SEPT. 4, 18G6.
1
C???,Vn sriADOWS BEFORE."
fffiO UUSCAlo wv-w-j . -
. of men and things, are apt to get a
-3 . i Vhtinto the future to en-
.- ,JlC3 o
f determine,
with some
de-
of certainty, what will be, the type
Ltof coming events, , at least, in the
sl orld; and we hardly think a
Wd, close thinker and examiner,
scans critically the Tarying shades
:'JconJplicated movements of Northern
t&nent on the political topics of the
ff viH fail to get a glimpse into the
i',ricter of the next Congress.
orthern senumenua uemy mvwiB
t'ftfid. weighed and measured, and ere
iB approaching elections, that sentiment
' 3 be thoroughly matured and prepared
' the'emergencies of the occasion,
Ua extremists in both sections will be
disappointed, by the election, of
U.-nblicaris ho will maintain, intact,
e Republican organization, and still
eet, folly- the demands of the Nf-rthern
opleon ths subject of 'reconstruction.
t The New York Post is published by
-en'who do not suffer themselves to be-
one so blinded by party prejudice and
passion as to lose sight of the throbbings
i great popular heart, and that paT
per indulges in the following language: .
The Congressional Nomination. j
We bear from the West that the Bepublican
1 Conventions are nominating, for
JLost part, candidates who favor the inune
mission to Congress of members from all
imitates, subject to the constitutional decision
if each House. We hope that the Bepublican
inminatins? conventions in this and other Eastern
tes will do the same. : . .1
TJoue time we thought this of but little im
portance, because we believed that the present
Cobcw. as soon as it reassembled in December,
ould dismiss the Joint Committee on Becon
liroction, and admit to their stoU all claimants
vbo could take the established oaths. We have
found reason to believe since then, however, that
tha vindictive obstinate men who have gained
the Hetmblican majority in Coh-
mss are follj determined to carry out their de
csbi at all hazards, and, that they will refuse to
idrnit the SUtes. They Have ruiea so aespoucuiijr
ia Uus Congress that they may have the influence
to rule that body during the remainaer 01 ii
rr rt the Southern States, lately in rebellion,
;rf.nrA imd therefore tne nuesuon, utiuw
jhill be represented in Congress is forced upon
On that question we believe the majority of the
KnrthAm TKVonle ' do - not hold With JM6SSTS.
RtiT.n And Snmner. They are tired of a method
cf reconstruction" which appears endless, and
wbicn after eight months has reconstructed noth
ing. They want something done, and they are
conscious that Congress has nos done, out oniy
obstructed everything. They believe that con-
tress has supreme authority in the matter onaer
h9 Constitution; and ""they wouia, we tjelieve,
kiTe supported Congress, had it last 'December,
is soon as it met, condemned the whole recon
struction acts of the President, and proceeded to
irwrolar and constitutional reorganization of
I frremment in the bonthern States provided
1 ta bad been speedy. ' But it is now too late
let Congress chose to do nothing of the kind,
i liu, as Governor Morton and other recognized
i'pablican leaders declare, accepted the Presi-
it'i acts of reconstruction; it does not mean,
m these centlemen tell. us, and as the action of
Cssgtess ptOTes, to disturb what the President
f-bs done. It only means to do something more;
asithat something is so arranged that it yirtual-
I IT mita off th rpvnsstrnetion. And fintinnpj thA
present disorganized state of the country inden
fcitely. ".. . . -I .
Wow, we shall not argue the right of Congress
to do ta:s ; we only say that it is not good policy;
ul it injures the country ; that it keeps open
lad inflames old wounds ; that it perpetuates a
miscaieyous stnft; that it strengthens prejudi
ces and hatreds on both sides : that it affords
treat opportuaites for wicked and ambitious men
to raise falsa issues in our politics ; and finally,
that it continues the country in what is actually
a siacs or war and revolution, a condition in
vaieh whether the Executive observe the laws
or sot, whether itj respects the Constitution or
it m matter to oe aeciaea oy its gooa
yiUaadjudzmentalflne. . ... -
. There is no s afatr nothing but the most terri-
Wsdacger to tbt country in such a state of
iaily. tats danger increases. :ih are
tfcrttteasdno with the gravest misfortunes that
tu kappea to a country,. Congress leaves us in
J revolutionary ' state ; how far off is anarchy t
ncieiy is neia togetner, tnts a ay, in
Aaitrica, by the mere good sense and forbearance
eiuuni ; hut how long will this endure) 7 It ia
KUtie or wise to a train e verr thin tt in this way t
Oct only safety lies in the Quickest possible-
to strict constitutional forms. There
fc7 U risks ia thaL as some well mean in r men as-
rt,Ht the risks we are now runing are isfinite-
'7 ireiter. Under the Constitution, with all the
of our complex goyernment working with
rity, we may hope to gain all that is de
fcwie by the safe course of argument jtnd discus
wa. We cannot gain it in any other way secure
not establish the Millennium by a
ilitrJ gtneral order ; we cannot - put off upon
"general government the work which citixens
Mt do. Wejcannot aehieve in Mississippi, by
Jjwet, a reform of public opinion which was
Jjte4 ia Massachusetts, and New York and
only by long, patient and persistent argu-
,wTe the right of free discussion let it
3i The men who, with Congress, propose
p the states -out, and thus keep the coun
v'tt disorder, decline to use' or exercise this
They assert that it wonld be dangerous
! tans they make it dangerous, perhaps.
jWieia' try it;they will find it safe eaongh.
r that is the only way to reform the southern
Ir--6y through, persistent, - continued, irrep-
ioiscus3ion.
Every southern state should
l?mPd " this fall and winter by ihe ablest
Ucb 1 1 7 "i"1 ua lecturers ; a gran a ia-
"vu
. . .
atiTn t V0nTentl0n republicans should
letlN, 1,1 a Bmthern city as eoonas possible;
rH : southern men should be called to speak
-Vythe 8outlu - 7
tatv M 11x6 Plican party refuses to be
iVr.W0k' 10 lo8 docs ifc bject itself to be
fea1i? n actional party. So long as it
taf 7 0a Congress, or on the . military arm,
t tawli? force of rgttmcnt, so long will it
Tv lr4ruin.
Pople of this country want things done :
im " 'V4W4t wuiie ieaa:nz northern men sceak i
-v t" fcuvuga, wues
rir--,-T eii, ana au the other mere ob
waUUwhn, wUUyer their merits, had
not the - one - merit of getting. , ahead. So they
want constitutional goyernment restored, they
want to see the country safely back under the
old safeguards and forms, with all the machinery
working ; and they will brush aside all mere ob
structionists, xhey ao nos. care .whether
scheme of reconstruction is ingenious or the re
verse what they demand is something that wii
work.- and work at once. McClelland plans
were correct and full of sciemee no doubt, but
they did no beat the enemy, therefoi e he was dis
placed. Grant's plans. West Pointers used to
tell us, had yery little merit but Grant did the
work and he is rightfully GeneraL
".We hope - the Republicans everywhere will put
lA.nomination good men, lovers of lawful liber
ty; and we hope . that for ' Congress they will
nominate only men who see the importance.
first or an, or admitting all the states to repre
sentation, and thus bringing the country back
under the : saf. guards of the Constitution,': and
rescuing it from its present revolutionary condi
tion. . . ; -
We have invariably contended that cer-
tain politicians in tnia otate , are so
warped by party and sectional prejudice
that they cannot see treason or treachry
in any except' toso ' who are guilty ; of
infidelity to the Confederacy, and the
Raleigh Sentinel corroborates our state
ments. That paper, in speaking of the
approaching Convention to assemble at
Independence Hall, in Philadelphia, on
the" 3rd of SeDtember. calls it "the trai
tors' Convention." Traitors to wnat t
Why, to the Confederacy, of course.
Then according to the Sentinel, it is dis
graceful to be a traitor to the Confed
eracy which according to its present
theory, never was a government, but an
illegal, unauthorized mob, in rebellion
against the United States. We say,
"according to its own'theory," for it en-
dorces Andy Johnson's ' theory, and
certainly that is his theory. The Presi-:
dent says that the States were never out
of the Union, but that those who fought
against the United States Governments
were traitors and guilty of treason this
is the foundation stone of the President's
reconstruction policy: and yet the Senti
nel says he endorses . the President's
policy, out and out Then how does the
Sentinel make it pt that those men who
stood firm to the United States Govern
ment throughout the fight, are .traitors,
and now 'deserve - they odium of the
people. , , How will the " . Sentinel t explain
this? Does not that paper see that it is
either a hypocrite or a; slanderer ? If
these men who' are to meet in Philadel
phia are traitors, then the President is a
traitor too. The Sentinel should . be
more cautious how it speaks, and con
stantly bear in mind that it never can
restore this country to peace and quiet
by the indulgence' of such vituperation. I
THE NEW ORLEANS 1UOT. .
We surrender a large portion of our
space to-day, to the ofiicial dispatches
which passed between the authorities at
Washinjgton and New Orleans, during
the late not at the latter place. JSearly
every paper in the country, has, first or
last, indulged in '' extensive comments
upon this unfortunate anair, and many
of -them very foolishly, as we have
thought ; but we have refrained, and
shall continue to refrain. We have
waited patiently for the ofiicial proceed-
ings in tne case, ana naving receivea
. i a
them in full, we hasten to give them to
the public, and beg that they will make
their own comments. . .
Creation and Auwcr. ('
To the Editors the Evening Tost :
The Evening Post continues to press upon the
jEtepnblican party tne importance ox Holding a
convenuon in, we soau ; ana oz senaing Ae
pnoucan speakers uirouga uio ooauu - f -Does
not the Evening Post know that the life
of every such "invader" wonld probably be sa-
enned : - ;r- -'.-- Lu-
Coeton, August 21, 1868. ' ' .- :
The Evening Post knows nothing of the kind.
We are amazed to find that so sensible a person
as our correspondent believes any such, nonsense.
We urge that the Republican party snau Hold as
soon as possible a national convention in some
Southern city. Does oar correspondent believe
that such a convention wonld be molested or un
lawfully interferred with ? We urge that a Re
publican party shall be organized in every South
ern State, and that the best speakers from the
North should be sent down to help lay the Be
publican doctrine before the Southern people.
Does our correspondent pretend to believe such
men would 'probably, be sacrificed. So long
as the Bepablican party of the North ' gives the
cold shoulder to Southern loyalists, it is probable
these will be treated with bitterness and con
tempt by ex-rebels, who now ; taunt them" with
the desertion of their Republican friends. 2feio
York Post. - ,
The Post is right in saying that dis
cussion should be free, and we believe
with it, that free discussion is the only
way to break down the sectional preju
dices' of our country. , 'We believe : in
free discussion and our uniform course
has been to publish the arguments j of
both sides and what is the result ? We
have been denounced as a Radical for
so doing from one' end of the . State
a ft ,a. . 1 .
to tne otner oy sucn . papers as
the Kaleigh Sentinel " and should Re
publican speakers come down among us
to address the people, , the masses would
not have independence enough to go to
hear them for fear of being denounced
in the same way by these same time
servers. : Their audiancesw ould be Very
smaU this.ia ottr opinion. : ? 4
N"E"WB E EN "WE E ELY TIMES'.
THE CHICAGO; EXCDRSION.
7 The President left the "Capital yester
day, .accompanied by the V General of
the United States Army, the Admiral of
the Navy, several members of his Cabi
net and their families; and other distin
guished personages, to be present at the
laying of the corner stone of the Doug
las' monument at Chicago in his native
State. ; Great - preparations are making
at New York city and other points along
the route for grand ovations and splendid
displays:;; ..; . ; ;:l ' v; i-l ;
: This movement has more, of politics in
it than recreation to the President and
his distinguished attendants. ? Happen
ing, as it does, just upon the eve of the
elections, the occasion " will be seized
upon, by politicians and wire pullers, to
draw out. a. full elucidation of the faith
and creed of the great American Chief
and his satelites.
Grand receptions and pompous ova
tions are almost exclusively relied upon
these days to give cast and direction to
public sentiment, and this occasion will
be turned to good account; - Every cross
road politician between Washington city
and the great commercial mart x of the,
West, will try to get a gjimpse of the
President and hear a wo-X-d from his lips,
that they may r have ifbmething out ; of
which to manufacture capital for self and
'
the party." : '-f. ;
By the. way, 'it is a good tune for all
hands to keep a sharp lookout, for the
President's policy" will be fully elabor
a ted cmnnsr tne voyaere, ana u any are
in. doubt as to what - it j is touching, any
given point of political doctrine, they
may be fully enlightened by keeping an
eye to the papers. The President will
be called out at all the prominent points,
and he will have to s make speeches, and
it must be borne in mind that Gobiqht
and other, telegraphers and reporters ac
company ihe 'partyj Then, if the waver
ing an'VoabtngVV;
have to dp is to read the papers. : .
; We suppose, of course, the Cleveland.
Soldier a!nd s Sailor Convention will - be
taken in the programme, and the scene
at mat city, ,wui pe yery oinereni. . irum
what it was when we visited it in the
spring" of last . year. ,Then the city was
draped in mourning from one end to the
other, and hundreds of thousands of
people wept over, the mortal remains of
Abraham Xcoiir;fas.his;'lifeleb'od
was born slowly along to its last .t resting
place. Then the people mourned oyer
a aeaa c;nieiiain ; now tney win xejuivc
over tne full Dust a nve jrresiaeni.,
and jrftitv and hilarity will be the order
of the day. ).," ' ; 'v. V; . .
, We are getting impatient with Presi
dents and big; men generally. Why
don t they come down boutn some
times? Always, when they are going to
get on a bust , and have a! great excursion
and bier time generally, they go out
North. East or WestTand we little folks
down South never J get to see them.
Buchanan did condescend to come to
North Carolina once during his term,
but he lost, all his greatness afterwards,
and we do not now feel the effects of
the distinction thus conferred upon us.
Why dont some of pur great men die so
that we could haye a monument-raising
and get up "a great reception for' our
distmguished rueirs ? - Truly, America is
great and Americans are great people
F. P. V. PliAYING OUT.
' We; clip the following fronx the Nor
folk Day BtioJc, and would invite the spe
cial attention of our readers to it. The
time has nearly passed when blood alone
can set a man forward in society merit
and money will be the . test of worth
and he who is without them will haye to
take a lower seat here, as! well as in Vir
ginia:: - . - - - --i;: ; - ;':
Tlte 2XeensuUe.Arts. v ,
Our people here in Norfolk do not seem to
realize the change in their social condition. In
uOUUng la Villa junto, piouujr - beexx iuau ill uitt
fact that so very few of the youth have embraced
mechanical pursuits. The time was when these
occupations were not looked down upon in Vir
ginia, and we could point out many families in
this city of the very highest social standing,
whose fathers were mechanics,' and yet of the
same enviable position as their descendants.
We will not attempt in this place to account
for the very absurd prejudice which now. exists
against employing our hands for the purpose for
which they were made. Suffice it to say, that
foolish as it is it is of very modern growth, and
unknown to our forefathers ; we trust that it will
be equally unknown to our descendants.
Our DeoDle do not reflect that such a convul
sion has occurred that it has revolutionized every
thing, not only political, - but social also. The
leaders of our cities will, in future times, be not
exclusively our professional men, but our manu
facturers and mechanics. In all communities,
hereafter, money' will be the supreme ruler, and
the best chance for making money will be ex
cellence in the mechanic arts. : : " :
: Let parents think of the social position of their
sons when thev shall be required to perform their
parts on the great stage of human life, and quali-
xy tnem xozis, dv naymg wcu wuguw ubu ; -
ThinJC it not aeoasmg io your prey doj w
see him. in a red flannel shirt, with his face all
begrimed with smut. It is the sign that he will,
in after days; keep up the social standing of his
forefathers, for by alining vigorously his sledge
hsmmer; or drlving his saw, he will make mouev:
but if be
he mut sink in theocial ecaleTen yearn fnml
this time such will have been the chanze. that
family connections and aristocratio blood will go
but a yery small way towards1 keeping a man V
heaid above water ; these corks wi:l be tornfroni
the -young swimmer, and, in most instances, if
he has not strong arms he must - sink. . .
Tfesay no.hing agaimt the prof cjsioris, as they
are called. If a lad has decided, natural bent
for law or medicine, let him pursue it by all
means. v All we mean to assert is, as but
very few succeed in these lines of life, and as
th j msjority of those who .'try the various
branches of merchandise find ; them precarious,
we should devote our children to those pursuits
in life ' which are the most .certain in thoir re
sults, which give the most remuneration to exer
tion and natural talent, and which are sure, in
the times to come," to i confer high social position
and influence on aij wao excei ia ueo.
What shonld be our demeanor to
wards our recent enemies ? . .This ques
tion arises oyer the length and breadth
of thend ; but perhaps at no place nor
timejfaith great interest and importance
thpi at the present moment, and in the
city of, Newbern.
v This is evident to the most , stupid.
The wayfaring man, tno a iool, can see
that harmony and; co-opporation are ab
solutely necessary! to enable us to recover
from bur losses by the war ; and it is no
difficult matter to foresee that unless
such a course is pursued by our leading
citizens, as will bring about this co-operation,
there is but little hope of soon
regaining our iormer peace ana pros
perity. , ' - ..!-."..
We do not now propose to treat of
this subject in the manner laid down by
the golden rule; A great deal may be
said in that view of it ; but we are ;free
to say, we suspect thej practical and po
litic side of the question will, have : most
weight , with a majority of those we wish
to address. What then is the best
policy to observe; in our intercourse
with our recent enemies ? Our yankee
cotemporaries would answer ; the ques
tion by asking another. They would
ask what was most jessential to our rapid
recovery from the tuin and loss of the
war? And when we had answered: that
capital, energy and increase of popula
lation were the requisites, they would
tell us to foster that class of people
which to t he greatest extent 1 combines
these essentials.' u; , . ' , .
True this is "yankee", advice--but is
it not perfectly true, and the most po
litic course we can adopt ?
Let us strip the question of all per
sonal and . revengeful feelings. Let us ,
realize that the war is over, and. that the
situation of our affairs both socially, po
litically, and in every other way have
been changed. The entire : system of
our life and labor has been altered. J ; We
Der force to relin-
quish theidea of continuing a great ag-
nV.nltiiral neonle. and must henceforth
develope pur mineral, commercial and
manufacturing resources as means oi
support We can no . longer gaze at
labor from a far off, for it has taken the
wings of the morning or some other; con
veyance, and departed in the immediate
fear of Sherman's army.
We are now compelled to go to work
ourselves. But the white man cannot
work in the cotton-field says one. i He
must then depend upon hired labor, and
his hands must be paid. . :
We are aware that some old fogy will
ask," where is the money to come from
to pay for this hired labor, and this is
the very question most wanted to an
swer. Let the land-holders in these
Southern States,- and particularly in this
portion of North Carolina, but sell off
their surplus lands at a fair price, and
the country will at once be flooded with
greenbacks in sufficient quantities .for
this, as well as all other needful pur
poses. Harmony and concert should be
the watch-words of all who expect to
rise and prosper in the future.
These thoughts were suggested by
reading the following extract from the
pen of Gen. D. H. Hrxii in his "The Land
we Love i
We haye been asked by a lady friend how we
qpght to treat "our late enemies.". As her letter
is without a signature, we suspect that there may
be some tenderness in the inquiry, and will
Uerefore deal tenderly with the subject.
i- It is a safe rule to recognize the gentleman and
m an ox nonor wnerever ; zouiw, w ww
execA. sect- or nation. "We cannot understand
how men, who have fought each other squarely
and bravely, " can continue to hate each other
after hostilities have ceasea. .
THE RURAL GENTLEMAM.
The second number of this handsome
periodical is on our table, filled with a
great variety of rich " instructive and
pleasing lessons)! real country life and
agricultural happiness and prosperity.
One Dollar sent to J. B. Robinson & Co.,
No. 2, North Eutaw . street,' Baltimore,
will insure a .copy of this valuable work
for one yer, and no farmer., should be
without it. Then why not send and
get it? ;
I 'THE SOLDIERS CONVENTION
Whatever may be said of the address
u- JL je :run
ana principles set iunu uj vi-iu jl iiuiuci
phia Convention, it is now settled, be
yond controversy, that the general ten
dency of. the -influence exerted by. that
body was for' good rather than eviL -Already
has ; it' 'done much to soften the
asperities and enmity engendered by the
recent civil war, and the indications are
that the principles and platform enunci
ated by it, will give more general ; satis
faction, and be more unanimously adop t-
ed by the good and - pure men of the
country than any document which, has
emenated from a "political body since the
revolution. V-; ; - V
One of the earliest fruits of this convo
cation, and perhaps an offspring which
will prove greater in importance and in
terest than its progenetor, is the Soldiers
Convention which is to beheld in Cleve
land on the 17th of September. s
Our dispatches of yesterday give a
very promising.aspect -to this projected
assemblage. A large number of , Federal
officers, from; all quarters of the North,
have already subscribed to the call, and -hundreds
of others are daily joining in
the movement. Among these we note
many names of the 'most brilliant re-
cord during the war, and it is no mere .
conjecture to1 say that Gen. Grant will
head the list himself.
We shall then, in all probability, have
something like a party organization in
support of the President, These plain, -straight-forward
soldiers have learned
obedience to the constitution and the
laws of the land, by hard knocks in the
field. : They recognize the duty of yield
ing what is due to the constituted au
thorities and the Executive, into whose.
guidance the affairs of the : country have
been placed; and in the future, as in the
past, they will i prove their devotion V to
principle, truth and right with an unan
imity which will lift the National Union
Party as far above the cess pool of dem
agogical " Copperheadism" as Heaven
is separated from the gulf of iniquity. ,
The ostensible object bf this Conven-,
tion is to indorse the President and his
policy. But we shrewdly suspect a plat-
form of principles will be set forth which
will leayeVthe President far behind ? in
the work of restoration. . It will differ 1
from the Philadelphia Convention and
the Presidential policy in this particular,
that it will be a more certain index of
popular sentiment North than either of
them. The one might be the creature of
personal or J partisan feelings,, and the
other the creation of circumstance and
party. But the soldiers in council will
do.more to convince the , South and the
country at large of the true state of sen
timent ' in the North than all the , ad
dresses and speeches that can be made
between this and the next Presidential
election., . L'v ;
WH shall await the assembling of . this ;
Convention with great interest. -: : ;
The following table shows the date of the
arrival of the first bale of cotton in each of the
twenty years named :
i842.,.!.v;v-;.v..v
1843
,YV.vJ.'.
..Aug.
14.
1844 . .... .......... . .. i . . . . ......... :22
1845., '.".'... '., . . ..V.ii...... ..'
1846,. . ... .... ; L .......... . . . July 6
1847.. . . ; .... . . . I . . ... . J. . ... . ..... . . .Aug. 18
1848.. . . . . ..... .19
1849.. . . a. r
1860... . ; . . . ..... .......... ... . . , .v. .... 16
1851 ... ..... . ....... . . . . . i ............ ai
1852 . .to . An.1 7
1853 VJ ..... ...... . . . . J. ..... ... . . . . "4 . . . 1
1854h.. .....i.. . .......... .......j... 7
18551....... 7
1856.... i....
;. 6
. ...v ... ... 9
...22
... 4
11
..........July 22
1857....:....
1858.... V.. !..
1859........
...... i i
i860 ....
1861 ....
.........
The average date, it will be found, is August
9. The first bale this year arrived on the 13th.
Hon. E. Barksdale's plantations are in Rankin
county. Miss , where i he has about four hundred
acres in cotton, and au very promising. His
laboring force consists almost exclusively of his
former slaves, whose freedom he recogni
zes to the full extent established by the fortunes
of war, and "the statutes in such cases made
and provided.' They are all working as faith-
fully as formerly; but if there is. any extra dili
gence and industry displayed it is on the part
of those whose compensation is to be a certain
portion of, thej( crop. Mr. Barksdale- intends
adopting this system exclusively in his planting
operations next year. Commonwealth, . .
DiscounttAaiNa. The ; editor of the Old Nsrfh
State has just returned to his post, after an ab
sence of some days. He says: ''. .
' In travelhlg through the whole length y of
Davidson county we did not see a single 'field
which will yield a half crop of corn the coming
fall they are literally burned up by the drought.
And many other counties, we learn, are suffering
quite as badly. The wheat crop, upon bjeing
threshed has turned but much worse than we ex
pectedless than a half crop being realized. .
Beally it looks aa if we were on the eve of a
famine. We can see no relief ahead of us for
the people of this section of the State for the next
year, but rather a constant increase of the present
hard times, j . . ; "..-.
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4 A PPOINT1TENT8 for the Newbern district in part.
Einston circuit Cypress creek, Sept., 1 and 2.
Snow Hill circuit Auman's chapel, 8 th and
9th Sept. I
Trent circuit 15th and 16th Sept. y ;
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