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S"",Ioctod Poetry.
WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO KNOW
I 1eow nofWi'nI gil ith t a o :' .0 i
Airl sliiiitl'lovi le Is 41141%v
r hli e i ivco . v!,
'ii tt-it l you lik e to know ?
b itu y Notice i TW irhu'e f 100pe
iS1lecle it less
011! 011 NG. .\ No ihi.
W"I W kno agrl it to~ ko'pwl
lie cycis 'ire redo andt id lie,
Awhcl dAsA, Cin Ih(''eiro
An- hom lo whie ssnw
AVN lill'er i1pwl
ifilto lives--an e!
Wontdn't you like to knw ?
Mmer :n inny l io w tlrous frll,
A t tvl w i as' nit gh imw:
Who 1un-ei4 it lies
Onwitl todcress
WIhin't ot i lie now
Ife 1ldi't 3'.)l ied tod %y
lie eyes a re ce sti hue
IWith mlti telln -
Woulti't like to kn->w?
Hler o .ln r -Iae le llie .fair,
Ah nd ilie f iriet go w,
Wh~i''' ose thiel they;'iipress o t
IWith tel croe
.Woul n't. you like to know ?,
Jilier lip are redan i lstudy o welf', 's
S Ii 1 cli 11Is i i c, of e (Wl c,1cs 11101
i ke rose erein i'tey blow ;es o olI
T hat lorlap , t fsips ;
(nteliI T woti r ea Ilia ('1' ,, , l tioi
I I ho ti l l i -
Wouldn't y le tyo o ollw ?
li now* (hie Cnton tow ;lu
A opi wler oil (to a i
'Pa the ror-isf e -it Cie rid t
puic t odn ly lhe i ons in t ?' e .
T1111 Ca lik iti gul eii I t e ican below th'
'il,1 T wrllo~o f b ek thas, oell 1p l
ale) o ino sthfl titeitsel- t'i isposile,
1:d ve~ -,r (1111h ther il' Ioto lto lake'
ci' of'uclnt. y it o kn ?11411100 i'k
Atite l'si'' t illt( n c l, o t iil he NolI
Petiatpt e o i.fi ye SItahi. 1!
the I tple qhlie Crolet
I:li o CmITI- n hs : 11y wn t e s b rat,
pube d, th iiioihey itrinet. LI) selfreser
- 11tio, prl in or eol tIo a mblo
nol onfe togtheruponteciu 19: 3,
tei steir l ie r of ev ntso 0d 1c' pupon1
their at ntionl h of tuh
aoin stand to -dy , in histoy if.
fil becom4, our dutyif Theeforn t o k
cuhei' s t.onthcerandi t.o aoue o t lr
iowit rsens temp a l, btut fitlc y and
Ino prefbyrming this duty Iwe sall
1vod lt erms. ol a ni-ue on poi
cofe tnhe orierofn tho as and bth
Nrth aotnd Souh av s( r from p'the
ancdo no'ii ctfeel, to 1'pvslresp1it onle
11(1evili b wch w hi oe Im tht isowl
fur or o fo miciefi. ThN rtlwrn %v ipo.
plte blse it itoryt haotti beenwii
Sthen lundp ofLt; is and olirn eotii
pef cruicy, by hich ,oss00 of cao
isads thit ot cdtterished hop1 , wimre
bhen le t~a inion t tets frgwic
they do notfeet throseve reosibleui
and(1 over whI0181ch3 thy avsnt ith ow-h
er f co'dnto Int itmentime winknd
Voan dn, ment btht'te o erth
and~l l 11fed at th o .hv not en witt..
glo kee ali the fre ofta ectinal
)ije, of'tilt notuhy mthre ar t iv
lhtwol country an m1 irue and anar.
Of~ toil lte dar t iosn t ourpuros
n"v~owd ~oiI to spak toi sagitayt, c wittl
i 0 swit presetrr evib,an tir fudtuslrea
ionsequeces.tu~t To he acpotionil pof
cy of thetGoverme was of' isdthe
gra mfutieforomne wifchprn. -
andtoil otdciue tto-srings tethou- n
tand evitls by a whichwe ariet enviro
Whatf hor, disste ould orowh-rn
r~lavswthouteduction, tand witthut
te lat repara tin rfo 111h cottn-e
tnd mgreted ctare of tho mstt ro
itt-lfe eent onythinkingfman ngo
mat:.'r ht his)t prejudice, tat lnothn
vnertidlo ran , rif ot lrng
pou.iIltont ito Ih ltao'dy henhhy ha.
lIornto'lto haworel.m
lit I 4' I ( ' I c t! y mnlyrl I em ' - I4I4I
fole1 we nhh :irii t lh!i4upeit of the
v i I I I I' . v1 r II Fic
coanA OrI-dygrin !.:Unie A":0
con re [- orI ' ' xch 'an .' : i-id
the Niona oll 1 i n.1111 4'l. ita o
fit to-day, :lpl how wifl itl ho iI -
fur ? InAO1 or e o ulL'n or
h:Ib. sent. f.>rward to eeei. :h
fo!'In r infl'.ilcn I! tpon t.ra d ly \-!
tiave 1 intc fl, more thn ae e thi- thf
111 VC 11 I01, 11 1 , 1. 04 ' 14 ~ '. I'ea 0 f
Ihll, cIop tif S1G'"), cemn ing I o into m.i
loh "rid hat a iun: lwr innomi in mir-'
rPncy Y = he rvvemtiie 1,-x cons'*-w.rvd!
what was r l pe p III i f r ,
l .r, er (Iop, (f f'mnnler years. u i pa d.
I i. s k t"hie ?! i Ima ,. e 1) kj, . ie'I
L I I, I ft sn n- te sea :r- 11 t1 1
w--(dwI4 t~ilm k~i~~ fiOiw'1Ul~ i
S~o e (1 h elitm a-te1) i44) t he ton -why
thenll, eth rene? Weaanver, the
labo l. Il not th ' s . t l usal of
or i I inductry, we h , ve i leie
inl 'ed of syrem, we have disoner
mu1i itrnInd o I profil.Cs wI v Iv 1.:CA
Sill A he 1b l t) trive (out' com pe ' ti
tin in the future" , swe have inl the
P(1 ? (' re ly not. nte a j .- yea.
,fore (the th ea of -,XoI'itour most I:
p~lI''* fOl) Iii'a, 1)11 I hii' I )
at( the W O Nr l lE ibiti-m, in 'a r ,
m upon Inl., r.eturn, t e that ie
s1:111 Upon ex iiintkare, 11.o cottonz
fromA dir al from thel: E"';' whicb
weinl every way vrpial to thle fine'st
ind O th United S a eS 1I1
1-I hy cmnt tiee cottonls o CM
powe wil A(i mrican co 'ous ? TJ ' I:
swr wV l vac 1 1 ! ui.A c. iw I.
)rS1inee t'lir azrlicle o r le P m rc
wer ar1,41 comp.el to hir I p the abo which
:o Olown--ots i. unroable, idl and
Uhily, wlile etti - . is t lr con t rl ,
1starly n.p1 cieapl. F r thi-s reason,
you11 u\ ill ahvys he abo 1 kildri-:e it.; out
oflhe market. Ibit wlat nowt i4 Ih.
e rll olii n of 'he l t he'rn plalter? I to
labr is mu.:h more co;etly tian that of
Algercrtho t eqpuallyuntay
:1011, i l v, i' u his entrol,
and ind 1'il f flow, aoran ox
austnlig warI drivc froml t'ee mar!
by prices4 which hsfunnewr compej~ti:.ors3
C11 1 fford 1.0 t i I' pre nt li Iow
prive et coun is but thin evblmen of
the camuses alroady stated. Anid it may
be t.aIt i , w sll ." )1( ao wno im.
porting cot11 on :!"l ric 1.4 th IU nh:ted
Hudos, inwad of exporting ghhese gat
annoit~..s.We are now, etin- inl
ti nt' eri'ior o outh11111. C 'lna . 1r'ee itm
ported A from Chi', aillnd we !h e i b iln
eibly iform Ohat ' st ho a co',
t: haS been iporteR d into Now Ygorkit.
11.1r son the Sin' craft of Gre t 1 ri
ta.inl m:v lid it e~Xpediolnt t>) imp~ose 'in
import duty 1po n A mterican cor ton who
can tell ? Dnit kusy b. ased, is IhWe
nlk reme~ldy for thes cab.hO t'o tha
Sern 111 peole, ? We answer, n ) S
probably, nto uniwrldiate remd1y.Ti
ii the great mate oilhe si.um . Ir
our people will givo 11)t hei dt Ilutive
ih pe of rinilg r i uieb t eu iv tion
of cofi-'-th erhr probbly worki,
their ter rui -if thWey wIfl elhivao
le43 ('o110n andL morea ilrecn tlTflf; raise
for their Own tse(al dfto ry 8;1(1 bor4.s,
utde and stock of all e kinds : eCre thir
MYel the s pl s; ll t hey.t % Vt0 w ill labor toI
fil Othe la11. n~oiic whh l e ty teil, in1(a
Chort5' time, alo a rcag folr1' theI
icnitn Vlih of th to atleuitheyIf
shaoe n~ot h a dets band1 (e d iini.
mien t addedto tei osthe alamietiei.
atl~e Sth, we shouvd a goa mannuIac
lfrt tour, ond clths aoiniml.kuments,
uonour on0) soi ~Tr cn biil~ e no
mrie aupicious mxomet, tha cnthe
prl 1lesen to bein, at theu Souhtheman
ufacture oft good fromnrnraw ma
erial. Thi wa do. top geat Con'
totdrmjt It war. Noatte bon howrn
smal to be, e'st fthe w bein. T oa~
(latiotant wealth~ incese Weo ro
IRpl't, 14 that houl not nw -esab. n
rtion It' i th our' mieret, th ake the
it c. vt r! 'no"'! o'r
'r %V!; i- is tie
,ame thin, : abordin"t w M , vill
kl 1.)'' aI li I 1w .1\, "1
L of (clii .'4ti fli P'm VIM i "
IN O "f 4 4 I" h ent0rol vf wh
it ii f K; i- t' 4I ( that : -l M e :.
thf~t e of hito . 1 n 1eto i(i
O'w.iet i t, tiI
orf a overn A ' itall "j4.l i n.
atd power s. It is :hlili iA
lei 11111 llnaut, h w -o iy li I-il
ich:, or a ( iliew (1i.q lug power A
Ogle un il:v ri Uaay, W G
(41~ tileA l11'ali Anyiii ol*, 1 W.
i mI ay, l 15 a l en n o al e t'
thO i.-,v : C11 1 W:r , n
pIi ion ? ut thil II> go ve It , Or
'V.t rrvolni ? t n' y o mpe-i l ohe
kf' ii-idnI Al' ? I I. '1\i1 l (9" 11 ONi
SkLn-e , but i -1 Unot ive t " Ii a1Is
the raon o hinw . uAtIva Hi he in)
the coun1trim wilor tile wiln or an
d :11m i) hoge ni theLI reencciela 1:ii
of th e r i'i. ' au it 0ta the war
ha1 et:lihed ;u h a power in tho
Unitd14 lted, li to adiitl that III cn..
g4)\utiNIet gove nment is at n" end,
andth t ar Stateq, or individual we
hohl ou ife, liberty mtlo property at
the ile to :and pleasulre of anly 11111riti,
which, for thoe.im .ein'(o. ii may td.
the pliwer. eltach, (o-day, nay ble)
(hiayth rondii it 1: i o n oft. en Sti it es)
priuioi~~~~iio (".t ,;titni 11 1 theS
of tho Ameri.ian Union. Untiil are wve
prepared to en(erfeth1 proeeodilto
,ndl <nig-raft i ll (onstr5Os n. prolS
Ion into our Uroernienital polity ?
That is the iPstion that the peol'ie
of the orth as ell as of the NOu
Ire calfledI enon to coie! T)1
grat oje0 of Ilai , of coitutnth,
tcl oif governmne i4 to proteAc th
wek :1a )ins t A :m---to sh ihi
Ilinnonites apliAnst tie enerO t
0.1 majticj . ( i a politival rpin
rim that li nvjity can protect it
Self% A ctin by the sheer exercis laoi,
arbitrary Toer, a Imaioi o may for d
tile vut a1 iaugh i 'il the 'Cwst in
these State-itmay eInforae nn othe
('ne)t the" miliufr'Iy decrees, fann11
wilich there IS no0 Ippeal-it hy ad
mlinister a purely ln.ilitary ov01ern
mlent according t<' its own will,~.1.nd as
soh it mstho e obeed. But when
we aire aled upon to :nitio sneh
wilgovfnent as bei im in acorduLe
with thle constitution :ind thte laws, we
oa e a r i g h t t o t s t th e 1 np i e s i o n -
101din9, to twe rule proposed and o
withhld out tr .t. WoI\( admit the
fact that 41ial hw ilt) in Suilth
Cithlinee tw dout pnot. admit the
prvientiple that ai lrial IlI oas the
ri0 to in th;se a ivil government
niponl It. wi .'ont our -g:e ! F;Ir be
rAn uis to raisofactioits oppositionl to
(th rtree1Atifn as of oness es.
We believe that thfos ;Oe ned Ch
esures they prp1( are deaew ivne
ntondly to fer colsitutional rids
buL I our social pen t W inot it
is ae nei t ntion oI- l li i al prt v,
not. of politioal power. We Cale
rth ina 1 t1h i t in ... W e are
nlite willing th c, oh l d (enfl
All the hnoirs, l th n elolu--ietm of
ilee, willng ia the iacirnunstheo
of hice. What we desire i pee
notte mlalblallce of Iaoe, but.he
substm ee o I ,e-_-I _peCe at k-ne1 OWnI
touild ups or wetre (hie onon tem
I eople.s of nhIip, ou acked11 t .and prui..
e dcit, aow t.>ion, iser, ourn~ dif.
atled denlisandtlo otr)n-otae
or e(lt. We desiro peo ull oa itsw
a 0 nd. I t jo i a an-o ein-1- - .
ment whichv srin up011lt~l iitls, paeh
gsladb p ros to giv1e s this peace i?
N~~opet, thyi euswre and( itaarchy,
raotherforey fown the reed ofliscord ~
(in ourlit, and ple theson bert in..
terst ofsocipert anto t bancy ofa
iI .r' k-r wp i li, -n ' i I
The bh I 4 I nan i . 1w,- i Iid 1m: :i'' I. t..
ne'l -i top be inive-ted with these! ilnpOrant,
igbh: -. many W e n> 111111 of his. lint th-e f,4-/
t :14 etlle. Thk ovetn oF thle enuli v
ih.. l lIno he pwinline.1l t). 1 aIs'; fr.,:n thle
hait 1 of IIt wh L:: o.1 2 jnul into t.' h of ,
Ohe e .The lovreineit T:of, eeI.n.
Ir C IiWI A I I. I I IiitIy I w r .:; -
1 ui o! i' w -ro vler1.; -d I , 1 e-m u
- ' Iul lv;wfily ro-. 'C E ivi0
ane hmolddn in n"ihTtion to H in: ASvi
ov-r:nt, bi:t Ied by military frc but'
it c:4'i -1 44 n ti ,t e. As cit iizen of thrO 1'ni.
o-. '. we sl'onN11 11o. co41n: 2. liv t
nIciu - ni -ro 1*( lj2.ityv. Nt M -mr
si I.. i ily, but (ow alf of tI ie An t .,
oil rue , n111d bl4.? inl I his coutry, I we
l-te'-ost ng Inst4 thi.. s1bVeirsion of' the e
: 0! - , 11erhy :aritnd d4r1v.
a-l race ik p~eWi in power an.1 int: ".-ee
abovi Ih victolus, th educalte-i w. ;!i
rotin 1. 1:y Ith so Acts of Conyess, i041ili.
,Vence and virtue -1re put ler foo!, while
ignor c 1ul0 vicel arte liited into p'. ,V
tindr thie Kieron, rnellenu Acis, is :ni
liore t tt ~ V.) Io oie. In m0st of 1thle ...
so gre:11, 2ire altOns: as decided, in! hset
.S'iteI0 wilee ifhe wlht voe is in lthe q ,e..
dant the e1eetion districls lave 144 .
till utntg..l1, n I- ) 121.e the Ilo! ib:d I -w:tr
froil the wht ite Vole And c:1st it ink fa'Vor (if
thelk! r v,)ie. Whal, then, is thie incevita
Ible r' ll .' 11 invests t1h2 nielro vith
akbsloblkplo;e powr.-l in each lot' (h,: en
hom rel Ia ti.ite, ana 1:-.1 thle Name G e
ilv himit h It heI I a I balance (of' pow'lr ii the
tinitedI -lLt'te. Nor is this nIl-lthe r n
r" rue: ion uchemino closes the hallot ha
ngiins the bet intforied and edh:Ptied
e-i.ms in the cot:nnunity, and Opeis i to
M2: negro, of IhIon iot more lthia one : i2
hunreJ cin rend! a wont, and ntot : 2re
than .n, in live lluidred , can write his
10i2mm' -; and mul:itutde' of whoi 'l a -..o.
111uily ignoran ui s be be unbtie t) rm m.
br Ihe ni m by vhicht hey b.e re it . yed.
VYri . thi.i Pee'Ils li Ibe Coliverting a i .p
Imr(:erninenlt, o f wh Iih woII Iehave I U0n
jily protd, itIo at polart2 fare ; an 1 We
woIl( h ((111eni FO 10) C0t1oo :idier it, i i' did
n11 invlve the issue o lifte We of adet fh to
(Ile 10, (i'Gverninlent. established byN our
f;tlhirs .' the bOet(it. of' th lin lelv. ..n.W
1hi 2111 , i y I f 1 1 th object of thI Ie fra
mner. of' tihe! PconsAtrution Act; wait)
de lg he 0.one11 eoplelI I, it iS l itne :'f
th121i 10o UAn 1idt' v.hItoer thie degiradaion
ony, m h'e brouh to [liithi COwn) (10 -..
whellir the22 pois1o Cup may not be re,
turn<-d Io thir own lips. itt it nay be nsk.
V.1, why do no'll tie Southernti people noctp.t
t he .iation and c,,ntro the negro elenent ?
This iaestion 1 Iuch u ore easily asked
thai nsrered. In I." first placoeit ny
be said that tiho influen orthe o. hp;.
a.d 111 Iguing dema(oguc, who will nppeal
to ln m ain I prejudiCe, 11a always been
tuund- to be muore powerfu idih excilk and
igneratit tuohs than thle wiss connulels of
the bet iiende. Besides, the fotitd:iotn
stone upon which lepublica:n Government
rIet S, I11. the e vlective fr nhcis.e is t, lie
cMoreISed by a freve, inielligenit 11n ihar
Sed~ldgment : and whenever it is nMhnitted
tial thisfro'uci*e.' is Io hbe controi--4, (it', in
othier wvords, to be made t he subice or un
due iunuintes aLU- ofhiba, lihen, Ioo, it,
0u1:- be aldmitte1 ihat '-pbliern ( iovern
11e01 is al an end, an! um:1,:J:oner. or lr,
ig've way to such other Government as may
he .fr- upo 11 ait depraved and alleadly
corr)lJ! people. But. if it, is1 propoins2d ill
adtvanle. to place fihe enfrancehised ngr
under c411'nroli, wily confr Iho tri i siiie a
ail? Surely, the jorl of wi.:0e g(ov(-rment
2 to pre'vent. the eil, anl n"ot o1ni Mh
door I"i she mi5ief whIi hh other are nd
11n ished I iley 1mnst be piepre.,1, by t:'ick
(Or mniagemeint, to avert. But wh;y press
41e 2lb.;eetfurtile ? It is elnough for u.1 10
kn2ow 1hat this wild alndi. I rcukle oxperim10en1t.
(111 homie to ('tho healtl-stonoi of overy
it ii.el, 1111-1 invltv e faillily 1111,11 property,
sociely, liberty, And even life isolf. N 4r
i- tls all. The couts ofjustico 1ar dr1g:
egd 11n1o the m)ire' fromII I .eir. igh posit ion;
(212r u.1';tm inligent white1 cit izenls ar1. Cx'.
cided12 frtomt (lie juryV, whtilo thie ignor'ant.
ne1gro 2 i. 'flvnt'd Io that14 redYion1sile pIosi
tion:2 thei jur lis 12t s are' made14 tup fromi lie
list of' registeored vo)tersi, wich41, avi ~te 12m',
sai, are more1' than11 Iwo to otne ini (avour of'
t he n~egtro. Not ontly', ho it remembereh~l'd, is
11h2 .2'gro admitted10( 10to t ury-o, but2 the
wh.ile man is2L1 excludedi therefr-o'.
Thtink you that2 whenl the. groat mteittrs
of' t heCOituniOn la1w of Enginnd pr2onlIioced
I their emcomum11n' uponi tho trial by 'ry, ItatI
they'' cont(emlplated f'or a et su021achi nnl
ilnst rumen2tinsI2 an.f igniorant, ne~groc pannelil ?
Tinki yott, tha41t hn the framers of the
C'onituti4. on of 1t U~nited' Slatos inicorpo
rted.I(2. inito that,11124 i nsutet the0 pr'ovision0
t hat thie trial by jitry should al ways bo held
mllatII.o, . tat theoy itendetd to engra'2ft uponi
it such I an-11 ormOity3 as n1egro jur12ymen01,
freosh t''rm the cotton andi r'ice sields of theI
letdge antd his ilhasltr1iouslt compeersl stigneds
(1l211 inietrhimen2t, oin Ito part 1 of South Caro
linal, ltht (hey inItenlded to forgo ai chain11
whicht, iln at period no0 lO~onge thanil nn or'di.
nlry licitnewould drng I their grantd
cide(who wee thlin playin~g ar1.ounld
t heir knieed, nntdt "ome of whlomnI n~lo10W
livinig,) for trial btefotre ajiiry of' (heir ownl
talk of cenlitIsonion1, comlin~. of Ielmency to
rebels, afier this! Glod ('orbid I The Gloy
01rnmentlI of theO Uniited Statr has1 enf1orceOd
agist the Souter'n peop1lo t, most; stu
pendbus aco, of conIt.iotin ht ha~s ever'
been enf'orced in (ho history of natIons;
thiei' proper'ty of' idaves hiashneen confiscal4ted
(Ito 1h amoun11 of theo thIousand4 mtillons
of dlollatrs : othecr po.'sonail pr'operty, In the
)thapel oif ooton, prtovisions, Iltiolk, flate andl
tmontey, hast been onpmured or' desttroyed to
11he va'ilue of O1.)0 tho'tsandil milllionslt of (d01.
1111S; andt ftoinl theso causes theIr 1land2 has
deteriolrtedo (o the0 extent of on0 thousa4nd
.mIllions of dollartt-mnkintg In tho 2aggre-.
gato the~ enlormousII sumf of' five (IhousBand mil
110ons of dolnos,, Theso02 overwhelmIng po
cun~iary losses fall exclusievely upotn (lhe
S~outhetrn people. Tile politicaloeils corn
plinlted of' will, of' course, fall chIefly upon
Ihe people of the South, but not- exclusive
ly -upon. thtem: Fastn negro-supremaoy
ulpon the South, and It muist beO folt thtroulgh
all of her relations with thie Nort(h-whaethu.
or' commooal, politica or socIal. Should
a Nort hern muan-and how must, such neces.
tar'ly be the case--bo brought to trial in
tho Stato or F~doeral court(s at (lie South,
his lIfe ori lIberty must, be'pn**ed1 upon by
Jgriorapt nogro -*jurors. Should (ine most
dIticul~t a'nd complicated questionlf arlse in
Mouthler'n coulrts-'snd lbpw ofteon 22111mistlt
ho (lie case, tritting from Inter-miarriage,
tinheritance or' tr1don..(hn cansn of trh.
N -lthern it i iii t lti vh det i-le-I by t1" o n
i t n r ii N f; ven nt i I he
ta in low(.r. ;11.l1;1o c f.r t th i -
:11'we l' n aln m bio. N, ylowo' h~l"v hen
.';ale elyv:deh:t!i:oie h:wn 1!;i ; No power
h s iv nrie tu o :n- r an.-1 bloo IshinJ
inl he I lit ory (if t' he w il i T'' cthnt'''t
but wCe" the t"oher country andl(Ihe cubeo
ni hor ii i t her n l of t hl e
rii t to tax wili t i repre-ilation. iv
liteL. ltet r u.ht 1 v Ill . '.I to It Congres s, i e
I 'iet' I I -owert i tt L ip ced ~. th eI hatnd i- ofthIIose
who owni 1.4) property, !!fid i.' takenl away
fromo th'ue wvho hoIld thle property ande m1u11
lythe fi tte s The war that h :lt lw;in th ex,
ited he ween enpitil nI lathor is deiedl
it! vI r l t helaer, 11 and the of, the
("11111t!n y Is t p d li at fhe t' il hIti
V.a'.eS andi their dalily berenil, Ilitw will
thik Iowr exist ? Can it he suppos ted it
oment i w !sit i will Ibe C:torcised in tiny
h wayN. il th to impostteuch bur-leni s 4pon
the tlax-payers it will n :notth , in thle eli,
1.) practical contfisa.ation ft dihl smlall ro
mn injl;g Sub:<slanco f (11 nrl peopl. *1 Blut wre
Cmitst orhealr. Such art: St:, of. Ihe imne
diae conse'lquenci of litttecnsilion
.ts tponI thes pp ot' tie i outh antutpon
(Ile witol.e collntry.
We have paid, and w-e re'a, (huat Yee dle
sire peace ; n'. the policy now prtoioe an
not .! ' e it s etiw e It is Coitrary It o the
vicke oi ll oeati in Ith Iw o inIttture.
irtendof peace, uiders toti 1 i shr tlien
Ats, we shal have rtrifl tadi bi'ilerness,
Istead of tihe oflint recoverin, iot'her
poverly, and contributiNg her shalre io the
com it' wealth and prowpritty of the cou
y ivt' dle WIN becoti e More ati11 tite it pol.
rhe-,Thei blight, of mnule will elut
short her harvests and ith' ) her resorce.
The law of Violence, whichl has prevaI Il for
more thn1 t wo yen in l1noiitru'r/ed Tennes.
Se, WINl extentl ils Hway throughorit the en
I ire South, atid we shall rutl lie her the
harvest e, crie and blood m1ul tiitied (wo,
rol.
Wtte have shown dt free negro labor,
"under the sudden c emlneltt 6'ation Policy lit
Ithe Go0verinment, i13 :l dis-Alk.er fromIl which,
Ito tu he ilest favo Iblo circtilonftaces, It
mill leqitint years to reve r. Add i this
te policy wich tie eonititi" Ats
pon se 0to enfol and you phe he Soith,
ttnlitially an social y, u nder the heels of'
thiotego; the ho-itenes oibined would
atg tto hol oria t hI most trosproAts
onituilnity inl tie worid. oW'hiti do tvi-Fe
Iteconsituction Acts protpose? Not, negro
rqftlity meriely, butl nlegrO .01Wpremacy. litn
tintae. Ibether of hut'mnity o both cas .
I'i the D-iitle of citieohip i'e thwtie 'onsti
('tfion-in tie name Of aL conlW,e'n hiStory in
fth pat-iln the liae t'of ur lunglo- xom
nce and blood-int t t e aime of the iviliza
tion of the nineteenth century-in the
name of mangparniiy an.1 The noble in
@6in01s of manhood-in file thname of God
and na ttre, we protest nititiO theso Aets,
as desitrtive'toit o ea to o m ttely, the
tosperity it tIle coluny ind the greatness
aind i ' grandevi of our comitn ittiIre.
The peoe oftihe snib nla powerless it o
aver the imptding 1in. We have been
overhorine ; And iho reospoynsi Ili : y to pos.
(erity nand to thie world has paissed into other
hands.
Negro Suffrago.
Ihis istI the obctive winL. of the tnalieni
pary. Their whole neitof, with referonce
to ftie Southern Slate.;, hi ngeslin ' p1nj t tih
elcntion of negrols to a All ntif y'erect
tq' ity w.ieith the White tuoi ni he i llt . t
h 'ttx. N ro t.of li trgo is in .ss nil pti I ti by
tho to lical 'ongre.ss as a leading i tm ii
all the so .calle r<o i nstruct ohn po litci res u
ttoh or ndopted by Itt htlyitt has been
filt ud pon thIle ' tlM lit, n o rtiest tle rIiesi
or white me. nit enorcl by all b the power
nnld infloe Which Ite Radical par y om'
exerc'iF'. More I tha ot theiti now flure.
pret'des otals ieve beei Miriennizedf by
this hem'len)d iad' ignlornt' negroes elected
to oivention, called t aeme constiutios
for while mien aind MOei poterity. The
Itests of while men riing in itose
nocalilies where (he negroes have been
disrachised, ia d as o no coinequenic
wtaun wit 'ito Rat fa.W ingon, nd
dovoei oni l Ihtii npa thedukycr tegrliescdi of'
ofetti wh ih dir idyI vorpd of'tiiu t i'rie
ete unnaturalti lanto Miioe Ohn Tibis,
btotdy of wichdlt o' tisamimber tofoo nots'i4i
a;tsnduo the Nolt~1ox t'het thn r Sa tir
gmrdle's goftornnit view tan I'opiosttof the
It'peoleiand WSnao Sum'iner delarc.l auch
a b'ily m utepsed li lrer nhtonadd vt'(si
totRdicii~ altt ipa to atio the ng rti-o
dtil itelcion.tiau itfo10ititt
bhy tho hio n of t ho. i Niortilltttot
wito teteopleood hat bn defeted.o fln
itoothe lovthro ontiIfo ohitindal patr.y
upon tis neotin tpropoittio sn wimost sinai'
sooC'nt san otesb Ii av fv ~u orofhelaia
overotirtyan housan paeto the fcrodt'of
thel pta whic si no flmtn h
eletiv fancis to wht mn O ue.
rdpay ofs the peol inucrncwro Icalled
upon yo ear d fntori o agsallst nerltot uira
ato the lot-ox.Te ie for aeea easdrn wIte
man'shi tgo-rornmet byThe negoltit uf'ragi
prpithIIon woas defonte by a dobledr mno.
dined upof ntemt to plac'ie te electie
orain at nd the ceae tf inroto~ whif
pei nst uch8t ah p tont oa ' t be imired
by thea nItionf negroes. In ut ltn of to v
ocien menl aoriod, ad other alortboxI ta
pngr, shao oute t pi tialn patno..
siptc hc, twl btoa o niomly porochim w'
governm~ent stal shed byt whi rlrto ment War
awhicme ad theirost ority faorevr,"
ttrportofteo Ptater-Geo nea fin m~t Ii
quito fiiye Obue~t ill betl submitredno.
woso. I will~~ probablysho cat dioeoy
rts yobnhinstdofoa smaWI atrplasuasa
ahic Itheapsttreene ao.' o he I yea no.
likely sha'o ancnono of $1,000,000. chro,
dollars ith et add iton ar ustts por t h801
(;!rl:l IECsill.S of tihi' El~ceTiolls
lcuonstruction at the North !
N Veu he1 o 'liken the verdit (>f het
"',11 " 01, of hit! 11-1t, uIIII, thu
infernr.1.1 indieoy of lthe .1in-d.in brelse
1,y givip- - a iklloeraiti c loi:itirily ol bet ween
f'rty an Alily thousndl. t we predioted.
.\h (lghi the Sta:le licket. has this inunenot'ttMs
iy, t he vilhtinous gerr'ymandering o
dletriers lty wiihl the reckle-s .laeobinls
lii sO.ght to peIpet til their power, ha1!
eon bl ~Itent to 'diet Ihwttl. hall' (th (lie
tiue til erthO le majority inl that odly
being in douba : lost in the Assemblly the
Dteoratic have it tusjority of nhout n
I, wiiI gives us it good taazi1joity Onl
-mv reipatled with abutltt 15.
000 1em) eitt N m,-a I * . ', n rIt1 y 1*ne11 both brlanchles
of' its legisilattOIt larglvy leoteratie.
Alnx jos int the chorus wiith a
I merat i~emoi Iy of be0tw'en :"0 nid
.Itonno, nil sinreely a single ntate or local
officer, elvected ill opp101olio .
MnIAtt sIrTS, lie iother of (,i l'rnit.
is idl "' ntnost all the minchiChief that has
niitour d1evotedl land, seetms stanggredl
at lit! ho rrlr wrought. by her own evil
e~ne1eanl conduItel during" the pat' 111W
theaf l year!, and14 reduces., her HixY
t ousind . iohin n::ijoiriy of last, year to
about twenly thlousa'uil, while thle Demo.
crai'ts hav :1 larger representation ill hor
legiilatt tre thtm for twenty years past. 1tt.
ht:tIlI' at great ita Imil ainduring the coming year
as in Ite p::,t vill ;ive 1 the electoral vote of
even Ilassalhusietts flr a Constitutiontti
M I'll 14AN. -T'he menIrrI' rettrtna yet re
eived itroml this S tate shows a it io of
Imocratic gain (titl , it kept i lt brought
tiOl thIo Mtini. will range her in Demnoetatic
line.. Detroit, her chiefiy nttvn s lte
Jnoins by, electing a "Copporhead" May
or, lit he first tte in many yea's,
NI i :so-r..-- h fev retuns received
I'eiidi it probiblo thalt the Iemtocr'at s have
nir1;d tie Slate, tnd tallogether certain
tiit, it' they have nt11. fito foriter l.arge
Jinelbi injiirity is cpl'ered down to a
very 81m1nll figlre.
WiVISc.::N.--lt'rn atshow large Demo
eratie gain--. but1 'hth er enough to over.'
come tle .icohin mnijorily of' tell thousand
isi year, is not yet known.
I1.1,1xot '-Tho returins Of tihe lMooi eleo
tionl" thn-oildsoil l hisi Stat es indicato a light
vote, and little general interest, ai no t Plate
ori ilirt I1'(anit ofi tei were to ho elected, bit
there ik to doul ilht thite nggregtle of' lhe
iontiites will give nm1plo as.utrance of 11le
elect' Ir:i vit e of' that11 great WC.tAbln 8tatu
Ior a Const itulitional Preshi'etI next Year.
Ilit'otnt.-The Cuituty lest ions shiow
grit lienmocratin gains. Thi lemoet is
Jint 0I 'i. cCormick Congressman in pla"e
of''. 1,. NoelI, decenved, by overa thosntd
m1n. oriy.
1 ANaS defeas the negro and wimen
iItenge prIosiion y11 weeping ijorities,
n I bhows ahnost enough Democratic gains,
so fi its yet, heard from, to range her on
t he right side.
In t 110O ten 1iniegt, inoluding- fidmost
htIf (lie while popitlllon of' jIto cttth'e
coiltry, it. will le Feen thalt (lie De mocrats
have itnnde gnins ot' several hundred thou
satilds over I1nsl 'e,1n and have now till im-.
mens agg-gile mtjoriy of le Iollular
voit. Truily i aitys of Juacobinimn are
nitonliberel, and the dtluy ofredelllpiont drai'w.
I t '.h for' ottri Olilrine.l bribren fi the
SouthI.
17e hive nn! sp-10 for comment, as we
hae've delbtyed our paper t day for the pur.
hi ie. of giving tihe eietion relturnt s, and
ha-ve barely tilme 11111 space to nloto them)
0- I."Joy to [tle mil and all the in
'.) t:me ttho wild tcimIpcst, or sten with it
stIru w
The nrPes that F.eep o'er the strand I it
-conti ned thloim,
111iut linl not igaint to give frleemoln a law,
N or think wit h1 thit chains they have broken
it, hindl them !
Til V 1:n:1..o w Fr:Vm iu Nriw On t.nA NS..
Thii fihlov/ing is 1in1 exN'tc front a let(t
witlien by a gotlematn who 'lins resided for
I thirtly.ive years in New Orlinnl
"Th'le fever tat has desiolat ed t his city,
etmttth le Soth twestern~ ptart of I he State this
mseasont, wits (lie most ter'riflo'disease 1 have
evet' wit nesseod ini the shape of an epidlemio.
e-ti!s, but ino l'cver' hats visited New Deli
letans fort thie pmst fornty-five years c pd
bile toi it.. C reoles whoi were bsoi'n i, .
St att. nnd whlo hadl never been ouit of it, in
clutding whtlits, mutlattoes or b'lackst, frtomn
tive to t hiriy3-live y'ears' of age, ha~ve beent
uaried oil' in t ho at tacks I hat lastt only
fty eight Ior sevenxty two hours.''
Manshul i Nt;'.-ln the ochurolhynrd of
lie T1hirdl Croek Chiurcht, says' a North Iiaro
linia correspondenti, 1 01n0o stuoud besidt thie
graves' of a mtani who lived and died agert
lng that Ihe was the veritable Marshal Ney
Ilis o"'n nteconi was that he~ wns senttenieca
to deathI. huii thlat; ihroutgh tho intoeronce
of' fr'iends tat Court, the executtion was a
sham. h~o wiis pit into a cotlin, bult, in
steard of bieintg buried, It wvas t ken to thet
const, (tence to America, and that hle'sought
(lie ilterIior for'securit f.
C2ertain It. is, thtey saiy, hie'' ansia martinl
figure, a .io French - scholar. Ho tatight
scholtrt ha Rowan, anti always maintained
that heO was the genutino Marshal Ney.
I A b'mdo of Lndians madue a suddlen atlnok
,i fl detachment. of our soldiers in the
l oiizer mtounttted on a mule. Not huaving
time lto take it, off' and-get ibio l hosition, they
bahched til. the mitlo and~ lot (drive at the In.
diaaa. 'i'heo lond 'rts so heavy that, the mule
and1 till wotit tumtibhing down the hIll toward
the sasvnges, wht'1 ntihstanding that kInd
of watfre, fled liko deeT'. A fterwards one
of them was etnptturd, and-wl,6n aked whly
they rulbt 5o, ri'hlod: Mo big Injnin ; not
,utfraid .t' litt10 guns or h bg gulls ; but whtei
;a wvhite man.loand up anid fire a whole jnok.
tnsa at Injtn, me don't know what to do."
I.%irr AGoxr's' A Chi7.--We learn from the
Whhrinton, N. C., paper's, that' some Ihne
nroi, in that city, Mr'. RI. F. D~avs, of CIn
olnniti, while walking Inl front of the Meo~to
dlit.t chttrch, at; nat, fell over a rock whIoh:
had been left hI the contre of the sidowalk
thocrohy fracturIng hIs rIght arm. 11o has
etnoed suit. against t h iy for $2,506
darnagem, and (1he Mayor has been etted to
appearf before the UnIted Stat jCIroni'
Court 4it ita session, In H aloIgh, 'pswe:
In defence.
Tugs Nsw Yong finarAn's Ma ?o PA?
Tua N~A-rroMaT Dnt.-TheGIherald this
moanIng says thAt the great reaetion its the
eleet ions is; against the rich holdeors" anid
calle upon such a- show their patrIotism by
making a publio bonfir'e of 5-20's. It pro,
mhates to gIve $100,000 towards this way of
lhIeuldaling the public debi.
I ''
Por or Ag.ainst a Conventioth
irom ite Correstpoidence whicli we givr
below fr'omt tlie Wilmi ongto ./oui/, it WiN
ho eteni I timt 'm vote v- /,c cwi unl i InIcs
tit; b wi ur fo r fr o.pni, it Convrentict
i'l t 1 a 1 huLlI'r of til ut01-t ignportmice.
,nl sl.1uIl he called to tile atention of' Iho
peopll in every posible -nay. Many per
sons tire of tle opinion th1at. thli simplestI
:r1A mnost feasihlo umner or dt-fenting. '
Coivention is by not voting nt nil oni that
qu1e'tion. Vote for doi'enates will niot b
omtuted, unles.; the voter hits on his tichet,
either "for it Conventioni" or 'ungainiust. a
.Convention." 1W other worLt, lie lmust
either votefor at Convention, or alainit it.
Let there he no iiistake about I his
'rc ELclion-T/Ie r f Votin - Jinpur.
lent Corrrpinuence.
Wim 1.x'riro, N. C., Oct. 28. 1867.
Sit :-There being considerabl' dlitfereno
of opinion upon the right of' ni elector, An.
der I he act of Conigress and Ihe Order of t lho
.Cuoimanttding Genierl, tW Vto for or agailnit,
a Convention and not for delegates, or fror
delegates and not upon the question of* a
('onvention, and it being a nat ter of great
int erest atnl'idi1pt)IItasince, I have prostniled to
seck an oflicial deisidn tipon it. I can see
not hink i- tht utt' of Cdtlg~ra, df l'tto or
der of Major Genot-al Canthy, to provent Ite
exeicise of this privilege by tlt vot'er, bit.
deudiring, as thie vitorof a liapor, to ho gov
erned by unqnestioned authority In any ad
Nice I tuny giv,' 1 hopo it will not ho inoon.
aistent with yotir engagementts or duty to
favor ile with ani early reply.
I am, very repect iflly.
JOSEI'l A. ENGElAIMlD,
To L-r. IA V. ('AziAnt,
Aid do-Caip. A. A. A. G..
011Chr1e0to, S. C
11'00's8 29 1) 1:~ t D[Is-r re-.
Charlston, S. C., Nov. 7, 1867.
er. J'ots ii '. EN o p l'Au i,
Ofir e Dti~fy an n 7el lr<y'.4i'ornal.
Wilmington, N. Ct.
801:-Il reply to your comiiunicaujtion (if
Octobit' 2Rth, I havo the lionor to state that.
the Aots of leonstrubtlion leave nto disere.
tion as to thrzI'it ,j et rerefered to l'y you, to
tho Coninmabding (1nral'.
Ohly tlose Votes for delegae.fwhNich con
'oriin to tlh Acts of Coigreiss. by being in -
Scribled either "'for a Coi -ution," o
"agtinst a Convettion," can l counted in'
the entnvaInS r1 Volch.
Very respect fully, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
A. ). C., %. A. A. G.
The Jou rimlaenyfs:
"It will 1119 he seen itha.t fhe plan ptro.
posed1 to dofeat t he ca1ll for a Coth/cntion by
nonoi dtion, cannot he a-red out, Witho101.
.abstaining frotm the pollt altogether. and
thus giving up tllo CouM -01- jth 0<,ama.
lion, hiond n011 be-o Lo' . th11 most. vio
lent tladicnls. 'IJtIs w ZAnt' atford to do.
Withonti concert of actioll. nny , plan to do
reat it Convention wvill ble attendeA with dis-.
aser, and we imust not run any risiks of se
Cluing fth election of Consorvativo imeim
hers where there is any possibility of doing
so."
Srswur-AcK8os --A Cln.IntCr~rAnot
Ikcirnls.-In the Reigiout /erald we
id tile following inlterestir g Incident. in
the io of General Jackson, which gives its
an insight into some of the tIouglit that oc
,uipiedl his mindtth dhy after tlie great bit
Il in which hu won his immortal sobritineV
of' "Stonewall."'
A few days after (lie first hattle of Mit.
tr 4s., an etger, nnxions crowd was nssom.
'del al. the Posloflico In Io xington, Virgin.
in, on the arrival of file ninil. Tife grent
st excit emtt prevailed; ntI tiding from
ihe front were engerly sought liter. Tho'
venerbtle Mi. Whiite (pad or of the Premhy
trian chit-ch) 'took ia teri firoiii hie Pot
otlice, and, r'ecognizing Jt ah in the hand'
wr'itinug of liihier O~vrac'ni' (atft idard
"S't onewall'') .Jackcsor.; ho ituill '' the cirowd,
'llotro Is a let terot' Gte eneinI Jacokson-.
now we will huavo fuill tand anthent ic par-*
ieinlairs of' that bI tI.'" The crowd eagerly
uskedl him to readtt aloond, andu press'bod r'oundl
to heat' thle expeated't s' irring news ftromt thli
tield of conflit.,. lie brtoke' the seal, nni, to
lie ilsappo~inten of all, fotund only thesto
few hines:
MaNassAs .JixOviON, July 22, 861.
''My Deaur Paa~lor-- rumiembuer thail. any
subhscr'iptiont to IDomio M isionis is abont
'uo. Pleatse tinid entloscid $30.
T1. J. JAC5CSON."
No word atboi. the gr'eat battle int whicht
he hadl phiyed no edat.alenous at pat, no'
'lino or inolitiation to toil of thi, se heroio
doods1 whuigh-.roendered' famotus foroever,
"Stontewali Jack'ton and tho Stonowal
lhrigado"-bnt' he could4 affotrd theo time to,
-tend to hIs pastor money whiil lie htad
pr'omised to the~ troasttry of thte Lord.
Thao'ekamaple of this grohtand good miti
tenoeheA a lesson whalot mAnay would do welt
.1o hteod.
Thne New Yot kc T~Yune advistes th' iirgin
ia Radiais to make their now C9W'thtlein'
its Itboral as possibib, and t o or.6 tb d6 e' or
nto rebels from 'thd suffraage and'tha' right t o
hold omioc. Tis' it says, Wil lasure the
atdopitona of' the Constittllon, 'will dirairm
thne whtite robels, who are holding back in'
~the htope thtat (lie ladicals will be guilty of
we'taliation, confitciat Ion and general exclu
:litn, and will contrast. wit.' "the rolenftes"
itnrrowyness, and excluhs'veness of' the Con.
orvYativo party." Thae Tr/une then uses
rhoe following words, whIch are a potent, of
hea fale that will attend itadicalism lia:jts'
contest with the ju,,' prinoiples of at dif~.
:ranolhisod majority : 6nMoreco,11 it a
fact whIch low have yet Iihirned, that the
power of a disafranci sod minority is gteoat.
-r, by reason of the power of the pr'inoiple
if justico which is oruolfied and persecuted
in them, thian if they wore enfrahohsd.t
COuNThttPsIT TwBNTY-Fivit Cxtiofas.
*'tis already been .stated that-a nu'mi1dr of
*purlous-1'e'nt.y-.fne oe'ft not6ts havre biesv
'nt in oIreetlat-ion. They are said to be the
'eg~ eeuted of this deacvtinhlou y et,
oeinufacttured, and are oalonletedl d~deire
1he tnost carefut monoft t', *''mbo'guj
6f'i~oy mnay be kn'owhi b' Uh9m p%$f'
hr trifle thicker thani ihs'tid,4 'n4'k~
:resenn the~ baick'0tritlAlightet,a
fIgnette of Fosentden' is, atfret -glange,
u tllys correct as ihit ot( th geituins, htf
close scrvutiny shows that Iti, good woodl
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