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i i a- srr J 5 .!. 1: EKxH i-. j 1 ! I-. i - 7. a X. HARRIS,Editor. ''.OuTp dre'the plans of fair delightful peace uhwa-rped hy party rage fo live like brothers." 1 nr. M. BROW'X, TiOlisher, VOLUME I. B At EIGH, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 187 ST. NUMBER 33 rrrrr?" " " rTfr Til KaNjfci- ifc mmmu , , , , , iiii.iji.T' f , ' T" . '. - i ; - - m - j . MALI IJ Ll JT i 11 r w- II II 1 -. ' j ! . The Week lyRegi A commnnication signed " Taxpayer," which appears elsewhere, demand! expla nation. u ' The South for Southern Republicans; no'lowering of the Republican flag : this is our platform. . 1 The Pennsylvania delegation I asked the administration to' make Simon wig-wag. Simon was willing but the administration said no ; we had rather "Walsh (waltz) a little.1. ' ' - rz-. : ' i . . . , Every Republican ought to consider ft ah imperative duty to subscribe for his ' )arty organ. ' "We only ask each Repub lican who is able to . take one copy of the paer. There are at least ten thousand in. th State who can do this. Money is nov ctecoming plenty' and , is circulating freely. ADon't forget to send for The Register. Roll in the subscribers. Don't fail. Lettis hear from you. j Nast hai resumed work onirper's W' tMy; TIa last number of thjis paper j contains a stunning picture. The Demo : cratic tiger and he Republican lamb are supposed to 2lq lain down together. ;The lamb, however, i& not to be seen, but its location .is folly disclosed by the fol lowing label over the tiger's mouth: "For Republican lamb inquire "within." Moral : Appoint .no more -Democrats to office,, especially in the South. There are some people who think Spof ford arid Butler, the Democratic Senao rial claimants from Louisiana and Soifth Carolina, Ought to be admitted' because Nicliols and Hampton are Governors of the two States mentioned: This is & mis take. It was the duty of the President to idecide under the, constitution whether there was such a state of, affairs in . each of i the States nientioried, as required the continuance of the. military forces. The decision of this question did not affect other questions growing out of the complications in South Carolina and Lou isiana. The Senate is the judge of the qualifications of its members. The qucs- ; tion to be decided is purely a legal one. If jthe Legislatures which elected Corbin and Kellogg were legal and possessed a iqiijorum at the' date of the "election of 1 Senator, Messrs. Corbin and Kellogg j ought to be admitted. Every Democratic kSenator will vote to admit Messrs. Spof-?fcp-d and Butler simply, and solely be cause they are Democrats and with utter 'disregard of all other questions and facts hearing upon the "contested seats; It is cheering to know that the .Republican Senators are united. There is no' break in their ranks j if the facts will bear them out Corbin and Kellogg will vbe seated. Outside of the legal and political , aspect ; of the South Carolina contest, ir. But ler, of Hamburg massacre fame, ought hpt he admitted because he is guilty of ; the murder of forty or fifty colored men. His record in this respect secured his elec4 tlon. It would be a fitting condemnation of man whose arms are red to the elbow ,in the blood of innocent men, to refuse tp admit him to fellowship -inr the Senate for this reason and no other. "We be l lieve the Republican Senate has the nerve and backbone to. make this record. THE DOOM OF THE CRESCENT. The recent and continued success of the Russians is doubtless, the beginning of the end. These triumphs may have been attained too late to end the struggle this winter but they are of a substantial na ture and a march to Constantinople next spring will be the result of the fall of Plevna and Kars; which must soon take place. ' . ' Russia undertook this war in obedience to a popular clamor f her people; there has been great discontent among, these people because : the! first advantage was "Stained and held jor sometime by the Turks. The.cnange in the fortunes of :-war has allayed this discontent, cheered the Russian people and struck terror to the heart of the Sultan It is possible that Suleiman Pasha may relieve pievna, uuiough he is threatened in the rear by a strong Russian army. 1 The Russian government made a mis take in not; ordering every availabe man o the army at the outset. If this had een done the invasion would have not been checked-and the flag' of I the Czars would by this time have been floating from the spires of Constantinople, i iThe success now attending the Russian army is due to heavy reinforcements' sent H to the army, comprising the best men who were left at home when the war commenced. Stren uous efforts will doubtless be made to re duce Plevna and Kars before winter sets in, the roads become impassible, and fur ther operations arc suspended until warm weather provides a way for 'a renewal of hostilities. The Russian line of coramu nications is becoming longe? as the Army is successful, and Russia desires to achieve such further triumphs and will place her in a condition to entertain propbsals "for peace without a loss of honor and military pres tige. It is not probable that peace will be made until another campaign has been fought. There is a determination to drive the Turks out of Europe ; this feel ing may continue the war nntil Constan tinople is occupied. Russia would then be in a condition to dictate her own terms. Any attempt to acquire Constan tinople and fh'HB threaten British posses sions in India, would .cause an imme diate war with England, The sparsely settled country through which the invading army has passed has made progress very ; slow ; the result is only a question of time,if there is no in terference bys other nations. FIENDISH. Senator Morton is dead. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away : blessed be the name of the Lord. Raleigh News. ir This paragraph waj written for the purpose of expressing gladness md exul tation over the death of a powerful polit ical opponent. The writer is a fiend in human shape and is capable of the most heinous crimes. All good people should at once beseech the Almighty to send the Angel of Death and remove this human hyena from off the face of the earth. CI VIL SEB VICE OFFICE-HO L DERS. Great complaint has been of the order issued by the President forbidding office holders from intermeddling in politics. Various constructions have been placed upon that order; the latest and the only official construction is by Attorney Gen eral Devens. The "following is his letter written with the knowledge and. assent of the President : Washington, Oct., 24, 1877. "Dear Sir: I learn with surprise and regret that any of the Republican officials hesitate either to speak or vote, alleging a& a reason the President's " civil-service order.", In distinct terms ; that order states that the right of officials " to vote and to express their. views on public questions, either orally or through the press, is not denied, provided it does not interfere with the discharge of their offi cial duties." If such gentlemen choose not to vote or not to exprees ors enforce their views in support of the principles of the Republican party, either orally or otherwise, they at least should not give a reason for such a coursp which is not jus tified by the order referred to, and which is simply a perversion ; of it;. If tliey de cline to act or vote for Governor Rice be cause they are not Republicans that i3 a j different matter. i : Yery respectfully, -CHAS. DEVENS." Hon. John E. Sanfort), The evil attempted to -be remedied by the order referred to, was the packing of Conventions by Federal "officers through the influence of their positions and the deputies under them, ; It was thought to be nothing more than right and just that these officers should not be allowed to use their official positions to control nomina tions, and thus make a great inequality between themselves and the people. - It was not intended to abridge the rights of any man because he had accepted office under the government, but to put all members of the Republican party upon an equal footing, and', thus j maintain har mony and prevent a prostitution of the public service.' There can . be ho doubt upon this point after reading the letter of Gen. Devens; All that was objectionable in the President's order is thus removed and of coufse all complaint will now cease. li is rightfully expected of men who Jbold public: positions that they should contribute of their salaries and give a portion of thei time to secure the success of; their party. , The 'jofiice-holders have heretofore done their full duty in this re spect. They will do so again. Their aid and influence is greatly needed in this State to sustain and build up the Repub lican press, so as to present' an unbroken front to the enemy next year. The Re publican masses only need a little encour agement from their leaders, and they will rally and vote their fall strength at the next election. It is gratifying that one bone of con tention has been disposed of so as to pre vent injury to the party. In due time all other matters of difference will be amicably and mutually settled, and the Republican party -of the State and Na tion will again move forward to 'victory and power. FRAUD UPON 1 HE STATE. As a tax-payer, and as one who feels an interest in Jthe just administration of public affairs, X would like to know what sort of an economy is it that allows the State printer to print thousands of sheets over the number required for public use. Is this not a waste of public property 2 I am prompted to ask these questions by seeing a wagon-J-oad of printed sheets of tbe Senate and House Jpurnal of 1S76 and 1877 at the. store of Messrs. F. C. Christophers & Co., in this city, and who stated that they bought them of Mr. George T. Jordan, Manager of The News Publish ing Companywho are the State Printers. I would also like to know what right the public printer has to print The Farm er and Mechanic on State paper ? Would it not be well for The News who has set itself up as the pecular champion of hon esty and who has accused Judge Strong of overdrawing his salary, to turn its eyes on its own inflated pocket3 from the sale of State paper which it knowingly over printed, either from a wilful purpose to defraud the State or from an ignorance that is criminal. It seems that it is not satisfied with receiving 75 cents per 1000 ems and paying 25 cents for the same, but must print an enormous amount of copies over tjie number required by law and sell them and thus use public property for its own behalf. Had not The News, who prates so much about honesty, better pull the beam out of its own eye before it un dertakes to tell other people of their sins and short-comings. TAX PAYER. Raleigh, Oct. 30th, 1877. , DISSOLVING VIEWS. Our Democratic friends in and ou of Congress do not seem to be in as happy a mood as they were on the 15th of Octo ber, when Congress assembled. They were then under a high degree of exuber ance of spirit. They had come from the sunny South, the frigid North, the rock bound East, the auriferous Pacific Slope, and from the populous and fertile centers of a great country, as they supposed, mas ters of the political situation. The South ern policy, as they fancied, had placed in their hands a "solid South" where Repub licanism had been crushed out by a single pressure of the heel of executive power. They had no more dread of Republican supremacy in fifteen States, where there is new, and has been since the close of the war a numerical Republican power which, when left free to exercise itself, is supreme. They regarded the civil service order of the President as a paralytic stroke upon the active energies of the Republican par- j ty in the North, which was to circum scribe its usefulness and sap its power. They confidently hoped that some five or six Republican- Senators had become 60 far defected toward the situation that their sympathies and votes were to be found on several, if not all important po litical questions on the Democratic side. With such a prospect in their eye, it is not surprising that the Democratic Sena tors and Representatives in Congress, and their leading presses and politicians throughout the country, should be exceed ingly gleeful and offensive in their tone and bearing. They conld not restrain their joy, and were boastful, domineering and presuming in their acts and utterances. They at once rallied upon the White House with their advice and demands re lating to tho disposition that is to be made of the patronage of the Govern ment. In violation and disregard of the ennunciated policy of the President in his letter of acceptance, relating to the in terference of members of Congress with appointments a system which he declares "destroys the independence of the, separ ate departments of tho Government ;" which -"tends directly to extravagance and official incapacity" and "is a tempta tion to dishonesty j hinders and impairs that careful supervision and strict account ability by which alono faithful and effi cient public service can. be secured, &c, wfiieh "ought to be abolished" we say,' hr disregard of all this, anp in violation of the usual courtesies and j proprieties ob Si.tved by political parties,! when their op ponents are in power,' Democratic Sena tors and Representatives ) have besieged the White House for patronage with all the assurance that attachles to. politicians whentheir own party ha possession and rightful; disposition of it. The Democrat ic Senators from Delaware and Georgia have been "instant in season and out of setsoin'callingW'the oestottat of offi ces in accordance with their own wishes. Wade. Hampton is clamorous for recog nition as a power in the bestowal of Re publican patronage. Democratic Sena tors and members from other States have beset the seat of power, apparently under the impression that they are to have mat ters all thpir own way, unfil the Republi cans here and elsewhere have stood aghast at the prospect. j The last week was evenful as to the in terests and prospects of Republicanism. The line that the Democrats fancied they had broken in the Senate has presented it self in solid column, and jhow stands as a unit on all questions of party import and division. This secures the Republican majority in the Senate in its integrity and gives assurance to the country that it is secure from Democratic raid and devasta tions I In the meantime tho Republican heart I of the nation is putting on! new nerve and strength. The paralysis ?of the hour is passing off, and the faculties and powers of the Republican body begin to return and promote a more healthful action, and it seems to be rapidly recovering from the stunning effect of its late, surprises and disasters. In a short! time all divis-. ion and dissension in the party will give way to unity of heart, purpose and effect. The damages caused by ujisfortune under a desertion of principle ad usage will be repaired Friends will take their places in the line, while deserters will either re turn to the Republican c$mp or go over to the eneniy, there being?no intermediate resting place. . These are the present aspects. of the Re publican party. It will rapidly return to its full integrity and strength of principle. It it finds itself weakened by desertion, it will have the consolation of. knowing that its remaining force is loyal and reliable, and from this hour it will begin to prepare for the campaign of 1880, when it will again assert its supremacy as a political power in the nation. j The Democrats begin t6 see the signs of the times with distinctness, and to under stand that much of the property they sup posed they had purchased jwillnever be de livered. They see that thpy have lost the advantage they supposed jthey had. in the Senate. They see that Ihe Republican party, which they supposed was dead, was only in a comatose state, from which it is rapidly arousing. In other words, they be gin to understand that fhey have been reckoning without their hosjt. Washington Republican. . j CIVIL SER VICE REFORM. The Republican party bas ever been the advocate of reform. Its foundation stones were laid in the interests of the whole peo ple. The rich and the poojr, the strong and the weak, all had rights and interests de manding equal protection The party, in its national and State platforms, and in the utterances of its leaders in the dis charge of the public duties assigned them, have from its organisation to the present period never lost sight of "reform in its highest sense. In land reform it opened our Western wilds to the 'sons of toil, and new States have sprung hap, and a pros perous people till the fertile valleys, and wealth to individuals and the nation has resulted. It dedicated the-new Territories to freedom in the name j of reform. , It struck tje chains from the millions' of slaves, and bade them assume the duties of citizenship in the name of reform. It has - been using .every possible effort, though often thwarted, to do justly with the ' Indian. No question, affecting the rights and privileges of the poorest citi zens of the commonwealth has ever failed in a hearing before this party during' the years of its .existence. ;Thet cry A. that comes to ua now from the enemies of the pai ty, that for the, sake , of, and in the name of "civil-service reform, the organ ization must be j abandoned, is simply absurd. , The statesmen apd politicians of the Republican party, : who havemade the question of such importance as to move upon untried ground, even in opposition to the wishes of the great majority, are deceived, arid will have to retrace their steps. We will not undertake to say that the civil; service as administered is per fect. ; There have been great and absorb ing questions occupying the minds of the people j questions underlying and endan gering our very existence as? a nation. While absorbed in these it would not be wonderful if, through the selfishness of men there should have grown up irregu larities, j But we emphatically deny that the civil service of the government under Republican rule has been vicious. Pub lic servants under Republican rule have administered the goverment, and handled the millions upon millions of the people's money with as much faithfulness and fidelity, yes, even more, than can be found in those alike situated in the commercial world. Of the 13000 men employed di rectly in connection with the United States Treasury, how few have proved unfaith ful. In the large cities, undoubtedly, there iiave ;been irregularities, and they should be corrected, and the arm of the law should reach out unsparingly in pun ishment. Say what men will, when jus tice is done, the administration of General Grant, for straightforward honesty of pur pose and intent, will stand conspicuously upon the page of history long after the names of his traducer3 have been forgot ton. - But our reformers say : "You. must take the men connected with civil service out of polittcs." What absurdity. What is politics ? Webster defines it as "tha science of government." Appoint a man to an important position ask him to "hold; the fort" and cut off all his supplies. The exercise of the right of suffrage, the privilege of expressing opinions upon all questions, has always been considered the right of every citizen. Under the new dispensation we are instructed that-the office-holder may continue to exercise the franchise, but must keep aloof from con ventions, political gatherings, and. keep his civil service tongue between his teeth Yon cannot thus divorce the civil service rrom pontics, bo soon as a man is ap pointed to any position under the govern ment it becomes his paramount duty to make politics a study. Are men to be selected who are srich nonentities as not to have, made up their minds on political questions. After a great political con test, iu which questions oi vital importance have been settled by the h'oice of the ma jority, by what right hs the successful leadersto select subordinates not in sympa thy with the principles which secured their own elevations ? We say it honestly and fearlessly, that the Republican party, within its own fold, has men enough who are fully up to the Jefferson ran standard to fill all offi ces of honor and trust. Men who will take pride in the success of the party and the prosperity of the people. When we are convinced otherwise we will graceful ly surrender bur opinions, and beg our Democratic brethren to not be backwark in coming to the front. Lincoln and Stan- ton, Chase and Grant, drew around them in subordinate ipositions men in full symr pathy with themselves and the people who elected them to office. With our grateful thanks to such leaders and the brave men who risked their fortunes and lives, the old flag now floats over a nation of free men. . We have not seen the necessity for the radical change demanded from the long- established customs and usages. We do not believe the Republican party to-day de sires the innovation . or sees any valid reason for it. We have never doubted the patriotism or integrity of the President : our criti cisms have been candid. We seek union and harmony, and we rejoice in the knowledge that the great Republican party is the party of progress, not always agreeirig, to be sure, about minutiae, Ibm yeu uuituu uu luu gienL pnucipiess wmcu underlie its organization. And when the call is made, laying aside all, minor dif ferences, it will present a united front, and continue to administer the govern ment with that fidelity which has charac terized it in the past.' Chicago Inter Ocean. . . . WHAT THEY MEAN. We believe that President Hayes t has by this time learned what many. Democrats mean by conservatism and conciliation. They gladly accept and keep all the favors which he bestowsyand eagerly and constantly ask for more. SThey fawn, flatter and beef, and are wonderfully conciliated as long i as, he yields to theinwishes, but when he refuses their requests, or in any degree i thwarts their purposes, they denounce mm as a sim pleton, a nypocrlte or a fraud. Even when they lick the hand of their Jbenefactor.'they but seldom fail to leave the slime of their tongues. New North State,' j ' PARTY POLITICS IN THE SO VTH, We are not of those who are alarmed at the cry of a "united South,": believ ing that a "united South"i long enough to be at all dangerous to the political r inter ests of the county is an utter impossibilr ity. A single party cannot be maintained in any State for any considerable time' without oppositon.- The American peo ple are an office seeking race and especi ally so in the South. The disappointed inevitably will be a growing people,; they will send but new rallyipg cries, and the ' negro will be handy material to manipu late into "balance of power." In the very nature of both things and men. such must be the result. In deed,, in the States of Mississippi, Texas, Georgia and Louisiana, the; work of breaking into factions has already commenced. Missis sippi is full of office-seeking politicians ; it is bred in their bone ; there the Repub lican party is utterly crushed out, and so there remains - with the Democracy no motive for maintaining strict party dis cipline ; and as naturally as the morning succeeds the night "independent" tickets are everywhere springing up, and in many counties greatly alarming the party leaHers. ' In Jefferson county, a few days since, Mr. Thompson, a leading Democrat, having accepted an independent nomina tion for sheriff, met his fellow-citizen9 to address them on political affairs. There he was confronted by his former political associates with rifles. Among these visi tors were, the candidates and committees of the regular party organization. The rifle5 is a famous political argument in Mississippi. Jlr. Thompson did not speak and has since retired, but in so do ing presented his very vigorous protest against the action of his own party. In Vicksburg the independent movement is so strong that it is likely to succeed in electing thecpunty ticket. The Missis sippi champion of the regular nomination finds now that he has something more than defenceless negroes to . deal with. He is confronted by men who have acted with his own party, and who know its methods men who are not to be frighten ed and who will shoot when shot at. We see by the newspapers that both factions are making frantic appeal to the negroes, and their vote now becomes so important that neither party will permit the other to bulldose them. And the same work will gd on in all the Southern States, and by tle next Presidential election a strong opposition party will have grown into potent being in every one of them. Hn man nature is stronger than party rule. Washington Union. LIEUTENANT FLIPPER. From the Charleston Hews and Courier. ' Lieutenant, H. O. Flipper, the colored graduate of West Point, was entertained in style at Tnlly's, King street, Tuesday night. The hosts ware a colored organi zation called the Amateur Literary and Fraternal Association, which determined that the lieutenant, who will leave this city to-day to join his regiment, the Tenth Cavalry, now in Texas, should not do so without some evidence of their appre ciation of him personally, and of the fact that he had reflected credit on their race by passing through the National Academy. Over forty persons were at! the entertain ment, to whom the lieutenant was present ed by A. J. Ransier, the colored ex-mem ber of congress. The lieutenant respon ded briefly, as-he has invariably done, and expressed his warm jthanks for the courtesy shown by the association. A number of sentiments were offered and speeches made, and the evening passed off very agreeably, especially so to the recipient of the hospitality. Lieutenant Flipper expects to start to-day for Texas. While he has been in this city he has made friends with whites and blacks by the sensible course he has pursued. A despatchdated Oct, 30th, says details of the affairs at Gorny-Dnbrick and Teli- Bche make it certain that thev are more than mere raids on the Turkish communi cations ; that, 'in fact, they are part of a new Russian movement involving an entire change bfront,iwhich-is still further developed by the-transfer of the Rouman ians to Jiogqt: lelisclie was surrounded on the 28th , instant by one cavalry and two lnianiryv ongaaes di the imperial Guard and one brigade of Cossacks. It. was bombarded two hours from seventy two guns, when the small Turkish garrison surrendered. .. There was no assault, and the killed and wounded; on both sides were insignificant. ,.The capture of Telis che indicates that the vRuseiana have a firm hold on the Plevna and Sofia Toads j but it is " not vet certain 1 that Plevna is entirelysurrounded. J The road toWid din by. way of Rahova, it is , believed, is sun m possession oi Jue Ghazi OsmaniPasha will Turks and that make a desper-- ate effort to keep it. -'. '- f -f::! II
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