Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-07-28
SALISBURY, n. c., July 18th, 1871,

SALISBURY, n. c., July 18th, 1SII
The Old North State is at present the
theatre of the most exciting political can
yass that ever occurred within Its D"rdei s.
Few people are not cOnVersaAt WI u inc
ruinous measures entail5 upon the late
bJ the present cDnstitutiOD-f:Amed as Il
was by negroes, carpet ba9gers aud poi1
cal a1verturers-and it is not, rIOus that
! she was recklessly plunged into debt, her
| credit ruined and her bonds huck~tered IL
| New York III a manner that was disgrdc-
| fl by the radicals during the admlulstra
| ton of Governor Holden. Her dabt that
| before the w4r was not more than four
| teen millions was increased to nearly forty,
and the lavish appropriations that made
| this enormous amount were equan red
| and stolen by radica, railroad officials ahd
| Wall street stock-jobblDg operators. SEV
| eraI of these worthless are now uGder IN
dlctment in the State courts for embezze-
ment-two of them for as large an amount
as seven millions of bonds. IAe expenses
of the State governments were incfea, ed
fonr times the amount Re Quired prior to
the war by the creation Of Z large number
| of superfiuOus and slnecUre offices tne
} salaries of all the State officials were in
creased one hundred per cent; the mum
Ter of Judges Of the Supreme Court Waf
increased from three to five, with also
, large augmentation OF their salaries .
township system, at once cumbersome apo
burdepsome, was saddied upon the peorl.
al d lastly, the judiciary, instead OF o6Int
appointed by the Legis; ;ature, as formerly
= are now selected by the people which &c
< counts for it's partisanshlp, corruption aht
Z excessively degraded state at present -
3 a natural consequence this largely IN
creased debt and annual expenditure te
r. uuired corresponding
INCREASE OF TAXATION
| kI>o n. r. AM q
n fr4y the txtravagant expenses Of ;he Sta
o Government. Besides hts3 local cOun
ty tax to support the township s. en- ao
- a tax to establish free school s. EN-
- the State had also bten LIVED. Eio1
-, 800, ,OOO the am"uot required PRIOR {
II the war to Fay the interest on the Sta
- debt and detrsy the current expenses t
- the Stete goverument, II Is es'lma ed thi
- if the provisions of the present co IT.
ton were literally c5r led ont an "nun'
D. axation of not les~ taan for "a hons an
I'D a half would have to he r4'sed. La 'hf'
il povrr,y-stricken condi iDU, s'cneedIng
at terrible aud disc rous war, the pa"t
Ms were uDab 10 bear such an ODp~e8-l'
n taxation, and tbi-, aith the husn,1a IA
n. that follow d the s ss,1n Of the frs h
nnb!icau Leg sl1tu-e and til" nttvr al =,
Of The. State Gre 1T, At ii s slgg StUd i
m necessity Of a
On CONVENTION
e. 20 amend the conetitu ion ia the ma
Ills above stated From the mOment Ut
lat concep,iOn the convention tOOG N. II anna
BY ing rapidity, until at leug'h u Was dc L al
VII ed by the entire Con @ vatlv, Prteo ~ /
7. & ate, with 1t one or two exc pti"i
,rv but bitterly opposed by til" k.dIcs'
~ uhose leaders stil contlnu- to mnD' pO !
sra all the lucrative of1ice- under tie pres
,ve | constitution. They oppose tie eaA io
The convention, too, on the ground mat IL
H. revolutionary and unconstitutional me
.iaI ur-. In August, 1870, the CooseiV'ti'
elected majority III tho Legisi"tdf0
the identical issues which 1t IS tr'pos
the the convention, If called, Will ace mpll
yor Hapc. that BODY maturcd no gls !
in looking to the pay meut Of tue nteieS'
tu- the Iub!ic debt. nor did 1t, believe p
ore vide even for the extTavagant e1pt h>es {
ion the State government l"e o'ste - G
the seoueutiy without any provision l0I
be collection of its reveDues NOW Cus Pi
So ent Conservative Legislature n"s Il
ad- iority OF two-third1 ID the 0enste'
they failed to elect that majority IN
oo House Tue present consutuloh pIoti
zee thot no convention of the peop.e SLali
80 called unless bya
for rUo THIRDS VOTE OF BOTH BRANc aES
'eeTs THE LEGISLATURE,
nv and this the advocates of the ConVen'
y Il bin were at any time during tne last SER
,or unable to obtain. In tnls ulle" ma'
- conscions of tue dire necessity OF I
t .on,ion and being constantly urged;
.oo3ad-hv their constituents to call
ing the Conservatives Corvention or