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FOR (jOYKKNOK, JONATHAN WOKTU, OF IUXDOLVJl. EST Remember that the election far Goe crnor qf the Stale and members of the Leg islature fairs place on lite third 'IhursiTtiH, If oemg me loin auy q vcioocr.jj AS822ITT. ' The Editor la absent this week attend ing Forsytes Superior' Court, whither he ha been summoned e witnew. This will account for the want of original matter to his Columns this week. 'Ilia absence ia much regretted, bat it Is ana voidable. ' . Oot. Worth. Although Gen. Dockerj haa declbed the Domination tendered him by the "Mass J nil t:,. w ..;. I " Tho C'iMU'l-c.-irt bene vt r two-thirds of both Houses h.tll dem it iiccrsKary, shall propone amend men U to this Constitution; or on tlio application of the Legislatures of two-third of the several State shall call a convention for , proposing anieud menu, which, in either case, shall bo vai ill, for all intents and purposes, aa part of this Uoastitulioh, wnu ratified by the iRiHiaiurei 01 inrce-iourins ot mo sever- al States, or by conventions in three-fourths thereof, aa the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Con gresS." Our wue fatliera did not Intend that the great fundamental law -the Constition should be lightly altered. . If bare major ities- or the popular vote could nave altera! it, a written Constitution would have bceni idle. You will ace there are two coustitutton- al modes of amendment. Congress haa w. , ' m f 1. 111. I UvWI VUUCATVIIUK HI Uin VH WUCUUIUCUHi eeung ... oi ya men, wn.cn assem- Thefe u lMtt tw0.tbifdi of It.) -a. 1 1 9 t at- AVat. Ll. . .. .. dux. h j-eign, on w ssuw wuaw, no both Houses ean agree on anything. The will yet be voted by that party. Against I members were all elected aa partizans. him as a man, we have nothing to say 1 Many of them have tadolgedTnimiiia- Thai U ia a rery sensible man ia shown UlAJw. . 7 Te 01 , , , , , I each other till they are not in the temper vj uim ucuuns w aominauou in opposi- to as patriots and statesmen. They tion tojGoi. Worth. That be is a man of have become excitedexcited men rarely very respectable character, everybody ad- act prudently and wisely. The other mita. But that he ia, all things consider- of amendment lias not been tned. I UL. . . All A.. . .....I I 1 WO UVk IJ mJLl CVUDUfcUUUUM U10UOB of amendment before we resort to s trance and unconstitutional modea That other ed, the equal of Gov. "Werth as a States man and financier, will hardly bo pretend ed. lie will be supported, whenever he is mode seems peculiarly adapted to our pres- and U thy iL-uk c i of I-x p.-i uncut. JONATHAN WORTH. January 31st, IbGl, j ent condition. Let a National Convention be called. Surely two-thirds of the State will join in such a call. If called, it is honed wise and discreet men. not men late ly engaged in party strife, will be called to fill it. Can anybody doubt that such an Assembly could - compose the National commotions. I - do not doubt it. The provision for such a - convention, in com mon with all their works, snows the foret . J "J ..1 T I cast auu wusuom oi our iamers. in sucn an Assembly, composed of calm and pru dent men, all sections could be heard couli interchange views, each could make supported at all, on the ground that ho is a better Union man than Gov. Worth. While we will not question his Unionism, we will yet venture to say to the Union men of the State that he is not a better Union man than Governor Worth that ho cannot present near so good a record as Gov. Worth can. In fact, we undertake to say that no man in the State can show a dearer record than Gov. Worth can.' He voted against every measure looking y : - ,0Jl . Tr . . J some concessions to the feetings and pre LegiaUtnre of 1860-61. He voted against q 0thenh9 Mine of cFon mn appropriation to arm the State in antic- CrssionB we all have to make to each other ipation ot war with the Federal Govern- in ' religion, morals, and everything else ment, while Gen. Dockery voted for it. whic,h makes civilized society. IT. tA .rait oB th Convention nill. Theyjwon d agree on a basis of settle- .. . .... . ment. In alt the States excepting South Alter UM passage or we oiu suumitung Carolina, perhapa in a few other Sonthern the question of "Convention or no Con- States, the people still cherish a love for Tmtinn" ia th neonla in Fp.hrnarv. Iftfil. the name of Waihinelon: and for the IJn lieaddreaseda circular letter to his wn- h- The doings of such a . con-ention 8 one of Italy 's most handsome ekicaand ...ff. ti p,j. tjiv A would be iixeiy to be neartily ratified by 18 "cu wu iniei. x nobii 0 VrvV titaenta of the Counties offiandolph and three.fourtha 0the Xt all evente were great in other ages, though, they pm- Alamance, wnicn we re-proauce to-day, iet n0 one break ud this ereat Union till seesed the ennobling love tor music, sculp- It will be seen npon its perusal that he did we have fully tried all constitutional modes ture and painting, they have lost the encr- not take the ground which was taken by of amendment, ley of mind that spread such a halo around TT-u -3 .t.- ' ' 1 If the oroDOsed State Convention does I them ewfch a lustre over the Italian name . . . f . TT . .1 what its most ardent advocates desire it to e "7 V m U U do, it will be what all Conventions must secede and resist it. No such senti-1 very anince wui oe empi t or nionoaition ever escaned hia lins. X?" believe thata convention is to be call 7 k--i X" He had learned his Union principles in , . Written 6r tUe 014 Xortlt SUtc. Faded Orandenr. I Check the hurried waves of Time as thi dash onward 1 Hull back tho tide of part years and .view the wrecks and ruina-U uu-laneliuly mementoes of former graudettr that aro spread before the vision. Iti Ins that spenk to tho heart in impressive tones, wni-ks that cause the mind to dwfrt with suUness on tho tramitory natureftjf earths noble, tx'autiiul and lovely hitclirct and its grand," glorious and picturesque in. art. All rround us are scnttered the remains of othrr Hnyt antfr-ether merr. Jtrforrns stand a " few pillars of I'ariuu marble, that tell us where a proud city onco stood, Komo the " seven-hilled city" and pride of the Grecian heart. Though fallen, this cm perial mistress r)f the world is grand in her ruins elofjucnt in fragments of departed greatness and lives iu tlio song of Ilomor. llcr ruli'ndors hv"o fidedT her inhntttalAi have v;iuUln-l like summer flowerets, and all-wi hot proud philosophers arid con quering heroes have been swept away by Time's irrcsitible wave. Whcro are all the hearts that once thrill- at tho biiniing eloquence of Cicero m tlie far-famed Roman Foruni T Where is tho splendid palace of tho Crcsars, that, years ago glittered in ttio sun s origni uoams, reflected beauty all around f All ! those hearts aro still at laststill as the crumbling arches of the great Forum and Time has set its seal on the rich palace homo. In imagination wo ramble, 'mid the " tot tering temples," marble pillars and falling columns oi bravo Sparta and bcauuiol Athens, that once claimed riato, Lycurgud and many more wnose names have been honored by an admiring people. What a mournful train of thoughts and feelings are exemplified by these ancient cities where the cold, autumn-like "-spirit of decay " has its abiding place. The monuments of liberty, the temples of ambition, the lights Of genius are all gone ! And' Italy 1 lJeautiful, famouj Italy! Where will we find among all the antique cities, relics, more, impressive than thine 1 It ia strcwn with places of interest and all over the world we hearo praises of its " skies of bluo" and science of rare beauty. Who will not call to mind the picture, seen Ion? a so. of " Florence, the Bcatiful ?" It 1:1 1 .It-- i: ft' lt It V, . 'j t I .. , i , I . I i. ' 1 ; I', t ! hfte f e ft i-t! l.cii l,-ii.-r as U.o !..! m.i.i.iry rtar. II..' mm. . .. ...! i.i.i.nn ihiM l.oielv band made I charaftec.of tho Convention id fetablinhed We Hi c t'heni now. Ik reft of homo and by tho fuc t tlmt the lst sjweimens of sol- their father's graves, they cared uot to iin- dierly fame and honest patriotism It could per behind after their glory had left them, presett were Dutlcr and Banks the hero I'oor lonely Indians ! They are fast van- of Big Bethel and Fort Fisher defeats, and tailing from the earth. Their greatness M Gen. Lec'e Quartermaster." , , faded years ago, and only a few are left The true soldiers of the Ugloneannot to mourn over their nnhappy fate. fail to mark the contrast between these Nor id this all. There is another dream two conventions, and indignantly repudi- of " faded grandeur," another tale of do- ate the assumed leadership of Butler and nnrteil rreatlieSS. aUOtllor, ilOPO vni8hed. Our hcirts swell at the branee of the yountr nation that rose ah. M.K.k'a flint flnill'iri hd. then fell. Sweet Sonlh I Homo of tho truond good I Thine - WASHnrOTOW Cotwo", VA-The 1m i. - .a tu irw mtnv hearts ara atlrred I pression havinr cone abroad that Wash aa'they nmcm her tho few grand years ington College ia full, and that students tho short," though -noble- life of - the little have been - already sent back for want of Confederacy. We see the reraaina wherev- accommodation, we are requested to state er we go. Sometimes an u old grey coat, that a large number of additkmal students an old faded cap or brass buttons reminds' can be receiven and comfortably accom- us of the dream that ia fast leaving ns. modated at the College and in Lexington. And oh I what emotions are brought up All papers friendly to the college are re- when we see the lijrht of a bit of "gold vaested to rive prominent insertion to this lace"! ...Hut tho dream is rone.. The waves I notice. vewasueu ovcr tne y9nK pa- VitDWt are sorry to learn that F. 1 1 1, iv', iu ni.'uiy a Imttl.- Jda-iO l!.t; hail round either muh Ke:;liog over men and cattle, . Souls and bulkts on the wing; Mut this war, its woes expanding, Still be pushed, fresh lives demanding We like gladiatqra standing ' . ' Elbow-bloodied in the ring t Grape-ahot rustling, bullets singing, Kound shot humming, orders tindnr. ue oi no- ate toe assumea leaaersuip oi jjuuit auu . ln6'ngl of glory Banks, neither of whom ever woe a victory, ' And pur torn, .loved ags a swbgbg, ie remem- or achieved, in the war, anything except - Forward in the fiery gales; 4 se to fall; ignoble notoriety Nat. Intelligencer. Bugles, fiercely, harply sounding, 'Tis wreatlieij around with glory, Aud will live in song and story," For thousands of brave men fell for her aa 8parta and Troy fought and fell, lor tM beautiful Melon. K Side "by side the vete rans from Virginia fought with those from tho Southwest, and side by side many of them arc sleeping, now. - ,. , , ' I lauds that never failed their country, Hearts that uever bamHieas knew." . P. Latham. Esa.. Chairman of the Craven County Court, died at his residence last week. Mr. Jjatham waa an agea ana mgu- ly respectable citixen. jsewoem itmes. Thxkk j Scoxx akd Tkit. Very few persona in these latter days reach-the al lotted age allowed to' man, but occasionally one goes beyond that scriptural limit. " Last week there were five aeed persona died ia went before the dream this county fn. one day, whose aggregate Let them sleep 1 Awaken- not their peace ful slumbers. They was over; before the lad. how of snrren- ages fppt up 555 years. dor. They died when murmurs of victory v ' Newborn Timet. Gen-Alfred Pockerv is the Radical can didate for Governor of. North Carolina lie is embalmed thus in " Mother Goose Melodies:" . ,. .', u Pickery, Dockery, Dock, , The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one, and down be come; Pickery, Dockery, Pock." r ' - Norfolk Virginia. JiAEST JVEWS. .rose on tho bloody field,-flushed with hope fbr their native land. Our hearts throbbed qbick when we watched our soldiers march by in all their pride a few years ago but they sink within-at the memory of the lit tle bands we saw returning one year ago, with weary limbs and torn clothes. The dream tho glorious dream bad vanished I We have seen ancient and modern glory fade have been deeply impressed with tho changes of .Time, and feel that years are stealing away the grandeur of ' fife that all the beauty we see around us to-day will soon vauish from euf grasp i nd leave us to mourn tor . . i i "Tilings that have beeni bntnoyer mora to be." n . CALLORE. TnoMASviLUE;SepU87, 1866,; Sheets of flame the sight eonfoundinr. And o'er, all, the heavy pounding , Of tho red arUllcry flails I ' i '"i tit - Brethren; thus we jitand confronted, ' Every bayonet forwrd slanted,. Tired and, bloody, but undaunted x Shall the work again begin f1 'j Shall the cry again be slaughter, Tour blood, our blood, shed like water Pittiless and 'useless slaughter, In a figbt ye cannot win. . Guse the symbols that divide us, x oily and fraud alone divide us, Brethren, join us standbeslde us ' Both have wrongs to wipe away ; All our feuds forgotten, ended. Let our flag, with forces blended, Henceforth bear imperial sway I . JTOIIIT BMOtrTIOIl; raoroama am amcndmiht to tub comtitttiok - ' OF T inru STATU. . I Resolved by the 8enate and House of 1 Representatives qf the United States' of America in Congress assewUed, (two-thirds of both Houses concurring, That the- foh lowing article be proposod jtq f the .legisla tures of the several States, as an amend ment to . the Constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by three-fourths I of said legislatures, shall be valid as part of the .Constitution, namely:' .ASTICLX 14. Section 1. All persons born or naturalis ed in the United States, and subject te the jurisdiction thereof are citisens.of the United States and -oft the State wherein they reside No State' shall make or en force any low which shall abridge the priv. ileges or immunities of citixenl of the Uni ted States ; nor shall an' Btate deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of lau flor deny to any person within Its jurisdiction the equal south in their best days Thus, tho grandeur of mind thegrcat- loyed to make " brightclimes of battle and of song." . -a lme glided along seemingly noiselessly yet his finger marks leave their impress on ! every thing of earth. 1 hey have touched ( emphatically, what was SiOnisL" He thought called a Submfs the term no re proach. He believed that a due submis sion to the Constitution and laws of his country was one of the highest honors to which a citizen could aspire. According to his principles dangerous usurpations ed to save the Union. Believe it not. It ia true, manv members who am Union other schoola, and he stood by his princi- men voted for submitting it to a vote of the blooming-cheek of ancient and modern pies, let them lead where they might. If the people whether they would have a I beauty and left only the " wrinkles of care" North Carolina and the other Border States convention or not, throwing upon yon, where the roses bloomed j they have had to be forced .nto a war he: was for wh5ch j think the doluZv" household treasures-the " folded flowers" standing hy the National flag. He was themselves. A maiontv refused to nasa- of her love, and left her heart in sadness to an amendment allowing you to endorae on mourn over her lost band of little children. your tickets whether you are for union or Those long fingers have touched the he disunion. It will be said that the con- roes" noble brow, the stateemans silvered vention can do no harm- since whatever it 'ck ad bore their owners to the tomb. may do will have no validitv until ratified I Time is not a partial conqueror, The ny- you. ' The diBunion"lcad"ers boldly bi maintain that the Legislature cannot re- crown from the Royal 1 head shall pass strict the convention that it may pass away and the sword from the foeman's whatever ordinance it pleases, regardless hand, The proudest man that breathes of the restraints attempted to be unnosed shall be found with the poor laborer at upon it by the Act of Assembly; and that hist, he haughty beauty with all her ftattat SZarket lleporis. New Tork, Oct 8, Noon. Cotton dull at 57a40; Fivea 1 13; Tens 99 ) -Treasuries 106rGold 1 48 " "" A " rt "f Kt tiMw. i wt.' n. i f nun. rpceima verv BehtT Flotrr firmCoh ITrtn r.0?al.08i; protection of the lawa. Clovfer B ryfsfcf djirk; -gtfS&fi$$T9 nec S. tlepreSenlaiives shall be nppor and firm; Serswiet, , t $ fio ed among the Several Stales .Recording; Princeton, NJ J.Oct. A-ommodort nhjlin Indiana noitax'ed TJurwhen the Tho Contrast. i Tlie Clcvelaud Soldiers and Sailors' Convention was mostly called by men tlonVrolloVhonpa I J rig htt y,te at ay;election-b roice s i,t.lr. r in th -i y ft t " i -wM mkii tu.iuLLiA.H of electors for President and.. Vtce-JfresI BT TBAHCIS DK DAKS JrStlEB. hottest and most desperate of the battles fur tliA ITninn wKnan fnmn in lnunArK1 V lmkej with W mort WUiAyjicjkMy .Fo diers and honest patriots a nation grati- j d Bna11 m11 nnd all our intercourse iuue ib ciierisiu?a in tno aeans oi ue lovai i j kjuiiujivj wm.. itthr iorywnf foniA- UC UCll alone justified resistance to the constituted authorities, and no one pretented that the Federal Government had done any such thing at the time when the Sonthern States attempted to secede. Consequently he would not vote, as General Pockery didj for any preparations for resistance. Such ia the record, and such are the principles of Got. Worth. What true Union man then can possibly prefer him to General Dockery f None, with any show of reason. Oov. Worth's Circular. To mjf Constituents Qf the Counties of Randolph and Alamance. , On the 28th of February next, you are called upon, by an Act of the General As sembly, by your vote, to declare whether a fyate Convention; it may, or may not, at its pleasure; submit its action to the people for ratification'. If war begins, Jt will probably be brought on during the sitting of the convention. -It Is now the policy of disunionists to postpone hostilities till President Buchan an goes out and President Lincoln comes in. They will probably court a fight as soon as Lincoln takes the reins. If war shall have actually commenced before the convention closes its. session, and an ordi nance of secession be passed, it is to be feared that its action will not be referred to the people for ratification. Not one of is forgotten, her accomplishments arc noth airs and graces, will paa away like the plain maiden "who watched at midnight around the lonely sufferers bed. Both shall slumber together thenV rThe , first shall find that life's pleasures are vain, that all her bright hopes are like vapors that fade, her cherished dreams vanish into nothingness Like snow falls on a river, One moment white then gone forever." And when all that combined to make earth full of poetry and music for her, fails she is mourned for a time, but soon her beauty Of pot VOn want sinewa mi me rentionitro. consideration of oar IS a- the five States which seceeded. though acting under no emergency, has submitted its action to the people for ratification. .we nave not vet exhausted Constitutional remedies Wei cannot have exhausted tional Affairs; and also, at the same time, to rote for delegates for said Convention, J? majority call it. X he Act provides that tho action of the convention shall hare no Validity voted aga'nat this AcfrlM?cait mmm the ConttitBtien of tl Vnht& - fftaTr, mtribii State, 'contemplates any such convention, and beeause I catt se nit way feyw4frhlT can do any good, and I fear it may do much mischief. Such a convention is a modern iifven- i . . vu yjarunua, io ormg about a sort of legalixed revolution, h lias been adopted in most of the SmtlieJji Mutes. All its original advocates were disunion iats. Wherever sach a convention Inn ns embled, it has asserted the power to sever the State from the Union, and declare it an independent government. Under mv oath to support the Conetitltion of tlie United ,8tates, I conld not vote to cjiII a couventibn to overthrew that inftniment.' I thought it improper for the (leneral Asaembty to ask yon whether you want an unconstitutional convention. Whaf can lit do It can do-nothing only aa a revo lutionary body. Everybody looks for a 8iem before thin convention ahall asamblM. elicve not those who may tell you this convention is called to save the f It is called to destroy jt. If yon desire to preserve the Union vote 'No eonvention.?i ana at uie same time, oe caretel for whom yon vote as delegates. ing and .she sleeps in some lonely place. where no true friends go to week ; And the traveller passea to wonder who may repone beneath tho neglected mound for there is " No stone to mark tlie spot." brings to the mind a feeliug of-lincoininon sadness, it tones are borne to our ears with a nm?ir rawp dnnf y impressive than Tulh 's voice-r-.i sound that awakens more feelings' than .II niuerV beautiful pdetiy. taqe. , .1 i,ne s luulatioj L to tho -w4lsf f4 liie -of IiOfigf ao.- Onr n Gonimisfioners shall effect.' who are "ta in WaidiinetoiSbirihe i Ith bTFibrn arv 1w1r fsm m m9 mm S. a I XT . ? J 9 ' avs ss ICHJQUT tor UltS iVaLLlOn&l I .i a . - , . , dfetaTbcvsn we shiUUavrcIe .11 k I "'!!, ii 'i i mir. iieijj wnen our ion ns sunny Amenean'.land presents an instan or a National Convention and it shall be refused, or shall have failed to accomplish a pacification, it will bo time enough to re sort to revolution. I think that those on ly should vote for a convention who regard disunion as the only remedy for the dis ease of the times. I ha-e felt it due to you to present this hasty explanation of my views, on a mo mentous question on 'which you are called upon to vote with such extraordinary nasie. To go into a discussion of the ground on which the disnnionists claim that we blight to dissolve the Union, woold reouire iiimtb moms wan i can pronenv withdraw itrom mv Legislative duties.- I myself with saying that I have carefully, read nearly all the debates in Congress, V . stand, where our harvests railroads - wfnd along was of tlje Indian. AW p the American shores the dark hain-d niaid of the forest rowed her light canoe- fimnng the hills the hun ter chased the wild door and built his night fires. Here where the whistle of tho. Rail road cars echo in the dqep woods the war ner voice once sounded. But when the civilized men from the east came upon U I ... . 1 1-1 .1,1. a wn-ir j'Muwar ime a aarx ciona over their sunny sky, they tok np the westward march. Unhappy ones 1 Every bright dream had faded with their native freedom. Onward they .marched with weary limbs and broken hearts.' 1 One. little band pur sued by their elcmy, had travelled on with hope of paining the wild woods beyond the Alabama, wherc-4by could roam, in people. The great majority of those "who took a prominent part in the proceedings were soldiers who achieved for themselves honorable distinctiort and brad risen from the ranks to-exalted military positions by their own unaided valor and patriotic, self sacrificing devotion.' The Convention as sembled in the midst of a community be sotted with the most violent fanaticism and antipathy to true soldiers and friends of the Union. 1 he attendance upon it was quite as laroe as was expected, comprising prominent and distinguished soldiers from every State Jn ihe. Union. It met, delib erated,, and adjourned, without attempts at empty, ostentatious display. Its proceed ings 'were dignified, and its recommenda tions" earnest, pointed, and? practical, in fa vor of speedy and complete restoration of the National Union, and the re-establish- ment of national harmony, and prosperity. I The Pittsburg Convention was called I by individuals totally unknown as either soldiers. or patriots.-. Bom ib this obscuri ty, it Was heralded everywhere by the Rad ical organs and the Radical Pisunion wire workers. The most extraordinary ' efforts were made to procure the attendance of an immense, crowd. Extensive arrangements, were .made by partisan, committees, leagues, and Associations to provide free transpor tation and subsistance for alt who would go. It was anuonnced the evening before the meeting of" tho Convention that from fifty to one hundred thousand soldiers were expected to be present. An immense wigwam had- been constructed . for the use of tho Convention. The great canvass pavilion used by the Cleveland Conven ts.., Mm1 there filled o it utmost capacity (at least, five thousand,) was brought to Pittsburg, to afford additional accommo dation. Apfdieation ; waa made to the Gev ernincnt for t ho loan of one thousand tents Will there be Sfemory after death t Does that mysterious bower Expire, with the expiring breath, Id mafias hut mortal hour 7 - Will those we held in love's embrace When earthly scenes are o'er, Borne to some dim aud distant place, Remember us no more ? . J"- ;" "' .. " ..... 1 Is Peath an endless dreamless sleep Oblivion's sullen wave. Henceforth, in solitude, to sweep Otelifc's eternal grave t : Peath is , Life's shadow Side by side, With sad and sickening gloom, The shadow and the subscaiice glide, , to furnish protection to the thousands upon UidmiJmsJi. X thousands ,.cxpected.to,be present, the.j is. were not confined 'Coiivention met in one of the largest cities I i i . . . - 1 1 1 . i . aim most, pomuoiin neisruuornooas m-tne cmintry a very hotlied of Radicalism wiicrn a large, mority of the population wrro believed to be in sympathy with the Radical Disunion faction. It was inauu- i But, on the confines ot this state. Peath with its dismal blight, Pissolves, at Heaven's effulgent gate, xioei in immonax ngnfcjU- Life is i feart of Peity. Evoked iu God's own breath, Forever, like its source, to be Superior in Peath. Peveloped in our human birth ; Through time, with Peath to blend It has beginning on the earth, v But never knowd an end. Life is progressive, mental force Advances even heref , ; But who shall estimate its course In Heaven's exaltfod ephcrcj V.. T"-r-.... . ... ... - t. Once past the portals of the skies ; Fro n mortal fettersfree ; II8W will our franehisid spirits rise, '- Through aJIeteriny l 7 wnve Aiid.hnr one the homel ratcd w-ln grand torchlight procession and immense bustle and , parade. let, when the Convention met, its' anticipated mar nificcnt proportions had dwindled into in-I significance, both in aumbers and charac ter,, The great pavilion from Cleveland was not needed. The one thousand Gov ernment tents were uncalled for. The mammoth wigwam was left, unoccupied, and the creat Convention found amole scope and verge enough for all its dimen- BKiiiB iu iue jhj xxau oi x nuioorg, capa ble of containing, perhaps, twenty-five hundred people. Tne falling off in the. character ot the prominent actors was still more lamentable. The soldrFwhose deeds of valor and splendid victories had made their names as hpuohold words, synohy- AndshaTl wejjven, forgot. .these. years- a he shadow apd the blight,. . Through which to-issipate our ears, " ' First glcahied the future light f -7- Shall we forget the friends we left, Who cheered us day by day,- Who, standing round, jn tears bereft,- " Beheld us pass away 1 ' -' Can we forget the wondrous grace ' Which brought the Son of God To give salvation to our race, . .." --Through ..grief, and shame, and blood - 7 - v " ' ' ' ' No Memory, deathless, uncontrolled - In every human soul, Will brighten Heaven wrth bliss untold, , While endless ages roll. And in 'the anthems of the blest, ' The noblest theme shall be . God's grace on earth made manifest, y . And stored in Memory 1 v . Washington, D. C. dent df thtf UnneStateff wpresentatives In Congress, the executive and judicial of flee of a Stater or the memlWa iW Iegudature ieteof; taemed to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twen" ry-on years. 01 age ana citizens 01 ine y ni Ud States, or in anv wav abridged. 'iceM for participation in rebellion or ether crime. the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the num-?'' ber of swih- nsale citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State. " - Sec. 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or bold any office, civil or military, under the .. United States, or under any State; who, having previously taken an oath as a member of Congress, or as an officer of -the 7 United States, or as a member of anv' State legis lature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have" engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies there of. But Congress may, by a vote of two thirds of each House, remove such disabil ity. . . . Sec. 4. The validity of the .public debt of the United States, authorized by law, ineltlfding debts incurred for: the payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither' the Uni ted States nor any Stato shall assume or oar anv debt or oblieatibn incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the Uni ted States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such " debts, obligations, and claims shall be held illegal and void. ',' ;f " , Sec. 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article. ... SCHUYLER COLFAX, . , , -' Speaker House, of Rep. 1 LAFAYETTE S. FOSTER, J- foes Senate, -pro fem AttestT' '".'-' .. Edward McPhiesoit, .'' . Clerk House of Re '"jrwrroR&if:":: "-r V'BeciiaaryBeni FALL &WLTEB IMPORTATION, 1866 STRAW G OODS. .- U4PORTER8 AND XBBEKS OT . RIBBON t BOKSETt, SILKS S SATINS. VlXyita, EUCHIS. TLOWTM TJiTKEU. Straw Bonneta JTladfts' Hats, TKUCKXD Sc VXTBiXHXD SSAXXX BOODSy No. 237 & Xo7l? 39 Baltimore SL, iTTER A 8tOCKrrXSURPA88UUrTH.r w VttiUd SUSsftla variatrad cdmomm. Or. den soHRiMi art freatptasteatioa giWt. - -1
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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Oct. 9, 1866, edition 1
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