Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 17, 1879, Page 7

o TUE CHICAGO TRIBUNE:s MONDAY. " ZNEGRO-SUFFRAG o Colored Men to Be Now ouchtthi Ought Disfranchised ? ey Liver Hinve Been En- franchiscd ? —_— ¢ Dlaine Opens the Discussion, and Is Followed by naflld Th gensto! phens, Hamplon, ~ Garlleld, Elalr, Stej e Fiiltips, and Hendrieks. After Which tho Senator from Maine Closoa tho Case. o Views of Ropresontative Mon on o Matter of Vital Import, . mpe North American Review for March, ad- T::;:ectwl which Tne TribUNE bas ro- celred, contafns o taympostum® about ncgro- cufrage. The tvo forms of the question offer- gdlarcoundcrazlnn we: Ought the Negro to nemslnnthlsmll Ought Io to Huve Been En- fraehised] The participants arc Henntors phtneand Lamar, Gov, Hamplon, Representa- \ires Gacfleld and Stephens, Wendall Phillips, Moptgomery Blalr, and Thomns A. Hendricks. Alr, Blajnc opens and closes the debate. We ‘memm frou all the contributions, J. G, BLAINE. Thess questions have Jatcly been asked by many who have beeu distinguished as the spe- calchamplons of the negro's rights; by muny yhonave devoted thelr llves to redressing the segro'awrongs. The questiona owo their orlgin oot to oy cooling of philanthrople intercsts, pot to any novel or radical views nbout universal suflrago, but to the fact that, in the judgment of maoy of those hitherto accounted wisest, pegro-sullfage has falled to sttain the cnds booed for when the franchise was conferred, Those who have reachicd this conclusfon argue ‘hat saffrege fn the hands of the negrois n challenge to the white race for a contest in shichLels sure to bo overmatched; and that the withcrawal of the franchise would remove alf coofllct, restore kindly reintions between the ranes, placa the whites on thelr proper and hon- onable respansibility, and assure to each race the larzest vrosperity attainabie under a Gov- emment whero both are compelled to live. Quite another clase—mostly resident in the South, but with numcrous sympathizers in the North—would be glad to have the negro dis- (nochised on totally diitcrent grounds. DBorn and reared with the beliet that the negro s in- ferfor to the while man in eversthing, it {s hard for the class who were mastors at the South to endureatiy phase or form of equality on the part ot the negro. Instinet zoverns reason, and with the mass of Southern peoplo the aversion to equlity {s fnstlnctive and Incradicable, The geoeral concluston with this class would be to deprive the negro of voting it It could be dono without Impairing the representation of thelr Btates, but not to tnake any move in that direce tion g0 lonz as diminisiied power in Co: fress Is the constitutional and loglenl 1 wit of o denlat or abridzment of sul- fuge, In the tneanwhile, sedlng no mode of lezally or cquitably depriving the ne- groof bis suffraze except with unweltomo pen- altv to themselves, tho Bouthern States as n whole—differing In dezres but the same In ef- fect~buve striven to uchiovo by indireet nnd wnlawful means what they canitot nchieve dl- rectly and lnsfully. They bave so far ns possi- ole made negro sufleago of nona effect. They Bare done tois againat Iaw and agalnst justice, Having stated the position of both classes on thsquestion, I venture now to give my own viewafn a series of statements In which I shall endeavor to embody both argument und conclu- ion: . First—=The two classcs 1 nave named, con- rtiplating the possible or desirabio dls« {ranchlsement of thie négro from eutirely differ- ot standpoints and with entirely different tme, ara both aud cqunllf in the wrong, e fiest I3 radically in error in supposing that a Istranchisement of the negro would put him ta the way of any developmont or progress that vouldintime fit him for tho sufrage, Ilo would nstead grow mors and more unft for It ¢rery day from tha time the first backward step should be taken, and be would relapse, if not into sctua) chattel slavery, yet into such a de- pendent and defonscless “condition as would re- sult In only another form of sorvitude. The second clasa i wrnn‘g in anticipating even tbe remotest posslbllity of sccuring tho logal disfranchisement, of the iezro without o re- duction of ropresentation, g Second—Lozicians attach weight to argu- meats drawn ab inconvenienti, Arzumonta st ba still moro cogent, and_concluslons atill more declsive, when drawn ab dmpossibtit. The BeRro [8 secure against disfranchisement by two constitutlonal ainendments, und lie cannot ba remanded 1o the uon-voting class until both 50 amendments are annulled. Aund these Amendments caunot be nmnuiled untl two- i of the Bcnate and two-thirds of the ouse of Represcntatives of the United States ;hfll propose, aud a majorlty in the Legis- l;\l&rtl ar convontions of twenty-nine Stules 0 1 by allirmative yoto aporovo, tie annuliment. '0 huimau right on this continent i ‘inore com- Pletely guarautecd than the right ngamst dls- Irancisement on mceount of race, color, or gvvlous condition of survitude, us embadled in he Fifteenth Amendment to the Coustitution of the United States, . ird~In cnfrecoment and elucldation of my rmnd oitt, it 8 of lnlerest to observe the lnl;ldl vance und deyelopment of popular aen- e €nt In regurd to the rights of J:a nexro as 8 pressed I thie last threo amendmonts to the ousthution of the United States, In 1805 ongress subinftted the Thirtecntn Amend- ,:gdl. which merely gave the negro orom, Without suflrage, elvil rights, {regesMzenstip, In 1880 “tho Fuurs meqtn Amcudinent was submitted Qeclaring B ReEro L0 U¢ a citizen, bul. not forbldding the “\1;”0 withhola anl!rn‘zu frot him,—yut in- Nnmg them to erant 1t by the providon tiut L cntation Iu Coneress should be reduced in mpfimun to the exclusion of male citizens 21 Im’f‘r‘ ge from the right to vote, except for Mepwon (OF Other crhing. fa 1860 the declsive o &wu taken of declaring that * the rizht of b of the United Statos to vota aball uod by “:‘z;l by the Uujted States or by any S1ate o um"m n'r‘n\cu, color, or previous conditlon - tudet A miogy importaut provisiou fn WlpAmeudment Is the fublbition upon tho [ ;lflu.l States ' as well as upon-**uny State " i l:auld vot be nmong the {mpossible re- Pfl'lusi 2 great volitieal revolutlon, resting on T e and grasplug for power, thut, ln the Hae c¢ of thin oxpress negation, the Unlted vdvflfl'fi'@&?fl,‘}"fl,{" usurp the right to do- ¥ould oy s mijmré‘ ¢, diid then (o States Roresentution to the forfeiture of vrovided [ the Fourteenth "’"’;é:\gni 83 the result of the duntal or u this oy oegOf SUMlrace Ly State authority, wenyg 1o WelY Progresiion of organtc_onuct- e il of & greut people {8 cmbodied, oo "gvl.ymul Would be ona of those revolu- i Ixh would couvulse sacial order and on- nbnclkm Buthority of jaw, “Tliero will be no el wl“fl'fll. but “under the provision which Halores Y tonfers on Cougress the power to Titige "Nill omendment by Wappropriato legis- o h“twru will bea lml!cd, from time to |uu:,|nx"“'d|’°"l"“" umd yot cortaluly, the re- “;rlxy. ond correetiug ‘edfet of national au- wirih—As [ Shaye al ~As Ll rendy hinted, there will E,’:;'&“tmnl mada in the gnulhun‘x Btates to which "M;fd“‘“ hezro by any of those niethods Sute, "yuld sull o within® the puwr of the Qure "mum 18 no Bouthiern Biato that would “““!t:b!"r vn an educationat qualification, ey mlllf the lust cenyus there wore more than e, num":g“‘"“ pereous over 156 years of ok rad utes lately slaveholding, who could would oy "orth 81d il Jarger pumber win Wnn._"““'"‘ their names, ‘Thers was, of e e 'L'rmcr uumber of negroes of the Uie iy y: lrf) could nat readt or wijte; but, in g o Ut bave intervened slice the advane o s Hhere Has been a much great- 1 by e u‘nm education of the negrocs thun i to-day ;‘n"""f the poor whites of the South E‘:m Drobayy 0 educotional qualification 1t s <10 (avor of b While the proportion would [ the ity ' Whites, th sbsulute exclusign nearfy % W BUIle of the Stutes would Begroes, iy, 38 great o8 that of the Xlib any g r‘woum R property test operato Blave gyareater advantago to the woit The T :::1 ,Iwu_yu Lad a largo class of very alileagyn ¥ Uneducated wiltes, und any amlsly e o, SFODCTLY that would serlously Yery |,,“‘° Begto vote would algo cut off o Thus [y ‘lux"“'" of whitea Jroin the sutlrage. ”“uur o have directed my argumeat tu the oy ,m’m:cnlmnnuuutm “Ought the negro Wy, Oygh sed e - pecyod nterroga %88 Lo to bo enfrancuised]? s mut practical but speenlative; and yot, unless it can bo answered with confidenca in the aflismative, the moral tenure of his sufleage fs weakened, il a8 @ canscquence, his Tega! rleht to enjoy it is finpalred, For myself, 1 nnswer the seeonid aueation i the afiiematlyve with as litle hesita- ton as Lanswered the lleat fn the negative. L. Q. C. LAMAR. Inall my experlence of Southern opinlon I kiow no Houthern man of influenco or consider- atlou who belleves that the distranchisement of the neero au nccotiut of race, color, or former condition of servituide fs a potitical nossiblilty. I concurin the nroposition that the hal- Int has been in the hands of the nerro hoth a defense and nn educatlon; and I nn glad to find this fnportans {ruth recowmzed 80 fully by Mr, Biafue. Wao might possibly dif- feroa to the extent to which the defense was needed, or to the progreas which hiag been mndo fu the educatfon. But enough would romain for substantlal agreement. What T do not. thiok Mr, Biatne fully reatizes, or makes dute allowance for, 18 that this sudden transformatlon, soclal and politteal, would necessarily produce some Jar in its practical operation, and that {ts successful working could be effected only by expetienced nnd consclen. tious men acting on both sidos with good sense and good temper. Conquest on clther side only complicated the problem. Its only solution was a sngacious and kinidly co-operation of nil the soclal forces, 'The vote n the hands of (he tiegro should buve been genulnely a * defense,” not a weapon of attaclki, The proper use of this defensive nower and its growth into a means of wholesume and positive influenco upon the character and lutercsts of the country could only bo attalned by the edu- catlon of the megro, And Iagreo fully with Mr. Blatne that bis practical use of the ballot Wwna an important part of that education, 1 am willing to accept the present condition of the South a8 the result of that practienl education, Will he? Isay that the negro has been usiog this defense for ten years; that In this time hun dreds of thourands of nerroes, born free, have grown to manhood under the experience of a «politjcal Ufeas open to themas to the old, white goveruing race; and Mr. Dlalna himself asscrts that education has beon more generally difTused among the youth of the colared raco thian among the poorer classes of the whites,— whetlier truly or erroncously wo will not here discuss,—and the result s, that throughout the South the races vote togother; that they have learned where theie mutual fnterest licss and that, whom God has falned, all the politicians have fafled to l:car asunder, . When you put the ballot fn the hnnds of an fenorant” negro majority s ameans of cduca. tlon and nrnt;rcus, you must be patfent whilo they leorn thelr Iesson. We of the South have borne all thie, beenuso we know that the reac- tion must come. 1t has come. 'The results which you sce to bo so bad the negro has scen also. 1le hns comu back to us with the samg bling impulse with which o few vears ngo Lo fled from us, Iic may be as lznorant n Democrat ns to was an fpnorant Republican, but years niust et pass before (he ballot wiil have cducated him fully into sclf-roliant, temperate citizen. Alip; nnd what we of the South liave borne our fricuds of tne North must bear with us, until the nogro hagbecome what we both want to make tim, This Is port of his cducation* Force and fraud have been frecly charged. Bupposo it granted. Comd ‘any one expect, did any ono expeel, that such a tremendous polltieal and soclal change— the suddcu ctothing of four milllou slaves with suffrage and_with overruling political power— could bo made without violent disturbance and disorderi Ilad any such chango ever been mode In any free Stato without convulsion! Was [t1o bo expocted that, when the capital and charseter of a 8tate were placed at the mercy of o fiumer- {eal inajority of tgnorant and poverty-stricken voters, it would preseot o model of peaco and order But all this while the ballot hss been cdu- athyg the negro. flo hns learned that ho was o ower between Republican und Democeat. Lo {s now learning raplidly that at the South hofsa power between Dertosrat nud Demacrat, and n 1he Iateclection he mado that power felt In the result. In bis perplexity over tho sudden chango in the vote of the negro, Mr. Binine had forgotten that, at this stago of Ibs progress, the negrovote canuot intelllzently direet itscll. It must and will tollow some leader. Now, up to 1870 the Republican party, armed with all the authority of the Federal Govormnent, supplicd those leaders. ‘They wero strangors in the Statesthey woverned, ‘The moment that the compact vote upon which thelr power rested was divided, they abaudoned thelr ploces, nud in aimost ever) case loft the Statc fn which they had ruled, ‘The grent mass of colored voters was left with- out guides, Inwmany of the largest countles, whers their mojority was absolute, they were not onlv not organized, but there wee not fntor- est enough to print a Republican tleket, Tho weapon of defense which had been eiven to the negro waa thrown away by his leaders in thelr flight, and Mr. Blaine can searcely complaln if it wus pleked up by the Democrata, I am of opinion that to moke the negro a free cltizon It was novessary flrst to take him from his master, ‘Fhicn it beeame neccessary to tako him from the party which clalmed his voto s abisolutely ns his master had clabned his labor, The next step will be take him as a class froin cither party und allow him to differ and divide just a8 white men do. Tho difffculty so fur has hecn that the Ropublican party desires to retain the megro, not as u voter, but as & Republlean votor. Party politics have been directed to keep bim at the South tn antngoniym to the white race, with whom all his materinl fhterests are tdentifled. Wheneyor— and the time s not distant—henover political fssues arise which divide the whito juen of the South, the neuro will divide too. The time will then huve come when ho cannob act against the white rave as a body or with the white race as a body. Iie will have to choose for himself; and {hc]wllllllu race, divided politically, will want him o tivido, In all history never has a heavy duly beon dlseharzed more faithfully, more canscicutious- 1y, tnors guccessfully, than by the slaychiolders of the South. But, If L know mysell and those whom 1 represent, wo have accopted the change In the sume sotrit. No citizen of this Republic moio than the Southerner ean or doos desire to sco_the negro improved, clevated, civilized, mado a useful and worthy element in our polit- feal life, Nome more than they deplors and condgrmmn all violenco or other menns tending to binder the evfoyment ol his clective franchlae, fho South touk him, a8 lio was sent to ber, a wild nnd godless bartueian, sud made him such thut the North ins beea abla to eive him cltizen- snip without the destruction of our tustitutiune, ‘Flie progress which o made with us as o slave will niot b arrested now that ho is a frecian— unless party passlon and personal ambition u- slst upon uuln;; hitm as an - instrument for solfish ends. And [ havo joined In this diseussion bo- causo I rezard It an honest effort to remove this queation fram the heated. atmosphore of political dobate, and to ask the consclentious attention ot thinking men to a pronlem the wise und peaceful solution of which will be ono of the noblest achivements of democratie civiliza- tion, Mr. Blalne assumes that the Bouthern States us 8 whole—diTering in degree but the samo In elfeet—have throueh forco and fraud so sup- ressed the negro vote as to mako nogro suf- Pruuu a8 far as possiblo of none effuct, The statlstles of efection will show that the negro vote throuzhout the South hos uot heen sups pressed, ‘Thut there have boen inatunces of }rnud and force I admit und deplore, but they have been exceptional, Talke them ull fn the ro cont nlection uiid uverage them amone o pupi- lutlon of 12,000,000 of peoplo, and to what do they amount? ‘The Uresident, In reviewing the whola uuuflccz after theso olections, did allege, and eould only allege, that 1n all these Btutes but seven Congresstonal dlstrlets exhibited re- sults which wero attered by vither fraudor force, « + « » 1 havetosowe extent, for the sake of arguinent, conceded thy ussamption that the negro vote has boen sublected (o the forciblo contral of the white race, but that [ deny, Ret- erence has been mado to Lhe preat chang which the elecllon returns snow In the tiegro vote throughout ths South, The phenomenon i casily” explalbed, Lot uny fntelllizont Northern man roview the history of the State Govern- ments of the South for the last Len yeurs under Ropuvlican rule, und then ssy if such a stato of things tna Northern or Western State would not have been o sure and vatural precursor of a HRepublican -defeat, 80 nbsolute und complote that the vory nams of thae party would have be- camo fu the Btate a numool seorn aud reproach, ‘Then why sbould nut thut result have oceurred in the South? Are we to assume thut the black rave have nelther nstines nor reasont rea- sun thus is slmply to sav thut the uczro is uutit for lul!r:u:l:h.unl to surrenor the arguinunt to thoss who hold that he ought to be disiran- chised. WADE HAMIYION, Whatevar miay bo the wmotives of those who desire tho distrauchisemont of ke wuegro, the accowplishiment of such a result has been rens dered impussivle by the action of the Natiooal and Btatq Governments. The guestlon, therw- fore, does not belong * to practical polftics, and 1s & mere speculatiye one, Uonsidering it 1o the tatter aspect, 1 do not hesitule to anawer fn the -cltizenship, . that State which makes Its hoast that more of FEBRUARY 1 1879, nepatire. Whatever may have bden the policy of cunferring the right of vot!fls upon the negro, ignorant and Incompetent as he was to comnprehend 1he high responsibility thrust upon him, and whateyer may havo been the reasons which dictated this dangerous experfinent, the deed hasbeen done nnd It Is Irrevocable, Tt Ia now the part of trua statesmanship to glve it as far a3 possibla that dircetlon which will be most heneficial or least hutrtful to the hody politic. 1Tow fa this to be nccomplished | My nnswer wonld be, by educating the negro unttl he comprehends the dutles and responal- bilities of citizenship, - By educating them I mean that thelr moral nature should be cultiva- ted, pari pasan, with tietr Intelicet, ‘Thbis moral m]ucntlnnl#ot tar greater fmportance than nn Intollectuatono, A man {s not neccesarily o better citizen heeatino be can read and write, nor docs the posscssion ot these acquirements make him, 08 a matter of course, more compe- tent to underatand and discharge the duties of Idoubt whather the eltizens of 1ights of cltizens, however humble, however + o . 8ince the War, It is probable that more emlgrants, lromlfhe North aml from Eu- rope have acttled fn ‘Texas than fn all 1he other it Krates combined, Anil thin ix beequse the teaditions aued kentlments of the Toxan neaple have een regurded as more favorable to frec- il(mn lt:r ]lt,rnrunlnl uplnllantunrlI palitieal actfon iy those of the people of nelgitorin, . crxlvffll’nh-u. neop! @ i Boul the nolley of ropression . and exclusl which unhapplly prevalls in most of 1 12?& slavcholding States, shall ho meintained, enc new census will disclose such n relative los of nootlation atd wealth as will prove every way tsastrous 1o thewr political {nfluence il come merclal prosperity, But parties will not slwpys divide on the color N, have no douht that enlightencd self-tnterest will ere long lead the peapte of the South to seck prosperity by making the suffrage in fact, as i already {s fn taw, free und eafe ta all on whom the Constita- tion lins conferred it. A, U STEPIENS, The matter, aceording to Mr. Riaine's own assumption, has heen sattled bevond the power ‘of even constitutional remedy. No arzunents drawn ab inconvenienti are allowable; they are preciuded by conctusions drawn ab lmpossibili, Thisfs the announcement. Then why agitate or disturb it? Should It not rather be the ob- feet of all goud cltizens,'of all parties, and all fricnds of humanity, whethen orizinally favor- ing-that pollcy or not, to eive it a fair trial, with au earnest und hopetul elfort v fts success, Teaving the fature in this 1 attor. as In otlier Tike proliems, to take vare vi il [Mr. Blaine's first] charge in substance Is, that the Southern Stntes as a swhole, with common desizn, hava striven to deprive the colored man of his right to vote by (ndircct and unlawful means. Whereln have “the Southern States as a whole," or a sinjrle one of them, done, or attempted to do, any stuch thingi Biates act by thelr Leglslatures, courts, and exccutives. Has it been by lemslative acts, or exceutive acts, or judicinl decisfonal 1f 8o, the production of these high-Tiunded nsurpations is Invoked, That the Southern States, in whole or in part, In any way In which States can act, have ever ar- rayed themaelves against thelr own Constitutions und laws, to say nothing of Federal oblfgations, in an elfort to deprive the colored man of the right to vote, 1s utterly denjed, 1f there havo been: violations of the right of suflrage on the part of individuals by intimida- Von, loree, violence, or bribery (which (s by no ?Ienns dculudi, the remedy under the Constitu- fon i3 a plain ane: and 1 belleve that the. remedy through the courls would be ns stronely enforced {0 the Bouth s in the North. In elections to Cantzress cuch Iouse Is the sole Judge of the clection und returns of {ts own incmbers. If o State wero to pars a law inaking a dis- erimination, the State courts as well as the Fed- eral courts would of course hold such a Inw to be unconstitutional. ‘This prohibltion aratst dis« crimination by any State in the matter of suf- raze is analogous to the prohibitions ngainst nnv State passing ex post fucto laws or laws im- pariug the obligzatlon of contracts, ete. Its peovle can read and write than in any other Government ara cqual In art, in culture, und in stateamanship, to the Atheninns in thefr palm- fest days, who were without 1licse accomplish- ments the moat intolligent and eritical of polit- leal constituencies, 1t would bu almast Impossible to dlsrrnnch‘lz: the negro, and, if possible, 1 wonld not ba edt- rled into offoot, ‘The South does not desire to sce this done, and without her aid it can never be nccomplistied. 'The negro contributes, not onle' totho wealth of the Soutw, bt to lLer politieal power, and sho (s indisposed to deprive borself of any of her advantages. As the negro bocomes mure intelligent he nnlurnllf allles himecll with the more conserya- tive of the whites, for his observation and ex- Imrlnnue both show him that his lutereats are dentified with thosg of the white race here. ‘T'hia fs "3 Inevitablo tendency of things ns tlicy now athnd av the South, und no cxtrancons pressure can change o result which s as suro wnd fixod a8 any otiier natural law., As the neuro [s now scaulring cducatlon and proporty, lie is becotning more conservative, and naturally desirds to nssise In the establishment and maintenance of good government und homo rite. L have endeavred—and I think not with- out siceess—io teach him horo how to use the yota for his own good, aud the beneflt of the olftfcal socicty in which lie lives and with which his futuro prosperity fs Kdentified, ‘The result has been shown in the tast two general ciections in this Btate, whero thousands of negroes voted with their white friends. ‘The sccond question to which my attentlon has been Inyite Is' “Qught the hegro to have Dbeen enfranchised?™ 1t wmay scem {nconsistent with the views I have expressed fu the first part of this nrticle tosayihntIdoe not think he should have been enfranchised at the tine and in the manner in which it was donc. My first. ubjection, Is that the mode thut was pursued, 1€ not dircetly unconstitutionnl, was certalnly extra-constitutfonal, and I am ullcrlry opposed to auy violation, diroet or indjrect, of thut In- atrument. By next objection to conferring suffrazo on the negro, imiuediately upon his emancipatlon, was that lie was' totally tncompetent to exerclse or gvon to understand the rights conferred upon him. ‘The injection of such n mass of fgnorant and untrained voters fnto. the body politic was the most perllous strain to which our fnatitu- tions have ever been subjected, und the davger nrising from this experlment has nute‘uz passed, It was a crime agninst the whites of the South to disfranchise them -in large part whilo en- frauchising tho negro, and thus practically plac- fug all the rights of the former at the merey of newiy-omancipated slaves. Al thesedlilleultics might have beeu avolded had partlal sulfrage been adupted in the first lostance, und the rela- tions beiweon the two races heen allowed to adjust themselyos by the unimpeded action of natural laws. WENDELL PINLLIPS, Negro-sullraze ias not been u faflure. Only the merest surface Judgment would so consider it. Though lis voting has Leen crippled and curiailed throughout n large part of the South durivg half the time he has been entitled ts vote, the negro has glven the best evidenco of his fituess for suflrage by valulng 4 ac its il worth. Every investigation of Southern fraud has shown him less purchasable thau the vhite man.’ He hns wielded his vote with os much honor und. honesty—to clajm the very least— ns any class of Southern whites,—even of thoso Intellectually bis superfors. For nine fearful years he has clung to the - Republican party (which promised at lenst to protect him) as no white class, Nurth or South, would have done, Want and starvation he lins manfully defied, and nsserted his rights ti] shot down fu thelr very exercise, Whers to-day i3 the Northern white cluss that would hnve clung to & party or o principlo {n such perll or at such sacrificel Af any man knows of such, Jet him testify. I have known Northern politles reasouably well for forty years, uud iy expericuco has shown ine no such Northera politiclans, In Jaw-maklag the nogro has nothing to' fear wheu compared with the whites, Toking away the laws which white cunning and hate have foisted into the statute-book, the legislation of the South since the rebellion may challenge comparison with thut of uny previous perlod. This s all due to the negro. The eaucated white Southorner skulked bis responsibility, Eitlier the negro himself devised those laws, or lie tvas wise enough to seck nnd take the good advice of his friends, When some one told Sully that Ellzabeth was vot able, but only cliose able advisers, “Is not that proof of the greatest wisdom?" said the sogacious minister of lenry 1V, 'They say nezro Legisio- Intures doubled the taxes. Well, thers were double the number of chlidren to be edueated, and.double the uuwmber of men (one-half of tliem previously things) to be goveroed and cared for. ‘I'he South owes to negro labor and to lepis- lation under negro role all the pruspority shoe now nujoys,—prosperity sccurad in snile of white ignorancennd hate. ‘The neicro s to-day lo3s lznorant, sunerstitious, and_helpless than the satne class of Southern white men: yes, thay a closs of whitcs supposed to bo fmmeas- urably his suncrlors, I negro-suflrage has been In anv particular or resbtet o flure, Ib has not heen the neero’s fault, nor in consequence of any want or lack o him, If ft has fatied to sceure”all the good it bt iave produced, this has been because of cowardtee, scllishness, sk want of statesman- ship on the part of the (overmnent of ihe United States, Wholle squabbling over the loaves nud flshes of offiee, we have allowed our only fricnda und ollies to face the feurful don- gers of their situstion—into which we called them I order to save the Unfon—without the protection of public oplnivs or of the arm of the Government ftself, We have bolleved every e arrainst them; fraternized with unrepentant rebels; nnd on the Senate floor clasped bunds drippmz with the negro’s blood,—blood shied becanse, withont gvmpathy or supnhort from us, the neero wlelded his vote so bravely,and intei- ligently us to make the enomies ot the Unfon tremule. Doos any man fmagiue that Benator Ilnmbure Butler ahoats necro voters bueauso ho fcumltlluy will not rule South Carollna jutel- Tigeontly l%’Am.')r the negro lins used his vote as honestly and {nteltigzently as the nveraze Northerner, und tore bravely, shall we withdraw It because the cgate prejudice that es tdm und dreads 1t lives **unharmonfously ! In its sleatd And surely 1t woulil be absunl nnd a toul disgraco to take it from bim for the single reason that this prossnt Administration of our Qovernment can- not proteet him i it exercisel Woull you break up a good locumotive mercly because one raw und blundering engineer proved himsell fn- capablo of runatug it There I8 no veed even now of bating one Jot of hope, ‘The Unlted Stotes Government s minply able to protect its own cllizens, Put o man Tita the Executive ¢hale und thero will bo peave ut the Bouth,—not, 48 now, the desput’s when Vorder relgus fn Warsaw,” bul qqulet houtes, streets free from bloodshed, nnd carh man safe und unmolested while bo exer. clsos ull & cliizen's rlzhts, MONTAOMERY BLAIR, It 1 certaluly proper for the people to recon- slder n incasure [(hd-Reconstruction act] adopt- J. A. GARTIELD, Those who dououace the enfranchisement of the neezeo 08 nnwiso and dangerous are bound 10 shiow o bebter adjustment of his status, Even the defenders of the old system will hardly de- ny that the'continued existenco of clinttel slay- ery was impossible. 1t was the sum of all in- justice to the negro himself und o standing declaration of war agalnst the public peace, Tts destruction did wot ariss from mero meddic- someness on the part of the North; the feeling sgainat slavery wes world-wide, and we wero among the last of modern natlous to realizo its fufaruy and remove it from our system. Botween stavery and u | citizenshlp there was no enfe middle ground. ‘T'o strike the shackles from the negro's limbs, to declaro by law thut ho should not bo bought or sold, scourged or branded at tho will of his mnster, and then to leave bim with no means of defending his rights before the courts und jurles of the country,—to arm hlm with no logal or politieal weapons of defense,—would have been an injustice hardly less crucl to lim, and a policy oven moro dangerous to the public peace, than slavery itsalf. Indecd, this exporiment was attompted soon ofter the closo of tho War, While the seceding States were under military control, tho while people ot the Bouth wete fuvited to ald in soly- ing the difflcultios of the nogro vrohlom by elect~ ing thelr own Legislatures and estaltishing pro- visional governments, The result was that, in 1805, 1800, und o portlon of 1807, thelr Lerlala- tures, notably thosg of Mississippt and Loulsl- aus, reatricted tho personal lberty of the negro, probibiting him from ownlng real estate, and enocted vagrant and peonage laws, whercby negroos wero sold at auction for tha payment of taxes or fines, nnd_were virtually reduced to o alnvery us real as that which existed before the ar. The ballot was given to thenegro not 8o much to cnablu him to govern otliers na to provent others from misroverning hlm. Buflrazo Is the sword nnd anield of our law, the best armament thnt Hberty offers to 1he eitizen, It would be strange indeed If the negro should nl\rnil’u use this weapon with wisdom and honesty. ‘That he would sumotimes be Iu- fluenced by carruant leaders was fnevitable; but that, In nrlln of all drawhacks, the suffraze hos dond und 1s dolng much far hls protection aml elevation, 18 ovident {rom the anxicty Fhowa b all political puttics to prove theiselves his frlend. 1r thoe negroos hnd lost the passlon for acquir- ing property, if they bad shown thiemselves un- willing to” work, nelther hberty nor suffrazo could “have saved them.' They would fnally dleappear, a8 the Indlans ore disappearing, und for the sumnc reasoits, But (ho evidences aro Increasing on every hamd that they sre success- {fully solving the vroblem of thelr own tuture, by a commendable degrce of {ndustry, and by very carnest efforts toedoeato thelr children, In these ellorts they are outstripphig (i class known in_the days of slavery ns *‘the poor whites,” While they and thelr politleal fricnds hiad tho control of Jeglslition In the Svnthern States, virorous measurea wero adopted to es- tablish und mafutaln public schools; and, though these efforts iave boen greatly disconr uited by recont Btato legisiution, thelr thirst for knowlédgo bns not been quenched, 'Fhere s every lidication that in the next gencration they witl show a inarked advance In inteliigence, ‘I'hey are aequiring property fur mora rapidly than thelr white nelghbors expected. In' tho Freedman's 8aving Bank alone, the fdflure of which was so catumitous, they had deposited surplus carnings to the amount of three mill- {ous of dollars, ‘They are gradually bSecoming uwineraof roal estutu und of comfortuble homes, 1n one tounty of Bouth Curolina they are now paylng $:300,000 of taxes per annuin ; and this ts nelther an fsotated tor an exuggerated example, In short, they aro gradudlly gdining those two cloments of power, * lutelligencs ‘wnd wealth,” which Senator Thurinan says will In the long run contral the polities of a community, recipitately for the purpose of g Doulitloan tho" mora property Tiglta of tho S e e oD iy outhern” negrucs aro oyury year being morg PRI O - 8L subjoction, 10 und moru fully recognized by thielr white neigh- bors; but fu ‘muny parts of the Bouth it is the merest mockery to pretend that the sullrage hns been free. “he spirlt ot dotnination which slavery engendercd has led a large portion of the white populution to consider the effere of the d:,-gru to cast his ballot In lis owus way usan act of intolorable fmpertl- usnce. Open violenco, conceated Iraud, wnd threatonud foss of employment, in wmany parts of the Bouth, have virlually destroyed the' suf- frage and deprived the uegro ot all the bonefits whfeh it was futunded to confer, Hitherlo, theso vutrages have boen fustified or excused on the gruund that they were pro- voked by the Interierenco of tho ‘natlonal au- thoritios with local self-government fu the South. But during the past two ycars thers has heon no round even for this poor excuse. And now we ave & new ground of justilcation, A leading bolitivian uf Loutsiana, tostilylng bofore the Teller Comltten n few dal ngu,l daclared that thie murders und other scts of violeucs which uttendud the Iate cloction in thut Hiato wei lwuvukud by *fncendiary speoches * of Repub- ican leaders, Untll there is ono ackoowledged law of lib- erty for whito and black men altko, It 1s il to clufm that tl:e ameudments of the Coustitution ars obeyed efther In spirlt or la:ier, or that on- {ranclusement bas had o falr tr: ‘The ples of ‘lncendiary socechies ' will not ba accupted by & liberty-loving uation as a justi- tlcation of wmurder, vivlence, or any Invasiou of vlolatlon of the Constiiution and of the funda- mental principle of Jocal sedf-government, and which has never hud the ssuction oven of the Northeru peopla (n any form (for the power to accomplish 1t wad ubtained from_them denylug that sny such scilon was contemplated), Javing been accamplished according to the forms of Jaw, it {s the Constitutlion, und cau wonly be revoked by observing the samo forms; bus f mnegro-sullrago s perniclous to the public welfare, degrades sullrage, fusters cor- ruutivn, defeats respousibllity, strengthens the muney power, und eodangers the lberty of the ruce which cstablishea representative govern- ment, and a0 far alone has shown l.'l[HlCfl{ to matutain it, that capacity itaell gives absolute assurauce that it wiil be revoked, 1s there any sulllcient reasun for accopting the new revetation, decluring It to be ** fotly und de- lusfou® to say tat Nu.ure bas.drawn such in- dliblo lines of distinction -botween the black unud whito races thut 1hey cannot live as equals i the satne Goverument, U that Gyvernment s wbea {r« Qovepnmentt 1L wad inspived by the lust ol sectional powes, und relies for succoss upon the telumph of military over clvil institu- tions. It was estabilshed by (e sword, in viola- tlon of the Consthiution. .\ln:{ hones’ snd truo meu haye been ver- susded thut it was nocessary to glve the baltot to the nogro to sccure him his freedom. They assumed that he eonld acquire the knowledege umd character twhich qualified hin to use it. Knowlere sufliclent he infght acquire, but not the independence nnd the self-relfance. It was for want of these auallties that ho was for cen- turles an hereditary bondman in Amerien, and did not himself strike the blow which made him free. Indeedd, atl the acts pnsscd to make hin a voter, from the Keconstructfon to the FEn- forcement act, nud all the specehes of their nd- vorates, recognize his want of cvery cssentlal quallty of a voter by treating hlm as not fit to be the master, but only to be the wara of the Uovernment. » o o The negro Is not s sell-governing neture. Hefsof the troples, where, a3 Mon- tesquicn obrerves, despotism has prevatled In all aes. flis nature, of which this form of tiovernment Is the outgrowth, Is not changed by trausplanting more than (hat of the orange or the banana. flencs to Incorporate him in onr eystein fs to subvert t. His nomioal enfran- tinsement (s but n moda of disfranchistug the white tnan, and makes them oquals Indeed, but oily s the subjucts of {rrespousible power, TIIOMAS A. HENDRICKS, 1t 18 not yet ten years aince the right to vote was conferred upon the negro by constitutional provision, Thot period {s too short to sllow such test of the wisdom of the measure s would fustlfy its abrogation. The constitutlonal omendmeut 15 supposed to have been the de- Iherate and wellcopsidered act of the people. Jt must not be regarded 0s an ordinary legls- Jative measure, to be repeated or modifled ¥ for light and translent causes,” To make such a chane of the Constitution because an election fn one sectfon of the country has not resulted essome might have destred or expected, i to treal the most solemn nct of the peoplo with contempt, and to weaken the forec and impafr the nuthority of the Constitution itself, Oppo- Eltion to negro enfranchisement ten years azo does not now requiro an effort to strike the Fif- teenth Amendment from the Constitution,’ Any provision of the Constitution shoutd be re- zarded ns fixed and permanent, aud not to be Glsturbed, except apon the test of such ex- pericnce 08 wonld Justify a change of Govern- ment flaclf, becauso of great and permanent evila/ It wos not reasonable to suppbse that the two races would at onco and without dis- cord adjust themselves to the new rolations prescribed aud fixed by the constitutional amendiments. In the establishment of dvil and political changes so radieal und extended, strife and discord for a time were inevitable. I am not able to see why the aubject of negro- suflrage should be discussed. It must be known to nll that the iste amendinents wilt not be, caa- not be, repealetd. There fs but the duty ueon all to mnake the polltical power now held by the enfranchised race the cause of the least evil, und of thegreatest possible zood, to the coun- try. Theucero Is now free, und is the equal of the whits man in respeet to nis eiyl! and po- MNtical righits. He must now make kis own con- test ror(ronll.(on nnd power. By kis own con- duct aud suceoes he will be jndzed. It will bo unfortunate for him Af bo shall ‘sely upon po- Htienl symputhy for position, rather than_upon aeties weil nud intelligontly dischareed. Every- where thie white race should liclp him, but hls rslfunce must maiuly be upon himself. MR, BLAINE CLOSES. Of the reolies made by the gentlemen identi- fled with the Demnocratle party, it is noteworthy that, with the exception of Mr. Dlafr, they agree that the negro onught not to be disfranchised. As nll of these gentlemen were bostile to the en- franchisement of the race, their present position must be taken s great step forward, sud as an attestation of the wisdom and caurage of the Republieau party at the timo they were vlolently oppusing itsmeasures. This general expression loaves Mr, Blnir to be treated as an cxceptlon, aud for many of hisaverments the best answer 13 10 be found In the suzgestions and cancessions of his Democraticassovintes. Inced not makean elavorate reply to Mr. Blair, when helsanswered with such sigolficance and such nolnt by those of his own pollitical household. It 18 une of the curfous developments of political histoty that o man who sat 1 the Cabinetol Abrabam Lincoln, uud was present when Emunclpation was deereed, should live to write a paper againet the enfran- chisement of the negro, when the Vice-President of the Rebel Confederacy and two of 1ts most distinguished- oflicers are taking the other sidel Of Gov. Hampton’s paper it is falr to say that it seems to have been written to cover a caso, its theory and application belog adapted to the Intitude of South Carollua and to his own po~ Iitieal course. Mr. Ilampton {3 n man of strong Enm, possessing courage and exccuttve foree, it hie has been in the thick of the fight, und has bad personal ambitions to gratify which may not place him I history as an impartial witness, Ilis personality profrudes at cvery o and his concoptlon of what should be 1l what should bo undono at the South is l{ what {8 included fn hls own carcer. When Mirabeau was deseribing all the great qualitics thut should distinzuish o popular leader, the keenest of French wits sald he * bad foreotten to add that he should be pock- marked.” Mr. Lamar offers a contrast to Gov. Hlampton. He pencrulizes und philusophizes with great ability, and presents the strange combination of o “refined speculatist ™ und a trustful optimist, —cmbodying sowe of the characteristics of Mr, Callioun, whom he devoutly followed, and of Mr. Beward, whom ho alwave apposed. Mr. Lataar §8 the only man fn public life who can be pralsed fn Now Englind fur o warm culogy of Charles Sumuer, und immediately afterwaed clected to the Scnate ns tho represcntative of the white-line Dowmocrats of Mlsalssippl, Aad got, Inconsistent as these positions are, it {8 the Urcani-of Mr. Lamar's [ifc to reconeile thotn. These Democratic leaders unite in uphoiding the sullraga of the negro under existing elr- cumstances, but with an_ obvious foul- g that some coutradlotion s to be’ recouciled, some record to be amended, some consistency to be vindicated, ‘I'hiey all unite, however, on the conimon ground of denounciug the men whocontrolled the negro voto at the outset In the fnterest of the Repub- lican party; und the nnderlying coneluston, not cxpressed but implled, fothatif the military foree bad been ahsant, and the persuasion of the Freedmen's Bureau had nol been applled, the negroes would have flocked, as doves to thelr windowa, to tho outatretehed mind protecting arms of the Domocraic party, This scems to 1ne to be shoer reclilcasness of assumption: the very bravado of argumout. Why should the negro have buen disposed to vote with the Dem- ocratle party? Mr. Hendricks says bo was made to feel that “he owed servitude to n‘mrl.y mruu;ih tlie azeney of United Btates ofilelals amd the Freedmen's Bureau.” But cun Mr. Hendricks give any possibls reason why the newro should bave “voted with the Domocratia arty at that timed Does not the record of Mr., Ylumlrlckl himself an the leader of the Demao- cratie party In the Bonate show tho most con- clunive reasuns whfi the negro should have voted with the Reaublicanal Mr. Hondricks urzued i voted fn the Benato agalust cmunctoating the neero from helploss slavery; when made freo, Mr. Hendricks urzued und voied surainst mnklnF hins a citizeny citizen- shlp confersed, Mr. Hondricks argaed nnd voted against Lostowlng sullrage; und he argued and voted against cunferring upon the nogro the most ordinary clvil riguts, even lnvetgzning in the Bonaty against giving to colored men wlo wero clirible to seats In Congress the simple privilezu of a seut fu the horse-cars of Washing- ton in common with white men, Conceding to 1o negro the erdinary instineta und projudices of human uature, it " must have required tho comblued and energetle actlonof the Unlted riny, the Federal oflicers, und the Froed- Burcau, to hotd him back from his lin- es und {rresistible doeslre to vots with Mr. Hendelcks und the Democratie party | 1 do uot use this argumentums ad hominem in any personat or oflensive scuss toward Mr. 1tendricks. Ilia position was nos different from his ussoclutes und his folluwers o the Demo- cratie party on all questions whera 1 have rofer- rod to his votes und bis specches, Mr, Lawnar oeeupied the same groun ractically, uud so did Mr, Stephens und Gay. Hampton, {ndeed, the entire Uuluocmuc}mfly oppused legislation for the nmeliorution of the nezru's conditton at overy stegy und opnosed it not with tha were regustry of necative votes, but with an cuer- getic hostllity that tov often sssumed the phaso of anger und nmmun(. . It 18 a matter of sfncere congratulation that, alter the contests of the past thirteen years, four eminout leaders of the Democrutio party should unlte in suproving negro sullrage. It will not, [ trust, be cousldered ¢ynical, certululy " uct offonsive, il 1 venture to sugwoest that this Dumocratie burmouy on the Ropublican sldo of a lovg vontest bas boen dovelobed just at the time when many causes have cunspired to reador oegro-suifrage In the South puwerleas against the Dewmocratfe party, Kven (o districts where the negro vote {s four to one, compured with the whites, the Dotnocraty remlhy wloct the Rep- resentative 10 Coogress, | do not recall any warm spproval of negro-suffrage by a Lemo- cratic leader xo loug s the negro was able to eluct oue of his own race or a white Republican. But wheu hls numbers have n overborne by violence, wheou bis white fricuds have been ariven 1oto exlle, wbeu murdor hias boen just ’r nzh enough to Inllmx‘(xhtn the vmlmlz| llnli ority, the wnen uegro-suilrage as ‘s polidcal power bu‘Loun destroyed, wo find leadivg minds fn the Democratic party applauding an uphotding fe. sy LA My conclusions on the topic under disensston are? First—Slavery having been constitutionall | nholished by the adoption of the ’l'mrlecnfi’x" Amendment, the question of saffrage was un- aettled. But it imay be safely aftirmed thet the Republicans had no original ileslgn of interfer- Ttz with the control which the States had siways cxercised on that question. 5 Secynd—The loyal men who had corducted the War ton victorfous end were not willing that those who had rehelted agafnst the. Union should come back with {mllnml povar vastly increased beyond that which they: had;,wielded In the days of pro-slaver: hence they ment, practicalls basinic representafion” fo Con- gress npon the votlng pupulation,—theeame for North and South, . Third—Instead of accepting the Fourteenth Amendment, the fnaurrectionary States svorn- fully rejected it and claimed the’ dght to settle for themselves the terma on wiiéeh ~they woald reaume relotions with the Upiou. And they forthwith proceeded to nultify the Thirteenth Amendment by adopting a _serize’of black Inws which remanded the negro to b worse servitude than that from which he had been emancipated, Fourth—When the Government, administered by loyal hands, found it impossible to sccure the necessary ruarantees for.frture safety from the “ raling™ or Rebel class of the Bouth, they demanded ‘and _enforced 8 ‘reconstruction in which lognlty should asseft its richts. Hence the nezro was admitted to stiffrage, HFifth=Tlie negro havimg nlded by loval yotes I securing the great guarantees of the Four- teenth Amendment, the, Republicans declared that he should not afterward be deprived of suf- frage on account of raee or colur. Hence the Fifteenth Amendment,, Sleth—Ho long s the ‘neero vole was effective In the Bouth In ddteating the Democracy, the leaders of that parfy denounced and opposed it. Tliey withdraw thele opposition just at the m ment when, by fratit, Intimidation, violence, and murder, free'suflraze on the part of the negra Io the Soudi1s fatally inpaired ; by which 1 mean that the fiegro Is ‘not sllowed ‘to vote freely wherg nls.voto can defeat und elect, As a mlnorfl?' vodr in Democratic districts he Is not disturbed, Seventh—~The auswer 8o oflen made, that. com- ared with the whole number of Congressional istricts inthe Soutk, oniy a small number are domimtion; and Pm{msud the Fourtcentn, Amend- disturbed, Is not avposite, aml dons not mnvulh. he truth. For it fs only fn the iricts where the ncuroes make a stropg and united cffort that violence Is needed, and there it s generally found, Thus it is sald thatonly In & comparatively few parishes of Loulstana was there any disturbance at the late eléction, But the Democrata contrived to have a disturbance at the points where it was neces- sary to overcome a large Republican vote, and of course had Done where there was no_reaist- ance, It will cencrally bo found that the vio- lence oceurs {n the districts where the Republic- uns have arightfnl majority, Eghth—As the matter stunds, all violenco 1a the South tnures to the benefit of ore political pnrtr. And that party §s counting upon ita nc- ceaslon to power und its rule over” the country for o serles of years ULy resson of the great number of Electoral vates which it wrongfully gains. Financlal cred- it, commercial enterprises, manu- facturing fudustries, may all posslbly pass under the contral of the Democratle purty by reason of its untawful selzure of political power in the South. Our institutions have been tried by the fiery test of war, and have survived. It remains to be secn whother the attempt_to govern the country by the power of a **8olld South,” un- lawfutly consolidated, can be successful. e ——— AMUSEMENTS, THY. GERMAN DITAMA, The brifliant performanze by Mr. Hocchster's German compauy at Hooley's o week ago was supplemented with another equally successfal onc last evening, The success o week ogo was achicved fn & farce-comedy; last cvening It was one of Victorlen S8ardou's French soclety plays. 4 Nos Intimes ™ (Our Inthnate Fricuds) s the title of the drama. " It is one of Sordou's first and best productiond,; and requires talent to do it justice, otherwlso it would fall flat it performed by an inferior company, Not only was the play almost foultlessly per- formed, but the scencry, appointments, group- fues, cte., wore excollent, nnd _showed the mas- terhad of Mr. Hovehster's nble stage-manager, Ar. J,eon 8eerer. Al Mr. Haoechster needa to do to make bls venture a success iw 1o continue to give such performances as he has given dur. inz the last two weeks. Iu splte of the Lad weather the house was nearly fall last evenlng, and among the audlence was the clite of our German soclety, Probobly the finest porforme anee was that of Mr. Hans Ravene as Dr. Tho'esan, This younye nnd promising actor hns greatly improved during the pust six months, and is continunlly prowlng in the favor of (ne |hcnuu-fmlm: Germans, The Lonls Causiade ol Mr, Carl Meyer was ulso a very neritorlous und well-balanced plece of actiug. Sigs Helene Kuhn na, Mrs. Caussade sgaln appeared to guod advan- taze. She bad a tryhys role, and proved heraclf cqual to the task, cliclting frequent bursts of applause In the more pathetic sceiies. Mr. Koch und Mra. Hora s My, and Mrs. Vigneux gave a bit of character acting that could hardly bo intoroved upon, Mr, Eugel descrves speeln] comment for is good periormance of the difficult part of Marecat, This part was to have heen played by Mr. 8chober, but this gentleman being pro- vented by a gevere cold, Mr. Engel, who has heretofore not had such difffcult roles, was as- signed to ft. And Ju 13 but fulr to aay that he surprised cverybody by his fine and almost faultiess rendition of the part, Mr. A, Roxden. bere, the new juvenile man, mode bils debut with this company, e nesumed the part of Mavur.ce Duval, uiade a very favorable fm- resslon, Credlt I8 also duc for mood acting to allss Cluussen uud Messrs. Puls and Schmitz. MUSICAL NOTES, The concert of the Aron Society In Milwau- kee last Fridey ovening was au even greater success than the one here on Thursday night. Nearly all the active members of the Apollo Club returned the visit of the Arfon Soclety, and were handsomely entortained at the New- ball Nonse, The concert vn Thursilay eveniug served as o rehearsal, amd the performance throughout the ovening was extremoly amooth und enjoyable. The sluging of the Avollo Club was especlally appreclated by the Mil- waukeeaus, and L was regarded as rainer finer ood smoother thau anything they had heard there beforen The Wisconsin of Saturday says: 1t fs difMcult to speak of the concert givon la ovoning by the Arfon Club (assistad Ly the Apollos of Chirago) In the way ol cumparivon, becauso Milwaukeo has never had anvtling of the kind so distinctively vocal and masculine. ‘Therelure, to aay (hat it ogether tho Lest of its kind my nothing. that it was better than any other concert wotld be decidedly unfalr to the indny ex- cellent ivutrumental prozrammes which ~“have boen furnished. But ™ 1o ssy that {t wna L3 magnidcont, effort, a most er- fect auccess, s to suy, Lriefly, the truth, 'The ApolioClub, & grand ‘chorus, united with the Arlon; ** Frithjol.* & genuino master-work, was undstline mimertz and Mrs, Einma Thurston What mote need bo ald to convoy hat tho entertalnment was one whioh aroused great onihusinsm and improsved itwelf deeply upon the minds of all who were fortunate enough tg bu able to vecure seats? This Inlerchange of courtosica by the Arions and Apollos opens up a new and deslruble festure In the muaic world of tho two citles, one that we trust will be caitivated and enconraged to the mutual bonalit not only of tho sucictics, but of the cities themaelves, Some of the mowbers of the Central Club, mauy of whotn are conuected with Prof. Swing's North 8[de Misslon, hava been vrepariug the operetta of ¢ Panslops,” and wil eive thele first presontation of [t in thelr hali, corner of North and Clybourn avenucs, ‘Ihursday eyonlng, Fob. 27, " 'Thuy propuss to siug It for two or three benefits, one of which will be given in the Weat-End Opera-Houso suop. Tho .\lnrluaun troupe will sing * Purltani™ u Phitadolphia this evening, und *‘I'he Magic Fiute" to-morrow evenfuir, During the ro- mainder of the week thoy will be in Haltimore, Next week they begin thelr second New York season, which lasts until Feb, 37, when to Brouklvn for o week,—~—Remenyl pla week in Hrooklyn, and Wilhehn) in New O leuns,——The Emuia Abbott troupe Is in Gal- veston——Mra. Quted’ troups will be in 8t. Louls thils wee - e—— e THE CANAL, Spectad Dispateh to Ths Triduns, Orrawa, Feb, 10,—Full preparation fs_belug mado here for the Canal Convention on Thurs- day next, Feb. 20, A petition was started at Lockport orChleagon few days since, and passca to Jollet, Morrls, Ottawid und s0 on to Peorlu, which 4 receivior the nsmes ot all bromiocnt citizons ju tho towns through which it ‘pnascs, calling this Convention. "The basis of repre- sentatlon will bo ons delogata for each town- sbip In cyery county, Business-men and farmors aro all deply interested, und Lhe xeal which marked the first meotlug docs not sevin to ubate {u the least Nedrly the ontiro weck has been occupled by the Clreult Court {n the case of the Canal Cor- ’l;ht City of li‘fi'"" ll':l' fd.m.flu yeason of deposits from the ’l‘ha casa was conducted by, L, 1 clty's sowera. v0 and E. F. Bi! Eldrédge and J, #: D Jury ‘returned s 8ealed verdict _this evel Which will bp spened io cours Monday moming, : e —— NEW PATENTS) ' Svectal Dimprateh to The Tridune. WAsHiNaToN, . C., ¥eb. 16,~Foilowiag {s a1 ilfst.,of patents fssued o the Inventors of 1l figls, Wisconain, Mictilzan, Minnesots, lowa, Indinna, and Nebraska for the week ending Feb, Barnhart & Hazolton, Chicay g0, IW'BMM-ENW," cago, leather-autting gages. cAO, eyg-carriors, J. F. filleland, Chicago, window-sash bolts, . J. C. Barlow, Qaincy, sced-planters, 11, E, Pridmore, Brockport, knot-tyers forgrain. J, O'Farroll, Morrison, side-bar wagone, Joraeyville, rocking-chalra, E. & A, (. Children, Donleith. catting ©. Hanson, Moline, faucot-holo covars, ' 11, Avery, (ialesbarg, corn-planiers, o Barron, Sangamon County, chock-tow J. C. Dane, LaCrosse, mill W. Morgenler, Sheboyeau, .:A. Taymond, Waitpuu, mec] 8. Farncrook, Letroit, cheesc-safes, D‘ :mma;—nhcrenn'l‘. 3 nder attachments, R. W. Tavener, Weat Hay City, faucets, o C. Gorton, Adrian, feed-steamers, stc. Lano, 8t. Paal, vehiclo sand-bands, cheock, St. Pant, vohiclo sand-bands, @, Schollian, Dubuque. combined overal amper. P. M, Cummings, Lyons, welching-scales, H. Drury, Lincoln, trace-buckies, J. C. Kaeniple, Clsyton, wind-cauincs, Craver & Wishart, (irinaell, h: arvester-elevatol i Wilkes & Port, Monroe, car-axio bo; oy 5. W. Kerahner, Tndianapolls, elovator-buckets. - J. Riplinger, Lafavette, gmredlnlnno. TuEKale: P. . 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Be sure that yon huvo what vou are willing to Call for CorLing' VorTalo ELmoTaig 1.asTER, Bold by all Draeglsts, * Pinafore.” "H!B FIRESIDE COMPANION, No. 503 (wilh Supplas meat), ISSUED FEDRUARY 17, apers, SRS FHY X e Majesiy’s Sip ¢ omplete-the comia COUNLEY, {'ARTDN wint coa- C new slury, cal TITE BANKRIYS DAUGHTER, founded nban the popular nlsy of the sas :'lllfll! ne atre, ustaljmient of Jumcs Payn's UNDEN ONE ROOF, The wordsand nusic of some popular Sang or Batlad 18 given away with ey ’ AERIDIE COMPAN The subscription price 18 83 & year, Speotal Notics to Prop- erty-Owners, ' 4t the City af Chll ortifcatos Of sales for apocial ssscsamenta un rea 4}, mprovesionts, auch Ay 3 A 'V;“ u'! lrhyI'l‘;'IH'l'.‘ e iae oo o uisd o £oF rodompLiui explvc 1n. WG YAl from, when holder Is entliled to 8 8 will .le It lu thisomMce and partics ary Altnost dally takiag these cortificates f 3 Ju A FABWELL, Comptroller, . . . ' o, il