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VOL III. NO. Ui)
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FOREIGN IJTER Fi'RE,
SALISBURY, N. C.. THURSDAY, AUGUST 27. 1868,
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The p‘rlo lic.ils ar.) ably s'lstalncT by t.io coati;
li.ilu):!-. of the writer.' on ."l ie.ico, lleliciou aau
;.-aral Lite: alare. aiiil 'taial \iaiivane 1 ;a the
w irM of letUT.s. They ar • nah pciis.ibic to tlie
' •iiol 'r sail the profe"',an;!i iu ui. ami to every te.i-
• 1 Hi; ai.iu ii'. they lani''!i r. ’ jO -r rC'.'iii'-i '.T tiic r.w-
rea*. iit’O'atare ofihe day t!.,it. ''.la be o;;l.'.::icii!i aiu
•■•.ny otiX'r '•arce.
'I'EUM - r tiM.-tiS.
l or auy one a: the 11 -n e 1. '• •
For aav two ol the uev:e ' 7.o'
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• or ici -kwi.od aii.i one Fe\ii 7.0U
i O’ ?i' i -'ivnood e.ii i aiiv t'.\o o! t'e'
l:e^:•>o•' -i lit.t'-i
j'w ii’.'.oh w()Oil aiiii ihleo o! t..-'
F'",' ;>ij .twoo.j and the loar I'-'
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' in (A>nv-T;tii)ii
j ]tc.r'J''cd, Ist. That tve approve of the
I noi'.iittntioii hy tlie Xatioti.'il Democratic
''.F;.)!', , IIiiratio i^oymotir for Pre.-;-
.-.nd Frank P. Plair for Vico-Presi-
(h-nt oi' the Ei'itod Slates: lhal, in tlicso
men vre rccoe-ni^f. ptatc.smeu of experi-
(■nco anti eminent ability, of souiid politi
cal principle.^, of un.suHied public and
private character and unbounded patriot-
i.sm, and a.s such wo recommend tln-m to
the hearty support of the people of North
Ciiroliua..
2d. That wo approve of the phitform
of principles adopted by the saiclConven-
! tion ; it sjieak.s in no doubtful sense, its
' language is explicit and meaning clear.—
The issues prt.-seuted to tlie country are i
philnly and unmi.stakahly defined, and witli [
a free and fair election we confidently be
lieve they will be endorsed by a hirge ma
jority of the people ; and witli that en
dorsement must come suchacliiinge in the
administration of theNa,tional (loveriiment
as will restore the Constitution .and give
peace, harmotiy and prosperity to the
country, and especially to the dowii-trod-
dent States of tlie South.
3d That it is our earnest desire and
intention to bring iibout these whole.some
and necessary changes by the jieaceful
means of the ballot box; and all eftortsto
produce a contrary belief, coming from
what quarter they may, are but tiio tricks
of interested jiartizans of a desperate po
litical taction, bent upon perpetuating its
power by any means and at a'l htizards.
They are atteinjiliiig to alarm the peojile
of this State by tlie false cry of revolu
tion and war, tlire;.tening them ;it the
time with military force ; while in
oilier States of the Soiilh, tliey Inive not
Inmiiared to take from tiiojiioplo tlie elec
tion of i]lect(.n-s of J’resident and Vico-
/aoit (o eniifer it tir.oi! Jm*gisla-
li’.re.-, t1ie moinbci's of whieh wore oloctoci
luoh r military nile, without fieedoia of
ohoicc and with no regard 10 tlie question I
of Presidency, in orili.-r to secure the
ch cloral votes of such S^tates for the Rad
ical candidate? in disregard and defiance
of tlie just rights of the pcojde of such
j States and of the whole, country,
i 4th. That it is our frank purpose now,
I and has been, since tlii close of our late
I civil war, to accept, and abide by, in good
j f.iith and without disturbance, the logiti-
■ mate fi'ni;:, cnid consequences of that war;
I to yield to the Government of the United
• StCvtes a cheerful submissi"U and ullegi-
i anc.e, and to perform all the obligations of
unheard of powcits, which are susceptih ^
of great and dangerous abuse in the harm s
of men who have shown hut too plaimy^»t
disposition to rule the people of this Stue
hy the bayonet, and as W'c believe to a -
tempt the control of the next electior by
that means. Yv"e most earnestly recora-
niend to the people of the State ayd Cy
pecially to our political friends^tog^^
occasion or excuse for the use oi uiilua-y
foi'ce; but nevertheless to yield none of
their just rights.
Stli. That the Governor of this State,
having proclaimed it as the policy of the
Radical party to suffer no one to hold any
office, appointment or place iu the State,
however humble, who will not lend his
aid and promise his support to that party
and Avhich policy he and his political
friends arc now vigorously enforcing to
effect the e.vcrcises of the elective fran
chise, it is the sense of this Convention
that the people have the right to coun
teract such policy by all lawful means, if
they think proper so to do. That any
citizen of the State, therefore, has a man-
when tiny existing contract terminates—}
and th;it any attepmt on tlie part of tlie'
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[From the Y''i!mington Journal of the 2r)th.]
Drive any citizen of such right, or to im- JUDGE PEARSON’S LETTER,
pose any penalty or penalties for so do- Conservative papers tliroughout
ing, willbein viclation of the Coustitu- t],,, gjatc failed to publish Judge
tional rights of the citizen. iPearson’s letter, I did not receive a copy
9th. i iiat to obtain success iu the ap-jQ^ game until vesterday, when a friend
proaching Presidential election, every ef- landed mo the iS/antZartZ containing it.
fort should be nn de by our friends to per- j cannot recall another instance in the
feet their organization, and no legitimate ,history of North Carolina, as a Slate, when
metuis should bo spared to bring every
voter, favorable to our cause, to the polls.
To that end we most earnestly rccoiii-
her highest judicitihdignitary so far forgot
the propriety of his position as to descend
into the political arena—a partisan cham-
meiul to our friends to organize at once!pjj,n, stripped and girded for the fight.
F'eymour and Blair Clubs iu c%-ery county ! Judge Pearson attempts to excuse him-
and every District, with active t-unvass- ,h,^t j„. jg 5,3 f.^- removed
ers, whose duty among other things it iheyond tlic frailties of ordinary men, he
.1. n 1.. .11 1 4.;*E..1 . . . . ^
8iia
11 be to see that all onr friends entitled :
can view dispassionately the suhj(.‘cts of
: good ciliz.,TiS to their riglilful goveniment.
: And wo do {uoclaim ilrnt, in ti.-king recog-
I nil ion on tt'nn.s of equality iu tinit grand
' coiiarLiier.'hii) of St;it(‘s which conslilutc-
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Agents anted io.ir
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i oiir w.'.sto place tituier lite protection of
' i-'s ii ig; to rc-e.'tal;'i.'l! tile old eni of good
i'- eliiig in our oommoti couniry, to thwart
tin
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i.« I nor n- biee.i priees lor bark nuiiibots. ean
be ailowe.i. unle. the iiioney is remittoil dheel to
I (.,• Fa .'hi-f'.
K 0 [• 'it. a ins ran be given to Flu's.
1 he Li' inord Sroft Pul. Co.,
140 V'ul'ou, St., N. Y.
iv:s
wliere who .seek to perpeftiate di
divi.eioig Hi’.d to p.Htifipate in the
ing.s as v,'v !l a.i the l.'Uitiieus
enimt'ut.
oth. That wc h.'tvc seen with indigna- i
men
'’i.scord and
bless-
of the gov-
to vote are duly registered and brought to .jjg therefore, in the presentcrisi
tiie poli.s, and that unqualified persons Ogiif,„cc would be criminal.” Having,
not allowed to register or vote. ir/^j As be claims, llie cotifidence of both par
ities, wliat be says ‘Bvill be considered
J jalmly, as the advice of a friend having no
I motive hut the public good.”
i In the world’s history, few indeed h.ave
Teen the men who have occupied such a
^position ; it was perhaps yielded to Wash-
ri ftt r ingtonin hislast days, but in our own time,
Cjlil.SrS, (/iisirjclci, Conduct jg in Europe or Amci^ca to
itCSUltS# jwhom the public would concede it. The
(fact that Judge Pearson claims it for him-
:Self is tlie best evidence of tlie very high
A Look for all Sections, and Parties, estimate placed upon him by the Sago of
-Mocksville, and cannot fail to evoke in his
Thi.^ "leat work presents the ouly coin- behalf the prayer of Burns for an over-cou-
plet(* and impartial analysis of tiie Causes of ladv, unconscious of the insect up
the War vet itubli.slied, and gnves tliose m- , 1 *' *.
torior lights and shadows of Ute great coiv- bonnet,
diet only known to tho.-n, liigli oliicers wlto' 0 wad sonic power the gllne gi’e us,
watched th.e flood-tide of revolution from its , ^ itbert- see u.-t.
Ibiintiiiii s[)rings, ;iud which were so ttceos- it is true that he wa.s tue nominee
silde to Mr. Steplioiis from his position
second oilicer of tlie Confederacy.
d’o a public that lias L'ceii surfeited with tiveg in the ho})0 that he would confine
APrARKXTLY SIMILAR PKODUC- hiumelf to his judicial duties, and give to
TIOXS, we jiromise a change of tare agree- the benefit of his law- learning—
able and salutary, ami an iiitellectnal treat predicted, ihc hc-
the li!g]'t-st order. 1 lie CtiNaIi Ameiican, , ^ i „
T T 'sm’ r,o. 1 ]0..,,,y..,,,irav(d of their eonlidence.
\v ;ir h:is AL 1 toiiiul a Jiistoii.ui; • ^ 1 ,1 „
.1 • A , 1. t'ivbi.';.. leieiU 1 hoBO wlio luid watciicd llio couiseoi
worthV ot Its imi>ortance, ami;o V no'e lianas . ^ i i .-i
it wilfreceive that moderate, candiil and im- Judge Pe.arson, from the surrender until
trGiitinuHt wliicli trutli uihI jiHstico so his iioiniiiution, luifl lobt c''jtiliu(^iicc iii iiib
public integiity. d’ho cases, Ilughe.-, ex’
of
as both parties for the position of ('hief Jus
tice. He was nomiimied by the Conserva-
Tk,- L. F'Ut. Fi\. also i--.b:’;'’i tbi-i
FA imSICS GVIDK,
bv IlEVKY Sti--;'’ ' .'! F, '.iii'.iiirprli and tlie Inte
I . F. N'li: p 7 I '-lege. 2 voN.. Royal
-» • ,..1. F..'-' i ■ 1 ''.’la-fiei' F.ncrav inr-.
F: *T ' ■ by .Y i’i J,,,.., p;,ill.
T'f‘' ■ janO—t;
U. U. MOORE,
0 'n.'^f h'f (it
N O L I G ! 1 O K IN n .V xN I !• .V V .
•’■/ b G/_v/;7Vt A. .V. C.
lion iiie complete overthrow of otir late j
, excellent system of St,'Ue government and i
i laws, a.nd the tulujitioii of othi'i's iu their
• stead heretofore unknown to onr people,
nnsnited to their condition and utterly ad-
; verse to their Irahit.', their wisites and
I their interests ; and with this change has
j come the election to high jihtces of profit
; and tru.-t of men in most instances xvith-
; out character or qualification, and not a
; few of whom are mere adventurers from
abroad, liaviiig no interest in common with
the jicople of the State, and no fitness
whatever fur the stations which tiiey have
reached by means most unworthy and
disreputable.
Glh. That the attempt by the Gover
nor of this iStato, aided hv his extreme
partizans in and ef the Legislature, to
have himself clothed with authority to
appoint, oi'ganize, equip and keep on foot
a large standing force of not less than
G,000 men, to be selected and officered
and commanded hy him, with powei to
j any member of fhe said force to arrest
j any citizen without authority or warnint
I from any civil officer or ^fagistrato, was a
measure ch‘.avly violalive of the Constitu
tion of the United States as well as th.at
of the State; damgerous to the lil.ienies
of the people ami well calculated if not !
intended, to pimfuce hlood.-Iicd in oui i
midst: and as such it de.=ercr;s to be re
probated by all well tiispesed citizens of
the Slate. i
urgently demand.
ddit' inte’iisc desire every '' loTe manitest- p(iy(c^ so ably reviewed at the time by your
ed to obtain this wurk, its ODicial character coj-i-eguonnent Vindex, wherein he Iiolds
ale, combined with an inciya.^ed Convention of 1SG5 was legal and
mtike it the best subscription . (jookc rs. Cooke, wlicre-
olemnizcd
and ready s
eommis.'-'ion
buolc eve-r pnldished.
Ou,. A..7, In Einit,.,,, Pn. .vp.irt., 72 ™b-:m 1>«'JgWr* ■■ giimiigo
i-oribor., h. thri-n ,lny5. >fter Sclioli. ti! 3 oillor, and bcl.iro the aav-
One in Memphis, Tenn. lOG subscribers iu ing ordinance or the Convention, by a Jus-
five days. tice of the Tejice appointed in Confederate
Send for Circulars and see our terms, and a times, was and, of course, that the
full description of tlie work, with Press no-! sprung therefrom would be bas-
ticesof advauce sheets, Arc. Address tards, but for said ordinance ; and Hayly
NATIOXALPUBLISHINGCO^ a.,^ Hajly, wherein he declares a negro,
formerly a slave, emancipated by the will
2G South Seventh St. Philadelphia, Pa-
nn: t \iiouna
UK LILY TNG tliat the intore.^ts of the Fai-
mer.'and 1’hinti‘r.'^ of tiii.s section ueinaLd thv
puhlieatie.n of a periodical to be devoted :o tla-
advaneeinent of Agriculture in the two i.'aroh-
nas, we liavc d termiued to establish such a
periodical under tlie title of THE CAKOJ.1IN-'.
FA RM LR, and will is'ue the lirst ninnlier a>
soon as a sutiieieiit number of subscribers are
obtained to iiay a reasonable share of the ex
pense ef publication.
The Farmer will be issued monthly at8’2 per
annum, iu advance ; tvill contain not les,s than
tliirt\-two large double-column pages of read-
7th. Th,7t tliO measure ?ub
M il u(';;t
;tl,
I!l-
trodueeii .uui wli'cli iiow pmuiing'. utnl
will in .all {uohaodity b.,- mioptcd. Iiov,I A imh
e. .i.-l.oly to.-gUFiS, 1,!, is but the stimo !
inca.'Uie umh r ancUiicr naim.-. wi-h one or 1
two of its uhj. etioruble fc.U'.ircs cdo-red ; i
but winch Vet cloth;? the b^overnor and !
ids cr titurcs an 1 with Inthevto '
of a party who died in 1864, entitled to
take a legacy bequeathed to him in said
will, contrary to the express provisions of
a law’ of the State, passed before the war,
iu connection wdth the reasoning where
by his concln.sions iu said cases are sus
tained, sati.sfi'cd the profession that he was
ready to con.=true the code of public law,
to meet the exigencies, and to sanction the
usurpations, of the day, without any re
gard to established authority or express
enactment. He is mistaken, then, in sup-
ing matter, bound in haiid.^ome covers; and in 1 posing that he has the confidence of both
f’xeeutiou will not be surpassed qq,g members of his own piefes-
Feing determined to do whatevereiiergyVill' ^ lum best, concede to him ,
aceomplisb iu making the Farmer wortl.v tin niueh legal learning, hut deny to him any ■
'U;iport. of tlio intelligent Flantcrs .and F;riiici> . political inteirrit}' I
The gist of the letter in question seems |
to be ; That by conceding to the freedmeii 1
i pOiiFical e.quality there will be an end of-
^Dife, and th.it this conces.sion will be ev- |
id need by the electloti of Grant and C il- ;
I denying riolitical e piality to the j
U'cedmen, we inaugurate civil war, a war ;
:'d r.Hces, and that this denial will be evi- j
'U' , 1the election of 8:f ymour and j
of North r-;’-i-;b mid Si,m,L Um'.-iiL.m ntid de-
siriug:-- iutrodme it into every eouiF; i:. iho-
St.ues, wi'wi'h t. rmpiov uelivo A - a:
ev.r,- I'l.'' oRh-e. to v.da.’.ii ilm most hne.a! ne
duet-mciFs will bi- oUt-i'i d.
A.dilre.'S .',11 eomniumeation' *0
Y'il. Fi FKKXA.b'l*. _
ii-2T—w:tw;t \\ urnumioi:, A. U.
PL^ilf^rURUTHl
1^’! to me a:v
to eall aU'-'t S Fie by the 1 l■!l^
ei'H’.!.ts will be oia.ccd m G.e 1.
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of, N Ir;■ .
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w
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-’‘Uir, and, in that event, civil war wiii
■f^VKablr'.
be
; -1 he p'lsition of tlie Chief Ju.stice proves -
- teat In- has entirely mi.sconccived the char-1
j issues joined in the present ]»o- ,
bUet] contest. W hefher the negio shall, '
or shall not, be deprived of the franchise,
does not euier into it at all.
The Conservative party seek to sustain
the fuiidaraeutal principles of the Consti
tution of the United States, w'hercby the
executive, legislative and judicial depart
ments of the government shall be at liber
ty to exercise the pow’ers conferred upon
them by the Constitution, and, as designed
by the framers of that instrument, that
each shall be preserved from encroach
ments by either of the others.
The Republican party ou the other
hand, are struggling to destroy the exec
utive and judicial departments of the gov
crument, and to place all power in the leg
islative department. The former seek to
.sustain the Constitution as construed by
the fathers of the Republic—the latter
seek to destroy that Coustitutiou, and to
give us, in its place, a consolidated despo
tism—the worst despotism that can be
conceived—the wdll of a majority of Con
gress. As to the negro, the point is not
whether he shall be allowed to vote, but
w hether the States as States shall be al
io W'od to pass upon that question for tbem-
solves. It does not follow that, by the
election of Seymour and Blair, the negro
wdll be deprived of the franchise. The
election of those gentlemen would be a
declaration merely by the people of the
United States that the States, and the
States alone, should have tlie right of
regulating the question of franchise, and
all other internal questions, without being
coerced to observe the will of the Con
gress of the United States. These are
the great issues before us—issues upon
the decision of which the existence of civ
il liberty, and the destinies of thi.s coun
try, depend. lie who, with Judge Bear-
son, ignores these great issues, and nar
row's them down to the mere question of
“negro suffrage,” so far from beingfollov/-
ed a.s a moHitor, should be regarded as a
political neophyte, w'holly ignorant of the
n o oentousqucstioi 8 of the day.
Tlift Howard Amendment, so recently
engrafted on the Constitution of the Uni
ted States, concedes to the States the pow
er oi regulating the question of suffrage
for themselves. Under that amendment
North Carolina may qualify the suffrage
as to bofh classes of her citizens, or site
may exclude the negroes altogether from
tlie right to vote. But the Radical party
seek to destroy this power conferred by
the Constitution, by a mere act of Con
gress, which the ablest members of that
party declared would be inoperative and
void, but which, nevertheless, will be cn-
.’’orced by the usurpation of the legislative
department ot the government, should
Grant and Colfax bo elected. Against
this Conservatives prcftc.st, but they do
not propose to effect anything hy the sword
—they propose to act by, through, and
under, the Constitution of the United
States, and according to its forms to that
sacred instrument they appeal, and by
tli;it, as judicially construed, they mean to
stand. Who, then are ihcnidlifiers—w'ho
are the revolutionists 1 The answ'er is,
tliat jiarty who propose to inaugurate a
war of racc.^, in case the Southern States
exercise certain Constitutional rights. In
this event. Judge Pearson, wdio should be
an impartial and a fearless expounder of
the Constitution, who has sworn to obey
its provisions, dLclares from bis high
jilace, in a voice that is heard all over the
State, that civil war must come. What is
this but inciting to it 1 And should it
come, which God forefend, those who now
encourage it by familiarizing the minds of"
the negroes to its contemplation, may well
apply to themselves the words of the Al
mighty to the first murderer, “IZVze voice
of thy hrother’s blood crleth unto me from
the ground.”
The Chief Justice fails as ogregiously
in his references to history, as in his con
ception of the points at issue bctw’cen the
parties. lie bases bis predictions of civil
war upon assertions, w'liich are not only
without foundation, but the exact reverse
of which is true. This is unpardonable,
especially so, in a man w’ho assumes the
leadership of his countrymen in a great
political crisis. I quote from the let-
tir:
“The idea of four millions of people,
not slaves, existing in our midst, without
some political right, was out of the ques
tion. Such a condition of things never
baa, within the memory of man, and nev
er will, exist.”
The Chief Justice uot only undertakes
to tell us that a certain state ol things has
uot existed within the memory of man, but
he assumes the role of a projihet, aud d ■-
dares that they ucvi-r will exi.st. if li;.-^
knowledge of the future is no more ac
curate than hi.s knowledge of the past
and pi-esent, his predietio;;? are entitled
to no credit. E- .vy .student id e'lti-uipo-
rai'7’ liNilorv Knows .hat, at ..j..7oa\, ti.- .•
are millions ot udul' 'Oiuh .n (aie.U I-.il-
ai-i, who .71'*' not ciilAEcG t.> exerci-e ih
right of Euffrag*', and 'a ho have no {.ohti-
cai rights whaUtv*
J udir*-Pearson adinne.' grea".ly tlie l.u-
gli.-^h constituli iii: t:.';;*- atnl again ha? he
decl.iivd h. fi.re hi? student?, that the Eti-
gli.-*h giiv* riiiiieul 1 Hinone lie I,-- t and
-tU;' i>
I. . I 1
freest, if not the very b .3: .md ft .
the face of the* earth. .\'.l li:.= i*.'’.av
he has acquired by the study '-f th^ Id’
lish Common Law. Nov.-, Mr. Id:
whose name is farnou.? on !.• .d p':u..r- -r .
Atlantic, declared inapublic ■ ..
before tbo passage of the "c. Kne:;
Reform bill, tln-it out of n m
population in Great liritai > of ven
lions, uot more than seven l;ur.dn d tla.-
and enjoyed the right to vo‘ ;
ing over sir millions in tlio v. ;•
political vassalage,” which J\u
son declare has not existe«I *.0
memory of man, and never •
And, this too, in a country v. g
tutioii is regarded as the bos., -..-r
the second best in the world.
I quote agai.i from the lott, ”
it ever been known tltat four ;
people, after enjoying political
years, could be reduced to vass;
out a civil war ]f it were 1
that the Cliief Ju.sticc is a ve:
ate writer he might be accused
ly misstating the noint. d’lic *
live party do not propo.se t
vassalage any class of men w
ercised political rights for . j. d* I
have shown, tlie disfranchise; . . . :
negro does not enter even i. . 'b -• t
test, and if it were involvet.. .
has not exercised political rig' ■ ' ■ • •
—he has not even had the r. ; v >
for oneycu, and the. right wuas , '
on him to aid iu eiUctiug an uiic '
tional purpose. Fvur millions, t r
Chief Ju Slice; now three millions ' -.
four are wuimui and children, who ,
not among the wh.iies poldical privlh-
in the souse in ■which lit* uses the tvo.
There are. at ihisd.-ty, even after the p;:
age of the Reform Bill, more adult males
Great Britiiin deprived of the riglitof Htu-
rage than there arc negroes ia the Boutl.
ern States, nion, women and children ah
included. Besides, ilie history of Eng
land affords a:i instance, within the last-
forty years, of the disfranchisement ol a
large portion, if not the bulk, of the vot-
ing popululiou of one portion of the Em
pire, not follo wing any rebellion, and not
followed by any civil war. Beforo Judge
Pearson ventures again to l a.se an aigu-
ment upon geueiai assevLions let hurt
study, with loorc can*, tlio lii.- torv' of hi.s
own day—he may thoii avoid luieMkei
over which a school-boy might hliisli.
The Uonservativo paity of the 8outh
aro anxious t*) promote tlio elevation of
the colored race, and cheerfully concede
to that race more civil and political jirivi-
leges than the rn.iss of the people of Eng
land and .Scotland now enjoy; and, more
over, desire to confer upon them such
other political privileges a.s their happi
ness requires, and their intelligence jusU-
fies : 8!iould they cyer bo wholly dis
franchised It ’vill be the result of the cx-
tremo measures of the Radiciil party,
which is now u.-ing them for political pur
poses merely. In any event thei'o willLo
no civil xvar —tliis is a “Raw-liead and
bloody bones” conjured up by interested
political parti.-an.s, to coerce the timid and
the wetik. The same power that sub
dued, by its strength, teu States, will say
to the agitators “Peace—be still,” aud
tho.so who .iro now threatening civil war
will not dare to oppose the majesty of tlio
nation.
I thought that wo had readied tbo
depths of humiliation, but my soul is
moved to sadness over the degradation of
the Judiciary of our once proud old
State, when a newspaper, the name ot
which is the synonym of political profli
gacy, can cl.iitn every member of the c^ii-
preme and Circuit Court beiiao a.i among
its partisans, and auiiounce.? some of the
hierhest as the official mounti;h;iiiko of a
lO itempla 0 i nogro mob. Civi.s.
Damages hj ike Confcilu'afe law.-
Si.ijii Hi Fennsglcunia.
At the hut sc.ssioii of tlio Penn
sylvania Legisiatnre an act was
passed pi'oviding for the aiipointincnt
of a commission .fo adjudicate and
record the chums of citizens of tlie
counties '■>1' A*(lams, Franklir., Fulton,
Bedford, York, jT*rry an*! (Fimhei -
land for damages incurred Ijy the
(GiiJetleriue inva.sioa of 18‘H, eiliiei
thfo'igh the public c’lemy -r ihe
appr*)i.*ri';iti'-ii gI prtqierty iiy the
UiUGn army. Ihus far the C'.'mr;:!..'>
-ioi.-crs have vi'it.. I but three co’in-
iic:—Pel rv, BefUbrd and Fnltoii — in
whicii lii'j damage \va.s nuich le.ss than
ill til*.* remaiiiiug four. In Perry
coiiii-v the l'>.-f7C“.-7 nil! amount to but
In B*jdj'j!'d County there are
r:;F7 c’aimuurj, whose damages
am Mint to X-5,i'0'>, L; Fahon coun
ty, which WiiS ino.-r ex],*>scd, there
are one iiuim; c-d u;>*I »ierfy chi'm.n.';,
\vh«').-e oaniage.? v. .l. leaeh at lea-;’
exclu.siVC * f
ptii’ty *jt one l!ii:;*l.. i
tW'7 fat cattle
1 each at ’
ic i.l^? by
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