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THE "WKI Y ERA.
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WEEKLY ERA.
RALEIGH, N. C.
THUESDAY, JAN. 8, 1874.
There wu la th City one Sosii. Infamous
for Ms lnsolenc and Tillalny, who thought tht
erfection .f Liberty was licentiousness of
Speech. PIjtxrh.
Republican State Executive
Committee.
The Republican State Executive
Committee of North Carolina ought
to be called to meet together some
lime during this month, and the
earlier the better. Let the call be
made at once. It is time to begin
the work of re-organizing for next
Summer's campaign.
i Judge Cloud is holding a special
term of New Hanover Court, and
from the expression of public opin
ion he is giving general and decided
satisfaction to the Wilmingtonians
nd the people of New Hanover
county. The Judge is prompt and
inted in his decisions, dispatches
M forces perfect order and proper de
Aprum in the Court.
'; Hon. J. L. Henry, Judge of the
i 11th Judicial District was in the
city on Monday and Tuesday. He
has lately been holding a special
"term of Guilford Court ; and his ele--gant
manners on the Bench, capac
ity for discharge oft-business, uni
form courtesy and great learning as
a Judge, have made him a favorite
with the Guilford Bar and people.
Even the ' Democratic press, wri
tes in denunciation of their Demo
4ctatic Legislature for its shameful
- treatment of the Oxford Orphan
Asylum ; and all but the Wilming-
- ten Journal and Baleigh News agree
tHat the late session passed off with
out anything of public importance
having been done, save ana except,
tne iJorth Carolina Railroad Con
solidation.
What: do, or what can the people
inV nf Kirch a Legislature, and of
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"'"" 43v-a-party, that does nothing du
iflfcng a whole session but vote them-
selves fifty thousand dollars of the
-peoples' money ?
Greeting.
To the Republicans of the State,
Est, West, North and South, one
and all each and every one the
Era extends the compliments of the
season, and the heartiest greetings
of the new year ; a year, destined,
let us earnestly hope, pray and
wTork for, to be the last for all time,
in which the unscrupulous and cor
rupt Democracy shall ride or ruin
in North Carolina. All other dif
ferences let us have buried in the
-past, knowing or caring nothing
now but theJ&illest and most com
plete defeat and overthrow of the
Democracy.
A. Judge Buxton, a most admlra
in&sentleman, and splendid judi-
cial cfiacer is holding a special term
of Wayne Superior Court.
Our own Watts is holding his
regular January term in Wake.
Though so much maligned, abused
and ridiculed by men of small envy
ana malicious mouves, ne is, never
theless, one of the most popular
Jndcres in the State, and like true
i
goia, snmes ait tne ongnier iruin
being frequently rubbed.
m -f . A 1 A AT
the Sentinel in this city, spent the I
Aiie cuu. ui.. wi i
Christmas with BUly Mahone in
JNorfollc Virginia. Evans1 Inde-
vcndenL
Oh! ho. Ah! ha." 1
There's milk in : this coacoanul.
Billy Mahone has sworn, with his I
hand on a pile of Railroad bonds as I
high as his head, that the Western
North Carolina Railroad shall never
be built through to the Tennessee
line. Consolidation proposes to
complete the Western North Caro- j
Una Railroad. Mahone. has plenty I
of money to defeat consolidation. I
1 Turner fights oonwilldation for 'A
Vhue; runos get'iww, ne goes w
Norfolk; dines, wines and hob-nobs I
.with Mahone ; comes back .with a I
new ?Jahone hat.. and.T?news the I
i'hL as the public supposes; with a
pocket full of Mahone7s Donas.
XkmHyouteef
An Old Democratic Proposi
tion Revived.
The ridiculous proposition of Sen
ator Price, to elect some Judges, al
luded to in these columns a " few
weeks usro. is nothinsr new. It is
not original with that gentleman.
or this Legislature.
Early in the year 1870, Hon. Lewis
Hanes, in his paper, the Salisbury
Old North State, originated the
proposition and elaborated the idea
that the Legislature had the power,
and ought to order an election of a
Judge to fill the original vacancy of
Mr. Starbuck, he having never qual
ified. The matter was brought to the
attention of the Legislature in the
Sorincr of 1870. and referred to the
HCommittee. The opinion of Attor
ney General Olds was obtained;
and he h'd that Judge Cloud filled,
by the v ointment of the Govern
or, StaiV .ek's term. The Judicia
ry Committee adopted this view,
and so reported back to the Legisla
ture.
The matter here dropped for that
session.
But, subsequently the wild-cat-
ku-klux-Deinocratic Legislature of
1870t'72 came into existence; and
in framing an election law for 1872, '
the question of electing: Judges
wherever vacancies had occurred,
came up. The proposition was
again referred to the Committee on
the Judiciary, and that Committee
again reportea nacK tnat juages
appointed by the Governor held
under the Constitution, until the
next reg'r electioi for Judges in
the Dis' s wherein vacancies had
occurrea, might hereafter c jcur.
Thus the matter was dispo? ed of
by two Legislatures, one Republi
can and the other Democratic.
Will Republicans of ir and
Democrats of 1872, now stultify
themselves by voting for Senator
Price's bill ; or have any of them,
the I .mocrats especially, honestly
changed their opinions?
The Oxtord Orphan Asylum.
Mr. J.H. Mills, Superintendent of
this Institution, has a communica
ted article in this paper.
As an Institution of merit appeal
ing to all the better feelings of hu
manity, and demanding a hearty
public and private support from all
our people, the.Oxford Orphan Asy-
lum stands on a footing equal with
the Lunatic Asylum, and the In
stitution for the Deaf and Dumb
and Blind. Indeed it is an Institu
tion in many respects with higher
and more direct claims than either
of the others ; and only a democrat
ic Legislature, that pocketed ten
dollars, to each member, of ill-
gotten, not to say stolen moneya
Legislature that declined to make
appropriation for the feeding of
the Insane and the Deaf and Dumb
and Blinder-would or could have
.failed to make an appropriation of
a few thousand dollars for these or-
hang at 0xfonL
The following is taken from the
letter-head of the Oxford Orphan
Asylum. Read it fellow-citizens
of North Carolina, and, if yea can,
arrive at the degree of shame and
lnfAmv that oneht to attach to this
Democratic Legislature of North
Carolina:
4t The Institution was founded . by
the Grand Lodge of A. F. & A. M.
of North Carolina. Its design Is to
nmfpcf. train anrt Pflnraffl 1nf1front.
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uiem ior useiui occupations ana xor
the usual business transactions of
life. Its benefits are offered to chil-
dren between the ages of eight and
thirteen, who have neither parents,
nor property, nor relatives willing
to aid them. Deserted children are
not considered orphans. Children
so unsound in body,or mind, as to
be disqualified for work, or study,
will not be received. i
"Applications tor admission snouia
be made to the Principal on the
premises, or to the Supeiitendent
m jtuueign, uuu suoiuu ueuuocu
byt the Master of the nearest Lodge,
or by the Chairman or tne jucaraoi
County Pommissioners, ana snoaia
state the names, ages and condition
oi ine cniiaren. -j. ne mosi ntxuy arc
the most welcome."
The Governor and the Arms.
The Democratic press of this and
some of the adjoining States, and
certain fire-eaters of this Democratic
Legislature have had a God-send
out of the letter of Governor Cald
well to the Principal of the Char
lotte Military School, informing
him that there were no arms he
conld issue to the school, of the
kind the school could use.
They all lose sight of the merits
of the case and go off on that por
tion of the Governor's letl - wherein
he says, in so many wc that, if
he had the arms, he would not issue
them to a school of which General
D. H. Hill is a leading Professor.
The imputation on General HilPs
loyalty is what these Democratic
patriots love to harp, upon.. The
General himself does not appear to
be seriously aggrieved at the impu
tation of disloyalty, for he treats it
with a degree of levity altogether
unusual with him in the editorial
conduct of his paper.
Mr. Jones, a Representative from
the county of Caldwell, rises in his
place in the House to a question of
"personal privilege" as though he
had been assailed ; but how he was
personally or otherwise concerned
with a matter between Governor
Caldwell and General Hill he failed
to enlighten anybody by his per
formance in the House.
But Mr. Jones did not simply
render himself ridiculous,' which he
may esteem to be his privilege.
He made a statement on the au
thority if some others, which is
proven tot to be true : and that
was, that, a negro company of Wil
mingtonf to which the Governor
had issued arms, were using their
bayonets I against the peace and
dignity of the State;--reciting
wherein i
memoer 01 tnatc rapany
used his
woman.
bayonet on a defenceless
The party so charged was
up beforejthe Mayor of Wilming
ton, and ii was proven that he had
no baydtut, but a wooden stick.
For theaspault he was fined twenty
dollars ilth
iauit, was nnea ten aonars.
Mr. Jones did not avail himself
of his privilege to inform the House
and the public that the Governor had
is sued arms to two white companies
of Democrats at Fayetteville, as
well as the negro company of Hctd-
teals at Wilmington;; and to Bing-
ham's School.
Arms were issued to all of these
without regard or reference to poli
tics. It is to be regretted that
Major Tliomas should hav intro
duced politics into his letter to the
Governor! But the arms he wanted
were not to be had of the State.
Nor has the Governor the right to
issue arms to a school. Under a
law of Congress arms are issued to
the States for the public defence.
They may be issued to military
companies as a part of the militia
of the State, but there is no author-
ity for serving them to private
schools, and the Executive and the
Adiutant General went bevond
their authority and their duty in
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giving them to Bingham's School.
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The Penitentiary authorities pur
chased the arms for the guard of
that Institution at a Northern fac
tory, and if schools want arms suit
able for boys to drill with they may
purchase them, as the State did for
the Penitentiary, or apply to the
General Government for them, as
they did before the war. '
Democratic presses and members
of the Legislature are In a sorry fix
If they can get up nothing bigger
in the way of a political sensation
than an expression of 'Governor
rvi4Tn v,r,t. An imn(n i
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uwu w wg wwtJ wi jj. t
H. Hill to the government of the
United States. r
i(,.4The time was not long ago when
a charge at loyalty would have been
esteemed an insult and a serious
imputation on character, by nine
tenths of the Democrats - of this
State, General Hill included, i
Emancipation Day was appro-
fiajey. Observed ".""in';: Salisbury,
CoUThdmas B. Long and CoLW.
KHendoaabn weroinyitecl ; tttad-
aresa me meeting which they aid
in.ahtndsome and acceptable man-
ner. i
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The Republicans of North
Carolina.
There is work for the Republicans
of North Carolina in 1874.
And it is time men began to con
sider of it.
1 It has been the practice with Re
nnhiiMnq in this State, after the
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enemy was whipped, and no oppos
ing forces before them, to set their
own camp in order. While this
fact has evinced a spirit of manhood
and independence in our ranks, un
tnnicn tn others in the palmiest
days of the Democracy, it has' not
unfrequently been misunderstood,
hir thA foes of Republicanism to
mean disintegration anddisorgan
ization in our party.
During the year just passed, there
has been, perhaps, : more "regulat
ing" going on inside of the Repub
lican party than was ever known
in any party organization within
the history of the State. The Era
confesses to a good share of "bush
wacking" itself, but it has not been
without beneficial results to the Re
publican party in all portions of the
State, and to the paper itself as a
representative of Republican
thought, aims and purposes. I
The enemy has taken much com
fort of late from a fancied .discord
in the Republican music, but they
will note a different tune when the
dancersjjome on the floor next
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low-citizens for a better definition A
nH : mor imn.rtiai aflmiA.h2
and a more impartial admin is tra
tion of public justice, as conveyed
by the term civil rights the Demo
cracy has grown wild with delight
over, and office-seeking Democrats,
and would-be Judges and solicitors
are bouyant with the expectation of
seeing disaffected white and colored
Repubiicans marching up to the
ballottox next August in, their
support!
Their bright anticiprtions are des
tined to a speedy and ailoomy dis
appointment.
Where is the Republican in
North Carolina less true and faith
ful to the Republican cause than
he has been heretofore ? Where is
the Republican who does not intend
to stand by the party of his coun
try, to maintain and preserve the
ipgrity and power of the Repub-
lican organization ?
Disappointment abuses, mistakes,
wrongs ; ana want 01 iaitn mere
have been many instances of ; but
where are the great principles of the
Republican party at fault? Pra
tices and the policies of individuals
are one thing, the principle of a
great party another. Wherever
corrupt practices, selfish policies, or
bad faith have obtained, let us all
see to it that uu worthy individuals
are held responsible therefor, and
others shall be substituted in their
places.
Let our political actions square
by the rule laid down, in the Na-
tlonal Convention of the Republi-
A. M A Am m
canpany, ana let us ao everytning
under party organization, thats the
good of the party and the wise and
patriotic desire of individuals, re
quire shall be donev
The enemy are gathering before
us for another contest. "The' "ger-
rymander,n that always potent
weapon of Democracy is again in
requisition. The reassembling of
the Legislature will signal some of
the most shameful and disgraceful
partisan legislation that ever out
raged or humiliated a decent people.
Prepare to meet them, Republi
cans, see to it that the corrupt and
mean thing known as the Demo-
Lecture In North Carolina
shall exist in
our State no loneer
than the first Thursday in August.
The masses of the people are nock
ing to us. more , and more.' every
day. j f Wo have only to stand firm
and maintain the integrity of the
Republican party ; and God and
right wiii'give us the victory,
The present term of the Supreme
Court ia Judge Bynum's ,first' ser-
vice on the BenchisLegallyi tnental-
ly, and "in every bther senie -oho off
iientof thei:8tatefH6ni H
t Uynumf wiU mark his" im
pression on the .Supreme Judiciary
of North Carolina. Y; 1 '
Carolina Railroad. Con
solidation. This measure which lately passed
the General Assembly of North
Carolina, is one of great public im
portacce to the people of this State.
But it seems not to have received
as mucn attention at the hands of
the Stake press as it ought properly
to receive. f
The completion of the Western
Extension is the great desideratum
and if this consolidation shall ac-,
complish that end, nothing of
greater importance to the "people of
Western North Carolina, and in
deed of the whole State, could pos
sibly be devised at this time.
The Era, it will be remembered,
strenuously urged thesalepf the Wes
tern - North Carolina Railroad last
year, in order, that the line might
be completed. "S!rjruments on
that policy have never been an
swered, nor can they-e but by the
completion of the Road through
the present scheme of consolidation.
That this scheme may succeed is
the earnest hope of this paper ; and,
such must be the earnest hope of
all true men, women and friends of
the State. No patriotic North Car-"
olinian can consent to or allow any
obstacle to be thrown in the way of
this great measure. And in this
connection the Era denounces the
open hostility of one, and the
studied silence of the other of the
two daily papers of this city ro-
specting the consolidation measure. .
A nrl ff ia nrnnoff n coxr horn af
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communication lately appearing
in ih&SenlineZ over the signature of
VHblt" was not written by one of
the Holt family, who,; owning the
largest private interest in the North
Carolina Railroad, are all in favor
of the1 scheme of consolidation.
The cases of j Lee Duiilai)
and
Joseph Baker.
The Raleigh News of the third in
stant,! had an editorial under the
head J Look now upon this picture
and on that " which does' no credit
to thejeitpriatijeo
ty that paper represents, or the peo-
pie of North Carolina.
The matter treated of is murder,
the sentences of Courts, and the ac-
tion of our Judiciary and law offi
cers frased upon the recognized and
imperative law of the land, and the
laws of humanity. ; .
One Joseph Baker for the willful
murder of a colored man, had been
convicted and sentenced to be hang
ed last Friday. The News says :
'Fairly tried by a jury of white
"men, he was justly convicted and,
"in obedience to the stern decree of
"the! law, was justly condemned to
"die!" i
But the ire of the News is excited
because one Lee Dunlap, a negro,
charged with the murder of a white
man In Charlotte in 18C8, has not
been hanged.
That paper makes no distinction
between the absolute and ad
mitted guilt of Baker, and the very
probable innocence of : Dunlap.
One! is a clear case of unprovoked
reckless murder, he other a case
involving the greatest - doubts,
amounting almost to a certainty,
that the killing, if done by Dunlap,
was' done in self-defence. ,
In the case of Dunlap the trial
was removed from Mecklenburg to
Lincoln County, where he was con
victed and sentenced to death. He
appealed to the Supreme Court
and a new trial- was granted, for
cause shown.S55 North ' Carolina .
JRepprts, Volume LXV,page 288. :
Baker was tried in Mecklenburg,
where the offence was committed.
He was convicted and sentenced to
death . ' He appealed to the Supreme
Court, and a hew trial was refused,
for cause shown. See North , Caro
lina BeporUj Volume LXIX. i i ,
r The News raves madly at Judge .
Logan, and in a back-handed way
slaps f the Supreme. Court . in the
fajce tThis is Leo Dunlap, a negro,
whb ' has' been : convicted of the
i JJmurder o( '.i Jamei Gleason! ,atre-
spwiauie uuzea- qi fVnarmue,.ana
wno t)Diainea a new trial , by .the
'not err when he tried' Baker.'
North
Miryellous sapidity of the Judge
presiding; 7 The cime putigo 1 $l&
" The effort of the News to draw a
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