Grant's Fourth Term.
WEEKLY ERA. lXt reft"
a n a tv. Thov rflmf hprft with
THURSDAY, JAX. 10, 1873.1 ' , ftrintv.fmir of
both Houses of the General Assem
bly, and they said they should
The Democratic. Conservative Vance to the United States
and Liberal organs, on the re-elec- senate, or any other caucus nomi-
tion of President Grant, immedi- nce The election of Senator Mer-
ately Invested him with a third rimon by the Republicans of the
term of office, and went on to pic- Legislature over the caucus nomi-
ttire the evils to the country result- neef Vance, 13 the refutation of lie
Ing therefrom. number eight.
'' j Discussion on the third term hav- Thus it is seen that the Demo-
Ijig exhausted Itself, It is about cratic party is the' father 'of lies,
time to open on President Grant's that it is of liars, from one end of
fourth term. The Era here proposes its ranks to the other ; and it stands
to open it before the country a confessed mur-
;When the Saviour of mankind tlcrer, in that its adherents and
was on this Earth ho addressed a supporters acknowledge themselves
. certain class of people In thiswise: to have been ku klux murderers
i " v pr nf ! r-Athor the de.ML and of the lusts of outrage, false-
f and the lusts of your father ye
f will do : he was a murderer from
the beginning, and abode not in
the truth; because there Is no
"trutn in mm. wnen nespeaKctn
hood and murder.
The people of North Carolina
will never again hearken to the
leaders of a party of such untruth
and outrage: nor ever again sup-
Appointinc a ; Superintendent
of Public flnstruction.
The vacancy lh the office of Su
perintendent of public Intruction,
caused, by the.dea(h of Rev. James
Reid, has to be filled by appoint
ment of the Governor, and that
duty devolving ipon the Executive,
andthependlngperformancethereof,
fias provoked some premature, ill
natured, and untjecessaiy criticism
and speculation-! r ' . .
It is understood the Governor
feels that the suJuiess of his admin
istration depend very tnuch upon
his ability to establish a perfect,
practicable and gu -cessful system of
public educationj.ior the unlettered
mas.-es of Nor tlv! Carolina. If he
succeeds in doing this if Governor
Caldwell can accomplish the great
work of openingfa publid school in
every township I of the Stale, and
thereby educate jail the children,
white and black, of the State,, he
will have done more than any man
before him ; and such success will
alie.hespeakethof his own; for Port an organization whose ensign redound to the everlasting pride
is the bfack flag, and whose
countersign is Death! Death!!
DEATH!!!
7 he is a liar, and the father of it."
j This language is applicable in
this day and generation to the
Democratic-Conservative party and
all who are of that political faith
and parentage.
i It is not necessary to go behind
Reconstruction in this article, but
taking up the Convention campaign
pflS67 the reader will see how
thoroughly and completely this set
s the samedescribed and addressed Ul incident to our revolution and
The Patronage of the Govern
ment in Conflict with the
Freedom of Elections.
' Whatever evils the people may
have imagined, or the country ac
tually experienced under the gen
and glory of the Republicans of
North Carolina. (
It then becomes the Governor to
place in the office' of Superintendent
of Public Instruction the best man
for the position the State, of North
Carolina affords! He should be,
first, a native of the. State; second,
a graduate of thej State University ;
third, a thoroughly educated, practi-
eral disorder, confusion and uphcav- cal business man.nnda good lawyer;
in the quotation above.
, First. They told us in 1867, that,
if a Convention was called under
the Reconstruction acts of the March
previous, that Convention would
confiscate the lands of the people of established and completely viudi
North Carolina, either diroctlv or I cated.
new creation, so to speak, it is per
fectly evident that the government
of the United States is coming out
of the terrible conflict with colors
flvinsr. and our free institutions ro
ily taxation no people in the world
could bear; and that every white
man of the State who had borne
arms In the war, or sympathized
therewith to the extent that he
could not take the " iron clad oath "
ouId be disfranchised, forever de
mod the rizht to vote, and excluded
ffom all State or county offices and
the Jury box ; thus effectually, they
said, giving the State, her offices,
elections and dispensation of public
Justice Into the hands of beastly,
high-smelling, ignorant negroes.
; The Convention met, equalized
tie tax between land and the poll,
lmitcd the tax on real estateby a
Constitutional restriction, 'invested
everybody with the ballot, made
it the duty of all to sit on the jury,
and declared for universal amnesty
by enfranchising every man in the
State, and making, as far as a State
Constitution could, every citizen of
the State eligible to any office in the
State. -srRefutation of lie num
ber one. e
fin the campaign to ratify that
Constitution we were told, that, if
tjiat Instrument became the organic
law of the State, our sons would
have to muster side by side with
negroes, and our sons and daughters
sit on the same lienches, read out of
the same books. and recite in the
same classes at school with negro
children. That this has occurred
i i no instance anywhere in North
Carolina is the refutation of lie
number two.
Notwithstanding the Democrats
and Conservatives declared to the
people In 'G8, that, if they ratified
that Constitution, with some ob
:iectionabIe features, to all, they
never could alter or amend it by a
fourth, a gentleman of such respect
ability, character and position as to
command t!.e support and co-opera
tion of all the people of North Car
olina of every religious sect, politi
cal party or circle of society ; and
fifth, the appointee should not be a
politician.
To find such a man, Governor
Caldwell must take a wide range.
He must discard every other con
sideration except peculiar fitness
for the position.
The office of Superintendent of
Public instruction is in no wise a
political effice, -and if Governor
Caldwell has determined not to
make of it apolitical machine, he
gives hope of success at the outset.
For the educational interests o
North Carolina cannot be confined
to one political party or the other.
The Democrats tried it before the
ing so completely in the footsteps of war, and failed; the Republicans
the illustrious sage of the "Hermit- tried it after the war, and as they
age," and citing the letter of the signally failed. I ;
It is a subject of public, private
and social con cerh to all, dependent
upon all for success, and must con
sequently enlist the support and
co-operation of a'!, or meet with no
success.
It is an appointment in which
the prejudices of our political oppo
nents have to be regarded if we are
to appeal to them for their aid in
establishing an ePectual , public
school system for North Carolina;
and in making this appointment
Governor Caldwell . will do-xccll to
select a non-partisan for the posi
tion, and it matters not from which
side he is supposed to come if he
possesses all the requisite qualifica
tions for the position.
In all matters of a strictly politi
cal nature the Era is in favor of
grinding the opposition to1 powder;
but in matters of an educational
character, politics had 'better be dis
carded for the present. Therefore,
in this matter of appointing a Su
perintendent of Public Instruction
the Era will sustain the Executive,
if his choice shall fall upon a com
President Grant is making ofl
himself a second "old Hickory"
and he will retire at the end of his
second .term as popular as the im
mortal hero of "Chalmette."
Attention is invited to an article
on this page from the Washington
Chronicle under the head of "Federal
Office-holders." Therein the policy
of the President is shown, and his
well known firmness and determin
ation manifest.
It is difficult to imagine what
complaint old Jacksonians can find
to urge against an executive follow-
great Whig statesman, Daniel Web
ster, and adopting for his motto the
famous raying of old: "The pat
ronage of the Federal government
must not le brought in conflict
with the freedom of elections" it
will be impossible for any disciple
of the old Whig party to fall out
with the Republican administration
of President Grant.
As the Era has before said, no
further recruits of Democratic lead
ers are wanted for the Republican
party; yet this paper is delighted
to observe and state that the pres
ent administration of the Federal
government is shaping in accord
with the great living and everlast
ing principles of patriotism right
and justice which so distinguished
our. governmental institutions in
the earlier days of the Republic.
Vaccination in the Peniten
tiary. A correspondent of the Era
writes to complain that the con
victs in the State Pen are not vac
cinated, and on the principle that
"an ounce of preventive is worth
" a pound of cure," urges that the
Physician to the Penitentiary be
required at once to vaccinate all
the convicts.
If we lived in a Slate where in
telligent and ct.inpetent manage
ment characterized the government
of our public institutions, it would
not be necessary to call attention to
this matter now ;J for the public has
certainly labored under the impres
sion tliot all convicts were vaccina
ted the first thing on entering the
enclosure. It appears, however,
that such a thing has never entered
the stupid brain of the management
of the North Carolina Penitentiary.
The small pox is raging all over
the country. At least three of the
counties adjoining Wake have it
now, and it has bien reported in
Wake county, only a few miles
from Raleigh. That it will be in
the city is more than probable, and
it may therefore be looked for.any
day.
The convicts in the State Pen
should be vaccinated ' without an
hour's delay. Mr. President Bled
soe and Deputy Warden Hall should
be prevailed on to suspend their
diverting operation of the shower
bath until the convicts can be vac
cinated and recover therefrom.
And if they cannot be prevailed on
by the humanity of public opinion,
then let a deputation of the Young
Men's Christain Association wait1
on the Penitentiary authorities.
The correspondent of the Era
calls attention to the fact that the
Physician to the Penitentiary re
ceives twenty-live cents per capita,
and thinks he ought to be required
to 'vaccinate all, the convicts with
out other pay. In this the Era dif
fers. While the city Physicians
are receiving two dollars for every
case of vaccination, it is right that
the Physician to the Penitentiary
should be remunerated for this ex
tra service, and fifty cents per head
would be fair, the matter furnished
by the State.
Let the convicts all be vaccinated,
and the Physician paid fifty cents
per head for his work.
Iteply of Colonel Russ to Stew
ard Murray. ;
To the Editor of The Era :
Sir: I do not know that the
public are much interested in my
controversy with Mr. D. C. Murray,
the tricky Quarter-Master of the
Penitentiary.
If he did not occupy a public sta
tion the matter could be of r.o mc
ment to the public.
The impudence and falsehood of
the Quarter-Master well deservs no
tice of a different character than
that which I shall give. I take it,
his official life at the Penitentiary
will soon close, and if he remains
there, his stay will be involuntary,
not voluntary. The Quarter-31as
ter says that he offered to take
twenty-five bushels of potatoes at
75 cents, and I refused, saying that
another institution was paying me
one dollar.
There is not a word ot truth in
the statement, for I sold at GO cents
the same day, the very potatoes he
bought at io cents.
I will not attempt to characterize
the conduct and falsehoods of the
Quarter-Master as they deserve, but
content myself and satisfy the pub
lie by offering the evidence in a
similar transaction, which will go
to satisfy the .Legislature and the
public that Mr. Murray is not the
"right man in the right place," but
a tricky man in the wrong place.
I now close this correspondence
with a statement of Messrs. Bryant
& Harris, of this city. If it does
not show the unfitness of D. C.
Murray for his place, then let the
.Legislature continue him.
Respectfully yours,
J. P. Ii. Russ.
letter from a Colored Laboring
Man.
r
STATEMENT OF MESSRS.
KARRIS.
BRYANT AND
To Col. Huss:
Some time in the winter of 1S71-'T2,
Mr. D. C. Murray came into our place
of business and wanted some peas. We
offered him peas for $1.15 per bushel
On the day alter a gentleman from the
country came in and ottered us l.zo lor
the p-'s and wo remarked to him that
he should have them, that we had of
fered them to Mr. D. (J. Murray for
1.15 per bushel, and he then further re
marked that he would take them all for
Mr. Murray, as he wanted one hundred
bushels for hiui.
J. B. Bryant.
J. T. Harris.
January 9, 1S73.
Who would not rather be an hon
est "Militia Colonel" than a dis
honest Penitentiary Quarter-Master?
J. P. II. Russ.
Raleigh, Jan. 10, 1873.
A Righteous Appointment.
To the Editor of the Era :
Sir: How gracefully some peo
ple and their acts can fall from the
sublime to the ridiculons?
Our Colored Voters. "
It has not been found necessary
at any time to appeal to the colored
voters of North Carolina and the
South to stand by the Republican
IVrllfnnt Civ it . ,, ." 111119 UlUItU Dliilll itUI UUUil a Will
Contention, for it would require a party, nor is it necessary now, for nptont ml ,VOPthv nPrsftn Ppff.mi
two-thirds vote of the Genend As- , ' trirf1 n(1 tr,. h ' nfl Petent an woitny person, regard-
-Uiblv to call h Convention- vt t -A are.hre-tnccl and true bo ond less of any mere political circum-
i !?t . , ,"A all question or peradventure. They stance or considenition And thi
wehml his same party In ,0 pas- have too much good sense, as pain- J 6 tol'writini
ng a bill ordering an election for fuuv mtnifestwl to the Democrat ' b , f f sltlon a?d
r.;i.,:i w. ""'J maniuMm 10 me democrats, sentinient of the Republican mrtv
Mention on the bare majority plan,
'pius they themselves refuted lie
number three.
Iu the Presidential campaign of
SCS we were told, "elect Grant and
i'tou hare voted the last time you
j ever will rote for a President of
t the United States." Recent events
Conservatives, Liberals and Ku
Klux last Summer and Fall ; but if
anything were wanting to further
convince them of the utter falsehood
and perfidy of the Democrats and
Conservatives, they have melan
choly examples in the few Individ
uals of color who hist Summer and
Fall went off with the Merrimcn-
of North Carolina.
are the refutation of lie number Democratic-Greeley-Liberal move
four. - ,
ment
In the Convention campaign 'of Ti-nt
n mese democrats anu uanserva-
position and condi
tion of tho.-e colored men who were
last Summer seduced into the Ku
Klux, anil tell us, colored men of
"Vnrth f7ni-n!Jii:i iflht'rflmnnv-thincr
nremustreslim orcommit perjury; InvitIn ,u the condition or position
n.fl tna hunilMI . tmn I
uu vrtirr iiuiimii-ii nnu A1C V011,.V
Ives told the people of North Car
olina, that, unless a Convention was
had every member of the Legisla
tive member united in a legis
lative address declaring that the
Jast mother's son of them should re
feign if such Convention was voted
down. The people voted down the
Convention by ten thousand, de
spite the efforts of the Ku Klux,
and only two members resigned,
and they for other reasons! Thus
of a colored man who, abandoning
hi3 race, took up his quarters in the
"Ien" of the "Invisible Empire"
trying to conceal his color under
the disguise of a Ku Klux !
Goverxoi; Caldwell has not
yet made the appointment of a new
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
f Inn TTo ? PAncnllmn tir!k I.:-.
they themselves refuted lie number rlj" V n ,
five, or their members of the Lccis- .:n . 1 ,
j . ,, . . . ..... I 'ac "in give universal Kit-
ature, all but two, rPF.RJUR- ,afftrf lftn fn rZrti tt .,
KD-SSl themselves.
In the campaign of '63 as well as
f71, they told the people that the
Constitution could not be amended
iy legislative enactment. Their
point a live, energetic, capable ex
perienced man ; one to whom the
salary is not an olject, but to whom
the revival of our public f-chools,
and the establishment of a perma-
TflytaT nf tit 11 V!ntrr tn nlfn. I .
0 - - nent and practicable system of edu-
Ilia ennetiinttnn f Vn.tk rv. I! I J v vyu
by legislative enactment was the
refutation of lie number six.
They led the people to believe
last Summer that the Democratic
State ticket would be elected by a
large majority, and tfcey prema
turely published that they had
carried the State; but when it
turned out they had not, but that
the Republicans were triumphant,
they swore they should contest the
election, and so made the Ignorant
voters of the Democratic party be
lieve. That they did not contest,
cation is of the first importance;
one who will look to the education
of both races, and to the mutual
care and protection of both.
"CLAsriN-G hands across the
bloody chasm" was a set-phrase at
best, meaning nothing, and of no
practicability when uttered. It
never meant anything but a union
of sore-heads seeking spoils, and it
has gone entirely out of fashion,
now. it.;
The Republican party has a high
er and more earnest duty before it
than the holiday sport of "clasping
nands," and it has no time to waste
in the indulgence tfc a gushing sen
timent, merely. We must drive to
the wall, and keepf down, political
ly, the party which, and the men
who, conspiring to murder Repub
licans, aLso took a solemn oath to
commit perjury ; before heaven;
get in the way of the Sheriff, and
as jurors, sworn to dispense even
and exact justice, render a verdict
of "not guilty" in Jthe case of any
and all "klansmen" on trial for
such trifling, misdemeanors and
fun-loving frolicsqme "bouts" as
the murder of a Radical.
As we put the jscrews to them,
these fellows will cry out. llcentrali-
zation" "despotism,"--but we must
not nund that. Better, a thousand
times better, a depotism" or the
worst sort of a "central izat ion" than
the "Invisible Kmrlire."
The imputation of some that
Mali one's cash influenced the pro
ceedings stopping the sale of the
Western North Carolina Railroad
is unjust, unfounded and at total
variance with the truth. No mat
ter if Mahone did say it was his
purpose to get possession ot the
Road and " blow down the ledges
" of rock which overhang the road,
"and close it up," thus depriving
the West of a Railroad for all time
to come, no man in North Carolina
can impute improper motives io
Governor Caldwell. He may make
mistakes, as who does not? And the
Era regards the delay caused by
proceedings in Court as misfortune,
but it stands out prominently be
fore tho world that the Governor is
moved solely by a desire to take
care of the interests of the State,
The Era has expressed the hope
that the delay would only be tern
porary, and has committed itself
unmistakably to the internal inter
ests of the West ; and while regret
ting that the Governor found it
necessary to interfere with the sale,
the Era will nevertheless sustain
mm against an imputations or
chaFges of corrupt intentions,
of i!f ii wrong.
or
The Electoral College.
'Hero is the best argument for the
abolition of the Electoral College.
In reply to a note-of inquiry the
State Treasurer informs the Era
that ho paid, as the expenses of the
Electoral College which assembled
in Raleigh in December, per diem
and mileage, the sum of $S01.G0.
- Now here is nearly a thousand
dollars of the taxes of the people
of North Carolina consumed for the
most useless, stupid and nonsensical
performance our venerable fore-
One of the moststriking instances
is found in the construction of the
LPenal Committee of the Senate.
It will be remembered by the en
tire community that Mr. Troy was
the champion of the Rotten Fish
Board during the last Legislature,
and he deserves a great deal of credit
for the manner in which he propped
them up ; and the first chance that
presented itself they cheerfully ap
pointed him a member of the Board
for services rendered in their time of
need and trouble.
On the meeting of thi3 Legisla
ture Mr. Speaker Morehead cheer
fully appoints him Chairman of the
Penal Committee to sit in judgment
on his own acts and that of his
Board.
Is it expected he will -say any
thing about the killing of Rody
Foster or of the officers having
whiskey or apple brandy in the
Penitentiary Dy the gallon after
gallon, contrary to the law of the
institution? Is it expected that he
will find out anything in regard to
the mysterious .disappearance of
prisoners' clothing?
Will he explain the laws passed
in the last two years for the better
government of the Penitentiary?
Where is the skilled architect and
warden the law calls for?
If Governor Caldwell had as pal
pably disregarded the law as that
Board has,. he would have been. im
peached, if that day had not played
out. !
The whole thing equals the Grand
Jury farce here some time ago,
in-sending for Bledsoe and Cof
field to know whether the convicts
ate rats, cats, diseased meat and
other food not fit for dogs ? No bill,
after that evidence, was found.
Raleigh.
January 10, 1873. ;
To the Editor of The Era
Dear Sir : I have always
thought that legislatures assembled
for the sole purpose of legislating ac
cording to the will, and for the in
terests of the whole people, as near
as possible. I may be, or my opin
ions may be, wrong, but, sir, if so,
they look the nearest right to be
wrrong, of anything I have ever
looked at; and I venture to say
here, that the Legislature has not
acted according to the will of the
masses of the people in several
particulars. Now, the very idea of
imposing public duties, a tax upon
the children of North Carolina is,
I may say, an outrage on the
parents, to say nothing of the chil
dren. Why, sir, one can see at a
mere glance where it is wrong; and
I am satisfied that the people will
bear me out.
And again, I notice that, after
promising the people to do all in
their power to lesson this burden
of taxes, they have tried to impose
a tax on them to pay J odge liattie
$2,000 for what? For services ren-
derd in the same length of time it
would have taken a poor, hard la
boring man to have earned fclOO
Is Mr. Battle's work worth twenty
times as much as that of the poor,
hard laboring: man? Why, ot
course not. Is that saving the
people's money ?
When the resolution was offered
to prohibit the payment of mem
bers when absent, except on -special
business for the General Assembly,
did they act according to the will
of the people, or did they act in a
way that would put the most
money in their own pockets? Sir,
that resolution, and the one for four
dollars per diem, had as many en
emies as Judsre Merrimoa did for
United States Senator, until Hon
John Pool turned his battery , loose
on Vance's works.
A good deal more I could say
but will defer it to a more conve
nient season.
A Colored Max.
New County Gilliam.
To the Editor of the Era :
I have been requested to ask you
to publish tho following notice:
The friends of the proposed county
of "Gilliam" will be heard, before
the Committee on "Propositions
and Grievances," in Senate Cham
ber, Northwest corner Committee
room, on -Tuesday, January 18th,
1873, from 3 p. m. to 4 p. m., ana
the opponent of the bill, from 4. p.
m., to 5 p. m., same day, and at-no
other time.
W. L. Love, Chairman.
Jan. 8th, 1873.
From Winston Republican.
Complete Restoration.
We look upon tin;
of Hon. Samuel j F,
Newspapers.
a
Alfred " and Governor Cald
To the Editor of the Era : ,
In the JVew North State of the 8th
instant appears a communication
signed. "Alfred," purporting to
be written at Salem, in which the
fathers could have, possibly origin- writer attempts to be very, severe
ated.
If Governor Caldwell shall gi
to the Slate a competent and effi
cient Superintendent of Public In
struction, he will do more than the' be found in the State) approved and
upon Governor Galdwell on account
of the few extempore remarks made
by him on tho occasion of his late
inauguration. Every Republican
who was present on the occasion
(and there were a considerable num
ber of as true ones present as can
To the mitor of the Era :
Unique in the world of letter
the newspaper is like no other
thing it bears no resemblance to
anv other literarv production. It
is the record of the great and excit
inr now of l-the world's history,
collection orpassing events as they
appear on the panorama of life. A
. IT f--' 1
gooa newspaper is a iamiiy irieuu
that helps on with every good
work. The editor who Oilers hi
thoughts and selections daily to the
highest intellect and best taste of
the country should nimselt be a
gentleman, and know what that
character demands. A. varied lund
of knowledge should be given in
such papers, and these journals are
the great aids to popular improve
ment.
Editors should beware of all im
ai . 1 t 1
pure literature, ana puDiicauons
which are at all likely to corrupt
the judgment, taste, and fancy, or
bewilder the moral sense of the
S . A 1 Jl .1
voungf. unme must De exposea ana
punished. We do not advocate the
suppression of these evils that afflict
society. But we would suggest that
the tone ot these articles be so guard
ed as not to incite to vice and crime,
nor to palliate folly and sin, neither
to make sport at the tricKs ot iraud
and falsehood.
The advantages of newspaper
reading are great to the American
people. It gives them an extent
and variety of information never
met with among the people of other
countries and every good, and
well conducted "newspaper should
be amply sustained.
There is no more honorable or ex
alted position in life than that of an
editor and author. Yet, at the same
time there is none less appreciated,
ahd.less rewardedpecuniarily. Brain
work is too often regarded upon a
.a i t 1 I
par with pnvsicai moor people
have yet to learn the royalty of in
tellect, and regard it as a sovereign
power.
The value of a free, intelligent,
and virtuous public press in any
country is ; invaluable. Guided by
principles of integrity, alive to the
real interests of mankind, and ready
to promote and foster the public
good, it sets up a claim for public
confidence, and exerts a power
which no other institution can wield
so successfully.
Never, perhaps, in the history of
this country, has the public press
been more influential than at the
present time. Never were newspa
pers so astonishingly multiplied as
now, and never were they read with
more avidity. Newspaper reading
forms the staple reading of this
country. Books are laid aside for
the more easy, exciting, and less
laborious, short, pithy, piquant ar
ticles of the newspaper. It forms
the substratum of American intelli
gence; and hence our people possess
more ready, practical information
than any other people on the globe.
E. W.
r.x.
Defence of Conductor Pation,
"Western N. C. Railroad.
From Washington Chronicle.
Federal Oflice-Scekers.
Daniel Webster, when he was
Secretary of State, wrote as follows
to Hon. Thomas, Ewing:
The President is of opiuion that it is a
great abuse to bring the patnm.ige of Uie
General Government into Conflict with tin
freedom of elections, and that thi- abuse
ouarht to be corrected wherever it may
have been permitted to exist, and to be
prevented for: the future. , lie ! therefore
directs that information be jrivt-u to all
officers and agents in your department of
the public service, that partizan mterter
ence in popular elections, whether of State
othcers or othcers of this Uovernment, ami
for whomsoever, or against whomsoever it
may be exercised, or the payment of any
contribution or assessment on salaries, or
ofticial compensation for party or election
purposes, will be regarded by him as a
cause for removal.
That this declaration" met with
popular approbation when it was
uttered those who then participaieu
in political affairs can attest. That
it is sound in principle is equally
clear. It belongs to that class of
truths that need reiteration fre
quently. In all Administrations
practice has limped slowly in the
oath of precept. Daniel Webster
himself was very eiad of an oppor
tunity to explain occasionally while
administering the btate JJepart-
mcnt, in order to keep in. harmony
with his friends and influence their
political action in the direction
where he thought that duty called
him. Mr. Chase was not above an
effort to enlist public interest in his
financial schemes as Secretary of
the Treasury. Of course his politi
cal opponents, as well as those of
Mr. Webster, thought they had
better be attending to their duties
instead of trying to make converts
to their plans and views, and thus
influence elections. It will not do
to draw the line too closely. But it
is possible to draw a line beyond
which the Federal officer should
not pass. The President is con
vinced of this, and, in view of the
too active participation Of Federal
officers in recent elections, he has
given notice that the practice must
be honored in the breach, (not in
the observance,) hereafter. Civil
service reform has already stricken
at the practice introduced by the
Democracy ot assessing public offi
cers for political expenses and mak
ing their compliance with this as
sessment a Condition ot their official
existence. It is not true, as affirm
ed by the Cincinnati Commercial,
that during the late canvass Cabinet
officers directed assessments in their
Departments, and controlled the
expenditures of political funds.
Money was collected of public offi
cers, but it was a voluntary contri
bution, and although hundreds.
thousands,! refused to contribute,
not a man i was threatened or has
been removed, because of a failure
to contribute.
It may, then, be justly affirmed
that the present administration is
in perfect accord with the
statesmen h whose utterance are
a m onir the safest and 'wisest on
record in this country. r Daniel
Webster was but repeating what
Jefferson and others had uttered be
fore him. lie was insisting upon
a line of action on the part of red-
eral officers that never was mor6
happily illustrated than during the
administration of John ouiney
"'.I'l'intm.-p
al, and the nomination of a , "
James L. Orr, of South Caro'j, '
forming a binding 11 u k '
the North and Stith, and :h .'sV
pletingand perfecting the,.
tion of the Union.!
The great ohjWtion, or r ,1), ,
political war-cry of Ik iu-h r;i,-y t
been that, the Southern Si: -s
not recognized in the Coui.cii,.
different Departments of tlitM;"'1
ernnient. They have Uv f',u,"
and generously rcctgiaz,
Long since every scat iu (v,
has been rilled. On .June r, j,
Hon. Thoma Settle, a S-'i:,C'
man, an an! '-balluui Union j'j, . '1
ocrat was u h . Led PresMfut i.f'p'
National "'(-publican ('onvri.tj,,"
But as' r; ame since, Hon v"( '
uel F. 1 1 alips, one of th..'-,
and purtht men of the (i
State," and a model rejires,';,,.'..'
of the old ante-war 'hi
ntw uYu"ilvu 4W f'n'sTJli't
witikU lit tin 1 rwi I. V. j
And now, the great ami iiiui,;'
mous statesman and soMier.'u CL
ably presides over the iviiniLT
the United Slates, has strjick l ,v.
with a fell blow the chroiiio (T(, V'
ers of the South, aye nml 0f iu
North, by nominating tb a
mission, (.jovernor Janui l. (,''
Prom t
an !!it.l
of the Palmetto Stan
very hot-bed of Secession
...... '..Mw,... I i... i 1
i. ..f ii.... I 1
suiuniMi; ivuia-i ut inai ;irlV,
sessile u.t hi in ii vi-;uui a- any
related to the most chitalriV'lii 'j
distinguished families of liisc!,i.
alric State; but, who, at t ied(,, '
the war, threw himself heart -a:,
soul, with zeal and sinoejritv, ''
restoring his native State 'j
lormer place in the Union :n I,,
pairing the wrongs and thiii;-.-..
his former teachings hail u rougi
Here then are found tlinv i,i
representative men of the tlirn-i,'
political parties of the South, I.,,; j
ing three of the most honiorabl,. ,
sitions in the Oovernnicnt, at
hands of the KepubliuUi p;irrv
And they are no t j ' Va r pet r l;agger-'!
nor "scailawags,' but native ii'V
zens and gentlemen of the rt-:i;,-;
respectability and highest enl.-i ,,;
talents men, who, i t i the u: tin i(
days of the Republic, wlmul i;,a'
graced the positions .they now i:, .
In fact, they are yiieh that had w,'.
resentativo men -been sought iu m
either party of the Sojnth, nun,
more fit could possibly luveiHvi,
chosen. Therefore, in their .-i !y -tion,
not only the Republican pi.Vy
of the South is represented s.
complimented, but the wholes j.,!,,
irrespective of party. ; ,.- f
Thus tho year 187;l Usliered in ;,
new, important, and gratifying n;i
in American history. And ilieiv-!
sun of the year hhone upon a n; :i .i
completely restored," with n.i i s
wounds healed, with jits
places fast building up, and nuni:
ing upward and on ward. to a 'rr.ii-i
and unprecedented prosperity. !. ;
all the nation rejoice! j
Farm-Yard Scraps.' '
Heat the castor nil up with lli
of an caiiil the children -won't n.;i i
taking it at all. j
An eighty-aero tract of cf-Ll l:n.l in !
StruitYillo (Ohio) rt':n hi '.vn-k U' 't
hist, at 1300 per ucrc. f
Coino to think of it, w here's tl.i.t nun !
knew that this was to he an fii-n vui r 1
cause tne irojfi huilit t haiiiKci ij K, .r
houses ? .
. j
An cininciit physician fay that a (.""
of gum arubic imicilugc, a-l!hl i-w n t.:.--.:
to corns, will, in a b'hort time, ci.um- ti.'u. f
disappear. !
j
flo Alta California of PcoemU-r '
that abundant rains give an i-c lciit p
isc lor next year a harvest : Unit una i
is already sown, and the V
cultivation will coniidi-rahlv
1 i.r- h i
Adams. These old landmarks need
to be re-established. The servants
Ot the peopte need to be taught their last year, the chief increase UU ' in -u'-
pface, and the mousing tncKsters
need to be taught that there is' a
hijrher, better passport to public
office than party fidelity and activ
ity in the management of the cau
cus, wef accept anew, coruiany
and heartily, the teachings' of Dan
iel Webster, and rejoice at the, pur
pose of the President to check what
is becoming an alarming evil.
Tho Gardeners' Monthly noti---
florist who keeps the tend rost f
in pots during winter, in a vnyi with
out any lire, though thai tcm t--rJt; iui
goes down below zero, and tin- '
most of the time are frozen solid; n.'
secret of success, it say", M,,s i" ',r
in as regularly as through the
mer.
From Tarboro Southerner, Dein.
Caldwell's "kittle Speccl?."
Our Governor elect has certainly
shown his sense lor once.
At his installation in office last
week he confined himself toa "little
speech" which Will be found in full
elsewhere.
We consider this "little speech'
the best his Fixcellency ever de
livered, having as its main feature
that indispensible quality, brevity,
which has been justly pronounced
the soul ot wit. ,
lie accepts the high honor with
all due humility, and promises to
take care of the interests of the peo
ple of the State to the best Ot his the sparrows and red birds M" '"r l
Wilkes' Spirit sa.y : " We h.ivo m
believed, and wo never hha'll
that chopped hay and corn una!, " ;
rated with water, is procr fira
injf borst as a general diet- Wr lion
believe that tho food of a w n kii'? h -r-
who cannot be naftnred in cood '''
oats and sweet hay for at lc:;st li -'';
a week." " I
"Are you goin to make u il'.owi r I-1
Judkina?" asked a younjf lily f ti-c
dener. "Yes, in urn, tbem'rf the- L riu-.
answered the gardener. "Why, it ii ' '
our croquet ffround "Can't ln,!j it n (
them's your pa's borders ; he cay 1 "
hev it laid out for 'orticultur,: iwt f-T-ti"' '
dry.!" j
I
How many thousand boy y-n ri-
on, wno have got their Iirnt pun,
are just roaming tho fields nli'Mitiiu'
Democratic party has ever done;
and if any credit or success follows
the appointment it will belong ex
clusively to the Republican party,
no matter where the appointee may
come from. Let the JVews jmt this
in its pipe and facetiously smoke it.
Oh, the shade of thi penitentiary and
Hvluia quarrel Rh)t of Iianquo!
Wilmington Star.
Mistake. Not BaRquo, but Rhoda
TnE lamented Mr. Greeley used Foster is the name! of the -Voman
to teJlua that where school-houses the Demfxratic-Coservative man
abounded not. Democracy did much agement of the Pynftentiarytfr-
more abound. So It is even now; cter,as Mr. President Iiledstie in-
and hence the opposition of the forms the public ili' his report to
Democracy and its organs to the the Legislature. k
postal telegraph. They look upou The Star calis iip the wrong
it as an educator, and consequent- ghost. On the wrong scent as usual.
the highest "Looking for Democratic maiori-
endorsed every word uttered by the
Governor.
But I do not take up my pen to
defend "Governor Caldwell against
the strictures of "Alfred," but Only
to notify the public that I have
good reason for believing, that the
communication was not written at
Salem; that the writer thereof is
not a Salem Republican ; that Jo
("Alfred" we mean) is an old office
and a pretty successfut
seeker, having' sometimes, and it
is believed note, as many as two
The Raleigh News has been
much exercised of late, for fear that seeker
Governor Caldwell would appoint
some Democrat Superintendent of pu51ic teats in ins mouth at the
u"..v- iiiouuvuuu. Aiie was same lime, anu squealing ior an-
neither so facetious nor annrehen- 1 other; that he has done himself no
si vo nhonr. tho timr it u-oj rcumiinio. i credit, nor the public any service
theStflt Printino-fhm,h .k- I" P? position he ever held, nor
& o.. 1C jn ones he now ftoias ant that
co-operation and management ofl he is onlv disouieted because he
. " . . ...
loading Republicans, in and out of
the Legislature.
ly un-Democratic in
degree.
ties" again, doubtless.
it is a little amusing, notwith
standing the solemnity of the sound,
to hear men characterizing the exe
cution of the law and the preserva
tion of peace as " despotism " and
" centralization," who, Jess than
five years ago, founded and still sup
port an " Invisible Empire."
sees that Governor Caldwell has de
termined not to be the patron of
Republicans of the "Alfred" stripe.
In conclusion we have to say that
If J(" Alfred" we should say) de
sires to keep up this fight, there are
a few more shots in the locker ready
for use. Amos. "
Will the North State please copy.
Rev. Israel Harding of Wash
ington county cot a kick from a horse i
that broke his arm.
To Ih e Editor of Th e Era :
Sin : There are two sides to every
question, and it is but right that
you should correct the errone
ous statement made in the Era of
the 6th in regard to conductor - Pa t-
ton of the Weston North Carolina
Railroad.
It is true that two young men on
their way to Raleigh, were left, but
from what I can ascertain t- it was
unintentional on Captain Pa tton's
part. , -
The train stopped about ten
minutes at Hickory, instead of two,
as you alleged, and besides, Captain
Patton has a schedule to run by. I
can safely say that the conductor
did not know they were left, until
he was a mile or so below the sta
tion, and neither did the engineer
see anybody waving hankerchiefs,
or motioning him to stop. It seems
unreasonable and unjust that Cap
tain Patton should thus be assailed,
when the statement has been heard
only from owe side.
I only give you this, as it may
have a tendency to set Mr. Patton
right.
Very truly, ynur friend,
Jxo. "L." Bailey, Jr.
Salisbury, N. C, Jan. ; in, l87i
We now have him of unusual in
telligence and integrity, Tom Shaw, a
colored man in Robeson county, whose
candid went out in his 110th year.
ability.
This is all very good ii he will
only adhere to tho laudable resoiu
tion, and ; not allow himself to be
unduly influenced by partizan feel
ings in his administration. If he
should, aGovernorof a great Com
monwealth, throw off thdshackels
of party and administer the affairs
of the State with an eye (single to
the public good if he is capable of
forgetting in his high position all
the rancor and bitterness of the
past and exercise his functions with
justice, wisdom and fidelity ho may
reiy upon, the .support and encour
agement of all fair-mindejd people
of . both parties, and none will be
more ready to accord him the
f meed of praise than the Southerner.
If he can keep in mind the fact that
he is the Governor of a State, anil
not the mere head of aj political
faction, he will be able to do much
towards restoring peace and har
mony among all our people,
lie is not to be
blamed when he says.' ? where I
have patronage to bestow, other
things being equal, I. shall give
such patronage to party friends ju
diciously and in a manner consist
ent with the privileges oi my of
fice." !
jay birds and the like, that thry
"draw a bead" on? Wo call the atn :r
tionnfonr Ijecislatiirn tv thi.-i wai.t''11
slaughter of these littlo ihno ;!ii h
are the best friends, next to his in'-'
and his hands, that tho farmer hi.
Tho St. Louis Democrat fayv-"
winter of 1871-2 has convinced ' -
w heat growers of the Ml.s.iiasippi ,x'-'
that deep' fall plowing and the .l'1,'1"1'
in of winter wheat with j driJN t! '
r.nlw mcklirwf urlitbJi will abcuri a '-
ing crop, diSDitex tho exigent "
winter which canuot be known, at .-
time of seeding. AVJieat sown r!y 1
on ground illy prepared may
provided the winter afl'-rd,- a ""V
snow for a covering, and itho ir.crci :r
does not descend tomoro tlian -r; i'u '
the ground be properly drained, '
deeply, and tho seed her evenly t
f
deeply inserted with" dri
crop is sure to result, no
kind of winter follow
Is, a payn -
inattcr ;;
jrfca j.-Unt.r-'-J
To the victors belong the spoils,
and it would be strange should he
not attend to his" party first. At
any rate, he is our Governor for tho
next four years. As such, we shall
respect him. Censuring when we
think censure is due and approv
ing when we think approbation ia
necessary.
To fatten your fowls feed tlem on ;
oaU in a trough, or a flat board run a
along on tho front of the coop. It im)
mixed with water or milk : it slioulJ he
particularly eoaked. Feed 3 times a day t the fir-tt:-'
soon aAer day break, i When they hl e
feeding the beard should be wiped a'" ::
gravel oprcad. As soon as the fol i ,a-
must be killed ; otherwise, it ill fctiH not ' j
fut, but will lose flesh. If fowls are intetu-
for market, of course they may all to W-1';'
cd at once ; but if for homo bontuiiir11"1 ' '"
is better to put hem up at such iiiUTva..i
will suit the time when they will 1T requ-'-for
the table. When the time arrive ' r
killing, whethur they are mcaftt for ni.-irW
otherwise, they aliould bo Sotted wit!'"-"
food or water for twelve or j fifteen l"-rv
This enables them to be kept for noiuetW'
ftcr they we killed, even in tot wcathc.