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4. . Official Organ of the United State. Office, In the MBudxu-" feulldicf . Et !- of FayetterUla Street! ' j THURSDAY, MAY 16thf 1872. RFPIIRI IP AN TATF TICKET nLrUDLlunn OIAIL llOMLI. For Governor: TOD R. CALDWELL, j Of Burke. liar Lieutenant Governor: ' CURTIS H. BROGDEN, Or Wayne. JFbr Treasurer: " .DAVID A. JENKINS, Of Gaston. i . ... .. j For Attorney General: I TAZEWELL L. HARGROVE, i Of Granville. ' ' 1 For Secretary of State: WILLIAM, H. HOWERTON, Of Rowan.. For Auditor: , JOHN REILLY, Of Cumberland. , ForjSvperinLndent of Fub.- Instruction. JAMES REID, . iOf Franklin. Fbr Superintendent of FubUc . Works : SILAS BURNS, IOf Chatham. The Era, until further notice, will be under my control. J. C. Logan Harris. A Pennsylvanian announces that he will publish a campaign paper called "We will fight it out on this line." It is perhaps unnecessary to add thathe "goes for Grant," and, in another sense, also for the ore-heads." .. Judge David Davis Is said to be dis gusted with ihe way he was treated at Cincinnati, and has gone home to re ceive the consolation of his friends. It is thought that he will withdraw from the canvass in favor of Grant. Tne Sentinel says thai Mr. Merrimon, the Democratic-Conservative Ku Klux candidate for Governor, is from Bun combe. The Daily Neics says he is from WakeJ The people say he is from the Executive Department of North Carolina and so far from there that he will Tiever reach it. f Swepson robbed North Carolina of millions. It is propaoie uiai, uiiic ui this money; found its way into Judge I Merrimon's pockets. If so, the money belongs not to Judge Merrimon, but to the State ; and honesty requires that the amount paid, be immediately re turned to the State Treasury. Don Carlos, the leader "of the present Insurrection' in Spain, is twenty-nve years old,nd enjoys in hig own right j M K IIL1H Ul AWMV : he married a daughter or the uuke oi Parma, with whom he received a large fortune, and,has a family o one son and two daughters. He Is of an Austrian family, and jwas not born in Spain. Persons attending the Congressional Nominating! Convention at Tranklin ton on the 15th inst., can leave Raleigh on the mail train at 9.20 ATM. and ar rive in Franklinton about 10. Return ing, they can leave Franklinton by the local freight at 7 r. M. tne same eyeu- ing. J" " "" V'. ' 1 It is highly important that delegates should bear thi in mind.. The fare is only $175 for the round trip ask for return ticket. - : ' o A freight trainj leaves . this city at 4 o'clock'P. M. this (Tuesday) evening. Delegates and others can go down on that train if they desire. Voice of the People. v K . A friend Writing from Wilkes under V "date of May 6th, says: V : . , ; : r I-MW hai rousing meeUnglast Thurs; day at Trap II ill, f CoL DuU, D. M. Fur- chei, and James H. Foote addressed large ennrd. Dr. York was present and .asked a division of time, which was given, but I don't think he'll ask it again of: thebove speakers. I never av a xaan get such a coring. Out of about 250 votes cast at Trap Hill, the Democrats will reoeife only five or six. Governor Caldwell must.visif Wilkes this Summer. Tho people are anxT - v..'.:flTm' We are a unit for the whole' Ucket up here. With Caldwell and Grant wa can't be beaten." ,-'' 1 . l. . A leading Republican ofthe Pamlico section writes : , ' - "We have a splendid prospect before ua here for a heavy majority for .Caldwell in August.' His Xriends are legion.". - I, A prominent citizen of the Cape Fear region writes : . ;' ' ; ' . "Gov. Caldwell win poll . the full Repub lican strength here." t . " ; : ' ; : i Valuable accessions to the party are reported in Perquimans, Yancey, and other counties. ,r .... . - "Bepndiated, at Home. ; "When Thk Ebjl man talks ot being re pudiated at home, he certainly forgeti that JudgeM errimon was nerer born in Wake.' JSlatesvilU InteUigeneer. - ' . .. t -r-We did not forget that Judge Mer wa nnt " born -in Wake.' We said ihe peoP1 of his native county vTMidlted him. ' What are the -ticts ? In 1865, Rev. Stewart de feated Judge Merrimon for the ConvenT Hon fcy majority.of. seventeen votes. In ISPSt JndZ6 Merrimon was a candi aic fnr. Associate Judge of the Su- 1A LJ W ' " wmft Courts He . uraa repudiaiea -oy the peopieof the Staiej CuacxTinbe hLi native county-giving nearly two I hundred majority ftffftlnsfc him. JIav in eh0t4 hl ventli ftt the jDstance of, and for the purpose of becoming the confidential adviser of Geo, W. Swep son, last year, Judge Merrimon was a canaiuaieior wuvcuuuuiu mwuo: ty. Notwithstanding He made ajerv rifle canvass worked like a beaver he failed to defeat Jas. H. Harris. Who lead him over four hundred (votes. Unless Judge Merrimon was elected to the LegUlature before or during the war, he has yet to receive the endorse ment of the people at the ballot-box. ; We repeat : Judge Merrimon has been repudiated by the people of the State ; by the people of Buncombe, his native county ; and by the people of Wake. The,voters of the State will repudiate him a second time in August next. A. S. Merrimon lie is Swep- son's Confidential Adviser Democratic Proof. . ' The Era of last Saturday, referring to the nominations at Greensboro, has ajvery bit ter article against our candidate for Gover nor, calling him the former fast friend of Kirk and the friend of Swepson,' Ac. It The Era means to assert that Judge Merrimon has ever had any sympathy for Kirk, that he ever approved Of Kijrk's course or endorsed, or approvea of the frauds of Swepson or Littlefield, ve are au thorized by the Judge to pronounce the statement- unqualifiedly ; " false. Raleigh News. - ' ; Here is vhat wo said in The Era of May 4th: - , . : . . : ; , A much stronger ticket might have been nominated. Judge Merrimon cannot poll his party vote. When it is shoyti that the Judge dodged behind a bomb-prodf and re fused to fight for the Confederacy, jas he did do : that at one time he was George W. Kirk's fast friend; that he is the'friend of George W. Swepson; that he defended Swepson when prosecuted by Gov. bald well for robbing the State in company "tvith Mil ton S. Littlefield, of millions of dollars ; that he voluntarilv defended the Ku Klux and endeavored to screen them from the-' penal ties of an outraged law,' when on 'trial, be fore Chief Justice Pearson ; when all this and a great deal more is made plain to the people, the nominee of the Ku Klux party will fail to receive the united vote of his Party. , Judffe Merrimon testified before the Democratic Fraud Commissioners as follows: Q. Do you know . of any bonds, or pro ceeds of any bonds or hioney, or anything of value being paid or offered to any mem berof the committee to locate the peniten tiary to influence him in the selection of a site, or to any member of the Legislature or Convention, to procure or assist inj procur ing the passage of any bill or ordinance through either of those bodies, or have you any information on the subject? j A, I answer each question in the negative as to my own knowledge. I heard Mr. Geo. W. Swepson say, in a general and casual ,0 perhaps more than oface, that orScistls connected with the several Railroad companies ror wnose oenenc legislative appropriations had been made since the adoption of the present State Constitution, had paid money to lobbyists to procure the passage of the acts making such appropria tions. I-did not hear him state his grounds of information. I have no further informa Uon other han that derived from fmmon the day, that would warraiit me in rormingl a belief touchioer the matters embraced in the questions propounded to me. j Q. Do you know, or have you aiy infor mation of the drafting or passage of any of the railroad bills of tho sessions of 1868, and 1863-'69f ; ' ' A. I was employed 5 by Mr. Swepson -to prepare various bills for the benefit of the yV, N. C. R.R. Co., and particularly for the Western .Division of that compauy. . This, I I think, includes all. the appropriation bills.-J l !.!rlbi!?t , . .... i : ' r; they became acts. -I simply drewthe,biltltion concerning revenue reform andhe and such amendment from tkne toftime as I was instructed to prepare. " ! J ' Gen; Clingman testified as follows Mr. Swepson requested me to attend the meeting of the legislature, soon to assem ble, as he said tbat additional legislation w:ould be necessary to enable the cbmpuriy to execute' the work, and my assistance would be important. He also afterjwe &ep arated, wrote me. a letter urging nle tof'at tend at jthe time of the .meeting. jw-ent to Raleigh and remained there abjonMhree months, and assisted the several lawy'ers. Mr. Swepson engaged in preparing a num ber of bills, and'! more frequently acted in connection with Judge Merrimon than any tofti Woo of timo ocilot Crl w iiZ lPhmlnd on ope or two occasions Mr.,B, Pi Moore 'r--"rr'r r - r- - -rr-- a -w- i v ii l A- i with Qiir;rod;.MrSwppa0n had Kjjjber of other things dore.: II prepared tira bills with much care, one for-'a sort of titohiller or general corporafkh Mr. Battlfe'I re member," actd in perfecting these. here were a&d 'bills f fdr thef-,sale of' thf. C. Bead, which Mr. Merrimon and ! prepared! The printed report ot the JFraud Commissioners' is defective, therefore, we desire an answer .to the following question : . r n ji xi t ja n :,r i - ' I owepsojuuivjru mon any money ? - : y K - II, If so, why is the answer not pul v:.-.. a .::L: . 111. II wuuui USB. uieiiuesiiuiJ, why? -A , I , ,,.l.V. ;:ii,.-BrepBon tom iiowjuniw money tie paid Judge MerrImon,.why IV. If is it that the report of the Fraud Com- missioners'does not state it? .' ? . '; : f '.: ,V. If Swepson was hot questioned ag to ' amount . of. money paid .Uudge. Merrimon. we deshe ' to know 6f the iiempcrauc?. iiuiximcu ;yyi, whether:he receiyed.;any , money from Swepson during the bond transactions of Swepson and Littlefield ;if he did, We have shows by Democrajic proof 1. that Judge Merrimon -. was Syepson7s confidential adviser;' that he attended to Swepson's business ; that he drew' or assisted ,Mr. cungman, m urawmgau tne appropnanon : diiis m. o r mo Western N. CHailrc to know of Judge rimon how ; - ,- . - - . .".. son for thla work?,, Shall we have tiri jmawer ? V ! ; Cincinnati Convention m. Qreejey inclnnati nuQ nomination-of Horace fop 6. presidency by the Cincinnati convention, was not expected by many T ta a TriHrr nhnnt whiVh we I v ' nffiA: oen. Grant can not en. natejfrC . j w m w v ; The Democrats may nomi Greeley at Baltimore, or they mav nominaxe -a rauicai : lAiujwraui; ticket, we do "not care which they do. The endorsement of Mr. Greeley by trtllfth mAMBV 14 fV.ll' 6.1 flf Ail1. B tftni . crats can hope to defeat uen. urant. ii me iH6Mvcrais uu uui cuuuiw iui. w m ki . i-v i. J -1 1 n. II. Greeley, the Republican ticket will walk over the course without serious opposition. If they - do endorse him, the people will understand long before the dav of election arrives, that the contest is between the Republican and Democratic parties, and that a vote for Mr. Greeley is a vote for the Demo- cratic party. Vith this unoerstanamg th rnsiilt will be as in 1860. 1864. and 18C8.- . Aside from the fact that the defeat of 'the Republican -nominee for Presi- HAnt. whether bv -Mr. Greeley, or by a radical Democrat, is a Democratic vie torv. the Liberal movement is not based upon principle ; and as'a matter of course, will utterly faiL as did ithe Tyler" Convention of .44, the Cleaveland Convention of 1864, which nominated Fremont ;and Cochrane against Mr. Lincoln, and Andrew Johnson "arm- in-arm". Convention, of 1866. The platform does not embody high progressive principles of government and of reform, as was to have been ex- pected from the flourish of trumpets that we. had before the assembling of the Convention. The four principal planks are - ; -I. Amnesty. ' ; ' ; II.. Ku Klux Legislation. III. Civil Service Reform. h: IV. Tariff. The declaration for Universal Am nesty is . positive and unmistakable.' If possible, the nomination makes this plank more emphatic. . . The platform declares for local self- government by the States. This means opposition to the passage of bills for tne suppression oi ine Ku -Klux. Frank Blair should have been nomina ted on this plank, as it is a matter of A ' history that Mr. Greeley strenuously advocated the passage of what is known as the Ku Klux Bill. ,1 . The platform declares for Civil Ser vice reform. The secret history of the Convention. proves beyond doubt, that the entire action of the Convention is the" offs sale for the" offspring of intrigue, bargain and money. It is asserted that money was pourea out iiko water Dy 1 A 1 the friends of a gentleman who desired the , Presidential nomination. The adoption of the Civil Service plank by Tieieguiro wiiu suiu wcmvxui and endeavored to nominate their friends by intrigue, is a tub thrown to reason to expect to hear of a revival of the Christian religion in the dominions of Satani as they have t expect reform at the hands of Liberal Republicans so called, or from the Democratic party. ?-The Convention was called for the purpose of securing reform in the reve nue and a reduction qf the tariff.' Nearly everyone of those 'who issued the call are blatant Free Traders. ' Cognizant of factsj- it Vas reasonable to sup- pose that the Convention would have taken plain, positive, and decided ac- the; whole, question to the people for their decision.- . . :u . lSuch are the four principal planks of the so-called Liberal platform. The rest are without special significance and were adopted; that the platform might attain the: usual lensrth. ; That . such a declaration of principles should "be com mended as a model, is unaccountable to us It'falls farshort"of the principles announced bythe Jtepublicari party at Chicago in 1868,: It fails, short "t)f the best and predominant sentiment of the kXWrpUUUWUl puiy ui tiic j-rm io.A A. T V.1 r i- r l. I 070 Tkn exaggeraM:irpmises of ;the Liberals, . ai i a , Pwuuu Vj VF??1 JU WJ uie iu cA'1 . ' ' . : ..1L 4 I mzAftr rrrLKJ t inin im fir r l u lniMi i j ,i iri venjio great as it is humiliating. , - I'Th; Natidnar, 5; Union- 'Republican party will!' assemble in yention aj ' .hiladeipjaii next month, 'f -The . people Convention for a declaration Dies in harmony : with the progressive spirit of pur people j a bold denunciation I r-i.-AA. '-.'I..! of systems detrimehtal. tO ;the highest 1 1IL1 1 1.1 111 Ul Lill. c ' . M. ... & V . .... . W r , T . . p . calcylated to .inaugurate,, the .? most sweeping and thorough reforms. : This aoneahd Qmiit wiI, be elected with- doubt; ; - -. t'Baa'.nf fVlQ ThUndplnhta Convention will be in harmony with principle i as laid down by that Not so with Mr. areelev: The U.trni nlx M IOi leg- islation. Mr.o Greeley favors n. ; . be Iiiberal platform faintly professes a desire for a. reduction of taxation; . 'Mr. Greeley opposes any reduction what- ever. The Liberal platform squints at tree Trade.- 3Ir. Greeley, (to use his own words,) Js a.T'feroclous protection Jst Tfi-e platform -speaks one' thing an'd'Mr. Greeley : favors, directly the pprisite.:. Such is theXiberal platform and such isltinominee.; Oil.and water will notinix- -.rrt. LOrrr I The following'; cbbgratulatory ' gram wa3 received by -a wedding party ubles be pnlv little ones." the National-Democratic convention, inemseives, wnen m me uisgnarge oi. an to Courts, when made. - Chief Jus is the only means by which the Demo- sworn public duties, to the hatred and iip(3i r,haf dissented and will ffive his Work for; Grand Juries, : siah Turne an4 the other ;Ku Klux, getting theGrana urr in Orange to make political presentments. - v';. make political presentments; ; The same thing is being done again The Sentinel of the 11th inst., contains a presentment of. the University. No - 1 one can doubt the object of this move by the Grand - Jury of Orange headed u j . -- v. v"cAvy" When Mr; Cameron, Mr Leathers, and other gentlemen of Orange, lend I i Al 1 r spiie oi party, iney muamus vviupwiu, r I'nhi nlrond nrtma hnmd Tr -rriTiCT. ' ' ! I ! u v,., w v. rlirner, their leader and present mas- ter, and to5 whom Mr. Cameron did not speak for, many years because of his (Turner's) charges against the Ruffins, Camerons and others, Is good authori ty for giving the details of private and personal affairs to the public press. On better authority than Mr. Turner, wTe might give some of the particulars of the debt held by certain, parties against the University. Their dealings in N. C, 8 per cent 4 bonds, the manage ment of the old . State Bank, and espe cially -the Bank of North Carolina, which at the close of the war had $600,- 000 In gold, now. all gone ! . The stock holders nearly ruined, the bills unpaid, and nobody getting anything except A. S. Merrimon, attorney of Geo. W. Swepson. Mr. Turner does not -spare the "dead." Neither shall we. ' But our only purpose at present is to Uucrffest to the Grand Juries of other counties, that if Orange is a good ex- ample to follow, they , can find some- thing.of the same sort to do. New Hanover,; for instance, might find a fruitful field in the management of the Wilmington Charlotte & Rutherford Railroad Company, under the control of Cowan, Guion '& Co. So, too, Bun combe and Burke might make a '.'pre sentment" of the i fortunes made and making out of the funds of the W. N C. Railroad by certain parties in close alliance with Swepson and his attor ney, A. S. Merrimon. But enough for the present. Uyj,y waStV Greeley Nominated; ? Well, one reason was because he had been a life-long abolitionist, and it was thought that would give him strength with the colored voters of the South .- But .that is not a good reason, for in 1861. when t the life of the nation was threatened by secession, Mr. Greeley, with uplifted hands, pronounced the benediction : "Wayward sisters, go in peace." suppose they nad Deen allow ed to "go in peace,", where would these colored voters be now? Would they be free ? Would! they be votins: ? Would they be sending their children to school? . Would they be reading their Bibles without fear of the lash ? wnT fhAV U nrnvin to od for His " , Xwf wIocW ithkA ence of a man to prevent any petition going up to the Great Fath er for freedom t We fancy we hear a thundering No. to these questions going up from 3Iaryland to Mexico. ;. The colored people of the South turn their, faces to' the man Who presented a deaf ear to Mr. Greeley's advice, and buGkled on his sword and battled sue cessfully for the nation and; for free? doni ?' Grafat made no big promises. He indulged in no philosophical jere miads over the horrors of slavery. He didn't screech j and scream or attempt to frisrhten ;t!.the monster, but he Uaeched boLDLY UP ANP SLEW him I And the colored voters of -the South ma 1 .. are expected to turn i-tneir oacKs on Grant, their great deliverer, for Gree ley, who timidly consigneo!thein,to perpetual bondage , byj his . Way ward sisters,- go in peace ?'.,. It is an; insult to their intelligence and. to their sense of gratitude, to charge tPan insult which they will resent at the polls in November.: i ? . ; j -nsf" they will resent at the polls In r i! 1 Is the Rebellion f v : -1 nominatio,n,ofColK-R;'Ive retaryofState oni thelground that he rttnoitit TTViited .State sovemment - . . - - . i rr:. - - :z sv : - . . . th-'lMniOW.' lU'nVrT?riOnaeni - j . r i i ' . . i t A ,. .Ivitiy'A a col. iiovefwas sua-fle-camiQnisxpei-i lenev: Governor Ellis was 1 a ' member or t ar--ii 1 Unrnne with aiacriWtollhe his seat in the Igi9lature apd: voluntarily entered the army as. av. priyate" soldier, and by his gallantry and jmeritoriousi condnct, waa gradually; Colonel.; JIo was to the coirjmands MississiDni riVer. and made a name that the Htate may wen Dtprounu wi.ii The says HoiroKiwa timent was to make uenerai u u. ziiu, oi me . ' -. m - - nr -r -- ---.. SbuMemr.-ASi- Sapenntendent. or-FabUe instruction. This, wosia naye. oeen aone lw t.h nnanlhiona voice of tnd UORYention I M . ...it(nr. -i- tha-Tnorlfa nf tit A root t oldier. who is eaually ereat. as a civilian su rcwguiuuu. j and a teacher, but when the doubt was raised of his being under.bans, he requested that his name might be withdrawn. The man-' ifestation must have been gratifying to the old hero and his many friends. . f, The Daily Newt of this city -says the nomination of General Leventhorpe for the office of Auditor is a poor trib ute to the services of that officer in the late. war. v f -.v. -; , What does all, this, mean? . Let thp Union-Ibving men of : North Carolina ponder this question. -'; i .. w - - i - . . . - UTaa 1 aULUUiUUUllB LVJ JJ UOC4U1 nilU iLCa&UlAxl. I I . a i f 4 rrm fJ AA .- i J I nAtfTAW tV . V fVt POOrt HOG nOAD I .1 National Con? 1 ri: r:: -"r htvpfrndf frofntifi ParliPst 'inctv musi:1 ot' you still jeed upon the husks of d . i i tun nvi a OTn a a m u ma i m i.iv mm m. inra m. w m ivi : maj a. w w jm .r-v t ww - ik wu. av : . : . a. a vaaT- a f . a on the 5th of f5 i STS tSVhuh the varibu'Courts of t6e4 - . i in lxifi nnn tskia nBnaior iroiu xub am uis- i r- . o-:- --- - - - . . -, . ; mnsr. fin fiirnMi iiv Jiixnimi iiiii 111 . 21 1 rtntinn 1 hnnca wi ran i n.n trictan 1866 and '67. .When Jorth-Varoiina I lrvr irT.rwI"; " . parent's voice ana in tne uomestic coir? - w tell vou men. who . . A. m m A . 1 T -. 1 . 1 . . . . r OTTrirr. WmT II I F m I JAW waa- W 1 rl 1 I 11 III I I 1 I - - -mtM'mim . X v ... t t - - - mmt . 1 mf . . , or pnncir Kcoiied for her sons W the 'la'te eivit war-he t ITVa: "cV1 hsoenes cchiidhood.- x ou nave not so f deniocracyiMiurte Vetardihg1 tTtvntattfAriitrir.thn-ffti.tiie of thft nenaitv or tne law, vou naveso iai . M.u"':w vv" Jt w."iv i 4Yw,v 0 In the war in ohedience :Wuire hmnst Ha. that asnsmt nnthina ATMrtirthaf wrilfl of hfs State") froth thebe, hgV" Performed, n ThnteSBtef Liow. orrTthoverntenr f thv p f :w"f -..-si fo-jfrfii intrAstftrtitinn' :nf rh Tnnintf iaw.aau oruer. mvrHiiiy uiiu xeiiKioiiw u vsseseu uiw uiivsicai power. surrender, and it is now a historic factthatl ,aro !ni7nlirwi 5rtu. triLhfnrft thfi ft iannfiintAd nntn Ailrnen tn' Jlifl. ' If yoU want peace at N?i W'.brave toouniaineers tongnt tnff last-tmrtm rni-tne "lose- cause" easieiio uwvv.y -r i tHjnr of The Charlotte. nesvatch tnerem, ano mave assuea ineir cerun- f itnoweiii.not, ioro mm -wiiu ve sor .tv ; . r ;-Jv.7:i4. ''''. I thft IndoTnftnt'hf thft liiw. . .;, - f :. 1 laws of. the land! nnd finf nnmtnrlfnl nfl murh' A liBBO.--4.no uwaiiesi sen-1 - i-v lotif Tail fAUrV. kfrKi rAif iw. AMiq,Vt4q tW Aa ui rknI hi. OI ill .U)uvenuuq urwaiswru I ert made l)eforeihbnimeHceinenj: the!rebelUori.! Itras aseihat: r-;z- tJ aMVT .' came up from Georgia, and the action -? - was based upon a note given in pay- ment for negro property.; .The Georgia Court held that the contract was inval- id under the Thirteenth Amendment. Justice Swayne delivered'HIje'opinion of the Supreme.Court, which was that the amendment did not affect the ques tion, the contract being enforceable in w v groUnds hereafter. - I . . . . . . . . . . . . mi i . rouid seem that tnis aecision wiii th door to vast am0unt of liti which has hitherto lain dormant under the impression that by . the Amendmentsrto the Federal Constitu- tion, all demands for consideration lor however, claimants for the- value of negroes sold and delivered before the rebellion, may demand the1 price of flesh and blood, and sue and recover the same. It is to be regretted that this decision is made, Tor It must uec- ... r i. " essarily be the means of stirring up a vast amount of -litigation, and may re sult in bad blood. However, the deci . . r r Ai. i 7 1 u- wii sion is the law of the land, to which all goou ciuze-ns wur uiieeriuny suuiuiu What Will the: Democrats Do; ? ;What will the Democrats do? Will they nominate at Baltimore,, or will they endorse Greeley and. Brown ? This is the.1 question of the day. r We have no opinion on the subject. The JV. Y. World of the 11th, says : For our 'part, we have frankly avowed our strong preference for a Democratic tick et, and we have ascertained that we are sup ported in this preference by a large propor tion of the ablest and coolest of our party leaders. Democrats should take time to consider, they should weigh the situation well, before making up their minds to sup port men w"ho do not represent their prin ciples: r ' TheN. Y. Tribune of the 8th says: It is barely possible that the Democrats will play the suicidal, part assigned them by their implacable enemies ; if we judged on ly from the" recent past, we might almost pronounce it probable. . But the indications from every side are so unanimous and over whelming that we are confident that no in telligent, dispassionate observer""would in sure the nomination of a Bourbon Demo cratic ticket for less ninety-five per cent, premium.. ' - , The World is the National organ of the Democracy; and The Tribune, for the present, is the organ and champion of the so-called Liberal Republicans. The German press of the country, with few exceptions, oppose Greeley and Brown. . A majority of the Southern 1 Demo crats favor the endorsement of the Liberal ticket by the National Demo cratic Con venfion which meets at Bal timore, July 9th. .Other papers hoist ' x: " an.u rowu ,fcUOJWb. tion of the Baltimore Convention. At present, ' things are "mixed." Our readers must judge for themselves. From the Asheville Pioneer, ; : Deiith Penalty. . r Judgment of Henderson Superior Court; in the case of the State against Columbus 'Adair , Govaa;jAdair, and Martin Bainard, Jbr i the: murder of Si las Weston and his .. three children, by His Honor, 'J.'L. JIenryf. L .- ..-i n " I have heard thevery able argument of your , CounseL on the motion to set aside the verdict rendered ' at the last term of the Court, and grant a new' trial of thq jssues, :to . fectnyplyeny our I am constrained.' from 'a sense. on duty,' to reffise the motion and proceed to . judgment; ;. Upon the t first 'point raised in the(, discussion j. I agree with Mai. Erwm as to .the, powers of the Court touching the matter of discretion and authority; but' Upon the second I not so weil - satisned;xndeed;.'aiter a careful- consideration of the matters set; fortn in ,,tie affidavits offered, I am clearly of opinion that, no siiflicient reason exists- to Warrant the Court in interfering ; withe a the - verdict of the jury - f: a couia . wisn ? w oanerwise Afe m- -w m A "- J.1 . Tl ?ne Sf fiSdSWSSS&nofr SvJXTon rlnehastete of: facte mightbedevelopea i z. . Lf j j x -i i-v... l - w nuHwvy,JvJi wujy" a i -s v z l .1 beeh' cnvIcted.'iThe Rule fof new I trial xnereiore nas oeen uiscnargeu i r xour uounsei nave aone au m tneir. . a a a - 1 . - - a - - 1 i m - wr mm Atrr n r n f 1 tif mm u m -mmiivf ,yu"ia,i "" '".VACi"- r cts which' have paved the way; to the !Uk 1 k .n,.mA.4hi.-on J they have at last-togi ve you over to . - . . - and the chief law officers" of the Com' mon wealth 1 say they find - no ; error a county and before'a jury: f your own I cnoosing a pauent investigation mio the facts bv.twelve , indifferent .men. 1 - - If .1 Am 9 A I r il 1 .4'',.i',f4.i.-l ' . X tJ 1 wao WBiw Hittuc. v4uaiuicu -. wivii .yuui: i guilt only as It' was' developed by the circumstances irilh6 progress of the ex . . . : - . . -I 7n 47 . . . ' j ' . --i- ' i YHiTPr fihnll tprrrtiriitr 'It. isnt iMrt rin- WMfcArt war AVPTf inat.it.iitofi.tA.. imrt i . - a4ate,f instrueunsf n3evtpjprpceea Twti peny, oeais justly, jg oDeqienT w me , we are. ami nation, was had, -'.and after many to him whose life has.-been spent vior short-sightedness ofthe would-be lead days delay, and serious and solemn der lentlyj lawlessly,' recklessly,-, and re- ers of public 'sentiment 'In nominating liberation, thy;. declare V upon . their . gardless .of' the bbligatioHs'-'whicti lifp hlm 'is' condemned by till thinking oaths that they. believe heyond all rea-; itself inctirsi.r givear death of metil- Overbearing and tyrannical in sonable doubt, that you8are guilty as lence To him is given dhe? decrees of dispositIonr,Ahx)rn-aristetTat7llB43 not you have been accused. ; it did not oc-Tthe.law .which ihe : has ; defied,.appoint-1 cur in me cvwrso -i oiuciar wuuts i to hear your, trial before the Jpry, but L i nave examined, witn great care, tne i your Attorneys, and I am: compelled to.say that I agree fully with the Jjury in tne conclusions at wmcn tney ar-1 M ArS-V..J- I- ' - - ' Mi . . a i . v i It, Itii iiu.ha 'nvamiaoa nun inn .(-. i iuli ui rdence suffici to yot .LUC, V awovuw .... ' - nf the nresence i ol others, and a sufficient motive to actuate them, point i. m urvn ac t n u iiuttiu i i m i i m m i ii i i it. uiiuiiv-Vyt 'a 11 A A gty vf 4-h r ;irrk Without doubt. .' - f?pfnilq whlvh Tk find in this te timony of the terrible crime with which you were charged, reveal a f scene at nnee siniteniner ana revolting, xuvy i .11; x. riihA form one the blackest pages of horrible nnd hnital oiitrapre vtffc chronicled in the annals Of the criminal history, even of the most barbarous country on eartn. It is doubtful whether ever before, even amoner savages most t lost to tne m Rnfts of our common huroamty. so diabolical a murder was ever perpe trated. The very recital of its outrageous cir- cumstances makes tne Diooa ireez? m nnr veins: and the heart, ehilled with horror, shudders at the bare suggestion that human nature could be so debased and wrought upon as to nerve the cour- age to so desperate uwu. .Xll th pommission 0f an -offence so hein- Lqus so blood-thirsty and cruel, in the sight. of od and tne laws w ine wuu. to conceive the horrible design and ex HOW1I ('(H11U JliX V t? CUICICU ayiiv m v ecute its dreadful purposes, staggers belief, and maices ua trem bitr for the depravity of a soul sunk , so irretrieva bly low, and sobesottedly debased. ; That, man should, in the heat of pas- sion, slay his fellow-man, we can well J understand for it is not unfrequent; - " . ' - 1 or that he might, promptea uyuuuee, waylay him and take ,his life ; or, tor the sake of lucre. 'and moved by avar ice, invade his domicil at the dark, dead hours of the night and amid the stillness and silence of Nature and the hushaud serenity . of bustling life, plunge a dagger in his heart aye, even stifle to death, by hisuside, his sleeping companion, that his crime may go un witnessed, is a crime sometimes, but seldom, committed in a well-regulated community. But that he should, in the devilish malignity of his heart, and with the spirit of a demon, without the hope of gain, without a desire for revenge, but simply to 'gratify a petty spleen not even amounting to a con firmed malice-deliberately surround in numbers the house of an inoffensive and peaceable man. and while he sat at his table with his .babe on his knee, eatinar his eveninsr meal, before seeking that rest from the toils of the day a la- borinsr man sb much needs and so much enjoys, shoot his 'life away', without a word : and then, drag a defenceless and nnwpn ncr woman iorin , iroin nie ueu. and knife her.until hellish malice itself could no longer lacerate its dying vie timi'and then unsatisfied, turn upon harmless children, just made orphans hv vonr hloodv hands, clineinff to the knees of their dead father and mother, and one bv one. send bullets through their brains: and the evidence shows that the babe, too young to walk, which you took up in your arms to slay, look- edupin your face, Columbus Adair, Columbus and laughed as vour knife creased its vftunp throat: "and reached to you im nlori nrf v its tinv arms, perfects the most hideous crime ever , heard, and one which, were it not a sad reality be fore us, we could-" not believe; and yet it is the crime vvh'cn on mat aaric, rainv nfsrht of the 28th Of April you committed. You slew four human be ings and burned down tfce house above tnem tnat your nanaiworK. nuut uui be suspected, and left the mother and babe whom; too. vou - thousrht dead, wounded and maimed for life You have taken that which you have not the power to return the life of a fel- low-man over which you had no con trol, for God himself, the Maker, nas reserved the right to! destroy that which His Almiffhtv arm alone can create. For this, vou must die! That is the dread oenaitv which the .law. attaches to the crime with which your hands are reddened and your heart rdened. He man's Diooa oy, man r KIJU11 I11S U1UUU BJ1GU 0r ocu- tence first enunciated amidst the thun I II 1. T 1.1,1 V. n 7 7 mna hf QAn- der and cloud of Sinai, when the world Was in its -infancy; And one ;to which the. legislative councils, of all the earth have obediently bowed and adopted in all ages, and will be so to the end of time. Your life is no" longer yours : it has been forfeited by your baseness it nas Deen ioneiiea, x?y your uaseutss-j andTOisconquct, ana musi ,now ue ox- fered on the altar of fetnbutivejustice. an oblation ior those F i- kf i uj aendisnmai- ohesi.whom you, in your ignity,r hurried unbjdden into the pres ence of their .Maker. To you, Martin'Bainard "this is, in- UtXU. iX SilU, OitU leSSUll. . AUC SViUCUW) F.showsthat you were hired to help steal and convey- away the- Drandy, the di rect cause of; the fearful tragedy, and that for the pitiful sum of seventy-live cents,' you have 'made' traffic of -"your honor land your life. - t or - years you have- been the willing 'tool of the bad jnen who, have broughtryou to the, gib Sft.W m. h1. a" lueuauewjuuriiwauu uavciMvugiii uio wuc w.vt tn rtv, W chnnnml and .infsimntia- f - fc a. . - - von nti RnhipH not my. purpose to lecture you 'on, subjects ofc morality and good cOndttct nowi that' were useless. These admonitions to beVuseful and beneficial . have been wasted and. forgotten , . The solemn duty is made mine.' to Ipronounce, the: ntepcec,pft-the;;-.l I mhinh 1 imfr r titnninhon iTrvmr rtn-f Vi I rr 1 It is only theiimd whett the- dread event shall be athaild: which me'jrood man i etly r to go dowii 1 to his ; grave gentlv. as - itnet sumner cioua mps , awayr .aw eventide oer the hilla nf ,tht hnriwin. I y l '- w w. l Jt l ... i. i. v ..' r-, t'-ith r uiiu iu waitv iiujugii iub arjs. .yauey and Shadow as becohieth a creatura born of the goodness of his; Maker. But mg pne ume Deyona..wnicn society, so long.oHtraged,i has declared he , cannqt j live, and must die. -There is nothing ..sword shalidie by the sword." '.OrJme may go unpunished ifor season ; deeds oi violence may be committed with im- ' Buirtty.-butiJt wit fca bur 6iqf w(U.flifI lfcfpUt; 1, , . , n Wheii yotr thought how perecthad been your work on that dreadful April night;- and - that the. burning, of tho house would bo credited with the de structonof itsUnmates, God' in His Wisdom, preserved,'amid the scars and mutilations Which you had put upon vour victim, ; pne' witness to confront Jyou with your crime, and to Identiiy. Lyou witn your, uiouuv wuriw, -w jci j this law, which you have sojuthlessly violated, ' and which now oemanus your life, is more merciful to you than were you to poor Weston and his unof fending children. Without a word of notice, without a moment for prayer and preparation, your smoking pistols hurried them into eternity. Days will be given you to make the needful pre paration for a change of existence, and ft is my duty to admonish you of the peril of the hour, and to . tell you that th&re is hut 4 little hope foryou, and to turn to the Bible "within whose sacred pages are the consolations ana nopts through the merits of One greater than all the;world, which bear up the soul in the.trying hour through which you are passing. Those promises that beau tiful book tells us are Without stint and limitation. Even the dying tmeion the cross, in the very agonies 01 cieani. had only to turn and look and sign, ana he forgiven. Spiritual aid will be al lowed, and the visits of good men to our prison will oe encourageu, iuuiir opelhat your last daj'S may be your est. . . - ,.-U " t .'- -.: '; . ;it is my duty also to say to you. lest you might oe aeiuaea Dy a vain nope which may crumble to ashes in your hands, and leave you at last in despafr, that I do not believe you need expect Executive clemency. The pardoning power of the Stale will hardly feel call ed upotf to interfere ? with the course of the law, in any present developed state of your case. ' . ' , I , , Look to a hi&her power On 0 whoso patent of reprieve endureth forever. You are on the threshold of. 'another world, and its realities for weal or woe will soon be uoon you. -JThe sands are fast slipping beneath your feet, and it behooves you 'rather to employ your, time in the preparation for eternity, than ;.in vain efforts to prolong in this world an existence already so full of all that makes life hideous. , And now, then, It is the sentence of the law, pronounced by the Court,-that you, uoiumous ivaair, wo van jfvuiur, and Martin Bainard, be remanded, to the custody of the Sheriff of Henderson county, to be taken hence by him and confined in the common jail of Hender son county, until the fourteenth day of June next, and then that he take you to the place 01 execution in tne sain, county, between the hours of eleven ' o'clock in the morning and three o'clock, in.the evening, and that he there hanT you, and each of you by the neck; till you be dead. . And may God have mercy on your souls Jt , . j . , ... The Coming Election. ,. We are on the eve of - an election wMrh must, have a verv" imnorhint bearinsr upon the future position and material prosperity of the State of North Carolina. r If the election re-; suits in victory o Democracy, then we may expect the same continued oppo sition to the general government, the same rebellious spirit which has mark ed the course of that party ever since the war. Strife and;- bad feeling will . predominate, and" fontwo years more our State will struggle upon the waves of uncertainty and disaster, r ' ' The conduct of the partizan Legisla lature of 1871 and 1872 gives nothing to hope. There is evidence in almost ev ery act of that body, of, the ojd "Bour bons" who "never lorgot and never learned." 'The repeal of some of the most wholesome laws, the attempt to screen the Jtvu mux murderers, ana many other things done, stamp; the democratic party as in no wise willing to submit to the wise and benign influ ence and control of the general govern ment.1 Without perfect accord' with t the general government and an honest acceptance of the results of the war, tho subsequent legislation and amendments to the constitution, there can be no peace and consequently no prosperity. ' The Republican party, representing as ifcj does, the loyalty, the bone and sinew ofthe. State, is the only party which can place the State in a condU tlori ' to progress and; prosper.- By, the excellent laws enacted by 1 thatparty when in power all classes of citizens were ble to secure a, home, schools panishments were aoonsned, the per son1 and property of the humblest pro tected 'against -fraud and violence. This party is in accord with the nation al government and withMhirty -mil lions of the people of the nation. This is of itself a guarantee of prosperity. The reasonswhy we have not hereto fore prospered are so evident that it la not necessary to allude to them. Tho narrow-minded .policy, of the Demo cratic party and Its members who pos-: sessed most of the capital of the State. ; -Jt XI. i. f - A. It . . i arid 3 conciliatory, to ward the; national goyernmentlto:c oggeXth of an ,Ialief I WWS to- nn n no tne waste Places.', n-' The;hoic6'.wiIl soon preseniitself to the yoters of rNorth Carolina. i At the election in . August the ..verdict of the people at the polls will decide what shall be the future. L 'We ask again, will emoc- e great fatted vote or the pro gress of North Carolina.- You are com mitting a' fatal blunder when you assist in.to power ti party which is opposed to , party seeking pnlv to , re- rrain Tnn nwtra-i rha-tr - trior hn 4hn tn.v,i power. id plenty, if Vou knowledge and a heri- J?0 who cpmeafter, vote for JO? ltepuDiicanandidates. mir Fost. not ; surprised to learn that dissatlsfactioH is ' exrirswl hv indenerident;!t)prrinfrnhv' vitli tho say that i Ms the same; old at vie of ticlc- etjWnicn poor, men, were compelled to Riinnnrt hpfnrn Ka tviar vlv. oi nrtat.-, 1 " . . . 51 -r - -r.----r.--- '- .. craia uckci. iuerriinon is not me man the people want;-and will not rally the laboring men to his support, and tho a representative man in tany sense g tne wora. and ipstead or consolidating ahd harinohizing th6'; party : ho Will pnt. it in pieces. The day has gone by tyn( the y section -and family from which a man hails can Insure success ' with a tree people.- 'New Berne Times.
