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Official Organ of the United States,
Official Organ of North Carolina. -
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LKW18 HANKS, Editor.
THURSDAY; FEBRUARY
1872.
Republican State ConYention.
In accordance with a resolution of
the State Executive Committee of the
Union Republican party of North Car
olina, adopted by said Committee,
a State Convention of the Republi
can party of this State, is called to meet
"in" the city of Raleigh, on
day, the 17th day of April next;
The. Convention is called for the pur-
pose of nominating candidates for the
offices of Governor, Lieutcharit-Gover-ernor,
State Treasurer, Attorney-Gen
eral, Superintendent of Tublic Works,
Riinerintendent of Public Instruction,
Secretary- of State, : Auditor, and for
nthpr-mirooscs. ' " ',"
Accordine to the "Plan of Organiza-w
. . 1 J ' W . ...til Vvr
uoa oi me party, cium wuui
entitled to as many votes in the Con
vention as It has members in the House
of Representatives of the General As
sembly.' ;:.,;
, S. Fi PHILLIPS, Chairman.
J. C. L. Harris, Secretary.
.... :
. . 4 Clark ts Stanly.
The1 leader ;tlhr Monday'! Sentinett
contains criticisms and animadversions
upon the opinion of the Supreme Court,
which, though entirely fallacious aiu
unwarranted; are sufflciently.plausible
to demand notice and refutation.
They may j be stated under two
heads: j j
1. That the expression, "whose ap
pointments are not otherwise provided
.for," in Sec 10, Art. Ill of the Consti
. tution docs not refer to officers whose
offices may thereafter be created by the
General Assembly.
2. That said Section does not prohibit
the Legislature from taking away the
appointing power vested in the Gover
nor by the laws existing at the adoption
of the Constitution, or in the Governor
and Senate under the Constitution. The
Section reads thus :
"The Governor shall nominatepand
by and, with the advice and consent of
a majority of the Senators eiect,appoint,
all officers whose offices are established,
by this Constitution, or which-shall be
created by law, and whose appoint
ments are not otherwise provided for,
and no such officer shall be appointed
or elected by the General Assembly."
The meaning of this Section will be
if thesuperfluoua word" which,"
after the word "or" is omitted. It will
then be apparent that "officers" is lim
ited and defined by - two relative clau
ses; "whose offices ore established by
this Constitution, or shall he created by
law" is one clause, and "whose appoint
ments are not otherwise provided for"
is the other, j
There are three verbs used, the first,
with reference to the offices -established
by the Constitution, Is in the present
tense ur, the second with reference
to those to be thereafter created, in the
future tensf-fhall be, and the third,
used with reference to both classes, is
in the present tenser-are.'
Then, by every just rule of construc
tion, as the tense are.used in juxtapo
sition, it is fair to inferlhat they mean
lust what they say, "are not otherwise
".' providcd.for; refers to the time of th
adoption of the Constitution
It does not necessarily mean provided
-for in the Constitution, but in that orthe
law as it existed at its adoption. To
say that because an office, for example,
: a State Director in a .RR. Co., was at
the1 adoption of the Constitution other
5 TrnYlrfft for. "and therefore the
. JLeirisIaf ure may directly or " indirectly
u A. TMilnjihlo non secruitttrz for'
' the then existing law may or may not
confer it on the ;Leglislatnre, and in
tovrnl nf thft .Railroad charters the
Hns exnreeslv conferea it
K v .
fn th finvprnor. or Governor and
Council. . ! . . -
If it had been intended by.thfe use of
the words, "whose appointments are
not otherwise provided for," to convey
the idea that such appointments as to
offices to be thereafter created could be
provided for when and as the offices
were created, the terme would have
been, as with reference to the creation
of them, the same, orthe same as that
used in the latter branch of the next
antecedent; thus, "whose appointments
shall not or!may not' otherwise
be provided for," or following the entire
preceding sentence "whose appoint
ments are not or 6hall not be otherwise
"provided for." By rejecting the tense
used In the latter branch and adopting
that of the former of the next antece
dent, the framers of the Constitution
Indicated unmistakably that the excep
tion Interjected was intended to.be
confined to the state,of the law at the
Adoption of that instrument.
As to the second point maae oy me
learned and ingenious writer in Tlie
Sentinel it may be answered by three
propositions. I
; 1. "While it may be conceded that
new duties may bp superadded to an
existing office, yet the functions so su
peradded must be ejuswkm generis-
germane to the nature and character of
the office ; for the three powers of gov:
ernment must be kept separate by the
mandate of the Consti tuti on. -
Hence duties of an Executi ve char
rfpr rannot be conferred on a legisla
at i ,ifTn1 Awmi Annra wfili-!
if.-- t.tHir.iil nffiwr.-jtlirm.
live or 'luuiiiat . . ,
, i,K.,fli nn ft legislative or
1 11 JI uuif Via C I
executi teoffieer.
SupposeVHnact as passed conferring
on Mr." WarreVth jWex 'fi pardon
crimes beforejudgirlent, Whlch power
the Executive does not possess. ac
cording to the sophistry cf the ISarned
writer the act would be constitutional.
enact, under
the provision touching Courts in towns
and cities that such a Court be erected
for Raleigh, and that the Governor
should hear and decide all cases-eom-Intr
before it : or suppose an act was
rtnCzri rnnfprinfr uron the-Governor
newer to make any law for the govern
r.f iVia oltv of Raleicrh. any of
these superadded functions would be as
little germane to the office as the power
attempted to be eonrcrea on legisuuive
ffw-rs tn fulfill the executive function
of appointing Railroad Director?..
2. The law does not tolerate the at
tempt to do indirectly that which is for
bidden be done directly.
It must be conceded that the Legis
lature possessed no power to appoint
Railroad Directors in-those Corpora
tions whose charters expressly provide
for their appointment by another, be
cause, in the language of the Section
under comment, such officer06 other-
toise provided forMhat-ls. w:gre ivhenaroinconsvstent with the, great outlines
te Constitution was adopted, and the
Legislature is absolutely and uncon
ditionally .inhibited - from making
such appointment, where the same is
otherwise provided for. .
Now would it not be a " mockery of
all justice to decide that although the
Legislature itself is absolutely debarred
and prevented hi express words, yet
they can appoint two of their body to.
do it ! lieductio ad ab$urdanH :.
. It is a maxim of law, we believe, well
settled .and of. universal application
which the learned wrltereems tohaveJ
forgotten, and has ccxtamlyignored,.
delegatus non potest delegari which
means that an agency cannot be ex
tended by the agent-thut even if the
Legislature had 4J10 appointing power
it could not delegate the trust.
A fortiori, it cannot confer a power
whreh itclUl not and could not possess.
? But by reference to Section 11,
Art. II of the Constitution we find that
if the Legislature does possess any pow
er of appointing to office it is only sub
modo that H s explained and quali
fied by that section :
" In the election of all officers whose
appointments shall be conferred upon
the Gen.cr.il Ass; nibly by the Constitu
tion the vote sluill by rice roce.
. As, then,. such' officers as are in, the
power, of the Legislature to appoint
must be elected rire voce, there is an
implied but no less stringent injunction
directed thereby against the attempted
delegation of their power; for it is, as
we have learned from gentlemen of the
Iong robea well known maxim which
the learned writer also overlooked, ex
presiio imius excluslo" utterius where
one mode ot doing a thing Is expressed
such expression excludes the idea of do
ing it in another way. . . l,
The British Protest.
It is only by unofficial sayings of the
London press and of British statesmen",
says TheN. Yi Evening JW, that any
cause has been given for anxiety as to
the Alabama claims treaty. The official
nrtanfthe British Government have
been the expression in a friendly form
nf t mirnriso at the nature of part -; of
our "case," which, in its view, seems
to transcend the limits implied in the
trnfitv. and the announcement in Par
liament of the facts and of the substance
of th"3 commun cation. There is noth
ing -which commits that government
to any further prosecution of the matter.
Great Britain has made no demand ;
not even a request. Her action may
fairly be regarded as a mere protest
against supposed "extravagance in-our
demands, intended mainly for the
Geneva arbitrators, but addressed to us
before the world in order to affectpublic
opinion. ' " '
Vith this view of the "situation the
ful iournal which began the
x . . . .
trouble seems to agree. The' Ijmdon
Times of yesterday emphatically assures
the world that England will : never re
voke' the treaty ; that is to say, that she
will go on with the arbitration and
abide by the decision of the Geneva
tribunal, whatever be bur "case." It
may safely be said that no one could
ever have imagined, it', possible that
either nation rfmuld brenk the -faith it
nledsred in the' treaty, . had not 'The
Times itself spent its best energies for
the last month in stirring up popular
rage against this country and its claims
Xo intellierent reader who examines
the recent files of that journal can fail
to see that it has had either no compre
hensive or worthy policy whatever on
the subject nothing but a vnlgar desire
to make a disturbance or else a delib
erate purpose to overthrow the treaty.
The Times, is now proclaiming the
sacredness of the treaty, condemns its
own recent course, as. less than states
manlike or patriotic, if not as directly
dishonest. .
V are, therefore, compelled to look
upon all the excitement and trouble
over the-relations of the two countries
as the,resiilt of a trick practised by The
Times and a few other London journals.
The season Was dull ;. Mr. Gladstone's
ministry was rapidly losing ground;
and a popular cry against it, might be
made the means of its overthrow in the
coming session, and then the journals
raising the cry w)uld have the credit
of working a political revolution. To
persons whose ambition is to exercise
nowpr. or. that falliner them, to seemj
to exercise it, theiemptation was irre
sistible. - The Times, Pall Mall Gazette
and Sahtrdiry Bcvietc yielded to it, 11 e L
nnrtlsrr.n r.nncsitiOn.of course, followed
and the popular clamor .rose so
- - -
hierh that Mr. Gladstone himself weak-
w
ly yielded to it. He even tried to outdo
the-men who had first raised the cry
against our , case, and said some ex
treme, that is to say, absurd and un
statesmanlike things about the treaty; j
which, coming, from the premier ot
England, sounded much like threats;
The Times nowjtakes advantage of his
rashness, and "turn3 upon him as if
shocked, declaring that Great Britain
will, at all hazards, adhere honorably
to4he treaty. ' - - ?" j
- We can let thepresent irritation pass,
then,'asaraere phase of 'local politics
in England. There are still, xnrcuni:
stances which are likely to keep somO
nn'pnsinrss alive for a time: such as the
return of our arbitrator, Mr. Adams,-to
this country ; the strong support '.which
Mr. Gladstone's extreme - declarations
seemed to receive in Parliament; the
serious character still ascribed to the
crisis by some prominent financiers
and journalists In London and New
York ; but these things are all suscepti
ble of explanation on the .assumption
that the amicable settlement of all dif
ficulties will be completed under, the
treaty. "But alarms of negotiations
breaking off and of war threatening,
which a few voices are still spreading,
nf the filftmtion. . cardinal -facts, . the
foroft of which nothinjr but official in
formation can remove. England de
sires npace. friendship anda settle
ment; she has bound herself, to a treaty
fnr thp. nurnose. and the ' presumption
tna&sne win not vjwuic uci ,.ugo
fore the world is so conclusive in itseli
i. - i i fit X ..!n1nt V. xlrvz-lrMi llf
that no newspaper clamor. Stock Ex
change rumpr or even hasty and angry
talk in -Parliament can fairly over:
throw it.
. t
Hon'. P. . E. -Shober. TJiis gentle
; ' .' -
man mav well exclaim, save me from
iny friends ! 'His party had nearly 'two
itv in both. nouses of tlie
Legislature. It devolved upon them
to rc-tlistrict the State for the election
of members of Congress.vTn doing so
they have entirely overlooked the
great services and claims of Mr. Sho-
ber. They have so changed tho Dis
trict that there will UQ-no possible
chance for him to obtain the vote of
more than three or four of the ten coun
ties composing it, in the Democratic
nominating Convention. Who, is re
sponsible for this? Bid . the various
other aspirants have any thing to do
with it? Let.Cowles and Bobbins and
rook hnd Armfield answer. Have these
gentlemen conspired to defeat Mr.
Shober by packing the District against
him, in the hope that one of themselves
might be "able to obtain the vacanl
seat? Or did it all result front the
convenient and binding rules of con
tiguity and compactness of territory?
If the latter we merely feel. sorry for
Mr. Shober; if the former 'we feel in
dignant. We are for fair play for friend
and opponent alikej But whatever
causes or influences conspjred to give
the District its present shape, the result
will be the same. Mr. Shober must
make up his mind to retire from .the
Marble Halls, or try. the passive poli
cy. In the former, if not in either,
event, he may as well begin to prepare
his farewell address to be delivered
on-retiring at the end of the preseut
Congress.. Wecotnmend to him the
example of many retiring statesmen,
including Mr. Crawford, Representa
tive from his own county of Rowan in
the recently defunct Legislature. ! And
Mr. Crawford's address, which will , be
L found in another coluimi, may serve
Mr. Shober as a model. For addresses
ronlpfo with deep feelinsr and tender
pathos, and not statesmanship and
practical wisdom, are all the rage now.
The present is an age of progress, and
Mr. Shnher will not lasr behind the
times. ' . . I t
W Reflection Allowed.
. On Friday last the House of Repre-
spntati ves passed " a bill for the better
protection of the penitentiary and oth
er purposes." The bill contained a sec
tion reflecting upon the Board of Difec
tors, though nothing affecting the integ
rity of thegentlemen composing it seems
to have been suggested. Negligence and
imcompeteacy only seem. to have beeni
charged by the friends of. the sectjon,
or bv the section itself. On Saturday
th6 vote was re-considered, and thesec-
tion, in question jstriclten au W", The rea
son iven for re-consideriug and strik
ing out was that the section in question
reflcotedvpon a member- of the DemocraC-
ic Executive Committee, who was also a
mpmber of the Board of Directors of
the Penitentiary". Has It come to this,
thatithe Democratic party in 'the Leg
Islaturc makes membership On its E. e
cuti ve committee ground for screen'ng a
man from exposure for hisofficial delin
quenc ies? What would that party have
said.of the Republicans, nad they been
guilty of such an act ? Gov. Caldwell
ated upon a very different principle
when he appointed Gov. Bragg Chair
man of Jthe investigating committee
which bears his name. He did not stop
to inquire who might be implicated or
"reflected" upon bv a thorough inves
tigation and full report. Let us hear
no more about Republicans attempting
to screen their leading men wno may
be suspected of oflicial delinquency.
As German shot and shell battered
to pieces and brew into the impalpable
air, the library building of Strasbourg
and its treasures of k learning, it is but
just and proper that Germans-should
aid in restoring and re-fiHing this once
great magazine of knowledge. The
library has already received over 130,
000 volumes -gratuitously from various
sources, the Teutons have' determined
to enlarge it by adding an extensive
department of music, the shelves of
which will be filled by the voluntary
contributions of the imisic publishers
and collectors of Germany. This is fx
much nobler revenue than the French'
One Or mODDinff ISOlUieu soiut;i,auu
. 1 9 . X 1 fJ -m A A trt
better than that childrsn
which refuses to hold commercial com
munications with a nation simply be
cause it would not tamely submit to
being conquered. 7W. Inquirer.
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. .; Practical Reform.
As one of the results of the New York
Custom House investigation, President
Grant has ordered Secretary Boutwell
and Collector Arthur to abolish the
General Order monopoly. xuisis wuuk
was to have .been expected. There is
no reason to doubt that the President
is sincere in his desire, to reform the
civil service as far as he may be able.
If he fails to" make .the reform complete
and thorough the; fault will notJte his.
He cannot succeed without the proper
legislation by Congress in making it as
thorough as it should be. But he can
do much in correcting abuses that nay
be broughtrto light, as that has in the
New Tork Custotn House, by tlie Sen
ate Committee. 1 And there is reason
to believe that he has determined to do
0, and that after the . investigation is
closed he" willive orders for the re
moval of, all the officials wh6 may be
clear! v rroven toliave been connected
v a- , ,
with the abuses complained of. v
Owing to the present mode of. mak
ing appointments, on the recommenda
tion of members of Congress, the Pres
ident is often imposed r upon. If he
knew the chair of many-men who
are recomhieifcrit3wuld
npvpr be dDoointed If he Icnew the
character of many that are in office dis
gracing his administration there is lit
tle doubt that he would give orders tor
their speedy removal, t The fault, as he
well expressed it in his message, is in
i he mode of appointment ; Legislation
is necessary to make the needed, chang
es. . If the system of .competitive ex-
aminatlon-is not the wisest and best
let another be suggested and acted upon'
bv fcoriffress.' ' '. The. Pjbsident'S;' sugges-
tionj in his.mesertha tnose who re
cominendf men5or appointment to of
fice' shall ' be held legally atid morally
responsible for their ' conduct1 while in
nfiW is one of much j force, and . wTell
worth trying. , y. l' - 'i ;
"The Governor: shall nominate, uimJ -by
o.wi the mivicft ana consent oi a ma-
.Hie v - r
loriiV OI Hie oeaiutas viwu, ax7lJWi""
all
officers vhose offices are established by this
rvmsiitution. cr vliieh "sLH be created by
law. and whose appointments qxe not otn
wise provided for, and no sucn omeer siiau
bo appointed or felected by the General As
sembly." Art. Ill, sectioiriO, of the con
stitution. i -i ,
"VTir n'linf. this mean? Simply that
the Governor appoints to all offices created
j
under Lhe Constitution, the appointment to
which is not otherwise provided for in that
instrument. As in the case of the Treasurer
and Comptroller and other officers the Gov
"ernor canndt appoint because it is otherwise
provided for. The" Governbr -also tills ail
offices created y law or act of the General
Assembly, unless it is otherwise provided
for by the act or by the Constitution. Sen
tinel. ' , ''.- '"' ' . .1. ''."'r
Sentinel entirely overlooks the
Lmost sisnificant part of the above quoted
section ot the Constitution m its com
ments. The section not only embraces
all offices.created by the Constitution,
or which were cveated by law previous
to its adoption and 'continued ; by it,
but it expressly embraces all "which
shall be crested by law" tn the future.
There would be some force in The ' Sen
torssumptioii thai thC'Lcgislature
might prescw'iea different mode of ap
poiiftment in ihe act creating the office,
but for the last clause; of the section
"no such officer t shall be appointed or
elected by the General Assembly." From
this it is "perfectly clear that the Legis
lature cannot itself; exercise the ap
pointing power in any event.
Thc'Slate Prinling.
In September last Tiik Era charged
that The Seijijncl office had drawn from
the Treasury, for the'state printing,
from threes, to ifiye thousand dollars
more thanthe work done was worth ,
according to the written contract enter
ed into:' TheT-esult was an investiga
tion by the,Legjslature,fend action; by
that body fully Tsustaning The Era's
chanres;' he . report of : the auditing
committee showed that the' public priri-;
ter'liad 'overdrawn $3;3nand;required
him tb aefoiintforrthe.n'jinlthe set-
tieihenrofi his accounts .for rprinting'
done. subsequently, ,'tOT;st";'1
ad'ded 00 ,mbre;aHvanc
t?r of the Trexisufyi to be acc4unted7or
in'the settlement of the printers, bills,
akinr $3,6 in alkT :Yet in the face;
J. . fa : - I K . .1 -A .
of all this.thc Legislature has awarded
to The Sentinel office the -printing for
another year." "IVfe the'good people 0
the State - willing to see the contract
awarded a second .time to an office
which, according to the finding of the
I,egLslature itself, : drew. $3,G58 more
fmm the Treasurv than"the work done
was worth, and only; refunded upon
corapujsion? "What .would have been
said by the DemoCTats of a Republican
fnr doincr such an act? The
Sentinel would have assumed its old at
tttude, and played oyer again the part
of the Watch doar of the Treasury. . It
would have continued to - growl at all
who approached, as it did until, hap-
Tkpnine' to onen its mouth, sorae one
x o , ,
discovered greenbacks in its own teeth.
Ati eminent Judge used to say that
in his opinion, theVery best thing ever
said by a witness to a counsel was the
rpniv oHk'Pn to rissiner. the well-known
hnrrisftr. nt the time he was leader of
his circuit, lie was defending a pris-;
oner charged with stealing a donkey.
The nrosecuhtr had left the animal tied
up to a gate, and when-he returned it
Was gone. Missing was very, severe in
his examiriation of theC witness. Do
you mean to"say, witness, the donkey
wastoleri from the' irate?" mean
to say: sif," gjvihg the Jndge and then,
the iurv a sly look, at the same time
pointing to the counsel.' l the ass was
trlaCT,vfiTnv" rK. J7.Tha tommittee
sulkiness7'v"lr"-r y-
on.Eiectipns and Privileges haye agreed to
report in favor of Ransom and against Ab-
- . j 1. lU.
botr. uov. vanee was not eonsiaereu m wo
case.
" Reform AYithin the Lines of the
1 ' Republican Party i
In making his obeisance to his breth
ren of the press on his return to active
editorial labors Colonel Forney, Tlie
Philadelph ia Press, says : C "
There aire Various theories as to the cause
of his voluntary, glad retirement from the
painful position, or a . placeman; pnt none
are so true as tlie recognition of the'fact that
he comes back to his editorial chair-with
an earnestlurpose' to serve th&-ptibli? twwt
to fn-nnp. aln in t.hft crreat WOTK OI reioi ill
. . i . rr . . . a . t . - i -
This indicates pretty clearly that
The Hressjs hereafter; to be an inde
pendent paper, which it could upt well
be while its editor i held ajnimportant,
and lucrative oflice under the govern
ment. Without factions, opposition or
captious fault-finding welnay, there
fore. exDect,2 Pi:ess tor criticise ine ?
acta of the : administration. And we
are not sure,: but a more independent
course on the part of the Republican
press of the country generally would J
have prevented tne aaminisirauuu v
falling into some . blunders. It seems,
to be a .great? mistake to suppose that
the press of the party may rentier it,a
service by defending everything the
adnllnistration does instead of criticis-
k,gandokiUngut its asthy
may be corrected and avoiaea. xi ou
appointments are made, for ihstahcey is
iHhe duty of .the, Republican press to
defend them, and thus conceal the mis
take front the President? - - Or should, jt
criticise such appointments with justj
severity; that they, may be brought to
the notice of the appointing power and
corrected? - ; r .:
Government Buiiiidgs.
We observe that7 Congress-is making
'apprbpriationa ;.fo'3overament build-
lllga, Hli-i VyllM-rtgvr, , i.ijifjr ...
places. There is noplace in the tJnited
States where such;-buildings are more
needed than herein ItaleighThe gov
ernment! 'has. nouifdig hef e1 'of any
kind except ; ja'n improyised nhanty
which is used as a post-office Sorry
as the building-is it is altogether inade
quate jto the just requirements of tho
post-office, No where : could the- gov
ernment expend two or three hundred
thousand dollars in the erection of suit
able buildings for its use to more ad
vantage than at Raleigh. Senator Pool
lias already introduced a bil? making
an j appropriation for this purpose, a'nd
we feel sure that, with his well known
energy, he will push it through. And
it is not doubted that he will have the
earnest co-operation of the whole North
Carolina delegation in the work. The
thanks, of thQ, people of the State are
due to Mr. Pool for. his efforts in this
"matte
Iiapeachment of Gov. Read.
Gov. Read, of Florida, has been im
peached by the manimous .vote tf the
House of Representatives Of that State.'
All good Republicans - must rejoice at
thik i Of all the wicked and mercenary
Governors which have -afflicted ia hum-
ber ot the boutnern oiates iie uas, pt-i-haps,
the' worst, v And the Republicans
of Florida have taken toward him "the
only course which was left them. He
ha brought nothing but trouble to the
State
r .
and disgrace to the party. . It
was,
thprpforo. the bounden duty of
the1 party which elected.him to depose
and wash its hands of him, and of all
such. For the party that undertakes
to ripfpnrl nil its mistakes, instead of
acknowledging and repairing them
mustiand ought to fail. The good peo
ple! of the country, however ardent
their! republicanism may be, will not
long Stand by and support wicked and
corrupt men for office, or follow them
as leaders, and they ought not.
The Death of Anincsy. '
The defeat of the amnesty bill in the
Senate last evening can be very readi
ly remedied when the Senators now , in
New (York return' to this city ; but that
vociiif. will not at all alter , the. opinion
which the American people -will enter-
Rpnathr who' voted to defeat the meas
ure: that it is kuown ',ha); the 'hearty
simnOrtbf the President., some or the
oppohentss6f amnesty clahri fd;bp th
friPTiHs nf Gpneral "Grant." arid lit' ma
be they: afe ; ' but thej.pido'n; -f WherMn
thv Placed theiViselves last evening ac
cords woriderfuUy yyell wjl.th the desire
that the : Bemocrac ; eutertam in the
premises'.' .. . ' ; : .'.-'r' h -t V
Thp Republican nartv is not bounded
by the four walls of the Senate Cham
ber i nor have any two or three Seha-th-ci
a nrpsiimDtive riffht to he the : sole
pnmipiators of what is 'to constitute
"Rprmhliran nolicv.1 Not merely the
T?Pnnblican tartv. but the American
people, by their RepfeseQtatiyes in the
popular branch ef Congressave by an
overwhelming majority demanded that
that shall oe acceTaea which oeiiaiuia
last night refused to give. There may
vp strong moral : principles which ac
tuate men to denv forgriveness to ene
miesrbut there is no political sagacity
"that can nalliate opposition to a meas
ure j in itself wise, and beneficent, that
has the united support of one and the
nearly unanimous approval of the other
great party ot tne couniry.
The character of Rip Van Winkle, is
admirable on the mimic stage; but at
this crisis in American pontics tne peo
ple.will fail to. appreciate its delinea
tions in the Senate of the republic. - .
The enemies of General Grant, as
we1! as some of that statesman's friends,
desire thedeJTeat of . amnesty ; and the
former hope that its rejection, -will ren
derthe President's re-election proble
matical " But neither; the, personal
malice of the, one or the JJourbonlike
-adaptability oi the other will ombine
to secure either the defeat of .Grantjor.
the defeat of amnesty. 1 '
- In his ad vocacy ot this generous and
righteous, measure,,, the. President is
supported by the people pf the Whole
country apd before this question is
again submitted. to a vote in theSehate
we most respectfully suggest thai some
of the distinguished - members , of -'that
August body , keep-in view , the fact
that this is the year, of grace eighteen
hundred and seventy-two, and not, as
some of their orations would, seem to
indicate, eighteen hundred and sixty
eighth Washington Republican.
irelter from Rnfus Barrinjrcr.
Mr. Editor:" I see in youY aper of
the 17th inst., an article digued "iNew
berne" urging me as the
randiHatft for Governor.
Republican f
I feel deeply grateful fortius mark
of political distinction. But I wish to
say at once, and for all, that I cannot
allow the nse of -my name in that con
nection, am for Gov. Caldwell over
aU others He is .not only a Republi
can infull and sincere accord with the
new order of things but h i-ability r
his nerve, and his integrity have all
heen vtestedjbiaud &und?.rual tc4 anyi(
emergency.- He saved the. State from,
viblencdndrevolutiori In the Winter
of 1870-'71, .&nd secured ;tle,5 people:a
signal victory over Hne agitators .iq
August last.1 Whyihen shoutdrRepub
licans cast V him aside ? , 4,do?not seek
to dictate to others but for one I must
respectfully decline to take part Iri any
Permit me. Mr.; Edi tor. ; t0 add that
I rejoice to see the wbole country colli-
ing so rapidly up to me, essentia i"-
cipte of the National itepupncan pany.
Democratic leaders and presses hate to
admit this.,- ?Bul.the : honest law-abiding
masses are forcing them, to it. : Re-.
.hold. how., they now clamor Tlor -tne
"passive policy," ancVfor "reconstruc
tion platforms." What a change since
18Gli,' No sir; the people will never
more trust the old bullying, blustering,
secession, 54, 40' or fight," Democra
igfordl
cyno reekiriffvi thecnmesoi tne
ail J4iux-uisguiskr
nnrtTiYidisp-uisedX he Republicans are
sure to weep the county for; President
in Noyember next. i . . - ' ; ;
"With ah able and honest State ticket
I.feer sure we can erb through trium-
phantly in August. Let' us see to it,
that such an one. is secured.
TlpRnpctfiillv vours. :- '
' ' ' Rufus Barringer.
' ' Charlbtte'rKjC.Feb. 19,2. :r - -
Ifpr jtk Gaiquiia Era.-
Mb
Convention
;yiv in nor
con tfri'(npr0rrT4.csional 'District, in the
npxt Congress of the United .States. . I
think- it ia.li 1 time tnat some uisun-
o-nishpd np'raon should bo brought be-
fnrA the npnn fi.- neiore ine liiteiiusi! m
thP Convention Therefbie?please al
low me the:privilege 'to suggest to the
voters of the District,;through the ; col-
Lum ns. Ot your yai ua pie paper, uivjuujuc
of Cot. IKE . J. -Youxo, Oi xtaieigiu
Pnl. Vbnnrr is ahiffh-toncd gentleman,
a. stnunon iieouoncaii. ' uiiu ia uu
known in the District, ,and is univer
sally popular wherever;. he..is. known,
and will no doubt eive general satis-
fsictiort to the voters oi this isrnct,
and will reflect honor-oh his State and
his constituents. k
YOurs respectfully, 1
Fisiiing Ckeek.
Warrcnton, Feb. 10, 1872,
Rrnhblican MceliDS: ia
Nash
k .... .V '
Mil.
Editor: The citizens of Nash
county
met in the Court House in the
town of Nashville, on Tuesday the 18th
inst.,
for the purpose of appointing
rlppcr)
ates to the State Convention, jto
beheld in Ralegh, on the 17th April.
On motion. Mr. Willis Eason was
calledlto the Chair, AV. P. Walker and
GJWJ Robbins appointed secretaries
T. rr. Sharp,;Esq wasalledupoitton
explain, .the .object of, tho , meetihg,
which he did in a most able and cheer
ful manner. " The Chairman was called
ubon to appoint one man- from 5 each
ToWnship to. select a man, in the coun
ty,! toTcast their vote in the. State Conn
vpntion. The Chairman appointed as
follows: C. E. Sears. :j;R: Sutt0n, Jo
siah Bakerrilillsmafl, Medlin, Lewis,
Popel and S. Fountain, on motion 0
Mr. SJiarp, the Chairman and Secreta
ries Were appointed also. It being
dayof Court, we had not time to go
into further oroceedinsrs. On motion
the meeting adjourned.
i WILLIS EASON," Chairman.?.
W. P Walker, -G.
W. Robbins,
I , ? -Secretaries, :
P. K. The sentiments of JNash is
very
avorrblerin behalf of Gov. JUald
wen. l v - ! i i .
h The Ainor(ionnsent Dill.
The Apportionment Bill has passe-'
tne oenate ui.iiie.iorwj jii vviucii u pussy
ed the House, except that. an addition
al section has been tacked on. providing
lor tne proporuonai reuucuiuii, ui me
number of Representatives of any State
denying or. abridging theMght of : any
of its male citizens to vote at any elec-:
tion named in the Fourteenth Amend
ment except for participation in rebel
lion or other crimer This' amendment
sendsn'the bill to the House again, but
there, will scarcely be any.difljculty; An,
aeeppting the additional section, . asdt'j
is hiel-ely Ueclaratory of the provisions,
of the lofifteeiith Amendment.' (..((t,
-i The munber of " Representatives es
tablis!hed by;tiie bill as Ui ha- passed
both branchesH)f Congress, is two hun-.
dred and 'eighty-three, Ohio having
twenty instead of nineteen, as at pres-
the newi apportionment,- as .com pared
withjth
the present, is shown by , -the : foI-
g table;. ' V , " '.,;.,
iQwm
Appr.
G.airi?XosS:
Maine.
Now Hampshire,'
1
1
'I.
Masshnsetts, '. "10
' i :
, 32 '
;:7" ;
2G
1; r
.. . 6
. y
5
. )
7'
5
20
JO
! 0 -'12
19
13
"; 4
;
1 -
a
9
i-8tii
: -.4,.
- .
Rhone island,
Connteotieut, L
New York, sr
New Jersey .
31
.5' '
24
1
-a
8
7
4 ,
.7
1
o Pennsylvania, " "24 2G ' 1 - :li . :
ueaware, ; r
Maryland, ,
Virginia,'
North Carolina,
South Carolina,
Georgia,"
Alabama, '
Mississippi, :
Louisiana,
Ohio
Kentucky,
Tennessee,
Indiana, '
Illinois, .
Missouri, .
Arkansas, -Michigan,
- -
Florida,
Texas, .
Iowa, -Wisconsin:.-
1
1
1
u
- 2
1
.
1'
1
1
n 1
5
4
1
,3
3
6
. 5
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1J
H
8
11
14
9
' G
1
4
G
. 3
ir"2
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1
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.r.li-
Calil;ornia ; ',. j
iwjnnesoia, ,
Oregon, . '""'
Kansas,' ,,v
u est V lrinja.
'Nevada' '.:
1
Nebraska,'
43
42rj
jt will be'seen the only States actually
losing Representatives are NewIIamp
shire arid Vermont. Air ineffectual at-
tempt was made to retain the - present
number in those States. Theprovisioii
prohibiting the" admission of a new
State without.the population : entitling
It, to one Representative was, objected
toJbut was retained. "This shuts the
door in the face of Utah, fort-hepreseht
at
east. Cleveland Herald,
tic-
Editor:, f As . tne .Republican
Will soon convene in Jtai
ninate h candidate to reprer
3
&n Act Rclatiug to the Fees of .'
I Superior Ceurt Clrrk. j
do 6nact; i ..That the fol-
lowing shall be the lees or bupenor ;
Court Clerks for the services named to- :
wit: For taking tho private examina- 1
tion of a married woman as to tho exe-
cntioTTof anv deed offered for iirobate, j
with certificate, jifly, .cents; Setting ;
peal to anv nancr so requiring, twenty-:
five cjQQts; CcrtiCcate,twenty-iivc,ccnt3.
mens; onecionar,; rprven cpy, mu-tr-flve
cehts;" Entering Ja'dgmentf one
dollar;, :E)cecution,- thirty-five cents;
' T I . A . T 1 I f
jrcsenuijeni, swtiy ctiuw,r;xnwfVLuivni.,
named in'tlierSubprona ; -Jury tickets, ;
M.
en! cents ;; Vi.'n?s.i .ticket ten . ants; ;
auditing cii'A t cttjing account one ,
mlf 1 of one'l cr ' cent, for all J ums
underVl' one . trrcusand j d' um s; , ana ;
on
do
,4Ll sunri . over one tlnmsand .
lars, nne tc ii oono pen cent; Pro- :
tided'. That ir ices thereof i lm ex
ceed fifteen d U a rs. . Letters of Admir ;
istration, onc.iar.; Appointment oi ,
Guardian, "oiudtJlaiv -iiim.iug oip-,
prentices, oeollai JusU''tion of:
Dopa wnen icia.iLu,iiijr iinw. xw-1
bate of will in el n imon forir., ne dol- ;
lar. Recording' will 'or' oti, ;v writing j.
necessary h c ixoirded; tei . iidits lor ;
eabh copy sheet. That all cie.ks. shall.
4ei required to post, and keOL- ported in
tion and reference under a penany oi.
fifty dollars for sucn,uegiecT..- -.
Bjpq, z.t.That alhiawaor pans u4.juw
inTconliict; herewith, .are iiereby rc- i
pealetl' , r i. i
,eo.' 3.,Tf his act shall be In force from
and after its ratification. ; U ,
iRatified the iith day fw ei)i uiry, a.
I It I
SlATE O XOltTIIC'ATtOLINA,
Ovrum -Se6retahy 6 State.
,li rlirlbileight-IZbrwry 1 172. i
State, hereby certify that tlte foregoing
i a true copy. o rc origuiui act un me
ib this office; J-wi--',.
f . . IL J. MENNIXGElt;
Tun Connecticut J JPemock atic
.1 1
State Convention. thv democrats .
i Connecticut have held I their Stated
Spnyuitioni and after cprisiderablo la-;
iox tlie mountain has jiroughtjrorth,!
;ot a liibuse, . but a finely 'developed
possum! '; jriie platform adopted . em-
traces two or three of the Missouri ' lib-!
iral republican resolutions .but; on the
Question of direct affiliation ..with the.
liberals themselyes, or as for takingany
pf their men as the democratic sfandardT
bearers next fall, the Connecticut dem-j
pcracy, so far as their platform Is con
fcerncci, are ominously shyj ' They are;
practising the passive policy with; tho
possum attachment, and no matter what
their speakers "may say individually,1
he democrats oi tne ataiq as a pariy.
re thus far committed ..to no sort oi
oalition with the liberal I republicans,
'indoor, however, may be ajar to let
in what the liberals in I national mass
(convention in Cincinnati in May next
biay propose : and,, after the regular
Republican National Convintion and
fthe Democratic Natioiial l Convention!
are held,' the field may be clear for tho.
old possum to wake up ITh. "Connecticut,!
as well as in all other States, and give
the regular republicans a. splendid run
for the White House,' -The nomination
tbf RichaBi UlIubbard ast'tli'd." demo-:
cratic candidate ror uovernor- musi eu
satisfactory to themdss of the Connect-j
iicuf -democracy, . unless, , his : patriotic
course during the rebellion; and his de
Inunelations of ; the copperheads may
have some damping eifeet: nraong thoi
old and incon i jjible anti-war democi ats.
The State is too close for' tj titer, party; .
to run the rU. of ijaking .unpopular,
nominations or uttering unpopular po-j
litical creeds. Rut what Mr. -Hubbard
may lose among the ' old copperhead
democrats he may gain from the liberal,
republicans, and hence the i meagre ma
jority of one hundred which Governor
Jewell, the republican! candidate, re
ceived last year may be either overcome
or,. possibly, increased all pf which
only tlie day of election can jdecide.
Tlie delegates chosen by the ,;Cohvcn
tion to attend the Democratic -INation-'al
Convention are said to bo in favor of
the nomination pf General Hancock for
President. This does not savor much
of the " passive" policy,'at any rate, if
truo. m'Y. Herald: h u,:- -4.
. j,. . 1 : )- '..' - :
' Among the papers left lntheTuile- .
ries by Louis. Napoleon : hayo been
fliscovored .evidences that . Napoleon I.
was engaged about the. year. "1800 in
flooding Rel ium with' immterfeit bank
notes on KieBank'of Kngiahd. vit is
allegel that an engrayci; named Lille,
acting under. ordei's fvom the.ljlniperor,
liad the notes printed and engraved in
Paris; ' The vigilant Paris police mado
a descent on Lille's establishment and
found tho counterfeiter protected by tho
signature of the Prqfect of Police, ss otes
to the amouht'of many thohsand pounds -were
uttered fn'Belgiuni by ageiits of
Napoleon, arid of coursO in ' due timo
thrown out by. tlie.. Rank - of r. Ivngland. -
The credit of the bank does not appear
to have been seriously damaged by tho
Corsica ri's counterfeiting scheme. The .
deyelopnieiltsBhow, however; that Na
poleon was as unsCrupulousas lhe was
energetic in his efforts to Injure his most
formidable roc.-wv. r. sun, , 1 1 , , 1
" A Vacancy fou a Baiibkii.- The
Columbus (O.) Journal tills the follow
ingjok: j; u .
Coming from Jetrersonville the other
day, 3Ir. Smith, our recorder, stepped
aboard tbg cars at a station. Just op
posite me was an empty seat, the end
near the window being occupied by a
colored man. After lookiugin vain
for another seat, Mr. Smith took that
one, arid soon began a sarcastic quiz
zing:
't
Are you travelling?'! VNo, not in .
E articular," Are you going to iColum
u.3 ?" M No." " You had : better stop '
oS a good chance for a ,barber;u &c,
&c. v No satisfaction btring . obtained
ffronT his sable companion, Mr. Smith-?.
subsided. . Then It was his turn tosub
m'it to qudstiotis ' ,J" ' ' '
J Do'you rcaidoin Coluriibus?'.' iV'Yes,
I amT the : recorder; 5(jBaTtiolomew
coupty.,'l. . Well, .,! jinx a..m'ember of
Congress from -Alabama . and am on
Ay Way 'to Washirigtori "y -;' '
'-Acotclf la w lord was catcd one
daydn ha hill-side of'Bonally with a
Scotch JshephcnT, end. observing the -sheep
Teposin't in-wbatlie " thought the
coldest sUur.iioA, ho" observed to him,,.
Johri, if I wore a .e:-.ccp, J n vould lie
on the, otheraiao - of ;. the J'.'lJ.- The
shepherd ansKt;, Ay, my torn, uui
if ye had been a sheep ye wad hay o had
r
mair sense."
b'. f srr mi 1 ' 1 10 TIC.
cript'tp Supreme Court;.; two dollars;
Li,mmrY f ff pprt viita for pnefT person
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