New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-17
POLITICAL.
NORTH CAROLINA.
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lAA'N ropNry-GrNERAL AKERMAN.


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lAN'~ rOpNgY-GENERAL AKERMAN.
u--,Do> Y. c., July 1G.-AttOrney-Gehel
-, .,,ore here to-day to the Republicans OF t'''
ons Notwithstanding the fact that County w
20 was held in both ths and the adjoining 49,
>obor-pton az the same time, the auuen'e' 0Ol-.'
,,s,st entirely Of negroes, and represeh,nA -
10, OF the State was goodIy one I1o nm -,
= Cobb who repr SCENTS this district III N7''- e.,
- and introduced Mr.. Alderman, who iof ho'o 70
- ,orrs etsined the undivided attention OF ns M
- while he cxpoundcd the principles OF tue NJ
' rsrtv and warned them OF the serious eoh'o-
80 which might result from an Hes@I a''o"l' "
ft,-,,- The present state Government In sPe"AiHs
CONS. Of the United states Government,
- II collision between any new government Il'''
-, ~ set I'd and The present one, he said:
have been ASKED in case the proposed , @
t5,i assemble and provide new ToNtIIe M 10 20 Io
SOU and tbe present Government SHOULD reIuse 10 NC
displaced, AID COLLISION sIog.H ' - lie tinted states
ticb ore would the Governments oi 'ne tte 80 sov
infant cannot answer cannot uhuSItISe ~ "a,
ut vii De the mind OF CONGRESS VI VI t S -, To,r
q. mat unhappy emergency VIII teIli'. w. W.. ~
% tbsf tIe Supreme Court OF the United s'etes h1s
1,ognred through Tie mouth OF Iauey that u itSt7
Vim Con -ress to decide what Government Is Ins es,S
ltef ogs I'm a state. DUtacr act. Borden, Howard
- And l win express The opinion tHdt Coh
er;5r,'s H"' Of lawful Government in North
c,Ts'rs through the action Of her own people
fvinr aftcrw ri approved the Constitution wlcn ne,
-t- ge9 bv a LARGE majority; having recognized
IL. 5aY,i5ls of that Government, in admitting mem
lf5m North Carolina 10 seats, viii not suner tl4I
rsrcrt 10 be overturned in Isl, except by proceed
tb.f ana wen founded In law. / Will also remind You
ri ~. s..., roart las pronounced in the same case
.t ,t.7 a CAN is made on t.. President 10 protect
eta a-uust domes.i violence, growing out o. su.u
made. tete .ermiue VIII d party D. i'e idTIu. '1' 'l-
p. H'' t' ,-ll'i N-.i.I. IL tcutlve Gudiu- two
tt,lU.f Governments IN the fed would uphg N 'i',
s.. OF t..il which CJuero>S EaN ft,1-"-lo"} Ia
fg4I TO. 10 .i.I been 4,4--. sHi-''o"Vu ~ '-0
other"
Nh Atora-'s srescb tlrorrhout was IN able, STATES
rr-iKo effort lie discussed al Of the leading qIeS
.ans OF tla hour in simple yet comprehensive IN1oi'
erl pres r-od all bis points in clear ana a'ua'"'e
manner Tie full tex. Of tie sTeech when piln'euN4H
out sn end the frequent criticisms OF some Jou"s'
VI rh have doubted his Bepuhlean-sm' ana cianofeuIof
his reuoval from the Cabinet political grounds Inc
so tenor OF lbs speech showed hlm TO be thorough
r1lnc Republican, and that he stands on the
most liberal and advanced ground Of the
,rtv The Republicans gathered here yesterday
are very sansuiue Of defeating the proposition to hold
Constitutional Convention, as they report that the
democrats in their respective districts are 10y no means
n fgyrrci one Of the chief objects Of the Democrats
3n ualrE tbs movement. next TO securing all Of the
offices for Themselves is 10 repeal that part OF the Consti
tuition which exempts poor mans homestead from at
tachmeut for debt They have tested this section before
lie supreme Court Of the State, but that body has pro-
ro1nced legal and they determined TO destroy
IT, even though they DO 1t in an lie
sal way. But the Democrat who owns
homestead IS much interested in preserving this
clause as the Republican and viii, in many cases, vote
against the Convention In this town, which casts
heavy Republican VOTE there only five white Repub-
leans but. at the coming election the white vote
a-anst tie Convention viii be at least twelve, One
thing only TO he feared and that is that the negroes
nay be frightened 10y Ku-Klux demonstrations two
tee days .olOIe election, and so kcp; from the polls