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leave to occupy a small
.ce-in your paper to say a few
vords to the people of North Caro
ica. As I see tho names of several
ncntlcmen suggested to fill the dif
ferent offices of theState, I as yet see
no namo spoken of to fill the placi
ot Auditor. As one of the Repub
licans of Franklin county, I would
suggest -the name of Major B. F.
Htfrrnrr rf FmnklintOH- a a
w iJbliUUV' --- I
Candidate for Auditor. He is a
Uruo Republican, a lawyer of high
Standing, anu wiiii an, agciiuumnu.
He has stood by us and with us
through the heat of all onr battles,
and has never been the man to ask
for any position. Now the Repub
licans of Franklin county do hope
to see his name on the State ticket
as Auditor. REPUBLICAN.
A traveling correspondent ot"
the New York Times misrep
resents the colored people of
Italcigli.
Tu the Ikl 'dor of the Constitution :
Tho Daily Neics, of this city, un
der date2Gth ult., contained a part
of an article, credited to the trav
eling correspondent of tho N. Y.
Times, who was present at a bap
tizing that took place near this city
on tho Oth ult., and published in
the Times of the 153d ult., that does
great injustice to the colored popu
lation of this city, and especially
the religious portion thereof. If he
has been quoted correctly, a more
unfounded story was never before
more wantonly narrated to the in
jury of humanity and religion.
That part of it which we have read
is as complete a perversion of truth
and facts as ever appeared in public
print. For instance, he said, that
the pastor who officiated on that
occasion, spoke from thexi c, 23 v.
of St. Matthew, when the subject of
his discourse was taken from the
iiic. 11 v. of St. Matthew, leaving
him, as you see, without a scintilla
of authority for such a prevarica
tion, excepting the fact that it was
taken from Matthew, which excep
tion we charitably accord to him
the benefit. The lingo or dialect in
which he affirms this bogus text
and imaginative sermon was spo
ken, has that which is ridiculous
. so bespattered with that which is
sublime, that any person having
the slightest acquaintance with the
plantation vernacular, can. readily
see that it bears the impress of a
' would-be mimic, or a want-to-be
buffoon, for a negro minstrel upon
its lace. No such ignoramus as he
would have the readers of the j
limes believe the Reverend pastor
and eentleman of St. Paul's' A. M.
E. Church to be, could fill that
pulpit for so intelligent a congre
gation as assembles there from time
to time, lie characterized those
young ladies who were baptized on
that occasion as being possessed
with thestrength of fiends." Naught
save an arch-fiend would be guilty
of offering so gross an insult to wo
man-kind, while in the very act of
showing to the world that she de
sired to live a new and better life.
No such pandemonium as he so ro
mantically and ficticiously attemp
ted to depict, was witnessed by any
person present on that occasion ex
cent himself. And in the name of
common justice, could such pro
fanlty and pusillanimity owe its
- origin to other than a diseased
" brain, that has been steeped in the
whirlpool of dissipation ?
No, the whole thing was gotten
up for the purpose of creating a
sensation among those persons in
the . North who are unacquainted
with the habits and custom of the
colored people in the South. And
I believe I speak the sentiment of
every colored person in the South
wheu I say, we are crowing tired t)f
being made .monkeys of for the
benefit of newspapers. Our prog
ress within the past decade, has
convinced every impartial mind
that we are neither heathens nor
barbarians, but are civilized human
beings. Sad would be the comitary
of the colored man, if such falis
ties could possibly be verified, but it
is impossible. And the libelous
slander of the Times correspondent
is without foundation or authority.
. Respectfully,
O. II. Jr.
To the Editor of Tlie Constitution :
With your permission I will ad
dress a few remarks to tho readers
of the Constitution. The time has
come when every one interested in
the affairs of this "nation, must take
his stand. That we are about to
enter upon one of the most impor
tant elections that this country ever
has seen, is evident to all. For
this reason the Republican party
should prepare itself to meet it. It
Is no time to sit upon the fence.
The evidences of the past justify us
In saying that the united and deter
mined action of each Republican is
necessary to save us as a nation.
To save those institutions, which
each one of us value so dearly ; to
save those blessings we have so long
enjoyed that have cost this coun
try so much, and which every lover
of them must feel, that, if at this
time, when the hydra headed. Mon
ster Is trying so hard for new life,
under the leader ship of Ben Hill
and others of a elmilar stamp, to
destroy all these privilege, that
through the united and determined
effort .of . the people, expressed
though the Republican party, is
safety, alone. Be not led astray
from the path of duty. Let no
fraudulent representation shake
ygoand dls
4nsibility that
yoi desire to per-
aucr-wunsmiii inese privi-
r j f
unimpared to your posterity.
The democratic, party in the action
of the municipal affairs of this city
is but the beginning of what they
would lovo to do. They have be
come so accustomed to practice
their fraudulent acts that it is a
second nature to them. The hatred
towards those who sustained the
government in the hour of itsdarkest
Ieril, and who have the manhood
to plead for it now, is just as strong
as ever. It is only sleeping and
looking in hopes for future events
to again place in their hands the
moans to accomplish their purposes
and to carry their ends, "There
is nothing too contemptible for
them to do. They robbed the gov
ernment once and now they are
trying to ruin il bv resorting to eve
ry thing contemptibly using every
unfair means, and the people know
it. They have showed their hand
plainly in the present Congress, and
the uprising and determined action
of the people in the Presidential
election of this year will be one of
the grandest the world ever wit
nessed, expressed through the bal
lot, in defense of this country and
the Republican party ; and let the
voters of Raleigh take a lesson,
and hereafter be ever watchful and
vigilant.
The Democratic parly, judging
from their press, is one of the most
pure of all organizations. They
have, after a long time, come for
ward and say through the News
that unless Pool can give a better
explanation they will wash their
hands of him. Has the long si
lence been in hopes that they might
fix it up and be saved the humilia
tion of making the confession they
have?
No one says the Republican par
ty is perfection ; it has its faults,
but when the historian comes to
write the history of the political
parties of this country, theirs will
be so pure that none will be so much
admired by future ages as the Re
publican party. They seek to hide
no fraud they can spare all the
thieves there is in their party. And
when the News says that we want
Pool to hide our own thieves they
know it is not so.- We would, for
the sake of the schools of North
Carolina, far rather their Superin
tendent could refuje this charge.
The Democratic party has enough
to carry. Their stains can be made
no deeper. Not even the history
of Stephen D. Pool's misappropri
ation of the poor children's school
fund of the Peabqdy gift to sustain
the magazine known as " Our Liv
ing and our Dead," the only object
of which was to perpetuate a ha
tred between the Union man and
its haters, which we would prefer
might be forgotten. If auy one
doubts that the Democrats of this
country have not robbed it, it is an
easy matter to produce figures. It
is a rare thing to find a representa-
tive of I ha Democratic party with
Clean nanus : anu when they are
found, the Republican party should
try to encourage and honor them
for in the end, they will be with
tho Republicans, for they will get
disgusted with the pool of filth
which has become so stagnant
around which the Democrats hope
to be refreshed. X.
-Montgomery a: uo., nave con
stantly on hand a full supply of post
age stamps and postal cards. We
hope every business house in the
town will send off and get them
and keep them. The Government
can turn out a genial, clever gentle
man who gave universal satisfac
A.' . .. . .
uon, anu appoint in nis stead a
sneaking negro Radical, but it can
not force us to buy his stamps and
caws."Rieckville (N. C.) Neics.
1 .v i x t or? I
I no n rkr7 Lhmra h-vr T?-vKl I
a"u'"3"" inrjjuuu-
cans are treated in the South. Here
is an attempt to force a postmaster
to give up his position.
ine "ge
who gave
is a Ku-
nial, clever gentleman
universal satisfaction"
Klux Democrat. The
sneaking
negro Radical," R. II. Wray, esq.,
is a gentleman who has been a true
Republican since the party was
organized in North Carolina. He
has served as Probate Judge of his
county, and held several other im
poriani positions oi irusr. lie is
A A. f A 9 - a a -w -W
a man or anility and property.
Thero are few men in Riedsville
his equal in point of respectability.
In striking contrast with him is
the man who edits the News. It
has not been many months since
he was arrested on a bench war
rant issued by a United States
judge, and held to bail to answer a
charge, in the State of Virginia, of
violating tho United States rev-
enue laws. Ho was a tohacon rwrf.
fllnr dn1 oa cuK fa s I
to pay
his tax. He don't like the Gov
ernment and hates Republicans!
Postmaster General Jewell should
meet these attacks on his officers
by giving them a good salary.
Show tho Southern Democrats they
cannot starve out Republican post-
masters by refusing to buv stamns
artrl So t o I norrta I t t I
publican.
Liord Lyttleton
suicide.
has committed
S' cos
North Carolina News.
Salem has ripe tomatoes.
A Prussion author recently visted
Greensboro.
The mnnicipal elections through
out the State passed off quietly.
Tho Faycttevilhv Odd Fellows
have a new hall.
Fayettevllle is to have another
paper, a daily.
The old Mayor of Charlotte was
re-elected by a majority of 19G.
Tho Wilmington Review calls
upon S. D. Pool to resign.
'Numerous burglaries and thefts
are reported in Wilmington.
Dr. W. R. Harris, of Granville,
died last Thursday.
A horse in Mik-hel county sucks
eggs.
The Christian Church of Graham
had a Sunday school celebration
and pic-nic Saturday.
Silver coin is slowly working its
way into circulation in Wilming
ton. Prohibition was carried by a large
majority at the election in Greens
boro Monday.
J. L. Webb has withdrawn from
the Shelby Banner, and W. C. Dur
ham will take charge.
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Kingsbury, of
Oxford, celebrated their silver wed
ding on the 1st inst,
Richard Pettipher, a colored man
i living near New Berne, died re
cently, aged 118 years.
Judge Kerr sentenced lour crimi
nals to the Penitentiary from
Wayne county last week.
Milton Graham, Esq., of Iredell
countv. has a deer horn which has
3G points.
; A cat fish has been caught from
a well on the Blue Ridge moun
tain.
Rev. Dr. Talmage, of New York,
will preach at Trinity College on
June 7th.
The widow of the late Rev. Win.
E. Pell will remove her residence
from Lenoir to Greensboro.
The Salisbury Fair offers a special
premium of a silver goblet for the
finest baby under two years old.
A Greensboro liquor dealer drap
ed his bar in mourning on learning
that prohibition had been carried.
An eagle measuring six feet and
seven inches across the wings was
recently killed in Guilford county.
The Greensboro city clock has
stopped work, and, two hands are
thrown out of employment in con
sequence
Strange.of Wilmington, who was
charsred with the murder of Mur
ray, in Haywood county last sum
mer, has been acquitted.
The workshops of the Wilming
ton, Columbia & Augusta railroad
are to be removed from Wilming
ton to Florence, S. C.
"Gone in his hole and pulled his
hole in after him," is the way the
New North Stat speaks of
the re-
cent license advocates.
A heavy snow was tailing on
Monday in Watauga and Caldwell
counties.
Beaufort ladies contributed $20
for our centennial flag, and Fay-
etteville
The thermometer dropped as low
s 30 degrees in Wilmington Mon-
as
day.
A reduction of rates of freight has
been declared, and the people along
the W. k V. R. R., who were dis
satisfied, are now contented.
Hertford county sends a little
white boy, 13 years old, to the peni
tentiary for 8 ears for attempted
arson.
V "M .a
is.ate uuiam, a wortnv young
coiorea woman, ciieu suddenly on
Wednesday morning. Oxford
Torchlight.
Gen. John S. Preston, of South
Carolina, will deliver the com
mencement address of the Caro
lina Military Institute in June.
Blue fish are destroying herrinsrs
I At
oy uio minion, ana our eastern
fishermen are alarmed and discour
aged.
Dr. B. A. Sellers has sold his mill
property on Haw River to Mr.
George W. Swepson, and there will
soon be started another cotton fac-
tory on that river.
I i. mi 4 ,
jusi wtf k, xnouius weeKs was
sentenced to ten years in the Peni-
tentiary for stealing a Bible.
The orphans at the Oxford Asy
lum were treated to a fishing excur
sion on May Day, and enjoyed it
nugeiy, notwitnstanuing the bad
weather.
The dwelling house of Cant. T.
i. .Lyon, oi uurnam, came near
being burned last week by leaving
t- r j i-v , "
a Kerosene lamp burninir in the
room.
One day recently, Mr. G. M. Har
din killed in the stables of W. T.
macKweii k jo. 4u rats ana was
T 1 1 II A AT A A a m
still killing them when last heard
from. Durham Herald.
It is said that the post-master of
vji i o.v!v viwiw, iviiuzaeii count v. ao-
stracted drafts amounting to $2,400
e i. ... . . . .
iruui leucre passing inrougn nis
office, and has fled the country.
Geo. w. Price, a colored man of I
Wilmington, lectured in New.
Bemeoiithesubj?ctof "TheNeirro.
or therAfricau American : his Past.
Vfc a.
Present ana j? uture," on , Wednes
I noif Kief
J Jt-3l
The liquor dealers of Greensboro
are trying to obtain license to sell
wine and beer, as the prohibatorv
liquor mw unes not provide lor
i: i' . - . . '
tlrtoo be vera -en. But the Citv
Commissioners iiave rt-fused to
avm rfnyl tr
grant them.
A colored man. by the nail of
Gullet committed suicide in his
mihln nr. Ij 1 w f r r ? Q 2 ti otrr un n
He was found
pended by ii chain to a rafter. His
BUS- I (
wife had left him a few weeks ore-
1" " " ki "u il .1" r "
;r fSr." f" l"V 1UUUUU1U
s tne probable c
of his rash act. i r
We regret to learn that a little
five-year old daughter of Capt.
B. F. Beard of Watauga countyH
was killed Instantly last Saturday.
The little girl had been under the
house hunting for eggs and as she
was coming out a heavy- bench
which was placed against the wall,
fell upon her, causing instant death
'rfjChfawell Messenger, -?
j 'tin the mnnlcipal election on
iMondayy there was a tie in Ward
No.- 2, between John T. Schenck
and Bnrwell Johnston, both color
ed, who Were on the' same ticket for
Aldermen, each receiving 159 votes.
Sheriff Alexander, yesterday morn
ing, decided the tie by casting his
vote for Burwell Johnston. Char
lotte Observer.
" Last summer New Berne lan
guished 'for a city government;
Now the old berg revels under the
protectingcare of twosets of fathers,
each set" having . full authority by
law, and according to the opinions
of thoroughly read lawyers on the
subject, undoubtedly entitled to the
paternal care of, the heretofore
fatherless city. Nut Shell.
The man Crisk, who was pub
lished in the Cherofcee county paper
a few weeks ago, as having eloped
with Miss Amanda Deans, a young
lady who left from seven to ten
illegitimate children behind her,
rises to a question of personal privi
lege and says there ain't a word of
truth in any of it. So the editor
don't know what to do about it.
The Johnston county Courier
tells of old man Miles Mitchener,
of thatcounty, who is a curiosity.
The old man keeps his well locked
and wouldn't give a dying man a
drink of water. He is a smart
working old farmer, and yet has
been under the impression all his
life that the whole race of mankind
had conspired to poison his well of
water.
In addition to the local option
elections help in Gilmer and - More
head the first of which went for
nrohibition by 124 majority, the
atter by 123, the question was also
submitted to the voters of Bruce's,
which went for license by 28 ma
jority, Jamestown for license by 16
majority, Sumner for prohibition
by 2, Fentress for prohibition by 10,
High Point, for prohibition by 20.
Ureensooro JfaXrxot.
On Wednesday night about 10
o'clock, Hannah Bobbins, colored,
wno uvea ac ine email wooa plant-
ation, just outside of this city, was
standing near the fire-place talking
to her mother, when her clothing
caught fire and before the flames
could be extinguished every gar
ment was burned from her body.
While suffering under mortal agony
the unfortunate woman was so be
reft of reason that she would not
allow any one to touch her, but
went to and fro in the room beat-
insr her arms fiercely arainst evprv
thing that came in her reach leav-
ing great splotches of blood and
charred remnants of her garments
besmeared on the Walls. Hannah
died of her injuries yesterday at
3 o'clock P. M. The deceased was
16 years of age, and the daughter of
u. 4. rod bins, or this city. New-
Heme Nut iStieu of 5th.
A personal collision took place in
the neighborhood of the Purcell
House, Monday afternoon, between
Hon. A. M. Waddell, member of
Congress from this District, who is
522"? t 2&Z 3,il 5j3i'
and J. J. Cassidey, one of the edi
tors or the Wilmington Post. Col.
Waddell, we learn, struck Mr.
Cassidey two blows with a cane
which he had in his hand, whan
the latter drew a pistol, which was
followed bv a liko mnvpmpnr. nn
followed by alike movement on
the part of Col. Waddell. At this
juncture parties interfered and the
anair was Drougnt to a close. The
attach was made In consequence of
uiw uppearuiiuu in me jrosc. oi a
series of articles personal to Col.
vvaaaen, ana oi wmcn ne naa rea
m X
son to suspect Mr. Cassidey of be
ing tne author. wumington Star.
General News.
The Mexican war still rages.
There are 4000 lawyera in New
York.
Mahometanism is rapidly spread-
liJg 111 ViUUat
The tailors of Rochester. N. Y..
A 1 "
Watermelons are rioenin&r in
oouinern F lorida.
The cost of the St. Louis whisky
iitiui was $uo,ooi.od.
A ! 1 . Okytr r
Two women are on trial in Rut-
land, Vt.f for counterfeiting.
The Legislature of Mississippi ad-
joumeu sine aie last Saturday.
t 1 rt m -m
A $o0,000 fire occurred in New
York on the 3rd Inst.
Winslow has been released bv the
urittisn uovernment.
Large quantities of arms are be
ing shipped from New York to
Mexico and Havana.
Atlanta, Ga., has a barber shoo
In which all the operators are young
gins.
A man has been sentenced to the
New York penitentiary forselliner
anu iterated milk.
The VVestern Union Comoanv
have bought the Southern Atlantic
Telegraph lines.
It Is now reported that Boss
1 weed has bousrht a house and is
living In Havana.
There are now 73.999 churches in
the United States, about one to
every 500 inhabitants.
The Montana Republican State
Convention was held Wednesdav.
anu ueciareu ior JJiaine.
J -1 1 .1 TT. . 1
The 17th General Conference
of
the M. E. . Church assembled
in
Baltimore ou ; h e 1st inst.
.Moody, the revivalist, who is In
Augusta, has been invited to Co
lumbia to bold meetings.
There is great distress in the
naiw n:dru ..r r.. t , - r
V. 1C
"s w vaiAuii. i
ine newsnarjer reDorters xirill
give Dom Pedro a $3,000 banquet
uu ins return 10 iew xoiK.
The printlncr committee of th
House nave concluded they cannot
"uPcn ine puoiic pnnier ciapp.
L. ' a . . . "
They are Daviner 10 cento ahparl
'VA Y."S"
1JH.U' !.Irnia ineyaYQ
become so numerous.
' The recent frost killed off the
colic crop in Georgia. There will
'be naucumpers. -v
: Ttrlst-ow has been exhonorated of
the charges asrainst- him in the J
Mary Merri tt case. ,. . j .
Kansas .has discovered a f spring
the waters V of which will . care
catarrh in ten days.
Speaker Kerr has decided not to
be a candidate for re-election to
Congress on account of his poor
health. -
The New York Herald wants the
south to have a Cardinal, and sug
gests Bishop Lynch, of South Car
olina. The Treasury Department on
Friday received a hundred
thousand dollars in quarters from
San Francisco.
; Troops have been ordered to the
mining regions of Ohio to protect
the "cheap John" miners against
the strikers.
Benjamin F. Bowles, one of the
publishers of the Springfield (Mass.)
Republican, died at Paris Thursday
of Roman fever.
Ttt-A. 1 1 2 (tiMnn
nnfrVf wnrlr hv f hp fkiliirf of Har-
out Ot work Dy Uie ianure oi rxar
vey Arnoia& Co's. Print works,
i,i ir,
Mr. Seward; United States Minis
ter to China, is seriously ill. It is
supposed that he will be obliged to
return 10 America.
Of the 55,000 dead-head tickets to
be issued to the Centennial, 54,000
will co to common people and the
other thousand to editors.
Conerress will take a recess from
the Oth to the 12th of the present
nnnth fay mnmHora frk 7 itn exja thft
Thp Mnrvlflnrl Rpnnhllcan Oon
jnnin.u Vw pinina o n l art-
,t TJ .ltnnInlofFa.
VCIlblUil UCtiaiCO IUI XJiaillCi ,im-
uvrwv m. m. ...... w
tion as wise, patriotic and prudent.
Divers have recovered another
sum of $5,000 in gold from the
wreck of the Schiller, making: an
aggregate of $290,000 saved of $300,
000 shipped on the vessel.
The Centennial Commissioners'
lawyers have decided that the pro-
hibitory liquor law does not refer forms of law, and the principles of jus
to centennial grounds, and liquor tice to the purposes of party. This
can be sold on the grounds.
Dummitt's great grove, between
Masquito Lagoon and Indian River,
Florida, produced nearly 2,000,000
oranges last year. More than half
of them rotted on the ground.
Barnev Williams, the well known
Irish character actor, died in New
York last week. Every actor in
the city and many from other cities
were in attendance at the lunerai.
Wm. Badder, a colored man, was
hanged on the 28th ult. for assault
ing, Antitia Little, in September
1874. He died protesting his in
nocence.
The young ladies of the LaGrange,
Georgia, female college have unan
imously resolved to wear no kind
of dresses but calico at their next
commencement.
General legislation in Congress
progresses very slowly, very few
measures of importance h
been agreed upon during the
present session.
One of the new Columbia police-
nrtari olohro tori hu Plwtmn hv rrnr-
ting on a lordlyspree and rearing
around town. They hauled him
home on an express wagon.
In Hillan and Bagdad, from
March 28 th to April 1st, there were
211 new cases of the plague and
117 deaths. The plague has made
its appearance on the left bank of
the Tigress.
Four hundred thousand silver
quarters have arrived in Washing-
tnn from San h'ranp isi-n.
iresiaenc rant and uaoinet go
.mm a At A a
in a Dody to tne Centennial May
10th. cabinet wilt be full except
Pierrepont.
E. J.
Petroff member of thp "Lpo--
nm Wiirloi rhio oa hlon
laturefrom Philadelphia ,has been
expelled for negotiating for the
sale of votes. f
Two coal mines have been fired
by striking miners in Ohio, which
are now burning. They seized and
tied tne watchman in order to ac
complish it.
Protest
TO THE
PEOPLE OF NORTH CAR0UHA.
By the Republican members of the
late Constitutional Convention.
we, tne undersigned, under a sense
of the responsibility due from us as
representatives of the will of the people
of North Carolina, feel called upon to
warn the yet free citizens of our belov-
ed-State, of the danger which immi
nently threatens them from the despotic
and aristocratic tendencies ot the JDem
-ocratic party, so clarinerlv disDlaved in
the amendments passed by that body
in tne convention wmcn was lately neld
in Kaieign.
A Convention called to establish the
principles which shall govern and give
A 9 A A. XI 1. . m
vnainy to me uusmess reiauons oi men
and define the limits of the privilege to
be exercised Dy tne people, offers an
unerring test of .the opinions and feel
ings of those engaged in the responsible
work. ISo less is it an absolute stand
ard by which to judge of the tendencies
of a party, when that party controls the
body, men, if ever, will men show
their true political opinions and strut:
gle to embody in permanent form, their
fixed convictions. Governments are
classified into free and despotic, at a
glance, by an examination of their con
stitutions, whether written or moulded
by the practices and tradition of their
history. When representatives respect
and consult tne will of the people.
whilst dealing with their interests and
privileges, free government prevails,
whatever its advantages and inconven
iences. When that will, expressed by
majorities, iairiy ascertained, is disre
garded by tne framers
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.
-ine appucauon or tms simple ruie.
The application of this simple rule.
es forever, in alarming reality, the
character or .North Carolina's last and
worst Convention.
A large majority of the votes of the
state, was given against its call, and
the will of the people thus expressed
should have controlled the delegates
elected ; a due regard to that will de-
" mauv vuv . uivacut mvuKsvavuwvu 1
h6uld be retornerf to them nntered
'? - "tagle principle, by. wh!ch the
riehts of the beople were denned and
8, their duties described
and pnfninl TSTiif. rooruu( n ika VAi'n 1
j m ,vw
nonnlA ' Ann tfiHl DtUOllS OI tlielT
twice expressed opinion; but only upon
party rule and the substitution of the
hvfay of a faction for the wdl c f the ma-,
lority.the Legislature of 1874 5, by a
iarty Vote, violated the primary-idea
of the polit they had sworn to main
Sin, and called this body without con
sultation with the People, and in breach
of the- declaration made all over , the
Sato In the canvass of 1874. No denial
can behazarded by any one, ol this plain
fact, that a deliberate disregard f the,
will of a majority continued uriilfully,
makes popular government impossible.
This Convention is . a bold declaration
against the popular will and is, in it
self, by the very fact of its existence, a
revolution. . .
It is an anomaly in our history, anc
stands a solitary example of a body,
called for the good of the people, usurp
ing their rights, and seizing their pow
erefagainst their expressed will. But
four years since, the 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 amend menu or
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 single
right or privilege. In the House of
Representatives, in the session ol
i7i '7S th dominant party had a
I molnrifv nf twf"-t.lji Tils.
t OD, composed oi me samo
i voters, under the
Ja n T intervening chanse
isauio to, ..... ; ; ....
of circumstances, returns a majority oi
dfilfifrates against the party in power,
rebuke to its revolution
ary spirit, and declaring again in favor
e KrrtnHtntinn thev have tried so
harH tn rrsrve. Bv a course unpar-
allelled in the history of political bodies,
that true majority is perverted, and the
power of party is enthroned upon the
tramnled riehts of a State-
5??,
champion in many contests with an en-
I varrnA an( llRTiminCT Let? slatUTO. be-
nth whnsn an trust uecreo me uwji ui
ka umi mst. sfiMirB in eniovment of
hnmm fnr themselves and tneir lovea
rAc. whan vfHftn avarice casts lis tinrs
i uuco, " v.. ,
V tr-xya. linOIl tn6 DlWanCt) WTBUCUCU
i - ,A - " .t.An1 thiu t ri ninai
irof" ,'r,i":.&a7Ha; '.n
I so leariess anu j ji onmvu, ..w
falls before the win or ue f ;
and rrinc.iDledear to freemen.
The election of the Superior Court
Judges, now with the people, was cov
eted, and tne purpose coiiujuipiatwa w
wrest this privilege from them, and
o-icfl it where faction can supply ready-
. : I : , J Ji.u, 1 1 a
change was only averted by the adop-
tion of a provision which enables apar
Hoen T.Prilatiire to rob the Superior
courts of their jurisdiction, and confer
it upon tribunals erecteu i uieir piace,
whose officers shall not be responsible
to the Deoole.
Justices of the Peace, the familiar
counsel of the people, whose functions
have always been to assist them in their
common, ordinary disputes ; woo nave
been with the people, ana oi tne people
since tradition has spoken tneseneces-
sarv. and almost family functionaries,
torn from the people, lest they should
nnntinue Democratic in nature, as in of
fice, and an aristocratic complexion is
to be forced upon their homely features
bv rendering: them no longer responsi
ble to their neighbors, and by divorcing
their sympathies from tue Humble and
rude poor, wnose causes tney 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, estaDiisnea Dy our present su
preme law, carries the idea ot responsi
bility to tne people oown to every
neighborhood. They give the control
of -every dollar of the money needed
for the myriad uses oi civiuzea and
progressive communities, into thekeep-
msr of those who are under the direct
eve of the people ; they familiarize eve
ry one with tne lorms oi business, and
educate the primary divisions or socie
ty in the ways oi sell reliant and inde
nenilent men.
Tiiese tribunals carry tne idea or tne
will ot a majority to its ultimate end,
and they are the rude, it may be, but
healthful nurseries in which the infant
steps of freemen are trained to tread in
the ways of independent manhood.
But this nurture does not accord with
the spirit of democracy revolutionized.
That bad genius broods witu evil men
ace over the precious heritage of our
fathers, and the shadow of his dark ap-
proacn, even now mingles ominously
witn tne broad ngnt oi our liberty. A
strong government is demanded. The
divinity of privileged power must here
after claim our devotions, and the vul-
independence ol poor men and lg-
norant people must be trained to forego
i -
its somewnat tumuient conduct, and
learn politer manners, and more cul-
tured forms from the example Of our
very virtuous and model rulers, who
aro w ub suppueu tu us oy mat exces-
4. t 1 ' .1 A 1 ... . j
sively pure medium a modern partisan
legislature i
-r f .
Thus one by one the rude forms of
l- - l j sji J a ,1
utuieureu urivneije are uestrovea. ana
A. m a. . . "
lut) uaiiii-v nruuoruuus oi an eieirant
aristocracy are erected, beneath whose
iron-hand, though cased in a glove of
veivet, no popular rignc can nourish :
1 A. 1 - W .
and in whose eye. a free neoDle is an
enternal fear. Ail earth is drenched
. wim gure puureu oui w giuc cne seinsn
iitjss, reveugB ana iicenuous lusts of
Kings and privileged classes. The ooor
are tue universal sacrmce.
iU. .. 2 1
The slaughtered millions, whose
blood cries to God from the thousand
battle-fields, which cover our country
like the foul blotches upon the leoor's
skin, are the human offering which
aione can appease the cruelty of an in
satiate aristocracy. Even under tho
mild forms of privilege, which former
ly prevailed nere, tlie eternal hate
wnicn power always cherishes for fre
dom, allied itself to the dread demon ol
reoeuion, and its insatiatR imMi una.
poaocu uj mo uoiouausi oi oiood and
imnniTA.Ial.nAn( . 1 . . . 1 ...
have passed, will never raaa whn.i
luiuuisiiouuicuii Luruuirn wnicn w
man is iree. .
Under our previous historv: thfl 7ar
reaummiK elections, wera n a n on.l
i . . -:-
simple, no one ever dreaming that the
nm wuum come wnen the people's
vllxu uo uisregaraed Dy any leg
isiauve oociy mat could be assembled.
But the desperation of Dartv PTirrpnr
in this Convention, -has shown how
irauanoia me people have on their
own government in JNorth Carolina.
The people of Robeson
ir mi S'i. ;enuon two delegates,
reii iiui.eil ana Li. AI. Nnrmont TKa
judges of election.
1:111 il n sua rioan a i lj - i . . i
turns as usual, and thesfi rAtnrriooi I
ed a majority of votes in favnr r tu I
gonuemen named. The only duty of
liio uoumy commissi nnnra waa f 7AA
those returns, and declare the result.
"!P "ever granted
ana in me face of the
before them, tbey pronounce that there
llf r CA WA" I a a 5 m. 2
was no election in four precincts of the
fDnty N? is shown authorizing
fffnlTreviVr":,tnd Judgement of the
inspectors Of fiWHm. . iw..
shown which entitled them to judge of
" 4"wuuu oi electors. This pow
er wrnun py law in the judges of
ejection, and In thorn otnno Tf than
uuwuanaaam t unlawful vots
- wva V 7 A M. 9-A. A T
refuse lawful Ones, itiao pma far
candidates alone, and the determina-
won oi me fact In each nase
solely to the body of which the parties
are seeking to become members.- . '
ala in ixinvRnrinn 10 w a. 11 1
lnd. rt.h. .1: .ri "":?. '"1
lUoWmem
tion f i ieC-
votiA'Z
..nn tt x - w,.
UUUiUlU iruinininaiia Of thodW flnaln I
Stei by Step Vile ureary uioiiio ui t juuguo w t.v-wvi. a. nu n hfii i,u, ,
IS eiiaCieU. IHBOUJJIoujo wut, BjrBreui, mviv. vw,,, , nH-onf u
1 wark of the people, their learless votes of the people : the coin mivsi,,,' .
. w vmvwu r
isauestioneu. wnen thi u
first thing to do, and the only thi ' th
to examine tho records of the i-i '
If they are in lawful form, theeerui-,0n'
must be given accordingly. Tr!,
are questioned, the d uty or aunrl0
or disqualifying them, Vesta iiu!,.Vir
candidate making the i8Ue
facts must be determined upon t! t,,:
dence adduced. No legislative bod Pvi
its own motion, has ever niade r
test between members without r '
own active interposition. All )H,t" ir
tive bodies determine the lawful,,1 ' 1
the certiricate. When this is .. '
method. The commissioners of k, '
son, have erected themselves i,lU, V1
dicial tribunal ; they have, witiMll Ju"
dence,. and against the record dr? "
mined the fact of legal and illegal v,"
have taken from the judges ,,f .,,!!
the discretion conferred uh)m tiltMl '"
rf an natlt ami -iipjii.., .1
written statement to the
llM'ir ....
-"HtlHIV,
declared tnai no election ?t ail ui:
in four precincts of the county. ( ,!"' '
have power to disregard ti ri.,
from four precincts, they nuv t
disregard the returns from nrv ,
cinct, and at their mere will and '.,
ure, declare no election lu., j, '
county. By a combination easy ,f ,"y
fection amongst the county ,llu '
sioners, an election over'th,
State may be nugatory, an-l ti,. ,Hn
discarded entirely in the ii-muVi i,'
of public affairs. How i ti,j, iHh1
judge of the election of its nietuiK , ')
the county commissiiniers arc fi,u',f'
eredtoactin n judicial chararttr
determino who are the memlst-Li.
Jand by tho majority of tl,0 n,,,,,,,,,,
on Privileges and KUh tinH, an, ,.'
i tli 111 10 uuo t-'v w vv. i 4. 1 ul LIU' lit V ut 11
decision mvs oeen sustained. ... .
rights of voters without evidence- i "
body is robbed of the riht to
the election of its 'members, inainu,,"'
ing only an inferential ri;ut ,)(
if that, and a complete revolution ,' '
I , : i J
COH1U11SUBU.
i 'I'ltn nuar i 'nnvpnrinn uot i
rr.Vtrt nrn,i, ..rr.. ai"
. i"iuu"i1 mu j.
overthrown the
government
HH
people thereby.
By means ol two vote, st urM i,
the manner above recited, Uiohmimi!
tuti n is blotted out against th win ..f
the people, and against tho Um u
State.
In ordinary cases, whern majority
are decided, one way or another, aill
where the votes of the contest in,,
bers can make but lit tit diiletvn. m
results, a case like this may he jasn
over and excite but little atunti,,,.
But this case, uion the tleterminati,,,',
of wmch depends the seieirlllv lif
the 'people, must be made a w ,'.11M,
and the circumstances around it, i,,
it a prominent landmark in the. hiu,iy
of government.
The first duty of the Convention Ha,
to determine who .vere the riglmiii
delegates from Robeson, had there lfu
a desire to follow, and ohey the vni.-
of the people. The action ol' this i,,..iv
has postponed tho question uniiiiu.
olution is accomplished:
Tue action of this Convention in ju
legislative character has eoi respond.,!
fully with its revolutionary consiim.
tion. Measures of vital concern seem
ingly prepared in party caucus, lu
been introduced as a matter of form,
simply to obtain the scrawl whirl!
stands for a common seal, and undt-r
the spur of the previous question, win,,
out an opportunity of debate, w ere im.
patiently hurried through, as ireartd
at party dictation. There are griev
ances of an alarmning character, and
not the idle clamor of disnjoinied
hopes. We wished lor nothing, we hop.
ed for nothing, but to preserve tliecmi.
stitutiou dear to the people, wholm?
struggled for years to retain the benefits
of its admirable provisions. The dis
cipline of party tactics has at last tri
umphed over the wishes of the -. pl-,
and has left us no course but tobi
the people of the spoliation of riulii '
fearfully imperilled by this t'on men
tion' We have had an embarrassiiltr -h'ji
to make in conducting the jwopie' i.
fense. We hoped 'hat the tree li-cn-sion
of principles amongst gn'ifim-n
of intelligence, assembled irom uli pan.
of the State, might cause sonic ""illu
sion from the rigor of party. !ih link
But the invariable course, of pc.. rdun
in this body has been toprcpa.c m ami
night caucus the succeed nig d? ;
the measure agreed ujion is ; K . -u nj i
once; rarely has time or postponem-'.
been granted, still more rarely ha dis
cussion been allowed, especially in mat
ters on which opinions, have been mw
opposite; and when discussion has been
r a v
impatiently conceded, we felt ti- uitr
hopelessness of speaking to a qii.ti..i.
which judgment had gone befon'aii '.
The onlv expedient left us was h re-
I storfc tn nnhnarv narlinmentarv rulf.
to delavfora few moments the t aiuw
I - . ..
endure in seeing tne rights ami invm
eres of -the oeoDle smothered in this 0n
i . . . . i.
ventiou. It was tho on v way i' u'
of nrotestini? airalnst the hastv ati'l un
snarinc denrees of this nodv ami uo
r. o . . ii..
a
ever unsatisfactory, we were driv i-
it as to the lastditch in resisting th; -vasion
of the assailants of mir rili -
Never has tny legislative body slnwi
less of concession: than this; never ti
the caucus system been more ngi"
and persistently enforced; never I:J
party discipline been more perl'eet, an l
never has a minority been Jews regiu
ed.
The closing scene of the Convention
was a fit finale to a body which aem-
bled in opposition to the will r me
people, acted and worked by nieaniK'f
a majority purchased by ineui"""
chisement of a county and the total ui-
. 1 11! I. A
regard or law; which has seizeuam"
rights of the people and given them i"
the Leaislature, and ended it revolu
tionary career by denying to member9
a right of protest. Never has any
before known, in the history oi
Carolina, that a protest, offered in a re
spectful manner and in HUbtaiM-e
offending against propriety hIioiiiu
refused a hearing and a place upiu
journals. But this Convention i"
crowped its life of usurpation u -
closing act of tyranny which .or";""
complaint of grievance and denies
of petition. Ko monsiroiw
the act, that a leading member oi u
majority rose in his pJaro and reuui
this open outrage. Not even this eoui"
Dnng a blush if shame 10 wie 'v-
that majority which began life in law
lessness and In their own minlrfasle""
Intr fliatna finnn li 1 i in lis of the V&
pie. aotlv ended its course by buMiuK
lhAm cMvia oil nnm r.lalnt ut the tVranllJ
i. s , ...... t 1.1.. w m ma v "
. . I . . iT .. .nff
the nonl that thfl intention and
of the Convention was to enslave yya
and you are enslaved if you
ratify It"
act.
J. W.
AlberUon,
Jonas JloiTinai,
J. M. Justice,
J. 11. Page,
J. II. Smyth.
W. VV.McCanle,
A. McCabe,
A. Ij. Davis
J.O;Crosly,
N. II. Ilrtinpton,
VV. J. Munden,
Italph 1. Buxton,
, R. W. King,
I. J. Young.
A. W. TourgeV
W. T. t'airclt'.
J. A. Bullo k,
W. M. Kerr,
William Barro.
Edward W. Taylof
T. J. Dula,
. Z. French,
S. H. Manning,
J. J. doodwyn,
p. T. Massey,
IS. 11. Iliuoant.
VV. If. Wheeler. ,
R. C. t Badger,
J. M. Bateman,
0. 1$. Bliven, .
n. a. Jones.
J. C. Blocker.
W. M. Black,
Wilson Carey.
Allen Jordan.
O. H.Dockery,'
a. McDonald,
W. P. Mabson.
J. vVVThorne;.
J. Orrin Wilcox,
Q. H. Grantham,
K. - Jr. I ..eh man. -
M. C. Hodge, .
A. M. Lowe,
w -w
a. ryn.
KHiiiH wrriiier.
A WL
J. E. O'Hara,
J. vv. Heaii,
T t r I, ....
proceedings of contestants, puuii,'.
of common application. Th.. ...... "'"i
I . A. A .
V. w. UU1 IUU.