T11E DAILV iSVfiNINO TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 11. 1871.
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EDITOniAl OMNIONS OF THE LEADINO J0TTBVALS
UTOIf CPBBKNT TOPICS COMPILED ETEBT
DAT FOB THE EVENING TELEOBAPH.
THE MINERS' MOT.
From the S. I". World.
The pitiful story which oar special corre
tpondent from the mining regions tells needs
little comment. The assault of the idle
miners upon the working miners was un
doubtedly a brutal thing. Bat though the
men wno commuted it may nare been brutes,
in the sense of being ignorant men who had
never been taught or trained to control their
passions, it ia not at all to be supposed that
they were fiends. A feeling, although it has
found bloody if not fatal expression, which
extends through a large class of persons and
a large tract of territory is by no means to be
lightly dismissed upon the easy hypothesis of
a homicidal mania. These men had a real
grievance. They were not maniacs. They
were not drunkards. In fact, their demeanor
einoe the beginning of the "strike" of which
they are accused, but which it should not be
forgotten was a strike of their employers
against them, and not a strike of themselves
against their employers, has proved, accord
ing to hostile as well as friendly testimony, a
degree of self-control highly creditable to
them and not at all frequent among men of
their sort and condition. In the face of
these facts it behooves us to inquire what
their real grievance was, with a view of
redressing it. '
It has been the luck or the skill of the ooal
operators to put the blame of every sudden
increase in the price of coal upon the shoul
ders of the miners. The extent and the
suddenness of the reeent rise in the price of
that product has instituted inquiries and
induced revelations which will make that
pretense forever hereafter impossible. The
difference between the highest rate de
manded by the miners and the lowest rate
aocorded by the employers does not
amount to a difference of half a dollar
a ton in the prioe of coal to the
consumer. When we see the evident
endeavor of the great coal operators to stop
the production of coal, coincidently with the
endeavor of the great coal carriers to raise
the freight of ooal, it needs no ghost come
from the grave to tell ns that the two classes
are acting in collusion. Hut when we find
that the great coal-mining companies are
identical with the great coal-carrying compa
nies the surmise becomes a oertainty. The
great operators reduced the wages of their
men, not because the price which the men
were receiving was too great for their work,
but because the operators meant to stop the
production of coal at any price. They reck
oned upon and instigated the strike of which
they made a pretence of complaining. They
deliberately took the bread out of the mouths
of the poor laborers of Pennsylvania, and
kept the coal out of the stoves of the poor
laborers of New York, for the sake of filling
fuller their own plethoric pockets. If coal
mining and coal carrying had been a free
trade, a "corner" in coal would have been
impossible. Because it has been a monopoly
or a "tripoly" of great corporations, the
corner was eff ected.
It is not to be expected that the miners to
whom this was a question, not of profit and
loss, dui 01 wen are ana starvation, of life
and death, should - regard this oneration.
begun under such auspices and from snob,
motives, with a friendly eye. But it is ad-
mitiea mat they abstained from violenoe
until not only men had been taken on to woik
when they were excluded from work, but until
the last hope of legislative redress had disap-
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fcueu. x ucu uiej caius our, oomounuing,
as was natural enough to such men in such
circumstances, the men who reallv took the
bread out of their mouths with the men who
palpably took the bread oat of their mouths.
and assaulted these latter. The damage to life
and limb was a small thing. But the feeling
which it betokened was not a small thing. It
behooves the monopolists in ooal, and the
xiegiBiaiure wnose function it is to take care
when it bestows an exclusive privilege that
that privilege shall not be abused to the
detriment of multitudes of men, to take this
Blight but still Bfgmhoant warning lest a
worse thing happen to them. The narrow
parsimony which, by neglecting to provide a
necessary outlet, sniotnered 108 miners to
death like rats in a hole at Avondale, is but
another phase of the same reckless greed
which has caused uncounted suffering for
many months among all the thousands of
miners in the Susquehanna Valley. The tur
bulence of rude and ignorant men is to be
put down at all hazards and under terrible
penalties" to society. But the grasping greed
of shrewd and calculating men, intrusted by
law with boundless power, is to be con
trolled by law under penalties to society still
greater.
WIIAT CAN BE DONE IN 1872.
From the A'. Y. Times.
Senator Morton, of Indiana, told some good
plain truths about the Democrats on Saturday
night, in a speech which we republished yes
terday. It is well known that a section of the
Democratic party at the North is very anxious
to impress on the minds of its allies at the
South the necessity of practising a little dis
simulation at the present moment. The ad
vice amounts to this: "Whatever may be
your real wishes or opinions, disguise them
until we get into power. If yon make your
demands just now yoa may scare the people
and'so ruin everything." A few Democrats
go a Btep further than tLis, and tell their
Southern friends that they ought to acopt
the situation as they find it. They forgot
that this is asking the South to give
up the only political principle which
seems to be valued at a pin's point by
the people. The Southern press has of late
assumed a bolder tone than at any period
since the close of the war. The quotations
we have recently made from those journals
will convince anybody who reads them that
the Southern Democrats, as a rule, are not
disposed to regard any "issues" as "dead."
Ihey are firmly persuaded, with Jefferson
Davis, that the "lost oause" is only tempora
fi.y . .1Le Montgomery Mail insists that
the 'fourteenth and fifteenth amendments
are revolutionary null, aud void," and it
points out that when these amendments are
are subverted, "the structure of negro supre
macy founded npon them must necessarily
fall with them." Again, the writer says:
"Altbougb we leave our ultimate object in the
Lackground for a season, it shall nevertheless
l kept duly alive." Sentiments of the name
kind appear in numerous other journal.
They leave no room for doubt with regard
to the predominant principle of Southern uo
litios. 1
Senator Morton is therefore fully justified
la asserting that the Southern people woald
disfranchise the negro in hixty days if the
Democrats were rtbtored to pur. It would
be muoh more agreeable to believe that
Senator Morton is mistaken, but the South
ern Democrats are too outspoken to admit
of any question on the subject. It is there
fore useless to say that the next Presidential
election will be conducted without any refer
ence to the WBr, or the measures growing out
of it. Republicans would be very glad if it
oould be so, but, misled by the Democratic
success in New Hampshire, the Southern
people are showing their hands a little too
lreely, and it is quite evident that we shall
have to meet them on their own ground. At
the same time, we cannot agree with Senator
Morton in his recent remark that none but
"war issues are likely to be thought of in
the Presidential canvass. The people at
lare expect irom us a progressive policy.
To secure what we have already gained is an
important work, but it is not the only work
waiting to be done. There must be greater
wisdom shown in managing the national
finances. Imposts whioh produce little money
and a great deal of irritation such as the
income tax must be got rid of, and the
Republicans must show that they are in earn
est in identifying themselves with the
great cause of political reform as against
political corruption. The Democrats will
give them plenty of opportunities. The
Presidential canvass is to be conducted on
their parts with a wild disregard of all con
siderations save the single one of coming off
victorious. It would probably be impossible,
and is certainly undesirable, for the Repub
licans to spend one -half as much money on
the election as the Democrats are prepared
to upend. Our strength will consist in gain
ing the rcRpect and confidence of the people
by waging warfare against the very taotics
which our opponents will rely upon for gain
ing success.
A very large part of the money to be spent
by the Democrats will come from New York.
Arrangements are already made for oollect
i'g it. The "Viaduct bill" signed on Wednes
day last by the Governor as we predicted it
would be will place millions as the disposal
of the Tammany clique. The money which
appears in the bill itself is a "flea-bite" com
pared with the amount which it enables Gov
ernor Hoffman's proprietors to raise under
its provisions. Those who are familiar
with the subject estimate the sum
which can be made under this one bill
at so very large a figure that if we
mentioned it the general public would
suspect us of exaggeration. They will find
out all about it by and by. In the mean
while, they may safely take our word for it
that the "Viaduct bill" is one of the fattest
and richest jobs ever forced through a cor
rupt Legislature by the Tammany crew.
Now, a part of the plunder will undoubtedly
stick to the fingers of the men who "run the
machine;" but they intend to put something
aside for the Presidential election. New
York is like a gold mine to the rine people
are pretty well off, and as a general thing
iney womu ratner pay any amount of taxes
than "make a fuss," or put themselves to
any inconvenience. That ia why they have
Been thirty millions added to the city and
county debt this very year without a mur
mur. "Mr. Tweed's Legislature," as his
own nired organs nave the impudenoe to
call it, never feathered the nests of its
masters better than it has done this sesson.
Tammany, then, will unquestionably have
the longest purse, but it is a great mistake to
suppose that the contest can be settled by
that circumstance alone. The Tammany
chiefs judge of the whole people by the
standard of political morality in New York.
They think that it is simply impossible for
any man to refuse a bribe when it is offered
to him. Connecticut ought to have taught
them a lesson, but the Domoorats, like the
Bourbons, learn nothing and forget nothing.
We can make tolerably certain of beating
thorn by going before the country
with wise, liberal, and progressive mea
sures. No doubt some discouraging
circumstances surround us. The party
is a good deal divided most parties
are which have hold power for a long period
unchecked. In this State and in some others
there are feuds going on which exhibit in a
striking manner the mean and ignoble side
of political life, if that were anything new in
the world. Experience, however, shows that
all this sort of cut-and-thrust business counts
for very little in the presence of a really great
crisis. The people will, as usual, be wiser
than those who fancy they lead them. Let
Southern Democrats go on vaporing in their
present fashion, and Northern ones tie them
selves a little faster to the skirts of Tam
many, and the quarrels of local politicians will
be swept away like chaff before the wind. A
tempest in a teapot may attract attention in
quiet times, but when the real storm comes
nobody thinks of looking at it.
CAUCUS IN CONGRESS.
From Every Saturday.
We do not now dispute that caucus has a
legitimate field of operation, though it is to
be noted that the caucus system is yearly
growing weaker as an element in politioal
affairs. Certain proceedings in Congress
during the last four or five weeks move us to
con kiiuuuuu iu ii aousos ana unwarrantable
assumntions. This abnsA find AHRIln-irtt i ATI ij
twofold in aim and character: First, there are
wrong-doing and prejudice to the publio wel-
. . vlluniun uianeru Deiore a cauous for
uuujoivij; uu, neoouu, mere is an infringe
ment of private richt And a tmaanaaa .
tional policy inHhe attempt to legislate under
Take the case of Mr. Suirner as an illustra
tion. Here is a citizen of tha hW,haut r.,,1,1;,.
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standing, whose Republicanism no sensible
wian V', h a av4 .3 . 1 .. . i i
uuu waa V w VI UCBUUUOU, BUU WliUHO W 11018
life has been devoted to the largest ideals of
American statesmanship. What may be called
his personal policy has frequently been criti
cizedwe ourselves have spoken of it with
entire candor but everybody admits that his
service as chairman of the Committee on
Foreign Relations has been wise, prudent,
and far-seeing, while his experience and know
ledge rendered him pre-eminently fit for con
tinuance in the position he had so long adorned
and dignified. As against him, we do not
believe the Senate yet so debased that even
one-auarter of its memlm 11 tt'AnU liawA vntaJ
for Simon Cameron if entirely free to exer-
uiaw luoir uwu win ana preference'
Twentv-six of them, for
now necessary to discuss, voted in caucus to
A T L - a m
ueiuae air. nuuiuer, aua, or all men. pat
Mr. Cameron iu his Tlap- nn.1
I "J TljjlilUm
use of the party whip this decree of cauous
ak.?a..tA11 A . A. 1 I - - . . -
naiuBi mi proiebt auu pieauing or individu
als and the count rv at lares wan rutiH.i n
it is to be noted that less than a majority of
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w jicpuuiiunu metuuera 01 me body made
this decree, so thut
grounds its ratification cannot be defended
If IV ll.l !. 1 . .
jtiuro iubu tutu, it is expressly provided that
"the Stuate shall appoint its standing coia-luittt-es."
the Senate. nhnnrvA- tir.t .
v 1 - - ' , vm M VUU-
cus, nor even a majority of the dominant
'"'iy, vu me oeiiaie iisoii in its eutirety.
I ere tLtn was a Marrunt nml in,1jf.,ii.l
abuse perpetrated iu the name of a caucus.
The indictment against thin rnniriunn ,.f
pulititiLs bhuulJ, however, bo put on !
Btronger gTonads than those directly rolating
to individuals. The House at the Dresent
pring session passed various bills, among
which were those abrogating the tariff duties
on coal and salt. These are measures of the
first Importance to certain portions of the
country. The majority of a Senate caucus
decrees that they shall go over to next winter
for consideration. This is a gross abuse of
caucus. At majority oi the Henate in open
session votes to postpone action on a pending
uiu, wtniBYor vsnsure may be passed upon
persons for their votes, no just ground
oi uuujpiMu vnu ue against the Senate
as a wnoie ior me exercise of its plain
rignt. xiui nere is a denial of action
by a mere majority of a cauous ma
jority. The majority of a House cauous de
clares ior a certain bill to suppress Ku-kiux
outrages, and the member who drew it and
bad it in charge attempted to bnllr and dra
goon it through the House on the dictum of
this caucus majority. Fortunately, severa:
prominent members revolted, and a vote
showed that a majority of the Republicans
lutuineivt-B were opposed to the measure
inese attempts to define the form and
limits of legislation by caucus majorities
are not merely unwise from a party point
of view; they are violative of publio polity,
for the reason that every citizen has a right
ue never nurreuaers to see how his repre
sentatives in Congress vote, and to learn,
if he chooses to read, the ground or arcu-
ment on which votes are based, should any
be presented.
It is high time for all rational men to pro
test egainst the abuses of caucus to which
we thus briefly call attention. The Renubli
can party, now in power, does not consist
of 2L,." Senators and Representatives at
Washington: it is to be found among the
forty millions of people at home who elected
tnese gentlemen to the seats they occupy.
This party has a right to witness the offloial
career of the persous to whom it has temrto-
rarily delegated its voice and power. More-
.
over, mi citizens, wuatever their party atlilia
tions, are equally interested in the legislation
,.f T l -i .
' vyuugiUBB. tioB npeecn ana iree voles are
the safeguard of the Republic. This desDat-
ism of caucus is at war with the very life of
our institutions, in that it transfers power
from the majority of bodies constitutionally
chosen to make laws under the oversight of
all the people, to bodies unknown by the
onstiiuiion, meeting in secret chambers,
declaring their votes behind closed doors.
and assuming to bind the action and stifle
the conscience of individuals.
THE QUARRELS AND CALAMITIES OF
AU JL UUllS.
From the Ar. 1". Tribune.
"I didn't think." remftrltAr! ATr TJnffin of
me ena oi me nrst evening s entertainment
with the Decline and hill OiF ih linhnn
jLMjnre, "mere was bo many Bearers in pruat:
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out iuiiu iur it uow. oometning line this,
We BUSDCCt. is tha TfiilflP.tinn nlilra r.f Hi a irn
A. Oakey Hall and Mr. Edward I. Sears!
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uu.jj.f wueu lucae eminent men contemplate
the row into whinh tlmv hav ant thmnaul...
ar.ent air. oweeny anu me ueutrai l'ark. Mr.
. r .
Hall is pretty well known, at least by name.
to the civilized races of th nnrth lir
is perhaps in need of an introduction. We are
civen to nnderstand that ho in fmm Triun
-
Probably his ancestors were kings of that
countrv. Lika Mr Hall onH sign liL- nr.
k ' ' , M.tJV ..AO IU1 .
Silas Wegg, he is a literary man, and all print
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in ujeu iu mm. xou couiun t snow mm the
piece of English print that he wouldn't be
c'juui iu uuuonujj auu turuwing on tne spot
He ia the editor nnri nrnnriofor txf o n.j:
cal called the National Quarterly Jlevicw, to
which "Mr. Charles O'Uonor," the "Hon.
Nelson J. Waterbury," "Major-General Dix,"
find nrohftVilv finrrttt ntlior nAranna ova anK
J- - J fva,i.ruy Big Ol4l
ecribers. Mr. Sears alludes to his friendshio
r r i . .....
ior air. j ionor, wno once invited him to
Washington Heights; for Chancellor Ferris,
who loaded him with invitations and hono
rary degrees; for Mr. August Belmont.
who Bent him some mnnnv "not mn than
four days ago;" and for other distinguished
i;iu.t)iiH, iu a Niyie wmcn nas not oeen equalled
bince Captain Costigan discoursed of his con
vivial intimacies with the Prince Regent and
the Duke of Kent. Mr. Sears knows all about
bhakespeare, Horace, Cardinal Mazarin,
bamuel -Johnson, and General Ingalls. And
y6t with such a man Mayor Hall has ven
tnred to get into trouble. This was the wav
of it: 3
Mr. Sears, with that acuteness charaoter
istio of creat men. saw that his 1lme,n nnm.
ing out only four times a year and having no
oiuvumi viitumuuu, was HO 6X06116111 me
tlinm for cornorfition fldvArHtiinn it
. . v. H.aufa niVl
therefore, a loner letter tn tha M
forth his claims, and asking for a' job of
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worn; auu mongu ue aia not, as it seems, get
a favorable reply, he put in some advertise
ments at a venture, without waiting for au
thority. By a curious coincidence, just about
the time that he wanted his hill
approved, he was urgently requested, in the
uuiuo oi ilb iuayor, to notioe a nighly lauda
tory biography of the Hon. A. Oakey Hall,
published in a weekly paper. Mr. Sears did
not comply with thiB request, and by another
curious coincidence his bill was not approved.
A later number of the review contained
an allusion to the Mayor, leaving
it apparently uncertain whether Mr.
Sears regarded that functionary as a "villain"
or just the reverse; and by a third coinci
dence, more extraordinary than either of the
others, the bill was thereupon approved im
mediately. Encouraged by the result of this
engagement, Mr. Sears now printed the ordi
nances of the Central Park, and sent in a bill
of $!U2-50, which was promptly repudiated.
It was his turn to hawe a coincidence now,
and accordingly the Jicview opened upon the
management of the park with a furious arti
cle, showing that the plaoe was going to ruin,
and that Peter B. Sweeny was chopping down
trees more recklessly than the youthful
Washington. Then Mr. Hall and Mr. Seari
published each other's private letters, and
told all the little facts which we have just
narrated.
But before this lamentable affair reached
the point of open war, a curious inrtdent is
said to have occurred, whose significance has
yet to be explained. The number containing
the Central Park article was printing when
Mr. Sears tells us he was surpriaed by a visit
from no less a person than Mr. David Dud
ley Field. Mr. Field proposed to buy the
Jitiitw. At this- offer Mr. Sears was aston
ished, for the reason that he never had offered
to sell and probably for another reason
albo, which prudence forbids him to meu
tion. Mr. Field was innniiti- onAn,r
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the Contents of tha f7irthant..in
and especially interested in knowing what
was to be said about the Park. The Bego
tiatioiis for purchase. hawAVAr u.,., n i,.
fallon through, and Mr. Peter B. Sweeny'B
annihilation came off at the appointed time.
Now Mr. David Dudlev I'iul.i i D
man, end a rich man; but we can hardly be
lieve that he formed the daring design of
buying out the National Quarterly Iteoieto as
a commercial speculation. It in m.t liknl
that he wanted an nnin fV
- j i wuivu
bLiftwtr General Barlow, bocausa he has the
Tribune, which prints all his communications
gratis, and gives a first-rate editorial notice
of them besides. Mr. Field's client, Colonel
Fisk, has bought op nearly everything big,
including an opera house, a theatre, a line of
steamers, a few railroads, a regiment of mili
tia, some judges, two Legislatures, and a
firm of lawyers; but he is not a literary man,
and a quarterly review would be out of his
line. We can think nf l-.nt nn. ntha .-mi on.
Hon: Is it possible that among the duties of
a 1 i : a ... . . .
iuo leaumg counsel oi tne trie Bailway Com
pany is the suppression of all "literary" men
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nuu cuaci. we a am many King r
MR. DOUGLASS' VIEWS
From the WathinaUn National Era..
Hit. Frederick pnusrlasi la represented, iy a cor-
.n.niiilnpt . ..... Hr - 'I-
iDuiiicui.iiutnei turn i hum, Deing wanulT
In flLVnflif Mir ftnnprattnii if S.n'n . i
DOUKiass has an uLJoutted rlfflit to enmrtaiu such
I. im n fj-ABcn, iu'i B'Htr nu uiiTiMiHfi flirnt to
P T nrt'H thin khpn.v.r anH nh.i-mu--
It may be true alo that the Dominicans are a far
superior people to the Hytletm, and that the HDvern
mnjt of Haul, claiming to be a republic, is a
Mcnj,v mm ui mo iiiupi oppressive cnaracter. we
nave no oispoRiuon to underrate the extent of Mr.
DouRlans' observations nor the accuracy of his con
clusions. TSe latter are entitled to weljrht with the
fOnntrv. on irnntint nf th hinh .-......-
-- " " .j ii it it viiAi aivri VI 11 1 Ml
who nai formed them, and tne opportunities he nas
hurt Isi arritra a a iknm
mbu i tin; IU.
Aud yet, if Mr. ix urIms in correctly reportei, he
aftAertu Uiat "if Mr Sumner shall persevere la hla
hfi aint Mdllnt. 1 fe.il i i .
tiouti.hDd regard hlio as the worst foe the colored
race has on turn continent." There in
i'i ni.ui iMnii I. n 1 1 nil rimmtiHr riia nnnriaiir nn ran-
matlxin in this assertion, and we have little rtouit
but that the correapondeut has drawn upon his
iniafilliation fur a C(mi1 nnrtinn nf O Uk u.,mn.i.
opportuimus fo collectlUK correct lufonuatlon
have been quite aa abundant as those of Mr
Douglass. It does not follow that personal Inspec
tion la alWflTS the lieflt nionna nf nrrtvlno n I1..1
elusions. The study of abundant documents nf aa
nfllrtlul Al hnfilnhiiinl i . . ....
nuuiiiviiKsi, KciiKrP'"ai, and poililual
character may furnish full aa accurate data, upon
which to rely, as a personal visit, necessarily hur-
rlpd Anil Inn. mnlrfa That Xfr v,.rr.o k.
r i - .ui. ii ui i ii uivcu
the siimert. unnn n-hlfh hn annul .. ..u...
tljratlon, we presume Mr. Douglass win not himself
duiuj nii'i iitinj men, Mr. ncmtriass, when
jou uavurse opinions witn sucn an old friend as Mr.
tit C(UTflO Mr 'Hniicplaaa line vM M
Burn spiteful declaTiiatlt-n aa tbat contained lathe
ttlnnia ufflVA.I 1 1 ....... . . .... . -
rh'Bu" o'"tu w mi. ouiunrr an "me worm loe the
colored race has on this continent." No one knowa
better than Mr Dougiaxa bow earnest and faithful
have been the efforts of the (Senator in behalf of that
race; how he hasalwavs been In the fore front of
the battle for popular rlghta; how he has ever been
the ac knowledged champion of the oppressed aud
oown-trodden. Mr. Douglass caunot ail'ord thus to
.n-uiyriniG .in. ouiiiiier ui-vuune ne cnances to nold
ViPWB HlfVlrolit frntn hlu nwn n r. .1 .. ... i
........... i i ii ' it , auii no uu IIUL UllitVO
lie has done so. Frederick Douglass Is too sensible,
too logical, and too self-contained thus to Indulge in
fan nn t hn fcf r.f nuinli.n n i. .. 1 1 i.A ..... .
uiiuouin. v. iprjiiiii. .1 c nuail uc If icatiy Qiaap
pointed If this statement is not corrected.
ltlir. If ht hua thlia nlvuti a v.,-u-l,,.. kl.
- " " " p. 1 - BAjiicooiuu vvi ii i a icci.
logs, he aeerns to have lost Bight of the true nature
oi Mr. Sumner's axvuniont. That argument does not
depend for Its eilectiveness upou the social or gov
crnnieutal conditions of the people of llaytl or Hanto
I I'll! 1 1I (1 1 1'h. fnrmn. . . k,A n n .. . . . I . .
-w......m... . ..u .vriiuii iim, un B iirBJIUtiHIII OI HlfJ
blackest dye, and yet Mr. Sumner'a Indictment Is
unanalled. llaytl. at least, Is a power friendly to us
nam iiium:unnc VVI 1IB. UU1 Wrlllljr7 IS UOl QOpeQ'lent
upon her Btatua. Our ships of war had no business
to menace her, were she uuder the away of a Doraba.
Mr. Donglaas, or, as Is more likely, Uie correspon
dent of the Time, seems to have overlooked this
flaw In IhA nrriiOrnmonf rt M uimnn. i. i..
' -' " ' ..... ... . ... UUI11UCI , UUb lb 19
crushing to the issue made. On the whole, we dj
nnl Ihfnk that Mr hnmnup'b Annmlan -A i ..
v. ... ............ a u i. . ii 1 1 . . .-j m i v ;niu ail V
new laurels by this new mode of attack. 8yracue
Daily Standard.
We have never had but one opinion of
Senator Snmner. and (hot nnininn i h.. u
is an honest man and sincerely devoted to
. I. r . . , . .. . . . .
iue cbumo oi justice ana to tne welt are of his
fellow-men. We have never thonoht him
anything else. He has ever been eur friend
and tne friend of our despised race. We
1. .1 l. . i ; . . ...
uvu mougui mm bucu even in opposition to
the annexation of Santo Domingo. Never
theless, we cannot but consider his opposi
tion to that tiiAnnnra nnfnrlnniita on
-- - . w- vmumvw nun Li-
noUS to that part of the colored race who
live is Knnto Dmninon nnrl rmntiinll.
Rreat calamity to the colored race In. the
1 T 1 A a tl .1-1 T- ..A. m
iuueu Dtates. nrst, oecause it tends
to tlie division. dnfeAt nnA rliat...
v 7 "-v utuvi njm
tion of the Republican party; and, secondly,
Decause it is an encouragement to the
idea mat no additions to the colored raoe
are to be made in this nonntrv n
- "J ' J 'J Uil.
ner of speech and by his position, he is most
effectively playing into the hands of the
uemocratio party, and thus serving to
strengthen the worst enemies the colored man
has. His wiaa and ntnlnanun liU .-
.. u ..av WUCOQ I Ii
the past has given him a hold n the Ameri-
vmu pcujji wuicu manes nis present attitude
doubly effective for evil. The faet that Sena
- v.mvwv Wft lU
United States as a pattern of violence and
1..4T il. . i 1 at
tor rinmner denounces thv l'ii Hsnf r
cuiet oi me worst ciass o: murderers and
assassins, will be enough with some men to
induce the belief that I
viinut, OTQU
if not guilty to the full extent of these de-
uuucinuuiiB ih, 10 say tne least, a very bad
man, ana no longer wormy or the love and
confidence of the Americ.&n nnnla T?i,a .
- r . itcu m
bad man mav somatiinea miulnail tba
- -"V. yuiKU
mind; but when a good man does wron, and
pemiHia in mat wrong, nis very goodness and
character become elements of nnwAr in fha
interest of evil. Hence we sar. and have
said before, considering the glorious reoord
of Senator Sumner, ha in tn.dar
(not intentionally) the most danfterous and
I L. . . ... A' .1
""f mvBt, vueuiive power uow arrayed against
what we consider tha cahra nf mi ..
wu
Whatever else may be said of the Republican
cartv and of General Grant, thav nn.
only visible hope of the colored raoe in the
United States. Outside of these we she no
cower that is likelv to Hfan,! hntwoan ih.
country and rebellion, between the negro and
ujuiuer, wmcu in even new revelling in loyal
blood, and renderinc tha onnatitntinncl na
ranteea which Mr. Sumner did so muoh to
frame null and void. We feel strongly, and
6peak strongly, but none too strongly. The
same principles that have made us devoted to
Mr. Sumner, and to follow him witn unhesi
tating step in the past, now make ns cry out
against his present alarming position.
We do this, however, in nn mnlinnant
spirit, nor without hope that Mr. Sumaer.
nucu an mo mum tuo utioro mm, win cnange
his course. It wonld nnt a liVa Munot,..
Sumner to persist in any course he sees to be
. , tl. I. A. St ..
wrung, xie is great ana Knows nis greatness,
but ha does not eluim t.n ha infollil.la IT.
. -n. """ iV.
knows the members of the Santo Domingo
Commission, and knows that they are intelli
gent, faithful, and honest men, and that they
are incapable of framing a report merely to
SUit the Wiahea Clf Manet-al firant Tn
that he will respect their testimony ia simply
to accord to him common honesty. To say
less of him would m t
right madness, malignity, or dishonesty. No
ucu iiiiugs can or ougut to oe aaia or mm.
Wfl llBVA aiflaWl ar ttmoh rtt f 1 car aii
selves right before the pnblio and partly be-
nnrnnn .. . . . 1 : . .a . 1 . 1
iumii respect me spirit oi me oyraouse
filil fiifH'f ul.iK Atilu Anaa Tin inutirA in
TT VUIJ uuvo J ULJ.. ,M
doubting that we could have dealt in the bald
and unqualified denunciation of Mr. Sumner
attributed to ns in other quarters. We are
not in the habit of dealing in violent denun
ciation against anybody, certainly not against
one whom we nave loved and honored during
more than twenty years. We speak of him
in sorrow, not in anger, and not because we
love him less, but the cause of humanity
more, which, for the time being, and in his
present attitude, he is more effectually strik-
kg down than any other man iu the United
States.
The Dayards, the Dluirs, and the Thur- 1
mans wield tin nf''h MinnAa aa IViIa man
They are the open enemies of the present
Administration and nf tha Uennlilioan nartv
and the country understands them. They
At M - 1 1 a am. a .... "
re me inenas oi me late rebels and traitors,
and would cladlv nTArlhmw tha nnnatitn-
tional and legal guarantees of justice and
liberty won by the blood and valor of loyal
men. We SSV tha nmint.rt Vnnwa Mi aba man
and knows just what value to attaoh to their
arraignment oi tne llepublican admintstra
. : - r f . . .
non ana oi uenerai urant. Hut Mr. bam
ner is quite another man, and has
qnite another hUtorr. and hnlda
an entirely different place in the confidence
i . . ... . . .
ana anection oi tne American people. When
he Unites With thnm tn nanail ihn nnmnt
administration he places himself in the worst
! a ...
poiiiicai company Known to the oonntry, and
Lis cause must be unquestionably good, or he
mnst stand condemned with the men whose
company he has strangely sought, and whose
plaudits seem now most weloome to his ear
and heart. One wonld think that the fact that
these men praise him would lead him to sus
pect the soundness of his present views and
the wisdom of his present course. We repeat
the hope that the report of the Commission of
Inquiry, partly if not wholly composed of his
jierBouai inenas, win convince him and set
him all right in action and position, as ho is
in neart ana integrity oi purpose.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
jtft- OFFICE OF TUB Kit AN KLIN FIR3 IN
Kmi iiiKt rnii. Anrll a. 1J7I.
At a meeting of the Hoard of Directors, held this
day, a QUARTERLY DIVIDEND of KIWUT 1')L-
1-ahs per snare waa declared, PAY ATI LK IN 140LD
10 me Biocanoiaera on and after the lftth Instant,
v-i. i ui nu utAvBi U. YV. ALCAXiLilo 1 11.lt,
Secretary.
f&f- THE CHEAPEST AND BEST HAIU DYK
a J lib Tl VJ1 IsUy
Harper's Liquid Hair Iye Never Fades or
AVauhes Out,
will change frray, red. or frosted hair, whiskers, or
TYirtflBtQfha In at haantlfitl l.l.L. a. a,... a.
applied. Warranted, or money retarne-1. Only m
-yiva rj till AS1 UgKlBfaS, W iULUDUlU
tGT THfl UNION FIRE EXT1NOUI811ER
COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA
Manufacture and sell the Improved, Portable Fire
Kxtlngulsner. Always Reliable.
D. T. OAUa,
a 8Q tf xuo. lis MAKKKT St, General Agent
- THURSTONS IVORY PEARL TOOTH
POWDEK ia the best article for cleansing and
mcrn-iviuK mo ueeui. r or aaie DV ail urURalatg
V.li. OK .n Ml ..! -n. k.lll. a - . V .
. . m nun w iruia iitjr iiutbie. 11 vo BlQliUiy
S- DR. F. R. THOMAS, No, 9i WALNUT ST,
" formerly oneratorat thn (Jnltnn linntui Nnnm.
devotes hla entire practice to extracting teeth wlthl
uut nuiu, wuu iruHa uiltoub oxiae gas. ll lit
DISPENSARY FOR SKIN DISEASES, NO
Tatients treated .gratuitously at this Institution
EDUCATIONAL
JJARVAKD UNIVERSITY,
CAMBRIDGE, MASS.,
Comprises the following Departments :
Harvard College, the University Lectures, Divinity
ecnooi, uiw ocnooi, Meaical School, Dental School,
Lawrence Sclentlflc School. School of Mininv aim
Practical Geologv. Bussev InaUtntiou (a. Sr. hnnl nf
Agriculture and Horticulture), Botanic Garden, As-
uuuuuiicBU voaeryatory, Aiuseum or comparative
zoology, reaooay Museum er Arcnicology, Episcopal
Theological School.
The next academic year begins on September 28,
1SU.
The first examination for admission to Harvard
College will begin June !i9, at 8 A. M. The second
examination for admission to Harvard College, and
the examinations for admission to the Seleutlilo
and Mining Schools will becln SeDtember u. Tha
requisites for admission to the College have been
changed this year. There la now a mathematical
a'ternatlve for a portion of the classics. A circular
aescnoing tne new requisites and recent examlna-
uuu papers win oe manea on application.
I NIVERSITY LECTURES. Thirty-three courses
in 1870-71, of which twenty begin in the week Feb
ruary 12-19. These lectures are Intended for irradu-
ates of colleges, teachers, and other competent
aouita (men or women), a circular describing them
will be mailed on application.
THE LAW SCHOOL has been reorganized thia
year. It has seven Instructors, and a library of
10,1 uu voiumea. a circular explains the new course
of study, the requisites for the degree, and the cost
of attending tne school. The second ball of the
year uegina reoruary is.
For catalogues, circulars, or Information, ad
drass J. w. HARRIS,
3rn Secretary.
J D G B H I L L .SCHOOL
MERCHANTYILLK, N. J.,
Four Miles from Philadelphia,
The session commenced MONDAY. ADril 10.
1S71.
For circulars apply to
Rev. T. W. CATTKLL.
rpiIE REV. DR. WELLS'
BOAliDING SCHOOL FOR LITTLE BOYS
From Six to Fourteen years of age. Address the
Rev. DR. WELLS,
8 28 tnthB2m Andalusia, Pa.
A COURTL'S KINKET.IN. TEA TUFT? HIT Pllwn
iV can be engaged for Dancing, Parties, Enter'
talnmnnta ato f trrlara hw .im i...-i, n
denci'spunctaally attended Wai Residence, No. no
Li X. I PL' L'Vn II Ua.- Iw.m Ik... a. A n . ..
Ov AaOA f All J U O VI Cvl'i UC1UW VUCDUUla, O Id UU
MILLINERY.
jyj R 8. R. DILLON
NOB. 823 AND 831 SOUTH STREET,
FANCY AND MOURNING MILLINERY, CRAPE
VEILS.
Ladles' and Misses' Crape, Felt, Gimp, Hair, Satin,
Silk, Straw and Velvets, Hats and Bonnets, French
Flowers, Hat and Bonnet Frames, Crapes, Laces,
Silks, Satins, Velvets, Ribbons, Sashes, Ornaments
and all kinds of Millinery Goods.
WATOMES. JEWELRY. ETO.
GOLD MEDAL REGULATORS.
U. IV. HUB MB LI,,
No. 22 NORTH SIXTH STREET,
Begs to call the attention of thetratfe and customers
to the annexed letter:
TRANSLATION.
'T taka nlaaanra tninnniuiiui that f hau a
Mr. G. W. RUbSELL, of Philadelphia, the excluslv
ale of all goods of my mauulucture. He will be
able to sell them at the very lowest prices.
"ULSTAV BHUliEK,
"First Manufacturer of Regulators,
"Freiburg, Germany.
LEGAL NOTICES.
IN TnE ORPHANS' COURT FOR THE CITY
AND COUNTY OK PHILADELPHIA.
Estate of BUUKK, Minora.
Th aa A nAi nnnalnti.il k.a. k. S.n r a n.f If mart 1 &
and adjust the fourth and tmal aooount of JOHN
(ltd AN, Guardian of THOMAS Ii., TERKMA, au t
OHN uin&fc, minor children or John v.
bl ItKE, deceaaed, aud to report distribution of
the baiance In the bauds of the Accountant, will meet
the parties Interested for the purpose of his appoint
ment on MONDAY, tha 17th day of April, lsTl, at 3
o'clock P. M.. at his oltlee, No. 33 V7ALN I'T Street,
In the city of l'liilttdelpUia, 4 4 UUiOf
AFE DEPOSIT OOMPANIEf.
XLB PEHK8TLVAKIA COMPABTY
FOR INSURANCES ON LIVES AND
GRANTINO
ANNUITIEO.
Office Ho. 304 WALNUT Streei.
INCORPORATED MARCH 10, 1813.
CHARTER PERPETUAL.
CAI'ITAL 1,000,000.
SURPLUS UPWARDS OF $750,000.
Receive money on dnooalt. retnrnnhio
for which Interest la allowed. v
And under appointment by Individuals, corpora-!
tlnna AtlH nf.llfla -an a aa 1
EXtCLTOUS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRIISTKKS.
GUARDIANS ASSlONEKS, ('OHM ITTKKi
RLCKIVKRS. ABNTS. :oLLECTORS, ETC?
And for the faithful performance of its duties as
such all Its assets are liable.
CnAULES IJUT1LU, PjesIdenL x
William B. Hill, Actuary.
i nanes untnn,
Henry J. W illiams,
William 8. Vaux,
John R. Wncherer,
Adolph E. Horle.
ju vnnun i, i.lipiHCOtl,
T V. .. - n T I I
v uniics u. nuiouinson.
MnilleT Hmvth.
George A. Wood,
Anthony J. Antelo,
Charles 8. Lewis,
Alexander Blddle,
Henry Lewis.
gFCURITY FROM LOSS BY BURGLARY
ROBBERY, FIRE, OR ACCIDENT.
The Fidelity Insurance, Trust, .ad
Bafe Deposit Company
OF PHILADELPHIA
IN TUBia
New Marble Fire-proof Building,
Nob. 829-831 CHBsNCT Street.
Capital subscribed, fl.ooo.OOu; paid, 1700,000.
COUPON BONDS, STOCKS, SECURITIES.
FAMILY PLATS, COIN, DEEDS, and VALUABLES
of every description received for Bale-keeping, nndet
me uomnany Biao rent safes iNSinn vmtrn
BURGLAR-PROOF VAULTS, at prices varying from
115 to $;b a year, according to alae. An extra slaa
for Corporat ions and Bankers. Rooms and deaka
adjoining vaults provided for Safo Kentera.
UK POSITS OP MONEY RECEIVED ON INTB
REST at three per ceDt., payable by check, withoa
notice, and at four percent., payable by check, o
ten days' notice.
TRUST FUNDS AND INVESTMENTS kent
SEPARA1 K AND APART fr m aaaeU of Company.
INCOME COLLECTED and remitted for one M
cent
The Company act as EXECUTORS, ADMINIS
TRATORS, and OUAKD1ANH, and KEOE1VE and
EXECUTE TRUSTS of every description, from tha
Courts, Corporations, and Individuals.
N. B. BROWNE, President.
O. H CLARK, Vice-President
ROBERT PATTUBson, Secretary and Treasurer.
DIRKHTOKH. .
n. n. urawne.
. Clarence II. Clark,
John Welsh,
Char'.cs Macalester,
N. B. Browne, . Alexander Henrr '
Stephen A. Caldwell,
weurgw r. l yier,
Henr f iiu.nn
Sdwara w. uiarx,
J. Ollitngham Fell.
Ilenrv Pratt McKean. o 13 fmwl
TUB PHILADELPHIA TRUST
a vn
INSURANCE COMPANY,
OFFICB AhD BUKOLAR-PKOOK VAC1.TS IW
THE PHILADELPHIA BANK BIIILDINO.
No. 41 CHESNUT STREET.
CAPITAL. K),000.
Fob Safe-keepino of Oovernmsnt Bonds and
other Skcuhitibs, Familt Plate, Jkwklkt, and
other Vaixableu, under special guarantee, at the
lowest r&ts
The Company also offer for Rent, at rates varying
from tie to f 75 per annnm. the renter hoidinir the
key, SMALL SAFES IN THE B U KG LA R-PKOO F
VAULTS, affording abaolute Skccrity aealustFiaa
Thkkt, Bukolarv, and Accident.
All fiduciary obligations, such as Trusts, Guar.
DIAX8H1P8, Execciorhhips, etc., will be undertaken
and faithfully discharged.
AU trust investments are kept separate and apart
from the Cotnjiany's asuets.
Circulars, giving fall details, forwarded on apcll.
cation. "
DIRECTORS
Thomas Rohlna.
Benjamin B. Comegyi,
Lewla R. Aabhnrst,
J. Livingston Errlnger,
K. P. McCullagh,
Edwin M. Iwls,
.Tampa I . Plairhnrn.
Ft uovua nrBHJIL
F. Ratchford Starr,
Daniel Haddock, Jr-
Edward Y. Tnanoonil
John D. Taylor, '
I ..... WUM . 1 Q I
lion. William A. Porter.
uriiutKN.
President LEWIS R. ASH HURST.
Vice-President J. LIVINGSTON ERRINOEK.
Seoretary-R. P. McCULLAGU.
Treasurer WM. L. DUBOIS. a Sfmwl
PITY ORDINANOE8.
riOMMON nniTNnrL nv PTTTr Anwr wnTi 3
. " " w avaVaVMa.a.aVUsaVAa, AAtOa
Philadklphia, Marck 17, 1871.
In accordance with a Resolution adopted by
the Common Council of the city of Philadelphia
on Thursday, the sixteenth day of March, 1S7L
the annexed bill, entitled, "An ordinance
creating a loan for the extension of the
Waterworks," is hereby published for public
Information.
JOnN ECK8TEIN,
Clerk of Common CounciL
AN ORDINANCE CREATING A LOAN FOR
raE EXTENSION OF THE WATEtt
Section 1. The 8clect and Common Councils
of the city of Philadelphia do ordain, That the
Mayor of Philadelphia be and he is hereby
antbojized to borrow at not less than par, on
the credit of the cltv. two mllltnn nn ,.,nj
j - . v. v u . uuuuigu
and twenty-two thousand dollars for the further S
ciicueiuu ui iuo aier orKs. or which inte
rest not to exceed the rate of six per cent, per
annnm. shall Iia nafrt half .vaaHv tv eVA a a t
days of January and July, at the' ollice of the
VltJ AlbMUlUi
The -principal of said loan shall be payable
and paid at the expiration of thirty years from
the date of the same, and not before without
the consent of the holders th ArA.iif. anil tha
certificates therefor, in the usual form of the
certificates of cltv loan, shall Lm I .milArl in Innh
j j " .wv..u . u du.u
amnnnta aa tha lenders mav nnnlm ! nn
any fractional part of one hundred dollars, or.
if required, in amounts of five hundred
or one thousand dollars; and it shall be ex-
iirest-ed in said certificates tl lft.t MlA LaAfl triArAin
mentioned and the Interest thereof are payable
irva lruiu ail luxea.
oection a. Vhenever anr loan shall bo
made by virtue thereof, there shall be by
force of this ordinance annually annrnnrl.
ated out of the income of the corpo
rate estates, and from the sum raised by
taxation, a anm snlllcient to oar tha InfArnat nn
said certificates: and the further sum of throA.
tenths of one per centum on (he par value of
such certificates so issued shall be aporouriated
quarterly out of said income and taxes to a
ainblncp Aim) avhlVi fnnrl ArtH ltd a nnn mnln tlvna
UIUBIIIS, UW Ua TVal-u hmm aav aaWV U UI U1A IjiUUB
1 1 - 1-11 a I.
1
uuu tauu ia iucub v Dtv vvi iuaw.Oi
RESOLUTION
TO PUBLldil A LOAN BILL.
TlAaolved. That tha Clerk of Common Ponn.
cil be authorized to publish in two dally news-
nariers of this cltV dallv for four wneka tha
ordinance presented to Common Council on
Thursday, March ltt, .1871, entitled "An ordi
nance creatine a loan for the extension of tha
Water Works." And tha aalil Clerlr at th
stated meeting of CouuciU after said publica
tion. Bhall Drebent to thia Council on of eanh
of Bald newspapers for every day in which the
eunie enaii nave been made. 3 17 &U
milK ST. CLOUD."
This now elegant and commodlanB flrst-claas Hotel,
uu Antu Direei, aoove bai Jtm iu,
Nnw nnKll.
Terms, 3 per dar. I
41 Irn O. WM uLLlN bKO., Proprietors
IOHN FARM M A CO.. COM MISSION W Hit-
(J chants and ilnufa uireri of Couesuira Tick.
Ing. etc. etc.. Nu. Ui C'HESNL'T bUeet, pulladul-
tlua.
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