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If you really and sincerely wish to protec 'and benefit the negro, why do yo? not take him ^??orth and prorlde for him ? While'ne retftain* *in the Rothern states they will hive to lot?k ifi . ?timately to southern people for -protection. ItktfsSiftng stfsmge'that all Ofy?Hr phtntnthropy >sho?<*tre exhacret?*on the negro, and should have none for the while ifcau's deplorable condition it this time, without money and -in want of the most ..common necessaries 6"f life, their countryfaas-been -pandered ?nd tabbed by your soldiers, their 'towns and villages burnt,*%he?r fields laid Vaste and 'their provisions destroyer*-and their clothing stolen *frbm them! Government agents have been sent .among them like a swarm of locusts to -gather up ^vhat still remains' bf property it thc land. They are -subjected to the most tyrannical inilitary*2Ule, fined and imprisoned at 'the will and pleasure of 'every petty pr?*ost Marshal. Military Omtefcsions -are oppointed, in time of -peace, to ?ry them for =their lives and send them to !forthern.penitentiaries, .or the gallows.' Lands have been taken away from 'them*; and hundreds of thdasanSs of those -who were reared in wealth and all the refine ments of life, -hafve been driven from their * homes, and are now refugees and wanderers, 'begging their bread and perishing all over the .fcouthern states. Taxes are levied and collected, whilst their representatives are excluded from 'Congress. "Laws the most stringent ah? cruel are beiog'passed, affecting their civil and con stitutional ?rights, Without permitting to be -hear J in their own defense. Xnd yet not erne woid ot sympathy is expressed for *t h eta by the radical party North, either in "Congress or the ?newspapers. How is this ? Why 'is it -that you' love the negro so well, and hate the white race ..so much ? They have erred and gone astray, it is true; 3)ut they are now penitent, and ar? seek ing mercy at jour hands! ii'heir punishment ?and suffering, should -satisfy the most ma lignant revenge, and ought certa inly to ap peal to la ^philanthropist like yourself. And .aaer fcli,what great unpardonable crime have 4he secessionists been guilty of? They believed .in the sacred principles set forth in our Deda nation of Independence that every people have "the right of seif-government as they may T>ee ?prp>per. This was the head and front'cf their 'cfi'onding-nothing more. They expressed their Ipurpose-of living sept>?at?iy from the Northern .states. They did not "seek to 'invade the North, \>r govern the Korth. It was not their -purpose *to wage wir against the northern states, but to ?live quietly and peaceably by them, as neigh ?hors and friends. They had been taught by .their greatest statesmen for a half a century *past that they had the right peaceably to secede from the {federal Government. And they at tempted to exercise this right. For this attempt they hare been conquered and subdued, their iproperty taken "from them, and their country ?desolated ! They have suffered a still more ter rible punishment in the ?loss of 200,006" -of-fcheir -most gallant sons'! In every house throughout the land there is deep, bitter mourning for the ?loss of some loved ones. Thousands, and hun dreds of thousands of orphans are scattered -over the southern states, living in want and .destitution, while they hear of ample provision "being made by their Government for the sup port and protection of the widows and orphans x/T "tftose "in the northern states who fell fighting ( ^ Against their fathers and husbands. In their 1 poverty, too, they know that they haVe to con tribute toward the payment of those pensions, liut ali this they have borne, and made up their minds to bear in all time to come. It seems, however, that there is to be another punish ment inflicted on the southern ?people, still more deep and damning, by the leaders of the Itadieal party in Congress. I do not think that the great mass of the radical party desire to see a war of races between the whites and the Viacks. But it would seem from the legislation of Congress that such a fiendish purpose is en tertained by some of the members of that party. First, the negro is to be invested with all poli tical power, and then f_he antagonism of inter est between capital and labor is to work out the result. But it is to be hoped that the next elections for Congress will relieve the country of such leaders, and save the south ern leaders from so horrible a fate. Greenville, S. C., April 15, 1S66. B> F. PERRY. ttEsroKSE TO OOV. FERRY. SIR-Your letter of the 14*.h inst, is here with published, as requested. Hoping to pro mote your object in writing, I assure the readers ot the Tribune that it expresses quite accurately ti e views of the more intelligent and consider ate of those who were engaged in the lute re bellion. I do not think those readers so igno rant or misinform ?d as you presume them ; but when you and I agree that your letter is a fair expression of the better class of recent seces Mons's, it seems that there should be no room for further discussion on the seore of miarepre *en tatton. The journals that sympathilo with you will print your letter and suppress my reply. No , matter : since further appeals to farce are repudi- j ated, thc truth can afford that advantage to error, j You assure me that ^there is no teeiing or un- j kindness on the p-irt of the former slave-owners fo their freedmen. " I believe this is true or the better class of ex-masters, and that this is a very large one. At the same time, I know-for the evi-leucc is overwhelming-that ex-slaveholders bald thfit they have b.'cn wrongfully divested of tho service.- of their freedmen-that Emanci pation was and is robbery, whereby they arc de rived of what is rightfully theirs. Cnn you w mder, then, that we, who"have achiovd that Emancipation, in spite of your weapons and your Northern allies' denunciations and votes, should hesitate to intrust the rights and privileges of the Freedmeu to our own controlled discretion, vottr unrestricted powei * Cm you wonder that* the Blacks, thus freed, should object to being left at your mercy ? I beh>ve all you say of abuses and wrongs inflicted on the Blacks cy the Federal soldiers. ,***nv of these are low-bred men; and evrey White ruffian or rowdy, drunkard or reprptate, whether at the North or at the South, is a nat ural, instinctive hater aud persecutor of the Blacks, The same gangs of Rebel svmpathi- j Jt-rs who. in July, 1S63, mobbed and fired the j l&uoxs office, Darned the Colored Orphan j Asylum and hunted unoffending, fleeing Blacks through our streets; killing them, whenever thev I roual. simplv because of their color. We who have long hoped and strugged for emane i- j jwtion, do not choose to leave the freedmen at j Th? mercy of these rillians, no matter whether I they be Northern or Southern, Union orR*bel Can you blame us r You say that your State has done for! her Blacks, " pretty much all that the Civil Ki?hts bill proposes to do except making them citizen* of the State:** and that "there are verv f-?w offenses [ penalties : j ia our criminal cede which do not apply to the white men as well ?**he negro." I thank you heart?|/for every Hep you have taken m this directioS. Ithatrk ^?e??denWohason for every hint be baa given yo* that *y<m'f must take them. If yon have ?otte ptfrt way-toward lfiquai Rights and Equal kaw?, Ohe ^?Kcufty ofgoinV^U the way has beim nearly surmounted. As tb *the negro** j desire lawfully enfranchise^ ^hoTcl his own testimony as necessarily better than yours- I know per?ona?iy w great marry -?laeka tfnd I heat from very many more, who were residents of Various parts of our ?mstt. ?J know hun dreds who do des.re the Right of Suffrage;* can you find a dozen who do flot ? The Bracks ' of most States have organisations, and have held large conventions^; ^rbm every one <5f these, the demand for Equ?rRights secured by:3Squal Laws is unanimous and hearty. If you ed the South will submit the quesnon to an uncon strained, unawed -vote of the Blacks, I agree'tb abandon the demand for :he Right of Suffrage if seven-eights of-ali whe vote do not vote tb claim it. You say that the negro, if enfran chised, rt would always vote as directed by hrs employer. * Yet, in aa other place, you talk of the** damning punishment" to be inflicted on the Southern people " by " the leaders of the i I Radical party in Congress "-of their ?. fiendish 'purpose/' viz.-: ??-First, the negro is to be invested with alhpolitical power, and then the anta^onrsm of interest between Capital and Labor is to wdrk ont the result "- which is to be ?? a horrible ia te " for your people ! Gov.'IVrry."steh contradictions warrant me in 'telling ytiu talk at random. Let me say, dnce (ter"all, th.n I make no profession of l?ve for*the negro race, and that your claim to superior^regard for or interest in the black race is wholly unrivaled. J do not love negroes as negroes. I like Whites better. But I comprehend that justice is all men's Hue interest. My su perioi regard, for the White race leads me to protest against, and seek ro prevent, any injus tice by it to any class or race whatever. Are vou not Christian enough to realize that -it is more lamentable to do wrong than to Buffer :it ? You jell me that the negro rs 'inferior to the White man {which I hateHirer"xitep?ted)<-and you prove it by citing the fact the Blacks of Hay ti do not allow Whites *to "vote. ?f I thought the Whites of <thrs wUntidy inferior to the Blacks, ? might seek to protect the former hy the Haytian exclusion of the latter from po litical rights. I can quite understand why the negroes of this country, if they possessed a mo nopoly of political power, might s*ek to guard and perpetuate it, from jealousy of the superior merita! capacity of the Whites ; but for the Whites to act in that panicky is an impeach ment of their own relative abilities, against which I indignantly protest! I quite agree with you that population affords an equitable basis of political power, provided it is human population. ?f horses, mules, and oxen are reckoned, I do not agree to it. There rs 'rte an alogy in the case of women and chilfiren. *The husband and father votes for 'his wife Sod chidren ; he considers their interest the sarne'as his own. But you whites of Schifh?Carolina do not vote for the blacks of your state; you are in no sense their representatives ; your relation to them is radically different from that which binds you to your wives and children. You and I are not likely to view the late Re bellion alike. Why, then, should you and I discuss the matter ? That the southern people were not for secession until bullied, terrorized, /i'd ??to acquiescence in the plot, through rfreafi of more immediate if not more formida ble perils, I hold myself at all times ready to . demonstrate. Yours, HORACE GREELEY. SUMMERVILLE, S.C , MAY2x*t ?$60 GENERAL ORDERS, ) No. 2. 5 ?. In compliance with orders from Headhunt- ' ers Department South Carolina, I relinquish to ? Laeut.-Col. Haughton, 25th Ohio Vols., com- 1 nand of 2nd Sub-Dist. M.D C. II. To the officers of the 35th U.S. C. T., who lave so faithfully and successfully performed 1 he duties of their respective stations, I am sin- ? rereiy grateful. ., ; To the enlisted men of the 35th Reg't. U. S. . 2. T., whose good conduct and soldierly cha racter have disarmed prejudice and won "respect from all parties, I offer sirvcerc thanks a&d hearty congratulations. ?, . ! III. The civilian members of the Svenor ??id Ciicnit ProvosfCouTts-are entitled to much credit Tor tte good order which prevails throughout the command. To John Burbage, E-q., Preset ot Circuit Provost Court at Wat tt-rboro, S> C.-, I am personally and officially in debted for the excellent organization of the same. In us nature a purely civilian court, its decisions have been ever marked with perfect justice and excellent judgement. IV. To all those citizens, both white and colored, who by example and precept haVe given countenance to preservation of geod order, much credit is justly due. Assuming command in July, 1865, at a time when general discord prevailed, and prejudices ran high, it is a satisfaction to believe, that, in addition to the good order now established, there is a better mutual appreciation of and re spect for the character and motives of all par ties interested. The fairness exhibited by planters generally in offer of liberal wages and the almost entire absence of abuse of any kind, has produced its natural result Sn gaining the confidence of the freed-peop'.e, and encouraging them td inde pendent but faithful industry-. To the freed-people of my command) ? owe a debt of gratitude for the excellent order main tained by them through the changes of the last ten months. A continuance of the same will win respect from all parties, and be a solid foundation upon which to build up true man hood and citizenship. Believing that the interests of the two Classes above named are intimately connected, it has bee? my conviction that legislation should tend to bring together, rather than to separate, to weaken prejudices rather than strengthen them ; to promote good feeling, rather than bit terness. I have therefore -endeavored so to protect the ! rights of both classes as that there might be growing up a mutual respect for mutual rights which is a stronger protection for the freedmen than any Government organization, armed or otherwise. JAMES O, BEECHES*, Bt.-Brig> Gen'l U. S> V\ ? OFFICIAL : j ROBERT CREIGHTON, ! Ut Lt., 35th U.S.C.T., A ?A? A .G. I CAMP MEETIN G-The Camp Meeting of the A. j M. E. Church held these last two weeks has i done much good* there has been a good attend ance, and all vi?d with each other, in making the gathering pleasunt. Too much praise can not be meted out to the pastor, Rev. R. H. Cain for his energy and faithfulness in sur mounting the many obstacles which he had to contend against* A M ? CONFERENCE. j Bishop Payne arrived in town last evvniug, and will leave to-day for Savanuah. On his re turn he will dedicate the new church on Gal ! noun street. i I _ -? ??-.-? ?* ; Sr* NOTICE-All persons> who have pa!d ! money to parties in or abont the Freedmen's j Bureau, either to procure hands, or for any other service, are requested to send their namei to this once. CHARLESTON, S.C., Satui*&ay, May 12, 1866. We pub?i?h*in this week's issue a very in teresting correspondence between ex-Governor 'Perry ?f South Carolina'and Horace Greeley of the \N. *Y. ^Tribune. Governor Perry's letter was written, as he tells us. with a view to aid 'infernovirtg from the minds of the people of the North'many erroneous impressions w^th re^?? to the Southern people. These im-, p?Rons are'owing to the misrepresentations of unscrupulous men who have been moving in our midst -since the surrender of the Con federate armies. Northern newspaper proprie- ! htdfs 'are 'hot wholly free from blame for the continuance, of this state of arTaifs. they herve sh?mefuily pandered to the baser appetites of their readers, by constantly publishing com munications 'fremrm?n'whb'came here to mis interpret our speeches,' m??cdr?strue our mc*, tives, and dog our every st?b in the work of reconstruction. Oh, that we could put a scourge into the hand of every-man, woman, and child to lash these rascals naked through the land ! The Governor says, 4*I think I know the feelings and wishes of the people ?of South Carolina as well as any man in the State, and I have no hesitation in saying that they are now all sin cerely and truly loval to the United States, and will faithfully sustain the Federal Government." This we believe, from our own observation, i to be true; and Ve have been confirmed in this conviction froto'a c?nversation we had lately with a distinguished ofecer on this very sub ject. He told us he had not heard a single dis loyal expression for the past eight months, and he had every reason to believe the people had unreservedly accepted the situation of affairs. The Governor next alludes te the state of feel ing on the part of ex-sla've owners towards, their freedmen. He claims :fhat, so far from any unkindness being shown them, there is, on' the contrary, " an earnest disposition, almost universal amongst them, to protect and assist their former slaves." To this, we believe, the mass of the colored people themselves would cheerfully bear witness. It is an undeniable, fact, that, as in the past, the slaves had more fo expect from their masters than at the hands of Sentkern overseers or of the uneducated whites'; so now they can trust more safely to the generous instincts of the planters than to Yankee speculators or Federal soldiers in their midst. We cannot add stronger testimony to the foregoing than by quoting an extract from Gen. Beecher's ^General Orders No. 2. He says:: - "The fairness exhibited by planters generally in of fer of liberal wages, and the" almost entire absence of abuse of any kind, have produced their natural result In iralnimr the confidence of the treed people, and on Couragmg them to independent but faithful industry." "This," the Gover?or says, the planters *4 would do more cheerfully and effectually if the Freed men's Bureau did n?'t Tuferr)ose;?nd assume the guardianship of these freedmen." touenrng; suffrage, the Governor says: **? am confident there is not one negro in a hundred who would care to vote in any election, if not prompted to ?o so by his employer." How far the Gover nor is correct in this assertion, we will not un dertake to decide; for we confess our know ledge of the race, especially here in the gouth, te of a limited range compared with his. A considerable portion of the laboring classes in all 'Countries, we apprehend, are led, rather than #o voluntarily, to the polls. Their limited knowledge of State policies, and the immediate ?nd pressing wants of their families, give the worein? men a distate for these things. As they advance in life, they are inclined to regard politics, on the whole, as a bore. We can fancy the great philanthropist taken aback at the Governor's assertion that the negro's voting with his late master M would be giving undue influence to wealth, and establishing an odious political aristocracy which would destroy or swallow up all the political influence of the poor vhite man.'* ?he Governor, it will be observed, views things Sometimes from a southern stand-point, fie asks,%t \Vhy is it that y o? love the hegro so well, and hate the white race so much ? " Weare not disposed to find fault with their? love for the negro, but question the spirit that actuates them in hating those of their own color. The black man is certainly innocent of our late troubles-he had no voice in the matter. There was no special love for him on the one side, nor hatred on the other. He was Rot the <c?use of the war, but rather the pretext, behind and beneath which both sections at tempted to conceal their own selfish aims and lusts. The troverhor goes on : "It is very doubtful that lov^> for the negro had any thing to do with hts emancipator. By lt, your armies were recruited by our ??laye?, and vour.ov? Htiz*nn per Witted to remain at fame, inst??n of golnjr forth to do b?itle themselves. In. this way you showed your love for the poor slav?, and rriV e him your victim, ff vou really and sincerely wish u> protect and benefit ihe'ne groes. why do you not take them North and provide for them? WHILE THEY REMAIN' faf THE SOUTHERN' STATER THEY WILL HAVE TO LOOK ULTIMATELY TO THE SOOTHERS PEOPLE FOR PROTECTION." To this last conclusion, all reflecting men. north and south, must arrive. ?he interests cf both races are identified. Why, then, beat about the bush in the vain effort to avoid the issue ? Mr. Greeley, in the beginning of his reply to Governor Perry, mildly rebukes the latter for presuming to think the readers of the Tribune so ignorant or misinformed in relation to affairs south. Horace, while attempting to rebut the charge, only gives himself an indirect " puff" for his care and enterprise. If all the Tribune correspondents firx? as untrustworthy as its Charleston one, we are inclined to think the Governor's charges are Vrell founded We regret to state we cannot acquit Mr. Greeley himself Of all blame, &e gave a negative assent to the misstatements of his correspondents, by ne glecting to publish the reply of this paper, and thtt of a Union officer, to the base charges of one of the friends of " the cause.** "The journals that sympathise with you," [ says Mr. Greeley^ " will print your letter, and suppress my reply.*' Well, bothjsides play at this game sometimes. The Copperhead pipers have had enough of "suppressions" the fcast five years ; and perhaps it is hut natural they may noir manifest their freedom by going int* suppression business themselves. How* Horace, with a magnanimity of mind tba) truly admirable, feels he caa dispense witi* good-wffl of a one-side press, sincect truth < afford that advantage -to error." Mr. Gree believes the Governor's statements with reg? to the fair treatment of freedmen by planters ;be substantially correct; but complains that m ex-slaveholders hold that they have been i lawfully divested of the services of their ire men/' Ali these complaints and sighs oh I part of the late owners may be very unw?i but, considering the weakness of the flesh, really cannot see anything very unnatural them. The planters do not regret the freed< of their late slaves so much as th? loss 'the selves sustained without recompense: "Ibclievi 'sViys Mr. Greeley, " all you say of abuses a wrongs inflicted on the $&cks by Federal s .idlers. Every white ruffian, North or South, a natural, instinctive hater and persecutor of t 'ulack/' This is true to the letter. " The sai gangs of rebel sympathisers," continues Mr. ( who in 1863 mobbed and fired the Tribune offi( burned the colored orphan asylum, and ?tfftrc 'unoffending blacks through the streets." We have never questioned that much stup hate toward the black race ex^sft both at tl north and at the south. A few weeks since son forty drivers,-white Yankees,-employed on tl fcostoi & Cambridge Horse-railroad, M struck b?c?use the Company ventured to put on black man as a driver. And we see by fl Bokon Journal That *. 'hie theatrical managers In Boston have c?mhlnefi' ke?b.(colored people out of places df amusement,.po withstanding the recent law on the subject [passed wlii the negro's services were needed in the fiel*]. As only nommai fine is imposed f.?r breaking the law, and the liccties are not affected by the exclusidh, they thii they can successfully resist "the law." Afr. Greeley tells the truth, but not the who trfcth. The riots he refers to were the Ant ?)raft Riots. Many men at the north believe that conscripting men for service beyond the 1 brits of their states was .unconstitutional an inimicable to the spirit of a republican form c government. Hence the riots, during which th colored man, unfortunately, cathe in for hi share of ill-treatment. It is not very clea whether the uncautious Horace includes th " federal soldiers" mentioned with his "gang of rebel sympathisers ; " but he Would seem ti insinuate, by his use of these terms, that nobod; who believed in the doctrine of State Right could deal justly toward the colored man. Thi doctrine, in the sense of independent state soV ereignty, is now dead, and we can, therefore speak of it as a thing of the past. FOT thi reason it is to be regretted that a man of 'th Honorable Mr. Greeley's reputed love for fal play should find it convenient, thus covertly, t< fasten on his political opponents theoa^ufn tha so justly belongs to the rowdies and ruffians o the north and of the south. The moat inveterate negro haters in the south to-day aie 'the ones who skulked from shouldering a musket m feld of the Confederacy. Now they wax exceedingly valiant when facing an unarmed negro with vhe bludgeon and the sling-shot. 'Such fellows are incapable of appreciating the merits or demerit? of any cause. Mr. Greeley ought to bear in mind that ?t?ers'on, the author of the declara tion of independence, w?V?lso the father of the State Rights school of statesmen. It might not be amiss either to remember that riots have been stirred up by certain "loyalists" who sported the appelattons of ?' Native American Party," 44 Know Nothing Party," etc. ; that the bigotry of the populace was, in the years '34, '44, and '54, fanned to fury against Irish immigrants but just landed in Boston, New York, und Phila delphia; and that beneath the very shadow of Bunker Hill Monument stand the blackened walls of the Ursuline Convent, that sheltered religious women and helpless orphans. In tfre stillness of night a ,s gang " of valiant men ifrom Boston broke in upon their ipeeee-, and Sred the roof above their heads ; to this day Massachu setts has rejected all claims for indemnity. On the walls may still be traced a picture of the AH seeing Eye, and underneath the words -4I THE LORD SEETH ! " Yes, He seeth, and He will repay ! Mr. Greeley thanks Carolinians for all they have done in behalf of the black man, but adds : ** I thank President Johnson for every hint he has givcn*you th?t you must take these steps." The l^mu?'* comes in with a bad grace from an apostle- 'Cf moral suasion, more especiaily ?ince tto ?se Mr. Greeley's Own words, " now that fur ther appeal to force is repudiated, truth can af ford that advantage to error/' Mr. Greeley, speaking further orV, says*: '"t?t me say, ohce for AH, that I m?ke no professions of love for the negro race ; J do riot love negroes as negroes-I tikE WHITES' BETTER." Had every man of Mr. Greeley's party been as honest in the expression of his s?ritiments as he, the colored people of the south niight ere this have tried if something good could not be found in Nazareth. Horace says he has never disputed the inferiority of the negro, and says that ""Gov. Perry proves it by simply citing the fact that Blacks of Hayti do not allow Whites to vote." We do not se? how the mere citation of this fact necessarily groves the inferiority of the one Or the superi ority Of the other. To us the natural deduction to lue drawn is that the blacks are dominant tlrei-e. Mr. Greeley further says : JiIf I thought the Whites of this country inferior to the "?lacks, I might seek to protect the former by an exci sion of the latter from political rifhts/' (Horace shnmk from using the word "privileges.") Why^ Mk jGreeley, exclude ??y class of men froni their riglds ? Has it not hitherto been a cardinal tenet of your creed that ail men should have a voice in the laws, that govern them? Your Yankee philosopher propounds strange theories at times ; in Massachusetts J;e ke'eps Vou off sev en years because of your ignorance, and out in Hayti, if you are a man Of superior intelligecce, he thinks you ought to be excl?ded from the ex ercise of political rights forever. We now Conclude our remarks. We have set down nought in m?lice? nor have we sotght to tickle the Vanity of either Correpondent ; be lieving that neither of them would thank us fdr so doitlg. Our restrictions on Mr.- Greeley nave been induced by no unkindness toward the?drt. We believe him to be actu?ted by an enlighten;, ed spirit, and that he would not wilfully bfiirjt pjury oh any. section. The writer's whole soul is devoted to the work of Peace and Reconcilia^ tion. It mattera ?ot to the reader tctto to* ** he ia a voice ; and to-day if this voice finds a? echo in your soul, harden not your heart, lt ? bat proper, however, that he should say this ??uch:: For the work in which he is engaged he asks and desires ho^ecurtjary recompense. He has been -mdved to un?erteke Ins present task by no pressure,'in?ide or outside ; and while in this service'he shall never truckle to any party, .lie has never belonged to "any political faction -has never spoken a word, written a line, nor casta vote in f?vdr of any party; and probably never may. He has never for a moment in his life had any sympathy with the 'detestable horde of Negro Haters : and he ^oes 'riot now, and never has belonged to the indiscreet irater hify cf Negro Worshippers, ^nbitfs?rj, un shackled, as he thus stands, he. shall write what he deems to be just and expedient, o'r" else Write nothing. /With this, he respectfully submits what suggestions he may ha'v?'to ?ffer tb the honest and true of all parties ariri sections. ?j to bis colored friends the writer again oV sires to reiterate his appeal. He does'iiot^iri?w how long circumstances may permit him to offer yd? his advice; but, whilst an opportunity is presented, he shall address you without reserve. ? Avoid all occaious of collisions between jour serves and the brutal, debased, and evil inclined. Emong the whites ; and endeavor by all means j to. merit the respeet ot your late masters and of all intelligent whites-for to them, arni not to the North, nor Jo'the Congress, must you look for pre lection. Respect Law ; and if, unfortunately, you shoiild become involved in any difficulty, offer!no resistance to the keepers of the peace, but go quietly with them. The writer will go as far as mart 'mfety go to shield your interests and advance your condition ; but you must not misunderstand him-if you fancy he will harp everlastingly upon your Rights, to the exclusion of saying anytfng about your Duties, you are sadly mistaken. Your own good behavior will go further in yc?r behaff than all the vaporing and arrogance eft pretended friends. Your just claims t?-day, in this state, are, we feel assured, in a fairer way of being realized than at any time tfie $ast seven months. Your paper has, by an appeal to the candor and good sense of ali classes, been rescued frtffn -the waste-paper baskets!o'f other journals -it has been recog nised, and its sentiments been deemed worthy of consideration. For this we tfr? not asked to surrender our convictions'; though common courtesy requires our acknowledgement, and com m Oft "sense admonishes that we should keep straight Onward. Is not fchis a step ?fc&ned ? _ _ _ *** '??ri?T??s??on?h Duri?g :the week, Congress has been discussing the several bills relatwg to "the holding of a court into the Maryland tritt of rights relating to thc District of Columbia, to allow negroes to vote in all territories hereafter admitted; reconsidering the post^offlee appropriation bill, restricting the powers of th'? President, and a vote to reconsider was curried by 21 yeas to 18 nays. On the 10th instant the House passed thc reconstruction Com mittee amendment to the constitution. All the Republicans voted yea ; the vote was 128 to 37 ; it prohibits any state making ?.or enforcing any law or statute denying to any person equal just - ice of the law. lt apportions representation ac cording to uumber, but restricts it to the extent that citizens above 21 years are excluded from voting, and disfranchises, until_J*>70, all who vol- : untarily adhered to the late insurrection, prohibits thc assumption of thc Confederate debt and com pensation for soldiers. It is reported that the General conference of ; the M. E. church south have gassed a resolution to t?rn on all the colored members with the church at the A, M E. church property If this is true it will stop the lie somewhere, and will go to prove that ?ny chttrch who can forgo their claims on one million members. KT A WoR? Ok Ab VICK-To that clans of colored men, who have come to this City to do business. Dont, bc led away with the idea that there are no southern gentlemen, Lawyers as they are, and they know almost as much as some of those Gents, who tell you that Blackstone was ?r?ra Michigan, and Coke from the State of New Jersey^ jin trenton. M O you solicitor 1" "W e will continue in thc future as in the past to do anything in our power for both classcg of our fellow citizens. This thing of draggiug e man ?n ccurt it played out and we are not afraid of any pernicious Whipper-in the Bu reau. We intend to defend ourselves. Let UJ> fight it out on this line it it take all summer. COLORED MEN EXCLUDED FROM BOSTON THE ATRES,-The Boston theatrical managers hav? ?omb?hed to keep colored people out of the places of amusement, notwithstanding the re recent law on the subject. As only a nominal fine is imposed for breaking the law, ?nd thei? licences are not abeted by the exclusion, the} think they can successfully resist the law. -3 The Lohdnh ?th?noum says : A corres pondent writes from Hornet "An interestim novelty h?s sprung up among us, in a city whe e all our surroundings are of the olden time. Mi * Edmohia Lewis, a lady Of color, has taken a studio here, and works as a sculptress in one ? f the r??ms formerly occupied by the great masm Canova. She is the only lady of her race in tl e United States who has thus applied herself to tl e study and practice Ot* sculptorial art,"-Anti Slavery Standard. Arrival. - Gens. Steedmen and Fullertor arHVed in town last evening, and are stop ing at the Mills House. Their are travllin* through the southern states, by order of tht President, to investigate the affair of tin Freedmen, abd to look after tha Bureau let them mak? a thorough investigation inti all its workings in this state and see if a few oi the Hangers-on cannot be dispensed with. Gen Scott cannot look after them all. A BUREAU WARD A white man in St. Louis became eiif Sged at a negr^ the other day, and was ab?ut to strikt him With a brickbat, woea the colored man fel back On reserved rights:" Look here, whit* man, d?V t you strike me wid dat ar rock -don't you do it, sar ! I'd harte you to know I dat when you strikes me you ithkeaa Bureau ?M MEETINGS, <j?Q Niagtra Fire Engine Conj An extra meeting will be beld at ^ml os Thursday evento? next, I7ta }ntt e^5j3e ^ ?eren o'clock. Business of imperf 11 hlf-p^ HOLLOW- - ?* for yow caasidration. By ?^tr u brough J.M.HOLIA?7>?H The annual meriting of the Promtitude R? ? Company No. 7 was held on may *fcth. ?ft? ^ eleeted for the ensuing year. J Colman, President;? Adel's^ice-p*^ arus, Chairman ; J Zulor, Sec ; J Mitche? T ^ directors, J Pickson; 1st Engineer, j y j Lee; 3rd, M Brown; 4th, F White- uHf? 3*7 -,-,_"_' aali,weper, A ireiu at i-rancia j,opez , ?ennetta Strew 0 next, the 14th inst., at half-past ? o'chxv ByH)rder. S?XTOX CHARITABLE SOCIr^r '-Oftcerr: James Bright, President; Peter Mai Vice Prc5ident; John Bees, Treasurer, |?tt?l Mergran, Secretary. February 22, ? ' Me?l?anics, Association^ Regular tVeekly Meeting of this ASFOCIJ. tion will take place at the Zion's Chortb every Wednesday evening at seven oYJoek Per order. JNO. ?. P. DES VE U.NEY, rmt A. MIDDLETON, Secretary. r Cheers o? the Mechanic Association John C P. DVsverneys, President: , Abraham Simmons, Vice Preside? ' *Wm. Eden, Treasurer; Abraham Midd*le^on,^ecretary. Standing Committee- Cotnihittee on Charity, Peter M.Grcg?r^Ch'rm'n; ) ll. ? Barron b ^rcea? : UVB Chase \ \MiW Ye soy, J. B. ?toHmrie, j Alekaader Willig Joseph Cummings Bali, W. B. ThdTB, Stewards. James Mitchell, Samuel Poacher, Nov. 4, lt-^5 Kichard ?oRf-otten feamuel Fraser, No. \. ?3>- THIS ?ftS??TTJTION WAS ?RGA>\ i8ed April 10, 1865. The following ofBcera ta elected to serre for Ac 'ensuing year .-Heb W mas, President ; J ?mes ? Howard, Vice Preside.; J E Marti?, Sec pro tem ; Robert Green, Treats;?:; James Green, Chairman V C. We owes debt of gratitude to oar abie std ?TM friend our Secretary for thc interest he nas 'anim. ed towards our success. The Y C A will meet oil Thnrsday evening- vtiiw the resid once of the \ice President, at half-past 7 o'clock. By order of the President. JOH X E. M?RT? N, &'?, ?>0 tea. SPECIAL N?TIGEST Every Saturday. COXTENTS OF NO. ft. The First Blow against Cholera An Adverture in the Great Pyramid", fey FWt?iRiw* er Cobbe M. 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