Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 15, 1874, Page 8

8 T CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1874, THE SLAVE-POWER. [Continued from the Second Pnge. Leglalaturs roportod bv its Ohairman, 3Mr. Ilazard, iv favor of complianco, Qov, W. L, Mnaroy (Damoorat), of Now Yorlk, fuhis wossage anidy * Without the power Lo s auch laws, tho States wonld not possose all thenecessnry means for prosorving thelr extornal xelutions of peace among thomselves.” Clov, Edward Evorutt (\Vhig), of Mseachusotts, it tho mossuge communicating the Sonthorn do- sands, salds * Whatever, by direct and necos- sory oporation, I8 enlculnted ‘to uoite an inaur- rection among tho slaves, hna beon held by high- 1y respectnblo logal authority, an offouse ngainst tho pence of thjs Commonwonlth, which nmy'bn prosccuted oa a misdomonnor A% common fay.’ Tho Abolitionisia jn Massachueotts potitioned for tho customary priviloge of & hoaring befora iho Joint Committae of both Housea of thie Logls- Juware, For a jong time no notice was takon of tho roquest, when thoy wora stddenly sume moned to appenr. At tho fleat hoaring, Yrot, Fotlen, of Harvard, was eilonced, wod tho | intecviow abruptly terminated. becanse Lo had intimated tho dangor that legls~ lative action against Abolitionists would tend to encouragre mobs against thom, Tho potition~ arss now took mensures to present their ronkons ina pamphiot form, Menutime, s Boston ed~ itor, E T, ilallot (Democrat), in a sketeh of the proceedings, Anid tho Abolitionists were FNTFILED TO A FAIR HEARING, and the Legistnture directad the Commiltes to allow n complecion of the dofonse, By this {imo the public altontion- was roused, aud the ull of Nopreson tatives (its mombers boing mostly presont), by the attendanco of city and countiy visitors, was filled to overilowing. Bamnuel J, May and Elis Gray Loriug bad avitable protosts and notion of tho Abolitionlats ngaingt ik Whon {6 nas found nodaossaxy for slavoholders to exchungo tho policy of oxouses and npologios for slavetiolding, ns & tompornry stato of sacioty, for tha ground of othionl and Bibliesl dofonsos of It ny & normal and pormanent inatitution, like that of the family, tho Initintory stop more nnt- urally dovolved on the ulortgy than on tha polit- o, Accordingly, the Friacclon Repertorvy, s thaologieal quarterly, in 1846 containod an nrti- cle, writton by Prof., Ifodge, rupplylug the indis- pournblo destlorntin ;o dofonso of Blavery by ho ible, Whilo tha Genoral Assombly of the Prosbytorfan Church was In aesuion at Dittsburg, a ropring of that artiolo, labolod * For gratuitous distribution," was distribitted among the morn- bora, Many a Southerclorgymun and politicinn Das enld that this paeaphlet st openod i eyes to the rightfulness \\m{ DIVINE AUTHOMITY of tho Blavo Systam! Thouceforth it bocanio the provaiiiug doetrine of ths South, rellcioust dofundod by Tte Stonowall Juoksond, aud st permstod in, A division of tha Presbytorlan Ohurch oc- ourrod not long afterwards, cutonaibly on thoo- logical differoncos, but {mn!y‘ at least, in conso- tionco of the struggle botweon Slavery and nti-Slavory. 7 Tut neitiier tho Old nor the New School An- sombly, #o called, tonk any actton ngalnst Slve- ry. %'The ono lind more slaveholders undor its Jurindietion than the other, bub both tolernted ibe practico.”” A Into ne 1851, the Now School, Gionoral Assombly, sitting at Utlea, N, Y., do-’ clined to taka nction azainat slavery, to the “high gratlfleation " of I'rosident Fillmoro. OFf the nction of the Conncoticut and Muss chugotts Clerleal Assoclntions ngainsb Antl- Slavery lecturers, montion Lias beon mado in au- othor connection, proviously spolten, Prof. Follen now com- %niulcd hluy np(?cuh, and was followed by Samuel 15, Bewell sod - William Lloyd Garrison. Willinm Goodell, instend = of ° making nny fnrthar doteasa of Abolitionists, took tho agw,ossivo, nnd charged upon tho Southorn Siates; for making such domands, & conspirney o Northorns freodom. Horo le was inter~ ugnluet N, loig pormiticd Lo proceed, ho 441e Bouthiern documents on tho table, y:l‘l‘xjxtx‘s‘(fx‘;m fettors for Northern freemen, aud Togau to tay, ** Mr. Chajrman, ato you proparad to put thom on? ™ 'Tho sentence was bus partly fintshiod, whou' tho Clalwan, Senater Lunt, ot sluimedy 8Ly 0N e e o ohe : murniu # wns u pause. A Trmar T8 O ot of ;. Mr, Bowd 01 ! sombly At on tiflod Wit Abolitionists, To- i "the Com mittoo that **Fiecdom’ of specch oud of the press could uover bo surrondered by tho sous of the ril- grims,” o _wag ~followed = by ane Wtber voluuteer, .Or. Dradioy, of nD} Piymouth Rock, iu th e ama vein, The Rev. Dr, Williom 1. Chauning, sitting sympn- tically with tho Com'mittee of petitionors, :l‘::n‘gh j;:eimux- theoretically _nor “technieally identitled with them, eemed vpnmflu!l m\tn silonco by emotion. But his prédena? was 1214. Aud his pen was not bitckward to malke known Lis soutintents in favor or Freedom, 3 Tno printed plen of tl-e petitioneny; In orty. pages, War, three dnss afterwards, on 10 desk of overy member of the Legielature, ot every member of the Government, and in prociess of oirculation through the Coinmonwealth. stor Lunt and his Commuiiee delayed their report until several weeks afrersand, nex closo of the session—a stals sepetition of dnmsmnuan,recomend}ng ro sciioz, asd né Ve acted upon. In m:‘s,Leg(sInfum of Rando Island, M ara’s bill wos defeated by the eseiny aod i Gearge W. Curtis aud Taomas | 3 Tu tho Legislature cf New York. in Mar, seutiments of Gov. Marcy's messaza w2 aponded to, pledging the faiti of e guuct such_ laws * nhenover ther shal & ri- quisite I But TIEY NLVER WIaE! And tha roport, though seut to the Govrzors ¢f the Southorn States (as was learned through 4 Southern papers) nover aprearcd in the odicial organ of IEB State Admimetration (the Albany Argug), in which the acts of the Stata Goseras nent were “ by authority * pablished. Tiut the Southiern attempt and anticipation of onslavement of Northorn white poopla wns naver roliuquished, Gov. Wise uxp‘lu'::tly predicted it. Guv.McDutlladeotared that **Flie laboring peoplo, Bleaoked or unbleachod, were & dangerous olo- ment of the body politic.” Mr. Hummond said thoy conld not sustain pohtical relations. Even Ttonry Clay, in the United States Sanate, in 16:](:1 while denying that Slavery iu this couutry coul ovar bu abolistied, labored to sbow that in 160 or 200 years, all distinctions of color would disap- solir,—ovadently anticipating tho perpetuity of Lhwury, irrespective of color. "flia” &pirit of the timos may be estimated by stich CHARACTERISTIO UTTERANCES as the following: At the euniversnry of {he American Colonization Socioty at Washivgton City (50 latc s 1630), tho_tHon, Henry A. Wise, aftorwards Governor of Virginis, smd: *Iha best way to meet Abolitionists was with Dl‘llpxnlqt‘u host {i. 6., guupowdor] and cold steel.” The Now Yorl Sun voported that, atter tll‘in nplinch, tha Rev, Dr.Garduer Spring, of New York, apoka “ with sympathy of the sentunents af"thu South, a8 ovinced in the speech of AMr, Wiso.' The Itov, Robers N. Anderson, of Virginia, writing to tho Sessions of the Iresbytern Clutiches of Hanover Preabytory, in 1835, snid: ©1If there be any stray goat of & minister tmong you taiuted with the blood-hound principles of Abolitionism, let hun bo forroted out, silonced, excommunicated, and left to the public to dis- pose of in other respects” (1. e., lynched). Lqually murdorous utterances wore mnguf on different oecasions, by tho Rov. Thomas Wilker. spoon, of Alabama ; tho Rev. Dr, William 8, Tlumer, of Iichmond, Va.; tho Rev.d, C. Tastell, of South Carolins (Methodist), sud oth- er clergymen. Our time and apaco would fail to furnish even a dry indox or_cntalogne of all the points of po- Titien! contest between Slavery nud Anti-Slavery. Wo can only mention two or threo more of them, UNITED STATES MAILS. Trosidont Jaciuon proposed an act prohibiting the cireulution of incoudiary publications throngh tho mmls. But John O. Calboun, ps Choirman of the Committco to whom thoe sub- jeer. had boen roferred, reported sguinst it; for, #uid o, *if Cougross muy dolermino what pa- pers nre incendiary, nud prohibit them, the noxt Congross muy determing what are not incen- diary, and enforee their circulation.” 5o ho ro- yorte o bill forbidding Postmastars to deliver Crom tho mails any matter that, by the laws of wus forbidden. But this bill was defunted on the finnl voto, Not only o, but the ecredit of the Posit-Oftico Dopartment among business-men swns found to have sustnined such o shock by the lawloss rifling of themuils nt Sonthern Post- Ofices tlat 1t was found necessary to enacta law forbidding, under bheavy penaltics, any such discrimination, Xyen Mr. Calbioun couceded that *'Tho purposcs and operntions of the Abo- Litionists wero only moral and suasive, and nob violuus nud insurrectionary.” One instanco of the triumph of Freedom over Slavery. ASSAULTS ON THE RIGIT OF PETITION, Sinco ucither riotw nor legisintion were likely to crush the Abolitionists, the noxt oxpedient was to breuk down tho right of potition and stifle chscussion in Congress, This was tho ora of “gngw," of which no loss than five wero succet- ivoly tried mn lews than four yeers, viz.: from Muy 26, 1830, to January 28, 1810, and known a4 Tincknoy's, HMawes', Patton's, Athorton'’s, and Johnson's gags, But neitherof these was found wloquuto b6 the purpoee. So, on tha Tth of Jun, 1841, the lnst of theso was diecardod, and a goneral rulo ndopted, which virtually exeluded uil petitions, o8 well as Abolition potitions, and tho people opened theiroyes totho fuct that thoy viere ull gagged, % John Quiney Adams distinguished himsolf by dofenduig the tighe of petition, bub disclaunned gympathy with the objocts of the politions. o pilltmed tho dikerotiouary power of the General Governmout to nmnnclsmu the slaves in timo of war, nud proposd u plun for tho proupectivo ubohition of Blavery, through an amondimont of the Conutitution, which received no favor, either ui the Novth or the South, © fTo was throntencd with sssassinntion, with en indictment by » rand Jury of tho Distriot, and with oxpulsion from the Ylouso, but sulered noither, _FUGITIVE BLAVES, ETO, The Tugitivo act of 1850 ; tho demand on CGrent Brieain for redress for the liboration of tho slaves of tho Amorleun brig Croolo, at Naswuy, and of the Enterprise, at Vermuda; the nitompt to obtaln o troaty securing tho rendi- tion of fugitive slaves from Onneda: the offort Lo rotnrn into Guban slavery the wolf-liborated freedinen of thy #choonor, Amistady the pros- timtion of our foreign diplomnoy to the protoe~ tion of onr const-wisa slave-tiude,—thoto wera nmong tho politienl Iniguities of our Nutlonal Ciovernmont with which Christisn Abolitionlsts weso called to contend, TIF, ECCLESIASTIOAT, ATNTGGLE, I'ho strug:los of Abolinonsts with tho political ity of the Slave-l'owar, wiolding the No- trmal Governmont, conld seureely faiito involve winrlus straggles with tho principul cecloslusticnl bohies of tho conntry, comuttad, ns thoy wore, 1o the support of the Colonization Raciety, whato yery oxistencs soemed (in tho eyes of its lead- orn) to depend: on the oxtinetion of **modern Abolition,” which demunded immedinto emunels pativa ou tho koil, withaut expatrintion. “Ilns topso liy, in part, buon anticlpated al- vendy 3 bu tho fact of ccslowiustioul hontility in Le Lr fyribier voritied, with & glunpse of the n Tho Mothodist E}llnuopnl Genoral Couforonco b Cincinbati, in 1836, ropresenting. Northera and Nouthern Methodiets, *“disclaimod noy right, wish, or intention to intoifors sn the civil and politienl rolation of mastor and slive, a8 it oz- ints in tho slaveholding Statos of thiy U_ulnn.‘ It was decldedly uPpouua to ** modorn Abolition,” ard “disapproved the conduct of two of itw mombory ruPnn.Nl to have locturod in this city in its favor,” [Adopted by o vote of 122 to 11} In npastoral address to communicams, it wns st atod thos the “ Constitutional compack botwoen tho Bintes precluded Church action agniust slisrory.’ Blulfm(llse Tplscopal Annnal Conforences at tho North, DPresbylorian Synoda and Presby- te vloa, nnd loeal eliurches of Congregationalints a4 Baptists, vers gonorally hotd the snme senti- muouts; sud thelr parsecitions of Abolitionise (m vigtors and laymen), often ou falso proteuses, W TS outrages. GRIEVOUS TO IE BODNE, Th o well-known casos of Lowis Tappan, in Now York, and_Judge B. D, Culver, in Brooklyn, (ut- terwards Unitod States Ministor to South Amer- ica), aro but specimens of hundreds of less promivont vietime, Publicly stigmatized as de- so:ving excommunieation, they were charged with echism if thoy scceded, g 1t might easily be shown, and will not bo do- nied, that the Baptist Churches, Northern and Siouthorn, nnd the Pratostant Episcopal Chureh, wore as tolerdnt of Slavery, as deeply involved in it and as hoslile to Abolition as the other secty hets mentioned, though n lavgae portion of leeding nud active Abolitionista wero originally members of some of those sects, aud uever chauged or abandoued their religion. Of the prominent Roligious, Missionary, Tract, Bible, Education, ava kindred Soticties, Theo~ logical Seminaries and older colloges, it is suffi- cient to say that thoy were mostly in tho hiauds ot the patrons and warm supporiers of the Col- cxization Society, the tool of the Slave-Power, I: was natural, not to say inevitable, that, ad- H keriag to that Society, thoy ehould contlict with onirmy And como into complicity with i3 andl “fraternity with it, in some form. Oo-aperating with slaveholders fu theso several cLticus euterprises, and recetving funds from ey would eithor as orgamzations or 3 uals bear tostimony agninst slavery, , from conaciontious convictions, or from volent B)'mpathics, thoy weve desirous of ing 50 ; much more, whon from insoustbilty to 1ze-sin and t1e inhumanity of Slavory, they +rere totally apnthetic on the subject, And not iy ferw of tliem were themsolvos, slaveholders. It was not tobe expected that Abolitiomsts sxould bo silon tor inuotive in relation to this rrondition of thinga, and thoy wore not, Tn their couventions_and leoturos, in thoir jonrnaly tracts, pamphlet 3, sermons, and books, duc al- {iontion waus paid to this fenture of the contest. (fames G. Birnoy's pumphlet, ** The American (Jhutches the B ilwarks of American Slavery,” wag among tho enrliest and mont efective of those, and was {cllowed by similur testimanials. All' the argume nts and ‘appeals of Abolition- ists, drawn from (hristinnity and the Iublo (and tlicgo wera incessant) woro virtually so mauy protests againgt the position and action of churches, pralors, and occlesinstical bodles in the appasice dicection. Theles’ Leetures, with Ehe signnturos of 124 clorgynien to the declu tion of ita sentimeuts, iu 1834: Weld's ¢ Diblo Against Bfavory;” Sundorland’s and Grown's works on the Now Tostument: Greon'saermons j JTuy's varions writinga, including “Mosnic Sor- veritude Not Slavery;” the Rev. T. Bmith on tho Name; the writings of the Rev, J. Gordon; Mattocl's “Slavery nnd Mothodism { *‘ Facts for Daptist Cliurches,” by A, F. Foss and B. Mathows; Dr. Cheevor’sand Willinm Goodell's wrilivgs.—Lhess org but specimons of the eiclo- sinstical struggla oh the part of the Abolitionists. Awmong THE YMMEDIATE RESULTS wers tho following : The organization of 2 Weeloyan Church (separato from the Methodist Epigcopal Churcl) by Boott, Ilorton, Leo, Mat- lack, Prindle, . Swmith, and others; a Ireo Dresbyterian Chureh, by tho Lav. John Tiankin, Joseph Gordon, and Samuel Crothers : & Freo Tiptist Mission Societs, by C. P, Grosvenor, N. Colver, and othern ; alfo the Amorican Mission- ary Assaciation, {u 1816,~ocach with periodicals devoted to thoir entovprises. Northern Fieo- Will Baptiats eeparated from thoxo of tae South. Local Anti-Slavery ohurclies, andenominational nnd indopeondent, were also organized. A largo ant influential Christian Anti-Slavory Convention wa# ‘ held in Cincinuatl,” Ohio, ~April, 1850, and an- othor at Ohicago, Illinols, in July, 1842, At both theso, aftor long and onrnest discuusions, reso- lutions wero adopted in favor of withdrawing from the churches, eccleginstical bodies nud mig- sionory orgauizations, couneeted with sluvebold- ing, k‘iy tho gap-law of Lano Theologicnl Seminary, October 6, 1844, most of tho mtudoats (among them T, D, Wold) were impolled to transfer thoir place of study to Oberlin, giving impetus and iu- luesice to that importent ecat at leavuing, 1IN JURTICE TO THE CONGREGATIONAL LODIES, it should bo said that they took decidodly Anti- Slavery nction earlior than somo other denom inations, Huving no National General Associn- tion, and almost no chirches in the South, it wus casier for them to take right ground, Their largest Lodies were then State Aseociutions nad conferonces, and fll of these west of New En- gland were formod after the azitation com- mauced, and by tho younger, more provressive men of tho denomination : thut of Now York in 1835, that of Michigan in 1814, of Iows in 1816, of Wisconsin about 1844, and thero wero ali 4 freo-born”’ And the Now Enzland bodics wll ranged thomaolyes on the right side bofore 1830, —i TEE LIBERTY PARTY--VIEWS OF THE CONSTITUTION, - The grout stiugglo against Slavery, alfoady dese:ibed, was participated in, alike, by all the original Abolitionlats, into whatover divorso or- ganizations thoy woro, aftor a wonson, divided Bo fur as mere moral sunsion (the buels of the whole) was concorned, their langua o, their ar- gumenta, thoir appenls, thoir tostimonics, wore neatly or quito identical, insomuch that the grest mass of Anti-Slavory litorature, by whom- soover writton, was used ay tho oommon prop- orty ¢f all. Lut, when applications of thens ronorn! fuota and principles wora to Lo made to politicnl and eccloslasticul relations, it was o inovitable that different * mens- uros vould bo muggested by difforent yiows of civil governmont in goneral, of our own form of Uovernment in partieniar, and in relatious, regpontbilitios, and dutles, grow- g ott of theso relutions, o alvo of thoap- plication of Auti-Slavery facts and principles to our Inovitablo ecclosiastionl ngugilos, Diffor- ant viows of church-organization -would lead to tho adoption of different measuves, Some (if ohitreh-members) wouldsoon lonye tho churclios, Others would labor to reform them’ Othors, after nn unsuceessful ofort, would socede und form new chiurohes, or misslonury bodies, as al- . yoady raluted, So also Iu rospect to political pavties, Aund hota, louving othors to dofino thefr soveral positiony, tho writer proposes to stato tho pomtion of those with whom lLe co-op- oruted, THY, TIBERTY ry was orgamzed by voting citizous, who recog- uized their moral and politieal responsibilitics and dustes an such, While equally ae ive and oflietout with other Abolitionists in uklug all the menns of moval snasion, thoy dld not cauceive that moral suasion wlono was sulilcient, or that its uso reloured them from tho disguarge ot thefr pulitical duties to tho slaves, Thoy bo. Jioved civil governmont to bo su ** ordinnuce of God," ¢ Institutod nmong men to securo human rights, by belng “a terror to evil-doors,” Thoy malntained, as ald the Deoclaration of the Con= vantion that formed tho Amorican Antl-Slnvory Hooioty, at Phladolphis, in 1833 (ponnod by Mr. Gnrrison), that “‘Ihore aro, at tho present timo, tho highont obligations rokiing on the peoplo of the Froo Statos to romovo Slavory by moral and’ rulxucnl notion, an_pronerfbod by tho Conatitu- fon of tho Unltod Bintos,” With these viows, thoy naturally looked around thom to roe thosltuatian, and mquire what mons- ures to ndopt, and how thoy should cast thelr votes, Somo Abolitionistn holonged to one of tho great rival parties, and some of thom to tho othior. Domooratlc Aboltionists thought, the principlog of thelr party being most in favor of equnl rights, the party would'be moat lldely to apply thoss principles to Blavery. Whig Abo- litfontsts thought thelr pacty “most in the handa of good mon, and would, therofors, bo most likoly to do' right, or an noar right as was ‘‘practienblo,” “The fallacy of both theso nublcipations soon becamo apparont, Both pnrties looked mainly to tho slave- holdors and their Northorn gympatlizors and aycophants forsupport, Abolltionist votors were to bo expectod only in the North, and oven thioro, ot that time, thoy wero too fow to bo counted upon as n political force of any impor- tanco. I'ho plan of noleoting eandidntea from the nominoos of both partics was, {herofore, resort- od to, and quoetions wero nddrensed to them ac- cordingly fu rospect to the measures domandod Ly Abolitioniuts, viz. ¢ YHOM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, First—Eho prolubition of the dumostic, fntar- State slave-trade, under Lhe power of Cangress 10 regulata commerco with foroign uations, and among tho sevoral Statos, and with tho Indian tribey [United Btates Coustitution, Art. L, Bee. 8, Clauso .’!.} . Second-—Tho abolition of the slave-trade and Slayery in the District of Columbin, undor *the oxclusivo jurisdiction® of Congress. [Art. L., S, 4, Clatwvo 17.) Third—1Tho exclusiou, and (if cxisting) tho abolition of slavery in tha Torrtorics of tho United Statow, undor Art. 1V, Olnuse 2, Tourth—The refusnl tordmit now Statos with Siavory, under Art. IV, Boc. 9, Clanne &, which provides that now States may bo sdmitited by the Cougress into this Union, but lonvomt dis- crotionuly whether to admit o now Stato or not. Aluo, Seo, 5, which requires tho States to have Itepublican Governmuvnrs, "ifth—1'"ho ropoal of tho Fugitive act of 1793, a8 containing unconstitutionn! provivioun, aud n porveraion of the clauso of the Constitation up- ou which it wag professod to bo foundod. Abolitionists of the Laborty party DEMANDED OF THI STATE GOVERNMENTS the protection of all undertheir rospoctive juris- dictions—praotection from the claim of slave- holders, upon thelr porsons as slavos, The plan of questioning the candidntes, al- though, ot first, oppeaving to givo ripns of Auti-Slnvery progress, was ultimately found to bo of littla or 1o value, Tair protmiscs wora not always, or evon often, followed with corrosnond- ing performances, (And Abolitionists did not find that promises aro equivalent to the falill- ment of them.) Noittier the vobor nor tho can- didate forgot what politicnl party he belonged to, nor easily escaped boing, though uncon- sciously, influenced by bis connection with it, The voter, with tho responses of the rival ean- didates before lum, readily [purnundml himselfl that the candidato of his own party was mont trnstworthy, however the responsos might compare” with onch othor. The caudidate, in making bis responge, would tako into considoration tho intorests of his party, and eancoilly tho sontiments and wishi~ e of thowo of it on whose votes ha deponded for election. If olected, ba would find bhimself surrounded by o majority of his partisans, ronsing thoir paramount ofnlms upon him. YIu nust comply, or forfait the future support of his party, Thus, the quegtioning process be- came a farco. Yoters could gaiu nothing by questioning, nor caudidates by rosponding. Be- eides, if the succossful candidates ware never 8o true and firm an Abolitionist (s Guirixon, & Jay, or a Tappan), ke would be suro of boing inn leun minority in aay American ch:inluturu, and uo- able tocontrol or shape avy logislutivo action. Both parties wero controlled by Slavery, and continued to bo so while thoy oxisted, which was until they were broken down by A “omnp pany” ‘e founders of tise Liborty party dotor- miued to have u party of thoir own, andlo make their own nominations of candidutes from among froe, iudepundent citlzons, holding no connection withcithor of tho Pro-Slavery par- tios. This was thoir method of applyiug the prineipts of ** No fellowship with slaveholdors,” —a method which they could put intoimmediato oporation, without waitng for a dissolution of tho Union botweon tho Free aud Slave States, which could ouly bo offectad, eoither by an amendment of tho Coustitution, ratified by three-fourths of tho Btates (United States Con- stitution, Art. V.), or olso by a war of Rebellion ; uad which, if suceessful, In either way, wonld louve the slaves in hopeless bondago (deprivod of Northern helpers), unloss self-emancipated Ly o servile insurrection, The Liberty party proferred thelr own method, and never found occasion to regret their course. In it thoy found n purifiention and an oningemont of their mora) suasion, by conforming thewr do- ings to their princtples, and insisting on moral rectitude in politic2l action, “Tho measuro was tho rosult of SIUCH PREVIOUS CONBULTATION AND DIRCUSSION.* Alvan Btowart, Myron olly, Reuben Bleeper, nud J oshuz Loa itt wero nmong its early advocates, Myron Holly, in bis Rochoster Freeman, and bis “ Ad- drens ¥ in a Monroo County (N. Y.) Convention, Septomber, 1839, hus boen regardod as laying tho foundstions of the party, aud, moro than any other oue porsdn, hie was recognized s ity founder, By comung into the Liverty party, Ab- olitionists could vote together, know ecach other, and bo known as sucl, concontrating nnd ox bibiting their united political uirougtly, instond of voting against each othor, with tho uncom- fortable certainty that, whicliovor party tickot thoy cast into thio ballot-box, thoir voto bhad gono to strengtlhien a party controllod by sluveholders for their own purpoyos. At s Now York Btato Auti-Slavery Convention at Arende, Goneseo County, January 28 aud 29, 1840,—1t." Sleopor prasiding ; Myron iolly uud Gerrit Smith loading memoors,—a call was 18- sued for n National Couvention to bo held at Al- bany, April1, 1810, to_cousidor, und, if tnought expedient, to nominate candidates for President and Vice resident of the United States, Tho Couveation was hold,—~AlyanStewart presiding,— THE LIDERTY PARTY ONGAN. and Jamos G. Birney and Thomas Earlo were nominated for Dromdont aod Vico Presidont; dologatos being prosent from mix States. T'hiese candidatos received noirly 7,000 votes at tho election in the autumn of 18103 and upwards of 60,000 were given for James U. Birnoy and ‘I'honing Moris, tho candidates in 1844, A rapid and encouraging mcrenso. Yob #ome wore 1m- patient for & more rapid growth, which they Iiopod to seoure by nomating othor candidates, snd on aloss radical platfoun of Auti-Slavery mansures. This was indeed_attompted in the Business Connmittes of the Buffalo Conyoution for nonunutions, four " years provions to its con- summation in the samo city, in Octobor, 1847, but, boiug strongly opposed in tho Committeo, 1k was not brouclicd butoro the Convention. But, in 1847, though called ns s Laberty I'arty Convention, it adupted @ new plat- forui, dsopping out the domand for the prohibition of tho inter-State slnve-irade, majutaiing silence in respect to the Fugitive- Blave law and the rondition of fumtive sluves, and stuting its **lssuo™ to bs, “No more Slave States aud wo more Slave Tervitory,” 1n oppo- sition to n propossl to nominato Gerrit Swith, it went out uf the Liberty ‘vay to nominate John P, Hale and Leicestor King,—oxchanging thom, a fow mounthy afterward, for Martin Van Burou nud Charles F. Adams, whonover incurrod the reprogch of Abolitionism, Thoe new purty wuss known as the I'ree Soil party, till i wik suc. ceedad by the Hopublican parly, A remuant of the Liberty party continued the groat strugglo with Slavory, without lowenng its placform, Lut raising it oven higher, as it was propuriug to do while tho Freo Soll puty was proparing to organizo, UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OF BLAVERY, I'nly doctrine, like that of modern Abolition and of organized politieal netion agrinst Stave- ry, had 1y ourly gevm and graduul dovelopment, As oarly as 189887, Lho Rov, Snmuel J, Nay and N. P. Togers, B, (both of the Garrison wing, after tho divinon) maintained, in the Anti-Slave- 1 Quarlerly, edited by Bhzay Weight, that tho Federal Coustitution 1w not Pro-Slavory, An nuonymons writer in the Kmancipator, Jan, 4, 1838,” ovor the signuturo of “Sevonty-sls," thraw out hints that put muny of the friends of I'rccdom on tho track of fur- thor investigation, — Alvan Btownrt propared an ergument, which ho presentad and rend at the anmunl meeting ol the Now York State Anti-Slavery Socioty, at Uliea, in Soptombor 1687, aud at tho areial meeting of the Ameri- can Anti-Blavery Hocloty in New York in Muy, 1888, Tho position taken by My, Stewart was, AL annual moeting of tho Now York Stato Auti- Hiavery Socioty, at Utiea, Sept, 10-41, 1836, 0 series of rosolutions, propared by'W, Goodell und udvorted by Myvou Holly and Gerelit Smith, wero udopted by (hs Barloty, inculeating n_staudnrd ot politicul mosulity, aud pludging votura to support nono Unt Autl-Slayery condudutis} which were found 10 reqniro distinct Auti-Blayery noimfuationy, though this rosult was nok then suticipstod, Iiellable cundidatex could not otherwiss bo ablained, that tho Foderal Conatitution forbado tho on- slavemont of any porson in the Union, The ar- gumont way hl\uc(anloly on * Amondmont V,," containing, nmouf{ othor things, o proyision that “No persou shall bo doprived of life, liberty, or proporty, without duo procoss of luw,\"—n process which ombrages an ** indictment and trinl by jury for somo alloged crime, and verdiot and sonionce in open conrt.” The wrlt of habons corpuswucourns this duo_proctss of law. No Amorican slave was ovor * doprived of liborty ¥ by this *'procosn,”” This probibillon, being an umonduiont, soming in afterwards, controls and aunula (sold Mr. Btowart) whatover in tho orig- inal instrumont 18 contrary thoreto, liko tho cod- dcil Lo & will ' Tublio nttention waa now rousod. Provieus uttorances of others, not **modern Abolition- fats " camo to light, Tn the Logisiature of Now Yok, In 1820, Erastus Iloot, of Daolnware, n statoaman of desorvodly high roputation, sald : “The ndo[)linn ot the Declaration of Indopend- enco in this Btate rendorad Slavery unconstitu-~ tional.” 'To this, Johu Q. Spoucer, ons of the most protoundiy-loarnod lawyers in tho nation, promptly responded: “I go further than the gontlomnn from Delawnre. I contond that the st act of our nation, boing A solemn recogni- tion of the liberty aud cquality of nll men, and Lthat tho rights ‘of liverty and npplnuus aro inalienable, was tho coruer-stone of our Con- federacy, and is ANOVE ALL CONSTITUTIONS AND ALL LAWA," It s maul that this utrornnco, and others against Blavery, proventod the appointment of John' O, Spencar to the oftice of Chicf~-Justive of the United Btates, 1t will be sieon that the precoding views out np the idea of tho conntitutionulity of Sluvery by the roots. Scarcelv s lons decidod blow ‘way struck at it by others, who knookod ont the un- dorpinning of tho pretonded ' compromives of tho Constitution,” "without which, it was al- logod, tho Blava States would nover have come into tho Unton,—fust a3 though it was by the adoption of the Coustitution that tho Union wus formed, in 1787-'9, and thnt boforo that time tho soveral States wero auEnrv\la indepnndent sover- vignties, without suy binding union with ench ulYmr, and ab hiborty to como into a Union or not, Just au thoy plouscd, (just as the robelling Statos claimed the right of goig out of it.) John Quiney Adams, in a Fourth of July ora- tion, at Nowbitryport, pricked tho bubble of this unbistorieal fiction by simply stating tho well- authentieated and doonmentary facta of the caso, The Union of ihe Colonics wus formed by tho old Continental Congroes, Oct. 20, 1774, Bmuidnd ovor by Poyton Ltandolph, nud signed 3 the fifty-three delogates (Georgo Wasltington oue of thom) from twelve colonies, including Delnwaro, Maryland, Visgini, North Carolins, Bouth _Carolina—ovary Slave Stato but Georgis. Liy, Adams said that © Lhe Declaration of Indo- pendeucn deglarod the United Colonios froo aud indopondont Statesa™ (p. 14). **'Lhis was afirmeod and declared, not of thoe soparate, but of tho Upited Scatos " (p. 16), *‘'Lho iden of soparate State sovercignty had evidently no pare in the composition of this paper™ (p.33). Again: “1¢ laid tho cgruot-stoue of our Government upon tho firstHriuciples of Chrlutinity™ (. 6) s*upon the unnlterable and etopnal prineiples of Luman righta " (p. 10). _* ThoConstitution was a cousumuation of tha Declaration of Iudepend- onco” (p. 44). LEvidently, then, accordmg to Mr, Adams' statomonts, the Union formed in 1774 lnd been continued down to the formuug of tho Federal Consticution, which itself 1UST HAVE DEEN AGAINST SLAVERT, instend.of & compromise’ ia its favor. Nothing can bo moro absurd thau the supposition that, eithor ay Colonies or States, thoy could have ventured upon the war with Great™ Brizain sep- aratoly, or othorwise than ns o united peopla, or othorwiso bavo bocome n nation “among the uations of the eurth," ng they declared thom- solves to Le. Futthermore, on looking into thoso old ** Ar- ticlos of Associntion” of 1774, wo tind oue of the fonrteen (viz.: tho second) specifically and oxelusively oceupied wich & solemn agiecment and pledye to ** ceass tho importution and sell- ing of slaves.” And in another articlo (tho tourteenth) it is said that, **1f any Colony or Provineo in North America . . . shall not neeodo to, oc shall heronfter violate this association [we] will hold thcwm as unworthy of tha rights of freemen, aud as inimieal to the liverties of this countty.” A pledge agsinst tiogession, ‘I'is suvors more of astroug " Continontat” control overthe ** Colonies,” tho futurs **States," and agangt humay onslavement, than it dves of a “gusranty” of *State Novercignty,” in ity favor,—s rofusnl “to come into the Union™ ualoss it should bo **acceded to.” It was not straugte that tho statoments of Mr, Aduws, and an oxsmination of our decumentary history, shonld bave quickoned the inquiries uf Abolitonists, alveady suspecting the scundnosy of tho viows genorally ontortainod respeoriug tho Coustitution, JUDAE TAY, who, like Mr, Adams, never embraced the doce trino, tinally reached, of tho absolute uuconsti- tutionality of Slavery, and the power of the Fad- eral Government over it, while samitting some of the alloged ‘*compromises of the Cobstitu- tion," was, novertheloss, 1&d to repudiato the ona most commonly resorted to, and most contl- dontly inswstod upon by those who aflirm that Southern States refused to como into the Union, numely: the clause respecting * porsons hold to service and labor,” which, ho insistod, was not intended to be applied to slaves, the Con- veution baving uctuully refused to udopt a clouse of thnt charnetor. [Listter by the lon. Sumuel A. Bliot, Jay's Woiks, pp, 674, 677.] I 184, “ Viows of Amiericun Constitutionnl Law in 1fs Boaring on American Siavory,” by Willixm Goodell, was published—n pamphiet, in which it wus matntained that, sither by **strict conguruction,” or Ly tho * spirit_of tha Cousti- tution,” us #0t forth in its Preativle, that mstru- mont, properly construed, uccording to legal rules of interprotation used in tho courts, so far from continuing any guarrutea of Slavery, or comprowises wich ic, AUSOLUTELY FORDIDS IT, ;ml E\m:nnuus every Stato against it. [Act iv., e, 4. ‘Thia was soon follawed Dby another, Lysaudoer Spoanor’s * Unconstitutionality of Blavery,” n work highly piaised by lawyers; and enlarged by a * Fart 1L which effectuaily eilenced ob- Jectors. Gerrlt Bunth and Jool Tiffany wrote and published pamplets of similar chatactor, No counter-publications of uoto, if any at all, appeared agniust any of them., Nuamerous and lurzo convoutions wore held, at which, aftor dis- cusslon, somotimes in tho fuco of opposition, largo majorities voted in favor of the doctrine, Couverts “wers made in abundanco, nok a fuw o them prominent eitizous, lawyers, and others,— tha Rov. John Fierpont, formerly lawyer, be- ing one of them. _Abolicionsts formorly of oth- or views, na 8. 8, Fostor and Fredorick Douglass, Leeamo its advocuten. At length, able lawyers dectined tho solicitations of thoir Yollucnl as80- cules to combat the new doctrine in debate, do- claring Lhat tho printod arguments iu its favor wore impreghable, Othors, huving once eutored tho lists, ndmitted aftorwuds that thoy lad boen Dbaflled. Liberty-pity editors os- ponsed the doctrimo, and its udvomoy was udmitted into nomo other _Anti-Slavery papers, ns the National Era, of Dr. Luloy, of Cincinnati, It was adopted by a Btate Con- vontion of tho Liberty party in Mussachueotts, by other State Conventions, and at largo Liborty Convontions tll over tho State of Now York, At o later duy the littlo manual, * QUM NATIONAL CHANTENS," by William Goodell, consisting of full copies of the Federal Conntitutionof 178793 of tho “Articles of Confedoration,” 1778; of the Declaration of Indepoundence, 1776; andof the Colonial *Articles of Associntion,” (the germ ol our glorions Union) in 1774; with notes on the whole, furuishod a compact and gonerally sutisfactory presoutation of {he subject in » now form, mud camo into extensive use. Tho compiler had the satinfaction of learning, fital trom thie lato I'rof, Loiber, of New Yoik University, und aftorwavds Trom tho still higher authority of Vresident Lin- coln, In person and on the spot, that the mununl lud beon of sitmal use for convenient reference in the White House, oven nt the dinmor-table, ospacially in discuesing tho mnuch-mooted prob- loms of the dats and origin of our * Union," and of the nspumed original, indopendont, and yoparate soverelynty ™ of the Stutos,—proh- lemws noarly idontical with that of tho boanted right of Hocossion,” Nomun in the nation was maoro minutely or more acenrately posted on this dieussion of tho Congtitution than was CHARLES BUNNER, Ang, when once asked, on n porsonal intorview, todofine his position vubliely, his ausworsntistiod tho questionor that his convietions wero matuved, aud were on tho rudical gide, but that ho did not doom it best, at that crisiy, openiy Lo avow thom. Porhaps ho was corvect, I[is argument in favo) of an Auti-Slavory amendiment of the Constitn- tlon naturally rosemblud, i its array of historienl fucty and fundnmovital prineiplow, the argumonts of tho Constitutionnl Abolitionists, insomuch that the follo ning colloquy was roported to have ocenrred ¢ “The argumont of the Senator proves too miteh for b purpose, 1t proves this tho Con- stitntion is now Anti-Blavery, and noeds no amendmons," Mr, Bumuner—* But, slnce that question s a Upwarda of 13,000 coples of his woro soon efrou- Intesd § 98,000 moru of the samo ylews, by thy Bune writer, 1w werfes of_ urticles i D, Billeys National Lray Ciuciumatl s und uob lee thin 60,000 more, i coples of his Tittle manind, O il Cha naking 01,000 n ull by ono’ write: o —beslden ho In elreulnlionn of tho otlior writlugs aboye montionod, uot ascertiined, disputed one, X auk tho ndoption of my amond- mant to settlo it forovor,” It was dono, How much tho enlightoning influcnco of tho proviois discussion helped tha docislon no ono can toll. But It ia known that ;aom‘ut mombors of Congraes wore thus propared or it ‘I'nis Driof and imporfoct historloal skotch of tho discussion gives no full outlino of tho argumout Itred, Ouno or two iloms wny, how- over, be noted: 'he Convention that drufted tho Constitution snt with olosed doors, Of the de- batos tho people who adoptod it knew nothing tll years aftorwards, "They adoplad the dacu- mont_ns 1t_was published; not the supposed ' undorstandings® of the deaflors, Mo ** Mad- tron papers,” hawever, on the wholo, help to disprove tholr I'ro-Sluvery —designa. 'Lhoy, doubtless, anticipatod Emancipation, but orro in doforring the supnresuion of tho Slave-trade. But the proviston in Art. IV, Heo, 415 “The Untod Staten shull guaranton to ovory Stato in this Union a Republican form of governmont,” wan fatal to th loznl oxistence of .lavery, and (Iw{ the bonsted * Btato right " of mniutsining it, was g A GUARANTER OF FREEDOM to tho people of avery Stalo. Tt fa ersontinl to o Republican Government that f¢ be derived from tito great body of society, nat from on inconstdorablo or favored clasy of it."—Madigon in the Federalis!, No. 80; and Mndlson ** would not consont thub tlio Conmtitu- tion should admit tha vight of property in mau," “1lhg tru fonndation of Ropublican Govorn- mobt Is the equal rights of overy citizon in hin rorton and proporty, and {n their managomnont,” —JefTerson. Antl Jofforson frequantly calls the slaves *oiti- zent." [Beo Notus on Virginia,] e e AWUSEMENTS, TIE TAST SONATA REOITAL, Mr, Wolfuohn closod his oujryable sesson of sonata recitals on Baturday altornoon, at Stand- ard Hall, with tho porformanco of tho T major, op. 10, No. 8, and the op. 106 fn B fint mnjor, kuown among pianlats as tho ** Giant,” owing to its great ditlicultios, espectnlly in tho fugue maovement, and its lougth, the work aceupying thirty pagos in tho Potors (Loipaic) edition, Mr. Wolfsohn wisrly resorvad ths colossal produe- tlon for tho closo. Notwithstanding tho nnjesty and grandour of its adagio, it is not o work which can be populnrized. It is constructed up- on too colossal a plan for tho piano, It iston wenrisomo ound difficalt for planists to grusp with auything like masnte-y, oxcopt ne the cost of long and patient " labor, and even then It is problomatic whethor it can be made accoptable to an andience. ow faith- fally Mr, Wolfuoln has laborsd upon it may be inforred from tho fact that ho han devotol flye hows a day to its practice for overs weck. It 18w fuithrul pieture of the condition BDeethoven was in whou it was written, Suffermg from o combination of diseases, misanthropic, dis- trossod with his deafuess, pluuged iuto most abject and mikerable poverlty, Lo wrote this sonuts out of shicor nocossity und dodicated ic to tho Archiduke Budolpi, his friond and putron, inthe hopo that it might bring, him moaoy cnough to obinin ~ tho bLaro neces- sitios of life. Tt was composed in 1818, mno yesrs boforo his death, snd pub- lishud in 1819, A lotter written to Rios, with rogard to tais sonata gives a clne to his con- dition, In it ho snys: ** May God send mo more-prospority till —— is in a beitor position ! "I'his will not bo for a whole yonr to come. It's realty dreadful, ‘fuo turnalinirs have wien and tho reduction of my satary, whils no mun cun toll what tho issuo 18 to bo till tira aforosmid year ling elapsod. If the sonata be not suitavle for Loudon, I counld send nnother, or you might omit the largo, and begin at onco with the fugue in ihe Inat movemont, or tho firet movement ndngio, and the third the scherzo, the largo and tho nllegro risoluto. ‘Lhis sonuta wus written ot a tinio of groat pressure, It is hard to write for the sake of duily bread ; nud yut I havo aotuntly cumo to this, Lo bo rescued Trom this wretched aud miserablo coudition is my only hopo of delivorance, for, as it is, I can neither enjoy henlth nor accomplish what I could do under moro favorablo nuspices,” i mgantic work was faithfuily given by Mr. Wollauhn, who was too couscionbious o its performanco evon £0 omit tha long ryopeats. Whila it eanuot bo said to huve mndaa vary do- cided impression upon the sudionco, oxcopt, per~ Gape, iu tho graududngsio wovement, yet dlr. Wollsohn™ is entitled to oredit for "having given musiciang’ and counoissonrs an opportunity to hoar this_worl, whick thoy may novor hear nguin. s White sang the benutitul Boathoven song **Aus der I'orne” very feeling- Iy, pud thus closed the plensunt season of Kouatn racitals, ‘Fhoapplanse which follawed tho * Ginnt Sountn” had hardly died away whon a large and exquisite basket of flowers, with tho initials by " in tiuy white blassoms, and tho three costly and superb volumes, Kaulbach's Illustra- taons to ** Inust,” Goothe's Heroinoy,” und the Gallory of German 'Tone-Poots, most boautifully eugraved and bound, wera sout up to the plat- forn aud presouted fo Mr. Woifsolm, in bebal? of the Indics of tho Boethoyen Socioty, by Mrs, Iato N, Doggett, in a remarkubly touching and gracatul specch, as tollows s It 48 often #uld of un that wo nro not an artistic peo~ ple; sometimes a graver ehurgo is made—iut we Lave no trie appreciation of Art, Ouo of our niusler's masters would toll us tat tho art-cpoch comes not In childkood or youth, it belongs 1o the old uge of & nation us to the old figo of the ruce, * when Humanily has fushioned iteelf after {ho sdeal stuwiiard of Renson," Tyt that wo have laken womesteps towards this lofty Idealof ol age, which in the mind is riponuss, not de- cay, {u ovident from the open-hunded recoption given this futerprolor of the great, strong tone-mastcr, who, ab riono other, searchien the spirit's deop, And now, about to glve up, for o neason, theso chunuing, redning rounions, thut havo been sich o Lioon to tulu, T often think, tho most yeatlces pluce in the whole world, we have brought a litus oneriug to our dear tencher, books from tie old Eatherland, in swhicl the spirit of art bus clothed itseif in so muny forms of beauty, and flowers from th now homu to which we welcomo biny, not at ull 08 au installiment, even, of the dobt wo nover expect to pay to ouo who 48 gulding us to new truths, or 1o & bottsr appreclution of old ones, but ay u token of the grateful ancetion we Loar Litm, ‘I'he presontation was a comploto snrprise to Mr, Wolfsohy, and 80 overcame tm thut he in vain cssnyed to roply. is tears of gratitude were the Ecst thanks the ladies of tho Society could heve asked for. ho rowsrd of his noblo ana dunnteronted work will bs ono of slow growth, bub will manifest itselt in the future in its silont but powerful sfluonce upon the musical culturo of thocity, Next season, Mr, Woltsoln watl do tho same work for Schumann that ho hns dono for Beothioven this season. Fatnlly Burned. CrxoiyyaTe, 0., Juno 14,—1T'his morning Mise Julis Guntleld, 16 years old, died uéthe resi- denco of her uuele, Mr. Hirshborg, from injuries roceived from lor clothing burning off her last lust night. Bhe ignited her drers accidentally bf a cindlo nud ran down-stairs into the alroet all in flames, Tha stronuous offorty of passora- by were too late to save he Death from Conl Gas. Special tnaputeh to T'he Chtago 1'ribune. WiLkEspanny, 1, Juno 14, —Yosterduy o gang of mon who went down thoshaft at tho Frunidiu mines wore suffocated by tho deudly juses, Michaol Gilroy, n boy fiftcon years of ago, was brought out dead, but al the others Were rescued from their porilous situation, and will prohably recover, ‘The aceumulation of gny s acconnted for by tho uzopllugo of the fun tho provious night,which was undergoing repuirs, A torrible carclostness on tho purt of tho em- ployes at the vurious mines ean bo traced in ot of the recont disasters, which haye beon of wlarnungly froquont vceurronco, —_— OCEAN STEARSHIP NEWS. Pryyoury, Juno 14,—Stekmsbhip Silesla, from Now York, arrived, New Yonk, Juno 14.—Arrived, stenmors The Queen, Wyoming, Adriatio, and City of Choster, from Liverpool. BAN FuaNcisco, Juno 14,—The DPacllto mail stenmeor Jupun sailed at noon yortorday for Yo- kohama aud lloug Kong, with fifteen cabin pus- songers, 218 sloctgo puswengors, b0 tons of froight, nud 490,000 rowsuro. ‘I'ho stonmer Priuce Alfrod, from Vietorla and this port, 'wene ashote to-day st Potnto Covo, nbout #ix miles north of this hurbor, ‘I'lio mails nnd passongors wore saved, aud st 5 o'cloolc p, m, uu;l nlt&:amm- sunk, sho way owned by John Ros. oentluld, —— THE WEATHER, Wasumnaron, D, O, June 14,—PronAntnirigs— Torthe Uppor’ Lake iegivn and Northwest, clondy wenthor and yia wevers loesl storms in tho lower Missouri and uplmr Migsissippi Val- loys, with eusterly or southorly winds, aud sta- tionary or falling barometer, —A__mngnificont fonthor cloak wae wasted whon King Lunalilo was burled, ‘Lhoy wrupped Dim in e, thowgh it was worth $100,000; ns if u chieaper articlo wonld nov have sorved the dis- tinguished corpeo a8 woll ; a milhon of birds of raro plumugo woro saoriflood to furnish tho ma- torinl of which this gorgoous gavment was mado, aud 1t had boon hundod down to Lunshlo through genorations of roynl ohloftalns, SUNDAY’S NEWS: Locale Anothor trip to the Ogden Ditoh was made on Satitrduy by » party of city oficinis and Aldor mon, The rosult of thoir tnvestigntions way the coucluslon thnt the only way to make thoe Iili- nois & Michigan Cannl werviconnlo lu carrying off the fmpurities in the Chieago Rtivor was to dam thoe Ogdon Diteh, ~I'rimary m«.nung{n woro hold on Bnturdny for tho olovtion of dolegates to tho Rtepublican County Convontion, The voto was very smnll— Touw'than 1,000, —Soveral snloon-keopors wors heforo Tnatico Beully, Sntarday, ehargod with violating the Bun- dny liquor ordiunnen in nogleoting to keon up sereons, eurtiing, or blinds, ‘I'ho Court hold the ordinanco inoperative through Inck of a proe sortbed ponally, —Thn principal sporting ovents of Baturdny wore tho vielory of tha White Btockings over tha Bultimores, 14 to 1: and the Muuials ovar the Bostons, 19 to 11, At Beacou Park, Lioston, Amoriean Gltl, In harness, bont Lucille Gold~ dust, under enddle, and Copporbottom, the pacor—bost 1ime, 2:25)¢. At Jevomo Yarlc the Bealmont stakes, 116 miles, way won by Saxon in 2:3,1-5, and tho mcojof il heats by Katy Poase 1 164037 nod 1edd, Congresvlonnl Mocord. BENATE, Mr. Morton, from the Commitloo on Prisiloges and Elections, reported back soveral momorinls coutaining chorges against dobn 11, Mitcholl, Bountor from Uvegon, and askod that the Com-~ mitleo bo dikchargsd from further cousidotation of tha subject. 1t wun 8o ordered. The winendment to tho River und Tarhor Ap- proprintion bill, miaking an additional approprin- tion of 560,000 for o eievay of the Mississippt Doitu, was plnced an the calendar. Mr, Wright, from tho Judiciary Committeo, catlod np the Touse DIl for the collection of monoys dio the United Siates fiom the Paciflo Rutlrond Compaulcs, Tho mmendments roport- od by tho Judiciacy Commitics wore agreod to, and tho bill wis passod, T'ho ouso bill to provide for tho elnction of n Congrossman-at-Tinrge for Alabama, and the Ilouxe bill 1olnting to the componeation of Rep- resontatives in Congrous, were pluced on the calondar, 5 ‘I'ho Cimir luld Lofore the Sonato n rosolution of the onsoe, diungracing with the roport of tho Conforence Commitles on the nnco_bill, and nmiufi for n now conference, = Mr. Idmunds moved to refer the subject Lo the Tinanes Comn- mittao, Refected, Alr. Wright's motion that the Sennto insist upon ity wnendmonts and piant o Committes of Conforeuco was agroed to—yens, 865 nnys, 17, The Chair announced the Commitics to bo Mersrs, Wright, Ferry (Miclu), and Stevauson, T'he Chair lnid befora the Senato a resolution of tho Houeo disngrooing to_the Senato amend- ments to tho hloloty bill, and asking fora con~ forenco conmitteo, Mr. Shorman moved that tho Senato ingist upon its amondmonts aud graut & committeo. Agreed to, aud the Chair appointed Meeura, Scott, Howe, and Baynrd. TUE HOUBE, The Committco on Ways and Means roported to the Iouse tho Senata umenuments to the Mototy Ropieal bill, and the Houee voted thore- on. 'Pho amondment fixing the salnries of Cus- tom-ouse oflicors was not agreed to; that do- claring that the settlemont of duties should be flunl ulter the lapse of throo years, way changed to two years and agreed to; that providing that tho publie ¢urtage should bo subject to the con- trol of the Seerctary of ths Troasury, was modi- ftod 80 as bo royuire it to bo let to the lowess biddor, after Julv, 1875 that appropiating 100,000 to pay for suitabla mformation, ete., was econcurred 1n; all the other matorial amend- ments were rejected, aud tho biil sant to n con- ference commitiece, nmnfiouml, on the patt of tho {‘!,nuf‘c, of Messrs, I, 1L, Roberts, Sheldon, and ‘00d. Mr. Maynard then made the conference report on the Currency bill, explniving the material Foints of change, which wera: I*'f’rnt, tha propor- ion of logal-tendlers Lo be cuncolod on the issue of moro curioney, it now being fixod at three- aighths; aud sccond, the time for tho rodemp- tion of Unitod Siates noten iu gold or bumlg, which wns fised by tho bill for Jan. I, 1878, Atter somo dobnto tho Ifouse proceeded to voto on the report of the Coulorouce Committoo, aud it was rejectod—yens, 108 ; nays, 146, Tho subject was thoun reforred to & nos Con- ferouco Cummitiao,—~yens, 1083 noyy, 48, The speaker aunounced the followlng s tho Confor- onco Committco on tho part of the Llouso: Monstu. Dawas, 3oGreory, aud Marahall, The House, in Committco of the Whole, then took up tho Sundry Civil Appropriation bitl, A itom of 850,000 for printing tho agricultural re- l)nrlu for 1873-4 wag Inserted. 'The npprovria- ions made for public buildings under ths Super- vising Architect of the Trersury include tho fol- lowing: Custom-ITouge and Sub-Tronsury ot Chiengo (continuation), 8750,000; Custom-Houso and Post-Oftice at Ciuciuati ' (continuntion), 000,000 ; Custom-tonse, Court-Touse, olo., at Lvasvillo, Ind., §500,000; Custom-ouss aud Poat-Ofice at iowphis, Tonn, &5600,000; Court-Houso aud- ~ Post-Ofliecn at St. Youis (continuation), $750,000; Castom- Houso at Port Hwon, Mich, (continnation), §75,000 ; Custom-ilouse at Milwaukee (ropnirs, ete.), §93,643 : Custom-housio at Graud Rapids, Mich. (cose of sitn, ctc.), 570,000 repairs and proservation of all public buildings, $200,000; uow building for State, War, and Navy Depart~ mouts, Washington (continnation), S700,000. A motion to raduco the itam of 8710,000 for the now State, War, and Nuvy Dopartiont building, to £500,000 was rejocted, Mr. Bubler introduced an amendment * to abolish the Civil-Service Commission,” and while the motion was under consideration, the 1ouye ndjowned, Foreigne In Tranco, n semi-ofiicial note protests againat the nowspaper account of the lato diflicultios, ns. rmvounhre of excitemont and hutred, and bopes hat the repressionensnres takon by the Goy- ordment will restore order, No furtherscones of violenco have taken place at the Western de- pot on the departuro of tho Doputies’ tram. Bt, Crolx, who assaulted Gambottn, was sen- tanced to imprisoument for six months and to pny & fino or 200 francs and conts. The other riotery received light torms of imprisonment, Gon. Do Cissoy infroduced a bill into tho Assembly on Sx:turdny for tho mobilization of the army in case of war. —1'ho Tmpareial, of Madrid, claims the right of the Spanish Governniont, in the event of tho Popu's death, to east tho vote for his suceessor, which was formerly accorded to the Xing of Cas- tile, Misccllancous. The Clork of the Illnois Supreme Conrt ro- coived au order on Saturday from Judge Bcott to insuo s writ of supersodens to stay tho collection of the 3,000 judgmont recently obtnined iu the Sangamon County Cirouit Courl sgninst tho Chicago & Alton Xailroud Company, and the writ will bo issucd to-day. Tho sottloment of the quostion will, thovefore, go over until the Janu- suy torm of tho Supromo Court, —1Tho House Committuo on Territories has agreed upon o bill defluing the qualifications of Porritorial Delegatos. A Delognte shall be 25 years of nge, n residont of the Weritory raprosented by him, and o rosident there for - soven yours, and no porson guilty of bigumy or polyzumy shall bo oligiblo, —Drought is reporled provailing genorally until Juue 1, throughout the whole country east of tho Rocky Mountains, but sbundant rain has giuce fallen to alluy npprohonsions of dangor to tho orops. AUCTION SALES By N. P. HARRISON. 900 SUBURBAN LOTS, Iam instruotod by the ownor to sell WITH- OUT ANY RESHRVIH, the 900 Lota, 50x 128 feaet, in the subdivision of N, I, i Seo. 483, and N. W. ) Bco. 33, Township 37, Rango 7,in Linke County, just south of Grand Crlumot Rivor. Being situated on tho banks of Tinke Mich. igan, 20 to 35 foot above the lavel of tho Lake, and adjncent ta the towh of Bhoffield, rondors the property o good investmont. The Lots will positively be sold Without Any Reserve Whatever, TOR CASH, n doposit being roquired of ev- ery purchaser. v a Titlo perfeat, A full abstract will ba shown, Balo to commenge 1410 o'olack, MONDAY, JUNH 15, At my Balesrooms, Nos. 04 &R06East Madison-st. N. 2. ITARRISON, Auctionoer. GREAT PERERPTORY SALE OF 800 Elegant Pictures, On Monday and Tuesday, June 15 and 16, AT NO. 185 STATH-ST., Un cr thie Palmor Wousn, commenchig st 10, 3, and ok envh diy aud ovening, A codvedon of - splun v L0 bo suld withgut iy usarea Onllaud osaiiig tho wtecks N, P IARRISON, Auctivnuer, \ A\ b SPEOIAL NOTIOES, Centaur Linimeonts 7 I~ alloy pain, subduo swollings, heal buens, and will ouro rhoumatism, o /@? apasin, nnd any floah, bono o muscla =L imont. The Whito Wranpor fs for KENTATDOE 1ty ae, tho Yallow Wrappor fs for animala. Prica B0 conts; largo hottles 81, Children Cry for Cantorin.—~Tleasant to take—s porfeet substituto for Castor Olf, but moro eMcaciona in run\lln(lnnll_l::l:;lfifl)l and bowols, . ~_ATUGTION SALES, By BELISON, POMEROY & CO. i ; U AT ATTOTION. Tuosdny Morning, June 16, at 10 o'olock, AT OUR BTORES, 84 & 86 Randolph-st., WI WILL SELL 250 Packages Unclaimed Freight Hold for account of whom it mny concern. BGLISON, POMEROY & QO., Auctlonoors, Kleant Waash-tv. Residenc AT O AT ATOTION, w]&:’fifs!}.\}gcflb‘l"&%’?flofl‘ Juno 17, :’;l‘ o'clock, wo S ths preminon o ol and"Iasomons STarbly Swoll-Lrons Howear 1414 WABASILAY., near THIRTY-SECOND.ST, Houso cntlroly now, contnin 12 rooma, with clonots, whili all modorn mpravonionte, sub-collat: marblo mons Lol bl stationary bastus Throughouts hov and cold watos ouall tloores gas throughout tho howso. Gas Fixtured rold Wwith tho Houso, | Ao n aplomilld Luruaco, Eyvery thing to ninkon dasirablo Rosfdoncy, Now rontod tu'a tanant. MS~$3,000, payablo Soptombor, 1878, 7 por cont, blnucs fa oash, VL Abstract farnishod, A depawt - PEREE o atin yaromptery, roqulred at tno ot ELISON, POMER 0., Auettonoors, By C. 0. THAYER & CO., Teal Jistato Auctionaors, No. 186 East Madison-st, PEREMPTORY SATLH. THE ELEGANT NARBLE FRONT RESIDENCE No. b2 Sixteenth-st., At Auction, on Wednesday Afternoon, June 17, at b o'clock, on the premises, TVill bo wold, tho eleqnnt I-story Marblo-lront Reat. xteonth: danco, and Lot, No, k3 near cornor of In. d cold wator, man dinua-uv. contalning i3 rooms, hot bl mantols, luundey, franes, oto. Evorything noiw aud complote. Sule pusiiive. Title perfeot, Tarms at sulo, A DEWSIRADBLID RESIDERCE AND LOT, No. 74 FIONORE-ST., AND OTHER PROPERTY, AT ATCTION, On_Wednesday, June 17, at 11 o'clock; at Rea] Bstato Bxchange, (Opon Bourd.of s ‘Trado Rooms), 119 Lia8allo-st., il hownld tiio vory donieably -atory Jirick Rostdence and lot No, 74 Honoro-st. use containy 10 rooms, batiyroom, closots, to., and hasall wodern improve: mpniy, Lot 203¢x126 foot, with harn, Tutlo portact... Absteact furnished, 2—Lots 18 and 11 1n blovk 12, and iots 7 and 53 In blnck 11, in Hoeho's Subdivision of of N W i of 5eo. 2, 59, 13, Lots each 23124 fuat 1o all aud_lylug withiu two bincks of dopot on Al waukoo and St Padl It Tt # T Inkga lota noae dopo at Clydo, AND OTIER 0. C. THAYER 2 CO., RIS 168 Knkt_Snd “Iiy GEO. P. GORE & CO., 08 & 70 Wabash-av, DRY GOODS. Regular Tuesdey's Catalogne Sale, June 16, at 9 1-2 o'clock, Tn this safe will bo faund an unusually fno displsy of desieablo and gonsonablo guods. ‘A fina Ilno of droxs gouds, inoluding a nco favoloo of Pigues and Marevilios goods, “Also s spiondid Ladfus' Linen Sot: ollars, Cul Alsy a groat variaty of Ladfos’ Shaw! . Parsols and Umbrollus, Hnis aod Ca Tadies' Trimmed Haty, Shades, oto, 100 plcacs Cloths and Cissimeres in Coat and Pants pate torns: aiso Mon's and Boya’ clothing, Tardwaro, Cntlery ani Pluted guods, Cottago sl Tugriin Carpots, i it Garpats, aa all constgnmonts will be , 63 aud 70 Wabash-av, ROPERTY, Toriuy at safe, ‘Tho lust ohunoo at. Unrpots, olosed in thiy salo. AUCTION SALE OF CUSTOM-WORIK OPEN AND TOP BUGGIES, TUESDAY, JUNE 16, GEORQGE P, GOLE & CO., tgand 70 Wabasii-av, BUTTWO WEEKS A b ¢ inarhich wo it olof o o Il o g g AL CON BOOTS, SHOES, AND SLIPPERS, 050 Cavos prima nssorted goods must go on WEDNKS. DAY, Juuo 17, at 9} a. m., 4% WGk, P, GORE & CO., 03 and 70 Wabasti-ave AT ATCTION. We shall olosg ont sovoral cunsignmonts from the manw fnoturors, Look for Bargalus. Marble and Woud-Tap Ghumber Sots, Parlor Sulta (of ovary atyle), Isv0k Caos, Walnut Wardzobos, Sldobonrds, Marble and' Wond-Top Tablos, Ilack Walnut 1 -deteads, Huroaus and Commodos, Tauigrn, Icasy Oltntes, Kookors, Tlack Wainur Glinics, HHafr and Tnsk Matteasaos, Show Cases, Cyltudar, Oflicn and Parlor Dusks, Oico Tublos, Carpats, Mirrors, Lotter Provers, Ttofrizorators and Ico Chosts, Tastios dosicing Furnituro shonld atiend this GEO, T, GO o, o, ““IVM. A, BULTERS & CO., AUOTIONEERS, 108 Ifaat Madison-at, Salos of roal estato and porsonsl projorty of uli kinda solieitod. WAL A, BUTTERS & CO., Auctionsers. Sale of North Side Improved Property ON LINCOLN.AYV., Taesday Affernoon, June 16, at 3 o'clock, ON THY PREMISES, 5 TWO-SIORY AND BASEMENT Brick Dwelling Houses! Nos, 86, 87, 80, 81 and 93 Linocoln-av., 20 feet 4 inchos front by 40 foot deop, each, with doep lots, fronting vast on Lincoln-av., runnlug through to and fronting wost on Sedywickst, The liousns contain 10 ronms, bath room, closots, pane tries, sub-cellar 7 foot high benoats basement, and Lava evory niodern improvomnont, "Thoy wero bullt only two soars sinco, undor the smpor. vislon of Armstrong & Egan, Architucts, by day's works of tho bost matarial and In the moat thorouyh mannur. “The location boing within ona blook uf thy entranao ta Tidncoln Park, may bo rogardod asamong tho most doslras ble on the North ilde, Partios destring a wellbnlit and handsomo residonon, nacd only to luspeut thew ta bo cunviuced of thele oxools lonce, "orms aro oasy, and witl bo mado known at tho time of walo, WM. A, BUTTERS & €O, Agents for Owusr, and Auctionoers, TBoofs and Shaes, Hats, Caps, and Straw Goods Of all kinds, Tussdny mornfug, Juna 16, at 93 o'elaok, a our salosroain, 103 fast, Madisun-st, WAL, A. BUTTERS & CO., Auotlonaors, NEW AND G0ODFURNITURE, CARPETS, Tublo outlory, looklig ginssos, orockery, glass and plated yare, Woduosday, duno 17, nt'0% o'olalt, nt 18 East Made fsonat, WAL A BUTTIERY & GU?, Runtionsors, DRY GOODS, DRESS GOODS, ladion! sults, 3 3 Fmmls i S, o oot ey T3 taat Bludivon-st. WAL A, BUTTERS & 00., Auotlonoars, LOTS 28 und 24, BLOOK 2, Tn Rawon & Ackerlos's Bubdivivlon, Svetion 4, Town 38, Rango W, Ildny Aftornoon, Juno 19, al 3 o'clobk, ou the ground, " Torme, rush, WAL A BUTTERS & 0., Auctlo Mortgage Sale of Mara and Colt, At tho Stable of Bon Runsom, Nn, 487 Cultags av., nonr Thirty-sccand-ste on Saiurlay, du, at 0 0'olook . diey VI D0 Bahd to U Hehoat biddor T 100 hent brad At tnost protuisig yaung St st i, this ey Ao ey il £ e o " ealusrooms, iaaro and ot oty Hal Boine ona v willgota prizy, Pedlic T AUCTION. Tomoicor RERD & STEVINS' salo of Ho G ou T3 Buuth Bontest, dloa gl s uttionos ant Bludlsongh Ldns your to tiia of i