The Greensborough patriot [November 22, 1867]

              THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT.
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Letter from Col. D. M. Carter.
WASUINI ■† ■ N.C., Nov. 1st, 18G7.
J/,,,, John l\ ■'■■
My /, You and I have, long
acted harm< niouslj in politics. You had
my y and active aid in your can-vass
of the State as the Union candidate
for ,, .. Much of that heart-felt
reluctance in North Carolina to quit
the Uni( n, which was so Btiongly express-ed
in February, Ifi il, by twenty thousand
majority of her voters refusing even to per-mit
the assembly of a Convention to con-eidcr
n of Secession, was due to
(1 manly discussion of that de-testable
hen -v.
From ;ii- secession of this State, until
August, l ■;. I was in the Confederate ar-my,
and claim to have discharged every
dnty there which the honor of a soldier
exacted, to tin - ofmy skill ami ability.
If I had contin icd in the military service,
T should have heen found with Gen. Lee
at Appoinal! '
Soch - my ■" inception of the
duty of n ■ ■'
I„ \ 1804, 1 a - re-elected a mem-
: North Carolina,
a,,,i ;. - i >n we renewed our
political co-operation.
The military sit nation of the Confeder-acy
wa- i' tl verj grave, and in-
|..*,.,] l ,-.-;,! red il utterly hopeless.
Wliil ■ in lb
n
wel •-• ' '
attempted secession was void ab initio in
law. , .
I firmly believe that this plan won*
have been as acceptable to the North, as it
was to the South, if our people had dis-played
the proper spirit of submission to
the Government. If they had elect- d Un
i nists and Submissionists to Congress in-stead
of rampant Secessionists—if they had
not proclaimed their inteoti * to repudiate
the public debt so loudly—if they had
shown a more social an 1 friendly disposi-tion
to Northern people settling among u«
—if th'-re h d been none of those bloody
riots, excited bv political animosities, which
have disgraced some of our Southern cities,
this plan would have met a happier late.
North Carolma and Virginia sent delegates
to Congress who were not obnoxious, but
this was not the cas,- with many of the
other Southern States.
The President's plan failed, because the
Northern people believed that the South-ern
people were still disloyal in sentiment
and purpose to the government,— that they
sought admission into the Union, with a
hostile intent, and with the expectation of
renewing the scenes of 1800—01. It was
this belief, more than any objection to the
theory of the President's plan, which
caused its rejection by those vast majori-ties
which displayed the earnestness of the
North. .
Next followed the first plan submitted
by Congress—known as the Howard
Amendment to the Constitution, or as Ar-ticle
Fourteen. This was submitted to the
Legislatures of the several Southern States,
and rejected by them all, by votes ap-proaching
unanimity. It ought to have-been
accepted by as unanimous a vote as
refused it. _
Its rejection was that kind of political
blunder which Talleyrand denounced.
We are now to consider and decide th
third of the series, known as the Congres-sional
Plan. This will be voted on by s
portion of the people of North and South
Carolina, within a few days.
It is a matter of the highest possible in
terest to the people of these States, thai
their decision of this momentous question
should be expedient and wise.
I feel bound to say that the practical pf
feet ot our subjugation was to divest usol
all control over the settlement of our fu
ture relations with the Union. Whatevei
voice we have in the matter was bestowed
by the United States Government, and
n">t a matter of right under the Constitu
tion or laws of Nations.
Hut by the action of the government it
is referred to us to decide whether we wil!
is
-,ii reel utt" rlj
i \ ice 1 could not,
ike known my.
ions; but w hen I call a Convention under the present plan oi
imperative on Congress or not. _
S i. h was then, and ' Let us now examine with all candor
c pective obliga- "the situation."
No man can consistently vote for a Con-
I ;v toaccom- vention unless he is prepared logo further
: i,t which it la- and support the Congressional plan of re-
- I.at lailur*-, are construction. That plan embraces n/ii-ncid
recapitulation, venal negro suffrage, and limited white
parly was to secure suffrage. It clothes with the highest re-
■■† lie baMs of a . wards and privileges of citizenship every
restnr i V ' ■ <•' ■ l"1" State?, negro in the State, and it puts under ban
,..,! , R; I .. ,.f iii-hvid for life the most intelligent and capable of
,.,._. ■■'.•■■•.■† • theaboli- the whites. This discrimination is obliged
, war un- to be incorporated in the State Constitu
i- ii
tions of ■ I
The tail i
plish thi (1 ■
bored, si I tl
too W
Tlic purj MM. .
;m Ii
ul tliat institution, tion virtually. There are f a dozen eoii-of
a
;iif the
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\V , lute, even then, by ditims precedent to the admission
prompt lie rightful author- State under this plan. By it, Lai.
ftyofthi ver ment, to revive Southern States are placed forever under
Mr. l.inc- scheme of conapen- the absolute sway of emancipated slaves:
and an interminable vista of strife and
\y, ; i |,c aid of a friendly fierce rivalry opened b<1 . o our eyes in our
,,,;'.,; rthern States to own State, ending in barbarism, or in the
solve the i rtions resulting overthrow of npublican government.
iv kept the settle- Many persons think they can vote for a
m.,,,1 , . hands. With Convention, and at the same time for dele-th
« field, and a gates, who will not carry out the Congres-
;,,;,. . .ements of which sional programme, and that thereby a re-any
nation mi ' proud, we could construction, consonant with their views,
have closed a long ami tierce war npon could be consummated. This is a palpable
terms e< ur own self-respect, mistake.
and honoral adversaries. I do If this Convention should be called by
„,,,,, ii) now, to taunt those ' the people, and should then refuse to ef-jn
authoi h their neglect ofthis fectuate the Congressional plan, but under-goldem
oppo i i.i ■- of ■!:::•.- manship : nor take to substitute a State Constitution of
for the pure - of vindicating theaeti»n of their own, such action would be regarded
the peace p.ri irth Carolina. Time by Congress as more contumacious than a
n of that movement, refusal to call a Convention at all. The
bv revealii pn'iices of proscntr j oollision with Congress would be direct.
point of subjuga-! and an issue made in the most irritating
;i,,n. \ >m the commence- manner. But by refusing to call the Con-mcntoftheS
of the Legislature in mention we postpone this strife, and allow
November, 18i Lli rapture of Peters- time for peaceful counsels to prevail. We
i in April, lc-65, the voice of Noith avoid the enormous expense of a useless,
Carolina would hav. commanded peace, inharmonious Convention. We avoid the
U i- cr, ,>«rrai iti n, which had com- disgrace of assembling a body to form out
i ,| her to - in 1861, or be ground ; organic law, whose hands arc tied—whose
to powd en Virginia and her work is done for them in advance—who
rs, gave her in 1SQ4, a have no free will of their own, and who
pot, |, Confederacy—be- , do not represent a free constituency.
n-oops i*n the, We thereby show no disloyal feeling to
war than mi) c»lli i Southern Stale, and the Government of our country, or to the
ise a trai ugh her territory was public sentiment of the people of the
As this geographical posb North. On the contrary, we put ourselves
to i' tee the State in accord with ihat sentiment. We obey
a«ainst I • . toi the Union, I thought its teachings, and we point to Connecticut,
d to secure her re- to California, to Ohio, to Pennsylvania, as
in the condition of proofs ot it. Every breeze watted from
f strength and the North brings to our ears the joyful
weakness. But the whisperings of peace and reconciliation.
..„.res**) u'l the sng- -Many persons fear confiscation as a eon-
.,,..-,, ami the contest ol sequence of a refusal to reconstruct under
everi soldier in the Congressional plan. I do not share
i .,. isoner of war, its th- ir terrors. The result ot the rebellion
. ; ; si-itiosin flames, | «as a practical confiscation of more than
. . per cent. ..i the half the property of the South If this has
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GREENSBORO, N. C, FRIDAY, NOVXlfliBlR 1867. Number 1,373.
engenders disloyalty now, and fosters that
feeling in the breasts of '.he next genera-tion.
The kindly and forgiving spirit of Abra-ham
Lincoln does not pervade a line of it.
Every message addressed by him to Con-gress—
every proclamation published to
the people, and both his inaugurals, rebuke
it. The solemn pledge and plighted faith
of the American Congress is violated by it.
Again, the Convention is to be elected,
and called together, by military orders, un-der
the terrorism of martial law. .Men
fear to discuss the demerits, with bayonets
it their backs and military arrests in pros-pect.
Such an election will not be free, in any
ense of the word ; and this is a fatal ob-jection
to such a Convention.
Since the rejection of the Howard
Amendment, many important events have
occurred to produce great changes in the
mind and temper of the South. Time is
—
night. As it was late they concluded aot
to disturb the household, so they quietly
stepped into their room through the low
open window.
In about half an hour after they had
left for the party, a young Methodut min-uter
called at the house, where they were
staying arid craved a night's lodging,
which, of course, was cheerfully granted.
As ministers always have the best ot eve-rything,
the old lady put him to sleep in
the best room, aud the young lady (Fan-nie)
who had not gone to the party, was
entrusted with the duty of sitting an for
the absent ones, aud oi informing them of
the change of rooms. She took up her
post in the parlc and as the night was
sultry, sleep over imeher, and she depar-ted
on an excursion to the laud of dreams.
We wiil now return to the young ladies
who had gone into their room through
the window. By the dim ligkts of the
nn oa-beams as they struggled through
•he c irtains, the young ladies were unable
Troai Tfc« K. C. Pre«byt«rian.
•OD SAY! TU STATS!
_ Ths character of the newspaper discas-sious
upoa political anmirii, as w» read them
in our Northern exchangse, is such as to
excite our forebodings for the welfare of
t lie country, and to suggest the possibility
of a speedy culaaination of the preseut crisis
into a bloody contest for power betw«en
the opposing parties. We of the South
have a deep stake in the permanency and
perpetuity of ear iastitutious. Though the
Coustitutioa of our feathers has been rent
and torn until it is but a thing of shreds
and patches, there is enough of the old
material still l«/t to enable us, by wise ad
.- il. outline of Fannie (as they
et ci mined to turn the tables upon her.—
Silently t!i y disrobed and as stealthily as
eats they took their position on each side
of the unconscious parson, and laughing
and screaming, "Oh, what a man! Oh,
cooling the feverish excitements ofme war.
under which that measure was rejected. -cry
Our people have been brought, face to snpposi'd) enseoned in the middle of the
face, with possible calamities, greater than ' bed. They saw more, to wit: a pair of
any which have yet befallen us. Confisca boots. The truth flashed upon them at
tion, negro domination, and the probable once. They saw it all. Fannie had set
loss of the most profitable and magnificent j the boots iu the room to give th*m a good
monopoly in the world—that of cotton— | scar-. Th< y p-it their heads together and
have brought the most hot-headed and in-considerate
among us to reflect upon the
ruinous consequences of further conflict
with their rightful government.
Now is the auspicious time for that gov-ernment
to renew its offers of clemency, , what a man!" they gave the poor bewil-ind
its invitation to participate in the heri- dered minister such a promiscuous hos-tage
of a glorious ancestry. g«ng and tousling as few person- are able
What will be the result if the people to brag of in the course of a limetirae.
decline calling a Convention? I cannot | The noise of this proceeding awoke the
tell certainly" but my belief is, that if the \ old lady, who was sleeping in an adjoining
Northern people ascribed its rejection to room. She comprehended the sitation iu
the right motives, and to a certain defer- j * moment, and rushed to the room ; she
ence to their latest elections, which they j opened the door and exclaimed : " Oh
undoubtedly will, then such rejection will '■ Lordy, gals, it is a man ; it is a man sure
he followed by no evil consequences. ! enough !
Let the South displav the nerve which ; there was one prolonged, consolidated
the situation requires, and all will yet be scream ; a flash of muslin through the
Well. That nerve does not consist in ludi- . door, and all was <>ver._
orous attempts to defy a government,! The best of the joke is, that the minister
which has conquered us in fair fight, and i took the whole thing in earnest. He would
which has the power to exterminate us. It j listen to no apologies the old lady could
ioes consist in a manly and dignified pro- make for the girls. He would hear no ex-piation
of our government by an mire- cuse, but he solemnly folded his clerical
Served allegiance. Disloyalty will never robes around him and silently stole away,
open the gates of the Union to us; and . Querie—was he mad at the old lady, or
loyalty will not have to knock long for ad- the girls ?— Louisville {Ky.) Courier.
mission. t _ ^*~
The onlv problem in our situation, difli- School Equality—Whites and Blacks.
cult of solution, is the future status and re- ;
iation of the colored rice. They are citi- It was only a lew days since that we
sens ofthe country, and, as such, have an published an account of the forcible ejec-interest
in its welfare. They are entitled ^ of wardjj , c the I1:Uion from a »;Cilooi
to sufficient weight and participation in the . .
government to insure their protection.- '" Ohio, the parents of the whites refusing
The most liberal and enlightened States in to hive them fed intellectually from the
the No|Lh have bestowed a qualified suf- same trough with the blacks. Buffalo,
frage ttpon them. Massachusetts requires x. Y , is equally unreliable when it is de-educational,
and New York property qnal- d j th;;. " feS3i<ma 0f ri.gai-(1 for tke
i&cations. Can we do better than apply .t..,, , "..,• i ,._ „,.•__ nn.,
similar testa here? Note
national deliverai c and safety. When w<
look to Him, we must come with repent-ance,
i wi I :. A do to draw n ar with
pride in our heart . feeling that wo b
nothing to confess, and that we
guilty in His sight. Ft were easy t< point
out g eat and e ying sin i which both si o-tions
and a'.lpartii > are openly maintaining
and practising evi \ day, bat the ni
would be only to wearis me, because ol
their nan rraity. We arc
ning wi ': a high hand, and Go I's people
must >• iifei • in.- tiansgr ssious a d '
iniquitv of the p [>*< ' ihey w< ild ap
pea-^e II' y an 1 turn a
the fierceness of His wrath. Ad p
sincere r |»ei l . turning away from
the
fact that darkey shall bj enforced by action, Tim
such qualifications are powerful stimulants Commercial oi that city, of last Wednea-to
the acquisition of knowledge and prop- flay, furnishes the following :
erty,—that the class excluded by such j.-(il. a li)lu, ,,.„. a A,>gree ol- fXcitement
tests is always diminishing ; and the bal- hi
lot will be within easy reach of every fru-gal
and intelligent colored man. The set-t!
.milt of the subject has b< en satisfactory
it the North to both races,and is no i-ru le
and dangerous experiment with a grave
matter.
In the present stage of this question, I
believe the method of qualified suffrage to ~a"a lvl;,... j to
be the safest, speediest, and most satisfac- | „,-,,,,,,. ,,,, ,,,,„ ,is.
tory compromise and solution ofit, for the ,(,(i ,jiaJ. tlli. ,.,,.,....:
best interests of both races. In all the lii"- :
cussions ofcolored citizen's interests I have
• >r.g!it to be their friend, but not th«*ir
ohampion. I strove in the Legislature, in !
nf ,|„. children continued to send them 1
1866, for their right to testify in all cases, tiu. 8l.a„0ls »nd ves uday superintends
in all our Courts of justice. In March last ..-|1S ■;, K ;V, , ,., "flimriets Nos. 11 and 1
I satin a political Convention with them . n .
at Raleigh. Believing the bestowmentof ■;•
suffrage upon them, either qualified '.'' i ;
universal, to be a forgone conclusion, it
seemed to me the narrowest prejudice to }
exclude them from assemblages where
they could best learn, in friendly discus-sion,
their rights and duties.
You will first sec this letter in the news-papers,
and while I would be glad to know
that you approve my views id* what the
crisis demands, yet lam constrained by
the pressure of time to publish it without
delay.
I "will close this too long communication
with a suggestion disconnected with poli-tics.
The cotton crop of North Carolina, i
will
been c ccasioned iu ;-o:ne of the public
s-ho,,ls on ace >nnt of the fact that a num-ber
of colored children hail insisted upon
attending, and remain d despite the efforts
of the teach rs to eomjie] thetn to leave.
liecentK, a petiti >n by colored people,
a.-king pe Mii.s ion to send their children to
other Bi-i s than that set apart for them,
the common council coai-
Tn • committee rep r-had
QO authority to
grant the pi 'mi si i asked, and the report
was adopteel.
Notwithstanding this action, the parents
te
ent
2
red the colored children to leave.
v refii ed to do, when they were
ej Ti is in iiiu: the ooh>red chil-li
. :;_' were also ejected by the
:• . .•: intend' tit.
Ii ' • understood that Mr. Fosdick has
adopted this CJIUWC in pursuance of the ac-tion
of the c .:: I. and it is rumored that
thepirtics* n<id ring themselves aggriev-ed
threaten i I ave him arrested and ar-i
b t' • the United States court un-der
the v\\ ii ri jiits bill.
e>n
The school set apart for colored children,
Yin- st.eet, will accommodate200, we
are told, thonj»h the average daily atten-dance
is only about 45.
We do not d sign to comment on tlu6
and perhaps of the whole South, will not. _. ^
pav the cost of its production, shipment ■ exhibition oi radical hypocrisy. The col-am!
taxes, at the present prices. The peo- ored people will surely open their eyes to
pie ought to petition C»ngress for relief these plain fa-ts and escape from the em-from
the onerous tax imposed on this sta^J braee 0f mi8 rab'e demagogues who will
pie. Let the people avail themselves of
the occasion of the approaching elections
to circulate respectful memorials to Con-gress,
for signature, asking a remission of
the tax on the present crop, and forward
these memorials to influential members of
Congress. Perhaps one-third ofthe pres-ent
crop has been produced by partner-slop
between the planters and laborers,
use them and then give their sanction to
extermination, expulsion, or any other
mea«ure for th ir ruin.—Progress.
A Proclamation-
By His /•.'.'•'•'.vey, Jonathan Worth,
Governor of North Carolina.
WHEREAS, IJyAct of Assembly, "the
of the South for-1 not produced lojal*jr,t.he rpbberv ot UM
t other hall will not create th.it sentiment.
al ,;„,, .Mistakes' If it has not inflicted punishment enouffh
, can lcam some to satiny 'ustice, further plundenngs will
for guidance not tnitigat- i- loutiy. \r\ truth, eonhsca-
. • rs which tion would lall more heavily on the cicli-
UM* of the victim, than on the victim him-i-
asy lo self, iu most pases, The bankrupt law Will
ind truthful, confiscate unfortunate thousands
fiv a !. ., other J repeat that what the North demands
"n • ■■■ hettr- of the Smith i* pot this plan or the other,
n. ii. | -. batlo'jaUy. ft ou.- peopl«i will demon-j
, ,; , • ■ p..-, en- strale their wish to id niity themselves I
i ih
1 • draw n
> ■
\Min th.i
!
L
it <>.le link « ' i .• ■ . •' w • ■† - I ■'« i » »■ »»■ *»*■— r-pr- -- ■*
relva ■-. I our couquerors. Wei with their government in feeling and senti-t
ti rms, i ■: there I mrnt—to del* nd it and support it \ s their
in our history to indi- \ ancestors did,—the expectant North will
That was, under the ; throw tnis plan to the winds, and receive
instances IIUMIOIJ of policy I us with open arms. Without loyalty a re-e.
,.;id. ration ; construction of governmental aut.ionty
i.uSd :. uuia v look more '. will be made o»er u- by force; with loy-to
ours. j alty, we can have the restoration of a par-lirive
been proposed j eotal governra.nt by peaceful means.
■ status of the rebel Let the people rise up and reject this
- . - , H , | |gi veus that I Congressional plan ; because it is penal in
known as the Pre- jits operation, because it confounds the
i upon the theory I guilty and the innocent, because it dis-ctible,
and the criminates against intelligence in favor of
il Government j ignorance, because it foments hostility be-n
«tsej , own will, aud that | tween the whites and blacks, because it
Yoi.No MAN HCOGED AGAIXSI HIS
WILL.—A most ludicrous scene transpired
ju a place not a thousand miles from the
city of Louisville, one night la^t week,
though a little annoying to the parlies im-mediately
concerned, was yet so innocent
and funny that we cannot refrain from
giving -lie general outlines as follows, sup-p!
i ssing names, of course:
Two sprightly and beautiful young la-dies
w.re visiting th-ir cousin, another
sprightly and beautiful young lady, who
like her "guests, was of that happy age
which turns everything into fun and mer-riment.
If the truth were told, we fear
we should havrt to record the fact that
these three misses were just a little fast.
They were fond of practical jok< s, and
were continually playing till sorts o!
p.anks with each other. All three occu-pied
a room on the ground floor, and hud-died
up together in one bed.
Twoot the young ladies attended a par-ty
on the night in question, and did not
get home until half-past twelve o'clock at
after, now , will be followed bj
a bles -ing that thi u shall m it be rooi.i
enough ive it. Then God will savi
the State, and all the preciou* interests
ibat are boand op n its preservati
develop and matnr. into a rich ii
of liberty to all g( .■ ratii as.
THE SrBEt.ii OF QUISTUS UCBTICS.—
Below wiil be found a fair translation of
the t!i sp (ecu ol Quintus Curli
the Scythian Ambassador, to .:
the Gi'tal. it is ipifte suggestive,
well worth perusing, at the pros.-!
by every Aro itizen who win
to his country.
BPBECB . .MAN iiUJAjSAOOtt TO
A [.ESAXDI TUE GREAT.
If you person i re as gigantic :■ youi
desires, the world would u >t contain j m
Four right hand '.. ild touch the e:i t, and
your kit the w< st, the same lim \"i a
grasp a: more than you are equal to. 1
Europe ;■ •. -'.a : linm A •
lay hold on Km n And if you
conquer all man , you MM IU il
towage -ai with woods and snows, wit
rivers a, , -, an 1 to ,
subdu- Xature.
But hai eyi lerc the u« . il
of things - Hat • >a ren etc I, tha
trees are in growii g to tl
height, and are ci an
is foolish to thi lie I'm
considering the . you have i i
to come;.: it. V. c.nei -t, whil
strive to 1 ich the I ip. you i ;: !■• [hi
ground . bi :uu lies on wl
have laid
11
Inch \ 'ii
tod-as
a nation
Now ,tn:;.;.ioKi:, I, JONATHAN
WORTH, GovERJJOit, as aforesaid, do is-sue
this, in v proclamation, appointing and
settin" apari TIH'KSDAY, theTwKHTT-Kioniu
day of NOVEMBER, instant, as
such dav, and do most earnestly r< oom-mend
tliat it be observd .icoot dingly by
all thegood people? of the State.
, _—, J l> TESTIMONY wnBKEOF. His
J L. S. > EsceUency, JONATHAN- WORTH,
I ^-~. ) our Captain-General and Cotth-mauder-
in-Chief, has heretofore set his
hand, and caused the Great Seal of the
State to be affixed.
Done at the city of Raleigh, this, the
fourth day of November, in the year off
>:;r Lord, one thousand eight hundred and
six'y-seven, and in the ninety-second year
of Amerie in Tu lepen ice.
JONATHAN WORTH.
Bv the I -vernor:
WM N '• ' v Private Secretary.
The Seventh Regiment havedecided to
resn a their former full dress and fatigue
uniform.—A**" J". Paper.
Then the country is safe.
miaieuatioa and harmonious consent, to our sins with full purpose of", and eudcavor
conserve the principles of freedom even to
the remotest genecatioas. Yet we cannot
disgaiue from ourselves, much as we desire
to p^t teid«- gloomy apprehcujiions, that
the uiomantmu acqairau by the successful
party, whiuk has didacted the gov«rnment
for the last nix years, bids fair to bear
down all opposition and carry us beyond
the familiar landmarks of the ConatitutioD.
If that shall be totally repudiated, or so
far ignored as to «xercise but little influ-ence
ou the legislation of the country ; it
we are about to pass from a government of
law to a government of numbers merely,
whose only liir.it is the approval or forbear-ance
of the people, we may well anticipate
another etruggle, as violent perhaps as that
through which we have eo lately passed.
The parties will be diierent indeed, we
shall not be principal actors in the drama,
though vitally interested in the result; but
the coiiseijaeneus will be such as to bear
with severe and crushing force upou our
well-nigh ruined people.
There is now a breathing-spell, a short
pause at least, during which the probable
combatants are preparing for the attack
and defence. And while yet the storm
may be dispelled and the actual conflict
averted, there is pressing necessity that
God's people, in every part of the land,
should be importunate at a throne ofgrace-,
that He who stilled) the waves, the noise
of their tumult, and the people, may speak
hie own powerful word ofpeace, and cause
the wrath of man to praise Him. We can-
■ot afford to Jose this hope auel confidence
in God. Without His interposition, either
in a way which is plain to our own judg-ments,
or by a way of His own choosing,
we must go to pieces on the rocks which
lie ahead in the direct course of our ad-vance,
and sink, as nations before have
sunk, in the wild waves of anarchy aud des-potism.
But a few years ago, he would
have been helel a prophet of evil, to be
shunned by all good and true men, who
could have uttered such a prediction. But
now we have grown so familiar with vati-cinations
of this kind, sustaineel by argu-ments
of go much cogency and power, that,
humanly speaking, such a result appears
more than probable to every thinking mind.
And hence we implore all true lovers of
our institutions who are, at the BUM time,
familiar with the means of access to llim
who is the Ruler of the universe, to seek
his presence with strong supplications that
He will avert the evil day and bring peace
out of the fearful strife which threatens
the destruction of the State.
We are net alarmists in any sense. We
utter gravely what our fears lead us to
sp'«ik, and we express only a moderate
opinion upon passing events. We indicate
the danger and declare our belief that a
few shot months will test the strength of
tbu Constitution, and the hold which it
maintains upon the affections of the whole
people, to a greater degree than the late
revolution, even in the height of its power
For then, on the one side, the Constitution
was the rallying cry which drew to-gether
the thousand* who went tt> battle
under the starry flag, and on the other the
same principle of devotion to the Constitu
tion BnimatMtl the hosts of (Southern men
who yielded their lives to advance the
"stars" and bars" to a proud position
amonifSt the ensigns of the nations. Now,
we hear the representatives of the people
speak of the Constitutien as repudiated,
while not only fierce ievoctive but threats
of deposition are froely indulged in to-wards
the chief magistrate of the govern
ment, who professes to be guided only by
i.n unwavering attachment to the laws ami
institution^ uuder which we live. Religious
newspapers, so-called, clamor for impeach-ment,
and flippantly consign the President
to trial by a drum-head court martial, with
a dossn aaMiers in a hollow-square to exe-cute
its sentence by tf>e bullet and the
bayonet. In the stress of public affairs
whither shall" we turn for help—where
shall we lpok for success. Whither, but
to Thee, oh God. whose purposes of mercy
are always pleadable—where, but to Thy
strong arm whose power none can stay,
nor turn aside !
And why should we not be encouraged
to seek unto Him ? We are well aware
that great aud abounding wickedness tills
ths land; that on every side bloated cor-ruption
festers and poisons the wholesome
air which else would give moral health and
vigor to the masses ; that recklessness In
one section and criminal apathy and indif-ference
in another invite the approach of
national dissolution as a just judgment tor
our national sins; yet we also know that
there is no limit to God's mercy, and that,
in other days, He has interposed to save
His people from a ruin which appealed in-evitable.
He has placed means within our
power; He expects us to be earnest and
diligent in their use ; He has suspended
blessings epon tic- condition of our faith-fulness,
ana He has taught us by the ex-ample*
of his word and providence how we
ought to walk sad to please Him. Are
wo guiltless then if we look on with indif-ference,
or with passive, though sorrowful
subraissioa, while so much may be, at this
very moment, involved in the coarse which
we may pnrsue ? Do wc owe no responsi-bility,
even to those who refuse to acknow-ledge
God in the government of nations, if
we besiege not the mercy-seat with fervent
supplications that the Almighty Disposer
of human events would so order our pub-lic
affdrs that, out of probable danger, we
may yet find the safe way of escape? May
Be not teach our senators wisdom, and
our exactors righteousness ? And shall
we not seek this as the best gift for an im-i
Scythians, or the Scythians with
We Uav ver in ..id Maccdi "
should _. i at) ; i. : thin Von
to be the puniidic r ers, nud fti e
yourself : it* g ne obber of mn . .
You bat i; you hat
Syria ; you arc n ler < : Persia ; yon
have subdii tl rians, and atl i
Ind1:!: all this wil >l sati ify j i m,
you lay t . and
upon o . ■†† ... ir In Is.
Hut have j ittcn how
conqnesl ofthe i»;i inns oVtained t . ?—-
While i mi wi ing them, i
dians ii •, ■' .'.. 1 • • ir viclorie i
no oth ;> - i to (ind \ ■† em-ploymei
I _■† pro*] i ing new \. i
the bush iquest is t
—to «ill, *erve j a
yon ma; he th< * t of rai i. \ u
must ex peel it tl nati qiiei
will end' avor to slm ; < !'.' ■ † † ††:'i -i
as possi ! ; for w . people clu
uiid r fi .1 '.'
If you t Tanai*, \ >u mat
travel t-vcr Sevlhi id obstrvv ho
tensit e inhabit, i '■ ;' t<
conquer u> is qu I hei Imsini - - : j
Ai!l find ... • ■ too nimbi
your pur r til .
you tliii.I. . : i nough ..•:..
you, yi - ,
camp ; I >i' the S yi ns attack
less vigor th.an they ee. It will, therefore,
IIL' ;. our »visd . . i p. with in n-tion,
w ha! ;• ou in • ■ iin< il : cati !
more, v ■ i hat 1 ha. ■. \\ i
have a hin .in S •'.
Fortiui ■ 1 . i • nd is furni
with hin le hi ca] ii ,
vors, and ide the
those to hash en l»oui I
Yo'i . • ■ † †t o.-t to be a ;
son of •• I< nits 1 i
u■;• i i'. I i favors on im
not to de] wl
[ill) if you Ir no ll '>': Oil ! I
rioiis «• ii liiion i i on
thus si ■' :':- in by o
on tini ■ - ' h hate pnfli d it|i
your pi. .
You sir on •• ■• I
gain b' ,:''i : t . ; ■-.
<Jii the oil id, on may, ifyo i
maud t • >otli Europe . :
Asia, "i - '•■ i ween
Bactrin hu l he i »■•, . anais: and
ritory • ' ■ " v hich,
hat e he.' Vln n.
If w. .
nianuei. e our lri«-i:<
Nations i I ever liecn
ai.- on ■■ II i ! • hut it i ir. '
that e ., , sed in a c<
iH'opie : ;; a:i rr<< ••--.... <.lil re i
lietwei tit! and th
even in pea r ih n
I
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entit
former.
We . ei into s
11 •■• i ■
tvh'. •:. ;• i.
the gods »II (in
torn ; ' ;
Scythii to prom ■ †bui
pertbri.
think an pils « i|
1 • • <- tl .e no regard I
esf. em of hesitate to
the gods bt
You
self, whether
ofsnch a eh . . sitont« ! •
hat u it in >: i.' | ■• it her t
or to aunot you, ling .
them, fur ... ■† nem
How N - RULE Eieiinv-
NIM:.- -W mad icU in i
the sp i •!, of Mr. II !. th
gate from I a • saj - Tht R<
RegitiUr. to the (th S<»pt< mber :
tion. It is bri
ted body, and explains bow the delegrcs
nine counties dictated the organ •—
tion and policy of the Convention, fe,y
threatening to bolt, and break up in a rf y,
-s their will and pleasure should bejao-
1 as the law of the party. It wil the-se,
a also that there wai "aSouthern wlit*
a Northern white element" in f.h«
Contention ; and that the Northern white
em, consisting of half a dozen men,
hi 1 control of the nine counties, through
influence over the black elejn,Lt
ii: and that by standing out uir
• rights" as they understood th4n ,
" half a dozen Northern whites «,]
A th < Southern whites, who direc'j
-cnte.l some fifty or more conutierH
S ate. and indirectly the remain til
This singular result was due Kj
>or three causes. The first was tJij
tilcl that the Contention was composedK
■tlii iis colored to one-third white. \Vj
i.ud. r, tlian over state the ptopn
6f colored del. gates. The SCOO
Was the aiinost ab-tolute coni:«.|
'. the Northern delegates exeroi*4<
the colored delegates, through tj
,/• I fon« of them as a Union soldi
:nd th encouragement which has heC
;ivcn to the idea that the people of U<
h ■ r Congress, intend to divide lip
inds ot the South among the Dsamo
po|iu!ation. The poorer classes of tbn
v h tes in some localities, are said also i >
. in the e delusive hopes, whirh cei;-.
t: i:i disinterested patriots have piopagV,
g them. But it was the largaw]
iiiina!; h'a.k element which enabled thi
. delegates lron> the nine couuliiV.
ive t one to the < onventiou. I
1: i~ a fact of pal.'Iic notoriety that thai
trn di legates from the nine counties'
to Italeigh with feeling, anythi.ij;
h'H friendly, politically, to the editor <.t
Standard; but in order to carpj i
i oint, as will be seen by Mr. HoodV
nent, 'Ley agreed to compromise, b-
™ thai gentleman as Chairman aff
Executive Committee. On this basisf
hatchet was buried, the calumet o\
v,•:. smoked, and victory was secur-tbc
" Northern element ' in the niqe
ties, o.i r the Southern element in the
remainder of the state. I
.. Mr. Hood, (colored) of Cumber}
land county, said :
I'mBlDI:M■:- The colored delega1
..v demanded none of'the honorable,.
si ions in this Convention. Under MM
istaucesit is likely we should have'
; bat, sir, after meeting last night
which time W6 had a particular
rammc, which, perhaps, witheOt diftij
wc could have put through ; and I.
. mark lhat upon that programmed
im of a ."southern man for 1'resi-f
this Convention, and up to this
ling it was the decision of the leading'
d in. n in this Convention that this
0 ho.-t programme. But thismorn-ir.
we find there aretwo elements iu.
• ot.iitioii—a Southern white, and a-
Northern white element—-and these are
ig for ascendancy. The colored;
. MI at once- found that they should
position,if possible, to. bermoafeet
i .' mcnls. Nioe countiesm< tin cau-'
iis morning and decided that it t*e
ip the man we had laid our minds up-
' should be in danger of destroying
irmi n_v oi this Convention, from the
1 have mentioned. Nothing would t
j as the enemy better tliau lhat we I
lip in a row ; but ihey shall *■
an opportunity of witiicH.»ing any .
In this difficulty wc ooocToded
rt General Abbott, and propose I
■ ..mend .Mr. i'oeil as < 'hairmnn of
oinmittee on Iteeolntiono, and '»o».
oi- haii mail of the Slate Ktecu- j
litt e. N thing would plea*e ;
p . pie \* tier than to see Got Ho,'- 1
. i 1 front that position, hut we do .
ud lo he d>it. ii to the wall by the '
.- we -hail porsnethr .ten tenor el j
-• . > I rely independent of what
mentsmay think or do In the mat-
V\ e havi in d ■ up our mind* to carry j
wrty through this State, independent
opposition ; and the men we wish
tions ot trust we will place '
ill spite ol all opposition.
ii. WoMiElt.—On the north
: Buffalo creek, one of the tributaries
Rivanna rive:, there is a large sand-
■† k. which -. BOM to have been de-a
high cliff hard by. On this
ii are ii\c distinct and perfect im-of
a i in I s it*--. There are, be*
li< r impreisions not so distinct,
.) . ii i- about twelve inches in
. I ntly pri uuced by the sli[iping
te.t. The footprints aro
i ;i child between two and three
,i ■ ,i : e. There are also numerous
- m. animal, probably an otter.
t-j ints of the child appear at reg-
; \ .! , the right and lefi foot alter-
. nd exti nd over n 10001 of five feet.
■ I : f. ct tl at, when examintd
j under th microscope by a scier.
utisom ago, it i^ saiei 'he \ery
the flesh could be detected.
j possible that tin se foot-r
>uld have been the work of art.
it. on which the rock containing
ited belongs to Mr. George
., and hu been in the family ever
I 1 was first entered, under a
obtained from George III. It has
I nsville, hearing of this curiosity,
• n i-nt v miles on horseback to see it,
o ing interested in it, induced
' irly to join him in employing work-
|uarry it out. This is now be'us:
It i-, in all probability,
• remarkable curiosity of iti kind
nborhood curiosity for many
(J ite recently a gentleman living
perilled people?
But there is one important fact that we
should remember in connection with the ot .1 b,
exercise of thi* duty of prayer to God for I to the chicanery uled tha. ill-assor-
I :•, (••..;- been discovered, and may
;, uch light on the vexed qneation
date of man's appearance on this
.—Richmond I/ispatch.
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