The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1866-06-19

THE RIGHT SENTIMENTs.-We make the fol
} lowing extracts from speech delivered by Robi
! p. Dick, Esq. of Guilford county, in the Stat
Convention on the condition of the country
''Onr situation is certainly gloomy and depres
sing. but our future destiny depends much upon
our own action. What, then, is duty? w
must restore peace at home. We INFORMED
by high authority that a house divided agans
itself annotprosper. Wemust cease to quarre
with one another, and cultivate kindness of feel
ing. We must not indulge in elimination ant
recrlmnaton for past differences of opinion. w
must forgive one another if we hope to be for
given. L want to see our people united on The
broad and enduring political principles of devo
ton to the State and loyalty to the general gov
eminent. These two. feelings by no means
inconsistent, but together. they constitute true
American patriotism l will say. here to-day
what would say before the Congress of the U
States or anywhere else, that love North Caro-
lima better than any other spot upon which the
sunlight of Heaven has fallen.
| In reconstructing State government we
must adapt our constitution and laws to the ener
gencies of the times, and then must faithfully
enforce and obey them. The wealth and pros
perity of our people only be restored by Ia
/ Dor. We must all go to work in earnest. With
energy and intelligent industry we must develope
! our agricultural, mechanical and mineral re
sources.
This government was formed by white men.
and originally intended for the benefit of
white men; but recent events seem to show that
1t is tending towards negro Superiority. The ne
gro is by nature vastly inferior to the white man.
He has been in state of slavery, and has had no
opportunity of acquiring the intelligence and
public virtue necessary to make him proper
elector. Whether he ever will become properly
qualified, is question which the future alone
determine For fifty years. the Northern States
have had the best and most intellig gent portion of
the negro race, and still they have not generally
been admitted to the rights of suffrage. There
the question was mere matter of taste, and had
no elements of danger, as the number of negroes
was too inconsiderable to exert much political in
huence. If Northern legislatures have been SO
relu Giant to allow this important political rig ht to
the negro. it is uni ust and ungenerous for them
to force itupon the Southern people. Here the
negroes constitute one third of our population,
and they are poor and ignorant, and can be east
ly Influenced by bad men to act unwisely. He
will always vote the way that the man who gives
him bread may direct.
The Southern people very kindly dis
posed towards their former slaves. The old ties
of domestic affection were not completely sun
dered by enamel patton. The poor negro is now
an object of sympathy.& In the first wild deirium
of freedom. he quit his best friend--his former
master With many the phrenzy has passed
away, and in want and rags they have returned
to their old homes, where they will be treated
doctrine of negro equality. and as long as South
ern blood shall flow in Southern hearts, will
hate and scorn the people who would humiliate
and degrade US. This measure will have d.
rect and powerful tendency to produce Of
the races; and the weaker race will soon have
fate less fortunate than the Indian whose hunt
ing grounds now so far removed from the
graves of his fathers.
Mr. President want peace in this land. /
desire all disturbing political questions to be just
ly settled. want to have warm feeling of
brotherhood for all the people of this great coun-
tr-. ! want to see the Southern people rally with
atfectionate loyalty beneath the proud folds of
the "old flag; but this can only be brought a bout
by generosity and justice. We were conquered,
and submit. Our homes were destroyed, and
will rebuild them. Our fortunes swept
away. and we will try, by energy and industry,
to procure the neceSsaries and comforts of life
and we will be ever loyal and true to the govern
ment; but hurniliate and degrade US, by Negro
equality, and we may not have the power to re-
si>t oppression. but our hearts will burn with
undying hate that will descend to our latest pos
terity. The bitter animosty between the stern
and stubborn Saxon and the conquering and
domineering Norman, lasted for one hundred and
fifty years, and Magma Charta the first trea
ty of their friendship. This unity of the two
races the birth period of English nationality
liberty and greatness. The spirit of the Saxon
still lives the South. and it will never cease to
demand liberty, equality and justice. g,
Mr. President. it is insisted that there is great
prejudice at the South against Northern men.
and this is an evidence of diSloyaty. We do
not admire many of the Northern who have
come into midst, they have acted in a way
excite scorn and disgust They have
come to accomplish their selfish purposes,
and in many instances their arrogance is almost
insuhprabe. In nearly every city, town and
neghborhood there have been spies, who are
sending back ''evl reports to assist in accump-
fishing some political movement. or some corrupt
pecuniary scheme. The fiendish radicaliSm of
many of the Northern presses has aroused the
passions of our people. There great mmu-
table laws of nature which circumstances cannot
change. bate will beget hate. and love alone
will win love. The South will gladly. welcome
Northern gentlemen, and treat them with the
utmost kindness and courtesy. They will be re-
ceved into society and enjd the. hospitality of
cur homes. We need Northern energy, iptel!i-
gence ond capital to help us build up our ruined
country. but prefer poverty TO Northern
insclence, arrogance and in Justice"
CONGRESSIONAL ExPENsEs.-ln the House
of Representatives, the 9th the Speaker
presented letter from the Secretary of the
Treasury transmitting statement of the amount
paid for salary and mileage to the members of
the thirty-eight Congress. The mileage paid
to Senators was 1924, lOS, and.the salary $685.
723-total S423, 1886. The mileage paid to
members Of the House was 1915 ,O54, aud the
salary 81 l49, l05-total 81 ,464, 100. Senator
Conness received for mileage Sll l24, and SEN
ators Harding and Nesmith, Of Oregon, received
aior mileage Sll 1916 each Senators Nye and