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" :. T - (Si inn For Democrats uand Conservatives. THE FLOWERS COLLECTOR r "t- WEEKLS5 C AMP AXGN THE PEOPLE. xo. RALEIGH, XORTILCAROLTNAl JUNE 19, 1872. - it xi v x ii it xv s w i w.i ii r iti i u tin A iTl, i BLASTIXG-rO WDKR for DEMOCRATS AND CONSERVATIVES. JOHN SPELMAN, ; ; Editor. Terms . j Singhi' Fuf 'script Sods. 25Hts " "i'Clubs of Five onii oie,- - 20ets. (Daring tbe-Au'irufrt campaign ) ADVF.RTJKM ENTS. A limited uum ber of e1 tertist merits will be inserted at j?1.50. er incli (Jeep for li st inser tion, and 75c : for each . s"u U'int insf rtion Special terms fur lengthy advertisements. ST Al E ieWIIWeWAIlVE TICKET. J: - i FOJt G VEiiNOR : . Hon. A. S. Ml- iUtlUON, of Buncombe. FOR- LIEUT -GOVERNOR Mj JUUN liUGllEc, of Craveu. . ' FOR ATTORNST GENERAL: Hon. W. AI. SUIff of . Mecklenburgh : I . r! FOR TREASURER: Maj. J. W. GRAHAM, of Orange. f ! FOR SECRETART OF, STATE : JOHN A. WOMACK, of Chatham. FOR AUDITOR : Gen.t C: LEVENTUORfE, of Caldwell. ' FOR SUPT. OF PUBLIC INSTRITCTION : NEliEUa MENDiSNHALL,- of Guilford, for suPT. rrBL-ic works: JOSEPH H. SfcPAKK, of Wake. Olli COFjRESSIONAL TICKET 1st Dis. Col. Dpi. Carter, Beaufort jtounty. 2d 44 W. H. Kitchen, Halifax county, i 3d 44 Hon. -A'j.'M. Waddelh New Jtanover. 4th. ' Hon. S. H. Rogers, Wake county. 5th 44 Hon. J. M". Leach, Davidson county. 6th 44 Hon. Thos. S Ashe, Anson county. 7th t4s Maj. W M Kobbins, Rowan county; bth.44 Gen. :-R. Bi Vance, Buncombe. T. - 1st Dis 2d 44 8d 4k 4th 44 Oth 44 7th 44 8th 44 -0-tavins Coke, of Chowan county. -rSwift Galloway, of "Greene county." -T. ,C. .Fuller, of Cumberland county. -H A. Lond6n of ( hatham county .W. L Steele,, bf Richmond county. -F, B. McDowell, of Iradell county. -Thomas Johnson, of Buncombe. , FrJBHc8 FEARING. ;.7urGB Mekrimo and , Jugb Siiipp will Daiw, Gaton county, Thursday, 20th inat., Shelev.Cleaveland.Saffirdav.22d. . Rutherfordton, Kutherford; Monday, 24th. : : Columbus, Polk, Tuesday, (25th. - ! - Uendersonville, Henderton rihursday, j;27lh Maj. Joiix; HucrnES and Maj. Joiix ; W. Graham will speak as follows : .J Wentwortli, Kocknisrham eountv, June 25thJ ,Panburyv Stokes county Jtine 27th. Vi inston, Forsyth county, June 2ytn. it Mocksville, JaVie county, July 2d. fctatesvil!e, Irtdell county, July 4th. ' Mordant on, Burke county, July 6;h. TarbAro', Edgjecotnbe county, June, loth ! Greenville, Fitt.county, June isth.l f Jacksonville, t'hsloW ;cyunty, June 2id. , f , . .. . . ' JOHN MARSHALL, MY BOY. When 'Virginia was' tinder martial law in 180G,;iiKd C'anby was kirg ofthat District James Randolph, author of that well-known pneai, "lvm a Good Old Rebel," composed the lines below;- on the - occasion of placing the 6tatue of Chief Justice Marshall on the ash ington Mouuiheut in Richmond. They are very applicable to the present time: . i We are rlad to see you, John Marshall, my ' ' boy, . J - j ! - f So fresh from the chisel of Rogers 1 To take yur- stand On ihe monument there, Along with the othe old codgers : i WithVVashlnton, Jefferson,- Mason and iuch. Who sinned with a great transgression,' In their okl-fashioued notions 'Of Ireedom and . riht, t1 : And tiieir liatreti of w;rong.and oppression. : i S . : i k , - But you have come rather la'e to your pedes tal. John ; ; Things have . much changed since you've been le re, .For this voiume you Lold As nolonger the law ; And this is no longer VirgiLia.' ; ; , The bid Marshall L w you expounded of yore Is no loiiger at all to the purpose; : . And the Partial Law of the new Brigadier Is strong-, r than Habeas Corpus. . - -' ' So shut up the volume you hold " with such , ' care, . . 'J. . ;-. ' '.' -": -' i ' . ' For the. days of the Law are .ffver. And it takes alh your brass to be holding it thcte; f . ' . : With 4 Justi' e " inscribed on the cover. Could life awaken the liiub of bronze, And blaze, m the burnished eyie, Whai wou'd you, do with a moment of life, Ye men of the days gohe by T ; , Wouid Jefferson tear hp the scroll he holds, That time has proven a lie! Would Marshall bhut.up the volume of law ; And lay it down with a sigh ? - - . 'i ' Would Masoir roll up the Bill of Rights ' From a race unworthy to scan it? , : . - Would Henry throw down the patiiofj's sword ,&nd cla4s it against pie granite ? . And WasLingt6n, seated in massy strength Oh UU charger that paws the air, . Could he. see ti.8 sons in th.cir deep disgrace, Would he ride so prondly there? i He would let him down from' his big brass horse . . . - . i j '. ' . ... And cover his face with shame ; ,' For the land of his birth is bow f4 Dhtrict One" Virginia was once the name. . v . For Blastinu Powder. The Sf epson Caldwell Matter. MiW DEVELOPJ5IEXTS ! 1 l' Ssspi?i I'm afraid they've GOT us : Mr. EnrroE: Much has been said about Judge Merrfmbir's coil nection with Swepson, in fact so much we deem it necessary: to say feofrierhin as to wliat we knov, ot thi.4 matter ih li;rke, Gov. Cald well's own c'oiujt ,: Xow we wilt not presume to oritur the higher circles of Unan- M ministration ot w!icl, we, a. We simply wish to state what came under onr own observation, in the town uf: Morgan ton j- in the year lUs. '"),'.:.:. : ' t- Tlie Legislature passed a bill at . that -time appropriating a certain amount of money to theW. Kir 0. Railroad, -provided that the Com--pany accepted certain amendments to the charter of said road. The stockholders, 6r at least some of them", were anxious lor the comple tion of the road, in fact so much so that they were willing . to agree to almost uny terms to accomplish the same. , Notice was given that there was to bb meeting of the stockholders of said Company to consider the proposed amendments, the meeting to be - held- at Mor- Soru e two or three days ' before the meeting . Swepson and Little tield arrived at Morgan ton- bringing with therftia keg ot choice wiiisky. Immediately alter theirfarrival, we noticed ; His ; Accidental. -pnor, the immaculate and unquestionably honest.incumbent ibent- ot ; the Executive. bitter for; the party J . Caldwell, oil his w chair, Tod R. take his meals, s This of course created- some suspicion, .but Gov. Caldwell's reputation for honesty and integrity (how acquired I scarcely know) allayed it all. On the day of the meeting this whole matter was explained by Gov. Vance and that terribly corrupt (dh of ISicepson, Judge Merrimon.. The remarks of these gentlemen 'on that occasion were prophetic. ' They told the stockholders this whole affair was likely to prove a huge swindle. When these gentlemen saw that the passage' of the amendment was a foregone- conclusion; if a meeting was held, they determined, if pos sible, to prevent a meeting by with drawing. Gov. Vance said, "To your tents, Q ! Israel,5', find he was tollowedby a large inajority bt the stockholders. When xliey com ,' i menced leavingrGovj CI aid well put his arm around Stcepson''s neck and whispered something. It has since transpired what that whisper Was. We do not pretend to interpret it, but we want every man from Cur- ritllck to! Cljierokee to hear it. . It was this " Swepson, I'm afraid thevfc got us." 7 Now we.have qood auth ority for the correctness ot this "str.tenient. The bolters from the Bwepson move- ment then held an in ing, of which Col. T. was chairman, and P. formal meet- G. Walton C. Pearson secretary. . The Swepson -taction then lound they had a -quorum 6f stock, (Caldwell or Littlelield, it matters not which, having the State proxy,) but they, (lid not have enough stockholders (GO required I believe.) Th swindlers theii de termined to overcome this difficulty by creating a logus lot of stockhol ders. Now who would suppose that these twenty-live bogus stock holders comprised ail the prominent radical politicians of Burke county, every one of them being irom this county V "We believe they could all be successfully prosecuted before an honest judiciary as conspirators against the State. We propose that the people should know the names of these men, and we lurther pro- to bwepsbn -and Littleheld's roosVk V-W J. i ciosete r yith them up to tte0y otf v510 iSCfe touJ'-i.' pose to append a slight biographical i sketch of some of them, Vp would ; vcv-.wAft &4lvs. denounced Judge Mernmo-; as con-1 cernedwith Swepson, abu ing him Iiko a pick street corner rhev.may i inv the! t --7- ... i cl i a rge ' o f he big tod: ' fUlei in tlii- villainous coneeriV, ; kf Dr. OoJlctf, son-in-Jaw ot the (.o.vrr: 'r. lie would not name "was be , convinced .'"it his amaiiLt tn tin i showed him G. M. UobertcJ . id-jnee in the " Fraud Conmiissy 'i,- anil then he said 'twas done wifiout his consent : ' , :-" ( : 1 ii T --i i it ill. T- ! 1 h isc. OMinpoen, i ate itauicai ouuiv oaiior, wiio anoweu an ins prisoners to escape. , J. G. O.lgrove, carpet-bagger, recerit mayor of Morgan ton ,. .ijrotiier of ; the sheriff of Len'oir. Provi i . . . i. i i i . 1 1 ..ii i . . dence has summoned him to answer.: for his sins at the great trii.unal. j Ash by Mull, revenue dc. '-auder. . Christopher Ilappoldt, has re pented of ins sins. 4.' i J. W. Berry, Allen BeHy. Ar. A. Collett, son-in-law of Gov. Caldwell.' " L. M. Duckwprth, late radical DeputT Sheriff. I). B. Moonev, fiht wiiere he belongs. j . James I. Beach," Dep'tv Marshal, cbncerne'4 in a grocery an flight on revenue matters, candidate lor sher iff on the radical ticket. ; , Thos. Seals, ; late fador register of deeds. J y v ;J. -M. Smithvat home. . ? R. W. Brittain, a teriaiit of the Governor, priricif al shnid r or bill perty of Hoffman. . ; j William I toper,; who curses all politicians as dishonest whenever he can get anybody to listen to him. " j Joseph Beniield, Hvho .bought stolen prooertv li'om hegroesi in bid times, and whose son stoic a mine during the war. 1 Joel Cloud, elected sheriff on tlie radicalj ticket and could noti tile his bond, j ; ; ..;". ! Thos. Xeal, once an elder in the Presbvterian Church has not been iii a clturcli since he went over, I 'understand. ... ; v j F. 1)., Irvih, radical Probate Judge, a natural? born : agrarian, a waitimr . boy cl Mars. Tod, men .tally and. physically- thelittle end of :ii o thin fr wh i t tied out to a poi nt. , John Tyler Patterson, a' native o ' Virginia, has belonged to all parties tor ollbe' sake, went "over trom the .Conservatives for ollice of sheriff, now- the radical canuid.ite for tlie Legislature, has Cald iv' IPs speech about the war and appeal t the neirro by heart and repe,ats it ion all occasions was himself "a hotne- ! sruard olheer dunno; tne war, and arrested deserters instead of going to the trout,, where, according to his age he properly belonged, claims to be a representative ot poor men, yet has made enough money to buv a line plantation, once the property o a man who was killed in the war, i;s said fp be a defaulter to the eon n ty for il ,500, fifteen , hundred dollars. v!;:.:; " , I L. A. Taylor, late Chairman4 of the Board of Co'ty Commissioners, lias been a candidate lor almost every office, is now the keeper of a jackass, between whom and his charge there, is constant warfare n tlie ijuestioiffof mental superiority, i They are all Irom Burke, and all radicals. If defy any one to prove one allegation false. I In conclusion let me say one vord. The Radical Pres ot X Y., gay ot Mayor Hall, if he knew 61 tbose traudulent transactions groins j on under his very nose, he is a cor nipt man, if not, his capacity f or If ing deceived renders him unlit to he the 'Mayor of that ' great " !cit Vrf AVe aree with them-in toto, but we ' W.il.I r S it H fill' III MINI V I) lT(IV Caldwell of North Carolma. If he was no deceived he was corAipted, ii no uitti t tu.ii iiuiii t'j uy the Governor .f the great fctate t.r'. ,..," r ' . , i wn.! ! t Aorth Caroh:na. j 'vbwepson ! appear-, th your uti .to '.the ;wepson ! I'm afraid they've got 1 tears: ct the'peopi- is jl!u ai d eruund- ; . X VX1I W i y n , " ' "J ;l 1 apers friendly .to the cause; aviII : please publish. j . . l ' - - ' " - , , JUDGE M ERR I M 02 OX it i ? f . v L' in THE - . reproiluce a c'irl froni JudejMer- - - rianm-that appeared ih the Telegram, of Jutydblh, lvi. MVe invite the attention 'ot the l'eader'.to it. . It will he seen' that he is, and has been always,' in favor, of a homestead- policy, and bases his support Upon the broad fgoua 1 of soundness and wisdom. Ii-.'ad what he says : Messrs, Editors : My. attention, has' just been ' called . to the editorial columns of your paper of yesterday, in which, by suggestion rather than positive assertion, you give the public to understand I atn np posed, to Ihe Homestead provisions of tlie present constitution. of the staie. In ibis you do not only me injustice, (about which i wouid not trouble niyseit,) but you also do the public pnjutlice, to tlie extent that .niy. opininjji reference to th6 matter may have weight: and influence in the approaching. flection ; land I trust you will correct any erroneous limpression you have toad by pubiisning1 this paper.- , , 'rrtfe-i-ugesUon you make to the '.above vifect i t.at-irtrly giouhdlcss. On the con trary, 1- am antt have; been" uniformly in laVtr of a huie$ea'l yolicy and. if :I-coulol '.inl-ericre wlrlj that provided; in tlie coiu rstithtiorvl vi ukl do so only to 'make it' 'more dJii iite, certain arid secure. - I 1) Vso my'kup rt of a homestead pro-. yioti, in tiie coi!si.i:;i!ion on the high and.; JbroK l ground of xouwl 'public-polity as Svi-il as tiie;furtUer groanas that it is wise, just aiid'huaiaik' aad' promotea atid illus trates a higher. sf.ao ci vilization, j; -' .-t rt '-- . ' ,j ., , - ' ; 4- , . ' j-j A iiC 'ot-.iNU'4f4rTCiCli-J ttU k ' .'Ot -vir C ' important iutere-st in the rearing: of ever chiid in the land to! see that It is educa te d in a sou?;d morality: and Mttc;d for .useful 'citiz-in shi p It is manifest-this can- hot be well or tinier ably done lt.tue parents are hoinelss wanderers. ! Every family ougiu to have a linme, however humble, . in which they are secure. . It- promote do mestic happiness,! s'ti mulates "efforts to sll" edecatio.ii, moral ; and . religious im provement, and it gives permanency to character and fixedness to citizenship r indeed, it is emphatically essential to the L.ttcr. i; - A.::; V: '-!'!;.;;' ',.'. T; :! The "Convention act expressly prohibits the proposed convention from' interfering in any -way with the present bom estead provision in the constitution, but 1 regret to find yourselyes-: and i others seeking grbundlessiy, to excite the f ars of our impoverished, people by Buggeting tli it the convention, if calk d, might and wou d ebt iblish a hew supreme court, .and pro vide for the'eicction oi new judges, who might decide;, tins homestead provision in operative n ii d!e r t h e ; co u i tution- of t h e United states, as to ohi debts.'''' ; !,;: , Xtwiiii oi:c has any authority to say that the" present, supreme court will be abolished,' but supn )e that it shall be, j how does 'it follow; that new .judges will ! decide as you suggest ? What ground !i iv; vou, or any one else, for suggestions i vv .iUiles he elected, they will be, Xorth Caroiiaiaus, and in sympathy t :" ' wiu th.-v not im so ? What motive could ihey have to injure the poor iiiid helpless,' 'especially when our whole p.-opie are more or" less impoverished ? Do you reply, they would so decide because.' j i the"-, law is otherwise ? Then, would you have them make a dishonest land corrupt decision i You will hardly say so. ! '': :. ! ' : k. ! ' ; ! ' But there 13 not the slightest -ground for this sujigestion, for a homestead poll-., cy is a sound and highly important public policy it is rapidly becoming an Ameri can policy as well as the fixed purpose of our peo.pfe. This of itself will have some weight with . any court. Then, it lias been held by the highest an( very respec table judicial tribunals in several Other states than our own, tnat the homestead provision has a retro operative effect, and these decisions are authority and will have weight with any intelligent judge or any supreme court that may ever sit in this or any other state. But lurther still, our own supreme court, has decided like wise, and. this ;deciiou is binding in a very high degree onany subsequent court lu.the state. 2wwy in view ot tne manl iest policy of tfe state,! the decision in other s. ates and the express decision in our own state, would any conscientious judge, even if he had legal doubts of his own, undertake to over-ride and reverse these decisions, ' and especially while i supreme ' court tof . the" United States ,,!1S" mil,io 1 l' 1' Contrary .?,; j tuture jua-o would have c'Ccry motive" co MuPlUI inuini r t.' iS t hat hftr e the ti!:risTity to tlo so Bat there i a positive pinision iii tlie present ciitituiJou tiiat i!; ce.s i'sv the'f 10st Iiuniijie: rli evry Auow.ch.Ka ! tlie state, it is proviutvli.i vctiori ' two'cf- '. article t'.-u of the-ctV?jSii.tM:io!i,' tliat " no' . j property' mtU bi eaiqt': jrm;ile for : ' ! taxtit, ai.d ttUs' clause iii the vi-ry beetiiu T t h a t p r i v i J us 1 6 r 1 1 1 e h o i ii e t e a 1 1 . . JSow i! the legislature iia!I levy from he Plf Je taxes they a.d swu. n ,. ai.U j Uueh taxes will in n nrti while swallovv ! up every household "in the state. - J am prepared to show by the most in'dubitable I facts arid statistics; that the people of the Estate, under ; the existing constitution, will, have to nav into the treasurv of the state, annually, over jifty per cent, of their - ' income; 'and the balance f it wiii be en- f gufphed by federal and- county taxt'-s. s This result is inevitable uuder the exist- ing constitutivin, a I show daily, to the ; sad conviction of hundreds who are hon- 1 estly seeking after iutormation to control their action at the approaching election. The man who has but a; homestead is i generally thedeast able to pay oppressive taxes,hyiieh these co me, the homestead will certarniy go byr express provision of tlie i constitutktn, it stands. " ;. The unfriendly suggestion that I, at Any i time, 'solicited contributions' of ' monev " from friends to present a:tet case about the homestead provi.-ioii to tlie' supreme ' court: of the Uuittd .States, is utteriy groundless, and scandalous ' ;' And there is not the slightest gro-ucd . for the lurther . suggestion, tJint many , lending lawyers, and lawyers generally, ; are '.'opposed to homesteads. Can you ; assign auy reason Why they should be? , There is no J class of men as a class more in warm sympainy wilu uie pcooic iuo.lv - iawyeivs they are Jinked to thy people , by the strongest tie's 'ot'- interest as well as good fellovsh!p; and I may add, there ' ii, no clax . of people us a whole, 'more deeply raiereteu m homesteaiW 1 ' k :r ' Vciy resnectfulv, ' ! ! ; A. S. MEIiKIMOK. ! Raleigh, July 17, X871. - i ' The Washington Disrrict meets' at -Tarboio this week Conference Ex-Judge E. "W. J ncs d ied at his home ; at riymuuth on the lutJi int. Greensboro' Female Col lege is at a stand i still at present. I '''..'' - Greensboro'- is to havj another spoke i and handle factory. ; . J The crops about Wilson 'are not in a ; promising, coiiditibn. .' Itev. Dr. Moran, of yirilniington, has left hbuie tor Ohio, on a visit tohis father. ; "Wilmingtoh you:ig ,men are trying to form a boat lub. - ' ' Excursions to Hie mountains are all the rage in Western N. C. . 1 J' '! .'"'' ' Col. VVr. II. K'litrht is. a' candidate fr the sheriffaltr of Edgecombe county. - i Judge Carpeiitf;r, of South C irotina, ad- : dressed a Conservative gathering in Char- lotte!on yedncsday. The Consevvatives of Columbus .will hold a Convention at Wliitevilie o;) Oth vt : Julv, to nominate Candidates.-' . : The Salisbury Vutch;rt-in sav the Tri bune'Slv. Reiner's c-inii)a'ii -; iir -.will rnaki its appearance, iii a day , or twc. Mr, II. 1L Helper has purchased the Examiner office at Salisbury for the pur- ; pose of publishing his campaign paper. Mr. J. J. Stewart, editor of 'the Salis bury Examiner has connected himself with the Watchman as! associate editor. Cotton crop in Eastern Carolina has been injured I)y - cold weather, rain and! . hail. It njt as "ood as it was la.it v ear. : . , " . In demapdr-the reiort of Judge Mer- rimon's speech at New bern, that appeared in Newltru Jourtud of Commerce. A "second edition has appeared. ; Qol. A. 31. Waddell, democratic candi date for Congress, was serenaded on Fri day night. He made a speech! and like Capt. Kice " gave a treat." ' ; t MVrh. It. Smith, Eq., one of the niost estimable citizens of Halifax couny, died on last Wednesday evening, at hja home pear Clarksville, in the Scotland Keck. section, agea t o. . j . . ; Miss Bettie Yaughan, daughter of Cot. U. Yaughan, of Murfreesbaoro, .' was m a rraf at hpr - fatKpr'a r?rl rn t Vi a 12th inst., to Judge David A. Barnes, of Northampton county, Kev. P. F. Auguit officiated. I -
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