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EiEWlS UiHN, EdMor & Projirir lor. Muffle tUopife Five CM i voi SALISBURY. .. TI KSDAY EVENING, DKGEMBKH 11, .I860. NUMBER Ul Tlae Old forth Stnle Forcrer." a.,,,. je f .I'M t 1 I. r THE OLD NORTH STATE. ITRI-WEEKLY.J ty RATES Of SUHSi RUTIOV. U w Oa.a, v ataV as toWsekl. One Year 16.00 " MI iwm . 3.UU w. . . 76 ota s.ot? - Ms montha, l.M " v Taa cop as On Year, M.UU " Twenty copim, One Year. 40.00 ' 1 A foa X tbe papti indicates tbc expiration ul the ainWrlptioh. The type na-waJrh U " Ou Xru State. " ia filiate at aBaiMly at. Na faina wUi ba aaareil to aake it a wat.-oun viaiaar to avary family, lu order to do thin we have e:ur.ere.l the nerrteoe of ahle ami accomplished literary contributor. ADVERTISING RATES TBAXJnrwT rates For alt period H- tha one month uc Square, t-'irat laaertioa fl.OO I jirli aulise pient innertion M Contract rate for period of one to font month. 1 MO. ft (K 7 50 10(10 2 BIOS. 3 MOD. 4 MOB. 7 00 10 00 15 00 10 00 14 00 is (Hi 14 50 is 00 20 oo 17 00 30 00 22 00 is i Ml 00 24 00 ftl 00 25 00 27 00 40 00 50 00 00 00 1 Square, 2 Squ'rs, 3 " 1 12 (Ml C.lui'n J " 13 00 20 00 30 00 Special Contract will beanade with thoae who desire to advertise (bra lonirer term than four month. Court Notioaa and Advert in. nts wUI ba charged at t lie usual rate. r.-." Tit tine tut at.Kd minion typs, or about one inch lengthwise of the r eolujlffl, vcoustituto a square.' ' ' Special Notice, in leaded mhiinn, will las con tracted for at the. office, at not less than double the rate of ordinary' advertisements. Inserted ai readitui matter, with approval o t no I'd i tor.-, titty cent per' line. Advertisements inserted irsngubuiy, or at inter vals, per tent, additional. - - Tin- rutc a above printed are for standing adver tisement. One or two squares, changeable at discretion, in per cent additional. More than two squares, changeable at discre . -per square of ten lines, lor every change, weaty-flve cento N KILLEB! f TIS A BA LM F011 h VERY W0 UND Our first physicians use and recommend Its use; the Apothecary linds it first among the medicines called for. and the wholesale Druggist .-n-idfis it a leading article of hi-, trtxle. mi tne dealers is inedi;ine speak aliae in its favor ; and ys repatauon as a ME IMC IXE OF GREAT MERIT AXIJ VIET HE IS FILLY A Nil rKK iiAKEKTlrY ESTARLtSHED, AH IT UTSB 0B BAT Family Medicine of the Age. TAKEN INTERNALLY, IT CURES Djfaentety, Chakra, Diarrhoea and Cramp and Pom in the StomarhRou el f-f Complaint, Painters ' Colic, Liter Complaint, Dyspepsia, . -, or Indigestion, Sore Tkroaf , Sudden CoUs, Coughs, Ac., Ac. TAKEN EXTERNALLY, IT CURES, t Boils, Felons, Cuts, Bruises, Bums, and Scalds, Old Sores, Sprains, Swelling of Joints, Toothache, Pain f in the. Face, Neuralgia, and Rheumatism, Frosted Bd to the lot of lis poor mortals do aa death, and liable at any time to come upon us Therefore it is important mat remedial agents should be athaud to be used on en emergency, when we are made to feel tle ex cruciating agonies ol pain, or tne depressing in fluences ? SManssM 'A Jinch a remedial agent existain Pf.brt Da vis' Pain-Killer, the fame of which httscxtended over ui' the earth. And by it, suffering humanity has found relief from many of its ills. The effect of the PalnKiller npou the patient, when taken in tenially in eases (Add, tough. Uowel Complaints Cholera, Drsentery, and other SaTsaSiisal sf the system, has been truly wjnderf'J, and has wou futit a tiaiue ainaiog madioal preparations Unit dS" never lie forgot ton. Its success in removing pain, as an external reniedy", cases, of bnrixs, bruises, sores, sprains, cuts, sting of insects, and other cause si garing kaa. teimrad for it (he roost proiiaBsaajt pnattiua among the Medieiaea of The million saf -Wtle of Perry Davis' Pain Killer which are MeeTy year should besuf. ficieat proof of its fHflcaey to eoaviiiee the moat skeptieal. Thousands of unsolicited certificates have bees received, and the mil lions who have used it speak alike it its favor. Sold by all druggists. . N. B. Parsons purchasing the Pain Killer wifi use great eaotion as several worthless Iminitotiona or eonaterfeiU are being ottered I t U Kv a few unnrincinled dealers. Ask ! fbr Perry Davie Vegetable Pain Killer, and iAa no 'other and vou will not In- detvived Sold bv all Druggists and ( -rocers. , -Price Mot., SO eta. 01 !?or bot- twdcwtm .7 . ' 1 I . . i J - , . h .'. - . j . . .. MM I ; '.fj ,. JJl,--. .' ; . j.. : : -'" "" ' . : - 77;,- '. ..".''. 4, , -V ' ' ' ' - ' ' "'- -- ' -''' I f ' ." '- : . . ' ' -. " -f ' 1 1 t ' NEW FIRM IN NALISBtm AM? JVO IT ULV0 A AD OFm ing at the Uud formerly axseupied - IYIER0NEY & BRO., mmi apUost, stock ..f Staple aft rn BOOTS, SHOES, mTBBH, Groceries, Hardware, AND A OOOD STOCK OF WINTER CLOfHING, to all of which,we woajld most respectfully in vite the atlentioii ut buyers. Having boiiirlit our goods for cask, we confidently believe that - we can sell as cheap as anybody. VW Give na a call, we ask nothing for" showing our Goods. AH ktuds of Couutry Prodnce taken in ex change. oct 12: OR. EDWARD SILL, Commission merchant, COLUMBIA, 8. C. DECS TO IXPCRM HIS MANY OLD Friends in Kowan, Oabarma, Iredell, Davie and the ri'ljoining counties in the Old North St. dr. ( which as ever, be is proud to call the land uf his birth. ) that he is still tn Columbia ; aud aftbo'tigh helhas been dreailfully scourged bv the casualties of the late war, he will be happy to serve them in the capacity of a Commission Merchant, in the sale of any of toe commodities whatever, sash as Klntir Hacon, Lard, Butter, Corn, Whisky, Cotton Yarn Tobacco, etc., which they may bo pleased to en trust to his eare.'! Any information as to the state of the market. cither is selling or buying, will be cheerfully and promptlr given. ED W AMD SILL. Oct Sfe'i, loU tv. -tf Bissolution. THE CO-PART X E R ship heretofore existing between LsffrS Hanks and John 8. Hampton, under tin name and at vie of Haves dc Hampton, Pub lishers'ifhlTTlroprietoisof the Old North Slate, 1 ' " ' I lVMiTS'' '' JOHN S. HAMI'TOX. Xoveoiber, 0th, 1860. 3t DXSgOKtTSZOKr. - THE CO-PA RT. nersfitp heietofon' existing in the town ofSalisbn ry, between W. C. Roberts, W. (.'. Porter, and A. P. Kckle, tindt-r the name and stylo ' of 'W. J. Holartsi Co dealers in'lmigs. iathis riRy di solved by uiuUial consent, lly the terms of Oic dissolution, all the rights aud credits of tlirvlute firm of VT. C. Kobcrt .v Co., pasato Hie new firm of Robert fc Co., Who 'arc alone anlhorised to sign in lupiidation. W. V. liOIIICIiTS, C. PtiHTKR. ; Xov. 14th, 1SC6. A, P. LCKLL ry The Subscriber retn-ns his sincere thanks to the citisens of this place and the surrounding country for the kind liberality w ith wieh they have patiOnisodTfie Isle: timt-vf-W-; C. Rulwrts i (Ju.,aud mo.it rt-ici'ifu!ly solicits a iiuitinuaucft of the suuh! to ft new flnri of RotiL-rSa 4- Co Mr L'liarles M Brown,' so well aud fovorahly known in this community ana dmggi t, wil4 he t ie prin oip'le clerk in the new establish ment W. C. ROBERTS. Salisbury, X. C. Xov. IT, 1886. wAtl w Blackburn & Holder, PI TIP MAKERS. "TEX DEB THEIR SERVICES TO THE CfTI- sens of Stilisbury and the surrounding coun try. They have had ui nch exorienco in the bu siness, and will promptly execute all orders sunt to them in the most -at i -factory manner. Give them a trial. Address, BLACKDTJRX HOLDER. nop If- , fllemnioiisville X ft or Salem $90 A TIO " Til!-AGFXTS wanted for six entirely new articles, just AfQ) out. Address O. T. UAKEY, City Building. Biddeford, Me. a may 2S-d&w 5m NOTICE TO WBVTTaB.-THE NOTES accounts, and claims of the firm of Brown, Coffin Sc Mock are in the hands of Luke Klackmer. Esu., for collection and as we a re in great need of money we hope our friends will call upon Mr. Blackmer promptly aud make a settlement. His olfice is iu thsconrt house. JOHX D. BROWN, J. M. COFFIN. A.J. MOCK. Salisbury, Oct. 2G, l8GfJ. tw tf NOTICE TO SETTLE. All of the Not a nil Accounts btdong' ing to the firm of liROWX, .COFFIN & MOCK, are in my hands for collection, ami nil parties indebted tn the , linn w i!i please call on me, at my office, and settle. LUKE BLACKMER. Oct. 2T,'66. tw Jew 4w. To Kent.-I ll K DWELLIXG HOUSE lately occupied by James B. Beard. Esq., is for Reut. , D. A. HAV48. Oct. 29, mm N , ' tw 2w. Turner's Almanac for 1867 rreo Emlar9tdThirim-Sntii Edition ! eiAar.an, :als (IF OEPRE- . clYM gMy """'J- "oldi"r colVVga. -Miirle Ci ealcatated by Dr. ft. Cravea, of Tnarty U H.0S ..i. Til. UU r """''",'' . (A.sO ID. Iran. Ha Latiarl. V a" r II nuit" ill int. ir a-taatv viivv. n r. ,-''-. . ' . ' " - - ' ' - ' - - - ' i m ., .- aa .hi ils- 1- - .- .x . . .... 3ye sraw nia-crsaZcB tTNU E(HTlf L i'O H T S. MK-UXOUSH COMJUOX LJ W ItKI OUTf ha dig increased U uch an extent us to las a ia iirni. I I'xiM'iulituni to tin- iniiiiirei ba))l ut the IWcssiou, the publishers uarpoM ills conUmmSl that with the current lUssnrtera, and laaulnpr in 11 place Ole aeries recentur coliunijj uaal in Kiuriiuul under the siiiH'rintaMeucti oi'ttal ... ii t i i. ....... : I l i I 1 1 . J Ul I .11 M II 11 I . I 1 I ; i I The wont will Im- i I T- in two adrtea, lawiHioi in intiotia, to which mm J? 3E?W.ff if A" T.. TO-lll Wai W lllllll IIH.F Sl-l.HI IIUI .'PI l,.in.li for the Vaccs a Jeci llrjmru, f'svwiaoa 0rnrA wit -n-t-i-wnijr ui --mm iwuin uni lleuiirit, Eirkcfiucr lthv t, and one volume fur Li d Stales, covering an ntli stnl copy of a llii' rutins ot t roiNiie, i'inn , ai,u riiiiou ism ea se and adinirality. The reKtrts of the court ot craiuual appeal will In pnrd and iiidexeil soper ate'y. so as to bind into a volume when ot auiH cient bulk. The equity aeries will ha paped and muexeu so m m umu mio ouo voiuuie wr we l1"r?..''.llI5Erjii u.rfii.. ttniii .nriih. three Yioe-Chaueellors (Ileitis; Judges of co-oral nate authority,) a-ili Im puged tugetlier anil -s ii amli'il into us manv volumes aa lunv lietdiiuil cuu I venient, anil each volume scpar venient, and each volume separately itialeXed, tint exti-eding, probably, two volume a year. I rf-i . .. . : II I .1 . The two series will make about seven complete volumes per annum. T. J. W. JOHXSOX A CO. Late liilxcUrn Pnhli.shrrt, No. 535 Chestnuf St., Philadelphia. Oct. 13. IHTiB. tf Valuable Land for Sale. PURSUANT TO A DECREE BY THE Umrt of Equity for the county hf Iredell, at Pall Term lrt6b, I will sell at the Court House i i Statesville, on Tuesday, the SMth of, Xovctnber next, (court week,) the fidlos-ing tracts of htful, vis: 400 ACRES. belong to the estate of Col. Milton Camnliell. dec: on the waters of Fourth Creek, well unproved. Also, 15 acres near the same rood Laud. Also, 170 acres in the County of Alexander, known as tha Kicalding Campbell place, upon a credit of one and' two years. Also, at the same time and place, two other Tracts of 41f acres eaeh, belonging to the Hejrs of V. n C .lobj.jon, on the waters of caudle creek, in the southern pari of In dell county, to be sold on a credit of 12 months. Also, 200 Acres, belonging to the Estate of Jesscc Cummlnn, ujmiu nireil't of fi months, with iliisrest freui daU. AiTttws, .Tohn H MeLatignliivCI- ikand Mas ter in Equity, at ufi!ci.9d h t-ihi r A I), lf ; lmml.'fMlon ?flerclin!l. HALKIGH, N. C. SELfa ih Coinuiissiort dton Yams, Sheetings, itacfi. 'Kknisr LardDried Frnits, Whiskey, Di-nnilLiau all kinds oT couiitrj- produce. Thewalsti keep ronstoutiy ou hand for sale, Plow-s'i'lioes,- Axca, Shovels', Spades, Com She! I.... ..oj .,11 t-iiiiU of A i-i'i.'Mltural I mull nielit . sci :nlio:i. ... ...... --,.. . They respectfully solicit consign; fit from Fanners am' others, iu the western' pan 'of the Slate, and pledge themselves to give their best atfeiitiou to all ordefs and consignment citru t ell to them. ivfi to refer to MeCuWen Bo-ter t Co., SahV Irary.T.od. R Caldwell, I'n-'t , X, C. R. B. M..r lauton.J. A. Riwebro, Siaiovillc." april I ,'(!. " nol tl yAS.UABItB PZ.s Sal. For sale a LA?A5;iaii for Valuable: I hiii tat ion '.y'ttz n tfe Vadk n it.vei m Im iloo ouiTiv euteen mi N'orthweal front I .ex ngtun and louitnajti iii.tes -mith ?st fr.im .-a i-m eaatainsabnutStOa ie oUaiiil. Tina ia a' very vj njble and itwifatrie la-a lyinjl inmeiat!y oil t!ie r'vri n Ii eh bounds iloti II ro iths do or nearly nne in c and eontalnloutlx Lty acres ufen-allent bUUH be '. e a ansntity oi tke Jiest upland in u good state oi cn.t vat on. i Lire .s alMsioii 0 ptae one ofthebi-t WATER l'nVl.gs to be met with n the Yadkia r.ver below the lm Shnals. The utipioveinelits are pmt. Kbr further particulars address the editor nTth i It r Noktu Stats, rtaliabnry, SVC. octlg-tl ' VAZiTJAHZiH PZhAJaTVATXOIf FLOURING MILL to Rent AS AGENT OF COL. OEO, T. BARXM, I Wish to rent Por Cash- 'he planta tion ami mill owned by the late JPr. Oaml. Kerr. The plantation has abogt IO(M Atns of iK ii land, ip a high state of cultivation and is well adapt ed to the raising of Cotton, Totacco, Wheat aud Corn, and ' is one of the most desirable places, for cultivation., in the county. The dwelling house is large and emaininlinri, sur rounded by one of the most bttautiful and or namental garilens in the country The uiill has three sets of stone and is a superior mill in every resja ct, having a large custom and pleniv of water. Parties wishing to obtain further information rati do so by cal- imr on ine iu Salisbury, or on Lieut arden ou the premises. LUKE BLACK M Eft. Sept. 20, 1806. tw-tf Ageut Fuf nitare Rooms mar 41 V ! Oi 1 Vomer of Mam a- vounca j SAblBIH lV I , it. V THK SL BSTBIUERS hare now In tre a 15 lot of SUPERIOR FrRXITl'RE COXMHTINtJ OF slants Chair Tables Crls ',C W.w,u i...nl.i.. m tl Kamitnt.- line, and uion ivaaona- i II i I.V term., rt'e have now in Korean evedei.tioial. , ha bnaa-at in tic city. lr'l'& of every dew-rip. tion keM oa aaad or finished in any lj7r. itv f REDBTKana, which e wmaeuaaiow ... an SatMMieT. X. r,.eVpt. II. far-a r ir " vmkL-r ' ,-r,'"-;1.-" v ;-i . . . - ..-rye v -"'.- v- t - - 7-w,HsAnsv 'rt' . '- , THE OLD NORTH STATE Tucada" Evonlntr, Ze Report of t'ao Joint Bclc-.t Commit ' tee on tbo Constitutional Anoni- J In- Joint Select ( mninittoo on j i iier- .I,,.. i.i w.ia rcfian-il lint mm - a conttnmiic.iHiMi fSm Hi li. ,...nl.i Wm.1 - . . 1 M .-it- rt solution of Congress, jirojiosing a four- tt'-uih Article as nu Amt'tiduient of the C'anstitution of the United States to be suVntittcd to (bis (ieneral Assembly for ratMtcalion or rejectmu, have had Uie same Mreoiiiil(;raiiuu and uk leare to re- "j p1'1! - 1 Tl c committee, impressed with the im- portsnce of the subjects embraced iu the prupuVed t onstitutional Amendment, as ulTicttg tlte comraouwcalth of Xortb Camlisa, not merely for the present, but in all In, ii. i ii probability, forages to come,, have givVn the whole matter a careful and respecttut consideration, and now oftur the reasons fV the conclusions at which tbe have arrived A number of radical changes, in the fun damental liw of the country are proposed to be embraced in one article, and to be f accepted or rejected together, and if but one-of thesd Amendments ts disapproved, this GcueraJ Assembly will be under the necessity of rejecting all ; leaving no al ternative of accepting sonfe of the sections in the proposed Article and rejecting oth era ; add it is submitted that this mode of amending thocoustitution of tbe United Sit e , is unwise and without precedent, and ought nolto find favor in any portion of this great nut ion. The coininktcc entertain tbc opinion that this j.'.mji. litioo has not been submit ted in a constitutional manner,, apd iu pur suance of the fori!i.i prescrib?d by the Con s'ttnlioji. Kortli Carolina aud her ten sis ter seceiJing Htati s have been repeatedly ujv 1 ,(i t Mutu m the Unun, by oil us Siulu iu Utc Union, the war whs "not for any purpose of CIHl- quest or subjtigatiou, nor for the purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those Slates, but to defend and maintain the su pfemacy of the Constitution, and to pre serve the Union withalltl8tdignity,eqnal- nd l ights ot the several Mat' s "hiuiii- ,.,,,,.," And i'tiiii. liv an .:ct .ndiiirrinii ! t!,o luxation mm n tin Sliilcs: by an.net i assiifiilliff iheiu their . sjin-i.ve 1 1 ii ii i te is of R.Mireseiitatives bv an act' Ut the last sessbei rradinstii i the Federal J sjdaeUiatf:,r. ,bi sanctity profaned, and its glo- l 'ill-nils: I. v aceeidi:sr as valid Utc assent of .Virgii. ii to riie diyisam of that S;ite ,-ind tbieiipon esiililiehi.ig. the ""Male ot West Yi'giiiid, anil y: otli'T aits. The 'Jifliciarji has ni'ojjuiz d ibeiuby ba"tjng a il i on I di'cidi.ig cos - cTTTi.Tt up t .tin their t The Exectitite hu tionc o I y ap- p oving tin' at'uiis.iiil acts of nugres, Tin's recogiiitioi'i of ibeiii as Slates is now r fitted bv the Federal Government n suluiiUtiiie to tbcini. riatihcatio.i lln i leud- ilia proposition of Ameudiueiit, since only Slates iirlhe Union can vote on such a ;U' st ion. The F deral Constuntmn dcclan-s in snbstaiice.thaYCoigri,s8.ball consist of a House of Representatives composed of members apportioned among the respect iveMates in the ratio of their population, a'lid a Senate -composed of two members from escjt State ; and in the Artitle which cnifccrnle'Anieiidim'nt, it is expressly pro vided that 'no.Statc wilhoat its consent shall b i deprived of its equal attfrage hi the Senate The contemplated Ainetid ment waint"propoed to the Sti t- by a Congress thus constituted. At the time of its adoption, the eleven seceding Stales were deprived of representation both in tbe Senate and ihe. House, although' they all. except tbe State of Texas, had Senar tors and Representatives duly elected and elaiiniiigttheir privileges under the Consti tution In eonsequenee of this, these States bad no voice in the initKirtant ques: hhm of pfdposhjf the Amcnducent. lna they he'n allowed to give meir voic, me in o t mi-i iio i woiild dmibtless have failed to anaunaaud tbe n iiuin d two:-lbir.d majoii- 4.- - i -t a . a. -O ty. Had Ihcy .yiduiit MUy reiinqiiiiiei he exercise ut their right ana privilege in ' tlr- niittter, as they had doue in- tbo case the -late" AiueiicrinenTliipteg: they would, pcrbaps, be estopped from ob jecting 4o the regularity ot the procecaing 11... tl.i.ir Kooofora and ReliresentatiVi s 1 i . Tl:. M.i.LtR-rA'-ttw.IV ..it.i i ,,d l-ved of them against their consent, h Ptcd in a duTerent II" tit. - icat iti'w-i'miib iiii"-i"""',"' fd) vote Ilf til 86 Stat! 8 are necessary to va id rat ic itiou of the Amendment, . , - a a . . i they were equally neressarv in proposing I of the proposed flui.'.uli.MM.trhe oMtttntt it to tbcyStajes; for it would be diffjcult, I'bavx- coiiihitd tbemsdveo to iu most ui tlir tiin!UMi oi iuv cohhiiiwc-, vu by what process In logic, men ot iutelii- concltis inn. And ii j subwUtod lint tins irrrgn I irii v, in I ho iiii'iilive edp, would iHiike ! 'If utui'iidiuent of doulitful validilr, even j if rnlifi-d. It would certainly constitute a. dangerous jin rdont ; p$v rise to trou . b'i" line nueatio.sliereaf.cf; reinitre tbc landnmik fntajbHskfaj by tbc Katkwtv, and Igreutly tend to diminbTh tbot Mrd fur Ute sac creduesa of the Constitution, which all our peajplv ought ever to cherish. I lie eouimnti i c ure ut. the ontaion that i oujtmrimt warm ennpita ww a . . M. i. . . . . another t"irhntfar,n tite manner of pro posing this amendment. Tbe third cbiuse of 7th section, article first, provides that "ereru order, rcsohttioii or rjte, to which tbo coucuiTC'icr of the Senate and House of Rcpreset tatives may be necessary, (ex cept ou a ijn sti'Mi of adjounimeat,) shall be presented to flic Proaident of the Uni ted States, ami Inore the same shaH take effect, shall be approved by bim, or, being disapproved by bim, shall be re-passed by two-thirds of the Senate and House of Re presentatives, according to the rules and limitations prescribed in the case of a biI." A proposition to amend the Constitution is certainly included in the terras of tint pro- tipioo, na ueiug, a manor reijuinngtue con current action of tbe two Houses. Tbe jieniling amendment, however, was never presented to tin President tor his approv al, but sent directly to the Department of at-A.L i . j .i . ., ouiie, 10 ue trausmuicu lueucc to (he res pective States. And 1: is far from a satisfactory answer to this, to say that because the proposition was originally passed by a two-thirds ma jority, it need not be presented to the Pre sident, since Ins disapproval could not af fect it ; for bis disapproval might affect it when pur upon its re-passage, after he had returned it with his objections, an occurrence not remarkable in the past his tory of the Government. And this re passage over bis veto, by the two-thirds majority, is required before any "order, re solution, or vote" of Congress can "take effect," even though on its original passage it may have received an unanimous sup port. 1 f it should lie said that any doubts as at all haziirns, uTc'reauA rttisSn if, o.i. the strong arm can give validity to an amendment adopttaL .iu disregard aud defi ance of some of the prescriptions of the or ganic law, it can with the same propriety set them all aside. On that supposition the Constitution would be at the mercy of the strongest, and could at any time be moulded according, to the will of a mere majority, however unscrupulous or despot ic that majority might bo. It would thus become the plavthiiig of politicians and ry tieprirmi. The comtniH 0 ' notpr . nt the. e views in anysjdrit ol cnpliousuA'as, nor as tbe ad vocates of mere seetinual interests ; not withstanding the amendment proposed is uiiqii stionably desigmd to opeiate on ihe -outbeni Stall's of this Union; indeed such are ihe avowals of its advit-cteavjut ihe itestieii of i(s rat ilica tion under exist ing itiispiees is of the gravcut import to lite wiiole country, aiiVT-to ihe cause of five, constitutional government. In the lllrt'a tions ..f hu'inaii iifiairs, and tbe canflict of io tercet and opinion that may arise in tbe fill urc, history of this great and wide-jspread nation, the time may coma when changes of tbe Federal Constitution may be made in derogation of the rights and interests of otlicr ports of the Union. Ju so grave a mutter too much precaution cannot be used. The i .institution is the basis m our liber ties. . No true American has ever coastal to regard it as pccnli. rfy sacred, as well fir its own intrinsic excellence, as for the exalted character oi its patriotic toundein. And it should n,ever be &riticrr that those good aud great men, inspired by lofty deeds, in a spirit of forbearance, concilia tion aud compromise, and in the exercise of an enlightened stiitcsinannhip framed this great bulwa.ki of civil aud religious liberty. Even those who arc eajicd ' Rebels ha-c never spoken ligb.ly of it. The affections all sincere lovers of liberty twine around it, like vy arour.d some b illowed sbriiu: where the heart pours forth its profouudest dtrotionB. Many ef tlic piomincnfrqttetions of tbe prosent timearoot tentfivfary iut. re.- t only, and will soon be loi gotten, mid with tbersi wtfTplsit a'teny'tlit' lawtettyitndfanV-whrirh thev have engendered. Hut the C'oiistMit-1 twMt was wide fur nil up. e fur poco and I hi eitnv-, Tbo ieuduacy of all thisJa to for war. All pitiiots will unite in the hope f break it iwn and bring into contempt the that its majesty and symmetry may iot be j.i litrhtls trrbatials of tbe States, and nlti uiarred by tbc IncortMir.-iiion of Amend- m it-lv to- transfer the .administration of mi nts shaiau amid the eX'.lieiaeiils ol . , i - t y of it through methods t pi oeeetli.tg which are hasty and unwaiaat d by the provision if tbe iusiruinent itft'lC li.n.u.i... ... . . ... ,4..i,.ii t , . ii. . an ll tmm . "'"'"'"h " " " "' - r"""r ' In tbe firt-t secliou it if providnL that r cnturcc 1 - UO OUUC fliaii UK4in,V UI i uriUT daVTT ,W jMiU.t.il nn.HtrUl.ICa? l ill UWalUMBlHU IU w hit h hall abridge tbo pricilefet or im muuities of citizens of the United State." What those nriveleges and immunities are is not defined V bet her reference is had only t audi priviliges and immunities as in 1 v be sniinnscd i,o to exist, or to all otb coi which the KeJoral Government may hereafter declare to belong te it, ortnay choose to grant to citizens, is IcA in doubt, though, the latter construction sceiM the mere natural, and ia one which the Got- 1 c i w i uicnt couiii okaBflBHiaaj tntwt nnon ' e..nl. .. luaiet 11 - f rret and eutiivfy cmsiitrnt with the lan gunge used. With this construction placi d upon it, what limit would remain to the power of that (iovcniraent to iutcrfere in tbe internal affairs of the States? And what becomes of tha right of a State to regulate it- (louieatac concerns in its own way t Whatever restrictions any State might think proper for the general good, to im pose upon any or all of its citizens, upon a declaration by the Federal Government, that anch restrictions were an abridgment of the privileges or immunities of the citi zens ot the Union, such State laws would at once he annulled. For instance, the law of Xorth Carolina forbids tbe intermarriage of sachite persons and negroes. But if the j Ameudmeot be ratified, the Government of tbe Lnited States could declare that this law abridges the privileges of citizens, ' and must not be enforced ; and miscegena- . .. . .'i .. . w . tion wonld thereupon be legalized in this Commonwealth. Grant that such action on the part of the Government wonld not be probable, still it wonld be possible, and its bare possibility sufficiently exemplifies the boundlessness of the powers which this amendment would confer on the Fed eral Government. The power to regulate suffrage has al ways been claimed to belong to the sever al Statu,, and its thought by some that this point is securely guarded by the pro visions of the second section of tl?o proposed amendment ; but a slight inspec tion will reveal the fact that the power of tbe States to regulate suffrage ia by no means erpresslg recognized therein; nor in their right to " deny" or " abridge" tbo franchise distinctly set forth. The brovis- v i i.-t n .j, wjetana L shall occur. It is not said who shall have I.i . i ,. I. I l.r, vl.rl.t tn me jKiwcr io aeny or auiiujc ij,. -ote. If tbe power-of avStoteoYer this subject is rccognLzed at all, it is only by implication, and an implication, too which is conveyed sole I v in the language used for fixing a penalty upon the exercise of such power, and without saying whether its exercise may hereafter be prohibited. No eni-Hii:e right m.r"eeii a limited right of a State in the premises is expressly ad mitted, but all is allowed to rest on a doubt ful . inference. With the right of a, State t us left doubtful, suppose the Federal Government, in the exercise of the power alreaidy siioken of as conferred by the first sectTOB of the amendment, should think projier to declare that the right to vote is one of the "privileges" and "imniunities" of the citizen, what could a State do, ex cept to yield the point, and what would prevent universal suffrage from being at once inaugurated f Xotbing. The to mule is of our polfcy left the man agement of municipal affairs, and the pro tection of "the ordinary personal and pro perty interests of the citizens of the States themselves, uncontrolled by the aupcrvia jon or interference of tbc i ederal authori ties, hceanse they rightly judged that aa tbe welfare of the individual citizen was most intimately connected with the welfare of his S:ate, his -iiite'rest could be most safely trusted 10 the protection of hht State. The dangerous innovation, invol ved in tbe clause of the Amendment now . .1 ... . i . t I uttdcr review, coupled witn tne nnai oec- tioti giving t'ongress "power to enforce all the provisions of this Article by appropri ate legislation," Cnnsista.br tbe fact that it authorizes the Fi"deral Governmentto come in, as an intermeddler between a State and the citizens of the State, in almost all con oei vable caaea ; to suneryUe and interfere with the ordinary admiulstration of jus tice iu the S;ate t'ourts, and to provide tiibunals, as ba to somo extent been al ready done in tbe Civil Rights bill, to whiclran Hiijrtecessful litigant, or a crimi- nal fouvfctcd in the coiiitta of the 8t.ite fin in ;ke compkaaut, that justice and the i-ontal pmtcctiou of the laws have been de mi frhrr. and bowcr-sr erontrtlles snw bo bis rompLiiiit, can obtain a rehearing of jastiee, i.. l'i in ciii ihia 1 i.n! civil cui-cs, jto co'i t- td Federal: jurisdiction', Uah4 j iBi'iitvst to require ill.ietra'ion. A serious ohjeciiou to thesi-cind section, if it sb uld niidersiiod a implying tne pi wet of a State to regulate "the question of suffrage, .is that it imposes, a jwiialry uton any restrict iou if the frucbi, and i otters a premium lor its ixlc.ision. I lie n pr. at utatioti ) i Stale and it.siiitst.nt 1
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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Dec. 11, 1866, edition 1
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