The Greensboro patriot [April 18, 1872]

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Lying fathoms deep below.
Rising breezes fill the wbito aaila,
Higher dance the wave, iu g'c«A^
Till the braved boatman's beari'fail*-,
Drifting far! her ont to aee.
Drifting thu* our souls are going
On towanU aUrulty,
I.i i lie thinking, atill leaa knowing,
Yet how ftrr or aear'l may h*.
Only when the atorma ara Oloning
Doea It think of wreck* beneath ;
Only when death'a waves are flowing
Souls lake time to dream of death.
NEW YORK, April 15th, L*72.
Thq.C*iia?«h%n.'Qjen«d. ,
Speech of Hon. Zeb.Ii. Vance, Delieered
at MatesrilU, Jf. 0., ZueHfijf, .
April '2nd, 1872.
Mr. Chairman and FclUne-Citiztiu of IrtitU Co.:
I feel happy to meet you all today, and
am mncb obliged for the invitationjo address
vour Conntv Convention. I esteem it not on-ly
a duty but a privilege.to load *»y*id In np-h'olding
law and order, and maintaining the
principles of civil liberty; and when.ror I
can *ay anything in that direction, I am hap-py
to do it.
We are now on the eve of one of the most
important elections ever held in this ooatitrv
—an election which involves the choice of a
President and Vice-Preudent, Members of
Congress.Senatora iu Congress.Governor, Leg-ih'uilire.
and all State und couuty officers, ex-cept
Judge* and Clerka.I believe.
In lBtid the, people of Iredell Toted for the
Denweratio ticket,and sustained the measures
of that party which waa opposed la Radical-ism.
Is there any reason why we should aban-don
that policy now, and aide with our ene-mies
t On the contrary is there not overy
reason why you should not uphold that parly
that disfranchises lbs houest.dcceul.patiiulic
men of your State, and uphold the oppressors
of your country f In lrtfw that parly was com-posed
of all sorts of political remiiants.bonud
iu one compact moss ol hatred to ibe institu-tions
of the Sonth—and that alone; and it is
that alone which hiuda it together now. We
are here, then, to opjiosc Radicalism, which
would hatter down under ita feet every prin-ciple
of civil liberty which onr fore-father-fought
for. Let us look at it a moment and
son if this is not true. The writ of habeas cor-pus
waa secured both by National and State
Const it ut ioin.lThc SnpremeCourt of Ibe Uni-ted
States, and Iho courts of onr own State,—
were established fet the protection of that
right. You have MM it overthrown time and
again In the lust few years. Another privilege
was the right of trial by Jury. This is one of
the great principles of free government. Yon
hare aeaai that right overthrown, and men
taken «p iropri*o/red,triedby drumhead court
martial and sentenced to ignominious pun-ishment.
The freedom of the Tres*, another Mlwark
of civil liberty, has been invaded. Editors
have been imprisoned and their papers'aeized
in defiant)* of law. Martial law has been pro-claimed
In oor midst In a time of profound
peace,ln the faos af the express orovialoDs of
the Constitution, and aged anil virtuousciti-zana
seised by rada aoldiery^riUlout warrant
at tr» Instigation- of -raasirKmd -negroes, and
placed in dungeons without hail or main
prise. Taxation according to representation
ia another great and valuable principles of
liberty. Bot for three years, wiwero taxed
hoaviiy with no representation at all ; nnd
from h*o»lo the present wo have been, with
a few honorabre exceptions, represented, or
Mis-represented by only such men as they
would graciously permit, and not such as our
own choice dictated. Most of these political
eiinuchs are like John l'ool. who, instead of
defending and prelecting their downtrodden
countrymen, stand in their pieces-as living
prosecutors and slanderers ol the laud of
their birth. [Langhter and applause.]
The military sboald always be subordinate
to Ibe civil authority, says the Conatitoliou.
Yet, in time of profound peace, whole States
have beeu seen willioutaainsrle solitary civil
magistral.. Tua.Governor, Judges, Sheriffs,
Constables, Jnstloes of the peace, wore all
burled out of oflice, and the bayonett was
s.preuie. Anil now, seven yeaia after the
last armed soldier had laid dowu bis maaket
and ceased to resist the authority of the gor-eminent,
we lisd ntsrtia) byrr proclaimed iu
our ristcr State of South Carolina, ami whole
comaianitiea laid undei the strong hand of
violence—soldiera going about seizing and
incarcerating all such a* are pointed out by
vindictive, vagabond negroes. All these sa-cred
principle of human liberty, and many
more, for which not only our forefathers
fought and suffered, but our English ances-tors
also for hundred* of years labored and
organised—for wjjjch liauideii died and Ell-iott
languished (a prison, praying the tyrsnt
for a littlo mole air that In- might iutve
strength to die. All these have been disre-garded,
ovcrriildeu and trampled into the
dust by this Radical party iu it* last for
power and vindictive hatred to the Southern
people. Aud even now, when au election
does not go light, or we venturelo assert uuy
of theso great lights pcrtaiuing to us.we are
answered by coarse threats of further violence
and .rni.i; ;it d diafrauchisenient of our wisest
and best men—and .fill further curtailments
of onr few remaining liberties.
Such are some of the things that this party
has done.
And now, gentlemen of the jury—I beg par
don, T mean fellow citizens,—but you may
consider yourselves rvpasntllal at a jury to
try this part* for crimes against liberty,—let
me say one word about the corruption of this
party.
I believe it may bo asserted as a historical
fapt that public corruption was unknown in
this laotl until the Radical* came into power.
Somo ofyou old men reiucmbcr ibe case of au
old fellow named Swartwort, who stole only
a few thousand dollars,I believe it was under
Van Buren's administration, and yon may re-member
what great war of Indignation it ex-ciled,
and how the press loenied with accounts
of sneb corruption. Why, he would not have
lieen considered an apprtntirtut trade in these
days. [Laughter.] Not arevennenfrlcer uor
a still-house spy in all this country but what
would have a iK'rfeet contempt for him as a
burgler iu hia busiuess. [Laughter loud and
continued.
Now, men are sold all over the land for
money Jnst the same cs yon would so many
Iiairs of shoe, or so many pounds of tobacco,
ntelligeiit men of their own party assnre us
that history of all Caucassi-'n ruccs has not
fiirnislred such a mass of corruption iu the
civil service as appear* in the United Stales.
Kational corruption i* rampant all over the
land.
Now, who caused itf It was not known
until the Radicalseame into office—thenntii-laral
presumption is that- the party in power
me the authors of it—ii did not exist when
ihey came into jMtw.r. It 'exists now, and
will continue lo exist as long as they remain
in ofltee.
Thus much for national point of view.
Now what has that party dona for the
Sonth T When the war closed, onr slave*
were taken from us—nearly on. half of oar
Cperty— our country was desolated, onr
aes were burned down, onr stock driven
off and killed, and the whole face of the
country made a desolate wilderness. All this
wo submitted to cheerfully as the results of
the war.
Then new coDStltntion* were forced npon
us in the place of the constitution of onr
fathers.
Tlie new constitution of North Carolina
was framed when one third of the white cit-izen*
waa disfranchised. It waa the combin-ed
work of carpetbag malignity and African
ignorance. All onr experienced men were
displaced from the public council* to allow
the thieving carpet bagger to bamboozle the
ignorar-t race; and what have been the re-mit*
f They had already stolen from North
Carolina everything which could be taken
and carried away and wo had nothing left
but our good ohl North Carolina, which gave
something In the market because the people
had confidence in onr promises and relied
npon onr honesty. But they have stolen our
honesty.
They issued $25,000,COT worth of bonds.they
said, to build railroads iu the State—bin
where are the road* f These bonda were all
placed in the hands of their friends, Little-lield
and Swepson got $7,000,000 to finish this
road. They have done some work, they dog
ont a little dirt beyond the Ridge—just about
as much as you'd dig by taking a dog and
drag him by the hind legs down a hill—in.'
that ii unpaidfor —lor the contractors who did
the work Have uever been sblo to get their
money.
Dr. Sloan, President of the Wilmington
Charlotte and Rutherford railroad, received
$5,000,000. He built a bridge across the Pee
Dee and two and a half mile* of road—about
two millions to the mile! Dr. Hawkins re-ceived
200,000. He built about twenty miles
of road and got the Chatham Road through
to the Coal Fields, General Stuhbs received
450,000 and graded thirty miles on tho Wil-mington
Road aud there the work stopped.—
These two latter gentlemen were Democrats,
the only ones who built any roods. Now,
gentlemen, that is every dollar's worth of
railroad that you have got for your twenty
five millioua of dollars. Where has the motl-ey
gone f The most of it has been stolen.—
The Radicals have token every thing they
could lay their hands on except our State
Capitol, and they would have taken that if
tliel.egislatnreh.nl not taken a homestead
in it. They remind me of a story I have
heard of a company of soldiers who were no-ted
for ihcir thieving propensities. They
were encamped timing the war near a large
saw- mill and one day when an officer rode
up to their camp he found them all crying
like babiea. He inquired what was to pay.—
''You see that saw mill down there," said
one, "well, we areall crying because wc can't
carry that off." (Laughter.) It broke their
hearts, because they had come to something
that they could not steal. (Laughter and
applause.)
Now gentleman, lei mo show you something
that has been done by the Rs/ical party in
the South. I have here the minority report
of the committee appointed by Congress to
investigate kuklux matters iu the Southern
Slates, from which 1 will read you a few-items
showing the amouut of debt imposed
upou the already ruined Southern States by
their carpet bag State goveriime.nl.
In Alabama Ibe debt and liabilities of the
State ou July l*t. ltjtil, were IUI3MM.O0.—
Tho present indebtedness of the State, actual
and contingent, including railroad bonds, is
$:!■-.:t-l.;H;7. Iucreaso under Radical rule,
$33,412,312.
In Arkansas, the debt and liabilities iu
lettl were $t,H3i;,;i52.S7. Present indebted-ness,
H9.7G1.2ti5.tt2. Increase under Radical
rule, $15,721,312.75.
In Florida the debt, in 1880, was $221,000.
Present debt, iucluiling railroad bonds issued
and authorized, $15,730,417.54. Iucreaso nn-der
Radical rule, $15,542,417.54. Onr man
Littloticld got dowu there. Ho made it^howl.
In Georgia, the debt and liabilities, in l-'ii'
wero $3JM0,00O, Present indebtedness
and liabilities,$44,437,500. Bollock went fur
Georgia.
In Louisiana, the debt and liabililics In
January 1881, wet* $10,1199,074. Debts and
liabilities now, $41,194,473. All i:.crease over
thirty millions.
In Noith Carolina, the debt* .nnd liabilities
iu July lScU, were $9,809,500. Pi. seiil debts
anil liabilities. $'U,--7. ii:? - ."■ Au increase of
over twenty-tivo millions.
In South Carulina. the debts and liabili-ties,
in USI n'-re $4,000,000. In WI they
amouuted to $39,1U9.'J14.47, and increase nu-de*
Radical rnle of over $.t'.M"0,0'JU. This
nun-i. for poor old South Carolina.
Mississippi, in 1888, bail no debt Her
debt ii.curr.-.! under Radical rule auiounte.l
in 1S7II to* 180,971.30. This was doing migh-ty
well. They didn't steal but a little less
than two millions.
Texas, in 1801, had no debt. Her present
debts and liabilities amount to $17,000,000.
Tennosseo, in 1671, had debts and liabili-ties
amounting to $20,105,1109.08. In Janua-ry,
1871, they amounted to |la,688,3S3JJ6.—
An i-crease of more than $25,900,000 under
Radical rule.
Now, gentlemen, just to appreciate the
size of this stealing, leiuemlier liiat the en-tire
taxable property of North Carolina
amounts to about $140,000,000. The amount
Ihey have stolen from Ilie entire South
amount* to $?10,(ilisl
14s2.7S nearly twice as
mncb. So they have contrived iu but four
years, to steal two whole States tbo -size of
North Carolina. At this rate Ihey only- need
a few more years to steal the entire South.—
They have liecome so sly and skilful in their
theft* they would steal a chew of tobacco
between yonr teeth. [ Langhter] They would
steal the nails out of the shoes on Ibe hind
feel of a kicking mule. [Loud Langhter.]—
And yet some men in this section will be-come
impatient, and say, "Maybe wo had bet-ter
cbnugu our tactics. We don't seem lo be
doing much good where we arc We had all
better go over to the Republican parly and
sec if we cannot have better limes.'' That's
a bright idea, ain't it ! The best way, accor-ding
to this argument, to slop stealing is for
the honest men to join tho thieve*! [Laugh-ter.]
The hes! way In atop drunkenness, as I
have heard it put, is for the solter men to
drink np all the whiskey. [Continuud laugh-ter.]
li is also fashionablo now to call every
bod* who does not belong to the Radical par-ty
kn-kliis. and to charge all the disorders of
society upon the Democracy. Now, who is
responsible for the kiiklux f There is a sto.
ry of two Generals of old times ; one was en-trenched
in a strong position, and the other
afraid to attack him in his entrenchments
manoeuvred many days to induce bis adver-sary
to cDine out and fight him in the open
field. Finally he seat him a taunting mes-sage,
saying, "If you are the great General
that you claim to be, c.me out and fighl me."
The other replied promptly, "If you are the
great General yon claim to be Mh mo come
out and light yon." If ibis Radical party
have had any new revelations from heaven
about the art of government, and are so
much onr superiors In civilization, why don't
they make these kn klnx behaveT Why
don't they- repress these disorders in society ?
They have bad absolute possession of the
Kovertimeui from Ihe highest to the lowest
office in it. Not only so, but, as I have be-fore
stated, they disfranchise all of our load-ing
and inllneniial men, so as to prevent any
peexfble iut-tference with the'rrnle. In fact,
tin y had to tie the bull dogs befor* Ihey
conld rob the smoke hon.se. [Applause ] —
Now, with thou-ands of negroes to do their
voting, and regiments of soldiers to suppress
any show of resistance, they can't keep order
in the Sonth. What ia thia bat an acknowl-edgement
of their inability to govern the
country properly, and that tU.iricb.rn.sfre-
•onatruetion, for sll purposes except securing
votes, is a total failure t Suppose a man is
grievously wonnded by a blow from another.
Certain derangements of the *y*tem follow ;
the wound feeler* and gives forth ofieaeivs
•matter abd corruption. Would a sMtsiblo
man lay all the blame of that peraon'* con-dition
upon the wonnded man himself, or
npon the men who Inflicted the blow 1 If s
man's family are noted for their misbehavior,
are yon not apt to suspect that be is a* mush
or more to blame than they t Why don't be
rule them properly, and keep them in order I
If they had undertaken to rale the Smith
with justn-o and moderation, they wonld
have found no disorder here. If they had
treatcd/rrcnua as they deserved to be treated.
and respected tbeir rights as frttnun. they
would have f.yin.i •'•« people of the Booth
thotity'as iieeiucn Jugul t00"^",*?,*":
If while womeu and children had found that
protection and safety, which they oaght to
ever find in Christian communities, yon would
liave seen no misguided young rs.tu goaded
by desperation, to coiuuiit horrible outrage*
by night or day. If there had been no dam-nable
union leagues, there wonld haw been
in. damnable ku-klnx. | Continued spoleass J
Look at old Virginia, who bad the good
seuse, some how or other, to get control of
her own affairs and keep her government la
the hands of her own citizens. Yon hear of
no ku-klnx there. Some carpet-haggwrt were
there, but they ssng very low, and what was
done, was done very quietly. Look at Mis-souri,
Maryland and Kentucky ! In many
portions of those slates there w»» a southern
sentiment and sympathy quite as strong at
any that existed elsewhore in the South, hnt
their government were in the hands of their
own people, and peace snd prosperity have
beeu the general rnle. They have been trese
ted as white people ought to bo treated, aud
there has beeu nodisouler there.
Now, In the case of North Carolina, all
those vast appropriations of money of whiek
I have bceri speaking, were made in 1-jto and
IW09, by the radical legi.Utnre, the most cor-rupt
body of men that ever assembled ia
this country except the legislators of Sonth
Carolina, which was composed almost entire-ly
of negroes, and their corruption was more
excusable than that of our legislature, bo-cause
of their ignorance. Horace Greelry
says, and he onght to know, that they
thought that they bad as much right to sell
their votes, as Ihey bad to sell their mules, if
they had any. or tb*ir chickens. Nearly all
these railroad bills were passed by means of
down right bribing, as is shown by the re
port of ihe fraud commission, appointed by
t he last Legislature. In fact It is not now
denied by any body; one Instance will suffice
the late sleepy Dowuiug, a* Joe Turner cal-led
him, who waa a leading spirit In that
legislature, died apparently a poor man, pro-testing
np to his death, tlat ho was a very
honest and incorruptible one, yet his admin-istrator
fonud among his papers, s note ou
Littletield lor filteen or 1 veoty thousand dol-lars.
Old Littlefield fomvei ! Now, when
our Democratic legislature of 1670 snd 1871
assembled, Ihey put a stop to all their ap-propriations,
and not a single charge of pi
liticsl con option has been made against
them.
Now there was Holdrii's war in which he
suspended the writ of htbrna rorpvt, deol.rvd
martial law inceitain counties, imported an
army of cut thrusts from Tennessee, seized
and imprisoned citizens without warrant and
hiil delianco to the. laws, not to mention his
exhausting the power of tlie judiciary—his
Radical parly is responsible for all these.—
Some of I hem want to deny it now, but if
any of them ever disapproved of it Ihey nev-er
had the manliness to say so. Mauy of yon
will remember that whes I replied lo Mr.
Sum. Phillips in ibis honse when he was
canvassing for Attorney General, I tried in
vain to get him to say that he disapproved
it. He was dnuib as an oyster. He was
ashamed to approve it and afraid to di*.wn
it.
Look also at the political persecution* to
which they are suhjectiig our people iu the
Federal Cccitf, under iti- infamous uncon-stitutional
kii k lux act. I have heard it ma-ted
that there were 3 000 defendants indict-ed
and lo be tried at Raleigh no donbl before
a packed jury of Kudkials a* others have
b en, no one ol whom is charged with hi-king
life, or for any ether offense which
would amount to more in our State courts
than an assault and battery or a forcible
•re.sp.is-s. I have seen five or six hundred
passing through Charlotte at one time, of
men women and children, going two hnndred
and lilty miles from home to attend coart,
some with their rations lied up iu rags, leav-ing
Ihcir farms to negVct and ruin—with
little or no money, and compelled for want
of means to camp out in ciowds without a
shelter over their heads for weeks at a time.
How such sight dot. fill mo with love and
admiral ii n for the government! The object
of all this is apparent euongb. One of their
most.distinguished men had the impudence
to tell me that they intended to run enough
of our citizen* away by ku klux proeeeutio**
to carry tbo Slate in the next elections. 1
told him if you undertake to do that I will
issuo a proclamation telling them all to come
back [Laughter and applause.] I only tell
you what 1 had from the mouths of their
own leaders. Still some men pretend that
they are not satisfied with the progress that
tho Democracy are making to restore a prop-er
lule to the country, and they make a
thousand objection* In continuing in tbe
Conservative ranks. One fellow will tell
you that he is an old w-h-i-g. nnd don't like
the democrats and secessionists, that tbey
broaghl on the war and are reponsible for all
the ruin of the country, and therefore, they
think they had better'go over. [Langhter]
Mow, I have tills lo say about that. Intte
first place, these secessionists alone were not
responsible for the war. The Northern abo-litionists
had. in my opinion more to doj in
bringing on the war than any body ilie.—
But suppose the democrats were to blame for
it, how doc* that nll'ect the question f What
excuse lines that give for lending yonr iufln-eiice
to a pmy that is robbing Ibe country
of the little Ihe war left il f Suppose I was
a democrat at tho beginning of tbe war,
Swhich 1 never was) orn secessionists, (which
never have been) or that I helped lo bring
on ihe war, wh'ch I never did, is that any
reason why you should take to stealing T—
[Laughter.] Suppose a neighbor should
catch you robbing his heu roost, do yon think
it would he a good excuse to «ay why I
wouldn't have stolen these if Vance haaa't
brought ou this war. [ More laughter.]
Now, I want to tell yon some ol the »ym-toms
of a fellow wheu he begins to turn over.
He first liegins to talk about being "indeptn-dfnl."
[Laughter.] He is not tied down to
any paity, and will vote for what he tbirfka
best, Ac. According to Ibe diagnoei* of the
most skilful political doctor*, this symptom
mean* the same thing as the Sheriff there
says when he leads a horse out to the block
aud cries out, "Who says, gentlemen anil bow
muclif [Applause.] Thia is an indepen-dent
horse 1 [Great applanse.] In other
word*, lie's fur sale. A man who is devoted
to principle cant be independent. Hi* princi-ple*
constrain him to vote wilh that party
which will carry them out. The next symp-tom
is an intense love of old Wbiggery.—
[Laughter and applause.] Wheu this comes
out strong von may appoint tbe funeral.—
[Langhter,]"Railway'* Ready Relief ean't
save him [Great laughter and continued
applause.] I do protest and beg that if any
man wants to join the Radical party he
won't prostitute the name of old Whig*. The
old Whig party was at least a decent party.
«»»i*»eaowni,.jrof the**Tied fellow, wh, I of Ooel Vindioated to a Man
«»»*^Wdr^-wtti snraaoloae MUw, theii
lKt^sSrw&pl^,
■ Lord dire, of India, twice attempt.
etdrto shoot himself through the head
and his pistol only snapped each time,
A friendeateriug- the room, shortly afj
tor, fired tbe pistol ont of the window,
whan Olive sprang to his feet, exclaim-ing,
"I most be reserved for somc-tbipg
great.'' He transformed tbe
East India Company from a band of
Itedlers to • government ruliiig one of
the . most populous nations of the
Martin Lnther was once walking witli
•Ui
TheFwmer^
»J/5<^71tfhls*oek*th.ea»rie«-* c*pj|
tffaa^IilJli^, sod wowed hit
aeoewitbthosoosdof a trumpet in a ret
bandaa.a htadlr.whlaf, [Great laughter
and applause.] Such man were the very .alt
of tb* earth for pe«.B.t mml political np.
rt«kJbM*»- «h*r eta*"*** no - thieve, and]
public plunder*** to high poaitioas la the
government; they made ao Littlefield* the
guardian* of their State bond*; they had no
•jean Walts nor Jaybird Jones on tbe bench.
Ttay ***neistod politically With no CuBy
thunder storm over
in,
a monkey anri
a liniiM> throngl
by right, 7" " , ■,""""' '« *af"t*e■r l"irfee nliee vwi oonul'it
nt to go ont to get yonr «har* '"are been drowned, bad not a clerg-.r
t thntj pir.g round", dn.'t p.,t »•» by the name ol Johnson rescued
K*ry.. (Great lsnghier.) Do*', rhim.
^~%Z?^&0\?J!£CiU>! j £• •«£? -hen a s,
Then- profane n*e of the name of Whlgre- i tooli Uiem, and the brother
■"■d. me «r .circumstance that happened j Htautly killed bv lightning.
tensnee said, "Governor, a.. snA auhthe, ^f}*"1 «0»n- , H« gO'de who attend-
S'trrlernan hit got into a little scrape, snd <*« «"«> mistook the usual road, and
...r?^ „**A.P,T, *'"'"' "-" "WB*t' »*v*d him front being murdered l* ^v^^"^^V:^Zwb0 ,ayiu "b"b for tba1
''^^.*«iaX-^*elI^ MJd he ai.su,, 4t» ''"•ft?"" „
l™**-**<**»»)rTtw-bt hoga,* rianghtei-.i-1 .Oltver Cromwell, when an infant
2SLWT. ■Ji*»Ii»gr.«*»■' "W.H,t was snatched np bv
5Lo?S«5Sift .it SSI TSi£,;itbitop 2 w*«t to es.1 k hy its SSL name. Now if * *Mret *iD,low- In
any of-you wan" —
of this flesejM._..
lfn"ol«|Whigg*ry,
ESjSl3W^ Jobn Bnn-™' *"*" "boot screni
*™*"£;' (Continued applause snd langhter.) < "*" yeare °* •£0, wWS drawn out ft*
■it^tir *'t ift «*•***'■■»■» rimii.igentijrdntystft.be «'«,Ke of Liecester.
^r^^S^^^^li^^i^^ very snx-greater
misuse. There U no ^hSZT in ' ",?" t°,t»ke llw nla<* ■* »hat time, was
any of the«e violation, of the Constitution *"owed to do so, and was shot dead
ana ourrajces open civil liberty that I have while ou guard.
"Wari^ believed to
which disiinguisbed these*Kro ntrt^ Jurt *" dond when born. His nurse fancied
imagine, if you can, Henry Clay wallowing ■*■ »» «'(.<>• of vitality, and the fee>
."..ax?"* "^ H"* "Hi? "°,oen' ,he HolJ- ble •l)arlt ^ ••&> by great care waa
ijsniel Webster sUrriug them with a stick. inh„ Wo«l<»». _u i_m —*
( L proarious langhter.) I repeat, if yon have , , " e8,e-7» When " chlit], was res
any inkling for ibe flash pots of Egypl.say so, tmt*i fronl » burning boose just before
»nV»<Ione with it. Be like the girl when the roof fell in.
'r^a *&J!£&tVt# "»•"!•« t°'r-»* "• John Knox was accustomed to sit in<V •""i"' bssd down aud swallowed bit
spittle ih stupid embarrassment, aud kept
presaing har foot with hia onderthe table.— i Window
at a certain spot with his back to
One evening, without being
he wonld not sit
one else to oc-
_ that evening s
bullet was shot in at that window in
order to kill him.
Sue fiually exclaimed, "John, if you love me l»Me to account for it,
tvinJ -. y™l "y ""' Ef* '"VSJ!"3 '|M,t ,lir- d*"*! "* I>ermit any
Wta -y chran steekiags* (Ore* laugh- j enny'that place. On
We are making progress. Onr return to
better things it slow, but I think sure. In
tne mailer of onr 8tate expenditure* great
reform* have been effected by the last Legis- ov^i,.
ature in every department. Bvervthing has BQ0°»»ng Scene in a Menagerie,
been cut down, until stopped by the prohibl-1 A man of the name of Ventorelli
Ihe proper document, have beeu reduced to 55WL. " '" 0U0 °f ,be """"age
about one half, and whin they tonld go no | ™« W sWawe, and giving the public all
.■il.b?f,bi nuoau{, !h» Constitution, they the particularsconceroiugthe ferocious fiSussSLfas tb. r.?r SE^iaSE? ffi""ari,N
complete. A- usual, all the authority of the LwlH!n' 0n Brr'™>g «t the cage of the
State and National governments were binught "Otis, the unfortunate idea came into
Into play to prevent the exercise of yoilr will ! his betid to pass his arm through the
8".w-vrnts.re5h?.&^bj*.nUrV£ 13^1X3"^ 'loreJif. sT" f V"**"* re8ult8-
dicial opinion toaid tbe party Which put it P.%'"a' ^!W(',,e »°rcflliger of Ills'*
power, and a super serviceable Attorney Can- I ■"■§■* With his
eral of the United States made slump speech- free bis right hand,
es like a constable and threatened you with ( bis left srm through
right hand with bis teeth ; in order to
Vcnturelli passed
tue vengeance of a new reconstruction. If !«• ii„„~ »»——«th«_ro_uJg!h,„ tih.ie_ ba..r.sA, th■ e oth-yon
dared to call that Convention. Ic was f 'l0"8 ffi"** "P?" ,,lm> aI,d ln •*•
defeated, aud the powers of the Legislature WOtant, before assistance COnld be Jiro
to effect lurriier reform*, like the power* of' en red, mutilated him horribly with
the Juditisry, were "exhausted."" (Laugh-terj
The approaching election is one of vast im-portance.
There is nothing to discourage us
in tbe prospect. Hatred and bitterness are
slowly passing away from the mind* of the
Nwthern people; and they are no», begin-ning
to bear other things, und consider oilier
questions of policy, beside* those inspired
by the malignant passion of war.. Many of
their greatest leader* are beginning to plead _
earnestly fur justice and fraternity, wherein | for pomYfour or
- oue are to be toinul the trim eleuu nla of
their claws and teeth. A scene cf in
rkscribable confnsion took place. A
cry of the animals were loose was soon
promulgated, ladies were carried ont
Tainting ; others shrieking wildly and
overcome by their fears, leaped over
benches and balustrades with marvel-ous
agility. The Municipal Guards
ami tho police had been endeavoring
five minutes, with
uuion and national prosperity, things have I tbeir^ilrawn Sabres to pat an end to
perceptibfy brightened since 1868. Virginia I tbe dreadful scene, when the lion ta
us. b.eu redeemed from Radical rule; our I wn'r, SigUor liiriel, entered the cage,
own Stale, in part; Georgia, Alabama.Texas , ^ wjt, astonishing courage march
and Louisiana have either been redeemed or . • ,. .,B , ~ ™ - . i
are fsa» approaohing their redemption. «• straight up to the savage animal,
stand fast to yonrgnns, my fiietid;; auit one of whom bnd stretched his paw
keep ynm- liustoek* aidase. The mills of th.. | outside the bars, endeavoring to drag
god.grind .lowly, but they g.indmfrely ai.l | ,,hrough tho bead of the unfortunate
exceedingly small. Let no allurements in- ; »r. , n- ..,, , , . . V
tice yoniwav from the plain path, of. ppoulnitvi- I V*»tnfel»_ -- Th,e ft-r,ociOO.—S beasts,* a—l
si honor iutegrity," it :I;II.I.'.... . ,- • ' uni-t iiiaddciieil by the sight of human
yon w
Hen and integrity. It ouo :ijii.i......,..- unisi iiiniiiieiii.il nv uie signi oi lium.in
fltti honeyed talk of "o.d VTblggerj" or f.blotKl, became docile and subdued lie-old
Democracy," cast hint'Otit from ainsng
you, as one who would *ow disaensicas
sinong you, ibat tho enemy may reap Ihe
harvest. I can birt recommend to you tbe
platform of our gallant friends ou the moun-tains
of- Walanga. Tbe resolutions arc short,
pregiaat with meaning, and could net bo
improved upon by a conclave of statesmen.
They are:
"1*1. Huolurd, That we are opposed to Rod
icalisiu iu every shape and form.
2ad. Jtrtolrrd, That we are far any man for
Governor who oau beat it." (Applause.)
Iredell is the banner county of Couserva-tism
In onr State, giving, I beM'eve, the lur-gest
majority. Yet, I am told that you have
near a thousand voter* registered, who do
uot eome to tbe poll*. Set us Ihe example of
polling your full strength. We will try and
follow it, and by our united effort*, redeem
one beloved State ftom her thraldom, and re;
store to her borders the ancient reign of pence
and prosperity, justice, decency and good
government. ^^^^^^^^^^^^
A Queer Mistake.—A letter from Dor-chester,
Mass., to a Boston paper tells
the followiug: "There arc in this town
two twin brothers, whose resemblance
to each other is so strong that stran-ger*
can hardly tell them apait. They
keep a grocery aud provision store,
and were one day bringing in bags of
meal from a wagon, which was out of
sight from the inside of the store.—
Nathan had bis ooat on, but Eli was iu
bis shirt-sleeves. A stranger in the
shop watched tbem coming in and go
ing out one after tbe other, but only
oue was visible at a time, and at lust
he exclaimed toEIi: "Well, you're the
smartest man I ever saw; but wby do
you keep putting on and taking off
your coat I" These brothers autl sev-eral
other men were in the habit of
getting np very early and going to
swim in the "Reservoir Tond," and
once Eli going, as was his wont, to
Nathan's house, to call him, by tap-ping
on the pane, saw his own face re-flected
from the glass, and taking it
for bis brother, called out, "Come on ;
they're waiting for yon."
fore the mesmeric eve ami antlioriIn-voice
of tho intrepid Siguor Bukl. whto
after compelling the animals to loose
their lacerated victim, gave tbem a
good beatiug all round and sent them
into difl'ereut cages. The lacerated
Vcnturelli was immediately conveyed
to the Hospital of the Consolazioue,
where ether was administered to him
previous to amputation of the right
"arm. Hopes arc entertained of his re-covery.
Tbe following sensible paragraph is
fonnd in an exchange : "Some say that
it is nonsense lor them to advertise,
that tbey have been in one place of
business all tbeir lives, and every Ixnh
knows them. Such people seem to
forget to take into consideralion that
our country is increasing in imputation
■early forty per ceut., every ten years
and no matter bow old the place mat-be,
there are constant changes taking
place; some move to other parts ami
strangers till their places. In this age
of the world, unless the name of busi
ness Ann is kept constantly before the
public, some new firms may start up,
and hy liberally ailvertisiug iu a very
short time take place of the older ones,
and the latter rust ont, as it were, and
be forgotten. >'o man ever lost money
by judicious advertising."
Trtniaplanting Treaa.
A tawot-etical horitionlturiat, in' de-nouncing
tbe "lopping" of trees when
transplanted, ask* :
. "Would any peraon in his right sen-sea
think of catting off a child's arm
because it had lost it's foot t Why,
then , lop a branch because a root ia
cut off P We will attempt to answer.
The toot of an animal is not consti-tuted
on animals to receive through its
pores nourishment for tbe sustenance
of tbe body, as tbe roots are of a tne.
The stomach of tbe animal ia this or-gan.
Now let us suppose the stomach
to be wounded or impaired, ao as not
to be able to perform adequately the
functions of receiving, preparing and
furnishing the body a due portion of
food. What is tbe consequence t—
Why, by an invariable law of nature,
the bulk of substances to be supported
must be redneed, tbe body and limbs
foil away, and dwindle almost to a
skeleton. But when the stomach re-covers
ita tone, and performs proper-ly
its functions, then the body and
limbs begin to recover, and assume
their wanted size and fullness. So
when the roots of a tree have been re-duced
to a degree which leaves them
incapable of supplying adequate
nourishment for the whole tree, body
aud limbs, tbe same law of nature or-dains
that a |tortion of the substance
to be supported most be reduced—the
limbs wither, dry and decay; and who
ever yet saw a ilry dead twig restored
so as to vegetate f
Wc have transplanted hundreds of
lorest mid fruit trees every year, and
seldom have the mortification of see-ing
them die : and we invariably use
the saw aud (bo pruning kuile without
stint.—Exchange.
Spring Brood*.-Clutches of chick-ens
turned out in February and March
will prove unprofitable, unless protect-ed
from cold winds and rams, and are
regularly ted aud pro|ierly housed.—
For fonr or five weeks young chickens
should be fed every two hours in the
day, aud the food should be
fresh and sound. Stale dough
will produce diurrhma, and too
much raw dough will induce hard
crop. Boiled eggs, milk and bread
crumbs, stale bread, and small por-tions
of cooked fresh meat, with a
moderate supply of green food, cut up,
will produce tlesh and strength. Tbe
chicks should be fed late in the eve-ning
and early iu the morning. If
the weather is cold, a warm breakfast
of oat porridge will prove highly ac-ceptable.
Whole graiu, unless well
soaked, is not desirable for .yontig
chicks. A variety of food, well sea-soned
with pepper, red or black—Is al-ways
best, and when given at regular
boms, in moderate quantities, is tbe
best preservative ol health. Caro
should be taken to protect all fowls
against vermin, and to do this, flour of
sulphur may lie, freely used lw.il. •—
g iMaasas, .mil ill the COOps with
Spring Work.—The first work in the
spring, wheu the snow begins to melt,
is to let off any water that accumulates
on tbo surface. No matter how care-fully
the deep furrows and outlets may
have beeu made iu the fall, there is
always more or less to lie done iu the
spring, to provide free egress for the
water. A few hours' work with hoo
and spade, at this season, will often
let off thousands of gallons of water,
which otherwise would* soak into the
soil nnd keep it wet and cold for sev-eral
weeks. In letting off a shallow
|MK»1 of water, the easiest and quickest
plan is to commence at the pool and
make a littlo furrow with a hoe, let-ting
tho water following you. But
where the water is in a deep basiu,
wilh little apparent fall from it to com-mencement
at the; ou; let and dig with
a spade up to the basin : and iu order
to be sure that you lose no fall, dig the
ditch deep enough to let the waterfol-low
you up to the basin. In this way
we have rarely found a basiu that could
not be drained. There is nothing
I hat people are so often deceived about
as the amount of fall to laud.—Agri-euUuriti.
StvfikM Minuting.—Dr. Yolcher
says that on clay soils manure may be
spread on the surface of plowed ground,
and lie even six months without losing
any appreciable quantity of fertilising
value. At the same time he advocates
the plowing iu of long.coiirse manures
lor its mechanical effect OB heavy soil,
but when no alternative is left, he
says il is better to spread manure at
once ou the soil rather than leaving it
in heaps. Our owu experience, dur-ing
several seasons, has shown that
manure spread on the snow during
winter, when it could be hauled econo-mically
ou sleds, has given us better
pCrope of corn, [totatocs, bay etc., then
wheu spread at any other tiuc.
The annum] pony pennings on ibe
banks below Beaulort takes place liny
Tac Pig and Serpent Biter.—The im-pression
is geuerally prevalent in the
United States Hint the common domes
tic pig is an especially enemy of a"
kinds of serpents, and that it is calla-ble
of receiving the bite of tbe rattle-snake
and copperhead without tbe
slightest personal inconvenience or in-jnry.
The same immunity from harm
would seem to exist in other countries,
as a late writer in the London Field
remarks upon tbe fondness of the co-era
de capello, and states that be has
repeatedly seen tbem in conflict, and
has observed the pig to be bitten over
and over again in the snout and about
tbe face by tbe writhing reptile, and
ith tbe slightest ill
A Riddle asked the Club whether it
would injuiepear trees toctttoff thetop
when they grew too high. A. 8. Ful-ler
said it would not injure them any
more th in culling off a limb. Mr.
Smilii s.nd he had several injured, a
pair tree by cutting off the top in the
spring, after the growth hud started,
but since then had tup(Hil otheis in
the winter without injury. Trees
should 1st pruned when young, so as
to prevent rhis unsightly aud inconve-nient
growth. . .i
10th, Jane 10, Jnly 10th, August 10th, 11„ n0 instance
according to report made in tbe Jour-1 re-uit to the aggressor.
nal of Commerce of the5th inst.
To Wa*h Calico.—To prevent calico
from fading while washing, infuse
three gills of salt in four quarts of wa-ter
; put tli4j calico in while hot, and
leave it till cold. In this way tbe col-ors
are rendered permanent, and Will
not fade by subsequent washing.
Helen Cake.—Two cups of sugar,
thiee cups of flour, one cup of sweet
milk, half a cup of butter, three eggs,
two teaspooulnls of cream tartar, one
teaspoonful of soda. Bent the whitest
of eggs seperately. Make half into
fruit cake by adding spices and fruit.