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MtMiday i:ulKr" 1 1, iT;-
- , ; - Politic Amonff tb Bitl - - - -Jlim
are no enruiiee to bur Southern onlorcd
population, to dmgvroue to their future welfare.
i that eta. of-.tr-nnnr'"r.-,t -f
efld others, who are uuJiavuriiig to Weil a'"1
stir them p upon the subject P"liti.-r-
berc ii iiiti.Tiiff' w TiK u Tm- WRnwii-
and which no excite and Mimlt men, a poU-th-Cand
Dnne are o tiiecrptll.te to tl bsd in
..foyj ytitiiat plmitur aa tliA Ifttt'ffWt and.
the vfckio. - 7 . ;
Our colored peop'.e need food wid raimcnt-TTheyTrotd-tir
lian thaiy wind AirectM Ut the.
neoeasUyof tystematic, killttrt, frw Ubor-to
have tficir U.ought firrt devoted to Jh idea (
livin lodewmdently at other, tr procure
UW they and Tbeir-.woBaHi4
. . i .nrftii learn
orn boiMit foor mu iaw"i
to look to tie tajiriTip for the-Atw. omo
tliing In the Asp of property for anotjitr day.
Tbc are the flnrt topic opo which our color
ed population ahould b edocated, andaloDg
with tbae C0D.e .e JoteJlectual nd wmd im
. proremeot of tbe race. The fact that there are a
- m.W fciiT 6otbiiCOBimtanity,irno
drasUgc hawi be wpio (W Ptben, Ffco-i;
- r hjrreattjired jome education wa eom.
' 4roj)erty, and'contequeatly bar influence tmtmg
. tbeUxaM,akaa jlb.Mtet Will worse. Th
caMmmW often tM ea dujei of oim
principled white men, both 5ortbern and South
rn men, aeltUb dernagogoei or prompted by an
unfounded hatred against the wbitea.
Kine tenth of fbe blackanorer harihg been
oblijred to proride lt themaeJfea heretofore,
. are easily persuaded by demagogue to rely p
tliera. to be iruiilod 4 iiutructed by thein,
and to iinagiae thai reepectabiUty and eupport
ran be obtoined'witbnut hard iabor. So per-;
tlnn nf'the bliikawUl be -o. easily pewuaded
to adopt the cbeme ot tbe apeeulator and the
demagogue, in order to Jir onThTlabor and
tnil of the more lenorant; more honel and
' more indmtriou black. 1 An arUtocracy J flius
early growing p among' tliera. Many "of tt
more nwnaciric one are diaw.uraglng them
fmm Uhnrin for the white, in order to aeenre
tbf eewiwWfeerfvo.TB Women ann
the Ignorant male are beooming1 the laborer;
andalare for the Inlulligent among them, nod
they are deluded with Idea of what the Congrea
and. tle KotiUwTfl' "WHUpU
they will pot theroelyi!;nder iUielr, politic!
control. , Thej are taught to belev.that the
prWilege'of voting ia the grentlmean of be
coming wie, and great and rich that land
and atockaie lobehe reward, w,oung ana
the direct road to wealth and power. , ?
W da not know pu.ili yelp thai lbs, JIuWco,
in hi late AtrtennOharcheBeeehenl hel4 owt to
them these delusire hope. JbuVye loam' fliat
waiiy of Hu)bW, who douot prwfethyf
understood him fully, artrongly imbued With
these S'lLmXjUmiiiSiW Md iumina
of political Importance in the. country, readily
a j. Q
contribute ioDy to further the object of these
demagogue, and are much' elated with their
prospects. !'
Suffrage we regard a on of the highest be
bests o( an American citizen. But it can only
M it aaft pnyilcge, either to the coUBlrj the
people, when it is properly exercised. IntcM-
,grux aii ifftue are the "only safeguard to the
perlormance ot the .duty. 4 U colored people,
who are at all InUJligont, will think for a mo
ment, tliey will see that politic will not pay
, utai mere is ao oreaa ana meat in t, Uiat as it
ha bees asonrce of division and strife among" the
white, it is obliged to be 0 among them, and
that only 'Intelligence anT Tirtue Increase
- miriong Hi "people, Ituth white andlluek, wM it
be safe kr ertend t!i.ehwliYe rranchisc. Eiperi
enoe baa, shown,, that the condition of the'
white ha not been bettered by allowing too
gressa4wen w too. privilege 01 voting, even
-among them. Tbe fact is palpable that.
when, year ago, the free black were allowed to
vote, it became to them a source el great evil.
and those who received their suffrages were not
t profited by it. '--' Vt
Statesmen and philanthropists, who Investi
gate this subject, will roadily see that fb lroe-
interest oTlbe negro In tbe Bouth cannot, at this
early period, be prompted by conferring upon
him the right of sufrrage.' Their attention will
be first dimoted to hi material, mental and' rev'
Hgion condition. ' To be Unght what k useful
and necessary, to inspire him with the spirit of
personal in Jepenilcns,.to Jeach him.tbe rt of
skillful husbandry' and mechanic, to care lor
his body and his soul, and to protect him in tbe
full enjoyment of civil light, ut the in foun
dations of manhood and freedom for him. '-The
colored man who neglects these,to dabble io bol
poorer, and meaner aud more worthies, ' while
' he who Industriously strives' to grow better and
, wiser and richer ty 6U own tabor, and shuns
- a viper those political associations and disco.
T ""aiortf, "wilt gr In influence' and jntkpeatka
: ' evvry cay; n ' ' ""' i -
Tn IirKCBNT CnanoB. Data, of the
Baltimore "Pott y that theiJudiciary Com-
, mitu hare ntt commenced tbe investigation ot,
the Impeachment, charge preferred by Jlr
v Ashley, , The latter was with the committee
informally, to make known tit character of the
.' testimony he )mr to ftSr. The drjiiwt.
ry tone of the Kurilivra prew has had a salutary
- tffoet-tipon some of tbtwe who were ".rein lm-
t " echuit;nl merely Uiion"poli;l jpartfsHBjjjntey .
-est. ' .' .... .j
Anothrr rnrrrT-p.iniknt sv that Hie p n Mure
afaiinttrje ttnrr'whmcntrTojia -hr-vtry- giea
and renilimtrancea are (Mniring in from all
quarters, by mail and telegraph. The Judiciary
Committee will consider -Mr. Ashley's rmoln.
tiou without delay; " . '
TiuAMiHil to WMfti-OitV
itttjuayw toot ru?f m fatofiv j.fA
line, i not relished1 by tbe ! -
Tcrtong had hi ir; iheir, "--
litttua ,thqse who are In Hi w.-irw"-
.,ng misled and ..:elved on3rea ami
Jforlhern public, hf -Jimt-LlMU-a& vK kert
rtrrrrtwtetlon., It wai high time f.t the MtJ
UJatkre to .lojt tome-' pi V 'f u,ch hl
overturned. -The" OuvrYnnr J. kPPy
MLllMf'O"
1,1.. Wti.Mi. in vi. w of tne oryocr.
- r ..... ti v
KaikiL Uoyk", -"
efiul!j M. Mr. ')Mea M .pecm..,
bar perliRpi- lx Biori grating ,
them tiftd dcliaeL - , 1
of UieM gentlenjen, J"' "
Bedford nrown, r. U. WtoWH, ?:T
.v. ,..1,.r VTb dA not rocOUCCV u
. t.-in. nt tlicnt since. .
i... .a...J moat of themUy ailoCiiR or re
commending them, to oroc He will not JJare
. 1. .. n M. T"nl(in ana tve
.ru of theitrf. WbuUvt .untiHnr
these tk$WVl)i!M hi either d-v.
ring or .idee the war, Hk-j have aban-lomxi ...
.!. rii.lnli and scheme totally. C"L
Bwrmwhomaf all public m & thiSintelicba
never assailed, could stand hUa no ...longer.
if!M to the he1t of the country and tbe Btate,
thowgli well rtrieken in yw, wiien una. -
Constitution alut to be wtenea
try ruined. . It bt more tha HoUlon can beat
And there is Mr. Bojdoji, npon whom he count-
t heln in hi extretnitvl; he .shoos, uokiob
,.r .-ar siro. when he saw in .""'"
t. ith anv face! assail tliese men, but at
.,. th. Tilature and Gov. Worth for tn
niii tnOnrredand denigicirjnou.rc-
nlile tear over tlie maimeu oiuirs u .
Conlederacy ! p i $m whilcd eulchre; l t .
i ' o . : ..1
r or lue Dnut
f X)f swawt Enrcoa 1 What did yonr neiglixr
Theaii, the other day'wlK,' stralKHteiitn emi
eli up' and clenching his fltt, be sworu that
tlmrewa"iroolnhibloodr Did he mean
..i,i. .rtimUrlv awful I Home ot our
mifiiiiv arared.-rt4"tiie too who
THtrtht not to Ijb. iust at nresent- -The-'temW
.n should consider that he i resiMmsible tor
the probable coneqnfnoerf rh - clangeron
u..u,,. - T not our lntcrestinir weak ones
k. t.w. much alarmed. Gubernatorial blood I
.nh Kkntlu( iiunln'i: our little more so,
porhap.-' In passing backwards and forward!
through the heart it stops a moment and de.
nosiumncb of its iron in that wonderful organ.
L.A ttmhn. it the heart of tliia matt should
be microscopically examined, it would be tound
to be very hard, a well a small, and that most
of the Iron is collected and concentrated Ar.
a But he may tare been pkiog only In mcta
w .rh-.ullv as it were. ' lie may have
Mn mW'tAlnirihan'fhet he isaiahn of iron
iolbe aor of rry 0ttjH wnd who Miitr
I die a-tryingLilllfl.A'woYrirevu tle
tnonirer
ora Pennsylvania is woramg. . '-i
Whnn III Washlnctoh t'lty. ' our honored
ftiend was allowed to sleep with old TbaiL,
who, ever since hie iron-works were burnt by
the Coniedefate army, has been sadly afflicted
withiroa on tbe 6rai'n. , His talk; ',1a always of
iron, ana ni aream (y slht are a coiguiubls-
ian or not place lor reiiel, molten ores,
pike and tenpennv nails,' nd thmi hranchinif
ot! intotiieslory tvf .Tai l ntnl Biwra. Whereupod,
umamiiig umi 110 naq ine ueiui 01 toe Deeping
uomeuerocy (so caiiea; uuuit ni knee, the iron
avenger hammered away. JUe gave pur Iriend,
ui. uwi iwiuw, some wiui puiicnes mat niglit
when under that frightful Wiaoihariow. It is
thought by orW that our Unfortunate friend
caught much of lvmiuiedofjrry; i tldr singu
lar wav : umi 11 was pummelled into in in wlien
sleeping with Thadrt aad that iiercally imag
ine he has a much iMtflir ni bldod a the old
(ntastoga from J'tnn. ci'rtuinlj h.nri th. I.r.in I
Others stippuse that. In attetuotln M ilrt tit, I
iron into tuelieau ot jus somnolent victim, ho
missed his aim and rutlled tt lato iis,i.aj-.
where it remains to this day; and is very barm-
I have gtven you; Musr. Editor, only lay
conjecture. There may be . Uttle in them,
however ingenious .they may be considered.
On thing is certain, that( whenever our iron
inena pay a visit to the, foundry man at
Washington City; he aJ ways cornea back with a
kardtr heart than he went with.
I pray . you, a guardian of the pnae and
prosperity of out decimated," to quiet the
alarm of thoso who cannot bear great excite-,
menu, by such oothlng assurance a it may be
in your power to give. -N
am, RATE CRESCENT.
GenkraL OsAitT'a Position. A AVashington
correspondent of the BaItimore-"Sun" aays that
it has been denied by some correspondents tlmt
General Grant pproved. the President's teto
message, and an attempt is made in a paragraph
explanatory ot General Grant's poeitiow to show
that he did not approve the meinre. That
paragraph Itself ttates that with reference to
conferring the right of suffrsee. upon the oolorMl
ff.5liaitV
j av i.n-..uii-ii nn xne
part tof Congress, to euforca . this ilit here
while they refitted to grant U to Uieaaine
clas in their owa titates. JCither member ot
tigress should extend this priritoge at home
OY't ait until tit paopl her ask tor U- It ii
etident from thit quotation that Generaliiran
approved t! ;very iith and "marrow of the
Message, aim uuaot nect asary to cavil about
Whether be expressed an opinion nmin th.'.mn.
raeatt tn the nx or nA - r, .viirsi.,!
Lojiai; VianutijixR. hoCLinf. in ik., rr.
toil btate Seste, on Wednesday. Sir. 1 Huni.
presented petition from kysl citizen of N-ir-lolk,
I'ortsiBomh and a(iioiliihiriiinti, !f i i.
Jjinfa, WitlVrntditnttton ol color, nrrp; Ci n
grcs to review the imnnit anti mnit.ll. a7, 1 r
-ut gi'Vivanient now intmg in V trt'ima, w inch
itft-s tltemtt tht-rrrrfrrra-anir-rTirriJlTt-'
4-tfi srtirt'Hl 44titt t)iu "Wm t4rtr (MrpniMiTrfTrr)i' r tts fff it
mora )unxnuslv hiikmI Ntftiim,' Rr-.ritl ui
me 1 niiuiu vii't. ou uiu.im iiua, . , .
..ji'i:r'paa"aai""e'"'X.a'li'''-l iiThV-"'.'.'.. .'-
-A aW Methodist t burrh was dedicted to the
service of Almighty God in Ilnltioiore on Buu-
ay last J "it si nimu on the, octasiou
iwcLcd lijr Li.liop Dufgutt i .
' j jt:4i -fa i"r . a.-' ' m ;rr- -1 '
ass
Wa BKEflEsjt otti ' Jimjite4 preventa
rr r T
u from puUiuing entire the "
tbe Bepsessntatia jm.s-j
grcWafidTjpeopTeora
uch portiojis of it as bare most forcibly imprea-f
sed ui ' It I on of the ablest, iost thooghtfnt
and dispasstonatirtpl'cahrthat h ; a yea,
nated feum. any nusrtcr, and ,we nouia
great hope of it prdwcm;prfouti wpre
slon upon the mind of Congress, and,o the
North, did we not realiite how intensely piaci-
mTuTOTieTiwiK-' X ea1tirry-wortie-t--jneHtofthe
latesad jiontroversy, a conclusive
,,;( iilsrfthecoatitutioBlity anu -
nf eontiniieil' exclusion, ami a mam. 1
evowal of the abandonement of th8 UftCtimgs ot
secession, and ol fidelity to the Union, tinder the
tJoiwtitution, it-is sKlrsradssirsM: -1-
" Wltluint further rcliminn, w omnienu tne
U'ioined extract totb attenUon oi owjetO
trt- f,
AddreM of th Texan Sele&tto&.
rt-Twiig-nroruMuaLastbe mctth-of protfrting..
fSoutheru Loyalists, woriucrn mai,iucB..1
and ot reforming State government geaerally
jn the 8outh7te a.4rtteet
,.tin.r mil. eiiner uironj w ""s
Territorial govetnment; to erect new Stat
boveriunenU, based upon the suffrage of the
rWHitbero Loyalists, and negroes, and Mpon wo
tiisfmncliiseinentanu uisiiuaiinwuu"
1 1 . . .( .1... I In th. m.
lit all tUose WMSQuenMW""" -Mlion,
ea-eepting those only who way be re-
ieved from sued rusatauty oy uoogna
Ian wjjpilerstood to beproposca oy some 01 iuo
utbers Loyalww themseiYea.anu uiw.- UJ
omiuent memoers 01 wi
T nj.nt' an aotirelv new feature in our ai-
irsUiat riar alwve the mew exclusioS of onT
K-presentatives. from Congress. H-takea- ior
..iri th. wlmle nuestion ot war ana
V . .... V rr'U.. minn atiiKltfirn
peace 1 stiu opcujy u"1"
r..ia i. Hi. mut. and no constrtiction can now
alter tbem, or warp tue irgiumai
from them. What are they t The Government
Of tbe United State took measure to prevent
i,. wiiLdrawal of the Southern States, and by
th proclamation of the President and by the
reaotUtlOTiH 01 U0U1 iiouses ui timgi, "J
diplomatic correspondence With other powers,
defined and announced it abject in carrying ort
ti.. wftji ha for the nreservatioA. of the Union,
.11 th. liuniiv. enualitv. Sod risht of
K. Kt.tM miimi)aired."and not in "any spirit of
oppression, nor tor any purpose of eonqnest oa
ubingatinn." Such an oject, so oeciareu,
lmats to fiiht the battles of the Union,
....1 tha kamls of toreicn powenfc .To
tarry It out, Con great afterwards authorized the
I'resident to ettend.an amnesty and pardon.
j jh of th amboritalivwwrta-of the-eneraV
Government aurtog tue wnoie war,
spoke tlie same language ; and under and by
that pulioy the war wa brought to a successful
Sloxe. It was on that ground, and that oulv,
lliaf theiglit jra claimed. to prosecute the war
t aii" :, : ., . . . , ..:T7:rzr7nxr:r4:
I It was on that' ground hat the Confederate
Government woold never ne recognnwi, anu
trreftr. no treaty Wa made with it aJ the snr
render. , 'V.
I Th. inuiifuax intention with which an- act
jone, In law aad reason, form a part of the act
itself, aad'uivea cturfactetloit..;,,,,, ,,.,4..
i Considerioff tba object ot the war aa here
(liown, ana as maue uuit w m
actctl upon throughout, the surrenderor ttjg
ti' i mW-orlwsaot ttiw frrsidnt.
eonstitute in eflect a pari fauion upon term aa
binding upon th good faith ef the Goverment
f the United Btates. and upon the Southnm
i people, ss tnougo they had been stipulated in
- This proposition resU upon the basis that the
f resilient baa tne power to Use the mean which
ke did, aad that the rwoplo of the t4oiithern
State have, in good faith, complied With what
Tas requirea or expected or them. . ' t ,
The soldier of the Southern armv nmndr.
d under the obligation to reptii o their home.
auu ooey vno laws 01 tne country. Lnder a law
ot congreas, giving tbe JTesldent th power, no
ow aut h terms and condition a might meet
hit approbation, he issued his 'proclamation
tendering 1 too Bias of the people amnesty
nd pardon, upon their taking an oath in effect
surrendering tne issue ot tue war secession
and slavery. Afterwards, through hi procla-
iiauuu.' im 1 imumi uisuuiiea provisional
governments, 6r the purpose of - enabling th
people at tlie State who bad taken the oath to
tlieir relations a State of the Uulon,
I Thnaich thi initrumentalitv. and1 for such
purptise, that-being the consideration in part in
uuLuiir incui. me people 01 lexasresnnniiivi tn
tlie call for Convention, and did la convention
, .t..i .. . 1 . 1 .. . 1 . 1 i . - 1
wj ww4uwu mui a- poiincat aurren
dor of tbs questions at issue in the war. and
tlidr Incident, as previous) rttatedherein. them.
uy Dintung not only ttiose wbo bad been bound
oy the amnesty oath, but every .one in the
mate, wira ttietr posterity after them. Is it to
be held a notjung (bat a people wbo had
...... ... 1 V ! 1 . . 1 '
nouscd cherialied nrinoiolfia of ntmmM,i ..
i..,i .i..i.;. j. r. I , .
camp and field of four years, should, by atiirmaii
, y . ; n - ia
wve anion, surrender tuem under the solemniiv
of oaths and constitutions, and therefiy deprive
.1 i i v. - , , . . . r
uiruiKim ui jm jjnviirKo. in conscience and
right to revive them should jaa opportunity in
A,..u lnAir n-i i '
.utu.V U, tflCII I. fllU IE IB fWVWl
faith, and did it 'not for th mere love of thn
uimg iisjBfi, out upon aa oDnons consideration
-t-to be enabled thereby to readjust their Bute f
iroveniment. and tsnators tkirrl.l .
1, tvt.) .. tw uwr ikiis WUffUKflUOn I
tions in the Union.
The President had a riirliL we beliere tn '.
fret a cothplcte pacification upon such terms.
Had 1t bech regarded doubtful we were in nn
Ataal Utt to call it in -oiieatiow -without nxi
Bounoed as evldenca of an Incorrigibly rebel-
111-11 flu.
uoua apini h we nai reiunea to take tbe am
nesty oin or assemble in convention. But the
President had the power, we think, not thaKhe
is tlie Government, any more than that Cok
grww ?.fthe FfWdrat Jlidlcfary M the Govern-
nienf. - or while all these departmenta consll
BiHi us Tiorernuions, eacu one oi tnem repre.
A 1 . i . 1 a 1. 1 r
"' umu uuTuninnai -wnen artinrr
1 Within the scopeW iu autbority-he-COTtrres
to presenile the rule ot aetrourthe President to
j-cute them, and the judiciary to construe
ana eniorce tiiera wnia brought within th
scope of It jnrisliotioa.L
i It la wot to be denied that the war was pro
tented o the theory of lie Gov rument, that a
State- had ne-lVh to secede, and thit the oroT
nsnrrnpf crefBion wer utterly Void and of no ef
evt 1 11 1. r bo otliet view could fiirre have ten
-rrcbttiitry wsrd trr prerrnr soreSrsrori. " friil, f
this viiWrHnr l'ltwdent nwdcul 'nornle' in ' vie w
of the dcclanHl object, of the. war. He aiuiply
buld the Siuthejn alt it, tuUfeotion-tcti bjj
atthtary authority until tiif -voluntarily em
braced the amnesty and pardon which tVvgres
hud authorized hnu to Undur tlit-m, and" coa
kirmed their State irovernmentt to the rnlr nr
in war, ana ortteny acquiesced in the ejjteniion
over the coiihtry" "pf roeral aulhorify.. M avery.
ilcnartmptiL niliLar. flnanriJ: Jal. and JU
Vaicitl Kad.the peopia of "he fjomhera ate
heeav obstinate snl rciuaed to reorcanire their
folate gv er unienls and nfwtme their edtirnl.rr.iiiH;
tations, tome legislation might nave neoonie ne
cessary, -trrliad the CongnM beep: la session,
it misjlit or micht not hare prescrilj-d sme
Wlditiontl or different rule for conauiamating 1,
the oacification aad rnatimna tlie ietli-ral rla.
tions 61 lHeWf, ' llu t tlte faflwrfywisfaA
dent accomplished it without Twit. npctMsity of
any adlittns law to aid or guide linn, uiukes
it enuallv binding upon all tlte "department of
lire TJoviWnTeut, asTtoligU Kill had parth'ips?-
UkI in It. Texas bavlrig in gooil laitD penoruiea
tvervtliiiiir feqiitred oflisr lit tlr twcintHth ;
result with patient ayirarwter-r.tr Tlie war was
really not waged Tin the ;lsjilnl "of ofjrfidtt;
and lor the puniose or conmiest ana auojiiga'
tion," U may weU .hopeahnt she has top
enough to entitle her to tne "(lignityj qujiiijy,
ana ngliia" 01 a state wittnn we t niow.-7v
Thi new oroioct hmore or diereaards all
these considuratioas, and seeks to make tlif
cessation ot UoHtiliUea, ami artuf ta j ocine.
lion ha been completed, and this Federal n hv
tioh atl resxiniedr"cxecpt rerresrttionr-tn
CoogTggS7dopt a flea policy by trentmg aaai
a nlrjuaaUd ptnu, wituout laws, witnouv gov
ernment, without HtalArboundariea, .without
public plfoperTy oTany kiud, Without social or.
ganization, with our livesind property, at the
will of tlie conqueror! It is beliivarl and re
spectfully submitted that such . thins is il'
possililcwithgut a perversion of facts si. Boto
rious as tlie war itself, without a hreacu u4
faith to the brave soldiers who conquered us to
preserve the Union of the SUti ; j without a
breach of faith to the nations of uru, who
were assured that the ohiwt of the war- was
only to preserve the Union, and who nndersnch
assurance saw us overwhelmed; aad lould it
be ruardcd a a. matter f .any iwuurtaiic.
I without a breach of laitu. tp the pimtueriLj)!
pie, who surrendered their arms, and the prin
ciple at Issue in the War. and comblimi with
what was necessarv to secure peace anil restore
their political relations, w ith a full knowledge
of, and in reference to, the avowed and notorious
object of the war on the part of the .United
States. Should the government of the United
State change its whole policy on that subject
regarslingjjie" war aa atilLrogrussipg," at ft
must do, and demand, either in- express term
or in eflect of the people of Texas, such a sur
renderthe most abject known ; to. w ar '"a
capitulation at will," Texas may, and douiillesa
-walnave to, submit to it. Uut .it tdiould be
known and declared to, uie world to be a new
surrender that will cancel, in cansvieore, all the
obligation assumed in the one she ha hitherto
made.
Before breaking asuudrr silch ties, and plnn-
ging the whole country intaneh eonfiinion, d'n
trust, ant-aisailoctioa as, we llrT-wt -ensw
let us most respectfully beg a patient and" dis
xpassionate examinatfnn of the whole subject In
all its bearings and consequences; i The Consti-
tution should be again unrolled, and clear and
deflhite idea fully grasped ukn the momentous
questions now rend ng. The proposition' pre
siippose that Texas isdead, politically defuncft
Texas was Carted out of the domain of Mexico
by the swhrd of the patriots of 'Sil, who gave
it shape and form, and breathed into it the
breath of life; and it hecame an eirgatiized body
aa independent political society. - Annexation
Ala not destroy H mmfmti -vmrtstence.
ua modified tnV powein and'-wbileM"'nie
late war did not dirtrov its corporate existence
n boor or a dav wtfiCTrTiy' fh
..-....... ....,..,v, wiiu wie sam uuwers
and duttet as those displaced, anl: whose acts
,. . , u "fKiwd by th convention
could not destrov its cornorat. . t
der the strongest theory of th Federal Govern-'
went, at expounded by ,uoh jurists n4
tntesmen ss Bury -and r Vfevster, it has al
ways beeq admitted that a State on enterinoi
th. T ni An w.. .. .. n , 1 - . . ....
..uIl4 p iiwum 01 t aoverelgutv
for the regulation of its own local and dommti
concern, upon which it State .inVRim,i u
foaaded. Those power of the gtnteNof jTex,
.uu. ir., were jMH in any way affected: bv
jot ot gain, during or at the, end ot the, war,
because th controversy was not about Kthem.
but about the power that had been detogated
to the I nited States on annexation, ami as to
whether they could or should be withdrawn aad
vested into another confederacy for their exefy
viwa. pu euuaiiv on toe doctrinA.th.t . Ht.t.vi
- i.i -, . ,, - -
wu.u kmub, ngiurjiiiy or wroagtully, the State
government stiU existed at the close of the. war,
though a different mode of reaxljustmeot ,xt
Federal relations miuht . Lav.
Again, the use of the Stato irovemii.M.t i.
litytac tlwiarertjovejum
uusu-oj me Dtate government any .mora
when it fails than when it iurivivi n,. :
fence f a gavcrnmcnt ia-mauffeet, m$
not of legal fiction . Nothing but the vwqunt
and Kbjugrtw, evidenced in some way a Uiiue
Intended and declared bvthcUuit hi.i.. ....i '
tubmitted to by Texas, 'could annihilate the )
RtAtji That in k.r.ll. t.. 4 I
""""'"'I- wumeti u lisve
been the case. If Texas mav now h ,l...i;.i.
d ana Bute the precedent is tct, and the prin
ciple established, that thtjGcneral Government
may, lor such act as a majoril v in Conor.
I m. rt.im mtntnt..n ... , r.r , n.. 7
VJ I loriuueujui poiai
i ' ' 1 "( i', - .i .
State
reduca it to a Territory. , " '
. . ."'.-'': - it,- -r-i. y.;t ,1 t,.
" The danger of such a principle to rrpublicaa
freedom IS above descriotion and i. :n
faU to express the dismav, horror, and -rurkH'
despair of the people of Texas, If they should
bava the misfortune to live in aia h.. ,..-, r
41.. IT.I.l j , .7. . !"" "-
t"" Diaue nwi in uuilinir rtown the
:n a . .. " C wirxT
HlVJl, PJ.- . ,n '"''lm? " ''ply
?tled foundations of the 8tate rorernmeht
endeared to tbom by its own beauty ,mi metitf.'
.u.uruu moir ik-arts by a history and
a name of which her sons, whether in f,.m
r ut uuouj wiu ever oe proud,
Asbi the ilUframiiiKcmrnt anil
.'a " I4 ill tla III I I la.- i.-n.A
iieiue, it is
uij w nng 10 mind the universal
truth, that lover teijcts love. kTiilini. i.......
Aindness, geaerosity Wets irratititde r and if
cannot be pretended as yvtthat the pwpleot
Text have advanced bich enomdi in -u.
diag sclfl of Cheiiacivijatwir ss trt-hw atiow
xiw murwy wimosprrere ot Bate.: Too niarrv nf
h win in w iove inose wno may dcspftrrullv
uw ua It is thepartofwisaloii, to recocnine
and act npou the fact tliat this wst liaHicn in.
surrection, or petty retwllion of a district, that
fc , , . ' . - a-, wo
w vuuwtumavL-u ja ine 1 Onfltll lit i..h .v I...
uuixieu oy prosecutions as tliert-in prowrilSed
.a... a-.aaUu l'It -I W all Ullie, DllCa B It V' M a
-tfreat-eivil war of acctions. emhrm inr, - i...i.
hfatea, and the stamina, intelli-etusl ami tihvil.
ral, oi - the great twdy of the" p. fipTe Ini M u (f
WtiT U M t)i AE UipTrt-h will . f . i . . v
lish civ ili7.itii.nand pruloof fiiiipiry t -JUi,
they hat Wland lor its tm.liliunHl nniar..-.i
I Pf Iwlaadr--wrlf -that- !-.... r
knoirn, without;, aiming U. l.vjHUrrrjwrroiu
in Americv The way is still oM.n to i,vn us
one people, rising out Of thii life tnd d.nh
truirirle with common mohves-and aivratioii
fi tbe DTOSPeritT ind ulnrv
) a . - c- aiiVaUIIIlllUfl
country, and aot bound together by the galling
Cnneawatryw "
....m.nahin nointthe wav.
VI. 1 ...I.".'" -I 1 . ... , .
t ward, odr people.? Thf y are in a toa oimum
r r..r.t.i.. .uiir nf nroerress. so
ll-.ljRyiro,.fft,, Wi.,i,,i.w'Wj.A,,,tlM..i
as to ei peace wiu " -
ge ipjuJllcctual social, material, and polUf-;
1 Aulonment. tiThetfl'tttoe are already tarn-,
4
,d in that diieetin,-Wll hope that t pow-
.1.1 m.ram iiuiui irovernment will peim"!
thrwst thmi bacgMthjTtroiirn and Wow. I
niir drive them tlongwitfr a winamg h';
Tr.. hiu now diHiii wbat slio Uas iieeiuc"
fi.? the lull restoratton of the govern
1.;., 1. .j.,rl,t n h. nuriuonti-il in the ConjiireBS
til the UifUed StsjWf and the is stsU willWjg to
iit- isttnatwwe are-dwued any VU -m
mfflHrt ilt w(Hl vilaWkllect our eonsttttt
enta 10 indicateliponwhatt other term (if these
jHw-fLfemwl in.uiLoignM utMMt wJucn, an ..oHi
01. in ion the Government luiDiit be parmaueutly
aturadi would rtadr us obnoxious to tu
charge of presumption o dictation, wnen 11 sam
we ouebt-to exhibit on v tne spirit 01 suomiai".
adonterf. Inrt it-oe Bol- fttHow tliat with thi
submutsion, there will oe gooa. fueling anu "
mony. If this be desirable, it eahnpt be attain
ed whtrst i setwt j Of InjUieWandi, oppresi-ion
HrOneslnTlIeTiemffTiffrn
it is required that the right ot ujlrag snaij, i
cinwfed iiion flil'mancipttted coli.rt-4, popu
latitin of thfc State. tllii can tie "more saftlv am
effectually accomplished by kind treatment a,hd
magnanimity towards her white population than
in Auv other ay;TTofore ft aowt by Con
gressional action, against the almost universal
sentiment of the whole State, under the penalty
xf exclusion w the destruction of the existing
State government, will, causa the bearta of men.
to rankle with the sense or injustice, ana s reel
ing ot bitterness which will past from eenersiiun
to generation. And the negro, from being the
subject of kindness, at he know, may be loathed
and hated as thecaase th unconscious victim
of a feeling he hat had nothing to do in produ'
cing. .
The restoration of th government upon an
en'durinff basis and this is what we most
heartllv desire oucht a we think, to be upon
such terms ss the rood people of each' section
can heartily support Malic and Wenge should
not find any place in them, otherwise strife and
bitterness-will be perpetual, sectional bate will
Wcrystalizcd and become- 6rontc. - Van an;
man of either section wbth to te thit -r
- It the restoration were now complete, the
tft oath repealed, or stored away with the
reliica of the war, universal amnesty proclaim
ed. what lor would there be in this land! Ii
would belike the tun bunting suddenly -from
the clouds after maav days of slopm and dark
ness. Then, indeed, a day of national thanks
giving might welt h proclaimed. Then would
tbe whole people, in everv part of this broad
land, aud those sow in exile and in foreign
cttmes; whffiw-Aniertcaw tn heart, go low the
; temple of the living God and ofte-r up heartfelt
thsnks fof the restoration of kindly feeling and
i brotherly love to a. united nation of freemen
united hot merely in nune, but in fact who
have been divided ana at war wim eacu outer,
tiut are so no longer. Then would a peopl
' united truly aid la fact; pwrr-out-npon bentled
, knees the overfiowimr ctratituda of pure hearts,
. unsullied by the remembrance of past bitterness,
to tbe God of their fathers, for the blessed hap
ninew afforrtwl ay "wtnaJ fbrgivtS good
fjuliag, and esteem.v - t"' -
- - - . Ot NL ItowtuTa, .
t ... l). u. iiuaaifcT, . .
. , - " - Senators Elect from Texas.
i..wa ssm.
, A. M-HaAJictt, s
I Representative 8rd. Congressional District.
"' J' " ' - Gao. W. Crrn toK,
, liepresentative 1st Congressional District
Washiwotqw, Jan, 1st, 1H67.: ., .-
MA Hit I CD. "
On tl.e 4filh T., WA, st th residenee. l of the
TndsUU!r,lyths Ilv. O. V. Moore, Dr. V. O.
T,..;. S . ,i. osngnter or tier., J", if.
) On th7tn V Mini X' Wtt.A 15..- at. ih . - I
RioHAanS. Oauaif, of IaiUs, Va toUiaa txU
JweigQam; ft, v.
' HEW ADTEMISEMESTa
'A MOSpAT TirE Slsr ISSTANT. AN ELECTIftK
h t- ; an D- KOTSTEB, . .-, J, !, .
"- : r
OI-ASBICAL AND MATHFM ATlniT. aiivn.n
, J and M anical twhooL at Snnuiftield Acathjnir .irl.i
imtea 1M of Kaleirh, on thi N. C, K n 1
Bii ' eommanc on Taesday, Jan.
TEBirs.-.Brtrd and tuition per swm'on of tweiitv
wsekaatrom J to duUsrs. . FoVparricnlara, addresZ
J..iiai,. ".A.jSTr,
.w irrinc'iDau. Aunnm iv rr '
C1AK0LISA iairiE p,
'nr sale bv
Jan 14, -67-tf i.J
; n amaeaie utneers.
GIWOF.B, ALLSPICE AND PISE LABQK FRESH
Kawuis, is 4 t sod Whole bora. ,
Jan It, -67 ..4 ' i . Whotoeals Oroeera,"
tEE OP THE KOUTIL
oontnin T(iiTu .
S? f rg. Fami.
. 15"tf x For Hast A Ijwu.
" IV KE A M1V
" B or Passage Cotters Tariona Sizes
rsa
.HeeJlWf
J. MIWJWJT,
ay.-fet-iWIMi ttutik Law.
. , .laa fJoblets. A
-r--T iw. Vlrrtona Patterns. J net to han '
- - --- - - A I.Kit V
u0&IAftMHtaif9uawuaLultamin.vaii!WnEaa
If St. -
eeS-tf
a rJ Witt IUr Lwwia,
tn PORTA NT fOTIlE PIbOcVA
20 Woatera gmnirs- On.m, a.. ... :
.with furniture au.1 1'.u. . " """ipt
"With Uabt A r.ewt.
Ke -tf
. 4-FayeUevllle brreet
BAIT WALT I
1
n-om l jTrrrxxJ. Buw Un,i. ...j .
i-k
. .ugriiiaad MaadaixXwnpy.
t .4 (.'a luii
ntt an a.-
st- o a far
STAfK ' -
-A Witittt'ir
-not f i r , . D r .t ? , . .
hh.v,vSlir j ":rri:
t PPU.'ATOI w.!! be maile to Lr pr,,a, .
etteraefoold
J' a ther patterns T Cookinj Btnree, fanuahe
II. i! .... .M .
With Han Lewis.
VT rnti.Tc a cctios , on tub t dat 6r
Jauuaiy W.7, altlia hue, iujur sauVrs Husta ef
1 i-hVffl. tlie Aiwix vlaiiiatiun, lara Coitua .j .
tiora flantatioa. . I -
Jan U-Ut ...-,'. 1 ., - ,
A3inUICAN-IIOTElv
CHESTNUT STREET, - - '
0FP0S1TVE OLD ISDEl'ESDENCE HALL,
I'I1ILA1EI.IMII A
' a.inlioin i.' !" (J pKor-MTnaV
UUF.AT SALE Or KEAL ESTATE)
' CAPITAL nOTEL FROPERTY.
IBaldgli nj ; llorcheatf city;
E . t'KiEnI(ISKD, MOT lr,)a AliLK TO
give his pvi-Miual attention to Ui. busiaeaa, wit
artiu1tia AlKtiun. before the door at tha t7.
cbanK HoU;l, in Jtaleixh, at 12 o'clock, os Wsdaa.
1 1 tgA jlajr of f cbfuary eat, that vahiaksjtBj-.
ify, ths Z
IIAGC IIOTKL,
mm oecmiird bv Cat i. H. Bh!r X C6.
J Ha pninprty Is a anu newiy mraianso, sua w
two-hirda lis vain safely insured.; Xb neattee a
qnal to any in the City. ; , .,- , ;
. - ALSO, .. :,xtl-
at tbe ssme time and plaoe, th Hotel property at
Morebsad City, knows as the - - '
at prseat oeeapied by Ospt. T. L. RatL witk roo4ia
snranee on it. This property, nnder the nunars.
taent of aa raereetia man of soma bmbus, auula at
Jaads a VsluahWeuveatnlanU - -.4 s v.,' -
J KaHS : Vn foortb of tbe purchase mosey IB (.
and the batanne in iiMtalmeots T t, lv, IS aaa )
Bnrnilw, W. tioaared, 4Wwttos the property rasanat
aiitU tuU-pwvuWMit is made,
l.. : v . w.iL CUKNisoant
ltai)jn, . i;.,san ur ,. ,
May Futerabura- tudrl. Norfolk Ytrwinisn. Wilmine.
ton JcmroaJ, Muvben Jowraal ef Cetafaeresv aioa
mond Enquirer, and Obarlotte Times, copy tbe sbtns
taios a week until the thof febrnary, and send M
ri, j , j, . V
CiBCAT VALE
UQRSES, MULES', AGRICULTURAL Df
y PLEME5TTS, &., A, i'l
RP. WILLIAMSON A CO , will sen st soetfoa as
Oi Market Hunarej la the eity of Xaleiga,
1 waiky the 16th. day of Jaaoarr, 17, a t o'cioak :
I Thorough-llred hullion, eight years old. -
Thorough-BCed bay Hares, by Waported flj-bfr
KiKUtk out of mare by lmportrd I'bil Ktnn;
I I they will be six years old next Hprirjg,. IS haoA
11 hlxh, fro well in haraee sod under the aaddla.V
1 lar(e bob-tail hsrneas tiaras, K yeara old and vetf
atvliah. : ,v
t hulne dwjnut-sorrel Horaa, T -year eM, aai
aaork anywhere. . v j . 1 . . v r i 3 .
1 lartre bar Mule, 151 hands hiirh, 4 rears eld. -
. Heverai-iWher ilules and Horse will be sold ti
the same time,
IS ADDITION TO THE ABOVE, TO CL08H COS-
' ' " BlaSMEITT, THSI WILL RELt " r
. 1 new irun-nle 1 horee Wagon, .
- f (New Korfc make.) ..-,-.... ,
.. 1 new dumping iron-axle Cart, - .. f
. . I pnah irou-axle Carta, . , . , i
cast-iron WaonJaek a.
t Wheelbarrows. '
t Cora fthellers. - ' t.. '
10 new warehews or store Trneka,. assail aV
' lars'e aiae. - . ' .
AO new tin. 90 Plows. AUen't twttera.
w. no , , ""."ji'
4 ,. 7 "EUkitt Plows, - , ,
!" ,No.lH ' Wt.
5 PataxJnt Pbne. ,
4---HTdee, Amee and oth're.
k lUDpravTraoe Chains, .-, ...... i
At.il man i.tl.n. ..1...1.I. n .,
. - --..j . i-uHii. .ruAuna. .:ji..v mw
The attention of farmers and fireetlora is specially
called to this sale. Ihj moat desirable lot of W
and the largest stock of new and most hlirhly .man
:his tstal, wUl b sold at this anction f
lxe.ll-td -i TVi.".
-.-.' .1,, l .;.,., a,,,.,,,..
A T a,.,iu, su . ,.t4T.t
Jf"""? ,4mP" Xr"' variety, aad ariea,
l.GiassJUaia iiaaV(aU4UMs...-r ,
, ' ALSO, - W vul
"Tteroeaaa OIL ba. 'iJii.T..i. Lij
retail. 'Jl
," ' Groat Isdlgo Blnieg. : ta hoie for fanti
IIILLUIOUO',
WIUTAJIIT ACADE-
MY,
tTritisi
JL nion
well koowa and MnnUr i;i..n.i- a-
'r yr
and is prepared tar
the rwieptlon of Cadets at any thn.
umv 111 Mimramn otwirabnn ui.
It is under ti
""wan rile
TiBt7irret'iiTir
a Rradnt,-arid for fUtsea years, tap to tha
meat of the war) a
-Prefeesor f the Tirrini.-
'nilakTARV .NaTITUTft
and i eollosgne of 1 ' ; X
'Til
if) .STONSWAJLL JAOKSnv
i The eourae of the InatltnUon is that of the w,
MilitejTr luautute, and issaukaa tomaketh JSl
A school of theoretical and applied setenee. fa whit
Lan(rnea and LHeratnr also reeem , du, ThlrWi
teution. Th discipline and itwtrnettons are o!
aallIlli(arrKaaia.
; The Faculty Is for the rireaeot ornmeM ss foltoe.
.Irattyy and toiUteal Emmv. end tttlmrtnr nf W
-- Vtimunt, tarta, yt.V. K. aVl'OLN'i'O",
law FrolV-Beor of Frnch. and of Miii..- u
btratotry and Political Economy at the Vireinis af'ifiS
tarr laatitote, aad Ut Brig. General C. 8. A.
liOtll the ePTMHlltmni tj al.lla.a.a.l Ii
Ofliv (;ilmon ukes rharre V th. I i
renrh and KnRlih atnhes and Belle Vetlerx.
llnitvMuT of Naluraf
Srtn.7,,ln,n,'V',,, instructor of Artilh-rjw icV 11
M-lor II Thl't.HF.ART, Oradnare- of the v.-Zl
JliUnw. taatatiwa w.aia.afwta1aa.t'
of tlte k. Military Inatitate-atUched to the
I nitcd Nutrs tmt Hurrcy Ut Makw md Gbimt sf
Artillery la ii..C 8. Arnir. :
frorrwior nt- Mvhametina, Ciril and Jfilitsrv ta-
lUieering, Architecture, Topographical arij In.lnnd
'raWlrtaf. an! Ammlant la.tn.... .-a i . a . . .A
MaJ. W. A. 0ilJv.NLllAJ.N,'-d.r4
tc. of his CUaa in llut ViriVi..
KPircUicitut Dd mcritorieaaa imrvu duriua tkt
W protiioted. Captain of JCiigineers in the httaC. A
fllS.' f .iaWy.. Aerienltnral-Oj-ol'-K
and MihersliiKy.CiA LEWJiLLTJ
Oieilrt,
V HlltToS.
Acvlimr. and late CliB.r r ... r,... 1..4
"".-ip.uiniiru KraOliaia
I'aiWTla, 7 ... ' J aaWaUaa..
Ieor of LaUiL French, Ethic and Bellea tst-
to brt.i.jiui.iU-d alKirti. r
btuweat Lira. E. A W a Tnnin
tree, to bo.apr.Oaii
- ania,aiuBvaiita aid he i'ala
baalt t,.la.4 wilt Im. -Mall.. iW.I a ...I ., . a,
of Ca .. u niiJ..,. ,t ,1, Wrsl,l..a ... 1 !T
Api.u.aMb. f w 1 rotewihiTw mnrt be ffehtlaia.es
t aiiiinUhia t,r a.lmt-it.m ar" t i. . r-. ar-
rt.ewllt,,t rtel,r 1 1 Hi (he let of i-enniarr nett,
SI! .Mlf Cadalta mnaaHAilt ml Lhtm ...1 ' - ' ' -
d na-wani in tli ir e( n lit a irrmrian, tii s of firr t
fa. enalu. tli.-w, at it t,mr, to enter the aawt
anced rlaaeee for whih they mav be fmiad aaahtaaj
ZlZTZZS'r ...reyr
ciroular. Wd s-r'jathev t.Aam,.l,Vfl, sppty
... it i ' wen, iv. t UL&lt'.N.- '
f,UJj M .2. . '.'it ' ' : I -
r 1 I
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i tJ
a.!- IV.,1,' .U "
as. - t m-
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