The Greensborough patriot [May 27, 1859]

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A. Family Newspaper—Devoted to ^Politics, Literature, Agriculture, Manufactures, Commerce, and Miscellaneous Heading.
VOLUME XXI. GREENSBOROUGH, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 37, 1859. NUMBER t(M7.
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%K$\n%% ©artrs.
. , MEDttBCOCK, ATT0E5
| V,"' i. N C. Feb. 17, 1868.
Uil a.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
972 tf.
I.OV«>. ATTORNEY AT LAW,
GREENSBOROUGH, N. C.
nit. t. %• LEX1NCJTON, N. C
«...
II i •
i! *, ITI.i;V. COMMISSION AND
Merchants, Kayettcville, N. C.
-« FREEMAII, WITH ABBOTT, JONES ft
V ,*, in«l Jobbers of Staple and Fancy
• ." \ ;,.; Market Street, Philadelphia.
%\L%\un% ©arts, &\i 6®$m$kmmx$f Jafewrt.
JAMBS M. I-.IIM.1I . I n <ih;n-.ii»«'i-.-s(.
New York, buys every kind of Merchandize on the
best terms, and forwards for 2] per cent, commission.
Dealer in Pianos, Parlor Organs, Organ Mclodeons,
Melodeons, Harps, Guitars. Stools, Covers, Music, etc.,
wholesale ami retail. All Instruments warranted.
Agent for " Lindsay's Patent Pump," Garden En-gine,
etc. Circulars of Instruments and Pumps sent
free on application. Refers to John A. Gilmer, ('. P
Mcndenhall, I). L. Swain, and others. 950
,!:
, t. I., fc R- »" PAYBTE, COPARTNERS
• _ , -: . .; Medicine, Obstetrics and Surge-
:.^ •••*•
. , .: • |\ Manufacturer and Wholesale
"' i ". ,•'er in TIN and SHEET IRON
(KING STOVES, &c, High Point, N. C.
i. « 24 8m
,,».!;\t i; tun si:,
High Point, N. C.
T. I.aisrcntc, Proprietor.
, 27 Cm
... it pOIA'T, y- C. R. R.--Passen-
11 . ... .• ' iveyanee at PIGGOTT'S 110-
••",'...... i each train, to any place in the
E. & A WELCH.
27 :im
RI.. DO\VKLI,S IMiotoeraplilc Gal-
. Icry is now opened. andCameotypes, Melaino-types,
an<l AMIJROTYPES, which cannot be surpassed
for DURABILITY and HKAL'TV are taken in Lockets,
1*1118 and Cases, to suit the tastes and purses of all.—
Having permanently located in Greensborough, they
confidently expect a liberal patronage.
Btr%f~ Call and examine Specimens, and learn the
Prices. Rooms formerly occupied by A. Starrett, sec-ond
story of Garrett's brick building, Wist Market St.,
Greensborough, N. C. March, 1868. 971 tf
:<►!««.i: II. KELLY, COMMISSION MER-M.
8. SUEBWOOIl. JAMES A. LONG.
SHERWOOD & LONG,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
TERMS: $2.00 A TEAR, IX ADVANCE.
Rates of Advertising:.
ONE dollar per square for the first week, and twenty-five
cents fer every week thereafter. TWELVE LINES OR
LESS making a square. Deductions made in favor of
standing matter us follows:
3 MONTHS. 6 MONTHS. 1 TEAR.
One square, $3 50 $5 50 $8 00
Two squares, 7 00 10 00 14 00
Three " 10 00 15 00 20 00
Extracts from the Speech of Wm. C. Hives,
made at Hiehmond, Va.
The startling abuses which have been re-cently
brought to lifjlit in the various bran-ches
of the public administration are not nc-
Constitntion—say how far this representa-tion
is justified by facts.
No, fellow-citizens; novcrshould the South
consent to barter her principles and honor
for such miserable, such delusive support as
this. She has never gained any thing, she
never can gain any thing by unhallowed po-litical
bargains. Have we so soon forgotten
that he who obtained her votes for the Pres-idency,
as "the Northern man with Southern
principles'' was afterwards the head and
Presidential candidate of the freesoil party?
Her rights have- a far befttr and highs*
guarantee than any political combination
can give. They are" written in the- Constitu-tion
of the country. There, they are im-pregnable.
Let us disdain to hold them by
any lower tenure.
Political agitation can do them nothing
but harm. They are under the sacred guar-dianship
of a tribunal instituted for the de-fence
of constitutional rights—a tribunal
which no political agitation can reach.—
That tribunal, in tho swans and undisturbed
of the United States, the partv so sued may, I party, of pamphlets, speeches, and essays, | ty suasion, voted a ^^^J^f^JSl
by petition, cause the t.ction to be trausferr-: directly advocating disunion as desirable lor , duro its adoption; whilst all tn. sou,
ed to the United Stats Circuit Court, whero , the South, abundantly sustain the charge
it shall remain as it the suit were originally that it is essentially* a disunion party. Bat,
there. Under the provisions of this act thai whilst calling for condemnation 00 itl loa-suit
was removed by ■trtiorari to this court ders it is by no means intended to include
Subsequently plaintiffs counsel moved to re- the mass of their too confiding follower-, and
ruand tho cause back to the State court, on j especially in Kentucky, who we fond!}-,
tho ground that the Post Office laws, under proudly 'hope and believe are untainted w ith
color of which tho defendant had acted, were disunionism, and who will scorn any party
not revenue laws of the United States with- \ domination leading them to that result.
in tho meaning of the act referred to.
Thismorningthe fridge decided the motion,
holding that the Post jJtHce laws were, with-in
the meaning of tht term, revenue laws,
• b
,.., fjOFFIS K I'OBLE, JAMESTOWN,
m'\\- iated themselves together for the
.....'l.l'. riCIXU MEDICINE in all its various
, »" ' . tendon given to SURGERY. Of-
,•;"".. :• •' I'•■' ls:''•'■ -5 ,f-
... J»tl!> K. II M.l.riTAVIN(i REMOVED
I ."**,_ . . _• . v i'.. offers liis Professional
Re/erenea .-—O. U. Parsley, President of Commercial j ty in power. If the Government is to be have arisen, upon tho constitutional obliga-
Bank: John McRae. President Hank of Wilmingi administered solely for the benefit and sel- | tjon and validity of the fugitive act, upon
Wilmingtoni, N. C. A. M. c.orman ltev it. T. HcHin. fi9B interests of a party, then, fellow-eitusens ti,0 rigbt of transfer from one State to an-
'*. T v r '' McKmght, Greeiuho- ^^ .^ *J^UIltailhful to thcir ofchep^ [rQm t,,e c0lltrol whicll h:ld been
creed1. I I... I .........tf,.-I|'-. (II. ..•)>. .lit
CHARLES S. FEATHER, WWiitthh Democratic traditions, and even
WHOLESALE DEALER IN professions of simplicity and economy, your
Office "Ti West Mark.-t Street,
ied • - a residence by Hon.
February, 1858. 978 tf
I .
IH rOFARTMERSeiP^-J. A LONG &
j , ,».,i. Greensborough, N. C, having
... _ in the practice of the law, in the
i,. • . . unty, will promptly attend to all
., rusted to their care. Jan. 1868. t»07 tf
ROOTS. SHOES %\I> IIKOGAXS,
No. 4'J North Third .Street, above Market St., Phllsutelpblau
Respectfully solicits the attention of Merchants to his
stock of City and Eastern Manufacture, adapted to the
trade of North Carolina.
jfcsy- Particular attention paid to Order*.
Refers with permission to Messrs. J. II At J. Sloan,
Greensborough, N. C. Oct. 8, 1858. ly
S1
,..fl\ V, PAYSE, ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ermanently located in Greensborough, N.
i; 1..- «'.. 1111 - of Randolph Davidson and
; ,,i pi miptly attend to the collection of all
« ha ids. -Ian. '•'. 1867.
JTE1EASOA & HOWEX,
fLATK STKVK.NSUN, BOWKS A NESMITT,)
Wholesale Dealers in I>ry iioottn,
II.WE ASSOCIATED WITH TIIKM
Daniel M. Zimmei'inan,
formerly of LINCOLNTON, N. ('.. and romoved to the
large Store Xo. Ml Xorlli :*rd Street, below
ircli. where an increased stock will be kept, and
inducements offered equal to any house in 1 he trade.
Philadelphia, Jan. 20, 1859. 19 6m
itMJV Jc MEAR8, GENERAL COMMIS-
■†. , ,. • ,:;l Burling Slip, New York.—
,. . , paid to the Bale "t lirain. Cotton and
. . , •. -. fcitTLiberal advances made , of Greensborough, and all others who desire operations
. ..... '. 916 tf j performed on the TEETH in the latest and best
two last Administrations have, in six years,
carried up the annual expenses of the (Jov- •
eminent from forty to eighty millions of
dollars—(.1 speak "approximativcly and in j
round numbers)—having exhausted a sur-1
plus of twenty or thirty millions, and now,
living from hand to mouth, on the beggarly j
and ruinous expedient of loans; while at
tho same time we have
claimed under tho power of regulating com-merce
among the States, upon tho limits of
Congressional power with regard to the com-mon*
territories of tho Union—on all these
questions the supremo judicial tribunal of
the United States has, by its solemn and ir-reversibh
judgments, surrounded tho rights
been Democratic
915 tf
JN. ROTHROCE, I». ». 8., RESPECT-
• fully offers his professional services to the citizens
and institutions of the South in tho only
points in which they have ever been suppos-ed
to be open to invasion with an impassable
wall of defence.
He who would, under these circumstances,
I members of Congress, by an act of anpre-1 indulge any serious apprehension of en-j
cedented cupidity, and in violation of all de- , (;oachment, either from Congress or the
cency, as well as the spirit of the Constitu- J 0t,uer States, on the rights and institutions
tion, doubling' their pay, and voting the in-j0f the South, must be a very credulous or a
crease into their own pockets by a retro-; verv timid man. Such a man. as Dr. John-spective
provision, and surrounding them-selves
at an enormous waste of the public
treasure, with luxurious accommodations
and extravagant allowances, that put to
' shame all we read of oriental magnificence
and self-indulgence.
son said of the no popery alarmist iinn ibni-s
would have been apt to cry "fire" in
style.
Persons unacquainted, can have any satisfactory refer-ence
as to character, skill. &e . &c.; and the advantage
day,
the
midst of the unnivcrsal deluge. I trust fel-low-
citizens, there is no son ol Virginia who
would go farther in"defence of tljp constitu-tional
rights of the South in case of any real
With like professions of Democratic jeal- <lan0•■cr than I would ; but, as I cherish her
ouslv of Executive power vour President honor, as 1 value her rights, 1 loathe and
y .. *. .. . .• - c\ i . .si ..:—..i..*.wi »to..;s>c ♦.. *«tv;..i)t h""
S. •'. aa>» Orders from a dliissttaanntcc
971 tf
, . | prices, OPPOSITE THE DEPOT, DEWSTRY?wRlTeverynew discovery thai is valua- the people to transfer to h.m tho power of| from her propriety, to seduce 1 LI liom i
:c.ble. afarlle has (urnis I his OPERATING ROOMS peace and war ; to give him, in ellect, tho ; ancient loyalty to tho cause ol puio ami un-sole
treaty-making power; to place millions
of the public money at his discretion; and
to invest him with military protectorates
over foreign States. With tho same pro-fessed
allegiance to Democratic principles,
lie tramples under foot the sacred regard
inculcated by the founder of the Democratic
for the freedom of elections, and
litttBLETON SHEPPERD,
. . '. : rmerlyof Salem, N. «'.. but now ot Krwinton, Georgia.
. the counties of Wilkinson. Twiggs,
Irwin, Wilcox. Tellair, Montgom-
■ on. Jan. 21, 1859. ly
le. flfc2f-l
on Market Street, second story of Barrett s brick build-
•TTimvvv inz, Mhere he will always be found unless professionally
, « .. Isbsent. April 29,1868. ._
OTTO HIRER, iEWELLER A X U
WATCH-MAKER, West Market. GBEESSBORO',
because the revenue (f'the Post Office is as
much the revenue of the United States as
are taxes, duties, And customs on for-eign
goods imported into the country. Mo-tion
denied. j
Ex-J udge Beebe foj plaintiff; Charles 11.
Hunt, Assistant District Attorney, lor de-fendant.—
New York JZccnimj Post.
The above decision:bears upon tho con-stitutional
question whether the Senate could
initiate a measure to increase postages, upon
which the Senate andiHouse of Representa-tives
at tho recent set-ruon of Congress dif-fered—
a difference wl»ieh resulted in the fai-lure
of tho Post Ofiicp appproriation bill —
The Circuit Court, it ivill be seen, held that
ths post offieo laws' were revenue laws
equally with those relating to taxes, duties,
or customs on jforeign merchandise. As,
therefore, the provisjon which the Senate
proposed to incorporate in the Post Office ap-propriations
was not ah amendment affecting
the appropriations proposed, but a measure
tor raising revenue byfincreasiug tho rates ot
postage, it was none the less an orignal
measure for raising revenue, although offer-ed
in the form of an amendment to a bill for
2. It is a Disorganizing, Destructive Forty.
It has destroyed the conservative eU ments
of nearly all our State constitutions, and gave
evidence through the Utterance of some ol
leaders for the force bill and tho bribe, yet
some of them »t least one of them, and be.
tho most independent and talented ol._ thp
whole,! Senator Hammond ofSouthCaro.mal)
has since confessed thatevon whilst.so voiin ;
ho believed tho constitution to have been a
execrable fraud which the South itself o i<;!
to have kicked out of Congress.
I. It is a Partv wtth no Obrnm » Policy
I' ad Prt'acq
Its members agree with eaoh other as littl
in regard to fundamental principles of Uo\
eminent as they do in regard to measures ■
«
its most influential leaders of :ni intention to national policy.
attack the Federal Constitution in the same, Old-tashioiud Federalist, with I re-dot
bait for the disastrous check which the party
recently received.
Through Is party chief and other leaden
it proclaims its execrable dogma that no ma-jority
of the people can give pi rmanenl pro-tection
to minorities or individuals againsl
the unjust aggression of party majorities by
means of their great governmental compacts,
their written constitution. In this land of
constitutional liberty, to this nation of tree-men,
who were taught by the great founders
of the Government that constitutional liber-ty
was the only liberty worth the having,
tho party proclaims, through tho ofli
mess
d
con
docl
porary party majorities. To prove that they
cannot be restrained to even a fair and rea
soaable mode prescribed by a constitution
itself for its own alteration, President Buch-anan
says: •■The will of tho majority is
supreme and irresistable. It can unmake
I constitutions at pleasure." lie arirr.es at
he party proclaims: through the official a slaveholding qual n ■at.o» or r r.■■ . a
nessigesof^U President, this new dogma. «»«•,) and ^pproekhn .. s.at» I
iest^ucUve of the stability and value ol all doetr.nethat «lUwruw»"IT^7-^
constitutions. Lt proclaims through him the the mudsills of society "dthat eveft
ioetrine of the unmtrainable power of ten,- map » • •>»'• *»° depends upon tin wa<M
— * ■ . . ! I.. I..I...I' t.,i> 'i k'.lhtlHl'l • 1
other purposes, if, as the court has decided «' ' majorities cannot be
,n the aboyo.ment.o.K.1 case, therevenues ot 6J P artieair ^^o, however
the Post OHKO Department are to be deem- ., . •., ' ,.-, , ' _„ll,.,i.
ed. revenues ciiuaililv ^'-.i.tih t«a,x„e,„s. -xN-„o„r dAoe„s^ r. easonable. ,• ,m. altering, reMn^ng, or re-mau-
it seem_ .t.h.a»t an_*y_ go-od,, .r.e„a..s,on can ib„e. „as„s•ig..n.- me constitutions.
ed for distinguishing! one from the other
kind in determining t|o House in which bills
to raise revenue shouljl originate. X.
• < tH».—J. I'. JolltM- !ia« pureHawed
•. , large and well selected STOCK c. i
llof»;iti-'. Boots, Shoes and Hals, which he |
. ...i!> It CASH, or to punctual customers
Bit
N. C, has on hand and is receiving a splendid and well
selected stock of fine ■ .1 fashionable Jewelry of every
description, among which may be found several uiagni-ficient
Bets of coral Jewelry. party
He ha- also a stock of fine
■ lit.
. « 1838.
iU *.CVS'I< I'..—Theundersigned has removed
. '. rn. with the intention to devote himself
••-t e practice of the law. He will attend the
•. ' . . the Burroundingcounties,and will also
• ' • re ihe Supreme Court at EUleigh.
I. >,.. 6m 0. K. McBAE.
. , .1. M. CI.AltK.
LLlli JtCUBK. COTDIISSION MKK-
■ • .1-. »Vilmiu;;loii.X.«-. Prompt^jer-
• •• •. ion given t." .nsignments ol Naval stores,
• . •■ otherO untry Produce, for sale or sliiptiicnt.
• .i Lime. Plaster, Cement, Hair, &c.
■rv "•. I ; lv
P.Sl'ERRY. off Mortk Carolina,
With WM. GRAYDON & CO..
•.•i, and Jobber ol Dry Goods, 46 PARK
"E i» 1 »l BARCLAV STREET.
1 t,|,v -!i " Xew York. i.ia •■•!'. i
nber. 1- ».
■† ,:.U«M. W. U. BEVSOLOB. | J. II. BOWLAHD.
ItffLUD .V RETNOLDS, SDCCESSORS
•• \ni-r on \ Reyi Ids, Grocers and Commission
..:.•-. SOHFOLK, Va. B^TPay particular at-ntoines
• ofll&m,Grain,Tobacco,ete.,avoid-i.
i irv charges, and rendering prompt re-
ItaNwsnber, 1857.
All repairing done in the BEST MANNER and war-ranted.
All persons purchasing Jewelry, would do well
to call on him before purchasing elsewhere, as he is
confident that he can sell us good bargains as can he
bought in this market.
August 1st, 1838. 000 tf-
Gold and Silver Watches, brings the whole patronage and influence of
Msili.viis & it\n.i:v.
J PUBLISHERS AMI WHOLESALE HEAI.KltS IN
BO< >KS AN I > STATIC >N ERY, appeal's to National pride and honor.
and ask if there
his high office to control elections in the
States, from the humblest representative
trust to that of Senator of the United
States. Succeeding to the Democratic max-im
ot peace and honest friendship with all
nations, he threatened all by bellicose de-nunciations,
in order to keep up the flag-ging
spirit of party devotion by factitious
i Geo. II. Seeley,
( Wm. A. Scott,
tf
963 tf
;"••!. SI. KIRKSEY, COMMISSION MKK-
' • int and General Agent, Morehead City, N. C.
.• •:. i ••! buying, selling, receiving and forwarding
.i- ••! produce and merchandise.
..•» •, . J. M. Morehead, Greensborough, N.
ti II. Haughton, Esq., Newberne, N. C. l»r. P.
. Kilmincton, N. C. II. A. London, Esq., Pills-
S.C. June I, 1858. 987 if
•\i\«;so\ ji:ni:i,itv STOKE.—
.. - _• —.-.-it has "ii band the fine GOI.li LE-
'•«\li !li> manufactured by Johnson of l.iver-
•• i l>.\ ti • i London. Also, Ihe Silver Lever
.i.l eomtiion Virge Watch, with a variety ot
ISV I>1 all descriptions. All of which will he
' • !• r.-..-ii. Watches of all degcriptiona repaired'
GEORGE lill.KV.
■.!!•.. ALKX. OLDB 1M.
'>l:i:i.\ ft, OI.D1IOI. GROCERS AND
.-: :» Merchants. Wilmington, N. «'. Liher-m
i te ■ ii
i
produce consigned to us, when
•v; _C01 .' in McRae, l'rosident of the Rank
. ■. «. II. (i. Parsley, Esq., President of the
• .•.:•..?.•. Aug. 28,1857. M8 ly
..i. WILL. i.. BCOI r.
•ITT .s. SCOTT, ATTORNEYS AND COUN-Law,
GREENSBOROUGH, N. C,
••• • I the Courts of Guilford, Alamance. Ran-
• n.. ;-. i. Korsylhand Rockingham, All claims
.. .. i . foi collection, will receive prompt
:. IUlice on North Street, fourth door from
■ . .........
LlVH.%.. '. ! i i.l. SUPPLY OF BLANK WAR-
■ -. • . . . |i,-. !- of Trust, Attachments, Decla-
.. t .- Administrator's Notices, and
v.:T ! n is, will always be found at the Store of
- tataea A ".rimes, in Lexington, who are our
• "• •::..•■..' . - i ue: and who are also our
'•.■; , . I fon ird to us. all kinds of Job
' SHERWOOD .v LONG.
J.MI.\«ti:\JliI,J.. LAND AGENT, WILL
'•••:.: . I . rnmenl Laud. Locate Land
"-.•.•'.•■ . . :. - for capitalists at Western
1 v ' v *. and trausact a general real estate bu-
' •• '•;-... .1 m . :■.:, i Wisconsin. Address,
'. ■•'•. '•'..: m seta.
■• • - '■' m. .!. M. Morehead. George C. Men-
'' '• '-... <...\uu and llou John A. Gilmer.
I . ' - -. . 88S if
Si' N. KiRART & «-0., PACTORS AND
'•'■■- tuts. Agents for the sale and
* "'* " :. I ur. Grain, Salt. Groceries, &c,
■'■ ••••• •- un 1 Water Streets, Wilmington, N. C.
• •*• i • . a I 'onsignments.
■•■ - II. K. Savage, Casl icr Bank of Cape
'•I..--. ■■ †† Brown, Wilmington, N. C. F. &
C. Graham .v Co., Marion C.
ton & Co., Lexington, N. C.
**! *•_«.. TUOHA8 has removed his HAR-
>" '' is recent'y occupied by
••'• loors North of LINDSAY'S
::'.'..' | osite the NewCourt House,
V' ' ' ' ' ' " ■ ' ; ■ •' i ills from his old
""' ! • • ■†raUy. It is his intention
band a GOOD ASSORTMENT
No. -G- Baltimore Street, opposite Hanover-st.,
itaiiiinoK'. Maryland.
Offer a full assortment of SCHOOL, CLASSICAL,
LAW, MEDICAL and MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS.—
They are prepared to execute orders for LIBRARIES,
COLLBOBS and SCHOOLS on the most favorable terms.
Their Stork ol Stationery embraces all its
branches, and contains a varied assortment.
January Jo, 1869. 19 5m*
rUM^ERlCH At SMITH.
NO. 40 NORTH THIRD STREET,
pnlladelpltla.
Invite the attention of Ihe trad", of NORTH CAROLI-NA
to their uitii' anil varied stork of
Klo C'oflcr.
Sugars. k.c,
which are offered at the
lowest iielt rates,
and in lots to suit pureliascr*.
Their i.urchascs lieing made
exclusively lor cash,
enables them to offer
GOODS AT VERY LOW FIGURES.
January 1, 1869. ly
IS%■.¥.. 1898! Hamilton & Graham,
' IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS,
Are now prepared to offer on the mo.t favorable terms,
to WHOLESALE BUYERS, a large stock of For-eign
and Uomestie I>ry Goods, selected
with areat care lor the Fall S. Winter Trade,
which, for variety, beauty, and its adaptation to the
NORTH CAROLINA,
VIRGINIA, AND
TENNESSEE TRADE,
will be found second to none. Buyers from all sections
arc invited :o a close and rigid examination ot our Stock,
prices. \r. No. 60 SYCAMORE STREET,
September 10. Petersburg, Va.
,'ould respectfully announce to the public that he lias
,1, Street, in STATESVILLE,
Hut I may go farther,
:i Blllj
moil
;lo principle of any sort held in
)V the members of the new dominant
party,-?» Tho favorite and prominent mea-sures
of the present Administration arc the
thirty million Cuba appropriation; tho
transfer of the war-making power; the
Mexican protectorate; the Pacific railroad;
tarriff; and, until hit
corrupt government, and to enlist her in the
obedient service of ft party that would prac-tise
upon her fears only to betray her prin-ciples
and interests.
Fellow-citizens, there is one real, one press-ing,
one overshadowing and imminent dan-ger
which threatens the whole country. It
is the danger to the public liberty, to public
morals, to our free institutions themselves,
from the wide-spread corruption and abases
which have invaded every department of
our National Administration. To reform
these abuses, to purify the Government from
its pollution, to bring it back to its accoun-tability
to the people, to replace the public
liberty upon the firm pedestal of the public
morals, to "drive tho money changers' from
the temple;" this is a high and holy work of
patriotism, which demands tho united and
best exertions ot all lor the houor and inter-est
of all.
It is tho common cause of good men and
patriots every where—in the North, the
South, the ESast, the West. Shall we permit
ourselves to be diverted from so vital and
exigent a work as this by the stale device of
the ' the adversary in attempting to sow divisions
ponsil'
is
com-
Tho Kentucky Opposition Convention.
A Convention of Delegates from all parties
opposed to the present Administration was
held at Louisville (Kentucky) on tho 22nd
ultimo. Tho meeting was presided over by
the venerable Robert P. I.etcher, who on
taking the chair addressed the body in an
eloquent and effective, speech. Having al-ready
given in our eoumnfl the names 01 the
gentlemen placed in nomination for tho var-ious
offices to bo filled at the approaching
election, it only remains for us to cite the
suMoined address and .resolutions, embody-ing
the views of the Convention. The com-mittee
by which they jvero reported consist-ed
of the following gentlemen, among whom
our readers wiil recognise several with
whom they are familiarized by former ser-1
vices in the public councils: Carrot Davis,
of Bourbon, Alfred Allen, of Breckenridge, |
'■!• *l- tjuiglcy, of McC'raken, James S. Jack-1
sun, of Christian, JohnjW. liittor, of Barren, (
\V. C. Anderson, oi Doyle, Phillip B. I hump- ^^ Qn, live.s ,1V |0gjg|ative permission.
son, of .Mercer, Green Adams, of knox, S. S. Thus the modern progressive Democracy,
Nicholas, of Jefferson, Jbreorge Robertson, of tnron-.h lU President and other leaders,
Fayette, W. H. Wadawortb, of -Mason, and , 0 ,n|~ av0w8 this new creed, treasonable to
John W. Menzies, of Kjenton. the cause of civil liberty, of which it has
,. Ti7,* .,,r rrmii ^-c ' l«>g been suspected, denying all sum lily or
ADDRESS AND RESOLUTIONS. . v.||l|c. ,„ constitutions, and viewing them
This Convention of Delegates to organize i wjt;, disfavor, as unnecessary temporary ro
a State opposition to t'*o further rule of the I gtraints upon the divine alienable rights
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Another influential leader, one who might
be elected as a specimen incarnation of the
principles of modern Democracy, said in the
Senate: "The importance of State constitu-tions
in this country has bee:! greatly exag
gerated. In their declaration of general
principles, tl ey but repeat the common law '
which oar fathers brought with them, and
which would be law without such repetition.
Tho limitations in them cannot bo modified
by the people at their pleasure. Any pro-vision
which pretends to take away thai
power or delay its exercise is impotent
against a majority of the people." In other
words, it is impotent against tho power oi
any temporary party majority. In still oth-er
words, the dominant party in the Legisla-ture
may, within a period of two months, by
the vote of a bare majority of the people, ob-tain
power to perse, iite tho minority into
exile or even hang them for their political
or religions opinions. Though this does not
verify "tho novel discovery of this Senator,
that our hills of rights are ••in. re repetitions
of the common law," yet it mast be con.■.•del
that this new theory would render t'.i.-in as
important to restrain legislative power
the common law, which
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upon others, it is hard to decide wheth- which overwhelms ti.o
with or, Wo have recently heard a most honorable
f in the
pr a majority of the party agree
differ from their President and ehie
measures recommended by him.
Bat still, with rare exceptions, they ad-here
to and sustain him. As the living rep-resentative
and embodiment of the party, ho
is to be supported at all hazards. The po-litical
ascendency of the party—the power
of disposing of the offices, employments,
emoluments, solid personal
and truthful voice trom tho North,* speaking
in the name of a numerous, enlightened, and
patriotic body of our fellow-citizens there,
declaring their willingness and earnest de-sire
to sink, henceforward and forever, these
mischievous and dangerous issues in oui na-tional
politics. From opportunities of infor-mation,
which a late visit of a wholly private
character to that portion of tho Union af-forded
mo, 1 sincerely believe that this is the
rovernment- ■ not to be jeoparded by^n- Bnequiyo^,; lhc deeply felt sei.timei.t of a
if.styled "Democratic party, and to propose
such an opposition by fill good men through-out
the nation, will stajte some ol their objec-tions
to that party.
1. It is essentially Disunion Party.
It lilies to its cmtira e many avowed dis-tinionists,
who, if they lo not control, have
great influence over th • parly; who, by eon-majorities.
This party finds no cause lor
veneration and respect in the fact that our
constitution-; are the great organic compacts
and covenants of the people with each Other,
when alone they are acting in their real f
sovereign capacity; that they are the great
measure of r ght between majorities and mi-norities:
that, they are the only restraints
against despotic government thai i upon
Buchanan and Chief Justice Taney at '
head, combine with Locotooo Democrat*.
Nulliiiors and strict-construction Si:
rights men unite with auti-uullitii-r* and tl
loosest latitudiiiaiians. '
DistributionisU of the prootdt of the pom
lie lands mingle with opponents of thai i • •
lire, and both unite in Squandering the pu> -
lie domain for the benefit of unnat»rali
foreigners and pet corporations.
Red Republicans, Socialists, and Agrarians
fraternize with Southern nabobs, who advo*
cats a property qualification for voters, (and
a slaveholding qualification for represent*.
the Senate iho
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of Ins labor for a support'
Such are tho discordant materials of
party that the greeideat, with a proper
gard to sections, cam.ot aven organize a C
in< t that harmonize either with him Of I
other on the most important subjects.
and him compelled to tho humiliating t.»l
ation of a Secretary of the Treasury w
denounces and exerts this ifll ial Inni
to thwart ft favorite and most iinporliijit
measures which the President reoommei
to Congress. Others oi bis Cabinet ■
opposed him upon other • .ensures tfie
of tho chief organs ol tnc party malys
bitter complaint that it is broken into frslj-ments,
and that oven tho e fragments ;*<■
subdivided into cliques by different aepiraaM
to the Presidency. _j
What .Mr. Calhoun said of tho parl>
fore it caino under his guidance its \\
career proves to bo true; "It has DO •
give principle but the power of public |
del/'
5. /' ii a Sectional Tarty.
It has agitated the slavery quei J
partv purposes until it has driven I i
the whole North from its ranks. A\ hi l
thus agitating for the purpose of eonsoli
ting the whole North with its wnwr
strength into an opposing party; reck
the evil affects of bringing the who!.- nail
to an angry, sectional contest on the sin
line, and utterly reckless of tho ooBsequ
peril to the Union. It was guilty "t I
blander of supposing that the ooneolidatl
of the South under its rule would more ib
coi ipensate for till that it would lose in pi
ty strength at the North, it baa not mere _
succeeded in sectioiializini; its. If. but also n
sectionalizing a great opposing party nl t|e
North, which seems to have anti-sla\ 01 y fir
the principle article of its oread.
Whilst there is not a foot ol territory hill
UIDII which the opposing ideas of these
ties on the slavery question can have aily
practical bearing, yet their abstractioni ajs
made the absorbing topic of political dii I
sion, to the infinite injury of great national
Interests and the driving of nearly the win e
nation into one or the Other oftWO section I
parties, a prolonged rtrifa between wbfa n
cannot but result in disunion. Whilst mo t
Democrats have eo operated^ with the Ah .-
litionists in aiding the agitation from thesr
mutual hate of the Union. . ',
Ever thing tend-, to prove thai so loi
the Democracy retains power tho dimi
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Btant agitation of the lavo question, ior sin- Uge poweP of a party majority; and that iBu will allow the nation no peace on til*
ister purposes, arc rap'illy driving the whole they afford its only security to individuals B|avery question When Kansas in j
nation into two great sectional parties, as or minorities in the enjoyment of private promises to keep it alive, they try I el*
the precursor of disunion. property, freedom ol the press, and all other new vitality by advocating the 0] un tl
N
Woi
opened :i Hotel on
N C. His taiile will always be furnished with the public plunder?"
best the market affords. His constant aim will be to , . . .
promote ,he comfort of his gnesU; and he wdl spare '""- ' n,r 0|.l
no trouble or expense in making the weary traveler ' has so long held
i power. What is it but to proclaim by,
their own act tho justice ot the sentence ;
pronounced years ago by a distinguished
statesman of South Carolina; "that they
are held together by the cohesive power of
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comfortable.
SUtesville, October 1(1. If68.
J. W. IIOWLITT. P. 1>. S. •'• r. II.IWLKTT.
W. IIOWLETT & SOX. DENTISTS, BE-ipectlnlly
oiler their professional services to the
citizens of (ireensbormigh and all others who may de-
Bire operations performed on their teeth in the most
approved, modern and scientific manner. They are
amply qualified to perform all and every operation per-taining
in any way to Denial Surgery, unsurppas
ability or beauty.
J.
ef arts by which this party
possession of the Govern-ment,
to the serious injury of the country
' and in spite of the reprobation of their metis- j
j urcs by a large and unquestionable majority |
i of thepeopie, is tho fabrication ot sectional |
' issues and the fomentation of sectional jeal-
1 cmsies to divide the country, and thereby, to
prevent numerous masses of virtousand hon-
1 orablc men in both sections, who cordially
.'sed'tor I agree in detestation of their practices, from
uniting in any efficient co-operation to dis-controversy,
which' by the impunity it has
hitherto ensured to unexampled ofhcial abus-es,
has brought into tho extremes* peril
those glorious institutions which the wisdom
and valor of Northern and Southern men
united in establishing, and which their de-scendants
are alike Interested in defending
and perpetuating?
At all events, fellow-citizens, you are en-gaged
in ft noble effort to vindicate the hon-or
and liberties of your country. It is an
effort worthy of the ancient fame of Virgin-ia—
0f tho best days of her patriotism and
renown. The spirits of great men, who con-secrated
their lives to the cause of constitu-tional
freedom, look down with approving
smiles upon your struggle. There can he no
purer, no higher glory than to be saviours,
or else the martyrs, of the public liberty.
The modern Democr cy at the time of its
organization found the nation comparatively
free from sectional strife. The feeling of
patriotism and loyalty to the Union prevail-ed
throughout the nation- Disunionism ex-isted
nowhere, or, if harbored in the breasts
of a few, it was carefully concealed. Now
avowed disunionists may be found In every
locality. Under the n;lo of this party all
real patriotism has died out in the breasts of
large masses of our countrymen. Its late
career has been signalized by nothing so
much aa'angry section:.! strife, engendering
tho bitter "sectional animosities. We have
factions in the North and in the severest
terms that hatred can invent, and avowing
its destruction as their principal aim.
On the eve of the last Presidential elec-tion,
the conduct, public speeches, and pub-lished
letters ot many of the leaders of tho
t little room to doubt that there was
prop
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ty
secure
vate property, or there is no civil
It,- cannot be secured but by inviolable writ- [„,;• . th< juries to a practical
ten constitutions. This party teaches that 0e nullification of the nation a law, and
our nation ever sine© its existence has been fy them for refusing to indict tl. • purwu
[raged in this piratical traffic.
n the enjoyment of his right of pri- • ;, by giving impunity to the piratical 1 liberty.- ... Bected the smuggling. Th y
d
absurdly engaged in the repetition of futile
efforts to secure civil liberty by mean i of in-violable
constitutions, placed beyond the im-mediate
reach ol the heated vindictive pas-sions
of temporary majorities. I' -r constitu-tional
liberty weare invited to substitute the
arbitrary government of the 'immaculate
Democracy'.' The independi nee and equality
of the States, the compromises of tho Federal
Constitution, with its proteetoin to local
rights and institutions, are to bo subjected
ii name.
:, the same view they are manifest!4a1
mock real for the acquisition of Cuba, a I ..-i
they know that Spain, through all d
ments of her Government, hi ■ u ';. oii-clared
that she will not sell, and nheii-a
|, irtinacipus thrusting upon ber of il fl;*
' to buy can have ao effoi l but to aggrai
her againsl us and indefiiiil y p pone i>e
chance ol peaceful acquisition, fl i I
if sincere, would be a gross blunder ; as un
Street, two doors above the liUITTAl.N HWJTBB, in a , ,,ucstio
handsome and comfortable manner for the reception of |
Ladies, where one of the firm may always be found.— .
Ladies will be waited on at their residences if desired.
June 23, 1850.
nsconnected with slavery.
*liov. Hunt, of New York.
Offlco Revenuo Bills—Whero
Should Originato.
now enjoyi „
full approval of the party, in a published
otter declared that any resistence to the en-voi
at.-a Btrongly protection tariff, whilst j the slave question, wltli a view to our nal il
many of its Southern leaders say that the elections, [mpraeticable as the scheme
they
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They put themselves forward as the special
and exclusive friends of the rights of IhejiJNi
dave-holding Stales. They officiously v.,1-
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>s- ' ■'•■■•■•■riicl.-s in his line, which
■ lea reasonable terms.
l'Jtf
i i t_. MEEJILKl. I'racliial Walih-
\J. MAKER AND JEWELER, (fiwmerlyol 1. B.
llumphrevs ^ Son, Richmond, Va.) has located himself
in Breensboieugh, N, «'. where he will devote his
careful attention to repairing all kinds oi fine «iol«l
and Silver Watches, in the neatest and
bent Style the trade can afford. All work warrant-ed
lor twelve lllOUtllS. All be Bolicits is a fair
trial. Work done on the most reasonable terms. All
work from the country strictly attended to. Store
next door to Cole o; Amis.
ITTeimii exclusively Cash.
NOTICE.
Having retired fiom ihe Watch and Jewelry busi-ness
in Greensborough, N. C, on account oi ill health.
I recommend to my customers, Mr. G. L. MKENLY.
of Richmond, Va., who is a good workman, hoping he
may get the patronage of my friends and customers.
March 14, 18i9.
E. F. POWELL.
27 3m
States on the true meaning and import of
the Kansas-Nebraska bill—lot the humilia-ting
history aud sequel of the LecomptoD
court against an officer of the Federal Gov-ernment
or other person in conscqnuco of
any act done undercolor of the revenue lawn
to deny. These facts and the industrious to attempt to :orce upon
circulations for yearst r ;ist, by leaders of the | of them, under the innuenec ol
or
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ballolrlttX has become thoroughly corrupt.-
Bribery, box-stuffiing, illegal voUngj forged