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VOL. 1.
RALEIGH, MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1866.
NO.' 39.
JOB WORK outi witk aaatnus at tho Bbsm-
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The Constitutional (Howard) Amendment
We have already discussed this subject por
hnps fully as much as our readers desired, but
its intense importance demands thorough venti
lation and the developments which are being
made in the progress of the canvass will call for
further discussion. . ,
; The-position taken by the Waldtman, a pop
uliir weekly paper edited by Bev. Dr.. Deems in
the city of New York, in its last issue, has very
strongly excited, in this city and elsewhere,
much surprise. That paper, alarmed at the eXi
hihitions of public opinion in the North, has
suddenly, as its Jrtends bcliuvo, like the New
York Herald, turned a somersault, and has como
out very decidedly in favor of the adoption of
tho Eoward amendment as "the best we can
get We are forced to adiuit that the positions
'of the Watchman, in jU last issue, are tanta
mount to those of the JSiandanl and Mr Ilol
den, and its View.8 areuojv similar in their char.'
actor- to those of .the New York "Herald.. It is
plain, howevefpthe Watchman is not certain
that it is riyht.
Perhaps, it will sound strangely to .our rea
ders when we affirm, that we are not eurprmd
at ijho course now taken by 'our friend, Dr.
' "' Deems. Wo have entire confidence in. the in
. tegrity of hit purposes. What ho gays, he is
always honest in at the time, and we do not for
a moment question, his warm-attachment to the
p.-ople of the South Ho however, thinks quick
ly", and his warm, generous and impulsive heart,
niton leads hi in 'to jump to conclusions, rather
than patiently to investigate and closely to pur
sue a question or premise through all its ramili-.
cations, to its results, "'Hence in matters of this
s rt, involving high political or stutcsuian-like
views, bis istiot the class of mind that we can re
lyupon. Tho cUihono is tho ultimatum to which
s.ich minds drive, without closely inspecting or
apprehending the dangers to lie encountered and
t!ie disastrous results which may follow,. ?"We
prefer, what is right to what seems to be led.
If we feel and know we are right, that is the
fukrum for our lever, trusting all else to Him,
' who doeth all things well." And it is solely
upon this platform, we have based our opposi
tion to the Constitutional (Howard) amend
ment, -
Amid all tho agitations and conflict of opin
ion prior to the war, wo never once swerved
from those long settled and fixed principle of
.'. government, which had beengroundedin us by
.the teachings of the conservative fathers of the
.Republic and the subsequent elaborations of
. Henry Clay, of Kentucky. We believed before
the' war, as we do now, that the organization of'
the Federal Union under the Constitution of
1787 was founded in right principles and under
the eye and approval of -Jehovah, whose Provi
dence watcbee equally over and controls tlie
destiny of nations as 'of individuals. Hence
neither before, nor during, nor since tho war,
did we assent. to the prop(sition that-it was
..rilifetlci
until Providfiwio clearly indicated that its full
mission had bocit performed. Others honestly,
differed v,ith.us,and among them Dr. Deems
They had tho right to differ. We neverdid be
lieve that the time had come, there have been
grounds to doubt, to fear, yet we have never
had an undoubting conviction that that time
had or has come, -When the warbrokc npon
us in spite of all our own puny efforts to stay it,
and when North Carolina felt bound as a choice,, toict offa 88 pounder at a 'Bknnk," yet
of evils to take sides with the South; for the
same reason, wo committed our destiny with
faors as our mother, believing jt waa tthe best
we could do," still doubting the rigU and tho
necessity and the ultimate safety of the course
pursued by those Slates which inaugurated the
movement," and forced North Carolina to go
with them. That doubt haunted us through
fie war, yet having laid our hand to the plough
and plighted our faith to the South, we never
turned back, hoping that all might le well in
tho end.
" With regard to the Howard amendment,-' we
occupy the same position. That amendment,
wonoiu, a
-ftdicrvis de
weold, is adverso to tne government 01 our
ful powers 6t the States, provides (or and looks
t . rnnaiilidatcd Bovereianty. instead of a
government of limited powers, breaks down
the wholesome checks of tlie Constitution and
ot the State governments, and, must -inevitably
result in universal negro suffrage, hot
by the jne, voluntary consent .of the people of
' fie States, but by tho future forced action of
Congress, and the consequent transfer of the
municipal control of the State governments
over their internal affairs into the hands of
Congress. We believe that this is a urong
a wrong which neither Providence indicates nor
t'ae results of the war render necessary or pro
psr. We believe it is a great vrong, a wicked-
' nesstothe people, to the "States, and to the
Union. So long as we thus regard it, we can-
, no support it, whatever may be the consequen
ces. If the constitutional majority of the
Btatf adopt it tike a good citizen wewill re
ligiously accept, and observe, and obey it ; but
we cannot, by our own vote or support, ohtn-
ir7y accept what we beUeve-4o be-a great
wrong. - '. '
V We observe that the right of property in the
Watchman baa been sold by Dr. Deems to other
parties, and that he is no longer proprietor of
tho paper, but simply its eaiwr. reopie nave
a right to do what they will with their own,
and it may be the proprietors will not risk their
money in a paper which opposes the Howard
.amendment . If this be the. explanation of its
present position, of course the people of
North Carolina will understand it More anon.
- ; ' Hew York Papers. " '
The New Y ork Iterate, one of the most unre
liable and mischievous, papers In the country,
has always had a circulation in the South far
beyond its merits, simply on account of its nevi
matter. It contributed vastly to bring on the
war and to keep it up, and now it hypocriti
cally urges tho South to adopt the Howard
amendment, as the best means of early restora
tion. Our people in the South should abandon
it altogether. , ..' , 7
The New York Neire, while under the control
of Hon. Ben. Wood,-was violently Southern.
It was not a favorite with us then; because-of
its violence and imprudence. Under its present
management it has no claims npon the support
of Southern people. " '
The" New York World we regard as the most
able and "reliable Democratic journal which sup
ports President Johnson's policy in that city.
It is the organ of the Northern Democracy, and,
its character as a' ' nevmpapep is equal to that of
the Herald. . It merits tho warmest support of
Southern men. . ' ...'..-.-" -
So also tho New York Kxprm, edited by the
Brookscs, an old Henry Clay Whig paper and one
hoi the most Conservative journals of the country,
and the Journal of Commerce, claim strongly the
support of the South. "
Let the South support its own papers first ;
then givo encouragement to such papers as the
New York World, Expreu and Journal of Com
merce, or the Baltimore Gazette and Sua, or the
National Intelligencer, of Washington City.
v . For the Sentinel.
Messrs. Editors I am looking for a man.
.This was the language of an ancient philoso
pher whose name I have, forgotten, while seen
traversing the streets ot Athens, at mid-day,
with a lighted lamp in his hand; If ever there
was a time when such an individual could be
found, now is that time, for a dark, and almost
impenetrable cloud seems almost to overshadow
the once prosperous and "sunny South." . Yes,
the present distressed and prostrate condition
of the South, and of North Caroliua in partic
ular, eminently calls for such.
In'the Presidential chair we have the man for
the times; one who, Curtius like, is willing to
throw himself, into the breach to save his coun
try ; and what we nOw require is that North
Caroliua should elect a Governor and Legisla
tive body to "hold up bis hands," for he needs
them sustained ; for he has to contend against
an infinitely worse people than the Amalekites,
who, you know, were actuated solely by plun
der. Plunder, too, that is "the spoils," Is the
distinguishing trait of the party against whom
tlie President and the South have to contend.
But superadded thereto, they seem to be the
most vindictive and. malicious faction in the
world ; for let but a man whom they have de
seited not follow them, and he becomes, irr the
language of 'Billy Holdon," "disloyal," an ar
rant "traitor," &c. I havo been led to these re
marks by the course of the Senior Editor of the
Standard, and the proceedings of the muUUu
dinoui matt meeting, over which he recently pre
sided, which, to all intents and purposes, was a
great failure, arid is looked upon in the coun
try as a political farce, and all its attendants as
political humbug.
' They' have endorsed the " Howard amendi
ment," which politically seals their fate, and
.ifiinnrrh (n tlm main, it is a waste of ammuni-
you should give them ".a little more rrapo " so I
as w icavo uvhiujk mmw w .. -
that now exudes through their every pore. You
should Jose no time in publishing ntiri the
" Howard amendment," and keep it before the
people, for most .of the masses are ignorant ot
it and desire to see and hear it road for them
selves. ,'.. v ;
4 You need have no fears about the success of
our old quaker tiovernor, ior,u i am not greany
mistaken, he will beat General Dockery 40,000
votes. Governor. Worth was not my first
choice; yet I have watched and approve his
course, and think that he is the tery maa who
is called upon to hold up " Moses," the Presi
dent's, hands.
. Asa Democrat I shall support him, and I
call uppn the entire Democracy to put dowa
epocntsPregidcnthnsolirwho-TO
of tbe prMeDt day. ' As to the.
State-rights Whigs, no appeal to them is nec
essary;-- "' ' rr' jJ.rB IXUA.U. rr
October 4, 1808. .
Intbrestino fbom Libkru. Rev. H. W.
Ershine. colored, ot Liberia, repeated bis lecture
on tho "Condition, Prospects, Climate, and Pro- 1
j.....:irttT t ;i.ria " hiitki Hall lt niirlit A
to an audience of about 100 persons, two-thirds
of whom was white. As on the previous night,
the lecture was listened to with unflagging in
terest from the commencement to the close, and.
produced a most favorable impression upon
those present The glowing colors in which the
lecturer depicted the country of his adoption
enlUted jthe deepest interest of the colored por
tion of his auditory, and ' caused them to be
convicted that Liberia was the land, for them.
fnthburgjfeie,5lh..
It transoires that Butler rett $250 per diem
from the Central Committee during his stunil
ninir tour. This sum, in addition- to trifles thai
fall ifi bis -way aadmreeasirysecreted, keeps the
Doc lor quite cheerful ana comtortaDre. a. I.
World, ' "'"
On Wednesday, the third day of the session.
there had already gathered at the University of
Virginia, between tnree nunarea ana nity ana
four hundred students, nearly every Bute in
the Union beintr represented. It ia expected
that the number of students will reach five bun
dled before Christmas.
From tho New York World.
Tne Constitutional Amendment Cheat
"Representation in Congress on the basis of
suffrage, as each State may choose for itself,
4lie condition of Southern restoration." JV. T.
Heralds
"Shall the voters of the North have equal
ngliU with the voters of the South ?"JV". l
lntnine.
. The Herald asserts that on the passage of the
Constitutional amendment the Rump Congress
will cease to deny Southern States all right of
representation in Uongrpss, but will promptly
give them an abridged representation.
juo oinniiuiionai amendment can never
pass, as we hate conclusively shown. The
liunip Congress took good care to tramo one
which could never pass ; and they explicitly
refused to promise even a reduced representa
tion to the South in case it we ro passed.
All tho leading Radicals (and no man will to-day
deny that they entirely rule their party,) havo
'openly asserted that they will not admit the
South crai -nj that condition." The idea ail.
vanced to help the Radicals in the full flections
kj, a .v. , : - , i. i
i ii wickuusutuiiouaiamemiineui oe passed,
the country will then compel the Bump to admit
Southern members, has turned some political
weathercocks DL.is -absurd, for the Radicals,
will then for two years bo out of the range of
such compulsion ; they will have been elected
to the Fortieth .Congress'; they will consider
their re-election an indorsement of the course
of the Thirty-uinth, which refused to pledge
representation upon tho passage of the ameud
mcut ; thcy-will then make "impartial suffrage"
(.., negro suffrage), or what not, the test,
and thus keep the Soulhern members out of the
Forty first Congress, and the Southern votes
for President in 1808 from being counted. - e-
Congress has no plan of restoration. The
pretence that it has, is a cheat, a swindle, and
a lie. If it had a plan it should not be voted
for, since there can le but one just plaat equal
representation on the basis of population ac
cording to tho Constitution.
Utterly without Isecurity, utterly without
ground of hope, thft the Rump will admit the
Southern States to representation on consenting
to have it abridged, there are, nevertheless,
many intelligent men who think there, is fair
ness in the proposed abridgment ot the South
ern representation. They deem the. constitu
tional amendment "fair and impartial" under
the false idea that it proceeds on suffrage in
stead of population as the basis of representa
tion. ,
The Radical speakers, addresses, and news
papers so represent tho amendment; falsely.
Says tho Tribune: .
"Now that, slavery is abolished, the three
fifths rule has of course to cease, and the-new
apportionment has cither to be made upon tho
voting (white) population, as the Congressional
amendment provides, or upon the total popula
tion, as will be the case if the amtmduient is re
jected and the Johnson party have a majority in
the next Congress." ,
"Shall -the voters of tho North have equal
rights with the voters of the South ?"
There is the false idea studiously put forth
that the constitutional amendment establishes
BUKFiiAUB instead of POPULATION as tub basis
OF BEPURSKNTATIO.f.
The fact it, the amendment doet not change at
all the pretent rule of population as thr basis
op RBPRBSBwrATioir-(as well as taxation) for
the whole country. .It is cunningly framed to
have tho appearance of changing the basis ot .
representation from population -to auffrage, -y et
in reality not to chaogo it, but only to cheat the
Southern States ont of some fifteen or twenty
members ot Congress. Here is the proof. Sec
tion 2 of the proposed amendment (printed in
another column) begins by declaring that "Me-
pretenUUivei shall be apportioned among the
several qtates aecoraing lo ineir retpeetine num
bert, counting the whole number of pertone in each
State, excluding Indians not Jaxed." That is
tbe old, the wise; the just apportionment of
tbe Constitution ; taxation and representation
equal, and both based on population. But then
follows, in the-same section 3, a provision
framed with a devilish ingenuity so as to strike
out from population and the basis ot represen
tation three or four million Southern blacks
unless they are allowed to vote. Retaining
population as the basis of representation, it is
cunningly contrived so as not to enumerate
three or four millions of non-voting Southern
blacks in the Southern basis, of representation,
while yet enumerating the two or tnree millions
of non voting aliens in the Northern and West
ern States in the Northern basis -of representa
tion." The amendment only provides for a re
duction of -the basis of representation where
citkent are not allowed to vote, leaving non-voting
aliens still to be counted. But by the first
section of the amendment negroes are made
citizens of the .United States jmuL-oX JJia. fltate.4
wherein they reside. Thus, we repeat, this so
"fair," this so "impartial" amendment lor "ap
portioning Representation on the voting (white)
population," is in fact only an artful, specious,
and circuitous trick to strike out the Southern
black population (unless allowed to vote) frm
the basis of representation which everywhere
else is left to prevail, . ., population voting
and non-voting.
But the Tribune' $ pretence that the amend
ment bases representation upon the voting
(white) population, instead of the total popula
tion, is still more egregious, still more false than
we have yet shown.
One-half the white population of Maryland
are disfranchised by a despotic Registration
act More than one-half the white population
of Missouri are disfranchised by a similar con
trivance, which excludes, tow. one of Sherman's
chief generals from the polls. - Two-thirds of
. 1 1 . . . 1 1 : iT' - t,
and his Legislature .deprive of their votes on
State or Federal affairs. .. Here is a disfranchised
non-voting population of one and one-third to
one and one-half millions ; but the amendment
is so framed that alt these disfranchised people
(who aided the rebellion not half so much as
the fonr million negroes) are to be counted in
the basis of representation, while the blacks are
not ; the residue of the population in Maryland,
Tennessee'and Missouri may vote for them, and
an rpnfnaemt them : but the residue of the South
ern population cannot, under the amendment
vote for and represent the three or fonr millions
of disfranchised blacks. With malicious inge
nuity the amendment 14 contrived (section 2)
not to reduce the basis of representation where
iliA l 1 f-..r.l. . : .. up . : - - . :
"""luuvuituui, is iur piirucijjnuun in re
bellion, or other, crime." - - .r ,
The principlo on which the blacks at the
Boutu (made citizens by section 1) -are struck
out of tbe basis of representation is thus doubly
violated. The blacks are struck out of the basis
of representation because their adult males are
non-voters. r But the non-voting aliens of the
Northern States are counted in the basis of
Northern representation; the million and a lialf
non-voting population ot Tennessee, Missouri,
and Maryland are counted in the basis ol thoir
representation.
The Press of North Carolina,
Tho majority of the newspapers of North Car
oliua, to judge from every appearance, are in a
very languishing condition. It ssno fault of the
conductors of the many excellent journals in
the State, that they are not better supported. I
The fault rests with tho people themselves, and
it is a lasting shame and an evidence of a most
deplorable want of energy and publid spirit
among our people, that in many localities Nor
thern papers circulate to a greater extent than
our own papers published here at home. ""
Tlie press of North Carolina has novor rank:
ed with that of Virghiis, or any of .her aistcr
8tatea. Tho reason -is, apparent. They are not
supported. The expense attending the publica
tion of jt first class newspaper is by no means
trifling, and a subscription lUt of only a few
hundred, with a moderate share, Of '.advertising
patronage, will not sustain the poorest paper in
existence. ; Y'ct men complain of the character
of our papers as compared with those abroad,
and assign as a reason for withholding their
patronage, the inferiority Of such journals. We
are tired ot this thing. Wo &re tired of seeing
a circulation accorded to Northern publications
that is not given to the leading papers of North
Carolina.
With due respect to the merits of all thepa
pers in the State, we may justly rate the Ital
clgh Sentinel and Wilmington Journal as our
leading political journals, and wo undertake to
say, that neither one of these has a circulation
out of tbe respective cities in which they
arc published, at all equal to that ot some pa
pers published outside the limits, of the State.
Yet when the merits of each are considered, we
question if the Journal and Sentinel havo a su
perior, v : ;
Our prosperity as a peoplo, the enunciation
of every correct principle of State policy,, the
revival of the cause of education, with every
other Institution in which the public is interes
ted, depend solely im the press ot the State, but
it Is difficult to convince tlrapeoplo of this fact.
Can it be that our poople are so much moro ig
norant than those of other States! This spirit
of apathy must proceed directly from ignorance,'
or"wo would find it existing in communities
noted for their refinement and intelligence.
Even the people of tho North are our superiors
in this respect In the agricultural districts
thero, not one in ten can be found who does not
read his morning paper. In North Carolina
rot one man in a hundred ever opens a news
paper, and taking tho entire population of tbe
State, not more than one newspaper is read to
every thousand. These figures evince an
amount of ignoranco on tho part of the people
at large, ot wjuch any North Carolinian ought
to bSfeshamed. Wiuon Carolinian.
Political Excitement in Pennsylvania.
, (Correspondence of the N. Y, Herald.)
P1111.Ap1ct.PiUA, Oct. 0, 160Q. r
T-liis-fityis, to-flighty in a fermentof politi
cat agitation. Jiotii parties are; striving uaru
for victory at the polls next Tuesday. Tho; re
publicans have organized open-air mass meet
ings in IVolit of the Union League House and
all up and down Broad street, at which scoros
of prominent orators o( their party are adver
tised to spcuk. Besides "that, they are to have a
grand demonstration at the Academy of Music,
with Horace Oreelev as the chief orator.
Torchlight processions oft a magnificent scale
also enter into their arrangements,
Tlio Democrats, on the other hand, are to
have an open air muss mooting, at which their ;
candidate for Governor, Heister Clymor, is to
Speak, .YiiU. see nothing. in the newspapors but
politics. Flaming announcements as to tbe
'great issue before the people are posted all over
the city,- Tlie Kcpuuucans UoClaro that "The
day that decides the future is at band;" that
"The crisis is npon us ;" that "Tho second
Tuesday of October will sottle the destiny of
the nation j" that the vital issue is, "Shall liber
ty be lost, krid the sway of a dictator begin;!
or shall tbe republic lie saved, and the right of
the majority to rule be perpetuated I" Tlie
Democrats, on their side, call tor the support ff
"All who believe that this is a white man's
government; made by white men, and who aro
opposed to negro equality and negro suffrage."
They call pm-sll. and sailors to come-wit
in their miglit and follow the example of their
glorious commander, the heroic Grant, and let
the enemies of their country boo that they
fought to preserve tho Union, and not to de
stroy it. Tbey announce that' the Republican
programme, freely . rendered, means "Extra
pay for each white soldier 50 ;' for each negro
soldier 300; for good clothing and schooling
of negroes 7,000,000 ; for the families of white
soldiers nary cent," and so on. Then there is
quite a tempest in a teapot over the dismisaal
from the Soldiers' Home, iri this City, of eigh
teen maimed soldiers, who assert under onlh,
that they were turned out because they were
Democrats, while counter affidavits are numer
ous that Do political tests -have been appliedT
and that they were dismissed Tor drunkeness
and general misconduct. From all of which
you may derive the conclusion that the .science
of politicals grand, but that it -occasionally de-
generatca into a very email and contemptible
usiness. - - -
Eepndiation in Georgia. ; .
Auovsta, Ga., Oct 5.-Con8iderable feeling
is exhibited throughout 'Georgia just now on
the subject of pudiattor." It la tbofuelrtr that
an effort will be made, at tbe meeting ot the
Legislature in November to relieve tbe feoplil
from payment of certain debts contracted
during and" prior to tlie late war. The plea
urged tor repudiation are tne loss ot staves ana
the failure of tbe crops. The amount of prop,
arty returned in the State for 1800 ia 207.000,
000 vfn I860 030,832,777; loss to State over
413,000,000, ; -
LETTER FROM HON. W. L. SHAEKIT,
OF MISSISSIPPI
He Opposes the Constitutional Amendment
The Hon. W. Lharkey", United States Sen
ator elect from Misslssippl,l:writea from Wash
ington; September 17th, 1S08, "to Gov. Hum
phreys, of that . State, advising' the Legislature
to assemble on the 15th to reject the Howartl
amendment" Ho says: '""'' '. 'W'" I
I do not behove the .amendment was recom
mended by two-tbirya of the Congress of the
Uuitud etivtos. ! The .constitutional House, of
Itepresentatives consists of members chosen "by
the peoplo of tho several States," and the Senate-consists
of two Senators from each State.
It is very cloar that a body not aft composed,
or, in othor words, where a considerable num
ber of the Btates are excluded from representa
tion injjotb. branches, Hs not -the Congress of
the United States. As well might any body of
usurpers assemble and claim to be the Congress
of the United States. Each. State has aright
to know that all claiming to be, nicmbera pos
sess the, constitutional requisites. Mississippi
does, not kno.w and cannot know that the mem
bers w-horohiiffiehdccT this amendment-were
constitutional members of CongTess. ' Nearly
one-third of the States were excluded from rep
resentation in both Wuo8 by a majority of
members who assumed to be tho Congress. . If
a majority may thus exclude fitatos nofn'repre
acntation, it is easy to perceive that it may go
on in tho work ol declaring States-disloyal and
in the exclusion of minorities, uutil Qongresa
shall be made to consist only of nictu bora from
a few ot the larger State, with" all others ex
eluded. For iustance, New York and Pi nnsjl
vania may so manage aa to control a majority,
aud begin by excluding first one small State
and then another aud so on, until the legislati ve
power of the "nation is usurpetl ami controlled
by those two States, and ultimately even by the
largest of them. -. . .'' : .
When the Southern Spates lulopted the amend
ment abolishing slavery, the state ot things was
very different; they had not . elected or sent
members to tho Congress which recommended
that amendments But whon this amendment
was proposed, they, had elected members wtyv
appeared at the proper time and demanded to
be admitted, but were rejected. We are not
therefore ti be told that , wo have rccogiiiieod
this as a Constitutional Conzress. - ' .
But again : The President Is a Component
part of the Legislative Department, and tho
Constitution declares that "every order, resolu
tion or votq to which the concurrence ot the
Senate and House of Representatives may bo
jieccssary, (except on ;a question of adjourn
ment,) shall be presented lo the President, etc
Nothing can take effect, or be complete until so
presented. . And the case is not altered because
a two-third vote is roouircd on amendments
proposed ; such a resolution is not a complete
egislntive act until so presented. In no other
way, except through the. President can- such
resolution 'be communicated to the States. " As
the proposed amendment was not submitted to
the President, it does not amount to a rveom
mendation. It is a. nullity, ' ::.;.'.:.: ... '
But let us look fo: a -moment at the nmvi.
sions of the proposed amendment.
The first section declarftS that "All persons
born or naturalized in the United States, and
subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are cit
izens of the, United States, and of the State
wherein they reside.'-- It then woeeeds to tro
hibit the States front making or enforcing any
law "which shall abridge the privileges or Im
m unities of citizens.-' ' It docs not say what are
privileges or immunities; that iff left for the
next Congress to provide in virtuo of the last
section; which declares that "Congress shall
have powerto enforce, by appropriate legisla
tion, the provisions of this article." We may
find .Congress "conferring piivilegea and , Im
munities" on one class to tbe exclusion of another
class; or we may find Congress assuming abso
lute control over an tne people or a State and
their domestic concerns, and this virtually
abolishes the State. : Itorbap any State that
has su little sulf-sospect as to adopt the amend
ment, deserve no better fate,' , ,. . .
'1 he second section, If my construction of it
be right, would probably- exclude one 'State
from representation in Congress, as I suppose
the number of inale negroes over twenty-oue
10 oe nearly equal to 1110 minuter 01 Wille males.
It is, therefore, a mere effort to force negtaLi
Bultruge Uton 11s, whether we are willing ot not
.1 .. . 1 ! !.! I .
nii.iM.-r uu uu ur yuu aiiaii uave do represents-,
lion. It is presumed that our intelligent people
would not hesitate long ia making their choice.
The third section provides that no person
shall hold any office who ntay have heretofore
taken an oath to support the Constitution 'at
tlie Uniteil Ktatea, and who afterward tiiL'Sged
in the rebellion, or who gave Hid and comfort to
thosfe who did engage in it. This is a sweeping
act of disfranchisement, which would embrace,
perhaps, a majority of our- citizens; for there
are probably tow who have not, in some way of
other, taken an oath to support the Constitu
tion. 1 ". ' '''-. . '- '' ' ' -
Even those who opposed secession, and en
gaged in the war only under compulsion, Would
be embraced by this provision, as well as the
man who had given In a hungry soldier a meal's
Victuals, or a peico of bread ; and also all those
whu, in charity, hud given an article of clothing
to a suffering friend or relative in the army.
Such a provision -would be so contrary to the
theory of our .Government, and so oppressive
toward a very large class of the Southern
gtatos, that it cannot be supposed that those
who proposed it could have entertained a hope
that it would be accepted. They ought to have
known, too, mat sucu a provision was calcula
ted to endanger the existence of the Govern
ment, as revolutions may always be expected,
sooner or later, from acts which disfranchise
the enfranchised class. It (the people cannot
exciiKi" l iinwonny or undeserving men from
the ojliee f iy the" Instrumentality ST the ballot
ing, then they are unfitfor iclf-eovcrnment
and the sooner they abandon tho experiment the
Iw,iuf ; - - " ' ,. -
I need nV nothing for the fourth section, but
the fifth U. Ute Trojan horse abounding in mis
chiefv It provides that "Congress shall have
power to rmforcft, by appropriate legislation,
the provisions of this 'article," which may be
construed to authorize Congress to do whatever
it may desire to do. Under this same provis
ion, attached to tho emancipation amendment,
you have the Civil Rights bill and the Freed-
maa'a Bureau bill, it was construed in the
Senate, just aa I admonished many members of
the Legislature, it would be, to authorize theso
odiou measures. - We should profit by the ex
perience it has furnished us." -r.J.-'- -r
Peaoe or War. -v.;-Cj-;,
tProm tlie New York Journal oT.Coinnieiwr, Sept. 28
Have wo fonaht for these Ions? vcarsL rionrcd
out blood, and expended treasure without stint,
tor the sake of perjietuating the military rwin
of North over South t Was it to dcsUov self
governmcntand overthrow the foundations uf tho
Union that the war waa carried on t ' 80 thu
Radicals would have us believe. ' Neither lietoru
tlie war, nor during the war, nor since tho war,
baa there been a time when the Northern States
hadanyrisrht to urescribe civil law 'in the
Southern States . nor can it be done now with
out destroying the wbol;liib'Hc ot the American
union, w uat business have we wHhfSoathorn
local law to day I , "We have conquered them,"
says a radical, "and therefore we have. riifht'.-
to prescrilw what social laws ' we please.
N'oiiswisel -- We have- conquered ourselves.
We have supuressed an insurrection . la our.
own body politic. , We have extirpated adisoasq
which tot'k !)OHsessioB of one ot our own orcans
of lite. We shouted uutil we were'' honfse that
he waT-Vfaf "fr The life nfthenation." -:.:-'Let lis "
have done with this sectionalism, then; and ro-
m niber that the United States lorm ouo graud -biHly-to
which each part is necessary, and in
w men eacn part lias equal righta. The adudii
Isterlng of local law to the South, as a conquer
ed territory, implies a right In the majority of
tho States to make lawa for the minority. 80
long as military hivf was administered there was
no such implication, but this business of pre
scribing civil and social law is like poisoning
one's own fVni with the idoa that th pniann
can be confined to that locality. .The veins and
arteries run through tha whole sysleni. The
wroug is done to the whole constitution by an
outrage on one part of the body, and the wholo
body will suffer for. the wrong. We have no
riht, either by law or conquest," nor on moral
principles; to treat the Southern States as con
quered territories and populations. Wa may
administer the law to Individuals as severely as
we please. We may punish men and women
and children. But the United States Govern
ment might aa well repeal the charters of New
UrleanSyMobile and Charleston, and wipo them
out as cities in the South, as to declare a South
ern Stato dead orjiot a member of the Union.
Tbe moral right, the legal light, the constitu
tional right, Is just the same in both cases, ,.
"But," says a sincere 1RjMlical,.,'bavo wo not
tho right to refuse them admission to the L'n'on
unless they adopt such laws and social princi
p'es as we think Correct 1" No, you have no
such right under the Constitution and laws of
our land, nor have you the moral right unless .
you give them at the same time the right of ac
cepting or rejecting your terms ot Union. The
grand wrong, the outrage to American princi
ple s, the rotted timber which men are now en
gaged in forcing into the Constitution Itself, is
this plan of holding a State by the throat and
declaring that it shall not come into your Union,
hot be protected by your Constitution, unless it
will agree with you to alter that Constitution
and submit to amendments of yottr proposing ;
but when ttmStito asks, "Will you lot roe aMy
out of your Union If I don't like your now pru-
Iiosals in th q answer is a fierte "No." . Tula is a
lidoous burlesque on the old Idea of a free
American Union. Tho vanity of a Union thus
ooastructnd ia but ton plain.. It has not tho
consistency of a summer mofliinjr cloud. , Jt
will not haye strength to endure through a gen
eration of politicians. Ittan only be a perpet
ual civil wur. Was it tor this we fought r J '
...:- ?',";.' - V ,.,., '?'.!'-'
Wii.Titor turi g tho efection Campaign In
New York, last fall, the following amusing inci
dent occurred at a political meeting, much to
the discomfli Cure o S spread-eagle orator, lfo
spoke, with earnest gesticulation, as follows :
- "Mr-. President and fellow-citizens, I wOuld
that on the morning -of the 7th : of 1 November
next I had the wings of a bird; I would flv to
ery county ,4o every town-"ayo.to erery"Vil age "'
anci every uamiei in una uroau land, ami jro
clalm to every man, woman, and chid! the suo-
eossoi tne party,''-
At this point a small boy in the crowd cried
out, "DryjHjyou old fool; yiu'd get Bhot for a
gcMisc before you flew a vfliile." '.
The stump speakor
iltod, and small boy took
the- II oor. -rf-r-j-
A NKif Mair. JJnniel Dougherty is a pet
orator, of the. Plltladelphla radicalsi '-Ift-4he
course of a speech on Monday night lie deliver
ed the following prophecy v . . . , '. ( t
"MAyo, a bloodier vision rushes red upon my
sight J t It we fail in the approaching elections,
and our Northern opponent gain sufficient to
i'orin with the South a majority, the traitors
who have access to the President Will goad him
on to make good the throat to rccogi.ixe the
Representatives and Senators of the Southern -States,
with their Northorn allies, as tho Con
gross of the United States. This will be tho
signal of a'wnr, not alone in the capital, but in
every Northern city, bouse with house and
friend with friend, .ending witli anarchy and
massacre", , - ; -. . ( , ..
, A small meanness has been developed by some
of the trustees of theAntictam National Ceme
tery, who urged " that a rock knflwn as Lee's
Rock, and memorable for having been tha post
of tha Confederate General throughout thelight,
should be removed, inasmuch as its retention
was tantamount to ereeting a monument to Gen
eral Lee I Subsequently a better spirit prevailed
and the same -party-decreed its safety aa a "fi-a-
twtt ot lusturicintratr'.V-.ii
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The oyster trade ia fairly opened and those
engaged in this lucrative business have com
menced shipping them to points North, South
and West of Us. Norfolk Papert
" ' (The annual meeting of the ' -'stockholders of
the Roanoke Valley Railroad Company will" be
held in the town of Ctarkesville on the 18th
instant.:-..,., - - . - ; . , .