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immttBsmmfl n -iii i ii ' I lf!& North, State BALIHHl'HV, FRIIAY, AR. 18, 19. RESIDENT GRANT'S INAUGURAL. We l.i y before oar reader this week the Inaugural addrwisnf Or. (5 rant. It la a . verr plain and unpretending document, aud of etuniaeudalde brevity. It U cbaracteris tie of the irtan aud leav-t the improssion Ax il ad upon every mind that it ii kit own pro duction. Thene of ft ia certainly mj in dependent aa weH aa well aa self-reliant. There it alto about.it an air of honesty and great determination He declare that he ban taken the oath to support tha Conatitu tioa without raeutal reservation and with I determination to do, to thtfbeat of his abili- tTt all that it requires of him. Ha feels the great responsibilities of his position, bat ac cepts of them without fear, fie distinctly declares hitaself indeieodeut of part h-s. He aays the office cam to him untonfkt, and he Commence its duties untrameUed. He will have a policy on all subjects to recommend, , and will i ut.w p. . his veto to defeat measures , to which he may be opposed. gft. Its propositions are general and national, offering little room for objection and criti cism. He does not seem to have, as yet, thought oat a policy w hich la to govern him In his administration. Ho touches upon two tonic on It of verr i undoubtedly intends to reform the adiniu- 1 Utratkw of tha finances, by aa hoe) est nod faithful eollecticn of the revenue and the " arreatest practical retrenchment iu every de partment of the government. He Is for rig idly observing tha nation obligation! and paying the national debt iu accordance with the terms of the contract. Iu this he will be sustained by every true friend of the country who understand the subject. Tha green back theory of Pendleton and Butler is a bub ble that haw already burst and we have pro bably hoard the last of it in respectable quar tern. If earned out it would destroy the cred it of the government and render our curren cy worthies. The policy which Gen. Grant recommends will, if carried out by practical and able financiers, establish the credit of the government upon such a basis as to enable It to resume specie payments in a very brief period. And when greenbacks become con vertible what difference doe it make whether the debt is paid in gold or paper so far as the government or the people i concerned f At present the bonds of the government bear six percent interest and upwards, while t'tose of Eugland bear only three per cent. Yet the bonds of England are tweiity-fire per eemt above par in the markets of the world, white ours are twenty-five per cent. below par. Why is this T But one answer can ho given a want of confidence iu the security. And surely no one will deny that the prospective ability of this young and growing nation to pay its indebtedness it far greater than that of Groat Britian. We therefore hope to see this question settled and put at rest forever during the administration ready to make anyratonable sacrifice at aa offering upon the altar of peace, aud the people will hail that with the plaudits of "well done thou good and faithful servant." What those Seuators and Representatives promised themselves who made long speech es against the amendment, as did Messrs. Bobbins of the Senate and Malone of the House, we cannot tell. Under this amend ment the Bute will still he able to coufiue suffrage to tax payers, or, if they ehoae, to establish other qualifications. NotLlagmore need be expected without a great change in public sentiment North, aud such change It more likely to be effected by giving the North em people a taste of colored suffrage them selves. If the speeches to which we have re ferred were merely made lor Buncombe, the speakers will most probably find themselves mistaken as to the recepliou they will meet with at home. IE tarn to the lorn hooks of his profession and Cijueern the interest of an unfortunate class tarry at Jericho nntil his hoard grows. j who have been made the helpless) jfltfims Our eorrespojdeut requested us to revise aad correal his article for ..I m. preserviug his own language as far as possible, "for," said he, "the time has eotnc wheii this question mast be handled with gloves off." It is all that we caa do, without any aeslaiaaee. to read the articles of our correspondents, innch leas to re-write them. We have, therefore, not "gloved" the haud of OUT eorrsspondeiit. but merely directed the compositor to correct his spelling and punctuutioa. OUR LEGAL CORRESPONDENT AND OURHELP. We rive place to the communication of "one who voted ngitiuat the homestead." re viewing our criticism of the opinion of the Supreme Court, declnriug the Stay Uw un constitutional, and intimating that a retro spective homestead it eonstitutioual, though we would be justified in relucting in for want of proper respect to ourself. But we are dis posed to be charitable towards the writer, who ha entirely muw'PrehendosVaa 'fAfJfjh I sjtjiwns gwpvwti wm mmm trot we thought it impossible for otsy man to mis anderstand as, much less a lawyer. Indeed, bo seems to be wholly incapable of diatiu gsjlshlngbut.weesi a liigUimateitieismefa jn ditial opinion, at tuck, aud the obfecta which he would like toseeeffectedbysuehadecision. He quotes our remark that it is not "to be supposed that the Supreme Court of the Uni ted States will be driven from the law, even by au enlightened public eentimeut' found ed upon justice," and theu asks with virtuous indignation : "Iu the name of 0 1 is justice to be trodden down." We reply by asking him if he thinks the Supreme Court hat pow er to promote justice by d-claring that to be law which is not law if it possesses legisla tive as well as judicial functions which raise it above the Constitution snd laws of the United States T We ask him if he were a judge of the Supreme Court of the United State as he may be one of these days, be ing a lawyer would he allow himself to be "driven from the law by an enlightened pub lie sentiment which was founded tion jus tice." Or Would lie should he travel out of the record to discuss the matter in a practi cal point of view not nay : "Here is a great, a very great grievance, but the remedy is not with the Court the Constitution or the laws in Hit be amended this Court posaesse. no legislative power V But our legal friend and correspondent has discovered that "the Supreme Court took an oath to deTend the Constitution of North Car olina." Ho should also have discovered be fore this time that the "Supreme Court" took an oath without any reservations to sup port the Constitution" of the United States. PRESIDENT J0IIN80N. Upon retiring, our late Chief Magis trate, following the examples set by Washingtoa and Jackson, lias issned a farewell address to the people of the Uni ted States. Like nil bis Lapcra it is writ leu with great dignify snd ability. II reviews with cnlinness the course of his administration and invokes the people to cling to the Constitution as the palladium of their liberties. In the midst of the excitement of thee times it is scarceless possible (airly to es timate the character and public services of Andrew Johnson that must be left to the of monopolize! extortioner to tha amount of many thousands of dollars by the judge in the exercise of nu arbitrary discretion, a id not in pursuan, f positive law Wt will publish that part of the judge's letter next weak which relates to the print ine;, so aa to give him the full benefit of what he has to any in his defence, drivel ing as it is. THE C ABINET. impartial statesmen and hiateriiini next are. That he hts faults deny that he bat committed 1 w ,t taai all hia temper fitted him to deal with naticism of the times ; bat the great of tho American people will, when passions of lbs present hour subside, do justice to his motives and concede his pa triotism. The heroic stand which he took, tor the Lnion at the commencement of the war, snd maintained to the end, could only have been taken, nnder tho circum stances, by an honest and patriotic man. That he desired to conciliate the Southern people, and restore a fraternal Union at the close of the struggle, seems to be clear. That the course which he took to accninjdi-h that end was the wisest that presented itself, may well he doubted. If he had convened Congress immediately after hi accession, and taken his recon struction measures in concert with them, a far mere satisfuct my result would, in all probability, have boon reached. A plan might have been agreed upon that would hive speedily restored the Union upon a happy basis plan which the Southern people would at that time have accepted with gratitude. Hut bis obstinacy and combativenesa have been the fruitfnl source of evil notwithstanding his good in He will see that public duties we dis charged, and will relieve the Government of incapacity, whenever it appears in hia Calient or elsewheie, by removals and BOW appointment s. Kneial Grant, in framing this Cabinet, baa left out tho political hacks, those drilled and disciplined leaders iu partisan warfare and he has no doubt done so to fret rid of their arrogance and their pre j u dices and passion. Ho did not mean to gather about In in men prouo to dicta tion. Ia avoiding them he facilitates tha way to peace and practicalixc ins admin Not being sufficiently well acquainted With the history of 1 1 m, inhei s of the new Cabinet to give a trustworthy sketch of them onrerlf we subjoin the following front the Richmond Dispatch oue of the moat readable and reliable journals in the snnnlrv The list of names communicated to the Senate by General (mint to form bis Cabinet no doubt tok people and poli ticians alike by tnrpiise. The prophets andJrHnowlng onea" gem rally have bean completely bamboozl. d. ' u no former occasion have they been moro thoroughly "off the scent." K. B. Washburn of Illinois, who It shamed as Premier, Is fleneral Grange es- Da. i in r... ' rn sa, an 11. mw Ill, ma fur Prnahlwit and nnf? tfratfnar in ? . o s worsen ait support of t Is in. h veu he wnt not 0 j t considered as pmbable in any of the 'ab- ijttt slates piepireil by the "knowhja ones." His health has been very bad, foreign travel being supposed to be much desired by hits, the speculators awarded him a foreign taission Mr. Wasburne it a decided Reptblican, but, through force of circumstances, sincr lie became the prominent surporter of General Grant bo dial been smartly toned down and practi- calized. Tht noiuiiintisti of Grant, inter fering very ranch with ie aspirations end scheme of the more nil a of the Repub lican politicians, was efficient to bring upon his peculiar friend, in pome degree, tho disfavor of those ten. Mr. Wash, bnrne is not a man of est -It exalted abili ties at have usually ademed the office for which he ia named. Rut we take it that General Grant fa going to direct the poli cy of hit administration in his own style with an unnsai degree of independence Adolphe Borie, the proposed Secretary f the Navy, fa a wealthy and retired ship merchant of I 'hladelphia, and no thing of a politician. We take it th.it INAUGURAL ADDRESS or PRES IDENT GRANT. Fkllow CiTizxxa of tiik Unitto STATXa : Yotfr suffrage hi viug elevated me to the office of President of the United States. I have in conformity with the Con stitution of our country, taken the oath of office prescribed therein. I have taken this oath without mental reservation and Wth the determination to do, to the best of my ability, all that it requires of me. Ibe responsibilities of the position 1 feel but accept them without fear. The office hat come to me unsought, and I commence itt duties unti.iinini ll.il. I bring to it a conscientious desire aud determination to fill it to the best of my ability, and to the sf the people, aud on all lead- agitating tbe public mind, I views to uon- jeet deterring of careful study. I will favor any course towards them which tends to their eivifaUon, chriallanisatioa and ultimate ciliaenship. The question of suffrage ia one which, ie likely to agitate the public to long aa a portion of the eitlaent of the natron are eluded from its privliges iaaay State. It seems to be very desirable that this quet- . a t a . a tion mould aettied now ; and I enter- j tain die hope and express tbe desire that it may be by the ratification of the fif teenth article of amendment to the Con ttiuuion. In conclusion, I ask patient forbearance one towards another throughout tho land, and a determined effort on the part of ev ery cutset! to do hit sharo towards ce inenting a happy Union, aud I ask the prayers of tbe nation to Almighty God in behalf of this consummation. A. Discovery. JTX SIMPLE, easy, very speedy v in dr. and Mrfu! cure for Corns and union . I other caJMMtW of the shea, aw matter where situa ted. H oei-nsion no pain. Prepared aad sold only at Msrcu 18-lOaX BeJIsfclry. M. C CORRESPONDENCE. ") miiir ' iugne.UoV win aiwayexiess my .i i teat, afjn when I think sretar t crpqarh istg SB my J stead, aad then in speak ing of tho federal (udicutry. Ion say, " but certainly that august tribunal will not be governed by the reasons which seems to have influen ced our Supreme Court ;" and again you say "nor is it to be supposed that it will h- diiveu from the law even bv an ei - I ahull, on all subjects, have a policy lightened public sentiment whieh Is found to recommend but none to enforce against ed upon justice." In the name of God the will of the people. Laws are made to ia justice to be trodden down? Mr. Ed govent all n iae those opposed to, as j Itor, tako that beatl out of yoar own eye well as those who favor hem. I know to that you cao tee clearly, and then take it advisable. he constitutional privilege g a Veto to defeat measures which ! oppose. But all laws will he faithfully executed whether they meet my a ppro v a I or "not, For tbe Old North State Mr. Editor t In reading your editorial in regard to the decision by the Supreme Court in relation to the otay Law, 1 am surprised at the manner in which you speak of the Supreme Court of the State. You plainly intimate that the reasons for such decisions was tbe basis f a selfish and pecuniary motive ; but, Sir, here is the great boog-a boo. You say the Court has traveled out of the record to intimate, if not to express an opinion upon tbe ques tion of the constitutionality of the home INFALLIBLE CURE FOR ITCH! A PKOMPT aa serlsmett a tkb toraentlaf ta rvpn Mrs dtsssas la Sy sf lis terms, le mesar d snd sold At I. ail.I.S. Drag mors. March is-ltrtt aslMiery. N. C. Cure and Preventative of Idee and other Vermin im WT V V UETHFR In Hon.. Tsttl. Hags or BWep. Prompt la wflsct simple, safe, easy nf spplloatlsa sod mo lawresiing ni su. wain a "woavnr a avast oeai, it eosta earaiae. To be bad only st E. BILLS 1 Hareh 11 -at H.ii. 1'WfJf Ce Pile RemedvT I " 1 HIS IS, bsysad aay X HIS IS, beyond aay oaestlon. one of tie test remedies known, Kir this distressing stect Thjiuunds asvs ased it to their irrestcumll relief. Prepared aad sold oal r st SILL'S Drag Wore. Much It It Salisbury. M . C. no method to secure the repeal nf bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their rtrin- a candid view of the matter, and no doubt you will find that it ia yon, instead of the gent executiou. The country having just Court, that acts from selfish motives. emerged from a great rebellion many ques tions will come before me for settlement In the m xt four years, which preceding administrations have never had to deal with Iu iuec:tinr those it is desirable that they should be approached calmly, Let me ask you few questions : Js not the homestead a part of the Constitution t Did not tGe Supreme Court take an oath to defend said Constitution T Was we sot, by an act of Congress, a territory f was we under eny Lonstiiu i in, either The Greatest Inducement K7KR OmitD TO THE PUBLI NEW GOODS ! NEW FIRM f I without prejudice, hate or sectional pride, i Slate or Federal, when said Constitution. remembering that the greatest good to the. (winch the homestead is pait) was fram ed I Was it not ratified by tbe people f I Was it not ratified bv Conirress. and with property and for religious and politu il jthat we ws admitted into the Union t greatest number is the obiect to be attain ed This requires security of person opiuion in every part of our common conn- Then, Mr. Editor you have plaiulysbowa tenuous. May peace retirement. LATKST VJIOM WASHINGTON. The litest intclligkicc from Washing- sis us soon as it can be accomplished with- . : .i I. . .1. j.l. I . . . . . ii . oui material iieirunrui 10 111c ueuior cinss ith him in his eneral (rant knows lihn as possessing ,, . . j . oo ijiuj iii iii i 7 o nr llie rnonfre ;if! ,... mutt Kjk nmviiiArt -,-i l ificuions Z :3d forujaasition. He for to proteet'the nalo'nal honor. Every would not go out front aasongst the men dollar of government indebtedness should widely known to select a atan' who had - l'"J "' ."'l unless otherwise express lay, without regard to local prejudice. 1 that your leelmgs are with tbe rich and Laws to secure these ends will receive my . against the poor, in spite of law and jus best efforts for their enforcement. lice. 'Why was you not so ready to write A great debt hat been contracted in ae-1 down the repudiation of tbe bank notes f enring to us and our posterity the Union . let, repudiation, that's 'he word. They 1 he p.iy mei t of this, principal and inter- repudiated tueir just promises to pay. est, as well ni the return to a specie ha-1 Does not a hank note bear upon itt face ton seems to indicate SftweloiyarBtseatceto and enduring basis, the national debt funded at a much lower rate of interest than at pres- sent, we wonld say three, or four per cent at farthest the circulating medium of the country made convertible at pleasure into specie, and the bonds of the United Status selling for a premium iu the markets of Eu rope. We may hope for more than will be realised, but we hope for no more than was accomplished by Gen. Washington, Secreta ry of the Treasury against the greatest diffi jeultiee and in spite of the fiercest opposition. And we sincerely trust that Gen. Grant's Secretary of the Treasury, coming from the same great State, and the same great com mercial city, may prove to be a second Alex ander Hamilton. Aa to Gen. Grant's views in relation to suffrage we have spoken of them elsewhere. THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT. This amendment a a ratified by the legis lator nf Nertk Carolina on Friday last by an overwhelming majority. No one expect ed a different result, as the legislature is largely Republican. But the vote iu its fa vor, we are glad to say, was not a strict par ty vote. We are 'gratified that some Con servatives and Democrats were able to look at the question oue of political conduct nnder the inexorable logic of facts, and not at one of political speculation. In this, we think, they acted not only patriotically, but My. Burke, with his acknowledged pu rity and profound political philosophy, once said : 'Political problems do not primarily truth or falsebooeV - gh relate U or evil. W hat, .in tho result, i likely to produce evil is politically false ; that which It productive of good, is politically true." This distiuctiou is universally artod upon by all sound practical statesmen. They do not . hesit4t make the very beet they can of the situation. Otherwise the worljf would be one wild chaos of anarchy. Colored suffrage, as anajxpeTiment to be tried, is a foregone conclusion, at least so far at we of the South are concerned. This amendment does not muke the matter worse, hut leaves room to improve it. It also estab lishes a uniform principle, aad requires all the States to adopt, not universal but, impar tial suffrage. Upon this principle we were willing to settle the question iu SG6-'77, and it eould easily have been settled then upon this basis without the adoption of universal auffrage. . i u A until it hi setted we can have no peace. As Gen. Grant well says, ia his Inaugural, the question of suffrage is on that is likely to agitate the public so lonV as any portion of the eiuaeus are excluded from its privileges ia aav State. From this we are compelled t ceoelude that he favors univer sal amnesty aad that it will meet probably eoon fbilew impartial ssffntft-e. The course of Messrs. Osborne, Love, Jar wis, Hoduet, Arpo and other Conservative. Who apok eand voted for the amen anient is. fa our opinion worthy of high commendation. TJy hare p reran by their acts that they are utiou of tbe State wherein it was not inconsistent with that of the United States. As to his other legal aud constitutional argu ments we shall waste no more time in reply ing to them they are not worth it. Our correspondent betrays the grossest Ig norance of matters of which he should be well informed. He ought to know, if he does not. that wedid write a letter against "the re pudiation of the bank notes," which letter was published in the paper of his own conn ty, and read in his presence as our letter dur ing the canvass in bis county for the conven tion of 1805, for which be was a candidate. He is also ia ignoraneeas to our position in relation to compromising old debts, as all of our readers well knyw except' himself. We are as strongly iu favor of such compromises upon equitable principles as any man can be. In the Old North State of the liith of Fob., writing ou the subject we said : In thousands of instances the very pro perty upon which the credit was based has been swepVawny by tho lute war by the act of God if you please. In that ill-fated struggle the destinies of us all. without re gard to political opinion, were embarked up on the same ship. The ship foundered and went down and but k tmall part of the pro perty on board was saved. Is it right that a j few only of the survivors f the unfortunate prew shall have alt and the great body be turned adrift with their families upon tho cold charities of the woruJ, penniless and help less? This is a question which every credi tor should propound to himself who professes to be either a just man, a humane man or a christian.'' - As to tha imputation upon our mo -lives we regard them with profound con tempt. All our interests are with the debtor class we have a much need of relief as any one else, and hoped that no case involving mouths the validity uf thoStay law would be carried np. Wehoped it would be hit alone by com mon consent. We are a debtor to a great amount, with a dependent family, and lirtte meausof paying heyond our capacity to labor. Xeitherhave we any old debts owing to us. We in tended only a legitimate criticism of the opin ion or the Court, won opinion, in u per feet ly respect in I manner towards the Judges, a majority of whom are our patrons. We did not, nor did we intend to, impugn the mo tives of the judges we only spoke of and treated the opinion as it appeared to us upon reading it. Neither did we intend to express our opinion upon the practical question in volvedwhether it wou'4 be best to sustain 1 the homestead against old debts or not. , j Our criticism, so far as we have heard, has. been sustained by the unanimous opinion of the bar with the tingle exception of our cor respondent. We have seen letters from, and heard the opinions of, many eminent mem bers of the bar of all political parties, and they are generally much. more severe in their criticism of the opinion than we were. How much the Court will he gratified at learning that at least one member of the pro fession has come to tea rescue we cannot toll; bat our ad vie to our correspondent is to re-1 froi coming conflict bc- on the people for support, and not opon tbe politicians. The Tenure of Office Law has been re pealed by the House with great nnauirui- Uy, brfl it fate in the Senate is doubtful. A. T. Stewart hat resigned rae appoint ment of Secretary of the Treasury. He was disqualified for the position by the law of 1789, whieh provides that no msn shall hold the office of Secretary of the not some remarkable a For the Treasury, we have Mr. A Sto OuMTp tion, hot latterly pubt boon directed to anothej art, of UMiiladoiphia. an dry goods millionaire h ... m His nomination su i Mr. Stewart is a hi ly stipulated in the contract. Let it be understood that no repudiation of one ol our public debt will be trusted ir towards Iilllilng ik. i' h "l flB I :rif1liMif nl ii f i at 1 it will go C ... . , .ten it in leniaiii n unit im nonos Bmmeloifl inlniHiat u e now nn ramnn'' ' "w"ll Pto do this should be added a flu lew York IHPecl 1 1 vaaanv t f had an internal evidence of a promise to pay for value received f Is that not impairing the obligation of contract T Bui, Mr. Ed itor you had no word nf condemnation for them, and why I Because it was in favor of the rich. Does the homestead repudi ate the debt f No, it only gives the man a chance to pay hit debt when be can, and it will have a tenancy to inaugurate stem of compromise, between the McIVeely Sc Co., NO. 1, CORNER MAIN A. INMISS 8T8., M N ELY a YOUNO S BLOCK. UE NOW RECEIVING their new . V- sad estf sat stock of Sprlig aid Sunner fcooJIC eeaslatiag la part of Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Ladies' Dress Goods, Trimmings, Yaukec Notions, Keady-Made Clothing, Hats, Cups, Boots Sc Shoes, Hardware. Wood k Willow-Ware, Groceries, Ice, Set, A II of wbiek they oiler as cheap or cheaper Uaa the same class of Hoods eta to purchased ia tin s-etioo of llie Mate. Their (roods were purchased exclusively for C8H. and will be sold exclusively for rash or produce hence tbe Mat inducements for bargains. And preferring "the stable sispencs to the alow shilling, their motto will U quick sales and small protiN aad ready pay." Call an 1 -ec them and be convinced, for they feel at that t bey caa give you the BKST OUOUS hi s fur the least money you ever bought . arcs vj, inttv. COPPERAS 5 CENTS per pound only, st J NO. H. ENNISS' Drug Store. Marcc 19 10tf er and a wclleduca so vast a fortune that w would hardly be able the 1 . .1. ral finances to Treasury who is engaged in shipping or j.j, Mnnty mm,ors it can be done nnder all the circumstances. Yon may force the nro- , I perty of the pooi debtor under the Sin r fai I iff's hammer, and sell it at one hundred commercial pursuits. Aa soon as the President was apprised of the existence of this law he sent a message to tbe Senate requesting its repeal, so as to enable Mr SteweM to take tho office. The Senate hesitated so long that to remove all diffi culties, Mr. Stewart resigned, and tho Preeident withdrew the message which he had eaat to the Senate. Who will be nominated in place of Mr. Stewart we are not in formed at this writing. The objec tion to Mr. Stewart probably is that he will inject honesty and vigor into the ad ministration of the Department. Wo have not a word iu relation to the contested 'election in this district beyond the fact-that Mr, Shober answered when, the roll waa called on the 4th, and that Mr. Boyden notified the House on the 5th that be would contest hia right to a seat. Mr. Sbober was not seated, being nnable to take the test oath. The indicati are that we shall be without a rcprea. tive for some time, and we should at all snrprisod, in view of the matter were referred back to th plo of the District in the course of a to.a tlfem eves PW lahfer many. an. Helms dd tbflpresof anajpicnt of ale propeny- of conducting JUDGE BROOKS, This high judicial functionary haa put himself upon trial before the tribunal ol public opinion by publishing a letter in the Standard in which he includes a de fence of his conduct - in rrlnflosj TMX tbn pnblicatinn of notices to creditors in cases of bankruptcy. To dm other portions of this letter we have nothing to say they may be all right and proper enough for anght wc know. The Judge, having thus placed himself on trial upon charges pre ferred against him by thousands of injur ed and indignant citiaent of North Caroli na, and sought the columns of a newtpa per as the medium of his defence, need ex pect nothing e'ae than to be met in the same manner. We awy poseihly take oc casion to review (an part of hif letter next week. To those unacqaaiuted with tbe facts of the case this defence may seem plausible, but to those familiar with the facta it it simply dritxlinj contemptible. It would not deserve notice, even coming source itjieafMfdhi U not of itself eqnal to tho the business of the United States Treat - ury. Mr. Stewart is a aV-eided Republi can, and though latterly taking much in terest in politics, is especially a business mw. He co-operuted with tie Conser vative Republicans in 1866, and was in the New York meeting tint nominated Grant as" an independent candidate. J. D. Cox, Secretary of the Interior, waa the Governor of Ohio before the present incumbent Mayes. Ho was a General in the late war, and is a Id publi can with the qitalificationof having strenu ously opposed negro suffrage,, in 1865 He is a man of fair u hi Ikies, find not by apec'ality a politician of ordei of these dayt. J. A. J. Cres well, named for the office of Postmastcr-Ocneral, is an out-and-out Republic! . lie was United States sena- r from Maryland, at the expiration of is term, succeeded by Mr. Vickcrs. Mr. J5r's'cll, unlike General Cox, lias been a f I iron it advocate of neiftliffiat'e. He ia a man of probably more ability than any of the gentlemen named for Cabinet of fice. He was a Breckiuridgo Democrat before the war. Soon after it commenced he joined tho Union Republican party, of which Governor Hix waa n leader, and wa elected to tbe Uiiitedktatcs Senate. E. R. Hoar, Attoriiey4fteneral, it a Judge of the Supreme Court of Massa chusetts, and a.-man .f decided attain ments as a scholar and jurist. He is no partisan politician. General Schoficld is, of course, con tinued in the War Department, and a stronger man tieneral liranl could not have called to his assistance in that de part men!. . - This Cabinet, while composed of men all, we suppose belonging- to tbe Repub lican party, ia yet selected with such lit tle reference to party leaders aa to be en tirely in keeping with the oft -expressed sentiments of General Grant, showing hie independence of party. In his inaugural be declared that the Presidency bad come to him "unsought," and that he commenc ed ,-Hs duties MMtramelleJ" ; and. he baa steadily avowed the ueicrmiiiadfea to be governed alone by "the will oSm peo ple." The Cabinet he baa selected must be tested by it official conduct Gener al Grant evidently meana himself to be ion of the revenue a strict account way. ' ability to the Trentnry for every dollar collected and the greatest practical re trenchment in every department of gov ernment. When we compare tha paying capacity of the country now, with ten States in poverty from the effects of war, but soon to emerge, I trust into greater prosperity than ever before, with its pay ing capacity twenty-five years ago, and calculate what it probably will be twenty five years hence, who can doubt the feus ibility of paying every dollar then with more ea'se than we now pay for useless luxuries. Why it looks as though Prov idence had bestowed upon ns a etrong box. The precions metals locked up in tbe sterile mountains of the far Wnat, for which we are now forging the key to un lock to meet the very conffhgeiicy that is now upon us ultini ately it niav bo nc- crcase the facilities to reach these riches per cent under its value, and depiive them of house and home ; take tbe bread from the widow ami the orphan. Ton mar do all that, and then the debt is not paid. Is thia tbe law and justice that you cry to load for t If so, Cod have mercy upon you. The Supreme Court is the supreme power of the State and must be obeyed. They ere sustained in this matter by the Constitution. They are sustained by the oath they have taken. They are sustain ed by law. What doea Mr. Blacks tone say on the subject ? Upon obligation or bonds he says : "And if the condition be possible at the time o( making it, and af terwards becomes impossible by the act of trod, the act of law, or tbe act of tbe par ty himself, there the penalty of theobliga f. it inn is saved, for no prndence or fore sight or the obi igcr could guard against a. -4 . ii' n .txA sucn a contingency. n ill not tins case apply to ours t Tho war was the eontin- 5 AND A n JNfX March 12-tOtf 10 15 1 10 tf .1 1 taQQsmhsJs---W dHKnts per ounce ooly, at la II. ENNISS Drag Store. M . m . tt BLUE MASS CENTS per ounce only, at JNO. H. ENNISS' Drng Store. Msrch 19-10tf CENTS per ounce only, I JNO. H. ENNISS Drng 8tere. March la totf i , . HALF PRICE. PERSONS net able to par the fall srice for pro scription, will be charged half price. CM and est. At ENNISS' Drug Store. March 12-10tf and it may be necessary also that the gov- J geucy, in which the common class of tbn people oi .o! in aioiina count not con trol, and by it they lost their property. The banks repudiated, aud everything was lost but old debts, and in steps equity and says hold ; give him a chance to hold the little remnant of his property by a reason able compromise, and save to him and bis family a home, which the law nf nature gives liitn. Yon may talk about honesty ; but the man that would force propcty under the hammer thai he might buy one thousand dollars worth of property for one hundred, 1 know is not honest. 1 hen let things stand as the law has fixed them and give the poor a chance to pay out on the basis of a reasonable compromise, aad da not het earth in their day, if they sO ready to strike down tho one, and to to themselves, .should m- ttie other say, well done tuou good and taitlmil servant, you have redeemed yonr promises by paying five and ten cents in the dollar. Oxe-tiiat Voted agast the ITove- STKAD. ernment should give its aid to secure this access hut that should only be when a dollar of obligation to pay secures precise ly the same sort of dollar to use now and not before. Whilst the question of specie payments is in abeyance the prudent bu siness man is careful about contracting debts payable in the distant future. The nation should tollow the same rule, a prostrate commerce is to be rebuilt and all industries encouraged. The youug men of the countrythose who, from their nge, must be the rulers twenty-five years hence, have a peculiar interest in maintaining the national honor. A inomeufV reflection as to what will I'O ens eaeaejmwtfl.og. intlii' lie'- anions' the nations of I ire only tr toire ihem with national pride. All divi tions geographical, political and religious canjoiu iathe common sentiment. How the public debt is to be paid, or specie payments resumed, is not so impor tant aa that a plan should be adopted and acquiesced in. A united determination to do, is worth, more than divided councils npon the hieihodof doing. Ix-gislatinn up on this subject may not be necessary now, nor even advisable, ; hut it ! when the civil law is more fully restored in all parts of the country, and tiade resumes its Wonted channels. It will be my endea tor to execute all laws in good faith, to collect all revenues assessed, and to have tbem properly accounted for and econom ically disbursed. I will, to the best of my ability, appoint to office those only who Will carry ont this design. - :'" , - In regard to foreign policy, I wouldj deal with nations aa equitable law requires individuals to deal with each other, and I would protect the law-abiding citizen, whether of native or of foreign birth, wherever hia rights are jeopardiaed or the fiagt of our country floats. I would re spect the rights of all nations demanding equal respect for our own. If others de part from this rule in tlirir dealings with ns, we may be compelled to follow their precedent. I be proper treatment or tbe ongnai oc Homestead Blanks (Tor laying of Homesteads.) And a new and improv of LAND DEED Revised and corrected b ed form s, r the active and atjptrolliog CbJeJ Magistrate pants of diu land tho Indian ia a tab- NEW AD VKliTlSEMNT6. Ten Cents Reward. 1 HIE AiinVK REWARD will be naid to any person Who will return to me four bound children, who ran away from me about two years apro. The names of said children aie Ennis Hairaton.Caldwell Hairston and Charles Mason and KIN n Mason. All persons are warned against harboring said children nnder penalty of the law. 0. 0. MASON. Fulton, N. C, March 11, ltfiO. lfr-lt ItOTICE. J. II 13 FIRM of R. n. COWAN & CO., is thia day dissolved hy mutual consent Mes srs. Cameron and Hill will close tbe business of the firm. R. II. COWAN. JNO. W. CAMERON, JAMES H. HILL. best legal authority in this place, for sale. Address, mar. 10. J. J. BRUNER. NEW CROP CARINAS MOB Momentarily expected DIRECT PROM CARDENAS fl n IfcammmJ issammM S' 8ch. T. S. McCleOan, with 873 Hhdt. ) Choice MUSCOVADO 37 Tiereet, Molasses, in PRIME New 18 Barrels, ) Packagee. Attention of dealers called to the quality of ihiCarjro as being SUPERIOR 10 any im ported this season. For sale in loomlB By O G. PARSLEY ESU i March 1 2 It Importers, WilmingeaVfc. GLr- CAMERON & HILlV srccxsaoRs to (i'-wipp R. II. OWA CO., GENERAL COMMISSION AND Sinking rrrMttts The undersigned have formed a copartner ship under toe name of CAMERON & HILL, and will continue the General Commission and Shipping- business at the old stand, No. S3 North Water Street. JNO. W. CAMERON, James h. hill, Wilmington, N. C, March 8-l:3t mm i Aftnl. for H. I.rl. t S... (UWrtjr Taj OsMMWlat Vlrilni CbewlaaTilim. Afaatorsr l.i.ter Bro'. Snpwf taapaaU f lima ai Itaaar. Acaata far Valeaa Irea Wares, sMMasa, Ta. Afcata lv OaasJaat's tejaisesajSiia, aa. s. anx. JaastTieay Wilmington, N. C. WO tt NORTH WATta rr 1. t L
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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