Year: 1866




the Fenians, and telegraphing 1t to the evening


papers throughout the, county, in which IT
appeared duly credited to the spurious asso-
| citation.


United States Senator for North CareIisa-
The Rebeliieus Spirit Of tho sessh.
North Carolina has just supplied MS with .
| specimen Of the sort Of "loyalty" that pervadss
tho South, by the election Of Judge n. e


Manly, late Of the Supreme Court Of that State,
to the Office Of United States Senator. Judge
Manly was an original and malignant traitor.
He used bis high position ON the bench Of the
Appellate Court Of the State. the highest judi
cial tribunal. to foster the progress Of seces-
sion and to take North Carolina over to the
rebel government After the war had COM
menced he distinguished himself as tho oon-
venient tool of JEFF Davis, deciding in the
numerous cases that came before his court, In
volving the legality Of the arbitrary acts Of the
Confederate government, invariably In favor
Of his master. Judge Pierson, the Chief JUS
tice Of the Supreme Court, an upright Judge
and at heart . Union man, stood for the most
part alone In his resistance 10 the usurpstions
Of the Je6 Davis sdmMistzstion, Judge Manly
being always against him, and in majority Of
instances, taking Jsdgs Battle, weak and
vaclllating man, with him. When the war
ceased and the active rebellion was subdued,
Judge Manly continued . bitter and unyield-
ing traitor. Al member Of the Reconstruc-
tion Convention held at Raleigh in November,
1865, he opposed the act declaring the ordi-
nance Of secession passed In 1861 nuA and
void in the past as in the future, and struggled
against the population Of the rebel debt. The
act reorganizing the courts Of the State was in
troduced in order to get rid Of this malignant
traitor and others who disgraced the bench
of the State, and whose term Of ofice
being for life, could not be otherwise
brought to close. In the convention
he succeeded, with the aid Of Judge Howard, Of
the Superior Court in at first defeating the
proposition to repudiate the rebel debt; but q
telegram from President Johnson subsequently
induced the convention to reconsider its action
and to pass the ordinance Of reputation over
the heads Of the sscessionists.


The selection Of such an unsubdued rebel for
United States Senator proves how futile it is to
hope for any restoration policy based upon q
healthy sentiment Of loyalty ct the South.
North Carolina has been generally admitted to
be less impregnated with secession than any
other State Of the late confederacy. large
share Of her people professed to remain at
heart true to the Union. although compelled to
give an outward adhesion to the rebel govern
ment Many OF her citizens Joined the Union
army and fought we'll in the Union cause The
administration of Jeff Davis found In North
Carolina its most troublesome enemies and
az soon as the prograss Of the federal army re-
claimed that State to the Union the secession
sentiment hid Its head, and the community
seemed upon the surface to be earnest in It's
loyalty. The action of the North Carolina
Legislature is therefore full Of significance. II
shows that tho spirit Of the rebellion u not
dead. and that it has only laid aside its arms
to resort to more covert but not less dangerous
means to compass the destruction of the Union.
II evinces proud and stubborn determination
to Insult and defy the loyal States by forcing
into Congress such unwashed traitors as this
rebel Judge. 1t is time for Congress to adopt
such decisive policy as the state of the ooun-
rebellion that still stalks abroad. although il
may for the present keep it, revolver and ito
bowie knife in its pocket


TIE IRISH NEWS BIZ THE CABIz-It Is evident
from the exceedingly scanty news concerning
the state Of affairs in Ireland which reaches us
by the cable that We may not expect much in
telligence through that channel o. to the pro-
gress of the Fenian insurrectlon. IF there has
been rising anywhere in Ireland, as indicated
In the special despatch to the HERALD on
Wednesday morning, the precise location Of the
movement and the extent Of It must have been
known In London. The 6erceness OF the Eng
lish papers proves that formidable insurrec-
ton was going on, and yet in the dispatches Of
yesterday there Is not word to intimate where
the rising took place, nor under what circum-
stances. We are simply informed that more
troops were to go TO Belfast and that some
arms and uniforms were seized in Liverpool.
From the kilograms received yesterday evening
by the cable, 1t appears that battalion Of the
Horse Guards have been ordered to Ireland.
Every Englishman and Irishman knows that
when the Guards leave London the emergency
which demands their presence is Of the gravest
character. We are left to judge from this and
similar significant circumstances of the extent
OF the rebellion" as the London Times calls
the uprising in Ireland" It looks as IL the
British government which holds both ends Of
the cable, will give us just as little news as
possible, and that not Of . character to create
any excitement or sympathy for the Fenians