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t. C. LOGAN HARRIS, - Editor.
Official Orrn ! tli United 8tat
Office In the " Standard " building. East Bide of
Fayetterille 8treeC .
THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1872.
HATIOUAL REPUBLICAN TICKET.
FOR PRJESTOENT: r.'t
Ulysses S. Grant,
Op Illinois.
FOIl VICE-PRESIDENT:
Henry Wilson,
Op Mass acii l setts.
istration from him i we do not look at his
hands for tho removal of any of tlio exist
ing abases ; we know of no answer to any
tf the weighty and reasonable objections.
yioi1ii Va a1nilnafral.inn lint WO UO
.' ... . ' J
know, as near as may be, wnat ne wui ao
wo know, at least, the wosst be will do.
The probabilities are that the temptations
connected with renomination overhe will
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on many points cnango 101 mo uvm., .
Moreover and this is the most Important
tati ve bodies ; Mr. Mason , at the bar. Stampede from Greeley.
potli are familiar with, the precedents, I That Greeley is surrounnded by the
tnd Know them to be as we state them. most corrupt men of the country to the
Yet after having prostrated their credit I number of : jnany thousand ; that his
f n the i telegraph office in the' earlier election will endanger the peace of . the
days of this month, ' they: are '. now.! cocnirV. : that shis election -will restore
plunging into wasteful expenditures of I th6Hemocratie party to power j .that
their assets as public men and lawyers.1! his election will convulse the material,
The end; of all. this can be neither
doubtful nor distant. Meanwhile some
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ipointofau-ifheureiecteo.uierowui fitock of modesty has been laid in.
no general redistribution of offices and no; Xvhat rumnra fche crent&fnen hav tr
financial aisturDances. wcuaoj
An nnrf vhit tho motler crew whom heL
I Would lead to Washington "would do, no
body knows. , " ' " ' ' J. ;
Our State 'Election its ; lrapor-
'! .',' :'. J.toncc J.-V-v.'mI-' i.:
. The importance of the victory gained
by the. Republican party. in this State
at the late election, is duly estimated by
It has done'' more to se
spread are confined now, to the limits
bf the State. , ( Either the . Telegraph
Company will not allow them the priv
ileges ,of the wires, ? or .there is some
doubt as to the ' reception they might
meet with in, Northern, newa markets.
Whatever the reason may be, the icild
hurrah about Republican frauds is con
fined to stump speeches and secret cir
culars.- - Why do not these gentlemen'
KLKCTORAL TICKET.
FOB TBS STATE AT LABOK
IHARCUS EIITFIX, of Buncombe.
RA3IUEL F. PniLLIPSj Of Wake. .
few or none.
cure the coming election of Gen. Grant j telegraph jtheirconvictions over their
than any one eveni mai nas Happened 1 names to Headquarters at theuiennam
ipdastrial arid financial interests of the
whole country ; that, as Iesident, Mr
Greeley would be, surrounded and con
trolled by the corrupt men of the New.
York Tammany Ring, and also by ev
ery man who has been displaced from
office by the Republican party for steal
ing, is believed by a great majority of
the American people. Thl3- belief,
backed bv facts that ' cannot be disput-
ed, has caused amfroraureeiey
to Grant. ; - ' . -fr a r:ii i
. Hon.t Stanly Mathews, temporary
Chairman of the' Cincinnati; Conven
tion; retired from the ranks of the Iain
eral traitors In disgust." we Knew tnat
during the year, or that . will happen Hotel ? It,is.beneve(i ',tbjit their tele- Mr. Greeleys nomination swlhe re
untii that election is ascertained by1 a grams are not allowed upon the Stock suit 0f a corrupt bargain, ' engineered"
FOB TBI OONOBESSIONAI. DISTRICTS:
1. Edward BanMB, of Tyrrell
3. William F. Ixftln, of Lenoir. , j
4. Xaomaa 9X Aryo, of Onuire ,
&. Henry Walaer, Of DaTldaosu .
C William S Drnum, of XdneolA.
T. Jtuxx C HMUftf) ilowaa.
Hm Jmim W. Jastlee, off natnerford.
uGem Grant never baa been defeat
ed, and he never will be." IToback
Qbeelkt. '
MTThIle asMrtiar tne right of every
Bepnbllcan to bis nntrammeled choice
of a candidate for next President 'un
til a nomination is made, I renare
to sng-g-est that Uen. Grant will be far
better qualified for that momentous
trust in 1S7'2 than bo was in
Horace Greeley, sjieech on WA January
1S71. r
TlianksMore Subscribers.
To those of our friends who have
sent us clubs of subscribers, we return
thanks, and would be pleased to receive
more of the same sort. We desire to
increase our list to ten thousand by the
first of November. Only one dollar for
The Weekly Eua for twelve months,
less than tico cents per copy. It seems
to us that ten of the one hundred thou
mnd Republicans In this State, should
boon our books ai subscribers. One
dollar can be spared by almost every
person. If that amount cannot be
spared, send us fifty cents and have the
paper sent for six months. Every per
son who reads this article is requested
to use his or her Influence to secure one
new subscriber. An effort of this kind
will double our list at once. Who will
send us the first club and the cash.
We lire obliged to our Mockville
friend for a club and the cash. Send
more.
count.'., .?, '.!. ... , ' ...j t;i.
; We - have been impressed as to this
point very forcibly by reading an elab
orate article In The tfewyYork JTerald,
of the JJOth Inst., giving an account of
the writer's Interview with Jthe New
York Republican Congressmen jrwh 6m
he had visited In their various Dis
tricts. All of those who are asked
about it, attribute the prosperous con
dition of theirparty interests In their
several Districts, to the result1 of i the
election in North Carolina. J V t
. For the benefit of our readers we! ap
pend some extracts. " "I r
Freeman Clarke was, two days: be
fore our election, at Rochester, N. Y
We give the following question by his
Vistor, with his answer to it : - i j 1 .
."Do you not think that many people will
be influenced by the way the North Caroli
na election goes V ' . . 1
"Of course very many will ; for you know
there are thousands who always want to be
on the winning side. Whichever way,tho
tide goes, they go." I ( j - , .
t In the conversation with Horace B.
Smith," In Chemung county, on the 7th
of August, Is the following passage ; ,
I understand that the Greeley Republi
cans are quite numerous in Alleghany
.county!.- r- . ...
., .! know they boast a irreat deal about
theif strength and are working hard,' bdt
they do not make much headway, so far as
I can learn. . I think that during the past
week or so, especially since the North Car
olina election, the Greeley m,en. have been
losing ground. Many who were inclined to
go with them have become weak-kneed,
and now refuse to join them." ' i f
,In ; that with E..H. Prindle, at Nor-
Board. Is It so ? Will John Morissey
bet upon anything they say ? We hear
that he lost over 30,000 : dollars! upon
their performances as news agents a
few weeks ago, and that the party lost
a million. We ask that : these gentle-
and successfully carried out by, the New
York. Tammany lung ; consequently,
Mr. ilathews repudiated . Greeley and
supports jrra.uii.tJ . ' f ;. ( ; T
NcjvJ comes Judge JLioadley, oneof
the Qriginal. movers .In . the liberal
men be advised by telegrams signed by Republican movement." He repudiates
yiQ"chairmen" to bet' upon Republi- Greeley ' and goeslforGrani ) in a
can frauds, and Merrimon's getting his speech at Cincinnati on the eyehing pf
seat on a contest.
This opposition party in North Caro
lina is one looking to. violent methods
for victoryf" to "methods which strain
and threaten the publiepeace: In 1870,
Ku Kluxism ; In' 1871, an5 unconstitu
tional Convention ; in 1872, the rever
sal of an election by suggestions of the
non-observance of the thousand - tech
nicalities .with which they ;of-purpose
surrounded the ballot. . i't., t
It threatens the public' peace. . If
Grant be elected, it will be abandoned.
Its archives will remain in the trunks
of Messrs. Mason and Barringer !
. Let us have Peace ! ' ' ' '
the d,, he said, that under , Greeley
there could be np hope of civil-service
I reform, arid it would be an act of folly
for the American ' people to elect him
President. '' ' ! - '
The Greeley men have been counting
on the support of Hon. Charles Francis
Adams,' but they reckoned without
their host. A , dispatch from f New
York,1 dated 23d, says it is stated, that
the family of Charles , Francis Adams
i , ; Organize I 'h . lriy
The Congressional. Republican Com
mittee earnestly urges upon the friends
Of the cause the: Importance of imme
diate and - thorough organization, 1 1
the end that i work in behalf. ;of :our
Srinciples and candidates may be con
ucted with system and v regularity,
and that the documents forwarded by
the Committee may. be promptly; and
properly distributed, f ; ; ?
The Committee suggests the follow-,
ing plan of organization unless sorrie
other shall haveabreadv been adopted.
or shall be preferredby. the friends, in,
uuy locality. ;
Upon notice that ; organization lias
been effected, and on "the receipt of the
names and post-office" address, plainly,
written, of the oftlcers, the Committee
will send supply of? documents, ; and
will continue to do the same j during
thcarnpagii:,;;r-
OONTJTUl.
x.s r yc. A MBLeX j 3i I i'YZ.1
' We,' the ' undersigned,- do ihereby
agree to unite in an. organization, the
objects of which ' are 1 the? maintenance
and support of the Constitution and
laws of the United States, the! consti
tution and laws of our own : State; and
tne earnest support ox. ine principles,
platform; and candidates, ! of ' the Na
tional Hepublican party; t ; I s ..-;; .
Hepublican party
This Organization shall- be called the
Grantrand Wilson Club
"The officers of this- club shall' be a
president, vice-president,; j-eoprdlng
reader, treasurer, arid.' an , 'executive
committee, consistiug ui mne inemuers,
all. to be elected ' nv naiiot. excent the
executive committee,! who i win be ap
pointed by the' president, by the advice
and consent of the elective omcers.
The election of 'the oflicersof "this
club shall take place at the' first meet-
in'r nf the. rnTYihrs - nftpf' t.tcftnt.v-fi VP.
names have been hereunto subscribed,
and - they; shall c hold their-irespective
offices during the present presidential
WHAT '' HORACE
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GREELEr
mmVTrc nu tup i-fc-r'tiT-
CKATIC PART Y.
ExtrnctsIticli:' Itnro ' und Racy,
i f
s Now that Mr i Greeley has become
Iheeader Of the Democracy, we present
the following extracts from editorials
vf 'The New -York' 7ribimey written by
3Tj, Greeley, uringlthp forty years of
his editorial life.! They are refreshing,
andiWill:;po,t nausWtejBmocrats who
havej lost y all i self-respect, forsaken
principle iri; .their hunt for oflSce, and
.become first-class tfir-eater$. '';.lThe,:ex!--
tracts are as follows: ; I : ,
j'' t i THE WHITE HOUSE DISEASE. f i; J -i
' 'Mr Webster wa3 not only a gentle
naan, but hq had the elements of moral
greatness ; and he ,had-.. "iis. ,faults . . as ,
well.. 'He failed only in one respect;
arid in this respect I differ from him-
he wanted to be President, and I don't."
';Geer,'' in 1868J. i - ' '
t U-viFaGBBATB3T.iXji - j 1
: VWe have seen our greatest man, Mr?
'Chase, making the same blunder. ; I
have, seen men who had : the disease
b of early, and died of it at 'a very Old age'
Hi i HbwfaXfreekv!inl8te.';if -:
-'vfGilwls'Oass died at about 82,
and up to Ihe day of ? his -death he
wanted to be president. No one, ever
escapes, who ; catches ; the . disease ; he
lives arid Mies in the delusion. ' Being
a reader and an observer at an early
age, J saw how it i poisoned , and paral
yzed ;the best of our pu biic men, ano;
have carefully avoided it." Horace
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TIIE GfOOP SENSE OF GEX. Gli ANT,,
'' hWe, at Ie"ast, in our day, have a
President-elect who did ! riot try ' to be
President. , -He. was elected rriainly on
that account. 1r-Moram Greeley, in 18G8".
I '"PICTURE OF THE DEMOCEACY. .
I I Every one. who chooses to live by
pugilism or gambling or harlotry,.witn
nearly every keeper of a tippling house,
is pblitically1 a" "Democrat." Horace
Greeleyv : .V'l
- IGNORANCE A DEMOCRATIC ALTY.' '
" If there were not a newspaper or a
common school inr'the country, ' the
Democratic party, would be far stronger
than it: is.'i Horace Greeley. - ; "
tt rDEaiCTiq ESSENTIALS , t j
The. essential articles of the Demo
cratic creed are -. t love rum and.hate
nifirerers The less one learns and Knows,
the morexertain he is to vote the regu
lar-ticket, from. A; to izza.YiLV--Horace
THE DANGEROUS ' CLASSES ALL DEMO
CRATS. . .i; ... a
14 A' purely selfish interest attaches
the lewd,' ruffianly, Criminal, and dan
gerous classes to the Democratic party." ,
Horace ureeieyn ; -- - ... - '
i .?'SIX IN A BED.- ' i
" This would amount to six in a bed,
exclusive of any other vermin- for every
Democratic couch in the State 01 JNew
York,.including those at Sing Sing and
Auburn." Horace ureeiey. ,
" Point wherever' you please to .-An
election district which you will pro
nounce morally rotten, given up in
great part to debauchery and vice:
-ill
received a letter from him, in which he. campaign! unless, -for malfeasance in
i, -, : t, Posting. the Books, i -i
It is well 1 enough, as' "the campaign
prosTess; and the' different States hold
their local elections prior to November,
to post the ;books" and ascertain the
political drift in such States.' '
The campaign opened with the New
Hampshire election in March last. In
1871, the Democrats elected their Oov-
ernor and three members of Congress.
This year, after - an entire Winter of
investigation," : followed by violent
assaults uppnPresident Grant and his
administration by Sumner, Trumbull,
wlch, August 10th, the correspondent Tipton! Schurz,' backed as they were
asked: -. $
1
stated, that he will not consent' to be a
candidate for Governor of Massachu
setts; that he does not sympathize with
the Greeley " movernent arid regards
there-election of Grant eential to the
best interests" bf the country.' f , ; )
1 The infamous coalition to elect Gree
ley draws only the most corrupt, and
venal men. For instance : In this State
such a. man as Henry J. Menniriger, a
man without character ' for honesty or
anything else that cbnstltuties 5 a good
citizen; A man who bias' been accused
by Josiah Turner, jr.' 'through The
Raleigh Sentinel, of , stealing carpets
bought for the use of the State. ? , v
In addition to Menninger : we have
H. H. Helper, another "Liberal reform
er. We are informed that this Gree-
leyite defrauded four printers of this
One More.
Hon. Benjamin G. Wright, formerly
Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, now a
resident of Illinois, peremptorily refu
He says - t
'It is tho right, nay, the duty, on convic
tion of error of any party in politics, or any
feocl In religion, by a majority of its mem
bers, to change its political or religious
creed and join its opponents ; but it has no
right to sell out, like cattle at a fair, the
minority, who remain steadfast to their
moral convictions of duty, nor has It a right
to denounce them as 'bolters unfaithful to
their party ties. And this base "attack on
our personal rights as freemen, to be our
own judges before God and our fellow men,
is exactly, what the Baltimore Convention
corruptly and despotically attempted to do
" ci to the exclusion of uttering a word In
dofcuso of the lights of tho minority by. the
well-known 'gag-law1 the previous question.
"Hut if there were no objections to the
candidates indorsed at Baltimore, for one,
I wotdd resist this venal attempt to sell and
t ransfer the rank and rile of the party, and
would fight it out on this line if it took the
Khort remnant of life that is now left me.". ,
Goes Hack 011 Greeley. I
Tlte Xew York Nation, one of the 1
ablest papers published in the United
States, and Tlie Netc York Post, anoth
er able paper, were among the origina
tors of the Liberal movement. They
supported the call for the Cincinnati
Convention, expecting real and true
Tcform would result from its delibera- j
. "Has the news from North Carolina had a'
damaging effect upon the Greeley people ?"
I think it has. They do not seem to be
so boastful since they learned of Caldwell's
election. X am of the opinion that It knock
ed a great many off the fence on to the Grant
side.". ... . -.. .
inm ...t.rT iiuin'nu tma. tiinf-Tlrir
Roberts, of Oneida county, on the 13th
of August, Is as follows : ' f J
"Had the North Carolina election any ef
fect on the two parties in the district ?" j
"It had. I freely confess that when the
news was first made public that North Car
olina had gone Democratic by a majority pf
thousands, it caused a tremble, a sort bf
guiver among Republicans up here, and
many, no doubt under tho influence of the
thing, felt like going over to the Greeley
camp at once But the reaction, after it be
came apositivo fact that the Republicans
had carried the State by electing their can
didate fdr Governor, was immense, and Re
publicans ' became more united than ever
and ten times more. determined to make the
campaigri a hot one for the opposition."'
'., .After, the election; of General Grant
in November next, it will be seen that
North - Carolina occupied the. "post bf
honor In ' the fight,'o4 jhat Mr. GreV
ley's repulse by, the 100,000 Republicans
of this-State was fatal. " ' :; . ;
We commend especially Mr. Eobert's
account of the effect of the reaction,
above, to Messrs. : Barringer ancj Mason,
by Democracy, and after the Greeley place out of three hundred dollars each.'
bolt, the Republicans of New Hamp- Printing property belonging to the
shire rallied went into the fight en- five, was insured in Helper's name, not
dorsing Gant, and declaring for his re- in that of the Company. . The property
election, and obtained a decisive victo- was destroyed by fire. ' Helper drew
ry redeemed the State elected their the insurance of $1500.00, pocketed the
Governor 'and a majority of the Legis-
Connecticut has been a close State for
many years. Sometimes she goes Re
publican, then again she goes Demo
cratic. This year, endorsing Grant, the
Republicans went into the fight with
whole of, it, arid refliser tO" pay. the four
yrtTrtwjyarneirjusi. proporuuu. xxaw-i
urally, this man is a Greeley reformer.
Such men as Menninger and ' Helper
are attracted to Greeley just as Buz
zards are attracted to carrion. They
smell the carcass (U. S. Treasury,) from
office, or: disorderly; conduct, removal
from office, shall be agreed to by r two
thirds vote- of the members present at
any regular meeting ofjthesclub. .
Ur.tiiyZ-:? ARTICLE JLVi ffHtUh. I f : s-.! ;
! f Section 1. , It shall be the duty of the
presidents or,, inthisabsence, the vice
president, to -preside at all meetings pf
the, club, to preserve orqer, to se tnat
the rules,' lawsV aria resolutions passed
by the; club are properly carried? into
effect, and to perform such other duties
as properly pertain to his office.1 v ; 2 ?
'Sec. 2. It shall be 'the duty of 'the
recording secretary to keep an accurate
record of the proceedings of 'the club,
and a correct register of the officers and
members of the club, and of their resi
dences. He shall i receive all. moneys
paid to the club; making a note of the
amount in the : proceedings, and shall
pay the same to the treasurer within a
week . thereafter, C taking his, receipt
therefor.- - ' :
? Sec. 3. The corresponding secretary
shall attend to r the corresTJondence . 'of
the club in accordance .with such in
structions as he. shall receive from the
same; and he shall keep a record arid
file of such corjespopdence and report
his Official doings to the club. V
Sep. 4. Jhe treasuaj
paid, and shall pay all bdls against the
club, when instructed td'do so, in writ
ing, by the president and executive
committee, or by ..a vote of the club,
and shall report at each regular meet
ing, at the request of any member, the
i . 1 ji j.
amount oi iunus receiveu, paiu uut, un
vv
desire i to secure a piu-'f and nntram
meled I vote,'' must appeal cogently to
tho judgment and' affections of' the
American phoplo. He is Abraham
Lincoln's' lineal, successor ; and, the
popular heart .beats in uni?o with his',
administration and hi ffor - U race
Greeley ii 1870.
. AN OPINION 0 (; '. ;r.A:,r.
"-.".As. to.' tho Administration of Gen.
Grant, I recoernizo no one as a Republi
can who is not grateful for its Judicious,
energetic, and successful efforts to pro
cure,, the ratification of , the Fifteenth
Amendment that keystone of our po
litical arch whereby the fruits of our ,
great triumps over rebellion and slavery
are assured and perpetuated. That tho
President has made-some mistaj n
appointments is obvious. 'It-wouiu
strange, indeed, if brie so inexperienced
in the conduct of political affairs hadj
wholly escaped them; While asserting
the right of every,. Republican to his
untrammeled choice of . candidate for
next President, until a nomination is
made, I "venture to suggest that Gen.
Grant will be far better qualified for '
that momentous trust in 1872 than ho
was in 1868." Horace Greeley, in 1871.
" ' " TIIE ' RIG IIT OF SE( SESSION. I ' .
Whenever a considerable portion of
our Union shall deliberately resol vo to .
go opt. we shall resist all coercive mea
sures designed to keep it in. " If the
Cotton States shall decide mat they can ,
do better out of the Union than in it.
we insist on letting them go in peace'.
TrfhA RlftvA Hfnfps. fhft flntfh Rtiit'M.
or the Gulf State only, choose to forn
an "Independent nation, they, have a;
clear moral right to do
Greeley Cri 1860 and 1861.
so' Horace
MIXED
AND , MIXED
SCHOOLS
, i CHUKCIIES. i - '
"I hope "the time will come when
our educational institutions and semi-. '
naries will be open to men of all races
with a freedom, s with a hospitality
which has never yet been enjoyed. - I
trust the time will come when no man's
colbr will exclude him from any church
or any religious organization whatever.
So they say,! with regard to our com
mon schools, where a small district
contains by 25 or 30 families, it is sim
ply impossible, where two or three of
these are ..colored, to havo s separate
schools Land in. these cases, tofsay that
black children shall not go to school
with white children Is to say that they,
shall not have any school whatever."
Horace Greeley.1 address to tho colored
people at Poughkepsie, N. y., May 16,
1872. : , . .: I .
KU KLUX ACTS.
Sf
" Now., the Ku Klux organization
mav be active in this locality and dor
mant iri that may seem dead to-day
and' be revived to-morrow but the
Ku Klux spirit still lives at the South,
and is very formidable. It is grounded
in a conviction that the blacks arc un
fit and not really entitled to vote that
Reconstruction is,. . usurpation that
"this is a White Man's Government,"
and that the Black vote is somehow to
be nullified : by fair means, if practica
ble; but by some means ariyhow.
It is aerainst this spirit and its my
riad manifestations that the KU Klux
legislation of Consress is directed in
our judgment, most righteously and
properly. If Congress be notempow-
ered to protect tho right of the Penph
vfwvvu eneff j'ntwftrcnt "ana Vice- 1
where voters subsist mainly by keeping
policy-offices, gambling-houses, grog
shops ana aarKer aens 01 miamy, ana
that district will be found at nearly or
President against such a Conspiracy as
that which falsified the verdict of
Louisiana in 1868, then the Constitu
tion is a sham and the Right of Suffrage
a mockery." Horace Greeley, July 18,
1871. in v ' Y. 'Prihime' ..
their coats off and sleeves rolled up, and a far, and to the extent or tneir ability, r'fJ nnhimflvhJ nirpd to te ever T election giving a majority
in April they carried the State .by a they intend to filch -Uncle sam just as Sve bond. ' J T for that whicn styles ftself the Demo-
. . I thAv.rliri thA State anrl' trtft fnnr riTtntpr I -
boys. ( :"" " '.hv..'V,-;V..; ' : ;
'handsome majority.
I ; Rhode Island, followed Connecticut
wp days later, ,and as. usual, rolled up
alarge Republican majority. .
I .Oregon, .which, . the ; Democrats had
carried for several years, at the: election
lield in June, a month after theCincin-
riati Convention, reversed her former
Judgment and went Republican by a
thousand majority. , Vj .1 . v
; On the first of this radnth, in spite of
great odds, the old. North- State wiped
out a Democratic majority of five thou-
COKBESPONOENCE.
The Editor mnst not b understood as endors
ing the sentiments of his correspondents.
Communications on, all subjects are solicited,
which will be given to the readers of Thk Era
as containing the views aad sentiments of the 1
writers-- m - f , ;V;
Sec. tL-The executive committee,
In connection with the. president, shall
haVe control, of all matters -pertaining
to the club not otherwise provided for.
They shall audit . all; bills . against the
club, and when correct, direct the pay
ment of the same by a written order on ,
the treasurerrf - . - '
:;ifh ;i--;::fr Article-V:1 '
debauchery iri "the land," and you will
find nine tenths of their master spirits
active partisans of e that same Democ
racyVhat is. the instinct; the sympa
thetic ,chQrd, which attaches them so
uniformly ;to "this party? t Will ypu
consider V1 Horace Greeley, ',h
' ' ,'' EEBElj 1 DEMOCRACY; v,;i 7 1 C
'The brain the heart, the soul of the
SOUTH CAROLINA KU KLUX TRILM.
"Nobody can say "that these trials
have 'not been fairly ' conducted.
The prisoners were defended A by
such eminent legal counsel 1 as the
Hon. Henry . Stanbery, . ex-Attorney
General of the United States, and the
Hon. Reverdy Johnson. But the tes
timony brought out' overwhelmed all
argument, and forty-seven iof ; tlieso
wretches confessed their crimes in open
court; six others were convicted, and
seventy-two indictments; ' embracing
over five hundred persons, were found.
Section 1. The 'regular meetings of n:pnf rmrdtin; nnrtv is . tha refoe The story of brutality, crime, violence,
, i j For the Carolina Era.
' Mr. Editor : We :-seo In , The Tri
bune, published in this place by Hi H.
sand, elected Republican Governor by Helper, that he uses our names lii at-.
tw thousand, rained twentv members P"" I? injure, our .vaiueaiinenq,
each week, at such place as the dub; or
the president and executive committee,
shall direct, ;, ..-u a
4SEd. 2. Special meetinss rnay be call
ed by the president at any time, upon
Jvettingof dement at.the South, with; its - .North
of the Legislature and a member of
Congress ; v '. ".': , , ',. . ..
KTennessee also held local elections on
the first! instant, which, showed4 lanre
of the telegraph, corps, in the Greeley lepubllciui gains. "V ".' - v. . i .
army here,- It may serve as a restraint i Iri ix,uIsville. Kv". tha'Greelev and
Uol. W . Jr. Menderson.;,, , Helper we
know, has the right to be sore, as Gen.
Grant has on two occasions seen proper
to remove him from office. "This was
not the President's fault, but his own.
We consider,our standing injured by
being named in such a journal, ana
now, lor tne saue oi tne mture stana-
erri allies and sympathizers. , It is reb
el at the core to-day. it wouia comb
into poweWithrthehatey the chagrin,
the wrath, the mortification of ten bit-
tneiwrittenrequest'of ninmembers of I It would devote itself to . takinsr off or
the club.; ;f , ,.;!H...i-i.o redudrigiax after tax until the Treas-
upon their young imaginations, in dis- Brown ticket, was disgwicefully beaten inS of ourselves andfamilies, we call
by th6r-Citizen's Ticket;" AA'Bepub- ffi "jj ty han.pr
seminating news hereafter.
I
we see inai xur. ixurriugei: iias ia;n licanJwas elected Sheriff. ThecoUrity of
occasion, in a speech at Fayetteville, to Congressman James B. Beck, who pub
lished arf outrageous libel upon CoKS;
re-endorse the canard as to. Republican
frauds in the late election. His publio-
tions. They were prepared to supjort I ly acknowledged connection with Wood
i man lor mo I'resiaency sucn as
Charles JTrancis Adams, but they were
surprised and mortified that Greeley
should have been nominated. Both
these iKipers know the crowd of Tam
many rogues who surround and control
Mr. Greeley. Articles have appeared
In these columns from TJie Post bitter
ly opposing Greeley ; we present the
following article from The Nation show
ing that both these papers despair of
reform at the hands of the Greeley co
alition. , :
The Nation says :
1 lo (CS reeley ) is neither revenue reformer,
civil service reformer, nor any other kind
of reformer that people now caro about, and,
a to uncertainty, the very wind has, since
tho establishment of the Weather Bureau,
become more reliable than he. The result
ht, and the history of the past month shows
and his "trorAv" during the recent cam
paign, suggests that he may be better
authority upon" frauds , on the other
side. In the course ; of the "contest1
which he invokes, no doubt some. val
uable information will be1 extracted
upon this subject. We' eriterfaTri'rib
doubt that if all the. Violations? of ree-
T. Carrow, U. S. Marshal for this State,
gave the Republicans five hundred
majOTityj ' " M " ' 1 '
H Orj Thursday, the 22d, West Virginia
voted down the' regular 'Democratic
tjckej; and rejected the new Constitu
tion. -This result is a Republican vic
jtbry. The Independents : were mainly
Biipported by the Republicans. -
i The result in these States is ominous.
llom of elections thai .were perpetrated 7u ' aV T '7 IS"'
AnthAiRtnf A,.t T,m k.. ut of these States are In the South,
r" b.rivv-. W1vr it-.. , tt. Pafi nrlrl
111 ,UV AJttCty UUU JXl2 KJkX 1,1 ls
Pacific coast.' They Indicate the re-elec-
ressed, Qaldwell'a majority would be
greater by 5,000 than It appears to-day.
And, we have no .'doubt, on. the other
hand, that, as far as conducted by Re
publicans, the late election was as fair.
.3 elections under exciting circumstan
ces ever were in North Carolina. The
only instances 'and specific violations
o ( the franchise that have been brought
tlon of President Grant by an' over
whelm ing majority an utter rout of
the. traitorous Liberals-and ' the de-
strupiion of, the Democratic j party as
complete and terrific as the ancient de
struction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
use
nt-.
ing our : names m a lournai that con
tains such articles as his does. We con
sider them too obscene for the eyes of
even those, who, for years, "liko our-:
selves, have been in slavery. - ,
JOSEPH xiALLARD,
Pinkney Hall.
Salisbiiry, Aug. 23, 1872. I :
, I . n ,f For the Carolina Era.
Liberal Editor Caned. , v
Me. Ktittou j Col.-WiP. Henderson
has just finished caning II. H. Helper,
Editor 4 Tribune. Some little excite
ment, but most of the citizens endorse
Henderson; as he could pursue no other
course. Yours, ' ubskbver.
Salisbury," Aug. 22, 1872. . ..
SeC. .''Fifteen members shall consti
tute, a quonnnrJTor theT trartsactiori of
business at any duly authorized meet
ing of theelubw, 4 u K'
-! : , V . .' : ARTICliE' VlM '
I Section 1. Each member shall' payr
on joining the club, as an initiation fee,
uio suui ui terns,; i
DEC.
per month
Article VII.'
i No alteration Or : amendment to ; this
constitution, or of the by-laws of this
club, shall be made except by a' two
thirds vote of all the members present
at a regular, meeting, and any .such al-
teration or amendment shall be submit
ted in writing at a. regular meeting of
the club at ' least one week before its
adoption. . -x -: 2d
Section 1. . The order of. business' at
all, .regular meetings , shall be as fol
lows
urv was deprived of the means of pay
ing interest on the - national . debt, and
Would 1 hail" the, tidings of national
bankruptcy with unalloyed , gladness
and unconcealed ' exultation. What
ever' chastisement may be deserved by
Our national sins,' we must' hope that
this disgrace and humiliation will be
The'aues shall be - cents spared us:ra .Jf , ;: ;
tif m. f''y-' ;H -1 ; i! 'S : ; axearnest." prayer. v-,-:v
', -, May it be written on my grave that
I was never its follower (namely, of
the Democratic party, and lived and
died in jpothing its , debtor.',' Horace
; ' 'eerocious protectionist.' '
'SYou only err as, to the proper can
didate, i I am not the man you neei
Yeur party-is mostTjf'T'ree Trade, and
I am a ferocious Protectionist. l have
no doubt that I might be nominated
and. elected by your help ; , but it would
place? us fall in : a? false position."
and moral degradation made up from
the revelations of, the witnesses is too
revolting for recital: it is a dark chap
ter in the history of civilization ; it is a
burning' disgrace 5 to" "the party which
organized the . conspiracy, aided and
abetted Its agents, and did . its best to
suppress the evidence now published
to the world." Horace Greeley, Jan.
12, 1872,: in N. Y. Tribune,
THE ENEMY
DEMOCRATIC
OP THE
M '. PARTY. -" V ' ' .
"If the Democratic party wpre called
upon to decide between Grant and my
self,sI know that their regard for what
they must call principle would induce
nine-tenths of them to vote against me.
Why.? 1 1 am a decided enemy of that
party, even in its most respectable uh
pects." Horace Greeley, in 1871,
WHO ARE DEMOCRATS. . . 7
u We thereupon asked our 'contem
porary tof state frankly whether the
pugilists," blacklegs, thieves, burglars,
keepereof dens of prostitution, etc., etc.,
. ::were not arrnost unanimously
Democrats." Horace Greeley.
DEMOCRATIC VIRTUES.
u To smoke is a Democratic virtue ;
to chew is that virtue intensified : to
1st. Reading the minutes of ,the pre- Horace Greeley to "P." Donan, in .1871. drink rum is that virtue in thosuperla
ious meeting. : ."J: ffiti, .'41; tc7n ' ' tive." Horace Greeley. , , .
The States tha t have', . held general
i,.
to our attention, are the Conservative
it, he has not only not drawn to himself any 9 Ufcon the Hamilton box in
of the repuUblo discontent of the Republi- JUartHl county, ana ttho rejected box
in Rrunswlck county, both Jlepublican
boxes. No defence can be suggested
fpr either. , ' v; "' .. ; I
r j The great mass of? inquiries .put by
Messrs. . Rarringer and Mason in theii
elections this year, are:
can party, but he has driven It back into
the ranks repentant and humiliated. He
stands surrounded, as far as the Republican
North is concerned. In the main by "sore
heads" and blather-skitos. Ilis great, and,
indeed, only reliance, is the Democrats of
tho Nortn and Sonth, but especially of the
South, and he therefore presents himself to
the Republican party as simply tho visible
sijju of a renewed attempt on the part of the
old copperheads and rebels to get possession
of the Government. .
What are honest men to do now 7 Well,
if there is nothing else offered, if the Demo-'
eraUc Convention commits the absurdity of
raising tho "old white hat" as its standard
at Baltimore, the only thing for Republicans
of pur way of thinking to do is to choose the
less of two evils, and vote for General Grant,
We expect no improvement in the Admin-
,3 1 . I r
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1 t ' r "Tor Grant r
4 , iS1 0 R E G O N,
CONNECTICUT
tRHODE ISLAND,
NEW HAMPSHIRE :
iSO RT II XC A R O I I N'A,
TVT 'E H T VV I R; G I N I A.
J "3
fonttl Iltrlct. The fol-
recent circular are addressed to mereT , "
fchnfcalities. which no one knows hfu I fifth Co bet
ter than they, never affect . elec6di
uppnacoiiiesl.,: Thiait circular Is not be-1 f i:.itV - Settle, . Leach.
fore . us, as we write, but sucrr we beM mvwson, . - ?;x, v,3i
. '-r - , " I t5-7v - ' "
points taken; points which have been iS,, hV i
decided over and over again, both bel cksw'ell." ' 'M-rJt 1 ''
fore deliberative popular bodies and in i$taotit' 1 J :
Courts,' to be of no avail: upon contests Alamanco,
of elections. These gentlemen know
&iatt at' least 4 'asjfcpll.as ,we do. Mrj
liirrinffor has trrown erav In renreriii
l.Gnllfo'rd,
jJftvhs'majoTityu2rl,
873
1391
1 rj.
SCO
l(Vft7
. 024
1538
1408
1102
1817 .
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' : ' The Old Norili State. ' 1
Three times three and repeat. The
Old North State has fired' a plunging-
shot into the gathering ranKS- or tne
Democracy, it has completely demor
alized them. With 5,000 majority, and
aided by more than that number of
pardoned rebels and ' coloniste ?? from
the neighboring States, they, were con
fident of victory. But the people rose,
against them and their disordered, dis
couraged and demoralized followers
are fleeing before their victora. s '''
"As goes North Carolina, so goes the
Union," was the Democratic , cry . last
week and the issue was accepted by the
Republicans of that State. 'Nobly nave
they kept to the good old party which
preserved their State to the Union and
made all its citizens free menf This ,
victory is but the prelude 'to the great-,
x:l wiit; wiiiun Win cuuiu iui uic ivcjjuu
llonna 4n ViirTvifvir- s "Mrk iivmi'hffifttlrin
vious meetinp;.
' 2d. Reports of olncerg and executive
committee,' and reading of articles' and
bomriaunications.' v y t
; 3d.' Unfinished business. , . . f -
r 4th. New business.'. 'Ml' 't
f Sec, 2. No member shall be allowed
to discuss 'any, question under" debate
without arising and addressing ; the
1870 tive." Horace Greeley.
-t'
It is. urged by the Democratic or
gans that the law is to be eriiorced in
state and municipal elections; This is
done to make it more v obnoxious, if:
that be possibleto 'their party. s Buti
unfortunateiythis ; is an error.- Th
law i applies; only to presidential and
congressional elections,1, though we
Sec; 3ij NO 'member shall speakr morel heartily wish it could be made to ap-
thah twice' on anyone xquestionf norj ply to all others J 'Horace Greeley in
more, than ten minutes at any time, 1 1870. -" - .-f-s -n. v,i u ,.x (
unless Dy unanimous consent. ;, it, i u
i Sec 4. ( Any , member may ijall, for,
the readinsr of anv article of the consti
tution : or ly-laws,: or the minutes5 of
any meeting, when'? relating j'to ' the
question under consideration. ; -v
Sec. 5. - The yeas and nays shall i be
taken on'any question at the request of
five members.- -..'t'-w t-ff ;- i
Sec. 6. No exreuse"shall be incurred'
beyond the ability of , th treasurer of
the club to meet.,,: . 31. i,.
if A Wiiijifc Kir kLux.iiAW.'i
SOUTHERNEItS ARE "KNAVES," '
' T.TAT7S " AVn ' PVRTTTnVtJU '
Let thei soldier understand that ho Is en- '
rolled to fight a parcel of knaves; all Hablo
to indictment, trial, sentenco and execu
tion men who have, wickedly dlsturlxil
the peace of the world without t pro voca-"
tlon men with whom no terms are to bo
made Dick Turpins, who call themselves
Generals, andCapt, Kyds,', who call them
selves commanders. ' A' thief is a thief a '
rhold our Government ; bound by I Har Is a liar a perjurer is a perjurer; nud '
licansin Novemben
of Democrats, and 'Liberals 'can defeat
the unconquerable leader, qf the .Umon
1
its' duty of - protecting our citizens in
their fundamental rights, to. pass and
enforce laws for the. extirpation of the
execrable, Ku Klux, conspiracy; -and,
if it has noj;,the power, to dp it, then I
say our. Government is no government,
but. a sham.I, 4therefore,r6n every
proper occasion,; advocated and 'justi
fied the Ku Klux ' Act- I hold it espe-"
cialiy desirable for the South ; and, . .if
it does not prove! stronevenoush to ef
.feet its purpose, I hope it will be made
stronger and stronger. "Horace. trree
ley in 1871.;.;
Tk';1ir'i'Cti.1.An';'E'na .' . !
The returns; for this Congressional
District,' whehpublished, will show
What the Democrats win nowao ior t tnat jyir. if urcnes bore the Republican Abraham! xixcoi1 Lineai; fstrc
shown that Greeley cannot carry a tne lauit was not his. but assienaWe to
Democratic State having: a Democratic othereauses over which he nor his nar-J f .." Many. will he I surprised., at the
majority of more than 10,000 as a basis, ty couia nave any control. The people rpresident's hearty endorsement of civil
he cannot have hones of . success 1 any
where and the disappointed Democrats
may be comnelled to rc-organiza-r-W-
Unots Slate Journal.' 7 ; Vi' "
have lost in his defeat a ? Congressman I service reform.finhis messasre of 1870:1
that would .have made 'them ah able; I but he .has .been there all alone. The
faithful, and inflential member.rSyczf-: President's summing up of the leading
objects of his policy, and especially his
every Southern traitof; who" a morally ro-
sponsible, Is all three together!' Pray, do-.
npt let us have any more talk, about our
misguided Southern brethren.; ; There Ih ?
one thins which Southern "succcsS cannot
compass, and that s "an bliVlon, hi history ,
and tradition of tho frauds, felonies, and '
falsehoods, -with which the fgnom inlons-en- .
ierjprifee "began. These traitors are 'outside '
thfe world's respect 'forever, S Neitho In it .
inception nor in its progress has the ithing
been '"lcfepectable., " ' . There has been too !
much megar dishonesty; like that of gam
blers, footpads, and pickpockets, about It,
Horace Greeley,' August 1,1802, in JVJ Y.
Tribune- -, : tV?l "iJi
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"Southern women nursed by the blacks',
Imbibo tho animal passions of their nurbs,'
and'assoonasthey arriyeattheago'pf pu-,
berty they manifest their, desires to cratifv
;their sensnalitr ."Hornee Greelev. ,
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