teforring to any pnballc cfftB.vpai tle present Cucgresa. r'owi Uy , such it'jnmaiioa way bsa eotot en act tyeu there, but MID1!" :I N:.ILJ:JiJc iia&ttsBBS-r.?- JNO, 177. I make nu I'ttk-ululiiui ujiu thaL The pie-nt Congress having Uten elected when the war feeling was at its height in the I'liireil Plates, contiuups to nrniMiiH it trti the thangfatofof Hietrconsti iwa lave lnft t iirnedti) a ui-d pt-ace, This Is uut iuinatural; at least it i- a iiiittcr,llit tnytbe riflectnl upon with sutue phibwphy; Except With regard to tucti a tnv clalia to be lawn of this' inly kIioiiIi mio. ", ' 4 ia tU direction given, by -Uie impulsiM-waii ved at Uie eomiuencemciit of tneir iMilitical etinttaice. tuni finm It' wltiioiit.imich -i-iorwwn ire principsls, the People 4 ikt toidt iiltrt. It is upo.i thoir coiive:lioiii that ! w-i-ild t.rate. It ia upon, them that ( reaf Hkmv tioiics which njoy of setinir ouic hmi the United Btate what the United States once wns if improved rather uOou what it imuu wj by tiie f fuct of thi great UiMteN-frtMU out share ot wlucU w are now uopiiig to .emerge. The pi ent tonirrcss is but, a cloud which hang over us. That there should be such after ttiji-cnt-J atroM 'Ws to I aoticipatetL . fl th awi uowever, i sliail not coosant to direct my own course or that qf the Slate, with any rcfereee to chmji which are drifting across thi wintry tkv. I Will await the reappearance ot those atanthat betunil tad Shove thr.! ' -j u.;; m c,, m I oaaqis) believe it probalile that we shall )w lid of the. Freedman a liiireau licfore w have passed a law , like that before u. Until we shall have paswd such a law, ttnil -not fbsa dm mrr fart towards rtdrliag swraeivwe of that Bureau I t aiu ant'ila to see bow we can well ask to have the freedman sitbjectcd to our HUU) trtounalt wiuuviit pnuuuiug that fte shall . nearu in tinwe tnimuai i nave imagine Ct-n- tlemea w ho oppose this bill traaaportod! Bo oa dna nr to Paris, and 'there tngagetl la argtrmeait with intelligucit lawyura, or publhy men qi Eng land or- - Franca- u pem--thi . -g ivaw- of the mrSrMattirW been a a loss to conceive of the) reply which North Carolinian would Mak if. tlv foretgners sustained .thi). tribunal upon,! he tl thai-, m .it. Kfetniiwim is nnim mi mmmrmaie(wM pertont of the different "race, where in the Btate Courts it is excluded. The Uritish and French Empire contain withia thnm rac lalse to the lowest Btandant of mod em example races seiiarated fmm the rultng clasB by wligion aa well as by blood and color, yet no objertioa Is made to hearing tlielr'cTidcpTv'laT oiiort of ynetiowtiiBlt;tti tern eminently proper iliat we bring "ourselves to the bar oi public opinion in the Christian worldW that opfuiou which In the most highly cultivated countries hv decided such case as that before u m the msuncr la which I have aadevotd to nialnttin that it ahall lit decided,,, ,,t ) , . , ' m ,Qf similar, pcrhapt , grciter, . value are tne Conclusion of our Southern stater in thi mat ter.'" Statu w hich were ao jmtOBt with tts 'ar wor b 181, may -aarely have noma drferenoe paid to thuly axsmpte where theae IsbaI to peace I , With one op two exception all the late Confederate State have 'admitted Negroes to testify wider the circhmtnM Im- providwl j fort , Than fa in panieuUr, tlte Ktata vi bs gia, with who vU:w our own have in timu of trial been so trreatly In aocurd, .It bat tdnptod B provision Identical,' f believe, vrltK the One now before n.' So have Alabama ao1 MitslMlp. pi ' In Virginia the saper tell ns that a pro vision Is favored which goes' tntlfchr farther than our. , Jn Tennessee, wltere the radical politj ciant bf the East are credited with former i Oat of this prtdeot, a very recent deci-uon in it mvor naspean amveii bc-' n j But gentlumaa turn from tlii-se xaii n!et and quote to o Indiana at worthy to, I (olio wed iu her policy of excluding the Negro from th Witness box-a ,8otue chniure has emne ever the i.t..:. t .1.... ii... ..i. im:JB w humff iai.4vsis vmouius, wih-rmi, ea- ample oi Indian la claimed lea fit to weigh down those of Viruiuia and QeorulaA.l not willing to put the Caaa knd leava It without comment, exccutluir the remark' that it Indiana hat such laws at home It worn well . lr some if ber ntiuioaarius at Washington to- lie tclieved', and turned over to the, diancstic lU-Jil Th;ii but another Instam of tuff bVoiisiateuoy ol sivntlmuntalfimtlanthropy, Bnd must ti very iar indeed from tempt tug to Imitation. ---' . it t said however : that it gentlemen were Only eaiaviuoril that restoration,-! even th res uoval 01 the roednian s li.ireail would tollow the sdimssion of tbfateatunoiiy tliey w ould at onci give It tlieir lavor.-1 'I'hey ask witii tome air oi trlnnipb whether such reiuoyal haa tollowi ed the passage; ..of mioilar lewt lu the ViutU. ern States. Thry rtfer to programs for r:stira- tiuu as uuntalned Iri priK.-lamatioin, or editorials or iooches some months ago, and aak4 whether th adnpttonvof thee prourauit baa rosultad In- insloi al ion. They represent tbeinel vw . u en tirely nut of heart, and ny that it will be time enouieb to ,ect lu this tu:it;er when wa th ill hava aeen good fruit from it in otlier Stales, or at teatt, Wliew w have had proper rtlt froiii Wiltt,i ( nave btilv h it occiu.oii lo urue l-luu .1.1.. i !.. -..III 1 -.1., 1. .il.A .-- I I." iiim uipiu S. WIU tiuir oi .tiere tnas as zvHue growths are always slow, we have to hufM that out- tardy progwaaaiiil reaalt.ist tt uratliii to be visiting our ac-ed ul erery toill hosr to Watch the rtsulu oj our or atj alutrt in- teival to tti) what ha Isms swt ia sinli-r to observe whether it have, sprouted. .., Xo go-xf erup eanoonMl'iif aitoti industry n h mutinw al curiosity. And then if preuicti-jn beomlcr conside-rslUHi it may b well by Majl.ttf c euratcly dedning our present roniiititm to recall tome passages in the iVopltin ol the oilier (Its-1 pcosatioa as to the fonditioii of the South in aoy cs-m if riMtiirsiifni la.jtuih-..visut -t-la. tieve, every aere uf land wa to be oonllseiilrd and the very trarw would tie, too fow lit tsenr th bodies of those who ulioiild be exci awA f Our oomlition-is ci rUiiily not a jovous one, but it W - indefinitely better than ceding " men constantly represented that It worth Moceasarily be and that too umter the very cintuu taiicwwthirtjilieT rfowiins ttirraifht tt vfoubni judicious to avoid 1' niw settlemvut alter tba cl(e of the (campaign or t Mil. The i-onequeu-oea which have bol.illen i w-bt-n rr-nnfvd at the incident, to uMutt whjwtK,, utv suraly hot very woiMlurtul. The SouLli sliovred itself iiiijiVKoUe toward the I nifed States to the r ory last moment that it was a free' agent, and the important results from this coin upon ita-conditct might pcrhajw have vstk avoided tr those Who bail Its tiwtiuiet m thtu luitids bad made prupor'uw of that luturvul which ia all Ifreat cioritroversie conift between the loss of a cause and the leariiuf doWu of Its flair Of kit the tircliinslanccV of tile case that fact has perhaps Vcn aa potent M any 1st producing toe wim wu-u wiiiuit w e are amictci.r! -t I do by bo mean BlluU to this U auy part AOVISIlTlSlilO; IlAT-LiJ Alvrtieat occupying art Bore than 10 lint f aualea try vbivh oooatituss tquar i 1 la .wt.co t - - i -ceo 1 WWII f n toA.e aie.oe e.0ft I BlOiaUl 1 aanitae 11.1 . it a . 1 L. ' Hi Special Btict,'BaaW h spcl he4 will t ohsrgee eodotlar er tquara for cb lnMrtloB. Faaerat aoUces wlU b chrgJ as advertisement!. 1 Tb tlmpl aaaotmeement ef a death or marrtage will not fee eharsd' ' - t J 1 . Stiiria I imnluc"it as an eleiniiit woilti worthy o kr.su iiiinsidiired in iti.'tcrmiuiiiL' the lirubictns BMBud us. Nor in biugiugitlorwidui I et na ted by a wish toevadetuo quekliou M) tnuw pbantly urged upon w bat iv thougla to be tlii ill suecese of our former -policy uihib ronton thin.' 'titott that point 1 tUluuil that whilst mncN that w havwiahd far ha been d lei-red tin the other band no little ha bet act comjifltliea. J not the sna4.hinry of the ttlaie "nni'ia mora" aw'wTjft aai In"pMt BpeTitton f h not thi a-tisiaturo aitUug Wider the civil ,' law have we'uot a, Uovernor under the civil law j are not the judgee'jast aliout proceediujr upon tlieir circuit, and ia not the hand of vio leaceaud fraod already ouicwht ia 'chec k by th tear of criminal, law now about to be set in . motion under the wholeaoiue uthorlty ol North Carolina I The ! aiw' thing pf rate Ibb ixfrutice. ' It ' ht trna tlmt in treeoiunn i jnot wholly ul4ccted to the Uw of the State, nd that isUitary iWr thriiw lhcir shadows over -the Sut tribunals but Considerable progres v ai iummeil up by" JIil thM wnoro to - laat fieotenilier there was bo civil law and mi dvii jwriadictioB,now civil law is the Uie rulcaud ' sailitary law, it iii exception. I believe that what has been done bv North Carolina toward restoration has beeij wiaety done, and that th results arr in a good degree answerable ,U tb design.- -,ie w . And her I must lie allowed to dissent from the ooaition assumed iu thia debate, that wa , ought Wawtit PresKlent aohBsonVexpros Bud direct declaration that hwvrill require thq B't " miaaionew tin (ort of testimony as a prerequi site to reconstnietioit By no means! No man ho has informed himself upon thi question, cjin donbt that th President expects th. boon to be conferred apoa the Negro. lie ha told aa much In th court" of aevcnil aon vernation,' had upon formal oceasio.Ht ahd br this, ha Inn rebfeseiit th vlewf f all i6&ritittei iuiCTl Bt c th North. '1 H : fit then that w wait to be , sueuBsWssftado thia thinel Poea it corre-. rjadasmae to awt yi.upiUii-"o u- jecti from the President? r oonh-a that, my own experience uituiamsuer staa uisuibju ,fo wlthXMs-rsasiliah. -tue jincu..ppluJiUin.v-7. The fttato Ooneuti.m On the 17th of last OctO- - -- I ter.Tiad: leap tcmua' tcrii-ve -thariho Preat. -s j dent 'hsqiiireil M lttcittdl rtjmiiiutiiHi aif. the " " ' War'diW"xbBa"B 'ave) at present to linow wit then that our cancrr doiu'anus' that wa C j shall use (he fscultie Which Ctod hat given to 1 ut in discerning th naouasitiet ot our situation, and that wahelLct 1 accordance with that (UaoavtMiit without awaiting application of fort). , X aubmit further tlmt a hearty desir to tfjrcngthenthei'rcsidcnt in the position which he ha taken a regard these Southern tatea, wisltaepirasui'k s wihu toCo-"lrte wim nna to meet Hi policy half Vay luttead Of hanging back aa Wobua upon hit eirorti." Among other reasons which influence me to tnpport this bill iaa d-sire logiHtuin the admiuktrutioa , f .. chtimss, I look forward With great con ildnnoa to Umi speedy coming of k Jicriod fora andonr follow-citUtna that wl'J bit the : Very te-' vers of that which hangs over otrr hcartsr, or do I aaffer that confidence to U at alt disturbed by tli vanfttiona we experience jri the tempera tiw oi any tingle daytoceurxing a we advance. ' i Theinay be brighter, oi. wore threatening but i tbs uteaiilun what coiu'c-rns mcls that ' tut r. going 'femtard ! ,1 fmJcyjhat it Is much tb same with the polllicul sa Willi the , physical skies. In this uion h of February w know that tk sun ia upoo his track towards th BoTthern tropic,, To day we are enjoying a clear and temperate stmoftphere, by to-iuorrow tb weather may be Inclement, yet for that I no , one wlt doubt that th intervening hour key" advaBced tt toward the breexct, the flower,the fruit and smiling skies of Spring and Summer. Too minute attention to the rise aud full of th tiiercury only serves to ooidouudonu't judgment of the weallier.l ,i, ?( i?.s td nt' ha " v'llw tliatobtervcth the wind alisll not tow ' and he that . ; yi-gardetk the clouds shall not reap.- For one sir, practise myself m looking rotul thi nectmg' revoiutiohaiy present to - thatnot dixtsnt tine - when - North Carolina hall bo taking ber, part in that lirack-ilrama , whii'h ) ,, 04 goiug on r upon. .this, continent : ...... from shore to iliorc; when tb Voices "of her '"" I'llUem, the hum Of -ber proaperone iaiiustry tlld the - clash :and lang of Inachiiiery ,in a thouaand forms through ber itordcr shall swell the volume of that mighty hanuony,- that tMtoT'H& jicirt -which list to Heaven from 111 (M-cmiatloiis and achievement: of thia so gtt4 eopl.:i5--o(.T :.".fi.i 'r-'i'-' J Taf the 'Jjreiit I Would have the State con-V " wilt for tba welfare anl interest of all . within bur rule uninfluenced by the hubbub and folly w hich SurmnniU hrr. liavlntr nothlmr to Mush forjirv-epeht of in the aad pant, 1 wssnkl Jiave V recognition of her jnat claims, 1 recall the clo- "' qiirut reference by Jtacnulsy to the portrait of llnstlng ts it hung iu the old English Ilkll and t-tli ni)l4 motto tMB4hat- ot arms. - whom uourae ol our Mate in Una revoiutioa past, prasenl anil to cvinc, nothing jtiuy, i H-ar upon it out of t-liarnctcr w itli her old resolutum arid iRKiiTt'--HItbin)r unworthy oi that siKNs iBijOA in aaucit of whiob her recent course fur islicnintlant priMif, .,, , - i. , 1'H'V Ht4 'f .f t .!, '.. OeLutaa Ptsoa. , thoftf MiHUlOiV MtUlHIASTil, l'u N row tb bah or .' ' C4tea Vara. "aeittluKa a ad Oanabarf s, lWa l ... aa4 Waelea ;ods. i- .,,:---"-.' fiurkEKHWt j " - rhsSif. Mallst, q.4 t .'. rhspsl 1T.11.. ,' Ohsji. B. Msllstl, kaq., " ' rcjsitevtlls. i ', W.i WilliauM i .,rajltlis, , Jssss If, LiDtissy, Jj., , . tlrssasburs. . Jaasl dlosB, kiq., - - ' , WrMeskvre. Tboma &. Tat, -. ' Ctailvtl, tK lkle, Ei , Caskstr Uaiua &"ik, , Salilsiira, Ottehsr n-4.ly. , ttniiKb'B lluw lion PhoMpIiiUe, , AVALlUltl.K fsrlifnrnf twalv yeais stsauiiis;. BissW treks in iiaw K! . . ' t Bacon. ,'" f tlllulvhlnM. hiijjl,! f,,-j J'KJ 1 by . i "i Wilui.niya,.b, lm, U - A. A. wiuaia. 1 vi r. (:',"'.& L v i ' ii--.' T' X. 'V
Daily Sentinel (Raleigh, N.C.)
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March 8, 1866, edition 1
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