VV ', ' -o"
y jTii'
BROOKLYN
LIFE INSURA NCI
COMPANY.
LIBB AND BNOOWMENT
Absolutely no Restriction upon
Travel or Residence.
D1VID.DS PAID WXIALLY l CASH
ALL POLICIES POSITIVELY
NON-FORFEIT ABLE.
i
Pari qf the premium loan'd, and no
loan or premium noU is a lieu or
claim on the policy in ease qf death
ofUr the second year;
gMiu tl-ffculharu sOSpU. It ia tbs as
likmrai Company in ths Unitsd
a . . am.. . a .
t)iv uf otbor o- in u--
l 1'. ROADWAY,
YORK CITY.
COX.B, Becrctarv.
Inforuiation glaMllr furnished in dUiil.liy
A. W. LAWRENCE, of Ralrigb,
Oeu'I AfJ. f tht. 8tatc ot N. QiroIiDft
W. O Cou&hbxox b, A&ni,
mu 3 woxiwiy ciuui;, .
Connecticut Mutual life
I
Hartford, Conn.
CCL'Jf JtitlJ ASSETS
S17,670B;88.
INCOME "FOR 18C7.
$7,726,316,53
fctry .mi
-- at1
4. S U
FOR PltKMIITMS
$6,332,804,95,
jbMSj iSSSSM"tSlwf .'lilJ
FOR INTEREST,
- girl- MWiaWjWPM!
' fc'ilW
MSfU
M is-.. .
1 .'
$1568,758,18
P1V1DEND8 PAID IN 186f.
e 4 8,005,00
ssSfHgaiaMircd more than pays losses
DOUGLAS WAIT,
General Agent.
Raleigh. N ( -
I A RENTS wishkic thssdoeats their asugh-
' tk. mi which Krder I. A Jackson j
i c.l J vM An well to SXSm
rivss. TWt ptaos tares milsa west of
TnomsaviHs, containing
205 Acres Lana,
faJ .a aU be ssM to tbs hlgbea bidder on
tbe koflfarebifBotssW bstore. '
B
oFFICk NO. 14
NSUMNCE
COMPANY
- ' ''&inmSmmjwm
. v - -I
8AML
The ArllDRlon Mutual
fife Jtsmtrr (Cwptm
op vntaiwiA.
A Viryinim mdSouhern Institution
It, Funds are kept in th South.
It has wsttwH nnpraxdentss) r sweets.
IU fortunes set established beyond amy
contingency.
liability last wni comfu .""TJk'i. ti.
u...r.ic ( opr on Un eontlaeat. wldca it t
UwtUU of re-ponwhility. . . , h Mrctod
luff rrr i-aimousiY - . L j
rii"A of npon.ibillly and baij- eassKtty.
Ul SS5S3C Ita clftlm to Southern PUuM
OFFICERS:
I'gKSlliEN'T,
JOHN' E. HOWARDS,
tics rmniPKNT,
sKcaaTABV,
J. Hartkuok,
B. Isaacs,
1
MKDtCAIi
GHARLKS H
LCOAL ati.
C.Cabkll,
KXAM1NKB,
. SMITH, M.
I)
OENWAL AaiKT,
Jxo. H. (Jlaiborxb
DIRECTORS :
I. Enrtprt
Henry k. uiy"n
William V. Taylor,
Samurt S. CottrtfU
Jobn loolcy.
Cbarlea T. Worthain,
William Willi, Jr.,
Kd. A. Smith.
Thou. J. Erana,
Jamea A. S?ott,
II. M Uaarlea,
W. H. Tyler.
J. K. Kdward.
. Y. Stoke.
J. B. Morton,
It. II. DibrelL
WUliam H. ralmer.
H. K.V. rhnwemlle.
Aaa Knyuer,
Samual (.'. Tardy,
lorge Jacob,
J. W. Allinon.
Ueorga S. l'almer.
A. I. CWkW,
II. C ( alx-ll.
L. J. UArtaWok.
John 0. WUliam,
William C. Tayli,
A. P. Aboil.
Wan. B. l-4.
liorir Ii. Bldnood.
Kaioael M. iric.
jLicwian II AXES. Ao't.
For Iaito inBurano wuy.
r 1 EDM 0N1
REAL ESTATE INSURANCE
0 VIRGINIA.
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL
ONE MILLION DOLLARS .
OFFICERS.
W. C. CARRINGTOX, President.
J. J. HOPKINS, Secretary.
C. H. PERROW, M. O., Med. Advisor.
This libfinl and solvpnt 8outhrn Company
pay to iu policy holders annually
87i Per Cent, of its Profits.
It propoaoKto aid iU patronxhy taking note
for one half of the premiums. .
It allowa ta patron to payall cash ifdaairr-d.
It invites it patrona to attnod ita annual set
tlements and see their right protected.
H alinar its natrons to change their policies
from one plaoo to another.
Its Poliey holders are not restricted as to tra
vel or residence.
It offers the following certitioate as to Its sol
vency : ' ,
, t XBL8CW COt-RT HoCSB, VA., i
' March 25. 1867. I
TI undrigned, officers of the Bty of
Nelson, and State ol V irginia, laso uieiwurc
recommending as a solvent and reliable compa-
,wk. i.;,.,i,,,t,i Ral RtAtH Insurance Com-
nanv." or thk county; and besides the merit ol
its solvency, its ratea and terms for Life Insur
ance are such- as to commend ,u w pumiu
ronage.
Its SUsskhoIdera, Directors and Officers are men
of high Integrity, and patrons can rely on an
bonomtiiiu. efficient pauagemi:nt atfiur'1;
this company, and simply give this an diainter-
ested teauiuony to tne menwoi l"4
tion. 1 7
Qo. 8. 8tbvx", Clerk Cirouit Cburt,
Jonir t. Hix. Sheriff-
8. H. Lotiso, Clerk County Court:
A. Bingham A Co.. Agents, Salisbury
We also have the agency
iv lor eMu r iro wur
panics.
Travrilinff scents wanted.
AnDlv to
nADT. liUKe If
CiAMnl 4inl Charlott. N. C
Jan. 7.IW. wtfwly
Bankruptcy.
i.iat rAivptl a romnlt'lc Assort
? V IJJf J 1
mept of approved blanks in Bankruptcy, and
are, prepared to attend to cases iftnkrontcy
before the Registers, and the District Court Unfc
ted Stales.
BOVDEN ft BAILEY,
, yr -Solicitors in Bankruptcy.
March 3, 1868. x tf
i T WA 40B RrmdvtT. N Y a aoleodkl
i Piano forts, oast 1350 may ho bad for
275 in cv.r.eut funds.
The Piano is of sriten-
did
mouid-
rota aerpentins base, fret lyre barp pesaJ, and
set tf
JlTir?mA?RCH 10, IHCh.
THE
til
OLD NORTH 8TATE.
ITRI-WEKRI-i J
TMM CASH "
Trt. Weakly. Obs T 'IS
m Bti Masai,
Uuc Cuff Out Tift
a- ....... B..
prtnlr.ll. raUraly Bw. WTjSSM . JTITl
to Jo UHs w. kav. eufsllasarTos ef .M.
KtomptUheJ literary csalribatsra.
Advertising Rates.
n:NfiKNT BATW
for til period laa than oa umnth
Om rttra. KirtUrrtiou 'JJ
trJTrVto. for porte of asst.
1 .
3 mu
L 4 ill
mo
16 00
10.00
m
it.oe
ao.oo
aft.oo
S0.00
8.60
mm
16. U0
lH.no
mm
Sl.tal
33111
ASO0
13 00
17 00
91.00
23.W
94 00
33 OU
40 00
mm
'B OO I wwa
t WJUA.
S seOASSS.
QC B. COt.
At COU
9100
vw
SMS
45.00
00.00
nm
400
.100
a. mo
Ml IK'
70 00
I qPAS- cot-
OKB OOU
Fresk fiardca Seeds,
Istndreth, Butst, Sf Thorburn
ALSO
Cowr, Blue Grass, Herds Grass, Timo
thy, Lucerne, tmi other at, and tha
er.lebr.ted JTieBip' prouf,
Goodrich and Harrison Potatsss, aopa
rior to any othera known.
Country Morchanta mjpUti at ftbar-
"'STnd and grt a Ma.
nan
or uuloje,
Tailoring Esteblislmeiit
" ' TV-
branches at his stand in
Browns Budding, on Main Strt,
nearly oppostU the Store of Mo
Cubbins, Foster & Co.
lie is in constant receipt of the Latest radi
um l'latos is completely up to the times, and
l. .,i,irir.nt nftii abilitr t five entire atis-
faction to all who may fav'.r him with a call
He hopoa from his long experience, and by an
niirmiiittina attention to
receive a liberal share of pablie patronage. Bis
charges will bo moderate as low as those of
IIUfIlH'lN I" iiu:iii n
an v other workman of equal skill
. a
C&Couutr Produce of all kinds taken
in exchange for work.
Give him a call, ana von win nm jrr. mrny ui
sstiailed. .PBlPfa. if
Salisbury. .InnnaryT, t-"
r, ik ,.ti,..nii.-niltf Hinted that one-nfth of
the inhabitants of this country and Europe die
of Consumption. JJo disease baa been more
thoroughly studied, and its nature less under
stood ; there is no disease upon which exists a
creater diversity of opinion and no disease
' . . . , . , . i aq l .11 .... .,1..1
which has more completely oaiueu iumm"
skill and remedial agencies.
Some of the prominent symptoms are
Couch, Expectoration, 8bortnessof Breath, Ir-
i nation aooui, uij uiuss n
Pains in the Sides and Baek; Emsciaticn; wnd
general negative condition of ths whole sys
tem. .... i j ,
Persons suffering with this dread disease,
r :. nAnumi,ana finiild lose-no- ttrrte
or nj W.MWHW""'-""!"-' -T- -
in possessing themselves of the proper Kerne-
dy, in order tnat mey nmj sj '-!
and be restored to iThs
Rev. E. A. WILSON S
Snasfas Prescristlss Jatta CaratX-
Consumpti'n, Asthma, Bronchitis, Cou gs,
All Throat and Lung Affections,
by,tle use of which he was restored to health
J r t. .a v,,,n wiflkred several
in a lew wceu, ' "-""r. . ,
...;.i. . lunir affection and that
dread disease, ConsOmption, has now been in
use over teo years with the most marked sue-
n j :. frnm the original
fT. K, he Rev. ED-
&:rwTLO&: i66 'South id Street,
Williamsbnrgh, Kings Co., New York. ,
n ui... ni.mini I ha orienal 1 re-
scription with full and explicit oireciua.ui
preparatMO and see, together with a short 1ms
r f-iT" . ;.k .vM,n,rtnis experience
lory oi uis i mj 'r . f
and cure, can be obtained (Iree of charge )of
Mr. Wilson, as above, or by oalhng on or ad-
ft G, B. POULSON k CO.
baLaSCb?', n. c
STORE HOUSE For Rent
-4 A LAKE XK ST09.E HOUSE. cm
A plate tmgbout. wr t Jb
Rent. Jfo other store within 8 aires, and
actJIent titand frrb-riiea ra.TJWE
qraava
Hon. William A Graham.
On bsom called on to yreside over the Con
strsanm Cousmtien Xopik Carolina,
Feb. MA, 1868.
(Concluded)
Tbia
.,tli rLu-L uruooaeU to Ua
lo Uaa ooualiluiioa, lot it be re
L .i-mm yc aeetioiifl and ha
rrssasosu iat, to the prctectiaii of peraoa
A mi... . 0,7 lt. annorttoiiinent T
in cuu:u iuw , , -rr . ,
V i 1 t.L . I ..atldif nf
reproacuUUoo, DJ wnicn iuo
repretentaUvei from a State shoold be re
duced, if it failed to allow suffrage to ne-
rroca ; 2rd. diafraneniscmrni or w,vc
ten for participation in rebellion ; 4th, ao
enrinr thTpoWle db Ice. Hot none of
these things attract am wu
Chronicle in this standing and oft repeat
ed argument for its adoption, except tlio
queatlon of representation, and that la
plaeed solely on the ground of aocUoiial
power. There ia no a word said on the
point of enquiry directed to the Commit
tee, 'thaj condition of theea Statea or their
being entitled to representation." It a
utnes that they are entitled toreprcscnta-tion-nay,
more, that they will not confer
... rirrlit )f sufTrare : and that
UII IU K - " "O , "
their nnmber of repreacntativea must, by
the adoption of the amendment, bo kept
down, and thereby the aeetional majority
of the North will rise from sixty-three, ita
present number, to ninetytliroe where
as, unless the change be made, it will fall
to forty-three. All other matters provided
for in the article are sunk in this ''great
Issne" of sectional power. - it bad been
hoped .d predicted, that after the ex
tinction of slavery, ami thereby etnbl. sh
ine a supposed homogeniety of intereats
.,,d sentiment between the PP'f of
those different sections, we shosJd have
i. a Laa ,f the North and Sooth, an
adverse interrsla, but that each would
embrace the o her as a common iiroimrr
liood. Hut tar otherwise was tiro argu-
men i i-m " . , . .
amendment through a Congress, V whicl
-.i .na. .m for uassine i
.l- a .i. i.... nnt a Hohtarv member, la i
"o i. u...' . .t.n..l.r .rtluivrlid
in i ne CBVutMuw iriwiiiw d
iern otaics hiiuuiu, o
reject it ; and it may Do ascco, was it ca
nceled that, supported as it was, on such
grounds, in the organ, of Congress, it
would npt be re jected ? 1 Was there any
unreasonable contumacy manifested In ita
rejection I And if the theory of Congress
be true, that all cHrjl government In these
States was destroyed by the war, and that
live President's provisions for its revivnl
were nugatory, by reason of which there
is no lawful Legislature ih the State.
. . y i.
which rejected it, have rendered it validlj United flutes express term,
whic i r J cw.u ii, u ,u..4nui electors in each State, fin
Hurely it la not reasouaum w.
rejection of th:a amendment as an offeoce,
and make it the ground of more stringent
n.,.,irea. as is said has been donu by
Congress, if, according to their own alle
gations, the Legislature itself was unau
thorized and could do no binding net.
ivl.. ,i...r,.fnre von hear some good man
II OCU) hiviv...., J
say In his eager desire for quietude, that
jJ: ti.ve nrlontcd the H'.h amend
ment, and been spared the re-constructiou
acts, inquire of him, hpw we could have
ratified it.Jif it be true, as Congreas asserts,
that wo have no valid legislature i
- mot axraJn in December 18GG.
WUj-' ' B " . . . .
r .1.. i .... A.xrm nt the session, and 01 till'
Congress, there was passed the first of the
Berie called "RcconsU-uction Acts." It
was approved March 2, ihov, out was
found so defective, that, in the succeeding
CongresSj'Wbich was conveneu, in e
immediately nnon the einlration
ecnsiu.., j -
of the old one. It waa amended by an act
on ni" i - -0-"
... .1. , ntl, nt Mnre i. and DV aiioiner act
in Jaly, and since the commencemun w
the present regular session, tuere -dine,
I know not bow many bills for still
further changes. During all this time
i ,. i. thn nntannt. there has been no
1 JI,4 from anv State of
repreaeuvun"" rzr a
the South, to let forth their grievances, or
i. ..,.... il.A miarenresentationa which
have couBUntly abounded, of the transac
. --,,, vlnfr amoncst US.
I need not aUtc, that the acope and tu
admit all negroes,
it-in, vi -- y.
of the male sex, Inhabitants of the ritate,
twenty -one years of age arid upwards,
without other qualification,, to the exercise
or the elective franttnae Dy aprBv; ...
.u a..,. p....iininn. while a consinura-
ki-. ,.f th. white men. and those ot tlio
most capable and intelligent classes, are
to bo excluded indefinitely, until Congress
shall have tried each man, not, oi vuu.,
u k.: kim Kofnre his accusers, ill
yw Ullt'ijlUpt aajua - -
the preaence of witnesses, but upon tne
information of partisana and sycopbanU,
... ' i .1 ..di. if hnwcr
wbo will swarm snout iuw rrr
i i- A Mtnrerl him tO his
tiTS-KVTfcr .InalnTTrT vbteof two-lbfrda I
?:!!T.2tri taavtbisi. the design,
J :.. -Tr nnmmitnu fk ttl6M acU of
Coneroaa. For, altkoogb, it ta
- " to this
iu uru'iuc i..v -b . -
through tb atrency of a flute Convention
i yet (ogresabas determined to secure the
"result by setting aaide the, requirement.
........ . u. iVCTrra
of the present Constitution on
ignoring the eld eonaUtutiooa! elf".
and Itself establishing th renr I"")"
lion for evsetort of the ?bra of tbs
Convention, whleh it Intonda ansii w
posed on the people of the 8tate, In its In
ture government. In other words Con
gress provides for clothing the negro with
the rights of an elector, and taking It awsy
from a .urge part ol the white men, and
furnishes the pattern In Its direction for
the election of members of a Convent on.
X Ilia n tiro nip, vvy"-
rreas has evw vjnderraken to iMefsvo
the domestic government of a Stal. 1 fn
Federal Constitution being provided al
moet wholly to give attention to our ex
ternal relations, foreign affairs, wsr, com
merce, the relation ol the flutes to each
other, and the like kindred topies. Con
gress never before essayed to mvsde the
province of s Bute govern inent in ita In-
. i. :. l...t iinrinr the
-,. I. ,k 4i vivia1nn on W nicn vun-
tcnial nnatrs. it
war the President by proclamation pro
nounced elavery abolished, and (teneral
Schofield. as anon as he was in neHnat.on
to give effect to the rrnc4le, reneatc.1 the
announcement by a General Order at Ral
eirh. These were military proceedings
merely. But Congress approached slave
ry with an amendment of the constitution,
and the convention elected by order of the
President deemed it expedients R.m..
the earnestness of the people of the rvtate
In their longing for quietude, to "Unguis I.
it by an ordinance of its own. Hie tnni
i ... r .i .. il.i, war but an act
Dillon OI siarnj, . - -
of negation. It but prescribed what J aU
wof be, in the future existence ni
but, by the acts or -rcci!wui.Y, -gress
reachea Us arm far bcyoud iU phere
of jurisdiction, into the very vitsla of the
commonwealth, and prescribes what
SHALL BE ss to the very
stone of the internal polity. And all the
forfeitures and penalties, all the dreadful
chastisements of wsr, already Buffered,
are to avsil nothing ; impending uncer
tainty, impoverishment and rum are threat
ened to be continued, unless this enall be
assented to by the people, through the
ceremony of an election on the baaia ol
me consuim-nr e j..l
n3e. ssfety and happiness, might
-
. , , - .
I . 1. a ...lahnn. At
blimc to cwmivi ... ii,..... -
mid divorce, parent and child, guard
.11,1 Willi To order the qualification!
wantof qualificationa of ths) electors or
the authors of constitutions and framcrs
of laws, is infinitely more important than
to dictate the terms of the 1 iw o i any par
ticular topic. It is ascending lo the foun
tains, and giving coirposition aud com
plexion to the headsprings from which
nure and clear, or turbid and bitter, wa
ter! arc to flow. The Constitution ot the
declares
'tne electors in each State, in all elec-
tioTrs under this Constitution,) snail nave
the qualifications reauisitc for electors of
the most numerous branch of the State
Legislature," B clear recognition or mo
fact that each State of the Union had pre
scribed, aud had a rigbto prescribe, the
qualificationa of ita own ehsctori'. It might
bave been otherwise, but not more clear
ly expressed thus: "Whereaa the States
-V.i. i-. Viatre nrescribed. and have
tho right to iiiescriDc, me ijuaiiui.. -j
the elcclors for both houses of their State
.. - -l .1.. ...I fi.nlinN. At 1
Lceislaturefl, the electors m r eoerai ciec
i.. .ujJ. State, shall have the same
1,1, 11 n, ,,. 1 ,
l.c-..; i,at the State reauirea in
qiisiiuui'" - d
J .1 , . nArnu hranrll nt
TUWI' ll . . . VJ -
qi i ,..rU iture." And instead ot
,., T.IR II HL IU UU1UU8 "
'oneress undertaking to prescribe, or to
shall vote In a Sute election, the State
l.. . Lm tA.ii .nd has alwavs heretofore
.i i 'Ant'Biinnn lo- uxcsu iuo w saw
uaa mv ... . i .
nioved it, to fix the qualincaiions ot eicc-
(nr Confrress. and for electors ot A res
ident and Vice President of the United
8utes, by requiring her regulation i
subject to De aaopteu u
Having occasion to comment on this
i f" . nn1ntwin. I am remuid-
eiause oi mu ,
d of the claim not unfrequently made in
u., .1.- r.. tnat autborl
(jonercss, aim ur i
ty is found for mis exvrawA."j
A that nrovtsion
uon B "-l - r .
tee 10 onuu m - a
ovenimont, c," on tho supposition, that
. .r u At.ta a uDublican rorm oi
this clause sn tbo rises Congress, iwnicn,
for this purpose, is the United Sutos.) to
examine the Constitutions of the several
States, rrom time to time, to '''
whether they are Republicau in form, and,
if found iu its judgment not to be, to
make or require them to be made such.
As well might it be maintained that a cor
poration chartered for the purpose ofln
snrance of bnildtuga,- of which models
were furnished, should beconie a dictator
of the architecture of the country. Of
of the C'onatUuiion,
ri itav Wfm,m - 1 I . .
this would seeoxjaUsmbJmmi
ignineaut In the discussions winch pre
ceded its sdoption, OT Mtassj-tMeoinnieu-utors
since. The most extended treatise
a l r
... . - ' laiUSaa hw Mr. i
Of IMrwn"!. " - i .
t l araa intenaea
.AuTTab. axir)
am-
rwnOLE NO 318
.rlatoaratle or monarchical ksB4WsJsoB. II
not needed for this," be Baya, "H will L,-
sharmlesa surHslty and to no.n.
objection, which ha etntea fsv the sake ol
answering it: that "H assy bocoaaa a pre
text for altaratiooe In the flsasa govern
inents, without tho concurrouso of the
States themsolves," be obsarves. 4Hbe an
tbority extwsd na 'u'Z
unty (the emphasis is nis; r '
a pre existing government of lbs
11.1. i- , ,.... " lie
saw. ths
the States may subsUtnte for tuesi -
and that 'Hba nly watrioilon impvessed
is. thattbo States shall not exchange R.
publican for antf lUpublioaa Oanstitu
lions." GsnUemaa, North Carolina
not propose to make an cxehangaH ate)l
Congress, at moat, baa only a ' 1 "
.... .id. therefore, is entitled .
Buai swsi.x. i - y
..Awatsskta.Shs1 r fall Y (it
no dictatioo nor vofao in interfering w...
her ConsUtntion Suppose that Pair.. L
Henrv, In liia almost auccessful efforts
dclrai tbo adoption of the OBBflgBtfaw ...
Virginia, and Willie Jones and hi. $Bm
e.its in North Carolina, bad had tbs s -gumentnow
furniebed, in the assartotr f
the power claimed under this ataua...
would it not have boon rejeetsd, and with
indignation, in both of these great feUte.
of the South t, ,
And does it not atrike you, that me.,
had ceased to be serious on ao grave a lop
le, and hadwoeomeiooose, whan they pn
sumo, and assert, that our ancestors mkn
framed the Consi tution of 1T76, and IBM
Macon, (iaston and their saaoeswiss, w
amended it in 1836, and the wbok . pe..
pie of the flute, aince it became a Btai-,
were ignorant of what constituted a IL.
publican form of government bad, in
fsct, alwaya heretofore lived nnder ono
not Republican, and that Congrese was
performing a long neglected duty in or
dering it to be destroyed and another to
to be adopted lu Ita ateadt Wellmsv
the course of Congress, in theae proceed
ings, be eaid, by their chief mover, to be
ouuidn of the Constitution. They cer
tainly are not within It, and ought not to
La. If suck requisitions nan be madeop
on tka fitatas and obedlanoa exacted by
distraint and duress j If their old and aa
...l.l;l,... nmnlim ia liiiblo to chancre and
lidUiinn. u va t.w. ,
overthrow, and new governments to be
instituted, without consuitmg uk w-
stituent body df the state, no on
principlea, or "with powers organiaed in
such form, as to them may aeom most
likely to effect their safety and happiness,
but dictated by an asflemoiy oi rePou
tativea from distant States, from which
their voices was not heard, "tnen is ins
pitcher broken st the fountain," and the
dissolution of the Union formed by ths
Conetitution already come; thenaaoUi
er illastration added to tbo saMBBa re
mark of Charle Jamea rox, mas i
moat dangeroua of all revolutions is a re
storation." If tb vast country, atrotoh
ing from Ocean teOoaan, and numbering
its inhabitants rrom my r, ."-', T
i: . . i, auhiected to. and ruled by,
tluiir, w - r .
one central govrenment onlv if tbo prin-
II . 1 ... l.iK nolorll Knr-
ciple ot muncipaiity, oy w.v
hoods, districU and SUtes, are allowed to
govern themselves, so tar aa may be con
sistent with the general safety and con
venience, la to be, a- hv those acts of
CongresB it ia, ignored and nogatiyod, it
will be of tittle consequence what form
the government may assume. It wiU bo
bnt mockery to call it a Republic, with
Constitutions forced oB the States against
the will of their own people, by aUon
gresBia which they bad no ratweaenu-
"Tlut the cbango Pop4 of.intl?iajt
the negro with the right of suffrage,
without any other quaiincauoii
already sUted, ia equally mischievous and
dangeroua with tho assumpUonof pow
er, by which fc ki attempted to effect
Republics are Ira, rare excepUons to gov
ernments in the hiatory of tho world. U
we look back through time and ovor
space, It baa been in knl few ouutr.es
. . . j i I it. .iw thnnundS
nrf at rare intervals in m
TTJoWsy Ul . w Maw- -t - r 1 II
they have even bean attempted, .n all
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Asia and Amea none was.
unless tbo little colony of Liberia set up
and still fostered from aumw -
called an exception. In J-.urope. inj
eeuturiea out sixty, there may nave
becigovernmenta bearing that name ; by
far the most conspicuouB of them, the Ko-
u. 1,1.1, Hmir.
man, belcg BBWltasj mmf '-r?J-:
isbed by plundering the world 1 tof
on the apoila, but with none of the aeeuri-
SSi for farsorial freedom mid right which
have been known in thia country andjjn-
dor the British monarchy. J he
ened and refined nation ol "!.h"
made three w JfojW aUBawpU U a
fad isiolafo'issaa me
iu King nobly contributed hi i id hr the
establishment of Amencsn iiulepinee,
1nimissfssnsnmsjssss
muA to mmml
pre'ffaSS the fcJJJjJjj J
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