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ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
Wednesday, July 20, I860.
bo that they were actuated now with no object T the two ladies, their children and a servant of
The Philadelphia National Convention.
The Fulton County Meetln* Yesterday.
Atlanta, July 21,1366.
In response torthe call for a meeting of the
citizens of Fulton county to select delegates to
represent them in the State Convention, to be
holden in this city on next Saturday, a num-
l>er of citizens assembled at the City Hall on yes
terday at 12 o’clock.
The medic g was called to order by Col. W.
M. Lowry, who proposed the name of Ex-Gov.
Brown for chairman of the meeting, which mo
tion was seconded, and that gentleman unani
mously chosen as a presiding officer.
On motion, V. P. Sisson, Esq., was requested
to act as Secretary.
Upon taking his seat as chairman of the meet
ing, Ex-Gov. Brown said:
FcV/tw- Citizen* :
While I have no wish to enter again into poli
tics or public life. I am not an indifferent observ
er of passing events, and in view of the impor
tance of the proposed movement, I cannot de
cline the honor which you tender by inviting
me to preside over your deliberations. Notwith
standing all our past troubles, reverses and mis
fortunes, and our present anomalous condition,
when it is denied that we are either in or out of
the Union, I am still a Georgian—still an Ameri
can citizen—still love the land of my birth the
best—still venerate the Constitution of our Fa
thers, and ardently desire to see it maintained in
its original purity, integrity and spirit.
In common with at least nine-tenths of the peo
ple of the South, I have acquiesced in the results
of the war in good faith, and am determined, come
what may to maintain that faith unsullied. I
have, since the war ended, sworn to support, not
only the Constitution, but the union of the States.
This I will do to the utmost of my ability, and
this I will constantly advise the people of my
State to do, as by the amnesty oath they have
engaged to do.
The people of the South once thought they could
best maintain the principles of the Constitution
by secession from the Union. The experiment
was tried and proved a disastrous failure. In
future the principles of the Constitution must be
maintained only in the forum of reason. There
the friends of constitutional liberty must meet
its opponents, and there the battle must be fought.
Though the South must be numerically inferior
for all future time, let not, her people de
spair, but let them go to work in good earnest,
to repair the breach, and build up the country ;
and let them especially educate tlieir sons and
daughters to the highest degree in their power,
and when in the forum of reason, the great bat
tle of constitutional liberty is fought, they will
have no cause to blush at their inferiority. Who
ever in future as in the past exhibits the most in
tense patriotism, and attains the highest degree
of statesmanship—whether he were bom North
or South—may justly aspire to honorable dis
tinction, and to leadership. This cannot fail to
be the case so long as a republican government
is maintained. In this view, dark as the future
looks, I will not despond, hut will still hope that
its developements may unfold in the bosoms of
the great mass of the American people, a return
ing sense of justice and even of liberality.
The gallantry and manhood displayed on the
battle field in vindication of Southern honor, af
fords the most satisfactory guarantee to every
thinking, impartial man North, who understand
human nature, that tjiohpnoruble pledges of ac
quiescence given by the people of the South, will
be observed in the utmost good faith ! A truly
brave man is never a hypocrite, ah'd his pledges
arc never wilfully broken. By these pledges we
have agreed as one of the results of the war, that
the freedom of the colored race shall beguaran-
tced. The State of Georgia, in common with
other Southern States, lias enacted laws which,
give them ample protection of life, liberty, and
property. I believe those laws are now, as a gen
eral rule, faithfully aud impartially executed. This
must be done, and equal and even-handed jus
tice must be meted out to them by every indi
vidual, and in every judicial tribunal. In their
present status this is their right, and this is our
duty. This is the ouly path of safety, as it is the
only way to avoid a war of races, which must
result in unnumbered woes, aud untold misery.'
And while we cannot accord to the negro race
social or political equality, I believe it is the fixed
purpose of nineteen-twentieths of the people of
Georgia, to see that they have legal equality, and
that justice and equity be constantly administer
ed to them. That this is our purpose will soon
be understood by the people of the North, in
spite of the imprudence of a small minority of
our own people, and the numerous misrepresen
tations, and exaggerations which we see daily
made in some of the newspapers of the North
ern States. This, in my opinion, is all that will
be required upon sober second thought, when
reason has triumphed over passion in the bosoms
of the mass of the people of the Northern and
Western States.
It seems to me, therefore, to be eminently
proper for the conservative men of all the States,
who intend in good faith, to restore the Union
and maintain the principles of the Constitution;
whatever may have been their positions on the
great questions now forever settled by the war, to
meet together in council, shake hands over the
buried pash and do all in their power to promote
re-union, harmony of sentiment, and concert of
action. To such a council they are now sum
moned, and I think every State, North and South,
East and West, should be represented by its
wisest, mo6t conservative, and best men, without
regard to past political opinions. We want no
hotspurs there; no restless, ambitious politician;
no one whose supreme object is not the good of
the whole country.
The most patriotic President of the United
States,the able and experienced Secretary of State,
and others promineutly connected with the Gov
ernment, whose patriotism has risen above all sel
fish considerations, are understood to favor the
Convention, and to desire that all the States be
represented. Let it be so then.
A word as to the kind of delegates we should send.
I do not tnink it expedient that those who were
prominent as politicians, or in the field, should go
to the Convention, or seek prominent position in
connection with the Government, so long as
thrre is any dispute about the terms of the resto-
but the good of the South in her present unfor
tunate position. He wanted plain, sensible men
sent, who coold meet the people of the North,
many of whom are known to be our friends,
calmly and dispassionately, and advise with them
as to what can be done.
V. A. Gaskill, Esq., was called upon to ad
dress the meeting, but excused himself
CapL Henry Jackson delivered a brief but per
tinent speech, in which he expressed an earnest
wish that Georgia should be represented in that
Convention. We have been estranged from the
people of the North for years, and as we are to
have a common country in future, no harm, but
a vast deal of good, may result from a free ex
pression of opinion in the proposed meeting at
Philadelphia. To that end, he hoped good men
would be selected for the mission. Captain Jack
son’s remarks were well received by the meeting.
Maj. Steele being called upon for his views,
excused himself by stating that they had already
been freely given through the journal with which
he was connected.
A brief address then followed from Mr. Shew-
make, who was hopeful that good would result
from the proposed convention.
Dr. James P. Hambleton being present, was in
vited to express his views on the matter for
which the meeting had assembled, bnt excused
himself on the ground that he entertained opin
ions somewhat dissimilar from the majority ol
the meeting present, and it was, perhaps, proper,
for the sake of harmony, that he should not ex
press them. He hoped that good might come
of the proposed convention.
Mr. Demurest was willing to do all that an
honorable people could do, bat had doubts if any
thing could be accomplished for the good of the
South by the meeting at Philadelphia.
A brief address followed from H. R Myers,
Esq., who was firm in the belief that the South
had much to hope for from the conservative
masses in the North, who are now combatting
the radicals, and it was our duty to give them all
the assistance in our power. He knew that the
conduct of the radical element now in power
was obnoxious to a large part of the republican
party, much less the conservative masses at the
North, who are in warm sympathy with the South
in her present condition. He was a Northern man,
and knew the hearts of that people; the South
has friends not a few among them, and we should
not hesitate a moment to send delegates to the
Convention. We can gain nothing by “ master
ly inactivity ” now—it is not the policy for us
to pursue. Let us exhibit an earnest disposition
to meet them in council, and great good may re
sult from it.
At this juncture, the Committee of Thirteen
returned to the meeting with the following re
port, which was read by the Chairman, Colonel
Lowry:
REPORT.
The committee to whom was referred the duty
of preparing business for the action of the meet
ing, beg leave to report the following preamble
and resolutions, aud recommend their adopti
This meeting—believing that in unity there is
strength, and that in the assembling together ot
the people of every State, Territory, and District,
embraced in the American Republic, through
delegates appointed by district conventions and
or the States at large, principles will be pro
claimed, a policy recognized, aud patriotic efforts
be made, by and through which the President’s
policy of Southern Restoration will prevail;
constitutional government be attained; and peace
and prosperity under a restored “Union” again
bless the land—cordially endorses the movement
made for a National Union Convention to be
held in Philadelphia on the 14th proximo, and
in order that this Congressional District may be
represented in said Convention, adopts the fol
lowing resolutions:
First. Resolved, That the County ot Fulton
will be represented in the Seventh Congressional
District Convention, to be held in the city of At
lanta, on Saturday, the 28lh instant, for the pur
pose of nominating delegates to the proposed
National Union Convention, at Philadelphia, and
that this meeting now proceed to select three del
egates to said District Convention.
Be it resolved further, That sai^^)istrict Con
vention be authorized to adopt such a scheme
for the selection of delegates to represent the
State at large as to them shall be deemed most
likely to accomplish that purpose.
Upon motion, the report of the commitee was
unanimously adopted.
The chair requested the views of the meeting
as to the manner of selecting three delegates to
represent Fulton county in the District Conven
tion, when it was moved that names be put in
nomination and the sense ot the meeting taken
on each one separate y. The following names
were then proposed and chosen as the delegates
to represent Fulton county:
Maj. J. H. Steele.
Hon. William Ezzard.
Hon. Richard F. Lton.
There being no further business before the
meeting, after the adoption of a motion request
ing the city papers to publish the proceedings, it
adjapraed. J. E. Brown, Chairman.
V. P. Sisson, Secretary.
ration, or the reconstruction of the Union. We
have conservative men who are no more true to
the Government now than most of the class just
mentioned, but who are more acceptable to the
people of the North. Then let those ot us
who belong to the class first designated re
main in private life, and send them, and let the
affections of our people go with them, heart and
soul, and let us all do our utmost to promote
restoration, harmony, and reunion.
It was then moved and seconded that the H>»ir
appoint a committee of thirteen to prepare mat
ter for the consideration of the meeting, when
the following names were announced as that
committee:
William M. Lowry, Chairman.
James M. Calhoun,
Jared I. Whitaker,
E. F. Hoge,
Richard F. Lyon,
J. W. Price, ^
Thomas Haney,
William Ezzard,
T. S. Powell,
E. J. Roche,
W. W. Clayton,
L. C. Wells,
John Flynn,
The committee retired to an adjoining room
for the purpose ot performing the duty assigned
them, when the meeting was entertained by short
addresses from several gentlemen. In response
to a call made upon him, Colonel G. W. Ad»ir
stated that he hoped and believed that much
good would result from the proposed Convention
at Philadelphia, and he was in favor of sending
men of conservative sentiments to represent the
State of Geoigia in that Convention. He did not
care what their past political position had been.
Spirit or the New York Press.
The World ridicules the folly of the General
Government in paying two sets ot agents at the
South—one to do the plundering in the collec
tion ot the unconstitutional tax upon cotton, to
the amount ot millions of dollars—the other to
do the pouring out of a like amount through the
Freedmen’s Bureau for the relief of the desti
tute.
The World, under the heading of the “Radi
cal Attempt to Blarney the Irish Vote,” exposes
what it calls the dirtiest piece of demagoguing
which the country has lately witnessed. This is
the attempt of the Tribune to discredit President
Johnson with the Irish citizens of the United
Slates on account of his having enforced the
neutrality laws that were violated by the Fenian
invasion of Canada. The World asks, why do
not the Radicals repeal the neutrality laws if
they truly desire to forward the Fenian projects ?
Their majority in Congress is overwhelming.—
The clamor mendacious which assails President
Johnson for executing a law which they can at
any moment repeal.
We find in the columns of the World, a notice
of the death of James Hamilton Couper, of this
State, in which is mentioned as a rare instance the
fact that Mr. C. was one who, living in retire
ment and almost in seclusion, without the incen
tive of association with men of intellect and cul
tivation, improved and cultivated his own mind
to a high degree. In the Greek, Latin, and
French languages he was a proficient—was well
versed in literature and history, his attainments
in all branches of mathematics were of a high
order—his knowledge of natural history and ge
ology was thorough and complete. In the year
1838 the steamer Pulaski was wrecked on the
coast of North Carolina, while on her way from
Savannah and Charleston to New York. The
ill-fated boat was crowded with passengers from
the South, most of whom were coming to pass
the summer at the North. Mr. Couper was on
board, and had under his care two ladies, with
their children, one of them the daughter of ex-
Govemor King, of New York. At the time of
this disaster, by which so many perished, the
scene was one of appalling horror; the vessel
had broken m two parts; hundreds of men, wo
men, and children were clinging to the wreck;
or, having been thrown into the sea by the part
ing vessel, were endeavoring to regain it by
swimming.
of one the mate of the steamer took command,
Mr. Couper of the other. Each was filled with
passengers. Mr. Couper took into his boat the
ladies and children whom he had in charge. As
they approached the shore, both boats were over
whelmed by the breakers. All, or nearly all, of
the persons in one of the boats were drowned;
but Mr. Couper, who was an able swimmer, by
exertions almost superhuman—for he returned
more than once into the surf—brought to shore
one of the ladies, besides others who were in the
boat An account of the loss of the Pulaski,
written by Mr. Conper, is printed in White’s
“Statistics^of Georgia,” and is as remarkable for
its purity of style as for the slight allusions to his
own share in the calamity.
In the World is copied a letter of the Wash
ington correspondent of the Chicago Tribune,
who revives an old illustration of the beauties ot
protective tarifls. It seems that during the last
week ot the discussion of 31 r. 3Iorrill’s bill there
was an almost constant struggle among the
friends of protection, that each might get his
own special interest protected at the expense of
any and all others. The result was a series of
scuffles for higher duties more or less successful
for the parties engaged. But to the illustration
from Fonblanqne’s story of the monkeys in the
old Zoological Gardens of London, which runs
thus: “The monkeys in Exeter ’Change used to be
confined in a row of narrow cages, each of which
had a pan in the centre of its front for the tenant’s
food. When all the monkeys were supplied
with their messes it was observable that scarcely
any one of them ate out of his own pan. Each
thrust his arm through the bars and robbed his
right or left hand neighbor. Half what was so
seized was spilled and lost in the conveyance ;
and while one monkey was so nnprofiatably en
gaged in plundering, his own pan was exposed
to similar depredations. The mingled knavery
and absurdity was sbockingly human.”
The News points out a rather strange result of
Radical meddling. The negroes among the
Choctaws and Chickasaws, formerly held as
slaveSj and by a late treaty incorporated into the
respective tribes, are to have and enjoy all the
rights, privileges and immunities enjoyed by the
Choctaws aDd Chickasaws themselves, including
a forty acre farm and the right of tribal suffrage.
The funny part of it is, that while the negro, as
negro, can claim the benefit of the Civil Rights
bill, as the Choctaw he can’t. In becoming an
Indian, one of the real original Jacobses, he
ceases to be a citizen of the United States, and
gets beyond the pale of Radical philanthropy.
The Times has a letter from Washington dated
July 15th, over the signature ot “R.” As it is
placed in the editorial columns it is to be pre
sumed to be from Mr. Raymond the editor and
member of Congress. 3Ir. R. was in both the
the late Radical caucuses. He says in his letter
that most of the leading and reflecting Radicals
in Congress take this view of the political future:
If the fall elections result in the choice of North
ern Democrats enough to constitute, when adedd
to the members from Southern States, a majority
of the House, they assume that this majority,
thus constituted, will claim to be the Congress,
and will act according, and that they will be re
cognized by the President as the body to which
he will send his message, and whose sessions he
will, if the necessity should arise, protect by mil
itary force. They assert, on the other hand, that
the Union members from the loyal States—if
they constitute a majority from those States—
will claim to be the only legal Congress, and
will, if necessary, invoke an insurrection of the
people to maintain them in that position. They
do not in the least conceal their purpose, in the
event of a collision, to appeal to force, and to
“drive the rival Congress, with the President and
his Cabinet and supporters, into the Potomac,”
to use the language of one of the ablest and most
sincere of tlieir number.
The Express under the caption of “Shrieks for
Freedom,” records the fact that the radical, ja
cobin journals in 3Iissouri are just now having
a good deal to say about sympathy for Italy in
her struggle with Austria. Civil and religious
freedom are on the Italian side, we are told.
That is the way they talk and write. The way
they act, is seen in a religious persecution in
in their own State as wicked as anything Aus
tria was ever guilty of. We never heard of Aus
tria, bad as she is, arresting Sisters of Charity for
not having political opinions of a particular pat
tern.
The Express calls attention to what it desig
nates the very remarkable letter of 31r. Ray
mond, the editor of the Times,
ed remarks and proceedings of
caucus, and adds that it is clear,
revelations, as well as from the open avowals of
Mr. Boutwell, of Massachusetts, that these Ja
cobins intend, if they carry the October and No
vember elections, to turn the President out, un
der a mock impeachment, and then, if they lose
the elections, to hold on to power by revolution.
The Washington correspondent of the World
says that the lobby has mounted Congress like a
set of hounds, and are protesting against an ad
journment until more of their swindling schemes
are passed. They claim that they will put off
the adjournment.
There were over eight hundred deaths in the
city of New York during the week, an increase
of three hundred and thirty four over the previ
ous week. There were one hundred and forty-
five funerals on Monday last. In ordinary times
fifty being the daily average.
Attorney General Speed sent his resignation
to the President on the 16th. The President im
mediately telegraphed to Hon. Henry Stansbury,
of Kentucky, proffering him the appointment.
3Ir. S. was nominated some time ago for the
vacant position on the Supreme Bench, but Con
gress passed a bill to reduce the number of judges
and thus destroyed the office to which he was ap
pointed.
In the caucus at Washington, held by the rad
ical members of Congress, Mr. 31orrill, of Ver
mont, said he was willing to remain m session if
it would do any good, but he thought we could
very easily finish our business, and he was satis
fied there was no reason for sitting till December.
It was clear that no rebel Congress could be
brought into power before next March, when this
Congress would expire, but after that he was
satisfied that the rebels would be brought in by
fair means or foul, bnt we can do nothing about
this until the time comes.
The committee of finance in the House of
Representatives say in their report that many of
the National banks which were converted from
State banks do not make proper exertions to
withdraw their old circulation, and in many in
stances pay it out, and take measures to keep it
in circulation, thereby receiving the benefit of
the old circulation, and at the same time of the
national currency notes received from the bureau
of the Comptroller. And adds that it is quite a
common practice of the national banks in New
Jersey, and in the interior of the State of New
York, to pay out their State bank issues.
Of the exercises of Thursday evening, I can
speak from personal observation, with much
pleasure, having seen all of that evening; and
it is saying bat the truth when I say, that under
all the disadvantageous circumstances which
they had to act their parts, all acquitted them
selves in the handsomest possible manner.
Where all did so well, it would seem invidious
to particularize : but it is no disparagement to
any others for me to notice more particularly the
original address, prepared for the occasion, de
livered by Wm. M. Watson, one of the students;
and I trust I will be'pardoned for so doing.—
The subject of this address was “An Eulogy on
the late Lamented Major General Patrick R Cle
burne.” This address was well tinMBd, admira
bly conceived, happily written, and handsomely
delivered; and to be properly appreciated it
must either be heard or read; and many do
wish most sincerely that it may be published.—
One elderly gentleman, whose locks have been
silvered by more than two score winters, and
who was once a soldier, said publicly that he
could not refrain from tears daring its delivery.
It was conceived and written in a style inoffen
sive to the most inveterate hater of the cause for
which he fought, while at the same time, it exci
ted the tenderest emotions, as well as a pride,
and an exquisite delight in the breast of every
true Confederate soldier. It was, in a word,
what eulogies seldom are, a true portraitive of
the character of the immortal hero whose virtues
it embalms.
If I had time and space, I would delight -in
commenting upon tlge short, bnt appropriate ad
dresses, delivered after the close of the school ex
ercises that evening,^y R A. Clayton and E. L.
Litchfield, Esqrs. Suffice it to say, that they
abounded in sage advise and practical sugges
tions, upon which the Southern people would do
well to act in this, the most important epoch in
their history—one pregnant with greater conse
quences than any ot ,any previous date. But to
return to the cause of education. There is no
reason why schools of the highest grade should
not be established and maintained in Acworth.—
The pure water and wholesome atmosphere of
this region, with the clearly “manifest destiny”
of Acworth as the not far distant center of a
most important gold mining interest, point to
tnis as a permanent seat ot learning; and it is
hoped that this community will not be slow to
appreciate the indefatigable efforts of the pres
ent worthy principal of their Male and Female
School, to put upon a firm basis such an institu
tion, and they will be by a
Quondam Teacher.
Acworth, Ga., July 19,1866.
meeting In Newton Comity.
The citizens of Newton county met at the
court house on Saturday, July 21st. Hon. J. B.
Summers called to the Chair, and W. A. Harp
appointed Secretary.
3sS>The meeting was addressed by Hon. W. W
Clark, and Col. H. D. Capers, who endorsed the
general purpose had in view by calling the Na
tional Convention at Philadelphia, and urged the
sending of delegates to represent this county in
the District Convention, called to meet at Ma
con on the 25th proximo,
A committee on resolutions presented the fol
lowing, which were unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That we concur in the policy of
President Johnson for the reconstruction of the
Union, and the Constitutional rights of the
States.
Resolved, That the firm, conservative, patriotic
course of President Johnson, in antagonism to
the fanatical Radical party in power, merits the
approval ot every lover of Constitutional liberty,
Resolved, We will send tour delegates to meet
in convention at Macon, on the 25th instaDt, to
select delegates to represent the Fourth Congres
sional District of this State, and to arrange for
the proper representation of the State in the
Philadelphia Conyention.
On motion, the following gentlemen were
elected to represent the county in the District
Convention: Hon. W. W. Clark, Col. H. D. Ca
pers, E. Steadman, Esq., N. P. Hunter, Esq.
On motion, jy^as determined to publish the
ILLI-
Thau Art God Alone.
While standing on the ocean's shore.
And gazing o’er the deep.
Watching the billow’s seething foam.
While storms their revels keep;
Mv soul is filled with solemn awe
Wnile listening to their tone.
And David's word came o’er my mind.
Lord, “Thou art God alone.
In all of Nature's mighty works.
The forests’ gloomy shade.
The giant mountain's granite sides,
AlfNature’s vast arcade—
Thv praise in many a varied way
To speak are ever prone.
We listening hear it all around.
Yes, '• Thou art God alone."
Thou 'gravest it in living words
Upon our inmost soul.
When dire misfortune’s blast is heard.
And clonds of anguish roll;
From out the thick and murky clouds
We hear Thy gentle tone—
“ Fear not, I'm with the to thee end.
For I am God alone.”
Take courage, trembling, fearful saint.
Though hosts of hell combine.
The Lord of heaven is God alone.
That is ever thine ;
He’ll shield and guide thee, by and by.
Will claim thee as his own;
When Nature sinks he’ll raise thee up.
For he is God alone.
and to motion^^^wgA determined to publish
Uhron^^faS^lmel^
ir, IroiireiWIW^ .
Examination and Exhibition of the Ac-
worth Stale and Female School.
Mr. Editor : I very mnch regret that an ear
lier opportunity has not presented itself, tor me
to notice the examination and exhibition exer
cises of this school on the 4th, 5th, and 6th in
stant,
Circumstances were such that I could not at
tend the examination exercises on the afternoon
of Wednesday, the 4th, and on the forenoon of
Tuesday, the 5th instant, bnt many who did at
tend, testify that the students acquitted them
selves in a manner highly creditable to them
selves, as well as to the skill, ability and assidu
ity of the teachers, Capt. R Mitchell and Mrs.
Butler, who have presided, with so mnch care
over the destinies of this school during the past
session.
For an account of the exhibition exercises on
Friday evening, the 6th, I most rely to a very
great degree, upon the judgment of others, not
being able, (in consequence of the density of the
There were but two small boats; crowd, and the lateness of my arrival, which
was caused by circumstances entirely beyond
my control,) to obtain a position where I could
either see or hear anything, with any degree of
accuracy; therefore, I must confine my remarks
mainly to the exhibition and declamation exer
cises of Thursday evening, the 5th. I will state,
however, before proceeding further, that the ex
hibition exercises of Friday evening, are said,
by competent judges, to have been conducted in
the most satisfactory manner.
J. B. Summers, Chairman.
W. A. Harp, Secretary.
f COMMUNICATED.]
Looking to the assembling of the Philadelphia
National Convention as an event pregDant with
consequences of vast importance to the interests
of the American Union, and to the interests of
the South especially, as a friend and advocate of
this movement, I venture to make, through the
columns of your valuable journal, a suggestion
in regard to the appointment of delegates for
this, the Seventh Congressional District of Geor
gia. In the prudent and sensible language of
Ex-Governor Brown, “I do not think it expedi
ent that those who were prominent as politicians
or in the field, should go to the Convention.”—
Moderate men, who took no active part in the
rebellion, but whose interests and sympathies are
and were with the South, and who believe the
prosperity and well being of the Southern States
can be best promoted by a reconstruction of the
Union on its primitive constitutional basis, are
the men who should be sent to the Convention
Such I believe to be the qualifications of our
fellow-townsman, H. C. Barrow, Esq. A law
yer by profession; a man of eminent literary and
scientific attainments; moderate in his political
opinions; firm and calm in action; a Georgian
by birth, in feeling and interest; for years con
nected with the press of the country, I deem him
peculiarly fitted and qualified for the position
and commend him to the favorable consideration
ot the Convention for the Seventh Congressional
District, to meet in this city on the 28th instant.
Fulton.
Arrival of tbe San Salvador from New
York—At Quarantine, witb Cholera on
Board.
The steamship San Salvador, Capt. Joshua
Atkins, from New York, with four hundred and
seventy-three troops, besides a number of pas
sengers, reported to the quarantine ship at Hilton
Head at six o’clock yesterday morning. The
Captain reported that he was out of water and
had a large number of troops on board which he
desired to land and then take a clearance for
Savannah. On learning that there had been two
deaths from cholera on board, permission to land
the troops was refused, and the Captain was told
to go to Braddock’s Point, where there is a large
number of tents standing.
Captain Atkins stated that his vessel was draw
ing too much water to go to Braddock’s Point,
and he headed in the direction of Savannah. At
four o’clock p. m. Captain J. B. Rife, of the Sixth
United States Infantry, commanding post of
Hilton Head, and Brevet Major Philip C. Davis,
United States Army, started with the steamer
Sampson after the San Salvador, to prevent her
from coming to Savannah without conforming
to tbe quarantine regulations. On arriving at
Tybee, the whistle of the Sampson was blown
and the Quarantine Officer went on board. There
being no. medicine down there, the officers, on
board the Sampson took all the medicine they
had on board and famished it to the Quarantine
Officer. The Sampson was then headed for
Savannah for the purpose of informing the
Health Officer and proper authorities of the con
dition of things, and also that there was no me
dicine on board the ship except what they had
given. The Sampson arrived here about eight
o’clock last evening, and when she left the San
Salvador there had been, up to five o’clock yes
terday afternoon, but three deaths from cholera.
There were some fifteen or twenty other cases,
and their recoveiy was considered doubtful. The
cholera was confined entirely to the troops, all
of whom, sick and well, have been landed on
Tybee Island. When the Sampson left the troops
had large fires built and were fumigating their
encampment.
The steamer O. M. Petit and the steamtng E.
H. Webster went down yesterday afternoon, the
latter with provisions for the troops. We learn
by the return of these steamers that six or eight
deaths had occurred altogether since the San
Salvador left New York. The names of the
passengers by the San Salvador will be found in
another column. —Savannah News & Herald.
A spirited rowing match took place on the
first instant, at Hoboken, between the Mntnal
Club of Albany, and the Atalanta Club of New
York. Six oared outriggers were pulled over a
course of three miles, and the race was won by
the Atalanta Club, making the three miles in 18
minutes and 43 seconds.
Bold Measures of the Radicals in Missouri
to Carry the Coming Election.
The Washington correspondent of the Herald
relates the following:
A prominent citizen of 3Iissouri, and an old
friend of Mr. Johnson, called yesterday at the
White House, with 3Ir. Thomas E. Noel, to have
an interview with the President in relation to
the peculiar political oondition of the State of
Missouri. The object of these gentlemen was
to apprise the President of the fact that Gover
nor Fletcher and the radicals of the State had
boldly threatened to carry the coming election
by force of arms, and that they were organiz
ing the militia and their secret leagues for that
purpose. They stated that arms were being
shipped to different parts of the State, and that
an effort would be made to send companies of
radical militia, commanded by appointees of
Governor Fletcher, with negro troops, into the
large conservative counties, for the purpose of
deterring the people from voting, or forcing
them to vote the radical ticket in self-protection.
They asked the President whether he intended
that Governor Fletcher, 31cNeil and others like
them should have the control of the military
detpartment, and whether the people were to be
left to the mercy of Fletcher’s militia and negro
troops. The President replied that without in
tending to make any political issue with Gover
nor Fletcher, he would see that the people were
protected in the full and free enjoyment of their
civil and political rights. Mr. Noel then said:
“But suppose, Mr. President, that the citizens of
any county apply to the commander of the district
or department, and he refuses to interfere lor
their protection!” “Then apply to the Sec
retary of War,” replied the President.. “But
our people .will not apply to him,” said Mr.
Noel. “Then apply to me,” said the President;
“it is the duty of the Executive to protect all
citizens of the United States from violent inter
ference while in the enjoyment of their rights
as citizens.”
Mr Noel further said that the conservative
Union party in Missouri was composed mainly
of stern and unflinching Union men, who were
loyal from patriotism, but refused to turn the re
sults of the war into porsecution for their own
benefit; that of the men whose loyalty has been
tried, the conservaties have twenty thousand ma
jority in the State, and that the purpose of the
Radicals was to secretly commit outrages upon
Union men and raise a cry of “Bushwhackers,”
to justify bringing a hostile force to overawe
and drive out peaceable citizens, and in the large
conservative counties to prevent elections being
held or destroy the poll books after the vote.
The interview was cordial and frank, and the
President’s responses clear and unmistakable.
Tying the Presidential Hands.
Short-sighted and petty indeed must be the
minds of public men who cannot see that dis
gust rather than satisfaction will be excited by
their efforts to forbid. President Johnson’s exer
cising the executive right of removal from office,
iu the interval between the present session of
Congress and the next. The matter was
throughly discussed in an early Administration,
and the President’s prerogative, derived, like
the legislative authority of Congress, from the
Constitution, was then conceded on all sides.
Since then the practice has abundantly confirm
ed that early decision of the men who took part
in the framing of the Constitution and in setting
it in operation. At first the power of removal
by the President extended to judicial as well as
executive officers of the Government: but that
was afterwards changed, the reason being that,
since the President was responsible to the coun-
tiy only for the conduct of the Executive depart
ment of the Government, and not of the judi
cial, much less of the Legislative, he ought to
have and should have an absolute power of re
moval.
In Jackson’s Administration the hampering
process was again tried, and a great stir was
made over his removal of Secretary Duane;
but after all the debate and excitement, it was
conceded by leaders in the Opposition, like Mr.
Webster, that President Jackson had exercised
no other right than one which was his under
the Constitution. But the restless and reckless
Radicals of to-day seriously propose to L.gislate
so as to forbid President Johnson’s making a
single removal 1 Was there ever so pitiful an
attempt to degrade the Presidential office ? It
can no longer be doubted, we tliiuk, that
office and power is the great end of these pro
gress-professing Radicals. For this they would
make the session permanent, if they dared. For
this they keep the eleven Southern States unrep
resented in Congress which is still called national.
For this they would peril all that is of value
within the Uuion, and trample Constitution and
laws under foot. And it is for this, too, that
the people will soon dismiss them from their
places, and summon in their stead a new class
of servants whose patriotism will be well as
sured.—Boston Post.
Sad Accident in a Steeple Chase at Ly
ons.—An unfortunate occurrence took place at
Lyons a short time since, on the occasion of a
fete given in aid of a benevolent institution.
Everything passed off favorably until the running
for a military steeple chase, in which started six
officers—Lieutenant Moussy, of the 6th Lancers,
Lieut. Riquet, of the 7th Lancer, Viscount Lejeas,
M. de Moismont, M. de Belfortes, and M. de Be-
chenec, all lieutenants in regiments of the garri
son. An artificial river was got over without dif
ficulty, but in jumping an Irish bank, which the
six competitors reached in a cluster, the horse of
M. Riquet, which was leading, stqmbled and fell,
and in a moment three others following had roll
ed over the first, and fhe four with their riders
were lying in a heap. The spectators rushed for
ward to extricate the unfortunate men, when
Lieut. Moussy was found to have been killed,
having his skull fractured; the chest of Lieut.
Ciquet was crushed by his horse falling on him,
and that officer has since died; 31. de Belfortes
had a leg broken, and the fourth, Viscount Lejeas,
escaped uninjured; one of the horses was also
killed. 31. de Moismont and M. de Beclienec
leaped safely, and the race was won by the for
mer. The remark was afterwards made by sev
eral persons that the obstacle had been disposed
in such a manner as to be dangerous, but this
could hardly have been the case, for in a previous
race for gentlemen riders, not the slightest acci
dent had occurred, and the officers themselves
had during the preceding week exercised their
horses in jumping the bank. The competitors,
stimulated by the applause of the spectators, had
probably arrived at the spot with a rush, and the
fa!leaving taken place, the other riders were un
able to check their horses or to turn them aside.
Lieut Moussy had only been recently promoted
and from his pay, helped to support his aged
mother, who resides at Valence, Drome. He had
also invited his sister to witness the race, and
she was one of the first to learn of the disaster.
Lieut. Riquet had recently been transferred from
the Chasseurs d’Afriqne, and had taken a very
active partin organizing the fete. Although he
is in a serious condition, there are yet some hopes
of recovery.—Galnignani.
v|ie FrM4fD*a , > Bui**®
The telegraph yesterday announced the veto
of the President to this second Freed men s Bu
reau Bill? and with-an impertinence unparallel
ed in the-history ot legislative assemblies, the ve
to was vetoed on the spot by both houses of Con
gress. This bill being now a law, we lay
before our readers:
An Act to continue in force ^ to amendan
Act to establish a Bureau for the relief of Freed
men and Refugees," and for other purposes.
Section 1. That the Act to establish a Bureau
for the relief of freedmen and refugees, approved
March third, eighteen hundred and sixty nve,
5con£« i,fforce for tbe tern of two years
from and after the passage ot this Act
Sec. 2 That the supervision aud care ot said
Bureau shall extend to all loyal relugees aud
freedmen, so far as the same shall be necessary
to enable them as sqeedily as P™**®^ 1 * J®
come self-supportiug citizens of the United States,
and to aid them in making the freedom confei-
red by proclamation of the Commander in Chief,
by emancipation under the laws of the States;
and by constitutional amendment, available to
them and beneficial to the Republic.
Sec. 3. That the President shall, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint
two Assistant Commissioners, in addition to those
authorized by the Act to which this is 3n amend
ment, who shall give bonds and receive the same
annual salaries provided in said Act, and each of
the Assistant Commissioners ot the Bureau shall
have charge of one district containing such relu-
eees or freedmen, to be assigned him by the Com
missioner, with the approval ot the President.
And the Commissioner shall, under the direc
tion of the President, and so far as the same snail
be, in his judgment, necessary for the efficient
and economical administration of the affairs ot
the Bureau, appoint such agents, clerks, and as
sistants as may be required for the proper con
duct of the Bureau. Military officers or enlisted
men may be detailed for service and assigned to
duty under this Act; and the President may, if
in his judgment think it safe and judicious to do
so, detail From the army all the officers and agents
of this Bureau ; but no officer so assigned shall
have increase of pay or allowances. Each agent
or clerk, not heretofore authorized by law, not
being a military officer, shall have an annual
salary of not less tliau five hundred dollars nor
more than twelve hundred dollars, according to
the service required ot him. And it shall be the
duty of the Commissioner, when it can be done
consistently with public interest, to appoint, as
assistant commissioners, agents and clerks,_ such
men as have proved their loyalty aud by faithful
service in the armies of the Union during the re
bellion. And all persons appointed to service
under this Act, and the Act to which this is an
amendment, shall be so far deemed in the mili
tary service of the United States as to be under
the military jurisdiction and entitled to the mili
tary protection ot the government w’hile in the
discharge of the duties of their office.
Sec. 4 That officers of the Veteran Reserve
Corps or of the volunteer service, now on duty
in the Freedmen’s Bureau as Assistant Commis
sioners, Agents, 3Iedical Officers, or in other ca
pacities, whose regiments or corps have
been or may hereafter be mustered out of ser
vice, may hie retained upon such duty as officers
of said bureau, with the same compensation as
is now provided by law for their respective
grades; and the Secretary of War shall have
power to fill vacancies until other officers can be
detailed in their places without detriment to the
public service.
Sec. 5. That the second section of the act to
which this is an amendment, shall be deemed to
authorize the Secretary of War to issue such
medical stores or other supplies and transporta
tion, and afford such medical or other aid as may
be needful for the purposes named in said sec
tion : Provided, That no person shall be deemed
“destitute,” “suffering,” or “dependent upon the
government for support," within the meaning of
this act, who is able to find employment, aDd
could, by proper industry or exertion, avoid such
destitution, suffering, or dependence.
Sec. 6. Wheieas, by the provisions of an act
approved February eixth, eighteen hundred and
sixty-three, entitled “an act to amend an act en
titled ‘act for the collection of direct taxes in in
surrectionary districts within the United States,
and for other purposes,’ approved June seveuth,
eighteen hundred and sixty-two,” certain lands
in the parishes of Saint Helena aud Saint Luke,
South Carolina, were bid in by the United States
at public tax sales, and by the limitation of said
act the time of redemption of said lauds has ex
pired ; aud, whereas, iu accordance with instruc
tions issued by President Lincoln on the sixteenth
day of September, eighteen hundred and sixty-
three, to the United States Direct Tax Commis
sioners for South Carolina, certain lands bid in
by the United States in the parish of Saint Hele
na, in said State, were, in part, sold by the said
Tax Commissioners to “heads of families of the
African race,” in parcels of not more than twenty
acres to each purchaser; and, whereas, under the
said instructions the said Tax Commissioners did
also set apart as “school farms” certain parcels
of land in said,parish, numbered on their plats
from one to thirty-three, inclusive, making an
aggregate of six thousand acres, more or less:
Therefore, be it further enacted, That the sales
made to “heads of families of the African race,”
under the instructions of President Lincoln to
the United States Direct Tax Commissioners for
South Carolina, of date of September sixteenth,
eighteen hundred and sixty-three,are hereby con
firmed and established; and all leases which have
been made to such “heads of families” by said
Direct Tax Commissioners, shall be changed
into certificates of sale in all cases wherein the
lease provides for such substitution ; and all the
lands now remaining unsold which come within
the said designation, being eight thousand acres,
more or less, shall be disposed of according to
said instructions.
Sec. 7. That all other lands bid in by the Uni
ted States at tax sales, being thirty eight thou
sand acres, more or less, and now in the hands of
the said Tax Commissioners as the property of
the United States, in the Parishes of St. Helena,
and St. Luke, excepting the “school farms,” as
specified in the preceding section, and so much
as may be necessary for militaiy and naval pur
poses at Hilton Head, Bay Point, and Land’i
End, and excepting also the city of Port Royal,
on St. Helena Island, and the town of Beaufort
shall be disposed of in parcels of twenty acres’
at one dollar and fifty cents per acre, to such
persons, and to such only, as have acquired and
are now occupying lands under and agreeable to
the provisions ot General Sherman’s special
field order, dated at Savannah, Georgia, January
sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and
the remaining lands, if any, shall be disposed of
in like manner to such persons as had acquired
lands agreeably to the said order of General
Sherman, but who have been dispossessed by the
restoration of the same to former owners: Pro
vided, That the lands sold in compliance with
the provisions of this and the preceding section
shall not be alienated by their purchasers within
six years from and after the passage of this Act.
Sf*P. ft Tllflt. flip “splinnl forma” in fha Pariah
Sun-Strokes—How They Should be
Treated.—The frequency of deaths from pro
tracted exposure to great heat of the sun at the
present time would seem to call for some re
marks on the subject.
The treatment of persons immediately killed
by sun-stroke should be in the first instance of
cold water dashed on the head and chest, fol
lowed by friction or rubbing of the back and
limbs: draughts of cold water, if it can beswal-
lowed; spirits of hartshorn, diluted with water,
laudanum and camphor water, if there be cramps
and pains; light restoratives snch as coffee and
broths. Among the protective means are sobriety,
regular hoars ot sleep and meals, the bath, by
dip or sponging the skin in the morning; light
bnt sufficient dress, the inner garment being me
rino, wool, or domestic cotton—the head to be
covered and shaded by a light, easy-fitting hat
with a wide brim. Near every building, the
walls of which are just being raised, there should
be a small temporary shed, in which the brick
layers, hod-carriers and mortar-makers can retire
for a few minutes, eveiy half hour or so, in tbe
great heat of the day, and wash their heads and
races and necks with cold water.
Pedestrians should carry unbrellas, now the
more necessary when hats nearly without brims
are all the fashion. Awnings in front of stores,
offices and shops at this season aid in saving life
and health and are real blessings, as are the
shade trees of our city.
Minnesota is about to yield another] of her
bountiful harvests.
of St. Helena, South Carolina, shall be sold, sub
ject to any leases of the same, by the Tax Com
missioners, at public auction, on or before the
first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-
seven, at not less than ten dollars per acre ; and
the lots in the city of Port Royal, as laid down
by the said Tax Commissioners, and the lots and
houses in the town of Beaufort, which are still
held in like manner, shall be sold at public auc
tion ; and the proceeds of said sales, after paying
expenses of the surveys and sales, shall be in
vested in United States bonds, the interest of
which shall be appropriated, under the direction
ol the Commissioner, to the support of schools,
without distinction of color or race, on the islands
and in the Parishes of Saint Helena and Saint
Luke.
Sec. 9. That the Assistant Commissioners for
South Carolina and Georgia are hereby author
ized to examine all claims to land in their re
spective States, which are claimed under the
provisions ot General Sherman’s Special Field
Order, and to give each person having a valid
claim a warrant upon the Direct Tax Commis
sioners for South Carolina for twenty acres of
land, and the said Direct Tax Commissioners
shall issue to every person, or to his or her heirs,
but in no case to any assigns, presenting such
warrant, a lease of twenty acres of land, as pro
vided lor in section 7, for the term of six years;
but at any time thereafter, upon the payment of
a sum not exceeding one dollar and fifty cents
per acre, the person holding such lease shall be
entitled to a certificate of sale of said tract of
twenty acres from the Direct Tax Commissioner
or such officer as may be authorized to is
sue the same; but no warrant shall be held
valid longer than two years alter the issue of the
same.
Sec. 10. That the direct Tax Commissioners
for South Carolina are hereby authorized and re
quired, at the earliest day practicable, to survey
the lands designated in section seven into lots of
twenty acres each, with proper metes and bounds
distinctly marked, so that the several tracts shall
be convenient in form, and as near as practica
ble, have an average of fertility and woodland;
and the expense of such surveys shall be paid
from the proceeds of sales of such lands, or, if
sooner required, out of any moneys received for
other lands on these islands, sold by the United
States lor taxes, and now in the hands of the di
rect Tax Commissioners.
Sec. 11. That restoration of the lands now oc
cupied by persons under General Sherman’s spe
cial field order dated at Savannah, Georgia, Jan
uary sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five,
shall not be made until the crops ol the present
year shall have been gathered by the occupants
of said lands, nor until a fair compensation shall
have been made to them by the former owners
of said lands, or their legal representatives, for
all improvements or betterments erected or con
structed thereon, and after due notice of the
same being done shall have been given by the
Assistant Commissioner. . . .
Sec 12 That the Commissioner shall have
power to seize, hold, use, lease or sell all build
ings and tenements, and any lands appertaining
to the same, or otherwise held under claim of
title by the late so-called Confederate States, and
any building or lands held in trust for the same
bv any person or persons, and to use the same
or appropriate tHe proceeds derived therefrom to
the education of the freed people; and whenever
the Bureau shall cease to exist, such oi tlie lute
co-called Confederate States as shall have made
provisions for the education of tlieir citizens,
without distinction of color, shall receive the
sum remaining uhexpenfledoi such sales or ren
tals which shaffbe distributed among fcaid States
for’the educational purposes in proportion to
their population. . .
Sec. 13. That the Commissioner ot this Bureau
shall at ail limes co-operate with private benevo
lent associations of citizens in aid ofTreednien,
and with agents and teachers, duly , accredited
and appointed by them, and shall hire or provide
by lease, buildings - dor purposes of education
whenever such-association shall, without cost to
the Government, Ri'pvule suitable teachers and
means of instruction ; and he shall furnish such
protection as may be required for the safe con
duct of such school*
Sec. 14. That in every State of district where
the ordinary course of judicial proceedings has
been interrupted by tbe rebellion, and until the
same shall he fully restored, and in every State
or district whose constitutional relations to the
Government have been practically discontinued
by the rebellion, and until such State shall have
been restored in such relation, and shall be duly
represented in tbe Congress ot' the United States,
the right to make and enforce contracts, to sue,
be parties, and give evidence, to inherit, pur
chase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and per
sonal property, and to have full and equal bene
fit of all law’s and proceedings concerning per
sonal liberty, personal security, and the acquisi
tion, enjoyment aud disposition of estate, real
and personal, including the constitutional right
to bear arms, shall be secured to and enjoyed by
all tbe citizens of such State or district without
respect to race or color, or previous condition of
slavery. And whenever in either of said States
or districts the ordinary course of judicial pro
ceedings has been interrupted by tbe rebellion,
and until the same shall be fully restored, ami
until such State shall have been restored in its
Constitutional relations to the Government, and
shall be duly represented iu the Congress of the
United States, the President shall, through the
Commissioner and the officers of the Bureau, and
other such rules and regulations as the President,
through the Secretary of War, shall prescribe,
extend military protection and have military ju
risdiction over all cases and questions concerning
the free enjoyment of such immunities and rights,
and no penalty or punishment for any violation
of law shall be imposed or permitted because of
race or color, or previous condition ot slavery
other or greater than the penalty or punishment
to which white persons may be liable by law for
the like offense. But the jurisdiction conferred
by this section upon the officers of the Bureau
shall not exist in any State where the ordinary
course of judicial proceedings bus not been inter
rupted by the rebellion, and shall cease in every
State when the Courts of the State and the Uni
ted State are not disturbed in the peaceable course
of justice, and after such State shall be fully re
stored in its Constitutional relations to the Gov
ernment, and shall be duly represented in the
Congress of the United States.
Sec. 15. That all officers, agents, employees of
this Bureau, before entering upon the duties of
their office, shall take the oath prescribed in the
first section of the act to which this is au amend
ment ; and all acts or parts of acts inconsistent
with the provisions of this act are hereby re
pealed.
From the New York Evening Post (Rep.)
’File Proposed Philadelphia Convention.
Wc have refrained hitherto from commenting
upon the proposal for a convention, but we desire
uow to say a few words about it. We remark
in the first place that the call does not come from
any party organization. It is signed by Demo
crats anil Republicans. The executive commit
tees of the two parties, whose, duty it is to call,
each for its party, a conveution, have no part in
this call; both remain silent.
The action of the Philadelphia Convention
does not, therefore, commit either of the two
parties now existing. It may attempt to form a
new party—and if politicians choose to do this,
and can do it, they have a right to do it, aud no
one can reasonably object. In our view, however,
the meeting is expedient. It is time that, in some
way, the political wishes of the ^Southern people,
or of some party among them, should be heard,
and this convention aims to secure such a hear
ing. The action of Congress, in refusing to
admit loyal Southern members to their seats, has
made such a convention, if not necessary, at least
prudent and reasonable. We imagine that part
of the dislike to the convention expressed by
such journals as the Iribune proceeds from a
consciousness of-this fact, and from the feeling,
likewise, that the Republican leaders—or, rather,
to speak more correctly, those rash men, like
Stevens and Sumner, whom the Republican ma-
S in Congress have permitted to seize the
rship of the party—have made a serious
blunder in refusing any kind of political recog
nition to any party in the Southern States since
the peace.
We believe it would have been the true policy
of the Republican leaders, as early as possible
after the disbanding of the rebel armies, to have
called a National Republican Convention, to
meet at some central and prominent point in the
Southern States, to include delegates from every
Slate, to consult as to the wisest policy to be
adopted by the party on the meeting of Congress.
Whatever views might have prevailed in such a
convention would have had the advantage of
thorough discussion by Southern men, and
around them could have been rallied a party
which would have representatives and a follow
ing in the South as well as the North.
This would have been, it seems to us, an act
of genuine statesmanship, and of shrewd and
effective political management. It w’ould have
resulted in a decided policy, which could have
been carried out at once, when Congress met.—
Instead of that, the men who were permitted to
grasp the leadership of the Republican majority
have sacrificed many benefits they might have-
gained, by their tedious delays, by an obstinate
refusal to recognize Southern loyalists, and by
the useless examination of a multitude of wit
nesses upon the condition of the Southern States
—-upon a state of things, that is to say, which
was notoriously changing from day to day, and
which was well enough known for all practical
purposes, from Southern newspapers and the re
ports of the correspondents of Northern journals.
Nor is this all; to this delay, by which many
golden opportunities for wise and effective action
were lost, these foolish leaders have added a
policy, in financial and other legislation, which,
the more it was developed, the more hateful it
has grown to the whole country. Instead of re
trenching expenses they have increased them;
instead of lessening the burden of taxation and
adjusting it more evenly to the shoulders of the
nation, they have left a mass of crude and hasty
war legislation almost untouched, and are now
engaged in a selfish and wicked attempt to pass
a most atrocious tariff bill, which will cripple
our commerce and oppress our people, only to
benefit a small class of manufacturers. Finally,
they have fastened a quarrel upon the President
whom they nominated and elected; they have
neglected to demand the enforcement of laws al
ready upon the statute book, and submitted to
see some of these laws either set aside or openly
violated, without resentment or even protest; and
they have endeavored to pass other laws and
amendments of so crude a nature that they could
not even gain the support of their obedient fol
lowers.
A party which tamely submits itself to such a
blundering leadership must expect to be ruined.
The Republican politicians appear to have for
gotten that the country is no longer at war; that
they have no longer the excuse ot urgent neces
sity for crude legislation; that the country de
mands statesmanship from them, and that it still
waits impatiently lor the resumption of the re
gular and constituted order of things, and for
economy in expenditures, for adjustment of tax
ation, and sound methods in finance. There lias
been a great gale, in which we have drifted out
of our course, and sustained some injury to the
ship. But the storm has ceased for a year; why
do we not return to our course and repair dam
ages?
Do we then approve of the Philadelphia Con
vention? We are glad it has been called, and
that it will meet. The condition of the country-
is such, owing to the blundering exclusion of the
South from Congress, that a convention of this
kind is a necessity, no matter what its constiti?-
ent parts, or its action, may be.
It may be, as some of the journals assert, that
it is a mere political scheme ; it may even be, as
some fear, that it is a copperhead device; that
does not matter; it will be a convention of dele
gates from all the States, and thus a meeting for
counsel of citizeasfrom every part of the Union.
The loyal masses wait to see what this con
vention will do; whatever it does, they will not
be moved from the determination that equal
rights to all men shall be maintained in eveiy
part of the Union, and that free speech and a.
free press shall be left to instruct the people, and
free labor and free trade to enrich them, and
local self-government to train them in the true
ways of liberty.
To Cure a Felon.—The Journal of Medicine
recommends, as a cure forthese troublesome dis
eases, that as soon as the parts begin to swell,
cloth, saturated with the tincture of lobelia,
should be wrapped around them. This kills the
felon, and is said never to rail if applied in sea
son.