4 THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH. rmbADELPHIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1870. FITblished evert afternoo 5T (SUNDATS 1ICKPTBD), kT the evening telegraph building, NO. 108 S. THIRD STREET. PHILADELPHIA. The Price it Uiree cents per copy (double sheet), or eighteen cents per xoeek, payable to the carrier by tohom served. The subscription price by mail Is Nine Dollars per annum, or One Dollar ami Fifty Cents for two months, invariably in f - i- advance for the time ordered. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 39, 1370. W The earliest reeular edition of The Evening Telegraph goes to press at lj o'clock, and the subsequent regular editions at 2 J, 3$, and 4 J. "Whenever there ia im nortant news of the trocresa of the Earo- K - peaa war, extra editions will be issued after this hoar, and before the regular time for the early edition. AMNES1 Y. The question of general amnesty will agi tate Congress as soon as business is resumed after the holidays, and the indications of the temper of the House just before the adjourn ment point to the probable defeat of all measures looking to the restoration to citi zenship of the few still proscribed because of their participation in rebellion. The Republican leaders seem slow to real ize the faot that amnesty is demanded not only by the great mass of the people of all political sympathies, but also by the interests of general peace and prosperity. Whatever opinions Republican statesmen may hold as to the abstract justice or propriety of general amnesty, they should not close their eyes to the patent truth Wat some of the most de cided Republican States have been swept over to the Democracy by the obstinate efforts of unwise leaders who insist upon maintain ing political supremacy by a sweeping dis franchisement of their political foes. It seems a rational mode, arithmetically con sidered, to maintain political power by limit ins the ballot as nearly as possible to one political faith; but the rule has failed so sig nally within the last eighteen months, that prudent and sagacious men cannot fail to understand that continued disfranchisement is a fatal policy. Virginia was a Republican State. Her people desired to be restored in sincere accord with the administration of President Grant, bnt a party of men who had no just claim to popular favor insisted upon disfran chising a large portion of the more intelli gent Virginians, hoping thereby to perpetuate their rule. Had Governor Wells taken a manly stand in favor of enfranchising all the people of Virginia, black and white, he w Juld now be the Governor of the State, and the Republicans would be in power in every branch of the Government; but he was afflicted with Butler's and Maynard's system of politi cal arithmetic, and counted on disfranchise went as his haven of political safety. The result was the dismemberment of the Repub lican party and the transfer of the State into Conservative hands; and once there, it has been kicked and cuffed by men assuming to speak for the Republican party until the Con servative power has gravitated into Demo craoy. The sum total is a hopelessly Demo cratio State of Virginia. Tennessee was subjected to the same ordeal, Certain Republicans resolved to make their rule perpetual by silencing the voice of more than one-third the citizens of the State. The result was an open Republican revolt, and general suffrage was attained at the cost of Republican supremacy. Instead of being two-thirds Republican, it is now nearly two- thirds Democratic. The sum total is a De mocratic Governor, Senator, Congressional delegation, Legislature, and a hopelessly De mocratic State of Tennessee. West Virginia was the next admonition on this subject. Her people, like old Virginia, would have been Republican had all her people been permitted to vote as early as 18G8, but the infatuation of power made small leaders resolve to lengthen their dy hasty by illiberal laws. The sum total is a Democratic Governor, Senator, Congressional delegation, and a hopelessly Democratic State of West Virginia. It is inexplicable that, in the face of these lessons, so plain that the wayfarer should have profited by them, the thoroughly Re publican State of Missouri should have been literally sacrificed to the narrow prejudices of small men. It was clear to every intelli gent observer, from the very hour that the Republican party in Missouri refused to accept general amnesty, that the people of the State would defy all party discipline and party affinities to reinstate all classes to the rights of citizenship. In an evil hour the President threw the whole power of his administration into the battle in behalf of proscription, and made the triumph of amnesty a marked rebuke to himself. Here, as elsewhere, the sum total of proscription is a Democratic Legislature, a Democratic Senator, a more than doubtful Governor and Congressional delegation, and a hopelessly Demooratio State of Missouri. Theorize as we may, these are stubborn re sults, and beyond the power of reversal Notwithstanding the bitter feuds and passions called into existence by civil war, experience has demonstrated that the policy of proscrip tion is not in favor with those of our people who have the best reason ef any to enforce it. While few Republicans in Missouri, or Tennessee, or West Virginia, orVirgiuit, would have entertained the disposition to enfranchise their bitter enemies, the rebels, five years ago, time, and business interest and social attrition have gradually dissipated the bitter strife that was cherished by neigh lors against neighbors, and at last, when no other opening offered for attaining general amnesty, more tuan enough of tua earnest loyal men of these States have broken through their political affiliations to restore fraternity and brotherhood to their once estranged aud bitter associates. We do not look for all the sores of treason to be healed until a new generation shall supplant those vLo staked everything aud lost. While ninety-nine of every hundred of the Southern people either actively or passively accept the results of the war, there are still a few turbulent spirits who make, and will continue to make, the lost cause a pretext for crimes they would commit under any circumstances. The Southern people, as a class, are not justly chargeable with the lawlessness of the few who disgrace their sections; and every attempt to punish the more intelligent class for the offences of men who are outlaws by nature will but embitter the new leaders of the South against Repub lican policy, and make the reconstructed States more certainly and blindly Democratic. It is noticeable that the most earnest advo cates of general amnesty are Southern Sena tors and Representatives, and that the few remaining Republican States in the South are those which enfranchised all classes at the very threshold ot reconstruction . We commend these facts to the implacable loyalists of Congress, and submit to them whether enough has not been sacrificed to the cause of hate and prejudice. Four im portant States have been madly thrown away on the direct issue, and but few remain wherein the Republicans can be hopeful, be cause no Southern man, however sincere his repentance, can act with the Republican party without doing violence to all his looal sympathies and associations. The time has come for, all the ghastly scars of war to be healed for generous laws and a truly homo geneous people. "Let us have peace !" THE FIQI1T OVER SAN DOMINGO. The fate of parties in this country has often been more strongly influenced by the per sonal quarrels of prominent politicians than by the inherent justice of principles. Tue irrepressible conflict between Hamilton and Jefferson, developed when they were both members of Washington's Cabinet, gave shape to the antagonistic forces of Democracy and Federalism. From Jackson's rivalry with Clay, his quarrel with Calhoun, and his attach ment to Van Buren an entirely new series of political combinations were engendered So, too, Van Buren's jealousy of Cass, Buchanan's fight with Douglas, and the deadly animosity of Thaddeus Stevens to Andrew Johnson, led to the most momen tous changes among politicians who nomi nally belonged to the same party and pro fessed, in general terms, the same faith. The late squabble at Washington over' the San Domingo question has aroused such intense feeling, and attraoted so much attention, that the quidnuncs are wondering whether it, too, is to exercise an important influence upon general politics, and, by causing dan gerous divisions in the Republican party, to hasten its downfall. The Democracy are hoping for some such result. During the acrimonious debate in the Senate over Mr. Morton's resolution, their leading'representatives spared no pains to add fuel to the angry flame. They may care little whether Cassio kill Roderigo or whether Roderigo kill Cassio, but they are anxious that there should be a deadly quarrel, and as the President is for the time being the most salient point of their antagonism, and Sumner the .weaker party, they back up the Massa chusetts Senator, and pretend to discover in him virtues which had entirely escaped their observation during the last quarter of a cen tury. The World of yesterday is not only clear that the "friends of Sumner have a right to complain of Grant;" but it warms up into a eulogy of Sumner for his studious and laborious habits, his peouniary probity, and for his vast stook of knowledge in all matters relating to treaties with foreign nations; and it is natural to expect that a similar tone will speedily be adopted by the Democratic Senators and the Democratic press. We must, therefore, anticipate that the Democracy will make all the capital they can out of the existing quarrel, and they will be not at all chary in the selection of means to compass tbeir end. After their coquettings with Andrew Johnson, their partial capture of the man who above all others is the father of the Republican party, William II. Seward, and their dalliance with Chief-Justice Chase, it ia difficult to say who is proof against their blandishments, or to affirm positively that Charles Sumner may not become a steady object of their affected adoration. So far as the intrinsic merits of the San Domingo quarrel are concerned, wa think the President much nearer right than his Sena torial adversary, but there is little use in having a Senate if it is to be made on all occasions the mere echo of Presidential opinions; and while we differ from S turner's conclusions in toto,we do not doubt his riylit, even in a narrow partisan view, to form aud adhere to opinions of his own on all issues which are not cardinal principles of the Re publican party. We cannot see the wisdom of eulogizing the acquisition of Alaska and condemning the annexation of San Domingo, but a member of the United States Senate has clearly a right to adopt this course if such be his good will and pleasure, and he is lesponsible for it only to his constituents. The practical question likely to arise in this connection is whether Sumner should be displaced from his position as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, on aocount of his hos tility to the Presidential San Domingo policy, and we hope that before such a course is adopted the Republican Senators will weigh well all the probable oonsequenoes. Let them if they choose utterly reject, if they will, Mr. Sumner's doctrines about San Domingo, or refer this whole question to a special committee of which he is not even a member, but let them pause before they undertake to do what in popular appreciation will nuder the circumstances be considered equivalent to reading him out of the Republi can party, and to making him in the eyes of an influential portion of that organization an object of undeserved persecution on the one band, and of increased Demooratio solicitude en the other. It is not even beyond the bounds of possibility, if he is driven from the Committee on Foreign Rotations, that a portion of the Democracy may come to regard him as an available Presidential candi date. They have adopted in Massachusetts, as a standing Gubernatorial candidate, John Quincy Adams, who is ,the grandson and great-grandson of the historio objects of Democratic hatred, and when they become ready to condone Charles Sumner's aati- slavery record they will easily fraternize with him on other issues. While we do not pre tend that there is any serious danger that any combination of circumstances can make Sumner the Democratic Presidential candi date in 1872, the approximate danger of driv ing a portion of his admirers into the Demo cratic ranks would certainly be invited by his exclusion from the Chairmanship of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; and, all things considered, it would be decidedly better to avert the danger Itfian to court it. We are glad to notice that, at an adjourned meeting of the Board of Guardians of the Poor held yesterday, the "little unpleasant ness between tne venerable President of tue Board, Mr. Win tall, and Air. Parker was amicably arranged by explanations satisfac tory and creditable to both parties. We hope, however, that Mr. Parker's efforts to unearth and reform abuses connected with the man agement of the Almshouse will not cease, and that his colleagues will cordially sustain all feasible schemes for increasing the efficiency of the important institution under their charge. The Fkencu insist that if their nation Great Britain must inevitably go down with them; and this theory is substantially oorrect. It is becoming every day more and more pal pable that the three great powers of the future are the United States, Germany, and Russia, and it is a gratifying fact that these nations are likely to maintain forever the friendly attitude which has hitherto char acterized their intercourse. The completion of the Mt. Cenis tunnel is announced in a despatoh from Bordeaux, and by this great triumph of modern engi neering a pathway cut through more than seven miles of solid rock secures free and uninterrupted passage of a continuous rail way nearly 14(H) miles in length from the British Channel to the Mediterranean, while the Alps cease forever to be a barrier be tween France and Italy. Akermak, the Attorney-General of Grant's administration, has failed to save Georgia from falling into the hands of the Demooracy. Indeed, it is said thai he proved a dead weight to the Republican party of that State, and he has certainty been as useless for par tisan purposes as Fish in New York or Cres- well in Maryland. NOTICES. Men's Winter Business Coats, ALL WOOL, FOR Six Dollars. Hknmtt A-CO., Towkr Hall, No. Bis Market btkekt, IlAI.l'.WAV BETWEEN FlITH AND SIXTH STREETS, ARE CLOSINd OCT A LOT OK COATS AT ABOVE-NAMED PRICE. Oilier good tn proportion. Messrs. Etre & Landell, proprietors of the well- known dry goods house at the corner of Fourth and Arch streets, give notice that they have on hand a large stock of tine holiday goods suitable for New Year's gifts. This drra have no trash whatever on hand which can be advertised as cheap goods and sold for almost notUlLg, but which give satisfaction neither to the purchaser or seller. All the goods exposed for sale at this house are of the very best description, and the prices are not what can be called cheap, but reasonable. Bat in order to favor the practice of making holiday gifts of articles which are of themselves of intrinsic value, this Arm, as it is their regular annual custom to do every December, have now made a redaction- In prices on some of the One dry goods, such as expensive shawls, silks, vel vets, piano covers, and dress goods. A specialty of ibis week's business is the introduction of the widow's shawl in subdued colors, which is an article designed to meet a great want In the market. The business house of Eyre A Landell has beea estab lished long enough for the public to know just what can be had at the establishment, and on what a olid business foundation the operations of the house are conducted. The Arm have been for twerity-flve years in the same locality at the corner of Fourth and Arch streets. During all that time the business operations of the Arm with its cus tomers have been conducted lu the most accommo dating manner, as all w ho have had dealings with the house can testify. WHAT IS MOKE COMMON OR DISTRESSING THAN A Bilious Attack v Who is not familiar with the well-known symptoms,' oppression across the sto mach and chest, low spirits, restlessness, gloomi- iiesB of mind, weariness, dull headache, dirty, greasy appearance of the skin, yellow tinge of the white of the eyes, loss of appetite, and costlveness ' Few, indeed, or tne more ordinary ins or life are more widely prevalent than these bilious disorders, aud yet they may readily ie got rid of by U3lug Dk. Jayke s Sanative Fills, by whose operation the liver will be rapidly restored to healthy action, the vitiated secretions of the Ntomach changed, all cog- tiveness removed, and the whole system assisted in recovering its normal condition. Bold by all drngififts. pitman Jim i' be For singer and public speakers, to keep the throat moist and voice clear, it is excellent. i!5 ecu' per box. Druggists swll it. istei'uek 1 Whitman & Son, Sale Manufacturers, 8. W. corner of Twelfthand Market streets. WIliaiIT'5 IV 11 PLUS ULTRA Hinced Meat. Unequalled for Quality. ('ACTION. Beware of all imitations, as there is but one WRIGHT in the market. DEPOT, a SOUTHWEST COR NEK SPEING OAKDEN and FXtAKKLIN. ISOLD BY ALL 0110 :XRS. 11 15 tfrp OLOTHINOi THOSE OVERCOATS At the Gteat Brown Hall Are the Very Perfection of Beauty, Cheapness, Good Fit, Fine Styles, Tastefa'uesa. Elegance, Durability, Neatness, BUY AN OVERCOAT FOR YOUR BOY, $5 TO $18. BUY AN OVERCOAT FOR YOURSELF, $10 TO $40. i Tee Great Reduction In the price of o verco it at the GREAT BROWN HALL makes It Worth your while To embrace the present opportunity To get A FINE OVERCOAT, Cheap! Cheap!! Cheap!!! We do not only sell Overcoats, but line Winter Clothing of every description Is offered NOW At prices which defy competition. Don't forget onr Custom Department. YOURS, TRULY, GltEAT BROWN HALL, 603 and 605 CHESNUT STREET. t THE HOTEL 'PHILADELPHIA: Handsome Goods. Elegantly Trimmed, Artistically Cat, and IVXade in the best STYLE. Tailors.' Tailors. Tailors. SECURE DURABILITY. COMFORT, NEATNESS, . ECONOMY, By baying your Business Suits of EVANS k LEACII, No. 628 MARKET STREET, salts costing 115, we otter at tlx Suits costing fit, we offer at lis. Suits costing f 22, we offer at f IJ. 2M Suits of All-wool Casslmere at f 13, S50 Suits of All-wool Casslmere at 113, 250 Suits of All-wool Casslmere at $i:t, 250 Suits of All wool Casslmere at $13, Cost $15, and worth Cost $15, and worth $20. Cost $tn, and worth $20. Cost $15, and worth $2. Goods not satisfa: mt Ley refunded. :tory will be exchanged or 12 8 thsrutm FUNIS KEADY-M A. J K CLOTHING, Combinirg Stjle, Durability, and Excellence of Workmanship. JONEO' Ono-P rico ESTABLISH ME NT, No. C04 MARKET STREET. CEO. W. N I EM A N Ft. Handsome Garments made to order at the iboru est notice. 10 3 tfrp BOARDINO. - SO OIHABD STRKET, BETWEEN EI.E 1 1 4 1 tenth and Twelfth and Ohesnnt and Mar ket streets. Vacancies for Families and Single (Jen tlemen. Also, a salt of rooms on the secoud floor, furnished or unfurnished, with fim-class board. Also, taV.e beard. 10 tmi OROOERIES, ETC. FANCY AND STAPLE GROCERIES. Including everything desirable for the TABLE, particularly our Delicious White Grapes, Three pounds for One Dollar, are Jusj aSyabun Unt and fresh as previous to Christmas. Notwithstanding the large patronage so gene' rously bestowed opon us during the last week, we are still ready to wait on the public, and supply ill their wants for the remaining Holidays, and A HAPPY NEW YEAH. E. BRADFORD CLARKE, SUCCESSOR TO SIMON COLTON CLARKE, S. W. Corner BROAD and WALNUT, 1 thstutf4p PHILADELPHIA, JEWELRV AND SILVERWARE. HOLIDAY GOODS. J. E. CALDWELL & CO., JEWELLERS, No. 902 CHESNUT Street, Open this da; a large invoice of Pink Coral Jewelry Of Newest Designs, just arrived from Naples. They will also open on Monday next an invoice of English Fancy Goods, Including a fresh supply of Ladies' Furnished Work Baskets. Their stock of PARIS AND VIENNA NOVELTIES Superior to that of any previous season. CHRISTMAS GOODS, la Gold, Silver, Bronze, Crystal, Leather, Wood, Etc Etc., AT PRICES SUITED TO THE TIMES. lU2tf4p . PLATED WARE. Special Announcement For the Holidays. ELEGANT SILVER-PLAED WARE. MEAD & RQBBINS Invite special attention to their immense stock of SILVER PLATED COOPS, s Selected for Holiday sales. Tea Sets, Triple 1'la' Hard Metal Silver Soldered, from to $76 per et. Sua as low as $20, and a full slock of goods of ever description in Silver-Plated Ware Suitable foi Holiday Presents. EVKIIY ARTICLE WARRANTED AS REPRB. SLNTI 1. MEAD & BOBBINS, N. '. Cor. NINTH and CHESNUT, 10 S stuth3m PHILADELPHIA. DIt'EXEL & CO., No. 34 SOUTH THIRD ST11EET, American ami Foreign Hankers, DRAWS EXCHANGE ON LONDON AND PRIN CI PAL CITIES OF EUROPE. DEALERS IN ' . Oo'vemment and Railroad Securities. ' Drtvel, Winthrop & Co., Drexel, IJarjes A Co., 1 Ko. 18 Wail sirtet, No. J Hue Sonne, "j NewYork. i Pai'ia. ! CHESNUT STREET SWING RINK, t i TWEKTY-THIBD AND CIIESNTT KTS. Splendid filiating, -Ilea ii I i Till Ite, Cleerant Harm Itoomw. LIBERTY SILVER CORNET BAND. OPEN ALL DAY AN D EVEN 1 N O. CARD. THE SKATING lTBLlO ARE RESPtUTKl'LLY INFORMED THAT WE HAVE A hOUD BODY OF SMOOTH ICE, SIX INOHE THICK, WHICH WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE WEATHER, BEINO IN A HANDSOME BUILDING, PRO TECTED rmu snow or rain storms, and NOT AFFECTED BY THE RISING OF THE TIIFRMOMETKK. viti j. x. payne into. eWINQ MAOHINEi. p II B WHEELER & WILSON . lEWMtt MACIIUtE, For Bait on Easy Terms. NO. 914 OIIESNTJT STREET. I mw PHILADELPHIA. DRY OOODS. 27 CnESNUT STREET. AT RETAIL. Grand Clearing1 Sale 0? DRY OOOXS, ' Prior to making extensive alterations In the Store. Rare oppottnnities of securing GREaT BARGAINS adapted to the wants of Famtllea, and substantial gifts for the HOLIDAYS. The entire Wholesale and Retail Storks are combined, constituting the great est concentration of BARGAINS in the better class of DRY GOODS ever offered In this city, and all marked aown to such extremely low rates as will ensure rapid sales. Strictly One Price. ALEXANDER RICKEY, No. 727 CHESNUT St., 18 15 thstutf PHILADELPHIA. DESIRABLE DRY GOODS. GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. AN ELEGANT ASSORTMENT. POLITE AND RESPECTFUL ATTEN TION. "AT THORNLEY'S," EIGHTH AND SPRING GARDEN. SPECIAL ATTENTION INVITED TO BLACK SILKS, RICH POPLINP, PAISLEY SHAWLS, POWER-LOOM TABLE UN EN 3, PIANO COVERS, MARSEILLES QUILTS, Etc. PARTICUL ARLY CHEAP. JOSEPH H. TH0RNLEY, NORTHEAST CORNER OF EIGHTH and SPRING GARDEN SU. 3 thstnt PHIL ADELPHIA. GEORGE D. WISHAM, No. 7 North EIGHTH Street, Is now prepared to offer one of the largest and best selected stocks of Dress Goods To be found In the city, and will be sold at the LOWEST CASH PRICES. NEW GOODS OPENING DAILY. Elgliili Street Kmporlum for Black Silks! 'Black Silks! BLACK TAFFETA. BLACK OKOS GRAIN, heavy, 11-60, $1-73, 2. BLACK OROS OR A IN, wide, 12. BLACK OROS OKALN, rich, S412S, $2 -60, 9-T3, 13, 13-60, 4, $4 60, 5. A SPENDID ASSORTMENT OF IRISH POPLINS. For Bargains call at GEORGE D. WISH AM "S ONE PRICE STORE, 9 S3 ths No. T North EIOHTH street. Our Motto Small Profits tmd Quick Sale. INDIA SHAWLS AND SCARFS. No. 916 CXZESHUT STRZ3Z3T, Has In store a large and elegant stock of INDIA SCARFS. Also, Silks in a re at Variety. With a stock of Rich India and French Fancy Goods, different in style from any in the eity. Purchasers of Christmas presents will do well to examine the stock before purchasing. 1 8 lmrp HOLIDAY GOODS. HOLIDAY GOODS. Spring Horses, Rocking Horses, Children's Carriages, BOYb' SLED?, WAG0KP, VEL0CIPED2S, Etc Etc. H. J. 8 HILL, Fdory, No. 226 DOCK 8treet, 134p BiLOW EXCHANGE. OKATINU! ' SKATING! SKATINO! ON THE i Keystone Park, H. THIRD and MO KRIS Streets. Good music. SpleMid eompHuv. Everybody pleased. Give us a call. Open afti rnoon and eveu lDit. Tickets, Sftc, or five for l. It t U V V &L23 Proprietor.
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