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-.~r-:T-;-r..?7"-f =P?= VOLUME. 2.,: .SATURDAY M?RNlm ??,f - ,:i-u_ -,.-U-!* ? ? ?? ii 3 ?.? / /. ff Ol FIRST ??R H?ME8 ; TIIJEN" OUR ST?TE5 FINALLY TjlE NA/TION; THESE COJSrBTTTIJTjg O-p.3^/.j^p^yx^^. ?, y V 15, "1868. NUMBER 13, ? ORAN??BURG NEWS. Vlffiht?isi*. AT ?R A N GftiuiRG { S. C: . ?., SAMUEt* MlBLE, j JT. (?. J?JBJlLti, Associatc Editor. VHAKLES 4L ifA&Li l^bl?hcr. ?? TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. OntGopy for one year...,. $2.00 M ?*? ?? Six Months. 1.00 4i ?? "Three ?? . ?50 Any ottc.8cn.ling TEN DOLLARS, for a Club of New Subscriber*, will rc-wivc an J5XTRA COPY for ONE YEAR, free of charge. Any ono pending .FI VE DOLLARS, fsr a Chib of New Subscribers, will receive nn' EXTRA COPY for SIX MONTHS, frco of charge. ?:o:?? R,\TES OF ADVERTISING. 1 Square ist Insertion. ,$1.?d ?? Ud ??.,,,?..... 75 ,, A Squaro consists of 10 lines Brevier or one Inch of Advertising space. ? Administrator'? Notices, if accompanied with, tho cuhIi....;.........;...$2 75 If not accOinpnnied with thc.cnsh...$5 00 CoBtract Advertisements inserted upon the most, . liberal terms. ?:o:? \ MARRIAGE nnd FUNERAL.. NOTICES, riot ex ceeding one Square, inserted1 without charge ?:o:? ? B?* Terms ?nsh in Advance "t?a fob 23 o ly \ Ii TL it KSiM-:c:Tru sh kemosstr a xck, lVhito People of South CltroKiwj AOAINHT THE CONSTITUTION LATK COXVJtXTlOX OF THAT STATU* - SUBMITTED TO CONGRESS run RATIFICATION ? ? .. -> - - - -, 'frcKuTiU**'* of. the CidOjJ: 'Xlcttts, t& i<Am The undersigned respectfully sheweth. that a Constitution fraught with evil to. the State, and to a'? classes of the people thereof, is about to be submitted to your honorable body for ratification. Roforc your honorable body shall set upon that instrument tlie seal of your approval, ond thus consummate upon a pn ud und faithful people 4i great und irreparable wrong, wo rcspectful y ask a hearing at your hands, whilst with a due sense of our responsibility to God und truth, wo submit lor your consideration the grave ob jections that may be urged against the pro posed fundamental law f r this Stute. And first, permit us to lay before your honorable body the following analysis of the said Consti tution, nrppnv.jd by the Hen. IS. F. For.), of this State?a pure man, and an able lawyer, and a life-long, bold and outspoken Unionist. As a man who opposed nullification and secession you will, perhaps, not regard him as one whose Views on the Constitution ure apt to be regard ed by that disunion spirit, which many mem bers of your honorable body might seem suffi cient to prejudice any paper emanating from South Carolina. Mr. Perry thus states the most prominent objections to bo urged against the Constitution of the Reconstruction Con vention of this State: "AnncLE 1.?Section 19?Of tho Decla ration of Rights, gives Justices of Pcuce juris diction of nil offences, less than felony, and in which the punishment does not exceed n fine of $100, or imprisonment for thirty days. This is a gross invasion of that boast and bulwark of . Anglo-Saxon liberty, tho trial by jury. Any one may bo arrested and 'tried summa rily,' before a Justice of the Peace, or other officer, authorized bylaw, on information under oath, without' indictment or intervention of u Grand Jury." Can anything bu moro despotic or alarming, than the power of an ignorant, vicious negro Justice to line und imprison any and4 every man in the State? "Skc. 24?Enables tho Legislature to au thorize and empower any one, a police or mili tary officer, to suspend the laws of the State, or the execution of the laws! The Constitu tion of the United States limits the i-uspcnsiou of the writ of .habeas corpus by Congress, even to cases of rebellion or invasion. But here the whole laws of the State, in time of peace, inny bo suspended, by some worthless minion, au thorized by tho Legislature. "Skc, 25~- Authorixoa thoGouorul Assembly to subject any ono to martial law, or to the pains nnd penalties of martial law, whenever they think proper. This infamous power is given,tho Legislature under tho guiso, too, of protecting personal rights. It seems to havo been suggested by tho minority of tho Su promo Court's disseuting opinion in Milligun's p?so, They held that Congress could'authorize tho trial'of, a citizen by a military court. The fram?rfkof this Constitution did not intend* to leave tho legislative power doubtful iu this par j tieulnr. "Sec. 28?Clearly and distinctly empowers and authorizes the. Legislature,to keep up and maintain a standing army in time of peace ! This, alarming power is given too, most ?droit-? ly, under the pretence, that armies being dan gerous to liberty, ought not to bo maintained in time of peace 'without tho consent of the General Assembly !' The purpose of this sec tion is to enable the ..Legislature to keep up a regular forco of fivepr ten thousand negro sol diers, to suppress and keep In subjection tho white nice, after the United States .forces aro' removed from South Carolina I Tho Constitu tion of tho United States especially prohibits any StntOjkoeping troops . or ships of war in time of peace. But this Constitution declares it may be done with the consent of the Legis lature ! "Sec. 2.of AttT. 4.?Provides that the Judges of the Supreme Court shall be elected for six years, and section 13 of the same ar ticle ordains that Circuit Judges shall hold their office for 'a term of four years.' This destroys tho independence of tho Judiciary, and makes them political partisads, with all the temptations and corrupt ions of politicians. In ordertosecure their re-election,thoy must become subsorvient to tho Legislature, by whom they arc to be re-elected. Thoy will not dare to decide an Act oi tho Legislature unconstitu tional, nor will thoy venture to oppose their -judicial opinions to any popular current which may b sweeping over tho State. Whilst the Judges of England were in commission during the pleasure of the down, they were always a tyrant's menials. Heretofore tho Judiciary of this State, olected for l:fo, have always been above reproach, and th?jr ermine has never bconjs?Hicd with a stain of suspicion. Hence forth the Judiciary of South Carolina will be ^^cogfitofcaiid subservient. "Sko., 22?Gives Justices of the Peace ju risdiction in cases of bastardy und all contracts and torts as hig\ as 81UO. This will open the flood ^ates of litigation, and keep tho people iu constant excitement and commotion. Petti foggers will s nfUur un. idj over the Stefu todis I Igeortotcc and prejudice. w'.'.V Wsftrong in judg ment on tho rights and liberties of the peo ple. "Sue. 2G?Denies the Judges the right of chargin; juries in respect to matters of facts ! In most cases tried iu oar Courts it is absolute ly necessary for the Judge to analyze the facts iu order for the juries to properly understand them, and give a correct verdict. '1 bis will be more imperative hereafter, when our former slaves shall be sitting on these juries. In a complicated civil case. befo. c a stupid ignorant jury, under this restriction, the trial by jury will be a mookcry of justice. '?Sec. 33?Takes from the Legislature all discretion us to the adoption of the proposed amendment of the Federal Constitution, dis franchising . the people of South Carolina. This amendment repudiated by Ohio, Califor nia, New Jersey and even Massachusetts was submitted by Congress to the several Stute Legislatures fur their adoption or rejection, us to them should seem proper. They were to judge of >*? merits and decide for themselves. Bui this section swoars them before-hand to adopt it, whether wiso or unwise, just or un just 1 "Sec. 24?Dcolares null and void all con tracts for tho purchase of slaves, in violation of the Constitution of tho United States, which declares that no Stato shall pass any law im pairing the obligation of contracts. This sec tion was intended as a fraud and deception, a bribe to induce the people, owing such debts, to vote for tho Constitution; It is a nullity, aud will be so declared by the Federal Courts. Hut this will be after tho cheat has had its effects and accomplished its purpose. ?'Sec. 2 of Aut. 8?Enfranchises every malo negro over tho ago of twonty-ouo whether a convict, folon or pauper, aud disfranchises overy white man whr had held office iu South Carolina. Intelligence, virtue and patriotism arc to give placo, in all elections, to ignorance, stupidity aud vice. The superior race is to be made subservient to the inferior. Jaxation and representation arc no longer to be united. They who own no property are to levy taxes, aud mnko all appropriations. The property holders have to pay their taxes, without having any voice in levying them ! The consequences will be, iu eft'ect, confiscation. The appropria tions to support free schools for the education of negro children, for the support of old ne groes iu tho poor houses, and the vicious in jails und penitentiary, together with a standing army of negro soldieir, will bo crushing and utterly ruinous to tho State. Every man's property will have to be sold to pay his taxes. "Sec. 8?Expressly prohibits tho Legisla ture passing any law depriving a convict guil ty of larceny of the right of suffrage. It was opprohended that in a few years a largo pro portion of the negro voters might bo convicted of larceny, and the Radical party thereby shorn of their strength iu till elections. But' is it'not most shameful, thu^ in. forming a Con stitution, cure, should bo taken to prevent rogues front being disfranchised, whilst the same caution is exercised to cxcludo the most intelligent, virtuous and patriotic from the right of suffrage 1 It would-seom thut the pur pose of tho fraraors of this. Constitution wtts to, found n comm unity of rogues and* jmupors in South. Carolina I And so astute: hare thoy boon in carrying out their purposo, that they provide in section 12, that all who hnvc al ready been convicted of felony shall bo allowed to voto. "Sec. 2, Art. O-r-Prohibits the Legislatur fVom levying n poll toK.of more than ono dollar on each person, and declares that this tax shall bo applied exclusively to the publio school fund 1 And no additional poll tax shall bo levied by any municipal corporation. In other words, tho property must pay all tho taxes of the Government, and person:; shall pay nothing for their protection of life and liberty. The idea is that vagrants and rogues are to bo a sort of Hwon-'ssc,'exempt from taxation, us was the case of the aristocracy in France previous to the French Kovolution. In order to secure tho school fund, section 15 authorizes, tho Leg islature to punish those who may embezzle it, by declaring them disqualified for holding any office of honor or emolument, in this State. But, then true to their purpose of vesting all; political power in the hands of such persons, it provides in the same section, that tho Gene ral Assembly, 'by a two-thirds Vote, may re move the disability ur>en payment in full of the principal and interest of the sum embezzled. If a man has stolen money from the public lie may still hold office under the Government, if he will 'give up like u gou^oiwau,' the money, stolen ! . I I "Sec. 10?Provider that ho debt contracted | by this State in behalf of tho lato rebellion, in J whole or in part, shall ever be paid. Why should tho non-property.bidding negroes, Yan kees and Southern renegades in the Conven tion prohibit the property holder from paying" these, debts, if they two proper, to do uo, and preserve uutuTnushctL the honor of their fitate. ! This^aoJbt>u?.jcii^Ved with Km?^4 why s'hoplu it not'be paid? The property holders, who assembled in Convention in 1805, and who would have to pay this debt, never thought of repudiating it. "Sec. 3 of Akt. 10?Kstaablishcs uniform system of free public schools throughout the State, and provides for tho division of the State into school districts. This will do very well in New England, where thoy have a dense population, but is wholly unsuited to the sparse population of South Carolina. Ill many of the sChool districts, lour miles square, there will not L-3 a child to lie educated. In a ma jority of them "there will not be children enough to make a respectable school. The ex pense of such u system will be at least $1,000, 000. It contemplates and forces the education of the white and black children in the same school. This, no oue, who has any regard for the morals, manners and future respectability of bis children, will tolerate. They who are ublo may employ private tutors for their sous and daughters ; but the poor children will have no alternative but to go to these schools, or be uneducated. "Sec. -1?Makes it compulsory for ?11 chil dren between the agon uf six and sixteen to attend school for two years. The compulsory system may suit the genius uf a despotic Gov ernment like Prussia, hut is at war with the spirit of uur free institutions. There are many parents who arc not able to spare the services of their children at home, and many others who die not in a condition to furnish their children with suitable clothes and books for their attendance at these schools. At least a parent should be permitted in a free Republi can country, to govern bis own household, and determine for himself what is best for him to do. In order to support these schools, a poll tax of ono dollar per head is to be levied, which might raise $100,000. This would leave ?1)00,000 to be piiid by taxation of pro perty. Sec. 8?Provides for the establishment of State reform schools for juvenile offenders. This is a new system tobe introduced in South Carolina, and of very doubtful policy. It will certainly add hundreds of thousands of dollars to our taxation. All the public schools, col leges and universities in tho State are, by sec tion 10, to be free and open to all the children, without regard to race or color. There seems to be a studied desire throughout all the pro visions of this most infamous Constitution, tu degrade the while race and elevate the black raco, to force upon us social as well as political equality, and bring about an amalgamation of races. Sec. 5 of Aht. 11?forces each County to provide for the support of the aged, infirm and unfortunate. It docs not require children to support their aged, infirm or unfortunate pa routs, nor parents to provide for their child dien ; but this heavy ami most enormous bur tHi is to be thrown on the public indprovided fiaby taxation. 1 il'ITcrctoforo South Carolina lias pursued a w4e policy in refusing all divorces. The rnar rifce cor.tr? ct in not like that of any other, wljicty' the parties may rescind at pleasure, wihout iujury to Booiety. Thero is a third pyty?innocctit and helpless children?who u|> deeply interested In all divorces. More over, it tonds to demoralize every community v.jcro it is allowed or tolerated. Rut section 4jfcivu3 the courts power to grant divorces. Tois. section was intended, porliaps, for the e.fjomal benefit of the negroes. It ought also to have legalized polygamy, which has like wise great favor with this class of people. j;;Thc settlement of a wife's property, pro vided for in section 8, might have been left to tfe discretion and wisdom of the Legislature. ]t;is an experiment, and if found mischievous 01) Unwise, the Legislature ought to have the piWCJ of changing or altering the law. liut tlTs ordinary act of legislation has been incor -.p^atod in the Constitution ns a fundamental" j -jirw not to be repealed. ?^Attached to this Constitution arc several oiliuapces, and amongst them one which re pudiates all pledges of faith and credit, on the j*drt of the State, to an)' corporation or private itjftividual, made sinco 18(iU. The honor and ylit of South Carolina, her good faith and mjst solemn pledges, are thus treated as of no iSidcration whatever, liut this ordinance is 0$a par with that dishonor, despotism and uu ipulous extravagance, which pervade the lolc Constitution, and are worthy of the in ious sourer whence the instrument has its Tho ordinance to create a Hoard of Land Inmissionors, authorizes the purchase of Is for the purpose of selling them out in dl tracts to purchasers on credit. This wild ujv ruinous scheme is, likewise, for the nc gl?es, and is likely to boncfit no one, except t^| l;:nd commissioners and their friends. Tjlyy may bo sold, but tho purchasers will the loss will ulti id any ono ever State, and all the people in it,\aro reduced to bankruptcy and poverty?" Thus has it been shown, in tho above analy sis, ow injuriously this Constitution must a fleet the interests of the white man, and how inconsistent it must prove with the peace and prosperity of the State, liut, in addition to this, the Committee believe that it can be shown that the said Constitution is uot the less injurious to the very class?to wit: the black people?whom it seemed most especially to to have been designed to benefit. On this point, the Committee ask leave to iuvitc atten tion to tho comments of the Hon. A. Hurt, one of the ablest lawyeis of the State, and a man of the highest character, and of well know!! political conservatism. The following is 1 language on the subject of the jirovisious of the new Constitution, which confer the power of taxation : '?An analysis of the provisions of the new Constitution, which confer the power of taxa tion, I have notn doubt, will assure any candid mind that no people on this emit incut can en dure tho burdens which it imposes. The prin ciple which pervndes that entire instrument is that all taxation, except for a singlo purpose, shall be imposed upon real estate und upon the income from the sale of merchandize. In es timating the inequality of taxation, we cannot omit the fact of tho great divesity between the two races which inhabit the State. At this moment the taxable property is held by one race, and under that Constitution the political j power is vested exclusively in the other. Not only are the ordinary appropriations for the civil service of the State imposed upon the property held by the smaller number, but the other race, as a race, is at the present moment entirely exempt for the support of public schools. A very huge number of tho race which own the taxable property are disfran chised?cannot Vote, and cannot even hold the humblest office created by that Constitution ; while tdl others without refe rence t<i property, to educational qualifica tion, to past citizenship, or any other qualifica tion, are allowed to vote. Need I say that this is a condition of things which the world never before witnessed. Your ancestors proclaimed a sentiment whicb has thrilled throughout every American heart, reached to distant coun tries, and been incorporated into their Consti tution und laws. It is this, that taxation with out representation is tyranny. Now, not only is a large class of property holders in South Carolina disqualified to vote or hold office, but those who may vote or hold office are not re quired to have any property qualification or to know a letter of the alphabet, as many of them will not know. 1 say that a more arrant and infamous spoliation of a class was never de signed by any country on the face of the earth. ".Now, what must be tho consequences? Property under forms of law, in the guise of taxtiou. will be transferred from the hands of those who now possess it to others. It is inevitable. The holders of taxable property in South Carolina cannot to-day, and will not hereafter, ho ablo to pay the taxes imposed upon them. "Many of you are ablo to form sorao I reasonable conjeoturo as to tho number of paupers who wlH p^crt their claims upon the charity and sympathy of tho State. You have already had some oxporience with re ference to ouo race, and 1 am persuaded you will not have the slightest difficulty in making you calculations. Not even a negro father, son or husband, is required to contribute a dollar towards the support of the paupers of | his raco. lie next addresses himself more especially to the colored man, and remarks: "If thero be any colored man who intends to be industrious, frugul and moral?to elevate himself and family?to that man I desire to say otic word; Let him acquire real estate and loam to read and write, so that he may bo placed in .the category of the white man who owns taxable property, and if I trm not totally mistaken in the opinion I have derived from successful and critical examination of the new Constitution, he will be unable to retain his property three years. It will bo taken from him by those of his own race who arc idle, thriftless, and do not mean to work. Hence it is that 1 call upon all respectable colored men, who entertain hopes of future prosperity, to denounce that Constitution and join his natural, ancient and true friends in opposing its ratification." Next, after exposing the deceptive features in the Constitution proposed on the subject of the homestead claim, and the annulling of all debt* of which slavery were the consideration, and after some comments upon the dangerous organization of the judicial power of the State, he concludes thus :. irt?ft? 'In my judgment, a.Constitution with such enormities in it will prove fatal to hoth-rMes^ and more fatal to tho black than to the white. The colored man who Jhas acquired property has really more interest in preventing.-that Constitution frjoui becoming the fundamental.] W of ?i.-rttM?>"--- - ??? * :iU rV of th^mv mm[ Who Jcludcd by those who would make him believe that it is his interest to oppose the people who have reared and nurtured him through lifo. So ?..mibroas and complicated is the machinery of that Constitution, consisting, as it doos of tho most minute details, and so burdensome will be tho government winch it inaugurates, that you will be crushed by it. Y'ou cannot bear it. As well might the heavy harness of the mailed warrior be put upon the limes of tin infant as for these burdens to be imposed upon the impoverished peoplu uf South Caroliua. None but a people rich and highly educated can live under that Constitution. Try it if you will, hut I tell you, gentlemen, that antagonism will be ex cited between the two races, and conflict may be the result. Under it peace and harmony are utterly impossible in South Caroliua." We have thus suggested to your honorable body some of the prominent objections to your adoption of this Constitution. Wo waive ull argument upon the .object of its validity. It is a Coustitutiuu Je facto, and that is the ground upon which we approach your honora ble body iu the spirit of earnest remonstrance. That Constitution wus tho work of Northern adventurers, Southern renegrades and ignorant negroes. Not one per centum, of tho white population of the State approves it, and not two per centum, of tho nogrocs who voted for its adoption know any more than a dog, horse or cat, what bis act of voting implied. That Constitution enfranchises every male negro over the age of twenty-one, and disfranchises many of the purest and best'white men of tho State. The negroes being in a large numeri cal majority, as compared with tho whites, tho effect is that the new Constitution establishes in this State negro supremacy, with all its train of countless evils. A superior race?a portion, Senators and Representatives, of the same proud race to which it is your pride to belong?is put under the rule of an inferior race?the abject slaves of yesterday, the flush ed freed men of to-day. And think you that there can be tiny just, lasting reconstruction on this basis? The Committee respectfully reply, iu behulf of their whito fellow-citizens, that this cannot be. We do not mean to threaten resistance by arms. But the white people of our State will never quietly submit to negro rule. We may have to pass under the yoke you have authorized, but by moral agencies, by political organization, by every peaceful means left us, we will keep up this contest until we havo regained the heritage of political control handed down to us by an honored ancestry. This is n duty we owe to the land that is uurs, to tho graves that it contains, und to the race of which you and wo nro alike members?the proud Caucasian race, whose sovereignty on earth tiud has ordained, and they themselves have illustrated on the most biilliant pages of the world's history. Nor, Senators and Reprefichtjitlvcs, docs tho State of South Carolina intent, ?'*at yoUr* hands, the political treatment'that ^as'bccn tneiedoiii to hot without stint. It is true, Sdutti Carolina took' th? field promptly, in the late war between: the Stated Her pooplo embarked their all in tho sirngglo, because tho sovereignly of the State demand ed this of them. But when 'tho, war ended, and tho arbitrament to whioh they rcsortod i i ? . ,?'?01 was adverse to their cause, no ?oopl? ;oVcr yielded more gracefully to the docreo of Provi de nee. Quietly they laid down their aruia, and, in peace, they became- law-abiding, as, ,in war, they had been faithful to their flag. They accepted the legitimate results of tho war. They wcro ready to abandon the claim o ftho rmht of their State peaceably to, sfceedo 'from ,? _, . I . At i\Uihr-fcn4 Tnin tho Union, nnd they assented, in Convention assembled, to tho emancipation of their slaves. And now, were the State admitted1" into tfej Union, on u just and reasonable basis!* wcfi'ies itato not to declare that again would our pco ,-.?'. <? , ? \e-3i -.'fT"? ?, it?iv?xTnr, pic greet the starry banner, ot the Union, and unite with their fellow-citizens of tho. whom , : o.- t- t?i?:i:uorr country in the effort to promote tho .glory, wealth and prosperity of our common land. v. In our relations, as proposed by us, with the black people of this State, we are not disposed to exact anything that just mcu may deny or Heaven disapprove. When South Carolina assented to the Act of Federal emancipation, wc hold that the freed people became members of the body politic, and, as such, entitled to oil tlje civil rights that are enjoyed alike by all classes of the people. They becauio entitled to ''life liberty ami the pursuit of hap incss"?to nil that the Declaration of American Indcpep dehec and the English Mmjna (ihurtu ebum for man as his aljcnuble .yiglivS. But as it regards suffrage, wo, hold that this not a political right nor a civil one for man, cither * white or black, but it is a trust, a delicate trust; to 1)0 confercd by the State upon tho people thereof, acceding to eousiderations ojf^ expediency, and agreeably to the sound .nolfti cal doctrine of t he greatest': good to 'the g^^k^... ^u^^fit^^W iVl?]C7^1diev^P nine-tenths of our peOplr arc willing to con cede it to them, duly , qualified. Wc cannot admit universal suffrage, bccau.se the great body of the colored people uro utterly unfitted to exorcise it with intelligence and discretion ; and because it would make the negro domi nant, and thus bring about a fatal antagonism between the races. Wo cannot deny it al together to the black man, because that would bo neither right nor politic. Hence the policy of the mean between the two extremes, which lias met with general favor in this Stato. Thq Conservative party of 8ou*4"^ Carolina, now stands and gathers streunen, day after day, upon this proposition. ^The Convention of the party lately passed tho following resolu tion : "tfcvthvt?, That under the action of tho State of South Caroliua, heretofore taken, we rceaguisc the colored population of the State as an integral clement of the body politic; and, us such, in person and property, entitled to a full nnd equal protection under the State Constitution and laws. And that as citizen's of South Carolina, we declare ?ur ?illingiicns, when wo have the power, to grant them, un der proper qualification as to property and In telligence, the right of suffrugo."; In behalf at least of the Democratic party of South Carolina, v,hich embraces nearly cvory white inhabitant, oud many of tho color ed people, the Committee declare that this policy represents the political sentiment of tho Suite. We offer this in good faith, as the basis of a true, a genuine and lasting recon struction. This, we earnestly believe, is tho peaceful solution of the great question of yrhite man and black man in tho South. This solu tion we offer fo the Conservatism of tho coun try, an one alike advantageous to both races. Let this bp accepted : let the vexed question of the black man bo removed from the high court of the land, uud let all of our people North, South, East and West bo permitted to address themselves to the great work of individual improvement and national aggran dizement?then again may wo expect a return of the better days cf tho Republic, and a res toration of the Uuion in fact as well as in. name. WADE HAMPTON. JO?N P. THOMAS, JOSEPH DANIEL POPE, V. W. McM ASTER, SAMUEL McC.OWAN, W. M. SHANNON. State Central Executive Commit tee. The North Carolina Conservative papers lay the blame of the defeat of thoir party and tho ratification of tho constitution upon tho western counties of tho Stato, whore thoro are comparatively few negroes. It is most unfor tunate that there should be such diverse inter ?--s and feelings auong tho people of the same State.