JL.
IKLY POST
W. I?. jQANADAY,
Editand Proprietor. -
.jpJr. cassii:ey.
' Associate Editor.
WILMTKCyfoN, N, C.
JTRI9AY. JULY 23. 1876.
REGULAR REPUBLICAN NOM
INATIONS. For Coniiitntiona! Convention.
yrtlW IIANOVKfl OOtTNTT.
Hon. DANIEL L. RUSSELL,
J. H. SMYTH, Fx..
Citx. . II. MANNING.
Cl'MULULAND COUNTY,
Hon. It. I. RUXTON,
J. C. 11LOCKER, Escj.
CltAVKN COUNTY.
It. II. LEHMAN,
JOHNS. MANN IX.
I.KNOIil COUNTY.
HICHATtD W. KIN(.
hocking iiam county.
OLIVER 1L DOOKERY.
.'IlLADEM COUNTY.
a. Mcdonald.
; WAKE COUNTY.
RICHARD C. BADGER,
A LEX ANDER R. DA Via
MADttiON O. HODGE?
JEREMIAH J. NOWELL.
WILKES COUNTY,
, (u T. J. DULA,
Gen. J. Q. A. BRYAN.
HEKTIE COUNTY.
F. YY RELL.
KIXIKCOMDE COUNTY.
W. P. MA1MON,
A. McCAIJE.
I- 1 K VT 1 1 K mil NT V.
W H. WHEELER.
Kit XNKIjIN 0)UNTY.
R. F. BULLOCK, JR.
MAItTIN COUNTY.
J. J. MARTIN.
NAHII COUNTY.
J. J. i?HARI.
WAKUEN COURTY.
J. W. TIIORNE.
Townhip of Wilmington.
FOR MAGISTRATES.
AT LARGE.
.!. J. C'ASSIDEY,
J. C. HILL.
I t Vai;i-HENRY RREWINGTON
Ji. V.r.iJ -S. VanAMRINGE,
:;r Vari V. H. MOORE,
liu Waki.-ALEX. SAMltJON.
in Waki.-ANTHONY HOWE.
Hill CONSTAHLE
SOL. W. NASH.
l ull CLERK.
s. t. porn?
- lino!, fUMMITTKi:.
ALFRED HOWE,
A. H. MORRIS.
J. E. SAMPSON.,
DECLARATION OF IMGIIT.
The destructive democracy are rais-
, in- a hue and cry ngaiut tlic Comtilu
tihn of the State, or the grouud that it
wm the work of carpet-bagger, seal
law.is and negroes. WchaTe exaruiu-
rd and compared the "Declaration of
Right-" a laid down in the old consti
tution and ;w laid down in the Consti
tution now in force, and as a result of
the comparison wc find that each and
everv of the twenty-fire sections con
tained in the old bill arc, without ma
terial alterations or change, embraced
in the bill of 1S0S. We alo find that
in the bill of ISOS there is a preamble
and twelve more sanction than in the
!d. The preamble is an acknowledge
nicm to Almighty iiou tor the preser
vation of the Union and for. the con
tinned existence of civil, political and
religious liberty, and asking a continu
ance of them lo us.
Sfc. I. Asserts the equality and rights
if all men.
Sue. I. Denies the right to secede.
Skc. o. Defines the paramount allegi
ance uf the citizen to the government
tf the United States.
!?ec. U. Refers to the public debt.
f?i:c. 1C. Sajs there shall be no im
ptioumeut for debt in this State, ex
cept in case of fraud.
fc?f.u 21. The pririlegeaof habau cvr
jjuj shall not be suspended.
Sec. '2'2. Says Uiere shall be no pro
l-crty qualification to affect the right to
vote or hold office.
Sue. 27. Refers to education.
Sec. 33. Prohibits slavery.
Stc. 35. Provides that all courts shall
be open, and that the citizen shall have
hi remedy by due course oflaw.
Sec. 3. Refers to soldiers in time of
jcace.
Sec. 37. Provider that all powers not
herein delegated, remain with the pco
pic.
We ask any fair minded man to show
us wherein an injustice is done any citi
zen of North Carolina by the addition
of thec twelve sections to the Rill of
of Rights? Kerry one of the sections
of the old bill are retained, and the new
ones arc added to meet tho exigency of
the times, and wcxk any "Convention
ist in the State to specify any one of I
theni that he wants stricken out. and
for what reason ? f I
"Will you have a small piece of the I
lizht meat or a small piece of the dark:0
asked Bob s uncle, as he carved the I
turkey at dinner. " I will take a large I
piece of ootA," answered Uod. I ox
m i - I i i . ..
I I I I. WKh KLiY ruai iiuiuiAbtJiAiua, i Idil.nilOUH LIKIiHTX. I
-THAT MKDLLVAL FUATURB.
Hon. A. M. Waddell cannot think of
that mediaeval feature of our old con
stitution without a blush, whereby the
Jews and Catholics as religious denom
inations, were debared from holding
any office in North Carolina ! He says
"the spirit of the age is too enlightened
and liberal to iermit of any religious
crusade against nations or individuals,"
and yet he and the other leaders of the
democratic party arc crying out against
the Constitution of 1808 which for the
first time in the history of North Caro
lina gave Jews the right to hold office,
and wants to replace this liberal and
non-partizan instrument with the old
Constitution which disfranchised the
Jews!
How consistent.
11ICJ11TM OF CONSCIENCE.
t?EC. 20, of the Bill of Rights of
North Carolina, as laid down in the
Constitution of 1SC3 says : "All men
havo a natural aud unalienable right
to worship Almighty God according to
the dictates of their own coucicrrccs."
We find the identical words in the
Rill of Rights as laid down in tho Con
stitution of 1776 also. Sec. 32, of that
Constitution provide, "that no person
who shall deny the being of God or the
truth of the Prvtcstant religion, or tho
divine authority of cither the Old or
New Testament, hall be capable of
holding any office or place of trfJst or
profit within the State," and Art. IV,
Sec. 2, of tho amendments as made by
tne Convention of 1835, amended this
section by striking out the word "iVo
ttilanV' and inserting the word "CArw-
Now we want Col Waddell and Mr
D. S. Cowan aud the Journal, or any
other man, to reconcile if possible theso
conflicting provisions in the "old con
stitution" that they prate so much
about That instrument in one
place says that, "all men have a
right to worship God according to tho
dictates of his own conscience" and in
another place says that if men dont
worship God according to the Protestant
religion, or the Christian religion, they
are incapable of holding any office
within the State ! !
In plain and palpable violation of the
Constitution 1S63 and tho "spirit of the
ago" and of the "old constitution" that
the 4 democrats aifect so much, last
spring in the legislature, they deliberate
ly and outrageously expelled Mr. J. W.
Thome, representative from Warren
county, because of his rclijious belie',
(o they said) although he publicly and
solemnly assented his belief in God in
tho identical wonts ;us laid down in the
Prayer Rook of the Protestant Episco
pal Church !
Such is the consistency of the des
tructive democracy.
CIRCUS AT HOCKINCIIIAM.
I lie Kockinchani Uourur comes to us
4J
this week with more than its usual vim
and liveliness, in fact it is a rare curi
ositv in its wav. and well calculated to
drive away any attack of billiousncss
that its readers may be troubled with
this hot weather.
Some numskull of a third or foiirlh
rate lawyer wc presume, judging from
the very lucid way hedescauts or points
of law, making them as clear as innd,
or iossibiy some slab siuetl, whining
hypocrite of a serio-comic religionist,
judging from the heading of his article,
wherein he aks some bible conumdrums
about Messrs. Kish and Saul, the said
articlo
being nothing else than a tirade
of abu
sc about juugc liuxion, winus r
up his little speech by savinir. "For
ourselves, we have no concealments on
public mictions, and do not intend to
cover under onr editorial garments
'more in sorrow than in anger' wc have
written, and hereby take oil' the mask."
-V. L. S."
Now wc arc glad that V. L. S., has
no concealments to make, and that he
dont hide them under his editorial
shirt. How kind and thoughtful of him.
But what it is that he dont want to hide
wc dont know he talks of taking off a
mask, but we dont iercicvc that he has
done so, aud still being behind his
mask, we cau but suptosc that he is
nothing more than an as who has been
trying to hiJe his long cars.; It certainly
looks so, and in this supposition wc are
strengthened when wc hear the braying
of a Jackals all the way through. And
then it is such a queer way, too, for him
to say that he is going to remove his
mass, and with a loud au sonorous
whicker, say I am " V. L. S." You dont
ay o ! uitc .League secessionist, or
Why Lie So, or Which Lie Suits or
whatever W. L. S. may mean, wc admit
that he is a firs class clown.
Try again Mr. . L. S., wc know it
hurts you to have Judge Buxton force
the rowels of his spurs through vour
thick hide, but you must stand it, and
although you may bray aud whicker
and prance, you cant keep Buxtou and
Blocker Crym representing the good
people of Cumberland in tlic Septem
ber Convention.
iiftccn years have pa.voi ..imv Dem
ocracy, as a national p-iwvr, received its
walking papers. It hope, no doubt,
that its shortcomings have been forgot-
ten by the American People. Hut thnv
havo not, nor will they be, while the
burdens of the war, which were made
necessary by Democratic treason, are
resting upon loyal shoulders. Dcmo-
cracy has cost the nation cnouch. for
one century at least. c want no more
ic
itKLKiious iihi:ktt:
D. S. Cowan of Brunswick county,
Democratic candidate for conventional
honon, said in a speech he made at
Town Creek on July 14th, that he want
ed to see the present Constitution set
aside ns being unfit and unsuitable for
the uses of the people of North Caro
lina, and that he .wanted to sec the
Constitution of 177G and the amend
mcnU as made thereto in 1830, re-instated
iirila stead.
The Constitution of 177G, says:
SeC 32. That no pcrsou who shall
deny tho being of God. or the' truth of
the rrotaUuit rcligiou, or the i Divine
authority, cither of the Kao or Old Testa
ment, shall be capable of holding any
office of trust or profit in the civil
department within this State.
Tbis section it will be seen, disfran
chised not only the Jetoi, but tho Caih
olics also, but with a spirit of strange
liberality, in the amendments made and
ratified in 1S35, wc find the following :
"Art. IV. Sec. 2. The thirty-second
section of the Constitution shall be
amended to read as follows: No person
who shall deny the being of God, or
the truth of the Christian religion, or
the Divine authority of the Old or New
Testament, shall be capable of holding
any office or place of trust or profit in
the civil department within this State."
The effect of this amendment . was to
remove the disabilities of all rcligion-
1st j nrrvnl f rnm 1m Tnm 4 Ii rxr nlnna
wvij'ip "vm vino, kuw, w.w.iu
rcmaining under the ban.
Hon. A. M. Waddell, in his address
, ,. i i i - r i
dclivcrcd at the laying of tho corner
stonc of the Jewish "Temple of Israel"
in this city on tho 15th inst.. said:
"Forty years ago, even here in our
own State, a Jew could not boll an of
fice of any kind because, and only be
cause, he was a Jew! Nor could a Ro
man Catholic! Of course no intelli
gent man among us at the present day
can think of that mediaeval feature of
our old Constitution without a blush,
but it is only just to say that that in
strument was framed nearly one hun
dred years ago and never altered until
1S35, and then principally on account of
those religious tests fur office,
The spirit of the age in all civilized
countries is too enlightened and liberal
to permit the possibility of any reli
gious crusades cither a pi inst nations or
individuals."
Now Col. Waddell cither knew or
did not know of what he was speaking
when ho niadb use of tho above lan
guage. If he did not know, he should
have shown his 'good sense by not al
luding to a subject of which he was in
ignorance. Hut he did know of what
he wa. speaking he knew that the
constitution of 1770 required a belief
in the doctrines of the Ihotedant reli
gion, by which Jews and Romanists
were excluded from holding any office
in the State, and that the amendments
of 183o removed the restrictions from
the Romanist-, and left them remaining
on the Jew! And yet this democratic
hero, this peculiar champion of reli
gious liberty, acknowledges that lie has
to blush for very shame that such a
foolish and unjust law. should have
been in lorcc in North Carolina for so
long a time, and then he says that which
was fullv calculated to deceive and
mislead his
Jewish friends, that the
Convention of ISoo was called together
"principallv on account of (and to re-
peal) those religious testa for office!"
Col. Waddell attempted to impress the
idea on the mind of the Jews
nrpypnt that the disabilities im-
j Qn thcm by the Con.
stitution of 177G had been removed by
the convention of 1S35, he well know
ing at the time that such was not the
case, and that they never did enjoy
the same rights and privileges enjoyed
by those who professed a faith different
from that of Judaism, until it was con
ferred upon them by the Constitution
oflSGS.
Ool. Waddell says that "the spirit of
the age in all civilized countries is too
enlightened and liberal to permit reli
gious crusades against nations or indi
viduals," and in this spirit of enlighten
ment and libcrality.in 1S35 the religious
crusade which had been waged against
Jews and Catholics for nearly sixty
years was abandoned as against the
Catholics, but kept up and kept alive
by the civilized people of North Caro
lina, the chivalry of the State, the
Democratic party, as against the Jews,
until the better days of 1SGS, when the
Republican party came into power, and
then, for the first time since North Car
olina became x State, were Jews placed
on the same political footing with their
other fellow citizens.
And it is to the Constitution of 1776,
that placed Jews' and Catholics under
such disabilities and disfranchisement?,
and to the amendments of 1S35 that
did not remove these disabilities from
the Jews, that Mr. David Stone Cowan
wants the people of North Carolina to
return. He wants them to reject and
set aside the Constitution of 18G3,made
by Republicans, which requires no re
ligious test for office, save a belief in a
Supreme Being,-and asks Jews and Ro
manists to vote lor him and his co-con
spirators who, should they be elected,
have ojKinly declared that they want
to; rc-cstablisn the old Constitution
which disfranchised them ! I And Col.
Waddell, who is in favor of Mr. Cowan,
and of the re-adoption of the old Con
stitution, says that even his checks tin
gle with shame at the thoughts of such
a law, being against the "Spirit of the
ocs Mr. Cowan want the "old
Constitution?" Will Col. Waddell tell
til Hebrew friends that they nevjer did
have the right to hold office iniNorth
Carolina until it was given them hy thq
Republican party in the Constitution
of 18C8? Xo our Jewish citizens want
to go back with Mr. Cowan to the old
Constitution of 1776 and bo disfran
chised, or do they prefer the more Ubf
eral and generous Constitution of 1S6S
which ior the ' first time gave them the
right to hold office? ii
i Tho Working Mai' Friend.
The Wilmington Journal, catching
the fever from the News of this .city,
hm tn mod its comDOsinir robin into
what is known as a rat flccthat i?,
refusing to pay the hard worked printer
such remuneration for his labor as will
enable him to live in as comfortable a
manner as other, laborers, and eniploy
inir unskilled' labor boys in their
stead. The News is evidently happy
over the change, judging from the space
devoted to recording the fact in its issue
of this morning. Bead: j
The Wilmlnqtox Journal. We
are glad to welcome this sterling sheet
again in Its full,comely proportions, after
having been in temporary eclipse. The
Journal has been the sufferer from the
inmJttMiirit which has been productive
of so much evil in the country the
unwillingness to submit to the, nccessi-
ties oi me nuii3j auu w jicm w luu
tion in wages which the increased scar-
ritv nf monev and the reduced cost of
I 1 1 it. .1 n
Hying maJte ootii rtxisoiiaLUU auu utxt-
sary. IF the evil ended witn tne rup-
ture between employer and employees,
it would be tolerable. But when em-
" V rn(lpjiro, flfter thev have vol-
I untarily chosen their position, to visit
their dissatisfaction upon tho employer,
i i i : i : : V. i
aided by organized associations, then it
becomes both an infringement upon
private right and a violation of public
law which must be met in the proper
-way. Jfews.
'The reader will observe that the
the News fails to state that the afore
said Journal was indebted to their old
employees in an amount somewhat
I greater than the Ahcowed their print-
era about $l,G0O. The strike on the
Journal wa3 not occasioned by the high
rates which were being charged by its
printers, but because they could not get
what was due them. The same reason
which actuated the Journal printers to
cease work compelled those employed
on the Jctcs. in uistice 10 memseivcs
and their families, to take the step they
did some time ago, which resulted iu
the officii being declared by the Typo
graphical Union to be an unfair one,
and in which its members were forbid
den to work. Such as these are what
I the pure Democracy call the working
man's friends. Constitution.
Mississippi Madness.
During Jefferson Davis' late trium
phal political and agricultural tour
through Texas he remarked: "In Miss
issippi the negro majority is so large
that I despair of ever seeing that State
reedecmed," Looking upon Democra
cy as his redeemer, Mr. Davis knew it
could not live in Mississippi by fair
voting. Ai for him, ho is willing to
accept a homestead in Texas, and let
the inevitable alone. Tne color-line
politicians juf Mississippi believe they
can reduce the Republican majority by
killing off Republicans. It is a cruel
sort of logic for a civilized age, but it is
the most common way of strengthening
tlic Democratic party in the South'.
Hence we sco Democrats in Vicksburgd
repairing to a rourth of July meeting
mid sliootiuc men of the audience. The
Republican majority was actually re-
duced that day three votes in the kill-
cd, and several hundred, prospectively
in the intimidated, lhat is tne way
the thing works. A". O. Rqmblican.
'Whereas, the present Constitution of
North Carolina is, in many important
particulars, unsuited to the wants and
conditions of our people, &c,"
The foregoing is an extract from. the
preamble to the act calling a conven
tion. From whom did the wise and learned
men wno passed tne diu derive, tneir
information that "the present Consti-
tution oi iNorth uaronna is, in many
important particulars, unsuited to the
wants and condition of our peaplc?"
Did ttho people say so in 1868 when
the question was submitted to fhem?
Did they say so in 1871 when they
refused to call a convention to amend
it?
Are ; not these endorsements of the
people sufficient evidence that they arc
satisfied with the instrument?
Upon what grounds, then, can the
barefaced assertion be made, that the
present Constitution is unsuited to the
wants of the people?
Will some of the wealth and intelli
gence reply to these questionb? Wc
want au answer.
A"cy it befoTClht people, that Joaiah
Turner, editor of the Kaleigh Sentinel,
has declared both in his paper and in a
public speech, that the late Legislature
was a corrupt body, in that they had al
lowed a railroad corporation to swindle
the people ot the State out of a vast
sum of money through an exchange ot
bonds."
Keejt it before the people, that although
3Ir. Turner has thus acknowledged I
that the last Legislature was a corrupt
body, yet, the said Turner is acandi-'
date lor tne ixmvenuan irom urango
county, and, H elected, win doubtless;
Tote to havo the said corrupt Legisla
ture again called in session. I
The Convention of 1860.
-f
It is constantly charged by the oppo
position that the convention of 186$
was composed mainly of "negroes and
carpet bagger, and that our present
Constitution framed by the convention,
is not entitled to the respect of the
Scoplo. Let us see how this is; Uatire
elecratea 87, adopted 18, colored 15.
making 120. Of the whole number,
120. only 33 were colored or adopted I
citizens. Let our iricnds circulate this his nat every ume ne losp a wiiq or
list, that the people may see for them- mother-in-law, it is estimated his Ijat
selves how unfounded b the charge re- would have to be twenty-seven feet
ferredto. Thigh, .
a' Specimen of Democratic Reforms.'
The DemocraU have tbeen' loud in
their bostings of the reforms land econ
omy .that w4 should have when they
got into power. Well lasi year they had
nearly a two thirds Vote in the Legisla
ture, and here's a specimen of there
forms we goi : j
Mr. D. Pi Mast of Eosytbe county,
was elected - Enrolling Clerk on the
third day ;j of the session, and while
there was! na enrolling' done for the
first week,, he not only charged six dol
lars a day for every day ;of the session,
but drew pay for two days more than
the session lasted, and drew one hun
dred and fifty dollars beside lor extra
work. . ' '
' Not only did he do this, but he got a
resolution throuch allowing him to
employ as many assistants as he need -
cvi. tjuuer, mis rrauiuuyu uo vujpiujrcu
a sufficient! number of assistants to do
all his work, and then: hired himself
1. - . la- Al
out as an assistant to uie xyugrusiuug
juierK at three dollars per day.
So we have three Democratic "re-
J form" nnder the Legislature that called
the Convention as follows
1. A Clerk - drawing for two days
more than the session lasted.
; 2. Drawing two salaries at the same
time.
3. Drawing for extra work in addi
tion to the: above.
This same Legislature, with this
economical "reform" Clerk, will be
called back to Raleigh next winter if
the Democrats elect a majority of the
delegates to the Convention.
If the people don't want any more of
their "reforms" let them vote for anti-.
Convention candidates. Constitution.
The Democrats are endeavoring to
throw sand in the eyes of ,thc people
by telling them that there can bo no
j danger in the call of a convention be-
cause its action will be submitted to
the people for ratification. Now even
if this should be done (which is doubt
ful) it should be remembered that the
act allows only such as may be quali
fied by the convention, to vote on the
subject. :
Suppose, therefore, that the convention-should
only allow such men to
vote as pay poll taxes, or, as is proba
ble, suppose the proposition of the
Albemarle liegister is adopted allowing
only such poor men to vote as pay a
J poll tax and allowihg every rich man
au auuitionai vote ior eacn nve nun-
dred dollars of property upon which he
pays taxes. This would give to the
aristocracy the power of ratifying any
Constitution, however infamous, which
might be adopted. Rest assured, fel
low citizens, your only safety is in vo-
ting for Kcpnblican delegates thereby
Securing an immediate aajournmeni
and retaining power in the hands of the
people, where it belongs.- In this way
only cap the machinations of dema
frncues iiand political itricksters be de
feated, the blessings of liberty preserved
and peace and prosperity continue to
be enjoyed by our citizens.
The Memphis Avalanche, alluding
to the late ill-timed speech of Hon.
Jno. S. ; Preston, before the Alumni of
the University of Virginia, 'says:
"The destinies of the South have
been transferred to the keeping of the
younger men, most of whom were not
voters when jSumter j fell. They have
more important tasks than brooding
over the past, and presaging evil in
the future. They have a vast, almost
ruined empire to rebuild aud beautifyl
and more glorions than ever before.
Men charged with this great mission
have no time; to listen to the maunder
ings and jibbcrings of unsheeted and
uueoffined ghosts."
Such ; talk as that to the young men
of the South is much more appropriate
than the brilliant harrangue of Preston.
Give them to understand that the future
of the country depends largely upon
their exertions 4-let them feel that the
responsibility of failure or success rests
upon them, and they have a high in
centive to excel in good works. Brown
low. The News asks, "if the Radicals are
going tqt adjourn if they get a majority
in the Convention, why are they
working so hard to carry that body ?"
The answer is, the Republicans want
to carry the Convention to prevent the
lawyers" and anti-homestead men from
doing mischief. "An ounce of preven
tion is worth a pound of cure." We
are doing very well under the present
Constitution'. Let us let ''well enough"
alone, f The secession Democrats have
been doing more or less mischief ever
since J8G0. If they w'Ul not learn wis
dom of their own accord the people
must teach them ; or, if they should
fail tojdo that, they should prevent
them ,at least from doing harm.
The News says, "the eighty thousand
negro yotes are essential 'to the sal
vation ; of the radical party in this
State." Yes, Mr. News, and we shall
get them. Jbigntv. thousand negro
votes, and thirty thousand white votes
for the' Republicans,' would make one
hundred and ten thousand votes I Mow
are you to overcome ; that, gentlemen ?
A few more such admissions from the
News would be quite: agreeable.
When the convention bill was pend
ing in the House of Representatives,
Mr. Dula, of Wilkes, moved to add the
following section:
"That at the time and place of hold
ing tho election, for delegates, as here
inafter : prescribed, the question of con
vention or no convention shall be sub
mitted; to the qualified voters of the
State, and if a majority of the votes so
cast shall be against a convention, then
tho delegate elected shall not con-
vene.
It s
Thej Democrats have raised a hue
and cry about the "sacred right of
habeas corpus" and yet they refused in
the late General Assembly to pledge
themselves that the privileges of that
writ should not be! suspended. See
JJouse Journal, 1874-75, page 742.
Jf, a
eontmnnonirv. Eriirham
i T-i - . rm 'vi. o-
Young wore an additional weecj" on
Dr. IV heeler's Amendments.? ; f
On the 18th of March , 1875, the .con vention
bill being nnder consideration in
the House of Representatives, JWj II.
Wheeler, member from Forsythe, of
fered the following amendments: a ?
"Nor shall the said convention amend
the Constitution by requiring the pay
ment of taxes a qualification for voters,
nor shall the said convention increase
the number of Supreme Court or Supe
rior Court Judges; nor shall the said
convention amend or abolish any of the
amendments to the Constitution ratified
February 24th, 1873; nor shall the said
convention amend or abolish Article
IX, sections II and III, of the existing
Constitution; nor shall the said conven
tion provide for any capitation tax; nor
. . t i .1
snail tne saici convention repeat or iuou
ify section IV, article I. of the present
Constitution: nor shall the said conven
tion authorize or propose to authorize
1 branding,-: whipping or cropping, as a
i punisnmeni. ior uniuc.
I The veaa and nars were called, and
I the amendments were rejected, eveiy
. m 'm
i uemocrat voting against u.
"Foil An Ample Power."
. The Concord Sun, Democratic, has
this about the Convention : ?
"We think that in, their zeal to da
the country a great service, the Legis
lature Inflicted a blow, that will take
prudent counsel and hard work to oyer
cdme; When this body (the Conven
tion) assembles, they do not propose to
alter or amend this or that chapter and
section of Battle's Revisal, set aside, in
whole or in part, any abhoxious law
now on our statute books, but they go
FREE, with full and ample power
save a' few restrictions .and the Salis
bury Watchman, a Democratis journal,
laughs to scorn the idea of restricting
the Convention Ed TO SAP THE
VERY FOUNDATION OF OUR
WHOLE STATE SYSTEM ; in fact, to
take out the old machinery, including
"the best circuit judiciary the State-ever
had, and substitute new, something yet
to try."
That the call of the Convention has
made it necessary to proyidc for its
prospective session by ..an increase of
the revenue ; and this increase is made
up in part by taxing all of the personal
property of the poor man over twenty
five dollars' valuation. The furniture,
working tools, hogs, poultry, &c, of the
I working man are taxed to pay the ex
penses of a body that proposes to de
nrive the people of votinc: for their
Judges, magistrates and other officers.
And to add insult to injury, the lawyer,
doctor and other favored classes are al
lowed an annual income of fifteen hun
dred dollaas free from taxation.
mam
Every earnest Republican should ste
to it that the people iu his neighbor
hood are made acquainted with tho
principles of the party, and the con
trast between Republicanism any Dem-
ocraey. rxiucaiion is an inac ls-neces-
-sary to continue in the ascendency the
partv that saved the Union, and now
advocates honesty in the administra
tion of the Government, and equality
of all men before the law.
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Wilmington, N. C.
4if'J 1,
CHANGE OF BUUEDULF. :
ON and after Sunday, July 4tb, th M
lowing bcbcdule will !e run on lire
road:
NIG11T EXPRESS AN1 PAtfc tN(i! K
.TKA1N, (daily)
I oar.. Wtlmlilon iriTi I M
Leave Elorcnce. : A. M
Arrive at. Columbia....: 4.1ft A M
Arrive at Augusta 8. 45 aM
Leave Augusta.. ...4. 1. VP M
Leave Columbia .15 1 M
Leave Florence... .. l.l'A.
Arrlvo at Wilmington ..7 10 A. M
Passengers going WtFt beyond (.Vltiml iA
take this tra.iu, leaving Wiluiini;toii at t.25.-
6m. (
ay Passenger Train Daily (except Sundny. )
Leave Wilmington
Arrive at Florence. . . .
Leave Florence;
Arrive at VllminKto,a
.0.30 A. M
.1.05 P.M.
.13.45 P. M.
.0.23 F. M
Connects at Florence witb i. JC irMinm
for Charleston, and with Freight Train with
Pa&sepgcr Co-ich attavbd lor Columbia
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.' ..
Through
Frci.uLt Train
Sundays.)
Daily
(est j't
T .' '
Leave Wilmington r .V. 1". M
Arrivo at Vlort'iic-e 1 4'f A. M
Arrive at Columbia w .. n
Leave Columbia. r.:4i IV M
Leave Florence ..... .4.00 A M
Arrive at-Wiliningtou '. r. . .o.OO f M
Local Frciiiht Tralnx, Villi Tassenter
Coacb. atUvched, leave Wllniinjiton Tui-n
days, Thursdays ami Saturday at ti:'Jl) A. M.,
and arrive at Wllmlntjtonl Mondays, Wed
nesdays and Fridays at 5:30 1?, M.
Passengers lor Charleston, Columbia . ml
Augusta and beyond, --should take NIkIiI
Express Train from Wilmington. .
Through Sleeping Cars on niLl truins
4w rhnt-lnrf nn ami A 11 crnfii
JAMJCS ANDEKSON,
july 0-tf Cen. Supcriutendeni.
WilninsrtMU & Wcldon It. ii
(ompany.
OKFICK (iliN KKA 1 Sir
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Wilmington, N. C, June s, 17I
)
CIIANGE OF SCHEDULE.
On ami after June 'Jib, PaBseDir Train
on the W. & W. liailroad will iuu astollowp,
MAIL TKAIN.
Loave union Depot, daily, Sun-
days excepted, at.
.Y;:;r A. M
Arrive at (loldsboro nt
Arrive at Koeky Mount ut. .
Anive at Wcldon at
Leave Wcldon daily ut . . . .
...11:4: A. M
..:.l bS I. M
lO.P. M
rr 10:05 A. M
..31:41 A. M
Arrive at Kotky Mount -at;..
Arrive at iloldsboro at ,. .1:5 P. M
Arrive at Union JLepot at 4..0:0t P. M
- i
EXrREJB AND TllKUUOll FKEHHI '.'
TKAIN8. ' .
Leave Union Depot daily at.
Arrive at uoldBboroUtr. . . .
Arrive at Koeky Mount at.
Arrive at Weldon at ......
Leave Weld on daily, ut...
Arrive at Koeky Mount at.
Arrive at GoJdsboro- at...
Arrive at Unien Depot at.
.115:25 A. M
..o:.i0 A. M
. . .15:00 A. M
;..7.00 P. M
.y::;ar. m
. n'3'i A. M
...G::i0 A. M
Mail Train in'akea close connection at
Weldon ior all points North via bay Line"1
and Acquia Creek routes.
r - t
137" Express Tjrain connects only w.ltb
Acquia Creek route. rullnmn'B I'aUice
Sleeping Cars on tbis train.
Freight trains will leave Wiliuinnton trl
weekly at 5.00 A. M. and arrive at 1. 40 I M
JOHN F. DLVJNK,
General Sup't.
Sept. 1-tf
SUMMER EXCURSION TICKETS
-YIA "
CAROLINA CENTRAL RAILWAY,
, M
riMLE TRAVELING' J'UItldO AUE 'KK
J. spectfully Informed that- i
Hound Trip Excursion Ticket y ,
Good to return till .Novciu'kt IM, 17 , n
now be had at the principal stations o llii"
railway, .
AT LOWER
RATES THAN
EOKE
'EVER Hi:
to the following delightful tumin r rt-sorli .
in Western North Carolina, with tin extra
ordinary -'Inducement of a commutation...
tickkt, enahliny business n.ien to make
frequent returns during the treason nt h
nominal cost. Tickets now bibulu to -
LINCOLNTON,
CHERRYV1LLE. SliELIiY,
CLEVELAND SPKINOtf,
STATESV1LE, .
MOKG ANTON, MA1UON,
HICKOltY TAVERN, '
OLD FOltT, '
'AS11EV1LLK,
Night Trains
out of Wilmington via Ib'H
Line, with.
Etont Sleeping Car Accommodations
make the best connection
named points.
for all Iheaibov'
Any further Information ylaJly fui'iii
-:,.i
upon application to .
r, W. CLuVHK.UenT Ticket Aut..
June 18 Im Wilmington, N; V.
BSOLUT13 lJi VOltCBT" j1it7 I N K I
from Courts of different StateH for decrUoh;
Ac. No publicity required. No chargo.nu-
til divorce is granted. Addrcssl
i.. M, HOUSE, Attorney,
' m Broadway, N. Y.
June i'9xa.