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A Richmond Paper Warned te be More Moder- ate In Its Rditorials, Dinners and Churches Donated to the Negroes in Virginia. VIEWS OF THE SOUTHERN PRESS. &e. ae. &o. VIRGINIA. SPECIAL TELEGRAMS TO THE HERALD. ‘The Richmond Times Receives a Note of Warning from Headquartere—General Scho- Reld Dees Not Like Ite Bombastic Utter- maces and Requests the Editor to be More Reasonable in Future—Extraordinary Cater- ing te the Colered Population in the In- terior—Dinners Given te them and Churches Bailt for their Beneft, &e, Ricuaonp, Va., April 28, 1867. , The Richmond Times has attained a notorious promi- Mence of late for its blood and thunder articles against ‘Weconstruction, Yankee rulers and a host of other ima- gimary ills which affect the South, and which, in the excited brain of its editor, are enough te make the heavens weep and Congress Ihide its head for shame. General Schofield, disapprov- ing of this obnoxious and combustible style of literature, ihas addressed the following order to the editor, in which is embodied a paragraph from yesterday’s editorial @lustrative of the unreconstructed spirit of the paper. ‘The people of Richmond disapprove altogether of this obstructive and incendiary policy of an organ which claims to possess their confidence; and as for the peo- ple of the State, they utterly repudiate newspapers of ‘this stamp. A few—of course political fanatics and Worn out factionists—still adhere to the suicidal doctrines of a dead and defeated party, the resurrection of which is certainly beyond all possibility. ‘The paragraph alluded to haa reference to the efforts of Senator Wilson and similar Northern politicians, who seek to unite the colored with the white race of the South in one great Republican party. Heapguarters First Drsraicr, ‘Stare or Vinca, Ricnmoxp, Va, April 27, 1867. Mr. Cnantzs H. Wyxve, proprietor of the Richmond ‘Time:, Richmond, Vi Sin—The commanding general directs me to call your attention to an editoriai article in the Richmond 7im:s of ‘ths morning, headed, “a Black Man’s Party in Virgi- aia,” and to say that while he desires not to permit, but to encourage the utmost free- dom of discussion of political questions, the char- acter of the article referred tc walls for severe censure, Especially the following woris:—"* It is a pro- ition which umplies that they are ready to grasp the stained hands of the authors of our ruin.” are an intolerable insult to all soldiers of the United States ‘army, and no less so to all true soldiers of the late Uon- federate army, as they have long since extended to each other the cordial hand of friendship and pledged their united et to restore peace and harmony to our The efforts of your paper to foster and Jead to violence can no Jonger bo tolerated. tis hoped this waraing will be cient. Very respectfully your obedient servant, T. CHALFIN, Asst. Adj’t, Gen’L To-morrow, it is expected, the Times will come out ‘with an ingenious retraction; but its guiding spirit is sare to make himself heard again in a similar bom- Dastic tone. In remote portions of the State the utmost good feeling ‘exists between the negroes and whites, where radical in- Mwence has not been used to promote dissention. The megroes of Fiuvanna county had recently a meeting at Columbia to hear the report of their delegate to the con- ‘wention. The delegate’s speech on the occasion appears to havo been by no means rabid; and several prominent ‘white gentlemen who followed him were heard with res- pect and approval. The citizens of Halifax gave the colored people of that town a complimentary dinser Jest «week as 8 mark of appreciation of their eervices during the burning of Woodson’s hotel. The colored people of Danville have bought the large cov- ernment building on Tunstall Hill for their chapel. ‘They circulated a petition for subscriptions for this pur: pose on Monday last, and in a few bours raised the ‘mecessary amount, a number of the whites contributing. At a large mecting of the colored people of that’ town, held on Monday, the following resolution was proposed and unanimously adopted:— Resolved, That our thanks are due and are hereby tendered, through the newspapers of Danville, to all the ‘white people of the town who aided us by contribution tw the purchase of a house of worship, ‘The Cry of * Let us Alone” Directed at Sen- ater Wilson—The Municipal Authorities at Huateville, Alabama. Considered all Right. Wasurnaron, April 27, 1867. ‘The Danville Times of April 27, rejoicing at the har- mony prevailing between blacks and whites in that sec- tion of Virginia, in the absence of angry political discus- sion says in deprecation of a visit from Senator Wilson: “No, Mr. Wilson, we intend to reconstruct under your Dill; we shall obey atl your military orders; we shall give the freedmen perfect political equality, but we can- aot love you, and if you were the proper sort of man you ‘would neither expect nor require it, Stay away if you have any feeling of sympathy for a fallen foe; let us alone in our helpless condition.” « Apetition has been gotten up in Huntsville, Ala, for the removal of the Judge of Probate and Sheriff of Madison county, and the Mayor of Huntsville, and supplant them ‘with men of radical stripe, It is said, however, that the Virginia Legtelature. Ricumonp, Va, April 28, 1987. Acall for a State Convention of Union men at Chat- ‘The Legislature has passed, to be engrossed, a bill ap. Propriating $80,000 for the education of white and bieck children. Progress ‘ef Unification Among the Southern Conservatives and Landhelders—Impertant ential journals in Virginia—the Richmond Watg, the ‘Chrariotisville Chromicle, the Rienmond Enquirer and the Lynchburg Virginian :— ret it ! ! i i Fi f Es5 ‘ i "fi Hie i 7 i Fy itt é 3 | 8 a 8 i : t A: is i a 5 ee ! i F7 i H Sette i F i A cheerfully socept itis obvious ‘that no platform eee pollen! eq under the law. J Se Ciaricteerite 26. ie purpose belng to republican ‘ermanization in organtza- of Tee mee Of cotmred voters sad of ate Seren ceccoeree wecccess 1 cope oftheir bert speaker into the to re ermanize the democratic Te Ba" rem, to entire mass of voters the views entertained by 4 ie i fh ut bl ty FE ize st H : NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1867—TRIPLE SHEET. wed earrth Y=“ All @ republican advo- cate; “but we can help you; we have the power; it is in our power to confiscate; the democrats cau do nothing for you except to bring you heavy blows, And (goes on the republican) Saray oe out of the question, radicalism bas done its utmost among you; you have nothing more to fear from it; the negroes are emapci- pated ; they have been endowed with the elective fran- cbise; the Union is restored; State rights is dead; the milk is all spilt; the country is about to launch out on a ew sea; pro; is the law of the continent; bad you not better go forward than attempt to stand still? had you not as well get some of the benefits of radicalism, and not receive only tts mischiefs? bemg consoribed into the great radical host; had you not as well share some of the fruits of victory ?”” Shall we join the democratic party? ‘You, says the democratic advocate, agree with us in all general prin- ciples: you hate the republicans; so do we: you wish to burl them from power; so do we: you wish to draw the ‘great federal cag! recur to the constitution as it was; so do we: you hate the constitution agit is; so do we: you love Andrew Johnson ; so do we.”” It is to be observed that this argument is addressed to the whités of the South. What will the Northern rep- resentatives of the democratic party say to the colored voters? Ay, fhere’s the rub. They had just as well talk to the winds. And this consideration is an element hitherto ieft out of the calculation in the proposal to resuscitate the great democratic party. The Southern whites may be enabled to direct the colored vote, or at least to combine with the colored vote, provided the colored people are not invited to get upon a common platform, erected under the banner of the Northern democracy. Now we are quite satisfied from what we have seen and heard very recently, ‘Unat it will be impossible to rally the col people to the support of any Northerm democratic party. They allege that the democratic party was a pro slavery party, that it is now opposed to giving them the elective fran- chise in Connecticut, New York, Ohio, Michigan, New Jersey—and that they regard it as an enemy. In a stand- up fight between the Republican party aud the Demo- cratic party the colored people will not be controlled by the southern whites in favor of the Democratic party— are not sure that we shall conirol them any way. fore the reorganization of the demo- cratic party at the South implies necessarily the drawing of the line between the whites and the blacks. That reorganiza- tion settles at once the question as to how the colored vote will be cas’. It arrays the (wo races against each other at the start, Again. There are plenty of ambitions and talented demagogues among the whites that would avail thom- seives of any prejudices among the whites against the democratic party to lead off a fragment of the white voters, and actually carry the South ugamst the democracy. The Soyth would fall into the hands of the republicans, the bulk of this party at the South con. sisting of the solid colored vote, The result would be, the democratic party would hoid the power in three or foar Northern States, have some fifty representatives in Congress and be as useless to the white people of the South as itis now; or rather as mischievous, for intend- ing to help us, they have so. Anrgomlly. damaged us, What then? Then this:—We must give the cold shoulder to the democratic overtures. What then? Must we go tothe republicans? No; wo must keep aloof trom federal politics, or, when repre- sented in Congress, act as an independent body. ‘1hey will all want our votes, ‘The first thing for the pacification of the country is for tne democratic party to dissolve; new parties will then form. There are thousands cf conservative men in the repudlican ranks who are weary of revoluticnary governinent, who long for real peace between the sec- tions, who will fatl in their proper place when they can do so—without going to the democratic party. They will not act with the democratic party. No matter why —no matter whetuer right or wrong—wise or unwise— they will not do it, ‘or the present moment it is the policy of the South “to form no entangling alliances.” ‘e are not in the Union and.bave nothing to do with federa: pohtics. We are engaged in carrying out a measure, in the enucument of which we bad no hand, and which we are compelled to accept. Our present busmess is to send the most Ppradent and discreet men we can find to the State con- ventions, and, if we can, to live in harmony. [From the Richmond Enquirer, April 27.) We are gratified to see in all quarters of tne State a practical recognition of the duty o; explaining tothe muititude of unaccustomed voters to whom the franchis has been extended, the duties of that function, and th necessity of its proper exercise to the well being of ail races and classes alike. This discnarge of an obvious duty seems to have taken the radicais much by surprise, and greatly disappoints their calculations. They aftect, too, to something very inconsistent in it. on our part, and ply us with ridicule accordingly. But we are ‘pot so inconsistent as they; and the negroes are not a whit more indebted io them than to us, for suffrage; for they extend it, not as a right to the colored people, but for their own interested purpovos. ‘They do not allow their own colored people to vote, and they order it here simply because they think it will heip themselves! The negroes, therefore, owe no favors to either North or South for suffrage; for whether with- held ar bestowed, it was equally without regard to thre:n. * the whites must be united, and must remember that therein lies their security. And second: That we engage in no wild chase after the favor of those among the negroes who do not intend to be friendly to as, and wao are letting our enemies and theirs lead them to their ruin. Wo have lowered ourseives, in some cases, in pressing our kindness u| these, fhey are not to be conciliated and we are fully able to defy them. Let them take their course and let us nize them in the character of enemies, which they cl to assume. The other por- tion of the colored people, however, should be encow- raged and recognized as friends co-operating with us in promoting the common harmony and the common good. {From the Lynchburg Virginian, April 27.] We deprecate all action tending to the establisbment of parties here. ‘the old democracy is dead and buried, ‘thank Heaven, and we, for one, trust that it will never ave a resurrection. It was a very ciose corporation it lived and cared only for ‘the things of its pie we It trampied rudely upon the rights of the minority and virtually disfranchised, by an infamous system of mander, some of the best citizens of this state. It excluded from office many ot the most enlightened and patriotic men im the commonwealth, and prociaimed always that “to tors belong the It was the embodiment tyranny and tne synonym of proscription and intolerance. Let it sleep in its dishonored sepuichre with all the record of its misdeeds. We would not revive it in any shape. But what of the republican party, so called? It is even worse than iis “illustrious jecessor."’ What af fintnity can there be between light and darkness, or what concord between a radical and a conservative? We answer, none. Let Thad Stevens and his parvy pase, until, like Judas, they shall go to their own place. We can have neither part nor let with them, and advise our — to keep clear of all such entangling hances, Let us ‘submit to the reconstruction deviliry which make best of accidentaily fell overboard at the South ferry evening and wag drowned before rendered him. WASHINGTON. Wasurxcrox, April 28, 1867. The Injunction Cases. Walker, Sharkey, Jenkins and the other parties here, who are endeavoring to get an injunction from the Supreme Court against the President’s execution of the reconstruction laws of Congress, are confident, it is said, of succeeding in their object, They count the Judges for and against injunction, and triumphantly declare in advance that the majority will be on their side, that is to say, out of the nine Judges five will be for injunction to four against, the division of the court being the same asin the Milligan caso. Of course the decision of the majority is the verdict of the court. It is intimated that the President anticipates such a decision, and even desires it; hoping in this way to defeat the purpose of Congress and to carry out his own policy. The more far seeing and conservative men look with dread upon the prospect of such a decision, as it would throw the coun- try into a state of anarchy and confusion, defer restora- tion of the South for a long period, and agitate the public mind. All the work which is so happily progressing in the way of reconstruction would be destroyed, and afear- fal conflict between Congress and the executive and judi- cial branches of the government wonld commence. That would cail Congress together in July if nothing else ‘would, and the probability is that the President would be impeached and removed forthwith, and the Supreme Court reorganized at once. There is no doubt that Von- gress would assert its supremacy in the’ most decisive manner, The Public Debt and the Revenue Receipts. It is not probable that the regular monthly statement of the public deot for the present month will be delayed in its pablication beyond the Ist or 2d of May, The in- dications are that it will presentan exhibit of a reduc- tion in the debt to the extent of between five aud six millions of dollars, The receipts from Customs and ius ternal revenue sources during the month will, judging from the sums which have already been reported, amount to about $28,000,000, one half of which being for Customs is in coin. The extrome lowness of the in- ternal revenue receipts, as compared with other periods, is a fact which has been the subject of considerable in- terest for several weeks. It has only been on one or two occasions iately that the receipts from that source appeared less, or even as low as those derived from cus- toms, The statement will probably show an amoant in the Treasury tn coin of $10,000,000, with $14,000,000 or more of gold certificates on deposit. The Japanese Commissiouers—Their Bui With the Government still a Mystery. The Japanese Commissioners bave remained quietly at their quarters since their armval in Washington on Friday, They will be presented to the President early this week, upon the return of the Secretar} of State from Auburn. The precise nature of their business with the government will not be known until that time, Itis their desire that no extraordinary demonstrations shall be made in their honor; but the official authorities, while respecting their teelings in this particular will ace cord to them such forma! reception and attentions as are extended to the representatives of ihe most friendly na- tions, Senator Samner’s Proposition to Elect ored Representatives to the City Couw In tho discussion of the proposition started by Souator Sumner to clect at least one coin : representative to tho City Council of Washington, one very important lit: Ue fact seems to have been overlooked. It is a point, however, which is likwy to tbrow a damper upon the Official aspirations of Afmco-American citizens in Lbis city. Section five of the charter of Washington pro- vides as tollows:—* No person is eligible to a seatin either board uniess he is apwards of twenty-live, is a free white male citizen, has resided fin the city for one ness year next preceding tho election,” &. According to this provision a negro candidate, even if elected, couid not legauy take his seat as an Alderman or member of tho City Council. ‘The bill passed the Thirty-ninth Congress giving the right of Suitrage to ail people of the District, white aud black, Of suitable axe, &c., 18 silent on the port of quatifica- tons for holding office, and is therefore regarded as Jeaving colored citizens in that respect as badly off as ever, Senator Sumner would do well to svWdy up the city clarter, Alleged Evasion of the Laws by a Govern- J By an act of Congress approved June 11, 1864, Senators, members of Congress, heads of depart ments, beads «f bureaux, clerks and ail oflicers of the government are probibited from recely- ing or agreeing to receive componsation for services rendered to aay persua in any proceeding, claim or contract 19 which the United States is a party, under @ penalty of ten thousand dollars, and imprisonment not exceeding two years, Notwithstanding this very plain proviston, it is said that an oificer in 4 high position un- der the Secretary of the Treasury has issued circulars extensively, iaviting the employ ment of his services by outgide pariies, particularly by National Banks, for the transacting of their business with the government for a consideration, It is desirable to know by what special authority this officer ts exempted from the provisions of the law referred to, ‘The Indian Agent and Government Contrac- tors in Trouble. Representatives {rom ceriain New York business firms are now here in a deplorable state of dejection, owing to the muithude of obstacles that are daily interposing themselves between the contractors and she ardently looked for liquidation of bilis contracted by the govern- ment for goods furnished the Indian Bureau, The mis- understanding is said to have occurred in this wise:— The persistence of the Senate in refusing to confirm Mr, Lewis Bogy a8 Commissioner of Indian Atfairs seeins to have provoked the aggressive propensities of certain officials in hig places, and the resuit was that when Mr. N.G, Paylor was confirmed as Commisstoner he found one of the chief prosogatives of his office borne away in trump by bis predecessor. Mr. Bogy was appotuted @ special agent of the Indiau Bureau to purchase ‘and distribute the Indian annuity goods, went to New York and imvested near about two millions of dollars in goods, giving the usual receipts by which the contractors obtain their pay. Thus far everything went smoothly on; but the time came when the tradesmen who sap- plied the goods felt anxious to bandie their equivalent in United States currency, and presented their receipts for payment, which elicited the following facts:—The purchasing of goods for distribution to the Indian tribes isthe duty of the Commissioner, and he is responsible for ite honest and faithful performance, To secure this he bas the right to select nis own agent. Mr. Bogy was not appointed by the Commissioner, but by the Secretary of the Interior, while the office of Commissioner was vacant. Receipts given by agents for goods thus pur- chased, to be redeemable, must be approved by the Com- missioner. Mr. Taylor, it is said, has declined to App rove the receipts given by Mr. Bogy until he can confer with the Secretary in the matter, If Mr, Taylor ‘approves the receipts given by Mr. Bogy, he becomes Tesponsible for te transactions of the latter, If he does not approve .bem the contractors are ina peck of troabie, It is thougnt that if the Commirsioner should countersign the receipts, they would not pass the Auditor's office as legal vouchers after the money » paid. Another Donation from Mr. Peabody. George Peabody has made another donation. Up Thursday last, while in this city, he placed in the hands of Messrs, Corcoran & Riggs, $15,000 for the establish- ment of acirculating library in the neighboring city of Georgetown, The Treatment of Prisoners at Dry Tortugas. A Mississippi paper states that Col, Scott, one of the prigopers sent to the Dry Tortugas, passed Holly Springs tm that State recently. He reports the treatment the Prisoners undergo to beof a very barbarous nature, They are flogged for the least indiscretion, and other. ‘wise cruelly dealt with, [mene of Secretary Browning. Hon, 0. H. Browning, Secretary of the Interior, is ‘still 19 ® dangerous condition, On Friday he was said to ‘be improving, bat he has since taken a relapse, which han caused great physical prostration. He is suffering with the bilioas cholic, Ilnees of Geverner Patten. Governor Patton, of Alabama, was so ill on Thursday Jest 98 to be unable to attend to business or even to leave his private rooms The Case of Sanford Conover. HL. C, Gooding and Judge Laier, counsel for Sanford Conover, will argue the appeal from the sentence of (their client in banc om Monday week. Fight Among Freedmen. A desperate affray occurred recently between the frecimen employed of the farm of Vol, Adam Heath, near Smithfield, N.C, in which froarms were used ex- tensively, resulting in the death of twoof the com- batanta, Several of the surviving party have been arrectad and lodved in Smithfield jak RELIGIOUS SERVICES. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher on the Excise Law. A large number of German citizens assembled in Plymouth church, Brooklyn, yesterday afternoon to giye expression to their feclings in behalf of the Sunday clause of the Motropolitan Excise law. The meeting was opened by a prayer in German from the Rev. John Bank, after which the congregation sang 1n the German language a hymn which closed with the verse:— , And were this world all devils o'er, And watching to devour us, We lay it not to heart so sore— Not they can overpow'r us, fie let the Prince of tt ook grim as eer he will, He harms us pot» whit, or whip? Hs doom is writs A word shall quickly slay him, The opening remarks were then made by Dr. Schaff in German, A German address by the Rey. Edmund de Schweinitz followed, after which a hyma in the Ger- man language was sung, of which the following is a translation :— © sacred day of holy rest! The Sabbath which the Lord hath blest, And to his peop.\ given; Qu thee descen OF the eternal Sat 1 ven, Yee: ati wil Ltetresh tay sight In this culm hght, this peseoful ray ‘Of the eterual Sabbath day, How sweet and sacred does it shine, ‘The Sabbath Nght, the festal time, Which God in merey gave ! ‘The peace He has eternally ‘Yo.lay He pours out like ® sea, Ju which our souls would lave. + Jesus, iL us with Thy pure rest. Thus toudly Dlest, we shall receive ‘The peace Thou dost so richly give! A German address by Mr. R. W. Raymond followed, after which Rev, Henry Ward Beecher made some ree marks, of which the following is a condensed report— ADDRESS PY REV. MGNRY WARD BELCHER, It gives me great pleasure to be present at such a meet- Ing as this in the church where I am wont to work, and this pleasure is not diminished by thinking that so many of the audience are Germans; and to this there is but one drawback—the fear that youjare too German and may not understand a word I say. But if you are in that condi- tion you are certainly no worse off than I have been during the last two of the speeches aud both of the sing- ings. (Laughter.) It was all Dutch tome, (Laughter.) I will not trespass unauly upon your time and patience, I am here to advocate the continuance and the stringent appiication of the Excise law, both as it stands related to the Sabbath Day and as it stands related, also, to teme perance. I can scarcely toll for which reason Ia most grateful for this law—not as being the best thing” that conld be had, but as being the best thing that we have ever had yet im oar temperance struggle. For, when at various times we have sought in various ways to destroy this monstrous evil in the community, we have always been met by the questions, “Why do you undertake to carry things to extremes? Why do you not frame a wise, re- gulating law? Why do you not control it, and not at- tempt to suppress drinking?” This is fanatical, they tell us; men will drink, and it is far better, therefore, that you should take that for granted, and that the laws especially should nndertake ete curtail the evil as much as possible—confine it to times and seasons, and matntain propriety within the bounds of public morality. And sinco we could not do any better we have taken this advice, and the people have fasbioned a iaw which aims not ® suppress, except by incidental operation, drink: ing, but to regulate the sale of intoxicating driaks; and the moment that iaw began to be put into operation, all the men concerned felt It, They raised a scream just as much louder as any other that they had ever made as the law was more efficient than any law that bad ever Vefore been made. You can tell whether a law is good or the way in which bad men take it, If they don’t care it is bad, If they doit is a good law, probably. { recollect when I used to drive a vory Inzy horse. It was cailed « family horse. (Laughter.) One meant for the women and children and for everybody to drive. I would pull and pull and pull, and jerk and jerk and jerk, but it made no differenco— the old horse walked along in the sume take a big rope whip and whack and whack and whack, Dut he would not £8 wep farther, (Laughter) But I recollect under his legs there was a tenderer piece of skin, and the moment I bit him there on the tendor spot away he shot! (Laugbter.) 1 know then where to hit. Laughter.) So if you get a law that hits the raw spot of bad men you may be sure it is a good one. (Laughter ) ‘This Excisé law ts very nearly right, It only needs to be screwed up a little more, (Laughter.) 1 am con- cerned when #0 many good men, espectally when our foreign popalation—that is, our population that tame from abroad, they are ours now—conceive an impression adverse to’ thie law, as if it were nething twhospitablo—something spectaily directed agatast tiem and their int@esta, But Lusk you, if you go to a gen- tleman’s house, aM he treats you’ just aswell as he treats bimself—can you ask avy better hoepitatity than that? If we, in America, treat those that come to us from abroad, just as we treat ourselves, is not that fair? Ts that rahospleable? This is not a jaw agninat Inish- men. If an Irishman gets under it, that is his account. It is not made against Germans. If they come across the law. it is their account, It is aimed at men without rogard to nationalities. It isa law tor public protection |e}, —not aginst foreigners, but agamst all men, for the public weal. And sif in point of fact thes: tittle estab- lisbments are in the hands of foreigners more than of natives—the more is the pity forthe foreigners, We cannot help that. We wish it were different, We at- tribute it largely to the education aad custome and dif- ferent sentiments that prevail abroad. When they come into this country, they must make up their minds to our customs, constitutions, sentiments and opinions, bat not coercivel not in any distinguishing way so that there shail be a discrimination im favor of ative Hettizens and against foreigners. You must stand in your place as we stand in our place to the laws. There are others that feel that this law is taking away men’s liberty. I have looked at German crowds and I think I never saw such happy slaves. (Laughter). And you all look hice jolly slaves, (Laugh- ter.) Where did you come frou, Austria? And you lave lost your liberties have you? ‘How many did you bring? (Laughter) How free were you there? How free was your country? How free ‘was yoar pulpit, your printing press there? How free were your public imectings? How often could you assemble and discuss political matters? How free were you to criticise pab- lic rueasnres aud to pick out your men? What sort of liberty did you have in Germany and what kiad in Ire- tand? And you have come te this country and lost your liberties! (Laugtier.) Ob, unhappy siaves! go back again and find them! Go back! (Lavghter.) I have never heard a German, Irishman, American or English- man, though they are the gramblers of the world, grumble becanse the jaw obliged. liquor dealers to shut Up on election day Because they believe it to be wise, Be-ause the polls are sacred. The bailot is or must be made to be pure and sacred—sioce the whole form of government and the vital power of all government is to be determined by the will of the people. The expression of that will at the ballot box must be as sacred in the body politic as @ man's tongue is in hisown head A man whom cruelty has taken and tortured and cut out his tongue w 1m the same state us @ country whose bal- lot box ts tampered with. There can be no guard too stringent to see to it that waen citizens go to express their judgments, their condemnation or their choice at the ballot box, that this right snafl be sacred. agree that {t is right on election day. And we say the same authority in legislation which makes it right aud proper to do it for election days makes it right and proper for Sunday. Itis a reason which bas in it the pabii¢e morality and good of the commnanity. This law js not got up by nabobs. There the Excise jaw is part aud Puntanism—to ride over people's liberties. Where commou' i i E i i if shea z Ret 838 it Ha fl 4 Z H ry z 5 i j auil Ger- tipo ia, tbe barber the keane aivips in on Sundays, end the the operations of society do not have to work ot touch them. They will have their Sun- day eny way, Bot it affecte common tolke—tne Jaboring man, the poor man. If Sunday is a day of Who is it that toils? The lawyer, doctor? It is the minister, of course; for Sunday is his work (wughter)—the hardest work day in the year—(lauch- ter)—but in manual toil it is the man—the com- mon man who has to work. Sunday is an equalizing day. Monday comes, aad there ia one, another and still another above the working man; but shus ever thing down like a telescope when you close it up. Neit| lew nor Gentile, bond nor free, male nor female; we are all equal before God on that day. Sun- day mM everybody’s foot comes down on one com- mon level, and that bi ng the poor man up. Intemper- ance often begins in this apparently innocent indul- gence—in drinking lager beer and Rhine wine with the family. The reed 1g crime and expensive government, And when taxes are to be the weak suffer—the workingmen bear the burdea, I I do not smo! bor chew, nor anuff—(laughter}— and next to liquor I abhor tobacco, (laughter)~excuse me, I don’t wish to injure your feolings. (Laughter.) These cap reels rained in my father and I be- Neve my children will inevitable temperance men. As to the tobacco, lam not so sure, (Laughter.) My influence is to ym the poor and common people of this country and have my zeal and interest in this great cause of excise, When men say to you that it is the rich, strong and great who strive to oppress you with this law, do not believe a word of such an absurdity as that. Itis you—the laboring men, cominon men and common citizen in whos? behalf these great legal bene- ficences have been instituted, and who will the best fruits of this legal kindness, I have always found the German population pas gop} most industrious, frugal and domestic, ‘They seek to invest in real estate. It is the old Germanic feeling—they love earth, (Laugh- ter.) This German element is yet destined to be the strongest in our coming national character. I love to see the Germans come to this country, but I want them to bring all that is good from Germany and leave all that is bad heme. We have bad enough bere for you and us both, (Laughter.) I welcome the emigrants of all na- tions, and let us join hands and we will fight against despotism, Anything that tends to deteriorate men—we bate it, we will light it and never give up, joined in this pe gp Purpose, until we have grown strong as an intel- ligemt, common, working people, until no enemy within and pone without shall wo molest us or make us afraid. God bless you! (Great applause ) ‘The usual religious services concluded the afternoon exercises, — Our Religtous Destiny. A lecture was delivered last evening at the Cooper Tustitute, by the Rev, Edward McGlynn, on “our re- ligious destiny.” The tecture was given under the auspices and for the benefit of the Cumming’s Library Association, There was a considerably large audience present who listened with great attention to the lec- turer, who was introduced by the president of the as- sociation, Dr. McGlynn on coming forward was very warmly re- ceived. He briefly explained the circumstances under which he appeared and the reason why the association announced him as a lecturer for the even- ing. He said it was a characteristic of human navure that it is all the time trying to find out, each man, woman and child, every day of themselves asking, “when, where and how?” The ratioual better and immortal part of man was will and intelhgence, and it was nataral that man should be curi- ous, That was a peculiarity of the American people. They always want to know That was fair and legit mate if content with knowing what was within themselves was right; but then the desire to fathom the secrets of eternity, the secrets of which are known oniy to the Creator. This is an iustinct of human nature—an in- stinct to peer beyond the veil which keeps from eyes the great hereafter. What is going to happen to us isa watural desire, and has terefore ite legitimate purpose. To attempt to divine the future would be to aspre to the dignity of God, and would therefore be blasphemous and _ irreligious, God has giver. this craving to human nature as a power- ful acency for the propagation of true reiigion. the future is only unveiled to the eye of God; and when mortal man spoke to the sons of men the truths of the Godhead, aud reveated things of the past, present and the future, and when these utterances were confirmed by the result, they tound that the facts of those utter- ances were unmistakable evidences that God was with him. He had undertaken, not as a prophet or the sou of prophet, to speak of the ruture destiny of this country, in the aspect of ‘our religious destiny,"’ From this it might seer that he had taken on himeelf w un- veil the remote tuture of our country and to lay before them what can only be known to the all seeing eye of God, His inquiry to-night would be what religion was most likely the best catculated to meet the present and prospective wants of the country, and what religion was most likely to com mend itself to the bearw and feelings of the people, If the destiny of every man and woman {9 to serve and worstyp God in this worid aad to be bappy with Him in the next, it must bo one of the primary objects of so- ciety to serve this great human destiny by serving God. God's providence has divided the earth into various civil societics—into the diflerent nations, and to each society aud nation God has given an appointed work, and it Was a mistake to suppose that we can serve God by denying our daties to society and the world. World is God's creation, as is also society ; societies and gutgra- ment came from God, and it 18 our duty to do all we can in our respective spheres for society. We cannov ury the taleats which God has entrusted to us by igooring our duties to society. The destiny of all men 18 to save their souls. It was God’s dosign that governments should bind men together to promote the benout of all by good and judicious laws. Nations may refuse to subserve God’s best purpose in the creation of man in the formation of ecciety. Nations may so far forget their Creator as to find only enjoyment in the world; as individuals may forget their God so as to feel that their only object was not to serve God but to ty all the instincts, ai! the white, caprices and pass! f the moment, and enjoy themselves without a thoaght of enjoying God hereafter. God bad prepared this conti- nent as the home of men giant jin moral structure—men who should attain to the full growth of manhood, such: a5 men never attained before—in enterprise, virtue, manly independence, and with a sense of respect for the nights of others, aad a duejvindication of their own; ina word, that the men of this Contineat might attain to the ice characteristic and dignity of man, This was the destiny o: this great country, and it was the daty of its peopie to labor tor the preservauon of tue independence and unity of the repubiic, The trae and rigut anderstaudiug of trae religion must teach us to biess what Gud has blessed, and to love ali the works of God, and to foster the development of ail mea’s natural energies, knowing that they were given to them by God. The destiny of this country was progressive. The car of progress was impelled by the spirit of God, and was ful- Diling the divine behest when God created man and wid him to go forth over the earth and subdue {t and in- crease and multiply. The religion that will tend, to this end must be able to direct and mould aud shape the destinies of the couotry—must be the re!igion of our des tiny. Such a religion must go to the rout and foanda- tion of human vature—must learn to understand ail the recesses of the human heart and soul, 4 religion that will be abie to sotve all the problems of humaa nature—to biess and sanctify all the nobie enter- prises and aspirations of human nature. It must not be- gin by cursing or reviling, or by looking at human nature as accursed, or as something infested more by toe spirit of evil than the spirit of guod and the spirit of — This country must e Catholic, or else our religious history will not be as God designee it to be. The Cathelic religion is grand enoagh, broad enou; wise and prudent enoogh, and divine enough to bless and sauctisy all the countiess energies ‘and indomitable will, affecUons and keen iniel- ligence of this pation. (Aj use ) He believed for himself that the future religion of this country ought to be Catholic, Whether it will or not, is agother question. ‘This 1s the religion that is destined to in this land. The instinct of the is to become Catnolic, The instinct of the Amencan is that thi © common bond uniting them and making them a Unioa—one end forever. (Ap- ) continae @ Union, for our re- Rigor Unity. All other churches are local and national, religion only is a unity and ing and perpetual. (. it is omy the Catholic — that nd. blesses unity, end a i ee tees te ee oe to be uke of the country, and, qaoutly. It mast in the be the religion of the country; wt cei rie noeeee mines of exlon, which nent to the love of liberty is the Ay] 4 HG H £ i Bg E 5 i ais z 4 H é ag 2 bk y i 1 : | : i Ei | i, | ii i i : i i 8 2 f : H i i a ment. Religion and the: Stale wore + wentined with each other from arly years, and in the days of Empire religion and Roman in hi * nite own sphere, Henoo it would be found in al) ov. | ine Deiat oo ‘supply of “de 3 ernments of Europe that there was a union between church and state, The idea of religion sanctioning and supporting the state always prevailed; but we did not believe that the State should bethe head of any religion. Religion permeated all our laws and our society, and we could not help it, A government could not be found, the reverend gentleman continued, that hed not had_tus support of religion; not one could be found that had exisved without political head. In the French revolu- tion there was an attempt to forma government withont religion; but it would be remembered that the attempt was Li unsuccessful one. Rousseau and Voi- taire had ackuowledged that no government had ever been established without religion as ite corner stone and foundation, He must. ask the question, “What is the aim and object of religion?” Ite aim was to reveal to man his future destiny, and by proper means to aid him to acquire that destiny. Political society, therefore, could ve no other object than to obtain that aim which was revealod to him by religion, ‘There was an intimate relation be- tween religion and political ernment, uod hence it was that great writers on political government had de- rived the obligations of all law from this one principlo reveuled by religion, “thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy might, with all thy soul and with all thy strength.” Our religion must be such as to sanc- tion ‘our political principles, for if our religion taught us one thing our politics another, tie question would naturally arise in the minds of the people, which of them was true, There was @ maxim, “man is capable of self government,’ and from this Grose the elective franchise, etc, It was @ fundamental principle with us that the people had an inherent capacity Lo govern theinselves. ‘What form of christianity, then, 90 taught its doctrines as to sanction and support our free institutions? Au American writer told us that we ow American freedom to religious pro- tesianiism. Hence be would ask what was the fundamen- tal doctrine of protestantism touching the value of man’s natare? Hud it spoken ptainly on this matter? Father Hecker then quoted from Luther, who said, ‘yon can do nothing but sin, act as you picase,” from Melanethon, Caivin, Charles Weeley aud from other sources, and went on to state that out of these doctrines of total de- pravity had sprung the pri les of Protestantiem. The Protestans doctrine of justification was, that being stall depraved, a pe: ald uot be made good again, If this were true, ould do nothing but sin, and un- supported by Christiabity the re; must fall, There was no escape frou it, avd if Protestantism taught truly, our republican goverhinent would prove « failure, Fa- ther Hecker then read an extract from an article ina magazine by a Unitarian, who used words to the effect that the people were yot logical, and did not apply their principles to their political life t meant to «ay the lecturer continued, that ovr people are so stuyid that they don’t know how t draw au evident conciu- sion from principle, He considered it a libel, upon human nature avd ihe American people, No man could boa true American aud a true Protestant, or vive vers. One contradicted the other, Religion mast give to the people a bund of unity; aad did. Provest- antsm fGrnieh us with such a bend? Was its tendency to unity? It was just to the contrary: its power consisted 14 disintegration, Protestantiam, in ite doctr ng, was hostile to the prineiples of our tree in- sticutions, and in its influence was fatal to our govern- ment, Father Heeker then remarked that the lic: church adwitted the fail of mas, but held that he was not deprived of his ability to practice virtue. ‘The Ca- tholic religion was just such a oue that we needed as a peopl? to bind us together, composed as we were of 80 Inany antagonistic elemen The proceeds of the lecture will be added to the fund rais-d {or the parposs of purchasing ground for ihe erection of a new church. The New York Sabbath Committee—Tenth Anniversary of the Organization—Its La- bors, &e. The New York Sabbath Committee commemorated the tenth annual anniversary of its organization iast even- ing, before a large audience, at the Collegiate Dutch Reformed church, corner of Fifth avenue and Twenty- ninth street, ‘The chair was occupied by the Rev. Norman White, chairman of the committee, who gave an interesting account of the establishment, workings and the results of the labors of the society, Rev. Drs, Fairbairn and Wells, from Scotland, were expected to address the meeting, provided they arnved in this country in duo season, but wero necessarily absent, owing to their non- arrival. The chairman stated that in 1857, owing to the flagrant abuses of the Sabbath committee of twenty laymen formed themselves into an organization for the purpose of abating this evil, and having canvassed tho city found that there were ten thougand places of business open regularly op the Sabbath days, besides numerous and frequent parides aod jons, and a large Duinber of theatres and dance ho and about five hundred newsboys crying the Sunday daily newspapers, as the primary and most flagrant vio- lations of the Lord's day with which they were first to contend. Happily, however, by memorulizing the Me- tropolitan Police Department ‘and the public press, tho co-operation of these agents was obtained, the efforts of the committee were successful, and have continued to succeed up to the present time. The chief results of the efforts of the committee had been in securing the co-op- eration of the Metropolitan Police Department In the enforcement of the Sunday laws: the suppression, in 1858, of the crying of newspapers in the public streets; sup jon of the Sanday nt of the Fire Department at the tuveral of Senator Broderick ; effectual remonstrance against Sunday desecration in the Central Park ; abolition of the Sunday theatres by the Suuday theatre act of 1860; protection of the Sabbath interest in the army and navy during the war, culminating in the issue the Sabbath order by President Lincoln, in 1862; suppression of Sunday parades in honor of re- Convestion at Surtioys, Austen, 10i0) the olivery of vention ug 6 o! cyer one. ‘hundred “cormene’” in ibe “churahes of New York and surrounding eities in wetiee: seven German mata meetings held from 1859 to 1867 for the better observance of bath; suppression of the Sunday liquor and becr waflic by the Metropolitan Excise {i of 1866. Besides this over 2,500,000 pages of ed matter in rejation to the proper obzervan’e of the Lord's day have been issned by the committee, and no appeal for pecaniary aid has ever been made to the public, Rev. Dr. SHARPE, of the committee, also ad Gregsed the assemblage, and read a statement showing tbat the number of arrests by the police for drunken- ness and disorderly conduct on the Sabbath have de- creased one-half since the passage and enforcement of the Excise law as compared with former periods, Rev. Dr. Parrisox of Chicago also addressed the meot- ing at considerable length, eulogizing the high state of order observed in New York on the Sabbath, and de- ploring its alarming desecration in the metropolis of the West, which he said ts now what New York was twenty years ago. Chicago has at present 1,723 licensed and 400 unlicensed liquor shops and beer gardens. At the inauguration of one of the latter places some time since 743 barrels of lager beer were consumed, and thirty-six assaults with deadly weapons and two murders were the results of the day’s enjoyment at that one place, Rev. Drs, Hastixcs and Gaxee also addressed the audience, and the exercises were closed by the sing ng of the doxology and the pronouncing of the benediction. WESTCHESTER INTELLIGENCE. Axotnen Livery fuxpay in Weetcurster,—That por- tion of Westchester county which is of easy access to those metropolitans who are seldom able to allow them- selves more than one day in the week. for recreation presented a scone of the most lively description yester- day consequent on the influx of large numbers of city visitors who were to be a ae Se ae themselves to the utmost. Teutonic ele- ment, as is usually the case, was predominant, hundreds of the stalwart natives of the their 7 or fr ad the vertone west where an Unlimited lager” was obtainable. The homor- ous sous of the “emerald isle” were also numerousl: wo the Hibern race. ot ‘trifli charscter 1d ms oe, the beet of order, as & general thing, prevailed throughout a ~—A gentioman named P. b. ‘McClellan, reviding st West Mount Vernoa, has com- menced a suit against the Harlem Railroad Company fer an alleged overcharge of fare, which he was compelled of the cond Solaka cto tevetiiog from ittam's Bridge to West Vernon om one of the Baw Praxcisco, april 27, 1967. Tho steamer America sailed to-day for San Jaan with over fifteen handred barrels of flour for New York. This the first lot shipped via Nicarangs. “the Serra Nevada sailed, o-dsy for Mexioen “ ethan Allen, for AEE Cong, carrion $600,000 ‘vean steamers left this port to-day. wing ee SAILING OF THE ROVA SCOTIAN. Me., April 28, 1867. Wyl oe aaa na 4 liters FIVE FATHOM LIGHT SHIP TO BE REPLACED. The five lightship wil repl 0 few days, Hor moorings, &v., arrived at as Delaware break water venterday ————e - in existence, a