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Ij O .A. fi~ " the platform Of tbo 9eiuoo?at;o National Convention Tho Democratic party, iu Netiounl Conven tioti assembled, reposing its trust iu the iu telligonoo, patriotism and discriminating jus tice of the people?standing upon tho Constt 'tution as tbc fou mia ti on und limitation of tbc /powors of the Government, aud the guarantee of the liberties of the citizen, aud recognizing tho questions of slnvory aiid?aooession as hav ing boon settled, for all ttuac to come, by tbo war, or tho voluntary notion of the Southern States, iu Constitutional Conventions assem bled, and never to be leuowod or ro-ngitnted, do, with tbo return of peace, demand : 1st. Immediate tortoratiou of all the States to thciv rights iu the Union, under tho Con stitution, and of civil government to the rajherican peoplo. 2d. Amnesty for all past poliiictil ofToncea, 5ted the regulation of (lie olectivo franchise in the 8talc3 by their citizens. 8d. Payment of the public debt of the Uni ted States as rapidly as practicable ; all mon eys drawn from tho people by taxation, ex cept so much as is requisite for tho necessities of the Covern m cut, economically administer ed, being houcitly applied to suoh payment. ; ? nnd, whore the obligations of tbo Government ! do not cxprcfisly stale upon their faoe, or the I law under whioh they wore issued does not [ provide that they shall be paid iu coin, they ought, in right and in justice, he paid in the lawful money of the United Stutes. 4th. Equal taxation of every species of property, according lo its roal valuo, inclu ding Government bonds and othor public se curities. 6th. One currency for tbo Government and tbo people, the laborer and the office holder, the pensioner and the soldier, the pro ducer and btttd-hohkr. Ctb. Koonomy iu tho administration-of tbo Govorument) the roducltfni of the standing army and uuvy ; the abolition of tho PVcod mon's Uitroau, and all political instrumentali ties designed to secure negro supremacy; simplification of tire system and disoon(?ti fino? of inquisitorial modos of assessing nnd ?olteotlng miern?lj:oVonuo;BO thftt th? burden of taxation may be equalled and lessened, tho credit of tho Governine!.'' aud the curren ' cy made good j tho repeal o? all ouaclmoii!* for enrolling the Stato milita into national forces iu time of ;pcaoe j W?* tariff for re venuo upon foreign importa)' and suolv equal taxation, under tho luterani rovonuo laws, as will aiford incidental 'protoetlon to domostlo tal?n ufad uves, and as will, without impairing the revenue) imposo?.tn<) least buM?fr upbu and bo3t promote andE^?o?r/ig^ tho groat in dustrial interests of tho country. ?? 7th. Pvoform of abuses iri^.tVie administra tion, the expulsion of corrupt mon froin of fice, the abrogation of usoldss) offices, ' tho re storation of rightful authority to and tho in dopendenco of tho esecutivo and jndioinry departments of tho Government, the subor dination of tho military to the o? vil powor, to tho ond that tho usurpations of Congress and tho despotism of tho sword may cease. 8th. Equal right1) and protection for na turalised and native-born citizens, at homo and abroad ; the abortion of American na tionality whioh shall command Iho rospeot of foreign powors, and furiiiah an example and oucouvagement to people struggling for. na. tionnl integrity, constitutional liberty and in dividual rights; and the maintenauoo of the lights of naturalized citizens against the ab solute doelrm? of immutable allegiance nnd . the claims of foreign powers to punish thou for alleged crimo committed beyond their ju risdiclh a. In demanding thoso measures and reform?, wo arraign tlic radical parly for its disregard of right, and the unparalleled oppression and tyranny which havo markod its career. Aftor tho moat, .solemn and unanimous pledge of both Houses .of Congress to prosecute tho war exclusively for the muiutcuanco of the Gov ernment and tho prcsorvatiou of tho Union, uudor the Constitution, it has repeatedly vi olated that mo-1 .sacred pledge, undor which alone was rull?od thai noble volunteer army, which carried oa?- flag to victory. Instead of restoring the Union, it has, so far as is in its power, dissolved it, and subjected teu States, in times of profouud peaco, to military despotism aud negro su premacy. It has nullified thcro the right of trial by jury; it has abolished the habeas corjyus, that most saored writ of libo; ty ; it In.s ovorthrown tho freedom of speech and prow; it has sub stituted arbitrary aoixurcs and arrests, and military (rials and secret star-chamber iuqui siti?os for the constitutional Irtbuualu; it has disregarded, in time of poac.i, the right of the people to he free from searches aud seiz ures; it lias outcied the post and tolcgraph oflicci-, aud even the private rooms of individ uals, and sized their privato papers aud lot j tere, without any specific charge or notice of I a fii da vit, as required by tho organic law; it I has ?ouvcrtod the Amencau cap?tol iute a ! bastilo; it has established a system of spios and official espionage, to which no constitu tional mount ohy of Europe wonld now dar? to resort; it hits abolished tho right of apponi on imporhmt oo:isth -tioual questions to tho su preme judicial tribunals, aud throatons to curtail or destroy its original jurisdition, ' which is irrevocably vested by tho Constitu tion, which tho lonrned Chiof Justioohaa boon subjected to the most atrocious calum nies, Hicroly becnttso he would not prostitute his high office to the support of tho falso and purOwuu uliurgta preferred.agaiu*t the Presi dent. Its corruption and ex tra vaga uco have exceeded a?ythiug known in history, and by its frauds aud monopolies it has uo.irly doub led tho burdoo of tho debt eroatcd by the wfr. It has stripped the President of his constitutional power of appoint.nont even of Vis own Cabinet. Uudor its repeated assaults, the pillars of the Oovornmcat are rooking on their bnee, aud should it succeed jn Novem ber nest, and inaugurate its President we will meet, as a subjected and conquored people, amid tho rui.is of liberty and the souttorod fragments of the Constitution, and wc do de clare aud re-solvo that, even sinoc the pooplo of the Unitod Slates thvow off all subjection to the British crown, the p?vilogo aud trust of suffrage have belonged to tlio sovoral States, and have bceu grantod, regulated and con trolled exclusively by tho political pewor of oaoh Stato respectively, and that any attempt by Cougress, on nuy protext whatovor, to de prive any State of this right, or to iuterfore with its exoroise, is a flagrant usurpation of powor whioh ean find no warrant in tho Con stitution j and, if eaneltoncd by tferc people, will subvert our form of Government!, ami can only ond iu a singlo oontraHr.ed and consoli" datod Government, in whioh tho separate ex istonoo of tho State will be onttrcly absorbed, and an unqualified despotism bo established irt placc of a Federal Onion ofoo-oqual States; and that wo rogard the reconstruction Acts (so-callod) of Cougress ao suoh aro usurpa* t?ous, and unconstitutional, revolutionary, and void ; that our soldiers and sailors, who carried tho flag of our country to viotory against a most gallant and dctorniined foo, must over bo gratofully romomborrcd, aud all iho guamntces given iu tiicir favor must bo faithiuiiy 0arPio4 into ot?eut?ort. . That tho public lands should uC difctriljHlyOd as widely as possible among the people, and should be disposed of either undor thcr pro oinption of homestead lands, rid eoi d in rea sonable quantities, aud to nono but actual oc cupants, at tho minimum price established by tho Govornmont. Whon grants of the pub lic lands may ho llowcd, nooossary for tho on oouvagemcnt of important publio improve ments, tho proocods of tho Bale of suoh lauds, and not tho lands thomsolvos, should be so applied. That tho President of tho United States, Andrew Johnson, in oxoroising tho power of his high office iu rosisliug the 'uggroe^jons of Congress upon the constitutional rights of tho States and tho people, is ontitled to the gr?* titude of tho wholo American pooplo, arid in behalf of the Bouiooratio ttarty, wo tondo? him our thanks for his patrintio offovts in that regard. . jL Upon this platform, tho Iftin?oratlo patty nppoal to ovory patriot, including all the con servativo ?lomon i, and all. who deeifo to jwip; [ port the Constitution.and' restore tito Union,, i forgetting all past differences of'opinion, to unito with us in tho prosont great atrugglo s fot tho libertios of tho people; aud that toni! suoli, to whatever party thoy may have horc tofovo belonged, wo extend the right lumi of fellowship, and hail all saoh co-opernliug with ns un frioudsnad brethren. Tho Political Campaign?Radical Prospeots Not lb aud South. All tho advices received hero recently from the South, roprosont oarpot-bngisrn as on its doath-bod. With tho exception of Florida and South Carolina, all tho Southoru Sta tos .ir? eoitecdcd as covi a. u to go for Seymour and Blair. Tho radical organisation \a ihe ?ocon struotcd rogious arc dwindling away rapidly, aud dofootton has veaohod their very strong* hold with such alarming results, that tho oat pot-bag horoos see nothing but riilu uboad Thoy bave discovered their groat weakness in tho very ttpot whoro they looked for au im? prego iblo tower of strength. Tho negroos, whom thoy toiiod upon as their right arm of power, have become disgusted, and proclaim that tho white radioal is a groator enemy to them than tho white rebels who were Ic.toly their masters. Tho most intelligent blacks, therefore, have determined to join hands with their old ma?tefs, und thus drive away the oavpet-bsg adventurers froni the Sont h to their nativo clement. Hits rcr/rdialiou of radical ism by tho colored citizens is overwhelming tho Ropublioan loaders of the South, and con- , Bcquoutly they aro boginuing to reatine that thoy havo boon caught in their own trap.-? , SovornI shrewd Republicans who havo just ? returned from different parts of tho South ad mit that Sambo baa turned tho tables upon , thorn completely, and now t heir only hope of ? success isin the North. This last hopo scorns i uot to havo a very firm hold of thorn either, i judging by the mauuor in which they write j to their friends in this city. Tho corrospou- , deuce sont here from different Statos iu tho j East aud West, by radical stumpers and man- ; ngcrs, is of the most desponding character. ? They admit thnt Pennsylvania, Indiana aud j Ohio i.vo lost to Gr.xnt nnd Colfax beyond r?- | dcmptioii, and one of them declares itnnt lili- ? tio'ts will go tho sanio dr.y, tud?sa tho strOU* , gost offerta arc mado to fave it. Logan's , defeat as Congressman at large from the Slato , is spoken of as certain, but the electoral ticket* , it is urged, tony bo carried by clever engin" oejing.' The most sanguino Republican I ( havo seen hove f.om Colfax*? Stato, only fig ures up Republican majority of 3,000 in Indiana. This Republican is otto of the most shrewd and influencia! politicians iti tho Stato of Indiana. In fact, the impression is vory genovai here now that Seymour and Blair will be elected by a vory decisivo majority, not ou account of any groat popularity of thoir own> but because the people of the country aro de termined to have a chango anyhow. [IVWt. Cor ..r. Y. Herald. Be Cautious, in Word and Act. If there is one counsel which, during tho next niuctv days, should be impressed with morei frequency and moro fovoo than all othors upon the Southern people, 'it is this : Be cautto?tf in word and act I Wo outer tain the most sanguino hopos that tho approaohmg electio? Will result io a de cisive triumph for the friends of liberty and law, and a restoration of the Govormuotit to its ancient foundations, now so far romoved. And, while iu tho advancement of that most desirable issuo, littlo is affordod us to do, it is unfortuuatcly truo that wo may do muph to imperil, or, at. least, retard it. In that regard, tho near past riso? boforo.us with fch#>n|ost solonui monitions. It is by no moans certain, that the people of tho North would not havo .sustained the President In tho fell oloctions of*186?, defea ted Congressional radicalism, and anticipated by two long yoavfl, tho glorious victory on whioh wo count in Novomber ; but two un-/ fortunato oiroumstanocs conspired to thwajl the rotraoing stops of those .people, nnd "^ dash baok tho tido of returning roason and maguauimity whioh promised such happy ro siti ts for tho general prosperity of the repub lic. One of those was tho cxtromo impm douoo of oortain of tho pnbllo uttcraucos of tho Prosident, but the far moro fatally eflco tivo obstados was tho riot in Now Orleans I It is no exaggeration, to say that melan choly ooourrenoo v turned the soalo in fifty doubtful Congressional Districts, and thereby scoured that two-third* vote in the Houso whioh is aocouotablo for all tho enormities of tho most profligate logishttion that over our&ed pioplo with ovon tho traditions of froomon. Thus was lost, tbtv two years, the ohanoo of peace; thus was gained"military dospottem, I carpet nag Constitutions, nngro s upremnojr, tho to??rtf cf o?tca bill, aud all the multiform' vonwmitios'Jvfhioh*disgraood the last sossion of tho Thirty-ni nth Gongro^s and tho first session of Its successor. ? . ? " ' " . ? * A^ainiantetbotloh nppreaohos in whiolvtho 'very issuoli ,of BSCtV arc to* bo pnssod upon ofteo mor?, 1 ? country, bv'oallod en in tho light of the prao'ical oxporionofc ?f two bittor A. I aid fateful yi?av8 to roviow its former Joels ion, mullicar iho great appeal of liberty r.nd tac Constitution. Tbc oiroumatance;! of tisis tij?al aro al? in one favor. Congross has ?r od each passing month of loose iotervening yoara with ? uow outrage tipou us, and a now argument, therefore, in our favor. Recon struction, iu its every development, has star tled the publio ear with some now violation of J^.pjivato.right and publio liberty. The ufyVTtfte 'purposes of ladtordU?*, ehadowing fejjelbe entire subversion of the constitu tional rights of States aud people, have boeti fully revealed. The utter and ahandonod profligaoy of Congressional government has beou laid baro to all eyes. The thorough fuilures of reconstruction to acoompii di any- ? thing but tho ghostliest moolccry of freedom, \ is sorrowfully admitted oven by Republicans I tho'tmolvcs. The waves of war had further ! aud full chanco for perfect .subsiding, and ? filially, the conservative mon of tho country have now had abundant time to rally from the | terror which tlio despot torn inaugurated by j Ijiucohi bo widely spread ; thoy are wonder-1 tug that so boastly an idol could ever have been thought a god, aud* are hastening to compensato for their supineuoas hitherto, by uuwoulod diligeuce and determined effort now. in this most fortunato conjuncture of our riffaiw, our tiiumph of the Const itti t ioti oan lO'tYoeiy ho jeopardized, savo by ourselves, sevtaialy by no party aud uo agency or.u it ho io much joopardi/.cd as by oursolves. It is vaguely whispered, aud tho recent disturban ces in this oity, at tho Federal Capital, at At lanta, at Charleston aud elsowhere, give grave Bountonanoo to the rumor, that instructions havo been iaauod from ocrtaiu radtoal leaders in Washington, that conflicts with the ne groes must, at all hazards, be provoked at tho South hotwoou this aud election day. This is procir.cly what every ono acquainted with radicalism must havo antioipatod. Half that Congress so easily accomplished would have k?4k':iiVkt*.n.fnl]v donnui)Qod..as well North a? South, had not tho passions of the LNOVMlorn people boon oxoited by tho syst orna'ic lying >f radical proseos respecting "Southern out rages." And they havo too often profited by this game to slight its assistance now. It i?t not important to them what may be the origin, or what tho character of the victims, of tbeso disturbances. A party which oould make a horo out of Ashburn, a Bftittt out of Jobo Brown, and a martyr out of Dostie,'and could find ai) odor of s-.uiotity in a negro brothel, eaunot bo very scrupulous about the quality of tho material with which thoy propose to work. Lot us bo oareful, then, to avoid even tho appearance of violonoc. If a disturbance arise, let it bo manifest that the conservatives were the aggrieved party, aud that the conse quences, whatever thoy may be, properly at tached to our enornios, *nd wo will baffle this last and most favored resort of radicalism.? And to that end, it is cqitilly desirable that, whilo dohounoing with whatovor sovovity of lauguago tho deeds and dosigns of our cue roios, outfspeakors and writors should do noth iug towards hunting a breach of tho por.oo and thereby inviting the many and* irret? lov able oviln that must certainly eusito.?~??ic?i* mond Dxatnincr, and inquirer. The Status of tho Negro. In assortiug that "this is a white man's government," (says the Xow Orleans ?Y./!e>,) th\p whito pooplo of tho country by no means foreshadow injustloo to tho negro. Thoy know nu(i xojoioo that the old institution of African spVory ?p atan ond. To revive it would be Zf step whioh nono but the insane would duro tQ take. Being froo, tho uogVo in as much tinted as his white neighbor to tlic safeguards of ?1)4 law?. Ho must bo protooted in his p?ribb, h?3 property, and all his material rights j and for bis infractions of law he must bopuliisuod In the same mannet as tho white man is. In all othor matters ho must rooog nizo tho pvejudlooa of immemorial oustom and tradition, aud aoocpt suoh a position as ho oan work out for himsolf. Ilo must r?mombor also that though froodom is a word of super lativo sigoificanoo, yot those who call^them Boives froo n?o always froo. In this world pf prror and oorruption thorc tare many kinds and dogre^e of slavery, and that of physloal subjeoHon to a maetor, though humiliating and unpleasant/ is by n? moans tho most galling and dogr?^ing. England for a third of froontury has filled tho world with tho dolusivo btjf&at that whon ovelf a slavo louohod her soil his shackles foil off forthwith, and our Govornmonii, ni noe tho oloso of tho war, has taken up tho cry ai\d echoed it with ail tho pharfonioAl vigor, of fiet'co, unthinking fanaticism. Lat England turn hor cyo to tho slavory in hor factories and minos, and.tho ftoreo than heathen ignorance with whioh it is associateti) and say, if bUq date, that hor pco|He oro all flract Ftvou among thoao who aro independent, as far as tho more necossitiee of lifo aro concerned, there - ' * .* * >% \ -1-1-?? ~'-jt (rumili ? ? ii?ni?niiim?iim i?m?iii? i?ii<mnii I aro thousands,' nay, miilioos, who aro undor ! the grossest bondago to their vioo??? boii ; cinge infinitely morc corrupting than ouo of j more servitude And what may be said of Eugiuud, hi this regard, is alino*', equally applicable to A morion.. The uogro who has boon freed from tho bonds of physical scrvi tudo is, in nine coses out of ton, less freo than ho wras bofovo bis emancipation War* declared. His habits have bocomo worso ; his hoalth is not so good, his wants are not so well provi ded for, and boyomi all else, he has become tho slarc to selfish and corrupt party dema gogues, who umko him tho instrument of plunder, and, as far as possiblo, the shield of their own corruption. Now iu the proscut oanvass the white Cou sorvat?vou of the South, who aro the neigh bors and must be tho oinployorr of the uogroes when tho rule of the earpct-baggers cud?as end it must within a very limited period? have endeavored to oonviucc tho negroes that to them thoy must look for their Into cirfrwn ohisomcnt?for tho ratification of every priv ilege beyond equal protection to life and property. In the North, whore tho Pedicels bnrve freon in power, they havo not extended to the few negroes who reside among them the privilege of impartial suffrage ; if thoy bave givo? it in tho South, it was an act of fraud, intended merely to servo their own , base euds. , We will not pretend to Ray that the white , people of tho South arc very mueh better than < tho white pcoplo of tiic North, but thoy cov- < tniuly aro moro reliable than the carpet-bag- ( gorn, and tho immunities which thoy grimi | tho negroes will bo for?vovgrantcd. Tho oourso which the Southern whites are to adopt ? toward the blacks must, be an honest one.?0 i No people or party can with impunity sacrifi?e < honesty for the purpose of scouring a political victory. Lot the negroes understand that ? tho whitos are empowered by the lato ?ud- i ioal amecdiucut to tho Constitution of tho < United States to restrict negro suffrage, oud tuo extent to which that provision will bo < ........ ? ' - -?v V-i-o-^rtf ?w , colored people during the oxt.stnig oanvn* i, or up to tho time whet: ?ho white people will again bave control of their own affairs, :.ud ? onjoy to tho full their rights of solf-govoru- [ mont. It is probable that there will bo restrictious ? on, ?uff: aye, but if so, they will bo framed in I a spirit of sound statesmanship, aqd will bo enforced without disti notion of color. White and blaok men who commit grave offences, andar1, sont to tho penitentiary will not. be permit'.ed to vote, and possibly oi-hor equally 1 I wiso restrictions will bo framed on other poi Us * ' affecting the public weal. Whorovcr negro I rule has been attempted, it has proved h fail ttre, and in a country such as this, where the blt\?ke a'Vo in so hopc?oss ti minority, negro tule is impossible. L ttbe blacks then, as well as tho whites, accept- tho situation. It ' is useless to oling to delusivo hopos and con tend against tho inevitable. The white man 1 will* be t?io rulor iu this bind, and the negro will gain a huudrod-fold moro by ?a hobest oonoiliatory course (.hau ho can over extort in any other mnffrVer. . -? Reasons for Being a Democrat. 1. Booausc I bclicvo that "Tho powovs not delegated to tho United States by the Constitution, nor prohibiting-by it to tho States, aro rosevved' to tho States respectively or to tho pooplo." (Cons. Amend. Art. X.) But Congross has imposod nogro sufirage, which belongs to the States. (Chicago Plat form, seotion 8,) on Nobraska and tho States of t?ic South. 2. Boorusq I bolievo that "No person hall bo convicted of treason unless on the toe. timony of two witnesses j" (Cons. 8, see. 8, 1,) and "The trials of all orimos, oxocpt in oasoi of impeachment, shall be by jury," (Art 8, sooi 2, 3,) nnd "No bill of atlaiudor, no c.r, jk>?? Jacto 1?j,w, shall bo passed." (Art. 1, seo. 9). But Congress has declarod mon traitors, oud punished thorn as suoh, without the testimony of any witnoss j has imprisoned citizens, and refused them a trial, aud has enacted laws to puuish pest aots. , 8. Beoauso 1 bolievo tliat "No Stato shall make anything but gold and all Ver ?oin a ton der in payment of dobts.'r^ (Art. 1, see. 10)1 ; But JaeoWn Logislaturos mado greonbaoks, worth only 40 oonte on the dollar at tho timo, a legal'tender. . j? * , 4. Beoauso I beltovo thnt tho froo oxpree-*, sion of opinion at tho polls is an oaaontial ic?ght of a froouinn. But Congross bus doolar .ed that none shall voto wlto ?annot swoar tliaL Ihey JjoHe .o in t?t? scoiai and political equal ity of the - agroi (Tost oath of Arkansas*) fL BoonUso I bolievo that the rich men* sh?tAti p*,y, taxes as woll as the poor inftn.7 Bnt Cofgross, by oxompting tho bonds, has enabled' tho rich to thtow the burden of taxa tion on tho poorr 6. 'BeOnttso I believe ff greonbaoks are good enough to?pay Ilio soldior who lent his blood lo his country, they are good ohough to iV - * . V , ) :?~?..?.- :...'._ . . pay the stay-at-homo, who Oftly !cnt his inon-* 7. Because ? believe that the laboring man at the North ehould not be obliged, after frooing the uogro, to maintain Iii in in idlouoss; bo .should woik for his living, or, if unable to' work, bo supported by tho Stillo in which he? lives. But Congress, through tho Frcodiuau'e bureau, doos koop Liiu idle that ho may vot?? tho Jacobin ticket. 8. Bocatwo I boliovo th.tt if tho espouse* of government, during tho oight yean, prior to? 1SG1, were only 6193,000,000,7g2,000,00O a year,) we should not have spent $187,000, 000 from Juno 1st, 18G7, to J uno 1st, 1808 ?a year of profou nd peace. (N. Y. Tribun b y 20th July. 9. Booa?so I believe that a Jacobin Coii gron8, with a two-third majority, is responsi ble for tho evils which afflict tho country, and. not the right of executing Clio laws they nmdo, 10. Because I bolievo that Horatio .Sey mour, who .saved NowYofK city from the riot ors, (Mayor Onydyke in Constitutional Con vention,) Pennsylvania from the rebels, (Stanton, Lincoln, Forney,) nnd whoso tdalee man-diip ?tn.s too long been acknowledged to bo disputed, is a more roliablo mail lo govern tho country than Grant "who knows nothing of politics," (Wade,) "who ir* a drunkard/' (l'ilion,) "who cannot stand up before a glues of whiskey, and is as brainless as his saddle," (Wendell Phillips), who ;io\or held a civil ;> ?.?, who was dismia?cd from tho army.? (War Dep. under Buchanan), "who can only talk horse r.nd dogs." (Wade.) ?l. Bconuse I believe ?h?? powor c'en tered! it Washington will an surely load to despot ism in m erica, as power centered at Baris loca in Fraude. 12. Because I believe that ?? is highly immoral and dangerous to continuo itt author ;y a political party which Casts out. of their or ganization such a man as Ohatfo, Trumbull, Ooolittlo, oto., while it acknowledge* as load ers such mon r.3 Cov. Brown of A'tuToiMonville'" ?ro^lp^teRi^f?.** Stentor Calicot, "For those roasons, a n? many olhcs " too' mmoroite to 'mention," I will this fall vote tho Democratic ticket. Lot nil thinking men ivbo love A mori can liberty more than party mcco'ss, do the .saure. Posterity will blesa' theru. A FREEMAN. tJtXOAj Aug. 12th 1878. Rio ht.?Tho following is oho of the Roso-' luttons Unauiinously adopted by the Wake County Democratic Convention, on tho 8th inst : Resolved, That W. W. Holden, "who,; writes himsolf Governor of North Carolina/' having doolaved in his iuaugural address that, "Every o fi roo and employment in the Stato/ from the most inferior to the most oxaltod.' must bo filled by tho friends of Reconstruct ion* and of the. new Constitution," thus prosorib'-' ing, for opinion's sako alone, the only class' of out citizens who aro either worthy tho con1.* hdono'o of the people or capablo of an oulight ened and patriotio ad ministration' of the gov ernment, aiucorcly depreciating the pVosotfy tivo apirit whioh ?r?Voe us to tho u'copssify.' an a defensivo mensuro, of doing oo; and witl'v no uukind foolinge towards thoao who' must suffer tho oonsequonoo of tho conduct of thoao * whom they havo unfortunately placed in pow er, wo'horcby plodgo oureolvcs, in the futuro, to aid, oncourago, omploy and pnirontsb' Dem oorate and Conservativos, in proforcn'eo to all others, and to protpot and dofend ca'oh other in the oxeroiso and enjpymout of ali out con stitutional and Iogal rights'. Sblv Hkli*.?How fuiil? often are our en deavors to' socuro a happy, prosperous, or iudcpondonl futuro for these we lo;ivo behind us. In fupbj it often'scorns timi extremo o.iu. tion in this regard . defeat:) itself. The beet legacy to ohildron is Solf Help; bank H*ock is nothing to it'. That may tnko wings ; but tho energy to whioh disaster is only mi incen tivo to offort, that is of itself a fortuno. Wo look with tendor oyos upon tboso wo love, and ?igli t? think woe?may, porohnucc, not bo on tho sh'oro when they launch thoir Utile barksy folrgbtlhig.Him who holds the wind? in Ilia ha % and regards tho fall of the sparrow.? Savd it,good motherjoneo, in reply to mich anx ious' fchrs, "I have got beyond that. If should'bo takon away from w$ children boforo tn'oiV maturity, very likoly somo one who will sbo faults to which I should havo bepn blind,, will do for them far boiler than should. 1 UavQ thought it all out-^and can trust Hiro%'* ?vKRV Dcmoorat would bo delighted to ee* Blair and Colfax mako a speaking oanvasw togother. Blair is wiiling, but Colfax is woak. They onco had an encountor ip Gongreos. Blair pulverised Colfax botwoeu hia thumb and- foroflngor, nnd oould, upon a pinoli, havo taken* him ne pinoli of snuff. : ??t t??So didn't honker aftor euoh. on article.-*-LomjV ville Journal! ^