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.-. v v.r DAILY KEWBEBNIAN. i Seth M. Cabpenteb, Editor. NEW BERNE, N, C., APRIL 18, 1874. For, Superintendent of Public Instruction : COL. STEPHEN D. POOL, or Craven. ? , OUR SALUTATORY. ' In launching tlie Newbebnian upon the sea . of public favor, we feel that we are embarking l . . ' trpon no certain venture. j The annals of Ameri can journalism are full of shipwrWks of many a . craft as hopeful as our own, which has gone down beneath the waves of that uncertain and treacherous sea, leaving nothing but a 'J name in the sand " to rove that it had ever. been. r We, therefore,' in "reflecting upon- the chances that have befallen others whose advent had been heralded with assurances which never grew into performance, 'cannot! help but acknowledge to the public our indisposition to indulge, jn any lengthy or pretentious promises of what we intend to be or to do. ; It may suffice for those who are disposed to extend to us the honest hand of true journalistic welcome, to say that, the Newbeeniak, as its name implies, will aim to be the true exponent at all times of the city vhose name it bears. : While advocating on the one hand .in an impar tial manner the intirests of its native place1 on all questions that may tend to its improvement and advancement, it will support on the Other the "great principles of Conservatism and Re - form, whichits founders believe to be insepara bly connected with those interests. In hoisting the banner ol Conservatism, it does not do so in any spirit of intolerance, or blind devotion to party, name, organization, or discipline at the expense of principle. In all Republican forms of Government the Democratic idea must sooner or later be the ruUng one; and it is only when the idea is cultivated into a Conservative principle that we may hope to find all' of the essentials of true liberty and true government. . Believing this wef are. not disjpp.se4- to exclude from our party rants 'any. man or body of - ' i men who may agree with us upon that idea and that principle, for any reason of color or pre vious condition of servitude. There is a tidal wave of Reform sweeping through this- country in the wake of the old Democratic Conservative party which is carrying everything before it. Men have grown sick with disgust of the Rings, jobbery, bribery and corruption which have reigned in all quarters under the example and protection of the Republican Party; and thou sands of those who have long voted with that party are now daily swelling the ranks of the Conservative Reform Party. Our colored fellow citizens are ..'beginning to' think for themselves; they see the hand writing on the wall; they - know that .they have few of their own race whose genius and education fit them to be placed in office;1 or advanced to . high position, lund they have lost all confidence in . their irftite , -leaders in this District and State, who, they are learning at last,' have only; been using the col ored vote for,, their own personal profit and advantage. It is within the bounds of proba bility that this Congressional District by a policy which will command the confidence of all it? citizens, may yet return a Reform mein- bero represent us at the National , Capitol, while in our State and Local politics we shall I kpe to see that party in, time : wield an influ ence which may proveTof lasting benefit to the whole human race. These are our hopes and aims allthings are possible tin to us but what is tObeis with a : wiser hnn thnn Whatever the future, ! and however long or short ourouxnalistic fe may be, we trust that the Newbern'iax will always be found foremost in the ranks of Progress and Reform. DISSOLVING VIEWS OF 'RADICALISM. This, great organization - is melting rapidly away like ice under a blazing sun. Founded in an unrelenting sectional hate, deriving its nu triment from the fiery, passions engendered by civil war, setting at defiance in Its headkmg folly the holy principles of christian charity as well as the high behests of statesmanship, and oppressing a gallant people who had nobly sur rendered after fighting a world in arms, it went on to establish its supremacy by appealing to the grossest appetites of degenerate human na ture. But, alas I Titus Oates could not always be swearing to popish plots, and a day of reck oning had to come. So now, under the enlight ening influence of commerce, the self-desirtict-ive madness of radicals themselves, and the irresistable moral agency of the Grange move ment, the grizzled locks of this old hoary headed sinner, radicalism, are hastening-to their ignoble grave. May God Almighty, in his infinite . mercy, hasten the time when -the last shovel full of mould; shall cover up the veteran reprobate, and men's minds may rest in peace in a quiet land lawfully and constitution ally governed, j In this State, where Democracy could long since have reasserted itself, if the white men had resisted the blandishments of corruption, and been true to their native soil and their own honor, theie is every, indication of a radical collapse. The negro, who from the very first has been used as a political cat's paw for the scallawag and demagogue to extract the .'fra grant chesnuts with, while he has been per mitted to en joy none of the precious fruit him self, now turns upon his selfish allies, and demands an equitable division of the spoils. And who blames him. Every sensible man knows, that but for negro votes and Carrow's cunning no Radical triumph would ever have been achieved in this State. The ballot of the black man, and his unwavering adherence to his political creed, defeated Merrinion for Gov- precious old abolitionist, Horace Greely, whom we all caunonized so sweetly, in the crisis oi our fate. And now, if Dudley or Hyman wants Judge Thomas' place in Congress, what Radical can justly say them nay ? Our white Radical friends need have no Compunctions of con science on our account. We had just as soon be represented by a Radical of one color as an other. And if there is right with either, we think that merit is on the side of the black man. But presto ! just as we reached this sage con clusion, tidings have come to us that his Exec utive Excellency has ejected Thomas and Stanlv from the railroad. Gracious heavens ! what are we coming to! Cajsar against Antony, and Antony against Lepidus. And what' is to be come of Cicero ? And what terrible fate will befall the commonwealth ? And what pickings will be found by that resurrected patriot of Thermopylae, come back to fight for Rome, called Leonidas ? Alas ! alas ! that lhe"conscript fathers themselves, Senators; Judges and all should fall out amongthemselves, breed foul distempers inour very Capital, and imperii the honor andglory of this our proud 'Appian way, iyulgarly called the Atlantic Railroad. But it cannot be helped-They are only dissolving views of Radicalism. Let it melt, let it melt, let it melt, - ; THE MIDLAND RAILWAY SCARE AND j on his knees and begs pardon, Massa Tod " , p MASSA TOD." ! j may let him stay. Thomas was absent when e Public excitement has been at the highest j these removaps were attempted, but we leam pitch in this city for the past fortnight, upon i that he telegraphed to the mpauy tliat the the question of the Midland. Leake. The Governor had no power to remove, and to show matter culminated on the 9th inst., jit a meet- ; the new appointees the door if they attempted ing of the "Atlantic" Board of the lease was brought before it. generally known, but such is the fac will " vouch for it," that the ter was obtained for the sole when the subject f to come into offitee. No eae respects a coward, It is not land if Judge Thomas stands boldly up to the , and we !: tight with " Massa Tod' he will have plentv of ILand - ch.tr- snjiporters. Caldwell has been guilty-of too i of. ensoli-sl many attempts at? usurpation, and it i hih 3Iidkiii 'object dating the very roads now sought tobe united time somenehouldfoVe to him hat neither by Smith, Hximphrey, Caldwell and! others in t he djvnyof his base hirelings aiid toadys can the Tiedmont interest The Midland accepted their charte ! projec orsP of the ji with itounity ride over the interests' and x in thfe interests!! wishes of a,- omnrafslsv - like this. We hone of Eastern North Carolina, ' with a fill know!- j Thomas wiir-give Jiini .the lesson. If he does, edge, of all the plans and intentions of the although we are among his bitterest political Piedmont and Danville interests, and with the I! enemies, he shall still have our support as conviction that the Midland scheme offered the!i President of the Midland. 1 only guarantee for carrying o4t the great Work;! j ' i 1 -' I" '"'ill of a united railroad from Beau Caldwell and Humphrey werei ! able to the Midland plan, and passage of that bill that these nPTite buried the Iiatchet and became sworn! we believe Hum-l ! fort to Tennessee. ! I ; MR. OAKSMITH AND THE MIDLAND. originally favor-! , ye undewtaud that a deputation, consisting' it vras during the two former oppo- allies. We are glad of it, for phrey will kill any scheme with which he is connected, - . j Our "citizens had: long been suspicious of tne so-called Consolidation move, meetings had advised the stockholders of thej Atlantic & North Carolina and at different! Railroad to put! of some of the most respectable merchants and citizens of our city, waited upon Mr. Oaksmithf at the Gaston ' House, on Tuesday last, and I ; urged, him to reconsider his withdrawal from' the Midland. Representations, were- made to' th6 effect that no one in this section had ever questioned the sincerity of his motives or his personal integrity or ability. That in their opinion the Midland Railway stood in need of just 'such- qualifications as -were generally con A friend to John C. Breckinridge tried to 4lraw him out on politics the other day. He be gan by asking the general what he thought about A. H. Stephens. With a smile, Breckin ridge replied : " I think Be is in very bad health." The interview subsided. ! ' EXPLANATORY, --'' Owing to our disappointment in not securing th material and press of the Daily Times, which we expected to purchase, his, the first issue of th Newbernian, has been somewhat delayed, and for the immediate want of the proper ma terial, we are prevented from issuing as large a sheet at present as we desire and expect to do. Until wc receive our own press from the North, we have made arrangements with Mr. R. R Hill to do our press work. ,'The second issue of this paper will no,t come out until Tuesday morning next, after which we shall be on hand daily. ' " themselves under the Midland charter for their own protection, aff well as tojseeure our local interests. The Chamber of Commerce on the; 7th inst. , passed unanimous resolutions to that effect. On the 9th inst , the Midland and Atlantic Boards were both in session in this city, and resolutions were passed and recorded 1 ' " - ' j ' I on the minute books of both Boards' which vir-s . ' 4 . i . . . . I tually passed the Atlantic Road over to the - . ....... , I : : i !s V- ' 5 Midland, for those resolutions were undoubt- edly a contract in law, from whieh, there is no ' i ' - ' -J"': 5 escape except by the voluntary act of the Mid- The Midland would have taken possession of the railroad on the 10th inst., but for the oppo sition of certain interested parties who prefer tc serve the Piedmont Ring to doing their duty r own friends and fellow-citizens. Fromj quires we have made, we pre satisfied that the majority of the Atlantic Board voted squarejy in favor of the lease to the Midland! We are strongly of the . opinion e;len that the -t " 1 iJ I . -j lease was signed and executed,! and that only & . . . i t- i 1 proper respect for the interests arid wishes of the' stockholders induced the Boarjl holding the power to refer the, whole question to those i stockholders at a special meeting called for ihd fair, square and proper inmg 10 ao, ana we stockholder in the Atlantic R 12th of May next. This was a favor of the lease. r ceded to him, and the almost unanimous opin ion of our citizens was more favorable to him than to .'some others who. while apparently working for the interest of this community, yet did not stand up to the ruck as they should.; ; : . ' . 1 i ... v I Mr. Oaksmit h expressed a giateful recogni - ' ' ' 3& j tion of this ; kind 'appreciation,' and stated that . - -. i . j . f he could not, with due regard to his own self-l respect, do more than to say that he would consider himself henceforth bound only to the: interests of New Berne and Carteret on this question.. If his fellow citizens of these places desired his further services they were at their disposal at the proper time. For the present, he was content to watch events and wait until the Midland was in possession of the Atlantis' Railroad. Then, if they . were - in the same mind, and he felt that he '-could thereby leetl I.--"- j ','- - ' ' ' IV serve their interests, he would take the '.matte . t , I into serious consideration. Liberty of the Press. .!- -j :" " -i . . To restrain the liberty p the press can only Gl we rust that every pad;, will vote ii ,1 I r1. t - l.i : li . . --"L ized, is runj by Rings, and tlie more) corrupt they are, the greater their influence! Judgi Thomas s seems to have 4 'gone jjback j' on th Rings, in at least one instance, Ifor his action . ! ' jf j ' i on the Midland Lease cannot bej reconciled tq any other theory. As soon as the fact of the proposed lease was made public, every idl Radical busy-body in the town f vjho thought hh could curry favor w-ith "Massa Tod," hasten eo to telegraph the news to him. Foremost among them was Mr. L. J. Moore, who made t himself conspicuous in his zeal in behalf of Caldwell! omun vo. irom teiegrapning, -5 7 jjiassa be tho interest of the individual, never tha the public. One must he a' patriot 'here must stand in the field with an -unshielded breast, since . the safety of the people is tb? supreme law. v ) There were, in lil ton's day sj. some whq said 6f this institution, that, although the inventors were bad, the thing, ; for all that,1 might be good. This may be so,!" replies the vehement advocate for 4 unlicensed printing."' But as the commonwealths have existed throiigli all ages, and have forborne to use it. he sees no 1 j necesssity for invention; and held it as a dange jluus ami sus- ncious imit irpiii- me tree wnica. bore it.l'-:;.The ages of the- wisest commonwealths, recollected, were net infer! ion of publica- Milton seems not to hav diseased with the popular tipns, issuing at all hours, and propagated with a celerity on which the ancients could not calcu late. The learned Dr. James,- yho has de nounced the. invention of tlie expurgatory In dexes, confesses, however, that jit was not unuseful when it restrained the publication of atheistic and immoral w orks. But it is our lot to bear with all the consequent evils, that, ve may. preserve the good inviolate; since, as the profound Hume has declared, "The Liberty of Britain is gone for ever, when puek attempts? shall succeed. "-Curiosities of Zii&raluh: , A New York lady has reported on her visit to a bar-room. After describing the horrible para phemalia of the bar, she goes on to' state ' In the rear.- upon a tah! tha fain T-?pfitrn vi n rr. , - ' J B - , .. V , . , , ir. v. . t: awful game of faro was beins? rlaved bv a crowd 10a proceeaeato worK ana cut 9a tne neaas oi j ,0f maddened, excited men. This' feame of faro Stanly, Thomas, Duncan and Ramsey, all of v ' : ' J ' i ' i ' v. ' t whom have been connected with the Atlantic -.' - J 1- .-!:. .Road' as Directors or otherwise, ever since it ; 1 j l : is played with two sticks, four balls, and aDy number of'pieces of chalk.'1 ; I ' 1 Thirty youn 2 ladies of an academv in New i Vvi"l 1 .1 fit. 11 - A 1 " . ' A . was first built. Stanly has been obn6xious to TrZZZ u eaciep ior a tour I . - i !! ' T ; ?3 -Ptope. rhey are to travel m England, our citizens for a long time as a Radical man ipcotland, Germany, France and Jtaly, the beaten iwiuioio, auu remain it'll weeits iix ager. He is utterly incompetent for the posir I- 1 1 l ' s i tion, and every one knows it ; hut ! 6tilX the unkindest cut of all was the stab that f Massa ;.'. - ! . j ' I ' '. . To3 " gave him, for he has lways truckled to the Governor, it issaicLandf did so feven in BerUn to make especial studies of art and history. f I At Truckee, Nevada, March 25, an , icecicle eighteen feet long and estimated toyweigh ten tons fell and smashed a portion of the flume of ine xmcjcee lumber company at their mill. The rard to the lease..- Perhaps rf te goes down Hicicle was over six inches in thicknesf. i'1 . V x ! j 1
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