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; '' - "; ' i . ! ' t $ " ' ' MI 4 GOVERNMEMT WAS5 INSTITUTED FOR THE GOOD OF THE GOVERNED. VOL. I.: ASHEBORO, NORTH CAROLINA,. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1876. I NUMBER 1. 111 111 i j 1 1 THE RANDOLPH REGULATOR, PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY - ' ! BY . ' h : tin; Randolph publishing cq oFrrcK 2 iocrs hast of Tin; COURT I tor SB. One Year, jUge )ail.... r ad has given over twelve months in of property an4 to this the Cohven rbich the amendments can be exam- tion addressed Itself patriotically, wise irled arid. discussed, and has provided ly and Eealouslyj and ihirteen amend f Jf a more liberal and intelligent dis j ments are proposal, Viz : Sec 4 is amended by striking out the words t special Courts," andinser- MX Mon th. postage paid. itribntion xf them than was ever before 1- 4 1 gj I practiced in this State. i. 1 ml iTliis statement convicts the leaders o One mi n fj!'Jar.. three insert ioii: u soiiarr. four insert ions. ..J. '.One fijiiurt', three months!. .... , One MH tins " and such other Courts inferior to the Supreme Court as may be estab lished by law." Hy this amendment, .....1 n lence of the people, either m their . , . . . r . . , sary, for example : in Wilmington, ' . ! cJthe Republican party of being false RAES OF ADVERTISING. 1 . , ... , , 4, i n rJp:tphets, and ought to shake the con tie 4rfiiisro, one mrtion 1. 01 rl fjiiirp. two jHsertioji-....!. t teiligence, or ineir sinceruv, ior ac ai:s six month.-... re, twelve months....... !r Vdrgt-r nlvcrti-eint nt lilenil cotv 2 .-.!!i.5 W!C lsations so groundless should come EIiI SMme to roost. .0pow as to what the Coriventiori did, trarts wiill Ik-in;iri'. Twelve! lines solid ;ttyp amendments are proposed to Ar br. vier jontitut.- on.- M,Mai : j j orihc Constitution Sections AllVirnl f -ion WORK ,5onc at the ; r At, . ' Ki:;iii.AToK" oilier,; in the ,n. atiest;iana z me nrst cumicmuiug uiu t 1.-. aii on r a-onaiie term?, inii.s ior lr 4r.tice of carrvins concealed wean advert i.-.Shir eon-idered. due jwhen i)re-s I , . , . t, ;yrl antl giving tue ycnurai ivsstujuij w jo.tor to enact penal statutes against be 1 1 ted An Address to tho Popplo of Chat ' ham from Messrs.' John Manning and W. F. Stroud. 7 iur 'fellow Citizens of Chatham County : . . ' j T1h, jnnder.signed having been elect cd us delegates to the (Convention from ('hatha n county, lecm it j eminently proper and right that they should rcn 'tier an jaeeouut of their stewardship to their constituents. ' I It wa diargel during the ramp'aigrt fur the Convention in the address of the Executive Committee of the Kc Iiulflieain party and reiterated. by Re publican orators and papers : 1st. -That the object of'jthe Demo eratie ijarty was to'-disfranchise large 'numbefs of voters. This was not done nor atteinpled. 2d. Tiiat the Democratic! party was 'UufrifiMly to the homestead uk! pcr sonal 'property cxem)tions,,;and if con trol was oi)ained of the Hupremc Court "thev would overrule the decisions of ii4practice J the second declares that political societies are dangerous He liberties of a free people, and 5ould not be tolerated. These amend tifs are in the interest of good mor ro, cud of the public peace and safety. Article 1L six amendments aro POOfied, viz : To Sec. 2 tise 6f the meeting of the G eneral As- sefjly to the first "Wednesday after thtfiit Monday, in January uett, af tel'iicir election, thus getting rid of thtChristmas holidays, and the delay aniexpensc incident thereto Newbernj Raleighi Chatlotte and else where, where, from the crowded condi tion of the docket of the Superior Court, civil actions are ysry rarely tried and justice unreasonably delayed. ilt was also thought that! under this provision, if necessarjv tu0 General Assembly miht establish courts with a limited, civil and criminal jurisdiction wbich might take the place of the present sys tem of Probate Courts; and besides try certain classes of criminals more speed ily, deliver the jails more expeditiously, and thus save a ilarge expenditure by i the different counties. as now the appointees of the Gover nor holding for the full terra and in spite of, if not in defiance of, the pop ular will. ' Sec. 33 is amended so as to give ap peals fn all trials before justices of the Peace to the Superior Court in term tinie; gives Justices of the peace juris diction of actions of tort where the prop erty does not exceed in value $,'0,(K). This is an important amendinedt en larging the jurisdiction of the Jnsticcs of the i Peace, and enabling the Justice to try civil actions other than, those foilnded on contract, when the proper ty in controversy dees not exceed in value $50.00. This of course expedites trials and lessens the costs. ' An additional section is proposed carrying out the restrictions of the Act calling the Convention in regard to va cating offices. Two additional sections arc propo sed the first is an exact copy of a sec tion in the Constitution before 18G8, and provides that a Judge of any of the courts may be removed from olfice to art XIV, viz : the addition of a'scc tion prohibiting marriages between a white person and a negrosettles the HAVEN'S BLASPHEMY. The manner in which tho Anti-Cath olic third-term movement is pushed ly question of social equality, and this i Bishop Haven, tho Rev. Dr. Newman , without injury to the colored people ; it only protects and preserves the while race. '. Art. IX Is proposed to be further amended by striking out section 4 and inserting in lieu thereof two sec. tions. By the first a general fund is created for purposes of education, tho whole of which instead of the inconsid erable income is to be appropriated to common school purKscs. By the sec ond all property belonging to a coun ty school fund, proceeds of estfavs pen allies forfeitures and fines Ac. shall be long to and remain in the several coun ties, where collected, instead of being and others, indicates that the ycarl 870 will witness a most rcmarkablo politic- -al contest. It is evident they intend to impress upon their followers" that all who are opposed to Grant are guilty of rebellion against their Maker, and lia-" ble to miraculous manifestations of Di- -viae displeasure. Both of tbeseVlcrgv tnen profess to1o on terms tf famil iarity with che Almighty. AVhen Dr. Newman was Chaplain of the Senate !he was accustomed to nraiso Grant in his pravers, and instruct the Lord in matters appertaining to politics J whila. Bishop Haven assumes to possess a knowledge of tho Divine will which that ( ' nit, as applied to old debts. i'o- qvdinanCe'Or resolution !. interfer ing or proposing to interfere with these provisions of the present cpn'stilution was inlrfwbred by a., Democrat ; one was intjrod need by a R(rp!irK'an, but it was promptly decide! that it came "within the rest'rietlons cf tJit net call . ing the; Convrnt ion. and rm never al lowed to pns its Hrcond- reading, " ;'.(!. i-That the Democratic iartv Avould jdiscrimiiiate in property ex empt from taxation against the poor man anil in tavor of lawvers and other irofessional men. o aUeration was "made iiir the provisions of -thes present .'Const itji.t ion on that subject.. : ' -5 -itli. iTliMt the Democratic part in ()t;der tc reduce' the blacks to a degra ded position, would legislate against . their ' vih'i. .race by . annexing or-r,e(piir- ing.pro - No j sort , w; erty (pialifications for voters, roperty qualifications of any is required either for office or for a voter. i 1 .rth. . 1'That the. restrictions of the Conveniion act: -would not be obeyed.. ' Tlvere. is no pretence from any quarter t hat t hese restrictions were not faith, fully ..observed and this in spite Of the protests! from the 'Republicans. 1st. That the -legislature had no right tivj impose the restrictions ; and 2nd, agjunst the o'ath required by the act to be ntlministered to the delegates and against its' binding ctfectin law. tlth. Tluit "the plotters,": meaning the Democratic party, would restore the Wou'nty. courts.- do, awa with the towhshi s, cripple or alx)lish the com mon sc.iool system, and convene the Lctiislatlurc in an extra session. . number of Supreme Court Judges to three and thus save $5,000 per annum without diminishing the efficiency of the Court. Sec 0 continues the session of the Su preme Court at Raleigh until otherwise Stctlons 4 ' and 8 are obsolete, and provided by the General Assembly, weit abrogated. thus anticipating ana providing ior me Setibn 27 is proposed to be amend- growth in population, wealth and bus-. - - i r - ed, d? n to make the terms of oflloc iness of Western; North Carolina. for fcnlt.nrs .ind Renresentatives com- Se 10 as it now stands is an anonv menvat the time of their election. aly, not to be found in the Constitu SeJS9. The latter clause beinsr tions of other States, and is amended obso'jte, so much of said section is so as to give the Supreme Court the abrontccl. same jurisdiction over "questions of 4ridditional Section is proposed to fact and issues of fact" that it exercised this .tllc, by which the sessions of beforc the adoption, of thj Constitu the (neral Assciubly are restricted tion of 18C8. to six days, tltc per. diem to $4.00, riie great protection this change will the miie to 10 cts. per mile, and the afford to the people in matters of ac limit crmlextra session to twenty days, count and m the settlement ot estates with th same per diem and mileage. wiU be readily peen and appreciated a - -'1 By (hisulehdment, fifty thousand dol-j ly tlie ir-cmber? of the bar. lar's is ated, and, the weight of taxes; Sec- 12 reduces the number of Su pronoridtallv lightened. perior . Court Judges to nine,-thus sa- fo irtlcle III. two amendments are propoj viz : Sec 2 is changed so as to limi tie patronage and appointing power c" the (Jovenior to offices, whose otliees rl established by this Consti- Itution, mil not otherwise provided for in the Cwtitution. This amendment - -i is in liriiony with the Democratic .principlsfiof our government, nips the rapidly .ipwing am dangerous perog- ative ofhfc CiovefnOT, and turns over to- the jople"s representatives, the manageiillit, supervision and control of the Tvifl-rOads, and charitable and penal insitutions of the State, and will no doubt Jromotc fidelity and economy in their. m Sec. i; Sec. 8 is amended so as to reduce the , for mental or physical inability, upon ving $0.o00 per annum provides in stead of a two weeks term in each!coim- tv that the court shall continue in each county Tor such scribed by law time as may be pre in other words, ac comodates the term of the court to the business, and saves much needless ex pense. Sec. 14 Is amended so as to provide for the rotation of the judges. Every lover of "justice, every friend of the im partial administration t of the law, will acknowledge the propriety of this a mendrnent. . j Sections 15, 16 and 17 arc abrogated and one section Inserted m their stead i . . . naement. by winch the jurisdiction of the Courts s abrogated, aniTthe follow- below the Supreme Court is . to be ah 'None of -these things- have been kme or attempted. 7th. rhat " the plotters" wonld ere ate life oilicers, taking from the people the povrer to choose their own rulers. ; The Lerms of blticers and the mode Of their election remain the same. 8th. The sessions of the Genera! - Assembly wouUVbe prolongeil and the expense incrcaeil. The f essions of the General Assem bly hav loen shortened, and the ex pense djiminished more than om; Jialf. ith. That the Convention vould cost - i $;oo,(Mio. . It has not cost $62,000. i lOth.j That the amendments would not be submitted to the people for their - ratificatjion, or if so, but 30 days' no V tice would be given. The Convention ha submitted the ' w j proposed amersxlintnta to the people, ing insertl in. its stead: "The Gen eral Assembly shall establish a depart ment of Agriculture, Immigration and Statistics, under such regulations1 as may best promote the agricultural in terests of the State, and shall enact laws for the adequate protection and encouragement of sheep husbandry. This wiser, and much needed amend ment is, of course, principally in the interests of the farmer, and for the first; time in the bistort of the State, agri-1 culture is -dignified by a constitutional department, for it is made the duty .of the General Assembly to establish a department to be devoted to the dis semination, the improvement of lafbr, and the promotion of the interests of the farmer. The address of the Repnbfieaft Ex ecutive Committee insulted the farmers by denouncing them as the lianghty lords of the. soil." The Democratic Contention of f 75, acknowledging their dependence upon, and their gratitnde to the farmers, en deavors to improve their condition, to encourage their occupation and to aid them in their work. Tie contrast is striking and suggestive. No article in the Constitution is of greater concern to the peopleofthe State than the fotirtli, known as the J udicial Article. It is of prhseimpor tance, because it meets us at every turn, goes into every business transac tion, affects every relation in life, and lotted to the several Courts by , the Gen eral Assembly. This was necessary to give to such inferior Courts their prop er jurisdiction, to preserve harmony, and to make "the Courts more flexible, and 'o adapt them to the changing cir cumstances, wants and condition of the people without the necessity of consti tutional amendment, and is in harmony with the Constitutions of the other States of the Union. Sections 26 anil 27 are stricken out, and another section inserted, providing for the, election of 'Judges of the Su preme Court by ihe qualified voters of the1 State, ami that tkey shall hoM their offices for eight jyears. The Jndges of a concurrent resolution of two thirds of both houses of the General Assem bly, and requires a reasonable notice to be given to the J udge against nhom proceedings are instituted. The second section provides that the clerk of any court may be removed by the Judge of said court, for. like reasons, and re quires alike notice. These sections en able the people to get rid of.incompe tent officers without the cost of an im peachment. An additional section is proposed, providing, "In case the General As sembly shall establish other courts in ferior to the Superior Court, the pre siding officers and clerks thereof shall be elected in such manners as the Gen eral Assembly may from time to time prescribe, and they shall hold their of fices for a term not exceeding eight years.'' This amendment is proposei to prevent life tenures. The Genera Assembly may elect the presiding of ficers and clerks, or may direct how it shall be done; This is necessary to protect the white men of Eastern Nortl Carolina and to insure competent of ficers.- ' -. " Art. VI. SuffcnMe, Section 1 is a- mended so as to require 00 days res idence in a county instead of 30 as a qualification for a voter, " But no per son, who, upon conviction or confes sion in open court, shall be adjudged guilty of felon', or of any ciime infa mous by the laws of this. State, and hereafter committed, shall be deemed an elector, unless such person shall be restored to-the rights of citizenship in a mode prescribed by law." -This is tlie only change in the .qualification of a voter, and in a government where in telligence and virtue are the chief cor ner stones and the ballot the only wea pon this intelligence and virtue can wield, tlie Convention could not have done leas than to give to the lionest. patriotic and upright citizens this pro tection against the dishonest and the vicious. j Art VI L A Section is added to this Article as follows : Tlie General As sembly shall have full power by statute to modify, change or abrogate any and all of the provisions of this Article and substitute others in xtlteir place, except sections seven, nine and thirteen." This'amendment gives the General As sembly entire controlc of the countv I paid into the State Treasury and then j could only be acquired by inspiration. ! distributed back to the several comities. If anv one imagines that wo cxa'vor- i nee I'rui isiuus jui, ui luawu-1 ate the pretensions ol IHshop Haven, ally inerease the school fund,; and must j let him an ftrticIo from lho B;sll' commend themselves to all. :n filrt rj-. Art. XI isamendclbyaildiugto sec- ; hc infonns the world that the death of ion 1 aprorision authorizing the Gen- jof Vice-President Wilhon was a hum eral Assembly, under cirtain humane ment of Heaven for his fdrA inwnrt restrictions tof-.rm out all persons im- j in lftrniOTlv w:th -iw:fiMlt nn.-nn.t. irisoned for crime, except those under sentence for murder, manslaughter, rape, attempt to commit .rape and ar son ' This will lessen the expense of the intimates that Chase, Grecley,and Sum ner wcrft all summarily cut off by the wrath of God for their Opposition to Grantism. Hero aro his exact words : 14 Chase and Greeley and Sumner and lu"ll,,u au,,'wluu V'-H Wilson aro towering warnings to the' one half sav $C0,000, and still leave a ,,.. t , ,u . sufficient aumber of convicts m the , r . , . .. . u,.ui ic-icwipg vno-ianuaccompiisiioii penitentiary to carry On the work to its , . . .L i , 1 . J J v ami &et themsclvis ogaiu5t lum whom- completion. ; . (;nlll1tllsiWf;,i f i,;...i u..i Article XIII is proposed to be a- mended-by striking out all tlie prceut WilHon thrown.his mighty iniluenco on the sid 'of tho President; had ho cor- proTision, ,,poa th? subject jtf amend-. dia ropporUa tho rccolutruction nserting two sections. The first, "that no Con vention of the people shall be called ex cept the proposition Convention or no Convention, shall be first ! submitted to the people, at the next general elec tion, and a majority shall vote in favor of Convention." The second sec. provides! "that the General Assembly b' a three fifth vole of each House nuy submit amendments to be ratified by the people at the next and safety to our land and to the ,lat and not yet freed slave ; Iiad he helped pass the force bill and the education bill and the marriage bill and other bills ne cessary to secure equal rights to all, hj would have been alive to-day. But h put himself against theso demands of God and the hour ; and was not, for God took him." . Such 'electioneering cs this suggests alarniinr noRsibilit gciieral election, and if ratified by a wT , ir . .". . . V ....... - - -. - a ' j. 14 .. ..9 IS.. majority of the qualified voters sliall be come apart of the Constitution These provisions render ja Convcn tion unnecessary and give; a speedy cheap and satisfactory ways bf amend ment, in striking contrast to the tell ous, costly and most unsatisfactory modes now in force. j obicct to his candidate Trill be brunIit The ditference in the expanse under ; r,, i , .r . ,T 1 -. , iorwaru : among tho most cfTccti'o our present Constitution and the Con-; influcnccs Aml if ilth Havei stitution as propescl to bq amendetl, j tratrg?. is rocciv6d hy ,lU brcthrcn ia it is thought will be as follows, viz : thc minifctry with tL; fa -.or bc doubt. I'mler Present Contitutiou j UndT ! A:uii'letl. Gen. As-pom'y pr an; Sitreme Ct .I'ude, Sni-rir C't .Tmlgifs, reuit-ntiarA'. Jo. Gv"t, Co. Trp.-. 12..W; 7..i S?271.0t0 t5102,:MO less anticipates,.4wc may cxpct to hear f2J.:JO 1 iron thousand ot pulpits predictions .. of sudden death and eternal tiamnation yO.OOO a vno f4 to support the project of giving the President a third term of office, including, of course, a third terra of Brother Orvil, Brother-in-law Cawy, I?oss Shepherd, and Measurer Babcock, provide! tlie bust named statesman es- Total, The saving in money will Iks $169, 180 per annum in favor of the amcml ments.; i Earnestly hoping that lie Work of lP08 tkc penitentiary. X. V. Iljy the Convention will dc ratifietl by the ,Jt00U- people.- we liavc the honor to le, the SnperiOT Ccnirt first electal under his arrreridinent Sliall be elected in like manner arxl ebail hoM their offices for eight years, bnt at stKceeiliDs elections he General Assembly may 'provide that they shall be elected by the voters of the respective districts. Seo. 31 is stricken out and ahother section inserted providing that all va cancies occurring in the offices provi ded for by this article, shall be filled by appomtnTeirtlof the Governor, un- government and the election of Ju. tices of the Peaces tliat is, the Gener al Assembly may continue these provi sions as they are now, or change; them as they may be instructed by the peo ple, thus abolishing manj- useless offi ces, County Treasurer for instance.and saving to the people about $75,000 a year; arid better than all, giving a door of escape to onr white brethren of thc East from negro despotism, without in- Your ob't servants. JOHN 'MANN ING, W. F. STROUD. (cries against that portion of Iho lie publican party who do not leiicvc that Grant has leen selcctctl by God hiiniclf for a third term, it is not unrexsonablcr to anticipate that beforo the National Republican Convention meets, threats jof Divine vengeance against thore who A en e from Like.-t-A vouaman entered the lar-room of a village tav ern, and called for a drink. ''No, said - lthe lamllord, ''you liavc hal the drli jnry to ourselves less otherwise provided for. and the ap-1 Art. IX. Two amendments are p'o pointc9 shall boVI their places nntili posed. One to section one by ailding the next regular election for members administers every right of person and cics themselves of the General jAssembly when elec tions shall be held to fill such offices. By this amendment appointees of the Governor hold lonly until the people have an opportunity to fill the vacan- the following words : " And the chil drcn of the white race arl the children of the colored race shall be Uuht in separate public schools, but there shall be no discrimination made in favor of or to the prejudice of either race. Many Cia::eS. If p;qT could , rium tremens once, and I cannot sell speak, ': what a var.ied exjK;rience it I Jon any more. He stepped aside to might give to the word ! Nothing i ! make room for a cquphs of young men more commonplace tluin afche-t of wri- I "who had just entered, and the landlord ting paper, and yet, when wo trace it waited ujon them very jolitcly. The ; through all its wandering, ever rami-1 other had stood by silent and euIIgc, and ; ficatton ecomcs deeply interesting. when ihoj finished he walked up to tho Firat comes the f!ax or cotton, planted ; lacdlrrd, and thus addressed bim . tended, and Hj!d to the Fi-j-culatiug mcr- j " Six years at their ag',' I tood chant; then is admittance tfj tb facto- i where thoso young men arc now I ; ry, where it is wove into' vestments for was a man with fair prorpect. N!ow, the prince, or, mayhap, the beggar. at the age of twenty-eight I am a wreck, Tliea its eale again, End ; trarr-q-ort a- ; hody aad miiid. You led me to drink, cross the rcs, and, arrived at itsdesti- j In this room I formed the habit that, nation it iv bought once mofr, and thc has been ray ruin. Now sell me a few- widow plies her. mt-dic at midnight in glares taore, and your work will 13 forming it into a garment for one who jdonc. I shall be out of the way; thero will -wear it, tear it arl at. last carry it jb no hope for me. But the can I? peace by peace, away. Tl rag dealer leaved. Do not sell it tq them. Sell' sells it to the paper fiiinnfacturvr,' it j to tne, and let mc die, and tho woiM in tens into a thousand shf-rd.;, made J will be rid of roe; but foe heaven's takn into a pnlp, prtw-el out, dril, clif- :sell no more to them. The landlord petl, sold to the stationer, and at lait I lUteaed, pale and trembling. Srtting used as writing-paper by the very man ! do" n his decanter, he exclaimed," GcJ who or.re, 'p.rhap?, were it upon hiz blp me, this i th nl drop I willcr-i- by an election and not This amendment the and one propo-cd e n ba k. ' t'U o any cur. i tad hl Idscidi i
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