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iff k 1 1 "Standard? taUdlsr, Eart "rid of Fayttttrill Strttt. LEWIS HjJPTES. - Editor. THURSDAY, JAXUARY 11th, 1872. ROOMS REPUBLICAN STATE Exfxxtivb Committee, Xaleigh, Jan. G,i&12. A meeting of this Committee is cabled to meet in this City on Wednesday, the 24th day of this month, A full at tendance is desired. Members who cannot attend, will please appoint prox ies. J. C. Iu Harris, Secretary. Miss Augusta Cates has been ap pointed Post Mistress at Thoniasville, N. CM rice E. II. McCutchan, removed. Mr. McCutchan was removed for hav ing Joined me Ku Klux 'organization at that place, though claiming to be a Republican. The Iapcachncntv , ' The resolution of j impeachment against Judge Logan, which has beeil sometime pending before the House oi ReDresentatives, was taken up as the special order on Saturday. The dis cussion was a long and somewhat ani mated one, but was conducted, for tho most part, with perfect propriety Bnel tjerfect crood temper. I It will be r$ membered that the memorialists whj asked ior Judge Logan's removal, askji ed ior it soieiy upon ine grounu oi m- lllCUllipeiC'iicy. i.u iu3iuuauuUcui was made against his integrity. "And it should be known, injustice to Judge ljogan ana nis inenas, inai in tne ais cussion on Saturday not a single mem ber who participated in it, either for or esty or his integrity. Many, if not alj or tnem, including several uemocrata, admitted expressly that he was an hon est man, and those who favored than that" of impeachment. Suppose! the brightest luminary, and one or most upright and honest men that North Carolina ever produced, had been a Judge of the Supreme Court when his mighty Intellect was shattered by a .paralytic stroke.; Would not humanity have shuddered to hear that he was to bo impeached and punished for ; high crimes in office ? t The discussion was resumed in the House on Monday, and was conduct ed in the same good temper as on Sat urday. At 1 o'clock the previous question was .'called,' wheri"the Impeach ment resolution was defeated, ayes 23, noes 80. Such we apprehended would be the resdlt, but the majority against the resolution is somewhat greater than we expected. : . , ' ' ; ' ' ; .V; : imvf Amnesty. TheXeic Ch-trans Xat idi ot Republican says : "There is scarcely a Republican in tho entire South who does not favor universal amuoty." It is generally believed that general am nesty will be granted by Congress very on after It re-assembles on Monday next. Let Justice be Done. ' The friends of Judge LiOtran nave a rifrht to defend him. but they have no peacmnent am it expressly upon xne, rieht to unjustly assail others. At a ground of his alleged incompetency. f Republican meeting in Rutherford V 1 it f 11 il I . . .... or was uie mouves me memorial- county, the proceedings of which were ists assaiiea any more man me cnarao- published in the last issue of The Era, teror mm iney eougnt to remove. lt was declared " that a memorial has The leading speaker on the Republican ntlv been sent to our General As- Kide expressly disclaimed every thing: sembly, signed by a number of mem oi me Kirrn. no aia mey were an, so uN r ua yar. mjm The readers of The era will remem- We publish below the bill offered by ber, that, early in the session several Senator Lehman, as a substitution petitions, in the shape of the proceed-? iSai reported by the Committee on Cbn ings of public meetings,?were presented 'stltutional ReformHto amend the n the New Hampshire Republican Convention. The Republicans of New Hampshire at their State Conven tion Wednesday last, unanimously nominated Hon. E. A. Straw for Gov ernor, after an Informal ballot, . and adopted resolutions endorsing - Presi dent Grant for re-election. . Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts, addressed the Convention. He defended the ad ministration of (Jen. Grant, fully en dorsing it as honest, economical, and patriotic. He declared that he knew that, with two or threo trilling excep tions, President Grant has received no present s.nce being sworn into office, lie reviewed briefly the life and ser vices of the President, alluding to his character in the most complimentary ferms. He expressed - great confidence . with the result in the coming campaign in the State and nation. Speeches were made by Senator Patterson and others of the same purport. Gov. Caldwell and Judge Lo gan. A writer in The Sentinel of the nth, charges that Gov. Caldwell favors the impeachment of Judge Logan, and cites in.proof of his assertion the fact that Gov. Caldwell has appointed other Judges to hold special terms in his Ju dicial DUrVict. We have the best of reasons for .stat ing that Gov. Caldwell does not favor Judge Logan's impeachment. We know that Gov. C. consulted with Judge Logaji before appointing Judge Moore to hold the special terms for Ca barrus and Mecklenburg, and that Judge Logan readily assented to the appointment. And as to the recent appointment of Judge Henry, the law now requires the Governor to appoint a Judge other than tho one whose Dis trict the special term is to be held. Ihe Sentinel writer might with equal truth and fairness charge that Gov. C. favors the impeachment of Judge Cloud, lecause he appointed Judge Cannon to hold a special term in the Sth -District. far as he knew," honorable mru, mi there was no reason to impute imprpp-. cr motives to any of them. The occasion was one calculated to call out everything prejudicial to the eliarartr of Jurlp'ft T.ion. but he Dass-f ed through the ordeal unharmed. Sure-j ly j uuge Logan ana nis menus nave cause to congraiuiaie memseives upon in each House of the General Assembly,; asking , an . investigation ;.into j certain charges' against;jsomo of. its 'members. They will also remember that each House refused to receive them, and that some of them were not even allow ed to be read. The grounds taken by manyyif not all of those who voted against their reception was, that they were not petitions or memorials, such as the Houses were bound to receive in recognizing: the right of : petition. It was said that they did not purport to be signed by any persons as memorial ists, but only the Chairman and Secre tary of the meetings. The falacy of this reasoning was pointed out by The Era at the time. It was stated that many such papers had often been received by the Legislature as petitions in former days. Th e form , we contended, was a "matter of no con sequence, bo the substance of a petition was embodied in the paper presented. And such substance was contained in them all, as every one must remember who read them. .They were unpalata ble to a majority in each House, because duugh ht a ciaaaof members w'h whom they sympathised, and they were rejected accordingly. - On Thursday the proceedings of a trict, calculated and intended to destroy the influonco and impair in uocrumess of Judge Logan, and that the members of the bar who signed said memorial are either members of the organization known as Ku Klux, or sympathizers public meeting from Mecklenburg were therewith." ? presemeu, as a petition, asKing ior me -What the meeting aforesaid expected impeachment and removal of Judge to apoomnlish bv the wholesale chareres ogan. me ueinocratic members were the result, as no more complete vindica mflde oioinat the memorialists it is dif- in a quandary. There was nothing in tlon of his character could have beea if rt Uro rrainWthov ran. the character of the proceedings of the not expect to benefit the Republican Mecklenburg meeting to render them desired by them. ppeakers gave him credit for having! rtv bv charffinff several of its ablest objectionable. As they asked for the done the State and society good service and merabersith being Ku Klux in having unearthed and brought td mi rUn tnnu-a justice the Ku Klux organization in! Itutherford, and other counties. It is worthy of remark, too, that the resolution was discussed almost wholly! A X . 1 1 upon us men is. ieariy every peaK er disclaimed and discarded partizan ism almost entirely. and they were nearly all Democrats. Indeed the dis-j cussion was mainly between thosej Democrats who favored and those whoi opposed impeachment. This was as it? fetitution of the State in several partic- ujairs; It was offered as a fair arid hon orable basis of compromise bet ween; the two parties, and it is hoped that it will be, accepted as such : amendments.! Strike t out, the r fifth, sixth and eleventh sections, and the words shall have corporate powers for the necesasry purposes of local government," in the lourth section, ana; woras "or town- shipM in the eighth and ninth sections of tne seventn arncie oi me onsuiuuon, and insert in lien thereof, the following sections as amended : ' Justices of the Peace and School Committees shall be biennially elected in the several town ships by the qualified voters tnereor, in such number as shall be directed by law. ' '-' - ' ' ' ' The Justices of the Peace shall, with in theii respective townships, assess the taxable property thereof, ana mate re turn to the County Commissioners for revision as may t be prescribed by law.; . .. ,- -: The County Commissioners shall with in their resoective counties exercise all the superadded powers necessary for the erovernment of townships, as shall be prescribed by law. Strike out the fourth section of the fifth article of the Constitution. Strike nut tjA words ' for two wepka unless the business shall be sooner dis posed of" in the fourth and fifth lines of the twelfth section of the fourth ar ticle of the Constitution, and insert in lieu (thereof the following, section as amended ' The State shall be divided into twelve Judicial Districts for each of which a Judge shall be chosen, who shall hold a Superior Court in each County in said District at least twice in each year, to continue as shall be prescribed by law. Amend the nineteeth section of the fourth article of the Constitution, and impeachment and removal of a repub- insert in lieu thereof the following sec- lican Jud?e it is fair to rrpsume that tion as amended t Whenever it becomes, says The Cin cinnati Commercial, known to the pub lic that frauds, where they have an ex istence, are beinsr investigated with a If if tannot 'ehange the bloody : decree,1 it must acknowledge the abdication of its control. There s no half-way course. The. procldhiation of he Captain-General does not in point of law change out relation to the contest in Cuba. Ho t. still a rebellion Qirarfist tho view to their punishment, the people I Gpvernraent of Spain; we may properly I regard it as an encouraging sign, ana maintain tne same auiiuae concerning congratulate themselves that there is some evidence of an advance toward glagsumegUch pr0portions as under f, honesty and the enforcement of fair tne aw Gf nations would justify a fer . dealing. That many frauds have been cognition of belligerencv. But wo j o,.,,,,!!,, vL--ri or,H oiwl fihmild be Justified nay." it is a serious : detection through the that the charge is unjust and unfound ed. There are no men in North Carolina who have less sympathy with the Ku Klux Klans than the Bynums, Gen. Barringer and W. H. Bailey. And in savins' this we do but speak what we kpow to be true. The latter gentleman separated himself from the Democratic party on' that very issue, when it was ih the heisrht of its power and in the full! flush' of victory, and joined with -.1 1.1 1 l 11. - 1 suuuiu nave ut-eu. r rum ujb uiituut-r 41 -r . uan tf i,r m which the movpnipnt was commenw . . -. . A . ltEPmiuicAN Victory in Fixki da. We learn from Tlie Washington Chronicle that the Republicans of Jack son county, Florida, achieved a grand victory on the 19th ultimo, in an elec tion for members of the State Legisla t ure. The Republican candidates were elected bv 570 majority. In Marion, county, where several Republican can didates were in the field, the successful Republican was elected by 47 majority. Jackson county was the home of Dick inson, tho last Republican who fell a victim to the Ku Klux. It was the boast of the Democrats that the State had got rid of the last Yankee, and that no more of them should croes the boundaries. But the election told a different etory. Florida is as free for carpet-baggers as other citizens. The Democrats did not dare to inter fere with the elections, on account of their fear of the national authorities. The colored voters came out in force and carried the day. AH the Republicans of the South ask is a fair field and a free vote. If they can have that in 1872, they will carry their States as they did in 1S68. Important Decision of United States Supreme Court, dated Washington, December 11, 1S71. Wartlvf. (he State of Maryland. In this case the plaintiff teas indicted in State - Cotni for violating the against tales by sample, by non-resident, 'icithptit. license. The Court holds, that the statute of Maryland is a violation of the clause of the Constitution which guarantees to the citizens of each State the rights, privileges, etc., of the. citizens in the several States, and that it is therefore void; but the view is taken, that it is not a violation of the commercial tlauso of tho Constitution, If the tax on resi dents and non-residents is equally laid. Mr. Justice Clifford delivered the opin ion of tho Court. Mr. Justice Bradley concurred in the opinion as to the first branch of the decision, but dissented as to the second, holding that the statute j I a violation or tne commerciui emu? of the Constitution, because It is a reg ulation of commerce between the States, and that it is repugnant to this clause of the Constitution . without . regard to he equality of the tax ed there never should have been any-j tiling of a partizan character in the disJ cusion of it. It should have been dis cussed and considered solely upon its merits, as it was, lor the most part, in the House on Saturday. Such reports of the discussion as we, are able. to present will be given inj these columns. We propose to notice and comment upon only one point in the argument against the adoption o the resolution its unconstitutional! tyJ This point was briefly made by Mrj Jordan, of Person, and discussed more elaborately, and with much ability, by Mr. Withers, of Caswell. It waa conten ded by these gentlemen that- the im peaching power in the Constitution on ly extends to crimes and iui':emeanors in office, and that, therefore, so much of the Act of Assembly in relation tq impeachment as provides for the im peachment of officials for "mental -and physical incompetency " is unconstituj tional and void, and would be so held by the high court of impeachment should the resolution be adopted. This point seems to be well takenl While it is not expressly stated in tho Constitution that impeachments shal beonlv for high crimes and misdeJ meanors m omce, the.mierence seems to be clear and irresistible that that is) what the framers of the Jnstrumentf meant. For it is expressly provided therein that there shall be but twoj forms of action , civil and . crim inal, andj tliat all criminal actions shall be by in dictment or Impeachment. And the import of the word; ,,impeacllment,, when, used in a legal sense, fully sus-j tains this conclusion. The word, 4im4 peach," in law, is defined by the besijj lexicographers to . mean, "to charge. with a crime or misdemeanor, before a proper tribunal, .as ti public officer. "Impeachment" is defined by the same high authorities to be, "an accusation! or charge brought against a public 6f4 ficcr for maladministration in office."T? That these words have a wider slgnifll cation is peifectly true, but in law they seem to mean thia and nothing more And surely if nothing but crimes and misdemeanors in office are ImpeacHa ble under the Constitution, the Legis-i lature cannot make incompetency ah impeachable offense by enumerating it in an act of Assembly, among the crimes and misdemeanors which are impeachable. No one, it is" believed will pretend that the Legislature caij make that a crime which is not in anji! sense a crime. It cannot change the meaning of the English language be reverse the laws of nature. It cannot statute t legislate vice into virtue or virtue intcj vice. Keither can it by legislation coni vert misfortunes into crimes, or Crimea into misfortunes. In spite of its legist la tion the words "crimes and mlsdel meanors" will continue to mean rwha1j they have always meant, and the Courti will so hold. r And surely no one car be found to contend that incompetency supposing it to exist to acquire a' particular kind of knowledge, or thei want of a particular kind of admims-; trative ability, is a crime or a misde meanor. They may be a man's mis-.i fortunes, but nothing can . distort them( into crimes or misdemeanors. ; j Does it not seem prepostrous, thenjf to talk about impeaching men for in i ; ii , i a ? ' " couipeiency, uimer me supposition that it is what every body knows' it is not a crime? This was substan-t tially acknowledged in our old Consti4 tution, which provided a mode of re-! moval; of incompetent officials other, i trate and helpless at the feet of its ri val. He it was who, facing public ob loquy, came to Raleigh aa counsel for the government, in August, 1870, and iiifused new life and vigor into the in vestigation of the Alamance cases. And now, forsooth, because he and others equally hostile to the detestable organization, have chosen to exercise the sacred right of petition, in memori alizing the House f Representatives in regard to what they believed to be the incompetency of Judge Logan, they are sought to be branded asKu Klux sympathizers and read out of the Re publican party by the friends of the latter. The Republican party may sustain Judge Logan if it choses, but it cannot afford to excommunicate every member of the party who may regard him as incompetent for the position he holds, arid who may speak andact ac cordingly. If such tests of loyalty to the party are to be applied, then its days of usefulness are well nigh num- rbered, and it may as well disband. Nor do we believe that all the other gentlemen who signed the memorial are Ku Klux sympathizers by any means. What motives may have in fluenced some of the memorialists, we shall not , undertake to say, but that many of them were "actuated by the purest motives we have no doubt. . ' This much, speaking for ourself, we have felt bound to say in simple justice to all parties, and in the interest of the Republican party, without expressing an opinion as to the merits of the charge of Incompetency against Judge Logan, or of the propriety of the action of the Republican memorialists under the circumstances. they were most welcome-to the major ity. But what, could the Democratic members do ? They had refused to re ceive precisely such petitions when lev eled at alleged Ku Klux members of their own body. The point that the paper presented was not a petition, was raised and discussed. Finally the Dem ocratic members succeeded in convinc ing themselves and each other that the form was a matter not at all material- mat the substance was everything. And at last those very members, who had voted against the reception of such petitions on former occasions, voted for the reception of the Mecklenburg peti tion. Such is Democracy as exempli fied in the present Legislature. Who can believe they were sincere in the The General Assembly may provide for the establishment of Special Courts ih Counties and Judicial Districts, with such power and jurisdiction civil and criminal as may beLproper. , Amend the second - section of the se cond article of the Constitution, an.d in sert in lieu thereof the following section as amended : ' - . The Senate and House of Represen tatives shall meet biennially on the third Monday in November, and when assembled shall be denominated the General Assembly. Neither ' House shall 1 proceed upon business unless a majority of all the members are actual-, ly present. The Senators and Repre sentatives shall each receive three hun dred dollars, as a compensation for their services during that term, subject to such regulations in regard to time of payment and reduction for non-attendance as may be prescribed by law : but I they may have an additional al- reason3 which many of them gave for lowance when they are called together rejecting the Ku Klux petitions? Will they maintain their consistency by re ceiving such petitions hereafter? Will they stand by the decision they made on Thursday that the preamble and resolutions of a public meeting, signed by the Chairman and Secretary on be half of the meeting, may properly be received as a petition ? Scott and Parker. The tactics resorted to by Gov. Scott, of South Carolina, to defeat impeach ment are disgraceful in the extreme, and call for the condemnation of every honest man.Gigantic frauds and swin dles have recently oeen unearthed in our Southern sister State. It seems to be the opinion of every honest man in South Carolina, of both political par ties, that Scott, the Governor, and Par ker, the Treasurer, have swindled that Commonwealth out of millions of dol lars. Owing to the venality.of a ma jority of the Legislature impeachment seems to be impossible lias already been defeated once through such means. These men are a disgrace not only to the Republican party, but, if the half is true which appears to be true, to hu man nature itself. The Republican party everywhere owes it to itself to be foremost in denouncing such men and such'acts. They have already brought such disgrace upon it in the Southern States that it can only hope to recover by purging itself of them. Honest men must be placed at the hlm or the ship will be Irrecoverably lost. With men well known to to be upright, honest and patriotic, the Republican party need not fear to enter the contest against Its rival. Its principles are right and it will triumph under the proper leader ship. ' There is a great deal of theology in the idea of the little girl who wished she could be good without obeying her grandmother. She said it was easy enough to read books and pray, but pretty hard to mind grand mother. Dana's Opinion of Grant. Among the personal enemies of Gen. Grant and his administration, few have been mere venomously conspicuous than Mr. Charles A. Dana, of The JXew York Sun. A document has recently been brought to light, however, which shows that Mr. Dana has not always entertained the opinions which he now expresses in me bun. it is a campaign life of General Grant, by Charles A. Dana, Esq., published in 18G8. We quote a short extract : " Early in 1860 he accepted a propos ition from his father to remove to Ga lena, and join his brothers in the leath er business. Devoting himself with industry and good sense to his new oc- cupation, he soon became familiar with all its branches, and achieved a fair de gree of success. But, not being at all demonstrative in his manners, nor in cling to take an active part in the af fairs of the town, he made but few ac quaintances, and those mostly among the people with whom he had business. A few of the best citizens had broken through this natural reserve and dis covered the sterling qualities of the man, though it is but fair to say that no one then suspected that the modest, quiet and obscure leather-dealer would ever become the most distinguished man of his time. "When the rebellion was precipitated upon the country by the attack on Fort Sumpter, Grant had just attained his thirty-ninth year, and, having been messeu. wiui u strong auu eiasuc con stitution, an equable temper, a stout and well set figure, capable of great en durance, he had passed through the va ried experiences of his life with contin ually increasing powers. He had not reached full mental development with manhood, but had increased steadily in mental and moral stature oy the trials through which he had gone, rather than by the years that had passed over his head. " He had neither whims nor hobbies, either pet theories nor visionary schemes, but was entirely free i from prejudice of every sort, and, better than all, he had reached that perfection of common sense, which, combined with truthfulneas and steadfast courage, is superior to genius ! Plain and simple in his address, with manners unspoiled by the world, direct in his purposes, slow to anger, sparing of words in pub lic, free from guile and shame of every sort, and faithful in all things, he was regarded as a true friend, a good citizen, and an honest man." In his preface, Mr. Dana says he has collected for the people " all the' infor mation they naturally desire respecting this great soldier, . sincere patriot and in special session, and mileage shall be ten cents per mile ior each session. Strike out the words "an enumera tion of the inhabitants of the State shall be taken," under the direction of the General Assembly, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy fivei and at the end of every ten years thereafter ; and the words " and the said" in the fourth line ; and the words " as aforesaid" in the seventh line of the fifth section of the second article of the t Constitution, and insert in lieu thereof, the following second as amen ed:; The Senate districts shall be so alter ed by the General Assembly, at the first session after the return of every federal enumeration, taken by order of Congress, that each senate district shall contain, as nearly as -may be, an equal number of inhabitants, excluding aliens and Indians not taxed, and shall remain unaltered until the return of another federal enumeration, and shall at all times consist of contieruous territory : and! no county shall be divided in the formation of a Senate " district, unless such county shall be equitably entitled to two or more Senators. Strike Out the word "annually " in the sixth section of the third article of the Constitution. j Strike out the first, second, third and part of the fourth line to the word "but" inclusive of the sixth section of the first article of the Constitution. Strikeout the words "Superinden dent of Public Works" wherever they occur in the Constitution, so as to abol ish that office. negligence, in- competence or connivance of public of ficers, will scarcely be j doubted, Colos sal fortunes have been built up on the operations of a few years by profession al jobbers, and their possessors have been permitted to enjoy them undis turbed. The exposure of such frauds is the exception, and examples of per sons beipg punished, excepting for di rect stealing from the Treasury, are al most unknown: ' The losses by defalcation of disburs ing officers foot up an insignificant Question if we are not bound to do so jf in' making an official and earnest re- monstrance against this violation of the i common rights of humanity. 1 1f the- j Spanish Government shows then by its conduct that it no longer possesses any power in the island, we may be con- strained to go still further, and its own, position would furnish the warrant. It is evident that eventualities are looming up in this matter of the most serious character. We need not nowj consider all their possible consen uen-1 ; ees. We would gladly avoid anything, i which may endanger the perfect tran quility of tho country Hut. one tmn seems clear that our Government can-; hntrpmn n indifferent to mis new ue- amount when compared with that class CTe of barbarity that it Is constrained bf frauds by which the Government is by humanity and honor to present its indirectly, the loser: yet but little is friendly known by the public of the latter class. Recent indications, however, encour age the belief thai some, of these indi rect frauds will be thoroughly venti lated during the next few months, and tne pUDHC Will regard wltKHAligfhtnjr progress in that direction. lint, visrorous protest to inq Spanish Government. To this course there is not only no' exception, but every consideration urges it. If Spain shall then assert and establish Its con trol, well ; if not, It will be time to con sider whether a bloody . crusade in volving, it may bo, the lives of our own citizens can be permitted at our door, Albany Journal. i ; I The Outlook. a table based on the electoral votes of the States, as provi ded under the hew apportionment bill. We give below Repeating History On the . 11th of June, 1796. General Washington wrote from Philadelphia to his personal friend, Colonel Ilum- In dividing the States into "contested" Prey, wno was sun in rur ui, s an (iinmnfnatv1 woplaesifwnfl "mn. fOllOVVS: I ' The gazettes will give you a pretty good idea of the state of politics and parties in J' ! and "uncontested.'7 we classify as "con tested" those: which have been carried each.party, in turn, during theiastfbur years, and as " uncontested " those which have j uniformly voted on one side, no matter how spirited the con test may have been. The arrangement as between ?,' Republican 'i7 and " Dem ocratic " Is based, " of course, : on the latest elections in the respective States. The following is the table : ; ' ' UNCONTESTED STATES. Democratic. .Republican Illinois, . Indiana, , . Iowa, Kansas, -, Maine, Massachusetts Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Wisconsin, . 21 14 11 5 7 13 11 5 8 3 22 28 : 4 7 4 10 Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Total', 4 11 12 8 11 8 11 5 Total, . ! 173 CONTESTED STATES. G Alabama, 6 "Arkansas, .b londa. California, Connecticut, Louisiana, -New York, 4 34 Total, I Uncontested, Total, 53 173 220 Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, Total, Ifticon tested, 9 5 3 15 3 4 9 10 3 62 69 Correction. The following Card from Mr. Starbuck: was prepared and sent us for publication at the time at which it bears date, but in some way it was overlooked and not published at the time. In justice to Mr. Starbuck wre hoy insert it : J ; ; Editob op EbaI In your article in last Monday's Era, in reference to the ku klux trial against Hambrick and Moore, before U. S. Commissioner Vest at Winston, my remarks are not correctly reported. ' :. The Counsel for the defendants strenu ously insisted that the secret organization of White Brotherhood," of which the de fendants i were, officers, was not unlawful. Gen. Leach was then examined, as a witness by defendantsand he stated that he had de- inunced it at their meeting as "unlawful.". replied mat i wa giaU to bear that the gentleman occupying so distinguished a position as Representative in . Congress agreed with mo that this organization was "unlawful," and says ne nad denounced. it as such: and for this he was entitled to the thanks of all good citizens. f Very respectfully, f 'i f , D. II. Starbuck. Nov. 30, 1871. I Total, 131 New Hampshire will probably revert to the Republican column next spring. From this table, it requires 179 votes to elect. The Republicans have thus only to retain the States they have not lost since 1868, and carry either Cali for ma, Connecticut or Louisiana (to say nothing of New York) to insure their triumpn. On the other hand, the Democrats must add the entire " con tested " vote, . Republican as well as Democratic, to their own, to insure suc cess. What are the chances? - For such a result to be brought about would. require a complete revolution in public . sentiment. The people must acquire confidence in the Democratic organization! Nothing short of revo lution can accomplish this. The Na tional1 Administration T sustained by the Republican party, by its steady reduc tion of taxes and diminution of the debt; by; its lessening of expenditures and, honest collection of revenue; by its prosecution of official offenders and wise puoiiu poiiuy, nas commanueu ana re ceived the approval bf the people, to an extent unparalleled in the political his tory of .the-nation,' as shown by the elections. The policy recommended by the President in his message is emphat ically the policy of the people. If that is carried out, the Republican party will not only retain the column of States it!has; carried at the recent elec tions, but still others from the other column. Illinois State Journal. National Republican Convjen tion. There is now little room left for doubt on the score of the city Where the next National Republican Nomin ating Convention is" to assemble for the eyes or the world. But the trouble is The Cuban Horror. The order of the Captain-General of Cuba has excited a universal sentiment of horror. Tn deliberate atrocity vand barbarous consequences, it has rarely been equalled in the annals of modern history. Its savage brutality is made the more abhorrent by the blood-thirst v character of the lawless organization which will enforce it. In the hands of the Volunteers banishment sonal cruelty, imprisonment means tor ture or death, and execution means cold-blooded : i assassination. If the world recoils in horror from this de claration of a new severity, it is because it knows how indescribably terrible must be any advance upon the reckless savagery of the past two years. A despatch from Madrid intimates that "the Spanish Government contem plates appointing a successor to , the cruel Valmaseda. It cannot Dermit this bloody proclamation to pass unchal- 1 How to make time go spur of the moment. fast Use the Idle men are dead all their lives long. naturally astute statesman." Concern ing the political predilections of Gener al Grant, Dana says that although he had voted for Buchanan,1 he "had be came convinced oeiore the war that this, his first and only vote, had been a grievous mistake.'.'. - ; It Is not our purpose to inquire what were the reasons which persuaded Idr. Dana into a change of opinion concern ing the President. It ia "well ''known however, that the New York Custom House had a great deal to do in mod ifying" that gentleman's estimate; of Andy Jehnson, and we are not without hope that the same high considerations prompted the revolution, of judgment. concerning General Grant. Missouri Democrat. , All of the members of the National Executive Committee have been heard from, and they are almost a unit in' favor of thi3 city. Our spacious' and elegant i Academy of -Music ? w'illibe placed at the disposal of the .delegates. The Pennsylvania. Railroad Company, generously oner, to carry delegates to and - from this city at fifty per cent, below the regular prices. Then we have ample and choice hotel accommo- uauuus, wiui aa.auunaance oi spare room for the temporary but cosy habi tation of the thousands that ever follow in the 1 wake or so august a : political body as a national nominating Conven tion. . From every point of view, and in every respect, Philadelphia is the most appropriate place for the next national nominating convention of the great Republican'party to - assemble. JPhiladelpiia Inquirer. vjJ:nX Ik: . -t . . - , ; . r . '. When is a scheme like the third of a yard? , when it's a-foot. this country, and will show you at. the same time, if Bacho's Aurora is ainont? them, in what manner I am attacked for persevering Bteadily. in measures whk li to me appear necessary to preserve us during the contiicts of belligerent power in a stum of tranquility. But theso attacks, unjust and unpleasant as they are, never i occasion change in mv conduct, nor will tfeey pro duce any other effect in my mind than to increase' the solicitude, .which long since has taken fast hold of my heart,! to enjoy in the shades of retirement the consolation of believing that I have rendered to my country every service to which my abilities were competent, i i : These words ! were written nine months before he left the Presidency. What The Aurora said just as Wash ington was preparing to return to Mount Vernon, Virginia, at the close of his eight years in that high post, will be read with the more I surprise at this C9 late day, inasmuch as the passions that produced this violence have not only been forgotten and deeply regretted, but the great virtues of, the immortal Patriot and Sage are everywhere hon ored land imitated. We copy from Bache's Aurora, I dated Philadelphia, February 20, 1797: ; We knew you once, sir, the pride of every honest American, but presuming on that love and unbounded am iration which could see no fault in vour conduct,' you listened to the voice of flatter , and were persuaded by parasites that you could do nothing wrong, that whatever might bo the. public opinion, your numerous admirers were able to stifle all complaints of your Administra tion it was under this influence you sign ed the British treaty against the wishes of a large i majority of the people, and taught them that in their so much admired Consti tution a power existed able to control tho general will. in this temper you contradict by your agent the general opinioulhat gratitude was due to France for her exertions in our favor, and by your whole conduct have manifest ed to the world, whatever may havp been your own professions, that tho neutrality ' you recommended was intended to operate to her injury. Even these addresses, so warmly urged by the. friends of-Britain, will not long hide from the people the views of your Administration ; for France, victo-. riousover all her enemies, will demand of America an explanation which must pro duce concessions from iOur goyernment then, and then only, the weakness of your, measures will be known, anu the people poo your true reasons for quitting your station. Be it, however, as ho desires. ."Let, then, this idle pageant go. Let this mimic of roy alty depart.. Speed his way, ye powers of heaven and earth, nor forsake him till he, ' "arrives at his native, , shados, like Sancho.,: from his Barrataria.'with his belly full vf . government and a load of honors above tho ability of his horse to carry. There, if per- i chance in his drowsy moments ho should ' look over the addresses of the present day, which ignorance alone could have dictated, . and'vanity like his have accepted, when there he find himself praised for lovo of lib erty and mankind, then let him remember an nundred slaves obey'his lordly will, and daily clank their chains in despair of .com fort on this side of the grave. j - : On the Gth of March, 1797, two days after John Adams had been Inaugura ted President, and when George Wash ington was a private citizen; Bache's Aurora had the following, leading ed itorial: : 1 ' " Lord, now lettest thou Thy servant de part in peace, for mine eyes have seen Thy salvation," was tho pious ejaculation of a man who beheld the flood of happiness rushing in upon mankind. If over there was a time that would license tho reitera tion of the exclamation, that time is now. arrived; for the man who is the ;sourco of all the misfortunes of our country is this day reduced to a level with his fellow-citizens, and is no longer possessed of power to multiply evils upon the United Mtates. If ever there was a period for rejoiciug, this " is the moment every heart, in unison with the freedom and happiness of the people, ought to beat high with exultation that the name of Washington from this day ceases to give a currency to political Iniquity and to legalize corruption. A new era is now . opening upon us, an era which promises " much to the people, for public i measures must now stand upon their own merits, ami nefarious projects can no longer be jsup ported by a name". When a retrospect is ' taken of the Washingtonian Administra- . lion for eight years it is, a subject of tho j greatest astonishment that a single individ ual should have cankered the principles i of ' i republicanism in an enlightened people Just emerged from tho gult of despotism, and should have carried his designs against' the public liberty so far as to have nut; in jwparuy lis very existence, ftucn, how- very ever, are th facts, and with these starimr ns in thft t'xnn t h iu Hav i.iinrhi t-n lu V 1, 1,11,... t thatSoain has nractimllv Inst, all tvw I tho iri er in Cuba. For the last two vwr its I Our thrift mnf nintri sway has been merely nominal and not Washington, Jaoksan, and Lincoln real. It does not rule the Dart of tho were all sharriefuilv tnulnmvi l anH Island which is loyal to the Spanish j were; re-elected by a gratefur neoole - Luvjid ciiuai me yaih wiitre tne j.-muuetpnia Jrrtss. reDenion nas its seat. The force which is called the Volunteers and which numbers forty : thousand is the actual master, and never did great power rest in worse hands. Thetroorjs are reck less," inhuman," remorseless, defying all Men who have half a dozen irons in the fire are not the ones to go crazy. j lt is the man of voluntary or compelled leisure, who mopes and pines, and thinks himsplf infn tbo t,wi i io, law and revellinsr in blood. Thev the crave. Mntinn ia aii r,,,. "avc. mauu tuu v-auiuin-vjrenerai re sponsible to them instead of to the Home Government. He has shared their' own temperi and when even his inhumanity recoiled from their relent less savagery, they liave constrained his acquiescence. But the time has come when Snain must either assert its power or confess its impotence. If lt governs Cuba it must wipe out this burning disgrace. Action is man's salvation, physical and inenxai ; ana yet nine out of ten are wistfully looking forward to the covet ed hour when they shall have. leisure to do nothingthe very, siren that has lured to death many a "successful" man. . He only is truly wise who lays himself out to work till life's Litest hour, and that is "ihe man who will ' live the longest, and will live to most purpose. i i i, 4
The Era (Raleigh, N.C.)
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