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VOL. XXIIL GREENSBOROUGH, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1801. NO. 1,156.
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1: be discharge of this duty, we aro re-lieved
by the fact, that u qneation oi Bach
importance is not now presented for the
: time, go as to {.nt upon us the responsi-bility
of making a decision on th« strength
leirour own convictions] tor we tind
the lino ban been plainly marked, in
fact "blazed out" by many previous idju-dieations,
so that it can be easily followed,
ill we bave to do, is to make our appli-cations
of well established principles.
I hi right and the dut}- < f tins court to
judgment on the constitutional power
Islature in making statutes, is en-
■I ed by ao many elaborated i
of this court, anotoftbe tho Supreme Court
a United States, and of our sis'er
- to make a furth< f n or
citation of authorities, a useless aftempt i t
a display of learning; bo we assume
to bo settled.
i »ur opinion is, that the statnle under i
sid< ration, so far as it '.pposes the right of
plaintiff to a judgment in tl c t be-low,
or the motions lor a judgment in this
' and foi execution, is void and of no
-•• it is in violation of the C
Btitntion of the United State, and of the
1 ' • of the Confede ite Sta -.
which, in this respect, is the sarry?, and, al-so,
the Constitution of this State.
1st. It is patent, by tho face "I" the stat-in-,
that it does "impair tho ol ligatlon of
This i ■ †rjettl -1 on* a vs.
Cril I Car. J.aw Ri ">. In that
amentia exl austed, and woon-
I •• we concur in it."
It is suggested that this case is distiri-le
(.n the . . !. that when the
li stion was ; . country
was volution, or
state oi "con volution.''in
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volution 1.
d by a subs equeni
ion, by force oi n ! acts
h in anticipation of,
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■ prop dtion, ho\w
•entitled to in political form, can-aeon
of its appre-a
K gal tribunal,
d to the investigation ol questions
word?, th" Legislature cannot deprive a
citizen of his vested rights of property. See
Il-.ke vs. Henlerson, 4 Dev. 1 and the case
there cited. So the question is, can the
Legislat trexle prive a citizen of his debt,
which is a vested right and a part of hiscs-tate
or property, in tho broad sense in
which the word is used in the section
above cited, including all rights of person
and rir/hts of property, either by confer-
•ring the right on a th.id person, or by re
leasing it to tl e debtor, or by taking from
the creditor the right to have judgment
and execution for bis debt according to thj
course ol the < MILS. Manifestly, y acred
ffor ifldopr.vcl of bis right to have judg-t
and axei ' 0 I I r hii debt he is there-by
deprived oi bis right tothe debt, which
consists in bis right to enforce payment,
and the ground of hope that this depriva-tion
is not to bo absolute and perpetual,
but only "ur.til otherwise provided by
law" which is ield out by the wording of
the statute, does not at ail vary tho ques-tioned
power, because the power to deprive
one of his debt for an indefinite time is the
same as the power to deprive him of it ab-solutely,
and § 3 far as the creditor is con-corned
it makes no difference whether the
debt be giv« D to a third person or bo releas-ed
to the debtor, the violation of tho rights
of the creditor is the same, and power thai
can do the one can do tho other.
2d. The statue is unconstitutional, be-i
cause it violati 9 the 4th section of the "de-claration
cf rights." Tho legislative, exe-cutive—
• / judici ol »vern-
: ought to be forever separate aud dis-tinct
from each other.
Suppose the Legislature should pass a
statute that th Governor, in the recess of
the General Assembly, shall not embody
the militia of he county of Rowan, or
shall in", embody the militia "1 the State,or
shall not do any act of his office, would"the
lej lath ind xcutive j fthe gov-ernraents
be kepi ; arateand distinct from
each ot n r?" Oi ..'. ' ture
should pai a Btatote, that the Supreme
Courl lot give judgment and issue ex-lion
in the ase of Barnes vs.Barnes,or
shall not. give judgment and ssue execution
. 'is duo on I onds, pTO-Le-
lter Horn Mi- Vallimdlghaiu.
D.uros, Uuio, Hay 13, 18-J1.
1\ Mrtsrs. Kchcrl H. Uendrick.;■„ X. 0. </v
Joh Acl.'n.inri. William ./. I Iw Bfjf O'Adm 11,
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20th of
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i the government of the I I States,
> effect; the statue under i r-wi
- in full force an I tar as
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ere concerned, in the same manner
l if the State of
linabadm rer been a member of,
the G( vern-
> as t< bring up
m, what ■■† In .... >■:•
lina Litu-
'ttic provisional .; t\ ern mei t of tho
lerate States, mad • oi ime day, , n the passage of tbe statute
• r c >nsid( ration
Tl is ' esul it cot avoided I".
me .1 and issue i
actii indi either on contract or I rl
brought bcl
Uo irl would, the l<.. slat iv< an I su-premej
idicial pow< rs ol rer mei I be
kept E ;par: le and distinct ? In other
words, would not irtton and exer-cise
ol I iii [ owi on tbc part of the Li gin
latui. ' I the exe-cutivi
• supreme judicial powers ot the
••■ n cut. ai : :c:-l th • :: v.rr.ment
...'i-i Q i I y ■■ . . Qter-ii
all powers • the legislative depart-ment,
and making lead of a
free government where the pow ;s arc. di-vided,
aud given to separate dej artments,
a
or war, as tl e surest means
• n and reconstruction
irenderin •
.ossihu' I
have too much respect for hisii jtellect n
rone moment that tbtt is a man
for v ,.r whe is not a disunrTst perse.
da not mean, if T c:inf/Bever.'. it.
that the encr iii •• < f tho i i aTrienpiot-i
estn y it—shall drag tjfc cou:
wi r und«r.tlic }>retoxt cl'Iroteetio,;
iho laws,
1 lie if ob-s
a"-i:c-
' ■■ r !(• property andonforcaj
and collecting the revenue, whei
is i isnni >e, and war the tt.
'' J he disuniomsts, tuerelote, are divided
iit i two classes—tho one open, tho other
secret d sunif aistB. The one is in favor ol
each acting in its a| propi ial e epl i re, as
cheek on the ot ier .'
: ..eh, it seems : ■ us, would be the result
ot thec< ncessic i of i:.e powei assumed by
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butsome few houi er, the ordinance
ferrcd to. Th s ordii ance after
assed by which tb< , i
[ere « :i- a pt iod,
. mrs, during all ol which time
ite of Xn; th l ;. :n refi rern i :
her I n either with tho L1. ti
with the Coni States -...-
ioven n, and tli tuti ii
the adm
and
effect. Is it I i of a
ct of tl oi
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hieh ;:i • rords pro-
S i --• ate Bra I pa ' iw im-
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in viol fthe
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'J lion that I fthe Con-stitutio
i are "Xo stati 'pa
using ilirf words in tbi
a ■† law which had already
I impaired t i ■ of con-be
allowed in op-
. rat . a a plaj nj rds, i i
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.. b b the Constilul
,iii>t at present, « all mortgi i in - ' , ,,
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Vfter the adoption of the L'on-
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IUredly not, for i i of
of the law was
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peratii cause I
passed I he a
Genoi ■† :
I to rigoi
w as admitted ;:it" • i ey.
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i' nstitution, or an amen I the
any and all
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' .:• a- they are Op]
h the new oral I
n the san I statul re-
■† † pre con-wit
h its prov - md a wil
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voki I >r the wlls—o . ence has
so far as it conflict UM an-
■ate States, w • nion
statute is in
L'oi • fthe State i in
I •. '-The declarat
pri pie of f rei ■† ■ j afii
in seel ion 1^, "no free man ought to be de
i privi d oi his life,..berty rly. t...
■† iw of tbe land."
II is settled that, by I
ature baa i power to de-
A of I in : seand to B, or ial depai aent. '
1 I forjudgi at and executions be allow-is
debt and give it :o F—in other led. PJEBCCRIAM. Judgment ulSiuied.
tilt ;, '
that the rest;:; it ii the t'ouris. \e confined
by i a ii ion t rtlu bis ar I inat-
!■■;... ... hat it i a ' aba .utc,
er ■ provided by
-for it i ■ ■, • Bti n ol power. If the
I. ... iaf tho power to impose this
.•;ini on tbi Courts until otherwise pro-
• o\ law, . lias the power to do BO
lOutthe] r isii n to remove the restraint
vhen we have etter times and it sliall be
. i r for men i , pay their debts : and if it
tho power to impose this restraint on the
Couitsin respet t to matters mtract, it
has I r ■ extend it ;o matters ol
. and then a man n bo is sir? than
I may taL'-au... i»»y negro oi my horse
. . hi laws
i: my countrj I give mo no i I n s be-se
the temp o o: justice is closed. A
pow rtosusp id or to abolish the admin-t
exist in a tree
rnmenl nthout law and tribunals
to administci ii there can bo no govern-
:by, which is worse than
)tism . and yet the power involved in
the passage ol he statute necessarily and
by li II ads to that result.
If there bo si tap wer in the Legisla-ture,
we are, w th all our boasted free insti-tutioi
. tcly behind the monarchy • i
ct to tii : lion of our
its of person and rights ol property.—
Kstoae. the learned commentator on the
constitution an i laws of England, in vol.
1-:. page '!■ ~-i says, "a third subordi
right every Englishman is that
to the Courts of justice for the red]
.. o the law in Eogland is
ii... Kujii- . irof every man's life, lib-erty
and prope t}", courts
met he up us to the subject and tbe
law be duly isdministered therein.
emphati ■ †. tfagna "
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berefore every su ei
injury e ti r. ...■:■:, >. in
. bj am th r subject, b" be ecclesiasti-cal
01 boat any ex e] . . n ,.v
by course i I
it for thi
• - sal ■. ; i .;. n itb ut any
dt : . Without d£ laj ."
I i ■ weai with.
i nee i I i
United States, or to that ol ih. I
S ati a, m .- ..: ■ I
protection to i i - i ainst all
( 111 :.:..: nu . .ture
upon the right of pro] ertj -son
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that ■ - , . rjni.
'■ ■ - hibits laws ini.
the o coat:;. . . ihat the
rt lourid ei a pi ion ei
,:, direct an 1 ] sii ive t< rms, upon whi
vvasmoi to put 1
fu damei tal prini-i-ation
ol tl,.-
jral ' ._....'. expressed in
• - - I | i lor ;n truth
no g i ei auieut i.. ■ be fn
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ftbo law
ana the ind apreme in-
Let the several mo-peaceful
seeession and a recognition of in-n
lence : the other is in favor of war:
is the surest moans of making :he separa-tion
final and eternal. I am a Union man
and hence against wart but if! the Unioi
must be temporarily broken ly a revolu-tion,
and the establishment o\ a, de facto
Government >y Bonne of the States, let no
art he done that will prevent l*CBtoratioi
and future pr «ervati*n. Peaci is tho on-ly
policy thai can lead to that result.
••Bui we .•> o told, and we heir it repeat
•verywbe -e, that we murt find uu.
ithei wi have a Governmfnt. 'Have
v B Government?' has beenbropounded
by "very tyrant who has tried to keep Iii ■
feet on th • 1. icks of the peoj/O since thi
Id began. \\ ben the barons demandei
\l.i; na Chart a trom King J'hn at Kan-il
lylnede, he ex lairaed 'have we a Govern-ment,'
and ca led for his armyio put down
the discontented I arois. Whfi Chains I
id to collect tho shiji's money ii
of th • Constituti TI pf England
and i disregard to tho right! ot the peo
pie, and was resisted by them, ho exclaim
ed 'have we • Government f We can no
in .: with rein's : put down the traitors
we must show that we hare a Govern
ment.' When James II. wai driven fron
the throne of England for trampling on
the liberties of the people, he balled lor hi-army,
and ex • a med, 'let us Bhow tliHt w«
have a Gove • ment.' ■ Whew George 111
I upon his army to puc down rebell-ion
in America, Lord Nortblcrkdout lus-tily,
"no com iiomise with traitors j let u-demi
Dstrate hat we have a Government.'
vVhcn in I -H. the people rose upon their
ants all ever Europe, and demanded
an tees for. their rights, "Very crown
■ ad ex laimod, 'have we a Government
•! to the army to vindicate th. '.i
■•' *pply- authority and enforce the Jaw.
"Sir t! ■††† story of the world does not
fail to eonden.n tho folly, weakness i
ccdni - <i that Government whicl
, ,.. iu owi people, whei
demand - atitees for their rights
Thiscry ■ mast bave a government
roly ; tho example of the
ed . who never learned any
thing by mief 11 me, never forgave an in
. never forgot an affront. .Must wi
demonstrate that we have got a Govern
i, and i ledience without r<
•. •' of the complaints? Sir
lions of people proclaim
( ;,•■† unanimous voice, thai
they appn I their rights, their firesides
th ii : rc.ily altarsare in danger, it
! imes a wi Government to listen V
pi .: '. to remove the appiehen-ry
does not record an e <
pie where ai >an government hai
i eon strong e h to crush ten mill,
oi peoj le into subjection when they believ-edtheii
right's ana liberties were imperiled
will ntfii verting the government it-d
. Jsm, and destroying the
la-t vestage c^f treedom."
These v t! sentiments of the Demo-
> j arty. i ' 'onstitutional Union
rge majority of the Be-in
pre B< and party only six v.
They were mine; 1 voted them . e
peat ; ly aloi g with every Democrat and
Union nan in the House. T have seen
ing to change, much to confirm, them
• in tho secession, within
last thirty days, of Virginia, Arkai
N itb Carol: ia, and Tennessee, taking
with them four millions and a half of i
le, immense .vealtb, inexhaustible re- ir-ce
«. £\e hundred thoubaud fighting men,
and W. IP. Sevretl, M^dfyjUcn, Ohio.
Hr.sTi.KXis : Voursof the 7th tnssant, c-questing
tii'-opinion upon terrain poit.ts
connected vith what yon justly stylo tbj
present '•' inglorious and it iu/iy be bloody
war," has Oi en received. That cjdniju was
long since firmed, aud repeatedly set for .I
through the press or by sjicecl £.iJ Veto in
the House >f Kepresentativi>aku<«.wiiii«<r.
and re-nffirncd in a card ovW.. i.tn oi
last month, » few days after thwoninienio-ment
of the war. But inasmtt lhasi neve •
bad the occasion to discuse th 8 partitu' i
question at lent;tb, I bog lefvo to a<i(
the followirg admirable summary of the
case in an extract from a carefully pre-pared
and exceedingly able speech of tbe
Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, in lie Senate A
the United States, March 15tb.'l86l :
"I prefer Btich an amicabl i settlement
to peaceful disunion; and I prefer it i
thousand times to civil war. If wo CM
adopt such amendments as A- ill be satis-factory
to \ irginia, North Carolina, Ten
see, and the other border States, the
plan of pacification which will satisfy
them will eraate a Union part\ain the Cot-ton
States whic h will embraco a large ma
joritv of tlm veopie in Aose States, arc
bring them iai k of their own 1 re will arc
»rd ; and thus restore, strengthen anc
perpetuate t le glorious old Un, "in forever.
Whatever guarantees will sajisfy Mary-land
and the border States (the States now
in the Uniot ) will create aunlu party lr
the seceded S'ates that will Bring then
back by the voluntary action of their ow :
people. YOJ can restore and preserve the
. ment in '.i.u: mode. Yet; can do ,t
in no other.
<; War is disunion. \s*x is fl' al, stern:-!
eparation. Hence, disguise it as yoa
. every I'nion man in Ami-rica must
advocate such amendments to /he Consti-tution
as wi I preservo peace ; r,d restore
the I'nion, w bile every disunioi j-t, wheih-and
tho graves of Washington and Jack-son.
I sha'l vote them again.
Waiving the question of the doubtful le-gality
of the first proclamation, of April
15th, calling out tho militia for "three
months," under tho act of 1795, I will yet
vote to pay them, becauso they bad no mo-live
but supposod duty, and patriotism, to
move them ; and, morever they will have
rendered almost the ontire service requir-ed
of them, before Congress shall meet.—
But the audacious usurpation of President
Lincoln, for which he deserves impeach-ment,
in daring against the very lettor of
tl>«* ''onBtiint.ion, and ."ithout tho shadow
of law, V, "raise, and su,;r>or;, .->-mie- and
to ' j. rovfoTe i»nd niaintaiu f navy." lor
three or fivo years, by mere executive pro-clamaticn,*
I will not sustain or ratify—
.\r.\iK. Millions for defenso : not a man
or a dollar for aggres3ivo and offensive
war.
The war has had mauy motives for its
commencement: it can have but ono re-sult,
whether it lust one year or fifteen
years—final t.-ternal separation, Disunion.
As for conquest and subjugation of the
3ontb, 1 will not impeach the intelligence
of any man among you, by assuming that
you Cream of it as at any tim» or in any
way possible. Kemember the warning of
Lord Chatham to the British parliament :
"My Lords, you cannot conquer America."
A public debt of hundreds of millions,
weighing us and our prosperity down for
generations, wo cannot escape. For.unate
shell we be if we escape with our liberties.
Indeed it is no longer so much a question
ot war wiih tho South, ns whether we our-selves
are to have constitutions and a re-publican
form of government hereafter in
the North and West.
in brief: 1 am for the Constitution first
and al ail hazards : for whatever can now
be saved of the Union next: aud for peace
always i tial to the preservation of
cither. But whatever ono may think of
the war, one thing at least every lover of
liberty ought to demand inexorably . that
it null qo carried on strictly subject to the
titution.
Tl peaco policy was tried: it arrested
secession, and promised a restoration of
the I nion The p. licy of war is now upon
trial nty days it has driven lour
mi|)ion an ! a half of people out of tho L'n-
: n an I into tbe Confederacy of the South.
in a little whilo,longer it will drive out al-so,
.two or four more States and two mil-lions
or three millions of people. War
nay, indeed, he the policy of the East;
Lut peace is a necessity to the West.
Ge nerafs In the Confederate States
Service.
Tbe lotlowing is a list of the Generals ap-pointed
in the Provisional and itegalar ar-mies
of the Confederate States.
(jeneroU in tht Regular Army.
1. Samuel Cooper, Va., Adjutant Gener-al
U.S. A
2. Joseph E. Johnston, Ya., Q. M. Gen-eral
U. S. A.
3. Robt. E. Lee, Va., Col. of Cavalry U.
S. A.
Major Qtntraii in the Provisional Army.
1. David E. T^iggs, Ga., Brigadier Gen.
U.S. A. ■ † ~, 4 '
2. LconiJas Polk, La., Ep:sccpal Bishop
of La.
Bngadier GetisraU in tht Provision.il Army
1. P.G. T. Beat regard, La., Capt. Engs.
U. S. A.
2. Braxton Bragg, La., Captain Artillery
U. S. A.
3. M. L. Bonham, 8. C, Congressman
from S. C.
The Right of Withdrawal .
It was telegraphed to us, the other day,
that Virginia has adopted the Constitution
of the Confederate States, "reserving to
herself tho right to secode on tho happen-ing
of certain contingencies." Wo have
since been curious to know what wero the
contingencies speciUed in this proviso, and
we have awaitod with interest tho arrival
of the Richmond papers with information
on this point. They bave now been re-ceived,
and we find that no specific contin-gencies
are named, but that Virginia re-serves
tbe r'ght of withdrawal whe:
her own judgment dctevminus that such a
step is demanded by her interests or
•Hc.e is the ordinanco as we find ilp>flr"'lue
Richmond Whig of the 80th i
An Ordinance adopting the Constitution
of the Confederate States.
Wo, the delegates of 1ho pooplo of Virg-inia,
in Convention assembled do, in their
name aud behalf, assent to, ratify, and or-dain
the Constitution of the Confederate
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1. John B. Floyd, Va., 17. S. Secretary of j Sta'esof America, adopted by tbo Congress
War.
5- Ben McCullough, Texas, Maj. Texas
Rangers.
6. Wm. H. T. Walker, Ga., Lt. Col.
Intf. U. S. A.
7. Henry A. Wise, Va., late Governor of
Va.
8. H. R. Jackson, Ga., late II uister to
Austria.
9. Barnard E. Bee, S.'c, Captain Inft
U. S. A.
10. Nathan G. Evans, S. C. Major Inft., U.
S. A.
11. John B. Alagrudor, Va., Major A. U
S. A.
12. Wm. J. HarJce, Ga., Lt., Col. Cav. U.
S. A.
13. Bcnj. Huger, S. C, Major Ordinance
U. S. A.
14. Robert S. Garnett, Va., Major Inft. U.
S. A.
There have been other appointments
made, but ihey are not yet knowa outside
of the War Office. Generals Fauntleroy,
Winder, Cocko, Ruggles and Holmes are
in tho Provisional Army of Virginia.—
General Theopholis II. Holmes, Gwynn and
Gatlin are in the Provisional Army of
-North Carolina. Generals Pillow and An-derson
have appointments as Major Gener-als
in Tennessee. Major General Jere
Clemens commands in Alabama.
Feeling 4be Pressure.
The workingmon of tho upper wards of
Philadelphia, reduced almost to starvation,
1 would have volunteered nothing, gen- met together on Wednesday afternoon in
tlemon, at this time in regard to this civil | pursuance of tbo following call.
; but, :.s constituents, you had a right NOTICE.—A meeting of tho unemployed
to know my opinions and positions ; ana j citizens of the 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th Wards
briefly, but most frankly, ycu bave them. | will be held this afternoon, at 3 o'clock, at
in slander and vituperation, was giver in b
the curd ot the 17th of April, herewith en-closed.
Very trulv,
C. L. VALLA-\ DINGUAM.
liiTdre-3 V6* TWO "r -:Sy*C
employment on some
sweeping tho street",
trom perishing
=a-£ '"VlS.I
city works, even
and savo hundreds
of hunger, many of whom
are m>w absolutely raftering for want of
means to buy a loaf. MAM CITIZENS.
Tho meeting was a large one, and tho-
Gtatcmcnts mado of the prevalent destitu,
tion were most uppaling. One speaker, a Mr
W'aid, stated that Fome of them had been
mado familiar with tho pangs of starvation ;
for in that very district starvation abound
An Ordinance,
.,• . ivin Officers and Soldiers
the right to vote.
SECTION I. £•' if ordained bj/ thi^ Can-
■ \tion and it is hereby ordained by authority
same. That nH officers^ind soldiers I
hi the service of tbe State, or of the Con- j cj tnd had sent some of its victims from the
f.-derati! States, who are of the ago eftwen- j midst. He said the workingmen called for
ty-one yetrs, and who arc citizens of this ' IIO charity. They appealed not to tho cold
State, or who, if within the State, shall bo j heart of man. They desired to toil and
t from their respective counties at i sweat as they ha.^o hitherto done. Wo arc
eli i tions hereafter to bo held, if tho exigen- j getting weak and faint. There are many
cit-8 of the tiiiu-shall pel init, shall be en-j .imonif U8 wu0 have not tasted flesh for
two months. Only givo us wcrk, that
is what we want—work,
of tho Confederate States of America on
the 11th of March, 1801, and we de here-by
make known to all whom it may con-cern,
thdt the said Constitution is bindnnr
upon the people cf this Commonwealth.
But this Constitution is rati6ed and udop-ted
by Virginia with tbe distinct under-standing,
on her part, that she expressly,
resorvco to herself the right, through a
convention representing her people in
their sovereign character, to repeal aud
annul this ordinance, and to resumo all
the powers hereby granted to the Confed-erate
Government, whenever they shah,
in her judgment, have been perverted to
injury or oppression.
This, we presume, will raise in the Con-gress
tho issue lor which some of our ex-changes
have been clamorus—a distinct
recognition or repudiation o" the right of
withdrawal at DMMnrei for \ e lake it for
granted ihat Virginia can oi ly be a mem-ber
oi' the Confederacy on t equal-ity
with each and every oilier State—ihut
she cannot make reservations of power not
retained by all of them. It in a perplexing
question—one of complex d fficuilics and
perhaps of serious future im.iort—and v.o
do not tare just now to expr -ss an opinion
upo'n it. Indeed wo regard t as unfortun-ate
that Virginia has raised this i.-suo at
this time, and its prescnti tion suggests
de"uLts whether a permancn , OOnsliletion
sht/L'ld Lave been formed until thu Slates
havo settled their relation: with otter
powers. We doubt not, hov ever, that it
can bo so disposed of as not o raise for the
present any distracting is.-uo among n
brotherhood ol rflaies whe.-e first and higb-cst
object should be the expl ision cf a for-eign
invader.— Columbus (/>',■.) Enquirer.
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tilled to vote for Shenils, Clerks of the
County and Superior Courts, and members
- . i ne General Acsemblyfor their respect-ive
counties: aud shall be entitled to vole
for Governor, E!i re for President aud
Vice President of tbe Confedrrate States,
, members of the Confederate Con-respective
districts.
.-i c. 2. Bi it I trther ordained. That three
freeholders of the respective companies,
work."
resolutions were passed calling upon the
city Government to criate work lor them,
and A committee was appointed to call
another meeting whenever deemed neces-sary
It is stated that less than a hundred men
at present have employment in districts
named out of a population of many thou-onder
ibe direction of the commanding , sar,ds. Al! the factories are closed and tho
i dicers of tbe regiments to which they be-
I ing, shall open polls on Thursday before
lay appointed for holding elections in
this State, and said elections shall be con-ducted
in all respects according to the laws
, i this State. The three freehc' .orsaforo-greatcst
amount ol want exists.
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Tlie \oi :iici 'i nebclllon.
Under this caption tho Ilarrisburg (Pa.)
Union and Patriot, hitherto a string
polled, and -hall transmit the same with
lisl of voters to the Sheriffs of their re-spective
counties; and where officers and
- diersin the same companies shall vote
in different counties or different Congress-ional
districts, tho said freeholders shall
ingly, and make returns to
the Sheriffs of the different counties above
referred to.
, . ,. /. r oidained, That the
- pective counties
said shall prepare a fair copy of the votes journal, thus touches upon a new danger
which is beginning to threaten tbe North :
Are our readers aware that a rebllion
against the authority of the Gcernment
is organizing at the North—that treason
\n rearing its ugly head in the midst of the
very party that professes the meat deter-mination
in putting down rcbcllm at the
South? It is even so:—Daily attempt are
IOW being mado to array tho army against
the Government, and to set up the military
above civil authorities.
Daily threats are made that if the war
is not pushed forward with more rigor, the
army will act upon its own responsibility;
and that if a compromise is effected three
hundred thousand men in arms will not
disband without administering law accor-ding
to the code of Judge Lynch. After all
the heautiful prattle about the Constitution,
the Union, and the enforcement of the laws,
coming from thoso who havo spent'years
in trampling upon tho Constitution, deri-ding
the Union and violating tho laws, the
old law-defying instincts have once more
gained the mastery, and rovolut.on isnow
the watchword. The Govcnrnient must
plung headlong inio tho vortex ot civil war
or to be trodden under the iron heel of mil-itary
despotism.
of this
.State shall count the votes ot the said offi-
:M d soldiers, ii received within seven
days after the elections; and they shail not
declare the result of tbo said election until
the seven days above mentioned shall have
expir
SEC. 1. Be it further ordained, That this
Ordinance Bhall I e in force frora and after
ibe day oi its ratification; Provided, tliis
ordina ice .-hall be in force curing the ex-stenceof
tho present war with the United
States and no longer.
Read three tim i and passed, June 25th,
1861. W. N. EDWARDS,
Test Pres. of Convention.
V- UITEB L. STEELE, 3 cretary.
L.C. EDWARDS, Assistant Secretary.
Lincoln -. Wcsfcage.
The Baltimore Exchange quotes some
paragraphs from Lincoln's Message, and
comments thereon as follows:
"Of such, and such like stuff as we
quoted and stated, ibe reader will
find the M. siege lull. Of anything like a
truthful statement of the case, as we know
it to exist, ho will find not one word. Of
tho de p and manly sensibility which be-
■ so terrible a moment; of the
I awful responsibility involved in
■ so much blood of brethren, and
dedicating so much fair and teeming eartli
to fire arid sword and desolation, ho will
n I a single trace. There is neither
heart nor BOBI in the paper from beginning
to end, and when it concludes with an ex-
■•:-rot in «j •(!,' we involuntarily
look to heaven for ".he judgment which foil
ou Ananias."
Birds of a feather.—From the first day's
proceedings ol Lincoln's Congress we hee
his friends proposo to alleviate Lincoln's
perjuries by committing perjury tin msel-vcs.
Wo are reminded cf the incident in
tho history of a celebrated British states-man
and wit, who, reeling homo in a state
ol not unusual obfuscation, espied an ac-quaintance,
more overcome than himself,
lying in the gutter, and comforted him by-saying
that he could not help him up, but
he'would get down in tbo gutter and lie
with linn.—Jiichmond Whig.
Tbo London Time* considers tho privil-ege
granted by Louis Napoleon t.o privat-of
the belligerents, to rcmaira twenty-four
hours in French portB, as favorable to
the South, a smart skipper bein ^ able in
that time to dispose of much of his prize
goods.
BY PEARSON, C. J.—In Ha.rrell v. Davis^
from Greene, affirming tho judgment. In
Gardner v. Klutis, from Rowan, affirming
the judgment. In Winchester .. Beid, from
Union, judgment reversed and venire do
DOVO. In liill v. Williams, in Equity, from
Hr.lifax, exceptions allowed. In Kooo v.
Vannoy, in equity, from Wilkes, injury
directed. In Barnes v. Barnes, front Wil-son,
arBrming the jodgment, and awarding
execatipn. [Tho decision in this case
Clares the hit" stay-law unconstituti'i
In Hunter v. Anthony, from Orange, af-firming
tho judgment.
Iii BATTLE, J.—In State v. Lauchlin.
from Bobcson, declaring that thero is error
in the judgment below. In Haden v. MI.
C. 11. ii. Co. from Davidson, judgment re-versed
and venire do novo. In RaSOf) v.
Cherry, in equity from Bertie, reversing
tho order. In Armtiehl v. Clement, in eq-uity,
from llavie, dismissing the bill. In
Bail v. Dulin, in equity, from I'avie. <\\-j-mi-.
oing the bill. In Gibbs v. Williams,
from llavie. judgment reversed and venire
do novo. In I! mghton r. Brown, from
Vadkin, reversing tho order of the Baper-rior
Court. In White v. Hatcher, in equity
from Sorry, directing an aCOOODt. In
Cannon v. .i.aywood, in equity, from Wake,
ei eptiona in part sustained.
Bi MiXtv, J —In Luther v.Skeen, from
Davidson, judgment reversed and rei
do novo. In Uedrick v. Wagoner, Irom
Davidson, affirming tho judgment. In
Cro.vell v: Simpson, from Union,judgnie: t
affirmed. In Cowles v. Carter, from Vad-kin,
judgment reversed and venire de n<
In Ldwards v. Jones, in equity, from
Wilkes, order affirmed. In Lynch v. Bit-ting,
in equity, from I'adkin^acconnl
ed. In Dunn v. I ti;,,
affirming the judgment. In Dow: II v. Jacks
trom W.IUes, declaring thul thero is DO
error in the judgment of^the Superior
Court.—Raleigh Standard.
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Tiio Dublin Nation, quoiii g the infam-ous
and demoniac threats of the BTortl
journals against the South, and especially
tho -New York Tribune, which dec1
tint tiio rebels MM not only be subjn
ed, but "not permitted io return t
ful homes; they mnst find poverty at their
fireside*, and soo privation i i the anxious
eyes ol mothers and the rags of childn
exclaims with emphasis:-—"Waa ei ii
hellish sentiments ottered? Whore, in tho
annals Ol despotism, or the records "ot its
butcheries, si,all we seek foi a pan
thisi' Where evei it rebels who had
not a particle of justificatioi I If the
jects of the most ihat
ever held a sceptre nad act) la tl. t mth-ern
States have done, would • uii-ments
not be infamou.- I uttered on bis
part? Vet, infamy <>t infamies are they
when uttered by Kepublicai s agaii
ther Republicans—utternd I y the .
ante of tbe rebels of TO against men
with far greater unanimity, row dem
the s ilf-came right iho^e. robols claimed—
self i iovernmcni."'
Backed Out.—The i.oui villo Ci nrier
says that am I untocrcomp
railed over in Indiana was one, the I
tain of which was very desirous Io baveit
accepted "for th« war." Well, tl
came to march, but the Captain I id a
sudden and irrspiuselWe fill to private
business which compelled him to re-
Tl.e company then called a meeting to
on the resignation of their apiaiu, >.
they almost unanimously}.'!) wo il
voices) dotcrmined to resiga too, '-out ol
respect to their Captain."
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