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J 4h- TESMS, " aif(nyiif Hinim,),., t . irii iiii; v;::-;-v;;rr:;" no oa otice,t rM t1 ... -thV inn 'Metat 11 o'cloxik.'Presi clt; 1 in the Crrnir.1 ' ;: ! ' ;' - , : -' ifdu6la port from tho ooiuini onrgee movetl to have the brJiaancc , riutevL. .. . C,,nr A Chatham, op o,edthe 1 Jir -lOurtrpp'-R-ml he was I1TlnrpTirnT tn 'urp UPS couMesaaiine the reWt-'. Jlr. . eJker said no one was more favor rft Xrtlic? an himself, and hb" moved ..,. . - 1 " 1 1 ""7 JW rnnteii and made special brdcr of I to-morrow 12 6lck. Adoptel. I ; T ... . . . "" f I i. l 'Wi-i J ASH OiailXASI'K. ir. IlicJl. a ri4Allltll.il t n.rv,.,..l .-.1 -::: 1 Mr O-.ritcr, a rcsolntion in relati. - f-ivoidhig contract, the cor - wlu.ik was" .confederate iiuiuy Ia id lover.. ii to rtv isideration of or .laves. Mr. Luiit;!, n resolution in relation to re- u,11Ir "iiM:mung-:;ite boiuls, and the sue of new ones. - i LS- the i Conven- tiou meet at 10 a. in., and hold evening ses- . n'ia c Ki-vob.iry, so mat mey anjoarn on or aujoa iM-t.irc the 25th of Ft'lirunrv. TjH.tm-.p rj Mrjllvlnan, a resolution in favdr f .v. ii, a. rcwMuuoa in tavrtr or ex- wok! white from the Comtitu- regard to JsulTrage ami ' eiluca - vd. . J ijupning the lion. nni m n- Viri a resolution m favor ofltwo ses-i Usiily. I .a id .over. . ; lr Kj.pe,'a resolution in favor of ad vn- s fcrtrm,! ii:itio;i on real estate, and ca .tle half .their vaiucj except stallions, and asss. Ile- ferrn. . . . " Mri May, a' resolution in favor of the iin - . jnediale Turmation of a Constitution. " liefer .jred td the committee of sixteen. Mr. Haker; a resolution" in opposition to test oatlis. Referred. J f'"". . . . ". ' Ibtaus would paisswa, knd fto-Ataibo b!e tfscAYi Jaiiudry, 28. r last pdxtxi XUdi&iXed the-fconntrv once. wiU . . Mr. Ellis, a resolution in relation to the r. Loustitutionahty ot the reconstructipn acts, s Iaid over. - "1 . . -s ' ..-'( . . r 4 Mr. Harris, of Wake, a resolution So raise x committee of eight to take into1 cqnsidera- . r uuu iiiti voiiirress.Moii:u uLMfKUS juiii our, , ; : unfixisiikp nrsiMsss. Mr. Ahliott, requested that the orjdinajice in relation .to the WiL CharIiuth. It Ii., be JLL-vshI oT 5? u't 11 -w-uuw , to have the matter pressed to a vxko. Xo objection. taken r.p. Mr. Da;! .am s;Ui i this resolution referred to the 14 tli art. of the Constitution.! .There " was no -such article. ambir of Statek' TheJ td br tbe wiuisite imi in tlf hands n i.l pardoning iowcr now remaned- of the President. He would cal Lt . war. liut it the resolution were passea as u . . ... . t Mr. lhwrs resolution to provide a niethodiiwjownig oruinance aim .reauiuuoii, ana re- ;Gf i,iiK;tj days, eighty-seen thousand pf its for the relief of sm-h jhtsous as are worthy jcomiuend their passage. v ' ? ' sons, tho.youth; and flower of. thdveommon of relief from iv.liticai dUability, wlas next j" ' ,v tT- ;U?t-' :wealth and that too fcr a thrWyvarsf 'Servicei ..... ,r. T . t " .. j, i i ; ... I I -..!. ... nmiL ivii-itc:iij riif CTirr' f f tion of Republicans to the faft, that if this ... -. to - v. 1 . , . . . n n-jii w t it ,iL i,f public olheers,' executors, adumnstratorsi i-5 'resolution were passed it would place, the . j i x!2 t ' tSS cnlL in an. awkward ! JitU. It pari rdiow'thatthcv.-.intJ of the brFh .pective duties, by.thp-fp, ' SSJ i When the 14th article was" alloptetl, Wg? jf their oti use of money or iwper : wh ch he did not believe would be dope,1 tht'' f f'f J received by themorothetfmud v imu oc ui a i.y , f, i ulent act,) or of any action or process ! to. r- l; I'T h.jTf 1 vivoor enforce any judgment heretofore Te-- . xne x resioeiiu ki h-lucu lu uh, ,uld Place tc Convention in a j lon benow pending ors ; .T led hereafter, and Avhetlier uranee. . 1; j-f b(n aircadv- issueti or1 shall lfroni the morning telrgrams,f - , -ff : i ,: stood iiov it would position of ignor; r Mr. Fool resu " that a bill to relieve the disabilities Patton had iasscd the Senate. ' Jf Gov . " . Mr. Durham said he was aware qx tliat, ,but imtil the 14 th article was adopted, the - pardoning power was still vested in the lrcsi dnct." I . : '- '. . : -J ' ;' Mr. Hood said this Convention was under the 14th article at the pres?en actuig time, -andsowa v,wk a uhx-ivu w . ... 'n.. t i the States in the Union, or that never rebelled, ' hail ratified that article, Urn t was aiow a part of the law of the hind. All the adlier iifg States, with an exception or so, ha 1 rati- fifd it,and he, would warn gentlemen on the : other side, that alt the Southern Statcsj would ". ha ve U do tlie same before they co tild be rcstoreil to tlid Union. That should bounder- . 1 . n'l . u: . t 1 .t ..ooi w o' '"Vt 5-ri I vPT: .. .U:U11 .OA Ulwr woo it.iu giivii nvai ij to r and were m hearty -struct Un net si accord with, the I recou- Thq question was on 3Ir. Ilpod 3 Resolu tion, Jn favor of tlie removal of political disa bility from those in hearty accord withsrecon- ttirth. 1 . ' I : I - " Mr7 IJat3:ri-"Xd he hoped the resolution would frissL lie had been informed byjsevcr- nl entlemen of high legal attainments j mem bers of Congress, that Congress Hid halve the Jovcr to relieve persons from pohtica jility. JIc had not the slightest doubt JKvvlr to do s. Ky the adoption of tl. from political disa- - .-. 1 - .i 01 tne i res- ;-lution 'tlie much vexed question olv"d. 1 ' ' " - " ' " ! niiiht be ' 3Ir. Jones, of Washington, said hqmiliesj ' 1-rre daily read on the Constitution, y the r opposUt&m. And the Convention wak now ifarhough only preliminary to the great work told that'the adoption of this rcsolntilon byf it has in hand,indicate the possessinn of that I th ConVcntioa, would display itsj ignorance. ; 1" Kowr, thudolvg:itc might reserve his sympathy, for he .would inform him that the ltepumicansi had cqnatly dK ik?l ideas ot tlie Uonstituiiwi, f tc. ThisXl't'iiventioii was trying to pecon-' 'r the delegate.; ?And one frthelirst .thitgs fo struct ine riai.e ana ii uoimr u n.vuiBm.i., b to warrecm'st ruction was to atlofi met mess upon which it has assem bled, yiH' find gaKoxtm importance as a poktical; question Howarjl, amendment. Then Congressmen, f theruselves as niuch orer:matchcd in1 practical j is that of the public debt arid ourf national ' who caniike tho" test oath must! be chosen, ability' for the' work before tliem, as' they are tehanctesi i;lne bnsiriesaof tha orintry has so - ud the old State would go back to thetiami-, . lv board beneath tlie stars and stripes. But ;.if ihh ""jiilirht factious oimosition continued. tins atate normal Tfosition in the Umon;amtsheismnoibcome Occustomedju XI TOTi r fS-ltr--WJr:?'" -v l .jt..; 1 TTAd-Wr. 'WikLI trt Tw"tlSWLi oet.tii l.-ii ' .i,..--lwiinrf 1 poison mingled in wine ; one a suicide;, .hot would say to the Conservatives . if! they . Sincf fate j '.lican parly. It propose to do all that iticouldl tion, iu.stlv towards relieving disabilities, and Con- hand uitv Ti'Hisuaris-i'ii. jet uil-ui lun 1 uiv -k- tU-i.c i.i.li- oi .hi 'that thunr. But everything can that did hot accord with the views of the op-1 States and in keeping with; the ideas and; in greenbacks instead. -of .Hooin eren indeed, city, was shot by I -Mrs. Edward A. fPollard ' ,,osition, was pronounced unevustitutlomd, principles which have brought' the 'delegates tot anticipate their maturity for this1 purpose about 1 o'clock tofday. Mr. loHard left the ' and the right of Congress to pardon question-1 together, arid . theje will not be ,oundJ withirijand Jhnf , add immerisely . to our circulation iMaltby; House some Veeks 'Ince," and ; Mrs. " ttL. Tiie rcvthitiau if anns hasi iiassei, but or without' the .State; any.' power .equil; :ib I'tbis 44ml. geailjP. tft enhance- the OQ6to aIl;COiiQO-i' Pollard hasjbeen unable to ascertain wherehe " tLe 'revolMtion of ideas is going on. The gen- defeat of tlieir work. .': f - ; : t-1 : .!! 1 y ; .diUes of daily life, j t We, wani , neither .this jfiajt. To-dayjshe called on Dit Moore; and inti- tivlueu will ne. erabaiiJon their old fgy fdeas,i It ia ilot'needfnl to await imyfitrtner;' aclion nox any other, scheme of quasi repudiatioDL,- imate friend of. Pollar!, ul during theinfe--'uutil they jiu tho Republican parly. It ' of Congress.; All that the Con Veiitipn in the -4.i..' .,,A.,:,i'u'f. tl, it revolutions. gienl j tlieir , ieople require is "adequate protection in t'thei sustained throughout by tho people's satipss, tfeKooti'ncr of Moores. The wbiind is riot dangef- f.irrf l:':t I'priT "O uaciiwards. " had so det't-il it i it "t better then u au- 1 l itlhg ftlluaUvy? J-Vt W aU UWr Vo iuake I - j, 1 r ' North Carolina once more an honored menv ber of qn.honored.- Unkm, i3pt'i&dtm0 or. -I "ir' 1. .11 . l' . t .... . I It. r jtuMiu'iL. uaq-i xeps ncr irom, uicutuon- lor thrco yearsj after the 5urrenler) Ice. What mutt be, ihoate of Xorth Carolljiaif. this course pdreuOL ? ? ,JohnsonV policy tVag votiJ down, by those, wlio iuni'pia! at the arai- oo I nesiv oaia ilKe a catnsii at a minnow, AjQQ 10 ?s..firet; traduced 'Ly, the, saine parties ai hestv'oath like a catfish at a rnihhovan(J tlien rejected 5nmptu5urfy?;Tlt,fi rebellious States, tae only reuioaut oi th' right of snffrage left thenv Tet it rwaa rejocCatL If this plan goes down no what wiU become bf ta t lie ihttddeted to relate r-Tho tongue Of Mirtow might portray' Sohffery.broaHcat save theseJtatefriiiStitfhe bel-ve that the twrrthenr -Rrtes "would vet be' the most rauicax or union. j,et crenUe - men maTjcl)s4ljpIiifl3M.tre Bitiqn-that mtted, from Vf 17 pmf Urthey take them. they-shalL t - ,t : . . i. : .'j t.; -: :.4.- Wsdshsdat. Jahuarv. .'r ' Tlie convention assembled nt' 1 1 'o'clock, President CowleS in the ChairJ ' ,! ;i ? T f Prayer by Iter. S. S. 'Ashley, delegnt from Xew ifanOverl f ,: ' Tlie Journal of. yesterday was read and ap- proVed.jrVV V-:; j, J j - A communication from the Treasurer was t ii.. ,i!J . as to tlie stock held, by otate nx the .Mh . - Ches, Canal, liabilities, assets and. dividends. ; Mr, Jones, of ; Wushingtonl mpveitliUVref- erence to the committee on finance-with in- .strnctions to rrort tho best method toBo pursued by the State towards this coinjiiuiy. Agreed to. ; . j ,,- j.: t j : , ,Mr, Watts a memorial from Sampson eoun- ty inreierencc to the lateeleetioii.i lief erred. ) Mr. Abbott, a communication1 from : the President of the Wil. diar. & Kutht'R. K.1 Mr. Harris, of tke, a memorial f roni Mr f f fal' f Sampson county, contesting the "scat """ ,."- V '7 of 3Ir-V l.Hns, of. Nimpson. ' Referred. ; f ; 1 Mr. Jones,f Chlwcll, a nmjonty report on homesteads. Printed . -J . Jla ,i tj i Mr. Flood, a minority report on homesteads. Printed. V ' ":':;! IIKSOLl'TIONS AXI OKIIXAXC-ES.. ' ' 3Ir. 1 farris, of Wake, a resolution that un til tho Constitution or civil government is formed, mid' an' ordinance for tho relief of the ifJeople is passed j no ordinance or resolution o; a private character snau ue emerunnea. s ;' ; After dis.ai.s.sioii.the resolution went oyerl plr. King, of Ienoir, a resolution respect-j iifp action of tli Convention Taid iSvorJ "1 j Air.- 'TJIrh k rnw.lntion fnllin!nn filieriffs. for nnniber of executions in 'their .hands and ; amount of monev'to be collected thereby--1 Iid over.- I --";. V .ff Will' , ;Mr. Congh-ton a resolution in. favor of im-meili.'tte-iictioh on the Constitution and the re 1 ief -of the people. Lsikf over.' t? j ; 1 he hour ot ,12 m., havmg arrived the Uon- vciiuoa.wcm in w consiuerauon vi uiim . - ... ... . .k.rt. 1 4-trarflmyi- t;-, . ' , --uw i he undersigned, a maionty oi ine seiecii committee on relief, respccttuiiy report tnc0f SCW York could L, , , , . ,N ... . y ' JrU'l ,,i0 court of law or equity of itlusStotb fff111 jurisdiction of anyjdWrh founded on any contract piade j prion to the . 1 K ...1.41,4. .;.V. CIl.I'lL'U UU iiill -DUCU bVUbldUB. : nULbUCl'-DUkll - . , 1.01 ' J . .... W such process hhs 1 i . . . ' 1 nercaiier oe eueu for ; and the sheriffs, coroners and cOiistbles of this State, having in their hands miyial process issued upon any judgment founded ort sdeh caus( of aciiou, arehcTebyfcominknd- eti to stay an proceeding upon ine .same, and returi the same to the proper courts. , ' Sec. 2. This' ordinance ishall be in force 1 from and after its ratification by this Conven er ' tidn. and tdiall continue in force until tlie -first or an'., , T , i.i w t T..K- ia nr ,,t!Tlth fV...ctitntrnn J oHo, net fo . sha i 'nf t Srhirhnvor RhnlFffrt hnnni gc into effect,1 whichever shall first; happen Jietolved, That a copy of the forcgomg or dinance be sent to Maj. Gen. Canbyj Conunan ding, and that be be respectfully request ed to cause the same to be enforce!.' , ! ! Mr. McDonald, one of the committee,' agrees m recommending the ioregomg, with the cx- Jception of the except? on in me nrBi. secuon. which he thinks shoald be str idenaraU''3- WILL. IiJ RODMAX,' Ctini. JOHN A. M DONALD, - JOIIN READ,. - i.V: tr . - G. W. BRADLEY,-1 i "' M T TT TTTrrU'tVnTJT'IT i " Mr. ' Watts' offered- the foIloSim : amenolr meu; .. :, , ,-; .... .. .. M , ;: ,! Strike put all included in the exception and insert after tlie won! except,iM contract' or engagements, entered into in purchase of real estate, when one half of thqi purchase money 1 .1 ' I II 1 . L 1 . T uas uoc oeen paio.. Horth Carolina. 1 -. l: (! The '. Constitutional' Convention . ;f or' this State is now in session. Its proceedings thus degree of ability and firmness which , Will 'icnU sure the f rami ng of a, desirable organic . law,-f and command the conhdencu-and Support of the people ot the btate. Ihe smalf Jband of consenatives, so-called, who have been placed ing the successful accomplishments of the bust j m vuhuuuuh iui me purpose oz prerenw in numerical strength. Beyond question, the Nortli State " is on the straight road to her of rebels move forward with a firm an unfaltering 1 i m me great worK oi orgamzmgrepuoii-i government iri harmony with 'lier isteri rights with which they have been , endowed, nni 01 sucn proiecuon mere does not -remain any hadow of a "doubt, GnafJiyybfic: . I 5it,;- .... . . .-. .w .Lw-i., 7 n,;tnuraerea ny ms - rrienas,ana one a loneiy I , being called to , 7f? tri Cooler r Instil Hcs . IZdnjtfy s'cvcuimr'of. "Octoler vlfoA. 186J, fci L. je liavfc asscoinextjtoTJtne purpose owcx- pressmg ow opuiHMi&tutpoii ftg'iocaiu of the late Kfecjiblieati State Conrentioif. and to ratify airjsonfinSHttininatf While the Convention ; took; due ypains Ho" ascertain the fint&s of the? several andidatea, yet every Elettor, before dposi$in,Ju?t: lot, i entifled ,.o'ttnr-::txdoTmUoa'tm9fi possess atjlhebarjietCT -and -qnp&atipna of each nomineb TchecirTulIv offesue I ain enabled tOvprwent It Kabeeivmy ri - ? T, iJ J V ' been placed upon our State ticket. . Most of JipyfeW.WfR'. rthftp? rfrafefiaHciefiand HrtelfjoffcPtnbai iywiniti'fthruh !e,ri ln - n - iK,tw w .TiAUU-" ' 'j j -Mv-tfU?-r-' MuctM IVt m3 ,J.Yfon will, I tru st pardon 4me forcupying " fmibjefs' t'neeas-: lest political Ana each equally demand that the pacification shau spring from causes of an enduring , na xnre j xromineni; among me qnesnons upon winch tiwpeople tarOughoitt; the eountry s are dlvided i that, of , reconstructing ?the States lately; in rebellion, The President,;, althouglij clioseii bv the tartv-to which we) beloncr. fa- ; vors the immediate admission into uou of those crentlemen claiming Seats 'from that iectio& whb willrtake thd oath' of allegiance ?tcitho4it reretjeo 16 their mst rC0hdUet aiid, without .asking condithf is any, kind ; and toward the acwimplishinent of triat end he" stt'adilv exercises tlie powers of his great offices Congress, orr the other band, while .willing toi wivo all claims tttdemnijy for the jiast, demandfecarity for the future; I In view of tlifrightful train.. of cyils- from j. which j the be obtained 2 , The people" who reWUed and engaged m war against, the nation J consti tide a large majority o( .thejwluto population in all the late msurrectioiiQry 'States: This; major ity 1st so !arje' as'ehtirely to Icohtrbl political affairethereirii ."'Arehen the whites of those State's iwho were loval throughout the struggle, and.whiidxy .in. their Jelple-ssfiesadook to us for protection, to have no .eflicient ) oice hi the inevitable, questions " of adjustment? Are the Freedmenj who have so faithfully Served th e natiouh 1 -a n'sei , jf 11 , ! hfffhe r civil sfatuls tliiuvhefpi c' the abolishment of slavery ? Arc there no dangers, of another ; rebellion to be provided against -whenever it shall suit the mirposes of the iahthbrs of the late-' onp, and thfiria!tof b gardf iJfeekenridgeToontbs,mme, lnjar min, Slidetl;Masion, and leading fellow-rebels, with' rioWet?trriHT ;.it;beeii supposed that llicse men ahd"; their .associates ! were to be HtMetfltfmmi - .. ni, ,.of.i fi.;v Vrm h Rtot. as whs.! done durinff the last rear , I' had ' the honor late the occupant, of the Executive Chair ?l ill. ; ,...J ... . :J .. ; , ( " Surejr, had, this question; been supmUted to K . those two great sold iei-s, fresh lrom the two net cities of the bonth, and familiar with the spirit of the people there Sheridan and Sickles--whose W isdom hi jeace rivals their deeds iu. warand in whose honor our huzzas were sq recently given that the echo has scarce dieT away, would they not have counselled I caution ? And is their well-matured opinion worth notbing in this respect ? ; Indeed, if the insurgeutfspirit is wholly quelled in the Fifth apd Third Military Districts, jwhy were these patriotic officers ilisplaced? n CoiTgrcss, in view of the dangers; tot which pniuence uoniu noi oerOiiua imss Been ui 10 impulse; derf conditions precedent to tlie admission .of those Stites - as it' was their right no only,, but their solemn duty to do. WJmt isthis'requisiteguajanty ?t , Theessen tial isi that loy 'a men, '. without regard to color, shall 'participate in the reconstniction of thoso States. 'i Rut ; this would enfrahchise the blacks i Most certainly, fo? in tliisiway only can we affonl protection ;to..ihem:ancl to loyal ! 'whites.'. . Whatever, we .might think ; of the - . ! dom' of . such r a ' measure." as " "an! abstract question, we art-10 brce'd to concede its imte- rative necessity as a practical. 'one. Itfis-a pocessity growing out of the s Corldition ;pror duced by the rebellion, remedial, in its nature. Rut I say to you,!niy fellow-citizens- that im partial manhood suffrageand popular educa Uonr'arc'. nlonc' tlie true saf-jniards against future civil disdrder at the Sooth, -and while tbesanie reaaod for such a measure does ; not ap.ly tq the.loyal.SlatqSjfyet w cannot iday claim to the exercise, of .that equal' andi exact justice to'all which "should be our boast until the; same principle is recognized at the North, , When the Tjrmditton imposed by Congress 4 shdL.be. eompliedl Vith; loyali'rejirestentatives irone,tenslniirfi(itriic be admitted .into the .Houses of Congrpss with thesame alacrity Jas we're received the repre sentatives from" Tcnifessee" when the Statei complied with the terrus' Imposed, j What bet- great" bod ybf Cbrijress fare' anxious1 foi the 4 admission of these States. fwXtm are s farnilar -with the ereritwhicli thrnst the grave duty of opening a vay for1 recoiirtrnctibn solely upon hat body.They"' believe thd : coimtry favors i theif plari, and the will insist, soberly iand dispaRsioriately, npon the condition it im pbses jbift they" would h'ail with satisfaction tne return oi ine 1 .Mates wnicii now, - in tne -felicitous wofdof Mri LmcoTC "ate out of stheh broper relation to the Union.! I repeat and-emphasise-the; assertion that the iSonth i have only;to comply with the-plairi, simple couuiuoiu nere ppeonvu to iukw i agaialnithei National Legislature. long been conducted .upon a -largely? lepreei- ated papetcurreney have of others, among which? is a 'proposition put I ion,n oy.ajew.pnoiio men 'io pay one oi , ine great popular classes of United States I bonds , conqueretl the rebellion, i And so far we have I been enabled to meet every; engagement and :sacxedly- to fulfill every obligation wi(Jb the, T , "iv u,. v; .i ' ; : " ' ".v 7- - 1 snau, reiuv;io;ine-!- tines. .ux civmcrpur-. Of National' concern:' Thef'cotintrveveiypropo.sftioi tenaing to. iriciase taxa- soll f' -j. folk faith. ' . " . i " 1 reroe, in wis nil agrees js very inierT iwt uemuiiutii ur cue .huunuesi r Tt n " iiTnnP tlit th JohnAn "nolicv" with hyh1xirtiesF have directly to idb, f Statesmanship, ,with emphatic ,' refusal." In-ha,i Wnlfadortted ' That noli rv meant to re- 4 socjaLantl .tuianeiai-. demauda this. austry languishes uuuer, excessive taction, t,o ! f tK couniry nas ju-i. emerge ami ,uie origiii .oi wliich , to soiiie extent yet." exists, lis this, fin reasonable? If riot-'hoHv" is the 'indemnity to have enrolled, in a reriod 1 i ourgreaVrror l and from it comes a brood " v"c - - i uLIc credit"". r,:iJ witb honeStjnana "mcut K; rra thvVY Vfc 3f ribBtw. , .. . 1 L we h.vA cor.tii;:ie to ao eo. iuq -ievj rwaSi f;;irW contns j a antl'mustbefalrlv naid.vith- plai-jmd emphatically, t'.-.t its' voVmay, byHhe pedblejre re presents. I le jta y indeed. dnft'3fw.ayf6r a timeout the tide that '"bb U hot Inortnre also iti flow haiklstUQ ' rer reseruauve- to ocea ai icttui- uic yoic ui ;ms .,:1. .v i .,n i:tjM"r.w i 1 lltesfamMh then,Yonjsurreiidyjj; auestioTwjtti rVHk"? Z? rc4r 'y .di i'"" ?7MUjyoo,IreilTl delicate and Vll2iVtouxIu?rTaycicr.t itit-cofn i l y V , 4fTT, '., down everyj attempt, come from , whatever j a? .t4i!veyylng pojwlar. , JaUfa .-and .the ad inegritf of ihe tnlohe jti 'Z, t.&cv-vehtua?lQthW?isi. thA.niustion of ip pviig:ui"Vs. " iseciuauy uj auxy oi and must be disenthralled. , Commercial ag ricttltural aiid mechanical interest all feel the present burthens which grow more and more onerous, and will continue to do soi as curren cy, gravitates' toward a-gold value.; -Our. in tenud laws need revision and adjustment. TheVwtist bo made to secure thb collection of taxes pn commodities thatJ now largely es cape We must iieduce tlie humheriof articles itaxed, and; we must also lessen the number of officials who collect these taxes. Public and private economy,' coupled 'with thej recupera tive forces of our nationaL character, our in viuoihle and;;elastic energy - ;and ciiiiglrtened enterprise,fcwill! sjieedily ; set; all .'industries again in iiiotionjj and , thus soon a restore ? the losssessusitaiiied in our...material interests dur ing the w:Jir. 'I I t "! , , j Other questions of importance on which parties are divided occur to mo, and ' but for ther overshadowing moment 'of those to' which I have referred, would now claim discussion ; but imitating tlie wisdom evinced in our plat form, we should, refer all save these leading ones, to a future canvass, and unite! our oner- beeatd in: the Hails oi L'c rrt s, tor no rep- entativejpll fojra grcnt U i.tji of timh3jrge( eihCons esntlallv different from tho'e "lield 1 ' ; x . .. ii ..r i . c . t .i . , . Kepubhcnn : pirty to put down armel rebel- lion and end the war. rant "question of that tion, is forced forward until it is. disposed of, our work in that di- rection is not done. ,ixttxn months of our late. knew himj for the adjnstnicnt, of this qnes - as favorably as we wished, but instead of these reverses attording cause of .discouragement they should stimulate us to greater exertion. The most fpowerfiil party cannot' be' alwavs and everywhere successful.- Causes. Of a tT lxJ cal or tern thrust the brary natures mselves in to! will now and then divert us : from on ri. more important work, and for. a time wfcaken lUs hold upomis. I,ut ; will we falter now, after tlie sacrifice of hundreds' of millions of treasure, after the S$Je has sent," jfrnm its farihs, its c6unting-hoisosiand its profession al ranks, four hundred an fiftyrfive thousand five hundred and sixty-eight earnest men; to uphold in jtiie field the interests for which we still contend patriots, rwjhom we M ill ever beat in our hearts ; thousands of whom were maimed aud disabled, tons 6f thousands of whom sealied their devotion with their lives? .o, we yilljprofit by experience, and strive, iri view of all the interests (at stake,! with re doubletl vigilance, to ratify at the polls what has been well done in' Convention ; and if suc cess shall crown our efforts right upon the pes ior lub peioimance or, me amy oi Hie ; white meil of the South to the franchise, with li.1r' m Vurpo we- must not turn . peri;ips a thousand exceptions-so trivial ih ase .Vou remember that. General Grant, , llccd tLat thov do ilot afl'ect the i argument, wheiv asked by Mr Lincoln, on one occa,ion, The uSt .,te8":lhei as he called theni, amoun why the army of the Potomac' had failed to '.t6(l to abollt five milHon and a haU f ple take' Richmond, replied, "because it liad ncv- With few exceptions, these people! ?were reb r fought its battles through" i his must, els. ,Tiev the Sectoral machinery of not be our error. It was the.mission' of the. i, . t,t rvAv ti; iv..? yeuieutftuoiju iei m, vev rciiia n; gaeintts, M D. :.l . . .1 . ... J: 1 .: lime euougn, njiue yeij r.u, 4eniguanti uiiiu- taiuiii' a ence" lingers in the tdacest that ". recently I ?n v heels of these temporary reverses .in -other iinise.Loan, five hundred or a" thousand. mil States, ours will be th0j nobler triumph, the - iionj five por ccnt; perhaps, '. with which the grander victory. , , . , ' Secretary of the Treasury might' redeem the The End of Four Great Men, The four great 'personages who occupy, the ! most conspicuous part In ithe history of the t world are Alexander, Hannibal,: Cajsaiy and Bonapartel - I J ? ;f v ! ! - Alexander, after having-climbed the dizzy heights of ihis anibition,. and with his teinides uouna wuu cnapieis uippea iu the uiooa oi countless iriniiansj looked down upon a j con quered world, ami wcpt'ithat there was not -I 1 j r -1 1 -i' . i ! another-wpi onfire,aiiddit,l in a" scene of debauch: ' Hanmbai, .rafter having,1 to. the astomsh-f ment and c6asternation of Rome, passed the A'ps, and liaving .put to rlight'the armies -of I piistressr of tho world, and slipped - 'three bushels of golden rings frpm the .fingers of the slaughtered knights,"" and ntidc her foun-. dations quake, ilea from bis T oountry, being hated by those who once I oxullingly ' united his - name .io: that of their God, and called him j Hina baalf-died at last iii a- foreign cauntrvL yy poison (uiiuiiMeruu wiu -.ma own.ttan.u, urilaiherifed. arid unwept;. J ... ?s . ' Ca?sar, after having'' conquered eight .hun dred cities,' and dyeing Ins garments m the bloOcbofone million of his foes-;, after having pursued to death the only f rival he had. on earth, was m iserably assassinated t by j those he jconsidered his dearest friends and in that very place the attainment of which' had been his greatest "ambition. Bonamrte, : whose mahlates kings ' and woria m sacKCoitn, ciqsednis days m . lonely banishment, almost literally exiled from5 the world," yet wherehe'could:8oirietimes i see 'his V. -1 'i il. . !'. ! l..i . .1 A' 'I 1 1 . 1 1 ' , . . 'I' ' i aid. stand thfe!feiresentatives of alf'' those wliopi '.the world calls great-t-thesc four men, whp 'each in turn made the cart2itfemble to its very center by their siniplc treao, severally died7 y one ex : I A PlIYSICIAif OP BAtTTMOKE SlIOT I1Y Mrs. E. APoiJUAKDt. -Dr, -A. G.-Moore, of 'this ;Mrs. Pollard refused trtfiv-n ball .' arid f- was committed toiiau to await the action of f ..! :i a. . -..i.i ' . . . t the' grand jury. V. ' . f V . . . I -- I I 'a., i t '. . v 1 . .st . -'V P i T "Ti ; T : , V ,:Vv Clmia could- certainly pass, ic.ii.'k .1. ip 1 iw 1 .1111.1' I n iiiit 1 .i.ui.rT.i .Lr i r ...T - iei7?.r ms nara?n" VJ nHlY$j i bv the President. . How rope tub teai-s ana otooa, anaeiotned , tne ' t ,.r ' tw J, .' j. which did not, bnd could not, bring him ! . - ' - V "flliif4; f liicn" -frtii 1 mjn vAt- t utADrlrtn I amo i. Avi. 1. "ivu, 11 uv ovuu ia What is theIsffael The Xew XoVtZ7meM'hich wc'Tesard most cireeuve jLqmoj tr, in'discTtseiniaf the ?fPXj es tuw dejnantr upon for thenv for "certainly it th-!ZVnJ-y aaw the neefessity for the is onjf iuMmiektreme emergencytiwt auCh meas ures a theswtmild be deemed wise ori even tolera ble STJfa Tribunejitrgpfly urges them upon pub- iaPa3a-J J beeood enough to tell us why thfytamen Jf Wht cruwa in our national at- ; ws air- t resort crrcSMUes so extreme ana i naorTXSrpjSmiiea - idesr- as tlsesmk, the war was raging- proportiona and many mm,wwc rvcplea of ne cessity was urged and acw.v..otLlhen the plea was at least intelligible. liu- Jloes it mean necessity or extreme measures exist? The rebel- tan iiy let&oi fc!twflWaswre wte& 4operato UheArinci4eof the menof the rebemon.,We rea- re.be - Certain c3asses werp idisf ranchisedji" ;but the disfranchisement was . speedily vremoved by Presidential proclamation. No provision was made 'forj the negroes.;- The; Freedmeifsi Bu reau bill was abolished, andithe negro was to be denied civil rights,-! , lie could not vote. r 1 T Tr nonhl' not: (tit. nrrn -a . tiivv ; Tin ilil ; tint. - .' th it-irrhr k ncHt; . it nnA ueatc his children, Jjocal; laws were made which virtually reminded .lum. to f slavery laws of "fa)i)reuticeship" which kept him in bondage. While tjicdvepublicjins contended that the negro'-was the ward i of the, country, and that we should aid him as 'much as possi ble in risiiig above the blightiiig and polluting influence of .his former thralldointhe Presi dent iusisted that thei "States" had absolute power over all such questions, and sthat Con gress had i no business to interterej I ' jJ-T ii'As this I argument was the'" fatal one,' and we think the-cause, of Mr. Johnson's mo$t un fortunate blunders, let! us considerl ?'it a mo ment. . ...What jare the! "States,? according .to the l residents dcnmtion t i liis; prociama- tion of September 8, 1 86 1,-restored all the cit,htv rc.bels in the next Electoral. College. v . V I. X , -.Ill- t I' . -.1 t riraie co Erresai mi ,v;4P D?V WQ Prc5 tRF We ppw,Tf efsprra of out people from virtual slatery, .ten morel,, iixiixx! .JA -n.jftjtAraxjKtJMncgVaittf lo' Maryland; arid tlw UAion f rorft ra tfiunibh'' of . J he great , concomi- j ;mj senaing fiftv- ight representatives' to Con strnggle recontruc-1,' To" llialTe (t ri:,ier, these! live and a for settlement. and' Vw.u- ,v-;n:., a1i i i.'aJ. : ,n,A ei. in the Ullion a8 the Slatcg df Illinois, t,..h or.., w;ncin rAn...5f m; Aloe. ew ' Jersey and, i Vermont, con- population ol over ,000,000. Tliey rta Tr rn 1 a -f"M t?ihijenlTOfl TiTif ' ,oarfv fom. million & negroes.vho wereto "Tiitical oowur. ; 'Ve, Tmaglne. Iheat fir-ii;ht f gentlemen in gray .taking their , seats in; the House. Tliey , would, find forty-nine Demo crats to welcome, them, and'not a Wood' Con- ' orpss for1 av'V-.oiiiiivv- nlpTsi - eitlier f Fortv-i i O" m r n .r:- i y . j. iiiiir. lit r,. ident 1 -His Jii'oelIeuoy would have' been su- i -,, uld'havt been vetoed." "every bill1 or resolu- naranteeinir iusticc to thenem-0 destroy- ed. Another revulsion takes place, ft change . . . ' ..:.'.: I' . r. , like that which came over the North when Seymour .was ; chosen Governor 1 1; Twenty Congressmen gained, let us say r-and lo ! the whole Congress passes into the bauds of - the Copperhead Rebel alliance. With a Presi dent iwho has never vet done: an act as Presi- equ ing all the" State debts 'into'a i.-ffehcral loan: thus lapping up and revivifying; the war debts of the Southi'! Then a bill to make good "cer tain claims'". upon the citizens of the Southern Ktntn A tipu- loam ot. us r.alf- it. a oniiim- obligations known as Confederate bonds Then another loan, to .be called : the Com promise Indemnity foan, to make good "cer tain Josses incurred by the Emancipation Proclamation.' Then a, new; Army and Na vy bill, restoring to their positions ! in the army 'such officers: as r had resigned, but who, by an act of grace and amnesty, had been j Cxo& fr om the ; pains of rebellion. Then certain Compromise Appointments, Lee -as Gerieral alongside of Grant f and Joe John- Ir'-cfmn K sic il i. Vinnrn'ttn oiii -1iniTkrvnl . -atri ri Own' utoivtv Miivi man aiui - jjvuui v ll vs. t i mi .Why not? If -the. sight of Orr a Cmich mai?cW arm4n-ann,iHto a Phila- nr frt r, TmnnA k - ; ; essay on' politics could, make - tlie President shed - tears,' wh-'at v balmy, gushing, i heavenly dropii' would pour ifrom his gracious eyes at tiro-! 'sight of , Grant and Lee; on horseback, uniformed, as Generals,1 at -the head 1. of ..the American; army, all so.happy and sogay. ! And -of course the' South would have -to be cultivated.' It would'be "pretty :hard to-jget the negroes back into slavery, but pertain judicious laws.cpuidbe'Ptassed.ij'rhertf might i- he a- general system 01 appremiccsuip jor an iggers imder IwentyrOne, and another" wise plan "of ' "selling 4U nUUtL; OtlLU for all niggers over twenty-one,- -am 1 1 under the State iustrce' for iiSouth-Carohnafor in stance, we, can. imagine ,how. easy it 'would be to prove "vagrancy. ; .And to rill the place of disgusted- niggers who 'riiight runs awayj the! Coolie'trade would offer -splendid induces taehts. t Aj bill, to facilitate, emigration from and ue appro veil could he refuse ? AvOuld - become the will not say that .the President would willing ly enterrnpon this r policy, orjthat Mi. Rayi mond would approve it. ' Mr.5! Johnson is an obstinate man Mr. RayniOnd is' noti V The instinct of one is- to :meet""pttblic V.qitbstibns verj' much as the celebrated bull met the:; lo oomowve, wnne ine insiinei o me ouer 1 w follow whoever may ; be President. ; Office hath a pleasant and attr'activer savor, and the President, iri his dogged, purblind, unreason ing way, wouldlhave had himself rapd the whole country in the trouble we baye pietur ed,s but for the courage and zeal of Congress. . Now we come back to the catechism of our co temporary I ! ; "r 1' '",,'.1' 1. , 1 : -Time -What erisis iri iur national laffairs demands resortj to remedies so ! extreme anil desperate ns these? i- ' ; .1 : 1', .. J T'ribiiiie--& do not consider, thesej remo dics;"extrema and desperate:"; but lire t hold f that' untit "the Southerq States are recons,truc- ted, and the loyal men are enabled to piotect ' tlimsI.ves, Congress should nse every power, ordinary and extraordinary, to complete the - ' - i I ! 1 - M ill W. r ji 1 , dentvto offqgd either i Rebel : or; Copperhead, we caji imagine what would follow i First, a bill to eoualize the State indebtedness- fund- t AIIV5 lUUiX'O KJA. lil&lllVjUU Joshua of the 'Mongolian.' ", L Well,'this is a fancy picture ! " It would be a chapter of -history, but for Congress. ;- We It TbnesTn what bu-lrfW iocs any buc!i Iniy px,raivbmeeessitj4fpr! ertrcmcmeaur 1 srj.'yrj-fiiij .. iTrtfnr-Iu:lljie White. JC4lse,'JPle9, ia a president who has kept neconstruction backj .who has' encouralpd'thei'sprrttVof" rebellion h(f ha Sfantohrydjrokeri faith "with" Cohgress anxlf the"jeote f -who strivi to provoke uj warfof raeea, by xemandiner the freedminl jo rebel poarfo "j ast;AhQhas T jetod every over I tir:merir wnotMjf '6'nlr complicity with the rebel! iorti Consfres has tried for,taretf, yrtf U m Ml Jhnspito .executej.th fecpn8cio Imf' xiiseu'to do it by placing j(tsexeciition,in1 tho. ahitsrrmcnyH ifivlng the OeeVils'trhaiafefet la: M W W M MJ IF I 111 -.LlUllliaail M f I IL I I K. ' 1 :BtaridVready f-ni omeifUoi takfc tlie nejoi bti -tlie throat 2,vm'l4j&Kevnvv$ij sate witVdverthrow. .'. mJ4rm t ' Tun--Tkitt reniains td.bellseen. Av Tinii-Sit publbjerjll' pt'crhiiigs,the na tion. . 3 -I '. M . 1 r 1 ' 4 t ' ' '7;ft?-Ves,ryes4 j thkl pril;bf bad; men in- omce, oi ine creaiureSj t'oif ' prejuaice anu slavery in the SouUi, of threatened civiXj kvar in the JSTorth, 'of defeatedj iredsoh;. struggling for.masjery, and the greater ipl of men-who should know better, falling by.; the "wayside, Mil thmwitini-'fiAvaV' their -isirniS. itod' mvinfr aid and comfort to the jenerayi j ? ' i The tssu'e ih Justice; lane Freedom; 1 If the I'res id en t w ere tq do h is. d u$3' all would be well, the States would quietly i giiavitite lnto their, places we should; have union,. peace i I . i -A I'-il-1 'f if.' : ' r lUStr--: and ru-osneritvj. char itr'dhd kiidness. tiiio chowes to stand in the Iwayi ' annTlltc aid; ;the enemy by the influence; j)f hs grcat oflieei- Our trotble is riat only that we havJ to reconstruct' the South, butiLso to ivconstruct kthe l'l'esi- :denti ,..-! 'ti -t - An important Bill in I Eegard ' to Impcach- Senator Edmunds hasin roduced a bill reg ulating procedure' in cases of I impeachhieht, which was referred to the Committee onjtliO Judiciaiy.. , The. bill provides, that; .whenever the House shall have agreed upon articles, of impeachment it ishall a2jporitiii such liiaiihef as It uiuy. Mil txi, Jiiuiiaepf, irect. 10t' exceeding five iri nuihber,- to conduct and miiantain !the impeachment; and. upon the Senate being in formed by the llousej that articles ot impeach ment1 against any! .persoii shjall have been agreed upon ahd managers,, sjqip dinted, Jthe Senate sljall, at 12 j oVslkli'oioii ' lof ' thcr'"ilhy (bunday .excepted.) i following such-"presetittt- uuii, M jsouner, so-orjLiqruu uy . vie oeuaws, resolve itself into a higU QOurt of inipeach- meht for proceeding Ihereaiir jA'iqubiuW.of iue vjeuaie snau icuustiuiie u umoruni oi xne court,-iand shall cbnthiUe the Sessnpri "frbiii day to ' day (Suiuhiys j excepted) j until ' final ludgment shall be rendered.!, Ihe vbiex Jus tice snau preside wneneveriinc -4 T'csicKni'.or . ; 1 ; it . i t i i . i :m-; ' on trial tinder nrticies jot imwachmcnti bt said Chief Justice hali haib' iio!vdte; in the proceedings, r The presiding ofliccr, of i snhl , high court j,hall have jiowei to nake and jjs- j sue by ; himself, or. by j the j'Scretjary .of pic . . . i . ii, .. i - m- i - - m . . renaiej au orders, -piantiates.'W rits, and. pre- cepts autnorizcd uv tins act. or , l- .. : f I ... 1 i . i L '.iv- Riiid courts ana 10 niaKei ana eiiiorqe such other HA!.,' I. All- ol.-'Ji- Ti; leguiuuoun aim yi o.ei jas uie peijaie may 111- rectnolt inconsistent with til i 4 act.; Power is also given for sutnmoning aiidcioiripelling the attendance, of Antnessips, and thd presiding officer mav, bv the direction of said c6urt.re- qiure th aid and assistance of any officer tor person in vie military, naval, or cvil service of the Unitfcd States to enforce nd; carry in to effect therders, dcclaratio s,j mandates, precepts and judgments of sail' court, ana. 11. shall be the dutv;. ot every sue officer and person, upqu such ljequirenient, forthwith obey the same, anckot every, such person to or officer, ii the militarv or mival tjervjee of the United States,' up'on sVcli requiiteraent, forth with to employ thetroons iind forces in his command to enforce, exeWte, , aiid parry into effect tlie aforesaidjoi-deilechiratioiis, man dates,' precepts, andj judgiiunts of I said high court of im peach m cut AnpdidobedicnCe to orders, precepts, ;e., on thrpdt:' jjf persons above, referred td, isi made;punisb.abl6.by fine and imprisonment.- .v-;k- !!r, : ' - Provision. is also made in ease. oXt'lie --impeachment of the President or Vice President of the: mted States, for suspending sftcb bftl cers from the exercise of their official funMions pending trial, upon ! the order of two-thin the members of said high court i and the -sf- ficers ;o . suspended, by - order, of said coii shall be deemed arid taken 6 be to all intents and purposes in state of inability to .'.dis charge the powerjs-and 'dntu s' of the respqje tive offices during the cbntinance of any such ordef of - suspensions -a: id no person n the serx ico of the Government shall recognise or obey any official ict of ' tl.c officer, so; sus pcrided until such' susnension shall b'o'remoW During1 the continuance or suop susriensiOii tho powers and duties-of the- officet' sd"ftns ipe ruled tJialldeYollvo upori:tho p4rsbu author ized or desagiuiteq; by. law tq disc'iargc or .ex ercise 'the! same hj. ase of remc yaJ,;resigna- tion, deaths or disability to discharge -the dii i-tinA r':l J I f: ;s' --!':a'ji!,,S...t..:rt:! ' ties thereof ' IVlf.fr iTliere are 'some people in the Lulted States i i . . . r i .. ........ I who, would have ns believe that ; the Constitu tion has been abolished; eha wed up.bnrned up, ground to powder,' dumped imto the Poib mac, and washed ,o it;.to sea ajb out ( once a week evef siiK'p Jhiesf) Buchanaii ; ceased jto be President,' and I'jffefso)i jDavis'iwithdry in high' dudgeon from the' Seiiatci: 1 'fine las t instance of its abolition was xhei adoption' by the Reconstruction - jCtommitiee"of a proposeil bill to except froiii the appelate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court any act or question aris ing out of the lec6n"structiori acts, f Tlie (World adopts a somewhat singuljar1 mode ' f demonstrating the unconstitutionality of this act by quoting the section of the. -Oonstitution which expressly at.thorizes.i, asfUows; "The Sjipreme Court shall, halve apptiBate jurlti- tliction opth as to,law and racti witft such 1 turn and under such ' reirniations as qoiurress' ..',Tlie argument; of the World ttithat ttiQ Constitution, by' expressly ponferring on Coa gress the power to1 except any 'class ;of csmn tiTYiYx 'thru ifiiirJcjlW't.Ion of T.luV'Klinilotnfi' floiifK iriipliedl that they ; should only except siiii trifling cases as the TF orltfmnd JDemoeratio party thought proiicr...u4.iWi f;nvU lntfAF sit !thn ,m L UKlVI JVI4VU W .,- V VAJ'l VCD IVliVI V ) 111 .. VwllOW" ( cies of Inner light, t6 be in viblatibn of its inV f plied intent," Whch the strict constructionists I have 'goti td. defend. the Implied 4ihtebt of ;thkj Constitution from. being overthrown, by. Its express language, are they not running their hobby some .distance into theround ? , , ' ' ";'. ' : A lP 3 ork 2 fibiHC. l measurpoi.jre-umonL ana,, wnep passe lis vetof ailed ta earFy t but'; ' Vho.no'h claim tixTioboT ds Iheir 'wttfe&'er'ctvYI 1 fcfr : J HTtms-ZX6 armed i hmirylthTeatena Il rsrra tho The Unc has como or .ev.CTyviolJicr of f reedoiu, Vnlok to his musket," ami replenish his ammnpUioxi-Txjx; an J "see ' that Ji standi M-ell in Jinc. ! We are on the eye of events that may tfthecohrirgViidlhcxonftanc of tlid best of us. ,Thei)cmocratSj, tho Ilebtjs, and the weak-kneed Republicans, hnfejtornjcd . coalition tinder theead of Anor !lvJolm$on, and there is no knowing wht st p miy next be takenLookat-the elements of this- par ty ! In- the . JfortH ;c;h? tb4 ,(uuf derers I of orphan negro children- tlie riotrs f July -the boujQty-jumpcrs, andthd yskssi'iia...Wjp have n0wsapers like tha Tj , Cto$se J5emo cr tvMch enldgikea- WUkSsBopih.:arid . thi shows more ability and .mom reckless power QrjiLUig to hav the- Wonteamry Constit- . ' .1 . t f . A a. .- L . . . . 1 uonvAaopuxitaBWAjJiopes-ia tesvo wio jpnr afraid to strike not ouite so far away., uot Unjuit get. within th-line i victory-r- trtartirwitti in.- Botn of thee wax vpon "ti. by pretending to use thenaihff OttTrtnbtheft , frpenrynssailirtj C"rnnt. ."Jnytho Soth ,wd, hve the Rebels? and the Conservatives -the fornier manHstealcrs and man-owners. ' !. Theiso'.men.-'areiboun'd.', togotlier: with but on tie -"Down with the nigger," Men who should know better, Christian men, who read Bibles and pray, vehemently join in this cry . fDown with the nigger," j Howards that tliey are, they do not see; that theso tlack. fellow. . - . .. . ..i tyrariir, tJie,op)reHsion, jtl) et dless crimct they have heaped upon this race. Tliey have robbed them' trampled themi hi thef dust,' ta ken iheir" children children, Set us. say ii wun siiamc, wiin-ineir pwn paxon oiooa flowing in lhvii vciris aud kept them in sla very. Slaiiderers that they'' nrd instead "of "jjown with ine nigger -c-"JL"own nigger.' ,-,'Tliis is' all. Thcy 'can ; ho "longcir rob him, nor steal his, labor, rior buy and i nell him, nor. hunt lain with hounds, .vid cover him with stripes: hint "ravish h'ig ( M-ife and daughters ! 'Dbwri with htrii, of -oursc 1 For five years,1 f gcntldmcn of the South , you fought to kk'p the negroes in Slavery, and bitter arc your tears of :discomf ture. Shed them no more. For here come Rjayruond and Bemttt,ril4s O'Reilly and Brick Pomcroy, and Vallaiidigham. arid vood, ami they pro-' pose to fight your battle for you. i Tliey mean that''y'6u-hallfprot'ctw tho ncro.' j Think of it, merry philanthropists of Andcrsonvillo and Libby, 1 We shall place theni under your nrottioji,yfor5ou ro ;Whito men, am! . me-in .io put ine negro tiown, i , , i ' rfAnd in all Lthcir camps vc hear the cry, , Dowti with! the' nigger, and thd further cry, f Down with Congress." As the negro can jiot well be reached until Congress is sposed bf. down with Congress, amid din and clatter and loiid-mbuthed swearing ' Tills may he hll.1 "We know ' these ' Valiant mlcri. arid per trii llox nrt-.iH nttlh-lo th HAinnm f or I MA. CleHan to march ori WdshingtoiM We muit prepare for every contingency. 'iXct the R ' ine.- - for with -all its short-comihga we regard It the noblest ire American hlstofjvj If Congreaa falls -if its. Will is persistently defied, if its ' work is to be; torn to shrd3 hy. Prcsiden4 nrid: anibitious soldicii ai a vicious and middle ageddawvers-theri chaos will pome to tho South, find; we shall bo in a ; worse condition thari if Iiee had conquered in! Virginia. Shall the spirit of slavery triumnlj,!or (ho spirit' of Freedom ? . j . The issue has como to that. Ah- i drew Johnson represents fd4 R .'bcllion just aS Congress .represents the llnioi. '.. We must j either stand b- one'or the otlucr. There is no middle course. So'form thojincs and prepare for the contest, and . let the war-cry be, ' btand by Congress. A". ,1 . Tnoune, ' ,-. . - : . I t IKlTARy) Co-Nf TlIK 5TII Olf FeI'.KL'ARY itiox. It is already a foregone conclusion t(hnt this pi p6sed! Convention of f ' Obstructionists w pro- will prove a miserable failure.! 1 A feiv desjH.ratle politicians, who have every th ing, io gain ami nothing -to lose by a continuation of our pres- ; ent state of suspense hiid nnxict'i will doubly less be on hand, with theif customary slanp of "negro supremacy,' &c. jBnt tlio honest masses of the people. haTO groin tired cif" this thing.; j They ha"vq found jt that, abus ing "Yankees,'! niggers'' and f Union men,' is not the most certain mcan of relieving tho j wants of ,'th'e People;and restoring the State ; to the Union. I ;Af ter more than two years of ., stofni and tempest, sinCo tho overthrow of tho rebellion, the old ship, though battered '. Land weather-beaten, is at last In I sight of the I t i 1 -I 1 .'! .'.1.1. ) l . . . naruor, ana is sureiy ana sicauiiy moving 10 wards it. " Shall we ' reverse miri course and at but again into a -wild and uhkriown sea, no prospccR ociore us,,oui uiier pilar conimehd; this 'to Umj consideration of thoughtful inen every where, and also the I f urthty fact' that every delegate . to ' this Obi-i structin Convention will plijcc himself on n , cordagikust rccoiistructionf. 4nd cut himself ' off from csvery iiop of r relief .froui the diso- , bility impccd;by the, ,Hoivard amendment, j should 'he bexiiuder wicli disability. But tho j futirre peace and welfare of INortli Carolina 1 is an infinitely ntigher consideration than this, t arid wc are sntUned will havo its full effect in lufiiieuciiig all good citizens jfrombaving any thing to do witk this last, resort of doscrato men. IZalajh'&tat(mrd. j j TlioGor- .' 1 1 . ,1UE U.MOX A 'ACIFIC lAII.KOAI. ernmeiit commissioriefs ofVlhe Union i Pacific ! rftilrOad have rcjorfetl to tn Secretary1 of tho ! Interior that they find t the KUteenth' section v of tliiriy;rhiles of Said J road cpriimenciug at the $ pth, mIe f'ost. ,and tennihating I at th i 540th mile post, w'cstl from ie "Omaha, $weH, .; constructed and ready 4or nnmcdiate scryice, j and therefore n commeiidcJ the acceptance of tho. section. , .The I'rcsident of rthoMJnitotl ; States has accepted tlo sect ion aud f cVlccd S the patents and bond .accruing by! law; to be I issued, to the company.' The 540h mild post 1 wnere xnis section enas is seven inousana hto niUKirea and twcnryMrive ieetiove water, -ps ..t-xt-'sr-. !. ' " " : ?.. r-''H r -'jjl. "1...J ... TTa.. '''.-.. I . L11 J Itbtfie ! ilow'l our affections centre aronnd ! 1 jthe place'of, our nativity 1 Zlowjwc bless tliat 1 tear piq namcja wc iook pjer pur past lives, f ami Krii&h fltt'.iv llio tniuf u-illi m'1i?.1. I er of time,' irf its ceaseless' flow has obscurel f the tnifer arid holier asptiotisfiiisjiircd by I the hopes' and fears of t earlier days 1 1 - How ' many fires are ihid led on as maiy" hearts, a j , we cross the old threshold of the homestead, whose embers' will glow when - all other m ? vXll nguisnei i j inu ihen? how eur hearts go In longings j for the old scenes, when in , -J -r" T TV wui w f i. iii' -l yt fUiisir Goodness and IIonkstv are other qualities whicl' are pioreUioWy; but nono i wear"bcttcr,or gather less tamUU by use, than f goodness ainl honcty, 1 ' ' ' f . , Demgs were noi mougnt. nnwotimy to snea their , blood ' for. the Unfonj ' f ingrates that they are. thev have no compensation for the ueiping mesc poor people m ineir cnoris 10 rise, the' deride, belie, rid iculol slander them. with mo publican parly .staml .close to jCongresaj-p 'lTustno man n ho imiot BOtiareiv iuI Let the watchword be, Sf arid bf Congress.'r, tho battle ttf I 1 ... J 1 1 - 1 i 1 ' w
Weekly Pioneer (Asheville, N.C.)
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Feb. 13, 1868, edition 1
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