Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-03-26
RELIGIOUS TEST I'm NORTH
CAROLINA.

RELIGIOUS TEST I'm NORTH
CAROLINA.
The following communication taken
from the New York Freenadsa's Jour
nal, will be read with interest by peo-
pie in the State as well as out of 1t.
We presume from the date and tt
initials with which it IS signed. that 1t
is from ths pen of cur distinguish d
fellow-citizen, EDwAED CoNIaLASD,
Esq.
HALIFAX, N. c.. March 8, 1873.
TAaIEs A. Mo1;AsTER, ESQ:
Dear Sir Your editorial in the |
Freeman of the 9th inst, entitled |
| .elio Religious Test in North Caio-
lima" contains several incidental CT |
rors as 10 our local history, OF suii- |
ri snt I'M poTtauoe, perhaps, to be cor
fected
The lat. Judge CASTOR was not ex-
! cludcd from oftice by the Thirty sec
DAD Article of the old Constitution OF
the State. On the contrary, he vas
Ieiecied 30, and secept+d. the position
| OF Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court, by he Legislature, in the year
| 1893, while that Article was in tuli
! fDrce--the figst instance III the history
Of TIE State, previous to the carpet
| bag Il c .ndeuey, of the elevation o!
.uy one - the Supreme Court, who
Yad not served on tue Superior Court
BENCH.
IL tila Convention Of 1885. OF which
Judge Gaston Was a member, lie
proved, IL demonstration. that the
,,t-c.s. IL QUESTION did not exclude 10
man Catholics from Office. l Will not
ergthel, 1his ,4u4nnlcatiOn by CIV
ing il : ..rgun7s II; hut IL 6 whole speech,
| .,nlci. ;.as e.de on the proposition 10
amend t1c article, is, il the iiehtsf
) 4er;.c. forrIbIe and impressiTz.
? Arcut,i5hop Hughes quoted from 1t,
win llucn clfeca, III tho celebrate
deus So before the Common CoIn
ri ri yoIir city, on the Public School
: | OueSflu,,.' [ vas present on that "c-
e oaslan. aud witnessed The signal Oh =
, t coini.uy,- Il Hiram hetchu1n, DR.
5pr1ng and otter aoIe opponents.
nc Y1ii3e Ci Ctief justice vas then
awarded 10 the oldest Judge III cor
sra.fsjUu aud during me ton years o.
/ luIgs Carton $ inCUmbency, tsas held
! ay i bunlas tfuf1iD. " ho b2d 10 snpf-
rIos ii ia Gay as lawyer Ia IL"
United State
tx, reputation OF Judge & ston Is
: national, and his memory IL YenerRtrG
2 - 3n;.uut ,i4o State of North Caro-
lsfa. 20 Ua~ - gre at Judge ana i
good in:l,' H DID s14o<;erjy IL
Z 1884 il tuJ- rIxC sixth year OF his ge.
Ltis .at wo.t d. were singular y app!O'
/ pirate. i quote from tie remarks OF
Sp.rr Whitaker. Esq then AttorneA
General, who aald, IN annouuclng ill4
lea. ii 10 the Court:
: up 20 the moment of his dlEsolu
t OF, his mi-d vas cheerful, sentersalD
q iur, and iI.structiLg his friends o.
: moral subjects. His last sentiment
u Impressed upon them the absolut
= nee ssaty 20 ehat le rs to be u>"t L
~ Ii, r., or happy hereafter, OF an Ibid
70 iag belief III a Being present every
where, SCREENING al hearts, who /
4 lneut after death, and rewarding hin
to According to his deeds. Bpfor
- LIS voice had died Oh the ear, she u a
noi--i,e mad gone 70 his rest."
Judge Manly was uu the SupeIIo
/ Court bench ut Judge Gaston's de..t!
Il H did not succeed him. and has peys
- ben CLief Justice. He was electe
one OF the associates of the Supre1l
- Court IL 1859, and retained that pos
Ii tiou until removed by an ordinance {
il he Cove ntion Of 1865, declaring Vi
ii cant ali ofiict IN the State.
:. The Legislature of 1866 showed i
appre cation Of Judg" Manly by elec
"a ing him TO the Senate Of the Unite
= States. But this body refused hi
;. his scat. as be was not consldcrP
T. "tru ' loyal" and North Carolina Ia
not been ''reconstructed"- proce'
g which she has since undergone. al
4, ''still lives" No man is more resprc
H. ed throughout the State than Juds
-. Manly, for ali that is pure in mora
aud elevated IL character.
~ The present. Constitution of the Sta
~ renders incl gibie to Office all vino d
20 ~ the beng of Almighty God"
-, WAS uGd this clause that Ihorne.
carpst-ba0Per from p"--'Hy "nia' VI
AZ ->ottG'y CXptiIE-i from the Legislaiu m
t. Ii ST. RS tDut liz bad published IL hla
re pLcMous pamphlet bu5, on tin. 60,
~ Of the House, declared his belief i'll
supreme Bug" not. however,
~ ''thc Gcd Of tic Bibie," d foruu
"1 wLlcb Was applied as tbe test -" T.
Is by ohaei yHcjou extends, the a
80 does net meet viii. n defender out4il
=. q the IL gis'at've body. and is. [ tllil;
generally depi1red. One OF she ol0..
= aud ab!est lawyers among Us, II marx
-. t. the writer, that h, did Lot Ueiit ,
ca that "Dy three men. 5ers Of the I.egI
latara could a,yree IN ID dogmatic del
milton of the God Of the Bible"
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