i I
Offic. In th " Standard " buildinr. East aids of
FayettevUle Street.
We have received a characteristic heretofore, as is reported j great cities
circular, issued by the Honorable John have been cleansed and kept clean
Baxter, of Knox ville, Tenn., late a. vta : "by every householder sweeping at
distinguished citizen of this State: his own fireside!
A HEALTHY VAMPIRE.
RALEIGH, SEPT. rth. 1871.
Read the letter in another column
from 8. H.Viley.; It shows that .Gas
ton county is pretty thoroughly at the
1 morev of the Klan.
characteristic, because marked by abil
ity, honesty and fearlessness. The fear
lessness is especially peculiar, a3 we
doubt whether any gentleman in North
Carolina would feel himself bound, by
i Nothing is better calculated to pro
long the reign of corruption, - than an
endeavor to affix it as a stigma to one
party rather than another, j; The fact
is, and will be universally recognized
He Sucks Public! "Pap'
to the Amount of Nine
teen Thousand Dollars
The vlllasre of Chlmochon. East
Pruaria,"with a population of four hun
dred and seventy-nine, has been vis
ited by Cholera, arid forty-nine deaths
have occurred in seventy-six cases.
The Daily edition of the Sentinel is
nlKMit eleven hundred. If it strikes off
riaht h undred of i fc 2rr.1t u i tous su bscri-
Ur. it will then have the enormous
number of three hundred Daily subscri-
l)ersj Advertising patrons of tlie Sen
tinel will suliserve their oicn interests
by taking note of this.
considerations of public duty, to come after a few years, that the times have
out in a circular, over his own signa- been such as to divert public attention
ture, to denounce an item of public cor- in great measure from everything but
ruption in detail, as is done in the arti- the main consideration in debate. This
cle before us. It is the more refreshing has been, and to some extent still is,
as the instance is one of corruption 'jReconstruction." Bad men have
among dcra of the party with which, seen their opportunity in this condition
we believe, in the hotch-pot of politics of things, and have made use of it.
now existing in Tennessee, Colonel "Whilst the public have becn,as it were,
Baxter has felt it to be his duty, forthe looking on at the fire, and the efforts to
present at least, to co-oierate. put it out, they have gone around pick-
The circular is headed, in large type: ing? pockets! with the going out of the
Ojt. 1 Surfer's Onnpliments, to the Ran- fmif it is. to be allowed to go ditt,) the op-
tier aitfi c mon ana jfri(W(." i u i ponunuy win cease, as me iiepuou-
point made is, that the"tacrand the
Union and American, two " Conserca-
can party lias been in power generally
in' the South, of course, most of the
Solicitor J. J. Martin, of the 2d Ju
dicial District, dealt the enemies of the
Constitution severe blows during the
recent campaign. He canvassed sev
eral of the Eastern counties, and wher
ever he spoke, the so-called Conserva
tive5 vote was decreased. With the
1 same men in the field next year, and
the same canvass, we will carry the
State by fifteen thousand. '
r! wwriMjiooraie"! newspapers about corruption has occured whilst it was
Nashville, after practicing corruption vpon guard. So far, it may be charged
to get iiossession of the public printing as responsible. Fortunately for the Dem-
at the assembling of the recent Legisla-1 ocratic party, it miased the responsibil-
ture, in the fait of 18f9, have been re- ityjincident to having been in places of
imbursing themselves for their outlay public trust ; and what could have oc-
in buying votes, &jc.I by most outrage- cured under its! auspices, can only be
ous fraud in their bills against the State gudssed at. a . !
For such guessing we are not without
dath which tend to a certain definite-
During the Convention campaign the
edition of T7te Meekly Sentinel was
about three thousand four hundred. If
we are not mistaken, the Weekly edi
tion at this time is about twenty-two
hundred. How is this? Did Mr. Tur
ner and the English Judge send out
twelve hundred copies of the Weekly
Sentinel gratis, every week during the
Convention campaign ? Shall we have
an answer?
A general election will take place in
Newfoundland in November next, In
order to test the feeling of the people
In reference to the abolition of the Li
quor; License law, as proposed during
the Lust session of the Colonial Legisla
ture. If two-thirds of the Inhabitants
of ahy settlement of the island favor
the 44 Newfoundland Permissive bill,"
the sale of spirituous liquors in that
locality will be legally 'prohibited for a
irm not less than three years.
for printing.
In deference to Colonel Baxter, and
in order that his many friends here
may have a reminder of the quality
which made him formerly respected as
a valuable citizen of this State, of pro
nounced, character, we give some ex
tracts from his Circular :
Editors of the Ciikoxiclk : The eneri?v
with which you have seconded tho efforts of
the 'Sew York Times to expose tho corrup
tions of tho city covernmeiit of New York,
deserves the hcarty.conimendation of every
honest man. . Don't weary of well' doing.
Corruption Is rife everywhere : it pervades
almost every department of tho Federal,
JState ana .Municipal ovcrnments. it is
confined to no particular party or locality.
It is a prcvelantin Tennessee as it is in New
York, and has been practiced by men prom
inently identified with and conspicuous as
leaders of both parties. ! a . . e
About tho asscuitjliiiir ol tuo ijejjrislature
in October, lb9, combinations v. ero
to control the public primmsr. 1
i
figures abs'o-
ness of conclusion, and to
lutly startling; for we know:
1 That members of that party,
al
though outsiders as topoVc,managed
to be the ringmasters themselves when
questions of the issue of New Bonds
were about! They inaugurated, and
manipulated the corruption, and pock
etteil the lion's share of the: proceeds:
",2 That the most corrupt government
in his country, and probably in the
world," is one that, uniformly, and
without let or hindrance, is, and for.
many years has been, controlled byl
tiiis' very Democratic Party ; we mean,
New York City! There the; species of
Who is the Office-Holder's
Organ?
mi
ine arrogance ana presumption o
The Raleigh Sentinel is only exceeded
by its ignorance and utter disregard o
truth. Unable to use argument to re
pute argument, its chief) and only
weapon of attack or defence has been
and is no billingsgate and - slander,
and that very often of such a character
as would bring the blush of shame to
the cheek of Brick Pomeroy. Fearina:
competition with a newspaper conduct
ed as a hightoned first-ciass journa
should be, Tlie Sentinel has persistently
endeavored to fasten the name of Office
holder's Organ upon The Era. In
stead of exposing the arguments' and
assertions made in the columns of The
Era from time to time, by sound argu
ment ami reason, ; the flimsy and ridi
culous charge that this paper is the
organ of Office-holders,is the breastwork
behind which The Sentinel hides, to
avoid tne deadly missies wnicn are
fired from Fort Eka. Sensible men of
the Conservative party see and feel that
they have been and are being disgraced
every day by the nauseating articles
wThich appear daily in the columns of
Brick Turner's Sentinel. We have heard
men not politicians but very excellent
gentlemen who vote the Conservative
ticket at every election, say,; that they
were very much amused at the edito
rials of Brick Turner when he first as
sumed the editorship of The Sentinel.
They enjoyed them very much for five
or six months,but the same thing every
Tlie Republican State Convention at
Jackson. Mississippi, adjourned Wed
nesday at midnight. Resolutions were
unanimously passed indorsing the na
tional and State administrations, favor
ing low taxations, a liberal and equal
free school system, ant I universal am
nesty! and nledcrinsr support to Gov-
ernor Alcorn in the coming , campaign.
Governor Alcorn made a' speech sta
ting that he removed the public print
ing from the Pilot for plundering the
public treasury.
A ilisjKitch from
Washington I
says
that Secretary Boutwell will, it is an
nounced, make two or three addresses
in Ohio durinir tlie canvass. There is
lHWcrful of these was that organized by the
proprietors of the Banner and the Union and
American, under tho name and style of
"Jones, Purvis & Co." But their arranjre-
ments and expectations were somewhat in
terfered with by the aspirations and counter
combinations of others, who, too, had
claims on no party. Public printing was
regarded by them as legitimate public plun
der, and they had been kept in tho cold for
several years and were hungry. Kepresen
tatives of the Conservative and Democratic
press were present from every division of
the State, clamoring for a share of the spoils.
requiring a goodidcal of political experi
ence and party tact to reconcile and adjust
their conflicting claims. But after . maneu
vers and counter maneuvers, the situation
was relieved by Jones, Purvis & Co., who
bought up enough of tho rival combina
tions to ensure to themselves tho coveted
prize. One editor Irom uast Tennessco
sold tho votes of three members of tho Leg
islature to them for money which they have
since paid. To another! from the Western
Division Jive hundred dollar was paid.
How much farther tho bargaining extended
the writer does not know ! but he has rea
son for believing that it involved othe. s be
sides the parties referred to.
. As a matter of course every ono privy to
such bargains expected tho parties (Jones,
Purvis A Co.,) to indemnify themselves for
the money expended by them in buying
ojlopposi ion, in some way not recognized
by law. The prices fixed by Liw lor tho
public printing, though liberal, afford no
such margin fr profits as to justify the pay
ment of large sum.3 of money to get a com
petitor out of tho way ; and hence it is safe
to conclude that tho" parties contemplated,
at the time, other sources ol indemnity ami
aemocracy is ratner oi tne sort Known r-.. , 1 . r ,
a formed r, , , . , , , x J nauseating, and that they never pick
.'he most as Southern. All through the late war . rp,,u jnffn nJy
its "head was level !" It was a rock
upoij which Republican wa'ves dashed
themselves to pieces in vain ! It was,
and is, the Demoeratie.star that never
sets ! It also was, and (more and more)
isj themost corrupt government , in
this -country, and, probably, in the
worlci : I
3. Tbl.
organs
i g;od drtil of eagerness to leam what
lie Will say alxiut the financial policy Of reimbursement for the money so expended
the country ,and it is felt that the views
he may give expression to will have
great weight in the coming political
contest. The country may be sure that
the Secretary will not advise Republi
cans to let tho 'elections go by default
this year in prder to prevent the renom-inatioir-of
the President next. All the
"stories that have leen circulated in re
gard tp any jealousy existing between
him and President Grant are exceed
ingly absurd, and no one laughs at
them with more heartiness than the
Secretary himself.
Tlie VInrinia Conservatives held
their State Convention in Richmond
!a?t week, conimencinj? on "Wednes
day, the S0th and adjourning nt night
the nejet day. .Thomas S. Bocock pre
sided.- The "new departure" was en
dorscd. Six colored delegates were re
ceived and seated amidst applause.
llaeh delecate was assessed one . dollar
for tl? campaign. Gen. Jubal Early
w:w highly incensed by tho admission
of the colored delegates, and left the
liall In dLgut. A resolution to invite
Gov. Walker to a scat on the floor was
tabled on the first day; but after con-
hultation tho resolution was taken
from tlie table and passed on tho sec
ond day. The Convention was well
attended. Some two bunded and fifty
!elegafcoM were present. Apian of or
ganization was adopted, ft State Cen
tral Committee was appointed, after
which the Convention adjourned sine
die. T
Tlie Southern Claims Commission
adjourned July 1st. Since that, time
there have lieen received at the office
in Washington, 1. C, thR thousand
additional claims These do not in
clude the cases taken by twenty-five
siA-cial com mission era In the Southern
Slates.1 The members pf the Cfcm mis
sion are at their homes busily empioy
! la making their reports on cases dis-
losed before adjournment. Judge Ai
tlis is at his homo in St Albans, Ver
mont; Hon. Orange Ferris Is at Glenn's
Fa!l., X.Y.;and Ex-Senator Howell
is at Kfokuk. Iowa.
The ominsLssion does not meet again
until the first of October. By that timo
Vvv thousand cases will Iiavo been ad
dinl to tlie list of accumulated cases.
The tiual dfcjosition of the ewes acted
upon is very tedious. Although a com
iH'teut titeiiogmphcr was euiployal to
(ake a full rejxirt of all the evidence of
femJ.the members each took notesind
without waiting for the vast amount of
testimony to be written up, are prewir
ing their rejrt with the facts before
them. " These will be sent to Congress
for consideration at the next session in
JJeeember.
by them, than the compensation prescribed
by law ; and it is equally true that a man
who will, contrary to law and pood moral.,
expend money to secure to' himself a public
trust, will, not hesitate to use hi position
for sinister and illegal purposes,. e a
Colonel Baxter here enters upon de
tails of calculations, showing the man
ner and the extent to which frauds up
on the public have been perpetrated.
These are omitted, as not having much
interest outside of Tennessee, The re
sults are , summed vp in other para
graphs inserted below.
Br such means not less than fifty thousand
dollars have leen fraudulently withdrawn.
from the public treasury, and taken too, at
a timo when tho peoplo were impoverished
bv war and oppressed by taxauon ; at a time
when the honest bona ride creditors were
being turned away from a depleted treasury
unpaid ana unsatisnea. llie amount taken
is enough to pay tho suspended interest for
twoX-ears on the Agricultural College fund ;
to maintain the judiciary of -Hast Tennessee
for about two years ; to liquidate the legiti
mate expense of the Incoming legislature
for the seventy-live days, allotted by the
new Constitution to that honorable body, or
defray the expenses of tho deaf and dumb
arid insane asylums fora period of nearly or
cmite two years. ' .
Others have plundered. 1 Know, but none
have for the same amount of work taken
anything like the same amount of "syrup"
that these gentlemen, nave taken. Their
peculations exceed.any and everything of
tho kind ever known in tho previous histo
ry of nublic Drintimr in Tennessee amZ
they know it. The amount of "composition"
susceptible or reasonable approxima
tion : the press work antLpaper of precise
ascertainment; and no excuse or extenuation
can bo offered for these parties, claiming to
be honest men and gentlemen, leaders of a
reat party .conductors of metropolitan jour
nals, professed guardians of public rights.
and defenders of ail public interests, famil
iar with their own business and thoroughly
competent to estimate ems, tokens and a-
vcr bat a concerted and premeditated fraud
on uie puouc treasury, x'anies capaoia oi
deliberately preferring an account, and de
manding and accepting pay for ojmj million
one hundred and sct-eti tliousaiid ems of com-
jositiont and claiming and receiving it four
tinc,when there were only sue hundred and
sixteen thousand ; charging for two hundretl
and thirteen tokens and or forty reams of
paper, wlien tliere were onl y seventy of the
Xormer and seventeen aiui a ImIj of the latter:
and who made similar overcharges for all
too work done by them, are unworthy of
their positions as central party organs, and
it will be well for tho party if it would su
percede them by gentlemen better entitled
to the publio confidence and respect. And
if thero is any one man elected to the incom
ing Legislature with capacity and courage
enough to grapplo with and expose these
stupendous frauds, I respectfully commend
the subject toh in careful consideration. And
to tho honest part of the press of tho State,
I desire to say here hi a held worth of your
highest powers, one In which you can etfect
much good for your overburdened and tax
ridden fellow-citizens. .
The system against which I have protest
ed, which recognizes the public printing as
party spoils, to bo 'seized and divided out
among a partisan press, must necessarily
corrupt the press, corrode tho fountains of
public intelligence, ana strike down every
thing liko purity in legislation conse
quences fatal to the republic and if we
would avoid them, it is time for every pa
triot to bo up and doing all he can to cor
rect the evil. ' Respectfully, Ac.,
' JNO. "BAXTER,
This is an honest piece of work I ' It
is a return to the old policy, by which
Baxter's circular is to the
same' effect," in showing that the at
tainment 'of power by tlie Conserva-
tivc-I)emocracy gives the people no se
curity against being plundered. ' Of
leaders of this party in Tennessee, he
says above: "Others have plundered,
I know, but none have, for the same
amount of work, taken anything like
the sane amount of 'syrup' that these
gentlemen have taken. Their pecula
tions exceed' any and everything of
the kijid ever known' in the previous
histor of public, printing in Tennes
seeajid they know it."
In tie meantime, we repeat that it
will le well for the public to regard
this,tile of corruption, which has per
vadedlXorth Carolina also, as an evil
of tne imes, and peculiar to no party.
treasures for meeting and putting it
down tm therefore be more easily con
certed and made effective." Let every
housekeeper, keep his " own house
clean !
Thanks be to Colonel Baxter for the
example ho ha. set in this branch of
domes jie economy J
THE RESULT IN IREDELL.
The fjptatesville American of the 21st,
sayj the falling off of the Democratic
vote In-Iredell, was "not forthe lack
of effort,on the part of Col. ?Armfield
and Campbell." But it wa3 the fault
"or th&peopfe t nemseives,- who believ
ing the:ies of the opposition voted No
Convention, or ingloriously: staid at
home.' ;
How is this? The "opposition" told
the people that the tax of fifty dollars Resolved,, the House of Representatives
..f t i -II, j. .r concurring,) That the treasurer be mstruci-
on the pne thousand dollars to pay the ed to pay to James H. Moore, contractor
up Brick Turner's Sentinel without be
ing disgusted with the old Holden and
Littlefield editorial, which has appear
ed every day for nearlyjthreo years.
Radicalism is rampant in every one of
Brick Turner's editorials, and impru
dence of t he grossest character has taken
the plcae of prudence and policy. Ap
peals to the baser passions have usurped
argument and reason. Billingsgate and
slander have mounted the throne of
truth. This iswrhy many Conserva
tives who have the good of their party
at heart, desire to buy out Brick Tur
ner, or commence the publication of a
Conservative paper, which will reflect
the sentiments of the enlightened and
civilized portion of the" Conservative
party, in language and style not unfit
for ladies and gentlemen to peruse.
'Who is the office-holders
Let us see. ! -
This paper does not suck the public
crib every week to the amount of sev
en hundred DOLiTjAK9,under !a resolu
tion of the General Assembly. Out
side of the advertisements of the State
Government and the U. S. Marshal,
every dollar that The Era receives,
is made by individual advertising and
private subscriptions lor tne paper,
Our editions, Tri-weekly and j Weekly
have exceeded our most sanguine ex
pectations. The People have respond
ed to our support: and to-day The
Era stands upon a Bock foundation,
.which the winds of the White 'Man's
Party and the billingsgate and! slander
of Brick Turner's Sentinel are harmless
to move.
Well. Now what about Brick Tur
ner's paper ? Can as much be said for
it? Does it receive its support from
The People, or does it suck its life-
blood from the public crib to the tune
of Seven Hundred Dollars per, week?
Let us see. On page 481, laws of 1870-
'71, will be found the following
tion:
Messrs. Warren and Jarvis ; it is the
organ of W. A. Graham, who speaks
of the murders of the Klan. as a "spe
cies of wild justice it is the orgarJ of
R. A. Shotwell, Plato Durham, Lee M.
McAfee, Hamilton C. Jones, and F. jN.
KYir the Carolina Era.
OUR STATE CONSTITUTION-SHALU IT BE
, .;r. " AMENDED. :, ; j
The people have rejected by an over
whelming majority, the Proposition of
5 enfW-called revolution-
SS to Si a Convention,for the purpose
ibis witi "yr. JtoinntivA features of
From the Richmond Whig, Aug. 17. j
ANOTHER GREAT POLITICAL SCHEME."
Honorable and Frank Avowal of what
to be . Attempted . when the Deniocruh
come in Rower Soutfiem Slaves to
Raid for, and the Money Divided with
the Conservative Uolorca oters.
Strudwick ; and lastly, it is the organ 0f abolishing the distinctive features ioj
ana apoiogizer oi ine xvu juua. iuu, uic "lUMW r:u r vAi. oi-icfnrrnrv.
who dis5ui.se themselves in tho hab ii- KSeSSedSSSS
ments of the Devil,' a,ul like cowanl. Sf6" this
ns thfiv art nrowl around, in the dark
r , jc - . . .. j
hours of the night, murdering old men
innocent women ami ehndren..J,or 'ST perfect teVor jeltototecUon, If not
being the organ of the men mentioned ffSJ Droceed from a Convention fldc'nt to control the action of the Gov-
K proitfon, both as illeg in thean- the
contenueu nun wy----
-The Southern States, under any fiir
apportionment that maybe adopt 1,.
will have twehe more than a third;of
resentation in uongress ana in
lnrtoral College, unucu and nar-
monions, this would constitute a poWer '
in this article, the Legislature mMe acins under the circumstances pf 18C8. ernment
AVe have common
of towering
Interests
and
.Jniiv nrtowerini? and onn.
provision whereby BricK Turner su?ks The worK wnicn it nuu w XiVin l mmWp nf tvji
ubHc pap-everywktotheamont tottaa tobtj. 4't&8r&
of seven hundred dollars, if he desires ,,lijr harmony, with,- what in and Vhite, into one solid mass for joint
e n. i,niiA4ttn I i i.innnhara i nmmri . Mnvprv riTiu nim
oi oiuuu-uuiucinijrc i ne lanmaoe oi natural, yimusiJ' i ana cumino" vnw... . ......
, and it shall stick to we may call, its environment or iu aDoIIshecl. Jna niavrry nus oee
'oulikethegheof srK
Kuklux Klan, whom """' wMAhuired besides novernn'ient ever confiscated .uH
I 1 1 Jil v . x - i
to do so. The organ
are, Brick Turner,
you; it shall haunt y
the victims of the
you helpel to murder by your editorials
It shall be: with you ,w hile you write
that same old editoral ; it shall be with
you when you . retire to your uowjny
couch, so recently feathered with nine
teen thousand dollars of public " pai
and when
the Kuklux
hot bourne
turns,' the
be inscribed
Office-holder's Onran alias Brick
Turner's Sentinel-Rsto perpetua.
The Conser-
porperty and of such magnitude ith
outcompensatioa to the individual. It
this. From the meeting oi tne uoaven- would DemonsiruusuHiuu.uuuH uum
rtV.;i;tr. fiT- mr t.hornt.
vative l'ress nowever wuuiu jiu,uu i out comicii3iivi
. t-k-. mantiner nf tllft Cohven- I t,rnn11 homnnsi
!,fr ife nrl if. denounced it. for r'nnspff.leflnd confound and jeopard all
mPfitinir at all. and for prolonging sits other rights. The blacks can bomadejlo;
meeting without necessity.. However have the same interest in this ngntastfio
fiifa ripnnnniation was. iu cuuiia i whitffl. me mariiui. viuuui uui pni n-
a I - - , . iL I . . . . 1 . .
you take passage on boird not fail of a certain eriect on "" erty at the otoiu. "Ai Tr ir
un Slf Tlivor "to tmat men, Kt;t'iii uyc t. ;-- i tUuiwcu .v vw,-, . r,.
. ! V- . t T T 1 W U If . 1LIIA 1 1 I IA. W ' I. . 1 T II. . KIIIII II I I V tlU A VV & J V ' ' u. wtr.
from whence nd traveler re- uiausible ground for attack upon J other half would console (i. e., bribe) the
word 44 office-holder" shall their work. Consequently there , swere i,iacks,tmd prove a far more substantial
on the Ud of your coffin. some parts of the new t uonsiituuuii, blessing than tne imaginary -me and
i s tavv nnnnrofi nnui 11 v Mini wiiir i mix nrwna rr i a ri f i ' i
NEBRASKA CONSTITUTION.
The Convention to frame a new con
stitution for the State of Nebraska,
whichf has! been-in session ibr
wMoh YVPsrandoDted hastily and with-1 n nres of land." i -
out sufficient consideration.- In, some we have no idea of ; pressing this rU
cases the substance of a provision! w&s lamation at the present - time. But at
not properly considered, i in others the S & shot in our locker, which we afo
lsmo-nno-fi is not clear. This has been unwilling to surrender, and would bo
fully confessed by the Republican party ready to .use whenever opportunity
- from the beginning, and not the less presents itself. A Southern Conference,
some
a
time past, adjourned sine die on Satmr-j
oonriiriiv in thft late camDai&riu. rne
able and ingenuous address of the Ex
ecutive Committee states this, j t :
Tho rnstitution has certain minor
day the 19th ult. The Constitution fauits : we all admit it ; these faults the
is to belsubmitted to the people for rat- Republicans - say were chiefly caused
ifiMtinn rcMmn nn f he thivA Tnfs- bv the precipitation witns wincn i tne
day of September. In addition to the
Constitution, there are several articles
to.be submitted, and to be
separately,
ted are :
I. ' That
he Legislature may by-law
is
either the coming y Inter or at sonje
future time,can arrange tne programme,
the mode, measure,and time for urgiiig
this claim. We would not hurry it it
is a permanent bulwark and source f
safety and harmony to all tho distracted
elements ot soutnern society. v nen
fiver the siernal is civen it will bring
white and black together, shoulder to
shoulder. The North sold their slaves
and pocketed the money, arid then con
fiscated the slaves of the South, for
what they pretended : was the public
Conservatives drove us to act. J They
are mostly of language, producing an
uncertainty of construction. But wheth-
voted on I er they be of substance,or of expression
The articles to be submit- only, , the RepuDiiCiins , are ;Wnnng to
correct them, or to present tnem ito tne
people for correction provided always, g00(i. They must pay for it. It is 'only
thflt tllP Chflnfrft shall llOt impair m the I n nuni'nn nnrl flimirrll wn flfn
require that every child between-eight least degree, the inalienable and essen- white and black, very poor, wft arcv
nnrl sivfnpn vpnrs of no-p. unless pfln'ra- tialeaualitv of all free, men without y,nf
mTn.f lent- i "
ted by other means, shall attend a pub- distinction of race, or color, in political k They turned the poor blacks out 6 f
lie school for some definite time in each Anv changes Which shall impalir
year the term to be fixed by law ; rights of our colored fellow-citizens :
and may establish, as a part of the or, which shall impair the homestead I wnrtri: The hlrft mnf. he thihI flr
common school system, reformatory and. personal exeniption rights under tneir confiscated home and right to .
institutions.
Those provisions we consider as dis
tinctly a part of the Great Charter .of
our liberty,1 and as -inviolable, and un
questionable, as any other the most
sacred in the Bill of Rights. 1
Subject however to this exception,
we consider the Constitution open to
fair criticism and reasonable amend
ment by the Legislature ; and the Re
publican party will co-operate j With
any and all persons in introducing into
mi T - - - 1 - A 1 11 T I . i " 1 -m -m i (
Aiiu ljegisiaiuro snaai provide, it reasonaoie and proper ciiangesj
Further than this : I consider it the
duty of the Republican party, it being
the one, which, notwithstanding, the
accidental - and temoorarv imaioritv
against it in the present Legislature,
unquestionable possesses the confidence,
of a great majority of. the people, to
propose such changes either, in form or
suoslance as are rnanifestly wise and de
sired; and to suggest for- consideration
and discussion, such others as may
seem to individuals, to De proper, out The Richmond Whin of Tuesday con-
ue veruieiess, aumit ei qouoc -and oi a x . - , . , .
fair difference of opinion, i X i tams an account, of a , brutal murder
Perhaps it may be thought by omtj, committed across the border, in Wilkes
that by thus anticipating discussion in county, "North Carolina, a few days
.'IST.SSteSS circumstances of which
Vrr1T PoroinlirT 1, n n r... U I are IlOt
II. That no municipal corporation
shall subscribe or loan its credit in aid
of any railroad or private corporation.
III. Each stockholder in all bank
ing corporations or associations shall
beyidividually responsible to its cred-
br all debts accruing while he
stockholder, to three times the
itors,
was a
amount of stock held by him.
by general law, for submitting to the
electors of counties, cities or towns, the
question or' inhibition" or "license"
for the sale of intoxicating liquors. J
These are the four principal articles
to be submitted to a direct vote of the
people. I . :
Nebraska has been a State but a short
ime ; butso rapid has been her growth,
and so.varied her industrial institutions,
hat changes in her Constitution were
required to meet circumstances not fore
seen a few years. ago.
Vinnp nnrl hnmp. with the. dehlSlVtv
tne I nrnmico nf a , miilp nnrl 40 nrrns nf IniKl.
and left them to the cold charity of the
tne constitution, tne itepuoncan party nrnft!on. But. as alreaxlv stated.- w'e
cannot consider open ; to discussion 5 r nnt lirov it nt. the rreent. time. Wrf
- . mm I UiV m mmv W A w n-m" mr mrm a V wa W mmmvw
however, are unwilling to abandon i,
or jeopard its recovery by disbanding
an independent ''party organization .
That independent party ' may save us
when all other expedients shall f;iil.
Gen Grant himself might bo willing to
achieve a re-election by according to us
all and more than we ask. At any
rate, it is the best trump out, and if ju
diciously played may win tho game.
The weather is too warm for elabora
tion. Hints must suffice. yViso men
can take and ponder them ; and if
there bo good in them, like bread cast
upon waters, it win return to dicss us
alter many days. . .
-mm . i.
REMARKABLE DREAM VERIFIED.
- i, - - , . , , .- If' "
A Lady Murdered and Her House Roh-
bed--A Husband's JZengeance. j
CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST.
Tho ac-
. Conscious of its own decreasing influ
ence and rapidly diminishing circula
tion, The Sentinel has endeavored to
create the impression that Tim Eka is
gratuitously distributed throughout
the State ; that its subscribers are a myth;
that those who would subscribe need
not, because it will be sent to them
gratis. , If such stuff as this is relished
by the readers of The Sentinel, it is all
right, and we make ho objection.
A few days ago The Sentinel informed
It at last, must decide on what arherid-
are not- a j little remarkable,
count is as follows:
ments shall be, approved and; submit- - It, appeal's that a gentleman, resul
ted to tne people. The object of all is mg in. that county, a lew days previous
a fair and full discussion. The action to the murder, , sold to a neighbor jv
01 ine AssemDiy must oe at last sub- tract ot land, for which ho received
mitted to the people, and theyj will $1000 in cash. Business calling him
discuss it. It is better, at least it
not disrespectful to our Legislators,
one of the people think.
With these views I
is away from home soon after, he left thiv
to money with his wife, and on returning
let them know before hand, what apy he stopped over night with a friend"
the public that eight hundred of its take the Constitutioa Article by Article,
subscribers had failed to pay their sub- cuumeuis wnicn x suggest,
scriptions ; that it was absolutely essen-
living some ten or twelve miles did.
proooseJwith tant from hi heme in f i nui.f
your consent, to present tb the riubiid dreamed thnt.
such amendments as it seems o ihe his house, murdered his wife and two
come within either 'of the above VI eJ ehildren stni
scriptions. For that; purpose II will ed his property, knowinn- thnt he h,f,i
left the money with his wife he became
uneasy and restless after his dream i
and suDmit under each suggested and requested a peddler who was stopt
change, very briefly, the considerations ping'at the housl with him tn nJSI
arrears to. pay up ; if they do not send
as lOUOWS:.- s, . ,1.4 .1 . Lsitti no- nt oK1Q .Vur ".
yrooiisn ey ne nad lett with his wife. lie and
interest on the public debt would not
be levied. Col. Armfield and Campbell
told them it would be. That this Con
servative Legislature would not do like
the Republican Legislature had done,
perjure itself '. They would levy the
tax. But tho American In another ar
ticle in the same issue speaking of the
subject f levying this tax says: "No
command in the Constitution can be
considered positive under the circum
stances ;" for no legislative body could
conspnt to ruin the people, and be par
ties to a crime of that magnitude. Upon
that score then, we think the people
may dismiss their fears. AVe think the
action ox tne legislature, alter giving
the go-by to levying a special tax for
State bonds, "will look to amending
the Constitution by legislative enact
ment &c." .
The American now says what the
'opposition" then said, tliat this tax
would not be levied. Armfield and
Campbell said it would bo. "Who lies?
Armfield and Campbell, or the Ameri
can. '.
Armfield and Campbell told the peo
ple that if they did not call this Con
vention, the Coastitution would not be
changed for one hundretl years. The
"opposition",', told them, that it could
and would be changed by' legislative
enactmentdiko the free suffrage amend
ment; The Americati, in this same
paper, says "the Legislature will look
to amending the Constitution by -legislative
enactment, in some of its most
objectional features, which will not fail
to receive the:-sanction of the people
and be incorporated into the I organic
law." So again ; we ask, Who
lies? Armfield and Campbell, or the
American.
tot the public printing, on the warrant of
the Auditor, a sum not exceeding: seven
hundred dollars weekly, out of any funds
not otherwise appropriated. - llatitied tlie
11th day of March, A. D., 1871.
This is the wreekly sum that the Leg
islature provided for . Brick Turner's
support. James H. Moore figures as
State Printer, because Brick Turner is
banned, and cannot hold office,' The
following figures, obtained from the
books of the Treasurer's office, Will in-
form the public how much of the
weekly allowance, has been received
by Brick Turner :
13th Feb.
18th
18th "
In TYinnw nnn their nnme will he orrZTJr ."'-."""i1?" Yr " W.
, vv, uiuw ui ouucnnienuent or inn i nor oi hoin z- i ,
erasedTrom the subscription books. If Works whenever such office shall cease fired upon the men nnd lHiiei I tiinmi
these delinquents do not pay up, about to oe requirea.Dy the public interest, f ; who turned! out to be the men to
eight hundredcopies of TheSentinelh&ve ' .Cm. The Conservatives have whom he had sold tho land, and from
been gratuitously distributed through- S'ihH $1000, , and
4.if o 4.' i 4.1 i. i cause it established new and unneces- n.1? son... .This is one of tho most atro-i
out the State during the whole time sary offices. The chanre vaq nhirS clous murders uoon record. nnVf KSJ
Mr. Turner has been editor. Having when it was first made, and is feo at what foul deeds money will lead, men!
scattered The Sentinel gratis far and present, yonsiuenng tne yery large lu wuiuiii. ; , ; . , , ., .,
wide, we cannot see the foree ofthea. Siu ;
i 1 C""1'. fciuaa - nuKTH CAROLINA ELECTION
w
tack
AilJl XA- tu us neglect and mismanagement I whieh
own statement, eight hundred persons seems to have attended some of them
23th V '
ilth March,
18tn "
25th "
25th "
1st April.
1st "
11th
loth "
22d "
22d "
27th
3rd May.
5th "
13th "
18th
19th
20th
25th
27th '
According
$ 1,630 49 30th May,
44 00;3rd June,
1,192 38 3rd "
625 ll7th "
840 60 10th
721 20 17th "
622 38 24th "
287 65!28th " . '
483 44jlst July,
26S 61 8th "
350 75!Sth M. .
have not paid their subscriptions ;
therefore, the paper was sent gratis.
558 65
94 04
57 50 22d
00
tt
31G 27
267 77
340 38
51 95
529 75
373 71
337 50
573 03
to these
1 10 00
150 00
589 49
450 00
673 56
580 29
605 41
81 25
696 51
450 00
i 613 49
I 9 50
564 77
526 24
1550 61
1st AucusL 600 00
5th " 98 21
12th 45 91
16th " ,100 00
19th " - ! 79 15
2d Septeinher, 500 00
2d " 147 85
15th
15th
29th
own statement, eignt nunured persons seems to nave attended some of them, The ex-rell nf ivwn. n r,
to whom The Sentinel has beensent, owhich the Albemarle and Chesapeak vear jLwk ' 1-l,a' H
viuai, uiu various river navigation anq. U,. major-
improvement companies, Land-the in- lty 011 tho popular vote, elected five!
terests of the State on Deep River. mv out of seven memhn , j
The ingenious thought of charging be cited as instances-it was eminent- large majority of both hnulr iu
that The Era is gratuitously distribu- Tu to provide some Legislature' and with hio ,
at. i f . . officer to keep the Assembly informed , s Bmiure,ana ufth this control of the '
ted in large numbers throughout the to tho condition of thee mSSSl General Assemblv . " " 1 . :
State, when it is known that The Senti- ests. A man of ability and industry Peach and depose the Renublienn n!"t
net has been gratuitously distributed would find such an -office no sinecure, ernor. ITohifln rvu A uo-.
and would mucn more than earn his en 11 n ww 7 1 was lo'
salary. But it is certainly possible that Constitutional Convention for the)
at somfe future time, the fttai .o. purpose of chancrinn' fho vs!.U !
gests that so adopt the policy of seUinir out its estate stitution under wh! cx " ! !"i
much dependence is placed upon the in all such works ; and in such case; the mitted into Union ami i
umw wouiu iwome useless.' l it seemsJ one nftOT ' uw
therefore, only a wise foresight to ienaJ J Ku IUux pattern. The
ble the General Assembly, to dispense; PPosdion led to. an exciting contest
with it, if the contingency shall oecur. &Jrhi,ch the ex-rebel Demoev
A . -W i ' 1 llll I II Tn r mm a 4. - a "-.7 I ' 1
rV;; VEtl Power to carry tlieir .
by the thousands for two or three years,
did not originate .with Sir. Turner. A
friend at our elbow
SllP-f
ot
prognostications of: the noted English
judge Of elections, who has the honor (?)
of being Associate and Local editor of
The Sentinel, that he must be theauthor
of the charge referred to. Considering
the reputation the English judge made
by his prophecies concerning the result
In subsequent issues I propose to eon-; . tleiT utm
tinue my observations. :-; j I R. 1 P.01nt out in a
P- CSS Tar thellepub
I ;; trf SfiLiem WW maiori-
II ml vmm, biiij A I r t im. t -m v g- v r.
The prices paid by Robert Bonner r! 7 ever cast inv
-h rl mi .
of the Convention eleetion. it, is mere tne collection of renowned horses whlr-h lty had vnterl f,!ii..;. " u majoi-
--7 i " v 1 r i . - - w-m, ivi ixii 1 1 mr i no rr v.:.
f ,s ad secured
j Jiiumners of it
redppted the present
aims nard-fnno-i,f iT " rrr'r
nhnnt " V" and tnuill-
ficans , are VCS tI,at the lpub-
i!S??J' .V16-. stronger party orthe
this amount from the State, it might have recently held several large meet- Everett, $20,000; Joe Elliot, $10 000-H forth t w i Sarolina w"en they put
This election removes
! The Old North State printing ofiice,
at Salisbury, is offered lor sale on the
ICth of September hy.Thos. J. Wilson,
Trustee.
figures, Brick
Turner has received on account of tate
i
rinting and binding, the enorinous
sum of jNineteen Tnousand uoiiars.
If The Era had received one-half of
W J
very truly be called the office-holders'
organ ; Jbut having received, as we
stated before, no patronage from the
U. S. Government outside of the ad
vertisements of the TJ. S. Marshal, and
a few from the Executive Department
of the State, the title of office-holders,
organ rightfully belongs to Brick jTur
ner's Sentinel. It is the'organ of our
tyo Deputy Excellency Governors,
fHfin Trrklit.iKTe flint1, mil frinn1 id vir14- his stable contflin. iam shitel W U
v...vw x...v ivMuwugm. r- " T J blx il tr rt" . i "WUriXl 1 IliaiOrl-.
jieman, who is said to have received re-adont fl!1"8 of ltan(1 would liavo
Tim "rrt... vi- Ills lntormation from hiarTlAnnnt0 rm..J. "!c lJ!H-'Ilt COnsti tntinn
- I Hui 4- rt . . . n r .- 1 I M - L'i .
vote with the Democracy of that State, iSSSSR-SSS-' HKS?
nuuiUr City i thousand voters. They lantern. lb.i)T nS? WW
I -r. . . ' . ' , ' , VWWV IAAi.
meet- Everett. ttTHi' Tno T.-iif U. .
ings and pledged themselves tp aid in Lady -Rilmer, $3-5,000; Starr, $20,000:
securing the election of honest- men to "lWLi" lotai, 7a,ooo.
the various oflices in the gift of the
people. The Ring which controls the
city and State are denounced as a set of
thieves and rogues. Unless the Demo
cratic State Convention sustains the
Germans in their efforts to put down the
Tammany thieves.the State will lie car-?
ried by the Republicans.
-A school master in Bridgeport,Cbnn.,
who asked a smali pupil of what I the
surface of the earth consists.
promptly answered, "land and water,"
varied the question slio-htlv tho i
iiAigub uu impressed on
-T J
lina from tho U"i'S.
A. Genrcio rJn f . '
that I the ud In thft . . "o-oall broko
the boy'I brokene8oy0hpSf ,ne ,? V"
m ,1a ToX,i .i jy,y)y put out, one law imie-
' 7 " .-mmm mr UU ALl ill I lLU I linn An.Ul A
and water make?" to which came tho
uWiTOponse,"iviud. T the pbMldana ithinv w1
soon aa