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Y MOKXJXU, OCT. 1870
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.is, I'xplauation and Comment.
ilments projHised to the Con
North Carolina, are worthy of
consideration of every "voter in
if it can -be shown, as we Im-.
that the nroooscd :inicii.!ini-iit
will prove an advantage to the eople,-and
an injury toj no one, they should m;..t with
universal approval, liul this cannot te
expecteu when we reflect Uiat tin- nero
vote, which is manipulated bv tlie leaders
of the Radical party, will lv cast accord-
f in inmost a soim mass against
i a condition oi things is a jn'is-
any country. Any movement
f reform will le liable to Ik
ile the honest and intelligent
in entire harmony; because 'a
Lin with eighty, thousand i-rnor-
at their back constitute a
opjxi.sition at any 'time. For
it is all imiMM-tant t!iat.: th-
chajiigch proposed in our State (.'oiisthuiioii
sh(ull Ik thoroughly explained and under
stood, so that the bciicfits they will confer
may tn- aMiarerit. to every unprcjuliecd
man in theWate.'i -
We give
ent. aineuili
their pro it-
special atttj-i
tax-payer oil
party he beA r
merits with
without 'regard.
standing t lik-
belo'w a svnonsis- of the dilfi i
incuts, ' with notes exnlaiiiiii
hions, to which we; call th
rntiou oi our readers. Kvcn
the State, no matter to 'which'
Poii":, should -read thcsoameiid-
eare, and should vote on them
to jntrtv luas. notwith-
Kadical i.artv for tin-sake of
making poliitical capital has arrayed itself
in opposite
n to their adoption.
AOlilCLI.tlHAI..
iimcndmeiit is one w hich was
v both parties, ami lcuuircsiio
argument in its favor. It simply provides
the first
. supported J
that the Ij
courage tint
-try, which
:tfisieritv.
amendment
there
irisiaiure snail loster ' ant en-
farniintr ' interest of the eou it
is; the foundation .of all our
No man will object to this
SKcKKT POLITICAL SOCIETIES.
ie second amendment nrovides aiiist
secret tK.litkcal societies like th.-. 1'im.n
League ami Kuklux organizations. Alter
th0 baneful influence exerted l.v f.n.-i.
secret political combinations, we are sure
is no good citizen who wishes to -sec
thin revived in our State. This amend-
nanu, ami may prevent
o no
I
ONC.E.U.E1I weauons.
iuincni on tins, suhiect irives
nieiit can d
grut rnistl
.
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I The anu
lh Legislature iower to enact laws against
carry in a: cojicealed weapi'ms, without in
ter uringr, lioweyer, w ith the rights . ol
evt ry freenitin to bear arms. The prae
tic of earryine: concealed w eaiions, par
ticularly in (the present condition. of a'll'aiiw,
shfjuld be. condemned by every peaceable
and law-abiding citizen.
j APPpAs'TMEXT OF OFFICEKS.
The proiHised change U simply intended
to ,regulatej the appointment of, oflieers
not otherw ise jiro'vided for, and to prevent
. the.;ela8h amd confusion which the ambi
uou.s scctioi; ' in the present constitution
liasleaused. Under the
tiorf the Governor arrogated to himself the
power to n4ke many appointmeuts which
wefe not
amendment
9- 1
jlainly provided . for. Thi
clears up that djtlieulty, and
antj - The
J in tires, it i;
from 5 to 2.
evefy year
frives the Governor oower otiH- to till aiw h
oruces as tint
fori In oth
plejs represc
Lefislature,
meiits, whit
one man.
the people
ther pn bl i
of the Go
"through th
Legislature has not ii'iovided
i-r words, it gives to the neo-
ntatives, the members of the
me privilege ol tilling appoint
h have been held heretofore hv
lit interferes with no right that
fllOW ClllOVOf electilirr aiii-nf
Hicers, but curtails the uower
j-nor, and. gives it to the people
lr representatives. - o IneiHl
of Kenublican
thisehange. The Governors, in good okl
timfrs, exercised no such oower
Jt'DICIAI,. "
The several nronosed :Tnieinlinii.taii, t h
Judiciary department are highly imiwrt-
fiumoer ot supreme Court
proposed, shall be reduced '
This will save to the ioonie
the salaries of .two .TnnW
wh$h5,H)0. Before the w ar w e had
ontthreo Judges and 'the reputation of
the Supreme Court of North Carolina was '
abok' reproach, and ajl the business was
dippVwsed of with ease and 'satisfaction to
the eople. Three Judges can do the bus- I
ineff of the L'ourt as well as five, and the
salaries of tile two extra Judges should be
savtid.
Tie number of Superior Court Judges
willbe reduded from 12 to '.), and the sal
arie! of the three Judges, amounting to
?7,;"K), willlbe- saved every year. This is
no snall Item in the present iminn-erfshed
condition of our people, and nine. "Judges
een iiold the Superior Cturts w ithout diili-cultK
Pfovision is made as of oM for the
Judres to rotate; that is, no Judge will be
allow ed to libld courts in the sanie circuits
Vwi(f in sucession. This wise provision
established lfy our fathers worked well,
andjby changing the. Judges every year",
therf will be jless danger of corruption and
partjality in the administration of Justice.
.Provision is XiUo made for tlie establish
ment by the Legislature as exigencies mav
aris, of courts inferior to the Supreme
Couj-t, This amendment is intended' to
facilStafe the ends of iust;- m,i c.ir
j ...... usi CMl I V IV
the fax-payei-s the large amounts paid
ever- year forf boarding criminals -so long
in our jaus awaiting lor the regular courts.
Special Courtis might be established in the
largeV cities, jvhere the jails are frequently
crowded with prisoners fuiltv of
and 6ther crirjies, and in the counties i.ro-
.isioH iiuguL rpe maue ior. the speedy trial
and punishment of criminals, and thereby
save jaunuall thousands of dollars jiaid
out br guamling and feeding worthless
Characters, np.ixy oT w hom are w HI satis
ned Qing in j
teey Would be
iH-ople. It is
mil at the public exjiense as
loaiing. ana pillaging honest
I also HtotMYm1 i, ii-itt.. jdtf.
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cuprcme tou t the same jurisdiction they
had befor the waf ,ov questions of fact,
whic& will le a great advantage in the set
tlemcfnt of estates, and the Legisla
ture inay appoint some other place than
JUleigh fr the sitting of the Supreme
Court. ;
Th pn)visi)u in 'the present eonstitu
tion requiring two weeks for each court is
to be changed, so that in small counties,
whertjTone wk is amply sulKeient for the
transaction of, business, there shall beimt
one Week's term; in larger counties lon-ur
tornufmay be held as the business nav
demand. .
Th?re ; is provision also made for the
election of the Supreme and Superior
Court Judges bv the neonle for -a t r
eight tears; but after the first election the
Legislature my provide for the election of
Superior Cour Judges by the voters of the
Tttspctive district, and in case of a va
eancy the Governor Bhall apixint the
Judg, who slisill servQ until the meetin"
of thft Legislature, when that body shall
elect Ijbrthe unexpired term.
Proiision is bade for the removal ' of a
.JllAfrtxfrti mmiial . . I. : -i e . .... .
uicumuui puy Mcairinaouity Dva
two-tKirds voti of the-Legislature. By this
provision, the jpeople will be enabled to
gel rid of incompetent Judges w ithout the
Ady nd exixmse of impeachment, and a
Judgefmay for similar cause remove an
incompetent cljerk.
' ' 11 Proposed to enlarge the' jurisdiction
or magistrate's courts to all civil actions,
where Sthe value of the property does not
exceed: $50. 1his will be a great conven
ience Jb the people, as now every little case
involving the recovery of proi)erty has to
go to the Superior Court. . - .
The changes in the judicial department
Ki
of the St.tte w ere voted for by Republicaii
as well :u Dennx-rah, au'd will ut oidy be
a gret saving in dollars and- ecuts, bul
will promote the ends of justice- and con
tribute tatlie good.orde and peace of s
ciety. y . '.. .. , J,.
There is one. provision which we regard
highly imjortant, and which should in
duce every white man in the State to up
lort the amendments. . ; ;
It is a nrtorious fact that the negrfMs of
this ami other districts arc becoming every
year more ambitious Ujt office and mre
exactijigin their aspirations. . It is more
than propoble that a negro w ill be run by
the .-Republicans in this or the Ilaleigh
district at the next election. . O'Hara, who
is now a candidate for elector ii the
Hayes and Wheeler ticket, is. an aspirant
for judge. He or some other negro may
1m- elected under the ireseut law, but if
the armiidineiits are adopted in Novcmf.-r.
the Judge'.will In- elected by the voters of
the w hide State, and there will- !e no
dangen of such a curse being visited upon
us. Is not this enough to cause every
decent--white man to vote for tlu amend-
nicnt.-
among
(1
ic
pe.
(ion of the amendments
ih. tlie elect ion. Vt. :
; nenave given as Iiuir as OWinAce
FwoQia , permit an cziuaiuUiou of each
amendment. We do. not sec how any good
ciiUcn-Jw ho desires tW welfare of "North
Carolina, can vote against them. And
even u ne urn not iuuy enaorue everv
change, proposed, it must In admitted that
tliev would at a whole fx of incalculable'
tteyiefit u the4?tate.
"not" I
COI NTV oOvnKNMENTs.
The change jropy.-ed in regard to county
governments fs intended for the relief of
those unties which have been inflicted
w ith ngro rule. The amendment simply
leaves the whole matter in the hands of
the Legislature to make such changes as
the public welfare may require. For in
stance, if the amendments are adopted,
the Legislature may, if the ix-ode demand,
it, provide for tire appointment of magis
tijites as they were formerly. apjiointed,
ami may alo make provision forthelnjard
of county commissioners. Such a change
is hot' needed in counties where the. whites
have a majority and. elect competent land
honest magistrates and commissioners.
But in Mime counties the condition of the
people is pitiable and deplorable in the
extreme. ;
Look at-Edgecombe, Halifax,- Granville
and- other.'Kadical counties. -The jieople
who pay the st of the taxes have no
voice in selecting tlie county officers; the
public money is squandered and stolen;
extrav agance an Psw indliwg are the order
of the day; the credit of the counties is be
low par, and county bonds are sold at a
heavy discount and the tax payers have to
foot the bills. Ignorantf negroes hold the
justice's Courts, which are a disgrace and
mockery. in the sight of decent .men, and
me same character sit on the commission
er's bench to arrange and regulate the
county finances.
Contrast the condition of these Radical
ridden counties with that of Wilson, Nash,
Wayne, Duplin and other . Democratic
counties. Here .w e see white men in, olliee.
We see the county finances managed with
prudence and honesty; there, is no swind
lingevery thing goes on smoothly, and
the county orders are as good wis green
backs. Under such circumstances ought
we not, .as honest and iust men. to !w
willing to see the magistrates appointed by
the Legislature, as they were . in olden
times, and esjiecially if 'that w ould sav
our brethren under negro dcsjKitism from
being oppressed and robbed as they now
are. We cannot "see how "any county will
beTiurt by this amendment and we can all
see how some counties w ould be greatlv
benefited.
This is the amendment the Radicals are
harping upon. They talk lustily about lo
cal'self-government, and the rights of thd
jH ople. What they mean though bv 16 )al
self-government is" thc election of "negro
magistrates, and what they mean by the
rights of the people is the right for the
negroes of Edgecombe, Halifax, -&c.', to
rule over the white men and women of
these counties with a black iron rod, and
to defraud them of their hard earned in
comes and property.
CIVIL KIGIITS.
There iroiV fl ninnlmontc hn,r.,,l
the subject of civil rights. One prohibits
the. intermingling of the. white" and black
children in the schools, and the other
forbids the intermarriage between the ne
groes and the whites. These amendments.
it adopted, will stop the agitation of these
questions so far as our Stote is coiiff.niWl
The Republican Convention of 1868 did
i i: n. . ..
ieganze uie marriage oi a white man with
a negro woman, and the -suhiect will ho
agitated again 'unless it is prohibited in
the constitution. We are .astonished that
any white man should oppose this amend
ment, but, to his everlasting disgrace, be
it said, thete was one white Republican
delegate in the Convention who voted
against it. His name was Thorn, a carpet-bagger
from Warren eounty
SUFFIiAGE.
On the subject of suffrage there are two
important changes proposed. One re
quires a voter to live DOlays in the county
before he can vote, and the other provides
that ' no person hereafter convicted of
felony or an other crime infamous by the
laws of the btate, shall not be allowed to
vote until restored to citizenship. Both of
these changes are intended to protect the
purity of the ballot-box. The system of
"colonizing" voters that is, importing
them from one county orSta'tenitoanother,
to change the result of elections, haseen
introduced in our State since the advent
of Radicalism, and a law requiring IK) days
residence- in a county, instead of thirty,
would have a tendency to cheek this nefa
rious practice. This provision would give
honest men some protection against
fraudulent "squatters," who, under the
present law, could be brought into the
county :0 days'. before the election to kill
the votes of honest and bona fide citizens.
The other provision prohibiting thieves
and other felons from voting, commends
itself to every honest man. "There should
le some difference 'between a good citizen
and a had one, and we do not see how any
party can contend that it is right for 500
rogues in the , enitentiary to offset the
votes of iiOO good and worthy citizens.
Tins amendment offers a reward for hon
esty, and a punishment for crime, and it is
calculated to check much of the stealing
that is going on in the country.
PEXITEXTIAJtY. '
It is proposed to amend the article on
the penitentiary so as to allow the Legisla
ture to put a part of the convicts at work
on railroads,! c This would be a-'great
saving to the! State. Tlie enitentiary has
already beenja heavy expense to the peo
ple, aud this jmivision will reduce the ex
ixnses and make the convicts' lienefit in
stead of a burden.
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FKEE SCHOOLS.
Some slight amendment are proposed
intended to advance the cause of Educa
tion in the State, which were supported by
lioth parties in the Convention. ,
CONVENTIONS.
On -this subject, the only atueudmcnt
propose is one providing that no Conven
tion shall be called withoutfirst submitting
the question to the people. There, can be
no reasonable objection to this wise pro
vision, which will render it impossible to
call any Convention in the future without
the consent of the people, "
LEGISLATIVE 1E1ARTMEXT. '
The changes proposed hi this department
are of great advantage. Heretofore the
Legislature ' have prolonged the sessions
much longer than necessary, and the mem
bers have voted themselves such per diem
as they chose. The amendment pro
posed limits the sessions to 60 days, and
the pay to fi per day and 10 cents mileage.
By this change there would be a great re
duction in the expense of a Legislature.
The cost of a Legislature eould not exceed'
G0?00O, counting everything, whereas the
cost has averaged in the last . eight years
over $100,000. By this amendment over
$40,000 ra session would be saved, more
than enough to pay the cost of. the late
Convention, which the Radical leaders told
the people would cost $o00,00Q.
- The other ordinances of the Convention
are immaterial, providing for the dlslrlbu-'
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC PLAT
FORM, ADOPTKl) AT ST. LOUIS,
We, the delegat-s of the Democratic
party of the United States, in national
t-Ouveutiou assembled, do hereby declare
the administration of the federal Govern
ment to be in urgent need of immediate
reform; do hereby enjoiji uX"n the nomi
nees of this Convention and of the Delist
"trafic iarty in each State, a zealous effort
and eo-0eration to this end. and do hereby
appeal to our fellow-citizens of every
former i mlith-al connection to undertake
with us this tirst'aiid most pressing j, at ri
ot ie duty for theSDemocracy of the whole
country. V
Wt,do here reaffirm our faith in the per
manency of the Federal Union, our devo
tion to the Constitution ofothe United
States, with its amendments,iniversally
accepted as a final settlement oY the con
troversies that engendered tlie (civil war,
.and do here record our steadfast confidence
in the pcriM'tuify of republican self-government;
in an absolute acquieM,ence in
the v. i of the majority, the vital principle
of the Republic;" in the supremacy of the
civil oyer the military authority; in the
total separation of Church aud State, for
the salve alike of civil and 'religious free
dom; in the equality of all citizens In-fore
just laws of their own enactment ; in the
liberty of individual conduct unvexed bv
sumptuary laws ; in the faithful education
of the rising generation, that they may
preserve, enjoy and transmit ' these bes't
conditions of human happiness and hope.
We behold the noblest products -of a hun
dred years of changeful history: but
while upholding the Innid of our Union
and great charter of these our" rights, it
behooves a free people to practice also that
eternal vigilance 'which is the price of
liberty. . ,
THE NEED OF THE HOUK. '
Reform is necessary to rebuild and es
tablish in the hearts of the whole people
the Union, eleven years ago happily res
cued from the danger of a corrupt central
ism, which, after inflicting u-ion ten States
the rapacity of carpet-bag. tyrannies, has
honeycombed the offices of the Federal
government itself with incapacity, waste
and fraud, infected States and municipali
ties with the contagion of ini.-rule, and
locked fast the 'property of an industrious
people in the paralysis of hard times. Re
form is uecessary t,o establish a sound cur
rency, restore the pubJic credit, and niaiu
taiu the national honor.
KADICAL FINANCE 1EN l CED.
; We denounce the failure for all these
eleven years to make good,, the promise of
the legal tender notes, which are a chang
ing standard of value in the hands or the
people, and the non-payment of which is
a disregard of the plighted faith 'of the
nation. .
We denounce tin? improvidence-which,
ui eleven years of peace, has. taken from
fhe people in Federal taxes thit eu times
the whole ani6unt of .the legal tender notes,
and squandered four times this ; sum in
useless expense, without recumulatiiig any
reserve for their redemptfon.
We denounce the financial iinlH-cility 'of
that party which, during eleven years of
peace, has made no. advance toward re
sumption; that instead, has obstructed re
sumption by wasting our resources and ex
hausting all our surplus income, ami while
annually proessing to intend a speedy re
sumption to specie payment, has annually
enacted fresh hindrances thereto. As such
a hindrance we denounce the resumption
clause of the act of 1S75, and w e here de
mand its repeal. ' . ;
DEMOCRATIC FINANCE DEM A NO El. '
Wc demand a judicious system of prepa
ration by public economies," bv olliciai re-,
trenchments and by wise finance, w hich
shall enable the nation to assure the w hob.
world of its perfect ability ami iwrr..M
readiness to meet any of its promises at
the call of the creditor entitled to payment.
We believe such a system well d-visud, and
above all, entrusted to competent hands
for execution, creating at no time an arti
ficial scarcity of currency, and at no time
alarming the public mind into tin with
drawal of that vast machinery of credit by
which 95 per cent, of all business transac
tions are performed a system ojiu, pul
lic and inspiring general confidence, would,
from the day of adoption, bring healing on
its wings fo all our harassed indu.-try, and
set in motion the wheels of commerce
manufactures and the mechanical arts.' re
store employmet to labor and renew, in
aniu national source, the prosperity 6f
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KEFOKM IN TAXATION.
Reform is necessary in the sum and
mode of Federal taxation o that-capital
may be set free from .lit rust and labor
lightly burdened. We denounce the pre
sent tariff levied upm nearly live thousand
arucies as a masterpiece of injustice, ine
quality and lalse pretence. .It yields a
dwindling, not a yearly rising revenue. It
has impoverished many industries to sub
sidtfe a few; it prohibits inqvorts that might
purchase the products uf American labor;
it has degraded American commerce from
the first to an inferior rank upon the high
seas. It has cut down the sales of Ameri
can manufactures at home and abroad
ami depleted the return of American agri
culture or industry, followed Uy half our
people. It costs the people five times more
than it produces to the treasurv, obstructs
the. processes of production, "and wastes
the fruits of labor. It promotes fraud and
fosters smuggling, enriches dishonest offi
cials and bankrupts honest merchants. We
vm?d th-at a11 customhouse taxation
shall be only for revenue.
RETRENCHMENT JN EXPENSES.
lielorm is necessary in th c..ai ......
be expense, Federal, State- and municipal
o ofwwWT f iauon nas swollen Troni
?60,000,000, gold, in IStiO, to $4.tO,(KJO,000,
currency, in 1870. Our aggregate taxatipii
ioO,000,otX), currency, iu 1S70, or in one
decade less than per head to more than
18 per head. Since the-peace the people
have paid to their tax-gatherers more thati
thnce the sum ofhe national debt, and
more than twice that sum for the Federal
Government alone. We demaud a vigor!
ous frugality in every department and
from every officer or the government. '
WASTE OF THE riBLIC LANDS. !
-form k nessa.1T to put a stop to the
ih s - , oi the public lands and J
-wV1I,.uu iiuui seiners by the nartv
ixjuauuerea two nun-
Sr "1 aloS
- v,. uiuic iiu uince thataoTmirate
hai . disposed of leas than a sixth directly
to tillers of the soil.
CHRISTIAN CITLZEX AXD HEATHEN CHlJ
NESE.
Reform is ne-cesary to correct the mis
takes of the Republican Congnsa and the
errors of our treaUes, and our diplomatic
relations which have stripped our adopted
citizens of foreign birth and kindred race
recroesuig the Atlantic of the shield of
American citixenship, aM have expos-d
our brethren of the Pacific coast to the
incursions of a race not sprung from the
same great parent stock, and, in fact, now
by law denied citizenship through natu
ralization, as being neither accustomed to
the habits of a progressive civilization, nor
exercised in liberty under equal law. We
denounce the poJJcy which thua discard
J"ertJ -loving German and tolerate
thertYiYal of Xhe Coolie trade In 3Iongo;
ban "woinciy iniorted for immoral pur
e,vaiid Mongolian nicn hired t i.'r
ftjmn ser iU; Iain r contracts, and demand
sueh--motliflcation bv Congress witbiii a
colistitutXmal, limitation, as shall prevent I
4 H furthimirtfTon or immigratloirTsrl
the .Mongolian race. '.
REFORM 19 TOE CAMPAIGN' IsTE.
. ' Reform is necessary, and ran never le
effectel but by making it the controlling
isue of the cie-tion. lifting it above the
two ful e iaut-s. with whk-li the idJu-e-holdnig
ilass anil tlie party in jH.tAcr s-rk
to Another it. Tlie fale issue with w hfch
they would enkindle sectarian strife 'in
ropect to the public ehoIs, of whkh the
otablihment and -support btlong exclu
sively to the several bUte. and which th
'Df nKK-ratle jarty ha cherihed from their
fmindatlou, and reotvcd t maintain with
out iartizanry or preference for any cla,-,
sect or creed, and without contributing
from the Treasury to any the false isue
by which they seek to light anew the dying
euilters of Mitional hatrel between kin
dred !5plc, once unnaturally ttrang-l,
but now nunittl in one indivisible Repub
lic and a common dettiny.
REFOHM IX THE CIVI. SERVICE.
i Reform is lavessary in the civil service!
ExjK-rience pnves that the efficient. cc
nomical conduct of the governmental bus
iness is not possible if iu civil service In
subject to change at every election be a
prize fought for at the ballot-Nix In a"
brief reward of jwrty zeal, Instead of K.tJ T J I K
1ft honor, assignel for proved eomjK-tcncv j
and held lor fidelity iu the public employ
ment, mat l lie UisjH-nslug of patronage
shouui neither In a tax ujon the time of
all our public men. uor the instrument of
their ambition. Here again pn)fcsiou
falsified in the Krformanee, attest that the
jiarty in iHjwer an work out no practical
or salutary reform.
REFORM AMO.Mi THE IIIuI!IT ITIU.IC
fEKVANT.
Reform is necessary even more in the
higher grades of public service President,
Vice-President, Judges, Senators, Repre
sentatives, Cabinet officers. These officers,
and others iu authority, are the jH-opk-'s
servants. Their offices, are not a private
iK'rquisite; they are a public trust. Vhen
the annals of this Republic . ohow the dis
grace aud censure of a Viee-Iresideiit; a
late Speaker of the House of Representa
tives marketing his rulings as a presiding
officer; their friends profiting secret Iv bv
their votes as law-maki-rs: five chairineii
or the leading committee of the late 1 1 nsc
of Representative exjHtsetl in joblH-rv; a
late Secretary of the Treasury forcing
oaiances in tlie public aieount$; a late
Attorney (u-nerul misappropriating public
funds : a Secretary of the Navv cnrichetl
or enriching his friends by pcrceiitagvs
levied off the profits of contractors with
his Department: an ambassador to
England censured for a dishonorable
speculation ; the President's private secre
tary barely escaping conviction ujm.u trial
for guilty complicity iu frauds ujon the
revenue ; a Secretary of War im-H-ached
for high crimes and confessed misde
meanors the demonstration is so com
plete tfcat the first step in reform must le
by tljc jeople, or honeot men from another
party. The disease of one iolitical organ
ization infests the body iolitic and therebv
makiug no change of men or iarty, we
can get no change of measures and no
reforms.
WITH JOY WE Gltl-1 T vj
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LIVE BOOK AND MUglC ST0RE
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. VANTAtJK. AS TO REAL VAI.IK, Til AN KYI.i: l:i;p..-r
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PIANO, ORGAN, ME L O Djr
OK oTIIKl: Ml'.-:CAL IVSTnCMKXT.
ItE
RADICALS AND RADICALISM MtST
DRIVEN FROM lOWEK.
' A) these abuses, wrongs and crimei
thej)roduct of the sixteen years ascend
ancy of the Republican party create a
necessity for reform, confessed by Repub
licans themselves. But their reformers
are voted down fn convention nn.i n-
plaecdrfrom the Cabinet. Thn
honest voter is powerless to resist the
eighty thousand office-holders its leaders
and guides.
i Reform can only Ik had bv a Dcac.eful"
civic revolution. We demand a change of
system; a change of administration: a
change of parties, that we may have a
change of men.
4 .
Platform of the Democratic Party iu
North Carolina, Adapted by the Dem
ocratic State Convention at Ilaleigh,
on 1 1th June, IH70.
.Whereas, The Republican party of the
United States, for the last sixteen vears
has had the comidete control of the" gov
eminent in all its deiartmeiits, ami by its
disregard of Constitutional limitations; by
Its unequal and oppressive taxation' bv its
v-i.-.ataiimim nasieiui exiHniitures; hv
itg unwise and inischievous financial tii
cy; by iu official corruption iervading all
branches of administration h u
disgrace upon our government and unpar
alleled distress upou our peon; therefore
Ji'ttvlwl, 1. That in this centennial vcar
of our existence, we invite all patriots to
iuoiu iu ueaa issues, to disrcanl the
prejudices engendered bv past events, and
to unite with us in the effort to restore a
Constitutional, honest, economical and
pure administration of the government
and thus promote the general welfare and
happiness of the country.
Jicxoh-nl, 2. That we eanidstly and cor
dially recommend the adoption, by the
people, of the amendments to the Consti
tution proposed by.the Convention of 1S7.,
and thus largely reduce the expenditures
,foi.SHte,andcoult" sTovernmcnts and
simplijy their administration, so that wc
may be enabled to establish a thorough
and enlarged system of public schools for
the benefit of all the citizens of the State.
Reolcd 3. That notwithstanding our
repeated disappointments and Impoverish
ed condition,, we still cherii the North
Carolina project so long labored for bv
Morehcad, Sauuders, Fisher, Win. II
Thomas and others, of uniting the harbors
of Beaufort and Wilmington with the great
west: ami for the completion of the West
em North Carolina 'Railroad to Point Rock
and Ducktown, and of our other unfinished
railroads, we pledge the continued use of
the convict labor of the State, and of such
other judicious legislative aid a will se
cure the completion of these great State
works at the earliest practicable i?riod.
JitKolved 4. That the people of North
Carolina now have it in their jxwer bv an
earnest, determinated and united effort, to
relieve our jiuople from the oils of repub
lican misrule, extravagance and corruption
ahd restore the prosjierity of fitoSuie. '
liesolped 5. That we denounce official
corruption wherever found, and we hold
honesty to lc the first and highest qualifi
cation ijtir office., - ,
Major J. C. McRae's Appointment.
Maj. . James' C. McRae, . Democratic
candidate for Klector in the Third Con
gressional District, will addra tin?
people at '. -
Beaufort, Carte ret county, Tuesday,
October 24th, with Col. Waddcll.
Clinton, Sampson county, Saturday,
w - .c HI.
on. .W .n. adilf.irK A .n.lt.tn....c
-l'-"VMAUV
Col. A. M.Yaddell will address his
eonsUtuents of the Third CNmgressioual
District at the following times and iJaces :
Monday, October riM, at Newport. Car
teret county. i . . '
Tuesday, October 'th, at Beaufort,
Carteret county.- .
Wednesday, October 35Ui, at Cedar
Island, Carteret county.
' Friday,' October 27th, at 8a'udenT Store,
Carteret county. '
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THE CAPE FEAR,
A NEW WILMINCTON JOLUNAL
Devotetl to the national, intellet tual, i-.nr
and w.litical intcrc-ty .fNtirth Cant
lina, Is olTeretl ti tlu public at
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JL In a ttraii;htfrwanl manner tlie prin
ciple of pure and manlv IK-iihk raev in
iMate an.1 Country-. In its humble it
will uphold the tiaruicr unfurled bv Jefftr-
wn, carrll aloft by Jackf-on and now
i-i.'uuit minif uj iiiucn. iiie"u.rE lr i:au
win ret-ognize no ditrercm e letween Uiom,
who tight the battles of the leople again.t
nign-namied liadicalism iutrcnheI in
jJaccsof lower and mm king to maintain
..m u n iiiiKi uu me Kame. iiv w naii vi-r
name calleI, the Defender of the Coun
try s Litjerty and the Inalienable KJjfhti. of
me rcopie are Democrats. To them tlu
"oArc r e.k wui ever sjnak with tin v.Iee
oi reawm and at!-ctln. In their behalf
iiic ciE r E.iu will ever Ik found ftni"-
The new jwpr M ill rfve warm encur
agemcut t4 tjie agricultural, mining and
manufacturing interests of the State. It
will urtre immigration. But while it will
extend the hand of welcome to tin t-turdv
foreigner or other Immigrant, it w ill n-ek
to Impress upon the jx-ople already here
the necessity for ec onomy, thrift, latmr an 1
fidelity to home and State. , North Caroli
nians must build up North Carolina.
In presenting certain jpular IJterarv
Features the C.irc FeAk i ah.-ud f Ju
contempraries. No American dailv dchv
Iaiier places original fiction habitually lre
fore its readers excel in the form of k ii
satlonal intelligence. Stories firthe lire
side, both serial and complete, will b.
Tound occupying a short space In the C.rE
Fkak. The literary matter of the paper
will, however, always 1m; ?utonlinated to
the news.
Brevity and C'o!ienitn,ee, Aeeurac- an-1
Imjartiality will be U-a.IingeliaracterL.tk H
or the Intelligence IVpartniciitnf the Cait.
Feak. The news ur the- day, City, State
and (teneral, will lie precnii-d in the dear
est, com-isest and iwwt attractive form
siWe. Csually the Imiiortant new will l
(irinted on th first page. Coder thi de
nomination wc include the Market lU-rort
and River aud Marine InU-IHrenev. f"u b
matters are too frequcnUy crowded In
small tyjie in a comer.- Tlje CoiniiM-irLil
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Dtillars and Fifty Cent f-r Si MHit!e
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by Carrier in the City or Suburb-. No
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Carrier every week, ami no pajn-r dellveri-'l
for a lougcr time than a wet k to anv uc
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