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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1883. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1872. EIGHT DOLLARS A SOOTDUG THE ALARM. THE LIBERAL REPUBLICAN OUT? POURING ON FRIDAY LAST. Speeches of Senators Trumbull and Schurz ?nd Horace Greeley-A Bold Leiter from Governor Fenton-Honest Word* that will Ring* Through the liana. The New York papers of Saturday devote a great part ot their space to the lull reports of the proceedings of the Liberal Republican mass meeting, held in the ball of the Cooper Institute, on the preceding evening, and which was even more completely successful than our telegraphic dispatches had led us to believe. The meeting was announced for eight o'clock, but as early as six citizens besan catherine In the vicinity of the hall, and "be? fore seven o'clock, when the doors were open? ed, the streets about the building were blocked with people- pressing for admittance. At twenty minutes past seven o'clock, forty min? utes before the time appointed for the meet? ing, there was not an inch of standing room -even left unoccupied within the hall, while the corridors were equally crowded with those Ertssing to get lo. Quite a number of ladles ad entered with the first rush and secured seats near the platform, bot the great mass of the assembly was made up ol substantial and Tefpectable voting citizens. The absence of the rough element and of Idle boys was par? ticularly noticed. On the platform were seated a great num? ber of the solid and substantial men of the .city-bankers, lawyers, merchants, literary men, and politicians-bein? representative men of the great body that filled the hall, and which constituted one of the most Influential gatherings ever convened in this city. Among the number were such men as Waldo Hutch? ins, Isaac Sherman, David Dudley Field, ex Senator H. B. Stanton, Sinclair Tousey, the Hon. Horace Greeley, Theodore G. Glaubens klee, General George W. Palmer, George Wilkes, Ira 0. Miller, Judge Freeman, J. Flthlan, J. Solis Rltterbaad, Judge John E. Porter, Buoch L. Fancher, Ethan Allen, Rufus F. Andrews. ex-Marshal Robert Murray, E. G. Squler. Benjamin A. Wallis, D. D. T. Moore, and a host of similar well-known gentlemen. Colonel F. A. Conkling, who was called to the chair, briefly stated the objects of the meeting, and the following resolutions were then enthusiastically adopted: A Declaration of Principles Held by Mew Tork Republicans who Favor the Cincinnati Convention. We believe that the political action of indi? viduals and conventions should be left free from the Influence of political patronage ; that business men should not, under the fear of unjust official interference with their affairs, be compelled to pay tribute for political pur? poses. We believe that public offices are, or should be, created for public convenience, and not as rewards for oartlsan service, nor for personal aggrandizement; that the acts of officials ?should be confined within the strict letter of | the fews creating sueh officials. We believe that the triumph of Republican principles ls ot paramount importance to the whole country, and that the success of those principles in toe approaching national elec? tion does not depend upon any one indi? vidual. We believe that the prosperity of the whole country demands thorough, radical and Imm?? diate reform In all departments of the public service, civil, military and naval; and that the "one term principle" for the Presidential office will conduce more to that end than any other measure. The reading of the resolutions provoked ap? plause at every sentence, and they were adopted with cheers. - Speech or senator Trumbull. Senator Trumbull was now introduced and received with "three times three." The con? cluding passages of his masterly speech are as follows: I have thus briefly stated to you questions which have been already settled. I have stated to yon that slavery has been abolished; ?that the rights ot all the citizens of this coun? try have been established; that the rebellion has been put down; that the States have been restored to their former position io the Union; ?ll these questions have been settled, and any person who now undertakes to disturb them, or to agitate the public mind in reference to them, must do so for the purpose ol diverting attention from the living Issues of the times. And what are those issues? I have tried to state to you what they were, and to show you the .i N CROA CH ME NT 3 OF THE FEDERAL GOVERN? MENT upon the rights of the State and local go v -ornments. They relate to amnesty-to the securing of equal rights for all-a great prin? ciple lying at ino foundation ol the Republican party. They relate to a reform in our revenue service by which taxation should be reduced and so arranged as to bear equally, as far as possible, npon all branches ol' labor and in? dustry, without oppressing any one branch for the benefit of the other. [Applause.] They relate to the purification of the civil service of the government, that the administration of ? the government by one who plunders should be driven from power and the government placed la the hands of honest men. WBT CANNOT THIS BE D?NE ? I had hoped that all this could be accom? plished through the Instrumentality of those who had control of the government, bat the experience of the last session of Congress and .of the present session has satisfied me that the reform cannot be accomplished through suoh aa agency as the ruling spirits now con? trolling them. Proieeslng to be for amnesty, they defeat every amnesty bill offered by means ol Incongruous amendments. Profes? sing to be for civil service reform, they will do -nothing practical to accomplish lt. Profes? sing with a loud voice to be in favor ot the fullest Investigation and removal of abuses, they appoint committees contrary to all par? liamentary precedent and all common sense. .[Applause.] If the object is to find out whether abuses exist, THESE INVESTIGATIONS are so organized as to be controlled by the friends of tbe accused, and every person 1B -carefully excluded who believes that abuses exist and desires a thorough investigation. Is that the way you dealt with abuses in this City ? Suppose when you discovered that millions of money bad been squandered la this elly, nod that the officials were called upoa to appoint a committee of Investigation, and select their own triends for the office- I .[applause and laughter] do you think you! would have unearthed them ? Why. it took ; your committee of seventy, with the assis- j tance of the ablest lawyers In America, months to ascertain where the money of] which you had been robbed had gone, and who had si olen it. I think in a very few weeks yon will be able to find out. Yet Is lt any wonder that the daiies of the committee were arduous In ferreting out the corruption with which nearly every department ot the -city was reeking ? EXPENSES OF THE GOVERNMENT. Before the war began the ordinary ex? penses ot this government, excluding the pay- J ment ot interest and pensions, were lets than $60,000,000 a year. Now what do you suppose they were last year ? Wbv, they amounted to more thin $140,000,000. [Sensation.] Is there any reason for this ? It will be said, the . "country has growu, business has Increased;" but bas population doubled lu the last ten years ? Have the necessary expenses of the government been doubled ? Do you pay any more, or a very small sum ? Your foreign ministers, for all th^ foreign Bervice, you pay the eame as before the war. Do you pay any? thing more to most bi the officers lu civil life ? Do you pay anything more to your Judges? Perhaps a trifid more, but very little; and the .expenses ot the civil service system, so far from being doubled, ought not to have beea added to three per oent. Ia my Judgment the goverameat aeed not expead $40.000,000, ex? clusive nf the lnierest oa the public debt and for pensions. [Applause.] Flay millions of j dollars a vear are) to be saved by an economi? cal administrai lou of tbe government; but we have been unable to bring this about through tbe Instrumentality now exercising control. An* why ? Because the machinery of the government ls in tue hands of SIXTY THOUSAND OFFICE-HOLDERS in this country. [Applause.] They conti the Republican party- by packing ccnventlo and otherwise, and through the instrument lty of members of Congress and others co-c crating with them, to whom they owe th< places, and to whom members in turn o? their seats In Congress. How, thea, is A, REMEDY TO BE OBTAINED ? Must the people submit ? Is there no ? cape ? And are these encroachments on tl rights ot the people -these collections ol tax to be squandered among the hirelings of pa ty-to go on until the people find themselv bound hand and foot to the central power Washington, that taxes them and squande: tue money among favorites. Tes, there is remedy, but that remedy must come from tl people. [Applause.] Ton cannot obtain through politicians. And why ? Because POLITICIANS ARE PROVERBIALLY COWARDS. They are afraid of the denunciations whir. will be hurled al them by those who contr the party machinery, and to-day, if the publ men of the Republican party would talk 01 openly, as they talk with you privately in r gard to the abuses of the government, a co rectlon would be rapidly attained; but the will not do it; it can only be accomplished t the people, and lt will take the energetic n solve of the people to accomplish this obj ec THE REPUBLICAN PARTY has a noble record; lt has performed many n< ble deeds and has party ties, and the force c habit ls strong. Men dislike to break thee ties and rend asunder these associations, an will only do lt under a strong sense of Justice But there ls that feeling, I am glad to believe In the.country that will arouse Its honest set tlment and lead to the correction ot these abi ses. [Tremendous applause.] Notice has bee given that there will be a meeting of indeper. dent Republicans In the City of Clnclnnati [applause and three cheers for the Cioclunal Convention]-on the first day of May next That will not be a meeting of office-holder assembled for the purpose of devising scheme to hoodwink the people and mislead and ti prostitute the name of a great party to thel schemes, but it will be A MEETING OF HONEST MEN determined to bring about a reform and purl fication of the government. [Applause.] Ian glad to see that indication. The best elemen of the Republican parly will be assembled 01 that occasion. I notice from my own Sta? that a call has been Issued and signed, as I an told, by the whole body of electors, and, 1 believe, by every officer of the State who wai elected on the ticket with Abraham Lincoln with the exception, perhaps, of the Governoi of the State. It was signed by the auditor o the State, and the secretary ot State and th< treasurer of the State, who were elected or the same ticket with Mr. Lincoln. We have f similar Intimation from other States, and i will be made a success, but to make lt a sue ce88, Republicans must be prepared to pu' down the minions and hirelings that plundei the people, and who will excommunicate yoi from what they call the party, because thej set themselves up to be the Republican party, [Applause.] They are no more like the Re publican party, THESE PLUNDERERS AND THIEVES, -they are as far away from party purity and honesty as the devil ls from the angels in nea ven. [Laughter and applause.] Will they go on discussing the Issues of the present day ! No; but during the coming campaign these same persons will be engaged in fighting ovei again the bailies of the war and abolishing slavery, and putting down the rebellion, [Laughter and applause.] To your demand for an honest administration of the govern? ment they will reply, "You are a traitor to the Republican party." [Laughter.] To your de maud for reform they will reply, "We abolish? ed slavery." To your demand for a reform oj the revenue service they will answer, "We put down the rebellion." And when you de? mand an amnesty, and a restoration of social intercourse and harmony among all our peo? ple, the reply will be the recital of the horrors of a war that was ended seven years ago. [Laughter.] With the living Issues of the present th<jy have no concern. They desire to return to power by seeking to resurrect those which are dead. [Applause.] Now, if there be any Republican who has not Independence and manhood enough to meet the scorn and contempt'of such denun? ciations and subterfuges, he has no business to go to Cincinnati. Leave him under the control Of the'whippers-In. Let these old Bourbons, who still talk of slavery, and who expect to vote for Andrew Jackson, with those who are still talking of putting down the re? bellion and crushing slavery, and who expect to vote for GENERAL GRANT, WHO IS AS POLITICA.LLV DEAD AS m ANDY JOHNSON. 1 [Great laughter and cheering, mingled with groans and hisses.] Let these old Bourbons fight, their battles over agalD, and continue to. prate about their dead Issues, but let in? dependent Republicans all over this land, who Believe in progress and reform, and In living issues of the present assembly at Cin? cinnati, and let them there inaugurate meas? ures .which shall receive the support of God and man-which the living men of all parties shall recognize. [Applause.] The Scene after Trumbull's Speech. The senator was frequently Interrupted dur? ing the delivery of his eloquent speech by the clamor ol .he multitude at the entrances seek? ing admieslon, and finally the police were in? structed to admit as many as could find stand? ing room in the aisles, requiring those already lu the aisles to crowd forward toward the platform, which made room for a few hundred additional people, which in a measure ap? peased the clamor. The scene when Senator Trumbull pronounced Grant politically as dead as Andrew Johnson baffles description. The applause continued for nearly five minutes, when some office-holders undertook to raise a counter hiss, which was Immediately drowned by a renewal of the applause, so earnest and determined that the office-holders gave up in despair. Senator Fcnton's Letter. , Colonel Cockling was compelled to retire during the delivery of Senator Trumbull's speech, surrendering the chair to Mr. Greeley. Alter the senator had concluded, Mr. Ethan Allen read the following letter from Senator Fenton, which was received with applause: COMMITTEE OF FINANCE, ?. S. SENATE., ? WASHINGTON, April ll, 1872. J Dear Sir-I cannot be with you to-morrow night, but I deem ic my duty to say that the movement for reform and purity of govern? ment in the State and nation, and also to se? cure at the head of affairs a Republican states? man, trained in Republican ideas, has my cordial sympathy. It is a necessity of the hour. I say ihls as a Republican, anxious for the success of honest government and the revival of fraternal feeling throughout the country. Very truly, R. E. FENTON. Colonel F. A. CONKLING, New York. Delegates to Cincinnati. Mr. Allen also moved the following resolu? tions : Resolved, That the officers of this meeting be, and are hereby. Invited to attend the Cin? cinnati Convention. Resolved, That the chairman of this meeting appoint a committee of twenty-five, of whom he shall be one, with authority to take Buch action during the approaching nation il can? vass as circumstances may require, and to fill vacancies in their number. Adopted with cheers, when Mr. Greeley an? nounced the committee as follows : Sinclair Tousev, E. Erackowlzer, George P. Bradford, Wm. R. Stewart, Charles AlthroD. Charles T. Blake, T. Glaubensklee, Wm. H. Raynor, F. J. Fithtao, Samuel Sinclair, Dr. Adolph Tessler. Ira 0. Miller, General F. T. Locke, Hartwig Gerche. Charles T. Polhamus, Henry Merz, Dr. F. W. Howe, Ethan Allen, Peter Cook, J. N. Hegerman, Henry D. Lloyd, Arnold Taen zer, George Van Cleft, R. C. Anthony. Speech or Curl Schurz. Senator Schurz was then introduced. As he stood up to speak the applause fairly shook the building, winding up with three times three enthusiastic cheers. After alluding to the times before the present one, when he had stood upon the same platform, he said: And now I stand here again, not as one who has renounced any of the great principles and policies he ever advocated, but as one who has resolved to continue their advocacy and defence with as much fidelity and energy as ever; as one who In that advocacy was wnolly in earnest before, Is wholly lu earnest now, and will continue to be so without regard to the opposition he will have to encounte whether lt come from friend or foe. Because this earnestness he protested against the pe tisan bigotry which subordinates the pub] welfare to personal and party Interesl against.that Blavish submission to party diet tlon and discipline which, for party end strives to stifle the voice of truth and to whit wash abuses and wrongs, Instead o? honest exposing and correcting them; against the i fatuated wantonness of power recklessly ove riding the laws of the land for selfish end against the growth ot personal government 1 this republic, which threatens to convert tl ?iublic powers into personal property; to sui ugate the conscience of the people, and 1 convert the noble pride of the Rep?blica citizen Into the submissive spirit of the sui ject. I raise that protest In the name of th great cause you and I, as Republicans, hav se long fought for; In the name of honest an constitutional government which ls to m*otei ourselves and our children in their rights an best interests; In the name of that pubilo mi rall ty which must be cultivated as the life el? ment of free Institutions; lu the name of th freat American Republic which we want t e the guiding star of mankind In Its strug glee for liberty and a higher civilization. TRUE TO HIS PRINCIPLES. He then referred to the fact that he bega his political life in the Republican party, sal that BO long as it was true to its principles h never desired to leave it, and added: if I at proud of anything, lt is not of, the position have reached, and of the honors I hav achieved, but it ls of the consciousness thal whenever I endeavored to exercise an Inflv ence upon public opinion, I have never sali anything which I did not honestly believe ti be true. And If I find myself now in conSic with the official leaders of the Republican par ty, lt ls because I cannot abandon that con trolling rule of my public life without betray lng my duty to the American people. He then said that each period of our histor; has Us own peculiar problem to solve. Dur lng the war this problem was to preserve tb< Union. When the rebellion was overcome w< had to settle the logical and legitimate results of the war in such a manner as to protect then against the dangar of reactionary attempts, This has been done, and ail sensible men agree that the settlement will stand. It remained tc clear away the rubbish and to develop thai new order of things In accordance with the re qulrements of truly free Institutions; to oblite? rate the differences and animosities of the past; to revive a heall hy national spirit, and the consciousness of belonging togethei among all classes of our population, so as tc reinstate a free public opinion Instead of fore? as the controlling power In our government to restore the rule ot sound constitution? principles; to reanimate the popular reaped for the law; to crush corruption wherever li may appear; to raise the standard of moral!tj In our political life; to secure a genuine re form of our system of taxation, so that its bur deus shall bp adjusted lo principles of Justice and equality. In one word, to preserve th if government not only asa republic In form and name, but In spirit and essence, and in Ite elevating and ennobliog Influences upon tnt character of the people, as well as their mate? rial prosperity. THE PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED. Alluding briefly to the question of economic reform, he said he believed that a change wac needed In our methods of taxation-a genuine tariff reform. But the problem to be solvfd after the dose of the war has not been sol ved. Look at the single matter of amnesty. A gen? eral amnesty (the removal of political disabil? ities) was demanded, not as a measure ot mere sentimental generosity, but as a measure ol the plainest political wisdom. Tears have elap-ed since the results el the war were forti? fied with impregnable constitutional guaran? tees, and the general amnesty has not been granted yet. Down to this very day a large and Influential class of citizens In the South are still told that the public interest, as it is adminis? tered by popular self-government, ls co busi? ness of theirs, and that this great republic is no republic of equal rights for them; down to this very day the jealousy of the races is still nourished by the fact that many, and by no means the unworthies!, white men are de? prived ot political rights and privileges which the black mao, the late slave, enjoys; down to this very day the work of the adventurer and demagogue, who speculates upon the Igno? rance of his followers, ls facilitated, corrup? tion, robbery and demoralization are fostered, the return of good and honest government is Impeded, a cheerful and general acceptance and successful development of the new order ol things is prevented In the South by that narrow-minded policy which excludes from public employment and repels from friendly co-operation a large class of men who have so great an interest in an honest and successful administration of public affairs. President Grant has said a good word for amnesty, but his most intimate friends and loudest advo? cates all fight the measure. AND VET ANOTHER DUTY! The close of the civil war imposed another duty upon us. Republican government, and the free institutions upon which it rests, find their strongest bulwark in constitutional principles and forms faithfully maintained and religiously observed. No republic eau stand, no popular liberty, no personal right ls secure, when the powers ol government are left with? out restraint to the whims of those who wield them. I admit that In times of extreme pub? lic danger an extraordinary exercise of power may be necessary, as the Romans put the republic In the hands of a dictator when the enemy were at their gates. But even this cannot be done without great danger. It will soon create the habit of arbitrary assumptions of power on one side, and the habit of thoughtless acquiescence in arbitrary assump? tions of power on the other. It ls thus thal republics are undermined and perish In ihe demoralization of popular sentiment. But those lu power since the war have not regard? ed the laws. They have fallen into the habit of accomplishing what they thought best with the strong hand of power, and of interpreting the powers they wanted in the constitution when the words of that charter did not willingly yield them. However good those ends may have been, the means were full of danger. The people became accustumed to look ouly at the ends to be accomplished, and to think Utile about the dangerous means employed. The abuses ol war Insensibly insinuated themselves Inlo the practices of peace. Now look around you, look at the young men who were from ten io seventeen years old when the war began, and who are now from twenty-one to twenty-eight, constituting one lull third part of our voling population. Consider what school these young men have gone through. They have scarcely ever seen or heard any? thing of the constitutional restraint ol power. What they have heard and seen was only a bold assumption and strong exercise Ol gov? ernmental authority. They were taught to believe in its necessity-to submit to lt, to justify lt, to aid lt. Why, gentlemen, the Con? stitution ol the United States became hardly known to them by name. That ls only tradition and experience under which they have grown up, and now they are taking aa active part In the control of our government. Is not the mere statement of this undeniable fact suffi? cient to fill with anpreheuslon the heart of every friend of constitutional government and of popular liberty in this country? RADICAL USURPATION. We have seen legal enactments passed, glaringly putting the most essential guaran? tees of the rights and liberty of the citizens at the mercy ot the central power. We have heard them Justified on the ground that the objects to be attained were good, regardless of ihe fact that the employment of unconsti? tutional and nrblirary means as a system to correct evils may be woree In Its consequences than the evils themselves, and that the over? throw of free institutions almost always be? gins, by the assumption ot arbitrary authority, on the ground that existing evils call for it. We hive a law In force to-day. which, had lc been on the statute book before the war, might, by a liberal construction such as we have so frequently seen In our days, have put every anti-slavery organization, as an unlaw? ful conspiracy, at the mercy of a pro-slavery government. After speaking of the usurpations of the Ex? ecutive upon the rights of Congress In the Santo Domingo case, he said: We are told that the people do not care about such things, and that those- who raise their protest against them must beset down as captious fault-finders and disappointed soreheads. Wei!, if lt ls true that large num? bers of people do not care about the obser? vance of the laws, and the maintenance ot those constitutional principles which form the bulwark of their rights and liberties; If lt ls true that the great Republican party ls con? trolled by Influences which are ready to sacrl flee the sanctity oribe laws and the co ns ut ut to pirty advantage, then,! Bay. It Is'htgh il that these who do care should rise up w patriotic determination to defend the laws a the constitution, not only against arbitn assumption, but also against equally dang ous Indifference. The time has come wti this effort must be made, and I conflden trust there are still men enough in the Kept Mean ranks whom a slavish terror of thep ty-whip win not deter Irom doing what th conceive to be a great duty. It ls time, I st for another term of such arrogant assumpti ol power, and such wanton acquiescence m furnish* the flunkies of power with sud store ol'precedents for argumentas toben der the common understanding until peoj cease to look for ordinary means of relief. THE 8?TRE1?E QUESTION. He then spoke ol the growth of the Unit States, of the consequent growth ot the m chinery and appliances of the governmei and of the tendencies to corruption. It b came the supreme duty of those in power check this dangerous tendency with vigor ai determination. To accomplish this great ei three things were necessary : That those high places, whose conduct was visible to i the world, should Bet an example of scrap lou! purity and lotty unselfishness; that tl ruling party should, In Its criticism, and the handling of its power, be .severer ev< against the shortcomings and trespasses of 1 own members than against those or its opp nents; abd lastly, thac our present system < civil service, which has become the hot-how of so many alarming abuses, should be i reformed as to make honesty, capaclt and fidelity to the public Interest the criterio of qualification, instead ol partisan servie? and thus to destroy the corrupting aod lyrai nlcal influence of the government patronag He who runs may read the daily failures of it administration In these particulars-ihe nepo ism alone exceeding anything ever before n corded In the annals of the republic. Con paring the administration of Grant and Bi cha?an in respect to the use of public patronas for party purposes, he said that if James Bi cha?an had lived to-day he would have t admit that In that line of business he was bi a pusillanimous bungler. In the days of Abn ham Lincoln criticism, and the sharper th better, waa sought for, but now criticism wa a political sin. The charges made against th administration are answered by Idle or abt sive remarks, and the public morality Bins lower and lower. Civil service reform Is os tenslbly favored by the President, but ever one who opposes lt ls an administration mai The Cincinnati movement Is the logic? outcome of this condition ei affairs.- Honet men are going to meet there and see >kwha thpy caa do about lt" Referring to the fami lar charge against the supporters of tha movement,' ttiat they were disappointed men he said; "Yes, we are disappointed men-nol Indeed, disappointed la the sense in whlci unscrupulous slanderers call us so, as ll wi had not received all the patronage we wanted for no man who has observed current event can fall to know that favor would not hav. been wanting to us had we consented to wea ihe livery ot the White House-but we ar< disappointed men In a higher sense; dlsap pointed lu that whole-souled confidence wltl which we clung to the party and rallied aronm an administration which enjoyed such urea opportunities. Honest and Intelligent men c all parties are breaking loose from the bondi of party, and a grand effort ls to be made for i better order ot things. To all honest Bepub Ileana he said: lt, by your pleading for party integrity, yoi could succeed lu stopping ihe movement w> are engaged in; if you could seduce us bael luto the party traces, and thus secure a ne? lease of power to the influences which a present rule you, do you know what the con sequences would be ? An insurrection at i future time; and then-who knows-mud more uncontrollable for good; for the greate and more provoking the evils to be remedied the more reckless tue means for their corree tien. Will you repeat your dangerous expe dient of acquiescence ? THE MOVEMENT MOST 00 ON. But you cannot stop the movement In whicl we are engaged. [Applause.] The men wb< have undertaken it have risen above party die tallon. They have cea?ed to measure the! convictions of duty by the rules laid down In i caucus. The great objects they aim at stanc to them above mere party considerations Those who are now in good earnest working for constitutional government and reform will aol be led by their noses by those who lead lt the opposite direction. This movement wll go on; by your Joining il you can make li creater and more benedclal la Its influences You might as well attempt to sup the Missis? sippi In its flow. Nor - do I think you cai prevent Its success. Neither you can, nor partisans of any stripe. But a few weeks ago the Cincinnati Convention was spoken of by politicians with a con temptuous sm'le; to-day that smile bas already turned sour on their Hps. Listen to the tidings coming from all parts of the country, The people bave opened their eyes. They see through the deceptions with which they were surrounded. Their best Impulses have re? gained their strength, and they demand that the truth be apo Ken. A spring-time of new hopes bas come. And yet you see now only the beginning. Before long, the politicians who but yesterday scoffed at us will turn pale. No, you cannot stop this movement, nor do I think you can successfully resist lt. I am not quite Inexperienced la Judging the growth of public opinion, and I soberly predict that be? fore a year Is over the banner of Constitution? al Government and Reform which we bear will be planted victoriously upon the Capitol ot the Republic. Loud cheers resounded through the halt as the last telling words dropped from Mr. Schurz'B lips. Horace Greeley's Speech. When the applause which followed Schurz's address began to die out, Mr. Greeley said : The surveyor of the port of New York bas given us notice through his organ, this morn? ing, Inviting us to attend a convention to be held at Elmira on the 15th of May. I now give him notice that we do not propose to attend that convention. ? At the two last stated conventions some of our delegates w?re bought and some driven out. Those two conventions were simple In? sults to the Republicans of New York who bad built up and sustained the Republican party In this Slate. We are going our own way, and I give him notice now that he can Bend out as soon as he pleases hts neighbors, his Inspectors and ware? housemen to the country districts of this Stale, to hunt up delegates that will misrepresent the people of those districts. He can elect his men without a conflict. We are going another way than his-to be represented at Cincinnati, and atterward in such conventions as those in true sympathy with honest government shall see flt lo call. [Applause.] I did not attend either ot the two last State conventions, because I did not care about be? ing kicked oui of them by Roscoe Conkltng or Tom Murphy, but to satisfy my friends, not because my own Judgment sent me there, I at? tended the orgaalzauoa of the present. Legis lature of our State, and saw the majority won over by Hie Inducements and threats ot the customhouse to elect a man speaker whom they did not believe best fitted for the place. I saw enough of thal rule and its conse? quences. lam outside now, and go forward with the non-officeholding Republicans to the Cincinnati Convention. All who are lo favor of adjournment say aye. Mr. Greeley then retired. The Scene Outside. Outside Cooper Institute the crowd was Im? mense. Thousands of people who were un? able lo gain admission to the hall waited patiently to hear some one speak from the portico of the building. At eight o'clock the crowd mus* have numbered eight or ten thousand. Nothing like the enthusiasm shown has been exhibited since the last presi? dential campaign. Rockets, bombs and col? ored lights blazed In the air, and a band of music discoursed enlivening music. The open square between the Institute and the Bible House was densely crowded with a seething mass of humanity, anxiously walting for a speaker to appear. Tue best good nature prevailed, and men said to one another, "What would Grant think if he should Bee this demonstration in Washington?" Loud calls were made for speakers, but lhere seemed to have been no prepa? rations made for so great aa assemblage. At about ball-past eight an Individual mounted a wagon in the square and began to address tho crowd. The people were anxious to bear BO me one speak on the Issues of the day, and expressions of regret were heard on all aldea when lt became evident that further waiting waa useless. Every entrance to the building was blocked, and at au early hour the order was Issued to refuse admission to every one. Still the 'crowd waited, and men seemed loath lo depart so long as the barest chance of gaining an entrance Beemed possible. On Third avenue and Fourth avenue the sidewalks were completely blocked, and it was not until nearly ten o'clock that the great majority of the crowd bad disappeared. One feature particularly noticeable was the good humor that prevailed; there were no disturb? ances outside the building, and everything passed off in an orderly manner. THE ALABAMA CLAIMS. An Important Debate In the House ot Commons. In the British House of Commons, on Fri? day evening, Mr. Rathbone asked whether the government had sent, or intended to send, Its counter case respecting the Alabama claims to the Geneva board. Mr. Gladstone replied that the case had been prepared and dispatched to Geneva. Touching the contents of the docu? ments he would say there was. nothing rela? tive to claims for indirect damages. A note accompanied the case containing a declaration on the part of government for the purpose of reserving all rights appertaining to the Queen in this arbitration, BO that In the future the government would not be fettered by any Im? plied compromise. Mr. Bchenck had been duly informed of the coarse taken, and bad notified Lord Granville that there was no objection to lt on bis part. Tne American counter case would be presented to the Geneva tribunal without prejudice to the rights of either party. Mr. 8chenck bad since iniormed Lord Gran? ville that the Government of the United Staioa concurred In the view that the presentation of the counter case would not effect the position assumed by Great Britain on the question of Indirect olalms. Mr. Disraeli wanted to have Ihe papers pro? duced, and asked whether Lord Chief Justice Cockburn was to resume bis duties as a mem? ber of the Geneva board ? To this latter ques? tion Mr. Gladstone replied affirmatively. He promised the British counter case would be laid before Parliament at an early day. He praised the House and people ol England for their forbearance, and Congress and the peo? ple of the United States for refraining from attempts to embarrass the question. The last note sent to Washington bad not been an? swered. When the reply was received, no one would be more willing to make the House completely acquainted with the details of the negotiations than himself. Disraeli said he wanted to Impress it on the government that the country was desirous of clearly under? standing the conditions under which the gov? ernment sent its counter case to Geneva, This very act admitted on the surface the jus? tice ot the American claims for Indirect dam? ages. Mr. Gladstone made no further reply, but again promised the documents would be speedily forthcoming. Lord Granville, lu the House of Lords at night, made replies in substance the same as those of Mr. Gladstone, to questions put by Lord Stanhope. Care had been taken, he said, to so frame the counter case and accompany? ing documents as to leave to Great Britain the right to withdraw from arbitration,'should the differences on the subject of Indirect dam? ages not be settled. Earl Bussell thought the fovernmeut had failed to escape from the I fri cul ty. He declared they ought not, under any circumstances, to consent to the conside? ration of claims for Indirect losses. Earl Bus? sell then gave notice that on the 22d instant he should bring In a moiton for an address to the Queen praying that Instructions beglveu that all proceedings - before the arbitrators at Geneva be suspended until the United States withdraw their claims lor indirect damages. DESTBUCTIVE BIBBS. TIFFIN, OHIO, April 15. Sixty buildings were burned here to-day. WARREXSBURY, Mo., April 15. The Ko il ford House and elevator were burned to-day, with 50,000 bushels of wheat. AVER, MASS., April 15. Thirty buildings, including the Odd-Fellows' Hall. Unitarian church, arid postoffice, were burned to-day. LOBB $200,000. Alf OTHER FRANCO- GEBMAN DIFFI? CULTY. LONDON, April 15. Reports are current here that troubles h?ve grown out of the recent diplomatic negotia? tions between France and Germany. The rela? tions between the two countries are said to be again in so critical a condition that grave com? plications may be apprehended. GLIMPSES OF GOTHAM. NEW YORE, April 15. A special from Leesbnrg, Ya., narrates another supposed poisoning horror. Mrs. Emily B. Loyd ls suspected of poisoning her husband, their four children, and their aunt. Professor Toury, of Baltimore, claims to have found arsenic in the stomach of the last de C?Ud?ti Ctllld. The colonelcy of the Ninth Regiment has been tendered to the wealthy Jerome D. Fel? lows. Delegates from the various trade organiza? tions yesterday consolidated their organiza? tion by the lormatlon of a work logmen's as? sembly. The Internationalists were rejected on the ground that they were a political asso? ciation. THE.GEORGIA BOND F BAUDS. NEW YORK, April 15. Thomas J. Simmons..Garnett McMillan and John J. Hall, of '.he Georgia legislative com? mittee, appointed to register and Investigate t he ownership of the Issue ot Georgia State bonds, have taken offices at No. 49 Wall street, and expect to hold daily sessions until the first j of May. General Robert Toomba ls not with the committee as was erroneously reported, but is detained in Georgia by sickness. The power accorded to the committee by the acts creating lt is, that they have full autborlty to examine and ascertain the number of bonds which have been Issued, and ihe aggregate : amount of the same, If any have been sold or hypothecated, by whom sold, and the amount 1 paid for them, when and to whom paid, and ; all other facts connected with their history. i Where such information ls refused, or where the bonds are reported for registration, lt shall be construed as prima facie evidence of their i fraudulence and illegality. The act also states that none or its provisions shall be construed i Into a pledge for the payment of any bonds ls sued July 1st, 1868. THE COLOBED CONTENTION. NEW ORLEANS, April 15. In the Colored Convention to-day resolu? tions were adopted as follows: The first gives thanks for emancipation and citizenship. The second pledges unswerving devotion to the support of the nominee s ot the Philadelphia Convention. The third endorses President Grant, and thanks him for recognizing men without regard to race or color in making ap? pointments. The fourth prays that colored Republicans ot,States where there are no Fed? eral positions given to colored men may ne longer be ignored. The fltth acknowledges overwhelming Indebtedness to the services of Charles Sumner. The sixth praises the action of vice-President ? ollax In delivering the casting vote lo favor of the supplementary civil rights bill. The seventh appeals for pro? tection In civil rights in public places and upon public conveyances, and the eluhth condemns the Republicans who voted against < the civil rights bill, and pledges that they will , vote for successors to them whenever they : have the power. -. . . " . -The Chinese carte-de-vislte ls a curiosity, i It consists of a huge sheet of bright scarlet . paper, with the owner's name inscribed lo i large letters-the bieger the more exquisite, i For extra grand occasions this card In folded ten times, the name is written in the right i hand lower corner, with a humiliating prefix I like "your very stupid brother," '\your un? worthy friend who bows his head and pays his l respects," Ac, Ac, the words "your stupid," taking the place of our "yours respectfully." lt ls etiquette to return ihese cards lo the visi? tors, lt being presumable that their expense ls too <*reat for general distribution. j HUBBUB J? COLUMBIA. THE UNDER- CURRENT OF- THINGS \ POLITICA!. A New Slate-Tb e Crop of Candidate? One Way to Fix Mattera-BaalneM and j the Crops-The Ka-KInx Arrests. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] COLUMBIA, April 13. The events of toe past week have disclosed nothing that would make any very startling announcement to tbe world, yet there have transpired, beneath the .surface, many things that, as time rolls on, will have mnch to do with the destinies of this State; and though transactions are now but little known of, out? side the circles In which the manipulation ls performed, some day the people of all classes and colors, when they shall know more of them, will demand of those persons who now affect to beor ar? the self-constituted stewards m explanation of all these things. The ,lwell jone, good and faithful servant,''will, as lt il ways bas since its Divine conception, sound agreeably to tbe ears, and rest easily with the :oQsclencee of those who may worthily claim ta utterance, but the principle that "thon :ast been faithful over a few things, I will low made thee master, over many" will work >nly in exceptional cases when applied, as ippearances might indicate lt should be, to .hose who pretend at the present time to hold .he future ot the government within their rraap. Indeed, If this maxim were applied by inver? sion, In the hlnted-at new order of things for he future, lt might be said in this wise: 'Thou hast proven false to the trusts imposed n thee in the past, I wl^l now give thee op? portunity to prove moro so." "Thoa hast in i small way been rascally, thoa shalt be given t chance- to be a bigger rascal, for unto bim hat hath shall be given," &c. The projectors for new plans find no easy ask In making Beleotlons for their slate; they ure constantly running against that fact which :untlnually stares them In the.face, i. e.: "Our :olored friends demand this, and they are our itrength"-and the colored friends know lt. Tbe big thieves, bloated with their Ill-gotten rains, and over-confident in their ability to make a judicious distribution of a small por :lon of them as a kind of toll-sllence or hush noney, may not shake In their boots quite so s rd emly as the little fellows who have out got i single grab in the general rush for the spoils, md wbose only hopes are ia the future; yet a settled look of despair as to final results ls llscoverable even with this class. Something las to be done, and little and big wire-pullers illke are puzzling their brains how to accom? plish lt. To satisfy the clamor for office, made 3y tbe majority, tue white leaders find they mve sacridces to make, more stupendous than .bey bad calculated upon. There have been many rumors afloat as to aow they contemplate extricating themselves 'rom this dllemna, and in the desperate fix lt is not at all Improbable that several of the most heretofore prominent white scalawags and carpet-baggers will go by the board. One of these rumors fixes a ticket almost antlrely colored. This ls done for appearance sake: lt is tipped at both ends, like a croobet needle, with white, but lt means nothing, and gives the following colored candidates io rof Ice: Lieutenant Governor, Bansier, of Charles? ton; ror attorney general. Elliott, of this city; secretary of Stat?, W. H. Jones, of George? town; and adjutant and Inspector general, Robert Smalls, of Beaufort. The wing tips are F. J. Moses, Jr., at one end tor Governor, and R. K. Scott at the other end for United States senator. Tbe beauty of this Utile game would be ap? parent if lt was only reversed In the pro? gramme; but at this time and in this manner lt ls a very funny arrangement. Of course Scott don't want to be Governor again! Then there are the Congressional Districts to be lookPd after. "Honest John" Patterson for the fourth; but he's white (?). Ex-Mayor Pillsbury tor the second; but he's white (?). Yocum for the fifth; but he's white (?). And then there are the first and the third districts, lu which a wrangle will very likely develop. The senatorshlps are not unco.veted by similar aspirants, but the anxiety, and I might say, obstacle in that direction is to effectually dis? pose of the present incumbents; to do this the efficacy of resolutions, enough of them to knit a stocking were they counted Into stitches, have failed; the out and outers de? mand removals from office as the next best means; and then the quarrel, and after that the contest. The spirit which rules lo these matters, re? ferred to as tbe present under-current, ls car? ried into all the minor office selections, and the speculative prospect for radical (In every respect) changes is almost laughable to con? template. One man who has nelped forward somebody, for judge perhaps, or some other Important office, claims, for instaoce, that the county having a colored majority should bave a colored county treasurer; another, for the same reason, claims the right to be school commissioner, Ac. Where there are counties minus the colored majority, the best way to get out of lt ls to have the present incumbent of the office arrested for a Ku Klux. That will fix that point, and lt need make no differ? ence whether the arrested party be a white Republican or a black Democrat, so long as his "appointed" successor shall be colored. This mode, of course, ls not just what was promised the Taxpayers' Convention, but what of that ? If any differences of opinion arise relative to thOBe promises they can be explained, (?) you know; certainly so satis factorlly to one party. Now, my dear NEWS, this ls a rather foggy description of bow matters are, and of how they may be. They make themselves seen only in outline like the sides and peaks of hills hidden by a dense mist. Yet as one ap? proaches them he finds substance, and makes up his mind thar, after al!, they are bille, which, if he does not stop to take a reckoning, will impede his progress. But enough of lt lust at this time; more of lt by and by, as the necessities of the case shall require. In business matters during toe week Colum? bia has no reason to complain, especially when the disturbed condition of ihe country above ls taken Into consideration, and the fact that the State Is unable to meet many demands against ihe treasury for which the merchants and other business men have made advances. The stores are weil filled with excellent spring and summer stocks, an inspection of which is sufficient to convince any one that there are merchants of enterprise in this city. Farming operations have taken a lively start wherever they have not been interfered with by United 8tates authority, and the plant? ers are putting forth all their energies to re? cuperate. Fertilizers have been doalt in largely, Charleston carrying off beyond com? parison the palm, so far as sales, quantity and quality are concerned. The misunderstanding between the work? men and the superintendent employed in the construction of the new United States build? ings here, has lasted much longer than lt was at first believed lt would. The matter having been referred to the authorltlea at Washing? ton, on the ground that the only difficulty was as to bow many hours should constitute a day's work, and lt having been very general? ly telegraphed over the country, lt assumed proportlous rather beyond what the real facts ol the case, as learned by your correspondent, would seem to Justify. It will be remembered that just before the Legislature adjourned, when the excitement relative to the t?prague Canal was at its highest pitch, Senator Nash referred to the new postoffice difficulties ia Illustrating the polut that lt was lrequenily the case that the colored people la the South met with leeBreal "snubbing" than they did In the North; he cited in support of this posi? tion ut that time that several stonecutters, somlog from other localities, and north of Mason aud Dixon's line, had the day before re! used to work with the colored stonecut? ters. The next day Borne ol the white stone? cutters struck, and as near as cao be learned they did so because colored workmen was sm i toyed In the same shed 'with them. The endeavor to make political capital out of the matie'r has failed entirely. There have been many cases ot citizens ar? rested, principally In Newberry and Laurens Counties, tor alleged offences against the Eu Klux and enforcement laws, beiore the United States commissioner, during the week, but none were finally disposed of, though the prisoners were moet anxious to proceed, that they might return to their homes and attend to their business. Tbe cause of the delay bas been entirely with the government officers, who failed to have the necessary witnesses present. It Is a pretty bard case, at the beet, to keep men in Jail, not allowing even ball la many instances, lost because perhaps some dilatory officer nuls to perform bis doty, or for the reason that some witness has taken It Into bis head not to put In an appearance.. How? ever, the fates seem to be against tte prison? ers, and especially those irojn Laurens, who come np again for a hearing on Tuesday. The new city council ia fairly Installed.':, Something ls expected o? them, for one reason that there are so many occasions cwrostantly occurring where something that will come under the head of "decent" can be done. The old oonooil went ont with a champagne sap? per, and the new one came in in prettymu?t the same manner. . The committees have all been appointed, and are pretty well mixed; for instance, ex-Congressman H?ge Is on the committee on guardhouse. Measures have been provided for proper ceremonies In honor of Professor Morse. . The bonds authorized to be issued by the last General Assembly for thecomplettonof the new city hall and market have been ad? vertised for-sale at auction, and, If there ls not a "scrabbling" la the purchase, there ls little doubt but there will be one for the pro? ceeds. SALUDA. GOSSIP FROST COLUMBIA. Tue Horse Memorial To-Day-Removal or Pilot Commissioner*-Tbe Spartan burg Asylum la Trouble. [SPECIAL TBL BOBAH TO TUB NEWS.] COLUMBIA, April 15. The Morse memorial meeting will be held to-morrow (Tuesday) In the Hali of the House Df Representatives, Professor LaBorde, of the' State University, presiding. The Governor ias appointed Dr. A. G. Mackey as his proxy ' is vice-president of the meeting at the National Capital. Dupong and Allston, pilot commissioners of Beaufort, have been removed for infflcleencv. None of the engraved Blue Ridge scrip bas ret been, received at the treasury. Patterson, Worthington A Co.: have control of a good hing In tbe issuing ol these bonds. The stonecutters who belonged, to the oom nlttee who made the complaint to Washing - ;on have again been discharged. Twenty witnesses from Charlotte, N. C.,_ formerly residents of this State, are en route to-Charleston to testify on tbe Ku-Klur trials. It is probable that the Deaf and Dumb Asy? lum at Spartanburg will be closed, as no sap plies caa be obtained and- the pupils are des? titute. Of last year's appropri?t i o n over three thousand dollars still remain to the credit ot the institution, yet the treasurer professes to be unable to pay its draft for two thousand lollara, and this ls the cause of the probable suspension. . _SALUDA* . ? - JOTTINGS ABOUT TUR STATE. - -The exact amount of taxes collected In Orangetyirg County, during the year 1872, wai 157,773. -G. W. Tack, of Spartanburg County, has been appointed by the Governor trial justice . for that county. -George Tlsdale, colored, was drowned In Black River, near Klogstree, while fishing for shad last week. -The new town council of Camden was sworn In last Monday evening. There were twenty-three applicants for the four positions on the police force. -The body of Mr. M. L. Edwards, who was supposed to be drowned In Long Cane on Mon? day night of last week, bas not yet been' found, though diligent search has been made. -The following town officers were elected last Monday In Bennettsvllle: Intendant John D. Murchison. Wardens-D. D. McColl, J. L. Easterllng, J. Wesley Smith and John R. Sampson. -Au Intelligent correspondent of the Wi ons? hore' News complains that the farmers la that neighborhood are falling into the annual prac? tical error of planting largely of cotton to the exclusion of corn. -Messrs. Harrison H. Counts and Wm. A. Marlin, both old and highly respected citizens of winnsboro', have lately died. Mr. Counts waa tax collector of the district for a number of years ia ante-bellum times. -The city council of Greenville, as an in? ducement to the Blchmond and Atlanta Air Line Ballway Company to locate their work? shops ia Greenville, have offered to exempt them Irom city tax for twenty-five years. . -A severe tornado passed over tue planta? tions in the vicinity of Pocotallgo last Tuesday. Trees were uprooted, barns and sheds thrown down, fences scattered, and considerable damage was caused. -The contract for the grading of ihe Port Royal Road, south of Steel Creek, has been let to Henry Goethe. From Steel Creek to An Sus ta the work Is let to Messrs. Callahan, Ker n A Co. The whole line Is to be graded to Augusta by October. -George Wall, a member of troop UM." 7th United States cavalry, was fou id dead last week In Unionvllle, and the evidence before the coroner's Jury showed that he had been beaten and stamped to death by Sergeant Charles Batlzlg, of the same company. Raiizlg - has absconded. -There were shipped over the Greenville and Columbia Railroad during the year ending December 31, 1871, 88,032 bales of cotton, as follows: From Newberry, 23,429 bales; from Abbeville, 7155; from Greenville, 6361; from Anderson, 11,843; from Honea Path, 3130;from Belton, 1324, and from Wllllamston, 839. -Mr. Rowland Keenan, of Columbia, died last Thursday morning. He had reached the ripe old age of seventy-eight years; but up to the date of his last illness still maintained the thrift and Industry that characterized him through life, and made bim, though plain and unassuming In appearance and deportment, a useful and valuable citizen. -The Governor has pardoned Wilson Good wine, of Charleston County, who was convict? ed of larceny before Judge Carpenter's Court, No vern bei u irm, 1869, and sentenced by that Judge to the pe.iitentiary for three years. He bas also pardoned J. C. Hamlin, ol Abbeville County, who was convicted of assault and battery at the February term of the court there, and sentenced by Judge Orr to five months' imprisonment or to pay a fine of five hundred dollars. -A bold attempt waa made last Tuesday night to burn the Elias block on Mala street Camden. A fire was kindled ia a little wood closet, BO that lt waa only after the fire had gained considerable headway (feat it was dis? covered. Fortunately, a lodge of Masons was lu session just across the street, and the fire being seen by the tyler, the lodge was closed with scant ceremony and the fire extin? guished. This makes five burglaries snd one incendiary fire on this street within a week, aad the Camden people are beginning to find fault with their police system. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. -Two French Internationalists, plotting against Spain, have been arrested in Lealda.. -Chicago was visited with a severe snow? storm yesterday which extended westward. -The wreck of a schooner on the west coast af the Isthmus of Panama ls reported. Many ?Ives were lost. -Mexican advices are hopelessly mixed. Another revolutionary bitch ls reported. Gen aral Diaz ls dead. -The collector of Internal revenue, for the Fifth District of Missouri, ls accused of defal? cation. - Ia the Oceanus case the coroner's Jury state In their verdict that they were unable to determine the cause of the explosion. -The question ot a religious amendment to the constitution waa revived in a large meet? ing, last Sunday evening, In Tremont Temple, Boston. -The grand jury In Philadelphia found atnie bill on aa indictment against Chas. A.'Dana, of the New York Sun, for libel on Wm. H. Remote, ex-State treasurer, for articles pub? lished in the Sun relative to the Evans's frauds. - -In the United 8lates Senate, yesterday; on motion of Mr. Scoti, Monday next was set apart for the consideration of the bill reportea from the Joint select committee on outrages m the late nsurectldnary States, whlcft^ends the discretion/of the President to suspend the writ ot Aooeos corpus uutU the ead ol thia Congress.