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4 SOUTHERN RESTORAT-ON. Extracts from Speeches of Hannibal Hamlin, Sesator Sherman and General Butter, Their Views of the Constitutional Amendment and the Powers of Congress, &e, &e, &e, Ex-Vice President Hamlin’s Views. Havnibal Hamlin delivered a speech at the Acatemy of Music in Philadelphia on the 3d inst., from which we make the following extracts :— K We have now arrived at that point when we—yes, we, the loyal people of this country—are to determine upon what (érms and upon what conditions those who souht to destroy this government shal! be restored to partici- pation init. I believe, my friends, you will sympa shize with me when | say that at the earliest moment ticable we wilt welvome back all the States of this inion. 1 wish the tme was come when they could re- sume their former position, But we dare not—I use the words carefully—we dare not welcome them back upon any other terms thaa those that will guarantee equality of rights to every man. In the name of the three nusdred thousand men who went down to patriotic and bovorable graves; by all the obl'gations that we owe to the loyal men of the South who stood by our country tm the hour of trial, through every consideration that can guide us as statesmen, we dare not bring the rbel States ack until we are satistied that this dreadful struggle shal! noi again be hurled upon those who are to come after us. wish it were now. I am tired of these long and constant strugg! a I would welcome them with open arms, and i» the langua e of that great and good mau-—ay, the man who in vonr hearts holts @ place hardly second w that of Washingion—I would speak to them and I wonld treat them “with charity for‘all, and with malice toward none * bg bd bd Mr. Hanlin then went into along and able discussion of the principles involvea in the constitutional amend- ment and the neceesity for some plan of that kind. Coming from Congress, ‘t represented the will of the ‘pe ‘The ery of radvcalism would not turn them away. The Siates were not in aconsition 1 received— on ‘that the evidence was ample and clear—and they #ubmiited certain amy ‘this ts the issue upe bodies t dinents to the constitution, and Which we are to decide, The first section embo il righis bill, which says that born under our flag shail bean American * * * T aim desirous, and I trust that all of us are, that this conflict shall be ended, We wish that it might be 89 to-day, but not uni! we can bave such guarauitoes as will -atisfy us, justly aud properly, if it be ual the lsat syllable of recorded iime—until then we do not want the Siaces back again, Extracts from a Speech of Senator Sherman. Senator Sherman delivered a «peech at Mozart Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio, September 28, 1866, in which the foi- lowing passages occurred :— We adopted the constitutional amendment reported first by the Committee of Reconstruction, considerably Modified by the ~enate of the United siates, and it has finally passed. What are the features of that amend- ment? Everything tivat was redical which he objected to-I believe tie President does not like that name—was aricken out. The firet section was an embodiment of tho Civil Rights bill, namely—that every body—moun, weman and child—without regard t color, should have equal righte before the taw; that i+ all there is in it; that everybody born in this country or naturalized by wor laws shoul! stand equal b-fore the laws—should have the right to go from county to county and from State to State, to rake contracts, to sue and be sued, to contract and be contracted with, Thatis the sum and substance of the first clanse. * © ~ “a What ts the second ise? A white man in South Carolina has twies the political power of a man here, but unless ail the States fh come to # common basis of representation, (he w! man ‘n South Carolina will have as much power as three white men in Cincinnati. And why? ause there are 450,000 negroes and 300,000 whites in South Carolina. Under the present constitution, ar i was when slavery existed, they had five members ; inder the const:tution as it exists now, slavery being @ wliched.they havesewen, ‘Three hundred thousand population in the State of ~outh Carolina tave seven mombere, while it takes eight hundred and odd thousands in Whio to have seven members. Are you willing that that stionld be so? (Cries of “No, no.) Let me appes! to any democrat, should one be present, if th i# not one of those inequalities which we are bound to remedy? And how is it to be remedied? ‘here waa the great nut wo had to vrack, the most dificnit one of the whole, There was one way proposed, that we abould provide that all should vote. we result wonkd be that the negre would voto loyal and the white rebel. That would not suit onr democratic friends Wo knew also that after all, at tho bottom of the heart almost every man, there ica strong prejudice of race; it has existed from time im- memorial. W> new also tha: every tate bad claimed the power to fix (he elective franchi and we knew, vs we could not cuange it without the cbostitutonal amnend- ment, it would nv! do to allow negroes to vote, We first that representation should be placed npon the ws of the number of voters, so that a voter in Ohio would have the sam fer asone in South Carolina ‘here was one difficulty about that, because m some States they allow onnaturalized citiz ns to vore, while here he must be a residont for five years. We could not edopt a uniform rie and we had to abandon the voting basie. We then raid to all the States, reprosontation shall be based upon population; every State shall deter. faine who shall vote; but if any State, for any reason, excludes any portion of its population from the elective franchise, ratabie deduction shall be made from their representation, *%— * © ® The third clause simpl provides that a rebel, who has once perinrod himself, shall noi have an opportunity of doing it again. It wan ‘was proposed in Con; to prevent any person who hed taken a part in the rebellion from voting; but we felt that that would cisfranchive a nutaber of re. dels, and that wou'd be wrong ; then, that ail who had held @ffice should be dis‘ranch: and that would be wrong, ping —— mae whole Hat e wo would give the young men of the Southern States @ fair chance against the old broken down Jeff Davis politicians, in the new race of political life. There are about twenty sand in the Southern states who eould not hold office, and that is the worst pun'shment you can inflict upou them. ° bd . . The fourth clase of the amendwent is to prevent their assuming the rebel debt. Iam afraid to trust iny democratic fri: for the time might come when a corrupt Contes, or @ bad Congress, or a copper- head Congress, might assume the who'e deb: ; might pay for all the slaven, aod we want to put into the constitu. tion of the United “tutes a guarantes against this, And this is not an ulle dancer, because there are three thou- wand millions of thi@robel debt. If the simple holding of « couvention, or silver marriage feast, raised the Price of rebel bonds three and a half por cent what might be the eect upon itot a golden w dding feast? While wo arc desiing with such people it is best to put Po into the bond a om that this rebel debt shall not ve paid. They have only agreed that they will not as- sume the reb | deli: but they bave not arreed that we abould not ; | uf not care about a constitutional we were divposing of the rebel debt Wo thought we would vive creater segurity to tho national debt, for Lknow ‘ie Ain-rican people will not repudiate sn honorable obiicstion, especialy when it was con- tracted (0 gat (6 Union, are the constitutional amendments; the t# the resalt of the wi-dom of Con- | Siowall and thix t the ground of ail the controversy be- ween the Present and Congress. These are alt the Measures paswed hy ar sy to which the President has objecied—every one. tere is the action of Congress; and I sk you, my © untrymen, is there any thing that which you can not, in yout soul, approve and e: dorse? Is it not in itself moderate, conservative, for. bearing, kind, ibera! and generous to those whipped robejs?' They talk about radicals; why, wo de cated it. In that, perhaps, we did doubt that @ the sentiment of many ; but #0 anxious were we to avoid any controversy, and to plant all amendmen pon such foundation t all just and honorable mua wi and manly wontiments, that we ca m South, Fepreseniation for ourselves and security against (owe modified rebels. : Rxtracts from the Speech of General Butler. Mai B, F. Butier addressed a large gathering Octover 1, upon the political topics of the day, at great longih. In the course of his remarke, after treating of the provisions of the constitutional amendment at great length, he expressed his opinion as follows:— And now I have stated all that Congress required to br.ng these men into the Union, I bave stated to you further, that there were two things which I did not agree to, because Tine ed that they did not f. far enough Ugpear now for no party platform, but I speak for my indiviewal opinion, Shich Thope I never shall wish to cone al, Before these men are takea back, it seems to me that we ehould (oll them, in some form, that no men who voluntary bore arms for the of breaking ap this goverum: no: should ever bave office or vote under the government = * . ° * . ‘ome dread—some fear, perhaps, but fr me—another enbject. I tot you or Yon of the conetit ad notacree, Mark J approach wu fon Congresa rees shall they are fi + UP counted 19 your pew Dribe to allow Lhe negro lo vote, Now, Lam not of negro Suffrage oF any other satfrage but tt suf. Tn order that T may be understood allow me to T believe that im the loval States, inter: two my position. without naming them, Congress can not with we, right of suttrage, ex o any to make bis own taws and elect his own ith the constitational requiremet that o State shail have e republican form of selerarcue, pO EL — Bot a demo- = let me State of Inland should ould vote ia thet State who acres of the eit. be used 14 come in in “SEESEE NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1866.—TRIPLE SHEET. of voting. see that would ‘be an equal linac cety rer man who could atiain to it would have the it to vote—but it wonld not 0 a juss qunlideation. because the majority of the citi. zens could not atten to it Now, thon, 1 propose rather bie cutee aes Sate vay Soak a eo whiel Sutin wo In the olden tines down oe ae rolina, every black man aod every white man voted equally, provided he owned fifty acres of and—and there was land enongh there for evervbody to own fi ty acres, and @ great dea! more, and not be very rich at that. But If the States say that nobody shall vole who has not blue eyes, as everybody can't have blue eyes, it ma; disfran‘hise a majority, ‘That's @ qualification to whic men cannot attain. If reading end writing are required well, because everybody can astain to all comes back to the great fundamen. enunciated by Lincoln better than other man, The tried its hand at in various forms. free and equal. That Men are not born ted by any Independence it has been it, and One form is, that all men are requires @ good dea! of explanation, equal. They are physicaily, intellectually and morally unequal. Bat the promeaeens which all can understand is the proposition of aham Lincolo, that every man bas the right to be the equal of every other man if he can, That is all lciaim. Now, if a biack man can be my equal I am 8 coward if I prevent him from becoming so by law. Whenever you ‘@ man prating about negro equality, and afrad of negro equality, it is because he has a litle dowbt in his own mind whether a negro is not the better man of the two. Nobody protends that Con- gress shall interfere with the States in the Union, but I do claim that Congress has a right to fix the rules and re- gulationsby which the camps of paroled prisoners of war shall be governed. Therefore I would say to cach Southern State, Se pour mendare where you please, provided it be ‘8 stand to which every man can attain, Bu', how- er much we may dispute about that, my friends, ere is another proporitioa upon which I take my stand, where I am immovable, because | stand with one of your distinguished fellow citizens, General Steed who insists that every man that fights should vote, hear som® gentleman in tue crowd asking me where he is. You know bim, and he cannot b° in but one piace now on that question. I agree with him upon this sub- ject. Ihave had some itttie experience, and I want to say to you, my fvilow citizens of Obio, that I would rather have a shiny faced black man standing with a minnie rifle peinting towards my enemy than @ lean, lank rebel with a rile poinuing at mo, I insist as my personal platform, that whoever has fought for the Country shall have a right to help govern that country, I reject with unutterabie toathing and scorn the doctrine that this is a white mau’s goveroment, 1 insist that it is a white hearted man’s government. THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Letter from George W. Puscha!, of Texas. TO THE BDITUR OF THE HBKALD. zw Yor«, Sopt. 28, 1866, Tthink the country wiil have reason to be thankful that you became the advocate of the proposed fourteenth amendment of the Constitution of the United States, at the very time and in the very manner you did. The time was the most propitious, for the peace of the coun- try demanded the influence of your paper; the manner is the whole energy of the darat, 1am, as you may know, a man of Southera birth, rearing, education apd fortunes, But I ciaim to lave my whole country more than any section or political association, And while, as a Union man, who opposed the mad heresy of secession aud all its d\re consequences, I cannot profess to speak tho sentiments of the politi- cians who have for a lorg time con‘rvlled the Southern masses, yet Ido clam be a representative of the practical, thinking, patriotic citizens, who desire ro- union for the sake of enduring peace and harmony. About the first clause of the proposed Congressional amendment, which declres the status of citizenship, there are many misconceptions, The President, im bis veto of the Civil Rights pill, did not escape the provail- ing confusion of ideas, The enunciations in the Dred Scott decision that Africans who are the descendants of slaves may be made citizms of States, and yet not citi- zens of the body politi, within the meaning of the federal constitution, maybe sound; and it may also be true that they are not embraced by the naturalization laws in force, without the consequence that Concress might not have provided for the naturalization of the halt a million of colord people in the United States. But while slavery was tie rule as to the fuur millions of this clase, and freedom the exc ption, it might bave been bad policy (inded it woula have been unwise) to confer the inestimabb biessing of national citizenship upon the free, whose residence among the siaves could seurcely be tolerated. But the reason ceasing, the laws ought also to cease Secession staked slavery upon the gauge of battie. It bet; and when the insurgents sur- rendered their arms, they also surrendered the institu- tion. Prosident Linoln had proclaimed tho free. dom of the negroe. President Johnson required ail men within those States to swear to proveaiea to garde At this point of history Sete on, ir. teenth amendment to the constitution of the United ‘States was pending. President Jonson required the State con’ tons to adopt frec State constitutions, and also that the Legislatures of their creation should ratify thie amendment. It is useless to inquire whether a majority of the people of the seceded States voluntarily acquiesced in this or not The whole history of the re- belfion proves that the desiruction of negro slavery was the bitterest pill which th. slavechol fers could have been cailed ppon to swa'low. They had wiilincly given their sons to conscription, and consigned them to their graves in a desperate cause; they had surrendered their other chattels to impressment; but they had kept Toes, at « 8a’e distance, and exempted the masters who held any consicerable numbers from the burdens of conscrip tion. The imstitytion had, in Ph been defended ~ the chief beso a the Confederacy. it great revolutions already transpired, Missouri and Maryland, by regular conventions had abolished slavery; the State of West Virginia had been created and recognized by the governm:nt at Wa-hington; Unionist conventious had adopted free State constitutions for Virginia, Tennossee, Arkanxas and Lovistana. These are the only governments yet in exist- ence im these States. In the Carolinas, Georgia, F orida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, President Johuson went through the machinery of provisional governments, through the agencies of which he has re- anized the States. We look ia vain for direct author- in the constitution of the United States for any and of this action. [he President only claims it as an exercise of the war power. Tha country generally ac quieaced, 80 far as the conditional pardon of the inhabi- tans the forcible destruction of slavery went, But while the right of the President to impose these condi- tions ix not seriously controverted by the ey with whom he pow diffors, that th Siates thus relabilitated are, ips fa to, entitled to full membership ia the Union, without furthor conditions, t# #tronsly denied. So far aa Febellious States are concerned, tl juestion ie not what conditions shall be {mposed; tor as to that they have no choice; but the ques. tion is who shall ~—_ them? T have already remarked that the sident imposed the most distasteful, and, as the South believed, the most onerous which could be exacted, when he demanded organic reongnitions of the destruction of slavery. Had lie, at the sam» t me, demanded all which the Civil Rights bill deciares, and which the first sectiof of the amendment proposes to make there would have been no complaint, For every reasonable mind murt admit that £0 great @ révolution In society as the mapumi-sion of four millions of siaver rendered it neces ary that their relations tothe government should bé defined. Public law recognizes but three classes of men: native born citizens or snbjo denizens or aliens, There was authority for denying to the negto every one of these classifications § ‘Citizenship had been conferred upon whole classes by treaty, as in the purchase of | oulsiana and Florida, by annexation as in Texas, by conquest av Cal fornia, There is no express constitutional power for ether of these acts, bnt they resnited from the necessity of the cave. So, after a0 great a revola- tion, the power to declare four a half mil- lion of men citizens cannot be denied, the necessity if apparent from the fact that no govern- ment can permit one-eighth part of its population to remain without the corresponding obligations of ailo- giance and protection, Therofore I cannot doubt but Congress bad the richt to pase the Civil Rights bill, and that the law itaclf was a necessary and proper sequence of the thirteenth amendment of the constivution of the United States and of the great events which preceded its ratification. So one law often creates the necessity for anotner. As there have been expressed doubts about the means by which the Inw is to be enforced, and “meer. tainty as to ite duranility, an organic dectaration of the Principle seems to be @emanded, Noone will deuy that whatever richt the constitution guarantees to the citizen it ought to be enforced by appropriate meana And thie brings me to kay, that the amendment in regard to th basis Of reprecentation follows as a corollary. 1 have always maintained that to the § en, belonged the right to determine who of habitants should be allowed to vote, whether they were citizens of ailene, The principle is settled by « long line of precedenta Yet it would seem to follow le- gitimately that in & country where all the Magistrates are olected, all who are subject to the Jaws ought to have a voice in the choke of public ser- vants, And certainly ina union of states whieh have created a common government there ought to be some common and equal principle of representa:ion. No S ae can, with justice, refuse to count four-sevenths of ts Population in making up ite State islature, and yet demand that this eame four-sevenths shail be counied ta the Natonal Legisiature; and yet that the mal itants shall not vous in One case oF the other, This, im arranging an original compact, would be nojast, and hence two-fifths of that class of “other persons’ were excluded while they were slaves, And now that they are free the country is forced to look at the other obligations which their manumission created. Among these are the duties of their protection and the provec- tion of the no inconsiderable class of whiter who ad. hered to the Union cause; the security of the public debt created by the rebellion; humane prov ions for ihe disabled heroms = who lost limbs and = strength for tne Union; the jon of the public treasury aga'nat the enormous cteated by the enemies of ine eramaet, eae against compensation for these vei four millions Of people made free by the revolution. cannot be expected that tl the facts just as they are. In Tennessee, a State reorganized under President, Johnson while Provisional Governor; ia and Missouri, those by a minority 12 Tennessee, possibly by majorities in the other Siates. The massacre in New Orieaus was doubtleds caused by the belief that the Convention inteaded to atteapt the same thing in that State, "You have already seen mon of no smalt influence proclaim themselves in favor of universal frage, upon the ground of tts necessity. And who- ‘er belloves that those men, who are as comptetely ox- cluded trom political power as the rebels are in Missouri and Tennessee, have noi the sympathy of the great Northern masses may undeceive themselves by travel- ling with them. The most violent secessionists, there- fore, bad betier reilect upon \he dat of leaving these agitating questions open. It isa it with (he South to aitach loo great importance to Presidential power, Upon that rock have they twice split. With the R jponet igsues the result of the next Presi- dential election can easily be foreseen. We have all seen, within a few years, how States are dissolved and made. Witn & President and Con- gress favorable to the loyal, and a people bitierly op- posed to those who engazed in the rebellion, means could easily be found to enfranchise the blacks and dis- franchise the rebels, Nothing but the bayonet could avert this, and in the excitement of a struggle balf the Southern bayonets could be found to favor it, Mixing upthe ether questions of national credit and national safety, the factionist rebels would be left wholly with- out support, Did I entertain what might be called just resentment against those from whom I have suffered, I would not utter these warnings, for I see the drift of events as clearly as I foresaw the consequences of se- cession. ButI wish no puvishment which falls alike upon the just and unjust. And this brings me to the other section, avainst which so much complaint is made—that of disquaiifying for office ail who, having taken the oati of office, afterwards engaged in the re- bellion, Hero again we must look at facts, President Johnson determined this principle when be proclaimed the governments in the hands of rebels at an end, and recognized minority governments in the hands of loval men as valid. Ho meant by his amnesty oath and his pardon warrants, that all who had participated in the rebellion were traitors; and ag such that they bad forfeited the rights of citizenstip, No one who denies that the Union had been uissolved and a new nation created, so as to make the soceded States, foreign powers and alien enemies, questions the correct- neas of his judgment. The only doubt is as to bis power of indiscriminate pardons before conviction. The tre- mendous weight of gurrounding circumstances are against his power. And if the secession theory be sound, then the pardons wore simply nullities, because unnecessary; and all the consequences of conquered pro- ¥inces subject to the will of Congress follow. But whatever may be the correct theory, if President John- gon goes down upon his policy, the power of Congress to deal with the shole subject matter will be ma‘ntained. The very companionship of the rebel leaders would alone turn the scale. Then it is mevitable that this con- dition must be accepted, or mor’ onerovs will be im- posed. The disqualification does not fall upon wiliing whites only, It involves many who accepted eae offices, employed substitutes or otherwise engag in aiding a cause which swept them along. And it does not touch many who did much in behalf of secession and then escaped actual service. But the power o” relief is in Congress, As to tho supposition that Southern governments could not be carried on without tho aid of the old office holders, I have simply to say, that the people could find better magis- trates without them. Mankind will say that the trusted public servants who went to work to destroy & great and good government should not be again Tiniited to exercise office under it. Had they remained in the back ground during the work of reconstruction, greater confidence in Sow-hern sincerity would have been felt aud our difficulties would bave been lessened. ‘The question of the public debt has been incidentally touched, It is palpable that the people will no: pause until that principle is made organic, Alene it would carrv all the rest throngh. The Southern States, as States, have repudiated the Con. ederate debt. That is only for the State governm “nts; and it is not binding upon Con- gress. The people will not trifst to futuro venality, that which may now be settled permanently. I own that these amendments ara not all that 1 would desire, But they give to Congrees sufficient power for universal pro- tection; thoy look toa finn! settlement, without which the Southern prosperity can never be ‘revived, They demand nothing individually or collectively for the Southern people or Southern States which does not fall upon all alike. Looking at the whole ground, the only possible way seema to be the best—act promptly and earnestly ; accept the amendment in guod faith, and siart upon the great race for the future, ‘There are many men in influential poaitions who know that all my ex- ertions were given to prevent the quarrel between the Presidont and Congress. I said that it placud the loyal element of the South between the upper and nether mnill-tone; that it pointed the public mind to the wrong scapevoais; that it deluded the rebeis themscivos and inspr-d them to overt acte, aud that it would render the Presideut powerless for good. He seomed to me to de- part from bis own theories and to attempt the fatal error of butiding up a new party with incongruou® principles. Your own courre and that of some othor contemporaries ronder the President's further advance impossible, He is left no choice but to return and do the only practicable thing to be done. THE RECONSTRUCTION QUESTION. Tho Feeling of the South—Interesth from a Louisiana Planter. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HFRALD. Lamentable as the occurrence of tho late civil war has been, on accoont of the thousands of precious lives aac- rificed in a revolutionary movement orgamizd by the Southern people for mistaken purposes, great and ever- lasting good must result from the ability displayed by the government of the United States in raaintaining the integrity of the American Union against one of the most powerful rebellions recorded in bistory. The result has been, at home and abroad, to inspire confidence in the stability of republican forms of government, ‘Will the American people, so soon after a triumphant vindication ef republican institutions, when we should ail loox upon the result of the tissues involved in the late struggle ax a wise dispensation of Providence, intended to settle forever all those vexed questions which were constantly distracting the public mind, and to seal, with the kindred blood of the nation, the indissolubility and perpetuity of the American Union—will the American people, L aay, forget’ul of the atake the vary extst- enve of the government upon the fate of another revolu- tion, by listening to the volce of —— and passion, in opposition to their ows dictates of reason ? i a enough of ‘weletyae ee Ave felt severely its pangs; we have dearly our obstinacy n adhering too tenacionsty, through a sen- tment of pride passion, toan institution the dara tion of which was beyond the control of man. We have been made, in the hands of an alt wise Pro ¥ instrumenta' tn deciding the fate of an institution which was not only a social evil, bat an obstacle to the deve'o| ment and progress of the country. We bow in Bumble submission to that decree, believing it to be a thousand times better for us that the integrity of the Union should have been vindicated than that nny particular fpverest sould Ive triumphed at the expense of the unity of this great nation. It has been fuss ‘considered by our wisest statesmen “the most evil of all projects and tbe most rash of allattempts to rend in es in order to precerve our liberties and promote our news," Such should be and F doubt not is the provailing sentiment amonc the great masses of the American people. The political gamblers who, in order to perpetuate or arrive Al power advocate extreme measures by misropresouting public opirion, are the brewers of mixohief. It was thin ciaxs of men who onder the administration of James Bucbanan—extrome men of the democratic party, wish. ‘Dg 10 perpetante the power in their by radicals of the, repoblican party anxiocs to ride into power—precipitated the country into that bleody revntution from which some of thea buve reaped wealth, while the people bave auffered ruin and desola- tion, The last revolution was the resnit of misrepresen tations made by the radical leaders of the democraiic party South to the , who were devoted in their @iegiance to the Union and constitution. As soon as the result of the election of 1860 was known these pro- phets of dise rd, with the view of perpetuating the power 1 held, magnified the indless apprehon- Sone which existed aby panne had aererhe [econ with an innumerable caral a ID, submit to the administration of Abraham Letter ied They had pene pee og = s orthern people and m the powers vindicale their right It was in view of thie fact that the arty who had failed to “fre the Southern heart’ struck the first blow at Sar and precipitated, nlens elens, imter " the whole country into the most bloody revolution that . As the war was insned. ist element at the South, aa it corroborated their predictions to the people ge wer peta meaen 008 Were eaeee tes ot no born of cons) is )part they pe! tn the late rebellion—bas caused Eran io ihe minds of the conservative men N’ jets of ciis- the unfortunate division which now exists may be restored. If not, In order to perpetnate our La wage institutions to save the couniry from f bloo¢sbed there is but Oue remedy: to d.scard ali those mon, North and South, who by their antecedents were instrumental to bringing about the late civil war; te centre upon those wi course during the rebellion was beyond icion, whose Patriotism cangot be questioned by the Amer.can people, ‘and who, whilo exponents of no political party, enjoy 0 confidence of the conservative masses of both Bec- jonas, After the American Revolution there was but one man who stood ‘first in peace, first in war and first in the hear.s of hiscountrymen,”’ It was the illustrious statesman and suldier who fought the Revolution to ® Successful termination. After the term‘nation o! @ con- test far more momenious than that which established our independence, 1t is natural for the American people to search out those who, by military genius or their suc- coasful statesmanship, have provented tho dismember- ment of the greatest nation of the earth. These are the men who should be elevated to stations of troat and honor, Nor is it dificult for the country to find them; and as in the day when this country teok her place among the nations of the earth, we have one who, how- ever reluctant he may be to abandon the quiet and honorable position to which he has justly been aealgnen, however incompatible it may be with his tastes an inclinations, when he is called upon by the unanimous voice of his countrymen to preserve their Liberties, will ‘uot shrink from the: bilities of the position. A LOUISIANIAN. PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL MISSIONS. The American Board of Protestant Episcopal Missions mot again yesterday im the Church of the Ascension, corner of Fifth avenue and Tenth street, ig ‘MISSIONS IN GRRFOR, The Rev. Dr. Lxsps brought under the notice of the Board the mission at Athens, Greece, and moved @ reso- lution to the effect that tho Board had learned with satis- faction the progress made in that mission, and that they do all they could to enlarge its usefulness, Judge Huxtixapon, of Connecticut, read somo extracts from the prospectus of the school of Mra, Hill, wife of Dr. Hill, who was head of the mission at Athens, She had, she atated, been for thirty-five years devoted to the training of girls without cessation and in conse- quence was a good deal broken in health. There seemed to in nood of some new arrangement, and it appeared that in what she said she embraced the whole of her labors at the school in Athens. She spoke of two Greek ladies to assist her in carrying out the work. ‘They proposed to carry ont, under ber superintendence, that daily work which, until that time, she had carried out alone. He believed these were the two ladies re- ferred to in the report of the Foreign Committee, She roferred to her whole labors in Athens, such as it had been and such as it was to be. The prospectus stated what the schoo! was; the instruction given in all de- partments by the most approved teachora, Religious instruction im the holy catechism would be con- ducted by a clergyman of the Eastern orthodox church, as heretofore under her own supervision. She spoke of the division of the infant -chool, and the preparatory school, in which were taught goograpiy, penmans ip, design, French, histo y, sacred istory, bookkeeping, &c. In carrying out the above course of study the most approved text books wore aiways used. There were also specified bours for con- versation in foreign Janguages. Sho then came to the religious recitations, which w re'conducted by a well in- structed priest of the Eastern orthodox church. Tue pupils went rogularly to the hoty parish church. In her ‘school she declared to the Greek pupils that instructions were conducted in accordance with (be Greek orthodox church. It struck him (Judge Huntingdon) that, under these circumstances, the Board onght to pause. He had no question pis mind tbat Pr. Hill’s school afforded great advantage to Greece and promoted ade- sire for education, Looking at what might be done with regard to the missions fa China, Africa and Japan, andospecially in thetr own country, be thought they might as welt let sis Greek mission stand where it was. A member of the Board said that this was an extra work in which Mrs. Hill was engaged, and in which sho thought sbe might extend ber usefulness, Whether she was mistaken or pot was another question: they needed eflorta for other places. With Africa and China he had the deepest sympathy; and of course for the missions in America -be would use all his personal influ- ence and give whatever subsoriptions he coutd afford. They had to see that the Word of God was circulated, They shonld extend those missions and take advantage of the position of their missionaries, and of the tnflu- ence they bad among the Greoks, to be used to the best advantage, Thy might reet content with wat Dr. (rs. Hill had done under the circumstances. If erred at allt was an error of judgment. The er referred to Miss Caliopi, assistant of Mrs. Hill, as a worthy, modest, Christian woman, of evangelical spirit, and said that tho#s two ladies were doing all they could to promote the retormed religion. ndge Hentincpon observed that he had never seen more devotion in the church than he had seen among Catholic women, who were devoted to the Virgin to the fullest extent. ‘They wore crosses noxt their skin, $0 a8 to eanstantly irritate them, yet in their livos there could not bo purer women, There could be no doubt that thoge two wornen who assisted Mrs. Hit!l were devoted to the Greek church, ia which there wore corruptions to which he could now agree, The habit of eulogizing such persons in carrying out such education as they were bound to give was not, to his mind, the proper line of ument, . Rucatms remarked that he thought this matter bel to the Forvicn Cotumitive, and that he thought it would not be wise to preas for an immediate decizion. ‘The matter was in the hands of the Foreign Committee, dence, and decide on — ‘They would weigh all the licy of reiniorcing the new that a great mov throughout the whole worl It wae a most eublime movement, having for tte object the union of the ancient orthodox church with ‘heir church. No movement de- served more deliberate consideration. The great difl- culty in the question was to come in contact with the ancient orthodox church. The onty point of contact at present was Greece. Their countrymen had been re- ceived with open arms in Russia, where had re- ceived a warm welcome. They had been well recsived ‘vy the beads of tho Greek church inthatcountry, There might possibly be union between the two churches, or at loast fraternity, There was # good deal to be learned on that question, but the subject was in good hands, He =; Ruggles) was not there to decide oceu!t questions of eolozy, and the Boar would not expect him to under- stand those questions; but he was bound to know the Necessity of a two continental Powers of the globe, and if rn could made much more cemented vy brining the two churches into contact. Amorica and ‘Ruasia wore the coilosst, Much of what waa spoken in America was published in thirty days from the time it ‘was uttered in the Mcscow Journal. Ti ey should not vay a word offensive be bes reflecting on the Greek church. If they discontinued this Greck mission, it would look like ® roflection on ihe Greek church, Considerable discussion followed, and after a variety Of opinions had beon uttered and suggestions made, the feeling of the board in favor of the mission was ver generally e: FIRST ANAUAL REPORT OF TH FREEDMEN'S COMMISSION OF TUR BOARD OF MikiONS, ‘The firat annual of whit commission was brought ‘Up and road. It gave s history of the formation of the commission in October, 1865. The object of the commis. sion is to briag religivus. inztrucwon to three millions of blacks. The report saya:— It was resolved th open schools and teachers in Richmond and in Newvere. - - Richmond was selected on ac tof a favorable opening which was presented by the earnest requost of the Bev, T. G. Dashiell, the colored Episcopal congregation in thatcity, and the offer of his church, Newbern was designated, baving ‘been named by Bishop Atkinson as a favorable place in which to our work in that diocese, In conse- quence of jniurmation laid before the charman touching ‘the condition of the freedmen in Nor.olk, the Rev. M. E. Willing, who had ‘sojourned for a time’ in that city, 4nd there exercisod his ministry, and who bad pecul: facilities for the task, was ent thithertowards the clos of theyear to make special inquiry into the rtate of religion, and to make jon for the oxtabliskment of schoois sbouid there a favorable opening be presented. The reenit of bis inquiries was the immediate commence- — yeah ap ae Baptist colored chureh, «bich was gladly f trustees (or that purpose, gratul- tously, in which there were at once eniered ‘& number of sch and which bas since gone on encourngingly. The Bist of the dioceso—Dr. Johns—and the clergy of Norfvilk have given their consent to this work, and fare disposed to further it as tar as in their power, The attention of the committee having been directed to the Colored Orphans’ Home in Mompi.is, established by Mrs, Canfield, of Ohio, & cCommanicant of the church, and — —_ Fonte nen of character, it wae resolved al was thought to possess peculiar fitness for the work, and was highly recommended. The venermble Dr. Lacey, had, previous to the existence of the commission, eetahiished a sebool for freedmen at Okolona, Miss, hoping to see it developed, under the fostering caro of the church, into a high school of collese for 11, traintng of colored teachers. His application for a stipend Wes most promptly and cheerfolly mei by ine com. mittee, who have since been pleased ‘> bear of the warm approval of the bishop of the ducene, Tr tiv was cailed (9 bis rest, ripe ant y Operation this Commission, as the rep- resentative and agent of the general Church. Thus as fold of our operations is not onl; ly increased, the facilities for doing our wortare greatly multiplied, ‘The freedmen, through no fault of their own, are the oc- casion of political enmity and strife, and in the war of their best interosts are in danger of being forgot- b llr Every Christian should rise above the din aad confugion which political issues engender, and contemplate these helpless, dependent avd unoffending people as they are, and set before him the tai “enlighten thom 'in “weet and apirival secul ‘Sspiritaal learning. This our Communion weeks No do, Without education, and above all, without the knowled; God in Caen ny oun. parla from the face of ‘tie earth, or drag out a mi le existence, sinking lower and lower in Leese and depravity, They are men, andasmen we word of life, and extending Christian Chnreti (Quew in the being a servant, ia the Lord’s freeman; |i! wise also he that is called, being freon a Chenin eae. vant." ‘THE DICORSE OF COLORABO, The Bissor ov Couoravo read @ long and int Svan, Creare fe) Fag Srpatenen and travel, it Gor ion @ Episcopal Church in Colo- a He reviewed. the ral rado. spiritual, social, agricultu and other aspects of that State, and im conclusion said he would require $40,000 for the establishment of schools and churches, and earnest, determined mis- sionaries to spread the word of God among the people of that portion of the far West. Hon. Mr. Ruaatas, in a highly eulogistic speech, in the course.of which he adverted to the immense mineral wealth the country would yet derive from Color moved that five thousand copies of the report be prints for circulation. This gave rise to considerable discussion. Finally it was agreed to submit the matter to the Epis- Soot meres food rd kage and lounger — as to her’ priety of publishing the reports shops Gororade, Nobraska, Africa, &c. ADDRESS OF AN ENGLISH OFFICER. Colonel Lowry, an English officer, was introduced as being attached to the British military service in Canada. The Colonel designated the Chairman as “‘My Lord," and went on to say that he took the deepest interest in mis- sionary work. America and England were two great and distinct nations, but they had a common faith and a common church. In America there was & great fold tor missionary lobor. The proceedings were brought to aclose at a late hour, the members of the Board joining in prayer. METHODIST CENTENARY MEETING, Another centenary meeting was held last evening in the Norfolk streot Methodist Episcopal church, of which Rev. Charies E. Harris is pastor. The exercises were commenced by singing the hymn beginning with the rr Gentine Thy spirit shower: ‘The earth in righteousness renew; ‘Thy kingdom come and he!l's o'erpower, And to Thy sceptre all subdue. A prayer by Mr, Hodge followed, after which Rev. Wm, B. Corbett addressed the meeting, giving a brief account of the early days ot Methodism in Philadelpiia, at the time the Briish held possession of that city. Rev. Jony FaLKnek addressed the meeting, stating that Methodism now comprised a little more than orie- seventh of the Protestant population of this continent. These numbers had been attracted to the church during the past one hundred years, When it was remembered, that Strawbridge and Sere’ commenced their minisira- tions tu a congregation of five or six persons, and the Present proportions of Metbod'sm are considered, a feel- ing of surprise is excited at its rapid growth. It has grown because they preached and sang of full salvation, and exerted an earnest, hearty sympathy in the interests of the soul. ‘The meeting was addressed by sevoral other Methodist clergymen, but as thoir remarks touchet upon subjects ready fi:llv reported in previous meetings no further notice of them is necessary. After singing, prayer avd a collcction for centenary the meeting closed. COURTESIES TO FRENCH OFFICERS. QUA NEW LONDON CORRESPONDENCE. Reception of the Admiral avd Officers of His imperial Mxajesty’s Frigute Themis on Board the United States Frigate Sabine, in New Leaden Harbor, Conn, Nuw Lonpon, Conn., Oct. 3, 1866, One of the most pleasent as well as interesting enter- tainmests has been given to the French officers that it has ever been my fortune to be present at. Commander Lowry and the officers of the Sabine deserve much credit for thus taking care of the guests of the country. Some six days ago the French frigate Themia, bearing the flag of Admira) Didelot, who commands the French fleet in the American waters, came into this barbor for the purpose of repairing machinery, which had been broken down during the passage from Sydney, C. B. 1. Since their arrival tho citizens and American officers have done all in their power to make their visit agroca- ble, which object has beon accomplished in a highly satisfactory manner, Invitations for’ two hundred and fifty were issued, Refreshments for over two hundred were served, not including any of the ship’s officers, or those of the French frigate, The excellent bend of the Sabine discoursed sweet music, apd all went merry as a marriage tell. The @ was gotten up iv a moet elegant etyle, comprising @ domes. On the frat page wore remarks rey be? our foreign guesix, and lending to promote i Oo th: last page was a ehip-of-war in gilt, state that these were printed on by decks of # man-of-war bave seldom, if eve witnessed such an array of bea ty as was present last i. The spardeck was enclosed from nmast and gang. ways clear aft to the taffrall; flags of all nations were arrenged under the canvas canopy aud festvoned up on the inside of the buiwarks; wreaths of evergreen and trees, arranged as only sailors can arrange them, made the appearance ten times more — to the eye than it othere ise would have been; the work of the = shone like fire; the decks were as white as alabaster everything wore an aspect of cleanliness; the tut ensemb'c was perfect in the extreme. The day for wide quarterdecks, such asa sailing fricate would necessarily have on account of the required breadth of beam, has now gone by, and narrow steamers with narrow decks and a horrid smell of burned oi! teod to mar the pleasure of a bali afloat. None of these annoyances are present fo the Sabine, We noticed at one of the enclosure a large wreath of flowers around the letir “N,” having for & backgro ioe rence Seg; whileover the taffral a: backround jarand per, War & monogram “U, All guns from'this deck wero removed to the forward im gece ommend no oly dancing, 2: one undred pounder Parrott rifle, which was left asa geminder, This was polisiied (0 « whieh lng we over saw be-ore, in the way of guests came over the side, seemed to enter-into the fea. tivities with s spirit of innocent happinéws that at the offyet made afl fee! as though they were exceedingly wel th open to the of Conn., Was very creditably ted by twenty of ite beautifal indice, whose moeh to faces rend f the affair magnificent. wich kind end generous hosts, elegant ladies, beautiful and agra ged refreshments and superb music, where is person that could not have enjoyed such an occasion at such a place, The pespane toe which this hoeptiality was ex- tended by the of the Sabine seemed to be more than realwed by the apparent enjoyment of the reci- pients, A FEROCIOUS MONSTER—HALF YORSE, HALF OX. [From the Indianapolis Journal, Sept. ~— During last week an animal was brought to this 4 from the northern part of this State, the like of wh! was never before seen, we venture to aor. A year 0 we learned from several reliable rentiemen who bad #en it. that such « monster was extant, though rather too diminutive to attract much notice, and that should it live to attain full ize, would be @ marvel of ugliness and ferocity. Abont the middie of the present its keepers concluded that it bad attained a growth suff Cleat to astonish any community in which It should be hh bited, and it was brought to this city, to remain, as Won suppored, till after the State fair, but its extreme viciousness and improper to allow it wo to the crowds that will be iu town during the coming week. A gant! who kaw it while here deser'bes tt aa fol- I characurrstion and foatires of the ctu thin nook are horse ate closely blended wii thowe of tl strange and remarkuble beast. The heed aod and heavy, giving ii the fleree die ofwio rather than the quiet and docile ele on, white ® mane reaching from the fr Poo lder and Weeping Wo (he knees adds t of ferceny The horns are bea and remarkably polithed aud polaied e rye is dull, but suggests thiags wnutierable—am ex- 4 v — {erilihinoss which lows The genern H | | | neral ing a 0 breathing apparat endurance. [be jaw is teavy and prominent, the fore. head fail bat Tuber square. depth Of shoulder is hb r the fore short and iarge, the foot broad tnd Seep) ‘see here bovine resemblance list of twenty-two | tis well to the Sabine, The j JEFF DAVIS. His Counsel Again Visits Him—tls Release Looked For—The State of His Health— Correspondence in Relation te His Trial—The Situation of Hs Family in Canada. &. ; ke, ko. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Fortaeas Mornos, Oct. 6, 1808 Mr. Charles O’Conor was among this morning's araivela from Baltimore, The object of his visit, of course, wes to see Jeff Davis, and its purport and object, like his previous visita, were purely professional and private, To predicate any probable results of the visit would, be only launching into an uncertain and boundless com of speoulation. Taken in connection with the failure of: the United states Court to meet In Richmond this month, and Mr. O'Conor’s recent interviews with the Pres dent and the Attorney General, there can be no doubt of @ gravest importance attaching to the visit and ite pa bable vital bearing upon the release of Mr. Davis, through bail or parole or writ of habeas corpus, For Mr, O’Coner it must be said, upon this subject, and everything im fact pertaining to Mr. Davis, except the simple matter ef bis health, he maintains most guarded and, doubtless, discreet reticence. Touching Mr. Davis’ health, however, he does not hes- itate to say that his protracted imprisonment has been and ts slowly but surely, wearing his life away, til new See abah ite of. ae yeu enn ee will and mens cons-ia recti he has evidenced from the ote Orcom: rate on this evening’s steamer, He direot to New York. me » ki ver The Trial of Jef Davis—Interesting Corres- pondence. RiceMonp, Oct. 2, 1886. The counsel of Mr. Davis, now in attendance at Rich- mond, deem it their duty to lay before the public the following brief statement of facts. e WILLIAM B. REED, J. RANDOLPH TUCKER, RO. OULD. On Tuesday, Inne 5, there was a formal seasion of the Circuit Court of the United States at Richmond, Judge Underwood presiding Grand Jurymen were gwora aad other judicial formalities observed. Mr. Davis’ counsel were present, ready aud anxious to proceed to trial. Ow motion of the District Attorney the Court was regu! adjourned to the 2d of Ociover, the pres.ding judge using eee, anion, wees ref Just is expected to ide wt cate trial, has named the first Tuesday of ‘October as the Ume that will be most convenient to him. When this Court adjourns it will adjourn not until the next term, whicm win November, but until the first Tuesday in October next. The motion of the Disrict Attorney is therefore granted. This Court will adjourn, not until Novembeg, but until the first Tuesday in October, which time is ferred by the Chief Justice and Attorney General. case will then, if mot be‘ore disposed of, be taken up.” In accerdance with this order of the court, the under- signed are in attendance bere. They find no court, except from the information el cited in the following telegraphic correspondence, have no intimations of the intentions of the judge. Ricamonp, Sept. 29, 1866. To the Hon. Jon C. Unperwoon, Alexandria:— As counsel for Mr. Davis we are very anxious to know if you wili be in Richmond on Tuesday next, to whick day, as you recollect, the Circuit Court of the United States was adjourned. We are in aitendance here amd are desirous to be apprised of the views ef the court. ‘An carly answer will . To Messrs. Rewp and Tucker :— There will be no United States court in Richmond nex week. J.C. UNDERWOOD, sD, Sept. 29, Your telegram is coetraie ime us to renew the inquiry, whether on Tuesday yon wil be at Richmosd, Norfolk or Alexandria? Your answer will much a WILLIAM B. Auarsasonia, Sept 2, 1008 LEXAND RI: I will be in Alexandria on a . J. G. UNDERWOOs, Efforts of the Gove ent to Secure a Trial of Jeff Davis. , A Washington despatch to the Philadelphia /nquérer has the following:— So far as the administration is concerned, it is under- stood that an order will be made that Chief J Chase, Judge Underwood, the United States torney and the United States Marshal ef Virginia, be tified that Davis is held eubject to the indictment found in the United States Circuit Coart, and that these oflloers be requested to have the prisoner into custody wi The Davis Family-Ita Members—Their dence in Canada—How they Live, de. The Ottawa (Canada West) correspondent of the Owl cago Tribune gives the following particulary respectiag the family of Jefferson Davis:— Po serinevw late Ao the ae ane vm Me went to live in there. ths miiy it Men, How i At the head of this tamily the mother of Mrs. Davis, and with Lgl eh ag of the latter, who is unmarried. The Davis family of (we binnce between ber and Indies are quite southern. Master Jeturnon parte is @ fine 3 ‘ ‘e F > & ti in Lennoxvill Miss Margaret Day. age, with fontures. Howell, ‘The last of the fam'ly Davis, who goes by the name of “Willy,” of four years of age, with gray eyes and features promising to be hike father, He is deaf, 60 that u i if fi! z i i iF li i ffs fn £ a The Grat in Canada that Chambly, @small town and military Neu , about twelve miles from they lived for some time in aq * bext went to live in there they are Dow ‘n that city, in whi i of life if they are #0 di» few vinitors came to gee the family. late officers in the rebel army, one named | son, arecond, Colonel Sutherland, and a third, Richardson. Ail ae men of the class of themselves as such in thew jem chief. S595 i? nt Hi ndered their pecuniary Mias Howell felt this change ye mech, and for some time did not get over it. Like all women of high spirit, she could not brook the ides of living in fudij ‘The next place to which the family went was @ house the upper part of thecity, but there, and then went to live of the city, in @ house on the nort mde of Vi street. Here they live at bouse is Ww #tone one, pt ma good, neat style, though there ts no luxury about it. At fires The family go to the Church of B oh ‘oavarey and they went to the Cathedral, and next to oA ty ES y to wi bag e ¢ houre in the Rev. Mr, Bancroft ; Hi A very good mav officiates there—! : wha ins nal ve of one of the Nonharn i. To Decvmber aot ire, ameit wan daily waa legtenant tr t tun, Joferse Howell, # on bar den the telee gram car ¢ lady felt very sorr jon tie lanul Clty happy 1 t weptures , ware ae bat v4 of ig werd be taken dene United States, of it pot taken, the ideas of caste ot pores the thunk tbat in this the »eople are those or the coun, whe al gd fresaom of mannerand om the Se coment penile | ‘ms Mins Howell jo war matters that she bas with her « fag of 2 color takew from a United States regiment, the rag siained with biood. | This thing, which is a singular one for & yous lady to keep, she apes with great pride, WHTED STATES DISTRICT COURT.