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National Anti-Slavery Standard, Year 1864, Apr 16
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mimtVOL. XXIV. NO. 49
»»tiou»l fidi-Stowy £tuittliml.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY, OH SATURDAT,
iMRIIIOlS .MI-SLAYER.1
SOCIETY,
PENNSYLVANIA ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETT,IOC NbrlA-Ttnlh Strut, Philadelphia,
NEW YORK, SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1864.my Ulc, been nnfri-'ndlr <o the I'nion of the States"in eounlEy, nnd J shall <Io nil Ihat 1 can tj osor
member of Itn: ILtisi- o'f H--[.ro-L-rilfiU vcb, Irom ihesuspicion of deliln -rut. Iy preferring against tuo ncharge for which I know there in no real found lit ion.(I he speaker here ai-ktil tl*- audience to cucuso himwhile fie rend a nolo, just pel in Lin hands, which hebelieved nn* Irani Mr. Morris.]
mpposed. Perhaps if Mr. Morris is pre-rnlbor thank than blnuio tua for calling
idicucu (o his resolution. The
JMfrtfow.
.ENGLAKIl'S ORATOR AT THE CAPITOI,,
Reception of Gcoiga Thompson jq Waslilngtoi
A t,vrt audience assembled last night in the Hull
of tbo House of r.-'pn^vtitniivCB to listen to the
famous oriitor of England, the Hon. Geo. Thompson.
At 8 p. in. (hi; distinguished hpcnksr made his ap-
pearance, amid enthusiastic cheers, accompanied byViec-President Unmlio, tho Kov. John Pierpoat. andfollowed by the President, wheso incoming was the
Bignal of immense and long-continued applause.
Among (he prorniniaii gentlcni'-n present were- Secre-
taries Clmau and lasher. Senators Ilovcrdy Johnson,
Foolo, Wilson, Hnrris, Lane, of Indiana. Clark, JudgeHolt, Speaker Colfax, ex-Governor Wright, Slovens,
of Pennsylvania, Judge Kelloy.nod olhcra. The lloor
of (he House whs filled and (h - gallery was occupied
with such n crowd as rarely is attracted to its
benches. It ia seldom that an assembly comprising
so much of the intellect, beauty, and fashion of tho
metropolis, ia gnlberod within four walls. The pas-
sages of Mr. T.'u speech relating to the Cslerniinalion
of slavery, the final triumph over tho rebellion, andthe opinions and services of Abraham Lincoln, wereroost vociferously cheered.
Mr. Pikhpont raid ; Ladies and gentlemen, as Sen-
atom aod Members of the House of Hepreventativesb.avo united with tic Washington Literary Associa-
tion in extending their invitation to the distinguished,
gentleman who ia to address you (his evening, it
seems proper to impress the mceliog with a nalionn'
character, the more so, ns thu House of Representa-tives have placed in the hand* of thu Association this
Hall for (he occasion. The Association, through its
President, has ih.'r.-fore it-Led tho Vice-Pi ""
Mention of tho owhich 1 have
|
Washington, AprilMr. Oeor^c Thompson
:
iil.v j
just rceoivtd from him, is dated
III lint
Very rcsf-c-iruiiv,
^ The letter referred to, which I I
tba Congressional Olit
r jinri-otlini! I"III- npneuill- laslon or the Stilh
M..r-ii ; letter -
ell I,
ret volume of tho record ofj
old in my hand. And well t
of the United Slates and Iho 1iy that this ia a gigantic nsleked r..-lii.'llinn, for ihia is but one ol six volmaiuiaj; its records, and haw many mar.' m
i conic d.'[ Is partially upuu lha persit-ierI'Vii ill Iba-e mir-guidi-d men who are still in i
parliillly lipan your rc-alnlian and c.iurt.goeupprehsioii, but more still upon Hint Dicim- 1
'io has thus fur so stugiiUrly walcbed). In the Crat volume of theso ponderous
.ind ODthi-tv.ci.ti--luuribi.ag! of that por-
tion of it which contains public do. umentM I re ail
ibat during (he delivery ol a speech, Mr. SburardClemens rulerred to an ariule in 1'r.t Liberator news-paper and,nnt ih,ir i-
si.-, .-.a .iil-i not n flic si
WHOLE NO. 1,245,
i-.li Abolilj
Iho meeting and introducing
faking iho chair was hearli-
favor of presiding i
Iho speaker.
Tho Vies Pbkidbm <
ly received. Ho said
:
Ladies and Gusruaiirw : At (be solieilalion of the
geailemsn under whose auspieea this meetingvened, 1 ni-sunie the pleasant duty of presidi^you and inlrodui io;; ihe distinguished gentlemiis -to address you. Hut lor its appropriate conned ionwith the object of the meeting, I need hardlyany that
—'nessing perhaps the greatest revc-lelliou— Ihe world has ever
,_,__ at any one period Uie're hasbeeu morn Holicimde felt than at another during this
1 .Tb.lt
mil in Lei
lieitude has been en
passed away (appla
that Ibis rubellioti is
in spite of every
out of it (cheers).
litical inQdcl (appl
nUai
Hew
.e). We 1!
IT suchs, 1 trust, happily
, to-day, to Snow
M'jo is,ir is r,-fibm.ra
aeove,t tact in
ia urateful
le such Boiiaituda may have cxislcd
and true men, wo have had in otter „between whom and ourselves there ought always to
exist the best of relations, and an administration ol
government upon ibe slriutcat rulen of neutrality,
able and eminent men who lmv.: been loyal Ameri-
cans if they have h..-n Hiiii;b *uLjecls (chsc-r.-).
Such a one, wiih a nri.uiali.jn K.jrld-wido, and with
afamo that shall live in hiatorj, besidu that of Clark-
son and Wilbcrfir.i-. i- b.t.- lo-t.i^bi to speak to you
(oheere). In the name of ibis largo audience, in the
name of all loyal men in this broad land, aye, fn (he
Dame of liberty herself, permit mo to welcome you,
sir, in this temple ul imr gov.rumeul (applause.).
The words of cheer Ihat you shall speak will find a
ready and a willing e. '..• in lb- b.-min ol those pre-
sent (nnplaute). I have the honor and pleasure of
presenting to thi- iiiidu-ucu Ihc lion. Mr. Thompson,oi England.
Mr. Tuoutsox said :
II 1 betray some emolioa on thus occasion, and on
rising 1 lin.l myself all but unable Io address you,
ascribe my embarrassment to the true cause—to Ihe
(act that I stand in the ball of (be House of Itepre-
sentalives of (lie foiled Stales of America to eiprcss
my views, without restriction, upon a sacred theme,
for tbo discussion of which I have beeu more than
onco banished from your shores with conlumoly andignominy. I am overwhelmed with wonder aud withgratitude in the present.; of Ibe facia which are daily
taking place before my eyes, and in the prospect o'
that glurlous future, which, under the blesaing amguidance of Divine Providence, 1 hope aud prayawaits this great republic (cheers).
I can, wilb uulvi|;i..-..l unvtrii).ailirui that I regard
it aa thu big best buuur n hi. h hit- L.-t-n conlcrred uponmo during my publi' life.tu be permitted, in (ho Hall
of Repreneatativc-.ifi lhel'ii|.iiol ol ihe United States,
to address an a».-en-.bly oi the - ii liens of America.In availing myself of this high privilege, I beg, in
tbo first place, to tender my heartfelt acknowledg-ments IO the liaiir-1 (.1 Mumpers of thu WasbingtoaLeotura Association, fur limit cordial invitation to
sneak bcloro Ihem, and the citizens at tbia Dislrict atike great issues of l/ia lima." 1 alao
iy ol (be members of the Senate andesentaiives as were pleased Io signify
tneir concurrence in that inviuslion, and to expresstbeir deairo to listen to my humble voice. Moreespeciully do 1 all. r my -r .;.. lul ihaoks to tbos
occu|iv • iiii » i 'hi a I In >: it .ill*, who bavo doi
(he honor, by a vote of the House, to accord
fhe ditiin^uished favor of saying ihat which I haveo say from Ibe position which f now occupy,
Ladies and gcntl.uii]], b..fan- I proceed to makethose observations v.hich 1 hud intended
large, upon "
ihunk so mmHouse of Kepi
wilhin Uiese walls on Monday last. N,
hour last Dighl, was 1 aware ihat, duri
of the House of Representatives on Moorable member rose ia his pine
re'ol.ilian, (a Ihe follvwing i-lltel
3 that o wred
aud introduced a
ily 1--I-:
.] 1 1 . 1L '. 1 IJV
v,f,'::,:ti;,i
i,.-.-. i.„-,
(ho hoi" ra
read. Her amyi
preamble aod resolution, I
i address a brief
u author of what I hnvc
Tocsd.iy cv lu ii,V. Ai^.l'Vl'-'-l 1
Z7ie Hon. Jiiimi J?. Jforrii .-
Sin: loioju>i ni...l..n.v Jiv!.yil.eni„r l lrJ | uroecedlnsin f..u,-r. .,i.i r'l'.i!.-! In Hi.: !>: •<
]-
.l j .- -
r-.- ! lln.. il„v'
il.iic llul you l.ilr.:.li-. .1 ).:J|. 1.1. ii in 11, i- ilulise i,l litpnuniiiil.c*'.! rc.oluliuu nilirinln« llml • liwipi ltn.inp,„i
„| V, .,-l.iri.l, Ii. Hah I.. H-r.1, !..- I.....I Hun Ihe ,li,. soluHou ..
Hji.I' :l,i...il I !.-l >i. ...ni.i '..;. in i I'-ii."
A* inch utkciJi.ui'iii su- miti maUo by mo, either i
[lie iliac nieiiiii.iicl ul.t.vc, ar ut jny other period, I bere«|i" ifully '' «'l 1 --
1-- ib.u rim .vill.ni your mhIIi-hi ...i
vnuki.c.-. liivur uit »1lb Ibe uutlivrit.v U|iDII ivliiili juiuj,l t so (jravo ui:.i1..-iu.;iii ,;f U .,.l (or |i:lrlUu.eI,l,u
action. I hate ihe houor io be. (fr,
Vour obedient acrvaut, linonoe Tuoutsok.
To that note Mr. Morris has, down to this momonfavnred me wilh no reply (laughtei). I am, thor
lore, ignorant of the ground* U|.mi which the hononble member brought against me tho aceusalioi
which bo uttered Irani hit. (dace in Parliameut.
ispeculaled upon the reasons il.nt he might assign
lirnif Confederate*" ought not to forget.fle.14, when George Thompson, thu Eng-inist, was sent to enlighten thu dead eon-ihe American people." In this collectionletler from Thompson to Morrill, of Ten-whicb was this sentence: "Tho dissolu-Union is [ho ohject to be kept slcadily
I have an answer Io thai, and it is, fir
cr in my life have, cherished a hoslilc. .
...friendly f., : U,... ( .,,rJ ,r.1 ibe L'uii.n (rbi-ir.-l
Second, that I never in my lifo addressed a letler
Tennessee, or to any man in any. .__ United Slates (laud'cheern), nn.i
Ihird, that down to March, It- it. an.l alicrKarda.I hader wrilen a solitary line to America- And Ihatiny n f>e:il: without reserve and ubaoluloly, 1
.l..'l:i.-rin-[, .,lnr„, n,-,t I callence and tlefybittcpest enemy to you and your Union to
"- J
liin the range of my speeches and wri.i-.<,anything ihat v.... ,1.
1ju-r.l, n „ iui|.ui,iiioiiol mifn.-nd-'— a to that Union (eheere). What I I
t your I nion during the three years ll
ei.-ng,.) unc.-3-.ii^l,. io seasan anil
.in health and out of health (as on.
just from England, now present, might testify if hewas called on the stand), wbst 1 have said will befuund condensed in a biinf exlraet from a speechI made in England on the breaking out of tinnbnh 1 .lis.....i,ri..d amung Ihe papers I have
my I, r.ii. Ion speeches :
ioL.le umlL-r ibv (.«i„tliuli.jii. Sneh a rlchialsurdlly. The rleht io a.-e cde as n ruvulu-
:, i.-iiM.I-.T.i.iW.. I. .ti ii Lsiiic psoplc. tlic rin'lon,..rii.l,-... 1 1. at n..rbl, n-i tlief.iurn -c'vnnt' a( ilia
vi.luiiur lM.ihul
d].1 '..|,'i[|ai)i ili.'rer-.re.Vli'llVivs n riirolmieuarr ritbi ia swede, tt.ere cm"';il»" I rielil to !,. -.... Iliv Cu-istllutlDii
niiy otg-M.l': .bii.ice. tl.'j-.-f.' ii,.j [ir-jiitnt «-.-r
foundedI lie. '.pinnee of what it
staled in tho preamblu (c
lulion [applansel. But ihe^e bands ol
i Mi Itid L.nrii diK-i-.lvt I long [>r--ii,ius to thu devel-nentof Ibntmo^t foul and iraiiorous .:an-.piraey
.which tl„- I oii-iiiluiian v.- ns i.v.'ithtown in various
parts of thiseaunlry, arid rebcltiao raised ils head,id defiant, and proclaimed ita purpase to
empire based upon the prostrnlioo, debsse-nuii sluviTj- of » poriion ol lb.; human nice.-nil personal slavery: (he reduciiun of all.
or while, v. ho labor, j wilh their hands forIheir daily bread lu ih.r eati-iiiian..| subordinatepariers .,!' « naciiii arijlacracv. u-liosa claim to
id superiority shaubl be ibai ihei |.assessed herds ofman beasts of burden, and lived u|..in their coil-
The banditti of men-atealers at Uichmood, calling(bomsolves Ihe C'onl..-.lerat.i gaven.aient [tremendous
daiise],bave deeUre.l, Ibraugh (bo lips of thetr.c-President, Ihal ibeir uiK-ial lid.ric was foundedin ide.iscxnelly the i-i;<-cj-j» of these proinulgaltJIhe fleeli.r.ilian of liHtirp-inleiice ; nod (bnl Ihey
itnllcla.!.
mi-. n ..'III. Slut.
ililoc upon Iho t
le; I...U.U.;; ut His comliltcfk'..!., llu-ir ilait-jrlor, nmlli,' K-jiill-i r.blcll would fullowfl
arosafuct as Incvilul.k and irr
;!•..•!. Li. I., ill. nit. . r-i tllu iir. e-t Inl-.r.'r'll, Ol fret .
nitr, irratl tlic ,'i.il;;iii..-ii ln,-.i...l m lln; strupple, mulilS irfuci, Ibe ivbb iin.l |.ru>-L-ri.| i:..- iruligbtcoCil plula-
Geotlemen, for very many years I have beea f
miliar with ibe hisiarj al tour nation, and amongtbo warmest admirers of jour inotitulionB. Neve
is, my admiration of your form of governmolay tAullHIi.-.n in jaur progrtto and j.rot| - ii
i
,lv. Hi-- bl-eti cba.-kn..il by u lent llinl your L'l.ii
unstable and insecure, and lor Ihe reason ill
Union was an nltempt Io embrace in one volu
tiny poluical hyslem popalalioni radically diver
o tbirt
,l,d i.'b;',r
io from the other, nu so
heir reWions, for ien yet
dependence oflhepnreat
i lh-.y ertiritcd eighry-cigbi
miry, :.)i|.ei
othoi
ily internaliounl characlcr.
THaarticlcsofcoiife.kraiiaii.l.) v.bieh theStales were
held logelher fur (be purpes- D of mutual defence andsulual support, were rather of the naluro ol a treat)
baa a bond of perpetual Union. When the f"
I tin. Iic|iutlieeaiije t^.'dier to frame u Caui-li'
he luiirijni.-nl which (bey adapied, Bud whi.
icoplo raliQed, was of thu nature of a eompiletweeu the oppusifg il.-.-is of tvpurale sovereignly
nil blended naiionaiity.
But there was another and a far moomproiniae—how serious, and how calami
csulls, let Ihe struggle which is now convt
ntiro country, and deluding its sail ivith blood, tell.
t was a compratuiic Winei-n />[-.. n-'.i at tho North,
Jid sUiccri, at the Bouih. Half of the States v
sedded la (he nuii-juuicd, unchristian, and iubui
yotem of slavery, an inslituliou nbicli id.-nli
hem with tho feudal anil barlmric .)iOehs of SOCil , .
in institution which, nana teller than those whom1 have ihe honor al ihie lime Io address ki
caused Iho Soutlieru States io remain alien
lilutioni, thu spirit of progrees, and the
ndvanceiueut iu civUiitlian of thu other s""'!_ ~
io country (applause).
Many reuscua have been assimn;.! by ihe rebels in
ie Soulb and by ih.rir eynipaihiiing irieiuls ai.rosd
ir (bat Da.jilious act by which ihe integrily of tho I
nion has been (or a lime dissolved ; but Mr. i^jirait,
of South Carolina, and Mr. Slopbens, of (Jcorym,
have told the truth, These- gentlemen do not wbiai-
por about thu tyranny of ihe North, or talk of larilTi!
and geographical boundaries SojMr. tprslt. Ibe
great expoundor of the philosophy of becession,
ills tho world that tho real and the only,
i fmntMlJ
> unite Ihe eflefu institution of slavery
essence of which is de'polism—with Iho free in
tinns ol Iho North, was an attempt to bridge ibi' gulf
of conluries— Io reconcile Ihing^ iu their very nature
incompatible—an atlempt to secure a solid and per-
Ctusl union on principles at war wilh tho Org'nuio
w which regelates the- csistenco of buman Eoeiuty
(great applause).Urged, however, by what
be a political necessity, Iho people ol the thirteen
Stales commiifcJ Ibemielve-, lor better for worse, donon deslioy. But (hero was a fatal comprc-if |nitn.i|.|.- al (he l.rgiiiiiiDg, and only by
)f humiliatiti;; lannssiiirai mi the part of tl_,
Norlh was the bond whi.h sept the several parts uf
tho republic togi tl er nraurved unbroken for eovenly
" exprcsnton of tny
.founded upon a
careful nnd ioijiir'nil niudy i.( y.ur history— that aeo/uaion of Ihe North and Souili has never ye {.ex-
ited, and caa only he htouidit iinaoisience-lhr.-nph
io utter annihilaiian of ibe ini.tiiutian which al Gtsl.
presented nil ins u pern ble obstavl.-, if not fo a then,
retic union, at lenit iu the canfeli.latiou of Iho peo^h
Constitutions and lorras of government do noi
creuto, they but himply express, tin- true union oi'-n
must be the bond of a common purpose, aflccli'nii,
faith, loyalty, thought, cullur:, more or less pervadingall. That thero may ha a real, perpetual Onion,there must be a gieat principle held in eorot/!;;..,-,: ti, V..- reali;.'.!, ton nr.t, it hit h nil tin I
J
Find lot which all ahull labor. The real balionat existence nnd permanent cohesion is
iflnuitt and pita. It may, for a lime, be-;
?e of conquest ; Or a sentiment of loyaltySovereign, or dynasty
; or a point of
liberate cooperation in .Ii.'.;! an object at onco noble,
These aru all marked characteristics
..i.,,,iri',
ill... agr's
'I'vi.ted against itself canment cannot en. lure in-rnui>li.i-c" [a)iribiuF.cl.
IVho declared bin own oportlie^ue-ricnn people, wh
ird this maticr ol slavery
colly, half free- ni
nion, and Ihat of n
?nid,'
very litilo thing '
—
tyranny, unequalled. ._
icncan people—(hay regard-* —a vestmoral: ""
Ihis keeping ol on.a state of oppress!world
; neither do,not as a very little ihini
PPlnuee]."=
W ho said—" If we take exwplious to iho Dealar*m ol Independence, whi..!, e-i> ;( that all men areequal, where shall we stop? It ihat declaration isnot iho trnlb, lei a* g,-i rl... Siatui« Rack, in which it
* wriiiei,, nnd (ear ii out. If it is the troih. let nsStand by ,t. Ut ,( I,., our chart,., " [applause].
v\ ho (,;..! lb-u—
'The. rejir. .eritati.es of lb,, peopl,-
gathered within In.l, ,.e,„i, ,„,. 11,11. when they Llotlh the deolaniiioi, tl
, lro |, or „ „,,,,,,{ ,| nndowed by their Cr, a or wi.h ihe inalii-uahle nghi.,,,1fe, liberty, and the pursuit oi tii|.|, lne's na.,- ., „„Mi.jinlirj.re.nti.nl la the ccannni) oi Ibu univers'hat it was Iheir lofty, and ivi=e, mid noble und-
h.an.j.n- ..t tl.,.ja..:i... of ihe Creator l-> his creatureeatnrca, io th.i whale gr.nt family ..f m^.ightene.l belief nothing slnmped wilh
Iroddoarid
ansa it is just, and, because fonnded on righleon';?, shall f euro lb-., admiration and e.-lcviu ..f maind.and the favor and bltssiug of .Moii^hty I Io,].
Jfr. Thompson r.'fueied bin wat amid loud andmg-conlinued applause.
[Ext-I by il.jij
Slnl,that, Ihercfon
Sit
ulily, and nero never exhihi!y than in thu past binlory of the Slates .
rspeclively, Ihe North and the South.They have been aforctimu represented
ofliarhati'iu totiqui.-i-r— of |. u-l ilismandnof American colonic ition, and ol" constitutional Suitesai i-l I -aiiederacies.
In each of Ihe periods referred In, iho bond hasbeen ono or the other of thoie detcrihetl, and priorinny; stalus law in virtue oi which it people becamt
Thero wns a lime, doubtless, in the history of IhiUnited States when s-juitlbing itU a bond of '"apart altogeifer from (he lelier ol tho Consliexisled. A feeling oi caididenc... nnd ailcctiou te-'
wardi. Iho political tuatiiutinns ol thueoininon feeling of r.rvereueo for law,"andn t.i l.-r.- 1
,!,.) in;; and .k^irc-^the objects for which Iho Uiin olbcr words, a generalbrioGy but most admiral. 1,<~ Oonr'"-'
'n l,'..'l I,
Ttier.,, H,«;or. .,,«,. ii f,,. Kr|m er
?y,
To dwell a iroeplog bormli ihere,"
ifora I left England, nn assembly of my fellow-countrymen, comp-.T.-l el i !.-._-, who bad been share re—'••- me inthe humble etlorls i had put forth
I public eenliment on tho American tjuestii
tie wilh nn address. In ihat add res 9 (bey wt.1 en-..ij(li la r-i,y thai my " lahars lind K .-.a;K-
tl'" Bird a.,,1 heart ol liiisjlm.d v.L.atvrmly od ihe s.de ol Ihe Ir.- srai. „, n.-1.1,1^ far
.m—on Ihe .ide of Abraham Lin Iu. the lir-t
Itr.t of the An. ricin Republic »bo has ruledspirit ol th.. Aui.riean Declaration—' all men
iire by nature free and equal.'" Tho nddrcss thengoes on to say :
"Tell bun, wo pray you, that ibe p;op!o cl Englandhonor 1.1, n fur the n l.-lum
,Hie C0lir...-r o:.-J IUO eon.'Jttnci
(he civilised aod eulightened wi
ii>ly slato that Hod has, for his owa purposes,
tuade one race (0 diner (rum another iu respect to
iheir natural rigbis , and. hence, they have rejected
ihe glorious truth iq.an n lii-.b y.ur independence wasfounded— that (lod Iihh created all men equal—nnd
hovo made slavery iba chief stone of Ibe corner of
their new edifice. Ono of their principal organs hat-
told you, and told you iruly. that ibe present bloody"
it is ono between iirj tlniin-:! and imamcilabUofeiaUUqlioti; between the I'urilau descend-
of tho llayUawer immigrants, wilh their one
of universal freedaUi, and the tl-.-si.--li- liials al
who planted slavery in Virginia and Maryland,,he Carolinns and Ueorgio, and who are- determined
to din ia ihe last ditch threat laughter] in dele
Iheir [itculiar ii.-,i(u-i.in. Ihis. g.-nilernen.
ono " great issue ol Ibe lime." This in the nut
the great caalliet—sublime and terrible— of
this continent aud your country is M Ihe presu
ment Iho scene. The world pauses to behold Ihe
id struggle between ibe one idea of freedom, and
mo idea a! slavery! [Applanie.] Thank Cad,
lour of compromise is ptisi |-tiauts nad cheers].
The South-so much of it as is still in rebellion-ess
plead no consiiluliooal guaranties [cheers], nc
pledges, no compaols. She stands wilb onu fool
upon tbc Constitution of the United Slates, and one
upon the neck of the negro, brandishing the bloody
weapons of treason tut Ihe destruction of the natio
lifo [cheers].
Tho Nonh is free 1 [Cheers.) She stands byprinciples of 'To ; si a is uunuaied by iho spirit I
at once inllame-l aud fuck. I the falbers of the Itc-
volution [cheers]. Throughout her constitutional
history she has r-toad by ever) clause which the Cen-
alilntion contains. For tho sake of Iho Constitution
sho has stilled her coiibcleuce, conquered her preju-
dices, and tomci iu.es shut a|. tie; bowels of her com-
passion [cheers]. For the- sake of the Constitution
nod the Union she ban p.. ,11 her tret-ciliiena immuredin ihe dungeon- of U.urlesian [true], her ambassa-
dors insulted and spurned Irani c-uuihern lorritory;
her iiistitulions re|u,liated an.l reviled, and bor btsl
men, when tent to this cily, nnd when sitting even
wilhin thu shelter uf ihe.-e sacred walls, bludgeooed
by the brutal myrmidons of (be- Slave Power, sod
threatened wilh iho revolver and Ibe bowie-knile
[,ir i,|llu„ |. ll.it this is past.
Nol only is the North awabe.but/rca/ Alwayi n
giant, she wss long bound by constitutional cores
but now she is free to put forlh herelrVngtb. Kcconstitutional obligations felter her. No three-fifths
clause sends membora to this liou;e t
and give added power to slavery. No rendition
clause now prevents her froni luliilling the divine
command. Thu only doiu..-.-.(ic in-urrcciion thoT'rcst-
dent is now call.d upan to put davtu is that which
was hatched in tba Lasaiu of ibe l.analitution, against
which it now direcis its pbigoned aad malignant
fangs; aod, in this good work, (he people of Ihe
North are with him, to sustain and aid him, nniil tho
enliro brood of n-rfients, ea[.|nrrbeads and all, are
banished from the nail igr.-at cbecring]. Ohl whataglorious opportunity is Ihat which Ihe Norlh now.iu--. --1 ' to repair the errors ol ihe past, to do jurrdiee
to an injured aud oppre.-sed rae-, (0 usrry out, in ihe
fullness uf its spirit, and tho
,de,I, or imbrulcd by thi.. „„. lUDJ BIMlrta, not only Ibe raeo ofthen l.vuig, but tliey reached lorward and eiii|ion lb., iiirtliist [.osierii ir. Thai- Itghkd a t,.-ae.
guide ibeir children and lli.iir .ml. lien's chil.Jr.-n,the cmuiiiI..-.-, airraids lh.ii should inhabit the cIhrough all future uges " [applause].These were Ibe words ol Abraham Lincoln when he
stood before ibe p-apla oi Illinois six years ago,seeking at their band-i the honorable position of Iheir
in Ihe Senate chamber of ihis llou.-e..(- theui 111 Ihe words of Abraham Liti-
t Of the United States, who;o govern-ibuted, and well and ably representedevery civiliied nation on the face ol ihc
earlb [cheers].
To-dny Mr. Lincoln, with lha aid of a willingpeople and a brave aad ,l,.-va.,..l army and navv. bus- nphatic
11 good-
pnwer la give effect
rds; and the expectation and belief ol11, tbo hope and prayer of
rill give them" effect [chi
flhobi
Ihat as hts
President, wn* tho chi
ice, he may bo known bereullermerieafrom slavery; that W;vshinalonnnd Lincolnny go down to futuro ngen linked in blenr-ing-i and
1lame together, the one the deUrcrer, the other the
rojcwrtitiir of hi.i ..auniry [immense appli
', i|. Aim.Eiiiic-iiou'coi itr^rcicnuitivcjolihe DnliBtl Statu oq therhdnr of April, 1^1.
1
Mr. ei-KAEEft: The hour baa come in which Con-gress must deal with Ihe great crime of the nineteenth I
century. The leading conspirators must \by punishments camm-titur.-iic with their" terribledeed*. Every loyal cili^en of the United Slates -ille-wct Has of those la vthc-in (hey have at Ihis timeconfided the destinies ol the nalion. They will de-mand ihat Ibis great crime be so dealt with Ihat
amen! thall obtain ' inden.-" ; '- '— 'lily (or Ibe fulure." As omof Ibe loyal people of Obimng of Ibe rebellion, and I demand no-
shall be so dealt wilb that a liko orime fromOllnse shall in, Ihe.fuluro be imiiosaible.Thu proper disposition b, r., S r.;. ao f tba causes
wLich produced lUe rebellion, nnd all 1.1 icstionu inli-
i" Ihe li-rprer
'. tl'ven r
"Boslii bW
happy viclary I,
1 1nvery utterly iibaliititd-an-l
,ien nn. I Irci.lani r.ii.nr; .-,; 11 rely, .... tall Hie viiit ilomninlil.-l, o].[irvjlau trie i ti 1.1. .1 hi civil ,var tram lb,- ).-,„-
Siioil 01 llio Ijoptiot.-niliied ini.iil-iii I" (eLecrS).
This address, save (hose portions of it which arepersonal to my stlf, speaks, 1 eerily believe, Ibe feeling
nnd the sentiments of tbo great moss of tbo English
people. Wiihin a very few days alier receiviog 11, it
was my honor Io receive a similar address Irani a
body ofmy fellow -.-junlrvmen. assembled in the City
Elall ol Manchester, the seat of Ihe vast colton manu-. , of Great Uritaio. As I am anxious that my
eouuirymeu should havu an opportunity of speakingfor theniselvea in this, the Hall of liepresenlntives of
tho United Slates, and as I am also anxious that tho
"tens of America (.ban Id know ihe viewsons of their kinsmen across Ihe Water, I
inissiori la mid la the extract 1 have rend ono Irani
Manchester address. It saysr
moy bo snld.
OPIH' " ] \,
[a lb,
.v Ll,.ltv
IO...I in,
bero of ilsrpor'i Pcrrj
,a and Jooth, fctit
lorn [Rrc
(y. Jul. a Lr.-.r.-n [eheerj). rl
(;..;.,- J. a,
]. Tho mural elect ric-uv ,-t ll.
uu> only i-Jtv.ni..-.,.l ii„, dc.id tin...... .
ocltd roreiuic-ir ' - .'-I
- - anil opplanse], buled to niW life nnd In nei> n«1-.i I lie 1 tl- - 1 - 1 r. -_ ... : r.i.
:>,,uu I.I.-...-I-). lUdunot liven i.,i .i, iifLi-i,'-
m„n an il,e ctiir of Ii Ik ily and p.url.'-
11 t,n.-
, ,lio nation [i
J.lUe. MilKi.,',110, |.l..,l.ialily,
alitcl It. live
11 I'reslilellt at lb
,r.-l.
of nugiu einnri.-ipritmu ivauld
i\udcri>1-. al ll.e nal ion'... iitui.nl
11,11 iii,iii,I need, and ihe pravlUmcifurts etgooil meu, rulied up .. iu
dy connectedI'ju'itl-.ir, (,'ive (men every loyalThe question beforu us is. bow sbti'll tbo Slates
who;-: goiermu, nls have !.,..-., n ed or overlbrown,he rct-MiiblL-ht-d and tb-ir lacnl ciir-rns be reinvestedwilh all Ihe rich'.-, priiih gts and i.nmunitiea of cill-j..;ns of ir,e 'Male- n, the Anienerin Union.Gentlemen have asked, with an air of apparent
gravity," when did these Slat.jj ,eare to exist I TCasit on ihe nsss'tge of their serer*ion ordioannot, nt what precise period of lime did (heylie.J tat.... sndget out of the tJninn ?" I anaIholerritory ondp.-C[.l,; eansiiiuiing ihe Stale havenot and cannot " net out of the Union," as gentlemenare pleased Io term it ; ibai i-.lhe. cinnut with,IranthemEclves and (he larritary ol the Stale from ihc
mnal juri-dietian of the National govern-:cpt by etiecesafnl revelulion; but when »
ni.ij-.riiy ot the olcciors of any cjtate, io complianetthe spirit- and farms ol t li.-i r organic of staiuttchange their State Can.-liltiiienn nnd jrov.-rn-.. and renounco ibeir obedience to lha .S'alian.il
itution, ibeir t- 'ate govcniuienta oeafo from Ihatvery hour. Genileuici, iu,r;i r.-u,-,uiber that this islot a rebellion on ll.e part ol 1!,, majority, or indeedmy part of the people of (hu rebel
"
ha oonatiluled authorities nnd former recognized[Overnmenia ot those t'tatej, bat n rebellion on the.art of ihe conslituicd authorities, r.nd a majority ollie i-ea)il... of tho-e States, n-niin--, 11,,, gover 11111 ..n't ..f
ho United Stales. If it were a rebellion of a minoti-y, or oven of a uiaj.riii ,,| tin- peonle of those Stales,gainst their old Stale government and constituleduthorities, as well ns a rebellion against thi
nt, tho old Statu gi
dead. I.ieml.-m. ..
tare oh theghritls of ih.-?e dea.l Si-,i.
living am! palpable, bur ih.-r arc no more Stateswith Constitutions and la*- Which can ho recoeniioJby Congress, than Ihe artilieial gboslswhich are u-edto it ustrate iho drama an: the K |,a.ts of departedsaints or sinners. Tbo Stale organ Irtri, ion, with iial.overnors, .lodges, and legislators and itn writtenCons.ttmioa. i, gone. Philo,opl„rally speaking, per-baps, as Mr. Brown-on ni.-i-., -a, i„ the January num-ber of his ytarirfcr,',,, ihere must !„,, wilh every peo-ple-, sufhtienilr numerou, nn.l inlellig.-ni to maiutainRepublican government, an nnwrilien, tefaro (hero
^.m be a wntlen C,-r.siitnti,,n,M,,| i„ ( hi» senjo »Unstttutionmsj- be said ta e.i-t in every Staio. Butall tho rebel States have writMn fin-iimtioni. They-may nol now faithfclli r- ll -.-1 the urn. ritien Cm.-iitu-tion of the people iu th., tnh.-l Statr-H. We shall see bowtbflt'ii when ibey come Io acl nnder Iho provisionsofbts bill, in roorganirina iheir Stale uovcmmcnin.niuluaking another wriili-n Lon-,,iiuii-.u. If ihe ocliouif the constituted autbanii.t of the rebel Stales suo-ainedby 11 majority ol ibeir el.etors, in abolishingher Slat,, Con:tit.ji„.ni and ;av, .-ntn.nts, has not.hanged tho Iccal relaiioni) of Ihesa Btafes to IhoItiitcl States, 1 n Ihe National governn
mplai,
f tbtio Staler Io lb.. Xaiio.nl-nged, ami there is not a day
1 have been
remain, if their Conslilulions bed not been abolishud,and their coustiiui. d nuiharhi^s bid remained loyal
;
while Ibe rebel ii.n.irg, ui. h.dd po^^asion of the State.'The Constitutions and goveruments of all the rebelSlates, however, bnvir.t- been cbang.rd or abolished in.
of said Slates by ihe will of a . '.'u.-tiiulicnal majorityof their qualified eleclora, surely no lawyer willclaim that a legal ,-t.iic Catistiintian and government
:_ ot (i,,^ Slaita, such ns can bo recog-igress or any depuriiueiii of the NationalWhen such a change ol Iheir Constitu-
tions aad povernuictii* win effected, Iheir constitu-tional relatione to the National government ceased.They then ceased to be Simco .it tins Union as politi-cal org anisai ions, invested by iho Constitution nndlaws of the United Stales, with part of the govern-ing pjwer of the Republic, bu! the territory aud peo-'e remain as be fur,-, [.--ail, a.niet to the laws uod.
-j. ....tian of the Lnitcd Stales.
i'^uliimMfi iuv.^.,, as nrtafaj# tenbehellion, in to remain in the Senate and House, andlist that the Slaies which ihey represent, ihougbifiii'K.war ugauiii the National gavtrnment lo iTe-
Blroj it, «a still States, eudowed wilh part of the
Sower of ihu country, nod that (in rcpre-
om these States, they have the constitu-
tional right to retain their seals as part of tho gov-
tho conspirators and rebel chiefs could haveknown that a dncltlue to fatal as ibis to our very ex-istence as a nation, would hive been seriously main-tained by loyal meu 111 ihe midst of this yreu rebel-
il ibey could have known ihat men claiming to
! a member of the t'omuiilj."
1 of providing tar the rcerganiiatior. „, .
lul,onal State governments by tl,- loyal iiti-.ais it,Ihe rebel Sl-,1,-,, ] have Hoofiht to secure the best lullI possibly could. It is nol all I could de.ire but Ido not intend 10 off-r nru amendm.an, to it bui if anamendment Is offered, increasing the numb,-V of loy«lelectors f.juired 10 organic- a Slam eovernmenl Inball teel obliged lo vole iar it, i Indie,-,, tl,., demo-
te idea thu belter one, ihul Ihe uv ,j„rliy nu.l notminority ought lo be invested with ihe organisa-
tion and government ofa Stale, Certainly il 11 saferintrnot a Statu government to Iho mniuiennr.™ n f
•'ti 'ill, than to cute tenth claimiule ai.-,v r.;,,;/,- n ,,, openly disloyal,n answer to many objection-, whi
urged by dislinguuhcd gentlemen, wh.-on the subject of ihe leu per cent, basis, I will my,
t tho loyal une-rVn.ai are to represent all the in-habitants, loyal and disloyal, in tb„ Siales Ihat re-prcsetitalion in Congrc-, is not based upon ihe number
- : - - iy Slate, but upon the-"trly in Ihoincluded in
.tha tbree-fifihs repr. -.illation 'claunc in iho
.Constitution is practically aboji-lnd, and each eman-ipatcd slave will b.;re-ifi-;r be .nam rated as 11a in-abilaat. So that there is no injustice; lo tbo North,n allowing tho old representation in Congress fromthe rebel Biatcs. That part of iho population known'as tho (mo-filths free nnd slave, no! Cuunied in tho
v be added, nnd iwo-lifths of.. r .abablv exceed Iho number of
whites, killed or driven Iron. ,!„• Southern Smtes. IIshould undertake to a), part ion II ipresentativea in'Jgrc-ss from the several biniei ii|..,ii the number t.l
oyal electors, w should find, I fear, a number ofthe Norlh quite as disloyal ns many in
State,
ould Fl cijile that
it the
send full deltgulians ol Senators and ilcprefi-ntativc:
ti Omgnes, though a majority with the canstitutei
iiulbonties of the State. «,.-re in rebellion against- (he
National government . il tl.ey could have been mad,Io beliuvo (but ibe Thirty Srvtnih CoDgresa woulthavo iosisled that Ibis minority in any of the reboStates, without «(, organized civil government, recognized by Congrats, bad ihe right to till Ihesa Ualhwith tbeir Kepre.-eni.iii.e.-. on condition of swearingfealty to Iho government, without regard to the
ber of their constituency so ihat they rangedwhere from ten. lo one or (iro hundred professedly
lojal voters for each member ol Congress: 1 say, il
the conspirators and rebel chiefs could have at'
paled all this, they would doubtless have malerichanged their programme, aad every vaeaut chair in
Congress would have be.u nil,.,! from the outbreak
_ ... each State in.ni. liiirf power and n .poruubililv so bo it, l(e-t ibe, n with this power, rliey must representballut-baji, and in all the olIiccS.Hlaf.i and Nn-
.tbo enlitu popnlatioa of ili.i.... Stales, loyal Bad
disloyal, including all Ibo colored inhabilsnls.
Mr. Speaker, if wo would avoid all possiblu com-,
ications, and Ihe danger of another conspiracy andrebellion, let u» provide, before (his Congress ad-
1, by law, for the reestablishment ol Itepublicangovernments, by the loyal ciiir.cus, in the rebel SialeS.
- f -- much importance must not be left tc
of tbo rebellion to Lhi
enemies el .the gov.
atruclion.
Mr. Sucnker, I k;
well, that Soalhera
yearn, have had good reason It
stupidily of Northern Represfli
the Bsser
j for
for the past thiitv
bo familiar wilb the
talivea ia Congress
.
Southern
lolly anJiiaallyii.
repaired ul
catite.-t l.elwe, n tlic Nurth and the
between iieo furris of society ; lhi
0110 race, iho oiher composed of (iro raues ; tnu onehaving no daces, and the other wholly subsisting
upon slavery ; the onu embodying in ila structuretba principle that t^tmliti/ is the right of man, Ihe
other that it is the right of cqittih only ; the one ex-
panding upon ihe horizontal plane of pure demo-cracy, tho other tukiue; to itself the roundeilfonts 0/n ioeiiil artiKicracij, Hero is tho wholo secret of Ihe
bloody eonllict now raging between thu North andthe South.
" Slavery," esya Sir. Spratt, " was wilhin the grasp
of tbo North, and the slavehal.ling oligarchy, forced
to tho option of siruiug it extinguished leifftfn the
Union, or preserving it by independeneo out of tho
Uuion, abuse Ibe latter alternative j benee, Seces-
sion was the trfiort of slave society to emancipateitself irom tho iutluence and control oflhe Northern
States."
Here, gentlemen, is "Ihe great issuo of the time."
Here is explained lis nature of tho present contestbetween (be North and the Souih (applause). At tbc
very commencement of your nationality you hadnmongst you an element ui iliseord, destructive of
Ceifeet harmony, and lending (0 disunion and disso-
ition. It wne not possible lo eecure perpetual
Dy the blending ol two apposite and totally
annd of thoimmorlal Jefferson,
lniin.|ati..i.B, <Jei-[i 111 1 . r 1 1 1.
i[
11--
-i al eternal re.
veraal liberty, of a Union that shall I
because il is just, nod because it shi
its wide, yet cver-ojipa-
'
!_ -
righls, ' '-> '"'i 1 ';"
Lcbcersl,
ision to hold a slave
!'.il..,--ln...-.i, fur the gae-1 1
low Messiah, ottering cacti ihc
An. 1 in.. .'ii..ii .. toci or futcver 'mixt thai ilnrkiifi
The prayer of ihe fro t-d, of human liberty, of pro-
is, that iu the pment strife between slavery and free-
dom on these share-, the people and government of
Ibis great nation may not halt between two opi
but come lo a decii-iun in im.r of absuluta.impi
ecdom, for this and all future geaera-
s(cb c).
i, mind t: ,.u-, I.,
d my strcuglb atho way of a br
been pern'"* *
inll bo placed In lis ilc-on, not only orrounoll-
I- of e,,-r. Ir.eHiruUj;!iL.ulll,c .varld " (eb Cora],
1 now. ladies and genllemen, that your timeulika exhausted, what can I sayconclusion to Ihe address I havo
liver in tbc Hall of lleprescnia-
..„ of the United Stales Capitol? A Hall, in
which havo been heard the voices of Clay nndRandolph, of Calhoun and Wcbsler. of Adamsand Biddings, nnd a host of others, who havu laken
part In. the stirring debutes to which the. poss--—- 'onics of the day have given rise. A Hall in
1 have been pa.-=ed, within the K;t three years,
any in. ran, ires lending to Ihe abolition of lhal
mil which, while it has Leva tbo chief sou[roubles at home, has lessened tho reap
which this mighty nalion is roost justly entitled
abroad. In thu uame of Ihu Ilriliih people, I hero
tendur you thanks nt.l graiiiu.le l,.r purifying tbo dis-
trict in which ihis dpitul sands from slavery; for
caving the vast territory of Iho North-west Jroai
.hecursoof that baleful inntilulion;for recogniiin|-
the iudepeudenc-e and uaii nt.liiy of Ihoso black npublici which bave l.n ci f.-oiid. I by raeo who one
were slaves) for joining with Ureal Britain in c:
forte iu suppress ihc Alriejin slave trade ; for earn
•r r-- , nl i o^.-ltinn to eivuillrat la ihe rrtculeni'
ar calling into the liehl.iia
man, in Iho mad.lc-jl bunr 01 his passionate contemptfor tho North, ever conceived ihat Northern menwould be guilty of thu siupidity ol claiming to-day,
that South Carolina, or any other rebel Siote, has a.
Statu government in existence, winch entitles it underihe National Conslitulion, to exercise part of Iho go^
rning power of this nation. Utntlemeu may insi;
s long nnd perlintieiou!l) ss ibe, pleuee, that Stat,'
snnot dissoleu Ibeir political relations to the St
.onal government, and that when they are out
.tales, they are always Slates. Tho fuel that Stale
siih the approval ol a majoriiy of theircilizens.bai
abolished their Slaie Cunsiiiuiions, renounced the
].r,.,Vneri1.
know, that in this crisis of
tion's Inle, when thu future has to be de'ern
your present action, thu people of the Unite
am represented in the person of their elect
Magistrate, by a man so worthy of
cently slaves or outcasts, hut who ate now so bravely
Gghling ,.oar battles and their ..an, lor the suppres-
sion of a foul rebellion, ihe rentaralion of your be-
loved Union, and Ihe establishment of universal
liberty- While I Ibank you for ibtse meaeur,
suffer me nlso 10 express my earnest hope that y
will add to those great measures thai which at ll
moment is under discussiou in these halls, namely,
amendment of your Constitution, providing ih7—
' inlary
, for inll e .- Uniled
,subject (0 their jurisdii
ato from the soil of this country every
im of slavery ;—proclaim liberty through,
d to all the inhabitants thereof—so
lleeia: 1 Coos and 11
)ou Ibe National government to deolroy it,
irions as the fuel tbni our armies are engageding down ibo rebellion. 1 hold that 1
rebellion aad luvyiog war on Ihe part of thi
utcd nuthorilics of a State, end no ordinal).
iiifcion prersed by a Suite Ijgislalureora 00L11 any Slalo, wilb the uppru.nl oi .-.ery elector in i
an legally or constitutional!) ailed Ihe rightful ji
isdiolion of ihe National government over lha peopl
ind territory of such Stale, but such ordinance!! (
ecessnin and nets of rebellion and levying .tor
the part ol Ihe coimliuited authorities of said Slat,
lluined by a majuril) of its eiiiieiis, de-trais, ns
liter of fact, the political orgim/. alien known 1111
recogniicd as a Suite by iho N'utioiml Constitution,
ir,.l n.i E ale ihus in rcbellioo irm maintain
tionnl relations to tho General government,
reorganiznd by tho loyal people, sobjeot
caniormity with ihc- Cun-inuiioa anil law
United Slates. Before they are ihusreorganiied.nnd
until 1. ai'ir s- recogoiiea them aa Slates, 1
their Senators and lleprcscntatives, Ihe Boverning
inal rel:
government .._
pisses in which ibis „....,
acknowledged by uvery department and ofliccrof th'n"ivernment.
Mr. Speaker, I do not claim ihat this bill is perfectndcr tho circumottinees. however, I heliove it is ihe
best we can gel. I do not think it safe, beyond nues-:ion, (0 anthonie the cr—ini: uiu.i of Stale govera-nente, when only 0r1c-1e1.1l, of ll.e eleetarn irv lovnl
""> '-1 1 Star,,.. I admit Ihat thi B pravi-1011 wasn Iho bill unreduced by me in the early psrt of thepresent session. I ineorporakd it in the hill (o make
e wilh ibe I'n-si.i.-rii'-! ^.igi; .-ilian. nnd not
bad Ihu sanction of my own judgment.' ped wilh ihe
f electors or loyal clrhole number of inhabitants.'' .
auto, tfo-te-ffths of nil Iho slaves
r.d le.n others,
of the 1
r-rl-el .-.,.
If it
'-'i.'-< '. _B° litH"Jc"ivA11^inlo the blinds of loyal
uf e
ipnea onnder
Ifr. Speaker, suppose the d.jeirine he adopted, thata State, onco a Stale, is always a Suite," and that a
small minority claiming la l.n land may «t any time,,nd in any part of a Stale occupied by our forces,
nil a muss convenliou of thoto favorable to or^an-ting a new Slate government, nnd when ihe con ten-ion is assembled, it selects a Uovernor nnd Staledicers, nod authorizes [hem to assume the functionsI a State government, either under iho old L'un-iitu-
ioo, as whs done in Virginia, or under nCouttituiionproclaimed by martial law, as was rccaelly done in
Louisiana, nnd that tho Governor thus chosen pro-
ceeds lo issue his proclamation fur Ibe e lee 1 ion o I aLegislature, and members (hereof, in pursuance of
' proclnmatioo, nre elecied in fomo balr-doien
lies of ihu Slate, nnd canvene nnd organize as
the Legislature ol the Stale, and fra a Jaw a[, por-
tioning Iho Statu 1..I0 rongre-s'riariiil tlislriois, nndelect two United Slates Senators, ami uppoint a dayupon which Representatives at,. ,:!.'..) to Congress,
nnd send their electoral volo hero for President andVice-1'refident aexl Winter, what uelian would tbia
EB take upOD such n condition oi things 1 If five
x er more ol ibe rebel Stales, in which we havo.
ililftry force, should by the action of a few hun-
dred men, thus organise and send lb. ir electoral vote
,and claim, as Ihey would, that it should bo
tied, would this Uouee content lo it! Supporto
the electoral volo (bus sent here should change the
result of tho riesidimini election—and if counlett
ulccl a President in sympathy wilb the rebels ; Or'
suppose ihere were ihr,,-. Presidential e-indidai.it be-
fore the people, «,nd that Iho voles of Ibeto assumed
State Bigannations are so cast an to defeat nn elec-
tion by the people, uud make it necessary for the
Uouse lo select Ihe President, do nol gentlemen
that the excitement winch attend* such ncon-lingency would exceed in violence anything ever wit-
nessed in this country, and that il might terminate in
lha! , be can
u'nrlcn. appre
hcret.jfe.re lodged 111 Ibcni as poli
,hatiog, by li.eir ads al treason aod rebeil
lapsed, remains in ihc people al Ihe Slates which
faithful to iho National Constitution.
I inyht fortify my position still further if it n
necessary, by showing ihat both tho Executive,
1 jig ird alive branches of the government bsva, by tbeir
repeated acts, recognized the fact, that ihe old con-
stitutional Slate governments were destroyed or hadbeen abolished in alt tho so-called seceded Stales.
Tbero are many ckver ihec.ncj on ihis subject, one is
ihut these Stale Constitutions and governments still
Oxist, notwithstanding lh-.y have b^en abolished by
tha action of iheir citizens, and the new Stale gov-
ernments are at war wilb the .National government.
This legal crolcbei possuscs the mioda ol eomn gen-
tlemen who insist luai 1I1-; eld C m.-t not ions and gov-
ernments still remain, becaute the action of the ma-joriiy is illegal, and thercloro null and void- To Ihis
1 interpose thu stern I'm-: ihat a cu.i .rily of the legal
eleclore have abolished tbeir State govtrameals, andthat there nro no Governors, Judges or Legislators
,,.,5unguarded anu, loo.e minner ol reorflauicing iho
ebel Slalcniwl e,,..;ii'. d 1,1 iuvi'e tta: ratals tu
util such nn effort a. I havu su^gc-ted 1 1 Irsnkly
confess lhal I am not entirely Jrto Irom apprehension.
ienUemen may reply that we have n majority of thu
hercfore, there esn bu no danger. To ih*ls I rjoiu
;hat ever? S'ate so reorganised will have its Scnaiors
ind Beprcsenlativer. here ne.it Wuit.-r. daiinndin^
ldmisnion, nml if the Enculivo Utparinicnt of the
•overnmenl has " recosjniic.l iheui as iho true gov*
rnnient of Iho State, there will bu dinger ihut nmnjoriiy of ibis House would vole to ad,ml thcin as
members, as Ibey did in the last Congreze. I desire,
therefore, to guard against any poisiblo contingency
of the kind now. If wo pass ibis bill, sueb n oonipl-
raei ....nniil posiibly succeed.
I think I may solely -.--eat for a large majoriiy oa
Ihissidoof Ihe Ilou-e, when I de.rbir-. ihu i,.v, r by
iheir authority or consent will a -ui-lu electoral volo
from any rebel State lor I'r.-i-l'.-nt or Vi..-e-1'r- -r-'atent
bo counted in ibis Uull until ihat Slate shall hale
reorganized a Stale gorerniuenl, Hfpubliesn ia form,
aad it bos been recognized by Congress, In other 1
words, belore one ol the so-exiled seoedeil State» can
he permilted to reassume any part of th., governing
power of Ibe country, ir niunt tii-t r.-nme. lis eonslt-
lutional relations Io ihe National government in con-
formity with and subj-et (0 the 1.'
.11 ..til.it 1011 of thu
Uniled Smtes. The Stale governments, which have,
been overthrown or destrajed, niij.t be leplaiel bynew governmeo Is., orgnniied by the loyal peoplo, andthc-e new governmenm cm only become coneuiution-
1
al governmenia when thus organized and iMCOgniied
by Coruji - -
hlVe r[ . aaii.-.i -|--. - ......--.!, -. . , n-. „,:,_ -. ,.-.:. i.
. II, . .'- ' |-^ ,.- rill 1 ,-aar., ..null I r., j, i i.',-,|., mm iuj .. '. .11,11. u' ! ,|i|.uur, j. Ji I uui [ill luc ^k^%. ,v -.. — ._
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—
--. -- . -- -- - --- - - -. - -c-. -.- -p
lor aUeging against me that 1 had, at any period el irreconcdnblu social biaies. Two distinct and din. man, no) ouly uprighi, and honest, but sagacious and shall you restore a union that shall be durable, be- reuogtuzed by Ihe imtiowa CoosaiutioQ m tho.e
ily a point about whiob thera ought 1
to bo no ainpoie among loyal men, 1 l:iy it down ns
a principle, from which we ought not to depart, andwhich we cannot safely yield, that Ihis whole ques-
tion of reconst ruction, whether under ibo war pow-ers or the pence powers of Ihe government, is a ques-
tion confided by the Couslitutiou CAprtiely io Con-
_,„ ,n ,j ro[ to It" President or I
,-,„,, ..iin... ii.'i.i - ,-..-i---.'- '
,H,u-l »|if 1-"<'
-r .f-l.,Vt.1 win
!:,M ....'.!, bo r„rU M«.ry,a«6ndOongreM>coonic»npi
hereafter If occasion offers, b,
b„ charged Willi Ih* ndcmni-
menu 1 may be deemed over .
ll„, .It I know lhe|>>«vr o( cxoojpJo,
pr^i.r Ihi.i iliel'rosi.hi.t and every
Jltnry orders.
> understand fc^i'S^r,''.. ':.'-,. ''
'
"*£%££ .Stttfiomd 3mti-,sMuMii| jRnntavt.iUBonlbi,>i>.ibj.-ct. C ^_
by him shall ll0 n
the Constitution, o
I prefer llmt I
the government. '
by a.
I I much
ilowlyf Congress.
ilonWu] cons>i''ilinnal
"fctiiHi-nt or nny "lli.vr of
,i i-hitll be & 1 1 i1 1 1 i > I '. < I I"
.nd advice. 1 think weif this ruin, and
ill.' I'm
NEW YORK, SATURDAY. APRIL HI.
THIRTIETH ASSIYBBSABY
M1GRICM ANTI-SLURRY S0C1BTV.
justify Ilia assumpli.n "ii doiibilnl iuu.iiiut.oiml
power by tliot"-: endow, d !•> uh wit', Miiinornj,n« »
Buprcscnlntive, I mn unwilhn;; Hi'" tl. 1 .. -id- ' '
my own choice, or liny o(te'-r n hi* "II '"'".
should exorcise any power nbn.li 1 would condemn n
ejtercise.d liy a polnienl opponent.
Mr SVak-r, I have the »i .ml, ratted confidence.
iD tl,- Pnaident H» patrioBwn »»«"«J
J °"-b <
nno knowa falm ns null ns I do. That be does not
intend to assume any of ll..- prerogatives of Lonsjrosa
I know Do is Hi" lu-sl man in iho world wbom 1
would suBuecl ol using unwarranted power for por-
aonal or selfish ends. And precisely here, is (ho
dntieer. We have no fer.r, l.ccau 3e. wc who know
bim eonf.de iiuplkitlv i" In- h.m^ly of purpose, and
believe Ihat he iulciida even m I fur the public Rood.
But wo ought not to forget, Mr. Speaker, Hint tbe
precedente, which every Department of ibis |jove"<
luent (ire now nmkiv." iunv l "-' "--'-''' Lcrenllcr h) r-
bitiou.i and bad until for wry difloicul purpoi
The safe w.-.v Ii ll.e l L |[.r way. And that is for .y ;
Department of Ih,. fi,.v.,rm..,:..l. ': I,. ..p ..trie.l, nil
the limits presenile,! in it I'V 'he ' om.l.lu.t.ou r
lnwaol the tinted -'""'
M '" ' ul """'11 """
net as U.OHB « I'"- 1 »' J """^ "" >o""nu <"
of the war, could n-rmiuc ihc r- -
ihceovcriimei.i.aiid ib-,- . :
Sh'Tlo that
. lieprivi n-
I protest
i'-';.'. "it i^
a Arm]
will buhl another public meeting on
Wepmsdiv evening. May llih. in the Conner Institute,
commencing at 7) o'clock. The names of Ibe ipMkcn
rill bo announwd hcreaftor.
The buBinesa ntcetinga oi the Buddy will be held in
10 Lecture Keom of the Church of tbe TurltauB, or
Tucday eycnlng. 71 o'clock, and on Wedmaday lore
noon, nl 10. am.Chcerin5 as it ll to know that the corurnment stnnd.
Irvevocsbly plcdfled to the llberntton of rnoro Ihnr,
Ibrce-bmrlbs n( Iho Uvo population of the United
Btfllcs, by the rroelsmolion oi lintanuipation of Jon. 1,
sea-tlmt Iho ren.sini.iB porlion ol tin slave nyslenj in
be Dordcc Stales in rapidly dissolving by ll.e enlbt-
ncnt and conBeqiient ireedom Of such tlavc* within
heir liniilt. an are cnp^blo of beating arms In the act-
I is umIcm to nttemyt any longor to resist Iho mighty
idu of Antl-Slavcvy Bcnliment whieh b hourly deep.
Dg and wSdeninE In every dir.etiun, ctpccially in I
(oresiid Stales—nud lliat Iho eiperinjeot of emnn
war power, and at overy possible
,tdBo in the niiiLlt of an unparftllcl.
n.ulaion, Is tbuR fsr cminenlly MGceafnl-
raains much (o be dono by iho Aboli"
nation, I
and Navy, nnd in ibal capacity bt ,
order* lo (ho olui.-ra and m.ti. m he may deem
ptoper lo accompl^h tbe milit.ny object n.ufthi by
Cmjfri'M wl'on iltclarins or m o-uilinr; war. but
Ugtlly ho can issue tilth order.. A-r rn. ,..l/,v purpose.
Ill addition to llns. cv.tj order must be 10 Btnet con-
formity with lho;o r.ib'.s nnd nrlidirfl of war, wbiob
hnvo been or n.nv be enacted liv Congrcso, or
tl„. Wl.|l known laws ."I war hs r.cegn.^-1 by
Ued nations. Tin IVi-.lent eau make no new nnrliclu of war. That, t.ir, is a prerogalivn which be-
longs to CongrePB alone. The idea which 1 wiidi to
impress upon iho imuds of geutl..nn-n is Ihw.thiit (. on-
press by Ibe espreu lerma of Ibe Cooalilnlion, is m-
vealed with I lie wj.r-uiaking power of [be Nation.
Whatever rules nnd aiiich- u f war it adopts must be
enforced. Whab-v.-r it declares ehall not lie douc.ai!
an act of war tsiinol p.-oporly be doue.
The rresidenl, in time ot war, is anthemed lo do
many art. l>> u-'ui- ..1 V < \-**t «>«lcil in him by iI.l'
Coo.liiulion a-' n it- '. .
I. 'h- rnl- I
flemny K i,t..m « 1. --- .onnlry nhi.-b be eom,.!,
,„ar aw. , I I.V.n^r. -i. -hall otherw,.-,- e
Bill 1 have fntl-d lo find nn\ power tnnl'erred I
Conelilulion, or by (he rul.p nnd arlieles of wby llii- laws of war, aiitboriiiio" the PresidoDI
(alilish, wilbout ll... .lire. 'lion of Congrtts*, civil
goscrnmonts over riTnpureil tcrrilory, ol- lo reorgan-
ize new Slate govt-
1
nis, or iu j.r. i-eribo what kind
of ConBtilulion^ ih. hj,'.l ci'ii'Ti. should adopt, before
bo will recogol2e (hem ns Stalus restored lo tbi
Union.I beliove this enlire power H veiled by Ihc Conali
lution iu CongtcHi, and not in tbe President. Conpress is not only lln warinrtliinp but ibe law-making
I'l'lln- I '..ner. r-- .1].I
. ' .. .-. 1[.. - .V. ri l^ll |>UI
Nation°«nrl i ,'r . I ,,. f i.' "on '
""'
tbe goyoronient ami wim roitrv.n-u .u ".. ........
lion of society on the basis of political equality
rebellious States. Lot tbo approaching noniTeiwr.
therofore, bo well attended by Iho irtcd men"
itiU Is to continue tbe g;
npliel
v bead ol n Oep:
uietly to permit Ibe
taume thelitis! "
greal qnealion,
President or
ral in charge ot an nrmy, 10 a.
funclions ol tbu governmonl. Ana Ihu one before us, of iho orgai
lion of plates tu civil life, and power, Willi
Htilutions, cannot lately be entrusted lo any power
but Gongreaa. And, air, (bat is where Iho Cor' !i -
lion Inn. i.la-t.l il. In add i I ion 10 ibis, sir, 1
10 itnvtllorl al (..rpshtlling Ih" a.in.o nl ronpy
esuees^. I objee
structed Slate govt
to (he uncondilk-tiu!
of Congress, as the
we are placed in a po-
ignized by thn mililary--' gov-
. (he a^iimpiioa ol' anlborily by Iho r
id by lln- liliei'tilive Iteparlment of Ih
hn h Li-|...-ii"i) wlone to Congres*.
dn.tr,|
TSE meHTT C1LHSOE.
.Aprils. 1EG4.
Thu scono on Wcdncfday eveiiiug, when tho Eugli.
AbolilionlHl, t.'c.-r^.t 'I ln.Qi|..,uti, npuliu urinal slavershould bavo l.e.n |,linlrjpr.i[,ln.'d |,j Llrady, It woulhave miulo o pieturt wi.tiI.) ! ti-.'n.j' displayed in everloyal houao. U'lml Mr. Tlnmj|.nni o.iid wiui precisel,
" CltptCled ; and it wits slronpll and j^tneelolly
esid. Me i
nngb,
collected talk,
probably,
r, could affect ths
light
...nl. Ti,.
was full, with the e .; il„. 4-.LII iv on H,.
"j n uiu....... i-.,i= inn. h ii.il .. 1...]
alorsaro actors, but 1 think
his
do this
..il r days, bitterly bated and den "'''"' Hcslo-d
C.-.iirt r,...r JHMIir. for words pollen in deiv n nnd h.ir-
ribly ii
Hint "1 l.:l
«|L
"°r y
*
and directly baforo
llie |..inl|...l
19 inovitablu pulsations, the doonli it iiny nouder tl
he noticed liou of air. Storris,
.
which charged him ijlh III, in,.
eniil. in If ,'
opt it
bm! wtitl.
menis, a*ndhDe°had
hu ^r'wnll"
th lu .Mr. 11. .t
n 1'. Ids r, solution, nnddomnndim
repli. Tli .loie ,i „..!*
(o him 1rom Iho audience, h ind by Mr
u, and qcst honors upon Mr. Thompson, ii io
Whim Douse lis bi-gari lo devise bow lo secure, a
cond term. Willi this end in view, lie permitled
ihu gt.ascst pro-slavery Hbusej on Ibi: pari of bw
.Is, while bu revoked tbo proclamations oi lien,
nt nnd Gen. llnnler, l.y which (hey had abul-
Slavery in their Department*, liy this aol
Ibcy say, bo made .laves again of hundreds of tbous
M , ; g of men M free ns himself. For, if John Quinoj
Adams's doolrinu be good low—on which Ibu whoh
process of emnncipnlion by military necessity rests—
he general in the field ia the person nulhorhcd (o
mnke sucb praelsmntion. If tbo President ditup-
provo tho net, be may reeal; suspend or dismiss. Ihu
ofl.cvr, as n puuinhuii'.it, but be may not make slaves
again of (reunion. Then they aver thnt bu recalled
Fremont just as be was ready, and as aure as or
can be of anything human, of sweeping (he rebels oi
of the Hoolli-weet and opening the Mississippi Rive
And also Hint hi) look Roller away from New Orleans
in Ibe height of his success anil replaced him I
Hanks, who has been undoing all bis work, govet
ing in tbo iuwrcsts of Iho slaveholders, who a
Co ly disguised rvbels, and pulling mailers in su
iape Hint slavery may bo easily «Es I auliebeu.
end of thd war. These nets lliey attribute to 1
Ii to rcmovo dangerous rivals out of his wny.
his proclamallon of Emancipation Ihoy object ibat
freed slaves beyond his power and kept them slaves
n-lthin it, while he employed all bis rmlilie.il influcneo
a the Border Slnles to prdvent ibeni from abolishing
davory by law, especially in Missouri. And in :
Amncsiy. Ibal it was direclly contrary lo Acts
Congress and an unwarrantable atsuinplioc. of po
.1 that il wasobouoty to perjury and opened
tbe door of Congress lo rebels who wsro willing to
forswear tUemselvM, «nd at (ho samo limn throwing
sy of li
colored ,... I, ,i
a lull ar
ids of
. ,.!,. 1 |.
sincd t
nakc, ho
which o iirrc.1 i
end-.;.
j.,r.l= ol
(he llnase oi lieprescutnllves no Monday. Ho alluded
resolution. Introduced by Jfr. Morris of Ohio,
clod Ibe resolution previously jinssed, prsnt-
o uso of tbj Representativca- Rail for tho de-
nt his (Mr. TA) address. The preamble lo
irrbi's resolution wis in (huso words : " Whereas,
e Tlioriipt'.n.of Enslsnd, in March, lSil.deelarc.l
In; diivioluli.in of Ibii Ihii'in .lioiild bo steadily
la view." Mr. Thompson read s note which be
had addressed lo Mr. Morris, denyinu Iho truth of this
chargs, Bn'' ™Uinf "pon W"a '" *"" hl" au,l""' il >'
therefor. To this role, said Mr. T . Mr. Morris liai,
,„„ u, this moment, fiivnrod me wllli no reply. At
is puinl a nolo was handed 10 the speaker, which
Blajed that bit n
I.F.TTEH FI103I TFArilfUS OF THE FREEDMEX,
eno Jonssov : 1 lasi night received; lotion
lacobn nod live d..uitht:r, who yon know a
d by Ihe Society of Friends in Sew York lo
„ Mr. M..rrb nliu.li 11
is fou kd lip. -.11
! the Bupreroi
and ol tbe Incdcjcn su have already spoken ol, nnd
tbe absolute absent" of decent Icgu-lsiioa on Ibo part
of Iho present Congress 'bey lay at h.a donr. " Can
anyone doubt," say tbey, " that a word from (ho
palace, would bavo secured tbo Repeal of the Fugil
'
Slave law, (ho Abolition of Slavery everywhere,
justice to Ibe Negro Iroopa and all other righle
measures which were proposed during Iho lirat week
but bavo come lo nolhing iu
written by
Sborrard Clemei
In the Congrcrsional (!ltAm.
it uf tho opeccb and the letlcr was also prii
r,[ toloioc of Inn IttbtWen /((cord. Mr. tbornps
ronouoecd llto letter a forgery, and deliberately ch
rc^-d and dolled Iho bitterest enemy of Iho Amerlc
luto to find in all his speeches ,
.nl would juslify an Impotsli.
tbo Union- Do rend S brief e
baches, delivered just after the Rebellii
mhodyinil h'-s (enlimcnls needing Iho Ui„-
n be showed Ihat it could be ooniBWtionsllj dissi
ijly by ft noilonnl convention regularly callod.
^jlaviog set (his uistter lo rest, Sir. Thompson pro-
No? s.1 lie lr borfnls
(bat in
moral struggle
made fwo, and eomplesioDal J
In behalf of the Executive Cf moillleo,
ADVICE TO REI'l-IlLWAX VOLirWiASS.
Wk prcFume Ibi
end, ponder and ir
n M«j. Stearns's letter in our insi
idviso Iheiu In look up Ibn paper
iver again. Not for any pit
me of our readers failed I
illy digest (he fsela contains
c;id ihe lelle
.1,11;:
e of the most disgrace-
ful chaplers in our liistory— tbo most disgraceful,
perhaps, of (be porlion iclating (o this rebolli
Rut it is Ihe duly oi every Abolilioniat to know Iho
fuels as to the treatment of the black
government has madu nominally free and whom (bey
have invited to cnlisl in their cause. Tho Admin'
(ralion begun tbo work of putting down tbu robell:
avowedly with ihe expeelaiion of doing ao with,
any justice at nil to the Negro, bond or free. As '
N'cgro would persistenlly thrust bimaelf across I
palb of Ibo nation,jo that bo could not entirely be
winked out oi sight, tho science of llepnblicansla
mnnahip has seemed to be (o learn with how 11
justice tnwards bim tbe work of saving tbo coui
could be done. Of (ho first ol thete endeavors
shall nol complain, We suppose that men taking
oniigea to try ttnd keep il.c pans oi n .n-.aigne --
the prcservnlion of alavcry, il U could bo dono
out iho destruction of th« whole. Rut events having
shown lhai thin could not be done, nnd tbatlhO Pre
aident muat eleel helween the .onwilulionnl rights o
slaveholders in open insurrection and (hose of all thi
rest ol tbo inhabilanls, and ho having proclaimed
liberty (o the (laves of all such, and having invite
all, and compelled some, lo lake up arniB in defen
ul tbo nation of which be ia (he head, we wubmil lb.
Ihe national faith plulgcd virtually in all and actur
ly to many, Pbonld hav been kept. Wo Ihiiik lb
bo abould not havn permitted bis fellow-citizens i
ICentneky (o sell as .laves men whom he had made
free, when taken as Ibey wore pnasing through Ihi
favorile rilale And wc are quite sure that the pro-
mises of ibo oll.ivrw appointed lo recruit Ibo black
regimen ii "I Id tave been kepi lo I lie lellei
in th,
a Ibe enllBlmcots
(heir pay and
v#hitu lellow-faldict
w wo do not proji
Hlmuld he tbe asm,
l ihe faith Ihat
n Ibo 1c
n to read lbs Repiibl
moral sermon on (bis tent. If they nee
cod on tbese poinla, they are beyond Ibe
our persuasion. We would merely gi
tie practical advice. Wei would not int
hthoii oral a
:ely, for their own good, in regard (o
polilieal fulure. Personally, we care not
about their buccivb. All wo (isk ol any parly-
do justice lo the sines and lo the free people of co-
we will applaud aud sustain
moderate abilities nnd influence- whe
ost likely to promote (hat justice. Thii
do, first, aa Abolitionisla, Ibat being (he main en.
which we bavo labored for more (ban a genen
human life—and, secondly, as American ci(i;
airous ol Bccuring the blessioj;^ of impartial lihcrly
id equal jualico to ourselves and our posterity.
These two things wo beJiova lo be iudissulubly hound
no wilb the other. Tho liberties of iho while
Ihu binlory of Ibe last sixly yearn has shown,
be bad in Iheir just fuUnOaS as long as the
liberties of tbu blaik ma., am denied to bim. Out ot
inn this civil war, and bolb nro to be established
both destroyed by the issue nfit. Now, carta
party deserves lo succeed nt Ihu uesl election
does not accept this truth mid make it Ihe inspi
iple of their campaign, and, we helievo, thai
Republican patty, at lea.il, cannot prevnil unless it
umo it "vill not he denied thai
thu Republican parly, aa a general thing, expect t(
prevail through (he nomination of Mr. Lincoln, amcans of Ibo weight of bis numu nnd Ibe praligi
i measures. Wo have no objection to tbis, in
ilionisb), provided it bo made clear by bis ncli
that ho makes absolute justice to the negro, bond an.
free, an essential ck-menl ol Ins creed, mado uinnilV-a
by bis works. Hut we think we can tell him and bu
friends that ho can prevail in no oilier way and lhai
tbu lime for manifesting bis failb by his works i>
1T1..V111;.; shorter dny by day.
~~~s presume it will not la; denied Ihat the Radieah
ig Ihu Republicans bold the butauce of power it
tbe parly. Nobody can be elected President, of Ihu
party, without their couperntion, though a candidal!
may possibly be (selected in convention not of their
We do not belie vo that Ibo Radicals would
an opposition lo .Mr. Lincoln, supposi
(o be nominaled, at lbs great riak of tbo election of
the Copperhead candidal*;, ii lb,- objections they hi
iu aud what b uill.d 1
.vialcd by pp.-edj nelinn. Sum* ol these ohji
liana we will slnle^not albrming that they are a
- any of Ibeni well-founded, but only Ibat Ibey a:
-gtd ngninst bim. Tbey say that afler Ihe manni
of all his predecessors as soon as he was fairly in Ihe
l.c-1
loroee Binnay, Jr., who Bpokt
irae, to which Mr. Thompson rcapoo.kd In abr
xceedlngly happy nddrctJ. On Tuesday even
iddrcs-'c.l a large audience in Newark, X, J.
On Friday evening uf Iho present weekhe wil
it Klinira, N. Y. ; on Tuesday owning nest in Sy
,nd on Wednesday evening at Auburn. Afler Ihat he
rill speak in Rochester, and pcrbaps nli
nd ntics.
In. I .1,1.
Woling their
and r
i KdpKriekV esTslr] IIbolr
Poor'fellowil tbey i, i bad a
at still [romp on, Ibrongh mud
shed Iheir journey's end.- What
I tako |i(>.i.' : ii" i "f onrfCbsss dcipundciiey t
irli, if wo looked only on Hie suuoring occaaiui.™
ihi-i w.ar. and nol on the Good already accomplished,
.1 Ihe Hill grander rciuln shadowed forllt in Iho
future. Tho slowly- m rin,; iinb il loc-ollenpssfcs by.
wllh low best of the drum, ai Ibo soldiers convey somo
comrado lo bis last retting place. Curlcl on slnnge
eoII, fir awsv from mniher, wile, and children I Poor
lellow*! |l!ot Ihoy die Iho death of bnwo men in a
nohlo cauic The Soldier's Huryinj Ground here is
How nobly sro the colored soldlcn flditing and
dying In tho cause of Freedom I Our hearts arc rron.I
nt Iho manhood Ibey evince, in spile of iho iodi^nilies
iped upon them. They arc kept constantly on
I Alcvani
will feel KTaliD..!,
.o. loseo these l.vo highly inlclllcrut women Inh
o icalously nnd fsiihfully lor tho good of their
ipprei-ed people ; and aho bceaiiic the account
;lvo of Ibe conduct of tho freed men is so clicoriug U>
ayiftg and
.til, in ovl,:,!;-... orldlyc. ufotL
L.Maii
lings any Ih in g
nnd I expected it woul
ion broke out. pitted. Their funds h
Llvslionof their i
iy blood run wai
l, for the freedom nl It
uulry
i lo think
Thn.
country In- .Is
id tho best, ll
,rd. surely tile SWi reglmenl li
rlhy ot 1 1 too Id i!rat raps. 1 h»ro Lalely beard, from
riend io Roston, that thu rank of nccond-luiutonint
ibecnconierrtd. Inm thankful Ihoro is abeglniilug.
tu full of hopofor Ihefnlnro. A Towor mightier
in man is rfuldlng this revolution ; and Ihoosb jon-
tlce moves sluwly, It will come at last, Tho American
II onlllvo Ihls mein prejudice against cam-
Sooner or later, lln y .rill barn Ihat "a ma..':i
We • last Tuesday, lo
, llaili.
ultwmpttoglvo
bo prin
o.nM.
hood of Ibesu chnrgea or of th
mado for nny of them. All our purpose is ai
if it be admilled Hint Ibesonrea portion of thi
in Ibe indictment found by Ihe Radicals ngn
President That tbey nro urged Had with great
force and wilb increasing eQ'ect none know hot
Ihan (be warmest friends of nfr. Lincoln. Now,
partisan of his or of nny other man.
the uller cxdrpnlion of slavery. And if Ihe Dei
ill nccept this necessity of our nalional fulnre
and elect a rnao who v? ill curry it onl, wo shall i
joico in bis election as truly as iu Ihat of any possit
Republican. But, slill, WO will give Iho Republic*
good counsel. You may nominate sir. Lincoln, pos-
sibly, wilbout BBlisfiing the ll-idicals; but you ci
not ulect bim. Anolber candidate will inevitably no
run unless bo puis himself rrclt/s i« citric— right bo-
foro Ibe tribunal of Ihu Nol Lb. Vicloiy and Jusliee
are the two essentials ol bin success. Let the das-
tardly bnsenees of his Admin ialrat ion towards Iho
black troops be abandoned and tbey be Irenjed as
are their whilo companion* in aruiH. \m'. tbe info-
moua Fugitive Slave law bo repealed, Ibo neglect Io
dowbiehisauirnied,we trust filacly.to hs due to Ihc
knowledge the President would vslo it. Let Slavery
bo abolished everywhere, by law nnd by ConBlitu-
lional Amendmeul. I-et these Ibing*, and all Ibinga
incident to them be done nnd dono wilb all their
might by tbo President and bis party, and (bey will
do more lo disarm their Radical adversaries Ihan by
any amount ol intimidation or cajolery. If Ibey do
oest November. At nny rate, they cau deserve suc-
cess, if thoy fail to gain it—and that ia more than
can bo said for them.
,1,..:;r.-.niiio,l5l
j'onpsla. It is enough to say Hint be nltribnled Ibo
,|W.ly atrogglu In which Iho nation is now engaged lo
i\icry and the ciini!!1
. i>n-^ n m- "n" , rr.led in iho Con-
illlution for Its protection ; and Ihat he endeavored lo im'
, rt.B his hearers with the great truth, that the Rebel-
ion can bo put down and Ibe Union est nhli nli cd only by
lbs utter eitermination of slavery. " Thank God," b
exclaimed, " Ibe hour of compromise is pasL" In n
ipinso to Ibis declaration the whole audience hrok
forth Sn loud applause, and It was somo timo before th
tpeskor was able to proceed. Resuming, he expressed
".ppineaa in knowing Ihat In ibis crisis ol Iho na-
fate Hie people ol Ihe United Stales sro repre-
1, in the perfon of their eleeted Chief Vsgislmle,
fj n man so worthy of esteem and confldenco us
lie present incumbent of (he Presidential chair. Thin
iment again was loudly cheered. Mr. Thompson
ed soma striking psssnges from tho speeches de-
ed at different times by Ihe President-passage!
ainini! Ihe noblest sentiments or liberty ;and now,
Mr. T., ho ban iho power to give effect to his solemn
emphatic words ; and Ihe expeclullon and belie! of
looil men. tho hope and prayer of overy lot
(lie Iieinn.. .ar<-lliM lie wi.isivc. tni.-n. cuec,
that, as his illustrious predecessor, the Brit From,
mis ll.e chief founder of American Independenc.
may be known hereafter ns Ihe liberator of Ami
from slavery : that Washington and Lincoln ms;
down to future neea linked in blessings and in fam
"peihor, the one the iMivorr, Iho nlhcr Iho r^/m
it his country. At this point again th.
id wilb great enlhtsissm. Mr. Thompson then
i built, c .inine. tr., > four Tlio
nd fitly dollars. In building iclraol-h ousel or shell,
or tho old and decrcpid, (hey bavo received but lilllo
issiatauco. They liara had to struggle along and help
Ihomselves as ibey could. Rut though lliis hai been
discouraging, at times, it leaches Ihem sell:reliance :
bat is good for Ihem, as it is for everybody
avo orcr seven Ibotissnd colored refogees in till*
place, and, Including Iho hospital
.lrt.l r,ili.-.i YU\j Bhows Ihat Ihcy an
own way, nnd generally copsbb
len I look back on Ihe condiiion ii
nd them, and compare il trill. Ihi-i
n Iheii
ialed i I dcirepid
s Ol 1
searely r
and they wer
o tbo
trlbeo
reen rieighls.
thst three lin.l died during Iho
d lot; hut I coin-
would pill ao end
ciiiltt miles from
- ....:..
i
..-.I Iu
i
faces round inr, al
o Ihem. The menotind nulling tliese
ic al! my life.
_V.!YV'"M',17. I1
tbis e
so grand in Itself, so honorable in our beloved country,
and so cheering to lite friends of impartial freedom,
thai I .cannot sleep Ivfoi-o nnkim: an attempt lo de-
scribe it for Ihe readers ol Tin: .iTi.vh.iHD. I nllodo, ol
course, to Ihe welcome accorded to our beloved friend,
George Tbompsoo, Iho eloquent and distinguished
champion of the American cause in England, by nn im
menso assembly ot people, convene,! in iho Hall of lln
House of Representatives, representing eiery leys
Stale in tho Union, and embracing ll.e 1'residont, ant
Vice-President of the (.'in ted Si lien, several membersof
Ibe Cabinet, tho Speaker of Ibo House, nn.l n iimjorily
nf Ihe Soualora and Ropi-esenta lives in Congres
iny i x thai
red her prejudices "t last I Tbo
the fait
other i
rave defend ..-
. hall was filled, which is th.
u.oro remarkable when it is remembered Hint tboprici
of admission to the floor wos.Sl, lo the gallery 60 cents
Tbe faces of Ihe mulliludo. an revealed in the soil hu
brilliant light Ihat fell from Iho lofty ceiling, proscolc.
a grand and loipuiin^ snoeinclc. Nothing is more In
spiring (ban a "tea of upturned faces, 1' glowing will
inlelleclanl excilement, and wailing eagerly for word
of truth and eloquence to stir the soul lo noblo acdon
I bavo witnessed many audi scenes, but never one lha
imnici-ed and Ibrilb-d inc so tniieli ns this.
lioforo enterinn the Hull, and whilo waiting in lln
Spcakor's Room, Mr. Thompson was introduced (o thi
President of tho United SlutcB, who received him will
and lo the Capitol.
Mr. Thompion entered (be Doll Irnm tho Speaker!
Room, escorted by Vice-President Hamlin, and tin
venerable John I'.erpoul, who Ibis month completed his
eightieth year, but looks ns hate as a young mansix!)' I Their appearance was Iho ahjnal for an o
burst of applause SO unanimous, nnd hearty ns to ler
no doubt na to Iho temper of tbo audience. Prssidi
Lincoln, accompanied by tlm President pro tan. of i
Senale (tbo Hoo. Solomon Poole of Vt->, entered imr
diatoly after Mr. Thompson, and both gcntlci
SCtly i, front
n the cheers had subsided,
.ono hy Geu. Benbnm, played a patriotic air, upon
conclusion 6( which Mr. Pierponl roso nnd ssia
, as Senators and members of tho House of Repro
itives had united will. Iho Wasldniitnn Lecturo Asilion in extending their Invitation to ihe distia-
bill penlleniBU who win t.. addieiiH Ihe meolinjf, it
led proper to imprets Iho meeting with
-(be i s Iho I io of r
mtcd Iho use of their Hall for tho oecasi
The A'sociallun bad therefore atked Ihe Vice-Presidt
of Iho United Slates lo preside over Ihc niecling and
introduce the distinguished spcakci
Tbo Vice-President, .,ti inking tho chair, was greeted
wilh hearty applause. In a few well chosen word,
performed tbo duly assigned him, introducing fir.
Thomp!
Isnlhi ipyi
>ould 1
Ot Clarkson and IVllee,-l..r,:e.
id name of Iho vast assembly belore him, in thu
ol all loyal men in this broad laud—nyo, in th(
nf Liberty herself—ho iveleonu .1 ll-.-.live Tli.imp.
a loyal Amencnn, though a British subject— 1<
rempluol our Government. Tbe words of cbeei
Ho would apeak would find a ready and a willint
el, i"
eicd i r. id v
il pnpu U;ie,laod. wherein
I1.il
5 Ihc
of our ootumon ar.ccstry." The names
Phillips bsd no sooner passed tbo spi
tho whole vast audience begnn to die,
bemenee Hint bo was compelled to pu
el Ibe sentence, nnd when at length In
lhai llieso ieailcrSoi tno Ann -ai aver.
' not without honor " in ll.e hi^h pine
irtyi- ot lihorty, John
rely witnessed ii
tlieCu|iilf t tbo n
ular assembly ; and Ihia it
i Ibo Hall or the House o:
?afnco of a majority of tht
is of Congrcps— nay, wllhmembers of bolb branches of Cong
many of Ihem actually pa.ticipaling in
popular feeling I Imagine, if you can,
sn old Abolilioei.it in witnessing such a BCene I It
accaied rnoro liko a dream than a reality; and yet
thank God I it was nol a dream, but history 1 Tht
wbula assembly cheered again, wilh uncontrollable on
lliusinsm, when Mr. Thompson eharaderlited Ihe rel*
government as pl Iho banditti s( men-jtealers at Rich-
mond." This is tho Tory Hall where that b.andltli
were so lately tho masters I
Mr. Thompson '„ address, ..like in nnttinr and manner
was admirably sniled
(Ulshed
Whennumber ol the most distill;
i.iel.i.ling Ihe President, Iho Speak,
nrmy Senators and BeprtfCntalivea
forward to offer him their congrat
welcome to tbe country nnd its Cn
who sought .an introduction was
Johnson of Maryland, not long sin.
poneni of Abolition and nne of Ih.
ilavory aldo iu tho Deed Scott casi
cato of on anieiidiuent to the Cons
biblling slavery 1
ylpri! 7.—This morning Mr, The
with Rev. John 1'ierpont nnd Len
city, called at the While~
, IVesiden . The ii
.niplis
iut very fiatinlncliiry. Tbo Prt sid.nl ,.
much feeling of the trials of his posilion, nin
Will, evident cincerily, that, ho had endcavt
Ilia duty in Ibo awful struggle iu which th
involved, lie invited Mr. Thompson nud hie
Ihu room in Ihe While Houao in which Mr. Ci
Now York artist, ia at work upon at. historical picture,
'The Pi rsl Reading ol the l:in.ii.eipaiion Proclsmstion.
Having finished bis studies of tho BCpnrato figures. Mi
Carpenter is now ODgsged iu Iho work of groupin
hn i upon bis large c anvas. As yet i is only in out
but tho design is appv. and if Iho a
o will mnko a pie uro creditable
to; ruorienn art, nnd orthy of tbo eve t il ii intended
tootively,Mr. Thompson
tbo Secretary of War, the Secretary of State, and the
Secretary of tho Treasury, by all of '
solved with Iho utmost respect ami cordiality. Want
of timo nlooo provented bim from visiting Ibo nl
members of Iho Cabinet. He alterwarda visited
Capitol, nod was Invited- by klr. Vrl
ietn to the door of the S naif.
is here
a mauy members of tl
oft Ihe olisir Io greet him. lie also visited tho
if Representatives, whero ho was introduced lo many
,1 |bo members, and spent aomo llmo in pleas
onu reition. Ho allerw.tr Is dined with tbe £
,i„. ..1 Slalo, and i" lha evening atlendcd
ecopllon at the bouso of Lewis Clophane, E
there a large number of distinguished gentlon
nn.. U -rv.t him, 1 may add Ihat Mr. Thomp-
jvclliog c
.iocd hy Sir.
eat round vifiiiri
lie, we lound milch to commend thct.1 lor. Many
hem showed marks of industry, neatness, on
iral r.-fincment. In others, chsos reigned suproiu
re was n.iibii.g nb.iul tbein I., indicate ihe pre:-.-n.
i wifely wlfo, or a motherly mother. Thoy hoi
ndant marks of the half-barbsro ui, miserable co
on of Slavery, from which lite inmates, had late
.c. It mode nie sad to sec ibolr ahlftlessness mmnifort; bill I was hopeful lor the future. Tl
.»eiousne',s of working lor then. selvci, and ofhnvii
iaracter lo gain, will inspire them will, energy ai
crprisc, nnd a higher civilisation wilt gradually
IMIdron abounded in IlieBO cabins. They peeped
Irnm overy nook and corner. Many nf Ibem were
remely prelly aod bright looking. Sonic bud
os and complesiono purely Anglo-Saxon; Bho'
plainly enough the slnvebolder'a horror of amalgi
Mil. TUOJ/PaOA" f.V PlliLADELflHA.
Tuc following occount of Mr. Tiiomi-son's reception In
the Quaker Oily was unavoidably omitted lasl week,
it will still bo rend wilh interest
:
Puiijiikuuu, April filh, 1864.
lAjKJIlirr/J«iA'al,.-ial.ln/(.;tafn-7SmT.tdr.l.
Tbe Meeting held last evening, f.,r the reception of
GRonon.Tnuuivosin Philadelphia, Was a hiilllnol suc-
l'c-ss. Our large Opera Uousu was well filled with an
;nlhnainslic audience, who i-comcd eager lo make lb
immds f.onoroWs to Iheir l-lnglioh guest- llerace
Rinney, Jr., b^q.. touk Ihe chair ; and in bis speech, in-
troducing Mr. Thompson, rend tbe preamble to the Act
abolishing slavery in Pennsylvania, passed March 1st,
1780. Of this preamble ho said, " We have bnnlshed It
;s tlicnu Hani
lion.cady It
regarded na wilh shy, auspiciooa lookr,
it to bo the case with children who leave had n
:d childhood. Bui Ihcy all wnntcd to acccploiir
ion lo go lo acbeol, and Bo did all lliu parents foi
them.
In Ibe course of our ronnds, we veiled a selllomcni
which had received no name. Wo suggested to lln
settlors that il would bo proper to nnn.o it for somi
:d to Iho c
We told how violent nnd cruel mureholders had neo
irdercd him foe standing up ao manfully In doft
Freedom; III* claim to Iheir gratitude was at c
BOgoIsed, nnd Iho sclllcmcnt wns called Sumncrr
Bulorc wo came here, a white lady, from Choi
Mass., was laborfns as a n.i^innsry nuiuni; the R.
tat by the lCducalional
(it Re-tOII, :i.eC..-lll|..Hii.|il u-.. One of tile
i, whose cabin ted of ti
p to us for our school. Wos oonfu nd Ihat the elnmo
f lilllo veleea becging for ad e Inreseeeded th
arrow llmils of Una e<tnb1l»l
Friends at Ibo Northlisd B ..onic articles lot
rom ono of Ihe Pairs. To e added what wonld, aud got up a lilllo Paii hew, o help Ihem in Ih
lotion of Ihc school-hoitic. By (bis menus '
I ono hundred and fifty dollars, nnd [hoy wc
gratified by Iho result. Willi Ibe completion
tho school-house our Held of labor widened, nnd
joyful over lbs prospect uf extended usofulne
So, slier
hildrt
juestion for IhcnJieln
at thnt meeting. Mas
quite recenlly, but 1
re you tbnt thoy put I:
f.arli(iii).;nt.ary style. The
colored teachers should
were gratided by this resul
i» are closely linked with
Theao people, I orn nud brrd i
wish yon could hac
he people were slave,
tnlktd eensibly, and
a charge ot the s
ccuslun o loo
l.sd nlwnya
n osiers, that tin bsd
donbts whether ibey could easily Ihrow off the h
aod tbo fact of Iheir giving preference io eo
teachers, as manage™ of tho establishm onl, seem.
ua lo indicate that oven their brief posscs-iion ol
dom bad begun lo inspire Ihem with respect for their
On Ihe 1 1 Hi of January wo opened school in (he net
school-house, with mveoty-dvc jchohirs. Now, whave two hundred and twenty-five. Slavery hits uc
crushed out Ibe animal spirits uf iheso children, Fu
lurki in Iho cornere of tin ii- eyes, dimples their moulhi
lingles nt their ungem' endj, and is, liko a iorped<
ready to explode nt tho slightest touch. Tho war
spirit has a powerful hold upon them. No ono lure
tlio other cheek lor a second blow. But Ihcy evince
gonernus nslure. They never allow an older nn
itronger scholar tu impose upuO a younger nod wesko
mo; and when they happen lo bnvo any little del
!acli-B. they aro very rcidy to share Ihem with olhen
Tho task of regubiting them iv by no means nn cop
me ; but wo put heart, mind, nnd strength freely int
.ho work, and only regret that wo have not more phy-
sical strength. Thel
encouraging, and Ihu improvement thoy make consoles
us for many trials. You would bo a«tonL,hcd at
progress many o! Ihem bavo made in Ibis r.hort I
Many who leis tbm. Uireo months ago sciroely ki
Iho A. U. C. are now reading and spelling in word
two or throe sylloblca. When 1 took nl theao br
little boys, 1 oltcn wondor whether llioru is not si
Frederick Douglass among Ibem, destined lo do he
this r No
days, bow rapidly Ibe wheels of p
There is also nn uvening-schuol
lug of adults and largely attended
not connected.
On tbe lUIhof lliis monlh, tbe
ere, chhtly combbut with thai 1 am
[Cut Inmily. aud tbnthi
MR. THOMPSON'S MOVEMENTS.
Mr. Thompson, on his way from Wash ing to
North, stopped at Wilmington, Delswnre, w
Friday even log, tho Slh inst-, ho delivered
slavery lecturo before a largo and highly Intelligent
audience, making n very happy
Progressive Friends at Longwood. by whom b,
Tory cordially received. Ho attended thoir tceular|mOit woo-begooo looking horsemen. » was raining
histor eol dispulo, bot then isbu uno opinion as to
Mr. B onoy closed his Inlro^ opeccb in the fol-
ios helped lo hn-ssl t
„. i.:
of straogo preju-... i . agoh.it
liouie. where wo.,.!;. 1
1 Ward Uctcl.ot's
ipU .. ..-. 1 i./tinJ.
.nil..! Sintes. nboi.td ho .
anlfiVa ^f,nb£%lS<M
laker.
Mr. Thompson, on rising to ddress Iho assomlily, wai
e, loog continued,
nnd hes rllly renewed. I wll nolal ompttoKivoeveanopsLs of his address, ll nol merely excited Ihead-
iliun of llio audien.:,.-, it deeply moved their hearts,
oust radical utters iii is oli.ite.l lb,, (..ulest applause,
mention of tho names ot Bright and Cobdcnkened the responses of (he audience, aa if those
household word* in Philadelphia- Thuitrssls which tho orator Hkelched between the con-
i of this country at tho timo of hit first visit, and
e;eiit condiiion, w.-re rapturously applauded. In-
ono might hsvo thought thai tho vast audience
Abolillonlsls of thirty years" standing; and,
y, I think a large portion of them, in iheir enlhnsi-
bolioved thnt they were. Not all, howuver. Tho
[Ors who followed Mr. Thompson, endorsing li.o
man's hearty welcomn ol our guest, frankly
ed Hint (hoy now advocated a fniih which Uioy
denied. I.loo after another i.ek.iowledged his
error, nn i, iii the i.(r,.ii ''t Laoguago ho could
>f Me: to si er . pUd, " H i- charged upon us that
avo chaDgod. I inret Ihe. charge boldly, I dewn a Rip Van Winkle, sleepingt/gmecd. I have
through a revol,
How strangely
Benjamin P, Bre
mado. Ih.it bo mi
ditionalAbulilioi
« ilcdnr most emphatically
On the platform where ho stood,
i uniform of United Stales' sol-
diers, in Iho shadow of tho Star Spangled Banner, nowso beautiful lo look upon. After Ibo brief speeches ol
Mr. Brewster, Hon. Wm, I>. Kelley, Mr. Itanlel Dough-
erty, and Mr. Dunbar, ibo following resolutions, of-
fered by ReT. J. Walker Jackson, were unanimously
adopted, and Iho meeting ndjourned -
Resolved, Thst this meeting has great pleasure In
Philadelphia Liberty's veierun champion, GsononTiimji-.io.v, of Engbiiid,
Resolved, That tie' liie-bmc mil continued dovollotiof ll.it di-lmgeish.-d Iriend nl Ire. luiu. iu ecjn in his
efTorU for Ihe overthrow ol llriiidi «ljvery io Iho*'—' India li.land,., bi' tiritve opposition " "
st lab
Resolved, Tint tt
Indies . liiitt.a
. Itritb-h
I In hi
Ih the liveliest
. Thompson hasit gladly bis 04-
l strums to,
J. LNrough! (li -i[. ,t
n that country will be brought ti
lounded gorerumen t.
lady say, '-I thought I
but I found I bid come
n Union in Mil.
justice, Ireedom, and trell-
of Ihe VMlibulo, I heard a
mming to the Opera House,
coofenloniil."
A FA1TUF0I. HAN SUHrAlJfED.
WssntsaroK, April 0, U64.
Ii m'sy Interest »ime of your aull-davery readers lo
low that on Inst Slondsy I wis triumphantly noroi-
led for reelection lo the noil Congress, My opponentm a Comcrvalive General, who left hii post in lha
Id nn.l stumped the District against mo lor tho past
weeks, bat I remained at my post liero, And the re-
It is tho radical one above slated.
Very InHy, Gboeok W. JiIjjjj,
©uv Witfltinfltcm (Eowsponflcwfp.
Wis ll I". I
TEEvisltol Georgo Thompson lo Washluel
mo»t important ovcnl of the week, unless possibly I cor-
rupt Llic vole of lite.". n:iti-, Hi to i; iii Invoruf the amend-
ment to the Constitution ah.'h-.'hinr elnvery, or rather
prohibiting it. Mr. Thompson muni have been deeply
jrwillcd with the cordiality of his reception herd, I amsure. Not because !. looked ui,..n it as a personal ova.
(ion, bat because It wactuch convincing evidence, of the
feeling of the IcudioR men of the country, nl present in
Washington, towards the genuine snti -slavery people
of England. The most cordial feeling was minifetiied
towards Mr. Thompson hi overy ([iisrlcr. 1 beard no
talk sgalnit htm nhtlo ho nm hero in any circle, in anyclique. The Opposition member* of Congreaa oven did
not venture to do more limn let volo for Mr. Uorria'a
resolution. Poor Mr. Morris I Sineu tho good-natured
" notice "given to bia resolution by Mr. Thompaon, ho
bag not been heard from iu the House or out of it. la
the most OoMOrTnllrfl government circles Mr. Thomp-son was received as oiioof tho r.ntlon's beat friends, and
his views! oo llic qucjlion of slavery have not been crlll-
clfcd but most cordially approved. Tho lecture was a
grand effort for freedom and the slave. Ono of tho
ablest member* of Congress who heard It laid to me.
"1 have heard all our ureal onto re, and 1 think tint
tbero were passagea in his lecture which surpass any-
thing 1 cvor heard betoro." Hot this remark may dn-
CoWa Bonio of Diy readers and load to disappointment
hereafter. The comuiOB poopln may not regard Mr.
Thompson as a great orator. They will rathor look
upon him on a niin ^M^ l.i in ik-j a powerful argument.
Ilia higher night*, bis noblest pasiigca, will not bo fully
approbated by men of ordinary Intellect. At such
times bo speaks (o the. select few rather than to the
multitude. Tills i> my impression, bu! i may mistake.
Tho calls upon tho President and the members of tho
exceedingly
pleasant, His reception, I he
number of Mr Tl pson'a frlonda and admirers cnl
upon him mi Mr. I dogbane ', on J (he evening wasspi
in pleasant conversation, and late in the evening, in
enjoyment of a bountitul repaid. Mr. Thompi
was tho guest of Collector Clcplmno while he wasWashington : and ihe eompleto success of bia rialt
is due in a prenl measure to tho admirable manner In
which Mr. Clephnno made his arrangements. It is n,
pleasant addiiionul fart, which I feel at liberty to slate,
that the lecture was a pecuniary advantage lo tho Lec-
ture Association here, as well as lo the distinguished
orator. Uut 1 need not enlarge, upon the subject, for,
Mr. Editor, baro wo not bad you with us as Mr.
Thompson's compaction! To y oil the renders o( TubStssdw should look for a history of Mr. Thompson's
trip Southward from New Iork.
Tho Senate hoi voted by a great majority to
tho Constitution. The result was unexpectedly dccld.
ed—3T to 0. Anything like this ia the Ilouso will en-
Iho United Stttes. Several magnificent apeechea were
made in support of. the j-dul resolution in tho cour*a of
tho debate, and 1 think the beat wore by men who arc
unaccustomed to making antt-alavcry speeches. An ar-
gument in favor of freedom from Ihit lips of Somnor,Wilson, Hale, Harlan, Trumbull, or any o! tho long-tried
friends of the slave, iauota novelty, nor ia it a particular
pleasure Io hoar the ni speak on the old subject. Hut;
WhcnJHr. Henderson ufilbjsouri or Mr. Johnsonof Mary-
land argued iq favor of
<0ut gorton (®mw\m\(tem,
DosTiiK, April lUfi, IBM.
We arc paying, I suppose, in thin Match-like April, for
Ibc remarkably mild wealher of last Winlcr. I write
in Iho midst of a storm, tho culmination of ten days
of chilly North-etts t winde, wllh two Indies of snow
saturated with rain on the ground. And perhaps yuur
situation is no better. Alas for Iboso of our soldiers
who have cither to march, or only lo " eland and wait,''
in ouch wet above and mud below.
You have heard, of course, of Iho Great Music Hall
Organ of Boston. But if yon"suppose that tho bub of
the iinlvcrco has only ono Groat Organ, you are very
greatly in error. We have two instruments of that
class, each better than the oilier, if the claims made
by Ihe friends of enuli can bo trusted. The second (in
order of lime) Is of domestic manufacture, built by tho
veteran Hook, of this city, cxpreaaely for tho Church of
the Immaculate- Conception. This Church ,'you must
nod rsland, represents not the old Immnculslo Cnnccp-
tmn. but the now one ; having been buill and dedicated
in honor of Ibe dogma invented by the present Popo,
y him a rirtion t
brancb.it Is a sir oge luxury to listen We ha onheard such men uforo plead for univ
Such Incts assure no that the progress
ment in reference jj elavcrv keeps pace nit' Ih
When tho war end slavery will bo dead It so
ertslnly. I judgo fro
lieur that Iho President is greatly in
movement against slavery, and Ih
Administration nil! b..' brought ti
menu Tho fact is, i
this great question is
a downright Conjorv
tide will carry him
peoplo. This has beon In. in iho ast.
Tho Presidential que,no . « In) I hoar little
about Iho claims of t*mlid tea Jo r Iho no ruination. MrLincoln's friends areduini. nth[hey feel oonfldcut vt hi? n
to bo laid aside—for the \ Thero ia eoniL tall
about Gen. Fremont, but 1 ninou iti to nothing.
The feeling in favor or a oatp. of tho Na
Convention ia gathering i reng.b, but t is donbllu
whether it will nuccocd o ills 1 alCommThe President has madeNational Committee, nnd they a ro obsti natily upp.iHcd
to any postponement
There was a vary whi
and traitors in tho hoti and Sain
Mr. Long of Ohio was ol the e
menL Ho made (ho u
favor of ret i.gmjiiig th reb la as nation. Tb
suspected by many pei
ed to bo the result ol the movcm
Spenker, did himeelf great honor
and coming down upon tho floor ar
as a member of tin: House by ,'tTe
the expulsion of Mr. Long. The
think will estimate Mr. Colfax more highly [hi
before for this brave act of bis. It shows that he;
ea pluck—that nioat valuable quality which to
Republkansiuand out of Cougrca lack. I verily
that wo bavo h-n-jri !!,, .ji^-nifloil members of thi
ato who would hesiiale lo oxpcl Siulabury if he
to propose three cheers for JefT. Davis and the
cause in open &mato. They seem to fear anything
savoring of manliness or of baldness.
bowavcr, will apply to but few of then
fault with France were nbo iu rccjgiilw
Slates as on independent nsliun to-tonrro
speeches as those of Long uud Harris oro I
buked in tho Americ
speech yesterday tli
faith—Iho Ituniaculate conception ol thu Virgin
ary. II is the largest and handsomest church in tho
ty, and so, no d'ouu, deserves tho beat organ, which
Is now claimed to posses*.
This instrument docs not protend to compete with tho
usio Hall Organ In external porgcouiness ; but in
purity nnd beauty of tone, which niter all is Iho
point, very competent judgea oonslder it su-
. It has already given, to (ho lull siitia-
a of musical connol^ours, several of tho
great masterpieces of tho muslu or the Catholic church,
Tho last of these was Moxart's famous Requiem, per-
formed at tho funeral of Mr. Andrew Carney, u wealthy,
benovolont and dovout momhor of that church, and per-
formed Willi true feeling and cxpros'ion, as well as
ivith the highest
Tho proprietors of Iho Mu»e Hall bare lima fur heen
iuceensre.1 in Iho sorica nf high-priced concorla. by
which they nro paying the e..u ol th*IC eleplianl. Thechecked, lor a time, tho pro-
making towirds tho excellent
nndoving t
"
a moderate price ; fo llml ihi i high
Qolng influenco cnuld be shared by
i Iho rlah. Uut Iho lapse of n year
> tho proper equilibrium, and tho
will find it bettor lo show
i at present demanded for it,
of the Melodeon, a hall smaller than (bey ivinh
n other respects moiv enjiveiiient f"f their i-finidity
ces than any otlior now vaeaot. They will put
mplcto order ror this purpose, and lot it, during
week days and evenings, for occupancy a
ilcntifle or other lecturrj, or
tho holding of religinus er reformatory tnoetinga,
all which purposes it is well adapted.
It may well bo supposed that this Society did not at
ice find a porson Rtieh nu they wiihed to put
ace so long nnd so worthily filled by Theodore
Tarkur. Through the years that have parsed
turn, tho Standing L'oiuintltee have constantly
supplied the pulpit with Ibe best accessible talent
They have bad, by turns, the boat of
eloquent loyjoon. The result is,
k, that the average of their preaching h
higher, whether judged by On Intellectual,
a religious standard, than that ol any othi
pulpit in Boaton. Tho special pastoral relation, how""
•!, and they have always proposed
high, low and iutermed late, ol thu Ufor noring lh» " regalia" (so called) and mu B,«,v. .„-
myalerles of the craft. These, wilb fheir con-
tents, old nud new, representing a very large expendi-
ture ef money, were . nlirel, destroyed by the firo. "
jght that the Grand Lodge will rebuild on the
pot, and perhaps use the whole of llio new
premises for Masonic purposes. ThM will probably
dt Ibcm better fhan to build, according lo Cotvper's
ggealion-" a lodge In some vast wilderness."
The money thns far raised through this city for the
sufferers In Gist Tennessee, has rcitclicd the sum of
88S,*D0.
News has just reached us of the ueslb, in Phlladcl-
lis, ol William D.Tiekoor, senior partner of tho wrll
known publishing homo of Tioknor and I'l elds. He
as' dislingulahed for sucqefslol cntorprisu io business.
The Free City Hospital of Boston, n largo and fine
ructuro on Harrison Avenue, fronllng Worcester
rect. is understood to bo nearly ready for occupancy.
Thu Courier of tlila morning pnhliahos in lull Iho
aitoroua speech of Hon. Alexander Long of Ohio, and
links that Tho cheek of every American ought to
lru with shame at thu announcement that President
incoln, Secretaries Chaw and Hshor, attended tho
locluro of George Thompson, the English AboUtlocist
and agitator, in the Hall of the Housu of KcpresoDla-
livcs." Poor fbiirih- 1 Mnllora will ha worse, iu hit
way of viewing them, before they are better.
iquel Hall, and
a thirty, for II:
f Knights Temp-
r oparttuenla, 1"
iud Lodge, nu'i
gvncrciluii}G of (tontivcfts.
T Is a plo.tsio; coincidence, that tho Senate passed
its third rtidlDff Ibe joint resolution for an at'ti-
vcry nmvnJment or tho dnalitntlnn the wimo day
which Mr. Thompson (pake in the Capitol. It is to
,everlasting credit of that body that an Friday,
April 8, it potted Ibis resolution by a vote of 3S to li.
SomiiclihubiCD effected by long days or frothing on
part of Ihe champions of tho tottering system. T
rollowing ii Ibc glorious resolution :
Bo it rehired, By Ihe Senate and Ilou-e of Repi
niati'ei,! tl,,, United Stalta of America in Cnngresjxaenitdi .I. iren.ihitdJ "I Imih lI'iufiH concurring. Ill
Ii,. lollosj,,,. arlicle he pr ( .po~id to tin- I. ginlaturt"
hi' aeV'T.il :-i;<li:n n- an iimcitdiiicnl to tli-- 1- ni'iitiiiion
1 the (r.iie.l States, whlnh. when ratified by Mire
ourlh.j. 6i|r| Lct:i-'t-i( in-.---.. >. lull] he valid to all inl'-t
and puif«* i" pai i ol ihi. paid Uiii-titulion, nsrocl]' "T. XIII.—Sei lion 1. Neither r.lavery nor involu
lervltadfl, tieept as a punishment for erin
oof ihe parti -hull linn- be n dnlv convicted, ahi
.'i-'t within Iho Itniiai Stan-, er any pla.:e ont.j.-ot
their jiiriFdiction.
^•fli'.n -. C"ngro = ( p.linll In to pinver (o enforce tl
art Id; by apprnprlalv Kglslatljo.
1V( placo ou record the i'eas and Nayn, for tho honor
of ilj former nnd tho deep disgrace of the
Jrat-Measra. Anthony, Brown. Chandler, Clark,
C'SfJier, C'iriiivs-i. Cuiviin. Di.ii.n. ll..olit!le, I-Vwt!n.lci
l'o-: I'.hu.t. lir :. Hale, Harding, Harlan. HornHolersen. Howard, Howe, Julirisnn, Lane (Ind.), Ln(lii!i»aa), Motgao, Morrill,
"-- Sprngur "—
•a by the following Circular, signed by
the Governor of the State, the President of tho Senate,
Speaker o( tho Jloune ol KepresenUlives, and other
eminent citizens, (hat
lllmoninl.M be presented lofieorgeTlmmp.
gratolul recognltit
sred Ihe whole country, elnco the rebellion]
broke out, by Ida indeinligablo e (For la In Erfgli
defeat thu plots of rebel aympnthixora and oniis
relationi
eouiililes. The proposition ia highly creditable I
:s ; and it carried out, as it ahould be, am
Will be, on a handoomo nnd goneroua scalo, ii
prove of iiilurnnliounl Interest and vnluc—incre;
the number of our Iram-AlUiltio friends, and chet
Ihf in by a substantial proof of tho liberty-loving
ipholdlng tho government
lie i.'iirtiilur having l.^en.
iilunls—and Iwing nuch as
aod patriolic men on tho db
disinterested cervico done the gon
prompting or thought of even n yob
deemed proper that it should ho giv<
I icily, Ih rough the loyal press of the I
are respectfully requested to copy i
the substance of it to their readers), so tli
the personal and intimnlo friends ef Mr.Th
bo apprised of this laudablo effort,"
delight
testify their reaped and gratitude.
It is not intoned to appropriate I
Ton Eyck. Tniminitl
ll -tl.., tV.i-l, . Wilki 0. vVil.-y. and Wilson.
i.iu,_M. -ore. L>avi4, l|e,id,iii;i, M,-l'-.,ii:vill. Powell,
BBife, Saulsbury.
i novelty in our American legislation is Iho bill
ittroduccd lo the House from the Select Committee
ll.-Butijeel, by Mr. Pendleton (Uem.) ol Ohio, which pro
riles:
irer. In this way HI were captured, and SS waf;on*
aden with supplies, taken, i.hi.li were di^troycd '
.lso,ji)n horses and niule». A Paymaster's safo, con"
lining : C-'l Olio in Confederate money, was also captured'
iho htiilee no; afterwatd burned.
This and tho march of SO miles was accomplished in
The priton.T" taptur, d purine; the e'p^litien. num.-.•ritig ;i7(l, ioolu'lit,'4 tinnv <!» r:., reached Little P.oek
m thoSd.llrlg. Gen. Natb. [timlull i) assigEed lo the command
of all tb,, triieps ilong lie. Ni.rlh Arksniai river, wllh
uarlers In Little Rock. In a circular to the citi-
! hi- district, he sav, tho loyal tin II !- pr.,i.-^e |.
vni] aii>i;,.-r* intli t ', r.-bellion. ihougb they may
__ . taken (be onlh of allegiance to the government.
will be tveitedas rabcls, unl— '*
John C. Hives, for abut W >c.irs the publisher ol
. 10 CejgTe-..iei,al C'fcffli-.dii-d mt-nlB at Bl* re.-idelie-t i:i
ii".L,iili..-I.-.:i. a.s^Ji J jeiirs.- Iri'r::V. .Iirllll. .
William D. Ticknor, tlai wdl known L'oaton nub-l..T.--f ibc hom T" Lnorainiti, i.i,.,q,.,1 , fIv ...,(!. •
i ii.uidav inornlngat tBoConili '
to the s|
I. Glllnlt t of iho Florida expedition do-
that the plan oi the expedlli
it had three""'"
itioct and snIBcicntm(es, llril.
la own and that
inry nbjfetf, t" wnien a lounii, noi uiuiiai
i(,.r period adjoined by tlio President. »ch* bstlloof Olustec wai fouchl in eoTinq
; l.vGcii. Sovnuur. noionl) ivitliom,
(.en. Gilluiore'a ordern. Tho effort o
rate-d by a storm, whichInyo,! hi. inosdengei
A flag
ad i
Nummary.
let
3W underjtood thai tL- liili-il. in MissouriiJrlecitr.i lo i lie liiitimure Coovonlion. The
i- ].,.i .-.,; ,,|r..--vlv rriolveJ ii. ilo so, t hi twill maXe. . . o[ delegate*, en.-ti obiminc it- rerr.-scnl lbs Union
MadmentMrs. Lucretis llarl Cl.av, wife ol lUnry Clay, dinl
i tho 6th Init. at the r ,;j,.i,.: of ber M3 , John M. Cl^v,V I .aoc'.on. cgcdS3.ar,.Clsy «'iiilti"oda.i,-lit.:-r.'i t.V.1. Hart, of l.jsiiiglon,i-.l i,ero II, o.-r la ,o ,-.ri-. I tuisiiiiu.l eleven sum and daugb-
Cuutit Johannes. Ibe patriot, philosopher, nnd pro-liel, predicted, ia a •!.,.-, I,
I u.l.: ],,i ulylil la it,,.
Coor-T Inilllute. taatbSxrtMrv -:i. ..nl did r,..l he.t,i.lvii|»,tn S t.'.e lo the I rcn. [i i:ru|^r-..r i.,r il„. rriiipi'.ioo [uv-tlii,t|.-l|.,o.., la.lM. ,-'-.
o'th, Old World;r»tnry Boa-ari^tiear and heed. Chlldroi
been f" aciitv.-lv .-i.^o'.-l in i-lieltin^ iJharlcst.in, explt
dednl'usf liavin'i; Ur.d l,'ili'> roun.la. The pi' ,'- of th
auii.m'.tvc bo n cell :i C.-il lor lrsl.-mj-*io n to (he North
- "Gen. GranCn new general order tor the inn, of ill
Potomac clear* a va\ ill., liio'lfnibei * to an » tiv. io.-.. -
whlchmust wn (uti t." loekt-d for. Tho Ural
iragrnpha canlnin tlto spirit or tho whole :
I : In view ol the near jpproadi ol tie ti whenmy i u.i y bo eipteio.l lo i-oH.i m :ae live opernli
and other independent cc
imoi-lied bye-ilalini; older., to be KCl'lt to the
rilli n.' hilled' la. :i- praclicablo.
.n,i : All eidlers and their employees will learo
niv by the lath i' -I., and -hoillil KUltersi ho f,,iind
!„ pirniv alter tint dale, their gco.l.i ivill l.o tiJ11 .
d lor the benefit ol the ho-piial-;, and their
i\ii Co placed by the Pron.-t Mu-ihal .it hard
r prnhll-lting -livery In tbn Unit-. .,-.. -ilnl around him with hem
...ed. uhllo l'up| e'Oi .el, oi
Hltulloii fort
State". Onion Scan
«°wI(Hl?-Tfme* Cur.", Aprils.
None but Iho baser sor( of people would wish the
olorcd rfti-ij [o live nn,.-.n(,- in idib-T ,i-« >lavrs or ilesrndcd
n; foi degraded they inu'l tie If. niirelv di-|,rlvr,l iii
':'""'le,!".:
1
' !!'.-:^.\\!"\.vr.',,'.1
".'l,,,..V.' t ,''v.i.T
... .._.,• 10 1 or.) t..-.;,, „.,|.. ,,.,!._
YurtX Arperfoan.
ManvusD ycslerday volcd. brft niainrily unpursil.cd ii, l.;r hi. lory, ia 1,,'eor .,< a (>h von lion 1,,'amriei U,'r
,a-tituli.iu mj ,e. tn < "Hi, ..in at ..lie,-, mi.l ...(ti no | sliere ill, -,ui i-omrni-iinlinii. (lie (rnllnraiH Inidiuilan of slavo-
I l-'ri-edoio i« tluu oilereld-l lo the vlekett ofItapldan, for 1 1.- Ia.i-.ro 1. not now" ^'-1(0. Balliuiore City, where
Hi'.-. I iij-in iii l-i'.l l..y ihe- -'-es ni.„.] ruui.irli) f„i
:lpulou. l'aos th*
oral, I.- ,-, > til,., 10
i for the
Southern frlendt
speech will do r
their own soil, tl
men. Freedom ol debato is a Very desirable thing
;
but ii Gen. Buru^ljo could with propriety exile Valine,
digham lor discussing (he issues gromoK nut of (ho
war, before the people of Ohio, certainly Iho llouao of
Representatives can expel a member who openly de-
clares injnvor ef (he Southern Confederal
CIRCULATE THE EMAXVlt'ATHUi PSTITWN
I
To Hit Scnale and Bonis of Represtnlaiivts of Ins UnitedSlal/s, in (bngrtsi asam<d
:
The undoraigned, ciliieus of believing
Slavery the great cause of the present rebellion, and an'
institution fatal to tbo life or Itepubli
earnestly pray your honorable bodies to immediately
abolish it throughout (he United Slates; and to adopt
measures (or so amending the i.'.ui.iiitulion aa (orever
(o prohibit iM existence in any porlion of
country.
TUo above form of petition,
identical with that lately sent
Commitleo of tho American
Is now requested that all copli
soever received, should bo, as i
pletcd, returned to Ibe care of
Cooper Institute, Nuw York,
will be duly (orwarded to Coi
very important and esse:
Acssoivi.rt-iiet.vr.—A lorlniglu ago ive slated tho
iact that Iho wifo of Louis Napoleon, our City Carrier,
Lad been robbed ol ; .IW, the Jruil of much hard loll,
and invited contributions toward making up bis loss-
la response to our appeal, we have received tho fol-
low Ing sutus :
E, H. Mnpmng. Brooklyn,
George 11. Lincoln, llrooltlyn,
Jim. & U. Uiiuond,
J. E Bmitb, Glutenbnrg, OtjSnnbla M. Child, ' "
M*Hlm cniilU, Plain ilel.l, Ct-,
IttistttlasfMts gtyatttucut.
•• BIJLSSED ARE THEY THAT !
A. uJk-h? Ilii' nl..»--lmr.. <l. .-[.
Hi. Ii Li.rvoL.croim llii- li--
So. m tlic Iio|.h ., by Hirn»: ci
,\ [...VI. r l:ilth .iii.-cci-ili;
.Mailiie.l.yirliil.diri.neod, I
iuc n'di^f luvlnadecda.
Whn nererm
"""-mptiihlcs lb
inoly ; but even iho formulae are in-
have daled, e-g-,"l would respect-
re -n- ol itc (i-a honorable -n> baronet
1 .,ai hound !o «iy also that one bat
mind e
Imb-cd iLi:
WE BRITISH HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Till: House is divided iolg lour sections : 1st. Thegovernment (suppfe-cd lo be liberal) and its Btraigbt-
out supporters ; 2. Tbo partial supporters ol tbe
government; 3. Tin' Opposition nnd itli strninbl-out
supporters; 4. the partial supporters of (ha Opposi'lion. The government, with Lord Pnlnierslon nndtbe Cnbinot, ail on the Speaker's right, (ho officers
bTneEeS''HnS'
,
Li^-'-';;i,!
i'^r n-e^s dmJSrjftr.This section all mots tin- greatest attention, nltb
r."i(.n[i- ibe in--! ip,.|"in- of every one who entei
House i»i>SvTliohiuiJJiBraolIf'i Lord Falun
occupies tbecenlrool the bench, where he sect
have been carved (0 Bl«J quite as much lis that vert
dog-liko lion in oak at the door, lie sits there bynight— Ibat shrewd; ready-witted, reddish, white-
header! old Premier. There is not a aparkle nbouthim, not a tint ol romance, not a trait or heroism.
Ho U a fair repro.-.unlive of tlngland in bur s<
'
sliceiof England nitb no future before her exco
to bold on as long aa she can to bcr pnet. (Ja 1
left nits Mr. Glndalone, with strong features nnddarkish look. Ho speaks with nerve, and aa it vol
«cnd« out little butlc's ol i-pee-. h—one of which w,
his famoua declaration that " tbe King of Naples haserccled Atheism inru a tn stem ul government." Neilis Mr. Lsyard, a solid, burly hnglisbtuau, with a list
voice, grnyiah hair, large tuoustaubc and beard, anda "spruced-up " drees. Uo has a good dealbunior than hi- po-uion rtllowa l.im io display.
Horseman baa just asked him it the governmotbeard ol Ibe report lhat n Bhip is going out fromLiverpool to capture the Alabama, and whether tbe
governmeni will late the same care to prevent that
that il has Io prevent (be departure of ahips for (bo
Confederacy. -Mr. I.iynrd rises and aayu bu hasonly read eometbing of tho kind in tbu newspaperThe paper in which be read it bad asked whetherwflB a Confederaio dodge, in that caao, tho jjenlle-
man (Mr. Horseman) would kuow more of it thantbo government. Thero was a drollery in MLayard'a lone as he said (his, and an involuntarincin the laugh that followed it, which made Horsem*a thoroughly snubbed and une.isy man for tbu ne:
len minulca. On raloieraton's rigbl eat Karl Grey,man in build and appearance very much like Hera.Mann during (hu last years oj bis life. He has. hoiover, a poor husky void', which Horace Mann brnot. Earl Grey id evidently a sincere man, andlaborious Minister. Two aeala behind Palmar* tunBit George Howyer, the great Roman Catholic oliar
pion. Thin, pal.', dark-eyed, sombro, nervous, atresileas, ono understands bow and why Inqnisilioiexisted, when one looks at him. Ho has the manneof a scholar, nnd Ibe whole air of a fanatic ; and 1
do doubt especls to tee Grand Masa celebaledWestminster Abbey yet. Hut certainly tho mostriking man in ibe House ol f'oniraous, ia Oieraclon the oppoailc aide. 1 could well aeo how the"authoress of" Counterparts ' should have found hiaa susceptible ol being a protean hero for her noviaa Rubens found bis wit-.' lor so innuv pictures. Thface so Irantparenily deep and dark, ihose thin coldlipB, cruel and soil aa those of a panther, tba
ono ever lying in wait crouching, tbu euperb kmstreogib over ea--b eie, the bitrj.-ular shi>rp clilV wl
is all of the rather narrow lorehend, the buldL.__
which ia not bnlJuta lui ihe iriiermiuahle a I retch of
tbo forehead backward, the deep black bair, nitb tbaone strange Meilusa-lc I: wbieb i.ur!« donn in fronl
—
all Ihese rivet the attention. Lit-meli is not an old
man, but his fsce is full of liues and changes.Phrenological ly one may say that bia enormouspowers of obtertatioo are his greateat strength. Heevidenlly bears many un undenone which the Speak-er meant should not be heard. Lately in tba debateon Schleswig when Palmerston naa trying to soothe
the apprehension of tioae who fear that Englandwould Oo involved in war, i)isracli detecled thai thi
toothing was for a special purpose, and that io nality the government was on the brink of mat.aioso, nnd to the astonishment of all be Bo pres;edthin view, lhat Palmonlon could not deny it, nnd botbe facl (bat the country is drifting into war becamefor Ibe Crut time su^ieeieJ by tbe country at large.
But Mr. Disraeli is almost the only man nilh any-thiDg aUrMtive about him on that side. The Oppo-sition seemed to me, to bo men of very narrow andweak faces and heads ; and Disraeli loolca Blrangelyout of place among lliom. They are all supposed Io- -a tbo'fownle, (criminal lunacy)be Tones
,
caee, I was glad to hear from .
Kelly, a most imj.reii.ive declaration against capital
Suniabmenl. 1 was somewhat anxious Io sea Lorduhn Manners, who is known to Ihe world e
by that couplet ol bis—Ul Lilts on. I LearririR. A rli and CasIom»dlC
And then he is a rather hat..Lome, ioppis!dancing here and Iturrv and 'verynbere, i.ide ivl
and mouslache. h do.:i n..i uke a great dealeervalion to see llutt if all (be blessing euumin ihe first line sioijd die, ho (Lord Julin SI
.)
not be any poorer.
In that eeclion devoted lo tbe more moderateTories—or opponents of tbu government— I Batv fewOne beads. I was much struek by the youth ofBomoof tbo membera of this aeelion. It is led by LordRobert Cecil, and ia particularly tbe direclioo fromwhich carpiDg .|ue.-iioii t concerning tbo Uniled Suitesare naked. Hero are Ihe eyes which slccpleesltwatchMr. Soward. fit is remarkable that tbe grea't
Opposition leader, Iii-raeb, ninl bis immediaterude= v.-rv rnri ly cat anitbiog utilavorable 1
I'oiied Stales, an. I nothing' al all in favor ol lb(
federaey or slavery.) Lord Robert Cecil io i
Blender man, with a snarl in bia voice and aconceited manner—(bat is all. Rut whencethese young hoys, whom one might Dalurally oipectto gee in dry-goods ebopa, but not in (bo House -*
Commona? They are young scions ol nohilily, h;
ccmo in on money, and n> re i-Ucicd by Committi..They come heie to loaf. It Bounds very big by tholime it gela aem> the oe-in, that Mr. Peaeoeko saidlUia aud Ibal about tho United fitnlca ; and it mayba thai Peacocko haa Home (alent. JJul I do knowthat l'eacocku alrucb ma as most appropriatelynamed. A llaoiing hum, nilh Lie. gold pin, coverei'
his lender bosom— his drc?s was all nu/ail, hla voic.
Dundrearyish, and his whole air lhat of a foppislboy
iand all about him sal bccurlcd and beseemed
young fops, which one . null h^ic had simply eludedthe doorkeeper in getting in. Hut opposite these ait
tbo real reprc=eiiia'ivi..ul the Lngluh people. Thosemen are not (be rt[.reseulaiivcs of tbe arialocralicCommittees, but of large communities1 and citiea
Hero ail, Bidu by side, Joha Drigbl nnd Richard Cob-den. And here bus Peter Taylor, who baa givenlately so powerlul u speech al Leicesier ' '
. Amarija. The Grat thing that strikes aferenco to this teclion— the independent supportersof the government—ta lhat they are tbu only men ii
Ihe Uu-uce who know how to apeak. For tho mospari, tbo speaking in (he House is (in manner) ludieroua. H certainly li'is the reeommcndatioi '
'
-t . pit,Bant to see every uptake ....
bead and body nivingjp ;; r. -gularl)- to and fro as ifho were an inverted pendulum, i'el Ibis ia Ibe Par-liamentary Blylo: tbu goverumeni uiiiiistero gener-ally oscillate bu, and nearly all trie reil copy it, untilit has become Parliamentary. Jfr. Gladslooa variesit only by clutching the lallo opposito and bending
if in
tnd when
nual oicillati
takes bold of Hometbing ; but he does"uot"anuiemuch, ami is better (ban Iboaj aboul him. LordRobert Cecil's sp-.aL-i.,,; is eseerahle; lie does notkoow what to do with bia bands. And then onerarely hears a t-enteoee opuL.-n in the' House wilboutus being cut up with a-a-a-'s. These of course areall clipped out by ibe friendly reporters, so that the
rcifPothern'.-. L-"t.l |inr..lr..-arv by these hoi
able genllemen. But all tbeie feibies end when we
come Io tbu seetion to ably r.-prfsenled by Bright
and Cobden. Here ate men who are evidently ln " -
llFlV.il of spring 10 lar^e ,nlF.» ot peopli
Ibe babil of doing it well. Mr. Bright is io,
only man in the Llouse vvLo could be called
tor. Hiu np|>earanco in Hue, Lis manner good and
frank his voice earnest nnd clear. Cool nnd calm
be alwaya is, but not so ihe Tori-i "ho listen to him ;
on them even- word lulls. I-V--1-.. e; nir.re ela.lie and
mot" r =iic ; *n manner not ui.li!:e !>.. Hollows, when
lhar .-enlk'tn:.!, i.so lorrunale aalo he .roakm... wrlb-
out bia gown in come inlprmtil of;.eiulily. Anolhei
m-fuliariiv "I H.is ind..petnienl section ia Ibal ite
r,end,.-s ,ue nearly nUaya full. It is a corioua facl
lhat out of (he '<>" mmiuerH ol it.- llcuaenol more
lhan 3U0 over see Ihe inaidu of (bat House, and sc
many only when Borne special Blruggle—e. g., or
Church rales— r,-4iil.e.< .-ivrt parly to be present ir
force. The real are merely nominal members, anc
tbo buainess of Ibe L'ov.riiiniiii n carried on by uoi
200 men. None are in any way obliged lo
t. They an' pr.i-1 nodiiin: 'Ihee maj rf-ad
China and retain
,ut tho>o^T*N<epre(ent the people are r
attendance, beciOrsil they have an inlcreal
andapurpdrXj"i
loretbeiii-
frenuunlly Beon ibere but wlio raVeJy lake part in any
debate : They a
There, lor insta
ono wondeta how Tin
for dissection. He ge(.ipjiusitinii, an. I en lliat pile ; but hi
Ihm;., though he lookaTbo line-looking and vigoroi
ntlrauts much attention. He ai
borhood, and Ihu goveniaient i.-viilently feels reallesi
ouo day be a mere import ant m no iji ihe country than
pretlv well with tba Abolilioniats of Jiuw England,ind bu replied ;
"I can't help Ibat. 1 bale an AtolilioniBt worse
than I ever bated a i n.ilie, but 1 bet ive juat whnt I
,nd if Ibe d— .1 Abolitionists nberu you com*from agree with mo I am not lo blani*/'
Refer-: 1 hail lime lo make another remark a Curl;-
headed girl—who terniuded me very lorcibly of Ihe
"piii'-irrigilih-' T'.[.?y—made her appearing, ;„ front o
my friend, and pai-i. !" Uassa, [.upper's „ je [n blc.
So wo proceeded to tbo dimn^-rooru, nr-A Hlt down I
a meal composed n( corn Lread bacon,
,
weE!t p (5 .
Iocs, and a hot drink called coffee, but lajj,, OU [ B i
waler and parched corn. tltatJi
li.i.r.-l.i]..
AMOHO THE SLAVES OF ARKANSAS.
Sisce my first arrival iti this region of Arkansas, a Imonlb ago, 1 have teen very lew able-bodied elaves ;
but i/oiiay colored boya and girls, nnd men nndwomen loo old to be ol am aeeount an laborers in a
col ton or tobacco field, appear to be about as numer-
ous as over. Tbe absence of ihe working class is Ieasily accouuled for
ithousands have been taken \ow
Teiaa, and other Iheabamlu have o innee[paled lbcm-1selves from Ihe hard and unpaid labor and griovo
"
5hero are atmphUelyW
y poaled in rep
ind their belief in
to do and to
lion (joi's, (lie slaves t'lill 1
./. r, (,..,-, ili-..i. They are
to tbe Prcjident'a proclanfinal success of the Union nnus is as arm as wandetermination of ihe Apostles lo fuller denlh in
moat agonizing form tooner than deny the religion oil-- " :
ig tho war aro crude, bull
iallj I
Their ideas
n tbomdl tbe Union soldiers
Ir ideas regarding Iho war aro crui
sorrecl. It ia a mystery to.lbem
the Mississippi nnd ils Iribularics
;ntly asked rf " de Yankee Beyers w
Yanl"Mist
all dug unheals made" ; andl
slide
country," andlalong." The negroes hate an idea lbs
a perteei paradise. I hey call it " God'sfirmly believe if they were (hero their es
would be at an end. I loll several ol ihem it
people up Not-ili had to work very hard, and lhat
person was permitted Ir. live tbeie unless he was wing to support b in. -i- II ami lamih . and all withwbi1 conversed on this kpie tvi.-re decidedly omphalic in
expresaiog (heir willingness to " work de fingers right
down to dotone " al any kind of employment whichtbay might be fortunate enough to obtain In aNorthern Stale. They are very much in lovo withChicago, and appear to have an idea Ibat it ia the- : - at place within the boundaries of" God's country."
was very much amused a few evenings ago'ai.' rcmarki U'C-le Ly an old n ^ro named Joe. Myasion friend and I were silling in front of bia
', talking aboul Iho war—he claiming Ibat Ihe
Soulh couldn't be whipped, and I arguing (bal lhafIhing was a good tka] more lhan half done already—when a middle-aged negro came aloog, leading aborsa Ibat did not teem able lo t-li.nd without arti-
fifiir'eaTJ to" by 'friend :
" Good obenio,' loasaa.
"
" Good evening, J*-,1
' waa the kind reaponao ; andJoe began moving oil. Jus! at ibis moment my friend
Bppearcd (o think uf some thins: e'^e lo nay, and be re-
marked t" Joe-, did you beiir I but K jheris bid gone
W Texaa ?"
|
" Yes, mnsaa.l knew do day ha lef."" He look all his ' boya,' 1 believe."
"Yea, massa^ho took 'em all; what be go to|Teiasfor?"
"I fiupnoto he want to keep out of the way of theI
Yankees.
'
These words had do aooncc left my friend's moult(ban a singular change en me over .Ice. Heforo theii
utterance ho was altogether undemonstrative in hit
manner, but when he caugh I their full meaning, his Icoontcuance. evinced pleasure and surprise in about Vequal proportions. In a moment he began to laugh, I
but cheeked himself suddenly, and said :
"Couldat't helplaughiu', \ia.-sa. My Missus tol"
i)e \ unktes eoulJn"! git Mi mphiu . but itey'yetkri mDen she said dtre wmn'l enough ol 'em lef lo eofurder down de riher , bi-l -lei/ ..-,'.-1/ alt de ir.ii/ i/e>i
Den Mitous say dey can't come up de- While, no he.,
Jut rfey DID come—and dey went lo do Hock (Little Illock), an' dey alayed dar ; an' I jea' b'fievedey alo Btsy eta-rywhnr; an' before llassa llobtrla
iino.ler liutl-.lii gnat dev'll be all ute'- Texas, at
won't hnb enough niggra lef ' tn drive de cow hot
The- italicized part ol ,b.e's l.r.ei oration was spoken |with deep emphasis, and the elleel of ihu words wasgreatly increased by ibe a|.pr<ipriutc geslureB whichaccompanied (bem. He did not wait lor any mark of |approval or censure, bel m ulu hi t adieus rathe
tn. .11; , and ft ai- l.d fur bin mi-tretii'u residence wlii log searcc-ow close iu his rear.
Turning lo my friuud, I said," That'a a prelty sharpdarky, I should say."
" Hu Is that," was the reply |" he's got any q
lily ol hard acute;and he's a n^iiti;ovd fellow, t
I never beard anything bad of him,"I then asked if, iu ease the war we
el o so on condition lhat (ho rebelliousfeii.l Senator.-* and llepreseiilaiue.-l to fongrcts,the Lruaneipntieui |iroclamalion wero witbdrrwould it bo a possible thing lo keep the slavoa ut
tbo same subjection as belore tbu beginning of Ibe Iwar! The reply was :
" Certainly uot. No mailer what tho result of ihelwar may be, our ay.stem of loreeil lahor, as it onculoaisted, has been wiped away. If the whole force ofItbo North and Soulb, bolb civil and military, were Iused (o compel the ni-u.rue.-i to -lay ivith and labor for
theirowners.il would nol ufJoot tbe desired object.
To be sure, the bL-ivcm n;i,jht lie frjrced lo work, buteach aiavo would r, .pure a while man lo watch bioi
nearly all tbo time. Tbe slaves nriilerflland that they Iare, or aooo will be, free. Ilul they are universally de-moralised, and no viork can be g.i oulof them uuleestheyehoasetotloit. The old plan of a white man driv-ing two or Ibteo bundrcd slaves to a sugar or ooltonfield every incruinc,. and keeping tbem at work by theperaunsivo inllueneo ol a heavy whip, would not ba aeafoonototry now ; at all events /would not like tolmake any aucb experiment. A good many offriends are short.sighted i/noiifdi to diller wilh miIbis point; limy profess tn believe that (bo slavesas contented as ever, and (hat if peace wero
]
d-tiiued lo-morrow, vvi-ry collon and sugar plai
would bu on the Ligli roN.I to fertune. Hut I tell
tho negroes aro spoiled—tboy have learned u:
'.thin three icars lhan tbe) ever thought ol lean:
hu I'resident'a preelauniiion i^ a= lamiliar to tl
it is lo us ; and although it haa been ridiculedNorth aa well as .^nuih. 1 consider it Iho niostpotontweapon (bat the Nur.h could have used. Soulherners
sneer at it, but they well know ita power. I
believe there is a rlavc in Arkansas who haa nolheard all about it. Of course tbe majority of tho
not know exactly Tune they are to bemade free ; niilber can ihey lell irAc-u an ovent ol
cb importance lo their race is likely lo oocur; butBy aro waiting patienili lor ibe good time eomicg,J so long aa Lope lasts they will labor tolerablydl.aral refrain from acts ol violence. Ilul let themmade (o believe that (hu Uoiled Stales govern.
;nt intends to break Iho Boleain promise which it
Ide lo them on the first ol last January— let ihemeo understand that their a:, lieipaiions of freedomnot to bo reslined in Ihe manner which tboy ex-
pected—and they will make a second Ban Domincoofevery Southern State. I know them bettor than youdo, and in (lie eon'in;;. nev nhitli 1 have jrul supposed,I wouldn't (rust tbem wilb my life, or Ibe lives uf tuyfamily, for any amount of gold lhat yoe could name.Thoy would be like an avalanche, perleotly harmlessnliile stationary, hut irrcsi=uble alter aiinimn- alittle headway."
1 suggested | my friend Ibat hiu ideas agreed
jobi (,;-.,i
Wo noi cf (bn-jptii i'jo Jcalnoi r«1) nould sloro
Tor us ill d.-tils nl tJtao*lt»got!«n graves.
Sor Meib-.l linn 111" Hay flower one- .1.*j bore
A IrelKbtol pll t-rliU5 rnn.| uuolber tlBVCS.
Flrsi on iho bold uphoLIora ol Ihe tvronir,
Aii.l I".! ui' as. "io hciivy-lo do ii years
Avuniiu tbe cruel irlutupbiot'ltie itroug—Trampled auctions, and derided lea".
Labor, Jtgraded Irian bur high holiest,
eu y.ur L'tep', ju.t Lear. I ali.lv e lb" '-nr
HH~
Tur. detnilfl gi
of tbe i
CUAKLOTTJi COltDA Y.
by Sanson of thia rt
I. no doubt, when (heir turn would oomo. Ar-.. ed at Ibe scaffold, i-hc Ihreiv herself upon Iho fatalplank, nnd Furmin, one of iho aides, having let loosatire airing, all was over in a rnomenl. fan;on declares(bat he was at the foot of Iha scad,Id, when a car-penter named Legros, haying lukun Ibe bead, waanot satisfied with holding it up lo Ibe crowd, butactually slapped tbe face-a face admilledly of e«.irai'iliiary beauty. Thia waj too much "
revolutionary tribunal, and Legrnacd for ( '- "
Magaci
loi.ary Irii.ija'il, and I., .-r... n, justly puni^li-1111" act ol eacrilege.— CoOturnt liev M;n<ht
:,
To hU EjctUancy AmUHAii Liscqlv, 1'resiitsnl of thet'-.iUi'JSiiVts, .im/ la t!m HitmjTiAle Ihe S nite amiHuusa of Hrprejenlnliccs of llm U.utfl : - <•: ,.r
America, in Congress anenibkd.
TUB unileraigned respectfully nubmh Iho following
:
T. at Ihey are natives of Louisiana, and citizens ofit" I'uiled fitales
;lhat Ibey are loyal citizens, ain-
(f rt'")- atlaehed to Ibe country nnd 'the Constitution,an 1 ardently desire Ihe maintenance of Iho nationaluialy, for which they are ready (o pacriiice their lo--
iu.-'j and their lives.
That a. largo porlion of Ihem are owners of renl c;-
lale, and all of Ihem are owners of personal prop-erty ; (bat many of ihem are engaged in tbo porouilsof commerce and industry, wbil others nra employedas arlisans in various Iradea
; that ihey are all filled
to enjoy Ibe privileges nnd iiamuoiliea beloogitig to
(he conililion ol eiiiz-na of Ibe Uniled Stales, andamong tbem may be found many of tho dcscentlantaof thoso men whom Ibe illustrious Jaekson Btyled" his fellow-ciliieiiF*," when he called upon Ihem to
take up arms lo repel lb" encmi. i of ihe country.Your pelilioner-. furihcr resp^i ifully represent that
over nnd above the right, which, io (be language ofIho Declaration ol Inile-peedence. Ihey possess (o lib-
erty and tbe pursuit ol bappu.e: .. ihey am supporled_\t the opinion ol just and loyal jueu. especially by(bat of Hon. Edward Hales, Attorney-General, in Ibe
la tho right ...I eiijuyiim ibe privileges and
under tho Cons titu lion and laws of Loniseo much of (ho said ConMilution and In
'iisr, reyubit*, or relate lo slmiry.And your Memorialists further show .
in ibeir accompanying petition they havo
that justice, and lb-.- |,rin- iplu for which ihey con __,require alao Ihe e.tlension of this privilege to thoseborn slaves, with such iiiialificslions aa shall affect
equally Ibei wbilo and the colored citizen; and lhat•his ii required not only by jusiice, but also by ex-pediency, which demands lhat full effect should hegiven to all tbe Union feeling in the rebel States, in
order to secure tbe permanence of Iho free insltlu-
tions and loyal governments now organized therein.
And your Memorialists pray (hat Ibe right of suf-frage may bu extended not Only to natives of Louisi-
ana of African descent born free, bul alio to all
others, whelber born slave or free, cepecidlly (o (botewho have vindicate! ihuir ri^bt to vole by bearing
IMvcrtfeemente.
"TJ I, A OK WOOD'S BAQAZIBRITISH REVIEWS.
PRICES OIIEAP A3 EVER,
POSTAGE REDUCED
Del.--- ale } of Ibe '.
Washington, March 10. 18G1.
condition, ot citizens of theled Slates
; and, to supper! il.e legitimacy of this
m, they h.dievu it aimply ue.-.s-'irv lo Bubmit to
"ir Esculleriey. and lo Ihu Honorable Congress, tbaullowingconoideraiions, which Ihey beg of you lovcigb in (ho balaneo ol la-,v and jusiice. Notwitb-itlindmg their fti'-il itb.--j served in tbe army of Iho"niled Statca, in 191-1— IT., and aided in repelling from
il of LonisiriiHh a h.'iugbfv enemy, over eoi.fi den I
e- .-..', vet Ihey an. I Ibeir ilereeiel'inlri have everand until the era of the present i.-bcllion, beenged, and even repulsed—excluded froia allfran-
Ibo smallest, when their bravo fathers
I '
t to Ibe enemy, to pre:
of the republic. Ibirintegrily of the republic. Muring this
I period of forty-nine (.'art, they have never ceased (obo peaceable citiiees, paying their taxes oscsriiuent oliuore lhan li'teen milliao ol do)lai_.At iho cull of Gen. Hanks, they hastened to rally
under tbe banner of l.'nion and Liberty ; they have[spilled their blood. and orn kI ill pouring il out lor l'
iotcnance of the Cooililuiinn ..I ii o United Slati .
. word, they aro soldiers ol the Union, aud ihey
i» their tiaiiil , have strength tohold a ..•:..•
Wbilo Gen. UaoLi waa al tLe siege of Port Hudson
,
ind tbe city threatened by the eaciny, bia Escellency,lov. tilie, lay, called foi troops fvir (bo defence of the:ily, and (buy were foremost In responding to tho call,
javiog raijed (he Is: regiment in tbo abort space of
fact, i it and as clear
«- ] '.-ouon of tin I irviees ate uly p -rformed,
: r i .. il o T eir c.iiDoneountry.theyhumbly beseech juur Licel! c. y and Congreaa tocnslvour oyca upon a loyal populat awailing, wilbrooG'Icui eaaj digmiy, il. pro.l-umtion of those ina-
lienablo rlgbta which belong lo the coudilion of cili
icns of Ibe rtobI American Tiepublic.
Tbeira io bul a (ceblc voice claiming attention it
the uiijat of ibe grave qaealions raised by this ter-
rible conflict; ) :t ecufi'l.ruiol the ju-lice which gun lei
ton action o( (be g.jv.rt :t. ihey have no hesilalioi
ii ep:akin,i what is prompted by their hearts—" Wi
Mr. !'.- :-J>:,t uiil Honorable -.r. -uibenic.f O-ngresiThe pelilioocrs refer ta year wi.-iloin (bo task ol de.:.,;; .•.:. d, i i i. loyal aad dev aud men, who nnready to make every sacrifice for the support of Ibi
beat govetnmen: which man Laj been permitted to
ereale. are lo >•: deprived of (be light to assist in ea
tablisbing a civil government in our beloved Stale of
| Louisiana, nnd also in obooaiog Ibeir Representatives,iotb for ibe begialatnra of Ibe Stale and for the Cou-
Yoor pclitionera aver (hat they have applied in re-
[spcolful lerras to Hrig'Gca IJ.-jrgu F. Shepley,- Govaroit of Louisiana, and (o llaj.-Oen. Ks, commai.ding ibo 1'epariment of (ho Gulf,
lulu pla' "I upon tbe reenters as voteis, lo
that lb -,y roigb( parlicipatu in tbo rcorganiza-
Ivil government iu Louisiana, and thai their
has met with uo response from those officers,
a feared thai none will be given; and they
I therefore appeal to the jintiee of ihe II ^iresenialivc*
| of Ibe nation, and ask Ihut all tho citizeua of Louisi-
ia ol African descent, born tree before tbe rebellion,
ly be, by proper orders, directed to be inscribed on
o registers, nnd admitted (o tho rights and privi-
I leges of elec'
TUB OUTTA-FEHCHA TUBE.
The Iree called ihe Uonandra Cult a. which furnish-
I Ibe rjulta-perehFt, is a native ol (be Indian Arcbi-ilago and tho adjacent lands. Alow years since,
.is liuh.slaucv, rr.n of nieh widely extended usei tally unknown in Europo, for Ihougb fromjmemonal ihe Malair eoipU.ve.l Ii lor making (boan dies of their batebets and crei'tea, it was only in
tbo year 1£13 that Mr. Montgomery, an Eoglishsurgeon, having casually become acquainted wi '
"
vali [able pii|.iriii:-., null an account of it, wilhpies, to tbo Royal Society, lor which ho receivgold medal. Tho fame ofthcnnielu spread rapidlythroughout Ihe world
; science aud speculalion a'— '
nd your potilioners nillov
ew Orleans, Jan. 5
TKEKAS or 1812-14-15.
Maximilian Brule, First 0. Realor,
Lieutenant, A. ltemy,
Raymond Gaillnri M. Dshergue,I'rancois Pascal,
B. Unfile,
P. Hon^eieneur, Henry Chovarre,
J. B. D. BDnaeignour
D. H. St. Hermann,D. Footer,
Franco i a l'leigo,
Pierre Mouetlo,
M. Ribnros, A. Villard.
rkahhigbt be ex
e minuio than any thai have yet been
public! but they show the circumstances
rut depicted by Mr. Ward's pencil froo:
existing dnla, to bo perfectly correct
.Sbarlotto" had nol returned ten minutes from hei
rial, at which bb- had condueted herself with unux
ui|.ied firaiuess and ability, than M. Hi
aiiiat, was introduced. She conversed with the
wbilo engaged in bia task, with perfect '-j for
i bad lote.
she snddunly remembered
rgotten to write a letter. She had o
a linei when Sanson made his nppearai
She went on with her work notwitlisiaiiding, and,
when she bad finished, =be plated her chair in the
mlddlu of the room, nnd lot down bcr beautiful bait
to be cutoff. "Since M. de la liarte," Baj-a Sanson," I never witnessed so much courage in dealb
"
not of a nature to soften (he lee lings, yete.be a
cd b-is nil..! led than any of us, and oven her li
not lost Ih-ir eolor. W bet* l.i-r hair waa cut
.
gave half lo ibe nrlist and the
tl. e jailer, for hi
Thonma J. Durant, J. Dawson,Anthony Fernandez, 1'rc- Samuel Young,
sidont of the Laiiisinua Charles W". llornei
Associalion of the 7ot- James Graham,oranaof 181-1-15, warof A. Commagere,1812; Founder of tho D. Christ u\
first Union A^s... .laii on .lames K. Tone II,
of this city, and iisfirst William Baker,
Preaident^ and no* Pre- Ansel Edwards,Bident ol the Union Re- William It. Grano,
publican Association, Henry Train,
nnd member of the Gen- Mr. II. Maaa,eral Central Committee B, C. Hyde,for Stnio, of which tbe J. A. Noble,
Hon. Thomas .1. I'uranl < hsrle.i t.^ilvie,
is President, Rufus Waplca,Jobu F. Collins, H. Mazerat,
Peter KudolphcJ, Preai- William Hurt,
dent Union Association,
Followed by one ihousaad signatures of tbe free
jlorcl ciiii-'iis ol Louisiana.
MEMORIAL.'lb his EaxtteiK'l Aaiiinm I.i.vcols, President of the
UiiUe.J 8!')k.i,~ri"<l I" thi H-jwrMa the Senate amillwise of Kejira-ji&Uictv of llin United Stales of
Ameriot, in Congress assembled ;
Your Memorialist i r : ip.-.-'tully show that tboy anloyal eilisteua of Luiiisiana, ot African descent, bonfree. Thny have been appointed n Oammitlee by (hi
signeni of Ihe ocouiupnui mjj petirion, lo which (hi>
Memorial is supplementary, lor tho purpose ol pre-'
ig the said petition, and urging, in person, the—
ur Memori'ili.-.in b. lie ve—just elaimj therein con-
tained.
That your Memorialist* desire to present, for yo
,,-orable con.-iderati'jii, the lolLimng Biatemcnt at
prayer io addition (o the aceompstiying petition
That, whereas, il may bo urged lhat the Coitod
^:ates bas no uuihoriiy in change the laws and Co
.utuiiari of iho Stale of Louisiana, an to tho .[iialilu
'in of votera at Stale elections. Tina has aires
a .ion- bv tie.- autbority ol the I.' mlc I States in
..ol to while titiit.'iis ol" Louisiana i.iiii|iluyi-d iu I
i'litary and naval service of the failed iitateo,
ill more oloarly appear by what follows.
Thai the Uonstilutio
1' .'V'tudeS tol'li'-r^, Se.-Miiuu, o, ^^..uvo ,u >«v- -.-./
'n-UJ ot tho Luitel plates from tbe- riflbt of suffrage.
'[•|,,t hv lleneral Order No. L' I, from lleaile'-'-i^
i Ibe
,,-allold wnforti
bo bad u
o of Louisiana, title 2, arlich
willo
SI DESOENDBKO IN INFERXUIT, ADES.I, wirminrso dim on Ihe extremes! edae'....-.' ,-
. |...o,...ebircoNly In you, lllio the Wlnler ectae'
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Tbat (hlvcra o'er ihe dond pool stirl and .try.
q wal onco Q ^lirlue r.i,.l hole pi
ilay-allarrenreilofjlorJlIoweralororTeilnitlQ
il sv r.irere v..- iVointiielWb.-.e b,-:in,,. ( ... ii. „ II
Smooth-beaped frorau'.
r l.lillie uilb bu' -here ii oust
ThatYut
i'i. Ir It.
ro can ihut,- T(:i;.-.- il> il.
S'-r ell n;.e i:,: el.nn, a. t'j.it slice! Inm:its ill lit ul iiulsclejj.ipnL'-blvouis receive a.
I.-B.l.lr.j' v.ltliiu inliJII". 1 ootu hoiv tbln\ pleat of -l.ui' -n. ell.nK.-, or iimfBeruol
1'otll 1'ieo hie IT I' . .V t I '"
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Id aw oitii heart I liiol llnj ie...r.L ninn's nly tho Jnioolh-hlafjcd got.
fli.it .,|
Wb'.re
Ono band ye cannot break— the force llinl clips
_in.l .er.ispjyonr ilielei to iliocenlral light;
Scir-fXikd lotlie lJ.rlli.-sl >erK .:,.| r.r', T ti(';
V. t -Frlre, no L.i .villi toil llitit in .¥.11. 1 mlnbtIlosilibnlLe'eriailiriitcl!
"
Tho ewl ia you tbg creed-dimmed cyo eludes ;—
ii nlt-.-i fe, i polluleil :—ir Godcompelled ret orn
mil-. 1,-e I I'binct.j brooils.
I wilb equu ..,..,.„,
ual) i;d, eliidied, and tried ii:
Isonandra GuKa is a large, -high tree, wilb a."".wn of rather small dark gr-.-.-u leaves, and a round
oolh (ruok. The wLjfe blossoms ebnnge- into acct froit, conlnining an oily Buhstance fit for
'"
ry u;e. The wood is uolt, spongy, and conliitigitu Jtnal e.iritieH filled wiih brown niripe
'tn-pcrcbB. The original method of the .\la
Collecting (he resin, consisted iu felling tho,
ich was then placed in a slantiDg position, ia as to
blu (bo exuding II uid to be collected iu bmwin,yes. Thia barhur.ius proccediug, which, from thu
irmooa demnnd ubicb .suddenly aroso lor the gulta,
ould soon have b.-ougbl the rapid ly-ri;ing trado (o
Buicidal end, foriunately became known before i
I
na too lale, and tbe Main ia now gathered in Ihe
io bark wilh a cbopping-knile, collecting ihe Ibin
hito milky fluid which exudes in largo vessels, andllowin~ it lo evaporate iu Iho sun, or over ibe fire.
Tbo aolid reaiduum, which Lt tho gutta-percha ol
commerce, is finally soliened in hot waler, nndpressed into Ihe lorui of slabs or Ilul piecea, generally
a foot nod n half long, and three inches thick. Gutta-
percha haa many prop'-r'ieJ in common wilh enool-
choue, being completely insoluble in water, tenacious
bul not elastic, and anestremely bud eondoctor of
iloric and electricity. The uses orgulta-percba ananifold. It aervea for waler pipes, for vessels fi
r Iho reception of alkaline or acid liquids wblel
ould corrode melal or wood, for surgical imple,sn(s, for boxes, baskets, combs, and a variety of
her ateielei.— i/.irfWri'i 'i'v/pioil World.
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ghilittltlpllia jpucrtteemcutjs.
* GESCY KUK TI1L
',:-::" Vi,i^
T Oh' COLORED
of Federalj
bad reaehe. 1 lloiim
en route lor Liehmond. Weary, laruishcil,
ihiraiiog, they were herded like cattle In tbe slreel
under Ihe burning sun, a public show. It waa a galalOdero Home. The womeo magoiljcectly
arrayed came out an 1 polled iLem n-iib halls of cotton
and with such sneers nndMnunta aa, "So you havoeome lo Rome, have you, you 1 unkees 1 How do youlike your welcome ("— and then more collon andmore words. The Crondi nnd Ihe boura came audwent, hut the mock' ry did nol intermit, and our poorfellowB were half out ol heart. Major P. of an Ohio
regiment, fnint and ill, htid stepped back a pace or
two and leaned against a post, when he was lightly
touched upon Ibu arm. Aa he looked around, men-
ially nerving him;-. It lor sonic more iugenioua insult,
a nWlooklerj, well dressed boy of tweiru stood al
bis elbow, his frank face turned up (o (he Major's.
With' a funivo (dance at a rebel guard whn slood
wilb his back to them, Ihe lad. pulling the Major's
skirl, and calehino I,,. br.-aib hoy -fashion, eaid, ''Are
you from New England I " "I was born in Mtuaa-
cbuselts," waa the reply. "So waa my mother,"
returned the boy, brightening up;" abe waa a New
England girl, and ebe was what you call a 'acbool-
ma am," up North; eho married my father, an I'm
heir boy, but how she du:x love Ken England andtho Yankee-?, and ibe old United fitalea. and so doII" Tho Major was louehed, as well he might be,
and bis heart warmed (o Ihe boy as (o a youog bro-
ther, and be look oat his knife, severed a button from
bis coat and handed him lor a re in u nib ranee, " Oh,
Pie got half a deren jnst liko it. tee here I" and be
took Irom bii poekei a liitle airing of thero, gifie of
other boya in blue. " My molhcr would like lo seo
you." be added, " and I'll go and tell bcr."
"What are you doing here I" growled tbo guard,
suddenly wheeling round upon him, nnd ihe hoy
slipped away into thu crowd and waa gone. Not
more llian hall an hour elapsed before a lovely lady
accompanied by the lit lie pal riol, passed alowly downibe sidewalk ne.it lo lbs curb sioue. She did not
pause, aha did not speak \ if she smiled at all it waalainlly ; but abe bunded lo one and another of tbe
priaonora bank notea as she went. Aa they Beared
the Major, tho boy gave him a tuymficaut look, as
much as to nay, " That's my New England mother."
Tbo eyes of the oleganl lad) and the poor, weary
officer met for an instant, and olio passed away like
a viaion, out of aigbl. Who will not join wilb me in
fervenlly brealhicg two beatitudes: God bleaa tbe
young Georgian, and blerfied forever be ihe Northern
school ma'am I—Army Ojrreipondenee.
if the Gulf, lUjrGan. N. P. Banks or.
dered that tbe olliienj who bad volunteered lor the,
defence oftbe- country in the army or navy, and who
otherwise qualified I'o'er.-, should bu allowed to
the election precincts in which (bey lairjhi be
Iho day of election ; thereby enfranchiaing--— by Ihe Conalitntion and
She i
jamo remarkable intrepidiiy
i ot bravado—a aimple, mild,
a lanelrating nnd IrNsialiblc
er of high works describes it.
Deamouslins, and Danton wero al a
I wiudu'w in the Etna Saint Honorc, on thu way, think-
_ diafranch iscd.
^..lyoar-MeruurialL-ts furihcr ehow tbat the Uo-
ti, inlio . and laws ol Louisiana ba.e been altered by
the anltority of tbo 0niied Statee in other reipecla,
""ThTby'the'J^fa'mation of N. P. Bank., dated
Vew Ofl-ana. January 1I,1NL» was declined lhat
it,, ollicers chosen in ibe elecuor. (Leo ap: roa, hing
Ihotild coaa'uinte lie civil government ol tbo btate
Dn. Lvuis IIelcueh'i t.'iicecir.—Mrs. Slowe, writ-
Sol her (alher'a church when a girl at homo, <ay» :
ow mflgnificeui lo my eye teemed ibe tarnip-like
canopy thai bang over tho minister's head, hooked
by a large iron rod lo the wall abovo ; and bowapprehensively dil i consider tbe question, what
would become ol him il il should fall! How did I
wonder at Ihe panels oo eilber tide of tho pulpit, in
each of which wajcarred and painted a flaming red
lulip, with ita leave* projecting out alright angles;
and then at the giap.-unt in Uas-relud on the front,
illy triangular bunches ol grapes, alter,
li , a
u- divided 1
iHtbt angular:o large cquare
'. snrmounledrea of Ihe.
pews, boied upwith a kind of balmier work, which I supposed lo be
provided for tbe special aceominidalioo ol as young-
sters, being the loophole ul retreat through which w(
gait i on the ' rcmarkabiiuti ' of Iho acene."
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