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1
The Presidency.
The National contest for the Presi
dency which takes place every four
years, will occur on the first Tuesday
of November neit. A National Con
vention of the Republican party will
prolmbly be held sometime during the
month of MayJ The question who
Disgusted!
For the purpose of shielding the ku
klux murderers of South Carolina from
justice, Gen. Wade Ilamptonand other
representatives of "Southern ehivalry,"
assessed each county, in their State, to
fee lawyers to defend ku klux who are
now being tried by Judge Bond at Co-
hall be our next President is one of j lumbia. Quite a large sum was raised
momentous importance. Wo take it
for granted that the Republican nom
inee will be triumphatly elected. Our
fit choice Is ULYSSES S. GRANT.
Vhy?
"f. Because he has been tried, and is
found to be honest, capable, and deter
mined. 2. Because he put down the rebell
ion.
X Because he has maintained
to all Foreign nations.
4. Because he settled our difficulties
with great Brittain upon a just and
honorable basis as contained in the
Treaty of Washington.
". Because he has reduced the bur
dens of taxation Eighty Millions of
Dollars.
G. Because lie has reduced the cx-ix-'iulitures
of the government, and
paid Two Hundred and Fifty Millions
of the National Debt.
7. Because he has protected the peo
ple in all their rights of citizenship,
and well nigh broke up the ku klux
klan.
8. Because the failure of the Repub
lican party to renominate President
Grant, will be an abandonment of the
Soutnern States to the mercy of the ku
klux klan; and the instant it is known
that President Grant is not the Repuln
lican nominee for the Presidency, the
.-mothered and demoralized klans of
the Democratic party will revive, re
organize, and begin their hellish work
a new.
9. Because he is a fearless advocate
of the principles of Republican liberty,
and under his administration, our Re
publican institutions will be fostered,
encouraged, and remitted to his suc
cessor in all their original purity.
10. Because in the future as in the
past", he will have no policy to enforce
against the will of the people.
11. Because he is exerting himself to
secure Reform in the Civil Service of
Government.
Knowing that we represent the
unanimous wi.-h of the Republican
party of this State, and for the reasons
given, we shall advocate the re-nomination
of President Grant.
in South Carolina. The Georgia ku
klux held a meeting; and raised some
money also. With the amount thus rais
ed.Reverdy Johnson,of Baltimore, and
Henry Stanbery, were employed to de
fend the ku klux allies of the Demo
cratic party. These gentlemen put
forth their best efforts to save their
Democratic brethren. They delayed
the Court by raising all kinds of tech
nical questions. At last tUo go
through with preliminaries, and the
trials commenced in dead earnest. The
testimony of various Democratic wit
nesses is of the most damnable charac
ter. The crimes committed by. the
klan in South Carolina are blacker than
Hell. It does not seem possible that
human beings could have so far enter
ed into the machinations of the Demo
cratic party and the.Devil, to have been
guilty of4he crimes which have been
proven to have been committed by the
ku klux. Decency and a proix?r rejrard
for our readers, prevents us from pub
lishing the testimony as it appears in
77ie Union published at Columbia.
Hon. Reverdy Johnson, is a Demo
crat. He is an ex-UJ S. Senator from
Maryland. Democrats cannot refuse to'
believe anything he may say concern
ing the ku klux. He is their own wit
ness. Ho listened to the disclosures
made before Judge Bond, and in his
speech to the Jury said:
''Xeither my distinguished friend Mr.
Stanbery nor myself are here to defend or
justify or palliate any 'outrage that may
Greeley.
J. jtjie latest issue of The Oaucasskui,
published at Lexington, Mo., contains
tjhp following Jotter, addressed to its
litor: ,
Dcmm, Lexington, Jli&souri: ,
i Iy Dear Sir: I have yours of the 14th
in$t. I have no doubt that the policy you
quggetrt is that which your party ought to
adopt. They should have had Mr. Salmon
T.iChase in 1868. Then, ai the result of that
contest, the return of peace and thrift would
aai e been promoted. That policy gave you
mere last year In Missouri than could have
ben achieved by a party triumph. You
onjy err as to the proper candidate. I am not
lh$ man you need. Your party is mostly
frdje trade, and lam ferocious protectionist.
Iave no doubt that I might be nominated
anb elected by your help, but it would place
frag all in a false position. If I, who am ad-
-ejsely interested, can see this, I am sure
voW good sense will, on reflection, realize
t.J You must take some man like Gratz
feown, or Trumbull, or General Cox, late
!r?retary of the Interior, and thus nelp to
Ibfjhify and reunite your country anew.
S lours,
;.f . . Horace Grkelev.
P.IThis is the third letter Mr. Greeley
ihas lately ;written on the Presidential
Horace Greeley is a great man. He
d an honesjr man. If there is a pure
politician in either party, Horace Gree-
lIgv Is one. If the country was at re-
pose, we. should like to vote for Mr.
Greeley; but too much Is at stake the
J O A 9 X S 11
'swuauon is ioo serious unu me peace
of the country depends too much on one
man, to admit of swapping horses on
A - - A. ".T A ! 1 X A.
me eve oi a great xatioiiai contest.
fit is unfortunate that Mr. Greeley
should be opposed to Gen. Grant for a
second term. If his objections are based
InresHation Ilostility L of the
Democratic Party.-
The New York World says :
It is well known that the convention
which thepeoplo of JTorth Carolina desired
to elect in August last , had no political ob
ject As a result of the election in 1870 the
State government was wrested from scala
wag and carpet-bag control into the hands
of Its own people, and the assembling of a
L convention to revise the constitution was
desired in order to eliminate from that In
strument certain very onerous requisitions
as to the imposition, of taxes with which the
hew Legislature felt it a duty, as long as
the constitution was unamended, to comply.
Any change in these requirements threaten
ing loss to the ring which had issued many
millions of State bonds for its own benefit
the Federal aid wasJwkeri- axxAaa. i a
w nf th rmo- Mr. AKcrman was despatched
to North Carolina for the purpose of defeat
ing the call for a convention. This he ac
complished by threatening tho State almost
in so many words with a re-construction if
any attempt to interfere with the monetary
arrangements of tho ring were made. The
convention was defeated, and the people of
North Carolina are to-day, by virtue of a
direct Federal interference in their domes
tic affairs, as fully subject to the pecuniary
exactions f the reconstructionist politicians
as if those politicians were still in power.
I The World is mistaken :
I. Because the object of the Demo
crats in forcing the people into the Con
vention campaign, was political noth
ing more nothing less. To secure all
the offices was the fondest hope of the
Democrats. There was no patriotism
in the movement. There was no de
sire to amend the Constitution other
wise than in a partizan manner: First
for the benefit of the Democratic party,
and then for the benefit of the State.
II. The result of the election in 1870,
The Democracy and its Aljiesf
t or upwards or three years, the sec
tion of tho country known as the South
has been the scene of organized outrage
ana muraer. une of the most gigantic
conspiracies the world ever knew has
been performing its bloody work in the
darkness of niidnighti ; accompanied by
all the pharaphenalia of secret and dia
bolical association and disguises, and
carried on in the interest of, and for the
success of one of the great political par
ties of the country.
' 'The existence of this infernal organi
zation has been weir known, not only
td Republicans but to the Democrats
who put it in operation, arid yet tho
country has witnessed the unparalleled
audacity of the Democratic press, North
and South, in denying persistently the
existence Of SUCh ft OAnaxiwff- ' - , L-
- in this States, the Democratic press
t iji- Jw.n-x-ta-existence, out
has measured out, with unsparing hand,
the foulest abuse and vituperation upon
those who dared assert the existence of
the Ku Klux, and have left nothing un
done, which bitter partisan malignity
could suggest, in their attempts to stifle
investigation, and persecuteand defame
those who plead for peace and for the
vindication of the law. The madness
which suggested and kept in operation
this scheme of murder and outrage for
upwards of three years, had remarkable
method in it. To destroy the Republi
can nartv and its influence .was the
prime and ever-present desire of those'
who inaugurated this bloody scneme,
They worked with a will, and in many
sections their success was complete and
overwhelming. Never admitting its
existence, and always denying the out
rages attributed to it, they succeeded in
a remarkable degree in deceiving a
great portion of the right thinking men
of the nation, and, to a certain extent
had led them into the belief that, after
all, this continual cry from the oppress
ed and outraged citizens was little else
than a partisan clap-trap used solely lor
political enect.
Even the Congress of the United
shift the bloody drama aa their mali- j peat the question, What are to be the
cioua and murderous inclinations shall governing principles bf the new admin
dictate? - , . istration :in the event of Republican
" ' What has he to say for 'the party defeat ? ' Which element of the opposl-
which built its hopes of success in this tion is to predominate and in what
-section, upon the carrying out to the way is that predomination to manifest
letter, the horrible r details .which lie itself 7 Will the i liepuoitcan piease
himself has been compelled to listen to?
lias "he any word of consolation for
them ? Do they 9tand higher in the
scale of humanity than the tools who
performed , the . bloody: work ? Does
that 11 still small Voice " come to them
in the darkness of midnight, when the
wails of their murdered victims ring
out upon the riightrair? Or are they
deaf to the calls of that conscience which
the distinguished 4'Qunsel portrayed so
graphically in; his; eloquent remarks
from which" we Tiave quoted T
When- the ?.revfdence' now beins
viwghti on these trials, shall have
been read by, the world, humanity will
stand appalled at the enormitv of the
crimes perpetrated-by these representa
tives of l the proud Caucasian race.
The most terrible tortures devised by
the untutored savages bear no compari
son to those .practiced by these brutes.
And yet, we find tne J Jemocracy doing
its very best to shield these men from
punishment, and to prevent a further
disclosure of the crimes committed to
ensure its success. By their fruits shall
ye know them. The devil has his allies,
. 1 A 1 T-V A. i . J
ana so nas xne ueraocraiic
answer? Missouri Democrat.
up)n the the one term principle, they was brought about by the terrorism of gtateg wag glow in the exist.
are valid: otherwise, they cannot be
sustained at this time.
x In another article we have given our
for
1 . i A3 1 47 A A 1 11 it
nave oeen pcrpeiraieo m your ou. uy me r reasons why we are for Gen. Grant
niru-irttinn nf kn klnr. I have listened u . " .
a ducoiiu term, roriur. vrreexcy s
pecial benefit we re-state bf the eighth
reason:
with horror to some jof the testimony
which has been brought beforo you. The
outrages proved have been shocking to
humanity; they admit neither of' justi
fication nor excuse; they violate every
obligation which law l and nature im-
pose upon men. These men appear to have.
been alike insensible to tho obligations of
i i i : : t . .1.-. j in-
iiuniaiuiy ami migwu; uui iuw u;iy niiifi f ,t,a TatAn
come, however, if it has not already arrived,? . . . j Jt
when they will deeplv lament it. Even i mothered and demoralized klans of the
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iustice should not overtake them, there i.4 JJemocranc pariy, iciu revive, rturyantzi;
8. The -failure to re-nominate Gen.
Grant, will bean abandonment of the
Southern States to the mercy of the ku
klux klan : and the instant it is mown
the Ku Klux, and placed the Legisla
ture in the hands of the Klan.
fill. The desire to eliminate certain
onerous requisitions as to the imposi
tion of taxes, was overshadowed by
the desire to obtain control of the of
fices. .
The people were told from every
stump unless Convention was called,
a tax sufficient to pay the interest on
the State must be levied by the present
another tribunal from which there is no es-j
cape. It is their own conscience, that tri-i
bunal which sits in the breast of every liv-f
" Thou Shalt Not Steal."
This is a divine injunction. It .has
not been obeyed by the. State Printer
and TJie Sentinel office. It is admitted
that the State has been swindled out o
several thousand dollars by the meas
urement of the " letter wi." Not a dol
lar of this money has been returned td
the State. The people are too poor to
bo robbed by Democrats for tho benefit
of the Democratic organ, in this manner.
Kverv dollar which the State Printer
has received more than he is entitled to
according to law, mut be returned to
the State Treasury. It is astonishing
that the Lecislature should have re-
mained in session fora month and passed
no resolution ordering the Attorney
General to bring suit on the bond of
the State Printer to recover the money
stolen from the state. If the State
Printer had been a Republican, the
legislature would have acted in less
than a week. But as one of their own
party is guilty of the theft, he is to go
scott free. The State is to bo robbed
with impunity, and the Legislature will
take no steps to have the money re
turned. We have heard it said that the bond
of the State Printer is worthless. The
only way: to test this question, is to
bring suit' on the bond, get judgment,
and order the Sheriff to satisfy the ex
ecution. His return ; upon tho execu
tion will show whether the bond is
worthless or not.
We know Democratic gentlemen
were opposed to any stealing from the
State as long as the stealing was done
by Republicans. They are now willing
for their leader to steal several thousand
dollars from the State, and when it has
been proven who got the money, the
legislature will not take steps to have
the State rc-imbursed.
If Democrats will not of their own
accord, they shall with our help,
obey the commandment which says,
" Thou shalfnot steal."
ing man, that still small j voice that thrill
through the heart, and ns it speaks gives
happiness or fortune the voice of cori-l
science the voice of God. And if it has nob
already spoken to them in tones which ha ve
waked them up to tho j enormity of theii
that President Graut is not the Bepubli- Legislature, otherwise perjury would
the De conmtea. -tne action oi ine leg
islature in refusing to levy the tax,
proves beyond the slightest doubt, that
the Democratic party endeavored to
drive the people into voting for an un
constitutional and revolutionary call,
by frightening them with the threat
that a ruinous tax would be levied by
and begin their hellish icork anew.
Admitting that President Grant
las proven himself an honest, capable,
and determined executive, this reason
alone should secure him a re-nomina
tion. The peace of the South depends tie Presen Legislature, and collected
jiipon his re-nomination and re-election.
A Trunk Horkor at
Caught at their own game.
It is said the Democrats in Congress
were anxious to have printed the bill
of expenses of tho Ku Klux Commit
tee. They thought it would prove a
grand campaign document for their
party, but it turns out that Democratic
members of the committee put' in the
heaviest bills, and got the most money.
Mr. Beck led off with $1,21980; next
in amount is Mr. F. I Blair, who drew
$1,0G2 80; and the third is Mr. Van
Trump, who was paid $1,040. Senator
Bcott, the chairman, drew $712,G0, and
the other Republican members from
$300 to $1,000 each. The heaviest bills
naid by the committee were for report
ing the testimony, which cost $10,541.
Quebec
a voice win speaK oeiore tuey snail ie can-f vjutw., mcouajr inni, .
cd to the dread tribunal to account for thein feet ferment. The excitement was
transactions in this world." -w caused bv the discovery of another
The counsel for the defense did not "trunk horror," which bids fair to
attempt to deny that horrible and reJ outdo for brutality, Ac, that which
volting crimes had been committedi startled Is ew York a short time ago.
Thpirdpfen.se Avaq misbiken identitviJ On Saturday last the station-master
and'the officers engaged at the Grand
Trunk railroad depot experienced a hor
rible smell, which seemed to proceed
from a trunk left behind by a passen
ger who had crossed over to Levi's in
The existence of the murderous k
was admitted. With tne evidence
elicited before the Courts and by the;
Congressional Committee, staring thn
in the face, Democrats denounce th
Congress for passing! the Ku Klux.!- tho ferry boat. The box was immedi
Bill, and apply the epithet of "tyrairt if ately opened by the officers in the sta
to President Grant because he is exe-H tion, and soon the form of a woman
rtitino- that law. If tho Demoeratid was revealed to their view, and the
party can survive the exposure of thd smell was then fearful. The body was
klan, and the evidence which fasten in a shockingly mutilated condition.
unon the Democratic party, the orJ me arms ana legs naa Deen cut on, me
m nization of the Klan. the outraeesf . flesh was hacked off in
O S '7
committed by the Klan, the defense
the Klan, and that the Klan is part
and parcel of tho Democratic par
if the last remnant of property had to
be sold to pay the tax, if they refused
to : vote for Convention. It must be
remembered that only seven Senators
and thirteen Representatives voted to
levy the tax.
IV. There was no ring in North Caro
lina to defeat Convention, save and ex
cept the People's Ring.
V. Investigation was not heard of
during the canvass. The boot is on
the other leg just now.. The World is
informed that three Democratic mem
bers of the present Legislature stand
indicted in the Federal Court: two for
ku kluxing, the other for intimidating
voters. There are other members who
have been sworn to as belonging to the
ku klux klan. The Principal Clerk of
the Senate, is said to be a Chief of the
Invisible Empire. Petitions have been
presented ito the Legislature praying
that this matter be investigated : reso-
ence oi sucn a wiae-spreaa ana wen
organized attempt to subvert the Gov
eminent, and not until a committee of
that body had visited this section, and
seen with their own eyes the barbarous
atrocities of these devils incarnate,
could it believe that humanity could
be so depraved.
The learned counsel for the Ku Klux
prisoners have themselves confessed to
feelings of horror at the sickening de
tails which nave been brought out on
the witness stand during the present
trials, and yet the half of tho brutality
that has been practiced upon the poor
defenseless colored people, has never
been told, and probably never will be.
Much, very much of the worst, lies
locked in the breasts of the murdered
victims. Few, if any, save those who
engaged in the murderous work, know
of the bloody details of poor Wade
Perrin's barbarous murder. None but
the murderers themselves can reveal
the horrible atrocities which accom
panied the murder of Lewis Thomp
son. Unfortunate Aleck Walker, with
his twelve or fourteen murdered com
rades, gave up their lives because they
dared to desire to act like their Caucas
sian brethren, and bear arms as an ev
idence of their citizenship. Jim Wil
liams, the heroic militia captain, who
was torn from the arms of his weeping
wife and hurried off to a felon's death,
because he had the manliness to stand
"up I in the defense of himself and his
race, sleeps in a grave dug by the Dem
ocratic party of the country. ;
These are unpalatable truths, but
none the less truths, because unpleas
ant. What will now be thought of those
journals which, claiming to represent
the! intelligent white people of this
State, denied these outrages", apologiz-
all directions,
o ibiyit is presumed, convenience in pack- lutions have been introduced appoint
Lrt ing, and the head was cut off and wrap- Committees to inquire into charges
n . - 11.-1 Li 1 m . a l T l
ped in rags in one corner of the box.
we shall believe that the people artt The whole sight was horrible and sick
unworthy to enjoy
freemen, and should
Ku Klux Klan.
the liberties o
be ruled by th
We desire the fullest discussion pr4
ening. The coroner and police author
ities were at once notified, and an m-
ciuest is now going on. Foul play is
apparent of course, and the matter will
be thoroughly and promptly sifted.
all
Messrs. Schurz, Trumbull, Greeley, and
in-
that several members of the Legisla
ture are ku klux. What action did the
Legislature take upon the petitions and
resolutions? They rejected the petitions
without having them read, and laid the
resolutions on the table. Here is hoslili
ty to investigation. It is of record.
The people know that investigation
has been refused by the Legislature.
T I 4oaI nnlr rononn iirtyprl hvthTWm- I The noonle know thflt mPITlhPN of thfi
uu nu,c u . ft , , re-instated klan sit in the Legislative Halls of
many reforms which they think the ,.',' f fll nwnurnat J North. cvroiiu. ana enact laws to gov-
them gin they will make vigorous erh men and women whose backs bear
efforts to elevate their principles to the stripes inflicted by the klan,'
standard advocated by Republicans. That the Legislature should refuse to
All the evidence the people have of the investigate the charges of ku kluxism
sincerity of this alleged repentance is, against it members, is strange; and
when we consider that this refusal is
subjects. We are very glad tha U Reason. The chief, and
welfare of tho country demands. If
they are sincere if there is no selftslt
motive which actuates these gentle?
men if the good of the country an$
with it the good of the Republican.
r glad to : he tho' U5 ft the halys Preaehedone
. i ii-- -i,i .4. C1 thing and practiced exactly the oppo
site. It is a demand to be trusted on
men discuss to tne lunesc exxeni any
subiect they may think worthy! of
their notice. But if they are indirectly
striking at the Republican party, and
are endeavoring to raise a hobbjr, on
which somebody is to ride into the
White House, we must say that such
conduct deserves the severest condemn
nation. We do not question the sin$
ceritv of anv of these gentlemen. I If
v - f 4
they support the nominee of the Nation
al Republican Convention, the peopl
will be convinced of their sincerity and
of their desire to bring about needed
reforms. That the gentlemen wheify
names we have mentioned In this at-
the reputation of hopeless bankruptcy.
The credit system capable of great ex
pansion, but this is a stretch beyond
reasonable bounds, and too unsound for
a financial community to accept.
3tns. James K. Polk. It is the
custom for members of the Tennessee
Legislature to make a visit in a body
to the widow of James K. Polk. This
year she is looking better than at the
last? visit, and recognized gentlemen
presented more than a year ago and not
seen since. Such powers of memory
'am wonderful. But Mrs. Polk Is alto-
ticle will support the Republican nomg-1 j, a most wonderful woman, ex
inee for President, we think there is nrt f traordinarv alike for her mental and
r " . .
doubt.
rr
In the absence of the editor this pag
of The Era was made up by the Lo
cal Editor, Mr. Harris,1 who is respon
sible for the same. I
moral qualities, beauties of person, and
excellence in all the' graces that adorn
life.:;,: : - j :
Decreased. The National
statement shows a decrease for
DEAD.P Dr. Breckinridge, of Ken
tucky, died Tuesday at Danville, Ky
He was one of the strongest men in the
Debt Presbyterian Church, and was celebra-
" 1 1 . s 1 " 1,SJ ' A li-A
leu ior iiis nuiiity tts u coxiiruversaiiat
and his thorough Unionism.
ths
i
ed ifor the villains who ; committed
them, and sought, by every means in
their power, to convince the country
that these tales of horror, of bloodshed,
and of murder, were only the ravings
of Radical politicians? Let those who
have stood so long between these fiends
and their just punishment, read and
ponder the language of the distinguish
ed counsel for these unfortunate men.
It is language sueh as one would nat
urally expect from a gentlemen who
has spent nearly a half u century in the
study and profession of the ; law. Mr.
Johnson has been a close student of hu
man nature during his long and event
ful career as a lawyer and a statesman,
and he speaks, as it were, like one
standing close upon the confines of that
other life, toward which all of us are
fast tending: . j
il I have listened with unnaixed hor
ror to soniu of the testimony which has
been brought before you. ; The outra
ges proved are shocking to humanity ;
they admit of neither excuse or justifi
cation; they violate every obligation
which law and nature imposes upon
men, they show that the parties engag
ed were brutes insensible to the obliga
tions of humanity and religion. The
day will come, however, if it has not
already arrived, when they will deeply
lament it. Even if justice shall not
overtake them, there is one tribunal
from which there is no nope, it is
their own judgment that tribunal
which sits in the breast of every, living
man that small, still voice that thrills
through the heart the soul of the
mind, and as it speaks, gives happiness
or torture the voice of conscience, the
voice of God. If it has not already
spoken to them in tones which have
startled them to the enormity of their
Democracy might have all the light un- conduct. I trust, in the mercy of
on the subject of investigation that we Heaven, that that voice will speak be
ow 41,8a nr t, fore; they shall be called above to ac-
are able to give in this day of Investi- countfof the transactions of this world,
gation, Retrenchment and Reform. That it will so speak as to make them
277te World has not stated facts as they penitent, and that trusting in the dis
are. Will it make the correction ? pensations of Heaven, whose justice is
dispensed witn mercy, wnen tney snail
be brought before the bar of their great
, 3Ioubi Po.-The H te a hetribnihere"u"be ftSS
State Convention of the Republican in the fact of their penitence, or in
Party of : Missouri has been issued, I their previous lives, some grounds upon
wmcn uoa may say i-akdox."
If such language as the foregoing, is
to be applied to the men who did the
work marked out for ; them by- their
superiors, what can do said of those
who originated the conspiracy which
involved. these poor; .misguided men,
in its network of infamy and inhuman
outrage? What can Mr. Johnson say
to those who sit behind the scenes, and
; Ridgeway, N. G, Dec. 18, 1871.
Editor of The South r " ' '1
. The place where thij Is dated from
lies in Varren county, on the RJ& Q.
R. R., 57 miles southwest from Raleigh,
and forty miles northeast from Weldon.
Time from New York to Ridgeway,
via "Bay line." 2S hours.' warren
County is one of th most fertile In the '
State, and was in ante-bellum days, . tho ;
ricnesi. j.iugeway is me most iavor-.
ed spot in the county, on account of its
excellent soil, of its nearness to the
railroad, to the Roanoke river, and to
the celebrated Shocco and White Sul-!
phur springs ; it is the highest plateau :
on the r. t G. R. R., and is absolutely !
free from mosquitoc and all malarious
diseases; a number of very respectable"
people from Pennsylvania, New Jeroey !
ana icw i orK are setiiea nere, among
others Mr. Allen Dodsworth, the well :
known leader of Dodworth's musical !
band. Last week Mr. P. Harmegnies,
of Newark, N. J., purchased a fine
I property, near the station, for i $8,000
Which is tho more demoniacal is yet ?na ine masons are aireaay puiiaing nis
Won. nouse; ine nouses arouna nere nave tne
appearance . ana comiorts or modern
architecture. Several parties j from,
New Jersey, New York and Massachu-'
setts, have written me, and will be here 1
this and next week, coming with ideas
of settling. The improvements made
here within the last three years are the
following, A large and fine hotel (with
a good cook), two churches, a school, !,
turn-piked roads, a beautiful park, a
an open question. Columbia p
Concerning Principles.
If there be one thing above another
concerning which the opponents of the
Republican nartv pride themselves in
the present day, it is principle. Their
declaratlonsre all in favor bf princi
ples; their hopes and aspirations are de-
npnnfint nnnn tht siipcpss of nrincfnlps?
plus principles, they are everything; large steam saw mill, stave and) spoke
them, man is but an atom of. the uni
verse; principles areeternal and immu
table. This in theory, but what in
practice ? If we knew exactly or re
motely What their principles were, we
might bo able to form an estimate of
their real or,-proximate value. But
when an attempt is made to form them
into a sojid mass and evolve from them
the animating idea of their " solidari
ty," we get but one response, and that
is, anything to beat Grant." Now;
it may be very important to ' 4 beat
Grant"-but as that work, if accom
plished, jvvill be finished and done with
in a year hence, it is worth while to in
quire what is to be the next act in the
programme? " Alter Grant what?"
is a fair question to present to that large
and influential class of fellow citizens
who seem to think that the Republi
can party lives, moves and has its be
ing for no other purpose than to re-elect
the present incumbent of the Presiden
tial chaii4. Admitting as foregone con
clusions, first, that the National Repub
lican Corivention will renominate Gen
eral Grant, and, secondly, that the com
bination of all the odds and ends of
parties against him will defeat him
wnatthenr The jubilation of success
will not last long; there must soon be a
settling down to the business of the
country j-its internal and external
economy ; its domestic and foreign re
lations. 1
Just here is where the matter of
"principle," as affecting the successful
party, will come in. Is the governing
idea as to the tariff to be free .trade or
protection ? I If the former, what of
Mr. Horace Greeley and his associates
in the pigiron interest? and if the lat
ter, what of ,Mr. William Cullen Bry
ant and his friends in the importing
line? Mustfthe new President put
down the Ku Klux of the South with
the strong arm of the federal law, and
hus alienate the two Blairs of Mis
souri, and their admirers? or must he
give them full sweep and scope in ut
ter disregard of the tine feelings of
Messrs. Trumbull and Sumner and
heir friends? It would be useless to
inquire what is to be done about civil
service reform, since that seems to be a
disease which men catch from one an
other as they catch the smallpox, with
this difference, that all are in favor of
civil service reform as earnestly as all
are opposed to tne sman-pox. At any
factory, ana one otjthe Dest nurseries.
Ridgeway is particularly adapted to
growing fruits 285,000 peach trees are,
set out in the vicinity, and out of these
over 100,000 will bo in full bearing (the
elements permitting) J next June, be
tween the 12th and 30th ; aerate of fruit
(equal to one bushel) is shipped from j
here to New York, in two days, for 86 '
cents, which Is less than from Deleware: i
large shipments of strawberries and :
peaches were made last season, and the
next season the shipments will be im- i
mense and will include raspberries and, l
grapes.. . : . -i . f Jlj
Of course you know of the movement j
on foot In Virginia, North Carolina, j
&c, for the encouragement of emigra- i
tion to the Southern States. The Gov- j
ernors of Virginia and North Carolina; j
particularly the former, in their recent !
messages to their; respective ;Legisln-
tures, dwell at length and most ably on
that most important subject ; I have .
no doubt but that a " Southern J Board
for Immigration," will be created this
winter, with the Legislative concur- :
rence of several States, and by their j
concerted sanction and action, which
will have a great moral weight, .and 1
will influence such an emigration South-1
ward, as but very few at present can!
imagine. . ';! j
I ought to have said in another part
of this communication, that the "town" j
is superbly laid out ; one of its aveiiues
is 300 feet wide and one mile long, i . ;
quarry of granite, superior to the N. 1 . .
" Quincy," with a branch track to ;
railroad, is at the service oi all, free.,
gratis, lor building foundations, Ja;.f
One of the lovejliest locations, measur- ;
ing 15 acres, a" grove of secular oaks, :
enclosed with a new and fine ..board
fence, will be deeded for a college, or
any literary institution, on application j
by proper parties. Lands worth . from j
$7 to $30 per acre; town lots, 100 front, i
by 200 deep, from $100 to $250. Good;
mechanics and laborers on hand, at
low wages. Any information required i
can be had by addressing me at Ridge- i
way, N. C. j
I remain, yours truly, r
- J. L. Labiaux.
made in defiance of the revelations and
exposures wThich have been made by
the Courts and by the .Congress, con
cerning the deeds and plans of the
klan, we oonnot account for it, wiless, a
majority of the Democratic members be
long to or sympathise with the klan.
The World is a truthful paper. We
have made this article longer than we
desired that the organ of the National
signed by the regular Republican State
Committee, and ten members of the
Liberal Republican State Committee.
The Convention is to meet in Jefferson,
Feb. 22, and will 6elect delegates to the
National Republican' Convention, and
select a State Central Committee of the
Republican Party.
The Senatorial Elections. j
On the 4th of March; 1873, the terms ;
of these twenty-four Senators will end :
Spencer, of Alabama, Rice, of Arkan- j
rate, there can be no issue on this ques- necticut ; OsbOrn, of Florida ; Hill, of;;
tion except in determining what it ueorgia; Trumbull,' of Illinois; Mor-.
means which we think isquite enough ton, of Indiana; i Harlan, of Iowa;,
to occupy the attention of the present Pomeroy, of Kansas ; Davis, of Keii- .
generation. But in general, of all oth- tucky ; Kellogg, of Louisiana ; Vickers, );
er matters of public policy which have of Maryland ; Blair, of Missouri : Nye, r
heretofore divided the great parties of of Nevada; Patterson, of New Hamp-lf
this country what basis of settlement shire; Conkling, of New York f Pool, ;
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fjoroen, oi wregon ; cameron, oi, 'enn
sylvania ; Sawyer, of South Carolina ;
Morrill, of Vermont ; Howe,of Wiscon
sion. -
It is supposed by many people, and
has . even been asserted by"& leading
city journal that many of the Senators
who are to be electee! by legislatures
now in session -will - take their seats
next springs. The law provides that
the Senators shall be elected by the
legislature . last elected proceding the
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middle ground are the two extremes
which are to be represented in the
anti-orant movement to meet? This
is an important question; and well
worthy of careful consideration. We
can look upon it no other aspect, except
at the expense of the moral and polit
ical character of those who are engaged
in what is called the vast and exten
sive " anti-Grant movement." .
, The success of the Republican party,
nnd thf plppfion of its' mndirtatf who
ever he may be, will leave no doubt as beginning of the senatorial term. "Elee
to the policy of the government for the tions for Senators, therefore, take place
ensuing four years. It will leave no now for the term beginning in 1873
doubt of peace at home and friendly only in States whose legislatures aro
relations abroad, so far as the latter are elected once in two years, or hold bien-
compatible with national honor; it will nlal sessions. California has elected
leave no doubt of a speedy extermina- Mr. Aaron Sargent to succeed Mr. Cole ;
tion of the Ku-Klux, and the right of and Kentucky has elected Mr. Thomas
all men to the undisturbed enjoyment C. McCreery. who has served one term
of the freedom guaranteed to them by
the Constitution ; it will leave no doubt
of a tariff levied for revenue with all
Sossible discriminations in favor of
ome industry ; it will leave1 no doubt
of An honest and faithful collection of
the taxes levied by Congress ; it will
leave no doubt of such improvements
in the civil service of the country as
wise laws can; inaugurate and a faithful
Executive can carry out. It will, in
short, give assurance of progress and
success to the great Republican party,
set forth more than ten years ago in a
t vi : xi i . ,
xwpuuiica.il cuuveuiion, unu carriea out
in the Senate, to succeed Mr? Garrett
Davis. Ohio and Iowa will, in a few
days, elect successors to Sherman and
Harlan, both of whom aro condi dates
for re-election. We believe the present
legislature in Florida will also electa"
successor to Mr. Osborn, but the aflairs
of the State are in so unsettled a condi
tion that it is impossible to tell when
the election will take place, or whether
the new Senator will be a Democrat or
a Republican. ; - ' f
The Democrats expect to gain Sena
tors in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana,
Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina and
ever since by a Republican Congress. Oregon. If they gain all these, the new
and during six years of the time by a Senators will stand politically fourteen !
Republican President, t Shall the next Republicans and ten Democrats. It is ;
four years be copied from the Demo- possible that a new election will bo I
cratic intermission" of rebellion and neld in North Carolina, if Mr. - Vance, j
fraud under Johnson, or from avowed whom the Senate refuses to admit. re 4
lvepuuiiuiu uuiuiuisirauou, us il no- i Mgus jus wruurau;, a a mo xemocraTS
pears under Lancoin or urantr . desire him to ao. iv. Y. lost.
finally, lest it De forgotten, we repeat
the question, what are to be the gov-
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eruiug principiea oi me nevv, uuuums-.
tration, as it appears under Lincoln or
Grant? r
Finally, lejjt it be forgotten, we re-
Ladies can draw a beau into a
at the hymeneal altar. !
knot
Something about women flounces.
month of December of $4,500,000.
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