r f i ti m ' m ' , n n. h u ti ti is es . h im
BE SURE YOU ARE RIGHT ; THEN" GO AHEAD.-D. Crockett.:
VOL. 54.
TARBORO', N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1876.
NO. 42.
GENERAL DIRECTORY.
TARBOKO'.
Mayor Fred. Fhllips.
Commispioskus Icsfo'A. Williamson. J-i-cob
Feldeuheiiner, pniel W. Hunt, Alex.
MeCabe, Joseph Cobb.
Secretary A Treasures Robt. Wlii'.e
burst. Chief op ToT-iCR John Y Cotton.
Assistant Police J. T. Moo e .las. K.
Si'iionson, Altimon; Mucnair.
COITNTV.
Superior Court Clerk and Prohaie Judge
II. L. Staton, Jr.
lleyistcr of Deeds -Alex. McCabe.
Sheri ff Joseph Cobb.
Coroner
Treasurer Kobt. 11. Austlu.
Surveyor John E. Baker.
Standard Keepmr3. B. Hyntt. ?
School Pxaminers. II. 11. Shaw, Win. A.
Dnsau and 11. S. Williams.
Keeper Poor House Vim. A. DuSTtran.
Commissioners Jno. Lancaster, Chairman,
Wiley Well, J. 15. W. Norvillc, Frank Dew,
VI. Exem. A. McCabe, Clerk.
ITT A U.S.
RKIVAI, AND DEP.VRTTRE 'OF MAILS
.NORTH AND SOUTH VIA W. W. R. 11.
Leave Trwr.' (laiiy) at - - . W A. M.
Arrive at Tarboro' (daily) at - - 3 30 I . M.
WASHINGTON MAIL VIA GRKENVILLE,
FALKLAND AND riPAKTA.
Leave Tarbnro' (daily) at - - A. M.
Arrive at Tarboro' (daily) t - - 6 1'. 51.
LODUES.
The Night and the Places of mcctiiijr.
Concord R. A. Chapter No. 5, N. M. Law
rence, Hi'h Priest, Masonic Hall, monthly
convocations first Tlinrsday in evjry month at
10 o'clock A. M.
Concord Lode No. 58, Thomas Gntlin,
Master, Masonic Hall, meets first Friday niafbt
it 7 o'clock P. M. and third Saturday at 10
o'clock A. M. in every month.
Kepiton Kncampment No. 13, I. O. O. F.,
I. B. Pa!amonntain, Chief Patriarch, Odd Fel
lows' Ifall, meets every first and third Tlmis
day of each month.
Kdcotnbc Lodire No. 50, I. O. O. K.,
T. W. Tolcr, N. '., Odd Fellows' Hall,
in -ets evrtry Tuesday nijht.
Edirecombc Council No. 122, Friends of
lYmper.ineo., tutet every Friday uight at the
Odd Fellows' Hall.
Advance. Lodcc No. 2S, I. O. O. T., meets
very Wednesday night at ther Hall.
Zanoah Lodsre, No. 235, I. O. 15. B., meet
on first and third Monday niht of every
month at Odd Fellows' Hall, A. Whitlock,
President.
CIHTUCIIES.
Fvisropal Church Services
it lb 1-3 o'clock A. M. and 5 P
every S.inday
M. Dr. J. 15.
every Fourth
( hehire, Rector.
Methodist Church Services
Sunday oi every raontli, morn
1st riundav at niirht and -r,tti f:
Rev. Mr. Swindell, Pastor.
Presbyterian Chmrh S'M '
3rd and 5th Sabbitln. Rev.
Pastor Weekly Prayer w
day ui:;ht
Missionary Baptist Church
4th Sunday in every rcotth,
niirht. Rev. T. R. Owen, Past
iuc; and ni-rht.
nday at niirht.
everv 1st,
f. J. AMison,
ln, Thnrs-
-S' ryices the
morning and
or.
Services first
atnrlay and Sunday of each
o'clock.
motuij t 11
HOTELS.
Adams' Hotel, corner Main and Pitt Sts.
O. F. Adams, Proprietor.
XPREVi.
Southern Kipres OiMce, on Main Street,
; oei every oiorninar atOJa o'clock.
N. M. Lawrence. Agent.
POFF.SSIOA"r CAKWS.
F
RANK POWELL,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
TARORO jX. C.
y Collections a Specialty. "S
Office next door to the Southerner office.
July 2, 1875. tf
JOS. BLOUNT CHESHIRE, JR.,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
A.HD
NOTARY PUBLIC.
BOf!lce at the Old Bank Building on
Trade Street. je25-tf.
II
OWARD PERRY
Attorneys and Counselors at Law.
TARBORO, N. O.
X'ff Prac.ice in all tfap Courts. Stale and
Federal. noT.5-ly.
-y II. JOHNSTON,
Attorney and Counselor at Law.
TARBORO', N. C.
fZzT Attends to the transaction of busi
ness in all tho Courts, Stale and Federal.
Nov. 5, 167-j. ly
jpP.EDERICK PHILIPS,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
TARBORO', N. C.
iy Practices in Courts of adjoining coun
ties, in the Federal and Supreme Courts.
Nov. 5, 1873. ly
ALTER P. WILLIAMSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
TARBORO', N. C.
iVill practice in the Courts of the 2nd
Judicial bistr: H. Collections made in any
part of the btaie.
1T Office in Iron Front Building, Pit
Street, rear of A. Whitlock & Co's.
Jan. 7, 187G. tf
JACOB BATTLE,
Counsellor and Attorney at Law,
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.
WW Practices in all tic State Courts.
March 24, lis70. ly
J.
II. & W. L. TII0TII
Attorneys and Counselors at Law,
ROCKY JIOUXT, N. C.
ORACTICE3 in the counties of EuKfi
I. combe, Halifax, Na!i mid Wilson, and
in the Supremo Court North Carolina, also
in the United States District Court at KaieiKU.
DR. E. D. BARNES,
Surgeon Dentist,
.Tin in Street,
TARBORO', N. C.
yT All work warranted to give entire
satisfaction. leb. 18-11.
Dr. G. L. Shackelford,
23 JEJ 1ST TIST,
TARB0E0', N. C.
Office opposite Adams' Hotel, over S. S, Nash y
Co iatore.
Care of children's teeth and Plate tcork a
epeeialty.
March 17, 187(5. ly
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NOTICE !
fflHE ADAMS' HOTEL, formerly the
" Edgecombe House, is etill open for
tbs aewiiuuo4?rlon of tlut traveling pubt'c at
the low rate ot
Two Dollars per Day.
The Proprietor will state to the citizens of
Tarboro, that he docs not intend to be run
Off with regard to private board, that he pro
poses if he can get a lot Ot rrgnlnr boarders
by the week, payable weekly, that he will
board theiu for
S3.50 cer Week.
strictly cash at the end of the week for table
uuuru auu c.;o eacu per wix-k lur I'.au :.n'i
wife, w ith good room they furnishing their
own Iizhts and fuel.
Those wishing Board at these rati tan ft
accommodated. . F. A DAMS,
Aug. 4, 187'j.-tf. Proprietor.
PRIVTAE
Boarding House.
UTES. V. E. LIPSCOMB respectfully an
i.TJL nounces that she has opened a Private
Boarding House in Tarboro, ou the corner
ot Back and Pitt Streets.
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table licdx. iioaru Jiocerate.
Feb. 10, 1S75. ly
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MIS CELL AN E OUS.
9
Manufactui er of and wholesale dealer in
CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, FARM WAGONS,
CARTS, WHEELS AND AXLES, HAR
NESS, COLLARS. HAMES. SAD
DLES, LAPROBES, HORSE
CLOTHING, WHIPS.
&c.,c.
Also it largo Stock of Carnage Materials.
Nos. 14, 10, 21 and 2G.Uninn Street.
Norfolk, Va.
April, 7 1S70. ly.
T- I FREEMAlVf
Old Reliable Jewelry Store,
4x YEARS ESTABUSHED, STIU IN FULL BLAST.
Arthur C. Freeman,
SUCCESSOR
1G0 Main St., Norfolk, Va.,
offer to the citizens of Edgecombe and sur-
rouudiug country, a full line of
Diamonds, Plain Gold Wedding and Engage
meut Rings, Bridal Present?, Ac.
My facilities are such that being connect
ed with one of the largest Importing Hotises
in this Country, and buy'.ng exclusively for
cash, enables me to offer
SUPERIOR INDUCEMENTS-
Send our orders ' me. a el ou will , r e
15 to 'JO j er cciit. Shouir. f ie goods n uil
moiicv will beretuuded.
A ldrc-.s, ARTHUR C. FREEMAN,
-Tewe'.er, Norfolk, .i.
Dom.v Impokt.::t. i employ noci but
tho niOBt skillful Workrau?. the Ilepai-ir.g
of Watches and Jewelry, and if you wish to
nave your watches repaired properly and
satisfaction given, send them to me by Ex-
prods carefully packed in cotton.
WEBER'S BAKERY !
fTUIIS OLD ESTABLISHED BAKERY IS
JL now ready to supply the people of Tar
boro and vicinity with all kinds ot
Bread, Cakes, French and Phxxv.
Candies, Nuts, Fruits,
jfc?., fc, Sec,
embracing everything usually kept in a First
Class Establishment of the kind.
Thankful for
patronage of the
past the undersigned a,k a continuation.
with the promise of satisfaction.
Private Families can aliravk hare
tbeir Cakes Raked here at short
est notice.
Orders for Parties & UoSU
promptly filled. Call and examine our stock,
next door to Bank of New Hanover.
Nov. 4.1y. JACOB WEBER.
GREAT SENSATION AT ROCKY MOUNT
THERE has just been opened by an experi
enced Artist a fine Photograph Gallery,
and he guarantees satisfaction to every
woman and child. His pictures are us trood
as can be
Found
nny where, nnd they who want to be
sure of a good picture,, should vis't his
Gallery
where they can get any kind of u picture
known to the Art for prices to suit the times.
Pictures are furnished in India Ink, Crayon,
Pastel, Oil or Water Color3. Copying old
pictures (enlarging to any size) a specialty.
8. D. POOL,
Rocky Mount, N. C.
July 2S, 187G. Sui
Lag
er Beer & Yine
SALOON.
KEEPS CONSTANTLY ON HAND ALL
the Fine WINES and LIQUORS, TO
BACCO and CIGARS, opposite Adams' Ho
tel. EEHAKD DKMUTit,
Oct. S, IS75.-U'. Proprietor.
SPRING GOODS 1
SPRING GOODS I
SPRING GOODS I
Dress Goods,
Linen Lawns,
Percals,
Ladies' Hats,
Ladies and Children's
Shoes, Gloves, Hos
isery and White
Goods!!
BOOTS and SHOES,
AH bought FOR cash at
panic prices, and will be sold very
low by
T. H. GATLIN.
N. B. T. H. Gatlin is Agent for
" Domestic " Paper Fashions.
Tarboro', April 7, 1876.
Friday
Sept 29, 1876
From the Raleigh News.
ALL ABOUT IT.
AX
ADURi:sS TO 11IL VOTF.IIS
KOKTII CAROLINA BY
JKO. T. DEWEEJiE.
CF
How the State was Robbed
in 1888'69.
REVELATIONS OF REPUBLICAN RAS
CALITIES.
The Political Villianies of Gov.
Holden, Bill Sloan, Windy Billy
Henderson, Sam Watts, Jim Har
ris, Tim Lee and other leaders
of the Republican Party of North
Carolina.
To the Voters of Forth Carolina:
When I left your State, six years
ago, it was with a determination to
never again mingle in poliiics ; but,
in a quiet ray, vote for and support
the men and party I thought was
best for my country's welfare. I
had also determined that so far as
any of the matters connected with
politics in your State was to ba of a
sealed nature, so far as I was con
cerned, to let the dead past bury
its deadshed no tear oVer its
grave; but unfortunately, perhaps,
for some of the parties concerned,
they concluded tliey would shift
thc-T Eins on to my shoulders.
Now, I have enough of my own to
bear, and propose, in a few state
ments, to put the sin where it prop
erly belongs.
In tho firdt place, 1 waf, as you
all know an otlicer ia tho regular
army of the United States, statioa
ed amongst you from the close of
the war until I resigned to take the
appointment of Register in Bank
ruptcy, which I held uutil 1S6S,
when 1 was elected tD Congress.
WL'--.; tl:.- Constitution Convention
of 1G8 in scssua, M::;sr3.
Souiter & Co., bankers ofXcw Yoi'
city, were lo
asser.;!. ' qe of
irous of
r?ttir:.r that
Jlfdl
oiiU
repreaentatio
n to endorse
one
lion uonara ui uiu utnu- jiuuuj v;
repledge the faith of the State to
their payment. I was then inex
perienced in all kind? of legislation,
but had quite an extensive acquaint
ance witn ths members of tliat body.
One of thorn, Cen. Jos. C. Abbott,
late a Senitor in Congress, on lean
ing of what Mftfsi's Soulier k Co.,
wanted, toU me that they would
pay Jsoe considerable uoney to
get the Convention to pass a law
rc-indorsiag the bonds ; that if I
would see a Mr. Porter, then in
Raleigh, and make a bargain with
him for some definite sum, he, Ab
bott, would put the bill through the
Convention, and that ice would di..
ride the money received from Sout
ter & Co. I did as he suggested.
Mr. Porter agreed to give $5000.
Gen. Estes, then a partner, or ia
some way connected with Abbott,
represented JAbbott ; the bill was
passed and the money paid Dy
draft on New York and cashed at
the Raleigh National Bank. The
money was divided in Abbott's
room, he and Estes taking $2,500,
and I getting the other $2,500.
Of this sum, I gave 500 to a Major
Rich, from Pitt county ; 6250 to
Jas H. Harris, and kept tho re
mainder. This wa3 tho commencement of
tho swindles that .were perpetrated
Ly tho Convention and Legislature
which lead to the financial ruin of
your State. Before the close of
the Convention, the bill was passed,
giving State aid to the -Chatham
Road, and 60,000 of bonds were
given to Gen. LittleSeld to pay the
members for their votes.
The Legislature met, and the
members ever clamorous for all
kinds of swindles and steals, their
influence and their votes were up
for sale to the highest bidder. J.t
that time the ring was formed by
Swepson, Abott and Littlcfield by
which all of these stealing laws
were passed. They had up to that
time been friendly with me. I was
through their influence and a liber
al use of money nominated to Con
gress. Mr. James II. Harris was
the only opponent I had in the Con
vention, and he was paid by me
$1000, to get out of the way and
support me. I paid him by a cheek
on the Raleigh National Binb, da
teu TVoraary 28:.i, 18G3. About
this time, the ring concluded thoy
vfouiu mane si ciost-. corporation ana
Mr. Swepson paid me $15,000, and
I rek-cted any claim 1 hrA or. iLcra,
or the spoils of the ring.
I was again nominated, when
arris again want 3d to leech me ;
and this time the colored patriot
would take no less than $2000,thus
making ine bleed $3,u00, to repre
sent as mean and worthless a con
stituency of whites a-ad blacks as
ever called themselves Republicans.
They should have been called by
their proper names of thieves and
leeches. I had, by this time, came
to the conclusion that Swepson,
Abbott,Littlefield and Co.,would be
tired of their shaking'rne in the way
they had. To T saw Judge Sammy
Watts ; mado an arrangement with
Judge Watts to enjoin the issue of
bonds to the Railroad Company,
and he was to have $5,000 of State
bonds for issuing and sustaining in
junction in the Atlantic and Ten
nessee Railroad case. The suit was
in the name of one Kehoe of New
bern ; the case wa3 fixed up, and
Sammy got his $5,000. There was
but ono Iiailroad I now remember
of, that did not pay tribute to this
rin, and that was the Salem Road.
They declined to "bleed."
It was well understood that Mr.
Swepson was to and did take care
of Gov. Holden, and that he was
paid lor his influence. Andy Jones
and Swepson have often told me
that Swepson paid Gov. Holden
some $25,000, besides his stock in
the Raleigh National Bank. I
know that LittleCeld gave Gov.
Holden 15,000 for the Standard.
The piice was high, but the Gov
ernor gave his countenance and en
couragement to steal his State. So
it was about even.
Gev. Holden, Bill Sloan, Andy
Jackson Jones, Windy Billy Hen-
derson, Joe Abbett, Gen'l Estes,
Sam Watts, Jim Harris, M. S. Lit
tlefield, Q. W. Swepson and Tim
Lec, all had a share in these steals.
The Penitentiary matter wa3 one
of the swindles in which I had -no
share ; and only know that John A.
JTjma.it, C. L. Harris and the mem
ber from Weldon had their hands
all crossed by Pruyn with his
money, just for luck he used to say.
iarris told me he had $1,000 from
Pruyn who also showed me a note
or receipt for the sum, I do not
know which, as I paid very little at
tention to it, well knowing it was
one of those schemes which would
bring trouble, and so kept my hand
out of it.
Tim Lee another one of the
Loyal Saints, was dismissed from
the Union Army in a Massachu-
setts regiment for coadc unbe
coming an officer and a gentleman.
I procured a copy cf the order of
!:. missal lov Lol. I. J. loan
wh-.ivi
77-,
irn
was trvmc to i
Young iVom the Collector's ofllct;
Titu too had his little snare of tin
bonds i.'iutL-c rinse; beat all who La;
aevching io do with him, and then
bean himself.
J. C. farr;s3 wanted to be
FotBa3t8r ; li'xs daddy, C. L. Har
ris, offered me 1,000 to sign his
recommendation. I declined. Har
ris then had Shaffer the Carpet-Bag
Register, who had about a? much
brain ad a bull calf, to write mo a
letter, offering me $1,000 to sign it.
I declined. Logan then wanted to
fight me ia Mailer's jewelry store,
for not giving him a recommenda
tion. Littlefield, Swepson and Abbott,
each, are to blame, one as much as
tho other, for the condition of af
fairs in your State.
They corrupted the Legislature,
using such willing tools a3 J. II.
Jlarristo get the negro members to
vote for all of their Railroad
schemes. iZarris was by them
paid the money with which he pur
chased his farm. In tact he would
do nothing unless he was paid for
it, He must have received not less
than $15,009 for his influence and
his vote. Abbott got at least
$100,000 for hia share. You all
know how much your State was
swindled out of; the members them
selves received but little. Sam
Cariow was paid $2,500 for trying
to influence Rodman's opinion on
the legality of tho bonds issued the
Railroad company.
Coleman who wa3 tne first Attor
ney "General under Holden, was
paid $500 and a consulate to resign,
so that Mr. Oulds, the Governor's
son-in-Iaw,could be appointed in his
place, to be of use to the ring, as
Coleman was always drunk.
Dick Badger and Tim Lee each
get their $8,000 of State bonds out
of the Atlantic & Ohio Railroad
Company appropriation. In fact,
not 02 e of these Radical chaps that
are now hounding me, did a lick cf
work ; but they got their pay, and
your Sta.tc had to Spay them. The
stealing extended it'rora one end of
tho State to the other, and was cons
fined entirely to the Republican
party. More than one man now
in ease and plenty in your State
stole what he i3 daily eating, and if
the Republican party 13 to be eon
tinued in power, you will get just
four ye?irs more of it.
Theso men may howl at mc as
ranch as they waot. In supporting
Tiiden and Hendricks I know I f.ia
assisting to get
you rid of a lol cf
leeches and
thieves. I am some
to
blame foi-
having jnt thera on
yoj.
The negroes, if let alone by these
leeches, would soon make good and
inoffensive citizens, bat they, by
their fears being canstautly worked
on. are kept in dread of the D cmo
cracy. Be kind and patient with
them, and they will see who are
their friends, and come to their old
masters for advice instead of Tim
Lee aud Cebe.
Lot me say in conclusion, that the
abov 6 is only a sample of the men
who now want to control the des
tiny of a State.
They are fit followers of such a
tnieving government as Grant has
given us for the past four years,
and which, if the Republican party
is successful, we will have for the
next four years. Then it 13 for the
freemen of your State to rally
around the polls at the November
election, and by your votes get rid
of these thieves, for thieves they
are ; and get honest men in their
places. They are a disgrace to the
people of your State, and 1 am glad
IA parted company ;with them,
and got once more in- holiest com
pany. : ::; ; ;
Then, as freemen, rally and de
feat them at the November election.
Give . ; one day's work for God and
your country. : ' .
John T. Deweese.
Ths Colored People.
How TUcy Have Been Swindled at
tbeSonth.
Frederick Douglas, Jr., in a let
ter to the Washington Clironich
says :
'7 am net at all surprised at the
state of affairs in the Southern
States, among the colored people,
when I take into consideration the
class of white Republicans who nave
misled them ever since they became
citizens, and for their own selfish
ends. The colored peopla of the
South have been made te believe
from the start by their pretended
Republican friends that there was
money in politics, so much so that
it has been impossible in very many
instances to get good, honest men
in office, because they could not be
used to wink at whatever white Re
publicans might do that was cor
rupt. The most illiterate, unprincipled
colored men are generally chosen for
office by the white Republicans of
the South because they are easier
to manipulate. White men have
been elected to office by negro votes
who scarcely had a second shirt to
their backs before being installed in
efnee ; a few months later they are
sporting fine horses, .gold watches
and chains, smoking Hue cigara and
purchasing fae cl vellh.gs, is. Tho
blacL- :orsa notices this, and imme
diately uakto up his niind that the
next tiuo h; is nsked to vote he
mast receive .sonuthiii, if not lie
iiust have an office, whether com
petent or not. lhe rebels soon be
come exasperated and rriurder a few
white Republican officials, and they
invariably throw up their office and
run to the North, leaving the ne-
gros to stand the storm.'
THE COLORED VOTERS OF ALABANA. ,
The New York Sun says : 'The
colored voters of Alabama having
advanced sufficiently in political
knowledge to understand that the
talk about it being the purpose of
the Democrats to reduce them to
slavery again is all nonsense, the
virtuous carpet-baggers in that
State have had recourse to a new
invention for working upon their
fears. A colored man in Hale
county informed a correspondent cf
the Sun that he would have voted
the Democratic ticket at the last
election, only he had been told that
if the Democrats were elected, al
though they could not put the ne
groes b&ck into slavery, yet they
would pass a law regulating the
prices to be paid the colored people
for their labor, and under the pro
posed Democratic schedule the wa
ges of a negro man would be limit
ed to four dollars per month, while
no colored woman would be permit
ted to receive over half that sum.
It i3 by such devices as this that
the Republican managers in the
South seek to maintain their influ
ence over the unsophisticated Amer
ican citizen of African descent.
ROBBED BY THE BANK.
The blacks cf Nashville alone had
$84,000 in the Freedman's Bank.
It wa3 earned by tho hardest toil.
One poor blind wood-sawyer lost
the earnings of three years. 7u
deed, every siDgle case in that city
is one of distress. Not one of the
depositors is able to bear the losa.
the bulk of them were draymen,
porters, waiters, boot-blacks, wash
er women, wood-sawyers, coal heav
ers, and street laborers. Imagine
their distress. One of the sadest
sights ever seen in Nashville was
these poor people gathered around
the branch bank on the day of the
failure. Some cried aloud. Buf
falo Courier.
Growing Old.
It ia
-vif h
ness
the solemn thought connected
middle life, that life's last buis-
i3 begun in earnest; and it
is
iher?, midwav between tho cradle and
j tat yrve, that man begins to marvel
that le 1st the days of youth go hj eo
half enjoyed. It is tho pensive au
taun fcclint.'; it la tho sensation of
huli' sr.clnoas that we oz:j:orienca when
the longest day of the year is past,
and every day that follows is shorter
and tho light fainter, and the feeble
shadows tell that nature is hastening
with gigantic footsteps to her winter
grave. J3o does man look down upon
his youth. When the first gray hair
bocomes visible, when tho unwelcome
truth fastens itsolf upon the mind
thai a man is no longer going up hill
but down, and that the sun is always
westering, he looks back on thinga
behind. When wo were children we
thought as children. But now there
lies before us manhood, with its ear
nest work, and then old age, and then
the grave, and then home. There is a
second youth for man, better and hol
ier than the first, if he will look on
it and not back.
! Cotton and Prider v
Though we are not all endowed
alike with talent ; yet there is a du
ty we. owe towards Gbd and ever so
towards the another j and accord
ing as oar gifts may be,' so must we
endeavor to perform, this duty both
towards God and man." And where
ever there is a duty,; assigned -us
and we perform it with all the abil
ity that. lies within .us, hen it is
that we arc acceptable in the sight
of Him and our fellow-man. Then
whatever source criticism may come,
it 9ixly Bhowr that their deeis : are
evil, and that their talents have been
burned and profited nothing. As
I am a member of this body, the ob
ject of which is to accomplish seme
good purpose, I feel it a duty in
cumbent upon me to do all I can to
the aggrandizement of the same
and to exercise all the ability that I
have in accomplishing that great end.
And as we are all well aware of the
purpose of this organization, it is
becoming to every member belong
ingto it, to be in unity and work to
gether to our best interest, and nev
er allow ourselves to become dead
branches which will bring forth no
fruit in time of harvest, tor such a
branch is of no use to the body and
only fit to be pruned out and cast
into the fire, for he that will not
work by re.i3cn of the cold shall
begin harvest and have nothing.
Then let these sayings arouse us to
action. Let them revive our dying
energies, mat we may press on in
unity to gain the prize which may
be obtained by a speedy reform in
everything that tends to weaken or
retard our progress in this world,
and obstructs with many obstacles,
our pathway of Eternal bliss, and
cur knowledge of the past, and what
we have experienced of the present,
plainly points to Cotton and Pride
as being the two prominent and
leading causes of all of our present
una past troubles,aud points direct
ly .to them of a more oppressive na.
tare ia the future if we n?2rlecl a
speedy reform. Cotton was nev: r
intended to be a curse to a man,
but it is in the extreme thtt the
evil is fait, the extreme in which it
is cultivated and the unnecessary
quantities m which it is raised, that
being corruption in our land and be
comes of itself a curse in a hundred
fold ways, some of which I will here
after name.
It not long since becomo an ob
ject of great demand throughout
the United States and in Europe,
and has served since that time to
the present a source of great wealth
and thriving enterprise to the cotn-i
mercial world, while the conditions
of the producer, has been growing'
worse in every respect by over
stocking the demands necessary for
consumption. Carried away as we
have been byTts promising wealth
and led to belief as we have, that a
fortune could be made in a short
timo by growing Cotton to the ex
clusion of all other necessaries of
life, we have glutted the world
with surplus quantities of Cotton
which has stepped its machinery
and depressed prices and filled the
whole country with bankruptcy and
confusion for the great love of mon
ey, and that speedy anticipated for
tune, we have ail become fallen vic
tims of our own voluntary acts.
All to promote Pride and the
vain delusive passions of man, which
has been the cause of tho destruc
tion of all nations, since the world
began, and must finally lead to the
destruction of this, if we do not re
sort to a speedy reform, for it has
already assumed the reigns of gov
ernment in our hearts, and has lull
ed prudence and economy ia death,
and we are fast traveling that down
ward road that must soon terminate
in that final doom. Then we find
the great cause of sueh a crisis in
our Country and the ruin that speed
ily awaits it? is Cotton and its cxiU
iary evils, the great king and sub
ject worshipers of mankind " whose
tyrannial powers is every moment
enslaving its subjects and bringing
them in bondage beyond endurance.
The crisis that it has already
brought upon is sufficient prooff
that if the evil course is still pur
sued that our conditions must inev
idently be worse in the future.
For we find already the land filled
with paupers and vagabonds and al
ready hear the cries of the hungry
and:naked at many a threshold that is
held by mortgages and no longer a
shelter to protect thee: from the
Eicrnu of a dreary winter or tho
scorchiagjrays of ainid-snmraer. We
aro beginning to feci the shock and
fcee tie ruin3 from one enti-of the
earth to tho other ; vihilo some has
been mada rich and proud others
has been impoverished and starved ;
while one part of the land has been
gaining wisdom and knowledge the
other has been sinking into igno
rance and, shame ; while one part
has been united and pious the other
has been divided and corrupt ; while
one part has been growing Towns
and flourishing Cities the other has
been rearing rude cottages amid
devastated forests.
Then why do we not stop these
evils before it is too late : Why do
we not by united wisdom and unity
of action rebel against that great
kin? and be no longer slaves of his
j tyranny ; why do we not desist the
evils of Pride, fashions and prodi
gality and resort to have economy-
and home industry, the only invisi
ble means of ever reclaiming our
onco happy homes, supply our own
needs by our own . industry and
make our homes self-sustaining and
avoid extremes in , all things that
tends to weaken or retard our prog
ress, and instead of devastating our
forest to supply the places of fertil
izers for Cotton, let them wave
amid the breeze for the benefit of
future generations : and instead of
growing fields of JCotton and ; en
slaving ourselves to enrich our
neighbors let them wave in luxuri
ent crops of grain for our own
consumption.
And wlen we fill our legislative
halls with men to legislate for us,
fill them with men of our own bene
and sinew, fill them with men that
know the worth of a shilling ; fill
them with men that feel that their
interest is ours, and will work to
save the Government and her peo
ple; fill oar high schools and moral
academies with subjects of the same
class: And all in all, fill every of
fice of trust in the Government with
honest men and tillers of the soil
who justly merit the rule of the
land. .And without that rulo it
will be forever lost.
Then brothers and sisters the
cause for which we are assembled
together here, is one that demands
our whole attention. It is one on
which our success in future life
greatly depends. It is ono that is
to mark our last destiny as tillers of
this soil, yes, it is one whose in -ward
teachings and inward actions
is to aggrandise us and place ua in
a position among the rest of man
kind which we so justly merit.
2t was once wisely intended to
point out tho evil that beset our
paths and raise to us a beacon light
to illuminato our ways to prosperi
ty. And now let us with greatful
hearts accept the last opportunity.
Wo plainly sec the evils before us
tl at must in tho end lead us to de
struction. Times Las developed the fearful
changes in our career and wo are
j
every aay witnessing scenes more
horrid than those that have passed,
ana their pregress still rapidly in
creasing. And we are alone few
in number to fight the great battle
ot retorm. The outsido world has
turned a deaf ear to our calls, prej
udice and cold indifference have
risen like mountains before us, and
allhope of succor despaired of.
Let U3 despair not. though the
bright day may seem far distant.
When a good work is begun God
will carry it out and bless thoso
that hold out faithful to the end.
Then let us begin the good work in
our own household and scg the re
sult of such a reform. Hero among
us is where its first seeds must be
sowa and where it must bo culti
vated, nourished, and raised to ma
turity ; then we will see if the world
will not be ready to gather its
fruit and enjoy its blessings ; then
we will see if they will not rally
around its standard in crowded
numbers and say that the Grango
and its honest workers saved the
country and its people from a speedy
destruction and brought them out
of that miry clay, and placed them
upon the rocks of prosperity, there to
stand firm and unshaken as bright
monuments, memorials of its glory,
until time shall be no more.
W. W. Andrews,
Member of Robersonville Grange,
No. 1G3, P. of H.
A left-handed man, on North Hill,
rushed out yesterday afternoon to a
chain pump to get a bucket of water.
He made somo ill-natured remark a
bout men making pumps wrong bido
to and commenced to grind. Lie tur
ned and turned, and ground and
ground, and stopped and restod, and
talked softly to himself, and ground
again, and kickod the pump, and
took off the lid and looked down into
tho cistern, and put on tho lid and
sat down to think, and got up and
turned the crank, and sweat and
kicked tho pump again, and thoro
hung the bucket, as innocent of mois
ture as an independant political re
former is of truth. And there came
a woman to tho back-door, and a
voice fell like a fallir-g star: "Turn
that crank tho other way, you stupid
thing1, or you wont get any water to
to-night! " Burlington Jlauk-Eye.
Little Johny wanted to go to church.
His HiOther was afraid ho would
mako a noiao, but hia father said:
"Johnny knowa better than to mako
a noise in church.'' So ho went. Ho
kept very still till tho last prayer.
By that time ha had grown tired of
sitting still, and was standing on the
pew cushion,; with his back to the
pulpit When tho lady in tho next
seat bowed her head for prayer, John
ny thought she waa crying. He
leaned over and said to tho lady, in a
tone that waa meant for a whisper,
but which was only too plainly heard :
" Poor lady ! What e matter ? Do
oo stummut ache?'
Jobx A. Hyjias, the negro Con
gressman of tho 2d District of this
State, is out in a card denying the re
port that he is eoeking to defeat Gov
ernor Brogden. He says he will sup
port Brogden tooth and toe nail Well,
nothidg else could bo expected from
1 him. Sea what Deweese says.
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