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LITERATURE.
Xn Story op Kennett. By Bayard Taylor, 0.
P. Putnam and llnrd A Houghton, New York.
J. B. Llppincott A Co., Philadelphia.
Had the last work pf Mr. Bayard Taylor proved
a failure we would have teen very loath to
acknowledge it. There Is no American author
for whom we have greater respect than the one
whoso work now lays before us. It Is seldom
that we s?e a writer who has acquired fame In
a particular department of literature boldly ven
ture Into a new field, and hazard his reputation
already acquired by endeavoring to succeed In
a style in which be Is a novice. Yet such, of
late years, has been the course of Mr. Taylor.
By bis travels he has achieved a high place among
the writers of our land. lie had an established
reputation, yot we find hlra venturing Into the
field ol fiction and keeping his name as a live
author continually before the public by some
new work. Other writors lie supinely back
upon their already secure position, and let
American literature tako care of itself, while
they take care of their famo. Mr. Taylor de
serves great credit for his energy, even if he
has failed. But we are glad to say that he
has not. "The Story of Kennett" is a decided
uccaFS. It is graphic, piquant, and interesting,
natural in its details, and abounding in original
characters. Its plot is not a complex, nor yet is
it a clear one.
Gilbert Potter, the hero, is generally sup
posed to have a bar sinister In his genealogy.
Nor can he blame the good people for their
belief, as it would seen that his mother, Mary
Potter, did all in her power to strengthen it.
At last, goaded to desperation, ho ueks her, and
ehc says that he is her lawful son, born in wed
lock, but decliuee, for mysterious reasons, to
reveal his father's name. During the greater
portion of the work he is employed in guessing
who was his other parent. He at one time sup.
poses Dr. Dsane, whoso daughter and Gil
bert are betrothed, but abandons the idea. He
then suspects Tardy Hart, a highwayman,
but as Tardy swears he is not, that idea is dis
pelled. It finally appears that an Alfrod Bar
ton, a mean, despicable creature, was the man
who, having sworn Gilbert, his brother, to
to secrecy until after his (Barton's) father
dies, as ho fears he will be cut off in the will.
Tho old man then finds out his son's marriage,
and at the last moment leaves the great bulk of
Lis proporty to Mary Potter Barton. Gil
bert and Maitha Deare are married, and
"lived together happy for many, many years.''
Such Is the skeleton of tho plot. The character
of Gilbert is one to bo admired. Struggling
under a load of infamy and poverty, he plays a
new pari, and has the sympathy of tho reader
throughout the entire work. Martha Dcaro is
rather too much on the strong-minded order, as
we fear all the Taylor heroines are. She resom
bles Harriet Thurston in some respects, but Is
a much better character for a man to fall in
love with.
Dr. Deare is advancing respectably. Wash.
Deare and Sally Fairthen, two well-drawn
subordinate, are of the honest country order,
and represent a social typo much read about,
but seldom met with. Mary Potter appears to
have been a giddy, ambitious girl at the time of
Gilbert's birth; but is tamed down by sorrow.
Her husband, Alfred Barton, is a most despica
ble wretch, cowardly, selfish, and dishonorable.
Between the two, we have to wonder where the
paragon of virtue and manliness, Gilbert, got
all his good qualities. Tardy Hart and his
attractive paramour, Dob. Smith, are both
well Introduced, and tend greatly to keep up
the interest or the story. Tho last important
personage, Betsy Lavender is a reticent gos
sip, a filent receptacle for secrets and a dis
criminator of news. A good-hearted creature,
with much intelligence and a true nature. In
fact, the most serene of all old maids we have
ever seen. Blessed is the "Kennett," which can
boast ot such an acquisition. So much for the
characters. The New" York Iribune, speaking
of it, says:
"The literary execution of this story shows
that it was written during a gracious and happy
mood of the author's muse. Tue arrangement
and evolution of tho plot exhibit no lack of in
ventive resources; the scenes preserve their
inter-dependence and consecutive relation with
admirable eficct; and the machinery witlwwhlen
tho sequel is brought about, though simple in
its conception, anil lree lroni ap excessive codx
plication ot details, works wh true artistio
power. The style is singularly jracetul and
Bweet, and throws a srjell of a ulet fascination
over the reader whose taste has not been drugged
and debauched by unwholesome provocative?.
Tor the most part it is remarkable for its Dure
and vigorous English, with few of the vices of
expression irom wmcn such fertile and popular
authors are seldom free. The local dialect of
which Mr. Taylor necessarily makes abundant
use has a natural and honest air, which is a
etrong evidence of its genuineness.,'
The New York Post says:
"It is a tale of purely eonntry life, and of a
phase rather peculiar. Kennett is a farming
township in the iutenor of Pennsylvania, and
quite aside from, the highways of travel. The
opening scene in dated as far back as 1706. and
the actors in the story are either "Friends" or
else more or loss affected by the prevalence of
the Quaker doctrines and practice in the nelgh
boihood. A phase ef life which could not now
be 1ouud in its purity anywhere, even in Penn
sylvania, is thus presented, and, we must say,
with great fidelity and no little descriptive
power. ,tfr-
"As a picture of rural life we think that this
novel oi Mr. Taylor's exceeds any ot his pre
vious productions. The plot i by no mean an
impossible one, and is developed with considera
ble skill, and the characters are consistently
maintained throughout. The interest of tha
reader is secured at the outset, aad Increases as
the story goes on. The style is plain, but vigor
ous and attractive. As a whole we can con
gratulate Mr, Taylor on the production ot a
work which has in it the elements of popularity,
and which is a real contribution to the history
of American rural life."
The Round Table, on the contrary, asserts:
"Mr. Taylor's new story belongs to that school
of modern novels which aims at simple, un
strained matter-of-fact narration of actual or
every-day life. Such works grow out of the
more impassioned, romantio, and pyschological
school, as a sort of protest by practical example
ust as, also, for one example of a hundred,
Umiy Taylor's Philip Van Artevelde' grew
up against the heated and unhiBtorio poetry of
fclielley and Byron. All these novels, however,
while inestimably superior to such as are merely
unnatural, extravagant, and bizarre, are liable
to an easily besetting bin of their own that of
, being too prosaic and unimaginative. In the
anxiety to escape becoming ialsely sentimental
nd 'sensational,' they are apt be over-tame.
Mr. Taylor's book partakes In the excellences of
Its class in romantic literature, but we are bound
to say that it also shares its faults. It is sineu-
larlv straightforward, unpretentious, and Im
personal in stylo. The tale is simply and not
unelloctlvely told. It is pitched in a notioeably
low key. But it leans towards the error of lack
of incident fnot. nerhans. of interests and
towards that monotony which usually follows
the dlfl use explication of unimportant truth in
THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY,
place of more entertaining, if les common. Ac
tion. Whether the picture of Kennett U accu
rate must be reserved tor local antiquarians
with 'the oldest inhabitant' at their head to
decide. It is a question hardly Interesting
enough for others to investigate."
Another volume of Count Gurowski's diary
is before us. If anybody openj this book with
tho expectation of finding in it a record of the
workings of a doubting and bewildered soul
in Us search after truth, h will bo miserably
disappointed. Whatever struggles the Court
may have gone through In the formation of hn
opinions, they were ehhsr all over before tho
work before us was composed, or else he has
cnrcfully excluded all trace of them from its
pages. In the "Diary" he appears before us as a
fully illumined believer, and lays the lash over
the shoulders of the people around him with all
the passion and indignation of certainty,
Tho present volume is prefaced by a table In
three parallel columns, containing, first, the
numesof persons "mentioned in the book with
praise," numbering in all 101; second, of those
tpokep oi "half-and-half," in all 22; and last, of
those spoken of with "blame," in all 40. But
we are bound to say that this digest, valuable as
it may seem, does not give tho reader by any
means an adequate idea of the manner in which
the author has meted out his Judgments. If we
weigh the blame against the praise, as we find it
in the body of the work, we shall find that, sup
posing 101 lbs. of praise to have been distributed
amongst tho Count's favorites, or 1 lb. a man, at
least 200 lbs. of blame are distributed amongst
the 40 reprobates, or S lba. a man.
The popular impression on laying it down
will be, we think, that tho worst crime
of which the blood-stained administration
oi Mr. Lincoln was guilty, was in not
having made the Count himself Lieuten.
aut-General, Vice-Admiral, and Secretary of tho
Treasury, and Secretary of State. And if ho
will allow us to offer him a littla, advice, which
we do with a horrible sense of our own un wor
thiness, it will be, not to waste so much love as
he peemB to do upon the American people. For
he may depend upon It they are not worthy of
it. ADy community which fills all its high
offices with such unmitigated scoundrels as those
whom M. Gurowski describes, can hardly bo
very pure itself or worth much commiseration.
We therefore recommend him to be a man, put
up his pocket-handkerchief, lay down his pen,
and "let the whole concern," In the expressive
language of Mr. Mantalini, "go to the domnl
lion bow-wows."
The secret of the, authorship of Ueloise
I'aranquct, the dramatic success of the present
Parisian season, has been at last revealed, and
tho- Parisians who hal settled so decisively in
their own minds that this new favorite was the
work of the younger Dumas, are furious at find
ing themselves mistaken. Tho author, M. Dos
chamel, in the couplo of lines he has addressed
to the manager ol the Gymnase on tho subject,
thus explains the motive which induced him to
offer his play anonymously: "As the three
pieces I had already brought out had been unfa
vorably received, I felt sure that, had I ap
pended my name to Eelolse Faranquet, no mana
ger woald have even deigned to read the manu
script. For this reason I deposited my new
place anonymously in your box, leaving It to
stand or fall on its own merits. I think that
the result has shown that I acted wisely in so
doing."
A London journal of March 17 says: "On
Monday, the foreign booksellers were active in
every direction with Victor Hugo's new work,
Les Travaillours do la Mer.' Early copies were
received here on Saturday afternoon. In Paris,
the work may be seen In every bookseller's win
dow; but it will be some days before anything
like a supply readies this country. The follow
ing lines are printed on the first page: 'I dedi
cate this book to the rock of hospitality and
libei ty, to that corner of ancient Norman land
w here lives that little nation of the sea I dedi
cate it to the island of Guernsey, stern, yet
swset, my present asylum, and probably my
fa tme grave!' "
A most curious gathering of autograph let
ters addressed to the late Lady Blessington by
artists, literary men, nobleman, and others, has
been sold recently in London. The names of
Moore, Shelley, Landseer, Dickens, Macready,
Bulwer Lytton, Disraeli, and many other cele
brities occurred. There were also some very
extraordinary relics In the shape of locks of
hair of distinguished persons; among others,
Lucretia Borgia (given by her to Peter Bembo,
and presented to Lady Blessington by the Abbe
Bcntlvogllo, keeper of the Ambrosian Library,
at Milan, May 24, 1766); the Duke of Wellington,
Lord Nelson, Countess Gulccioll, and Mrs.
Hemans.
One of the greatest rarities In the collection
of the late Mr. George Daniel, ot Islington,
author of "Mmie England in the Olden
Time," "Love Labor not Lost," and other not
very readable works, was a collection of old
black-letter ballads, amounting to seventy in
all, printed between the years 1659 and 1687,
which Mr. Daniel bought at a reasonable rate,
as he did most of his curiosities, but which
realized 750 at his sale, This collection is
about to bo reprinted by Its purchaser, Mr.
Frederick Huth, a well known collector, as his
contribution to the members of the Philo-
biblio Society, a close corporation of amateurs,
whose publications are very limited in im
pression, and only for private distribution.
The Emperor Napoleon's "Life of Caisar" has
been productive of numerous brochures against
him, the latest of which, "L'Histoire ddNou
vcau Cesar," by P. Vesinier, is having a surrep
titious circulation in Paris. Inferior to the
iamous "Propos de Labienus,"it is still a bril
liant specimen of invective, the writer never
degenerating Into dulnefi, thoueh he Is often
libellous. He relates many amusing anecdotes
of Louis Napoleon's early life, especially In
reference to the failures at Strasburg and Bou
logne, but he adds so many that evidently were
calumnies, as to deprive his work of all histori
cal value,
George Sand has just read, in the green
room of the Vaudeville Theatre, Paris, her new
three-act comedy, entitled The Village Don Juan,
which is shortly to be produced at that house.
The Parisians are also threatened with a "Clas
sic Theatre," in which only Greek and Latin
authors will bo performed Euripides, Sopho
cles, iEschylus, Terence, and consorts alone
coming In for the honors of a hearing. Three
millions of francs, it is said, have already been
subscribed towards the new building, whose
architect has fully completed his plans for Us
construction.
TLe Messrs. Cliappcll have Just made fen en
engement with Mr. Charles Dickens, who is to
give for them 30 reading?, receiving for the same
the largest sum ever paid to a lecturer In Eng
land. Tho first reading will be " Dr. Marigold,'
at St. James' Hall.
" Tho Death of Lucretius" is said to bo tho
title of the Poet Laureate's new poem.
communicated.
Tb Obarvnne of the Sabbath In the
RArntjr of Ihe Potomac, null General
Jtmhnft T. Owen.
To the Editor of the Evening T elf graph-
The literary world Is familiar with the collec
tion ot graphic and classic letters written by a
gifted scholar of Now England under the nom de
plvme of "Dunn Browne Abroad," while travel
ling in foreign lands. The author was the late
Samuel Fleke. He was an eminent scholar, an
eloquent preacher, and practical good man.
In 1861 he sprang at the call of his country In
her struggle for national life, enlisted as a pri
vate In the 14th Begimcnt of Connecticut Volun
teers, and was afterwards promoted t the cap
taincy of one of the companies of that bravo
regiment. He was in the battles of Antietam,
Chancellorsvllle, Gettysburg:, Fredericksburar,
and various engagement near Culpeper and
tho Kapidan. Captain Fiske, on the second day
of tho terrific battle of the Wilderness, fell mor
tally wounded, and died in tho course of a fort!
night.
During hU constant and active service in the
Army of the Potomac, he wrote to the Spring
field Republican a series of racy, pungent, and
thrillingly interesting letters under tho same
rwn de plume, "Dunn Browno in the Army."
The book so entitled has recently been pub
lished.
Among the scholarly letters of this good man
and brave soldier is 0110 relating to the observ
ance of tha Sabbath in tho Army of the Potomac,
by the orders and with the co-operation of our
townsman, the General whose name heads this
communication. It is doubtful if the General
ever read it, and I am certain he is not aware of
my solicitation for its appearance in your paper.
I take pleasure !n copying from tho book a
letter expressing a desorving tnbuto to tho wise
and elevating military discipline of a brave
officer, and containing a practical illustration
of the souud principles you have recently incul
catcd editorially, for the proper observance of-
the Snbbath. Sunday.
"SUNDAY IN CAMP."
August :if. "I believe I haven't written vou
on a babbuth day in a long time. I leel like
dropping you a lew lines to tell your readers
wniit quiet, pleasant, religious babbaths we
have ot late in.this division. Our brigadier at
present in command of the division, General
JotdiuaT. Owen, until the war broke out, I oe
licve a prominent lawyer of Philadclphia.is a man
more rare than I wish they were among gene
rals, who believes in the "Sabbath, who appre
ciates thepriv1 lege and the inestimable advan
tage of a Divine service on that holy day. And
he does not jut say to his command that there
will bo preaching at such places, and they can
go if they choose: but he tells his soldiers that
Divine service is a most appropriate exercise
for the Lord's Day, and they will bo expected
to attend as at any other appointed duty; thus
making the Sabbath service as important a
matter as the rerular Sunday inspection.
Inviting a regiment to his headquarters to
service, ne just crops a pome note to ine com
mander, reauestine- him to briuur his enmmnml
officers, and men, except the necdiul guard de
tails, and tho sick, at such an hour, with their
cnapiain to conuuet toe services. Then they
come, and in pood order, decorously dressed,
and pay attention, and get good, and eniov it.
too, as I have learned irom the testimony on
every iiunu.
At 10 o'clock this lovely morning ho sum
moned the whole division together in front of
headquarters, having issued a special order the
nigut previous; and we uad a right noble audi
ence in line, on three sides of a sauare
three bands ot music, all the drum corps, all the
chuplains; and a rich magnificent Union meet
ing as ever it was my privilege to attend. How
the old oaken arches oi our living temple rane,
when the psalms of praise wero lifted up by
such a multitude of manly voices 1 What a
mighty stillness, sucred and Impressive, as that
great assemDiy Dowed in tue attitude ot atten
tion, while the words of praver rose ud to God !
What an inspiration to him who addressed the
words ol God's truth to that audience, in the
multitude of orderly, attentive listeners, vete
rans of many a battl:-fleld, and who may go
forth to another scene of daneer and blood, very
likelv before they are assembled thus again !
Talk about the majesty of Korean Catholic
woiship in giand old urclied cathedrals, or of
the wonderlul interest of the great camp-meetings
which still abound in maity parts ot our
lai:d; speak of any scenes or ceremonies of re
ligious worship that may have most impressed
you in all your varied experience, I don't be
lieve you can recall one occasion among them
nil of more touching solemnity, or real grandeur,
tuan this division ot bronzed and war-worn
soldiers, sitting as little children at the feet of
him who spake in their ears olacruciflod and
risen Saviour.
Our pulpit was a platform of rails, crossed by
several end boards from our big wagons. Our
hymn books wore the admirable little collection.
the "Soldiers' Hymns," and the bands played us
the "Btar-Spancled Banner" and "America: ' and
we remembered , the conquest of SumUr and
Wagner, reported in yesterday's papers, and
ni in tied a little of secular patriotism with our
religious services in a way that might seem
somewhat incongruous at home, perhaps; but
we made it a pood nud a glorious day, greatly
enjoyed, I lully believe, by every officer and
soiuitr present.
Best of all was the srootl, earnest, religious.
and patriotic speech which our General, under
. me iueuauuii ui u.u uuchbiuii, wus inovtu iu
spirit" to ad to the sermon, and showed him as
eloquent a speaker and earnest a Christian as he
is valiant a soldier.
Wouldn't you like to have been with us, dear
reader"
How Dutch Gap Got Its Name.
An Englishman and a Dutchman, so the story
goes, undertook, for a wager, to row their re
specilvc skiff's from a place seven miles below
the Gap to a point above it. Tho man who
arrived first at the place of destination was to
be considered the champion, and to receive the
stakes. Both Btarted. The Englishman pulled
out vigorously, when the Dutchman, with true
Teutonic imperturbability, suffered his opponent
to go ahead without any apparent effort to keep
up with him. When the Englishman began to
round the bluff, after passing the Gap, the Dutch
man was "hull down" and almost out of sight oi
his antagonist, who made a "sure thing ot it."
When the Dutchman reached the Gap. he ran
his skiff on shore, raised it on his shoulders, and
made his way with all possible despatch across
the few hundred feet ot intervening space.
When the Englishman airived at the point at
which the race was to terminate, what was his
astonishment to find his opponent in his skiff,
calmly awaiting his appearance, having relieved
the weariness of his stay by smoking, with
Dutch leisure, three or tour pipes 01 tonacco.
Why is swearing like a rugged coat! It is a
bad habit.
A man mar care,
And Btill be bare,
If his wite be naught;
A man way spend,
And still way mond.
If liis wiio be aught.
Why doe0 the eye resemble a schoolmaster
in the act of Hogging ? It has a pupil under the
lash.
THE KEw YOBK PRESS.
Editorial Opinions of the Leading
Journals Upon the Most Import
ant Topics of the Hour.
COK FILED EVKBT PAT FOB KVJUUNO TRLBOEAPH.
Tlie Connecticut Reaction."
From the 3'ribune.
The Copperhead papers are making great
boasts of what their allies in Connecticut could
or would do, If tho election were to bo held over
again to-day. They claim that a great reaction
has been going on in that State.and that they only
wanted a few days more to canvass, in order to
secure success.
The best commentary upon these boastings
may be found in the result of a second election
which has )ust taken place in Middletown. On
Mondav tho vote stood UN) tor Haw ev and 935
lor English; but only one Ituprcsontatlve having
been chosen, a second election has lust becu
held, at which the Union candidate has been
Hpcted over the uther Representative (tho town
being entitled to two)Dy 74 majority.
A similar gain throughout the State would
give a Union majority of 6000; and there cun
be little doubt that if an election should bo held
In the State to-day, that would be about the
result.
.Usurpation Thientcned
from the Trilmne.
The unchanged, vindictive Rebel who serves
the Daily Hews in Washington, telegraphs on
the 4lh as follows :
"The Teaee Proclamation of the President will be
immediately followou by other action on his tiart.
It will bo observed that tho local rllect ot tho nro
estimation is to place die Southern btatos in the tamo
attitude precisely toward the General uovernnient
mat tney occupied letore me war, ana entitled to
the same rights that they berotolero enioyed. Mr.
Johnson Is determined to follow out this principle
to its legitimate conclusion, aud to sco to it that the
Southern States aie no longer dcpnvod of their
rights by a factious majority in Conpross."
The Peace Proclamation of the President was
an act entirely within the scope of his powers
and duties. However wise or unwise, timely
or untimely, it is the President's prerogative to
determine when such a proclamation should
issue; and we should very deeply regret any
attempt by Congress to interfere with it. The
President is resiionsible only to tho people lor
the exercise of his otlicial discretion.
But the rights of Congress in the premises are
as important, well defined, and unquestionable,
ignore or usurp those of the other. Over and
again has the rresidcnt officially set tortti tho
incontestable truth that Congress must pre
scribe the conditions whereon the States lately
In revolt shall be restored to all tho rights aud
privileges they so rashly, culpably repudiated.
Those who would now urge the President to dis
regard and defy his own virtual pledges on this
point are neither his lriouds nor mends ot the
country.
The English Reform Bill aud Mr. Glad
stone.
From the Times .
The latest despatches show as yet no action
by the House of Commons on Mr. Gladstone's
great measure, the Reform bill. A scheme of
legislation so radical as this, and so vitally im
portant ought to require time in its discussion.
If adopted, it forms a revolution in English
politics, and England makes revolutions slowly.
Many of our readers are 10 doubt puzzled as to
what the purpose and mbtive may be which
made Mr. Gladstone to propose so sweeping a
measure whether he is a demagogue, seeing
the future drift of affairs, and wishing to guide
it, or whether he truly desiras to raise up tho
working class and give it a share in the Govern
ment of the kingdom.
10 those who nave watched kngush politics
and studied the character of the leaders in the
House of Commons, it need not be said that Mr.
Gladstone is a genuine Liberal and a statesman,
with nothing ot the demagogue of his composi
tion. He has been gradually advancing in his
political theories to the most liberal standpoint.
moved no doubt by the carrents of the age. as
every thoughtful mind must be, seeing their
driit, but sympathizing each year more and
more with the great popular and democratic im
pulses of the times. His generous and hearty
utterances two years since in regard to the hersic
bekring ot the workmen of Lancashire during
the cotton famine, spcakine of the moral power.
the eeu-restraiut .ana subordination and intelli
gent understanding of the difficulties of the
British Government, they had shown ns surely
the bt bt "qualifications" lorthe suffrage; showed
a change of sentiment which he and thousands
oi others were no doubt then feeling in regard
to the true quality of the British working-class.
The quiet endurance and obedience to law and
the principled adherence to convictions, shown
by the cotton operatives duiing the crisis of our
war, not improbably convinced great numbers
in the kingdom, that such men were worthy ot
a share in the Government.
Mr. Gladstone has studied for many years the
material and moral condition of the British
working classes. No measures of chanty and
aid were ever deviled in the history of tho king
dom so well calculated to prevent pauperism
and cultivate economy and prudence and thrift
among the poor as his celebrated schemes of
Government Assurance and Post-office Savings
Banks. Mr. Gladstone knows better than any
public man what a vaBt, seething, explosive
muss of poverty and ignorance is working be
neath the surlace ot English society. He dreads
the too long pressure on these pent-up evils.
He may not improbably have bronchi before his
imagination some great public crisis when the
me ot the nation snouiu oe in aanuer; and this
dangerous class at the bottom havo the chance
as the similur but much smaller class once had
1n Kew York to clutch at the vast wealth which
was always glittering belore their eyes, and to
wieak their malice and envy on the classes so
far above them.
He has seen that England, with nve-svxihs of
her population only possess one-tenth ot the Gov
ernment, was always in danger of revolution.
With the upper portion ot the working class
holding; the suffrage, the lower or varabond
part would be as easily restrained as In America,
ana no more aangerous. ne ueures to secure
the monarchy or more properly British society
Irom any fear of revol ationary outbreaks. He
wishes also 10 do lustice, to a class which, like
our Southern negroes, have shown the moral )lf
not the intellectual) qualifications lor suffrage.
The couree of events has seemed almost provi
dentially to place Mr. Gladstone at the head of
the Liberal party, and to force him, though the
representative of the most conservative constitu
ency in Great Britain, to guide the great demo
cratic relorm of this century.
His re ectton by uxtord has undoubtedly
helned to emancipate him, and the death of
Lord Palraeraton has naturally left a freer neld
tor him as chiettuin or the Liberal iteform
Party.
He has shown at once his wisdom and his
boldness by the character of his bill, which is
even more liberal than the Reformers hoped lor.
Whatever biectkms will lie against this, would
hold almost equally agaiDst a more meagre act:
the prejudices which the 'iory party wiu met
and excite against this, they could against any
other; the opposition wUl be as strong to any
.bill, while the discontent will be worse and
more bitter with a narrower reform. With this
succcsslul, the Liberal party hold the Govern
ment, in ail probability, for the next generation.
If it be deleated, they have only to begin agita
tion again.
The American war showed universal suffrage
on trial. All nations see that the North never
could have put forth its gigantic efforts if the
working class had been disfranchised. The
weakness of the South was in the fact that their
working class was disaffected andrevolutiouary,
APRIL J7, 1866.
The qualifies shown by the Northern masses
have raised the character of the laborinir class
the world over, and shown how powerful is a
Government resting on broad suffrage.
These considerations aid now the Liberal
party; and though the great reform may be de
feated this year or the next, it is sure iu the
end to prevail, and England to approach tho
democratic form of Government.
Senator Trumbull on the Civil Rights BUI
He Fall Short ot the iteal Issue.
From the Herald.
Mr. Trumbull, Chairman of tho Judiciary
Committee of the Senate, and the framer of the
Freedmen's Bureau Extension and Civil Rights
bills, ha put in his vindication of the latter
measure in opposition to the President's veto.
Whether he will be more fortunate in tho test
vote of the Senate in this esse than upon tho
Freedmen's bill remains to be seen; but from
pre pent appearances the President will be again
sustained.
Mr. Trumbull's argument in support of the
bill is that of a skill ul lawyer, who knows how
1o present in bold relief the strong points on
his own side, and the weak points ol his adver
sary. He contends that all persons born in the
United States, not subject to any foreign power,
and excluding Indians not taxed, are constitu
tionally citizen of tho United States; that this
was the opinion of Mr. Lincoln's Administra
tion; that the Secretary of Stato, in his pass
ports to black men as citizens, has adopted it;
that Mr. Marcy. as Secretary of Slate under poor
Pierce's administration, held tho same opinion
in reference to free blacks, and that President
Johnson himselt does not come into ontliec
with the construction. Ho only holds that,
while the bill does not purport to grant any
other lights than those of Federal citizenship,
it still makes invidious discriminations asainst
certain classes of persons, and invades the re
served rights of tho Slates in regard to Slate
citizenship, and the powers of the Mate Legis
latures and judicial authorities over that subject.
Against these objections of the veto messaire
Mr. Trumbull says that they are porvcrsions;
that the bill Is lor the relief of persons who
ned relief, not lor the relief of those who havo
aright already; that the objectionable machi
nery of the bill was copied from tho oil Fugi
tive Slave law. always held to be Constitutional,
ana now uscu 111 ine interest 01 irceiioin ai u
originally wa:t in f the Interest of slavery; that
the measure does not interfere witn the re
served Constitutional rights of the States in any
way, and that, unless this bill can be passed,
nothing can be dene to protect tho frcedmen in
their liberty and their rights. These arc amopg
the leading point of Mr. Trumbull's lawyer
like, compact, yet minute and elaborate re
view of the President's objections to this Civil
Rights bill.
But, giving the learned Senator the full bene
fit of bis legal authorities aud conclusious, and
tho full value of Senator Andrew Johnson's
argument against President Buchanan's veto
objections against the Homestead bill, as " the
adcaDtundum of tho mere politician or dema
gogue," and as a veto involving a violation of
tue spirit oi ine v ousuiuiiou in ram inierposeu
against a two-thirds majority of each house, we
must remen-ber that the opiuions of public men
are shaped by the positions in which they are
placed, by the duties devolving upon them, and
by the circumstances and public exigencies by
which they are surrounded.
Thus the views of Andrew Johnson as a Sena
tor, devoted to a particular bill, and his views
as President touching the veto power, devoted
to a particular policy, may oe widely aiuereut;
but still iu each case they may be perfectly
consistent with his convictions of public duty.
That they are In the case of Andrew Johnson
we have no doubt. We apprehend, too, that
In all the learned specifications, authorities.
precedents, and arguments of Senator Trumbull
he does not reach the real difficulty in the case.
We apprehend that the real trouble Is this: that
this Civil Kigtis bill, in proposing to enloree by
the executive, Judicial and military powers of
the Lnited States the rights of the blacks in all
the States as citizens, opens the way to the
placing of whites and blacks in thjs country
not only on a basis of political but ot social
equality, and the consequent deterioration of
this people to the condition of General Scott's
undesirable mongrels of Mexico,
l'resident Johnson, in fact, holds fast to the
idea that this is "the white man's Government,"
and that, in order to keep the dominant race
us adulterated, vigorous, and effective, tho
colored races must be held In a subordinate
position, politicaUy; for that otherwise the
next step must be an indiscriminate social
admixture and general decay, as in Mexico aud
the South American States.
This is the issue which is now before the Se
nate, and which, however settled in that body,
will assuredly be settled before the masses of
the Aroericun white poople on tho side ot Presi
dent Johnson. This is the real issue which
Senator Trumbull has failed to meet
. Fighting the Battles Over.
From the World.
General Buell's letter to General Grant, giving
Tacts and official documents not heretofore pub
lished respecting the battle of Shiloh, or, as it
was first called, Pittsburg Landing, will attract,
ns it deserves, a good deal of attention. There
has been some confusion in te public mind
touching the precise state of the facts previous
to aud during this important conflict, which this
statement will serve to clear up. All candid
men must admit, alter reading this letter, that
General Buell establishes by official telegrams
the following points:
1. That he (General Buell) was not tardy In
the overland march of his army to Savannah, as
he arrivtd sooner than he was expected by
General Grant
2. That but for the timely arrival of General
Buell's command, the second day's tight would
have resulted disastrously for what wa9 left of
the Union forces under command of General
Grant,
The publications by uencral officers since the
close of the war will be a great help to tho
future historian of our civil conflict. The re
ports of our leading erenerals speak for them
selves. To settle disputed points or to vindicate
military reputations, we have also had letters
and statements from Generals like Glllmore,
Franklin, Buell, Warren, Sheridan, Early, and
others. Colonel Bowman's "March to the 8ea"
of Sherman, and General Lee's forthcoming
account ot his campaigns will also be considered
important contributions to history.
It is quite time that some justice was done to
the generals who led the Union armies in the
first two years of the war. The indecisive bat
tles they fought were what broke the strength
of the South. Tho Northern armies were the
weakest and the Southern armies the strongest
at the beginning of the war. At first the North
ern armies lacked in numbers, discipline, experi
ence.and material of war. The minor officers were
all rreen and generally incompetent. These disad
vantages soon told, as the Union army, from the
nature ol the conflict, was the attacking party,
and iisdefects ol personnel, material, and organi
zation became immediately apparent. The par
tial fuilure to meet the extravagant expectations
of the public which resulted brought undeserved
discredit upon military leaders of quite a,s much
natural capacity as those who finally brought
the war to a successful conclusion. History, no
doubt, will set this mutter right.
Tho Trial of Mr. Davis.
From the Daily Xtws.
The superlative radical, Mr. Wilson, of Iowa,
Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary
nffered scma resolutions in the House of Reprcl
scntatives yesterday, instructing that Committee
to inquire whether there Is probable cause to
believe that Mr. Davis and Mr. C. C. Clay are
euilty ot treason and ot the assassination of Mr.
Lincoln, and what legislation is necessary to
bring them to trial f The consideration of the
resolutions being objected to by Mr. Ancona, of
Pmnsylvania, they were not discussed. rOf
course the resolutions were offered to embarrass
the President, aad la piosecuttoa of the radical
warfare against him, refher than for the purpose
expressed in them, teouan we nave no doubt
that Mr. Wilson would gladly see Mr. Davie
murdered, for a crime of which ho la as inno
cent ss Mr. Wilson, and which he Is iuflnitolr
less capable-of committing. We may mention
In this connection that tue wasnington national
Jiejnihiican, which is falsely put forward a the
Presideat'a organ, has a disgracefully ignorant
article in its yesterday's issue upon Mr. Davis.
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The English Retoim Bill.
From the Duily News.
Tho Reform bill is the subject of the hour In
political circles in England. Extending the
franchise to a considerable breadth, as that
measure proposes to do, it enlists many of the
old feelings which have divided English classoe.
Earl Grosvornor's resolution will, if successful,
involve not only the r'eteat of the bill, but, ac
cording to tho cons'Itutional usage of the House
or 1 oiumons, will torce tho Ministry either to
accept the vote, by resignation, as a declara
tion of "want of confidence," or to appeal from
it to the country. The conservative lournala
assert, with great confidence, that the Grosvenor
amendment will De carried; while, on tho other
hand, the Liberal papers insist that the Govern
ment will be sustained.
At this distance, it Is impossible to say which
ot these results is the more likely; but, inas
much as threats appear to havo been uttered by
tne Premier that, it he be not sustained, ho will
dissolve Parliament, we may conclude that he
looks upon the trial with apprehension. Tho
threat to dissolve is a hint to weak members;
and one which, involvuur, if enforced, the ex
penses, work, and hazards of a now election, is
a very effective agency ol "whipping In " but,
on that very account, 1s never employed save
only when held necessatyto avert the danger
of defeat.
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