The New York Herald Newspaper, September 19, 1866, Page 4

4 EQUALIZATION OF BOUNTIES. Convention of Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors. THE BOUS!Y QUESTION DISCUSSED. Non-Corimittal Speech = of General Banks. Fifty Delegtes Appointed te the Pitis- burg Convention. SPECIAL TELECTAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALO, Boson, Sept. 18, 1866. The Convention of delegates of the returned sol- diera and sailors of Massachusetts, held in Faneuil Rall this forenoon, was very largely attended, The conven- tion assembled uoder acall issued for a convention to (ake measures f.; securing an equalization of bounties, ‘and also to seer to the soldiers and sailors the fruite of the war brought to a victorious close by their valor. Colonel Wiillaw H. Lounsbury, of Cambridge, presi- dent of the Massechusetts Army and Navy Union, called the Vonvention to order and read the cali by which the delegates had convened. AMPORARY ORGANIZATION. Qn motion of (olonel Pratt, of Weymouth, Colonel Lounsbury was wade temporary Chairman, Oa assuming the duties of his office Colonel Lounsbury made a brief gpoech. The temporary organization was further completed by the election of George W. Cook, of Haverhill, es Secretary. By unanimous vote the Convention procesed to appoint™a Committee on Per- manent Organiz. by nominations. This manner of Procedure caused « great deal of commotion and confu- sion After a heated and excited discussion all the votes were tabli.!, and then a fresh one was taken, giv- ing the power of appotnting the committee to the chair. Colonel Lounsby appointed a committee of ten, with General Rober’ Cowdin as Chairman, The namé of Cowdin was received with mingled cheers and hisses. A Committee op Credentials was then appointed by the Chair, consi» ng of fifteen, having for its Chairman Captain J. T. Lorves. Tu the midst of creat enthusiasm a motion was carried for the appointient of a committee of eleven to prepare @ black fist contwining the names of all those who have opposed equalizn'ion of bounties in Massachusetts, The committee was appomted by the Chair, REMANENT ORGANIZATION, The Committco oo Organization in due time reported a list of officers, wii Major General N. IP’. Banks as Presi- Gent, Major Genersla B. F. Butler and W. F. Bartlett sud o large nuiober of brigadier generals, coloncls, majors and civilian as Vice Presidents and as Secreta- ries. ‘The list as reported was adopted. General Banks was conducted to the platform by a committoe appo nted by the Chair, and was received by the Convention with intense enthusiasm and martial miusto, After the ent! oviaesm of his greeting bad subsided Genom! Banks s.\4 — Farrow Cire: ov Tuk Coxventiox—1 congratulate you heartily on ‘no auspicious opening of this move- meat for the proteciion of the iuterests of the soldiers and sailors of cur commonwealth and of the whole United states, aud ior the ‘vation of the lberties of the people, (Apolance.) Tt is our duty to our cause and those we represent ho cannot be with us to day, to in- voke the Divine blessing upon our procoedings. The General then catled ttpon Rev. Mr. Ball, the chaplain, to offer prayor. SYRGUM OF GANRRAL BANKS. At the conclusion of this ceremony General Banks made the followin non-committal speech :— Fetiow Crnzrss anp Feurow Souniers ;—-It is my duty to make briely my acknowledgments to you for the honor you bave conferred upon me in inviting me to Preside over the «liberations of this Convention. It is @lso my duty and my pleasure to say that I beheve in whe justice of the ciaims you make, and imy confidence of their entire ai success. (Cheers.) There is wo olaas of peop!» in this cou to whom the nation is more indebted —— to she oy eae in plavae.) They have preserved from rruction War aod from ana: chy at the conclusion of the war; and maueb ss we may be of tho achievements of the ermy and navy ic great st: through which the eountry has = jus: —— and much as we may rejoice ious triumph in the Jo that has sottied upon our arns and ven us the victor; everywhere n the sea upon the land over all enemios, wo bavo creater cause to be proud thatat the @'saotution of the urmy the soldiors aud sailors have set- ted instantaneously and volantarily into the pursuits of peace, to give to th» government and the country tho name triumph ip the arena of industry that they gave to our armies ip the arena of battle. I cannot doubt that alt the claims upon the country which you may present, founded in justice, will be ultimately freely and cheer- fully acknowled, We must appreciate that in a eountry and fo’ ment where e thing is adopted after deliberatio and concurrence of opinion there must ‘be more or less ‘lelay , but delay does not imply injustice or want of gonervett id wo may be assured that in thie case, a in ali instances that have in our hia- tory, justice and generosity will go hand in hand to eniwer claims and crown the merits of all who have faithfully served the people and government. That our Commonwealth «ill hesitate it is impossible to believe. That sho should ultimately refuse the claims of her sol- diers and sailor no man fora moment can believe, (Applauce.) Her rights have been secured by thoir rac- Pifloes; her industey and her prosperity, as woll as her inatitutions nat are due to them and the @iassos thoy represent. Twonty-five years ago the entire sodustrial produ: of Massachusetts was jess than one bundred millions of dollars; last year it was six hundred milliousy and this year it is a atill iarger sum, increasing every year, with the inereasinj ekti! of her children, with their increasing power ot industry and the elevation of her Inboring classes; and with such @ reward for industrial toil as this that sho should hesitate for a eiugle moment to give to the sol- diors and sailors their just and eqaltab 6 claims, no man, ea I have said, can believe; but if there were’ a doubt the action of the government elsewhere will remove tt. Among many things, fellow citizens, which clain our eonsidoration and favor for the be nt Congress, and eapocially for tts labors of the Inst session, ts the act es at the close, giving to the soldiers and sailors, so as they are connected with the general govern- ment, an equalization of bounties under the law, Although this act is not at all perfect; although 1% does not concede all that may be claimed and askod, \\ i2 a gratifiextion and advantage to be able to way that it i# & beginning; and T can assure you follow citizens, that at a day not far distant, as goon aa the question can be fully discussed, and differences of opinion harmonized, the Congress of the United States, tu behalf of the people, w il acknowledge their obliga- ions to the soldiers and sailors, and g ve to them evory elaim and every demand and right. (Intense ontht- siaam.) But we must not forget that there are other ‘They aro pre- soled im the call under which you have assembled. It for the preservation of the liberties of the country, people and the institutions planted by © fruits of Ove years’ hard fight- universe! boggary must not be lost, piause.) Hero in Fanouil Hall the gol- sand sailors of Massachusetts pledge {'; hore in (he psesouce of the great (athers of our common: wealth wo renew the vows we have made heretofore, sod wo declare in their name and for the myriads of our brthren who havo fatien in hatte, that the fruits of thew aacr/loes and thoir victories shall never be lost 10 owe land We have a right, in the Featorstion of the government in the see Insurrec. tooary or conquered States, to demand guarantees tor the poace of the future, aud among those guarantees I dy Dot hesitate to say that (wo are indispensable, 1 elaim here, in the presonce of this Convention, for 1 sailors of the army of the United Siates rywhere, First, that ths living soldiers * shall have the right of ingress With the right to express their opt. all subjects connected with th rnment, or. be American flag floats—(grea! ume) ; — and second, that tho bones of the heroes and martyrs of Wberty that lie buried in the soll of every insurgent and rebel State shall sleep in peace and in honor where they foil. (Cries of ‘Good, good," and cheers) Where should the soldier rest but wher» he fell} Where should he fad pence in death bat on the spot where his blood enriched (he goil, and where bis death gave victory to our arms and freedom to the colntry? And I say here. jo Faneuil Hall, in behalf of the soldiers and eal Massac busetia, that there can be no Peace in this country until the soldiers and sailors can pass and ropase over overy loot of that soil, with freedom to expres thotr opinions upon every subject connected with the government, and that it will be riited by the unequivocal judgment of the poople that the deceased martyrs of liberty who bave been daatroyed by the armies of the rebellion shall be allowed to sleep in peace and in honor under the sol! and beneath the fag where fell, (Loud applause.) Fellow ott, nena, soldiers sailors, I will pot trespass further ba ‘our-attention, (Cries of “Go on.") The canse liberty, of equality, of justice, claims your attenyon swt cake vem teuun ¥ you ou jo embraces not o1 ir ri but the rights of I Clagees and the interests ror the ~ +4 4 weil as of the local constitu Fe issues in which we are interested, bo rights of t (Great cheering.) i sent. That platform is ity of co. fa =the = army, = of righ ip the counotia of the nation — (loud Sppipuse) — and Oquality of rights for the defenders ue coun. = i Flo ee ae forever. pe pplause, LJ party embraces all of thie country. oe =i NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY; SEPTEMBEK 19, [668.—TKIPLW” BHURT. of all your associates tn the army. In evory State in the Union you will rally hundreds of thousands who have done honor to our arms, and who yet live to main- tain the rights aud honor of the government under Grant, (Ae peri nceting (Great applause.) With this tgsue you can enter the confines of the insurgent States, and challenge acquiescence and ack nowledg- ment On the part of rebels in the justice of your claim, There ia no voice in the country of any class or of any section shat can complain of th» claim you make, ordeny the justice, which is your mght, and you have only to raise upon your flag the motto which is yours, which none can deny to you, “Equality of compensation in the army, equality of rej ntation in the councils of the nation, and equality of rights for all men who have de- fended the country heretofore,” to be assured of ulti- mate and complete victory. In a cause like this, at a time like this, with heroes on the right, and on the and in front, we know no such word as * fail,’’ ry man should be nerved in the conflict upon which we are entering by the consolation and the assurance that success is not only a duty, but a right, and that with proper exertion they can acoomplish their purpose and secure all that y claim of the country. (Cheers) Fellow citizens, soldiers and sailors, I thank you again for the honor conferred upon me in invitit me to participate in the deliberations of this Con’ tion, T assure you again that I concur heartily and principles you present, an: that at no time and place where I have the capacity to utter a word or to perform an act that shall tend to se- cure their ultimate success shall an endeavor of mine be wanting. I await any proposition relating to the bual- ness of the Convention. At the conclusion of the speech business was taken up. ‘THR RESOLUTIONS. A resolution committee was appointed, who subse- quently gubmitted a long series. The first six resolu- Hons pitch into the commonwealth of Massachusetts aud those members of the last Legislature who were inst granting the claims of the soldiers and equalizing boun- ties, and thank all those who bad made exertions to gecure justice to the soldiers and sailors, Other resolu- tions were of a political nature, The following extracts give their tenor:— Resolved, That Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, in removing loyal soldiers from offloe because the; remained firm to thelr own political convictions and refuse to endorse hia polioy. tn disregarding the application of loyal soldiers for office within his gift, and bestowing the same upon virulent copperheads and conservative politicians who denounced the war, maligned the Union soldiers, and gave y, has not only acted in direct Joyal people, but has thereby ep pouters and broken his own profuse and en aid and comfort to the enem: ‘oppoaition to the will of the josulted the U ‘That we view with alarm and indignation the endeavors of unprineipled politicians to wrest from the loyal soldiers and people the fruits of their victories and of their sacrifices by leaguing themselves with the traitors whom we vanquished in the fleld, wheroby loyal men are exposed to indignity, outrage and’ death, and unrepentant rebels are restored io ollices of trust and honor; that we believe that the only manner {n which tho frutis of the late war can de sectired to loyal men and thelr posterity {x by a firm adherence to the policy of the loyal people, which demands adequate guarantees for the future good conduct of the rebel States and the exclusion from place and power of those who were voluntary participants in. the rebellion, and thereby forfeited thelr rights as American cltizens, and that we, the soldiers of the republic, who fought for the su- premacy of the national authority, have a right to demand that the safety of the republic shall be held paramount to all other considerationa by the Execnttve and by Congress, Resolved, That treason should be made odious and that the authors shoutd be punished; that in the name of our starved and murdered brothers at Andersonville, in the name of our slaughtered brothers on every battlefield, tn the name of thousands of widows and orphaus, In the name of American liberly and A n justice, we protest against the pardon or the release of Jefferson Davis; we protest against the ineuliing lentency that feasts and pampers a bloodstatned traitor, who should occupy a felon’s cell and on felon's fare; and we demand that he be to trial for his crimes and treason without delay; that he be convieted and that he be hung. Resolved, That we deplore the apostacy of such of our follaw soldiers as have deserted the banner of Mberty and alliad themselves with Northern copperheads and Southern traitors; that we deny the right of any late general or gen- erals to send unauthorized persons to political conventions as the delegaica of the Massachusetts soldiers without the knowledge or consent of the said soldiers, and that we de- nouncs and repudiate any attempted affiliation with still dix- loyal members of the late rebel army. Resolved, That this convention will elect fifty delegates to attend and'represent the soldiers of Massachusetts at the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ National Convention to be held at Pittsburg on the 2th inst, The resolutions were thirteen in number. While wait- Ing for the report on resolutions letters were read from Governor Bullock, General Burnside, Govern or of Rhode Island, and General Chamberlain, Governor clect of Maine, sympathizing with the soldiers, A speech was also made by Colonel Horace B. Sargent, who urged the claims of the Pittsburg Soldiers’ Convention. Major Genoral Devons, private Carpenter, of the Second Ver- mont imfantry, a one-legged soldier; Sergeant Plunkett, of ‘the ‘wenty-second regiment, who has lost both arms, and others were introduced and made addresses upon the resolutions, Brigadier Genoral. Harriman, of New Hampshire, made n speech tp which he declared that the country should be ruled by patriote and not by traitors, and that Generals Grant, Sherman and Sheridan stood higher and in a better light than Generals Lee, Breckinridge and those rebel offoors who aro boing petted by the Johnsonites. The resolutions were unanimously adopted. After more speoches the following delegates were chosen to the Pittsburg Convention in accordance with the last resolution :—-Major Generals N. P. Banke, B F. Butler, Charles Dev Charles G. Loring, Charles J. Paine, K. W. Hinks; Brigadier Generale Henry 8. Briggr, Robert Cowdti R. Gulney, James Barnes, H. B, & gent, Wm. Ci monds, Wm. I, Edward N. Hallowell,’ J. E, Ed- Spracue, Henry Wilson, see F. Waloott; Lincoln, Stephen M. Weld, Jr., A. B. R. hein gy . H, Lounsbury, A. R. F. Pratt, Gamuel ©. ‘Uliver, G, Rowell, 1 Dunbam, 3. W. Kimball, W. L. Clark, W. 8. King, Jaines Tr Bea Kirsmal; Bajors James Brown, Sheron FE. Hall Ham N. Meserve, M. J. McAfferty, J. W. Mahan, John W. Morrisey, U. ar’ Geargo W. Dutton; Charles W Hastings, FE. M. Onion, Charles James Hancock, Kuott 0. 1. Ne John A. Lynch, J. W. Lo Barnes: Lieutenante A. F. Up: ton, Edw M. Cheney, George W. Andrews, b Songg Mi fo ‘Wilson ; Mesara, Francis J. Barton, John F. Brown, Wm. é tps Solomon Thomas, Charles J. O'Kielly, Rufus mith. ‘The meeting was dissolved at about four o'clock with cheers. PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS. FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. —The New York Herald Maki Trouble—The Clymer Party Feeling Very Sere—Complexien of Things Around Harrisbarg-.A Doubtful Congressional Dis- trict—What the Peo; Hannissore, Sept. 13, There ia grievous trouble inthe democratic camp on account of the recent editorial inthe Henarp pitching imto their candidate for Governor. The blow was quite unexpected, and has caused great consternation among those who have been foollah enough to bet on the result of the electign. Clymer's brother was particularly flerce over the matter, and prepared a long letter to the editor of the Hexaxp in reply, but some kind friends interfered and advised him to keep quiet, and the result is that this scorching epistle is lost to history. On the other hand the republicans are tickled to death, and are trying to make the most political capital they can out of the article, ‘They quote it as one of the signs of the times and feel more conident than ever of 15,000 majority for Geary. Stil! both sides are unrolaxing in their efforis to secure the success of their respective can- didates, and cnless something unexpected tranepires between now and election day, the contest on the 9th of October will be one of the most exciting ones ever wit- nesscd in this State. A DOURTFUL CONGRRSSION AT, DISTINCT. This is one of the four doubtful districts in th that the democracy otek togain. It ie at prese . presented in Congress by Miller, and comprises Dauphin, Snyder, Union, Juniata and Northumbertand counties. The two latter counties are strongly demovratic, while the others may be put down as republican, No nomina- tions have yet been made by oither party, but it is ex- pected that the candidates will be named in the course of a fow days, There are no less than five aspirants for the office from the democracy, and two or three from the republican party. Who the Incky man wiil be it is difoult to say; but one thi; ig certain, everything depends on the character an standing of the nomineo, The vote in the district is no evenly balanced that the best man will win irrespective of party aud political machinery. Owing to loval intiu. ences t ig not the very best harmony existing be- tween the democratic leaders; but they hope to be able to remove those obstacles and show a united front to their antagonists, Nowe verroni re. conversation in the reading room of the hotel to.day upoa an editorial in the Herato upon the prospects of the coming elections in the Northern States. The discussion was between copperhead and @ conservative domocrat, and ran some- what as follows: — Covrepnean,—Did you seo the New York Hxnatn to- day? it is ont in favor of Congress against the Presi. dont, and advocates the reconstruction policy of Con. grese, 1 wonder what bas got into Bennett now, Consenvattve—It just serves us right. All this comes of nominating men for office of the Bon Wood and Val ham stripe instead of putting up better men—men who fought for their country and not against it, Corrrnmean—Well now what isthe matter with Cly- mer I should like to know? Coxsenvanrive—Nothing very bad I suppose; but there Were a dozen men in the State who would have done better than he will. The Hxnat» cautioned, us about him when he was firet spoken of as 4 candidate, and I expected that it would come to thie. I tell you, Bennett js a kuowing one; he knows which way the wind is oing to blow utas well as any of them. et us drop the subject and go and take a drink. omnes.) yever, (Exeunt ia Western Penneyl- Pritspone, Pa, Sept 16, 1866. Having given you some insight into the political feet ‘ng east of the Alleghanics—ihe stronghold of the democracy, if it has any left in thie State—let me now report the condition of afikire aa I have foond them in the western part of the State, The farthor west you travel the stronger the feeling prevails to endorse the action of Congress in relation to the Reconatraotion bill ; And, in this neighborhood especially, a bitter opposition to the pehoy of the President exists among the masses, The friends of Clymer 4 puch to eay in thie part of the SPE bin a to love heart at the prospect of affaire for their candidate, GOVRRNOR CURTIN's FETIMATR OF Tire VOTE. Curtin, Cameron, Geary and others have recentiy made © tour of this section of the Stats, and express them- fe~re Uvon this taeue 76m oan the salves fully casiphied with the complegien of effeire ag far as they bave travelled. Governor Curtin espocially is quite confideat of the utter defeat of the democracy, and wrote to a friend of his in Wail street, I understand, that it would be safe to bet on a majority of forty thousand, This may be an over-estimate, and I am pretty certain it is; but still the chances of Clymer's election aro de- cidedly blue, aud the worst of It is they continue to grow bluer and bluer every day. and much interest will the ings of this place sug- orm pee conservative masses through- out the entire Union might stand, and thus take the whole q of reconstruction out of the hands of politic! ani The idea strack “At all events,” as this gentleman would be no harm done in tryin; tea nee seaterday ban th great bulk ord I 5, 10 of te Ml not leave ‘here before to- eis morn! : The Avera A to be held here on the 25th promises teered to decorate the interior of the building with flow- ers, flags, and devices ay to the occasion. The Republican Executive Committee are working diligently tm the matter, and no effort or expense will be. spared to out do the Clevelanders, as far as an effective demonstra- tion Is concerned. THE RADICALS TO THE PEOPLE. Address of the National Union Committee. Frtow Ormens:—Very grave differences having arisen between your immediate ves in Con- gress and the President who owes his position to your votes, we are impelled to ask your attention thereto, and to suggest the duties to your country which they render imperative. We shall avoid the use of hard words. Of these there have already been too many. And that ‘the matters ia issue may be brought within the narrowest ene let us firat eliminate from the controversy all tl has already been or has never been in dispute. The republic has been desperately assailed from within, and its had existence seriously imperiled. Thirteen States wore claimed as having withdrawn from the Union, and were represented for years in a hostile Congress meeting at Richmond. Ten of these States were for a time wholly in the powor of a hostile con- federacy, the other three partially so. The undoubtedly loyal States were repeatedly and formidably invaded by rebel armies, which were only expelled ir obstinate and bloody battles. Through four years of arduous, desperate civil strife the hosts of the rebel confederacy withstood those of the Union. Agents of that confederacy traversed the civilized wortd, secking allies in thelr war against the republic, and inciting the rapacious and unprincipled to fit out armed corsairs to prey upon her commerce. By State authority, and in the perverted names of patriotiam and loyalty, hundreds of thousands of our countrymen were conscripted into rebel armica and made to fight desper- ately for our national disruption and ruin. And though, by the blessing of God and the valor and constancy of our loyal people, the rebellion was finally and utterly crushed, it did not succumb until it had caused the des- traction of more than a half a million of precious human lives, not to speak of property to the value of at least five billions of dollars. At length the rebel armies surrendered and the rebol power utterly col!apsed and vanished. What then? The claim of the insurgents that thoy either now re- acquired or had never forfeited their constitutional rights in tho Union, including that of representation in Con- gress, stands in pointed antagonism alike to the require- ments of Congress and to those of the acting President. It was the Executi lone who, after the rebellion was no more, appointed Provisional Governors for the now submissive, unarmed Southern States, on the assumption that the rebellion had been “revolutionary,” and had de- prived the people under its sway of all civil government, and who required tho assombling of “a convention, composed of delegates to be chosen by that portion of the people of said State who are loyal to the United States, and no others, for the purpose of altering and amend ng the constitution of said Stats.’ It was President Johnson who, #0 late as October last—when all shadow of overt resistance to the Union had long since disappeared—insisted that it was not enough that a state which had revolted must recognize her ordinance of seceasion as nu!l and void from the beginning, and ratify the Constitutional Amendment prohibiting slavery evermore, but she mnet also repudiate “evesy dollar of indebtedness created to aid in carrying on the Rebellion."’ It was he who ordered the disper- sion by millt forte of any’ Lexielatnre chosen under the rebellion which should assume power to make laws after the rebellion had fallen, It was he who referred to Congress all inquiries as to the probability of repre- sentatives from the States lately in revolt being ad- mitted to seats in either House, and suggested that they should present their credentials, not at the organization pat pee rage ‘but bape ep And ng? Poa) he, and not gress, who suggested to his Governor Sharkey of Mississippi, that If you could extend the elective franchise to all color who can read the Coustituiton of the Uni States in Engliab and write thelr nautes, and to all persons of color ae Oe real estate valued at not le bg how tl pay xen o 5 oneinn Phate. oet If, then, there be any cont as to the right of the loyal States to exact conditions Tequire guaranteos of | ps which pluned beer into secoesrion and rebellion, 8 ibing ions and in those guar- anteos is plainly incontestible. Whetl take the of law or of a constitutional amendment, the action of fe vital. eas ae ne treaty, the ratification of the Senate, bya two vote, would be indispensable. There is nothing In the federal constitution, nor ia the nature What, then, is the grou is ‘charged that that louses was tardy and t Consider how mo- mentous were the questions {nvolved, the issues depend- fi Consider how novel and extraordinary was the ee. States, whether duri: b stil a to the Union or after their discomfiture, aid ith how many embarrassments and difficulties t! problem ia beset, and will not wonder that mont were required to di , perfect, and pass, by a two- thirds vote in either House, a just and safe plan of re- construction. Yet that a8 been matured. It hae [neo] the Senate by thirty-three to eloven, and the louse by one hundred and thirty-cight to thirty-six, Tt is now fairly before the country, having already been ratified by the Legisiatures of several States and rejected by none, Under it the State of Tennessee has been for- mally restored to all the privileges she §forfeited ‘by rebellion, including representation in either House of Congress, And the door thus passed through stands in- vitingly open to all who still linger without. Are the conditions thus prescribed intolerable or even humiliating? They are in substance these :— I. All perroos born or naturalized in this country av hencefortb citizens of the United States, and shall enjoy all the rights of citizens evermore; and no State shail have power to contravene this most righteous and ne- comary provision, i. ile the States claim and exefcise the power of pry 3 the elective franchise to a part of their people, the weight of each State in the Union shall be measur: by and upon its enfranchised Biate shall choose, for no crime, to any race or caste, it must no caste as a basis of political power in the Union. TIL. He who has once held office on the strength of his solemn oath to support the federal constitution, and has nevertheless forsworn litmself and treasonably plotted subvert that constitution, shall henceforth hold no politi- cal office till Congress, by « two-thitds vote, shall remove or modify the disability, ulation. to dony political rights longer count that race or If any IV, The national debi shall be nowise. repudiated nor | invalidated; and no debt incurred in support of the re- bellion shail ever be assumed or paid by any State; nor shall ‘ment be made for the loss or emancipation of any slave. ‘ . ¥. Congress shall have me to enforce these guaran: oes ropriate legislation. Shek, Tliow citizens, are the conditions of reconstruc tion proposed by he and already accepted by t loyal Legislatare of ineesoe, Are they harsh or di grading? Do you discern therein a dixposition to trample on the prostrate or push an advantage tu the uttermost? Do they embody aught of vengeance, or — confiscation bat that of slavery? We solicit your candid, impartial —— hhat is intended by the third section is rimply to give loyalty a fair start in the reconstracted States, Under the Johnaon pohey the rebels monopolize power and place even in communities whore they are decidedly out- numbered. Their are Governors and members elect cede ir coloneis and me fill the Leg- ielatures officiate ae shoriff™. Not only are the stead- fastiy loyal proeoribed, bat even stay-at-home rebele have little chance in competition with those who fought to sub- vert the Union. on thie rebel Leon ro” of office shall have been broken up and loyalty io the Union rhall have become general and hearty Congress may re- move the disability, and will doubtiess make haste to do 80. We do not perceive that the justice or finesse of the fourth section—preseribing that the Union public debt shall be promptly met, but that of the revel confederacy never—is seriously contested. There remains, then, but the second rection, which Prescribes in substance that political power in the Union shall henceforth be based only on that ion of the SS of cach State'who are deemed by its constitution depositories of such power, In other wor a State which chooses to hold port of ite popniatt ty rance ‘and vaseni werless, unedicat chised, shall not count that portion ie 7) Intell gent, enfranchived citiz 9 #9 pot eto argue the jnetice of this pro- vision. walt 6 the shape of a cube or the cor- rectnese of the multiplieaflih table, He who does not feel ‘that this imply and mildly jast would not be ‘reuaded though one rose from the dead to convince im. That there are those am ue who would not the good work of seotion i designed to coorce to herbiacks,’’ Not so, t only to notify her ruling caste that we will no longer bribe them to keep their blacks in serfdom, An aristocracy rivileges, no matier how Toa from abstract devotion to jnetice and right. It must have palpable reasons for so doing, We my, pe South Carolios, ‘If you persistently rot strict all power to your 900,000 whites, we must insist that these no | balance, in and the ehoice tae soon to hold elections, we entroat your constant panne peony an ata alba Se who so wantonly plunged the Union into civil war i be allowed to dictate the forms of reconst: you th 72 feodlonst sown the bitter serds of future ai 7 nel are Wier and pave Siem they were, with a ore open ear for every generous suggestion, ful lessons of Memphis and New Orieans ha lost on asis proved by the result of the recent olections in Vermont and Maine. We cherish no of doubt that Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana first, then New York, New Jersey, Illi eee, Soe Minnesota will Ce _ Wd restoration, a genuine, abiding peace, thus be secured to our country—a that will endure, because on the e ity, justice and freedom. Jon D. param indkanay jomw D. Horace Greeley, Now York; if sylvania; William Claflin, Mi ers, vi Ct oe ai 1, "iorids; Newton Bamands, gan; irginia; 8 rainiay 8. in Missouri; W. J. Minnesota; C, L. Robinson, Dakota. CITY POLITICS, Reorganization of the City Radical The reorganization of the city radical ropublicans according to the plan laid down by the late Syracuse Convention was commenced on Monday Iast, when the enrolment of voters in the twenty-one new Assembly districts was begun. About six thousand names (accord. {ng to the radical statement) were enrolied on Monday night, and about as many more last night. The city delegation to the late State Convention, who have charge of the matter, gave very particular instructions to the inspectors of the work to enrol only the names of those who are wholly in favor of the Congressional plan of reconstructing the Southern States, or, in the words of the conservatives, ‘‘Ttose who bave the mark of negro equality and negro suffrage on their foreheads," The new organization will entirely ignore the Repubii- can Central Committee, the working members of whom have gone over, horse, foot and artillery, tothe conserva- tive side. The old committee organization will be kept up by the latter branch of the city republicans, and the new associations, when fully organized, will elect dele- gates for the new committee. The Democratic State Committec. The new Democratic State General Committee will meet in the city of Albany on the 20th inst. for the cloc- tion of officers and the appointment of an executive com- mittee, No other business will be transacted, It is said that Samuel J, Tilden, of this city, will be chosen perma- nent chairman. After the full organization of the com- mittee future business during the present campaign will be transacted in this city. The headquarters will be established either at the Astor House or St. Nicholas Hotel. Delegates to the Syracuse Convention. A meoting was held in the Sinclair House, corner of Righth street and Broadway, last ‘evening, for the pur- pore of making the necessary etraugements for attend- ing the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Convention, which will be held in Syracuse on the 20th instant. General John Cochrane occupied the chair, After the transaction the business tor which the meeting was called chairman declared the meeting adjourned. Meeting of the Seldiors’ and Sailors’ Indepen- dent Organization. At the soldiers’ and sailors’ meeting which took place last Friday night at Pythagoras Hall, in Canal street, near the Bowery, for the purpose of determining which policy would bagustained by them at the coming olec- tion, that of the President or that of & ballot was had, the result of which was made known iast night through the su; ‘committee. ., There have been 236 votes cast, 122 ia favor of the President's policy and 114 in favor of that of ‘The potls remain open until next Friday night, at which aif soldiers and sailors who can produce honorable dis- charges aro allowed to vote. MISCELLANEOUS POLITICAL ITEMS. ‘Twurv Wassscavsstra Disrnict.—A, H. Rice declines @ renomination to Congress. This will afferd the radicals ‘& good chance to ran Wendell Phillips. Tas Bors x Biux —The soldiers of Hamilton county, Ohio, publish in the Cincinnati Enquirer a call, signed by about three hundred names, for a meeting to favor a National Union Johnson Club. Avorn Parar Anaxpoxs tae Rapicats.—The Titus- ville, Pa, Club, heretofore @ radical sheet, has changed ite name to that of Bvening Journal, and, more impor- tant still, bas changed {te politics from radicalism to democracy. Tunp New Jensey Disrricr.—Johu Davidson, the Union candidate for Congress, has challenged Charles Sitgreaves, his democratic opponent, toa public discus- sion of the issues of the campaign before the people. Bernas. Faaer Borize ror Presipext.—The Newbury- port (Maas.) Herald anys General Butler will be elected to Congress from the Fifth district, and that be will be the radical candidate for President in 1868, against General Grant, conservative, SANITARY. Report—The Cholera in Brooklyn. The cholera showed signs of abatement on yesterday, only four fresh cases being then reported. It was hoped that no fresh outbreak would occur, but that the disease was taking its final departure, OFFICIAL, LIST OF CABRS The following fresh cases were reported yesterday :— Mary Bonitz, Third avenug, between 119th and 120th streets, Jacob May, 13644 Malberry strect. Michael O'Connor, 116 Mulberry street. Matthew Sharon, 316 Weat Seventeenth street. CERTIFICATRS OF DEATH. Burial permits for the following named dead wore issued yesterday :— . Mary Bonita, Third avenue, between 119th and 120th etreets. Thomas Garvey, Red House Hospital John Dougherty, 106 Bayard street. Mary Kenny, Mulberry street. Moses Braan, 370 Greenwich street. THF MORTUARY RAPORT, The number of deaths trom miaamatic diseases during Inst week were 292, classified as follows:—Scariatina, 0; diphtheria, 5; cronp, 3; whooping cough, 7 4: ipelas, 1; fever, 7; oid fever, i, Qvecnt A thas, c cholera’ infantum, 61; ; diarrhea, 48; cholera, 67 jntermitient fever, 1; remittent, 6; irritative, 3; cholera morbus, 16; fever 1; fever, 1. The deaths from other diseases were:—Inoculated diseases, 2; dietie, 18; diathetic, 9; tubercular, 116; nervous , 1; cireulating system, 12; ; digestive, 25; Ui . 10;” integui elopmental, 18; , 6; nutrition, 11; accident, b — 1; mule 5; cause mot specified, 1. ‘otal, 624, ‘THE CROLBMA IN BROOKLYN. and other infectious dis- Fevers, diarrhova, dysentery oases have prevailed to some slight extent for the past few days, but the dreaded cholera to have enb- wided. war but one case in Brooklyn fer ine twenty-four hours ending at noon yesterday. TWE BUTCHERS AND THE BOARD OF WEALTH je Barnard-He Denies the Injun s SUPREME COURT—CHAMRBRS Before Judge Barnard. Strvart ve. Schulte, President of the Board of Heaith.— Plaintift io (bis case te a butcher, and asked the court for an injunction restraining the Board of Health from in- tortering with his business as to slaughtering and driv. ing cattle through the streets. A stmilar case was argued before Judge Daly in Court of Common Piear, who delivered an opinion denying the motion for an injunc tion, Judge Barnard hae delivered the following optnion sustaining the decision of Judge Daly :— The opinion of Chief Justice Daly has covered al! of the points named by plaintiff's counsel. It is unneces- sary to write any opinion in thie case because that opi- ion folly meets and disposes of every question involved. A buteher's Cg gtd iteeif a nuirance; it only be- is conducted THE CAPTURE OF THE CHEASAPEAKE. The Firet Day’s Proceedings inthe Trial of Before United states Com- Charles W. Newton, at Brooklyn Yesterday—-The Testimony for Prosecu- tion Completed—Au Adjournment for Twen- ty Days. Captain John C. Braine, formerty an alleged Confed- erate officer, was yesterday arraigned before United States Commissioner Charles W. Newton, on the serious charge of having, along with fourteen accomplices, cap- tured the steamer Chesapeake on the Sth of December, 1863, while on ‘its way to Portland from this port, and with having killed one of the crew and woundéd several others In their efforts te accomplish this purpose. ‘The accused was represented by W. D. Craft and A. Lathrop, as counsel, and District Attorney Silliman rep- resented the governme! The trial was commenced yesterday morning, when ‘W. D. Craft (counsel) requested more time to enable him to get such proofs as are necessary to place the de- fence before the Commiasioner, Some of these proofs were documentary and some personal, and were in New Brunswick, St. John's, Savappah and at Washington, and some perhaps in Richmond. The grounds taken to ren- der these proofs necessary were that while on board the Chesapeake the accused acted under the orders of his superior officers, he being a lieutenant in the Confeder- ate navy, duly commissioned as such. The war having consed, this act would be exempted from penalty. Some of his associates had been arrested and tried on the same charge at New Brunswick and were discharged. It was claimed also that this case came under the Amnesty Proclamation of Decegpber 8, 1863, aud President John- son's proclamation of 1865. For these reasons he asked eu adjournment, District Attorney Silliman remarked that he would agree to any reasonable length of time to permit the accused to present any legal ground of defeace, but con- tended that the authority of the so-called Confederate States bad never been recognized, and that he was aware of no law or ruling of a court which made crimes perpetrated under commission from the so-called Con- federate government different in character from what they would be without that commission. In the case of the Savannah privateer, fitted out openly in Charleston, Judge Nelson, of the Circuit Court, decided that it was a Political question, and that the government not having recognized the legality or authority of the so-called Con- federate government, such crimes were not shielded beyond those committed under ordinary circumstances, The jury {n that cage disagreed, and the case has not been further brought to trial. The evidence if produced could not effect the decision of the court, The facts of the trial of those in New Brunswick were not sufficiently known to form the basis of a clear judgment on its merite. Whether or not the amnesty proclamations covered the case was no reason for a postponement of the case, The commissioner favored a postponement, on the ground that where national questions were involved the amplest scope of evidence and freest discussion should precede a docision, He would express no opinion at present. After some further disouasion it was decided to pro- ceed with the examination of witnesses for the prosecu- tion, with the understanding that an adjournment should then be permitted. James Johnston, being called as a witness for the pro- secution, tostified as follows:—I roside in Elizabeth, N. ze ana tam ‘an engineer attached to the Ariadne, lying at the foot of Montague street; she runs to my occupation in December, 1868, was ineer on the Chesapeake ; sho is a steamer, @ propeller, aud was running betwoen New York and Portiand, a regular line vessel; her captain was Captain Willits; sho left New York for Portland in December, 1863, on or about the Sth, m the afternoon on Saturday ; I saw the prisoner on board on that day; there were other passengors on board; he came on board asa pas- senger; nothing ocoured on Sunday that I noticed, but shor conten © @ vessel on Monday morning; when I first became aware of the occurence I was in my room which was right abaft the engine room; I was asleep; the roport of pistols awoke me; I then ran out on deck and found the second engineer, Oron Schaeffer, on deck ; he was dead and iaid at the engine room door; I picked ‘m up but found he was dead; I then went bolo engine room to some assistance and was shot myself while there; a roan stood in the gangway near the ongine room and fired fy the engine room then the cabin. toid me he was wounded; he had i ed two shots, one in the left knee and one in the arm; I went up into the kitch- en through the ‘dumb-waiter, on the upper deck, and staid in there for some time trying to get on deck but found that wo could not as the doors were sur- pay MS IGE was one, on the upper in a lamp out of the aaeoeen dad tavern the secont engineer overboard. 1 saw them have hold of Schaeffer's ly. Braine was one. I could not teil who the others wore at the time =I wasin this kitcuon about half an hour. This was between twelve and three o'clock on Monday morning, December 7th. From the Oring of the first until the throwing of the body overboard was about half or thi of an hour. 1 had sot seen Braine to sce if the ship was to run the ship as there were no ere; the engine was Allalone; when I went there, they had carried wy oiler into the engine double irons to work the encine; I ata'd ¢! only a few minutes at that time, and then went back to I went back to get my wound dressed; there Pe gor among them, who acted as surgeon. ughter. then went bact I remained in the cabin an hour, to the engine room, by Braine’s directions; he told me I would have to run the ship, that they had no engineor; Kratne took command and ‘ga the order; T continued to run the ongine up to the time ashe was ured; I remained there in the engine room after that; it was after daylight on Monday when I went to the engine room; two of men kept gaard in the room, and I did not see what waa jag done on thoy were armed; the prisoner came the engine room several times; he gave orders to men; we ran to a place called Grand Menan Island ; we reached there on Tuesday; I think it was in the day time; we came to small boat went ashore there; I don’t know who exactly went in we laid there until vee Hnageeneen gir sageo ahs weigh again; I started the engine again by Braine’s orders; the boat had been — about an bour or two; we got under weigh again in the latter part of the same and went towards § ok ; we reached uh off there waiting for ; this was Tuesday evening; got Capt, Parker from that pilot boat; we took her in tow and they put Capt. ‘Willits and the rest of the crew, except the firemen, and the men that bolonged to the ine on board the = boat; were sent ashore; they landed at St. jobn's, I believe; the ngers went on board the pilot boat also; we ancl and then shipped for St. John’s harbor or Taiand; that was in the night, about Six or seven o'clock of the same day that we were an- chored at Grand Menan, by) under weigh that night, and wont toa place called Shelburne, Nova Scotia, an arrived there after dark on the following day, I think; we laid there a day and night; we got little coal there, and some wood, and they found some of their friends ashore; we left Shelburne and went to la Haeve river; we laid there a week nearly; there we discharged cargo end lay at anchor; we discharged into a small schooner; tbe cargo consisted of flour, sugar, wine and a bell; the; wore very liberal; they gave the Nova Scotians the bell and they were ringi it on Sanday; that cargo wae taken on board at No. 9, North river, New York; we got under weigh from there and went to sea again, and went to Sambro, off Halifax; we went in inthe afternoon and were captured the next ‘Morning; we wore lying at anchor; we went in short of i a coat; Captain Parker went in after coal, and when he ut the coal on he gave the pilots on sbore ® barrel of jour to kk & lookout for him, for there was a gunboat, the Fila & Annie, near, which ‘came up and. boarded ts; sho was ten miles off whon I first saw ber; when t! Pilot reported the gunboat in the harbor they took one of the ship's boats and got into other boats and wi ashore; = ee, was not there; he had left first at Shelburne; pulled ashore and didn’t reappear; the Ella & Annie boarded us and a ut coal and visions and such mon as he could and we went to Hali- fax; Braine came back at La Haeve river while we were at anchor there, but did not stay long; Braine gave directions and took command up to the time Captain Parker came on board from the pilot boat near &t. Jou those other men obeyed his orders; the Chesn peake's crew were not armed at any time during thi affray; Thad no arms; 1 had an old gun in the room, ‘but did not use it By the Commissioner—Had Captain Braine or any of Uhore with him « uniform? Witness—No, Samucl H, Seaman examined, said: Tam aeeaman re 1868 I wae e member of the Oo; I knew the Chi that time; it ned by Henry B. Cromwell, American, res in Brookiyn, that line wae ram by our house #omi-weekly from New York te Portiand; the J have seen the prisoner he applied to the oifee for passes to Portland; once, I think, abouta year be fore, also two or three weeks before the December trip of 1863; T noticed him particularly (rom the fact of his asking for a free pam; he staved that tting up a direct of the provinces, and that he would give a na- tice of the lino if we favored him; the passengers vere usually supplied with tickets th re except when ry think none of his party got tickets there on th of pe om 1963; are conan Lives oa bees —_ saw that everything was ali ready, and Coming 2 met tontrgs the I tw him. ‘Parther testified as ne do ad ine witb Your vanes to eaoh wis: dow; there were two windows one on each side; observations t1 fh one of those windows: it was be- tween twelve and three o'clock at night; the light by which I gaw was a globe tamp hung in the engine room ou the starboard side of the ship near the kitchen; theé ligt easily enabled me to distinguish one man from ane other; it was like # conductor's lamp, and threw a good light. Daniel Henderson was called asa witness for the prose- cution, and testified aa ws:—I was born iv Bangor, Maine; | am now mate of the Franconia on the line be- tween Newport and New York; I was on the Chesay oa December 5, 1863, as mate; I saw the prisoner come on board then; the others came on after; I had seen Parr and Bratne before; we sailed in the srenneee about Coa CS ee nothing sooamet specially wal one o' on Mot morning, when we were ti miles northeast ef Cape Cod; the weather was sea on; at the time absft the pilot box; room; I had a light burning in it; I saw four room with revolvers; they cated iy E § u pe my crew rons 3 they of asked me for ofa Seve they he to see ey fe = sas an} about, and I pi whea at ané Braine 7 hed bows this me: no, and he said #% iron; they skod if there was fron; any tron mine o’oloclt the next Hi saw the i aF s ii Hi A Fs: 58 EH Hi i 23 ef 35 i i = e | i? men tain Willits the next day; he was in ‘not ironed; the man came down to me ing, and I /et go the anchor, and we there two hours; a boat went a ashore with Braine and others; I was in the cabin; Captain Willits, Johnston several others of the crew were under guard there the boat was ashore; they had been gone an hour and a haif; ‘they came back and under weigh and went toward 8t. Jobn’s and took men off a pilot boat, and took it in tow and went toward St. John’s, when we were all put on board the pilot boat except the oiler and engineer and three firemen; then went ashore, and that was the last we saw of the 0; the capture of the vessel took place om Monday ‘mornine, and on Tuesday afternoon we were put on shore, and on Wednesday we were in St. and on Thursday or Friday we went to New Brunswieiz and then to Portland; the pilot boat was a small schooner; I saw nothing but blood on deck afterwards; Braine seemed to be commander during all this; Johnston, the mate, is now iv Portland; Schaeffer, who was killed, was @ Now York man, Tsanc Willitts, called as a witness for the prosecution, testified as follows:—I reside at 336 South Second stree§, Jersey City; I was born in Cape May, N.J.; I waste charge of the boat on the 6th of December; I did not see the prisoner whon he came on board; I first him wheo I collected their money, which was about half an hour after the boat started; did not seem to know each other at the time; unusual occurred until Monday morning, at a quarter past one when I was&lying down in the room on abaft the pilot houso about six foet; I was asicep heard a noise which awoke me; I got up and went to door, and as I came to the door Mr. Johnson, came to the door and called me; I opened the as he came to it; he wanted me to come om sald some one had shot the second ; to tho engine room door and found with his legs mangling on the engine room door; two shot holes in him; the blood was rumning was dead at the time ; T raised him partly up and to get him Into the engine room where it was warmer; was cold on deck—freezing; while I was in the aot raising him up, two men came up and shot; went through the deck on either side of stooping at the time and supposed they fi I was not armed and ran to my room wh they kept shooting at me ail the time, and round the pilot house; un golng into the of them fred at moe; afterwards as T fii hh li if Hi a8 E Pee ibs i Eg i ie 332 iii i i #3 twas warmer and they took me first caw Braine in the cabin; he said, “are “Nol” He te. “ we both - tein d you full!" he wanted jo me, and I said a0; afterwards he said he did’nt believe they had a shot on board the vessel that thea he confined me under donb! Brains had full command of the sbi until I was put on board pes ae raced room everything, eight and demanded the fare, 3 had to give, Hoe recovered except or $100 worth of personal put although ordered not tu go to 8t. John’s, he secured from a ship in the harbor, and rowed there to infesss the American Consu! facts of the case, whe, om learning them, telegraphed executive am hacen age hike, wn wt 2 bonne a belt worth $600 or $560. NEW JERSEY INTELLIGENCE. Jersey City. Daatas rnow Scrrosgo Snir Fever. -—The officers of tre John Cannon, his wife and five children, Cannon en@ hie wife have resided in J vity for two and, ere; the four the youngest child was born tl arrived from I about five ago. Last the eldest child, a boy, took sick and died the same Another child, leven yeara old, sickened and died Saturday ovening, and before their burial the father a victim and died about twelve o'clock on Sunday night, The medical gentlemen who visited bone, ee jsease & sovere type of d: after a close examination man: i ises furo! Clle was pestilential, ing @ dam; ventilation, and the floor coated with fith. Newark. Raitnoan Accipast—Two Hoxsas Kirn, As the rege: lar afternoon express train from Hackettstown to New York was crossing Broad street, at half-pasat four o'clock. on Monday afternoon, the locomotive struck the twe Dorsus attached to an omnibus owned by Mr. Volz, One horse was killed instantly, the other soon after. The driver and omnibus came off A Cotorgn Womax Bervan tro Deate sy Kerosexa— It is curious to observe how, as the world grows older, some people loarn nothing from experience. pedient of starting a fire by pouring kerosene on it was adopted by a colored woman named Preke, residing af No, 133 Commerce street, Newark, on Saturday aes and she was #0 burned that she died om Sunday. was lately married. Barons rox Usirep States Commisstonen.—Two mem, named respectively Jacob and Lucas Blauvelt, who were recently arrested for possing. counterfeit money, were yenerday examined before United States Commissioner Whitehead, They were committed. Pato Oven.—The Auditor of ‘Accounts has compeiled the payment to the City Treasurer of the sum of $1,906, which was ® deficiency 10 the accounta rendered and sworn to by the Collector of the Tenth ward, Smaller amounts have also been paid to the Treasurer, owing to the prompt action of the Auditor. Discotrxvance Ov 4 Post Ovrice.—On and after the Ist of October next the Post office at East Newark wilt be discontinued, under instructi General. Letters for that place to Newark. Oraxing or tun Essex Covetry Covnr.—The Septem- ber term of the Essex County Courts commenced yosters day, After the swearing in of the grand jurors, Judge Haines proceeded to deliver hie charge. He slag te ninety-nine prisoners in the county jail awail the action of the Grand Jury (besides a namber ane bail), five of whom were charged with homicide, ieieety of thee “a liver; el marked attention, is w the inet ener 2 on Olrenit, as hie term expires during next Novem- He will be succeeded by Judge . Rahway. Fatat Raitnoap Accipat.—The list of railroad casm- aluies on the New Jersey lines for the past four monthe ie positively alarmi: As the @15 P.M. Amboy treim ing the function op Monday O wy Beat ixing Gn the track was struck by the wea insamtencous. mauaiy wore ven bat the infatuated map, who it gad te ware been intoxic not regard the warning. ———— COURT CALENDAR—THIS DAY. ¥ Seamons.—A. D. i Cotte rang | ous Beiter’, See tor OS Tots gis eta te ate teres ed,