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THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF NORTH CAROLINA. ADDRESS OF THE Central .Executive Committee.; To the People cf North Carolina : r The Excculire Committee of the . Dem ocratic Conservative party of this State, after consultation among themselves and wi;h many friendi from different parts of the State, familiar with public, sentiment, have deemed it necessary and proper that the Central Executive Committee shall address the people m reference to various topics f public interest, and particularly constitutional. reform in this State,. The Central Committee, therefore, feel espe daily called upon and instructed to sul mit t the people such views and to sug gest such measures ot reform and relief as. in their judgment, are calculated to pro mote concert ot action and the general wrif are of the State, j THE CONVENTION ELECTION. The result of the election in August last, although adverse to the call of a Convention of the people, cannot be re garded as an expression of popular appro val of many of the leading provisions of the nrcsent State constitution ; for all par ties, with scarcely any dissent, recognized and conceded the paramount necessity for a change in the orgauicjaw in several material particulars. - . i Nor can the result of, that election be properly claimed as a party success or dej leat The issue submitted and passed upm was not a parti issue, although great efforts were made by interested persons to make it such nor was it so regarded or treated by thousands of democrats and Conservatives who voted against Con vention.' That election turned on colla. teral and iiumeterial issues, most of them suggested and pressed upon public atten tion by the great body of the office hold ers of the State, who apprehended that a convention if called, would turn them out of office. The office-holders of the State generally opposed the call; they freely used money and other appliances to defeat it. The colored people were made falsely to believe that a convention would deprive them of their freedom, or grca:ly nbridge their political rights. Thousands voted against the call because they feared armed interference of the authorities ot the federal government and another war other thousands voted against it, because they apprehended some unfriendly inter ference with the present homestead pro vision, while some believed the call as made was without the sanction of the constitution and revolutionary ; so that, wo repeat, the election turned, not in favor ot or agains any political party, nor upon the real merits of the issue submitted to the people, but upon many collateral con siderations. METHOD OF AMENDMENT SETTLED. The majority against the propoed call for a Omvention, though comparatively mea-re, settles adversely tne proposition to amend the Constitution by a Convention of the people, however proper and desira ble that method of amendment may be. It settles it, because the radical members of the Legislature, at the behest of their party, unanimously refused to vote for the call of a Convention of the people by thp Legislature. Such a cdl cannot be made without the votes of at least a few of thcin, and they ana their party tuus assume my grave responsibility of preventing the pea pie from amending and reforming their organic law. ? The only remaining method of amenU ing the Constitution is by legislative enacts ment. Although the Constitution operates onprchsively in many respects, and some of its provisions preclude all hope of general prosperity while they continue in force, " ' i n..n;rtiir i ! ttntv of cverv rrood citizen to seek relief from such eviU by the legislative mode, however slow and un satisfactory, in the present emergency, it mav be. We venture to hope that the members of the Legislature will, when they assemble, at once agree upon this plan of relief, and we respectfully suggest that, in the meantime, the people give prompt and free expression of their wishes as to such amendments as they desire, so that the Legislature may be informed of the popular will, as. well as may I, m reference to constitutional reform. ' ( OUR MATERIAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND EDUCA TIONAL INTEREST OPPRESSED. ' That the material, industrial and edu cational interests of the State are in a ca lamitous condition is manifest to the com monest observer. There is now a direful incubus upon the state that deadens the energies of the people and destroys all of future prosperity. Every man has the distressing sense that he labors and toils in vain I ... These evils are not oing to any lack ot industry and persistent eflort on the part of the people. Ever since the late war thcy have walked assiduously, and thou sands have labored who never labored be fore. They . have lived economically. The soil has generally yielded good crops and fair prices have been realized lor them. Bat their earnings are gone I Where are they t Their desolated farms are not restored. The waste places are not built up. The greater number of the towns and villages are as decayed as at the clsc of the war ; many of them are in a worse condition. The destroyed manu factories, with but few exceptions, have not been rebuilt. And where, we repeat, are the earnings of our impoverished peo ple t They arc swallowed op in oppres sive taxation, to support a system of itate government essentially expensive, and a radical extravagance without a parallel in the history of a free people, - ( BURDENSOME TAXATION PUBLIC EXTBAV ' . AOANCE. Dunng the first two years under the present Constitution, $1,S07,5SO were colT kcted trom the people, and every dollar . of this vast sum was expended in the ad ministration ol tbo State government. an average of over $900,000 a year I .about ten times what it cost to adminis ter the government before the war ! There belonged to the School Fund, derived from the Land Scrip donated by the United States, the sum ot $122,000. This sum was invested mostly in "special tax bonds," and the fund is virtually lost. , These monstrous evils are the legitimate fruits of the workings of the present Con stitution and radical misrule under i The present organization fastens on the people a system of government essentially extravagant the township system alone making necessary auuu imw iuui.uw ' officers at an annual expense of from $300 000 to 400,000. It establishes a public debt amounting to $40,000,000 half of which is confessedly dishonest and - fraudulent, and which the people are un able to pay. "" "-. - ' MISRULE. FRAUD, FORCE AND THE SWORD. Under this organic law the people are Bubjected to an intolerable misrule at the hands of the radical party. By means of notorious fraud, force and the sword, that party had absolute control of the Conven tion that framed the present Constitution, that assembled under it ; and although the people were impoverished, this radical Convention and Legislature increased the' public debt from $20,000,000 to near $40, 000.000 in leas than eighteen months. Of this 520.000,000. less than $500,000 have gone into the public works or to the benefit of the people. This party placed, in office a Governor who absolutely suspended the Constitution and laws of the State ; he ar rested scores of innocent citizens '.without warrant or any authority of law j he bus pended the writ ot habeas corpus and defied the Chief Justice of the State ; he made his warrant from time to time on the Treasurer for large sums of money with out the sanction of law; he raised a law less and mercenary horde of desperadoes and armed them at the public expense to execute his despotic will. This party elected to the. State Convention and the Legislature scores of men notorious for their ignorance, licentiousness, dishonesty and corruption, who, at the behests ot their party and knavish speculators, in creased the public debt to the enormous sum already stated. This party degraded and disgraced the Judiciary by Selecting to high judicial stations men shamefully ignorant and corrupt, 'and others who have not scrupled to manifest tho most blatant partizan feelings while holding their offices. This party hav ruined the credit of the State they have blasted the hopes and prosperity of the people in the most shameless and defiant manner they have made every department of the gov ernment a by -word and reproach. I To es tablish the truth of these charges we need but point to the history of the State for the last three years and appeal to J the ob-. scrvationof every intelligent citizen. THE PRESENT CONSTITUTION. This Constitution and this party, with a radical, reckless and extravagant admin istration of . the Federal Government, make up the manifest causes of he suf ferings, poverty and ruin that crush the people of the State. The Radical party have brought upon us all these etils, and there is no relief from them but through salutary changes of the Constitution, and a change of our present rulers for others who shall le capable, honest, wise land pa triotic The present constitution is loose) illogi cal, contradictory and absurd in many ot its provisions, and it were well it It could be entirely re-written ; but " this is not practicable by the legislative mode of amendment. Action will be expedited by amending it in a few very important par ticulars, for the present, and leaving gen eral amendment to a future time. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS BUG 3 ESTED, In the judgment of the Executive Com mittee, the Constitution should at once be air ended in the following particulars: Section 6 of Article 1 should be so amended as to strike out all thereof that provides the inviolability of the public debt. Section 2 of Article 2 shoulrbe so amended as to provide that the legisla ture 6hall meet regularly every twp years, instead ot every year, and it should be provided that the members of the! Legis lature shall receive but $3 per day and 10 cents mileage, and such pay forpo lon ger a period than 100 days during their term of office. The office of Superintendent of Public Works should be" abolished. Article 3. Section 1. should bo so iimend- ed as the Governor and other officers. thpri'in mentioned, shall hold their offices but two yearn, instead of tour years, as now provided. Section 10 of Article 3 shoulc be so s mended as to provide that the.Gvernor shall nominate the officers therein men tioned, by and with the advice and con , sent of the Senate, unless otherwise pro vided by law. SI Article 4 should be so amended as to strike out sections 2 and 3, thus abolishing the Code Commission. ! Section 4, of this article should bj strick en out, leaving the Legislature tq regu late the number and style of Courts. In stead of five Supreme Court Judges, and twelve Superior Court Judges, tis now provided, there should be but ,thivc Su preme Court and eight Superioj- Court Judges, who shall be elected every eight years. Sections 11. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 26, 27, 28, 31 and 83 of article 4 should be stricken out and - It J should be provided that the judicial pow ers of the state 6hall be vested in one Su preme Court and in such Superioj Courts and inferior Courts as the General Asscm bly may establish. Section 4 of article 5 should be stricken out, thus striking out tho mortgage provi sion on all the property of the State for the interest of the public debt. Section 6 of article 5, should be so amended as to enlarge the class of exemp tions so as to include " stock and provi- Article 6, section 5, should be so amended as to provide that the persons therein rendered ineligible for office shall likewise be rendered incompetent to vote. Article 7 should be abolished,! except section 13, thus sweeping away the 7own ship system and leaving the matter to the Legislature. i Article 10 should be so amended as to provide that the Homestead provisions should apply to all debts alike, and it should be in fee that is absolute, Article 11, section 10, should be so amended as to provide that its benefits shall extend only to indigent persons. Article 14, section 7, should be so amended as to provide that no person shall hold any lucrative office under this Stats while iie holds an office under the! United StatTjf ' ' L , Seel 5 of Art 2 should be so amended as to abolish the provision for taking a census of the State in 1875, and every ten years thereafter. l - j We would suggest as a further amend ment, that Sec 5 of Art. 9 be so amended as to provide that the University shall be under the control of the General Assembly, who shall elect a Board of Trustees, of which the Governor shall be ex officio Cha!rman, and Sections 13 and 14 jot that Article should be stricken put : Other amendments ought to be made, but those . suggested , would relieve the people from the burdensome and extrava gant State government that now swallows up their earning?, and fastens upon them a State debt which they cannot pay, but of which they may easily so compromise and adjust the honest portion, as will reduce it within manageable limits. i ; CRIME AND OUTBADE, : We deem it worth while to notice in this address, that wicked and interested per sons unprincipled and violent radical partisans in and out of this State for sinister purposes, have sought to produce the false impression that the Democratic Conservative party have and do connive at and encourage the perpetration of crime and outrage. To this detestable end they have, wherever they could, prostituted the press, legislative and judicial proceedings, and resorted to every means within their power. Such imputation -is not only groundless, false and scandalous, but in famous to the last degree, and betrays a spirit of wickedness, we venture to assert, without a parallel in political warfare. The party which we represent has al ways and persistently condemned crime, by whomsoever perpetrated, and ha3 re peatedly gone out of the usual political course to denounce it, and urge upon the people the high importance ot peace and good order, and the duty of every good citizen to be active and zealous in bring ing'offenders to justice. ' ' The course - pursued by the unworthy persons to whom we refer is deeply to be deplored by all good men of every politi cal party. It is not only ignoble, but it tends to destroy the moral and legitimate effect'of the voice of the press, legislative 'action and judicial determination, for the suppression of crime their constant ef fort is to turn such matters to political advantage by giving them a political turn, land thus they produce the almost inevi : table conviction on the minds rf disinter ested! observers that the purpose of the pressj the Legislature and Courts, is not to suppress crime and outrage, but to 'manufacture political capital and advan tage from the crimes of offenders, and thus engender bitter feelings among their op ponents, destroy confidence in the Courts and bring them into disgrace and rn! tempt. We again urge our friends to set their faces .against violence and lawlessness of all kinds, and to be especially active in preventing secret outrages by disguised persons.: ' NATIONAL POLITICS. It is to be regretted that the people of this State have failed to take any very ac tive interest in national politics since the close of the late war. In our judgment this is unwise. Our people .are of the Un;on it is our government and to it we must IookJ as we have the right, for sup port and protection in our rights of life, liberty and property, at home and abroad we owe it allegiance and support, and it is a patriotic duty to yield these it is as much our duty to join our fellow-countrymen in shaping and controlling the policy and destiny of this great common national . government. We have all the rights that any of the American people have, and we are false tQ the country and ourselves if we fail ' to recognize, exercise and act 'upon theml The people have rights; let them cxercsc them firmly and respectfully, and When need; be, assert them as freemen and American Citizens in the councils ot the nation, in political assemblages, and every where. If we consent to be dwarfed and ignored nationally, then indeed, we may expect to be for alj time to come. CORRUPTION, EXTRAVAGANCE AND USUBPA- . ' --. ! TION. Our common 'country is subject to grievous political evils to which the com pass, of this address will allow us to ad vert very briefly, i . - , ; .Official corruption in high and low places; public extravagance; usurpation of great powers not conferred, but denied and prohibited by the Constitution ; high and oppressive1 tariffs which foster im mense monopolies ; the direct encourage ment and support of monopolies; prosti tution of official patronage to promote ' A? a.1 party, nscenaancy ; a Bjsiem oi laxauou which brings into active service in the in terests of the party in power, hordes of Internal Revenue officers who oppress, plunder and outrage the people of the na lion, and under which large surplus sums ot money are raised that ought to remain in the pockets of the people; a general system of espionage ; a suspension of the liberties o( the people upon the slightest pretext, in express violation of tho Con stitution ; armed military interference with the freedom of elections; a general system of official bribery and party favoritism in every department, and the administration of the affttirs of the government, are public national evils, the enormity, extent and danger of which can scarcely be measured or appreciated by the people subject to them. That these evils do exist is man ifest to everybody. The dearest, highest interests of a free people demand that they shall not close their eyes to such dangers too long lest the time shall come when they will find their form ol government changed in name as well as in lact, and their liberties lost. SOURCE OF PUBLIC EVILS THE "HIGHER ; , LAWn OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. 1 Most if not all these evils, are attributa ble to the' Radical or Republican party of the nation, to its doctrines, policy and practices, j It is essentially a party inimi cal and dangerous to the constitution and public and personal liberty. It is founded upon the despotic dogma that there is a "higher law" than the constitution ; it is emphatically and essentially a "higher law" party. This dogma is its life and soul, and it proceeds on the jesuitical max im, that "the end justifies the means." Hence it is, the Lead of this party, the president, does not hesitate to send the array to New York and elsewhere at the North, to this State, Texa3 and all over the South, in violation of the letter and spirit of the Constitution, to control the elections and prepare the way for his and his party's continued ascendancy, and his own election. Hence, too, we find him for like purposes suspending the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in a time of profound peace, arresting the citizen with out warrant or lawful authority, but only by lawless force. Hence, too, we find this party in Congress avowedly, , and in the most riotous manner, passing laws at one. time to oust the juris diction of the Supreme Court of the Union to prevent that great tribunal from declaring its acts and assaults on the Constitution unconstitutional and void,, at another time passing a similar law to pack" that Court with partizacs to alter a solemn decision already made, but dis tasteful to this "higher law" party, nence, too,- hundreds of other similar acts done by this party which illustrate the princi ples, policy and practices which we have attributed to it, and which if not arrested and suppressed, must result in the absolute overthrow of the system of government formed and handed down, to us by Wash ington and his compatriots. That such a party has been allowed to spring up on American soil is monstrous and alarming I TOE NATIONAL- DEMOCRATIC PABTT THE I ONLY OTHER PABTT. . -There i is but one other great political Earty in the country that is the National lemocratic party. , In our judgment, it is the patriotic duty of every lover of liberty and free government to co-operate with that great and powerful party to arrest the tremendous evils to which we have ad verted, and which .will, sooner or later, if not suppressed, destroy freedom and es tablish despotism and the sword. POLITICAL DUTY OF" ALL PATRIOTS, To accomplish this great measure of re form in our Bute and National Govern ments, we cordially invite the zealous co operation of every patriot, without regard to his hitherto .party affiliations. We . stand in determined opposition to the crimes and evils to which we have briefly directed; public attention, and we ask "all good , people . to stand with us, trusting that Buch common patriotic effort, through the blessing of God, may save us and our country from impending danger and ruin. ' ; V THOS. BRAGG. Chairman. ; :: - , A.-S. MERRISION, t " 1 M. A, BLEDSOE, ; , R. H. BATTLE, Jr., a ; ; : J. Q. DECARTERET, ) : C. M. BUSBEE, - , ; w. r. cox, . ' . . l j: J. LITCHFORD, 3 All Letter relating to Subscriptions or Advertisements, must be addressed to WM. M. BROWN, Business Manager, ' - : All Registered Letters can be sent at our risk. Subscribers receiving their papers with a cross X mark, may know that the time .for which they subscribed is nearly ou and unless they renew, after receiving three papers, with a cross mark, their papers will be discontinued. : ! u "W. "W1HIT-A.XCEIR - j- . - -Editor. THUBSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1871. Local, State and General Items. A movement is on foot to have Annual Agricultural fairs at WilsonJ Hon. Thos. Ewing died at his residence In Lancaster, Ohio, on the afternoon of the 26th Inst., surrounded by his family. ,1 Alfred Mackey, for the murder of John Stancil, at Cerro Gordo, was executed in nirimtwia rwwintv. last week. He 'made a full confession. Tho Richmond Enquirer boastingly an nounces the fact thxt one firm in Richmond received thirteen premiums at the late State Fair in Raleigh 1 -:y ,. V.;;: Mr. Moore, a brother of Judge Moore, ac cidentally shot, and dangerously wounded, a Mr. Pruden a few days since, while hunt ing near Edenton. A road-steamer, often horse power, will be on exhibition at the Weldon Fair, from the establishment of MessrsL V. E. Tanner & Co4 Richmond, Va. We feel much to be- thankful for, and we 6hall endeavor to observe the 30th of No vem berina manner becoming- the occasion. Gov. Caldwell's Proclamation will be found in to-day's Era. ; . ; ? Seeiotjs Accident. George Williams, son of our townsman, J. R. Williams, Esq., while out birding Saturday, was acciden tally shot in his hand and wrist, by his own gun. The wound is said to!bo very severe. Confessed. We are informed, says the Newbern Times, that one of the colored men, Chauncy Wise, now confined in jail, on a charge of arson and rohbery, has con fessed his guilt, admits that he did fire and rob the house of Mr. Mason, and that he a Afxl hv another Drisoner. Buren J ones. The last named stoutly denies any compli- ritv or irailt whatever. We learn tnau war rants have been issued for the arrest of oth- .f srmrosed cruiltv parties, in whose pos session some of the stolen goods have been found. I The Newbern Times rebukes the Golds boro' Messenaer. thus : "We regret to no tice many mean and ungentlemanly- allu sions to. Judge Clarke in jthe Goldsboro' Messenger. We much dislike entering into a controversy or engaging in a quarrel with a contemporary about any jindividual, but believe that to longer remain silent in rei erenceto this matter, would do ourselves an iniustice. We say to the Messenger, ston these mean allusions ; make an effort, when refering to a gentleman, to act more like one, and not use the paper as tne ve hicle of personal attacks." j Murder in Gates County. We learn, says the Norfolk Journal of the 25th,through a letter received from Gates: county, N. C, of an atrocious murder committed in that county Saturday night, 21st Oct. The cir cumstances, as far as we have learned, are as follows: Mr. Thomas E. Matthews, a merchant doing business near Gatesville, after closing his store on Saturday started with his wife for his residence, which is a short distance from tho store. Just before they reached the house four men suddenly appeared on the opposite side of the road, and each one fired at Mr. Matthews. All the shots took effect, and Mr. Matthews fell dead within a few feet Ofhisj horror-stricken wife, who, strange to say, escaped injury. A man named Wilson was arrested on Sun day on suspicion of being one of the mur derers. ' ; Packed Juries. Much has been said in Democratic newspapers about the juries being packed in the recent TJ. S. Court held in this city. If packed juries produces the effect of making criminals confess, then it would be well to continue the packing sys tem, for it is a notorious fact that many made confessions, and waived a trial and all who were tried and conyicted,have since confessed their euilt. We learn from relia ble authority, that Randolph A. Shotwell mn fpjuted before he entered the walls or tne Albany prison, and intimated that he could make revelations which would starue tne public as there are, (or was) men belong ing to the Klan not now even suspicioned. Wa ivkir of. nr rHsfant dav. for this vouner W " " " - J man Shotwell to puke, and make a clean breast. . TWvt win-fir ' TktxruT.T. TflOHTlIER IN UNITY., After some of the ever faithful under all circumstances," pronounced the most dam aging anathemas on the signers of the letter to Judge Bond, we are presented witu an address from the Democratic central torn mitteejsismed first by Thos.Bragg,as Chair man. in which address, we are led to infer tia cwrpt mMtin? was a love feast of MiA WW K7XS CD j Rainta. and that the ointment comparison, in which Aaron's beard is mentioned, don't beein to describe the good feeling and per fect understanding that prevailed, then and Out in the cold, with an everlasting hun gering and hankering after power, this meet- inff of oiled haired brethren, have tnmmea their sails to catch the popular breeze, and thus flV to the much coveted port..; The Republican party of jNorth Carolina know the track of the old fox wherever seen, and we have no fears as to the result of the next election, or of any succeeding election. No splendid summersaults, a la Stickney, of Robinson's Circus, will dazzle the eyes of our people, or divert tneir atten tion from the main issue, i in tne nursery rhymes of "Mad Pranks of Robin Goodfel- low," we say:. t " . UT7nnn1 ahrtnt Uttlft OnSS. OUlck And AIVIUAU V - , W . -nimble, . - ' . In and out, wheel about, run, hop, or am ble; . . Join your1 hands lovingly i well done, mu sfcaans!", )-''' ";; Yet, you will discover, that tlte Aood, in Via i!iTfl nf three dollars a day arid ten cents a mile." for members of, tho ILegisla tnre. will not sufSco to disguise the final aijns of the Democratic party. The Wilmington Journal announces the sudden death of Mr. Wm. J Love, in that city, on the 23rd Inst. , Candidate. We learn that Capt, Tucker is the ConservativeV candidate in Iredell county. Tor the House of Representatives, made vacant by the resignation of Mr. Hill. t Gov. Caldwell has pardoned out of the Penitentiary, RobL M. Salts, of Buncombe County. , The petition, setting forth the grounds for the pardon, was entirely satis factory to the Governor. J The Washington Chronicle of the 23rd says : "One of the clerks or tne ; uenerai Land Office created a ripple of excitement in the Department on Saturday morning by parading through the. halls attired In the paraphernalia of the ku klux. The hideous disguise was received from North Carolina by a clerk in the Land Office, and showed unmistakable evidence of having been worn on duty quite often. : ; T ' , . The Fair of the New Garden Agri cultural Club. Of this Fair, says the Greensboro' ratriot, which took place 6 miles west of this city on Saturday last, we can say but little, though we were in atten dance. ? : -:"'-' As the articles displayed were only num bered and not named, and as there was also a ereat deal of bustle and confusion, it was impossible for us to get sufficient informa tion to ,write such an article on the subject as we would wish to. The Fair, however, was a success and a credit to our county, even good as she is. In the Colored Convention, Columbia, South Carolina, the following preamble and resolution was introduced by Mr. White, of S. C, and adopted. We commend it to the careful consideration of our colored friends in North Carolina: - , "Wtrirniria in unmn .UHtions of the South designing partisans are endeavoring to pro mote a teeiing oi aoscora among mo t-uwieu people, and are using every effort to induce them to leave the land of their birth and emigrate to Liberia and other ; foreign sec tions ; therefore, be it ' t " - z...r.. TV,ot tVita Pnnwentinn do denrfi- cate any such movements on the part of the colored people of the South, and regard this effort as emanating from a few nnscrupu lous and irresponsible men y enemies to the colored race, who are working for political purposes, without any regard to the politi cal or social welfare of the colored people." Ivf isled bv desisminsr politicians, many of the people of the West connected themselves with the Klan, engaged m acts ofcrime,ana now. to save themselves from a term of im prisonment, sacrifice home and early asso ciations, to seek hiding places m tne remote corners of Kansas. An official of the Gov ernment, informs the Pioneer that the coun ty of Madison will lose a large portion of its population in this way. "Mr. Bayless Ray wto recently returned from Tennessee,says he met a party of them, numbering fifty cr sixtv. who told him that their intended destination was Kansas. From sixteen to twenty, who were hiding out, have come in and .made confessions before T. S. Deaver, U. S. Commissioner, among them a minis ter of the Gospel. The complicity of this professed follower of Christ with midnight assassins and scoursrers, seemed to astound him, but we reminded him of Judas.and he held his peace." ; !waxing Warm. Our clever neighbor of the Carolinian exhibits considerable tem per in consequence of the means adopted by M. ' the President to crush the Ku Klux in boutn Carolina. We don't entertain the opinion that the Carolinian would defend or apolo- piza for the outrages committed by these marauders and murderers therefore no such charge is made or intimated, but is it nbt possible that the article is too highly spiced and unnecessarily severe without the evidence that no cause existed to . warrant the President in his course? What motive had the President? Surely, none of a pqr litical nature, for South Carolina is Repub lican by large odds. Wait awhile ; and we venture the prediction that there will be men found like our own Bragg, Strong, Battle and olthers, in South Carolina who will become convinced, and proceed so to declare. " ' ". - "f But. martial law, in fact, does not rule in certain counties nor has the writ of habeas corvus been suspended, only under certain circumstances; the Civil Courts may yet trv. if thev are allowed to do so. The Uni ted States throws her arms out to protect Civil authority, and we think the President has only acted too late he should have act ed at an earlier day. : I Reflection the "sober second thought" will. w trust, chanse or modify the bitter ness manifested ;by the Carolinian, and cause an abandonment of the war-like spir it in its article of Saturday last. - .. ' ; Politics and Hatred. We long to see the time when Editors can give an impar tial report of the proceedings in a Court or Justice when political hatred will no lon rrer be mixed up with facts, and when the common reader may look over his morning paper and believe that what he reads is truth. Unfortunately, much that is written and published now, by the press or tne op position, is couched in such questionable language, that few are disposed to credit it. .We are led to these remarks, from reading in the Goldsboro' Messenger a report of the proceedings of Judge Clarke's Court, in the county of Greene. It is cnargea, at tne ex pense of a Mr. Hearsay, that in a criminal trial before his Honor, Judge C, that the Judge endeavored to rule the evidence in favor of the prisoner and that his charge tr thA inrv was one-sided leaning in favor of the accused. This is not the character of Judge Clarke, and we are free to express pur opinion that the charge to the jury was strictly in keeping with the evidence, and the law, and we regret that the .' Messenger should lend itself to publish sucn an attach upon a Judge of the Superior Court, merely tinnn th uncertain information ot hearsay. Character is more valuable than gold or silver and if the charge against Judge Clarke be true, he has forfeited his charac ter. Knowing this, we assert, we do not De fieve he acted contrary to his sworn duty, as a Judge. ' Then, the assertion of theJlfe- senger is an assault in the interest oi tne kn klux Democracy, unwarranted, uncaii ed for. nnarenerous and will fail in its de signs, as it will recoil upon the heads of those who fight with any weapons in order to gain political position. That our readers may see the article upon which we have commented, we copy as roi lows : " ... . j , The case was ably argued by the counsel on both sides ; but, we learn, especially by His Honor, Judge Clarke, who took every occasion to rulo evidence in favor of the prisoner. The Judge's charge to the jury we hear, spoken of an a rather .one-sided auair, Raleigh " Markets. JmV "Wholesale prices, 'corrected tei-wbbklt by., J, :01V &? MORING, Grocers', find Commission Merchants : rh Corner ,Wihnington and Martin Sts. COTTON per fl.. - v : -r.-r - 17 CORN per bushel, f J - : -f - fl 10 OATS per nundreo, i - - - .. FLOUR North Carolina Family, - 8 50 FLOUR Baltimore Family, ; - - 10 60 BACON per B.. - ! - - 1011 SALT per sack, ; - f - ' ; 2 75 BAGGING - - - MOLASSES Cuba, new, , - 44 ; ' Sugar House, - - 30 COTTON TARN ' w - 1 CORN MEAL per bushel, - .- - ,1 15 : XletAil Xrice. - ' CORRECTED TRI-WEBKLT. BY : MARCOM & ALFORD, Grocers . and Commission Merchctnts, : I1 : Hargett Street APPLES-dried,' - r - green, - r -BACON Baltimore smoked, . . . i .1 3$ 5 00 1 50 11 (o 12 ;? j" unsmojteu, . : . ' strips, -:."- . i shoulders, - . -5 N. C. Hams, - -TtTTTTF.Tl ner ft. -. 10 12J 00 16 25 25 6J 22i 181 11 00 10 20 30 30 7 30 20 BEESWAX per E., - . -BEEF on hoof, - - ! - UOJfU Jfiis per id., - - f!HP.F.SF nsrlh.. -! - COTTON YARN peri tale, 1 a 1 1 1 50 00 1 2QL 20 ra UUlvN per Dusnei, i- . -CHICKENS per piece, -EGGS per dozen. - - - 00 25 25 FLOUR per bbL, - 8 00 g)ll 00 vuwiaxL per iuu ids., i H AY per 100 ths., - - i HIDES green, per R., - - I dry, per lb., - I -HERRINGS, N. C per bbl.j LEATHER per lb., - - T.ARTl nfir lb - 1 w (gl 75 1 00 05J i 0G 10 12J 7 50 8 00 SO 40 15 a 20 MOLASSES per gallon, MEAL per bushel. 33 50 20 1 25 65 80 00 1 00 00 0 00 85 1 00 80 1 50 20 00 16 161 15 00 12J 00 75 3 00 7 10 40 60 - 1 OATS per bushel, - i - "U per 100 lbs., ONIONS per bush., -POTATOES Irish, per bush., PEACHES per bushel, -SUGAR crushed, - - i - extra C, - .; t :. - : -p.r., - - i Uj: common, SALT per sack, - . - I ' - -TALLOW per ft., VINEGAR per gallon, i , . Cotton IVIarlzets, b : CORRECTED TRI-WEEKLY' BY GEORGE T. STRONACH, ; Dealer in Cotton and Naval Stores M "; Market and Martin Streets Receipts at Raleiffh. - - - 100 bales. For shipment from Raleigh, For storage, . - . - -Sales yesterday, - - j -i'l I quotations: Ordinary, - r Good ordinary, Low middling, Middling,.' - 16317 New Advertisements. A i PROCLAMATION l By His Excellency, the Governor of J I : Kortli Carolina. : Day of Putlic Thanksgiving, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1871. Whereas, It is meet and eminently pro- per that tne people oi a grqat omw suuuiu return heartlelt thanks to ! Almighty God frvi. ha manr TritrllfifrPS and bleSSin&TS VOUCh- safed unto them through his infinite mercy and goodness, and oy nearaen; prayer nu supplicition to ask lor a continuance of the same: -; . " ;-. ;. Vtmr thafofni-a T Ton R. OALDWBLL. Governor of North Carolina, in obedience to law, and in conformity with an honored custom, do appoint and set apart THURS DAY, the 30th day of NOVEMBER, 1871, as a day of solemn and public thanksgiving i. i . 1 J 3 T" J3 A . Anil w and prayer in tnis state; anu x uo eiuiicow invo tho piArirr nf all denominations in the State to open their respective houses of worship on said day ana to cau upon mei congregations to humble themselves at the tha fJrfiat.JAhnvah and render unto Kill V w-.-w-- ' ' Him praises which are justly due, and to invoke for themselves, their State, and their whole country His divine guidance and protection mrougnout au luvuio uutu. Tnnf at the . Citv of Raleieh. on this tho 28th day of October, A. 1871. t t By the Governor: j Governor. J. U. JN EATHEBT, t i j Private Secretary. 61 td. XTORTH CAROLINA, Superior Court Lt Granville uountt. j jcu z, kw. Horace II. Rowland, Adm'r of Benjamin Wood, deceased, Plaintin, . y 111 : ' " against - Edwin G. Cheatham, Alexander Cheatham, Isham J. jneatnam, j. uneaiaam, xjuuy Bobbitt, Catharine Rowland, Matta W. Rowland, Jane Barnes,: Parthina, Barnes, Rebecca Burrows, Tabitha Kittrell, Dan iel A. Paschall, Ella Reavis, Richard Tay lor, Rosa Kittrell, (now the wife of Thom as Stone,) Lewillyn Kittrell, Allice Wags laff, (now the wifdof C. W. Callis,) James P. Paschal Anderson Paschall and the heirs of Polly Higgs, dee'd, not known, Defendants. , Tf onnMiHnff t- th Court that James P. Paschall, Anderson Paschall, and the heirs of Polly Higgs, deceased, whose names aro unknown to the plaintiff, are not resi dents 1 of this State, it is therefore ordered that publication be made ror tnem in tne rtr.i-sn TT'vn a newRraner nnblishedin the city of Haleigh, for six weeks successively. notiiying tnem to do anu appear wiuio w Court at the Clerks office in Oxford, on Tuesday, the 5th day of December next, then and there to plead, answer or demur to the said petition s otherwise the same will be taken vro. confesso land heard ex parte as to them, i 1 . - s '. V, x W ltneS8, aivin xei,ts, uiw at Oxford, the 24th OctoberlSJl. - ; w.6w - of Granville County. NORTH CAROLINA, Superior Court Granville County, J 1 Oct. 24, 1871. Emily Peace, Sarah Kittrell, Nancy C lllgnt ana Augusune uauuw, id. William IL Kittrell, 4 :r " :; - against , " ---; : - Martha Bryant. Petition to divide Land. Tf snnMrintr tA the Court, that Martha Bryant is not a resident of this State, it is 1 3 L. . l- ml Vvl t - tnereiore oruereu. i-uo vajui bjuu jiuu" cation be made in the Carolina Era, a new oTif nnTkiiahArl in tho ritv of Raleich. for six weeks successively, notifying the said defendant to appear oeiore tne ier oi Superior Court lor said County of Granville, at his office in Oxford, on Tuesday the 5th day of December, 1871, then and there to plead, answer or demur to the said petition, in tMa otherwise the same will be taken to be certified and heard ex parte as to ner. .'''' Witness, Calvin Betts, Clerk of said Court, at office in Oxford, the 24th October, 1871. i C. BETTS, C s. c, , w.6. !''" i -71 of Granville County, r M ANHOODt ! How Lost I How Restored ! last Published, in a Sealed Enrelope. " Price 6 cts. 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' ' ' It appearing to thev satisfaction of tho Court, that the Defendant, Rufus Harrison, is a nouTfsiucun www - Carolina: It is ordered, therefore, by. tho fi,--f (Kaf nnhllMtinn bo made in The VVUita " -" Raleigh Era, weekly, for six weeks, sum moning the said Ruius Harrison to be and appear at tne onice 01 mu vier. u wo du perior Court, for the County of Wake, at tho Court llouso in liaieign.on or uwuro mo 8th Monday after the 2nd Monday in Febru ary, ls7Z, ana answer ma cQiuwamw ujo Pfaintin; which is file4 in the Clerk's office, or Judgment will be rendered against him, Witness, John N. Bunting, Clerk of our said Court, at office, this the 20th day of October, A. D., 1871. - L. , w6w. J. N. BUNTING, aerk. J)OQRS, . ; ; ; SASHES, l BLINDS,; ENAMELLED, EMBOSSED, : GROUND AND CUT GLASS, i A largo and well assorted stock of the above goods constantly on hand at the low est rates. Order work promptly attended to. 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