The Greensboro patriot [June 1, 1871]

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A LITTLE WAY.
Ie way—1 know it is i"'t r»T
To that dear home w!urc mv beloved sre;
Ami yet my faith grows weakei H ! it and
o pilgrim in a draft!? hum.
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Phased CM their dixht.
And Taaiahed •i"''*-'-
AU: me, WIJKIU J» the comfort f—tl
Tlicy have hut Jonrw■ \ •.-*! Mi a llttl
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«.d tbe public al JMMi'hil beta »«»» Pwfr" '"
Airuialiftll kinds of Mnmmi-nt* and IMMJMOOM,
.,; L-.-. .l—i-n-. with phMDptDMP, and al DOOM
to nail I!H> limes.
Order* HiUeltad »"d promptly filW.
|-j/A!l wurtc weM ofCompMiy .si...-.- iWirrnd *
HI tin- t. run*. *1"1' ofehMge. r A littl*" war—at timei Ihey seem *<> near,
* '•'■ "?rK!T0?'' i Tl-ir v„cos erar mnnaur a, my em :
_' ; To all my duties 1 ivlng presence lend,
N. JJ. JJ. WILSON, I Ami with e«oet ministry my steps attend,
General Insurance Agent, | Ami **tog ■» seal «>>« taussj •* <«■»".
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. ula FIRE Computal with agsrigul-
CAPITAL of
TM.-I.I, .Million, of Dollars.
| elusion. Ilnl how can this be true, if
a majority of' the present lieople cannot
assemble and niter a cotiititation ■hkb
a majority of 'Jic people of a pan gen-eration
assembled anil made? Is not
the establishment of a constitution a
preeeai pain the (Stare Idias obeenisnj; political power, au«l is not all such
Ami mill my hear) lib Ufa a bir.l anon | power vested as tuliy iu the present
The empty Mat ami mourn* it • tc-asure* I generat ion as it cr:is in the past? Is
! not the will id" tin- people as sacred
| now as it was a ;/-wr itijo .'
To this it is answered, that this
proposition is theoretically true, ami
intuit be questioned in the abstract,
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ASSETS $12,000,000.
Call and insnre yooi property against loss
by no-, anil tbna Becure yon a boane, ami pr--_
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t .• ;■ ... » LIFE POLICY fur the mip-
. mil i liitdren a ken you are
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Mailr ai all Aite>able Pwnts.
'Twas bete Wl nift, and parted company :
Why should th«-ir pain ba sneli a grief to iuo?
This MOM of wee!
This heavy eMCa!
Dtar Saviour, take tlm bnrdcu oft", I pray.
And show mo Heaven bt—but a little way. ,
Then* Hombre rohi-j, the Kuldduetl f.icea. all
The bittcrcerA and pain of death retail ;
Ah! let mo turn my fiws whereV-r 1 may.
I see the tr.i.f- of a MHO decay ;
And parting takes (be marrow <mt of lib.
Secure in bHss, we hold the gollll U chain,
Which death, with ttesree a warniDg, smtmi
in twain.
And never more
Shall time n -■ i-
The brohen linka j—*twai only ye*t< . 1 *••
They vanished fttun onr right—a little v.av '.
A little way!—thUs»*nienc« 1 repeat,
Hoping am! longing to Ktrarl M»m •»'.■!
T<i mingle with the >•;::«;. Krom Ihy haiit!
I lako ll:e CUp 1 caniiol undi itai ■'
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out -. rei| «tin^ " v
ii the qnestioi! whetli r
the pi-Hill- can have the right I il power
to assemble in conveutioii and alu-r
their constilution, unless such conven-tion
shall be called laccordiiig to the
provisions in article XIII ol ihestate
constitution) Ly the general ass -iiibly,
and then " by the " iicurreiice of two-thirds
of nil the inrinl-.'is oi each
boose ."
My opinion upon ;i:.' saiueiwinl baa
been requested by many olhersof my
lellow citizens.
tender such circina.itaiiec.s. antl in
M WAR1 view of a matti»r so deeply involving
the greal polilical :.. hi - of th •; pie.
1 feel thai it wonld be .. ■'. faull of duty
.-lioiild I withhold any information I
may possess npon a subject so ,::. •:*
eating to the public.
The.conclusions, v. lit '.. 1 hare I...:;-..«!
upon this subject result front au u ide
viatiug urecurrenct* to the ftiml.l
mental "principles" • :'w.ir ;.,»■. riimeut,
which place all power iu tin- people of
the state, subject mil;, to those res
traints put upou that powvr by the
constitution and laws of the I'uited
States.
Under the prescul form ol our state
government I hold, with the •• Declara-tion
of lti.^'its." "thai all poljticul
power is vested in and derived from
the people; that" all government, of
right, originates from the people, and
is founded upon their will only :" that
u the people of the state have the in-herent,
sole, and exclusive right of.
regulating the internal government
and police thereof, aud of altering and
abolishing their constitution and form
of government :" and thai •• every
such right should be exi reised in pur-snanceof
1: -v. and on tsisieutly with
the constitution ol the L'uited ;-1;■:. ••."
Acknowletlging the existence of
these fundamental principles, in the
fullest latitude consistent with their
liable eonst i tie) ion. i shall pi
i hat that those people, who, in a-gen-eration
bygone, asserted these golden
; truths as'the rights of man and gifts
of God, in order to protect the fixed
law, which they then made, and these
l very rights aud gifts, from the rash
hands of all future generations of the
lieople. inserted in that very uxedjlaw
a provision, whereby were cut oft'and
I prohibited all means for ascertaining
■ whether " the people of the state would
' exercise their .sole, exclusive and in-
' heretit right of altering their conskita-
I tion," and thus enjoy the benefit of.
i these sacred rights. They made it
(says this answer,) a part of the trxad
law, that " w« comiHtiiin of the petple
xlmll hi railed hi/ the fleneral <i««s,i«!y
Hale** ha l'i'■iimmm HIT »/ lini thirdi of
nil //m metier* of each haute of thefc*-
! end IIAI'W'I/I/." Then-lore, (concludes
i this a uswer.) it is clear that the "MM
• •' /!.■ peojili is forever bushed, aud
, they : ire forbidden to exercise their
inhere it right, unless eighty UMUnbera
of one bouse, consulting of130 persons,
. and thirty four members ol the other
bouse t "insisting of .TO persons, shall
allow tlleau—the people—the privilege
i.of altering the law Used by a bygone
age ol men.
11 is cfjuallj manifest, and is an
undeniable sequence ol this doctrine,
that, if a convention should ever .be
corneas much pleased with its fixed
• laws, as was LycurgUS with the insti-tutions
framed by him lor Sparta, such
convention would absolutely prohihit
all changes in their selfesteemedworli*
•• •' .;.. :, dimini.il the force ■ ft' . ■'
absurd contlict with the the proclniunal
rights of the |ieople, which such a pro t
■ vision would present. Lh.-v iniglil pro-1
'vide thai ' mvenrioa .should be j
. ■', ■' unless nine tenth* ot all the men-1
In s,.i i .ii h house should concur.— I
<> if the question were lefl to a vojdsl
' ol I lie pi 'pie, th. y might pic. ide, tharl
there should !»• no election of delegates),1
unless nine-tenth* of the registered I
] vvt-r* should assent thereto. KacH oi
such provisions is defended by those,
who maintain, thai no convention can
be called otherwise than by the mode
M.ioiiii-il in article IS of the constitu-tion.
All such provisions are alike in
I Hrincipie, though ilinVrent i:i wordnj
n ml aw equally al variance with the
tive agents ol" tiie jieople themselves.
This power ol the legislature, to pro:
vide the means whereby their will
may be known, has-been recognized
in this state as well by the legislature
of Js;M, as by the convention which
assembled in Is.;;, a,„i formed wlutt is
now article 13 of the present eonstito-tion.
I itot-il no higher authority for
| the existence of man power,aa it itood
•nnilispu:,.,; au,\ uniptestioiied by -niii
juriata aoJudges Daniel, Toomex and
.Seawell, than the openly declared
opinion, in the
(button.' Iu tb
1 tiet* may be elected by a minority orthe Gratitude
I whole number of rjitm. Hence it Ag ^ braDchM of , tree return
wenhl lj.. unw.se ..allow; a mere ma- their sap to the root from whence it
.joruj ol the memlK-is „, a legislature | ,,,^^"2B riTer ita gtnmaa to
-< e e , conearient mere n.atoruies the^wbenee nfS^,,,^ gap.
e," ,, ,•;•!'• ■' ,' n\,he,,P"sfnt uelifbts ia returning a benefit receive
« is, iton forbids all „lea that any j^ acknowled8ges his obligation
gneyancecan result Irom the peoples'
being allowed to vote whether they
Sesire a convention. For, it the rep-resentatives
should, at any time, be
remiss in preparing the means for ex-ptesenee,
of William ereMng this right, the people are in
case of Luther ex. llor- | viteil to "assemble together to consult
new, • How. 1. the power is conceded ' for their common gmsl.to instruct their
to the legislature by the bar and the ■ representatives ami apply to the leg-courL
Hut it is my opinion that the islature for a redress of grievances;'
existence ol such legudatire power, in and we are, moreover, assured that to
this State, may well Is- asserted under aid the people in this, "elections should
section o of the Declaration of Kights,' be often held." Conventions author-apart
of the constitution itsell. Thialisedby law, and fnatrneted by the
section, alter declaring that the people | kiw. under which they assemble to
of the State have an inherent right to ' make sjicciUc changes iii the coustitu-alts
» their constitution and form of tion, have a uotabjo and recognized
government, expressly ui»v*J«i that pruxilenitu this Slate. Tt is'wrong
"sueia. right should bo exercibcd in .to.aujiimse that any true lover of liber-pursuauce
of law and consistently |'ty wHI depan from such instructions
with the constitution of the I'nited
Blilua."
" Iu pnmiiuur of Uiie.'' What law '.
Why, such law as might be provided
for that purpose by the legislative au-thority,
iniie fiamers bad intended
to limit the power of altering it to the
specific moil,- prescribed in article 1:1
of that instrument, tlie form of expres-sion
iii s.. noil.; ot the Declaration ot
and si-et io makn any fixed law with
out the foil Huuolar sanction. Mr.
liastoa, iu the convention of 1833, ex-presses
my views, iu the following Ian
gunge :
''According to the theory of our gov
etiiment.aii political powerwasderived
from I he people,anil when they choose
to make a grant of power, that they
might makes plenary or a restricted
with cheerfulness; he looks on his ben
■■factor with love and esteem; and if
to return it be not in his power, be will
nourish the memory of it in his breast
with kindness—he will not forget it all
the days of his life. The hand of the
generous man is like the rains ot heav-en,
which drop upou the earth-fruits
and flowers. But the heart of the on.
grateful is like a desert of sand, which
swallows with greediness the showers
that fall —burying them in his bosom
to bring forth nothing.
KBvv not thy benefactor, nor try to
conceal the benefit he has conferred.
For though to oblige
SaMBggi SnOjMSnaai team i
t.v cominsmds admiration ; yet the hu-mility
of gratitude, is commend-editor
m in
- .feet 7 Inches .
SSPJ' j" Tf* Pydnced in Indiana.
■"* anottaat TOBBtnaja in Alabama .
wahmtimiefTuMt a inches. Th
fatteat perspires under a tlesh weigh:
of-198 pounds; threefstates claim tie.
honor of his birth. The leaue*
reighs98 pounds; being oonaMeri
"light paper" no Bute has come i
ward to claim him. The must pious
has not missed saying a blessing o\ i
his meals but once in forty years, tin
exception being a case of badlv-.-ooi.
haah: he has diaonrered this to I
the Golden Age. The wickedest is •
statolliteoftheSiia.-.he baa :l nri
looking face and a tasty thrnal
3u • a*nu'oniest ■peoimen of tin
hditorial Ass. is managing wriP-r •■
the Star. The ugliest hangs up li .
hat in a rookery in Philadelphia
which accounts for Hie eoarnlaii
Kvalent among tlie children of th.i
ntiful city.
able iu the sight of Ood and man.
But receive no favors from the hands
of the prood; to the selfish ami avaric-ious
be under no obligation. The van-ity
of their pride will expose you to
shame ; their greediness of avarice will
never be satisfied.
Bights would manifestly have been "in f grant, might give it all or in part. Tin
pur-ttaiic-o! the constitution oi" the
state, and consist)-,- with the eonstitu-tion
oi the United State." The use
of iin- term l<< • iguoi - i- i > >■ u flial
the niodv, II ion v.... iuti mleil lo
be confined to the mode iqiecil I In
the , •-../. | '..• ./. I nose, as in mam
respects, is the language oi thai instru-ment,
it. cm hi:.!!,, be supposed, thai
while its frame! - were so careful in
guarding against a collision with the
constitution ot the I nited state-;, they
were so grossly remiss in overlookiDj
legislature by the act proposed to
Hie people a convention, with
powers, restrictions and limitations set
i'»itli in the m1. it was as ii canto
from the legislature, no more than a
piop..- iti HI or .■ imiui udation. It
lait.st origma'e somewhere, and with
nobody could it have originated with
so much propriety as MI that which
represented the people lor legislative
purposes. The proposition
been sanctioned, il became an
Strairberty Tret*.—People fond of
strawberries had better go straightway
to Minnesota, it they can credit a
writer iu the St. Paul Pre**, who asserts
that he has seen scores of miles of
country a degree of latitude north of
fort 'i'otten, which was an almost
continuous plantation of wild straw-berries,
growing, in many of the richer
spaces, not on horizontal vines, hut on
bushes, many of them three and four
feet high, on which the clusters of this
delicious fruit attained a size rarely
having I reached by the most assiduous cultiva-aet
ot ''on- So profuse, he says, was this na-
GMuliiK KLOSJIIENCK.—-Leith.
his •Travels in Irelaud," says . -li, n
morning rambles, a m.iti sitting on i
ground, leaning his back ig -
wall, attracted my attention l.\ a !.■
ol squallor in his ap|ienniiice. whir
had rarely before observed, even
Irr'^uu. His chlothes were raggi .1
incierenoy, and his face was pal-sickly.
He did not address me a I
passed by ; but having gnu- ., ,.:«
es my heart smote me ami I i
than t* *&• ''If you ave in want." -»iil
^ •* same degree ot nevi*
do you not begTr "Sure it". 1. ;
I anf," was the replv "You d■■
torawotd."' ".No! is it jekingy
with me, sir! I^tik therer iioh!
up the mrtered remnnut M"wh»i Iu
once been a coat: "do yon see bov
skin is speaking through the koli
my trowsers, and the bones rf> its ■
through my skinf Look al my -
eu cheeks, and the famim- tha
ing in my eyes! Man aln >j
beggin ] am with ahumlm! tu ■ u
tin- |Ms.pl.-: U„r it has I sauciioned ! !'TP productian of strawberries on what
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-,.;.. nn s. v. Iiich may
spri tig n]i in new states
I opi: Jatioiis, forming their
luti ii.- . itli .-a. li restraint
:t the pcoph
In nil. r II ',
intolerable
ciintiiuall'
with sat.i I
first coiiel
iiunosi i!
, ;:, i will..; a majority ofTne |icopl<;
and e "uallj grievous even tocoudense-lv
|MI| uiateil states, must be enchrc-
. ui s- ,n the progresses Of the age.
With till proper respect for the
opinions of those who may differ from
mine, I am constrained ti say, that
Hie absurdities involved ill such a con-struction
with the guarantees ofa gov-ernment
.iccorilitig to the popular will,
so often repeated in the constitution,
forbid (be to entertain a doubt, that
the privile ge of the people to exercise
their iiiher »nl right of selfgovernment
t-n.aias un iffected by the Ural section
of article 13 of the state constitution.
I .lo not inti'ud to assert that this see
lion ot that article is inoperative. I
shall turn to its consideration presently.
lint I freely iteclare it as my opinion,
deliberat As a.id muchconsideredi that
even if that article had been so worded
as to remove al) cavil as to its mean
iug, b\ di cl iring iu express words that,
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otheririse than as prucidid IN
i ,•;.',» ." the provision would have
IM-I II destitute of all obligation. For,
I maintain, as a cardinal principle in
.al
a collision v. it n
siaie. -ie\eu ■-. seiting ru .ii
appallation of ens and c Ifing
it. a fate.) i: they intemletl :•• si f up
that iiietrameut as the only gitlHc in
any proposed cl ge ol il , . i ions.
Dunbt!ess, the Inum • ■ this section
(3) (which was unkiioi a to the con
stitution beo .- IS,i I 111 . mill I the
cell .naicii iinla ....; :iti| mad • in
l.sll '_• by Dorr, i ml nthei ... us ol
Bhodi 1 I..... eh.ni . form ol
govcrnraenl in Ilia any
law passed t- r the pu They un-dertook
to do tli t, tin nigh the uisfrn
mentality ol mei ■■ i-~ ol the
people, ftlietiii i qualified votel*s or not,
assembled al ti.- ir call, and voting
without any hur passed for thai pur-p
. This mo was dec] in-I lie
and revol itioaar il . d
be an • ■ :
inn !..::■■ 1 the, I
States. Al
for n.teiiii -.. till
■titution of the precisely as it was proposed.
.. iliou .. . pro|M
nl Kciubly, anil no o
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sanctioned, must be rei
•• HI it attorney, li
... limits oi rel i •>■ ui*
conditions i lieri in
ti • the com fin HI
p!c but a self-i
la ciHiebiHinii,
I ■ itilia'.li i tiiloi ■
i lllSl il 111 ioll, I .;..'
the constitution •
i . pursuance of
Such a
1 in tlie act
tiler, has IH-CII
thai act, so
umil as our
we transcend
lience to the
are
peo-is
ralleiI ihe 1 Yinliina mountain—where
the plant takes the upright Irom i» the
very pride of its exuberant fruitfiilness,
as it it ilisilaiued to creep along the
earth with its scarlet crown of glory—
that the cart-wheels, crushing the l>er-lies
as they revjlvetl where red with
this w ild vintage of the plains, ami left
long crimson trails behind them.
provided, w
died byth
ititiited ..oily."
I ile ii-lo say, that j The eflect of the rebellion
the provision in onr I inishing the wealth of the
in dim-eouutry
the right to change I shows itself in the census returus
'slionld be exercised '■ The increase of every kind from *il.i»*i.-
law ;" ami as the leg 000,000 to*I0,.?m,m*i.nnu, or "."< (ier
isiahve power is te-ted iu the general cent,; whereas iu 1870 ill his only
ic.u, I, ti" Itgi-.. un
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! a mode for the : ■
j tion. And •• in |
I liiey did call a i
i formed then < ia-i. .
jsipiilar will. The II
illustrat
if the IH
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lited
plan
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M :
ussi mbly. t!:.:t oo ly alone ha I the un
qiicstioufd imwer to uial.e a law,
i. Ia*ivby the people may exewise their
■■min rent, «ole, and e telnsivc light to
nllei a: .1 iilsil ■ h tin ir con-il il lit ion.*1
i . .. . I. . . V. Mill i .
is. r. M«J«»I:E.
Tim
Freaks of the Types,
iiulers sometimes madt1
.: •, providi. . printers are truly > Icrfnl. Tb
by
lul
..'! .: eieiven-til
,li . I;n."
. . . n ...ill II-Hi
iti lo suit the
I -land rase
s fully I he nature of the light
•pie IO change their eonstitu-ni
w hai can be done
1
Ion i ig examph
in ■!.'! line :
In the ofiico of a '.-» Yoik paper
there .itood in type the report of a
sermon, ami a paragraph about the
career of mad dog. in "making up."
these two got mixed, and the readers
tion . i In n ami cousin-1 of the paper, next day were astounded
tenth with th.- constitution ol the at 'be following mdtmgi
United States." Jns. Thompson preached to
In my judgment i might bare real audience last Sunday.
the argument iusupimrl ol 11M- powet lastaermonprcviou
ot the'lcgi.slatui- to provide ibe means,, f,,r Knrope.
whereby the |Haople may express their
reached *l.f,fion,000,("io, an increase of
but iMl |KT ceuL As might Isi expected
the least increase is iu the Southern
States. Throwing them out of the
calculation, the Northern Slates have
gained l»s par cent, since I860, which
yet is less than the gain of the previ-ous
ten years. The .Yiifi'on, to which
we are indebted for these statistics,
furl her proposes to deduct the nation-aldebt
nt*'J...00,IH«>,omi!rom t he amount,
ol our present property, and to take
the average of the remainder among
10,000,000 of population instead of .Ml.-
i «in.i II II i thus making a still poorer show.
.Y. F, Am.
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need to iipph them in solving the iiues- the broatl selfgovernment by mitvei
itiiage. wheieeach provision in tu
FUENITUEE
tion under consideration.
All laws, made for tin- government
nl the people •;: the stat.. are properly
divided into two great da ises: I. Those
which ate made by ihe p o| Ic in their
piimary capacity, while acting loi
themselves through unieslittiiied n
gents, and represoniiug tite jM'ople as
fully as the p:-i.;.!" could represent
tbeiuseb i s were lie . pei - uallj |irv-sent
and acting. Such of this eta* ■ »f
laws as are not subjected to repeal or
modification by the gefdhil is embli
. , ...:■■., 1 -.". ■ ■ • - . ' -i .
.'....,•. oi fixed laws, that is, laws fixed
until they are annulled or modified by
■p tverassupreuieius tbe jtowe rthich
uai ■• them, namely, the |>eo| •■ them
seb es,actiug !:. their priman capacity,
il. '. hosi la' swli -MI are nun by :'
|ieople, through their i*e| niativi-•
acting for them under, and in snboi
dination to, the constitution or fixed
laws: these constitute what arc usual
ly termed laics. They are repcalal
fixed law owes its orig
a majority, that everj
must di p ad. for the
its existence, upou tin
inal existence
such provision
( intinuation Ol
same will which
iu regard to the projiosed changes
of the constitution: bill tlie question
has been asked. Of wtiat use, then, is
section I of article 13 .' The name
question was picbcutcd iti the conven-tion
of 1835, and was auswereil by Mr.
(iaston. in stil- lance; Thai taeaiithori
ty conferretl in that section was not in-tended
to limit the power of taepeopU
to call a convention, by their rotes in
puissance ol law passed forthat pur-po-
i.'.a ton ■ tin- Ii gislaiiiic.liMi.t'i
call a convenli •" whenever two-thirds
of all them mls-ii ofeach house should
,'.o. il was then deemed i the
may assume il to !.• Uneiabl
thai ' ::• i t ' isht}
Bev.
a large
was his
to his embarkation
lie exhorted his brethren
mid sisters, after offering a devout
prayer.took aw him to cut up some fran-tic
freaks. He ran up Smith street to
Brown, and down Carr street to Col
A t the 'zoological garden of Dres-den,
in Saxony, a female tiger gave
birth to three strong young ones. On
a former occasion the mother had prov-ed
absolutely unfit to nurse her young.
The director, iu order to preserve the
young tigers this time and if possible
iiringthem up.proeuxed a large dogpos-sessing
the requisite qualification, and
gave her in lieu of her own progeny the
three little tigers. The dog accepted
them without the least reluctance, al-lege.
At this state of the^proceedings though they belong to an entirely tlif*
fereut family of auimals,and even now,
at the end ol six weeks, when their cat
natures has become welldevelojied and
the black stripes on their yellow- skin
fully visible, the dog treats her adopt-ed
children precisely as if they were
her own.
j COUCIll • . u
; tine, and wi
at all lime
i members of a linn e of o ■ but bed
and I .'.nl'.,. and tli rf> : MM' I u I ibers
of a bouse of fitly.: the
ba .; ol ti mil ■• fit mi Ih'
some boys seized him, tied a teakettle
to his tail, and let hfin go. A great
crowd gathered, and fora few minutes
there was a lively scene, finally, he
was shot by a policeman.
The writer of an obituary notice of
an e-timable lady, said that the be
leaved husband was •• hardly able to
bear Ihe demise of his wife."' Imagine
his disgust on nailing iu print that
bereaved litisbatnl Was " hardly
to wear the ehemit of h
/■'.mull) for Canter.—Some months
Iago Colonel ('apron, rominissioner of
! Agriculture, received from Keiiador a
created it, namely the *il of the pre-- , g|lJ|I, , volil
,.-.: p.upV.-.hat that will eannotbe ^ention of ,hl. ,a.«ple, the vol will
crashed or impaired in its strength by ! ,,_. jn fn„ a( (.onIa|1 . ivhll ,;„. ,u|al.
the past creating will; that H;'". "', | will. With the overwhelming a I
the first will is as much subject t
change bj the second will, as it was to
be moulded bv the first will: and thai
even device. Ivy the creating will, M
,!•<:' ■•• the fu I of the l ;•'.-.
or -:■. it her its existence, or isouimaud
,: hil .silence, i • .: fraud on the in-herent
right -lftlie people to have their
wiil. anil to live under a government
of their will, lo hold otherwise, la to
in., it.i.n thai tin- lieople may ba de-rraiided
of the right of self government
under the pretence of protecting con-stitutio"-
Irom changes by the popular
will!!!
it has I., .-ii suggested that the > in-eoiiferred
on tho
'•"•';" "■.:>• -■■ ■-■: ■„ ■ .: :• "'," ,;,,'tl",t .«!".«■ supposed to be incurable and
Rev. I >,. « ay land, Pi'.-;'-nt o Brown ; J™°" ,,'«,«-, cancer. The Commis
I mven.it>', ••gave a billiard party. —IjJJ^j llUtlllJut<M, t|li8 ..u.it among
the editor wi a -nl .:.:■.. par.;.. leading mtslical professors and
;!,|, maiorities of: ll.e.iiupoitai.ec ol carelul pnnctoa- ]ivsi(.ialis
b „ne of theM, hasbean ap
:.,:•■ onld . t.ct. eannol be insisted on too urgently. •, • ,.UIiaerauco with extraordinary
I.e. manifestly, a n-rc are a lew instance ■tl.ich dins- al;(lll7lI,Hlk(.,,f„rsnPCCSH!aild in twenty
titrate it ■' a young man to ih^ ^ .i|mw| pntirvlv ,.mM tiie
mother of Vice President t.'oltax and
I by the same authority which made VeiltiOll of 1SCS has eot.ferre.l on the
■BB them; and it is out of the power ol legislation no cxpnss power to pro-il
that authority to remove such lawn be vide ways ami means for ascertaining
I » vond the reach oi that authority. !»•■ the will of Hie people to have a con-
>r" ccaauussee tthhee ssaammee p|mowweerr wwhhiii. !, niai.a a vention. Mi!I, il the
law can numake it.
The constitution or fixed law, is a
letter both ofautbority and command
from ilie people to their agents—the
members ol the gcneniI assembly. I»y
•-. Cof-1 tills httel
ntion. li thai be so. still, if
pcuple have an faarrml light t'< a
pilVill •;.'.',''.l.''»'"'' •''.•' the COHltUtttiOH,
there 11.11-; be tome mole nl imparting
practical life I i ' li:»t privilege and BO-cnrillg
its fruits. In every code ot
laws, where a right is proclaimed and
al remedy is provided, one is
,..,1.1 IMOKE
ii iSCii
, 1 rclituble.
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afacturers.
Family Singer Sewing Machine!
I 11 AX i: 1. ..'.,■ :ill:iligfl:l''lils
■ale ill- above Mm bin*—■
ihe best Machine Twhrt, Linen
Thread. Machine, • at Bast
Order* s • it. i.
Address, SIRS. A. P. FOWLER,
p. O. Bos --'.
l.Vlaf Gneiaboro, N. C
i. near n.r
it nl-.. keep
I.II.I Oiilt.MI
ry prices.—
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ROOMS,
si.fltl ELM STKl-E'.
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... . j&y ■ -. '■ It. nbo* s~
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or ages bygone, hut the c isting pres
cut people, li is ii|i:: fundamental
principle which iuspireg the nxezi law
with life—,•!■'*! at life. Iti am asked
what reason 1 have for this assertion,
I answer in the language of section 3,
of the Declaration ol liigbts, "that
the people of the state have the inher-ent,
sole, and exclusive right to alter
and abolish their . oustitnlion and
form ol government." -Mi-! I .'ay that
though tliis ciinstitiitioii wasi Buidfi by
a geueration of people who existed
when it was made, and that genera-tion
has passed away and another suc-ceeded,
still the constitution has been
•neither abolished nor altered ; there-fore,
the presumption exists, conclu-sively,
that it is as much the will of
the preseut generation of the people
as it was of that gene.ation of people
who made it. Every rational iniiid
casas of similar defects (if defects they
may l«- called in the constitutions of
tho States) the daty ot making provi-sion
to ascertain th" popular will haa
been assumed by that branch pi na-tional
power, without question, iu tins
State, oi its authority iu siu-t oases,
until recently. Certainly, if in the ab-sence
ot express provision, there be
any authority for snen purpose, none
caii I*' so appropriate as the legisla-
• L\ ciirgii*. ruler of Sparta. Hiarmo.! with
tl„- Ivieltv an.l gr-.in.es" of his political —■
l.Ml.hmen:, became desiroJ* to make ;i un-rial
and asm" M down to A^JMS ioi.es. Pat ;l.is psrnoaa ka aaaemblM tna
iH-oule and took an "nth of all lue o-i-oi
iiii; \. ill i !i
the repri lentatb ■•
exhibit, it would
silt II : il ions
. :. j" ; i-.ill i''t «t
i-y,,.; ...,. t ... Ill U ' ii" Ic clll li-
I'lat it sboiihi e ci ileil ..' once by .! '
people's :.quo■• ntati.es.
The mauilusl diffcreui - between tin
two modes is, thai, it tht former case
p, o;,ie il i. imino or themselves,
as they have a righl to do even in
doubtful eases, theii will whether thej
deaire a conventio i. It the ' tei
case that ••• ill is i i '• I ' —'«
been faili deb rm) ntl by the 11 etion
of members; and t!i ■ Ie islature pro-claims
it and pn - 'I: al ■""■'■ l" pro-vide
the mean- i I givii il • leak
In this lighi •.••-■a ' '" article 13
was viewed by the eotiventiou of l-i-';."..
If. as urgued by some, this sec ion
„:,. .;,: :.-.i •■. tit'] rheSO.OOO voters
ol the privii ■.. ' eh .;• ig tin il
.stitiiiiou bcc-.ui : other i • I' •■•
I i.litii ..i • Id not eon--nl
then the goie;l:l i ■ nil • by,
both iu form ... I ; :.i :- - ■ "1 '•■' ■'''
s.-" • ■. :. il : . in .'...ui
ui i: .- ".: :
,, ti ■' tiiii "all [i
in and di . d
• thai "all govern
ment is founded u their will oulj :"'
that "they have the inherent, sole and
exclusive right of regulating the gov-ernment:"
"ol altering and abolishing
their constitution and form of govern-ment;"
that "all elections ..light lobe
tree;" that "»" property qualilicauon
ouBlit to affecl the right to
hold office:" ai'—all of i
beaiuiiul flowers,
If the artful dema(
atpopular righto. i
Although it bo true, in contempla-tiou
of the constitution, that the mem-,
bcrs of each house are presumed to rep-,
resent the views of their constituents, |
I idiaige tu .1 ('.:.. oi horses oi a
religious turn of mind." " \ child was
ran over bj a wagon threee years old
and cross eyed with "pantalete which
never spoke afterwards.*' ■•The pro-
,, ■.-. , as very fine and nearly ten
m :• - in length, as was also the prayer
ol Dr. Ferry, the rhr.; lain."
;'.. i i ■'.'.<->. fnte in t'nuisuli unlit.
—Th- Pennsylvania Senate has pass-ed
a bill authorizing the cumulative
system oi voting iu all the boroughs
of the commonwealth- at elections for
members of town councils. In isi
roughs wherein the number of such
members is now fixed at five, the bill
requires thai six shall hereafter be
eh ...!. \ nters in iv then either dis-
• ( ■ l.i.Ih.fs among the six
noon one OT
cho .s. . "this bill.
other patients who are afflicted with
Cancer.—WtthinftUI letter, IMtimure
Gazette.
The round figures of the ladroad in
terest an easily learuetl and remem-ticretl.
The whole length of all the
railways in the world is 130,000 miles.
The cost of the same was, in ronnd
numbers, ten billionsof dollars. Those
ot (Ireat Britain are tho most costly
and most durable, anil those ot the
I'uited States the least so. The rail-way
system of the world is supposed
to give" employment to over one million
parnona.
The entire Khodo Ulan 1
said to be swarming with ma ■'..- -
Little Things.
A little lioosenie now a.nl Iben,
1* relished by the In-st of I
Tax on kuowledge-taxed books.
When does a man impose H| h
self t When he taxes his memory.
Keller gambol for health on the bill
side, than gamble for money in d.eai
Why will next year be like In
Because last year was 1870 mil i.
year will be 1873 (ton.)
An iliex|HTieiiceil lain , |
make, corned heel by gu ii u o."
whiskey.
Boys, standing at the
church, stares tit the girls aihllj.
A load of WOOd given to a poor i
sou warms you almost as mud .
dues him.
What is the best stimulant fi
hare!—the greyhound.
Why is a ballet lady a !'ii.
•atise she's a posei.
A love thai is net-, reeipi
neuralgic affections.
When a dralt passes thru tgl
loes it (jive the chirks eo
What a difference it nuik - wlwtli.
you put Dr. before
name'
or at'.'
When
When In
must
is no
time hang tin
mower.
Kin
.' tribal 1 caiulul.it. -. or eiimultiti
and citii
asseuts to the coucctuess of this eon-' to do »o.
thai they would not alter, bat
w«*!d abide by 'bo eiiatlna c.ublishiueiit
W '-" »houW ii-tni" Irom Delphi, whukerhe
was dam going, wit* the s-orct purpose oi
nevel returolng- He never returned, but
the .ilin-..s.lisregi.r.leil ihe unjust imposi-tion.
Nn HUM uau ever nuestioaed their njkl
A Griiiel From a Colored Mn.i.—
George T. Downing, the colored oyster
man and ex congressional caterer, lias
, written a political letter against, the
shaiild i: pa-t the other branch of the|,i.|„||,licans, which effusion the X. Y.
|„ ;i.|atuie. will peiaiit a ii.o-e gener |//^,„,,( QBJhl a "Hivalvular KIHIIIICS-all
of this particular plan of mi ana," Downing SnyB tent BB sees on all
UOi ■.::,■ •.■. atioit'than has hither ' Bi','jJ.»ili>crimiuations on account ofcolor
Hill. I his .- ii.e plan de U1.l(|,. hytherepnblican party, "whidi
... , ,1 by ex-Senntoi Baekalew, of
Fenniyl'Vaais, and i' has not only ;
been thoroughly tested at ||*"****^|ftn the udntodaani"
town elections in that Stati
are mlioas.unfair,ungenerous, depress-ing,
and which show a lack ol respect
Mite
where it
was provided for by special legislative
enactments, but it has in every case
proved eminently practicable and pro
ductivc of the most beneacial results.
It is the nearest approach toasatis-fai.
tiii. system for Insuring tepreseo-
H tation tothe minority that has ever
trewn by tne uaua i bjwn ri.:|,.|„.,i. T|,e new constitution
igue.ovr the -■••"" j ,.,.,.,.,lt|v adopted for the State of Illi-nois
provides for a similar plan ol vot-ing.
-Tho
cause exparienee has often taug
that a majority of party rejanjSewtt
CVo.i* IHanwmU.—The crown of
England contains 1,700, and il valued
at «.'i00,000.
The crown oi Fater contains M0 dia-monds.
The crown of Ivan contains 841 dia-monds.
The Inqierial, crown of Bussia coa-t.
uiis -.."■!*< ibamouds.
The crown of France contains oi.'
diamonds.
The Danville Tis»e» says that iH-Klourney,
who is in New York, has re-cently
stated that be will arrange mat-tors
for the construction of Uie rat-road
from Danville to Bristol befofe
he returns. He is represented as ■
fine spirits.
Thetiii«.toeliueli an arguin. i
the attention of vonr audience is
etl.
Chickens cannot reaaooah
to have My future existence! Dm
they have their necks twirled in tin
A child three years old, who h •
seen parched corn but not the ti
bloom, esme in one day I In i,
summer with her eyes as i
tons', and said. "<Mi,mamma '
all over the pear trees !"
"What do you mean In ■ u
dog lite V said a husband te
wile- "Look at Carlo and Kilt
asleep on the nig: I wish
half as gracefully with tin •
"Stop," continued the lady, "tie i|..
togethcr.nm! seu hou they wil
N'cvoi n-peat a story nnless ion
oeitnin it. is eorreet, and no - i
unless something is to be gained. . .
er ol interest to yoorsell
good of the |iet'hon eoneei u<
tling is a mean and wicked |i
and he who indulges in II . -. . tu
fond of it iu proportion a- he - si
cessful. II you have no good lo
of your neighbor, never reproach li
character by telling thai
false, lie who tells you
others intends to tell nth
faults,aml so the dish of in .
ed from one to another till tlie
comes enormous.
Youth is a glorious"-
the girls chase the loin . mil
chase the girls, liie mouths
dance away -'with down upon tin
feet." What a pit] uuimei
short! Beforeyon kaos
come grandf.ith.'is and roi
mothers.
Kven ifyou pull down till
should not willlul'y up- •
Why is a king who ..: t
kis dominions! Because h.
dumb.
"Oh, dear." blnblatd out. an irk
who hatl just been raffering
application of birch—"oh, ileac
tell me UIMMII forty rods makis
long, but 1 can toll a biggei slori Hi
that. l>*:t 'em get such a pi igiii
in' as I've had, and the. II
that on* rod makes an a-h-i.
"If I put my money ill thei .-a..i
liank »hen km I derail .. mi igin
queued an emigrantol i Irieiid a
had been'over'longer than I
"Och," was the reply, "suit
it In today ye kin il til - I a
morrow by giving a '.'■■:■-. ght'
A Southern editor, in ia
correspondent us to the t
the word I'lebiscitum. says—"I h
citurn means—well, it's the | .
Shoo Fly, don't Dodder m-'.' '
Two IrisBmea were tnvelil
they stopped to examine a gunl IMK.
"Twelve miles to Portland.
"JUst six miles apiece." satil tl
AnUthey trndgetl on uppa.i .
fled at the small distanee.
Those who look rather <
Canada will be-, perhaps, i
to hear that she is the Itourtl i
time i'ower in the world, anil
ships, with a tonnage "' 8 ' '" '<
She stands alioad of every l
cept I Ireat lint.- the I
and France.