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The SeiiXinel 'says wo " have fail oil a an iiiitor..: If Uie columns of the 7J- nc furnish 1 an Example 'of a perfect Editor we humbly and devoutly thank God that we .have failed. ' . , 4 t The Republicans of Pennsylvania, Kentucky. Ohio, and Iowa . are all In thoileldaHjinited, 'active,- and har- monious ... A: cood resul t may be ex pected frbm each.'? ! A friend sending; us a club of sub- Bribersto the Era writes: -rTo-dar 'I 'met persona from Guilford. That bounty as "well as Forayth, will roll tiD arousing maloritvaaralnst the Conven tion.. Our people remember! the Conven tion of 1801. Thia Convention is called, in the interest of the same rartiea whose set tled determination now hs then is to rule or ruin' this Southern country. . .. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We .are compelled, for the present, to decline the publication of many val liable commurUai tions,' torr hand,; . on account ; of (' their length. 'Short; pointed articles are the only ones , we can pub lish until after the election. ' 1 t w i-riu 4' " hLK.. - a .T$nw$ IWw Judge Smith in the Senate refuse -rj itiL x cJ lend "himself to any purely partisan schemes, tmfc in the; House the. Labor Reforriiers insist upon eating tlie oys ters and" leaving ' the Democrats with theshetfa".';,. '" ; '; :'V'; . . .WHATS THE liATTER. How does it batmen ' that the 'Sentl- ' nel yoiunteers, In advance of an attack, a defence .of . General . Leach's "moral character, 5 "and ' 1 his reputation for truth 'and1 honor.' Wrho has assailed ? apd kwhat is the hiurge against As the defence is i made. ; let - us 44, "i" - I ." : the accusation! . - ' THE VOICE OF A -PROPHET.' " I tell you that our party i gone' up 1. is store icui go tor wie jcenuixt ca,. j in the JresldeiitiSl election.11 . "21 tell you if tee go info an election ' ice will be badly defeated.11 , Conservative Senator Love, of Jack son; in the debate-' on the Convention . i r i THE CHIEF 1H MOTION-, f " - " ' . . ' - The Styitinel ;: infbrrny -' ns . that ' 3Ir. Speaker1; jaryjsisn "to address the - people jqT Uie. West in favor -of a Con vention, v: , l j. v-' j . The Drdmot action' of the TJ. S. au- thorites Ih capturing and indicung tne 1 i perpetrators of tle Tecent outrages ; in I Rutherford . county,-, has demoralized I and :scattereu'rnany. oi itne iva ivrax i camps. , It necessary to get them to getber again 'foil' the ( election. The head of the Conservative party in the State'therefore goes to" Cleaveland and Rutherford to reorganize, ' in i . ' ' TiiziiE are two ways of changing the I Constitution of the State. One accord- ing to ''faifv-rthe other by Revolution. I y the Jfirst methoa provided in tne I Constitution, . it may : Jbe changed through a 'i Convention, or i by Leg- islativfe ' 'enactment; ." By . th"eL ;Rev lutioiiarV method, ; whicn, is ; that .pro-1 posed' :l?y .the sCJonservative party, the I ConsUtutiom may be orthro wn wim-1 'but bloodshedprovided' the proper - tribunal' td which .they may address i - themsejves" chooses 'to recognise ;an as-1 semblages: which J Judge' illuffin 'in a similar case declarexrwas only ar vau cus " bf; private persb? uuthorized by lawancl whose' acts would be void: The Leirislatare, At dtsilate aossiondid not curtail expenses in-any respect, but rather increased ;Uiem; and, .therefore the only hope for Relief thatwe know of is to liave a State Convention to change the Con stitution, For the" sake,: of honestv and (winomT.let us have a Convention. CAar . Democrat.' ' ' ' - 4 ' ; V I What -will the ru youth and inexpen- ence say to this'thrust from a leaomg i i . ' - .organ 01 mei r -pa j , i are opposed to amenoing me vuuaum; tion by LegislaUve enactment xor iear somebody interested In the state aebt I will brtDe wenii i iiw'iwwww i to thinlr the LegL'dature neither honest or ecohoxnical, and therefore wants a I Oonven'uon, we inrer, iot get na 01 iu Wo surest again,it is cheaper for them I Jn rJtiM-1'- " ' ' I " " . . 1.. , I . "TliebldCoHitftnti . ,ti'i' .V.oriro wfl.a'nfTeTea to the I luniciwt'VMh ,t't - - - . poor, men oi tne country cau uve iu lieoplqinlAndUio aajneConse ease and comfort, educate their fam tive leaders who;damornow togo back iie- d leave them a homo until th0 to the old m,;w5V0teu aojvn : ui Constlfufiofi. -and justified, thcir.acuon uponne,.;iiuthpri0of Judge Ruffin's letter.Tlis was their only ground of - opposiuitntoii? ior fM:te tion th-.Vofed.for, and, adopted the ordinancoOmanciixition. Conscien- - tious ,3Ututional . scruples were 8trongw iith them .then -than love of PnpeH-They.V0te4,fo!)tl.vecr ...,t." Axt Unnn ansl oiTo nr their I i".UU!1.t',J1'.;i fc"T . ' 1 slaves, out imytcouia-inot givup - words bMhe Constitution,7 and 'Jude - Ruflin V exposition' lt6f It L' . ' V That; no Convention or tnj peopieenaii nerau ed by the t Genera Assembly unlei i with tho coneurrenee , of . two-third.- cf each House of the General Assembly bo they, voted down tlie Constitution cf WHAT IMPEACHMENT COST A RARE J ' AND EXPENSIVE BOOK. . ' j i The, Books ' of the Auditor's . and Treasurer's ; ofHces show 1 that the Im peachment Trial cost the people of the State the enormous sum of sixty-one thousand five hundred and ' forty-eight dollars and fifty-five." cents, illere: are tHe items: ; ', , , , . . . Ttree extra lawyers, 44 days. 3,000.00 Reporting, 1 man and staff 44 da vs," 4,375.00 Prmting and stitehintr, i 5,61.51 Paper, , . 2,840.40 ray or witnesses, : a.ooou Pay of members. 170 at $5 per day, 37,400.00 Pay of clerks, door-keepers, Ac,, ; 2,404.09 FUel and lights $24.00, 44 cords ! ? 4 wood 9170.00, - f 200.00 : - ' ; . . , . ' . $01,548.53 Add, for a clerk and messenger f mr nits i yi:r7t oow.w Ahd we hare 161,898.55 Gov. Graham, Gov. Bragg arid Judge Merrimon received at the rate of $22.72 J per day each for their services to helj) seven other leading Conservative law? yers, appointed by the House, to pros ecute Gov. Holden. Seventeen thou- sahd eight hundred and thirty dollars 3 of; this money was wasted or riven away to party la vorites. Three;thbu anaorn to extra mgn-pncea lawyers Whep others appointed by the I A m a '" ' a . ... ... - - I themselves. 'j-wreive wousanu nine hundred and ninety dollars for making a book of the prDceedings : and speeches in the case,' which the people will never see," uhl they buy it from the Conservative Pul lie Printer. : t w w Is not this monstrous, in the p: bankrupt condition of the State ? Villi it !be tolerated In a party which into power upon false promises of econr omyv retrenchment and reform ? . , The Conservative party is all-pow erful in the State now. They can make the laws they can control .the finances of the State they can depose and turri out every public officer in the State if they choose, and they should, therefore. justly be held accountable to the peopl I for; their profligate and ruinous expen i oiture. jn o wonaer tney naa to aimos double the tax to meet the demands of I their reckless extravagance. If they paid, as w e have provedl twelve thousand nine hundred and ninety dollars for one single book how much would they, make a Convention cost: the people? Arguing from the; foregoing established facts, not less than , TWO KINDS OF HOMESTEADS. t The Republican homestead is good against all kinds of debts both old and neic and it is sustained by the decision of the present Supreme Court in the case of Hill vs. Kessler. -. The Democratic lawyers who are looking to Judgeships under the Con-j yention movement, say that a home; stead is good only as to debts contract cd since the adoption of the Constitui tion. They denounced the decision of the Supreme Court as partisan, and " H , ... J . . - J publicly rejoiced when Judge Brooks made a decision sustaining their views The Legislature in the first Convenj tion bill, proposed to restrict the Con4 vention on . this subject, and declared, that the decision of the Supreme Court should form a part of the new ConstiJ tution. In the present Convention bill that provision is omitted, and xchy rph e Democratic lawyers who lead th pariy would not allow it to be inserted! Many of them are interested largely iij 0id Court judgments, and some of theni expect to be Judges, and they are pub licly - commuted- against the Republi can I homestead. To accomplish theif purpose, they have made a Democratic Executive Ctommittee ' composed of a very ; large majority , of lawyers, an4 most of the candidates for Convention1 are lawyers. . The Convention will pro vide that the Judges and . Magistrates shall be, appointed for life by the pre? cnt Lecrislature-aiid thus they will be indrjendent: of the people. K The law a . wln thus hav control of the State!; ana tne power 01 uie oici siave arisio wiU restored and secured. i Tne Democratic homestead- will be pU jn the Constitution, and the Judged for life .wili decide that u ojuy excenas new debts. , The poor men, without officej position or credit, will have t wort- for ' a homestead and pay their old debts . an(inme out of ten will die nannpnL nnrl Ipv itnvrnnt Ann nertni- Ymr-i . 0 ' X : J ' r 111 . " . ' .. .' . . . . : 1 Mld fe of . t V M , , w. , - r r n x.nntU will people! take?-'The matter wili be deeided at the ballot-box in Augusi It u almost a question gf Ufe or death with thords of families who are now te happy.v: rX I ' T!epUblican3, be true to your high . nobIe charity to the poor f - lIom(. stead men," be true- to your i country, - - ... ' 1 -"--. your families, ana your nomrai 1 A friend writing from Caldwell eoun,- as : ' As f Uie proposed "election for Oonveiv; tion or no Convention, the peat body of the peoj la loot upon the whole thlni; with sus picion. Hxeept the . lawyer?, and villas jx)litic2!i, wealthy. land-holders and monej thj-locks, very few seem to be in favor cf tiii measure. I believe the vote at the elec tion will be a small one." - " . - the: oj WITH . BY '. 'J i"' Under the old Constitution there we; several thousand more ofiice-hoiders than there are under the present " ; 'There were 90 County Court 'clerks who received annually from the peo-, pie on an average not less than $1,000 each7 and an annual extra allowanceof lioo, making $99,000. v ,;.; V. 'I; -' There were ninety county Solicitors', who received at least $C00 in each of the counties, where there were four jury terms of the County Court, and $100 extra annual allowance n all $03,000. ; , . . i.Under: the new system there are 12 Solic tors against 98 State and county Solicitors under; the old (nstitntion. These .1? Solicitors are paid by the State $3) for a two weeks' Court twice a. year "m eacheounty which costs to the State; 10 w ,., iruTT ' ' ' ! T 1 USELESS' OFFICERS UNDER CONSTITUTION, DISPENSED THE NEW. ) I . 'r. ight SoUcitors, under the t''j--Mi!.!-- o oncw denceiAnd thebatterest partizamcan- the circuits werefewer,(iurteWd Ixf held in iiisfasrnavcouritiesastheyare noV, and the cost would be the feameJ eept tha they. w the menanavsup aA 4.f .nn nffw Snf porters of the; gdvemment,. the . fatrt wiioioto 4 aaa ; moyviuii . it aw vjla ninety county : soUcitors .who," cost nine thousand dollars per annum more than paid for the same service ! 4 " There were six thousand or more magi istirates appointed for life to carry out pnds and nurnoses. and for noth- eW- We have the authority of the tor )f the Sentinel for saying, that at 'one session alone more than 1200 new magistrates" were made, many of whom, he declared, were '' perjurers, forgers, and disreputable; inen.' 1 The increased 1 number of i Jud which the convenience of tlie e deinanded, and which several vern- ors 1 recommended before the war, aniounts to nothing. The' salary -wa? fixed' at its present figure, before the adaption of the present Constitution by Bragg, the' "whole.: Denocratie party, the same ; party which now wants to and ! a largeVnumer t ft J.the, , leading lower it because they are out. " . . Whig lawyers of the State, lias Mr. Npt to speak of the saving in the ab-. . Yates, and his old party friends ho in olition of four jury terms of the County terested motives for their feudden ahd Court, the amount saved by abolishing the offices of County Court J clerk and county solicitor, is $18,000 per. an- hum in the shape of extra allowances aloher-3,000 more than the increased expenditure Under the new Constitu-i tion for five new Judges. , t The habit of the Conservative party is to make speeches and write about the burdens of a Constitution which they have never read. j . UNDER DURESS. V young and Inexperlencea youth of tne name oi iioore, iromtne apprupo- atelv named county of Craven, who. as a Senator last winter, acting under oath,' voted all the time against the conven tion act, how comes out, and under cal ico influence, orates in favor of the jsame tn small snuads of the 44 outside, all the fllmit" nnrtv-Ulfirlarin accordihff to the Wilmington Journal, 44 thataparty caucus whipped in the dissenting mem- bere and compelled them 1 to I vote against1 their convictions"-44, one o'f whom he was which," we suppose So, far as we know,! unless as to himself, this assertion of Mr. Moore's, cannot be: KU BireuuoW,miuuuru, sustained; and wenotice it now, only and wWch were adverted by. thesbest to take the opportunity to reproduce legal tetpfthea- ? ;;; the proof that the Convention act never ;We cannot accountfor this j'new. de would have passed, if a reckless, daring, parture" on the. part of Mr. Yates and revolutionary minority had not driven ' it through thei Legislature iri spite of the caucus determination of their party flip oontrarv: ; ; 4? When the Convention bill was oitits paslage in the Senate, (see repdriin jjauy ltiegram, Apru x,j jxt. ifjyv, Senator from Jackson, "hoped, wliat he proposed to say would not be miscon strued, t This bill now is j list the same bill we have once paWdVhafi ik the use or tins repetition j j. j pruit iu- day against it, and I but utter the sen-j timentsof an overwhelming majority of the 1 Conservative caucus;'1, A'l few party leaders now attempt to lash you inT Are you . now - going ., to cowerito them and turn r back; : allowing a' few leaders to lash you into their, ylewi? I learn from 1 promimeht Ymen of J this State, thai it ciU not. be expedient to call this Convention. I pose" Radicalism ty.1 Ahopdess minority is endeayormg I to drive a major,ty., J caU upon .men who have' given me their 'views irj pri-: rate, to get up' here like men and Sen- ators ana say, tnat mis acuor is lmpoi-i tic,' unwise ana untimely, and uwess they do so, I tell, you. that our party is gone ttp; and this State will go for the In statin? the fact that " an over whelming majority of the Coiiservative caucus11 had decided against this bill as " impolUict Mr L)ve said, jvir. L)ve sam, inn ne was guY: and guided mostly dn reference to his actionby what vas said by thOgentle- f that he was governed man from Rowan, Mr. Robblns. i( 1 J ddri't think . I will attend any more cau cuses of this General Assembly, when men go ana; pieage . one ining, come UT TXr . Conserv-ativeicI minority. Many In the House tell me iii j n l bid I tdl vcu if wcroi;:to ctieL -lion fjrthecdu we will be badly dtftlJt11 l . . - ft Til -.-i - mmentlng upon the opinion ot the Hon. F Moore, adds: : -.n.u,?' " - y aaaa ouv-aj iucii aa ajiogga . i.uviijuvuy -Moore, Grahdm and Vance ana Wilson say that the .Convention -Act is constitutional, we feel satisfied that it is so, and J care ' very little of opinions to the contrary, esrjecially- of those so-ealled Judges who are afraid or being turned out of onice. , : , t, , .. jVIr,- ,Yates characterizes, the J udges of the Supreme Court as so-called. Judge and intimates that- their ; opinions are prompted by interested motives 1 ' It is well understood that in the division of the Convention spoils, four of ( his great legal lights are to have judicial honors, and why may they not be ; influenced by interested motives. : The desire td get into oflftce is as strong as theear of questionof interest both parties are about and let USi-hich side best snsteined bv iient' and au- thority. y' v' i T ' . tl . T , : ' - ' The Supreme Court Judges are gen- tlemen of high' Character; ! and ' have in SS SS 1116 ttfW Viw: i. Judges , J'earson and .i Reside, were members of the' old Supreme Codrt and were elevated td their present position by the entire vote;. ,6f the ' Republican and Democratic I parties. t1 TheyJ t are 1 .-. ...j : -.,... ,I.tl - i if. learnea ana incorrupuDie juages, : ana M it posible that theirs fidelity to the Vul""f f"1"-4 J51" lH ." revoiuuonaryraemocracy, cannaepriye lem of the high character which they lave won by a life' long: devotion, to jthose principles upon which, all ;&6od 'government is founded ! ; L The opinion of the Judges of the : Su preme Court for which1 they ar6 noft so bitterly assailed hy the Democracy, is the ; opinion . which . until recently. 1 was j entertained by- Mr. ;Yates, Gov. unaccountable change , of , opuuon t oni j such a vital and fundamental question 2 What interested "motive had Judge Ruffih for his, letter to ;the ' Wilmih- ton Journal in 166 in opposition, k to the Constitution, then submitted to tho people., - That' Constitution 5 was 'isub; Lsiantially the same as the ' bid Cdnsti-, tution, and "Judge RuffinTs principal objection vas .to the Iwiconstitutional manner ; in which f the ' Convention, vhicK framed it was called Judge Ruffih iyas a greaf;iavyer, an ihepr: .rCTTwt. eloquently expresses opiAidrfsnvhich are - .. -..Ai vu . u - the ssime as those how entertained by the Judges of the Supreme "Court: . in the present ' revolutionary' " Convention movement. - ' 'i !' : ini : ;! 1 We Jiave certaihly : fallen .on evil times, when., a cool . and temperate man M"r.-Yates, so far forgets the political . history of the ; past, and for party purposes, unjustly assai Judges for expressing opinions which; have so frequently received legislative saiuy tion, and which ho and ht4 pldjjpary the bid Democrats, 4 upon f; ; other ground, than their thirst fbr onTcMtf nd power The Supreme, Court , ,now tone of the great bulwarks of ;Constitui surprised; that it s VhiMioantly . as:. i pmeuf. uj. : Mu-uyt4it.pi trf. i vfrv I seekers, and wild: audi xmscrupulous. - revolutionists" yut "I tU- - S 9 if ' . 'TvLSeniiteix denfefj b.ur .! slat? wht. i if in that 4.4NI?fETV,NlXE IXLIiA.Rti DA'V" was paid by tlie Conservatives to 44a re porter 7 to vrite aown( wnat was saia an done'in Uhe ImjhmenliTrial, and attempts to explain how the money? was paid, thus: Hut w ? n f".t -As?.- The sum paid., whatever tho am6pnt,was paid for a ataff of 'repvrters consisting for the" greater portion of the time5 of fiye of stjc per-i ons. -iTakingithe1 Organ's figures a cior4 reet, the pay dld not amount ,ta ; $20 pidrday. perman-r-ana pr proiesaionai mfn vwow uU. f oap of tUwwV L - i rr iy'wonltfiaateTDy; diem Jqr ,,hq swhoJpiexpense, of reportH ing insteadiof $99ra "we statecb We 'fttick toohr a?seTtlonthat aHl renofter" wxrKrxnefxmiraci; i-Yi iWfwe .. . -n " f . - ! - the proceeds i im 'ea.anii ex penditure doesn't matter, jrine expense to the tax payers of the State tcas $99 S.J . just what we stitexl $4,373. and the doe9 qot Jny-ii Xnd for ... - . (DUrDOae2 ti rrhatlan expend . .... .f ormWh Tfhfprs favorites.i .Such, is the ea of economy; Thou irtys I feets-nol ht" cation or for public improve- Mr.! rYatesv of the Charlotte Democritt in mcnt3 f:r the people.: ; ; ; 1 i republishing mutilated and garble! ex- utttis num. uie noicru. iuuicj w 4iovv xne liieonsisiency oi i iue txisiiiuu of leading Repiiblicahs Iheh "ahd now. That address does not advocate or sug- gest in any part oi it. a t uorxvenuon i-alled upon the plan proposed now There" was a necessity; for a Cou.venbon Li. then V ther is honVnow. Why ?f e- caus the preseht Constitution hs made' all the reforms Jni the Constitutioh. of 1835 which the signers of the Western Address demanded- They denounced the latter instrument as odious and anti-republican, and tasked, for 'it io be tnorougniy cnangeu. xi iias uwu inor- oughly changed by the Constitution of 1808.' What more,' therefore, 3d6 the people want? 'V;',. j tvVj'i: " u ' ' :XTliisvAddress asked for V . j ' ! 1 11 '..Equal representatiqu . accorxling to population , and not according to wealth, and' taxes. TJieZCoMiutloii i$68. ordains it. . - ,.- v, -rv, il2. -The ad yalorem;jtax. tutlon vf 1868 ordaiiis iU ; The tow o 1868 ordalnsritt 14. EligibilityTof aU men ,5 jOonstUuilmiof 1868 orttow; " 5. Abolition of property qualifications fbr office. The Constitution of 1868 or- V'O. The establishnieut of the office of Lieutenant GoVernOf." ' The Const im tipn 01868 ordains -ifl ! 7. The election of I the Sta e;Exe- cutive officers by the people. TheCoii- siUulionof 168 ordains tit: : ' t f 8. The election of Judges by the peo ple. ;;'t TheComtUution jo lordplns itx r 9. ! The . election of Justices , of i the Peace by the people, oj 1868 ordaifis it -; Constitution . Every practical : and usefui -1 reform advocated twenty yearsago by thegen tlemeil who signed the Western Ad dress may be found in .the Constitution ptlS68-very single om. AVhat matters its how they got there,1 so they ark there, the fundamental law of the: land and why do Conservative papers omit to publish that part of the address J which shows that it insisted on these changes? Wliy, but to deceive the people.. ! j. The Sentinel calls us an "old fire eater. So he called Gov. Bragg, Mr. Bledsoe, Gov. Ellisj Col. Fisher, Bur ton Craigj Mr. Dortch,! Judgei Biggs and many other good: men in the State, before the war and throughout tie tear. This was the Jchosenj epithet ufeed by Mr. Turner j when he j ran as I Governor Holders candidate fot the- Confederate Congress in 1863, against f Bal4y1' Ar lington. Gov. Holden and Mr. Tur ner in close amity and Union then, de- and did all' they could' to" overthrow the Confederate "cause. Gov. Hodden adhered to his principles' after the war closed and ' went with the I Republican 'party.. Mi Turner aniihis clique having failed in their effort to get; special: fa jVors from President Johnsoh, sol as to oppress and disfranchise1 1 the "d fire eaters.' and secessionists, such men .as we have iiamed ab0Y organized i a new rebellion against the Government," and have been carrying it on ever since. '' Strange, the men who ; in 1863; were denounced by the true and! faith ful Confederates Of that day, as Buffa- lbes or Tories; who were 1 all the ! time jrt sympathy and 6fteh in lrrespond ehce with the U: S. j authoritiep; r .are" now the leaders of an organization hos tile td the 1 Government, 4 and seeking its overthrow. ' lliis double dealing anil unfaithful set1 never rebelled -trntu the rebellion urn over.l They toojc' care hot to fight while there was any ?flght gpngi env-but as soon s&i It'hvasj -overr and thev rot nhiio of tthe Spoils1 f Vic! o - - ' i tory, bumiher like.they- turned against1 the U S government! from which -they . , . . .. .. A . :Li.i . expectea sucn unngs, anu assuming themselves to be the flower of Southern chivalry," pretend now to. j lament the 44f6st cause" which they aid all ' in t)ieir.' power, to i overthrow. f Whew 1 Take away the stinklk mUi , r: l f $5o PER..PA.Y FOR 'PROFESSIONALS MEN, . 1 5P CTSi ORiTHB LAJBORER4." r The Senlim speakSjOf, thiif , spm, paid per dienj-to, each pf .the reporterip cJmpeuihmentj Tria.V fna wfty as toleaveus M professional; ?pan. -LU t j ,i u ; , n it ? i .) , "If thisl'iathelrate) ofc compeiteatioa vfor professiontmen'r.of the; Conseiva-. tivei party; ihciw much is ifcVJikelya Several Conservative r-: :H -VsJ rCd 'office. m it. t;. m A 3 I Cohventon ofthat partyj s"with.alt its! calculated; if not intended to-deceive 'menbera of tlie legal profession and ."athe peepleij-"nie Coni staff of ireporters" as numerous . as the military household ofihe Junperor . of Germany, . will , ost j , the peopleVi Of course the gas of . the Convention will have ta be bottled and; preserved t and tha.t can .only be done j by .short hand reportersi at from $20 to ninety-nine &ol-t lari a day. i .You one armed or wooden Iciitredi Federal or Confederate i soldier. t fallowing your plow and a sorry oii over stcay, stumpy groundvrJr less than 50 cts a day, wliat do5 you think of tlilsv "all talent" 'party which ' j pardUzes'tir homestead,' and fixes ; tho 'f'dailjs-,90m'-pchsatibn of "professional' men at TWENTY DOLT.Ar.F5. . ' J Xt -icetrfy f ico. dollar per , day, - was, the. extra allowance puiu .iu eucn ui ui,e.y: tra lawyers in ,the Holden Trial, . We are a failure as an orator according:; to the Sentinel and Citizen, and .since, our complete rout f..ana, qyoruiij.m uie mountains ientiyYbyryoni Joha stoh of Biincom De , d . : jlr. , W. . W. Flenig' 'jtizedntinell we are afraiilfo speak : in public ph tlie stage. 'With beVximing modesty therefore through this obscure paper, with an humble and a contrite heart, sensible of our'own:ilm'rjeffMtiohsV'J3ubdued in spirit by the recollection ' of' an ' over- lowed and utterly 'chnfouhllea J6y those emmeut uuu vugusi suntrsixicu .474114 mg of MpDowel and Johnston of Bun conlteThose !repntidnd(have-(rmch the extremest "confines j bfTiirkeyf Cove and Sahdy Mush, we beg to ask',s what about thai twenty (ico dollars a day each. to tnree extra lawyers w proswui.jroy-, Hpldett,ag daysworkf 'l What aoout that twelve thoiisaha n hie hundred dollars paid a re porter and printer for k worthless and unnecessary booK. We are no . orator. W rf a dI ain man : ' hut facts' appeal to us and to the peoplej6ftehtiih(e,niore eloquentlthdn even the1 clissicr and polished rhetoric 'of" thestibllnie ;and handsome Johnson, brj the resounding' declamation of the fragile, fierce, fiery, furious Fleming. ; '''' ' "' " ' ; So we again state these eloquent facts in Conservative eronomics-13000 for three4 xtra laivyers'fd foriy-fouT'is twenty'-twon dollars' per diem eacn ; 112.900 for a book to print their speeches In, for them arid their j fr iendsto" read'. ' What about it Messrs Johnson,Flem ing, Citizen and fle,uperhaps the Rev. Sutherland will answer for y0u,as he i is the j. grand" interlocutor Of the THE" ti "OUTSIDE" ALL THE "TALENT PARTYL ii j I ' Seven of he ablest Conservative law- vera in. the Jiouae were seiectea last Session. ,i to u prosecute . Gov.Holden. They, represented . the eltfe of the Con servative party, and according to Con? servative cant, were alii of, the best men" And all theibeat.ttalentin the State. .Yet they caved in, and confessed their incompetency, before the trial her. gun,, and admitted i by their , conduct thatj m : old County. Court!? .was the bnlyv tribunal before, which .they had caijaciTy to practice. Hence their aeal to re-establish those Courts. J . . 1 . x ne seven elected, .cliosen, tried and, . sworn inca pables.of the. Houses broke down, and had to employ. Govi Grahamy Gov. Bragg, and Judge Merrimon, at a.very heavyi expense, to ithcj people; , to.eon d'uet tJUe trial ;and, :a we have heard,; to draw the articles ofr impeachment not being able.tp do so simple a.thing themselves t, i ,; ir: i -tV!.-'. ..." ; v The number of -Matvyers" appearing fpr the Conservative party oii thai trial has neverVbeeii equalled' in tlie State. Even Swepson; only had severt oreight Conservative lawyers' td defend him, when he was arretted by 3oV. Caldwell for stealing seven millions oAxwids. Xet " all the tMehtTsttay J" oibidef",' if it cannot ! conduct 1 a 8 rcfeeclitiori for' an assault and ba r VI ThV. Ttfnw Vnrk World, the inspiration and leading spirit.in.the iine-w-deiiart- ure," in a fit of fo?ce4 candpr,shpws its hand. With fair words and fane phra ses it has soiighfto delude the unthink- ing into the belief that? the Democratic party, in abandoning its opposition: to the thirteenth,,., ourteemn,. anu, .ni? teenth amendments, had accepted them and their JogieaTiuhc soj howevertr,rit gtiu reruses- to.aiue by the laws' Sf Congress fdr the Vprbtfec-. lion of each and r eyery citizen .in i the, rights guaranteed him by thefourteehth amenfiment,undiWhicftthe IvJux bill, as it is called,' -was ' framed : nd passryli;;Hnir ,tacceptance', oraiUefiteehoV in the legitinTcate 4rej5uits "C te.j7yFij 'tvft Boptj recognizing the-validity of thesejuhend mentsandthfr;fullr; jyemocry reta to )hxxa ..untii.it doeseohcede the power of the Gerierul' uovejrnmeni.rqprQwci. .ipz ,jaizwi9w, spn?, t every States of the Unioni i t Ah the same ffMlold itrle4 patriotism ofthef couhtrymust-nnitei Hief imIIt issaid weluivehad foiir'CoiiVfci' tiouWiH 1 thXiyeJ'caiie contained no; provision .iqr , its amena- ment,n therefore the dnlj-' vaya Con ntipivcould ile)wbl(A7-.to amend itv was in ; the way proposed in .1?"5. f But ihMendihg that old Coijstituticn tlicn in many other important particu- IdrswTh'clhocforjit nient were provided for, and were aai :i Inserted ' in ;the! Constitution of 1803, and. all, eluded.- stitui! t!6tvo: ctl.e modes ,ara ti crefcre cx- l tdaltcr, the Con- . t t, V other" vray t .in one cf . rproviwcd'; Ly: it, ha.?, crre; by tliej hl-Ticst ' j u .llcial zvi- 4 i 4 r .crity of the State, 1. ::i j:rcr.c:::.. , irregular and revolutionary now. proposeo1 iTne' vonservaxiverpur; ty istafeihnt 'MflgnvQumji' S SWAMP LANDS.. ' . i If Sometime last winter the Greensboro' Republicut, published, the 'following, I which is in point now : . - 1 j T"The:Boartl jof PMunUioh about a year ago, contracted with.certiiin parties for tlie sale of the SVunip linds in If yile and Car-' teret for .-$54l,0'M),-the "rst payment lcln due' iri Octoler, 1K7. "At once 4ho Conser ': vative party was in h flame of Indignation. It was a-tfeerted that Pilsrrim Ashley and the Republican Board of Education had swin dletl the JHtate ont of all but incalculable thousands bv thU' infamous job.- The sta tisticians of the partv made out, by tigures4; that could not lie, that these lands were wortJrfArpe orf our million of dollar. - ' t Tins tJ$euUnel asserted that the company, which bought the lands had, before the pur chaseBold a small portion of them for $90, 000. It was a swindle unheard! of in im maculate North Carolina I Mark nowhe sequel. October came and the purchasers were wwhle to pay the first installment of about $t,P00, and by tlie terms of the sale the contract became void, and guperintendant Ashley reported that the State could atill rejoice in . the possession of the three hundred thousand ' acres more or less of unclaimed, untaxable, unprotitar ble, wild waste of swamp, over which the moor 'fowl wings his way uuscarotl, and' through whose jungles the serpent and tho bear make leisurely their way. Hut the Conservative party, . wouldn't t rejoice V ' When it was sold they were mad, and when , they found it was not sold, presto, they were madder: etilM At once Graham, the elder . son of his daddy, went for' the delinquent purchasers, lie introduced a' resolution directing the Board of Education to enforco the violated contract at all hazards. , Sena tor Warren, and all others whd know tho! lands, declared that they wtere not worth 50,000;'ahd that the State would never get another offer for that amount. land that the contract should by all means be enforced. Some of the Senators had the sense to see. how the thing looked, and declared- that they.ould not, go back on themselves. . Havinsr vowed on the stump that the lands were" worth inilllons they would stick to it. . Having sworu. that uie norso was sixteen . , feet high they would not fall an inch. So Uie resolution oi jonn, me sonoi auig niiam the first, did not at that time prevail." ; ' . As everybody knows, tho Conserva tive Jjegislature subsequent to the pul-. lication of this article, ratified the sale of these lands for $50,000, and thus cort- ! futed all their allegations in the cam- paign of 1870 that the sale originally made by Republicans was a swindle. fThiat there was no necessity for . i ' : .r.. : j. pay- ing extra lawyers' $3,000 of the people's -hloney; to prosecute Gov, Holden is ap- . pareht enough.'. Mr. Cohigland, one of Gov. 1 ttoldehV Counsel, but a strong. Conservative, in his speech in the Im it peachment trial, said of this matter. - ' rrVial4iiicuhf rtrkrf.HAnfAtS vOHHAlprtMl MPV- . . en of their most distinguished members to conduct this impeachment, and fully com petent to do so, gentlemen of such learning and experience that they may literally le " r termod the 'aeven wise men'r of that JJody. ' 4 But we fipd united with them three learned members of the bar who have occupied the f highest positions within the rift of tho v state, the very weignt 01 wnoso vuunes car ties with it great influence. Why is such a course resorted to. so unprecedented 'that tow, if any, examples or the sort, can ue found in the, history of impe&chment . iu " England or America. ' Are the j offences of the respondent so unheard of, are his crimes . so black; that all avenues of escape must be closed on him? Or are you and his judges. o prejudiced in his favor,' that you must be coaxed, flattered, and wooed and won into meting ont to him simple justice T Or does it arise from a flxed .purpose, to ruin. J and deghule an obnoxious political oppo- hentT' 'I 'ask the honorable I managers, ( elected as they were to conduct the trial of . , this impeachment, and so fully competent ' : to do sb, why they liave united with them- " selves-three ooimseL among the most distin- - f , guishcnlof tlie "fjrortU Carolina bar. to aid v in the prosecution' of tlie "respondent? I ' ' beg permission to tell them that the lody 1 they represent should not, contend tor vie- j tory hi this caso--that it is as much their duty, as it is the duty of the respondent's ; counsel, to see that lie shall have a fai r and t f . impartial trial, and that in retaining asi ciatesa ieourse, at ieast- so unusual they ! leave Jibe impression upon the pa blic iniuu, , -of an. over-zealous purpose, .to secure his f4ivicfion.f:r i -: '..p"'-..- : ' '-:yrtitit!- . '. j-M, '., - " '' ? 'tj'.i SHOWING" THEIR TEETH. i. 1 ' f ;r t'.. ", ;;'.., j At the recent Conservative, .Cpnvcii- .tipn." whfch homiiuitei !; lion. ' Johii. ; V Kerr,1 as a.can(titlate for pihy,entin in - Caswell county, we nhd'; the following-. in their proceedings,: v" u ; , . . - f f'MrVllodnett tlieiDiitroihu'tHi s)ine rs-".' . ... plutions which he retains,-in.Htrucllng our " delegates to urge the 4 ncorpo ration of tlie : 1 homestead lawln the new coiiKtitution ih ' . it Js now in our present constitution, anil ' , aiao a'pfonibition upon the Hupreme Court ; Jytdgealreom declaring it tiiicQnstitutiona;i . ' - -in au time to come. - . . 1. , The resolutions were voxkp iiown, not becanfeeof thenometihd proVision, mIiW-Ii ' ' , th delegates wllLsnbport,' butou niount - of the cJne rt'wRv attempting to fi tv. theju!a'4 (hirjttiicialfuitetioi.'y, . So Jt Kims the Conservatives are . against "fettering" anybody who may . wish,; ! to .flestroy j the homestead. If ; they, can't .ffetter'?. the Judgeshow . v 1 ,vill ,they preserve the homesad,? - . , I ,uiA .1. -jjii l, J !. t-a, V;.t. .-'V 1. 1. rjjWHAT VALlAnDIOHAM MEblTATED. f-. - iilC' ..iiiiri- W, ,'l!'i' n -'; . ! 'Tlie, following i4 an. extract from cor- respondeaceiQf. the Cincinnati Gazelle : - v Ll Had a talk with oiie 6f rrVallan- digham'si near" relatives,- to whom he often "spoke freely.5 lie said ' his new . departrrreidoitwatuioeaNoId, nr. l.v had jbeen'thoroughly fctudltxl. 1 lUy . . ' j Hers were voluminbus. irlle.'had writ- !', i ten a complete autobfography. One of1 his favoritp. hopes was to make a UIi of : . I July oration at.lhe centennial annivrr- : sary in-lHiu, ana no e)ininercc (ireparation ofiti 1. He 1 loved t!:e s'ouir theory in jioIHLcs, but t'.'-.' diexl iWith t!:o echrxs'cf the 1.. t ; Apponiatl5x'Cou-:t!:o'j.so. . JlIe-- negro sulTra;-o ke; t cut of pr!': thf Cal- !. it I: was on;us. SiJxt t see no'.; 'Ifnct, 1 v . . f If well, why wt l! pia remedy it. j lioi;::::vr v.crc rc-Jy for a rev t 1 el:: p. . L'ho new ! . 1 :iri.:-: " it t t. hi, be, Jr I V). ate ku; t rtie: .1 1 rc 1 r ' :h time t';e j r.r.d 1.. 1 4 ! I. d 1 .u ty i: I!