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AVE have been Informed by a gentle-4 man of veracity, that in a recent speech Our Deople will not fail to lie struck made by a prominent ' Oonsenative with astonishment when they read the 1 member of the Legislature, he declared organization of the amservati ve party himself opposed to amending the Con- n this State. It will be seen that, stitution by Legislative enactment up- wnje naj party has many j able and on the grouna tliat members of the IearTlwi members outside the pro- .Xegislature could ! be ;bought cheap) fession cf the law, the? have been Hin- and thai parties interested w:ould buyj guiy ignored, and on looking over them ofT and prevent the change hd thelLst of committees in. the various desired. How wouia it pe aineren districts, one might easily imagine that he is reading a directory of .North Car olina lawyers. . j The organization is as follows : . CENTRAL EXEC1TTIVK COMMITTEE. Thomas Bragg, lawyer ; C. . M. Iluslee, lawyer: II. A. Bledsoe, Lrftyeri JU. iIottreUwardrJtorlA.T. MorrlmotP, law yer : II. II. Battle, lawyer; J. J. IJWhford, gas collector J.Q. DeCarteret, bookbinder. DISTRICT COMMITTEES.1 ' JYrst District. D. M. Carter, lawyer; M. W. llansom, lawyer; Charles Latham, law- yer; JJ. i Winston, lawyer; ai. ij. .curv, wilh a Convention - of the '"same parly '4 " ' '-We make no such Imputation agains the Legislature as it has been reported . to. us was made nya leading member of the Conservative party openly on the ' stump.'- We , believe that jTody is as a FEW PLAIN QUESTIONS FOR THE CON SERVATIVE PARTY. M HOI. JOHN KERR AND " THE PEOPLE'S" i CONVENTION vs. A FREE CONVENTION. ; AVe see that Hon. John Kerr, of Cas- out . for the prpporseti well, is : Convention " by the "people " ; as its friends are wont to designate it In view of his new position as an high this Democratic-Conservative r denary' see Biggs Con vention of North Carolina politics, i be well enough to examine a and see if he occupied jilst his p: Dosition while he was ' a can of the Whig party in 18 in co-)pera-tjonjft-itU whosepporta 1"?" 'oei.' aflerwards Avor kewS- tcly r -; ' .it will bo remembered that while Mr. K. was the Whig candich te for Governor, he so stated his views in the Convention question as .to came -the Democratic leaders . and editors to charge him with favoring a plan simi lar to the present one. Upon f their. ' getting after" him pretty, closely about this and some other matters, he and his friends seemed to deem it a misrepresentation of so much impor tance that a published certificate of po sition was actually! necessary, in order that such misrepresentation of his then views should be 'corrected and those views properiy siuuxl- , ' As he was going west" , this matter evoiu- krhool i may litue a We" were gratified to hayo a call froni Mr. Welker, of thp Greensboro,! Heoublicdti last Friday, ire speak most encouragingly of the prospects of lawyer ; Walter Clark, lawyer ; WJi. Shaw, the Republican party for success in tno lawyer. coming election. Ills paper is a staunui and able advocate of Republican prin-, ciples and ought to be literally sup port;! by the party. j j We also had the pleasure of an in terview with a very intelligent gentle man who has recently been through the counties of Rockingham, j Guilford; Davidson, Rowan and Cabarrus, and learn from him that the Republicans in those counties are confident of suc-j cess. From our own recent observa tion, and from letters received from the counties west of Salisbury as far as Cherokee, we are satisfied j that the Republicans and the anti-convention-ists .will sweep that whole country. Second District. Thomas S. Kenan, law yer; John Hughes, lawyer ; w. l. ;uor risey, lawyer ; J. F. Wooten, lawyer ; . V. Oefl'rov, merchant ; IL W. Nixon, law- yer ; C. O'Hagan, political doctor. Third District. J. A. Enjrelhard, lawyer ; T. C. Fuller, lawyer; A. A. McKay, lawyer ; J. AV. Kllis, lawyer; IL C.iWall, lawyer; A. S. Noxment, lawyer; . D. Mclver, lawyer. .j Fourth District. II. Plmnmer, law yer ; J. S. Amis, lawyer; IL W. York, law yer; C. M. Cooke, lawyer; F.X. Strud wick. lawyer ; J. T. Ixjach, politial doctor; J. A. Drake, political doctor. j Fifth District. J as. T. Morehead, lawyer ; yi. S. Ilobbins, lawyer; A. M. Hcales, law ver ; . C. Itobbins. lawyer; John Jverr, lawyer; Henry F. Jortjan, lawyer. x. wa rLtritt. J. E. Brown. Arnitield, lawyer ; David Sdienck, lawyer J A. II. II. Cowies, lawyer; Joseph Dobson, lawyer: John S. Henderson, lawyer; ( . . McNeill, physician. I ' ' Seventh District. A. C. Avery, lawyer; W. M. Cocke, lawyer; J. 1L Love, jr., law yer; Q. F. Neill, lawjcr; J. -M. Gudger, lawyer; Plato Durham, lawyer; I S. Uasli, merchant. . j . i. these committees 1L F, Jitdgf. Ruffin' letter, which ap-; l)oars on the ouMde of to-day's issue,' will well repay an -attentive perusal j Hi j?rcat ability as .& lawyer, and the yho appointed i.iirm nnd convincing force of his a caucus of the hist General Assembly. arguments upon constitutional ques- Yhy was a majority of lawyers put on; lions, give authority to exvry opinion every one or them toine exnusiuu ui which he ever declared oh or oft" the farmers, mechanics, Ac. ?, AVas it be lonch. He was not bidy a jurist of they, above every other cla.s national reputation, but he was a man Gf citizens, in North J Carolina, are. piminentlyofgreatpractic-alsjigacity interested in upsetting the organic and sound good common sense, llii iaw if our present -Constitution treatment of the question at fssue now js to be repealetl and another sub- Vxft)re the ieople of the State; is a com stituted therefor, would it not in- fCmon ene view of the subject, such a crease the business in the Court? and V view a any Intelligent, well-informed, the foos Gf lawyers ? If the homestead 1 unnrofnwional man, whose mind was iri to be set aside, would not parties . biased by no art Iran, prcjud ice nor , subtleties and technicalities of thet ' pcial pleader would naturally take, y This letter contains the whole argument I against the Convention law. It is a good campaign document and should be widely distributed. of of lis in Why was it that the Legislature did' not bind the Convention not to inter fere with section 16,. article 1, of the present Constitution which is as fol- ;ment for debt in this State, except j in priestand a teacher in the synagogue of cases of fraud?" V J .1 This humane provision is not in the old Constitution to which we are Jn vitel to return, and as a permanent safe guard of human liberty ' was i first 'adopted by the Convention of 1868. J : Of what benefit would a homestead ixv if themfortunate-debtor rfiouid -be. imnrLsoned' under' "ch-sa laws. . .... r- :i 1 1 : - yet this clause oi ine wjusuwuuu 1868, alone forbids the enactment casa laws? : - : : How long would a homestead man lait 111 law. before he LiKlf 111 JUI W would sell his homestead to pay debts? ' What Democratic law3er believes the constitutionality of the homestead decision made by the present Supreme t Court in the case of Hill r. Kessler? .Tliis decision atom protects the homestead against old debts, and when thd court shall have been driven out, as the Democrats say they shall be hy the ! Convention, and a Conservative court put in its pllice, how long before 'Hill r. Kessler will be overruieu : iirh,.t hvim-rt nf thp. hrmiesteaci then I is ,t - t.,AUnLu ded to was gotten up, wherem;Mh 1 i1 Tr"rJS:S Position on this subject isthusrrectcl are now ciuuum up . - tfofrvl . i WHICH aru um i'" o Ujpoiv their prey. by this barrier? ; IlQwmany thousanas oi oat iwra, now harmless and laid away as worth less; jwill go into latctens and consla &tefihands and into executions when Hill tvf. Kessler shall have been over rulied by the new Conservative court? Why is it that the lawyers are so very much interested for a Convention? It is said that, the homestead has well nish broken up their pracxice Cab this have been the mainspring their action? Are the laivyers as class swaued by self interest less other people? What would be their eom'jnissions on the sales of all the homesteads in the State? How may OF'TJIKM AUK CANDIDATES FOR TlIE Convention! law known for many years. Never before have the Republicans been so actlveso aggressive, or so strong. Wehad eoinie to look upon Kentucky as hopefelly and irretleemably Democratic. .' llie State is., now consideretl doubtful. The Democrats will not succeed wih out a desjenite struggle. ; " ; . Here is a lesson for the Ilepublicn party of North Carolina. That 'tfcis State is Republican by a handsome ma jority, there can be no doubt. iJist August election was ho test. Our fr friends should, therefore, gather cofir- KiaiC J -.-- , i,rWii-wl-rtc ' itTf H ronioH'. etl ertergy",as the parltn Kentuckyj js doing. .. We ' have tl ifeiiiajoil I xfllftliTs State at a fair election. ' Our Itentucjcy brethren had eighty thousand against them. Surely we can, in tlis crisis, bring out a full vote and thus overcomie four thousand majority. We Iir en couraging news from every portions of the Stlite. One pull, a long pull alto gether, and we save the State from' an other revolution. 1 The election is cldse at hand. Be up and doing. The cajn- hniihl be short and decisive. WHY CONSTITUTION MAINTAINED. SHOULD Beeause.it is 'a Aiir and lilieiil" iHan iddress power paign Work ! work ! ! WORK out ! and all will be well; f t f Turn I CONSOLIDATION CENTRAL.IZATi6n.: ; In the latter part of Judge Rufiih's m . ? - .xii a. ii . i i (it i i r i nil' i I-! iii v iii t iiinci v v ir.iiv j "VS lie WaS gOlIlgWtSSL" . IJUS Hliin;i ivvivi vv.- .7 7 , imi assumed such threatening pmpottions applies tne argument ui iiiibuiu that at Greensboro" the certiftait allu K of a I "2klr. Kerr stated tlistinctly that ho wjus opposed to all illegal "irregularities and to linrristA in all its shapes, but doclaml him self for a Convention called according to the provisions of the Gonstitutiqn, the people being first consulted on tlic itie.stion at the polls." ' - I So it is seen, he thought in J8o2 that it was proper that; the "provision the Cons vith and Hnnvention ihe leaders are trying to mix up alittle trines- of our pseudo " Conservatism" with ; Democ racy, it js assumed that theJ mere in fiivnr nf thei f nitxie or cnauffins the State Constitution to! the Constitu flin TTnitPfl S-ihitfs?. and thus lil lustrates the fatal foll of the dogna, now so prevalent that ijajorities mwst rule unrestrained by any! law but thir own will. j If the argument of the present rev olutionary Convention party has any force, as applied to the State Constitu tion, why should it not apply with ot tne titan X. - . . . ty instead or two, win n not pui nu merous ftvs in lawyer's pockets ? Are any of these lawyers expecting to be made Judges, U. S. Senators,5 monitors oil 1,hv nnints. ami resist J vimi T-- Bll -7Vi ..' ..... t , - - -TtVT1Tl..rfTlTil liii..lLill II T 1 .. . lm-nmtf imv 1 I AilVlMlli: litvi " " ones turnetl out of doors? Jf tneoiu "i " i . Com.ty Cruris arc rooitabiShl, an.l -" i 13 six Courts IK-Kl cch yonr in cad. coun- IV , --. - " n.-. ' - j i? And particularly whit lawyers are doing the same thing thenisel'ves? This means something I What is it! Shy lock's uo noi spiyu Jate without hope or. ultimately tin.their "pound of flesh." Their erv for a Convention T mr . sham their true object is place powerand the filling of their own pockets out of the homesteaas oi ine State, and the omces. Again, now many of them are candidates for con vention? How can the people, trust get- is a There is not a great number of good 0f Congress, Governors, j Solicitors, Ac, rtunip-speakers in the Ilepublican if the present Constitution can be alol- party, and in this resjiect the Conserva- ishetl ? tiv nartv has the iulvantage. But These questions will Ik asked by the there are a large number of most excel- f people, and they will demand to have lent and capable writers in our rants i them answered. . n io nf infinite service to the i,rv ifthpv will contribute 'well con- Tiikkk is a very significant conflict sidered articles to our columns, orto of views among the leading Ooriser- Whon the nromir I vatives in the State especially in the I n nnnfoct lL'n nvtMinn U (XT I Ilf rHIirHSflllllll t vi I tho tlrttlHSTV 111 llltJSt? n xo--i uiiu . H 4 V W . A t. V .J. ... v I V .X 1 4 V t 72. which fast the ."vouth and inexperience" of igGQV in well considered speeches in I - l . . . . . '. "V il. I - -V ' . . , I V,v f.iim.-v the Irisiature mat type oi uim the Mesrisiature. ami uu Diu.up, Carolina conservatisiu which .puts andj;in their party press, irvmctitntinnnl nrovisions" must be 'dispensed with, and a - more conve nient mode adopted. The Constitution 'especially provides that two-thirds of 1 a .. 1 - Z -. m -mm WW -sV the ixenerai vssemuiy is imwsuj i" the calling of a Convention yno other mode is provided. Then, of wurke Mr. Kerr, and w'ejDresumaptiMpaiO fjerti; ktisfied with the samefre f r this two-thirtls beingadopted, and were then opposed, as the certificate slates, to "all Uegal regularities, and to Dorr ism in (til its shapes," as this hare majority of he legislative plan now urged, was hen looked upon and characterized. But this statement may be doubted y politicans of the Democratic In order to refresh the memory nTonents iho noneral Assembly Ito whom the people have surrendeml all their right to legislate, j have bycMa sive and indirect proceedings practi cally nullified, Uhe provisions of Oie State Constitution .by billing a Ccn yention in a mode not recognized, but expressly condemned and pfo- Mritvl W ihp: Constitution, upon tne of G6vernment'(see ..Clingman's in the Standard March 1870.) Because it gives the peopld and control overt heir public servants Because it distmgirislies against no one class and in favor of others! as the old Constitution did. ; , .. , Because, it provides for the -lection of all publ ie oflicers i by the people at short and statetl periods and tl us des troys the baneful inllueneo )f party cliques and .c-abuls in tlie' State and malu Gvcrv :man . in . every pliu.-e.f hnor or trust directly res)0nkibler to the people.. ' i - . ; Because it establishes Universal Sul- frage. '.!-.,.;. -h -3; - Because under it all men are to ofiice. i , Because it alM)lishes property pat ions for ofiice. , : v . Because it makes populatioiv-7-.mind and iimscle-rthe basis of equaj rcj)re sentation ; in 1 he General Assembly and hot property And taxesis the did Con stitution did. ; ; ? ?, " J , . Because it secures a Homestead and lersonal property exemptions of $1,500 o thq. Bankrupt people of the eligible qualifi- State. omen 111 inic and oniiient county court , ? Because it f reasbnihg, I Because it sec their rights of. property. , Because it protects the mechi laborer by a Just lien. j Because itj abolishes - Iinpri for debt except for fraud. ' - IWaiise itahas destroyexl the sense less and. unmeaning difference 1 diction between courts ot U.aw and courts of Equity and abolisheit the old system. j" ms consolidated the offices 1 i connected with the courts and lessened the number of officers and thereby di liiinishcd the cost of legal proceedings. Because it is inspired throughout with f he ponuine spirit of Jeffersoiiian Ke- publicanism land embodies irj every important particular sue ions as have been desired by the people of the State for more than twenty years past. " ' j '"" .. . ; ' Because the mode proposcxl to change it is unauthorised, irregular, and from which uncertainty j as to their doings may arise aml.eau.se great commotions, conflicts, .ivrv?bl v blemished may almost 1 provis- retrenchment-specimen bricks. : r-.- ; . ' .1.':. ' . , , . "Paying a -ar-K't-bag reporter three thousand five hundred dollars for repbrt inr the liiiiKtichnicnt trial, and about as much ' for printing nnd binding it. How many white tax-payers in the Stut will vr 'se ; this look? lfow many ait blest with "courage enough to uinlcrtake its jwrusal, if they, should ever see U? This vast, and unnecessa ry expenditures -of the public money serves no purinse lut to embalm inl preserve in permanent form the froth, and furv of the Impeachment trial. h Hing the swamp lands at $50,000, i vlen iiv tl lnt canvuHt that prt'Ww il'wlantl to be $-l."0,000 less than the lands were worth ; and every liociy wno Vdvcx-ated a sale at that time was de nounced as rogues and roblKrs. Such " Conservative retrenchment as this will soon finish the State. 6 .', ' ':l Retrenching the Attorney (ienemlV . salary ny Kwpmg u, ut nv was and hiring additional counsel to help him iii civil suits and refusing to ; employ any one to assist the solicitor of the 11th Circuit to prosecute Swep- son. ". ..' .;!.- f-".' Retrenching the public expendi ture necessary to pay off the contrac tors on the Marion .Turnpike road by using the special tax money in the Treasury to pay lieir own exorbitant; ler diem and mileage, and thus de-. privingthe people of the counties of McDowell, Yancy, Watauga, Mitch ell, Allegany, Ashe and a part of Buncombe, of the only facilities fjr market they arc likely soon to have. -Rctrenehng the taxes of the people of the West who want to bring their produce to the head of the Wes tern N.'C. Railroad, by granting a bur densome and oppressive -charter for a. Turnpike road to a 'political fayorito whetso tolls are so excessive under the charter its friends procured as to driye most of the trade twenty, five miles farther to a Tennessee .Road. j j Jtbi 4 i 3 same line of ride the restrictions and pfohibitidns j of the Federal Constitution, and leak e that instrument at the mercy of a bitre majority of Congress. If they can fclo this thing in the one case, they can lo it in thetother; and hopefully awaat- lio timo rhon the ( onscrvat rve SOREHEAD. - - ' ' V, ' '.- This disease has become very preva lent in our State, and is of an unusually malignant typo. We cannot make out a full and exact diagnosis of the disease, but think, we know its cause and can arive some of the tive nent menof a party tlirkrnfnt- or that of approaches, lie inert, inactivej orasleepi and can only be aroused to ,rub theif eyes and look around when some offic Jatobe dlspoHOtl 'of, ft party Editor must lose all heart in the fight ; but when they go. in boldly to speak, canvass and write for their party press faith. bf va rious leaders we here reproduce the luul hames of the certifiers to that position of Mr. Kerr. Perhaps some of thorn 'will be recognized among our C reeus boro' friends.' 'Here they are: John jA. Gilmer, W. A: Caldwell, Emsley jDonncll, J. J. M. Lindsey, Sam. Rai- xiey, in. viiiiii.-i, . v Thos. B. Donnell, D. C. Mebane, M. S. Sherwood, Jesse II Lindsey. R. N. in the plea of infancy every time it is chanred with mismanage- rnnnt of public affairs as Mr. James Merrimon and Mr. Thos.j Johnson, SPTintor and Representative from Bun- nl Con-1 cnmlK. and Mr. Flemmihr. Senator ami IO tn j;nmi iv vv. 1 - ;,,noi Districts this looks like from McDowell, (all of whom person- the present plan of calling tiort as-raaiccu ami , advocate it? What has made so great a cnangt-i mnc hiu.-i somo V'f interest in it. What is Which of .the whole Convention pcirfy wilt answer the letter of our greatest denounced Cald well, Jed H. .Lindsey, W. J. McCon-- a Conven- Lu j a. febane. S. W.James Robt. . 1 v " ' i . . Ik- iY? Sv. Denny, James H. Jolley, Joabjlliatt, Ft M. Walker, Alphonso Wliittington, Jno. L. Cole. This certificate of tlie rround pied by Mr. Kerry as the c-andic tho Whisr:uartv. having been work and gives encouragement to all ally are most excellent and -worthy jurist, Judge Ruffin-or the argument W-essary by the misapprehend . . 1; 1 4n 1i1wtr fill 1 mrT-itlrnirll iinn't norro sit nil -with the r fiiHo-n fiattnii which is printcKl else- lif at'wiipnt of the Democrat lUCHUCll Aiimuiy tv 1 v ..", ; - r i y v., I who are the cause. Wo are gratified to state that we shall be able to bring the best talent of the Republican party in every sec; Yion of the State to our aid in making old stagers and experienced party lead ers, such as Col. Cocke and Gen. Cling- liian, nor do they agree among them- selves ' For instanceJ Mr. Merrimon , . and Mr. Johnson are in tlie Eua a political Journal worthy the electing Judges and Justices by confidence and libeml support of the Legislature, and taking that wisely Republican party everywhere THE first Convention bill that the Convention, if called should have no power to dissolve the Legisla ture. In other words this retnarkably uatrlotic body proposed to! overhaul --evrry ttler department f the govern- j ment. turn every uouy themselves and cause the niembers of 4k fnvnnfinn to SWOflf that tllCV , would not interfere with the tenure of their office, their nve aoiiars ir ua-ui and 20 cents mileage. This monstrous proposition was passed by the benate i tcrf h whole State to such ",5t.rif .llPd in the House of i..2Loiv thouch it was there ndvocktecl by the leading men of the 'party. Now strange as it may seem A k TMwininwit members of the Leg islature as Mr. Johnson, of Buncombe,S 1M . ... t.w. T1 vvoll mi vocate ft Convention in order as t.ej s,v, that the present iAislature may i..r!,i-ii-ii Tn this iKsItion they hWlieen driwn by their! new ally nn runmnnii. who dxlares every- when in public speeches and private conversation that his main object tn a reinvention is to iret rid of tfie preMit I.egislature. -jThto is a V-onsummation most devoutly to l t idied and we are not surprise nu the legislature after its members have mingleil with tne peopie aru '"-"t ailL IO IWJ VI l. T- favor of by the le- stowed privilege away! from the people. Cien. Clingnian, not yet thoroughly re- provided conciled to his old friends, of whom, 111 March, 1870, he spoke such tender, en dearing and loving words, j describing with the gushing adatidon of a maiden of eighteen the noble magnanimity and prodigal gierosity w Stri wh tioia Democratic leaders lia i e been treated by the old Whig Conservative chiefs since the i-lnse of the war. is in favor of elect- where in our columns? t r9'.. t.ivr oml lllixml lwwl7 called together by the Convention act, should try to assemble and the Presi dent of the United states snouui orucr the! army to disperse theiii, would thev disperse quietly or would they resist? Wiat farmer or laborer would be benefited by such a state of things woiild not, to use tlie idea of the Re publican address "such a shock be giv en to confidence in government here, to the people by and the laboring -" ----- - ...ti. haTtiao!ve4 nnd Mill! XI... 41 ,,. persed and dissoiveii. xjui Jiotworth the candle. It is cheapen fo, -thent to rt-iign,' and they ought to ?o sof according 'to their own recentj declarations. They f.JJ nothing. If they persist in calling a uonveiition vo u f'.U-r, thevvearn as a mother does vr inp rsiHi f nccri4A t ing Judges and Justices by the people. So is Col. Cocke, late bf Chiicky River; Tennessee, who cannot tear from "his heart of hearts" the fond recollections of the entire success of an elective Judi ciary in that State, and the cheap and efficient working of their 4 Civil DIs trict" system and elective Magistracy, In almost all respect the same as our townships. And so, jalso, for a Judi ciary and Magistrates, elective 'by the people, chirps the tiny chanticleer of the mountains, Mr. W. W. Flemming. There is no more harmony among these discordant elements about repudi ation. Mr. Merrimon and Col. Cocke are conditional xepudiators. General Clinsrman and Mr. Johnson are against repudiation. For the sake pf the peace of the . State, can't these gentlemen dwell a little while In unity at least until they get back! to the good old times when everything in North Caro- as Ayouid email ujkm. u- iuihui m.i- told. ' .. t . Aould we be treated again to iKraoca ble ecessi6n, or would it take the last man and the last dollar, the black flag and such other horrors as are iresiir 111 ourlmemories to assert uour right. ?" Is! it not the part of prudence in bur people to avert possible calamitiesj in i the future by voting down the ConVen- the future by voting tion? . i ' ' - I loll. C. L. Vallandigham died Lebanom Ohio, on Saturday last. occu- ate of made sioii and misstatement of the Demwratict press and orators, placed him and his mrty in their true position of advocating the Call for a Convention, whenever it khould be necessary to'cidl one, by the authority provided in the I Constitution, and, of course in opiositio!n to all oth brs, which ,weredet'mecl and denounced hot only as illegal irregulariticsLbiit as "Dorrism" in different shapes. Mr. Kerr declarecl also in favor Free Convention, so as to givew people of all sections and 1 riifVli:ifTf-o. and not for bije of thnowminY(ffrg ?) Legislative niarVfyFftrictc-cl Conventions, for which there is "no 'provision in the Constitution.'" And it is a remarkable fact that the idea of restricted Convention was far more Unpopular and had fewer friends than that one so well marked and charac terized as Dorrite.1- And in those days there could not, we presume, have been found a dozen men. in the Avhole ing 1 -f ho ilotriitivo mocracv of tho North, shall bo i 1 pow er,, they are preparing the popujar mind to accept this new and perni cious dogma, that bare majorities in the State and in the nation can overthrew and destroy their organic law at wjll. Some nrominent men in their admit that carrying out the princi on which they propose to call a Con vention in this State to destroy dur iirtwenf. Tonstitution. they can do t3ie same thinsr in the same way with rw.cmntirfn of the United Statr . - - . -I 1 Xothinr more than this is noooeu overthrow local State government niin nut sitnte lines. Establish this and tho unification of the inimwto Kbites'into. one consolidated nation would then be perfect and c plete. tflio- to aid n- The jwdwetitt ihV2lt4t WW 1 con i t fi rakCs Vr.nc. the following : i " We thiiik the Ralicnls whippjwl .Instice ami destroyed the Rutherford Sff'r'. think so bwause Carpenter was' tolling it that Jo. Turner did itor had it done. Kut 1 orlbrd is decidedly rtidk-Mi" TiieJ slierdl, lerk and count v officials are rMical. A majority of the' county and the town of RuUiorjoiiiton are radical.-. Kukl nx coultl not go into that town and give hot ice or their presence by liring a gun, fie,ize upon no L-in.r nfihe l'easruers and learh;imolt a . .,.!r.?- ti.o t r.pi nient of J uti- was not a.s kuklux trcatwl Stephens or other man tfie Outlaw or h w ishetl mir nor .H111 ITnskev fr anv to minis!.- Justice wsis neitlier wliipped.' Thn fiiets i below slateil, taken from the last number of the Ruthcjford Via- whose editor was near enoug heard Mr. Justice's outcries, comment which seems net'C'Ssary tn nmke noon the doubts and ted denial of ihe Sentinel tice's former statement : 1 to nave 1 an tne now msinua- ofj Mr. Jus- REPUBLICANS PROTECT THE POOR of a to the a classes, 1 1 . flu; result of the war-deft thousands of our best citizens ruinecl in fortujie. Not only was their bank-stocks, ajnd ConfcHlerate and State scrip rendejod valueless, but in' many cases they were left largely involved in debt. Thtse debts were in a great measure con tracted when the parties had sunieU'iit properly, personal and real to pay to f hp. uttermost farthing:.' Thousands upon thousands of dollars were due security money, where the princi had failed, and sureties found tl own wives and children trrnpr to at It the on seems that he was of the counsel for defence of Thomas McGehan, now trial at Lebanon for murder, and acci dentally shot, himself. He was inlhis robin with Governor McBurney, ind while showing how Myers might have shot himself, the pistol w as discharged, and the ball entering the right side of he! nhdomen below the ribs. He died oh the day following, j lina was doled out cliques and caucuses man and mechanic no voice in or control and distribute the offices I: correspondent j from Charlotte says:' , , ' i i . "T hear strange rumors as to several of the fiery Democracy one that Vaneeclaims . ami me laoonng .'F f ftrtv in its late eltorU uba rflF ' ft w V X fill Yt lnt that all hands would do weu w for which for her sure nut mai an anu.- Aflrt. the Rinkin shin, including: the Con 1 i wives and cniuireu reimctii poveny, aim uuii mi"- " i'- if was left them by the result of the War o ;fv i he debts oi . t Jiejr eve r reialy 1 ANOTH KlVOUTUAIilf. Whntcver may be tho faults of Our neili- or otherwise, tliere can be no excuse for 01 justmcation bors, political r-v--ni t'nv OI! of thd J as . , 4 hi 1 11 1 1 11 1 -t 1 111 1 inn iiavAj vai, last, bv a naitv of disguised nnrsou of Mr. James-Justice, struction of the office of the Ntpr. uoulicc it as an outrage against people of Ruljhcrford county, who borne the nartvc of law-abidingai ble citizens, mul sincerely hope the tors may. be brought to merilpi ltiniisliiiiont. -. i . Tho facts ill the case are about :i -lice,- anui politic! friends,. tHMinZXict men, with whoin they have always , lKHMi in political controversy. TMy lose all regard for consistency and ad- - vrK-ate me-asures which they have hcije tofore strenuously opposed.' 1 We know one striking case which We will men tion for the benefit of tluvpQUtico-hiwl;. ica'l profession.'. He was a Whig of the Federalist Stamp, lie believed 11 a iJ ..i strong government guariuii iy rjci const ilut ional provisions. 1 Ie wanted a lermanent government which could withstand jiopular ecitement,anl 'kuc - - ... a ...... . . . . 1 ....... m T In Ar. cessiuny resist secession i iuuhm. j yi-.- free suffrage, wanted prop erty to be repres !ited ' in the Senate, and constitute a . nullification fr ofiice. He was airold Fetle'raiist and is noV a Radical DemiM'rat. He. was an bid Union hian ahil now his chosen politi cal friends are tlie old SHHsionbts, 1 Ie once regarded the Constitution as sacred and inviolable anJ now lie tjon siders it the play tiling of popular ex citement. .One of tlie. strong suppor ters of constitutional government lias given way and we are. now fickh outrages dav night ihep, on tne and the de- We do tho good fluvveevcr id peacea- perpetra and just s follows TB.riv.nf from forty to sixty uosguisea .a.. m uii, tnwii about liii lniglit on Sunday night the 11th instant, juJd prrK-ee!-...1 ii.n nxi.lfoii'.. of Mr. Justice. lroke down his door, abused,' kicked and cuffed 1 flipn took him out of town was iermittoxl In tJM and teiidingto- i deniiK-racy tlireatening-to kill him but thihgli tlie in .i(..H.i f tbek leader of the band his life, was spared, and lie without further injury. part of the gang went to the p 1 ltin-omcc of the Star arid completely sacked it, break - jl, ..i.t 1 liirniinr nvcr InlilcH tiw fnvn. into oi. breaking and to return meantime 111V. IUI ...if I'-T f ' J into a confused jnass the wliolcj f throwing llirou in; toagin. taken to principals. i The general government, to protect its citizens whether loyal or disloyal, .'magnanimously stepped 101 ward with the Bankrupt law by wlueh the citizen' who "found himself hoje- lessly involvcd,"could retain a Jiboral .West, to have supported a restricted exemption, surrender the remaiiule of his property for the oenenr; 01 c tch li ters, and be by law released froth ftir ther embarrassment. ; i If . . . . . . .j..'. -v ' I Kentucky is known to be as largely 'me iiepuuncu. u- -.m-- mocraticasMaisacdiuttsH olina, through its targe niajomyj m lican . Both 1 States liave heretofore ; pie constitutional Convention , of 1868 Liven from seventy to eighty thousand went even a: step Ueyond; the general ' . ..... . .x1,nv mirpmiiipnt and granted a Hohie- Tnaiorirviorinei-K'iix-niii-4i'"- " 1 lican parties. amount of several nur.oici band then departed, and in inu-iKliiii. icrrihlv whinncd a .X DoWney. They also buli'd tin lrniture of f bflofticc to lll Tollar. Tlii' )1 SjTiing inn named Convention. KENTUCKY NORTH CAROLINA. j : Ah election takes place in Kentucky on the seventh of August, at which time a Governor, other State; officers and members of the Legislature are to be elected.1 The information which we have from Kentucky is that the Re publicans have strong hopes of greatly reducing the Democratic majority if thev do not carrv the State. . The Re- have fi reoiiT.ir ticket in the5 field, and the canvrcs is the warmest granted a cfenrlfree from old as well as new Republicans in bitter tenns, accepttl with joy: the means thus afforded of securing a home for their loved ones. H Now the Democratic party comes forward and proposes by calling a (on vention to complete the ruin of 1$C1 ?GT bv takincr from these ruined Jhon wliat little has been secured them by the Republican party! Shame, Bliame on anv. partv which will attempt to ml M. V 3 deprive the poor of a home. ward the fiem of Athens. This disease has -plead i (xtensi el; among, the lawyers and other oifiW'jsee kers, but iias pot seriously afi'ech-d the masses, - w ho are not expo-nil to the malaria. In August the 'dog-days ,vill be over, sisul the popular voice vill tay ftir'a time this distressing pistileiice. theV,in-J parts of old but hotel thi'ougli lor old man iw.gcrsiaii. lie escape I them. , The above j statement we 'believe i.s true, as far as wc can gather, i- We have lecrtainly fallen on evil times when su-li a 'spirit of lawlessness is in the ixmntrv, and with all gootl meiiif whatever political faith, Ave coudeiun such outrages as most dangerous toi the peaeb bf society. Xo honest nian an justly bq accountable for tliQ aetioii of bad men, but t is to the in terest 'of every lover of peace, that such out rages shall lie severely punished, nnd it is hoped that the guiltv ernes shall not cscaje. We do not sympathize with laivUssness of "tiny kind, and as thelaAvs are nado for the protection of j tlie people, wo waiit to see them enforced impartially and without! fear or fa vor. We. can appreciate tlie feeling of the injured parties in this aftair, and whatever mav bo their faults and prejudicjes we will ever condemn such cowardly aiiacKK uiou them. . ""'; '1 I-'-- -,: f FROM THE I'KOPLK. : , Wo.rveive everyday larg' avi-s.-ioii' in our sul-riittioii list and encouraging letters fiam all li?Sfate.-i A frit-Jiil 'enchisiiigMist of sc!veTTubrlhers fitftn AholnihTntiys: ' We etp t Kan lolph to go inrgcly a;'aiie t the Convention. i . - The following 4cak for lheii"slvc- .luiuvM, , A enrrewnnTidont from Rush 'Hill says: "A'mi sfnfvl in -.-out tviner of tlie 15th ' .w.v -. - t -, - j . , inst,.. tliat. Friends Normal SScUOoi woum commence tho 2sth rf next mnth, t Cane . k . - , . 1 .1. Oi-'4l. i.t L reeic. it fitioniu no siaieti -" X An TrisliTYnri' recently SOliIX I uized : What a waste of money to hiy mate, wlien von know the half of it is lone, . i . ,.1 !4- WI11IH Villi f:ill SIM'IILI j hasn't a bone in it?'- itfoir riim, that Wll.KSlM.HtO , Kin 10,11 t-AitotiNA Kua-1 Dear Sir: 1 reecivcxl h copy of your paper on Sntrirday last, and herewith enclose t vou 3.O0 for the Tri-Wcekly Kra for owe vcar. I am engaged In getting nj a chUi f.r von r i-?a ner antl hoie to lie ablo in few days to end j'ou a Lirge lit of names. You inav Botdown Wllksoounty as I eing against a t?iriventiou by a large majority. If I am not deceived tho Con volition party will tlefeated by at leawt seven or eight hundred. I am reliably informed that there are er al townships in the county, in which not H i ote AtellbecaxtforaOnveiaun. 1 Mount Olivk, Waywk Count v, r, June 19,171. :. KditouCakomna KllA , " j ' Dear Sir C inclose one dollar,- for which please semi mo the Weekly Fra, as I have received the first and second numbers! ami am well pleaed with the tone of the piier ; as well as with It exewling low priee.whtch places it withhrreaeh of our poverty-stricken iieople. I am of neeesHity a Republican. entorHing w!tli pleasure its platform in all of iin l)eariiigs, being i.convineeil that it is tlie doctrine supported by our Fathers., '. ' IIookkkton, June, 1G, 1871. Epitor Cakolina EllAr- .' Dear Sir: I am truly glad to see a Hepul) lican paper startel in Kaleigh. The copy vou sent me pleased me much and I hope: J . 7.. .i 4 kn ILt 1 nnw to senu you m uuuiuuu w i send, a handsome list of subscribers in a fcuori ome. ( , ' 7 f; first-borhv vention!" nand dollars.