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DAILY NEWS FBI DAY - - - - - - APRIL 4s IK7. HiMEV JOHI)i, PIOPIIIETOR11 join b. lira set. - 'V A W ATER WAY AfBOM THE n. . T1SEST. vnattwCektrUl. of tiwuri. l-e-llevt t"herint will come -alien there wiliLe , trJRT.. the.Cj' nnt. He h introduced a bUt dtrect-lO-W KtrrvUO .of Vf af.lo hal e a ur v mad for the pur-se of afrcertaln inf tiie ctu al-ilii f cvunC tQ" l"a. se oceu ith the gulf of Metic' b a ilt route. It ape.ii-- from the aarvey nX UwU'ar Department that Umt m duno ef oilv alrnt l.v auil between u-rvuration on h r" inmtiaBiver and navtrati,m on the headwater of im Missouri, and r--en:-1 vnie miners h- e Mull a trt-n- h for mining purpc-e through -abich the wafers that hould at u rally hae gone 4 theilf Ihnmsrh tru Mi4oiH wx conducted to the Partite ,'yn: P4MA(Te OF THE MllMinilRl CO IS RILA. sn-r-ena aulieidtary coin bill p.used ibeHonvTo.hr. It provide . I for the exchange l,f "ler coiu of a smaller denomination tL- H hen prevented in Hints of or any multi ple thereof at theoffl'Vof the Treasurer or AUULiit Treasurera. 2, That I be Crvaarer ar iut Assist -nt Tmwtirer who mar r--cive any coins under the provision of this a soaII eictuiu-e the aame iu sum of ?- anv luultiple thereof for hfn! money ff the Frdted ""t.rt cm demand. ,3, Thai the present fractional or sub sidiary iilvcr ciuna ah.kll hereafter re a !erl tender in all uni not rX' tlini: fT in full payment of ail due pubin o f4-ia:e. 4 That aU "in of every L.r1ptinn of the United state, fare value of ceols and unUr. sliall be received at any rxt-otri-e in ymeut of prir tni;- fer any Mini not exceeding i. ?"i P-waHK, N. J.. ha-- a lhn.r war ol larV proportion. The t'mirju.t peple arretted the Herman ! rd 4rs for their Sonda.v trade a w.vk ago. T"he Oerman beer-sellers formed an a ovlauoti, closed their shops U: Mm day aad U'llel t)i -U to rttid viu-latc-rs 4 tbe Sitvl The imik aieu wore stopped, the Siind.i iajiT sarud, iLe fa'-tory of a l.-jd:nc :-ni-riurt mui nsitei anil prf "f un day work obtanve1. and in all evident swuredon whioli nearly p" M.rran:s ffsisomoui. TiK -uic Lin" pro hiHta liuor-t!lini: and S.tM-a:h-breaklnjr, and the Oermana jte 10 th Uv odiou by en:'-inv: Tht r.;rjvjjT hl'h !npi-- i ly dtsvcrit bi Ntut ur Wade Hajn;-t.r. trampeJ beastly op th uiam ai!e ol tie na:e rhimU'r to th Vin'-Prei-dent's Jrak t take tLe ua.h of o.i.v, iad froca Lead to in a suit o! ret tiv," make hut little refvren- to the cvuimrD lal le and oisserv:itive - aperk wbnhihe same Sfuair deliver -at 'burlor;. N. .. wtiil on his a to "sahlii,t-n. I am g'lnJr." h aid. "u repr-ni uiy ji-'plo iu the iaiiDai eoiuaciL I lrnv that stiiilv I ih:i!t ner r fare? twi t w t w,, , n shall i!t; rt-t!!t--t th.it I am an Auit-ricau w:iatn Uai I shall le able to sur-rr Jiiu: .1 rtean i ri t tu tlu brinzin at-at of th.it reiliatioi. srhkb. !lio arJti.tly ileire and nerd."' A Ntw pRmKTn t ni: Irira ijt f TT". It tioa Uyn d- idtf, after rejeat- d. evil .'fences b;vren the Sa-reiarie- t oii. ax ana lulurior, thai srting Hull i m llriUsh sutje-t n i that he. with his Wlowffi, oluntarilv left the territory of the United State and place.! lbt-4iilt es uudsr the prvHei-ton of her British Majesty, whosvill hereafter he held resjxmaiMe fr their go. n Itirt The Xs-reiary wf war La. w rilieii a let ler Us liesal Sherman to tin ertWt ss4th reary ot tate will notify th IiritisHrvrernment. Thh mar e- eorue a senu national uetion if Sit ting H a ft mates a rail on the frontier auriirv me "m!Tre summer, ir tii BrfrUh authorities rhoos" to glveSittiiik Bull an aartum they must thai Ik Joes not make llieir terriurr a 1mm' ol opxatiqna from w hich to carry on wai against the United States. Thsv are as much bound to prevent Sitting Hul! from levying war aK-.in.t th Uiiiieil Btalis from fnelr territory a- ther art to present their c'anatlian subjema from levying private war nrin.t mir i nd (Jotemment. If the Ilrltish autlivr- lliaa rs to l hM nai-nwilile for sir ting Hull s depredations Ur w ill find niss iss U-c.ai l r ol hi vii-ious a-Livitv kirky ipe41ms; k;irJ from their ter - rltory pr by keejim him quiet in hi ssvmp. IVTEHfjiri.4 rKMi,r.MN. . Tb,nwi tlut ivmcs from Kuroj-e exxi itty. iutcresl. lrl CIi.-Iujs ferd.hsuo'4'.-d.l,iivt'X tnx a is way i Kkuwaaul rvlievinjs the garrison under CXlouel 1'ea.raon, so loinr beigpl there.. Antf this ws arremiplished. it i said, in the face of no Ies than 11,'jm) Zulu . warriors who reaiatod Ioril Ctivlins fbnl'a ffcdTmte. Bur while; thin wai. gol" wi, auother force of the Zulus w a asMillng Colo si Wod a ctlumn Hear ItmvbrK. who wm airnlv not a ware of the proximity 0 tiefu, .a s . k1 ' th alUu k is lacriud aa a "coitiplete aarpriae. It wa a.smrprm4 that ot sh Hvs of sptcti otln-erVand 4i m-n anil it ' w h.h tlfv after a terribly dopra:e Uatte that the Zulus were repulsed. Jt wduld soe.n that the-Alias, 'bo sr by tut means ba-T strategists, allowed Colceie) Pear- son'tr"uf f,jrff T" be relievei w ith but a ahsKairei.iUnc. while they fell with greater foree upon Colon rl Wcn.d e eolomu; and, as the deepmtchew show. loHicted feaxftil loss upon 1L To add to the embarrassment of the aituation thart mre evidences of serioua trouble In Ih'e Transvaal District, and the Boers are declaring an Intention of investing Pretoria, aetiing 8lr Bartle Frere and holding bltn aa a hostage. Meanwhile, advices from CaJemtw state that the promised advanc oft be British trooja naa aguin been Impeded by heavy mow storms, and the aictie- t un fhr PTOwi mor rwiHlnna I hi irroaiid. and he haa obined a hH I f I TUirAiwIth -- -m-. 1 adataAtraXia to ihs praaeni. ' m r w mtj Vu m y XOBTII CAROLINA PBOOEESi. Mr. W. Atkinson, of Ikston, has recently krtHeTniioulrIi ; IJcanrPi, South Vaoliua Mn?inia an" North Carolina.,'.Irt'aB inienrtew ublihed in Vednfcday af New York Herald be h;u thd? toSwy'oT Nortk Carolina : ' tJuiiontbrj.htJrinsboro toward Lvnchttur I wo. fortunate enough to un-et a gentleman thoroughly ersod m all inatterH rtainiug to WcMcrn North farolma. whom 1 had long miU1)li, rtt w Umm. mimlminmii 1m relied upon. Jle told me that in the rttK'riirtit of hhl Other's estate .evot ,oarincf. he old a plot ot land t ;lcidsville tor a pair vi' mules, paying ?IJ3 ;o boot. As we po.-ed iiirouu the :ou he showexl uie the lot ujhu a hu h there w ere now two large toua. ,0 houe. The mules w ere still good luuifs, but tliev were older and 01 .ure wL r;h le-. But he said the man who own el the lot had Kl $1.4ov ol land oil troiu it, and the rest was now wortts t-J'- ile also ioid me, a an illustTalijnol'the progress now making, that the taxable aluatioii of the town of Winston, in PsT was w hite ill 17 " it wis ".. ,. At Paiivilte the ,ots on the main streets wen- worth ;veiAv en nts a foot in JS71. aud were now wortli ?;.! a foot; and 1 ooudd see a. we passed through the town ample wvidcuce of this remarkable improve ment in its conuituon. There are a number of large toiaceo warehouses tiere. At l. ncuburg 1 had a conver sation with" a number of cohered ier soi;. The wages of skilled hands ill manufacturing tobac-o are from fJ-.Vto S-.' Jt-r uav during the season from lav to No crnL-er. lliere are cxlored ionaii-. who make Trow J4o 10 t-VJ per ir, w here the husband does one part l lue business and the women and children another. The latter d.the strippinc "f the tolmo-o principally. Negroes who ovn houses here can le -.uinttsl bv the hundred. They are juilJuns a church which will cost s.".ri. I fouud a colored clergyman .u the market place early in tlie inorn .iiiT. who had been trained at Hampton. It- t-dd ue he was iu reveipt of 1,U) a c.ir -alary. I le spoke ot ow niiig prop er tv iiere and tliere as if he felt e".i t.- do in the world, lie told mo chat. .is. I.- fn.tn preaehmc. his special HUuUi)ii " luiiciion wa- to teach his ting re;.i ion how to organise J"or niu tuai Ulp. aad tnat he was then nego ia'irg ior land in the ncii:iilorhod .or tbc p.irpse of tlii orgamr-ition or I ..?if oi the societies with whi-h lie was ss.-x laied. This land was to be i-.d f.: the pnxlui-tion of cereals to uplrt thtse who work in tietories. and was to L ofiipi-l by a sufficient aumbii to serf tlie purpose." The llnnsld include th.it alter all, .l.e wisvst thing the Soir.heru people of U th ra-es -au 1 i to abjure bluster ing olitjc and dt' their attention to the building nj of th-ir industries. :.ie uc el.'pn.f nt ol" the ri'-h natural r-..-i r.--s .f thir favored region, the xtetii.n tf edu-a'.ion and the cultiva tion -f kindly f.-eling- between thetwo ra s . In . )ik ourse of a ref nt meeting in Kiik'!..n 1 to consider the caused of the .lepreon of trade ;i papf r was rea 1 by a Mr. Hoyle which einotjiiied sonic very siirj nin tiurc if the d.ita upon hi- m ;lif r -t are trustworthy. Mr. Hon ! :d th the money jrnlef ifi 'ire.: Itniaiu t"-r intoxicating drink in tiie p.it tour year- auioiintetl to t' "l. it.ij, JJ,77s.M,t, . or .H"..'s.v (SoY.U .' per aniiiim. Thi Mr. Ille ctntrs""s! with the foreiir;? trmle of the roiiiitry fT the past three years, which was valusl at r'tl,i."tK or only x. IV , more than the -1 rink bill for four years. "If the drink bill wore I. verted into trade it would give ; iMthan ten weeks.'' Mr. Ilovle s.ii.1 tnat in ls-jn there were only "iO.uuu public houses in liiiirl.iinl nd Wale, and no tr-hom,or wine shop. In 17'5 there were 1V, places wliere intoxicating drink wa.s sold. He oiK-hided by saying that while the warehouses of merchants and manufac turer were fall of stock, the back. of t.ie i eopltj were bare and their homes -antly furnishel ; "the reason was that rhe mor.ev which should co into the till of the grocer, the tailor, the draper, etc., went into the till of the publican."' Finn re such n those given by Mr. Hoyle must alvas -- taken with a grain of .ili, since theie i no definite w iy by w hich they can be accurately arrive! a! or oven approximated ; but thv Iaih e.p nduure of wue and irioMne for drink by th British p'ojle and the American jeojde m well", i indisputable, and is so tmicl) taken from the funds which would otherw ise apje.ir a saving aaint a nuny day, or eNe. aa Mr. Hoyle indicate, w ould stimulate domestic trade by adding to the fomfort and home supplies of the ptfople. Kveryotlier bram li of home trade thus sutcr w hen the liquor tndtic la umlulv stimulated. Co?(.RFSMAN ST:FLKaSpta--ii. To the exclusion of some iiuirtant news matter, we print, this moriunif, the ible, ebwpuent and huniordus speech made 1 Cougressman SiKKLt last -iatnrriay. on the army bilL This s;e"ch was the subject of a very coniplimen- ry notice iu Sunday's New York Sun. fhe Wafbiiuftou Post aays of it : " Oue f the verv best of the manv retv-hew .hat have goue into th JtecorI i . 1 j i n pr the present session, was delivered by Beir-smtalive Sr&M.K, of North Cart Una, last Saturday. Ile de ot si himself hieCy to a defense of his State against the charge of Kuklux outraren made by MeCoid. of Iowa. The onlv lais for such a charge, he said, that had ever been fouud by the most malignant jar tisans existed in lfeTJ; when there was some trouble in the State, but it was not Kuklux or election outrages. The State judiciary, uuder Itadical rule, and made up of unscrupulous partisans attempted to uurp the functions of the entire State government, and trampled upon every rigid of the citizen. Some of the citizens, smartimr undor ti.n wrongs peri etrnted upon thti. became more or less violent, but there was no eret organization, nor did the peopl attempt to interfere in elections. Mr. ieie defended his people w ith warmth and eloquence, and said that the parti aan Frye could not impeach Iheir law- abiding character. Mr. Frye, interrupt iuiw since ijia ret e lit apeeA-h he had investigated North Caro lina people, and proinwed at an earlv day to show them up in their worst light: foldfn his arms and assuming an air- 'T "ttiock supplicatjon, ,Mr. Stkelu, in tragic Ytlce, shnply replied; Angel and ministers pf grace de fend ua." A shout went un fmm twst-li aide of the ilouxe. and tir mt ..- . .. . "wpa to Jo1uIji. lut t amlU JLU'. . i: i t ivufif mm anyi lie was (jone for. 1 HQX STEELE. xortii yr.jnoLixAN roirrELif. ' vixDU-ATIOX. J i Tbteye-s. ror helr Bobbers-. aiv Aii----Sherltj whftJudgMi Steal Tit uU .veTIte Itlaek Itajsor KU " lrtl WIeruTe nrwpuIeanTe pictesl Eloa-eut Flea for . Jn'trrult-ftlJoii sud Peaee. The House teing In I'ommittoe of the Whoie on the state of thy Union, and having-under consideration the bill ill. K. No. making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government lor the tiscai year endhug June 3, Isso, and for other purjosos, M r. Steele said : Mb, CiuiBvjA.i-1 aanil not com mence uiv reuiarks ou thi occasion by "puoiing frOm a hyriiil : Kmm many an ancient river. From many a sunny plain. They're inarching to diskiver The link in error's chain. 'treat laughter and applause. 1 laving said precisely what I do not intend to do. I ask the committee to listen to what I do intend 1 to do. fljughter. t Mr. Chairman, during- the progress ' of the discussion on the AfmyAppro- priation Bill, the gentleman from Maine Mr. Frye" I dislike to call anybody's name in this House, bevause B is not precisely parliamentary atldreasel the House in an Impassioned speech, in which, among other things, he ;alleged that tliere weie no free electioias in the S.tith, Uvaiise the white people, who were in the main democrats, by vio len:e and hiti iiiidation, cintroliel the blacks into subjection to their will. This charge cons't it uteri the gravamen of the gentleman's sjeech. During it he took occasion to indulge in some spiteful animadversion ujkmi the conduct of his wn me, iu the South, which, to my mind, were not entirely becoming in oneV of his ability and position. Appeals were made by him to feelings engendered during "the late unfortunate civil war, which it was supposed ended nearly tifteen years ago. and whose bitter memories it is not the part of wisdom, suitesinanship, nobility of soul, 'or even courage, to revive and excite. The lan guage of the pentlemaii was so sweep ing and comprehensive that 1 felt it to Ik a duty which I owed to tli State, one of w:hose Representatives I have the honor to be, to ask it' he meant to charge that the nllegod offense which he was denouncing the violatini of ihe frtHsiom of tho ballot wre et.mmitted in the State of North Carolina. 1 wsnt ei a ' bill of particulars," beA-ause 1 thouzht common flumes required it. Instead of answering the question in that manly wav w hich his brave wonis w otiM have led one to expect, he reort el to what I conceived to bean evasion, and r-iHnded, inforentially at least, that these outrages were lete oommon in the State of North Carolina, because of the nuinbor of white republicans wh lived in it. InanHHh aa this an swer clearly involved the charge thst tear, ami not a dewire to observe the law, nor a regard for the duties and ol lig itions of good citizenship, controlled our ple, I pressed the gentleman for a sicilic reply, when, as ho ou;ht to have done, he withdrew the imjautation. Am this was practically all the vindica tion u hich 1 denired. I -hoso not to pursue the subject further, but to allow others w hose constituent had tteen as siiltd, to come to the defense of their own people. Mr. Frye Will the grentleman allow me a minute? Mr. Steele Oh, yes; certainly I will. Mr. Frye I was profoundly ignorant when the gentleman asked me the ques tion he did in relation to the history of North Carolina in connection w ith these m. liters under discussion. J harve since that time been investigating the history of that State, and I now feel entirely able to say to him, and entirely able to stfisfv the coiir-. f T iHoildget fifteen or iwemv minutes at anytime 111 which to do it, thai North Carolina ought not to be exempted at all; that murders md outrages were as frequent inere as 111 many other states; tnat "moonshin ers' abound there in great plenty ; and tnat it takes the army to enlorve even the revenue laws; and by and by, if I gut a few minutes, I will devote such portion of the time as gentlemen feci iuclmed to Listen, to North Carolina. Mr. Steele " AugeU and ministers of grace delend us ! Laughter. Mr. Chairman, the gentleman from Maine neod not to liave made an ac kuowleJLcemrut uikiii tho lloor of this House of his ignorance in certain par ticulars; for charity would suppose tu.it it wiiatue cause, rattier than some- Lllum.' else, of hia remarks, 'lhat is all 1 nave got U say upon Uiat oint. Not long after this a member of this II oils:, and I shall not specity the State lor reasons w hich are saLioba iory to myselt, who made hin appearance upon tue lloor lor the first time alui a month ago, leing, as 1 auposet "gorged with Htaiusmanship," laughlerj as another nieuikr was once Jiaroteriae(l bv one of hi colleagues, prix'eeded, kuftless to his wu great gratilication. to dis gorge himself of someihiug which was very much removed roju statesman ship. buickoHelv aiiied Co that which is tar lev e lev a Let 1 and noble. , li it is true thai "out u( the abundant oi' the heart the mouth ?pakelh" I leliete that is tscri1 turo ; if it is not, my reverend trteiid Irom Iow a w ill correct me Mr. I'rico made a remark which was not heard, j Mr. Steele I presume tlie gentle man's remark was pretty good, but I did not hear iL That niwUiUsr heart is overllow ing w ith the gall of hiun.m tin kiudiu, and l;e shows a fhjvalry in w ords, iu a time fif pvaoe, which I sus pect far surpassed his heroic deeds when armed men were engaged in deadly atrile. lie vauntiugly calls iy atten tion to certain volumes in the j Library of CongiesM, whoese record, he tells us, ia "like the history of hell land the proceedings of the damned." : I confess, Mr. t. hairman, lhat I do not know anv- Uiiug of the similitude, having no knowledge, nor a desire to have any, of the "history' aud "proceedings'' to which uve member so familiarly refers. ! l-iugiler. J I shall uot aay, zlr. Chair man, that this member cuuie from the State oi" Iowa. I take it tor granted, However, that lie Has been a close stu, Uent and an attentive, observer of a re gion of w hich he proteases such extra ordinary knovvietlge, and I do not see how he acquired such an intimate ac quaintance except by a erHonal visi which enabled iiim to become a medi urn for the ilis.-lonure of "theunnum- Iwretl horrors which hang around the aetsjtul death., lhat is from. a hvmn, too. (LaughUr.V Having had the ad vantage of a personal visit to the do minions over which reigua tjie moo arch of all evil, 1 trust he will : not soon again "u sulphurous and tormenting flames render up himself," but remain awhile on this earth for the pfcrpose of warning sinners agaiust tue awtul real ities 01 the place of the damned. Laughter. 1 was not ignorant. Mr. Chairman, of me existence 01 me voiuhios to w bioh my attention waj diiected, nor was I etitirely unadvised of the character and puri-oses oi the , investigation w hich called them into being. I know, too, not a little of the ereUitability of the witnesses, who, aa a general thing, w ere auiiuuoned by the ostensible au thor of tlie inquiry to speak Jn regard to the subject-mailer of the investiga tion. Most of it, was gone into bv the high uit of uu peach tneut Of North Carolina; In the trial of liuvemor Hoi. den for " high crimes au-1 niisdemean prs in oflk-e," a trial whera the neortla Mui the respondent w exe both represen tee, uy emiuexii counsel, ana which wah conauctex., wom, the utmost dairness e aicklv-JMLfi reepondent was confictetl lind at. 11 ' y T ouiyl Qett-"'- u.a.iy-j-iH -ijy - 5- .yu"T,cJe,t ana tBtiatea that even m the latter Sratetlrt. I suspended the writ of habeas corpus, which the constitution declared should never be suspended. All that the testi mony did disclose was that there had bn'ousragef npofTTneTersons of clQ- zfus of tb.e state, tit jtnere was no evi ue of nle: other, which 'the -amendinemHwIer consideration make it proper to discuss. Bur since the nirmherTfaro"rrtmdtr5sly thrust .the xuatu-r before -tlie House, w it!i a view dniv toiiAUim the passions of the people of" Iiis section 61 country aoiuat ihoce wh.u he.iyiow s are unable, to ueiend themselves, except " with bated breach, 1' beg leav e to submit a few observations, intended only to "vin dicate the truth of history." Under the Constitution of the United Slates, as it existed prior to the adop tion of certain amendments, the Slates had the indisputable power to "regu late the internal government and police thereof,' and to admit td the privileges of the ballot such of their people as thev might regard the prorer custodi ans of this highest prerogative of citi zenship. It belonged exclusively to them to fix the qualifications of elect ors. But iartv necessities made it de sirable that this right should be over thrown ; and toetl'eet it the Constitution was ruthlesslv trampled under 1001 m those who had solemnly sworn to sup port it. This was the greatest outrage upon the freedom of the ballot which was ever committed in this country, and thev who did it, and they who apologize for it, ought in very shame to "put their hmds on their mouths and their mouths in tlie dust.'' It does not become them to speak of the glories ol a free ballot. All their laudations are the most transparent of mockeries. However, the deed is done : the amend ment. are a ptat of the Constiuuioii not by the free will of the people of the South, who wore lawfully entitled to determine it, tnt Iry their acrjuilestrence and submission. ' "That acquiescence and submission give 'them allrthe vital ity which they possess. Notwithstand ing the " questionable shape " in w hich thev were inserted, they are now, by the'means which I have indicated, as much parts of it as if adopted affording to the methods prescribid. We of the South regard them as entitled to our respect and olnniience. and yield to them a patriotic submission, because "interest reipublico, ut sit nnis liti 11m. " We trust that their provisions, as well as all others of the Constitution, will be carried out in their letter and spirit. Under the new order of things pro duced by these changes of the Consti tution, the patience of the people of Ihe Southern Mates was tried to tho very verge of forbearance. A swarm of hun gry olitieal vultures, with all the hate ful characteristics of that Wee blast it wonner, tit, shuniu'd bv saunt and sinner, I. Whose appearance on the "Misses fine Lmiardi," at the church, gave Bams the opportunity of writing some of his rluest lines, caine llo"king to tlie South to gorge their ravenous carcasses upon w hat little the ravages of the War had left. Professing an ardent love tor the newly-made citizen, these creatures soon wormed their way " into his confi dence, and thus possessed tlietnselves of the lucrative offices of States in w hich thev really never intended to re main, except so long as the hope of plunder offered a temptation. These are tho Wings who bear tho enticing and suggestive name of ".carpet-bagger." Notwithstanding the assertion often made to the contrary by those who either did not know the facts or who w illfully perverted them, the term was never applied by our people to any honest citizen of the North who re moved to the South to make himself a part of the people, ready to bear their burdens and participate in their joys. These are always welcomed. Under the lialeful influence of the adventurers whom I have named, every department of the government of the States which thev infested lecame corrupt. Tlie le gislature yas largely composed of the ignorant and depraved, the executive was ofteu filled by aliens with no feel ings in common with the people; and the judicial disgraced by men wlio either knew nothing of the law which thev were called upon to administer, or were so malignant and venal that justice was frequently either "sold, denied or de laved." Hi my own State there were some honorable exceptions, and these I do not intend to include in mv statement, (if our judges I shall speak of but two one a native, as much opjosed to granting sntfrage to the negro as any one, until he found that he could profit by it and get a position for which eve rybody knew neither his learning nor his character fitted him ; and the other a "carpet-bagger" of no ordinary abil ity, but believed by nine-tenths of our intelligent people to be totallv destitute of principle, and moved only "by tbe instigations of tlie devil and his own evil passions." In the two districts f resided over by these men, the courts ailed to do justice to such a degree that in an evil hour some indiscreet men. in thtdr very despair, took the administration of 'the law into their own hands; ami. having done so. often committed grave violations of the very provisions which they assumed to enforce.- 1 am not the advocate of the "higher law," regarding it always as a danger ous experiment and ofien productive of evils of greater magnitude than those which it proposes to reinodv. In one of these districts, c mi posed in part of Rome of the counties which I repre sent where the "masked rntrians" lived, as they are sometimes called the members of the bar, without regard to party affiliations, held a meeting and unanimously agreed upon a memorial to the (teneral Assembly of the State, w hich was intended by them Co be the foundation of articles of impeachment against the judge, in w hich it was dis tinctly charged that his incompetency was so glaring t.Vat his conduct tended to increase, and did increase, rather than diminish crime. His stupidity was so great that I have understood it was said, and I believe-that it was said. that a prominent judge of his own partv (I will not sav he was from the bench Of the Supreme Court) declared of him, that. "like an owl. ho was blind jn proiortion to trn ngnt s.ieti upon him. lUreat laugnter.j It was iu these two districts "where aln was robed in ermine and in gold," and for these curses, and no others, which' I have indicated, that the organ ization known as the ku-klux had its origin, mostly flourished, and exercised in the main fts unlawful prerogative's. It is error to charge that it was enm poFed exclusively of Democrat, in nearlv,every oase where this band in flicted the punishments which the courts failed to impose, acting upon the principle thai, "diseases desrately grown by desperate appliances are re lieved," the evidence is overwhelming that the parties upon w horn fts aveng ing hand was brought down, had been guilty of offenses agiiinst the criminal law, and some of these offenses were felonies of the highest grades,. In a few of them the persons pnnished'had used their power to harass unoffending citi zens aud subject them to outrages under the forms of legal proseoutious without the hope of legal redress, it would have been tar better, I admit, had a sunenng people been content to havA 1 borne longer the "wmy life ' ta which they were sub;e-cd. -und trusted in b final vindication, when the go ldesn of i .1 - iusiice once moie oecame seated upon ner throne. But the infirmities of hu man nature, are not. confined to one State nor 'pne section ' of the (onatrv and they who aeclrse our people bf VmtYW n.HA4t.V U1.n.... .. Z .. I . selves. They should be-'carei'iil hom """'K mo "oi nina a KuiiuesH riieni- ney throw the first tone." ' .4 RK.?fe t?IwW Vntleman fron? south Carolina Mr. Aikenl and -thtt uce thai any one uu .wen "Po J" anawiii be administered, despite all iiis contitationul right to ktffrmyie I coherrative teatfhincJso long as mur- used. That is the tl UetiotS-rfno I der. arsftn. Iiurlarv ami all f he orhr' ,?iin!feI?Jn fDlKm':ls Mr. Haskeriji delay." It is; by ' no means a solitary instance, as everV nnqy ho haa read the new spiipers ot.tirsvityj within the last few days will irecollecLl What is kuowTi as -L,vuch lasv' is adlninistered now and "Hten in evety tate of the Union, ' fetonies ""Porttinue to" be committed.' Ihese will doubtless take ulace until the arrival of that happy" period, ap parently very far in the future, when universal peace shall spread her white wings over the earth, and "the leops shall lie. dovn with the -kid, . aud Jjj e can ana ine ! voting lion ana the tatlin together, anil a little child ahall leac them." 1 When these offenses occur in the South tliev are ascribed to political feel ing bv those whose jov it is to "laugh at our calamities and mock when our fear cometh" When at the North thev are either ; overlooked bv .partisans; whose only desire i to make political capital, or I attributed to the passions w hich are the; inheritance of frail mor tality. If a negro is maltreated or killed in our section, whatever may have been the provocation, even such as referred to bv the gentleman from Kansas. Mr. Haskell, whether murder, arson, or rape, tears of sympathy are shed over his fate, "as fast as the Arabian trees their medicinal gum," by those whose oqly feeling for him is a selfish wish to use him as Va hewer oi" w ood and drawer of water," for their political enjoyment. In their excessive zeal for in. n. most generally hollow and pretentious, the mere "trappings of woe," there is no tender chord ot leeling to be touched for the people of that race, "greatly wrought, .perplexed in the extreme by the treatment he receives, which kin died and fed the fires of civilization that have sent their gladsome light to illu mine the darkness of earth What I have said in regard to the causes whi(i-h contributed largely to the infractions ' of the public peace" in mv own State can, I doubt not, be truthful ly said of similar occurrences in other States 01 the South, w here judges, whose duty it is to administer the law as it is written, shall so discharge their official functious that no good citizen can have cause to complain, the law will be respected and easilv enforced: for tken there is confidence that its strong arm will be used to protect and defend the persons and property of all the people. But "thieves for their rob bery have authority when judges steal themselves;" and if the bench becomes either so ignorant or corrupt that faith in the pure administration of justice shall fail, it need surprise no one if the ev il example shall be followed to the partial or entire dethronement of the law and the substitution of violence in ite stead. The fav orite policy of the re publican party, to keep up its control in the country and at the same time in sult a id degrade the white people of the South a policy, aa I have saul, basea upon an acknow ledged violation of the Constitution resulted, as every thoughtful man mus: have known it would result, in placing in authority- over the lives and liberties of our peo- Dle Quite a number of men entirely un fitted to hold the scales of justice, and who never would have held them but for the abnormal condition of affairs which nartv madness aud fanaticism and maiignitv created. The natural fruits of such a stupendous outrage up ou "truth, lustice. and the Lonstitu tion" came. in due course of time, and the wonder is that the 'abused patience of the neo.de was unite so long. The very men w ho had imposed these heavy burdens upon us themselves would not have exhibited the forbearance which was shown -by the helpless victims of their !o!iticai mail e. the act was not one of genuine courage or loftv states nianship or generous humanity; and now. wheu the purpose has failed, when the fruit which was expected to have the taste of nectar has 'turned to ashes, tlie authors of the wrong, in their des peration, charge that the natural law which makes intelligence control ignor ance is unnatural and revolutionary. To induce the negro to be still longer sulteidiary to their purposes, these very persons are now eutix-ing him away, under delusive and fraudulent hopes and representations, from a climate and pursuits which he is accustomed, in to a strange and mhospiiabie land, that he may ald to the political strength of another section of the country, lhat is all the object, and they will get tired of it, 1 predi U jlughter and .applause. Amopgother reasons given for the maintenance of an offensive surveil ance over the actions of the Southern poeple offensive because it comes in conflict with the traiutroris and practi ces of the fathers and prei-supposes crim inal intention our part is that we need aubnigatmg into the propriety of ,tl lowing the free exeroise oP opinion aniongns. It isalleged that wd are 111 tolerant of any diff erences on the part of those who were educated under what is pharisaically called a higher civiliza tion than the one beneath whose shad ow we were reared. We: are toid, and the couiitrv is told, (for what purpose is apparent to every intelligent man,) that tne Southern l'emocraey plaeo under the ban ot their sx-ial displeasure all w ho settle among them aixl entertai political views not in accordance with their ownj aijd hence the necessity of our being taught by Federal authority that humility ou our part is essential to ti e Rill dHveiopment of the clianged connuionior anairs. uonDtiess some weak-minded and timorous menbelieve these stories; but no one who is well informed can be so extraordinarily credulous. The same causes which would render a Southern man odious to the Northern people if he should settle among them would unquestiona blv operate to produce unpleasant rela tions in tbe South. Men who are new residents anywhere, if wise, will alwavs exercise prudence and be careful not 10 wouno tne sensi Pintles or even pre judices of their neigh borw. The danger of maltreatment is purely ideal. We welcome all immigrants who come to be eitistens and help us to develop the resource 01 our eonntav ana add to its wealth, prosperity, and happiness. He here referred to the Northern Settler Convention, which assembled at Charlotte last December, adducing the resolutions adopted by that vpry - - 1 J i . -11" . . m. " 1 " resppciapie ana intelligent ooav as a complete refutation of the charges and imputations against the South, He sioke of the high character of the gen tlemen who participated in the con vention.l Mr, ARMFIELD. Was one named Conger? Laughter, Mr. &T-fELE. I am asked whether one was narued Conger. That was the name of one of them: there is no doubt of it. (Laughter. In addition to the conclusions reach ed by the convention; quite a number of letters were received bv Mr. lu mont from persons of northern birth, and all concur in one emphatic . vindi cation. Many of these gentlemen were soldiers in the Federal Army not sut lers, contractors, paymasters or wordy warriora and iike" brave men who gave unmistakable evideuoeof their convictiona by placing themselves in front of hostile armies, they ahbw their appreciation 'of the character of those who were equally sincere by vouch ing for ttie truthfulness of their declar ations when they laid aside the habili ments of jwar. The great bulk of the courageous men who encountered the Hnnnrn of th htt!fi7r wai.ani,.n when the trump of mortal strife had cpassn m; ht hpt-rl . nd iuni thof io. ing peace would prevail in the land Y ith them the war ended when the South laid down her arms and furled the Hag wieh she had borne with chival rio heroism for four long and w eary years.. They acorned to strike further a fallen foe, preferring rather to lift him up, lake him kindly oack to the eld mansion, arid iovfull rn- tHo r,i es of friendship which had been broken bnmn fVailt-tr h Hn. Like the! eagie, they were rteady Z rlKe wmie-tne enernvstood livimr and and drtnt boforo rii ht i 1 1 history will tell who thev are have acted the part pi 'IrawrufPa and peace and harmony and complete' fr worms." Applause., .. .j "ij j ternization. We want personal 11 i."" What is the ev-ideiice tqf fustatn the ; and the preservation ol all the 0,1 charge that the pobifc voiees stilled in I tutional rights of all the citizens o: ? ' the South? thilvr this: the? South is country. Whatever may h.iv- deanocratic notwithstanding- the num ber of negro voters who are in it. The argument ia. that tlie negro t naturally tmd in gratifnde ought to toerfoctor lor tLe success ol the republican party; thai he would" do as he" o.igh: todo, and as it was intended he should do.) 11 1101 prev eniea oy irauo. or iorce; in. it the democrats use fraud and force, or : f . 11- .1 jucuijjc, wouiu , sonic u, -qjni ea fp..m t 1 1 . . W . . . . t . . . - 1 . . .......1.1 . . . . . iwui me ouuiu v 110 vvjuu.i ser-v e luc purposes ot tne repuouean leaiers. It is eet iaiu that during the "caruet-basr' and bayonet dynasty of the South the ouis. 01 tne members horn our section 1 were not its -w - V-J. 11 v. II. k i I . 1 1. wi t 1 1 wi.-. . . . , . . . . tn I , . . 1 . J . V ; rAnrnuantutiroa I I . 1-1 1 . Having j the "carpet-bag" element was onlv &0 much additional strength to the .states from which it had seetmingiy emigrated. Now, our members are identified with their own people and theydo not sell themselves ake some of their pre- decessors for their private emolument, liut could auy one suppose, did any one suppose, did any one ever suppose, Lhat the negro when the ballot was placed n his haudschad Uie intelligence to govern himself, and tliat he would not become the mere instrument in the hands of others To work out the pur - poses of the superior power? So long register their decrees no complaint was uttered by the - Pharisees that he was operated upon , by falehood and fraud, aud sometimes eveu by threats and force. Now, when that overshad owing power is gone, and gone too by the influence of natural law s which aii reflecting men knew would at last re sume their sway, great indignation is uttered. It is not the fraud which hurts, but only the result of the elec tions. But if the negro at the Sou. h is na turally a republican, I desire to know if the white man of the South is not naturally a democrat? Laughter. If the negro is acting unnaturally and for false reasons who votes or is ' voted the democratic ticket, is iio; the south era white man acting unnlittirally and for false reasons w ho votes the republi can ticket? It is simply a ltoland for an Oliver in that cae. ' Now, it is well known that nine-tenths of the white natives of the South are democrats, whatever may have been their former party differences. As ignorance should be controlled by intelligence for the public benefit, I submit it to the can dor of northern men whether it i not better that nine educated men rather than one should exercise the superior influence? It is not to be supposed that a few persons, and they unt our most intelligent people should un .er- - - - - - v . ..k. .'iiKu uiin uiouc iiim stand more thoroughly the interest ol one otthe best sections ot this country than the great body of the native popu lation who received freedom and lull citizenship as an inheritance from their ancestors. Ihe presumption would be utterly idle and puerile.' " But besides this, there are reasons readily understood bv all why the ne gro has become tired of the rule of his pretended friends. Many of them are beginning to see that the ballot was placed in their hands not for their pro tection, but for the sole purpose of keeping some other persons in power. hen thev have wanted office thev have found that the small portion of the white race who acted With them could readily furnish all the official material, while they w ere left to do the oting. And I have known some in stances where they were nominated by the republican party where they siood no cnance of election, i Laugi- ter. I do not say that ever occurred in this House. Laughter, i 1 hev have learned, too, that despite all the falsehoods and inflammatory appeals which have been made to delude thm, w henever they need any substantial aid it is to be obtained almost entirely from those against whom thev have been placed in an unnatural antagon ism, their pretendad friends "keeping the word of promise to the ear and breaking it to the hope.' and like the juggling fiends"in Macbeth they should "nolongerbo believed.' Thev have com prehended, too, that labor and not statesmanship is their calling, and they must worn, while their nrolessmg melius are rioting on the tat of official position. Naturally, the negro would act, with hi former master, and every body -knows it who knows anything of his character. It required fraud and toree and fear artfully applied, tochango the natural laws. And now, alter years ot strain against it, tho nor mal condition is returning. What has been the consequences? Since the brain and character of the South have resumed their legitimate and proper swav the dark clouds of corrup tion and distress which hung like a pall over the Southern States during the night ot bayonet and "carpet-nag and the sun light of peace and contentment and happiness is sending its glorious rays to auom and bless ami gladden tne lain i. 1 need not tell anv southern man w'hat took place in nearly all of their States during the dark days ol what is euphemistically call republican rule It is a black page m the history of this government. v ncn .did tree elections eome in Arkansas, Tennessee. and even in Missouri? How long were many ol the very best men iu these S:a;es disfranchised for no other reason than because thev' would not vote to keep tyrants and plunderers m olh.-e? In two of these States the governor had a rower which no monarch m Europe posseses. Whv, sir, in the county in whieft lives mv excellent friend, the chairman of the Committee on Appro priations, Mr. Atkins, having a male population over the age ol twntv-onc voars of about three thousand, tho Voters were reduced to a few hundreds by arbitrary and tvrauical power, and one of these few hundreds told me that he was restored to tho ballot bv a sub scription to the Knox ville Whig anew paper ow ned by the governor of that state; in other words he paid for it. Free elections indeed! The republican party a party of a free ballot! Its who.e hfstory as connected with the South de monstrates that that was pre isely what he did not want and w hat it intended ty prevent. A party of iusiice! Wh'v, sir, uuder the third section of the four teenth article of the Constitution it is well known that party favoritism was almost invariably extended io those only whoshow-ed penace by shouting hosannas to the republican party. Tlie party of personal liberty and manhood suffrage! Its legislation for the past iouneen years snows tnat it has sought rather to protect the rich and grind down the poor. Uuder the guise of xionesi money mis partv has organ lzed and earned into practice a policy ur the benefit of overgrown wealth. and to the great ;ujury of the debtor ana laooriug Classes oi tne country. out then, Mr. Chairman, the alarm is the "truly loval," arcid especially by that portion of them who "cried havoc and let slip the dogs of war," w hi. e they remained at a sate distance lar in tlie rear and "out of the shot and danger" of mortal strife, that the "confederate brigadiers' are getting too numerous in this Hall for the peace and weal of the country. Is it that which is feared? ""Twere damnation to think soliasea thought." "Xo, no, Mr, Chairman, it is the dt?mocrat who teared, and u feared, hot for the sake of the country, but be cause lie endangers thecoutfnued rule of the republican party. The "'confeder ate brigadiers' who allied themselves with that party are not only harmless, but the very quintessen e of patriot ism. They can't be trusted as 'Cabinet officers and foreign ministers and Fed eral Judges.' Loyalty to that party is toyalty to thft Constitution in tle eye Of these loyal brigadiers of the bom-proof department, who omit no opportunity, now wneh thebattle is over and the foe "has laid dow n his arms, to 'exhibit Uie f valor of Falstaff over the dead j body of Percy, of tfraT 6f the plumed WniglrtOf terldge-pole afterhi wife' haVt k filed" the bear. LaughaKri - , that i We of the South vearn anxionci.. , . - - 7 1 i OMC CT-I-1U V-' ' I ......1 n . -. 1 . cientiy severe for the txou oi'eoi, .' nation. Wiieu we see some of I'! t r list'! I 1 a, br in thu Ki..r.i.i . . ' which we staked our fortunes auu u, all b"Ut our honor placed in" high oih.-ui position, by tue i.artv who.s. i4-. .i. 1 - !. " v"" ; nun sucii neree anaiiieinas at lis an i j continually remind us o. our olieii.,. ivn .,1 n ttu tj..nr.y ,aj ugxt.-it4 4 1 1 1- I ...AAKAl ,n A ... . . . . : uioi o aicricu lit ciiuie man tliev in". now j Moarisn 111 tnu. me glories ail. ras-tiii the fciuiaiiliieof hign trust aii.j ! distinguished responsibility. the Oi liereuce ? Our only- soLuu,,,, f. I f Ha ...... V . 1 .... . . i , hjc pcilCAilig UIUU1C1U i S Itlal I ' ( , A I i. . .. i . ... .... - .- r. - - Ephesians; ' great is the lu-pu oij, j party, while w e have not Jeaxued i., t,J come such suppliant devotee. . I the material interest of ' the cou'iitrv suffer by negioct . while th.,,, s should urieot their eiierv-o iowar'i (their advancement axe speiding n,,, I in assaulting "castles in tne air ' u t. gers which exist only in their uisL'i j imaginations? We uave no peace 1 cause the party which assails us Jiv only upon sectional sLrifeani se. 1 , 1 hatred, anu means never to allow i I j wounds of the late unhappy war to hell so long as they shall serve to minis Ct j ij uviA uuinivoi asceuuenev w . . , l coiiouci unngs notning out woo to tn- . . 1 - .. . . .T J '".II country; and under all ihe circuumuu ces such conduct brave men ouut t., be ashamed to exhibit. No people under the sun have niore reasou to uesire good government than the democrats of the South. Every interest w hich they have demand il Their hope of regaining the prosper ity which was lost by the war aud pro viding the means or" supporting meir families and educating their children and of the security of their persons an.i their estates, requiring them to be tii advocates of law and order, freedom and justice. We ardeutiy desire "domestic tranquility" and uJP blessings of liberty to us and our pos terity." These cannot be iuaintaiu,-. by armed soluiers or the emblem ,,i our degradations standing aro ina tue polls; ior both of them wnile thev are estensibly Used to uphold, will in," wia bly aestioy tree institutions. Let the presumption of innocence prevail; 11 our people understand that thev are i,, he treated simply as the eqmus of a.l other people 111 this model Kepubii ' that their honor is not. assailed i 1 oral intervention, and election's wu' not only be free, but the liberties ,i country, whenever assailed, will have ueiehders who will come to the rescue from love and not as slaves to carrv un tue will of their masters, iteiiiove ail badges of our humiliation; and 11" ti;,. evil day shall ever come when tin moloch of despotism shall assail tt,f altars of freedom, the men of the South will stand with ail other liberty-loving , . "uu i nits ior meir tection. ireat agpiause.J pro- Valuable Roanoke Land FOR SALE. DY decree of the Supreme Court of N.r-h Y Oaroiina, we will sell at ihe eourthous.. aoor inJucaMju, Northampton coun t , N. ( On Tuesday, June 3, 1879, that valuable tract of land in said count v or thainnton, known as "1'xLl m' containing 2,303A3rj5, Mjrj or Less, adjoining land ol Iir. Jacob-, and oth.-i h liKiis: uue-thiru ean: bidi..-.. o. , anu two years, v ith inn-rest. WAI.lKK i-LAKK A April 3-:ui ' 'onin'r. 'UV LSI -t. J. A. BR AG ASS A, WllOLIilLE A.M RETAIL CONFECTIONER AND Candy Manufacturer, XK I FATETrniLLE Ml It I t I". RALEICH. N. v.. Keeps conktantl) ou haud a urcv b-s. t :- ment of the iinest FRENCH A-Nll PLALN CA.Ult. - City and snrrouudiii(c nu-rchariu would do well to examine our su- k U1..1 purchasing elsewhere. aisril :-tr REDUCTION OK PKICES! Tax 6RANP PACIFIC HOTEL, CHICAGO. The Ft f VeutiLateif llotel la A Ui erica. And one of the LirvMt (ha .liooiiiB.-i-weii-Huiu, w fih Bath and lo -. aiiaciifcd, and .Most KltajanUy Kurnlnt.d Hotels in this country. TERNSROOOMS WITH IIOARII. 3.00 to 93.50 per tny. Baths and Tar lors Extra. A reduction from tot above price to pur ties remaining a week or more. John B. 4 Drake. &. Co., arrM--ood1t Proprietor,. i Street's National Hotel, capitol srAi:i:, RAdLCIUH. IVOfftTIt -4 HOIil . A. S. R. STREET & SON, OU XrHS Ml) FfteeKthTKS. OVERLOOKS UNION AM CAI'I- TOl Sill'ARK, Finest Park tn tfi Ntai. and nr-n at All tlaaea ! Utn$m of Ibe IIoiom. TIIE GASTOX HOUSE. xi:v UKILVE, x, c, i. R. .STItKKT 4c M.. Proprietor. . R. STItKKT, HK.- . WM. J. STKKKT. april asiru . JEWELRY, WATCHES. .Diamonds,. Spectacles ANI H EDAM A.tn BADOK-PI-VS A SPECIALTY. TIIE lart Ktock of irexxts lu the South. Solid llver and rlafcl ware. ii. ,U sold at lactorr price. Watch n'jmirl a specialty, orders by mull promptly utt-n -ed to and ftali.ifafiioii la all case giittrai teed. John H. Tyler & Co., Successor to MITCHELL 4 TYLEK. No.l,OOX Main tree, Rlehmond. t a. The oldest Jewelry I loose in the South. augJT-dawly Dr. Prce!" feeia Flavorins: ,., , , rctT With great -care.' bv a new process. Dr.' Priee exrraeta fro'm the true select Fruits and Aromatics ea-n chara- fens- tie flavor;' and prod aces ' riavct ing of rrre excetieiRe'. ' or great strrngi-" niirif V-tkr KAtvertni' irt th cheat ' ex-
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