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BV I I . - Bf -sJfauTdk UINIB, M lwrfa i ftttw."- , "igtt wuTcmm u VQLI11NO. 28 8ALIBBURY, IS. C. SATURDAY. MARCH 7, 1868, WHOfJNO 817 V A BROOKLYN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. - wPP"T Issues Policies of all' Kinds, LIFE AND ENDOWMENT. Absolutely no Restriction upon Travel or Residence, DIVM.VDS PAID AAMALLY L CASH ALL POLICIES POSITIVELY NON-FORFEITABLE. Part of the premium loaned, and ho loan or premium note u a inn, or claim on the policy in case of death after the eecond fear. The .Hi-gto. INi.il tire tsttpiff OF THE OLD NORTH STATE. Till-WEEKLY i 0-aUT-a Or UUanWsUFTION- xa AUVANt K. and a division of spoils tmooc th idle, end th of the ballot-box. To counteract tin ae poll among u us to control the Um vicious decisions A Virytnia and Souther Institution Its Fmds are kept in the South. It hoe net with unprecedented mesn Its fortunes art tstnbUshed beyond any evil infl worn i to adjourn Um treat cause of Um country from these prejudiced and bidden tribunal to the ooen forum of the Trl.W.Ur. )aa Tsar, ItV nestings ; to assure the old constituency WATCKXA A WD IOKTH IT ATI One Cawy Om Taar In xoo ijn of contingency. A crwa H oaths Ik mbacrlption. , Tfeiraawa which lha "QuKun Stats, l UMkHtMjrMf. NopaloiwiUbaaBareaUt SMhtH a Hinw yhttae ta svwry woally InorJar da tot. a hava wnH thsaarvtos ofshlcaod rTtati 9emsptmf ofers peculiar aJ vim ti. M (a to tba Southern people. It is Um moat Ziiered Company in the United Its nice. Stake, Wag lover than those of qUmt eompe- OKFICK, NO. 11 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY. K. COM. Secretary. Ta Coasaay has easHal sad aaaata. aaatast Mi liability last will oompaja favorably wiU aajr Lite laaaraae Company on tac continent, wnicu la Was teat of raaponatbilltr lUafaJn ara oawWowaly ssbIo INrcctort, orraspoaslblllty it haa attabliahad IU eia 5 Advertising Bates. by oaaaaitr otaua to Southern I'stroaaga TKANS1XMT KATES For all parMoikostbaaaaai One Square, First Inesrooa iinseruea far aartads et ewe to feat aaon 0FHCER8: 'RESIDENT, JOHN . EDWARD8, V H rice raaainaxT, I. B. Isaac. mkdical CHARLES U lm xl APriaai C. Cabkll, BSCaaTABT, D. J. Haktsook, Oaaataat I aocsai. aqCABM, I wmi iiw, 4 aQCiasa, QD1S. OOC ALT OOL. I 1)111 COL. OKB COL. r 6 00 1Jt0 10.00 ION ia.oo 36.00 M.0O I 4 wo. 8J0 U.M 116 00 H.O0 17.00 tl.00 16 00 tl.00 98.00 18.00 90,00 tAOt 19.00 04,00 SB.OO C,oo saw as, oo 00 .40.00 4M0 49.00 69,00 00,00 fl.Ot M tb. an Oil 97.00 8400 .70 1.860 44.00 50.00 70,00 KX AMINKK, SMITH, M. 1) obmusal seairr, JHO. U. CLAIBOBjrX. Jolin Eadera, William F. Taylor, Samuel S. Cottrrli, Joan Pooiey, Charles T. Worthain, William Willi.. J.., K.I . A. Smith. Tboa. J. Ktbds, Jamas A. Sn.it, it. M Ovarian, W. H. Tyler. J.K. Kdwarda, V. Y. Stokea, II. Morton, i:. II. INbrell. WiiiiawH. raliaer. I.r.TT ID XJ. in!7 tw&wtf DIRECTORS Henry K. Kllynon, Aaa Harder, SHEECH OF Hon. William A. Graham On being called on to preside over the Con servative Convention qf North Carolina, Feb. 6th, 1868. H. K. C. BasaerrUI. Ksmoel C. Tardy, (ieorse Jaeoba, J. W. Alliaon. Meorge 8. Pal mar, A . O. Cfaoekley, II. i'. Oahell. 1). J. Harhsnek. John C. Willi.,,,., Willism O. Taylor, A. P. Ahall, Wb. B. laasca, hires I.. WdaBBA, BasMsi M. Pries. n metMSs Lbxinutun, N. C. For Life Insurance Only. riEDMONl REAL ESTATE I SI H IXL'E C01PASY W. BOUCK, Pres. Iaiurmation rI.kII.v ftimiahed in detail, by A. W. LAWRENCE, of Raleigl., Oen'I Apt. for the State of N. Carolina. W. C Co uoh knock, Agent, mar 3 w&twl y SaJiabury, N 0. Connecticut Jttatnal Xdft NSURANCE COMPANY Ot Hartford, Conn. 6 f AT Kit ICS T, DHU. 91, 180. T ACCUMULATED ASSETS $17,670,288,88 INCOME "FOR 1867. $7,726,516,53. FOR PREMIUMS $6,332,804,95, FOR INTEREST, 11.391,111,58 , 1JW8,758,18 DIVIDENDS PAID IN 18T. $4S, 005,0 0 Interaat receired more than Bays losses Dividends average orerfiOper cent. All lMjlkiiesBon-forfcitable Cat aatated amount Aisaranee can be effected in all forms desjrod, SAML. DODO LAS WAIT, U'-neral Agent, Raleigh. N.O. A Philips. Agent, Chariotte, N . C mar 3-wEtrtf Ot VIRGINIA. AUTHORIZED CAPITAL ONE MILLION DOLLARS. OFFICERS. W. C. CARRINGTON, President. J. J. HOPKINS, Secretarg. C. U. PERROW, M. D., Med. Advisor. Tins liberal and solront Southern Company pay to its policy holders annually 87i Per Cent, of its Profits. It proposes to aid iu patrons by taking notes tor one hall of toe premium. It allows 'ta patrons to pay all cash if deired. It invites IU patron, to attend its annual seU I tlemcuts and sec their rights protected. - - - It allow, its patrons to change their policies from one place to another. IU Policy hotdera are not restricted as to tra vel or residence. It odors t'ic following certificate as to iU m veney: NlLarN Cot'RT IIotTBB, Va , I March 25. 1867. ( The undenigned, offlcen of the county of Nelson, and State of Virginia, take pleasure in recommending as a solvent and reliable oom pa ne . "The Piedmont Ileal Estate Insurance Coui- uauy, of this county; aaa ueaMes tne merit ot its solvency, its ral;s and terms Kir JUie insur ance are such as to commend it to public pat rtmage. I ts Stockholders, IM rectors and Officers are men of high integrity, and piitrons can rely on an honorable, efficient management of its affairs. Nuns of u. have stock or neraonal interest in this company, and simply give this as disinter- k . a " - ,1. . L J waiea ueswiuimy w um menisoi m gwuu insuui- uon. Geo. 8, Stbtus, Clerk Circuit Court, John f. Htz, Sheriff. : IilA. HtuSorweyoTr -- 8. H. Loviiro, Clerk Couiiiy Court. 0 A: Bingham A Co., Agents, Salisbury We also have the agency for good Fire Com panies. Traveling agents wanted. Apply to CAPT. JAM KB F. JOHNSON, Special Agent, Charlotte, N. C Jan. 7. 1H6d. wettwly Notice. PAiiiifirtBbw7aMiw tera m a good Behoof would do well to exam ine the place on which Elder J. B. Jackson now Uvea This pmce three miles west of Acres Land, n ot the Thomaarille sold to the highest bidder on . 205 within three taal CoBegw, frill be the 10th of March Feb. 25, TwWL w. Bankruptcy. E have just received a complete assort ment of approved blanks in Bankruptcy, and are prepared to attend to cases in bankruptcy before the Registers, and the District Court U ni- ted States. BOYDKN & BAILEY, Solicitors in Bankruptcy. 3, M5S tf FOR SALE- cret Mr. Giaham thanked the eonrention for the honor conferred in electing him to preside over its proceeding. While the call for iU assemblage bad his hearty con currence, and be waa more than graiiaed at the response which bad been made, in this inclement season, amid tne general pe cuniary distress and dejection which per vade the land, bv the appearance here of te a body of ear best citisens, so fair a renraseiitation of the character, in (ll!nr "fcinrnl worth anil of what little of nroneftvrWffslns W ms dwv rtte t,. . til j I Olste ; ana wntie ne naa expeevcu w his nart. as best be misht, in their deliber ations and mutual counsels, he was taken quite by surprise in the distinguished po sition assigned him, and was unprepared to mane am ncinoairujairaw ui tuning U-rm. Ne ordinary occasion, nothing bat a firm conviction that the viul principles of free government, and the well being of so ciety, for ages to come, in the country of oar birth, were serioasly endangered, conld have brought together this assem bly, in the face of so many discouraging circumstances. And lie toox tins occasion to declare for himself, and he donbted not that he spoke the sentiments of every member of the convention, that so far as military authority had been extended over us, be had no desire to contravene, or treat it with disrespect ; and of the Congress now sitting, or iU immediate predecessor, bile he might assume the privilege to criticise iu action, with the freedom due to truth and the nrinciolcs of republican liberty, he trusted be should do so with candor, and the respectfulness accorded to a great department of the Government But, said Mr. U., elections are scoot to take place, to ascertain the sense of the people, and great questions of constitu tional right and political expediency are to be submitted for their decision. It is not onlv usual, bat pertains te the very nature of elections, that there shall be the utmost freedom of discussion and inquiry into all the issues involved, and that the voter shall be rce to cut his suffrage ac cording to his best judgment of the public interest, without aprrchsiiomw consequences to himself for the act, whe ther it be given on one side or tne otner. In the ancient charter of our Bill of Righu which, next to the Decalogue, and tne slfcis Will parables of the New Testa ment. saMstasW tho BriheioiM Mii neees- sary to be known among men, it was de- dared "that elections ougnt to ne m e, and "that it is the right of the poopk to assemble together to consult for the com mon good," end 9omnaf th they may compare opinions, be convinced of their interests and duties, and strength en each other by mutual counsels and co- I a, ST . A - 1 SBB operation, ouch has been toe American theory of Government, and I trust ever ? aa m a St M' a? a, I will be. Under the broad iKgH or mcsv principles is this convention here, at toe seat of government of the State, openly, and in the fore of day, to make known its opinions as to the welfare of the com munity, and to endeavor to advance them by such means as are consistent with ex- isting authority and bo Of or. subb bbbt I assioA hsst saswaMO m& mum tsaU ta- hUa sUcsers, thai, idse the acta of Coogress, they as still "masters of their Uses," said have the power of decision ever the present issues in their own hands U they hajt will to exercise it ; and to give organisation to patriotic efforts, for these enda, such a eoafcronea as the piesent had become a necessity. It was necessary, likewise, to disabuse the public mi id at tba North, fa. Congress and among their constituents, of an impression studiously inculcated and cherished, that there yet exitta, among the native white people of the State, a feeling of aversion to the con- otitation and government of the United States, and a disposition to persecute and akroat the enfranchised blacks : to con vince them that our present struggle is not the offspring of resentment or contu macy, but only for the preservation of our rights as A men can citisens, and Ibe de feice of civilisation, if not the existence of civilized society t and to warn them agtinet the misrepresentations of interest ed reporters, and tho talc bearers and in- fosucrs, who, after the close of unsuccess ful revolution, though fiery sealots in the lost cause while it seemed to prosper, be- still mora fiery sealots in that which won, and are ready to point oat whole hsxatombs for sacrifice, provided they tnrmselvea escape toe doom of conscious gwlt. It is, I think, not difficult to demon- state, as I shall endeavor to do presently that the question most iramediataly in is- s or, is not whether there is a hearty obe dunce to all the requirements of the eon ttution on the part ot the people of the Siuthem Stales, but whether ihe consti tution shall he set at naught, by taking from each ot these .Suites the power to regulate its internal government and pc- m Stat -"ssaBSSBBSBsawSaV OBBSaiBkar- fications for ihe exercise of suffrage among Its own inhabitants, as was always concc ded to be its privilege heretofore : and prescribing, by act of Congress, new qual fications. bv which some 30,000 white men, wt ho have enjoyed this right, shall in future be deprived K T No. 499, Broadway, Jf. T a a p splendid Piano Forte, cost $350 may be bad tar 61275 in current funds. Ihe nano is oi splen did Rosewood, Seven uciavea, extra mou to ngs, serpentine base, fret lyre harp pedal, and Louis XIV style. Apply st the sblsaf are said to be velv. who meet eol5 tf ' fotuher together to tin nnisMsi ui tho Ixyal Leagues, organ ixed very ex with closed door,- or . and bv oaths to engender hatred among the black against the native whites, and band saparty. to etc.. are tsjoBTVery in nigh and m tly and secret ysteries of it, and 70,000 blacks nearly all just emancipated from slavery, shall be at once invested with this privi lege of electors of the State. I speak of this change as directed by act of Congress; for after the Congress has already caused this basis to be adopted in the election of .. . i a convention, not caucu iu purBiiancc o. the constitution or any law of the State, or by the sanction of the old and legiti mate electors, bat by Its own enactment merely, and threatens permanent exclu sion from the benefits ot the constitution of the United States, as the alternative of the rejection of its work, the act is, in ef fect, a mandate for its adoption. Gentlemen, oar country haa recently passed through a most bloody and desola ting civil war. The struggle was one of the most gigantic In human history. It is natural that the billows of passion and prejudice should continue to roll for a sea son, after the storm which set them in ag itation has subsided. But have we not, enn we not have peace In this land of the Gospel of peace, at the end of three years alter on honest surrender of all the armies in resistance to the government, and a per fect restoration of, and profound submis sion to, the authority of the United States, as fully and completely so before the com mencement of hostilities t Are the les sons of history to be lost upon us ? Are the statesmen who now rule our counsels yet to learn, that " to conquer in a civil war, is not to triumph ?" that the enemy overcome is their fellow-citizen ; and al though it may or may not be politic to se lect and punish individuals for the sake of example, (modern nations deeming it the wiser patteyatfl 10 ymuTffciaM slaughter of his children, the desolation of his fields, the conflagration of his houses and all the untold chastisements of war, to exact of him degrading sobmiasiou. to crush his hope and destroy his institutions will tend hut to tarniah the fame, and weaken the aim, of the conqueror f It is a pleasing incident in the annals of Eng land at the restoration of Charles the 2d, an era not unlike that of the re-establishment of the United States over the South ern country iu 1865, to bear the Parlia ment first assembled claiming to themsel vs the title of "the healing Parliament," sad the Chancellor Clarendon declaring, iii the name of his sovereign, "the king is a suitor to you, gentlemen : he is a hear ty suitor : that you wilt join with him in m , 1 . - sr s. . . .a - the whoso nones io no prasniivo isal B6aBrltyi lo iw oM good , its old good humor, and its old And the historian rotates that of the English constitution, which, as the Chancellor good sense and bitter expe rience had taught him, were not only the safe guard of the liberty of the subject, but tne best security of the crown. Oh, for a temperament so catholic and patriot tic, a wisdom so profound and just, as that of 'la rendu ii, iu the troublous limes which succeed our civil war ! There was no' want of food for bitter memories snd revengeful feelings in the scenes through which England had just passed, when be spoke tboee healing words of noble charity. A King, to whom ha. was allied by tho iiitermsrriasss of their children, hail been deposed and beheaded, monarchy and aristocracy had been abol ished, a Protector, whom be. regarded as a usurper, had seised the reins of govern ment, snd swsyed the destinies of Eng land, snd had subdued the whole realm in a fierce fnteruicine war ; the sovereign in whose name Clarendon spoke, the law ful successor to the crown, was the son of the murdered king, and had teen himself a fugitive and an exile, with narrow es capes from captivity and death from his rebellious subjects, for twelve long years ; yet, the earnest desire of the new sover eign and bis minister was for conciliation and harmony. 1 heir policy was, iu part, successful. Some thirteen I think this was tho number of those implicated in the late king's death were executed oth era fled, others lost their estates. Buttbe passions of meff were too implacable, the occasion was too tempting to spies, dela tors, and informers, with professions of superubounding loyalty on their lips, the spirit of faction was too 'fierce, to allow this wise, liberal and humane policy long to prevail. A remorseless system of per secutions was soon inaugurated, not thro' military commissions and standing armies bat by pretended and corrupt courts and juries, (no pretence was set up for depart ing from this ordinary machinery of jus tice, and going outside of the constitution noon any alleged laws of war and cou- rily gave aid to the war on the Southern side, shall be admitted to a seat In Con gress or to bold any Federal esses, bow ever honestly snd truly ho now support, the Government ; sad snaking hiss the accuser and witness against himself, a . powerful temptation to perjury on the part of the wetk and the wicked, and a stumbling bioak hi ifca, wasr of thenvu.ly and conscientious; of looking first to s representation will be difficult Clarendon never tailed, while he ed any influence, to use it to purposes the by recalling his sovereign's mind, whenever S fair opportunity offered f to those great prmciprc tree maxims noble. en TC 3 nest,) by which the noblest spirits of England, rn dlercgurd of law and by the T.4 . . - mr - - gibbet or scaffold. J nese persecutions, with their a teudant cruelties, which pro duced. i and. perhaps, were intended to produce,) fresh and real offences, with va rying obtecU snd pretexts, were per is too in, until the national mind became disgus ted, and it recoiled in a rjew revolution, by which the constitution was restored snd righted up, snd placed anew upon its feet on the firm foundation of the Bill of Rights of 1688. And the philosophic commentator on history, from whom 1 have already quoted, in allusion to this and other civil wars, whether on account of religion or government, in each of which there is u like tendency to intolerance and bigotry, remarks, that "of all spectacles, the most alaiming to a reflecting mind is the feebleness of reason to oppose religious or even political enthusiasm. It is not only the vulgar, but it is men of educa tion, the most liberal, of talents, the most brilliant, who are almost equally exposed to these fatal eclipses of tne understand ing." And he adds, that the only protec tion against these fatal Consequences con- lists in two wholesome precepts : "is reli gion, never to lose sight of morality ; snd in political speculation, never to depart from the great leading forms and maxims qf the Constitution. These humble prin ciples, so obvious snd so safe, are soon despised by men of ardent temperament ; and H is the first symptom of religious or political enthusiasm to deny or dietegara them." It is my sincere conviction, gentlemen, that th serioaa, if not fatal, disease with which our country is now afflicted, which stays ita recovery front the gaping wounds of war, and threatens the utter depletion and destruction of the section ip which our lot is cast, springs from the political enthuimm, the intolerance of party, of which individuals may not be conscious or not able to resist it. w the action of Congress and even jaun its eye when it looks towards this ' of the sun ;" and that the only cure which can have the least effect, either in benefit to the Government or relief to ourselves,, is that of which history de monstrates the efficiency in free and re publican governments in post ages, a lull and cordial restoration of rights to all the States as members of the L n ion, and to their people as citizens according to tho Constitution ; And that the whole scheme of recoustrvciiou, in looking first to a denial of representation, which puts its authors to their wits 'ends to make ex cuses for it, with out being able to find any that are satisfactory to ah unpreju ed observer, Umu to an attainder, a ''mild :e46uf'TfS true, If sAtberity could be found for say. by disfranchisemeut from office and the exercise of the elective franchise of all men who, having former ly held Federal or State offices, took part against the Government, no matter under what cireuuMtances-- of choice or neces sity, although they are now, in siueority snd tenth, iu friends ; of test oaths, by which n nut "oho ist say way reUnta- idicea "land a a class in which it difficult to find men of any Alness, unless lhy are imparted from abroad, and which may include nerroea : then to a pardon tog pfffossBr by Ostsgress which may let in such as have propitiated its favor, not by maintaining the Government during the war, but by n profession of de votion to its policy since ; snd then, p r haps, at setae remote day, though grade ingly and reluctantly, to have a genral sinuesty, is n grossly mistaken and fatal, as well as unconstitutional policy. It is s kiud of ""'g process, ful of Hi trust, suspicion and provocation, Very pioperiv applied to brittle, glass, biu wholly ui, suited to make a tenacior , lough snd lasting political union. Oui fathers of the Rravolntiou proclaimed of our British ancestors, that, like the rest of maukiud, they were snhnnaej in tear. in peace Jriends. It will require a more convincing logic than any of our states men are yet masters of, to prove that this maxim is not true as between the sate belligerents in the American States. If the people of North Carolina axe at peace with those of Kentucky, Ohio, Pensnyl vania and New York, 1 take it that they are friends, and, if friends, then equals and fellow-citiseus, entitled to the same rights as to representation in Congress, the regulation of the qualifications of voters among their own people, snd iu all other respects known to the Constitu tion. I do not deny, on the contrary I freely admit, that it is the right of the Government, aeting through its proper law officers, aided by the Executive De- partmant, in a case demanding it. to ar rest and carry before the uourw tor trial, ' m . i on legal resnrnmiy, "XTC TSnartwI wTtn or - fending against the United States b the late war, as at nay other time. Whether the party thus accused enn be convicted of tieasou in making and levying that war against the United States, baring acted in so doing under an organised Gov ernment exercising the power of life and death over all within its limits, I have not leisure or inclination to discuss. It is a question for the Judiciary which I have no purpose to n:itic;;tto. out, granting the amenability in the greatest extent, it is sn smenability to the Courts of justice , wkh all their safeguards for an impartial trial. In the Constitution of the United States, as in all otherwise frames of gov- a a . -a S. t f eminent, the subject ot punitory justice, or punishment tor crime, haa not been overlooked. Treason, the greatest of crimes, is in that instrument found in the article establishing the Judicial depart ment, with a definition ot the offence and and the quantam of evidence necessary for conviction, as well for the safety of the Government as for the protection of the citizen against the cruel and malignant persecutions on charges or this crime which disgrace the annals of English justice. Said Chief Justice mars ami, in n Judicial opinion : "As there is no crime whieh can more excite and agitate the passiods of men than treason, no charge demands more from the tribunal oerore wukii j it aw temperate inquiry be directed to the fact or the law none can be more solemn, none more important to the citisen or to the Government ; none can more attect the fety of both. To prevent tne possi bility of those calamities which result from the extension of treason to offences of minor importance, that ! funda mental taw, which defines ana limit me various departments ot our government, a .U nr. thn auLUwt. both te Courts of Ai v. m ... a :.. ca. which neituer can oe uenuw transcend." And the sixth article oi lira amendments to the Constitution provides for jury trial in this groat crime, as wen r espi al offences. Ana nere per- . a a n . r mit me to relate an incident oi some in terest in the history of the Federal Con stitution. I am the son of a ssan, wnojj w,. . momhor of both the Conventions called by North Carolina to deliberate on the adoption of that idstfeutau. Tbave the copies of their journals, wwen ten his lot as a member, wnien ne gave me, after I was grown and bad learned something of our government, and tho kL.u.rr of the country. Perceiving that be had voted against the adoption ef the Constitution in the first convention, in op position to the admirable argumentation of Iredell, and the commanding ill sh its of Davis, whom he had followed in the eld and in favor of it, in the red why it was that tins The reolv was. "We ' W sr LuMri- ted to triquu revoltttioBe which the Stain wau ta ,M'' j" April IS, - u
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