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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-03-02
A North Carolina God.

FROM the OnlcARO IrlDuue'J
We print this morning an explanation OF the
brief dispatch in yesterdays paper announcing
that ]. W. Thorne, member OF tho North Caro-
lima Legislature, had been expelled for express
ing his non. belief In "the existence OF God" 1t
seems that Mr.. Thorne was expelled, not because
he did not believe in God, but because ne did not
believe in the particular kind Of God which the
North Carolina Legislature wanted him to be-
lleve in. The Democrats probably voted to expel
him because he was a Republican, but the oolored
Republicans voted TO expel him on orthodox
grounds. Mr.. Thorne, some time since, II seems,
wrote pamphlet, In which, while expressing his
belief in q supreme Being, took the ground
that the accepted God Of the Bible, who make
''the devils believe and tremble," is "cruel
Deity, to the existence OF which he could not rec
onciIe himself" In other words, Mr.. Tnorne, who
belongs TO q sect called the Progressive Friends,
q sect Of Quakers, is probably an advanced moral:
let, partAking Eomewhat Of the Unitarian and
somewhat Of tho UnlVersallst faith. Now, the
constitution Of the State OF North Carolina eX-
bic by acknowledging Q dependence on the Al.
mighty for blessings, and IL also dlsquallhes
citizen from holding Office who disbellevos In the
existence OF God. The Legislature have con-
strued this TO mean what the Raleigh NevS calls
"the OhriStlan'S God" or, TO define It more ex:
Rctly, the uod adopted by the orthodox scots; and
90 they have expelled Mr.. Thorne for not being
orthodox in his belief. They must have drawn
North Carolina, adopted In l7Io, excluding from
once every person 'Who shall deny the being OF
God, or the truth OF the Protestant religion, or
the divine authority Of either the Old or New
Testaments." without INDUCING In the CON-
ment which this intolerance naturally suggests,
we will only say that the North Carolina Lsgis-
lature has gone back just century In the history
Of civilizations and that, II the rule they have
including Congress, many OF our most useful
public men would DO lost to the public service.
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DIED..

CLARE Sunday afternoon, Of pneumonia,
RAYMOND, infant son Of s. }. and Ella e; Clark.
attend the funeral from the Tesidence OF his par
ents 1t Pierce place northwest, this afternoon at
EDMoNDs.-At0 o'clockp p. m. Sunday, Of pneu-
monIA, WILLIAM youngest child OF Charles and
The friends Of the family are Invited to ' attend
the funeral at clock Tuesday from the residence
ond northwest
HINDs.-At the residence of his sister, Mrs y.
evening" NIT E6%tsD r. aSSs in sh
thIrty-secOnd year OF his age.
above AZ o'oIock p. M Wednesdays March 4
Friends are Invited to attend. ''
BROOKs.-The ight Rev. }. D. BROOKS, bishop
OF the A. Nj. z. Zion connection, in the city OF
Baltimore, Sunday February q, ISs5.
Funeral 10 take place Wednesday at O'Clock p.
m, in the above named city, from the residence Of
MONTAGUE.-In this city, on the LIST inst,
sged Years "a and oa Tq months
Funeral on THURSDAY, March T. from the Fiji
Friends are respt ctfully invited to attend.
MAsoN.-On Saturday, February q, SARAH MA
The frSnds OF hs family are respectfully invited
TO attend her funeral on Tues iay afternoo2 at :
stTt ct, between BeaiI and West streets, George
town.
BRoOKs.-Monday mOrning, March /. at $50,
BRGoks, WIDOW Of the late Lewis Brooks. -
The funeral will take place Wednesday morning,
Forrest, 3 First street. GeOTgetown, D. G; Her
f:ends and the friends Of the family are invited to
GRANT.-Mrs. HARRIET T. GRANT, wife of
Capt. Albert Grant, al $50 O'Clock p. M, March
Notice Of funeral hereafter.
NEWTON.-onSat Saturday, Fehruary27, IGNATTCs
ARNOLD I'm IN the r6m t eaE Sc ms az &
sonin-aw, II. Richey, No. Gil Twelfth street north
wss thu sa sad ena are n
vited.
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SENATOR STEVENSON.
The Rev. DR.. Ives and the Boston Preachers
Meeting.

Meeting.
The Rev. ]. W. Hamilton, of Boston,
who visited Washington during the debate
in the Senate on the "Pinchback" ques-
ton, when the Senator from Kentucky
read and commented upon the late speech
of the Rev. DR.. Ives in the Boston
Preachers Meeting, addressed Governor
Stevenson the following letter in reply:
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. Il, 1875.
Hon. J. ". Stevenson:
DEAR SIR: read in this mornings papers
that you quoted that often printed, much
misrepresented and more mis- Judged speech
of the Rev. DR.. Ives in the Boston
Preachers Meeting, and so used # as to
make it represent the sentiments of not only
Boston Methodist preachers, but all our
Northern people.
You are certainly, sir, very greatly misrep-
resented in the daily papers, or your candor
cannot be what it was when had the honor
and privilege of often seeing you when you
were Governor of Kentucky. Methodist
preachers in Boston, am free to admit, have
''some mind of their own" and for a half GEN.
fury or more have frankly spoken it. And as
"full-blooded Yankee" born on the top Of
the backbone Of the Allegheny mountains in
Virginia, but homed in Boston fer many years,
doubtless speak as freely as any among
them. But the paper that misrepresented the
Preachers Meeting in the report of the speech
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A CARD.
John G. Esster in Reply to Mr.. Luttrsll

John G. Fester in Reply to Mr.. Luttrell.
To the Editor Of the National Republican:
SIR: For four or five years past my name has
been a select target for the continued calumniat-
ing venom Of the Ku.Klux and White League
journals, on account Of few feeble efforts on my
part to execute the laws Of my country against
persons who lie in ambush and slay their defense.
less neighbors because they differ with them po-
IiticalIy. During all this time have permitted
them to howl as the monster OF the deep, and
would not now waste even n single moment Of time
in alluding to them but for the fact that poor
weak brother OF the human race MI. Luttrelll
in an effort to contribute his mite to that glorious
Ru.Klux cause, while under the bomb-prOof priv
ileges of the floor Of Congress, attacked me, cow
ard like. He alludes to me by saying:
''He believed nearly all the difficulties In the
South arose from the employment Of spies and In
formers in the employ OF the Federal Govern
ment. He alluded particularly &c Detective Hes
ter, who stirred up more strife than any man In
Alabama"
What Mr.. LuttreIl does or does not believe is
immaterial to me, but when he stands up as o
Congressman and says he believes what he knows
TO be untrue by the very evidence he held In his
South by the Government to stir up strife, he
speaks not the truth. He knew that the mail
agent was murdered IN the mail car. He knew
that Walter F. Billings was assassinated. He
know that scores OF others, all In the same Sump-
ter county, Alabama, had been scourgsd before
taken by his committee that Il was In conso-
quence OF these outrages that i was ordered
there. If causing the arrest Of men who murder,
GsSBEsnate, scOurge Cypress and deny their neigh.
"strlie, II will afford me much pleasure to con-
tinue stirring until we can STIR some Of his
friends into place Of safe keeping or make them
behave themselves. J. q. HESTER.
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f-om WI ich you quote did not lead any man
among us to feel that 1t was necessary to re-
ply to it, or to apologize for what was said.
And If it were not that the matter appears
amid the GRANTEES of the United States Sem
ate should not feel called upon to give atten-
tion to it even now. But l presume, from my
relation to Methodism in Boston, am as
much at liberty to speak as any Of my broth
rem.
Murder "cither by strychnine or cannon"
never originated in Boston, and never was ad-
vocated by New England men. We make
guns in Massachusetts, and sell some strych-
nine among druggists; but often feel very
sorry for it afterwards as it occasions us great
trouble and expense in sending committees to
investigate the sections where they are used.
DIR. Ives is a resident of Central New York,
and was enjoying the courtesies of Boston as
q stranger when he made the speech which,
exaggerated, has furnished so much fuel for
the fires of wrath in the South. He is an &c
centric man, and like Parson Brownlow thinks
as loudly as other men speak. The South
knew full well-and yet l know there are
some very ignorant men down there-that
New England did not utter sentiments of bar
barous carnage, through her Methodist
preachers, in that or any other meeting.
We did plead for sound government, and q
cessation of the Wholesale slaughter practiced
in the Southern States. Tho unprovoked
murders of some of our very best Methodist
teachers and preachers in the South gave to
the ring of our voice no very uncertain sound
when we did speak, and this may have ac-
counted for the desire to have it said that
every loyal citizen in the North believed and
repeated the misrepresented speech of DR..
Ives. / have always found that when bad
men desire to show how good they are. they
are sure to hunt up the most unfortunate
apostates from the Christian Church with
whom to compare themselves. 1t docs not
surprise me, then, that apology for the de-
meanor of the South leads men to seek an
exceptional excitement represented as flashing
into a blaze with which to cover up shame and
disgrace.
Very truly yours, J. W. HAMILTON,
Pastor First NJ. Z. Church, Boston.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-03-02

THE New York Tribune is aroused to
the highest pitch of indignation by the
passage through the House of the bill to
Protect Electors. There are occasions,
it says, when honest men expect their
"honest representatives to fight against at
tempted wrongs, with all the strength,
''al the fire, all the courage, obstinacy and
Indignant eloquence of which they are
capable, fearing neither the frowns of
power nor the insolence of the party
'lackeys. 1t is not enough to hint obiec-
''tions under ones breath, or to pick little
claws in an act which is bad. all the way
through. If every Republican Repre-
Sentative who thinks with Messrs VIII
lard and Hawley had used as plain speech
''as they did, the bill would probably
''neVer have passed" Now, who in the
world, or, rather, in the House, can Out
law Reid be limiting at? Who has been
muttering or limiting objections under
ones breath?' Evidently Reid is over
charged with condolences reposed in him
by mutterers and hinters. Spit some of
them out, Outlaw; give us some names, or
you viii burst with the anxiety imposed
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-03-02

WE PRINT a set Of resolutions this morn
ing adopted by Republican club in Lou
isiana, which include a warm Endorsement
Of the Third Term project. The adoption
Of such resolutions by Southern Republi.
cans was to have been expected. In such
times as these the afflicted people of the
South are naturally inclined to place their
trust in a man who has proved worthy Of
their confidence and regarding whose fu-
ture cause they have no doubts. For ex-
ample, they loved and respected Mr..
Speaker Blaine to such an extent that he
was favorite candidate with many of them
for the next nomination until they lost
faith in him on account of his failure to
stand by them in the hours of their direst
need. President Grant, on the contrary,
has ever been true t. them. At the same
time. Mr.. Speaker Blaine has made no ad-
vance in the affections of his political oppo.
nents, while he has certainly lost his hold
upon a very important element of the Re-
publican party.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-03-02

WE DO NOT regret that the Committee of
Elections have decided in favor of George
A Sheridan in the contest for Congressman
at Large from Louisiana. He has been a
sterling Republican, but was with many
others led into the Greeley movement in
1872, while running upon what was known
as the ''fusion ticket" in Louisiana. The
evidence in his case declares the fact that
he received thousands of Republican votes,
and the same evidence shows beyond qUcs-
ton the election of Mr.. Kellogg, and also
sustains the House in the wise conclusion
they reached yesterday in declaring him
the lawful Governor of Louisiana. While
we cannot count Mr.. Sheridan as straight
Republican, we are at least satisfied that
he will in no way defend or countenance
the violence and turbulence that has marked
the reign of the rebel Democracy in the
South. The decision in his case is proof
to the people of Louisiana that they are
sure of their right Of representation, even
if they do not elect man of ''our political
views" provided his election is assured as
IL the case of Mr.. Sheridan.
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Raleigh and Newberne. by which large numbers
Of Republicans are disfranchised, With a view to
giving these cities over into the hands Of the Dem
CcTats.
Among the Republicans who took part in the
debate, may mention MIR. Barnett, Dr. Wheeler
and Mr.. DHla. The first made telling points;
while DR.. Wheeler, In a calm, cool and dignited
manner that enchanted the attention and COM
manded the respect OF his hearers, protested
against the passage OF the. resolutions, and de-
nOuuced tho recreant Republicans who made thu
civil rig hts bill pretext for deserving to the en-
envy. Mr.. Dula Is the colleague OF Foote, from
wilkes county. His speech was elaborate and
well prepared. Hts delivery was very forcibls
He exposed Foote'S pretensions in Wilkes county,
showing that the Republicans would repudiate
him upon his return home.
At last, at about II o'clock last night, on mo-
tlOn Of MIR. GleDn, the resolutions were referred
to a special committee OF five. What the design
is no one can fOresee; but one thing is certain no
more Republicans will abandon their party, and
the Democrats have been badly worsted IN their
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-03-02

THE Richmond Dispatch asks ''is Grant
q such q fool that he will undertake to
4" carry out the provisions of the bill to
&" Protect Electors upon the ground that it
&c had passed the House?" The Dispatch
and other papers of like kidney are in the
habit of disappearing the Administration
by means of innuendoes like the foregoing
Outside of Virginia and other Southern
States, however, the people are so free
from prejudice that they are not in danger of
being misled by such efforts. The Dispatch
may rest at ease President Grant has
never yet and never will exceed the lawful
authority vested in him in his treatment of
the Southern question. One effect of the
action of the House on this bill, however,
will be to convince doubling Northern Re
publicans of the real condition of affairs in
the Southern States, and it has already had
the effect to weld the Republican party
together under a more perfect discipline
than has been acknowledged since the close
Of the war. We know now who the
stragglers from the party ranks are.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-03-02

THE Democrats still insist that the bill
10 Protect Electors, which is now pending
in the Senate, should he called "a bill to
provide for the reelection Of President
" Grant" II President Grant were n cIu.
didate for reelection, We should be in.
clincd to agree to this amendment of title;
but, thus far, no one has been authorized to
announce him even as q candidate for re-
nomination. What the bill really amounts
to, is an assurance that, under its provisions,
the voters of the South will be enabled TO
exercise the right Of suffrage in accordance
with their political desires and the dictates
of their Consciences. The result Of this free
and untrammeled exercise of the rights of
citizenship would be the election Of the Re-
publican candidate for President in 1876.
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u son you to keep these condolences invio-
late. Save your worthless life by prevent
ing the explosion which is threatened to
your pufed-up carcass. Tell us all you know
about it, and give us for once something
that, in the language of your former chief
would be 'tmighty interesting reading."
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-03-02

Now LET some admircr Of Great Britain
and believer in the design Of the English
Government to secure equality of recogni-
tion of citizens explain why it was that
SPAN has been allowed to make distinc-
ton on account of the color Of the victims
of the Santiago massacre in the payment Of
indemnities The United States insisted
that no distinction of this character should
be made as regards American citizens, and
the inference is plain. England's boast
that her humblest citizen is equal, in the
eye Of the law and the protection of the
Government, TO the greatest noblcmau is
fraud, while America is entitled TO the
credit Of having preserved a consistency of
purpose in this regard from which John
Bull may learn valuable lesson.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-03-02

Now LET Us see how truthful the Louis
lana Conservatives were when they as
serted themselves to be powerful enough
TO maintain peace in that State under the
Wheeler compromise. We are afraid
however, that their promises 10 do this are
not worth as much as the debris CT their
last dinner TO Newspaper Row at WeIckcrs
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PIOls old John Knox once remarked:
"When the devil hates me know that l
{" am growing in grace" Certain impious
gentlemen of the Republican party in Con-
gress might appropriately remark: "When
q the Independent Press commends us we
''know that we are falling from grace.
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MAHcH 2d, March 3D., March forth!

'"WANTED- Common Sense, is the
title Of the New York Times article in
opposition to the bill to Protect Electors.
The want will be readily conceded by those
who have the time and patience to read it.
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TRBANA and Catawba
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MARRIED.

CONWAY-JoHNsoK.-A AT the residence Of the
brides father. corner OF Eighteenth and streets,
February ~ IS76, by tho Rev. 3. B. Wales, Mr.
RkUBEN CONWAY and Miss MARY A. JOHNSON,
both OF Washington, ID. O.
LEWIS-sEALES.-0n the 18th OF February,
1873, by the RIv. Jacob Mitchell, RICHARD LEWIS
snd MANY j. SEALEs, both OF Washington. No
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SPECIAL, NOTICES.

----~sCa~sC-
p~e L. o. q. F.-GRAND LOOGE.-A
~ sgecial session VIII be held on WEDNEs-
DAY EVENING. March 3, at T;.D O'Clock, TO con-
sidtr important business. A full attendance Is
desired. HARRISON BI Re-
nHr2-st Grand Master.
R~POTOMAC FERRY COMPANY
~ Regular communlca tlOn by Ferry Boat from
SevCnth-streI WharfwiI Ne resumed between the
cities OF ash and Alexandria fro this day.
Sunday trips will be made usual.
;. HOWlSON, Pres't P. 2. GO:
a~sNOTICE.-THE SECOND MONTH
kS ly meeting of the Tenth Building Associa-
tlon, Of Gcorgetown, will be held at Go dArd's new
building, utheast corner of Bridge and ashinR-
ton strt cts. MONDAN EVENING, March I, az
O'Clock, and all meetings tn the future viii be held
there. FERDINAND KING,
fe27-2t Secretary.
49, THE SPRING SESSION OF THE
~ WASHINGTON BUSINESS COLLEGE,
corner OF seventh and streets, begins with March,
and afford excellent facilities for all vino wish to
take the business course special branches. Tui-
ton, for three months, SO. Yearly life sch olar-
ships. payable by monthly installments, Issued at
any time. This Institution has for more than ten
years net the steadily growing demand for prlc-
teal education. Be IL remembered that while the
unframed and incompetent can scarcely procure
bread the demand for the trained and practically
educated everywhere far exceeds the supply.
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Northern part Of the city, doing splendid
busines prescription file cos sales s. eco for the
past twelve months. A splendid chance, Cool
reasons for selling. Address Box 81, City Post
Once febT~
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EOR SALE IMMEDIATELY. FOR CASH,
Il at cost price, the Fixtures and Stock of WELL
established and located Cigar Store; good reasons
for selling given. Address Box s, REPUBLICAN
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who have gone to the Democrats. There is Sig
nincance in their taking this course. It would
seem to indicate that In their opinion at any rate
the Democracy Of North Carolina Is losing ground.
Indeed, Mr.. Oaksmith intlmated in his speech
that there would soon be political revolution 10
this State, and took occasion to denounce in IN
measured terms some OF the recent legislation Of
the Democratic Legislature, meaning the infa-
nous amendments TO the charters Of Wilmington,