THE ERA.
Official Orxan of the United States.
W. 31. BROWN, Manager.
Ifc-AJLdEIGH. 1ST. C.i
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 10, 1876.
. Joe Davis sees no Impropriety in
fivoringr the removal of Jeff Davis
disabilities, although the rebellion,
of which he was the chief, cost the
government nearly $10,000,000,000.
The said Joo Davis, however, lifts
up his hands in holy horror when
asked to vote $1,500,000 for a great
exhibition of the nations' industries.
If a thousand million could restore
the lost cause, doubtless Joe would
Jump at tho proposition.
making earnest efforts to stop the
war. G o vernor Vance accepted th o
nomination and was elected under
this pledge In 1SG2. In 1S03, how
ever, It was found that ho had not
onlv deserted the nledfres made to
lhn nartv which elected him Lut
s 1
had actually .sanctioned, if he did
not first propose, measures looking
to tho coercion of the people of
- - - m m
North Carolina in case they should
make any attempt at peace.
It is known that he and Jeff
Davis were in rongtant eorrespon-
deLceon theMirject and frequent
whose support and : confidence the
Southern Bourbon3 now solicit,
it any wonder, that Jh 3. surviving
friends of those Yankees doome d to
starvation when forced to uctfpt
the hospitalities of rebel prisons re-
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racy
fu3o to be willing ; gticstS: at
proffered feast which Demoo
now sets before
ton ItepupVc.
them? Vahiug-
An Infant attacked by Cat.
A correspondent of the Rich
mond Dispatch says that n-s (Mr.
Daniel Jones' family, Sir Wines
interviews tcok place between him City, Va.r was breakfasting it
and the rebel chief having for their kitchen, tabout twenty-flv. yards
object the adoption of such a course from the main dwelling, ciz$jif hja
as would fjree our people to contin- daughters went to look a fu r a ba-
ing that time," a suitable counsel
fee, and for final decree she demands
that "he pay her .the sum of $20,
0C0 per annum during her life as
permanent alimony,, and that the
same ;be guarded by a decree or
Judgment of Hen, of at least the
'sum of $200,000, to prevent his dis
posal thereof by gift or otherwise."
; ANADDRES8 V
TO THE
PEOPLE OF NORTH CAROLINA-
My . the Republican numbers of tlie
I mla!e Constitutional Convention.
'4
uc the blccdy struggle until such
time as terms could bo made guar-
Iittlc Solon.
" John iffinn ing, tho "solomonic
looking aspirant" for the leadership
of the Chatham unterrified, has, af
ter much : labor, "brought forth a
mouse," in the shape of a recapitu
lation of the doings of the late so
called Convention. The "solomon
lc aspirant" devotes much space in
endeavoring to prove that the Con
vention did not do quite as many
mean things a3 the Republicans
charged them with intending to do.
The "Chatham expounder" how
ever takes good care not to tell the
people that it was only for the want
of & respectable majority that the
. We, tho undersigned, under a sense
hv that hirl lippn left nuffv COV- OI lJ,e responsiuuuy uub iruiu us w
uy mat naa oeen .ieit sn tuv rftnIltJlA.-pt, nf the will of the neoDle
ered up and stowed awjy lii the of North Carolina, feel called upon to
anteeinz the safety of the promi- enjoyment of his usual li.oriiTitf warn yIiw""l;K YrY
nap. The little infant was found 'nently threatens them from the despotic
mrpamin.? con vulsi vfclv oov- and aristocratic tendencies or the Dem-
. -T- . ; ; T - : -
ered with blood. A cat, that had
evidently run at the sountj.of tiro
foot-steps, wa3 found under tn&hetC
nent traitors. The correspondence
between the twin-promoters of
bloodshed can doubtless be found in
part in the letter-book of Vance
which was captured by Sherman
forces in Italeigh and taken posses
sion of by the War Department
at Washington. It is well known
that so fearful was Vance of the
consequences of his
treason that he fled in terror before
Sherman's approach, and the most
earnest appeals of the Federal Gen
eral failed to cause his return to
Raleigh. Vance's lettcr-booI$ is
still in tho hands of the War De-
ocralic party, so glaringly displayed in
the amendments passed by that body
in the Convention which was lately held
in Raleigh. . , . .
a Convention called to establish the
blood being upon.' h3 throat and principleswhlch shall govern and give
An T ' ' rr,. 1 it,, .'w'.t.'fj'of ' i:J. vitality to the business relaiions of men
be exercised by the peonle, offers an
unerring test of the opinions and leel
all iSrr sprit one'tn care
double-dyed by, the other to go for the cat;
Infamous' plans of the Salisbury payment at Washington and the
Watchman and Albemarle Times
same time occupied the'.iimiclVof
ior .tne oa-
The
cat order was promptly obeyed :
" Off with his head.'V The baby,
being
sisrht
eye, anu one siqe oi ine neaa vere
terribly scratched, and thej'skin
upon the head so torn and lifted as
4 . . 1 1 . !1. 1 .
ings ot tuose engaged inuie reponsiDie
work. ' No less is it an absolute stand
ard by which to judge of the tendencies
of a party,, when that party controls the
uodv. xnen. u ever, win iueu snow
. f . ' . ' f v lW-.jr . - v--. , " ... - "
; washed, presenfed'.a ghastly theiftrne political opinions and strug-
Ono arm lionMpr ! fnr p to embody in permanent form, their
une arm, snouiuer, lace, t- couvictioU3. Governments are
werd not carried out. Perhaps Mr.
Expounder" if you had raised a
little on Ransom and came down
wlthjnore clean cash, as well a3 sil
ver spoons, dish-stands, fcc, you
could have done better.
Your exposition is unworthy of
your wise looks, .Mr. Expounder,
and would do credit only to an ac
complished "Artful Dodger." We
propose to take the wind out of
your sails before the ides of Novem
ber, especially the blowing part in
tho Robeson case. You will be at
tended to don't fret.
reply to a request to tho Secretary to expose the skull: A physicfah'
was caiieu in, ana tne nine rciiow
of War for its return, (forming, as
it did a part of the records of the
ixecutivo omce at itaieignj was,
that' the book in question contain
cd matter of great importance to
the government and it was necessa
ry it should ne retained." in view
of the efforts now being made by
the Democracy to pardon Davis,
and in view of the possibility of
Vance being a candidate for Gov
ernor, we hope the government may
consent to have the traitorous mach
inations of the two " Sweet Inno
cents" laid before the loyal people of
the country.
is now doms,'
of recovery.
wel x w i th prof pecf s
; 1 1
That fearless .Republican sheet,
the Wilmington Postt puts it in the
following strain. Such language
looks like business. Let our people
aronca.rouse up to the great task
before them. Let us submit to no
. such outrages hereafter as those
perpetrated in Robeson, Martin
and other counties last summer.
Read the following :
" Are our Republican friends all
over the State prepared for the
coming fight ? If they are not they
should at once commence, for they
have an enemy to fight who is not
only well organized, but who are
mean and sneaking; they will
have to be fought with fire and
brimstone. It is the only way to
fight the d1. Our Union friends
must commence to buckle on their
armor for tho fray, for they have
got to stand up for their rights
this time, or they are forever lost ;
if they back an inch they will be
driven to the wall. So prepare and,
If needs be, die for your rights it is
the only way, if the enemy see that
you are determined they will re
spect you, but if you falter they
will scorn and loathe you. Every
lover of freedom and the Union
must fight as men never fought be
fore, and if they fight as true lovers
of liberty and honor they will be
successful. Orgaruce at once; every
T . . f i. - . 1 t " 4 . . i , .
tOWnsnip,COUniy, uisinia aim oiuu".
Let the enemy see you are
readv for them, and are going to
put them where they were in 'CS
and '72. Let equal rights, freedom
for all, and purity at the ballot box
bo our watch word, and victory is
yours;" :n '
Tlie Presidential campaign will
be one of the most active in our
history. .Democracy win not re
linquish its foothold upon the
House of Representative?, much
less its hopes of national control,
without a desperate struggle. Every
means available will be brought to
bear to overthrow the Republican
party. The stake is a grand one
no less than the nation itself and
to secure it, Democracy will marshal
in battle array every element and
shade of opposition. Republicans
must be wide awake to the nature
and necessities of the conflict. Clubs
must be organized ; the local paper
must be made a power for good ;
the people should be enlightened,
and no stone should be left unturn
ed to secure a glorious victory for
the cause of Justice and Union.
Republicanism saved the nation
from overthrow; Republicanism
can alone preserve it. Xorth Carolinian.
Aj Sweet, Pair of
A Historical Scrap.
The impudence of the ex-Confederates
on the floor of Congress
has brought to light some scraps of
history which might otherwise have
slept in the grave of oblivion. Ben
Hill has charged the Federal au-
thorities with practicing deliberate
cruelty on those who were cap
tured by the Union forces during
the war. He has claimed that the
treatment of Union prisoners held
by the rebels was humane
the stories told of suffering and
misery at Andersonville are devoid
of truth. The thousands of living
witnesses of. tho horrors of Ander-
Immig ration. The 'following
letter hhs been received by his Ex-
j i
cellency, Gov. Brogden, showing a
disposition on the part of the wri
ter to settle with us if he could only
get rid of some of, hi 'jOhJ sixes iii
payment for land. . Would it not be
well for the Democratic finan
cial schemers of the last Legisla
ture to'mftko a note of the proposi
tion? Read the letter:
Ashley Hall, near Howden,
Yorkshire, Ent.land.
Dear Sir: I wrote to' you last
year respecting tne purcnase of
land and you were kind enough to
request .Mr. Kerr to write me,' and
in his letter he says the StJife Iand3
are for sale at 12V cen'fs. Wl.at 1
now write about is to ask if you can
indicate to me a tract of land at 121
cents per acre with at lenst a portion
of it suitable for5 the" plough' and
IMKs.iiMt nyar inu ft'-i or i-.ivjgaije
water, or railway. "But I should at
first try sheep and cattle (In the west'
or higher land) and perhaps "Ati'ora"
goats. And I should also endt avor to"
get some French Protect.'. nts'to sof
tie with me, especially t,vigneroW,,r.
also some Dutch as well as s'.nrie'ofH
my own countrymen. I want to be
so situated as to enjoy atwnild a win
ter as possible. ' '-I ' I
There Is also another question I
wish to ask : Would .you ake
Xorth Carolina old 0 j.-r cent b-oi;d3
in payment for th. eland, as it would
be a great favor, as I am a holder of
bonds? Should you be' ati!e to
oblige me and would hike, , the
trouble so to do, if, qn my iirrival inj
the State, I could t o of :-'ryvce "to
you, you migit rely, upon ine, ijko
th'oSe I should induce to copi,j.v;tir
me.
eir
xcd convictions. Governments are
classified Into free and despotic, at a
g:lMJce, by an examination of their con
siitutiona, whether written or moulded
by tlie practices and tradition of their
mstory. When representatives respect
and cousult the will of the people,
whilst dealing with their interests and
privileges, government prevails,
whatever its advantages and inconven
iuoes. ..When that will, expressed by
majorities, fairly ascertained, is disre
garded by the fra mora of laws, and
rights are taken away against the sol
emn 'protest of the citizen. whatever the
other attributes may be, the govern
ment ceases to be one of popular con
sent.' The application of this simple rule,
CUea forever, in alarming reality, the
character of North Carolina's last and
worst Convention.
A large majority of the votes of the
State, was given against its can, anu
CI ib will of the people thus expressed
should have controlled the delegates
elected ; a due regard to that will de
manded that the present Constitution
should be returned to them unaltered
in a single principle, by which the
rights of the people were defined and
guaranteed, and their duf'es described
and enjoined. Not respecting the voice
of the people, contemptuous of their
twice expressed opinion, but only upon
party rule and the substitution of lue
sway of a faction for the will cf the ma
jority, the Legislature of 1874 '5, by a
party vote, violated the primary idea
ofthepolitv they had sworn to ma'u
tain, and called this body without con
sultation with the people, and in breach
of the declaration made all over tne
State in the canvass of 1874. No denial
can be hazarded by any one, of this plain
fact, that a deliberate disregard of the
will of a majority continued willfully,
makes popular government impossible.
This Convention is a bold declaration
Against the popular will and is, in it
self, by (he very fact of its existenco, a
revolution.
It is an anomaly in our history, and
st.'uida a solitary example of a body,
called for the good of the people, usurp
ing their rights, and seizing their pow
ers, airainst their expressed will. But
four j ears since, tho people were call
ed upon to express their wish upon a
change of the Constitution: they an
swered that they wished no change
Two years ago many amendments of
that instrument were submitted again
te the people: very few were adopted
and those were matters of detail going
only to the judgment as matters of ex
pediency, and not touching a single
right or privilege. In the House of
Representatives, in the session of
1S74 -'7o, the dominant party had a
majority of two-thirds. This Conven
tion, composed of the same number,
elected bv the same voters, under the
same laws, with no intervening change
stronsr government is demanded. The
divinity of privileged power must here
after claim1 our devotions, and the vul
gar independence of poor men and ig
norant people must be trained to forego
itu somewhat turbulent conduct, and
learn politer manners, and more cul
tured forms from the example of our
very virtuous and model rulers, who
are to be supplied to us by that exces
sively pure medium a modern partisan
Legislature! r -
Thus one by one the rude forms of
hemebred privilege are destroyed, and
the dainty proportions of an elegant
aristocracy are erected, beneath whose
iron-band, though cased in a glovo of
velvet, no popular right can nourish;
aud in whose eye, a free people is an
enternal fear. "All earth is drenched
with gore poured out to glut the selfish
ness, revenge aud licentious lasts of
Kings and privileged classes. The poor
are the universal sacrifice.
The slaughtered millions, whose
blood cries to God from the thousand
battle-fields, which cover our country
like tbe foul blotches upon the leper's
tkin, are the human offering which
alone can appease tbe cruelty of an in
satiate aristocracy. Even under the
mild forms of priv ilege, which former
ly prevailed here, the eternal hate
which power always cherishes for free
dom, allied itself to the dread demon ol
rebellion, and its insatiate greed unap
peased by tbe holocaust of blood and
impoverishment through which we
have passed, will never cease whilst
man is free.
Under our previous history, the laws
regulating elections, were "plain and
simple, no one ever dreaming that the
time , would come when tl i people's
will would be disregarded by any Jeg
is'ative body that could be assembled.
But the desperation of party exigency,
in this Convention, has shown how
frail a hold the people have on their
own government in North Carolina.
The people of Robeson county, elect
ed o this Convention two delegates,
Neu McNeil and K. M. Norment. The
judges of election, against w hom no
fault has been alleged, made their re
turns as usual, and these returns show
ed a majority of votes in favor of the
gentlemen named. The only duty of
the county commissioners was to add
tho3e returns, and declare the result.
But, usurping powers never granted
them, they declare the returns untrue,
and in the face "of the written record
before them, they pronounce that there
was no election in four precincts of the
couuty. No law is shown authorizing
them to review tue judgement of the
inspectors of election ; none can be
shown which entitled them to judge of
the qualification of ejectors. This pow
er is vested by law in toe judges of
election, and jn them alone. If they
abuse it and admit unlawful votes, or
refuse lawial ones, it is a case for the
candidates alone, and the defermina
tion ot the fact in each case, belongs
solely to the body of which the parties
are seeking (o become members.
This Convention is, or is not, the
judge of the election and qualification of
its own mem bers. A certificate of elec
tion from the proper officers, gives the
possessor &pima facie right to his seat,
until the truthfulness of he ceri ificate
is questioned. When this is done, the
first Ihing to do, and tho only thing-, is
to examine tne records ot he election.
If they are in lawful form, the certificate
must be given accordingly. If voters
are questioned, the duty of approving
or disqualifying them, Vests with the
candidate mak -tig the issue, and the
facts must be determined upon the evi
dence adduced. No legislative body, of
its own motion, nas ever made a con
test between members without their
own ac.ive interposition. All lec:isla
tive bodies determine the lawiulness of
the ce't-ificato. When tb"s is done, the
burden is torown upon tne contestants
These are rules of law prescribed for the
proceedings ot contestants, public and
ot comiDOU apoiicatjon. '1 ho action of
th s body is oirectly contrary to this
method. Tne commissioners of Kobe-
son, have erected themselves into a ju
dicial tribunal ; they have, without evi
dence, and against tho record, deter
mined the lactot legal and illegal votes;
have taken iom tho judges or election
the discretion conferred upon them by
jaw, to ue exeicised under (oeobi'.ga
been granted, still more rarely has3lf-cus-don
beeuaUowj-d, especially in mat
ters on which npiniors have been mot
opposite ; and when discussion has been
impatiently conceded, we felt the utter
hopelessness of speaking to a question
which judgment bad gone before hand.
The only expedient left us "was a re
sort to ordinary parliamentary rules,
to delay for a few moments the pain we
endure in seeing tbe rights and privile
ges of the people smothered in this Con
vention. It was the only way we bad
of protesting against the hasty and un
sparing decrees of this body and bow
ever unsatisfactory, we were diiv n to
it as to the last ditch in resisting the in
vasjon of the assailants of our rights.
Never has any legislative body shown
less of concession than this; never has
tbe caucus system been more rigidly
and nersistentlv enforced: never has
party discipline been more perfect, and
never has a minority ueen less regaru
ed. The closing scene of the Convention
was a lit finale to a body which assem
bled in opposition to tbe will of the
people, acted and worked by means of
. i i ii . ?. 1
a majority purcuasea u.v ine aisiran
cbisemeut of a county and the total dis
regard of law ; which has seized all the
rights of the people and given them to
the Legislature, and ended its revolu
tionary career by denying to member
a right of protest. Never has any one
before known, in the history of North
Carolina, that a protest, olFered in a re
spectful manner and in substance not
offend ing against propriety should be I
refused a bearing and a place upon the
journals. But this Convention has
crowned its life of usurpation by a
closing act of tvranny which lor bids
comnlaiut of crrievance and denirs the
right of petition. Ho monstrous was
the act, that a leading member of the
majority rose in bis place and rebuked
this open outrage. Not even this could
brine a blush of shame to the faces of
that majority which began life in law
lessness and in their own minds, fasten
ing chains upon the limbs of the peo
ple, aptly ended its course by bidding
them cease all complaint at the tyranny
of this usurping assembly. We say to
tbe people that the intention and' aim
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f. , it-cted leading inaltur.
Wo nIihII Mrive to ntlinulntH
XsnoctRATio jy
of the Convention was
and you are enslaved i
act.
to enslave you
you ratify its
J. W. Albertson,
W. II. Wheeler,
K. C. Badger,
J. M. Bateman,
O. B. Bliven,
J. F. Jones,
J. C. Blocker,
W. M. Black,
Wilson Carey,
Allen Jordau,
0. H. Dock pry,
A. McDonald,
W. P. Mabson,
J. Williams Thorno,
J. Orrin Wilcox,
J. H. Grantham,
R. F. Lehman,
M. C. Hodge,
A. M. Lowe,
J. Q. A. Bryan,
Jas. E. Boyd,
Kufus Barringer,
J. K. O'Hara,
J. W. Bean,
J. J. Horton,
Jonas Ilofi'mn'i,
J. M. Justice,
J. R. Fage,
J. H. Smyth,
W. W. McCanless,
A. McCabe,
A. L. Davis,
J. O. Crosby,
N. B. Hamoton,
W. J. Munoen,
Ralph P. Buxton,
R. W. King,
1. J. Young,
A. W. Tourgee,
W. T. Faircloth,
J. A. Bullo k,
W. M. Kerr,
William Barrow,
Edward W. Taylor,
T. J. Du.la,
H. 7a. French,
S. II. Manning,
.1. J. Goodwyn,
P. T. iMassey,
B. R. HinnanL
and tho
Development of Hie .Tlntrrlal
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To keep np with tht
Current Topics of the Ditj;
To furnish
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Valuable to each and every dns i.f u
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Entertain, Instruct fc i;ualr.
tion of an oath, and against their own If I JBClllJVllVtCli ,
.7 i.i
I trust you will gi.yc.uy,appiji-
mersneiu tion a favorable CQisierationjt if t. power of party is enthron
, und that pleaso indicate - in what county I trampled rights of a State
. anri ' , . . ' . 1 ''StCo'bv step the dreary
of circumstances, returns a majority of
delegates against the party in power,
thus giving a rebuke to its revolution
ary spirit, and declaring again in favor
o'f the Constitution they have tried so
hard to preserve. By a course uunar
alleiled in the history of political boaies,
that tru,majority Is perverted, ana the
nea upon mo
Innocents.
: lInl8C3,the people of North Caro
lina, worn out, despondent and
iirrtslrk of a struecrlo which they sonville and Libbv nrison need no
hadyery, little, if any hand in evidence to refute the statements of
bringing on, evinced a disposition Mr. Hill. The proof of cruelties
to; .obtain from the general gov- practiced is too deeply engraven
ernmei?tof the United States terras upon their hearts to be erased by
of., peaco, by which they could the declamation of ex-Confederate
resurne their normal condition in the orators who have accidentally gain-
Union and save at least a small por- ed a foothold in the Forty-fourth
should be , ffiost Jikely to bo.suicU ramyiisBracted.
reary drama of ty-
The Supreme Court,
I should prefer. land as freq of tim-. tho.Vulwark of the people, their fearless
, ... T , - , , " ' ' champion id many contests with an en-
ber as possibles I should llke,tQ put ...,.,. Ir11SI.rninr Ier Mature, be-
stock upon the Laud at once, Il-J neath whose, august decree the poor of
the una rest secure iu eujuyuieut ui
ping you will excuse, my t bolclH3,
&a, believe me to be ,
Yours truly, . , : ,,-
. . T. B. SMITH.
To His Excellency, the Governor of
North Carolina.
7J
tion their property. To further
the object in .view, peace-meetings
were; held in various counties and
resolutions were adopted, appeal
in to the so-called Confederate gov
ernment to sue for a cessation of
hostilities.. Had this course been
Congress. It may, however, be
more satisfactory to Mr. Hill and
his friends to have proof that would
be acceptable to the Southern His
torical Society. For this purpose
we present the following letter from
Robert Ould, the Confederate Com-
Anotlicr Caso of -Viucgai Bit-
In the evidence of "they divorce
suit of Dr. Walker, of Virfogar bit-
homes for themselves and their loved
oues, when balHed avarice casts its thirs
tv gaze "upon the pittance wrenched
from its insatiate greed this tribunal,
so fearless and . so just, is attacked, and
falls before the will o- those whose ac
tion forebodes evil to every institution
aid principle dear to freemen.
The election of the Superior Court
Judges, now with the people, was cov-et-od;
and the purpose contemplated to
wrest this ,priviiege from them, and
give it where faction can supply ready
made partisans inclined to direct the
forms pf law, and : the principles of jus
tice, to the, purposes of ; party. This
i-, -.U-... '.,1-. t'.i irar-iaA 'hw tho nrlnrv.
ters notorietv. from hi. wifr- VAW.fi
T . tl.-t V . n m ci-. -i 2. t tionsoi" a tnvisiQn iwhich enables a par
mm-, n -uiiowh ir.at me uocror t ' n Tisbiture to rob the Superior
pursued millions of property would missioner for the exchange of pris
have been saved to our people and oners. The letter speaks for itself,
thousands of valuablo lives spared, and is in perfect keeping with that
At that time all observing men saw devilish spirit which made Ander
that. a further prosecution of the
war was useless. The Government
of the United States had unlimited
means and tho whole world was at
Its disposal from which new re
cruits could be drawn. On the oth
er hand the so-called Confederate
States were shut out by the block
ade from airicommunlcatlon with
sonville and other
dens of torture to
rebel hate :
Confed'ate States of America,
War Department,
Kiciimond, Va, 2Iarch2t 18G3.
My Dear Sir : If the exigen
cies of our army require the use of
trains for the transportation of corn,
eonrrtnenced making tfre bitters in
California, some "years ago, making
and belling them in a basket -His
presoTit ' wife f lie 'doctor's 'third
from' whom he is trying to separate"
Southern nrisons legally, then a widow, visited him, conimorioHlinary disputes ; who have
oouincrn prisons been wit M tliH people, and of the people
the Victims Of and when a SUfiieient quantity Of Bince tradition ha.T spoken-these neces-
the meuicme had been made1, she
ConHs of their idVisdiction. and confer
it upoti tribilnaia erected in their place,
whose otlicers shall not be responsible
tcrthe peopfo. .
fjtrstics "of the ' Peace, the familiar
counsel oe people, whose functions
have afwaybeen to assist them in their
other countries. It was believed by pay no regard to the Yankee pris
the ereat body of the people of oners. I
North Carolina that, at that time should starve than our own
an honorable peace could have been suffer.
secured and this belief was strength- I suppose I can safely put it in
enedbythe frequent assurances of writing, "Let them suffer." The
President Lincoln that the objective words are memorable, and it is for-
DOlnt on - the part of the United tunate that in this caselhey can be
took some bottles with a baslcet on
her arm peddled -the preparation
through ' the streets of Stockfohi
She sold large quantiesatid 'from
these sales Walker "realized His' first
thousand dollars. ' He then went to
San Francisco,- leaving Mrs: BrViif on
would rather that they in Stockton, and she rfoagtftthe
people business there. v Walker at length
the
erb
married.
til about
sent for ' Mrs. Brent-irij rahll,"bn
31st of Aust.Ii18G8?"Hhev,,w-
. - . i w
sary, and almost larniiy iuncuonaries,
torn from the'v people, lest they should
continue Democratic in nature, as in of
fice, and-an aristocratic complexion is
to be forced upon their homely features
by rendering tbem no longer responsi
ble to their neighbors, and by divorcing
their sympathies from the humble and
rude poor, whose causes they are to de
termine. Not only officers, but institutions,
popular and elevating in their nature,
are ravished from the masses. The
popular county and township govern
ments, established by our present su-
Ercmo law, carries the idea of responsi
ilitv to the people down to every
Tnev give the control
the money needed
Rfatefl In i the nrosecution of the
war was the salvation and perpet
uation of the Union, and that, all
minor question could be arranged
satisfactorily upon the insurgent
States laying down their arms.
. Z. B. Vance had been chosen Gov
ernor of North Carolina by the so-
called Conservative of that period, a
party contra-distinguished from the
old secession party of the State, In
that, they were pledged to embrace
tUoflxst fovorablo opportunity pf
applied properly and without the
intervention of a lying quarter
master. W1 :
Very trulv, your faithful friend, peddle
ROBERT OULD. -Colonel
A. C. Myers. ' " ,: !
Be It remembered that " Yankee'
as used by the official who penrtecT
tho above letter comprehended the
loyal element that stood true to the
Union. In view of this ' gentle re
minder of the former love of the
ex
for Hia nivriad uses of civilized and
Or had amassetl OVer'dO,"ttfJ(j: and' progressfvo communities into thekeep-
t ! 'f,l . I lilu OI LllOOtJ W UVJ am iiiir.- hict uiitoi
e of the people : tney lamuiarize eve-
it Of from $400 id COO' per daVt Dr-fi-y one with the forms of business, and
Walker
were ylcldi jC'fcSf 'profi
S400 id C00! Ur davt'brif rV
.i,-.- f b-'JkAAih educate the primary divisions of socie-
T.wa forlherly ti ty in he wa3 of flJlf reliant and iude.
r Inlew York 'lAy? FHW-'pendeof men;-
fc - r I n-. . jt t . r x
wife Hn ft wmtiternit dirrnd? tfiiif r incse mounais carry i.ie iaca oi me
wne,'in aoiumersuu ueii.irnusinar or a majority to its uiu mate end.
Walker ubnlered to' i.iHMnO lr l aud thev are the rude, it may be, but
wim a suiTaDie nouse anu lurniTure
healthful nurseries in which the infant
n are trained to tread in
1 f .
.-.-.-,.. . f . ,i-i .rweus oi ireerat
in New York City, Of ttii.Klild to the wars of independent manhood.
Which she has beerf 1 'accustomed, hU nt this nurturedoes notaxicord with
. , .;c, .r v-, j t- , th spirit of democracy revolutionized,
enable her M properly liyeiJending' rijiit iid genius broods with evil mon
th e "suit, and to pdy fertile Sum" Of ace over f the precious heritage of our
4 v. -.--. un.i',i 'Au.r,' M- finite fathert-vaud tbe shadow of his dark ap
threo hundred dollars per week for Droachreven now mineies ominousfv
Confederates for "tho YanKeo,, 1 her support and maintenance dur-1 with the broad light of our liberty, a
... .... .;-;-V.' I ;vi l:'J i U-;- 'A.,: 7
wrifteu sfateineut to tiie contia'y, hare
deciarea tnat no election at all was held
in four precincts of the county. Jf they
have power to disregard tlie returns
from four precincis, tbey may equally
disregard the returns .rom every pre
cinct, at'd at their mere will and pleas
! . 1j?- 11
u'-e, uec.are no eiecnon neiu in any
county. By a combination easy of pei -
lection amongst tne county comnas
sione,-s, an election over the whole
State may be nugatory, and the people
discarded entirely in the management
of public affairs. How is this body to
judge of the election of its members, if
the county commissioners are empow
ered to act in a juoicuu charac.er, and
determine who are the members elect ?
Yet this has been declared the law of the
land by the majority of the committee
on Privileges aud Elect or s, and that
decision has been sustained. By this
judges of election are sti Ickeu from our
system, there is no one to record the
votes of the people ; the commissioners,
though . not present, determine the
rights of voters without evidence; this
body is'robhed of tbe right to determine
the election of its members, maintain
ing only an inferential right of appeal,
it that, ana a compie.e revolution isac
compl'shed. The past Conventieu sat in the Capi
tol by virtue of this revolution, and hfM
overthrown the government of the
people thereby.
By means of twe votes, secured in
the manner above recited, the consti
tuiion is blotted out against the will of
tbe people, and against the laws of the
S.ate.
In ordinary cases, where majorities
are decided, one way or another, and
where the votes of the contesting mem
bers can make but little difference in
results, a case like this may be passed
over and excie but -little attention.
But his case, -.noon the determination
of which depenas tlie sovereignty of
the people, must be made a test case
and the circumstances around it, make
it a prominent landmark in the history
of government.
The first duty of tho Convention was
to determine who were the rightful
delegates from Robeson, had there been
a desire to follow, and obey the voice
of the people. , The action of this body
nas postponed tne question until rev
olntion is accomplished.
The action of this Convention in its
legislative character has corresponded
fully with its revolutionary constitu
tion. Measures oi vital concern seem
ingly prepared in party caucus, have
been introduced as a matter of form,
simply to obtam the scrawl which
stands for a common seal, and under
the spur of the previous question, with
out an opportunity of debate, were im
patiently hurried through, as prepa-ed
at party dictation. There are g-iev-ances
of an alarmning character, and
not the idle clamor of disappointed
hopes. We wished for nothing, we hop
ed for nothing, but to preserve the con
stitution dear to tho people, who have
struggled for years to retain the benefits
of ita admirable provisions. The dis
cipline of party tactics has at last tri
umphed over the wishes of the people,
and, has left us uo course but to advise
the people! of tbe spoliation of rights so
fearfully imperilled by this Conven
tion i
We have had an embarrassing choice
to make in conducting the people's de
fense. We hoped that the free discus
sion, of principles amongst gentlemen
of intelligence, assembled P-om all parts
of the State, might cause some conces
sion from the rigor of party demands.
But tbe invariable course of procedure
in this body has been to prepare in mid
night caucus the succeeding day's work;
the measure agreed upon is taken up at
once ; rarely has time or postponement
TTOTICE OF APPOINTMENT.
-i-N In the matter of Thomas E. Skin
ner, Bankrupt.
This is to give notice that I have been
appointed assignee of the estate and et-
fects of Thomas E. Skinner, of Gran
ville county, N. C, who has been adju
dicated a bankrupt on his own petition.
Dy me district uourt or the United
States for the Eastern District of North
Carolina.
CASSIUS A. MAT TO ON, Assignee.
In Politics
The ERA will bo Kepuhlican, hh.I v. ill
at all titnrs
EXPOSE AND OPPOSE
CORRUPTION,
INCOMPKTEXCh: .0 KXTUa V
A OA .Xl'I'J
In office, without icgunl ( pArt.r
atili;iiHf...
Tho Duinocruiir p;.rlr,
Wlii.-h had control of thi: I .-k''-J " f
the tstato, and which ha. i mi
guilty of sucli lla-ranl
abuses .f jxiwci .
will be the subject f our ontntit "!
SPECIAL SURVEILLANCE.
34 3t.
Raleigh, N. C.
Commercial Heport.
WHOLESALE CASH PRICES.
Era Office, January 26th, 1876.
General Market.
COTTON.
Dull 122al21.
BAGGING. Domestic 21 lb yd 10.
CO TTO N TIES, 6i 7c.
FLOUR, North Carolina $7.257.6fl.
COKN, $1.00.
CORN MEAL, 1.10.
BACON, N. C. hog round, 14$.
" hams 18.
BULK C. R. sides, 15.
' shoulders, 12.
LARD. North Carolina, none.
VV esteru tierces, 18j.
kegs, 18.
COFFEE, Prime Rio, 25.
" Fair " 24.
SYRUP, common, none.
MOLASSES, Cuba, 50.
SALT,$2.25.
CHEESE, Cream, 18J.
" Factory, 17.
" Dairy, none.
NAILS, on basis for 10d, 4.00.
SUGAR, A, 124.
Extra C 12.
" Yellow, 1010i.
LEATHER, Sole 27i)
HIDES, green, 7o,8.
dry, 11.
TALLOW, 910.
POTATOES, sweet GO.
" Irish, .l.oo.
OATS, shelled, 0.C0.
" sheaf, 1.25.
FODDER, 1.00(3.1.25.
HAY, N. C. baled, godf 1.20.
CHICKENS, grown, 30.
EGGS, 2025.
BUTTER, country, 2530.
FISH, Mullets, $7.00 ; new weights
ne,w law 1 SOfts. net, 10.50.
ut ,Herngs, f7.25 per bbl.
B E ES WAX f 25.'
RAGS, 2.
BEEF, on foot, 58.
" dressed prime, 56.
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