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ILEE Edition.) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1866. i u 1 w A : r - H - " i . 1 I THE NEWS. ' J PUBLISHED EVERY! TUESDAY. II. L & J. H. MYUOVER, ED-TOBS AND PE0PRIET0B8. Oats year, ! Six months, $3 00 2 0Q Do. RATES OF ADVERTISING, baelSqam-e, (1 inch or Jess) first insertion, $1 00 ' iu r " . fia-.h stib.seaticnt insertion, .CO For one year,- one square, .......... . . . . For fix months, " For three months, " . ; . . . ... . v . . For Quarter Column,- 5 squares, o months, 15 00 .9 00 .6 00 D " 40 00 60 00 75O0 40 00 75 00 100 00 125,00 i 12 3 6 12 For Half Column, 10 squares, For One Column, it , -. i . . - 20 squares, 3 months, 75 00 i5 125 00 1, 9 150 00 4i . j i2 -200 00 Ailvci'tistments to he continued inside, $1 each insertion. "S. .j . . , if LETTER OF REV. HENRY WARD BEECHSlr tee of the National I. Tiie Executive ommi Ooiivfcntion of the Soldiers and Sailors, to meedin Cleveland, Ohio, on the 17th. inst., addressed a letter tc Mr; Beecher, request ing hjs attendance at the Convention to tct bs ;Ciaplain. Mr. Beecher (declines, but i sendaS the following patriotic aud encourag ing letter: Peekskill, Aug. 30. CHARLES G. IIALPINE, li REVET BRIG-GEN.; W. sl6cum, maj. gen.; Gordon granger, MAJ .-DEN. committee: . Gentlemen: I am obliged to you lor the invitation which you have made me to act as Chaplain to the Convention of, Sail ors and . Boldier3 about! to convene at Cleveland. I cannot attend it, but I heart ily wish it:, and all other Conventions, of wliatf party soever, success, whose object is the restoration of all the States late in the rebellion to their federal relations. .Our theory of government has no place for a state except in the Union. It isjust ly taken for granted that the duties and re sponsibilities of a State in federal relations tend jto its political health,- and to that of the jwhole nation. Even territories are hastily brought in, often before the pre scribed conditions are fulfilled as if it Were dangerous to leave a community outside of the grerit bodypolitic. ; Hud the loyal Senators and Representa tives 5 o f Te n n esse b ee n ad m i t ted at once on the assembling of Congress, and, in moder ate succession, Arkansas, Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina-a Virginia, the public rimS of;ththwouldrbavc been :vfac i morej neajtny man it is, anu uiose ouueB j which lingered on probation to the last woufd have been under1 a more salutary ' N; influence to good conduct than if a dozen armies watcnea over tnem. Every month that, we delay this health- fiiL Rfpn eomn icatcs tne case. ine. ex- eluded population, enough unsettled before, grow more irritable; the army becomes in dispensable to local Government, and super- 83(les it; the government at Washington is called to interfere in one and another dim cultv, and this will be. done inaptly, and urtmptimes with irreat imustice: lor our coverriment, wisely adapted to its own proper functions, is utterly devoid of those habits and unequipped with the instruments Avhicli fit a centralize government to ex ercise authority in remote htates over local affairs.1 Every attempt to perform such .1 . j.:L U - - 1 4--wl in m ? cf l Lr DO wVl Vt l Vi a 70 excifed the nation. But whatever impru Mill IIIS IlilS I fUI ICU 111 IJIIOlrlluvo ii inuii iii u dence there may, be in the method, the real criticism should be against the requisition of.silch duties of the general government. The Federal is'unfit to exercise minor police andBocal-covernment,1 and will inevitably blunder when it attempts it. To keep a half "score of States under Federal authority, but without national ties and responsibilities; to oblige the central authority to govern haln the territory of the Union by Federal civi officers arid 'by the army, is a policy not ionly uncongenial to our 'ideas and prin ciples, but pre-eminently- dangerous to thjj spirit of our government. However, hu- f mane the ends sought and the motives,; it ..is, i l fact, a course of instruction, prepar j ingdur government to be despotic, and fa miliarizing the people to a' stretch ot au thority, vhich can never be other than dan cer jus to liberty w -r ; i 1 r ; -i 'ILL am aware t nat eroou men are wuiiu e Id r.hirflv. of itsieffecfupon parties, and upon V r . : . . . the freedmen.1 ' j : j It is said, that if admitted to Congress, the Southern senators and representatives ll , ' J will coalesce witn I JNorthern democrats, and rule the1 country. Is this nation, then, to remain dismembered to jserve the ends ot parties nave we learnea no wisaom which just this course of sacrificing the na- tion to the exigencies of parties plunged us! into rebellion and war? . - a j Even admit that the power would pass' ?' iu 'v,r.ria f o nnrf-r mriA U c Ktt Ua hmrnrv m infi insr. rpn vsars. in Southern men, and the hitherto dishonored and misled Democracy of the North, that "power could not be used just as they pleas- a . Thp war has chanced not alone insti tutions, but5 ideas. The whole country has v j fT..ui: enntimanf ie vui 4n aOVVanCeu. Il UUIIO ocuuujwh w vaui.u xai . - .. . - i a i bd obliged ) seeK. OUfc Its cuiuiuei, iu me i ing slopes and forms of the I o i -.ill already exis continent. re have entered a new erapt UDertyr. ine . .- ..- , . i from advocating the prompt and successive creas th Mangers and complicate the diffi admission of the exiled States by the fear, cu ties. jWhether we regard the whole I . . - .-: - ypun; apesn of our times are regenerated. The gj-eat army has been a school, and hundreds of thousands of men. are gone homj3 to .preach a true and nobler view of V nmnn vi vVi A ' All a I . !! . i r '8lH9' ine inau8tnai interests of societvTaro movinc with i dom toward intelligence and liberty. Every-1 vyherei inlchurches, in literature, in natural sciences, jin physical .ndustries, in social questions,! as well as in politics, the nation feels that the winter is over, and a new pringj hangs in the horizon, and works through alii the elements. In this happily changed and advanced condition of thingi po party of the retrogade can maintain itself.J j Everything , marches, and parties must rparch. ? I Uearj with wonder and shame and scornhej fear of a few, that the Southi once more in adjustment with the Federal government, will rule this nation! The North s rich, neverefore sq rich; the South lis poqfj nver before so poor. Tho popu lation bf the North is neartv double that of the South The industry of the North, in diversity, an forwardness and productiVe- ness, ia aai tne macmnery and educatwn require for manufacturing, is halfa centu ry in advance ot the South. Churches in the North crown every hill, and schools warrji jin every neighborhood; while the ooutipasbut scattered lights, at long dis tanceB like light-houses, twinkling along the edge pf a continent of darkness. In ine presecice ot such a contrast how mean and craven is the fear that the South will rule the tiolicy of the land! That it will nave an irjnuence, tnat it win contribute. m tirniei nost important lntluences or re straints, te are clad to believe. But, if it rises aijorice to the control of the govern mentjlt will.be because the North, demor alized by prosperity, and besotted by grov eling intei-ests, refuses to discharge its share of political duty.- In such a case, the South not onty win control the government, but it bugjtit t& do it! "iv -j , ; It is feared, with more reason, that the restoratioi. of the South to her full indenen- dencej jvili be detrimental 'to the freed menr The sooner we dismiss from our minds the idea that the freedmen can be classified! and separated from the white Ponulation: and nursed and defended by themselves, the bettemt will be for them and us. The negro is psjrt and parcel of Southern society: He capnol be prosperous while it is un- prospierous. Its evils will rebound upon him.? Its! happiness and reinvigoration can no & be! kept from his participation. The restofktiori of the South to amicable rela tions withfthe, North, the re-organization of us inausiry, xne reinspirauon oi its enterr prise a'n'd tjirift, will 111 redound to the freed- jfreedfoen Is an unsettled state of soceity in the Sdiithi On him comes all the spite, land angerj and caprice, and revenge. He jwill be made the scapegoat of lawless men. unices wc tuiu cue guvciulllcu. lulO a vast jmiiitary jnachine, there cannot be armies enough to .protect the freedmen while jSoutbrn;ociety remains! insurrectionary, !lf Souihefn society is calmed, settled, and occupiea ana sootnea witn new hopes and prosperous industries, no armies will be needed. J Riots will subside, lawless'hang ers on will be d riven off or better governed, and jbi way will he gradually opened up to ! the treedmen, through education and indus try, ttj ful citizenship, with all its honors and duties. ! rilization is a growth;. None can cape ttiatiorty years in the wilderness who travel frofri the ignorance ( to the promised land of civilization. The freedmen must itake theirf march. I. have full faith in the results. ; If they have the stamina to un dergjijthej hardships which every unciviliz ed peoples has undergone in their upward progress; jthey will in due time take their placef j ampng us. .That place cannot be bought, Jior bequeathed, nor gained by onnana. it win comq to sobriety, industry and frugality. As the na- virtue tion fcanbot be sound until the South lis prosperous, po, on the other extreme, i a healNy ondition of civil society in the South is indispensable to the welfare of the freecjlneni ! j Reusirjg to admit loyal Senators and Kepresen.tativ.es from the South to Con gressljwill not help the freedmen. It will not secure lor them the vote. It will not secure anjr amendment bf bur Constitution, uuyvtqypi ju UMU WIB. Xb Will OOfV ln- aon, or any section ot it or class in it, section the fist demand of our time is, eDtire re union Once united, we can, by schools, church- es, a ireej press and increasing tree speech, j attaqi. eacn evu ana secure every good, i jMpanwnne tne great chasm which re uciuyw iijiauc la uu uueu up. 1C gTOWS deeper and stretches wider!' Out of it rise dread spectres and threatening sounds, Lcfcthat gu" be closed, and bury. inr it slavery, fectional animosity.and all strifes and, hatreds. ,1 : It is fit that the brave men. who. nn a.D?;! I Ian? faced death j to save the na- uol snpuid now, by tneir voice and vote, consummate wnat tneir. sworas rendered - 1 possible ! For the sake of the freed man, for the 1 Saks of the South and its million nf nn r i .-Ht i f , ; I mi I rinr. F inn tm?ii n t w w k inn .nnr. . i i.'riTo " m-iv.w! wuuwu vi uit parts which rebellion and .war have 1.a,.-.i - t -i i r ! I am truly yours. Hknbt Wabd Beecher. FAEL0B JTJGGIINQ. ; We notice that many of our pojaular maga zines and periodicals are deyoi Jg a portion of their space to the science of "legerdemain for the edification of their younger readers and for ceneral home amusement. Wc don't propose to go behind anything with ink on it, and consequently we have pre pared a number of tricks ! which will be found not only entertaining, but instructive In the long autumn and winter: evenings they will form a never Tailing source of a musement. They are susceptible of ex planation upon natural principles, and no parent can consistently object to tnem on, the ground that "there is suthin' wrong a bout 'cm." These tricks are not only health ybut perfectly sure in their results: The Spittoon Trick. Take two half gallon spittoons white ones are the best -then select a strong red cord -a worsted one if it can be procured pass the ocd en tirely through the two holes of the spittoons and give the ends to a gentleman and lady, selected from the company,' to bold. Now let a lady seize the sspittoons, and sliding each to the opposite end. of the cord, bring them together smartly, wben they will break in pieces and fall to the floor. This trick is easily performed, and will excite considerable applause. The Magic Stick. To do this trick properly you will need a pearl-handled knife and a hard wood stick, some two in ches in length. Sharpen the two ends of il i'l l.l l M ', t tne stici. ana men try to crusn it enaways, either between your hands or by sitting up on it. This, to your astonishment, you will find it impossible to do. j The Flying Hen. Select a large, well fed hen -the color-is immaterial, although black is best arid place her in a sitting po sition on some smooth surface. Then over her, place a paste-board box eighteen by thirty inches. Pound smartly upon the top of the box with a bone-handled table-knife for ten minutes, and then suddenly raise it, when the-hen will immediately fly away. This trick can be performed by any per- son of average intelligence, who gives his wholfi mind to it. The Nail Trick. Take two large wrought iron nails, and wire them together in the form of a cross. It will then be found impossible to swallow them. There is no deception about this. : j The Cable. Take a piece of tarred ca ble about fifteen inches in length, cut it ve ry carefully in two with a sharp knife, and then try to chew the ends; together. You can try as longas you like. The Magic Eggs. Put twelve fresh eggs caretul v into a ereen worsted baer. hwincr ! . Swing f the bag rapidly about your head, hitting .it each time against th doorpost. Then ask the company if they will have them boiled, ! 1 : . J rTM I scrambled or fried. It will make no differ- ence which they choose. : J-m- won u .vx-o. ucicvi a jiuub. ut iai u. with plain white backs. Take out the four jacks and burn them before the company, letting them see the ashes. Now shuffle the cards quickly, and holding them in the ieit uanu give luein a snarp rap witn tne Knuckles oi inerignc. xuen piace tnem on the table with face down, and defy the com pany to find the jacks.- They can't do it. The Red Egg. Choose from the assem bled company a young man of light or red dish hair, florid complexion and accommo dating disposition, and seat him n a chair in tne middle oi tne room, with Ihe specta tors surrounding him.; Then direct him to brace himselffirmly back,-and taking a large hen egg poise it carefully on his nose. Then with a gold -headed walking-cane strike a1 vigorous, perpendicular blow on the egg-1 The shell will suddenly popasunder, exhib-l iting a remarkable mixture of a yellow and blood red color, (the latter predominating.) This is a singular trick, and will be a great favorite with young ladies. f The Vanishing Chair. Let some of the company who are in the secret, watch an opportunity when some lady or gentleman leaves the room for a few minutes,and du- ig his or her absence post an individual behind the chair just vacated, with instruct ions to pull it back suddenly when the la dy or gentleman returns and is about to re sume the seat. If this is done promptly and skillfully a sudden fall, with collision of the lead and floor, will be the consequence. This, when performed at a large dinner-par- y or assemblage ot old people, is a delight ful trick, and will create much amusement. The effect of this feat of legerdemain is very curious. It. the subject acted upon be a la dy, she will probably immediately repeat the same action of leaving the room and not return. If a gentleman, he will fall in to a prolonged fit of silence, with percept ible ammunition of appetite at table. Go6d. -A few weeks after a late mar riage, tne nusband had some peculiar thoughts when putting j on his last clean shirt, as he saw no appearance of a wash ing.' He thereupon rose earlier than usual one morning, and kindled a fire. When hanging on the kettle he made a noise on ' ' ''mm purpose to wake his wife easy. She imme diately peeped over the blankets, and then exclaimed: "My dear, what are you doing?" He deliberately responded: Tve pnt on my last clean shirt, am going to wash one now for myself. U j,'" "Very well," replied Mrs. Easy, "you had better wash one for me, tool" I Ten poor men can sleep tranquilly on; a mat, but two Kings are not able to live at peace in a quarter of the world - COMMUNICATED. TOB TELE rA.TrrXrVTLE 5TEW3 . NOTES AND rmiSOF TRAVEL IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA ' Leaving Fayette ville on Wednesday morn ing, 22d August, I proceeded to vend my way Westward, unfortunately taking the Plank Road, "which of all the roads I ever traveled is the most uncomfortable. There is little to interest one between Fayetteville and Car thage; the way is one long monotony relieved only by an occasional cluster of woodland flowers or dumps of water-oaks varying from the eternal pines and scrub oaks, wearying the eye with dull sameness, rendered almost in tolerable by the nearly impassable roads. The crops are exceedingly poor. Wheat and corn have suffered severely from drought. ' Wednesday; night was spent at the house (thirty miles from.towh) of a most "worthy" gentleman' whose excellent lady - entertained us fith rrenr.ine old fashioned hospitality. Ther)yr ;tunaieaoug .to:be directed o a dirt road which proved to be"a very go'od one. ; Beached Carthage, county seat of Moore, at eleven A M. Court being in session there was an assemblage of the citizens of that sec tion around the Court House. His Honor Judge Gilliam was presiding, and some of the light fingered freedmen were occupying 'the attention of the court j The distinguishing peculiarity of the pro miscuous collections of people in this village was a serious cast of countenance singled off in couples, they all seemed, by their ear nest gesticulation, to be engaged in the dis cussion of some grave subject. The condition of the crops are much deplored ,and fears of suffering are entertained by the people in con sequence of the unfavorable season. Past Carthage the roads begin to improve. The soil becomes firm;sand disappears, and a few miles farther huge boulders of rock rise from the grounds, moss-grown and gray with the fligkt )i time. : The traveller is now fairly in to the hill country; 'to march up a hill, and then march down again," in the style of the French monarch, is the continuous course. The wretched Plank Road, however, accompanies mm . ana progress is siow, ai fordinsr ample time for philosophic reflection on the cross-tiles and stormy obstructions of life, and the ups and downs of this lower sphere. Passiher into Randolph the country becomes more interesting, more undulating; still larger boulders of rock are seen; they lie in groups of three and four, and look as if they had bean hurled down and riven asunder by some ante-diluvian revolution. Thursday night brought me to the house of Mr. Page (the accomplished door-keeper of the State Legislature and of .the late Con federate Congress,) to whose kind auspices I recommend all weary traveller! coming this way. f I was sorry to'learn that in this neighbor hood unsettled feelmsr still exists, and the tl -WV . ' I "people do vjt feel secure from molestation by lawless iniAmdefs.7 TrheTer(siXfy-elglit miles frm Fayetteville) the scenery becomes still more beautiful, the hills enlarge into moun- tainettesj?) and fine meadows open upon the c-gn,. " ; .O "o -owing to the unusual drought the streams are nearly all dry. Dunber Bridge which spans the Uwhasie River is an excellent structure, a substantial covered Bridge, and looks as if prepared to resist the ravages of time. The River is very low and muddy, flowing over a bed oi clay soil. On Friday at three o'clock I was glad to bid a final adieu to the unpleasant plank road. A few miles brought us to the "Dutchman's mountain." Perfectlv round and thicklywood- ed, it rises disdainfully'above the suiroimding hills. Therefrom lofty eminences, a fine panorama of nature's exquisite beauties claims .. .. .. - t t ' admiring attention., ranges oi nius, ciaa m the full glory of primeval forests, delight the untiring beholder, urom one oi me nignest points three mountains are seen lying on to the distant ;north-ward "Shepherd's" and "Mitchell's" mountains; the name of the other - V 3 i . 1 couia not ascer uu.u. Gorges and deep ravines, dark with um brageous foilage, present, not by any means, the least attractive features of interest. Pro fuse nature has poured out her rich gifts, and laid her veil of blue mist upon towering peaks Randolph may well point the hnger of pride to her fair and varying scenes. "FYidav nirht I spent at the house of Mr Reornes; (one hundred miles; from Fayette- ville,) there is a nne mineral spring near a favorite resort oi tne peopie in mebe pans; wiiicio' iD wiuug v "u r r T i dicmai properue, io "Moore s mineral bpiixigs. Himmicuiuues TTonir, Rnrn " also oplp.bratpd for 4hp PTPPllence of their waters. Here the roads r.a TTo-rxr rmnd. the scenerv fine and fhe water limpid and cold. The nights and mornings are chilly, rendering fire necessary to comfort, My nostess wumea iue uiaia. wis required upon tie Deu generauy wurougn ine : " m nf Tf, TTf s nnnnh, " n.r disappear, fin- oaks, hiekorv and sweet gum being the principal growth. The number of voters. ; If those States disfran roads become much firmer and better, in many chise negroes, they will,. under the amend- instances the way seems one long bower, the sunlight shimmers through quivering leaves, wild -lowers,, a species oipmK, and tne Tgrace- ful rrnlrlfin-rod adorns t hp. WdT.aiiip Tn Tin- ALli, - J viasou cwiiu.i'j iiuuaciioo xurfia wiiuuui mi- denrrowtbJ the trees of enormous size, are penetrated! by the winding road. Having forded Abbott's Creek, I arrived at Lexing ton. the County seat of Davidson, nuite a prettv bright little village. There the ruins of the nanasomesu court nouse in the State, tell a tale, oi devastating war, it was burned during the occupation of the Federals. The villarre presented a gala-day appearance, a large number of people from the surrounding county being on tne streets. Trade seemed brisk. I "was told it was no unusual sight; that every jSaturday a great many people come in to barter. Left Lexington t half past eleven, A M. The crops on the way continues thin and parched, j About one-half of the usual amount of produce wui oe garnered in this region. The Tobacco crop is very fair. A few miles from Lexington is Yadkin College, situated in a fine old forest upon an eminence com manding a view of the country for miles a- ronnd. Fulton is a nuiet hamlet situated on I the west tide of the Yadkin river, the banks declining 'gently tcrtho water's edge and the ferry boat nejj, and iffgood condition, rendering the passage grfver an agreeable change from the carriage, ine ladkin with its usual depth of water is a considerable stream; it is about as wide and bears a strong resemblance to the Capt) Fear. Two large shoals are impassable barriers to navigation. A few rods from the ierff stanls a frrisl and saw mill in good working trim. The roads continue good. The forests toine magnifi cent The soil appears very rich. I saw the trunk of an oak that was five feet in diame ter and others nearly as large, standing near. Saturday, by moonlight- 1 entered Mocks- ville, Davie county, . nestling among verdore crownad hill3 and rejoicing in pure air and excellent water. It well deserves a passing trib ute; the J village is for the most part built on the principal street running north and south Though it contains several pretty residences, it bears the impress of ' the finger of time. Here I am entertained by CoL Austin, the polite proprietor of the Mocksville hotel, and his amiable family. V lth good fare and good lodgingI have every prospect of a comforta ble sojourn. From the upper story' windows I catch a glimpse of the Blue Ridge stretch ing northward; a couple of miles from hare there is a erood view of the Pilot mountain Monday 26, Court opens, His Uonor, Judge Buxton,1 presiding. Among other matters, two distressing cases . of murder will claim the attention ot tne court, in one oi wnicn a little girl twelve years old, is the only witness to testifv against a criminal father. This case has been transferred to Yadkin county. Two men were fined twenty dollars each, for as sault and battery, having whipped an old man. To-day several larceny cases will be brought before the court Ine drought con tinues here, and'as far as I can hear from. Wednesday. As I write, a gentle misting rain is softly descending to the lips of the rarche'd earth, refreshing all nature with its cooling influence. COSMOPOUTANA REPRESENTATION AND DIRECT TAXES. We have sooften exposed the falsehood ot the assertion made by radicals that the pending constitutional amendment would, in case ot its adoption, give equal repre sentation, that we are surprised that news papers and orators of that party will per sist in the attempt to deceive the people by repeating it. . ihe amendment is an open and cross attempt to defraud the people of the South and West in taxation and representation, if the arguments of radicals concerning the present rule are correct. If representation based -on the whole number of persons is an unfair rule, why did not Congress, in proposing a change provide a different one? This it did not do so far as the Northern States are con cerned.1 . The practical operation of the . . -. . , rule proposed in the amendment would be to leavb 'representation lir the North aa it now is. mere is not, prooaoiv. a single Til , . t 1 Xorthern State whose representation would be chaiged by enfranchisement of the ne- Him ho,- m to S Representation should be" based on the whole number of voters or on the whole numberot inhabitants, ine radicals allege that it should be based on the number of voters, land therefore propose to amend the constitution, but, as we haie seen, the rule offered by th6m will be the same at its ope ration in the North as the present one. It will require from a third to twice as many more votes in the Western States to elect a meraber of Congress than it will require in the! Eastern States. In this it is seen that it is framed to meet the interests of New Elngland and against the" interests of the West. If representation should be based on the number of voters, why does the rule propose that all who took part in the rebellion may be disfranchised, and yet the States thus disfranchising them be entitled to as great a number of representatives m Congress as if the Confederates were permitted to vote? A large majority. of.the white adult males in Tennessee and Missouri were rebels. Under the Constitutions an I laws of those States they are now denied the privilege of voting: yet the btates, undtr the amend- mentj would lose nothing in representation by the; denial. The amendment oners a t& niinorities, for the disfran- . .ru u j i n r i cluscment of all who supported the Confed eracy. ! By such disfranchisement the radl- cal partv, if it can obtain control of the State governments, may perpetuate its own power, and have the full number of; repre- gentativcs to divide among its comparative , qv? mcmber8. .-. iscertaipfy singula considering the radical claim mat the amendment bases representation on the ment, I lose in representation, but it they disfranchise white men it makes no difF- cnce how manythey will be entitled to I- J .'.-. .-., as many representatives as if the whole number of adult white males were permit ted to vote. This feature in the scheme was concocted by the ''tinkers of the Con stitution" tc meet the interests of the radi cal party generally. New England in this was content to share with the rest. Why should the vote of one man in TenneFsee or Missouri count as much as the votes o three men in Illinois? If representation be based on the whole number of inhabitants in the North, why should it not be so in the South? - We have seen, under the rule proposed in the amend ment, that in the North the number of inhab itants,1 and not the number of voters, is made the basis. If black republicans believe that all men are created equal, why do they make a distinction between negroes and white men in proposing a change in the rule ot representation? If Massachusetts may i be represented by the .whole number of in- habitants, why "may not South - Carolina? of the doctrine of equality of races contend ed for by the radicals is correct, why may not a aoutn uarounian represent those whn e not voters as iusUy as tC Puritan? Un der the proposed rule Massachusetts may, Til f i . . ... ... wunout loss oi representation, restrict suf frage to one tenth of her adult male popu lation, but should South Carolina restrict it to one half, she would lose one half the number of her representation. Under the Constitution, there is the same rule for apriortioninsr representation aAa & i a j- -. w . mm v. direct taxes. The amendment does not touch the latter.fc.lt is j obvious to every person of common sense that there are much more imperative reason?- for changing the rule in regard to direct taxes than the onn relating to representation. In proportion to the number of inhabitants, New England na more capital than the Western Sfat-. The State of Wisconsin has S-50,000,000 of taxable property, caid the rjtv ofl Boston has So00,000,000. Wisconsin, with one tenth.ofthe capital, pays more than five times as much direct tax as . Boston. Is there a man so leaden-headed that he can not see why the rule in regard to direct taxes was lelt untouched? Will the aboli tionists who are now blatant about ine quality of representation answer why this glaring injustice to the West was unnoticed in proposing a change of the rule in which the subject was involved? Chicavo Times. j Cor. of the B;Utiiuore Sun. Radicalism inN the orthwest -Depression in the South General Beauregard Threatening Aspect I of Affairs in Zassouri. Washing, Sept. 2. Radical hostility in the northwest appears to be irrepressi ble, but not so in the Middle.states, where the interests of commerce and finance begin to exercise an influence!. In Virginia and the Carolinas, according to the statements of intelligent and disin terested persons who have just arrived from those states, little hopeful feeling for the political or industrial future is cherished. Deferred hope has given place to despond ency. 1 j ' j The! recuperative process in industrial pursuits is retarded by a vague apprehen sion of evils which are expected from con tinued radical ascendency and tyranny. - Notwithstanding all this, the north pros pers. ;The opening of the fall trade in the northern cities is marked by a large demand frem the south in anticipation of the cotton crop. ! New England receives a large I por tion of the avails of this trade. All her manufactures flourish and are in demand at enhanced "prices. Should the cotton crop fall short of two; millions and a-half-of bales, the apparent and promised pros perity will disappear. It appears that General Beauregard has been more profitably employed in Europe than in military pursuits. It is understood that his mission in relation to the affairs of the great New Orleans and Northwestern railroad company has been successful, i I learn that the conservatives in the west are putting in nomination for state and oth- ar offices highly respected and popular offi cers of the United States volunteers, whose services during the war are universally ac- I 1 1 1 mi mi Knowieagea. inis will serve to counter act the secret military association got ud oy uoverners ugiesoy and Morton, the oqject of which is to overawe the people at the polls: : j ' Governor Oglesby excites the people to renewed hostilities, and pledges himself for an army of two hundred thousand men to sustain the radical party in Missouri against tne conservatives, in case ot expected trou bles at the November elections, and in the canvass now commenced. From the New York WorlJ. . A New Civil War. General . Buthr has been making a speech at Gloucester. The synopsis of his points sent us by tele graph, contains two open ;c of anew civil war, if the people of the North do not stand by Congrets, arid prevent the restora tion ot the Uuion. The Massachusetts Hel icals, he says, "will march, and woe to him that oppose3.thernl"i These threats bv the Radicals will assuredly frighten nobody iuiu iue support oi ineir policy; they will only strengthen the growing feeling that it is nigirtime the lituon. was restored, and tne whole country agam under the protec tion of the Constitution. "The Inmrpr settlement is deferred, the more bad4)lood .:ii,i ii re.i-i ... win uu aurreu, anu tne more dilhcult it will become for these dangerous and incendiary Radicals to yield a quiet obedience to the laws, j 'This war," says the valorous and chival rtc Butler, "must be settled bv those who lAi,V- :. : j it, meaning, we. suppose, such formidable and n .... - . " victorious commander n I " - the two most conspicuous. Massachusetts generals, Butler and Banks. Ashinino- re cord these illustrious opponents of a settle ment have, in comparison with Gen. Grant General Meade, the hosts of really fight ing officers who have signed- the callor the Cleveland Soldier' Convention, to in dorse the policy of the President! ' Could there be a greator stretch of impudence than for this1 Big Bethel blunderer, this digger of the Dutch Gap ditch, this furtive to and from, Fort Fisher, this "bottled up" Butler, tne scorn oi iianeral Grant could there be a greater piece of impudence than, for him to spout charges and innuendoes that the Jighting generals do not approve the President's policy? i - Blartfcs'for sale at this Office
The Eagle [1866-1875] (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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