The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-03-03
C0LORED TESTIMONY
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The Law Regards not Tile Color dtk Hipessaa
Reported for the Standard ii2s
Opinion Of Chief JiIstice Pearson.

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In N ThE cAsE OF STATE gs yN4pEkWuY "A,
YeiaTe , q tne opinion that me act iv;d ICY;
CODE, CHAP l07. sec "a, which makes per
sons Ct cSlor ri incapable OF being witnesses
except against each other, is repealed by thc
Constltution. s;og ga aYsu s-asFLc :
Accoraing g 5qaf instrument, persons oi
Col9r are epttied ~ 70 Eote pnd hott ONCE:
lhe greatter lnciqdes the less and tpe enect
imposed BY the statute under consideration.
We see every day persons of cnior Holding
seats in the Senate and House of Renreseinta,E
tives. and filing places in tie Executive
department of the State. So IL would be-
incoilgruorls aand absoiijteiv absaIrifrd ~ rule
that a free person of cs)ldf IS jncompetent as
witness 4 aaaainstia q white man chateed with
the offence Of niss-m:i iing1g g,nee e neiSh
bo3ris ssheear2 i5s hsh J ;tiSs3sia p9ilaBBPi
The statpte must he faken to he rep,inicr.i
pai,t fo tie snift. If not the letter tf the
Constitution s'5nsSaa 81 giIsY t9HPea9
We see no occasion I'd oeIabbrate the
Question. and indeed there is fnt little rooiirn RI IN
for discussion The new order of thit1Ss
brouylit about tbv emancination t}v the 18th
article of the amendment of the Constftulp
ton of the United States. the: Civil Rights
Bill. tile military rnle To which the State
was subject while the government ,Wgasf
provisional. and the approyaI by Congress
of the present State CONSTITUTION. tends TO
support our conclusion. and to show IN
fnct' that II il isprnavo;dahie n orher tol make
the parts of our system harmonizeer and
work tooether as a consistent whole
There Il no error. JtdgmettIlts affirmed
This viii he certified ~ PEA RSON G, J'35
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North Caroline, the place for Truckers
'11i''aeoid and Fruit Gfowers.aini19d 9h3
IL must nave, occurred9 70 aeNery fhnnghtr
1ut MIND thatithe clay lsnnt lar tslstant ntWhen
tile land lying along the line iOf theisMlli
ihingtonland Weldon Railroad will be de-
voteelsalmost' exclusively tothe production
OF fruits and earlyyegetabiesndf fhese lands
may now he bought at prices astonishingiy
low II we consider what must he thelrinture
Value ana we are surprised tllaC tue Truck
ers and fruIt-groWers OF NewJersey and the
region around Norfolk have not discovered
the advantages, we oiier thenl tanft9eageriy
seized them. ii ihat' tneyS VIII eos SO. at an
early Gay we entertain NO oouDt. Nafhre
hasdecreed that the great citiesof the North
are tobe dependent on North Carolinalfbr
any competition to the north''oi us or the
Soutno usfwllli ilse years from -toidny, be
found seess'ansconseque1ltiyu unprohtable:
ltihas already been clearly dem monstrafed
that the season insthe region arrlundsiMil-
mlngton IS at least three weeks ksearilerstfan
that OF NorfolkItne present centre ofithe
trucking busmess!"ifd wo,far I'VE are ailead
0f9New Jersey lt Is scarcely worth QUE WhHe
to calculate. 1t is sufflcient Tor to KNOW
that lin" thus single particular she scanhot
compete with US ao an III. sia noaD ds5a9
NOW, would IL not be wise IN the jersey
and Norfolk truckers eespeclaiiy theiiornler)
to sell out thelr improved harms Wniie they
can anafinFest, inc proceeds IN lands Mong
tne sdine OF .ehe ~ hminston anu Meldon
haliroad tih Wedoulh not, ohe Spmeeeds 'oi
the saaeaof one acre IN NewJerseyi Mhi7hny
ten acres IN North Carolina tiieFiatten nay
ing natural advantages fwh1cha'cannot be
oeerestimated.sY9 9sd! siIo@ .asio58s sai
We care not how fertile may be the lands
oi the Norfolk and@JeTsey truckers, or how
skilled may be the labor they employstbey
cannot compete with US in tbs, production
Of early fruits and vegetables, eyen with our
present limited facilities;
But what may We not expect when alpthe
mpderniimprovements i'm 'ealtpre,iih nipple
ments, in fertilizers, ,aintskhled ands scientific
labor,i are added totheigreat natural lalyan--
the veriest tyro wiihssee that the cream Of
theibusiness must necessarily belong toias;
that'iwien, our early pea vines are an the.
tsere and yellow leafap those OF New Jersey
will gust be covering themselves with their
yestments OF greenGe. a'gIf'a be9a s7aii
w'And, notwithstanding the TACT that our
location is sufficiently Southern to giyeitus
the incalculable advantages OF an early sea-
son, ave are in thirtyto thirty-six hours OF
New York, !, the tasthest point to whichaMe
would care to ship cur fruits and Vegetables.
Hi.0ur soil as easily cultivated and suscep-
flpie. OF the nighesa Sate onh Improvement;
ourcilmate IS magnlncenf, subJ Jeesd to no ex-
tremes Oh aem mperaunfe' "a, ana iouro people sare
soelai ando 1hfeiiigent.f'ifse slanaa ready,n !. no
welcome men OF aenergyiana enaraener,a q al-
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