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I, ' ( -:' 1 the; semwel Q8ZAH TURNBB, Sdltc. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 30, 1874 MORE RING PAPERS. We have it coming through coofi dcnce men of the ring that two n ot papers will be i tar ted ood. II tbe nog keeps na tbe; will toon make lint f la Jitore of all the joorrjejmeo printer and there will be no chance to get out i retwr eioept through Foster's tjpe-xl ter. We inaiat tbat tbe nest junroar men set sp a edltora shall be native! and Virginia born. Toe tendency of not our railrnede ia to Virginia, and It may r be tbe rioe ia afraid to trait a native Iaat t be miehtlook toward! Wilmington, Beau fait and tbe eatt, loitead of towardi Norfolk or Richmond. Let the people reDrcieotativca look aler the ring a and not be deceived, for they have flrat cl gentlemen at werk for them. BULLING UP ED. MATTHEWS. Some editor! aod other folke neem bent on bulling np Ed. Mitthewi. We would not be a bear to tare down and devour ant human being, but if what Judge Onderdonk and otben aay of him ia true ihn ho 'u no mora to be feasted and dined than Littletteld, Abbott, Lafl n o John T. Deewese. We riaerve our opm ion of tbe new railroad king until other witnesses teatifv. A New Yoik correa- Doodent tbinka the eomp'etion ol Carolina Central road waa rather a email bnaineMfor auch extenaire glorificatio over Mr. Matthews. We will publiih the New York letter tomorrow warning North Carolina againat Wall street CONVENTION. Aiaoon aa the vote wn ascertained adopting the present Cenatitution we dt termined never to be ailent until there waa a Convention to remode! and mako the contrad'etory thing what it should be to enable freemen to enjoy life, liberty and property under it. Our first epeecb wit made in Halifax, the county of the old Constitution, where it waa considered, diacuaaed and adopted. From that day to thia we have been for Convention, and and have Bought to educate the popular mind, to thia notion. It ia true the atea ing and thievery of the Radical party so much engrossed the public mind that Convention waa but little talked of in the late campaign, but it waa not the lew needed. Having talked aod written lor Convention for aix long yeara, and we hope too to aome purpose, we now play ailent, that Montford McOehee, of Pertoc, may be heard. He talka well, and if be doea not convince tbeo you may go un convinced, for we despair laying any thing so convincing. Tn CORVfXTIOSI qCESflON CONSIDEHKll ill all rre bbarijjoj. Editor HilUboro Recorder : May I aak apace in your journal for a somewhat fuller discussion ui the ton rent ion Quettion than, aa lar as I know, it has yet received t I regard it aa the question of the hour as the question of nuMiioua. tpon its decision la my Judgmont, more than any, than all others, depend tbe future weal or woe of our good old mate. It is an admitted pne ciple ot political science that no people can retch any nigu stage or progress, whose institutions are not in unison with their geniua and antecedebta. A'l history testifies that the civil convulsions which have rent society st different periods have sprung out of the efforts of the peo ple to conform their institutions to their then state of advancement, la thia iato be found tbe germ of every revolution. Aid when the tide of feeliog stops ahort ot open violence in the effort for repress, the popular mind becomes sore ; it broods suddenly over public wrong ; all sense ef attachment to the State ia lost ; and the general discontent finds vent in emigration from the State. The young aod energetic particularly will not stay where great political evila exists, the re moval of which ia hopelee. In such s cuotry enterprise has no career ; indusi try itself is unnerved. In such a condi tion of things, it ia the highest impulse l duty to go away, and aetk some better laod. The recognition of this principle is now universal. The great problem ol political science is, in our day. to adjust the institutiocs to the pople. Thia prin ' ciple underlies every written constitution, since every constitution makes provision lor its two amendment ; for adjustment therefore to every itage of progress. Docs thia principle apply in our case ? l our constitution suited to our (teoplel Upon this question the people ol North Carolina have again spokeu oil', and spoken most emphatically. To me, it seems that thia constitution w framed, aod purposely, too, in direct ti- i;rd of tbe lecllngs, tradition! and p .. (.eel naages of our people. Nor can it be wondered at ; since the men who lock the lead in the cobstitutioo of '9 had come into the State but a year or two before; a few oi them in the federal ar my, most of theui In its wake Toe pre dominant feeling of them waa one ol hoeti:ity to our people; tbe. motive ol their presence iu that body waa personal advantage. Of tbe honor and interests of our tilete not one of tbea ever thought for a moment. The oiind of North Car olina was not spoken in that Convention. few able nieo, natives ot the Jitals, were there, but the' brand of disloyalty wai upon them a brand aa fatal to in fluence then aa inciviam waa to lite du Ting tbe French Revolution, Upon this poiut that ol the conflict of the present Constitution with the past biitoiy and convictions of our people it ii t be wished there were apace to go somewhat into detail ; but ia due acknowledgment or the courtesy which baa opened your column! te me, I ma eonlae myself within narrow limits. I will content my self, therefore, with presenting aome oi tbe points on this bead w4th aome of the more prominent 'poiata respecting other parts ot tbe constitution ia the briefest terms. To eliow tbe spirit of tbe respec tive constituents I arrange the points in tbe sharpest contrast 1. The flrat point in the tenure; and power ol the Executive. Our fat bin . ' i .it- ,k- MMrilfiBl rrttnM nl -f couunea tnw, u ".- - ... the government, within the narrowest sphere, and enforce ita responsibility by hortterma eThs Governor of North Carollca may be aald ! poseeea no political power. He has I no ahare in the tnakine of laws, he has no nare in tne appointment ui uuumrv power Is limited to granting r prleve are paraon. it is wen ior toe eiate it be ao. Executive patronage, u'ie it w cr yon will, la always aa eviL ! gov AmnoftnL whnaa nrjtlona faa la tbebUU, sreeonsnid thi Internal ronixroeof lb people, sack lenience are aaoeeeaear? and therefore grati.Koo evils "-Judge ton or Uouvoutlun or J, The nreeent Constitution bs duble the leriu of tfice and ureitly enlarged tbe powera cf the Executive. Tne p ier of appulotmeot veaieu in me ttfiuim makea it a controlling power in the gov ernment, and under I be decisions ut our Supreme C'jurt a coiuiautly expanding one. 2ndlv. Tbe old (.'ootliliili "1 gtva ful proojinence to tbe popular Urtncti of the government to ait the Legislature l'b appointments niat by Ibe Exeeu live were provisional ; they endured tin til the next Legislature, and wire then filled by the rrpnsentxiives "f the people. The prifent cou;itution tiibordinatia the popuiur lr-tpvtt to the Exicutivr; the Executive appiitiilces hold until the next election. An appointment by the Gov ernor is time iquivaleot to an election by the people, the power of il.e peop e ia pro tanto, translerred to one man ; a atep toward that ceotralitm now au uiuch and o justly dreaded. T.iia exaltntion of the one man power is utterly opposed to the traditions aod inttiucte ol our people. T.ie history ol the btate fiom the beginmug, is a protest against It. 3 Jit. Uuder ou. old constitution and the lor m of government instituted uoder it. the Executive recognized the uuieetj of the people and m s amenable to the tribunals ot justice. The Cbiel Justice of f ur State has dt dared that the Executive is above those tribunals, and that too, when the powers with which tbe Executive is clothed for the common good are turned to the distinction ol tbe liberties of tbe people. Tne dcctrlne that the Judiciary is ex hausted, just at tbe point when the pow era to tbe Executive are directed against tbe fcutte, ia deduced from tbe new con stitulion. and is enough oi itself to con demo. Tlfe purpose ot government fail! Iuat at Ita greateat need. 4 to. Tbe old constitution secured what was the prime object of our fathers, to- wit, a good aod cheap govemment. The new constitution which admits a doctrioe like that last mentioned, ia not only not good, but i a positive curse, As to the other point, cbespneis ; the tbe present government is bunt up in de fiance of that cardinal nquitite ; it has multiples olnces and salaries beyond all need, and to the gross oppression of our people, wutlu our people litre lost two thirds of their property iu kind and value, their burdens have been increased many lold. 0th. Tjb old Constitution secured an impartial adminiatrstion ol justice tree dom from bias, prejudice sod all personal teeting by alteration ot judicial circuit. The new Constitution confines tbe Judge to oue circuit, thus greatly multiplying tbe difficulties ol an iropsrtial adminis tration ol justice, il the Judge be a good man, and giving the fullest scope to bis feelings, passions aod prejudices if he be a bad man. Moreover, if the Judge be incompetent, it stops tbe wheels ot iui tice in one district for a whole term of eilit years. This system ha! made the judicial tribunal, in certain parts of our 8tate,the butt ot popular ridicule and con tempt. Gth. I lie higheat ot all human rights arc the rights ol citizenship. I'tiey were accordingly guarded by tho old C insti tution with jenloun ctre. No man with the taint of crime upon him van allowed to exercise tint nacied right. 1 u new Constitution breiks down all distinction between man and man upon tois point. It givee the aame power over tne State to a convicted lelun, that it gives to tbe most virtuous cdizi-n ; that w, tbe same power to him whe is seeking to destroy, as to bun who is seeking to preserve snd build up the Btate. Is not this provision t commentary upon the character ol '.he men who trained this Constitution? Is it not a declaration that their own fate was involved, if auy rule of exclusion was adopted ? 7tb. lue rights and duties of a citizen are reciprocal. The cxerc.se of rights shou d be contingent upon the perform ance ot dutier. ah man should be ad mitted to suffrage till hia dues to the State are paid; until his tsx receipt is exhibited. Nothing would impsrt such value and dignity to the right of suffrage. I he present Constitution gives to the man who contributes nothing to tlie btate to tho idle, the thriftless, the irthlesa the stme control over its re sources, that it gives to tbe most careful, prudent and conscientious or its citizen. o the two pellicula'! last mentioned, tbe trainers ol this Constitution virtually declare that in laying tbe foundations oi a commonwealth, integrity and honor should command no peculiar resptct, while industry, prudence and tbrilt are of no account in the practical working of a government. Toe non-recgnitioq of moral principle, except in empty phraser, is the most marked and abhorrent feature ol thia Cenatitution to me. Is it not tel ling like a deadly poison upon our com munity, in the melancholy decline of public morality among us! Bin. Ihe old Constitution embraced only those principle!, which are funda mental and permanent; Urns wbicn were only temporary and expedient were left tone changed or altared M the people might deem best. 1 be new constitution disregards tbis old and well recogoized distinction; contoun ls organic with legislative prin cip'es; and ties up, with jealous distrait, ibe popular branch of the government, to which, indeed, it is everywhere ic imical. Tbe evils of tbis are many ; let it suf fice t mention two : ita influence upon immigration ; Its effect upon tbe Intro duction of capital and the establishment of manufactures in our State. Immigia'ion is tbj most impera tive need of our flute we want laborers aod citizen to till the waste, and strengthen the commonwealth. There are only two methods by which immi grants can be secured, tbe State having no public domain ; oue is by psving tbe costs of transporting immigrants, the other is by exemptiog them Irom taxa tion for a series ot year. Both have been tried in the past history of the coun try, the latter successfully. From this latter resort our onlv hope to accomplish tbis great and vital object we are absolutely and wholly cut off by our present constitution ; of the former it ia nselesa to speak, in the pmatrata condition of our people. 3d. Many of our liater States are in viting and fostering manufacture! by ex empting them from taxaiioo for a term of yeara. Our pretent constitution leaves as no such resource. We are bound with fet ter. We can only atand by, Impotent and hopeless, while capita) and immigra tion flow into ouraiater Statea peaplioir and enriching them.'- I bars thna touched aome of tbe most salient polnta. I toped when I aat down to ohaerve upon many others ; oat I rear to trespass upon your patience and there fore psss on. It will be otservsd that all that I have said Is grounded upon the, validity o the C -institutional Amendment! recentlj made. If these ATnadmeuta are di- ciared Invalid by the Supreme Cjurt, a it Is now said they will b. than old qoealloBnol the "State I) hi," C.-esus." A-mual Lev ' at urr, et : , which we hoped bad Ueo iliaposed ol, 1'ioin up sgnitt to view in all ineir dread proportions, and etrefiglbea lie conauk-iationa bare sub mitted with jriealaiible Jwrte There it then no room for argument, Th.' deci. ion of the people iu favor f Cnti u tional Amendment haa, ia thai eUl thing, then been authnritatiteiv pr. - uoced. Tbeie ia nvbilg left to du cues. Hut sdmittirg Ihe dciive ehsractei of the objections to the present Cmatilu lion; shall Ihe proposed changes b made by l egislative action or by a C in vention t Toe m tthud ef amendment by Irgisla live action is subject, ia my Judgment, to the very giavest, nay, lo unanswerable objections It boasta, I know, an hom r able pedigree. It ia drawn Irom oar ol.l Constitution, into which it wat inserted by the Convention of 3o. But to those who know the circumttaoeee under which it waa adopted, tbii principle will need vindication, notwithstanding tbe source from which it roinea. It wss not in the (' matitutionol '76; it waa inserted ioto the Constitution ot to sgaiost the views ol its sb'est statesmen. It would not have been proposed at all but tr the opposing attitude id the East and West on one question. That questioo, through the changes biought auout by the war. bas passed away forever. U there any thing in its principle to lecummenJ it to adoption and uae i At I aaid, the ob jectioni to the pnnciple seems to me to be invincible. ' 1st. Tbis method ia too slow and cum brous when the necessity for a change iu the C institution ia prrnsiug It requires the co-operation oi tbe Executive, the Legislature and tbe people First, sc tion by tbe Legislature ; then by lbs Ex ecutive; then by the Legislature again, aod lastly by the people. It thus re quire! yeara to consummate one reform. It there be any merit in tbe principle, it can only apply in case when delay it of no vital Imparlance. - Snd. It cniup iratis o lotioi.t ol or ganic law, with mere in sue, uf orjiuary legislation; neither wou d thercluie re ceive that cal.n and deliberate attention bicb questions el the lormer character imperiously demand ; if they did, it could be only by such a prolongation of tbe session aa would mtke it equal in du ration to th! session ot the Leginlature and ef a Contention combined. There would therefore he no siving of cither lime or rxf-he. , 3rd. It subjects such questioui-at least so far as regarda the manner of adoption to the jurisdiction of the Su preme Court. Ibe tMipretne Court thua practically decides whether an amend- meadment shall nperae or not. 4th. From tbe magnitude if ta ; ones Hons, allecting a they do the organic law, the Supreme (' turt would be slow to decide; a decision may he postponed from term to term, sgaio snd again : and thus added to tbe delay inherent in the method is (he further delay ariaing from litigation. Meantime tbe people are left iu utter uncertainty aa to tbe supreme law ot the land the Uget uvum. I nia ia actually tbe cats now. 5th. No court could poisibly be an im partial tribuual for ninny of the questions tbat will necessarily arise under this methoj. For exunple. one of the quii tiiMis that will probably spring up, ri g&ids tbe constitution ol the court, as respects the number ol Judges and the tenure of their office. Upon such ques ns no emit could tie impartial. 6 1). It is incontinent with the dignity, the sovereignty of a tree people, that their highest judgments thou' J be sub mitted to any tribunal. For these retsons the objections to the principle of amending tbe Constitution by legit ative enactment seem t me to bs insuperable. But objectionable as this method of Constitutional idorm is, it ould have been comparatively harmless if applied as it was iottnded to be under the; old Constitution, to questions which might arise in Ihe gradual progress ot oui government. In queattous like those springing from tbe regular growth of the political community a mode 01 re form diiatory and even tedious might poeaibly suffice. Such a state of things, ii the fartbeat possible Irom tli.t in which we find ourselves. The questions which press upon us were precipitated by the destruction of our government iu lSliti, and the manner in wmch eur present Constitution was formed. The destruc tion ol the old ('institution wss sudden, overwhelming, complete ; the new one was imposed upon us lj a t invention made up, so far at regarda at least eight out of tin, of mn entirely ignorant aod illiterate, and lor the i eat, of men who knew notliing ol our. antecedents, feel ing or wishee ; oothine ot our situation and resources ; men who had ne other conception of what waa to be done, than to adopt mainly the Conatitution oi some oilier Stale, however alien or oppressive to us, interspersing it with clauses from different Constitutions how incongmus so ever they might be. It is invpoasible. but that a ( 1'istitntiou so Iramed. should present numerous questions -u questions for ah ivli LegWstiv reloim offers no eniedy. Now a convention ia sutjrct to none ol these objections, it is the embodied sov ereignty of tbe people. It is the proper tribunal lor the consideration and iiecu- ion of all thome questions winch do at the foundation of government. Tbe people recognize tbe supreme, dignity, its coi. aummate importance. ' Toe delegates are cboeen from the ablest, wisest and most experienced men in the State. Eveiy one, ou looking over a liat of tbe mem bers of any legitlature, and ol Ihe msm- bera of any convention, must be' struck ith the difference between them.' The difference in tho opinion ol tbe people, udgtog by this test, la immeasurable be- tweeo tbose w ho sre elidible to the one and the other. M ireover, it is tbe -only way by which we can avsil ourselves of the talents, acquirements, and experience of the public men now in office. Ad our judgea could sit in a conventioa. The Cuief Justice of the United States t in tbe convention ol 1829 -'30, and were in high official position in our convention of '33. In no other way can the people have choice among our beat men. A convention is ihe only method of amend-. ing our conatitution tbat la perfectly Cot- aouant with Ibe spirit ot our institutions'. It ran deal with all nor grtevan et, and deal with them at once. It will deal with tbern -under a sense 61. obligation and responsibi ity which a legislation never feels. It w- uld eecure for tbe sev eral subjects of deliberation that atten tion only possible with auch dtviaun oi labor. It won d save tbe people Irom these incessant agitations which so many grave question! conttently "in traniU," hrouiih tbe legislature, must inevitably engender. It would exclude all doubt and ancertaioty as to our organic law, since it would spesk authoritatively and, "Dally, ll would settle every cousti'0" tiuual question for a qu titer uf aeeutuO tucouie. It would riatore tranquility l" iba public miud ; call eut the affections ol tbe people to a government of their own choice ; bind them lo their homes, and cheer tbea on ia the new career ol prosperity which a contitutiot t the times would opea up to them. A in-j ! i ' J "I the ) ruiuila i f the Matt have pioi.ounred againt a convention. If Hi. y have givea t xpnstiou tu ihe col vicHunt of the people, titers would be n tore to a.y ; for aitb the people the d ttalwfi wi I bo) u, nation must real. Ii, however,, it shall be found that thia opii iua is baaed rather Upon the ymnmtd, ttiam upon the ui'rtbtl judgment of tin peeple, then thequectioti ia aa opcu .o tiit cuwuin aa before. Tnis diacu.'siou would tiwfavored by the j jurualiita tbeustlvit. fem a class, none are more p-tnl to Iretlcqtiiry ; none more anxious to reach a fight conclusion in this mutter. ll a clear that capacity and ucots to iDlorifiVtioo, apart, the opinion of the 1'iurnaliat on this subject it north no mora than lha' ot any other ciliz -u. Ii It astjiiestiou of lact, and while the ad vantages uf thoae bo conduct the pre ol tbe rt.ate, sre. over the generality ol men, undoubtedly great iu teapect to the particulars mentioned, jet evm here, thej thimss ves would a linn t list the advan tages ol Ibousaodt of our cuiz its are equal-to tbeir on. Now it ia conceded tint upon tbieaul -jccl there baa been no rei etit xpreaaion ol opinion by the people. Ii i three yeara since they were callud upon to vote on lha qiiest.un; l.r three jcars, the people have b-tn silent so far as regard a dtliui:e decltration ol tlieir -vewt upon lbs question. If they have been filtnt, il must be admitted Hint any tonclu-ioui. resiecting their opinions at tins time, must be conjectural. Hut, in all candor, let it be asked, is it couaistent nitb ihe nature ot such moiuetiious itsuea to rest the r decision upon a guess at popular sentiment, based upon action which took pi cs: three years ago ? Shall we take i o note of Ibe progress ol opinion during that period? It C oaervviie Statet msnship ol lhat sort which Iooks back wsrd only, aod lears r rilu-es to lace tbs questions ol tbe djy ( y.-l us glance a moiurn'. at mine ol the chief obj-.ctinus which have beeu urged t a Convention, due oue mostrtlieJ on, and inot frequently tiged ia, it inu-l be coulesstil tullicienily il Jtlinid. It seems to grow out of a vsgU'.- dread ol doing anything at all. It declares any movement looking to a Convention to l.e '"impolitic" since it would ik lo hrzinl Ibe trtiits of nur recent v.ctory. It i diflicu t to appreciate the loice of this objection. I; our late triumph had been the result of any great aul sudden ei citement. which sipt the pcoplu out of the ordinary track ol upmioo ; il u had been o'.itaiucd by a rea rt to doubttul political expudicntfi, then lint obj-xtion would litre gnat we.ght, lint ihe lit ter wns never chaiged'by even i ur polit icsl adversaries, snd we know that no such excitement ixatn). Tlnieaa-, it is tiuv, the civil I .(;(.! Ii i:, but that waa no new Iimu-. It hi l-een belore the country for mouilit : it hvi been debated a', length in h otli liu" id C mgress; it bad beeu I ui It dicued by the pteas ol every Btate. it oj1 i, piobab y, Le strictly true to aay, that no election was ever freer Irom (iciteincnt. Mtiuy issued were eiubrnced in thatcanvtra and so far as tbe civil rights bill wst concerned, the people went forward on the day of election to ricird a verdict long made up, tu-wil, that it was at once unconsti tutional ; destructive of our society ; de structive of the peace ot the two races ; above all, degrading to '.he white race. It was done so quiet ami calmly ns to af- lord a spectacle nl the truist moral grn- ur. It waa a simple exeiciae ot right and power by a tree people. Such an exhibition of quiet power, in presence of so much danger to institutions and te race, will Loake that electu u be ever poiuted to, as one of the nobleit achieve ments of a free gnvrniuer.t. It will be regarded aa a crowning prsof of Ihe ca pacity of a tree people to appreciate the greatest question, and to deal with them mill the ssuie calumets ot temper with which they would treat m event of dally occurrence. It it a great mistake, nay a grievolit blunder, so to interpret the late election as to mako it a check upon the move tiient toward Constitutional reform. Equiliy so, is it to hold, that it demands a pause in the movement. Tbe true les son of that election is the reverse of this. Ho far Irom being a warning againat pro ceeding further, it is a lrarbmer beckon ing and uiging us onward to h i needed relorm. It dtmocstrates en awakening of the people tu a true perception of the i-ni'" of Ilia day. It is proclamation b th oi. that all tilings are now ready. Not to e e it, is to be blind to the signs f the utiles. Agaia aa to the objection of "impol icy" let it euHice to aay, that tbs princi ples a ith which we have now to do. un derlie all propwty and personal rights ; tbst they do not admit of tempor ri ig expedients and that tbey demand peipi-i-ual assertion, and unceaaing effort to give them effect to pot them in operation, il" a Ire uple twunte any oiher attitude i.i the pretence of such questions they forego their rights ;. they ignnie their most solemn duty. Anotner moie tangible ground of op position assigned is.thu supposed popul r apprehensions on account ol the 'home stead.' If there beany loundutiou for this impression, the difficulty can be eas i y obviated. Tne conveution csu he called under the limitation and leatric t.o it set forth In I In; act of ibe L'-gisla-tur . According io the theory ol our governmeot (tte language will be rtcog nir.'d as that of Judge Uat'on.) "all pr liticai power was derived from the pei pie, and when they choose to make a grant of power, they may make a plena'rt or restricted grant ; they may give it all or in part." . Trie convention of '85 estsb lished the precedent. But if it were sn open convention there would not be the smallest danger. There ia not an enlightened man in North Car olina who does not know that the po icj of the "homestead" is sanction! by the spirit of the age; by the ju Igruent ol all right thinking men and by the example ot many fjtatcs. ' There .is no man, no matter what his reputation or past se vices, who dost not know that he could co. stand ah hour in opposition to the homestead. Nay tbe combined opposi tion of all tbat we have amongst us however distinguished for tslenia or vir tuecould avsil nothing in opposition. If our - public men' were opposed to it, they know that their opposition would be, not only nugatory, but fatal to tbern iele. , Bat' our public men are in perfect ac cord with -tbs spirit of tba age in - tbis matter. Accuatoined to (be eonaideraiioo of su'j cts of this nature, they appreciate the homestead mere highly than Iba peo ple themselves do generally. Io its prin ciple, an the turt rewge of tho family in com of iitatter, it commend! itself to tbe warmest approval to the good and tbe wise. Beyond all doubt, our public men as a class need ita protection aa much li any other. " 1 I Further, thia obiectlon ssauo.es ao ig norance on the part of the people which does not exist. They know tbiir power, and tbat they oau command the fidelity of legislat ors ind delegate! if i hey were disposed to bs. unlaitlilul. T ley know that if tbe homestead were tie: d- m mded by the spirit of christian jur -(.iudeiice. yet after a desolating civil war, it would "e a Dccesiity. They know that onc tixed, it take! dtep fitot in the intntu tiois ol the country, snd ia to be as er. dunng as our granite bitlr. But, yet again, who --will be the deU gabs iu that Conatitution t A veiy large majority are to-day pursuing their usual callings; uodistingutidied Irom tlitir lel-ow-IiieD ; oue with them iu feeling and iniereat, of, a psrt of the iplc them a.-lvi. When the duties to which, ou account ol ilnor sentc judgment and in rorumti u they tl.ill he iltlegatid, have l.een pertoimcd, ihej wi.l go back anil mingle among Ihe Hue of their Iclloa cit zeua; will return among the people a id become a part of the people again, la anything to be feared from a conven non u i conatitcted ? Not uutil tin people coutpue against thcnmlvis, not unless i hey shall be supposed to be capable ol plotting their own destruction. It is said, and this objection weighs most' with many, that tbis question aid not enter Into the late ctnvas. Tj this the auawer is obviou. Tue Cjutcrvstive party of North Carolina is by its veil origin and antecedents a puny ol reform It owes its ascendancy this day to a con viction cd tbe ptit of thi people, tbat ill mission iato redress tin grievances uuder which they now labor. From the hour ol ita formation ii bs, through the press, through the I" gislature, and tkrough it public speakers, held up these grievances to the public view. It haa asserted all along that those grievances being en wrought in the present conatitution could only be adiqualely dealt with by the pcop!e iu convention assembled. It pro. posed a convention, but it was voled down on account ot a vnjjue alarm aViut the lu.meatead aod the fcuppo-o d attitude if the General Government. About the homestead there is no deluaion to-day; it is iecognizjd as an iutegral pat of our institutieus ; it txists by a consent more nearly universal than unj part ef our or ganic law. It will be as enduring as the Government itself. Tbe O neral Uoverc ineut no longer carries any terror in this lua.ter. The people feel tbat they incur no danger in the cxerci&c f a CmMitt lional piivilege. They rcaliz; that the good ot the a hole is made up ol its epa ra'e parts. They kuow that the interest ol the Ceneral Government cannot be bet ter promoted in the State of North Car. una tliau by the csiahliibnieot of a Gov ernment in unison with tbe feelings, the ii' tercets, Idle traditions of our. jpeple. -lliey know tbeeatablislimcnt of such a v. rmoont would do more than any thing else to build ttp and develop the material resources of the South which s now the master question in American pol una, and the one upon whicb tbe future of A norirau fiuance so intimately d. pen ls and that in such an flort they could havi the uppott of two-thirds id the people ol Ihe .North. Hut I have trespsase I too long, snd must conclude. The people under the teaching of the Conservative patty have been lead lo ixainiuu thia Conatitution, and tlu-v have ixamined il m l: and tlioi- oughlv. Tnetr judgment lias been made up iu regard tu it, and untij Jivocahy ex- pressed. It a as impos d upon us by force ; we look ou it a a badge of servi tude. It was the work ot nccjy adven turers ; ignorant and political science: inteut oniy on plunder and office ; no wonder, then, it on the one band we hud clauses which, if carried into t tK-ct, would confiscate the property of our citizens ; aad en the other, clautis which, crafti ly lnaerted lor the purpose ot securin!; a long tuuure to the tint i Mice holder, have plunged our whole political system into coofusion and uncertainty. It ia wed kuown tbat a capital provision ef this constitution is tbe boasted achieve ment of a shanifleja and succt-s ful Iraud; as oue of the results, we have exhibited to Ihe world the scaudaloua spectacle of rejected judges clamoring from Court to Court for a seat on the Bench from which they have been rejected by ihe popular vote. This constitution tan framed, not only in defiance and contempt of the views and wishes ol our people, but in contempt and defiance of the principles ol Republican Government, since it gives to oue man the power which beloogs of pght to the people ouly. It has in fixing thejudga to one circuit, poisoned the louutains of justice by ob'ruding the leeliugs ot the man ioto the office of the magiatrate. It has set aside every sale guard lor purity of suffrage that sheet anchor ol Republican iustilutious to subserve partisan ends. It has manacled the hands of ibe Leg islature in regard to matters where action is essential to prosperity aod progress. It baa engendered aod kept alive a con stant strile between the several depart ments ot the government; the boundary line between the law making and Execu tive branches ot our government is yet undefined aficr years ol litigation. But euougu the veidict of the people la, as 1 said, made up. This c malii utiou i u offence to ua and we do not intend to live under it. We intend to invoke that poacr, which noue on ibis coulineut dit putrs, tbe mighty, the irresistible power ot the people to conlront and disarm the i Vila much assail ui. In Ihe might aud no jest ot the people we intend to meet iu Couvcntion. anil lay down anew tlio inundations i f our government, and to lay them down in truth, justice aod equity. To the timid and faltering, wh0 aspire to lead opinion ou this subjtcr we say courteously but firmly -Vtaua as',dfi give way to men of deeper convictions and ttronger faith iu the capacity of the people lor eell-govewoieni." To the members elect of the General Assembly we say : '-ilitf. people have been invoked to send lo the Legislature a representation whicu would enable it to Uke step lor comp ete and thorough reform. We have doue ao ; your majorities are ample. It uow rests with you fcj redeem tbe pledges which have been given to vindicate the good1 laith and consistency of the con servative party. You have It in jour power te a. cure to the State a long career of peace, order and Constitutional regu larity. Can you find in your heart! a no bier incentive to action ? You ca.i, open up to oar State a new era of existence, an eralraught with hope and promise. Cm you withhold such a future from us as a peop.e i There will be many ho will shrink back and cry out tbat tbeie is danger, and will clamor lor delay. In answer, we beg to remind you of tbe ay0. "That omnipotence itself cannot btnp those who neglect opportuoitie-." All that I'rovideoce sfl irds in tbe ooutse ol ita datliug. is opportunity, and the man or tbe party tbst nrglects it it stranded and lost. PlBDM' XT SENTINEL F1UENDS. "Hear ma for my cause, and be ailent that you may bear." Tbe new postal law require us to pre pay all pOatage on papers aent out. of the county in advance. Ttre are many of ypu who owe us your subscription from the day we took charge ol tbe fcflHTiHSL aix yean ego. We are pleased to furnish you tbe Skstinkl, and if you who have paid will aty you bave net bad tba worth of your money, it shall b restored to you. Some of you til fifty dollars for the IKily, aome thirty dollar! lor Ihe Sera: -Weekly, and some eighteen dollars for the Weekly Skktiskl. Only ore) sub scriber has sent us money for postage, and he lives in I liuois. We will prvpay pottage on the papers of all who bave paid us ior Iba next year, but we can bot do ao on the papers of tbose who bave not paid u. However we expect to pay postage for a lew who are years behind lo tee to h.it extent tbey will run tbeir credit. We do not expect to continue t tbe helm of the Sentinkl much longer. If we sell, and we expect lo do so, it will be t Democrats. If we continue to edit, the paper shall be improved with a view 'of driving out the corporation and ring papers. We shall make all but tbe ring ashamed to read ring pspera. Pay up your old tcorea and send ui new sub scriber. We don't want them by the hundred at the Newt reports them from Ooldsboro' and Wilmington to that pipe. Steadily coming, and a few" at a time, at for tbe last month will satiafy us. Can Cub llm THE EATEST. BEST AfD CHEAPEST. I offer the public, thi latest improved Cotton Gin, as well as the cheapest. Tbe following certificate! from well knowk gentlemen, will be more latisfactory than any thing I can say : Neah Cakv, N. C, Nov., 12th, 1873. This is to certify that I am using one oi the Cary Gina made by W. M. Sorrell, of Cary, N. C , and that I am well pleaaed with it and would cheerfully recommend it to any one wanting a good Gin. . A. B. Yates. Cart, N. C, May 22nd, 1874. I take pleasure in saying tbat tbe fifty Saws Cotton Gin, I purchased from Mr. W. M Sorrel!, known as tbe Cary Gin does tar better work than any Gin, I have heretofore used, though coating from 60 to 100 per cent leas money. I think anj per son in want of a Gin will save money by purchasing the Cary Gin, it performance has been entirely satisfactory to me, I can cheerfully recommend it to others. A. F. Pao. We certify that tbe Cury Gin has given entire satisluctinn to our neighbors, who have tried itand we think it in excel lent gin. II. P. Gi Eas, II. B. JuHDAM, W. C. Paok, Ws E. PblL CHICK : For UO Saw Gin, 170 For 35 Saw Gin, 160 For SO Saw Gin, 150 For 45 Saw Giii, 140 For 40 Saw Gin. 180 For all under 40 Sana, 120. Persona wanting Gin w i I please lend in their orders cany in the season so that I may not be crowded in the fall. Send in your ordim mid I warraut you will be pleased. 1 do ail kind tif repairing. , Addiirss, W. M. SOUKELL. . miyWd&w-lf. Cary, N. C ita Re Rs ffADWAY'S READY RELIEF CURES THE' WORST PAINS In from One to Twenty Minutes. (MOT ONE HO Us. $J after rtiln thia adverttment at -' -BCfFKR WITH PAI. SADWA" 3 RBAPT RKURP tS A Cl... . ?OH KVE11V I'AIN. tt Or tlrst and la Tit Only l'niia Remedy lint .!.. ih" m t PtcrucuiHiff rainit, all irl:iini(ilnm Bt'.l i li rt 4'ntt ' i."h. whether "(if Ltimra, S'onifv li, if- , .-. i.i.i.il t. r fUutl or organs, by Hie ttjilicaiK'n. IN 1-TtOM CSV. TO TWKVTY MTNtTES. fin mWr It vt,.i,-iii ,,r i' v'ti-?ifir ih" pmtn th nilt.i TI'. It.) f llr-i. iMiti, a'rii.prnt. Nt-r.otw, St tiritlu , ut -r .-H ..' .1 M Ii t. i-atsv ll. all (ft, r, RAOWAY'S KEADY PE" Wtl.I. erFul-ri 1-T,IVT K tXFl.VVM lll' SJiK Mil' KIONKVs i n. m a i, us ir vtii: n. mhif.h NFI.AVlAT!oN (0 1 OF K'lfl FI . i.:!nM n'Tiir. Lt xiis. miUK THROAT, I'll'l I' lM- ,.t . ,tm,i 1 ilo'l i u'lnv nr niK I1KART UYSTERII . CROC i'. . 1 1-1- ll.H, . 1 1 ill.ii:. I MH ES7.A IIEAUAi"II!!, TOOTMACIIF. I'l l ' HIA, nilU'MATISU. crii.n run. I s. i.:it on i j Tlif Mft0o-att .i, ... il.- IC-udv Rllrt" tl'- psrt-.r r:inx it' re Hi. i-iun .1 .1 in u.i.. t-Ai. i. Mill iilloi .1 ra- TwehiVilr .' !-t li'l'n f.i.'.V nt-itlii ''w run- (.'It M t'.-, M' , 1 UK K TIM HN, "l K II f IM iV-r:TKKV. "I' H ', W (Nil viit v f' fti h Ttw ..I .( sr-iM n. I !KKMifU, IU.. l.t'vVLLri. jml nil INTKl?; W. I U - 'I r. !- -I.-.-.! i -n r- t 1.,. IV of Rati. i -' )trMtl IX'-llff u.th -h- ii . iw .littjw i;i rr v il ti mi1 ik . i ' . V..i i I'hiiittif ut nnief. 1: i, r. r t!i. :i t'r itvti bi'ii l ! Bin r o fidr.o'jm. rzvzn AND AGUE. rWFR AVI il'IT .t.-f.1 fnr flOtr ffa Xh'-rv 14 M.'l n r-'titt'uii nfi:t i" 'lil vi -ii - M I'mn K. ' rr n-l .-u.' nl til t.ttirr UlurifU., Sonrl t. IHit'-il. Y'-i . U't-1 lll.M- rl'Vf's hU bv RAt) W A S t'l..l o nulrli ttAUAAY A HKAl'a Kl Llhr Fii.v t , ni pvt bvUie HEALTH ! BEAUTY!! lTtt'i vr r-'-n- t"r-lt B"'in-IVi-nE!T! Or' n.hll M W: ,..HT i-I.SCaR SKIN ANU MEAi. riH L ni'i,':iiii.i klcvmu to all. DR. RAD WAY'S Sarsaparillian Eesolrat VKi CREAT CLOOD PURIFIER. IKS MAliCTtir: Ml "-T AvTOVISlllNO rfRF.f: 0 Ol 1' K w KAPIO AKK Til li l-HANllKX. TIIR lltlllV I'M I.H- e S I M'H Tilt ISr'l.lKV a i k Tina ll:i i t woM'KHlri, akiKICiKU, IUAT Every Day aa faass ia M ail ftiM is Seea ail Felt Mn;pAnitLTA!i RHnou a fa r -i-a( ri th hlKMt. H wot. liriM, -V n. .- uf ., vHtfin the viator nr . i.M .'tinttt. ! r i) if" rt-'raof ihr b-nly tvhh nw nJ 1 inait-riitl. f-rtrul. Kt phi Ua, Ctmmimpltiin, , .!, ttti.i. .in , I --!i tn ir i h rout, Mtmih. Tm S'mIkiiIh .hftiiatiMlMiitiii ottr parti itfibr uv-tnn, . y.t t-'tniiiir.u' t1itcliartf(i trim th Ear. anl .rt tiTiin cf Nktti fli-raa, Rrarrttnns, frvr a mII t-Ktnit Worin. Hail lthuin, Krvip?ian, i,-. H Hrk tiMj. Wtrm tn Hi Pitwa. Tumtira, Can . t'.f VYiiinh. and all wpaknitif and taiiilNi dm Mirtit sweata, Ijtmirf Hpmatu) all waataattf i.emr-ii.i'. si wtihin Iltc cHratlr ranv f thj .7W MMrrn t'hrn Htry, and HtwW will ittiv Mrion uraing it rot rithraftaHM furut ol . iui'trnt power to ear Utffai. ' . punfM, daily iWtMimtM rAA brlh .M,pwtltsa that wWawMiiamlly pnty rwaiaig. atic . ii, irriifkc thaa anatM, a rwl raaaira lh lama ' - t niatrnal mavla frv.ai Ifhliy fcroM amd tkta -KSArArlllXI wilt ftitl d-ta af raj m rura r ,u; lof wticaj aeg that rmrif eowiawaa Ma ( pariaVralvtrvtn, and ucraada m dimmtaailtc tha ,f wa-itaa, tu rttpftlra vtil to rati and vary da y i,.- .ti n willffe h'Tzait vrowm httT mn4rrmT, i m-! 'liiTMtiiHi aarttar, apUH tmfuviut, aital Aaaa ,i-J wriehl IncrrasiBff. N ,t t.tiiy dMH tba Ramnnuat Rftmrrwr aveal in irtuwa rt-media I ataiaiWruraif4:rironi''. nrr- ronvfiiKtiona, jm tu ti ihm, ut U t iba - jy aMUve cUaVlae. Kidney & Waaler Complaint t narr and WrmiB dlawsMaa, OraraaV ptaaalaa. Tmpmtt ht'iUiav i.l.i.i'ni VTattr, laaouatiawnoa of Crtaa, BrMtt i . Atbttminuria, atwl ta all caaaawaera lhara ara .'AduM (ltossU, or itoa watar la tettefc, cloady, tatxad , riiMtaDcahfta tha whit of an, or (hrmaxW taka nM mlk, oribera ai a aWMtraM, 4ark, fclvow appear vf. and wblta tona-duat dapoalta, and wata ttMtw aj a prickuaa, baraiiHi aaaaaUua wlwi paainc watwr. aiad l i um Soai vf Um Sack aod aiouf toa luiaa. Tumor of 12 Yean Growth Cured bp Badway9 ResolvcnK COIwIvTCOTXCUT MUTUAL Xsffuronco Company. staiauuns a etKbtajt ataeitanl of V BO L V K-N" C Y . Tbe character of Ue ! toierU of IU mi elated easels of $36,000,000 Is o tbe PUrbest Claaa for secarltjr ; Il hat. tnjr. never loit a dollar of it tnveatmrnt. Iu J U P R L U S Isbu-ger than tbat of an? other Comptni over $5,000,000; It bas a membership ot nve' 671 000 iraoi Ita ratio for tbs enure KT Jrs of Ita b uii,. . has been but . 8.97 FEB CENT of its receipt. It bas noStockholderr. im dollar of saving or profit belong" tolelj v u.- no j.i o Y-n o I pei: r.oia anch a rrconj ooe ran well Ju.ltr l r. to insure with aaietj and the rinalUat .o.. ble eost. .'l. WAIT, Gnu'. AirtMit. KALRIGU. N.C. s ELECT BOARDING AND DAT CUO(.l., HlLUBOHO' N.C- The Misses Nssh ani Mlis Kolloek will re tame the exercises of tUelr f chool on Kridai 'Mth July snd continue twentv weeks. Cir culars forwarded on application. janeiW-Stwiw MIE ';ld suustaktial vVELL TESTE! ). M 1 knus Co., witw office F I I II E II BIT I L DIN (I, OVIB TBI BABDWAai STOMB Of JULIUS LA WIS dk CO Haa paid to the Widows aad Orpbout 1 North Carolina since 185, the sum of near', as oo, ooo. And. by fidelitv and promptness in this pai Ileal ar, and furnlahinK the lowest rates of an) drat claaa company; and also, having paid saore reveaua to tbe BUI than an; other company, aba merits aod enjoya the well earned dittlnctioaof belnx the LB1D1X6 LIFE C0SP1II IX TUE STATE. And with her 0UO.OOO.OOO.OO Ammvtm, now on hand, and manaired by eentleuen of lone experience and financial skill' she otJeri lb hhrheal standard of secarily to all her eattouera. And, asaa investment for capi talitt a 110,000 policy la better than iO.OOUIn real aatata. Aires from HO to 0 are inaurabla of both sexes Thia company does not say, insure with Ihem. my But we ask au impartial comparison with aay ejmpany in ratat and mjxmnbilUg, aad leave th ) result to the Jndinnent of the public, i- By callinfr upou thi Heneral Ajtentor any of his Locals, farther Information will be clim r- W. II. CHOW, Uenerul Aj(eul. W. H. McKEE, at. D., Medical Kiui,m-i Sep tt-ejtn fSCU. KliK HOH K 1N81 ITUno.M! ShC U HIT T AGAJJVS1 rlllt NOIITII CAROLINA HOME INSURrlNCE COMPANY' RALEIGU, N. C. This Coaipany conUnoes to write i'oliu at fair rates, on all classes of insurable prop erty. All losses are promptly adjusted and paid. Tbe "HOME" Is rapidly p-oitljfin public favor, and appeals, with confidence, to inttiren of property iu all parts of N( rib Carolina. Agents in all ru of the State. K. II. Batti.b. Jr., President. V. B. Koor, Vice President Bsatob Ualbb, Secretary. Polaski Cowraa, Buparvlsor. June x5-tf. gCOVILL'8 . Blood and Liver .Syrup ! All cntaneou eruptions on the fv? or body IbdicateAa Iupi hb C'oMDiiioaorTUi Hi.'hu and thia may, or may n it be KcuoruLS - bu t in either ease tbe dlaease Is utblnic more the r sn insidiol's poison that llb'KNs LIKE A TERRIBLE FIRE, ts il courses through tbe veins, sowing e ot death with every pulsation. In this condition of thins; something needed at oicb, to Clbaksb thi blood , w., SCOVILL'd BLUOD AND LIVER 8 YKl I' will poutivblt eflact tbis desideratum, ei pelllng every usee of disuse from the dloixl snd system, aad leaving tbaskln BOn, FAIR AMD BEIUTIFI I.. Hundreds of certlflcate attest its van... Price (1 er bottle. JOHN F. HENRT, CUKRANAf O . V f. t) aod V College Place. New oi K. 4L80 PROPRIETORS OF Hall's Balsam for the Lunge, Carbolic Ml". Kdey'e Carbolic Troches, Jxyk-eni.! : Bitters for DyspepsU, Dr. Mott - i.) erPlllsj Dr. Rogers' VegeU'-l-WonoByrnp, Dr. Bennelt -Burs Death to Rata, lik e, and Vermin, Kusaian Hair Dye, Etc., Etc. FOR SALE BI ALL DKl'OUIhi r) mar V-lm-w. VTOT1CE. i.1 i- finriHBsn l-.i To all person l who are in srrears tor l ;.i" for the years 1871 aod IHT3, :8rd, I hereby aollce to them, that if the aame I not p , .1 on or before the MHhtnaUnt., tliat an ei e i Uon will beisaaaed arainst them, an tbe k aas already been mad and the Jugeii.ini eoafeased. Tbis la the list noiiee and il who fail to comply may expert lo tee tbeo names pohlUhed besides hannf to py ertt aeptttd T F. L.EK rthrnll. N 0 T c Notics is hereby given that apphrati .m will be marie to ihe Unen I A w mldj a: ts present eision.to pats an net incorpi rating tha; loara of Yjungsville, in tlic eoaotv of Franklin. dec jg Jim