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' I- : f.r'iil-- .".'-r'M'- ;:r!;.v; .V:,...iU:;-4--i:-;i-.:- -';-.:'- '-i '.' . :'- ; ' - -A Poetry. . f u ' SEEDS. -..iT. ..- f ' W are .JKrMintf, diri ry-li.g; 1 - ' f Cuuvll i'l,,f gotland m. ScaUcrol 'n Uit lowiittm, ... .. jv, . . ; VXcti'it the u jiulv hill , , i . , , . So that rfnkliiTu-h hnmrffnWm, S.Jt itl 1 1 invn grat-iou ral k f 4 - riinil i tim im mum Uk wihit," , )fthelry imvirHiKtWo N-ed that fall amid the stillness . f the lowlv mountain glen ' Seed t out in crwwdod places; ? Trodden under foot of-uin . S.-d- liv idle lioarts forgytten,.. f I -, Flung at randoiq on the air, . . , Seeds fcrv faithful sour fehieinlterctl, Siwn'iH tear, ami lvo unci prayer, Std that lie uii-haivgcd, unquiekcucd, I.ifch n rhe,ufVgpftWHW;n Seed that live aiid grow and tiourMi . When the sowem hand U cold, . j . IJv u whbtwr tow we blending, ' ' "It v a Ircttth kc waiter utrilc, . .. In our word aiid looks and actions t . Lie the Abf iff death arid lifV. ' . - Thou "vh knowest all our weakness, I-avo -n nA tut mow ahHM ? - m a . a . ..' IIJ.l lhlm ans-vl i: guaru wk.- iurnwK, f , When the nnvWMW grain I Till tin field are crowned with glory J . ... j Filled vitli mellow ncutu carnr- t j : Killed W illi frtut of lire. eternal Kr.'iii th mv!.- vie vcd in tear. Clfcvk tle forward thought mtd prtssioiis. StilV the hanty, heed lent hand, the gcrni.VoCsiii and Morrow Mar our fair and plcaaant lauds. Father Im Ii eiwh weak eiwleavor. : .Make etU'U luuinui euvn mi t, ;j nilTldne !iarvet aliall lie jramefeil, ' And we enter Into re?t. , t - t ; Thq Uw an'(j tfe Testimony., 1 TlitUVitltutltioiHif No-th Ctirollna i xpnly tUvUtrt-s that Xj 'CXX VKX TKAX,t)F..TIIK IW)ltK WIALL J1K I'ALLKl) HY TUK AKM:itAT ASSKMJUX UNIJ-SK 1JV THE ;iKixc:uniiKXCK of twihrus IIOUHK OF TIIK 'SKMHLY;'" manner not authorized by the Consti ttrllotw - ;'"v ' Jurtiee Reule, fort he rea-on stattd by him when the opinion of the Jus tice was requested try the General A fienibi v i H rejnVl o; the tenure of of- nw.'JiWHiM'i k "Jive ail uiniinui. . Un(ntfte wriinU ltrttfoii in 'rei to To6rIutK'iir6vhtt N-ou la?lieve the act to be tnK-oiwtitUtlonal, the Justices do not feel lit 1 1 berty to ' offer an om n- iotv. - '. ""; Very restjectfully. Ac, !' - ILM; PEARSOX, " CV JuxtM. Stqrreme Court.. From the Old North SUte. CU1KFJU3TICE RUPFIN ON THE MODE OF CALLING A CONVENTION OKXKitA-I. i I " JUDCiE GASTON AND CONVENTION l'xu tlu'uetion of ninerdhir4he fon-titutiou in the Coiiv.iiiUon oMSflft . Ju.le 0a4ou sil: "Tliis wis one of tlu ' juot.Iiiipor taut itMtions tluit Lid. 'oiie 'la-fon ;th tVHv'lHu; for,. viiatvr .Axue tifs vv iiKiy have- 'proiuiAil ;nJtvfTi from 4Mir,laiKrs in th lxkly,-lii ;.ia the foundation of our nynstflution pn (juitaniaiui rair print-roie, ii, u iv uu ! it m" the power of Ar fajisbitU-fi'&Jof-tti ii-ft tluni all, tlu.-n imlmi .li:ivfwtoil4tl in vain. lle;;ws not only ui i'ri-e!, hut till! ;with uitrfuj sipjirt-iu iir-ifHi. It rtnfKnirh ; if1 rJu iMHfOva Kf'i'-X rashly frruu one . tivuV to , ttuother. lUt-aa'-e; difficulty lias Ufii tjqrienexil in uilliuu a C'on wutiou ioanu'nd our Conxtitutioii, we an-detoriolwd to have iV&'tpetimlh ' mufjiitf ttiitfifufi(Mf. What is th ; lro;dtioii 'rivoniniondM in they Re Kirf.' That two stuiilino; KeKi?la tures, lv a tttjtfifv of vjt)tes, may MtW artf fkAif'tlwd iAin6nd' iueut.U'hit h iinty !i'iUited byj this 'Convention, or any iirincipUsiit the ; liill of Jtight.-?, CTinsvratel,for;heH'- e'uriiy oi our nes mmn uitti erty. What nnuni i jriven for, thix iina-'-'UnK 'Putt a majority might' to ii'Hrnn. It us not lx cletvived by gtn . erahties. . in w liat h'HK' owAf major Av to rAm'V? That the deliberate will of the 'lreople oii":ht ultinmtcy to ii.t vaii. no one win ionv: out inui Under date of July tle 2d, I860, the j late Chief Justice Ruffln-wrotea long letter to a member of tluit body," dis cussing the'X)i:er- of the . tVnvention of 18C. We present below all of that part of hw letter in relation to the man ner in which a Convention of the peo ple must be called1 under the Constitu tion of thLi State. It is clear, unequiv-ia.-al and. to the iaint. The eminent Chief Justice had. no doul)t whatever about the revolutionary cliaracter of a Convent ion called after the manner in which the prexent is attempted to be railed. This will lie almost universally admitted to be the very Idghest author ity that can be .cited on either side in the pending contest, .and will, we be lieve, have more " weight .than 'any other. t. AVe, liave italicLjexl certain portions of the letter bearing .more closely on the .qupNtion nov under dHcussion r You Mill perceive, tlrat.I have hith erto discussed this subject; - as ' deiwial ing on .the original and ttural rights , of otlr ix"ir)iIc: 'unaffwtedby any pro- a ' ! - T a a r vLion or pur pTtf-existingconstituu ana,-even OTi tAat oasis, I tieny tne au tliority of youKQirtvention to make or Xn)poseu uevv", or modified form of gov-, ejimiwrfhr w. Rut the clause in our O0tit0tion touching its amendment, Air thi; i-idl for a Convention for that purpose, is clear and so precise against any such Convent ion as we have had, .as to int tlie jmint leyond doubt or argtmjent, as it seems to me: Two lodesof amendingthe Constitution art provulel : One through the agency of jie iiebxlAsscuibl, projKisIng an amentlnirtit 7for mtitication by a vote of tht peopie which ;ii,td not be cou- ,iderel lien ; the other, by a Conven tion called' In a ma fin r prescribetl in .the Constitfltioii, which , is the matter now for ronslneratiou. Jt is obetotut fi(f, in prf wrifjiuf tltfxe v tiro, alt other thtji to tlat no man can Ik, so e'trava rant as to desire. i "Jf nothluirmore .is . neeletl for. the iunxis4 of overiiiuent than this brit maxim, let the iimjoritygoverii'. wind Ueomes of all. our; clnvks- on majori t u. hv have two liranclies In our I-gislature? Why judichtl establish mentsT Wliv trial ..by luryr ! II we adopt this unfettered-principle, why ;iiiv in ijie. t"uii'U!inue:nu . , , j, , UIe would rather live under the most despotic government" on earthy than umler itn unlimited ' government ofnumlers. lie might escape the ob t ice of one Tyrant, but there could be no escujie ; from" t mtitlfMde of Ty nlnts,!, i ' .;;: ' . ; i On ii sulfcseuueait .. dayT ilr. Oaston of i niveu.-' tliouirht.itha -tne "Henwe jof the Convention had teen sp distinctly ascertained, the other day when theuettlrn was tHscnsied; that no further obstacle could be thrown in the way of carrying out the principles iin'etlon. " ; 4 ' ' . " Hut wTjrare now niet by the ikipulaf cry, that we are aIout to limit tne pow rnf thrjfople.lt was not the people but the creuture of the iplethat be amendment ; projipsytj .. to t limit. , .The ;t-)urse jniiKsed was , not, an. unusual one. Tt .vas rcoognizetl in tliree' Con stitutions which he. had picked up on the spur of the ; moment, .viz: istnith Caniliiin,' Alabama and the United -.states. .Jt.it to iotpaxe a- checfc -on the Jjetitlature, that it may not - arail; itself , fif an aerirlental ituijorift to disturb the r-poc of the people byfreauently calling, them ioftflet tit-- ChmTrtfioa. ' 1 We arel calleil on by eTry cohsideration, not to Kinctioirthe'primIpkV 'that a. bare majority may 'iwthorize a (jlticetitiotii If we no, i snau ia rxaj.n toeomiiiuai. fluctuation,', The people, have, it is true, the sacred i right of Revolution, they iM)sts the power of rising in their might luid upturning the fyiKiameutai print iple. of,-, government ; but they a m lot do it, unless the emergency is great. Mr. H w mcJuded "by Ktj'ing 5 If the right jul" a JtHUt,, .ttuijority to cull a '. (nrrifiauJi cr& rcvtghizcd in the Con 1 st itutiou he: would not give one, tig for all the matters,' which the 'Cii vent ion had leen engaged In adjusting, since it 'assembled.. Instead of any pv'rmahent ngr i bit ions, everything woo Id ' be set afloat and wp should have" a -n' Cou st itution every two or three years.; . ;noi rex. are. cxcliidM "bti '. Tr sexist idle Lifer ; -'In rtsi'fvt .'.to a Convention, the words are, ' Xt) Convention of the jK'iipM V'lrall in? . called ,'by .'.the Cjenviiil Aseni1iJ'uiiiljss by- the.'oai:um'ii(ie. of twti-thrn.r?or hll.tthe. iueuiters i of wu-h MIonse tu Jhe;ji;eneraI Asmbly" In 4th'-rcasthe;i'ularly-ionstilutetl ai thority of .-the organized government is retpilretr to Iriitiiitera'n altenltion of the irovertiment, which was ho tloubt, iipju he sotiud 'priueiMe . laid ' down' in the Rhode1 Jsland," ease, in order to avoid popuhtreOmuiotions, revolutions, and uncertainty as to what is the Constitu tion. If, then, the two modes designa ted are the only onesby which the Cons titution cari Ik alteretl, it SA-lear that' this( last so-called Convention was not 'a Lbnstilalidnat " Concent ion t and therefore its acts are void. ' Yielding then,' that Mr. Johnson's and Mr. Holderi's "Convention might, by popular acquiescence, adopt tor us lanueu iy tnem, yet ( onventiou of ever,' dilate further on this topic as the grounds and authoflties oui which the doctrine depends are, 'according to my, recollections, set forth in the argument and opinion given by the Supreme Court In ' Dorr's case. ' 'Then, If the people:of a State cannot, by their own direct yote,- abrogate or niake a Con stitution, without j the 'previous sanc tion of authority in . power under the existing government, asin Dorrls case,1 much less can theyjdo it, trAen the Cbi stitution then subsisting especially prot rides two other modes for effecting these purposes and excludes all beside, ich ich is our dose. - " .: ,' :. , . I , We arrive then, at these results : that the Convention was not constitutional ; it had no powers and could not make a Constitution; that for the same reason the people have no powers, and that as neither the Convention nor the people had any power in the premises, by con sequence,: both together are equally des titutute of the requisite power. The Convention teas an authorized body, and therefore no more than a voluntary col lection of so 'many, men a ' caucus re commending to the people to adopt by their vote a certain instrument as our Constitution, a thing which the peo ple, under our Constitution, are, not competent to do on that recommen dation, and therefore, the conjoint resolution and votes of the two bod ies have no more ettect than , that of? either by itself. I conclude I it is no Constitution, and cannot be made one by) what has been done, or. can lie done now. .i j r What, then, does it bahoove the peo ple to do ? They ought, it seems to me, promptly and decisively to reject tlie whole project. If it be suggested, that in our experience all conventions since those of '76. which formed our original Constitution, have j regularly made tnem worse and worse, ana therefore, we had better take j this than run fur ther risks, and especially that, at least, those who approve! of the alterations shall give their suftrage for adoption. I reply, no ! The great principle of po tion : T litcul and civil uoerty, tliat a people may, anitouyrii at vhukv u ctw utu ttrt anil Gocertiment for themselves ; that in 6 doin they ought to be careful to pro cekd in the regular awl peaceful method ichich is prescribed, instead of an unau fhorizefl, irregular j ami uxurped mode from ichich uncertainty as to the validity of their doings, and consequent commo tiwis arise, : furnish the xtrongesfreaxons iehy every man should give his voice atft lust the instrument note proposed, imd trait . for the action of the lsegixluture, the proposing of amendments to the peo ple, on the duty calling of a Concent ion ichich irould have legitimate power to adopt 'them. , ! ' Let me here adduce a case which jl ought to have added to the etticiency of the popular, vote per se. I adduce it,!because it is clear to the apprehen sioiis of every one, and exhibits in g strong light the correctness of the ar- i . - . . -- L n points 'which affect our internal organi ysition as a distinct Republican State; for exajnpICjthe basis of representation, the qualifications of the Representa tives, and of voters ; the numlier.' and Jurtsdiction of Courts; the appointment of th Judges' ''thereof; the tenure of their oflfce, and that of tlie executive, or the llke '2?o disquisition m render these hoinfx ctettrer ' thwi the short and simple paragraph of the Constitution it self. The conclusion can only be evad ed by establishing as the truth, that the ciausc" Of the Constitutipii teas no longer fit force, and that tositfon cannot- be true, unless it be Isd admitted, tlrat no other part of it was in fbrce;or, in other wonts, tnat by virtue or tne war ana its results,' Ave "were a ieopIe without Constitution or law of any sort. It necessarily conies to that, and -that never ought to be. and never can be,' yielded. Perhaps it would be sufficient for our present purposes, to say, that, even your Convention does not assert such a doctrine," but plainly proceeds u point t-ontRuy one, by professing to 11U V. J . . . V. f I1U4 ulsistiiig.,andot to make ono abori gine, and by designating the old laws still lit force as contra-aistinguisneti from those passed by Iegislatures sit ting under the auspice of secession. rmdrorl. It fi'lmnrvidhlp. tinder nnv jis- Dect of any law. as ' nnderstood among civilized nations and in modern times, that a whole people can Ikj treated or considered as being , without any law or ministers of the law, even by con querors. The security, and tlie obliga tion of contracts Mill , subsist. Can it, . for instance, be supposed for a moment, that ujton the .death of a proprietor, there is no rule of suoeession to his real and M?rsonal estates, and tluit the first occupant may appropriate: themi or that no. body can! On the. contrary, I say, that the laws') of Xorth Carolina were still her.laws, including; her fun damental law, aiid if so, it is then to be dcilucetl, that there could be no Conven tion to abrogate, or to alter that laic, un less calleit ami chosen fri the maimer pre- guhient against the popular powe.ra mOn .'majority over the Constitution of a nation. . The case to which I al luded; is tlutt of the government of the dUted States. The Constitution there spfilies; the modes); of amendment; mole.t intended to protect minorities against superior numbers. Xow, sup pojie, upon this assumption, that the jeple may do as to them listeth, and that the majority of the -people are TiCE i,koi,t,k, an "attempt were made to alter the Federal Constitution of the .Uiiitejl States what sort of a Consti tution should we have who could en dure it, especially at the South who would eudure it and hold it to be a Constitution? So it is under tlie pro visions of our State Constitution. Then let jouV people with one voice reject it. That! will quiet everything and we may begin anew, in a lawful way ito make the Constitution what we wish if. I Rut, if approved by the people Xorth Carolina under the and .proclaimed by t ie Governor, all Constitution, and could not, therefore, I he questions upon the validity of the Ulter that instrument in any of these instrument and the powers of the Con- veiiiitni arise uesiious uueviinj? ine riglit to all the old and the new offices, aim the objection of the so-called Con- stitjutiou no bounds can le set to the disouietude incident to them, nor to th embarrassments of the Judiciary. I Voni' rVSrkii1 -V-ii TIIOMAS RUFFIX. STATE X)F XORTU .CAROLINA', n. t -v Supri3e Court,- Raleigh, Feb. 11th, 1871. 7b Jlis Iltvrfbicy Obvl 1 CALtjWiiLL : Sir: IpurepIy.Jtovoui; communica tion of UiQ &tk inL';il iisve , the : honor to say, that tke Ciiief. Justice, and Jus tices Rodman, JJiek and Settle are of opinion tliat the act to which yoti refer, la In violation of theConstitrition.' V scribal ju and that, i a a corollary, your Convention ;bad no power in the jiremises, audits prefewletl powers and acts ought not to be coiiflniiel by the people ifthe. people, could confirm tnem. out ougnt to oo opposed ana .re fected. '' Jt would seem that bodv . was aware elf t u'e defect pf itspowets .from the suunussion oi lboso aces to tne peopit thus seeking the requisite connrmation. But, in truth, such - confirmation can- LnoJ he derived from that source ; for ine stone- urorusioa. in ine .KAtusiMwion ichich makes the Conventual a nullity, equally excludes the efficiency of a popular majority jto annul , on?' Consti tution and make anot hero:. As the act of a '-people living umler a constitution The Xew,York World welcoines Ste phens to the etlitorial ranks, and re-joit-e that talent so distinguished is to aid in shaping public opinion. Having .thus endorsed his views, the World pro ceeds to state them, arid gives an un doubtedly more honest view of Demo cratic principles than can be found in the "cut-and-dried" platforms of their conventions. On the amendments the editor says: " Amendment XIII., abol ishing slavery, .'he regards as a valid iart of the organic law. because ratified tby. the constitutional constituencies of a sumcient numoerot wtates." "Aracua ments XIV and XV he, like all Demo crats, regard as the offspring of gross usurpations' of power, passed by force, fraud, and perfidy." And not only this, but, following out his logic, I he says: "But Mr. Stephens goes further, andlthinks them invalid ;" and adds j that this practical - concurrence of Mr. Stephens with toe JXmocracy of the North, in connection with the 'sym pathy of tlie South with his views, will increase the usefulness of his influenced Ih other words Stephens is to be j the bond of union between the Democrats of the Xorth and the Confederates of the South, and the yoke that is to hold the team together is to la? the invalidity of the fourteenth and fifteenth amend inents. TJds is the programme of Ithe leading organ and inspiring spirit of the 4new-dearture" Democracy. It shows how much sincerity there is in the new professions of tlie Democracy, and how great would 'be the disaster could they obtain contml of the (iovernment. To the People of North Carolina. Following the example set by their pblit leal opponents, the Republican party have lnstructeu its executive committee to ad dress yon in relation to the proposed Con vention. ".'V - ' . ";- "" T ;-- : -' .It is very much against our wishes that you have, been precipitated into a campaign upon this delicate and important subject. The State-during the past ten years has been subjected to the experiments of various po litical doctors, and what seems most needed now is repose and quiet en . opportunity for the operation of nature's soothing and restorative powers, rather than a resort to new pills, and potions, however confidently recommended.: On the contrary, the con servative party produces in great plenty lancets, blisters, drugs botn emeueal and purgative, patent medicines guaranteed bv many certiticates and a glittering array of surgical instruments trie upsnot or wnicn is that North Carolina is once more to be subjected to active treatment. j i It seems that conventions are to become of ordinary occurrence in this State. Mr. Jefferson has been generally denounced by conservative men for having advised tliat State conventions should be called once in every twenty years. .Herei however, in about one-half 'of that space we have had (including that now pending) no less than nve elections upon the subject of conven tions. and if the one now nronosed shall be called (which Heaven forbid !) . from these elections have resulted four separate sov ereign conventions.. It is obvious to ask if the three conventions already encountered have reduced the State so low, wliat will be come of her after she has been submitted to the tender mercies of a fourth T U It lias occurred, to all men who labor. whether with hands or head, now and then to find themselves unaccountably unfitted for work: which ordinarily is easy. At times nothing goes right. The brain and hand seem to have lost their cunning, lilunder follows blunder. Under such circumstances it be comes wisdom 'to i withdraw the attention and go about something else. ' lly so djmg ourselves in a short time restored to power, and are enabled easily to triumph over the obstacles which just before liad overcome us; we even wonder how it 'was that they had given us trouble. jVfayj iiot this sometimes nappen to whole commtii tics of men, as well as to individuals? Has not North Carolina, for the last ten years. been in j ust such a condition 7 We ask this question upon the conservative : thooryj If it be true, as said by them, that nothing! but blunders hare followed all this ten years of endeavor by Jsprth Carolina to amend her fundamental institutions, had she not better lay the task aside, and await tlte eomirig of a season in. which her brain will be clearer, her nerves more steady, her temper less ruffled, and her hand under better control t Such is the advice which we most re--spectfully tender to the people. ; As the State is most clearly out of wrts for consti tution making, let her for a wlule lay this business aside. 1 -( ! To the same effect we would add; if the loud adverse clamor upon this subject will permit us to be hoard, that tlie present con stitution is by no means the monster wldch it is represented. In very important; re spects it is an improvement upon any con stitution we have ever had, and in "no re spect is it one that cannot be borne with un til ! the community lias reached a period more propitious for impartial considera tion. Conceding that it needs-amendment in substantial particulars, is such conces sion more than a common place, applicable to all our constitutions; State and Federal, and indeed to every! political contsitution that has existed in any age or country. ;f Before taking the very cursory view of this instrument, which is all that the limits of an address will permit, allow us to re mind you that the mighty political violence to which we have- been subjected since 1861, resulted in casting North Carolina so ciety, after ISfw, upon an unknown more. Everything around is strange. The social machinery of our old forms of life does not suit here.' What was political wisdom there, in many respects is not so tere. Perhaps even tlie wise men oi that condition ot things are not the wise men of our present, ami will not be so m our immediate lumre, If the character for wisdom in question1 was founded upon familiarity with the relations and proportions of the structure that: has passed away, then it has perished alomr with them; and to call the possessors of such a quality to the conduct of that (join plicated machinery which now .bears!! our fortunes, wer as prudent, as under Other circumstances it might be to call uporl' one heretofore known as a trusty, wagon driver. to leeome at once engineer for a lightning express passenger tram. There is, however. a quality more worthy of the sacred name of wisdom, which would, on such occasions. prove to be most valuable. If a citizen, had studied and been inspired by the great theme of human liberty, divested of all isuch circumstances as are merely technical, ac cidental and transitory, if, whilst jealous, for his own peace and freedom, he prized aright the peace and freedom of all other citizens of whatever color or lineage, if the beatings of his heart had been taught to keep; time wnn uiat lamous saying uuereu oy a aarK skinned man in Athens two thousand years ago, which, endued with greater vi tality and winged -bv a loftier eloquence than any other saving that had preceded . it upon that renowned: spot, has circled the earth and visited both poles, gathering new strength with the lapse of ages and bearing richer fruit with every returning season to wit, that God has vuule of one blood all nations of men ; if, in fine, his lessons! had taught him to gaze with unabated delight upon that glorious scene within this Repub lic, on which the curtain rises hiorher from day to day, bearing in Ids heart all parts of the assemblage, and gitted with an eyesight so purged and unsealed as to be engrossed with the brilliance of the object rather than onended by its spots, then oi such a one It may be said that there was not so much vision of counties was recommended by Mr. Jefferson ; and it is remarkable that in the early settlement of North Carolina the same ideas were carried out. They disapf peared before the Revolution, probably nn der the growing influence of our slave int ' ': . ' nine interest m be called,; tlie poop? - has not thisdewV That a vendor of nanadnSge is Expressed bis ideas in elegant lang ISainly a defect in JjStB5,nDl'e be comparts -r , t -tifbf 1,v aConvenuon, paiieu.ir - the otlfef , b v a vo .cdnfctlttttioW W 111 nWfV'Ubikv these two,all hp obVio'us certainly tint one'W ;whlf h arises from TAXATIOK. terest. It deserves consideration whether convey we tnat mnnence aid not Tiamraiiv.suosxii.uMa i ... , -in -.- t h&8lave plantation in place of the township I Qne other topic urged for x no townsmp, acoorumg w iwjirci let tK rrprm of and r HHTvnlif vital forcO tO the. only free societies that have endured for J 4wh tvmrtexibh? The matter . ... , . -t . .-:!" - ! 1 " n call ui.i fTrenceT In wbp?5 to Convention, the nfcWfention of the people 8h11 the coiicurrenca of two third, of . unless by the r . HnuM of the Gen- One other wpic ""T. "cou3ideration. ' vention demands parUcul o" Y. Vbnigcanu. UP" centuries'. Is not theplantation its correlative icieties? The comni union, free and local self-control of ( the , one naturally grows, in tlie society, .at large, to a; tree Press, a Parliauleiit, and the other noble uu stituUons which rnark the consciotrs presf- of Cief JT', th oracle . an ' array 6f ' i - totion.i which, K p'lB.c"r was, .-anai mslav ekn be avoided oniyacu" . Those-w rdles of i 1 1 1 1 1 v iig v -. v nil v x lniii-i sp. a Kr law . ' ti . societies? The commrmion. free speech that sliaU strike puc ine i warui 'VaUllv bent lipon mischief. clause.. it Is.' urged; can -as if one had mquu-- -"V-y fres CArt, 5, w trust that- the truoom f rffi" th elecUon now a "' ,-T : r A that the uenerai 1l;t - - t,r.lnn nseiotis rresr iv' r -oint navment or - doxxa oi vv?"rZ- m. . - nnivKiH u i iuv - r ence and free movement of a self-igoyerning' flt on the. public, debt People. The isolation, restraint and comf iiiel inderjendenee and refinement of a few, with tlie ignorance and the many, that distinguished .rViisTi imtnrtllv payment'of'them- loud f apprene"-" . " y. "by appropriate arise3 in view ofwbat aeems to oe at any L constraint of lssembly to impose such .taxation, but tbj. tnrwhat W f"tSUtei relying theplantation. that, as the onstitotlon Te- f the present w&uww- nninion be Tere, on tlie . other hand, no less seen and members of the Aa-semwy su t pon.CM, - held by sVear to support it, they are douiiu-..- . ineir e convention, ta.be applies only Tutionary and SfSU ttemse "fBtthi Frea- constitution The debt to arise after the abop .V '"""rtwnovided for m lion oi i"c . , e fk,.;,li,1(r the next section. The thrioQmyidUtg for Us interest is marked out there. . bbli- . .It j.. .v nil it irtn of the new. ex- in nrirn i.iih 111.111 ' . . . ' 1. . . .. ll.i felt to the extremities of the other society -What was peace in the one, in the other was mere solitude. -"" )?:' ' ' Merely suggesting then that the totenship of 1871 was the proper substitute in: North Carolina, for the plantation, of 1861, we subr rait that its introduction here, which in caif-pet-baggers was mere habit or instinct, in ia North Carolinian would have been proof of profound reflection and wisdom. For the rest, the Township is a small and .natural republic made up of neighbors j-ot thos who have great similarity - of interest, and who ought to be, and generally are, friends It controls matters in which they only are interested. Incidentally, it promotes pub-j lie spirit, prevents consolidation of county matters at the court house, .develops talent in rural communities, brings forward good material for public servants that would oth?j erwise remain unknown, and," what oa servers of such thinga will not underrate, lit affords, in the organized circle of its neigh bors, that machinery for forcing forward aud upward local merit, in the absence of which fromotiori so much depends upon the re uctant favor of court house cliques. ) j t tressed by such reflections.'. which no doubt have often occurred to "them,, our op ponents, whilst specifying this l township system as a main objection to the present constitution, admit tliat it ; works well in other. parts of our country, adding that this is because theu are populous, intelligent and wealthy which we are not! How Very poor ;(jucstiou Qf MQ force-4or ny , purpose I a shift this mav be for ananrumenfc toeouii- I -i. - .!.! k ..r.f;; nft m . - .... .y . t xi we were not " " , , Il r . pi-J ulhcv, appeare uj Vniied states' leuuiiuu uiuuh:i uiat utcu TV Kit; tiuouttui where they' riow flourish, at times ichen those countries were thinly settled, grossly igno rant, ami very poor ! They have I crown Ito their present prosperity under the-influence of this institution. , Long centuries' ago,- when thick darkness covered all people, be fore printing was invented, when people who could read were as rare as in this couii- try now are men who own their millioniof dollars, the Township took form. What'its splendid story has since been history tells ! What: the bright consummate llower that now adorns it in the spot where it sprung up, is seen and Known by an men ! i tt is namrai tnat tncre snouid be some yearning after the plantation, throughout onsquoted abovj, fJ?&pVt inmce4 oi the conu;"if- ... . . ------- JfSoM in the case of, a Northern State JwJy "ti i,V southern President, of a Houtnern omm? jj - - " dint, r Does anybody doubt ft r" Who does not feel that If U oecuri it wm not only ?hock but shake down 'public confidence in theetabuuy wverv. - r 71 prosperity.; In,, or t thai aUiacU capital to Korth Carolina T . . , it The very mildest form In which ih6 ques tion can be put, is, cari North Carolina Jus Sfv herself in resorting to doubtful expedl . cnts under such circumsuanoos. wui mum imr . rvath unon thevery edge ox dan ger'when all know that anoUierlnaugura- fe - . . . 111. 1.. Vt A w . Ifmf'a will . tion or violence wiuuu MC r , rTLsarilv result In so ' much ctmfusion, &nd so irretrievable ruin T Bhe coukl not bo justify h-erself, even u uie purpwwivj were jnorecieariy hkui. y'o-r Z , 7. -ttnfivi. tti lidded!, that there is. at;most, no need for'the-'eonatltutiohal re- the ether . . i f.iiiiiont iipbt. tne Ltravaganv iu.u ot exienu w ww - --- ; nt , -tHA 2SSrTrtTto the people this year, iu,. A mie-trestiort that the conscien- tious obligation exienus w ww, -uncertain a thing the conscience- of a pol itician may be.! Probably some orass uxxlu. be digged out of an address wnicn inm uates a threat that if the people do not call a convention, the signers of the idress, who are also members w me jaibwiuiu, " " h constrained bv, their ncienoe-what- under the circumstances this, may mean to levy a tax to pay the interest up on the whole debt whether S wepson s - But then, as to the Old debt. . How does that stand ? Is there an obligation,, in con pinnm imdor the oath in ; nuestion, to lay C adeouate taxes to meet its interest promptly? I 1 f Jtm suggested, tliat. standing alpne, many U11UUX luiioilfcivii v .- I 1q T nOSe BUKRetfUOUB UVmS W winii it micrht have efiectj . nut at than .nirkrsement. , it v Is-a wanton . adds no force to the obligation already hn-1 thjng to call such Convention ! Improper f posed by the consutution oi,-tne uneu j enklsbvViolcnt meartsrwisimpiy preposter ous! --J , '' v ,; r-':,;: -:; 'L J States. Members are sworn to support the constitution of the United States as well na that of the1 State. The constituion of tlie United States reeoirnizes' the existence of f Ti a nltl icration of h. eontract. -not onlv bv for bidding the States to impair it, buj also uy i .i i e ti : ur... eiliorcillg it luscn. x, tsiiiurucw m vni wua ways, aexjording to" the character of the per son it deals witlii As to most people it en forces, this obligation (through its courts sometimes by, ordinary execution against' goods and chattels, and sometimes. py man damus against officers who are charged with official duties in levying taxas (say; in coun ties and towns) for such purpose. There North Carolina. .Many virtuous people ho : a oh claase4 of pflicers Wliom it reaches doubt struggle with the forbidden ,appetite. ; only through their Official oaths ; 1. e op-. One step' towards its restoration w ould pro- MnS iJ,M,,. t.aiV Mman. .fii- perly be the abolition of the toicnship.. We enter our protest against it ! Underj ou con stitution the township is very much under the control oi" the General Assembly, Its powers, until we become more lised to tihe new county machinery, may j I le'' clipped very close by the Assembly, and then Oy degrees new functions mav be added, until at lasfall mely local allairs Ix: entrustied to its control Sueli is our proposal, .in stead of its abolishment by a 'Convention' f The other county machinery is so obvioiis ly an improvement upon former meth(ds, tliat its consideration need not detain ns The difference between being taxed byosir we voted for, are members of the Legislature. ' All of such are sworn to support that constitution. Tliat constitution applies itself to the details of all contracts, and imposes an obligation of like a ualitv. manner. Form and condition.' What; is the , character of its obligation irt conscience in regard to officers who cannot be sued, is cvideiiced ,'by ; its operation on those who can be. If county coupon are payable semi-annually, a mandamus .may be had Tor the identical payment contracted for. '. If State couponsare payable," the ob ligation in conscience' 'enforced by 'tlie1 of-! ficial oath, is the same. Thero may, in 'the case or the members ot the ueneral Asscm- A A II - 1 rejn twnuuivex ui.au wiiom v vuieu lor, fA of discretion jallowed 1V and who have to. come before us again, luui I Vi.i.'rru1wi :i,t fLutitiUi.;. 1 u.w.n 0 L mVMMj lJlllkUU JVCMiVZS3 VVlJOkltUUUll. . UUl 11 icj - sons may claim that fn : deference; to their cjiKution, as set oven the anairs or a quasi vernier an account, anis the case with coun ty commissioners is, leyond all measure, an improvement upon the former systerhf of tmuiity taxation by an irresponsible and parr tiallv distributed bench ot magistrates. CHANGES IX LAWS. It was to be expected that a of All tegLdatiYe-pdwr is Vested,1a the al Governmeiit even? tlie .vote, of the General Vssembly, CalllDg.a Cx)nviT,LMyonty4s lproprtqi fugore: iuef&ctuai, tion Is ail act of legislation4. It follows 1 witJiout f the. jLssent of thpi-nbsistins that no Convention am;be;caJ1 4unintciLstitutioci jroyemniept aiKlits-ldi-low it be done by the (ieneral Aefi1 rectIoas for 4akiii tho vote fautl rascer bly.. " :iP,i: ' .'"t,':J,,alnIngVIie majority '-Without eli The people have rerve4 to-thuf-reio selves no power 6f leglslatlQii; lt:i ji twJorU f,phybHUy able, may oyer-. Iowa, Wat , It tCorryenUpii,, cannot j.be throw the exbtinjr jjovennnent, hut It . . '... ' I'.' - II " ' . 1 .1 I..1I .1 A. caiieu dv. a .voie.qiuie,iiieoiMe:iior can oui o o uy .reyuiuuoii- mm not will such votlnr. enable the General A.enibly to call' w Convention in a as Dossesfiimr .a. TiiUmate delesrated ofilce and power.' I need .not how-1 ' The Telegram happens to stand with Republicans in this cainpaign in oppo sition to Convention, but it is because former Democrats of North Carolina have wantonly abandoned an old posi tion of their party, and basely surren dered principles it - took more than a generation to establish. ! f There area few good old leading Democrats with us, while the workings men of North Carolina the under-stra- ra Of society fAvill, on the first Thurs day in August, rally around the; old position we have rescued and main tained. -- I I-'-'! r - t ' . So far as relates to the mere politi cian,? we liave no desire whatever j to propitiate or win him over, nor do we care 4 groat for hiin, one'! way orf the. other; but the workmgnian, the son of toil, him who bears uonhis shoul ders the weight of government, to him and his opinions we defer, and his highest wishes will secure our co-operation, when all the efforts of the other fail to command uaTelegram: Cd fleo. V. Johnston, of Pitt, a prom nent meiulier of the bar, and an undoubted Couervatlve ' la reported as opposing the Convention scheme, t ,. : room as need .' Was there in all our borders such a iifan ? If not, then, without disparaging the just claims of our more : distinguished tellow citizeiiSj it was not of their assistance tliat our, society had most need; This ncwVriile was not for their old lxttles. ; Our fundamental . institutions required for sure laying workmen . who were J! not trammelled by ideas peculiar to the former state or things in JN ortn Carolina. 1 low ever such men might fail' upon certain! de tails, their work would not be affoctea by the deadly sin of a ; failure to correspond with the situation; whilst upon the other hand, however skillful might have been the details of the work by our own good' men, it would have been utterly cursed; by being unconformable to, ami unsusceptible of union with, our new society. . IThe chances therefore are that the narties sstiar matized as carpet-baggers and Qroc,!had some qualties lor framing a new constitu tion for North Carolina that were in advance of those possessed -by many of the best ed ucated and most distinguished of our pwn citizens ! It is probable that our ; posterity and history will pronounce that the consti tution of 1868 had less unsuitableness to the true condition of the people of North Caro lina that any paper tliat would probably have been drafted by the best of our native citizens. It will be said that it sympathized with the new social life that had sprung up and was to contiuue whereas that sympathy was the very point of disgust and aversion with those whose theories had taken color and proportion from the former North Car-: olina. "- "''j. : '-- ' -' . A consideration 1 and digestion of such questions in the only wise temper that of travelers will, we are persuaded, entitle the constitution to a favorable judgment, land and render a consideration of its mostin- i a. .a i i . . . poriant uetaus ugm. worit. nnmboi' shrewd lawvers, rendered skijfnl in such matters bysold exjierienee, in the defence of crinjinaLs, would be able to say; something worthy of their, reputation in defence of jthe old system of L,aw and Equity, of Tres pass," Case and Detinue, and other eaitiftifc, as against the system recently j introduded. Let it be remembered that the Code is no part of the constitution. TAarimaV; bd al tered as tlie General Assembly shall think best. What the constitution provides is only the abolishment of two sets of courts, Law 'and Equity; and of the different flof-ms of action. That it has done so, is a! mighty stride in civilization ! Itis,an improvement already adopted in a dozen of the.-inosi in telligent, wealthy and populous ;StatGs of the Union. , No one that has tried the change, has gone back to the' former- condition of things. Even in England, the cradle ofj the old forms, after mere amendments, (although upon an enormous scale,) ; had been tried with slight effect for forty years $the Lord Chancellor has in charge, with the Sanction of the government, bills to effect this very purpose: and, what is more, to adopt! the system of pleadings of the New York Code J and m the course of a few years, will uni versjilly be so regarded. The benilits wfiich the ireople receive from the constitution ot 1868 in this one item, might well y?oa1that instrument, even if loaded with objections ten-fold greater than any which can be as cribed. i . I It may be pronounced' 'with great eertiiiti- tv that this Change in the law as" well asJthat or townsht ps tot plantations, are m more dun ger' of being annulled now, than, if they es cape this assault, they can ever be againi If unchanged within the next tem years, they will remain permanent tributes, to the m stinctive wisdom of the convention ofj S6S. Meanwhile, no one will wonder if all mid dle aged and more advanced lawyers, ranch - l -. 1 1 .i. .. 1 A x . 'l!l3i.. oi wnose capital trunsisicu 01 lammaruv with the hooks and crooks of. tliat rusty. musty, dustv labyrinth, hooks and crooks that concern justice to otherwise tliat by" of ten serving to plague and ; defeat f it,f-are: keenly sensible of the mighty loss that lias been sustained, or should indulge in: new Ijamcntations thereabouts. r GEXJ5KAI. OBJECTION. ; We irreatlv marvel that the Consei--fttive" V E party should have urged, as a general! and most notent obiection to the Constitution. - -if - - : y that, with regard to many of its provisidns important ones at that nolxxiy could tell wliat they signified until they had received; judicial construction : when the very same remark is no less true of the Constitution of the United States, and of every other ITon- stitution that has been formed upon the! continent. Have they not, each and all, been a ; theme ; for debate ever - sincejthey; were made ? Is not this notably true df the Constitution of the United States? lil not.' the. people get together by the ears, tmdlight for four vears, because one or other i side- -(perhaps both) did not understand proyi-r - a, - a. - ' ii. . 'A -r-j 'l. i. : Hions in mat constitution r v ere not iiiere.- passages in it that seemed cOntradh-tbryi and j required judicial eonstraction, lubfore , any man could say what was meant. Upoir, the whole? Is it not true that the enliven-' tion which formed it did .nOt understand how it was to work in many important ir without effect. Two oaths to more .than one oath. State constitution is a sovereign, requires that they are to have some discretion as to laying taxes ( for in stance,' in times of great; public want, Ac, they are to consider the appropriateness of the proposed legislation, its appropriateness all around, so to- say, i. e; to the wants of the creditors and the exigencies of he State. W do not know ho w this may be. ' We are discussing ja question of casuistry, and such quest ions are proverbially delicate and deceptive. It may be -presumed, however, that the conscience of f man who was in fear of his "constituents, would be apt to take some such turn. However this liiay be decided in regard to the constitution of the United States, it is very, plain that the State constitution binds nobody's conscience who believes that a tax bill for payment of the interest on, the public debt is, under the circumstances Of the community, inappro priate legislation. - He is required j.to do it only by J appropriate legislation." . Let any gentleman. who threatens the people-with such a law be; asked whether he regards sucn legLsiation as ttpproprtate to the pros ent circumstances xf the times. Ifjhesays jres, then he is bound,- even in; the absence of such a provision as this, to, leyy the tax, ii lie says no, ;then the present section is the same, duty binds no the . section in the mere nullity. for it commands a duty already commanded by flia lV1uHflltlAM nf 1lA TTnlfAl Ut.tui: mt.l this too, in terms not so comprehensive. Indeedthe tactics resorted to upon, the point just discussed, by the supporters of the Convention, bring forcibly to mind the celebrated hunting expedition ot the liou and the jackass, in which these tactics; orig' inated. The jackass was to sot un an awfu braying, andithereupon the aft'righted game would escape from such jaws as he had,and 1 1 c i i l : i.i l : i i neve, tins section about taxation is to the part of thq ass, whilst rthe affrighted people run off and fall into the trap upon 11 . 1 . i" T r a i l i . ui suujwi ui, jxuritscemi, .wuicu nas uee j j 1 1 I x W x . . ma' I i iireiuiy. sei ior nat , purpose xnis trap , i coining to . be 't Very well understood, and requires'no elaboration i ' The delegates are to be sworn not .- to touch the 5 Homestead provision.and all the while, vows, have been' registered to clean out the ,8upreme Court I This vill answer quite as Well ! The . neat result will be ithat at the next Christmas many a present of homesteads will be made to honest creditors who now sit behind lonir-. uuub'riiigjuugiuciiu waning 10 ueiietsiip. l he exceedmcr tenderness of Conservative consciences in regard to the oath hpOn: "ad equate taxation'' fcc. required the com- iensation of some indulgence. ? This has probably been allowed upon the Homestead question, where a certain anticipation of sales of that sort of. cronertv-' coexist with solemn vows hot to touch the words, in the Constitution which guarantee them ! ilf you take tne conscience in too tightly in some quarters, you necessarily let it out too far m others! .-' ,- - BEVoritmow.' ;i said anything jn regard to in u-liicli it. iu nninnanrl I n tall ' ---- .-.v . . -.--.. - ' . '.''.-.. V. I 1 P UUl thLs Convention The point has been thor otrghly discussed ' recently, as ' well as for merly, about 1854. We slfall'not elaborate it here. It is enough, to repeat, that tho method i, el a.call under a vote of - a ma jority of the Assembly lias been oondemn- .-1 ll.n . 1 ' 4 V.T.- t it . i oj uj uic uciKiiti iv.-wciiiuiy til iiiiitus pam ThoJtepubliean party of .-Northi Carolina kavfl th sjinin interest hi Uie ucnerai. ,. peace and prosperity that their opponent have. They desire to see no public trouble . reivcd; they wish to aid in raising and recovering the exnanstea energies oi mtr State They prefer that all disorder : in . the ; ' State, if possible, sliall bo put .down by the,; , powers of the State,: and, in.1 the first In stance. laasmu;h as an ounce of prevention is tvorth a pound of cure, they .desire that the people, suaii ioroiu uiw.iuinwvuwH measure.' , , o ! . ', .'i.-l , '. . ft is in this interest.' 'that' reoresentatlves of the Republican party from every section. , of the State, at two- dfflPerenf meetings' in JUleigji unanimavisiy suiopcou .tno v rouow ing resolution : . ; i - Resolved. That the Eepublican party of "VT ,a41. I innliim - IuihiW mvilnittlnir I haf. ta aj Lit imimiiui. 1 1. A r , &.wwf7w..M . ...... ir-. r... peading call for a convention is uiiconsutu tional. rorgnlze tliat It will be most for Uk peace of tlie State that, the people shall 8' decide at the ballot-box, and tfierefore rc commend that an appeal be made thern for: that purpose, - atid that such appeal be prosecuted in the usual way, Htry a Cam paign; and Candidates. -... ..i.e it 11 is in this interest- tliat we have been . directed to .address tliei i3ye .trut, that our designs herein may "prove - to .-bo ettec- tur'' ' '- -v- : ! Jn Bevbral important Tspecta the Coif- stitbtion . is a great gain .upou.' al . that; haVe preceded it. In . the largo majority of ( its provisions it is' a good ' Constitution,' In" alljitis tolerable.' - V ! r " .'; Tlie. ; State is in . an untried coo- n S r in. t that . condition it, ,1a not We have no: the TOWKSHIPS. Take, for .'instance,, the new ' system of county government, includmg toicnsmps. It is generally supposed that township are a . Yankee invention, imported into North Carolina as a badge of subjugation and ma chinery fori oppression.- The truth is jthat they are a feature which for more twelve centuries, as all students of English j law know, have marked that free society from which we have borrowed 'the substantial parts of our own. The most -philosophic foreigner who has diaensaed American in-' stitutions, one, whose decision upon varfoua portions of our system seem,; at Uie end of the forty years which have passed since he . . i ..tf . i. ii i ; ( 1 V lULUf JUSEM3Sm 1 FVpUtUC WIllT, r' ticulars, -; aixl indeed jdid not ; realize Jwbht; f as, being revolutionary ; that - this doctrine part of it would be most prominent in tho 'vas,anirmed by resolutiona .of State Con-' newiso-iety which it was to create I i - '. 'j vli'iui of Uie .Democratic party iu this - NO -oii yention ntn remedy1 snMi deflvts.; Lite before the late war ; that it was acted A newon-stitutiin mav- abolish ermi4 irt1nHitt in 18;i lin reference to the call of the the one now existing, but it will bo- utlinv-i luivention of February; which did not sit : expanse of creating nw ones. Itmav!s.tl'c-.J,iatlangiiagesoexteisively and nOtoiioml v I ly I foretold that a great harvest lur in.' Ii-K ussotl. and eonstrned, was adopted fitb-H j legal proiessiou win iouow me woir oi - oui ciiauga imo: un prereM.m'nHuion; ana Utuothcr convention. Noitoay. will-.anowr.-that recently. th iwernor,)Rnd the Su where he staml .. ah tlie iue.stins now at; preme Court of the ritate'. hate rest will be renewed.' Other fees wlIMuC to sii-h a call-to' be unonstitnlkm liav. An unbloody revolntifm-(such as we:? tHtionarrL-.Tbow wl wish lioiH-rlitjaouJ isu'Jiiiig me will Ixm. isi itec i Uturfty asp-Mi Uuk nuesttori thatf essarily great ie;ist for.-lawyers JLlX t Xf l'rbih them ougut to l-e laluvor of such. AVlether ine inuTesiH oi me ppie m general are ne same, i not so clear! '."? .- r-i'.. v di easy to say what constitutional ; provisions in some respects may be ' best. An experi ment has beon set on foot at great expense. ' ietsus give it a lair and full trial the rath-u er that if we were now under compulsion to make a constitution, no considerate man could be sanguine that such ! as we should adopt would answer even the purposes that : we have in view Let us, walk earefuhV fonbard to our place In the future, avoiding,. , su ii u w vhii tui nsKB oi laiunt; xo secure , fo inf posterity u fair 'chance in the race- ' being made ur for the fortunate men- " are to come after us. Above all things., . s tread no step &acuarJ, upon, pain bf,j, i. noMf whd l.letii y recei tiont Ving the maledictions of future genera i, as those whrj with" great topnortuni- " ' ties ior escape, fell under condemnation:' . met for such as are not discerners of the? , times. .-,.. : i " With hearty good wishes for this SUUJ br ; ouH, new North Carolina and for all our fellow, citizens, of QvevySrsuxsrr-ln UUa, hour of danger to all, we earnestly ask, that every mad who wishes to avoid civil con fusion,'' and every man who has noVburied his en- ' ergifes and affections who has not vowed to g mourning all. his days over a dead. . past will lend his aid to' defeat this threat ened, Convention, and Iietrogradation, ami Hcrqlution. -"'-; '- ' " '- -j ' t i. -ji S.-'K. PIIILLIPS-i J i L"t-' ' ' ' ' 1 ' Chairman, dc c J. C L. Harms, Secretary. I Vicd OKS, HASHES, i4 J1LINDS,, Mjr,. 1 Mouldlag.,' Suir -Rail, uL-tt 'et' ' mft-'.U. -. n. .1 ,A. tt I u " iri. ..... 1 . rttl . fii-: GROUND AND CUT GLASS.4 1 'f'V-i V lunm cj.nl .i..l 1 . -. n . . 1 - i i . j - nv iv. i? xx f the- assorted stock above goods constantly on hand at 'tJAw;"' ; estratea;'''f)rderwolrk proiptlalkaQd'l.' " Builders and yners will fin'it tothelf atli' vantage to get our estbaate, .before purchaf- f 4 in. i Special attention ' given to i Bttck i 1 1 VAiofi:T and other Fikst-Class work. 'H i1 ' ''j'. '! ' .iMK-aiiiif '-.; :. EftUrnn M nrwl Xrin r t.. 1 f 1 I . ' , . ,T i .r" i V I f " V , jiMlllMUCM . Application,.;;. ,v , -uJli ,ir U WHITLOCK '&'C$:. J a4 & arj Cnl Htreet ! -I " ... '. . . 2EW I YORK..! i 1 A H t June ftr 1871. mmW A f w t -m -r w w f . ... ATTVjRNJEY.,AT,LAWr..i. I'racUces in all tlie SttA A nut ' lm. , ! will.. . Standard, t. Viy insert an advertwement In Eiglii limit I 1 ' drl Amcrkn NeWsiape, ffi5w: f Ier litieger .week. , OnJIne oriVwK' ' f V istU dollar two lines: wliKt iwli.-i' "! dollars, and teS lines yctaolS ' "I o , Senl,for.a pnntod Usk. Addrw f ' . . t..i. ,1 JkO. 41. Pu rL fir..... -v. t ' -wJmioS lK-71' " .w,. n al anil'reViRt Ih UAYTlJvuTJZ ? fordther -sra WllminJto, .U7T Vtbi --; V: 'itan be had WtttaoCl'oi.iaVi.Li ' other lilshed aratf,rlT - f i iaKnifii,..,ii..-.;:.:.'j - - 4 Wriex- in aa. i4iy.An ha.i.1 IlliAviir In tKla w.,l mmm lvi Diuiroui crv-v iiitvi ij in j y as well as in that from which it wasi in- is known that a like subdl troduceii,' Jt same, i ik Vm) clear!?- .- lUpoti tliis topic .'it: may be added tliat wliilst tlte conservative nartv are fluent uo- tm the matter" of the want of perspicuty. : t simpiwiiY- Hint logic in me present oonBtiiu- tKn, and upon 'the doubt . and' ioiwisk)n necessarily resulting therefrom, they hare not enlarged upon the measure of the doubt aiid ieonfusion to arise from ' a epnstitiition. Tbcqueville,) regards the o'nAi as a very Irhowever worded, vwbieh is' tlie offspring of an irregular assembly, caiieu marevoiu tionary manner.- In connexion, witn . the seek onioe that are at stake- 4n f!i -Air of a Convention; we refer lo tlie late CMner J rs- nce ltuvvixhe greatest lawyer vrS liave at any time had in- Nerth Carolina, 1 lie wJt so convinced that such methoda as the pres ent are revolutionary, that he volunteered irpott a memorable occasion, tq come out of wtlMmant o tirl - In aillw.aA' nUAi L advice his fellowrcUizena. kv; ' ? g t7.:- - j We quote hia language:. ,,.,.; - ,1, , Two modes of amending the Constitu tion ar provided : One through the agency of the Oeneral Assembly, proposing vau amendment for ratification, by a vote of the manner in which the next convention is to ( People, which need not be considered here; lavinir rL.i....!!..' ii V . . FUrnltupA ivnAlZi rT?;-- Hy f : -' phu dh WKbSir z z'jif.1"11-- nv Se err j-T f-"M -li-j'n' v . r.ot.ii.1. U.. .o K 11i.isvj. I v BALKirrtt XiibvAt Bask . . S in f t Halink tr.AA. a, t 'f V MC 1871. NTV JX tM been declared.- out ortr.vV.r.tt f jr f 1 W aT M At ". At . A - . A V - I holders-on the 15th of July .next.. at their. Banking Houae in Uds city. ' - ' KlOCkri jolyl-td. C. DEW KY.( ftiMAier. A ( 3 i I - i --. ' -ft-
The Era (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
July 6, 1871, edition 1
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