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Y o u can make such use of i t a s in y o u r ju d g m e n t y o u think best. vou think I t will d e ter others from this noblo w o rk it may bo b e s t to supp r e s s the w o rst f e a tures o f it. I f i t can be used to brea k tho pow e r ol th is te r r ib le “ K lan,” you m a y use I t for that. If it w ill c a u se o th e r touchers to p r o tec t them selves from like assaults, you can circulate these facts WITHOUT CONCEALMENT* WITHOUT COMPROMISE. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25, 18G9. E R F R O M C A L I F O R N I A . g r a p e i Cruz, N o v e m b e r 3 0th, 1S69. g Stan d a r d : m e h vaunted clim a te, th e w h e a t ie O verland M o n thly, it tak e s a ■ a n adopted Californian to bo- We suffer—no t liko th e English- from “ sam e-sickness’ ’ p roduced m otony of the alw ays repeated •» of houses, but from w h a t may esion. W o a r e from tlie ex- .south-w est—E n g land, Ireland- W e have torn up thff roots th e old hom e s, tho old assocla- siy, slowly, p u t down slender soil H ence, iu full possession 8 and O verland wc a r e con, alm o s t starvation a t tim es, i a r e in a h e a lthy condition, and to bave lived ia one place long “ Home.\ T h is w a n t o f union is by your ig n o r a n t Catholic dom es- p r iest c a n nwuken no interest In •pairing th e church, and by tbe i who tind tho effort to establish a irary entirely up-hill w ork. Cliques ore i. h o d friendships few. N o oue Is to it t h e situation. T im e will surely by al- qi accum u lation m o uld us into a homo- wljplo ot l o s t O u r one p r a y e r just now class lecturers. W ill the railroad bring Kiting by my ow n b c a r th, with the relia- ofed (dozing (not s n a p p ing) a t rov feet, I rtioved S t a n d a r d , com p anion o f tw e n ty ; r e a d therein accounts of Radical Clubs >§NM>d W o men’s P a r liam e n ts in N ew Y o rk ; of Social Science Conventions, and F r e e d m e n ’s schools und sigh to Lhiiik t h a t our isolated position a n d o n r unassim ilated population forbid o u r p a r ticipating in sim ilar activities. . Y e s terday thoogb, sittin g in tb e bay window which tb e children had snrro n n d e d w ith p o ts of ferns, I saw a p r e tt y sig h t tliat filled m e w tept. O n tlib cro q n e t ground tw o o f my girls, ,-© reive and f o u rteen y e a r s old, w ith th e ir constant com panion, M - — , a p u r e blonde, w ere busy and ex e itcd w ith th e gam e , and playing w ith them , h a p p y and full o f excitem e n t as any, w e re two it boys, one a pleasant, Intelligent c o lored lad, who com es to s a y liis lessons h e r e , (being excluded by law from th e public schools, and by prejudice from th e p r iv a te ones, though a g e n e r a l favorite w ith all) aud the oth e r, a little C e lestial, a child of eleven, am iable looking, no t rem a r k a b ly moon- eyed, who a t the m o m e n t wos dancing w ith ec- staey to find th a t having once had tho gam e ex plained to him, h e could b e a t all tb e o th e r s by his clever use of the m a llet. T h e girls sym p a thizing with J in 's success c a lled m y a tten tion to it. “ But, m o ther,’’ said G , “ J i n n e v e r seem s to take his e ye off l i t t l e (his c h a rge) he alw ays takes th e best c a r e of h e r .” Jin alleets one w o n d e r fully like any o th e r child o f his age, m o therless, in a s tr a n g e land. H e is w ronging no o ther, and m o re C h ristian lab o rer than himself, by receiving te n dollars and his board p e r m o n th for doing g e n e r a l housework, In w hich j i t is both e x p e r t and faithful. Thousands o f C a lifornia w o m e n a r e to d a y broken dow n in health b e c a u se they could not afford to pay in th e y e a r s gon e by 8-10 o r S35 p e r m o n th for h e lp, and could n o t now afford 825 or everf*.20 while they can, fortunately, afford S10 or 815 lo r th e f a ir a m o u n t o f assistance they c a r e now through these Chinese boys. T h e I rish themscSves employ them w h e n e v e r it suits th e ir convenience, a n d certainly so fur as dom e stic s e r vice is c o n cerned, i t is n o t d e g rad e d thro u g h them . P e o p le who like ourselves have been faithfully served by th e m o st cleanly nud capable o f cooks and laundry m e n , a r e a p t to p r e f e r th e ir self-re spect, to the disingencousness of tho Irish, who, if they a re Catholic, feel a s f a r rem o v e d from any real relationship w ith you, as th e foreign race. T h e fact o f th u s adm itting th e Chinese into tlie v e ry cen tr e o f o u r dom e stic economy, forestalls all need o f m issionaries to China. T h e y go hom e with a realizing sen s e of th e tru e position of women. T h e y have learned by ex p e r ience to re spect them nnd to d islru s t the w isdom o f tlieir own social regulations. F o u r teen y e a r s ago Mr. H- who owned a larg e rancho n e a r St. Jo s e p h ’s M is sion, em p loyed a Chinam a n a s cook. Tliis man w ho declared he w as a M a n d a r a n , in his country, positively refused e v e r to place a ch a ir a t table for Mrs. I I . H e wonld place them for Mr. H i or any m em b er o f the m ale sex, but could no t stoop so low as to do tbis for tlie in f e r io r sex O b serving Mrs. II one day as she w as posting h e r husband’s books, he gave her a piece o f his m ind, “ N o good, no good, she lcadec,—lilcc — p littee soon lickec all zee m e n .\ [ » i f w o m e n ' read , w rite, p r e tt y soon they will m a ster tho m e n .’’J H o w d ifferent now w h en they go eagerly to Sunday schools to bc ta u g b t by w o m en, and they a re not ungrateful. A m o s t a d m irable M e thodist lady has instituted one o f those schools In Santa Ci jjz . I t is k e p t in tlie C o n g r e g a tio n a l Church, as th e M ethodist p a s to r w as n o t q u ite up to th e thing. I t is to this school t h a t little J i n goes, a n d he is extrem e ly proud of bis learning , especially o f the songs h e sings, a s : “ There U a happy land, Fol, fol, away.“» On being a sked by a visitor w h e re tlm t land w as, a scholar responded prom p tly “ C h ina.\ A s none o f the teachers understand C h inese th e r e m u st be urnch tim e w asted. T lie pupils, how e v e r, nre bent on arriv in g a t a know ledge o r o u r lan g u a g e , and make slight a c c o u n t of this difficulty. W h e n once alPh a b e t Is m a s tered, you shall spell f o r them every dipper a n d spoon in the house. If we could ° f ° u r or,,\ “ t e ! » U“ t 11 lb l\ 8 Ond Cl l n u . u a » |, 0 ^ m .(o M< ^ •Tha Chlaaaa 1— —------- — utttrwl ilk* l, wrtMpoudlng to, R. which 1» t h e T h e M a n a g e rs of tho T h irty-Sixth A n ti-Slavery Festival a g a in rem ind th e m e m b e rs and friends of tlie A m e rican A n ti-Slavery Society o f tlio need th e r e is th a t they should still con tribute to sustain its operations, and e specially to circulate its o r g a n , T h e N ational a x t i -S lavkry S tandard . T h e ex p e r ience o f the la s t y e a r eloq u e n tly ju s tifies tlio policy o f continuing its efforts to tench and mould public opinion. Congress lias subm itted lo lh e S l a te s a X Y th A m e n d m e n t, w h ich w ill placo th o n e g ro sale, so far as law can, politically on tho level w ith o th o r races. T w enty-tw o S tates have ratified it. T h e r e is a fair prospect th a t, w ith p r o p e r efforts, the o th e r six S tates n e e d e d to in c o rp o r a te it into the Constitution m a y bo ob tained. Till t h a t bo done w e k e e p w atch and gu a rd. T h e protectio n ol' tho em a n c ipated r a c e , which th e E x e c u tive, and C o n g ress a n d th e F r e e d m e n ’s B u r e a u s e e m equally to have neglected , is ano ther object o f v ital im p o r tance. T h e re p o r ts from tbe rebel S t a te s a r e h e a r tr e n d in g . F a c ts, g a th e r e d n o t from p r iv a t e re p o r t b n t from official docum ents, show t h a t r u thless a n a r c h y prevails thro u g h o u t one- half th e South. I t is n o t h a rd jud g m e n t.to say th a t the G o v e r n m e n t show s no disposition to grap p le w ith this g r a v e difficulty. Public a tten t io n needs still to b e direc te d tow a rd th is sham e ful and guilty neglect. T h e d if ieren t p lans for securing land to these defenceless victim s, need discussion. W ith o u t this foundation m e re political rig h ts a r e em p ty words. W e again urgently beg th e m e a n s to k e e p onr counsel, o u r reb u k e a n d o u r adm o n ition before th e public. T h e usual F e s tival w ill be h e ld a t H o r t ic u l tu r a l H a ll, B o ston, o n th e e v e n ing o f W e d n e s d a y , Ja n uary 26th, w h e r e all th e friends o f the Cause a re cordially invited to m e e t, an d w h e r e D o n a tions w ill b e , a s usual, r e c e iv e d a t th e different tables. Subscriptions m a y also b e se n t e ith e r to T h e Standard office, 39 N a s s a u stre e t, N e w Y o rk , to R. P . H a l l o w e l l , 9 8 F e d e r a l s tr e e t, B o ston,M a ss., o r to any o f th e subscribers. [N a m e s of tb e m a n a g e rs will be p r in te d in o u r n e x t issue]. C O N G R E S S — A B E G I N N I N G . C o n g r ess has m a d e an auspicious b e g in n in g in the unfinished w o rk o f r e c o n s tr u c tion. I t prom p tly sets a s ide th e r e b e l m o b h ith e r to calling itself tlie L e g islatu re of G e o rgia, an d pro v ides f o r th e rea s sem b ling o f th e leg itim a te bod}', includ in g th e ex pelled c o lored m e m b e rs. H a d tb is s te p been tak e n im m e d iately a f te r th e rev o lu tio n a r y pro c e e d ing s of the- G e o r g ia R e b e ls, in u n s e a tin g th e r e g u larly elected m e m b e r s on account o f color, a s w e then urged, many precious lives m igh t have been saved, loyalty w o u ld bave been stre n g th e n e d , an d the m a terial pro s p e r ity o f th e S tato w o u ld have been greatly prom o ted. T h e exam p le of un c h e c k e d in subordination o n th e p a r t o f G e o r g ia lia s done much to add to th e b u r d e n s and sufferings o f loy alists, colored an d w h ite, in o th e r S tates. W e congratulate especially o u r colored con s tituents of G e o rgia t h a t som o m e a s u r e o f f a ir play is likely a t la s t to be vouchsafed to them . T h e o r d e a l o f th e p a s t y e a r has been to them o f th e severest kind. I t has been a t th e co n s tan t p e ril o f ou tr a g e a n d assassination th a t they could rem a in a t all w ithin th e bo r d e r s of tb e S tate. W e p r e s u m e that th e legitim a te L e g islatu re w ill b e speedily sum m o n e d in session, t h a t th e F i f t e e n th A m e n d m e n t w ill be a t once ratified, a n d im p o r tant legislation Tor th e protection, and f o r tho prom o tion of the industrial and ed u c a tional in te r e s ts o f th e people will b e c o n sum m a ted a t th e e a r lie s t p o ssible period. W e a r e g r e a tly gratified also th a t, forew a rned by tho om inous exam p le o f G e o rgia, Congress decides to “ m a k e h a s te slowly” in the m a tte r ol a d m ittin g V irg in ia to C o n g ressional r e p r e s e n tation . T h e election o f V irginia, i t is notorious, w as carried by rebels, in th e nam e a u d guise o f “ c o n servatism ,\ with th e aid o f th e e r r a t ic edito r o f T h e Tribu n e , by system a tic intim idation, violence aud fraud. T h e landless colored people w o re dep rived of em p loym e n t, an d th r e a te n e d w ith ex term in a tio n if they presum e d to vote fo r o th e r th a n th e rebel candidates. V o ting by them w as in m a n y cases im p o ssible, and in others b u t a m o c k e ry o f political freedom . I t becom e s C o n g ress to p a u s e before prem a tu r e ly adm ittin g any o th e r S o u t h e r n S tate only to have to d o over again, a s in G e o r g ia, w h at n o t w ell done a t th e outset. W o tru s t th a t Congress, p ledged to g u a r a n tee to th e loyal peoplo o f V irginia a R e p u b lican lorm of g o v e rnm e n t, will see to i t before S e n a to rs and R e p r e s e n tativ e s are adm itted to s e a ts from t h a t S tate, tliat a now elec tion is held, w ith ad e q u a te p r o tectio n to loyal voters, o r th u t tlie test-oath bo so app lied us to exclude r e b e ls from th e L e g islature. T liat body, perm itted by the la x r u ling of th e A tto r n e y G e n e ral, and o f tho P r e s ident, to assem b le an d organize, unpurged, for tlie ratification o f th e F o u r te e n t h and Fifteenth C o n stitutional A m e n d m e n ts , tra n s cended its specific function, and proceed e d to o ther unauthorized business, including th e electio n of u n ite d States Senators. E v e n tlie ratification of those am e n d m e n ts by snch a body w as little b e tte r then a trick and a farce, w h ich th e reb e ls them selves, once adm itted to full Congressional r e p r e s e n tation, w o u ld be sw ill to plead, aud proceed to re n d e r them inoperative. Som e thing m u st bc done to provide for tlio e c u lion of w h o lesom e law s in th e South. T h e C o n s e r v a tiv e s \ of G e o rgia, V irginia, T e n n e ssee and elsew h e re,[have already given a b u n d a n t proof, if proof w e r o need e d , tb a t th e y cann o t now bc tru s te d , any m o r e th a n w h e n they w ero slave holders before th e w ar. S e n a to rs a n d R e p r e s e n t atives from T e n n e s s e e iu C o n g ress, m e m o rialize Congress to interpo s e fo r tho re li e f o f loyal c iti zens o f T e n n e ssee a g a in s t th e re c e n t o r pendin g revolutionary proceedings In th a t S t a te , and for tho m a intenance o f a republican form o f go v e rn m e n t therein. T h e need o f Congressional In ter ference f o r th e ir relief wo have tlio am p lest assur ance is m o st u r g e n t I t is becom ing daily m o re and m o r e a p p a r e n t th n t tlio adoption a n d ratifica tio n o n ly o f Constitutional A m e n d m e n ts to gu a ra n te e equal civil nnd political rig h ts to th e colored peoplo of tho South,will bo of littlo p r a c tical v a lue uulcss supplem e n ted by adequ a te p r o v isio n f o r THEIR RIGOROUS ENFORCEMENT. T o tills ViOW ol the enso Congress m u st n o w a d d ress itself. W h e r e v e r tlio loyal p e o p le a re in a m inority a n d pow e rless for thoir own protection, tho duty will tho n devolve upon Congress. T h e am e n d m e n ts them selves, ir tho original te x t o f tho C o n stitution did not, give am p le s c o p e o f a u th o rity for such Interference ns m a y he necessary f o r th o vindication of equal civil a n d political r ig h ts am o n g tho citizens. T h is is ono of th e good results o f tlie w a r, tlie full be a r in g o f w h ich wo have scarcely y e t be gun to realize. T lie natio n a l gov e rnm o n t is h e r e a f te r to be much m o re o f a real, tan g ib le g o v e rn m e n t in th e States, th a n it lias h ith e r to been. W h a tever m a y have been tho th e o ries o f S tate Independence in tho p a s t, they will hencefo r th of necessity bc abandoned for tho doctrlno o f c e n tr a l ization, and a m o r e absoluto n a tion a l authority. T h e m a s s e s o f S o u thern w h ites a r c to - d a y a liens in spirit, m o ro inim ical to R e p u b lican gov e rnm o n t than th e bulk o f f o reign e m ig r a n ts who seek h o m e s w ithin o u r national dom a in. They will no t enforce nnd carry o u t lu good faith th e nation a l p ledgo o f equal civil r ights, and Im p a rtial suffrage Irrespec tive of r a c e o r c o lor. C o n g r e s s may a n d m u st d o it. A F E W WORDS ABO UT TH E STA N D A R D . * ‘ W H I T E D S E P U L C H R E S . \ A nna E . D iokjnson d e liv e r e d h o r lecture, W h ited Sepu lch res,\ for tlie first tim o in this city, beforo a v e ry largo aud ien c e , in Stein way H a ll, on T u e s d a y evening last. T h e le c tu r e is one of tlio m o st effective p r o tests to which wo have ev e r listened, a g a in s t tho p r e s e n t dw a rfing nnd dem o ralizing inequality in th e relatio n s o f men a n d women—in a n d ou t o f m a rriage, w ithin, a n d b e y o n d the dom a in o f “M o rmonism . G raphically descrip tive, it b r in g s th e su r face, a n d sa d in te r io r life am o n g th e M o rm o n s vividly to th e view o f the h e a r e r —a p ictu r e in w h ich th e d a r k and disagreea- bio sh a d in g larg e ly predom inates. U s ing Mor- m onism ra tt ie r by w ay o f illustration, th a n us th e m a in su b ject o f h e r lectu r e , M iss D ickinson show s w ith tellin g effect,the inevitable social d e g ra dation whicli atten d s tho u n ju s t subordination of women to m e n . T h e full tru ition o f tho s u b jection theories o f D rs. T o d d aud B u shnell, it w as c laim ed, m a y be seen both in life am o n g tho M o rm o n s, and in th e crim e s o f th e assassin w h o claim s in th e w o man he abuses and o u tr a g e s , bu t c a lls his wife, bis sole possession and p r o p e r ty to d e a l w ith a s he pleases. Iu its in te r p r e tatio n o f tru e w o m a n h o o d — a n d o f m a n h o o d as well—its p lea f o r a b e t t e r r e cognition of th e sacredn e s s of m a ternity, for justice and equ a lity in th e hom e life, in society, a n d b e fore th e law , th e le c tu r e is h ighly cred itab le to the head a n d h e a r t o f its a u th o r. L ik e h e r stirrin g p lea a g a in s t C a ste in ho r “ B r e a k e r s A h e a d ,” tliis lecture rev e a ls an e a r n e s t, noble purpose, and is elo q u e n t n o t a lone o r c h iefly in voice a n d m a n n e r, but because o f th e tru e w o m a n h o o d w h ich prom p ts to th e u tte r a n c e . W e hav e n e v e r listened to Miss D ickinson w ith g r e a t e r satisfaction. T h e r e w as no occasion h e r e f o r th e c riticism s w hich h e r lecture called forth in Boston a n d P h iladelp h ia, as p r in ted in o u r co rrespondence. V e r y few a r e th e r e a m o n g A m o rican o r a to r s w h o se le c tu r e s a t a ll com p a re w ith M iss D ickinson’s as giv e n on T u e s d a y even ing, in eloquence o f voice, grac e f u l sim p licity of m a n n e r, and force o f illu s tr a tio n a n d argum e n t. W e ho p e i t m a y be exten s iv e ly h e a r d , an d its im p o r tan t lesson be everyw h e r e heeded, to th e end th a t “ W h ited S e p u lc h r e s ” shall bo know n m o r e forever. T h a t th e r o is g r e a t n e e d o f rec o n s tr u c ti o n in G e o r g ia, such as we have urg e d upon C o n g ress, is illustrated by tlie follow ing w h ich wo ta k e from th e S p r in g jield R e p u b l i c a n : ANOTHER STORY FROM GEORGIA. The following e x tract from a private letter, written by young lady from the North, who has beon two ye; resident o f A tlanta, gives an entirely different account of affairs in Georgia from th a t iu the letter that we pub lished Saturday, and we have no doubt i t is a more cor rect one, as tho w riter is in a position to be fully in formed, and is entirely reliable: ‘You doubtless read of the condition of things in Georgia. I t is truly fearful. While theorists a re ad vising the freedmen to keep out o f cities, get homes for themselves in the country, cultivate tlio land, etc., (ex cellent advice if possible to follow), the Ku-Klux-Klan killiDg them, whole families a t a lime. Refugees constantly arriving. Teachers a re also driven away. Wo aro u nder m ilitary protection here, though the col ored people are shot down by tho whites without provo cation even in A tlanta. I’m glad to see th a t the Presi dent mentions Georgia in liis message. Gen. Terry re commends a military governmont. Tho worst accounts you see in N o rthern papers ore mild. Tilings have been growing worse instead of better. Tlio rebels a re evi dently not sufficiently thrashed. The hopo for this part of the country lies in tlio Christianization of tho freed people. ‘ G od speed the rig h t.’ ” The W o m a n 's A d v o c a te (W illiam P . Tom linson, 39 N a s s a u s tr e e t,N e w Y o rk , e d ito r a n d p r o p rietor,) e n te r s upon its th ird volum e w ith Hie Ja n u a r y num b e r. T liis e x c e llen t jo u r n a l , d e v o ted to tlie cause o l W o m a n ’s R ights, has, wo a r e glad to learn, won d u r in g th e y e a r a goodly num b e r of subscrib e r s , em b racin g m a n y of tho b e s t r e p r e s e n tativ e s o f tb e W o m a n ’s R igh ts m o v e m e n t, m e n and women in tliis cou n try , and to som e e x te n t in E u rope. A v e ry in te r e s ti n g story, w itli a W o m a n ’s R ights lesson, en title d “ T h e M a r k e t W o m a n ,\ from th e pen o f A n to in e tte B row n B lackw e ll,w h ich began in th e S e p tem b e r num b e r, w ill ru n throu g h W b nro glad to boo tlm t T ub S t a n d a r d is to bo con tinued, the same In spirit, though tho Uonr old namo (drat suggested by tlm t truo friend of tho cause, Ellis Gray Loring) may bo changed for one Indicative of on mlarged sphere of action. For tho good of tho eouu- try, n man liko Wondoll Phillips ought to have a n organ undor ids own control, whorein ills convictions con be ot all times frooly and ontlroly expressed. This lie could not bo suro of doing aa the correspondent of ony other paper, not even tlio m ost outspokou and independent; for, In tlio course of tlio chances and changes of politics, rebukes and warnings will ho oflon needed, which will uttered by nny man who fights inside of any party lines. Mr. Phillips watches public affairs a s a moral censor, without any personal or party interest n t stake. Such servlco Is g reatly needed and vory rarely obtained in this Republic, whore nearly all mon of ability aro drawn Into tho political vortex, and in tim es of excite- modt are prone to sell, or give up, more or less of thoir freedom, In order to advance tlio Interests of a party. It may bo said that a man who fights on his own hook can nccompllsh but little; but it Is n o t so, oven with a man of common abilities, If ho utters w ithout fear or favor what lie conscientiously bolioves to bo vital truths. And whon a man of romarkablo natural ondowinonts and high culture devotes himself to such servico, his in fluence is immeasurable. Mr. Phillips lms always beon unpopular, a s a bold, impartial censor m ust necessarily Ids adherents, though e arnest and devoted, have a l ways imon fow; yet ho lms become a mighty power in the land. Tlio tricky, tlio time-serving, and tlio waver ing know th a t his eye is npou them, and tlm t he will never fail to proclaim their misdemeanors and short comings, in words of such scorching eloquence that they cannot hut burn their way into tho public mind, cannot bo bought by offices, for lie asks for n one; and he cannot be silenced with baskets of champagne, or boxes of cigars, for lie drinks cold water and keeps ids mouth clean of the filthy weed. Tho only way to es cape ids criticism is to fulfil their duties to the public in such a m anner th a t they lmvo no reason to fear his searching investigations, his fearless fidelity to princi ples of justice and freedom, and his powerful eloquence, which never fail? to command attention, even from those who like him least. How mucli politicians need a censorship, untramoled by party, no ono can doubt who has observed tho continual proclivity of political par ties toward corruption. Tho passage of the Fifteenth Amendment will givo a legal finish to tlio Anti-Slavery w o rk; but if tho soldiers of Freedom disband and lay U3ide their uniform, they should be careful to turn thoir telescopes very fre quently toward the country of the old enemy, to see and proclaim w h at is g oing on there. In some States, tho adoption of the Fifteenth Amendment may he merely a wily trick of the old slaveholding oligarchy, who havo always shown themselves cunning in keeping the word of promise to the ear, while thoy had the premeditated intention of breaking it to tho hope. Some of the Southern States, especially Virginia and Texas, mani fest as rancorous hatred toward tho doctrine of “ equal ity before the law ,” a s they ever did. Force and Fraud havo always been tlie F. F .’s of the plantation; and thus they will continue to bo till “ plantation manners ” have become obsolete. “ The Ethiopian c annot change his skin,” and the leopard cannot c h ange his teeth and his claw s; and he has so long beon accustomed to fasten teetli and claws upon the prostrate Ethiopian, th a t it will take years to overcome the habit. The Fifteenth Amendment may be nominally ratified, as a mere stroke of policy, a nd yet bo so evaded, by some contrivance, that the colored p opulation will in reality havo no civil rights allowed them. No trick of this sort would be su prising on the p a rt of Virginians. They h ave formed Legislature in open defiance of the laws of the United States, and they now manifest their g ratitude for having done it with impunity by paying Gen. G rant the doubt ful compliment of praising his administration, thougli they havo scornfully trodden undor foot the law requiring th a t no mau shall bo olected to office till he has taken the test-oath o f loyalty to the U n ion; though they always have manifested, nnd still continue to mani fest unmitigated hatred of tho test-oath; yot it would be very much in keeping with thoir former doings if they should accept the F ifteenth Amendment a s the necessary means of getting back into the Union, and having ac complished tlieir object, should then say: “ The Legis lature which ratified that Amendment w as composed of members who had not taken the test-oath, and who could not have takou i t w ithout perjury; therefore, it was an unconstitutional Legislature, and all its doings are consequently null and void.” Tho experience of many years shows the necessity of distrusting the professions of Southerners, and of watch ing their policy very closely; not because they are worse than other mon would bo under sim ilar circum stances, but simply b ecause tlio effects of a system so despotic and so falso aa Slavery c annot bo wiped away by legal enactments from the souls of a generation that havo grown up under its malign influence. D. L. CniLD, and L. M a ria C h ild. m in e d ono yonris toll w ith tlie soil, we hav e con cluded to go into politics as stro n g ly as wc did Into th e cultivation o f th e soil, and wo now pub licly avow ourselvos n o t only R e p u b lican s b u t r a d icals to tlio full e x ten t o f o u r ability, an d now le t us boo you b u r n t h a t out. O n e o f th e m a t tiie fol low ing election w as elected Stnto 8 e iiator, an o th e r Sheriff, and tho o th e r rem o v e d to tlio w e stern p a r t o f tho S tato a n d co n tinued in farm ing. A n d w h e n you no ticed tlio ho r rib le K u -K Inx m u r d e r of S h e riff Colgrovo in Jo n e s County a few m o n ths since, you n o ticed tho m u r d e r o f one of these y o u n g m e n . T h e one th a t s e ttle d in th e eastern p a r t o f tho S t a te w o s also m u r d e r e d r e c e n tly , a n d now only tho S t a te S e n a to r, H o n . D. D. Colgrove, Is living. A few w e e k s sineo tlie K u -K lux o u trag e s in sev e r a l cou n ties o f th e S t a te w e ro so ram p a n t th a t Gov. H o lden o r d e r e d a com p any o f colored m e n to them to p u t thom dow n. I t w as tho only m e a n s o f p u ttin g them dow n, a n d I t w as e ffective. T h o prese n c e o f co lored tro o p s —well a r m e d — in tlieir m idst, m a d e tlio s a m e im p ression w hich Gen. B u tler an d h is colored tro o p s m a d e upon tho rio t e r s in N o w Y o r k a t th e election, su b s e q u e n t to th e to th e g r e a t r io t o f ’63. T h e loyal p a p e r s o f th e S t a te a t f ir s t called fo r a re s o r t to tlie C o u rts, b u t th e y continued a t such a r a t e th a t forb o a ran c e ceased to bo a v ir tu e , and tb e y as loudly called for im m e d ia te resentm e n t. A ffairs a r e ta k in g such a tu r n in th is S tato th a t a t th e c o m ing elections th e v o tin g o f the colored p e o p le in sev e r a l co u n ties w ill bo a m e re fureo. T h e i r em p loyers, w h o ow n th e land, bave jo in e d in th e reb e l c r y : “ V o te a s w e do o r you m u st sta r v e .” S e v e ral colored m e n liavo said to m e tliu t a ll thoy w a n t is la n d . L e t each h e a d o f a fam ily lmvo five, ten,fifteen, o r tw e n ty a c r e s o f laa d , and th e g o v e rn m e n t will be en rich e d and tlie R e publican p a r ty m a y safely count on n in e hundred and n in e ty-n in e o u t of ev e r y thousand colored v o te r s o f th e South. T h is w ill n o t only increase th e nu m b e r o f c o lored vo ters, b u t will b e th e m e a n s o f brin g ing o v e r h u n d r e d s o f w h ite v o ters. I have noticed th a t w h e r e tlie colored v o te r s o r e stro n g au d u n ited , th e w h ites com e o v e r to th e m , but w h e r e th e y a r e w e a k and suffer,th o s e w h ites who w ould otherw ise com o o v e r, rem a in n e u tral. Now it seem s th a t o r d in a r y p o litical s a g a c ity w o u ld in d u c e th e R e p u b lican m e m b e rs o f C o n g r e s s to m a k e som e provision f o r th e safety o f th e colored v o ters o f th e South. H o w to g e t land fo r th e co lo red p e o p le h e r e , is a question w hich, I see, is before th e m inds o f o u r tru e friends. W e w o u ld g r e a tly hav e p r e f e r r e d som e w ay like S h e r m a n ’s o r d e r s on th e S e a Island c o a s t o f S o u th C a r o lin a ; b u t s ince t h a t is now im practicab le w e h o p e a L o a n bill will be p r e s e n te d n o t only f o r th e colored peo p le of th e South, but for th e w h iles o r f o r an y o n e w h o m a y w ish to ac c e p t its term s , etc. W h a t the term s , o r th e n e r of th e bill should b e w e leave for w ise p e rson s to suggest. B u t s o m e thing m u s t a s s u redly be d o n e , aud t h a t im m e d iately, o r o n r p e o p le w ill d r if t back into a sta te o f serv itu d e b o r d e r in g on slavery. T h e colored people have s to o d up bravely for th e ir rig h ts, t h e ir v o tin g has been a g a in s t te r r ib le o d d s a n d th e m a jority o f them w o u ld d ie ra t h e r than s u r r e n d e r th e ir principles, b u t wo d o n o t w ish to die, i f th e r e is a w a y f o r us to live. CoD g ress has th a t w a y iu its h a n d s a n d l e t i t g iv e i t to us. Y o u rs, e tc., T . W . C a r d o z o . in te r e s t and increased value to T h e Advocate. C o p ies o f V o l. I. hav e b e e n n e a tly and su b s tan tially bound, m a k ing a h a n d s o m e and valuable b o o k o f 332 p a g e s , in c lud in g article s from M rs. F r a n c e s D. G a g e , L u c y S tone, N o r a P e r r y , A n toinette Brow n Blackw e ll, Col. R. J . H into n , C a roline II. D ali, R e v . J . W . Chadw ick, S. 0. Blackw e ll, K a le F ield, Rov. S. J . M ay, W . J . L inton, II. B. Black- w ell, G iles B . Stcbbins, d i a r i e s K . W h ipple, F r e d e rick D o uglass, Rev. P h e b e A . H o n o ford, and o thers. T h o bound volum e is ann o u n c e d a t tlie very low p r ice of 81.00. T o any ono review ing a subscription for T h e S tan d a r d a n d r e m ittin g for a new su b s c rib e r (86), o r rem i ttin g for tw o now su b s c rib e r s (86) we shall bo happy to send, post, p a id ,a copy o f Vol. I, (bound volum e) o f The W o m a n 's A d v o c a te. W e also co n tinue to receive subscriptions f o r T h e S tan d a r d and T h e W o m a n 's A d v o c a te, a t c lub r a te s , th e tw o f o r 83.50 a year. T h e a p p o intm e n t o f th e lio n . Edw in M. Stan ton to a vacancy upon th e bench o f tho Suprem o C o u rt is one w h ich w ill com m a n d tho h e a r ty ap proval and confidence of Iho loyal poopio o f tho nation. R e m a rkably efficient and vig ilan t in tlie critical period o f liis g r o a t t r u s t as W a r S e c retary, his app o intm e n t will a fford an a d d e d sense of secu rity in the som e w h a t th r e a te n in g fu tu r e whon tlio Suprem o C o u rt m a y becom e tlio im p o r ta n t th e a tr e o f tho “ irrep r e s s ible conflict\ n o t yo t e n d e d . W e a rc again so crowded for apace tliat we aro obliged to defer letters und selections, for which wo shall hope to 11 ud room hereafter, A F F A I R S I N N O R T H C A R O L I N A . E l iza b e t h C ity, N. C., D e c e m b e r 5th, 1869. To the E d ito r o f the S ta n d a r d : Y o u r incessant d e m a n d s upon C o n g ress f o r f u r th e r pro tectio n o f the co lo red peoplo of tho South a re tim ely aud ju s t . N o r t h C a rolina has alw ays been looked upon as one o f tho b e s t reco n s tr u c ted S tates, b u t if f u r t h e r p r o tectio n is n o t g iven to our , , - - colored people a n d tho w h ito loyalists, o u r r ig h ts th e th ir d votumo, o t h 6r oble c o n tr i b u to r , w ill loud o f cltlr.onulilp will he n m e re ihuiu. W o u r o drift- in g in to tho sam o h o r r i b le s t a t e o f affairs w hich e x ist in G e o rgia, an d o th e r S o u t h e r n States, few y o a rs s ince th r o o resp e c tab le and som e w h a t w e a lthy yo u n g m e n cam e from C e n tr a l N ew Y o rk to settle In tlie e a s te r n sectio n o f th is S tute ; th e y knew t h a t if th e y h a d m a d o know n t h e i r political sentim e n ts th e y w ould hav e been h a ted by tho na tive w h ites, so they concluded to tak o no p a r t In political c o n tests, b u t devo te th e ir w h o lo tim e and e n e r g ies to tlie cultivation o f co tto n n n d corn. Tlioy w e re q u e s tioned se v e r a l tim e s co n c e rning th e ir political opinions, b u t w o u ld, a s often, r e p ly tliat th e y did no t c o m e h e ro to e n g a g e In politics, b u t to cu ltivate Hie soil. T h e r e b e ls w e r e n o t s a t isfied w ith these n e u tra l a n s w e r s a n d sp o tt e d them ns abolitionists. I n th e fall th e y h a r v e s te d thoir crops, housed th e m in th o ir b a rn, a n d they, w ith th e ir f a r m in g im p lem e n ts , am o u n ted to a b o u t five th o u s a n d dollars. B u t tho r e b e ls, d e term in e d to ru in th e m If thoy could, ap p lied a m a tch to tho b a rn , and in less than live h o u r s the fru i ts o f a wholo y e a r ’s toil w ero redu c e d to ashes, und th e reb e ls g lo a ted in w h is k e y th e n e x t day o v e r t h e ir triu m p h ! T lie n e x t m o rning one o f th o b r o th e r s stoo d on Uio ash e s a n d told tho m e n who w e ro r e jo ic in g o v e r tho affair, t h a t ho and his b r o th e r s cam e hero us peaceable citizens, n o t to e n g a g e in politics, bu t to cultivate th e soil. T h o y w o u ld n o t chango th o ir p o litical sen tim e n ts to ple a s e them , b u t thoy folt a t tlio sam o tim e t h a t if th o ir s e n ti m e n ts w o ro know n th e y w o u ld b r e e d c o n tention betw e e n them and tlio natives, so tho y determ in e d to bo n e u tral in ex p re s s in g them selves. B u t, Buid he, th is did n o t satisfy you, und since you hnvo PETITIO N . We commend for immediate, general circulation the following Petition: To the F orty-first Congress o f the United S tales : The undersigned respectfully and earnestly ask your honorable body to authorize a t once the appointment by the President of a Land Commission, to be composed of well-known, disinterested friends of the freed people, with authority to a ppoint a limited number of Agents* whose d uty it shall be to cooperate with individuals and associations among the hitherto enslaved, for the tion and purchase of eligible lands for homesteads, to hold titles thereof for a giveu period, until by install m e n ts they shall have been paid for a t actual co3t to the Government, when the money so employed, not to ceed two millions of dollars, shall be refunded to the national treasury. Jo h n S t u a r t M ill does n o t fear evil to this country from Chinese emigration. Gen. Cassius M. Clay, it is announced, will h ereafter reside in Newark, New Jersey. A California correspondent, in a private note, refer ring to the Rov. Charles G. Ames says : “ H e is tho one true preacher on tliis coast and Is g aining the devoted affection of tlio liberal San Franciscans in the samo way tliat Starr KiDg did.” Mr. T. B. Pugh's \ S ta r Course” of lectures in Phila delphia wo learn has beon thus far a g r e a t success. The first series of ten was concluded on Thursday evening of last week by Mr. Phillips, who g a v e his O’Connell lecture to an immense audience In the Academy of Music, second series of ten lectures will bo commenced January 31st, and end April 7th, including Mr. Emerson, Mr. Beecher, Mr. Phillips for a second lecture, and others woll known to tho lecture-going public. direct help given In the schools towards a brcad-eamlDg occupation for girls Is In preparing them to bo teachers; and tlie higli estimate popularly given to tills sort of oc cupation tends to make domestic labor and other forms of handicraft undervalued, If not despised. Neverthe less, only a small proportion of our girls can be teach ers, and thus tbo great majority of them come to tlie ;e when some action for their own support is necessary desirable, with do knowledge of any bread-earning „..iployment, and with a decided disinclination to the handicrafts Hint might be most available, and, still worse, with scarcely uny development of tlie power of thinking. It Is assumed that m arriage *is -the natural destiny of young women; yet even theFhnowledge Indis pensable lo a prudent a nd hopeful m a rriage, the a r t of conducting or Intelligently superintending domestic economy, is learned by but few; ond this obvious inca pacity is one of the reasons which deter young men from marriage. Those whom they would naturally choose aa wives are either intellectually unsuited to impanlonshlp with them, or incompetent to take charge a family, or both. There was need, Dr. Batchelder said, for intelligent and judicious provision for tho necessities of young wo men, not less than for those of young men. The form er needed to think os well aa to learn, and to have due pro vision for the cultivation of the social element, not Ie38 than the latter. .Much labor and time and money were expended for tlie latter by the Young Men’s Christian Association, and sho wished to have something d one for the former class, a class equally im portant in the struc ture of society. But Hie necessities of the case m ust be recognized beforo any efficient a ction could be taken. The lecture being finished, there was some discussion of the.thoughts suggestod. Hon. Josiah Quincy expressed his approval of the ideas of Dr. Batchelder. Many years ago, when he was Mayor of the city, he had taken great satisfaction in tho abolition of the medal system aa far as the girl’s schools were concerned, and lie thought that system should be abolished in a ll tho schools, because he believed it Injurious to tbe pupils both morally and intel lectually. Mr. Emerson also, tbe President, spoke in favor of tbe suggestions made by the lecturer. He hoped, however, that any association that might be formed for tho benefit of girls and young women would avoid the narrow, un just and unreasonable policy of the managers of the Young Men’s Christian Association. lie was genuinely interested in the efforts of all young people for self-im provement, and would be glad to cooperate in them, and give his experience and knowledge a s well a s his money in aid of them. But the managers of the Y. M. C. A. would not allow or accept his cooperation. They had voted that be was n o t a Christian, and therefore th a t he should not join them in labors to increase the public wel fare through the improvement of the yonng men of the city. Others joined in the discussion of the general subject, and it was said that the Women's Club of tbis city b ad in hand a plan to provide rooms where young women could meet in tlie evening for recreation and instruction, and that a large number of ladies had agreed to take, in turn, tlie care of supervising this arrangement. Before ad journment, it was agreed that measures should b e taken to bave this fine discourse repeated before a larger au dience. Tho last lecture but ono in the Parker Fraternity couree was given last week by George William Curtis Our National Folly, tho Civil Service.” I t wa3 a w itty and able exposure of the folly of distributing offices as the rewards of political or rather partisan service, a nd an earnest p lea for a system of competitive examination, so th a t the person a ppointed to any public station might liave a t least one element of fitness for it, which would be a very great improvement npon our present method. The accomplished speaker received earnest attention and frequent applause from a very large audience. The “ Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association, \ v ery recently formed, has published its first tract, \T h e Bible and Woman Suffrage,\ by John Hooker, Esq., of Hartford. Considering th a t Hiis eminent lawyer holds firmly the popular faith, and is a thorough believer in tho infallibility of Scripture, the following paragraphs from his tract have great significance :— I believe that it admits of demonstration, th a t the passages of Scripture relied upon by tbe opponents of woman suffrage, conceding all th a t they claim as to thoir meaning, and as to the permanoncy and univer- ©lit jgoston Covtcsjiotulfiwc. NO. CCLVI. Boston, December 19th, 1869. M rs . D r . B a tc h e ld e r has for soveral years boon a zoulous a nd e arnest laborer hero in behalf of improved methods of education for tho children of the poorer classes. L a s t evening a meeting of the Boston Social Science Association was called in Chickering's lloll, to hoar from hor a lecture on “ Tlio Neglected Industrial Element in the Boston Schools.” A coutinuauco of tlie rain which had poured all day made tho audience a small ono; but thoso wlio did attend were woll repaid by the lecture and the interesting debate that followed. As a spocimoti of tlio improved methods desired, and for three years practised in her own school by Dr. Batchelder, I may mention that, in the department of needle-work, she teaches little girls not merely to sew, but to c u t o u t aud fit tho simple g a rm e n ts they mako. The meeting was opened by tin: reading of a paper by Mr. Goorgo B. Emerson, tho President, ou tho false principlo of omulation cultivated by the prlze-medal system in our schools; after which ho Introduced Hie lecturer to tlio audionco. Dr. Batcholder said that, sinco our Republic cousid- orod tho peoplo as tho State, tlie right education of tlmt peoplo was of tho highest importance, for national os woll a s individual welfare. The founders of our system made largo provision for tlio instruction of children, but thoir arrangem e n ts wero too exclusively for tho commu nication of facts, and failed to c u ltivate tho equally Im po r tant power of thinking. Our school methods make little a ttem p t to associate thinking with know ing; nnd tlio industrial olomont is left entirely uncultivated. Thoro is especially need that useful activity with tho bauds should be developed in school-glrls, since the self- supporting occupations of womon nro far fewer than thoso of mon. Tho skilled labor of women is always in demand, but it oxists in vory insufficient quantity, while tlio niarkot is flooded witli unskilled labor. To supply tills deficiency, tbe system of early instruction should bo muterlQlly modified. Dr. Batchelder pointed out how the habit of looking on more book-knowledgo ns education tonds lo mislead nnd demoralize the child. Tho p resent style of school Instruction loads the pupils to regard knowing tlio spe cified objects of instruction as the only business of their school life, aud the memory is cultivated, with littlo a t tem pt a t developing the powor of thought. Tlio ouly sq^jgfepf their application, have notliing to do with the question, and m u st be ruled out of the discussion for ir relevancy. I make the a ttem p t to show this n o t merely in the in terest of woman suffrage, but of the Bible aa well. The enemy of all good could not do a greater service to the cause o f evil than by leading Christian men blindly to interpose the Bible a3 a barrier against every great social reform, so that when the reform triumphs, it shall seem to the unreflecting mass of men to be, not merely tlie defeat of the opposers of the reform, but the over throw of tlie Bilile also. This book is too precious, and a recognition of its a uthority too im portant to the world, for its friends and the friends of truth to expose it so un necessarily to discredit. The Bible can be put to a better use, it caunot be put to a worse, than to be thrown into the street to help form a barricade against every attem p t to overthrow old dynasties of wrong.\ The ideas of this last paragraph have also an impor tant bearing, it seems to me, upon the now pending question o f the Bible in the schools. Long ago, when I also thoroughly believed in the in fallible inspiration of the Bible. I came to the conclu sion that the formal daily reading of that book in schools is undesirable, being injurious iu its tendency. If the children read it in turn, thoy make blunders, often of ludicrous character, which a re sure to fasten themselves upon the impressible youthful mind, and to be better re membered than any o ther part of the exercise. If the teacher reads it, i t is to the pupils in tho great majority of cases a mere formality, and its associations will be far more with feelings o f weariness and restraint, than with tho useful lessons of either Testament. Now, however, when tho question is whether the im mense benefits of onr common school system shall be re tained for the children of Catholics a s well a s of Protes tants, nnd whether we shall insist ou a m a tter of detail which, undesirable oven on its own merits, affords the ground ou which priests can mako a plausible plea of tho attem p t of a Protestant nation to interfere with their religion—now, when the agreement of the community in common school education is a t stake, the case is clear. There a re other provisions for religious instruction. Let Catholics and Protestants arrange, as each may choose,\ for the administration of this elsewhere, aud let the pub lic school lie, as it should be, common ground where botli can meet freely. N o rth. © « v £ h itm irl|> W a C o v v f S | w m l { « « . P h i l a d e l v h u , December 20th, 1869. th e re n n e t sq u a re meetings. A m e eting called by the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society was held on tlio 15th instant a t tho above named placo, where so many excollont meetings of a similar character havo beeu held In years gono by. It was a gratifying success. Probably you will have no other meoting of the Society to record hereafter, unless i t be ono to signalize tbe close of its labors. On this occasion tho meeting was ono of pleasing in terest. Tlie largo number In attendance fully indicated that the old feoliug which prevailed in that high-toned neighborhood in bohulf of the cause, had neither abated in forco nor diminished in enthusiasm. Tlio ever-valued prosouco of Wendell Phillips wns the prominont c entre of attraction, and tlio o ther speakers were tho Rov. John T. Sargent, Aaron M. Powell, Mary Grew and Edward M. Davis. Chandler Darlington presided, and Lucy M. Phillips acted us secretary. Mary Grow initiated the proceedings by stating tlie o b jects of the meeting, aud spoke of the high im p ortance of tlual effort aiming to c onsummate tho ratification of tlio XVth Amondmont. When this is done she supposes tlm t tlio essential work of Hie Sooioty will be finished. Sho called attention to T h e A n ti S l a v e r y S t a n d a r d as an im portant instrum e ntality to promote this end, re m arking that its lnllucnce a ud power iu tho land it would bo difficult for any one to compute. Its need, sho be lieved, was still felt, and sho hoped that it would bo cor dially sustained until tho great work bo fully accom plished. She appoaled beautifully and earnestly to the young men aud tho young womon to devote their energies to tho cause that had been so long upheld, a sk ing for generous aid onco lflore in its support. She • poke of the enthusiasm of the people of Chester County