The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1868-04-08

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upon the ladies. whenever they shall ask
for it, hardly think they will be much
aatlered BY an invitation to participate in
the disguSting scenes which mark our elec.
.ions. Again, the Chsirman says that, We
wosld exclade the ilIiterate of both races
from the ballot boz. 81 No. we would sr-
lcisJe no nan to whoa ssifrsge is granted
BY the laws Of North Carolina. 74Attasayh
a white man nay be devoid lof teduca,ian.
.,iii. BY his frequent and familiar contact
and association with the more Intelligent,
asd By that Angle Saxon pride Of chsrae-
ter which forms its ewn opinion, he seldom
falls 10 discharge, .intelligently and inde-
lpeadently, the trust conferred upoa hid.
But. u IS said We make al iRvidious dis.
tinction between the twa races. The Al
mighty has made tie distinction. We do
not propose to abolish IN. A has been said.
|" The black nah IS wAas God and nature
and cirestastahcss nave made hin. Tha,
ihe is not fitted 70 be invested with these
liaportant rights. may be % fauit Of his
but The fdci d patent 10 al. that the negro
is utterly united to exercise the highest
functions Of the citizen" Why, then.
should we adopt measure of such doubt
fol expedieney7 The answer is. that the
Reconstruction Actsstesuire this Conven.
tion TO frsme Constitution which g." shall
provide that the elective franchise shall! be
enjoyed By oil sach persons as have the a de-
lifcatidns herein stated for electors Of dele
gates," and that such coucession will ma
terially advance ds on '' bur ioarney home"
Whether We ever left the Unian, and, IL 40.
where We neH are, seems to be . matter in
dispste between nv friends on the other
side. According TO the Chairman, (Mr.
Pool,1 North Carolina Is stiA q State in the
Uuiou, but all her rights forfeited, /, the
gentleman From Beaufort. (Mr. Rodman,) \
says she is State out Of the Union, hsviur
left in 1861 while the geItiemau from
Guilford, (Mr. Toargee.3 proeiains that
we are not State at all, bat only 4 con.
quered Territory, to be disposed nf accord
ing to the laws of nations. Bat, as has
been well said. even the laws of natiuns
have no application to ss since the war
lclosed and the laws of nations cannot Nm :
der any eireu Instances. interfere with or su-.
perseds the Fundamental law of the sation
itself. They profess only TO prescribe the
rules and maIims By which one nation
should regulate itseonduct to yards another.
and not the condact Of the nation towards
It's own people-tswartls ITSELF They do
not regulate or interfere with the interior
lpolity Of nations or with their several inter.
nal departments. They cannot confer up-
ion the President, the Supreme Court, or on
Congress, any powers whatever. which they
DO not possess BY virtue OF the Constitution
They have no application as betweea the
citizen and the nation itself" Is not the
" Union" 4 union of co.equal States, With
certain defined powers and duties and obi.
Estionsl According to distins saished wrr.
ter, the preservation Of nation consists
in the duration oi the political sceociations
Of which IL is founded. -
II nation is obliged TO preserve itself. il
is no less obliged carefully to preserve all
its members" As has been wril said by
Justice Davis, in the majority opinion Of
the SUPREME Court In sr pnfs Mill,gan
q" The Constitution OF the United States i,
law for rulers and people, equally, in wa,
and in peace. and covers with the shield o.
its protection oil classes Of men at all tunes
and under all circumstances" ChiefJu.
tiee Chase also said. We sgree In the
proposition that no departsent Of the gov
eminent OF the United States. neither Pre-.
sident, nor Congress. nor the Court. possess
any power not given by the Constitulisn.' =,
lie has also said: " Congress eanhs, esab,
iish and apply the laws oi war, where no
war exists. When peace exists. the laws
OF peace must prevail" And i'd opening
hls Court 10 this city, he snnounsed :. ths
national civil jurisdiction 10 fully rsstored.'
; Are we noi correct, them in ssyins that
Congress has no right 70 make, 4 demand
upon d. TO change our. Csns,ilutioni Was
, not the fight u each State - construct iu
avn Consultation, asd g fegal.te, Us s.a