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THE EEW YOBK TRESS.
XIMTORIAL OPIMOKS OF THE LEADING
JOURNALS UPON CURRENT T0PIC3.
oovr-i rn kvp.rt dat jtor ivfrino tfxkoraph
olr of the Secretary of (he Interior.
cm 17 Independent,
The President is unfortunate in Ills advocate.
Even be has nevrr defended himself as weakly
at he bat recently permitted his Secretary of
the Interior to defend Mm. "It is not certain,"
says Mr, Brownripr, speaking of the Government,
4 'Ht we will save Ii." We shall not interpret
he wilt In the above pbrnse as anything wore
ban a grammatical blunder. Mr. Browning,
doubtless, wishes that the Government should
be saved. That he should doubt of Its safety is
natural; with hi views followed out, its salva
tion would be more than doubtful. Its safety
constats in this, that the people repudiate ail
suc h views. Mr. Hrownlni thinks that, at the
close ot a four years' embittered war, producing
a radical chance In the legal and social condi
tion ot lour millions of people, creating two
vast antagonistic public debts, and involving a
thousand diversities ot Interest between mil
lions on one side and millions on the ottier, no
precautions- are needed, no conditions should
be imposed, in receiving back as legislators the
defeat pd Rebels. The people who defeated
them are not willing to tiust these Kebels with
out conditions. They wish to render the 8outn
incupable ot doing mischief with the Same ease
in the future: and in t.ils Vattei and other pub
licists agree with them, though Mr. Browning
does not.
They decided, at tho recent elections, that
they would have constitutional guarantees for
the future. Mr. Browning says tnee elections
are not "indicative of the judgment of the peo
ple of the Northern States upon the Constitu
tional Amendment; for, says he, "they have not
calmly and dispassionately discussed and re
flected upon it." Mr. Browning's logic is re
markable. The issue was made up on a quos-
turn that has been be lore the public for months,
and been discussed by every fireside in the
country; the people voted distinctly on that
Issue. Mr. Browning thinks they were not calm
and dispassionate when they voted; theretore
the result of the -vote is no indication of the
judgment of the people. When the amendment
Is rai1e.t, oueht the Hupreme Court, before it
decides upon its validity, await Mr. Browning's
opinion as to whether the a embers of the legis
latures that ratified it were calm and dispas
sionate .
The amendment has this provision: "Nor
shall any State deprive any person of lite,
liberty, or property, without due process ol
law." Mr. Browning taluks that is totally to
annihilate the independence and sovereignty of
State judiciaries in the administration of State
laws, and the authority and control ot the State
over matters of puiely domestic and local con
cern." The people remember the scenes in
Memphis and New Orleans; they know that
State laws have not secured, and nre not at all
likely to secure, the persons or property of
American citizens, white or black, who are
heartily loyal and avowedly opposed to slavery;
they do not regard this as "a purely domestic
and local concern;" they legard a country as
semi-barbarous where life and liberty are
habitually insecure, and they do not intend that
one-third of their country shall remain semi
barbarous, a scoff aud a byword to the rest
of the world. It the States protect lite and
property, good and well; if not, the people
intend that the Federal Government shall,
andtl at Is one rcatcn whv thev vnu for tho
amendment.
More than four-sevenths of the population of
South Carolina are blacks (blacks 412,320, whites
291,388). Mr. Browning proposes (to select this
one State as an example) that the white three
sevenths, of whom tbree-fonrths at least are
disloyal, shall, because of color, dlsfraachUe
the black four-sevenths, of whom ninety-nine
in a hundred are loyal; and that the reward of
these secession sympathizers lor thus shutting
out the loyal element from all part in legislation
shall be that every white voter iu Sjuta Caro
lina shall have twice and one-third as much
political power, in Presidential and other Fede
ral elections, as a white voter iu New fork or
Ohio The people who beat these white South
Carolinians on the field of battle are of opinion
that it they give each of them the same measure
of political power as they themseves possess,
they are acting not justly only, but generously;
and that to give them more than twice as much
would bo an act of supreme folly. For this
reason, also, they vote lor the Constitutional
amendment.
W hen Mr. Browning tells them, as he does,
that because the interests of white women and
white children are cared for by their fathers,
and husbands, and brothers, therefore the ex
slaveholders 01 South Carolina will be sure to
care for the interests of their former slaves, so
that it matters little whether the blacks have
any voice in the matter or not, they smile at his
reasoning, and hope that his qualifications as a
secretary exceed bis powers as a logician.
Thei
: thiid tection o; lac amendment provides.
ai to any persons who shall have taken an ofil
clal oath to support the Constitution of the
United States, and shall have violated the same
by taking part in the Rebellion, that they shall
be deprived not of the right of suffrage, but of
the right to be elected to any Federal or State
1 1 A J.L ' 1. A l .
nice, uniees, uy a vwo-t uiras vote, congress
shall remove the disability. To this Mr. Brown
ing objects. He thinks the men who have
broken an oath once maybe safely trusted to
take the same oath aealn, and to keep it this
time. The people do not thick they may; aud
that is another reason why they favor the
amendment
Mi . Browning thinks that this list of the for
sworn includes "the great majority of the edu
cated men or the States which. Lave been in
rebellion " The people think'that if Southern
education has failed to teach the majority of
its pupils the respect due to the sanctity of an
oath, that majority had better elect to office
some ot the minority whose moral sense has
been more carefully cultivated, and that there
is no great hardship in this. Forty-nine out
of every fifty Northern men hold no oillce what
ever. Oflice is a duty Imposed, not a favor
granted.
Mr. Browning seems to forget the fact that a
large majoilty of the educated men ot whom
he speaks, believing the Rebellion to have been
a rightful war for independence, and believiug
also that slaves were Dronertv. and that a man
cannot righttully be deprived of his property
without just compensation, aie in favor of
assuming the Rebel debt, and of paying for
three millions ot emancipated slaves. The
people have not lorgoiton this: they have de
termined that the Rebel debt (hall not be
assumed, and that tho three millions of eman
cipated slaves shall not be paid lor. And this
is a stre ng additional reason why tbey vote for
the amendment.
Whether Mr. Browning wishes tbe Rebel debt
assumed and slaves paid for or not, he has not,
in his long letter, taken the trouble to inform
11s. All we know is. that he is opposed to any
constitutional provision on tbe subject.
Mr. Browning objects not only to the amend
ment proposed, Out to any amendment. "We
had better," he says, "adhere to the form of gov
ernment our lathers gave us. We had better let
well enough alone." Of course, he thinks we did
wrong to amend the Constitution so as to eradi
cate that slavery which our fathers saw tit to
tolerate. The people think we did right. Here,
. again, they diller Irom Mr. Browning. .
Mr. Browning thinns an American Congress a
most dangerous body. "The Legislative." he
vi. "L the most aceresBive of thA ripnnrt-
ments." And again: "It Is tbe only department
Irom the encroachments of which any serious
dauger to our institutions Is to be apprehended."
Let us say nothing of the notorious fact that tbe
history ot all constitutional governineuts (rives
Hut riiMiiai to suen au mocj uuu. out wnat an
idea must Mr. Browning have of the capacity of
the people lor seii-governmeun x ue greatest aim
r.rthA onlv daueer to our Government, he
thlnkf, grows out of the aggressive character ot
lMOYMJj
the men whom the people select mo&t of ih(m
every iwo years and send lo Wastilntjton, to
- 1U uumr. - Acts ot usurpation," he says
tn another paRflaijo, -'aro to be expected Irom
them, and from them only." It does not occur
w mm mat i ITesident can ever begulitrof
i-rcMucnt, according to his theory,
will always be calm and disnasfionale, incapable
" I'mmuHire or military power, it H
me peopie woo do not ' calmly and dlpassion
ateiy discuss and reflect." It is from them and
ineir cnoico of representatives that all danger
arises.- Nevertheless, It is a fortunate thing lor
lu.B.uuuon mat lis uovernment Is lodged in
the people, and not In the President, nn his
secretary ol the Interior.
will the Ameudment be Final Settle-
inentl
from the Nation.
In discussing, ttfo weeks ago, the probitblo
result of the adoption of the amendment by the
Southern 8tates, we expic-sel our beliel that
whatever the feelings of individual members of
Confess, or of the more radical membors of the
Republican party out of doors might be, tho
expectations of the couutry, and the general
understanding of the matter by the South, were
such that it would be found impossible in
practice to deny admission to loyal members
from States which had formally complied with
the requirements of Congress. Congress, It li
true, Is not bound to anything; but it woiil l,
nevertheless, disappoint a majority of those who
are now supporting it, If, after the South had
freely accepted the amendment, it wero sud
denly to announce that It was sfill not satisfied.
and that its last word had still to be spoken; and
it would more thau disappoint them if it had no
betier excuse for not huvintr sn iken out it
whole mind last sesion than its own indecision
or timidity, or waiit of confidence in the
people, in fact, to
thai "the plan of reconduction" which it pro
duced alter six months' labor was, utter all, no
plan at all, and did not coutain things which
the mnjority consider of vital Importance,
would be such a piece of self-etultiflcation, that
we feel satisfied no party will urge it.
But supposing the South to aennnr th nm
posed terms and their renresentniivpa in mira
their seat on the basis of reconciling on nnv
otlired, would the struggle then be over!" Would
the country be completely pacitied ! Would the
"fanatics" le silenced f Would tho !!..
juiestlon" be removed Irom the political arena f
These are querns which very few people lust
. " -vvi, buu ictver aim iase tne
nouoie lo answer. Tne sancrninn
mated by a cet.turv ot nnvate and nnhim
prosperity, and which irives a
American cnaracier that tne 1p f..rt.mor
European, whote greatest and most HiirH.,a-
truditions are .hose ol unsuccessful battles with
fortune, can hardJy unoerstand, have rendered
us reluctant irom the very outset of the btrug
glc with the South to do more than provide lor
"y o iv came, rne lonnriero nt ihn
Republic hoped that slavirv would Ht n..f.
their tons boned that it would iunh.umh
"isothermal Hues," and that Providence would
in some wav or other take it In hnH. eh..!-
grandsoiis hoped they would extinguish it by I
preventing its fuither snread. rnAn
ccucbsiuu vrcau we an nopea the seceders
would come back; hoped they would not fight:
hoped, it they did fight, tbey would not Lb,
n ore than ninetv davs. All fhrnnoh th
each ot our victories was a "nriwhor ur
'broke the backbone ol the Rp
filled the UebeU with erriet and dm mas" nrwmr
once a month.
bince the peace we have txnn nnaiir san
guine. We londly beliened that Lee's surrender
was the end ot all trouble. How manv antra-
cious men set themselves to believe and to per
suade others that Andrew Johnson was raised
up to do the work which bad to be done, but
for which Mr. Lincoln would have been un
fitted t And ho eagerly we all tried, durlug
the earlier months of his administration, to
look upon the good man's silence as proof of
his proiundity, and on his queer speeches as
stratagems intended to confound the enemy !
lherc is some danger that this hopeful dispo
sition may now render the amendment a snare
and delusion to a great many tender souls.
There are thousands upon thousands who do not
occupy themselves ordinarily very much with
politics, though always ready to do their duty,
who see behind the adoption ot the amendment
such a time of peace and good-will as this gene
ration, at least, has never known. Thete Lt to
be a grand revival of tho dry goods and cheap
carriage business at the South; the netrroes are,
somehow or other, to get into their proper
place; the agitators are all to go borne and
raise cabbages or peddle pop pel-corn on the
trains; and the radical newspapers will have to
Oder tree board aud lodging to secure sub
scribers. There is to be a general rene wal of
social relations with the South, and there is to
be general honliig and gnashing of teeth
amongst the envious and malignant European '
aristocrats. -
Nobody who watches the tendency of the
times, however, can help seeing that the arrange
ment made by the ameudment, by which the
L.'m hnn.i mlitln. .11 3 x T
uvuiTOu tvuuvb oic Kiiowtiu w ueny negroes
political rights as long as they (tbe whites) are
willing to have them excluded trom the basis of
representation, will really settle very little. It
will close that phase ot the contest on which we
entered when the war broke out, In which force
was substituted lor argument and invective.
The adoption of the amendment by tbe South in
good iaith, combined with even a moderate
abstinence from violence and rowdyism, will
doubtless restore tho regular operation of law
all over the Union, and place the revolted
States in normal relations with the rest of the
countiy. But it will not restore harmony be
tween tbe two sections. It will not cloje the
agitation at the Nortu about the coudition of
the Southern negroes, that perennial fountain
of bit erness by which Southerners were, or
piofessed to be, so maddened, lt will not silence
Wendell Phillips, or even men tenfold more
moderate than Wendell Phillips. It will not
put an end to Northern attempts to Interfere
with "Southern Institutions." It will not cloie
that long series ot assaults on the dot-trine of
State independence which began with the aati
slavery agnation, and which conservatives pre
dict will culminate before long in the establish
ment of a centralized government.
And the reason is simply this, that ideas of
natural justice and right have so thoroughly
permeated politics in all civilized countries
that no conventional arrangement, whether
treaty, enactment or constitution, can prevent
men from acclaiming against what they consi
der wrong or unjust, whether it concerne them
selves or not. This is one of the most striking
characteristics oi our age, and all abuses are
slowly going down before it. The condition of
foiand has oeen 01 no sort 01 material conse
quence to tho rest of tbe world for the last cen
tury, and yet the talk and opinions of the rest
01 tne worm arjoui 11 nave maaeroianaa morn
in tbe side of Russia, which, giant as she is,
never gives her a moment's rest. The Austrian
dominion Id Italy was secured by the most
powcrlul guarantees that the wit of man can
devise, and yet it has lalien before the oplulons
of men whom Austria had never injured, and to
wnom her policy in Venice or Lombardy was of
no sort ot personal consequence. The con
dition of the working-classes in England is,
conventionally considered, ino pffair ot ours,
and yet there is no question that our
talk about it, and about human rights
cenerallv, and the efforts we are daily making
to remove all vestiges of inequality from our
institutions, are last rendering the disfranchise
ment of the Lnerlisb. working classes impossible.
And as long as men are here amongst us ex
eluded from any right or privilege, in virtue of
no matter what airangement or agreement or
sanction, on so tnatlonal a ground as the color
of their skins, agitation will rage about lt, soci
ety will be convulsed by efforts to overthrow
the discrimination, and real peace and reunion
we shall wot have. No matter how foolish or
inexpedient, or injudicious, or, from a legal
point of view, how. wrong it may seem for
Northern agitators to declaim against particu
lar features of Southern aoclety, they will cen-
inuo to declaim. .The moral sense, or con
SIIEET.iaHLAI)ETJIIIAy SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, I8C6.
science, or whatever von nlease to call it
1 erverted, itl-tratnrxt. or ill-regulated thoiuh It
may le, ie in everv rountrv. and rnri uillr in
IlitH, rung above conventional arrancremruts of
ail kinds and will not bo bound by them. We
may not itiinic much or the learning or
experience or good taste of the aat
tators; but agltntc they will. You may
lalk as jou please about "tho letter" or "tn j
spirit" of the Constitution, or the meaning of
I nainrrp; out it you tatic too long tne agtta
tois will tell you thev do not care a fig for your
Constitution, and will have justice done. There
are men to w hom the destruction of the local
independence of a State is a terrible thing. Just
a there are men In Europe to whom the uptoot
irg ot a monarchy or of an aristocracy In a ter
rible thing; but their fears and objections only
make the new school of politicians the school
which Is rapidly taking possesion of fho world,
and whose main aim is to build up in every
State the kingdom of God,as they understand
It laugh in derision. Those who value tradi
tions gal continuity, tho forms of law, the
connection between past and present, are in all
countries seeking to make the substitution of
the new Ideas for tho old regular, orderly, and
peaceful. The real destructives and revolu
tionists are the so-called consul vatives, who
sefk, like tbe Cavaliers who tried to
hold their feudal castles against Round
head artillery, to barricade old Institu
tions behind forms which have lost thlr
vltalitv, and to put down men who believe they
have God behind them by cltinsr cases trom the
reports and quoting the decisions of the Attor-ney-Genei
al. There is, of course, no country in
the world in which ttie attempt wo ild bs more
rutilethnn tn this. No Constitutional amend
ment, and no agreement that can be made with
Iho South, will ever blind a larg? bidv of the
Northern neonle to the
in a democratic republic, of making the color
of a man's skin a reason for denying him any
thing whit h he or other men value; and as long
as they see it thev will talk ahr.nt nd I
against it, and Kad the authors of it an uncora
tortable and contentions lifo.
ought not to do so; perhaps it were wiser not to
do so; pcrhans thev should Iphvp tho nrhnin
matter, as Mr. Beech er would recommend, to
the disposal of Providence. But the fact is that
they will do nothing of the kind: and we all
know it Therefore, if it ho tho tniir nr ronnii
that shakes the republic to Ha
remedy is to leave tho fanatics nothing to talk
about.
A Wnrnlnar Voice.
From the Independent.
At the grave of Abraham Lincoln the South-
ern loyalists have ;issued an adiress to the
eoplc of the United, States.
These noble men, since their Convention at
Philadelphia, have visited the chief Northern
cities, by whose citizens they have everywhere
peen received with an enthusiasm commensu
rate with their loyalty to the Union and their
sacrifices In its defense. A tribute or popular
good-will was eminently due to these cou
rageous Southerners, who, in the days of the
nation's trial, stood faithful among the faith
less. Their personal storv. with its incide
persecution, threats, house-burnings. Insults-
all endured on account of their devotion to the
republic has the interest of a romance of
Knignthood. But, with a modesty which char
acterizes the truest couraue. they have re
trained from making a parade of their suffer
ings lest, perhaps, in so doing, they should too
closely intrench upon tbe peculiar prtrogatlve
ot their fellow-Southerner, but not fellow loy
alist, the President ot the United States. Omit
ting from this address any mention of their
private griels, they speak only of the public
situation. r
what is the message T It Is nn viiini. ih.
nation ought to heed; one fuilot -i-i -
warntnari on niofc counot be disregarded
without jeopardizing the reconstruction of tho
union, "we return our sincere and heartv
thanks," say they, "for the uniform courtesy
and kindness everywhere shown us; but before
we separate desire to warn our countivmen of
a new danger which appears to be looming up."
This danger consists in putting forth the
pending Constitutional amendment as the final
basis of reconstruction. The Southern lovalists
make no objection to the amendment, in itself
considered; but they declare it to be totally
inadequate as the ultimatum of readmission.
Read the following unanswerable passages from
their address:
" Unfortunately, some Republican speakers and
writers, bf tbe luo-e language thev make use of. and
theii irequent declarations that, ii tne non-reooa-sti
noted Hiates ratify tne pending Constitutional
amendment, such of then applicants aa can or will
take the test oath will be admitted to membership
111 that body, are creatine: tbe impression that the
raiiuoaiion 01 mat ameuameui win renaer any mr-
luf leoisiation bv ConererS in rolallon 10 the non-
reeoosirueted States uuneooasury. 11 this oonvio-
tun is allowed to fasten Itself upon the minds of
the people, it can onlv be removed by a long, acri
monious discussion, pending wnica tbe nauon wl 1
coutmue to bs affected with the evils whiohno.v
tender life in a third of tbe Ma ei almost intolerable.
"Everyone of the so called Governments in the
en non-rexnsiruoted States is in the hand of and
control ed by men who attempted to destroy tue
nation, ana are ostentatiously usea to mite tieason
honorable and loyalty odious, and in the Southern
Mates Impossible, lt Congress legalizes them it
perpetuates these ex-Kebels in power iudeflaitely.
1 ney win continue to uave aDBoiuie control 01 tue
(governments ol all or nearly a 1 of the late slave-
1 0 ding States and will send solid delegations to
Congress ot men wnose sympatuies were ana are
with tbe Contedeiate cause. Ouoe admit that they
ate loyal iStato (a vert orients, and Congress cannot
thereafter interfere in thos State any more than
can now in Illinois and Hew xork. la short.
legalize these bogus Governments, aud ex Rebels
will thereafter have ab-olute political control ot
nearly one-half the Union.
"Protection either of life or property, witn the
State Governments controlled by tnose ' now in
power 1 here, Is impossible. While loyal state Gov
elements can atlord us protection, we solemnly
warn the people that the ratification of these bogus
(jovemments is a sentence 01 acatn orox'w to every
Linton man la tbe South whose position or ability
renders him at all obnoxious to the late Rebels.
'We do not wish to have it understood that we
are finding lault with tbe present Congrosa that
uob.e body of men, whose firmness hs afforded us
our only protection tnus far since the war closed. It
has beon,and is, our expectation tbat most, if not
ail, of the Union members intend to adopt the mea
sures necessary to give as protection, 1 be Kooon
truction Committee, in addition to the Constitu
tional amendment, reported a bill providing for the
organization of loyal Governments in the seceded
Utates, ana tnis 0111 nas yet to be acted upon, ir
Congress, immediately upon reassombnng, takes it
up, poriects, end passes it, all wl 1 be well. We have
been impelled to Issue tais addresi by tbe fact that
this bill, which is immeasurably the most important
ball' of tl,e Congressional plan of recontiruotion, as
we have understood it, is being apparently lost sight
ot; and the further fact that some prominent politi
cians have been using languaue which soems to com
mit tbem to an abandonment of it. We have aided
thus far in the present canvass and expect to con
tinue, with tbe distinct understanding mat Congress
will not, alter being indorsed by the people, abandon
this tbe niott important leatore of its plan. We do
not believe ti at it is eltnur neoesnuyor right to
carry on the canvass under a misapprehension or
notification of ihe Issue, and leel confident that
euuh a course would certainly lead to embarrass
niout, and might lead to disuter; tor. although tbe
great icajority of the Union memoors of Congress
will undoubtedly remain true, some are always
anxious to obtain notoriety for being more 'conser
vative' than their associates, and such would olaini,
if we keep silent, that tha canvass was tonght with
tbe implied pledge that tbe enac'lng of the Consti
tutional amendment was all that Congress proposed
doing. We have expressed ouis 'If strongly iu this
paper, because we leel deeply, foe bones of our
dead are in Southern graves. Our.honics are there.
All the clustering lecollections ot our childhood are
connee ed with the soil trom whioh we are called
upon to exile ourselves. Men of America I we oan
reconcile ourselves to the fate in store torus,
si ould we be deserted by you, and we will not be
lieve that you are capable ot betraying tu "
We trust that no Northern patriot no loyal
citieu who desires such a reconstruction as
shall make aaie the lives, homes, and property
of the Southern loyalists will pass lightly over
there weighty statements. These have stood in
1 tbe fire, and been burned, .Are they not light;
In dreading a policy which shall thrust them
bark again into the some fiery furnace?
Gove rn r Hamilton, of Texas. Callr-d at ovr
( ilice a day or two aao, and said, "If the pend
ing Constitutional amendment should become
a part of tho Constitution to-morrow, it would
not in the least alWr the situation of affairs iu
the South; it would not give lo Southern Union
men one jot or tittle more ot protection than
they now receive; it is powerless to help tie:
we bave no adequate remedy but Impartial
Suffrage." This testimony has been repeated to
us In manifold forms by many other Southern
men. We know it to be true. And, since it la
true, we scorn to lend ourselvca to any plan of
ircoiistruction which disregards the perils and
npi enls ol lhee beroic men. They stood by us
dining tbe war; we thall stand by them in the
readlustment. Even If toe neproei wero not at
all Involved, even if onlv these white loyalists
were the applicants for protection, there would
be overwhelming reasons why their warnings
should be heard and heeded. But tbe whole
loyal people of ihe Smith, bolh white and black,
unite in demanding, as Indispensable to the
personal safety of themselves, their wives, and
their little oncR, a reconstruction on the one
and tnly lust foundation ot Equal Rights.
Shall the Republican party be deaf to this
cryr Then let it be smitten with irrecoverable
disaster! But it dare not ba deaf the very
stones would cry out against it I No. It is the
Illustrious mission ot the Republican party to
leconstruct tbe Union on the basis of political
equality. Once on tbls foundation, the rains
shall dosceid, the floods shall come, the wind
shnll blow, and shall beat upon th.it bouse, and
it shall stand, for it is founded upon a rock. O
foolish Republicans 1 Who hath bewitched you,
that je are building upon the sand f
The Maryland Trouble.
From the Tribune.
The trouble in Baltimore Is not of recent
origin. It began with the Rebellion, and dates
as far back as the sprint of 18C1, when the
Rebels of Baltimore fired upon a Massachusetts
regiment marching to the delense of Washing
ton. A large number of the people of Maryland
were Rebels, and Maryland regiments fought
in the ranks of Lee and Johnston. Fortu
nately, tbe geographical position of the State
placed it, from the first, under the protection
of the Government, and the courage of its loyal
people prevented it from being dragged into
secession. Alter the war, in self-protectlou
and simple justice, the loyal men of Maryland
amended the State Constitution to prevent re
turned Rebels from voting, aud by a strict regis
try iaw tney nave tnus mr succeeded in saving
the State from the rule of its wont mpmip
Since Andrew Johnson adopted the policy of
ijinuiug me nuuiu ouuiu tinaer tne r.ue ot tue
Rebel leaders, the men who sympathized wirh and
aided the Rebellion in Maryland have made a
bold effort to regain the power they had for
feited by treason, and Governor Swann, elected
as a Union man in 1864, has done his best ta
sustain II.
Baltimore, the headauarters of all the rtohcU
north of Richmond, was the point of attack.
The laws of the State, strictly enforend hn thn
Police Commissioners, enabled only Union men
to vote, and at all the recent elections, including
that of Governor Swann, thousands of known
Rebels were disfranchised. 80 long as the Po
lice Commissioners remained in office it wai
certain that the laws would be honestly admin
istered, and that the barriers erected by the
loyal community for its protection would not be
broken down or evaded by the men who sought
to loin Mary land to the Confederacy. This did
not suit Governor Swann, whose change ot
politics compelled him to depend on Rebel
voles lor political advancement. He deter
mined to remove the Commissioners and replace
themwihjrnj
which have been Investigated before the Gov.
ernor at Annapolis, and upon which ho has re
moved tne commissioners.
We have cartullv examined tha evidence nn
tho side ot the Governor, and compared it with
that for the de'ense. and cannot sen how nw
respectable lawyer could conscientiously say
that the charges had been proved. The wit
nesses ior tne prosecution, or wnom sixtv-slx
were summoned, testified that onlv radical
judges of elections were appointed in certain
Wards; that in some cafes there were no hoiea
used to deposit rejected voles to preserve them
for future adjudication; that legal votes were
refused; that the police force was used to in
timidate voters by violence; that Commissioner
wood haa Deen seen drunk in the streets; in
short, that the recent election was illegally
and unjustly conducted, livery particle of this
testimony so far as the charges nsainat h
Commissioners arc sustained by it has been re-
Duuca Dy tne evidence ror the defense.
It is true, no doubt, that there were abuses
and irregularities at the noils, lor these are in-
evitaole in all large cities, but it has not been
shown that in a single instance the Commis
sioneis were responsible. They, on the con
trary, appear to have done all in their power to
tecuie a lull and fair and legal vote, without
respect to party interests; the good character
Ol tne u uuirc uii-tuuuo n xuijjr proveu, auu
their "radicalUm" seems to mean that they
weie Union men, and not' Rebel sympathizers;
the ballot-boxes were proven to be those always
in upe, and used in the election ot Governor
Swann in 1864; in several cases the use ot rejected
boxes was proved when witnesses for tho prosecu
t'on had sworn they saw none; the respectability
oi tbe special police was established; the charge
of drunkenness against Commissioner Wood fell
to the ground, and is not even cited in the Gov
ernor's decision; while in many cases tbe wit
nesses for the prosecution were proven to be
men of immoral character, graduates of tbe
prison, or candidates for its honors. The credi
bility of the main points of the testimony in
support of the charges is destroyed by the over
whelming evidence in behalt of the accused. As
an instance ot tbe manner in which the Com
missioners conducted the election, we quote the
instructions of Marshal Carmichael to the police
force, The evidence shows that they were faith
fully observed: . ,
l'OLica Department, Office of thb Marshal,
Baltimobe, October 9, 1866 Captain L,ynob : -lou
sill iDetiuct your whole force, and impress the
enlciccmeut rigidly, of the rules and revelations in
re.aiion to tue non-intcnerence witn pontics at tne
polls in tbe approaobiog election, which will take
p aceto morrow, the ltlih instant. It will be tboir
imperative duty to suppress all manifestations ot
disoner. Keep the polls clear, and protect all and
every citizen in having his legal vote recorded. Ar
lest ail parties attempting to ino te a riot, and keen
thorn u the station bonse until the polls are olosed.
You will require the whole loroe to meet at tne ela
tion house at s.x o'oloolt A M. Sou will place such
a lores ai each precinct as in your Judgment will be
kulticieut to preserve order. You wi 1 also direct a
tergcint with a squad of men to go around the
ttvei a precinct during the day. Iietail an oiQoer
to bring the result of the election to your tatlon,
where reporters will receive it. It is expi-cted ihat
all oil oers will do their duty faithfully. Read sec
tion 21, 1 age 10, of the General Regulations to the
di ce 1 s. Give notice lo ail bar-rooms, lager boer
u oons, ana grog shops to close their piaoe of busi-ne-s
at six o'clock this evening, and keep them
closed until six o'clock on Thursday morning. Have
tMa older striotly carried out.
, By order of tbe itoaid 01 Police,
; Thomas H. Carmichael, Marshal.
: But all this evidence had no effect upon the
Governor. II is manner of conducting the trial
was extraordinary. After laving great stress
upon the tact that the Commissioners refused
to acknowledge hU jurisdiction and appear
liciore him, when Commissioner Hindes did ap
pear, he declined to examine him or hear his
rtutcment I At the outset of tho trial he made
e astonishing announcement that he Intended
to finish it by Wednesday, and that the moment
bo was satisfied be should make his decision,
ctt n without waiting to hear the whole of the
evidence. This was a drum-head court martiil,
uid not a trial. Mr. Latrobe, counsel for
lbs prosecution, Insisted that tbe case should be
cloved without delay, as " Time pressed,
ar.d if the Commissioners were removed, as they
hoped and believed they would be, there was
much to be done. Many chautes were to be
made befoie next Tuesday the day of election."
Ho bad the audacity to urge this iudecent huste:
111 behulf of "fourteen thousand disenfranchised
people of Baltimore, though they were dben-
frsnohl.Mcd by the Leelslature of Maryland tor
di? loyalty. But Governor 8 aim needed no
urg ng. I rom the first, it i apparent, he had
made up his mind that tbe Conimi.wii.ners
should be removed, and no evidence in their
lavor could have changed him. His own words
huve made it plain that the trial over which ho
pits, drd was a larce and a mockery that these
men were not summoned lo Annapolis to be
tried, but to be condemned-
Ihe chuuges had to be made before next T.ies
day, and tbey have been made. The new Com
missioners may be trusted to take care of the
interest of the "fourteen thousand disenfran
chised people of Baltimore," next Tuesday, and
tha 14,000 friends of the Rebellion may be trusted
to take euro of the Governor. New Commis
sioners, new Judges of fclcetioiis, a new police,
will bave control of the polls, and Baltimore,
tinder their rule, will send twenty-one members
to the Legislature pledged to vote for Thomas
Swann ns United States Senator from Maryland.
This la the meaning of the removal of tbe Com
missioners to wrest the Slate from the Union
nun who saved lt from rebellion, and make the
Legislature the tool of one man's political
ambition.
SHIPPING.
t1 ciiwiui lULllBlirWL UAl,LiliNU
o rember t
oveinlior 111
November 14
El NA
,A V Wednesday. November SI
tnRnjS1lKT nl Wednesday, at
ov ember IT
and
nooD
. "iisorrh8AUB
n . ! I, ?,n',!." "teamer sailing every Satnraay.
Fust tabln. Gold !W Steerage t nrrencT....
lo London Ml ToLondon........... 40
To 1 an; 10ft J To fmri w
W th Vednepdn iteamerai Klint cabin.
nm r ste"aso' 138 1,"bi ta l'He4 Btates cur-
l"sMnger a so forwarded to Havre, Ilambanr Br.
a en, etc , at moderate ratea.
KuerHfce. pei-Kf.e Irom Liverpool or Qneeniitown, S4U
coirency. 'i kki In can be boaaot here by penom send
Inir for their Irlends.
For -urtber luioimatlon apply at the Company a
oncea. JOktt. O. DALE Airent
87 No. Ill WALNUT Btreet. I'hllada.
ftfg STAR LINE
TO NEW ORLEANS.
The New Tork Mall Steamship Company's One ooean
Metmeu will leave Pier 46 NOltTH KIVEB, Be 4
Tork, at 1 o'clock P. M., aa follows t
MOUSING IkTAH On Saturday
MOMEKKY On Weduetdar
HAVANA On Haturday
MISSOURI On Wednesday
All bills of lading signed at the cfllce upon the pier,
for freight or pamace apply to
C. X. GARRISON, President,
UAHRltiUN it, ALLKN,
10 19 4p No. t BOWLING GREEN. New Tork.
H. L. LEAF, Agent,
Oflice i dams' Expreso, No. 32V Cbeauut street.
$m ATLANTIC COAST
MAIL STEAMSHIP LINES,
SEMI-WEEKT.T, FOB
NORFOLK AND RICHUOM), cabins SB and 8
CH AKLLH10N, cabin 'J5. hecoad C!SK f 13
l?A VAN -AH cabin 'ii. Second class. If
Every SATURDAY, star line 'or
NEW ORLEANS Direct NF W ORLEANS
First cabin.. 60. Second cabin.. t40. becond class.. S2'j
First cabin.. t0. (Second cabin.. 40. Second ela&).. 48
With unsarp aFsedaccommooatlons to either oiass.
For freight or passage, apply to
ALLES E. IIIO MAS fc CO., .
10 19 4p o. 6 BOWLING GREBN, New Tork,
-jlClS F0R NEW JfO&K. PfllLADEL
g iiYillTl delnk'a Steam Propeller Com. any De
oukicn bwlltsnre Lines, vis Delaware and KariUn C'anaL
leaving dai vat 12 M. and 6 P. it... connecting with all
Northern and Eastern Ii!.wl-UIK, aecommodatlns
-tehRB, apply to WILLIAM Al. BA IhU CO.,
TO SHIP CAPTAINS AND OWNERS,
to Ibe undersigned having leased the Kelt.
6.1101UK stgiiw DOCK, begs to Inform his ftienda
uuu iiiu ubuuus ur me iioci mac oe is prepared with
Increased lacllitlea to accommodate those having vessels
to be lalsed or repaire. and being a Diactlcal ship-carpenter
and canlker will give personal attention to tha
vessels entrusted to him ior repairs
Captains or Agents Ship-Carpenters and Machinists
having vessels to repair, a.e solicited to c I.
Haviug the agency for the sale of "Wettt rstedt's
Patent Meta.lc Composition" for Copper paint, iir the
preservation of vessels' bottoms, for ibis cly, I aui pre
pared toluinlsh the same on favorable terms.
John u ham vt it,
... , . Kensington Screw Dook,
11S DELAWARE Avenue above Laurel street
ENGINES, MACHINERY, ETC.
fffiEfo BOiLER
HTBAM ENGINE AND
t -aAU CAL AND. THiOKETlOAL ENUINKER8
Tud1 Kon iitVu 1 BLACKS Si I IMS
bulldL.g and repairing M rlne "id Bi'.Jj
and low pressure, Iron Boilers, Water Tank" . pfoi
leis, ete etc.. respeouuly uBcr their services to the
public as being tuliy prepared to contract ror engines ol
all slw a Marine, K ver, and stationary; haviog se s 01
patterns pi olliereut sizes, are prepared to exeoute orders
with quick aef patch, ivery description of patiern
maklng made at the shortest novice. High and Low.
pref suie Fine, Tnbnlar, en Cylinder Boilers, ol the best
WnnsTlvaula charcoal Iron. Forguigs ot ail sizes S
kinds; Iron and Brass Castings ol all descriptions! Roll
Turning, Screw Cu; ting, aid all other work connected
with the aboe business.
Diawinps and specifications for all work done at
the tubll;ljinent tree ol charge, and work guaran
eed.
't he subscribers have ample wharf-dock rooin for
repair, of boats, where titer can Us in pel feet safety
and aie provided with shears, blocks, talis, ate eta
'or raising heavy or light weights.
Jacob c neafib,
' w JOHN P. LEW.
BEACH and PALMER Btree'a.
T. VACOBAN XUBICX, WILLIAM H. MEHWCI
JOHK t. COPS
SOUTHWARK FOUNDKT, FIFTH AND
WASHINGTON Streets,
Philadelphia.
MEKEICK A SONS,
ENGIN LfcH.- AND MACHINISTS,
manufacture High and Low Pressure bteam Engines foi
Laud, 1.1 ver, and Marine Service
Boilers, Gasometers, Xanks, iron Boats, etc.
Castings 01 all kinds, ehticr Iron or biass.
Iron rane Roots ior Gas Works, Workshops, and
Railroad Stations eto " '
Retorts and Gas Machinery, ol tha latest and most Im
proved construction.
.very desoilptlon of Plantation Macblnery. and Sugar
Caw, and Grist MiUs. Vacuum Pans. Open cteain Tiauia
Defecators, i'l.tem, I'umpliig fcngines eto.
r-oie Agents lor N. B'lluux's Patent Snsar Boiling
Apparatus, Ncsmyih's I'atcnt steam Hammer, and A s
plnwall & Woolaey's Patent Ceutrliugal Sugar Dralnlug
Machine. J0i
BKIDESBURG MACUIA'IS WOBK3.
OFFIOEi
No. 68 N FRONT STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
We are prepared to fill orders to any extent for otu
well known
M A CH1NKRY FOR COTTON AN D WOOLLEN MI LLS
Including all recent Improvements la Carding, Spinning
and W saving.
We invite the attention of manulactorersto our exten
slve works.
1 li ALFRED JENK8 & SON
TTITLER, WEAVER A CO.,'
Manilla and Tarred Cordage, Cord,,
TWin 'w
.. worth WATER Street, and
U. ti nfM,tAI)U'MlA.
ipwik h. rfBJL, r ci twain,. 114
J UTX 91 MH1.1K".. Wednesday. N
l.yllh YL ir1"?..-.-.-. Saturdayf
i biUf K(Hi" Wednesday,
. i:1,.I.f'.B.t-'HOU Sfitunlav.
, CHEAPEST. Af
vVaX (I
( Sixth sXVjf
INSURANCE C0MPAN1F3.
ORTII AMERICAN TRANSIT
INSURANCE COMPANY.
; No. 133 South FOURTH Street' '
PU1LAXALPH1A. .
A no nal r alleles sued against General Aeoldsata '4
ai defcriptionsatesceedlnglv tow rate WJ,a"W ,
seln.K-".i f-rrfm,J10' on,r en"-nalf pel cv!
. ' lu" woiint Insured la ease ot death m2 ?
hUon umeilckeiaforl.J.I.I 7, or 10 days or! I
6 Biontha, at 10 cenis a dav, Insuring in the sunot il'iM
or giving lb per week II ai(.,a to ba bid I at iVi '
G eneral Otl.ce, t,o. m 8. oCHTH litrZtM.J!.
phis, or at tbe various K.Uio.d llcket olboes. B.YrI .
to purchase tne tiekets of the kortn American l7it r
Insurance Lompsuy. "iiih
or circnisrs and farther tniormatlon apply it t
general OU.oe, or of any 01 the authoili! AgeoU 1 if the '
ompany. LEW(8 HorPt, Pre.Meat. ' " ;
HKNKy C BKWN, BrerSaryf ... -JOHN
C. Bt'I.LITr8olu)Ko7T
L. U, noopt, late ol I'enns) lvanU BaUroad ( '
E. Klngslcr. Continental Hotel. M coo,r
FanincIC. ralmet.i ashler 01 Com. Katloasj Bsa k.
H. G. I.elaennnn, Koa. 2.TJ and 238 Ooca sueet,
Marke"UeeV,,r'ittnU "" t
nocn Eewls, late Gen. Snp't Penna R. B.
stree'16W '1fle', H W' corner 01 Third and Walaat
G. C.' Frsnciarns Cen. Agent Penna. B. R. Co.
ThcmasK Peterson, No, 8t3SMaiiet street.
W. W. Hurts, firm of Euits Howard, ITa U m.
Third street. 4 1 iQag; l
QIRARD FIRE AND MARINE
INSURANCE COMPANY." -
OKFICE.NO. 415 W ALN CTSTREET. PH1LADF.LPBXA :
CAPITAL PAID IN, IN CA8H, aoU.uosT
This cotrpsi y ccntlnntsto write on ftrt Kt$Jtt mlm
IU capital, w 1th a good surplug, la saiely Invested, . '
01
Losses by flrt aave been promptly paid, and mors tkasi
500,000
Disbursed on tl-lsacconnt within the paatfew years, . '.
For tbe present the office of this company wtM
remain at
No. 415 WALNUT STREET. -But
within a few months Will remove to Its oirs
BUILDING "
N. E. CORNER BE VESTQ AND CBE8NVT BTUEBT8.'
Then as no w, we shall be happy to Insure ear petroat '
such rates as are consistent with tatety
THOMAS CRAVT.W
DIRECTORS
ALFRED B. GILLKT
I UK MAN BHKPPARD.
THUS. M ACKKLLAU.
JOHN CUPPLKK,
JOHN W.CLAGHORN,
UILA8 1EEK.EB.Jb..
tt. H. LA W KILN CK.
C HABLKM. DUPOKV
HtNKY F. KKNSET,
jobsrH kLapp, jcb,
. muan craykj. Freemene. .
.tr?SD8-.Pil!t1 TA v- Prdn and Treasarac.
JAMEU B. ALVOILD, Scoretarr. lUf
LIVERPOOL AND LONDOU
ADD ;-- '
GLOBE INSURANCE CCKPAHT.
Capital and Assets, $16,000,000.
Invested in United States, $1,500,000.
Total Premiums Received 'by iiym
Company in 18G5,
Total losses Paid in 1865, $4,018,250
All Losses promptly adjusted without relet ence t
England.
AT WOOD SMITH,
General Agent for Pennsylvania. '
OFFICE, . ; .. I
No. G Merchants' Exolian- ' ,
PHILADELPHIA , UllfaS.
1829" CHARTER PERPETUAL,
i,.-) : t.n
I rnnkUn -lire Insurance CO.
OF i , ,
PHILADELPHIA.
Assets on January 1, lbo
Capital
Acciueu Hi
Prenilums.
,A IMS.OMM
U
U,lw
LN0OMK FOR 19t
UB SETTLED CLAIMS,
11,467 U.
LOSSES PAID SINCE
85,000,000. V,ny )
Perpetual and Ttm porsry folicles on Liberal Tartan
DIKH.OTOBS.
Charles M Rsnekr
tdwaid O, Dale,
Gcore FalosTT
Alttd Pltlap .
lbbias Wapuet,
Hamael Grant,
Georie W.Richards,
Isaac Lea,
CHARLES
EDWAJhlt V
W. McALLlbTEB,
Francto W. Lewis, U. B.
i-eter MoTaJL .
tt. KAKIHi ' .
I) ALE, Vlce-Preaioent.
becretary protein. . f t tht
pHOVIDENT mBOBt OOMPANT
No. Ill South FOURTH Btreet.
IKCOKPORA i LD 8" MONU52 T'iaSS.
lAPlTAL.lW&.FAIClSfrvr . , '
Insnranee on Lives, by Yearly PreuUuius t or by 1ft.
or 0 vear Premiums, Kon-ionelture. T . 7
Lndowniems, pay ab e at -a - awre age, or ea prtur
deceae, by Yearly Fremlums, or 10 year Preoilu
both o aes on toMelcure. " '
Annuities gtanted on tavorable terms. "'
Term Po Kies. Children's Endowments
lhla Compimy, while giving tbe Insured the security
ota paid up Ca, itai, win dlvue the entire proUta of tka
Llie business among lis Poucr holders. .....
Monej s received at Interest, ani paid on demand
Authorized bv charter to execute 'trusts, and loaotll
F.iecuior or Aomliitstrab.r, Assignee or Guardian, a
in otuer nuueiary capaoiues unuar appointment o- aF
,,UUI . vi till. vviUUlbllKBUlll 111 yj
any penes or ar-
sons, or oooiea poiiuo or corporate,
6AMUEL R.8HIPLI-V
DUSCTOBS.
RICHARD CADRnBY.
Jthl- MIA11 Hll'KKB,
JOHHUA H. MORRIS,
RICHARD WOOD, '
fHARLZa
HENRY 11 AIM KM,
T. WISTARUKOWTT, "
WM. C. LOUdXRJCrra.
F. COFFIN.
HAMUJSIi K bHXPLe.1 .
BOWLAAV rAKKT,
l'resident. irt.r
THOMAS WJ8TAB. M. D., J. B. T0WK8F.KD,
11 Me UK a Kaamlner. Leaai Advtoar.
pnCENIZ INSURANCE COMPANY OF PHI
XT LADLLPH1A.
IHtORFOHATKD 1804 CHARTER PERPETUAL.
Bo. Yii WALNUT street, opposite the Lxohanm.
In addition to MARINE andiaLA&i) liiSC BA!TC
tbls Company lnsnree liomioss or damage by rinJt, a,
liberal erma on buildings, meicbandise, larnlttm, at,
tor limited periods, and permanently on auiiJings. U
deposit ot premium. ' ' . ..r
The Comiiany Las been tn ae'lre eperatloa tor Saaeaj
than SIXTY YEA KB, during whioh ail tosses have to a
piouipUy adjusted and paid.
iaXk L. Hodge.
La wren n Lewi, ftm
M. B. Mabvuey,
John T. Lewis,
William 8. Grant,
Robert W. Learning, ,
D. Clark Wharton,
Bamue IWHoox. ,
Benjamin Kftlng,"
Tbonia H. Powsrt,
A. R. McUeary,
Edmond Caitiiloa, '
Louts (I. liorrls.
WToHjUtEK. Frealdenr
Ijxcu Wncox, Becreterr.
FIEE INSUEANCE EXCLUSIVELY. THB
FENNSYLVAMA FIBK JMBDRAMC'H COM
PANY Incorporated 18-JSt barter Perpetual -No aid
W A LNU'l Htreet. opposite Independence tkiuar.
Ihls Company, favorably known to the oommunttir
for over forty year, eoniinue to Insure agalnat km er
damage by nra on Publlo or Private BundiiiKi elihae
nermanently or for aUmlted time. Alao on Farnitur.
fetucks of Goods, and Merchandise f narallx, on libera!
"ibeir Capital, togather with a large Surplus Fund.l
Invested In the most careful manner, which eiublea
them to o tie no the Insured an uudvubted socurty in tbo
case ot loas. , ,
Daniel Pmlth, Jr., . t John Devereax,' ;
Alexander Hanson, I Tliomas Buiiih.
Issao Hazlehurst, I Benry Lewis,
Thomas Rob bins, . GlUinahajn Fell,
Daniel Baddock Jr.
DAlilfcL MMITH, Ja., President.
William Q. Chowill, Secretary. 4i
A
IX PER30N8 WHO DO NOT ENJOY
the bless'nt of good health, oan obtain ruarr
consulting Dr. EltiRELlN, German poyslolaa. D.
Klukelln tresis ail disease, prepaie aud aOiamlsbw
his own medicines. Tbey are pure, safe, and reliable.
Be Invites aM person sufleilna bom disease to sail
him. Consultation free durlus the day. and odtoaa
open till (o'clock hi the evening. N. w. eorner of
THIRD and CaiOH SUeeta, between SprnoeanA ptu
treet.
NETJBALOIA CUBED BY A SINGLE APPLI
ratlonof "VPBAM'fl M A0MET18 OIL" Hoi
at UPUAM S No. Se W. EIGHTH, Street, and by al
Druggisut. M cents and 1 a boule- IS t smrw
810
. -BO UTH. . STREET, M. . PANOOJfl
ttsys the 'hlgbent price fnt Ladies'- awl
. M ftt . A v alii , . . . t tW,
tionti' eattt-olTCluUluic.
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