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The St. Johns herald., 1890-04-24
The Party of Arbitrary Power.

Ii speech and-rellglon are not to be free in this country, then has our glory departed; and the soon- CT we change the name of our gov ernment, and pull down the proud assumptions of liberty in which we have boasted the better it will be for all. Freedom of speech and freedom to worship God according to the dictates of our own con- sciences have been considered the inalienable birthrights of Ameri- cans.
 The republicans have struck death blows at both of these. At freedom of speech m Wisconsin, at freedom of religion in Idaho. In the latter the mere acceptance of the Mormon religion is made the ground of disfranohisement. No one denies that polygamy is or can be made a crime. No one denies that those charged with polygamy can be tried and if found guilty condemn ed and punished, and that dis franchisement may be made part of the punishment. But to embrace the Mormon religion without the commission of polygamy is not an act. Neither belief nor intention can be made criminal without the commission of an accompanying criminal act. In Idaho men are disfranchised not for the practice of polygamy but for the simple pro- fession of the Mormon faith, and that too whether polygamy is in- cluded in the belief or not. It is pure and unmixed interference with freedom of religion. It is not one whit less religious persecution than that by which the Puritians drove the Baptists and Quakers out of Massachusetts.
 In Wisconsin there is a very large German element. These people pay their public school taxes, but instead of sending their chil- dren to the public schools they maintain parochial schools, in which their own language is the vehicle of instruction. The repub- licans passed compulsory school law, and in it they put a clause that no school should be regarded as a school under that act which did not teach in the English language, read ing, writing, arithmetic and United States history, It was attempting to do in the United States what despotic Prussia is doing in Alsace- Lorain, and despotic Russia is do- ing in Poland. It was desperate effort on the part ofthe majority to dictate it's language to the minority. It was an effort to deprive Ameri- cans of their freedom of speech. The St. Paul Globe we'll said:
 It is all right enough that the American people should learn to speak the prevailing language of the country. In fact, their busi- ness and social interests make it necessity; and. ii let alone, they will all acquire mastery ot the English tongue in time. But tis a very different thing when you at tempt to compel people by law to speak any one language. A mans tongue is his own, and he has a right to wag it in whatever language he sees proper to adopt; and this is right every free American citi- zen will insist upon exercising. There is nothing in the constitution of the United States, or in the con stitution of the state of Wisconsin, prescribing any particular language for the use of the people. The Eng fish language is that commonly spoken. and, therefore, the pre- vailing language of the country.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-04-24
prosperous

CoRBETT, the California pugilist, bested Dominick McCaffrey, in a four-round contest in New York on the 14th. It will be remembered that McCaffrey once fought John l.. Sullivan so hard bout, that it took the referee three days to decide which was the winner.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-04-24
A Big RumOr.

The Las Vegas Optic is informed by a gentleman who holds a re- sponsible position with the Santa Fe, who travels extensively on their passes, and is at present at the hot springs, that he knows of verity that an inventory of the Southern
The St. Johns herald., 1890-04-24

SAYS the San Francisco Exami- ner: The elections in Montana ap- pear to express tolerably emphat- ic opinion upon the merits of the dispute which the Senate is now considering. In Helena, the capi- tai, Russell Harrison's newspaper issued an extra, urging the voters to roll up an immense Republican ma jority, to show the country what they thought of the Tunnel pre- cinct case. In response the former Republican majority of 600 was changed to 8 Democratic one of about 300. Later, Butte, which is only nine miles from the Tunnel, went the same way by a vote almost as heavy. In view of these circum- stances, the Senate will probably not adopt the suggestion to refer the case of the contesting delega- tions back to the voters of Montana.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-04-24

She-Indeed, it's not an easy thing for a girl to get a husband. He-Why a pretty girl can make her choice of four out of every five men she meets. She-But it's the fifth man she wants.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-04-24

THE great number of so-called Stanley's books, with which the country, and particularly the rural districts is just now inundated, are steadily on the increase. All of this class of books now in print, or likely to be printed in advance of Henry NJ. Stanley's own book, are simply "faked" from Stanley's, Liv- ingstone's, Speke's and Bakers ear Her books, letters, newspaper clip pings previously published. These books are frauds and mere catch penny affairs, gotten up to swindle the unsuspeoting country people, who are not fully posted in such matters.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-04-24

Life is too short to be wasted in petty worries. frettings, hatreds, and vexations. Let us banish all these, and think on whatsoever things are pure, and lovely, and of good report.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-04-24

are less reluctant to come to this conclusion because We cannot per init ourselves to doubt that, if the appellee had been indicted and gone to trial before a jury of his own country, God and his country would have given him good deliverance."
The St. Johns herald., 1890-04-24

California and Atlantic & Pacific railroads is being taken this week, and that on May 1st, these roads will become part of the Santa Fe system, and on May Sth Jay Gould will own and control the entire sys- tenn
The St. Johns herald., 1890-04-24

"JUsTIcE," under the caption of Railroad Employees vs. Poll Tax, !" in the Albuquerqe Citizen of the 18th instant, sets up an ignorant howl against the poll tax law of this territory. While admitting the tax of $2.50 to be too much, yet the mode of its collection is eminently proper and singularly practicable. There is no question as to the au- thority of the Legislature to enact the law, so long as it's provisions are not in conflict with the Corsti- tuition of the United States. "Jus- tice" is wholly ignorant of the law of poll tax, for he says "aside from all this, the men have been making diligent inquiry to ascertain, if the highways have been in the least benefited by what they term extor- tion under the guise of law" *
 Neither the highways" nor the "cause of education" cut any figure in the poll tax law, as this tax is not set apart for either of these pur- poses. Justice" would do we'll to read up little before he writes himself down an egregious ass.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-04-24

AT the last term of the District Court at Las Cruces, N. M., seven persons, five men and two women, were convicted under the Edmunds' act and sentenced to the peniten- tiary at Santa Fe.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-04-24
St. Johne, Thureday, April 24.
THE United States Supreme Court


 Miller rendering the decision, Chief Justice Fuller and Associate Jus tice Lamar dissenting; Lamar read ing the dissenting opinion. The ground on which they dissent IS that in considering the habeas cor pus act, wholly inadmissible con struction is placed on the word Claw" as used in that statute, and a wholly lnadmissible application Is made of the clause Fin custody in violation of the Constitution of the United States"
 "It is," the dissenting opinion reads, indispensable to observe carefully the distinction between in- dividual men and the same persons in an official capacity. We agree, assuming the facts of the case to be as shown by the record, that the personal protection of Judge Field as a private citizen, even to the death of Terry, was not only right, but was also the duty of Neagle and of any other bystander. And we maintain that, for the exercise ot that right or duty, he is answerable to- the courts of California, and to them alone. But we deny that Nea- gle had any duty imposed on him by the laws of the United States growing out of the official charac- ter of Judge Field. In short, we think there was nothing whatever, in fact, of an official character in the transaction, and therefore we think the United States courts have, in the present state of our legisla- ton, no jurisdiction whatever in the premises. There was no author ity for the release of Neagle."
 In conclusion the dissenting opin- ion says: "If the act of Terry had resulted in the death of Justice Field. would the murder have been a crime against the United States? Would the Government of the Uni ted States have been competent, in the present condition of the stat utes, to prosecute, in its own tribu- nals, the murderer of it's own Su- preme Court Justice, or even to ln- ouire into the heinous offense through its own tribunals? If yes, then the staying of Terry by appel lee in the necessity of the preven- tion of such an act was authorized bv the law of the United States, and he should be discharged, and that, independent of any official character, the situation would have been the same in the ease of any citizen. But if not, how stands the matter then? The killing of Terry was not by authority of the United States, no matter by whom done, and the only authority relied on for vindication can be that of the State, and the slayer should be remanded to the State courts to be tried.
 "The question then recurs would it have been a crime against the United States? There can be but one answer. Murder is not an of fense against the United States ex- cept when committed at places where the National Government has exclusive jurisdiction. It is well settled that such crime must be de- fined by statute. and no such stat ute has yet been pointed out. The United States Government being thus powerless to try and punish a man charged with murder, we are not prepared to affirm it is omnipo- tent to discharge from trial and give immunity from all liability to any trial anywhere unless an express statute of Congress is produced commanding such discharge. We
The St. Johns herald., 1890-04-24

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The St. Johns herald., 1890-04-24
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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-01-02
COmfere nee Appointments.

RALEIGH DISTINCTLY. S. Black, Pre-
siding Elder.
Raleigh, Edenton ST.. II. Gordon.
Raleigh, Central Churchill. l.. Nash.
Raleigh, Brooklyn-J. D. Pegram.
Cary circuit-W. S. Davis.
Rolesville circuit-B. c. Alfred, J. B
Bobbitt.
Smithfield circuit-P. L. Herman.
Clayton circuit-A. R. Raven, r. W
Bailey.
F'ranklinton circuit-E. L. Pell.
Tar River circuit-G. W. Fisher.
Youngsville circuit-C. o. DuRant.
Loulsburg Station-J. B. Hurley.
Oxford Station-W. L. Cunningham.
Oxford circuit-J H. Hall. =:
Henderson Station-F. A. Bishop.
Buckhorn circuit-Erskine Pope, l. W
Avent, Sup.
Dunn circuit. W. Puett.
Newton Grove circuit. J. Barker.
Raleigh Christian Advoeate-F. L, Reid,
Editor.
WARRENTON DIsTRICT-J. A. Cunningham;
Preriding Elder. !,
Warrenton circuit. N. Cole, r, @,
Burton, Sup.
Warren circuit-B. B. Culbreth, T. B.
Reeks, Sup. I :.
Ridgeway circuit. W. jenkins. =,
Llttleton circuit-L. J. Holden.
Weldon circuit. B. Carpenter.
Halifax circuit-Z r. Harrison.
Battleboro and Whitakers-G. F. Sim.
mons.
Rocky Mount and Toisnot-J. @.
Guthrie
Nashville circuit-N. R. Richardson.
Wilson Station-D. H. futile.
Wilson oircuit-A- D. Belts.
kenly circuit-W. F. Galloway.
Littleton Female College,. NJ. Rhodes,
President
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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-01-02
ALLIANCEMEN. GO TO OXFORD

1t is generally understood among the
tobacco growers of the State, that the
cigarette manufacturers have combined
and have arranged for controlling the
plice of the particular class of tobacco
used by them in the manufacture of
their cigarettes. 1t is charged that they
have parcelled out those markets among
themselves, in which the particular and
desired quality of tobacco is sold, and
will not send their buyers or agents to
any market to compete with each
other.
This and other grievances will be
looked after in the meeting of the to-
bacco growing counties which is to be
held in the town ofOxford on Thursday
the 9th of January. Let every county
in the tobacco belt take immediate
action to be well represented in that
meeting and let every true Alliance
man throughout thu State and the
county, stand by our brethren in their
effort to maintain their just rights.
The tobacco men stood loyalty by
the cotton men in their fight with the
Infamous jute trust, now let the cotton
men stand manfully and faithfully by
our good brethren in the tobacco belt.
The cause of our State is the cause of
all the States. The cause of one man
is the cause of all the men in our order,
and let our enemies and the world I'M
derstand it. Let there be a rousing
meeting at Oxford on the oth.-Pyo-
,s,essiOe Farmer.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-01-02

JEFFERSON DAVIS spent the last yeal
of his life in literary work. He wrote
an article on Andersonville for the
| North american ReviezO, exonerat .le
the Confederate Government from the
charge of wanton cruelty toward Fed
eral prisoners. On the publication OF
his reply to Lord Wolseley in the
North american (Which, Mr.. Davis
charged, was mutilated by the Ame,I-
can editor in the interest of he Eng
lish Government, Mr.. Davis refused
to permit that publication to publish
his article on Andersonville unless the
editor should agree to publish it unmu-
tilated. The editor refused to give
that pledge. Mr.. Davis thereupon
withdrew his article and transferred it
to Beyord's MAgasine, in the January
number of which it appears. In the
same issue BeJfora's publishes a brief
autobiography of Mr.. Davis, written
short time ago. A few weeks before
his death Mr.. Davis completed for the
Belford Company "a Short History
of the Confederate States" 1t will
be issued at an early date.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-01-02
EDITOR HAYDN ON GRADY'S
DEATH,


Short but to the point, and full Of
beauty and tender pathos, is the fol-
lowing reference to Henry w. Grady
death as written by Editor Hayden in
the Charlotte Chronicle:
Just as all America is loud with the
praise Of Henry W. Grady, of the At
lanta Constitution, his eloquent lips
are stricken mute by remorseless death.
Full-1ushed from a victory of peace
won by the power of his logic and the
eloquence of his voice, he returns to
his home, in the we'll beloved South, to
lie upon the couch of death with the
laurels yet fresh upon his patriotic
brow.
On a mission of love and brother
hood he had left his home, yet an in
valid, and gone to the rigorous climate
of Boston to plead for justice to the
South, to preach the truth to preju-
diced minds and his sole weapon was
the gospel of truth, of love and of
common brotherhood. His death is
probably due to the change from the
balmy airs of Georgia to the chilling
blasts of Massachusetts,. Like his
father, he met death in the cause of
his section.
AS ambassador of the South at the
court of sectional prejudice, he was a
very Paul.
With the welkin of the nation yet
ringing in his ears, he lays his hand in
his wife's and his head on his mothers
bosom, and passes quietly into eternity
there to be measured with mercy and
to be Judged with love.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-01-02
WAKE up there and get move on

WAKE up there and get move on
you, if you are not already counted
among the hustle.s. Don't sit around
and growl and grumble at every en-
terprise that may suggest itself to the
active brain Of the get-up-and-go-
ahead man. He is rustler and his
rustling qualities are beneficial 10 the
community-even helpful to you who
may be trying to discourage and dis
parage such enterprise. Don't say
that because the wea ,her has been SO
fine that we are going to be paid back
for it all, and that next Spring will be
the lates. on record. And don't pre-
dict a total failure in crops because
they proved disastrous in some sec
tlons last year. Let US take courage
and face the future with hopeful hearts
and resolute determination. Remem
Der we are in North Carolina, the best
State in the Union, famous for its
responsive soil, healthy climate, pretty
women and noble men. And then,
too, let US remember that we live in
Henderson, which Evangelist Pearson
SAID was "onc Of the best towns in the
South" and he has been IN most oil
the good and go-ahead towns.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-01-02

The death Of Henry w. Grady
seems to have inspired as much sorrow
in the North as in the South, where he
was best known and most loved. He
was recognized as man Of ability who
had the courage of his convictions.
He was full of sincerity, and this won
him friends and admirers even when
he stated some unpleasant things plain
ly to his Northern hearers and readers.
The Philadelphia Record speaks OF
him as ga finished orator, a journalist
of great abilities, with convictions and
the courage to express them ,and, above
all. sincere patriot, imbued with an
earnest purpose to contribute his best
powers toward the removal of the last
vestiges of the civil conflict. 1t may
be justly said of Mr.. Grady-as was
said to him lately in message from
Mr.. Cleveland-that he is one of the
few men whom the country could least
afford to spare"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-01-02

In entering upon new year, let US
pledge anew our best efforts for the
upbuiiding of Henderson during 1890.
If there are differences between US as a
people let us get rid of them. If there
is anything that divides us as COM
munity let's put it aside. What we
want is to "get together" in one
united determined effort for the pub
lie good. We cannot afford to be
apart as a community when our COM
mon welfare is to lie considered.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-01-02

In the Manufacturer Reeo,a
the South has an able exponent and
champion of her material and indus
trial development. The work it has
done in attracting attention and invit-
ing capital to this section of the coun-
try cannot be estimated. Its develop
ments in the wealth of information
concerning the Southern States that it
is constantly laying before the public
is revelation in itself. Since our last
issue special Bankers Edition of the
Record has been issued, which is, like
everything it undertakes, a spl endid
success. 1t consists of 100 pages and
is laden with facts and figures bearing
upon this special subject. A copy of
this special edition ought to be in the
hands OF every business man in the
South.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-01-02
OWEN DAVIS, THE FARMERS,
FRIEND.

| No MAN Has Equale1 Him for the
! Time in Business, I'm Securing Biz
Prices for the Farmers v,bac 20.
While he has sold his share of tobac-
co all along, since taking charge of his
own house (recently bought) that ener-
getic and hard working young ware
houseman, Owen Davis, has been put
ting in some extra ticks. In the great
battle for the farmers rights getting
the highest prices for their tobacco) the
white plume Of Owen Davis can be
seen in the thickest of the fight. The
farmers know his daring and intrepidity
and rally around him. This accounts
for the cracking sales which have re-
Gently been made at Davis warehouse.
He is true to his friends, hence his
friends are true to him. Load up and
drive to Davis warehouse. Take no
risks. Times are hard and you can't
afford to experiment. Owen Davis is
royal certainty always and can be
counted on to do his best for the inter-
est of those who sell their tobacco with
him.