Year: 1868

ness.


These men, we thought, as we listened to
their eloQuence, are the ones who have been
emancipated from slavery worse than that
which kept the negro to the earth the
slavery of tradition, of superstition, of igno
rance, of higotry and Of Phariseeism. Abra-
ham Lincoln did not alone emancipate the
negro-with the same pen he set the white
man free and told him to look at the spirit
of christianity and not the letter; to delve
no more amid Egyptian pyramids, and Mo
sale cosmogonies, and Jewish laws, and He
brew traditions, but to rise to a full compre-
hension and practical adoption of the Ser
mon on the Mount anil the Declaration of
Independence. This the great martyr dld,
and for doing it all the christian nations of
the earth will honor him and hold his name
in deepest reverence. And the time will
vet come when the South will place his
name above that of Washington when the
white man as well as the negro will rise up
and call him blessed; when he will be
looked upon from one end of the country to
the other as the purest, the wisest ana the
most merciful ruler and statesman the nation
has produced. When men. q few years
ago rich in slave property, yesterday
stepped out upon the platform and spoke in
behalf of Peace and all the blessings that
follow and flow out of Peace,-in behalf OF
free schools, and free churches, and free
scope for all the active faculties of the hu-
man mind. and who addressed their former
chattles as fellow citizens and called upon
them to cast their votes for the men who
represent the most advanced political
theories of the day, we could not but feel
that the late war, terrible as it was in all its
phases was not in vain that what the pat
riots fought for had been won-that what
they won would be retained even at the cost
of a war thousand times more horrible and
thousand times more destructive to life
and property Something has been gained.
The human race is progressing and the peo-
pie of North Carolina, wednesday, proved it.
The great meeting was in every respect
success. In numbers. in order, in eloquence,
in patriotism, in the utterance of the most
liberal and christian sentiments, it has never
been surpassed in the State. 1t was a mag
nifcent opening of the grand campaign that
will close on the third of November, with
the electoral vote of North Carolina and
the electoral vote of two thirds of the States
that compose this Union, cast for the stand
ard bearers of the Republic n Party. But
let no Republican cease to work because the
sky is bright and every thing foretells sue
cess Work has carried US on thus far, and
Vermont and Maine were the result of work
the most arduous and prolonged. Work,
then, from this moment, in every town and
county in the State, Until tho third of No
vember, will elect every member of Congress
and every Presidential elector who favors
the election OF Grant and Colfax, and moth
ing else but work will do it.


The Murder of Kedar Oates. in Sampson
County. IS


We learn that as soon as Gov. Holden was
informed of the murder of Kedar Oates, col
ored, of the County of Sampson, deeming
the murder extraordinary for its atrocity and
the evident deliberation with which it was
planned, he addressed the following letter to
the Sheriff of that County:


EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Raleigh, September 9, 1868


10 the Sheriff of Sampson County: ~
SIR,-It is reported that a citizen has re-
Gently been shot dead in his own house. in
your County. l do not know the facts in
the case, but write at once, to express the
concern feel at such an occurrence, and to
enjoin on you as the Sheriff of the County
the utmost vigilance and firmness in main
tanning the peace and protecting human
life.


In enforcing the law and preserving the
peace of society we should know no parties.
Every citizen is entitled to his opinions, and
to say and do what may seem right to him,
so long as he does not infringe the rights of
Others or disturb the peace. 1t is especially
the duty of the Sheriff to execute the law
and to maintain the peace. To do this he
has at his disposal the power of the County
He should act with prudence and frmness,
doing justice to all without regard to party
or color. . .... ;5....g.
trust you will investigate the late mur-
der in your County, and report to me at the
earliest practicable moment


Very respectfully,


s..s. w. W. HOLDEN, Gooernor.


We learn that the Sheriff of Sampson has
reported to the Governor the facts as to the





killing of Oates, as brought out at the Cor
oner's inquest. Oates was murdered on the
night of the 5th September, hut thus far no
clue has been obtained to the murderer or
murderers


It will be seen that Gov Holden has issued
his proclamation, offering reward of four
hundred dollars-the limit set by the law on
the subject--for the arrest and conviction
of the murderers. We trust the Sheriff of
Sampson, and the Sheriffs of the surround
ing counties, and all good citizens, will be
vlgilant and active in ferreting out the gull
ty and bringing them TO punishment.


.t4 Boquets and Politics. 81.


At Chapel Hill, a colored Democratic gem
man, (as they are now introduced to the
public was made the recipient of an elegant
boquet, plucked by the fairy fingers and
ARA n oad with thn Io!co tn tasta of tba nop,