Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-09-26

owing order, to wit:
HeadaHart1ss STeos@ !, vH ,4. Dtsi'
GENERAL OEDEEsl
No. 4'- 5.
First. That an election be held i'll the State
II North Carolina commencing on Tuesday,
he 2lst day of April, aud ending on THURSDAY,
he 2'd day Of April lSes. at which All re .iEo-
Constitution or against Constitution, and
also On the same ballot for the state ana ana
county officers and for members OF the United
States House of Representatives, as speciiied
n the before cited ordinance.
Third, In declaring who are to DC stricken
from the Registration lists, the Boards Will be
guided by the law Of March I'd, 1867, and the
laws supplementary thereto, and their attention
is specially directed to the supplementary act
Of July 10, 1861
Ysntb, Violence or threat Of violence, or Of
from employma ct, or other Oppressive
means to prevent any person IRON register ing o.
hibitcd aud any such attempts Will he reported
by the Registrars or Judges OF Elections |" the
Post Comma der, and VIII cause the iLI To-
and trial OF the Offenders by mlhta'T 'tithoTI-
ty. The exhibiting or carrying o. 1tahiV
weapons i'll violation OF General OFGc-5 40: ~
OF ls67 at or in the vicinity OF any roiiIng
ulaces durirg the election herein ordered will
be regarded and treated a. al ah'''iohti vi
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places for The sale of liaUors by retail VIII he
closed from SIX O'Clock OF the evening OF the
20th OF ALIil until six o'clo X OF tn" morning OF
the 9th a prii, 1seS. and iurinG this tine the
sale of ali intoxicating liquors at or near s-Hy
polling place il prohibited TIC police iHIcrs
of citir- AMI towns and the ShrrIfS tiif "'hcF
peac, officers of counties will be he 81 rc-phh-
sible for the STRICT enforce m"rt OF th's tr1hn'7
tom and VIII promptly arrest and .oid for tr':tl
al persons -"ho NAV tran "T"s' 1t
m. 40 rptu rtI9,TfG bV law 10
be maze to the commander OF the District of
the results of the election vii c rcnderti l.:
the Boards OF Registration al the several ht@
istratOn precincts through the com Hi+hltf7 oi
the Military Posts iii whl"i th"Se i'recin + are
situated and in accordance With The tct .i'ed
Instructions hereatt' to be glTcn.
By command q Maj. Gem ~, Il. s. CAHEY.
IpCI% Y. GAslhEc,
lie dc amp.
As;ing Aee't dj't Gen, r1
The acts of Congress above referred
to excluded from registration and from
suffrage ali persons who having taken
an oath of office to support the Con
stitution of the United States, alter
wards aided or allotted IL the var
against the United States, thereby dis
thousands Of our best cltI-
Zens. The interpretation Of those acts
and the number Of citizens dIsfran
chised thereby rested solely with Gen
eral Candy who in point of fact by
a sCircular'' Order dated 31st October,
1867, specified to what classes OF citi-
zens suffrage should be refused and to
what it should be granted.
The power Of the man who, from
his residence in one State, can order
the arrest and trial bymilitary tribunal
of citizens Of another State who APP
points and removes at viii, by u tcic-
gram, the highest State officials; who
holds the officers of cities and
peace officers Of counties ''respon-
sible" to himself for the perform
ance of their duties; who opens
and closes at will citizens places OF
business and permits or forbids traffic
at will; who charging or limiting
suffrage at will convcnes Conventions
and seats and unseats members; who
appropriates by military orders the
money in the Public Treasury IS 70
him may seem best, lacks nothing OF
being absolute; and the people thus
ruled over, hay well claim that they
are responsible neither for his acts
nor for those of his agents.
The Legislature thus elected WIS
convened by proclamation of one v.
". Holden, styled by General Candy
"Goverl,or elect, an individual banned
from holding office and from suffrage
ny tnc ~. u Ioil 20 wy IL 10 iio'
ehteleo opo5. 'iio - tlic '.'',
'ie5 VI az o1ii0o t,i1t' iio H'I' 11o
oalh Oh oilice' 10" 1itLic MS Ho'
as n representative body OF the people
Of North Caroliro n11Daa,.c fr1,,1 hi
,,rooI,r,t;on convaninr +l,at hrI>
IN I -
Inc proclamation was ISSUED LII
June. 1868. and reads a. follows:
IN n,,rsuapc. of authority vested il, ,.I.. hy .,
oct ,i.ci H. ~. .",,,r,,s ~. Ir-'i+ So.
entitled an act 70 atirSli- Ir,- &tats> ., Moth
Carolina, So3th CArJ-.:t. '.2uisi "a, H-fr9t
AiAb iina amt 10. IA, 10 tftFrsel alton ~ CON
North CAROLINE cLa<s9. ,s,,.; :, la7 ~ ci4-l5, o.
the lar # ne t..t.t SITS Of M eil ~. lad.
of the rebel State and Tie law Z,;I.;.l, H.. n
tary thereto, arc hereby nothed to ;.>st,uh!" i,
tne c,'S % ~ OH 'ie - - @
" W Hobbs.
Governor elect OF NORTH ,e'ol-n !
1t appears from the ahoTc that Gov
ernor Holden Ill the very act OF con
Venlng the Legislature, ao-call.d, an
nounced It's true %t"f.|% rs beng 2
creature not OF state but OF 1 edera
birth.
The pubic press OF the day III the
state polnte1tly cal!ed the attthtl"h "1
General CANDY 10 the variance between
his order ard the Constitution III the
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.it ,s ~ tr.i ,.Vo,l,l' >'tt't er
election under this Gop~.:.nrl" to ,,. AZ me nc
OF its eading provisions ana ia o 20 s;e:,y u
eIcm the bitter naI:jzat< of the .o,
did not feel warrinted in c,I tn n ,.1,l...
ALI the infarnor. rntrtInn,t. nt -! + /,
hndv
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CanDy by name not To 90 so great SID-
lence to the Constitution But General
Candy needed none OF these Things. lie
was III military possession OI the State.
III ;es,,o,I ~, orlI,,, e.. 49,, ,I,4-.
i ~ i"9t, u az W lCi 'tI tItt+ipH 10
De nelu prohibiting thousands o. OUr
best citizens from voting. while If nor
,,i4to1 IN anD ;,,,,,,..,4 ,c-,,l,,- 7
'',''' IS1fi'ir iiI III iO''f' ~ i'fii
upon the rights and liberties Of their
Int. n,,c+nrc Tho fIo.4;,,,. ,--,..(.,, III
and t,rrcsi,it vaho , ncniI" IT,, o i,'.,'
t,,rnnf 1888 Go--O
tnI,n ~, -, ~ ~ Il
sn, raaontai ,It a., -',1 '';ii
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