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Pj&-,' . f?f tk* It&Uixa Enterprise.
B?g&\ l Mf?r*. Bdiiort?I herewith tend yon.
B Hbt pnblleaUeo , (bo eabjoiaad correa;? nd
H^Mw,in teferaaea to want aatraordinary
B papblH, recently leaned from the FreesBHBKtiUad_-?The
Negro: Whet la hi* ethnoBg&ffjfrg"*'
whii I In lie the progeny ol Hnm ?
be a descendant oT Adam end Kvcf 1I?#
SPpJr * e tool I or Is ho a benst hi God's nomenB|^^
olalure T Whet is hisstatu*, as firoJ by God
In creation f What la Wi rel.illon to the
white raoet" The author undertakes to
prove, from the Bible, that the pegro is a
beast, without a pool I That lie was created
By' God, with the other anlpials, before
Adam and Ere I That the negra wan the
berpent who seduced Kvo to eat of the forbidden
fruit! That the " aone of God,'"
wpekenoftn Genesin, were the deaeendanteof
Adam,'and " the danghtoreof men" were <b?
" tehildreo of the negro t This miscegenation
Waa'ao offensive to (iod. that he earned the
Hood ho destroy the WorKt, The negro
Went into the ark with other animal*. The
apoethmter, h quoted for authority, that
there werd bet " eight toula In tho arli."?
Noah and hie wife, anil eons an 1 their wives,
**W?PW4 the dtgbt; hence ?ho negro has
1w soul! That miscegenation took place
after the Flood, which caused the drstruo1
tion of the T?wor of Babol, the slaughter of
-w i, - , ..IJVI ?u*|- '?*jn| | UVUVH VU I *IC
wKtss of 8odom and Qoincrrnli.
The wriUr allows conclusively, that *ri?
. thsr Hm, nor Canaan, nor their descend
ants, were negroes. "but whilo p? reons. lfa
*dlhowS what great eventa have Won brought
' boot by elaveholdcra, from Abraham to
'Qansful Washington, and conclude* by any.
Uglhat the negro iq America most be sent I
of, or re-onslavod, or tNt conntry will be
* destroyed by God. This Mine of iniscege'
nation la the highest olTy/teo in the sight
<Jod that can be committed. He over,
looked the'murder of Abel aiid (he incest of
* Lot, bat the qilxturo of men and beasts ho
could iH'i, and can not overlook.
?Wwj;Ucr is a man of learning, and great
Biblical knowledge, and a t ilea well. 1 do
, not sqdorso his views, at all, as will bo seen
I by my letter in reply to Mr. J'syne. Hut It
? Would b* a liula funny if U?? fanatical Black
v Republicans North, should do as ths nut*ri
> wfca.iielpar has duos, and jump from one
.? extreme to tho other, and feoeatuo the pros
sty toe of this book.
" Nasuviluc, July 29, 1867.
Jffta JCncelUncy Qo*. forty?Dear Sir:
By this mall I send yru a pamphlet on
...* tha negro,' said by all our ablest scholars
. aadlfbblictl stud so U to b? the most extraordinary
dowument that has appeared since
- the -Hood, tha Divine \Vritings excepted
?tod to be unanswerable, irrefutable and true'
It will eompa) all to revive Ibctr Biblical
And historical knowledge from the creation
to ths flood, and from ths (food to ths sat
tlOSisnt of Canaan, by ths Hebrows, under'
' *o?m and Aaron, and must change the
Opinions of the world in regard to the neS3K
ioto nolo, and make the destiny of our
country turn on its.reje<jti?n or assumption
Dr. X^lleotlial and ,\Viae Professor Agassi*
a# at, think so,
* *It lms been stereotyped, and the State
el Ohio hae ordered 100,000 ooplee for di.i'
tribollon * and New York a much larger
". pnaber, and will ba distiibuted generally
all over the North first, and thon to come
" South. Only a few private copies are being
tyaw eentSoulh. to leading citizens to obtain
their opinion of it, and whether to send the
. South now or wlten. For thie view it ie
oent to you, and your opinion ol tie truth or
falsity dear red. If it can ba overturned,
afetfco writer wishes it done, and for this pur
, poae baa aent a copy, and written a request
to Messrs, H. W. Beoeher, Weuddl PJiilltof
r and Mr.Suinner, of the United Stales Senate"The
writer ie of Revolutionary and Ma.
torio ancestry. Your reply on its meilts
#ad other advantages for present necessities
,1, of our pooplo nntl States, is earnestly re
quested at your earliest convenience, but
lq Dot (or publientioo.
?i j. Very reapectfnlly,
, . > B. H. TA.YNB *
w*. i Direct to tare of Payne, Jones ?t Co,"
m1 8. 0., August 5th, lBftf.
J?. JI. Payne, Etq.?pear Mr: I have
"**' Hoofved yoor letter and-pamphlet, and
** WfrilryhtrtftiHTJ feMtrnWh*. 1 have read
the pamphlet-with great'Interest. It ie,"
* Indeed a rnok '*trftoMini?ry publication,
'htftTlrtll antenhth tbe rebgfotia world. There
r* ire potion* of It, hi reference to tins do
"** aoendants of Hmd, unanswerable, and mint
pot to redt f&reeer the idea that he or Canaan
win concerted Into negroes by the
ftome of Cod. hlany other parte are ptau?h
li# and ecenijngly logical. But the main
ffeftlt, thut the nt-^ro ia a beast, without a
ab?l, ia hold assumption, contradicted by
Ifttfroti and observation.
That the negro and white man hare had
aatne origin, ftnd are descended from
^ the same parents, la sheer noneenss, in my
* opinion, contradicted by a thousand unac?
"** awemble faeis and arguments. "Th" negro,
fa ? more the brother of tha white man
than thejanbaes fa the brother of the horse,
h- < Or the owl la the aisle* of the eagle."
There have been different creation* of
men end animal* since the earth waa formed.
Tha latter fact, iceontistaldy picvrn by
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etolofev. The rental as of are at variet* ol
animal*, Which do not now ?X&, hova been
found in the earth; and atfll no vntiga hat
bean discovered of many otbora which now
live, Man ia evidently a much later oreatlon
than animal*, or wraa voetige of liiin
would havo beea found with tha remain*
of bird*, and anlmala, and creeping things,
of which tha bowels of tha earth ara full.?
Iustead of one orCation of man, thoro here
been, perhaps, a dosen, all of reeeht'dates,
compared with iho creation of the earth,
plants, fowls, fishes and animals. And oil
these creations of man hare been marked
with distinct different characteristics, in
slraotnrCt form, color and Moral and Intel
lcdnal development*. 80 It has beOQ with
animals, and fowls, and ctdeplbg things of
the same class. The cat, tiger, leopard and
lion, are all of one Class of Animate. The
Negro, Indian, Chinaman and Caucasian,
ara Mkewlee, all one data of human beings.
But they ure no more kht to each other,
'than the cat is to the IPvo, or the jackass to
tho horse, the owl to the eagle, or tho porch
to the shad. S\>r hare the negroes descend
ed from the white man, any more than the
oat from the lion, the jackass from the horde,
tho owl from the eagle, or the perch from
tho ehad. These different Varieties of men,
animals and lishca, Were (Seated by God as
they now exist. This is proven inexorably
by history as Well- fts science. For fivs
| thousand years past, history teaches us that
| (hero has been no shadow of change in the
different varieties or spOelva of men. oni
male, birds, fishes or creeping things. They
exht now as they did tl|c?, There has nut
been the rllghUst approach on the part of
the cat to beOoine a lion, or the juclcass to
beeomo a liors-% or the owl to h&soiue an
eagle, or a negro to become n white tnaA.-sTho
representation ef the negro in Egypt
four thousand joars ago, and his mummy 01
as ancient a date, arc perfeot types of the
negro of the present day. His woolly head>
his black skin, his face, body and limbs
were then precisely what they are now>
and what they were when creuted by the
Almighty hnnd. fn tho Bibio we have
three distinct creations mentioned. In the
6rst, ? God said, let ue make man in onr
imago, ancr our likeness "-t-BIaLb axd ru
Maik, cqkatcd He iiium." In tho second
chapter Geacsie ?? ore. informed thnt,
" there wns not a mou to till the grourftV
This was after he had made man, ' mole
an J fcuiolc created He them." We are
informed then that "the Lord God formed
roan of the dpet of the ground, and breathed
into his nostrils the hrenth of life, and
diai) became a living soul." " And tho Lord
God said, it is not good that man should be
alone, I will make him a help meet for
him. And tho Lord God caused a deep
sleep to fall upon Adam, and lie slept; and
. Us took one of his ribs and closed up the
| tL-sh thereof; And the rib which the Loru
God bed. taken from man, made He a wo
man, and brought tier unto the man.* Thle
w?s all after the first croetion in seven
days, and after God had rest*! on tho seventh
day 1 This creation of Adam and Eve
was after lis had created man ; "male and
female created He them *
The Bible waa 09! intended to instruct us
any more la ethnology and natural philosophy,
then in astronomy and geology. It
ieaniospiiel book of religion and moral*
and nothing more, Keienoe and philosophy
ft does nob pretend to teach. It waa not
neoeeaary that they should be taught to
man, either for his happiness la this life, at
the world to soma, An J all of maa'e wonderful
explorations in the mysteries of na
lure, only tench hint how utterly ignorant
ho is of God's universe. The earth, instonrl
of having been created six thousand years
ago, has existed, beyond all doubt, tans o<
thousands of years, as ihown, incouteatahly
by geology. And in all probability the
aartb is of a very recant, origin, compared tc
that of tlx world. In hulk or spans, it h
not to^tho world what a grain of saud would
be to the earth. The stars, instead of beinf
made "to shins on tho earth," were mad<
euas illainioating other worlds Hko ours I
The negro is not a mora Vcnst without i
foul, as this pousphlot would teach us, but at
inferior species of wan, as tho oat U of th<
lion and the sebra of tha barso, Out are created
by God, as they now exist, perhaps nl
different poriods, for wise purpose9. And it ii
.as much impossible! to mako n whito man 01
an Indian out of a negro or his <k*eondanu
in a thousand years, as it is to convert a en
into a Hon, or a jackass Into n horse, in th<
samo apaco of titoo. God's creations ennno
be changed by time, or otroumatanccs, or hu
man skill or science. As they were made, s<
must they continue, in all tbeir essential char
aetcristlca. The Chinamen huvo for thousand*
oi years ooniprcuou toe root or ttioir women
but alt children are born in China, after thi
compression of foot for thousand* of years
with Just such fet ae God originally gav<
thorn.
If the negro < to havo the right of sufTragi
and oquality with the whlta man, politically
a war of rnecs, sooner or later, must inevitably
, ensue, and one or tlru uthor exterminated ii
the Sonthorn States. That slavery can eve:
be restored, or the uogro ro-on*tavod, la as iin
possible as it would be impolitic and unwise
That the whole raeo can be sent ail at once t<
Africa, is impossible. What then eanbe dorr
for thorn? common sense and reason Wouk
answer i Let them remain in the Knot ben
States, M free men, ontitled to ?i|U*l rights
in the protection of their lives, property aac
liberty, before the law- but do not fnrci
on Itum politic,it rights, which 'bey ato inca
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GREENVILLE. SOUTH CA1
' pablo of ex?rt1?litfc irlaety or pw<??Hy. - An J
l In the exeroito of which moat rwujt their dci
Btrnoifop. . - >
Tho m xt boat plnn of disposing of tho nojo^
wtiioh MggNU iteolf to my mind, U to colototaa
them,, la onoor two 8 toMm, ma top#rot#
or ttistUmt oomuianlty, or mUm, m!u keen
done with tho IodUw- .Tbo lands may be ,
purchased bp the Government for this purpoeo.
If they could bo sent to Liberia, ami
supported there for twalvo months, U would
be infinitely bettor. Could not this bo dene In
the oourse of ten or twenty years? Tbote
sent first would mako pro*Won* for others
who afo to follow.
Tho labor of t)ie nogro in tho Southern
States, as a farmer, will ho utterly worthless In
a ffcw years. They wilt soon cease to hire
themselves to work on largo cotton plantations,
a# thoy have done in Jamaiea to Work en. the
sugar plantations. This Is too much like
tlarery to bo continued any longtb of time.?
Thu natural doe ire of the negro, in the Sooth- 1
era Stales, will be, and must bo, as it has been
In Jamaica, to be mostor.of bis own timo, and 1
indulge bis own Idle Inclinations and pursuits. 1
This be can do, as soon as he is able to get 1
" a shanty" and u a patch," whore ho may
l>oMibly eke out a wlsomblo existence. Citl- 1
sous of this charaotcr' enn not possibly add to J
tho improvement, or help to enrich n country.
It matters not, whether thcro nro five
thousand or flvo hundred thousand suob
laborers in a' State, they will not Increase
tho prosperity of tho State, or add to its
wcnlth. On the contrary?wiH cxchtdo other
laborers, and thereby- Injure tb'o State. What
wo now want in tho Southern States, Is ah industrious,
Intelligent and thrifty population,
who will build comfortable houses, plant or.
chords, erect maahinory, and dcvelopo tho
hidden resources of tho country. This tho
negro never will do. There may be a fow oxeoplions,
but so few as not to bo worth considering.
Whilst the negro continues to liiro
'himself as a Inborcr to the cotton planters, he
may add to the wealth of tho State, if ho docs
: not t<? his own; others Will bo benefited by his labor,
If bo;himsotf is not. Bat this will notcontlnu6,'ss
I bavo already said. Tho experience of
Jamaica and All tho other Wost India Islands
whoro tho negro has boon sot frno ?.?
fact. Tho history or the negro in tho Northern
States where ho has been free for more than
half a century, shotrs that tie wiil only work
chough to obtain a baro Subslstoneo. lie does
not grow rich thcro'or oectiniulnte i>roporty.?
Is it at all likely that ho will do bettor in tho
Southern States? Tha history of tho negro In
Africa, whore he has always boon free, proves
tho sauio thing.*- I do not believe, therefore,
that tho three or four millions of negroes in
tbo Southern States will, in the course of a
few years, tnako more than a baro subsistence*
And if they oontlnuo here, to tho exclusion of
o^hcr labor, tho' Southern States arc destinod
to poverty and misery.
I am with great ror.p.Vt,
youro truly. At.,
D. F. PERRY. 1
Tan Mihi.stku'h Sai.au y.?A worthy miller?so
Dr. Chaplain tells thostery in Dr. Dunbar's
memoir?was once pshiod by hearing
that tho minister was going away for want-of
aupport, tbo church having decidod that they
ooukl no longor raise his salary. Ho called n '
meeting and addressed his brotheron very
modestly, for ho was one of tho poorest among
theso comfortablo farmers. Re askod if want
of tunhcy was tho onty ronton for this change,
and if they Were all united in desiring foe
services of the pastor, they coald still keep
him. The pastor was useful and beloro&i but
tho flock was so poorl
" Well." said the milU- ? T I i? V
, - ? ? ...V.r a u??U N |VIon %?y
which I c?a raiso his salery withuut asking
yon (or s dollar, If you will allow mo to take
u>y own way to do It. I will assumo the responsibility
fur one year, lluve I yohr eonsoot
?"
Of courso they could not refcse this, ultho'
they cxprceeod surprise, knowing tbo miliar to
' be hut a poor inau. . V-Tho
year drew to a close. The minister had
been blessed in his tabors, and to ons' had
1 bcon called on for any money. When they
> came together, the millor asked lho pastor if
bis wants had bcon supplied, -add his salary
I promptly mot? Ho replied V> the affimatlve.
I When the brethren wcrif ackml if (bey were
I any poorer than at tlitf bagholng or thb year,
each replied, " No," askingdiew iHey Obuld bo
i whon tholr ohurch privileges "hail been to myet
toriously paid fur. lie asked again, "la any
> man i>oorer for keeping tbo Minister t" aud
tbo reply was as before. " said ho,
t "brethren, I havo only to teit jMu tjntt you
( haro paid tho salary tbo rauio k* ve^. always
f did. only more of it with greater promptness.
You remember you told mo to toko my own
way in this matter, and I have done so. As
, enob of yon brought his grist to mill, I took
, out as much grain as I thought your propotion
and laid it away for tho salary. M'hon harvest
, was over I sold it, and have paid the minister
regularly from th? proceeds. You confess that
, yon aro no poorer ; so yon havo never miasori
it. and thoreforo nlade no sacrifice
poso we stop talking about lotting our ministar
go, and add oAoUglt to liU sulory to multa
ua feci tiiat wo aro doing something."
Dr. Dunbar Med to say, " Ob, for a miller
in overy oburch !"
It in said that when a steel pen lilt
been used onlil it appears to be spoiled
place it over a flame (a gaslight, for
inntance) for, nay a quarter of a minute,
then dip it into water and it will again
be tit for nee. A new pen, which ie
found too bard to write with, will bocome
softer by being thus heated.
Tnn Wow nMfirating earl are now bring?**
to New Vork tho dressed earoasses Of
steer* nnd sheep, killed in Ohio, sL,d tho iue.it
. arrives in |eritct < rder.
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ROLINA. SEPTEMBER 11
JJI'. 111 ! !. .mil 'I .1 - lit t;
Br tm prmioiar ew iu Unirn Butu
?a Proclamation.?whtnm, by Um Cobs Lite
t ion of the United States, tfc? Kxaoutlvo
power U rested la a President of th? United
States of Amcrica, wbo U bound by solemn 1
QAtb faithfully to axeeuto tbo ofice of Preai-1
dent, and, to tho bout of hi* ?V>bty( to pr*-'
serve, protect mod dofond tbo Constitution of
tho United States, apd is, by tbo samo instrument,
mado Cominander-in-chelr of tbo Army
and Nary of the United States, and is requirod
to tafco (sro that tbo laws bo faithfully etoeuted;
and wboreas, by tho same Constitution
and tho law* of tbo United States, which
shall U made In pnronsneo thoroof, shall bo
tho suporomo law of tho land, and bo bound
thereby j and whereas, in and by tbo samo
Constitution, tbo judicial powers of tbo UuW
tod Statoo is invested in ono Supreme Court,
and in arch other courts as Congress way,
from time to timo, ordain and establish ; and
tho aforesaid Judicial power is'declared to extend
to all cases in law and equity arising under
tho Constitution, tho laws of tho United
States, and the treaties which shall bo tnadc
under their anthorlty; and whereas offloern,
Dlvit and military, are bound by oath that they
will support and instate the Constitution
against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and
will boar tree faith aad and alliglanoo to tho I
same; and whereas alt oflloers of tbo army
And navy of tho United States, in accepting
their commissions under tbo laws of Congross
and tho rules end articles of war;
incnr an obligation to obacrro, obey and
and follow such directions as they shall, from
tunc to time, receive from the President, or
Oencrnl, or other superior officers serving
thoni, according to tho rules and discipline of
war; and whereas it Is provided by law that,
whenovcr, by reason of unlawful .obstructions,
combinations or assemblages of persons,
or rebellion against tho authority of the Oofernment
of tho Unit,*! SLit?? <?
impracticable) iu tbo judgment of ibo I'rcsideDt
of tho United Slates, to enforce) by the
ordinary Course of judicial proceedings) tho
laws of tbo United States within any Stitto or
Territory, tho Executive, in that case, 1s authorised
and required to seenro their fuithfUl
execution by tho assistanco of tho hind and
naval forces; and whereas impediments and
obstructions, serious In their oharocter, baro
recently been Interpoeod tn tho Pt.ifos of
North Carolina and Sottth 0hfoHtiaJ"hind?r1ng
tho performing, for*n time, a pfojwr enforcement
thoro of the- law* of Unifed -States, 'and
of thd judgtncu'fe and doer res of a lawfUj,.
court thereof, in disregard of the oomtna#*! a>j .
tho President of" tho United States ; and
whereas reasonable and well-founded apprehensions
exist that such ill-ad vised and unlaw-fut
proceedings may be again attempted there
or olsowbere t ?
Now, therefore, I, Andrew Johnsorrv President
of the United Statei, do hcruhy waro all
persons against obstructing or hindering in
any way whatever tho faithful execution of
the Conilitution and the \aVta 1 and I do solemnly
enjoin the commanding officers of the
Government, civil and military, to render dus
submission and obedience bo said taws aud to
tho judgments and decrees of tho courts of
the United States, and to giro alt tho aid in
their poWor necessary to Iho prompt enforcement
and execution Of such laws, dec rocs,
judgment and processes) And I do hereby enjoin
upon the officers of tho army and navy to
assist and sustain tho eonrts and other civil
authorities of the Unltod States in a fntu.ful
administration of tho law* thereof, and in (he
judgments, decrees, mandate! mad processes of
conrts of (ho United States, mod call upon all
food and well disposed etltsens of (ho Ifnitod
Statos (o remember that Upon the said Constitution
and laws, and hpon the judgments, docrocs
and processes of the courts, made in aoc
or dan eo with the courts, depend the psrpotutttlon
of the lirfts, liberty, prosperity and happiness
of the people. And I exhort evory one
to tostify thoir devotion to their country, their
pride in.its prosperity and greatness, and their
determination to uphold Itsfroo institutions t-y
a hearty eo-operdtlon in the efforts of the Government
to sustain tho authority of tho law,
to maintain the suprciiiicy of the Federal
Constitution, and to pre servo unimparod tho
"fntorgrity of tho National Union-.
In testimony wheroof, I havo eansod the
seal of tho United States to he affixed to those
presents, and sign tho same with ray band.?>
Done at the eity of tfaabtngtoh, tho third day
of September, In the year of our" Lord, ono
thousand eight hundred and shrty-soven. By
tho Prfsldedt 1
ANDREW JOHNSON.
W*. II. SnwAnn, Soerotary of State.
Tub Bono and Grxonback Qubstion.?A
MlffSDBOllSnt. erllinff front lfon??nnM?
Iowa, to the Cintiuuaii Knquirer, on the
-18th instant, says:
The largest meeting that has been held
to Yen Huron County, Iowa, for many
years, was held in Keossuqua on Saturday,
the lOth of August. Henry Clay Dean addreaded
the quiet and attentive audience
for three hour*. The audience was of every
part of polities and every eeet of rellKion
. ^ .
The intercut felt in the payment of the
public debt in greenbacks was kindle d in
the wildest enthusiasm. I'eop'e of all par
ties acquiesced in this plan of liquidation.
The sn.nker argued ail of the question* involved
In the collateral questions ui tariff,
teiopa, and other forms of taxnlion.
The people arc with ue upon dhia qnea
tion, which la the key note of the great
contest of 1868. No such success his ever
attended the inauguration of any great
question. ' *
? \ wiaLTtiy, merchant, stupidly intoxicated,
got off the cam at West
Nawton, Pa., last week, and after staggering
about town till past midnight,
enteied a paper mill, where ho drank
deeply of the contents of a atone pitch
er ; (hen lay down and expired in fear*
ful agony. Tbo pitcher containod vitriol.
EVENTS
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The Great Issue
Pri??t? tdrkt* from N?? Tvrk mur?
as that there ) a pause io public filing on
the subject of Southern reconstruction.*?
The Herald Uetlll hkNhlng Ob toward* a
Con aortal ire policy, and tho tnaWi begin
to feel that the column of Radical reform it
now ihrOatenibg tho North ae it long threat
cnod the South. The following leader ap
pears in the New York Herald of 6?turThp
groat national lean# which wQl over
thedow all olhara In our eotnlng Fall dee
Uona in the Northern State* will he the iseuo
of negro uipreniscy hureefUr in our
national affaire, through a Southern negro
political balance of power, contemplated,
and broadly foreshadowed In the CongreS
tVonal program me of Sonthorn reeonstruotion.
Tlio Republican party, from Abrahnru
Lincoln's election to the Presidency
down to this scheme of e transfer of politico!
power in the South from the white to
the blaok race, baa been eoataiped by the
almost unbroken voioe of the Northern
I Stales in ?U It* measures ; first, fur the sup.
pression of the rebellion, and next, for tbe
reorganisation of tho rebel States on the
basis of universal liberty. But In this bold
and dangerous scheme of putting tlu Hou'b
era polities! balance of power over our national
affnire in lite hand* of the blacks, just
released from the darkness and demoralisation
ol negro slavery, it strikes us that only
In another form tho Republicans are
niaktiig tho same fatal mistake which wae
made by tho late National Democracy
when they attempted to perjwtunte the
reign of the Southern slaveholdiog oligarchy,
with their laws, decrees and dogmas
for the perpetuation and extension oi
slavery itself.
This is but tlib swinging of tho pendulum
trom <>ne extreme to the other?it is steering
irom Soylla to Ch?r}l>dia What peace or
Jinruony oao wo hope for in exchanging the
insolent rule of . the late three hundred
thousand Southern slaveholders for the rule
of five hnndrad thousand Southern negroes
who but yesterday wore slaves and the descendants
of ignorant slaves for hundreds of
years? The experiment involves an out*
rage upon the enlightened public opinion of
the Northern States which will surely meet
with a decisive retmke.
We cannot doubt that this dofpernte ex
pertinent of negro supremacy will bo am
piratically condemned by the voice of New
York ia onr coming November election. A
change of eight or ten thousand votes In the
six hundred and odd thousands of this great
Commonwealth ia hula bagatelle; but it
will Mujic* to revolutionize the Stat*. Upon
this broad and distinct question of negro
"uprainacy, however, wa may lo?k for a
change of thirty, forty or fifty thousand, a(
compared with the figures of our last
November election. In Ohio, with Vallan
dlgham and his obnoxious copperhead no'
ttons again in the foreground, there ia but a
gloomy prospect for the opposition elements
They eannot be combined On Vsllandigliani
or under Vallandigbam. Put in Psnnsyl
vania they have a very fair prospect of an.
ticipatiog in Ootoberthe inevitable November
reaction in New York. Upon tkie
question we expect a political reaction in
tha North this Fall which will enforce some
attention and raspeut fr?ni Congress. It is
to the people that we look for a rescue ( for
while the laws stand as they are President
Johnson can do vary little to stay their op*
sratlon, iiowever great the number of re*
movals and changes he may make. We
1 look to the people for a reaction against
this noriloua aehema f..r fn?t?ninr. ..n.m
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country a controlling negro political balance
of power.?Charleston Mercury.
One of the men who helped Fulton to
build the first steamboat is living at Nobleaville,
Indiana. lie la ninetyseven
year* old.
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Nor Arnatn.??-A naval officer being at sea
in a dreadful storm, bis wife was sitting in the
cabin with him, and filled With alarm for the
safety of the vessel, was so surprised at bis
serenity and composure that she criod out:
" My doar, are you not afraid ? How is it
potudblo you cau bo so calm in such a dreadful
storm t"
He rose from his cbnirj dashed it to the
dock, drew his swurd, and pointing it at the
broast of his wife, exclaimed.
"Aroyott afraid T"
She immediately an* wo rod :
" " No."
" Why T" said tho|oflleor.
" Because," rejoined tho Wifo, "t know this
sword is in tho hands of my husbsnd. and h*
loves mo too well to hurt mo."
" Then," said he, " J know In whom I bcllcvo,
and that llo who holds tlio winds in bi(
lists and tho wators in tho hollow of his hsnd^
Is my father."
Maxr a person has seen a pet canary or
other bird In a state of pcfturbation, plucking
at himself continually, bis feathers standing
all wrong. In vain is his food ehangod, and
in vain is a saucer of clean water always kept
in tbo cage. The ennso ot his wretchcdncfta
has not been found out. If the owner of s
pet In such difficulty will take down tho cage
and look np to the roof thereof, there will be
most likely to b<r seen, a mass of stulT like red
rust. That rod rust is nothing moro or less
than myriads of parasites infesting tho bird,
and for which wateris no remedy, Ily procuring
a lighted candle and holding it under every
partiola of the top of the cage till all chance
of anything being left alive is gone, tho rem*
dy is complete. The pet will soon brighter
op ?,;:iin after his "home warming."
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NO. 16.'
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Beconstruotion?Oon, Httnpton'* L?ti?r.
Tbo Wow Yortt tferaltt, of B?nd?7,?ootih<
tho following vlgoroug editorial upon tho pro(TWI
of MboDltrantlrta. ft >N1 kit mm . tk.i
It mji, emphatically, that M legislation can
or shall destroy th? whole Booth; and that the
I)oopie must mhha It their task, at UM coming
elections, to giv* the whole country such a
Udvornmentae its Interests require t
Oa the part of Congfeas, Ihcre is a dcslro to
usurp completely tho executive power; and
l>y numerous acts, not as yqt daring to overthrow
at a single stroke, tboy sap Its branches ,
and-Indirectly try to destroy IBs trait k of the
tree, 'they ApphaT to forgot entirely that wo
aro a pooplo wbese political powers hare arisen
to the surface, bfcrn of qloiheate whiek karo
had little sympathy In conrtnoa, except tho
benefit of union; that the war was aot the result
of political passions Which Ms the off.
splng of a moment, fcrtlVrather the culmination
of clashing forces brought unavoidably Into
contact by owe rytUonel progress?which foroes
sooner or-later, had to appol to the sword. Wo
have destroyed the causes which produced tho
war , bavo eliminated from tho national
problem of harmony one of, the two
great elements that had euffioiont power to
coll nrtnlcs Into tho field and maintain a fierce
'conflict for supremacy. The problem ends
here, however ; for wo chnrtot dostroy the
Bouth. We cannot alter Jior cttinatC, bet productions,
licr interests based oft agrlettltwTa
, woalth. We cannot, by any enactment of
Congress, ohango the brain that clhnatto and
race causes produce. Wo cannot, therefore,
ignore that, do what wo may, our human laws
have little offoct in battling with these of
Ilcnvcn. The Bouth, by forood measures,
may, to the gratification of a party, bo represented
for a as moment that party may desire,
hut it will ouly bo ior a moment. If we throw
iuto our legislative halls a representative mass
of ignoranco, it tcifl not legielate for tho South
alone ; it alto govern* the North' 1F? attade
North and South equally, when ore giro the negro,
hi his present uneducated Condition, tho
elective frnnchiee, and with the Bouth wo, too,
must suffer tho control ot logo ran cry, or appeal
to the Inovitablo military dictatorship to froo
us from it. Wo havo destroyed slavery?a
I system of productive energy that could not
I livo in whitn Itlui, imkUiC. \l'- - -?I
fifty years over what we foolishly call reconstruction
, and we cannot, with any power we
possess, destroy the wholo South. No leglsla*
tion will offot t It.
The letter which wo published yesterday,'
from Wado Hampton, contained some truths
which aro valuable for our rccouetructionlets
to study, as tbo effect of their efforts to restore
harmony. IIo prefers the present military
rule to the rule of ignorance which the radical
programme would establish. Aside from that
jo vo professed bj hi in for the United States
Constitution, which he drew the sword to destroy,
thor'o is much of good sense in the letter.
It indicates how difficult fo tbo problem
before us as Congress has attempted to solvo It.
His letter very wisely advocator the rights of
tho negro, bnt not the Utopias* theories which
prom Ho to ruiu him. It says t
" We have recognised (he freedom of tho
blacks, and have placed this foot beyond all'
probability of doubt, Gonial or recall."
Wo cannot carry out reconstruction as either
tho Posident er Congress Would, each Is a radical
manner, dictated. Bread statesmanship
will remain contented in bsving retrtovod tkw
causes of the late war?will forget party feeling
in tho general good. The PreSiddht, giving
a general amnesty, as it is rumored that
ho may do, will restore harmony to a groat
oxtcnt. If he does not dd It, if partisan rule
over him Is deeper than his statesmanship,
the country mutt still suffer. Congress must
still drive on at its mad, revolutionary pace,and
lea-re to the people, in the coming elections,
tho tnsk of upsetting both Congress and
the President, and the giving once more
the country n Government which will seek dttf
best interests.
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A coRRESrosnKXT write*) that millions ex.
olusivuncss is still maintained in full forco in
Sweden, lie says ho was himself lately fined
a heavy sent, " for allowing people to como
together for worship in his privato houso, during
tho hours that the Sweodish church held
service or mass> as it is yet called, and this
fine was exacted by tho sanction of the King,
before whoso ootirt the cos? Was tried." 11?'
affirms that " priests, assisted by sheriffs and
policemen, do yet on tor by force into people'*
houses, and by force take the infants from anguished
mothers' arms, to have them legally
baptised j and a caso is known in whiefe '
poor farmer's only Cow has been taken inpayment.
"A doctor of uiodieino, tho chistoily
physician, of a large city iu Sweden, and bightly
o(doomed, has lately felt compelled to lbavo
the couutty with bis wife and ohildron, owing
to the narrow-minded priest policy of tho go*crnmont,
debarring his growing up children
from the prospoct of over making a respectable
livelihood in their native laud." The gov*
crnmont docs all it can to prevent the oat Sow
of emigration, and so far succoo f -f to tr.ako
1 it commercially impossible to ship tb.-m direct
from 8wodon. Consequently they tuust first
go to England, either to Hull or London, from
thenco they are trsnsforrod to Liverpool.
they take steamships for New York.
A Pittxflold (Mam.) woman woro $.10,01X1
worth, of diamonds at * wedding party lately.
| Her husband was a quartermaster of tho loje 1
stripe.
Tkhxp.xskb has n new sulphur spring near
| Memphis, whieh can bo smelUd a quarter of a
mile off. Tho ono at Nashville, in the gubernatorial
mansion, con be stnollcd over the entire
State.
Arioso late items it is stated that extensive
i frauds upon the government have just been
discovered at St. Louis, in tho payment of
i large sums upon forged soldiers' discharges.
Tbut bcrt of '-mws is stale.