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I i X 1" f Hi -f -5 ha ?4 if. Mr ' 'f- . us 4 s m m 'l Pi- -.Vi 1: hi r. ' i . 1 if II' fH -3 J i the Weekly Era. George H, Drown and Vance's Utter low. Cailoway. Tho Secession Ku Klux papers are doing all they can to break the force of Governor Vance's bloody letter to Dr. Calloway. They would have denied the letter if they could ossibly have done so, for they never tell the truth when a false hood will suit their purpose better, but the letter is an original one from Governor Vance, in his own proper hand-writing, with his name signed to it by himself, and they were, therefore, -compelled to ad mit its genuineness. Not being able - t-, . vf fon I toaieny mc icuvr, was to endeavor to throw suspicion mon it, and to render it odious to tlie reoplc, by charging tnai ueorgu II. Brown, Kq., etote it from Dr. Calloway. The following state - ments by 3Ir. Brown and Br. Cal .'lowav will prove that Mr. Brown ay i (-ime properly and honestly by the r. (COPY.) vr ri:Mi:-TorGi:or.c;E n. ukowx. Cnv. Y;mfc letter, written durinc 1-ito war to l)r. Jhiih-s Calloway, of Wilkcsboro, in which Vance threaten- . .: i r;iL-c fl lo visii nTuiiu I'l'i'io i ountv with "lire and sword," camo iMto,rly1esMouundcr the following in i.sTo, i pnrcba-cd from ur. caio- .."S rr "CrciK: v.-ay left for Kansas having said to me that in a certain room oi tno nouse ... 1 l... for an nflifP I wOlllll IIIIQ UC1 I J Uiui v - - ? " aVcidentlv liail my atteution drawn to an envelope on which was primoa Kxecutive Department of N. C." This ..Iotip. cmtaincil tho letter abovo ro- if.rrl to. and IT 1 preserved and have . . .i. . .i... had in mv 111 111V pO!M")5KIl lllllil uiu viaj I r wiiMi i handeil u to JmLre bottle lor uo by him m this campaign. vt-itiiirnt. therefore, that said icitor was ai stracted by me from Dr. Calloway's private papers enure y without' foundation and uuiualitiedly ja!t sSi:iictD Ul-U. jj. iiuu s. Slau.viiic, N. C, August Vi, I have real the foregoing statement ,(" ;ir'o H. Jrown. and I have no doubt but that his statements a ro cor net as to t!e wav in which ho got pos- ii"j.ioii of tho letter of (Jov. Vance, to w liifli ho refers. (Signed f JAMES CALLOWAY. Wilkesloro, Aug. 18, 1S7G. Dr. Calloway, himself, therefore, unqualiticilly acquits .Mr. lirown oi .. - any and all impropriety of conduct Ill "Ctllll;' P0tessiUii Ul l ills iuiici, -I ... ? r a.;. 14- ntwl tho i,;iiers that have chanred - - i Mr. ISrown with theft in this mat ter sliould be required to make due :ipology for the .same, or be made to nMVr in d:un.i''Os in a court of jnstn-o. And now .or the letter again. Jh ro it is in full : STATI'.or NOllTII CAROLINA, j; KCl'TI V K IK1AKTMKNT, Jtalc:h,"Stit. 13, 1S01. Jir. Cai.iavay : 1u:ai: rtir.: Your letters are rccei veil. I have no troo- t t-otui to y our county other than tho iMh Koj;inicnt, which is Conailerato noar Moranton. 1 ao Uonleuerai '..vcrninpnt rjnnot spare a man eithe 7t ivi ihrrMorn, idle to talk alout send in' rrrular trHps there. If I had tliein 1 " .. 1. 1 . 1 xhoiild leairaui loscnuio uiki-suu- J-,n they oum nvo wiuioui vuiiu. li:it vt r u-u' mere vet wituoui mv Ikii iniiiu'vlialely ajilieil to for ihi ir rrnival. l.vt n now, whilst you ak with ono nana ior more iroois. . tiir itlier l am soliciteil to send xv iv tlue now tiiero. 1 uon t Know what to d. 1 IIIHIK 11 UIUO IUO lOJHl .t - i z a. a : -.1 own inhids, and should jmt down de- ...ilion hv all means ana ai an nazaras. tho dtertcfc in MIkes, mat are i-i.. ; .. r. .r.-i iKf iviric worn :il iiieir ; .)t rr-Milar tnKis i-ouia be spareu ior : ui i i-oiiw.. ... - v..ur dctom e. No i-ouiitenance or tavor mihi ho shown to a deserter or ins ilm r.tli r.rimpiit. antl the Hour, tiuardx, it seems to mo that - I-1 - . . Kirkouir.it to io kept baek. It is all the rh-iin-o any how. i ry truly, yours a. n. a.mi And now Dr. Calloway comes to the front, at tje rcnuesi oi uuy. Vaiuv, and tries to break the lorce of the letter by say lug that, "to the U-t of his recollection" Gov. Vance wrote the letter because the people ,f Wilkes were at that time in daily fear and dread of a viit from Colonel Kirlr and his coinmand, and they wanted protection t4in due timeof threaten ed danger and alarm." Too thin, Un-tor, for Gov. ance says, in nis MUt. "if the deserters in Wilkes th it nro .luilv roinforciiiL Kirk, ... . ..,.. wna wm- ;u nu n ih.'3i.-, iiBulKl "i-3 iuhi ic .-paitii ior your ut-n-nw. . . .1... , l K'irk- then, was not in Wilkes, but in lvt-t Tennessee, and the loyal men of Wilkes were leaving their iKsts in Wilki-s, and going under c'smt. J. o. A. Brvan and others, to reinforce Kirk, who was no doubt i ii .il fmm Wilkc-s. The Uxrtor also says, ana He had but ouerl.i of deserter In Id iuli.d, utd the-' uiti' tho loyal Tnl.Mi ,..,ti ,.f WULmuwl adjoining ...untl.niMlita-uitiltKfiiatid lb ir r.thim tii ln Inf. rtni Df. i dlr.tya lli.tt lit lul t. l.d l nwni titf f 4 i.f iii-t nun rmt ttt it a r lt ll ) t j Im it m II, fj .; tliL. j ri t, ItiU im Hi I" I It f I X Mt ;. a I II i nile of old letters and waste paper oi an nonesc man teas gooa as fits oona. -iuuuwo wwn. juu u no value, and that I could" either burn Wh t ld th t , h d qx his er whilst he and his brother lead- them or move them out of my way. " lIul " ll 1 J" ers wer0 to Set tho otnces the While moving them out of the room, I worth both ways ; that at the .a- 4honor3 and the profits arising :i i. uds. it .1 .n we" iv ri.su terrible, but they are true, 'mat t,.-m ,r,thrire ii .swgj i thy rvfa.se 4nfamoUS scoundrel, Keith, who, -nr.vuict i. v "crlh ?'!t?Zl?"Ul' 'in Laurel Valley ,shot down twelve t L it i l llttki J t 11 '!- II II I U t til Hl-'Vl I , n Kiys the lUIeigh Anrj, that there habeas eorpus. no complains uiat amy to do. lIuhaspreMrcd a bit- were desirtcrs from loth armicslu Judgo l'eawon Kile tho Judiciary Her draught for Holdeifrt Jijw, but wiik. .lei.ml din- on tho ioi.Ie. iltL Ho Is a lawyer. jf Holden must tuko a single ip ho Ni Ike, dt prcdatm on 1110 .inlodow not know lie ought to mart drinlc a kIau full." Now, mid Gov. udwj lettir know, that tho very wonH uiod bv There wero ut U-ast ! ,.7)0 people ardn-amlno It ihIy.and ace Jutlgu lVarson, Mtho Judiciary U pnscnt, and you couM e by tho if ho M--.ki if any derttw Lut HxhaunxI,M ucro uuti-d Uxllly ur tho crowd a they 1 1 Met kU ., ; i l.r -i4.-.trt fct.irt fnm llilef Justice 'Jauncy, of tho uiJudu Hettlo that ItU wbleorgu- lUt irotu me lonutK-nwu ,r,llf,, hihI. Siionmo IVjurt. In ?..! I 1 U In It. li h f t Hi' lti all public places, and ask them Un iHrt Governor of this State. MVo have hardly touched thUs far upon the horrors which were perpetrated in i ' I wiiKes county unuer me oruers oi Gov. Vance, both before and after this letter was written.- But the campaign is a long one, and we shall have ample time In which to bring out tho facts upon this and other subjects. ' ftTsYTTTR Xr V A NflP, AT Judge Settle arrived at this point miiM t h n t mnrnlntf from xifVDI. I "T " :: and at 12 o'clock Gov. Vance open- ,ii.n?nn. TTfa snwh was sjimft old muddle of Iarre fi2- - " i ures "which an old field school master can't understand," whole- sale charges of corruption on the Be- ..un narfv n fw iipn.mrMa- publican party, a fierce denuncia tion of the reconstruction acts, and all the amendments to the National Constitution au equally fierce denunciation of the State Constitu tion, lie declared that the consti tutions, both State and National, lrnro frflilflfl l"tir. in flllWPr tf a i t..,i nnrs nn nronounded bv Jud&re i i x Pttin. tWlarrHl his nurnose to sun- Wnen wnat guarantee ne gave tne people that he WA to support them, ne replied that tie .laa pieagea its peirti tn sn. nntl fhnf fhr.mordnfltmoa fnr thpmnlvps. Thfiv were " ' " tional Democratic Convention of 1SGS, ho had pledged his word not to abide by them but.fo upset them, am fli-if in 1.7(5 hf nlprlo-prl his j - - - o- . word to abide by them ana not to which pledge he intended to keep, . answer at. all. When Judse Settle arose to re- 9j ply, there being no imported "Til- den and Vance clubs." the atten tion paid him was perlect. lie opened as usual with the finances both State and National which he hpril.lPfl with hi tmnal rlfiarnpsa heralded with m usual clearness and candor, doing justice to all men not halting not in his de- nunciationsofall thieves, be they l r- i r t vy iriuuiw p piy io v ance s auacs on me Avepuu- I liAiri ndrrv tiir vvnsir. no. V JlnPfi. .. i i ST.-S,S cancel Dayoneu ruiu m ouiamua, Judse Settle said 'What was the most outrageous and 'atrocious instance of bayonet, rule ever known in tins or any oiner 'civilized country? The second 'elcction to tho Governorship of Zebulon B. Vance. Tho second election, did I say? No, I spoke too fast. Ho never was elected Governor of this State freely but onoo, and that was when he was 'elected in 18G2 by the Union men 'of this SUltc' wno "OP aIld who an honorable peace. But ho de- My honorable competitor talks he had not one gasp or bream to about "bayonet rule." Zebulon B. 'expend in denunciation of these Vance talks about bayonet rule! 'terrible, these infamous crimes. r wero assureu iimi nu wuuiu use an 'boys ono; mey ueserteu mem; - 'the great innuenceoi inai nign po- they denied them ; they saia they sition to bring about an early anu Were none of theirs. Never, since 'sertcd these old union men who been such an utter and instant repu elected him ; he turned his back diation of one's friends, lie depicts 'upon his record and upon 'the hopes wnicn, lounaeti upon nis declarations, had been formed for him, and deserted to the camp of the enemy. In 18G1 he was not ' elected to, but he usurped the oflice of Governor. In the county of Madison, the county in which he 'was raised, 1 was toiu uy oiu men . i i i. v.: n u: i:r.-. wno nau kuuwh ium an ma mc, and who liad lonaieu mm upon thcir knees, these facts. Tfiey are wi;i ivj v a 1 t . - ,1 1 . . 'prisoners, anu wnu, wucu iuuc 'boy or l'6 years, seeing nis iamer 'and mother snot down beiore mm, 'threw himselt at nis, iveitn's ieet, . niJ in ili3 childish terror, becrEred for ni3 young life. With ttiei re- murii, iu.uiyo huuiu.uik.wio, ne oiew out me uraiua ui uian 'innocent child. The same Keith attended the election in the county of Madison. He stretched a fence rail across the polls, and informed the young men of conscript age that if they did not vote the "yel- Hoxo ticket for Zebulon B. Vance, the next day they should staxt for 'the front of the battle. He in- formed tho old men, past the con- script age, that if they did not vote ihp vcdlow ticket for Zebulon B. yance .they should have a ride upon that rail. And thus, with ryenow icKia miu " ' -icuw runs, i " ir .i!irtwi hn nfliPR of iiovomor. satis- rernor I . . 3 no wonder mat ne was ficd. the wonder is that Gov rHoiden, his opponent, received llkpI li& attended with 3Uch serious consenucBces to its irlver. And after this, Zebulon B. 'Vance comes before you and talks .uayonmrmu Ifojirnil!ni!i mo for a dereliction" m - - IT ' - 0f duty In regard to tho writ of lie complains uiat tM MenltWHiutR'. Ilcdiwuinc Iir . IVanoti I a llrpuMI ? Al,,iil!i?0,i!!l.f W M l'4l 4i lllo lilRt rrll,,v (jovrrrtur t mi ran 11 at thfvtcf IV4Pa ai.d h.itti I tr, atid I tun tvtdttil tti . . ... I 1 . It. I j.. L... . ... 1 I 1 i.uuit r. 'ki iuuwU lar til lull U Vil t It It I! ;!! ! tu lt.it J i l 7 1 1 f a . 1 I , i e I It I v r t I i sin t'iili tvt II : til. ItittI .Ma it i 'composed? Oftheoldmen.the wo- 'men. the children, and such of the Klux jvould have provc v; W. Holden was Governor, and as such was Commander-in-Chief -.f (ha n ill Ha Thn ml I it la xxreTf 'of the mil ma. Tho militia wero 'bound to obey his orders, and on failure to do so, were liable to bo arrested, tried by court martialrrffnndrrHi footmen1 met. him withn and snot ior eucn aisooeaience oi orders. What would he have had Pearson do? He would have had him plunge this State into a civil war. He would have had him ar- famr t li o rdfl m on amtlnaf. f Hrt wnnni 'men. the father against the son. AUJ mMM ..UW J W 'State one vast battle field from which would have asscended the 'moans of sires slaughtered by their 'sons, and the blaze of ruined towns crkn woaf k r o a Ancpaou Can he be trusted for tho future? l "But again : What i tho mcan- S,01?1! " is W.! i .nriii vvnn i mKiii inr tuifivr iv Latin word meaning body. By 'his earnest denunciation of the 'cover nm en t, by his vehement ap- 'peals to your prejudice against the 'colored people, exciting a terror in vour minds that your children would be obliged to go to the same school with colored men's children; that you would be obliged to sloop in the same beds and cat from the same tables with them ; that your sisters and daughters would bo forced to marry colored men, whether they would or no, ho and his brother Democratic leaders succeeded In banding tyrgecnura-. bora of these poof young men into a secret political society called Ku Klux. They were to whip and burn and murder to put him and hia hrnthor lnndnrsa intn nfttff 4Wnen tnev could hope to get no ' . 7" V profits from such dirty work. These bands in the dead hour of the night took Wyat Outlaw, a respectable colored man, from the bosom of nis I ir i i u:, n o wn laii-lilj', auu iiauvu ihu at the threshhold of the templo oi Mustice the court-house, in the 'county of Alamance. You may suspend the corpus to a tree, but for God's sake don't suspend the 'torit in favor of the scoundrel who did tho bloody deed. They took Puryear and tied a stone about his 'body ana tnrew mm mio it mm- .nnn,i You mav drown the corpus. but for God's sake don't suspend 'thevnt in favor oi ine man wno 'did this dastard's work. They took w Ktpnhpns stfttc Senator frrtrY, nwnii muntv. outof a Dera- ocratic meeting down into tho 4Graud Jury room and plunged a aaorsrer iu ins iiuuri. iuui maj .stab the cor)W5 to the heart, but for God3 gake don' t suspend the writ in favor of the men who did that fearful crime. He talks about the 'iudiciarv beins: exhausted, whilst 'he was so terribly exhausted that And this is the nan who asks you to commit to his hunds the prose- Cution of law and order, tne protec- 'tion of law and order, the protec- 'tion of life and property, the des- tinies for good or evil of the State 0f North Carolina, 'And when the doors of jails be- gAn to open and the gates of peni- teutiaries to gape to the perpetfa- tors of these crimes, did these lead- ers stand up to these poor, deluded ieter denied his master, has there ito you in graphic style tho "Kirk war," tho war that uov. Holden Waged to put down these terrible bands of midnight assassins, lie seeks to hold Gov. Holden respon- sible for Bergen's hanging up of ijUcien Murray by the neck for the purpose of extorting testimony from him. As soon as Gov. Hoi . . - . .. . nearu oi licrgen's action, ne in stantly caused his arrest, deprived him of all command, and IScriren never more had power to commit such deeds. I do not and have nnt fiharcod that Gov. Vance was Vr. - . 'in XUlimoiiiii cuuuiv wiifii ira. i . - i i a. gffeu's inuinos wcrepui unuer tne fence by his militia ofticer, Tike, f0 extort information from her. but ty do sav. that if he holds Holden tpponnnsihlfi for tho actaof Benren which acts he instantly repudiated uy tne arrest ami uisgraa ui ult- gea ne, vance, must ne neiu re- 'sponsible for the brutal acts of pike, which acts, it would seem, he endorsed by failing to punish Pike, or to deprive nim of his command. He says Bergen had orders from Hol- ,jen to do that deed. I beg his pardon that is not so, and the pr0of that it is not so is Holden's utterand instant repudiation of tho 'deed by depriving Bergen of all 'orders from him to torture Mrs. owens. That may be so, but cer- 'tain u is mat mo was not pun- -isneu or uenrivo deprived of his command for doinS the thtstiirdly deed with- 40Ut orders. He says ho wrote to iiave pike punished, and attempts .to hold me responsible for failure so. My iiiiormaiion was Tho crimo was commit ted over tho lino In Mooro county, in which county I had no Jurisdic tion. Ho attempts to hold me re sponsible for not doing what 1 had - m m M 1 1 M .KM A. tlUlU Ullll 1U1IIUI1" 'no right to uo. 1 hold mm rcsiion iblo for not doinif what It was hi .auly lo do. will make largt' gain him VuikVh uarreoudl tux much f r them. Ttf-tuurruw wo go to i't ttU'jru. Your, KAVUUX. t J IUM i Kim I ifj f It a tU r !MiKr4t,aii I atiwnof aiUln- Um tut mnl t uMMUt lit w.t tiot ly V tlr f f ft v.:.:t l lf r t Z 1 f I f. .!Mf III t ! r ft I .fir : I tit' ! Wl'lillVIIUI W i.s O f U I ' ........ -, -t,llrMMMMMMfKgMa5aaMBiaaBaMMMMMM - rr" rr. , ., . .,. i ..... From our sspeciai xvepovo.j JfeSettlc and Vance at Jonesboro i Pmm Oarthasre the- candidates Wrnt to Jonesboro." Judge Settle was met outside the town by about forty horsemen, who escorted mm fntr tnwn. where a crowd of four cheers, amid the blaze of tar barrels and the thunders of a field-piece. Tho next morning the crowd began to assemble In largo numbers from all tho country around. This crowd was greatly augmented by tho ar rival of ' Tilderi and Vance Clubs' from" Raleigh and Fayetteville. The Fayette ville clubs came attended by some music and much whiskey. Judge Settle had tho opening speech, and as-usual, made a very courteous, dignified and able argu ment, i During his first speech there were several manifestations of dis content by the members of these clubs, which interruptions J udge Settle allowed to - pass unnoticed. Vance made his usual harangue, the last five minutes of which was in terrupted by a heavy fall 'of rain, which dispersed the crbwtl. They ro assembled, however, after a short interval, in front of Buchanan's storeyfrom tho porch of which the discission wras continued. When JudJ aattlo arase for 4iU miirty minutes reply, immediately upon his opening his rejoinder, thoTilden and Vance Club from Fayetteville began to interrupt him in various ways. They groaned, they bellowed like Jackasses, they hooted and hurrahed ; in fact, they did every thing to prevent Judge Settle from being heard. Vance requested si lence, but with that careful disre gard of the wishes of their leaders which the Democrats always show when requested to behave them selves, these cliib3 paid ho attention to the request of their "Idol," but continued their manifestations. Their object was plainly to intimi date Judge Settle. In this they miserably failed, and Settle, seeing their object, denounced them in fitting, thorough severe terms, and turning to Vance, told him that ho (Vance) would fall below the stan dard of a gentleman, which lie nati heretofore held, if he did not get up and denounce the conduct of his adherents. Judge Settle then con tiued his speech in spite of interrup tions, and confusion continued until Judge Settle's thirty minutes were out. These disirracefnl .scenes are be coming too common, and their fre quency bring to our mindsa few pertinent facts -which are worthy of attention. When Judge Settle first requested a joint canvass till the day of elec tion be arranged between himself and Gov. Vance, it was refused, but permission was granted Judge Settle to meet at a few appointments already made in the West. Finally, Vance agreed to make" a joint canvass till tho day of election. It has so hap pened that at every point where the candidates touched a railroad, Vance has had the reply. At all these points, there have been large "Til- den and Vance clubs" imported ; and at two out of three of these rail road towns, there have been disgrace ful interruptions of Judge Settle. Now, are all these things simply coincidences, or are they premedita ted t To a cool, candid, unbiased man, they would seem the latter. Another thing : There have been places where, but for the efforts of Judge Settle, Vance would have received open insult. A notable instance was Carter's Mills. T6 the certain knowledge of your corres pondent, there were threats of in sult to Vance made at this point, which threats reached the ears of Gov. Vance. But owing to the ac tive efforts of Judge Settle, Gov. Vance received a respectful, patient hearing at Carter's Mills, and met with not a single interruption. Th(5?e things speak for themselves. It is wonderful tho immense power Vance and his brother Democratic politicians have to excite the pas sions of their followers, and to lead them into disorder. It is also won derful what little power Vance, and his brother Democratic politicians, have to calm the passions of their followers, antl to lead them to pre .,3 order. It is but justice to Gov. v.nm to ,hqt he tritHi but Vance to say, mat lie tricti, out was unable to control his followers. It is but Justice to say, also, that tho ltaleigh club ItehaveU them- s 'Ives Hko gentlemen. Yours, LAVItON. Dr. it IU:memukiii:i, that every letter and olUcial document written by Vance In favor of Justice and civil liberty, and every word writ ten or uttered by him In behalf of tho iciecutPd mid outraged Union tneii of North Carol in.i, yaa whit- TKSi Oil UTTIultKU I'UlOll TO MAY, I Nit. Daring the summer of IS&) Vnnci? vliltcd UUhmond, and came ku k u ch imittl hum 'iiiw glitur liopt? of a incident lul 'utM Iciii IkM on M iiitn.ami from that limir tit lii tno ttni iio th5A nubtrrvicnl tf tha DjvU Ui la ut Jlnuijy u! Ii aaaa V 'lit . li if r -nrr- f, lift t . 1 i 11 $ i t.i I i : HON. WM, A, SMITH. The oft repeated tale of the man who took pity on the stark, sun- frozen snake, carried him home to his warm, comfortable hearth stone, and was in turn bitten and poisoned bv the re-animated and ungrateful serpent, finds practical illustration in the attack made by one 01 tne editors of the Sentinel on Hon. Wm. A. Smith. The readers of that journal, whether Democratic or Re publican, who. know of the chanty extended to the ungrateful editor in days of want and need, must be full of disgust and pity for frail hu manity, when they read the false hoods written by thi3 .remarkable ingrate. The man who will make true statements about his benefactor to injure him, is bad enough, but how infamous and detestible is he who will speak falsely of the hand that has given him bread. Hon. Wm. A. Smith is the friend of the poor man, and will not be hardened in heart by this one in stance of ingratitude. His friends are among the people all classes of the people and are to be found even within the Democratic ranks. He is a true man, a worthy citizen and benevolent neighbor. ;His tri umphant election will pot tt quie tus on all such men as his assailant in the Sentinel. y For the Constitution. II011. W. A. Smith. Mk. Editor: The' following little in cident may not be without interest to tho many friends of this gentleman and give those, not personally acquaint ed with him, some insight into the pri vate character of him, whom we expect soon to make Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina. In the Fall of 1870, a poor Confeder ate officer, who had lost his all by the war, found himself unable to provide food and clothing for his wife and chil dren. He had served about four years in tho army of Gen. Lee, and after the surrender united himself with the Democratic party and gave his active and enthusiastic support to its nomi nees. In his distress lie applied to his old friends and comrades told them his condition and begged their assist ancebegged for work anything that would enable him to support his fam ily. Thoy all expressed great sympa thy for him, and promised they would do their utmost to procure him a situa tion. Day after day he called on them, and urged them to do something, but to no purpose, until at last in despair he went home one evening and told his poor wife that he saw ho hope for them, that his friends could not aid him. She thought a moment, and then asked him if ho had tried Major W. A. Smith then President of the N. C. It. 11. He replied that he had not, for the reason that he had always opposed him politi cally ; that he had no claim on him whatover,and that if his political friends, upon whom he thought he had some claims, would do nothing for him, how could ho expect any thing from Major Smith. Sho replied that she had al ways heard Major Smith spoken of as a very kind and charitable gentleman, ever ready to help the poor, and she be lie vod that he would help them. With Lut little hope of ever hearing from it again, the husband wrote to the Major that night, told him his condition, and by return mail received a very kind and llatteriug letter assigning him to duty at once, expressing the greatest sympathy for him aLd his fanily7and what is more, containingM&saraa evidence of sympathy, of wjiich no men tion was made in tho letter, and for which he has always refused to be re imbursed. That night the poor mother slept sweet ly once more, and in a few days the father went to work on the road. Since then fortuno has oftener frowned than smiled on tho family, but in sunshine and storm, the mother holds fast to the Major's letter ; teaches her little ones to read it; tells them never to forget him, and when they pray, to pray for Major W. A. Smith, their friend, mother's friend, father's friQnd, when no one else would be a friend. The whole family are grateful and will work, hope and pray that ho may be the next Lieuten ant Governor of North Carolina. Mr. Editor, you must not suppose this an isolated case. Far from it. In his neighborhood there are many such. Many a poor man, ruined by the war, is now prosperous and doing well, who could never have risen again but for Wm A. Smith. Many a heart to-night is glad that would have been bowed with grief but for him. Many a bright oyod boy and girl trip their happy way to school, who would havebeen iu ig norance and rags but for W. A. Smith. Such a man is an honor to our race such a heart is an honor to humanity. North Carolina can honor herself no moro than in honoring him. I see an appeal is made by oastern Democrats, to tho gallant West, to come to their aid, and relieve them of negro rule. If they arc really under negro rule if they really want tliolr aid western Demo craU can render it in a way more effec tually than by voting with us for Wm. A. Smith. Old Johnston 1 fully aroused, and will go for him by the largest majority abe has known fur years. The poor are ih1 often ungrateful, and the poor who know him are for him. Men of the mountain, we learn you tare mtivc our rouulryu.su with opcii arm. Ymr kind bi luiltjr ewuUI ii- have ic!t !enkd fci mm more trt!y. He is eiui'tUttarily the -UAiitlH f laUr the r tuau'e frkt), and will tmr iter! at tle freest poor, ? er!re or lw t rttrsefr4 rUtmky9 : AU h mr$ t !, It war fcattefte sUtfeisr tsmrf, 'i in, fut, attfi tiie wufti. t t All r y II r. r T V trj it :;..y t t:.a I'iu m r s The Empire State' Tho nomination of Horatio Sey mour for Governor of New York by the Democratic Convention at Sara toga; puts at rest all doubts of Be publican success, in that State in November. Horatio Seymour stands convict ed of having been one of the bold est copperheads during the war. It was during his administration that mob law held sway in the city of New York, in 1864; and it was dur ing his term of office, that Union men were hung to lamp posts and otherwise shamefully maltreated; He was doubtless nominated on account of his well known affilia tion with the thieves who make up what is known as the Tammany or ganization, and from the further fact that, in the Presidential race of 1868, he succeeded in carrying his State, for the Democratic - ticket. This small show of prestige will avail him nothing in the coming contest. The shameful outrages committed in 1SGS in the city of New York, disgusted men of all parties throughout the Union. But even counting the tens of thousands of illegal votes known to have been cast through the efforts of his strik pr.4 and ballot box stuffers, he only succeeded in carrying th 3tate by the meagre majority of ten thousand in a vote of eight hundred and fifty thousand. It is well known, too, that the canvass of 18G8 was allow ed to go almost by default, in New York, by the Republicans, as the vote of that State was not deemed of the slightest importance to Re publican success. In 1872, mainly on account of tho disgust created by the immense frauds perpetrated in the interest of Seymour at the previous election by Tweed and Tilden, the State of New York severely rebuked the Democratic party by giving Grant a majority over Greeley upwards of fifty three thousand votes, and this, too, without any unusual efforts on the part of the Republican party. The State of New York has never failed to go Republican in any spirited contest since the formation of the party, and, with such a con test as is now being waged and with such a candidate as Morgan, there is not the leat probability that the majority for the Republi can ticket in November will fall short of filty thousand and it may reach double that. Put down the Empire State as safe for Hayes, Wheeler and Morgan, and such be ing the case, the Presidential con test is virtually settled. A Startling Amendment The Right of Appeal Abolished. Section 10, of article IV, of the constitution reads : "The Supreme Court shall have jurisdiction to review, upon appeal, any decisions of the courts below, upon any matter of law or legal inference ; but no issue of fact shall be tried before this court ; and the court shalihave power to issue any rnmprlifll writs necessarv to srive it a general supervision and control of the interior courts." r!har.fr 5CTV. of the nrooosed amendments on which the people are asked to vote, is in these ivf.rrl.'S. i The people of North Carolina in Convent inn assembled do ordain. That article four, section ten, of the constitution be amended to reau as follows: "And the jurisdiction of said court over "issues of f.ct" and "Questions ot fact." shall be the same exercised by it before the adoption of the constitution of 1803, and the court shall have the power to issue any remedial writs neces sary to give a general supervision and control over the proceedings of the inferior courts." It was no doubt intended that the proposed amendments should read as follows : "The Supreme Court shall have jurisdiction to review upon appeal, any decision of the courts below, upon any matter of law or legal inference; and the jurisdiction of said court over "issues of fact" and "questions of fact,"shall be the same exercised by it before tho adoption of the constitution of 18G3 ; and the court shall have the power to issue any remedial writs neccasary to give a general supervision and con trol over the proceedings of the in ferior courts.' ' ....... 1 , - It will be observed that tho pro posed amendment deprives the Supreme Court of all jurisdiction over questions of law; so that tho decision of the Superior Court Judges, where no fact U in volved, will bo tho law of tho land. It Is well known that not ono caso In ten which U appealed to tho Supremo Cotfft, Involves anything but a question of law, o Uiat tho Supremo Court- will bo narrowed down to such crftoi ai Involves fsomo lasuo or question of fact. Any ap peal uon a nal-ett tttetio 1 r fr is not tiHmcctt by the proposed amend ment 1 1 may lie urtd by way of an wer that thcro ! a clerical error In tho propose! ftmcfulmeatf and that It Wit Inicndttl that tht mncndmenl wUca U22it ahrjM rru-J ' c t out aViw. Tlut I !ki ln tho tlxSrSna tint t!.? Kj; mninrl tf fit nvif t i fjVV. 'itntri mity tlotf4,f wh.il tht tiw It upas thfl rm;rJ n i fit tt ' lint vmtt, Again : It may bo said - that tho Supremo Court will not put any such construction upon tho consti tution. No man or set of men have the right to speak for tho judges of the Supreme Court. Thev ire sworn officers, and they alone speak for themselves in opinions delivered and filed according to tho rules of court. However great may be the wrong which will bo dono the people by the adoption of thfc amendment, the Supremo Cjurt can not and will not go behind thu plain and uumistakablo provisions of tho constitution, and render a decision which would add another section lo the constitution.. Suppose the amendments an? ratified, and bur construction of tho amendment herein set forth, is or rect and is sustained by the Su preme Court, what would ho the result?. Nothing more nor le.m than every Superior C urt judo would be an autocrat so fir as quos. tions of law were coneerne I. Thoy might send a man to Iho -penitentiary ''"for' -a simple misdemeanor, which the law does not alhny, and there would be no appeal from sm h a decision, because 110 "issim or question of fact" was in vol vi. Decisions miht and e mid h Blade, involving only a mmie question of law, that would de prive peoplo of their property, ami no appeal would lio beeamo no issue or question of factV was in volved. ): . i In proof ot theso assort. o h. Hip records of the Superior Courts sh nv that Judges Schonck, MclCoy aii, Henry have sentenced men and women to the Penitentiary for sim ple misdemeanors, and the Sure:i; Court, upon the record being certi fied to that court, decided that per sons convicted of misdemeanors cm not be sentenced to the Penitentiary The question as to the legality nf the sentence to the Penitentiary, was a question of law: Suppo.se (he proposed amendment had Ikvw in force, the Supreme Court could not havo heard the ease, because there' could have been no appeal; an.lil.e various persons women as well :h men would have been compelled to serve out their sentences in the Penitentiary. Again: Superior Court Judges differ as do lawyers ami doctors. Another effect of tho proposed amendment would be, that Judc Watts would declare tho . law lo ho oneway, and Ju-.lgo Kerr would declare directly the reverse. This would bo the practical effect in !v ery judicial district. No man, how ever learned, is infallible. Tho right of appeal is one of the dearest rights now enjoyed by our people, and should not be abridged, Adopt the proposed amend niiid, and men will be hanged and sent to the penitentiary, when, perhaps, the Supreme Court, if an appeal was allowed, would grant a ton'' trial, and the prisoners would be' saved from ignominious deaths and from infamous' punishment. Adopt tho proposed amendment, : and the rights of property- will unsettled to such an extent that im ' man will know whether he is safe in the possession of his real and personal property; or whether under some now law, declared by a Superior Court Judge, he is to be turned out of house and home, and that with out the right of appeal. As bad as a great many of the proposed amendments are, this one is tho most vicious ami damnahlcof them all. Tiie Cz ir of all the Has sias, who is now the greatest Hiito crat upon earth, would not dare de prive his subjects of tho right f appeal, as the Democratic party f North Carolina have proposed to do. Truly, under Democratic rule, " power is always stealing from the many to the few." L,ct the people rise in .their might and volo down the amendments, if thoy value their lives, t hoi rforl inns, their sacred honor, and ine posirn- ty who are to come after flu ni IIoiiatio Can't Ski: It.J;v. Seymour has got his back up on tin question of accepting tlx D'"!" cratic nomination for iUxhx position -Sew Yofk. The TH denites nominated him against Gov. Morgan, Ho respectfully cllncd. Democratic necessity in sisted, and still he refused. P.rty success demanded; it, and all Hn weight of political: and persona! ef fort of prominent men of lhatMT suatlon was concentrated to mako, him accede. I To wouldn't yield : Inch. They made him sick. JIH physician prescrlled quiet, and lh doors havo been closcil upon his In Blcgcw. Here Is his last proclama tion: Ni:w YoitK, Hpt. I. A niwial to lhn Jtl fnim llihni kwa nothing can alter 1 1 or.it h hk'ymour'rf ileter ruination not lo jcriuil tho uoof hU narntj i thu liftiiinitic randl Lito for ll.ivrriHir. Kay.thU mondng that lio" will IMrn to no tnoro gentlemen who uh!i to urg tho nomination ujo Mm, no i.mi ttr uho) they ire. Jlo lias l- nudtvfci k ly ilMiiili-rvi'.4aiifli -titt rutut of l!t I.mI tno Lyn. Thli ttuU Ihflh' iii ithr mi far iUo IK it rml htit U ineiTtit ti:tjr;i::ti I ti tti th$ h.u L!ionuf lhitt,i!l .ii- :.!.-.;! I ifl lifi I h f.-Jl I- ll l ! 1 1 I 1! frLtk 'I il 1. :i Hn l I ioi f Jf.i limit tt I -iri,!i.t I ll e i" I I , u I V.t tv I tUil 4 t J I ' f i: 0 H
The Era (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Sept. 7, 1876, edition 1
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