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STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT. THAT KKXOVr XOTIUXU" ME. Soon after we started this paper in Au gust last, an Abolition employee in. the Salem Statesman office, named A. L. Stin eon, with a view to injure the paper and to wreak malicious vengeance' on ourself, gave utterance through the columns of the Abolition organ in this place to nearly all of the Btale old slauders invented and published against us at one time or anoth er by Mr. Bush. In his rehash he prom ised tj subsequently furnish " proofs " of all h& had reiterated or mendaciously add ed. We never troubled ourself about his etories, but went smoothly along, suffi ciently gratified with the substantial ben- paper derived in consequence of Lis publications. But t while we wera thus comfortably jogging on in our own prospering way, it appears that Mr. Stin eon was really actively engagad in hunt ing up his " proofs." How he succeeded generally wo have no idea, nor do w par ticularly care. Inasmuch, however, as he was frantically intent on completely de molishing us, and was permitted the use of hia chosen organ, ad libitum, to vent his spleen against us, and Ms "proofs" have never apppeared, it is reasonable to eupposa that, in that particular work, ' hate's labor was lost. ret, when we say that we have no idea tow he succeeded generally, letfus not be understood to. mean that we do not know the measure of his success in any partic- ular instance. We do know, and hold in j our possession, irrefragiblo testimony of nia singular succes3? which we will pro ceed to give. Among the other lies ho re-published against us was one more than intimating that we had once been a Know Nothing and as suet had held public office under J. Ncely Johnson, Esq., whilst' that gen tleman was the Know Nothing Governor of Calfiorniav V It seems he did take the trouble to obtain " proofs " of this charge against us. lie wrote to Mr. Johnson, asking information upon the subject We do not positively know fhat he, ever re ceived the letter in response addressed to him by that gentleman; but we iaftr that he did for the very good reason that the "ecpy of Mr. Johnson's letter to him, for warded to us by Mr. Johnson bimself. . was received about the 20th of September last. ; As Mr. Stinson clearly asked for information with the view to publish it if j ils Ttenof answered liis purpose, and as be! . has not spread the answer before the pub lic yet, although more than three months have elapsed since he must have received 5 it, we propose to aid him iu his t: proofs," and thus play the good Samaritan to our anxious friend. Without more ado we will give the letter, which abundantly ex plains itself : copt. CaesoxCitt, Nev., Sept. 0th, 'G5. , A. L. Snxsox, Esq., Salem, Oregon j Dear Sir I am in receipt of your com- mnnication of 1st inst., and in answer to Your inquiry concerning the matter of Mr. "James O'Meara's having held ofnee during - my administration of the office of Governor of.California. I beg leave to answer as fol lows: In the year 1856, and shortly follow , ing the ereation of the Board of State Ex aminers, (consisting of the Governor, Sec retary, of State and Attorney General,) navmg tn pass upon a largo amount of i'nnting Biiis, the Board deemed it advia ,ble to command the services of practical printer so as to correctly estimate the amount of the work, in accordance with the rule md customs of printers, and at my instance T- 'I.T V nd continued to perform those duties iintib I tIieve, holiness engagements called Mm r elsewhere, and he then voluntarily relin-j ; quisnea tne position, t orthermore, I should dd that the position was not sons-ht bv Mr. O'Meara, but was tendered him by the Board L -1 3 S . J. ... . . . wuony liwepenaent ot political eonsidera' -A? 7 . iiuus, af c vffjr cenaxuiv oppo-ica to our rxtrty; bat confiding in his intesrritv and fit ness for the trust, and which confidence I am sure he never betrayed, we so appointed him. I regret exceedingly tor learn that a con troversy between two gentlemen who I have so long and favorably regarded as I have both of you, yet when replying to vour in quiries I could do nothing left than full , justice to Mr. O'Meara. Very truly yours, J. Xexlet Johxsox. . And now, a few words as to this Btale and groundless lie, that we ever belonged to the Know Nothing party, or to any " other political party than the Democratic party, and we shall drop the subject We give the statement substantially as it was imparted to us by one of the persons ' Who were primarily concerned in starting :- the story that we had been a Know Noth ing. ; Our informant was a prominent XtenyKnrat in the organization of 1858, , and is so still in the organization of this ; day. He was the firm personal and po- litical friend of Mr. Bush in that day, ; csd lie is Lis friend still. His statement is to this effect: While at Jacksonville with. J-Ir. B ush in the canvass of 1858, (when xdr. lasa and ourself were rival candi slates for tha ssras State oface,) they found , jk person wno stated that oe liad known jcs m California, and known us to be a Know ' Nothing. An arrangcnient was tten cade by which, for ascertain sum of r money pyi ium, tils persqa agreed to ' Tciia ia Jackscaville to the close of the -- -ad there positively assert to all gt& once a inejslserof the Know KotLiag party, The lie pxeadsd was ' believed by fatsy wlo knew as then ska-'Ify-m a strasgar, Itirould havbeen at any time a very easy matter for us to have r --iaed tlie " strongest kind of evidence' fcm any of our former;" Democratic asso ; cutca, friends ox acquaintances in Cali fornla, to prove that we had never acted or Toted with any ctier than the Demo ' gratis party in our seven years residence i3 State, btt we disdained to stoop to a reply to sucli a wanton, utterly groundless lie. We" felt conscious tJiat in good tito a just and full vindication would be awarded us, but we certainly neYer expected that the meanness and prying curiosity of a malignant personal enemy would evoke it, as it has happened. We have patiently waited for him to pub lish his original letter, of which that git- en above is a copy, but as he haa not.pub- hshed it we will place him under addi tional obligations to us, and give its copy on his account and for his benefit. He was a Know Nothing in California, and has no doubt ample means to apply for more " proofs " to show that we were also. Let him not be discouraged with this let ter of" proofs" he received from Gov. Johnson. Communicated. 3few Development. X Scio, January 1st, 1SGG. Editor State Rights Democrat : Another new discovery in fire arms and ammunition has recently come to the light of the astonished world. A few davs aeo. while one of our neighbors was plowing in a field, one of the most astoundinar and . .. . y3 ncart-renaing discoveries was made that has come" to the light of the world since the discovery of gunpowder, battering rams, infernal machines, Greek fire, camp fire, hell fire, or the fire of imagination Whilst one of our sturdy farmers was pursuing his peaceful avocation with his plow ami ox-team, about the centre of a large field, he noticed that very suddenly his oxen pricked up their ears, raised their tails, bellowed wildly, and made many signs of fear and astonishment. The plow turned up its arms, raised the bristles on its back, aud turned the earth upside down with its nose. The poor farmer, who had a tight hold on the arms of his plow, was thrown high in the air, and on descendinz alighted amidst a confused mass of powder, bomb-shells, solid shot, knapsacks, cartridge boxes, Sharp's rifles rifled cannon, several thousand dead bodies, all with a blue stripe on the abdo men, and the Constitution and by-laws of the Confederate ctates. Ihe whole com munity was soon aroused by the great commotion and hastened to the spot. iurther developments soon brought to i light Jefferson Davis, Stonewall Jackson. Robert E. Lee, the whole Confederate Cabinet, Tarson Jones, and the whole Confederate army, together with a million and a half of Copperheads one of whom turned State's evidence, and his. develop ments prove conclusively that there is a deep laid and well concerted plot anion the Copperheads cf Oregon to carry the next State election. May God in his mercy protect us, for we have lost all con fidence in man. Some incredulous per 5003 m:xJ doubt the truth of these state-: meuts. but to such I would say that every word, and more too, can be proven by as good loyal subjects as can be found in the Province of Canada." Truly yours, - White Max. Th at's a Fact. The Springfield (Mass.) Republican says : - No 'Western Governor has made a better reputation for active and efficient patriotism during the war than Gov. Morton of Indiana. We reckon that's so. Mark, the Abolition organ says distinctly, no "Western" Gov- erner ; of course, the " Government" being a machine which is run for the almost exclu sive benefit of New England, the Eastern or Yankee Governors were given opportunitv to bile up a good deal more " patriotism" than Gov. Morton, that most favored of "Western Governors. And who that knows anything of Puritan patriotism, doeB not know that it is a mere thing of dollars and cents. They buy and sell, deal and barter in it, just as they do in codfish and anti-slaverv. in New- England rum and religions tracts. When the war commenced Gov. Morgan was bank rupt in monev as ho had long been in hon esty or morality. He is now worth a million or more, and has gone on a tour of Europe to squander ronie ot ms stolen wealth, let he was not given the chance to acouire as much patriotism as the New England Gov ernors or, in plain, words, was not allowed to steal as much. Shows its IIoof. The New York Tribune speaks thus with reference to the negro in surrection n Jamaica : . Taking into account the peaceful character. loyalty and obedience to the laws, by which the blacks of Jamaica have been distinguish ed ever eineq their emancipation, it will re quire evidence of the most exnlicit and de cisive character to support the charce broua-ht gainst them in this matter. That evidence haa not yet appeared ; and, without wishing to prejudice the case, we may eay we do n. i think it ever will be supplied. j This same Tribune, remarks the Chicago1 Times, without any evidence whatever, and in the face of probability or reason, day after day publishes accounts of atrocities commit ted by 'white men on Southern negroes. In other words, it haa fifty times more love for the black raSans of Jamaica than it has for the white residents of the' Southern States. It believes everything bad of the latter upon the flimsiest rumor or hearsay, but only upon the " most explicit and decisive evidence" will it believe anything derogatory to the negro butchers anywhere, L . . A " PaoctAJiATiON-." The following rich takfe-off on the . Executive" proclamations was lately put out by the Poundmaster of Grass Valley : - - - '-, Proclamation No. 4 Poundmaster's No tice to Butchers and others whom it may concern Impounded yesterday, a female hog, in oolor white, ia good order ; weighs about 250 pounds has to all appearances been , mother, and is in a fair way to become another. From the croppings, her head has undoubtedly been vigourously prospected by somebody's bully and energetic dog. Was very hard to impound, and now that she is in u'dar-d hard to keep. ' Cak't UxDKKSTAKn It. The Abolitionists are tie laost icxtraordinaxy reasoners we ver heard of, They have howled on a war for four years to keep the Southern States from going out of the Union, and now they are fighting (in their peculiar; way--with pens and tongues) ia keep these same Southern Stt Sea from coming back into the Union. It is most singular logic ; .we cannot compre hend this Puritan process of reasoning. .' v There are 160,000 skeletons of horses and cattle killed during the war in the Shenan doah "Valley collected at a bone factory near Winchester, IS- KTlTLTi: BROwssvute, Pec. 20, 1865. The Second Session of tho Linn County Teachers' Institute met to-day, at 1 jp. in the Presbyterian Church. There was a fair representation of Teachers and friends of Education present. nasi bat. The President and Vice Trident being absent, the house was called to order by the Uev. S. . Bishop, member of the txecu tie Committee. Prayer was offered. The Her. J. B. Calloway wu elutd President, pro tempore. The President appointed W. It. Bishop, M. F. Jone. and A. E. Ellis, a Committee on order of business, who reported Meutal Arithmetic as the first thing iu order. A. 1). McMichael introduced the subject j other speakers followed, who diseus&ed the subject with much life and ability. At the evening session an interesting ad dress was delivered by W. II. Amidon, which was well received. The subject of Ortho graphy waa takeu up, introduced by tit. Amidon, and ably diacuaied. aKcoKD sir. The Institute opened at 10 a. with praver bv A. E. Ellis. W. R."Bishop, A. D. MeMichael and VT. IT. Amidon were appointed Committee on text lrooks. The subject of English Grammar was in troduced by M. F. Jone, and a lengthy and interesting disousaiun eusuod, occupying the entire day. AMhe evaninir session, P. II. Wile con- due ttodwfeiereise in written Arithmetic, rhicu was highly interesting. The Committee on Text Books reported. A motion t- amend their report by substi tuting Clark's for Ureeu's Grammar, renew ed the discussion of the day with warmth and energy. Clark's was adopted, and the re port stood as follows : Wright's Analytical Orthography, Sander's Spellers, Wilson's Headers, Davics Mathematics, Clark a urum- mar, Mouteith's and MeXallj'a Geographies, Willaru's History, Webster a iictionary, Spencerian Penmanship. THIRD DAT. Tlse Institute opened at 10 a. sr. . Trajer by W. C. Baird. "Tho subject of Geography was introduced by V. R. Bishop, and discussed with con siderable interest. J. B. Calloway led the discussion on School Government, which was interesting and instructive. The evening session was rendered very awusing by a series of" puns, toatta and reso lutions, in" which the large audience as-well as the teachers participated, and the utmost merriment an.l good feeling prevailed. The following is the list of officer elected for the nest regular meeting s President, J. H. Laliowav ; ice resident, V . it. lsisnop ; Secretary, M. F. Jones: Treasurer; A. 1. .w.mcimei ; Mmuive uommutee, Mack, J. II. Marks and J. S. Denison. Some thirty teachers and frieuds of educa tion signed the Constitution, aud became members of the Institute. ' The following resolution were unanimously adopted : h'esolrcf, That the use of tobacco should be prohibited in our schools. AVWrrd, That Common Schools, being the only means npoii which the masses of the peorda depend for the education of their children, should be the especial object of the toslenng cure ot this Institute, ol the Uov- ernmer.t, and ol tae lrionds ot education evervwiiere. Whereas, Theaueof education is best promoted by a cultivation of a spirit of peace and good will, and hereas, Indulgeneeof party spleen onlv tends to divide comnfunitiec, aud thus en danger the ir progress ; therefore, iii'Siifrvd, that it is the mitv of evcrv member of this Institute to discourage the expression of any peutimcnts calculated to eseite partisan disturb the bar- mony that should exist throughout our sessions. ?eW, That the thanks of this Institute are hereby tendered the citizens of Browns-' ville for the liberal manner in which they hav entertained its present session. members during the Jifsolrea,, Ihat the thanks ot the Institute be returned to the choir of ladies and gentle men who have furnished the delightful Tocal music. - - llexolted, That the thanks of this Insti tute be returned to the Trustees of the Pres byterian Church for the use of their Church during the present session. Jtettolted, That our Executive Committee are hereby instructed to publish on the pro gramme, preparatory to our next regular session, no person's name, for nu address or essay, or to lead in any branch, who has not faithfully promised to perform what shall be assigned to him. Resolved, That the Secretary be requested to furnish a report of the proceedings of the present session or tns institute for publica tion in our county papers. Resolved, That the next session of the Linn County Teachers'Tnstitute be held at Lebanon, commencing at 10 a. k., July 10, 1866. . 1 J ' The Institute then adjourned. A. D. McMichakl, Secretary. ' The Howlers. Howling pecms to be the order of the hour among the Radicals. Wendell Phillips lead offwithoneof his hyena-like howls: then tne cmcago in Dune took it up and went howling all over the Northwest. A Davcn port editor and postmaster undertook to set up a uovti in iraiiuiion 01 ms oig Dreturen ; but it amounted only to a faint saeak. for President Johnson took off -his head before his howl was fairly under motion. Greeley is howling ; Banks ia howling t and Butler occasionally gets off a howl that beats them all in quantity and volume. The last howl comes from tho colored nonulation. Hear. ing their white brethren howl so long and persistently they have joined the chorus, and now are howling as dismally and ferociously as any of the others. Here ia an African howl from Fred Douglass. It alludes to President Johnson : 4 ' Why, wo must eay of him as the serin ture hath it ' Better were it for tho man that ; he had not been botn ; better that a millstone be hau, -ed about his neck and he castjnto the depths of the sea," than that he snouid do tins thing.' : We abhor very pro perly Jefferson Davis and Booth, but a deep er and more dreadful execration will settle upon that man's name if he shall sacrifice us as his policy now evidently aims to do," A PczztiD Irishman. Mr. O'Flathery undertook to tell how many were at a party : " The two Crogans was one. myself was two. Mike Finn was three, and-r-and who the divil was four ? Let me see (counting on his fingers )rthe two Crogans was one, Mike Finn was two, myself vs three, and-r-bedad. there was tour of us, but St. Patrick him self can't tell the name of the other ! Now, itra myself that has it, Mike Finn was one, the two Crogans was two, myself was three, and and, by my eowl, I think there was Dut tnree oi us any now y . SoiTE DECEjfcr , Lett. In the celebrated " Pike County pase, '? in Missouri, where the Methodist Episcopal Church-North took forcible possession of a church belonging to the Church South, and whereMhe County Judge ruled in -favor of the Northern or Bsurping party," a decision has finally been obtained in the Supreme Ccurt of the State. awarding the raatitutioa of the property to iu rignaui claimants. To be angry with a weak man ja proof TIM'II FltS' mat you ara uoi eiroag yourscjr. A I'lEXUISII SPEECH. Below wo give a portion of a speech made by Congressman J ulian of Indiana, iu that State a short time ago. Let it be remembered that Mr. J ulian is a repre sentative man of his party; that he but utters their eeutiineuts ; aud that they sustain him in the utterance; and then, let readers consider for themselves if a restoration of the old Union feelings, of fraternity, harmony, uuity and affection, can ever be possible while men like Ju lian are maintained in power. Madmen and fiends, or wretches hopelessly savage, give expression to such diabolical senti ments aud desires as this maliguant Con gressman utters; no human being, with a spark of manly nature in bis bosom, could or would uio such language. lie said : Suppose you were to indict Jeff. Davis to-night as our fathers indicted oid George III., the indictment might read about in this way : lie has murdered 300,000 of your soldiers ; mangled and maimed for life 300,000 more; he has duplicated these atrocities upon his own half of the CJnion and upou his own miserable fol lowers; heVs organized great conspira cies here i" w-.rth and in the North west, toTJyiapine and blood the towns aud villages, and cities and plantations of the whole loyal portion of the land ; he has sought to introduce into the United States, and to nationalize on this conti nent, pestilence in the form of yellow fever, an enterprise" which, had it suc ceeded, would have startled Heaven itself with the agony and sorrow it would have lavished upon the 'land: he has put to death by the slow torture of starvation iu the rebel prisons G0,000 of your sons and brothers; he has been a party to the as sassination of vour martyred President: he has poisoned your wells, planted infer nal machines in the tracks of his army; murdered your wounded soldieTS ; boiled the dead bodies of your boys in caldrons, and sawed up their bones into jewelry to decorate the God-forsaken bodies of the " first families" of Virginia women ; he has hatched into life whole broods of vil lainies that are enough to make the devil turn pale at the spectacle. lie has done everything that a devil incarnate could do to let loose " the whole contagion of hclf and convert the earth into a grand carnival of demons. liut, gentlemen, we have caught him. By the providence of God, and through the vigilance of your soldier, he is in your power to-day. Now I would indict him, and pay him the compliment of a decent trial by the form of the law. I would conviet him and then build a gal lows, and then h:uig iim m the name of God. Appl:iueJ "Valk about mercy to Jeff. Davis! Why it iti"t in the diction ary. Laughter. J It isyke the Constitu tion in relation tt theNbeU who have sinned awav their rights uler it bv trea- Fon. it lias ceased to exi- as to tlieui. When you ask me to exercVe mercy at the expense of justice I decliile. I know nothing about mercy when you can only reach it by trampling justice under foot. I don t ask vengeance. J'avis has com mitted treason, and the Constitution savs the punishment of treason shall be death. In the name of hail a million soldiers who have gone to the tfirone of God, as wit nesses against "the deep damnation of their takingoff;" in the name of your liv ing soldiers ; iu the name of your republic, whose life has been put in deadly peril ; in the name of the great future, whose fate to-day swiugs in the balance, depend ing on the exautpie you make of treason, I demand the execution of Jeff. Davis. And inasmuch as the gallows is the sym bol of infamy throughout the civilized world, I would give him the gallows, which is far too good for his neck. Not for all the honors, and ofiiees in this Gov ernment, would I spare him, if in my power. I Ehould expect the ghosts of half a million soldiers would haunt my poor life to the grave. And I would not stop with Davis. hy should I ? There is old General Lee, as hungry for the gallows as "Davis. Ap plause.! H is running at large up and down the hills and valleys of Old Virginia as if nothing had happened ; and lately I have heard that he has been offered the presidency of a college?; going to turn missionary and schoolmaster, I suppose, to teach the young idea how to shoot. At the same time he is to write a history of the rebellion. Ocntlemen, I would not have him write that history. I would have it written by a loyal man. and I would have him put in a chapter giving an account of the hanging of Lee as a traitor. Cheers. hat right has Leo to be running at large, while the Govern nient tnus conicsses tnat treason is no crime? What right haa he to be any place, without repentance, except in the ninth, or lowest hell, where Danta says all traitors arc found F What right have you to cheat the Con stitution out of his neck 1 I notioe that Wirz, some days before he was hang, sent for a copyof Baxter's Call to the UnconvcilccF" " j?5ould give Lee a copy of the same bo, but I would let him be hung, and leave God to determine what should be done with his sonl. Applause-3 Nor would I stop with Lee. I would hang liberally while I had my hand in. I would dispose of a score or two of the most conspicuous leaders, not for ven geance, but to satisfy justice, and to make expensive the enterprise of treason in time to come. I wish we could hang thenj to the sky that stretches over us, so that all the natioos of the earth might see the spectacle, and learn what it costs to set fire to a free Government like this, Cheer's. If these men are not punished, and you allow the infernal poison to sift itself down into the general mind that treason ia no crime, in a little while we shall be shaking ' hands with our dear Southern brethren, the Government will get back to its old rust and another hor rid war will be tb. Jbaryest, of our recrean cy to .osjr trust.," V A rural editor was recently married, and previous to starting on his wedding tour, promised his readers that he would give them " a minute detail of all he saw and did." There would doubtless be a demand for a largo extra edition of his paper. Shreveport, La., journals come filled with accounts of outrages and murders perpetrat ed armed freediaeh. Shooting men in the public highways is a frequent occurrence, and apparently nothing can be done to rem- edy the evij. A BIKOTIIERLY LETTER. We are permitted to publish the following copy of a letter received by one of our sub scribers from a brother in Missouri a short time ago. It painfully illustrates the savags effect of Abolition teachings: Stewabtsville, Sept. 10, 18G3. Brother : With the greatest simplicity I employ a few of the passing moments in writing you a few lines in reply to yours of July 27th. Wo are well, but terrible mad from reading your letter. I look on you as being a low-lived rebel, which is four degrees worse than a darkey, in my estimation. Just such men an you we hang their carcase in the uir to the first limb we come to; and if you were in this country and advocated the doctrine that you preach in your letter that we have just got, you would be hung bsfure two hour ; and in my opinion you have to be sly about talking that way in that country, unless they ara all like you, black hearted rebels. I have been in the service of my country for threee years, and I am not ashamed to own it ; and I have been the means of hun dreds of low-lived rebels meeting their doom, and departing from this world, meeting their father, which is the devil in hell, and I in tend just as long as I live to keen wending them there just as fast as .the Old Hoy can fix a place to receive them, for I think" that by this time he must b a gettiug considera bly crowded, for there have been so many rebefi met their fate. I hope that you may ge,t all right after a while, and that we may be together some day or other and breathe tho free and equal air together, and in union trong togetlMT fight hcviartnah to our king. Uut as long u you "advocate reoel dortruia we never can come together and be friendly, for to be ex posed as much as I have on account of the low-lived rilels, it makes me mad for any person to plead for them. 1 have been as high as sixty days and nights after them, with only ten uavs rations, and no sleep ex ceeding two hours in the twenty-four all the whole time : and if it was in uiv power, it would do my soul good to sing the last one to the bottomless pits never to raise them out asain. You said that you wanted us to write, if we could write without having the negro in, and if we could not, you said that we need not trouoie ourselves nuout writing. - .ow, that is not the way with m I want you t'i writp, and I want you to write like you cared something for a white man, and not so much for tin negro. While I was a soldiering, away from my father's here, I often lay on my bunk and Studied about my relations, and especially you away in Oregon, and have wondered whether vou were fr the Union as it is, or for. the Southern Confederacy, and would f.nsweV the qiif-tion myself aid say that 3-ou were ftr the Union undoubtedly could not be for anything eke ; but behold, when I read a letter from you, you were against the vory principles that I have lwen fighting for. Being as I haven't cot room to. express mv opinions in full on this sheet I shall coma to a close. I wish vou mav change your sentiments, and if we never meet on this earth I hope to meet you in hea ven j and unless vou do change I am sure we never will meet m heaven, for there is no place for a rebel. Your brother, John Brown versus Washington. A Western paper says : The report of the Washington Monument Association shows that during the last twelve months the popular contributions have reached the extraordinary amount of $11. At first sight this may seem ridiculously in significant as the contribution of a nation towards a monument lor Washington ; but after-reflection will convince any one that this is a royal amount, considering the people by whom it was given. The fact is that Washington has flayed out among a majority in the North. When John Urown made his appearance with his wagon load of pikes and rifles, and had .shot two or three people, at Harper's Ferry, Wa?nington sank into insignificance, much as stars disappear when the sun rises. Iu addition to other reasons why Washington has sunk so low that he is estimated at only 11 per annum in depreciated currency, is that he owned ni-rqrers. 1 he conditions of things have much changed since his time. Then it was respectable to own negroes ; now it js the thing, according to New England fashionables and the elegant Tilton, of the Independent, to be owned by a negro. If a man has a negro master, and will work hard for .him, and is willing to give up his own service ; aud manhood in his master s is disposed to give him country,, time, life, everything, then is he a modern patriot ot the loftiest character. If Washington had been the obedient chattel of some full-blooded African, and for his sake had fought the battles of the revolution, had frozen at Valley Forge, and bled at York town, then would the present generation have erected him a monument higher than the tower of Babel. John Brown put on the collar of his negro master and marched gallantly to death via Harpers Ferry. Start two subscription papers in the North, one for a monument to George Washington, and the other to the illiterate old reprobate who was hanged tor murder in Virginia, and tho Utter would get a hundred dollars as often as the former would get a cent. The Seutiinent of the South. Judge Bingham of La Orange, Georgia, who was n candidate for Congress, thus ex presses himself in regard to the test oath : The pecople of these counties know the Bentiments 1 entertain in regard to the res toration of the civil authority of the Stato to the exercise of their functions. I have no concealments to make on this Important subject. Speaking about it, before I had any expectation of becoming a candidate for vour suffrages in this election, I used the loiiowing language : "Tho Constitution of the United' States secures to every citizen the right to personal liberty, personal security and private pro perty : and, being the organic law, it is bind ing alike upon the President, the Congress and all." My views have not charrged sinco they were thus expressed. The war is over. The occupation of the soldier is gone. Let the American Constitution resume its sway alike over us all, in all parts of the country. The civil -walks of Ufa should not bo blocked up wim uiB muiDg reiics oi strue ; nor snouid the irregular tribunals of the camn be per mitted to domiuil themselves in peaceful vaiieys. I opposed the secession of Georgia from the Union ; but, I nevertheless regret to see that tee have a candidate for Congress in this District who commends himself by saying ne thinks tie can take the Test Uath to watch fie specially refers. Speaking for ran self. dm hat ready fo icriie Traitor over the graves of the honored dead. I could not, if I could, thus insxdt the survivors of ihe recent severe conflict oj arms, ; Pope Pius IX., who is Be venty-threo years old, reached the nineteenth year of his pon tificate on the 16th of "September. Or the two hundred and fifty nine Popes recognized by the Catholic Church, eight alone have it - i- 1 TVI TV worn ine iiara as long as hub i-x. From the Chicago Timts.1 SIFFEItl-N ti AH A IIASE OF KUF- EltAliE. A New England newspaper ia discuss ing what the nation has done for the ne gro, uses the following language : What has the "nation done for the negro, that it should'so complacently contemplate its work, and "not feel called upon just now to do much more?" It has suffered the ne- grf to be enslaved for nearly 'J(J years, and while boasting that this was the Jnnd of free dom and equal rights, it has huffered its na tional capital to be disgraced during all that time by the auction blocks and tlave pens of the barbarous institution. for nearly vu years it never by any .auonai act recog nized the freedom oi me negro, or even au ra itted his manhood. For nearly JQ years the greed of gain and the shack fes of com merce have bound the nation, and made it the servant of slavery. There are many honest people in New Enirland and elsewhere zealots who range themselves under the flag of Wen dell Phillips who, in their intense anx iety to do something for the negro, to compensate him for his century of servi tude, overlook everything which lies be tween the present condition of the coun try aud the end which they so ardently desire. These people believe citizenship and all its benefits to be the right of the negro aj an offset to his slavery. Waiving all discussion as to the right of the General Government to extend suf frage to the negroes of the various States, let us look at the matter simply with' ref erence to the rights aud the qualifications of the negro for suffrage. lucluded in the latter will, as a matter of course, be the interests cf the other classes compos ing this nation. The right of the negro to political equality is based upon his suffering as a slave. It is claimed for him as a compen sation, a something which the nation owes him for so long holding him in bondage. It is an extremely doubtful logic which makes the right to vote a reward for un deserved suffering. Why the right of suffrage in such a case, Dy more than a quarter-section of land, or a house aud lot in some valuable locality ? But has the negro earned any frreat rer ward by his endurance of slavery ? As good a way as any to settle this question would be to compare the 4.000,000 freed nien in this country with the condition of a like number of. their own countrymen in Africa. If it be suffering for 4..00, 000 Africans not to be eating their own children ; not to be engaged in devil-worship; not to be ceaselessly waging cruel and sanguinary wars; not to be sunk to the very lowest depths of ignorance, cru elty and barbarism, then have our freed- nic-n suiiered. It it be Buliermg for those 4,000.000 men to find themselves away from their savage homes, to find them selves possessed of a knowledge of Chris tianity, of habits of industry, of an appre ciation of the family relation, and of the elements of civilization, then their suffer ing is of the severest kind. But if all this be not suffering; if it be a blessing to the negro; if it have elevated him and conferred upGn hiui the inestimable gift of Christianity. then do we fail to see tho reward" to which he is entitled. His condition as a slave has secured his elevation as a man. To-day Christianity fchould credit American slavery f jr 4,000,- 000 converts; an t who, without Ameri can slavery, would haVe been in Africa. wallowing in the mire-of barbarism. Thus much for reward. In the civilization and Christianization of the American negro, is found, a dozen times over, compensa tion for his servitude. Having shown that the negro ia already in receipt of his reward for his century of slavery, we might appropriately drop the further discussion ot the matter. But al lusion will be made to tho second divis ion of the question. It might be admit ted that a political equality is a reward for suffering; and it might further be ad mitted that the negro had earned a right to this reward ; and then it should "be withheld, because of his lack of mialifiea- iions. xmmeasuraoiy as is tne negro oi j . ! T t t .1 ,! this country removed from his original barbarism, he is still far behind the aver age intelligence required to handle the ballot. Put. the ballot in the hands of tho Southern negro, and it would simply add to the power f demagogues. The vote of the negro would not represent his interests, but simply the wishes of some superior mind. . Ihe nation has already done all it can for the negro. It has accumulated a mon strous debt, sacrificed a-million of lives, and deranged its industry to'an extent which half a century will not repair. It has given the negro freedom, and that is all that he can at present appreciate and use with safety to others. If ho would have more, let him earn his right to and show his fitness for it Then the nation may accord him privileges which it now wisely, both for its own sake and that of the negro, is compelled to withhold. Libel Suit. Gcrritt Smith has cora- menced sutfc for libel asainst the Chkazo Tribune for saying that he feigned insanity at the ume ot the John Brown trial, to escape responsibility, and that ho keptnp the pretense until after Lincoln was inaugu rate. He had better own up to being insane, and e3Cape the infamy of reputed association or sympathy with old Brown. . . ia. One Good Act. President Johnson has removed the interdict which Stanton imposed npon the Protestant Episcopal clerjrr of Alabama, and now they are, permitted to pcaectuijy pursue their sacred duties, There are four million Roman Catholics in the United States. Thev have 102 or-' pnan asviums, where they educate some 7,000 orphans, and have over 100 benevolent and charitable societies, and 28 hospitals. They have also 97' lijbrary institutes for youna: men ; 212 female academies, and 303 free schools for 27,940 males, and 327 schools torz,01 lemales.- The Cincinnati Gazette abuses, and the Washington Chronicle copies the abuse of lion . U. li. Vallandigham ot Uhio, lor De livering a lecture upon the Bible in aid of a new Lutheran Church of IMyton, whose pas tor was dismissed from his old Society for voting for Mr. Yatlandigham his friend, paator and neighbor for Governor. And this is called a Christian age." . ,... 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