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' ' " ' I ' 1 n ' ' . t - r. f , , ih Hill ' X - II I " f' i V - .V. 4 ii' 5 : i-:- ;7? .-' HENDERSON VILLE, Nr. i, NOVEMBER 14, 1866 v. f NO: 27; v. 1'. t THE IINEDERSON PIONEER. 4ue.UHDUi9i PiosEEaWiRbe pubtitbed week, ly av the (bilowltff rates: I , Single Conv, S2 00 1 00 60 10 S'xictly in Advance. -".SCHEDULE CFACVE5TISISG RUES.- 1?- X o.-, at H H C4' o CO Sri H v.." Ibr increash-thefr political power in the na-jam happy to' say " that e" district attorney ,a- rpcdicncy, under the.ciwurasUncc, of an Uln;jastthe''colOTcd 'race- and that'thc Jlrl-.Stirbuct.eytncea 'an weqaally"; thoronsL f rr:cachQeut, that the grtmnda of action are (franchise thus Vained in:thcory by ithe color- spuit of loyalty to the Union J and fidelity t 'cr etident nor adequate to the, public ed'people WTj Wwjoye'd bV'them in practice, hia. trust - ' ; ' ,D. IlG. .1 But there are other rcsaons mhich ren- ' wi-i i 1 'Vwflt ' ' ' 1 - ' - ' .' k2 r it cspeciaUy impolitic. . It would unnpecs- k 1 T017 when Shall the President be Impeached! f - ?y euitUr and prolong the present party bound to ,ay to the pc m the course of our political hiftory it hai'c 2 let , Under the circumRtance.-(br it l ever spoken to on the subject, that at tney re- A , , . , . , , . . r ject the c ,stituUol amendmenv!they. must been often rail by stump orators, the rhe, ;tancea wh.ch determine ' expect the imposition of measures! far more torical culmination of their discourses, tha i ca.i wear the air of aa act of d Ruaro. n,i 1 T lm- nhw IcouTinccd the President ought to be impeached; but so,v and it would be curiously d.ropor- 4 : w tt serious a measure has never yet been adopted; ed to the present offense. If, lndced,- itnat ini3 . iu wj me eni ui mw nv.. - - - - , 7 c.la no. "U. -a umi l T flO Mcluairi.ll2 iCO r 8i)eci.I Nm- ticen cr ihie.i 15 - f I - I . . .. ' I . . ..A I n CO 5 00 13 amir. 8t'00 ;7 50 12 00 18 00 ".40 8 00 10 00 U Ot) 16 00 21 00 j -i to! 10 0 14.00 12 0Q 1600 tit 0tt'20 Q0 20 W)j30 00 30 00i5 00 18 oo 21 (,0 25 WO 4 j c0 85 1 0 1 1 50 20 UniouUishertfpca be 'TT ' wishes, It it i clear :$ my mind that they But when two gentlemen like GeueraUButler anticipate, uiting, a reconstruction and Mr. Boutweeach of whom willbemea-j-of'thefeutegOTerai-and that, while soin bers of lb, next Oongre?r atmounce;that suffraas theisnau taxe-uie-pTeummary BiegB i unpe-w- figy For xauauncifis a candidattfor a County of- flotv . . J . . oo 5 l."5f" For anuouticiiie a candidate foe a State office. ' ' i - 6 00 . fxTJol work done with neatness end dispatch at ahort notice, nt price3 corrcspondyig with the . Uinef.ca - I : , V Sta?" !rht cash must inviriably ccon:p.ny all or- ,aTi, vlllir for subscriptions' or auvcriiiug workto'lve p.i'hJ .for ou dejivery .s ; 1 yi- ii 'iiiuM ininiiiwi mi ii mmMm Job rirom the Cor. of the )Ya:hingtorik Chronicle. NORTH CAROLINA. L ;.. I i.Ij t! " t. -IJr ATi'.tli.nUihr-'ionM rpmlntinnarr. anddanindj ianua' of the problem, the prevalent senU- meoH axiu;v-ea - r; .i,7..V.- is'ln favor of the disfranchisement of all the grounds upon winch he worn jwuxy' a. " , T- r unnualified friends of the rebellion; with- action, it is but fair to suppose mat tney mean puaipf u luc wlu c- v. . v unquaiinea iri u . , . . i, . 1 1,-.r, infn tn Mn the aubiect man t rartr, the creat mass. of loyal Amen- the extensiotl.Of suhrage to me- negroes. ' " " t " - J: -T.i . -t - ....... , .i .t.:., o.' below Uogress7-- . ; uWi,v MrBoutwell says, and with perfect truth, : v -The rtctnl. EL diem and haw it teas Managed . . Itetins t f the VntonUU with reftrenre to the ' - : Vonititut tonal AmcnJmntTh f growth of f l rMie Sentiment in favor of Infpahial Suf rllfL- - Newbern. N. G.. Octobar li5, 18CS. ould wiHrnglyaccept impartial eolution meni the out There is mucVdisorder in this State, and in IWU Or v ovukuw-ow. - . . i . . . . , j' " . r v:i. t,,i mat an luipeacnmeni is noi a revwuuuuaiy bauds OI lODDCrs anu wurueici ui " -j - m low degree, hare become the terror of all de- asure. iws no rx f ti,:o i;utw fh case in history, tot as much tJ. .Li n,;n n.i n.rhL Wavue. 1 1 Constitution plainly provides for impeachment utiiuL .uu uk""I 1 : y , 1 ... .1 j nf RHtA indrVe. as it does for any other emergency, --ir. ..nw tn.. l,r.Ma aueh only way in which the official offenses of ccr ll.-i... h.rti-,n kroner abhorrence, and tain officers can be reached.. But it s, of " 1 1 , . i ., . 1 r .i ii n n Vt. JA c,nrr. nnd nrin- Course, aeasure OI me very grcaw.au tu..., ish the villairs. He informs me that these Ker-dne which in ordinary times would pr car, of thncs urowl about the country and mndly excite the country, ana which in ex r,... . . x . ... ' r ' .. tranrdinarv times like theso would Droanco an i -it ... u n in thmr anil nerwrna v j . .t. Hi ' ...1,. f wv;; nf equauy exiraortynary aguauon. 11 .in U ntWn . 7 tich shottId be invoked only in great e- . ' . .. 1 t. 3 - x. mprTencies. Thfs offense must be plain, the have become so depraved ana, uegraueu as 10 .f; " 4 ..r . ' 9,d en blankets Irora nesroes ppnl indisputable,. to justify .the temporary W , ; W , . ; ..- 1 :i - AT. -M ..wUn, tr, annnort- themselves by suspension ot me execuuve aumoru, -iu iu honest industry, ilmiy be hoped that not Pon of4ta constutional representative.- many persons of respectable parentage have tor, uiiuko ouer niao, weacuuniiugu .ifl0n,inA;,WPi' Tlnarnfrdm the same General Butler, that, in case of impeachment, uvovvuui". v - - - r 1 , ..... . . ... ..1 . taMo anthoritv. and from others, that the accusea is to bo considered guilty untu ne it is unsafe' to travel aloue andby private con- 43 i"v tw j . i - I 1 j" .1: a. i a.-, iSf. veyance thrtu.Th the counties which are in- ueu irom msiuacuons u.ua pruw ui uu fested bv th'cse organized bands of villains. blemislied right to exercise them. Thev have become a terror to all classes, white There are two questions which immediately and black, retels and Unionists. ; It is clear! present themselves. Has the conduct of the that more troops' are needed in this State to President made him liable -to impeachment.' The spirit of lawless violence and if so, would it be wise to impeach himr as Wendell PuiUips 6eems to suppose, the h'n conscious and malignant confpi i ( r.rert with others, to put the Gov- ' : .-to the hands of its enemies, and to irlc-li into the position oCrhcls, the " ' ' " . ' ' 1 t 1 Jv-: . Theihave paid a feArful price for their con trol If the GoverhmenC and they do not mean "- . w . , . . 1 to rfinqmsn it. ir. vaao iiampion, ana Mr.IUexander H. Stephens, and Mayor Mon- Drowt Ih&Vathimlc CAron!. " and his eudbwment with civil and political Reconstruction iu Reference to the ;Js iaft from the cw.siousnei : i vfc,ca' that everything which tends to elevate Lua Future of thoSonth. ... , tend to the ame decree to wfit kxa f . tW. Terhaps thcre is scarcely a,ttroccr , argu- pouion they desire him to fill. I Thai syV ment against the Presidential plan of recon tern they would estabHsh would he as nearly structionthan that which is furnLdicd bj a like slavery as Ihey could possibly make iL-j consideration of its effect on the fature oondi- "me degradation of . the Ubortr wouli - o . o. ; t. ; i---r prevail: and carry with it the aamt contempt tion of the Southern StaUs. Its ,mmedieef- a iDjuriOTi t0 &4 feet would,of course, be - to pUce thi old intercstl 0f the South in the first; Of course; : Southern aristocracy, duloyal as they art. al- the effects upon the poor whites', would be most without exception, in contxol in iverv what hey always have been, and this clais Southern Sute. The result ot this wouli be, K0014 U P!nS "to.the dead seacf i.i. .n wWtlmH .lioranccaod poverty, from which the- tcr- y r 'mini tion fifth virfira a hrne f ihelr rr- . favorable to" the Government from tthtment Lue Theopportuq. y t "-.fohc new life aai da the vast uncultivated tracts of the &uth,encrjrv into the 'Southra iadc stria! rrKcra - and next, to compel the departure or the apoe- and set at wotI: 'forces fvT t2.e arpliora Ucy of even.the few citizeua cf thu class nowUjon of society wouHU tbrc a away, , aad the :. Uvin there.- Indeed, wehave already . iecn .vTAli rtrM'r Ue beginnbgsofthisrcsua 1a the exodus of Uge a repon to be viiitci t .ly ly curious" ' hundreds, if not thousands of Vnica men frourj travelers, who preferred to it- ly the hutory of Korth Caroliaa. Now every one that knows the dark age by illustration rather than from anything of human nature know that no ame- ine written page. . lionitioa oi couiuera cuviuiwu w w vjwi roeind Raphael Semmcs, and the President, aud.jpr. Seward; and Mr. John T. Hoffman, r. Vallandigham, and Mr. Montgomery may say and do what they will. They lther wheedle nor frighten the people Vivcd the Union from securing it iu the hich seems to them mtet just, most gen etoui and most enduring. And that security no mire requires the impeachment of the Prcs than the hanging of Jeff.. Davis. Har IKcefcy. - - and 4 Blairl can who way iden peri .... The, late election iu this State was no test of. public sen timetit. . ilany sanguine Union ists", believe thatDockerv might 'have been e (lectcd if he had-not declined the rjQmination, .land if he and his leading frjends hVl "stump,- ed" the State; I am far from aceudiog to this '. opinion m the presout fctatc of things,.- but I have abundant evidence that a ,'respectable . minority vote would have been cast if; proper 4-e.X"efti6ns h.d becu made. I am equally con fi.lent in the opinion" that' if the President had ' taken cround in favor of the cqmtitutiona amendment, 'Vniajoritybf the Legislature e docted woahl hnvv beti- .:nauonal and State adnivnistra .if vr.uiio.l (Vnni'tllR Thft inaa between iscceRsion wid anti so- tion ot the negroes at the close of a long civil but for him the country would be rapidly te- : session were not fairly presented by the can! war, in spite of their master's efforts to hold turning to a normal condition, is unquestlon- ,1i,Wx- nf twoWli'mcn as Worth imd Docko- tn'enriu bondage, has in like manner demoral- able. That he is entirely unfitted by nAtnral ' i-..t. o.;.i,. rvco.i 'fiizcd them tt a 'considerable - extent: and thev eanacitv and training for the olHce he hdds jyt (nil 11 OI Wliuill, num.- biiuuiji ; vvjo.i w . -- . r v the rebellion and each of whom I acqu'u-sccd t00 ar V to vagabondism, violence, and is painfully conspicuous. That he compre ,.,i,.,i ; atiith'dtVwh'ir.h thti- State as- crime. Mut'der, robbery, rape, theft, and ar- hends neither the cause nor the consequences snmcd- lu snito of Worth's present affiliation- son are the order of the day, and whites and of the war, and is curiously ignorant both of with the Rebels, to whom he owes his elec tion, and on whom he has conferred the prin Good and Bad Rebels. Al the rebels who behaved themselves dnr- ing jnd since the war, going into the confed cratlarmv and fihtinsr for their principle! likefnen of honor and nobility, and now ac knotledfre their defeat and the rijrht of the victorious loyal millions of, the Republic to ex act ho terms upon which the Southern rebel lioul States shall bo restored, should ami wil 1 , t .. 11 ..ii r . oe piruonea ana proieciea uy iuvu-cumiueiur. Butthe graceless scoundrels, wiio comrameu all tanner of atrocious crimes, making the wactcnfoJd more barbarous and brutal than it cicrwiso would have been, and persistently j protested their innocence or any ... . o ii tt . e a jj . . the nart of those who now execrate the Gov ernment, It can come only through the rein- P " very urgent hit the Amendment orcementot the loyal population by access- annoi Deaappieo. oovemyr nampunea oi ions ofloyal people from the North, or of Eo- Mississippi fpcaats 01 u as an inu,i r. ropcans who are friendly to tho Government. de Hampton declaims upon the duty of the Iu the natural reiourccs of the South and the orth t0 coaforai 10 lbe Uras Pa ich abundance and cheapness of land there are in- "bl 7lllcs nIQllcmI- A, , duccmcntaenoughtoattrictalar-e.immigra- fl,lM,en,OBW lUB tion of the classes in question. But if the ve as "tneir country, , ami wun us wmmy old slaveocracy are restored to 'power, their jstsnd that they will never submit to indigui- hoatihty will inevitably neutralize aU these na- tjc anj WU1 die with dignity ia the lastditcU turai inuucctnenisanu mua aiuio caurc.y acqtticsCe Ja Amendracne prevent the infusion of that loya. clement , , . . .1 which alone can operate as a leaven to the Ut tu be as frank as these fnUcmen. rebel masses. One clearely-dtSned result,! mere were anyinmg mica aeeiacu wuu w then, is the pcrpetuatiou of tho sentiment ol unjust in the AmenJmcnt.wc should atoned UMoyauy wnin i now an uui uan crwi. . coaccd0 that it ought not t be adopted. HUl This iu itself would be an overwhelming ar- . ... .. . ' r-r,,v. In rmtn nnliov vhiKh tunrli ti,l ' mimnt fttrnlnst that it is not magnanimous to take the moat which tends to " , ,Uv.Un,n. le-ntimato and reaiocable security for the to- social progrcssof the South mhich equally turue, or that it w unj.ui upeme aide to la ment attention. Heretofore the industrial cii- ist, or ua the other to allow, ihattbeUsii termise and the social condition of d.o South- uf, ut'1 repres-nut,oa shall not be increas ern toople have been shaped bv the slave hold- W thce wbora the bt.tes di franchise.-- . ing ari?tocracy, and this will be so again if the VUn attune is not one d same clement is aain inuuted with the po- u Hrt ?r .lr lt " "m?! lal litical destines of the- Southern States. r. -A . . . . r . . . . 1 ... , , . . . 1 1 r has been a natural ' consequence of the civil We are certainly correct in saying that there sav, mat 01 iionorauie aua rccogniu a.3tu, .. . ... 1 - .t? .vJant vilifv and denounce ConcrrcsB for .demand- lb . WiUb IliC, . . .. . . Thel11 C 1 nauuu. rWninallr cxciusioa 01 orinero men winca win iuupei--:- , , , . . . , . criminality, rv,..i. ful and uttcrlv caoclcs and cruel effort tode- euccieu win iireu-uuiiciuiniuui.-iiuaoiuimM . . . . . . blacks to icks are alike guilty. The negroes are sure the American people and of the doniin.t i be punished, while the whites very . often dea of our politics is undeniable-But tlese, clpal places in. hw gift, the Unionists of the'escape. unwhipped of justice. Perjury among although misfortunes for the country, are tiot ' , L....r"r ftr i. snto still n.lhnrn t'n him these abandoned wretches, white and black, is impeachable offenses. And wc are to rencm- uiiui ai v. . v.. . .... ... ' . I 1 - 1 central pari and confide in him. Forsythe eof)ntj', for in stance, which elects two avowed friends of the constitutional amendment; gives Worthy who 'opposed the amendment,:. some four .hundred majority over Dockery, who iavorcd it. The truth is, the Unionists! cf this t State are not particulaily attached to the plan of adjnstmcft which is einbolied in the constitutional amen 1 lnent. They accept it because it is prcscvi- bed 'by the Xatioiialji.egiflature; hut, without common, and tney have no scruple about ber that the President did not turust nmscii swearing each other out of. the grip of the 1 There omdit'to be two or three thousand cav - 1 airy in the State, under the command of hon est and' discreet officers. They would exert a wholesome influence, and would inspire a sense of security which do not now exist. What 1 have sai4 of one of the State judges I may say of all. I believe that, without exception, thev are good men, who mea'a to do their duty. - j sr - j 1 . - 1 I -1 '"excention. almost. I lave found that they r They were selected from the class of men who Vjafd it as dufeccive, in that it leayes too much! opposed the rebellion as long as? opposition wa; Dower ih the hands of the rebels. Certainisafe and practicable, and who haveinone of the 'meii. thev sat, who beforo the war were prom- life-long passions and antipathies of the 'genu- inentin public affairs, are excluited from ot iine secessionists to estrange them from, he :::ficc"bot!noifrqia''tlie right of sijffrage; while' national Gpvernment. They were elected be- there are thousauus ot others who cherish the same passions and principles left with all their fore : the State fell so completely under the con trol 01 the party which brought about seces- aw. into his office, but came to it by constito.on- :av-Kal election and succession. Much is sale, of 1 .- 1 . v . . . us personal habits, but it is rumor mereif j It has not appeared, nor has it been Eeriou$l.'al- edged, that he has habits which substantially prevent him from properly fulfilling . hU offi cial duties. . . I Ought he then to bo impeached for peril ous nohtical offenses: He Is charged Win u- 1 . - surpiug the prerogative of Congress ifi set tling the question left by the war, anj with a shameful prostitution of official patronage to personal ends: But as to the first charh his offense thus far is nothing more than a liolent and indecent assertion of what is constwation- icc that they bo punished and their treason inado odious and disreputable through all the future of burUnion7kJtfiuld be hug upon a gallows Heaven high. - This is the sentiment t.f tho Radical party, and as soon as the co-ordinate branches of the Government , get to working in unison, it will bo carried into full effect. The Radical party will be overwhelm iugly predominant in ' the. fortieth Congress, and will have their own conditions of restora tion. This Oonsrefs , if it docs not fully attain its purposes, will so have the machinery of leg islation adjusted that by the incoming of the next President, the Had be quietly and easily storm of righteous V 1- 1 L- .nulrsil.l I .V I." ,1 .,,;mJ, iJjfflt will bart upouU " el'cnt of rcspccUbuitj than as an in lk.M aw - w 7 ' A J,eft to thmelvcsthis.ristHrracy 'i:i Wnt ldc. of honor can be be supposed to . . ., - . . , r ... IfnrfAtn. and Law ia it Trx-MOle lor htm to COO- k una 1113 cuionis and uuaies ,or ine " . , - , . -.i. u f the !cclvc amuscu conicmpi iui wuivu. ri!e, fall bac ucliacd in the.r eyes by the traditions o pa t, modified only to thatieree ul:Jeh the abohtton of slavery may t rentier inevitable. The system of society which has prevailed in the South heretofore was fatal to all Jevehp ment, or progTes-; forwith tho clasa whowwn ed neatly all the capita! cf that section the wealthy planters the problem has been, not how to augment the wealth and promote the prosperity of the people at large, hot the more liuiiUfd one of maintaining themselves iu ease rights unabridged.' This youh'ger race ofraion tind at a time when a decent; respect for rebels, it is coutended, will receive all the hon v.A'nfirrt Vv'rjhion of the !Uiuonists. iditur that thS latter class are not yet pTepar- ed to accept neg.W smTrage, but the tendeucy pf public 'seatiment is manifestly setting in that dirpctioaV.Many jeaamg ma arc , coia vinitt'ed it'"Ui'e' pripcip!e while discussion, is tol " crated. aoJ prejndice is abating )Vhcn L.take " Into view the strong incentive to j ustJce which ' theeontrmtmnal amendment wilj-place before the Southern people, and the rapjd progress of liberahopinions, I cannot doubt Uhat the rat iucation of that amendment weuU quickly bs in fr: followed by luipartial sutfrage. it would pre pfl - 1 j- V - fer to see the franchise conceded; by the white Ji J - .. 1 AiMMA'IU 1.I1H 1 llltl LU LU Alio UaLILO IU LTL Ci' I 1 ! v: v j ' iv-ence't$'itstimp08ition by Congress, for . tht he opinion of the North was a j controllU considerttion. But they cannot alwava rnn trol juriot,nor prevent them from screening bad men from punishment, where political pas- a. 4,vij iCCU"o3 i"er me mcen tiyes to crimes. ' .... I 471r,r.n.A u-llVl lIlA T rt ,1 1S t ?M f .1 r OtltlflV ical mgrauime will -l n f 1 accomplished. I Then tho vt f - wrath and indignation inly to amusements and social pleasures, and a f?tii caring cuucauua raiuc-r 3 mix unumwiu i ,- . . i .1 r i . . " secession in all its fury and dodrectivenc, in- grctiient o. j rogxes, iu.y 4Uuu . ..... . . , , . i . .Iiinnml ami deLa.shptl labor Lrecisclr the tbmi? j I - - rj cretsed by its long withholding. Our advice to the rebels is, not lo bo deceived by their worst foe,. the Copperjohnson party. They aie cowerless and their strcntrth is weakening every day, to restore yon to lights.. Accept without revi complaining "answering not again a s 1 i" to answer their purposes. It was a syttcin that made them rich as individuals, ani tliat was all thcr sought " The enrichment of the i.. ... . .- vour forfeited laborer and me improvement or nis conuiuon ,nt it 9 miila lv ling, without - y- v r trj :"" " ' "i .!, nrma) CraliV lUHWJlOiC, iur u uv. n-i u""-" a.u a s aa i cr .mm - which a loyal Congress impose,," sud chcerfulj to own prorty norto acquire ca acqnicsccnco will be to your advantage and For the objeet proposed, viz: the nchmcnt J i! of a class with the mtnimvvt of care and effort, aland of what Coumress ought to do.' Ile.has welfare. - All that the loyal people demand is an un re&ervea praciicai reiiuutnuuu mo uum- . . , . . , A . , i i :..: .'and the Dursuits to which she ha been ma lo cal doctrine of duunionism, and unhesitating if "u. luc .fu'' ... J ... . (m tTt i purpose oil'J uevicu. au - fc.v uothini? better could have been devised - than thcsYstcni which has prevailed in tho cuth obedience to all laws made for the purpose suppressing disloyalty now and for all time to come. 1 rTHac.f. laws ..-111 ssnltr r-.nni1i t Virv vhrt have . . xiimv ian niii . v f e.has l-dje aji other conceivable iniquities and out- expressed opinions, but ho has as yet atcmpt-Jhigcs to their crime of treason, whilst those ed no acts. He has. indeed,' denouncdl 'the who have demeaned themscives as belonging I m . . -S-t f reason that the great' and radical change would take place without the danger 6f( violence ia theone case, whereas s nothing but an tover- whelming exhibition of power on, the part of thtGeueral GovcrnmCTf, could give it efficien- cvut tho other. But Tarn not in favor of leaving the negroes mj perpetual . dependence upon the whites foe .the means of vindicating thir tlchts. I would: trust thelatter; in .the belief that; t w hen tlieirpre j udices abate and ....... .: - f . -ii: -j'.'jjti i-' vir ' ' .-j! : 4 K The country is still more fortunate in hav mg.a United; States district jadse'in North Carolina hosc love of the Union' is asttron" as hw love of justice between man and man. Judge Brooks, in his charges to the erand ju ries, loses'no occasion to remind them and the bystanders of rtheir superior allegiance to the United States; that .they cannot expect to be entrusted with rights and privileges except in proportion to their manifestation of a spirit of j attachment to the Uuion,and that it is a great i.i-i.-i-. ... .... I i. i &. u ., . , .?it t - : t opinions of thos who differ with him as treas- p the human umujjm TO1 ' 4 ..... , - . . - .i i pardoned and in the course of tune, by pursu- on, and their holders as ueservmg oi uw gio-. fc wft aboVe indictteit -csto- bet But this merely shows the mental mud- pojiUcal privileges! Wc are sure that die in which he has been loner involved. It h 'irhen tho Radical plan is fully inaugurated In natural to suppose that a man of his ;'passioUiia particular part ot the glorious Union, there ate temperament will endeavor to nfcr2 Lh views in some way, and it is the part of wisdom to be watchful and readv. But until that mistake for theni to suppose ! that' thev hav been harshly treated by the national Congress in consequence or the rebellion. 1 He points them to the histories of the several revolts a gainst the British and other Governments, and to the severe punishments, which they inflict ed upoa the defeated rebels, by .'way of the contrasting magnanimity of Congress. . These charges cause Boroe ot tho jurors to make wrv faces; hut there is no; reply, and the Mnajesty will be manv who are.lono: and loud ia their laudation of I, me, my,tnine,n will wring their bloody hands in an agony ot fear of juitly de- corvp.1 rmnishmpnt- I time hia views are mere his own opinions, audi The stav-at-home Rebels, plethoric with ii 1 they are opinions held among a people . who gotten gains will see the "gleaming oi decern. thoronS!,,v cocprehcod the A-iUon. , , , i "i'?. The President's abuse of the appointing1 power, and his total misconception of the rela tions of the various officers to the Government, - - are indeed extraordinary, but they are not un precedented. His conduct is not - essentially different from that of other late ; Presidents, and will lead undoubtedly, as it should,-, to a leoral remedy of a verv menacincr "daager to O 7 0. , , .. w . f '. ' which .the Government Is exposed- . The whole question of appoWtment and removal, in its exact consumuonai reunions, w 4i au open one, and if the President be g-Hty 'oi the grossest and baldest attempts at political bribery by patronage, his offense is not so pe culiar as to justify, in the public mind, so,, ex- a . . ' ' : ' a jVvn rt- I -.?V Wrin, viunt Lev. , w. . . i " waoroinary a correcuow s ipw;. .r rrar-- .eiaj ijosri It would be enough, thcreforeto prove mVcaeth iusLinU : btanles could be canicd on from year to year bv a simple mechanical routine, thus relieving the employer from tho . ncceity of thinking himself or encouracins thought in his labor ers. The prosperity of the peoplo at large would have beeu promoiea uy me inirouuc- mm tion of a varied industry and freedom ot eilort to all the members of the community; but these things would have been a positive disad- vantage to the luxurious aristocracy, compel liner them to enter into the general corapeti tion and participate ia the general effort in order to maintain their position. Never since the world began has there1 been a system more tnorourniT scihaIi man uiav ov wnicu uim ar btocracy has maintained itself, for its very life blood has been the ignorance and degradation of all the rest of the people. It did not seek . . i i . suDrcmaev uy eievaiirjr iiseu, uu vj urccuv- . . mm I incr the elevation ot all others, ine lormcr method would nave required eilurt, wnica was the very thing it sought to escape. , Ilence the couth has been closed to mccnaaicav anu manufacturing indastry, to free schools aud the multifarious agencies by the aid of which society iu the North advances in wealth, intel licrence. and the qualities which adorn and .p..'.. . - , - , . dignify humanity. It needs no pioi ucv q f.irtf 11 tlLat this will "continue to be the case under the regime of this same aristocracy , if Mr. Johnson a policy f giving ttcmeontrol oi the South thail prevail. That they are sviu actuated by their old moures and woddea v 1 cal reconstruc tion eommeneed. WTiea I'sft' to themselves V w- . . t.,vr f T.r,nr. the have adopted JemiUUon tending ta aeep iti-.'-iv: 'J: .tvi it Xnrtolt on the treedmen iu . a condiUon-ot 'Kwrooyr !TLI...Tf - '---4TLdr ppoaitioa to the edocaiioa of the Besro the tribunal of justice, and the poor men they induced to enter the rebel service oy persua sion and caiolery, and hounded on to the per secution of Union men, eoincMcot free by virtue of the amnesty of a lenient and pitying government " May the day soon come when a line of demarkation shall be drawn through the rebel ranks, and those who sinned know mm. m mgly; willf-illy and maliciously pnaismea to the farthest extremity of the u; ana inose who were ignorant and beruiled, be gracioir- ly pardoned, and at once stand erect in- the digntfy and honor ol a uohw maoaooo, so nntlm inrrt liktrtl lf lib WOrtU? .The aJwptioa of tLelAoicoJuicnt Is rcjard od by the lyal peojde of the country aa cen4 tial to the national security. It ia repudiated by the late rebels as insulting and dishonora ble. Jf. then, it. becomes a point of tenacity, . which party is more likely to yield? Ihero isr oothiog said at the, South about rejecting the Amendment which is comparable ia fury to what was incessantly Aid and reiterated dur- . ing the war abont never surrendering. Bot thae who said it mot' stoutly and moat sin- - cercly, and those who believed iheni. had seen the result The last ditch waa nothing . but ' the consciousness that farther fighting was . useless. And has the wax. thrown no light upon the quality effort hern tenacity Dtf. the elections leave the Northern deteTmioa tion doubtful? ik the late rebels and therr' friends still suppose that tho stale threat of staying out forever rather thin aMnt to the Amendment has any ether effect than to fcr-' tify imprcgnably tho resolution of the peophrf ; The editors and orators ot the Southern States forget that it is not the country of fit tccn, or even of six and seven yeais ago, with ; which they have ta dcaL They forget that those who, affecting to be their friends and to know Northern sentiment, urge them to op pose and reject the Amendment are utterly scorned by the controlling masses and opinion of the loyal States, and are wholly powerless . to atem me greaimooa oi popular conricuon and purpose. They should remember that as sent is required to the Amendment not as an arbitrary condition upoa which the unrepre sented States may be restored, but as a meas- ure or essential justice ana , national wcixare. It is a mild "and moderate propoaiticn which ' assumes a certain state cf feeling iu the South ern States. If that SLSsarnptioa jrovet tobe mistaken, another policy will become just as certainly the necessity of the situation, and it will be just as universally tnpportcd jjf the present The pararr c ist right of the ration is to secure its exU: : .;ef xsi it will do it jaii--. as decisively in legiJitioa as it did in war. Itu an iocalcaLlie mufortune for the true rntcTest of our . fellow-citizens at the South, that the action cf the Government and the real pnblie opinioa of the country are taisio- lerpretca to mem vj men intolerable gascon ade as the Fpcceh cf Wade II amp to a and Gov. Humphreys. Uarjefi MctUy. Scene in a Frimtts OJfuK "patron cf a Tillage Dewspaier once said to the publuher: Vir. i'nntcT, low is r. you nave never call ed on me for the pay for your taperr . Oh!n said the man of type, we , never ask ; a gentleman for sooney. , Indeed, rrrHcd his patron, then how do : you maaage io get a!ong when they dout pay' " ."war, ' said .the editor, toaiter . certain time we oo chide that a man whofaia to jif j for his paper is not a gentle man, usi -therr we . ask bitOm , : . - , - "Oh, ah, yes! I see. . Mr. . Printer, y lease give me m receipt, hands him , four- kd!ra,i and make' my rarxe all rihv on tho-JbocLs.- i II r- ,4 .
Weekly Pioneer (Asheville, N.C.)
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Nov. 14, 1866, edition 1
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