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. .: . ' - :. ' 1 .!!.' I ' ' ' ' ' ' I '''''' " I " ' ! i X ASHKIii RO, ATItn- 12, 1876. US. EOBINS, Editor. Os Monday, the first clay of May -i - next, an election will be held In' Ashe- noro for the election or.oincers for the new Township of Asheboro. Wc hear that one Radical aspirant lias been bashing it extensively- for the Magis t racy already ; and that another conn ty office holder ortwo, who were elect ed .upon a pledge of attending to their own business, and . lcttincr nolitlcs alone, has been bittton-holeing and citizens to pledge them dragooning selves to vote the Radical ticket. We refrain from calling names for the present ; but if officials are to use their official patronage and influence to dragoon votes for the Radical party j and that in Ihe face of a pledge to the contrary ; the public shall be advised in due, time. u iiji,e we believe the question, Who struck Billv Patterson," has never been fully decided ; we under stand that it has lecn pretty well as certained that it was a colored third terpier y in - company with a couple of brother Internal Revenue nosers, that shot at John Nelson Robbins a few miles west off A kSheboro the otherdav,-' and cut up h s still. r .- I. , . i House of Representatives in Congress, following paragraph clipped:; , ' . , r mi n- r . . ; into the frauds, comiptions, and steal e Danville lanes is about the ! . ' ,. ' The from the strongest evidence cf Grant' a honesty we .haie Heeii. If nuy lody of any sort of politics or shade of, color can produce a slronger than the Times' comparison fcrnishes we would like to hear from him : " ; Oes. Gra2?t "Sake, They arc still investigating rascality. It is leaking out in various quarters, and no one can tell who will fall next. What a va st deal of it was, and is going on. How consoling the reflec tion, the great head of the nation is safe. They may catch a Secretary of War, but not ttie President; Grant had such a fine character before he went to the White House, and saw all those pretty woiifen who lead men astray, there is no earthly danger of his mor-ala-wgiving way. Grant' is as honest as Beecher is,virtuous. In the recenj. Convention of the Rad icals in New York, assembled for the purpose of apjointing delegates to at tend the Radical National Convention t Ciricinnattijon the 14th dav of next - - i June. Senator Conkling was recom mended as a Candidate for the Presi dency, and the following Resolution was passed : u We command the good work of the national administration in protecting the public treasury and punishing pub lic offenders, and, in laying down his trust at the close of the period for which he has been ' chosen, President Grant will carry with him the lasting grati tude of the American people for his patriotic services in war and in peace." The ' commendation of Grant for laying down his trust at the1 close of the period for which he was chosen" is decidedly rich, the convention Hadthe gentlemen of supposed that he would refuse to surrender as the law makes it his duty to do, when the knavery of his Iklknaps ajid other officials render ed it certain that the people would not elect him for a third terra ? And is this what is to Secure for him the "grat itude of the American people ?" Or is this instancej of his obeying the law during his administration by its rarity 'to entitle him to such lasting gratitude? But the causes which the people have for gratitude ti Grant for his conduct during his administration, is so well summed up iu the following, taken from the Danville lorder Kxjrrsy that we ropy it : " He made an intimate friend of Boss Shepherd, standing faithfully by him against every exposure of his guilt, and is to-dav on excellent social terras with him. He put implicit trust in McDon ald and Babcock, and in tlie trial of the latter insiigatcd the exclusion of "the evidence that would have convicted him. He held; up the District ring, the -whisky rin?, the real-estate ring and the sutlers rmc until the crushed them, knd is still "doing his ut most to shield j Robeson and the naval ring. He shut! his eyes to the Belknap bribery when it wis divulged in 1872, and sustained him in office until a Dem ocratic committee called him to ac count With ihat instinct for congen ial friendship which is his predominant cliaracteristic ihe took Ben Bntlcr to his bosom and sought to crush Sumner. For "the good of the country," and more especially certain friendly spec ulators, he undertook to engineer the purchase of San Domingo. With the aitee unerring ( instinct he sent Cayl ' ! : - , r ' Omttt a tab ! ! i and Cramer and Packard to New Or leans, and permitted his brother Onril to make " an honest living' by the sale of appointments. He "fixed" the gov ernment of Louisiana for Kellogg, tamed oat the Legislature at the point of the bayonet, and backed Spencer in his purchase of the Alabama Senator ship. He retained Laudaulct Williams as .Attorney General until the scandals j of hin offlce became a national shame, and then inpudently nominated him for Chief Justice. He took the govern ment funds away from the Barings and nut them into the hands of Clrws. He Can count among the twenty -one men f,9vMU1 nl in his cabinet who have 1hi?kl place in his cabinet. Akerman, Richardson, Delano and Belknap, each of whom except the last named received a " certificate of char acter on retiring. I He lias drawn reg ularly tlie double salary that was voted to him by the back-pay thieves, who made their own infamous hall upon the treasury successful through his endorse ment of their bill. - And he has con nived from first to last at the third term conspiracy, and pjrost rated the civil service to perpetuate his own lease of power. Here are a1 few of the "wise' acts of an administration which has been one perpetual' crime against the prosperity of the country and the rights J of the people. And the Republican party of New. York! in order to excuse j its. preference for its favorite son," j must needs back up these " patriotic services winch we have enumerated, of an administration with which Sena tor Conkling is as thoroughly and cor dial I v identified as Grant himself. The smaller fry of the Radical pa pers in North Carolina, so far as wc see, are making a considerable howl over the investigations making b- the rngs of Kadieal otncials. It is not very strange that they should do so, since some or all the parties concern ed' in running these papers have been fed and fattened out of these ilkrotten gains, and if these investigations are not speedily stopped it Is becoming so palpable that the' mukt be weaned and get their living like other folks, by their own . industry, or starve ; hence their dolorous howl. They see plainly that these frauds, &c, which are bejng unearthed will, if the people are true to themselves, cause the party to be consigned to n ignominious tomb next Fall, but their self interest will not permit them to confess it, as does the New York Jlerald, and other of -the abler ; journals North. The Herald uses the following language : " The true line for the Democratic party to take is that suggested by the extraordinary and appalling events which now startle the county. Let the battle be fought upon the issues of Grant's . maladministration. Let the party trace everj- stream of cor ruption which now pollutes the conn try to its source, and call upon the country to rise and cleanse the source. Let the leaders begin the campaign on the violation of. the constitution involved in the appointment of staff officers and not statesmen to the Cabi net. Let them show how the moral sense of the nation was degraded by the selection of worthless relations and whiskey -drinking cronies to high offices here and abroad. Let them show how the Senate degraded itself by becoming a sharer in the plunder and patronage of the Executive. Let them show how the country was par celled out like the provinces of the ancient Roman Empire, every State with a Senatorial proconsul -Conkling in New York, Cameron in Penn sylvania, Patterson in South Carolina and so on until the country, so far as the patronage was concerned, is under the dominion" of an oligarchy which only opposes the President when he names men for office like Hoar and Dana, supporting him in his selection of Billings and a Delano. Let them show how investigations in the House were made . impossible so long as the brothers of members were allowed to hold trade posts and rob Indians and soldiers. Let them show how scandal after "scandal supervened until we had a Secretary of War at the bar of the Senate as a confessed robber and a Secretary of the Navy rapidly on his way thither for having used a million of dollars of the government money to sustain a sinking banking house in London. . Let the Democrats lay down as a cardinal maxim of their canvass the necessitv of one term for the lresi dency and the re-cstablishraent of the civil service. Let a Senator as brave and keen as Bayard show that the root of all these evils lies in that ten dency to Gesarism which has grown out of the two term principle. Let him show how, with the re-elective principle as it now stands, we virtu ally offer a premium" to all ambitions Presidents to do as Grant has done namely, use ; the Presidency as he would have ned a rebel earnp, for pillage by himself and his soldiers. Let him show that the . President, in stead of taking the j Presidency as a solemn and sacred trust, regarded it as a chance for a good time "with his friends and cronies high pay, little work, lots of fan and no questions Mrr nd the onl v care so to handle its enonnoas power that it might last as long as possih1?. Let the country be summoned, without distinction of party, to rise as one (man and put an tnt in tt nil ! prpti m. pw York . . , . thc PPle n)5e and pat an end to Tweed and his knaveries. The Salisbury Watchman very aptly hits off the parties to the feud going on in Raleigh. If they have got the elephant by the proboscis, and wish to have a lively private show of it we are sure we have no objections, but we fancy that the public would gener ally be obliged to them if they would keep it to themselves and not force the outside world to j be spectators ; but hear what the Watchman says of the show. An Elephant. Our newspaper j brothers of the Raleish Zadiad and t Xrws, have a big thing on hand an j elephant, if you 'please certainly a tig thing and they are worrying over it day in and day out. It is all llieir mm ljclongs to them exclusively, and the interference s of outsiders is sim ply officious, perhaps ; but they will ! pardon us for saying, jo- to you, gen tlemen, when you get out of the scrape when you get clear of the elephant and discover as you most likely will, that there was more cleverness in each j other and more honest too, than you ' ever knew of before. We don t believe either of you is the rascal you, think j each other to be, but that with a prop- er understanding and . apologies for neocadilloes vou miirhtall be mit awav . 4. . , , i t I lugutuur iu inu wuie ueu anu sieep as happily as so many boys after one of their little fisticuffs. Till then, restrict your troubles to the limits of Raleigh don't send out extra sheets, of vol uminous reports. The "old man" (the people) had better not know what's go-; ing on among you, or he might take it into bis head togivej ou such a "dress ing" as you haven't had; since you went a fishing on Sunday. He is as hot just now at Grant's deviltry as he can well bear, and it may not be safe for jrou to give him another provocation. Washington 3Iareh 12, Correspondence Baltimore Sun. Persons of both parties here depre cate the, slanderous attack upou United States Senator Kansom, of North Caro lina, by the Wilmington, N. C, Tost, in which it is alleged that Senator Ran som bribed ex-Gov. Vance to resign his seat iu the Senate, with the under standing that he jvas to be elected thereto. Tne facts are that Gov. Vance was elected in December, 1870 and being under disabilities was not per mitted to take his seat. lie resigned in Jauuary, 1872, after a long and un successful effort to obtain admission. j The resignation was approved of and advised by his friends here and in North Carolina. Gen. Ransom was elected by the Legislature after a very sharp and close contest, being nominated in the democratic caucus by one vote'o ver bis present colleague, Senator Merri mon, and Judge "Warren. Ransom was not admitted until late in April, the seat being contested by; Gen. Abbott, the unsuccessful republican candidate against Gov. Vance. After the ad mission of Ransom a resolution was introduced by Senator Bayard to pay Ransom from the beginning of the term. This resolution received the unanimous approval of the committee on privil eges and elections, and was passed by the unanimous vote of j the Senate. While the resolution was pending, and after its passage Senator Ransom de clared to his then colleague, Senator Pool, aud many other Senators, demo crats and republicans, that he should give the money to Gov.j Vance, as he j thought he was justly j entitled to it, having been elected to the place by the State of North Carolina, j Immediately after the adjournment of Congress Sen ator Ransom sought Gov. Vance and insisted upon his taking the money which had been voted to Ransom for the time that Vance held the certificate. This Vance refused. Finally, upon consultation with his friends and in their presence Gov. Vance consented to receive a portion of the fund, and Senator Ransom gave him a check for $2,500.' . This matter was well known at the time, and was published in the North Carolina papers,! and was uni versally considered by jail good men, regardless of Party, as a noble and J graceful act. COIEIUHIOATIOHS. For the Regulator." j Mr. Editor j I tee the names of sev eral good and prominent men mentioned in connection with the Gubernatorial honors, while I do not think the good people of Randolph would be selfish in the selection. Tet I know of none whose name would be hailed with more joy than that of Z. B. VAXCE, I think Randolph would turn up, in November, next, a rousing vote for Old Z?b.M Z. - : For the Regulator. THE CABINET THAT GRANT BUILT. An extract from the Wheeling Reg ister. : r ' ' ' This is the Cabinet that Grant built. Willi ams, N Deiano, Q jJPlERREPONT, lKOBESON, C BORLE, Q tC RES WELL, X RlCIIACUSONO O.TEWELL. 3 2nd. I This is the Secretary of War put in the Cabinet Grant built. (gV. VBELrcXAP.(g 3rd. This i the Bribe which didn't abhor Tlie model Secretary of War That was put in the Cabinet Grant built. K $40,000. 4th. This is tlie fat Vot Trader-ship for Which tlie Bribe lie didn't abhor Was paiii to the Secretary of War That was put in the Cabinet Grant built. A Fort Sill X rtlKADEU-SIIIP. fj 5th. (These arc the Soldiers at Tort Sill Who paid for Whiskey-. a dollar a gill To iniburse Marsh and Evans for The Bribe that toak and didn't abhor The model Secretary of War That was put in the Cabinet Grant buiit. X Ujkion A tj Soldi Eii ru 5 3 Sei: pr A Fort's A C Speech ? sit $ A Platforms. , Otli. 'these :ire 'the letters iloluison sent. To be pigeon-holed hy the 1'resitlent.' .Complaining that Soldiers at Fort Sill Wc re charged for Whiskey a dollar a gill To reimburse Maih and Evan for The Ilrihe that took and didn't abhor The model Secretary of War J That waf put in the Cabinet Grant built. 1 .l-TI'FHtl J Mr 2 . ! $ OK jjj - VFallof 7th. These are the Committee-men uuawed That got to the bottom of the fraud Described in the letters Robinson sent To be pigeon-holed .by the President, Complainmg'the Soldiers at Fort Sill Were charged for Whiskey a dollar a gill To reimburse Marsh and" Evans for The Bribe that took and didn't abhor The model Secretary of War That was put in the Cabinet Grant built. e. - 1 - -'1 -j filiOBBINS, . C. 0 xvcoccxv 8th. This is the note that Belknap penned When he found the jig was at an end, Because the Committee-men unawed Had got to the bottom of the fraud Described in the letterf Robinson sent To be pigeon-holed by the President, Complaining the Soldiers at Fort Sill Were charged for Whiskey a dollar a gill To reimburse Marsh and Evans for The Bribe'that took and didn't abhor The model Secretary of War That was put in the Cabinet Grant built. si hereuy tender omy resignation Sand request itj IMMtDIATE AC-5 tiCEITANCE. A rci Oth. Thi is how Grant the innei friend. Received the note that Belknap penned When he found the jig was at an end. Because the Committee-men unawed Had got to the bottom of the 'fraud Described in the letters Robinson sent, To le pigeon-holed by the President, Complaining the Soldiers at Fort Sill -Were eharged for Whiskey a dollar a gill To reimburse , Marsh and Evans for The Bribe that took and didn't abhor The model Secretary of War That was put in the Cabinet Grant built. gMWrni OBEAT REG RET Q This, I freely contribute to the readers i of the Kndlph Regulator, both Dem- ucraiic anu xtauicai, wmcn xney may reaa and meditate orer at their leisure. A.D. M. Morrterille, Mo., March 20th, 1S76. "Mamma, said a precocious little boy, who, . against his will, was made to rock the cradle of his baby brother, "if the Lord has any more babies to give away dot! jom Uke o.w 5 gl$.ss, X. Y., g iJDanfori), O. j j Foe toe Regulator. i 4 The County CommissibneTS, ,ln-ic-cwdance with n act of .the legislature have ordered an election in Trinity Township- the first Monday Jn May. next, on the question ot License' or no License, to sell spiritous liquors in said Township. ; 'ill i To secure such an election, one fourth the voters in a township are required by la w to petition for the same, but in this case more than half tlie voters signed the petition, and up to the pres ent time the writer has not heard; of an individual I who will favor or vote li cense in the election, consequently it will be safe to predict that there will be a large majority, if not a unanimous vote against license. ; This grand temperance move is mainly due to the influences of two strong temperance organizations in the community, one of which is the Good Templars at Trinity College, who are strong iu number, and have done and are still doing a great amount of good. Tlie other organization referred to, is, by name, the Christian Temperance Union of North Carolina, whose meet- ings are month!- and publicly held at j Springfield church, having a large mem-: bership and tloing a practical! and thorough work in the temperance cause, If every community or township ; would take hold of the temperance cause and follow the example set by I rinit'. Jails, Penitentiaries, Lunatic j and Orphan Asylum, and pauper in. i stitutions would soon be of but little use compared with the presentj and millions of money annually saved, which now goes to the support of such insti-! tutions by way of taxation. ! j Murder, dueling, suicides, wife-beat-; ing and poverty which is now the order of the day, in the criminal programme ; would soon be rare cccurances. ' ' S Intemperance is by 'far. the most ; savage, murderous and damaging enc--' my that ever invaded our soil.. Ministers of the Gospel, Statesmen, Church members and everv one who loves his country and jeople, how loiig will yon submit to the ravages of this j power seem worthy of a nobler cause, terrible foe: you need not resort to j and would have insured your success arms as you have done and would ' had you drawn your keen and'glittcr probably do again in case of invasion 1 ins weapons under a different bower j of a less dangerous enemy. You have i for the ouy jnethorl of gaining an hon I peaccxble, safe and legal means now 1 orable victory is by. -'battling for the j placed at your hands with which you J right. As for old maidism I am aware lcan rout an' drive him beyond thr: ! ; borders of North Carolina. Then lot ' r I us at once rally around the temperance j standard and with one grand charge 1 i we will win a glorious victory without j . cannon or beyonet. TC3IPHRANC1- For the Rrsrulntor. CHURCH DEDICATION. 1 : . ; j : I Thp npff AfAthrvlittt Prntoatan oliiir-..? ; I 1 fit I 1 1ce una 1 1 ri 1 -n f vrl f-, Vi.. o-i.r,o i of Almighty God, on April 9th, 186 lne nousc is a neat trained building, i Size, 25 by 36 feet, and well scnteiljj with a plain but neat pulpit. The house was thought to be large enough; but' proved entirely too small for the congregation present, perhaps one third of them had to remain outside ; to their honor, be it said, that good or der prevailed outside" as well as in the house. j ! Ministers present, A. J. Laughlin, J. L. Giles and Vr. C, Hammer of the j Methodist Protestant church, and Greggson of the E. church 6outh. Rev. A. J. Laughlin read the dedica tory services. Sermon by Rev. J.I L. Giles, from Matthew 21 chap., 42 verse.' j "Jesus saith unto them. Did ye never read in the Scriptures, The .stone which the boilders rejected, the same is become the head of the comer : this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvel lous in our eyes T" j j The church being free from debt tliere was no Collection taken-up. j D. B. Julian, on behalf of the church, presented the house for dedication, which was done by Rev. A.J. Laugh lin. Services closed by singing Dox-. ology and the Apostolic Benediction. We can but add the prayer : O Lord God Almighty, who dost live arid gov ern all things, let. we beseech Thee, Thine eyes be open, and let Thine ears be sxtent unto the p raver that is made in this place, through Jesus Christ oar Lord. Amen. j H. C. W Asheboro, April 10th, 1876. f , Central ProUsiant please copy. I For the; Regulator mb. kditor: 1 do not desire to make myself conspicuous, nor to oc cupy too great space in the columns of your valuable ' paper, but. have only come to plead the cause of one who it seems cannot alone stand the united efforts of the bachelors and their many friends ; tad I take thi, means of 'as sisting M Psycbe - in the unequal com bat that if gomg en between the bach elora and mauls of this village, jf unequal, for I think it so n feeble remarks of one lone mailt,-' suppose -Psyche is, must be resp l ed to not only by the bachelors tfcgJ selves, but by others vrho do pot co$j under that head. I suppose howerJ the bachelors do not feel able to a war wiiu me maias wimout somen.' s is tan cc from outsiders. And irb, they, the bachelors, together withti numerous host of friends, have to cos iTTwrntp t nicrhfc and thorn Ii I o '-o o --v.w tauur iSfj exercise their weary brains until tlj wee small hours have1 .come andti " light in the east reminds them day Is fast approaching and thev mus separate for a time, I say whence ters take this turn I do not hesitate to pronounce it unequal and unjust. Ko? Psyche I am sure would feel wUIh, to enter into the controversy fairlv tad equally with any one of the oppoj sex but would be reluctant to contend with more. Now as regards tlie prob ability of any of your number, having to endure the disagreeable test oft lean Year's raAi T r r syche tor j I am afraid it mbbt cause you to entertain false hopes aai erect "castles in the air that may crumble at your feet and force you to admit that of a truth your last state U worse than 3our first. - Now I would advise you to bew.rt and not. suffer your imaginations to lead you astray ; forto be candid with you I am afraid you are already pa&t redemption, a stranger -henceforth to j the joys of this life its cheering hope 'and golden aspirations, and all that tender to make it happy or desirable Yes, though it grieves me sore to say it, I am afraid your destiny is sealed for woe, unutterable and unavoidable, forever shut out from the sunny smiles, gentle caresses and pure and holy in. lluence of the milder sex. O, it h useless to attempt a defence of yoar cause for it is a bad one and as sitphis sure to faih though your mighty etrorts. overwhelming show of ability, an.l aitounding keenness of argument:' th e that some reganl it unfavorably and as a not to b? envied state but I do not f think the reply to Psyche-' is calcu- lated to induce either the maid herself or any of her number to change their manner of living provided they' should jbe obliged by so doing to diminish the ; number of bachelors for verily the j remedy is worse than the disease." I am a string friend to Psyche" and 0 i t Ifir fan OA for nhl rnl1rt Trill Kiqvo lnnrr since declared war against all bache- ; lors It will give me pleasure to de fend Psyche " in all she may say, but would suppose from the reply to her innocent little article that she is meant to be silenced, and not her alone but all other ladies who may desire to write for the Reguitor, judging by the indelicate and immodest manner in which her article was responded to. " Htmaxum est errake.. WHAT A FALL. Never since the foundation of the government has any administration brought upon itself the odium and con tempt that the administration of Grant carries upon its shoulders to-day. Coming into ower with all the pres tige of a victorious soldier, around whom the people rallied with an enthu siasm rarely witnessed in any country, nis opportunities to leave a brilliant name upon the historic scroll were never surpassed ; but blind to all this he followed the bent of his instinct, and the advice of characterless favor-. ites until he drove from him the better elements of his own party and found companionship almost exclusively with tne sordid and debased. Instead of becoming, as he might have" done, the President of the IU public, laboring for tbe advancement of ail the people, he lent himself to the schemes add con spiracies and spcculations.of the most unprincipled and revolutionary faction of the party which elected him,entire- ly oblivious 01 the results to his own reputation or the welfare of the country.. llad he listened less to the advice cf this class of men, been less influenced by the baser part of his nature, had he listened to the better portion of his own party, and regarded the office of Presi dent as something else than a field for public plunder and a means of reward ing adventurous personal adherents, ho might to-day not have thp mortification of seeing his name coupled with thieves and convicts, and his administration regarded with odium and contempt by a majority of people throughout the land. But thus it stands now, to the ever lasting disgrace of Grant and the hu miliation of the American people., , Greensboro Pat 1 iot. IE lDScri ae Sub labs of ; i it 3 j For f Alvertfa I.-. 1 . Ho No le mn lame o or pub ood d rho vie jiunlca ket. states in N01 year 1 A-i be h and. of thi A fe nc : C his 1 the c ! A ly I our 1 wceVi I O t i pun sore Jofl Inl no t A Pec and et spj re An th. tut hit dec i 1h Id "1 ly 11 I Hi I "i Hi . ' t; it c t 'y 1 r
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