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TFT. V- 4 i i -i t, . H t gj. m 1 r I .IX . t .LUI. k 09V W. W . HOI , DEN, CAFrtDl. oe iWi 4, 1S6S. a r r 1 1 ow-t'iriiair : - Tbe unity of gor r hirni woJ. ronstitafrs n. i.ae neon I a, ln'sVen ri-efored. The Ureal Itclwlliori iutu pr,.ir,.trd and trnPAt mil r.-l Tbftjr need mors tbaa others ibis pmte Four iuUIu.ik nl human bruijc "hi ImvJ tibn. .v. ry uiit most ba tree te 49 "bat nnn lasted ihUesiagsi,i :.rl..iu. waulMi bit ;' not trespassing an tiif riK" not ji render these hies.... iiji.ui "of i.thei . to '..How lit paticul ar ealling i-u-HEt!.-. llrr Viiul I- mm neaortul e nj! .mar. .it tu labor, and 10 nJr frioad hot anil ami rise where canity, (ireetcr calamine OmI or ibe oVl Tk WlM f lb HHKHin, 'wai whiob, there a ill bo un further i I. 1 bso (M-oiiuaucrd. Auin.ujjh tli. -siuua which thr rcbe'ion eugendrn J anil 1 . vlod war dilarh 'or a sraaeu, ihey aa m-itltcr a.Hict as enfirr nr r ; -i .1 ilmfawfxr office principle ou tin ru .jum. Tlic Inioe ha been precrrid. .1 1 hat been uroacrvrd not only a iie for - iiu basis a liberty for our race, bat ila mUt'ioii art nil broad enough fwr the hole opophw af? wiatcvex iwitri, color or Ik We !aic aaaumVJ.d to day ta ant ibe work. 0 elf- rovcrauient. ,.u;rc qf the United Slat, properly barged with the rceoiiatrucljeu at the lately iusorjrent State and their rctorn 1 a to thru Oeaiilauuaa p laliou to aagaii porarnment, baa proceeded '.pan principle which have their basis ia u rtgbl nf maw; and hUio guarded tatae priaawpsae by enactments, and by aaMndiurni to the Constitution, a to render thru safe for the future in the lined ihe people of the respective State Uiicte that the work tbaa begun lr the whale people, by the whole people of tba Mate, anil be prosecuted to lormnatr results. We tmat tliat the foundation whaab bare beea (aid, and which we thi dav dedicate to Liberty and Union in N m tit I'a'rotiM, will natala aolid and firm lor all tiaie to eome beneath thaedinee oT peiier at praaperity and happineaa to be erected thereon. Wo Uel nre that a porrrnmcut '"uf the people, by the people, and tor the piaplbv 3' f aat any other form, and will cmfor greater benefit than any oth- r un thoae who are daatiaed to live under it . and we are, therefore, confident that eli that ia valuable and perfect in whatao . urt merely hnaian in ita character, niiMl Mow front the loru ara hare adopt ed, The people nf this St hare' formed and ratified a Conetitntion nf Government fiicli rontaiaa all the great principha of liberty contended for in paat agea by the w iae aad good of Kuglaud and America. The t 'onatitutitn ha been eonniU. r ! and approved by the Cougreae oi the United Stale a "rrpublicaii in form," and with thi approval North Carolina ha been re tored to her former position and privilege in the Union. Thi Conatitatien hold, fellow-eiliaen, aa a t elf-evident fact, that aR men are eqnal in their political and civil right. Jt declare that "ail government origi nate front the people, ia foanded upon their will only, and ia instituted solely far the good uf the whale." it declare "that the State afiali iuga than the - endm d by our people in the bale rebellion would come atpon u I with ucli a (trutfaie, but the reaali. though Inag dclyel, on I.I not be doubt ful Liberty lor all would again triumph Thoae lio had provoked pitch a " war of tt99 W OWw4& AtaVMPpSSC1 ANMaV 4bt1 ffff h 1 and their p iou would paa fruai their ihihlreu to the conqueror. There can be no dancer of iu-li a conflict it are ry one will faithfully r-tbiuit In the Oun "litutiou and law, ami follow the thing the fru.t of hi labor 1 to apeak frdajy lila aentimeufa and to vote aa he plcaaaa, and not to ho injured or questioned by any lor doing auy of thec thing. The nee pie of North Carolina are proverbial lor their law abiding ilipoiiofl- It fct not apart hetided that dilurbaiicre Will ariae, or that coeablnalion will b form, d to re lint the law ; v. t it known that many hold the opinion that the recon- traction law of the United Sutra ar cane iltttinnul, and therefore noil and void; and it may be that thia may load, if not to opto reaialanoe, to a forcible denial in ' She it eiempted ow tbo e hand treta 1 ha wrotiact. .1 anil rigviroiia winter ol me V r h, no. I the other !i ibe latfng Ileal of llol7 ljtaWd than with elnn it. i d tod, extruding from Oniritnck to Chi-rokeafva hundred mile, aad kaindred and eighty mile ia width at e point, with fifty thousand tqaare mile ol territory, and a population of not more than twenty to the vquare milea, it U rigbta of alt, i a iiidratraatibla aa aha earth ite. It, and a aerure in Ita 'poalllou and iu the wSerclae of all ita great power "Tbo Jfortbera rtar fij i fwhoM tnie lut.-i ..ml reatflea-Mntr, a The at no Ml" ii" 1. nwaVtii I have thii, fellow ciliaena, alalcd brief ly and plaiulr the great urliiriplea con tained in our Stale Constitution, aad I ttnrlh Utr- LKJt. - 10, 140S. "' .-' in1". 1 - v ion that a great and propcron futnre have frankly aunouneed ho olicy which that make for peace and good will aarnug ,me loealitiea of the right guarentred toe people. The t it-iid uf n-cwiatruction by the Conatitutioa of the Slate, fortnvd will prevail hrreafler, aa beratotorr, not jnud adopted iu purauai.c of aid law). ouly ha the State hut ia the nation, and 1 It U alee known tint a dwpoitioa exula, and the colored ponphj will, therefor, re- j among no iacouaiji t abla purl ion oi out bam the right ( offrgej aW wkeia it I jMpulai iou, to opprwa tbo jaatr av luteaaaai iaa u. ta, tuxoJtmauu. auu. lite wtittu j jo k, in c urd rac , .n accoutd ol their po- litiriU optiitoni ibe magialrnuaand lliu Courts wiil be anataiued by the wliole power of the Mate, iu inch adieu aa may b deemel necearv to protect thnw who may be tba nwiiagad or opp an ed ; end witb uo oualincalion are that ol man hood. 1 here ia no reasonable ground to fear that it will not opvrata bejiefccially fur all. The repugnance to it which aa-i.-:a among many of our people, will grad ually abaide. when they (hall be convin ced by actual exjirrieiice that none of the evila they anticipate have resulted from il. Thi Couatitutioti, tcllow-citixena , mua' be admuiialered by it friend and sup porter. The people have o decided. The intervale il guard arc too precious to be cornruittrd to any extent to un friendly hand. Every office and every employ mi ui in the mot exalted, must bo till, d by the frieuda of recoustmclion and of the new Slate Constitution. Su, far aa the Kx ecu tire ia concerned ibi parpnae will be inflexibly maiulained, not only from a arnno ol propriety and jniiee, but aa iuditpensablv lo a Tult and before her, if her people aboald pro tree lo tlu iu-. h . a. hat we need H capital and mind, to bring owl thee ra- aouicea- to under them convenient and useful and avail ildu for wealth and pow er. Wo need akillca! labor. We ueed rd- neatcd, thinking, invealigaliug, cuterpri sing mind, on am farau, in onr work shop and aianuf-ictoriea, in our wines, on our railroads, at the bead of our scbnola and preaaes, and iudeed In every indus trial enterprise or pursuit. F eliuw-ciuxeiis, let u come oat of the cavern of. ilia pat,and forgcltiug what ever i not worthy 10 bo remembered, let us rcsalve to do our duty ta oar day and lime, aa North Carolinian, as Americana. In a climate and with a soil for which Providence has done so much, let ua re solve ta do something for ourselves and the magistrate and the (Jaunt will belour children. Let ita devote ourselves to saslatned by the whole power of the the a: s of peace. Let onr children and State iu giving effect to 1 be Coualilulwn I our children's children, whn they shall 1 r..:i 1 ....!... .1 o .r ... x itself, as having been fairly, justly and properly adopted, and a binding in all re spects on every ciliaun, until changed or mod toed in the mode prescribed in the in rlrumcnt itself. Diffeieuee ia political entimetit am to be expected, and ara not calculated in iheaneelve to endanger the State; bat a purpose to aubvert lb gov ernment, on the aasumpiiou ibt il i not properly derived, ha not beeu coin. tit u thuinlly adopted, and ia illegitimate and not binding, should be narrowly watched I and promptly checked, on the drat main fair trial of the principle contaiaid in the 1 fesuiion of any actovrttott the part f those Constitution. Thec principles are drr cherishing inch purpose. Ttie Consti.u- liun of this State andr the Constitu tion f the United "talo. the government which it eslablisbes, and the law passed iu pursuance of it, will be maintained and enforced. To reuder resistance, ihere- come to take onr places, say of as, "Our ancestors remembered and did what we wise, and what was good for ua. Heboid, the beautiful country they have left to us I the just and equal laws that are over as, and the hope that 1 heir work hat made stroug in ns that we can do even more for our children than they have dour for us." Jt ua at least untie upon the one groat object of improving and building up the State, lyt t a welcome capital and immigration, ferniehing a they will the indi'nensable means to our progress and prosperity. P.eiudieai growing out of nativity, or out of the rebellion, ore not worthy to be chilis lied. Let u discard sacli prejudice. We are once more Americana all. Let ns receive with cour teay and kiudneaa every citizen of the Northern or Kaatern State who may cast fore, impracticable, if not impossible, and hi lot among us, and measure him as we to maintain the peace by executing ibe measure others, according l" his personal laws in a, spirit of justice to all, it is and moral wurth. We cannot hope to im deemed raseuii.il that a portion of the prove onr condition If we rrpal capital militia should be well disciplined and arm- and immigration, either by so acting aa to ed. and should be thus rrady at any mo- produce iho belief that it is not safe to set ment, under the unlets of Iho com-1 tie among ns 011 account ol w ant or law mander-in -chief, for active duty. and order, or unpleasant, because of rude to tbe friend nt liberty arid otjliu gOv- ernmcut of the Lulled State ; and uo opportunity should be afforded to those who are opp aed to them to occupy offici al positions or to bav rmploy minis, in which they would be tempted, a they eertaiuTy are disposed, to pervert, distort or misapply them. 'The frkmde of the government must conduct the government iu all ita department. Yet il does roi follow that other will be singled out to j be wronged or oppressed. 1 lie people do not oppress or wrong auy one when they say that certain poisons shall not have office, on account of their political opin ions. Office is a privilege, which may be bestowed or withheld without infringing any right K very eitiaea of tbe Slate will he free. The law a will he aWe lot alt, and will operate equally upon all I'. very citizen will enjoy, ia rqiuil meas ure, the protection of the Courts There will be no social proscription. No effort will be made to blacken tho name of i regiments. In this, as in all ether thiugs 1 sily and h-d the way with Mnrnby, Yon even unrepentant rebels, as was the case concerning our while and colored fellow- icey, Stanly, Saunders and others in iuter- Kith the tone of the revolution ; but 11 ciMxen. absolute civil and political equal- improvement and public instruction will be left to history to assign to their! itv should be maintained. The public We want the. brat people from Europe, It i not proposed, nor i itrronired by or uncivil treatment to the immigrant. It the Con-i notion, that the two race? should should be remembered that our ancestor be mustered and drilled in the sumo coin- were, originally, a much " adventurer piute and regiments, r nllnwing :to- ex -ample of the government of the I'm led ft a tea, tliey ulay lit d com p mil's and n-gimenf ; but it is due to the colored race that they should have, whenever thev desire it. officers of tlreii on n color for' their own companies and eph Caldwell, who built op oar Univer- aa hers. Of tbe three signers of the Declaration nf Independence for thia State .Beitherjra a 1 naUye JRiehard CaawoU, one of onr rreiite! ftovernnrs, and some times eal ted the Wash ington of Nortli Carolina was not a native t nor waa Jo- ever j appropriate place all the aci.ua iu lb remain a member of the American Union 1 qhaf there i no such right a that of eeeioii, aad that any attempt at seres bM "ancht to be resisted by the w hole power of the Stabs." Jt provides for lit freedom of the pre, for freedom 0 speech, and declare the "low privilege of the writ of hubeat corpus sham nof ' be suenended." iat gqatds ewery tiiimn'i hwow a hisjpimhar dieorder; ensue, against general warrant aoi sup ported by proper eviaenee ; sod 11 gnarns is-raanal liberty a of chief value lo the citieea. garding education should be fakhtully ' It deitiuta that, "aa political right and ohaerved. Colleges, high ctirtla, Xor- inilBa! not depenueot upoe, or atod- i mat school for the education of leather it. tragedy of rebellion. Iu lim , those who will conduct the government are not the enemi of any portion of I lie people af ibe Stale. They desire lo do justice to all, and, a far a 111 iy be. to he the friend of all. If the uliuiui-lration of pahlic atliira shall bring peace,. prosperi ty and happin. ss. all will share in these blessings: if, on the contrary, it shall and further sufferings and misery, none will be exempt from theae calamities. 1 he injunction of the Conslitut i on re burdetia should fall equally on both, and and from all parts of lira United Stales, there rhsntld be no distinct inn between them in their political and civil rights. The I mtstiintmn provides ib.it " o maintain the honor and good filth of the State unt ami heil, the public debt, regu larly contracted before and ainre the re bellion, shall be regarded a invi table, and never be iuet toned." It would be difficult to overstate the vain of charm- to settle among u. It la men that mass a State. Let them eonr , With their en terprise and money, their mneele and in- telligence ; and wnen lliey get hero let (he only rivalry be as to who shall do most for the goad ami the glory of onr beloved, htate, . The government of the United State, 111 tbe prosecution of the war to anpprest tried Jay proprty, therefor no property qitaaUoeaiiot, ought to aStect tbe rigUt to vet in bold offee." It secure religions freedom. It provides for education a "a right," whic;i it I "the aVfy of the Suite to guard are- rainiain. It declares that nsrpetartie arid .li. hereditary amnWrmanla and prrvi lgrs, and r pMtfatt hw are eontrary ta tae renioe or a tree mate, ana mwm eWl.-ire that buman sis very U "fur- haabrted Within this State.'' ides that!l property shall be cording to ita true value in tee an'iadl ridual or lo 'fltamm. A State ! the rebellion, and iu the measura it. haa which d. liber it lv any, "tlits is lay Seal ! adopted l reeoiUlrnet tbe Union, has ex the debt Ttun,,3r Uwtll not nr it." I hlbited extraordary deioency and mag proelamis that tlv-re i no virtne hi moral ' nanimity. It hna taken no vengeance for obligation, and sink at once lo the b-yel the past, bnl has required only security f atvage- racer, whom no treaty or oWiga- for tbe rotors. It ha deprived no man tion can bind. Slates flr.nrish and pros- of his pronerty save iwr war nurj naes du and public choois for all, should be es- per. ..i.H are respected, in proportion an ring lire progress ef the war ; it 1 as exil- uollo If eTnrti It dkov tabliahed at the eartiiait pntcticabie peri od, and liberally sustained from tho pub lic treasury. Wc should so conduct our public school a to render theiu aperitr toall other of a simdar kjnd in Ibe Stair, and I boa make it j, he interest, a well a well as the du: v, of parents tu n-g.ird them as common to all, i.lie rich and ilte thev adhere to the riernal principles-of; man j it has punished no man for fSriTcp. Kot lit CaroTOa. wtieri Rnf her- Mh rrtma of o Wthwr. It ha simply re rlf, nninfhieticed by the paisiottt nf the quired Ural lha- who have been lb rebel r -lcllion. wan!d have felt aby itin "itpon 1 !" aboold renew tlieir allegiance, and her ererlit as a watmd, and would" have i that such purrd should be plaeed in the orgrtt.ic laws of the State and the nation a In prevent future rebellion. Instead of submitted to any aaerifice fri avert even the sti-pirion that her honor conld be sdf- IttdJiX act of hT own. Jforth liw-jdefrntiig'er rtsti ietin-r suffrage permanent- iniddle qW. s as well as the p ...r. The , boa t- again a State, in the full sc-.o it, I ly, it lias li tt It Willi the re-;., efive ntatn, firs: duty of a frto State ia to eaiasease it' which she was berore she teseflrw, and 1 10 be d.tero.iuodTtnd retired aa thrw amy childru. Il t moot be to often repealed f her otjligafions rd rhttii HHJU bfridln 1 choose r ami this State, following in fall that the slrtictiit.-and perpetuity "oi lire 'as 'hey formerly were. Thee obligatfe-iisl measure lh example of the national gov instilutien depend on the iiiielhgence and dnt'tes ran tint !w eVaoVff m- avWrfer.. lernmen, ha made suffrage free to all. aad virtue of the people. We mimt eith-j The payment of (he Interest on ftey'deof, j Hut in War to suppress lis rebellion er prepare tocr'neatethroiirhly lira riainu i aa provided for in the Cnnatbnftmi. woafd i has. In ft resnlt, neJarilr changed, aa ' lliu raloldishinr lln ooJv insl 1 reueretion af both race, or aboiiden ttse I at once place her crediTou a aecm-e frvt- ,it ha setrled, tbe theorr of ron-li nction f Taxation ; and lor the erif- hope that we ahall continue a free, aeJI l;ig, A aefjf rrne to afff ct credit ' irfjii-' prevmnrfr netd lryTt larro portion ot the ill characterisje my adanulsiintioii. Cherishing nrither malice nor resentment for anything that ha smansd ha the pa I, I ahall endeavor lo do my dm v. I shall keep constantly In view the welfare of North Carolina. I loro the Union, be cause It is the first, the last, tin- only hope of my State; and I lova my Stat-, be cause her people hare been good and kiud to me, and becaaa her ky ia above my home, as il will be above my grave. If 1 have enemies, that doea nut make me an enemy u my State, nor ninr me to a course ui action baaed ou roaentmcnt. or revenge. I follow the pi iiic-plcanf Wash ington, who founded, and of Lfflroln, who saved, the Itcpiibiic ; and wheu these principles erase ta lead, t ahall cease to follow. .May lh (Jud of our father have a in Hi holy keeping ; may Ho govern aud not we ; and mar lira future of our beloved Slate he aa bright and as glorious aa toe last seven year have been disas trous and unhappy. itf (rWru Atnttetty. Washington. Jwy X P- M V i 1 -in: vi. Ia the mottfi of Jul) . A- D M.I . iu accepting the condition of eivil war which was brought about, by iuaurrntiuo aud rebellion la several of the States, which c .intitule the United Stales, the two Houses uf Couarsas did solemnly aVehtr that tbe war was not waged, on Ilia part of the Gov ernment, in anr sptril l oemraasioa. nr i.r any pBrpeae of everthmwing o iut with the'riaht or established institutions the States, but only to defeud and maintain the savrenraer of the Constitution uf the fulled States, and to preserve the Union with all the dignity, equality and right of the servers) States unimpaired ; and that, so soon aa those objects should he areoinpliah ed, lb war on the iwrt of the lioverumant should erase : And Whmas. The President of lb Ul ted States haa, heretofore, in the spirit of that declai atlon. and witb the view of secur ing for it ultimata and complete effect, set forth several poclatnations, offering amnesty and pardon to persona who were suaieraud iu the aforesaid rebellion, which pruclaroa lions, however, were attended with pru den I tial reservation and exception, tbaa deem ed a senary an proper, a wo wnien prosui malioo were resDretlvelr issued un the 8th day of leeember. 1063; on the JBKh day of March, imH; oa thexmn day 01 xiay. iwj. aud on the 7th dar of September. 11 Amiu-hermi. The said lainenUtabl civil war hss lone since altogether cm sal, with aa aakaowiedgseat by all of the Slate, of the supremacy of th Federal Conslitutioii and the cover ament thereunder, and there no longer axial any reasonable grounds to apprehend a renewal of tba said civil war. or ant foreign ipterferenea, or any unlawful resistance by any portion of th people of onv of the States to the Constitution and laws of the United States: And u Hereat, It is desirable to reduce the standing army and to bring to a speedy tor inmation ul military occupation, aiartial law, tnilitarv tribunals, abridiicment uf fieedvin of apeech aad of the pre aad suspension uf tbe privilege of haben corpus and the right of trial by jury such encroachment apoi. onr free institutions, in limes of pant, being dangerous to pahlic liberty, incompatible with the ru dividual -riathta of tha .eitiiaai, contrary to tba genius and spirit of onr re- pu id lean form uf government aud exhaus tive of tha uatioual resource : And u he reus. It is better believed that Gor. Worth retiicd gruoefiilly from the Execdiit'o office 011 Wodticwday ; yieldiftf m force which could not bo resisted, It yet entered ,ja prottat ajralnst tho nanrpation wbioh dia plneed him. Thi it what we expect i d of him ; b haa acted m became the gold nor of an kjonored old commoo wealtb which hu bwen compelled, totiijiorarily nt leittt, to yield up ila exutence nt the lunula ul tue destroy er. We are (lad that he proteeled ftgainL the .fifth , ,f the jniliiary to rctnora hiui, f'-r we Miev ho ia till the lawful gorwnot of tba Stale and hi p rot eat may poFeildy aerve a aaefttl Mirpo in lite Intu-e. Gov. Worth came into office at a moat critical pcr-od in the history of the Stale at a lime when the office vh U-b.-t witb more difficuliiee than any of' Ins predecessor ever eneoua h-red. That be ahonld bar given, univeraal tatiafaction waa scarcely to have been exMted. Yet few chief magistrate have been more auceeasful and few have carried with them into retirement tbe confidence and reaped of tho virttioue and intelligent por tion of the people in a higher decree. Interfering! ,jc wi,t j, ftl n tred of an onerous burden, and enjoy more happiueaa aa a private ciiizon than when hnrdened with tbe mMinaitfili tie of the Kxecirjvo office. Siu-h, at leaM is onr wish, and tbe wib of thousand) of friend in every part of the Slate. policy, ou tbe part of tba Uovcrnmeut, at tended by uu necessary diwpialificationspaias. ueuulties. eonfiaeatiou disfrauHiiseinenls and. on fba contrary, lo prumota and procure a com ,): fraternal reroneiUation among the whole people, with due submission to the ('onstitulion and law I -JW Tiir.BterOTtB. tu; n known that f. Ami. tu. iv JoHWfcoW. fVesadent of tho United States, do. by virtue of the l.'onstituliou. ed j ia the iu "fine peopl of the United -UOMEAT LASTf Such wm the exetamaiinn of Judge. Itcatle from the Speaker f and when be had conipUited the laak of ewear itia; in the mouther of tlse Hon of lieprceuutativca on the 1tint. Near ly three rear ago he announced from 1 1 if s 1 m.i that "we were going hoaaa." The journey haa eertaiuly pi o veil' a , . . .s uitieit longer otto man lie cxpecieu. and how changed ihe old luuneatcatl must appear after ao hmg an ab eticeand the eff'ecta of so ma y viciai tudca. The Union to which we hare rotnrned, if w have returned, ia not rite Union lo which we were invited to ret ui 11 dnring the four year of the war which intervened between 1861 and 1865. Th radical party haa vio lated all the sacred promise which it then made througb Congrearional resolution and Eleentive proclama tions. Jlie old family manaton i nw in a dilapidated cmtditiim, if not tottering to ila fall, and it will require nil Ihe skill and ah Kty of all the ar 1 ' .1 Ll It . d ' f. - . land ai II In I hand, Tliean watt he Up. Jpliedliy an influx .of imiiiTgrwnta who nruntnncu iiuluetrioMi luaorer and practical faiinera from tlioae State, Wlioro, ngrlciittarw haa reached its fsreureat perleefjoa. Such a clam of immigrant would eooa Introduce tlieir improved eya'ern among na.aod it would apeedily be adopted by oar own frfrtneF. And ontil we can, by tba introduction of an improved aystom of agriculture, and a more af. Hcient and better directed system 0f labor, greatly increaae Hi aorploa product of the Stat tba balance of trade will remain against oa. Noth ing !e will change it, at leaal for few year. There ia no aoorce now fretn which our peoplo can obtain money except freaw Use sal of their land. If tho of onr farmer who bar targe tracta of land conld effect a tale of en half of them to the olaae of immigrants of which we have been epaakine. lha remaining half wonld, in a very abort time, be worth roach mora than th whola i now, or will be very toon . free m otiierwiae. inte propowtiun aeuru to na to be too plain to require to b sustained by argument. The money which conld be obtained by a aaieof one half of tba landa which are nte- lea to their prevent owner wonld bring an almost incalculable amount of relief to onr people independent of the graat eervice to be rendered the Stat by tha introduction of a hardy, indiutrioua and aober whit population. All who look at tha quest 011 ecriooaty niust aoe, we-lh'nk, that nothing promise ua that degree of pri st nt relief and fatara prnaperi ty that would raaalt from the immi grafion hither of each a population aa we have deecribed. Kvorythin poeaiblc aliould be dona to enctsuraga if, basth by individual and by lb Legislature, of the State, and we hoe that that body will not overlook thi moat iinpoi tant matter ia the dwt charge of ih many other oneraot duties which devolve apon it. With ihe prutpenty of ourngHeaV tural interest will come mannfectarav . a a We . una cam scarcely oe aoiirjtctJ, tor no Htate tw th Uuioo praawo'a graater inducements to the Manufacturer. .None por me finer water power, none a liner climate and more adran I fagc in every way. With a proper yatem of agriculture and tbe ettat lishmrnt of maniifaetitrea ao a ta errata) a homa market for th farmer and gardner, aad make onr an n Mirting Stale of manufactured ariiclrt and wo would aoon become apraa- ; per. . u aud happy people. , chifecta in the Union to tct it ia or amnesty and pardon will teud to secure a eomulxte aud universal establishment and .rui -il.n ..I iniiiiirlosl law anaVonfsr. in i ... . . --- - - - - , . ..... . . ... . conformity with the Constitution of tha 'Jni ilor agnil), II, in.te.ol, anell a thing Iu i.-d Mates, ami to remove all panuiraneaVor IMI,jitle. Jjilt Onr mHli ht, Nevr luau f the both the poll and the land, it ! governing State. It doc not ioll-. saw piovid-a thai f.u Bute and County pttr-ldoes flie Uottatrtotwa require, that ihe 19 (he (plT &x rhall never exceed two whHe and toUnt mm almttaiaweared dfWtara, and that this tax shall be "eqfial to the tax on property valued at 1 hree tiun . dead deUota in cash," thia balancin); the lairfi against the pell tax, and pro vetitk.g injustice or oppression to either. 1 1 makes ihe most stringent pro vieion for amiulamiag Slate credit. It provide for a homestead for every bed of a family, and, as. far as it l peatible to do so, secures such homestead ' 'ilrWf i?liaaiJhlri It ysvy tenderly provides for the rights of married woman, by exempting oil their .pmaerty from the dehtsef ibeir bn khsaais nd triving them fiowrr, with the" amnt y such pn.perty together in the same schools. Il is be- rinn-lr w-lien the feferrst is nr.miptly paid, and when H fa aeon that an accumulation, pro pt r- ly and general piosperlly fa tbe P-sult of lieved lo be better for both, and most sat the indebtedness. The credit of England Mattery to both, that "the achools lor the - equal lo that or any country, yet tin two, thus separate and apart, should en- K- L'lish deb! i the result Or the acenrn't- joy eqoally the fostering rare ol the State. - laf ion of gr, and ia of eitormnus magni- 1 be l.on-titution provide tor orcan ia-1 Hide. J be secret of the credit of Knebind of the bnsband, to as they mar ehoose It prov ices for the poor, for lee orphajny I now lhao it waa llieu for t he deaf and aWmb and blind, for 'be j lu- organized at once. juaaac, tor uiinU anal laebriaiea, .and, in wretched fine, for all who are bedigbird, aud.fptjore. Tl ai-pamte from each otlser ilie three grrel depaiuaenta oftbt' Ooveruinent, leg islative, exeewtive aid judicMl: and it utse ttrsoaaorawfasoui-iil on the peop tits . aly rightful souree ot power, lug and arming the militia lo execuut the LjW. suppresw riot or insurrectiona and 10 repel invasion." The opinio i of VV'aah iiigten, ottered in 1790, that a "free peM ciplitiod," and that a wi ll orgiuizcd mili tia "is certainly an object of primary im portanee, whether viewed in relerearce to lh national seenrity, fo thes'a'isfaAiob Of the coamunity, or to the preservation of order," is not leas weighty or important i he inilliau should It isTlV doty of is the unvarying pnnctnullily with whieb her interest fanaid, and the fact that the U constant ly auawa to her. wraith and pow er by tho use Wh.it she has borrowed. gKaSot dVtifot fait rtn. tlimarttAjliea.aCTaiippnaTd p.-oplo. 1 lur liberties have been conaotl duted, and the CuMn ran, in no event, be dissolved. It is. to endure lw ya. It;..: nniit increase, but never decrease. For all great nithtnal purposes the gov ernment of the IJ oiled Sta'es I over the States and para mount to the .States, and the allegiance of the citizen is first Am to it There ia no appeal from the will of the nation, expressed by a majority. Armed ms stenee to the imlion! antfiori'-t-v, whel her by indiviil mils of their own accord, or by ludividnal aitine under ibe Executive 10 so that ihe law are I oproeut of lief resources. Money thus ex- pendrd, and money eipended for ednea- faithfully executed and to preservn peace among the people. Thi duly will be performed promptly, feariessly au'd firm ly. Kvery eitiaea mus: submit to lawful authority, or. refusing to do so, must ex pecl U11 peiiadliea of the violated law. In the lanfru-ee of oar a-restlieueral, sernml provide that ever male ritiaen shall j only to hifn who waa "first in war, first in voter : and every voter, with few ex-1 peace, and Brat in the hearts of hts conn . trvmen," "Iset at have Peace '".The cepeVrfts. rha'l 1st elieibl frage M thus bee eligibl to oBce. Knr n bestowed upon all .'ila fftisWim fag iUlHtfaw.rislrt with tits w hite man lo vote anal boM oHiee. I dwnot inqeire whether h waa necesaary tu tie this te aaaemplish reeenat ruction. 2i i aafficiVti t that jni'joe i awsy a n esaaaty ta foewding goveruiner.t thai r. to Wfaaram apon all, aad that without it no r truwmeti t eaa Is 1 taarti d b endure 1 be UJtvt, thus be.Uiwed epon oar rc es.dy awfraU th aad potple, will rttoaia 1U1 tiwui. ' There is 1.0 fs wcr that can 'earxr ,t, wfthtrct ngiag'", sword of war, which would net have been drawn bat ear, the criminal folly of the iw- eently insurgent Stale, should never again b wielded by Amerfcaes agaiust Aanwicans. Kerry inlrrest that ia daar to , and arvt ry hope that we may indnlge tor the future, ia indiaaolobly bound up witb peace od tranquil uy among oar aelvre. Bat there eaa be 00 peace with out law, and there eaa be ao efieoey In law a iiboul obedience. The law ia ever IL The poor and the bumble aboold be groterted tu a f. l-an extent aa otlwr. blv, responding to the general a ish of our people, will Dakt,- prompt and ample pro vision lor meeting the intere.-t on tie Stile Ifto: - ,.1,-A.r a TfvT I'.v meeting promptly the interest on her debt the State w"fl be enshled to bor row money to prosecute -Internal impraye ments, whtetrare easenriaht the liewet-- -eeaeniatid 1 w tion, wrll. conctttute tbe very beat invest ment the State could make. A Vigorous and well directed system of internal im provement, from the ea-bore tn the I ennessee line, thus placing n in direct treason, and must be so held and 'treated The doctrine of Htate rights, a held by air. I albouii and his follower, haa ceaa ed to h-tye validity or vitality ; and tha leaching and doctrines or Uathington, Webster, Jarkson, Clay aud Lincoln now constitute the true, and the ouly aafe the ! y of construction. This has Uen nl tied, under 1'ro vidti.ee, by tbe reaoh of a sofrmn appeal to arm among brethren and be who would unsettle thia theory, ihrre by rertertng it possible I bet see sinn should aver again be attempted, ia a friend to hi species, lo his State, ar te the general government of bia, country. Sutes. hereby proclaim aud declare, unree litiori.illy and without reservation, to all ami Pi every person, who directly participated in the late insurrection rebellion, excepting such person or persons aa may be nadi r pre- . - . .... . - n J . in - any uown or trie sent merit or indict ment l'nite.1 States, Imvtng eoinpeter.t jurisdic tion, n 11011 a charge ol treason or other M u ritiao ami AnxasTV tor the tre .ison against the United States uf wa. aryt olfaueeof t - jtl t . adheriae lo their enemies, .1 urine tbe late eivil war, aim rt-storation of all righla of property except at to slave, ana except al so as to any property of which any person may have been legally divested under the laws of tha United Stales. fa testimony whereof, I have signed these presents with my band, and have caused tba aeal of tbe United States to be hereunto alhxed. - communication with the hfhjsiasVppi Val-tThf government of the Un lev, with cheap rates of freight and travel. I ne Inngaw a fcabls Basinary.i would stimulate agricalture and . the m-4 dispensing light to enrroaudtng planeu ; ehanic arts, build up our eporta, incrcMej bat it is full sun, burning with superior our commerce both foreirn and coastwise. 1 splendor, pervading and holding up to it draw thither immigrant from the N01 th- a.-lf the entire systemt and kindling new ein State and from Europe, arreat 0tfphottthito1fcm4me4irim Hew bona gralioo from the wute, give employment acent, now glorious, now MrreaCDiugwm 10 tinnannn or our people, and thus place ' oe tne tigni it dispenses wnen n roacna ua at no very distant dsy in tbe front ! "a mendtan, we tbail not Itve te are, eat rank of American States. No Htate in the Union has superior advantage to North Carolina, whether we aWsMdeMr th extent of her aesaeeast, HW vahse 0 her t" ... . , ) Ion. the lib day of July, iu th BBAta w..ir i4 (Mr x ;rA nnm UHnMn( '--w'eiahl hundred and stxty-eiebi. and ot th Independence of the Unite.! By th I'reaidaut. -ANIK:W JOIINdOM Wi. II. Sr want, ftwawtary f T5t are thee' Br 1 Vannn. Wnllaee.frwea In GaHy e. wai, r llama. J -la i; J In S at aw. e H ml from we. liin Itsirs is j irrn nit Yfii ni rrr"r IN'tiima wo "ltn&- '0 Wantd to make diaMHwed, In Sraa w. Met Wry. North Carolina a proaperona Slate again kflled labor and capital. Ilia me that we hare the ooled people and many other laborers still anion ir - . - - harbors, her ffnyapaaaal situation. the aalubtity of her eUntaia, or the nature and ' dell verrdfrem oh peril of refcrMbm, and are net al variety of her reaourees aad psoduction. ' nrttrtieted en tbe bnet of the eqeal ! whih th the ren era tion t to come after na will walk in that light, and he aeWMaied, on aad banpr. Ia the MsO af graliiade they will thank Oed, a w do. f rotn ( lea eland, no errr. la State evr. VVillia, from Wake, no erfr. Br Kkaiso. J - Iu lit mini vi Dan iwlj from vyilanat. no err or. In Vangbn aw. JUWgh A- GaetoM JUii I toad Goinpany, error, emtre it woo. From Xrv (Mmmi LtfitiUm'. New Orhmna. July 7. P. M ThaaeeU ad aaeaatma htsaiiitaUi m ember of thai of whom ten are from the Bearish lMMHIRATlON. i 1 is subject ja exciting aulltc attcn tiou aiuotig tho preaa at l hi time, and several of our cunfeinporariea have been duvoiing a portion of their space to it lately, It ia a tubject iu which the people nf our State are (in on deeply iiitcrei led than anjr otb er of a practical cbaraelcr that can now lo broiiglit Iseloro I hem. iimvr ly all their property waa awept away by tha wareicept their laftda. Ttteao aliti inmaiii, I. nt ju a tuorq or lea di lapidated condition. Onr farmer have not the moans in cultivate them aajn former year. Tlroy hwrer adop fed a proper ayalem of improvement bj green crops ind bout made ma nure, and they hare not now the money to purchase Mich fertiliser aa they tiaed itt "frtfHalr jeer ; TaKU! the South ia not now a effect i ve aa nnder the old ay at c in, and conse quently the turpi u a pr.uj ucl iona of tba State have greatly diminiohed in qnniifity ainco tho war. Inatead id lecnparaiiiig to ar extent, onr pco- pl. now no much involved in debt, --' - il. 1,'. " g. , are Decerning oorer aim pM.rcr. Kvery kind of bnainea i langniah iug and will cn I in un to languish nn til thaaa thinaw can be chanmd. j - ' m Two tilings, are wanted TI1K MOST IMPORTANT DECLSa , ION Or TUB AO 13. -In it hearing npon the dostinie". la .Slates, lh decision of Limit J" rno.r Calriwlt that n North ('nr.. ualuu. by a jo Ht raaolat on of brr (leneral Aiavmbry, aaaooted to and ratiBd the pmpoacd 14 article of tb j ( '.ins' it it tion it haa the farce of lt iu tltia Stat, eannot ha ovar eaiim:- ed in ii importance. If it hai tho fofotj of taW irt lf erth Ian lf n a 'of con res1 haa the forco of law in the o Ktatea which have adopted it; many of ihe State which bav adop ted it are now" violating it ia a iW oatragrwaa manner. A ontnber ff I I hem are actually iefiiing toall tftn negroea wifhia their limit vote, while retaining repreaen'ntiiu iu Congrea for the whole nnm their populaikm. Thi in intolerabh and Lient. Governor Caldwell ought to liMafV,into lha matter at once. By what system of logic tha Lf Gov. arrived it thi decision we not nndoratand. Uo moat be aad of one of those rar- legal which arrive of Itoaelnsion ht tion. Na prrMsoned awieadtuent become a part of the Conatimti until it i, ratified by throe fourthi the Stateaa. In I In reasot tbr' ernment i federal ia ita charactef- ihe pmpotition ia aub milled to State, three fonrtha of. which ar determine tba qnevtmn for the wi No oaa. before tha Lieut Gove time, had even to mnch aa drearad that a propiated aineiidment to' Conetitntion conld bare tha forct law In any State until it had ratified by "three fonrtha of Ibe State" No one ever before Mr poted that it waa poaeibl ft .ag is not urouerlv di- -ueh or n named amewduseiit ta hatelM reeled ao a to reader it xt. " nera ; force uf law except as a part of tiveaa it should be. Under rJtiwa-'Oiimtitatlofi whiedi it eaa oolyb1 it ayatem of agrtculiara 6nt laade; come by the ratification Of ara being rapidly exhunatod, whau in nnirther or th State Bat the fact they ahonld b in a conatant etate miimna mind of ilea now L'Ot. afsfweirieBt. All the m eana of ernor haa dicovred that tha faAeal improvement ar at hand if they know olhin abont tho ma" ul . i . . ... . . CW:J aj ci at tl. of I lb an to ha ou ac la, at 1 be, 1U fjBJ taw at Ra
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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July 10, 1868, edition 1
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