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Briltorlnl Opinion of the len1ln Jonrnalu
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FOSTER ON REPRESENTATION.
From th N. Y. Tribune.
There are men who are nothing if not
paradoxical, and of their manner in Mr.
Htophon 8. Foster, who would seem to profer,
at any time, rather to nHtoniith than porsuade
Ilia audiences, lie likes to startle his hearers
into a surrender, and to convince them by a
sort of galvanio moral battery. Long experi
ence han perfected him in this method of
warfare, which fatal as It is to good judg
ment, to careful thinking, and to sound and
logical conclusions may have its uses when
the main purpose is to awaken apathy or to
ntir up a mob. It is Mr. Foster's idea that, to
be at all right, one must reject what all
others receive, and disbelieve whatever is
accepted by the rest of mankind. Thus he
tried on Tuesday to bully the women at Wor
cester into declaring that men wero tyrants,
whon the dear oreatures persisted in say
ing that they didn't think anything of the
kind. Thus, a little farther back, he took
occasion, in the recent Woman's Conven
tion at Cleveland, to inform the astonished
congregation that "he did not believe in
'representative assemblies at all," while the
body which he addressed was, if not "a repre
sentative assembly," something loss than
nothing at all. He also avowed his faith in
"a pure democracy," by virtue of which every
man would be his own member of Congress,
wore it not that in the sublime and millennial
condition for which Mr. Foster's soul yearns
there would be no Congress for the man to be
a member of. Of course the proj ection of these
theories to their logical conclusions would
leave society without any political govorn
. ment whatever; as there could be no
legislation without the full and unani
mous assent of the whole population,
it would follow that there could be no
laws binding upon the minority; the doc
trine of its theoretical assent, which is the sole
Bafeguard against anarchy, would be dis
carded; and nothing short of a radical change
in human nature a change which we have no
reason to expect could save us from that
brutal domination of the physically strongest,'
which, if it effected nothing else, would make
short and sharp work of "female suffrage."
Mr. Foster, no doubt, has in his mind's eye
(which rolls in a fine frenzy, if a mind's eye
can) an election such as it would be in neave.'
if the angols only voted. The citizens jl
both sexes, clothed in white and wrerliei
flowers, to the music of lutes and sr
cordera, approach the glorified polls, p" mtr
the same ballot in hand, and all of c? aco
entmind. But nnder such circfstan08.of
complete serenity, and of bro"? ana sw:
terly love over all, what will ihe. w of
Totingatall? And how s1 wo, b,e 8ur.e
when everybody is wi rybody !
agreeing, and all the he Jf sho citizens are
Toting as Wordsworth' iOTt7 ? " ff
ing, "like one," that f PP"tion of Mr. S.
S. Foster will not gfJ aPPear to denounce
ihe whole trocec 88 a covenan with
jfi . . jement with the place which
mar not bflened to ear8 Plito ? Wo
rj.-o possible state of things in this
rlTwno'ould be Bafe from the '0Bterian
stvle of ."ciam' IIe is tne one man the
world w"66 e"8';ence makes nemint contra
Impossible and una voce out of the
"n. ne is like the Hindoo philosopher
V.when his wife told him that his rice was
ay, would cry out: "What is rice ? Is it
positive or negative f Is it entity or quid
dity i ana so on until tne rice was cola, lie
laughs to soorn the notion that there are only
cine parts of a hair. lie could himself dis
criminate and dissect ninety !
It is a peculiarity of Mr. Foster, and of the
Johjj distinguished disciples of his school, to
aj their Bay at inappropriate moments and
Under distinctly inopportune circumstances.
It is this which leads them their race, and
jitarts bewildered minds, just as they are about
to find a standpoint, once more upon their
travels in search of nobler notions. It is the
mission of Mr. Foster to bewilder the weaker
brethren and sisters, and to transmogrify
them into Wandering Jews of a disputatious
turn. Here is a convention mot to consider
the question of suffrage for women; unless its
members believe in "representative assem
blies," there is literally no business before
the house: but while fair delegates are
dreaming of the day when nnder the
dome of the Capitol they will grace
fully move to the desk of the Clerk, and
with low, sweet voices take the oath of a
representative, up rises the form of Mr. Fos
ter, with a negative in every line of his coun
tenance, and denounces all congresses, gene
ral courts, legislatures, and assemblies what
ever f Here is a wind of doctrine which sets
only in one direction, and if it be strong
enough can only blow the delegates home to
their babies and their pie making. What do
they in Cleveland? What do they want?
With what are they dissatisfied ? Of what
earthly use will the bullot be, if they are to
bo allowed to vote for nobody ? If this re
public is to get along with the tnjst exquisite
smoothness without Presidents, Vice-Presidents,
Congressmen, mayors, aldermen, se
lectmen, and other "representatives," this
oluble battle for "femalo suffrage" is, after all,
but a vile waste of breath. There should have
been a convention, not to promote the admis
sion of women to political privileges, but to
take measures for sweeping politics altogether
from the face of the earth. The theory of Mr.
Foster, if it is to be aooepted, is au irrefragable
argument in itself against all voting, whether
the voting is to be done by beings in panta
loons, or by beings in petticoats; or by those
who reject both styles of costume and walk
in anomalous attire. With his peculiar, and,
we may say, unique opinions, how was it pos
sible for Mr. Foster to feel anything but con
tempt for the convention, and how was it
possible for the convention to feel anything
but contempt either for Mr. Foster or itself ?
The delegates took the blunted horn of the
dilemma. The report before us says simply,
"Foster was overborne." At any rate, he did
not raise his voice very loudly again in that
convention. Votes and voting proved alto
gether too much for him; and he contented
Himself with protesting against the choice of
any officers of the Suffrage Association.
Nevertheless they were elected, and the "re
presentative ansembly" adjourned, every lady
being as willing to be elected to Congress as
ever. Mr. Foster, however, was not, proba
bly, disheartened. He had said his say; he
had created quite a little commotion; and he
retired, no doubt greatly refreshed.
THE DANGER THAT THREATENS OUR
! i . COMMON SCHOOLS.
From th S. r. Time.
The discourse of Rev. Mr. Preston, of St,
Ann's Church, on Sunday evening, discloses
thd true danger that threatens our common
school system. Able and candid in many
respects, and temperate in its treatment of a
heated subject, that discourse clearly pro
claimed, nevertheless, the aim of the oppo
nents of this cherished institution of our I
fathers; and if we are any longer attractod to I
nide issues in tho matter of tuiblio cduoation,
it is surolv our Own fault. J
What that portion of the Jews, the Protes
tants and the Catholics who are attacking our
common School system object to is, not that
tho schools ftro sectarian, but that they are
not sectarian. And, in this issue betwoon
sectarianism and a broad, national education,
there can be no doubt which side patriotio
citizens will espouse. Mr. Preston tolls us
that, in his view, "it is impossible to have
public schools that are non-sectarian," and
again, that "it is impossible there could be
schools without religious bias." That is the
position taken by all those, whether "free
thinkers," or Catholics, or Protostants, who
demand that our common school system shall
be shattered to fragments, and its remains
divided piecemeal among rival sects.
On the other hand, tho people, who know
how ninch of their present prosperity is based
on our free school system, and how much of
the future is dependent on it, declare that it
must be preserved intact; that, as thore iH
no established Church in the country, so
there shall be no established Churoh schools.
Rightly considered, thon, the present is not
a question of Bible or anti-Bible in the
schools. "As to the reading of the Bible,"
says Mr. Treaton, "we don't consider that d
importance," and he adds:
"We demand tliat we shall receive our proprvtl,,n.
In rcpurd to tho number of children lnstruc'8" of
the fund so raised, and the Rtatc ts bound J?,00?"
nlze this, and that every school, private or"'""" (r
denominational, so that it be gratuitous 8ll.a".ro."
cetve from the Mate Its proportion of thr'UIia raised
for general education, and no more."
There is the whole question nutshell:
and it is precisely on this gnnd that Pro
testant sectarian schools rocve out
of the last city tax levy, a Catholic secta
rian schools double that amount thus mis-ai-propriatiBg
funds thpOng hav0 80,le
to the support of our amnion school systom.
The question, wb put on this ground,
ceases to be religic wd becomes political.
And having ber e a question of European
policy as again- American policy, it seems to
us that ther can uo no rJround of compro
mise. We respect the conscience of Jew,
or Catholi or Episcopalian, or I'niversalist,
who wis-"" hi" Church or his family to mo
nopoli " ' ue religfiotiH education of his chil
dren u' wuen i" proposed to impair or
aor:h the essential national characteristic
0rOur Anioriean froo public school system,
tie pride and glory of the nation, and to sub
stitute for it tho European system of secta
rian schools, supported by a common tax, we,
as Americans, and not as religionists, protest.
Mr. Preston rests his arguments on the prac
tice of "all the European countries," where,
he tells us, denominational schools are sup
ported by taxing the people That is the very
reason that our people will not substitute this
system for the one dear to their traditions,
and on which they have grown to be what
they are. Denominations and sects may esta
blish their own sectarian schools and support
them with their own funds; the people will
not have sectarianism in schools, nnd will not
be publioly taxed to teach the doctrines of
sects either to their own children or to the
children of anybody else.
It is due solely, we bolieve, to party machi
nations that this question has assumed its
present gravity. Twenty years ago the prin
ciples set forth by Mr. Preston were repu
diated, not on religious but on patriotio
grounds the people would have no union of
sect and State. But last winter Senator
Tweed, an a party stroke, and with a view
to make political capital, introduced a bill
attacking our public school system. That
bill provided that whenever there skull be
established, or has been established and
maintained, in any city of this State, any
free school or schools, in which not less than
two hundred children have been or shall be
taught and educated gratuitously, it shall
become the duty of that city, or of the
county, to "provide for the expenses of such
school or schools." Other provisions in the
bill declared that those "expenses" should be
met by "tax on the taxable property of the
city," and that this tax should amount to
eight dollars for each pupil. We say that this
was a political move and designed for local
partisan effect. It was intended to rally all
those benefited by it in such cities as New
York to the support of the Tammany ring,
which Mr. Tweed represents; it was a shame
less blow, dealt ia the interests of party, at
the peculiar pride and boast of American in
stitutions. We need hardly add that the bill
received no favor in the Legislature, and that
its purposes were only partially carried into
effect through that monstrous engine of
wrong, the "city tax levy."
Mr. Preston proposes, in effect, to renew
the effort begun by Mr. Tweed, with this
difference that what the Tammany leader
sought to accomplish covertly, by stealth and
the use of false pretenses, the recognised ex
ponent of Catholic aims proposes to urge
openly, candidly, and for reasons which leave
none in doubt as to the issue involved. We
yet hope that a contest so fraught with pas
sion and prejudice so irritating in its nature,
and so dangerous in its tendencies may be
once more averted.
MORMON ACTIVITY.
Frimi the N. Y, Crnninrr&ial Adim-tinn:
When the Prophet Brighain found his autho
rity contemned and his policy criticized, he
first cut off from the Dhurch a few prominent
recalcitrants. Then he inaugurated a grand
movement for tho propagation ot the faith,
and ordered on the war path more than a
hundred Mormon elders and preachers, among
whom were many of those whom he suspeoted
of a want of confidence in himself. There is
no alternative for the missionaries. Once
ordered away, they must go or be put out of
the Church. The missionary, be he mechanic,
or farmer, or merchant, or teacher, a man of
one wife or a man of a dozen, he has no ex
cuse. He goes unpaid. lie must earn his
own support. He goes whore the prophet
sends him, to New York or to Nova Zcmbla,
to London or Bengal. This missionary en
terprise is a wonderful instrument in hands
so unscrupulous as those of Brigham Young,
and he has often used it to put out of the
way any rookless and ardent young Mormon
who might venture to be in love with one
upon whom the prophet has lookod with
longing eyes.
Elders Oodbeand Harrison, tho excommu
nicated editors of the Utah Maijazine, now
propose to publish, in licsu of that paper, a
weekly called the Mormon, Tribune. They
issue a "Manifesto," in which their views are
expoundod at length. They are full Mor
mons, but they crave a more spiritual religion
than that which Brighain favors. We have
read this "Manifesto," but we see nothing in
it beyond a slavish love for tho Mormon
Church and a oortain tolerance of Gentiles
which has not characterized Mormouism be
fore. On the polygamy quontion, tho new
party makes this declaration: "
"Another point In the movement will ' to place
the practice of plural marriage on the hlirhogc
? round. It will only maiiUin or enooura!?n it so
ur as it Is practiced within the highest couUllion of
purity, delicacy, and reUuineiil. U will atigert thut
pure ailection ou both siden can aloae sanctify t'.na
or any ether kind of marriitfrc. It will, therefore,
oppoRe all marrlwre from a cold senan of mIikUhm
duty, m tt will all marrying for the mere accumula
tion of families.
"It will loach thehlRh principles the trtct tnwa
and conditions whlon alone can rendr thin ordor or
lite siiocoHHful, and then leave It, like tho question
of belnff railed to preach the gnapel, to every man's
light and Intuitions to determine when or whether It
will beriRht in his rase or not. Aiiove all ftimu",
tho movement will strongly assert the necessity of
tho highest appreciation of woman and of her high
est development and culture as the only basis of a
High ( ivlli.atlou."
How far this modified or eclectic polygamy
is in consonance with the "highest apprecia
tion of woman" we leave to the Mormon
elders, aided and abetted by the sympathizers
that have grown so numerous in this com
munity ef late, and who find no stronger
bond of marriage than inclination.
But in addition to there religious move
ments in Monnonism, there is also a political
movement, and the reoent conference in
Utah made a demand for admission to the
Union, which is to be presented and pushed
at this sewion. The application is in reality
a "dcniand," for it is couched in offensive
language, and in terms which rosont the pa it
action of Congress. Brigham Young not
lorg since told Senator Trumbnll he would
eipel from the territory the Government
officers who were objectionable to him, and
his action in regard to the elders shows he is
as wilful and impulsive as ever.
Upon this aetion of the Mormon Con
ference we find an article by Mr. Colfax, in
a recent Independent, in which the Vice
President brit-tly but carefully reviews the
history of the Mormons, and then claims
that the laws of the Union shall be enforced
wherever its flag is recognized. In connec
tion with the discussion, Mr. Colfax shows
how England dealt with the Suttee in India,
or burning of widows, where they had the
power. This horrid rite was more firmly
founded in the Hindoo creed than polygamy
is in the Mormon. It was fourteen centuries
older than Christianity. From 1M 15 to 1M1(J
there were 71." t cases of Suttee murder. Eng
land tried to "regulate" it, but failed. The
false religion was too strong. Then Governor
Bontinck determined to extirpote it, and ho did
so, despite of Hindoo complaints of "inter
ference with thoir religion," and in spite of
the appeals and agent and money they sent to
Englund. The Suttee is now prevented a-here
England rules in India Tho Mormons cluim
the benefit of tho laws they oppose. They re
pudiate those that are not in accordance with
their wishes. Tho Government has before it
the duty of enfovcin;; its laws and protecting
its citizens against tho old bigot who tyran
nize in Utuh. It needs not gans to do this.
There is n moral power in the people which
will force Monnonism to respect the law, and
the Pacific Railroad will soon let in light and
example enough to put an end to the hideous
features of their faith.
THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT PROS
PECT OF AN, EARLY PROCLAMATION.
from the A'. Y. J I era I it.
It appears from the official report to Con
gress on the subject from the Secretary of
Stnte that twenty-ono States have ratified,
through their Legislatures respootivelv. the
fifteenth amendment, and that those States
are Missouri, Kansas, North Carolina, West
Virginia, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Maine,
Louisiana, Michigan, South Carolina, Penn
sylvania, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Illi
nois, Indiana, New York, New Hampshire,
iNevaaa, ermont, ana Virginia, as hereto
fore given in the llcrnld. It appears, how
ever, that the ratifications of Missouri and
Kansas are defective, the second section beinsr
omitted in the one case (the section which
gives to Congress the power, by appropriate
legislation, to enforce the universal suffrage
provided for, regardless of race or color), and
that in the other case the phraseology of this
section is changed. As, however, these two
radical States will each unquestionably soon
make the needful correction, they may still be
counted in.
Adding, then, to the official list of ratif ving
Mates Alabama, which nas lately adopted the
amendment, and we have twenty-two; but.
deducting New York, whose ratification will
surely be rescinded by our now Democratic
Legislature, the number is reduced again to
twenty-one. We shall, therefore, still re
quire seven States to make the needful
twenty-eight, or three-fourths of all the
States of the Union, which number is thirty,
seven. Georgia, in defiance of the reoon.
struction laws, having in 18i!8 expelled the
negro members elected to her organic Legis
lature, is to be reconstructed over again,
according to the fourteenth amendment,
That organic Legislature is to be recalled,
negroes and all, and the application of the
test oatns will turn the tables upon the over
dainty white members by whom the blacks, in
the nrst instance, were turned out. The
President in his annual message, having
recommended this line of Congressional ac
tion, the bill introduced oa the subject will
be passed, and Georgia will be reconstructed
on the basis of the fourteenth amendment
and with her adoption of the fifteenth.
Georgia, then, with Mississippi and Texas,
will swell the States to twenty-four for this
last amendment. Rhode Island, Ohio, Iowa,
Minnesota, and Nebraska all radical States,
with administration Legislatures will com
plete the ratification and make the total vote
one more than is necessary, assuming that the
vote ol JNew lork will be rescindod lmmodi
ately after the organization of the new Demo.
c ratic Legislature in January next, and that
this action will be recognized at Washington
The whole case is clearly in the hands of
ueneral Urant. We think, too, from his re
commendations in roterence to ueorgia, tnat
he desires to have this mutter settled without
needless loss of time; and, such being the
case, we shall probably have this amendment
proclaimed as part of the supreme law of the
land before the end ot the winter. lint wnat
then ?
This ouestion is answered from various
Democratic sources with tho notice that then
the amendment will be repudiated by the
Democratic party on the ground that its rati
fication is spurious and void, inasmuch as the
ratification by the reconstructed States has
been, by Congressional coercion, in violation
of the Constitution. But upon this plea, if
admitted, the fourteenth amendment falls to
the ground, and also the thirteenth, abolish
ing slavery, for both were ratified through the
coeix-ion of the late Rebel Slates. The
ftiiicndment declaring slavery abolished, it is
true, was not forced upon those States by
Congress, but it was made a condition of
restoration by President Johnson, subject
to ' tho approval of Congress, which is tho
name thing. The Democratic ground oi uos
tility, then, to the ratification of the fitteonth
amendment, if admitteiL will carry us back
to the year of our Lord li!l, and to tne po
riod just before the deluge, and to "tho Con
stitntion as it was," whereby the war will
Muna as a failure, ana the estates wiu oe re
scored to the right of re-establishing slavery
in any form they may choose, African or Chi
nese, and to the sovereign right of ' vigilance
committees to take a note of incoming stran
gers, and to tar and feather and "ride on a
rail" out of town every obnoxious Abolitionist
or carpet-bagger.
I
We have. (linn. H.'iiin tv. ti.rti ln Dntmi.
cratic leaders of the folly of repeating upon
th
' mu-envu amendment their pronunss
tics of twift,' ik;i;, ihim, 1HG3, IMl, and
il. In 1Hl','! with tho .,.! ..t .t.l.n Van
bat
1H
Bn
roil. Wft not Knvmrtn T)n,n.vnfa in
tl
is State on tho right track in support of
ft U'flr for f lin 1 Inii.n. - t1w.M
the
v.i.v'j, uni tiyrr niiiuo i..'
have been fiouiiderinr in tha dismal swamp of
mono oi(i nouiuern uoarraotions whlsh broKo
n
tne Charleston Convention and tha party.
'1
he
true course for the Democracy ail
the Union is that adopted by
shrewd old time leaders of the
over
those
nrfv in Virninin in 4 : M... uUn..
I" J . b.u.m 111 I'J ' 11 lift; hid ninin-
tion and the neero vote, ntiil in tnrninrrittna
good account. On this plan of operations
uiey may speedily regain tha Southern balauoe
1 run uim uiuko me noumerii nproaH im
portant an element of Drmocratio Rtrengtb as
On the other tack, that of Achting the nf-
eouiu ttiuenumeni, a mey tought tne iour
teenth and the thirtennt.h flia mmill. u-ill l.
the same still a new lease to the partr in
nnwAr Tf lu nit fni. : . . n1.nn.:nn
proposition to the last ditch, but when fairly
ucnicu tiito iiiu give up me uauie.
A BILL TO ABOLISH THE CONSTITU
TION.
From the -V. Y. World.
Senator Drake, with more boldness if not
more discretion than Senator Trumbull, has
fully unmasked the aim of the Republican
party in its projected legislation for abridging
the authority of the Suprome Court. Mr.
Drake proposes, by one sweeping act, to for
bid every judicial tribunal to entertain tho
question whether a law of Congress is repug
nant to the Constitution. If this bill passes.
the Constitution will forthwith bo a piece of
antiquated parchment totally destitute of any
binding force. Mr. Drake s bill is in these
words:
A SIM. further to dellne and regulate the jurisdic
tion and powers of the Courts of the I'nlted States.
"lie it enacted Uy the Nfnatu and Ununfo Reprtxenta
ttveK(ithe L'mtrd Stolen of America in Cowireiii a
nemMed, That no court created lv an act of Con
trrenH, or Judgo thereof, gliall have power In any
ease to adjudge or hold any act or joint resolution of
Congress invalid, in whole or in part, for any sup
posed repugnancy between such aet or joint resolu
tion and the Constitution of the L'nited btutes, or Tor
any supposed want of authoiity In said Constitution
for the same; nor shall (he appellate Jurisdiction of
the Supremo Court of the l nited States (o
constiued to authorize that court, in any
case now pending or hereufter brought before It, to
utllrm any order, Judgment, or decree of any Inferior
I'nlted states eourt, or of anv Stuto court, which
shall appear to have been bused upon any such ad
judging or holding; but every such order, judgment.,
or decree Miull for that causo be reversed, vacated,
and Amended ; nor Hhull auy Justice of .suid Supreme
Court, in furtherance of the exercise of such appel
late jurisdiction, make Ot-v order, or authorize or
issue any writ or process, or take anv proceeding
bused upon any such adjudging or holding by him or
vy me earn oupicme i;ouru
We are not sorry that the design, so long
cnensnea ana so oiten nctea upon bv tho lte
publican party, to annul the Constitution and
make the mere acts of Congress the supreme
law of the laud, is thus disclosed, in all its
breadth and nakedness, by a prominent Re
publican Senator. Instead of attempting to
suDvert me uonstitution bv the "piecemeal.
ing" methods which have been in vogue for
tne lost eight years. Air. Drake aims to abo
lish the whole instrument at one fell swoop.
For. if the courts are compelled to enforce
every law which party zealots in (Congress may
cnoose to enact in aenanco ot the (.Jonstitn.
tion, any further pretense that the legislative
power is limited by that instrument becomes
a transparent and insulting hoax.
Mr. Trumbull's bill and Mr. Drake's belong
in the same category, it beini the aim of
both to shield tho unconstitutional legislation
vi me uepuDiicans irom judicial review.
Tho only diff erence between them is that Mr.
Drake's scheme is bolder, broader, and less
.11- A. 17- 1 , 7
uihuouesi.. ve nave neon miormed, on
authority which we deem trustworthy, that
Attorney-General Hoar is taking an active in
terest in jur. lrnmbull8 bill, and that ho has
approached Senators particularly members
of tho Judiciary Committee zealously urg
ing us passage, it is oenevea that he in
spired Trumbull's bill, and perhaps drafted
it, although its reputed author is Mr. Sum
ner, from whose hands it was received by the
Committee on the Judiciary. If Mr. Hoar is
expecting to bo appointed a Judge of the Su
premo Court, it may seem strange that he
should be so bitterly eager to retrench the
authority ot the tribunal of which ho expects
to bo a member; but as ho is not yet a iude.
this may be his method of recommending
himself to the appointing and confirming
power.
It may also seem strange Congress should
continue its hostility to the Supreme Court,
since tne retirement ot President Johnson.
In the early port of Mr. Johnson's term an act
was passed reducing the number of judges,
on the' occurrence of vacancies, in order to
prevent him from makino anv Annninttnnnta
President Grant will be able to appoint two
new judges this winter; and considering tho
great age of some of the members of the Su
preme Court, there will be at least one more
vacancy during his torm. The Republicans
being thus certain ot a majority of the Court.
why should they wish to deirive it of the
power to decide on the constitutionality of
laws lint one exjuanation can be enven.
Much of the Republican legislation is so mani-
testly repugnant to tho Constitution, that no
impartial man can be trusted to uphold such
enactments. The Kepublicans are so sen si
ble of the unconstitutionality of many of
their acts, that they are afraid to have them
passed upon even by a court of which they
are certain to nave a majority.
EDUCATIONAL..
PHE EDGE II ILL SCHOOL.
JL
A Boarding and Day School for Boys,
Held in tha new Academy Building it -MKRCJH
ANTVII.LK, MKW JKKSKY.
For Circulars apply to
KKV. T. W. CATTELL,
28tf Prinoipul.
DRUGS, PAINTS, FTO.
BEliT 8HOEMAKEU A O O.
K. Corner FOURTH and RACE Stt,
PHILADELPHIA.
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
Importers and Manufacturers or
White Lead and Colored Falntt, Fatty1
Varnishes, Etc.
AGENTS FOR TBB CELEB RATTED
FRENCH ZINC PAINT.
Peelers and consumers supplied at lowest prioa
for cash. 191 f
M. MAHHIIAIiL,
DRUGGIST AND CHEMIST.
' AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
rAINTS, OILS. GLASS. AND
i PATENT MEDICINES,
Nos. 1301 and 1303 MARKET St.
. , luUUuturtia
Tj'MrilvE PLATE MANTEL WORKS.J. B
M- J t
lUalnafl
SPEOIAL NOTICES.
eiT A 0 A I) K M Y OF MUSIC.
' TH If. STAE OOURHK OK LKOTURKH.
TDK LAST OK TUK PIR9T SKR1KS.
ON THURSDAY KVKKflNti, U.w. IK.
v. i-.ndkll rmrxii's.
ill delirer Ilia celanretml oration on
"DANIEL O'OONNKI-L."
TH K BKV. DR. MORIAKTY WILL I'RKSlUK.
Ailrmmion, fill cent.; Roxnrvod Reatd. ?5ontn.
Ticket tor Mln at ii)lil ii'h Tin ll 5H fTSWITT
Ptrent, and at the Anailnmy on the evening of tile Lecture.
i.uor tippn m I : i.ecrurn at f
DrclipHlral l'rwlnrle at 7y. H In Ht
THE ANNUAL EXHIBITION
OK THR
PKNNSYf.VANIA POULTRY BOOfKTY
Will take place at
HORTICULTURAL HALL.
BHOAD Ktrt"t. Ix'lnw 1ooaM., Philxrintnbia. commune-
itrUncenilwr Jii, ami rnilinir Ueoomher at lUo'olock
TheHocinty will offnr thoir nual vnlnahle Awards of
8I1.VKK CUPS, MI.VKK ANI It RON K MKDAI.S,
DIPLOMAS, STANDARD BOOKS AND PKRIOU1
CAIJ. an well aa OAMH PKKMIUMS.
Kntry Books now opon.
Ailrirtuw '.IOtt M. WADK. Cnrrestiondtnff Kncrntarr.
No. N. TH1KTK.KNTH Street, PhiliuU Iplua." 13 14 at
I- FARMERS AND MECHANICS.' NA-
PHrLAHF.t.pniA, Deo. 10, IMS.
The Annual Rlectlnn for Director, nt this Hank will b.
held at the Banking Hoime on WKDNKSDA V, the l'Jth
day of ilanuary rmt, between the hour of 11 o'clock A.
in. ana a o clocK f. At.
l-i it U) 13 W. HUSnTOPf , jn., Uaahter.
jftay- CORN EXCHANGE NATIONAL RANK.
i-iui.APKi.rinA. wecenuier u, inin.
Tile Annual K lor tion for thirteon lirii-tora of tins Hank
will he held at tho Hanking Housn ou TUKSDAV, Janu
ary 11, lfTII, between the hours of 10 .o'clock A. M. and I
O clock I. M. a. j BUHK.TKY,
la 11 slntbCIt Cashier.
gy- THE COMMERCIAL NATIONAL BANK
niDi..uuuvrv.vii
Phii.aiiki.imua, Deo. 11, 1W9.
The Annual Rlnctinn for Directors of ihiH Hunk will be
held at the Hanking Hon so on WK.DNK8 DAY. the l'Jth
day of January, IKjU, between the hours of 11 A. M. and 1
1 . m. o. U. rALM r. rc.
MlUrathPt Cashier.
rhifr FAIR. A FAIR WILL BE II ELI) THE
14th. Into, and loth inHtant. at the PKNNA. INDUS
TRIAL HOMK FOR KLIND WOMKN, No. :WJl
Lt( :lST St.roet, West Philadelphia, tha proceeds to be
applied to the payment for the "Home." 12 11
Er 8TEUEOPTICON AND MAGIC LAN
TERN KXH1BITIONH airon to Sunday Schools.
rcnnols. Colleges, and for private entertninmnnw. V,
M ITCHF.LL AlcALLlttTKR. Ao. 728 LUKSKUT HtrooU
acconu story. 113 znirp
t&j" OFFICE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
Pim.ATF.i.iHiA, I'ennn., Nor. t, 181.
NOTIOKTO MiOUKHOLDKhg.
Tb. Hoard of Direot ins have this day declared s .emi
annual dividend of l lVK PKR CH.KT. on the Oupiuil
Stock of the Comuany, clear of National and btate tuxes,
pnyuhle in casn on and after November 3i.. IH
lilanlt Power of Attorney for collecting dividends en
he had at the office of th. Company, No. 'JM iJostn TU1KD
Direoi.
The office will he opened at 8 A. M.. and eland at 3 P.
M.. troin November to December 4, for tho tyincnt of
Dividends, and alter that date troin 9 A. M. to 3 P. M aa
usual.
II !1 tl 1 THOS. T. FIRTH. Treasurer,
EAST MAHANOY RAILROAD COM-
PANV nt,. N, R l?ni!RTH Hl..,.t
Phii.aijkli'Bia. Dec K 169.
Tho A miaul Meeting of the Stockholders of this Com
pan and an election for Otlioors to serve for the ensnimr
yenr. will he held at the Orhce of th. Company oa MON-
ua x. January lu, i,u, at i o'clock f. m.
ALBERT PISTKR,
1214 2:it Secretary,
g- THE MAHANOY AND BROAD MOU v.
a in xiAijunir&iJ uvmrAn x. umca mo. zd.
FOURTH Istreet.
Philadelphia. Dee. IfL 11i!9.
The Annual Meetinir of the Stockholder of this Com-
Puny and an election tor Orticers to serve tor the eohumg
yeiir. will be held at the Olticeof the Company on MON
ICA l , .lanuury iu, iu, at 1 o'clock r. m.
ALBKRT FOSTER,
12 14 Sit Siicretary.
mj- COLD WEATHER DOES NOT CHAP
or roughen th. skin after using WRIGHT'S Air
CONATKD ULYCKRINK TAlit.KT OF SOLIDIFIKD
l-l.n.l- KUK. Its clailv une makes the akin delioutolj
aott and beautiful, bold by all druggists.
R. A O. A. WRIGHT,
8 4 No. K14 CHKSNUT Street.
jf2jT AS A FAMILY SEWING MACHINE,
suitahle for all kinds of sewing, the PAKUAM is
decidedly the best In use. and simple in construction,
durable, and sold on terms to suit all. It will nay vim to
call and examine. Orhce and Salesroom, No. 7U7 0HK8
NUT Street. 12 15 t
fiiST NOTICE. A QUARTERLY" MEETING
of the HIBERNIAN SOOIKTY will lie held at th.
CONTINENTAL HOT F.L on FRIDAY KVKNLVO. tha
17th inl., at 7 o'clock. D. U. KF.LLY,
W163t Secretary.
jgjT DR. F. R. THOMAS, THE LATE OPE-
rator of the Colton Dental Association, is now th.
only one in Philadelphia who devote, his entire tims and
practice to extracting teeth, absolutely without pain, by
fresh nitrous oiide gas. Office, Ull WALNUT St. 1 1364
jy COLTON DENTAL ASSOCIATION
originated the anmsthetio use of
NITROUS OX1DK, OR LAUGHING GAS,
And devote their whole time and practice to extracting
teeth without pain.
Office, HKirfl H and WALNUT Streets. 118
gy- QUEEN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.
LONDON AND LIVERPOOL,
CAPITAL, 2,OUU.0lU.
SABLNK, ALLEN A DULLES, Agents,
FIFTH and WALNUT Streets.
PATENTS.
PATENT OFFICES,
N. W. Corner FOURTH and WALNUT
PHILADELPHIA
FEES LESS THAN ANY OTHER RKLIABL
AGENCY.
Send lor pamphle on Patent..
8 4 thBtu, CHARLES JL EVANS.
PATENT O F F I C E 8
N. W. Corner FOURTH and CHESNUT,
(Entrance on FOURTH street).
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SOLICITOR OF PATENTS.
Patent procured for Inventions In tha Uulte.
Stat?a a orclgn Countries, and aU business rc
latlng to tlio same promptly transacted. Call or so -for
circulars on Patents.
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$f I L L I A M S. IRWIN,
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No. 406 LIBRARY STREET,
OUTOALTB PATENT ELA8TIO JOINT IROB
ROOF.
AMERICAN CORRUGATED IRON OO.'S MANU
FACT UK Ed, FIRE PROOF BUILDINGS, K.T0.
TAYLOR A OO ALE'S PATENT AUTOMATIO
LOCK UP SAFETY VALVK.
BRADFORD'S LOW WATER INDICATOR, ETO.
FTO. MJikL
STATE RIGHTS FOR 8ALE. 8TATK
Right of a valuable Invention just patented, and for
the SLICING, CUTTING, and CHlff ING of dried beef,
cabbage, et ar. hereby offered for sale. It 1 an article
of great value to proprietor, of hotel, and restaurants,
ana it should b. introduced into .very family. ST A IK
XH.HTH for sale. Model can be seen at TELEGRAPH
OFFICE, COOPER'S POINT. N. J.
Uf MUNDY HOFFMAN.
PAPER HANQINQ3.
IOOK ! LOOK ! ! LOOK ! ! I WALL PAPERS
J and Linen Window Shade. Manufactured, tb.
cheapest in th. city, at JOHNSTON'S Depot, No. Iu:i3
KVlilNG GARDEN Street, below Eleventh. Branch, No,
Hfl FKDKBAL Street. Camden. Hew Jersey. g a
CORN EXCHANGE
BAG MANUFACTORY,
JOHN T. BAILEY,
N. K. corner of M ARRET and WATER BtreaU.
Philadelphia. .
DEALER IN I1AUS AND BAGGINQ
Of .very description, for
Grain, riour, Salt, Super l'hospUU of Lima, Boa
limit, Kto.
' Trge and small GUN N Y HAGS constantly on baud,
m -"" AtMI, wool SACKS.
OAMUEL SMITH & CO., No. 4 8. SEVENTH
Street, bl'KAM AND UAH FITTERS AND
PLUMUKUS. l ube, Fittuuni SuJ Urwt WurkaoiulauUy
on baud. . .
AU work promptly attended to.
tiaivauistfd lab. tor Uoiuotery loU funuaha'l. 11 XI Va
HOLIDAY
R & C. A. WRIGHT,
No. C'24 CHKSNUT 8TKKET,
Have Just received a nrgp swirtment of
I , . NItW AND ELEGANT .
1 il 11 C? .V Jt. 1 Hcl 3 N,
Sclticted In Europe tliH Hcnn for their
NOVELTY AND UEAUXY, ESPECIALLY FOH
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
Also, a large and licaut.ful aHRortment of gi-nulna
MEERSCHAUM PIPES,
Which thej offer for stie fta u Ui
AT VERY REDUCED PRICE!
A.
.1. I A W X K It, J It.,
No. lart OHF.8NUT STREET.
Also, No. liW FULTON AVENUE,
BROOKLYN, N Y.
II O 1, 1 1 A Y ii it Is M,
Such as all th.
NEW STYLES OP EMBROIDERIES,
CHAIRS,
TOW F.L RACKS.
IffMIT JtUMTU
Also, a full lin. of
PAPER-EM BROIDFRKD PATTFJIN8,
WORSTED SILK, BEADS, KTfK
MONOGRAMS DRAWN TO ORDER, la athsmwlm
NEW PUBLIOATIONsi
HARDING'S EDITIONS
THE IIOLV I HULK.
Family, Pulpit, and Photograph Bibloa,
FOR
CHRISTMAS,
WEDDING AND
BIRTHDAY
PRKSKNTt
Alto, Presentation Bibles for
CHURCHES,
CLERQYMKN,
SOCIETIES AND
TEACHERS, Elf.
New nnd Rnperb assortment, bonnd in Rich Levai
Turkey Morocco. Paneled anil OrrmmentAl lesifni
eiltuil to the London and Oxford edition, at lots tua
hall their prices.
No. 32 CIIES1UT ST11EET,
STRENGTH, UKAUTY, CHEArNESS
COMIilNED!
Harding's Patent Chain-back
PHOTOCRAPH ALDUT.1S.
For Wedding, Holiday, or Birthday Presents, theso
Albums are particularly adapted.
The book trade and dealers In fancy articles for
holiday gales will find the most extensive assortment
of Photograph Albums in the country, and superior
to any heretofore made. For great strength, dura
Dllity, and cheapness, Harding's Patent Chain-back
Albums are unrivalled. Purchasers will And it
greatly to their advantage to examine these new
lines of goods before making up their orders for
holiday stock.
Also,a large and splendid assortment of new styles
of Photograph Albums made In the usual manner.
NO. 32G CHESNUT STREET,
118Tim PHILADELPHIA.
"yy ANTED,- AGENTS, TEACHERS,
Students, Clergymen, Farmsrs son. and d&aglitors, and
aU to sell
BEFORE THE FOOTLIGHTS AND
BEHIND THE SCENES.
BY OLIVE LOGAN,
27ie Great Itefurmer of the Stage,
who, having abandoned stags life, now exhibits in vivid
colors the whole show world BKFOKE AND BEHIND
THE bOENKS. Doing Truthful, Moral, and High-toned
as well as Sensational. Rich, and Raoy, it outsells aC
other books. Beautifully illustrated with 40 spirited en,
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ing, address, immediately, PAKMELKK A UO-, Pub
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Middletown, Conn. 10 as tutbsXfc
PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE
,r A..1" ew Coar,e ?' Leoturos, as delivered at th. Not)
York Museum of Anatomy, embracing the subieots
How to Live, and What to Liv. tor; Youth, Maturity, and
Old Age; Manhood Generally Reviewed; Tb. Oausabl
Indigestion ; Flutuleno. and Nervous Diseases Accounted
For; Marriage Philosophically Considered, .to. eto.
Pocket volumes containing these Lectures will be foe.
warded, post paid, on receipt of 26 cents, by addressing W.
A. LEAKY, Jk., 6. K. vorumtnf FUTH and WALNUT
Btrmta. Philvrlslphia.
PIANOS.
ALBRECHT,
RIEKK8 A SCHMIDT,
IT 31 !
MAKUKACTUUEHS OY
FIRST-OLASo PIANO-KORTE3.
Fall guarantee and moderate prices.
8, WAREROOMa, No. eia ARCH H treat.
fS?ffapt BRADBURY'S AND OTHER
''Pianos, fCUO. Taylor A Farley's, also Oarhart
t Need ham's Organs, from lfiu np wards. WILLIAM O.
FIHOIIRk. No, lul8 ARCH Utroot and No. at N.
ELEVENTH Htreet. 11 2S Slm
WINES AND LIQUORS.
HER MAJESTY!
CHAMPAGNE.
DuriTcrj & Lussorr.
215 SOUTH FRONT STREET. j
rpHE ATTENTION OF THE TRADE IS
1 solicited to the following very Choice Wines, .to.,
for sale by
DUNTON A LU880N,
215 SOUTH FRONT 8TKKKT.
CHAMPAGNES. Agents for her Majesty, Dno da
Montobello, Carte Bleue, Carte Blsnohs, and Charles
l'srra's Grand Vin Eugenie, and Vin imperial. M. Klee
mnn ACa.of Mayenve, Mparkliug Moselle and RiiINK
WINE8.
MAD KIR AS. Old Island, South Side Reserve.
HUKRRIKH. F. Kudolpbe, Amontillado, Topas, Val
lottn. Pnle and Golden Bar, Ciowu, etc.
FOK'I'M. Vinho Velho Roal, Vallette, and Crown.
CLARKT8. Promis Aine & ('. Moniierrand and Bor
deaux, Clarets and Huu terns rYines
iiN. "Medor Swan."
BH A NUIE8, Beunesser, Otard, Dupuy A Oo.'s rariooa
vintages. 4 6
QAK STAIRS Med ALL,
Noa. m WALNUT and 31 GRANITE Streets.
' Importers of
BRANDIES, WINKS, GIN, OLIVE OIL, KTO.,
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
For the sale of
PURE OLD RYE, WHEAT, AND BOURBON WHL.
KIKS. 2p4
ARSTAIRS' OLIVE OIL AN INVOICB
of the above fur aal. by
, , . CAR8TAIR8 A MnOALL,
6 28 3p Nos. 126 W A LN U T aud il GRAN IT K His.
Y.
r i. .11.
Bharens the Appetite
J . Make, the Weak Robust.
X Adda to th. term of Life.
V SI.
J s
Is Unadulterated
Y.
r V. M.
Is superior for Mince Meat
Y.
Make. Bet Whisky Puuch
. 91.
Cures ty ipojisia
Y.
. Ifl.
Is thj U.,t in thtt Worl.l.
la Ilia