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ivo do-1 slavery. Again this gliont.lv tragedy wns to In liy the played. M ilitary and political necessity, no t tin tint', and I lo v e of liberty nnd justico, bad alono given tin language j colored m e n tho rig h t thoy bad acquired d u r ing j e x cited \ war. H e spoke in term s of terrible b itterness lint, they against tb n t ingrotc of ingrntes, Johnson, w h o m the ist com- R e p u b lican p a r ty found n vagabond, away from bis r success hom e , unknow n , ig n o r a n t a n d hopeless, a n d raised * gained to bis present position. No sooner d id bo find 111- vote, him s e lf securely seated th e re than be turn e d the jf- p o w er j g u n s of tlio U n ion from its e n e m ies nnd pointed 9, nor a n them tow a rd its friends. H o urged colored men to Iremists, let th o ir voice bo heard in dem a n d ing th e ir ju s t luOusly th e dues from Congress. e o f tbo districts Jos. Rcdpnth spoke of tbo recen t Convention, nnd cited ns an illustration, said its platform did n o t express tho highest con- Tlioiv m a jorities a re n o t so g r e a t t h a t n vory s lig h t victions of tbo bravo m e n who com p o sed it, b u t b ad change ol scntim o n t w o uld no t reverse. AVbilo i t boon c o n structed to s u it tbo views o f a c lass c f tim id is th e du ty of tlioso who hoped and desired tho re- politicians w h o w ero m o re anxious to secure seats su it w o uld be different to acquiesce in nnd bow to in Congress than justico to colored loyalists, lh e y tb e popu lar will, it is equally incum b e n t upon did n o t k n o w th a t it is alw ays b e s t for brave m e n those Who h n vy a c h ieved success to rem e m b e r th a t to be brave. T h e lions bad m o t in eounsol, a n d lo, a m inority w h ich lacks b u t o ne or tw o per cent, to th e foxes bad spoken f o r them . I t wns urged th a t a m a jority, is also e u titlc d to some respect a n d if th e C o n v e n tion had spoken ou t for im p a rtial suffrage tbo R e p u b licans w o u ld havo lost c e rtain districts in Pennsylvania, O h io au d Indian a . H o announced if th o y ’e n franchised th o colored m o n of theso States, they need never loso tlieir sleep of nights for fear of D e m o cratic trium p h s . I t wns n o t D e m o c rats—for th e y hnd killed them selves, b n t Conservatives calling them selves R e p u b licans th a t tho N o rth had to fear. choose to ad m it h e r a t all. A t tlie people tid e d to renew th o Vu.-uj o f pow er now tiel< radicals, th e n in no disputing with it.'-, we can only h o p e that tin- fears which the I and conduct ot BUMi.tr o f th< ir leader* lui'i will provo to h ‘.v. U ;o.und!. I will prove tin n i r i v ... \ ■r m illed to theii eh a r g 1 tie l a d thai hnnhocn m o d e rate, a n d th a t th e ir o p |- largely iu m a n y i.K-.,:ihivi on tlie p sh o u ld a d m o n ish them thui th e n rcn c is n o t a license, to unrostm i nod party indorsem e n t of tho r a b id utterances ol for whorover these held forth m o st stron p a rty loss is tlie greatest, a' i Pennsylvania c presid e n t J ohnson ’ s lesson . T h e P o st snys : L o t us hope t h a t th e P r e s id e n t w ill take n lesson from th e voice of th e people. H e m a y well do so. H is m a in purpose has been nnd is, if wo u n d e r stan d him rightly, to b r in g tb e country bnck ns quickly as p o ssible to co n s titutio n a l governm e n t. T h e s h o r test way now to reach th a t desirable end, is tbe ad o p tion of tb e C o n stitutional A m ondm e n t. Those w h o oppose th a t now , lnbor for th o perp e tu atio n of disorganization ; nnd nre n o t wise o r true friends, eith e r of the So u thern States, o r of the country. M r. J o h n s o n hns gained, wo are told, g r e a t influence ovor th e S o u th e r n whites. If he is a wise s tatesm a n , lie has nn op p o r tunity to UfcO th a t influence now f o r tbo pacification o f tlio country. L o t him urge th e adoption of th e am o n d m e n t u p o n th e S o u thern voters. T h n t its term s a re ju s t he will n o t a n d lias no t denied ; it. is e n tirely m a d e u p from h is own declarations— those declarations of policy w h ich w ere c o u n ted so wise and statesm a n like by th e co u n try th a t i t chooso him for V ice-President because ho h a d u tte r e d them . I n advocating i t lie has only to reiterate h is ow n often-repeated p o liti cal opinions. SPIRIT OP THE DEMOCRATIC PRESS. T h e B e d f o rd Gazette is one of th e forem o st o r gans of th e D em o c ratic p a r ty of Pennsylvania, aud lias over been iu thorough sym p a thy w ith its c a n didate for G o v ernor, H o istor Clymer. T h e fact th a t i t r e c e n tly published, w ith ev id e n t sym p a thy, a eulogy o n J . W ilkes B o o th as having “ laid down h is life f o r his c o u n try ,\ was prom p tly r e p o r ted by telegraph, b u t discredited by certain D e m o cratic journals. T o end all controversy on th e subject, we p r i n t exactly w h a t wns said by th e Gazelle —as follow s : ••A m e e ting of tho tru e an d trie d D e m o cracy was held in tb e C o u r t H o u se i n B e d ford, on th e evening of Saturday, Sept, 22, 18G6. T h a t firm aud reliable D e m o c rat, Col. J o s e p h W . T a te, was unanim o u sly chosen P r e s id e n t o f tlio m e e ting. A fter several able and eloquent a d d resses h a d been delivered, on m o tion of tb e H o n . B e n jam in P . M y ers, editor of th e B e d ford Gazelle, an d present D e m o cratic candidate f o r Senato r in tlm t D istrict, Col. T a te was c alled upon to address th e m e e ting. T h e Colonel responded in h is usual a b le and elo qu e n t m a n n er. A fter discussing th e issues o f th e dav, tbo Colonel eloquently exclaim e d : “ ‘1 believe th a t P r o v idence h a d a hand rem o v a l of A b raham L incoln. I believe th a t th e nam e of J . W ilkes B o o th w ill liv e ; t h a t he laid down his life fo r his country, like W inkloreid. Sw itzerland h a d h e r W inklereid and h e r W rlliam T e l l ; Scotland h a d her R o b e rt Bruce, a n d Am erica her Booth. The lim e is coming when there will be monument erected to Booth higher than the s p ire o f Lincoln, who sleeps beneath tb e sod of Illinois.’ ” — W e d o n o t d e e m a u y c o m m e n t n e cessury.— Tri bune. cheered enthusiastically. T h o Tribune, also, r e lived he a r ty cheers. F r e d e r ick D o u g lass again addressed nn audience in tho C ity H a ll. I t was one of his finest efforts. H o pleaded fo r im m e d i ate and universal suffrage for h is race, a u d said th a t any o th e r plan of reconstruction w o uld deservedly end in ruin. T h e colored loyalists w a n ted tho rig h t of suffrage : first, because th e y wero m o u ; second, because they needed i t for th e ir e d u c a tion ; third, because th e y needed i t f o r tlieir protection ; fourth, because tb e law of A m e rican in s titu tio n s is niv e im l suffrage ; a n d fifth, b e c a u se tho w h ite raco ..-ill w a n t u s a g a in ; sixth, because tliere can be no safe r e c o n struction w ithou t i t ; eighth, because the national h o n o r requires th a t i t should be given ; ninth, because.tliero is no good reason w h y i t should be d o n ied. H e d rew a s tr o n g p icture o f n e g roes ford ing stream s, s w im m ing rivers, scram b ling thro u g h thickets, defying death by drow n ing, b y robel bul lets, in o r d e r to w arn o u r G e n e rals of dangers aud to tell them how to escape it. T h o y had b e e n eyes to th e blind, f e e t to tb e w o u n d e d prisoners. Ho then contrasted th is sublim e d e v o tion w ith th e iu- differonco of political parties to th e negroes now. H is h e a r t first failed h im w h eu G ran t lorb a d e tlie negro regim e n t to join tho gran d parade of the a r m ies a t W a shington. H e show ed th a t, high as was th o moral altitud e th a t had been reached b y tho white soldier i n r u s h in g to tho defence of h is c o u n try , leaving hom e , f riends, a n d fam ily f o r i t s sake, the conduct o f th e black soldier-w a s m o ro neroic, because h e had f o n g lit n n d died for a c o u n try which had sold, and scourged, an d ostracised lnm and still refused to adm it him o n equal term s in to its political circles. N a t i o n a l g m t i - J J t a t n j & t a n d a t l T H E S O U T H R E T R E A T I N G . T h e w o rst loo k political a ffairs have, a t present, is t h a t w h ich show s th e S o u t h retreatin g . W h ile republicans a re rejoicing o v e r th e defeat o f Joh n s o n , th e S o u th hastens to accept h is defeat as its own, a n d onco m o re tu r n s to m a k e th e best of circum stances. I t falls back to take its s tand on th e Con gressional A m e n d m e n t. I t argues th n t th e best term s it can now g e t are those th e A m e n d m e n t offers. F iv e m o n ths later, a n d even t h a t m a y be w ithdraw n . Congress w ill m e e t in D ecem b er, backed b y larger m a jorities th a n sustained i t th r o u g h th e war. I t w ill th e n have becom e thoroug h ly abolitionized. A n d before that tim e o r never, the S o u th m u s t f ight th e battle against negro suffrage. “ T h o A m e n d m e n t,” i t says, “ is n o t so bad otter alL T h e loss of a few R e p r e s e n tativ e s c rip p les its cause, b u t black v o ters w o u ld r u in it. B e s t count th e negro nobody th a n hnve him c o u n t a g a inst the So u th e r n w h ite.\ T o tliis policy th e S o u th is f a s t retreating. I t is possible for th e P r e s id e n t to retre a t in th e same direction. T h a t h e w ill seek to carry o u t h is policy beyond tho F a ll elections is n o t probable, i f the Republicans m o v e forw a rd tow a rds suffrage, he w ill declare for th e A m e n d m e n t H e w ill m a k e that m e an “ bow ing to tb o w ill of th e pe o p le ”— whoso servant h e is. H e can take th is stejj grace fully and consistently. F o r w h a t is th e A m e n d m e n t w h e n an A b o litionist strip s it of its gloss. F i r s t , i t is a com p lete recognition an d deference to th e th e o ry of S tate R ights. T h is m a y be’ show n from tho hig h e s t R e p u b lican autho rity . T h e ad dress of th e N a tional R e p u b lican Com m ittee th u s explains : “ A S tate w h ich chooses to h o ld p a r t of its population in ignorance an d vassalage— p o w er less, uneducated, unfrancliised— shall n o t count th a t portion to balance th e educated, intelligent, enfranchised c itizen s of o th e r S tates.” Second, i t is a sham e ful adm ission tlm t th is is a w h ite m a n ’s g o v e rn m e n t T h e sam e “ A d d ress” sa y s : “ ‘ B u t ’ som e one m a y say, ‘ th is section Is designed to coerce th e S o u th in to according suffrage to th e blacks.’ N o t so, we re p l y ; b u t o n ly to notify h e r (ruling c aste) th a t we w ill n o long e r b r ibe them to keep tin -1 M u clu in serfdom . W e say, therefore, to S o u th C a rolina, ‘ I f y o u keep (your) blocks in serfdom ,’ ” e tc. Now th e P r e s id e n t c an well a g ree to i l l tliis. T h e H erald says i t w as s illy in him to 'h a v e ever m a d e a n issue upo n it . A n d so it was. I t is h is ow n c reed th r o u g h o u t Now t h a t Sum n e r and Stephens a b a n d o n i t lie m a y discover h is o p p o r tu n ity . T h e H e rald h a s gone before him . T h e 'lim e s is on th e way. T h o W orld w ill n o t long stay b e h ind. A n d w h e n il gets to th e A m e n d m ent, Alex. Stephens, Gov. Parsons, M a y o r M u n roe, and everybody else of th e “ r u lin g caste,” will have becom e c h a m p ions of th e U n io n based on th e late “ Congressional p o licy ” W h a t then w ill Congress do ? W ill it fulfil th e S o u thern prophecy—cancel th e A m e n d m ent, and ordain suffrage. That is now the issue. W lm t will Congress do ? T h e P r e s id e n t’s policy is already done for. N o n e so wild ns to d o it hom a g e. T h e A m e n d m e n t m u s t s h a re th e sam e fate. I t will no lo n g e r do to nrge t h a t th e A m e n d m ent in any sense e n d s th e controversy. I t does uo t even touch it. T h e eq u a lizing of representation by ignoring th e n e g ro, is th e old trick. I t is a dodge. Im p a r tial suffrage is th e ju s t a n d only plan. N o n e o th e r covers th e w h o le g r o u n d . T h e sham e of A m e rica is its persistence iu ita c rim e uguinst tho negro. T h e negro Is m a d e th e w h ite m a n ’s foot ball. K ick him w h ich way you w ill—any way ; it do n ’t m u tter w here—to carry a n election, or i th o U n ion. T h o p o o r U n i o n ! I t lives on blood ofCuffy. I t is tim e t h a t R e p u b licans, w h o p rofess so much love of Ju s tice, should let th e U n ion slide o u t of th e ir thoughts, w h ile they look s q u a re a t th e black m a n an d rea d in his face th e lessons of justice. — 'lhe Radical. P I T T S B U R G . Special Dispatch to tho N. Y. Tribune. P r r rsB o n o , Friday, Sept. 28, 18CC. A large m e e ting of c o lored citizens was held to n i g h t in th e N ew C ity P a r k ; am o n g them ■ tw o c o m p anies o f th e black boys iu blue, who fought as p a rt o f th e arm y of th e Jam e s , u n d e r B u tler, a n d N ashville, u n d e r G en. Thom a s. F r e d e r ick Doug lass spoke u p o n the political s ituation, a n d c riticized w ith severity th e C o n stitutional A m e n d m e n t. H e described th e provision as a ch e a t to th e loyal nc- E och. I t practically ig n o r e d th e tru e m e n of the rath , i t recognized w h ites lately in rebellion tb e S tate i n whose hands i t placed th e r ig h t of I franchising or d isfranchising th e men who succored o u r w o u nded soldiers and poured o u t tlieir blood os w a ter in defence of th e U n ion. I t b a d ulways beon so in A m e rican history. T h e f ir s t sho t tlm t killed a B r itish officer in th o w ar o f Independence was fired by a colored m a n . W h a t wus th e re w a rd V H is race k e p t iu slavery. I n 1812 the colored loyalists o f New O rleans f o u g h t u n d e r J a c k son and helped to drive b a c k th e B ritish there. W h a t recom p ense d id th e y receive ? T lie irons of WITHOUT CONCEALMENT—WITHOUT COMPROMISE. NEW \t)R K , SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 18CG. T H E E L E C T I O N S . T h e elections o f lost w eek substantially g u a rantee to tlie R e p u b lican p a r ty th e m a n a g e m e n t of p u b lic affairs n o t on ly f o r th e rem a ind e r of th e T h ir ty - n in th , b u t a lso in th e F o r ti e th C o n g ress. T h e r e su lt of th e N o v e m b e r elections, a f te r those w h ich have ju s t p a ssed, can h a rd ly be considered doubt- T h e canvass has boeD very thoroug h , espe cially in th e S t a te of Pennsylvania. A ll th a t official patronage could do to dem o ralize th e people and break th e r a n k s of th e R e p u b licans w as done, w ith unw o n ted v ig o r a n d determ ination . M e ssrs. Jo h n - an d Sew ard w ere doubtless th e m o s t efficient canvassers f o r th e R e p u b lican in te r e s t w h o entered th e field. T h e i r m o v e m e n ts created a sense of in secu r ity i n th e public m iud w h ich to ld largely in favor of th e ir o p p o n e n ts. T h e r e was never g r e a ter m iscalculation for selfish e n d s th a n M r. Sew a rd’s projecting th e J o h n s o n - D o u g las to u r . T h e re su lt is th a t Congress is triu m p h a n tly sustained. W e do no t, how ever, a ccept, a n d we hope m e m b e rs of Congress ’w ill n o t a c c e p t, th e r e c e n t vote as an inten tion a l endorsem e n t b y th o people of th e half- and-half, com p rom ising m e asures of th e last ses sion. T h e revolutionary a ttitu d e o f th e P r e s iden t m a d e it a p p a r e n t th a t another o u tbreak of w ar vonld soon occur if h e w as n o t c o n d e m n o d w ith imphasis. T h e only practicable w ay of ren d e rin g th is rebuke, u n d e r th e peculiar circum stances, was re-electing an d in c reasing opposing m e m b e r s of Congress. M a n y w h o a re n o t R e p u b licans have voted, a n d w ill vote th u s f o r tho security o f th e ir personal investm e n ts in governm e n t b o n d s. I t h a d becom e m a n if e s t to th e selfish, m o n e y inter est, irrespective of p a rty, t h a t it w as from tlio rebels rep r e s e n ted b y th e President, a n d n o t radicalism , th a t (langer w as threatened. W e have n o te d w ith special satisfaction th r o u g h o u t th e cam p a ign th a t th o m o st r a d ical e x p ressions have uniform ly called fo r t h from th e people th o m o st e m p h a tic a n d hearty dem o n s trations of a p p roval. T h e p e n d in g A m e n d m e n t has been dw e lt upon as a n issue, th e dem a n d fo r e q u a lity of representation h a s b e e n w a rm ly r e spo n d e d to. B u t th e tliorn w ithin th e rose has been carefully concealed. In th e presence of im pe n d in g d a n g e r to th e ir own in terests from a speed y renew a l o f w ar, m u ltitud e s , w ith a s tudious of th e ir o r a to r s on th a t p o in t, overlook th e te r r ib le p e ril w h ich th e a d o p tion of th e A m e n d m e n t w o u ld b r in g to th e b lacks au d tb e loyal •hitcs. I t is a t th is p o in t th a t we u r g e o u r con dem n a tion of th e action o f th e m a jo r ity of th e last Congress. T h e y s tu p id ly a n d crim inally blun d e red from t h e i r ow n lack of faith in ju s t p r in c iples aud insufficient t r u s t m th e people. L o o k ing forw a rd to th e fu tu r e , o u r co n c e rn is th a t th e m e u w h o sh a p e d th e p o licy of th e la s t ses sion of C o n g ress m a y n o t b lu n d e r again by con sidering theso elections an en d o rsem e n t only of th a t for w h ich t h e y deserve severe censure. W ith th e shrew d n e ss of satanie in s t in c t th e enem ies of igro having failed, w ith th e lead e rsh ip of P r e s id e n t J o h n s o n , to g e t h im back directly in their grip a s a slave, m e a n now to toko advantage of tlio indm o n t, if possible, to crow d h im to th e wall u n d e r th e shield of S tato Sovereignty w h ich th a t m e asure practically concedes. W e u r g e th e re fore t h a t tho A m e n d m e n t be r e jected nnd shall do w b a t we can to prev e u t ita adoption. T h e lauda b le e n d of ju s t a n d equal rep r e s e n tation can bo readily uttained w ith o u t th is disgraceful betrayal of th e blacks. T h o responsibility w h ich will rest upon R e p u b lican legislators will bo com m e n s u rate w ith tho g r e a t o p p o r tu n ity w h ich is before them . T h e r e w ill bo u o need of h e s itation o n ae- m n t o f th e Presidont. T h e ra p tu r e w h ich was dreaded a year a g o , a n d w h ich w as so tim idly and foolishly a v o ided by Congress g iving th e a d v a n tage of tim e to th e treacherous r e b e l leader, is now open an d well defined. N o r is t h e ir n e e d o f b e in g much longer e m b a rrassed by M r. J o h n s o n as P r e s idon t at all. I t w ill bo a p a ram o u n t d u ty of Congress, w ith o u t w a iting to consider any m e ssage lie may have to offer, if h e s h o u ld conclude to s e n d one ut ull, to initiate m e a sures for liis im p e a c h m e n t, and prom p tly to suspend liis functions as P r e s id e n t. If th is be n o t done, as well m ig h t tliere be no provi sion in th o C o n s titution for im p e aclim o u t. Wo tru s t, how ever, th a t there w ill be no h e s itation in th e discharge of th is duty. I t is w lm t radical m e m b e rs of Congress dosiro, u n d none know b e tter th a n thoy tlin t i t o u g h t to be done. N o r n e ed they again fear o f no t b e in g sustained in doing any thing w h ich really ou g h t to be done, w h e ther i t lias b e en th e subject o f discussion in th e C o n v e n tion o r not. R e p u b licans everyw h e re d istru s t M r. Jobnson and w a n t t o b e rid of him . T h o D e m o c rats inw a rdly curse him fo r tho dnm a g o ho h a s dono to their fondly ohorishod p a r ty prospcots, Tlio Southern C o n federates begin to tliink of him as tbe.y tlid of F e r n a n d o W o o d , M a y o r H offm a n, H o ratio Sey m o u r a n d o th e r N o rthern D onioerate, w h o p rom ised to h e lp them nchiovo nn onsy si rebellion fortj y. im .a i . .. rv and nearly ns many iu freedom dnty and the necessities o f the hour. And sue i —tho only colored volunteer laborer in tlie D istrict in could work tho liko results among tlio Repub can ..... ^ bobnlf of the emancipated. Sho was welcomed by Pro- inntions to-day. B u t tlio intoxication is too cop sident Lincoln, with, ‘ W hat can 1 do for you ? ’ n n d failed. All classes, w ith tlio e x c e p tion of a few offico-lioldors, w ould in reality bo glad to g e t rid of a P r e s id e n t w h o hns dishonored h is office and greatly im p e rilled tho safety and p r o s p e r ity of the nation. N e x t wo nrge Congress to conunenco n t th e be g in n in g and undo th e treasonable w o rk o f tlio P r e s id e n t in g iv in g tho e n tire governm e n tal m a chinery of th e S o n t h into th o h a n d s o f robols. T h e so-oalled governm e n ts of th e rebellious Staten are b u t th e f ru its of usurp a tion . C o n g ress owes i t to tlio loyal w h ites, and to our tru e n n d t r ie d friends, tho blacks, to sec t h a t tlioso illegal organizations aro p r o m p tly abolished. T h e r e is, ns wns dem o n stra ted by tlio R e p r e s e n tative C o n v e n tion of S o u thern L o y a lists n t P h iladelp h ia, w ith tlieir w h ite and black con s titu e n ts, ab u n d a n t m a terial o u t of w h ich loyal, repu b lican govern men ta in those States can bo co n s tr u c ted, i f they nro b u t m a d e possible nnd gu a ranteed b y Congress. T h e tru e R e c o n s truction has y e t to b e begun. I t is for th is w o rk in o u r g r o a t national em e rgency th a t m e m b e rs of Congress havo been n n d are to bo elected. T h is is tlio responsibility th e y accept. P r e s id e n t J o h n s o n m a d ly threw aw a y h i s opportu nity’. T liero is now no help for h im . H o is already im p e a c h e d by th e m o ral sonso of tlio nntion. H e will furnish o n e m o re nam e f o r tlio scroll o f infam y , low e r dow n even tlinn those of P ierco and B u chan a n 1 L o t those to w h o m th e people dologato anew a u th o r i ty to do th e ir w o rk a t th is cripispin tlio hopo th a t i t w ill be well done, tak o w arning. I f they w ill b u t seek justice f o r a conier-shjue, nnd proceed w itli R e c o n s truction upon th e b u s is o f the D e c laration of In d e p e n d e n c e all w ill b o well. Oh,’ said she, • I cnmo to thnnk you for w h at you lmvo done for my people, ond to liolp you to tako core il an though a snored cliargo hnd boon led hor by him, corroborating her own great inspiration, sho lias sternly rebuked tlio vices nnd cliorishod tlio virtues o f theso peoplo, and is now going from neigh borhood to neighborhood dnring tho week, and on 8nb- bnth is meeting thorn, nnd talking from a stand in tho open a ir, on tho practical d uties thoy Bliould perform, nnd espeeiafly forcing n pon them tho fact thnt thoy aro not free wlnlo thoy depend upon tho government or publio bonovolonco, but m u st go whore thoy can find k and a homo, a nd ■ draw their rations from thoir Through hor efforts, w ithin tlio last thrco months, many of tho m o st dostituo in tho c ity havo beon induced tho West, wboro they roport themselves ns well satisfied, and desirous thnt ull their friends should come out of tlieir ‘ s h a n ties’ond live ‘ liko pooplc,’ ns thoy do. Sojourner is still a t work h elping thorn to g o.” S E N A T O R W I L S O N C O N V E R T E D . T n E Boston Congrcgationalisl of th e 12tli inst. says : “ I t is with feelings o f peculiar pleasure thnt wo record the interesting fiict o f tlio conversion o f Hon. Henry Wilson, in connection with tho rovival now in progress in Natick, where he resides. A fow evenings since, he publioly onmo forward to receive the prayers of Chris tians, and lias established tho family altar. Always sober, thinking person, with strong convictions ol r< ligious truth, ho h as never soon liis way clear to an open avowal o f his faith till now ; nod he takes this step with that deliberation and practicnl intelligence so character istic of nil his actions. Ho now occupies the noblo po sition of a Christian statesman. If ever this nntion needed Christian men in hor h igh places, i t is now, and all good people will p ray fervently that the blessing of Heaven may rest upon our distinguished Senator, who. while laboring for nnd loving liis country, is not afraid to avow his love for God. Wo could say more which would interest our readers, b u t feel th a t i t might, nt tlie presont time, bo a n infringem ent o f true delicacy.\ W e shall rejoice if tlje N a tick revival h n s b r o u g h t M r. W ilson to a consciousness o f tb e w ickedness of liis p o litical m a n a g e m e n t d u r in g tb e p a s t year, a n d in d u c e d iu him a change o f h e a r t. W ith A n ti- Slavery an tecedents w h ich hnve w o n f o r him tru s t a n d confidence, h i s com p rom ising a ttitu d e in the S e n a te d u r in g th e la s t session, w as a political blu n der, w orse in effect t h a n a crim e . F o r a lo n g tim e h e gave s u p p o r t to th e P r e s id e n t o r k e p t silence w h e n h e should have rem o n s trated a n d w a rned th e co u n try of th e im p e n d ing dang e r . H e sham e fully b e tray e d M a ssachusetts and th e n e g ro b y h is course on th e Colorado question. M o re recently, i f T h e o dore T ilton , A n n a D ickinson, Ja m e s R e d p a th , and o thers, s p e a k tru ly h e acted th e p a r t of M a rplot a t P h ilad e lp h ia a n d w ell-nigh defeated tho heroic S o u th e r n loyalists in th e ir p u r p o s e to declare for [partial suffrage. W e su b m it, w ith o u t any p e r sonal ill-w ill tow a rd M r. W ilson, th a t such is not C h r is tian statesm a n s h ip . W e observe th a t a t th e C o o p e r I n s titu t e on M o n d a y e v e n ing la s t h e avowed him s e lf in favor of universal suffrage. T h is he has do n e before. W e sh a ll' value h is declarations a t th o C o o p e r I n s t i t u t e a n d in th e revival m e e tin g in th e p r o p o rtio n t h a t h is action hen c e fo r th shall es tablish th e ir genuineness. T h e B o o n s D ispatch w h ich w as given to th e p u b lic th r o u g h t h e P h ilad e lp h ia Ledger aw a k e n e d m u c h feeling th r o u g h o u t th e c o u n try . T h e ques tio n s s a id to h a v e been pro p o u n d e d to th o A ttorney- G e n e ral as to th e leg a lity of th e p r e s e n t Congress b y th e P r e s id e n t w e re jn s t such a a h is speeches h a d prep a re d th e p e o p le to expect. W e see i t in ti m a ted t h a t th e dispatch w as p u t f o r t h ns a feeler to te s t pu b lic op inion o n t h a t p o in t. T h e c o n d e m natio n was decisive and alm o s t universal. S u n d r y com m e n ts b y th e press p r e p a re d fo r th is n u m b e r unavoidably crow d ed out. W en d e l l P h i l l ip s w ill deliver a lectu r e a t the C o o p e r In s titu t e on T h u r s d a y ev e n ing next, th e 25th inst. H is s u b ject w ill bo “ T h e T r e a c h e ry of th e R e p u b lican P a r t y .” T ick e ts of adm ission, fifty cents. A few p latfo rm tickets m a y bo had, one dollar e ach, a t tills office. O n r frien d s in th is city an d vicinity, desirou s o f h e a r in g M r. P h i l lips, w ill do well to secure t h e ir tick e ts e arly. W e p r i n t in an o th e r colum n an im p o r ta n t A d dress to th e people o f th e U n ite d S tates from the C o m m ittee o f S o u th e r n L o y a lists a p p o in ted a t P h i lad e lp h ia to v isit th o to m b o f L incoln. W e bespeak for it a careful perusal. I t sh o u ld be w idely’ c irculated. W o tru s t th is tim e ly ap p e a l ty ho hoard a n d heeded b y th e people aud the represen tatives. H orace G r e e l e y and Jo h n M o rrissey havo been nom inated f o r Congress from th is c ity. E a c h can did a te is d istin g u ished in h is way. Jam e s Brooks of th e N . Y. Express, W illiam E . D o d g e and M rs. S tanton , i t is said, w ill be th e c o m p e ting candidates iu tho E ig h th D istrict. H enry W ard B eeoiier addressed a largo a n d ie in th e B rooklyn A cadem y o f M u sic o n M o n d a y o\ in g Inst, aiid im p roved th e o p p o r tu n ity to sw ing aro u n d from th e J o h u s o n -D e m o c racy to tho R e p u b lican party. P E R S O N A L . William Lloyd Garrison, wo nre gratified to loam, much improved in heulth, and is likely to completely recover from tho serious injuries which havo occasioned him severe ami protracted suffering. John Van Burcn died a fow days since ou hoard tho stenmor Scotia. Tlio steam er reached this port on Tuesday last with his remains. Tlie funeral cororoo- nies will take place to-morrow (Friday) a t Grace Church. John S. Rarey, tho famous horse-tamer, diod sudden ly a t Cleveland on the 4th inst. L a s t December h o had a stroke of paralysis, sinco which timo ho hnd beer treated by several p rom inent physicians. On Thursday, at 2 p.m ., ho left tho Waddell House for n walk, but soon returned, complaining of a pain in tho head. Alb beiug seated for a few ruiuutes ho exclaimed, \ I in dying,\ ond in about au hour ho expired. Says tho W ashington correspondent o f tho Worcester (Mass.) Spy: “ Tlie iriomls of Sojourner T ruth, of whom Mrs. Stowe has w ritten so warmly, will bo glad to know thnt she is still in W ashington doing faithful nml lnbot servico to tho freed people, by instructing them • how to live in freedom.’ Hor first work was in Freodmen’e Villago, whero sho rem ained moro than a year. Fool ing thnt hor mission thoro was accomplished, in April, 18GB, the memorable week of tho assassination, she came to this oity, whoro she him remained sinco, devot ing horsolf, with a u earnestness peculiui to herself, to iral, social and physical improvomom >: m u lti tudes of poor and degraded colored rot. >m Vir ginia and Maryland with which the Dim i ii i .bon: Ample field is afi'orded her to im p a rt I- . , .. ppn-sged race tho practicnl lessons o f hor own . ml , . peri- L E T US CONSIDER. rT behooves tlio peoplo of our country, nt this hour, to ponder woll their steps, to consider carefully how and to wlmt issue thoy c ast their ballots in tho ennvnss ju s t a t hand. Tho chnraotor of tho creature thoy h in tho W hite House, thanks to his coarse g a rrulity that lays his plans and purposes ossontially undisguised, becoming measurably well understood. Ho is hold somewhat ju s t e stimation ns on enemy, a conspirator desporatoly plotting a g ainst liberty, devising for tr< and violonco. There is hardly danger a t all that the seal o f popular d isapproval will not be broadly sot in the coming elections n p o n him and his execrable “ pol icy.” Ho is fast making him self too infamous for on- duranco. B u t how nbout the issue ? Wlmt ia to bo declared and insured in the success o f tho Union Republican party, a s a g ainst thoir u surping Executive? Wlmt will havo boos dofined a n d accomplished ? W b at substan tial vantago will havo beon gnincd ? These questions requiro careful examination. Tho rallying cry now is, Congress ; sustain it, adopt ita policy, scouro tho reconstruction on tho basis of the Congressional Amondment. Congress is juHt object of tho Exeoutive displeasure, of his coarse ond ribald maledictions in his pornmbnlations < country. Endorse Congress, and thus rebuko a n d de feat him, and save tho imporilled Republic. And the m u ltitudes who go moro b y sound a n d specious op- peorauco than by seeing nnd reflection, aro likely to rush on hitherward, dreaming thnt the policy o f Con gress is tru th and virtuo, tho hoofing balm for the nation. T h e hour waxes liootod witli excitement, aud a great c risis that holds tho fato'of rival policies is upon us. B u t looking a t it, w h at does the Congressional policy embody a nd assure? I t does not secure nor attem p t to secure to the black man, o r even to the disfranchised whites in tho u n reconstructed States, tho sacred protec tion of tho franchise. I t perm its those States to return into tlio fellowship of the Union unregcnerato and controlled, rebel still, and with frill p ower to tako repre sentation in tho n ational councils in th a t character, loaves tho loyal millions thore, who havo dono and fered in tho nation’s behalf, and saved it, under tho heel of their old oppressors. It extends the sanction of the nation’s'license to their disfranchisement, m aking the entire country particeps criminis —nn a c t of d amning guilt and treachery, of base ingratitude never approached before even in our worst history. Its stupendous folly matched only by its criminality, ls this the plan o countrym en nro to be e xhorted to support in order to subvert the mncliinations of the.rebels and to defeat Johnson ? Bad as is his policy, steeped in criminal purposo and pregnant with untold calamities, the method of Congress is hardly less false nnd inhuman a poison it is, albeit mayhap of slower operation, yet of equally sure and fatal result. Hero is tho height o f tho attainm ent o f the party of growth and progress, under tho terrible discipline of four years of war, and such a hollow and murderous peaco as hns followed ; tliis is tho high-water mark of their courage nud virtuo. The great Republican Con vention of tbo State of Now York, late assem b led in this c ity (Syracuse) could got n o farther than—Congress. T h is is tho platform everywhere. T h a t tho loyalists from tho G u lf States at Philadelphia recently hnd the manliness to w ithstand tho counsels o f the wily cravens from tho North, dissuading from the utterance of any testim ony for impartial suffrage, lest the prospects of the Republican p a rty should thereby be damaged—is to their everlasting honor, and all the more to the shame of tho advisers. I t is an old trick, th a t of blinking the issue, of at tem p ting to ijeach by indirection and half moasures w h at mon feoftand know th a t right a n d duty require. I t has been tried since the world was, and we have essayed i t to our c o st in tho last five years. W hen Sum ter come and tho rebellion, there was stroke on tho clock of heaven announcing n new hour for tho world. I t was tho voice declaring from the skies—Compromise a t an ond ; slavery and nil its com itants abolished. Behold, saith the Lord, I make all tilings now ; prepare yo the ways and mako thorn straight for the coming of tho M ost High. T h e word to this nation was—Repent, for tho Kingdom of Heaven ia a t hand. Absolve yoursolvos, wash you clean of all participation in slavery, consecrate all to humanity, and iu tru th’s nam e go nnd wipo o n t this ho m d atrocity which the earth groans under and Heaven frowns u p o n ! Never before was such opportunity, such m o nition offered to any people ; nevor was n ation found moro sigually unprepared and unequal to the call. I t was the opening of tho sovonth seal, tlio judg m e n t and tho final prophecy. “ I t has been our misfortune,” I heard Horace Greeley somo while ago (during tho war) declare, “ not to be ablo to look our antagonist in the face. Slavory comes to us und hits ns ou tho forehead, and says, ‘ I slavery ; I challenge thoo to m o rtal c o m b a t’ 1 N orth says, ‘ No, thou a rt not slavery—thou art rebel lion ; I will p u t rebellion down and leave slavery touched.’\ Tho war came. We saw the “ uprising of a great people,” os i t was culled—hosts on hosts girded in array, und marching to the clung o f b attlo ; bu t it n o t for broad justice, and to vindicute Immunity ; it to maintain tho nationality a n d tho American Union. T h e just issue wns n o t drawn ; tlie nation attem p ted to evado aud ignore God. Bull Run defeats, McClellan campaigns, 300,000 of tho flower of our youth and manhood slain on Southern battle-fiolds woro a part of tho wages o f this sin, nnd tho cssontial wickedness has n o ty o t b een repented of—ourselves first, rightoousm afterwards—therefore the deliverance does n o t come, Jn s t such a policy in tlio past, direct blood relation to th a t which our countrym en propose now to pursue, gavo u s Andy Johnson to rule ovor us. Ho is the fruit of thnt spirit, of infidelity and treason to piinciph Because Baltimore wus, ho is, in spirit w hat lie is mi in place whore ho is. Yo denied the innocent a u d tho just, a n d desired a m u rderer to bo granted unto yoi “ Union ’’ treason is tho proper p a rent nud procrcati of disunion, treason and revolt. L u s t when it hath conceived b ringoth forth sin, and this sin, Copperhead- ism in the N orth and treason aud rebellion in tho South, lioth in largo part a t tho door o f tho American Union. Copporhendism ia spawn from tho Republican pool, tho maggot that broods froui the c arrion of com promise. Andy Johnson iH the judgm ent, tho primitive visitation of Heaven upon us to-day for the sins of un faithfulness, and should be taken a s a solemn and four- ful admonition against nny courso b earing tho h such taint in the future. Wlmt u mercy liis being ta inted upon us m ight provo, should i t bo sanctified to ir profit uud bring us to a thorough nnd godly ropont- lcel Wo want p rotcstanta—hien who feol tho requiro of tho exigency, realize the necessity of plunting now upon justice and a truo hum anity, uud will press it home unyieldingly, and give thoir suffrage lo nothing else. The army of such believers in tlio Republican party, albeit but u small 0110, could revolutionize its attitude and compel tho selection of such mon to fill tho oflli as would represent tho most advanced domtutd. A body of e arnest protcstanta in 1804, might, had they po sistod, havo forced the withdrawal o f Abraham Liueoh an Thurlow Wood is reported to havo said, \ in forty- oiglit hou r s \ (after liis nomination by Baltimore), to mako way for ono who should moro fitly represent tho universal, and tho protcstanta themselves will acqiuosco tho platform nud tho nominations, “ ju s t for this :e,” join witli tho m ultitudes Congrcssionolly *0 crn' cify Jcsna, lost Andy Johnson nnd liis troupe o f comp followers come nnd tako away onr place nnd nnti< Tlio c u rrent will sot strong, nnd if possible tlio very elect shall bo deceived. Wo may havo civil war again, fresh flows o f blood on Southern soil ond on Northern too. Cortainly thoro will be groat boats nnd exaspera tions of feeling. B u t lot us as Abolitionists il stand firm by tho flag of Heaven, nbnto nothing of our testim ony from the rigor o f the Divino requirem ent! Tlio recoil will come, sooner or later, the hours of disappointm ent and dismay, of self- catechi'-n nnd reflection. Our countrym en will still find tlio way of the transgress, r is hard, thnt injnstico is not undor nny policy a prneticu thing. T h e y will then need tlioso who aro in attitude 1 'uistciitly to nd- ih them of their wrong, to point out tho begin ning of tho divergence, nnd tho solo door of return. livo for the high destiny of Man, for tho con quest nnd tlio sncccss, tlio infinite future of Truth. \Ono accent of tho Holy Ghost This heedless world hath never lost.\ T H E SO U T H E R N L O Y A L I S T S . ADDRESS t THE UNITED STATES. T he Committee o f Southern Loyalists, appointed by tho Convention nt Philadelphia to visit tho tomb of Lincoln, hns issued the following address : S pringfield , October 11. To the Loyal People o f the United States : Tho undorsigned members o f tho Committee appoint ed by the Convention of Southern Loyalists, lately somhled in Philadelphia, to visit the tomb of our m tyred President, Abraham Lincoln, as a testim ony of admiration and affection with, which tho Unioi . of tho South remember his single-hearted pntriot- liavo discharged that duty. Tho enthusiastic greetings which wo received all a long onr route ficient evidence th a t tho U nion party is still intact. Wo return our sincere and lic-arty thanks for tho uniform courtesy and kindness everywhere shown us, b u t before wo separate desire to warn onr countrym en o f a new danger which appears to he looming up. Everywhere that we have been tho loyal pooplo who aro sustaining Congress seem to bo united in demanding First, T h a t Andrew Johnson shall n o t bo perm itted to usurp nnd exorcise tho powers o f Congress in addi tion to those of P resident. Second, T h a t disloyal mon shall not b e perm itted to rule e ither the whole country or any p a rt thereof; nnd, Third, T h a t the loynl mon of tho South, black a s well as white, shall be p rotected ta nll their rights as Ameri can citizens. U nfortunately, however, some Republican speakers and writers, by the looso language they make use of, and their frequent declarations th a t i f the non-recon- structed S tates ratify the p e nding Constitutional Amend m ent, such of their applicants as can o r will take the test oath will be adm itted to membership t a that body, aro creating tho im pression th a t the ratification of that Amendment will render any further legislation by Con gress ta relation to the non-reconstructed States u n n e cessary. If this conviction fa ll o w e d to fasten itself npon tho m inds o f tbe people, i t can only bo removed by a long, acrimonious discussion, pending which the nation will c o ntinue to bo affected with the evils whioh now render fife t a a third of tho States alm o st intoler able. I t now requires bnt a few momenta reflectio tlm t such n settlem e n t of tho reconstruction problem would c o nvert the victory now being won a t tho polls into a defeat. T h e Constitution of the U n ited States declares thnt “ a ll legislative power shall be vested Congress,\ a n d “ legislative power ’’ means sim p ly th e power to make laws. Tho usurpation of the President consists in the fact th a t when, ot the close of the he found ten States “ deprived of a ll civil governm ent ” —thoro koing no law npon tho statute-book providing how, under such circumstances, government m ight be instituted—instead o f calling tho legislative departm e n t together in extra session to pass the necessary laws, he assumed the p rerogative o f Congress and prescribed the rules and regulations (claiming for them a ll the force and validity of regularly enacted laws) necessary fc establishing civil governments in tho ten States which he declared hnd nono. It w as'in accordance with these illegal edicts th a t the tyrannical organizations claiming to bo tlio State governments o f N o rth Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas wore formed, a n d to recognize their adoption of the Constitutional Amendment as valid, is sim ply to endorse nnd legalize the President’s usurpntii the pooplo willing thns to endorse the a ctions of Presi den t Johnson? If not, they m u st firmly resolve and declare thnt the illegally organized tools of a usurper cannot by tlieir action affect the Constitution of the country, nnd that before tho non-reconstructed States can ratify the A m endm ent legal governm ents m u st be instituted ta them. A^oin, every o ne o f the so-called governments in the ten non-reconstructed States nre ta tlie hands of and controlled by the m e n who attem p ted to destroy the nntion, and uro ostentatiously used to make treason honorable and loyalty odious—and in the Southern States impossible. If Congress legalizes them it pel petuntcs these ex-rebels in power indefinitely. They will c ontinue to have a bsolute control of tlio govern ments o f a ll or n early a ll o f tho late slaveholding States, and will send up solid delegations to Congress of whose sympathies were and arc w ith the Confederate cause. Onco adm it th a t they a re loyal State go m e nts, a n d Congress cannot thereafter interfere in those States nny moro than i t can now in Illinois and 1 York. In short, legalize tlioso b ogus governments, ex-rebels will thereafter havo a bsolute, political control of nearly one-half tho Union. If tbo loyal people do not wish such a state of affairs, they m u st never consent to the indorsem ent of Andrew Johnson’s usurpation. Again, it is these state governments w hich now tyran nize ovor tho U nion men of tlio South, and w hich oi being wielded so aa to render our living tliero intole: able or impossible. Protection, either of life or pro perty, witli tho Stato governm e n ts controlled by those now iu power there is impossible. W hile loyal State governments can afford us protection, we solemnly w arn the people th a t the ratification of these bogus gov ernm e n ts is a sentence of d e ath or exile to every Unii man in tho South whose p o sition or a b ility renders him nt a ll obnoxious to the late rebels. To those who ore willing to tolerate lor a m o m e n t tho idea of a b andoning thoir frionds to destruction—o f handing them over bound hand nnd foot into tlie power of their a n d the nation’s enemies, we havo not ono word to say ; b u t to such ns call themselves Union mon, nnd have some spark of manhood or womanhood in tlieir natures appeal for protection—for that protection which i alono be afforded by State governments im b u e d with the principles of im partial justice for a ll men. Shall we appeal 111 vain ? The notiou of Congress the coming W inter m u st answer this question. Tlio late rebels are o f course desirous o f retaining ih power in Congress as possible, b u t thoy would nil representation in th a t body rather than I6se control of the State governments, for by tho help of these State governments alono can they keep tin people united against tho General government. Repre sentation in Congress is a side and c om paratively unim portant m a tter, b u t tbo control of the Stato govern m ents. w h ether o r no. they shall remain in the hands of those who have onoo used them -to wage war upon tho Union, is tho vital question. Wo do not wish to havo it understood that we a re finding tanlt with th. present C o n g r e s s -th n t noble body of men, whoso firni- ,u|y Protection thus fur Binco understanding that Congress will not, after being en. dorsed by the pcpplc, a b andon this the m o st important (cntiire of ita plan. Wo do not believe that it jH cither necessary or r igh t to carry on tho canvass npon a mi*, apprehension or mystification of the issue, and feel con. fl.lont thnt such a courso would c ertainly lead to ernbar- rnssmcnt, and m ight lead to disaster ; for although the great majority of the Union members of Congress wifi undoubtedly remain true, somo are always anxious ^ obtain notoriety for being more \ conservative ” than tlieir associates, a n d such would claim, if wo keep silent, ir<i_ th a t tho canvass was fought witli tho implied pledge keep onr thnt tlie e n acting <>( the Constitutional A aendnrfot wc, To.1 us ! all that Congress proposed doing. Wo liavo expressed oursolves strongly in this paper because wo feel deeply. Tho bones o f our dead are in Southern graves. Our homes aro there. All the cliis- taring recollections of o u r c h ildhood aro connected with the soil from which wo arc called npon to exilo our selves. Men of America N we c annot reconcile ourselves to tlie fate in store for us, should we be deserted by yon •ill n o t boliove that yon arc capable o f betraying us. The ideas which wo wish to hove crystafized in your m inds nre : 1. Thnt tho usurpations of the President cannot be pudiated by legalizing them. 2. Thnt rebels cannot be kept o n t of power by giving lem alisoltite control of tho late rebellious States. And, 3. T h a t loyal men cannot bo secure in any o f their rights while nil offlcers>Histho States where they live, from Governor down to conStnble, ore ram p a n t rebels. Wo know that the views herein expressed a re endorsed by alm o st all of the Union men or the South of all order that thoro m a y be no misunder standing os to w hat we wish to have done, we repeat that we ask Congress to pass a law providing for the establishm e n t of legal civil governments in the non- reconstructed States, a nd th a t the said law shall embody the following ideas : 1. T h a t no mnn who took part in tlie rebellion shall bo perm itted to vote or hold office, a t least until he shall have complied w ith such conditions as Congress may sec fit to impose. 2. T h a t all loyal men, w ithout respect to color or ice, shall bo perm itted to vote. 3. T h a t wherever it may bo needed, n local military force shidl bo organized, consisting solely of loyal men and thnt the expense o f organizing, equipping and main taining said force shall bo defrayed by that portion of imunity whose conduct renders its presence necessary. Appealing to a ll patriots to see to it that the fruits of victory arc not lost a t tho e leventh hour, nnd thnt those friends o f the nation who m o st need its p rotection shall not 1>c first abandoned, we respectfully subm it our cause surten ness has afforded u dosed. I t has boon, r cue war closed. I t h a s becll, a n d is onr .... . ■ the organization of loyal government P^? R for State, bill h „ , 0 , M, M ■ m in,m e d iately„po„ J » - » < * « ■ tecta a n d passes it, all will be well w 1 , 1 P pollod to issue this addreso 1 .. oou im ' ih is immeasurably tho in J t U\ 't thi“ biU- stood it, is being ap n a r o n ii. 1 . • have un ,L « turn Umt * ? “ »'• “ J *>» I P - tating tanpm tte wliiM, MenlB' 1 1*“VB bue atmudoiuaont o t it. W„ t e t T , , \ sent canvass, and exooei t,lu Pro' poot t0 w n h n u o , w ith tlio d istinct to tho American people. A lbert G r iffis , Ala., A. J . H amilton , Texas, J. F. N ewman , D .D ., L a , W. J . S mith , Tenn., J esse S tencil , Texas, W eston F lin t , M o ., J. H. B inoham , Ala., H. B okum , Tenn., C. E. Moss, Mo., II. B ranscomb , M o ., G eo . T ucker , Va., L. S herwood , Texas, E . J . D avis , Texas, H. C. W abmouth , L a , P. B. R andolph , L a RECO N S T R U C T IO N OF TH E R E B E L L IO N . W hatever may be tbe motives o f P resident Johnson, is c lear th a t h is policy is reviving in tho South the disloyal s p ir it a n d its bitter fruits, so th a t instead of re- onstrneting the U nion it is virtually reconstructing tho rebellion. Liberty o f speech nnd liberty of the press, those great bulw a rks of freedom which\ nre ex plicitly guaranteed in the Constitution, are denied every where 011 tho theatre o f the Into rebellion u nless defended by Federal bayonets. The lives o f loyal men are not safe. Northern people arc persecuted, driven out of the South nnd denied the right o f engaging in peaceful and lawful pursuits. Instead of being so anxious to have the representatives o f disloyal constituents a d m itted to seats in Congress, the governm ent should see first, th a t the Union mon of the Soutti a re a d m itted to at their oumfireside, with n one to molest or mako U nder tho present policy, if the Federal government intends to secure to citizens of this Republic their in alienable a n d constitutional rights, i t m n st bo dono by lilitary power. How much better, how mnch easier, how much cheaper, to do it by simply granting im par tial suffrage. How much better the ballot than the bullet! Tbo ballot is a safety-Talve ngainst political revolutions, social convulsions and bloody insurrections. Im partial suffrage, then, m u st bo demanded, m u st bo gran tod ; else, all the blood a nd treasure poured ont in tho late war are wasted. W hat though Connecticut, or Illinois, or any other free State, has not yet given the ballot to hor colored citizen, m ust the General governm ent fail tojpnt down rebellion until i t can find a w arrant f o r i t airfoug those dusty a jid fingering relics ofignorauce a n d pfo-slavery, the Blue Laws o f Connecticut and the Bhu-lj Laws of Illinois ? If these S tates were rebellions, and tno number and c h aracter o f the respective races inhabiting them were tho same a s those of tho Southern States, then the Federal governm ent conld enforce im p a rtia^uffrage, even in Connecticut and Illinois. To say nothing of the claim s of g ratitude and justice, impartial suffrage is n eeded to finish the war. The con test is not y e t e nded ; but the ballot in the hand of the black m a n would be a t ouce the pledge a n d the crown of victory. S eth H unt . A P A R A L L E L InERE aro two c elebrities in th is republic, who, from the m o st humble beginnings have risen to tho highest positions ever h e ld by members of their respective races in this republic. Both were the children o f parents in poor circumstances, and both may be regarded as hav ing been born m e m bers of classes ostracised by the larger portion of the com m u nities surrounding them. Bo Hi ore d istinguished b j indom itable perseverance and oxhaustless e nergy o f will. B o th have a chieved great ness, a n d ore indebted for their p resent positions main ly to their own exertions. These m e n are Andrew Johnson, President of the U nited States, and Frederick Douglass, delegate to the lato Philadelphia Convention. B u t with all these poiuts of resemblance, there are nice skndos o f distinction to be perceived ou a closer inspection of the lives of the above-named individuals. Ono wus of confessedly humblo parentage, tlie otlior was born in absolute shivery. T h e parents of the for mer were poor but h o n e st, the latter was only connect ed with his father, whom he ju s tly repudiates, by that parents crime. If tlio ono olbowed his road into the charm ed circle o f S o u thern aristocracy, tho other forced his way into liberty. If the form er obtained his educa tion w ithout the a ssistance o f th e law, th e luttcr achieved his in spite o f tho opposition of the law. If Afidrew Johnson strove successfully w ith the trained rulers of the South aud taught them practically th a t a mudsill could think ; Frederick D o uglass has proved himself uo w h it his inferior, for, trom the tim e lie discomfited Mr. Brooks of tho Repress to tho present, ho has suc cessfully com p eted w ith and now confessedly over throw n by logical and convincing argum e n ts all bis reasonable e nem ies. E v en in the scene which latterly occurred a t the W hite H o use, in which those two re- doubtubles were tho m a in uctore, i t seemed as il the negro, though silenced by a u thority, was destined still to trium p h ; to r h is compoLled silence proved tlmt the sword of pow er by w hich ho was stricken, though po- was iucupable of receiving nny polish whatever. 1 conclude, the ono, g iddy with h is exaltation, would 1 to have forgotten the stops by which ho mounted, m a y he charged w ith having betrayed the confi dence o f liis form er friends, receiving in return the sim u lated friendship of his early aristocratic foes; w h ilst the other, firm as a d am a n t, has never ceased to identify him s elf w ith tlie oppressed race whoso cause lie advocates, holding liis position, as its champion, to be h is ohioi glory. Furtherm o re, all m u st admit, that his conduct as d e legate to the Philadelphia Convention has justified the choice o f his c o n stituents and dignified tlio p a rt tor whioh they selected lnm ; in subliwo and culm inating contrast to th a t of liis opponent, who has prostituted his presidential pow er for iKifitical party purposes, and who, in his lato tour, has only exposed his demagogical character by dispensing, in stump speeches, declam ation w ithout argum ent, assertions w ithout proof, and violent censures w ithout dignity or m o deration. R. IV. H um *--