The state rights democrat., August 21, 1865, Image 4

STATE HKJIITS DEMOCRAT. I
BK Jl ST AMH1.AU OT.
Spenk thou he truth, lt -t'.:rr t'.-are
And riui thoir words fur pay :
In j.leasaut sunshine or i-retcm c
Let others bask their day.
Guard thou the fact. th"jh cbm.U of niitht
flown on the untrhwc s'.h.i;
Though th.m should'st sec thin lu-nrt'. i'i-lij:ht
Borne from thee by their 5wi.ij.
Face thon the wind. Though safer stem
1 n rhrltrr to aojdc,
AVe were not made to sit and dream ;
The safe mnst first be tried.
VThero God hr. srt his thorns shout,
fry not, "The war i. idain:"
His jmth within fr tlioye i;hout
la raved with toil aiul aiu.
0n frai;tner;t of Vis b!t s-od word
Into thy spirit hurn-Ml.
Is bi'tt.-r than the vvh halt' heard,
Aud ty thy inteivsts turned.
Fhw thou the liht. If conscience gleam,
Set not thy bu-d'.e! down.
The smallest spark may ."end a beam
O'er hamlet, tower and town.
Woe, woe tr him on safety bent.
Who creeps to arre from youth.
Foiling to pratp his liSY-'s intent,
Because he fear the truth.
Be true to every inmost thongl.t.
And as thy thonjr'nt. thy peieh :
AVhat thou lia.-t uot by sufferir.e b'iiijjht,
Fresmne thou not to teach.
Hold on. hold on thou hast the rock :
The foes are on the s:nd ;
The first world-tempesfs ruthless s'aoik
I? carters their shifting strand :
Vhilo each wild srust the mist sha
We now sec darkly through.
And justified af last, appear.
The true in Him that' true. 1
II clear.
rnOfOSED I XITAKIAX ;JeEtORMS." The
following, from a late Boston Journal, will
show the ediaraeter of the "reforms"' the
great Puritan Chureh weuld inautirate.
SSueh religiou is htit a step removed from
infidelity :
A Convention of Unitarian eliurche-s was
held in New York in the first week in April.
(Jot. Andrew, of Massae'lmetrs. presided.
One of the improvements projHwd to he in
troduced is mentioned ns tolh.ws
The phrase, the Lord Jesm Christ,"
which was used in a muiinghssv resolution,
provoked an extraordinary debate. The
Jtev. 3Ir. Watson, ef Connee-tient, ol.ievted
to the title of "Lord." lie sev.rnetl such
aristocratic prefix.es. We have aVlihod
tmiml U ; t.To i..,
thimght, therefore, that the Savior ousht to!
ewiM-Mtt vtui-. (II l.ll.T tOUlllll, 1
I e called 3lr. Jesus Christ, or, at 1 est. Je
sus Clfrist, Ksej. Thie observations were
received with some approbation: hut the
Rev. Mr. Burlev of Fierenet Jlassaehu-
ett3, who was not a delegate and was not ;
invited to be present, jmt 'on the oratorical j
pioves with Mr. atson, aud a very pretty
display of seiene-e ensued. The llsv. Mr.
Clarke, of lJton. Mopped this sparring
match by moving that the dutarians should
be 'called " IndependMvt Church."
Foa Ecalitv JIev Te Reflect Urox.
The Xew York Times, speaking of the free-
labor problem, pays :
e most I prepare.! tor a long and la- j
Donous struggle lor many defeats and .b. j
iMuragements ; and if at tJie end oftwinhi
, . j
rjrars, we find tk relaticM o f the tiro raw
tn the Scfrffirrrifjlaffji all ire. cetrfd desire, we
phall'nare deirieymore than any other nation
ver did ina'ventury.'' "
To4hithe Cincinnati Enquirer aptly re
sponds as follows :
That is certainly very consoling to the peo
ple w ho have ljeen in favor of disturbing the
relations of the two raits in the South a
they have existed fir the hist two hundred
years. It is to take twenty rears to give
Kticcess to the new theories, "anil in the mean
time all is to be anarchy in the South !
As a matter"of fact, Great Britain Las been
trying more then thirty years to repair the
evus oi emancipation in ner nest India
islands, and thfc attempt isayet a etmrlete
juiiure. xiavuiiias 1011 trying tne experi
ment for sixty years and has effected noth-
Bevth Ilntti and the British West In
dies, from beig among the most productive
countries on the glols?, have become, by
mancipatioi altout t!;e most worthless.
St te Rights. Referring t; the attempt
of theenti-DemiK-ratie press to cast odium on
the doctrine of State Rig'its, the Philadel
phia Age eays :
' Unless history is a gigantie lie, and all
sense and reason have left the people, this
-effort to uproot the American doctrine of
State Rights, beeaa.se an attempt is made to
place the rebellion upon that platform, w-ill
be a miserable failure. The reconstruction
theory of President Johnson, as set forth in
his Jscrth Cart-Una proclamation, is founded
upon a clear recognition of the rights of the
States, rights which cannot be prejudiced
even by such action as that by which' it was
attempted to take North Carolina and other
States out of the Union. With this path
opened by the Chief Executive of the nation,
it is idle for ' the anti-Dtmocratic press to
break down the cM doctrine of constitutional
State Rights, and substitute in its stead
Centralized Despotism.
.Well Said. The Ohio Crisis makes the!
following pertinent hit at some German Abo
litionists :
One of the clearest cases of base ingrati
tude that we have noted is exhibited by the
German Abolitionists of Louisville, "Ken
tucky, who, at a recent meeting, adopted a
resolution to " use their utmost endeavors
to prevent the circulation" of Democratic
papers. But for the exertions of Democrat
ic papers, at a time, too, when it w as dan
gerous to combat the fanaticism of tlie day,
these Germans would have been disfran
chised by the Know-Nothings.
Gxx. IJcrlbi't. The Chicago Times says :
A New Orleans telegraph announces tliat
General Hurlbut is about to be court-martialed
on some very grave charges. This is
locking the stable door after the horse is
stolen. Ilad this officer been justly dealt
with, he would have been court-martialed
on " grave charges" as long ago as the sum
mer of 1861. and been dismissed the service.
He is notably one of the most worthless of
ail the officers given to the service by Illi
nois ; and he has succeeded in accomplish
ing nothing beyond having disgraced about
equally himself, the Federal Government,
and the State which sect him to the field.
Mr. Wm. Lloyd Garrison, having effected
the abolition of slavery and feeling out of
his element inrhaving nothing on hand to
demolish has concluled to attempt the abo
lition of tobacco. Exchange.
Then of course to use tobacco will hence
forth be disloyal." ,As Massachusetts
governs the country, and Garrison and h's
et govern Massachusetts, it becomes trea
sonable to do anything he commands not to
tedone. Won't tea, coffee, cider, and all
,other than white cravats be interdicted?
Cattus tjt New Exglaxo v
jgiren in the Monthly Report of the Ari-
England State is shown to be
Massachusettsj $17,038,783 : Maine S-'l l
;3Q ioa. w iroTci,:- tio c?,
Vermont, $24,905,952 ; Connectieutt, 13 -844,574
; Ehodo Island, 2. ft 5,029. Total
y&lue, $94,104,078, '"' '
;ueLuriu xrenanment ior April and May last
the total -salue of cattle, oxen, sheep and
hogs, on January. 1. 18G5. in r.,-
T,ir- rou"lKI -r.vnT.
The Philadelphia North Aniorieati, a
liojmlilif.tn journal of note, asks and ans
wers thus : 1
who nuns tiik mils!''
A t-trntW is said to h:n e 1 cc!t issued
from tho i !:Vo of thi lbm::ii of i-n--.
Freedmeli and Abandoned l;i'ic: . Y. hi; h
','ireets that, in .eei.rdam-o v.'.th :- a-t
of Congress ostab ishing ,the lutre.au re
ferred to. Assistant Commissioners if
Hefifj'ees. Ac., will at 1'iiir make est intuitu
of the amount of provisions, clothing.
ec, as may ho mviu'i! iVr the supply of
such fiascos of poisons within their res
pective departments. It also states that
rations will not ho irvatnitoulv issued to
sm-h as ::te !i;lv :u'hoi i'od by tin' Com-
tlil: siollt Ts of the' Bureau tltaV plll'i li:lo
rations in the s:i!ic uuiui-er us iv,.Hm.s:oii-
1 tT ... I 1 ! I
on onieers ; jiic armv. sun w in tvoeivt
five transportation on lov crnm- :it
trans-
roils ami railroad. Public
huiltlui
tirtltose se:::( .1 li tho ' o einment tr
disloyal persotts.no! rtij iin il for military j
nurooses. :v he u-et tor s.c!,..K teat !i- i
ers. sohHers' wives ai.d refnws.
We know nothiao ef the afeiirae v i!'!
this statement ami uho ii in the woe,-;
wo fin 1 in print, so t'. nt in what we may
have to sav u;it.n thissninee t tl:etet lea.v
do liahle to no j',u'sf;i!. We need no
hotter proof than is aflVv-u'-.l hy this ir
cnhir of the eorrectnesr of our pre '."U-1. v
exja-esse-d helief.that tlsis l'reeihiu-ir'V u
reatt is likely, unless elo.-t ly wateued am!
restrii'ted eaioS'uliy within speeiiied
hotuKis. to heeoiue as 'jrcat a sink of uo.ii-
iev as anvthin:;- ennnee
l with tne
war. '
doe-';
It seems, from, the vordin;jf d" this
nnieiit. that tl-.e I mte-.l States t iovevn- !
nient is to iloth.e. i'ef d and h,u-e tlnut-,
sands of liersous not in the military, naval :
or civil service oi" the l?fHuldie. nt
rdoved upon tl;e puldie V orks. not deir.u
anvthiiiir. in fact, hut receiviu-a eilue-a- j -
tion. ;
We have net before us the act tf
gross creating; the Isnreau, but the c-.rcu-:is
lar refers to it as reiiuirmir ih.ese things
to be done, and we find no f.;u!t with
General Howard or the Government tor 'enjoyment of eual rights by this class, jed him to withdraw the Amnesty Prod t
endeavorin ' to l eifori'i iro:,eiIv'the du-!:ire neither wtiuien, tmr minors, nor black jniatioii of Mr. L;m-ohi. so that the rebels
ties thus onioin.-d l?nt i beii.-i if i .f t bi
.4..i., ..v . - - .....
tax-pavers of th.e Pepid lie. we do ne st
tax-payers o:
earnestly protest against this wlm'e schetne
as unnee-cssarv. e.nd. in view of the tv-
mendous UimnJial embarrmt-nt t'.f the'edfThe reason or e.e.let "us at j mand. as of right, the benefit of that j in this kingdom ? The answer to all !e-
nation, lit tie short.. font raucous. (J uard-s one-add the pretext f.-r it is that the .proclamation. 1 asked him to do so be-! mauds of that sort was 'We can enuaue
ed. as the l.ir.suaie of the circular weuM :exe!ti.'.ed have been in or sympathized ; cause 1 believe that no Executive officer! for nothing ; you are at tlm King's pleas-1
lead may persons to think the provis:,,,. ; with the rebellion. That is.' when v.?! has the piwer of issuing a panlon in ad-hire.' We omrht to t member that if our
of clothin-. feedino-. Ac. tiro, the terms 'examine the' facts, four-fifths or more ..fjvauce of the crime to any one. We sucJ present enemies be. in reality and truth.
are guard
the wilde
re guarded only in form, v, hi!e in re:.
notions
connected with the
carried into ciTect
under thcni. When we spoke if this
subject on a recent occasion, it was niiiwi
in ret'.lv to our strictures, that the i i.ni i
id id ut r.-iurenv.J it tli fle.t b in.r ..V 1 1...
freedn;en at the punlie exr.ene. Kut !
, ., . , 1 ,. ,i
i,v je-ieie-iif e- ii uie iaii"iia"v in . ic.ici ai ;
Howard's circular, as
ijuote-.l
nbov
e, it
will be seen that ho instructs his suhordi-lthev
nates at or.ee to "make estimates of t'oc : ess were endangered, that if they rose,
amount of i -rovision . clot hi n . &e.. ssmayltlu-v rose at a cry of daneer as alaitniiitr
be needed for the surrdy of such c-las-e's ;
ot persons witlnn the.r respect. ve depart-'
pe
ments." JNot only are tiu-v to be ted and .
Xot only are thev to be i'd and !
clothed, but all the necessaries of lite, tsmi
some of its luxurie
ju.ty iia tinnisued ;
.. ..
them under this convenient c'.uie.
When the war broke out there wore ;
fmr millions cf slave. aud. thotiuli there!
has been a considerable h ss d urine thci
war. it must not b
foreotten that the
race is very r,iufce. J here can not now;
be 'es than three and a half laiili .u .d
freedmen. If the United .States i.. i ro-; h.rdly be said to have been free agents,
ment assumes the burden of taking can ! r to have had the ability to help them
cf these, as well as educating them. U it selves, and. even a to the uiiiori!y of the
to be supposed that any large portion -t .'nias-v-j thy have not oii'v ruffe red terri
them would rather accept the plantation jbly f r their ib luson, but have awakened
offers of " five dollars a month and found," ! to'a tor. ible sen-e of it . AH. or nearly
under which they have to work hard and jail, are now i;i the condition tf those "who
get no education ' The tiling speaks fori feel hearty repentant aud make true
itself, and reouircs no special" remarks at ! submission." They now realize with a
our liands. W e coiisiuer it an arrange!
. ' . ... ...
ment to encourage idleness at the Souih.
t'. take the agricultural laborer .'.way frvni
his employment, and to support a va-t
swarm of teachers, ic. of no earthly value
to us,
Dowx o.v Ges. Sherx.vx. The real se
cret of the antagonism of the Abolitionists
to Major General Sherman is ling revealed.
In referring to the present Gubernatorial
campaign in Ohio, the Albany Journal
Secretary Seward's chief organ tons sounds
the first open bugle blast against the distin
guished military cliie.ftain :
General Sherman is a Denverat. Iff
an opponent of the A'tiiiiaht ration. He has
announced himself against those measures
of policy which areturc to become cardinal
tenets of the Union party. He has secured
the unqualified commendation of Democratic
organ:? including the New York News and
World, the Syracuse Courier, tho Chicago
Times, and other papers of that ilk. Such
being the case, we see no good reason why
if he is ambitions of civil distinction he
should not run for Governor of Ohio. lie
would be beaten, of course ; but the fact of
a "candidacy would put him well forward for
the Presidential heat of ltfoS, in which it is
evident the Democratic managers intend to
give liini McClcllan's place. The country
has reason to regret that General Sherman
hasv pursued a course which makes possible
such speculations respecting him ; but this,
unfortunately, is the case.
Advices from the Red River country are
not encouraging. The conduct of'the "color
ed laliorers is represented as giving a great
deal of trouble. They have, tho wildest
ideas of the new order ed" aflairs, and are
lenving the plantations- in great numbers.
General Ilcrron is doing all in his power to
pursuade them to stay. It is thought that
if Government rations be issued to tlicm none
will work.
The following is a verdict of a negrojury ;
" We, de undersigned, being a koroner's
jury, to sit on the body of the nigger Samlio,
now dead and gone nfore us, hab been sittiu'
on de said negro, aforesaid, dhi on de night
obde fourteenth ob November come to def by
falling from do bridge ober de riber, where
we find he was subsequently drown,' and af
terwards washed on tne riber side, whar, we
suppo: e, he was froze to def.
A Paris letter in 'the Nord says: "The
Emperor Napoleon astonishes everybody by
his unalterable health. : Bodily weariness,
enormous heat, fatigue from work nothing
overcomes him. He is always bright and
well, the first to be ready, while soiae of hi6
suite appear singularly fatigued."
Doctor William Eeekner of Franklin
County, Ohio, who was present when Mr,
Davis was captured, says he had on no dis
ruise, but wore an ordinary gentleman's
dressing gown.
The man who was lost in slumber has
found h-.s way out on a nightmare.
UI.U A AESISTOfltACY.
V ask the attention of readers of
oi
lluT Abolition or 1 e UloCTatie proelivi-
l:es
to the following article copied from
i ho St. Louis ltcj'.u!ilic;!u a journal w hich
:'o:;!oolv supported t lie war measures of
the Administration in. in the first :
It u ed tohe freely charged, and is t."V.
oft-; s:oitailv charged,, on tho li:!.loi of
J;
ivi-s in ih'.s for.n'.l s. that thi'V writ' an
(aristocracy
lio i rop.-r dfiinrtii n !!
tiristof Vat-y is a t lass yi ilosrfl ly lau
ahove the othor i-'las.'f.s of society. It is
not sit easy to see tho apj'licahility of (his
clinrai'. 'I ho ownership of slave's v.:;:--open
to ever man who hail the innnev
ami in !iii::!ioii to htiv slaves.
There v.a;
no law t'llowino; uie t-!.:ss of men to huy
this kiml f prope l ty. ami j.rthil)iittx :11
oilier flairs IV;1 in huyin; it. Ku rv man
wish fitiuls eiiocuh was privileged, or
rather Inul a rieht, to huy or let it alone
I ;.s ;ie pie;::-tHi ; ;t:i
I : ami in this respect was on
) the sa.uyi; lootin
witn ijvery ttenler in real
e -tale or mere hamle
h. U'S, vou tnay fall tin1
As justly, per
owtier of a huu-
jdreel luaises ah aristoerat as the owner of
a hnmli eil slaves
Whether, however, it was an aristocra-
v or not. the slave hohsinu: e!a:;s ha. eeas
e.l to e';st. Ve hae no longer an aris
i er.iey i f that ki'ul. l'ut we are hy no
tnoatts out ihni-;. r from the t stahlishment
of am -.'.her ayistoeraey. on u different
; i:;is?. ; and much more elettrlv a privileged
el.i s t!:;n were the foinier slave
h.olde
rs
; of the e-' tirim .
j Tliis ttew i'ist.Vrai-v is ju'oposed to he
'ro'.tnde ! on tho ili-iratif iiwement id a
lar-ie portion of the inhabitants ed' nu
d.oe-iive porl:-!i of the inhahuants ed nu -
merotis Mates ol the ntoti. I he iiriv-
i!e;j- or riht of T o'iuj ami heing voted
for is to ! confined to a comnaratividv
tui-M'ew. 1 he men v, ho are to tv
The men who are to sav who shall
1 hold the ofhVes. make the laws, and ad-
nut
U-r'tho t loverument. and the men
v. ho eiijov these positions 1
!,....'. iii.n iniij ,.i t rtt:t .tint
CeU-;houov tire to be a select class.
Th.is el.i'S
not (i.tinguisiied hy the circumstances
;td sue. or sex "r color. 1 he inhabitants
i or citize-iss. wlio are excluded from the
neonu. i lu v are while men i t lull tre.
' I I
Thev ate. therefore, v.i all these partieu-islmu!
,.;rs, the reers of those who would exclude j
- . . . (
them. Wbv. then, are tie v to be exdud- j
htyU'neiu have been drawn or driven into theUeeded. Kvcrv condition theeariiest men
eomni'si."u of a political error ami crime.
for v.h"t b. besides tho multitudes of them 5
who liuve suffered death, a large part of
them hav e already suffered all but death. s
I,eav iuir out of view the more truilty ar-;
i irjeers of the rebellion l lit influential i
leaders vilio i-lotted reVlt from an insane;
i . en..,. ....
;imi.ii h u .i i ..: i e-i nnn i.'.."o.i n...
excited to it by representations which j
bijie ved. tliatthoir rights and inter- j
as that anuinsi which Washin-t-n
euew
ni? svvor d and John A!ai:!s pued his;
ton sue and pen. A part of them, again, j
toil
wc
reluctantly drawn, tin 1 ar.iin a pari j
-i .1 i- '. lie. ii i
veiii vioioiiiiy ill iven tiizii reiciiioii. litcswere noi ue-syoyea, iiu were on ly in ai-ey
upshot ed it was that, in the revolting
Stt.tes. four-'inhs or perhaps nine-tenths
of its citizens became rebel.
We have no desire to extenuate, their
I fiults
l?ut it is uiauifest to common sense
fid can.ior tbii, as
J1... !-.. ttLiiitfilv ..I' ili.n
.1 iii.ii,,:i..iij..ii., .... i.ie.ii..'i ....... .. i. i.v x ... ...... I.- iii-.ii.'i.
. t'O so lan'.ts v. ere venial. J liese men can
! . l I C t . i -i ...
i .
Clearness never voucusajeii loiiieui oeiore
that the rovcrument they rebelled against
was too just and good to justify the attempt
to overthrow it. To-day lor the most
part, by these men the
most
culpable
among all save the ringleaders this tJov
ernment is heartily supported. They stand
ready to Vhow in deed as well as in word
that they w ill bear to it true faith and
allegiance.
And w ho are they who wish to erect
an aristocracy for their own benefit by
planting their heels on the heads of this
mult kudo? The answer to this is that,
in the revolted States, they are as to num
bers a pitiful minority; end not always
as to character politically a whit better
than those they would oppress and tram
ple under feet. For not a few of this
would-be-privileged class went up to a cer
tain point as far as those whom they would
now punish.
What would be the eflect in those
States of such a disfranchisement as
Drake's Constitution seeks to fasten on
this State '! Why. evidently not one white
man over twenty-one in ten or twenty
could vote or hold oflice. The effect would
he that the whole political power of the
State would by law be lodged in one-tenth
perhaps one-twentieth of its. adult
white males! By ate, be it remarked.
For the law would thus decree, if these
seekers after special privileges could liavc
their way. Where can be found a better
description of a pyvileged class of a
genuine aristocracy : A. State ruled by
such an oligarchy is in no proper sense a
republic ; nor has it that " republican
form of Government" which is prescrib
ed in the I'ederal Constitution. It is a
perversion of language to give the name
of republic a democratic republic to a
State in w;hich not one in twenty or even
ten uieabf full age have the right to vote
or to be voted for.
From what has oecured in Missouri
we may judge something of the feeling
in the States that seceded. We may sup
pose the same element at workV there as
here. In this State, certain politicians,
assuming to speak lor the " Radical" par
ty, conspired to fasten on us a Constitu
tion on purpose to establish a privileged
class aa aristocracy" of voters and office
holders. This was the animus of the
Convention ."majority. .f . This, was their
real niotiveUhe planting anl perpetuat
ing of power in a privileged class. They,
of course, professed ether motives. Vhile
they knew that tire classes they proscrib
ed were, and would continue to be, as loy
al to the Union as themselves, they pre
tended to believe to thfe contrary. They
falsely pretended to believe that these
classes were dangerous, when they knew
that there was no danger in them. And,
under the hue and cry against phantt-nis,
llify hoped to ji'ct people of the Slate to
aifopf one id' the most iinti-rcpiiblicaii and
othci wic-e odious Constitutions of !!overn
ment wliit h had men seeking jmiwci- ever
dared to frame and propose Vor adoption
to a just, iute lliircnt add hiph spirited
people. The same kind of self seekers
are. no doubt, to lie found in other States.
If they accomplish their object.:, they
will establish in the I'hited States as veri
table an in itocracy as exists in Great
Ih-'tain.
,
;tiHgt rush I,r4Nili'i:lJoliiiKon,
The Hon. .1. M. Ashley, metuher of
Coutrress from Ohio, and Cliairman id' the
II.ts-c Cominittet; en Territories, is mv
on his way to ();o;"'n aii'' the atljuinitto
Territories on official business. It may
be- intere-ti'.iv: to our readers to kunvr his
views on tins leading topics of the day.
We find the foihiwiuj; in the Toledo (Ohio
Commercial ol" June Stli, in regard to
Mr. Ashly : !
.Vest, rdav the lion. T. M. Ashley took
his departure from this 'city for a prolong
ed visit to theTcrritorie-i. first potn-r to
Viraiiiia City, and tln nee in fm-eession
to other portions of those rich and inter
e's'tini; regions. On Tuesday niht a
ni'etinv: id' the honorable oeiitlcman's
lnemts aii't supporters was impioviseu lor
the purpose of bidd'nv: him !od speed in
his new undertakin''. and inter diuimintr
with him conns,, and advice as to I heir
future political action. Alter some time
;.. .; ,1 v. ...... Air .I,K- ;..
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iiMi-iin-iur i ii.i i'- -ii. ii
i'r'.em!
proceeded to formally address
lie said: , f
' mm
1 recently went to .WasllMigtoji
at my own expense, of cur-e, as I have
a.hvavs guile to present what I conceive
are the vie ws of the earnest men of the
country lothe Presteoiit. 1 n the interview
which 1 had villi him .with other geii
th ini ii-r and interview with him ah ne
I f .rme I the I e!ic f that the President ! military conventions ; but has ever de
llesires earnestly to carry out the wishes j dined all intermediate treaty, which
of the I'nioii men of the country. I ask-
who lnul committed treason since its issue
not have the benefit ot its pr-.m
, - . , ,
Till.
"-es or provisions, t asKcit mm to wtn-
;draw it So that these rcbeL could not ele-
asked for war
tion. l'ton
put i,M the new pr.udauia-j
only ne (j'test'oti did we!sK'v-r
differ, and that was oa the question ;
whether, upon the reconstruction or reor-1
gtmizatton of the rebel governments, the;
colored soldier an 1 colored loyal citizen i
should Ik- allowed to vote; or whether ,
;1.a......, ,.f tb.. ...b.r ,,f ei;
............ .... . . .... .... ,
were to be excluded from this priv ilege.
hue professinjr to desire, in his inter
jview with us that all men should vote,
without distinction tf color the 1 'resident
.iob or ws,..l bioi i-M' ..ml iw wbb b; ; b.,
imo.tiiasseu iiiiu-v ;i anu us w itn tins i le t
that the fi.ttes witieh Iiad lieen in re-h
bellioa are stih S'Uites or. in other words, j
that the governnu i;ts of these Statei
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janee, and tliit when the rebellion was
suppressed or the. laws and Constitution
revived neither he nor Congress had any
authority to presenile tne eiualifieation ol
'.electors in tho.-e ."Mates. I replied to him
111' ci-.ti'i- lb-f t-bll. T b.i.l i.ii , 1-, . I. .,.
tt press any theory ot mv own wilhii
as was to subordinate any such theorie s
to the accomplishment of the great pur-i
pose in view 1 said to him frankly, that
this decision was antagonistic to three de
cisions made by the Supreme Court one
by ( hief J ust tee 1 aney, and the other
by Chief Justice Chase. 1 said to him
according to the dicta of these Judges
that he could as readily enfranchise the
black man as disfranchise the w hite, for
that under the Constitution, or any law
of Congress, he had nopowerlmt the mil-,
Itary power to say w ho should or should
not vote at the preliminary elections for
reconstruction that if he could exclude
one man as a voter under the Constitution.
ho could exclude ten thousand, and that
if he could admit any man to vote he
could admit all loyal men without re
gard to color. 1 need not tell you what
the answer was to that ; I merely said to
him that the Anti-Slavery party had de
stroyed the old Whig tuid Democratic
parties; that tjie wrecks of these parties
are now scattered and strewn aloug the
political coast and that we intended,
under God, to crush any party or any man
who stood up against the universal enfran
chisement of the country.
Tenements in New Youk, The New
York papers publish, about every quyter a
long and lugubrious account of the condi
tion of. the poor in that city. The Times'
of the I2th has a very lengthy statement, the
gist of which is, that there is 495,592 persons
residing in tho tcnement-hduses, to which
should be properly added at least 100,000
others, who live in attics, stable-lofts, and
smaller buildings, in nests of two, three and
five families each. -These 'multitudes are
packed upon tho house-lots and streets at
the rate of 240,000 to the square mile ; and
it is only beeauso this rate of packing is
somewhat diminished by intervening ware
houses, factories, private dwellings and other
classes of buildings, that tho entire tenant
house population is not devastated by the
domestic pestilences and infectious epiifcmics
that arise from overcrowding and unplcan
ness. '
A Keen Retort. Rather keen and sug
gestive was a repartee made the other even
ing by a little fellow in a Pittefield, Mass.,
barber-shop. A gentleman of standing,
and an owrTbr jn one of the factories, came
in, and, impatient at being delayed while
two lioys had their hair cut, remarked that :
" Little lioys ought to get their hair cut in
the day time, and go to bed in the evening. "
" Yes," replied one of the juxeniles; "but
little boys who have to get up in tho morn
ing at five o'clock and work in the mill till
seven at night, must get thoir hair cut when
they can."
The Richmond Commercial Bulletin makes
the statemen that James Gordon Bennett
made an effort to sell the influence of his in
famous paper to the Southern Confederacy,
and actually had the coolness to name fifty
thousand pounds as the price of his support,
in a proposition t Mr. Davis. His proffer
was, of course refused. -
While the great elephant Hannibal was
passjng through Maryland, an. ancient col
ored lady, who had never seen an elephant,'
met him on the road, and throwing up her
hands in admiration, exclaimed, " Bress de
Lord, what things they do get fur dis war 1"
The old lady took him for a new Yankee invention.
hi Hiii; o; 1 1 vii. u Ait,
What the fiieat statesman mid orator
of Khfrland. Jvlmimd Burke, said in Par
liament, when it was proposed in Hnglaud
in 177 to try American prisoners for
treason, may have Home value now. On
that occasion lie thus expressed himself:
War is at present carried on between
the Kino's natural and foreign troops, on
one side, and the Kiiflish in America on
the tit her, upon tlm usual footing of other
wars j ami accordingly, an exchange of
prisoners has been regularly made from
the beginning. !f, notwithstanding this
hit bet to eijiial procedure, upon some pros
pect of ending the war with success, the
Administration prepares to act against
those astraitorswho tt-main in their hands
at tin; end of the trouble., in my opiniorf
we sli.'dl ixhi!.it to the world sis indecent
a piece of injustice as ever civil lory has
produced. If the prisoners who have
been exchanged have not by that ex
change, been virtually pardoned, the car
tel (whether ! rowed or understood) is :t
cruel fraud ; for yoii have retohtd the
life of a man. and you ought to return a
life for it, or there is no parity or fairness
ill the transaction.
If, on the ot her hand, we admit that
they who are actually exchanged are. pi; r
iioncd. but contend that
votT ma v justlv I
os who'remain
Virvf i'nr voiio(i in- li
uuexchanocd, then this umdeasant and
11 lilt l III 1(111 u f-i tllri 1 1. II 1 It J s ivv t lit
Iron imloi iA' tin. ,h.i;, . f ,..,..
imt - ri !y bv the time of their guilt, and not jrj,,e "IM,ut,u; '"Ixioi, of that Pro
!.,.,.'. f..;.,..,.. , ..r u t. ...iclamation which sotmht the moral assas-
i :.t. i .. . .i 1 1
ui-,nputn;v tiini ,.e e i m u i s . iiuve me tnoiai
Ualities of human action.
the
ml., fj
your justice.
'I he-e strange incongruities must ever
perplex those who .confound the unhajt
piness of civil dissension with the crime
of treason. Whevever a rebellion reallvi
and trulv exists, which is ks easily known
in fact as it is diliieult to define in words.
(Government has not entered into such
should put rebels in possession of the law
of nations with regard to -war, Com
niatiaiiders would receive no Letiefiis at
their hands, because they could make no
return lor them. Who has ever heard of
capitulation, ilnd parole of honor, and ex
change: o' prisoners, in the late rebellion !
jrehds. the King's Generals have no riuht
to release them upon anv conditions whatJ.,'fl,h!Lt. :ul 1 "'scrupulous exaiuide.
and thev are themselves an wera-i
hie t i the law. and
Inlll b ill W.lTlt d':
p ir loji for doing so as
the rebels whoi.-!
they rtdeae.
lVhere
Triel?
..,r. nuf. ..I.. l.v, ,. l it. ,i ! i ... r. .,i i r...... .
l-" ."in., t
f'ourant, vh is anxious fr the con vie-
tion and e xecution of Jeff. !avis. raise-
! .t . , t,
; the ouestioti here should Jeff. Davis
trie!
' and recommends his
.in 1 1 learned in the law.
to
av
It is said tb:,- be HlavisV has ...t
armv into the I Mriet of Columbia, and
is therelore euilty of lewM.e warWuist
theUnite.lStates. C. rant it; But where
did he levy war? At Richmond or at
Washington ?- Cla.inlv where ho was
present at llitlimoud. and in Virginia.
i and other Southern States. Tho acts of
the soldiers and officer in the District of
Columbia n.re their own. not JefT s. Sup
pose Jell- had sent Sooth b Washington
to murder any man he would be accesso
ry to the crime, but could be tried only
where he acted as accessary to the crime.
The Constitution f the f'nited States
reads plainly and clearly : 4"N'o person
shaJl oe eonvicte.l unless on the testimony
of two witnesses to the same overt net,"
Further it says : "In al! criminal prose
cutions, tne party accuse.! s'kUI Have a
speedy and public trial, by an impai tiul j
jury of the Stntr, or District vhirthe
erune v-tix committed. 1 he only tjues
tion then is where did JclT. Davis commit
the crime? Can any person prove- an j
open act of his in Washington? Can!
anyone act where he is not present? If
A in Connecticut orders IS to assault C
in Louisiana, and 11 does it, will an action
lie against A in Louisiana, for asaultand
battery ? It is ubsurd to suppose it. A
trial for treason must be conducted on
the same constitutional principles as a
trial for assault and battery. Such, ap
pears to be the conclusion of common
sense. If there is any decision that a
man can be tried where his accomplice,
or his servants, or his aiders and abettors
acted,' we do not know it, and would be
glad to hear of it. We remember one
illustrious case to the contrary :
When Aaron Burr was tried for trea
son before the Circuit Court of the Unit
ed S ates, the testimony was on motion
stopped, because no overt act of Burr
could be proven at Blenuerhassett's Island.
This is our recollection of the case, not
having ISnrr's trial at hand. I tliink-it
was proven that the treasonable acts were
committed in Kentucky and not in Vir
ginia, and, therefore, Chief Justice Mar
shall ordered his discharge. The Judge,
in that case, plainly and emphatically de
clared that a person who was not present
where the war was conducted, but in a
different State, must be tried alone in the
State where he acted ; that his jtftsence
was an essential component jiart of an
overt act. And as Burr was not proven
to hav.e been present at Blennerhassett's
Island, he could not be proven guilty.
" Called." Chaplain Horace James, the
Superintendent ot the blacks at Newborn,
has retieived a call from a leadins church in
Washington, D. 0.
Perhaps the last "call" will pay better
Docs the Reverend James serve God 'and
principle, or self and Mammon.
A new planet was discovered at Naples on
the 2Gth of April by do Gasparin, the eighth
lojjnd now by that astronomer. In brillian
cv it is onlv ermal to a star of tho 12th ninn-.
nitude, and is therefore only to be seen with
th am ot a powertul telescope. It has re
ceived the name of Beatrice, in honor of
JJante, .
There is a younz lady in fUenrv countv.
Missouri, not yet sweet sixteen, who is this
vear cultivating fifteen acres, of corn. She
does all the necessary work, including plow-
ing, ana nas unuertaKen tnis piece oi worK
to obtain money with which to educate her-
self.
There is true grit in that girl.
From the linblin Nation. j
TIIK FALLEN I"ISi:SIEXT. '
When a man is in the hands of hi
foes his cause vanquished, his hopes
ruined, and "all but life and honor lost"
it is tin? time for prudent friends to
forget his existence, or discover, by the
light of his miKfortiines, that he never
deserved much friendship, sympathy or
respect. Now is the time to shun Presi
dent Dfivis; to abandon him in silence to
his foes, or hark in with the howl against
him. Now is the time for every ignoble
mind to enjoy its miserable gratiticion
at the expense ol the character, the h
or. the i'anirt of the fallen . President
Now is the time for n lying and cwajl!y
press to ijeuitiie him to hold nun ujn to
scoff and ridieuhi, hatred ,'j.nd coriten
Yes; it is the golden opportunity for the
fainthearted, the time-serving, the verm!.
the cowardly and the vindictive, lie is
fast bound in the gripe of his cm-mies.
lie cannot, make answer; his lips are
scaled. He cannot strike; his hands are
manacled. His friemta are dispersed;
fugitive or hiding. It is safe valor to in
sult him. It is cheap wisdom to discern
his errors.
- From the North, till the blood-madness
subsides, until calmness and reason re
turn, we can expect little else than the
i'7 tra'f'f "'"l hi?h"
,U'l"f!" lja htt & e.x"
l"!''' wh:i! "r!: ,;e-7'S to wear l!.ie
In a few weeks
"'ire tlie Worm Will oe Hole
fully to de-
si nat ion
of' President Davis. For who
would not rather die a huudred deaths.
mouriiea ttnt respected by maukiud, than
be robbed by a foul and murderous stroke
of that which true men value beyond life
or fortune, home or kindred ? In a few
(weeks more, we repeat, the world will sec
""d jnJ"e hat !" eviJence" on which the
Washington rulers denounced President
Davis to the infamy of the world as a
suborner of assassins.
The English press, of course, has given
up the fallen man. When did that press
stand bv a nation or an individual the
victim of misfortune '! Tha great 1'ritish
organ, that so faithfully represented the j
national selfishness, inconsistency, arro- j
gaiK-e, and subserviency, has but an in-!
sit!tinr word for Jefferson Davis even i
"f. Vf f life ;j. J BnS,BC 'ij
j wounamg the .Nt.rt j without rvintlie, p It mav pull for several ho
, ' ''.'''jl".- rsorth 't '"""j6 (but will soon learn to stand. As soon a
S 1;,,?1;""1 111 .caling with vanuisned rel- (.Ulltoinl to the halter, the eolt may
If- whe" t,,e.real n."c'r. fh? withners taught to-lead, by placing the dam a
'l',vf " l'ar
m imitation bv f lie North
t , 1 " ;
'1',
why
the lalien 1 resident should
,:ne , mpatliy from EnghimJ.
He
ltil fti ii I . , "V iUV. 1 '1U, t i IiV I V UV II I
(The inhabitants of these islands have
.!. i..-t- .i'I;t reason to sympathize with Jefferson
I 'avis, lie is known to us as one of the
'. s.-iost inyeterate calumniators of this coun-
, . .
,
: trv. whose i!iy it was to sir up
.b -lings of every class of his countrymen
j against us." Alas for the duped Irish,
swuo were induce 1 in the name ot patnot-
j . , . , , ... '
li uiRiiJ nafionalitv to hate this man as
re j the friend ami t'.genfof Engkuid ! IIos
He tile to the North, treacherous to the South.
F.nghinl l:iyeilhf r game well with
America. -Norm ami r-outn; ami rresi-
x- i lit -
i,?,'"tl ,,av,j. w' k,,ew .hcr well, must
! ,,ow s:it,SH?,, n V- hoPinall
I veneeat.ee. boo. Wtieath the Muile of a
! I'""": u-iviaie.
And Ireland? Will Ireland Voice
also io'n in the howl of hate and the
taunt of seem against this vanquished
rebel." whose guilt against Kngl;ind is
oeeiare'i to rive noon so great; v in
Ireland, too. echo the ignoble aspersions
that mock misfortune, and that tire hurled
to wound a brave, a great, a noble and he
roic tabid? He iven forfend ! If " re-l-cHion1?"
and 4i f ilnres " be Crimes, Ire,
land is the greatest criminal in existence.
If there be on earth a nation bound to
sympathize wiih misfortune such as that
which luis befallen the Southern Presi
dent and people, that niti-.n is ours; and
no true Irishman, even th'ongh in the
disastrous (struggle now ended he may
have wished the Union to succeed in
forcing its embrace upon the outh, will
surely lend his voice to reproach the van
quished, much less to swell the cry for
vengeance.
As for the captive President, whose
1 1 . 1 . M ll'MI
fite has been well compared to that of
Darius, the respectful sympathy of mil
lions of hearts will do him homage, fallen
and defeated though he be. What grief,
what suffering can be more poignant than
his ! Jle who at all times bore himself
so proudly, so fearlessly and defiantly,
scorning to bend or to sue, is now a pris
oner in the hands of the enemies he de
fied and despised ! A fall so sudden and
so complete may well touch the sternest
heart with compassion. For our own
part, President Davis is as great a man
to-day as he was when, three years ago,
his triumph spemed inevitable. The elect
of the people and of the Legislatures of
the Southern States, he accepted the post
of honor anel peril. The peril has be
fallen ; the honor cannot be filched or
wrested from him now. Not all the
gyves and fetters in Fortress Monroe can
degradp such a man. In this, probably
the darkest hour of his fortunes, we say-
more, not less, than we might express,
were he triumphant, not defeated, and
were the chorus of fickle adulators, in
stead of the vengeful clamors of his foes,
hailing the name of President Jefferson
Davis.
James Jackson, a colored waiter, hung
himself in Providence on Thursday. Bos
ton paper.
What, a negro kill himself in "happy
New England !" Did he think Satan's do.
minions a better place than the Rhode Island
Providence?
It is estimated by competent judges that
there are one million bales of cotton in the
Southern States east of the Mississippi, the
greater portion of which cannot be got to
market owing to the dilapidated condition of
the railroads, connected with the Atlantic
seaboard cities.
The London Times deprecates harsh meas
ures on the part of the, American orovern
ment against the fallen and conquered reb
els. It contends that both justice and ex
pediency should dictate- a generous policy.
Dr. Murray, an eminent English convert
to Catholicism, is mentioned as the probable
successor ot the late Cardinal lseman.
The Cincinnati colored people are sub-
scribing to present Chief Justice Chase with
i a silver pitcher.
THE FARMERS' COLUMN.
How to Marc Pi re BWM.--We pres
ent herewith the views VJ good batter
maker : " I am rery par.urr abort thor
oughly PcaMing and hiirming mjpan in hot
weather ; do not fill theirt more than half
full, and xkiui after the milk thickens suf
ficiently, w that the cream will eornc off
smooth" without taking any milk with it,
which, I think, in apt to make curdles in
the btittcr. and that injure uir kkiks ot it.
Churning should be done every day, if (mf.
ticient cream lx obtineI. If not, the cream
in,the'pot f hould be thoroughly Htiired when-
r ndd a tittU
evirr any ii'.u.j, -.v.., ,
which certainly is not a bad idej. 1 design,
when J churn, to have the cream the right
temperature, neither too warm nor too cold,
o as to avoid putting In any warm or cold
water yitil it is throughlj freed from but-
0mTi; fdlt it to my wsie, ami hci n m a
cimiI place until the next morning, when I
work it over again until it presents a firm
and uniform appearance. L&t-t eutnmer I
worked my f .utter orcr three times before
packing. " At the last working 1 add a small
ouantitj more of alt. After poking it
HmeothlT f sprinkle a tabJcspoonfaJ of loaf
sugar and a little salt over the top between
every later, and apply n the top of that a
doth pressed down closely to keep the air
from it during the time that mnst intervene
liefore the packing of the net layer. After
Uiejar or firkin is well filled, I put the cloth
on the top and apply nother thicker one,
and fill up with (salt packed tightly, anj
ven with the top of the jar ; then lav on
another cloth to IK the iop of the jar. I aW
put another one over the jar and have it
come over the edge and paste it tight to th
jar. then put on a board and weight. Ur
another wart Instead of putting in dt I
take meitceJ butter and turn in on the thin
cloth even full, and lastly, apply salt sprink
led over the top before putting n he lat
ioth and weight. Then again, 1 have had
butter keep well after packing thoroughly
as I have stated, to fill up the top of the jar
with strong brine. Any one, whether ho
has a very good place to keep butter or not,
it he attend to the strict otw?ervanee ot tfiese
rules, can have good butter and keep it for
month, and that through the hottest weath
er.'' American Agriculturist.
IIalter-breakisu Yorsc Colts. Yonng
colts, when their dnuis are used in a harness,
are freouently troublesome abont following,
especially when traveling on the highway,
where they are liable to meet other horses,
ft is common to pee a young colt run direct-
and becoming lewildered, no little trouble
is reouired to bring it back. To avoid al!
annoyance from this source, make a soft
halter suitable for the colt's head and hitch
it to a strong fence, or tome either place.
wind
hours,
asae-
mav be
taught to lead. fy plaeing the dam a few
rods distant from where it is hitched, and
leading it toward her. It will be impossi
ble to lend a colt away from its dam until it
has become well accustomed to the halter.
By spending a little time with a colt, treat
ing it with the greatest gentleness, it may be
taught to travel by the side of its dam, where
ever she goes. Tie the colt's halter to the
haek band of the dam's harness, so that
it can just reach her udder. This length of
halter will prevent the colt running for-
i ward of the mare when she is travelling.
& o a -. urt i o a v i uifuic rv uiic inav
any one can put on the halter and handle it.
When colts are not accustomed to the halter
until they are two or more years old, they
are frequently very difficult to manage.
But if taught to lead when quite young they
can often fe changed from one place to an
nother, with little difficult, and w ill be much
more manageable.
Horses at Pastcre. Every horse in the
country ought, if possible, to have at least a
few week run in the pasture. It will do
for him what no kind of medicine or nurs
ing can do as well. It will improve his
hoofs, his hair and skin, his wind, digestion,
and blood, will take out stiffness and lame
ness, and put on flesh, and infase new life
j generally. Before turning horses out, it is
well to accustom them gradually to that kind
of food, but cutting a little grass for them
each day, or allowing them to " bait" for
an -hour or so daily in the back-vard. And
, when let out, they should not have " flush"
teed at nrst, as taey wm be likely to over-eaf ,
and injure themselves both in their looks
and their wind. The best grass for a horse
pasture is a mixture of Timothy Blue grass,
and Red Top, Horses relish this feed bet
ter when it is moderately short. When
they are to be turned out te.r any length of
time, and not to be used much in the mean
while, they should have on only a light pair
of shoes. This will allow the hoofs to come
in close contact with the soft earth, and will
prevent eon traction. Where horses cannot
enjoy pastures they should have fresh cut
grass as often as convenient, and should
have their stall covered with tanned bark,
or better, have the planks taken up and clay
floors laid. American Agriculturist.
. . .
A little Swedish girl, while walking with
her father on a starry night, absorbed in tho
contemplation oi tne sties, oeing asked oti
what she was thinking, replied : " I was
thinking if the wrong side of heaven is so
glorious, what must the right side be !"
At an evenjng party given by a lady, her
husband was standing in a very forlorn con
dition, leaning against the chimney piece,
when a gentleman coming up to him, said :
' Sir, as neither of us are acquainted here, I
think we had better go home."
Ezra IJaxter of pawtucket, R. I., -who
posted his wife, retracts in an advertisement
in the Pawtucket Gazette a.s follows : u I
take back posting my wife, Mary A. Baxter.
I was a little too fast, I acknowledge I wan
' That was & queer freak the lightning
took at a stora hi Rockville, Conn. It enter
ed at the door In a livid flash, which actually
lit an oil lamp and left it burning, without
leaving any otb0r visible marks of its pas
sage. . . f
The representatives of a large emigration
society in ogowjiuu are at wasnington.
They propose to send emigrants with suf
ficient capital into the Southern States, if.
sufficient inducements are held out.
The Bureau of Emigration reports a fall
ing off in the number of arrivals of over
twenty thousand as compared with the cor
responding season ot last year.
X D. .ii
The most valuable estate in North Caro
lina are being offered for the nominal sum
of $110 per acre, the proprietors having
resolved to emigrate.-
The guerrilla Quantrell is dead again.
The fellow has had as many lives as a cat.
His latest demise took place in the St. Louis
military hospital on May 10th.
A gentleman, while walking tSe street at
Des Moines, Iowa, during a thunder storm,
had one of his eyes completely destroyed by
lightning, without other injury.
The duke of Northumberland has -expended
the enormous sum of $900,000 during the
past sixteen years on the single item of land
draining on nia immense estate. .
A great religious movement is taking
Elate in China in favor of the Catholic re
gion. 7
K r
LandseeSefined photography to he "jus
tice without mercy." , t ' v