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TLATTSMOUTII, N.
T.
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The City Council of -Pittsburgh,
where tha Soldiers' and Sailors Con
vention is to be held, refused, by a rote
of IS to 6, to tender the hospitalities
of the city to the President. The city
of Rahimore also rtfused to receive
Mr. Johnson, on the ground that he
was on an electioneering tramp agai&st
what they believed to be the best in
lerests of the Nation.
3i o ice puoor.
We have still further evidence that
ihn Democracy of the country the
rprrul.-ir old rule-or ruin fellows are
determined lo stand fijuare upon their
past record in the fact that, in New
York, they have refused, unqualifiedly,
to coalesce with the John?onits. Do
these Johnson men still have faith in
ihe professions of ihe inn who were
traitors to the country ? Do they be
lieve cur murdered boys at Anderson
ville, could they speak, would advise
them to piace implicit confidence in
the words of red hanuVd rebels?
.
FACTSrOU THE PEOPLC.
y the old apportionment, there are
212 Representatives in Congress, 53
of whom would come from ihe eleven
unrepresented States and ISO from the
luyal States, including Kentucky, Mis
souri and Kr-nawha.
The President, however, seeks lo
make treason odious by rewarding the
efforts of defented rebels and giving
them 1-1 additional memoers, increas
ing their representation to 67 out of
212, which cuti down ihe representa.
lives of loyal States from 1S9 to 175
This is ihe Johnson Policy shorn of
r-
its trashy stump oratory, and we defy
surcessful denial.
Congress seeks to equalize the rep
resentation Ly basing it upon the actual
voting population, and should this
' policy" succeed, then the Rebellious
States would have only 46 members
cm of the 212, so long as they remain
ed with their present numbers and re
fused lo grant sutlrage to tue now
freed negroes who fcrm a part of
their population. If, however, they
grant the suffrage to ihe freedmeu then
they
have
67 members out of the
Congress.
22 coiiifosin;
Congress does not Jorce surirage
upon lLe.-.c States, it simply pri-poses
to lot all ihe Suites settle ihe question
of voting as each one may see tit, and
the loyal States will be equally bound
with the eleven, "wayward isters"
should the Constitutional Amendment
be adopttd.
From the above il is plain that it will
only tu'ke 76,131 votes in the unrepre
sented Stales to cla;in one representa
tive, while it would take 129, 1S5 loyal
vi tea in the Northern States tor the
same purpose; or that 76 131 late
rebels wi'h 53,051 non-yoting negroes
would equal the same number of loyal
white voters.
Who is it thai is trying to make the
negro the equal of the white man now ?
Head, you infatuated worr-hipers of de
funct fogy ism. Read and hide your faces
for very hame ! Let us bring these
figures down a lut'e closer, and see
how many loyal whites it will take to
equal a disloyal white in the event thai
the "Johnson folly" prevails: 66 re
constructed rebels will be equal to just
100 Union voters, so that it wi'l take
two Union soldiers to balance the po
litical power of one late guerrilla.
Let those conservative chaps read tlm
and ponder over it. They claim jus
tice for the "eleven," just let them tell
us if thi-t is the justice they are really
after. Ha not deluded, honest men
of the North. The Ucion party asks
nothing from the revolttd S'ates but
what it is willing to submit to itself
It claims equal justice'and equal rights
for the humnn race. Norih as well as
South, and. therefore, is it that Ver
mont, Maine and California endor.e
its coure. ,
Omaha, Sept. IS, 1S6G.
Geo. Francis Train, Esq :
Dear Sir : Iu reply to yours of the
18th inst., I have to say thai arrange
ments fr a joint discussion between
the Hon. J. Sterling Merton and my
self have already been made, and the
limes and places of meeting fixed.
Being the challenged party, and of
course at Mr. Morion's service, I can
only state that if he will agree to such
further satisfactory arrangements as
will render it agreable for you to take
pari in the proposed discussion, I am
perfectly willing.
T. M. MiBtlllTT.
iOi:i:sio.Mf:.ct;.
Nebraska City. Sept. 14, 1SC6.
IIo.v. T. iU. Maqcitt,-Sir : As
the candidate for Delt-cate t: Congress,
from the Territory of Nebrh.-ka, Hum
iliated by the Democratic and Conserv
ative Republican Conv ntions which
were in session at Plattsmouih, your
piace or residence, on (he 11th and
12th of ihia month, it becomes my duty
having awaited an invitation from
you until this evening to u-k yon to
accompany me in making a canvass
before the perp'e.
Therefore. I have the honor to so
Iislt.l.n.a.n :1ILI.J.1L
ivn lum ju win uotu ueoates wnn me
upon the National isues of the dav.
ui sucn limes ana places as mav be
agreed upon by u, beginning north
ike Platte river on Monday or Tuea
rl.itr t.ovt .A I I
" " j i. answer Huare'Keu ine
at Omaha will meet with due consider
ation. Respectfully your?,
, J. SrEHLING IIuBTON.
Omaha City, Sept 17, 1&G6.
Hon J. Sterling Morton, Sir:
I have received yours of 'he 14th
inst , and have to say in reply, th it I
accept the proportion therei i made by
you. "To debate u-ilh. me vpon the Na
tional issues of the day, at such times
ina places as may be agreed upon.
l ours truly,
T. M. Maiiquett.
H.IIVL.
The State of Maine is so belted by
custom-houses along its thousand miles
of fron'ier, and so permeated bv reve
nue officers, op"n and secret, of every
sort and tashion, that we supposed th
dispensers of ixecutive mauna could
not fail lo gam on us in tins week's
election. Of their Jive candidates for
Congress, four had been Republicans
the Kepublican ouice-holdcrs voted
with halters round their necks, while
ihe Copperheads wer stimulated by
the prospect of earning a custoin-hoUse
berth each and another for their chil
dren. Never before had a minority
so lair a chance to make sweeping
gains as had ihe Johnsonites of Maine
in their late contest. And (not reflect
ing that Montgomery liiair had been
helping us ih-re by m:king Johnson
speeches) we did believe that they
would reduce our maj nty of last year
by several thousands
Vet they nre beaten as never before
not merely beaten, but routed. It is
a regular Appomattox. The Governor,
by nearly 30,000 majority ail five
Representatives in Congress by ma
jorities of 2,500 and upwards all
thirty Senators seven-eighths of the
Iloue and a m ral certainty that Han
nibal Iliiiulin will be returned to the
United S ates Senate for six years
from the -1th of March next such are
the trophies of a victory rarely exceed
ed in completeness or in importance.
The vote is heavier than that cast for
President in 1664, and the majority at
lean Ten Thousand larger than Lin
coln's over McClellan. What more
could be asked ?
'Maine has settled the Boundary
Question between Liberty and Despot
ism " said Judah Hammond, announc
iog the resu't of her election twenty
six years? ago. She has now settled,
by an overwhelming majority, the drift
of the popular current, and rendered
it morally certain that Johnsonisin will
find no ail of refuge in any of the
loyal Siates.
Let it not be forgotten that the Re
publican triumph in Maine has been
achieved by work. Rarely, if ever
before, was ihe Slate so well canva-sed
as this year; never were the efforts
of the true Unionists more systematic,
persistent and effective. By publica
lions and speeches, the people, have
been thoroughly enlightened ; by or
ganization and effort, the laggard have
been brought to the poll. Our friends
in Maine have triumphed nobly, be
cause they have nobly sought and de
served success. Let the lesion be
everywhere noted and heeded. A V.
Tribune.
f5FMontgoiiiery IJUir.in his speech
at Boston, unintentionally obtained the
entire approval of his Republican au
dience by an apt historical parallel, not
wholly after the manner of Plutarch,
but good enough and true enough for
nil that. He spoke cf the different
methods adopted ly Jackson and by
Buchanan towards the Southern Seces
sionists. Jackson . threw a thouaand
men into Fort Moultrie; he issued a
warning proclamation; he declared
that he would lead Federal iroops
against them in person ; he threatened
to hang every traitor whom he caught
in arms. "But how different now
how different now," exclaimed Blair.
A roar of laughter showed that the
Rapubli ans appreciated the ejaculation
The unfortunate speaker thn tried to
change his phraseology; but his cor
rections failed to make as strong an im
oression as his original remark.
gS"" The National Republican Com
mittt-e propose circulating the late ex
cursion as a campaign document. They
contain the most remarkable and start
ling declaratiens of policy ever uttered
by a President.
siadso ins m:cous.
Morton appears to be very obstinate,
and will pay no attention to the advice
of his "conservative" friends. He
comes out "flat-footed" and "square
toed" upon his record (a beautiful
record it is, too) and tells the people
at Omah.:, in a public speech, that he
has not moderated his views. He still
adhere to the doctrine of the Chicago
platform, which declares 'thai after
four years of fail ureio rexore ihe Union
by the experiment of u-ar, during vkith,
under the pretence of 'military m-ces-
sity" or -war power higher than the
Constiiuiion,' the Constitution itself has
Veen disregarded in every part and pub-
lie liberty and private right alike IroJ-
den down and the material prosperity
of the country essentially impaired,
justice, humanity, liberty and Kepub-
li.-o.. ...ulr'..ru .I...,.,l 4h..4 . ,.,,7.-.. !
iiui4 it til ill c u- itiuim iiiui limit m cute
ejjoits be made for a cessation of hos
tilities He stul adheres to t.i- ?ef-
nori in (hi- city that it J il Davis and
muciuum liii.iuiii -1 c nung upon Hie
same tree, "Lincoln would bear the sa me
relation to Davis In at the thieves did to
s t - t i i i
.ttrisl lie sun auvocntes tn ' doc
trines of having Price s disbanded rag
amuffins "ccme up to the polls and vote
down the blue-coated and brass button-
d abolitionists-" He still believes thet
volunteer soldiers in the . U'nion Army
should noi be allowed to vote. He still
believes that "morally, socially a-J po
litically, JtfT Davis is the superior ct
Abraham Lincoln." A preliy bird,
indeed ! to stand upon his "record'
and Rsk the people of Nebraska lo en
dorse him.
TIIC TIMI. !IOVI..
Yes; the veritable Geo Francis.
He is on the track, and is after th
balance of the candidates for Congress
with n shrill whistle. He has chal
lenged tho whole posre to a joiut dis
cussion Marquet', Morton, Taffe and
Paddock.' He says: "My platform ij
independent of individuals, convention-
or parties. e need have no person
alities in the debate. Each of you will
advauce your respective paity princi
ples; I will advocate ihe C inmercial.
Agricultural, Manufacturing, Eu'igra
t:on and Railway interests of Nebraska."
We advise Marquelt lo keep a sharp
eye on him, a it appears to be the
opinion of many that the tace will be
between them Morten and Pad. being
already considered as beaten.
HOW IS THAT ?
The cops, of Omaha have been
i i -1 i . -
making a great puraue aooui nnving
Gen. Green Clay Smith to make them
speech. The "ball was opened" the
other evening by Poppleton, Morton
and Wool worth inn king their stock
peeches, which consisted principally
in statement- lhat they were "life long
Democrats," etc. They never voted :t
dollar or a man for tne war. They
never changed. iney oenevea mat
rr. . I 1-1 . I .
Party was greater than country.
Smuh put th damper on the meet
i . w- l l-': ji
ing. lie voteu tor i.iucoin oe.ieveu i
in Lincoln was with him in the war;
did not believe in J'arty ; wa not a
life-long Democrat; thought country
greater than Party, and closed t:p by
saying lhat he was not there to endorse
their local politics, but made a friendly
allusion lo the Independent Candidate
for Congress.
EST Hon J. Sterling Morton, the
Union candidate for Delegate in Con
gress, made one OI ins cueiomaiy at
argumentative: and racy speeches.
Herald.
J-Sterling Morton a Union candi
date ! The brass of the Herald ex
ceeds that of Morton himself. Morton
is known all over the Territory to have
been the most bitter opponent cf tho
war for the Union and of every meas
ure initiated tor itf maih'.enance during
the war, and of Union soldiers, that
there was in Nebraska; and in the
very speech which he made on Monday
night, declared thai he had not one act
ofhis past political life to regret, or
declaration to retract.
Ilea Union candidate! To what
base uses are good words sometime put.
Republican.
MOKTOX.
The Herald says, "while we know
Mr Mortons reputation for extrem
ism is greater ihan he deserves, we
hope he will be able to prove to (he
people that he is much more conserva
tive in his opinions than is supposed '
Your "hopes" were slightly blasted
when Morton got np and said ho had
in no way moderated his views, but
stood upon his "record"' '
J )!in H. Maxon, esq., of Ne
braska City, has just returned to his
home from a visit Ki.stand South. "He
reports ihe people of Virginia. Geor
gia, AUbima and North Carolina.says
(he IVews. as thoroughly subdued and
nnxiou for quiet and repose. And ask
of the Government earnestly to be per
mitted to pursue the civil pursuits of
life to obtain a livelihood." If such is
the fact, why in the name of common
: sense don't ihe mischief-making- Ci-p
j perheads of the North let them have
j the quiet they desire? Why are ihey
j constantly trying to embroil them in
more difficulties? We all know that
the reconstruction would be (juietlv' nlid
easily settled were it not for these agi
j u-ors who are anxious to ee the souih
; ern Deotile fi-'htinir aiTiti,isi ihe Govern
r-ff- r- -----
1 ment
1 tie men or ine soutn were
at the close of ihe war, anxious to be
"permitted to pursue the civil pursuit
! of life." ncl.r..owi.Mlr'iirr that in n r-.In
; -S -'S,
. ,Cll pUlt f view they had forfeit.
jail llisir riglits; tot Uiese same Unp
nerheads who cot them into a rebcl.'iot
aiiJ wera too cowaraiy to Help uu in
' i i
nght it out, would noi itt them rest in
nuiei they must drag them into it
again if poisible
PKLtiXCT NCLTI..
Platts.mouth, Sept. 20ih, "06.
Pursuant to call, the Republican
L-nioii voters of Plattsinouth precinct
met in mass convention at the . Court
House.
The meeting was call, d to order nnd
G. H- Black chosen Chairman, arid
II. D. Hathaway, Secretary.
On motion, a com mi tie e of five, con
sisting of Messrs. Pottenger, Wiles,
Ilolbrook, Spurlock and Fairfitld were
appointed a committee to report the
names of sui'abie men to act as dele
gates from this precinct in the County
Convention; to be held on the 22J inst.
The committee appointed lo report
names made the following report, winch
was received and adopted :
We. vour committee, have selected
the following names as
the County Convention :
delegates
to
Sam'l Max wei!, G. II. Black, J. G.
Hay, A L. Sprague, James E Doom,
H. D. Hathaway, I-aac Wiles, Wm.
Studlemann, W. D. Gage, (. W.
Courtright, Moses Dodge, W. B. Por
ter, M. L White.
Wr. Pottenger, Ch'n.
On motion, the delegates present at
the County Convemion, are hereby in
structed lo till any vacancy that may
occur.
On motion Geo. Fuirfield was nom
inated for assessor for Plattsinouth pre
cinct. On motion, M. Dodge, J. G. Hays
and Jas. O'Niel were nominated for
Judges of Election.
On motion. Wm. Wells and Mar
shall McEhvain were nominated for
Clerks of Election.
On motion, convention adjourned.
G. il. Black, Ch'n.
II D. Hathaway, Sec'y.
Washington, Sept. IS. The Cab
inet meeting to-day continued for seve
ral hours, and was attended by all the
members except Seward.
The Irish executive committee,
headed by Dr. A. N. Lizzell, John
Hogan, of Mo., Col. O'Bierne and
others of prominence, had an inter
view with the President this afternoon.
Commodore Melancihon Smith has
been appointed chief of the Bureau of
Equipage and recruiting, vice Com
mandir A. N. Smith, recently deceas
ed. The condition of Secretary Seward
continues to improve. He jpi up for a
short time this morning, and his re
covery is hopefully anticipated.
J& The Omaha Herald calls the
convention of Southern Unionists ni
Philadelphia "an assemblage of trait
ors." Yes ; they are probably triatcrs
to the cause espoused by the Herald,
cr at least they are not loyal to it.
Probably this immaculate sheet thinks
the convention of Soldiers' and Sailors
to be held at Pittsburgh is a disloyal
concern.
CkS" The Brownville JIdveriiser pays
the following just compliment to Mr
Marquett:
"Hon. T. M. Marquctt, the nomi
nee for Delegate, is an able lawyer and
a Republican of the Puritan mold, in
flexible and unyieldirg in principle.
The most argumentative speech we
have ever listened 10 in Nebraska came
from the lips of Hon. T. M. Mar-
uett...
Andrew Johnson may be troub
led with a deficiency of knows but he
ha3 I's enough for a dozen men.
the proportion of representatives.
We have alrendy given our readers
figures showing the reward offered by
Mr. Johnson and his mpponers to ihe
eleven unrepresented States for their
treason, and we now give, in an article
from the Chicago Tribune, the figures
upon all the former slaves Slates. Let
the true, liberty-loving men of Ne
braska, who do not believe lhat these
Southern Suites should be given a bonus
on treason in the shape of political
power at ihe sacrifice of justice, cut these
figures out and use them to convince
honest minded Democrats that they are
sad ificing their own manhood thai
treason may be made respectable, by
supporting ihe policy suicidal to the
liberties of the nortti of Andrew
Johnson:
forty mx electoral vote at stake
A f-w months ago the I're-ident, in
aa interview wih Senator Dixon ol
Connecticut, freely stated that in case
amendments, were made changing the
basis ot representation, he favored
m iking "ihe nuui1 er of qualified vot
ers the ba is," and urged in its sup
port "that it would remove from Con
gress nil issues in reterence to ine
political equalry of the race ; would
eave the States to determine absoiutly
the qualifications of their own votes
with regatd to coler, and thus the nuin
ber or represeninti ves to which the
would be entitled in Congress wou'd
epend upon ihe number upon whom
they' confer the right of suffrage."
The amendment propost d by Con
gress makes enfranchised population
the basis of representation, which i-
the voting basn to all intents and pur
poses, anu leaves to me suites to tie
teriiiine who shall be voters. Having
thus complied wnh Johnson's wishes,
he now turns around and opposes the
very proposition he recently advanced !
Ie pursued the same course in regard
to the I rtedmen siiureau nnd Civil
Rights bills; first cordiully approvirg
of them, and when ihey were passed
by Congress and prerented to him for
his signature, then treacherously veto
ing ihem. His present opposition to
the enfranchised population basis of
representation is in consequence of his
determination to strengtnen tne ex
rebels by forty six votes in Congress
and for President at the expense r.f
the loyal North.
It is commonly stated (and the Irib
une has fallen into the same error) thai
ihe adoption of the voter basis ot rep
resentation as compared with the total
population basis, will make a relative
ilierence of thirty two seats in Con
gress and in the Electoral College in
favor of the North. This is founded
on the calculation that the old lave
States have had nineteen seats on ao
count of iheir slaves, who were count
ed as equal to three-fifths of free per
sons; and as slavery is now abolished,
the la'e slaves wil! nertatt r oe reck
oned at two fifths more, or five fifths,
which would add thirteen more me n
bers to the Southern delegation. B it
ihis mode of calculation is erroneous
as we shall proceed to show The
whole number of teats in the House
of Representatives is limited by law to
241 for the thirty-six organized States.
They are apportioned between the
North and South, as follows:
Free Slates have 156 seats.
Late Slave States have SSsats
This division is based on the status
of slavery, which made five slaves
count as three free person. But slav
ery being abolished, ihe freedmen will
count the same as free white person,
notwithstanding they are all di-fran-chised,
unless the Constitutional amend
merit is adopted.
The enfranchised population in the
Uniled States, according to the census
of 1S60, in round numbers, was as fol
lows :
In the Northern States
In the late slave fctatea
Total enfranchised population 26,600 000
Divide this number by ihe 241 seats
and it produces as the ratio of repre
sentation 111,200 persons per seat.
On this basis the Northern States would
be entitled to 169 seats in the House
of Representatives, and ihe South 72
eats. But if the Copperjohnson scheme
of repr eenta'ion should be adopted,
the North will lose twenty-three seat
and the South gain as many, making a
relative loss of political power of forty
six votes in Congress and in ihe Elec
toral College in choosing a President,
as the following figures show :
Whole p. palation
Of Mch the North hat
Enfranchised population
Oisf anchis- d negroes
Po alation of Northern States
South, en f ranch ied population
disfranchised negroes .
31,240,000
15,?.' o ooo
1 9,0ilO,0O0
6,000,000
4,2 40. OO0
Total Southern population 12,24'),00l
Divide the whole population ly 241
seat and the ratio for a representative
is 130.000 persons.
On this basis the North will get 146
seats and ihe Soulh 95 seats. Let us
recapitulate:
North, on voter basis Io-
on whole population
146
Bc:di a los of
23 scata.
lith, .'ii voter 1'iisis
" hy c mm ici; U.cfra r.chis-
E 'i:iK a pain to the P.miHi of !" natj.
If the North loses 23 r citi and the
j South gams 23, the lossof pmvei to ike
INonh is
equsii to -iu vi) ts in l,or.gi ess.
The copperhead, wih Andrew John
sou ai their head, insist on inciudinir
the disf ra nchised negroes for the sobe
and express purpose of increasing the
political power of the reconstructed,
rebels at the exp-nse of the loui! men
of the North. The ex-reb- Is Peremp
torily refu e to nlljw the negroes to
vitj fr' members of Con;-r'.Ts, but
(hey demand ihe privilege of voting
f ir them and for them-elves. John
: on and the Copperheads tht eaten it
renewal of civil war unless ihe North
surrenders the aforesaid twenty-three
ca s to thr- secessionists A the South.
SKV AKI-
A correspondent r-.t Auburn writes
as follows of the tlu; opinion enter
tained of Mr. Seward by his neigh
bors :
If any changes ngainst ihe great
Union party might be expected in this
Stale hrough the unnccotuitable course
of Mr. Seward, they might certainly
be looked tor among his neighbors and
s ts
de-long friends ;it hi. hoir.e in old
Cayuga. But we can say, with au ab
solute assurance of truth, that if the
changes are of a similar character in
oilier poitionsof ihe State, the gnat
Republican Union pauy will carry the
election by 50,(00 majority and then
we will comply with Mr. Seward's
wish, expressed t Niugra Falls, by
counting hirn ot.. Seward's friends
in this county hm, nt his course with
unfeigned soriuw and are bowed in the
ii,iun4l mrtrlilipulinii I nt r.f.l a ennl r f
them proposes to follow his lend by
deserting the party he did so much to
upbuild and the principles he labored
so long to iucu'cite. Th'i an urn he
planted has become the towering iree.
its wide-spread. ng blanches r.nJ deep
piercing rootj defying all storms anil
adverse winds
The work of bis life-time, to which
he devoted the vigor of his early man
hood atid ll.e mature judgement of his
riper days cannot be overcome and an
nihilated by the np i-'ticv i f old age.
It bus leer; a question of no little in
terest to the American people to know
wiiere our gr.Ti-.nt coivinin nder of ihe
armies of the Union st-jod upui thfJ
political issues of the day. That ques
tion appears pretty settled by the
fallowing, dated svt Columbus, Ohio,
Sept. 13th, which wo find in the New
Vork Tribune:
'In conversation wi h Gen. Cox, last
evening, Gen. Grant and Admiral Far
ragut declared their d snpprovjil of the
President's policy and commended lhat
of Congies. Both geu lemen said
-ubstantially that ihey were participants
in the President's campaign tour by ex
press instructions, and not from any
inclinaiiou on their part. The conver
sations weie not stiict'v private, for
several parlies were present."
From lie Atlantic -M. iithlj-.
ITS PITH.
"These conditions. n3 unbodied in
constitutional amendment which has
passed both Houses by such overwhelm
ing majorities, are the mildest ever ex
acted ot defeated enemies by u victo
rious nation. There ii not a distinctly
"radical ' idea in the whole amendment
nothing lhat Pre.-iden: Johnson has
not himself, within a comparatively
recent period, st imped with his high
approbation. Does it ordain universal
suffrage? No. JJoes ii ordain impar
tial suffi age ? No. Does it prosciite,
disfranchise, or expatriate the recent
armed enemies . of the country.
or confi-cato their j n peity
Ni
It
simply ordai. is th it the national debt
shall be paid and the rebel debt repu
diated ; that the civil rights of all per
sons shall be maintained ; lhat rebels
who have aided perjury to treason
shall be diqunl.fi d for office; and
that the r-lei Sia'.es shall not have thir
political power in the Uivon increased
by the presence on their soil of persons
to whom they deny political rights, but
that representa' ion shall be based
throughout the llepaliic on voters, and
not on population. ihe pith tit tne
whole aniendnieiid is in the last clause;
and is there anything ii. that to which
rea-onable objection can bo made?
Would it not lea curious result cf the
war against rebellion, that it should end
in conferring cn a rebe-1 voter in South
Carolina a pow r eqeal, in national af
fairs, to that of two loyal voters in New
York? Can any Democrat have the
face to assert lhat th South shoulJ
have, through its disfranchised negro
freemen alone, a power in the Electoral
College and in the national House of
Represen'ative3 equal to that of Ohio
and Indiana combined ?"
2F" A Western paper strikes the
name of two t-ubsenbers f ro u his list
because they w'ere recently hung. The
publisher cay h- was compelled to le
severe, br(ause he did net know ihtir
present address.
peg Mr. Seward compl in tha.t'is
Republican party ha; no leader.
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