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, i. a ,. , , " . . tU'lil-f t ELmbW . lit ti;:-.v- r, r.i-ii.u TAMrsaon TO PCHIH.OWT ?HKji iiK'Htn:i'rI rt.'tt -;nuu rr ''in: i: n TV to "hfll'A II; J-itih"!!: aJilt . fl ytui sli ERA..PUBLlSHINGr!.CPMPANY. One square, one time, - - - - $1 00 41 Hnirnffo io 9 in 'n! tut to . A. square islAVikdlA'oJ'&coltiMn, and 11 - t r I .1 '- .T a i :j:r Jii i r n n I jii: nit "i 3 hiWnthsi fri' Baviriee; ; 1 0 j u I tv RUcaabnUitttf advance,' i h 5Q -I t-Hff: fin lun: .V)h"ivib V Ttirwii i v t"j Folio win gWlnpW oy . their poUtl instructed rts Exrnti-'G6mmitteeitoiad drtfcsJjauMn relation; id ihfl ipropood . Don ventionjf 10:1ft rr.Mii fill- ,i'm'jf .n.in't . , I -is, veryi inuch gainst i pur wisiies tM vou have been precipitatealnlp a campaign upon this, delicate andMmmt'Mibjecti The4 Slats durtn the past ten Wai Aid ,'been subjected IfabipfertmenWAfitBridds'poi 1 i Ileal doctors and what JxnnH Most Heeded noiv.JlixopoH4.an4 -qnietrhao i opportunity Scathe jorratifla, .of, ,iwtuje?R. .spotting and iftmended. .0h the4 copitSr'thd' Aim- sertatlve party' 'prodde&igreat'plerfty 1 fthbeta; blisters, -drug both tettletleal; arid purgative, t patent jriedidines i guaranteed by nb!AMfld to fativetreatment. It seem that'corivetitibtts are to become of ordinary i 6eourrerioe t tri thia Stated Mr: Jeffeisonhafe.boen generalry.. denounced, by consdrvtiTK nen ;for having advised that fim nWrinna noon- they auWect tlons, and if- tho one now proposed shall be called;(whichi Heaven j forbid !i -from i these tactions; kvp resulted rparat.sovr ercira conrcnUpiia. ft is obvipus kto ask if the Uireeconventlons already' encountered have reduced the State So low what will bej cotrie of her alter Bhd ha lieen sulrmitred to tlMtetidermerciearif aHoartht :: ; n . .. c . r it i baa .cceccred ta-U unto ijw ho j labor, whther.wMhlMmda a bad.'na and then to Jind( themaelvea uiacoountabjyunutted for AYork' Whict)4 ordinarily M.easy.J tf tims jVothin g goea right,' The brain and hand seep to iiava lost their cunning. Blunder follows Wonder- Under such drdi instances It be oomea wisdom, to withdraw the attaniian anil go about :ometbIng elae.'. By, sq doing we, aeq ourselvea in a short, time restored to biwyerl and are enabled easily to triumph over the obstacles which Just, before' had overcome xirf we eVen wonder 'bow it was that they had - given 1 ns trouble. May -not this sometimes happen i to wholo commnl tiea of men, as weU as to individuals ?. Was not yorth. Carolina, for the last teii years, i nn in lucdLtrah a condition 7 We ask this mieition Utioif th6 conservative; theory.1 ' If blunders havJ followed all this 'ten year of endeavor by a orth i uaroiina to amena ner tnniljimpntal institutionB. had: she.not better Iav the task aside-and await, he coming qfl a reason in which ner brain will be clearer, her nerves more' steady, .her temper- ltes ruffled ' and her riand under (rjetter. control? Such Is the ad viee which; we mostjre ypectfully lender to the people. As the Htate is most clearly out of- sorts for oonstj tution making, lot her for a while lay this , .Totfie fcnw, i.w- wnnld add, if the( lOlUl al Vers CiaililAT UJJl imanuMjev.- tf ua tfu hMird' thai the nresent con STitT.tlrtTi'ls bviiri means the monster wmch it is represented. In very important re HDecU it is an- improvement upon ny con-. sutuuan we nave ever . wu( ' apect iJ it pne that cannot be borne .with uft ta -the cjbmm unit v has reachetl WW WvtrAno . Vor irnnartial vOnsiaera- tion. Cphclhgthat 'itnee3 amendm M,XTanfaiiHMiiAm. is- such conces- fitrtn more than aeotawv applicabld td all out ooiistltfatlrtis, -Stater and ederai, WJndeed-to every: pohUcat coptaitution that has existed in any age or country. n i iWnrA t&kine the very .cursory. ; view of tmSJtdSSS'wliicli is all (hat the Umits of anIOr permit,' allow us. to;r- jv, reaultett in casting lioitn wiroiina t ,ieiviaftDrI18a5. ubon n itwotrn shore. d . in . nti-n.ii?rt. Tho social lxiacuhiery Af our old forma of life does nq Wrirtttoocfs is not so ArrC. . Perhaps WUi'the 'wise 'men of 'that" wildition ofj thirtgWare' not the wise hlOTB? Of ' ourtpresept, and mill rut be so in, onr immediate future. If thphrater for..HidomJn question vas fam i l i jrit v with the relations mul' liTonortioris. of the ktruct'ure 'that has PKchI Way.'-thcnVU'.'his pferlsiea:aiopgJ With fm. and1 to1 "call1 the possessors4 fl mwO u nnalitv 'to-' the ''conduct of that coni- T!ifvafi mai -h i ii erv which (trow .bearslbml tiirtubesv were aprudenf,i a4j under other! ..mMimotiincM it rniorht be. to call uDon one heretofore knpwn-aa a trusty wag6n driver, to become at phco ngieer , for a lightning iKiMKi iMciimim train.' There Is: however. a naalltvmoro wortriy-bf the sacred, hahte df wiadom,raibh;wduld. 6ii such occasiotli, prove to be most .valuable; If a citiaetf bad uliAd and boen inspired :by.4thei &rmt tbeme of human liberty, dveated of al sifqh 4 trnniKtAnferfas are merely . technical, ac cidental jind transitory, if, whilst 1eal6:fori hf own peace and freedom, ho prized aright the peace and freedom -Of all other utens nf whatfrrri color1 or lineacre. If ithe.beaiihffs of his heart had, been , Jtaughti to keep timo with thai ff mqus, ,saymg uttered : by a darjc skinned viwm - in , Athens ., two thousand veara aicrd. StOiich.Cndued Avith greater yi- fls,trinffW Trr a loftier doauettce than ariyTother baylpg that had PffeJH upon thati renown ou frpox naa-' cimeu. ith ahd vhdted- bdtbi poles; gathering new .strengluwitht pie 4sp j ges andi bearing n.wnlTiaUtrlAiniukBnA WiUllI) this lttmi- Hc,oh which the curtain -rises higher frrtiiil Aiay to dyr bwing ,m-W heKrt all Iartajol t h asRmKfaore. and trilled with an eveurnt 5io,pnrgea,ana u wfththebHlliiri wihy ! be' feaW thai Xliere as' not so innch root as tiAaJii:i3'n:i!i ti - . ill " . WasUvere in aUrouxIbbrdfirs such a man? If not, then, without disparaging the just claims of ourmore distinguished feJTow-t-itlrens. It'was riofDTlHeTr assTstarice that our society had most need. : Thls newlrWie was not for thfiir nM KnftlAa. L' l ..mrfvndamentUinstituUons required j fQr sure laying workmen ,who were ,not: rrammelied by Ideas jecilliar to the fornier ; 4Mr of things in North ! Carolina How-erer-cuoli men might fail upon certain do- j tails, their jwork; would, not ,be affected, fcy , the deadly sin)f a failure to correspond with the sif uatibrt T 1 whilst ' tipon ' thd other j lumdrt however (skillful tnlghV havebeen; the detaSU ofifthe- work I by onrowll dood men, itiwpuld.liave been utterly cursed by I' beug nnconormable to, ami jinsuscepiiDie ff union with, our - new society. The chances therefore arp fhaf tho parties tyaj iudied.as prpet:poers and negi-oesnvyi S01116 n unities Tof framing a now consiitn iion for NoTtli t?ArollpKthat werd lri advftrtce f thosb libsseased bV rriah V of the best ed ucated "and most' distinguished of our own .citizensr1 Tt'rs'nrobablo that' our ' Dosterity , and history vilf pronounce that the whtf-j many, .ferwucaves ana i a glaring. WW V HurgUl inatirunientn-thej upabfof which is fnaVNorth YCarblTriVis, oncernWe to Tb54 - l : . . t r ' 1 1 ! I . State conventions should bejcauea.oncft.in every,, twenty year rferft , Jeyer.i in about Wnaff1ftht;b ( mclridrritf thAt;ri6f pen4irig) W less than ioT'iconven- ,tatdns eifiri; tlno,1 hWlessonfe ; had MMo4itrrtfm tnT&xo with" Unabated delight nseaiett ,14 . ce;W YthbiIthey;tlian 'tfrWVfe-'thflrrbf sut?fa a one it ' m in. ',.- .-,-i : r ' l' r'V.l 'if I. 'Mil i! w .! -,f r . .' I 'i .. .-. tutipn of 18oS had less Unsuitableness to the" irue1 condition iof the people lof Ndrth Caro- una uiatf anyapcr tuaf..wouiu, propaDiy, have been, drafted by the best of our native citima: 1 It will be said thatit rmrathiteed with it ha new aocl JUfe-that had, sprung up anjl was to contiuue whereas that&ympat hy teas the 'very point of disgust tikd 'tiversioii with those, whowe theories had, ; taken; colo olina. - - -A consideration akid digestlqii - of suuH (lueationsin, the,9nly Wise tempiar that of travelers will, we are persuaded, 'entitle tne constitutkm t& a' favoraWei judgment nd and render, a consideration; of its .tftostr im!-. portant details light worK. towssuips. : ... !t : ! !- tri( ! . 1 Take, , for instance, the new system 01 county government, including1 toumshipsi It is 'generally supposed that townships aJ a (Yankee invention, imported into. North darblina as a badge of stibjugatfon and ma chlrllry'tor oppression. The truth is-that $hey;rea feature which. for more. twelve centuries, as all'sstudents of English' law know,': have marked that free society from which ; we have borrowed rthe substantial parts of our Own. The most philosophic foreigner who1 has discussed American' in stitutions, one whoso decision .upqn various portions of our system seem, at the end of the forty years which have passed since he wrote, possessed of; prophetic glance, (De Tocqueville,) regards the township as a very corner stone of social liberty inihii country, as well . as. in i that, from which it was in troduced. It is known that a like subdi vision of counties was , recommended by Mr. Jefferson ; and it is remarkable that in the early settlement of North Carolina the same ideas were carried-out, , , They, disapr Seared before the Revolution probably un er the growing. innuenee of 1 our slave inT terest. It dfiserveaCQUsideration whether that influence did not naturally substitute the slave plantation irt place of the township. The township, according to De Tocqueville, is the germ of, and supplies vital force to the only free societies that have endured for centuries. ' ... ; 1 1 ; ; 'Is not the plantation its correlative in slave societies T ' The. communion, free' speech arid local self-control of the one naturally grows, in the society at 'large, to a free Press, a Parliament, and the other noble in stitutions which mark the conscious pres ence and free movement of a self-governing People, The isolation, restraint and com bined independence and refinement of a few, with the lemorance- and constraint, 01 the many, mat uisuuguiaucu w,mwhv were, on the other: hand, no less seen .and ielt to the extremities of the other society. -Vhat was pequ:e n the one, in the other was mere oh'af. . V.. Merely suggesting then that .Me toivnship of 1871' was the proper substitute in North Carolina, for the plantation of 1B61; we Sub mit that its introduction here; which in'ear-pet-baggers was mere habit orlinstinct, in a North Carolinian would have been proof of profound rcrlootion and wisdom. For the rest, the Township is a small and natural republic made , up of neighbots'.--ot those hn have great similarity ; of interest, and who ougutTurue, aim'onerally arc, vionris, It controls matters:ini "which they only are interested; Incidentally, it promotes pub- Uc spirit, prevents consolidatiop of. county jnatters at the court house, develops talent an rural communities, onngs iorwaru gooa i material iot puuiiu servaiius iuai, wuuiu 0111- erwise remain ' unknowti, : and,' what " Ob servers of such thinea will not underrate; it -affords, in the organized circle of its neigh--borf , that puuhinery for forcing forrfard and j upward local merit, in the abaoepce qf jvhich j promonoii so iuucu ucjjua upou wits ru- luctant favor of court hoiise iclines. 1 Pressed1 by' such ' renecuons, which not dubt hate often occurred; tb 'them; our opponents,- i whilst specifying thia i township system as a main j objection! to .the present constitution, adxniti Jhap tx , workei weu m; other.pans 01 our. country, auuing uiaiuus because they dre.populousnteligent and tcealthj; -which.wB are hot! ' Hbw very poor "a shift this may be'for'an argument; tocduh tenance unfounded ireaj ttdices, 'appears by recalling the iact ;that! ; thetfawerei adopted-, where thevMO&AmiistK Vt times ,vhen those countries were thiny ,setUe(L grpssly.igno- rant, and very. PQOX' ,They. have grown to their present prpsperity jondme influence cenhiries ago, OI iniS lUiJlltUHUU. jviig au, . 'When thick fdarkriessi Covered all people, ! be- foreprrnung 'was inveiiu3tL,--wnen . peopie Who onnld. read wriro'tas rrare ju in'thia coun try nQWi arernien: whq qvn their million 4of, ir,iiaru tho Townshio took:fonri. What its' splendid story has smce-: beh history ,tells !, 5 Y natft the Dngnv wnsummaw iiu w r niai nOAV addrn- it in the spot whe're it sprung up, isseewand known by all men ! '' A Itiacnaturali that there should be -some -yearning after i the pantatio? , thronghout North Caroling Many virtuous people no iinnht BfriicirTft with the, forbidden aoDetite. 'One' step'towards its restoration ould pro-! TjeriV De ino auoiiuoii ui cc cunnnuiu., o pnt?r hur torbtest aeainst it t Under odr con stitution the township is very .much under hnnntrft of tho General rAasembly. Its Ipqwers,. until we become ; more, psed -to the; newebuntv. machinery, .may,. bes clipped; very close by the AkseniD v &na tnen PY degrees new iunctions may be added, nntil lat 'Tast all merely local -'alfairsbo entrusted to1 its contrbL'i SuchfVisv onr proposal, : in stead of its abolishment ; by a Convention, .r The Other county machinery is so obvious -.iy, an improvement ripon former, methods, Kat ib Mrideratioa need hot detain us. The difference between bing ' taxed by bur ; 'i fi- ' j . ' .VnaA nrllAm TUTU ITTkfvl Ovr ! land whb have to cottie before us again, and .render a accottwasis.the casewithcoun itv .TimiH&ioners is. beyond all measure, Ian improvement upon the frnner system of ...j r...i W-."-'1 .!. ti ..SJ',: iw, that; a number of avrde .skilful' in such experience; in thedefenceof -wdrthy otihelr putetwri in defencA ofthe old system ax Jjaw. iiui icmiu ; pabs. Case and.DedAueiaud other .tiuV-- as aeainai, tne svpiii -nwuij "r"."' Tt Vifl. remenibexed that the Code, is. no part of the constitution! ' That' may . be al tered as thoJaneral Apiynau W best. is only the bbUshnpenoftwoseofoourte Taw and Knuitv. and bflha hfferent forms of action,) that it haadoSKV.s a; mighty stride htcivlization fHa ftn.improvehient VwirwT In Vaoien of the, most in- Z'FSZuh? hd nontitorts1.1 States bf the utiik'b one thatrtriheaii .Chanceljof hs 'M(i f f lfmvefnnient. bills til tKi'iroverrimenW bills- to filler WH purpo&jand, Whaf-U' moje, yanvor pleadings df the N ev York Code ! ni i u.i ......r ima f .:tm At loration. rftui,fthaiire is a!. very, trreat i aiiiwwriu, yersaUy be so regarua. " no.mw. I1H uuuiuia.nwv 'theelb reiyfon? . V?f of tetlainte i ftftft in this one item, mieht well float ihstruriierit; evetlif lOaOed' wrtrA)bjecti6risi . -.-i a. i . .-vVtK Via m 2 !1 -3 " It may be' pronOtrnced; tnth great certain ty that this change in the law as well' as that of townships for plantations,, are in more dan ger or being annulled now,' than, if tney escape- this assault; they cab ever.be agaimi i If unchanged, .wijhjn. thenexJ;tep, years; they will remain permanent tributes, to the In-, stmctivevtedWh 6fthe feonvention' of 18681 Meanwhile, noope, wilJd wonder f all niid-.; die aged and, more advanced lawyers, much of 'whoafe capital' 'consisted 'of faiMliarity1 with the hooks and I crooks of. that .jtustr musty, dusty labyrinth,hooks and craoka that concern justice to otherwise that by of ten se.rWng to plague . and ; defeat rdt-ire keenly sensible of, tie mighty, rlpss iat has been sustained, 'or should indulge fn nA TiHiiierttations thereabbuts-.T -Jin-.m-i ml Mi; vMl oEijRAti'onjiieTio. 5 i J!i t I We greatly niarvel that the Coiiservatlva parrylshoulfl have urged; as a. general and most potent objection to tlie Constitution, that, with regard to many of ifovprovisions-t important ones at thatfr-nobody could teJLL what thev sijrnilied until they had received. judicial construction ; when 'the Very samC remark is no less true o .uio vuiuai.tLu.oM the United States, and4of every other Con stitution that has been formed ' upon the continent 'Have they not, each and .all, been a theme for, .debate ever since "tUey were made? ,1s not this notably, true ofthe Constitution of the United States ? Did not the.people get together by the ears; and.figh$ for four years, because one or other r side (perhaps both) did hot understand ' provi sions in that constitution? JY'ere not there passages in . it Jhat seemed cpntadiQtory and required Judicial' construction,' before any man could saywhat was inBanti upon the whole I . Is it not , true, that the QYf tion which formed" it .'did not understand how'it -was to wof k in biany important pttr ticulars, and indeed did not. realize what, part of it would-be most prominent in tho new society which it was to create ! M ' : No convention; can remedy! sujch defect; A new constitution may abolish errors in the one now existing, but 'it1 will be at the- expense of creating new ones. It may sater. 1va foretold that a .irreat harvest for the legal profession will follow the . work 'Of another convention. ' Nobody "Will know where he stands. , All, the questions now at rest will be renewed. Other fees will oe to pay. An unbloody revolution (such as we hope the approaching one will be) is nec, cssarily a great feast for lawyers. All of, them ought tb be in favor of such. 'Whether the interests of the people in general ate the same, is not so clear! , . . Upon this topic it riiay bo addend, that whilst the conservative party re fluent up on the matter of the want of perspcuty, simplicity and logic in the present constitu tion ana upon the doubt and confusion necessarily resulting therefrom, they have not enlarged upon the measure of the doubt and confusion to arise from a constitution however worded, which is the offspring of an irregular assembly, called in a revolu tionary manner. In connexion with the manner in which the next convention is to he caned, the people ! have some interest in this view. That a vendor of land has not expressed his ideas in elegant language is certainly a defect in a deed, but," after all, is riot one to be compared with the trouble which , arises from his .having no ( title to convey the land !. . taxation. , ... ' One other topic urged for a call bf a con vention demands particular consideration: It is that which is most strenuously ;urged in this connexion; The matter of high and ruinous taxation, which, it is,; urgedcan onlyi be; urged, can bei avoided . only a ;on- yentipn tht shall strike out r the .obnoxious The present constitution requires (Art. 5,' Sec, 4,) that the Oeneral t .Assembly shaf provide for the prompt payment oi tne in terest on the "public 'debt " by -appropriate legislation and adequate taxation." ' It is ad mitted. thataio one , can cqmpel the. General Assembly to impose such' taxation, but the point is made that, -as Itha constilutioivirer quires that members, of the Assembly(shal swear to support it, they are bound tri' con science to do so. ' ; 1 "tJ -mi.i m i f It seems tha,t this prov.isiqndappeSjObj to the old State debt, i. p., to that which was iniexis'tence -when the" con6titutfoiliwas adopted; -The debt.to arise afteR.theifeib,opr iion of the constitution was provided, for ui the nefxt section The method 'of prbVidirig for its interest i marked out there.ii jdi This rids us ofthe great bugbear, connect ed with the nianv millions -of "the new), 'ex travagant and fraudulenti debt; 'The- obli gation of. conscience j in question doestiot extend to that. That there shouldappejir, as urion? the' face of both the ' addresses of tlie conservative.prty to the people jthisear, there does, a Suggestion that the . conscien tious obligation1 extends to both', shows hbw uncertain a thing . the conscience of a pol itician may be. Probably some, brass might b dierered 'out f an address which insin uates a threat that if. the people do not call a convention, the signers of the address, vho j are also members fof the Legislature, will j ever under the circumstances his,;,inay mean to levy a ta ,to pay the interest up on the whole debt-whethor" Swepsoh's o!r Littlefield' or whosoever. - .',!. . , ; i But then, as to the old, debt. How does that stand ? Is'there an obligation in corf seience, tinder the oath , in -question; to ?Iay adociuate.taxestomeet its interest prompy? The answer' is this: The. provision in ritiftibTT is of hO force for any Purpoae ! If we were not. under the constitution f the ? United States it might nave eneci. jmii aA h fmA tn thfi oblierationalreWrvi posed byj ?the i constitution oiu pd Unjtetl) States, Memhers are swprn to, support the vHkitutibn bf ' the United States' jais"vell as that of the State The constituiori of the United r States recognizes he existence, of tlie obligation of a contract, ;not only by forbidding- th&States to ?iriipuir it, but dlsb by enforcing it ifeelfi , ;It enforces it.in yariqup ways, accoramgio uie uxiaiuj. ui juupcir son it deals w forces': this r bbhgation Villi. . 1.. Lvy uavov rw.iy through its courts .; sometimes by ordinary execution against go6d3 and chattels, arid sometimes by mail damus against officers who are charged with official duties in leyying taxassay.m coun ties and toTis) for such purpose. There are other oiassea of officers whom it reaches only, tinxnigl their 094 4ttlR Pr erates only npon their consqi9nces. Such areniembers 6f the legislature. 'All f such 3rd , sworn u to support - that constiitidri. That constitution applies itself tto the ;detaUs of allNeorifracts; and' imposes ah 'doligatibn of like qualityj manner, form and eonditibnu ,Whatis;rthq character, of its obligation, lcoiCscietice In regard tb" officers who cannot 6o suod.t evidenced by operatibn.'dn those, whp tc abe. j If. tcou,uty, coupons, payame senii-aimuaiijf, jmiutiw Wiisrt for the identical patmentcontractod for. i umata' ligation hi case of the members of the-. General Assem bly, bo Some play of discretion allowed by to iivt-fni'Miilin ji,uj i"ni" rjtiiUi it m !theUnied States hstipitionl if Snch')pei4 ; sons , may jcJbaimrithat ,in nererence .ra mefr, 1 rVknri lt.lrtn aa over Lilt! iXLiixxi ui a iuuot I w T V.u. V. . . - w 7 . stance, in times of jgreat pubhewant, -&c., they'atb W ltkidkrKe' hpr6pWdteHtss Jdf thei proposed gislaUon, Aappropriateneasj all around, so to say.Le,to the. wants of thWreditoV ail thte exifeteiicies bf the'Statei1 I ;rtv"e do not know owi thi&i mayibe .to We: deceptive. It may be presumed, hdveVe4v jtiiattlifi.conscienqe Af.a unan, lOfliTnm I fear of his constituents,, would; 'be apt to ' ak6l s'brAe Wch rturrtfiltover Hhls ttixV bft deqided irgardtq th?pnstttutiohPv !l the United States, 4 it Is .very, plain that thek li Stkte constittrficii binas HoVjoay's'cohscience' whoi believes! that a. tax bill fon$ayrnent ofi UiotiiHerest on tJia'public debt is, under tha t rrpnTndkrw rff tcoMmtinitV VMrfibfb- lpr$ate legislation. Jl He? is required trdof if gentleman who threatens the people With' Nsuch a law ber asked Whether he regards . . such legislat jqn as. pppprfa to. the pres ent circumstances of. thq times, If he says yes,1 then" h'e inbound1, Mxen in the" aTOehce2 : of such a, provisioja as thisy td levy the - taxi 1 vTwov oaths to- thOisameiiiutyribihUs inn; i mqro than - one; path, nThet ettioiv mrbv State con'stitutipn is .a mere nullity, lor it. i rrmi m nrnTa U Sdntv alTeadv ! eommanded by E te) cpnstitutioni qttiie. .ynitediStateSK .and; pmiifcjusfcdideusseui bythe supporters of tie upnvenuon,i Driqg lotciu w Jfm celebrated hnStirig expeditlbu? 4 olf the lidh and the iackass. in whichi these IncticBiorlg-y ijjatecL , ,T;lie jaca was se$-up an . awful 'braying. and tberenpqn the affrighted game would escape frbni suchjaws as he nM,Urid ! fall . into. .thDRA. of thft lion lvinfiT mambUSh. ; Here, this section aboui taxation is to play. I the part bf the4 'ass.,'i wnilst 1 the affrighted i people runoff andi fall; into .the i trap ,upon ! the subject of Hoinestedd, , ,which has .been ! prettily set fbr that purpose. This trap ' Coming io do very i wtiu ; uuuwowuu, ojma, requires ,qo elaboration c The, delegates are to' be sworn not Ho touch the 'Homestead j provision .and all the while, vows havebeeri I registered clean ywt, the, Supreme Qomt ! This will answer quite as well! The' neat result will be that at the next Christmas many a present of homesteads Yii) be ma4e. to honest creditors who now sit behind,longT suffering judgments waiting' "to be 'let'slipi The exceeding! tenderness of Conservative: consciences in regard to the oath upon "ad equate 4 taxatibn" &c.', required' thev borrr pensation of some : indulgence; : i This) has1 probably been allowed ppon the Homestead question, where a certain anticipation of sales of that sortbf property, tbexist with solemn vows not.to fouch Jfe words in, th$ Constitution which guarantee them ! ' If you take tne conscience irt "Coo tightly1 iri ' some quarters, you necessarily, let it out i top - far, m others! , 4 . . r . . , : ' ".' -.'!( h"ii' !.ll . 4f We have not ' said ; anything; iii fogarol U the method in whlchf it is proposedi.fvftn this Convention. (JThe point asrbeep thprr, oughly discussed . recently, as well as for merly, about 1834. ; We" shall not elaborate' it here. It is enough to 4 repeat, , , that the method i. e., a call under a vote of a ma ioritv 6f the Assembry has been bndenitt ed by the General Assembly iri t times past as being revolutionary; that this. 4do?trine was affirmed by resolutions of State Con ventions of.. the. Democratic party in4this State before the late.'war ; that it was acted uboh'nr'l&l ti referfettce'to th6 call 5f thb Convention. of-Februaryy whiQh'didlnot.git ; that language so extensively and.potoriQusly diciissed arid construed, was" adopted 'with out tehangb into the present Constitutpn; an4 Jhat recently the lg,9XM?r 'life FJ preme Court 'of the1 StatehaVe proriohnded sneha call tobb,uhcinstitutionaliarid;revot bttipnary, , Tliosf MwhQ,pfrjpi;nj thorify upon this question than can be had VU i4oria MhoWold: 6r ftGtA' otaern'who seeli ounces thit aroat take iu the Jall pf5 a Convention, wTe relervto the, iate oHiEr,Jur tice RuFFiN.thergt-eatestlawyef weiiave at unen.a memorable. cK?cftskn,xtofcpme.put!9f retirement, .and, m.an . elaborate paper, so k'dvise hislfenbw-citiLris.ir ?Fmu a We quote his'Ianguagei; h i I , t-i V Two modes of. amending .he Constitu tioAraie p'rovidedrtiiie through the Agency bf i ? the Generalb Assehlbly.' propqsifagf c an amendment for ratfficatiori by ta vote ofihe People, 'which need not be cbUsiderednere; the other, sby a CoriyentibhV called in a man ner; proscribed In , the ,ConstUutiom , Itt is obvious that in prescribing these two, all other modes are excluded " by irresistible inference. In respect -to a Convention, the wor,ds are-. "No Obnyention pf the people shall bo canedrby ther Gerieral Assembly unless! by the' fconcurrence of tw thiTdapf all the.Mern.oe.rs eral Assem - 1A ! f1reinlfVnjA. . Upon all pqintsof law i$ may, well besaid At rVof .TnsHrfl "ftiiffin. that to coristtlt him. was; M as if one had ihqhiredatthe 6racle;v jThosei.wiiO; diaregarcL Huvu,i,jtrrt w warning vbjees, appear to.be regardless pi .iArial rintv'arid fatally bent upon mischfef. ! iWe ; trust that..tiip iWisdpnA df, .thq pebphv at J tho election now.athanxuaissipaiq ine lbud'' of dppreherirbnnich naturally f arises in:aew:ofwha1? seemso bev atf any rate such recklessness, j .-,,.. . i v ( i " If otherwistls'wenor'' sober nien'-tof consider what may be) tU&ti resnltu llf i any j .eipresent pfficsfeSr ! upon Chief jfustop Kuflitf s opunpu, be-: fvirtufeoXithe pro; rovnlntinnarv aru themselvek bourtdbr to resist the sameLn tin suh event tfced?res idfint of the United States, is bound by. his. bath bf bffit'suppmhTrn tb b'eqtialiy Referential . to h that' fafi .well! j as I thej ; other opinions; quoted,aboe,1to1 interfere withf a stronc hand and supresfi-all JWtS conse- quehees 6 tho ! ontemplatea v movement dt.vas .doneiln ,tiie case qrtharn, State (Rhode Island!. by a Southern President. MrrryieiH ' itiliay l'abne agttlrl'ifl he-case of a Southed State, :by.aNortherH Pesir shock, hutsbMv0 down ptibliceorifidence in the statidity oi everytumg tt pjomop nrosoentv in. or that attiacts' capi North CarolinZTT The veryaniUiest few rwhih the ques tion can be put, is, an North Carolina jus tify herself in resorting to doubtful expedi enVuridet itich cirtstaniTwilPlhG iiaed hen path r pxnf.UiaFcryje4ge hf.ilan. ger. -when, all know tnatanouier lnanirura- fabri'bf tiecessarlli irjsTiit nu si?imncii'Tttir purppsesj)ropqsea . 'nun i '. uw i t-t it'tliarV ow tliey seem to be..! liut.wliert RisiaddCsd.thaUhere.iA at most, ho need for the .const itutiqnal rerf any time had, iinort .lift; ad so convinced that such methods as the pres t&' orA4lHfibnar.'ithkti 'hve volunteered, uAA W UA w v - .- OIieacnCl.Otuo oi uw,ueu; bly. r Lietter Of Jiay za,-iooo, ro 'rlrtiVf It;:-. Il l li ,iwt;tl posep;)Cpnveptn,r;tq j be L lllecral. thev .may, resrard 'their ''batlis oftfflcb ! Mitt yii- tlil iu oui noilti Nasi 41i lo th-i'rU ifrmuomb vLi1. .noil srfd.-rthastandinga of these, suggestions deserve .condernnation ramfet'UbendotrsfenlrtOiaw thing to iUf jsuch, t fyem)feJyJmp'pn enus vy violent uit;aiis is hiluuij OUs!H )-Ttt liJ fli iIUmrl!Xl OltT have the sanie Interest Jrr tire generar peace -and pfbperityl; that tiieiroppxmfcnw reyiveu.: inev wisn.io am in raisiiu hiiu recovering' the'JexaUsideTgiel Wtifc StateiXheyvPfJB5itildldJr .Ulthfl stanchi inasmuch as an oiiocn n! pct vtiitixhT measurjeiit lwJ--fJi 9in itmlt id vncK. ofthe Republican party froril e-pry section i Wb43xnanmipuslyu,adptef hfl jrplVpMiU ;ing .resolution: i; ,r , . t-. nc ' Mesotved. That ,the Republican party of North Carolmft, hereby prbtetlifg, that tliel penrling,cali(fr. a Qupentwn yt uanaMUi tional, recogriize that n will be most for the. or the State that' thel'people shali'sxj decide at theiballot-bQiland) therefore, -reri commend that,, an appeal ,be made,.tem fbr'thlitpflose; 'and 'that sdcli - appeal beprosecuthd ihithe usuaL vay4by?;ii)Uahiy Jt.vs in this, interest that we tiave been eftied tb'aadress them. ',mn'tiiusfcrthat ' oun designs herein may! prove ) i 1 beflbcri 'tuak eveVai' .A.. A J.tl.. v t " r i ni r tWCon'i stitution i f a igreat i gain' Upon ramj hat have preeit,t!In,.e)iwgepnajo its provisions it is a gbod Constitution, in all; ltjs,tolerable.a.ii 'ni;vmtcl 'nil easy to say vrhat constitutional f pro vltioliil mlrects may bet best Aji , exper nient has been set onJfoot at great expense. Let US it at fair and fuU trlaltheiTatlH) ux a constitution, no cuusiuerauo juiui conldT!b6 sahguine1 that5 such 'as wlfshbrild' adopt would answer eyen jthp purposs.thi we have in view Let us walk . careful forward to our place in the f utrirevaVoidihs so xaras we, can alii risks ot tauing to secure for our: posterity lir, chance , in. the aca ribw bein niade Up for the fbrtuilate men who are tocemeafteTUshAbove all things, let us tread.no step bacardy, uppp.paiiv receiving the maledictions.of future genera tions, as those whbC with "great bpportnni'C ties t?or esjcapft. ifeHv.unduCondemnatJon meet for such as are, not discerners of the . i With hearty goodfwishes fdc this estate oTj ours.,weM Worth,, CQ,rolina and for. all our fellbw citizens, 6t feverirrace-iri' Kbu? of danger to all , wo earnestly ask thatieerv man who wishes to avpi4 civil, confusjpfl and every man who has ' riot buried his en ergies arid 'affectiori-who haSftotityowied to gq , mourning allt his '4aya; over a,, .dead, past, will lend his aid to defeat this threap-' ehea 1 tOoriv&niton, ' and Hetrogradationl 'and Bevolution.n' ui uo Sm; .-iir;H,l ui'y S.JF,JHILLIPS, Chairman, dtc. Ji U. L J H arris, Secretary Ss v. .-mT n LANTIfl R, R. C9J1P;AN iriii" 'Sumtoet Arrangement ;fbr'x87X.'ri'Jfix j Fr,dm ftnd , after ,Jppe 15th, 1871. untili the first Monday in October, 1871, TICKETS may be obtained1 'frdm ' any Ticket Ag6mV on the Atlantic & North Carolina Rajty-oad from any Station, to Morehead City arid re turn 5 for "tme first' 'class far&ir',fae'ibhd ctaskfftre'Jtes follows; V l'"i J M-om GblaborbtbMdeHeaity1 return urat civs, u.w, .bcwum, via. retrirn. first class 84.25. secon Frdm itiriston to' Mbrehead1 CitV turn ftrst.flftss; 76econa class From New-Berne tdfj Mqrehead City and return; tfrst fclass- $2.00, seoondr class $60., 1 t I?rom Newport to? iMorenead- City hdire Children over five and under twelve years ofage; 'half the ' dbove rates." ' Persons' wKb fail J to obtain such tickbtSf-will. ibe chargqd elvu&km heStchSS&&Se ribld,r wiil:b chargedloxSaljfereati thelnrmt statipn, an4.then.,belallowed lo purchase a return 'ii-cet; but 'if 'they failf urchase a ticket, will' chai-ged fuD farb both' ways New-Berne, June 8. 181. , 4 tf... hni rvthtM , I til to . jt . ,.r;. f ul ' TLANTIC . HDTEI4 ' BEAUFORT ft Nj GEO. W. TAYLOR,, Proprietor. ' febard permbritnr1" W 1 l,,V bit ft .week, l, h hi U Vn V.lO.yf) " " dayl , 1100 With a desire to accojuniodate those who wish iwerijoy the ebbl'anrT healthful broofces Xirom,the.Oceantcbmparatively?ifUcpa I viil,rent rooms, in the .Hotel, for the ?ea sbriVto parties whb wish to1 burnish 1 thernJ selvesi or-dwill bbard;nt i reduced i rates where parses .furjus.therwnxponis and servants. ' , , 3 ! The1 Prbprie toV wishes tb' rii eet the Nvaiite otalls ll&ihas had i long experienoedn the Hotel business, and he promises the public that no effort shall be' spared bri his part, to give entire satisfaction." iThe AtMhtic'Hotel is sltuateitdli fall Viw of old Qcean-rM; npturreupdedby any other buildings, and let the breeSie come from what quarter it mav, the guests of this House nrUlefcthe full benefit Af.it: 1 . . W A A t A 1 - nt anu lujiiisiixvffn1? with: nc ' W A 1371 Ttr.ii -a ' it ti 'E;1 WiralgM', Street,' Uleigh'?'XJ,:tV, Wamut, Poplar and PiueiJiufial tasemfinrf nished at short notice. Orders, for under akih'bromtlyttended t&. U f I. 4 ' . I ' " t J I I 'J. tit til - rtVuBSCRfB R-tHEJ ddtlrfiN' Ak, U4TtohuFations of tn oav a nother thoy fjetWTiltohi fbrsoVerrfyrs Rdfctoftr Rev. wuilam l. CtarKe, laurxiuor. oi -xiie If: "M-.W. If.MAAl". h4 JKni;-il iers. li Ml 'June 8, 1871 4 1 ITY.'Tll T . , Parties desmnc: tor rc wili,Jnlease cbrrespbhbr :BeaulbrV NrCy tlrie; d independent s awt ithorattghiyt ifiw- 4ntribntf9l6pnwior mqvery,ueijyfrWff feiriiT4 nUialfidVVrjRbbJe proporuonaieiy low rales. Prof&sfoiikl ear,6Vemgl?!arcf will be published one year for $12. !!! ft 'I TIT l iT'f i"t. If V. I1T'I IV'lil'J. 1 YAflKJI-IIlT OST OFFICE DIRECTORY. ,f ! l . iVKo'TTTTC ti07 oi Jiu 'ill cMc nours irpm y a. al. u , i ii during kefoptHHiifte,nYMkrbIrtJft1 tributcd) and" frtiH'Af.nrAjM. 'ir Jiundays HnoH iHdt th.MLK i laa ,ii wi3TR-ewOrleaTi4;'lAil AugitUtn; Georgia, Columbia, S. C.,..tflM-lQttr.gU- bury. Greensboro, Salem, C'hapel Hill, IIillsl)orb,, Ac.jilue at i:2 JVl" M. .-Closp, it QWfcK v"11' tturjilduQl 'Mir Baltimore, Philailelphial.WafthlfArt2Ai(iUM mond, Petersburg, NnrfnlV, Wcldon, tVc, due at 4:30 PiM-A-flpse. 8 AM. Northern via GrecnsDroahVjMarin cSe 1. M. MiscKLLANfcousEagle Rok, MoikIhv anVLtrhurfthivjUiillV-AiirknM.l close LP. M.i Leach burg,, ccrv nVibiPs day, troe'lli Ai'L?tltfs,e'l'fVSIifl'" 'Tdmi VOflke lkurforRegiatX)Hdf Hutiyhxtu Postal Utiles. sons not obsei v lug Cms : fbllu w i ng rigtdu tions in dgopfkiiur ieHorHperft,Yr mis cellaneous publications in the ollice for mailing: . . - loneyObhbulJ hei er btolMoWa l)ih 6r- Order ehould e obtained oIffrahi. points where there is.no Money Order Oflioe, then the letter should bo restere4lrccriel ter9 plainlyto.lho,atxeet! au&ttcrnbr,ax ; which the office is located, many erroriiW superscription might ba detested, and mis takes in in ailing avoided. Head letters with tbenamebf tHCtite ptonlco'rfiul Stata, ,streeand..mfnbrtrio thtjn; litli full name and reaiiest that answers be di rcctM,a6brrliliglyT,lT)', '"lfhi V v.w )AAi drop inttara pi: leara lot bttt deuteqti ounce 1 on unaer; " jruir prepayment h y stampsrreouir , on . ai , .transient . prmtei maixer, loreitm and domestic, Al ettei I Al l t. . cjeivedjin tbbj oftidoi with sUnrpcUW frnm revenue stamps it)nlthemhro treated as olWdxplosl themiWlW1 liquids; Oidaxry aBges t.tue received. eBeiret;i istered; and-when money- is designed to be transmitted, postal money orders, to secure safety, ih transmissionrshbtird; ticabl6 bb 'obtmed.1 imct1 be'ctargetf Ob aUr hariai'bins WW additional postage. All letters or' circulars eppcerningdorj f$T$rUi, or other, similar enterprises .ottering, prize cknykirid1 W$ieml WliAteyer,rdbA posltjeddn vtaisr ofrjojeito jbe tseht hyiaiJ, niontirinaWsnarjers i mAsriUidcsyfcni d4 A VVA IVi VitllV PkV AVI, ITUt UVUL. stai Bb'MSSoaTl1 rate prfcsefitxM I for transienBfipteInatrjj jj ft) ted BtateS, fbr-i bhrAior TrtiOariUtAn nddi- Uonal rate pf. h.repcpnte reuiretUoj: each additional i dunce, or fraction thereof, liio following are tho quarterly rates orpbstage when paid quarterly-or-yearly. in advance, on newspapers and periodicals, issued once quarter W'WrXre freriehfTyV and kohl to actual, BUbscriber.froin4.y'. ki9JT I cait i' coonthly 0 cfcravs i seini-mtjfi th ly f K veek OcehUVdallViJconU: Ahaddttlnii)- alrtejorgachi ftUtipnal, PHWJwUon tit newspapers al?d inlticel 'tnatMiT td ' W pnr4-paldJby thereof. Transient lk'fto&ris rmflahlel CfcaKfi, except, ;iopKST.nii circulars, to one address, 2 rnt per 4 oz. brfractibirherto'iBks adIfe4, three and-not Cvxcbedixlg bixllomno 3d,rCK4 tmlars lralJecttrar3lUgoW letteioltagri enart- ImnfedlAte posiiiriniiril AttcmptltoirHolaui tfbmH nilcH on any uuvuauu wiu uvij iuo ... uu.u.uiiLi'it.a 1 i l i lit ii n 1 1 f writintr, or in. pprwony w m rwmmjuni c. r, t?op.i RflGFRS, Postmaster. OF WATE COTJ NTT. A HEW uhdln?r MlipbthJaAJbuiirji Isliotr jprsal liadpf yoW h.Nb nii laCe ijiUpctedliduikiilthr tnVattoJa'taMeJsnowUfe thrilihiJ- female, white and colored, witii th nuinbcr afHi-eiHrt&'ttia iaMnieV'frVrAJ'Iff ntipiA 4iiarenuleiunil)cr(JP'lM fudj MHUlftr -aniilitv-iirtdcUtedlie Bi'J t fblv lU;i-n ll) iU ifrifn.1 ' i,f Ulu lialltt 14 uU) L. 1W nad .Company, .J to Una M; vt(hri-)7Mvi7lil:4iurii4ul71i.a' to inilriilu' M.itrnidi InUrf v'Jrli o-r NOTICE. The interest due on - thft flrwt day of July. 1871. on tholtanded debt of the Atlantic and NortJiKbirAllnil-i llaihrCofLitKVrttVi' ill tie 1 61 VI w m-n m v r . President Atlantic and N. C. It. lVrt ' J"JlheBIS7r.Tl -muui-nuuo.! 1ft f "Tfaljl eiXXui diWy4ittettY Y4tuAuleslattihontdl carried to the Post Office and registered, 1 f money-isd bb Yelttrid apSlatIdriW otracb or under.. tarcnayment fcvtfajtmria saiety of the mails, will not jjo' Valuable letterWshbrild rjiiVaU wlicn trrac 'postage IT.'W rrclrtulaHf'r Pi .shall cbirinM .zThe Jrulesrvf the om,,maaejn vm of instructions from the I'ost Ulhce V rflenVWr bid persons' MhVM 14 tanploy,! DA ptejnvifqjonnxte4j Kitll Hn tp e,at tmielearm n onioep can. ajm lf FendoL Ti k vknsTio., Cbifnly Sd; y oi Voi loiuhb T KivKif i 'iyI tfeaske4of nlirtybrfilfe plaXA mdC b qaJlitjr erf; tltafoil -aim tlLrpToiini9uf ft ui i; lam an 00 i'uitoii .auoiuu i, i'Clty.Wtohnuirton AMU rMns v . . . . . . . k m .... . . . m
Tri-Weekly Era (Raleigh, N.C.)
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