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ii N . ; . t ', I MAUClH U;ifYlN. "P(,.-rKaitor. 0c, la the Standard V, building; East aid of , i - i t a ' .... . . ' . jyivkioii. jui.y i:itfi. jinn. "no convention:" W.VICIi: COUNTY TICKETi R. 8. PERRY, Esq. . , , JAMES' IL HARRIS, Esq. KEEP : I '.) J IT BEFORE .THE PEOPLE. ! CONVENTION ELECTION TIIK FIRST THURSDAY. IN AUGUST. lit) Mire to vote MNo CociyENnoic," ami alsoLtivoto for tlo candidates that oppose this Revolutionary, inJudlciouM and experi hire attempt to bring trouble upon our pob ple, and to BAcriftce Uieir' IIomeKteaili for the ole purpose of controlling and adminis tering the few offices now held by Republi can in thia State. , . 1- i 8ENATOR POOL'S ADDRESS. THE CONVENTION QUESTION A CANDID VIEW FOR PLAIN PEOPLE. . The plainest mind can understand that.where there is u Constitution and Government whether good or bad.there a$e but two ways to change or abolish them, one way is to pursue the plan pointed out in the Constitution itself.if therebeawav ixinted out. and. the mr a r other way is, Revolution. , Is'there a Government here? J Is there a Constitution? Yesl ' ' ' Does the Constitution the IS , , ', t Wo publish to-dav hu .address to the i in Carolina from Jlon. John Pool. Wc have only space to call the attention of our readers to this able address. f point out way in -which it may be changed? " ' Yen:; , : ' V ' :; ; ' i 71 it . . , . Is it proposed to pursue i lul way ? No.j i. -.i. J. !' .'. - . It follows tliat the way; proposed Revolutionary.''5 ' ;' - , , It is 'precisely the sitine trouble wo had in 18CQ. ., Wo had a Government and Crnstitution, ami the Constitution contained the plan by which it might be elianired. Some said It was a bad Government. Borne of the Southern statesmen saidtlioyhada right lawfully and neaccfullv to chalice the Govern- incnt otherwlsfi man as pointed , out in the CVmstitution ; others admitted they in. rtr ntit, - iMiami mat KlfBS onlv a Revolu tionary 'right. The at- tempt was made, a war followed, and we know, now, to our sorrow, which GET YOUR TICKETS READY. wan right.. Are the plain iieojile of the State,-who have to lar burtletas when burdens come, prepared for another Revoifltibnt, We, do not ask wheth- er the politicians are of course they are, but are the people prepared? It is to ho peaceful we are told, all tolcdone tion" Tickets famished 'at i 'eont'per by Uie people themselves at the ballot l,(JO')iiuiiliilatc tickets $l.per,'i)ipuMiid. box! Just so it was in 18C0. The pol iticians would not do the ileeu until by political trickerj", they made the leojle aniliorize them to do it. They MibmJttcil it to the wjople to call a Con vent ion and Iho people voted it- down, and in tyro months they submitted it agaii and '.'they stormed the jeople Jnto it by a very . small vote, and the Convention met and the deed was ddne. So it is'to l)e again ; the people arc to bo made ' the cats-paw . for the politiciaurt. - They are to bo puxsuaded, threatonKl,a1jused,deccived, and when they have been used, : and the trouble .comes, t,hen they arc to be put; in the .front,. Now as in 18(50, every thing is to be done peac?eably ! Tliere will n6t . be1 blood enough to stain a iocket-hand-. kcrcjuef! .And there ar tlustv who will believe,, all this, , although , they know that there never has Ikhii a blood less Revolution in the world. Let us reduii the Question to some thing iaactiU. LeXjufiHuipk-' the Con vention is culleil and meets tomorrow : Aliolishes-all the oftlces, tiirns out the RoHureand send in ':. the names of your canlldatcs in every county in the Stale, that tickets may be circulated in time. . Send in onlers." "No Coiiwrt VOTE IN YOUR TOWNSHllS. . Remember the last Iegislature ft-w- el an act intended tit chit the1 .Ir netrro out of his vote. ' requiring' : every one to vote in his township. So fo sure to be in the townshin where you ilive residul ninety . days prior to tlie 3rd AuEiLt next. Hegister, and ote No (Vinventlon., ' . ; CONSERVATIVES AND THE STATE DF.BT. ' ljdnTvatIves in the legtlatrire pre tend that tliey want a 'Convention to ' - - enable them to redm-e tho estate. dc4t. They nay that the present Constitution providing" for ; Its payment "weighs ieaviiy ineir (vjnnrwiiTs. . . f : Now, it so happens, that the Coikiti- tution of tlUnitfil States imes the same "constitutional 'difiicuHy and forbids them assing aiiy' law ."iin'psdr iugthe obligation of ontravts;, How do they pnse to gt t over tfoWi The truth is, this is all 'pretence. Tliey ilop t want a Convention lor any Mueli thing. They waiitlt fbr.'iurMses iu leer mi tfiou. They uso thfvStiite tht, as a vretixt. . Let a r ( m veiitioii le cidlel( ami the jieople will soon see for what laimoses it hi to be; usd."YRe- llM'inlMT, "K'tmtWf?! WCJtitjoH.W . .', . abolish the Supreme Court or alter tax matters, the legislature can pass a bill to thai effect, and submit it to a vote -r people. Indeed, there are 'so mahjy ways, and it Is so easy to do right, that;itid TEay suspicious when they pro "pose'jto do wrong.1 It means something. jfWjiy.want to get a! Convention of politieans together in these dangerous Umtis without telling the people lK.fore handj what they are going to doinstead of passing a bill making the neeeessary changes and submitting j them to the bagger. His four years will be out next year. And so there may be faults with others ; but niany of them, are ex-, cell en t Judges, iand some of them are old Judges, and elected by both parties. And this further is to be said : that they were elected soon after the war, when many of our best men were dis qualified from holding offices; , and certainly the Constitution did not mak? them good nor bad; nor did the faejt that they were elected by the peoplel Some of the worst Judges that ever sal in this State were under the old sys- people? There are dangers ahead, and we will proceed to point out some of tern. We do not mention it to the dis tlicm. ;! credit of the Governor or the Judge, ' It is insisted tliat a Convention ought J for it was probably the Ijest that could to be called, beeituse thej f Const inflicts upon the jieople burdens they cannot bear. And here is they deceive the people! We that the people are ourdened. The peo ple feet that, and we) feerit. But is it owlnffto the Constitution that! is the question? Tlie Constitut) ed in!8C8. Were there n 1867. 18CC. and 18C5? I Art there ho burdens then ? tution which where admit on was atlopt it burdens in i . i . swer us,1 were What causetl them? So in 18C4, 18C3, dhd 18G2. Were theuc no burdens then? i nVliat causetl them?! poiitlciana, politicians, , Ir .. .. I. in 1 -Mswz- P tTT itlllTTHI ber how between their ilainty lingers, thev dangled" their snow-white! hand kerchiefs at you 4n 1800, with they would wipe up your blood if spilt. Truly a child's hippin) would have staunched the blood which many of them shed, but howl was it with the people's blood ? And believe nie the politieans are as deceitful, and as de- be done under the circumstiinces, but It is true that Governor Worth appoint ed a man Judge who had not been in the State a year, who came herd in the? United States army, and had just got his license. He made another) appointment whose bad habits on the bench compelled him to leave his cir cuit and another Judge had to go and; take his place. The conduct of another; Judge on the bench during the war, was too marked to have been forgotten , and longer back another was charged, politi- we hope unjustly, of a crime at Which --ian nature revolts. The Supreme Court Judges, too have been ruthlessly assailed. Yet two of them were : of the which old Court,.and are as'good now as then. and were elected by both parties. The others have all filled high positions in their professions and in the public counsels, " in former times. I There never has been a time when the Su prcmc Court bench was filled by abler lawyers and better men. Slanders have ' ! . . . 1 a .1 - Homestead for old debts as welt4JisneTrt tTHE but only for new debts. Theltiotprilfirn never has been a doubt in the Iteoublican party, that uenenu iiflAr in the next Pres- - umu uv u - i l . TViia omineni ser- and they will signing now as then. They know that you have burdens, and .they know that been neapea upon tnem it is true, but theyt brought them uj)oii you, and they wnai o uugts nas t-vtr uwu iree irum them. iiuffln, liaston, ana JLhmiel are held up as the models with wrhich the present judes are to be compared : and yet those Judges were charged with judicial murder in. the case of Madison Johnson, by him who justly stood at the head of the bar, on account of their supposed prejudices against him. But in those better times,that was set' down, not to tlie corruption of the Judges, for they were not corrupt, nor yet to the malignity of the lawyer, for he was not malignant, but to tho incautious zeal of the advocate. In those days, if veere assailed j unjustly, they found a shield in every man's heart who loved the honor of the State, and even their frailties were shaded, and spoken of in yhispers,and the. bar stood around them as their aid and friend. But the present Judges have presided in the greatest trials through which the Government has ever "passed, and grap pled with the gravest questions of State. They 'needed, and were entitled to, the aid of the bar, and support of the press ; seek to divert your displeasure from them to the Constitution which you have framed. Let us examine a few of the burdens and see whence tbejf came and whether a Convention can relieve you.nj . 1. Taxes are heavy. . Yes,' they are heavy continue to be heavy under 'any 'party, arid the more Convention and Legisla tures we have, the heavier they will be. What makes the taxes before the war we had heavy? Why, tv large mnu in vested 4for common schools, and the in terest 'supported the State had large stock in the Banks,and the dividends suppor lions. All these were last by the war,and now, the.bcnooisanu t the whole Government ported by direct taxes. Iii addition to thatJ population were governed upon schools, i So the ed the Institu- le Asylums, and las to bo sup- 1 HEY BACK DOWN AFRAID PEOPLE. , f.f , : . OFTHK i ' The Revolutionary Convention caii didaten of -this n'xinty haw Itacketl u)mpletel3 down.- .'They refuse to linnet the No Convention iandi dates 'on' the stump. What do the ik-opte think of such conduct as this? ,' Ve tell the -iU tlut the Conservative Ieailers and the Conservative ejUHliAittm'rVviA of a full discussion 'Ikfore the WI without, ri-gard, to arty. TlH'y,khow that they have till to le anl. nothing to gain by a joint canvass with tho No CoiiYciitiou t-atMlidates. . Thnr hjvt is Revolution,- War, Itloodslied, ' and they know if the Convention jrtfffrly discuss! in a joint (nvas that the Convention will. le. voted down by a large majority. They should le made to Imck down In every eounly as they have done in Wake i-ounly. ' ' ofi1ce'rsawl elects; new ones., Vhat comes next ? If tlie :'. Convention Is a lawful . boily, of t course every officer igoesoot, and there is the end.. But If it be an unlawful lody,then no officer can kiif ov(n if lie ifrKtiro ii tin wrt Tvv'r officer, who luis .tiiketi an oiith would A'itJate his i tath, and every officer, do wn to Clerks ahdj Sheriffs whti' has given a Mind, would forhut his loiid. hat will 1 he Governor do? J le has alreatly de'larel thiit the lVnve.n tion will bean unlawfiil bKly. ?What will the Judges do? They have declared the s one. If the Treasurer of the State turn over the funds to another, his Itoud will !o for- fMte! alwl s with every Sheriff, Clerk, t has been in- war. To; meet one halt our the plantations; now all gd into the Courts. A.gaint our public debt was largo be fore tlie war, the interest increased during the war, and creased since the all this we are verynxir, made so, not by the Constitution, but by the war. How 'can a Convention help it restore tlie lost scnooi runa, or bank stock, or pay. tho public jdebt? No. Will it repudiate the debt ? If tliat is what is desired, the Legislature caii repudiate it just a. well. Can it wnipromise: tho debt? So can the Legislature; Just here they stk'k to but both have been Court has stood like tho billows have broken against it. so it will stand: ai hostile. Yet the a stone-wall, and lid so its decisions deceive the people wit They say the Constitut the legislature to lay a and -yearly to pay the pubKe debt, and who fails to vote f i a scarecrow. ion commands tax promptly iterest on the Can WH stand, as the ablest and wisest to l. : l ii . . J.j . tho IH- uiui.in iho nKjris. j But supjKjse it is true that tliere are objections to the Constitution,, who it a Convention will make it i s letter? , It is easy enough for a man to sit down at home and think of something he would like toj have amended; but, silly man: the amend ment he wants may liever be thought of. and one that he-does not want mav need to alter the Constitntion U$, destroy the Homestead. Cliafige ihe Qdpreme Court, that will do it,fl You' wSlJr the present Judges put; oflT and j better, ones ! put on! But are you strrf you.:-will get the better ones? Who will they be? B. F.Moore, is get down as the " father of the bar," anil they have used him so much that he lliust be put upon the bench, and iheii, skejuoli wear her dimpled.smile. JudgdMaiily was beaten by the Ijegislature, fmd by the popular vote 20,000 niajoitythd he must be reinstated; and then: Vigor and strength wil I have their repose ! And Mr. Merrimon was also.1 defeated by the popular vote, and he must have a place, and then bmss will sit in the seat of gold, and pretension wear the robe of wisdom. A change fc r the bet ter, say you? i,;; . ';, rf .'IsJ.j-' Who are they that want a .Conven tion ? One-third of our population are colored they do not want it. Another third are plain,small farmers ; ml labor ing men they, do not wan t it. All they want is to Jkj let alor e, j and to have peace. Another portion were the wealthier classes, who lost .11 'find are desperate, and they want they do ot know what they want; they don't want to worn, uiuh.t. of them want a Conventioii, , r', any thing else that will make a change. A large class are ioliticians, out of office. Tthey would have some (change ! " Any . body, Lord ! any bod' !": We earnestly warn the peppleito look , f on VV O ... j Lvices to the country did not constitute a sufficient reason for this, the natreo. and fear with which she is regarded by around them. " Eternal the price of liberty." Put the politicians downl and there are defects in your government, take time, and to correct them, for the best. ance is then if take tne proper nwry L'Jiaiigo WHATTHE tOPtrgAY means lis not NEXT PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. good rulepf conduin tne Va, s v ff M ". i,",noFobscrved : the.teachings ui -;X vrh. ( Urged on. by ' r it l c a ft v I w- a w ' . ;fi - s - x ipaejudmenoftenplunge j passion uii j j j j3 t)o . -, i.- .iiriteK into troupic tum,-.--; - i i the party oi tievoiuuwv r-- , . fail" bexore tneyooni would. The Democ of their ! ever, conspicuous among which JatUie ntvnrk HUld. lUV'cff TlaUgrThgl themselves 4tliat some Jnen - might' be found who could distract at least aporr tiori of thj ;mepulicarisln;, ftieit hroat Hiieftdiril Cut ' the , iTcw-W.j m. $ vote worthy aiel bf;Skl July,, lieaded The Key of the Battlefleld,"' aanius that he vill bo rriominatrjd vUhbut rivalry, or bpposttipri:;;tf this rell, it would be a veryi aniall niatter. ( But the same article concedes the-eloet-Ion ani u,Mit 'iifi I)enlOT?rats can in b r!ArriViris of the West'we nothing,' but'We- presume' that they had some reasons for beconrig Itepub lican, and thatithey have, as mucli per- oi.v in tJmir.oninioris as othec.peo nle. But whv in the name ol eoitnimii sense 'should anyVfreeH&de? a$i:ato :righfe.RubUcM),aiiJi6$9Mtli; -or. any where else become i aw Conservative in- 'favor ? of -those ideas.' 1 We In Fc-briiry, a' -Jge nmjbrlty. nftheoeoDle pf.Nortn."".:vV : iAmAtivrfrt the Union. In April Fort siiiiitei1 mKf upon y , lhri liR SoctssloiMslHait n lAa- i .... , rif 4i.i4irTiMe,Corisefiuon'- c'alidevery'unprejiidlM must now fear iim Weyui:voc, ?y." . : " i ,:,: let tho i iAnnan .v .. . (i .... m oppoifou ,iy . iifi,oA- wv. I i, ... nrf,',riie'Ritmeom revoiu-v tnrilrand bred uS again to, Icap.into W? .i J.viKAVtf 'lAnlrTmr. risk Cumberland A friend writing us from says: : "I have bceu out in the county oonvasfci ing. I am delighted at the prospect. rAt present, I claim Cumberland by 3(Kl against convention. ,.(.; Another from Robeson says: - " We are very sanguine of success in this countv. Your paper is a tower of strength. iMr. Phillins' address contains the! "K;flx of things." Even the most cominn-place intellect, if saturated with its ahle principles and teachings, cannot help being loo, uent against a convention. y . 1 Another writing from Warren .says:; "I send you nine subscribers to the J?ra. I will not retain these to secure a lajrgerlist. but lorwarcl tnem at once. Jveii ojie man From Wayne a gallant Unionist 'and old line Democrat writes : : 1 " We are well feleased with tlie Ed. The Repdblicans here are a unit against t'onven tion, and many old line Democrats will Vote against v-onvention. x am no itepuDiican, but I cannot go with mv Conservative friends in favor of this unconstitutional measure." ...!'- A', correspondent, writing us from Johnston county tells how twenty-four " soreheads " met in Simtmieldioh the 1st inst., to take into consideration the tne iiitere that every or itj is f; m made. Who can ijieniber that may be formed resworn ! son's and T ?111. P.l 1 liittienems "rings" tell the All the Swcp are not dead vet. VOTE AT THE RIGHT PLACE. I jet the ioople remember that thq.tasi . . t'onsn"ative Legidatun passel a law which prohibits any one from voting . anywhere in tho county except In his own Township, anil lyi must be regis-J teretl in hlfr Township liefore he; can vote there'. 1 1 He must vote for or against a Convention on a separate tkket. and he m ust iilso vote ." for tl iu candidate or (andi(Lites of his choice on a separate ticket. The m1I holders must prepare distinct I loxet for tlie different tickets. All the votes for or against Convention are to le put in tlie same box ; all tho votes for the candidates must be put in ' another Ux. lie sure to boo that your -tickets are put in the right boxes. , No ' doubt attempts will be made to deceive y tHi'. . I f you can not read yourself , take some mend with you to tho polls who V can read, and who will see that you are not cheated out Of your vote .by, its . being put In the wrong box.-., , J resist. ' yf : The tettiinef, of. the 18th Inst., in an article headed V State . Sovreignty, ?' hints at the propriety of SieakcT War ren and Jarvis disregarding the injunc tion placed upon them by Judge Bond, oftheUnltedStatesqrcuitCourt.'itls understood that tho. editor of the .&sn( ml is cine of the appointees of j Messrs." Warren ami Jarvis, and that the injuno t Ion lias been served upon him as well as u pon themi , . Wlil lie d. what Jio advises litem to do? r Will he disreganl tho injunction on the ground that Judge Rood has no Jurisdiction over the mat ter ? ; Will ho refdst Vthts radical, trick to cheat and swindle the State out of its property ? Barely; fieU i not afraid .tV tlo wIiAtlio advises' oUter to do! ..-.Wo await his' action in the matter, with anxiety and much ' solicitude, prodictA Ing, ' however,- that he will yield as meekly as an Innocent lamb. . fitiisf:ilIt A'' i If tes' iuVtiVrtis :in lie settlV,by -Well it has been three jyears, and we Who can tell, for insfcince, wliat com theCiairts, what a 'harvest for the law- have had two legislatures, and not a bi nations and "rings"! may be formed virs f . . lint io it ilhhwi f n ttif thom dollar of tax has Ixhui laid yet. If their by capitalists and lawyers against the . i . . . . - ---'f . . , - . , .- T . liv tlio 0irs? The Judires' have al- eonsciences held out so Jong, it may be HM'U' 'dfclari'd the Convention unlaw ful. Wiist istheuscofthoexiensc? But tlKjr do i not mean to settle it by the (urtrf. TheV niean force. In the last Presidential ctiiiipaigii they: declared tho present State Government unlawful, and if ticeessaryi to Ik bniken up at the lo!nt "of thelKtyonet. The'I'residential election collie's, on next year again. It is their platform still.. President Davis has taken the stump, and declared that "nothing1 lias been settled by the war." that they can hold out a little longer. We would not speak lightly of such a subject,- if it were not a pretense of theirs s A i mother gave her plums, and after it had eaten them, it ran to its. mother and said, now moth- child some cr I've eaten the plums, and if you don't give me a sixpence I'll swallow the stones. These politicians are as "t . r r cunning as the child, and their; pre tense is just as shallow. I If-you do not i them: try it. The truth ponstitutlon imposes upon the Legis lature no duty in regard t!o the public (lett which would not bel if the Con stitution had not mentioned the debt. So far frprii the Constitution impos tng neavy taxes, it does wliat no Constitution has done before. i i. .. . .. . . . i . more than two doMarson three hundred dollars' i worth of , property, except for special purioses. I II.) Another objection st it lit ion is the judicial sys Give us back the old they. ;. Yes, the child cries to thejCon- teni. system1, say for the bird in the air, and .will get it before you 4ret the old things back agiiin. " i They want the old County Courts, don't negro Vice PresftkMit Stephens has become vc them a Convention, they will tax Etlitor, and declared that what has '?u ,to death, say thev. Well, let 1.1 jinno ia vIjI . .'Atwi nvnrv uhprn them: try it. The truth is that the " - the (ioYernnmit is' denouncexl and hAted. 4 ' ';'(,s "; ' ', ;.' , There are three departments of our (iovernmeut. ( 1 ) The j Ijogislative, The Legislature called the Convention by a majority vote : and therefore we have the judgement of a majority, of the Jjegislature that the Convention .will V It forbids the Legislature to lay a tax .'-,.- I i be constitutional. But-then we have their judgement that 'it will lie uncon stitutional j for, they first, tried to pass a bill which declared upon its faw tlud a two-third vote was necessary.' Fail ing in that tliey passed the present bill by only a majority."" Make the most of it then, and the LegisLtture is divided. ,(2) The Executive Department. The Governor has ', declared it unconstitu tional, and refused to execute itl (3) The Judiciary. - Tho Judges of the Su preme Court have declared it unconsti tutional. How stands the case then ? One of tho Departments doubtful and all the same? We have an entirely divided, ahdthe other two Depart-1 cjanerent poinilation in thej Courts from ments unanimous in the opinion that yha wc used to have : and is it not in- the Convention will be. an unlawful and (dispensable--to have a Judge on the Revolutionary., botbj'. . There has been blench to hold the Courts!? But then one esse like it in the State of Rhode We have more J udges and worse -ones Islands The United States Govern- than "formerly, say they!! We have ment interfered and settled the dispute fewer now than most of the Statesj and in favor of the old Government. Is it ve have more people jandj more puits possible that the' people are prepared than formerly. As to badj Judges, no, to be led Into a measure so plainly Rev- government and no times have been free olutionaxy? Supposing the Constitution from tliein. We have twelve Circuit to bo bad, there would be some excuse Judges: ! Six, of them go out of office for this RjQvoluUonary mode Ibf changing next year, and thebthersix!, four years It, if there - was no -other way. But hence, or six years, as some say. It tlierd Is another.' beUcr than this' " bo- may be conceded that some of them are sides Uk way of. calling a Convention I object ionable ;'one was decidedly so, oy a two-imras Tte. , rne: juegisiature l onu nas resigueu, ami auuiuer put iu can.proposo a chango m any particular, I his place who gives great satisfaction. negrri want jurors, &c. negro magis- and all that, and commissioners and iAnd would there hot be trates on the bench, and negro jurors, Homestead? The lawyers are the most influential class in anv oublic i body, jand capitalist. , next. Kvery lxnly knows that these classes will break up the present (Homestead law as soon as they can. Men will go for their interests. There are millions of i old debts against principals and sure ties, now hanging oyer the Home steads. Kvery capitalist and lawyer is interested in breaking up the Home stead, j The capitalis j; to make his money, and the lawyer to make1' fees. Yet there is not one of them now. that will tell you that he Is opposed to the most feasible; way whereby abolish all law and order! dozen were addressed by B. Saunders, (a lawyer,) w theyj might The two Col. Claude ho probably spilt more blood, ic, during the late War, than any other man in thj State, except Lt. Col. J. Madison Loach, of the 21st volunteers. . Mr. B. R.'Hinhant-replied to Saun ders' ravings in a manner which he will long remember. Our! cori espoii-' dent closes as follow.' :. "Tlie people of Johnston are Jionest, plain, working people. Tliey: donit want any more Conventions. They are satixlied witn tne nresent i;on.siituuon. which allows them a homestead. They are afraid of this iiew-fangled scheme ("oncocted by liVers and lawyers alone. They wish toj-retain what little h:is been left them by tlhd war brought on bv such meir as C li. Sauiliders.' A correspondent from Rocky Mount, nder date of July ")th;'187ll writes as know thafa; least; fahd'jprobajSl throughout, .the 'SptMilj, .fhat ,party, , is eontrolled .hv those: , who . inu-former days were the most bitter f enenn both: and who then denounced the friends of either, as rudely as'tney VjQW do, .Republicans., iThat party South ihas never committed' dtself to either doctrine, ' The truth4 -'1 1st ' tlie World lay, - niantifactur ' .yery politic plans tor the iulnern wiiig ot its.1 iar ty, but it mistakes tho character bf! its associates in every particular.1 i; Tho' iri-i telligent and educated? property riol ders of the, South Jiave, ,leen fprceil.ito. see the i llepublicanipai'ty its? orily safety -against anarchy arid revolution j just as tlid riasses-'sce .in it1, then only wjvj- Avfio d, that! safeguard,; for personal, lAbery; tTo t . j ai 1 1 it .: ' : . ' jLieiiiocmiM; liai iy ui uiu oouiu a uu der the control of chiefs whd ! are either the I fossilized' rpllcs'.'of the past : ! i -t.M'j iVlllil',-. '.- '. I' can never, oe maaQito, uncwrstan tlie wqrld has-movetl in the- last teak years, and ;Who, .are .respectable (front their simplicity ;. or. of meu If of . tormy passions, . whose : vital element- i. con-j fusioii and disorder,' incapable by the ductivei industry. Taking ) ad'antageJ of the feeling naturally engendered ;byj tne lato vju-, . iney; nave ; persuaueu it good. many of the honest middle, class, to believe in t their llly' irant. their influence is well .nigh gone. success, of the Republican party sured .lor .years to come.; .iu..-.h? A CONFLICT-WITHTHE'-'FEDERAL ERNMEHT INETTT ADLt' 'IK TTf: ORITV PLAN IS 1 CARRIED. Suppose the Convention is cal all the Executive and Judicial , of the State do not resist, but even quiese in their removal , by the vent ion, or Legislature. ; Suppose far Buti LThef is ai- J GOV-' E MA-i 'Y !ejd and officers' Con- th- er, that under the new regime, s convicted of murder, and is in ntan jirLson (leave, he .is Either Ji'ijade under follows the 1 tell you they do you believe in favor of a iioniesteau. They wi are in favor of it. But them? 'A capitalist measure that keeps him out of his debt ! A lawyer in favor of a measure that is starving him to death ! No ; they will break it up if they can, and you who have your little homes may tell your wives and children so. How long have these capitalists and law yers been in favor of the Homestead? Judge jReade, in an opinion delivered upon the stay law, six months before the Homestead decision was' made, in timated that the Court would sustain the Homestead law, and such a howl ( was never raised before against any action of the Court, j The bar, the press, and the capitalists all united to denounce the Court as corrupt, and to or a aeoter openly attempts: to the State, with his property, and arrested -and imprisoned? In case then, suppose' appllcatioii is to a federal - Jge'jthaV. .the -j'w restrained of. his liberty. in violation of; the Constitution,1 nnd states in .hw ai-. ilication by whdni he4 was imprisoned, i ana that it was, w;it ...the ;Javyete,adJ ." it. rj-ufnsttuurjuuivt(i nurr any ihhiijii wie State doubt that the sFedehtl i Judi?b would release ' him J Upoii the ;crrounds tliat' theStatej jfuclgqliad no pi) wei, thjt I m lact lie was, a, usurper. . . ,1 lere tlieu a coun- direct conflict is presented-!, what their? Nash Shall We offer resistance td the5 KAlcral authorities ?; We ,:trll.;tliatj and 1.4 '"burnt cluid, dredV.'the , fire.'' ; The PederaLt Judges hassuniod jjurfsdl ?fion that KirkJ had ho lawful rights W A militia!?man; ' They Have ' eiijoineii our Treasurer r frofn; oceiviug , certain monies, the- Legislature .directed liira to'roeeiVe. They haveienjoineH SjWk lost nearly airbur proery. Co lions ahd olutitin.'andfehall wc fol . low tlife example of thd aesperato gau j bier, who, when he'haS lost inOst of h ; -ir- UV thri tmcertaiii chalices of tho j died rx)x,'ris1sori ! ,last, thTtfwv tho homo of his Wife and, chfldrbn. r Wc should think that our pebple are dirried away' by , bilriaHe,1'fony and i madnpsf !f 'they .trust j the penep aiul nrosoeritv of Uie StatoJ and. thej homes j tl children. to tlierUn- certain results pi a itevuiui vemion. IPROVERBi.iJi ' ' "An ounce "of preyentioi y is mSt 1 S1 T0 . ! 'worth-n pound of cure,' :J t N, . .'..,. j' . if GovKllis and th'cj Suprenjc Court in l8Ci , had thrown their moral ihfluf ,'er- tlle people J. in Mills . "An enthusiastic meeting of from Nash, Kdgeeom bo and Wilson ties, was held at Sharp's Stork ill countv. on the 4th inst. i "The meeting was addrossetl by. J. SharD. the anti-Convention, candidate Nash countv, in opposition to donvfentioh. ii. W. Stanton, of Wilson county and David Williams, of Nash county, and others, made telling speeches against calling a-Conven tion under the present mode." j j ; A friend writing from South Camden county,' July (id, 187i, says ". j - ' , "I have been an old line Whi? - 411 iy life, anff have voted with the Conservative farty ever since the war. I am still n old ine Whig, and for that reason,' 1 shall opt pose Convention with all niy strength and infliiAiiAA nn "wrrvii hanF svlsfl Pom- den after the first Thursday in Aligusit hext, f is1 Imperilled,' and-' ''that' tdo by'(? von will find that she has trone not Cmven- I Jj -j .'J: t ! i.li.'. Is 4 " ' '' ' tion bv at least one hundred maioritV-. We rPs oi autnory,,;,,. - r i -ii i. i iL-. J J I 1 1 r . 1.. i:ji r. cannot anu wui not isuuiwn nasi new ijcevo-, lution of the Conservative party," !- ence against thb spirit t of ReypI ut Ion which' then threatened the overthrow ' of the, government,, jne (err top. rc-wei .. I ton might have? been pre veil i ed. ( The pqbpie were for peace and , .the' Union, but the Convention lejulers .were, bold, . . i ,i. t .. j--'', 4 .' ' ., . Unscrupulous ana reeiKiess, ianu.(iHi an they' could to stir up passion anil preju dice, andaljay tho apprehensions of the- pebpie as (to the, cnsjcYiuences of rebel- 1 Jnn .. 1 i ... " -ii' 'II -i- t .;:n - ;- "An ounce, of preyention''Jtlieji might have .saved thousands of ,li vos and Kent oil our sorrows, , niisioriunes unit f 0ov dalci'weli 'and the Supreme Court .have given. t'mpr hioral iinfiueuce, and held up the "laws of, ,tlie land" as a - . . i , r ' ' ' j i . ; . . . pafe-gfuard against, the Nttnie .wiul,, un scrupulous and reckless spirit of lie vol u tion, which again threatens the ov throw of the Ciovcrnment,' and t jeace and security, of the people. t " :; If ."this s ounce of ( jjrpyention'.' doeK not avail, and. the people iorget. or hogj lect their duty, and the i Revolution! swampsover usagain, then ten thousand pound of cure may not sdvc the ( State? and pebpie from rum aii(l Idisgrace.' BATTLE FOR WuRHOMESTEAbs.1 1 The artillery of; the, fric'inls of 1 Con-" vention are id 1 cocked aiKlprlniiil and leavily shotted with grape and (mister ind leveled against tire Homestead. On the third day. of,' August tlm'nv.itch is-td be nnnlled; and1, a 3 deiidl will be then made , upon the t lpoof men of the State, v Hoihestead meii Ire you ntfy!fbr:the;"im.sbt areolt prepare nftw ; ffl&i)Up ftip;ice,j nntfiui: istolx; lost; theicrislHfilH.uiKftuyou; it yon"fsuffep yourselws to'1 defeated tjut-ni -JiAVb, no iMVloM'.hihie' but! yourselves,,. ,you emiyin ,a, gcn-iou?l victory,ify6u;w'illioiiiy1turu out to thej polls dud - assert youririgHtSi If ynu fail .t6dothi' ' ym will 'liefeiiftcT'hear and your houseless.. arnjL i homeless ehil dreti When-they ;.shall te thrned out of v V r'Jaryis-, hnd Present WaMflWtri enforcing , an , act . of. . the . Legislature. Much, more tlien will they intcjifere where thej life, or liberty of the ettlzch VICTORY CERTAIN. We have reliable information from and the i ii i ) .'Hi l j It require but Jittle Xorebight to. pee whither. we are drifting; An Ujlfgai CkHiventiba,.cani,t rirtd-'wili Tarhrg'ltiri it conflict (Sviui tUe5eegyej Are" we prepared, foxXH essionlwas to bo i peaceable. ! The governmeiit'-is to deter the decision. T But Court with1 a the lawyers, and submit tho change to a -vote of the people. If, for instance, they want to Much objection is made cause he is what is to another, be- eaUed a carpet- ridicule the opinion, and Court from making the the time come, and the firmness which did it honor, and with anility ana learning, which has never been 'answered, did sustain the Home stead, j - What has changed the capitalists and the press since then? Wliat :is. the matter? jThey are not changed. They were ; vanquished by the decision of tlie Court and they have drawn off their forces in ambush. They sally, forth whenever they can do mis chief. I They have already got the U. S. Court in North Carolina to overule the Homestead, aiid some of the capi talists liave pretended to go and settle in other States in order ti bring suit in tlie UJ S. Court. They only feign to be dead, as a viper may, to get a chance to strike. Do not be deceived wiien tliey tell you they are in favor of the Homestead. They do not mean our to be bvertu'med,!alid its advol4ttMt!sA!y ttwiUiiV j. Surely .our , people , dq . not want,. find certainly cannot stahdv another revolu tion. in i.i' .i - 4 . Of every quarter - of the State, news is most glorioas. We confidently believe that the majority, against Con vention will exceed 20,000 j hle'Rei publicans throughout the State with the exception of a few unfledged -disci; pies, who are under calico; influence, gftpdOtf.' are a unit against convention. while ..:. .i; .;ijUjk i mil thousands of honest old Democrats are ; hc' Xorlftf manfully co-operating with jthetn to lizalthaty,ys iitt'is" &pHt' save the country from the horrors Vof, that certain ad voltes of Convention in another conflict with the United States different parts of the State re' qoiefj government. , j f T pi:lreMonlkc 1 Friends of constitutional! liberty ans,inoy$ buckle on your annor and march o the. steads.; .What does Jthwunjean? hfctieiyi polls on the 3d of August and vptej ,. No tell the people that -theCon veiition!ill! Convention." If you do not, yoq lhay not Interfere s wlthltHe Jloiitesteid. Tliey1 again be forced to sh6utder iynl inus- a.iiof hcereV tHior-Vhy sp Jim kets and march into the tented field. to ious tobuyiup.these e'lainis?.C KunnW nil ji . . I ii . I . . , v ngnt inrougn anotner , war w the beuefit of office-seekers.' you this day which you wHXcl doors and iifade tty enduro thrt pitiless. vei,your wiV amt:tyour,diiidreii there, whiieyou have tho power inlyour on!iii'nds tO'do'lso. M .i ii j. t;i r n ii i it r i ... . . ji LJ"-rny Convention, sliould. not faU 40 challenge ! tho Convention eantfidatts 'to w fio fullj fa'pd .fait dis(yioH,rlfthe,'Chveh-'" . V ., : I I 1 kit .ulu 1; Klin I i.Tl called in , ;eacU TownJUp -. .0 vory lit till ItgeW'ahd fxeh' TlOOTtLk rttgWnjMn Ml'coilhlrf'have ! ipf. tlm.selVe,-if nbfc'i fbnleil '.'hW 'I demagogues i and . twuHliitrlc-kstenTi 1 Wfeay IWehjihat'W th6Totrgh''Vfgofi v 1 ged for however,- the Convention don't nieddlo Cioose; with the irotnesteaa:1 iti.4 dt denied i X lW W.pf.,objeckis to get rfoofthe present.Supreme fCourt .Now at in well Hon. O. IL Dockery is doing, yebman: known that the present Court has -deei- service against Convention in Fear country;; ..Gen.1 Alfred; is a candidate against Convention aMmQIWjorUyni,WilJ1U . onr nents:.of! Convention in! eacli ,-oolinty see to It that a thormn;t. j m -u mJHDge Mitchell:,.. : 7'1 ' 7 . 71 -v"vo;viiMndius tho 1 opinimi.: that the iYresent'lawJ i.rrji. i TslM.an .eWjbii'is tq.be Kehf o.i J 3rd day of August, UmUiiioM the Cape ded that the irrimf end bVhifif a W&m itW!inaIilW&e i l j. . ' jl '. " - 1 'i- r-n Richmond county. gressional District against Convention. The Third In will go to be.putj their. place hold tho .opporj Con.- siteopihiori.. Let the' podrmeri of North brgoly Carolina-whitd 1 arid ; dotedtako' a' P ' 'InnfumtihptuiftiMa h ..fn.- -J ..,,; f 'h"uniuniYi!niiontiir ? . in, a short' tiine. amfVirVua i Wz mchell 1 1 Vis -consti tut lonal'fl f iarfdi that Hit H- 'in i ' f WIKUW. ,0lC narno ' 2Jn inna m-XU ho lioi .ta,T, :iie ha j nrt-rwMii JP L.-1. - M . . . .. "vty uuvernor -Oralianl's CYmK-eiV-flon, scjheihD.' Why has hot ti.enm can set Judge Mitchell right? Do telll i .t i 4
The Era (Raleigh, N.C.)
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