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c tyttty Carolina 'Jf ra. WWW mm$m TKI-WKKKLY AND WEEKLY KV The Era Publishing Company. Rte of Subscription t Tri-Wekklt Oneyear, "in advance, $3 00 0 months, in advance, 2 00 Hates Of jX rltraWI.I !f 00 square, one time,' - . - . - fl 00 " three times,- - - . .. XX -.2 Quare is the width of a column, and 1 inche deep. I 3 months, in advance. I 00 i '.&'Contract Advertisements taken at proportionately low rates. , ' 1 month, in advance, So Week ly One year. In advance, 1 00 Six months, in advance, So C., THURSDAY, JUNE SO, 1872. No. 2. Professional Cards, notexceedingl square, will be published one year for $12J , i 1 . ' - y . : fa fr "' " ' llfll.l'l'. ' -" ' ' ' - ' ' -II I " " ' 1 ' " "'' 1 1 1 1 II ', ; i i : r r- : r - - 7 Vol. 2. I ; j I RALKIGH, N 4 The Legislature, ami the Conven tion Act. t Governor Holden was deposed be cause he did not take the responsibility of declaring the military bill unconsti tutional and refuse to execute It. But the Legislature, In order to install their partizans In power, soon began to man ifest their inate hostility to the Consti tution, by their efforts to alter It in an unconstitutional manner. Having fail ed to pass a Convention bill by the requisite two-thirds vote, they passed one by a. majority vote, by which a majority of the people might call a ConVention and alter the Constitution, But Gov. Caldwell, having consulted the Judges of the Supreme Court, de clined to execute the provisions of the bill, upon the ground of funconstltu - tonality, nere was a dilemma. -The will to impeach Caldwell was asrstrong as it had been to depose Holden. Cald- well had exercised a power, which Holden had been deposed for not exer cisi ng. I f they were righ tin! mpeach ing Holden ; they would be wrong in impeaching Caldwell, and vice versa if it would be right to impeach Caldwell, it was wrong to impeach Holden. Not being able to storm Gov. Caldwell in ids strong hold, they endeavored to flank him ; and having begun In viola tion of the Constitution they . kept on in the same direction. Assuming to themselves executive prerogatives they constituted the Presi dent of the Senate, Speaker-' of the House, and Attorney General, a tri umvirate of deputy governors, in vio lation of that provision of the Constitu tion which says, " the Legislative, Ex ecutive, and supreme Judicial powers of the government, ought to be forever separate and distinct from each other," and authorized ized the calling of the peo- polls, by a proclamation of pie to the the latter official. The Democrats reb- jonded with alacrity and delight, but when the smoke of the battle had clear ed away the Republicans and true Con servatives were enabled to exclaim we came, we saw, and conquered. The people are yet familiar with the arguments used to force and frighten them tovote for a Convention. They we're told that such had been the cor ruption, venality and fraud thaLthe State debt had grown to intolerable di mentions, and that the Constitution was Imperative and left no alternative, but bound the Legislature under oath, to levy a tax, the collection of which would be intolerable and ruinous. It would take the people were told $50 tax on every $1,000 worth of property the property would go, the homesteads " be sold, and general bankruptcy and ruin ensue. Some of the members of the Legislature, felt so deeply on this to them, most trying and eventful cri cis, that they could not stay quietly at home and let the chosen Convention candidates canvass the State,' but came boldly to the front and inflicted upon the dear people the declaration that they could not commit perjury and would resign their places before they would levy tne tax. The anti-Convention speakers urged the unconstitutionality oi tlie Dili, ai- leging the danger of a conflict with the national uovernment; snowed tnat the Constitution had not thus provided either ror its own violation or tne ruin of the people ; laid bare the purpose of the usurpers to frighten the people into giving them a chance to seize the offi ces and install their chosen champions into judicial power, for life; urged that amendments to the Constitution should Ik? made strictly In the manner provi ded in that instrument; advised" the people to vote "No Convention," and demanded that the Legislature should take steps to ascertain the lawful debt of the State, and provide that our State property, consisting mainly of stocks in our works of internal Improvements, amounting nearly in value to our true indebtedness, should be sold or ex changed to satisfy our creditors, after which, it was. contended, that the "bal ance of our debt would be manageable. To all of which, as before stated, the people responded in the affirmative. Hut we are now fond of quoting Hor ace Greeley. Let us hear him. In one of his -characteristic "Comments by Tlte Tribime" August 9th, 1871, he says : : " The Democratic palliation for this plain evasion of a Constitutional provision was that the people were sovereign, and had a right to do what they pleased with their Constitution. Well, the people voted, and we have tolerably good authority for say ins that, contrary to the indications on Fri day morning, the decision is averse to the unconstitutional tinkers of the Constitution hy a vote vrhich may reach to ten thousand majority, and cannot be less than five thou sand." "The apportionment of delegates to the proposed Convention was made by the Leg islature, and the opponents of the scheme of amendment had no other alternatit e than tu go into the election and choose their own delegates, with the understanding that these would, if elected, decide against taking any action, and would dissolve the Convention sine die. ' " .The indications are that there will be no Constitutional Convention in North Caro lina this year. This result is a matter for congratulation, not only with the peaceable people of North Carolina, but all who de Hire to see order and prosperity established in that State. It would have been impossi ble t remove the present Stat 'officers by such grossly illegal action, as that contem plated by the Conservatives,; without at once precipitating a conflict. Into this dispute the United States Government would have leen drawn, and ve should have had all the agonies of reconstruction over again. J Hap pily the good sense or the people, powerrui ly appealed to, has intervened to prevent such a disaster.": j The Legislature reassembled. Did any of the members resign?,; No. Did they levy the tax? No. , Did they as certain the amount of legal indebted ness of the State ? No. ; But passing a bill authorizing the exchange of State' stocks for the bonds issued for the same and unable to find morel than even Senators and fourteen Iiepiesentatives to vote for laying a tax to pay the in I terest, on whatever balance of State debt might, remain, they proceeded J In hot haste to pass a bill, to alter the Constitution by the legislative mode. i These persistent efforts against the u-illofthe sovereifm neoDle. mav lead those, who have not been close observ ers of passing events to conclude that the Constitution is intolerably defect ive; but those who remember that a party Convention was " called and met in Raleigh in 18G8, which condemned this present Constitution and called upon the people to vote it down, before it had been framed and before il was knoicn positively, tchat its provisions would be, will not" be deceived,! and will not be likely to attribute that to reason which belongs to passion and prejudice. Some two or three amendment may mn7o hut thov nro nnt. imnPifitivP All clauses relative fo the Stateldebt, the taking of the census and the hold- Ing of annual sessions of the Legisla ture might be stricken out, but further than this it is not necessary to co j The present act requires amendments in aboutory particulars, and isequiva- lent almost to making an entirely new Constitution. If Governor Worth was right in objecting to "the Howard Amendment " as introducing " the vice of omnibus legislation into the grave matter of changing the fundamental law" in that it proposed only eight changes, the objections to the present act are multiplied five fold. ' Let the next Legislature ratify such as it out. parts of the proposed alterations sees proper. leaving: the balance! This it is believed can be done consti tutionally ; if not let all be rejected j and, if necessary, let another act be passed. In 1789, Congress proposed to the tates twelve amendments to the Constitu tion of the United States, only ien of which were ratified the act submit ting them authorizing the ratification of4tallorany of them." If thi does not constitute a precedent, and if there shall be any doubt about it, le the heterogenious mass be voted down. We need not be in haste. Let u take care that no danger befalls the Re public. This article was written by a prom inent Republican. We endorse it and adopt it. The author and manjr Re-. publicans desire the Republican Press of the state to copy. This concludes the articies furnished by our distin guishe(1 friend.. We will be glad to receive ra0re . articles from the source. Ed. Eka.1 same Let the old line Democrats of North Carolina recollect that, in 1868, A. S. Merrimon declared that if the party then known as the Conservative party. did adopt the name of the Democratic i party, he (Merrimon) would leave it. I'uli T?jw1 s . r The only condition of t success in ithe pending campaign in North Carolina, is harmony in the Republican ranks. There should bo no division among us. No one man, nor any minority of men have a right to say who one candidate shall be; and our friends in every county should yield cheerfully and pear-i tily to the expressed will of the major!-' ty. Let them stick to the candidates nominated by the respective county! conventions , iti mere ue uu luucpcu-t x? ij iu w dent candidates! Every independent? candidate is a recruiting officer for theg Democracy. He will be so considered by all true Republicans ; and in many? cases this judgment may not be correct,? yet it is unavoidable in such con- test. . The stake at issue is great; the. success of the Domocratic party is thefc downfall of everything that is dear toj the Republicans and the poor man. Ifc means the virtual repeal of thejpoOBi' man's constitution, the domination of an arrogant, offensively baughtyjaris tocracy, and the revival of all the per secutionsto which the loyal men and women of the" State have been subjected- at their hands! j We say, 'therefore, let there be n division ; let our friends support earj nestly the county nominees ; and lef them organize in every county an4 township. I The example has been setus by th State and Philadelphia Con vent jonsjj let us in our counties emulate them' ! Judge Merrimon ad his friend tolc the people of this State in 18G8 that thp adoption of our present Constitution meant social eaualitv. ' Did they tell the truth? j 1 ..T.VD.QE MERRIMON'S NEW : ' 'EDITOR IN THE WEST. Sketch 'of Romantic Incidents in i j , ! i 1 j if the (Life of the new Western M " Democratic Editor. i 1 . ITIEKIIIMON SATS TO CAItTEK, LET i , . . i MY f;o.ES BE BY. COJTES," AND CAKTER SAYS THE SAME TO : :f I i : HIM. ; ' lln another part of this day's issue we republish from Tlie AsheviUe Pioneer a communication from Virgil S. Lusk, J53qBoliciot;oJUhfi 1 UhndieUO-Di!?-trict, and'very recently appointed .Uni ted States District Attorney . for the Western District of North Carolina. This publication developes some euri 6is and startling facts. Though it doe hbt appear in the controversy, about which this communication is made it din be made evident, that Judge Merri- tton is exceedingly anxious to conciliate a!hd bring to his support a certain vote in iyVestern North Carolina, which his real or supposed connection with Swepson's liond swindles made it very doubtful whether he would get. The most in jtjuential because the most . impudent if nd unprincipled man representing the democratic element opposed to Judge ilerrimon on account of his Swepson -iurm- ttl 1 J- m -r- rfi a T- V"? mt-siuiuiiL ui xuauisui. cuumy uuo Pow residing at Asheville, to whose attack upon him Mr. LuskV commu- nitation is a repiy: v e nave oeen m formed that at the commencement of Ine war ter was the bloodiest of hre-eating.secessionists, but his services ln the field being required to maintain vhat is now sentimentally known as the " lost cause " he took refuge accord Ingto the example of his great chief, pudge Merrimon, in the commissary llepartment of some Home Guard or ganization in the mountains. Being Iriven from a that, as the war waxed warmer, by cruel conscript officers, he finally, found'a lodgement secure and safe from their invasion in a little iron furnace in the county of Mitchell or jWatauga, we are not certain which. .This property, it is alleged, he got into his possession by' overreaching a de crepit, illiterate and ignorant old man iivirig near the border of this State and Tennessee. The above facts we get mafnlv f mm TtomnPTOtir snnrpps nnd ir ' .1. il f T ji a xl jcannoi iiioreiore voucn tuui uiey are jin every particular true. At the close of the war, after a good ideal of negotiation, Carter sold his "Cranberry" property, a3 it is called, to George W. Swepson, T.J.Sumner, E. Nye Hutchyison, and perhaps oth ers. Shortly after the sale, the milita ry government then being in existence in Jsorth Carolina, a misunderstand- lins: having occurred between Carter whose characteristic feature, it is said, is a love of strife, especially of strife in the Courts and his vendees above named, he begun civil and criminal ? proceedings against them in the State Courts and before the military author ities, charging them with a conspiracy f to swindle him out of his "Cranberry" property. Judge Merrimon, as usual, "was the leading counsel of Swepson in this litigation. Hence Carter's hostili ty to him and that of his family con nection, which is numerous and i.ot without influence in several counties in the West. The litigation continued fiercely and hotly contested on both sides, the battle ground changing from Uitwlr. nrvM V ntv nnrl I tun- conibe coUns in this State, to .Charleston, South Carolina, and finally j to the city of New York with varying success for the combatants. It was the jvery romance of law suits, not surpass ed, if ever , equalled by any production in the realms of fiction. It was the old story of the novelist, wealth, posi tion, power, influence and great law yers against moderate means and indi vidual effort. Carter soon broke him self up in this contest, in which Judge Merrimon was the controlling spirit on Swepson's side, and was reduced to borrow and raise money by every de vice.and shift a very abundant natural fertility of resource could suggest to him to carry on his suit. The largest contribution in the way of money to aid him which he got durfng the dark est period of his remarkable struggle, as we have been informed, was from the purse of a leading Radical in the West, whom he now denounces as a swindler and a thief In the same terms as he did then and since speak ofS wep- son's leading counsel, Judge Merrimon, and afterwards, about the time of the Senatorial election , of Gen. Ransom, whom he alleged had superceded Judge Merrimen in the confidence" of Swep son, and was implicated with Mi N. W. Woodfin, of Asheville in certain rrnTif nractices in the citv of New York, whereby the j interests of the State and a railroad corporation West of the Blue Ridge were sacrificed and sold out to Swepson. I Thus much, for to-day, of the history of the new leader of the Democratic party imthe West, who gives tone and 'direction to party 1 sentiment there, and whom it is un derstood will soon displace Judge Mer- rimon's brother-in-law, present Editor of The Citizen, the. Democratic organ at Asheyille, and take hisf offi cial position as Editor and leader of the Mountain Democracy. We will resume and conclude this interesting topic In our next issue. : : iLet the Democrats of North Caroli recollect that it. was current hportqd and believed in. Raleigh, that A. S. Mefrimon, Democratic . candidate, for Governor, did write a card withdraw ing from the Democratic iarty, when Gen. M. W.Ilansom received the nom ination for U. S. Senator over him in the caucus of the Democratic- party. , Spotted Tliem A the Democratic State and. Jitript tickets, and not a single namq escapes'They are all, by The Era, pronounced and proven (?) scoundrels, thitves or murderers. Char lotte Despatch.' F - H - i If our charges are not true, why not deny them ? Let us see what we have charged : I. We charged that Jud je Mefrimon was the confidential friendand adviser of Swepson ; that he drevtr f he bill or bills by which the State was robbed of several millions of dollars, and a large debt saddled upon our people. We proved this by Judge Merrimon's tes timony before the Fraud Commission ers. ... ' I . . ' " - :. II. We charged that Judge Merri mon was the early Yriend of Col. Geo. W. Kirk. We proved this by the re cord of a public meeting. III. We charged Judge Merrimon with indicting forty women of Yancey county, as respectable as any women in the State, for the crime of Grand Larceny, when the only crime of which the women were guilty, was the break-j ing open of a door to a tithing housed and the taking: of twenty bushels of corn; that Judge Merrimon refused, and did not not. pros, the indictments! until his fee of four dollars in each and every case was paid. We stand ready to prove this charge if Judge Merri mon denies its truth. IV. We charged Gen. Collett Leven- thorpe, Democratic candidate for Au ditor, with arresting forty-two respec table women of Randolph county ; that he confined them in a bull-pen ; that the women were not allowed a mo ments , BriVflCXi4at the thumbs of Mrs. Owen were placedTTelweeh'the rails of a fence, soldiers made to get on top of the fence, and Mrs. Owen was tortured in this way to make her tell where her husband was, who would not fight against the Stars and Stripes; that these women would not have been set at liberty but for the efforts of Hon.. Thomas Settle, who sued out a' writ of habeas corpus and Brigadier General Leventhorpe, of the Home Guard, was compelled to release them and-cease his inhuman torture. V. We charged Maj. John W. Gra ham. Democratic candidate for Treas- r urer, with ' the murder of Northcote ; that Mai. Graham knew that murder was to be committed : that he left his command before sunrise and North cote was murdered at sunrise ; that Maj. Graham skulked out of the way, because he did not possess courage sufficient to prevent the taking of innocent blood. -V VI. We charged Hon. W. M. Shipp, Democratic candidate for Attorney General, with allowing Swepson to es cane trial for his crimes in robbing North Carolina; that. Judge Shipp allowed Swepson to compromise for six cents on the dollar, thereby setting up a preminum for robbery and embez zlcrpent. ! , Such, in brief, are the charges we have made against the Democratic State ticket. They have not been de nied. They will not be. If the truth makes scoundrels, thieves or murders of the nominees of the Ku Klux De mocracy, we are sure it is not our fault. i Gen. Leaven thorpe arrested poor wo men in 184, because their husbands refused to fight for Jeff. Davis and his slave oligarchy. He dragged them off from their j little childen, to his bull pen, and denied them even a moment's privacy. The Daily News of this city says he was nominated by the Demo- crats at Greensboro' as a reward for his war services. " r ;- ; Heating the Campaign. j Maj. Marcus Erwln, k Republican Elector at Large, made a speech in Sal isbury on the evening ofihe 1 3th , to a respectable and attentive audience. The Major is an effective speaker ; and : we are informed that he handed the '' De- mocracy with gloves off. The Repub- lican party can boast and few better speakers than Major Erwin. His Salis- bury speech is said to havd produced a fine impression and will greatly aid the party in ltowan. I In 18G8, Judge Merrimon and his friends asserted that if t the present State Constitution was 'adopted the white children and the colored children would be forced to attend the same schools. Gov. Cald well? and friends denied this. The Constitution was adopted. Who told the truth? . " ''" Elegant Extracts I i he following elegant extracts from the Sentinel, on the author of the Dem ocratic platform, will be read by the people of North Carolina with uncom mon interest, particularly when they remember that , both Gen. Clingman ana the editor of The Sentinel are en deavoring to convince the people that governor Caldwell is responsible for tne irauds perpetrated upon the Treas ury and the Western North Carolina -Kaiiroad by Swepson and Littlefield. - kefc tne people read carefully, and men decide how much confidence they vau now repose in .what either Cling man or Turner may say about Gover nor Caldwell t ; ,' " u n i We ddnt kno w whether it be most , ao cj f thf rrrofil nhmni'fDnifc Y wards the ' decline , of life,- indeed fast ap-' proaching his three score and ten, regard ing as his rival and enemy every office holder in "the State. The address of Gen. Clingman is nothing but the peevish and churlish jealousy of an tld man, who talks more to himself than he does to the world, and sees nothing in government but office So much malignity, envy, and false state ments was' never before found in so short an address. He makes criminals of the living and the dead who have been, or are now, his rivals for office and place. His dead rivals he misrepresents, his living ri vals he wants turned out of office. Wei- shall notice the duplicity . and false statements of the General by and by, by giving extracts from the address." Senti nel, March 18, 1870. " Now that Mrs. Oates and her troupe are gone, and the Legislature soon will be, we shall endeavor to increase, and diversify the amusement of the city by asking General Clingman a few questions in behalf of the "Ring;" what he got lor lobbying bills through for them, and why he did not, as a Railroad Director, call on Swepson and force him to a settlement at the last annual meeting when Littlefield was elected in Swepson's'place." Sentinel, March 28, 1870. j-; "General Clingman's judgment has de ceived and misled the people of North Car olina on every great question that has been before the country for the last forty years. Yet the General "wonders at nothing"- never suspects tne accuracy 01 nis own 1 judgment, and allows no man to question, his infallibility."-, Sentinel, March 31, 1870. "It is a pitiable sight tff see an old man, whose age and the high stations he has fill ed, if nothing else, should render him ven erable, following up the "Ring" from one citv to anothei. and feeding upon the crumbs which fall from the tables of its members.-S,nmJ, April 25, 1S70. "In 1861. when we represented Orange county in the State Senate, we found the General fClingman) standing in the lobby of the Senate Chamber by the side of some soldiers. I h a speech we made, we rem ind ed the General and the soldiers of the threat ithe General had made to visit our house With a vigilance committee to force us into the rebellion. We then and there denounc ed the General's course, calling him a "car- net-knight" of the revolution who was to be found in the Exchange Hotel m Rich- mond, Virginia, or the lobby of the Senate instead of the battle-field. We concluded our8peecn dv caning on uie soiaiers w. form themselves into a vigilance commit tee, get behind the "carpet-knight," and with bayonets, drive Mm into the army. The General left the hall gritting his teeth and swearing. . Sometime after this the General volunteered and was al-j wavs known-as Turner's recruit." Senti- nel. Anril 26. 1870. . i "If false statements and "suppression of truth could consign a man to the pemten-f tiary, we verily believe that General Cling man's address is sufficient to put him there. Sentinel, May 3, 1870. V We .learn! that General Clingman has saidhe drew up the bill which required the Treasurer to issue all the bonds of the Com pany (W. N. C. R. R. Co.) at once. If he did. hot, it is certain that he was tho lobby and he read and re-read the bill before it was presented to the Legislature, and talked it all over with Littlefield and Swepson." I Sentinel, May 3, 1870. " General Clingman has lollowed Litue- field and Swepson from' Raleigh to New York, from Hew York to Washington and . - - I home again. He has been their confidential adviser and friend. - He knew they had ap plied the! money of the Western N. C. Rail road to Florida speculations. ; He has Swep son's written obligation to pay him ten per cent upon the profits of those speculations. He has in his pocket Littlefield's bond for $15,000, the price paid for his unclean work." Sentinel, May 3, 1870." "The ! General (Clingman) claimed of Swepson and the Ring $100,000, and after the State, was robbed and plundered, he fell out with the "ring" about the division of the spoils, or ! rather the price which they should pay him for services he rendered while they, with his knowledge and quiet acquiescence, were despoiling the State." Sentinel,1 May 3, 1870. " " He (General Clingman) is said to be the author of the by-laws of the corporation, under which Swepson sold all the bonds of the Company. He is not on terms with Swepson, out of whom he has made $100,- 000?" Sentinel, May 3, 1870. v t Look out fob him. The people of the mountains may look out for Gen. Clingman. He is coming among them on a speech making -expedition with Littlefield's note for $15,000 in his pocket. This fifteen thousand dollars properly belongs to the contractors for the work on the great Wes tern Railroad, or to the farmers who furnish ed bread and meat for the hands of the con tractors on the work, as it came as a bonus from Littlefield, who took the money de signed for building the Road and appropri- ated it to his own use. Littlefield was a bankrupt adventurer when he came here ; and he acquired very little money, honestly, after ho got here. Gen. Clingman is well aware of this fact. ! "We think it likely that Gen. Clingman would be listened to with much more complacency and satisfaction by the moun tain people, if he would turn over the fifteen thousand dollars to the contractors, or to the State Treasurer., It would help the State credit, and would be no discredit to the General himself." Sentinel, May 16, 1870. : , - - - . - ' - .- Oh how good and how' pleasant, it is for (Democratic) brethren to dwell together in unity. ' "" PIiESIIENT GvRANT. St. .,., INTERESTING . AND GENIAL ; INTERVIEW. Speeches ' al the Delegratiou and Re- sponses of the President. THE VISIT TO SENATOR WILSON. Judge Settle, of North Carolina, the President 01 the .National Kepublican Convention, together with the yice Presidents of the Convention from the several States and Territories, assem Dlea in Washington city at one o'clock, in 1 the parlors of the Ebbitt House, for the purpose of proceeding In a body to the Executive Mansion to formally and officially notify the Pres ident of his nomination by the Repub- hcan party for the office of President of the United States for the term end ins: 1876. At half oast one the delegation, head ed by Judge Settle, reached the Execu tive Mansion, and were shown into the President's private parlor. The Presi dent -immediately came in . and was personally introduced to each member 01 ine omuiai parw oy juuare eiue. t 11 V 1 1 1 TT 1 t1 J J The ceremony of introduction over, Judge settle addressed the President. He said "Mr. President, we visit you to-day for the purpose 01 performing a very agreeable duty. We come to officially inform you of your unanimous nomi namion for the Presidency by the Na tional Republican Convention assem- 1 -1 . -r-wll Till A 1 111 A Diea in -trmiaueipma on ine oin insu Beyond making this formal announce ment, I do not know that we have any thing to add.". Judge isettie then handed the Presi dent the official letter from the Con vention. The President received? the letter. ana bowing, saia, with a smile : " W ell, gentlemen, at present I am not pre pared to fully respond to your letter now, but will do so soon." Judge Settle. Thank you, sir. Mr. Storrs, of Illinois. I wish the President of the Convention would tell President Grant what a superb Con vention we had, and how we have never seen anything: that equaled it. Judge Settle. My friend is aware that it's not my habit to make a speech, and I confess I do not feel equal to the X 1 1 I ulsk. lie suggests. The President. That is a speech I like. I can respond to that. It is short and to the point. Laughter. Judge Settle. Nothing is more cer tain than that I should fail if I at- tempted anything like a description of the Convention. Mere words cannot do the subject justice. The enthusi- asm, the unanimity, the solid vote of every btate, the good feeling pervading iuaiiy ucauiucu, uuu 11 its uui UUt'll even in the public print. In order to fully appreciate the Convention the President himself should have been present. What we now desire espe ii j i a 1 1 . a . 1 vuiii vuuivuhuu, wuiuui ktki auc cially to do is to tell the President what we mean to accomplish in !No- vember. Mr. Strobach, of Alabama. As a reD- resentative of the Germans of America, not oniy pieage tne sstate or Alabama for you in November by a handsome t VAT 1 . majority, dux x pieage you tne over whelming vote of 800,000 Germans in the United States. The President. It is sincerely grati- lymg lor me to Know tnat, after hoid- mg for three years the exalted office T now occupy, and without any political X . - l a - - X W I training wnatever, I am again indors ed by kind friends and former suppor ters. I am, of course, deeply gTateful. General Solomon D. Meredith. A single word here is appropriate. The nomination of President Grant is un precedented in all the history of the United States. Every Congressional District in Pennsylvania was represen ted in the Convention, and every vote was cast for you, Mr. President. Nev er have I seen before in a nominating I A X! 1- SJ. - wjnvenuoubucii uuamujuy as.was ex- '"Vf1 a- ? Ui F ry WXVlVllllg ll J WLt, on , uuu W.IYV ICl) 111 say for Indiana that she will give you her fifteen electoral votes. I'll sav nothing now of the precise majority. but of the State you may be sure. . The President. At any rate. Gener al, don't let your people vote but once each. Laughter. I . 5 General Meredith. No: we shall give you the State by a handsome ma jority by allowing each man to vote once only. T Similar assurances were made to the President by different members of the delegation, assenting in a word or two to what General Meredith had said. Mr. Storrs. The Indorsement of Gen eral Grant at Philadelphia i3the in dorsement of a man with erood and honest purposes, and my State of Illi nois proposes to give him a majority next November of from 30,000 to 60,000. wenerai jonn j?. isenjamin, 01 Mis souri, you are as wen aware. Mr. President, as I am, that disaffection has existed in the ranks of the Repub lican party in Missouri. Mr. A. li. Norton, or Texas, said: Mr. President, every true and loval man in Texas will give you a cordial support, and for the reasnn fhnf. nn lL. al man can live in Texas unW h hi about him the strong protecting arm of the Government. But I can truthfully assure you that the ' disaffection Is I a4 slight one. We propose to do now what we urn in 1503, ana our whole duty will be done at the polls. If Horace Gree ley is nominated at , Baltimore, Texas will give her electoral vote to President Grant. -Governor Fairchild, of Wisconsin, followed General Benjamin, pledging kk vi Misuiusiu, mm similar pledges were made by the' representa tive from Michigan, and by Mr. Malord, of Virginia. Y v - " ' rMV" IL Wisener, of Tennessee. Mr. President, it is a great pleasure to me to promise you that we will 'make in your behalf a gallant fight "in Ten nessee. There are many-Democrats In 4 my State who, if called upon to give up their onranizatlon tn- nnvinv iTiV.Brown, will prefer to capitulate to you, ' m.T & U44V4 miwij; formed the committee that Lo would , read their letter, and respond in writ ing. The delegation again shook hands with the President, and, more favora bly impressed than ever before with his high character and integrity of purpose, withdrew. ; , ..... ..5, -: L,t. THE DELEGATION AT THE CAPITOLf After the delgation left the Executive Mansion they proceeded to the Capitol : and assembled in the room of the Com mittee on Military Affairs. Senator Wilson having entered, Judge Settle said that they had a pleasing duty to perform in acquainting him with his nomination for the Vice Presidency.! of the Ufhited States, and also to present nim with the official letter of tho Con vention. . . I SENATOR WILSON'S REPLY. Senator Wilson made the following impromptu reply: j" I will in a day or two give you an answer in writing to this communica- tZ i T Al i L 1 11. thank you nun. 1 x iufa.u tins occasion, nowever.i 10 ana the members of tho Convention you represent for this man ifestation, of your confidence. A9 I neither asked nor wrote to any member of the Convention to give me a vote I am the more grateful for their gener ous support. I am grateful, , too, for the friendly .tone of the Republican press of the country. For thirty years ' in-public and in private life I havo striven to maintain the distinguishing -idea pf the Republican partythe free dom 'and equality of all men. I have striven to be true to my country, and to the rights of our common humanity, to know no sectional interest, nor race, nor color. In the future, as in tho past, -I shall unfalteringly adhere to the principles which are the convictions of my j udgment, heart, and conscience. I am clearly of the opinion that tho ' great soldier who rendered such illus trious services to the country in the great civil war will be re-elected Presi dent of tho United States. His hu manity to the vanquished, his firmness in vindicating the rights of the humble and defenseless, and his devotion to the leading ideas of the Republican party can not be questioned. I esteem it a high honor to be associated with him in the coming contest. ' While 1 am grateful to the friends who gave me such generous support, I honor those who adbered with so much devotion to Mr. Colfax. We have been personal and political friends for nearly twenty years : and it is a source of pro found satisfaction to me that our rer- sonal relations have not been disturbed Ibv the recent contest. While I shall . . ' - . . never cease to feel grateful - to friends who honored me by their support, I shall ever entertain sincere respect for those who deemed it to be their duty to give their support to others. I hope . 1 1 j . z" x a. . we snail an strive 10 win 10 our sup- port every honest and patriotic man In the cnuntrvi everv man true to tho rights of humanity; every man who would elevate the condition I of tho toiling millions and have our Republic npmmfl a irrpai i ;nrisii:m ti;i 1 1011 . an o 1 example to the world. Let it be understood that our ranks are wide open to receive- all devoted to the country, and who would advance the happiness and general well-being of all sections of the land and all con ditions of tho people. We Republicans should offer the hand of reconciliation to all fair-minded and honorable men, and use all legitimate means to achieve success for the honor and salvation of the country, as well as for that of the : party which saved the Union and es tablished freedom in every part of th land. Thousands of our people were ruined by tne vvar inaugurated by the Demo i - M aW. A -W" cratic party, and yet when the Repub lican party offered the people of the State a Constitution which provided a homestead thus enabling our people to save a home from the general wreck, Judge Merrimon and his friends la-! bored hard to prevent even a homo be ing saved. Is ho a poor mante friend ? It is our opinion that he now believes the homestead' unconstitutional, and void. Can we trust him? null it appears through some of our ex changes that many who claim to be Democrats, have come to the conclusion to submit their action on the Presiden tial question, to tho decision of (the Baltimore Convention, and will vote for its nominee, whether he bo a Dem ocrat, a Radical, a Whig or tho Devil. Surely that Convention will not as sume the responsibility to nominate or endorse the nomination of a man not a recognized member of the party. Jf it does the Democratic party will be vir tually disbanaea. . 1 If the Convention fails to nominate Democrat, we shall feel free to act as our Judgment may suggest, and so' ad vise those who value the rierhts of free men.uiariotteUulletintJJem. r Let the people of North Carolina re member that A. S. Merrimon, Demo cratic candidate for Governor, tried to raise money to test the constitutionali ty of, the Homestead clause in bur Constitution, in the Supremo Court of the united Ktates. . i c r o -