J. C IX) OAK IIARRIS, - Editor.
Official Ovinia of ine United States
Office In the "Standard building, East sldo of
'- FayetterlUe Street. , t.
THUBSDAY, SEPT. 12th, 1872.
H ATIOHAL REPUBLICAN TICKET.
FOR PRESIDENT :
Ulysses S. Grant,
Op Illinois.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT
Henry Wilson,
Of Massachusetts hI
TO XI TUB STATE AT LAUOKI. ' "
IAHCITS EllTFIX, of Buncombe. . . ,
SAJTtnCt. F. PHIULIPS, I Wake .
FOB TEX COiaBESSlOSAX. TilSTBICTS:
O. William r. tatilnjot Ienolr,
s.neiirr Walter, of Davidson.
7. Jamlt CU Hamay el Bownu, .
8. James in. Justice, of Bntberford.
Gen Grant never lias been defeat
ed, and be never will be." I Jo bach
OBXXLBT. t " t
'"Wblle asserting- tbe right of every
lie publican to bis nntramineled cboice
of a candidate for next President un
til a nomination is made. I venture
to sugrgest tbat Gen. Grant will be far
better qualified for tbat momentous
trust in 1ST3 than be was" in 1SCS."
Horace Gkeelkt, speech on 5th January,
1871.
THE NEW. .
Supervisor Cobb has been retained by the
President, but his field of duty has in it yet
been assigned him. i '
The Missouri Republicans have nomina
ted ex-United States Senator John 11. Hen
derson for Governor.
Some of tho Jesuits expelled from Ger
many will, it is stated, go to Ireland, where
they will be welcomed,
- CoL A. S. Colyar, of Tennessee, a suppor
ter of Greeley and Brown, has announced
himself as an independent candidate for
Governor.
Judge llogan, one of the Democratic can
didates for elector in California, has with
drawn from the ticket liecause ho tsinnot
support Greeley.
The rinderpest has appeared in England
at several places in Yorkshire, and precau
tions have been taken to prevent tho spread
ing of the disease. .
The cholera is reported raging in India
and fatalities are enormous. Thousands
have died in the city of La pare and several
other large places.
Seven hundred new claims were filed
with the Southern Claims Commission dur
ing the month of August, carrying tho total
number filed above sixteen thousand.
It is stated that the evidence at Marshal
. Baxaine's "trial, now progressing at Pari3,
shows that a traitorous corrcspondcm-H ex
isted between .JJaxalne and the Germans
prior to tho surrender of Mela. .
Francis Kernan has been nominated by
the Liberal-Democrats of New York for
Governor, and C M. Depew for Lieutenant
Governor. The Herald says the ticket is
weak and will bo beaten. .
Tho National Debt was decrease during
the mouth of August $10,73o,G33.S9. - Total
decreaso from March, 1SGJ to September 1,
1S72, $343,141,239.46. Decrease in the
amount of interest $23,19I,J3. . ,
Acting Secretary of the Treasury Kit-b-ardson
has directed the Assistant Treasurer
at New York to purchase one million of
bonds each Wednesday and sell one million
of gold each Thursday during the month of
September. ,
The straight-out Democrats of Indiana,
through their delegates at Louisvilh, have
decided to call a State Convention at Indi
anapolis on Thursday, September I'.tlb, to
nominato a ticket and perfect the organ iza
tlon of the party. ;
Dr. llonard recently released by the Span
ish government, intends to press his claim
for false arrest and imprisonment. It will
lie included in other claims for indemnity.
pending, on behalf of citizens of the United
States against Spain.
The Governor of Arkansas recently" sent
Major General Upham, of the militia,' and
fifteen of his guards, to Pope county. They
were met at the end of tho railroad by Dob
son, tho sheriff, with three companies or mi
litia. Trouble of tho gravest charac ter is
apprehended.
This is the last month the internal rev
enue stamps will have to be affixed to legal
documents, as the now law abolishing alf
stamp duties imposed by sefcedulo B, ex
cept the" tXX&T"Twoceh.ts upon bank checks,
drafts or orders, takes effect on the
October.
A band of two hand rod Arrapnhoes attack
eda government train on Monday .last.
under command of Steve Bryan,'
ween J
Carson City and Fort Lyon,
men dead or wounded
fifteen others to captivity
mules and plunder. Mr. Bryan they liter
ally skinned alive from head to foot.
The Acting Commissioner of Intern!
Revenue has decided that a special tax on
peddlers of tobacco and cigars is a personal
one, and cannot be transferred by manufac
turers from one employee to another. Kach
' peddler employed must qualify by paying
the tax of $25 per annum, or tho propor
tionate nart from May 1. and irtve boml in
the sum of $2,000.
in compliance with a verbal request fro. i
Senator Robertson, of South Uarolina,Jndgo
Richardson, Acting Secretary of tho Trca
ury, has transmitied to him tho following
official calculation relative to the reduction
of the public debt :
The total reduction from
March 1, 1869, to September,
lS72,ia:
Reduction per year.
Reduction per month.
Reduction per day,
Reduction per hour,
Reduction per minute,
Tied notion per second,
$US,141(2&) 47
8S0,377 13
271.9S5 31
ll.CSL 72
18S SS
" 4-15
The effect of this reduction of Ihe debt,
ma above given, is to raduco tho burde n of
Interest on tho same as follows : '
Monthly interest, 1,932,615 75
Annual Interest, . 23,191, ."WW 00
bet
. t A Straw.:.... ., , . : .
' 77iexN, Y. Ileral says Grceleyjsm is
declining and that tho Republicans,
with Gen. Dix at their headJViII carry
New York State. : : j , h
J The Executive Qmitteea for the
several counties ccJhe- State, should
meet at the earijjslt possible day and
appoint sub-etbrs, and adopt such
measures as ftil secure a thorough can
vass of their counties and get out the
full party strength. : . ; ; -
By order of the Republican State Ex
ecutive Committee. '-. 1 ..'.. A ' ' -
; , v J. C. LvIlABRlS, ,
; . Secretary.
The letter of Charles O'Conor.to the
Louisville Convention, may be found
in to-day's issue. It is well 'worthy of a
patient and deliberate perusal. Between
Greeley and Grant, the greatest lawyer
and one of tho purest ( men' of' the age,
advises the American peopleip re-elect
President Grant. fThis letter, vrlll in
fluence honest Democrats who love the
peace and , prosperity of ' their country
more than party.' . : f-'l
Ttrudgo Settle,, .. ' ii ; -u
This distiniruished son Of North Car
oUna is h6w stumbins , Maine . for the
Republicans. He passed thronsh Ver-
mnnf nnri mail swtoI RTPvhW. 'which
in high terms, complimentary to. Judge
Settle, and nronhecvins-: trood results
, x x 0 ,
from his efforts. Maine votes onMon-'l
day next. We expect a good report,
and especially from tho towns md
cities where the . Judge addressed Ihe
people. : . ' j -- " I, ;
Natli
What tho .Organ of tho
onal.
Democracy says of Oreeley.
We invite attention -to an article in
this paper, clipped from The 2y. Y.
World, and headed " Does Mr.f Gree
ley rerresent the ideas of the Demo
cratic party ?" The World is the 'organ
or the .Democracy, ana the article in
question was written before the assem
bling of the Baltimore Convention.
T7ie World was in favor of a
straisrht-
out Democratic nomination for Presi-
dent and Vice-President. ; What was
true of Mr. Greeley before his nomina
tion at Baltimore, is none theless true
now.
reflect.
Honest ' Democrats : reac
and
Oood Opportunity.
The following letter, addressed to
Hon. W. A. Smith, Congressman elect
for this District, explains itself.
Maj. Smith may be addressed at Boon
Hill, N..C, upon the ' subject. The
Press of this Congressional District are
respectfully requested to give publicity
to the letter, which is as follows i-J-
- Coixkoe or Physicians and Surci'rons,
1 ' . Jialtimore. SepU. 1st, 1872.
DbauSik: We will receive: as a benencl-.f
ary student, in this institution, any young
man of good moral character and proper
preliminary education, whom you may ap
p ;int fromyour district.
Please make the- selection at the earliest
practicable moment, and communicate with
me." '" - "'" "I"
Very respectfully, yours, Ac, I
EDWAUD WARKEX, Mi I).
lion. William a. smith,
' Raleigh, X. U.
All the revolutionary chiefs who rc
belled against Juarez, President of
Mexico, except Diaz, have accepted the
amnesty tendered by. Lerdo, thernew
lre.sident. It is to be regretted that the
magnanimous policy of the new govern-t
ment should have been spurned by
Diaz, who has" fled to California, from
whence he will soon reappear on Mexi
can soil to contest by force of arms for
the Presidency. Unhappy Mexico r
Since the period of her earliest exis
tence she has been afflicted, with con
tinuous revolutions. At no time has
nhe - enjoyed perfect repose.- Under
theki.clrcumstances it is not surprising
that despotism has taken the place, of
ciyii iiuuriy i xiu wwue r or laier, par-
tit m the United States will be divided
upon the queston of . annexing Mexico
The interests of peace' demand that
Mexico become a part or the Amenn
Union. - . . , .
'Boast not, " L.est" " Yc
'V',,; 'Grief."'.':
Come
to
It was loudly claimed by the bastard
liberals, tliat as soon as 'the Baltimore'
Convention had ratified the nomina
tion Of Greelev. a ' Derfect stamnede
I would take place from the Republican
iamn. We were n littlo fri?htenl hv
r a - - - i 7 o " i
their mysterious remarks, " we would
sentative governments, dangerous bar-
gam. We breathe freer. Sumner stam
him in his traitorous desertion. Hois
disgusted, his pride humbled-ho is fled
irom me contest and sailed on UlOJUalta
iorjcurope,io recover n is DroKen health.
r- I..
Bank's Stonewall's old Commissary
stampeded. A few of the small fry
disappointed office-seeks or turned m
out thieves, stampeded; but the Re-
publican party grandly moves on, the
same compact and united friend to tho
Union and to liberty I
' Twenty-seven thousand majority fin
Vermont proclaims that her ranks are
unbroken and her manly spirit as fear
less and courageous, as ever. I .
r AVhen Mainc.shall have thundered
on Monday next, the coalition will be
shattered and dispersed, and the con-.
test in the other ereat .Republican
Stages of the North, ihe' contest on the
liberal 6ide, as how seen in Maine, will
dwindle into guerrilla warfare for local
triumphs. : v ."' '.' 'I
Grant's success is assured. . Ho .will
be carried to the Presidential Chair
with a triumph more signal than tho
great ophcaal for tho Union in 1S(S.
. , ty two months since the Democratic errirtc to contest the State election
m I pany uiuuh una corrupfc aim, to repre- j wk ,j.i".pvoc jx gn-iug mm uuuji
, leaving fifteen peded and poured out his malignant denounce and threaten as they please, such an assertion - ;
, u vrr,yuis uu iiafct; agaiHSl tjrrani, in niS DlltereSt in- 41' "lt5y "wmw uuny uicmcuus Thp Phinwin mir
l r rr 1 l. . i . . A. U.. 11. 1, : ,1 . I
, . vreuve ine Dconie nave not ionowed uiijuuircxerriiiiuii, iuuuuuuiiiuuuurse ir.oi
nil 1 I i? , , . . l iT i t r : ; ai I . ... o
j Dispatches, from Geneva stato that
thejarbitration between the United
States and England, is at an end. The
board met at Geneva on the r 15th of
April; It has been in session nearly
four- months. On Saturday next,
the: result of the arbitration will be
made public There seems to be a
general ppinion ihat the decision will
be in our favor.; and there. is a rumor
that damages to the amount'of seven
teen million have been awarded the
United States. The amount of money
that the government will derive from
the; decision of the board, is not to be
thought of In connection with the peace
ful settlement of the difficulties between,
two of .the greatest nations of the Earth;
the mere fact that the law has been de
cided in our favor is the great point gain
ed The success of this great diplomatic
contest,' Is evidence that Gen. Grant is
as jreat in the arts of peace, as he was in
the terrible-war from which he emerged
the greatest; and; most successful of
American Generals. .iThe country has
rcison to rejoice j that a war ; has been
averted ; ' and the Republican paHy
thepnlvparty of law' and order- may
hero President, was the first, to settle
grave diflculties by arbitration rather
than, the sWord,; and thus set a peaceful
example for other nations. AVhat peace
I man is there who will not vote to re-
elect President Grant? We do not be-
I liyp there is a Quaker in the country
who will hot vote for Urant ana Wilson.
IiOiiisville Straitrht-Out Demo-
i ; ; ?cratic Convention
Representatives of the straight-out
Democrats who! will not endorse the
bdrter. and sale of principle for office
and "plunder, from twenty-four States,
rnet at .Louisville, Ky., on Tuesday,
3rd. The Convention was called to
orxier by Blanton Duncan, Chairman of
the Democratic
rrado a speech,
Committee. Mr. D.
after which Levi S.
Chatfield, of New York, was elected
temporary Chairman. Mr. W. 11. Fer
ry, of Michigan, was appointed tempo
rary Secretary Lyons, of Virginia,
t- j aid Wheaton, of! Michigan, conducted
Mr. Chatfield to the Chair. Mr. C.
briefly responded, and protested against
the transfer and sale of the Democracy,
a$ attempted at Baltimore.
" 1 A letter was read from Charles
Gf Conor, of New, York, stating that he
could not be a candidate for President.
Committee of one from each State
iere appointed on Permanent Organ i
zftitm, who reported for President Jas.
llyons, of Virginia, and one Vice-President
from each State. Duncan was
rAade first Vice-President, on motion
of Senator Bayard, of Delaware. After
perfecting the organizrtion the Conven-
tion adjourned to Wednesday 9 o'clock.
. i The Convention re-assembled accord-
,1 . ,. - . , . , , ,
ig aujournratmi, huu uouiinaieu uy
acclamation Charles O'Conor, of New
York, for President. On third ballot
JQhn Quincy Adams, of Massachusetts,
was nominated for Vice-President. Mr.
O'Conor was notified by telegraph of
his nomination and declined. The
Convention appointed a Committee to
yait on the nominees and notify them
oif their nomination and request their
acceptance. The Convention appointed
ah' Executive Committee and adjourn-
exl without taking action on Mr.
('Conor's declination.
The Press of the country pronounce
the Convention! a failure ; and unless
O'Conor reconsiders his determination
riot to run, the movement will amount
to nothing. What Mr. O'Conor will
Jo when the Committee, ' to notify him
of his nomination, wait on him, is un-.
finbwn to the public.
-r-
A United
States Senator Slorri-
mon Versus Vance.
t. The Conservative organs are appa
ntly much exerci9ed over the appre-
h6ed danger of the Repub! raem-
of the Ijegislature votin for Judge
and, with the aid of a dozen
orr two Conservative friends of the
iudge, electing t him 1
?he United States" ove
to the Senate of
er the general fa-
yorite of the extremists and destruc-
tionists, Governor Vance.
These organs are aware of the very
bad treatment of their party toward
Judge Merrimon, and they are exceed
ingly anxious that the claims of that
gentleman to the Senatorship 'should
not De puynciy uiseusseu. xnese.ex-
t -
trfeme editors with the leaders of their
the way as a rival of Vance.
r
They may squint and squirm, write,
.ofjtho Republicans of the Legislature,
prevent any honorable man m
,i.yrui.uruuii mm ucuepuug posi-
ii.J f -1 ! A 1
m of uunur, upeiny unu miny teiiuer-
HotlL i Tlie Republicans of the General
.Anfbly are by no means committed
9 (the support of Judge Merrimon or
apy other name in the senatorial coh-
Ltes,t, and it is scarcely more likely that
Wy will support him than eitner of a
.hundred other Conservative gentlemen
fjthe State who might be named ; at
ithesame time, we think it highly
probable that Judge Merrimon will not
be.betrayed into declining, at this early
stage, such a high office, and thu3 we
jpipect to see these extreme editors and
ti-evolutionary politicians fail in their
Effort to call Judge Merrimon off the
?fTick, by drawing him out in a decla
ration declining the Senatorship.
,"i ,Oonservative friends of Judge Mer
'mon in this city arid elsewhere as
'well as himself, are aware of the con-
fj)iracy that has been entered into
rgainsthim, and it is enough for the
iwlutionists conspirators and ku klux
to know that their designs as well as
their disguises are penetrated ; and it i$
equally ccrtaiuUiat they ; will be de
feated in , the -4 nefarious ends; of their
sinister motives. : J "- ."' ''.' H rfs
G; 1 o r 1 on s Ko w s from, Malne--Sweeping
Kepullican Vtory--15,000
Major i t yEvery Con
: gressman Elected Death Blow
i , tOjGreeleyism. , v ;"-.V.'.-,..i. ,
; A . special dispatch from Washington
D. C, to the Editor say? the Republi
cans have carried, Maine by 15,000 ma
jority and elected every Congressman:
This it a triumphant; victory. At the
last State election in September,' the
majority wa3 10,000. , The Republicans
have increased their majority Jive thou
sand and made large gains throughout
the State.' - In -1868 the total vote for
President was 131,000, and Grants ma
jority was : 20,000;; The' majority in
November will probably be more than
it was in 18GS."--.. . :. . vi: I
1 "We are gratified that Hon iMr Hale
i3 re-elected to Congress. Hon.- F.: A.
Pike, a'Li i ' ' -aitori was1 his; oppo-
Cuvi
by the Democi. and Liberals j to de-,
feat MrHale. - Mn Pike,as a Repul
lican. had rTorhierJjr represented the
District for six? yers,7 but he deserted
and went over to the enemy, it was
thought Mr. Pike would draw largely
from the Republicans, and by a tre
mendous effort would be elected. ' But
he has been defeated.. The people re
fused to elect a traitor ; arid just at this
time, Mr.. Pike's defeat is of great val
ue. ' Liberals may, Understand that the
people will not support - any of the
traitors who have gime over to the en
emy for office and plunder.
j Let us rejoice t jTwoof jthe r New.
England States,' where it was thought
Greeley was 'stronger than anywhere
else, have voted L', ftley repudiate Mr.
Greeley and declare for Grant for a
second term. The result in Maine is
the forerunner of an overwhelming
victory in . November for Grant and
Wilson. Pennsylvania, Ohio, and In
diana, come next.' They vote ;on the
8th of October. We are almost certain
that the Republicans will carry each of
the States mentioned. There is no
doubt as to Ohio. Very little about
Pennsylvania, and less about Indiana.
Rouse up, North Carolinians ! Gird
on your armor f Another battle is be
fore us; but a large majority of the
people aro with "us. Let us put forth
a united effort, and we will give Grant
and Wilson 10,000 majority. p
. Cenfaflization." ;
The cry of centilization has ; been
used by the Democracy Irbiacw;j)eriod
beyond. which, " the memory of : maK
runneth not to the contrary,,(,: and its
use has becn;oj'ftedt sojthat
in these respects at least, itf has become
a well-settled custom." The immacu
late conclave which met at Baltimore
did not forget to make, the most of it.
"Revenue Reform" whatever they
mean by it and centralization are the
two bug-bears which constitute their
whole political capital. They hope to
delude the people into the belief that
the powers of this government', are be
ing diyerged from, their constitutional
channels, and. that .popular rights are
in danger. This charge has not even
the merit of honest origin. ; It is an un
qualified deception, and it seeks to cre
ate a false alarm. ; 5 7 1
By what means is centralization to
be secured without the consent of the
people? Are not the rights of local
self-government subjects of constitu
tional guarantee? Is not the constitu
tion the supreme law of the land? Are
there no courts which may be invoked
to stay the execution of unconstitution
al acts, if such be passed?; The almost
absolute impossibility of any encroach
ment of one department of our. Gov
ernment upon another, furnishes a
strong presumption that none has1 take
place ; and in order to rebut this pre
sumption we . must have , something
more , than declamation. 7 Where are
the proofs? , . . - ' . ...
How stands the : Republican party
upon this issue?) With the day; of its
birth it declared that the rights of the
States must be held1 inviolable. It has
never neglectedany proper occasion to
reiterate.' that declaration. r;lt; was re
asserted in immortal words by the first
President elected by the Republican
party." But it is charged ) with central-
izationr - Have Its acts,
then, been:
found at variance with its profession?
No man can turn over the pages of our
public laws, enacted during the past
twelve vears, and truthfully venture
fundamental law
that period have been the XIH.i
XIV., and XV. amendments to the
Constitution. These have enlarged and
sfHnrpd nonnlnr rights, nnd thfiv Twva
.V I
i)eeu approved bv the people in a con-
stitutional manner. They sruarantee
universal freedom and universal suf
frage. Are these measures of central
ization? ' ! "
But it is said that the particular of
fences denounced as centralization have
beeh ! wrought under these amend
ments. Let us stei -The chief lesrisla-
tion in"pursuancei of these articles has
been what are called Ku Klux laws.
What is their history? V
'Preceding the last presidential elec
tion there were nine hundred political
murders and three hundred and sixty?
five whippings during a few months In
Louisiana alone. Since that time an
immense number has been added to
ine ii3t in tne whole coutn. The,. vie-
tims have invariably been Republicans,
The guilt of the perpetrators of these
outrageous offenses was so" clear that the latter gentleman j but from" all ap
many, if not a majority of those who pearances tho Jolly Vance will have a
have been arraigned, have plead guilty. I
Murder was as rife as petit larceny, and.
the hecessity for a remedy was beyond
the possibility of denial. It is for pro
viding a remedy that the Republican;
party i3 now arraigned upon a charge
of centralization. Horace Greeley was
as loudr mouthed for it as he ever y was
for secession, and yet' he is now equally
anxious to repudiate it.- He proclaimed
the'necessity and defended the consti
tutionality of the Ku Klux legislation
for which the Republican partyj Is hpw
arraigned. :iyy-;: h; i
Edmund Burke eloquently and proud
ly declared that, though the winds and
the rain might penetrate an 'English
man's cottage, the king could hot enter
it unbidden The f Republican party
would make the ; humblest- American
homo equally safe from violence,' SLhd
ror this ; the ; people, are4 asKeo: jo pro
nounce its impeachment, j It would as
sure to all men the' equal - protection of
the laws; and for this it is summoned
to answer tne charge . oi.centraiizauon.
If this1 be "' (ntralization, . then; , is the
party eullty. Biiti if by ?the charge of
centralization; it is meant k to beasserti
ed that the Republican'party' has'siezed.
stitu;tion', then is the Charge a pur6 fabP
rication without shadow of warrant.-
Why we.' J?refer Ctenerai Ctraht.
IThe re-election of General Grant will
be something more thana mere party
triumph ; it, will he the -voice .bf the
people indorsing an honest nqmical
and patrioticj administration of public
affairs..; 3 '
The administration of President Grant
has been tried, and not found wanting.
Individual, State, and national inter
ests . have prospered. The laborer re
ceives better ? wages; than, ever before ;
the merchant is blessed with prosperi
ty ; the manufacturer has all he. can do ;
the products, of the farm, command
good prices ; the national debt has been
reduced $348,000000 in little more than
three years ; taxes have, been reduced
since 1866 $228,000,000, and the policy
of the Administration is to ' carry the
reduction still further ; the army has
been, reduced,; to a peace basis ; the
rights of law-abiding , citizens are res
pected and protected everywhere; and
our nation ; thanks to General Grant
and , his, ; wise policy, jis at , peace with
the whole world. . .C . -
This is the picture the party presents
to-day, after more than twelve years of
power, j No true Republican can turn
away from so glorious a record. Tens
of thousands of honest ' Democrats
throughout the land have no desire to
change.it, and r in the coming election
will use their influence to make it still j
grander in the future:
What the nation wants is a settled
GrsfhLi It. has proye successfuXiiL the
past, and that is the best evidence that
it will 5 succeed in the luture. :, xho
country cannot afford . to try experi
ments under Horace'reeley, ' .with his
erratic notions of statesmanship! He
would disturb ever element of national
harmony, and bring about a financial
crisis in less than six months from the
date of his inauguration. I It is useless
to sav he miaht turn out ail right. We
cannot afford to change a-certainty for
an uncertainty.,'. We know . what Gen
eral Grant is. what he has doneL and
what he will do. Grant has firmness,
wisdom , and in every sense of the t erm
is a practical man ; Greeley is deficient
in all these qualities. He is a good
editor-i-but he has not the strong traits
of character to make a safe President.
For this reason the people, irrespective
of party, have united on General Urant
as the safest man to preside over the
affairs of the nation, and . we believe he
will be elected by the largest popular
vote ever given to a Presidential candi-
date. -,f:wu; 4 h : i'
Another Senatorial - Richniond , in
f ::'::, the Field. : ; , ;
. Uncle Johnnie f Norwood, Senator
elect from Orange, is out in The Hills
boro Recorder urging the name of
Hon. Josfah M. Turner for the Senate
of the United States. . i
This will offend Governor Vance and
may possibly put the party 'out of
joint ; " for there are: not a' few. of the
faithful : who mischievously 'intimate
that the Honorable Josiah ? M. has al
ready ! been amply rewarded for the
work lie has done, having ! been State
Printer for: two years and' allowed to
overdraw 7 as the state ; ;of ; khis ex
cheduer from time5 to ' timei-suggested.
1 The I venerable Senator ; elect must
have overlooked this - point, and we
think has entirely forgotten the "over-
drawinz " which they say has never
been . corrected. Articles, j cards and
statements i have appeared tat tne; in
stance of Mr. Turnier to prove that
money filched by him from-the State
Treasury has never been returned, and
sa tho ttcmJX. M. fifoinda hpfnrn th nnh
' ' X-
lie an ' overdrawer." Governor Vance
better look; sharp, or this f incident of
" reform " may carry the " martyr "
from a loathsome imprisonment ?' of
his own seeking, to a Senate ' Chamber
he""doth not hankerarte??,
Vance, Merrimon and Turner. Good
prospect of a triangular caucus ; duel,
unless the old man of tho mountains,
and yon Moltkeof the Neuse and En
gelhard of the Cape" Fear and Jarvis of
the Albemarle, with a few . others can
be induced to 'enter the; Senatorial
arena.;
As to Mr. Welch of Haywood, we do
not credit the rumor that, he as a can
didate for the United States ' Senate,
nor do we put faith in the alleged com
bination between The '; Goldsboro Mes-
senger and Win, A Smith, of Johnston,
looking to the election to the Senate of
liyely time ne?ft winter.
. States flights' tinder Grcclcj'. i
tllorace Greeley has been one of tho
most - persistent assailants of the doc
trine of States Rights as inculcated by
the: Democratic- party, known to the
American people While slavery ex
isted and tho flag of our country pro
tected slaveholders in their property,
Mr. Greeley pronounced the Stars and
Stripes , " a flaunting lie,"" hate's pol
luted rag," and 'demanded that, it be
torn down, as it waved an insult to the
starry sky. Every Act passed by the
Congress, which Democrats charge is a
step toward centntlization; was advoca
ted ; by ; Mr. Greeley vWEditor of Tie
THbimet . JTt' is &ceedingly : itrange
that Democrats ; shbujf support a man
known to be hostile to the main plank
0 Derhocfacy; but let us. examine and
see s where Mr." Greeley stands noio,
:Touri..relutonof the Cincinnati
platform is as follows : .. . ?
'IiOcal self-govern merit,' with' impartial
suffrage,' will guard the rights of all citi
. zeiis ' more securely than ' ahy centralized
power.; The public, welfare requires tho
supremacy ,of the ciyil over the military au
thority, and the v freedom, .of person Sunder
the .protection "of tthe habeas . corpus jWa
demand for the individual, the largest lrt.
erty cdhsisrtent with .publio , order, ; ior the
States self-government, ' and for the nation
a return' W the' methods of . peace and the
constitutional liniitation of power. " J'"'yl '
,V:T-This ic&iipn is ambiguous and
maybe construed to suit evfery locality.
What is ' meant by lociil! self-govern-nient
?."Dbett mean that the United
States 'gbverriEpeht; 'shall' not interfere
t6 protect the citizens of the difl'ererit
States if the civil arm of the State shall
prove powerless ? ' J If it 'docs' not mean
this, will somebody tejl us what it does
mean ? t If this be' the proper meaning
and we say it is, the , result of adminis
tering f the'- government - from' t such a
standpoint, "will place a' portion of the
people of each State at the mercy of the
Ku Klux. Suppose the National gov
ernment had not 'taken jurisdiction of
the Ku Klux cases, what ' wquia nave
been the condition of the Southern
States to-dav ? The South would have
been a second Mexico.' Civil war would
have raged In J every State. Liberty
yould have yanlshed ; the ballot would
have been controlled by the knife, bul
let, and 1 rope of the' assassin. ' This
is tho!'fea.4t to which the Cincinnati
platform "inylt.es" the people '" of the
United States : and Mr. Greeley is
selected as the
such' a policy,
ed President.' ;
man to Inaugurate
should he be elects
Of all ? the - planks
in
the platform, this is tho most ' dan
gerous.' Unless peaceable citizens de
sire that the Ku Klux be revived and!
commence again the hellish outrages';!
and continue to murder "wliip, and mu
tilate innocent and irioffeiisive-citizens,'
regardless or pe ptate aucnoriiies, iney
mst Mr.'Gfeeley, and sus-
to protect
y citizen in all his rights
I as guarantee
,iy the Constitution.
V'tTiidge " Settle at Greensborro'l'
The Republicans of Guilford celebra
ted bur State victory at Greensboro' on
Saturday, the 10th of August. Judg5
Settleas the principal speaker. ; His
speech is spoken of !in the highest
terms, as an effort that surprised and
delighted the most enthusiastic friends
of the Judge. . Tli the course of his
speech he exposed the libel of The JT.
Y. Tribune about his drawing pay for;
the misf-ion to Peru without perform-!
lng service and showed up another
falsehood published by the Democratic
papers of the North about his paying
out - money to -be .used as a bribe. ' JIo
sam he was nominated for Congress
against his repeatedly 'expressed wish-l.
es, and while absent from home. Ho
was beaten, apparently, 242 votes, but
there were frauds enough in one coun
ty; to overcome' that ; majority; Wo
make room for a; few passages of thi
speech to show! the spirit of the si)eak
er, Avho spoke ''amid the most enthusi
astic demonstrations :' - 1 ;i j
"Felloy Citlzeha: We celebrate to-night
one of the greatest -political victories ever
achieved in North Carolina,' or indeed, in
any btate In the Union. The new party,,
which has. not as yet been able to name it
self, declared that as went North Carolina
in August, so. would go the Union in No
vember. Believing, this, it has ;made a
most desiderate iight, a better one than it
will ever be able to make again. It fought,
however, under -a black Hag, observing
fere.' -Tammany furnished" money without
stint, and emlssarie skilled in all tho arts
of manipulating registration books, ballotn
boxes, and election returns."-. Their' leading
men came in Jivm Nebraska, Wisconaiii,
Missouri, Pennsylvania, and other fctatea
to' excite and aronsetheia at their free bar
becues, which were almost as numerous as
cross roads ; but in spite of all this wo have
elected that honest man 'and '.unflinching
patriot, Tod It. Caldwell, and tho . whole
State ticket, by two .thousand inajoritj.
The Executive .department, thank , God,
will be in the hands of honest men and true
patriots fo r th e n'ex t fo u r years. IJ y a gross
"gerrymandering'' of the State the Demo
crats have carried the legislature aud elec
ted a majority of the members of Congres.s.
But we have made large gains in the Legis
lature, and will be able to arrast such Of
their ; proposed constitutional amendments
as are hurtful to our good old State.
Notwithstanding all tjieir efforts" the
Republicans of the '5th' District have reduc
ed the large Democratic majority to almost
nothing, and have contributed to the glori
ous triumph which we celebrate to-night.
We know what estimate our opponents
placed upon a supposed victory. Falsehood
travels a thousand miles while truth is put
ting oo her bootsi In consequence of false
telegrams, Democrats have burned powder
in the.Northern cities, and have rejoiced as.
neybr . before over an election m North Car
olina. 'This bu& adds to our. triumph,' and
now-tbat the truth is known, let us rejoice
and accept at lea3t one Democratic state
ment s as true, "as went North Carolina on
the 1st of , August, so will go the Union in
November." Is there, a Republican in tho
State yrlxn no doubts our ability to carry
......
'Democratic side.'; v V ' V
'' ' :-
"Show me a inan who for yfari siuco tho
surrender has been cursing the, Govern
ment of the United States, and liwill hI;iw
you a zealous supporwrw -"liX , rr.
Show mo a'nian who has thrown a rotten
egg at the flag of his country,' and I will
show you a tnan who is throwing. up h
hat for Greeley. Showme a man who Is
carefully keeping a list of his former tlavcfl,
believing that some day he will receive pay
for them, and I will-show you; an aclivn
supporter of Greeley; and every time tlait
you. can show -me a;, Ku Klux who has
whipped, .! scourged, : and . .mnrderod his
Tieiirhbors. I will show you an tnthusiastio
supporter QHoraceQreelyi
,., ' ' . i- ..?.?.. 1 '
.' "Let'us turn from' this fflctiirii to the held
of Appomattox.; We there find GenV Tjco at
the head of his tattered, worn, half-fed, half-'
clad regiments, offering his, sword in sur
render to General Grant, and 'when GrAnt,
Xith kind words, refused to roceiro it, brave
men who : had faced death' on handrtnl
fields' wept like children.- Instead of wislj
ing to see the : brave men who had eurrcn
dered to him: find poverty t at their firesides
and privation. in the anxious eyes. of moth
ers and the rags of. children, General Grant
directed that they should take their horses
and mules home with- them, so that tlioy
might make a crop and bless their li resides
with peace and plenty.'' General Grant did
everything in his power to break the forco .
of that fall. ' No deed was done, no word
was spoken to wouud the sensibilities of
any one.,' And from that hour to this Gen
eral Grant has exhibited chivalry, magna
nimity, generosity and hindiiqss to every
law-abiding man in tho South. 'j In, lSGo ho
spoke the first word in favor of amnesty,
and recommended that Gen. Lee should bo
pardoned. He frequently interceded Willi
Andrew Johnson in behalf of Lee and other
Confederate leaders whom' Johnson' was
anxious to punish. . G rant contended that
they could not be punished so long as they
observed the stipulations of tho - surrender.
. . . .;'
;"Nbw, when night tails, you I can . go to
yourbedsin peace. Two years since the
shades of evening were . to .Republicans, .
white and coldred, like the approai-h to tlio
shadow-of the valley of death. When night
came many Republicans had to leavo their
firesides, 'their wives, ' and thoir children,'
and sleep In the woods to avoid being whip
ped or murdered by the Ku Klux. ' Now
they lie down and" repose with their fami
lies in beace, feeling ass a rod that in conse
quence 4f Presldont'Grant's lirm ml minis- ,
tration h law hundreds have been saved
from n . ' r. and thousands from inhuman
scourgttv vj-Q have tried Gran t, and ho
lias neve, 1 the flaa or tho country.' "
: A Consistent Reformer. ' -
. ..
- Lymjjn Trumbull, of Illinois, is otio
of tho acading "Liberalitcs" shouting
for reform He pretends' to", belive in
public lnesynd4iaaIa.tcly-sIiown i
wonderful solicitude for tho public
money He wants an-''hbncft admin
istration," under which the people can
get value received . for every dol lar
spent; We agree with Mr. Trumbull
on the question of honesty, and for Unit
reason we support General Grant, for
he has already given the nation un
mistakable proof of his honesty and his
strong desire to Introduce ; economy in
every branch of the- public, public ser-
VICe.. ' .. -. :-
But we object to Mr. Trtinibuil si tting
in judgment on the-question of; public
honesty until he clears his skirts of tho
charge that has been . proven against
him, of taking $10,000 out of the United
States Treasury, under Andy Johnson,
under color of a professional ' fee. Ho
admits that he received it, but has yet
to show that ho earned it Or gave one
twentieth value received in return.
If any Senator who to-day supports
General Grant had ' been guilty of so
great a wrong on the public treasury,
his name would , be denounced, by tho
Democrats from Maine to California.
But it was Lyman Trumbull, tho "Re
former," who took this fee, and the
Qreeleyites can see no harm, in it. It
was a mystery at the time why Mr.
Trumbull voted agrairist tho imneach-
ment of Johnson, but the subsequent
discovery of the payment of this money,'
has removed the lttlo cloud which oh-!
scured hi3 action as a Senator.'. "We do
not say that he voted as he did because
he, was paid $10,000 hut we to say that
the amount he received . was fearfully.
in excess of the amount which he earn
ed in hi3 few days' labor before tho Su
preme uourt. CJf such is tho Ureeley
movement. Guilty themselves in their
abuse of public confidence, they seek to
hide their own shortcomings' by crying
aloud for "Reform." The people know
them ; know" their designs; hence the'
cold shoulder which they meet every
where among true Republicans and
honest Pcmocrats. - . ' ,
-' ' , For the Carolina Era. .
A Proposition to tlio Itcpulicnns
rvi 5, of North Carbliiia.
The undersigned proposo to give to
the County in this State, -which shall
give the largest .increase majority for
Grant and Wilson, over the majority
given in the last election for Governor
Caldwell, a stand of Colors worth one
hundred dollars; tho Flag on ono side
to have the United States. Coat of Arms I
and on the other suitable devices for
the above proposition. The Hon. A. '
D." Jenkins; C. II. Brogden and W; H.
Howerton are selected as umpires, and
upon their certificate of tho result, said
Colors shall be given to the County en-
iiiieo to ine same. i , - -
'-'.:U.i.-,rUr' A. MOONEY, ...
R.W.Logan,
I V , J. B. CARrENTKK,
f r J. M. Justice,
' ' E. WlIISNANT.
Rutherfordton, August 2G, 1872.' " J
thp State lor Grant anl; i on vy ai ie.ts
10 0UO majority ?t It i thero bo ono unchi let
liim dismiss his doubts, take courage, and
march straight on to victory.' We have
gained on i theJelection of lSTv 'nlore than
seven thbusafid votosi ! We know, that our
colored friends , will stand firm, and it is
gratifying tome to bo ablo toannouhco that
in" the recent election VuV largest gains were
among the -white population of-the , West.
We all "know that Grant is the strongest
nomination which: could have been mado
on our side, and Ithat Greeley is; about tlio
wnVnst that could have !een mado on tho
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