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... v .-:s,a: f.pT'stiii COMMIJUCATION.- Messrs. Editors : Will you , please pub lish th js letter, which will serve ' as an ans wer to many enquiries which I have receiv ed asking my opinion,- as " District Attorney, on the subject of taking the " test oath." D. H. STARBUCK. . Salem, N.U. .Sept 12, 1867. Office U. 8. District Attorney. Un Salbm, Sept. 12, 1867. To- Deab sir : In answer to your enquiry of tho 29th of August, relative to the lia bility ot a person to prosecution who was a Public Register during the war, and after the close of the same, accepted the of fice of Collector of Internal : Revenue, and took the " test oath," of July 2nd, 1862,1 shall avail myself of the public press, in or der to embrace in one letter, answers to many enquiries of a similar character. The only portion of the oath having any bearing on this case of Register and the nu merous other enquiries of a similar import, is as follows : ' " L A. B., do solemnly swear that I have never voluntarily borne arms against the United States ; that I have voluntarily given no aid, counsel,countenance or encouragement to persons engaged in armed hostility there to ; and that I have neither sought nor ac cepted nor attempted to exercise the func tions of any ofhce whatever under any au thority or pretended authority in hostility to the United States." In order to arrive at the true construction of this oath, we must look to the intent of Congresss in its enactment, the then condi tion of the country, the evi!3 complained of, and the remedy intended to be ap plied. Rebels, claiming the right to secede, but involved the country in a terrible lebellion which was suppressed only by the sacrifice of hundreds of thousands of lives, and thous ands of millions of treasure. Traitors filling many of the offices of the United States, who had taken an oath to " bear true faith and allegiance" to the same, either encouraged or took up arms in aid of the rebellion. Congress was determined that thereafter all such disloyal persons, who stood ready to undermine and destroy the Government should be excluded from office, and . the same should be filled with true and devoted friends of the Union," who could be trusted in their fidelity to the government. In a word, the purpose of the oath was to secure the service in office of true and loyal men, and to exclude disloyal men. The term, office, used in this oath is in tended to mean and embrace such offices as were made use of as instruments to aid the rebellion. The office of Register was no such office. The duties of its incumbent were not to aid rebellion, but to authenticate and presejTe the instruments of title to property. This officer derived his appoint ment and authority from the county court, a tribunal not created to aid the rebellion, but which has been in existence in North Carolina for a century. Its duties were to suppress and punish crime to preserve the peace, redress wrongs, award justice. and administer the public charities of the county, so as to protect its poor from star vation. If the court aided the rebellion, it did that for which it was not created, and the Public Register derived none of his au thority from any such aid, nor was his office an instrument to aid the rebellion. In many of these cases, parties accepted or held such offices as Register, Clerk, &c, for the pur porse of preventing themselves " from being forced by conscription into the rebel army ; thus weakening instead of strengthening the rebel force. Therefore a public Register is not excluded from taking said oath, unless he gave aid to the rebellion outside of his office. The officers intended to be excluded by this clause of said oath, were such as held their appointments from the Confederate Government or from such other power or au thority as was created to " aid the . rebell ion," or which by the general use of its functions, could be truly charged with act ing in " hostility to the United States." It is sometimes urged that the taking of the Confederate oath by such officers as Public Registers, Clerks, Constables, &c, ex cludes such persons from taking the . test oath" on the ground that it was giving aid or encouragement to the rebellion. This is not necessarily so. It depends on the intent with which it was taken. " Aid or encour agement" to the rebellion must have been voluntarily and intentionally rendered, to exclude a person. It is conceded by all that one who was conscripted into the rebel ar my and fought against the Union is not ex cluded, while one who volunteered to do the same thing is excluded. Why this distinct ion ? Because the aid rendered by the one was not voluntary, while that rendered by the other was voluntary. So of one who was conscripted and furnished a substitute, or took a contract to furnish supplies for the Rebel army, in order to protect himself irom being compelled to take up arms against the Union. Such person can, in my opinion, take the oath, because what he did was not done with the intent to " aid the re bellion," but was done under coercion, to save himself from having to fight against the Union. So of one who accepted or retained the ofhce of Register, Clerk of a Court, Consta ble, or other such office, to keep from fight ing against the Union, or to prevent some violent " war man" from getting the office, who would exercise its functions to oppress Union men and to force persons into the re bel army. Such person thus accepting of fice under such circumstances and taking the Confederate oath, is not thereby excli tied from taking the "test oath," because it was not voluntarily done with the intent to aid or encourage the rebellion." But such person was compelled to take the office and the Confederate oath, too, or be forced , -"c reoemon, or suffer a rebel to fill the office who would force iini and his friends into the army. But taking of the Confederate oath, if done with tho intt u . " uTV. V , 3. "Fmion exclude such person from taking the "test oath." How SLZl L tJ! S the party -L ;;oSYiXfr:,. uuuclana other "overt rZ wac- -Every man's neigh bors knew his status, whetherhe was a Unfon man er a secessionist. Ifa Union man, he is not presumed to of his affections; whieif a secessionist it took the oath with the intent to connt7 nances aid" in destroying the Union which was the object of his hatred umonwnicn No one will deny that where one volunta ry aided therebellion by volunteering to ifcf?6!'7, r "'y furnished sup. ?i?4eihe,mythat he i8 excluded from tekingtest oath;" while if the sanJe thmg was done by one who was known to be a friend to the Union, to save himself SwtoF or?2 the rebeI a7, is not excluded from taking the test oath." V s . WiKe ine oatb" mainly depends on the status of the person during in a erLhi8 intenta nd Ptoses, and"! (with8 ffi J'ST conscience, ffiocS of few. officials who SR3fiX' ' CTeated of aiding the rewSon Press purpose lastnanfed SSS1SSSP -clause of the oath which S bj J18 uch as, "held office nH de8 fr?m oBce WUitv to IL f:de' aQy authority in 1 n o rYx . x 4.-1 i . w . .... depends Th Z..") Where it aan kno " r Person; every L man t 1 , . me " a friend tr. ul - wuemer be aay aid which hlT1 ot not ? whether voluntary, and "if r L' aered was w man by ttufcurf W ' anA thV ' nvprt. ftcfa" established.-amoiig ' his neighbors the general character ot a Lin on man, or ss such persons were often called toriea or traitors to the Confederacy, any aid ' which such person may have - rendered, an impartial man would at once say was not of his own voluntary choice. While on the other hand, a man who was known among his neighbors, by his conduct, to have been heart and soul for the war, and rendered aid to the rebellion, it is equally as fair an inference that such aid was volunta rily rendered, and he cannot consistently take the " test oath." Therefore, any aid which may been given the rebellion bv one whose well known status was that ot a union man, is presumed, not to have been voluntarily done, and he has a presumptive right to take the " test oath ;" while any aid rendered by one whose well known status was that of an enemy to the Union, is presumed to have been voluntarily done, and he is excluded from the right to take the "test oath." Such is the true construction of the " test oath," and it has been so hold by the highest authority in the United States. I refer to the United States Senate, in the admission in July, 1866, of Judge Patterson, of Ten nessee, (son-in-law of the President) to his seat as a Senator. lie had held the office of Circuit Judge in that State during the Con federacy, and had taken the Confederate oath; but he was well known among his neighbors to be a Union man, and he held the office not with the intent to aid the re bellion, but for the purpose, as he alleged, that he might be of service to the cause of the Union and to Union men. He took the " test oath " and was admitted to his seat in the Senate, a majority of whom were mem bers of that body in July, 1862, when said " test oath " was enacted, and are presumed to know its intent and meaning. I have given this subject a thorough con sideration, and in looking to the intent and purposes of Congress in the adoption of this oath, which is couceded by all lawyers to be the true key to the interpretation of the law, I am clearly of the opinion that holding the office of Public Register during the war does not exclude one from the right to take said oath. I am further of the opinion that the Courts should take no cognizance of a case against any party whose status for loyalty, during the war, does not come in conflict with the intent and spirit of Congress in the adoption ot the law. I am further of the opinion that where the intent and spirit 'of Congress in the adoption of this oath is carried out, although there may be an apparent inconsistency in the party taking the oath, yet it is the dic tate of public policy that the Courts should take no cognizance ot the matter. In trutn, no prosecution could be sustained, unless there is evidence that the oath taken was "wilfully false and corrupt." There have been many offences committed by parties during tho war, who had prior thereto taken an oath to " bear true faith and allegiance to the United States," then violated that oath by making war on the Government, yet these were revolutionary times, and I have, as District Attorney of the United States, deemed it the part of public policy not to hold parties to the strict responsibility of the law for offences then committed. I took charge of the duties of this office in November, 1865, when there were large amounts of property, held by those who had rebelled against "the Government, liable to seizure and confiscation, yet there has not been instituted the first proceeding to con fiscate the first dollar's worth of this proper ty. There are now large amounts of proper ty liable to confiscation under the act of August 6, 1861, which is not relieved by the President's Proclamations; and notwith standing informations have been filed with me against some valuaflb portions of this property, yet I have forborne taking any proceedings to confiscate the same, because such was not the government's policy, and the interests of the country would not there by be subserved. The same reasons will most certainly apply with equal force against the prosecution of the loyal officers of the Government of the United States, who, in their desire to aid the Government, in the enforcement of the laws, have taken said' oath but in no violation of the spirit and intentions of the same. There are many influences brought to bear to thwart the laws of the United States. The Internal Revenue Laws bear heavily on the tobacco and liquor interests. While the Revenue Officers are endeavoring to enforce these laws and bring to justice transgressors, parties in these interests, and disappointed office seekers, together with many disaffected persons, who hate the government and Union men, make a common cause, to bring into contempt the Laws of the United States, and prevent tho execution of the same by threats of prosecution against loyal govern ment officials, for having taken said oath. While I am District Attorney I am deter mined, so far as in my power lies, to see that the laws of the United States are enforced, and that those lawless persons shall not be permitted to evade the laws of the national Union by subterfuges of this kind. I by no means intend to include in this class a large number of high-minded and honorable persons, who did what they could for the Confederacy, but who accepted the result of arms and the re-establishment of the national authority in good faith, and who now desire to see the laws faithtull" ex ecuted. " ' I am, very respectfully,' &c, - D. H. STARBUC?, 271 S. Dist. Attorney. From Washington. Washington, Sept. 24. There were five cholera deaths at Omaha yesterday. A special from North Platte says that the Indian affairs are as threatening as ever. Revenue to-day $281,000. Sheridan had a prolonged interview with Grant to-day. ' The Consul at Malaga writes that the Spanish Government has declared the whole U. S. Government foul with yellow fever and cholera. All vessels arriving there are quar-. . antined. Gen. Hancock is serenaded to-night, at the Metropolitan Hotel, which was brilliant ly illuminated and bUzing with fire-works. It is expected that the President will speak. Hancock said he intended o operate, not for p.artizan purposes, but for his country, and, he trusted, for the benefit of the people entruuted to his care. ' Washington, Sept. 24, M. Mr. Mallory, late Secretary of the navy of the Co nfederate States, is pardoned. Sick les, Hancock and Sheridan were sere nadod last night, to which Sickles responded at leng th, and Hancock and Sheridan briefly. - Ha m Jock will not assume command until he arrh 'es in the Fifth District. Thad.. Stevens' health still improves. Yellow Fever. New Obleans, Sept. 21. Aocon ling to the Jtepullican's figures,, the whole nu mber of deaths from yellow fever from the commencement, to Saturday' morn ing the 2 1st Instant, were 1,204.' Deaths for. twenty-fo nr hours up to Sunday morning, 79 ; this morning 77 ; it . being the largest number ft r any two days since the epidemic, ir; : j - 1 . .- ' "Miss Fi y, the original of Dicken's crazy little Miss Flight, in Bleak House, is said to have come into tiie possession of a large property ttt last near.iKnighton. . ' ' : ; rr -- ' . ' A re -married var-wadow in New Bedford is bothered by the ptek of be- departed uusoana, which tra. Wt - the' house; wicn traP- Poui -tne house; 1 . . mu u sayuig- doors, and, :. Wilts' gratghpstly and ,,uiIdingvnP Ms impoverished and ruin a. ii - - t- ' ' 7 edoountry: Bnt'vfbSia fce1 .exposal fiid in- "aula witj u displeasure. I 'LlBBBTT AND UNION, NOW AND POBEVBR, ONS AND inseparable." Daniel Webster. IIALEIGII. IV. Thursday, Sept. 26th, 1867. 13?- Mr. C. W. Horner is authorized to make business cohtracts for the Standard office. Republican State Committee. The members Qjf , the Republican Executive State Committeeof North-Carolina are requested to meet in Raleteh, on Saturday, the 5th of October, 186,7. It important that there should be a full attendance. W. W. IIOLDEN, Ciairman. Republican press of the State please copy. TO THE CONSERVATIVE C0XSTITTTI0X1L CHOI W OF WAKE COIATY. The undersigned, citizens of Wake Coun ty, friends of the American Union and sup porters of the Constitution of the United btates, being convinced that the incorpora tion of the Brownlow-Holden-Radical pro gramme into tne Constitution ot the estate would most surely embarrass, if not annihi late, all enterprise and all hope of recupera tion, and would discourage all immigration, the investment of capital, and diminish or destroy the sources of employment to our la boring population, do most earnestly implore all Conservative cittizens of every County in the State, to hold meetings for the adoption of such plans as they may deem wisest and best, for uniting and consolidating the Con servative influence in the State, to effective ly prevent the success of ultra Republican or Radical rule in our State organization. The Congress of the United States has cut us off from all participation at present in na tional politics. Nothing is left us but the care of our State institutions, and this move ment has nothing to do with National poli tics or with hindering or attempting to ob struct the operation of any law of Congress. It has simple reference only to the prevent ing of the incorporation of those Radical principles and measures into our State organ ization, which would place the control and government Of the State in the hands of the ignorant, the vicious and the most unprinci pled among us, which would certainly re sult in the destruction of the enterprise and vitality of the State. All the aid or en couragement, therefore, which this move ment could give to the friends of Constitu tional liberty and free government, else where, would be simply incidental. v e, therefore, urge all Conservative Con stitutional Union men of the County of Wake, holding these views, to unite with us in holding a meeting at the Court-house in this city, on Friday evening, the 27th of the present month, at halt past 7 o'clock, to ef fect the above named object, and we urge our fellow-citizens of the several registration piecincts in the County to unite with us, pr uom meetings in tueir several precincts. Wm. B. rPelL T. R. Fentress. T. V.-Moss. C. B. Allen, O. D. Lipscomb, T. M. Fleming, R. T. Bishop, B. F. Park, Jas. M. Betts, P. C. Fleming, J. B. Gayle, S. T. Grissom, Joe C. Pittman, Henry Pace, E. Burke Haywood, G. M. Whiting, P. Cowper, J. Brown, Jas. A. Moore, B. F. Cheatham, J. J. L. McCullers. J. M. Blair, T. McGee, R. W. Haywood, W. A. Blount, P. Babcock, F. J. Haywood, R. H. Whitaker, D. W. Whi taker. A. J. Clem ents, Thos; W. Lee, N. W. West, Jas. S. Har- wood, J. G. Carter, R. T. Bosher, J. G. Hes ter, J. J. Gnthrie, Jr., W. H. Moore, Thomas Bragg, Sam'l. C. White, Chas. W. Bevers, E. Hall, R. Dobbin, L. S. Perry. J. C. Palm er, J. l. UeCarteret, J. J. Litehford, J. J. Overby, J. F. Miller, J. Q. A. Crane, Geo. h. Hmes, m. P. Bragg, M. Kelly, J. T. Moore, . B. Jordan, D T. Bunch, J. V. Wilson, J. '. Jack3on, T. B. Terrell, John Utlev, W. M. Boylan, W. Little, W. R. 'Miller, Sylvester bunt h, Wm. Grimes, E. B. Thomas, Moses A. Bledsoe, W. H. Jones, E. B. Freeman, James Koyster, Seaton Gales, R. C. Badger, H. Orr, R. G. Lewis, P. F. Pescud. Chas. Manly, R. H. Battle, Wm. Simpson, H. W. riusted, K. W. Young, L. W. Peck. T. N. Ramsay, J. T. Morriss, J. G. McGuire, Wm. Quirk, J. H. Separk, D. E. Clements, F. W. Stevenson, G. W. Alley, J. B. Collins, F. K. Strother, R. F. Jones, J. D. Primrose, John S. Bryan, C. Hutchings, J. M. Towles, J. P. H. Russ, B. C. Manly, S. V. House, S. E. Allen, Wm. E. Pell, Jr., James C. Marcom, w . u. Jirpwn, JS. Harris, M. Harrison, VV. . Kurt, J. is. Franklin, M. T. 11. Peoples. J. A. Jones, T. H. Hill. J. H. Kirkham. The above is a call, gotten up and circu lated by the Rer. William E. Pell, for a reb el meeting to be held in this City on Friday night next. This call is based on false pre tences, and those who signed if deliberately have made themselves parties to these false pretences. These people have assumed that there is a " Brownlow-Holden Radical pro gramme" in existence, to be forced on the people of this State. Therefore they have signed this paper, and called this meeting. In reply, we say Gov. Brownlow has no per sonal connection with the politics of this State ; and Holden is bound by. and stands upon the platform laid down by the Sep tember Republican Convention. If " Radi cal principles and measures" should be " in corporated into our State organization" as they certainly must be, or the State can nev er be restored to the Union this will be the work, not of Brownlow or Holden, but of the loyal people of the State. It is, there fore, disingenuous and cowardly to charge measures and results on one man Holden which will flow from the action of the great body of the loyal people themselves. Hol den has no power outside the-Republican party. He would be but a feather in the wind, should he resist that party, or throw himself in its way. He is with that paity both in principle and conscience. . His ac tion is not constrained, but voluntary. He believes that the only hope of restoring the State to the Union," and putting it once more on the high road to peace and prosper ity, is in and through the Republican party ; and he would, therefore, be untrue, bqth to his State and to the Union if he did not dedicate all his energies to the service of thatparty, and Te8ist every effort, no matter from what quarter,"to distract, divide, or em barrassit. If Holden were to consult his . own ease, or pride of section, or the passions' and prejudices of the hour, his course would be different; but as a public man" he soars above all such considerations! and addresses himself solely to itie Jbest means of flavins justice and unfairness' ,of these attacks, by which hie is singled oujt as. a special Object of rebel aversion,, he does not, deprecate Xi regret them; On the - contrary, he 'expecta" them, and treasures them op as the best I proof that he is doing something to "in crease the value and prolong the duration of American lil?efty.r ir1r::i ' .7. "T We now call upon these signers to prove their statement that the Senior Editor of this journal is aiming at any " Radical pro gramme" not contained),, in the platform of the Republican party. Prove it, gentlemen. Prove it, or bear yourselves the just imputa tion, of. having wilfully misrepresented your fellow-citizen and neighbor. These signers say they are "supporters of the Constitution of the United States." They want their constitutional rights. They will not get them until the State is recon structed and restored, and this can be done only by the Republican party of the State, President Johnson declared in his first pro clamation, dated May 29th, 1865, that this State, by rebellion, had lost its constitution al relations' to the federal government. If the State has no " constitutional relations" to the government, it has no Constitution. The State is just where it was in 1865. Pre sident Johnson : has not restored these lost relations. He has no power to restore them This can be done only by the law-making power. . It follows, therefore, that these" sign era have nu constitutional rights. They can not "support the Constitution of the United States," save in the abstract. They are still, as they were in 1865, under military govern ment. ' They will have no federal Constitu tion, and no State Constitution until the State is admitted to the Union. Nor is it true that the " Congress of the United States has cut us off from all participation at pres ent in national politics." l ne very reverse is the case. Every thing is at present na tional. Nothing of a local or State charac ter can stand, or is worthy of consideration We are immersed in national politics. Our whole and sole business is so to act, under national laws, as to get the State back to the Union. . We participate here in these poli tics for a brief and necessary season, so as to be able to take part in them permanently at the national capital. Nor has Congress " cut us off" from representation. We cut ourselves off in I860, and we have been so rebellious since that Congress has not deem ed it safe or expedient to restore us to rep resentation. It will never restore us, if such men as the Rev. William E. Pell are to lead in the work of reconstruction. But mark the spirit of the getter-up of this call. The Sentinel, in the very issue that contains the call, says : We say that no sound Conservative Con stitutional Union man can endorse the Hecon struction Acts, or Howard Amendment, as wise, or safe, or best, or Constitutional." Do all the signers endorse the above ? Is it true that they profess to be for recon struction, and at the same time pronounce the reconstruction acts neither "wise, nor safe, nor : hest nor constitutional ?' Are they indeed such hypocrites ? But what have some of them sworn to do ? The Ttev. William E. Pell, when he registered his name as a voter, solemnly swore as follows : ' I will faithfully support the Constitution and obey the laws of the United States, and will, to the best ,of my ability, encourage others so to do.". Is he obeying the laws in good faith, and encouraging others so to do, when he pronounces them neither wise, nor safe, nor Constitutional ? But it seems this is to be a white meeting. The .colored people wejee "deliberately neg lected. The Sentinel says ; " The young men who have had charge of the list did not present it to any of our col ored Iriends to sign, simply for the reason, that while many of them are known to be opposed to violent and ultra measures, yet they have not publicly announced themselves Conservative Constitutional Union men. All such, therefore, are invited to co-operate with us, who feel willing to do so. The in vitation to the meeting makes no distinction as to color, but simply invites the co-operation of all conservative Constitutional Union men, and none others." That is, the whites are specially invited, and the colored people will " be allowed to come, if they wish. "The young men who had charge of the list," what hypocrisy ! Does not every one know that these young men were directed and controlled by Mr. PeU? The object is, therefore,, td have a white lean's party, and : thus array the whites against the blacks. This is the programme. It is not radical, it is simply murderous. It is a part of the policy to get up a war of races, and such a war is inevitable, if such as tne ttev. vv. js. if ell are. permitted to control the work of reconstruction and con trol these States after they are restored to the Union.- ' ' " : - Now, let us see who these gentlemen are,' that have come forward to obstruct reconstruc tion who declare that it is neither " wise,' safe, or constitutional" to return to the Union 1 under the present acts of Congress. . They have singled us out for a target ; let us see how they will bear a shot or two. - They, have; held us np as an enemy to the State ; let us see who they are, and what tAy have been doing. The names are of record. We have copied them all, so as to have them in our files when they may .be "called, for. If the State does not get back to the Union under the present acts, punishment for continued treason will be certain, to fall somewhere, and these signers will be lucky if they escape. William K PeU. Preacher, politician, editor. Once Unionist. Then . a violent Vance rebel. Prayed that the good Lord would blast " our enemies " and save' slave ry. Prayers not answered. Admitted he had done wrong in not surrendering in 1863, by advising Governors. Graham and Swain to meet Gen. Sherman twelve miles below Raleigh, and surrender in April, : 1865.' Very humble when Sherman got here.' Very humble for several months. Felt and said that "God had done. it.'? Forgot federal magnanimity and kindness, and began to be rebellious.' . Led by Graham, fed by Worth, and encouraged, in his treason by Andrew Johnson. Wants things as they were. Wants to be Governor. Wants ' to . run for Governor as the wliite man'B candidate, Wants " the Constitution f Let him! take, the Confederate Constitution. until he can get the genuine article! : Thinks the ne groes 1- are. very ; wicked, because they wil not hear him preach.'. jWishea ttiem well, if , they will do as he tella them. Feels badly. ' A.-. Via MimArl '. la ai tain.it wiUbe, iTGov. Graham ia not ad-" mitted ,tobis seat in the Senate, if Gov. Worth Is not continued W Governor;- and if he is not made Governor after Worth. Hence he wants a rousing " Constitutional " meeting. White folks only invited. Colored folks al lowed the privilege of coming, it tbey 'wan t to. Wishes them well, if they will do as he tells them. Thinks Gov. Vance the greatest man that ever treated members of a rebel Legisla ture to blockade whisky when the article was scarce. Thinks all our young inen ought to imitate Gov. .Vance. Thinks t' the cause " is only apparently lost. Hence he wants a meeting, and sent " the young men" round with a paper to get it up. Regrets that Mr. Samuel Rowland and Mr." W. ,W. Woodell, the City dogslayer, did not sign the call. Thinks it would have been complete with their names. Thos. B. Fentress. He'll be dod denied if he don't intend to have his " constitutional rights." T. V. Moss. Fought tremendously, tor "the Confederacy" in the shade. Wants his rights. E. Burke Haywood. Physician very good one. Signed the paper under the im pression that it was to raise more troops for " the Confederacy." No time to attend to politics. G. M. Witting. A. young gentleman poet, who devotes his leisure hours to the law P. Cowper. Avowed secessionist. Main tained his principles for four years with the utmost fierceness, in the shade. J. Brown. Does not know what to think of it. Sigued the paper to oblige Mr. Pell. Thinks hardware and cutlery dull, and has a well-settled opinion that Mr. Pell's meet ing will improve them. J. A. Moore. Wants his rights. Would have fought for them, if he had not been sure " the Confederacy " would succeed. Too late to fight after Lee surrendered. Writes good poetry, and gives down weight in trade. Wishes " the negro " well, if he will vote with him. Dislikes him very much if he will not. - B. F. Clieatham. Merchant, and good rebel. Thinks he will get all the colored trade as soon as the white man's party is es tablished. Colored people don't think so. J. M. Blair. Wants a State Convention every week. Keeps a hotel. T. McGee. Fought desperately for " the Confederacy" in the shade. Wants his rights.. Does not exactly understand what they are. W. A. Blount. Good secessionist and rebel. Went to war for his slaves, got hit in the wrist, and stopped fighting. P. Biibcock. Thinks it genteel to be a rebel. Signed the paper because certain others signed it. Thinks Mr. Pell is makinir himself ridiculous. F. J. Hayicood. Physician very good one. Wanted a war lor a long time to save his " negroes." While the war was going on, had two pair fine carriage horses. " Con federacy" wanted one pair. Refused to give them up, and appealed to Secretary of War. Secretary gave him his two pair, and took Holden's one pair. Got mad with the Quar termaster, because on personal grounds he was not disposed to oppress Holden. Wrote to Secretary to turn Quartermaster out, for the reason, among others, that- he lived with in forty rods of Holden, and was seen the morning after Holden was mobbed with his hand on Holden's shoulder. Intended to fight when Sherman reached here, but fled. Came back. Holden got sorry for him, and procured his pardon. Knows no mere about politics than a Thames oyster does about the Bishop of London, but is ready to join in every crusade against Holden. "Queer, is'nt it? J. J. Guthrie, Jr. Wants his rights. Did not begin to fight till after Lee surrendered. Writes romatic dispatches for the Associa ted Press, and shows temper because he is not permitted to sit in Convention with col ; ored delegates. Loves Mr. Pell. Thomas Bragg. Ex-a-good-many-things. Left his seat in the Senate to engage in the rebellion. Thinks he will be relieved some day of his disability. Mistaken. Persecu ted Union men during the rebellion. A god rebel. L. S. Perry.Retired tooth-carpenter. Writes a juicy advertisement. Thinks "the Constitooshun" should be restored, especially tho Confederate one. Wanted his rights, but too feeble to fight for them during the rebellion. Expects a large trade from the colored people as soon as he gets his white man's party underway. Colored people don't think so. J. Q. DeCarteret la of the opinion, judg matically enunciated, that Quintillian was correct when he observed that wisdom would die with just Buch young men as himself. Tried repeatedly to fight for his rights, but the regiments he joined left him without due notice. . ' Thinks Mr. Johnson will supply the deficiency. Would like to be in some safe place on Mr. Johnson's staff. Thinks Mr. Pell is a goose, but tolerates him on account of Seaton. Will be a good Republican in less than twelve months. Means no harm by signing the paper. J. J. Overby. Is afraid of " negro equali ty." Wants his rights. Neglected to fight for them during the rebellion. A "Red. String." Forfeited his obligation by signing the paper. The Grand General should -deal with him. . K Kelly." Coffee Kelly." ; Let him be roasted for his folly. . W. M. Boylan. Thought the rebellion a good thing, but fired no shot "for his "ne groes." Put the wool-hat boys in to die for them. Seemed to repent and got his par don: If he succeeds in defeating the recon struction acts we would not give a picayune for his titles to his lands. William- Grimes-Ditto: . M. A. Bledsoe.Ditto. -'E. B. Freeman. ".Superfluous lags the . veteran on the stage.f : Means . 'well, but is ' involved by the appeals of his friends. Did not think he injured his country by signing ' the paper. But Jie did." Let iiim take his name "bit" Why should he persecute Hol den? .t . i Seaton GWe.Forfeited hia parole by characterizing the laws of the United States as peither "wiaefflafeVbr 6onstituti6nal.n and by 'taking part in ap obstruction ieeting. t Liable at any moment td be arrested. ' Let Poj. Romford look to it. ' thinks the country ;possi- tie? r"---""'-' ; . . : : . 'Charles jfewfy' Wanted to fight just as Sherman was entering Raleigh; Can not ap preciate the situation. Never will. ..Too old Primerebel. - - ;; -. c H. W. Hunted. A regular sucker. Suck ed five dollars a day from the Btate for a long time, in auditing rebel accounts that will never he naid. A rusty rebel. Thinks the whole world a malicious joke. Is one himself. Would smoke another man's cigar with much complacency over the federal fl:ig trampled and the Union rent in a thousand fragments. " When the wicked rule the na tion m'ourris." - J.P.H. .Eusg.-Cursea his Maker. Curses the Saviour that redeemed him. Curses the government as a plunderer and robber. Wants pay for his " negroes." Would like to have a war of races, with some safe place to be in to watch it. A most profane, foul- mouthed rebel. Thinks every body as bad as himself. One of Mr. Pell's favorites. J. C. Marcom. A very little rebel. Little, but loud. Hates the " yankees and niggers, Got no better sense. Wants . his rights. Fought for them as Quartermaster Sergeant in the shade at Camp Holmes. " Would'nt take $5,000 for his experience as a soldier." Commonly known as " bob-tail." J. II. Kirkliam. Oh, Jacob 1 Theo. H. HiU. " Hesper, and other po ems." Good friend to Mr. PelL Told him he could not go for him for Governor, but would for Sheriff. Mr. Pell replied he would have no pleasure in being Sheriff since whipping has been abolished. Bent on Governor. " Hesper" to be Poet Laureate and Private Secretary. W. H. Jones. Sudden call. No time to think, or hear from Gov. Graham. Signed at a venture. Devoted to the " lost cause' and the " National Intelligencer." Thinks there will be no proper or agreeable hereaf ter without some such journal. P. F. Pescud. A pious Apothecary. A gwA Kjuauu vui4 xuj X v uviiuivot V V 1.4 had any. But always on the rebel side, the dear good man. As meek as Moses, as faith ful (to the aristocracy,) as Abraham, as redo lent of goodness as the skirts of Aaron with the sacred oil. Thinks nobody will be hurt if the government should not be reconstruc ted. Was anxious to have Mr. Davis (saint ed man,) so cast his cannon balls that they would kill without hurting. Wants his rights, but would not hurt any body for the world. Let us all pray. L. W. Peck. Noted rebel on a small scale Fears "negro equality." Voted without taking the amnesty oath, or asking for his pardon from Mr. Johnson. Thinks the Uni- es government an unmitigated des potism. Would like to see some one resist it, but declines to t&kc the risk himself. Wanted to fight frequently during the rebell ion. Mad to be held. iJroke loose repeated ly, and excited the liveliest alarm by his pre parations for departure. Changed his mind. Thcught it useless. Felt sure that "our brave boys" would whip the " Goths and Gorillas." Became absolutely ungovernable as Sherman approached Raleigh. Started to fight. Reflected, and came back to wait till he could get " the enemy in a good place away trom bis gunboats. btarted again under a heavy sweat of courage. Got to Rocky Branch. Heard Kilputrick's bugles- Returned in good order. Got home. Got in a big chest, gimlet in hand, bored holes for air, and staid there as long as be pleased his great " Confederacy" dwindled to these poor proportions. As soon as he heard there would be no hangings, came out. Submissive for a time, but got saucy as the troops withdrew. Wants his rights. In tends to have them, and if necessary to se cure them will repeat his campaign to Rocky Branch. And so we might proceed to the end of the chapter. The proposed meeting will no doubt be a rich one. Let no one disturb it. Let it meet, and sit, and sizzle, and subside. he world will spin round as usual. No body will be hurt. The Union will be re constructed, and these people will be saved from themselves. In no other way can th ey be saved, and if they do not see it now thej will hereafter. North-Carolina. REPORTED DrVTSIOK AMONG THE REPUBLI CANS. Raleigh, N. C, Sept. 20. The Raleigh Register, edited by Daniel R. Goodloe, and the recognized organ of the Republican par ty of this State, denounces the recent Radi cal Convention in bitter and scathing terms and excommunicates the Holden co-adju-tors. The party is certainly . hopelessly di vided. The Constitutional Union men hold an immense mass meeting next Friday, the 27th. All of the most influential and prom inent citizens have signed the call. The above is a sample of the dispatches sent from this place for the Associated Press, by Mr. Guthrie, the Agent. There is not one word of truth in this dispatch. We find it in the New York Tribune and Wash ington Chronicle, Republican papers. We call the attention of these papers to the gross imposition practiced upon them. Such dispatches are intended to injure, and do injure the Republican party. . The Raleigh Register is not " the recogniz ed organ of the Republican party." It is more an organ of Johnsonism than of Re publicanism. The three hundred members of J2.' C. 'Badger. -Oh Richard 1 is it po the late Republican Convention unanimously condemn its course, and it is our opinion that the Republican State Committee is also unanimously against it. Nor is it true that the Republican party of the State is divi ded. It is a unit, and will remain so. It will be seen that this telegraph Agent, who is a rank rebel, couples with his exulta tion over Mr. Goodloe's course the state ment that the " Constitutional Union men" of Raleigh are about to hold a meeting, and that " all the most influential and prominent citizens have signed the calLM This " Con stitutional Union meeting" means a meeting of rebels and enemies to the government of the United States ; and we do not hesitate to say that the course of Mr. Goodloe's paper has encouraged and stimulated these rebels with the hope that a division would occur in the Republican ranks, by . taking, advan tage of which they expect to be able to con trol the work of reconstruction in this State. The names' referred to have been published. Some of them , formerly possesaed influence among our-people, but !.theyv possesV' none howy They are, for the most part, desperate rebels who. would . rejoice' at the destruction , (7 . , - , . . ' It!:' .-J't sxf nnflnnnl ornvemmonf .ml i only ready but anxious for a war of They are sWking" to organize a white nian partyi' Not a single , colored name appeanj on the call, and .no colored man wilitake part in the meeting. , They hate the colored people because they will not vote with them and they are preparing to aid a recreant President in the bloody war it is expected he will head against the white mid colored Unionists ' of the country. We hope the Chronicle and Tribune will notice these facts and not permit this despatch of the AssocU ated Press to place the Republicans of this State in a lalse light before the country. . Since the above was written we have re ceived the Washington Chronicle containing the following. Mr. Goodloe used to write ior the Chronicle. It will be seen that that paper repudiates him. .We know he has lost the confidence of the Congressional Committee and of the leading Republican in Washington. m A False Statement Corrected. To the Edttor of the Chronicle : The associated Press, with an enterprise more widespread than honorable, has taken every occasion it could find to despatch such items as the following to the press of the country, with no other object in view, appa. rently.'than prejudicing the minds of the people against the policy and principles of the Republcan party : The Raleigh Register, the recognized oman of the Republican party of this State (North-Carolina.) denounces the Radical convention in bitter and scathing terms, and excommunicates Holden and bis coadjutors. Recognized by whom ? Not by any thr ough Republican in the State, we will ven ture to say. Not by the Radical convention it so Jjoldly denounces, we are sure. Not certainly by the Union League, State or Na tional, composed of the tried Union men. Not by the Congressional committee in this city, nor any of its agents in the field. Not by Congress, which has given the public patronage to the paper owned and conduct ed by Governor Holden. In. short, not by any other well-authenticated Rcpblican so ciety or club in the State of North-Carolina or tlie country. The article in its spirit is barren of truth, and only calculated to de ceive unsophisticated Republicans and flat ter the pardoned friends of Andrew Johu sod. REPUBLICAN. Mr. Sfarbaek's Opinion. ' We publish to-day, from the Salem Press, an interesting and able opinion of Mr. Star bnck, the District Attorney, in relation to the test-oath. We think Mr. Starbuck has taken the true ground on this subject. His reasoning can not be successfully met by those holding contrary view. - Baptist Church. We are- requested to state that there will be a meet in or of the members of the Baptist Church in the base mcnt room of the Chnrch to-night, (Thurs day.) A foil attendance is desired as busi ness of importance will be transacted. Deaf ash Dcvb and Blind Asylum. We leam that the winter session ot this in stitution, Mr. W. J. Palmer, Principal, has- opened under promising auspices. There are eighty to ninety pupils, and the institu tion is filled. Mr. Palmer is very zealous and faithful ir the discharge of his duties. We hope to see this noble charity increase in usefulness. We learn that arrangements are on loot to provide lor the education by this institution ot the colored deaf and dumb and blind children of the State. Conflict 'between : Gen. Pope and a Georgia Judge Augusta, Sept. 23. Judge Reese, of the superior court, writes Gen. Pope that he can not carry out hi recent jury orders, t he same being violative of the laws of Georgia and the constitution. . Judge Reese claims that registration is entirely optional, not compulsory," and be cause a man who may be otherwise loyal and does not register, it is no reason why he should be ex clnded from serving on the jury. Gen. Pope replies that the military bills- give him the right to set aside any law of the State which comes in conflict with the military bills. Orders 53 and 55 were issued by virtue of the power vested in him by Congeress. He considers the jury orders ne cessary to the execution ol the reconstruc tion acts, which became laws in the manner provided by the constitution. As the ques tion of constitutional ty, has been presented in the Supreme Court, and that tribunal has decided that it had no jurisdiction, the fur ther consideration of that question by a sub ordinate military or judicial officer is scarce ly admissible. . - s , . Gen. Pope conclude by requiring- Judge Reese to carry out his orders J udge Reese, in his second letter, goes over similar ground, and arrives at the conclu sion Aat he cannot conform to Pope's or ders, but shall continue the duties of his of fice as heretofore till prohibited.' Gen. Pope then requested Reese to resign, which he refuses to do, h& considers his let ter as a positive prohibition against the fur ther exercise of his judicial powm. " Reese is a plucky Judge, ' He sticks t Georgy. He is honest. He does not intend to break his oath. He has been suspended or relieved, as he should have been. Hon. Thomas L. Tullocfc. We are pleased to notice the following well-deserved compliment- to the able and efficient secretary of the Union Congresekrtv al Committee in the. New; Hampshire pa pers: . - The Republicans in Congress are learning; what their brethren ot like faith in New Hampshire ascertained several years flgo that when labor requiring . patience,' care, and exactness is needed, no person surpasses Hon. Thomas L. -Tullock, of Portsmouth. He is permanent secretary of tht: Congress ional Committee for organizing the Repub lican party in each of the non-reconstructed States. Mr. Tullock is an efficient worker, and the Republican party and cause of pro gress and liberty in New Hampshire owe much to his services."' We observe the Cooa Republican mentions - him as ' having been present at the Republican convention at Richmond recently, and endeavoring by his. counsels to harmonize diverse interests. Mr. Tullock has earned his service to a broader field than when in the performance of his political duties iu this State. His indefati- gable and systematic labors cannot fail to ha productive of good. ' : We cannot conclude without endorsing the above aentiment and adding that his la bors here have been duly appreciated, and already point to a certain and complete re sult. Wash. Chronicle.- ... Martyr to careiesw. " that have been rained by aeglect could be strung together, they would ltach thrice . ronnd the; world. There may haw Ven'!-aome exeusefor this havoc m diy g by, when there wm absolute safeguard again! dental decay; in exis tence, but there Is no, apology for It now; , F"' rant 8ozooirt 'th world-renowned n isep . . i j itf'. . ..ni)i ' thA teeth- against decay, as oft prevents steel from rusting,, or wate arresting the- progress of ftre. Sept. 24th. U-St-
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