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For the Standard.
MASS MEETING AT UNION HILL,

In Randolph County on the 1st day of
July 1868. On motion, Nicholas Dafford
was called to the chair, and ]. Wesley Tur-
ner appointed Secretary.
The chairman explained the object of the
meeting in brief but very appropriate
speech.
The following resolutions were offered
and unanimously adopted:
ResOloed, That we hail with Joy the nomi-
nation of Ulysses S. Grant for President of
the United States and of Schuyler Colfax
for Vice President, and we the Republicans
of Randolph County, having implicit conf
dence in the craftsmanship, and ability of
these two gentlemen, lookf forward to their
election and installation into office as uniting
the great National Republican Party North
and South upon the platform stsequal rights
to every American citizen. and to dag we
hoist the banner of liberty with the names
of Grant and Colfax inscribed thereon,
with fixed and steadfast purpose, pledging
our undivided support to the Republican
nominees, with determination to cary the
Old North State by majority of forty
thousand
Res0lved, That we tender our sincere
thanks to the Congress Of the United States,
the law making power of the nation for the
noble, and patriotic course in which they
havelail down the plan of Reconstruction,
which will soon be consummated, upon ba-
sis of loyalty and devotion to the national
will.
After the adoption of tho Resolutions, the
meeting was entertained for about, two
hours by speech from Col. W. F. Hender-
son of Davidson, an old and long tiled
Republican. 1t was one of Cnl. Henderson's
very best efforts, but his ability as an orator
is too well known in central North Carolina
to need comment. No man has more of the
confidence of the people of Randolph than
Col. Henderson.
NICHOLS DAFFORD, Chairman.
]. w. TURNER, Secretary.
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SENATE.

TUESDAY, July 9TH, 1868.
The Senate met at 10 o'clock. The Presi-
dent in the Chair.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr.. Blythe, Senator
from Henderson.
The Journal of yesterday was read and
approved.
Mr.. Robbins presented the credentials of
Mr.. John H. Mclaughlin, Senator from Ire
dell
The President asked the Senator if he
knew of any reason why lie should not be
sworn in. If he was banned by any of the
reconstruction Acts or the Constitutional
Amendment.
Mr.. Mclaughlin replied "that his consti-
tuents had answered that question, and that
he could not be interrogated."
On motion of Mr. Fitch, the credentials
of the Senator from Irsdcll were referred to
the Committee on Investigation.
Mr.. Welker introduced resolution in re-
lation to the erection of q penitentiary-
Lies over.
Also, resolution, admitting the Code
Commissioners to the floor of the Senate,
when in u committee of the whole. Lies
over.
Also, resolution in relation to the Board
of Public Charities. Lies over.
Mr. LYMAN and Mr.. Moore, of Carteret,
resolutions in regard to the per diem and
milagc of the members of the Legislative
Lies over.
The following resolution of Mr.. Galloway,
was taken up, passed and transmitted to the
House of Representatives
Rssolced, That committee of three mem-
hers of the Senate to l'e joined by four from
the House of Representatives,, lie appointed
to consider and report at an early day on
the subject Of the removal of political .lisa-
bilities from certain citizens of North Caro-
lima.
The chair announced the following Com
mittees;
eommittee Of Propositions and Griev-
ances ;--Messrs. S. P. Smith, c. II. Brogden,
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JOSIAH Turner's Declaration of Indepen-
dence.

Josiah Turner, Esq. is entitled to the
credit of being the first man who oiS-
cally proposed secession in orth-Carolina.
From his place in the Senate, on the 10th
day of May, in the year of grace one thou
sand eight hundred and sixty-one, Mr.
Turner introduced resolution proposing
to dissolve the political bonds which con-
nected us with the government of the United
States" Mr.. Turner had just arrived in hoe
haste from the East where he had assisted in
the capture of couple OF sand banks,
garrisoncd by the cook and an Irish sergeant.
Mr.. Turner was fresh from these fields of glory
and so thoroughly was his Southern heart
fred with patriotism, that he could not brook
the delay of waiting for the call of Con
vention, but in the true martial spirit aid in
full suit of Confederate regimentals
(which fluttered so gaily," did popose the
following
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
RssOloed, That we, the people of North
! Carolina, do hereby dissolve the political
| bonds which connected US to the govern
ment of the United States of America, and
absolve ourselves from all allegiance to said
government and ALLURE all political connec-
ton, contract or association with that govern
ment which has blockaded our ports, ruined
our commerce and wantonly trampled on
our rights and liberties and shed inhumanly
the blood of Southern patriots at Harpers
Ferry and Baltimore.
Rcsolced, That We no longer acknowledge
the existence and control of any law or legal
officer of the United States, civil or military
within this State
Resolred, That we do heartily declare
ourselves free and independent people. are
and of Il right ought to he sovereign and
selfgoverning people under the control OF
no power other than that of our God, and a
government established by the people Of
North Carolina.
| ResOlued, That in the maintenance of this
declaration of our independence, we solemn.
ly pledge to each other our mutual co-opera.
tinn, our lives, our fortunes, and our most
sacred honor.
Reso1ged, That these resolutions he en-
rolled and signed by the members of this
General Assembly, and be published for the
consideration and approval of all the good
and loyal people of North Carolina.
On the vote on which said Declaration o
Independence, the present x. P. G. voted
with Mr.. Turner. 1t is not surprising that
Congress should hesitate before relieving
these gentlemen from disabilities, especially
when to this secession record they have ad
ded an uncompromising hostility to the Re
construction plan of Congress and regart
these laws as unconstitutional and void.
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RALEIGH, N. c., WEDNESDAY,
North.caroiina Railroail.

4 =.
The Stockholders of this Roadsheld their
meeting in this City on the 9thssnd 10th
instant @
Gen. Byron Latin represented the State
by appointment of Gov. Holden, and the.
following Directors on the part of tbe State
were appointed by the Governor William
A. Smith, of Johnston, Willie D. Jones and
John R. Harrison of Wake, silss Burns of
Chatham, g. w. Welker of Guilford. William
F. Henderson of Davidson, John McDonald
Cabarrus, and William Sloan Of Mecklenburg.
The following Directors were elected on
the part of the Stockholders: Thomas Webb
of Orange, John L. Morehead of Mecklen-
burg, D. A. Davis of Rowan, and w. A.
Caldwell of Guilford.
Alta meeting. of the DirectS Is sass a-sas-
terday, VIM. A. Smith, of Johnston, was
elected President of the Road by the follow
ing vote: Smith 9, Webb 1, Morehead 1.
Albert Johnston, of Wake, was elected Su-
perintendant by vote of 8 to 4. COL G.
M. Lea, of Alamance, was elected Treasurer
unanimously, and F. A. Stagg was reelected
Secretary unanimously.
Some feeling was manifested by Mr.. Turn
er and his friends, on being called upon to
yield the control Of the Road. Portions of
Mr.. Turner's Report, which were offensive,
were expunged by vote of the Stockholders,
and the Report was then accepted. We
learn that Mr.. Turner made several exhibl-
tions of bad temper, which excited the pity
of his friends and the contempt of his op-
ponents. Gen. Latin, as the Representative
of the State, bore himself with tact, fimness
and marked ability, and deserves therefor the
thanks of our loyal people.
We congratulate the Stockholders and the
people of the State on .he officers placed at
the head of the Road They are well quail
fed in all respects for the positions assigned
them.
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The colored people of Halifax celebrated
the 4th of July in very appropriate man.
ner. There was an interesting exhibition at
the F. NJ. School, where not less thar twenty
five hundred persons were present. After
the exercises at the school were closed, a
number of interesting and appropriate adj
dresses were made and the whole affair pass
cd off with the most perfect harmony and
good order.
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COUNTY BoNDs-At the sale of County
Bonds for Railroad purposes, which took
place at the National Bank of Salem, on
Monday, the credit of the County was shown
to stand very fair. All the bonds, to the
amount of the sum required at present,
$4,000, were disposed of at from $92, so to
sos so in the hundred dolIars.-ISalem Press.
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The proposition on the part of the bogus
Railroad appointees of the late X. P. G. to
compromise, reminds us forcibly of the oc-
casion when the Devil took our Saviour in
to an exceeding high mountain and prom
ised him all the kingdoms of the world if he
would fall down and worship him. The
poor Devil had nothing to give. Neither
have the x. P G.'s appointees.
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The following gentlemen have been ap-
pointed Directors of the North Carolina
Railroad: VIM. A. Smith, of Johnston; VIM
Sloan, of Mecklenburg; W. F. Henderson,
of Davidson; John Mcdonald, of Cabarrus {;
G. w. Welker, of Guilford Willie D. Jones,
OF Wake; Silas Burns, of Chatham; John
r: Harrison, of Wake; Byron Latin, of
Pitt, State Proxy.
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The Removal of Disabilities.

If there ever was time when general
relief from political disabilities was safe or
expedlent that time has passed. Even the
mild Greeley, the bondsman of Jefferson
Davis and the weak point in the Republi-
can party has seen his error and is no longer
the advocate of general amnesty. The dis
position to conciliate, has been pushed too
far Generosity has too long dsurped the
place of justice Rebels have been cour-
ted until they have become bold and defiant
And what has been the result of this milk
and water treatment of the cancer of trea-
son9 The result is that we have to day an
organization which declares that the exis-
ting State governments in the South are un-
constitutional and roid That the officers
elect are usurpers and tyrants. That the
people are under no obligation to obey :he
laws, and that they will be justified in re-
sisting them upon any and all occasions.
This is the party which aims to effect its
purposes by revolution and bloodshed. 1t
declares that the existing Constitution of
North Carolina is fraudulent and unlawful
and that all taxes paid to the support of
the State government is a robbery which it
would he lawful to resist by force. 1t does
not propose to change the Constitution by
Jaw, but to subvert both Constitution and
State government By force.
Every disfranchised rebel in North Caro-
lima belongs to this reasonable organiza-
ton. They would to day, put the knife to
the throat of every loyal man elected to Of
lice in the State, and would make the name
Southern Republican synonymous with in
fanny ITSELF And it is actually proposed to
relieve these men from their disabilities
TO relieve rebel Sherriffs who have tried to
break up Republican meetingsI To relieve
rebel Justices of the Peace who have corrupt
iyprostitutcd their official positions to per-
secute and oppress loyal men ! To uutie the
hands of this class and to give them the
sword which is to be pointed at our own
bosoms. And, depth of degradation! To
be guilty of this insane generosity, while
their hatred is so fierce towards us, that they
will not even deign to ask the favour! More
anon.
The gentlemen appointed by Gov. Holden
as Supervisors of the Insane Asylum are the
equals in all respects of the late board. Mr..
Joseph W. Holden was appointed to repre-
sent the House, as thea appointment of Super
VISOR OF the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb
was rendered to Col. Caldwell OH the part
oi the Senate who declined the appointment
ON the ground of inconvenience. The only
objection to these gentlemen is their loyalty.
MIR. Bowman's resolutions on Public
schools express the views of all the Re-
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How the Ethiopian May Change hi
Skin.
If colored citizen is Republican, the
rebel Journals call him "nigger." But
let him be as black as darkness itself, and
belong to Democratic club in Nash county
and be doctored by Zebulon. and he forth
with becomes "colored person." Good
ide-ah,
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Mr. Bowman's resolutions on Public
schools express the views of all the Re-
publicans of North Carolina.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

y TUESDAY, July T. 1865.
Mr.. Seymour. acting as Speaker pro ten,
called the House to order at 10 o'clock.
Prayer by Rev. Mr.. WeIker.
A message was read from the Governor,
informing the House that be had complied
with the joint resolution of the two Houses
asking for copies Of the Constitution and of
the ordinances of the late Convention. i
By Mr.. Rhodes, a bill entitled "A act con-
cerning the settIement Of public. ta3es
u Mr. Abbott suggested that. the bill be re.
[qoN!MUEp aS FOURTH PAGE.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

EVENING SESSION.
MONDAY, July 6, 1868.
The House was called to order at 4
o'clock by the Speaker.
Mr. Estes, presented a petition from ]. T.
Siegrist, contcsting the seat of W.. W.
Grier, of Mecklenburg.
A message was received from the Senate
transmitting resolutions, proposing to print
for each member of the General Assembly
so copies of the Inaugural Address Of the
Governor, delivered on the 4th inst, accom-
panied with the remarks of the Lieutenant
Governor and of Judge Reade, and asking
the concurrence of the House in the same
Some debate sprung up as to the proprie-
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-08-20
.rHE DEAD PAST,

Vallandigham says ':the Democratic
Platform buries the dead past and deals
with the living present" Yes, it seeks to
blry::every act of treason and infamy,
perpetrated by the Wade-Hampton and
Vallandigham Democracy during the
rebellion, but, at the same time, it de-
nounces every act of the party that sus-
:ained the Union and opposed their re-
bellion and treason. 1t makes one
sided funeral. 1t asks the people to
forget the treason that was too power
fui to be suppressed by civil process, and
to remember only that extraordinary
means were resorted to to savethe Union.
It asks that the crime and the criminal
shall be forgotten, and the law and Of
ficer held responsible.
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WHERE TaE MONEY WENT.

A<kAA 4kAAt QAO4N - ~ @H -
The "Dead past" politicians were as
king, "what has gone of the fifteen hun
dred millions of dollars collected since
Lees surrender ?"
We will dnswer,
$500, ,000, 600 were used to pay off the
million soldiers thatsuppressedthe DEM
ocratic rebellion. The Democratic party
would have saved that, by refusing to
pay the "Lincoln hirelings."
S375, 900, 900, have been expended to
pay the interest on the debt incurred to
suppress the Democratic rebellion. The
"not a man or dollar' party would have
saved that by repudiating the debt.
$3.50, ,OOO, 900 have been paid on the
principle of that debt. This also, Dem
ocracy would have paid by reputation.
S125, ,000, 900 have been paid in bounties
and pensions to surviving soldiers, and
the widows and orphans of those who
fell In battle.
Thus $50 millions or fiye-sixths of
the immense sum collected during these
three "years of peace" were paid to meet
obligations incurred by the government
to suppress the rebellion of the Demo
cratic party.
They are anxious now to 'let by-gones
be by-gones," SO far as the cause of this
limmense expenditure of money is con-
cerned, brt they seek to keep ineverlast-
ino remembrance the fact that under re-
nnbIican administration the money has
beer. expended.
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The Next Demoeratic RebeIi,on.

At late meeting of the Confederate
officers in Nashville, Gen. Forrest, the
Fort Pillow butcherer, was the principal
orator, and from bis speech we make the
following quotation:
"Troops would be called out. He was
confident, too, that it would be backed
by the Federal forces. President john
son, notwithstanding all he and Others
has done to crafty his pride in the Ma
tional Convention, had gone back on the
Democracy. He did not look for any
help from him, but il. mattered not how
many were arrayed against him and his
old comrades. He liked peace, but if
any of them were shot down, as he ex-
pected they would be, he sUould toot his
horn. He. knetO that his old troops tUouitl
ans,oer as they at,Odys had done. He
bdde them arm themselves and be ready.
They acere already drilled and needed no
drilling. If the fight opened, it would
not be troops in line of battle confront
ing each other, but citizen against citi-
zen. He should be ia .fdUor of gipiag no
quarter"
This petted Democratic leader is eyi-
IDENTIFY again stirred with the same spirit
that animated him at Fort Pillow, where
"no quarter was the watchword. and
where with it he won great Democratic
victory.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-08-20

THE Cadiz Sentinel says Mr.. Estep
don't own any government bonds. Mr..
Ester swore in his return to the Assessor
that he did own $1,000, or thereabouts
in bonds. If he don't own any now he
sold them at from 6 to 10 per cent. pre-
mium and is in favor of the government
redeeming them in greenbacks at par
and cheating the man he sold to, out of
from $400 to 500. Or he is one of that
class ofpatriotic Democrats who are con,
stantly denouncing the bondholders,
and advocating the policy of taxing the
bonds, but, who buy these same bonds
every year just before the Assessors come
around, in order to cheat the government
out of the tax on their property. Which
horn of the dilemma, Mr.. Sentinel, does
your greenback candidate hang on?
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-08-20
EQUAL TAXATION.

The Democratic Platform demands
the "equal taxation of every species OF
property according to its real value, in
Guiding Government bonds and other
public securities,
Let US see how that would operate.
Within two miles of st. Clairsville
there are two men, one of them owns a
farm, the real value of which is SO, 600
On this farm he paid last year $40 90 in
taxes. The other man owns $4,000
worth of Government Bonds which he
has deposited with the q. s. Treasurer
as an owner Of Bank stock, he paid last
year on his Bank stock over $500 taxes
to the National and State Government.
equal taxation" would make the
farmer pay as much as the banker
farmers do you want equal taxation?
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-08-20

THE Democrats propose to pay off the
the debt with greenbacks. That is, they
intend to take up the bonds, which are
the evidences of the debt, and give out
an canal amount of greenbacks in their
place, and this they call 2odying-of the
debt. We would like to have some one
of the experienced mathematicians of
that astute fraternity, figure out how
much less the government would owe,
after it spent few millions of dollars in
printing as many green backs as there
are bonds now outstanding, and then
spent two or three per cent to effect the
exchange, than it now owes. 1t seems
to us as if the government debt would, !,
instead of being paid-of, be just as much
larger than it now is, as it would cost to
print and exchange the greenbacks for
the bonds.
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Rebels to the Front.

The Louisville Journal is nettled by
the list of Union Generals who support
Grant, as contrasted with the Rebel sup.
porters of Seymour, and says:
What sort of republicanism is that
which would honor Gems. Thomas, Sheri
dan, and Meade, and degrade Gems. For.
rest and Hampton? Forrest is as gooG
a natrn as Sheridan, and better cacdhy.
man. No Radical aoiN pretend to sag thd,
Hampton is inferior in tolent, viytues, O,
accomplishments to Thomas Now, il
this is free government, why should
Determinations be made in favor of one
set of men and against another? When
Gen. Hampton was at the head of his
legion, and Gen. Forrest ia his saddle,
United States. They levied an honest
and vigorous war against the United
States for the purpose of establishing, not
a monarchy or an empire, but separate
republic. They fought splendidly and
skillfully. They achieved the homage
of the whole world for valor and abilities.
But they failed; and, the failure imply
ing q restoration of the Onion, they sur
rendered, and resumed their allegiance.
To sag that either might not hare entered
the United States Senate the day after is
to sag that repubLicdnisn is. a dead letter.
To say that they might have done so and
should have done so if the people saw fit
to elect them, would be to establish a
precedent that would have restored the
Union in six months, and no one. been
the worse. This is our sort of republi-
canism, and any other sort means con-
tinued strife, disabilities, exclusions,
alterations, wrongs, rapine, encroach-
ments, usurpations, frauds, violence,
final overthrow. Hampton, Forrest and
Lee are accessiens to the Democratic
party. They are like mile-posts along
the democratic highway that leads
through the South, denoting the direc-
ton and distances to state of real peace
and union. We are proud of them; and
we present them with confidence to the
people of the North. aud we say Here
are our trophies" They are north dNthe
bureaus and cdrpet-6ags, and negro mill
tia, and tar collectors, and petty military
tyrd,ats, and greasy contractors, and fat
bo,edhOLdeTs that q corrupt Congress can
manufacture 6ettCeen this and doonas1dy
There is Kentucky neutrality trans
planted from 1861 to 1868. How do the
men that conquered the Rebels like it?
Answers to this conundrum are expected
in November. rl
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-08-20

A WASHINGTON correspondent saws,
a near relative of Seymour's told friend
a few days since that his acceptance of the
nomination was causing great uneasi-
ness among his family friends, as they
were convinced he could not bear up
under the excitement of the Presidential
life if elected.
Mr.. Seymour's friends " need give
citement of Presidential life, as the Gov
ernor is in very little danger of being in
iurad nv If