The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-05-09
TFrom the Nashville Press and Timcsl
Who Can Vsts UaGsr the Proposed Franchise


The opponents OF. the Franchise Bill which
passed the House of Representatives On
Thursday, find it impossible to fight against
it successfully on fair grounds, and are com
PEELED to resort to every kind OF misrepre-
sentation in order to preiudice the public
against it. The Union and Anrrican, the
original secession and disunion organ i'll
Tennessee, has a characteristic article upon
the bill, from which We take the following
extract: isdf
1T is useless here to recount our objections
to the bill, which are, we truly say. not per-
sonal 1t is unconstitutional destroys pub
lie liberty, is traught with evils which, if it
is continued will be cntaiied to coming gen
erations; stands in the way of justice, and
fraternity. and is full Of evil. Under it,
there will not be five thousand honest men
in Tennessee who can vote; aud We want "
executed, because we believe the first civic
duty of the citizen is obedience to law for
the further reason that We want those who
are willing to periure themselves, to define
and exhibit themselves in their true color
and for the additional reason that we desire
to ascertain how far u free people can be
made the slaves of a rcyengeful, passionate
and accidental oligarchy.n
These, statements are grossly incorrect, as
we can easily show. The bill is, i'll fact, IL
very liberal one, more So in fact, than the
existing law and tile reason why a new law
is desirable is that thereare no provisions in
the existing act to secure its faithful enforce
ment, as there are in the BILL
The following classes of persons can vote
according to the provisions of the bill now
proposed:
1st Glass: All who voted in November,
1864, or at the election for ratification on the
ed of February. 1865, or at the March cleo
ton 1865. This class embraces at least
twenty-five thousand.
I'd Glass: All persons who have been hsn
orably discharged from the Federal army
This class will number twenty-five thousand
more.
Sd Class: All loyal persons in East Ten
nessee, living within the rebel lines at the
time of the November election. 1864, or of
the February and March elections in 1895,
and could not vote for that reason This
class numbers not less than twenty thousand.
4th Glass: loyal men in West Tennessee
not allowed to vote by the rebels This
class will number, say not less than five
thousand
5th Glass: Non-combatants and non-par-
ticipants in the rebellion say at least three
thousand
9th Glass: All appointees of Governor
johnson and Governor Brownlow say two
thousand
These six classes number not less than
eighty thousand persons, which is about the
number of persons that will vote under the
pending Franchise bill.
Romance in High Llfe--An English Nobleman
Two Months Before the Mast.
A correspondent of the New York Herald,
writing from Fredericton, New Brunswick,
! tells the following curious story OF the freaks
of an English nobleman:
Among the visitors in town is the earl of
Aberdeen, nephew of the governor of the
/ province. He has recently succeeded to his
title and estates, and is now travelling for
pleasure but he seems to seek that pleasure
| under the most curious circumstances.
| Last Saturday the ship Pomona arrived at
ST. John after very rough passage OF so days
from Liverpool; or London. On her arrival
/ in the harbor number OF distinguihed gentle
| men went on board to meet the earl OF Abef-
deem, who, they were informed by letters, was
a passenger. Their inquiries OF the captain
| as to the presence of such distinguished
compaynon durOyage were OF course met with
! a look of astonishment; but they were not
| long in discovering his lordship among the
sailors in the fore-hold, where he was divid-
! ing up his clothes among and presenting
gold pieces TO each of his late comrades.
| Having bid them most affectionate farewell
he Joined the party who came in quest Of
him. went ashore, came up here in the hor.
! rible mail coach in the most unassuming man
ner, and is now the guest of his uncle at the
| government house.