Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 7, 1879, Page 4

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MONDAY, API 7, 1879 ~ Gon, Mizz is snid to share in tho opinion that-81rrrxo Bur bas boon grontly slan- dored by tho rumors of his quarrelsome nnd warlike disposition, aud that bo will not take tho warpath again thia summor. States referrad to, Whont and other corealn aro now grown fo oxtonsively: that rearcoly, n’yenr passoa in whioh there is not 9 partial fniluro nomowheros; and the conditions of soil and climate have such vast rango that it ia hantly poasiblo tho coront sleld of tha world should bo moro than partially im- paired, ‘The metoorological conditions of the aurront year nro not unfavorable, thus far, to tho raising of good crops over all nt a comparatively small part of tho clvil- ized world, | Prof. Swine hag undortaken to say some- thing about Col. ‘INopnsort’s locturos that shot! intorest tho congrogation of tho Central Chareh, and from tho sermon wo print this morning it in ovident that ho will succoed. Ho has started with n consideration of what ho regards a8 good in tho witty infldel’s cru- sade agninat roligion, including in this cato~ gory tho shafts of ridiculo so cifectively almod nt things which deservo to bo langhed ont of countenanco, Noxt Prof. Swixa will tako up tho bad” part in Col. Indxnaont’s addresses, aud the second branch of tho discussion cannot fail to ba intercst- ing equally with tho first. —<—<_ Supposo N: was to nnawor the qltos~ tion, ‘ Who told you of tho rumor that a member of tho Houso hnd taken $1,500?" and Nevine was to answer, ‘Mr. X"; and then the Honso was to ask Mr, X, * Who told yon?” and Mr. X was to answer, “Mr. 2"; and Mr, Z, on boing asked who’ told him, was to answor, ‘ Mr. Y," and 50 on through all tho letters of the alphabet, notil at last somo ono would answer, “I heard it in n saloon whera it was common talk, but I cannot namo any particular person,” would the House be any uenror tho point than {t is now? Why don't the House ask some of the doot-bincks of Springficld the namo of tho member to whom tho rumor is applied by everybody? ‘That would simplify matters very much, Why don’t tho mombor himself got up and toll the Houso that ho is the per- son whoso namo ison tho tonguo of evory- body, and chailongo invostigation? ‘This way of sitting silent day after day under an finputation to which tho Houso has given direct importance, plnying innocent, and sonding men to jnil, is not tho way to vin- dicato anybody, THE FIRST | OF THE DEMOORATIC TRILOGY, ‘Tho first part of the Domocratia programme has beon carried out by the onactmont of Tho National Emigration Aid Socloty tas beon organized in Washington, with Senator Wixpost as Prosident, and a number of well- tried friends of the colored raco aa Vico-Pres- * ddonts, the object being to givo force and di- rection to the nogro colonization movement, i rons “Elections, for twonty-ono members of tho Fronch Ohamber of Deputies wero held yes- torday, resulting in the success of a Bonn. purtist caudidato in the district of tho Champs Elyseen, and of the défeat at Bor- donux of Brangut, the revolutionary Radical, by a Moderate Republican, _———— Closely following upon tho sorlous firo at Bb Louis is telographed tho ocourronce of a disastrous conflagration at Philsdelphin, on- tlio affairs of o score of largo business enter- prises, ‘Cho insuranco, so for os nscortain- able, is given in another column. Abrothor of tho King of the Zulus in Africa has surrondorod to tho British. Little . military importancos attachos to this act, bocouso it was inapirod by ambition and onvy, On tho other hand, tho British havo the Army Appropriation bill with the see- tion ropenliug tho existing euthority for tho employment of tho United States troops nt tho polls, The bill was passed by n voto of 148 yeas to 122 nays,—all tho Groenbockors excopt three voting with tho Democrats, ‘Tho canens thus far has been able to whip in ovory Northorn D-mocrnt, without regard to individual convictions ns to the juatics of the proceeding or tho sentiment of a North- orn constituency; whether the same party discipline shall cocrco n stendinst adhorence tothe point of disbanding tho army in ense tho Prenident, refuso to surrender his voto-powor to ‘Denrocratia dictation, remains to ba scen, Tho most humilisting concession to party ndvantage was mnilo by the Greenbackors, and thoy woro properly punished by being cheated of their promised rownrd, Somo daya ago tho Groonbackers assomblod in caucus nnd rosolyed io yoto with the Republicans in resisting tho revoln- tionnry project upon which tho Dom- ccrata had atarted; all bat three desorted this position under an undorstauding that tho Democrats would give them tho following Monday for tho introduction of their cur- beon compelled to avaounte two strongholds which the vigor of African hostilities hind = xendored untenable, —_—_—_ Sranzex Marrnews used to bo pretty good authority rogarding the Presidont's viows, and it ja nltogother likely that ho knows now ,whoreof hoe prognosticates whon he says twat tho bulldozed Appropriation Dills will bé vetoed ns fast as tho Democrats can pass thom, and that if Congress should adjourn tho President would call another oxtra * gossion, and so on @atil eomobody wenkened. Tt ia quite consistent with the attitude of the Democratio majority in Congress toward tho Proaylont that the Senate, going a step fnrthor than the House has yot gono, should _Fefuso to confirm’ nny nppolutments until “tho Exceutive shall sign tho Army and ‘Logistative bills with their political attach- monts, Such o course is recommended by 1 Democratic sheet in Washington, and sinco the vote in tho House Saturday hos domon- strated that tho Greenbackors can always bo rolial on to swell the majority, and alt danger {s past of thoir boing compolled to loosen thelr clutch on tho tront of the Administration, thora is no reson why the policy of coorcion should not extond to the confirmation of appolutments, ‘To refuse appropriatious and keep impor- inut officos vacant ay n throat tally so por. foctly with tho plan of revolution that it ix to bo presumod the Bennte will act upoa tho hint and bury all nominations in committee until tho Prosidont sucoumbs, —_—_—_—— Tho “lawyers” of tho Logislatura havo had much to- sny about the right of tho Hongy.to imprison for contempt; and that, as tho Legislaturo was a ‘co-urdinate” branch of the Government, its action was final, and therefora could not be roviowad by the Courta, ‘Chis trash was exploded by Tudgo Zanx in his decision in the Nevins onse, He docidud very clearly that tho Court had jurisdiction, and, in o cloar caso, would not hositate to discharge n por- son committed for contempt by the Houso, Even in this vaso ho regarded the ordor of ‘committal og imade in jgnorance by tho Mouso, nnd, if he could understand tho House to really moan what it recited in the writ, “he would dischargo tho prisoner promptly, Lho ‘ co-ordinate” lawyors will read, in Judgo Zane's opinion, how tho doc- trine that cithor House of tho Legislature, “altting ns a Court, has “co-ordinate” powers with the Judiciary of the State, Is remorse. lossly punctured and flattened out, ‘Tho commoroial world, or ot lonst a largo « part of it, is at present agitated by fears for tho safety of tho wheat-crop iu Kaneas, Mis- sour, and Toxas, -‘'ho season is an unusually ‘ry ono in thoso States, and there is grave roaeon to fear a large falling off, for want of the moisture necessary to nourish (ho grow- ing plant, It {8 claimed by many that, oven If rain shonld fall immediately, tho yield will bo under the average; while fow doubt that i). the result would be serious if rain bo much ouger deferred, Tho arga of wheat-cultura « lin” those tates is uow so largo that total failure of tho crop would muke a considernblo difforouce in tho aggregate yicld of this country. But a total failure iy by no means probable; and, + if it did occur, the world would still have engayh to eat, though the result would bo very dlsnstrous to the dwollor in the reney mensures; but, when tha Democrats hind onco secured the Groonback voto, thoy unceremoniously adjourned over till ‘Ines. day, and thus cutoff the day whou the ine troduction of bills is parmitted. Tho Groon- back membora will not find much sympdthy in their discomfitnro from their constitu. ents, who will gonerally condemn tha trado into which thelr representatives onterad, ‘The voto shows that tho debato of the last two weeks has not changed n singlo voto in tho Houso; nor was it expected to do so, ‘Tho purpose of the debate on tho part of tho Republicans was to inform the country of tha roal naturo and design of the Democratic project, and tho Democratio majority por- mitted it simply because thoy conld not pre- vont it, This purposohas been accomplished in larga part by the admirablo legal argu- ments and cloqnent and patriotic pro- tests made by Ganrrrip, Rongsoy, Haw- Ley, and others, ‘ho peoplo aro he- ginning to understand clearly that it is not an exclusion of troops from tho polls on account of actual or possible m- terferonce with the freedom of votera which the Demoerata aro urging and tho Repub- licans resisting, but that tho design is to in- flict the vicious and dangorous doctrine of Btata Sovereignty upon the country asa means to the perpelration of now outrages, ‘Tho direct and immodinie effect of tho army amendment and the repent of tho Nationnt Floction law will be to enable, encourage, and condona corruption nnd viclenco nt the polls in Southern States nnd Northorn citios, but the porty powor which shatl thn Lo at- tuned will bo used to saupplemont such ‘an assertion of State Boveroiguty by a defense of the right of seoussion, au arraignment of tho North for waging war upon the seecded States, and claims for damages, tho indem- niflention of slave-ownerg, tho pensiontng of Rebel soldiers, ate, 'Vhesu clalni are logical Royuences from a recognition of Slate Boveroignty, and it may well be belloved that a party which assoris that doctrine for tho purpose of securing dishonest elections will not hesitate to wet ft up for morcounry: purposes, Yho Republicans andeavored in vain to accuro from the Domocrate somo conoorsion to national authority, or at Icast to tho usual constitutional method of onacting logisla- tion. ‘T'hoy askod, throngh Mr. Concen, such a modification of tho proposed muond- ment as would cuablo a civil oMlcor—a United States Judge or United Stntos Marahnl—to call upon United States traops to ald in kooping tho ponco at tho polls, if nacessnry ; but the Democrats would not yield, for tha excellen$ renson that thoy deuiro tu cut off every possible interforonce with any local violonce which a Democratic city or Stato may seo fit to tolerate. ‘Chon tho Ropub- leans volunteored that they would mako no future opposition to tle nmoudmonts if tho Democrats would detach it from the Appro- Pristion bill, poss the latter frst, and the other afterwards og o separate moasuro, But the Demoorats would not do this, sinca they would then abandon an cssential part of tholr scheme, viz,; the coorcion of tho Presidont's approval by holding ovor hin fa drrorem tho threat of cutting off sup. plioa, and neceasitating tho disbanding of tha army. Hanpourn Tuckur had already do- olured that the United States army should bo abandoned and dispersed before July 1 un- Jess this moasuro should moanwhbila becomo 8 law, and his party stood by him, Having exbausted all appeals to the Democratic nonro of jnatico and respent for the Conslitn- tion, the Republicans contonted themselves with recording a xolid vate againat the bill, and inade no effort to rotard its pasonga by filibnstoring, which wonlt have hoon the natural resort of the Domocrats uncer siml- Jar circumstances, : "tho Army bill now goos to the Sonnte. Its pnssago in that body is moro cortaluly n3- sured than it was in (ho Jouse, for the Dom- oeratic mojority in the Sonnto is tho larger of tho tio, Dnt thore js no means at command of tho Senato majority to shut off slobate, and it is probablo tht it will be twa ywooks moro Leforo the bill will go to. tho “Prosi. dent, ‘ho Senate debate may not develop anything especially new, for the principle at isauo hag alrendy been woll defined, but it will serve to fmpress still niore vividly upon the peoplo the dangers to bo approhended from tho suecors of tho Democratic project, and to confirm the Presidout’s estimate of his duty and responsibility inthe mattor. It miny woll bo expected that Ruane, Conxrtnc, Hoan, Epxroxps, and Axtiony will furnish tho country with somo of tho most Drilllant Congroasional spocches, over made, for the principlo at stako is ono that is calculated to doyelop the best logto and heartiest oloquonce from Republicans. —_—_——— TWO CASES OF CONTEMFT. On tho 27th day of March, 1800, the Son- ate of the United States boing thon 1m sen. ston in tho City of Philadolphia, its warrant was issued for tho arrest of Winnram Duanx, ‘ editor and proprio- tor of "a nowspnper called tho General Advertiser, printed in said city. ‘Tha ware rant was directed to tho Sorgeant-nt-Artns, and was signed by ‘Tuostas Jerrcnsoy. ‘I'he offense of Duane, as rocited Ly the official warrant for hiy arrest, was tho publication in hin nowspapor of ‘ nssortions and protended information rospocting the Sonate, and Committees of tho Sonate, and their pro- coedings, which wore false, dofamatory, scandalous, ond malicious, tending to defamo tho Sonate of the United States, and to bring them into contempt and disrepute, and to ex~ cite against them tho hatred of the good peo- ple of tho United States; aud that tho said publication was a high broach of the privi- leges of tho House.” ‘Thus it will bo neon that the charge ngninat Mr. Duayg was much mora sorious and fla- grant thau that for which ‘nz Trisose’s correspondent was incarcerated in prison at Springfield on Friday Inst, What Ir. Nev- 1x8 wrote about tho Illinois Legislaturo may or may not prove to be truo,—tho charges hye not been shown as yat to be falso,—but in the case of Duane tho warrant assumes that what he published was ‘fal, dofama- tory, nnd molicious.” Tho Sonate further resolved that Doanz should bo brought to tho bar of the Sennte, which order was oxo- cuted, and Duane granted lonve to omploy counsel, and both to appoar ngain aud an- awar at a aubsequent day. But neither Duane nor his attornoy put in an appenr- nuco on tho day sot down for tho trial, wheroupon the Sonate declared him to bo in contempt, Tho rendor will obnervo that the offense of Deane was ton times as aggravating and imuch moro roprohonsible than that with which our Springfleld correspondent was oharged, excopt—and henvon save the mark ! —that Mr, Nevins committed "na high breach of the privilegos of tho Houso,” menning that oxnited, dignified, and eminently ro- spoctable body of scholara, jurists, and moral philosophers known as tho popular branch of tho Illinois Legislaturo! presided over by a statoamon by tho name of Jasrs; whorens Duane had only offendod a little Board of Supervisors, who had for thoir Chairman an obscure, red-hended Virginto fiddlor by tho nono of ‘fuomas Jzrgrnson | Plengo contrast the two eases 4 Iitte moro enrefully, so that you may fully appreciate tho treatment of an offondor ngainat its dignity by the Sonato of tho United States, aud tho trontmont that is accorded ton ra- calcitraut witness who, for good ond snfll- cient reasons, .yofuses fo nswor Mr, Parnrox Vatiynanp Witpenvonoz Banny's Committoo’s importinont quoations, Mr, Jervenson assorts, in tho caso of Duane, Uiat his charges wero ‘'fnlse, de- fomatory, and malicious,” which is not atloged by tho Banny Committeo nor tho House against Mr. Nevins; but, on the con- trary, ‘Tin ‘Taruny has been persistent in its cfforts to shield tho Leglalnturo of Illi- nois from the slanderous rumors sot afloat at Springfield in regard to it, It ia timo that the report of Mr. Nevins, if substantiated by sufllciont proof, like the allogations of Duanz, would bring somo of onr legislators ‘into. contempt and disrepute,” and ‘excite againat them tho hatred of the good pooplo" of tho’ Stato of Ulmols; but nobody accuses Mr, Nuving of “malico,” as Duane is charged with, nor did ho go aa farags Mr. Banny did inhis carefully-propared spook on his motion for investigation, Whon our correspondent swan roqnired to appear before the bar of that august assemblage. ha wout like a good and obedient citizen who ontortaing a profound respect for the legally constituted an. thoritios; but Mr. Winunzaar Duanz did nothing of the kind, Ife stood npon his rights o8 an American cltizon, ro. fused to“appear at the bar of tho Honsa the sucond tine with his counsel, dofled the au- thority of the United States Senato, and apit upon the warrant signed by ‘Tuostas Jeveun. soN,—A namo that had mado tyrauts and crowned honds tremble the world over, Now, what dovs tho renior imagino waa tho pinishmont which the United States Seunto stncted ont to Editor Witttax: Duane for hig * fale, seandalous, and malicious " fpublica- tion in tho first place, and his contempt and defiance of tho Senato of tho United States fv tho sevond plnce? Was ho drawn and quartered, behcaded, transported, publicly whipped, finod, or imprigonod ina common foil ken sheep-thicf or n murdoror? Not atall, ‘Ihe littlo body of men in session on tho 27th day of Murch, 1800, in the City of Philadelphia, which wos prosided over by ‘yosss Juvyensox, had as much respect for tho individual righte of the oitizen aa it hod for its own good namo, and, while it socredly guarded tho formor, it was gorupulously careful not to infringe upon tho latter, And if Mr. Wittras Duang had been a correspondent of Tux Tamune, and rofused to botray the confldonce ‘of somo friend boforo Par Banny’s Smelling .Com. mittoc, ho would Mave been sent to tho Sangamon County Jail liko'a common folon, But what. did Mr, Jevrenson do with Mr, Duane in a very nggravating cuso, by and with tho authority of the United States Sonate? ‘The warrant goes on to recite tho faots of tho wholo mattor,—how and in what way Mr, Duane had beon fret guilty of a vory serious offonsy; thot ho had been called to the bar of tho Benate to mako answer; that ho askod fur further timo and tho privi- loge of employing compatent counsel; and that he had furthor disregarded tho order of thy Sonato by falling to appoar on tho day dosiunated for tho hésring; and. with thia ncounmlation of —afansas, tha warrant goos on to say {hiat, “ Wherone, tho oo waith | Wairtaast, Duanrn, 6. + in contempt ef tho Inst-montioned ardor, did vofuse and neglect to apponr at tha bar of tho snid Sonnte, . . + ond the Sonatd of tho United States... did theronpon resolve that tho sail Wintrast Duane was guilty of a contempt, » «+ and that for sald contempt he, tho said Wittiam Duane, shovkl bo-takon into to custody of the Sergeant-nt-Arma attonding the Senate, to ba kept for thoir furthor or- dora,” That was the way Mr. Troxas Juerenson punished aman for contompt of the Sonnte of the United States on the 27h of March, 1800, after publishing falso ond mnlicious alonders concerning that dijurfed body md ite wtauding committees, But the Iiinols Houso of Reprogontatives has'a mora sum> mary mothod of punishing those whor it al- leges havo trented its almighty otlicta with contompt, and in ils imbuctle rage acoks to add disgrace to its abridgment of personal liverty. Possibly somo of tha idiots in Springflold might have thonght that ib would bo no punishment to declare Mr. Nevina“in contempt of the House, as that wrould be merely placing him on tho sito where w Jargo majority of tho most intelli gont people of tho Stato may be found, or that it would bo suficiont to place him in tho cnatody of tho Sergeant-at-Arms, instond of incarcorating luk undor lock and key in tho Sangamon County Jail iu company with thioves, folons, and assassins, Mr, Jerren- son took a different ‘view of such alleged offonsos, and so will the people of Illinois. ————— THE ESSENTIALS OF SOUTHERN PRO8- PERITY, Atno time sinoo the War havo tho pros poots of Southern industry been mora gloomy than now, especially in tho Missisaippi-Val- Joy Statos. Whilo the North is rapidly re- eupernting from the oxcoaaos of the War and the depression of the pante, with its immonso shrinkngo of values, some portiona of tho Bonth—tike Loulsiann, for inatanco—scom to boin a moribuud condition. For somo yoars past it has beon tho fnshion to chargo this stngnation to the Republican Administration, ‘but this excuso will hold good no longer. ‘Tho Republican Adminintration tins had no control over the Sontli since tho election of Mr. Haves, ‘Tho Federal troopa have been withdrawn. ‘Tho people havo beon loft freo to regulate their institutions, and they havo rogulated them so thoroughly by tho familiar prooosses of bulldozing that the South hos boon mado solidly Domoorntic, Ropublican- ism has beon oxtingnished by murder In soma places, social and political ostracism in others, and ballot-box’ stufling in still others. ‘Tho negro has boon olininated from politica’ aud from nearly ovorything else, and figures no moro prominontly in domestic affairs than ho did whon ho was,q' slave, Tho whites havo had full ayeep, and the South has gone down fastor than over.” One doos not hayo to look far to find tho couses of this prostralida, ‘Iho first of theso is Inziness. No State or country can flourish in which the pooplo will not work, ‘Tho South has all tho cldmbuts of prospority,— fertile Innds, xuavigablo streams, good harbors, groat cition,’ improved machinery, mitla, canals, railroads, and plonty of Inbor- ers,—nnd tho boat intjdrora in tho world for ita poouliar work ; but of what advautaga aro all theso if thoy nro /not utilized? ‘Yo sot nil these clements sin operation requiros onergy, enterpriso, jad industry upon tho part of tho whites, ‘Ehey aro tho brain of the South; tho blackj'tho bono and sinow, T€ tho formar is idlo,sthe lntter will,pe idlo. If tho whites of the Routh would put their hands to the plow and tho shovol, if thoy would do loss talking ‘(nd moro working, if thoy would lot thoir d0-called ‘honor go to thedogs aud attend to thoirmateriol interesta, if thoy wonld dovote's tithe of tho cnorgy to tho development of thelr rosourees that the North doos, nnd drop their swagyor, and conservatism, and Inglnoss, tho South would ‘propor. , Tho rocond cartso is, that, whila tho whites will not work themfolves, thoy will not al- low tho blacks to work in & maunor that will onhaneo tho prosperity of tho’ South. By keeping thom in ascrvile condition they ara overy year hastoning its decay. ‘Tho negro is only a hired Inborer, not only atripped of overy political right which has been guarnntecd him, and thus reduced to the conditions of nferf, but allowed no op- portunity to accumdlate anything or to work at a profit, If ho ts working for wnges, thoy aro mado so finall that he can barely keep himself and his family from rtarvation, If he works for a wharo of tho crop, ho is so ovorcharged that his shora amounts to little or nothing, Bo far as owning Innd is concerned, that iq. ont of tho quostion. A correspondent of tho Now York 2'ril- une, who talked with tho rofugecs from Louisinna recently, arrived in St. Lonis on their way to Kansas, saya that they all told the samostory, ‘They said that thoy contdu’t mako anything; that thoy “had to ront laud ata prico, in colton equaling $10 an nere, and had te buy all their provisions of the planters, who sold theso to them at snob pricos that atthe ond of the yonr thoy were nearly always in debt; that if they would pot a tile ahoad tho white folks would contrive in some way to gat it; they anid thera wero no Inwa to protect thom cither in tholr contracts or their property, and that if they complatued or attempted to make nny trouble thay were afratd of thoir lives.” ‘Cho situntion, therefore, is substan- finlly thia The whites won't work, nud tho blacks can’t; tho whites becanso it iv be- nonth therr dignity, and the blacks becanso their work doos npt give them a living, It is casy enough for any one who is not a bull- dozer to seo thnt thore js no remedy for this condition of things excopt to vlevate tho In- boring class, give them a chauce of awnor- ship in tho lands, allow them to be educated, make thelr Inbor moro intelligent’ and skill. ful, and prouse in thom fn iturést in South. ern progpority, hee 'Yho third couso of tho Southern dorlino {a tho inscourity of lifo in the South, ‘That a stato of avayory oxisis iv that section may bo easily shown from its own papors, ‘Tho Momphis Appeat says: “If the laws aro not enforced and wurdorers sro not hanged oa thoy deservo, wo shall have snbstituted for tho statutes tho thrents of the ruflan, who profora to ‘dio in his boots,' doconcy will fall below par, and licenso will bo at 5 premium.” Tho Now Orloans, Times says: *¢ Whon the people take hold of tho question with an aggressive determination like thot lyplayod in g political campaign, or in any other qatter tn which thoy ara dooply intor- ested, it will not be long before tho pistols, knives, and brass knuckles aro Yald aside," The Brandon “(Miss,) Jtepublicah saya: ‘s'Theso murders are of dally ocourrence, aud somo of the best mon and oltizons aro victims to this practico of carrying concealed weapons.” Tho Canton (Miss,) Mail savas “Lf thoua wlio and pro. . nea Saat oe teotiva nie (agninnt carrying concenlod wonpour) aro to ha dund-luttor acta wpon tho statntetibgte, they ahold bo repented and Barbarixm'canonized, and its practices coin mended to the pooplo, It rhoutd ho undor- stoad that nifah carries hia fifo an the for- felt far trisles, atid that a luckloxs ward or action is nu invitation to fate, Eithor this oud a daily recont of {ragoty and bloody corpser, or atyciig, united, unflinching, and wurosisting onfortemont of (he faw.” Wo might multiply suolt: extracts ns those from influontinl papors in tho South, showing that aatate of barbarism oxists thore, So long as it oxists, industry cannot prosper, ond, until the Inwa aro onforced and human life is pro- footed in, tha South, it will bo shunnod by {hoso whose fndnstry and capital aro needed by that section, In the fow year following tho War, tho South, in a apirit of revongo, would not allow North. orn mon to come there; now, when it neods thom and is not unwilling they should como, it keepathom away by its barbarism. It ia oncoutaging to obverve thn}.tho lending pa- pers of the South recogniza this fact, and ara doing all they can to oduents and chango popular opinion in this regard. When this in necomplishod, and Wfo is ng xocure in tho South ns it in in tho North, one of tho great obstacles to its prospority will havo boen ro- moved, : ‘Tho South has made a grant ado ovor tho presonco. of Fodornl troops, condemning it as an act of tyranny and an unwarrantablo interferonea with popular rights. ‘Louisiana, Mississippl, and somo othor States in that nection, nocd an army corps, and could woll afford to pny for one, to prosurvo ordor, pro- tect life, aud guaranteo tho working olnssca sconrity. An army corps in Now Orleans that wonld give overy man in Lonisiana his rights would dovelop the rosources of that Stato and oducate public sentiment much fastor than tho people themselves will over do it, —_— THE LAW'S DELAYS. ‘Tho Criminal Court on Saturday sontenced Joux Las, convicted of the murdor of offi- cer Race, to bo hanged in Juno next. Tho coungol at onco gave notica that on appeal would bo taken to tho Appellate Court, Every possible objection to the rulings of tho Court during the trisl,.and to tho rulings of the Court on the motion for a new trinl, will bo progontod to the Appollate Court as cause for a rovorsal of the judgment of tho Circuit Court, ‘{hore {a no complaint that, in n ease whero n man’s lifo or liberty is in peril, he should have tho right of appoal from tho tribunal boforo which ho was convictod to nn- othor sud snperior court authorized to finally expound tho law, Before tho establishment of tho Appellate Courts, persons convicted in criminal casos had the right of appoal to the Supramo Court, whose decisions wero final in this State. In such cases the accused had nll the benefit that he could claim,—the right to bo tried, and, if convicted, of bay- ing tho justico of that conviction determined by tho highost Court known to tho laws of tha State, ‘Tho Appellate-Court law, howovor, intor- poses, ond the interporition may aot in the case of an innocont person to n donial of justice to the victim, ond, in the cnso of a ronlly guilty man, to tho dofcat of justice to the gront encourngemont of crime, Tho now Inw provides for an apponl to thio Ap- pellate Court. Tho docision of thin Court 1s not final except whon it rovorses n judgment of conviction. Jf it affirm n conviction, the accused hos the furtherapponl to the Suprema Court, If it revarvo the conviction, the State has no appoal, It ia nota common thing for innocont porsons to bo tried aud con- vieted, though such things have happened and may lnppon, Such things sro moro Ukoly in cases whoro tho unfortuuato has but little or 20 monns cithor to omploy skill- ful or industrious counsol, or to pay the ox- Ponses attending n defense. If convicted, tho want of money is almost fatal. Under tho old law. he could appeal directly to tho Suprome Court, whoso docision was final, Under the now Inw ho has to apponl to the Appellate Court, whoso decision against him becomes final only in caso ho have no money with which to carry his apponl to a highor court, Tho cost of an npponl from tho Appellate Court to tho Supremo Court is ag great as, if not groater than, that of an appeal from the Criminal Court to the Appellate Court. Dhis device was put into tho Jaw for tho benefit of tho Clork of tho Appellate Court, go tht it is possiblo that ‘nu innocont man may somo day be hangod because of tho want of manus to pay toll to the Clork of tho Appellate Court. Onsos aro triod in tho Appelinte Court on the record sont up from tho Court bolow, costing 10 conts por folio, Instead, in casa of an appeal ta the Supremo Court, of sending this snino rocord up, tho law requires tho Appellate. Court Clork to make out a now record, for which thnt Olork has to bo paid 14 conte ofollo, A record in along criminal’ ensa ia n contly docnmont to an unfortunate and friondless man in prison, and whon, to get bis enso finally heard, ho hns to havo thiy record copied at an advance of £0 per cont on tho cost of the original dooument, tho most innocent of prisoners may ba hanged beforo ho can raiso tho money, Iu tho motion for tho now trial, one of the ronsons given was tho instruction of tho Court, sud in the argument it was assorted that tho instruction appenled from ns or- ronoous was in tha oxact Inuguage of tho Inw ag laid down by the Supromo Conrt, Now, andor this system of appeals in crim. nal cases being allowed only to tho do- fondanta, nnd tho dogision of tho Appellate Court being final only as against tho State, there is a posatbility of the Appellate Court overraling tha law as laid down by tho Cir. cult Court, though that law is a ropotition of tho decision of tho Supremo Court, and thore will ba no redress on tho part of the State, If tha Cironit Court doca not follow the Bupromo Court, it 48 cortain to bo over- ruled by tnt Court; if it doos follow tha Supreme Court, it may bo overruled by tho Appellate Court, aud thro is no appeal, Ifou the sovond trial the Clrouit Court shall follow tho Appellate Court, then, on an op- peal to the Suprome Court, tho conviction ‘wilt bo sat aside for not adhering to its Mrat decision, which tho Appellate Court had re- yerud, Deloy has become one of tho great points in the defense of orlminola, ‘Ihe institution uf the Appellate Courts has bocome o great auxiliary in the defonse of criminals, Wher all other delays fail, and a person is brought to trial and conviction, the aconsod, if he have moaits to secure proper counsel, con probably,consumo a your befora having an appea} disposed of in the -Appollata Court. If thot tribunal, for any onuse, detect a flaw in tho record, or any protext on which to found on’ * error," the caso qoos back to the Crimival Court, whero the new delays will ‘be ronewed, and where the avidenco, both as fogards the memory, aud tho oxistenco, and tho mtogrity of the witnesuva, will be grow- ° Lp rc A ing weaker, During alt tharo nppents to dif- ferant and varying Appellate Courts, the sub. stantial fact of the guilt. uy innoeohws af the accused dropt out of sights itis a adengglo for a ' rcaord,” into Which tha dofonro souks tobave soma teapnical “orvor {noorporated, and thug gain anothor yonr of dolny, If tho system of, apponls in criminal cagon to the Appattata Vourt fs to be continued, flon, nga decision'on “an appeal ought to bo flual or St i@ a mockery and p decoption, there ought to bo oxtonded to tho Blato an equal right of appeal from tho Appellate Court to the Supromo Court, so that in case the Cirenit Court sll bo ovorruled it shall havo an nuthoritative guido for its futuro notion, Ab progont the State i linble to have all its convictiqns in oriminal casos overruled aud sot aside by n court of inferior authority, nnd whoso rulings nto not Anal against nny party oxcopt tho State. THE NEVINS CONTEMPT CASE. Sudge Zang, of tho Springfield, Cirenit Court, having dented the application for tho release of Mr. Nevins,—Tux 'Tninung’s cor- responilont who is new in jail for a vory exettsablo contempt of tho present Illinois Legistature,—thoro js nothing for that gen- tleman to do for the present but onjoy tha swoot consolation of having dono his duty, and modestly accopt the admiration aud sympathy of the’commumity. It is not prob- nblo that tho mnjority of tho Tilinois Logisln- ture, which has persistently turned a dont cnr to all popular protests against its dilato- riness and incapacity, will yield up tho potty mialica which prompted My, Nevixa' commit- mont, It is more probablo that ox-Gov. Parsren, Mr, Nevixe’ counsol, will find 1 meaus for quickly contesting the queation beforo a higher tribunal, and ovontnnlly bafile the Logialntura in its spite-work, . Tho atrougth of the points mado by Gov. Pazar in his hwirriedly-propnred argumont, the manifest influonco these points mado upon Judge Zane, aud tho Inttor's hesitating and unwilling donial of tho - potition for rolenco, rondor it likely thot the higher Courts of this State will still interforo to put a curb upon the recklesa uso by tho Logislatura of tho power of commitmont and punishmont for constructive contempt. It ia desirable in this caso, ng in thoso casos whore the Legislatures havo pursued tho samo courso a4 a moans for compelling the produc. tion of private telographic movsngos, that the Intitude of tho Logislaturo’s authority to do- prive citizens of their individual liberty should be defiued by the Courts, 'Tho principal logal points devoloped so far ngainst tho indefinito dotontion of Mr. Nuv- ins aro: (1) That tho ovidenco which tho Logislaturo sought te compo! from him was of a honrsny chnracter, which would not bo ndmitted ina court of justico; (2) that the seommitmont for contempt is based upon 4 Tofusal to answor ‘certain quostiong,” and contains an order that Nevins be detained until he sholl indicate a willingnoss to au- awer “such questions as mny bo put to him"; and (3) that the constitutional provis- jon ns to tho power of the Legislature to punish for contompt limits imprisonment to twonty-four hours, aud that the statute pro- viding for indofinite imprisonmont is dofcct- ive, Under tho strict construction of the Con- atitution, i¢ would be tho duty of tho Houso to summon Mr. Nevins at the expiration of every twenty-four hours and ngain nek him tho quostions which it is dosirod ho shall answer; tho Legislatnro might thon commit him again if ho’ should agnin rofuso, ond 50 on, apparoii a proceeding in thin woy that tho Logisinturs con eatinfy itself thoroughly that the prisoner continuos to be in contempt; othorwiso n Sheriff or Jailer in leagno with a Logislative enbal night suppress a prisonor’a willingness to purgo himsolf of contempt, aud turn the Oontily Jail into a vory Bastilo for tho pun- ishmont of men who, may hove incurred the dixplensuro of such cabal, Tt. is also eloar that tho Legislaturo, acting in a judicial capacity, cannot strain its jurisdio- tion boyond that of "a regulnrly-organized Court; but the Hlinois Legislature has done thia by bolding it to bo contempt to refuse to give ovidenco of o henrany charactor which no Court would entertain for a mo- mont. Finally, the proposition to hold n person for contempt until ho shall bo willing to an- swer any quostion which tho Logislature may seo fit to osk him (which might include qneations nud mnawers of a natura to erin. | innte the witnoss himself) ia wo contrary to all rutes of practice nnd priuelples of justice that no court can indoraa it. Judge Zanz, in dociding the casa upon the spur of tho momwut, aud at a Jato hour at night, scarcely ind a proper opportunity for giving thoso points tly consideration to which thoy aro ontitied, but confessodly construcd the writ in tho spirit which ho thought the Legis- Ynture bnd boon controlled, An opportunity for n propor elaboration of theso points and mora innturo deliberation may securo from a higher tribunal a very different construction, It iu not the caso of Mr. Nevis alono, but individual liberty as threnteno:l by legis- lative usurpation of 8 dangerous excess of powor, which will thon bo considered, ‘Yho toohnica!-logat support of the Jegisla- tive authority to commit Mr, Nevixe for con- tompt, however, docs not excuse in auy way tho ronl outrage ‘of tho proceeding, The fnat ia patent that Mr, Nevins has beon com mitted to jail becnuso he gavo curroncy to tho boundless rumors as to corruption in the Legislature, and not bacaueo ho has rofused. to revenl tho namo, of bis informants, ‘ho Legislature is abualug a high privilege con- forred upon it n3 a menna for naintaining its dignity and commanding respect in order to gratify nepite, ‘Lho effect of such 9 course is to forfeit tho dignity aud laso tho respeat srhich tho law of contempt was designed to prosorye. Thero ara alroady indications of @ very goneral and decided protest through. out the Stato against. this high-banded pro- ceeding, and this protest will grow into formidable proportions if the Leglulature shall ondenvor to prolong its session (already prolonged boyond its propor torm) morely in ordor to koop in‘ jail a man whose offonso is that ho printed what noarly ovorybody clso in the Stata has beon publicly procldiming for two months, ,* ——— ‘Tho Domooratlo party is so ossontially vicious aud “cussed” in its practices and mothods that iio non-parlixau obsorver is sometimes sorely puzzled to know what it is really driving at. Inasmuch os tho members of that paxty! aro all citizons of the samo country, afl! have apparently the samo in- teroat in qly,goneral welfare and permanent prosperity-as any other class of persons, wo week in’ yain for tho motives that explain their unpatriotic and revolutionary conduct. Every "iutelligent person in tho country is well gyrate that tho prosont oxtra scgion of Congress, with all ita oxponse, florco exeltes mont, and bitter partizan debates, might havo hoot avoided ay well ns not, and thnt tho ro- sponsibility of it all rests culirely upon tho shouldora of the Demooralio leaders in the Inst Congresa, among whom may bo mamod tho two conspionons candidates for tho Prop. ideney, Tuunatan and Bayanp, and tho two proiminont candidntes for tho Speakorship of the Tionse, Saxe Raxpats and don Bracr., nuny. ‘Those bold, bad mon and their con. foileratos in tho Forty-fi fth Congross resolved “ta entor upon a conrse of logislation so revo. Intionnry and threatening in its charnotor ng fo call for the moat'dolormined reeiatanco on the part of the Republican minority, and, ag, Mr, Ganrimep woll said, appenl to the com’. mon soverelgn—The Pooplo—for :thoir j tiflention, ‘Tho facet to which wo wish to calt , } tho spccinl attention of tho reader ig, thats? ‘tho nims, methods, and policy of the Demo- eratio party ara wholly at variance with tho business intoreata and commoroial prospority, of tho country, ns well as antagonistic to ity yonee and good order, That gront party stands indicted to.day by the grand jury of tho country with cottain high crimes and misdomennors ngainst the common weal, for which it must bo held to anawor at tho ballot-box, Among thoso counts are (1) that it conspired to over. . throw the Govorumont; (2) that it mado an {mmmonse national dobt necossary; (3) that it ondeavored to repudiate wholly or in part tho nation’s honest indebtedness; (4) thnt it obstructed tha resnmption of spacto-pay. monta; (6) that it has kept up the constant menaco of domestic violonco and civil wor by threatoning tho prosout Obiof Magiatrta with impenchmont, or romoval from offllco, or both; aud (6) thot it hos entailed upon tho country the neodloss exponae, excite. mont, and ogitation of an extra rossion of Oongrass for purposes wholly vicious, parti. san, ond revolutionary in their scopo and design. ‘hes different specifications need not bo arguod at length to any intolligent poreon who {is conversant with passing events. Tho lenders of tho Democratic party ora too much engrossed with obtains ing full control. of nll departments of the Fodeval Government to caro. much for tha materlnt interests of tho -country, aud sro detormincd torulo or ruin, ‘ Tho storm: contro of dangor," said nn cloquent Repub- lean leader in the Forty-ffth Congrasa, '' to tho businoss intorosts of the country is right hero in this Capitol," and ho might havo nddod that, like the throe-honded dog in an. viont mythology, modorn Dontocracy is tho red-mouthod Corborns that Alls tho mind of tho business community with constant alarm and approbension as to the future, Not long ago ata eburch sociable in Racine, Wis, the managers hit upon the ratticr fuscl- nating sehemo of raising monoy by setting up the ladies at auction and selling then to the highest bidder for cash,’ Some of tho young ludieg brought fancy prices, und the reetlots swelled the church treasury almost to bursting, and there was great oxcitement aniong tlie bilis aud bears of the market. But the plan haa en- tailed an infinite amount of social {Il-wllt tn tat community. One gontleman’s wife, 2 reaily charintiug aud interesting woman,—what tho oluble auctioncer declared was “a most desir able pleco of govds, though not divisible eo a8 to sult purcbasers,"—was knocked down ot the insignificant sum of 25 cents; whereat the Jeal- , ous husband got mad at thiselight put upon his wifo's chaorma, and he swors “ike the army tn Flanders” at the eburch ond Ol connected therewith, ‘The friends o€ the family have taken sides with them, and tho rupture threat- ens to bu aserious one for that church. ‘Tho indignant husband asits, “ How would you like to hayo your wifv sold for tivo shillings?” Per- hans {t would he well enough’ to remind the gontleman thut specle-payments have been re- sumed, and that the ptices of all commodities , have struck bed-rock, « Wilks "Sf Montruneren’s dauch tor, tho Princoss CunisTine, die, it will look as ff fatu wore decidedly bent on punishing the raco of Lours Paiuirrs for the transgressfon of thy Spanish Marriages, ‘The crafty old King of the French, in spite of hfs personal aud ofll- lal: pledges, murrled Queen IsAnerca to that impotent fdfot Don Francisco p’Aasist, so that, when sho should dio without tseue, the crown would descend to the cuildren of her sister and the Frouch King's son, Montrensten. ‘Tho acheme, it {6 historical, did not succeed; the chances of .a descendant of Lous Panniers coming to the French throne are rather legs than they aro that lo will be struck by Hghtulng;- ‘ the Duke af Montrentien’s canvass for tho Spanish crown fallud; the daughtor he married to King Anrnonso died re she gavo birth to an her, and her sister, whom gossip had fudieuted ng her sticeessor on the throne, ia dying, Tho ancionts would hayo found tn this a convincing manifestation of Divine tro and unsioldliyy Fate. ee Should tue ‘rom Ewtxa seems to bo trylng to ride’ two horses fn Washington after the manner of the elreus fellows. Ono is x black, viclous devil, called “Democracy,” and the other is a bole tailed, piebuld, “rliged, streaker, and speckled eritter’? known og: “Fiatisia.” Both ontmals ate traveling in tha samo dhection ‘rousd the rlug, ant Tos ling Just wow ono foot on each ung, The other alght Ewing corraled nbont thirty other Greenback tuvaties fn coucus to devisu further achumes of currency tinkerIny that may embarrass the buslivss interests of the country, They mean tu Insist on agitation nud-unrest at thls sosston, ‘Thelr plang in- clude the destruction of bank-notes, the sub- stitution of greenbacke, and an income tax, When: Tost witnosses the general coursa of fieviltry that bas already been entered upon by his Deno-Confederates in Congreas, ne might ho sattafled with the outlook without attempting togive the curroney question » general aver- haullng. os ‘The St. Louts diroetory man, having uncarthed aproblstorle burying-ground, and bolng further favored by the influx of negroes from tho Routh, has added 8,784 names to his Mbrary of fiction, “a larger {nerease than in any one year since Mr, Gounn hag published hls work,’ saya the Jepubiican, which thereupon pominate as Supervisor of that censis district for'18S0. If thera teri GovrDs enough to gu round next year, we should not be surpriacd to sev thy pop- ‘ulation of tieaa United States Agured out at about 280,957,134. St. Louis people must dis more and yotu more clan they do If- thoy oxpect any ono on the elyilized aide of the big bridge to look at their Ngures of population without feel~ dug un fotole! tlekliyy of the midriff. a ‘Thetelephonols belug introduced {nto churches Jn various parts of the country, and enthusiasts aro beginning to anticipate the timo when people will aft at home uuder thelr own yines and fg+ trees,—or, rather, thelr own ceilings aud chan dellers,—turn on their tolephonca, und bo cdl. fled by whatever preacher they prefer. And yet there are some preachors to whom justice» can nover be done under auch a system, even iu part. For indtance, let us supposo that Mr. ‘Yatmagn'’a dlacoursca aro dolivered. by telo- phony; bereft of the magic eloquence oft his logs nnd ering, the proverbial egg without salt could not be flatter. Has any one’s exuberant fancy ever depicted Mr. Tanstage preaching to thu inmates of un asylum for the blind? + a A Kentuckian has discovered fu Bullitt Coun- ty a lead mine big ‘enough to supply the whole State with ammunition? If tb und been a for- eat of stutuly zullows-troos, the discoyury would hayo been timely nnd somuthing to crow aver "The trouble with Kontucky {8 too much bang ing to tov little hanging. , py oats i Eee ‘Mr, Tarsrace bas been on trial at Brooklyn on ucharey of keeping a. religious houso of “common fume? . i a 2 Cant, Bransnaw, of H. M. 8. Shaw, had been ordered home from the Pacifle, but stopped at St. elena, and there, bearlug of tho disaster to