The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-01

the last LEGISLATURE, leaving financial, railroad and
otner matters out OF the question has been that the
sprit ~ IeDeilon was still nurtured and Cherished
IN North Carolina; that hostility towards the ioysi
Htae government was threatened; that "loyaIp
voefs we're , inundated and oyerawed; that there
spirit or disanection, sedItion and insurrection
against the government OF North Carolina as MAS
done In the year 1881 and previous years. Now.
honestly speaking from my frequent intercourse with
the people OF Inc North State at various times since
the a close biol o. ,ne CIV. war and In oil sections from
divide chivaric Virginia on the north and South
CaaOlina on the south, ] have never met . people,
loyal" than are the honest tar heels; and though
they are out and out In favor OF the election OF Sey
mour and Blair have heard none speak even dis
respectfully OF General Grant, while General Sher-
man Is particular favotte OF theirs. But, as II to
crush out all feeling OF UnOnism that exists among
the people. such acts as the following have been
passed by the Legislature recently In session =
AN ACT TO PUNISH CONSPIRACY, sEDITIoN AND RE
The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact
70 @ two Or more shall o, easps
eminent Of North Carolina, levy against the govern
men Oh n state or to by force the authority OF said
vent binder delay the Of law Of the State "
sion ea% or OF 70 the State
contrary 70 The authority Of tho said State
be deemed guilty high crime and upon conviction thereof
n.yas s sea n. be for
SCI That u any person ncte set foot, assist or
he or ss
ssssy s o HE
crime and upon convction thereof having iurs
not more than hfeen years, aud be lined than
SEC That this shall be in force from and its
Ratified the cath day of August, A. D. 1853.
Here Is something for rreemeu to read, but some
thing worse to be applied with the strong arm OF
power to people who have been born, nurtured and
educated as freemen. such acts as these are only
Incentives to naugurate the very OF affairs tnat
they pretend TO prevent. How do the loyal North
regard snch Hesitation and how would they feel If
II is gratifying, however, Notwithstanding such
one-sided and high-handed legislation, TO find among
the white people healthy and wholesome regard for
law and good order. They look 40 all this but the
fruits OF a revolution that will IN due time be ad-
0sed, and patiently waiting for that era OF peace so
Tong promised and 80 long expected they s.bide
their tne" assured that 1t is coming. While there
are many after eight years Of trial and suffering of
disappointed hopes, found still clinging to the for
tunes OF the "L0st Cause - like true egitimists still
thinking the Bourbon must return, yet, the whole.
the memories OF that sad era are rapidly fading from
the minds OF the people and are buried with the ter
ribe past.
Generally speaking, the negroes where free from
the baneful influence OF 'carpetbaggers," talk
reasonably and seem disposed to further the efforts
OF their old masters in restoring good feeling and
that relative position OF the two essential to
the prosperity OF both. They have been somewhat
disappointed In the results OF their emancipation
and DO not as general thing find freedom and glO
rious liberty to be exactly the paradise they antic
pated still they all vastly prefer it to slavery and
are, perhaps as unwilling to return TO bondage
them IN that condition again. Conversation with
the intelligent OF the newly enranchised goes
to show that they have no hostile feelings towards
the whites; and though most Of them express the
desire to be allowed to VOTE because they think II
will make the white people respect them more and
make their importance rs voters felt In the body
polite, yet there are few who aspire to oficial
positions or who think themselves capable
OF filling them. Numbers who have been
appointed by his Excellency Governor Holden rs
magistrates and to other civil positions have in the
most respectful but decided terms declined the
honOrs thus conferred. Even now there begins to
be strong antipathy among them towards the
carpetbaggers,n and this is shared by that miser-
BILE few known in the South as 'scalawags;r and
as time progresses this feeling Will increase until
the negroes the worst enemies OF Northern ad-
venturers, and consequently radical lnterl0pers
Presdentiay lind Cufree disposed to look TO-
v0rably on the claims OF Grant and Colfax to his
SURFACES, but could quote one instance where O
sable individual declared he 'was gwine to vote for
Gineral Butler TO- Presumdent In spite OBJ cherry
tng.n The mass will vote for Grant, as will also o
large number OF whites, and from present indlca-
tions the contest will be close, though the democrats
seem to have the best OF 1t. An exciting campaign
Is here and 1t is to be hoped that sound wisdom and
discretion win prevail over passion and prejudice
| though the contrary Is now to be feared