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JO. "W. HOLDEN, - - - Editor
Wednesday, June 22, 1870.
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL: r
SAMUEL F. PHILLIPS,
OF WAKB.
FIRST DISTRICT.
FOR THE 42ND CONGRESS.
CLINTON L. COBB.
or PAsguoiAHK. " ; "' ' 1
" SECOND DISTRICT. ' ' 'i
FOR THE 43ND CONGRESS: ,; ' -
DAVID HEATON,
OF CRAVES. .
THIRD DISTRICT.
FOR THE CND CONGRESS :
OLIVER H. DOCKERY.
tF RICHMOHD. ' '
FOURTH DISTRICT. f
FOB THE 41ST CONGRESS :
MADISON HAWKINS,
OF KKANKLIN.
FOR THE 42ND CONGRESS: :
JAMES H. HA It K I S
OF WAKE, i
WAM COCim BEPfltLlCill TICKET.
For the Senate :
JUDGE LEWIS P. OLDS.
GEN. PHIL. B. HAWKINS.
' For the House of Representatives :
B D FRANKLIN, I W. W. MORGAN,
B. ELLISON, I TUOS. W. YOUNG.
For Count v Commissioners:
WILLIAM JINKS, I JOHN R. CASWELL.
W WTNNE,
1 A, J.
1 SAMUEL RAYNEK,
NOWELL.
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For Kkerifl.:
T. F. LEE,
For Coroner:
j. if. u HAiiKie,
For Recister Deeds
W. W. WHITE, i . .
For Treasurer:
JAMES J. LYNN.
' .' For Surveyor :
. L. B. 8EGROVES.
Telegraphic Summary.
Ttie following is a summary of Saturday
night's telegraphic news : '
Washington. Cash in the treasury, one
hundred and nine millions in gold,' and
twenty-one and a half uiilliuns in currency.
In tbc Senate a bill was reported grant
in e land to aid in constructing the St
James and Little Rock Railroads.
In the House the morning hour was con
sumed on pensions. . The Speaker laid be
fore the House the credentials of B. F.
Whittcmore, from South Carolina. Logan
objected to the swearing in of a person
claiming to represent South Carolina under
such -' credentials. Farnsworth suggested
that the case be referred to the committee
on elections. Logan did not want the case
to m before the committee ; the individual
had disgraced himself, and the journal ol
the House so expressed it. anrt it was
question for the House to decide for itself.
Farnsworth said he did not see how the
House was going to act without a report
front the committee. Logan said, to refer it
was to treat the case with more considera
tion than it deserved ; the House was famil
iar with all tbc facts, and it was a mere
question whether they would allow Whitte-
more to occupy a seat in this Congress
whether they would stand by what their own
moral sense and the sense of the pcopli
prompted them to do. He moved that, the
Committee on Claims being entitled to to
day, the case be postponed to Tuesday, after
the moraine session. Ac reed to.
Paris. The iron founders strike through
out France is sustained in great part by Eng
lish money.
Florence. Tbc monument in honor of
the heroes of Solferino will be unveiled on
the 24th, the French and Austrian officers
participating.
Hew York. Money very easy. GolddulL
Ncj quotation. - Governments firm.
snrrectioa, Rebellion and Treason.
It is evident that some steps should be
taken to put down the Kuklux Klan in this
State. - It is, therefore, determined to mine
State troops for that purpose, and to deal
with its members in a summary manner.
The public safety demands it, and the work
most be dnM, ttUtt.bad, will urow. ,to,-wme,
' and scenes of anarchy and bloodshed will
become as frequent as tbc tick of the death
watch. That men, who are disguised, uniformed
and officered, and who control Counties
through their organization, are not insurrec
tionists, rebels and traitors, is beyond con
troversy. It does not require a mail or set of men
to don the rebel gray, to go into camp and
drill, to shoot down Union men in day
light, to make them insurrectionists and
traitors to the government. If such were
the case, the Euklux would escape un
harmed, and the laws remain a dead letter
upon the statute books of North Carolina.
But we hold, that when a set of men put
on a uniform at night, and under the com
mand ot officers, and in obedience to an
oath, scour a whole County, in defiance of
law, with intent to murder inoffensive citi
zens, that such men are insurrectionists and
traitors, and that Jthe Constitution demands
their immediate arrest and punishment.
Further, when they place the people of
entire Counties in a state of subjection to
their commands, and take the control of
local affairs into their own hands, we hold
that such Counties arc in a state of insur
rection, and ought to be garrisoned with
Stato troops, until peace is restored and the
offenders brought to justice.
Because of these opinions, which are in
controvertible, we heartily endorse the action
of tha Governor, and we hope that he will
persevere until his authority is recognized,
feared, obeyed and respected all over this
State. -
We conclude this article by copying the
following from the Newborn Times. We
wish that other. Republican papers would
, speak out as heartily as the Times has done.
Let the facts be laid before the people
TCey need mfortestion'upon these points.
' Tiie" Times soya: -"There are some people
very much surprised and manifest much un
easiness because Governor Holden bos deter
mined to put down lawlcssncs and murderers
"n et armis." They complain that it
will cost money and the State cannot
afford it. We admit that the State
cannot afford it, but we would ask the sim
ple question, can the State afford to lose its
population by the hands of assassins and by
means of emigration because the people
cannot live in peace ? We answer emphati
cally and positively No. We have tried to
imacine we were a Euklux and hold our
selves responsible mentally for the state of
things in this State. We have gone so far
as to imagine we were a traitor to every
thing holy and good in man's nature, and
then tried to frame a slight excuse for these
scoundrels who have caused so much
trouble and expense, and the nearest we
can get to it fs to exclaim, " hanging is too
cood for them." It is a wonder to us that
whole sections do not rise to a man and
hunt them , down as . they would wild
beasts. Can it be true that North-Caro
lina is so demoralized by the - teachings
ot demagogues that whole communities
wink at murderers and give succor and
comfort to the enemies of society and
God 1 God forbid that this should be true.
but we must say it looks as if it were so' in
some sections of this State. ., We sav to the
Governor go on. Hunt them down, bring
them to justice, every honest man in the
btate will back you and thousands win
bless your name." -Let justice be'done if
tne Heavens tail. God will approve the
course you are about to pursue. Let speedy
action and hard blows do the work too
long delayed."
Democratic Newspaper Advises 'the
Assassination of Gov. lloldcn.
The Tarboro' North-Carolinian of the 10th
inst, says :
"In davs of old. when a ruler of the
people prostituted his position to wicked
purposes of oppression, and so basely be
trayed his Dublic trust as the Governor of
North-Carolina has so frequently done for
partizan purposes, the swords of patriots
leaped from their scabbards, THE KNIFE
OF THE ASSASSIN FELT UNEASILY,
BUT SURELY, FOR THE HEART OF
THE RUFFIAN RULER. While
we do not advise, and could not counte
nance jinvthing not warranted by law, to
are at a loss to say tchat should be done with
iuch a Governor." ....
The above threat to assassinate the Gov
ernor of North-Carolina is not merely the
result, but a part of Kukluxism. During
the last twelve months not less than five
hundred peaceable citizens of this State
have been whipped and scourged by the
Kuklux not less than . twenty-five have
been murdered not less than twenty fe
males have been violated or raped not less
than ten men have been castrated, to say
nothing of other nameless barburitics, or of
the thousands of innocent men, women and
children who have been intimidated and
put in fear of their lives. The civil' law is
powerless. . Grand Juries rarely present or
find indictments, and when they do, con
victions can seldom, if at all, bo obtained
at the hands of juries. This is known to
and admitted not merely by the people.
jenerally, but by tie Solicitors and Judges.
The Governor intends to do his duty. It
is bis fixed purpose by force of arms, if nec
essary, to stop these outrages.' The people
f all colors, classes and conditions must
lie protected in their houses. The elections
must be free. Crime must bo punished.
The band of power must fall on the guilty,
no mailer who they may be. The Governor
will uot 15 moved from lps purpose. He
has borne already, and pleaded awl impor-
tuued with, and admonished the guilty and
niis"uided until forbearance has ceased to be
a virtue. He could not rid himself, if ho
would, of his solemn oath to see that the
laws are executed. ""The knife of the as
sassin may feel uneasily" and it may be used,
but no threat, no array of force, no combi
nation, will shake the Governor's purpose.
He is sustained by a large majority of the
people of the State, miZ he isbacliedby the
government of the United Slates. North-
Carolina is reconstructed. The present
mvcniment will lie sustained. It shall not bo
changed or overthrown except in accordance
with the provisions of the constitution,
This government is strong enough to pro
tect and perpetuate itself, and it will do it.
The name of the Editor of the paper who
thus advises the assassination of the Govf
crnor is William A. Jlearne. There arc
thousands of men in the State who are
equally murderous at heart with this man
Hearnc, and who would assassinate if they
dared. Mr. Hearne and those men arc
marked. The leaders of these men are
marked. LET THEM BEWARE !
More Threats of Assassination !
The Roanoke Seits, edited by Jordan
Stone and W. H. UzzelL speaks of Senators
Pool and Abbott as "corrupt, slaudcnng,
lying, interloping peace-breakers," and says
that, for "their crimes," they ought to be
prohibited from coming into the State.
This rjauer also calls them "whelps," "cut-
. , .
throats and murderers," and asks "how
lonf vet have we to submit to this de-
grading state of things V
This is a direct attempt to procure or in
stigate the assassination of Senators Pool
and Abbott whenever either or both of
them may again pass through Weldon. We
tell these assassins that if cither of these
gentlemen should be mobbed or assassinated
in Weldon, retaliation would be inevitable,
the most terrible scenes occur, and those
who may take part in or encourage such
mobbing or'assassination would be shot with
less scruple" or ceremony than if they were
cats or dogs.
But the following paragraphs from tbc
Roanoke Kens are more atrocious, if pos
sible, than the above :
" Should matters, in spite of popular re
monstrance and of individual right and jus
tice, continue in their present disjointed and
irritating condition, we have no surety of
life, property or the continuance of personal
or political friendships. We believe that
violence dono to friendly confidence beeets
mora dmienv ! " open oppo-
sition of long avowed enmity. Therefore,
when a. partisan turns his back upon his
friends and persists in acting in direct an
tagonism to all their interests, and tramples
upon institutions which they have been
tau'dit to venerate and hold to as being
dearer than life, that man should beware
should lie nervously watchful 1
Brutus struck down Casar avowedly for
the love of Rome, and in vindication of the
rights of Roman citizens. The Republican
"party numbers within its ranks, we fear
and Pool & Co., ought to fear more than
one Brutus." '
The shade of the assassin Brutus is in
voked, and Messrs. Pool and Abbott, and the
Governor and their friends are admonished
to be nervously watchful," lest they be as
sassinated. The language is too plain to be
misunderstood.
The attention of the Governor has been
called to this language, and he has author
ized us to speak as follows : The editors
of the Roanoke News are entitled to and
should enjoy the utmost freedom of speech.
They can discuss any and all questions in
such language as may suit them, and they
may charge all sorts of corruptions and
crimes ou their political opponents ; and the
people will hear and decide who are cor
rupt or honest, and who are trustworthy or
or untrustworthy. But if these or others
should advise resistance to the laws of the
land, or any steps to subvert the established
authorities, the Governor will send a file of
soldiers, will arrest them, and will confine
them in the common jail of the county of
Wake. Will they resist? If they do they
will be shot down. Will a mob attempt to
rescue them ? Then the mob will be fired
into. If the Euklux and other murderers
and traitors want war they can have it !
The murderers of Wyatt Outlaw will be
shot or hanged. The murderers of John W.
Stephens will be shot or hanged. The cup
is full and running over. Let the Euklux,
murderers, traitors and bad men beware !
v i ' ; . i Charges of Corruption. T'
We referred on yesterday to the charges
of corruption preferred against members of
the Republican party. v In so doing, we
deemed it a duty to refer to the charges
which have been preferred against prom
inent Conservatives in relation to the same
matters, and did so in self-defence. .
But in premising this editorial, we will
Bay that, young as wo arc, we have known
the time, when such charges preferred on
either side would have evoked a personal
conflict, and live to lament the degeneracy
of the present day.
Nevertheless what remains to us to do 3
Shall we quietly submit to hear the whole
Republican party, because of a few men, de
nounced through the length and breadth of
this Stato, as a party of corruption and dis
honesty? Where is the proof? What in
vestigation has evolved it ? Who dare say
now, that if the Republican" party is guilty
that tbc Conservative party is not likewise
guilty ? .
If there be such an unblushing demagogue
in North-Carolina, it is certainly the Editor
of the Sentinel. '
Further it may be remarked in this connec
tion that three investigations were bad by
the late Legislature.
- One of them was before the Bragg commit
tee; apolher before the Governor and Su-
perintondent of Public Works, 'and another
befonj the Committee of the Whole. ;; In each
investigation what vropt of corruption" irag
shown -The charges were made, and only4
the charges remain ; and we stand here to
day ready to paythe opposite party in fhoir
own coin upon the subject of charges of Cor
ruption, whenever they see fit to make such
charges.
But what proof remains T After a careful
reading of -the reports,, we are satisfied that
no proof of corruption remains, either against
Conservatives who have been mentioned in
this puper7'or Republicans. " ' " :
There were forty-five: Conservative mem
bers of the laic General Assembly,' ',CT this
number one out of each .three ;vuteu wr
appropriations, which they now denounce.
There were one' hundred arid twenty-five
Republican members, oneVihird of whom at
least were . opposed to ail appropriations.
How' then.' does the matter' stand! -The
innocent are numbered with the guilty ana
the guilty ire numbered with the innocent
Besides any man, who cast his eyes over
the lobby of the House or of the Senate
during the excitement, prevading the pas
sage of the appropriation bills.will remember
that prominent Democrats were presenu
engineering them and applauding their final
vote. . " i i
Because all other grounds ot disapproval
of the Republican party had passed away,
the cry ot corruption was laitcn up. ,
Whence do these charges of corruption
emanate? From a set ot men, who have
oppressed the people In every conceivable
form, who have taxed them nigh unto star
vatiuu. They emanate from the ; party of
high taxes the party of extravagance and
if there be a party of corruption, from the
party of corruption itself.-
And, therefore, after what has been said
upon-this subject, we retract nothing con-
tainad in our issue on yesterday. We believe
that certain Democrats are as guilty as cur
tain Republicans; and after all that has been
said, let clemency be flung to the dogs, for
all that is lclt to us, is to give and take
straight from the shoulder. "'
Extruvagauce in Public Expenditures-
It has been charged by the opposition,
that the Republican party is one of the
greatest extravagance : that the public funds
have been squandered or stolen, and that
our party is entirely responsible. So deeply
has this statemont taken hold upon the un
informed masses of their organization, that
the most extraordinary slanders and false
hoods are believed by them and constantly
retailed by their presses and their leaders.
In the first place, the item of $7 per day is
alleged against the last Legislature. The
receiver is as bad as the thief, and we believe
that every Democrat pocketed - hie 7 per
day without a murmer. a ' ! .
Further, the rebel Legislature drew 6
per day at the close of the war and 40 cents
per mile, when greenbacks were as scarce as
hen's-teeth. '
And we instance another fact, that the
rebel Legislature of 1806 T, raised nearly
of a million dollars more of revenue than
was necessary, by taxing the people ; and
that too when the poll tax ranged from $3
to $7 on every tax-payer, when property
was comparatively rated at nothing. This
same body voted to Gov. Worth a large sum
of money to test the constitutionality of the
reconstruction acts, and squandered other
sums in various ways. v . . j -
The leaders of this party had already at
tempted to saddle the war debt of about
fifteen millions on the people. Mark that
But before this attempt they had squandered
the school fund for war purposes, destoyed
the sinking fund, broken all the banks, and
taken one-tenth of every man's provisions.
When the Republican party came into
power, it pledged itself to interna! improve
ments of State necessity. The constitution,
framed by it, and voted against by the Demo
crats, contained the most stringent provis
ions against extravagance in public expendi
tures.
But large sums were appropriated. It was
not the money itseii to which the people ob
jected, but to tin- mi'thod of the appropria
tions. The crrur lay in uttering too many
bonds at once, and in placing them into too
many hands for sale. This error has been
condemned by the party." But we are still
determined to prosecute internal improve-
menu our railroad system shall not decay,
nor shall the credit of onr Btafr.Tih faun
the face of the enruT. '
Besides, many Democrats in the late Leg
islature voted for the appropriation bills
which their party now condemn.- And
many Republicans voted , against them.
They were passed by a fusion of the two
parties, under the influence of a spirit of
internal improvement and tbe organization
of a railroad party, which was a wheel
within a wheel, and to which this editor, as
well as many other members, did not belong.
, Extravagance in public expenditures,
therefore, so fur as applied to the Republican
party is a false cry. : The opposition have
proven themselves more extravagant both of
money, life and property than any other set
of men known to modern history, and the
present decade will so present their record
to succeeding generations. , '
The Wake County Conservative Demo
cratic Kuklux Social Equality Whie
Shoo Fly, Dead Beat Convention. '
We were present on Saturday, at Tucker
Hall when this body assembled.' Tbe first,
thing which struck our eyes was the presence
of so many old party hacks, and prominent
among them was Gov. Bragg, who stood in
the gallery among the oi poUoi. ' Good for
you, Governor. It is not often that you arc
seen amongst tbe people or in the gallery. ,
But, in casting our eyes oyer the house, wc
saw the reason. Stephen Rand, (coL dem.,)
was absent But we saw Amos Byrd', (col-.,)
and we saw him because he sat in the centre
of the hall, and all around him there was a
vacant space, for no democrat approached
him, and A. B. sat in liie glory, the monarch
of: all that he surveyed. ''Therefore,. Gov.
Bragg took to tbe galiery, en the white tide.
25 cents admission. : :tt. .-( .!-.".. '
How about social equality,-however?
Well, Gov. Vance bad been invited to speak.
Somebody sent a load of bird-gliot into the
Governor's magazine by moving that Jie'ad
dress thcvConvention after two hoars had
elapsed. A committeewas appointed from
Raleigh (the County had a slun show of
brains in that honee) and it. went out
Presently the Committee returned. Mean
while, B. Y. Rogers entertained the Con
vention with a rehash of some camp-meeting
sermon that he had heard when he was
a mourner. B. Y. appeared as the exhorter
and called for new converts.' Applause in
the galleries. Thcconverts disappeared
and didn't return until Gov. Vance walked
in, who had declined, to wait two hours
for a Convention or any other men.: Sodom
and Gomorrah.
Vance is a good looking fellow. Ht
would have been a better man, but when he
sold out to Jeff Davis the devil got hold of
him, and he will let it out now and then.
He -pronounced the Stute Government a
failure, and went back to 1854 to. prove it.
He did not say one word about 1864. Hit
government Was certainly a failure ;' and It
is evidently bearing on his mind. His
speech was also a, failure. , Conciliation is
not his forte.' Presently he said that not a
bar of railroad iron had been laid since the
Republican party had been in power. How
about the Chatham, the Western extension,
the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford,
and the Tarboro' Railroads. Doubtless the
Governor was thinking of the Tennessee
and Ohio Railroad, whence Jeff Davis took
all the iron, and which Mecklenburg county
has subscribed $200,000 to rcbuld, under
the advice of Messrs. Vance, -Johnson and
McAden. , " - '
r-We were also surprised at another state
ment, mode by Gov. Vance, which we stand
ready to prove. Surely the government has
been a success, since it has made a white-man's-party
man .declare in favor of social
equality. For Qoy Vance said that he' was
in favor of "any kind of equality, THAT
YOW MAY WISH !" Stick a pin there, Wes
tern Republicans.
The men, who were nominated, have no
prominence save Judge Fowle and Sneriff
High. Both will " be defeated and find a
happy resting place forever. . It is their last
run in tide county.' ' " ' ' "'; "
i Altogether the convention was a failure.
The speech of Gov. Vance was a failure. The
nominations were failure. The delegates,
including Amos Byrd, were a failure 4hd
we feel that Wake County will vote for the
Republican party stronger than ever.
We will have a fejv more words to say
about the Convention hereafter. It is a sub-"
ject that 'can be elaborated, and if necessary,
Govj Vance's speech, which was reported by
Mr. J. C, L. Harris, is at the service of our
friends. - Its arguments remiudusofthe time
when he sent Governors Swain and Graham
to ' sue for peace. We reply that there can
be no peace outside of unconditional subniis-
missioii. - ' -
1 r ! - - Charges of. Corruption.
It becomes an independent newspaper to
do justice to friend and foe ; it becomes a
partizan newspaper to assail its enemies; but
in making such assaults, tho truth is the first
requisite,' tor the .truth hurts, when false
hoods and slanders are forgotten. W e pro
pose to adhere as nearly to the truth as we
can,. but iruinan nature is weak, and inam
will err, nor are we exempt from such errors..
nowevcr. wniie we oo noi icei as me rni-
isoefelt towards tlioPubltcimneVKrthel'
we Uiank God that wo do not err as widely as
oinor men nave aone.'
The charges ' of corruption preferred
against certain men of both parties in this
State, have been scattered broadcast every
where; Tbe opposition has exalted in them,
It has 'stigmatized the whole Republican
.party as a, .corrupt organization upon the
basis of these charges. How would it be,
therefore, should we retaliate ? Retaliation,
some might say, would be just and proper-r-bu't
we say, as the charges are false, in the
first instance, or stand unproven, that if we
retaliate we admit thein and do another in
justice to right the wrong.' 1
Therefore, wc have seen tit to forbear, yet
in forbearing we have not failed to remind
tbe people that leaders of both parties have
been criminated, and especially in this coun-
ty.. ; , : - ., . . .
However, we have not given credence to
the, charges of corruption so frequently ut
tered by the Sentinel. If it believes them,
how can it support Judge Fowle ? How can
it support and encourage Mr. Haywood ?
How can it countenance and sustain Messrs.
Cowan, Johnson and McAden
. Wc believe that Judge Fowle, the oomi-
nee. of the Democratic party for the Senate
in this district, is an honest man, because
wu believe that the charges of corruption
prelcrrcd against him by tbc Sentinel are
false. . As a partizan journal, we might have
let this matter stand as it was placed by
the Sentinel, but as a just man we cannot d
so ;'and if there is not enough manliness left
in bis own organ to do him justice, there
enough in the Standard, and it will alway
remain there.
Still in making this disclaimer towards
an opponent, whom we personally respect,
we again call atteution to the fact that the
party, which nominated him, docs not
show a spirit of magnanimity towards
Republicans. They are too full of malice
and hatred to do justice, even to their own
friends, and to expect it from them towards
their enemies, is to indeed expect " some
good to come out of Nazareth."
We observed on Saturday that Gov.
Vance denounced corruption, in bis speech,
i
on both side. We ask him if he admits cor
ruption ou ' the Conservative side of he
house.- II he does, where is the proof. Wc"
-have plenty of charges, but we have no proof
as yet, and when that comes, it is time to
take some action for the punishment of cor-
ruptionists.
But it is proposed to punish them now
to Danish a whole party to lay a whole or
ganization under the ban, because as Gov.
Vance says, there is corruption on both tides.
Is this just? Is it right, because a man has
charges of corruption preferred against him
to condemn him without the proof t We
ask the intelligent people of this State to
give us an answer.
We desire to conduct a respectable
journal, and to leave felons to the law,
and' when they appear in this 'paper to
appear in the court reports, where their
comes properly belong. But to drag them
before the public, and to so cast about their
Characters a line of fire, is unjust, and be--longs
to a system of political ethics with
which we have hitherto been unacquainted.
I However, as a great philosopher hy said,
it is not the' man who fights tho war, but the
jnan who provoked it.ithatj, is responsible;
and we feel that wc are now in tire discharge
of a public duty in charging the enemy home,
and hitting him straight from the shoulder.
' If Republicans are guilty, the Democrats
are guilty alsoj, If Republicans are inno
cent, Democrats arc innocent also. This is
the inevitable conclusion of the logic of the
opposition. ' We say, however, that if a man
is guilty, "Republican or Democrat, that lfeis
not guilty as a Republican or as a Democrat,
but that he is guilty as a man, and as a man
he will bo punished.
. Therefore, we have ubstaiued from utter
ing charges of corruption. We can make
no defence by retaliation. We can sho.ho
justification by saying to the opposition, t&at
" you did it also." There is a higher law,
and that law is thut no party as a party is
corrupt, but that men are corrupt and have
been since the fall of Adam,' and as men
must answer before God and man for their
sins.'
Few and far between have been either tbe
just or generous articles of the opposition
papers. Gentlemen, we propose to. defeat
vop, and bring you lower than cver,Usfwe
the people of this Statu, because you have
made an issue as a party which is not tena
ble and as a party you have the sins of an
organization to bear, which like tbe shirt of
Nessus, -would prostrate the strength of
Hercules. .-
. j Harmony aud Victory.
" United wc stand " is a motto peculiarly
applicable to the Republican party of this
State to-duy. Too much cannot be said to
impress upon all Republicans the necessity,
tbe absolute necessity, of a united and vig
orous support of our nominees.
: Personal considerations and individual
preferences should not be allowed for a mo
ment to be thought of in the great contest
before us. Our object is not to elect this
man or that man, but to place in power loyal
aud honest men, who: will ' carry out tho
great principles of the Republican party
civil and religious liberty, education of the
masses, and peace, law and order. We
should ask not the question, is ho a car.
pet-bagger, is he a native, is ho white or
black; but is he honest intelligent loyal
and a Republican. This is tbe object
before us. , : ; - -,
Let all remember that tho thorough and
practical reconstruction of this State is not
completed. : It never will be completed till
treason is truly made odious till every citi
zen is made secure in his life, property, and
opinions. -. Much has been accomplished to
wards this object, 1m t much tpmains yet to
be doae. - - ' . . .:.::
In its former contests the party has Recur
red the great boon of suffrage to all,' and
with wonderful maenaminitv has proscribed
one. It has given to the masses a system
of popular 'education rapidly being carried
into effect which will place within the
reach of all that groat boon, knowledge.
Now it remains by another great victory to
secure forever those great .blessings, and l
restore peace and order to the State. Our
majority is secured. -For this-wa have no
fears.' The only way by which our enemies
can hope to defeat ub and "place the , loyal
people in a state , worse, than the darkest
days of the rebellion ever ga-.isto stir up
discord amongus, and by discord 'cometh
defeat
Then let us, each and all. adopt as our
motto, "harmony and victory," and let us
remember that a glorious triumph in August
lies our only hope for peace; 'that on our
own success depends our lives and liberties ;
that if we wish to enjoy Uiesc,, blessings and
them to our children wo must
- .. . .
coaquer.
Remember, discord means dcicat, ana de
feat means anarchy., , Victory means liberty
and peace. Then "harmony and victory."
The Late Legislature.
It is charged that the late Legislature, in
its capacity as a Republican body, was' re
sponsible for tne recent appropnaeonH, cor
ruption and extravagance, 'as charged upon
the whole party by the opposition or the
mongrel democracy-latter-day saints, led by
Jo Turner, who, is a disciple, (since Sey
mour and Blair's nomination,) of the tenets
of Thomas' Jefferson, i
We have simply to refer to the statement
of Mr. Jarvis, the member from Tyrrell, that
fni last Legislature was not a Republican
- fc . ' '. ' i, ' j ' -
lully, lor ue said; upon me paaBage oi a
certain bill, "where ib your Republican Leg
islature T; And Mr. Seymour responded,
that there was no Republican Legislature
left.' Whereupon, tbe Sentinel and all the
other Democrats rejoiced.
Yet there was a cause for this effect, What
was the cause? It was simply this: that
Republicans had fused with Democrats to
carry certain appropriations through the
Senate and House, and thus demoralized the
party. I; . r.U,-. , . . 0!f;
Now they denounce the Republicans i
being responsible for the present condition
of affairs, when without tttr help such pro
jects would have tailed.
Mr. Phillips says that there were fifteen
out of forty-five Conservatives who acted
with Republicans in this capacity; and wc
know that there was a large minority ol Re
publicans, who opposed all appropriations.
And further, many Democrats dodged.
The Republicans who opposed the ' wild
spirit of extravagance stood firm. We have
tbc names. Wc challenge a denial.
But a day or two longer will not alter a
vote as vet. We flins down the gauntlet
Who will take it up ?
For instance, and by way of illustration
take the vote on the Marion and Ashcville
Turnpike road, where Messrs. Argo, David
son, Durham, Gatling, Gibson, Green, Kelly
of Davie, Malonc, Mathcson, Nicholson,
Painter, Proffitt, Robinson, Smith of Alle
ghany, Welch and Whitley, voted for the
appropriation, and
Messrs. Hayes, Hinnant, Hoffman, Parker,
Pon, Rea, Stanton and other Republicans
voted against it,
We might instance another bill, which
passed tbe House on its final reading by
the following vote of Conservatives, to-wit,
the bill amending the charter of tbe Wil-
liaroston and Tarboro' Railroad Company:
Messrs. Argo, Gatling, Green, Humphries,
Eclly, of Davie, Malone, Matheson, Thomp
son, Welch, and Williams of Sampson ; and
The following Republicans voted against
it :
Messrs. Harris of Franklin, Hinnant, Hoff
man, Kelly of Moore, Kinney, tVou and'
Stanton
The following was the vote in, the House
q3 Ue padsagC OT mc lMoru uruueu ruau,
6ri Ms third reading i - '
Conservatives; Messrs. ' Argo, Gatling,
Green. Hodnett, Kelly of Davie, Malone,
Matheson, Pointer and Welch,
Tho bill concerning the Western Railroad
passed the House by the Following vote
Conservatives: Messrs. Argo, Clayton vf
Transylvania, Gatling, Green, Kelly of Davie,
Pointer, Malone and Welch,
We merely throw these votes out as a
supplement to the reported remarks of Mr.
Phillips in to-days paper. It is apparent
that Mr. Phillips is correct Tbc Demo
crats or Conservatives, who signed the recent
address are as guilty as those whom they
have accused of corruption and extrava
gance. '' ' " 4 '
In relation to the charges of corruption,
we make bold .to say that grave charges
were preferred against Messrs.. Johnson,
Cowan, McAden, Tate, Haywood, Fowle and
others, and : they f -did-not 'show as clean'
skirts even as Gen. Littlgfield was able to
show,-a man' who has been held up to
public gaze as an arch swindler and corrupt
tionist. , - -'' -; r' , m .
What therefore; is the sequel of these
cliarges of corruption and extravagance ?
That the Republican party is responsible for
them ? Wc say no but that men are res
ponsible for them and in 'proportion as
many Democrats as Republicans. "They all
got into the wagon, and they all took a
ride." ' .
, The manufactured indignation against the
Republican partyin tho late Legislature has
nearly subsided. Reason will soon resume
her benignant sway, and those , men, who
indulged their opportunities to vote -heavy
debts npun tho -people, .irrespective of purtij;
will yet be held 'to account, ' They 'calnriot
hide themselves behind party organizations
much longer. , ' . ." ( :
The Republican party has denounced the
rscent errors in legislation. It stands ready
to correct them, and it only is able to da it
it a Democratic Kuklux Legislature is elec
ted in this State, composed of men 'iinscru
pulous of life, there will be no scruples mani
fested concerning money transactions.
Tn tiirtlm.. 1..
rv , .r .fa
from the New York World, of the 8th inst.
Tennessee is now controlled by the Kuklux
Democracy. The World says r-.
" All tbe bills introduced into the Tennes
see Legislature, and all the influence of its
officials and the political machinery ot the
State, have been, strange to say,' for some
tyne past enlisted in a grand crusade against
the credit of the State and its bonds. Whilst
all the damaging measures and talking
against Tennessee State credit have been
and still are progressing, the singular
anomaly has been been presented all the
time up to date of a steady absorption of
all the bonds offered on this market, and at
advancing prices. Most of the sales have
been by speculators, selling them short The
short interest is enormous. It is said by
shrewd and well-informed parties, to the
present manipulation that tbe amount of
short is from $7,000,000 to $10,000,000.
The Tennessee State debt is in .round
numbers about $40,000,000. Of this amount
tho leading railroads of the State are report
ed to have bought about 810,000,000 of the
new bonds, and are still buying more with
which they will cancel their own obligations
to the State and that amount of State in
debtedness. This operation will reduce tbe
State debt to about $30,000,000.
- It is reported that the necessary arrange
ments have been made in tha proper quar
ter to insure the passage of a bill in Cong,
ress to reinburse the loyal State of Tennessee
for its losses during the war, by the Federal
Government paying to Tennessee $10,000,
000 to $15,000,000 in cash. This is claimed
M merely justice, and on the same ground
as the grant of money which wu made by
the Government to the State of Missouri for
the same purposey. This will reduce -the
State debt to 15,000,000 to 20,000,000, and
will also relieve tbe State from floating obli
gations.',. V? ';! ' .'' ''
. i ne Drones -pa uua giinuiuc ir&nsacuun
will be not less than $20,000,000, the as j
boads will ranK nwunuy alongside ot Mis
souri sixes at S2i to 03. The natural wealth
and enterprise of the Tennesseans are well
known. It is apparent at a glance to the
experienced politician the enormous politi
cal power which can be wielded with this
vast sum, to suit the views ot those who
control its distributioB.x ; r,; tie
Tha consnnunation ot this gigauuc leu-
nessee affair promises to create not only a
auinati on whiefc-wu atoiau.-- want sweet,
with its financial, results, but it is also cal
culated to bp a potetral engine in future
political movements. ' ' ' ''
The eminently respectable brokersVnrms
engineering this little movement in Tennes;
See Donas ascnexnc in uigu-iui,Bviuuiiug
to relieve the public ot. their loose cash
have, been advising all their friends for
tbe .last . three months to sell these
bonds Ishort, as' "they were certain to
decline in price.T Every man that they ad
vise to sell these bonds short ought to sue
them for the difference, as their 'claims
against these "honorable gentlemen" could bo
substantiated as a fraudulent obtaining of
money under false pretences. This Tennes
see aftair is probably without an exception
tne most coiu-uioouea, premeauaioa swmuie
ever perpetrated on confiding friends in any
country. The World, when the bonds were
selling at 52, on April 7, exposed the swin
dle in plain terms, but the' swindlers made
the bonds look so weak that their dupes
werecaioled by them into the belief that the
world. T?as wrong, ana tuai cue price oi me
bonds was certain to decline.. Co-duy many
of them have paid the penalty of their folly
in buying at 62 to 64 the bonds tbey sold
MM and 47,. .
These same eminently respectable gcntlc-
meni to assist their scheme to swindle the
publics further instructed their " tools" in the
Tennessee Legislature to bring iaabillto re-
pudiaU the State debt by " scaling the railroad
bonds. ; Thu infamous trickery mat tent by
telegram and freely distributed in. Wall street
a fen days, ago, when the bonds were seUling
abont 57.- , .i . -. , .
' Iif coiclusiun, " We have only to say,
BEWARE OF THE SWINDLING, MUR
DEROUS, KUKLUX DEMOCRACY.
i. "' '
. Pardons, Commutations, &c.
The Constitution of the State provides
that " the Governor -shall . have power to
grant reprieves, commutations and pardons,
after conviction, for all offences, (except in
cases of impeachment,) upon' such condi
tions as he may think proper, subject to
sueh regulations as may be provided. by
law rotative to the mariner of applying for
The following law on . the subject was
passed by the last General Assembly. - All
persons applying for pardons or commuta
tions must comply with this law. We
trust the newspapers of the State will copy
this law, so that parties interested may have
an opportunity of seeing it -
AH ACT TO REGULATE THE MANNED OK AP-
1 PLTDIG FOB FAKDOKB.
Whkukas. The constitution declares, ar
ticle three, section six, that the governor
shall have power to grant reprieves, com
mutation and pardons, alter conviction, tor
all oftences, (except in cases of impeach
ment.! unon such conditions as ue may
think proper, subject to such regulations as
may be provided by law relative to tne man
ner of applying for pardons; now therefore,
for regulations thereof.
The iienerai Assembly of Mrtn-narouna
do enact
Section 1. Mow aimUcation to be made
Every application for pardon must be
made to the Governor in writing, signed by
the party convicted, or some person in his
behalr. .
- Sec. 2. What application to contain :
Every such application shall contain the
grounds and reasons upon which the execu
tive pardon is asked, and shall be in every
case accompanied by a certified copy of the
indictment, and the verdict and judgment
of the court thereon, together with a state
ment of the evidence both for and against
the prisoner, which statement shall be veri
fied by the oath of the judge who tried tbe
criminal action, or the solicitor of the State
who prosecuted the same, or of three jurors
who beard the case and rendered the verdict
and said oath shall be to the effect that the
statement is true and contains a substantial
account of all the testimony given on the
trial of the party convicted. .
Sec. 3. Notice to iudoe and solicitor t
The Governor shall in no case consider
any application for pardon unless it appears
that a copy ot said application therefor has
boou aarrwd on the iauge w ho tried uud the
solicitor whoDroseculed the ourtv convicted.
at least ton. days before such application is
presented to the Governor; such service may
be made and certified by any shcrin, cor
oner, or constable, or by any counsel repre
senting tbe convict. .
Sec. 4. Duty of attorney general :
t N pardon shall issue until the same has
been submitted to the attorney general, who
shall certify thereon that the provisions of
wis act respecting tne manner ot applica
tion, nave been complied witn. .
Sbc. 5. Whatmrdont void:
- Every pardon granted contrary to the pro
visions of this act and without the certi
ficate of the attorney general, specified in
the lost section, shall be void and of no
effect whatever, and every officer having
custody of any convict in whose behalf such
pretended pardon has been granted, shall
proceed to execute the sentence of the court
in uig particular case, sucn prctenaea pur
don to the contrary notwithstanding.
. Sec. . . 6. When act to go into effect :
This act shall be in force from its ratifica
tion.. ,f
Ratified the 28th day of March, A. D. UJ70.
Cash Value of a Laboring JfnnA
j ' ; Power in the State.
The' following is from a Northern ex
change: "It is frequently remarked of per
sons who do not possess any property, and
who depend upon their daily Tabor for sup
port of themselves and families, that they
are "worth nothing" financially speaking.
This language is generally indulged in by
men in the community who style themselves
business men, and who get rich on the ne
cessities of other men. Let us examine tbc
question financially, and sec if their asser
tions are correct.
Last year .the price of common labor aver
aged $1.50 per day. Admitting that the la
borer received $1.50 per day, and that it re
quired the whole of that sum to support his
' family, nevertheless we contend that tbe la
borer was worth, in eash to bis family, the
sum oi i,u8if... .....
The -amount he would receive for' one
year's labor, at $L50.. per. day, would bo
$475,00, which amount would be the' inter
est at six per cent, on $7,989. which latter
sum would lie the cash value of the laboring
man to his lumiiy." ' "' " '
' ,Tliere is so much truth in the above short
paragraph that we cannot refrain from pub
lishing it for the' encouragement of the la
boring men of this State. They are the bono
and sinew of our commonwealth. When we
hear of one of them leaving his native soil,
we feel not only a regret that a brother has
left us, but a regret thBt he bos made us all
tbe poorer and some other community richer
with bis brain and muscle. Therefore, wc
have opposed the exodus of colored , men
from North-Carolina ; and, therefore, we fa
vor the immigration of other laborers to
this State laborers, who have capital and
skill, and there arc few who have it not,
that our land, may be ma de to look green as
a garden. '
. ;We have before us tbe messages of tbo
Governors of some .fifteen .Western and
Middle States, in which they all urge upon
tbeir Legislatures to enact laws favorable to
immigration and unfavorable to emigration.
Especially are the Governors of tbc far
Western States anxious for additions to
their population. They realize that it is
wealth they realize that a laboring man is
worth more than ten thousand dollars apiece,
because, of , such material good citizens
and statesmen are made. And while we
have a population of ' laborers here at tho
South, which with the sweat of its brow
recuperated this section in its prostrate con
dition, yet the introduction of other men,
with money and brain and muscle is needed,
for we need Wealth, political power, devel
opment, growth and a position among our
sister States in point of population and en
terprise, worthy of the resources of the Old
North State. .' ( ' '
Well do we remember the lamentations
uttered by our wealthy planters at the eman-
dpatio.of heiralirf&t They deemed
themselves ruimjd aeMmpovensned; uui in
the majority,. of .case their fortunes hava
survived oven this' tremendous shock, ad
they hold to their lands yet with the grip
of grimdeaUi.y Why was this the case?
Simply because if a colored man was wortft
$1,000 to his master, when a slave, be is
worth from $ 1,500 to $10,000 to tho com-
mnnity as a freeman. - The capital in slavery
has been merely turned loose. It is all here
in the South more valuablo than ever be
fore, and the wise man is ready to turn it
todvairtageMTItentomuaocipatB.-
While it - temporarily disordered,, has not
permanently injured our industrial interests.'
The Republican party of North-Carolina,
while it makes no especial claim to be the'
peculiar champion of immigration, never
theless incorporated into, tmr Constitution a
provision looking to '-the establishment of .a
bureau bf immirjration';'' In future years, we
may look back with 'sonic degree of pride
upon this work of our hands. For when,
the tide, which flows at tho rate of 12,000
human souls per week into New York City,
from Great Britain end - the Continent, is
turned this way, the bureau of immigration
will be a necessity to our people. Luleed,
had it been in operation now, it might have
prevented the departure of so uiauy of our
laborers to the South, taking,, with them
merely in their owu corporeal forms mil
lions of wealth to enrich other States,
Wc again urjpcul to laboring ! men to
remain in their Statu and help to build her
up. And wu appeal to all good men to
assist us in suppressing disorder and out
rages of every kind and 'character, that
others may be induced to come and settle
among us. Virginia, South Carolina, Geor
gia, Alabama, Tennessee,' Florida, Louis
iana, arc moving in this work. Shall North
Carolina be the last State t) imitate their
cxamjcle ? We-sinccrely trust that she will
not be, for now' is dxa goldeu opportunity.-
Let peace bo restored in all sections of our
Commonwealth let nojiiorc horrible stories
of horrible outrages go forth to. the world
let justice be done to the laborer that is here,
and the now licnluw be rigidly euforccd, and
we shall soon see that immigrants, who are
now stretching out their hands towards us,
will come'and purchase our lands, and live
amongst us as brethren and as friends.
Errors in Legislation.
We see that Major W. M. Robbins, of
Rowan, has been renominated for the Senate.
Now wc do npt believe that he' dishonestly
received the $20 from Senator Stephens, or
that he borrowed the $20 from Gen. Little-
field from any bad motive, liccausc he repaid
it, but , wo have this to say that as the
Republican platform, denounces errors in
legislation by the lato General Assembly,
that we consider the receipt of the $20 by
Maj. Robbins from the! hands of Mr. Ste
phens, as an terror in kghlatwn, and most
heartily denounce it
Wc do this moreover because this error
cost North-Carolina about $30,000 in an
investigation, and is "on a par with other
extravagant acts committed by the same
body. "We, therefore, advise the people of
Rowan and Davie to keep Mr. Robbins. at
home. , Such errors in legislation, which all
.Republicans denounce, are calculated to
increase their taxes aud ought not to lie
overlooked.
And while they are attending to economy
in Mai. Robins case, we would also re
mind them that one Crawford, a journey
man hell-builder, was ready in 1307 to tax
them to build a hell, in which to place
certain radicals for the amusement of said
hell-builder aud his economical friends.
It would be well to suggest to him, that it
will cost some money to construct- such
building, and thut he had better stay
at
home and join the Euklux, or command a
South wing of that organization, if he feels
disposed to do so.
X X Robbins and hell Crawford ore not
safe men to'trust in mutters of taxation or
economy ; and as they have committed
"errors?" it would be well to give them
lit Hp. AiBUkin furin-iMintaDcu before thev im
jjbrfeiittcd to wttrm themeclvtia in the Cspi-
tol once more. '
. Card from Oossey Buttle.
Rocky Moujjt, June 13th, 1870.
Editor if the Southerner:
Under the caption "Political On Dits." iu
your local columns of the lost issue of the
Southerner, you say "the many Incnds oi
Dossey Battle, Esq., of Rocky Mount have
wondered at Ins apostacy an apostucv re
pudiated and despised by even his own rela
tives.' My opinion is thut a man must be
weak indeed, when he bos to apply to his rel
atives to do his thinking. n
In my case it would be the more difficult,
as I have some less than a thousand, and many
of them I never knew till I was grown; and
I am not in the habit of asking advice of
tnesc. tne remarks "ms relatives ' I think
too comprehensive for the fact.
' Your reliable cold informant stating "that
Mr. Battle had joined the leagues, twice,
&c.," is too palpably false to require a denial.
. I neveT entertained, nor ex pressed a desire
to be Solicitor. 1 ;
' I became a Republican after long reflection,
and upon sincere conviction that the princi
ples of the party were right I abide by this..
Please insert, and oblige, . , v- sv"
Yours respectfully, m
; -. . Posse y Battle.
The above card from Mr. Battle was pub-'
lished in the Tarboro' Southerner, in reply
to the cowardly , assaults of ' that paper
on Mr. B. - ..-.'.. ,. ,
It is manly, independent and dignified,
and presents in a marked degree the great
difference between a gentleman and a black
guard. Mr. Battle will be sustained in his
course with the proud feeling ' that he is
right and dares to lie right. . Of such stuff
men arc made. We arc not, therefore, sur
prised that certain ours yelp -at his heels,
fioni between the legs of their musters, who
fear Mr. Battle aud bate him, because he has
seen fit to walk in the path of duty, and
thus to rebuke them for their malice and
moral cowardice. -'
Let Them Canvass Together. ,
We insist that the candidates for Congress
in this District shall canvass together. The
people want to hear both sides at the same
time. Will the Kuklux candidates meet
Messrs. -Hawkins and Harris ' before the
people ? Wc shall see. -:
Messrs. Rogers and . Gilliam affect to be
mild gentlemen. - They may be so, but they
are tbo candidates of men who are Kuklux,
who have trampled and are trampling on
the innocent and the weak, and who are
deadly enemies to tbe government. Let
them denounce the Kuklux in earnest, it
they dare, and they will not poll iuore than
half the Democratic vote of the District
Let them do it- as a matter' of form, and
they will be understood, and they will carry
the Kuklux strength. But in any event
they will be beaten ; and we want Messrs.
Harris and Hawkins to meet them on the
stump.' They will do it.
Let no Oae Waver. .,
We calupon all Republicans- to rally to
to the support of the party. There can be
no safety found outside its ranks. - We must
stand by its action, and support its nomi
nees. We, therefore, say that the names we
have nailed to the headmost of tbe Standard
will not be lowered until ofter the election
in August - Before tbe necessities of tbe
present hour, all personal preferences fade
like mist before the morning sun.
. Republicans of the State aud of Waku
County, we call upon you to unite and har
monize. There is but one object, aud that
object is victory a victory, which will
insure peace, security and happiness. Let
each man do his duty and no one waver.
The Governor hot issued wderB- to Maj.
General, WilUo
D. Jonesand thf other Gen
ma in'' this Statu; W raise nt
erals of Divisions
once a, rcguhent ot State, .troops, whitc for
active service. He has also ordered the im
mediate enrolment of the militia, with in
structions to set apart a special number of
minute men in each regiment to be used as a
reserve. U. . J ll
The Governor is determined to raise
s,,itorc9tOTe ofder'-snd'lcace tattie-u
tjtaftij. Heis qujle suro thdt he can obtain
'flie requisite" 'unmficV of wiibj then, as hu J
deems this most expedient in all respects for
bothjraces ;' but if he should tail in this'ho x ''"
..... .
will not hesitate to enlist and use colored
, - ---- . "- - ---"-
mep as troops.
.The troops to K- raised will be uniformed,
and placed in all respects as to pay aud dia-
cipline on the same footing with rtguW,:;
Federal troops. t''U''
The Governor appeals to patriotic abler"
bodipd men to respond. ' He feels that we j 1
are ik-anng a condition of things which wilt ti
result in civil war, unless prompt and stern (.,
r j .-Lj."- i
measures are taken to prevent it..Tlic..
i of the times are more ominous; of ,
.civil (strife than they were in June, lSpO.".
The. brutal, bloody, hiurdcrous , Knkliix
organization must be annihilated. Outlaws .
o J .... . I- v i . .
and murderers must be brought to justice.
State government must lie" niton-
tained, and bad men must lc taught to.'
respect it The peaceable" and the law- .'
biding must not be molested' in their '
houses. . The law must ' 1fc
executed. 1
It will be executed. If tbe Kuklur-aml'
their friends waut war they call have it I
r a
The die is cast. II tbey resist they will fpel. , ,
the 4and of power in every neighborhood. I IT
The 'Governor despises their throats, and' lie
is indifferent to the censures or the frowns of '
their sympathisers and friends. ... '
Ih this State Radicalism, for tbc first
time, confronts the honest and outraged .. -musses,
stripped of ail disguises and exposed :
in its manifold, hideous deformities. It is '
no. longer aided by Federal soldiery, aud our .
people are no longer menaced by the pnaf
enco of the ruffianly Sickles or the capricious
Cunby at Raleigh. WU. Star. '" ' . - -
Republicanism in' this State for the lirbt
time confronts assassination..: It has con-,
fronted public treason, social ostracism, per-
sccution in business affairs, and every other
method of wickedness, until tbe last is now 1 :
reached, which is summed up in onu word,
assassination SECRET MURDER.- -'
This is the last enemy it has to meet, uud .
it will crush the hideous demon to the earth.
Gen. Sickles is in Spain. Gcu.-Canby.is "
away, but the Republican party of North- -Carolina
is able to stand alone, if it will'- 1
only use those means which God has placed ..
at its disposal. They will lie used ; and " y
though the knives of tbo assassins Hearne
and Stone, and the weapons of their fol
lowers rest uneasily in their sheathes, they
will sleep there until the tooth of time has
crumbled them to dust ; or if tbey are used, , 4
swift retaliation, like . lightning; shall fall", '
and kill as it falls. With such men there is ....
no recourse, but an eye for an eye, a limb for
a limb, or a life for a life. ,...': . ?
The men who were restrained by United
States troops from the commission of horri-1
ble crimes, can be again restrained, or me- -naced,
if they like the term better, wtlh ' "
other troops charged to bring them to irh-
mediate punishment. i ue puuiic saiccy ue- .
mands it And we speak by the booh, when
we say that tlje Gekbiial Government de
mands it. .The Government of North-Ciif- ' '
olina.is backed by the Government' bf. the
United States, and ' in its attempts tb pre- '
serve peace, it will be assisted in all things to
the uttermost by FEDERAL AUTHORITY. ' '
A Word of Advice, m ,-fr -i ), v
In some Qountics 6rtbe State, where-the
Republicans are in a minority, we have bcA
asked the question' us to tt&at is the best
polloy to pursue, for in sucb Counties .tbey
are exposed to outrage, tyranny and op
pression, without a redress of' grievances
Now we say this to' them, thai they must .
compact and keep together their organiza
tion, and hold up the banner of their patty.
But at present it is a life and death struggle
with bad men, who have usurped control of
the opposite, party. This has been done
aguinst the rertumstrance of the ' better Men
ot thut party, many of wbom have reinsert
to sot with, it any longer. , , ' .", '' ',' .f"
Therefore, we, as all oilier Republicans, - ..j
being friends to-pcucc, believing thut .-the-maintenance
of the luw is of the first impor- ':
tance, say this : "" -' " ."
That where a truly Conservative man,"
who is not a Republican in all respects, do
dares himself a candidate, as wc have refer- "'; -red
to a man, who can be. trusted, (and "
they are few and fur between in thesodays,). 't
that the party support him,- not as a-Re- .;
publican, but as a peace man, Uud one who, ; 1
though mistaken in some respects, is "in the O
main better than the .candidate of t'u'c Ku
klux Democracy. ' ' ' ' -' : . ,.4 -
There may not bo more than two of three "
Counties where this course could be pursued J
with success. ' But we are willing to sec it ,
tried in one alone, to show that ours- is a ;
party of law and order, and that the pppi
sition is one of violence, prejudice, and '.
murder.. i . ' , ' '
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Mr. Sbipp. ! ; . -!
, We sue that this gentleman has accepted
the nomination of the Kuklux conclave,'. "
which assembled here at Raleigh, for tbe
position of Attorney-General. - ...
lie docs not promise a canvass,- but relies' '
upon his friends. Ho ought to. remember
the old motto Save mo frbni: my friends, i
for I can' tako care of my enemies." ' ' ,
But,' us he relics on his lricnds, his eiie-; ' '
mics will tako care of him', and keep the '
Sbipp on its way up Salt rivet. '.. . ,
The candidate of the Kuklux conclave
also promises to express his views, in relation
to the condition of the country,' at some lu
hire time. Sail in. There is plenty of room '
to find the bottom. ' .. . . !;
, And it is also remarked by way of climax,
m ins letter of acceptance, that he endorses
the sentiments-expressed .in tho recent Con-
scrvativc address. - Therefore, Mr. Shipp ,
denounces "trie Kuklux, if such an organiai '
lion exists ; and he' favors thc'rnnfnl n(l
tellectual, but jiot thp political advancement,
of the colored 'man. - ' -. , ,,';
However, we give him credit fiir-one thing. '
He has snubbed the Sentbtcl. ;lle doesuol":
say one word concerning its peculiar tenets,' ;
and is evidently one of those menjwho believe
that Josiah Turner is in the wrong place so
long as he is outside the peultentiary, or not
in jail witb his brother. '' -'
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Support the Ticket 1 -. ' ' 'i"i
Every good Republican-! 'will vote the ':'
ticket The time to comnlain is before the V
nomination, not afterwards! Men are simply 7
the representatives of 'principles Sustain i
your principles, Republicans. bvvolW fr '
all the nominees. ' '.
If you do not like this man or that, bear !
in mind that he is better than a radical r i
rebel; or " any one of our enemies. If our 1
enemies get power the Slate will be ruined.
Life and property, especially pf Republi .
cans, will be utterly insecure. .' '.
A Democratic or Kuklux triumnh iu thh
State next August; would be the beginning
of events which would rlnr ,; a... .-Ji!
the condition of Mexico !
Let every Republican work for the nomi . '
uees and rote the ticket.
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