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THE -ERA. Of fi Iclal Organ of 'the VtoUeState W. M. BROWN, Manager. RALEIGH. N. C.i only of the Superior Court Held by I Jn relation 10 tne restriction oain liui-ukxjxu ux AAiiu iiA.j a SiMiS'iSl SSSSEJ in the MW the : Speech of Un. S. W..Watts, to the public, and tho parties in legal vention, the Democratic address or on tiie convention, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1875, An Election for Jtelegnte to num ber One Hundred and Tweotj, to amend the Constitution of the state, will be held onThnwday, the 3th of Anrtuu 1S73. The Conren tlon will meet a Raleigh, on the 6th of the following1 sepiemver Republican State Executive Committee. rooms of the republican state Executive Committee, Raleigh, X. C May 28, 1875. There will be a meeting: of the Republican State Executive Com mittee at the Commons Hall, in the City of Raleigh, on Wednesday, the sixteenth day of June next, to mntmveraies. -while srreater despatch and correctness would bo attained in the admistratlon of the law. Such a change would require some addition to the present number of judges, to whom salaries must needs bo paid, but this would be inconsiderable, compared to th 3 payments now made to jurors and justices attending four courts a year in the various counties, to say nothing of the time spared to all concerned, and the less accumulation of costs on the losing parties from greater expedition in the termination of causes. If all lawsuits could be ended in one, or at most, two years from their commence ment, instead of being,' as they often are, transmitted from father to son, loaded with costs far exceeding the value of the original subject of contest, it would be a reform of the greatest importance." June 1, 1875, says : 11 Should a part Delivered at Oxford, iV. C.t April comply and part refuse to take this 22, 1875. oath, only those who obey the law Under ordinary circumstances I are members of the bodv." could-not be induced to make Jtfind your stops, gentlemen of speech upon the politics of the day : ., J .. 1 x, rt It is the question of Convention the Democratic State Executive the amendinfr of the fundamental Committee. Have you read the re- law. of our Statethat impels me to rent thundering of the Carolina break that silence which is enjoined Watchman t Are you aware of the RPn every mau when he lays aside , r,t , . inegaro w me ciuzen anu puis uu fact, that Graham, Shober, Craige tne ermine. My interests are inter- and other shining lights have been woven with those of the people, nut. fnrwdrri hv that rmnor as the and I speak to-night as a citizen . . . ,r tu whose rights are imperiled by the especial champions tf the anti-re- u of a Convention, and not as a stnction plan . vo i.uessrs. tox, partisan. I regret that this call Busbeeand company pretend to say should have been made, because of that WILLIAM A. GRAHAM would not be allowed to take his seat in the Convention if elected? " We can proceed without appre- honamn tr nnrfft rm r rYmstiHif inn and remodel it in the interests of Why, gentlemen of the Democratic tution ;be uprooted : because of the the excitement and strife that it will create among our people: be cause of the enormous expense that will be incurred should the Consti- our people." The above is an extract from the address of the Democratic State Executive Committee issued to the people of the State on the first inst. We would like for the gentlemen State Executive Committee, you are in danger of being tried for trea son to your party. Are you aware that the unterrified fully expect you Jo sneeze when GRAHAM and company resort to snuff? This ad- must be ider question? touching the who signed this address to point dress of yours, gentlemen must be rn.inn out a single clause in our present amended; it will never do in its cons proposed Constitutional Convention and for other business. The Com mittee respectfully invite Republi cans to be present or communicate by letter, addressed to the Secretary. THOMAS B. KEOGH, Chairman. F. M. SORRELL, Secretary. Constitution adverse 44 to the inter est of our people." Perhaps the gentry who compose the Democratic State Executive Committee think it against the interests of the poor present shape. Louisiana State Bonds. At a general meeting of Louisiana bondholders, held in London, on neonlo of North Carolina that they the 10th ult., the subjoined resolu . . - i .. i i i - . should be allowed to hold a home- tions were unanimously passeu. ceai3 fr0m honest and unsuspecting labor that will be lost to the farm ers during the campaign. We are just recovering from the effects of the panic the people are struggling hard to rebuild their broken for tunes the Convention, if carried by the Democrats, will entail great ex pense upon the people and cost the agricultural classes a great deal of labor that will be lost during the excitement incident to a heated campaign such as this will be. I regret the call for the reason that the Legislature have attempted to palm off a patent fraud upon the people. The bill calling a Conven tion is nothing else than a fraud, be cause it is unconstitutional and con- "As to the specific changes that ought to be made.these are tbe considered by tlie citizens ol the various counties who should te careful to select as delegates stead for their families free from The resolves snow me animus oi uie execution for debts contracted du- bondholders generally : ring the war for slavery. Perhaps 1. That whilst adhering to the they think it against 44 the interests protest against the arbitrary red uc- , J , ... . ... tion of principal and interest lm- cf our people," that they should be oged upon hoiders of Bonds of the allowed to elect their own judges, tate of Louisiana by the provis- justices of peace and State and ions of the Funding Law of Janu- thosewho will properly reflect their C0UntV officers. It is doubtless ary, ia, ine .uonuiioiuers uow us w ishes." Democratic Address, June i, . J. . n ... o . tharafl0 in sembled, having considered the 1S75. against their will, and therefore, in preSent state of affairs and the Re- Justas mighthave been expected, U1 "1C Pu"LUi r VrA: J',1, trary to 14 the interests oi our peo- ai me ueuemi .aiwuiig nem m ole, that poor men should be allow- March, 1874, are of opinion that the I u V i m a outstanding Bonds be presented for ed to hold office and participate Conversion under protest, and that, equally in the enjoyment of all po- on receiving satisfactory evidence HHroi rJfrhta A 1 1 nf t hft rri vilpfres of said Conversion, the Council of M M ft. A V. M. M. A MM J w sav - . a the Democratic Executive Commit tee, in their bid for votes, fail to tell the people what changes they de sign making in the Constitution. From the above extract it will be sx?n that each county is to make such points as may seem best. In other words, the Democracy propose in this, as they do in every cam paign, to be 44all things to all men." A sort of wild cat campaign, we suppose. They (the restrictions) are recognized as of binding eilicacy. Uein. Address, June 1, 1875. The Carolina Watchman says the restrictions are not worth the paper upon which they are printed, and further states, that no prominent man whose opinion Js worth any thing is in favor of observing them. Having given its views, the Watch man wants such m$n as Graham, Craige, Shober and Graves elected to the Convention, to carry them out. Messrs. Cox, Busbeeand Com pany must have issued their pro muiciamcnto without consultation with the leading lights. Surely they cannot afford to differ with such men as the Watchman has put forward. above stated aro now guaranteed to their fullest extent, and yet these immaculate friends of human rights desire to remodel the present Con stitution in 44 the interests of our people." We opine there are few, if any, of the freemen of North Carolina who will allow themselves to be deceived by such clap trap as has been put forth by Messrs. Cox, Bus bee and others in their bid for votes. We mean no disparagement in an intellectual poirit of view to the gentlemen who have drawn up the document. We know them to be men of learning and well skilled in politics; but the address before us is certainly more vulnerable than any of a like character we have ever read. It is so fulkpf inconsis tencies, and so replete with cunning and evasive language, that it is an insult to the most untutored of our people to suppose they will rally under it or fail to view it other than as a miserable attempt to blind them to their true interests. Foreign Bondholders be invited to issue Certificates of Claim for the loss forced upon the Bondholders. 2. That the Funding be effected through the medium of well-known bankers and firms doing business with the United States willing to use all necessary formalities for pre serving an authenticated record of the whole operation in respect of each Bond funded, so as to entitle the holder to a certificate of Claim against the State, capable of future proof. 8. That the Council of Foreign Bondholders be hereby requested and authorised to adopt all meas ures that may seem necessary or ad visable to them for ensuring the co-operation of the various Com mittees of Bondholders, for obtain ing a quotation of the Certificates of Claim upon the various Stock Exchanges and Bourses, and to in cur the necessary expenses. Let the old line Whigs of North 1'aroliua read the following extract Many remember that the Republican from Governor Manly's message to party at the close of the lato var had to Hon. John Pool. This distinguished son of North Caro lina, though not at present in public life, is ever ready to do all in his power to serve and promote the interests of his native Stato. An act of the late Congress author ized the sale of the Jiranch Mint at Charlotte and all of the government fix tures. Mr. Pool has succeeded in hav ing action in the matter postponed until next winter, when it is probable the the Legislature in 1850, before they decide to vote for delegates to the voming Convention who favor radi--d reforms in the present Constitu tion : "Is the power to call a Convention ly the (teueral Assembly confined to the singlo otlioo of calling it, or, can the same legislature limit and confine the Kwers of the Convention in the act calling it? As there are conflicting opinions upon this question out of the Assemblj, it is probable they will ex ist in it. It cannot le doubted that a Convention -alled by the General Assembly (two thirds concurring) would bo clothed with unlimited discretion over the Con stitution. The (Jeneral Assembly has power to call a Convention iuto being, but no power of themselves to prescribe a limit to its authority. I hazard lit" le in saying that the people of North Caro lina have not hitherto exhibited a strong lesiro for such an experiment as this 4i pon their government ; and, therefore, it behooves their Representatives to look well to the mode they adopt for in troducing reforms into the Constitution." The Democratic party does not conceal its desire for a change in the present judicial system of North Carolina, and a return to the old County Court method is openly avowed a3 one of its pet schemes. We will compare in a few words some of the advantages of our pres ent manner of legal procedure over that which formerly prevailed in this State. Prior to the adoption of our pres ent Constitution, if u man died the day after an adjournment of the County Court for his county, his will could not be adiAitted to pro bate until the next quarterly session. Under the present Republican Con stitution the will can be admitted to probate xcithout delay. Under the old order of things, every deed, power of attorney or bill of sale, had to be proven in open court be fore admitted to registration, and, set itself to work to repair the immense damage done to the country by Demo cratic rule. Our people were over whelmed with debt and the Courts were opened for suits against all who wore compelled to go in debt for the necessi ties of life at a time when Confederate currency Mas hardly worth the paper uion which it was printed. Tho Republican party came to the rescue and provided for a homestead, which should bo held sacred from execution for debt and givo the poor men of the State a chance to recuperate. This is now one oa the main provisions ot our Constitution. As long as the Re publican party continues in power this great bulwark will stand between the poor men of North Carolina and the hungry legal expectants who would willingly fatten on others' misfortunes. Every man who desires to retain adom- icil for himself and family should inte rest himself in the coming election. Every vote given for Democratic dele gates is a vote to put in jeopardy your homes. Let the people examine this question well. They should read, re flect and pause before placing their dearest rights at the disposal of the men who once dragged them through seas of blood to accomplish their selfish purposes. follow- 18 to. when law will be reconsidered. The ing letter to Mr. Drake, of the can, explains the situation : Washington, June 1, E. B. Drake, Esq. 2Iy Dear Sir : Your two favors were received. I have succeeded in getting tho Superintendent to agree to proceed no further m removing the fixtures of the Mint, and not to sell the property ; but to let it stand until Congress meets, and give us a chance to get an appropri ation. But, as no appropriation was made at the last session, he cannot pay salaries in tho meantime. I told him Mr. Cowles would hold charge of and guard the prope rty, without pay. We may save the institution in this way. Very sincerely, vours, JOHN POOL.. Encouraging. A decent respect for modesty will not allow us to publish all the kind words said of us, but we give place to the fol lowing extracts from letters'. A distinguished North Carolinian, highly honored, formerly as a Whig and latterh' as a staunch Republican, under date of the 4th inst., says : ' You are managing the JJra very well. I was especially pleased with the issue that came to me this morning." The people of North Carolina should bear in mind that our present Constitu tion is made up of the views of many if not most of those who have filled the Executive chair in our State for many years past. CJovernor Graham recommended the abolition of the old county court system and the transfer of its powers to tho Su perior Courts. The present Republican Constitution curries out the ideas he then expressed. Governor Reid An educated traveller, neutral in American politics, who has spent much time on both hemispheres, writes under same date : "Your paper has made a ver3r favor able impression with the gentlemen here this morning. One gentleman said it was the most readable paper he has met with lor some tune past; ana I hope the circulation of the Era will be greatly enlarged." Senator Merrimon visited the Cen tennial celebration at Charlotte, on the 20th ult. He occupies one of voters, measures that the Legisla ture dared not let come to light. There is no vote whether we will have a Convention or not: but we are compelled to vote for delegates : a Convention is a fixed fact, and cannot be stopped now. What, then, must be done by those who oppose Convention? They must elect delegates who will go to Ra leigh and adjourn sine die without doing anything. Such a policy as this will force the issue of Conven tion or No Convention. The bill provides that the repre sentation in the Convention shall be same as that of the House of Repre sentatives. The delegates are to be sworn in by the Chief Justice to support the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution of the U. S. The Convention is the judge of the qualifications of its members. I take the position that the bill is unconstitutional for these reasons : I. Because it is not called accord ing to the Constitution. That in strument recognizes no power, and certainly grants none, to call a re stricted Convention. All power in written Constitutions not expressly granted or enumerated, is withheld. II. The people are the Sovereigns and all power is lodged in them, and it requires their own act or con sent to deprive or restrict them selves in any part of their Sover eignty. This consent can only be expressed by their written will this wiil is their Constitution which must be construed strictly. in. A. legislature being pecu liarly a child or creature of the Con stitution, can have no power and can exercise none unless that instru ment expressly errant it: Can the creature dictate to the creator? Can the clay say to the potter. Why hast thou made me thus? The proposi tion is absurd. Speaking of the oath and restric tions, His Honor said : Any oath that a Convention may prescribe for its members when as sembled, is a mere incident, and in no way affects the rights of the del- gates as Sovereigns. The Convention may prescribe an oath for its members for the pur poses of uniformity and recognition, but not as to their qualifications. If the Constitution does not pre scribe or the people by direct vote do not prescribe an oath for mem bers of the Convention to take when assembled, how can a Legislature, without authority, do it? The Act of 1S31 was not an Act calling a Convention without sub mitting the question to the people : it was a proposition submitted to the decision of the people, whether they would call a Convention with certain restrictions, and the ques tion of Convention or No Conven tion was also left to the decision of the people. It was expressly en acted in the same bill that those who voted a ballot for Convention should be deemed and held as vot ing for the restrictions : hence it was the act of the people in their Sovereign capacity. The present bill is entirely different. There is no provision in the Constitution by which the Legislature is empower ed to call a restricted Convention. The Constitution contemplates the assemblage of the Sovereignty of the State whenever a Convention is called together. For this reason the Act calling a Convention is uncon stitutional and void. The fact that the Act prescribes what shall not be done, and says nothing about what the Convention may do, shows con clusively that the restrictions will not be observed. When the Con vention is assembled, suppose a del egate or a majority refusG to take the oath prescribed, how will you compel him to take it? How will you unseat him if he persists in re fusing to take it? A majority may declare that the Legislature had no right to impose restrictions and pre scribe an oath other than that re- GovrGrahamT Hed'riiklhe oath prescribed in the present Con stitution and wants the Judicial of ficers appointed by the General As sembly. It is remarkable that this learned gentleman can find only twd changes that he desires made, and no other Conventionist has enu merated a solitary change that he would have made. There i.s no need of a Convention.4 All the amendments really necessa ry were made in 1873. There, is nothing more to be done except to uproot the Constitution for the pur pose of making places for men who cannot be elected by the people. The ostensible purpose of the Con vention is to strike down the- Judi cial Department of the Government uproot the system anil, return to John Doe and Richard Roe, and give the appointment of all of ficers to the Legislature. The Con stitution of the United States, the XlVth Amendment, forbids any denial or abridgement of the right of. the people to vote for their judicial officers, upon pain of losing repre sentation in Congress. The lan guage of the XlVth Amendment is plain ana unmistaKaDie on mis point, so much so, that I am sur prised that Graham has not seen it. The young lawyers are not in favor of returning to the old Judiciary system. It is only the old fossils who are well-nigh 44 played out " that desire to. return to 44 old times" in this respect. It is an undeniable fact that our young lawyers with five years' experience are equal to a lawyer of twenty years' experience under the old system. Now, about the restrictions: lhe Constitution is denounced as Can- by's Constitution made by carpet baggers, scalawags and ignorant ne groes, and forced upon the people at he point of the bayonet. Grant that this is so for the sake of argu ment, is it not humiliating to all the wealth, to all the intelligence, and to all the virtue, which it is claimed is to be found exclusively in it he ranks of the Conventionists, that the great principles of the Homestead, rights of married wo- Lmen, no imprisonment ior aeDt, mechanics7 and laborers7 lien law, and all the great principles as em bodied in the present Constitution, should be approved of and endorsed by the Democrats, when they try to restrict the action of the Conven tion on these great questions? A return to the good old days of '35 is talked of by the Raleigh JYews. Yes, days of qualified suffrage, qual ifications for office, imprisonment for debt, and all the other ills which oppressed our people under the Constitution of '3-3, with none of the great principles as incorporated in the present Constitution. The Constitution of the United States forbids the States to pay the debts created by the war : the coun ties are not forbidden by that instru ment. Will the people risk a Con vention, with leaders who are in favor of paying the $10,000,000 of Treasury notes issued by the State in aid of the war? An attempt was made in Ldgecombe and Mar tin, just after the war, to have these counties assume and pay the debt contracted in aid of the war. Our Constitution forbids tho counties from 44assuming, paying,Ievying or collecting any tax to pay any debt or interest contracted directly or indirectly in aid or support of the rebellion." There is no restriction as to this question. The Convention may refuse to embody this provis ion in tne constitution, wnicn would leave it optional with the several counties to pay the war debt or not, as they might see fit. Kis Honor closed by urging the nomination of the best men in each county who are opposed to Con vention. He congratulated the peo ple that they had well-nigh got rid of the everlasting negro, because the Democrats are to. be sworn to support the . Constitution of the United States, including the 13th, 14th and loth Amendments, and because Senator Ransom takes the same ground in his speech. Such, Mr. Editor, is the substance of Judge Watts' speech. I have not endeavored to report it verbatim; if there are any positions misstated the error is mine. The Judge also made a similar speech at Halifax. As yet, none of the Conventionists have dared to ask a division of time or have at tempted a reply. I learn that the Judge contemplates a trip to the mountains during J uly, and that he will discuss the Convention in that portion of the State, lie will make the fur fly from any one who dares to meet him. ANTI-CONVENTION, Oxford, N. C, May 1'0, 1875. Our good friend, J. C. Ross, Esq., of Cabarrus couiity, has sent us two the proclamation are on very coarse shin-plasters ofj money. .Both paper. One is a little larger than a ten cent greenback and is thus in- scribed: 44North Carolina Curreri- cy,;No. 1477. J One Dollar. By a u- thority of Congress at Halifax-, A pri I 2nd , . 1 77G. Signed , Win . Williams. J. Webb." On the back of it is this receipt : 44Received Anthony Ross' public taxes in full for the year 1787. 1, 5s. i)d. Geo. Graham, Sheriff." Our conclusion from this is that ft. - A- - the one dollar was worthless in f 1787, and that for want" of writing paper, the tax receipt vas writ ten on the shin plaster. The second shin-plaster has on one side : 44Death to Counterfeiters." , 4'Four Hundred Dollars, No. 2G90." 4iState of North Carolina i This bill entitles the bearer to four hun dred Spanish milled dollars or the value thereof in gold or silver agree able to an act of Assembly passed at Newbern on the 10 May 17S0. Mularevel j Cook." timer e sperno. j The preservation of th is old money is but characteristic of the care which Mr. Ross gives to everything. He has the Revolutionary sword of his heroic uncle, and is living in a house built by his father 115 years ago. When our venerable friend sits down in a chair, he will not be content with one of the modern up starts, but uses one also 115 years old. May he himself have the same number inscribed on his tombstone to indicate his age. South. Home. iaiKsd lor Jolt. Poor men, remember that n,lf. f the outrages it is proposed to i, iv onyou, if the Dfinoeratic u,.v olutionists hold the powt-r in t, Constitutional Con vciitiou,i.,;.' onmerdfor debt. It is the l.uii'y ' , the 44 swell head" Democacv , over the South, a proof of it l j',,.' that a proposition to nbolM, im prisonment for debt h is j.iM I,,.,.,, rejected by the-Constitutional (' vention of Missouri. The mu who want to control the Convention Mrt. the men who ran the Staff (Jovv'n, ment before the war, when it legal to put a poor man in jail, be cause he was so -unfortunate as to owe some rich man a few dollars Bear this in mind. Aeub, ,n Tiut We advise our Democratic friends to incur no obligation on the strength of a Democratic vi,.. tory in l7t,,,,The recent flections throughout the country indicate that a little oldfashioned vitality U still left in the Republican pn'riv and if we are not mistaken the next presidential contest 'Will see tlie Bourbon army shattered as badly as it was in 1872. We don't ohju-t to Democratic glorification, hut w. do object to this possession of an office two years before it is vacant When the people are ready to rem me nne xioese iney must the privilege of picking their a n t. Xorth Carolinian . ten- The new United States Attorney-General.- Mr. Edwards Pierrepont, who suc ceeds Mr. Williamsin the Attorney Generalship of the IJnited Slates, was born at New Haven, Conn., in 1817, educated at the once famous "Old Grammar School" of that city, then under president Noah Porter, and entered Yale in 1S33, graduating in 1837 in thesame class with Mr. Evarts and Chief-Justice Waite, taking high honors. His legal studies were prosecuted at the law school under Judge Daggett, and in 1840, he was admitted to paactice, removing to Columbus, O. In 1840 he went to New York city, where he has siriee remained. In1857 he was elected to fill the vacancy in the Superior Court created by the death of Chief Justice Oakley, a position which he held for three years, then resigning. When the war broke out he arrayed himself on the side of Mr. Lincoln, nominally a War Democrat; was a member of the Union Defense com mittee or iew i orK city ; a mem ber, in 18G2, of the commission for examining into the cases of pris oners of State, and one of the coun sel for the government in the Sur ratt trial. Shortly after the nomi nation of Mr. Seymour he declared for Grant, and on the election of the latter was made District-Attorney, holding the office somewhat over a year. In 1873 he was offered and declined the Russian mission. Mr. Pierrepont was a member of the Constitutional Convention in 18G7, when he served on the Judi ciary committee. He was also a member of the Committee of Seven- ty. The season in Florida is ov - and the books show that over,:;.' 000 health and pleasure eekeis visited the flowery peninsula du. ring the past season. The hot, k and boartlinjr houses werecrow.l, ,i to their utmost capacities. Ti,. visitors left not less than three ini!. lion dollars among the Florid ;:m. who have learned to look ii;,m th,' yearly-increasing tide m their main reliance for money. The pleasure seekers outnumbered th,. spectral procession of invalids i ,, the first time during the p;e.t .sea son, s M ISCE LL.AX IX) IS. B" u'Ns VAitiirrv vroici: The Cheapest l'iaee to liny all Kin.lv ,,i Musical Instruments (From a .Tewsharp to a Church Oian, STRTXdH AX1 TllIMUI t;.s , VIOLIX.s; a HIT A its ha xjoi:.s. I Ih (Jeneral Agent for the (Ylelw.o. Estoy Cottage Orgae, He.st for Churches, br.st for School v in the Home eiivie, best evcrvw h-t.-Prices to suit ;he times. Send ior . , logue. Baskets,! Baskets ! Baskets ! The Largest Assortment in the. in Demijohns, I! rooms, Shoe and fium Brushes, Table Mats, School l;.e;v Matches, Tooth Picks, Blark in..., Feather Dusters, Nursery Chairs, lirittinaand Cu coanut Dippers. C 1 1 1 L I 1 tEX'S CARUI AC I'S, Croquet Sets, Halts, Halls, Fancy n i., Toys, Perfumeries, Soaps, (.race ll..oj Battle hours and Shuttle Cocks, l'f-. Cigars and Tobacco, and many jhinv Uhi tedious to mention. iSdl nndcx amine my stock and prices he-hire pur chasing elsewhere. 1 sell strictly lor CASH at bottom prices. It you wmi.i t bargain don't fail to call :it NAT. L. JIKOWX'S, No. It) FayeltevUle .stm t, ap20-3m RALEIii II , A'. For the Kra. as Enigma. the son suffrage and the election of Judges, Jus tices of the Peace, and other State olli cers by the people. The present Repub lican Constitution ci A bodies his views. Governor Manly recommended the establishment of a State Penitentiary. the highest positions known to our form of government, and yet we do quired by the present Constitution, not find that he was called upon to What. then, is there to hinder the recommended free say anything upon the occasion, nor Convention from organizing on this Who w Gen. 22. Who was sold Gen. 37. When should Creator? Who was the Matt. 1. 'Who was tlie fat Isa. 7. What ruler came mht? John o. Where dicLthey make Saul king before the Lord ? I Sam. 11. The initials of the answers to the above spell the name of the intelli gent and accomplished Collector of the Fourth District of Xorth Caro lina. M. F. T. By a little girl of twelve years. of Abraham ? by his brethren ? we remember our father of Jesse? icr of Jot ham ? Jesus by The excitement over the Meck lenburg Centennial seems for the present to have distracted attention from the Convention question. The opinion, however, is daily gaining strength that the Democracy will pay no attention whatever to the restrictions imposed in the act call ing the Convention. .We called at tention last week to the position of the Expositor on thissubject,which, taken with the utterances of the LSalisbury Watchman wn. the Char lotte Democrat is surely deserving of careful thought and reflection by the people. Col. B. S, Gaither, of Ilurke, it is understood, has the same opinion on the subject as the Expositor. He was a member of the Convention in 18&3, and is one of the most influential men in his party. It will be found if the De mocracy carry the Convention, that men of his stamp and age will be the ones consulted in the make-up of the Constitution, and not the young men who have initiated the movement. If we are correct in this, one of the first moves will be to vacate all the offices in the State, and then for another Arkansas row. Pioneer. PRIVATE BOARDING HOUSE Iiiavi: oim:i;i ,t v itii. DICi:, on Martin street, r .tr .i Post-olfiee, a First-Class Private Boarding House. where I will be pleased toscnr rc-u; i and transient B O A R D ! : R S I can furnish TAULK liOAKD, -.v.. also Doard and elegant rooms. T. io. very moderate.' Apply to JIUS. J. KAISItFlt. Kitlejli, . . Mr. Candler's Amendments. Lauiiel Fork, May:M, 187o. Mr. Dinlmey liollins : ' in I have also in su ccess f u 1 o t e r a t i o n BATHING ESTABLISHMENT, where COLD and HOT irATUS can i. secured at any time between r; oVlo. i, A. M., and 10 P. M. Thankful for pat pa'ronage, I cd continuance of the same. ?uts. j. EAf:iti:i(, May 27, 1S7". -t;i MATTRESSES, BROOMS, CHAIRS! rpm; itn v iii:s of vi thuss- J- making and Cane-scut in heintf among those taught in the North Caro lina Institution for the Deaf and iMitnh and the Mind, the management iv notice that they are prepared to m k to order Mattr esses Of the very best material and .rr. manship, and at low prices A largo lot of exollent Brooms to Dear Sir : -You requested me to kept on hand, which will i soid was he, in our opinion, treated with that deference which should attach to his elevated office. Why was this? Perhaps there is a lurking discontent in the minds of many basis and then proceed to business as an open and unlimited Conven tion representing the Sovereignty or me fttatec jNotning. isut it is argued : ThatTthe Legislature is au thorized to call a Convention, and the same nower which fHvp tbp in consequence, the people were put Our present Constitution has made pro- concerning events pending the Sen- Convention life and puts it in mo to great inconvenience and much vision for such an Institution. atorial election in 1872, and the tion, may limit the action of the Hundreds of old Whigs and Demo- friends of the joking Ex-Governor Convention, lhe answer to this .t have time and anain advoted rpf.isp to lft reconciled. Thi snuh. argument is : That the Legislature r.. p . .i - .. , c, i . ... 13 in vested with power to call a ganic law; and yet the so-called De- h3 something wrong. great loss, both of time and money. Un der our present Constitution these anoyances have been removed and .such matters are promptly attended Dy tne superior uouri uierKs. order to lay before our readers of the objections Jto the old Court system, we quote from vropy ui """n ore mocracy of to-day are clamorous for a change. It looks like the Democrats of our time hive very little faith in the opin Among the old relics seen at the centennial was an old silver drink- ions of those who managed the affairs of nS cup presented by Gen. Wash- creature of a Convention, cannot, in Convention, but it has no power to go beyond the call and restrict the action of the Convention, which, When assembled, represents the .Sov ereignty of the State, and the Le gislature being, so to speak, the ige of Governor Graham State In bygone tiay?. we can upon J - tlie good people of North Carolina to ,vV5f.,.i t .u . heed the voices of the past and reflect ubsututing for the present sys- . , . ., , .. . X County and Suoerlor Court, before they accept as orthodox tho views terms in the year, three fexnu I of Cox, Busbee, ft id owve genu. ington to Gov. Alexander Martin. Gen. Washington visited Gov. Martin at his residence at Danbury alter the revolution. The cup is now in possession of Col. James Martin. netttern Sentinel. any manner, circumscribe or extend the power of a Convention. Of all the advocates for a Conven tion, but one has specified what changes it is desirable to make in the Constitution, and that one is Select Good Men. We hope Republican voters will not forget, or omit to attend, the primary meetings soon to be held. The party throughout the State, and here quite as much as any where, is vitally interested in hav ing a good ticket nominated for Convention. You cannot expect either unless you have a good county convention, and the way to have a good convention is to have good delegates. If the management of the primary meetings is given up to the wire-pullers and tricksters, you may be sure that just the kind of men that ought not to be sent to Ilaleigh will go. The primary meetings oughtto be largely attend ed, and the best men that are avail able should be 'selected to represent the party. Newbern Times. give you the restrictions I offered in the House on the passage of the Convention Bill ' which were voted down. I will do so in substance as near as I now recollect. 1st. I proposed that all the offi cers of State and county should be u INew chairs, settees, Ac., rane-scatol and old ones re seated in a .-style n..i t be surpassed by any establish ment in the country. Address Institution for theVDcal'aiid Dumb and the blind, KaloigtXN. C. April 29, 187.-,. 4f,-:h.. in n:i,ot it's yn i-riwrcMc. elected by the people as now provi- XXT1 dfd in thft Cormritntirm - v.v..,.., I f. ITDI.'DIn T , ourjittiuu io ANY f hi h . .t I'd. To retain that clause in the Bill of Rights of our Constitution wnicn declares that the writ of habeas corpus shall not be sus pended. 3d. That all elections shall be free as now provided. 4th. Inserting that clause in the Constitution in full which provides, that the State shall never hereafter nave tne right to secede. All of which were voted down by a strict ly party vote. Respectfully yours, AY G. CandlkPw. Girls named Mary are the most amiable, because they are the most easily molly-tied. The township system is, or might be, if properly carried out, the true government of the people. By this system, tne people can control their local matters, without let or hindrance. In those states where it has been thoroughly tried and .tested, the people would .-.not relin- quisn ir, it they had the opportu- nuy, lite uemocrats,oy tneir con vention, hope toabolish thissystem, which the people are begtunin"' to get used to and like. Will the two- I'lV Mltun P 4111 II yti(c. ANY 1 r A T Tl T x. m w r For COTTON, COKN, TQHACCO. r For sale by J. McLA 17(111 LIN A' .SON. Charlotte. N. C. WEIL it BRO S., Goldsboro, N. C. II. M. HOUSTON tt CO.. Monroe. N. C MURRAY & CO.. Wilmington. X. C. WILLIAMSON, UPCIIUKC1I & THOMAS, Kaleigh. N. C W. L. McGIIEK. Franklinton. N. C. TIMRERLAKE it EAVES, Pacific. N. C. BRANCH A CO., Wilson. N. C. M. A. ANGIER, Durham, N. C. f.i, it!, i ur.-. o .)... STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, Office Secretary of Statk, Raleigh, June 1, 1S75. S PRESCRIHKO J1V I AW, SKV- .TIOX24, ch. i7. Battle's Jtei'iMid, I shall olfer for sale, at public auction. at the auction room of J. M. "joules'. in the Citv of Ralearh. on Friday, tho 2d day of July, a large number of vol umes, consisting oi oiu laws, jkh u ments and Journals of the State of North Carolina, also, a lartrc number of copies of the Code of Civil Procedure, lie vise J Code, ttc. WM. JI. IIOWEKTOAf, 504t Secretary of Ms:c.
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