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Year: 1876

Within the last month it has been
asked over and over again to what
church Mr.. Tilden belonged. We
have the satisfaction this morning OF
giving from the New York Sun the
desired information for the benefit of
those curious in such matters:


"We yesterday received several let
ters asking what is Governor Tilden's
religion, and we tell our correspon-
dents and the rest OF. mankind that it
is the Christian religion; that he is of
the Presbyterian denomination, and
that he has given proof of the sincerity
of his faith by enforcing in the per-
formance of his official duties that
divine commandment Thou shall not
steal"
Year: 1876

From every portion of the State
from which we have intelligence the
report is favorable to the success of
l1r cause. The determination that is
everywhere apparent to organize
thoroughly and work systematically
is an assurance of victory. A CORES
pondent writing from Beaufort under
date of July 9th, says:


We are already organizing and pre-
pairing for the great work before US.
We have organized a Tilden and
Vance club which will soon embrace
every democrat in the township. We
are entering upon this campaign with
q lively zeal and every one seems to be
imbued with spirit of determination
to do his duty and his whole duty.
No effort will be spared to insure the
full vote for our State and National
ticket. Our club, of which have the
honor of being president, will meet
every Tuesday night and L assure
you much good will result therefrom.
Carteret will not be ashamed of her
vote in November, for I am confident
she viii give a larger democratic ma
lority than at any time since she re-
deemed herself from radical rule.
Year: 1876

line new 1OrK sam says:


The Republicans propose to elect
Hayes President in placs of Grant.
The who'll. number of public officers is
estimated to be eighty thousand. One
is to be changed, and seventy>nine
thousand nine hundred and ninety.
nine left in. One drop in the pail of
sour milk is to be changed; will that
make the whole pail sweet?


Whereas, if Tilden is elected, the
great majority of the public officers
will stand not upon the order of their
going, but 60 OF once. This would
be civil service reform in earnest; not
reform of one-eighty-thousandth
part, but reform of the whole body.


This view of the matter makes it
very plain how electors who want to
give their support to reform should
vote. Those who desire one-eighty-
thonsandth part of the reform can
vote for Hayes; while those who are
for entire reform will vote far Tilden.
Year: 1876

From the Democratic State Platform.


Resolved, That me earnestly and
cordially recommend the adoption by
the people of the amendments to the
Constitution proposed by the convea-
ton of 1875 and thus largely reduce
the expenditures of oar State and
county governments and simplify their
administration, so that sOe may be
enabled to establish q thorough and
enlarged system of public schools for
the benefit of all the citizens OF the
State.
Year: 1876

A clear showing of the ground upon
which the deadlock between the two
houses has been brought about is given
in the following tabular statement.
taken from the New York Express. It
compares the amounts appropriated by
the bills which are the subject of dis
pute with the estimates of the various
and the amounts actually
for the year just closed
Year: 1876

And now Northern Radical papers
are publishing that Governor Hayes
has actually shaken hands with a ne
gro Well what of it d? Is that any,
thing strange for a Radical candidate
at the North.
Year: 1876

IS THE MONEY WORTH SAVING.


IF the amendments shall be ratified
there will be three judges instead of
five on the Supreme Court Bench-a
saving of five thousand dollars a year
in clean cash. If the amendments
shall be ratified there win be only
nine judges on the Superior Court
Bench instead of twelve-a saving of
seven thousand five hundred dollars a
year. These two changes alone will
save the people twelve thousand dol
lars year in cash Is it worth saw
ing these hard times Let tho people
answer in November. Twelve thous-
and five hundred dollars q year in
cash saved by the amendments. Think
Of it ye tax ridden people /!


If the amendments shall be ratified
a regular session of the Legislature
cannot but cost $50, 900 for pay of its
members. Heretofore the average
cost of regular sessions under the Can
by Constitution has been over $100 900.
Is $50, 900 in the cost of single ses-
sion of the Legislature worth saving
these hard times
Year: 1876

FhlDA JILL H. 1916.


r m E CANBY CONTRIBUTION


WHO MADE 1T AND HOW!


The Constitution under which we
live, was the work of the Convention of
1868. That Convention was composed
very largely of ignorant men, very
largely of corrupt men, who were con-
trolled by strangers in our State and
unknown to our people save as the
representatives of their conquerors in
a long bloody and disastrous war. It
would indeed have been well nigh
miraculous had the Constitution
framed by that body been adapted to
the wants and condition of the people
of North Carolina for the simple reason
that the men who composed it neither
knew nor cared what those wants
might be.


Nor was the mode in which the pre-
tended ratification of the Constitution
was accomplished, calculated to sugar
coat the bitter pill. Change every
where and in everything was the order
of the day. Our entire system of
government was overthrown. Power
was taken from the many and given to
the few; was taken from the people
and given to the Office holders. The
people were made subordinate and
their rulers were made supremes
In all things the servant was put above
the master. The white race was
subjected to the rule of the black race.
Thousands and thousands of our best
white citizens were disfranchised and
kept away from the polls while vast
hordes of ignorant excited negroes
were permitted to crowd to them,
breathing threats of vengeance against
their late owners. Watchful bayonets
and ready swords were every where
cleaning. Federal officers every where
stood ready to give the word to Fede-
raj soldiers to force with cannon and
with cavalry, with, bullet and with
bayonet, upon disarmed and subju>
gated people, constitution at once in
famous in its origin and ruinous in it's
operation.


Nor was the man who did all
these things a man to be loved by
by us. Candy, General Edward Candy,
then military lord and master over our
State, was General in the victorious
Federal army, the army that pillaged
and plundered our people and laid
waste our country, that had burned our
cities and ravaged our women and
murdered our men. This man from
his residence in South Carolina gave
tary tribunal of citizens of North Car
olina; appointed and removed at will,
and merely by an ordinary telegram,
even the very highest officials of our
State, our very Governors indeed; by
military order he held the civil officers
of counties Irresponsible" to himself
for the discharge of their duties;
opened and closed at will our citizens
places of business. and permitted and
forbade traffic at will; at will he opened
and closed the ballot-box to our citi
zens; convened conventions at will and
seated and unseatcd members thereof;
appropriated by military order the
money of the people in their own
State Treasury and levied and collected
taxes as to him might seem best. Such
was the body that framed and such
was the man and such was the power,
that forced upon US the infamous Con-
stitution under which we live.


It would have been well-nigh mirac
ulous, we say, had it been suited to the
wants of the people of North Carolina.
That it must be changed materially, is
now no longer an open Iquestion.
Year: 1876

And forget it not, that the general election for State, county, and town ship officers will take place on the 4th day of next month-just one week from next Monday. Make your calculations so that you will be sure to be at the polls, and when you get there be certain to vote the straight Democratic ticket. Re. member the republican party is united and stands solid to a man against us. It is the fight of the same aDominable set of 1868, who rendered desperate by being depriv- ed for short time of the OppOrtu- tunity to steal and filch our money and our rights, are going to make q desperate effort to regain control Ol our State Government.

 Although we may think there is no danger, it is important that we should have the largest possible ma jority. A rousing majority will have good effect on the November election, and will inspire the Dem ocracy of the whole country with new zeal and life.

 Remember, Monday Sept. 4tl 1876, is the day.
Year: 1876

For the benefit of sellers, as we'll as those who buy hides, We re- produce from the St. Louis Price Current and Trade Journal, the fol- lowing hints on the classification of hides:

 Green hides are those which are sent in just as they come from the animal, never paving been salted.

 Part cured are hides that have been salted, bat not long enough to be thoroughly cured.

 Green salted are those that have been salted and arc thoroughly cured. To cure a hide thoroughly will require from twelve to twenty days, according to tlie thickness of
Year: 1876

We offer one of these fine ongray- ings to any friend who will make Us up aclub of fifteen new subscribers for one year; or will give pair of them for a club of twenty-five new names accompanied by the money. our rate is Sl 50 per year. Clubs for these premiums must be made up and reported on or before the first day of September

 Commence at once and secure one of these handsome pictures.
Year: 1876

The work of laying the new pavement on
Pennsylvania avenue has been rather slow thus
far, owing to several causes which could not
heretofore be overcome. But assurances are
now given that the undertaking will be pushed
with greater rapidity hereafter. Before the
end OF the current week two additional gangs
of laborers will Re put at work, one of which
will be engaged in laying the new pavement on
the north side OF the Avenue, between Thir
teenth and Fourteenth streets, and the other
beginning at Sixth street and working east
ward. To each Of these new gangs of laborers
will be transferred few of those who are at
present employed on the work which is being
done in the square between Fifteenth and Four
teenth streets, the object being to give to the
new gangs the benefit of the practical expert
ence and knowledge of men who have already
become familiar with the labor of preparing
the material and laying the new pavement.
1t has been found impracticable to increase the
number of the force of men at work on the
single section now being paved, there being
only room enough for the effective use of three
platforms for the preparation of the cement of
which the pavement consists. Thereforessthe
work is to be carried on in three separate sec
tions at the same time, and each of the gangs
of men employed will make better progress as
they become more accustomed to the work re-
quired of them.
Year: 1876

The Hayes and Wheeler Campaign Club of
the District of Columbia have decided to hold
a grand mass meeting in this city on the even
ing of the 9th instant at the junction of Sew
enth street and Louisiana and Pennsylvania
avenues. 1t has also been decided by the COM
mittee of arrangements to extend invitations
to the members Of all the various State asso-
Citations of the city, to the Alexandria Hayes
and Wheeler Club, and to the Republican Or
ganizations in this vicinity to be present and
participate in the demonstration. Although
having no direct voice through the ballot in
the forthcoming election, it is nevertheless
proposed by the above named organization to
make known the sentiment of this District, and
so far as possible to extend its influence
abroad,
Year: 1876

Yesterday was the third day of the fall
meeting of the Washington Driving Associa-
tion at Brightwood, end the attendance was
very good. The event of the day was race
for horses of the 2:5O class, of which the fol
lowing was the result
Year: 1876

Printing offices with small facilities can
save money by having their printing done at
the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN Job Office. Our
unlimited assortment of job type and fast
presses will enable us to allow twenty per cent.
on all orders
Year: 1876

After the trot there was a mule race, which
caused considerable amusement The riders
of the mules were changed, and the last mule
home was the winner. There were five en-
tres, and the mule Tom Step was the hind
mule, and won the prize
Year: 1876

A New York dispatch makes the startling
announcement that Ethebold Allen Cronin has
deposited his returns In the safe keeping of q
hotel clerk. The question is what possessed
the man to give over to the keeping Of hotel
clerk the very material in which Gov. Grover
believes depends the fate of the Democracy.
It was bad for Ethebold Allen Cronin to make
an electoral college of himself, but 1t is far
worse for him to earelessly throw the fruits of
that institution into the keeping of a young
man with a waxed moustache and diamond
pin, when he could have secretly buried them
in the back yard of the hotel or slowed them
away in a remote part of his wsistcoat. But
as it is we have the spectacle of the hopes,
perhaps the very destinies of the Democratic
party, ruthlessly thrust into the possession
of a hotel clerk whose diamond pin and other
heavy responsibilities already weigh him
down with care. 1t will never do. Just think
Of it again. Here we have an immaculate
shirt bosom with diamond pin and fair
comple1ioned face with q waxed moustsche
and rounded plump form in a suit Of broad
cloth, and q soft hand with ten-dollar seal
ring struggling like an ambitious mule to hold
the eDemocratic.party's IS prospects up by the tail
until Ethebold Allen Cronin and his electoral
college get back from spending the Christmas
in Richmond. 1t is certainly emo ugh to make
the Democratic Office seekers shake In their
hoots
Year: 1876

The recent Brooklyn horror, says q New York
correspondent has called attention to the general
poverty Of the theatrical profession. While o
few stars may draw enormous fees, the stock act
ors are allowed only apittance. This arises from
the overcrowded condition Of this profession, and
from the general depression which has so reduced
the public patronage. Talented stock actors are
glad to hnd engagements at 80 and even $50 per
week, out Of which must come the expense of
theatrical costume. Many Of this class are mar
ried, and how they contrlve to meet the expenses
Of life is certainly surprising. Some Of the less
important performers draw but SIS per week, and
others are paid even less Chorus singers can be
hired at ffty cents night that Is for easy parts
which require no day attendance for rehearsal.
"Supes" are abundant at % per week. Ballet
dancers can be had in great numbers at Is to Is
per week. Upon the whole, the profession
Is marked by severe poverty, which 10
In striking contrast with the glare and
glitter Of theatrical display. Another feature
brought out BY the same catastrophe Is the fact
BY fictitious names. Almost every man and
woman who goes on theetage assumes theat-
rical title. Kate Claxton and Harry Murdoch
are simply dramatic hctions. When Dan Bryant
died It was found that the great master OF negro
melodies was really somebody else, and even
when death closed his career. The only explana-
ton Of this fashion is found In the desire Of many
young histroniste TO avoid the pursuit of families
and friends. In the case Of actresses, any one of
the latter, by assuming fictitious name, escapes
the necessity q changing Il in case Of marriage.
and the theatrical anonyms are only exposed BY
misfortune or death. ....
Year: 1876

A new Peter the Hermit has suddenly sp-
pesred in Europe. His surname Is Valktur-
key. His Christian name is Prohostchekof.
He is six feet and two inches in height, and
bears himself like veritsble patriarch. He
has commenced his work In Russia under the
highest auspices, and his mission Is to infsme
the populsce to the requisite pitch OF belli-
cose fury, under the influence of which they
are to spring to arms and swarm down upon
the Ottoman Empire and sweep It from the
face of the earth. Like Joan dare, he claims
to have received 9 commission from Heaven,
delegating to him authority to lead the Rus
slams against the wicked Mohfmmedan Power.
Just how he received the commission has not
been ascertained, but the Russian people were
never fastidious about minor points In great
enterprises. All he had to do was to tell them
that he was inspired by the Holy Spirit to
guide them In q mighty crusade against the
tufbsn-pated Turks, and they forthwith raj
lied under his banner and hailed him as Q
Heaven sent prophet, specially delegated to
redeem the wretched Sclsves. he talked to
the people Of Moscow, and instead of burning
their beautiful city and retreating hastily from
his presence they became wrought up to
the highest pitch Of excitement and
forgot TO get In their kindling wood
for the morrow and other little
domestic details like that. As he passed out
of historic Moscow multitudes followed him
in snow-shoes and in all kinds of sleighs, drawn
by reindeer and rapid mules. They followed
him into neighboring towns and hailed him
after the manner in which continental Europe
hailed Peter the Hermit. The Governors and
officials were very attentive to the new saint,
as 1t were, and allowed him to stand on the
balconies Of their marble palaces and tell the
people what he knew about war to the knife
blade, and from the blade to the hilt, and
from the hilt to the hearts of the wicked old
Turks, who spent their valueless lives in
smoking perique and mutilating innocent Bull
garians. He finally went to Lfysdis and tar.
ried there awhile for the plausible purpose of
announcing the will of the Most High to the
Gar of all the Russias and the vicegerent
Gar and the Gear said amen. While at
Livadis he met the gray-eyed Gortschakof,
and the iron will of the mighty Prince bended
to the dictates of Valkturkey Prohostschekof,
ard ere long he too became as devout q be-
lever as the humblest monjik In all that great
empire. From Livadia he returned to Mos
COW. TWAS glorious triumphal march, and
when he arrived at the Governors palace he
demanded ten million roubles with which to
carry on his contract of exterminating the
Mohammedan Turks. He got the roubles,
and whether he is coming to this country to
pay the campaign expenses of the Democratic
party, or loan it to that party for war pur-
poses, we are unable to say.
Year: 1876

On next Saturday morning we shall publish
q list of those who will receive their friends on
New Years Day. This List will embrace only
those names we are authorized In writing to
publish, and will be kept open until IL O'Clock
on Friday night, in.order to accommodate all
desirous of having the announcement made OF
their receptions. Great pains and care will be
observed to make the list complete and sstis-
factory. We also wish to announce, and the
present is as appropriate time as win be
found, that 1t is THE REPUBLICANS purpose
during the approaching fashionable season to
make speciality Of society news, and has per-
fected arrangements whereby it can furnish to
the public the most complete and reliable In
formation of what transpires in society circles
this winter. In the furtherance of this pur-
pose we can be materially aided by outside
parties giving us word of information in
time. Notices of proposed balls, socisbles,
private parties, weddings, tableaux and other
entertainments will be thankfully received
and prompt attention paid to them.
Year: 1876

pany, so that no dispatch can pass over them
without coming under the notice of the Ju-
dietary Committee. If the proposed wire had
been connected with the Democratic head
quarters during the Presidential campaign,
and the committee had been in the House to
watch the messages, perhaps Mr.. Hewitt
would have thought differently about the mat.
ter than he does at present.
Year: 1876

THE Canvassing Board of Florida, in an
swering the writ of the Supreme Court, did It
with consciousness that the general belief is
that the court has no jurisdiction, but they
are willing and anxious, If they can by this
submission, to prove to the people that they
have no desire to place obstacles in the way of
getting at the truth. The result, they know,
will confirm the State to Hayes.
Year: 1876

a BrOke keu Alliance VIII Bring Peace.


4 government in the South, entirely unler
Democratic coHtrol, will never secure justice
and protection TO the newly enfranchised race.
1t is lot consistent with the record OF the
Democratic party to accord to this people the
rights inuring to them from the amendments
to the Constitution. History records against
that party one continual fight in opposition to
the advancement and elevation of the colored


race. 1t opposed the war which had for its


prime object the restriction of slavery; it op-


posed the emancipation Of the slave, q neces-
sity which grew out of the civil conflict. The


Northern wing of the party combatted the
arming of this great body of men after they
were made free, in defense of the national
Government. The entire organization, from
Maine to Mexico, opposed the reconstruction


acts and the fourteenth amendment. And


since the adoption of that article it has per-
sisteDtly and with the employment of al
most unparalleled brute force opposed
the exercise of the rights which
that amendment conferred upon the blacks.
The spirit which has actuated the Democracy


during these gears of open and violent opposi-
fion TO the advancement and interests Of the
colored man cannot be changed in the twink
hing OF an eye. 1t is deep seated and firmly
embodied in the sentiment which they bear TO-
wards this race, and will naturally remain so
long as the Democracy .is composed Of its
present elements. The only way to destroy
this spirit of opposition is to break the alli-
ance which exists between the property-h hold
ing interests of the South and the Northern
Democracy. The antagonism and sectional
feelings which have existed for so many years
and with such immense injury to the nation
will live to disturb the peace Of the country SO
long as the Northern and Southern wings OF
that party are united in all political contests.
The wise statesmsnsbip of the South has al
ready discerned the truth of this assertion,
and it only remains to be seen whether 1t has
The courage and boldness to seize the present
opportunity and secure the elements of pros,
perity and peace,With " hich it is so fraught.
Year: 1876

WHILE Democrats are clustering and shout
ing "Warp we call their attention to the fact
that the Senate is Republican, that the Legis-
latures of twenty-five States are Republican,
and that the next House may possibly be Re-
publican. It would be well for them to con-
slider these things before putting on their
armor.
Year: 1876

OWING to the prostration of business and
oppressive hard times the Republican party is
willing to compromise with the Democracy on
the following terms The peaceful inauPura-
tion of Hayes and Wheeler on 5th day of next
March, and an acquiesceDce in faithful car
rying out of his policy as announced in his
letter of acceptance. This is the only basis of
compromise which can be established with the
consent of the Republican voters.