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THE NEW VOHK PEESS.
KDITOIUAL OPINIONS OF TJIE LEADING
JC WINALS LTOLV CURRENT TOPICS.
CtbULlt. ITlliT DAY FOll iVKMJsO TELEUKAPB,
Immediate Restoration of the South
I'nrtcr the Constitutional Amendment
of Cougrrss. i
J t orn tlit Jhrald.
The fops And clouds iu which the great qnca
tion of Southern restoration have been covered
ip since the adjournment ol CoAi;refl9 are at
length bieaking away. Wo know now what to
do. We have been taught by the famous mari
ner Daniel Webster, after drifting about lor
ninny days in ihiek weather and in an unknown
KPft, to avail ourselves of the firpfglloipse of the
sun for an observation and a reckoning, in order
to ascertain Low far the winds and waves have
driven us irom our true course. We thus find
Irom the bearings of the Maine election that the
true course for the Southern States and the
Administration is laid down in the Constitu
tional amendment of CongrcfS. In other
Morde, we aie convinced from the k?ulficant
reeults of the Maine election that this amend
icnt will carry all the Northern HUtos yet to
come, and that asralnst the solid North any fur
ther resistance from the Administration or the
excluded Southern States will be a waste of
time, foolish and suicidal to all concerned, i
We would, therefore, urge ujKm President
Johnson the statesmanlike policy of a truce
with Congress, and an active co-o'peiation with
the fixed and predominant pub'io opinion of
the North, in behalf ot the immediate restora
tion pf the South on the basis ol this CoiistUu
tional amendment. We have .-hown that there
is nothing in it which the President has not
hiuiselt atone time or another renorumendpd
at essential to the security of ihe Union. It is
not the radical plan; it is not so near, in fact,
to the Rebel disabling and confiscation plan of
Thaddeus Stevens as the propositions put torth
, from time to time by Andrew Johnson. It is a
compromise which the President ought to have
adopted in co-operation with Congress, and
which he ouht now tu adopt at nil events, be
cause his conilict with Congress, If persisted in,
will be most emphatically decided against him.
It cannot be otherwise. The inevitable result
is as clear to the searcher tor the true situation
o things as the lifrht ot the sun through the
breaking clouds. ot one ot the States which
voted for Lincoln and Johnson will fail to adopt
Ibis Constitutional ;aincndment, since New Jer
sey, the only Northern Mate whose vote was
against them, has led oil' tor the North iu the
ratification.
The policy and the duty of President Johnson,
therefore, are as clear us a maiucmuticul de
. monstration, and equally clear is the policy of
the still excluded Southern States. We have
earnestly advocated the President's policy; but
alter the verdict of the jury the nrgumput is ot
an end. The example 01 Tennessee in the ratifi
cation ot the amendment is now the only alter
native tor the other Southern states. Teuu.es
tee, in ratifying the amendment, opened the
door to the admission of her members into both
houses ot Congress. She, by that simple act, is
reconstructed and restored. Certain individuals
of htr people who violated their oaths to sup
pert the Federal Constitution in going over to
the Rebelliou are disabled from holding any
Federal ofliee hereafter until absolved by a two
thirds vote of each house ot C'onsrresn; but
by that vote they can be reinstated even iu Con
gress itselt, if duly elected by their people.
Next, in regard'lo the rights of suffrage to the
blacks, this amendment simply provides that
when in any State the right of sutfrage "is de
nied to any of the mate inhabitants of sticn
State, being twenty-one years of age, and citi
zensof the United States," or when this right
is in "any way abridged except for participation
in Rebellion or other crime, the basw of repre
sentation therein 6liall be reduced in the propor
tion which the number of such male citizens
shall bear to the whole number of male citizens
above the ago ot twenty-one years in such State."
In other words it you cive all your malos,
whites and blacks, above the nice of tweuty-ouo
years, the risht to vote, yon shall count them, all
in counting your people tor Congress, but
neither the.v nor the families to which they
belong shall be counted if you deny them the
right to vote, whether because of their particu
lar color, or because they do not own a certain
amount of property or because they cannot
read and write. An abridgment of the suffrage
on any of these grounds emails a corresponding
reduction in counting the people for representa
tion in Congress.
Universal sutfrage and universal representa
tion, or limited suUrage and partial representa
tion in proportion, just as each State, irom
Maine to Texas, may lor itself elect, is the con
dition of this Constitutional amendment. South
Carolina, lor instance, has a population of
700,000 of which 200.000 are whites and 400,000
are blacks. Taking 100,000 as the number re
quired tor each member of Congress, she will
"have seven members if she grants universal
suffrage; but if she cut6 off all her blacks she
loses tour members, and proportionately as the
snfl'raee is restricted by a qualification of color,
property, or education to whites or blacks. This
may seem pretty severe upon the South, but it
applies also, more or less, to every Northern
State, including New York, which has a neuro
property qualification (two hundred and fifty
dollars), and Massachusetts, where they have a
leading and writing qualification. All the States
will have to modify their laws to universal suf
frage under this Constitutional amendment, or
be cut down to a greater or less exteut in their
numerations for Congress.
This amendment is going through. There Is
no otber settlement for the South. The Gover
nors of the Southern States ought, therefore, to
call their legislatures together at once, and
ratify this amendment, so that with the meeting
of Congress in December they may be all re
stored to both houses. In this way they can at
once secure the balance of power in Congre3j,
and put an end to any lurtner attempt of the
Kuliul tr unnlv new restrictions nfKtiite rflsfn-
rntinn. The houthem States, too. wivl thus De
ut tn a position to tasetneir grouuu, ana snipe
their course to Fome purpose In view of tue'j
Presidential election. What has been done in 1
ot a rule of admission. The way is plain, tne
door is open, and in this simple act ot ratifica
tion the South will be restored to Its balance
ot power, it is the ultimatum of the victorious
. Norib, and tne South will lose much aud gaiu
nothing by delay in its adoption.
Cabinet Council. !
om the Trihune. , , f
1 Mr. Montgomery lilair has been accustomed
to plume himself on originally standing alone
in Mr. Lincoln's Cabinet in favor of reinforcing
Fort Sumter and fighting soccssion generally.
According to the Dlair version of tho matter,
Governor Seward not only opposed all efforts
to relieve Fort Sumter, but actually sent else',
where the expedition which Messrs. Welles and
Ulair bad caused to be hastily litted out at this
port expressly for that service. Minister Har
vey's telegram warning the Rebel leadurs in
'Charleston, of the determination to provision
' the fort, is oultc generally understood to have
been iiieuiied from the Stale Department. W
are wofnlly . mistaken If Mr. Seward either ariti
ViriHtwi n ricii war when he accepted that det
part men t, or was not. ready to go as tar a
nliiwii.t Ctn Am. tx'ua t Q Vfrt it.
Mr. foment, r the artist. In his "Personal
DnXilWti.ma ,,t PruniflMlit. Lincoln." SaVSt
"While standing, as I thought, unobserved,
near a corner ot the room, Mr. Seward ap
iiroaeheri nie, and, iu a manner of more than
UBiial warmth, said: 'I told the Pr3sident the
other day that you were rmlntiug your picture
upona false presumption' Looking at hi:n in
some turprhse, I inquired his meaning. 'Uh,' he
THE DAILf EVENING . TELEGRAPH. PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, I860.
rejoined, yoi: nprcnr to think, in common with
n any other loolisti jn oplc, that the treat oum
ijrss of the Admliiistiatioti is the destruction of
slavery. Now, allow me to ssy, you are much
nitstaKen. Slavery was killed yeats ago. In
dcath-knell was tolled when Abraham Lincoln
was elected President. Tho work of this Admin
istration is the supprcHon of the Rebellion and
the preservation ol the Union. Abolitionists,
like the different religion sects, nave been
chaningone idea, until they have comet) believe
that their horizon nhsol'jtcly bounds the world.
Slavery ha been, in fact, but an (undent in the
history of the nation, inevitably bound to perisii
in the progress of intelligence. Future genera
tions will reared v credit (be record that eucb an
Inthtutlon ever existed here; or, existing, that it
ever lived a day under fcucb a Uovetoment. Hut
mprof-o. ,orhe moment, the republic destroyed.
Willi It is bound up not alone the destlii? of a
nice, but the best hopes of all niankinrl. With its
overthrow, the sun ot libertv, like the Hebrew
dtal, would be set baok indefinitely. The iniig
nltude of such a calamity Is beyonil our calcula
tion. The salvation of the nation Is, then, of
vastly more consequence than the destruction
of slavery. Had you consulted me for a subject
to paint, I should not have given yon a Cabinet
Council on emancipation, but the meeting which
took place when the news came ol the attack upon
Sumter, when the first measure wcro onratiiz 'd
tor the restoration of tho national authority.
That was the crisis in the history ol thii Admin
istration not the issue ot the emancipation pro
clamation. It 1 am to be remembered by pos
terity,' he concluded, wiih much excitement o'
manner, Met it not be as having loved predomi
nantly white men or black men, but as one who
loved Ms country.'"
we tio not recollect that Mr. Kewara was
ever realty suspect d of a ppeclal love tor
blacks, whatever a ribald aud scurrilous pirw(
mifcht have chosen to sv. But we aid and) do
understand tnat Mr. Seward was formerly one
cl thoge who held and felt that our country was
to be fcrved and saved by justice, by righ'eous
mss, by giving to every man his honest due, bv
blinking our constitutions and laws into closer
and closer conformity to the dictates of eternal
rectitude. We have certainly supposed
him above the wretched babble which prates ot
love of the neero surpassing love of country.
We long loved and honored him as one of
those who saw clearly and felt deeply that it
was not richt but wrong that endangered our
Union that it was slavery, not aLti-slavery,
that imperilled the nation's existence.
Wc never heard any but uopperneaas assert
that "the treat business of this Administration
is the destruction of slavery." What we under
stood was that the Administration should put
down the Rebellion in the shortest and surest
way. If slavery or abolition stoodin the way of
our national integrity, the Government was to
walk right over the obstacle iuits single-minded
devotion to tie maintenance of the Union.
lint we are utterlv unable to reconcile Mr.
Seward's averment tunt "Slavery was kibe.l
years ago," with his grave assurance, in his
despatch to Minister Dtiytou at Pari3, April 22,
1MJ1, that i
"The Territories will retnaiu in all repecU the
same, whether the revolution isuaii succeed or
shall fail. The condition of slavery in the several
States wiil remain just the same, whether it
succeed or fail. There is not even u pretext for
complaint that the disaffected States are co b
conquered by the United Slates If the revolu
tion fails; lor the rights of the States and ihe
condition of every being iu them will remain
subject to exactly the same laws aud forms of
iid ministration whether the revolution shall
succeed or whether it shall tail. In the one
case, the States would be federally connected
with the new confederacy; in the other, they
w ould, as now, be members ot tho United States;
but their constitutions and laws, customs.
habits, and institutions, in either case, will
remain the same.''
Most certainly, he could not honestlv write
thus w ho believed that "slavery was killed years
aco," or mat "its cieatn-Kiieu was toticu when
Abraham Lincoln was elected President." An
ambassador, we know, is said to be sent abroad
to lie tor his country; but we never heard that
they were sent abroad lo belied to tor the good ot
the country. It they were, the contrivance
would be a rcmarkubly roundabout, clumsy
iitlnir.
The New York 'limes says:
"When the wur ended, slavery had heen de
stroyed, ami its destruction had been completed
and nisue final try the adoption ot tne Constitu
tional amendment.-'
"When tho war ended." at least one million
ol our peoule were still in actual bondage. The
constitutional amenameni lnnimiing slavery
had not been ratified. Nor would it have been
to this houi, had not M. Johnson said to the
Rebel States, "Raiify it, or I keep you under
martial law till you do." And, up to this hour,
they have gone just so far in putting away
slaver, y as he insisted they should go under
penalty of being kept under military ride.
Whether those who have insisted ou equal
ritihts and equal laws as the basis of Reconstruc
tion, or their antagonists, are the more clear
seeing, riyht-feeling Unionist?, events muBt de
termine. We will concede that our opponents
mean well: wo must insist that putting the new
wine in new bottles is the true safeguard agaiust
explosion. Thero is nothing else so sale as
jubtice. ',
Southern Restoration Aft er Ever j thing,
t What Theut
Vow the 2'imes.
Suppose the Southern whites were to suffer
confiscation of their property and disenfrachlse-'
nicnt, as demanded by Mr. Thad. Stevens
suppose the blacks were to obtain the right of
voting and free gifts ot landed estate, as ad
vocated by Wendell Phillips suppose a
wholesale system of hanging were enforced,
as advocated by General Butler suppose the
Southern States were reduced to tho style
and condition of provinces or territories;
and then suppose that after all these things
weie accomplished, there were still lo be symp
toms of dissatisfaction in the South, and oc
casional outbreaks against the blacks as at
New Orleans what then? Of course even
then, according to ttie extremists, it would
not do to admit these States to their cous'.itu
tional position In the Union, as long as they
were auvthiuxr lees than entirely satUliod with
the treatment meted out to them, or as loug
as their regeneration was so iueomplete as to
make even an occasional riot possible. But
we hardly suppose the JSorthern people couid
ever, under any circumstances, be induced to
countenance such horrible scenes as Pardon
Biowulow urges agaiust his Southern tellow-
citizens In case they remain contumacious to
wards the policy ot such men as ntuiseii: ana
therefore, they would have to look about tor
some new means ot dealing w ith a community
that was found to act precisely as all other com
munities have acted when political persecution'
w as exercised over them instead ot political jus
tice. There would be but two modes so Inr as
we can see, which could be adopted one of
them that which Is now urcred by conservative
statesmen, to wit. permitting the boutnern
States to resume thnr rights as states, and tne
Southern people their lranchi'es as citizen,
with all the nowers ana lvsponaiuiiiiies oi regu
lutmcr tjitir local ailttirs lor themselves,
mul maliitaiuiutr civil order on their o.vn
neennnt. nr. ou the other hand, tub
inctint them to nertiiaiient military rule, and
maintaining among meui uun uu iiiinj
r.onld iu least hold noe-i ion of their ter
ritory at nil hazards This latter stylo or
policy , has been tried not a lew times and lu
uot a tow Places, in the history of the world;'
and though we have never heard of civil or!
political order being permanently lnaintoiud
under it, and thouph of course it is impossible
to associate, with it any idea of republicanism or,
Ireedoin, yet it would at least have its advau-,
tages over Borne other pluus which are more
sanguinary, as well as over some oiIits which'
have their atrocity concealed beneath a thin
veneer of patent 'philanthropy. No doubt a
pretty heavy standing army would be required'
lor the regulation of the eieht millions held iu
subjugation from the Potomac as iar as the
Rio Grande, and tio doubt, alter a while, we
hould have raised up a very turbulent popula-
tion to deal with; but still, na matters wuld
surely be s rowing worse All the time under out '
lianos, and as it is very hard to turn in soeh a
course when once It is entered upon, what
could be done but increase the array and in
tensity the stringency ot lterulef one ot our
Southern correspondents, writing from Geor
gia, discusfed this matter on Friday,' as
it appeared in that quarter. He spoke of the
results ot treating and holding tne Southern
people as conquered subjects ol the desolation
that would so( n exhaust the South, of the cer
tainty that It would soon be a dead weight
attached to the Union, and anured us that It
H puld only be possible to repicss ttirbu.ency by
a large &mied force stationed amo ie audi re
straining the people. Rut this writer viewed
the matter olmol entirely in its economic il in
fluences upon the country and that is a point of
view to which our agitator will pay no atten
tion whatever. We imagine, however, that trotn
in this respect, and in respect of the influence
upon the liheitles t.f the whole country of a
desni tic policy towards the South, the people
will in time come to con. ider the ent re qtlea
tion. They will find, we jnilgc. sooner or later,
that there is no course so wise and safe as that
w hich accords with the Constitution, and which
demands a recognition ot the existence and
rights of all the States, and of the rights and
poweis inherent in all citizens, South as well a
Noith. Is it not the true way to adopt this
course at once?
OB1TUAKY.
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF A GOOD MAN.
MATTHIAS W. BALDWIN.
In order to pay a small tribute 'of respect to
the memory of a great ard good man, as well as
to satisfy a demand made upon us by numerous
putrons, v-e transfer the following elegant and
truthful eulogy upon our late fellow-cltlzen to
our own columns, tiom the Worth Amtrican and
Fntlcd Mates Gazette of Thursday last:
If it was a good and a wholesome thought in
i Old Mortality" to deepen and keep legible the in
etrlpuont upon the tomb-stones of those -who had
honored their country or their religion, and thus
keep alive their memories they are little less en
titled to good consideration who first chiseled
those names,- and placed on stone a record of
the vlrtue that reflected credit on their possessor,
and produced a desire to Imitate the admitted ex
cellmce. Hence benefits are conferred upon so
ciety when mention la made of the excellence of
thore whose lives Lave illustrated the virtues that
belong to their condition, and whose deaths have
done honor to their profession. i
The dtath of our late townsman, Matthias W.
PaldwiL, has been mentioned in all the duily pa.
pi-rs of ctir city, and reference has been rondo , to
the means by which he acquired his. position in
business, aud became the nvister of princely
wealth. The lesson of Mr. Baldwin's Ufa even in
that regard must be profitable to the young, who
are considering how tbey may ascend, nnd a
minute notice of the particular steps which lead
on to fortune would ba instructive to all who are
seeking encouragement in their efforts to achieve a
pluce. Not less, nay even more so, would be a fair
statt ment of the difficulties encountered in the se
lection of meaps and the judgment evinced in the
abandonment of those that did not, on trial, eqtra.
expectation, and the still greater judgment that
comprehended in advance the movements of the
times nnd provided a supply of that which wa
only about to be needed.
The foresight of Mr. Baldwin, his promptness
to seize upon tne suggestion of a sound judgment,
and his patient abiding of the harvest of a liberal
sowing ana careful culture, bis buoyant hopes
amid difficulties and his admirable use of suc
cess are Instructive, and shonld be made familiar
to the young. They are a part of the jewels of our
city, as ihey are illustrations of the character o-t
our people.
But the writer of this is unskilled in those enno
bling arts by which Mr. Baldwin achieved his
great distinction as a manufacturer. Ho leuve
therefore; to others, who comprehend the ditUuultles
of the trade, and tne nign genius by wntcn tnose dif
ficulties were surmounted, to give the instructive
esson which they ought to convey, and make
Matthias W. Baldwin the subject of a volume that
shall be to the young mechanic and merchant tbeir
"Best Companion."
Fifty years' acquaintance with Mr. Baldwin,
and frequent association with him in the discharge
of public duties, enable the writer to speak of him
as a Conscientious man; and in that ennobling
quality lay the secret of his great success. What
he undertook, he believed to be right. What he
said, be knew or believed to be true. What he
completed bore upon it no less the mark of a
master mind and master hand than an impress ot
strong moral integrity, and a well regulatei con
science. If Mr. Baldwin was seen In his earlier
days connecting new business with that which he
had first undertaken; or If he startled his brother
manufacturers by passing from one pursuit to an
other, time served to show that he was reaching
out to that means of distinction for which his
genius and skill had fitted him, and making him
self ready, by taking a first step, to take those
which his progress should snggest. Ills new
views were attained by ascending, and his foot
hold was made secure on each attainment by the
correctness of his judgment.
He who leads public enterprise must sometimes
wait the progress of the many, or be left alone.
He who provides in advance for others may often
find bis provision neglected and his hopes disap
pointed. Mr. Baldwin understood that from ex
perience, but when he became a public benefactor
by anticipating the large demand for locomotive
engines, his enterprise and judgment were re
warded by that success which is the artisan's
great object, and finally by that wealth which is
the almost certain result of foresight and enter
prise, directed by sound judgment and a pure con.
science.
A suggestive theme for a public address or an
essay might be found in the busine&s abilities,
chaiacter and success of Mr. Baldwin; and some
one who would make the lesson attractive will
probably present it to ttie young, as an eucourano
mem to undertake with prudence great matters
and pursue with earnestness whatever their hands
find to do, and not to be deterred by small obsta
cles, and especially not to cease from enterprise
because a sn.gie pain to success has been closeu
lhere is a power iu genius that moulds eveuts n
its own purposes, or accommodates itself to new
circumstances. It la certaluly good for any man'
wuo has to acmeve nis own pecuniary indepeiu'
denee that his taste and education should ba
moulded to the requirements of a pursuit upon
which he is to enter, uut it is better that his
powers of mind should be so directed that he may
seize upon new suggestions, and profit by a chung.'
which chance or progress may muke. The du-
roveriet of science, the inventions of genius nuj
the advancement of the arts are constantly pre-j
senting new objecta for enterprise, upon which
men or character In their pursuits may seize, and
make them subservient to Immense success. Mr
Baldwin comprehended that, und he profited byi
tne manges wnieu railroads produce, and rose to,
aisur.cuon upon a business that had no existence
when he commenced business life
Mr. Baldwin then was prominent In his occupa-j
tion. lie understood the art which he practteed,
and he knew how to make science subservient to:
that srt, and so he became great as a business man
But the distinction and wealth which Mr. Baldwin
acquired were less to him than that serenity of
temper by which hP hours ot business cur of so
clul enjoyment were lllumlnaied, and the wealth
which he acquired seemed cbieliy valuable to trim
as a means of gratifying a refined taste, and pro
moting objects worthy the consideration of an im
mortal mind. Ths writer of this article had its
plefltnre of observing the progress of Mr. Jte'dwtn
for fifty yr are, of sharing with him public respon.
tibllitipf; and no act, even In his most straitened
(toy, Is recalled on which Mr. Baldwin was lest a
Uue aid upright man than he was when no temp
tations but wealth Invltid bins to swerve. He was in
principle an honest man. There was no neceestiy
lor thought, for calculation, to make htm do right
right wltn him was almost an Instinct, so deeply
sealed and so constantly active was such a prin
ciple. He was a good man.
To the yonng Mr. Baldwin eemed to die In a
good old age; to his contemporaries and his ee
rlort, he cecrotd to have been called away in the
midst of that toncdness ef judgment which gri-.v.
rxperleiics matures, and in the fullness of tint
Intellect w bleb, was so useful to others.
Mr. Baldwin's strong sense of right made him
tenacious of the principle s which he nad adopted,
and upon which bis pnbllc nnd private life wai
moulded.; He was firm In his adherence to them,
nnd, at proper seasons, he was earnest in their de
fence, though rather conspicuous la their Illustra
tion. But he never wounded ths sensibilities of
others by an untimely presentation of his own
views, nor outraged ths proprieties of social lifo
by indelicate attacks tipon ihe opposing opinions
or associates. Stern In the practice of those vir
tues which belong to the religion which he pro
fessed, he was yet most lenient to the errors write i
marred the character of others. Hs cautioned the
erring with delicacy, and he rebnked the offender
with gentleness. For lesser fanlts he had the for
bearance of one who nnderstood the weakness of
bnrnnn nature, nnd lor graver offences he had th
censure that startles but mends. To the youus
man who had departed slightly from the way, h
extended a hand that led to the right; for the older h -had
a pardon and a blessing that u-ida hiia go an ;
sin no more.
No one can tell into bow many channels th
good Influences of Mr. Baldwin extended. Hi
liberal band was open toassist the unfortunate, and
he directed, by example, the character of ob'ers.
His own life and Its results were to the younger
an enconragement to virtuous enterprise, while
his own vast undertakings gave active and pro
fitable employment to hundreds who lived in the
influence of his gcod example, and grew hotter in
on atmosphere of the purest morals that Chris
tianity has softened aud sanctified.
The ruling motive ol Mr. Baldwin's action was
right, not merely the abstract sense of right that
1 ermits no direct wrong to others, but that higher,
purer sense, that made him solicitous that all the
enjoyment which he had of bis own right should
lo multiplied by and ministered to, the good o!
others. Hence, It was a rule of life with him to
multiply the rights of others that he might in
crease their usefulness and their enjoyment.
All who knew Mr. Baldwin knew him to be a
zealous Christian. The best qualities of religion
were illustrated by his unostentatious chiritiesi
his large philanthropy, hi3 love for. man. AH
who knew Mr. Baldwin could not designate t.b)
denomination of Christians with which he had di
lect aud intimate lollowshlp; but a man of such
fixed principles would scarcely be without an ex
plicit creed, and with an attachment so strong and
so particular as to make him seek to extend the
benefits ot bis general views by means of the chan
nels which he held to be most appropriate. No
man that orproached Mr. Baldwin with requests.
for means to promote any good object ever went
away empty; but who can tell how full-handed
returned those who intimated to him the necessities
of some religious enterprise that was directly in
the wty which he specially approved. The largest
of these offerings ure known. The liberal man
shuts his eyes to the evidence of bis liberality, but
the beneficiary suftars an open mouth to speak, ou
of the abundance of a grateful heart.
The Master and Teacher of all benevolence did
not rebuke the presentation of a motive for prayer
for the restoration of a sick man, -That he hath
l.ullded us a synagogue." He might have beard
the reason urged with double force in behalf ot
one whose death is now mourned, and whose lift
may have been protracted by the exercise ot those
graces which strengthen where they influence and
bless the objects upon which they are employed.
No man in this city, perhaps, has ever done
more for the religious denomination of which he
was a member than was necessarily known to be
done by Mr. Baldwin. The thousand percolating
drops of incidental aid, the numerous rills of cha
rity that flowed from his ample means are to bi
judged of only by the blessings which they pro
duced, the benefit of the individual or the associa
tion alone "betraying the secret of their ellen
course." But there are others, where princely mu
nificence, moved by a religious discrimination,
meet the eye and command the respect of those
who know how doubly beneficial is that aid which
comes at a moment of need. The record of such libe
rality is made where it will be Ineffaceable. The
character and deeds of the man capable of such
acts will be held in "sweet remembrance."
Mr. Baldwin, though always alive to the Interests
ot the ountry, found little time for what Is called
public positions. ' He was a member of the Oon
vention that formed the present constitution of the
State of Pennsylvania; and his influence was
given to the conservative side of measures dis
cussed. He was at the time of his death, and had
been lor many years past, a member of the Board
of Inspectors of the Philadelphia County Pnsou,
in which situation his business habits, and his sense
of justice, and his love of mercy, made him emi
nently useful, while the urbanity of his manners
secured for him the affectionate esteem of his col
leagues. No one could attempt an analysis of the charac
ter of Mr. Baldwin without being struck with its
wonderful, its beautiful simplicity, and the adap
tation of his manner to all with whom he cam?
Into relation. The humblest artisan found in him
a sympathizing friend, and the r.oblest aud boldest
projector felt instructed by his observation. Th
aged gathered encouragement by his preseutni
tion of the benefits ot his experience, and chil
dren'grew happy in his benignant smiles. H-
seemed -to' have a force of character that took
bim through all enterprises and a gentleuen
of disposition that giye sunshine to ' all re
suits. The extended factory and the ponder
ous machinery seemed to be trifling instrument !
in hi bunds to effect great objects; while home
and the fireside, with its splendid collection of
the Hue arts, and the endaaring tmile of atlectton
that no art could make or imitate, was the sane
maiy of the domestic affections.
It is tor others to do more ample justice to tho
character of Mr. Baldwin, and tempt the youug
aspirant tor distinction, by showing how truth
conscientiousness and peisivenng industry se.
cure Mtccess and how the best iustiucts of tho
human heart and the purest principles of relijfiou,
Hit- compatible with the most devoted attention to
lie buine8 ot lite: how, indued, they iufluence
ibe vlaus and direct the execution of the schemes
ul the man of enlurged enter -prise, and finally, how
they gain predominance arid become the leading
motive where they had only been the influencing
nower.
Some one el?e will find time to show how much
hencr the creii'ive and completing fucult'esof such
uninn as Mr. Baldwin reflect on his whole coun
uy: how the fulfilment of his great undertakings
jii'e rr.tide blesbir.gs to others, who in a hundred
uaiys ure culled ou to porlorm pun ot the immense
labor lor which his inventive power created a de
nia.d: and how the ciiy In which he dwelt feels
Inn the iimie, the churacter and the success of
Matthias W.Baldwin are inseparuDly conneced
with the honors which such a roun achieved. I-et
ii be the object of this article to show that In Phil- ,
udnlphm such a man as Matthias W. Balrwlu
could not live without the distinction which tai-'
en l, enterprise, success and purity of life ought to
secure; and such a man could not die without the
regret that so much worth should pass away, nor
wiiboutgratitude to God that the highest honors
w hich our city has to bestow are reserved lor the
man who is fuithtul to bis vocation, and la all his
relations an example or uobie, generous mw
prises and 01 gentle, uuriatran manners,
J. K. O.
CLOTHING.
J0'ESj
MARXE17
.1
Above
LEGAL NOTICES.
IN THE ORPHANS' COURT FOIt THE CI TV
L AKUCOIM Y OF PHILADELPHIA.
r.stuteot AFAII ltUKD. OecciseU.
The Andltor annotated bv the Con t to nuitlt. cttlc.
and Bdjtiht the first account ot l-.DWAKD hHU'EN boo
i MUJUAOii. w AL.ive.il, i runters oi i. .n r. in nir.
under the InstwlU and tetnmnt of 64 BAH BOKT,
deciased. and to report distribution of the balance in
ibe hands of the accountants, will meet the panic" In
terested lor the purpose ot his appointment on TCl'.S-
UA 1 , !eptf inner :u, at 3 o'CKh-.c r. n . at iim o:nce,
o. Mfl W MMT street. In the city ot Phila-lclphla.
9 2ftmnwftt WILLIAM!.. M ARSHA1.L. Auditor.
IN THE ORPHAN'S' COURT FOR THE CITY
L AND t'OVNTY OF PHILADELPHIA.
ttate of HARAH llt'Kl). deceased.
The Auditor appointed bv the mart to auiltt settle,
and aniUBt the tlrst account ot ED W ARD HIPl'EN,
ami TllOMAH H. WALK t-.K. Trustees ot JOsKPH H.
li CUD tinder the nineteenth clause of the loit will an1
tesminent of BAHAH ItUDD, decedent, ami to report
distribution ot the balance in the hands ot the account
ant", will meet tho purtlcs Interested. Or the purposes
of lils anpointmcnt. on TUESDAY. September iftth. at
iH o'clock P. M.. at his office, No. 625 WALNUT 8treet,
in the city of Ihlladc phia.
"lftmw.'it W 11 1,1AM L. MARSHALL. Anrtltof.
1 N THE ORPHANS' COURT KOR THE ClTV
AUD COUN IY OF PHILADELPHIA.
Estate of SI Alt Y L. HaINk.s, alias MAKY L. AW1IX,
The Auditor cp-polntcd by the f'ourt to audit, set-le,
anl adjust ihe account or -IOHN F. METZ Adminl
trflior ot the cintc of suid decedent anil t report dutri
butloti of the bulance in the hand ot the acco'.intunt,
will meet the parties intcicted tor the punioe ot his
appointment, on MONDAY .September '24 1S6. at 4
o'clock 1. M., at ths Wethcrill House, In the city ol
FMIade'Dtila.
" '-v 't t WIT.' 'IV M, PULL Andltor.
Iis 'llth; coLifi" Oh COMMON PLKA6 fr'OR
THK CUT AM) COUNT OF FHILADKLF11IA.
, Estute oi JOHN and ANN li.NINUHOVE e a .
Ihe Auditor appoin ed by the Court to audit, settle,
nnd adjun the account ot WILL' AM NAS-tAU, Trustoo
ot JOIIN and ANN lit-MNtiUoVE and others, a
filed rv CHARLES W. NAM.SAU, the fixoen ur oi bw
last will and testament, aud to report distribution of
the balance In ihe bttndx of the accountant, will meet
the panics lutorexied tor the purpose of his appoint
ment, on 'J Uht-DAY, hopteniber 2-V A. D lM at 11
o'ciock A. Mil'ta othce, So. 402 WALNCf Street, in
the city ol 1 hiladelihia.
9 14 imwit w. p. BAKER, Auditor.
IN THE tilU'llAN' COURT FOR THE CUT
JL AND COUM'l Y OF PHILADELPHIA.
Estate ol PAT lClv MKKrlAV deceased.
Ihe A ulit or ai.polnted bv the ourt to aud.t. e tie.
end adjust the nccom t oi JOHN cK.tY, executor ,'t'
the ism will and teiti.iucnt oi PA I KICK MEbtlAS,
occeasco, anu to report uisiriDutmn oi trie balance m
the Lands ot the accountant, will meet the parties lu
terencd icr the purpose ot hi- iippolutmeDt, on i I'lSH-
1AY, ocptcmbir to 18C6 at 4 o'clock 1. M.. a his
citt.ee, No. Wi WAL&UT Street, in the city ol i'Diladcl
phiu
!' UV' W. T. KAKKR Andltr
"IN ThK OKPHANV CAM'ttT OP THE OITV
JL AND COUNT l O 1'111L1)ELI'HIA.
Estate ot JOSEl'U M. TIluMAt deceased
The Auditor appointed by the Court to audit, settlo,
nnu uuiu-.i ine nccoumoi i.ii.itr;s j. ritu.M as and
aL1N l U iIllif-kT. who survived ALGERNON s
RfUEKlN hxecutors O' JO EPU M. THO.U.Y. de-
eeaiect, ami to report uiairiDunoa o rue oaiance la tha
rands oi thn account-. nt. win meet the Darttcx fnto-
reiea lor ine purpese oi ins appo ntioen', on KD
NEhDAY September 6, A. D. lSUi, at 4 o'clock P.M.
a lila Office No. 4t2 WALNUT Street, in -he cltv of
HiMH(!c'p,la 914'inwjt
EXK'UTOll'S NOTICE'. - PERSONS 1N
debled to the Estate of the late CHARLES 8
WAYNE will pleai-e make payment to and those
having claims against the estate will present tneoi to
If.TilV 1- W.VKV
IUl.'8w
Xo. 1113 MOUNT VERNON Hirek
THE EYE AND EAR.
JJFAFNESS, BLINDNESS,
THROAT, LUNG, AND CHEST DISEASES
CATARRH AND ASTHMA,
Disordered Functions ot
TUB DIGESTIVE ORGANS
MORBID AFFECTIONS Of THE LIVER,
WEAKNESS OF NERVES, AND GENERAL
DEBILITY OP THE WHOLE SYSTEM,
4 Treated with unprecedented success by
DR. YON MOSC1IZISKER,
No. 1081 WALNUT Street.
The following GENTLEMEN, who have lately been
curtd under the treatment of Dr. VON MOscUZls
K EE. have kindly peimltted dim to teier to them and
they would aiad.y hear testimony to the amount oi
LENEH I derived from his TUKATMEN 1 :-
'J. 11. JSCCl(EKY,Eq., No. IKifl Walnat street.
fliOEMAKIK, Esq., No. tfJSH WalDut street.
ALAN WOOD, Jr., Esq., No. 619 Arch street
C. li. (iltr 1 -V No. to .North .-evcuth street.
V. J. liOLI.OWA Y, Ebu. No. Sua Market street.
J.COOPER. Esu, No J North Erout street.
Dr. DAVIDSON, N. W. corner of Ninth aud Chesnut
streets
General KII.BUBN. V. 8. A., Olrard street.
1. W. tWEENEY, Esq., V. H. Assessor ol the Second
Dlslrict.
l. HAltY, Esq., riesirtcnt ot the Nineteenth Ward
Public fchool.
Kev. 8. O- HARE, Philadelphia Conference
HUlloivun ui v, ii.-i u.lliun, ail ,-irHiUM WIIU WOU'll l)Q
carriuu conscientious to whom they would permit the
ti.ii.'ir, until i'l .ui... UHiii, . imi u, VJkBUl.UVU UL
,fr.",.,t.' v. inilit-ATx'iOTC. n.
his
THE ATOMIZER.
Dr. VON MOSCFlZIKEK asserts wlih the utmost
coumi.cuce tiiai hia sya era or treating LI NO
'IliliOAT, CUEST Dlscu.-es. ("ATAItKll, ASliiMA.
auu all inulaaies of the digestive organs, by the uie ol
tlie A'l O.VIZi.K, is the unly re liable one. Hmoe tha
Introduction ot this system cu.m-s have been trout-li:
to his cllico, No II 111 V. L.s UT Htreet. in which
every other poMlle means hiivo been Iraitlossl em
p'oyed. out rcudr v j leidud to hl treatment.
llio AiOJHZEK is an AI1AKAI1S constructed on
icicutllic iiriiKliutu, which, by a mechanical arranno
incut, cither" by atmof jhert prcs-mm or steam, cou
verts any medio lie into a flnu tl'KAY, and readl.y
conveVH ItlMO the EKOXdlltL H'lSKSo.- LU.stli,
v.iib the UExI'lKAIoity t LKItl'NT. The medicines
submitted to tliu action oi this A I'PAK ATUS lope
roihluit ot tlielr I1EH'AL VALUE, as in other
preparations, but aiv received Into the IfKSI'lltA
frutiY OltOANS hi Itieir lull MEDICINAL
glKr -s fl'l H.
MIMICAL OI'IRATIONS OS THE EYE.
AI L M lttili'.VL OWERATIONS on the Eyes, such as
CatMiict. Artiuciul Pupil, Cross Eyes, etc., iklliu y
pmoinicd. Ittrp
PASSENGER RAILWAYS.
rriiE SPRUCE
J. RAILWAY.
AND PINE STREETS
TRUNK LINE.
Tin? Road now. in addl ion to Its mam Hue on Knraos
und 1 li e streets, passua through ths entire western imr
tton ot tl.ei-lty I'lfsenners irom the extreme iiurth
vegt ai Eairmouut 1'aik anc aloiur Uie entire route to
tho extreme ioiuhwtst at Cray's Fern-, i-un tako tlie
cars vu 'i wniiynwcond anil 'Iwenty third street ami
tlie Oru.v's Kerry Road, and be carried throuuli,
pruce street, to the Exchange lor a
MNl.LE EAUK. ,
In r.ddhlon to the se veral l arks and the beautiful
peenery alurg the Bchuyiklil trout, lliero are uiauv
i biiets of inierert a'onv this route loruaie It a tractive
Ibe roiid li up endldly equipped, tbe carsbelnK ueanv
I entirely new, and always kept clean and com
Portable Cars leave tne Kxchanne tverv lew minutes durhu
the
day, and every hour a termuiuitht. vluliu
FINANCIAL.
RATIONAL
BANK OF TIIE REPUBLIC,
Kos. 809 and 811 CAES RUT Street.
PHILADELPHIA.
Tho late management bating relinquished their entire
control and Intorest In this Bank, ths business Is now
being cirducted under the following entirely
NhW MANAGEMENT.
DIRECTORS.
JOSEFH T. BAILEY,
Of Bailey & Co., jewellers.
EDWARD B. ORNE,
Of J. P. A E. B. Orne, Dealers In C arret is irs.
t NATHAN HILLE8,
Eiesldent of the becond National Bank.
WILLIAM EKV1BN,
Of Myers- Eivlcn, Floor Factors.
OSGOOD -WELSH,
Of 8. AW. Welsh, Commission Merchants, -BENJAMIN
ROWLASD. Jr.,
Of B. Bowlana, Jr , A Bicther, Coal Merchants.
WILLIAM II. RHAWN,
Lute Cashier of the Central National Bank. ,
PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM II. RHAWN.
CASDIEK,
JOSEPH P. MUMFORD.
Late of the Philadelphia National Bank. 98
JAY COOKE & CO.,
Ko. 114 Scuth THIRD Street,
i
BANKERS .
AND
DEALEKS LN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
V. 8. 6s UK 1881.
r0s, OLD AXD NEW.
MMCs; CEKTiriCATKS OF INDEBTEDNESS
7'60 It Ol ES, 1st, 2d. and 3J Bcrlcs.
COMFOUJVD INTEREST XOTES WANTED.
'.-''' i
INT.EKfc.ST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS.-
j
Collections matlo. Stocks Bought and Sola OU
Commission.
Special business accommodations reservod ' fot
LADIES. 8 72m
RATIONAL BARK OF THE REPUBLIC.
Ncs. 8C9 and 811 CHESNUT Street.
Tbe entire Interest of the late management of this
Pank having been purchased with the view of efleotlng
nn entirely ritw organization, shares of stock wlll be
clt-poscdof in limited quantities, to respectable parties
In business, who may have an interest In a bank In this
location. Applications lor tbe stock will be received fot
a tew days, after which a distribution will be made.
WILLIAM U. It II AWN,
9 8 tf President.
(J, S. SLMJUBITIES,
A SPEOIALTI.
SMITH, RANDOLPH & CO.,
BANKERS & BROKERS,
10 S. THIRD ST.
PHILADELPHIA.
3 NASSAU ST.
NEW YOJUL
STOCKS AND GOLD
BOUGHT AMD HOLD 02f COMMISSION
HERE AND IN NEW YORK.
Ko. 225 DOCK STREET,
BANKKltS AND liliOKKRS.
BUT AXO HELL
UNITED BTATE8 BONDS, 1881s, 5.20a, Is 40a,
V IT ED BTATEtt 7 S-lOs, ALL lHHtES.
CERTIFICATES OK INDEBTEDNEM.
Mercantile I aper and Loans on Collaterals ncfotiaisd
Btocks Bousht and Bold on Commission. 1 II
520 I V E - T W B N T I B S.
7'30s - SEVEM-THIRTIES'
WANTED.
DE HAVEN fc BROTHER,
1 7 Ko. i U S. Thibp Sibekt.
G-AS L I G U T
FOB THE COUNTRY,
FEB R IS & CO.'S AUTOMATIC GAS
MACHINES
For Private Residences, Mills, Hotels,
Ciiurclies, Etc. Ktc. '
FiuiilslilDfr from Ten to Six Hundred
llglits, as iitay1e Ruqulred.
Tblf machine Is guaranteed i does not get out otordor,
and the -lime to nianase It Is about Ave minutes a week.
The simplicity of thla spoaratua, itaeonre ireeaom
from dinner, the cheapness and. Quality oi tha . lhiht
pver all othera , baa gained for it the tavorablo opinion
of thone acquainted with Its rents. The names ot
those having used them for ths last three yeart will
be given by calling at our Ot-TiC' . (, (
Ko. 105 SOUTH FOUttTII STitEET,
Where ths machines can be seen In operation.
' FEHHIS t CO., Box H91 P. O, '
Send for 1'amphlet. i
U"NADULTKBATIiD L I Q U O E 8 OV
JtH'HAf i PENl.STAN'tJ
Hlt'lLt: AND VAI'ITS,
No. iSaTTREHNUr hthv-et.
Nearly Opposite the Post Om
PHILADELPHIA.
f fimll le supplied lerSklroia the Cob'
nded to
htsWKMsMsMsnrfixii