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H',2 FAYtTl EVILU UEWSi TUESPAV) JUIiY 1C.-U67. ' fSPEOlAIi NQTICBS. r , : ''0J&x, lilo. '. Erfepcanriau is but aut4ioiibcl traf Arnt tor SuWiniitioU and advertising.' ,f ' TiVc hereby gire notice that single copies of the are sold only at this office, and where, the carri j . tfervnt circumstances, they do so without ottf v an tkeritv or consent., , . ( ' ' fiSS" Although 'our. terms are cash, our conn try friotuK are urgently requested to Fend the names of ! of their neighbor and jacquaintaece? as they knew to be trustworthy and reliable men, who wish to kHhscribe for theNEW3 but "ajel unable to pay ; in. jid iiui We will send the paper, and waitT lor a short tiue for tlie aniount ot their subsription. '.SU'S. ItEPtfDlATiOX. 'ThTvitJitio'Vublisnd atUoctesicr, Minn., TftTg initd isW of the22dt4t: - ! - - ' ,,".V very intelligent gentleman connected with , a rl.mJiiMnt l)iiKinsss house in "Milwaukie. and a decided Republican in politics, proclaimed it as his own bpin-t i.m fn this city a. few days since that a repudiation of the bond and' paper "money lissusd by the Federal Ouy erumint was. inevitable, an4 tht a propqsifeian, if Bubmitted to the people of Wiscdnsia to.pay or repu tiat vouy ba decided ia furor of the latter- alterniU T Kepudi(tlon or payipg qQ. the public debt; with legal, teiiddrs are thV alternative tliat by corf nOn consent are beiag'presentatl .for p.ublia consideration. . ' " s . , ."io repudiation, but the payment pf the debt in the jftoney of the counti-y should be the rallying cry of ery citiaen who is not within the circle of the favor s4 cias fhase capital is el6mpt from the burthens of the sqpport of the Qoveprneut,-Xjn.. iir , , Jt is really aurraiing bow ,rapi41y this scheme , U growing in favor. , "We should uot be surpriKed if it were1 to overshadow the reconstruction questioii next winter, Anything tht will fumiHh the E;i lio;da with business enongh tq employ their time and keep their hands, off us trill be agreeable to the southern people.- 1 . , : . ' tfidim:iul Dispatch. Ye ctt the abova from one of our Virgiiia exchangers tfii pye it some cousiderntionT , From it f a learn it ii popqaed to4 either repdiftte the national debt pr pay it off it legal tender notes., I would be contemptible hypocrisy on the part of we Southern people .to exT j press any concern about the debt of the General Goy- S press any prnnient pn grpuncjs of moral obligation, So lim.p an pembnt in thp discussion of the question as that,- in ny point of the country, iti not worth mentioning. - i Fox our part, 'all that can be expected of .us is that ve pay our. tixes honestly to sustain the public credit, That Vfe (should, dq, scrupulouiily, IJntJ it j would be jttt as reasonable (o expect he released wretch to ex? press loye fpr the dungeon lij vhich hphas -passed years of mispry a.s to expect the Southern people to efctertaln 'arty sentiments pf the kind for that great bgin6 which 'of all others wrought our ruin. If the jteservalion j?f the Goernment credit does not claim tnr iympaihy, then in whal light are we toi consider the matter? iSirely in . tho light of our interest and when we do that we Xnd that ire cannot afford to re-' padiate th pvhlic debt, for Jhe reason that: it would' ruin tht vchule, tntire pountry and produce istarpafion erery pa ot, . . " , . . ,:i , ; ;! Suppose' we repudiate the 4ebt and destrpy ( the vaU Ttof the pVcsept circulation of the country, what: will Veabstitute in its stead? The Jfational Biinks, ihiv jn'g their stabijity entirely in Government securities, tyttl, of course, disappear as dew before the sun,! and f U : other, issues .wilj be worthless. Kd one vould 1 ayq mpans or: the disposition i to take stock in : new banks, bnt if they had, no one for years to epeae wpuld Jiye confidence enough in paper xapneyj ihi tiike it. Tien what vpnld the people do?-"What little jgold en I uilyef there is in th country woul(J furnish the cirpntiting medium. But there would exist $o intense ft prostration Of credit and business that thje faiiner, the ' only man having commodities wanted bt the whole uommuiiity,, as fast as he got them wolqld hoard them, f r, ' . ' - ' -"" VV r;,-.;. ;:- - ,j As U U intimated, aerously, that repudLafion is go ing to be, an .issue in the country, we think it a 'very, important .matter to ns that we give it a itery close crutiny, o4 siIsfy qurselyes if possibltas tp its feas'bility. We wint to Vnow how men lib ourselves, jrtan the credit of tho whole nation, in the aggregate Ati4 the individual, is broken down, are tot be. kept fr6m starriri",'- ' v3 Z - 7 1, ? - ,aiTe lT:l year, it vul.hen gathered, all U m the handsofthe Assuming that there is to be a very large crop ' this- farmer.and we have to purchase for our families every oang they eat.. How are wa to do it? la but thay are no worthless. We ; have no gojd, van4 ;ab( property , cf any 4escri ption silver or that! the fanner wants or will take in' paynient fqr the baead that we need of him for bur' children. Now what ire w to 4Lo? Yon who are for repudiation answer ns if ydtt can "We all know what the" farmer is V that & is wore' easily frightened in such matters than other men, anJ that it Jtakes him a longer time to get over it ; 1 and that we might and would parish if wa did not have the upecie to pay him for his commodities. , .We don't in tend to find fanltjaith him in what we state, for it is nothing but human nature jhe world oyer. Pther ar guments may proseut themselves to other jnynds, bnt jtliei impediments from the chief sinners, it eaii foi the Uf of us we cannot see jt in any other light.; ' not withhold them from' the lesser ones. r x seems to ns macluess that men should propose to themselves the destruction of that which is as vital to ihfcir existence as the ak they breathe. If the national . securities jore how, to- becoine worthless, (hieli we 1 lq;i belie v for one moment) independently of 1 any effort , jto.render them so, then ihat is a matter , beyond 'onr control, and one which, whn it does oome will drag long iu its i train suffeiing in amount and inten sity skiJ as we have nsver dreamed of, If hj teriq rura is to be fonnd in ruined ;trade and commerce, Jieglect f tillage, nothing for the mechanic? and la- fcorer to di--idleness, arson, robbery, famine iakd -' atawatioii; then on? rointwiU har-.conx indaeO.' ! lnonrnxt w6will uisuua tlmerraativd- tU payment pf the public debt in the present currency f he country: We have, in the . above considered xhe matter in the niost direct and le shape into wbM we oould throw it, " ' : I r -y- . .' ::., : - ' ,-, i. ;ui .'-; GEr SICKLES' LETTER, i I : phblisbtoaletterfroniOener.i:to -anhte. M ate aiotgwen -to fault-finding with pffi- lab. who acmietimes appear to acting unrnably . nd overstepping their rightful authority,. we, are Jpot prone to bestow hastily great praise on public nien for actions which at first seena wise and bqce.ficial Xo hepubjicjjopd. ::.;'. , :vv" - ' '--Iv But justice is due to any man, in any pbskipn: ihe et test, jtjtte best criterion for 'judgment, consists pf actions, and we'C.anncrt withhold an expressioii ?Qf sat- isfectionwiih which we have read this very importajit Jetter fcqm tho "Commandano f the district. It is -written in eamest.and in jsinceuty, ,and is intended -to iprjKluce its good effects. Jt is .able, and .faith'rul to J&cXs; s eytry .prqininent jnanin the. Sonth, can testify. .Thbi cniujiicatiQn to a leading Itadical of the V. Congress bears not .the 'stamp of a noliticiani but of an fficial1mpressed with jhe grave respbnsibihties of hw ..'..." . w?rtt.Bo3ple ofatfouthetn mtA andcnpaiily the fct of KIiitmt i? B .te.it -a impose' the . ,rf.to.?eM ' -, ", , -----ov '-'i -sttu yjcwg 1 1 JLnd i practical : recommendations of General Siciles fnust have theidue weight, Sickles hps been in coinniartd of dhie pdilioa cf the Sbuth eve? since the close pt the war; he js a msra pf ability ; fcud ex j e tieoSe, calculated VS observe closelfo ahd to judge clear !iy ana oeura7ay: tne neij aroijua uuu. x- ue xa i'3ip?esfe4 -iih Ine .fepnvietioh that the people are loy- al tfhd niy b intrusted, with the management of their j 1 own an-urs. and the administration of the local and btaxe uoycrnments m wmcn tney nave a yiuu aau pre- the people pi the North reject such important testimo ny as his in favor of speedy reconstructlpo ' pit the ba sis of fairness and justice? - - ; - i ; '. 4 ; As will be seen.by,refeFPe tp, this letter, it is. rc- ominended that registration be postponed until Octo- pn the subject may be clearly tnowns and the district oamauder be txo longer in doubt. ; , ! j (, ' I Froni the Green.sbqro Patriot. , 1 UAII,E0AD .HEETINa III ! GSEESSOES: fi'i-'M.;r i.:.-:'ri'- -, ., j ! - 1 QreensborqV fae"27, 1867. j igteeabJy to notice, a number cf citizens assembled in the court hous&, and; on'motion, A. f. EckeL Esq.. was appointed vhaivman, and Jj. Svaim, ; Secretary of hej mieating. .. ,:. - .-:; '. r i . t . . , f : At he request of the chairman, Col: J. T.' Morehead explained the object at : the jueetirig and, after some remarks tquphing the practicability and prospects of the extension of the Western or CoidhelJs ijailroadt" intrcdweed series of resolutions, ns follows : - " v - WpEEEA'a, 'Tf he act qt the UtLegislatnreameridin the; charter of the AVrestern lluilvoad, relieving the corT poratida' of its indebtedness to the Stiite, arnT" by sub scribing' bno' million dollars of mortgage bonds," : and extending the roal through the rich yatteYS of the 1'adlih; aijd 'Dan, lias made the completion of theroad( a fixed 'fact ; and " .. ' ' ' ; j - here as, It now depends pn tho friends pf tha jtrork to fix pte time of its completion f - i yi'lesolmt. That however unpropiLious the political sbxte of affairs may be, noic is the time for the' friends Of this work tojbegin in earnest ; and that, the people f Guilford, being among the first in interest, intend to be second to none in qur effort to hasten the com pletion pf the road j and .we call especially upon the people of Chatham, Alaiiiaiics, Eandolph, Torsythe ptokes,' Rockingham, Yadkin aitd Surry to come' for wartl at puce and join ns. : i . ? Jtesulved, That a committee qf five be appointed to communicate with the friends of the road in the above named counties in order to give organized aid. to the officers pf the road, and that for that purpose they mate ai-rangements to bold meetings along the ine.of lue ioan, ana to receive sjibscnptioiis m liinq, laUor, material and moneys ; audl'urther, j That said committee lay before the nepnla of Rich mond, Petersburg and Danville, .the great benefits which will flow to their cities by opening this shortest and most direct route to the eastern part of North -and South Carolina, and oiTer them ; the opportunity of jjoimng with us iu a work so beneficial to both. ';- The meeting was then addresfiel by ijessrs. -D. F. ;9ald.well, K4ph Gqrreli;- Cob Baford' and J. A. Gil, mer, Jr. -And niter suggefctiom troni others, the resq-? latiiopa wcrp u.na.uimqusly adopted,. .-.' i Tlie committee appointed under Jhe . above resoju lions, are us follows : ' Jame?X Jlqrehead, jr., John A. Gilmer, jr., D. 1 Caldwell, Jesse 1L Lindsay, IX W. C. Benbow. . , r . : J Onmoticn,1 Resolved that when this motinp ad journs, it shall bo to maat in this plaoe on Tae sday df Angcst court next. . , .. - -. Ine meeting then adjourned. ' 1 ' ' A. T. ECKEL, Ch'n. iitSwAist, Seo'y. "vj-Frbnj the Ialeigh-gentineL Southern Radicals and the Congress. Jt has been apparent, all along, that the coarse of Congress has never suited Southern Badicals. ; They have always been ready tQ go ;tp the extreincs of AYendell Phillips, if, by thati means, they pan gain pfiice and power. This is their ttUimatum. Thp real interests of the negro they do not care a groat for, beyond the accomplishment of their own ambitious designs. They have been very troublesome tb ppngrcss. At every session they swarin eal principles, which grow rapidl have kept pace with' them. The present short session of Congress is likely, to bo disturbed by them, but whether Congress will listen to such men remains to be se.cn. - i ' : ? A friend has handejl u.s the following list of persons appointed by . the chairman of the Jladical meeting, held here oil the 4th. inst., t) proceed to Washington to rexresent the in terests pf the "loyal" people of the Stat.fi.- 4mg them mil be found swarms of office evs; They are as Mows: j jLewis Thompson, ..Johns Pool, Calvin James ILHaVris, Col. Daiid Heat J. Heaton. Oncs Font Taylor, II W. Pou, Dr. William felcan, John Rgbinspn, William A. Smith, !iiiceut Michael, C. 11. Thomas, B. W.Ilatch er, flhbs. Settle, G. W. Price, T. A. Sykes, J. B. D'Hara.-W. Ca'wtli6rn.; J as'- Bowman: Han. dy Lockhart, J. S. Leary, J. T. Schenck, Jphn l; JJewesse, J. B. Cook. R. W. Lassiter TL P. ! ijick." j We further learn, that strong efforts are to be made to induce Congress! to remove the disabilities from the chief leaders of the Rad ical ip, this "State, so as to allow them to run for the Convention. When Conor 3ss removes r ! ' : j anger J: PiiEsnADQTyED.v-T-After a short re cess, the fell purposes which at the close of the last session of Congress were indignantly repudiated by leading Republicans in both houses are now unblushingly avowed. The determination is expressed to nDnlvtn all tb g loyal States the same unconstitutional le-is- tion the.!, has beln forced at the point of the Let the people pf the Nerthern and Wp'st- ehn, B.iate3 beware liovv. they yield one single I cfetltuy0.Iial, '.T?gb.t tp. these unscrupulous lrpe1:? of Political power. If they yield IJW P,mt' ,tbey rfO0n j fiu(1 themselves -iTi ' nd i aild r edced to the 11 condition of their Southern neighbors: tThese cormorants of political power will not he satisfied with negro suffrage in the North. ifhhs is simply the nterinovwedn-fi nn nn' faFb2dge their power to control the quesr HiiiT rf onffVo k S lit- lico. comrellir,tr i oil -h Rfo ycr,,Jt lthei election of their candidates at the point f of ihe bayonet, and making the people pay for! the maintainanrfl nf tha mUitn tJmB required. , Again we warn the people of .the North and. West .to beware .the trap set forjJiem. Tau Execution of lIniivTrAvt . Tha m-ic.- iOflMatamoras, sates that : when Maximilian learned ijueu upon mm ne ottered a million dollars to Gen. Eibadaneira, the keeper of the prison ers, to be allowed a chance of escape, Bibaaaneira requested a written promise from the Archduke, and i when he obtained it, showed the document to General j-scoDeao gave orders at once that mjcase be attempted to escape, any of the guards might shoot him on his (Escobedo!s)iponsibilitv The New York .Herald says that Mr. J3rad- 'OTilt or innocence, it is .liflWlt. to JZ7. i j i ' ' - .. : r .fviie. jju rw w unu .pernaps nang, for it! "i y4.ulu V justice Ijetea QUt.tp the Sout , W.beat. m for WJt Mr. SUnbcry thinks! fiicjimond -Enquirer. 1 around tlie:ltadical members, endeavoring to miead thqm. So far, their counsels have had very little inliuence, except in so far as Radi- f Charleston S. C., tltinQBtbi, iBG7. fClRCUAS.l All finss imbosed by Post Conrt's constitut tfckv Circular from these -Headquarters, datetf 15th., 1867, yill, vrhen the sen tence has been approved by the General Com manding, be collected by. the Post Comman ders. . ' ; , . : : . In cases where information has been given of any violation of eistinj orders, te X08- (jommanaer may award to tlie infonnant a gum not exceeding one-fourth ; of the fine im posed and collected. - - -u Qnc-half of dl fines collected shall 'be for warded on the grst day of each month, by the several Post Commanders, to tho Anting Assistani Inspector General at these Head quarter, together with a summary statement tjhoyFing the amount received, disbursed and remaining on hand, with copies of . vQuchers, The balance will be retained and constitute a Post Civil Fund,' to be disbursed under the direction of the Post Commander in aid pf the execution of the several Reconstruction Acts. ;-:-' ' ' '-.-" .By cqmmnnd cf . r : . , Maj. Gen. D. R SICKLES : - J. W. CLOUS, . Capt. 3Sth. U. S. Infantry, '. , ; - . A. D. C. and A. A. A. G. . f AliQTKEil T.UEN QS THE : We copy below the bill of the '! ouso Re construction Committee, prepared on Satur day to be xresonted yesterday, ' by TiiacTdeus Stevens. The Washington. Chronicle says pf it:r- ; ,,. : ;. - -.' : "It sets aside tho rebel State Qo.vcrnnjentS, and puts them under complete, subjection to the military authority. The acts already performed by the military commanders are approved, and their authority henceforth is supreme in the rebel States tin til the work of lleconstrnction is completed, subject only- to Cpngvess, It regulates the matter qf regr istration, and makes the Boards of Registers the judges of the qualifications of all p,ers,qns seeking to register, instead of the party them selves. It provides against the removal of the Military Commanders except by ' and with the advice and consent of the Senate And, finally, it leaves the President out in the cold, s,a far a3 having anything to do with construction is concerned." " . : The following is the bill j r An Act supi)lementary to an act entitled "An Act to provide for the more efficient gov- ernment pf the rebel States," passed March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and the act supplementary thereto, pass ed March twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixtyrseven. I ; 1 Be it enacted by thq Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of A- merica in Congress assembled, That it is hereby declared to have been the true intent and meaning of the acts of March 2d and March 23d, 1807, to which this act is a sup plement, thiOtho gowrnruynts then existing ii tie rebel States of Virginia, North Caroli na, -South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Tex:-.s, and Ar kansas were illegal ai:d void; and that there after said go vemm-jnts wv ro to be continued, subject in all respects to the military coui mandera cf the respective districts and to the' authority cf Congress cirly. Sec. 2. And be it farthor eaacted, Tiial t'se said acts to which this is a supplement, shall, be construed to authorize the otlicer aligned to the command of any military district under said acts, whenever he shall doeiu it nece.s.i- ry to the duo iierformance of hi duties under said acts, to remove or snspcnvl from office any municipal of State officer, or person ex ercising authority under or by virtue of any-so-called State government existing in his districtj and to appoint another person in the stead of the officer or person so removed, if he shall deem proper so to do, and to author ize the officer assigned tp tho command of any military dfstriet under said acts, whenever he may deem it necessary, as aforesaid, to pro hibit, suspend, or set aside any ait or pro ceeding of any such State or municipal gov ernment, or any act or thing done under or by virtue of its authority; it being the inten tion of said act that during its continuance the said so-called State governments of the reDel b as subordinate of, the tricts aforesaid, respectively and to Congress; and all acts heretofore done by any such offi cer in accordance herewith shall be deemed valid. . ; , ..' . ' . Sec 3. And bo it futher "enacted, That the boards of registration of the several military districts established by the acts to which this is additional, shall admit to registration only such person as they deem entittled to be reg istered by tho acts aforesaid. They shall not regard the taking the oath prescribed in the act pf March twenty-three, eighteen hun dred and sixty-seven, conclusive evidence cf the right pf the person taking it to be regis tered but prima facie only, and may receive such evidence under oath relating thereto as they may deem proper, either from the person applying to be registered or others, and either of the members of said board is hereby au thorized to administer oaths or affirmations and examine witnesses touchimr the riht of any person to be registered. Said boards of registration may strike from the list of voters the name of any cne already registered, who, in their judgment improperly took the oath prescribed in the acts to which this is addi tional, or was npt entitled by said acts to be registered, and shall not be bound or govern ed in their action by any opinion of any offi .cer of the United States Government. Record evidence shall not b.e required by said board to prove participation in the rebellion, but parole evidence of the fact of . such participa tion shall be deemed by said boards sufficient to effect the disfranchisement provided for by tbe acts to which this is additional. ' Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That no civil court p the United, or of any State shall have jurisdiction pf any action or proceeding pivil or criminal, against any such district commander, or any ofBcer or persQn actin by his authority, for o r on account of an 'act dene by hipi in his official capacity under this act, pr' the acts to which it is supplementary, to wit: the act named in the first secticn of this act pf March twenty-three, eighteen hun dred and sixty seven, snpplementajy thereto. ; J3ec. 5. And be it further enacted. That no district commander shall be relieved from the command assigned to him under the aforesaid act, unless the Senate shall have first advised and consented to his removal; or 1 unless by sentence of court-martial, he shall be cashiered pr dismissed from the army; or unless he shall.consent to be so relieved. . , .7 Cbops ih Kansas. It is stated that the corn croo m Kansas has.be;n injured , about - ten per cent bv grasshoppers, and ten per cent, by the floods vet there wMll.be an abuncLnt yield. Wheat is harvtin" oouuiera ii.aai;a3 uvsiq m ua unnsuallv Lirgc crop. " " r IIe:adq'ks Siond Militaky District, POLITICAL MKETPCG. REQISTR ATIOU . SPfCH- BY'BENJ'N BOBINSON, SQ. Mr Fkixpw CmzEKs : I am no stranger here. Within a stone's throw ot yomier stream I .was born. Here in your midst I have spent the days of my child hood and youth, and the better part of my miinhood. In that sea of upturned faces, I recognize in many, features that are familiar to my memory; for amongst yon I find the grey-bear Is from association with whom I derived those lasting impression which' have' gov erned my adipns since J have assumed tha. duties and responsibilities which belong to the period of man hood. I find here companions who joined my- sports on the school play ground in tha merry days gone by, and comrades who shared- dangers with me on the fields, where, a few years ago, honors were won and a j uttwu suisea its me on tne n&zara oi Dames, iiere j amid such associations and recollections I am at home". It is true that I am not of yon now, but what - matters it that J reside ekewhere. when my heart throbs with affection for you alb "With snch sentiments, when an invitation was extended to me to address the citizens qf my native town, I felt that I had no right to decline to gratify their wishes, especially when the subject was of such vast importance, and I responded to. the call without hesitation, nay, cheerfully, glad to be able to renew my acquaintance with oldfrieiids under such nnspice. BeforS addressing myself to a particular discussion ol the matter of Registration, it will be necessary for me to advert to the previous history of the country, that our present abnormal condition may be the better understood. In doing this I shall endeavor to waste as Utile of your time as possible in reference to. de tails and shall only dwell tipon the more prominent features cf that record of the past, illuminated at times riih the lustre of wonderful achievements, darkened at others with misfortunes and shrouded with woes. - --.- - AVe ajl remember tha history of . the "Revolution - of 177 G, the caiises that led to it and the results of the s-truggie ; we' ram ruber that after the success fnl asser tion of their independence the patriots of that e ra, to perpetnate the blessings of liberty, framed for thdr government and that of their posterity, a Constitution, which, lmwn from the experience of all other peoples and the. wisdom of able statesmen, was the wisest po litical instrument ever framed. We remember how from a struggling settlement, unable to protect' itself from the invasions of the aboriginal savage or from the foreigq oppressions which were threatened, tlw American Stales grew under this compact of Union to uiic vu. iuo juiKiuuoi jjt:i3 oi ine eann, its civili zation and prosperity equal to that tf the first empires of Europe, its fl.ig respected and honored on every sea and its name a treasure to its friends and a terror to its fot. We rem embe i with pleasure tho loyalty of pur section to the. principles of that Constitution and their affection for the Union ; we remember with re gret tho dillhmlties which grew out of too much pros perity, ultimating in combinations among States to oppress their neighbors, and at last growing so inf erable a to necessitate civil war for thearbitrament of. matters at .dispute. We remember the deadly straggle between tho sections, after which they both now stand panting and bleeding, the North triumphant and proud, the South bowed down with grief, over come with wounds, helpless, dispirited, but covered with the honors whh h the valor of her brave sous won, and acclaimed to immortality by the shouts of applause which were wrung from a reluctant world. The South, though sustained by a belict that she was right, at the end of the war overwhelmingly defeated, was prepared fur an acceptance of those overtures of peaca and union which had so constantly been made darin" the progress ol tne grunu struggle, and hastened to take advantage of the benefits cn'ered by the President' policy in respect to reconstruction. Tho South antici pated an immediate restoration to former privileges and duties, lint it stood in the midst of broken shrines, and mourning over blighted hopes looked around upon the fragment of images shivered into pieces by the remorseless h;md of the relentless icono ciastdestiny. The aspirations cherished were doomed to disappointment Dit-iimi that hid been iudaWd weve not to ne realized ; lcr u:itli those arches of victory, uhoat whu-h, m the heyday of ambition, they had thought to rest, ethers reclined, and while those woie tlitLr g.ai.iiul.s of triumph, they wore clad in the huhilinionts of woe and grit f. K joicing at his siicevss, the con jnoror, in bis exultation, foryot that :i!;g:i .n'.raity wh'ca was dae to h s victim, and instead ot turning; away f;o!a a a-indulgence in those vile pas sions ihi?h were the o!f.-piing of war, iustead of Jriv ing out of p. v. er the llndic il jxsriy, wbk-li bnd been .... .i..-nv.i'u u.iic, iinu i.j:ii.,i iiMKH US SnCCC-m trt A u.'siro for vcr.g'iine and destruction, us unSt for tildes of peace, it.s indnenco grew greater until its will beiMiu.i tlie law of the nation. We whn had tried, to r-eoiu-ilo onrsdvos to defeat, because defeat at least brought poace, soon f.juu 1 that Ihuuca'ism, glorying ovi-r its achievements, was inspired with n diuboHcal in:il:gui:y to whicn even it h;id been a .stranger during tliR war. i'Tis trne thcie was a devilish merev in the lo-ivlors (bit wonld -spare our lives, bnt would fetter ns to death." l'o they have gone on no we still re main whre wc stood after the surrenders at Appomat tox and Greensboro. Uut when the crew' of a ship th.tt is assailed far from land by the wild fr.rv of a howling tempest determines madly to pull do.vn the m.ists, throw overboard the compass, and cut away the rudder, it demands no sagacity to portend a ship wreck. Such is to be the fate & the party-ship on the decks of which is gathered the motliest crew that ever sought to navigate the troubled waters of the sea of politics such, my fellow-citizens, is to be the ter mination to which the tyrant partv is about to come. If yor. win onlj !o your duty, the dntj you owe yoursel- prsue the proner COnrsa of net;nn timi will strengthen your own hands, and their ability to iu fiict woe upon this stricken country will have been at an ead forever. Already Jie ccol sober second thought ot the North is beginning to be felt. . Already from every quarter where elections have boen held within the last six months, the indic-atieus are that the great Conservative Democratic party of the country is gain ing ground and if we only prove true to ourselves we will ere long be able to Wield the large ' majority which is now turned against us for our destruction. What is demanded of ns to achieve the elesirable re sult which I have just referred ? We do not forget that af'er Congress refused to approve the President's" pol icy in regard to. reconstruction, a proposition was sub nnttftd to the States of the South, asking then to rati fy an alteration of the Federal Constitution, by adopt ing the Howard Amendment, a request which was indignantly refused by the Legislatures of the Southern States. Ibis refusal to act upon this proposition fa vorably, enraged the Radical and induced them to pass the laws now in force respecting the question of lkoeoustruetion. , lhese laws having given the negroes of the South a temporary right of suffrage, and having temporarily disfranchised the classes who would have been disqualified from holding office under the How ard Amendment, had that been acceptable, requires that an election decide whether or not there shall be a Constitutional Contention, and for members thereof in the event it .hall be called, and the question whether or not the Organic-Law of the States shall be changed so as to permanently confer equal political priviliges up on both of the races; and to enforce this law, until Congress should be so well satisfied with the action cf tha people througli their representatives. in Convention as to be willing to admit members of Congress from the unrepresented States, the Civil Governments were made subservient to the will of Military Commanders appointed to administer affairs in the South, divided into five Districts. The Radicals resotted to this scheme in the hope that the Southern Radicals and negroes combined would be sufficiently strong to overcome the Whites; whose strength has been diminished by dis frauchisment, aud powerful enough to make a Brown low government in .each of the States. - . If there were any way to escape the despotism which a graahcation of that anticipation will impose we should urge non-action in preference to a participation in the elections ordered under that bill; but the Southern lidieals, with the assistance of the negroes, are bent upon having a Convention and after securing that end are determined to control it and trame a constitution which will elivest of power all who are in opposition to them, and are resolved to perpetuate the own eontroL To prevent this whatever may be our feelings a sense of duty to ourselves demands that we shall register and vote, lor we not only lose present, control by pursuing any other course but we subject ourselves to a perma nenj; and intolerable oppression. - If we are convinced of the importance of this, and would achieve success iu an attempt to control the elec tions we must bear in mind a fact which is now too well established to demand an argument in its proof. 2 he nejroes cf tke South trill co-operate with the Radicals On eery side we see the indications which lead ns to the conclusion that the longer we delnde ourselves with any other bebef, the longer we waste time in vain ef forts to exercise influence over them, the farther we will be from the attainment of our object the control of the Convention, r . , - , . ... t Therefore, we must' form t nnm a. Whttt. nr.,..'- Fabty, pledged to register, pledged to vote, pledged to oppose in Convention any modifications of the suf frage provisions of the Constitution, pledged to intro- uiice i-j ine amendment to that instrument nothin . . ; ' - . ' - - ' - requirements of the Congressional plan. "Without such an organization pledged to t.nch a '.Atform tha full white strength of the fctute cnanot be drawn out, f.ud without tLa entire (Us of .wLut-s . entitled to register r.pd vote do turn cut, defeat is' inevitable, WiiUe atixm opposiaou to negro l oaticra equality snouia d maae, mere be no with that class, iakmg into1 that they Lave been banded taught incendiary doctrines nnde ness and in clandestine cone n:iTfii wii -i coinnipnnn i a T..nnr aiif nn.i rn rinn - -. i " . . e-r"-j. tions Detween them and the whites shouia not he ais turbedr but rather cultivated. " j "If the suggested combination is made, and our peo- : pl co to Work with that enthusiasm which hhould be t i il.i ...x, v. .1 i -T .1 felt, we may calculate upon tLo raost thorough . suc cess. The full white strength " in :Xorth Carolina is about 95,000 votes, from which after deducting 12,000 votes of disfranchised persons ad 15,000 for the Rad icals, it will be seen that the white anti-lladicabj hve a voting strength of 03.000, while., baLmcing against this, at a very large calculation, the negro vote esti mated to be 35,000, we have still left a majority of over 20,000. r ... , . . . . , .- The question naturally arises, why take the trouble to form a party to vote, and to frame Constitutions ? What good is there to bo achieved! I answer that it has been seen that we cui carry the elections, and that it is desirable that we should get rid of Black Republican rule, and th'Al we should avoid the estab lishment of permanent Rrownlow despotism. .Now I shall endeavor to indicate bow this is to be done by pursuing the line of policy already suggested. The Democrats of the North, alive to the dangers which environ Constitutional Liberty and thoroughly awake to the demands of the occisiou,- ore actively engaged , in an eSTort. to overcome the largo rnaj mty which, is now used- to consolidate tho strength of the Radical party. ., - The fight is being made there with ft vigor which has never characterized a political campaign in this country at any previous period in our history the piattorm on which the contest is waged is the Consti tution as. it was framed and amended by the patriots of the revolution its converts are from the ihubed party And they are the tine men who, having witness ed the disastrous effects Ot its mad rnle,' are deserting it because it is evidi nt that nothing can . avert gener-d ruin but its complete destructioiu tk thoroughly aroused aTe the leaders and the people, that it is claim ed aid conceded "that unless the falling fortune.? of the Republican organization are bolstered up by new ly acquired stteugth in the South, the next Federal Congress wnl be composed of Conservative represen tatives wlp will at once insist . uiitai thes admission of SoUheru members, without any objectionable test oaths, laud who "will quickly amend nil the : wild.- un just legislation cf Ujtur predecessors.. which has im-; posed upon our taction so much misery and operated so-greatly to our material and moral detriment .They cwum that Kentucky, Connecticut and Maryland-how with them, will remain steadfasi; they ehtim that Uie great Empire State, New York will join these in giv ing support to the Constitution; they claim that two thirds of the meiubt is trom Peniisvlvauia and Ohio Lill be of their political faith; they claim Illinois as iuuspuiaoiy with tnem. ana assert that lndiauA, now so strongly Kiithcal, will abandon the sinking shin and ienu us lissistitnce in worxnijj out the grand silent revolution. New Hampshire and Nev Jersey, Dela ware and California, Wisconsin and Iowa, all will in some degree contribute aid to the perfection ot the design. In view of the-e expectations, luuch U de manded of the South which otherwise might rot be expected." Without ary sub promises pledged we perhaps might be excusable for inaction; but with , a prosject of uvoiding the permanent estabLshmenJ of a lirownlow despotism in'eiich of the States, with a prospect of achieting, by succe8 in our own elections, a removal of the disabilities and tlis.ulrantagcs which attach to our present coi:d:lion, a fr.ilure to exercise wh.it remnant of right und.stiength tht t is left will be in the highest uegree .unwise aud cv'uninnL' H we fhall f;dl to strike a blow for our own deliverance we shall merit the pciiidly bi our felly. "Even the ioor worm will turn, When tread upon, And tho dive mIU ieek iu Siifgiad o: hr brood.' If these successes claimed fhidl.be seemed, and we are misvepre.sen.ed by lladk-al numbers -f Cougress tha Deiu.K.vatic giius . v.iil be worth " u.hiug to tho country for they will be counteracted by thw vote of our delegations 'e vll by u refusid to go into the campaign make theii an en pty victory, aud v will bve ia that event to Limeut oux iuklLSet-duce- in sock cloth and ashes. i From these sastioas ray Allow citizvins, you w.ll perceive lut thii entire iii:t.-r deytKls iitou ;iMrou enTOKii. iii yuur H.m,U r.-sU ilia fiuiu-. weii:;re dfare and prosperity, or the protr.ei?.l suffering, n?id iKery e;f North Curoiina liy everv motive viiieb ,krx.,j i.4 uuii a:i'i. u-i ay every Uioiive vuieU can govern Lusaan et; n y.ia are , in.lled to this won;, lor i jr if yon staid idi.v" by !id see ni-n, ,who Lave t d tlw-m:-lve. to tho cvntml of a foreign influ- submit t enee, undertake thetbrectiou et tlie adtnitustratiou ti" th so ;e politicd interests of your t.Ut, if you so.- nid. i ilve to let the. elections go by tlefuuit and to place on who hate you and would reduce vou to a enn- m dilion fax worse than that cf t-ppressed IreLiavl aiid downtrodden Hr.ngnry, and part tioned rohmd. in unrestneted Mipixmuey, Yon will soon see the blind ness, you will yet regret the folly, which constrained your action and imposed Uiou you a fearful aud in tolerable servitude. There is ia the "history of your State much that is full e.f glory, there are linked with its past, flowing memories and ennollmg associations,, to preserve which from tiiruish, yoii should devote your selves to n careful watch,- with eyes that never wink, and you should woik with un energy that never tires. But the question has olten been asked: "Suppose you do Register, suppose you do vote, suppos you con trol the elections, suppose yon frame a Constitution retaining all the political power in your own liands? Will not C-ongress reject you when you apply lr ad mission, and refuse to mtify your Constitution? Yes. I have r.e.ver thought that Congrusa would re-admit the South to its old place in the Union, unless the South ern people would yield the direction of affairs to inter lopers and negroes; nor have I found any one else of ordinary intelligence and information who thinks oth erwise. But Congress has bad tVa years to fix up a plan of reconstruetife-n, it had no obstacles but its own doubts and disagreements to encounter, and when that plan was submitted it was accepted by the North us a huality. That the plan w.is no more stringent or sev ere Congress can eea;ure no one outside :oi its own hsdis, and tho people, appreciating this f.iet, wilj make it stand by its own action and the inevitable result inereoi, or they will repudiate it, and elect men of dif ferent views, and intrust them with the adjustment of the difficulty. Congress will not dare admit the Soutn with such a Constitution as the Southern men cu"ht to frame, and, by a refusal to do so, it will hasten the culmination of its . troubles, and precipitate upon its own head the agony ot that vengeance which the' in furiate citizens of tha Republic will yet, in the majes tic wrath of their indignation, pile upon the authors of their distress. r llavitg said this much m regard to ' the importance of registration, having shown that unless our people shall decide to participate in the elections, a brown low despotism will be nxed upon us indefinitely, and having urged my views and sentiments upon your at tention at length, I now purpose to correct certain impressions which some uninformed persons have re ceived as' to then qualification to - register and vote. The tact that a man participated in what the Sherman bill calls the "rebelhou," does not necessarily disqual ify, but he must also have held, previous to the late war, an offiee, Federal or State, aud must have taken an outh to support the Federal Constitution, .upon qualifying for such an office. f There is also an impression resting upon the public mind, tliut at the present session pf , CongresH further steps will be taken in regard to this matter, and new Seventies be engrafted upon the measures already in existence. .... .. -- .:; , . . . : , ,, . , . I cau say with the utmost confidence that there is no reason for such apprehensions. But for the opin ion of the Attorney General, the present session would not have conrned, and the indications are that legis lation will be confined to a mere explanatory law con ferring upon the District Commanders all the power denied them, by Mr. Stanberry, 'and to making such appropriations as are necessary to carry out the in tentions of that body. Indeed, I think that General Sickles will probably issue an order somewhat sanilar to that of Gen. Schofield for the Government oBe" lstratipn in Virginia; and feel conSdeut that no change will occur to prevent any persons now entitled to re lster from availing themselves of that privilege when the machinery for that purpose is put into operation. Fellow Citizens: 1 feel as keenly a I have ever felt the weight of any responsibility, the importance of this matter to which I have adverted at sucn length. I am a convert to the views which I have advanced, having formerly been utterly opposed to any action in regard to this matter. I know that many of yon feel now as I felt then; but I implore yon to deliberate upon this subject, to divest your rainds of prejudice, and to de ternune to bo guided by practical consideration. It will not do for yon to . surrender your interest and your rights. It will not do for you to let hireling tm. misaanes sent by your enemies, and paid to slander you and to detach your negroes from you, that they may be used to destroy you, to succeed in their foul purposes, -when by using your strength you can, at the polls, silence them and at once neutralize the ef fect of these poisonous teaching nnftinrr of ,,.,. f- iorever this "question of negio suffrage. It will not do I for you to allow the Radical party to foist a permanent rr Liownlow desnOfci?m mn i . . " , v . -""; much, ujr exerciiiug into secret leagues and .tracted people so sadlv i ,.c .0:ir 1 i I - - . . ' niake wltTi n ln -.. . . is. tho Military corm,. .v.. i tinies Ic'conclusion &lio wmr,- . iiu v 1; n i .- . ' - waiter! s mor than ordinary thou-ht For -wrW ge.stion ngniy rtflectea upon ami err rtV Vn , " ' n2. l:i i h i"ti rf-i l i in n rM. . - - e blUU es.-A . : oe ti:e most Uvored peoule whn V u 1 of Anarchy like these, t.ben L7w Ii'Vo Cptn t!nit and License shdks in th 4..??.ytr ir-uj OI l.-.v . .Charleston. S. a, July 5, 18Q7 mi Sh7.e decided not tQ Wa registration in this district until Cod determines who shall be registered. I trn therefore,, that it v.jll be the pleasure of iw? gress to extend the time for the compS of my registration until say, October or veinber.-. If I proceed nowl and disregard l wishes of the lresidenV my action would regarded as msubordinatiSn if I follow hh" intimation, many would probably be Wis tered not eligible according to tlie true inter pretation of the acts of Congress. office-Federal State, or municipaL-harir taken an oath of oSice to support the Consti tution of the United States, and" afterward cugsigcd m rebellion, or given aid and com fort; etc., are disfranchised,' this shoald U prceJy declared; otherwise, if luft ioofu lion, it may ba hi-'d tb if n. ., " ameers are If it is meant te ptrlnrl n. should be eiinrcsslv . - . -i v. .vsc eie- lonuy oi lawyers m 1ff t con. i ruction, it may be held that a lawyer is not a public officer, although a funcUouary of u cuuri or otner jueiiciai Doiiy. lie truth is, vo have now in operation two tbistmct systems of reconstruction, originated by Congress, and engrafted upon the Presi dent's plan, of reconstruction. Tha fu-si Con giessioual )lan i3 ' expressed in the Howard constitutional amendment, leaving sunrae to be regulated by the several State's, andiiS posing upon certain classes "of rprsnn ri;, qualification for office, a a punishment for rebellion and as a safeguard for tho future That plan having been" refused by the reb d" States, Congress passed the reconstruction acts, which form a voe? schem3 of recon struction, entirely "distinct in principle and plan from the former. In the secoud plan Congress assumes" control of the question i of suffrage, which is extentled to all wire can take a irescribetl oath, and af.o enforces the disqualification for office, which would have been the penal and conservative feature of the first pLm. 2vow, it seems to tie that tho trua -conservative guarantee against reaction lis in the addrtion made to the loyal vote by uviiiuiiciuseiiievfc oi me colored pcomev haM-eirgT ilcnr, the- occasion for the tlis- qualification clause ceases. Kence, the truer s.iluticni, I believe, is to declare, with univer sal Miffrage, n general ariiu-sty naming the iyt cp!Ujii.. A coro liberal amnesty isr in my O 1 ' - mv, llie VAJii -c:s.sf()u:il plan of reconstrtu-tio-:v It will en I.ire the rfnge of poplar choice for the im portant judicial, cxocntirc ami h'gi.sLiti re di " artment& of the Hfcrte pnarnmont. ctlicr wise incnnvrnimtly tnifiuotl hrciassw very few oi whom arc fit L hokl officr. Tho. per ple cfin f-uiely 1 intrusted tw iudc ami r. i b'ft fvi vi f!'f, t-1. 1- i (L . i it- r " .-. I V.V wa. umt IU LroTi.iii. mi. the men at ciice qualified raid sincere in their adhesion to the new order of things. Such men, being eligible to. office, will "Tiavenic,- ' hves to Ucarify tlu-znsclves with reconsfrut: f ty, ..gt, more than ever, men of ability and experience m public business are needed for itlui&tate govexuments in tho South; nnd it umuiiuuaic tuaw ub sucn a moment nearly all who know anything of puLlie affairs, and especially those who could fill judicial, station, are disfranchised. This exposes the a t? u.iiiia-c iu nti'uil.v hazards. If th experiment fail, it is most likely tot fail from the inability of the people to put in office these who coulel and wouldi assure success. It would have been advan-. tageous perhaps to have removed many dis affected persons, cj-pccially judges, sheriffs,, and magistrates, in the f xecutfon of thesiitln section of the act of 2d March, if competent1 successors could have been' found among those who are eligible to office; and I would regard the possession now of a wider field of choioo for civil officcra as one of the most effectiv instrumentalities in the execution of the mil itary authority conferred upon district com manders. As it is, I find myself prevented, as will the people by and by, from " securing for the public service men'of aptitude and character, whose repentance is as certain as the devotion of the most consistent loyalist-. In truth, the zeal of someiof the convert outiuns the discretion of many of the faithful With reference to other practical suggestions,, it might be useful if .Congress, by one ef iU committees, interrogated the commanding officers of the several districts upon the oper ation cf -the reconstruction acts, and tho further legislation rcquirett. - Very resxectfully, . ; D. E. Sickixr. Hon. LriiAN Tausroinx, Chairman Judiciary Committee, TJ. S. Senate. ' ainjTAUY Commission. We ai-e informed that the Military Commission, which has been con stituted for tha trial of D. G. McRae, Esq., and Capt Tolar,' of Fayetteville, now in con finement at Fort Macon, will convene in thia city, on Wednesday. Rumor assigns a prom inent lawyer of this city to the prosecution, by employment of the District Commander. It ia understood that Robert Strange, Esq., of Wil mington, will appear for the defence, in tho case of Mr. Mcltae flq. Scnhnd, July Vlh. The Whisky Frauds. WeJl-in formed tra ders estimate the annual production cf dis tilled spirits in the United States t be not less than eighty millions of proof gallons or over one and a half millions per week. In Y j-o.ouojOuw gauons nave Deen pro duced, and of this 347,000 gallons have been seized, making one detected fraudulent gal lon out of every thirtv-eiht frallons uroduced. , - o r x ... , Internal Heven ue Record. Maximilian was shot with his face to the executioners, and his last words wero "Poor Carlottal" He died as became a king, after fighting like a hero; and hi3 last sympathies were for the wife of his bosomnot himself. His death has cremated a profound indignation throughout Europe, and Mexico will ever more rue the day when she ordered his butch ery. France, that betrayed him from sheer intimidation, and the United States, that gave him into the hands of unrestrained assassins, have put blot3 on their banners whusc colors will but grow bolder rath time. r. al oi altercation m.y oe louna the puth of r, V-Vrir u "r1. consiJ.rat.n the-fact and the gate to that neA -"V? .;'i.ru!e. r the cover of dark- tay in power God he!n onr J caH fc!uU lave, ttis c!,xss-bas be- nave -the wofaliest diviinTv: "..r ih-r . ' . ibi man uujte nacs enumerated in Article I !.,. tue Cjiistiiulion, and thatevea as to these ajull pardon ixmouee the dismialificain luulu j v.o vinsincauon; as for xamnlp after, the Word "onice," ,add . v.uy Hcqned calling or euiplooment or profesfyn " Cithoy ie, n tue eng
The Eagle [1866-1875] (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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