The Greensborough patriot [March 1, 1867]

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THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT. .TOlfl
Volume XXVIII. GREENSBORO, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1867.
-. J-Number
1,334.
MARRIED, Nortli Carolina,
RANDOLPH LOI'NTY.
RESPITED AGAIN.—Bob Davis, the ne- fiicted; and no sentence of any military ! yen, clerks, sheriffs, constables, commis- For if the latter be now adopted or is to
ounder sentence of death in Gnilford commission «.r tribunal hereby authorized, 1 81oner8 in cbancery, commissioners 0f be adopted, then it is the law of the States
, affecting the life orliberty of any person,
ave been eha]i i(e t,xec,lte«j ,intil it is appro*
IC thud tjie 0fticer jn command of the d
celler.cy and the laws and regulations for tne gov- j and pernaps omers VM nave taken the as expressly intended for appl.
ernment of the army shall not be effected j oath—for these are either not officers at them. This article declares :
by this act except .nso far as they may all, or are merely ministerial officers, n„t „A» persons born ox naturalized in the
thousands of poor to feed and clothe ;
manufactories to erect and mills to estab-raisc
and supplies
DIED,
, i, t.uilford coi
leigh, at which pl.o
.,. . .• <-. "> all respects, trained bv a convention of ,„.„ „.„ —*..... .„ * a .. . nrivi)eop«
soldiers in this State are del fej elecled by tho- maIe citizen3 of:ters> »e ■ubatitute for any reflections of ggj}
,,•!„• bad suffered ire- . 1*"7.
, :, : a^ had destroyed the .-las- 34-6wad|8
i ..li-i >i in iou, and n»-
forced to succumb. The ile-than
ordinary force
.-..•;. had bis education been
, ,ci a pied an enviable poui-f.
How -citizens. Bnl be has de-fer
without lii,i e i n - .nig
comfortable liopein
to call the rijglitcmnt, but
. Let thisbe the consohv-md
loving who have been
..-.-. i our triii.ds lowly bier
:. i am gone—
... tolling bell you shall 1» ar
I . : gum .
you stand round my
i his belovi >1 to save :
ii all tin-raiisoui'd Khali have
i :il:i gone.
may wave ovei m<—
v. hen I :.in gone—
« hen i■ i> ^i:t\ •■ \ u shall —
gone 1 am gone.
ii ■■ "f a bright sumuu I'I day,
- in -I,. (1M his last lingci ing
I thus passi '1 awaj—
I am gone.
oin us 'r my bed,
A hen i aui gom—
m fi lend thai it- dead,
■ ■†■ †1 am gone.
Lor<] T!::II I'm fr«*e«l from all care,
Lord that my bliss yc mayshare,
lii ve I am there—
1 am g< ne."
The Sherman Substitute as Amended
J. H. BROWN, Clerk. T and Adopted By Congress.
In order that the people of the South
NtsSA^fcirS Tne^a/the may see how they stand affected by tho
j 12th day of March next, the following proper- legislation of Congress so far, we reprint
ty. viz : 2 stills and aparatus, a quantity of
whiskey, the property of Catharine Apple to
be sold to Batisfy a claim in favor of the United
Slates. Due attention will be given.
J. P. CAUSEY,
34-2w Deputy Collector, 5tb Dist. N. 0.
1
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sSPRING IMPORTATION
RIBBONS,
Millinery and Straw Goods.
ARWSTRONO, CATOB & CO,
IMPOBTEES ANI> JOBBEB8 OF
Ribbons, Bonnel Silks and Satins,
to be interred. said State twenty-one years old and up-ward
of whatever race, color, or previous
condition, who have been resident in said
State for one year previous to the day of
such election, except such as may be dis-franchised
for partiepation in the rebellion
or for felony at common law ; and when
such constitution shall provide that the
the Constitutional Amendment proposed elective franchise shall be enjoyed by all
by Congress last June, the Sherman Sub- such persons as have the qualifications
stitute (of which the Amendment forms a herein stated for election of delegates;
i>art). adopt. ed,,W.-„ed,ne„sd,iav., o,(f l!a„s.t, w...„e,eik,, a„nd, .when suc.h c. ons,ti.t,ution shall be rati-
' ; ' , / _, ..... ' fled bv a majority of the persons voting
and the amendments of Messrs. \\ llson on thc' q(Icstion 0f ratification who are
and Shellabarger, attached to it in the qualified as electorr for delegates, and
House of Representatives: when such constitution shall have been
. submitted to Congress for examination
and approval, and Congress shall have ap-
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Blonds, ^tts,cra.H.s.^;vHsit«cheS|How- the following article be proposed to the ted State8 propo8ed by the Thirty-Nint
Straw Bonn^andlladie, Hats, {ZtttAZS^tt S^S^SJ-TK1MMED
AND t'N'I RIMMED,
SHAKER HOODS, Ac.
237 aJid 239 Baltimore St.,
BALTIMORE, Ml).
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part
Offer tin
Wt 5 -ST'-w Tn , i" of the constitution of the United States,
fourths of said Legislatures, shall be valid ^ gtate hhall UMlcclareJ entitIed to ,.
as part of the, < .institution namely : resentatlon in Congress, and Senators and
ARTin.K XlV^fiaw. l.AU persons Representatives *£ll be admitted there-
\> i arolfna.
ANDOLTC1 COCKTY.
' Quartei Sessions, February
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d . il and n1 hi-rs.
Pi,i |i >N i ni; RLTTLEMENTi
.i itiou of I U« i oni i.
i I). ( raven and Lovy
be limits of thi Stat :
court t hat {•;:?•! i-
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Com t in be lielil fi'r
I lie court house in
ii Monday •■! Maj next,
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i will l»e taken
Ic :;-■ in i hem.
aid eonrt at
i Mi 'li\ of Keb. l-i'-T.
J. Ii. l;i.' >V\ N. i lerk.
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i ' uro noli i esidents
: i; ordi'li il by Hu-ll
The Grt-eus-n
i eks ii"! ii\ ing said de-
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urn to bi held for I he comity
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. nex i. i ben and i In re
mur to i lie pet it i"ii in
i iidgment pro eonfesso will lie cu-lteard
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In 1st Monday of Feb. 1- u .
.1. II. IlKOVi N, l lerk.
V orlh i arolfua,
A\ HAXnOLPH COl NTT.
' , .. il Quai I'-: ' isiot i, February
• ;.
J,- (i. -. Alveii Johnson
ami ivi :• ;,-.i! ol burs.
. N I" MARK ItEAL ESTATE AS-SETS.
lactioi of the i
i : : - Ai. in Johnson and « ifo
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In court 1 hat piiHlioat ion
• ■ 1 :■ , (. eensln»ro l'atliot f«il six suc-
I di fendautt) in iip-i
of 1 'lea • ami Quarter
tj of Kaud»l]ib
i ' in on the first
. V ben and l In re to plead,
di mi to thi petition in the case, or
will !••' entered, and
ion I . " hem.
crk of our (aid court
.-: M..:.ii.i\ of i i-li.
country and unequalled in choice variety and »!".' su..,^! to u,e pm^H-uon u, ,, i .c d^ j thereafter tho c
chcaJS;;^.OrdwssoUcitedandpr.niptatten. o.t.zons oi the tinted Statef, snd of the ^^,wx\o«s of this act shall be inopera
34^m State wherein they reside. NoStatesha Uve >^ State.
AT^TTT PMnWost India WlolaSSeS "Jake or enforce any law which shall , M Doolittle moyed to amend bv i»ro
JM6W L»rop WcSt lnula uiuiaoocDi abridge the privileges or immunities of cit-
1 I /1 lloj?hea«iH and Tierces new iZens of the United States; nor shall any
J \\ ) landing, direct (<•<<•> '-}.'-\:'y'-'iT'" State deprive any person of life, liberty or
"k by 30 and 31 North Water Street, property, witho.lt due process ©flaw, nor
Wilmington, N. C.
Potatoes I Potatoes !!
,IAA Barrel* Planting Potatoes,
OUv' "Jackson White" "Mercer"' ami
lVaehbb,.v,forsalebyA ^ v.niAun
Wilmington, N. C.
viding that no sentence of death shall be
carried into effect without the approval of
the President. Adopted—yeas 21, i ays
10.
After discussion the vote was taken on
the bill as amended, as given above, when
it was passed.
A1CBNDHESTS OF MESSRS. WILSON VXD
SIlEIJ-ABAKGlR.
On ils passage in the House, the' fore-deny
to any person within its jurisdiction
the equal protection ri the laws.
SEC. 2. Representatives shall be appor-tioned
among the several Stales accord-ing
to their respective numbers, counting
the whole number of persons in each
State, excluding Indians not taxed. But
\V
when the right to vote at any election for going bill was amended on the motion of
the choice ol Klectors for President and Mr. Wilson, of Iowa, by the addition of
1,. W. C. BKM'.v,. Vieo-President of the I mted Mates, Rep- I followin„ ,,rovj,o:
., .... r resientatives in Congress, the executive j _ ., J■„' , , 1C heeler anW OTUllcfe'H rUrasb- ^ . lirfjJ offic(ira *fa Statt, orthcmera. i Provided, lhat.no person excluded from
er iriUmniFor jah; by ^..ft,R. LcgI6latnrc thereof is denied ' the privilege of holding office bv satd prop-
U- W' ' ' to envoi the male inhabitants of such 1 osilion ot amendmrtit to tho Constitution
»M'\ finii>'«lja,l!' Katon ji-i r.
20,000 ceivedfor^y^g^c
■ .1. 11. RIIOWX, Clerk.
(larden Seed hy the taper or 100 pa-
J pere, for sale by ^ w ,, i».;;M»mv.
TO THOSE WHO OWE US.
'Ac hope those indebted to this office for
subscriptions, advertMng.&c., will make pay-ii.
euix.f tin- same man early day. We are
greatly in need of tho various amounts duo
as. ^^__^_
PATRIOT.
. GREENSBORO, N. C.
FRIDAY. MARCH 1, 1867.
New Advertisements.
Deputy Tax Collector, 5th District.—Land
Sale.
Armstrong, Cator & Co., Baltimore.—Spring
Importation, 1867. This is an old reliable
house, and deserving of Southern patronage.
A. A. Willard, Wilmington.—New crop West
India Molasses—direct importation : and plan
tinj{ potatoes.
D. W. C. Benbow.—Bacon—20,000 pounds,
direct from a reliable Cincinnati packer;
Garden Seeds in an;, quantity; Thrashing Ma-chines.
Clerk of Randolph County Court.—Sundry
legal notices.
Stat,'. being twentv-one vears ot age and of the 1 mted Mats shall be elhgible to
citizens of the United States, or in any ' election as a member ol a convention to
wav abridged, except for participation in form a constitution for any of sad rebel
rebellion or other crime, the basis of rep- States, nor shall Buch person vote
rcsentation therein shall be reduced in for members of such convention,
proiwrjion which the number of such male ! Mr. Shellabarger then moved the fol-citizens
shall bear to the whole number of lowing as an amendment to the amend-male
citizens twentv-one vears ol years of ment—to come in as a new section :
age in such Siate. " * A>«{» Ufurther tnacttd, J hat, unti
SEC. :! No person shall be a Senator or the people of tbesaid rebel btatee shall
Representative in Congress, or elector of he, by law, admitted to leprcsentation in
President and Vice-Prcident, or hold any i the Congress ot the I mted Stat' s any
office, civil or militarv, under the United civil government that may exist therein
States or under ai.V State, who, hav- shall he deemed provisional only and
ing previously taken an oath, as a mem-1 shall be, in all respects, subject to the par-ber
of Congress, or as an officer of the amount authority^of the t.meed Mates at
United States, or as a member ofany State any time to abolish, modify, ^ontrol^ or
Legislature, or as an executive or judicial
officer of any State, to support the Consti-or
immunities of
our own the remarks of The Xational L» ' !Jf£l? ,the.United Siate!!- ?<* »^
yt cc^- ttr, or property without due process of
The preamble, though not having the law, nor deny to any person within itsju.
force of express provisions of the bill, may, ' risdiction the equal protection of thc law.
by the use of the words, " no loyal State ', It being now assumed by the leading
governments exists in," in connection with Radicals that the above provision is part
the use of the words " rebel States ' and parcel of the Constitution, as it cer
throughout the bill, cause serious difficul- j tainly will be if some Southern States
ties in litigation as to rights of property adopt it, rights accrue under it that cannot
arising during the rebellion and since its be impaired, directly or indirectly, by acts
close, -unless, indeed, Mr. Sbcllabarger's I of Congress which conflict with it. For
amendment establishing the present pro-1 instance, the section quoted absolutely in-visional
government shall be illegally con- j hibits what this law permits, and gtiatan-strued
as acting backward through that: tees what this law denies,
long period. If the bill were brought up for dexvs-
The bill is destructive, because it wholly j 'on before the Supreme Court, who docs
impainethc sovereign character of State | not suppose that a full bench would declare
governments, under the Constitution, by ':
assuming the power of Congress, at will,
TUB RAILROAD COKTBOVBKST.—We
tution of the T'nited States, shall have en-
- gaged in insurrection or rebellion against
the same, or given aid and comfort to the
enemies thereof But Congress may, by
a vote of two-thirds of each House, re-move
such disability.
SEC. 4. The validity of the public debt
of the United States authorized by law.
including debts incurred for payment and
bounties for services in suppressing insur-rection
ami rebellion, shall not be ques-tioned.
But neither the United States
nor any State shall assume or pay any
debt or obligation incurred in aid of insur-rection
or rebellion against the United
States, or any claim for the loss or eman-cipation
of any slave; but all such debts,
obligations or claims shall be held illegal
ami void.
SEC. 5. The Congress shall have power
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ui<d others, vs. Jonat ban
il othei .
PAH I I IK IN".
tin sa tisfai i .mi of
mil I). W.
lants in this
- ni tIn- State : Il i-com
i '. Uat nublica-
( -.'.I 'tin' C- ruslioro
i e and ;■: i ar at
»f '.'I. as nud Qnar-
Uw tb© count y of Kau-
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upon tin in thc
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publish this week in justice to that gentle- to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the
man, Mr. Turner's reply to Gen. Bairin- provisions of this article.
g r's communication relative to the man-1 THE SHERMAV BUBSTITCTE.
ao-etnent of the N. C Railroad, and also a Whereas, no legal State governments
very interesting commnnication on the or adequate protection for life or property
same subject from Mr. Gwjttn, late Chief now exist in, the rebel(States oi \ irginia,
•' . , ., . .,/ . ,.„ Nortli Carolina, South Carolina, Greorgia,
LngmeeroftheRoad. We hope veitilla- A]abama> Lomsiana, Florida, Texas and
tion of this subject will be productive of Arkansas ; and whereas it is necessary
good. that peace and good order should be en-
• ; forced in said States until loyal and Re-
RUSK TOBACCO.—The farmers of Guil-' publican State governments can be legally
. , , ., i .i .i ,i established: therefore
ford should remember that they own the /;< .( finli.,,^ ct(,, That said rebel
best tobacco land in the State. Tliey can- state8 sjian De divided into military dis-not
possibly devote their time to any crop tricts, and made subject to the military
which will prove more profitable and re- j authority of tho United States, as herein-mnnerativeto
them. And in view of the hefore prescribed, and for that jmrpoBe
lie ; that two or three tobacco factories will
supersede the same ; and in all elections
to any office under such provisional gov-ernments
all-persons hhall be entitled to
vote, and none others, who are entitled to
vote under the provisions of the tilth sec-lion
of this act; and no person shall be
eligible to any office under such provision-al
governments who would be disqualified
from holding office under the provisions of
the third article of said constitutional
amendment.
Which was adopted, and then the bill,
as amended, was passed, ami returned to
the Senate.
ACTION OK THE SENATE.
Wednesday night, (the 10th,) the bill,
as amended by the House, went back to
the Senate.
Mr. Doolittle moved an amendment,pro-viding
that no persons who have reeeiv d
pardon and amnesty under the constitu-tion
and laws shall be prohibited from vo-ting
or holding office.
After considerablediscussion,tbe amend-ment
was disagreed to by yeas 8, nays 32.
The amendments of the House were then
concurred in. by yeas 25, nays 7—Messrs.
Johnson and Creswell in the affirmative.—
The bill now goes to the President.
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Virginia shall constitute the first district:
Ninth Carolina and South Carolina the
be put in operation in this place tn a few ..,.,.,,,..) district: Georgia, Alabama and
w ks, where they can obtain ready sale Florida tho third district; Mississippi and
forthci* productions, we would impress Arkansas the fourth district, and Louisiana
importance of planting un«l Texas the fifth district.
SEC. 2. That it shall be thc duty o( the
President to assign to the command of
- —-* each ofsaid districts an officer of the army,
Dos'i BE A; iBMED.—The passing of I n„t below the rank of brigadier general,
Some of tho Results of tho Sherman
Substituted
From the time the bill should become
a law, either by the approval of the Presi-dent
or itsrepassingby a two-thirds vote,
says The Richmond Whig, and if not de-clared
null and void by the Supreme
Court, male negroes twenty-one years ot
age, who have been resident in the State
one year, will be entitle 1 to vote •■ in all
elections to any office under the pro-visional
erovernments" created bv thc
to legislate away oil their acts.
It overrides and absolutely destroys
State authority in the matter of suffrage
and the elligilibility of persons to hold
office. This is done by direct legislation
of Congress in the bill. It destroys the
present State governments, in 60 far as
officials are concerned.
It is destructive to the present right of
suffrage by vast numbers of citiiens, un-der
the Constitution, in giving immediate
force and effect to the prohibition in the
fifth section, that persons inhibited from
holding office by the constitutional amend-ment
shall not vote at elections under the
" provisional government,'^ so called.
It it be held that this diabolic invention
of proscriptiveness does not so apply to
State officials as to drive them from their
offices, it certainly applies to them and to
electors in future elections or appointments
in States. In a word, Congress has step-lied
across State barriers, and given ex-press
direction, in form of law, that in all
elections in the ten States now excluded
from representation in Congress, no man
shall hold office or vote who is excluded
by the proposed constitutional amend-ment.
It is well known that these include
the best men in every State.
The bill is destructive in its military
character, as has been so ably shown by
thearticles from The Cincinnati Commer-cial
Republican published in The InttUi-oencer
yesterday. We quote paragraphs :
The third section of the bill leaves till
recognition ofthe local courts and author-ities
entirely at the discretion of the briga-dier
General commanding the district, and
makes it his duty, besides suppressing in-surrection,
" to protect all persons in their
rights of person andproperty" and " to
parish all disturbers of the public peace,
and criminals/" in other words, he shall
have unlimited power, both judicial and
executjpre, and absolute jurisdiction over
all sorts of causes, both civil and criminal.
It he choose to set aside all local govern-ments
and courts (as under this law he
may,) he and his subordinates will try ev-ery
drunken rowdy who should go before
a police court, as well as every one charged
with theft, burglary, or murder ; they
will try. also, every civil cause, from an
action in replevin to a divorce, for all
" rights of person and property'' they are
to protect. The whole elaborate machine-ry
of a government, executive and judicial,
and, forthat matter legislative also,_isthus
concentrated in the hands of the brigadier
commanding.
Is there not, however, some power of
re\ ision or right of repeal ? There surely
must at least be some provision for recor-ding
and publishing the decrees relative to
property, and accounting for the moneys
which may pass into his hands. Not a bit
of it! There are provisions that uall in-terference
by said pretended State govern-ments"
shall be void. Whatever is done
its anconstitiitionslity in toto f What
true statesmen or eminent jurist, anywhere
in the broad land, would not so declare.
The bill in the opinion of The Inquirer.
contains the following points:
l6t. The declaration that the Southern
States have no legal governments; and
that such governments as exist here, shall
be permitted merely during pleasure, and
only as provisional, and i-hall be abolished,
modified, controlled, or Bopeniedi d, in
the discretion of Congress.
2d. Said States are at once placed un-der
military rule, their governments sub
ordinated to martial law, and superseded
or controlled in the discretion of com-manders
ot Departments, military eonv
missions authorized for tho trial of such
persons as these commanders may choose
to arrest, and all interference of the State
authority for the protection of citizens, de-clared
null and void.
3d. During the permitted continuance
of the present State organizations, no per-son
shall be eligible to any offices under
them, who comes under thc proscriptions
of the Constitutional aniindmenl. That
is to say, no one who had ever held an
office State or Federal, which r. <j i: A him
to take an oath to support the Constitution
of the United States, and afterwards took
the Southern side in thu late war, either
by active participation or by giving aid
and comfort.
4th. Further, during the permitted con-tinuance
of the present State organisa-tions,
the elective franchise is so controll-ed
and modified, that all qualification* for
suffrage are abolished, i xcept twenty i ■••■
years for age, one year for residence, and
male for sex ; while all those are proscrib-ed
as above stated, from holding office.
So much for the condition of tho Stat**,
under their provisional governments. The
following is the way of escape into a p i-manent,
establisment :
5th. If any State- shall form a t .institu-tion
through a Convention elected by a
suffrage and under the restrictions above
provided,—and it said Constitution by a
like vote be ratified, and shaU make s; ii
suffrage the permanent law of the Statt,
and if said Constitution after submission
to Congress, shall be approved by i;—and
if a legislature elected under said Consti-tution,
shall ratify the Constitutional
Amendment, then said State shall be de-clared
entitled to representation in Con-gress,
and the military rule shall cease
therein.
Such is the scheme. Diabolas could n< it
have contrived one more utterly unwise,
unjustifiable, inhuman and tyranical. It
is useless to argue against stub unbridled
passion as alone could have suggi sted and
adopted it. "Ho who spits against the
wind, spits in his own face.' The funda-mental
proposition of the whole, is that
which denies the existence and integrity of
our State organizations. Our defence lies
in traversing this pi sition. Our only mode
of making this defence is by an appeal to
governments
largely i '. this crop.
Territorial ■ r Mil Bill, bv Ci.n- and to detail a sufficient military force to
. -' ~ :' b",arJ iress,"aml the reports cf Washington cor-: enabk - ich -Hirer to perform bis.duties
Respondents who sa, a confiscation pro- ™*ff»™ »'>* authority Within tne die-
IN m KI.AI. ■† † † , . . .,' tnct to which he is assigned.
IK. gramme has been agreed upon by the Kadi- SEC. 3. That it shall be the duty of
ci! majority, will doubtless give many each officer assigned as aforesaid to pro-persons
serious apprehensions. But we tect all persons in their rights of person
would advise all persons to keep coo!.
Tho Igh while we are not prepared, to ex-press
wonder at any wild and reckless, ty-aet.
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in Patriot for the
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f I'.. ::M! Quai o r Ses-
,- of u.n dolpll at ,
U ical and oppressive measure which the
and property, to suppress insurrection,
disorder and violence, and to punish or
cause to be punished all disturbers of the
public peace and criminals, and to this end
he may allow local civil tribunals to take
The act excludes no one from serving
as a member ol* the Legislature. Thc lan-guage
is, " No person shall be a Senator or
Representative in Congress, or elector of
President and Vice-President, or hold any
office, civil or military, under the United
States, or under any State, who," &c
Membership of the Legislature is not an
" ofri
is left purely and absolutely in the. com- the cuUrtfl- This it is our 'duty to make.
A case must be made up ; and we suppose
it may be speedily done under the 3d ol
the above recited points, on the question
of eligibility to office, It will he contend-ed
by the hungerers and tlihrsters that the
proscription will displace those liable tn it,
who are now in office. An order For eject-ment,
or an application to prohibit it. will
get the quistion before the courts. If it
be held that our State governments are
valid,and according to the Constitution,
then all the attempts to alter our suffrage,
and to dictate qualifications for State offiot.
will be pronounced void. We must bring
to judicial test also the right oi Congress
to pass martial law, and tosubordinati the
civil to the military in these States, in a
tune of profound peace, publicly prot It
This is all that we can do;—but this it
is our duty to do, and the Legislature
should make suitable provision. We must
be calm and patient, but we owe it to our-
S'lves, and to our children, and we owe il
to the cause of Constitutional liberty, lo
exhaust every civil resource to which wo
mandant's discretion. He is not bound to
report his decision to "any one, but may-sit,
as Saint Louis, of France, used to, un-der
a tree bv the roadside and administer
primitive justice to whoever comes, with
or without " money or price." The whole
property of a State will be at his discre-tion,
and if he becomes rich, he may say.
as Warren Hastings did of his wealth
amassed in India, that he is amazed that
he did not become richer, since all the
treasures of the country w ere at his feet.
The utmost protection for property is
the discretion of any boy with the com-mission
of second lieutenant who may be
sent with a squad ofmen into any country.
In estimating the probable usefulness of
anv effort to"appeal either to the Presi-dent
orGeneral Grant, or to any tribunal
or body whatever, we must not forget that
the terrors of a military commission are
before the eyes of any one who may make
such effort, and the attempt itself maybe
i made a crime for which he must suffer.—
The bill says " cruel and unusual punish-ments"
shall not be inflicted, as if that
would protect any one without definition
of what shall be regarded cruel or unusual
for a military commission, or providing
for some appeal which the accused may
not make in vain. The guillotines of
France did not drip with blood becaule
the acts passed by the National Assem-bly
were cruel in their terms, but because
they established imtpontUtU tribunals
but none, not
tor one and
work for all ? There is a field of labor for
every man, whatever his order of capaci-ty
;—there is a field of usefulness for ev-ry
man, whatever his degree of wealth.—
Here lies the true strength of the South.
Bone and sinew, thew and in iselc, still are
iclt. There are thoughtful heads and
brawny arms; men to lead and thousands
to follow in the paths that tiny sh dl point
OBt; and, if the South be unable to heip
herself politically, she can help In rself in
tho vast arena of personal and general
prosperity.
Let the Southern people but depend
on themselves. Let them but work as
though they had not a friend in the uni-verse,
and DO one to trust but tho Al-mighty
Dispenser of ail tiood; and for-tune,
iu a greater or lessor degree, must
return to them, and will have a far more
important, though passive power, in com-peliing
justice to be accorded them thau
■ny nete theoretical display, or patient
waiting, with folded hands, for what may
never turn up.
Iii patient and persistent labor is our
beat refuge; and, when the South is once
more on the toad to pro-perily, she may
be assured that she will meet with that
consideration and rectitude which she can-
Hot now obtain. Nations are disposed to
kick the fallen nation, as men will kick
the fallen man ; and, when the Northern
hotheads find that the South has determ-ined
to do her best with what she has and
so compel success, they will lmt hesitate
to give her that share i*i the government
of the country to which we are constitu-tionally
entitled, but which we are now
denied. •
A NEWACT IXTIIK DRAMA.— Tin Phil-addphia
Bulletin says:
" Mr. Stevens has prepared, and will re-port
in a day or two, an elaborate i unite
n scheme for the South, w. ich he will
support in a carefully prepared spccrfi."
Of course he will. I* wouldn't beTfaad.
Stevens if he should do anything else. Ii
isn't enough to give negroes the ballot and
deny it to white nun. but coiili'iation
must follow. I' isn't enough to tax and
deny representation, but the widows and
i.rphai 8 and sdrvivors ot aconqnorcd and
suffering people must be still further op-w
rl Mysterious indeed arc thc ways
ofl'rovideneetomsn, when rach madmen
ptcsid/' over the National Legislature, or
Jirc t itsoirectiona. It may be, whom
the gods wish to destroy they first make
mad. and it may be, that tried as the
country cow is light may all the sooner
break in upon thc j resent thick darkness.
Let Lech tueinin try to do the very best
l.e can for his country end for hit fellow
nun.—Attc York Express.
Tire CIVIL RIOHTB HILL.—The Presi-de!
t sent to the Sanaie on Tuesday last
a message in answer to a resolution re-questing
him t<> Inform that body if any
violations of the civil rifriits bill have come
to his ki owledge ; and if so, wli i step-,
it anv, have been taken by him lo ■ i force
the law and punish th«' offenders.
From this report, it appears that but
three cases ol violation of the civil lights
bill have come to the knowledge of the
President, and these he has referred totl B
Attorney General for such action as he
nay deem proper.
ft also appears that an order Wtt issued
August 6, 1800, to all department, district,
and post commanders in the States lately
in rebellion, to anest all per** n» • 1 arg" d
with offences ngoinst h habitants of the
t'nited States, irrespective ot color, where
• he a itl.oritie-1 n\«■ tailed, neglected, or
an- unable to arrest and bring to trial such
; artit -.
The statements of the President are
based on reports from all his Secretaries,
from the Generabin-Chief, and the milita-v,
i . mtnander* ; no that it would se< m tu
he a conclusive nnswer to the
Nations made agsmsf Mr. John-son
of n gleet of duty in tin- execution ot"
that law.
The followimr persons are disqualified with unlimited pouters : but none, not
I he following I era lnnasea I even the Committee of Pubic Safety, was
,„, serving as members of the proposed ., ^ ^ BjW(, or s0 powerflll aa this die-ate
Convention, or voting m tho elee- j ^.^^j., „.],•„.}, we prop se to install over
from
St
tion of the same, viz: all Confederates
who had ever taken the oath to support
.itution of the United Stales as a
one-third of the American nation.
The Intelligencer then proceeds:
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IVHl of I III 1 HI lliers
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STEBLING'S FIFTH READER.—We are
indebted to the author for a copy of this
work. It is a handsome volume of 456
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act shall be null and void.
SEC. 4. Thai all persons put under mil-
FACTS IN FABMIMO.—There are some
things in Farming that are cstabl died,
namely ;
'1 hit manure must 1*- applied, not only
•i.got up land, but to keep it up. That
wet soil mnst be drained, either by ditch-ing
or oth'Twise. That sub-soiiiie; is
■ i I. That grain should he sown earlier
than it generally i-; that it should be har-vested
earlier than il is done; tln.t grass
should b cut when in blowom . and never
when ripe, unless for seed. That our soil
is not sufficiently worked, Copecially in
hoed crops ; that stirring the soil and
it well pulverised, is ■ partial
...-iii.stii.outh. That the roost ad-can
appeal,against the enormous inju-!;
kantaueous grain for horses is the oat]
contrived against us. If the Supreme j that it improves fodder to cook oi -team
Court shall decide unpropitiously,—if it i it. That warm shelter in winter saves
shall rule that sSouthern citizen has no J fodder, and benefits stock. That the best
rights which Congress is under anj obli-1 blood is thc most profitable. That then
gation to respect,—then we will ii leed U much advantage in selecting the beat
have heard the knell of Southern hope and geed, the earliest matured and tne plump-
American liberty. That in-and-in breeding is not good
in clo*e and consecutive relationship, but
_ „.. must Be carried oo by foreign infusion ooff
ONE PUGI.T Snxi KKM.MV..—7//< . llil; „.,„„. !,;,„„!. That warm quarters and
lharUtton Mircury well and wisely says „0( ,|,.., attneot are necessary in winter to
Legislatures, postmasters, collectors of ^ -^ M may u disfranchised by par-customs,
officers of the United States ar- tiCip,ltmg in rebellion."
itary arrest by virtue of this act shall be magistrates, and
tried without unnecessary delay, and no , m> a,,u "-"J> J e "TS
cruel or unusual punishment shall be in J ex-governors. It does not include b*.,p0M
l>ut the bill proposes to nullify the pro-
»d constitutional amendment itself.—■
us; work enough to occupy our hands and , -(;ial blackberries require rich soil: straw-brains
for years to come. There are plan- berries and raspberries vegetable mould—
tations to place in order and cultivate ; ne- i such as rotten hav s cchhiipp mmaannuurree,, A&cc..
, ' , , i- „„t . „,„«,, „,.,! That more lime should be used. I hat salt,
groesto employ and direct ; stores and in „,;iicca.(^ ,. L,uo(1 1(,r ,,,,!_,;.„ „n,s.
houses to build ; harbors to deepen and ....^ tla. .,,„,.,,1^,,,. gU:,IK,, &,-. Thai GUI
bars to dredge ; steamship lines to estab- ploughing is the beat for clay lands; that
lish and railroads to reconstruct and com- land Aould not be ploughed wet. That
plete; diatitute children to educate and, young orchards should be cultivated.
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