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legulator. ASHKBORO DECEMBER 20, 187C. tToEOOKER, EditOTT THE EXACT TRUTHTHOUGH STARTLING AND REVOLTING. While we as a public Journalist, do not vnsh to inflame the mind of the public, we deem it our duty, as a Jpurnalist to present the trutn, the exact truth, however startling or re volting it , may be. In our attempts to present the truth, kc shall ignore mere imagination or conjecture. This is no time for people to indulge in mere pleasing illusions. The plan of the Republican party has been clearly defined -and proclaimed by that party itself, without the least effort at dis guise or concealment. By law, the Electoral votes are to be counted on the second Wednesday in February, next, and that law will le respected. This counting has been done hitherto in the Hall of the House of Represen tatives. On the occasion of the count ing of the electoral vote for the three past elections, this rule has been con sidered in force, and has never been questioned, that, while the counting was in the presence of both houses, as has been the custom ever since the government began, the objection of either house to the vote of any state sufficed to exclude it. How is it to daj' 'i Do they propose to adhere to their honored customs ? Nay verily. A different method is to be resorted to. Thje opening and counting the votes is to be done in the Senate chamber. Why ? A Washington correspondent of the Tribune informs the public why. He says, " there are grave reasons why the Senate should not put itself in the power of the House, which need not now be more than hinted at.' The plan' then is just simply this : the president of the Senate, who will have the returns in his hands, is to open only those he may deem proper, and count them and declare the result. Onlv those en- velopes from the disputed states, which he knows contains returns for : Hayes will be opened, and the others are to be ignored altogether, although they contain a Governor's certificate. The House will be invited to be pres ent at the counting but their mouths are to be sealed. They will have no right to raise any objection to the fvotc of any state, or take any action .; whatever, save being present. to wit ness the counting in of a defeated candidate, by a willing tool of the President of the U. S. Senate. The plan is conceived in iniquity and will be consummated in disgrace to the American people. Thus it will be seen that Mr. Hayes will be declared elected, and if the House should make-any sort of demonstration, then Gen. Grant will deal with it. Grant says, " if there should be any neces sity for more troops, he would order them to Washington. We should have peace, if we have to fight for it." Next comes the inauguration which will be managed l3' Grant and his trooin. This scheme will avail them nothing unless the- can get control of the next house, and this is to be attained by means as damnabje as t hose employed to make Hayes the defeated Republican, president. The members from Louisiana, South Car- 'olina and Florida who have been duly elected will be- counted out. us reducing the majority in the next house to one, while there are three vacancies to be filled in New Hamp shire, which will be filled by republi cans. This secures the House to the support of Hayes- This is the scheme as we believe. For this infamy, the . Republican party and all the states men of that party are responsible. They have not as yet raised their (voices against this in fame ?s scheme. The army is theirs, and that they in tend to use it to the bitte j end is pal pable. If their purposes re consum mated, then government, by the peo ' pie through electors is at :an end. An oligarchy o'f office holders through . the instrumentality of public robbers, called canvassing boards will be snb-s--stituted. All law or forms-of law will be scorned. TSis issue is the last for 1876. ' As is usual, the (devil) insists on being turned loose for the Christmas holi days. The Regulator has made its weekly visits to its patrons regularly and promptly ever since it came into existence. While it has not reached that perfection in Journalism that we desried, ' yet, under the many diad- vantages which it labored,' we have reason to believe that it has been an acceptable visitor to each family that has opened its doors to it. We now ask each subscriber, as the end of the first volume is close at hand, to begin to make preparations to renew his subscription and induce his neighbor to subscribe. ! Notwithstanding the heated contest through which we have recently pass ed, the next year prornises to be of more interest, politically, than the past. The Regulator will redouble its energies next year, and if the peo ple of Randolph will give it their sup port, as they are able to do, it will be second to none in the State of North Carolina. The amount you subscribe is small, but aggregating these small amounts; makes a big thing to us. It will enable us to continue our opera tions. We can't run a paper without money. . We again appeal to the citi-zens-of Randolph, to come to our sup port, by subscribing and getting their neighbors to do so. The Regulator j ought to be in every family. Exert vourselves during Christmas in en larging our circlation and you will be rewarded with a consciousness of having done your duty to a cause worthy of your hearty support and approval. RADICAL GREED. The Legislature had not been in ses sion but a few days before some of the Radical members obtained the clerks certificate, made for the Auditor and had their mileage audited at 20 cents per mile, and presented them to the Treasurer, who promptly refused to pay them. They did this before the per diem and mileage had been passed upon at all. The Democrats true to their pledges of retrenchment, fixed the per diem at $4,00, and mileage at 10 cents. When the yeas and nays were called the Rads sat as mute as mice, until attention was called to the fact that they were, : some of them, j'oung and bashful, and in all probability, would like to vote. When this was done, they could dodge no longer, and marched slowly up to the scratch. That 7,00 per day of 1868-'69 was fres-h in their memories. They knew that after the 1st of January. $4.00 i - - - would be the highest that they could possibly get, hence their tardiness in voting. Radicals have an inordinate desire to plunder the people by every possible means, but thank God their lays of pillage, thievery and plunder are over in the good old North State. We have faithful, honest men at the .helm, and we think the ship of State will anchor safely in the harbor of pros perity, peace and happiness. Judge Bond, who. went to South Carolina one week in advance of time for. his court, under the pretense that he went to familiarize himself with the business of his circuit, has discharged the Iward of canvassers from custody, on the ground thftt the Supreme Court of the State had no jurisdiction. This action of Judge Bond shows conclu sively, that he went to Columbia, not to look after the business of his court, but to bolster up the infamous canvass ing board in their rascality, and there by secure the count of the electoral vote for Hayes. Bond and Grant had it arranged beforehand. God speed the day when all such Judges will have to step down and out, and pure, honest, upright men take their places. Recent despatches from Columbia, uth Carolina, give an account of a consinrncy, on the part of the negroes to murder the whites. Twenty ne groes were concerned in the plot. Two white men were murdered six teen negroes have been arrested, and some of them turned States evidence and revealed the whole conspiracy. So. much for Radical-carpet-bag-Scala-wag teaching. For the Regulator. La Prairie, Ills., Dec. 5, 1876. Mr. Editor: I feel anxious to join my joyous congratulations with those of the good people of the old North State, upon the grand result of the recent election over tyrany and op pression. So ir as I am acquainted with the members t.ect to the Legis- latnre. State officers and members of Congress, von have done well ; there is hope for the country in the hands of such men. What a glorious stand the old Stale hastaken in the Presidential campaign for Tilden,- Hrsdricks and reform. Oh ! how I lore to contemplate the redemption of the South from ireder the oppressor's hand. We hav6 now elected a deliTerer who like Moses, will lead the people out of Egyptian bondage, provided justice gives him his seat on the fourth of March. f The" effort of the .Republicans to thwart the expressed will of the peo ple in this election, but shows the des perate! straits they are in to prevent an honest investigation of their des perately corrupt administration. They seem determined to hold on and die in the last ditch. But die they must, the fiat has gone out. the handwriting is on the wall. They had as well pre pare in time for the funeral dirge. They will hare to go out to the tune of the rogue' 8 march. I am pleased to see that old Ran dolph has fallen into line under the banner of Tilden, Hendricks and re form. How can honest men do oth erwise ? when, they are taxed to death, to fill the pockets of dishonest officials, and at the same time, these plunder- ersofthe public treasury are upheld by the head of the government. Why has not Grant sent his army into Illinois to see that there is a fair J count of the votes? and that there was no intimidation, as there has been a lossiof some 30,000 votes at the last election. But, the answer is easily - - - - - M given, the material is wanting out of South Pass of the Mississippi river which to manufacture testimony of in- under James B. Eads, and his asso timidation of the negro. The same ciates is progressing favorably. question might be asked of Indiana The navy is in a condition as ef and Ohio. fective as Dossible within the means I see Dr. Worth has been inducted into the office of State Treasurer. I am satisfied that at the close of his of- ficial term, it will be said well done thou good and faithful servant. His absence will be felt in Randolph. He seemed to be the main spring of busi ness there. There are doubtless oth- ers that can fill the vacancy. ! J. M. A. D. From the Raleigh News. SYNOPSIS OF THE PRESIDEN TIAL MESSAGE. Washington, D. C, Dec. 5. The President commenced with a recapit ulation of the events and his official acts of the past eight years. He said mistakes have been made as all can see, and I admit, but it seems to me me oftener in the selections made of the assistants appointed to aid in carry ing out the various duties of adminis tering the government, in nearly ev ery case selected without a personal acquaintance with the appointee, but upon recommendations of the repre sentatives chosen directly by the peo ple. It is impossible, where so many trusts are to be allotted that the right parties should be chosen in every in stance. History shows that no ad ministration from the time of Wash ington to the present has been free from these mistakes, but I leave com parisons to history, claiming only that I have acted in every instance from a conscientious desire to do what was right, constitutional and within the law and for the very best interests of the whole people. The failures have been errors of judgment, not of interest. finances. The message says taxes have been reuucea within the last seven years nearly $300,000,000, and the national debt has been reduced in the same time over $435,000,000 by substitu- ting bonds. The annual interest on the debt has been reduced $30,000,000 per annum. The balance of trade has changed from $130,000,000 a- gainst us to $20,000,000 in our favor, and he believes the balance of trade will continue in our favor, and the pledge of Congress to resume specie payments in 1879, will be easily re deemed, even in the absence of furth er much desired legislation. TILE INDIAN POLICY. The policy adopted towards the In- dians has been humane, and has sub- stantially ended hostilities in the whole land, except in the Black Hills and approaches thereto. foreign nations. Relations with foreign nations con- tinue friendlv. The centennial exhi- . . . bition is alluded to as promotive of good feeUng and better acquainUnce with foreign nations. Alluding to the reductions of al- lowancesfor the diplomatic service, the President cannot escape the con- elusion that in some instances the withholding of appropriations will prove an expensive economy, and that the small retrenchment secured by a change of trrade in certain diplomatic posts is not an adequate considera - tion for the loss of influence and im- portance which will attend our for- eigxf representatives under this re - ductiour TIIE ENGLISH. EXTRADITION TREATY. He 'reserves for another communi cation a statement of the questions with Great Britain regarding the ex tradition treaty. MEXICAN TROUBLES. The subject of the troubles on the Rio Grande is under consideration between the United States and Mex ico. The President asks legislation which may provide for the payment Of the awards of the Mexican claims commission. FRAUDULENT NATURALIZATION. He recommends legislation to pre vent fraudulent naturalization, and on the subject of expatriation and elec tion of nationality in the interest of emigrants, he suggests a new tribu nal for the settlement of the claims of aliens against the United States. Other governments are in advance of us in this respect. THE NEW STATE OF COLORADO. The President states the provisions Qf the acVof Congress for admitting Colorado into the Union, and that he issued a proclamation to that effect. TIIE army. Additional aDDronriations for the army are asked. south tass improvements. He saVs the imDrbvement of the and authority given the department. bloody siiirtism. a fewpost masters in the Southern States have exDressed trreat aDnre- j a hension of their personal safety on account of their connection with the postal service, and have specially re. quested that their reports of appre hended danger should not be made public, lest it should result in the loss of their lives, but no positive testimo- ny of interference has been submitted, except in the case of a small messen ger at Spartanburg, South Carolina, who reported that he had been vio lently driven away while in charge of the mails on account of his political affiliations. An assistant superintend ent of the railway mail service inves- tigated this case and renorted that LCI u. , . his post, leaving his work to be per formed by a substitute. The Post master General adds that the case is sufficiently suggestive, to justify him in recommending that a more severe punishment should be provided for the offense of assaulting any person in charge of the mails or of retarding or otherwise obstructing them by threats of personal injury. ritESID-SNTIALi ELECTORS. The President calls the attention of Congress to the necessity of throwing greater safeguards over the method of j choosing and declaring the election of President. WM1UL!50RY ED Li CATION. TT . fTl 1 lie says: xne compuisoiy support of the "free school and the disfran- n i i i i cuisement oi an wno cannoi reaa ana & & & IS J UJ.i 1 J fx I 1 uxeu prouauon wouiu meei wim near- I ly approval. i .i SANTO DOMINGO. The President makes an elaborate defenceof his recommendation for the annexation of Santo Domingo. Af- ter describing the commercial advan- taSes that , would have accrued, he says the Cuban question would have been settled long ago in favor of free Cuba The President adds and con- eludes that the Island of Santo Do- mmgo is but sparsely settled, while has an area sufficient for the prof- itable employment of several millions of people. The soil would have soon fallen into the hands of United States capitalists. The products are so val- Uable in commerce that, emigration there wonl( have 1)6611 encouraged. Ane emancipaieu race oi me ooum onld have found there a congenial nome wncre tneir civil rights would not bc dsPnted, and where their la- bor would be so much sought after that the poorest among them could I u r I 41 A. - .1 Z uae iUUUU luc gu wicre in casc of apprehension and cruel such has been practiced upon them in many places within the last eleven years. Whole communities prould have sought refuge in Santo Domingo. I do not suppose the hole race would have gone, nor is it desirable that they should go. Their labor is desirable, and indispensable almost where they now are. But the possession of this territory would 1 have left the negro master of the sit nation, by enabling him to demand k -b mm nis ngnts at nome on pain or nnaing 1 them elsewhere. I do not present i thev, news now as a recommendation for a renewal of the subject of annex ation," but I do refer jto ii to vindicate my previous action in regard to it, . exit grant. j With the present tongress my offi cial life terminates. I It is not proba ble that public affairs will ever again receive attention from than as a citizen of the me further republic, al ways taking a deep interest the honor, integrity and prosperity' of Ihe whole land. (Signed,) U. 6. Grant, Executive Mansion, Dec. 5 ' 1876. OREGON'S ELECTORAL VOTE. Gov. Grover's Reasons for Giving I toe Electoral Cr.ETmcATE ; to Cronin! f " i I I t j .By Telegraph to the1 Ilerald.) ' Salem, Oregon, Dec. 7. 1876. To tub Editor ofItiik Herald: At your request, I give you some of the grounds of my action in granting certificates to electors in Oregon I The laws of Oregon require th$ Gov ernor to grant certificates to electors duly elected. In taking his oath of office the Governor is sworn to support the constitution of the United States and of this State. In the election of President and Vice President the con stitution of the United States is the paramount law. . That instrument de clares that no person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States shall be appointed an elector. John W. Watts, one of the electors voted for in Oregon, was on the 7th day of November holding an office of profit and trust under the United States to wit. Postmaster, at Fayette tlje ) cuun.y m oi lammu .coumnn hftfl r liolrl that, nffiri flrir mnro tlmrt nau so held tuat onice lor more limn i three years. Many more thanf the :' numtver of voters constituting his ma- jority had actually passed in and out ' oiucc on Otiiciai ousmcs.. iiiis;or n()t; an1 it is araple for the pur. official character was generally known, lK)se. A fraa lent electoral certm.: and was mentioned during the politi- jcatCi no matter ,I0. attests, is a nuN cal discussions Of the canvass. IThe llit.. ft D:ece nf -blink t.r m1 law was known and the fact was known rendering him disqualified! to be an elector. A protest was filed in the Executive office, by prominent; citi zens, objecting to the issuance of a J certificate to Watts, as a person! dis- , . -. 1 - auaiiueu, accompanied oy prooi ox in disqualification, and demanding j that the same issue to the eligible person hsvinsr the next highest number of votes A reply was filed, objecting to anything but a count of the yotesj and a certificate on the count, and making no denial of the disqualifying faefs.--It was ruled, in the case, that where the objection to an applicant's fight to receive a certificate rests J upon the ground that a constitutional prohibi tion is interposed, the Governor; act ing under oath to support the consti tution, is lxund to entertain an?i de- termine the question; not only that. blJt u to determine in such a W33 as mandate to enforce the constitutional UQ th extnt of executi -c ill I It was also held that the law and the k-: n i, . inv.ii cciul; ncu ivjiij nil. tlic i una uaSl I i i ' : snki;imA -.i.Ut- A -f k i coumea lor any purpose, and the en I 1 t I I gibie candidate havinjr the next Hinh es numKer Gf votes was dul v elected. i- . - i i i This ruling was based oponj standard i . . - authorities, such as Cusbing 'and Grant; the decisions of many courts, like the Supreme Court;and the Court 0f Appeals of New York ; the later uniform practice in the United States House of Representatives,! and I the great weight of English authorities, toth Parliamentary and judicial, j v xhe law of Oregon providingi for fiU$ng vacancies in the Electoral Col- lcges lecognizes a vacancy only in cases where there has been an incum- i i-ii bent and such incumbent lias died, refused to act, neglected to attend or is otherwise absent. In this case there was no incumbent, unless lhe next highest candidate should take the'po- 8ition, and there was no vacancy winch could be filled by the other members 0fthe Electoral College. The next highest candidate eligible under jthe constitution of the United States was. therefore, certified to be dul jf elected. II . ' I L. F. Grover, Governorlof (jlregon. man in a saloon on Monroe ave nue called out, "111 bet that Tilden is elected. "111 bet that you are a liar I replied a voice. The two clinched, rolled on the floor, and tusseied around, and the Tildenit finally had the oiher at a disadvantage. "Now, joull j ad mit that Tilden is elected he anked, letting up on the other a little. ro; - ! I won't! gasped the underniptt-'but 111 admit great Democratid gains al It mm ' .1 over the country." That was good I enough, and he was .let up. j Detroit rtee Press. SHE WAS FOR REFORM TXXX1 Matilda,' ho said as he rose froQ -the supper-table and wiped his mouth on his sleeve; we have won a glorf ous victory. Reform has completely carried the day." Where are you going? she scret. ed, as he picked up his hat and started for the door. " Why, I'm just going down to &t corner to see if there is' anything new from South Carolina." John Bushbill,' she calmly uttered,' the election is over now, and this thing must come to a stop. I haven't said a word about your going out be fore election, as there were ward meet ings, torchlight processions, and all such things to attend to. but now I say emphatically, there must be an ead'to uv- i . - y . But, . Matilda he pleaded, - re member I was for reform. And so am I for reform she qaick ly replied. "Reform, like charity, must commence at home, and now come right back here and rock this baby to sleep. I have ironing to do to-night, sir One look at those determined fea tures sufficed, and as he scaled himself at the cradle, he gently muttered and has ray bleeding country suffered ia vain ? Art. thou, too, a sham oh ! ro form ? J tDOE Black's Opinion. la a writ ten opinion, marked by even more thaa his usual vigor and acunien, Judgo Black scouts, the idea that the people have no legal and peaceablje remedy a. jrainst the iHavcs conspirators. Iln Jrm(l3 lhe , . . constitution.! of lhc 1Ious hcli ' byan.Jfor ;itselff to scrutinixe papers purporting ! . , i tr )ia tiA tvifiM i -. mIaa ki.i ray m)vcd to be fraUlUll;nt tower exists. h anvs. whpthnr th twenty-second joint rule is still in force D ii. s :: i. trcated as such. under which the Louisiana Returning Board acted, Judge Black .finds their procedure as illegal as it was ehame. icss ; he is of the opinion that an in lictment for forge- would lichi, and t is clear that the House must throw out j U( vots The tQ tWw) ia presidpnt I whpn thprr h lrpn nfk constitutional election by the people necessarily Implies and include thn lower to asccrtiiin whether there has or has not been such election. Thii the House must do for itself. If it decides that there has been no election, ind proceeds to choose a Pre?i-iont, the Senate cannot interfere. If the Senate decides that Mr. Wheeler has been elected Vice-President, and ac cepts him as such, the House cannot interfere. The claim that the presiding officer of the Senate has the power to count the votes as well as open tbenv Judge Black characterizes ra shwr impudence. Hal. Observer. THE SIJ?TER. No household is complete without a sister. She gives the finish to the . family. A sister's love, a sister's in fluence what can be more hallowed f A sister's watchful care can any thing be more tender ? A sister's kind ness does the world show us any thing more pure ?. Who would'Hre without a sister ? A sinter that is a sister in fidelity, in heart, and rove is a sort of jrnardian anjel in the homa circlp. Her presence condemns vice. She i the quickencr of good resolu tions, tlie sunshine in the pathway of home. To every brother she Is alight and life. Her heart is the treasury lonsc of confidence. In her be find! fast friend, a charitable, forgiving, tender, though often severe friend. In her he finds a'readv con-Damon.' Her sympathy is as open as daj and sweet as the fragrance of. flowers. Ne ' pity the brother who has no sister, no sister's lovej We feel sorry for the home which is not enlivened by a sis ter's presence. A sister's office is a noble and gentle one. It is hers to persuade to virtue, to win to wisdom ways ; gently to lead where duty calls ; to guard the citadel of home with sleep less visilance of virtue: to gather graces ana strew cowers arou-w m 1 Ka home alter. To be a sister is to bol a a sweet place in the heart orhome. It is to minister in a holy office. S. W. Presbyterian. A SpnngfTeld youth who was ir-ric-1 the other dav gave the officiating clergyman $50 dollars for his Job, spent a fortnight on his wedding tour, and then came home to enjoy the comforts of a $70 chamber set, the only furni ture be owned, on which be baa paid but $10. and when he'll pay the rest
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