THE NEW YORK PRESS.
Editorial Opinions of the Leading
Journals Upon the Most Import
ant Topics of the Hour.
COHriLBD KVEBT DAT FOB KTBN1HO 1XLBOUAPH.
(Spain, CtJU, and Tern.
From the Tribune.
The war between Spain and Chill increases in
Importance and interest by the ofTenBlve Bnd de
fensive alliance which the new Government of
Peru has concluded wltb that of Chili, and the
concomitant declaration of war by Peru against
Epain. The 'Revolutionary party of Peru, first
represented by General Canseco and subse
quently by General Prado, came into power on
the direct issue of a total reptidis'lon of the
timid, submissive attitude which the adminis
tration of the late President Pezot, in open oppo
sition to the clearly expressed wishes of the
2'rruvian Congress, had assumed towards Spain.
Jl repudiation of the treaty concluded by Pczet
"with the Spaniards, an alliance with Chili, and
a declaration of war against Bpaln, were, there
fore, regarded as inevitable the moment the
revolution in Peru had been successful.
The new Government, however, delorrod
taking these steps, in order to mate previously
omo preparations lor both aggressive and de
fensive operation". An alliuncc with Chili,
offensive and aRrepslve, was really concluded
S3 early as the 6th of Det -timber, but it was kept
secret until the ratifications by both contracting
Governments wore exchanged on the 1 1th of
January, when it was proclaimed at Lima with
jnilitary pomp and amid public accl imations.
Already the Peruvian fleet, consisting of two
friatates and two corvettes, has lett the Peruvian
Torts, in order t form a junction with the
Chilian naval lorces, consisting of the two cor
vettes Esmeralda and Cocadonya, (the latter cap
lured from the Spaniards), ftnd the steamer
JUaipu. Tho united Hoots have been ordered to
attack the fc'panisu vessels wherever they may
be mot with on the coast, so that we may expect
lo hear soon of an important naval engagement.
The Spanish naval lorces consisted, at lutest
accounts, of live frigates, ono corvette, one dls
Tpntcn boat, and one other steamer recently cap
tured from the Chilians The temporary suc
cessor of Admiral Paroia, Commodore Nunez,
las concentrated all the blockading vessels in
the port ot Valparaiso, lor tho purpose, it was
thought, ot attaching the city, but probably no
Joss with a view of meeting an attack by tae
allied fleet.
The interest taken throughout South America
In the isue of this conflict is most intense. It
was confidently h'iped that all, or, at least, most
Cf the republics represented at the late Sjuth
American Conpreas of Lima would follow the
example of Ptu. Particularly was this expected
from the United States of Colombia, in which
the enthusiasm of the peop.e, in bchall of a great
(South American alliance, and the hntred of
Hpaio, are fully us profound us in Chili ami
Peru. This republic, consisting ot nine States,
lias recently elected General Toiiias C. Mosquera,
one of the mo-'t prominent statesmen of Spanish
America, as President for the term lrora April
2, lbiiti, to April 1, lsGS. Already the Lesislatures
f several Statis of the republic have unani
jnoujly passed resolutions of sympathy with
Peru ana Chili, and clearly intimated a desire
for the conclusion of a formal alliance; and the
"well-known sentiments of Mosquera leave hardly
ny doubt that he will use his whole influence
3or the aioption of this warlike policv.
The new turn which the Spanish-Chilian war
3s thus taking bode9 no got d to Spain. While
engaged with Chili alone she has mot with a
Beries of disasters. Her prospects of success
"become, of course, considerably less the moment
J'eru unites her forces with those of Chili. And
should even Colombia and other republics join
the alliance, few peon'e, outside of Spain, will
Relieve in the possibility of a Spanish success.
-The Spanish finances have long been in a des
perate condition. One of the reasons why San
Jlomineo was abandoned was the inability of
Spain to meet the continued war expenses. The
recent insurrection in Spain and Ihe war with
Chill have made fhe financial condition still
Snore hopeless, and tbe enlargement of the war,
requiring on the part of Spain efforts
anuch greater than those already made,
cannot, of course, but hasten the collaose
"which has so locgbeen imminent. The military
jnsurruction is declared to be for the present at
an end; but with it does not end financial em
barrassment and political dissatisfaction. Both
the Spaniards and the South Americans fully
know that the sympathies of the civilized world
are all, with an almost unprecedented unanimity,
cm tho side ol the latter.
Thus the war, in its new stage, opens with
prospects very ominous to the Spaniards and
very promising to South American republi
canism. Star Worship.
From the Times.
Tho business of the Legislature of a great
country ought not to be lightly suspended, and
ehould never be suspended lor the mere purpose
of "honorina" tho servant! of that Lesislature,
no matter how illustrious or how deserving the
lecipients of such "honors" may be. We have
quietly passed over a dozen or more of such ova
tions, but the bubin:-6 is becoming a bore to
use a local vuiparism, it is "run into tha
pround." We Americans hold in lofty contempt
ihe deference to otlice and rank which prevails
In most European Governments, and we crow
vociferously over the assumption that the ever
lastingly tree aud glorious people of this repub
lic are, collectively aud individually, sovereigns
of the rim water; that we nave no baal of Kuuk
and bow to no mortal idol; and yet we are often
the most abject toadies on earth, us the record
cf the present Congress has proved.
For what reason, good reader, is tbe business
tif the United States Congress suspended when
Lieutenant-Ger.eral Grant happens to dro into
cither House? Who made Mr. Grant a lieutenant
general? Why, Congress. Who keeps him in
place, and pays hi in his salary? The people,
through their representatives in Congiess. What
is the relative rank of General Grant and the
Speaker of the House? Tbe first commands
(under tho President) tho armies of the United
States; the latter presides over tho great power
the House) of the republic, and may at any
moment, under certain contingencies, be Presi
dent of the United State; the ono is the servant
tho other is (or should be) relatively the mas
ter, as representing the only actual power the
people.
We midit have pased over tho flattery of
Central Grant and General Sherman, admitting
that their great services should plead m extenua
tion ot Conei-PBsional eulogy; but when the
jDembprs of the House come down from Cam-jnander-iu-Chief
to second or third-rate generals,
and tne vitally important business of legislation
is suspended the moment an ollicer in army uni
form makes hie appearance at the door, it is
time to protest. Yesterday there were three in
terruptions of this kind, on behalf of very good
jnen.no doubt; but the whole matter is most
absurd and childish. From a seat, second only
to that of the President of the Union, the
Speaker of the House comes down to utter com
monplace compliments, and the gaping rulers
f a great nation bow in abject deference to the
lieings of their own creation.
Let us have no more of .this. Excepting only
tho President himself, there is no man general
or particular entitled to more than simple
eoui tesy in Congress or anywhere else. If the
people choose to make tooh of themselves by
running after great men, indulging this un
manly tendency to hero-worship, it is no reason
Jor a timilar exhibition on the part of their
representatives. We can readily appreciate the
enthusiasm that will spring up 'in the preBenco
of a truly great man; but we alto appreciate
low thoroughly a&hamed we ought to be of
euch exhibitions as we are now alluding to.
Certainly it dees not become the United States
Congress to lead the wav lu establishing ta
aysttm of niau-worhip, alike unnatural to our
theory of toveruinent, anJ ridiculous to the
zepreHentatives and to the people.
THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH. PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 18G6.
The Piesldcnt and tbe Negroes.
Prom the Time.
A Brooklyn paper is dtegustf d with bolta the
ifecent apeeches of President Johnson that to
the negroes and that to the Montana delegation.
The latter "was remarkable for the number of
its words and tho paucity its meaning," and
"betrayed a sad lack of appreciation of the
temper of the American people, or else a motive
which at present we (the Brooklyn papor) do
not care to mention." The speech to thi negroeg
"lacked the simplicity, the dignity, aud the
clearness of the statement addressed to him" by
"the Gentlemen to whom this work was dele
gated,'' and who "presented clearly, simply, and
with dignity, tbe facts on which they based their
claim!." t urtbermore, we are tld, the Presi
dent's reply "was bolting in its commencement,
roundabout In its method, and barren in its con
chnins." . .
It is certainly hopeless to attompt to contro
veit such ciitics as this on matters ot opinion; and
as to the contrast between the "dignity" of Pre
sident Johnson's address and that of the worthy
negro who was the spokesman of the delegation,
we have nothing whatever to say.
We must remark, however, that these two
speeches of the President seam to us to contain
a number of constitutional, social, and philoso
phical truths which it would be well if both
whites and negroes would remember and act
upon, 'io the Montana delegation ho expounded
certain hbernl and noble principles of cir poli
tical stiucture, which, in times like theso, are
too ant to be overlooked or icnorad: and to ihn
negro delegation he gavesojie advice, so kind, i
so Just, eo discreet, so fxr-seein as to form a I
complete guide lor tlie action ol their race. Tuey
have, of course, the liberty to ignore it, alon
with other liberties which President Johnson
has helped them to procure; and their epeciul
partisans have equal liberty to flatter t'lelr
vanity, and urge them tospurii the advice given;
but it remains to be seen whether the future
history of the negro race will ju6tiiy their course
or his.
Hie Commercial Aspect of the Franco
Mexican Question Our Commercial de
lations with France.
lrom the Herald.
Tho announcement that the French troops are
to leave Mexico will be received with more
satisfaction throughout tho country than any
other piece of European news has been in a
great while, for, as the troops go, no one can
doubt that Maximilian must follow closely, and
that thus we will be entirely rid of this Euro
pean atteaipt to control the destinies of an
American State. France, in thus withdrawing
her forces, though late, acts wisely, and tho
more wisely because the only legitimate or
profitable obect that she could have in Mexico
can bo better tecurcd by the establishment ol
more intimate commercial relations with the
United btates.
There was but ono practical permanent ad
vantage that France could Have hoped to secure
in the appropriation ot Mexico. In even- respect
except a comnicrciul one that colonial empire
would have been a burden and nn evil; more a
burden than Canada is to Great Britain, and as
much an evil to tho French people as tue origi
nal possession ol the same country and ol Peru
was to the people ot Spain. Mexico would have
made her appearance on the wrong side of the
Government accounts annually, and her mines
would have proved a delusion to the people,
would have demoralized the indnstrious la
borers at the loom and delvers in the vineyard,
and would, by causing a neglect of the proper
resources of France, have caused a reduction in
her national wealth greater than all the gold
una silver wouiu supply. ...
But. commercially, the venture micrlir.. nor.
haps, have been a good one, and more than have
restored tne balance. JNapoleou points to the
f act that ulready the commerce between France
and Mexico had beer) raised lrom twenty to over
seventy milhois ot francs. That is, perhaps,
only an indication of the direction that the
change in the commercial relations of the two
countries would take. It would have gona a
great deal higher, and France, keepmcr to her
self the exclusive trade with her extensive and
naturally rich dependency, would hove found
in it by that means greater wealth than its
Spanish conquerors ever dreamed of in their
most golden visions.
Indeed, there is in the present age no other
tenable purpose for tho maintenance of vast
foreign dependencies whether they ure colonies
in tact or in name than the extension of the
trade of the mother country.' Nations hold their
coloniep purely and siniDly as customers, and
regard tueir political relations principally as
they entitle them to especial privileges and
iavors. And tne question of colonies U as to
.w hether or no the trade gained by such peculiar
privileges is sutlicient to pay the necussary ex
penses that the mother country is put to. That
would have become a very important question
as between Mexico and France. Hign as tne
trade been the two countries would probably
have gone, there would always have been, from
n.any influences, a heavy score on the other
side.
W Ly, then, should France build up a trade
with Mexico, b a ving always such a heavy pos
sibility aeainBt it, when Bhe could build up a
better and larger tiade, unembarrassed by any
such doubts or dillicnlties, but possessing on the
contrury double benefits, and, while eiving a
market for ner own commodities, supplying ner
on advantageous terms with those ot' which she
stands in need? Why should she seok by ditli
cult and dangerous paths, and bv armies, to
open a way for her merchants in Mexico when
fhc can pot them in relation with a richer
people, without difficulty or danger at all, by a
commercial treaty.
Commerce between France and the United
States, though assuredly great, has probably
not reached a fraction of the development of
w bich it is capable. Tbe annual pain of French
agriculture, manulacturc3, and business activity
generally reaches in all probability two thou
sand million dollars. One-quarter of this five
hundred million dollars is in wines, cotton,
woollen and silk rnanulurtures, lewelry, bronzes,
porcelain, leather, and glove; and mouuh alt oi
tiieee are articles that v. e constantly buy from
France, and many ot them that we carl get better
there than elsewhere, yet the averucre annual
trade fiom France to this country.jin all article
together, ranges below forty millions. Ot the
peculiar products ol Franco we buy a very great
ueal lets than we might be induced to buy, and
a groat deal less also than ttiere is demand lor
supply in this pluco only mtetinc demand by
excessively hijj.li ai d forbidding prices.
Ol one bundled und sixty million dollars worth
of wine annually made iu France, about three
niill.ou dollars worth comes to the United States
in au active year. It is ceitaiu that this trade
alor.e might bo developed with benefit on every
hand to an incalculable extent, and we mlcht
become not only France's best customer lor
wine, but a customer tetter than all others
together. And, as it is estimated that France
couM actually produce a great deal more wiue
than the now does, ihi increase ot tho American
demand, by atimululing that lateut power,
would be a real and positive source of wealth.
It is the same with all other French product.
Tho real extent of the trade in thoni that might
be developed hero is at present hardly guessed
at even b.y the merchants u ho reap a continual
harvest of exorbitant profits. On the other
band France hus an equal need of our products,
especially ol such staples us cotton and tobacco
The lull exploration of the possibilities of a mar
ket in this direction would stimulate in France
both the plough and tne loom, aud would give
that thru ty people good roason to reioice that
the Mexican expedition had been both under
taken and given up. Since the Emperor cannot
pive France a new colonial customer on this
side the Atlantic, he may And a great deal better
richer, and less troublesome one in tho United
Btates. Concrebs should for a Utile while give
up its partisan, contemptible quarrels, and turn
itu attention to this fertile subject. The present
is lor all reasons a most favorable juncture tor
securing a tood commercial treaty between
ranee and the United btates.
Tbe President! Appointments.
from Hie World.
The recent utterances of President Johnson,
and the strong Indorsement of his policy by the
Democratic State Conventions of Connecticut
and New Hampshire, are susceptible of a kind
of Interpretation to which vulgar politicians are
too prone, which is alike degrading to the Presi
dent and to the Democratic party. Those who
look upon politics as a system of trickery, as a
subtle and crafty game for winning place and
preferment, might accuse the President, on tbe
one side, of playing for tho support of the Demo
cratic party to secure his reelection; aud the
Democratic party, on the other, of tl-hln lor
the patronage ot the President's gilt. The Presi
dent, in his remarks to the Montana delegation,
took occasion to disabuse the country of one
port of this error; and It ought equally to be dls
abused of the idea that the Democrats, in the
support they five him, are looking more to
public plunder than to the success ot their prin
ciples. In the speech to the Montana delegation, the
President stated that be Is no candidate for the
succession; that the height and culmination of
his personal ambition is to restore tbe Union,
on the bais of the Constitution. The Presidency,
in any Just view of it, is not a source of emolu
ment, but a place of honor; to be coveted, if at
all, for th opportunities it airords of acquiring
an honorable estimation with the country and
poKterity. But more credit can bo acquired by
Biiccefs in a great crisis, than by the longest atl
minititration in ordinary times. A statesman
vl-.o carries his country successfully through a
Uying exigency, has a more assured lame than
can be acquiiud by mere length of administra
tion. The four years oucccedtng the war are the
niott critical and momentous In our history. If
Irefidi nt Johnson Is successful in surmounting
the tlifl cultics of this fruitful epoch, no subse
quent continuance in ollicecan add anvtring to
Ins reputation; aud althoueh tho office may
nftcrw rri9 nee'i him. he cannot need it. But if he
fai!n; if his t rm approaches its conclusion with
the Union not restored, and the country poisoned
by sectional Mttcrness, he has no chance either
ot a re-elec;ion or of the applauding judgment of
pot-ferity. In his cose, theretore, magnanimity
Hiid interest combine to impose upon him the
regai d for the restoration ot the Union which
he protested in bis remarks to the Montana
deleeation.
Patriotism, generosity, and interest equally
require tho Democratic paityto look solely to
tho rcstoiution of the Union, and to postpone
fill other considerations to this. When the
Union is restored, we, as a party, must take our
chances in getting control of the Government.
The wbole country has the right to a voice in
tbe election of tho next President; and, for our
port, looking to tho welfare and otability of our
institutions, we hnd rather see the party beaten
in a lair trial of strength, in which all participate
who have a right to participate, than successful
in a contest lrom which a lar?e, portion of the
States were excluded. Tho chief concern of the
country hi the restoration of the Union, Jet the
effect on the subsequent success of parties be
what it miy. The Democratic party applaud
President Johnson's HnElc-niinrled devotion to
the Union, und are confident that, in a restored
Union, their principles will tind acceptance.
They do not wish the eail.y restoration of the
Union to be in the slightest deereo impeded or
imperilled for the sake ol any present advantage
to them.
We thercforo disapprove of all attempts if
any such attempts are makinp to induce the
President to bestow ollices on Democrats. .We
ask him lor nothing but fidelity to his declared
principles. We did not elect him ; we scorn the
idea that he can purchase our support. We do
not diguise our belief that our party interests
would be promoted by the immediate restoration
of the Union. Our interest in this great result
is so much superior to our intere.-it iu any parti
cular olliees, that, on a calculation ot pure sel
tishness and paity advantage, it would be su
preme folly lor us' to leopard restoration by the
solicitation or acceptance ot patronage. The
President will, ol course, be no such simpleton
as to be,-tow his patronage in such a manner as
to obstruct, his policy.
But it would undoubtedly be more for the ad
vantage of the country for him to so use It as to
secure the support ot influential P.epublicans,
tban to sive it to Democrats, who will support
him in any event, so long as he is true to his
avowed principles. For the present, the political
control of the country is wholly in tho North;
and the South has no chance to regain its rights
tilLa majority ol the North support the policy of
the President. If he can so use his patronage as
to carry with him a considerable portion of the
Kepubliran party, that is probably the best use
he can make of it.
The Democratic party is ooposed to every
conlition, either with the President, or with any
portion of the panv that elocted him. We stand
on our principles. In a restored Union, we have
complete confidence that our principles would
prevail. Entangling alliances with Republicans,
coalition or compromises for the sake ol office,
would demoralize the party, lower its tone, and
deprive it of the vantage-;; round which strict
fidelity to principle would give it, from the mo
ment the Union is restored. If ibe President
throws to Demccrats a few sops in the way of
otlice, that amounts to nothing; for the tempo
rary possession of a few cilices does not secure
either the triumph of our principles or the resto
ration ot the Union. If he bestows all his offices
upon Democrats, he raises a general howl and
liullaballoo, which will tend, more than any
thing else could, to reconsolidate the disinte
grating Republican party, and postpone the
restoration of the Union till after the next Presi
dential election. Any Democrat who would
with to purchase oflice at this price L a traitor
to his party.
Wo would gladly see all offloea filled by Demo
crats; but wo wish to see them obtained, not by
taw nine on a President whom we did not elect,
not by a degrading bai ter of so much support
tor so much patronage, not by the slightest con
ception ot principle, but bv iuauly appeals to tne
people and well-earned success in the elections.
We have nothing but hard knocks and vigorous
opposition lor any polith at harlotry which looks
to a blending of the Democratic ourty with any
portion cr section nt i:s political opponents.
W hether the Union is restored in this adminis
tration, or not till the next, restoration is sure
to come; auu if anything can be deemed certain
in politics, it is that the Democratic party will
then triumph, if it does not Iobo its potiticol
chastity.
Tbiilling Scene in the Clique Napoleon A
Lioness on the Kainpagc.
I'aris Corrtspmuhnce of the London Expreit,
An unprecedented scene occurred at the
Cirque Nnpoleon on Monday night, during the
periormuuce of Mr. 3atty, 1lie successor of Van
Ambiiigh, who is now exhibifrng in Paris. The
moment he entered the wild beauts' cage the
lionet's was observed to be In a terrible rage.
'J lie lions were alto rearing and jumping about,
and Mr. Batty seemed to have lost Uis usual
influence over them. Tho public, fearinsr to se
him torn in pieces, cried "Go out, go out !" Mr.
Butty took the advice and cautiously withdrew,
walking backwards. The cause of tho extraor
dinary commotion in the cuo was sooa ascer
tained. A tew minutes bciore the commence
ment of tho performance tho lioness bud given
birth to a cub, who wus thought to bo an only
son. The youna lion wo taken away from her
nri given io a bitch to suckle; but just a Batty
entered tho case the lionet unexpectedly pro
t uced a second yountr one, y.nd the Hons wanted
to eat it a propensity said to be very common
Hith wild beasts when in a state of captivity.
'L'he fury of the lioness In defense of her off
,iiprlnir, and the lcroclons attitude of her com
'anions in the ccp;e, produced un extraordinary
nanic amoiis tho spectators, and several ladies
tainted. Alter a short pause Butty contrived to
eoarate the lioness from the cub, and tho latter,
i bout the size of a cat, was held up by the nape
1 1 tho neck for the inspection ot the company.
In Mount Auburn Cemetery, near Bobton,
1 he avenues have been widened and improved.
The receipts ot sules of land last year were un
usually lwpe, and the funds on hand amount to
$124.(JuO. The total number of interments is
1$,6U0.
Onr Tresent Needs.
To the Editor o.f The tctning f tltijraph :
When the Rebellion ended, the greatest trL
nmphs which had ever been granted to man
had been achieved. Tbe capability of a fede
ral democratic republic to withstand and
survive so great a shock had been demon
strated ; and tne war,! although leaving the
nation weary, left it In the full eonsclousness
ofits Immense power, and resting like a Titan
reposing after an effort which had shaken a
wcrld. The Rebellion had done more. It
had incidentally restored several millions
of men to tbelr inalienable rights of life,
liberty, and tbe pursuit of happiness.
The cation, without having been called
upon to vindicate those principles, as
applied to the enslaved, had been driven, by
the fatuity and frenzy of the South, to
vindicate only the supremacy of the Govern
ment. Without being constrained to assume
the anomalous and awful responsibility of
forcing the South to expiato a national sin,
Felf-preservatlon, pushed to its legitimate
bounds, had resulted cot only in the mainte
nance of the republic, but In the destruction
of slavery. Providence had granted the
greatest boons, while it had exacted tho least
responsibility, the least loss reconcilable with
the expiation due to offended justice.
Look back, and let ns ask ourselves whether,
excepting a small minority, the nation would
Dot, within tho first few months of wsr, have
gladly reconciled Its Jarring elements, with
the sole proviso that the supremacy of the
Government should bo acknowledged, and
the Integrity of the Union be preserved. Such
were Its terms, repeatedly offered, and even
when not tendered, tac! tly understood to be
ever ready lor acceptance. But a greater
agency than man's an agency of which he
was only the partially Intelligent instrument
was Bolving, in behalf of the world, the prob
lem of republicanism and slavery.
Through hours so gloomy that even the
most hopeful sometimes desponded; through
hours when it was doubtful whether the re
public would ever hall the dawn; through
clashing interests, dissension among friends
eager to do right, yet differing as to means ;'
through treachery and loyalty, reason and un
reason, good and evil report, the nation has
been guided ; and it stands at last in the full
blaze of the glorious light streaming from a
future bright as the Promised Land.
That which the ultima ratio was to de
cide, has been, as usual, decided quickly. But
the mission of the sword has ended, and with
its mission ends the quick settlement of great
questions. Tbe war, putting aside relatively
unimportant considerations, has lett the
country one in name but not one in fact. The
passions of men have not yet subsided. The
madneBS which precipitated the Rebellion
cannot expire in a day.
We need temperate counsels. Precipitancy
in action, always to be deprecatsd, is now
to be especially deplored. The Constitutional
.Amendment confirming tbe abolition of
slavery, and decreeing Its perpetual exclusion
from tbe country, was all-sufficient for tbe
nation, in order that no portion of that which
it had happily secured might peradventure
be in future lost. But does the nation really
need another amendment to compel the South
to enfranchise millions of blacks, under penalty
of a total loss of representation tor the whole
of a people, only a portion of whom may be
excluded ftom the elective tiancbise?
Is it tolerable that an amendment to a Con
stitution should be antagonistic to the tenor
of the instrument? Does the guarantee of
the Constitution, to , ensure to each State a
republican iorm of government, compel it
to violate the principle of our form of demo
cratic republicanism? If the United States
were a republic, when recognizing slavery an
inl'rineement of an inalienable right cannot
a State still bo republican, without granting
to all its inhabitants the privilege of suffrage,
which is not an inalienable right. Is the time
well chosen, when, by the necessity of pre
sent affairs, the South is excluded from a
voice in the framing of an amendment
and possesses only a final vote by States,
to propose for its consideration so obnoxious
a measure ? Is it sufficient that the North,
with few blacks, and unwilling in many places
to grant even municipal privileges to those
few, should consent just to taste the bitterness
of a draught which is profferred to Southern
lips ? Are tho N orthern States prepared to
say that no influx of white barbarians from
Europe might make them rue tho day
when they proposed a Constitutional amend
ment which did not allow a state to exclude
such men from suffrage, without total loss of
representation in one branch of Congress ?
That, as a question of abstract justice, all
men should be equal before the law, we have
not the lctat doubt; that we should be
rejoiced did we think that the whole of the
black race in this country could, without dan
ger to themselves or others, bo invested with
the elective Iranchlsu, we wish to bo dintinctly
understood. But that they are capable, as a
mass, of excrcisind tbe privilege with dicre-
iion, we tio not Deiieve, nor. h tuey are, tnat
it is advisable for them to possess It m tho
present unsettled condition of the South.
Our wishes for the present and our hopes
for the fututearp not, in our view, the true
measures of practicability. The Constitu
tional Amendment to be passed, should leave
to the respective States the light to extend
the privilege of suffrage to their inhabitants,
without placing them In the dUressIn? di
lemma of admitting all blacks to suffrage,
or lorlng all representation for them.
Representation should be based on the
number of voters. Thus would be
avoided the sudden investiture of a mass
of Ignorant men with the privilege of voting,
oreheihi-ir total exclusion from tho oolls;
and thus, also, their Inclusion in the piivilesre
ofvfiuflrac, when they become fit for Its pos
session, would in all probability be secured.
1 be amendment passed in the House of Repre
sentatives defeats its own object Its strin
gency renders it impossible that it can receive
the ratification of three-fourths of the States,
'1 he eflect of such measures can but exaspe
rate the South, and protract tho time bofore
wbich political rights can be eradually con
ferred on the emancipated slaves.
That which we need, most of all, ia time the
instrument efficient for all good. What labor
is to tbe earth, tho reason of man Is to time.
As from the earth seed sown in the furrow
does not germinate, spring up; and become fit
for the harvest in a moment, so great reforms
must be of slow growth, planted aud tended
by the reascn of man, and watered, by his
tears.
PROSPECTUS
OF THE
CARSON
-' i :'
GOLD Mime COMPANY.
CAPITAL STOCK-. . S500,000
H UMBER OF EnAItES, 60,000.
Far Value and Subscription Price, $10.
WOMKI2Q CATITAL, $50,000.
OFFICERS:
PRESIDENT,
COLONEL WILLIAM B. TFIOIIAS.
SECRET ART AND TREASURER, pro iCXO,
J. HOPKINS TARR.
SOLICITOR,
WILLUM L. HIRST, Esq.
DIRECTORS,
COLONEL WILLIAM B. TnOMAS,
CHARLES a OUDlfiN,
EDWIN MIDDLETON,
ALEXANDER J. HARPER,
WILLIAM BERGER.
The Lund of this Company constat of about 120
Acres In kecklenburg county. ortU Carolina, about
Sit miles lrom the town ot Charlotte.
On tills propertr flPrrn f hafts or pita hare born oponed
and souk tovarinui deptba, tfom m to bt feet, demou
(tratlDK the axiktcDCe ot three ptraliel veins or ure of
about i feet la width and about lo leet apart, converging
10 con. iron centre at the depth 01 about ISO leet. lorin
Ing one Immense mafi or vein ot ore, extending In
length through ,he property more than halt' a tulle.
1 heie are nlpo on this propertr ol nor veins oi ore unex
plored All these ores are known as the Brown oren,
and are yerv rich, yielding an average ol about t'ZOO par
ton in sold, the above results having been demon
strated by the Hide working of the mines tor several
years past, the rii-k ol Investment In undeveloped pro
perty Is not incurred, and by the application of modern
mining and reducing machinery tbe oinpnnv autiotpaie
an Immediate and large return lor their money.
ITavIng an ore that readily yio'ds 200 per ton, some
estimate enn be made of ibernlue on his property. With
t lie present imperiect svstem ot mining, ten tons of this
ore can be taken out and reduced dai.v iroiu every shatt
opened, at an expense not exceeding 425 ner ton. leav
ing a nit daily prolitot allMI foreacu shaft worked by
the Company.
Tho large forking cepltal reserved will enable tha
Company at once to procure and erect the best inoUn.n
machinery tor manipulating the ores, by means ol which
the yield will bo la gcly Increased.
These mines, whilst they produce ores richer than
those of Colorado or Nevada, have many advantages
over them, particularly m an abunduuee t-l'laM mid
cheap labor, and the facility with which they can he
worked durlrg the enthe year; whilst t oeot Colorado
mm Nevada can only be worked during the warm
wcuthcr.
A test assay of an average specimen of tho oro from
the Carson Minos wus made as luio as the 27th of
Jarnaryot the present year, as will npocar from the fol
lowing certificate ot I'to rssors Booth and Garrett, the
Assaytrsol the Philadelphia Mint:
Philadelphia, January 27, 1863.
Dear Sir: We hnve carefully assayed the sample of
ore irom. "carson mine, .norm Carolina, ana ana It to
yield ten ounces nlno oennyv, eights ot pure gold to the
ton of ore. '1 ho coin valuo Is therefore Wltj ui per tun
oi ore. Yours, respectfully.
BOOTH A OABRETT4
Dr. M. B. Tatloe, So. 404 Walnut street, Philad.
Subscriptions to the Capitol 8tock will be rsceivcd at
the Oflice of the Company. o. 407 WALNUT Htroet,
w here sumples of the ore may be soen, and full Informa
tion given. 2 3
WATCHES AND JEWELRY.
I . . . -MUJV " . ff 1 ... I.,
r ah iibm, wEWbLiii ft ni.VEit WAl:n. II
, WATCHES and JEWELET TL7.V A rv vr, H
Jga, Chestnut St.,Tnft.
FINE DIAMOND WORK.
WATCHES,
Or the most celebrated makers.
SILVER- WAKE,
FOR WEDDISO PBESEhTd, In great variety.
EEPAIHIXa BONE IN TUE BEST
MANNER.
Old Cold, Silver, and Precious Stones bought for
Ctmh. 122O
(JIIOICE HOLIDAY GOODS.
Largo and handsome assortment of
CCLD AND SILVER VATCHES
DIAMONDS, JEWELRY,
SILVER AND PLATED WARE
CLOCKS. BROXZE3, ErC.
CLARK & BIDDLE, .
Successors to Ibomas C. turret t,
6 22 lvrp No. 712 CHEfcNUr 8TBEET.
WATCHES, JEWELRY, &c.
MUSICAL BOXES.
A lull acBortment ot above Roods eoBstaotlr on
band at uiodeiate prices tho 11 unical Boxes playing
irom 2 lo 10 beautiful Alia.
FAER & BROTHER, Importers.
, Ko. Sit CHEfcNUr STREET,
11 lltmPilyrp Below Fourth. . ,
EICH JEWELRY.
JOHN BRENNAN,
DEALER nr
DIAMONDS, FINE WATCHES, JEWELBY,
Etc Etc. Etc.
9201v
No. 18 S. EIGHTH 8 I REET. Philada.
tS HENRY HAIirElt,
No. BQO ARCH STREET
llanaJaotnror aud Dealer ib
Watches, '
fine Jewelry,
Silver-Platea Ware,
8 80Iy Solid Silver-ware. j
MONUMENTS, TOMBS;'
GRAVE-STONES, Etc
Just completed, a bcaurJ nl varioty of
JJAUH ALaJiCLK AlOJiUMEKTS,
TOUBS, AND tt RAVE-STONES
X 111 be sold cheap tor casn,
Work tout w any part of the C tilted States.
HENRY H. TARR.
MARiiLK WOKES,
. 1 tlwim Ho, 710 GBEEK fctmet, ituladeipaka, .
FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF SAFES
pIE riKEIN C1IESNUT STREET
letter from Wells, Parsjo & Co.
$10,000 SAVED VS HEMUNQ'S TATENT SAFE.
Pim.ADll.rHiA. January 1, 198.
WtsdRS. fABRix, Hkiriko A Co. Gentlemen 1 VT
have Just opened onrHafe, ena of your manufacture
hlcta passed thraph tha dtnictlv fir in Chemat
street, last night. The Sale was In our office, No. NT,
which bulltlng was entirely destroyed. The Ra's was la
a warm place, as yon nay weft suppose, and was r4
hot wben taken ott of tbe embers. We are woll satisfied
with the result of this trial, and find onr books, papers,
and some ten thonsand dollars In money almost as per
fect as when pot In the Fafe. Kothlng Is Injured, U w
except ti e leather bindings of the books, which ar
steamed t tbe money and papers are as food as ever.
Truly yours,
WELLS, FAROO & CO.,
Per J. U.COOK, Agent
The above Bare can be seen at our store.
FAEREL, HERRING & CO.,
H No. 629 CnESKCT HTfiEKT.
gEVERE TEST OF MARVIN'S SAFE
At Charleston Fire, Ootober 18, 18G5.
"After rrmovmjr my saft (one of Marrm" Co 'a
Patent) from the ruins, where it had lain lor rirrr
TiHK'Ur rrjo-d 10 mmi htat, 1 found mv books
In a perftci state of preservation 1 express my deiiirht
and entire satisiactlnn with the result, and heartily ad
vlte ali to purchase Marvin A Co.'s .sales.
(Signed) H. CHAFE K."
A lull assortment of the above SAFES, the onlr per
fectly dry, as well as thoroughly flro-proot ones In tha
market, for sale by
MARVIN" & CO.,
No. 721 CHESNUT STREET,
(Masonlo Hall), I'hUa,
No. 2(15 BROADWAY, N. T.
Dwelling House Sales, ornamental styles.
Safes oi other makes taken In exchange. Send tor
descriptive circular. 1 SO lnt
ANOTHER TES.T
or
HEEETXG'8 FIRE-PROOF 8 A FES.
THE FIERT ORDEAL PASSED TRIUMPH AJTTLTJ
The Hen-lna- Sale used In the office of onr warehouses,
destroyed by the dlsestiout Are ol the night of the 8th
Instant, was subjected to as Intense heat aa nmhmiT
any sale will ever be subjected In anv fire so Intens
tbnt the lras knobs and mountings of the exterior of
seme v. ere melted off, and the whole surface sealed and
blistered as If It bad been In a furnace, and ) et when
opened the contents books and papers weae found t
be entire and uninjured
This hale Is now on exhibition In onr warehonseo
Seventh sireet, with the books and papers still remain
irtg In It lust as It was when taken from the ruins. Mer
chants. Bankets, and others Interested In the protection
ot their books and papers are Invited to call andisn
amine it. J. P. B. I THOLOW,
Agent tor Herring's Sa es,
1 1 Ko 688 SETEMTU fit.. Washington. D. O.
TEAS, do.
ri'EAS REDUCED TO $1, AT INGRAM'S
JL Tea Warehouse. No. 43 8. SECOND Street.
BOASTED COFFEE REDUCED TO 30 CT3.
at 1-NUBAll'S lea Warehouse, No. 43 8. SECOND
ftroet.
40'
C. BEST MILD COFFEE, AT I Nf! RAM'S
iea Trarenouse, o. 4JH. ki.i:om) street.
fl'EAS AND COFFEES AT WHOLESALE
1 prices, at TKGKAM'd Tea Warehouse, No. 41 S.
SKCuND Street Try them.
.REEN COFFEES FROM 22 TO 28 CTS. A
JAPANESE T E A.
EXTEA FIN DTJ JAPON,
THE FlNEfcT EVEtt IMI'OBTED,
Put up originally for the French Market
For sale by
james R. wisnn,
1131m WALKCT and EIGHTH 8TKEET3.
1
I
1F31AIIE V
MANUFACTURER,
AND DEALER IN
BOOKS, BICLES. PRAYERS,
Magazines, Novels, and all tho
TSc-n Publications.
CARDt KECIL'M, AND IMPERIAL
PHOTOGRAPHS.
Ai
Stereoscopes and Stereoscopic Xvxi.
;
!! kb.ih Framed to order.
r " , ji- 808 (
808 CZLST1TTJT ST. 803 'J
, . . t .
1P
1
J3 11 O W N & MAG E E,
MANUFACTURERS OF .
TRUNKS.
VALIPKS' ' 1 ;
IJACIS
And all styles ot food suitable for
Travellers and Excursionists. ".
A larpre stock of
HOiiOCCO IEAVILLI.NG BAtrS
( . AND EKTlCULKa,
FOE GEXT3 AND LAD IRS.
Of onr own Manulno urc, suitable for
HOLIDAY PRESENTS.-'
. 11 fie -so s o r-r n . rr .
rro SIllP CAPTAINS AND OWKER8.-THE
J. nnilirslgned Laving leased the KEN81NOIOV
MJP.XW 1"H K,Lk tolu ormhls friends and the patrons
oi 1 lie Dock tliat he U rriiired with Inrreasea fuel ltles
to accommodate those having vesse. e to be raised or
repaired slid belim a prau.lenl shlp-erpenk-r and ,
cauikor. wl I give pera nul bttentlon to the VeaaeLS en-truMi-a
to hlu lor repairs
Cat'talns or Aiieiim Mud i anien'crs, and Maoblnta
havlnt vessels to r pair, are solicited tncali.
Having ihn agency lor ihe su e of "vVetterstedt's
latent Alelullic wnpopitlon" lor Copper Pnlnt for the '
pieFervallon of vessels' bottoms, for this viiy. 1 am pre
pared to lurnuib the same on favorable terms.
JOHN IL DA U MITT
i ' t,-, . Kens ngion eorew Dock,
311 DELAWARE Avenue, above LACltlJL Htreet.
IIBIDESBUKU MACHINE WOEKS,
u i r n. r.,
HO. 63 K. ICfcONT 8TKEET,
' M ''HILADlaVHIA.
We are prepared to till orders to any extent tor onr
weh known
W At lllSEET FOR TOTTOW AUD WOOLUE aUU-8,
tin-hiding all recent Improvements In VaruJug, Hplaulug,
anil V eavliip.
We Invite the attention ot man ntacto rets to ear extern
slve works, - i .
1 ) . . AlFKED JISKS Jk SON.
H'lIE STAMP AfiFXCY, NO. 304 ClIESNUl
I PTBt'KT. AHOVK TI1IBU, WILL Bit UONTUiUKl
A BfKFIOFOHK.
RTAlil'B of t.VJG T DFSrRtmOS OON8TAKTL1
Oil UAiiD.A AS AOU ( mi