THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 18G7. SPIRIT OF TIIE1UIESS. wniTOBIAt OnriOl'B OF IHB LKADlWO JODRHALB BP05 CCRRB" topi compiled kvkbt DAT FOB TBI BVBNIW1 TELBOBAFH. The Jt Jud a. a-, r. :cent decl3ion ,'a tbe Chief Justice Cliflte rrl . f caBe of Klizabeth Turner-, colored girl o Maryland, whom the AAUm f f'm in enforced .ppr-ntloe-Wp to her former slave-mter-iB auother of the mauy bulwarks which its author has had the great opportu Ditr, and the equally great felicity, of erecting for the defense of Americau liberty. The iiwU are these: Mr. Lincoln's decree of emancipation, datel January 1, 1':! ,1(t include Maryland. Uat Maryland uhortly afterwards included her self by adopting a new constitution, which went into operation November 1, 18(14, giviug freedom to nearly a hundred thousand slaves. 15ut many perhaps most of the masters parted with their slaves grudgingly; and, though slavery was constitutionally struck dead, its former upholders nought to revive it under another uauie, through a system of ap prenticeship, degradingly different from the apprenticeship of w hites. For instance : ly the laws of Maryland, the indenture of a white child stipulates that he, or she, shall be taught reading, writing, and arithmetic; but the indenture of a black child stipulates no such thing. The authority of the master over his black apprentice is described in the law as a property and interest; but the authority of the same master over liis white apprentice is of no 6ucU character. The master may arbitrarily trans fer his black apprentice to whomsoever he will; but he cannot transfer his white appren tice' to any other person. The negroes of Maryland who were made apprentices to the masters whom they had formerly served as Blaves, found their new freedom a tyranny almost equal to their former slavery. Une of these victims was Elizabeth Turner, formerly a slave of I'hilemon T. Hauibleton, of Talbot county, Maryland. On the second day after Bhe attained her freedom by the new Constitution, her master made her his appren tice. The Chief Justice says that, after the new Constitution weut into effect, "almost im mediately, many of the freed people of Talbot county were collected together, under some local authority, the nature of which does not clearly appear, and the younger persons were bound as apprentices, usually, if not always, to their masters." It was for relief from this apprenticeship that Elizabeth. Turner appealed to the Chief Justice, in the United States Cir cuit Court in Baltimore. A writ of habeas corpus was issued by the court, commanding Hauibleton to produce the body of Elizabeth Turner, to certify to the true cause of her de tention, and to give a reason (if any he had) why she should not be discharged. Hauible ton made the following return to the writ: ''In obedience to the command ol the wltliln Wilt, I herewith produce the body of Eiiz ibetli Turner, together with ft copy oi tho Indenture of apprenticeship. allowing the ciuiso of her caption and detention, and respectfully await tbe action of your Honor." Ilia Honor then gave an admirably stated decision, releasing the girl from llimbletou's custody: 'The following propositions," Rays the Chief Justice, 'seem to mu to bo sou ml, and they decide the case. "First. The first clause of the thirteenth amendment of the Constitution of the United States Interdicts slavery or Involuntary servi tude, except us n punishment for crime, mid eatablitihcs freedom in the c.iuiitltutioual rllit Of all persons In the United States. "(Second. The alleged apprenticeship In tho present case Is Involuntary sorvilude wlllilu the meaning of these words in tlieametvlmout. "Thud. If this were otherwise, the lndeuluro 4 In l-.,llin .Ifmu ...it n 4... Din iunu a u itiv iu.i. vjto iiiiu wui.uu 1111- portnnt provisions for tho security and beuclit of the apprentice, wliloh are required by tne laws of Maryland In indenture of while !ii. prentices, and is therefo e in contravention of that clause ot me nr.st section of the Civil KiiMita luw, ermcted by Congress April!), lsui). "Fourth. This law, having been enacted under the second clause of t lie thirteenth amendment, in eulorceinent of the first clause of the same amendment, Is constitutional, and applies to all conditions prohibited by it, wtie ther originating in transactions before or siuce its enactment. "Fifth. Colored persons, equally with white persons, are citizens of the United Staten. "The petitioner, therefore, must be dlscharei irom restraint uy the respondent." The importance of this great and just duel sion will not be overlooked or forgotten by the friends of impartial justice. There was a time when nobody ever thought of looking to the Chief Justice of the United States for a word or act in favor of a black citizen's citizenship That time thank Heaven ! is past. It is a mat ter of pride to the nation that not only one most ofitsmost intellectual men, but one of its'nrdent champions of liberty, sits in the supremo seat of Amerioan justice. The great and good man whose generous instinct and scholarly taste lent to Abraham Lincoln the beautiful closiug sentence of the proclamation of emancipation. now receives, not only the thanks of one hum ble petitioner, Llizabeth Turner, whom his just judgment has delivered from oppression, but the thanks also of that great political ' party which is proud to recognize him as one of its ablest, purest, and bravest leaders one whom it ought always delight to honor and one whom it may need, at some exigency, to call from the nation's highest judicial to the nauon s inchest executive seat. Mf ang aud Kuril, From the N. Y, Hut ion. There are no advocates of equal suilYa Whose conviction of its inherent justice, and of its necessity in order to secure a safe recon struction of the country, can much exceed our own. Nor, we trust, are we given to evasive or uncandid methods of dealing with public questions. Yet, as every man of practical ex perience in life knows, it is possible, without jacking candor or straightforward frankness, to take such a course in pursuit of a favorite Object as wtll awmro tlw t Qf prejudice would not permit them to a,sist if the boldest couAJ is tCo SV. I'lf LauJ- that the least opposition aud U, th 00.u,ll fleet upon prejudiced turn '7 J Tl US that the events ol this year Lava a double ti'uKon for iHihtii'iniu. v.. , . : . . l4Uuuie tnat tne events ot t ns year Lava a double Bon for polit.c.aus. To our tuiud they B l A the Republican party Uus coiuu.iu" .1 ible mistake upon the satuo iiimsUu-i : alike iu boiug loo bM, aud y0't lw;' j that double ing enough The estab'ishtr.eiit of equal suffrage through out the nation is no less the duty than logioal necessity of t lie Kepiiblio'tn party, it is easy to detiiciii-tr.i'e th it tlmro h no such necessity as tar r.;s the public safety Is con cerned, for the enfoi-ccuiHut of universal suf frage in Ohffc as there is for its en'oioouimt in Mississippi. A goernta-uit by white vot-rs only is, in the Cornier State, a government by the immense majority of the population, to the exclusion only of an almost imperceptible iuiuority; while iii tho latter State it ia a gov- eminent of the minority over Urn majority. The action of Ohio may be logically inoonsistent, but works little practioal injustice. The same action in Missisfcippl or South Carolina in volves tho most enormous practioal in justice. To illustrate tlta point in an other form, let us Mippope that Maine should exclude from the polls every man who was the twentieth child of his parents. The rule would be absurd aud unjust in the highest degree, viewed in the abstract. Jiat in its practical working who would imagine that it led to a single case of injustice being done to the persons thus excluded, otherwise than in the mere fact of such exclusion ? What judge would refuse to issue a warrant in favor of a twentieth son f What man would thiDk himself any more free to defraud such an one than he would to defraud any other man? Hut suppose Vermont should disfranchise all sons except the first bom what oppression, jealousies, and heartburn ings would arise out of a rule so severe and burdensome ! Its government would ceise to be republican in any just sense, and would be an insupportable oligarchy. We. say, there fore, that it is not so absolutely inexcusable as many of our friends think for Ohio to act as fhe has done. Yet we not only favor equal suffrage in every State as a measure of ab f tract justice, but, as we have said, deem its establishment indispensable. The logical in consistency of the North is intolerable. The practical question is how to escape from it. A simple and straightforward path wa3 open to the Thirty-ninth Congress at its last session. It could easily have passed a Constitutional amendment establishing equal suffrage, whioh would have been ratiiied last winter by nearly or quite every Northern Legislature, and before long by the requisite number of States North and South. This is the only way in which the question can be finally settled, aud the opportunity for such a settlement was un usually favorable. It has already passed away. California and Ohio have elected Demo cratic Legislatures; New Jersey will doubtless do so; and the Northern States will not now give that undivided support to the amendment which they would have given last February. It was thought better to try a more direct appeal to the people in the several States. The question has been submitted to a direct vote in Ohio, with a deplorable result. It is to be so submitted to the people of New York and Michigan. The result in the latter State .is doubtiul, in the former State not at all so. The cause win be set back at least tour years by these disasters. We are surprised that politicians should not have seen that which has all along been plain to us that the greater work wa3 for once easier than the smaller oue, aud that the passage of au amendment to the Constitu tion of the United States was tenfold easier than the passage of similar amendments in the States separately. Experience has re peatedly shown that there are almost twice- as many men who will vote for a legislature that they know will enact equal suffrage as there are that will vote for the proposition directly. In 1SGU, the question was submitted to the people of New York, and throughout the State there was not a Republican candidate for a State office or for the Legislature who was not openly in favor of equal sullrage. For these candidates 302,000 votes were cast, yet only 107,000 could be induced to vote for the proposition itself. The same thing has occurred in this and other fctates aeam and acatn. We marvel that when such an opportunity was Given to the Republican leaders to adopt a course wWuU no ocmt.l oa.ll evative or unfair, and yet which avoided the almost insuperable diffi culties of a direct popular vote, they should have thrown it away, and with it have risked ana substantially lost a great State like Ohio. We have lost no faith in the wisdom, neces sity, and linal triumph of the cause of eoual ouiuciye. ve suaii jauor ior its success in whatever form the issue may be presented, and shall never consent to its abandonment. Hut We are anxious that SO pond a nanaa mair be mauaced with wisdom sufficient to avoid iueieiaie prejudices, ana to insure success by the use of all fair means. And we honn. therefore , that Congress will even now submit tne question to the Legislatures of the States. and that the friends of the cause will concen trate their efforts in the single labor of carry ing the measure through in that form, without attempting to raise local issues upon it in the uoiuer ciuies. Democratic Candidates for the next Pre Hldcuvy, FrenntheX. Y. T-mea. The Democrats, in these new times of hope, have begun to look about for a candidate for tho Presidency. Pendleton, Seymour, l-'u"u' me inrce most promising names, ana either one of them would find general acceptance with the Democrats masses. At this moment, Pendleton is iu favor, and his nomination by the leadimr 1 a! . . .... . D eiuuciauc journal oi the West has giveu his name a temporary prominence, that m ty or may not help Ins prospects in tho future IT 1 . n iias so wea played his part in the llliirt ,ow,! 3 1 . 4i. luiuaigu, jiuu was taiccn grounds so popular with the democracy upon the questions oi the day aud, moreover, his eiioits nave been followed by such remark awe results in the State election that he is enabled to step gracefully to the foregouud as tho man best fitted to uphold on the na tional field the party banner which he has borne so successfully in his own State. It is true that in the last Presidential campaign Pendleton was a heavy drawback to Ueue'ral McClellan, and, as the representative of a Copperhead peace policy of dishonor and dis union, did a great deal to secure the over whelming repudiation of the Democratic ticket by the Ameiican people. Rut the issues on w hich he was condemned three years ago are now questions of a far distant past; aud it has often been remarked how short the American memory seems to be, aud how frequently, in political life, we fail to hold a man account able even for delinquencies that shoull insure his permanent dismissal from a public career. Mr. Pendleton himself, in his electioneering speeches, made very little allusion to his war record, or rather his peace record; he treated it as a matter altogether forgotten, or at least without practical present interest; aud iu adroitly seizing on the living issue.3 of thu day, which also extend themselves iuto the future in holding up the great matters of nuance, taxation, reconstruction, and fidelity to the Coiihtittition he lifted the people to grouuds where neither the feelings, prejudices nor opinions of the past could have auy place or iilUn uce. lie doubtless felt coull leut that in the presence of such overwhelmingly im J'oi taut questions as these, people would not care 1 . f .tin ..i .. " l'.0MU011 J" ISlil, or whether recoid mid i "v uu "J reproducing his it the Democrat I'vot Tit ft1 m ' f that astomhd m... swe'led to an extent lh.li ftbtoiUfthed the couutry. l'eudlytou'a I 'I'd I I Itn i 4 . I I 1 , . raM.in c( ii i .i i . i""oiiu or me gene o W? CL omiay. It would seem, cUSrS0,r1,V,,;8larSjly J billed iu thiscon-li.-kH .LTf'l i1"". not War that the Rer.ub- wirti n h . i lourn v.t.itr it ftiendR, therefore, are forward in proclaiming that If, next year, be be placed at the head of the ticket of which three years aco lie formed the tail, Ida name, his abilities, and his prin ciples will insure him a support sufficient to carry him into the chair of President Johnson. If the Democrats auoceed in their threat of carrying this State next mouth, there will b a chance for Governor Seymour's friends simi lar to that which the Ohio election has fur liifdied to Mr. Pendleton's friends. His Presi dential claims will at once be pressed by the IM'W lork Democracy with a vieor and per sistence which may be expected to make up tor lost time, reymour is one of the men with "claims" upon the Democratic party claims which his backers will make the most of, when their opportunity arrives. The high po.-ition ho lias Ions; held in tbe party, the services lie has rendered it, the scars lie hat received for it, the sufferings he has endured for it these thincs, as well as his personal and intellectual supeiioiity, givo him a right to demand that he shall not be overlooKe I for the advantage of those who can show in such claims aud have no such political availa bility. It seems, moreover, that Seymour's liieuds are prepared to claim, for him what no one pretends to claim for Pendleton that he cau make display of a first class war record. We Republicans are not likely to forget the exact character of this record, as we found it in lSbU and lbOJ. iNever- theless, certificates are already prepared for national circulalion.'showinji that it was or the highest loyal order, and proving to the satisfaction ot those who know nothing what ever about the matter, that it was owing to his efficiency and terrible earnestness in raising aud forwarding troops that the Government was able to tide over the most critical and dan gerous periods of the Rebellion. We hare no doubt that, after all, this consideration will weigh strongly in favor of his nomination by the Democracy; for, though Peudleton's case seems to ignore the value of this point, the Democratic leaders have acquired too much knowledge of the strength of the patriotic sentiment throughout the country to permit thern, on such an occasion as is now approach ing, to overlook the record of a candidate during the great era of the war. As lor General McUieuan, we cannot see that lie has been strengthened at all by his au Fence from the country ever since Ins ueteat in the last Presidential election. It will not avail him anythingto come back uncommitted on any of the questions of the hour. We caunot see that it will lifclp him to Keep quiet until the time for the nomination. But there are others, and those of his own party, who think differently on the3e points. Doubtless those who have him in training fancy that the course they have kept him ou thus far is that which will secure at least his success in beiusr nomi nated; find they may even imagine that by ju liciously keeping him from obtruding hitn- Snlf before tho public until the time for de tsion ai rives, they will at last succeed in bringing him forward in a style calculated to astonish the beholders. AU this is something more than doubtful. These are not times for such mantfuvring or such men; and though there are certain special friends of "Little Mac who are ven' sanguine of his Presideu tial prospects in a new trial for success, we cannot see that the feelings of his party, or the circumstances of the country, are such as to give any sort of basis for their lather suited enthusiasm. We do not suppose the Democracy are likely to take our advice as to whom they should nominate. We are quite satisfied that with General Grant we can beat any possible Demo- ratio candidate so badly as almost to deprive i he election of the character of a contest. Iu this respect, and on this condition, it really makes little odds to us, or even to them, who may be their nominee. Rut still, ou many accounts, we s-hould like to see them have a candidate calculated to damage the country ana its great interests as little as possible Retween Pendleton and Seymour, therefore, it is not the lormer whom we might desire to see them nominate. Pendleton, on the financial question, has undertaken to assault the bono and the credit of the nation, and a Presidential campaign conducted on his principles would demoralize the people to an extent that we would not attempt to estimate till the cam paign was over. Governor Seymour, on the other hand, ha3 expressed tolerably sound views on this vital matter; and were mere nothing else to lead us to prefer him as the candidate of our opponents, this alone would be conclusive in his favor, even though he might take more votes from us thau Pendleton would take. And we have no doubt that this view of the case will be sustained by nearly all the influential Democrats on this side of the Allegheny Mountains. Virginia. Ft Dm tlif. TV. V. 7Vi7itm. The election in Virginia has pissed off in better order than could reasonably be anticipated, after the fiery appeals of the Rebel press. We hear that in two or three instances the colortd people have misused those of their kind who noisily proclaimed their intention of voting tho conservative ticket; but ou the whole, the behavior of both white and black voters will compare favorably with that of the free and independent electors of this or auy other Northern city. Uur latest despatches confidently count upon the success of the Con vention by a considerable majority; but there seems to be room for doubt, in the matter of delegate, whether the radicals or conserva tives will predominate. Oue point, however, is assured: the non voting or dog-iudhe-manger policy is not popular; the people have voted, and that, too, much more geuerally than we anticipated. The Convention is a fixed fact.' If tiie auti-reconstructiouists have a majority of the delegates, they may retard the wi rk of reinstatement for a time; but they at least do themselves justice by taking au active part in the work, and in a legitimate way expressing their views. The returns are vet too meagre to determine which side is in the majority, and so it is idle to specuUte upon what will be done or left undone. Secret Societies. Vitim the F. Y. Independent. Tho Rev. Dr. Jonathan Clanchard, 1 resi dent of Wheaton College, Mr. Philo Carpenter and other good men, representing several dit fVtent denominations of Christians, have issued a call for a convention, to be held in Aurora, 111., October 31, at 3 o'clock in the V-irpiayer and consultation on the foRow ,n?.i?ttWl.tIn of the' prevalent secret "ttedut ''""propiety of calling a nationul con- venlion ou the subject." frienlsof We take pleasure iu obliging the iricuis oi wuiane ii" - r a conspicuous pub thin convention by giv 4, i.lf...H0U !. licitv to the above call. Any pe son vvuo e iref-to attend the convention will be hos i.itablr entertained during Us sessions by imdviniT, on arrival in Aurora, at the offije o Mr. lifting", opnoiiUe the Empire House. We dislike secret soolrtifm. unit mmbershi in any. Nevertheless, if any dor.en or twenty, any hundred or thousand persons, choope to organize themselves into a Fecret society for any laudable purpose, we cannot se.e but that they have a perfect moral iigntio ao so; nor ought thev to be Um1,( with that w hip of criticism which U on...ii. . used upon them as if they were offenders agtum-t hiistian morality. Under the nnnn generous institutions of this where tree ppeech is every man's undented privilege, seciet societies seem altogether un necessary, objectionable, and rennnnant tn tl.a spirit of the age. Rut under a tyrannous cov- rnment, who does not See that secret organiza tion might readily become a sacred duty of 1 atriots r l or instance: Dunnir the late Tinm f teiror in the South, did any sensible man condemn the Unionists of or Mississippi for meeting each secret conclave? Certaiulv not. Not the) n Ahibunia ther in On the other hand, the secret order of tho "Know Nothings" that mysterious multitude of Americau voters who for n while discussed political questions bv the doubtful light of a "dark lantern" was always an object of popular distrust aud sus picion. It was, what it deserved to be, a short lived organization. And every such organiza tion for political purposes must take only a f-hallow root, and soon wither in American soil. Still more reprehensible, in these duva of religious toleration, are secret societies for the propagation of religious opinion. Jesuits worK in the darkness; I'rotestants in the day. Secret societies for benevolent ends such as the Masons, the Odd Fellows, the Sons of Tem perance have done much good, and perhaps some harm; but we see no reason why their seeresy should be condemned or approved on any higher ground than simple expediency; lor it oliends no moral law, no religious prin ciple. We know no reason why such societies should necessarily lock aud bar their doors against the outside world; nor, on the other hand, do we know any reason why these same societies, if they prefer to sit in secret, should not bo allowed to do s without falling uuder the condemnation of thoir fellow-citizens. Some excellent men in the West, we are well aware, have long been of opinion that one of the crying evils of this land is secret socie ties. We do not fully share this opinion. Nevertheless, these men and perhaps Dr. Rlanchard is one of the ablest and most emi nent among them have a right to be pa tiently heard on the subject. We trust, therefore, the convention will be sufficiently attended by the public to keep it lrom holding what it most dreads a secret session ! Ucneral SIcClellan. Fi-cm the AT. Y. IHbune. There is a maxim frequently quoted some years ago in this city, during an unfortunate ecclesiastical investigation. The scrupulous said, "Once a Bishop always a Bishop," shook their heads, and voted for suspension instead of deposition. We are reminded of this cir cumstance by seeing it announced that "many Democrats" favor General McClellan for the next Presidency. "Once a candidate," we sup pose they say, "always a candidate;" and thus tho poor General is to be put into that forlorn limbo of hope deferred from which so many great men have been relieved only by gentle and benevolent Death. As the foe of cruelty, if not the particular friend of the General, we enter our protest agaiust this amiable contumacy. There may be a few men w ho still think that he would make a good candidate; there may be political gam blers still willing to play upon his chances; and if he were nominated there are those who would vote for him; but as he will not be a candidate, as he will not be entered at all for tho sweepstakes, as there will be no oppor tunity to make bets upon his majority or minority, it is n it generous to distract his military mind from the study of fortifi cations and the science of defensive digging, by breathing his name in connection with auy electiou for any office whatever. Mercy dic tates that when even a major-general is iu the plight of General McClellan, he should be severely dropped. We could mention several personages, now no longer in the flesh, whose old age was made superlatively wretched by the ill-timed determination of mistaken friends, who would keep them before the people a3 Presidential candidates long after the chostof possible achievement had vanished. The General is too young to enter upon such a career of misery. If undisturbed, he may yet write many valuable volumes upon the Art of War, with pictures of numerous fortresses which it would be impossible for him to capture. He may do something for gunnery. He may invent a new projectile. He may design uniforms of novel neatness or of invincible splendor. He may make an ex cellent lecturer at West Point. He may de vise a digging machine of great value to farmers. Rut if lie is to waste his life in dreaming of the Presidency, in hoping and bighing and hoping again, in constant aspira tions and predestinate disappointment, he had better at once fall upon his sword and split his In art, after the Roman fashion. Tha VlrRlala Elfdloii - Progmi and PioMci of Southern lUcouali ucllou. From the N. Y. Herald. The additional returns of the Virginia recon struction election will bo very interesting to the politicians. Tho election involved, first, the question of a convention or no convention for a reorganization of the State iu pursuance of the terms of Congress; secondly, the elec tiou of delegates to the convention. If the convention is voted down the delegates elected will remain at home, aud the convention issue will have to be tried again at another election. On the registration books the whites have a majority in the State of soma thirteen thousaud against the blacks; and as the whites appear, to be, except a very small fraction, gathered into the conservative party, while the blacks are almost en masse radicals, and with a few scattering whites make up the radical pany, the conservatives were encouraged to make a square light for the possession of the State. Kucouraged further by the late Northern elec tions, they huve evidently undertaken to vote down a convention, under the impression that, with a little longer delay, a Northern reaction will upset the whole radical Congressional programme of reconstruction and bring about easier conditions to the unreconstructed States. If the Virginia conservatives, then, have de feated the convention, they have gained this delay. Assuming, however, that a convention has been ordered, we may fuither assume that it will be composed of such materials as will make a State constitution acceptable to the present radical Congress, and that the same order of things will prevail from Virginia to Texas. What then ? We shall have then, no doubt, some negro Representatives and Sena tors sent up to Congress, and universal negro sullrage established iu every State, from the l'otouiao to the Mexican, frontier. Bat will OklMye Hillsides, rllir l MiiU ST AND UEbT STOCK OF F I ft ' OLD RYE V It 0 K I C C 1I TllK'L-AiS'D IS NOW POSSESSED BY IIKMIY S. II ANN IS & CO,, Kc9. 213 aud S20 SOUTH FKOKT STREET, wimiun) T5; fa nt-. it miiK Tit Aim in lots oi tebt advamtaukof TKunv. -Their ttntv ol Itjt V lnvia, 1M UOHIi, mm all t h faTorlta ball exiori, ii;it j na ikrout :.!. tit vrrlova woBlhi or si3,'ti6, ad of tbU r. mn Itriinl ftatc. ' " literal tonttaiti rnrt n.iiol toairlvaat ( iTanla Hallroad Upcl ""b'MDB Line Wlifcif.or t loixtfd Warehouse!, rattles may elect. 1 this Fettle this negro suffrage question ? We think not. Mr. Chase proposes to enforce the universal negro suffrage test upon the South, but to let the subject drop for the present iu mo nuiui, considering me warning voice of the late Ohio electiou. 1! do. In the Verv creation nf n stnn ih.n balance of political power in our national aflairs, a Northern white reaction will be raised agaiust it, and, once raiseii, the reactionary agitation will be kept up uutil this Southern negro balance of power is abolished in some restrictions upon negro suffrage. If the North could not stand the insolence aud presumption of a Southern white balance of power, it is not likely that a Southern negro balance of power will be tolerated. If New York at last became disgusted with the arro gance of the white masters of South Carolina, the ignorant Carolina negro Blaves will hardly be allowed to take the place of their late mas ters. Negro civil and political equality is one thing, but negro political supremaoy in this country is quite another thing, and a thing which can never be safely attempted North or South. From present appearances, under the exist ing Congressional terms of reconstruction, not one of the outside States will get through the various processes required in season to be admitted to a voice in the coming Presiden tial election not one. We tnav. then, nredinl that this question of universal negro suffrage as a test of reconstruction will exercise a pow erful influence on the Northern States in the cominir Presidential contest nowerfnl enoncrh o x--.. n 1 perhaps, against any candidate but General Grant, to upset the Republicau party. So that, in any event, Mr. Chase's grand idea of uni versal Southern negro suffrage will operate to unhorse him. The Popular Verdict. From the N. Y. World. We are of a hopeful turn, and even in the midst of patriotic threats and "loyal" mob bing looked cheerfully forward to a turning of the wheel. One day, say3 Herr Bismark, in the life of a man is five years in the life of a nation, and of this national twenty-four hours we see the dark side of fortune coming up into sunshine and the whilom top of the wheel, with all its precious weight of moral ideas and holy humbug, going down, down, down among the dead men. With such a weight upon it, we look to see it there remain stationary, till, in the fulness of time, a vast ulcer of ism drops oil, aud the deceived sense of many good people comes purilied up to the top. Truly, to drop metaphor, the radical party, whereby we have typified darkness, is fast lesing ground. Prom every election, guber natorial, judicial, or town, the same news comes in that the people are worn out with this incessant agitation, and are sending its cautiug fomenters to the right-about as fast as they get a chance to speak. One year hence the country will look back on its late pat as men look back on horrid scenes, half in disbelief of their actuality and half with a shudder at the sense of their being real. The patience, the patriotism, and the purse of a people eminently devoted and practical have all been cruelly tried, and tried, as that people are now discern ing, in the simple interests of fanaticism, ras cality, and fraud. When the radical party came into power there was but the one great issue before the country of reconstruction, and we have to ask him who reads this, no matter what his political bias, if, instead of settling hat issue, they have not only made it ten imes more complicated, but added to its dis ractions the further running issues of negro ufl'rage, impeachment, financial embarrass ment, ahd stupendous revenue frauds. It is useless to say that these new issues were in evitable, aud the old one insoluble by auy ttaiuable statesmanship. The United States would be but a shabby sort of Government if t did not contain a power fully sullicient to eal with all the Issues that might arise within it. It has this power, and the whole of it was given into the hands of the radical party without one single condition annexed to its exercise by the people but this do it. There, the people saw, was the work, and there the power to do it; aud now that it has not been done, and uot. only that it has not been done, but that it has been miserably botched and gnarled and twisted, they are righteously giving in their verdicts against that party as wholly corrupt and bungling. There is not a single great question now agi tating this countiy taking impeachment as a ni 01 i buiul that has uot also arisen of late years in Kurope, aud been there nettled on linn and prosperous bases, while we, who claim to be so far in advance of that elfjte statet-manthip, are lost in tho sea of uncer tainty under radical guidance. If these men could not oiiginate, why did they not copy f Peace at any price wus, aud is, the need of the country; but that peace they have not given us, and it will never be ours at the hands of a dynasty half thief and half blockhead. glROWri'8 PATENT OBlItIM: 'AI!rKT-TIlETt llfclt AM) TAtK-IIUVi:U. Willi tills machine a lady cau aloue stretch anl tuc k down at the sunn' time her carputs as eunily as to sweep them, BavinK hauk-ucbe8, bruise! Hiigera, tiimx r. time, and money. It will stretch till kluds ol eurpels without "the le nt Uuuiuiie, belter, quicker, tind exsfer than any other Streiclier made, aud drive troui 2 to 2U-OB. tacks w lib or without leiuuer heads Is simple, onslly wurked, ard will hist a lifetime. Atents wanted. Liberal terms given. It Is Dice machine for ladles lu eeil. for Machines or Aouclea call ou or addrtBg WII.iaA.TI F. KIIIKIBI.E, No. 4U b. Til I IUJ (Street, B27tlr Phl.iidelphla. jcisri cnuivip, OAlU'lTKKANl) Bill ! ,TD 101;; KilOI'ft' ' 'iK WBKUT, AM) AU, 1?U im.VMJT KTItKr.T, rtiiLAPairuU LOOKING -GLAC-PLI3 or tub BEiT FRENCH PLATK, In Every Stylo of Frames,? ON HAiMD OR MADE TO ORDER. t NEW ART GALLERY, F. DOLAND & CO. 10 2 Unwrap .No.ei4:ARciIHtroetf WA I'CrttS, JEWELRY. ETC. LEWIS LADOMUS & CO. DIAIROKO DEALERS AND JEWELLERS, JNo. 803 CIilfc5Pf LTX SXItlClfll, Would Invite the attention of purchasers to the large stock of - . -. iiAtiiiE.ni F Just received, of tbe finest European makers." Independent quarter, ecoud, ana sell-wlndlng, olu nu silver cast's. Also, AMKHU AN WATCHES of all sizes. J'lamobd feis, I'ins, Studs, Itluns, etc.i Coral, Malachite, Garnet, and Etruscan Rets,' ert-ai variety. iti)n MiUU tSILVEKWARE of all kinds, UcluUlht UATCUE8, JEWELRY. W. W. OASSIDY, HO. IS N U III filECOND BlTBEET, Oilers an en tli ely new and most carefully iolect iock 01 AMRRIOAN AND GENEVA WATCHES, JJSWfiLKY, SILVEK-WAKK, AMD FANCY ARTICLES EV Kay DESCIUPTIOX snlluMa FOB BBIDAIi OU IIOLI0AT fKESENIf An examination will show my stock to be nm naBhed In uurtliiy wnd cheniiueds. Partleular.utientinn patil to repairing. 81' Km. Ti IVOItTH biXTU STREET, IH ri BOPli; OF TIIK LARUEKT SI'OCl FINE FRENCH CLOCKS, OF IHEIItOWS UIPOBTAIKhV, IN TI tilT. 5 ? AfcifcrtlCAN WATCHES SiTo3Tlie ,jeBt ,n tne world, sold at Factory Pri BV C. A A. PEQUICNOT, MANUFACTORE-KB OF WATCH CASES, No. 18 Bouth 8IXTH Street. 8 8 JklimufactJirv. A'o. 2 S. FIFTH Strt QTERLI1SQ SILVERWARE MANUFACTO ISO. 411 LOt l ST sTIIEET, GEORGE H II Alt i Patentee of the Ball and Cube patterns, mauulact every description of fine bTERLINGt B1I.V WAKE, and oilers for sale, wholesale and reta i huice assortment of rich and beautiful goods of My les at low puces. 9 26 Si J.M.SHiUP, A. ROBEK1 SADDLERY, HARNESS, &c. "THE UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS OF T A. . ' , SEW t I11SNIT STKI'.ET (NO. 116) NAiiii.iitv, jiabm:.sm, aki hoi; Itui-Mi iiisu uoodm notrsB OF LACEY, MEEKER & CC Is attributable to the following facts: They are very attentive to the wants ofthelr t turners. They are bbiIhIi d with a fair business pro 111. They tell fci'ftis only on their own merits. Tbry guaiHiitee every strap In all harness tboj over l-io, the luull of the purchaser ouly who doe ct what be Is cuarunleed aud paid tor. 1 heir gooi s are 2S per ceut. cheaper than cai bought elsewhere. Ttey have cheaper and finer goods than ca ueuitht In the city. They nave ti e 1 rtcstand most complete a to. Pbliailklphls. All Harness over fiSare "band-made." Ilameas Irom (.1 to (626. G nts Handles from 6 to 75. I.tiditB buddies from ,0 to 125. Tt ey are the oldest and largest wanuiacturt the couutry. LACEY, MEEEIER & C 9 14 nm NO. 1210 C IIF.NNITT HTBKlf EXCURSIONS. rttFT' fall arranoeme: cLriusn.'n.m 'j CIlANUh UK lloUit. On and i.i iislAY, Ocuiiier 2:t, tbe stfauisr El llAMUJi will leave l . r ,1,.,-tr ..-nn,l wharf 1 A rib btieel, I'hiluUi-lphls, ai 10 A. AX. and3-3rt i Ketniii:!!!!. H ill leave Wilmington, Uel., l 7 4 4 J U ' i. 10 C, 4U 1(1 ai.f Iu W. BPHNS. Capl r .nF"-- VnrjiTMJTOpr "steam i I.1wkUha.N"K OF HOL-K.E 1 ..i.u 1.1 1 it Tl EHI'A Y.OCU.IMT l"t. the '' b. M. 1- Kl T11N ami AlUfL win run m 1 1, 1 iv 1 14 hut! mi H A. M. anil g leiive WltMIN'iliiN !"" l: ?' 1 toWlli. iimtt.n IftceniH. Excursion lli-ki-w, p.-r . ........ l. u in uliteiuir or li fc"Ml. Ml VVUIO, - " - ly VV...M. ill
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