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-1 1 'V"'""'J"8j7,7Jf' - T i i . iil ii , , , .JjjBjLi.'jMM3.. mi" i- in, I,, ia.ni jii j.. n. i . - ' - " - - ' - ' i i - -Miir mi iTaTr"JniaaTIaiaiaiiSfifigiafiniitaarTT mmZbJI pS3BB3 V EH T IS IN O RATKS. ioaroneta"' .11.1 every succeeding Insertion, ...50 jen' linei ma l1"kre kad all advertisements win be continued until, forbid, unless otherwise ordered, and. soarged ncorrdtagir. . To secure Insertion .they should b, bMirted la by 3 O'clock, the afternoon preYioaa, 11 bills ere to be settled on the lit of every month. A iberal dieooun de , those who advertise largely. Ijje JO VB.& Jim a larger circulation In Eastern North ' (linthen any. If not all other papers xombinedVand leeching erery part of the country, is the BEST medium Joradvertisioit In the SUte. etov. worth's message:. . j Executive Dbpabtment. y Kaleigh, Nov. 19, 18C6. J ? r9 the Honorable the Generai ' 'l ' ; ' -ii; j ! Assembly of Xorlh Carolina: . . --'. ThA flHflnl.inn nt f.hm nhnla n ! ii on is ooii spcfjially. directed to the anomalous condition jofouj' uational affairs. It seems fit, ; Herfore, tnat oar consmerauon snouia Da pn- mftriiy directed to the restoratiou of national or I fa ttDd harmony. Although we are now denied 3 any jegifilaliTe participation in tho conduct of the KoTernment of the United States, we should not : liatlesa j8 toipassiug events, nor unmindful of the benefit; to be derived from an occasional, re "i lie of thq past. ;'AIore than eighteen months J ago a bloody 8eqtibual war was closed by the to '1 tal overthrow of the weaker, by the stronger sec I tion. Its declared object, on the one side, was 'to brak uji the : Union ; on the other to 1 pre , serve it It ended as might have been expected. : The commanders of the Southern armies, atter . i the South was completely exhausted, as to every thing which constitutes strength in war, and af ' jer exhibitions of valor in the field which aston V; iahed the worldj surrendering forces. Arms had ''. established, the iupremancy of the Union. Nota fierilla party in the South remained under arms, he whole people of the South, whether they had i (ftTored the" inception of the war or sympathized i with their section after it 4egan or no.t, gave eve 1 ry evidence they could give of their submission I to tbe result of the confiict. and willingness to 5 obey the Constitution and laws of the United ' BUtesi What was then irrthe way of an imme- ; diate restoration of the Union ? The machinery 0f government in the Southern: States was in the !i hands of those who had given their adhesion to the rebellion. This was a state of things not contemplated by the Constitution of the United " j States. Precedent furnished no guidance in al j tering the machinery of the rebellious State gov ! ernments, so as to work in harmony with the : national gojrernment The President, who owed (mansbipd the consistent devotion of his life to the preservation of the Union, held that he ; who had given' their adhesion to the rebellion, ; even so far as to make them the instruments of ' reorganization; that while the States existed, and 1 the Unjon bad been preserved, there were, in ; these Stated,' no legislative, judicial or exeou ;Viie officer, lawfully constituted. To' nable' ; these Stated to reform their Constitutions, and tthe machinery of their, covernments,1 he granted j amnesty to.the people who had favored ; the re- ; beinon, wjtn certain excepuonsj on tne con ! l . " - M iL ! .11 " . x a. 1 TT , anion ui vuir renewing aiiegi&nce iu tne uniiea States by taking an oath to eupport the Consti tution, reserving the right to grant pardons, ' upon special petitions, to such individuals of the excepted classes tis he might deem deserving of them, ue appointed rrovisionai Uovernors, under whose, of ders elections were held for del egates to State Conventions, those only being al lowed to vote at such elections, to whom general or special pardons had been granted. The great body of the; people complied with the conditions, and voted at such elections. When oar Conven tion assembled, it was understood that the President-, and the people oftjiie dominant States, er pected of ual three amendments of our Constitu . tion, as esntial to harmonious Union, and per manent reconciliation, to wit: the renunciation of the doctrjne 6f secession', the abolition of slav ery; and thi repudiatioi). of the debt contracted in the prosecution of the rebellion; and the rati fication by the Legislature, thereafter to assem ble, of an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, proposed during the 1 war, abol ishing slave jry throughout the United Statjes. From all; we could learn from the press, the avowalH of if preisentative nien of the North, and all the isourdes of information, we entertained no doubt that tfaese views of the President were ap ' proved by the gfeat body of those who elected him. : Many1 of pur people deemed some of these terms hard and injurious to the well-being of the . State; but regarding them as the conditions to tjrestored amity, ; prescribed by oar conquerors, they were accepted with remarkable unauimify, and have since been observed with strict fidelity. One of thenTteduced from affluence to poverty a large number of our people, in nowise responsi fjble for this 'sectional war. We accepted them, because we thought these terms were required of us as preluninaries to the restoration of concord betweeu thei late; belligerents. We elected Sena tors' and Kepijesntatives to Congress, with all the qualifications prescribed in the Constitution. Wfrwere not ignbrant that Congress, during the war, had prescribed an oath of office, commonly known as the "t0st oath," which very few, if any of ouif people who had remained citizens of the State,' daring the war, oonld conscientiously take. We regarded this act as unconstitutional. v iArticle Cp Section 3, oi the Constitution of the s United States, iprovides thrxt Senators and - Rep ;, resentatives and other officers "shall be bound by oath or affirmation, to support the Constitu-. X Jlon of the United States." If Congress have the y power to add tp this oath as it may i deem expe A dient, it is manifest' that any party, having tem , porary asceu'dancy in Congress, can prescribe an oath which will exclude from Congress all who v do not agree in sentimeut with the dominant pax , ty..' This principle would destroy the very basis of our national , government. It was never in tended that a party; having temporary ascendan ' ey, should have authority to make its ascendancy perpetual. We f believed, from the-resolutions of Congress passed during the war, and the man : ifest requirements of enlightened policy, that the North wajiwillirig - to restore friendly relations J with the South,' and nobody could expect j any ; eordiaiity) to. be restored, while this statute was held to he hi force We expected it to be re plied, or be declared nncomtitutional and void . .; by the Supreme1 Court of the United States, in hich tribunal, -fortunately for tho 'causeof civil liberty, partizanshipjjas as yet made lut shght ;;. inroads. VVj believed that the constitutional i guards, and the virtue And intelligence of the el ! ecfors, were a sufficient protection against disloy ; alroen finding their way into the national . conn- -f- i Alto . . 5! . . v4 u expenence snouia indicate tna necessity i- Of otber8,they wbuld be provided in amendments t of the Constitution, and not in partizan lecd'sla- i, on- ' In the matter of electing our Senators and j ; Bepresentatives to Congress every citizen who had j : advocated the doctrine of secession before th ii Wir, Or- taken ennsninrnm Tin rt in tn militarv I conflict, delicately forebore to ask for a seat in 1 Congress. 'Although human experience has j jaugnt that those who (right or wronc) have ex- molted manly courage in military conflict rarely disregard the terms of capitulation when cbn : qered. in thia fttatfi ; we initiaUoh of the war, or distinguished him- j .uo aunng its progress, assea to do I jnaae -a mem nor f Pn V"a .preventative elected had alwaya opposed f 1 ecefibion until tt:,i c?t.i A ! 1 V7,. , Vsva or property. Up to this time, t Til iiluHr tUe "we and macnanimons 'policy of about to produce at an early ftfiSn fc0 n5ficut results ho contemplated. A ! je.htid complied wilh all these supposed pre !' Stmarne4Datio.nal reconciUation, speeches of nr,n ou paruzan leaders of tne Uongre83 ,, soon to asKmi. '? iv UJf .lae Uomirilmt rfa-U-. I need notTe . ? toa a ,!u f tbe chilling shock we received when U n ' . vD9 dominant party m Congress thJ. tbat tnjr' ;iibers, irrespective of ths i 1 ,TWltl0Q. vuuld rot be received and I! ""leUmou, for the pie.rvatiou of which! so iKS"!fsbeenloat.aud; ' P calhT V d Veen created, chould be practi- " the ilm " u QUtu " Hhould be the pleasure o I IhU S,arty Majority to restore it -Up U lated T' k -fraction hc Congress contem . t : e i t.j. 1 QiniArt I whfii ' i :ae;JegiJ'atiye power, without declaring " ever, dr upon what conditions, the f renfenV i? 0lh6T States they govern hall have domuSf atli the; recent electi.u.H in the Drones 4 " suucuon tniM acn- n :"tKa "wtp the actions of the people and . thM ;.i mes -thw- tite. in the interim of 'euprrifi u raoWlnHy natitrtifil nvements. Net States listed in the lito rebellious v occnL 18 State' not a frinclo instance has til wr4MHi.re.a ?Qeriff uas oceasion. since xecnf n;tr' to :rcquire a posse or other aid to iii y ' execute ? fKpi2cH'.' Pur bench of jadges have .--Wat-ii i,rdutieSin a manner which would vUw bisfilr lre:tb tne judiciary of any period which oali V orld. The steadiness with 'Wt last t 63 ave beld lhe scales f ja8-tice i xtord praise even from those who, -. VOL. MO." 5. at first, studied to malign then. A few of the' agents of the Freedmens Bureau, and I grieve to say, a few of our 'own people, who seek to ' propitiate the favor of Our conquerors by furn ishing aliment to thfeir unjust prejudices, have ought to make the impression, at the JNorth, that freedmen and Union men could tnot have justice at the hands of our courts. To this end emissaries have been employed to traverse the country and record .ex parte statements to cast odium on the administmtion of justice petitions have been covertly got , up by some of our own' citizens and sent to the President of the United States, charging disloyalty to out people ana iavornism to our oourts, to embitter against us the virtuous classes of thV North. " Amongst ub these machinations are well understood. The virtuous and intelligent men of the North who have settled among us, and especially the sold iers who stood in front of the fight, on Ijoth sides, in the late conflict of arms, despise these slanders. Through the agency of whole-souled men public opinion, it is hoped, will soon reach a healthy state. : Our judges, unmoved by these unworthy imputations and ' nnawed - by intima tions that they would be suspended from the ex ercise of their functions, if their adjudications did not accord with the dominant power, have silenced slander itself No murmur is now heard against the fairness with which justice is admin istered in our courts. The fearful increase of crime, the natural sequent of a civil war in which disrespect for the rights of non-combatants was authoritatively countenanced, if : not encouraged, is being rapidly repressed, and .rev erence for justice is having its natural triumph! Our Legislative Department has been . anxiously endeavoring to alter bur Code to suit our novel situation, and to bring order out of chaos pro duced by the late convulsion. This review of our national affairs brings ud to the present period. ' ; . . ,. THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. In June last I received from the Hon. Wm. H. SeWard, Secretary of State of th United States, a communication herewith ; transmitted to you, covering an attested copy of a joint resolution of Congress, proposing a' fourteenth article as an amendment to the Constitution , of , the United States. Itproposes First, That Mijl persons born or naturalized in Jhe United States and sub-. ject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of' the State , wherein ' they re side." Hecoiid, That '-no State shall make or en force any law. which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens ot the United State. " T7wni That "no State shull deprive any person of life, liberty or property, without" due process of law, nor to deny to any person within its ju risdiction the equal protection of its laws," Fourth, That "representatives, shall be apportion ed among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians , not taxed. But when the right to vote at any elec tion for the choice of electors for President aud Vice President of the United States,- representa tives in Congress, the executive and Judicial offi cers of aJState, or the members of the Legisla ture thereof, is denied to any of tne male inhabi tants of such State, being twenty-one years ot age and citizens 'ofthe United States, or iu any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens it weuty-one years of age in such State." : Fifth, That i "ho person shall be a Senator, or Representative in Congress, or elector ot President und Vice President, or hold any office,, -civil or. military, under the Uni ted States, or under any State, who having pre viously taken an oath, as a member, of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a mem ber of any State Legislature, or ,as an executive or judicial officer of ; any. State, : to support ."the Constitution, of the United States, shall have en gaged in insurrection or rebellion against : the same, or given aid. or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may, by a vote " of two thirds f each House, remove such disability." 4.tfir-r'That, the validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for paymant of Pensions and boun ties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned." Sei-eniA,-That, "neither the United States, nor any State - shall assume or pay any ( debt or " obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the U. S-, or any claim for the loss . or emancipation of anv slave: but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and . void.' Eighth, That "the Conzresa shall have, the power to enforce, by appropriate ' legislation, the provi sions of this article.' . - ; The Constitution provides that "the House of Representatives shall be composed of, members, chos en every second year by the people of the several States ," and that "the Senate of the TJ S. shall be composed of two Senators from each State."" This proposition is not made to us by a Congress so composed; this. State with eleven others; being denied representation in the body which proposed thus to amend the fundamental law. It waa the clear intehtien of the Constitu tion that every State Bhould have a right to rep resentation in a Congress proposing alterations in the original articles of compact; and on. this account, alone,' no State, pretending to have rights under the Constitution, can, with proper scrupulousness or dignity, ratify an amendment thus proposed. It is remarkable that this pro. posed amendment contemplates, under one article, i . . ? . i." z i i i. : l n n to cnange me utostnutiou in eigui, parvicuwi a, some of them altogether incongruous to be rati fied as a ichole. We are not allowed to ratify such of them as we approve and reject thoso we disapprove. This is the first attempt to intro duce the vice of - omnibus legislation into the grave matter of changing the fundamental law. In 1789. Contrress proposed to the States, pursu ant to the 5th article, of the original constitution twelve new articles, as amendments. Ten of these were ratified by three-fourths of the States The resolution, by which these articles i are sub mitted to the States, authorizes the States to rat ifv all or anv of them." Teh of them were rat ified two were rejected. Each of the other three amendments which have been adopted, to wit; the eleventh, recommended ih 1794; the twelfth in 1803. and the thirteenth in 1865, was confined to one matter. Te gome of the provisions of this proposed fourteenth article constitutionally, sub- mitted to us, mere wouiu prouauijr uo wujw tion. To others, or to the heteroganedus whole. it ia tinned the State will never give her assent. A commentary on all the proposed amendments would make this document inordinately long, A few remarks on one or two of them, may not be inapDroprite. Under our laws, made in con- h,mi.T tn the Constitution of the United States, fvni of the followine State officers, who en tered on! the discharge of his duties prior to the 20th day of May 1861, took the ; oath to support fh Constitution of the United States, viz : the Governor, Judges of the Supreme and Superior Courts, Public Treasurer, Secretary of State, frnilnr.- Justices of the Peace, Sheriffs, Clerks ef the County and Superior Courts, Clerks and Masters in equity, Clerk of the Supreme nnn-rt HnnntftMes. County Trustees, Coroners, takers' processioners, rangers standard-keepers, surveyors, every officer of , the militia, Attorney Oenerai, state ana .ouutjr o licitors, every member of the General Assembly, and every other officer holding any office of tn-ut or profit in this State, every lawyer was likewise required to take it, though the right to practice law has not been held to be an office of trust or profit. The persons who had held these offices prior to the war comprise a vast proportion of the population of;1 the State. All postmasters -and others who had held office under the United States bad also taken this oath. The classes embraced, the great body of the intelligence of the State. - - ' When war had been inaagurated,--when one section had confronted the other m military conflict, when personal security compelled obe dience to those 'vi de facto authority, who of all these classes of officers, who remained in1 the Stated did not join his own section In the fight, A comfort" in the technical sense of this phrase, or in the sense which future in terpretation may assign to it, to those who did; join in it? Scarcely a man remained among us who can conscientiously say that he gave no "aid and comfort" to the Southern soldiers, du ring that conflict. But strange to say this amendment leaves eligible to office any one who went into a convention, and voted for the ordi nance of secession, and any one who voluntarily took up arms and fought on ' the - side of , the PUBLISHED BY POOL . & SHOTWELL, IN THE BRICK BLOCK, NEWBEM, South to the end of the' war,.' or held a Beat in the Confederate Congress, provided such person had never taken an oath to -support, the Consti tution1 of the United States. . 1 ! f If it be held that a deeper shade of guilt at taches to those who had held , office and taken this oath, than to others who i owed like allegi ence to the United States: is k l&wver who had taken jthat oath and afterwatds joined in the re- Demon, less guilty than a constable or a post master, or other inferior officer who , had taken the oath and afterwards giveu aid L . to the rebel lion ? If it be said that the dispensing power reserved to two-thirds of Congress may be relied on to prevent any special hardship, it is incon ceivable how so large a body, charged with . so' many mord important duties, could exercise this power with justice or discretion. If this amend ment should be ratified, it is believed that not a single4 one could be found in the State who was, before the war, a Governor, a Judge of the Supreme or Superior Court, a member of Congress, or member of' the General Assembly of this State who would be eligible as a county register1 or vil lage i postmaster, without this dispensation of two-thirds of Congress. The advocates of this amendment urge that if we ratify it representa tion in ; Congress will be conceded to us; and that, if we reject it, we must expect, from the dominant party in Congress, calamities still more dire than we have yet felt. There is no warrant for either assertion. .It would" have been as unbecoming in Congress to offer it to us under any such promise, or such threat as it would be degrading' t us to ratify it undtr such circumstances. It should : be considered solely in reference to its fitness to form a part of the fundamental law of a country claiming high po sition among enlightened and Christian nations. The fifth section of this proposed . article has the same import, and is intended to convey as much power, as if it were repeated at the end of each one of the four preceding sections. The original Constitution, inclosing the catalogue of the pow ers of Congress,' gives the authority "to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitu tion in the Government of the United States or any department or offioer thereof, this au thority has always been 1 understood to apply to power conferred on the government of the United States, by amendments subsequently made, and has repeatedly received thei consider ation of the iudiciary. Tf the design of this fifth section is simply to re-affirm the long establish- ed principle of power necessarily impnea under the provision just recited, it is needless surplus age; but if, as its special insertion indicates, it is intended to amplify the various powers which would be reasonably implied from the sections which precede it, and to give to Congress a pecu liar authority over the subjects embraced in the proposed fourteenth article, it is mischievous and dangerous. i . ' If there be any feature in the American sys tem of freedom whieh gives to it practical ! value, it is the fact that a municipal code is provided under the jurisdiction of each State, by which all controversies as to life, liberty or property, ex cept in the now limited field of Federal jurisdic tion, are determined by a jury or tne county or neighborhood where the parties reside and the contest arises; but, if Congress is hereafter to become the protector of life, liberty and- proper ty in the States, and the guarantee or equal pro-1 tectum i of the laws; and by appropriate legisla tion to declare a system of rights and remedies, which can be administered only in the Federal Courts, then the most common and familiar offi cprq nf instine must be transferred to i the few points in the State where these courts are held, and to judges ana otner omcers, . aenving ana . . - i i . er . . holding their commissions, not from the authori ty, and people of the btate' as heretofore, but from the President and Senate of the United States, i The States, as by so much, are to cease, to be self-governing committees as heretofore, and trespasses against the person, assaults arid batteries, false imprisonments and the like, where only our own citizens are parties, must be regulated by the Congress of the JNation and adjudged only ih its courts. I cannot believe that the deliberate judgment or tne people of any State or any section will approve such an inno vation, for although Its annoyances may be ours to-day they must expect them to be theirs to-morrow. The people of this State, with a singular approach to unanimity, are sincerely desirous of a restoration of their constitutional relations' with the American union, in tne iaoe or cir cumstances, rendering it nearly impossible, they have paid its government the taxes, ef former years, laid when another de fac o government whose, powers they could not have resisted if they would, was making levies in money and kind almost greater than they could bear; they acquiesced in the extinction of slavery, which annihilated more than half their wealth; they have borne with patience the exclusion of their Senators and Representatives from thei halls of Congress, where they have had no one to contra dict orexplain the most exaggerated misrepre sentations, or evjn to make known their griev ances. How long this unnatural condition of our relations is to continue, it seems, we shall be allowed to have no share in determining. No time has been set, and ne conditions proposed, on. which it may be terminated. In the mean time, l trust, we shall meet events as they arise with a reasonable and manly fortitude,1 ready at all times to fulfil our duties as patriotic citizens, but under no circumstances willing to sacrifice thi honor and rights of the State, as a member of the Union; not in the sense of the advocates of secession, but as taught by Iredell and Marshall and Story and Kent and Webster,. and in! which moderate men everywhere,' North and South, be fore the war, were supposed to concur. Anx ious as I was to avert the late war, and have at all times been to compose' our troubles on the basis of the Union as our fathers framed it, I can perceive in this proposed amendment noth ing calculated to perpetuate the Union; but its tendency seems to me better suited to perpetu ate sectional alienation and estrangement, and I have, therefore, no hesitation in recommending that it be not ratified. , . THE AFBI0AW BACE. i . . . - i . Most of the African race among us were lately .1 slaves. Their misters cared for their subsistence. Their habits illt fit them to provide for their in- dispenaably daily wants. Nothing can be more absurd than the! supposition that the great body of them can now participate in Governmental af fairs with any discretion. A very few of them are discreet and virtuous, and have consid erable intelligence ; and when the State shall be left free to manage her internal affairs, without extraneous interference, I do not doubt that the question as to what share ought to be granted them, m the elective franchise, will be candidly considered. To grant universal suffrage to them now is manifestly absurd. , What ought to be done in reference to this race, if its consideration could . be approached apart from passion and party politics, would embarrass the wisest statesman and philanthro pist. : Unhappily, our present condition does not allow such calra .consideration. At present it blends itself with our national aflairs. From the' earliest: period of. our history under the. Nation-, al Union, it has been the cause, or the pretext for. I Bectional . strife. !, : Disuuionists North and South, have constantly used it to alienate one section of our country from the other. When these ; strifes at last culminated in war and sla very was suddenly abolished,' and the ; 8outh thereby grievously impoverished and constrained; to accommodate itself to a violent change, more suddenly introduced than the teachings of expe rience would seem, to, warrant, all patriotic men looked for national repose, as a setoff. The one great theory of bur government, which was sup-! posed to be settled, was that each State should manage its own Internal affairs, but so far from the abolition of slavery having composed our see-' . . , , rt , ; 1. 1 ii . - ' uouat amerenues, i nas onij lawasmea vuem, the negro being still the subject of strifeY- The North claimed that humanity required its inter-1 position to protect the recently emancipated slaves from aggression on the part of the -white people of the South, and new and strange tribu4 nals were instituted among us to manage this race, claiming arid exercising lone after hostili ties had! ceased, exclusive jurisdictioni civil and criminal, over whites and blacks, as to all mat ters to jwhich a freedman was a party, and rest ing their decisions and modes or proceeding on no known rules. It behooves every patriotic mind to solve the problem, what is best t to be C.;i TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27 1866. done to avoid this sectional strife, in relation to the negro. j;Ts it possible, in entire consistency with the well heing of the African race, to avoid this enduring source of animcaity between the sections 7 ' it seems to me taat the course io pe pursued is obvious, if the parties ' to the ' con troversy sincerely desire reconciliation. -.-lhe cause of the trouble is the unequal distribution of the race between the sections. , The plain and' practical remedy is . their , more equal diffu sion. Existing circumstances invites such diffu sion. ! The people of the SOuth (whether1 from prejudice or not- is immaterial, to the, view I take) do no regard the negro as their equaLj He is not allowed the right of suffrage. The North' insists. that this prejudice of the South does cruel wrong to the African. "Among us they are very poor, and few of them have! acquired local attachments by, ownership of land. The results of emancipation and war haver made the; whites poor also ; and the uncertain condition of j our federal relations prevents the influx of capital or population ; Enterprise is paralyzed.! Tew! are 1 able to employ laborers and pay them, liberally.' On the other hand the dominant States are. rich. I In all of them the wages' of labor is much greater I than ;we cah pay. In tnaiiy Of them are pqblic j lnnn . -1. ' l- l.'l -1 l 11 , l I lands of great ; fertility, which .the laws give to the actual settler at a nominal trice. I In one of these States a portion of the ceoole has given a substantia earnest of the principles they profess by eleetingj two Africans as members of their State Legislature., f Everything seems to invite their emigration to the .dominant States-bnt most of them are. loci poor to paY the expenses of moving. , This difficuhy may bo overcome) by divertmg the appropriation made to sustain1 the Freedmens .Bureau, to' defraying; the traveling expenses of those who -may , choose pto1 move, allowing each one to choose the State or territory to which he would go. ' When thus left free and aided to go where they may think their pon- K :u u u - ii a : : j : t i-n dition will ye ueuereu, uo grqunae will uc j leu sectional strife as. 'to ! their goverri- for further menti Wh o that would avoid the rock on which our ship of State is threatened with wreck,! will object to this scheme of reconciliation ? It is clear that the Northern States will not object to it It will place the negroer, voluntarily emi grating to tnem, under their immediate guardi anship, where they can dook after I their personal protection and mental and moral culture, much more discreetly than they can by,a Freedman's Bureau, or; any other-machinery (While they re main here.1 - ' . ' -1 '1 - ' - lam sure North Carolina will: not obiect to this scheme. It it be objected that the emigra-, tion would; be so universal as to leave: us gar a time, without a sufficiency of laborers, and it be conceded that this would be the result, who would not prefer to perform servile labor until other labor could be procured, to the inquietude and humiliation to which we are now subjected ? But, such would not be the result. North Carolina means to treat her freedmen with jus tice ana numanity. very many of them retain the feelings of kindness .and confidence which they fbnnerly felt towards their late masters, land these reciprocate the feeling and "pay them fair wages, and give them, every, reasonable aid to better their condition. Although we may be unable to perceive anything to encourage our efforts in the pas history of th race,-1 respect fully recommend that you propose this plan of national reconciliation to the . Congress of the United States. Whether the suggestion be car ried ojut or not, it behooves us to consider what the welfare-of the State requires us to do in spe cial rerereuce 10 tne Aincau race among us. i he task which the sudden emancipation ot so many slaves imposed, if we' were allowed to Undertake iswithout interference, Would be sj most difficult one. we must lace it as it is, and do the best we can for the common weal . of the white and the black, i f' The most promment subjects demanding new legislation is crime and pauperism?, Our Courts ne uttu.Au uvvuuicu viuu uio criminal diuo oi hft.i HAHnost iiin tm.i . 1 U 1 1 . i 1 - , F the dockets that little attention could be given to civil suits, ana our jails are i6till ; crowded. Stealing, formerly regarded as: the .meanest of uimcB, ouu ui , uuucuucui occurrence in wis State, from the manner ia. which) the late war was conducted and other causes, has come to be regarded as a rather veniable offence. The ac tion of out Courts has done much to check it It is still frightfully common. Negroes compose much! the! larger class of these offesnders. Much the larger number of convicts, of all colors, are insolvents,1 and the expenses of their prosecution and imprisonment swell largely the frightful burthen ot taxation under which our imrOver- isnea people are laboring. This evil must be - i - - I remedied, if possible. ; ; - Under our existing laws recebtly enacted. power is conferred on the Justices of the Peace to erect work houses for their respective Coun ties, in which insolvent eonvictsf should work out the fines imposed and the costs, of prosecu tion, j The erection ef proper buildings will cost much, Counties cannot' bear , the expense of (erecting around them sufficient wills to prevent tne escape of prisoners. . The salary of the Su perintendent and other employees, must be considerable. How can the coiivict be com peUed to labor ? WhAtishe to w6rk at? If a machinist, is it contemplated . toj supply each County, work shop with the necessary tools and maienaia r is leatner to .be provided for the shoemaker and saddler : coal, anvil. - hammer and. bellows for the blacksmith planes for the carpenter, &c.? . ,H ; plank and not, what is he to work at? Or if he be not a machanic,- what is he to work at ? Certainly not , at farm- ing. This would require the keeping of mules or horsesj with uncertainty whether any, or how many convicts would be sent to th work house. xne superintendent could not Ditch his crop in uncertainty whether he would hav any hands or how; many he would have, and almost a certainty that when he put his cbnvict in the field to work he would run away, .;. I submit whether it would not be better to seep up our highways by taxa tion, and to compel insolvent vagrants and oth ers, convicted of misdemeanors, jto work with ball and chain, on the highways or! other, publio works of the Counties, allowing them, as toro- Tiueu in our vountj worn nouse act to raise tne fine and costs by apprenticing themselves, . V .'.'.'; 5 ! PENITENTIABX. i ' ' as to convicts ior tne nigner grades ot crimes I think a penitentiary should be erected. This moae oi pumsnment has been in! long use in most of the States. It has never been discon tinued, so far as I "am informed, iri any, State which has adopted it, and I regard this experi cuce as aecisive in iavor ot tne plan. If this re- commenaauoa oe approved, l further recom- mend that provision be made for eiriployins con- vict labor, as far as practicable, ia the construc tion of the necessary buildings, and that a pro per commission be constituted to carry , out the design in the best manner : - -.h:; j -:rf j; 'pauperism. Thei number dependant for subsistence on pub lio chanty is vastly greater than it ever was in any past period of our histoty. A benevolent feature of the Freedmen's Bureau (was the.issu ing of rations to indigent blacks. This, I under stand, will be, or has been discontinued. Large numbers or them, too old or intorm! to labor, and a still larger number of children, loo young to labor, and without Barents, or with nurftnta nnf. tion to these is the large number made dependent by the loss or the maiming of their parents in the late war. As to the number of these last I cannot furnish the statistics, contemplated by the resolution of the General Assembly of the the tenth of March last, the chairman of the County Courts of some three or four counties on ly, having sent me any returns, rind - these do not profess to be full and accurate. .The pauper negroes, formerly supported' by the master, must now go to the poor houses; I recqnmend a re vision of the poor laws. , I. am, not! prepared to suggest any specific alterations bf them, but hope your wisdom may . be able td devise some plan of lightning the heavy burthern which the proper care of the poor must soon impose upon us.;,,.. i,.;,?v... ". .. v !. M l- !'. AFFBBKTICSBIF. 1" . v A recommend a revieiuu oi uur laws m reiationi to apprenticship. The future well-being of the State depends much upon the manner in which our children and-youth are . brqught up. Great numbers of the rising generation, white and; black, are growing up without ; proper j training in the habits of steady industry! essential to make them moral and useful citizens. I Some of them, children, having no father to guide them; many of them," (in the language of one of our statesmen,- the parents with whom such, chii- dren may live, do not habitually employ' their t y- - " o O r , EAST I SIDE' OF CRAVEN STREET. time in some honest, industriou occupation. But to attain, the proper; ends or apprenucsnip no pains should be spared, in Selecting the mas ters to wham the tutelage . of 'such r children lis,; committed, in this, I think the' administration of our laws requires amendment. nhen a caim is to be bound apprentice, l rear .that our county vouri9. io wniOQ wia uuvy is . bouuuw, which' are expected to act in loco parentis often neglect to look nrooerly . to the fitness of, the-? master to brine up the child.' Now ; when- the welfarioftke State requires the exercise of this j - power much more extensively than formerly, it j fs well to inauire whether something may not be s done for the . better protection and hearing of this class. In practice 1 feaiy that the eminent-1 lys wise and beneficent provisien of, bur Statute, Kev. Code, Chap. Ui, Kec. lo,' has .not peen sum-1 ciently observed. Itrequiresi the .Grand, Jury i of every Couqty annually at the orphan's court, to present to the Court, in. writing, tne names put all orphan children within their county, that j have not guardians, If riot bound out to some trade or employment; and also) all abuses," mis-. management and neglect1 of such guardians as are appointed by the court of their county; I re commend that the provisions 0f this1 section bet ' - - , . . ta 1 . . . I enlarged so as to embrace all children whom you mav declare nt sumecis i mi anprcnwcsaipe au that the Jury jeport at every term oi, ine court, and that if be made the duty of the county at torney, at each term, to give the act m charge to the Grand Jury. I suggest further that it would tend much to the security; and proper care or ap apprentices, if it were made the special duty of county solicitor, to attend; to the binding of each apprentice and attest the indentures; with power in every case where he may deem it expedient, . to carry the case by appeal to the superior Court, and that proper provision be made for his compensation for this service.? I have received from Thos. P. Jjevereux, isq.. an aged citizen, distmguisned ior ms intelli gence, and long the owner of a large number of ; . n m t slaves, a letter on this supjecc, presenting many views and reflections, the resultof his experience. I transmit ! his letter with this message, and commend his suggestions; to your consideration. T 1 t V .. 11. . l:.. tk. fin n m 1 l.oBMhlV itj una uveu. tuo puuuv ui buo uciiciai. looeuiuyi since the ordinance of emancipation, to so re- form our laws, as to personal rights, that no dis tinction should, exist tol the prejudice or tne blacks. I find some distinctions still exists as to apprenticeship, inadvertently overlooked I pre suriie. Our laws require thej binding of white females to the age of eighteen, and. colored fe males to the age of twenty-one years ; and power is conferred on tne court to oina as apprentice, the children of free negroes, when the parents with whom such children may live do not habit ually employ their time ih . some honest, indus trious occupation." There is! no provision for binding white children 80 neglected by their pa rents. I hope the law will be so altered as to abolish these discriminations,; and all others, if any others ba found to exist. ! An embarrassing difficulty.' as to the binding of negro children, has lately presented itself. On being notified by a citizen, to whom negro children hod been bound as apprentices by the county 'court, that he had! been notified by an of. ficer of-, the freedmen's bureau, that such binding would not be respected, and that ne was required to surrender such children, the indentures hav. ing been declared null byj authority of the offl. cers of the bureau. I had had no previous no tice that such interference was contemplated. In reply to a letter of inquiry which I (thereupon addressed to Brevet Major ueneral Komnson, the Assistant Commissioner of the r reedman s . Bu reau in this mate, be sent me; a copy of the or der under which his subordinates acted, in these words : "The civil courts will not be allowed to make any discrimination between whites and blacks, in i the apprenticing' of children. No child whose parents are able and willing to sup port it, can be bound without the consent of the parents; children over fourteen yeats of age will not be bound out as apprentices under any cir cumstances. Col. liutherfhrd will see ; that the above rules; are strictly carried out, and will at once cancel all Indentures net made in conform ity therewith." This order, if carried .into effect substantially annuls, as I conceive, the powers of our courts over minor children of color. The 1 W . it ' iJ " x V correspondence on tne supjectis not concluded. I hope the order will be revoked. As j soon as a. final decision Bhall be reached I. will communi- cate it to you. j ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE. Soon after the adjournment of our ' Conven tion, I addressed a communication to General Robinson, calling his attention to the fact that onr laws had been so reformed that no discrim ination existed as to the administration of jus tice, to the prejudice of free persons of color. He promptly issued an oder, a copy of which accompanies this communication, dated July tho 13th. 1866. restoring to our courts, with one exception; all eases to which ( freedmen are parr ties. This order relieved our people from one sourc e of great annoyance. It has ' been faith fully observed on thefpartof the bureau, and the power so j justly and wisily exercised- by ,our courts, that nobody now doubts that tho change of jurisdiction was a proper one. ' Our anomalous condition, the boundaries of ju risdiction between the military and civil author ities being illy defined, has led to much corres pondence between the Executive and ' Military Commandants of the State. It is spread out on my letter! book, subject to your inspection. shows, as I think, a disposition on both sides av6id unriecessary conflict! t ! j ' I ' WS a. ' T J?4 ww- . m " people, who, by petitions addressed to the Presi - r or a ume a was aisiressea oj a portion oi our dent and otherwise, charged upon our courts par- United States' soldiers and negroes: and by re- ports teridinz to the same end. made to me bv the military commandant! of the State, covering . . - comDlaints made to him. hv certain of nnr r-it.i- zens. who represented thai thev could not ha. justice 14 our courts. , Investigation has shown tnese comprainesto nave naa no just loundation, and the manifest tairness with which our judi cial officers have held the scales of justice, has .won the admiration pf all. jAtJohe time these complaints seemed alarming. I deemed it of vital importance to ascertain whether there was any great grounds for them,iand if they - were found to be unfounded, to!countera6t theirlbane- ful lnflueiice. . And, upoln receiving from the military commandant of the State, a, eomplaiht irom a citizen 01 niues Ceanty. imputing gross- 7 disloyal conduct to certain persons being or- ganizea as state mintia, I deemed it necessary to send an agent," in conjunction, with one appointed by ; the ' military commandant, to enquire ' iinto the truthfulness of these al legations I . appointed William S. Mason, JSsquire, of this city- His report, as well as that or the officer sent with! him by Gen era! Kobinson, - showed the . groundlessness of -the complaint. Mr. Mason bore his own expen ses and performed this service, with the j knowl edge that I had no power to give fa warrant for his compensation. ' Eir services were! valuable to the State, and, I trust you'will have noy hesi tation in giving him suitable compensation. V ELBCTIOX OP rUITED BTATE3 SENATOrI The term for which the Honorable John Pool was elected United States jSenator will expire on the fourth of Mrrch next Although we have no indications how long it will ;be the pleasure , of the dominant party in Congress, to exclude us from any .participation inj national legislation, we ougnt, as x minK, tocontmue to perform on onr part,-u our constitutional duties, among wmcu is tne election or a senator, with all the qualifications prescribed in the Constitution; and I, therefore, deem it proper to call your at tention to an act of Congress, approved Jul v 25th 1866, entitled n act to regulate the times and manner ror holding elections for Senators in Congress,', a copy of which accompanies this messaie.1;. '... r.;. "' .-i-r. ;f r ; I. ' :':y. ABTITICIAI, LIHB3. j , fX..!'. under stae resolutions, authorizing the fur nishing or maimed soldiers with artificial legs, passed at the last session of the General Assem bly devolving on the Governor the duty j of car rying the same into execution, I addressed a let ter to the Sheriff of each county of the State, re- questing nun to report to ne, at an early day, the number in his county who had lost limbs, dis tinguishing tnose who had lost legs, from those who had lost arms. I also addressed letters to a number of Manufacturers of artificial limbs. i I I : w. w V4 eu iiuv4 aaauu0 1 whose patents had been approved, and who were ' manufacturing limbs for the maimed soldiers of Pbicb Five Cents the United States, requesting them to sefrd me samples of their manufacture, and to submit proposals fer supply the State. Many specimens were sent and proposals made. After a careful examination and extensive inquiry, I. closed a contract with Jewitt & Co., at seventy dollars for each leg and fifty dollars for each arm to be supplied - To ' insure an easy fit, it was necessary that the soldier should be ,in the shop and ' there have 1 the limb fitted to the b tump, and the contract therefore, required .the manufacturer to make them in a shop in this city. " To i enable ,: the soldiers to come here without cost,1! wroto , to the i Presidents of each of the railroads -and transportation companies, requesting free f passage for 1 them, oming and -going, to which -all cf them prompuy assenteo. i causea to oe nctea up a 4iouse witn .suitable beddings, Ac, lor such of them tooccupy as might choose - to do so, they ueing ja uu expense excepi.ipr provisions, twnicn. mey coma Dring witn mem or otnerwise pro . . .1.1V . l . . " cure. I employed Air. rim Itvan i to attend to the details, whose , report, to me, accompanies i.uu uicBBaue. xuo oucrixia, witnoufc exception. lhe government of UMUJnUed fetates pays thhjence. and nearly all the furniture has been lost, earn. AAnfMJltftM AAWHnfvAA JaII.mi l1 I . ' w ... i ' same contractors seventy-five dollars eacUi;0 IeVr T will vftAw Aef Via Ctnf a imam 4V.A. it:. I V- Yll , ; Jtra ""ufi nu. u mwupuuu ciuoea, lot) Tltttt if a - .exec-au5SJ neir; undertaking i JWlfcg, iso, far as I.have Jheardj - uTi1 measures; belonging to the Srate,-were, missing. JSSt. and. ctUany eouritie. which had lostf a part.: or all It wiy manner in wnicn this work is progressing, wuicu gave me mucn anxiety and solicitude in the selecting of the patent and; arranging the beginning of the work. I refer you for further particulars to the. accompanying .report of MJ llyan, who has faithfully and diligently kept the books and attended toall the details.?: , -' j IiPnatio isTmtr ',.-...!':', . - : The close of the war left the Lunatic Asvlnm in a most deplorable condition. V On the occopa4 tion of this city by the United States army, the benevolent design of: this Institution did rfot protect it from spoliation.- The fencing; w) lnciosea its grounds, some rr acres, waa torn away and used for fuel, or other purposes. I The orchard and garden were exposed. Its stock of milch, cows, hogs, corn, pork, fcc., was eizedS and taken away. It is just to the United Statea officers in command here, to say, that they pre-! vented the disbanding of the Institution and thai turning out. of the poor maniacs by furnishing; the .needful supplies until, by the partial restora tion oi tne civil authorities, the State could raJ sume her guardianship over it ; ' unaer tne act ra tinea tne tentn aav ot March. last "to secure a better government for the; Insane Asylum,", vesting the government oX thei institution m five supervisors, to be bienriiallyi be ex officio chairman of the board, I solicited . and obtained the consent of five gentlemen, dis-i tinguished for capacity and. benevolence, and aE residents in itaieigh, to serve as supervisors, t wit : Thos. Bragg, Geo. W. Mordecai. Dr. E. B Haywood T. H. Selby, and C. Dewey, and, taponi the resignation of Dr. Haywood, after a few mouths service, I obtained the consent of Dr, Charles Ej Johnson; and appointed him to fit tne vacancy, ine.se gentlemen are entitled toi the thanks of the State for their diligent effort, requiring mucn oi tneir time, often upon sudden! caM, in the discharge of their duties. The yourJ nal of our proceedings are open for your inspew ! w i j - j I - j .. . r i vu' o uavc ciiuoarureu to ao everyxning - wei deem compatible with the laws and consistent! with enlightened benevolence, to diminish th J" .1 i T . - . ' YT .. .. . i tiueuocs oi me xnsutuuon. xour attention ia invited to! the report of the Superintendent Dr. v r -cjcVi ti , . . .4 xj. y. i iouci, nuicu x ncrcwjtn transmit iojyou, muicaung; tne particulars as to which we deem! additional legislation necessary.' ' It is believed tVn 'I t- w u.l - 1 1" . . 1 . ! Kuuu i poacuio a lliu UliU likic UUWlBg OI tne of this great charity, and its future wants. The whole of the aurironriktion l il i L . , . - . . ! ior iu support nas Deen exnausteo. Ai lorther appropriation will.be needed at an early day toi lay in supplies for the coming year. We did not constrne tne act mating the appropriation fat the support of the Institution this year, as j cen-i templating the payment of sundry debts: cen-j irac-iou ior Buppues, salaries, towards thei close of the war and afterwards, i . We have' had! much trouble in scaling these Aebts.' mostly, on! the basis of Confederate mony. i "If. adjusted ac-i cording to the scale of depreciation' ' established by the General Assembly, some of them would! get mucn more and others much - less, t than we! deemed equitable. . ,We submit a. report of thei amount which, we think, ought tq, be paid to oncu oi mese creaitorsf ana x recommend ' that; an appropriation be made for their payment t AGBICOXTUKAXr 00IXECO. ! i It will be seen by the able report of our Pu lie Treasurer, which; ! herewith transmit Uhatj we received some months ago, the scrip fo onet hundred and seventy thousand (170.000) acres of P lblic lands, being one-share of a donation of nnkliA O 1 J . . I - 1 . i uuiio ittuua, ujr . vuuress, lu bju in. estaoiisning colleges iri the several States and territories, , to S M. A X . . . mi inipart instruction in Agriculture and the Aiech-i amc Arts. By the second section of an Act of the General Assembly, ratified the fifth dav of! 31arch 1866, the Public Treasurer is empowered 1 i. J !il it V.1 ... f. . .: ujr auu witn tne aavice oi tne uovernor, to sell mis iana and invest the proceeds in stocks of the uuuea otates, or or the states, or other j safei stocKs, yielding not less than five per cenfum in terest. Owing to .the Homestead r law. , which. grants umitea quantities of the oublie lands . toi It actual 8ettler8, at a nominal price, our scrip if i now pt in market, will bring little more than fcy fiftv (Wl Pnta no Ti- -V t . .. 2-: ! f r- -vw. . i duivx - w., pricey tne enaowment or tne proposed college would be 1 ery small, and in the present unsettleJ. conJl J fSm! -ck r emDarrassing. lhe pw price of otr n oeiml w.wu.u investment in them, 1 fj the State 1 Aha 1 I K. i . ,,, . ... . . . her creditors, which I hone and belie will be rw ...u u lciiucrafc auu ace iaiiautu; tu ua ; out, in me pamrui uncertainty which clouds the, future, as no damage could be fore-( seen from a little delay, wej have declined the: responsibility of making a salo, and deciding in tM. . . 1 X ? . 1 1 - ... ... wnat stocxs the ? proceeds should be invested nna we respectiauy bsk ror more Boecihe ' in struction from your honorable body. I am sure the State will heartily co-eperate in adopting the most efficient means of carrying out the de- signs, of congress, to i.wit, giving; the aids of science to the , chief . elements i of American strength, and prosperity, i The inoulrv arises. howcao this object he ' most -efficiently - carried out in tnis stater i-: . . ; i-j. h - ru'-i . v university, wnictt onr uonstitution re quires us to sustain, has lost the bulk of its ' en dowment, by the insolvency of the bank of Horth Carolina, it has buildings adapted to the' ac commodation of four hundred (400) students on a tract of land containing many hundred: acres of good agricultural I tnd, with enl about one nunarea stuaents with larire libraries, a very extensive Geological Cabinet, and other facilities for imparting scientific knowledge. 1 It appears -to me that the best mode of carrying out jthe will of Congress, wul be the; engrafting of one -University of an Agricultural and Mechanical department. A like course, has been adopted, or is under consideration, in several oft Tthe Northern States. H Our indefatigable Public Treasurer has corresponded with the Treasurers of many of these States on the subject, and will iaa.o pieaguio iu giving to any committee, vj whom you may give this matter in chargej the benefit to be derived from the action of other States. -The subject deserves your' special i con sideration. -' " ;-; - ' !: . - IKTEECHAKGB ' OP LAWS. BVMMZ ' COURT fes- ; U-' ' "''Y PORTS, &C. '' i ';' nOur statistics and the decisions of our Supreme Court, - since the re-OrganisStion of the State government, have been forwarded to the several States and territories : and we ; have receivea, and are constantly receiving.1 large numbers of volumes in excharige. New 1 York sent us I one hundred and fifteen' (115) ' volumes, and many of thei other States - a considerable number. Mai, sachuoetts, and some other States, through their proper ofBcershave asked ns to make their sets of our Supreme Court Eeports complete, by sending them the reports of the' decisions made br our Court daring the war, ?: We have beeri un able to comply with these ! requests, because; if they were printed in sunicient numbers, they have been lost Many of theiu ' were unbound and poorly printed on bad paper. I suggest the expedieney ol re-printing new editions rof them. ' . : , '- PUBLIC IJBBABt, , I loarn from the Librarian that he will i Published -Dally, amd AVeeltly Kewbem, Jiortk Carolina, by V, : , on Crevea 8treet, POOL SHOTWELL. -t ...v-- -V-r:.' I ' TERMS OF UI1SCKIFTI03I. ' , ' Dally one year. ; V. . . )i. .. . i 0 ' six months I i . . : '. . '.V.l ..............; Te clubs of ten one year. ............ To eiubs of ten six monthal . . . . .ll. . ..............''O.Oi.' leuif rat jemr..... ......... . - ; i s . six months.....,..'..1.... .50 1.50. : . .-' . i A elnb of ten, weekly, one year,,. A club of ten, weekly, six months 80.0O. iouoo require more space for '' the reception of books. Besides the annual addition of ; literary, histori-i cal and scientific works being made under, the law appropriating five hundred dollars ($500) a' year, for the increase of the publio Library, we are continually recemnglarge accessions by our iniercuaugos wivu vne oiaiee anu .vuw hwui . government. Additional space should be pro-; vided for them. As to how tnis may be best ef-. ' fected,.! have no specific recommendation to sub-J The old arsenal building, at an inconsiderable , expense, (now entirely useless; might be made available for.tome publio purpose. '. f i - ? . I call your attention to the condition or tne . -buildings and grounds, provided by an a, u. reside'nee of the Governor. ; They I have . een pc. cupied as the head-quarters of the Military Com-, mandant of the State, since the capture of this' oifybyQen Sheraan,t army, in April 1865.?-! i The fencing Ms been removed, the garden, thek fruit trees and shrubbery are exposed to stock,' aomei of the ornamental trees cut down and ' the buildings . damaged ond defaced. I have not asked to occuby these buildings. ' They require : essential f epaws to make them a ' luitable resi destroyed, and no appropriation- has been 0 - - - - . made to repair and refurnish the premises . WEIGHTS AND HSASfBES. 0n entering upon, the discharge of my official datiea, i fottl that the standard of weights and Many counties which had losr a part. their standards ofi weights and measures hereto-, fore supplied by the Slate,' were applying ' lor new-ones, i Oo application to the Secretary, of the. 1 Treasury, a new supply was sent; and, ; in the meantime, I addressed a circular to the' Chair man rif each County Court in the State, to ascer tain what measuresrit would be my duty, to pro vide for them," tinder the provisions of chapter' 117:RevisedCode..";.';.;'..;': i i v-i'.-iii "' gL could not contract, with .discretion, for the manufacture of these measures, until I knew the whole number to be. supplied. ';Very manyjof th't, chairmen did not respond. I sent a second cir- ' cular, to the county court clerks, and have now an answer from nearly, all ef them. L rtapeci- fully supmit thattbe details of this duty ought not to be imposed on: the Governor, or that he should be authorizsd to employ and pay i suita-; ble agent to attend to it, I refer you to a letter, on this subject from Prof. A. D. Bache, which ac companies this message. ..'; ' z i . - ' . " i-r,. !. ' . MILITIA. : , ) j. -s A -well 'regulated -militia Is essential to the administration of -the state government, as well as to the discharge of her duties, as . a member, of the Union. At the beginning of my adminis tration, total disorganization of the militia exists ed. Under, the act of the General Assembly, passed the 12th day of March last, I appointed John A. Gilmer, Jr., Adjutant General with in . structions to carry out the provisions of said act The duties to be performed - were twenty itimes greater than they were before the war. Nearly, five thousand officers bad to be elected, commls-' sioned and qualified proper records to be kept a correspondence to be conducted with every. county in the State, and innumerable other diffi culties to pa overcome. The salary ; allowed to this officer, when the services, were comparative ly light was two hundred dollars ($200) a year. This was not altered by the act of last March.- Believing that this was an oversight, and that you would make him adequate com pension, he entered zealously upon the dischatge of his du ties. , I herewith submit his report, and commend it to your capful consideration. ' ! " f V -l AUDITOR AND OOMPTROLIiEB. By an act of the General Assembly theie offi-"1 ces were consolidated and no Clerk allowed. -The duty of auditing claims, ' imposed, on this) officer, his decisions being final, and. subject to no supervision, require an officer of firmness and capacity, and the extensive book-keeping, and methodical arrangement of the papers pertain, ing to his j duties as Auditor and Comptroller, require much labor. I recommend ' au inquiry whether judicious economy does not require an increase of salary and the aid of a Clerk. , COUBTS OF OTIB AID TKElTlirEa. . I have considered it my duty, iri a few instan ces, under existing laws, to designate Judges to hold Courts of Oyer and Terminer; but after full inquiry and careful examination of the, laws, I am in doubt as to what is the legislative will, in reference to the compensation of si ; Judge for such special service. .1 ask such, actionon your part as shall leave no ground for doubts. " . ' , - TBKrAIBS OF THX BTXTB HOUSE. ' T - , Under the provisions of the resolution neseed hv th Oenerai Assembly, in March Jast, authoriitUig the GkYerp or to make "needful repairs on-the KUte House, and under the powers conferred npon the Governor, Seo e tary of the SUte, Public Treasnrer and Comptroller, by chapter 103 of the Bevised Code, yf hre caAsed-ettch repairs to oe mae 10 tne uapuol, ana each additional furaiture supplied to the HIU and ofnees m Wej deemed necessary; and the Governor and Puplio treasurer. In obedience to a resolution of the Ctonvejitiauibx; the 20th day of Jane, 1866, have had the necessary gaa fixtures put up for the lighting of the Halls and r6om of Che Capitol. We have executed these duties with -as mneh UUVUVU.J m.m . t- " - - . -" ' . ia . v v ... , IV. HILL8BOEO MTUTARX ACADKKT. . . 1 have received a communication from GenB. &j ilaU' eton, Superinti ndent of the .Hilleboro' Academy, nhlch i vwu pnuju uu uiHgr, KDuexvuBi vaenaff- gratnl--tonsly one scholarship in his Academy to one ronnir man from each Congressional District la this State and one scnoiarsnip io one yoang man irom tne state atlar gs to be designated by the Oovernori 'The- Institution asks no pecuniary aid from the State... Poor Toung men. will be unable to avail themselves of this opportunity to ac quire a scientific and military education in this Ols'ln- guished Seminsry board, j. eubmitt you may be able to or learning, without aid to tav" thfei it this subject to you. to the J hope that you may be able to offer some aid or encouragement to this generous design. .'.' - . t''.fr.'K, ASYLUM FOE DKAF MUTES AND TUB BUND. ' it should bea matter of just pride that 14 snitepf th. 3 ing their works of benincence. The report oti,he (res- ident Directors, Principal, Auditor and Treasurer, of our Asylum for deaf mutes and the blind, which I hr. wi a transmit .to yon, exhibit this Institution as .steadily executing, with undiminished viger, the benevolent pur-' poses fqr which it was oreated. I commend their reports to. your careful coniideration. . ; ; . . r o ;j . ; r i ;: KOBUO SCHOOLS AHD IKTEBNAI. IMPKOVKHKNtS- AA President of the Boards of literature and- of Inter nal Improvements, I shall submit to you additional mes sages, at as early a day as practicable, touebing the ma, ters committed to the charge of these boards, , -I :u IINXNCKS, CUBBXMOT, &C- TT.:-.i , f. I have not commented on our finances, the expediency of establishing Banks, or other means ol supplying a enr i cuwj uu raw, iuk u uhki oi out people. Decana Si T e beT nahi. to 7S"'&' subjects, which I could 1 'confld entry"'- recommena- proper to be adopted. As to our finances, I have nothing to add to the snggeations of the Public-Treasurer, -rhick I endorse. - pt the targe number of persoai redu f'l enoe fto rpoverty, withoua-faolt of th.i . 'i r:,,r" pressed with debt, and still larger cV7hoTm hi moaeraw competency, nut are neeet to find the means ef supplying their 'tadispensible wanU, Md ZK, Inexorable demands of the ax collector fel the mnS profound sympaUiy. but I 'ear yen can do little for their' rJ&Z- ,Th15 8h(ald Pl' great reliance upon In dividual in das try, and economy and nnbritV f w arrangements aud compromises between debtor and .creditor, and expect litUe from government beyond : the protection of their rights. The mutual Interest of debtor' and creditor, generally Indicate the proper bases ef settlement. In the case of a "Shylock" creditor,! the existing law furnishes the doctor . with a retaedy, by m deed of trust and otherwise, for bringing the creditor to terms, l-y pref frring the mire lenient ones. The pecn .liar c'tvnm.su'i etc of each case will Indicate the beat adjustment between debtor and creditor. The wholesome provision of the Constitution of the United States, which ! forbids a Bute to pass any law Impairing the obligations of a contract, should beiaitnrauy obserrea, as should be aU one constitutional obligations; and in the end. the State and Individuals will reap the reward which always follows a steadfast adherence to duty, Let us' art, that hereafter, as heretofore, bur hearts may swell with . pride at the mentisn of the -good old North SUte-J r I CONCLUSION. iM I There is much to occasion the gloom prerailisg through out the htate. It has been exhibited in Tsrious ways. The growing indifference of our people, in all the elections which have lately occurred. Is greatly to be deplsred. it ns never despair or . the Republic, i Our tune-honored . axiom "that all political power Is Tested in and deriTedJ from the people only' win hare become an unprofitable dec aration of principle, when the people shall cease to take an interest in election.' There is much in the rrriew of the recent past to forbid despondency and encourage nope, uur oieie naa not been afnioted witb war. or pea- , tilence or famine. Although we have not been blent ev erywhere with propitious seasons. In mneh the larger part of the SUte. the toils, of the farmer hare bees abun dantly rewarded. Our courts, for months, have been ex ercising full jurisdiction, without interference by the mil. ltary or the Unitod 8Utes, (except in the mat W of . ip prcnticlng colored children, which at ia hoped Will be soon bausiactoruy-arranged.) and. as a ooaseqnenea, crime Is bting repressed, and the orderly citizen feels the protection of the law. Time and the action Of the courts hare done much to moderate the anlmositi and restore, tie good feeling which existed among ns. hare made much advance towards restoring th, respect for law and order, which fofmerly distinguished otic people, and all class s are becoming more steadily indaatrioua. Curia etitnt ons of learning are reviving, and their IncreaMn nu a ber of pupils is highly enoouragg. - We should hi proioundly thankful for the blessins we enjoy knd -deavor, by mutual forgiveness and Larity, and Inaii l wTn.P&widx: j-rv-'-r. of i:;i-f:; vs. 'ft f
The Newbern Journal of Commerce (New Bern, N.C.)
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Nov. 27, 1866, edition 1
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