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THE ERA. ' T THE-.EKA. - - ' i - A KHPUBLICAN WEEKLY NEWS 1WPKU THE CENTRAL ORGAN OF THE PARTY. ruRLilallED EVERY THURSDAY (SEE RATES OFj SURSCRIPTIOX ON THIS PAGE. ) W. M. HltOWX, Manager. Jon Work executed at short no- OKKH'Kover tho North Carolina IUok l.rv, corner of Faycltevillo mid Mor jm streets, lirt lxr soulli of tho Stale fue. tu o ami in a .style ijnHurpassed by any similar establishuicilitjn tho State. ' RATES OF AIVERTISIX. RATES OF SL'RSCIJIPTION: Ono year, - - - - 2 10 Six months, - - - - 1 0." Three months, - .V ,2rtY" IS VARIABLY IS ADVANCE. Ono square, one timp, - - $ 1 do " two times, l " ' " three tilnes, - - 2 00 VOL. V. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1875. NO. 3. Contract advertisements taken ii proportionately low rates. tl jiff miscellaneous. Coing to the Dentist. T like to come across a man with flu toothache. There's something pleasant alout ad vising him to -tulf eotton in it, to use camphor, creosote, M'ieriiiint, and " relief," that 1 always feel letter after giv ing it. 1 have been there had an aching Ming, and I know just how it feels. It u-d to wake me up at night and inakr me mad at noon, and sat mo to wearing early in the morning:. 1 didn't meet man or woman hut what they advised me. Ono said that a hot knitting needle pushed down on the root was excellent; another said that opium was an ex idlrnt thing; and others said that it mti-t In dug out by the den tin. If 1 sat down to dinner that old t.Hth began to growl. If I went to U-d, or got tip, or went to a party, or slaved at home, it growled just; ihe same. It wasn't always a growl. Some- there were generally new boys coin times it was a juup that made my iug from time to time, who had to hair stand up, and again a sort of (lilting pain that made me make up fart's at the baby, slam doors and break w indows. I ate cotton, peppermint, camphor and opium until I got black in the face, and that old song kept right on. I put hags of hot ashes to my cheek, ap plied mustard, held my head in the oven, took a sweat, and the ache -till ached. After the third week neighlors didn't desire to let their boys pass my hotiM', and hook canvassers went round another street. I was heeomiug a menagerie, and at last 2 derided to have my tooth out. I di-eideil lo, and then I decided not ti. I changed n:y mind four times in one aliei noon, and at last I went. The dentist was glad to see me. lie said thai if he could4 not take the tooth out without hurting me he would give me a million. It got easier as he talked, and I eoiieltnhsl not to have it pulh-d. I Marled down stairs, but a jump caught me, and I rushed back. lie aid he would look at it; erhaps it did not net d pulling at all, but he M.iii.l kill the nerve. Ky tlint of Mattery he got me in the chair. Then he softly inserted a knife and cut away the gums. I looked up and said I would kill him, but he lagged me not to -said Hi.- cutting was all the pain there in it. lie dually got me to he hack and open my mouth, and then he -lipped iu his forceps, and closed them round the tooth. " ( h-ordordonborosoforsor !" I cried. Rut he didn't pay any attention to it. He drew a full breath, grasj e. the forceps tightly, and then he pulled. Jreat spoons! but diiin't it seem a- if my head was goin! I tried to shout, grasped at hiai, kicked, and then he held up the old snag, and said : "Then, I guess you won't feel any more aching." I leaped down ami rugged him. I promised him ten nillions; I io!i him to make my home his house forever ; I hugged him again. 1 shook hands with everybody in the street, kissed my vife, bought the baby a dozen rattle-boxes in a heap, and it seemed to mens if the world was too small for me, I was happy. A correspondent of ihe Charier Jiinrmd succeeded in getting up an interview with Spottei Tail on re ligious top'u-s. rhe ntble redm;ri vaid : " Mist Indians believe vfn the ireat spirit, in a heaven -and in a hell. 1 tut some areunieiicvers.and think that, when theydie, they are no more, just like tho dog and the horse. There ire but'wo worlds, the one where the Jreat Spirit dwells. The spirit wrld Is more than ton thousand times larger than this, its hunting fields iave no end, ami the game there U inexhausti ble. Its flower are injre beautiful ami fragrant than :iiy we havo ever known, and itsmaidens are lovely as the color of tie clouds be fore a setting sun, and never grow old. The land does mt havo tobe cultivated tkere, but every kintf good fruit, aa d intne g'eatest abund ance, hangs upon the t ees and vines continuously waiting bo plucked. Nothing ever dies tiere, and the wants of all who go Jthereare con stantly and forever sfoplied with out the necessity of aky work. All good men, whether tley are white Co go to heaven but a great difference will exist between the fnri! lr.i u J t .7 , . ' Wl "iC i?s oi ineu anu iuuiviuuais." How to IJegln. " Lend meaiKwtagestamp, JInl, said Nicholas, as ho was folding a letter to send home. " I am out of stamps and change. I will pay you back when my next allowance comes.' Hal handed over the stamp and then went on with Ins writing. Nicholas mailed Ids letter, and thought no more of the stamp. Hal did not care, so you think there was no harm done, lie had defrauded his schoolmate out of three cents, and he added another link to the chain that was binding him. Evil habits are so easy to form, but so hard to break up. The next time he borrowed ton cents, "just till to morrow, when I will get a bill changed." Then he made himself noted in school for borrowing pen cils, pens, knives, and such like schoolboy iossessions, and several of the most obliging boys had lost considerably by him. At last it grew to be the custom to decline ' when he wished to borrow. But find out his propensities for them selves. If you had called Nicholas a thief, I suppose he would have repelled the idea With scorn. But he was for all that. The habit was growing upon him daily. He grew very reckless of the rights of others. He was always borrowing as a boy and a young man. His acquaintances grew shy of him, and crossed over to the other side rather than run the risk of being importuned for a " short loan." He obtained a situ ation in a bank, and in an evil hour was tempted to enter into a specu lation 41 that would surely make fifty thousand dollars." He bor rowed twenty thousand from the bank secretly, intending to return it the same way as soon as his for tune was realized. But the scheme failed, and the wretched young man lied to avoid exposure. He was ar rested and contined to a felon's cell, leaving a stricken household to the grief and shame with which such an act must overwhelm them. It was the natural end of the habit of borrowing and not returning small amounts. Boys, let the strictest honor characterize your dealings, down to the smallest particulars. Si' hoot day Magazine. Tin: World of Wonders. This world of ours is filled with wonders. The microscope reveals them not less than the telescope, each at either extreme of creation. The fly-spider lays an egg as large as itself. There are four thousand and forty-one muscles iu the cat erpillar. Hooke discovered fourteen thou sand minnows in the eye of a drone, and to effect the respiration of a carp, thirteen thousand and three hundred arteries, vessels, veins, bones, etc., are necessary. The body of every spider contains four little masses pierced with a multitude of imperceptible holes, each hole per mitting the passage of a single thread ; all the threads, to the amount of a thousand to each mass, join together when they come out, and make tho single thread, with which tho spider spins its web ; so that what we call a spider's thread consists of more than four thousand united. Lemohenock, by means of microscopes, observed spiders no larger than grains of sand, and which spun threads so fine that it took four thousand of them to equal. in magnitude, a single hair. A Peculiar Foot Race. The festivities incident to a marriage at Christianburg, Va., seem to say the least somewhat peculiar. It is stated that a venerable preacher of that place recently married a couple when, upon the conclusion of the ceremony, the bride challenged the preacher to a foot race. The old man CO years of age accepted the chaWenge at once, and preparations were made for the contest. At the dropping of the hat the parson and the bride started off together at a tremendous rate of speed, amid tho enthusiastic applause of the bjstan ders. At first the young woman fairly flew, leaving the veteran con siderably in the rear, but later in the race the old gentleman's ad mirably stayiug qualities told in his favor. Ho passed the bride on the home stretch and came in a clean winner. Such are the simple but heathful amusements of tho good people of Christianburg, Va.t when two hearts which lcatasoiie are joined. Keep. Keep to the right as the law di rects. Kvp from the world thy friend's defects. Kii'p all thy thoughts on purest themes. Keep from thine eyes the motes and lxnmx. Keep true thy deed : Thy honor bright. Keep firm thy faith in Hod and right. Keep free from every sin anil stain. Keep from the ways that bring thee pain. Keep free thy tongue from words of ill. Keep right thy aim and good thy will. Keep all thy acts from passion free. Keep strong iu hope, no envy mo. Keep watchful care o'er tongue and hand. Keep firm thy feet, by justice stand. Keep true thy word, a sacred thing. Keep from the snares the tempt ers bring. Keep faith with each you call a friend. Keep full in view the final end. Keep from all hate and malice free. Keep firm thy courage lold and strong:. Keep up the right and down the wrong. Keep well the words of wisdom's school. Keep warm by night, by day keep cool. .Revenge of an Act ress. A Pari.s corresjwnilent tells of an amusing theatrical scandal that is just now occasion! nj some excitement in Bordeaux. Mr. Blume is the theatrical critic of one of tho local journals, and he lately took Mine. Paola Maria, sis ter of Mile. Inna, to task for not chang ing her costume in the last two acts ot tho piece. He said that she would never think of committing such a pieceof neg ligence before a Parisian audience, and did not see why she should treat a Bor deaux audience with less respect. Tho last act demands a totally dirtereut cos tuiue, but she would not change her dress lecauso it was too much trouble, and not worth while when acting for tho Bordelais. The critic's remark was therefore legitimate and just. Mine. Paola, on tho following night, avenged herself by carrying a lish upon Ihe stage, having upon it, in large letters, " L. Bluine," the name of the journalist in question. The lish was a mackerel, ami all who comprehended the mean ing given to the word nutqucrcau in French will comprehend tho depth of the insult. M. Blume hays a man pays for such things with his blood, in France, but a woman can only be made amen able to the laws, and so he has. brought a suit against her, but does not demand any money from her, leaving that in the hands of the law. A fearful suicide occurred in Paris the.other day. Gerard Anthoine railed his little boy, aged six, to him and said : 44 Iattle one, you have often wished to play with this pistol" showing the child an old pistol. 44Oh,yes, papa." 44 Well, we will nlav with it now," and load- ing tho weapon the father handed it to the boy. Now, look," he said, UI will get down on my knees before you ; you will point at me right be tween the eyes and pull the trigger ; you'll see how funny it is !" and he knelt down. Aim well, in the head, between the eyes," he said again ; 44 but first embrace me." The poor child embraced his father, pointed the pistol as told, and fired. Ger ard fell back dead, and the boy see ing the terrible result ran out of the room sobbing. In Minnesota they are paying one dollar and sixty cents a bushel fof grasshoppers after they are caught and killed, of course. Little boys and girls gfet ten cents a quart ; two boys made six dollars a day on grasshoppers, and Blue Earth county has paid already over fifteen thou sand dollars for the extermination of this plague. An ingenious Min nesotian has contrived a trap, run by horsepower, which catches from five to twenty bushels a day, and the catchers bring them to town in wagons, wheelbarrows, and even" in bags on their backs. When paid for they are buried in deep trenches, and it 13 said that by next week Minnesota will be rid of grasshop pers. Herald. ' Are theso soaps all one scent ?" inquired a lady of a juvenile sales man. "No, ma'am, they're all ten cent?," replied tho Innocent young ster. " " ' ........ A New Theory of the $45,000 Tuesaurv Robbery. In 1871 a package of $50,000 was stolen from the City National Rank of New Or leans, and was never accounted for until a few months afterwards a noted thief was arrested for some offence, convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary at Nashville. Af ter conviction he made a general confession, implicating himself: in the celebrated Scotch diamond rob bery at New Orleans, and confessed to taking the $50,000 packageibove mentioned by means of a fine wire with a steel hook at the end passed over the screens at a time when the cashier was within less than five feet of the money. The theory is that the Treasury robbery was done by this means from the gallery running around above the cash room. It will be remembered that the day of the robbery was dull and cloudy, and. the robber might (by watching his opportunity) have ab stracted the package unseen, by running the line steel hook into the seam of the envelope. Washington Star. Iarriages. Since Easter four New York la dies have become Catholics in order to become wives; and Col. Smith, who married a daughter of the late Horace Greeley on Saturday, be came a member of the Church of Home, at the solicitation of his fiancee. Then a niece of XV. B. As tor married a Catholic ; so did Miss Appleton, daughter of the publish er; Miss Niles, who married Consul General Badeau last week, and Miss Morgan, who married a Span iard. Love, they say, is blind, and Cupid knows no religion. Never-, theless, these convert marriages have caused the corner stone of so ciety to shake perceptibly, and the rejoicing among archbishops and priests is only surpassed by the cha grin of ministers and rectors. Beer Drinkers.- During a sani tary survey recently in Lincoln shire, a man vvas found, aged J)5 years, who had been in the habit of drinking a.gallon of beer before breakfastranother during the day, and a few extra pints at night to top off with, and who had never been ill a day in his life. To cap this, the experience of William Lewis, who died while drinking a cup of ale in 17WJ, is quoted as still more remarkable. He read eight chapters iu the Bible each day, and drank eight gallons of ale during the night. He weighed forty stone, and was lowered into his grave by the crane which lifted him to his carriage. A tall Western girl, named Short, long loved a certain big Mr. Little ; while Little, littlethinkingof Short, loved a little lass named Long. To make a long story short, Little proposed to Long, ami Short longed to be even with Little's short com ings. So Short, meeting Long, threatened to marry Little before long, which caused Little, in a short time, to marry Long. Query Did tall Short love big Little less, be cause Little loved Long? Comets. Some comets require 110,000,000 of our years to complete the circuit of their flight. In 1846 the earth passed through one comet, and cut it in halves ; in 1SG0 we passed through the prolongation of another, causing a most beautiful auroral night. The mean velocity of the wind on land is nine miles per hour in the summer, and four teen in the winter. At sea, the mean velocity is estimated at eighteen miles per hour. A clergyman being applied to in less than a year after his appoint ment to put a stove in the church, asked how long his predecessor had been there and when answered twelve years, he said : 44 Well, you never had a fire in thechurch during that time?" 44 No, sir," replied the applicant, 44 but we had fire iu the pulpit then." Given child a habit of sacredly regarding the truth, of carefully re specting the property of others, of scrupulously abstaining from all acts of improvidence which can in volve him in distress, and lie will just as likely think of rushing into an element iu which' he cannot breathe as of lying, cheating, and stealing. Ixrd Uroaghum, No matter how long you have been married never neglect to court your Wife.' ' The Printing Office. Tho printing office has indeed proved a better college to many a boy, has graduated more useful and con spicuous members of society, has brought more intellect out and turned it Jnto practical, useful chan nels, awakened more' minds, gener ated more active and elevated thoughts than" many of tin? litera ry colleges of the country. A boy who. commences in such a school as he printing oflice, will have his talents and ideas brought out ; and if he is a careful observer, experience in his profession will contribute more toward an educa tion than can be obtained in almost any other manner. A Quaker, intending to drink a glass of water, took up a small tum bler of gin. lie did not discover his mistake until he had swallowed the dose, when he lifted up both hands and exclaimed. 44 Verily, I have taken inwardly the balm of the world's people. What will Abigail say when breath?" she smells my The man who never failed is a mvth. Such a one never lived and is never likely to. All success is a series of efforts in which, when closely viewed, are .seen more or less failures. The mountain is to over shadow the hill, but the hill is a reality nevertheless. If you fail now and then, therefore don't be discouraged, but press on. Address to the People of Cum berland County. ,1veel.ow-Citizens : The under signed have been solicited by many of you who are opposed to radical changes in the State Constitution to allow our names to be announced as candidates for seats in the ap proaching Convention. We have yielded to this solicitation, for we are ourselves opposed to this Con vention movement and desire to preserve the Constitution from spo liation. The business of making and changing their Constitution belongs emphatically to the people the whole people. All are interested in it high and low, rich and poor, those in oflicial station and those in private life. It affects the interests of all alike their present interests as well as their future prospects. A subject so important is infinitely above and beyond the region of mere party politics, and any effort to give a Convention movement a mere party bias is reprehensible and should be discouraged, for it indi cates sinister and selfish purposes, detrimental to the public good. It is not as partisans, but as part of the people, having a common in terest with you all, that we desire to address you. One of us, you are aware, occupies the position of Judge of the oth Judicial District. This circumstance does not affect his identity of interest with you all. lie is no less one of the people be cause they have made him a J udge. His nosition indeed debars him from dabbling in the politics of the day, and he has strictly observed the proprieties of his position in this respect, but it does not exempt him from the responsibilities of citizenship, or authorize him to withhold his services, if. desired by his fellow-citizens, in assisting at a Constitutional Convention. This was the view of the good people of the State in 1830, who were of the opinion that experience in any de partment of government was de sirable in such an Assembly, and they asked for and obtained the services of two of their Judges, William Gaston and Joseph J. Daniel ; and of their Governor, David L. Swain, all of whom were members of the Convention which met that year. The Constitution, as it now stands, is framed in the interest of the whole people of the State, its broad shield is spread over us all, and pro tects all alike. While it is safe we all feel safe, butlet it be put in jeop ardy, and we all feel insecure; for no one can tell what will follow or where will be the end. The Convention has been called without consulting you and contra ry to your wishes, but must needs assemble: you cannot prevent that now ; still it is in your power yet to take measures for the preservation of the Constitution by intrusting it for safe keeping, and if need be, for amendment, into the hands of its friends, and not of its enemies. Our present Constitution contains 1 certain wise and popular provisions which were not contained in the old, which have now become famil iar and dear to the people, and which political agitators dare not openly assail. We refer to The homestead and iersonal prop erty exemption ; 3Iechanics' and laborers' lien law; Bights of married women ; Taxation according to value ; Itestriction upon creating State debt ; Ratio of taxation between land and polls ; . No imprisonment for debt ; No educational nor property qual ification for oflice or voter. These, together with other valu able provisions not named, can only, remain secure so long as theyare kept beyond thegrasp of retolutpjn- it is- true that the Legislative" Act calling the Convention nrofesses to rest net. that body by the imnosition of an oath iqoti its members from interfering with Ihe provisions above named -a tacit acknowledg ment, by the waw of the excellence of these provisions and a marked tribute to their merit. but we al- ready see that leading presses in fa vor ot the Convention movement scout the idea of the validitv of anv such requirement and urge that ft o disregarded, suppose a majority r-. - of the members, when assembled, refuse to put on the legislative muz- z;e, what becomes of it, and of what use will it be ? Of course, if we are elected as your delegates, we intend to take the required oath, and to observe the restrictions, lor our our- pose is to preserve and not to de- stroy ; but who will answer for the destructionists,? The Legislative Act which called the Convention of 183,") reouired that the question of Convention or No Convention should first bo sub- mitted to the people and voted on in the aflimative before an election shoujd be held for delegates. More- ov:er, the propositions for Amend- m'ents were distinctly stated in the Act itself: and tho neonle were plainly informed in advance, bv a section of the Act. that a vote for "Convention" would be construed to mean an assent to the proposi- nons, anu a vote ior "Jso uonven - tion" would mean a dissent to the same. Hence it was that Judge Gaston, then on the Supreme Court Bench, who was elected a delegate, very reasonably argued, that while the Legislature had indeed no au- thority to impose an oath unon the members of the Convention, vet as the pODple had voted for Conven- tion and then for delegates to it, they had ratified the Act and made it their own. and their delegates were bound to take the oath which it prescribed. unfortunately, in the present Convention movement. the sanction of the neonln bus not been obtained thev have not been even asked to say by their vote whether thev flosirrl n fYmvnntinn or not. but tiiev have been rx-rcm- on v nn pin o p re f n wratin Sin . " thc imposition upon the delegates of ;m oath to nlifv ordprs thi not solelv of the' Legislature, without any warrant from tho people ex- pressed or implied: and herein, we annrehend. niav be found the lonn- ho e of escape from takinir the o hi - gation, should the majority be averse to it. There is indeed great danger that means will be devised either to disregard or evade the Loo-islnti vo rpstriftinn.- whifiwW. erence to the nconle caused to be - It ..IV. inserted in the Act. . This Convention movon-ionf: hn been persisted in and forced through in spite of every protest, although it was well known that the people at large were opposed to it, and that their members of Congress had ad- vised against it earnestly. It was against your wishes, fellow citizens, of the county of Cumberland in spue oi tne opposition of your members in the last General Assem- bly and the remonstrances of your Press that this objectionable moas- ure has been put on foot. Speak out your wishes once more in regard to this matter. If others have yielded, we will not yield; and if, in August next, you confide to us the sacred trust of represent- ing you, no threat shall frighten us no blandishment seduce us from representing you faithfully. ine ciamorers for Convention do not themselves agree upon what changes shall be made in the Con- stitution, and none are indicated in the Legislative Act that merely directs what changes shall not be made. Upon so serious an occasion, involving the alteration of the or- game law of the State, ought not the people to be informed, by pro- posed relormers, upon what sub- jects they are invited to take ac- tion Silence here is ominous of ill it partakes of the nature of secresy, and sccresy is reprehensi- ble wiien the rights of tho public are concerned. Such was not the course pursued in 18o-. .Not only were the people then consulted as to whether they would have a Con- vention, but the subjects were men- tioned in regard to which a change was proposed. Suppose that they get control o the Convention, and even suppose that they respect and observe the Legislative restrictions, what is to become of the ret of trie Lonstitu tion, around which no safeguards are thrown, and which, tfierefore, will be quite at their mercy? Is there nothing in the Constitution, outside of these restrictions, worthy of preservation from destruction or innovation Your whole Judiciary system is left unprotected and may be totally changed. The Supreme Court may be abolished or curtailed the dila tory and costly Courts of Equity may be restored the Superior Courts may be suppressed the old cumbersome and expensive County Court3 may be reinstated the Code of Civil procedure, that greatest improvement in modern jurispru dence, growing more and more in favor and use both in this country and in Lngland, simple, direct and expeditious, may be done away; and a return had to the intricacies and delays of Special Pleading. Your Courts of Probate, so conven ient and useful, may, be closed. You now have U bonded officer of your own selection to attend to all pro bate business without delay, either in Term time or in vacation, with the right of immediate appeal to the Judge at Chambers. How much belter is this than an irresponsible County Court, meeting four times a year, and com posed of..' Justices caught up at random," as was for merly tho case! 1 " You are indebted-to your present Constitution, for the best, mast ex- peditious and economical system for dispatching county business ever - devised. . pur Board of -County Commissioners are few in numlicr. i selected by lyourselvcs from the oouy oi the county because of their - . experience, fitness and identity of interest, and, to them is safely in trusted the Who o management of county affairs. 1 1 11 a m mm- k i he system ot township govern ment for tho management of little local matters, at jyour own doors, is likewise the ollsprmgof the present Constitution and lias grown into hivor more and more with uc. Are these U50ful systems to "bo abandoned to prejudice and clamor? Are you willingito surrender to tho Legislature the Mptointment of all your officers from Governor down Justices of the IVace. We tell y" this is in Contemplation and will have its advocates in the Con- vention. 'ou are indebted to your present Constitution fori that section in the Declaratian of lights which forbids the suspension of the privileges of the Wkitok Hahf.as Cokits, for it did not exist in the old. Willi! be allowed to remain if the new revolutionary counsels are. to pn vail; or, will it, like the oalh to support the Constitution and Laws f oi mu uim ouuw, m1 considered objectionable and a -proper subject tor abolishment? i It may be Urged, that if the amendments adopted by I tin Convention are not satisfactory, that the people can reject them. ' by no means follows, but1 dc pends upon whether the Conven tion sees fit to submit its work to tlie approval of the peophV-j We know that thej Secession Cohveu- tion of 1S(J1 would not submit ils work to the approval of the people. "Ul nuempieu 10 iaive uiein oui ot 1110 t-nion without consulting them; and we know what followed: the war and all our woes. All experience teaches thatJ the true time to oppose an evil is at its commencement; and not after it has 4. I iou unuer ueauwav. uur o.io- rience of forced Conventions 1.4 not encouraging, 'the people wcr hap- pealed to in 1S0I1 for leave to (jail a Convention. Leave was rcfusqd by wuuoui meir leave, w e are sun suffering from the consequences of llulV iauu a,Jl- 111 lf1 -eau as a2am asked by the Legislature to cal1 a Convention, and leave was again 'refused by the people. It is , , - ... " . .1- now called villiout consulting t irm. 4 i . 1 ?1 'l . J I f vve 10 icarn no wisnoui iji ims matter by past experience and stir- fenng . Fellow-citizens, we appeal 16 you to stand up for your own rights as secured to you in your own Const i- tution. This charter of your rights and liberties is vastly better than any previous one, for it not gniy retains all the old features, which are desirable and suited to the pres- ent order of things, but it alsqcdm tains other new features, which change of circumstances has render- ed necessary and which experience has proved desirable. f Whatever ws deficient or found unsuited to your wants va.4, by common consent, corrected in! is?:! by Legislative Amendment, ratl lied by the people. Tho Constilu tion as it now is, will compare fa- vorably with any in the whou country, if not quite perfect as no human institution is still there is no just cause why any body of men should lay violent hands on it and overthrow it. Nothing, but trouble, confusion and distress can follow such a course. Already has the'prospcrity of the State and of tins community, been retarded by the factious fcohduct of political agitators and disalljccted politicians. The people want r pose they want a settled Stam gov ernment they want an allcvitrtiou of taxation, not an increase, .sufoh as win inevitably follow from inces- saut law-making and Constitution mending they want nomoredis franchisement they want no spi cial privileges to favored class they want no recurrence to barhar ous punishments they want liollti- cal disabilities imjosed urmn no one they want this interminable po litical agitation to cease, so that they may pursue their-avocations in peace, and build up their til lei i fortunes and obliterate thp ravages of dreadful War they want sec tional animosities to die out; and peace and harmony ami prosijerily and good will to prevail throughout the land. !:.. The best way to secure t lies? de sirable objects is to administer a re buke to Constitution-disturbei s by sending men to the Convention who will make short work of the Con vention and let the Constit itioji alone. Your servants of the Legislature . require you to obey their behests leaving you no option, but forcing a Convention upon you against your will. It is in iyour povcr ifdv to speak out your wishogfand to have them carried out by sending mien to the Convention who will hand you back your Constitution whole and unimpaired. This will bo a lesson to politicians, which is much need ed at this time; you nowhavjthe opportunity to teach it in a way not -readily-to be forgotten. . ' Jb ellow-cltizens, we have lain ikv, fore you this brief exposition oif the grounds upon which we resE our ; claims to your support. It is now ' for you to decide. May an all-kviso Providence direct your doc sion , arignt I- . ! . , 1 i ;Itespectfully yours, . ItAnnr P. BifxToy, Fayc Itcvilhv N. OT, July I, Wv
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