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JJ.UJJLJFJ I r ! TRI-W?EKLY AND WEEKLY BY The Era Publishing Company. ItttteM of Hulcriitioii s -Tri-Wkkkly-Ond year, in advance, $3 00 2 00 it montns, in advance, 3 months, in advance, 1 mfenth. in adranoe. i Weekly One year, in advance. Six months, In advance, II The Amendment Bill Passed. - The Constitutional Amendment Bill, reported by the Joint Committee on Constitutional reform, passed Its final reading in the House on Wednesday by the Constitutional majority. On its se cond reading several Republicans vo ted for it, so as to give the Democrats a chance to modify it on its third read ing and make it acceptable to all par ties. They could have defeated it with- out difficulty on its second reading, but they chose to act with magnanimity and liberality. They liave not been met in the same spirit. The Dem ocrats would concede nothing. They had determined from the begin ning to make no concessions. They are jeekinga party advantage, and not a reform of the organic law, unless they can thereby obtain a party advantage. This is patent to the most casual ob ser ver 1 1 is th e gen ui ne splri t of dem ocracy. Smarting under recent defeats, they have resolved upon taking ad vantage of what should never be made a party question to regain their lost ascendency In the State. Such tactics ought not to succeed, and will not suc ceed. The people cannot fail to under stand them. They will impose upon nobody. They have Just been resur rected from Democratic morgue. The smell of thecharnel house is upon them. und the honest people of the country will be disgusted with them. They will turn from their authors. to the only party that showed a disposi tion to rise above partizan considera tions in amending the organic law, as the one worthy of their confidence and support. . And the Democratic leaders will probably find themselves,-in the end, in a position very differCTit from that in which they suppose they have placed themselves. It is not for them to dictate to their opponents what course they shall now take in the prem ises. The Coming Campaign. The political campaign of 1872 is near at hand. In a short time the tocsin will be sounded from one end of the Union to the other. And in -the ap proaching conflict, more important, per haps, than any through which this country has ever been called upon to Kiss, isonu uaronna ieuu ou. iitr State election take place early in Au gust, at least a month before those in any other State. It is all important, therefore, that no mistakes should be made by the Republicans of this State in thn selection of candidates. Their principles are right, and with the pro per standard bearers they can carry the State by a very decided majority. And they have many upright and able men from whom to select candidates for .their State and Congressional tickets. Ixt them select only from such men and success is certain. Already the people are beginning to discuss the question of who shall be selected as candidates for the several State and Executive offices, both through the press, and In public meet- ... Two communications on the subject, hnt rmvfi rjnired lliuuumuii w " " heretofore, appear in - oo1iimn in. day, as well as the proceedings of a pub lic meeting in Randolph. Let the dis cussion go on, and the people, the honest, unassuming and unaspiring people of the country be heard. They are removed from the influences that bias the minds of politicians, cliques and factions, and maybe relied upon to select men who are upright, honest, just and true. Let them select dele gates to represent them in the nomina ting Conventions that will represent them fairly and honestly, and all will go well. Honest men will be selected for office; the Republicans will tri umph ; the government will be faith fully administered, and old fashioned honesty will characterize every branch of the public service. ;To be RcmoTcd. . The President, it seems, is determin ed to remove all the officials implicated in, or in any manner connected with, the frauds and Irregularities of the New York Custom House. The country will be glad to learn this. As the origina tor of the civil service reform move ment, as much was expected from him. The Washington correspondent of The Herald, under date of the 14th, repre sents the President as saying to a mem ber of Congress : 44 M v mind is clear upon one point. Ev ery otiicer under the administration vrho has been in anv war connected with the Ir regularities in S'ew"York will be dismissed at once. It makes no difference if every man now holding office In New York should be dismissed. I shall not wait for any re port or resolution of the Senate, nor even lor the absolute proof of overt acta. I know how hard it is to prove overt acta. The fact that officers have so demeaned themselves as to be open to suspicion, or to bring scan dal on the service, or to dissatisfy the large mercantile class, is enough, to justify a change. These Senators are no more anx ious than I am to purify this service, and I shall be glad to do my share in the work." This, if true, and there is no reason to doubt it, is plain talk, and means business. It shows beyond question that he means to do it faithfully and well. If he succeeds fully In purifying the civil service he will add much to his present popularity and leave be hind him an enduring fame. oo : r : : oo Vol. 1. To the Colored People of North Carolina. From the public prints and other sources, I learn that efforts are being I made, by agents of persons living in other States, to induce you to leave the State of your nativity and take up your anode as laborers in a land or strangers. far from your friends and acquaintan ces, t eeimg an interest in your wel- rare, x ueeni it iray auty to warn you against any hasty action on your part in a matter or such vital interest to you. Many of your relatives,, friends and ac- quaintances have heretofore been in duced to leave their homes under the impression that by so doing they would . - a a isis f 1 i better their condition; their fond hopes nave not been realized, and mey are now unniung rrom ine oilier cup 01 disappointments and in penury and want are longing for their old homes and fi resides. 1 1 advise you before you take the same false step, to look well into the matter. Be not deceived, for there are manv abroad in the world. full of guile, who are ready and most willing, yea, eager, to take advantage of your unsuspecting natures and use you for their own pecuniary advance ment. Before you yield to their seduct ive solicitations! consult those of your own race who have once confided- In them and gone with them into a strange land and worked tor them and alter wards returned I to their old homes. Ask them how they were treated in health and in sickness? Knquire of them how they were paid for their la bor? Ascertain from them how much more money they brought home than they took away r. Find out how much their employers still owe them and have refused to -pay? Turn then to letters you have received from friends, who left their homes and went to dis tant lands at the earnest solicitation of agents who made fair promises to pay bio traaes. Learn from these letters how those promises have keen kept. See how many are begging old friends to send them just money enough to get back to the old homestead. When vou have done this, if you believe it will be to your advantage to go, then go, for it is human nature for every one to do the best he Can for himself, and for those wno arengntiuny uepenaenc on mm on him. I feel well satisfied that there is no better place under the sun than North Carolina for the honest, indus trious colored man and woman. Thou sands of acres of as fertile land as can be found anywhere are embraced with in our limits. Every variety of cli mate and production is our heritage. Good health abounds here to as great an extent as in any State of the Union. The Ku Klux Klans having been sup pressed, good order and quietude will soon, if it does not now, reign supreme in our midst. Labor is as much need ed here as any where else. Our Legis lature is now endeavoring to induce Immigrants to locate among us. Where can we get better laborers than our own colored people? No where. Where can we get as good laborers, laborers who are ever ready at our beck and call, dav or night, in sunshine or in storm to do our bidding and do it without a mur emphatically and cheerfully and 1 answer unhesitatingly nowhere. Then let the white and colored people of JNortn uar olina strike hands and become good friends. The white mans land needs the colored man's labor: the colored mail's labor needs the white man's land. Let a truce be made and a bargain struck each is dependent upon theoth er, and each will do the other good.if a proper understanding can be arrived at, and good faith maintained between the eontractine parties. Is there any reason why this shall not be done? None whatever that 1 am able to see, our on the contrary everything in North Car- olina seems to conspire to so interweave . , j. . r 41 " me interests VI luaratra as w uiwure success of the one almost entirely depen dent upon the prosperity of the other. I close by warning the colored man against a hasty removal from our State, and bv advisincr the white man to deal fairly, liberally and justly with his col ored hireling. t - TOD R. CALDWELL. ' JRaleigh, N. C, Jan. 19, 1872. We heartily concur in the advice giv en and sentiments expressed by Gov. Caldwell in the foregoing letter. Jacob McCotter, Senator 8th District. C. II. Broeden. 18th John A. IlymanJ it 20th 11th 7th 10th 28th 5th 4th 13th 10th 19th 44 44 R. W. King, N. B. Bellamy, R. F. Lehman, R. T. Long, J. W. Beasley, Jesse Flythe, G. W. Price, Jr., L. J. Moore, Phil. Hawkins, 44 44 ' 44 44 (4 44 4( 4.4 44 . 44 T. L. Hargrove, Representative from Granville. J Jonathan Harris,' Guilford. Jacob T. Brown, Davidson. J. G. Morgan, Montgomery. J. R. Darden, Perquimans. D. C. Guyther, Washington. John P. Nissen, Forsyth. Win. F. Loftin, Lenoir. J. W. Bean, Randolph.' Geo. B. Willis, Craven. Edward R. Dudley. Craven. E. B. Lyon, Granville. B. S. Hardy, Greene. Richard Faulkner, Warren. T. A. Sykes, Pasquotank. J. R. Page, Chowan. . Richard Tucker, Craven. S. M. Collis, Mitchell. Samuel N. Buxton, Northampton. J. J. Goodwyn, Halifax. Augustus Robbins, Bertie. W. H. Reavis. Granville. B. H. Jones, Jackson. Wm. D. Newsome, Hertford. John Bryant, Halifax. Wm. Cawthorn, Warren. W. G. B. Morris, Henderson. Richard M Johnson. Edgecombe. : Robert Fletcher, Richmond." John H. Williamson; Franklin. Meeting of TiiE-'AiuMXi. See the! call for a meeting of the Alumni of the University in 4 another column. It Is hoped that the meeting will be able to devise some plan by which that vener able and renowned institution may be revived in more than its former glory and splendor. i .Jew RALEIGH, N. 0 Remarks of Mr. Darden, OP PERQUIMANS, ' On the Convention bdl.vrMen out for The Carolina Era. As I was deterred from giving my views on the third and final reading or the- momentous bill to amend toe .Con stitution, on Wednesday, by the call of the previous questiop, or what is known as .the gag law. J. aesire to express, in a few words, the reason why I voted against the passage of the bill. 1 was ready, willing, and anxious to vote for some bill tending to amend in some re spects the organic law of the land, though not pledged to any whatever ; f oimrtat a nv nnntitntinn'. whv. I but to vote tor an omnibus Dili, max had rather voted for the Conven- tion bill (headed , by two-thirds of all the members) introduced at last session, than this, for I do not believe if we had called a Convention, under the bUi re ferred to, it would have proposed as many alterations the bill which became anactofthelieneral Assembly on wed nesday, did. Some of the provisions of the Act I endorse and was anxious to support, but others were so obnox ioiis and unnecessary that I could not support it as a whole, and we were not a diStSrobHonaS? features, but support all or none. I had hoped that this all important mat ter would rise high above party, and that the General Assembly, as a body, would center upon some bill that would meei- wnn .me approoauou vi uu, irre spective of party, race, color, or previ ous condition. But we find it quite to the contrary. I fear it has been passed soiel v ' for party purposes. This is wrong, and the masses or tne people 01 North Carolina will not endorso sucn a course, ami u ii ever geus ueiuio uicuj they will kill it, and yet they want the Constitution amended, 1 but not in all th6 respects referred to in the Act, and . r;rn ri" T Wl The amendments I f.,..- r.rA .ronton to Support, and I think I should have been sustained m, are as loiiows: ist. The blotting out of the clause relative to State debt. 2d. Having biennial in stead of annual sessions of the Legisla oufrJnjr the census to be taken in 1875. t . . ; mi i i i r n.. m r ci.. 4in. ine aooiisuiug oi me oiuue ui ou- perintendent of Public "Works. 5th. The new section fixing salary of mem- bed of the Legislature, I do not seri ously obiect to. These I should have supported, or did vote for in the substi tute, which failed to pass. But the omhibus bill, containing thirteen amendments, is not in accordance with the wishes of the constituency I have the honor to represent. So, upon these rounds. I was compelled to vote in the negative. Resolutions Adopted bv the Board of Trustees of the University, Jan. 9th, 1872. itesolred. That the President appoint a Committee of three who shall 1st. Ascertain and report the amount of each debt of the University, to whom due. and unon what terms it may be .com promised. !2d. Ascertain and report the kind, the.condition, and the place of all the property and funds of the University. 3d. Said Committee are authorized and requested to confer with the Alum- fit W T P A i i m oi me university anu ascertain anu report upon what terms and to what extent they may be Induced to come to the relief and support of the Univer sity. ' i His Excellency Tod R. Caldwell, ap pointed Alexander Mclver, W. B. Rodman and R. F. Lehman, pursuant to the above resolution, if yet the undersigned, respectfully reaUest a ereneral meeting of the Alum ni of the University on Thursday, the first day of February next, in the city T 1 1 Af . . OI ivaieigll, lor uio purpuse vi re-vi&iwi- Uirig the Alumni Association, and res ponding to the foregoing resolution : W.?A. Graham, D. I. Barringer, Thomas S. Ashe, S. F. Phillips, Thomas Settle, R. H. Battle, W.C.Kerr, WiPB. Rodman, J. A. Gilmer, -H. C. Jones, Will. H. Battle, It. M. earson, C. M. T. McCauley, Robert P. Dick, Kemp P. Battle, B. F. Moore, Alexander Mclver, R. F Lehman, -John W. Graham, Jajpes A. Graham, . Thomas A. McNeill, L.R.Waddell, James F. Taylor. ' Amusing Incident. During the re cent annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church Sonthj which assem bled in Portsmouth, quite an amusing incident occurred at the African Meth odi$t Church which is connected with the Northern i branch of Methodists. The Conference delegated the Rev. tb qddress the colored brethren in. ref erence to effecting a conciliatory spirit or. permanent adhesion to the Church South. The Rev. gentleman, who, by the. way, is quite an elegant minister, filled his mission in a most creditable maimer: He took for his text the very appropriate words: 'Come thou with us and we will do thee good,' which he treated in a masterly and scriptural manner, and in his application he was correct in his appeal to his hearers to give in the adhesion to Church, South, and what effect was produced, may be judged from the concluding services of the pastor in charge, whom he called upon to close the exercises. He arose and asked the congregation to unite in singing the following hymn r . : ! 1 Jesus, great Shepard of the sheep, ' . ! To Thee for help we fly ; Thy little flock In safety keep ; : - j f jTorO, the wolf is nigh; - , . . : ! " - . - '. To scatter, tear and slay ; 'lie seizes every straggling soul . -i As his own lawful prey.. , AVe opine a few of t the hearers, and perhaps the speaker,' felt a little heep Uh; Wilmington Star. ' SJCABT Bar. A candy boy, passing through a car on one of our railroads the Other day, saluted a cross old gentleman, with "Pop-corn, pop-corn'r - "ilain't got any teeth, angrily replied the man. ' ' i(jum-lrops ! gum-drops V persisted the enterprising youth. . . .. .. . , - . ,,. a: i friffl b 11 J U ! C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 2B, 1872, CORRESPONDENCE. i:f . . .-. .;:,' - The Editor- mast not be tuwlerstood as enflofs lng'the sentiments of his 'correspondents. Communications on all subjects are solicited, which will be given to the readers of Thk Era as containing the views and sentiments of the writers.'" " ' " " - ': For the Carolina Em. . Our State Officers, &c. I see in The Era of the 12th irist., certain gentlemen recommended- for State officers, and .a candidate named for Congress of lhe4th District of North Carolina. " ' " j As the canvass seems to ; be opening for discussing the claims of our distin guished fellow-citizens, allow me, one of the rank and hie, to suggest a ticket which I think will meet j with the hearty approbation of the masses in the State, viz: ; , . : : : - : For Governor, Tod K. Ualdwell. A. genuine reliable Republican. 'When Conservatism and Ku Kluxism mar shalled their hosts and went -i into the campaign in 1870, and came out victo rious with shouts. of applause for. Joe Turner and Ku Klux leaders, Gov Caldwell remained at the post of tluty with but a shattered guard around, de m the dt. of duty and principles, for they never die. That party, flushed with victory and many wants to supply by its hunerry follow ers soon came to grief, by a bomb-shell bursting In their camp, unawares, irom Gov Caldwell in opposition to . the Convention bill. Gov. Caldwell de serves more credit than any man m North Carolina, for his persistent stead fast opposition to the Convention bill, on account of its unconstitutional and revolutionary tendency. Then let us nominate and elect him Governor. It .will only be saying by the people, ' Well done faithful ser vant" we will elect you to a nigner position than we first placed you TliE, VI IVWKlUKIlilUl. J. IXUC UlIU U1CU Republican and good presiding officer. or Xreasur?, Alfred .docker y, of Richmond. Every body believes he is honest and will take care of the State's purse strings. " For' Attorney General.: It. r . IjEH man, of craven, a good lawyer, iuuy capable and well qualified. For Secretary or state. J. Jts. jneatii eryJ of Wake. A hard wTorker for the party, has done many, many things for tne success oi ine .ttepuDiiean party, and will do many more. A man for the place, suited by business habits, and manners and education: For Auditor. C. II. Brogden, of Wavne. The old Rip Van Winkle of Republicanism in Eastern North Car olina. Experienced in all that pertains to the office. For Superintendant Fublio Instruc tion, Solomon Pool, of Orange. A friend of popular education, in every way adapted and Qualified for the post. and would reflect honor upon the State and advance the interest of popular education in all her borders. For Sunerintendant Public norks, J. M. Justice, of Rutherford. The death knell bf Ku Kluxism in Western North Carolina. A fire-tried Republican, and the Republicans desire to show their appreciation of his valuable services. jror uongress oj un jjiscrici vj xwnii Carolina. Gen. Willie.D. Jones. A V - 1 -v . t A M T. TT f . . 1 t 1. Representative man, a man of the peo pie, by the people, and for the people A man generous, honest and kind to a fault. Then let us press his claims for nextXongresg. i For the Carolina Era. I For Governor. jhr. jDiTOR : 'ine ume is not dis tant when the Republican party will be called upon to select from its mem bers a candidate for Governor, and oth er leading officers of the State. All de pends upon tho man selected, ir tne risrht man is selected as our standard bearer, we will sweep the State from the sea-shore to the mountains. Ave cannot afford to experiment upon new men at this time, we must select a man who has the confidence: of the whole people. A man who has proven himself honest, capable and just, and one that will protect the weak from the horrible ku-klux party of the State. Such a. man is our present Governor. Tod RI CaLDWEllI No one in the State has shown the amount of pluck and back-bone. It is, and must be conceded bv every one. that by his : bold stand the Republican party was raised from defeat, and made triumphant in the last campaign. He saved the home stead and perpetuated the colored man's rights, i His private and public char acter is as pure as t ne l an pea streams that flow down the mountains of his Western home. ' And should he receive the nomina tion, he. will be elected by the largest maioritv ever sriven to any man in the State. I have traveled all own -the State, and know what I say is true. Then let the nomination be unanimous. i r Yours truly, 1 A Republican. - For the Carolina Era. Centennial Innkersary of Anicri- j can Independence. That Important era in the' history of the world will occur In the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy six. 'I . How little did the immortal framers of that! instrument, think that they were constructing a great political fab ric on which the, grandest and best gov ernment the world ever saw, has been erected. Did one of them contemplate when he assigned that paper that he was bequeathing to generations unborn; a declaration of right which would last one hundred years? we think from their momentous surroundings and thus far seeing sagacity f that they were do ing a mighty Work which would speak in acres to come, when many of them would be personally forgotten, but that Catacazy has not, we apprehend, . of thpirivmrka would follow them. Ameri- fended as srrievouslv as Genet, and the ca, free America, we believe that in . . i strument has wrought what its framers intended it should, . in the ameloration and civilization of mankid,- "That all men were created equal, that they were endowed with certain inalienable rights among which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Such language' will live in the hearts of all true Amer icans 'til time 7 with her ' countless i i it.. "V . um siid.li vauibii anu ue uu mure. u y what party in .the history of this gov-, ernment deserves the thanks and sup-: port of all American citizens for having consummated all that was claimed by a Hancock, a Adams, a Franklin, and other great lights that conceived these great truths? The National Republi can party. -ii ' ' . The result of that organization, witn Abraham Lincoln -as its leader, has been td abolish ; Slavery, a. curse to American soil, and declare "that all men were created equal that they were endowed with certain inalienable rights among which are life, liberty and pur suit of happiness." The result of this language is before s us to day. Efry man on American soil is in possession of these inestimable blessings, unless it b8 a;Ku Klux who has defied the law and the prooasration of these! inaliena ble rierhts. Gen. Grant, with an able corps of Representatives from" the peo ple, intends to perpetuate tneso unuy mer truths to the remotest gehei-ations. Thev intend that these truths, long Ivinar dormant, shall be verified. Who saved the United States ' from dissolu tion? f Who saved the covermrient from anarchv. confusion and disarrace? Who sacrificed all to perpetuate this decla ration of riehts. handed to us by Wash ington and his co-patriots? AVho made four million of slaves freemen and guar anteed to them these rights ? ! General Grant and these Representatives' from the people of the United States. . Then let the whole nation1 with one accord rally around Gen: Grant and re-elect him to the presidency for the next four years. That illustrious day will come during that administration and win De celebrated with that dignity and rever ence which a nation alone can bestow. Then it may be said we have the second Father of his country, directing the Ship of State, one hundred years since us louiiuauou in uu us uutui glory with all enjoying "life, liberty and pursuit of happiness." I . S. Ivl NAB. Woodknoll, N. C. T iv Vv For the" Carolina Era. Mr. Editor: Allow me through your paper to myite tne attention oi ' . . a ' : dm the Republican party to the name of Hon. I. G. Lash, as the mosi 'suitable man in the State for Treasurer, a man equal to any and inferior to nonein financial ability. ; '- . OlAi ISSUE. Genet and Cataca zy. Jtot blood would soon involve Russia and America in a w ar, even J about as small a matter as the dispute between Secretary Fish and Minister Catacazy ; but lieneral Urant is as cool as ne is brave, and he is not likely to , stand "in the way of moderation in this new cri- sis. it is well to see now rresiaent Washington acted in a case not entire ly dissimilar. We refer, of course, to to that of M. Genet, the first Minister of the French Republic, who came to this country in April or lTUo, after Wash ington had been unanimously re-elected, and was received with the most enthusiastic demonstrations by the ex isting Democratic party. He was espec ially honored m Philadelphia, citizen Peter S. Duponceau, secretary of a se cret society of Frenchmen which met at Barney Mcbhane7s,sign ol the"i3uncn oi Grapes," No. 23 Nortli Third street, was particularly active to secure a demon stration against the "cowardly Conser vatives, Anglomen and monarchists" led by Washington. Philip S,jFreneau, translating clerk of Mr. Jefferson (then Secretary of State) and editor of the Kational Gazette, celebrated the glories of the Paris regicide and received sub scriptions for the "Fench, Patriotic Society" at his newspaper office, 209 Market street, un tne oi iuav, i t ira, the French frigate L' AmbusCade came up our river .Delaware, saiunng wun fifteen guns a vast assemblage on Market-street wharf, and was answered on shore, e-un for erun. and bv loud accla niationst - A cap of liberty appeared at her head, foremast and stern i her quarter galleries were decorated with gilt anchors bearing the bonnet rouge; from the top of her, foremast floated the words. "Enemies of equality, re form or tremble Irom tne mammasr Freemen. we are your irienas i ana brethren ;" and from the mizzonmast 'We are armed lor tho deience oi tne rights of man." The French frigate was the fit precursor of the French Ambassador, who reached Philidelphia on the 16th of May, and was greeted, at Gray's Ferry by an immense concourse of people. The bells of Christ Church were rung,- and an address signeci oy men like Dallasj Rittenhousef and - Bow ponceau wa3 read amid loud cheers. Genet was i greatly delighted, and responded in fitting terins. On the 18th of the same month an ad dress from the Democrats ofi the city was offered to Genet by .Charles Biddle and others, at the City Tavern, follow ed by a dinner at Oeller's Hotel,' at which (ienet sung a song adapted to the occasion. French peculiarities be-' came common : irencn ideas iasmonai ble and when Genet saw at Washing ton's house a bust of Louis the Six teenth he complained of the I insult to France. Finally he appealed irom tne government to the people ; and - Wash- ington, .who had borne ms antenerence with ereat patience, demanded his re call, and he was succeeded by M. Fah chet. M. Genet did not return to France, for when- he wasf i removed Robespierre and his party, were over throwiu.-H He r remained in JAmerica and wJas twice married first to the daughter of Governor Clinton, 'of 'ew York, and second to a daughter of Posc-r master uenerai usgooa. Jtie uieti Greenbush, near Albany, j July ,14, 1834.' . , ' S- "-;': Russia in 1872 (like France In 1703,) is the friend of "America. ' Grant,-Iike Washington, will meet the crisis with' moderation , .... . . apd adjust: it nonoraoiy.. i dispute, so far as he is concerned,- may'i D ine more rtiuiiy rw;i;iKUr x ma; i between - two nations so r closely. on-4 nected by traditions and, mterests, -.so indissnlnhlv united in the old past, and so joined together1 iti the work of eman1 cipation and sympatny in tne recent past, and in every nour oi tne preseni, is a a consideration too potent to belight-a l7 PT ,, . ' - ..- -- - -r?';''; i r'" ; I in L'trt. ?At ,li,-t' - .-yji Public Meeting in Randolph According to previous notice e Meeting of the Republican party held at Asheboro' on Saturday, the Idth ult. The meeting, was organized by calling to the Chair Julius A: Gregson lsq.; and J; A. Blair was requested-to i.act as oecreiary. j;.j.no,i;nair appouitw i tha following gentlemen to act as a 1 a r-i- a mi snt . x J Committee to draft resolutions for the action' of the 'meeting, to wit : George W. Reid, J. A: Blair, B. B; Bulla, Joel ;F' Throgden,' Alfred Julian; N. H.Hill and John Stewart, who, after jtheir ap-; poiutment, retired for, consultation, irtieffCol. W; Fi'Henderson; of David- nd for one hour, and a half received? tho entire attention of the large and repsctable audience. Col. Thomas B. Longof Rowan was next introduced, yho. for three-fourths of an hour por trayed in vivid colors the immense in jury done to North Carolina by tho Ku Klux Klan retarding immigation and tlnving capital from the' Estateand urged the . wool-hat boys of Randolph to leave the miserable politician, ,who, for, selaggraiidizcment.t jiad ,ruhcd thenr forward into commission of crimes-'too low1 to speak of. ! He con cluded his speech by an earnest appeal to ? the . time-honored old Whig .and Democratic parties to cast aside .old party Issues and rally under the nag of their country,' ! and' in the coming elections to show their love of country by supporting the nominees of. the State and National, Conventions of the great National Republican party. Mr. B. B. Bulla;of Randolph, follow ed Col. Long, and made a most capital and telling speech. - Mr. J. A. Blair be ing called on next, addressed the vast assembly..:"'';;' T ' The Committee having returned, re ported through their i Chairman . the following r resolutions,; whicli.; passed without a dissenting voice i . , j , ? ,f K Whereas, We, the people of Itandolph county desirous to promote the peace, order and prosperity) of our .common country with an unwaveiing devotion to the Union, and an abiding' faith in the great principles of Republican Government ; and, Whereas, there has recently, been a secret attempt to subvert tho government and destroy the sacred rights of the -people by the t most wicked and . liendish conspiracy that ever disgraced man or shocked and outraged hu manity ; therefore, - ' ' " ' Hesolved, t. Tlat we hold that no man is morally lit to legislate for a free and civil ized people who belongs in any way to the Ku Klux or White Brotherhood Klan. ; ; ; 2. tThat we hold up to the scorn and con tempt of tho christian world, the man who persistently denied the 'existence of this murderous band and in whoso interest it was carried on. , . , 8. That wehave reason ' to believe that there are now members of this Klan in the State Legislature, and some even disgracing tho Halls of the Congress of these United States. We therefore, ask those bodies res pectively to investigate this matter and if such be the case to expel them at once, vi' That in behalf of the tax-payers of the State ve request the members of the Legis lature to adjourn and return home as wo consider it a worthless and inconpotent body. ,:'-',.;!',, V ''... ': . , 5. That we, the Republican party of Ran dolph county, heartily endorse the admin istration of President Grant as economical, wise and just, and his . re-election depends on the hope of our country's safety. Uth. That we cheerfully endorse the ad ministration of Gov. Tod R. Caldwell, and tender to him our grateful thanks for his efforts in behalf of peace..' 1 7th. That the State of Xortli Carolina owes to her worthy and. noble &on, Hon. John Pool (now in tho Senate of the United States) a debt of lasting: gratitude for his zeal an d devotion to the good of his country, whi her people can never be able to repay, i 8th. That we have not forgotten or lost sight of our honored and persecuted leader. Gov. w. v. llolden, ana we are ever ready and more than willing to welcome him back to his native State with rejoicing. , On motion, a delegation composed of the tollowing gentlemen were appoint- ked bv the "Chair, to attend the State Convention,' to-wit : Joel Ashworth, Joel Jr. Thogden, James Latham, O. W. Reid, Alfred Julian, John Robbins, A. S. Lauglin, K. T. Blair John Stuart, J. A. Blair,u John Bell, Alfred Rush, David ' Worth: ! Isaac Spencer, ; Fred. Pearse, Wm. hyVe. Joseph Hooverand Alfred Diffee. And - said delegation was instructed to cast' their, votes for Hon. Thomas Settle,' of Rockingham, as the choice of the Republican party or Randolph for Governor. On motion, all. Republican papers in the State were requested to publish the .I l'J AVt ' " ' proceeuings oi mis mass meeiiiig. On motion, the meeting adjourned. JULIUS J) GREGSON, Chm'n.' J. A. BjlKin; Secretary. - ' Ih the New Y 6t-Independent of last week Colonel T. W. Iligginsou' has an article on , Competitive Examina tions' in which he expresses, doubt of their practical worm as a suDstitute ior the Bystem of appointment on jxrsonal recommendation in the civil' service. His opinion rests on the . experience of the method hi selecting teacliers for schools and officers for the colored troops In the army duringthe rebellion. He pronounces tlie officers selected by such examinations for tho army on an, average inferior to those who .were ap pointed by commanding officers, and the reason was that the" qualifications I ascertained by the examinations ; were scholastic and technical, leaving out of the account the natural traits of charac ter, which are of the very first impor tance in the military- service. ' Nor is he byiiny means certain that examin ing boards are sure to be free from , the, corrupting influences which everybody desires 'should be avoided in the mak ing of ; appointments. . He. quotes Fruude's .assert ionthat In China, where the competitive examination system has been in ' vogue a thousand' years, they have, the weakest and most' cor-, rupt . government the. .world has ever seen, and 1 the confession pr-vMatthew. Arnold, who says v "I have borne part in the examinations for the English civil service; and I can'truly say that the; candidates, to Jwhom I gave, the highest marks were,.-, almost without exception, the candidates I would not have appointed. ' They were cramjhed mchVnot proxdmen.,v; 3Ir. - Higarin- sbn thinks tjid desirable thing Is a third incinou uu one . iias yet poinreu . ouu which sbafl avoid the unfainiess of oral examinations and the mere scholasti cism of the written method. He thinks if we Would escape .disappointment we will do well to entertain moderate ex pectations respecting the proposed civil service reiorm, looking upon it as an experiment rather than a panacea. j Rates of Advertising; One square, one time, ' - " -44 twotimps,- - . 44 " -three Ulna- i. $1 00 1 60 2"00 Uti: A square is the width of a column, and U inches deep. ,1 ti r r u , t ; if;Kl a" dr Contract "AdveTtiscmeTrts taken ""at proportionately low. rates. iyk t t j . i : Professional Cards, notexceeding l Briuare, will be pubjl Lshed one year for 1, t ' whoeauie is at'lh'e had of tlils article.' ,1 1 , , .' This candidate )s well and .jiii(y Renown. pie t was pt poor Vu t, humble parentage and lii early Jifo, 'enjoyed an. obscurity, whichthp world, yas exceed ingly loth Jo'dIj5t meek In demeanor, never fought wit aboy.pf Ills' own . size, anil ' never fought at all except when seized py the roWdy'boy1? and; like a, cowardly dog hii little ca- ' jifhe disturlxnce, ' " sot on "Ji big boy whom the rowuyj)oys were uddiq to . whip ihmy';o(hvyay T6 beju?t,hb was himself devoid of aspirations c; kneiv'theyanrty br eaicthly gIory,,aril of fen said! wifli the mcrcctpoe: 'J;4 ' ; , 44 Vhat js .-itubiUon ?,:Tis agloripus,( heat, It seeks the c-liamb6r of tho gifted boy.M n. And lifts lii humble, window ad -dQinen .,:f , inS:,.. .,j tyy.. .yr.LwIV' Ambition did not seek kis,.chamber4 simply because. h; was not a gifted boy.' Tlie rowdy boys, however, were not. always in disgust' with' 'respectable boys, whoso success and .virtuo.made them popular v favorites, could .find no better fWay, of, venting their jealousy lind spite than compelling this tinam- bitious youth to tako unto himself am bition j They lied to him most auda ciously about hi abilities; they deceiv ed him . shamefully fwith hypocritical assurances that he teas a popular favor iteand that if' he put himself promi nently before: the .people thA'tlattet would discover jhat ho was far. abler," honester, and uprighter so to ! speak than any boy wnonl the people had al ready placed at the liead of the list So the poor dupe for human nature is frail even in boys yielded a I little to the wiles of these heartless cowards, and began to think that he could whip any of the good big boys, if he wanted to, and; moreover, that he bught'totry just to please his backers. Of coarse he was fool- enough; not to see that they were lying to him, and that their sole object was td give a good boy n bruise ; In the face,: or a punchMn tho baeky l without running any rfcsk of bing. hit ' l themselves ; and if one of the good boys got the wind completely knocked out of him in the fracas, their savage anger would be fully ' gratified while they would escape the" indignation of jtho : jjeople at the good boy murder.: i . In his infancy this unambitious boy's ' name was Nobody; but In course of time, owing, to the use: to which the -bullies put him, ho was christened Anybodytobeatgrant. ; . The chief bully of the . place was a burly boy. who in his first year had ambition to bo him-' self the head of 'the class; but having been detected in stealing a letter from a gentleman's, pocket, aud fusing its contents , to make a little money for himself and a couple of tho other boys; and having afterward stolen another boy's composition, and palmed it off as . his own, he. was expelled from decent . society, and then, as , human nature is frail even in boys, he became the arch bully himself, and devoted all fiis en ergy toward getting up a fight between, the decent boys and the poor fool, Any bodytobeatgrant, for whom hcj enter tained not the slightest friendship, but whom ho was desperately ben upon Thcro le be- using iu iiisnpuci The fight was finallygotteh upj was much secrecy; about i it in tl mnninn. Inf bo bllllioq V&r( agrecd among themselves that Anybodytobcat grant must go in and whip the decent boy at the head of the class. This boy was very quiet in his way of doing, things, and not given to taking except when asked Questions: but when tin) news pot out that tlie bullies' 1 uul set Anybodytobeatgrant upon him, alt tbo' dec;ent people flocked togetliet ;to th'b spot where the bullies : and ; their boy were : and just as Anybodytobeatgrant raised his fist to strike, the decent pec' pie rushed upon' him like an avalanche1; There was a , fight then in .earhcst,- .. Anybodytobeatgrant waSiCarrled away on . a grocerjr shutter, so . clcplorabty pummeled that his own mother failed to recognize his feature, and 4refu3cd to let him in; while tho biilHesvhoot up the fight ran;for their livps, rijKLthc next day or two sneaked arphitdaiiopg( the decent people, declaring!tliey . wt're,' , not to blame for getting ut he l': iAlid when these hul lies, mxvj f'at' the decent people were determined ? tq . ' stand by the boy att 'tho hcal: of the class, and that ; their ioor aupb; could do nothing anyway, they dropped .upr, on their' knocH and, wbmcd, Ijet u have peace.'' The moral of ;all which, ; i n the words of the sacred commentator "lies In theapplicationon't.'j Cficao Evening Post. . I' ' - ' rNpwspaper4 readers, says;77cJ. 1. - Times.' will not fail to have noticed. that the Democrats tfigfit rather shy of the Lou isiaiia business. We nro Wiilliig to concetlc that this is part hr due fo. the' enormous' difficulty, of understandTng. the miserable muddlo jntot Which, tho ". aflairs pP thai unfortunate , Sjfate are linking deeper and jdeeppr every day. But it is also 'due to the fact that iho' alleged favorites 'of 'th'e'Adntinistrt-''-tion the Federal officials-wero ' Ui temporary alliance Lth the Democratic, . ' membefs of tho Legislature, againit the intolerable corruptloi and : tions of the . Governor ' Wa'fmouth . .: :. nbVthen, to aisail the ofilcIal.V with-' but assailing the 1 Democrats: But,' on t the other hand, tlie United Statre'mill- ' ' jtary officers haye eclinexl to intcrferef except' -on the' ' Gr6vprnors requlsl'tlbri i x-r iiv xxJi.t V.1' ...tiw iutJ J j ixuw, uieu, iu.uuu.iuuiif wun uus.ivu- tingent ' interference when 'itfmustf' aimed. Jfmade,aln'st't officials? tin thLi'dilenitiial lHol)cmo-' cratie newspapera have falleh thi i the" old deviof abusing the : .pIaihthTs".i attorney and are mildly sculding the, , Itepublican party for iti genemires- ponsibility.for everybody and every thin'; i' ' 11 i'- ) fuToi Twixs. .The Toledo Bladereparta the birth of twins under remarkable circumstance, oa l an emigrant train bound to Chicago, recent- ly, one of the new-comers being borniala V i k- ! Anyboajtobejifgraut. Yv a' Mass f V Tlit Tritime is out .this 'morning .for. iWHS f 4fio TS-ocfrlonf till nnnrlwtat f lpfincann'nm
The Era (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Jan. 25, 1872, edition 1
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