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From the Charleston Mercury.
COTTON CROP AND COTTON MARKET.
The two eleuients which constitute
the basis of reasonable probability as
to the Cotton crop and state of the
market are?1st. The probable yield
of 1867-68. 2d. The prospective
supply and consumption. Our readers
are aware that the present year
forms an exception to almost every
previous year, in the small quantity
of Cotton remaining in the interior
towns, at the commencement of the
present Cotton year on the first of
September. The accumulation of previous
years will constitute no portion
scarcely of the supply of 1807-08.
There arc two considerations that
present themselves at the outset of the
question of future supply. 1. The area
of land planted with Cotton. 2. The
quantity oflabor available for the Cotton
culture. On the first of these questions
our information is necessarily
imperfect and conjectural. From the
most reliable data it is estimated that
a smaller quantity of land has been
planted in Cotton than for in any years
past. As regards the quantity of labour
available for the culture of Cotton
our conclusions are, perhaps, not
so wide of the truth. If we suppose
that one-fifth of the working force,
devoted before the war to the raising
of Cotton, has been applied, say
500,000 hands, we shall reach a conclusion
not very different from the
actual result, about 2,000,000 bales
in 1866-67. This estimate would allow
an average of four bales to the
hand. l?ut keeping in view the fact
that on the 1st of September, 1866,
besides the reported stock of 242,000
bales at all the ports, there were
still 850,000 bales in the interior, of
whose existence nobody seemed to be
aware, the actual crop of 1866-67
would have given an average of only
three baled to the hand.
It must not be forgotten that there
was much white labour cngagcu in we
cultivation of Cotton during the past
year. Of one fact we may be assured,
that it was far more effective than
black labour. As we have assumed
that there were 500,000 negro workers,
it would be reasonable to suppose
that one-fifteenth or 80,000 were
white, and*added to the crop from
150,000 to 200,000 bales. If we
eve-* estimate the loss from the caterpillar
and heavy rains at ten per
cent., we might fairly compute the
crop of 1867-68 at 2,000,000 bales.
PROBABLE SUPPLY AND CONSUMPTION.
We will now estimate on probable
data the supply and consumption of
1867-08.
Bales.
The stock in Liverpool August 29
794,000
Stock in Havre Aurust 23 95,200
Afloat l'or Great Britain August 1 470,000
1,359,200
Estimated weekly consumption in
Great Britain from August 29 to
January 1, 1808 708,000
591,200
Limiting ourselves principal to the
seat of consumption, Great Britain,
we thus find the supply in excess of
the consumption nearly 600,000
bales.
As regards the consumption there
are yet several circumstances?some
of a temporary and others of a permanent
character?by which it may
be controlled. Among the first is
the state of the money market. 1.
. The present plethora of money is favourable
to the speculative operations
in Cotton. 2. The state of the harvest
in England and on the continent,
which affect the Cotton market unfavourably.
There is a prospect of an
increased demand for breadstuffs which
' 1. ?.1,1
necessitates me expwi. ui gmu, attended
by the derangement of financial
affairs. 8. The circumstance
that is most probable, to exert the
most unfavourable influence on the
demand for and consumption of Cotton,
is the excessive productions of
manufactures. The large investments
in mills in England, is producing at
present, what is called a glut in textile
fabrics, so as to render such investments
unrcmunerativc.
These remarks arc almost exclusively
applicable to Upland .Cotton,
of which there is some chance of maintaining
an equilibrium between the
supply and consumption. As relates
to the Sea Island crop, the hopeless
prospects of the planter must lead to
high prices, in defiance of the competition
of those kinds (Egyptian and
others) that do mostly come into competition
with them. Our reports from
the islands arc still gloomy, and the
highest estimate is that a third of a
<jrop can hardly be made. The caterpillar
and rain have left little to be
gathered. The crops on James, John,
Wadmalaw and Edisto islands, hardly
average twenty-five pounds to the
acre. Christ Church and St. Andrew's
will probably produce half a
crop. Beaufort and the islands in
the neighborhood, give aacounts equally
gloomy. Florida has also greatly
suffered from the heavy rains. Her
crop will be about one-third.
To conclude, it is impossible to form
any but an imperfect and unsatisfac
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tory idea of the probable future supply
and consumption of Cotton from the
lights before us, from a comparison
with previous epochs in the Cotton
trade. So anomalous has been
the trade, within the last six years,
that 110 conclusion can be formed of {
the future from the past. The sup- j
ply of East India Cotton has been <
without a parallel in the history of ^
the traffic. So far as ingenuity and ^
skill can go we do not fear competition ;
but the sudden- emancipation of our
slaves reduces the contest to one of ^
the comparative costs of labour. How can
the Cotton planter who raises i
three bales of Cotton to the hand,
and paying fifty cents per day for ,
hired labour, maintain a competition ,
with the East India cultivator, who ]
procures his labourers at the expense
of 4d. or 5d. per diem ? Nothing
1?j- 11? ?- -T..V**-* 1? + tt fl?n crvi 1
DUt XflC SUJIUiiUi itltniljf ui imiv n\ji?
or agricultural improvements, of a decided
character, can countervail this
advantage. The only advice that
can be tendered to our Southern
friends is to sell or lease their surplus
land, and to manure as highly as
their means will permit.
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THE LEGISLATURE.
We copy the subjoined correspondence,
relative to the election of members
of the Legislature, from the
Charleston Mercury, of Friday last:
Charleston, Oct. 10,1867.
Son. I. IV. JTai/nc.
Dear Silt: As Attorney-General
of South Carolina and the advising
law officer of the Governor, allow me
to call.your attention to the fact that
unless steps are taken and instructions
given to the managers of elections,
to hold an election for mcmbsrs
of the Legislature, the House of Representatives
and a portion of the
Senate, will go out of office on the
Monday after the third Wednesday in
this month, and the State be left without
any legislative authority. Please
inform me whether anything has been
done, or will be, and oblige, very
trulv yours,
II. P. PJIETT, Jr.
Law Office of IIayne & Son,
Ho. 22 Broad street,
Charleston, S. C.. Oct. 101867.
Dear Sir : In reply to your note,
just received, of which the above is a
copy, I enclose you a communication
from myself to bis Excellency Gov.
Orr, dated Septembery,1867, relating
to this subject. To this communication
I have received no reply. I have
seen Gov. Orr since. lie mentioned
the receipt of this letter, but asked no
advice from me, and said nothing as
to his own views or intentions in regard
to the matter referred to.
Very respectfully and truly yours,
I. W. IIAYNE.
To R. B. Riiktt, Jr., Esq., Charleston,
S. C.
Office of the Attorney-Gen'l.
Charleston, S. C., Sept. 9,1867.
Dear Sir: Although disfranchised
by Congress, and withdrawn, by my
own -choise, from all participation in
politics, I feel it a duty, as AttorneyGeneral,
to call the attention of the
Governor of the State to the fact that
the old white man's government in
South Carolina, under which we both
hold our offices, is about to expire.
Shall it "dieand make no sign ?"
I have nothing to advise or suggest;
but if the period for the October elections
passes sub sileiito, it may be construed
into acquiescence in the constitutionality
of negro suffrage and all
the provisions of the -reconstruction
acts, rather than "yielding to superior
force." If anything is to be done
or said by way of protest, it is the
Governor only who can act or speak
for the State.
Very respectfully, your ob't serv't,
(Signed,) I. W. IIAYNE,
Attorney-General.
To his Excellency Governor Our,
Anderson C. II., S. C.
A New Plant.?The Macon Telgraph
says: "The attention of the
public, and especially the planters,
has been directed of late to a strange
i plant that has made its appearance
since the close of the war. It appears
to be a dwarf clover, and has
spread rapidly throughout the State, i
and, it is said, the entire Southern ,
States. It is very thick set, covering .
the earth, as it were, with a beautiful '
carpet of green. It is much relished .
by cattle, and is a complete cxtcrmi
nator of Bermuda, nut sedge, and
other grasses. In Middle Georgia it
is very abundant, and attracts much
attention. It was not seen before the
war, and where it came from is a subject
of interesting inquiry among
planters and botanists."
?
Senator Frclinghuysen, in a speech
at Newark, on Wednesday evening,
in spceking of the public debt, said
that this generation ought never to j
attempt to pay a dollar of the princi- .
pal debt. The next generation will ^
be larger in number and in wealth, '
and a burden that would break the 1
back of one man can be borne easily f
by two. So! <
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THE JOURNAL
Thursday, October 17, 1867.
A Tea Party.
We are requested by the ladies of
;he Presbyterian Church, to state that
;hey tvill give, on Friday night, the
25th inst., a Teg, Party for the bene5t
of their Church, at the house of
Mr. A. M Kennedy.- There will be
;ea, coffee, lemonade, &c., with an extra
fee of 20 cents. Children half price.
\. supper of the usual kind for gentlemen,
at 50 cents.
Contributions and donations are respectfully
solicited, and contributors
will greatly oblige by sending their donations
by 10 o'clock, A. M., on that
lay.
We oredict for them, notwithstanding
the scarcity of money, a crowded room
and handsome, profits.
United Slates Commissioner.
J. M. Gatle, Esq., of Camden, has
been appointed one of the Commissioner
of the Circuit and District Com* of
the United States, for South Carolina,
and is prepared to enter upon the discharge
of the duties of his office.
An Acceptable Favor.
"VVe aro indebted to the Hon. James
A. Young for files of late New York
city papers.
A Sad Calamity.
On Monday last, the dwelling house
of Mr. Alexander Monroe, about six
miles above Camden, was consumed
by fire. * None of the family were at
home at tho time, and everything he
possessed was burned.
Mr. Monroe and his wife aro both
very old and infirm, and very poor,
with no relations, except one son, a
man with a family, and are thus left
entirely destitute. Their situation presents
a strong appeal to tho sympathy
and charity of our community. As
they saved nothing but tho clothing
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tlioy naa on nt rne ame, uny uruuio m
that line, with bedding or provisions
will be gratefully received. Any contributions
that the charitable are disposed
to contribute, if left at the store
of Messrs. McDonald & McCunar, jvill
bo promptly forwarded.
Post Offices Re-Opened.
The'following Post-Offices in this District
have been re-opened :
Lynchwood ?Wilson Yarhorough, EUM^
Flat Loch?G. P. Copeland, P. Ml
Liberty BUI?Henry L. Drown, P. M.
Tillers Ferry?Ebsha W. Hall, P. M.
r Change/of Schedule.
It w 111 be seen by reference to the
advertisement that the schedule for the
mail and passenger trains have been
changed. They now leave at 8.3C A.
M., and arrive at 2.40 P. M. The
through trip3 to Columbia have been
discontinued for the present.
Frost.
We understand frost was seen in
several placcs.in the vicinity of Camden
yesterday morning.
Reduction in Freights.
Wo see by an advertisement intlio
Columbia Pkanix, that the South-Cirolina
Rail Eoad Company have reduced
the freights materially, on all goods
shipped from New York, Philadelphia
and Balitmore to Columbia.
The rates charged are guaranteed to
be less than those of any other Jne,
and changes will be promptly made to
meet reductions in competing lines
Although it is not so stated in thf advertisement,
wc presume the same reduction
will be made oh freights shipped
to Camden.
Trial of Mr. Davis.
The New York correspondent of tho
Charleston Mercury says: "A dispatch
to an afternoon paper states that the
United States District Attorney' has received
no instructions from the authorities
at Washington relative to the trial
of Mr. Davis. The correspondent
concludes from that fact that the Attor
ney for the government will have to let
the case go by default, and this is no
boubt just what he will do, not for the
want of any instructions from Washington,
howover, but from a preconcerted
plan among the Eadical party managers,
both legislative and judicial, to
avoid a trial in order to get rid of tho
troublesome questions which will most
assuredly arise for adjudication ere the
job shall have been finished."
Northern Election?.
The Democrats and Conservatives
havo carried Pennsylvania, by a majority
variously stated at from 600 to
>,000. in Ohio, they havo olected a
najority of both branches of the Legislature.
The Governor's election is
loubtful, both parties claiming it.
Tho Elections and Ihe Northern Press.
It is no longer doubtful that the great States
of Ohio .and Pennsylvania, have declared against
the Iladicals, and elected the Democratic
ticket by fair majorities. So great a
change of the people is a signal rebuke to tho
persecuting spirit and ruinous policy of the
ultra Republicans. The radical losses in California
and Maine, were sufficiently alarming,
but the loss of these great States, Pennsylvania
and Ohio, writes the doom of the pnrtj*.
The Northern papers are filled with comments
and speculations concerning the causes of
this defeat to their hopes, some of which are
amusing and ingenious specimens of the propensity
of men|to shut their eyes to the truth,
and to pretend not to see it. The Tribune,
for instance, attributes the loss of the California
elections to the "non-christian infidel
Germans," who voted with the Democrats, in
order to effect the repeal of the Sunday laws.
A supposition, complimentary to say the least
for it, to the people of that State, and especially
the Germans. In anticipation of the
loss of the German vote in New York, it denounces
in advance, the f German infidels"
of that city, as governed by their opposition
to the excise law, in their desertion of the
radical ranks, and with pharisaical self
righteousness, calls on the r^igious press,
and christians of New York, to unite with the
radicals to ruin tiie country, for the sake of
sustaining the puritanical Sunday laws.
In regard to the Pennsylvania elections,
the Tribune says the result was brought about
by the failure of the Republicans to put
forward the right men as candidates, uuder
the mistaken belief " that an;/ thing would be
elected that could get on the Republican ticket,"
while the Democrats "nominated three
soldiers with a good war record." The same
paper recommends all those in the republican
camps ''whose hearts are with the adverse
host, to let their bodies follow," and
very frankly tells the country in the words of
GAUtBALnr, that they offer us "privation,
hardships, hunger, wounds and death." This
is precisely what we all along know the radicals
to be offering to the frccdmcn of the
South, but were not prepared to hear it admitted
in this disingenuous manner, by tiie
great organ of the party. So much for Mr.
n
UUhMil.
The New York Tit;tea is not so hold as the
Tribune, and undertakes to read "Hie lessons
of tlie elections" in this wise: It warns the
democrats, that they deceive themselves if
they suppose that their success indicates any
iucreasc of confidence in them?says it. only
shows a reaction against the extreme acts of
the Republicans. That these acts and measures
were forced upon the people, who would
have repudiated them long ago, but for the
danger of restoring the Democrats to power.
The people wanted a prompt restoration of
the Union, at the close of the war, hut (lid
not want a restoration of tlio rebels to power.
As an alternative to that," they accepted the
radical measures. " And the only reason they
seem now to have halted in their support, is
^ bcccusc they have reached a point where it
can he done, without the'risk of reinstating
the rebels and the Democrats in their old supremacy."
The leaders of the Republicans,
it says, have grown "arrogant and reckless,
intemperate and relentless*" Have forced
upon the party, "the most extreme theories
of t he wildest and most impracticable," as the
basis of the party creed. The party "grew
too strong to be wise." "The first result of
such a course, is to make the party which adopts
it, corrupt, and the next is to make it
weak." It advises them to reform,?"no party
can long retain power which seeks it solely
for its selfish advantage." The Times concludes
by admitting the dnngcr of New York,
following the example of Pennsylvania, for
the general reasons suggested, and also on
account of certain local and special reasons.
In this article, wo have charges enough
against the radicals to erlish any party, and
being the testimony of an inmate of the
household, we take it to be in this respect,
true to the letter.
The great cosmorpolitan sheet, the Herald,
in its lumbering way, wise and oracular as
usual, declares that these elections indicate
the great groundswcll of the people against
Radicals and Democrats alike?a protest against
the* surrender of the country to the
rule of an ignorant and irresponsible constituency,
and in favor of reconstruction and harmony,
so necessary to the nation. The Herald
advises Mr. Johnsox, to change his Cabinet
and surround himself with "men thoroughly
identified with the Union cause in the
war?men of whom the loyal masses of the
North are justly proud, and yet men who are
not committed to the revolutionary schemes
of radical fanaticism?not visionary, but
clear-headed men?such men, if you please,
as Grant, Thomas, Sheridan, lluncock, Farragut
and Porter." The Heralda\so advocates
the election of Grant and Sheridan as President
and Vice-President?the former because
he possesses the capacity of all great rulers
of selccling the right men for ihc right places,
and the latter as a great expounder of the
Constitution. The Jlerald demonstrates this
high qualification of Sheridan, by reference
to his administration of the unconstitutional
reconstruction acts, in Louisiana and Texas.
Says he administered them without softening
a single harsh feature, in all their monstrous
deformity, in order to demonstrate to the
country how unconstitutional and destructive
they were! Well done, Buxxktt.
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Ageicultckal Societies.?A Georgia
paper (says tho Columbia P/tatiix,) is
advising tlio .establishment of agricultural
sociotios throughout tho South, to
meet the changed conditions of the system
of labor, and urges tho scheme as
a pressing necessity, for tho reason that
tho attempt to carry on tho culture of
ground undea the old management, in
such entirely different conditions, will
make the country poor, and keep it so
forever.
f
?e a uLKiw.Lj.gt y.y
Tlio suggestion is a good one, and we
commend it to the consideration of the
faniifera of this and adjoining Districts.
Many of us remember the Wateree Agricultural
Society of by-gone times?the
spirit of rivalry it inspired among its
members in the general improvement
i-f their lands, stock, plantation tools,
and every thing connected with agriculture.
"Will not some of old members
make a movo for its resuscitation?
10K TIIE CAMDEN JOTJUXAL.
j Mr. Editor: The Match Game, of
! which you gave notice in your last issue,
came off at the appointed time and
place. Owing, however, to unavoidable
delay of a largo part of the. players, the
game was not called until a quarter of
four, nearly an hour after that agreed
upon. Strictly speaking, this was not
a match game, lor the rules 01 tno
American Convention of Base Bailers
forbid any such between a senioriand junior
Club, one of which last< the Kershaw
Club is?but the Wateree Club
is not a member of this American Association,
and this rule was disregarded
on this occasion.
At quarter past four then, tho gamo
was called, and the contest began. Tho
day was beautiful, tho weather delightful,
and all in the finest spirits?the
Kershaws brimful of themselves and
hope that they would "be^'t tho big
fellows," and tho "Waterce's delighted
with tho prospect of a game conducted
in regular style against smb. eager players;
but no4 without, wo suspect, a
sneaking sort of feeling that in spite of
all their advantages tho young'ns
would como it over thom. Thus, thon,
the contest began,?the Kershaw's taking
tho holds, but Labouring under
the disadvantage of tho absence of two
of their members; and really, their opponents
had reason to fear them, for
I their play was excellent?hitting fair
straight bails and getting homo in
good stylo- At length, howev. r, the
requisite three were "put out," and the
"Wateree's took the bat, and being com.
paratively old players, and having the
muscle, made a big score upon the
books. Here the disadvantage under
which the K's. laboured, in having but
seven, became most apparent, and the
want of their fielders gave the W's.
scvoral long runs. This however, they
could not keep up long and their ad
versarie3 soon tripped them up and
again made their mark. in good fashion
upon the 6Core books, with still but
seven men, their missing two not making
their appearance until the next
inning. The Waterees, however, got
them out, and had their inning and
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AVUrU CUUIJJUiiUU LU y-vo LU UUV11
youthful foos. But the ago of the juniors
began to toll, and their muscle to
fail, and tliis timo their scoro was not
as largo as before. In this style the
battle we on, until at the ond of the
fifth inning for each, the Umpire decided
that it war too dai-k for further
play, and calling for the score books,
decided the gamo in favor of the Senior
Club, by a scoro of 30 to 50r tho
analysis of which is as follows:
"WATEl!EE CLUB. KERSHAW CLUB.
PLAYERS O 11 l'LAYEUS. 0 It
Davis, J. 2 0 Bonney, J. 15
Boykin, J. 3 4 DcSauSsui-c, T II 3 3
DcSatnsuvc, J 51 2 6 McCantllcss, E. 1 5
Dunlap, J. I). 10 /McCancllcss S. 0 5
Hay, F. .T. 1 0 I'ritchard, C. 3 2
McCreiglit, E. 0. 1 0 Pritchard, J. 2 1
McDowall, F. 21. 0 7 Shaw, J. 3 2
McQueen, D. 4 3 Sheoin, W. 1 3
Shannon, B. II. 1 0 Xcrnp, L. 14
Umpire?C. A. DcSaussure,
Scorers?Messrs. J. T. liny & L. C. DcSaussuro.
Clcrn Scores?Messrs. McDowall & McCan- !
dlcss.
Time of Game?2.10.
INNINGS.
clubs. 12 3 45 6 7 8 9 Total
Wntcrce, 11 9 7 15 8 50
Kershaw .4 0 11 8 1 30
Thus the TVateree's won tho Hatch,
but it were unjust to the other club not
to note the manner in which thoy play
ed. Their batting was beautiful, hitting j
fair, straight balls and in a manner j
that showed that were their musclo j
equal to their skill, many a home run j
would bo put down for them. As it j
was they kept the fielders busy, and
the base men had to stir their stumps to
head their playing off, while running j
tho bases. They aro sharp fellows, and |
promiso to make No. 1 players. Of !
the other Club, their playing showed j
that they wcro old hands, and struck J
and ran in a cool, practiced way, that
made, in tho long run tho heaviest
score.
Altogether, the game was an exceedingly
pleasant one, and served greatly j
I to increaso the zeal and interest in this j
noble sport. The spectators were not
as many as might have been desired, :
especially tho fair sex, but a few did^.
favor us with tho light of their countenance,
and wo assure them they wero
appreciated.
Tho Kershaw's were not discouraged
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bj the loss of their game, for it was
they who challenged; but showefrtheir '
pluck immediately after the game, for
they held an informal meeting, and dt
oncelchallenged the other club to another
trial of their skill on Saturday evening
the 19th iust, when we hope to see the
ladies particularly, the citizen's generally,
yourself, your Devil and' the
whole of your establishment.
Your'a,
BASE BALL'.
FOR TUF, C.IMDTO " JOURNAL.
Reform.
We are so much interested, perplexed
and distressed by our own political'
troubles, that wo are apt not to consider
the condition of the other great nations
of the world. True ta human
nature we suppose that we are the only
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puopiu on uiu uunu, wuo are in. me
midst of tlio revolution of society, and
the uncertainty and distress resulting
therefrom. The southern people, who
are the victims of the republican theories
at present agitating us, aro disposed
to look with longing glances towards
the government, whose lion was once
our glory and safety. They sigh for a
King or an Emperor, a government stable,
slioug and respectable, beneath
whose wings they may hope for peace,
quiet and prosperity. But is there any
government, which now enjoys this
elvsian stato of being, which holds to
the ancient landmark, and does not
try to advance in this age of progress ?
Is there anv society which is not now
distracted, if not convulsed by the doctrines
of tho r'ghts of mankind, over
which enthusiastic demagogues run
mad, and wild theorists rave? We
may rest assured that we are not alone,
that we have companions in our misery,
that there are othors who like us
though they may wish to see all invested
with and enjoying all the natural
rights allowed by law, and the rights
of the society to which they belong; yet,
!IL p i i I :
wiixi gloomy loreuuumgs, see louuuiig
up in the future, a time when all law
and government will be set at naught.
When every man, however degraded,
and vicious he may bo, finds himself
his own governor?feels and knows
that he may frame the rules which are
to guido his actions, and restrain the
indulgence of his natural propensities*
will ho not make those curbs as gentle*
and those reins as lax as he desires ?
And is not such a condition of affairs
incompatible with the existence of society
and order ? The man who looks
at the workings and effects of the doc-*
trine of "manhood suffrage," with soberness,
and intolh'gence must shrink
from its application in this country and
in Europe. But all that- he can do is
to protest, argue, and perhaps, give up
in despair and disgust. ' The people"
x i
must iiLivt! uiwr ngiua, ui wmvu mvj
supposo that they have been robbed;
they must govern themselves, or attempt
to do it, and happy is that man
who can fold his arms and calmly wait
for the development of events. From
the time that history begins to emerge
from the darkness of the Middle Ages,,
and assume a definite form, so that we
may traco the progress of nations, we
find that the struggle was alwavs. beOO
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tween the people and the government.
In this contest our sympathies are nafc
urally with the people. They strove to
free thomselves from fetters which
bound them in body and soul, which
deprived them of the liberty which was
due to thorn, which rendered impossible
all elevation and improvement by
preventing the development of the
mind, and the advance of science and
art; and so far they were . right. We
must admire and approve that independence
and boldness of thought,
wliich freed mankind from a debasing
superstition. But in our day, the scene
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seems to nave snutea; tne conmct now
is between government and tbe people,
the subjects wish to role, and the government
must obey, and that such is
the case, will appear from an examination
of the politics of the world.
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Important Proposition.?The
following statement is made by the
Washington correspondent of the New
York Herald:
"An important proposition hasjust
been started by influential Republic
cans which seems to meet with considerable
favor, and may have a controlling
influence upon the action of
Congress at the approaching session
and the next Presidential election.?
It is that a Congsessional committee
shall be appointed, by the consent
of all Senators and Representatives
who concur in the proposition, to wait
upon President Johnson and request
him to state definitely what plan he has
to submit for the speedy reconstruction
and admission of the Southern States,
as he has hitherto opposed every pol: