May 11, 1870 (4 pages)

City ° supply Live > receive GET Apear in amp. Pans. aches. IZLE, tion hat Letof Amerghth day rtin and lifornia, Hydrauconsistdy any, No. y stock Mnain un« shall be . dvertised : ment The Vth nt assess ising and }, Bec’ym5 t Law, je Streete vada" vat i Sy ial Sts. iy ComLAT AND iE LINE ake direct he Eastern . Flat, as relock, A. ard bound A.M. P.M. wilt train, at 1d coming wrk. e Office, is, Fargo The Daily Transcript of the Several States; and in order to , Pee NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 11, 1870} ' Publishers and Proprietors. : Office Cor. Broad & Pine Streets. ——wERMS OF THE TRANSCRIPT > ————— Per Week : 2:11 1 + Twenty-Five Cents." Address on the Fifteenth Amendment, delivered April 12a, by Rev. J. H. Hubbard. _ Mr. President and Fellow Citizens :-— We congratulate you on the auspicious circumstance that has calle . us together. The prattling child, the thoughtless.youth, they who are just treading upon the threshhold of man or womanhood, the middle aged and hoary headed, all are here. Notas in other days have we come, but hopeful, trusting, and with brightening prospects for the promising future. . The Fifteenth Amendment has become a part cf the Coustitation-ofthe United States, We to-day, a8 citizens of this State, are invested with every right of the citizens tully appreciate the present, permit us to ‘hastily teview the past. Two centuries and a half have flown since African slavery was introduced on the American continent. Deeds of horror and blood have transpired under the peculiar institution. Human speech fails to convey just idéus ‘of “the fearfal truth. Authors of celebrity have giver graphic descriptions of Gongpiracy and revolution, of overthrow in dynasties and: loss of empires >but who-of the greatest-genius and widest range of thought, can depict im true colors the sorrows of the oppressed. The great Beecher may attempt it, with eloquence thundering like Niagara. The gifted Sumner, skilled in ciassic lore and invincible as the.fates; Mrs, Stow, whose cultivated mind resembles the father of waters, in his wide sweep, invigorating, penetrating, enchanting; theold Commodore, Thad. Stevens, has attempted it; his great, good heart. has swelled within him ; and warming with the .progress “ot his subjeet; al, ak ag the-}the latest c hand become clenched, the brow contract, but each aud ali would fail inthe laudable endeavor. ; Hearts have been rent, as a potter’s vessel is dashed in pieces ; stripes have been ag abundant as the leaves on the forest trees; sighis and» groans have ascended to the Almighty, as the sound ofemany oceavs when they burst_upon the shores. In vain did the traveler cry to the ‘watchman, “what of the night?” No cheering omen caught the watcher’s pfacticud eye; naught to break the midnight solitude; no radiant day star proclaimed the coming dawn ; but it had been recorded in Holy Writ, “Ethiopia shall stretch forth her hands unto God,” and then there came a single ray of light, which only rendered the darkness more apparent. The wrongs and woes seemed more than human hearts could hear. But we realized the aptness of a naval hero's remark, when, amid the roar and din of battle, he said, “the fire is too hot to fast long.” ‘The leading nations-of the earth were abettors of the slave traffic. From Burope, South America and the West Ladies,was seard the clink of the bondman’s chain..England, first to set America the example of holding property in mau, took the lead in ubolishing the nefarious system, and the names of such men as Wilberforce, Pitt,Clarkson and Sharpe, will -berevered by coming generations, as long as > the rivers run towards the sea,or the clouds return after the rain. It was in opposition to the African slave trade, that ' Cowper wrote from the captive standpoint, thus :— 3 ' “Es there, as ye sometimes tell us, Is there One who reigas on high? ‘Has He bid you bay and seil us, Speaking from His throne, the sky? peem cur'nation brutes no jonger, Til) some reason ye shall find, Worthier ot regard, and stronger Than the color of our kind.” The wave of justice that. broké in majesty over the heart ot Britain, had not spent its force, until she had emancipated, and her bondmen stood forth disenthralléd By the irresistible genius ot universal emancipation. Cowper wooed the muse to his side once more, and thus in lofty strains ‘he sang :-— “Slaves cannot breathe in England; If their lungs reveive our Bir, that moment {tney are free.” But all this while the cause Hh the appresen tn. Ane mexica was shrouded .in impenetrable ' gloom. Yearg flew as years only can, ‘until -the steady radiance of the North’ Star became’ the panting fugitiye’s. beacon light. They 4 +e earned to consider the people of [intellect in Gpposition to an equitable With uplifted hands, when-is-1850;-thele. of I . free States agreed to catch absconding ;} bee eS ingwho. ‘glaves and return them to their masters. . ‘should or should notcompose the House . : ifice tof Lords?. yet; our Senators and RepreSs —— : e does here, would ‘a voice in saying who “when Joshua R, Giddings of Ohio, contraitor, that he had ‘more than once received the fleeing bondmanh to the liospitalities of his fireside, and that he would strike down the oppressor who would dare to cross his threshhold in search of his chattels. Then came} the threat, supposed to be unmeaning words, that he, (Jeff. Davis) would one day invade the North, with the sword in one hand and the Bible in the other. The South had= —~and the Nerth, yielded, until forbearance ceased to be-a virtue, and they could grant po more. The South became enraged,said their.requests should be admitted; or they would make the: Northern mudsills the stepping stone to their independence. Anold writer says, “whom. the gods destroy they first make mad,” Rage and vituperation were the burden of Southern heart and tongue, even as the fragrance of the rosé and wrultif“lora perfumed their gale. _ In rapid succession came the Convention at Charleston, the nomjna‘ion and election of President Lincoln, firing on the Star of the West, the bombardment of-Fort Sumter, a protracted civil war, and ita inevitable issues. What we celebrate to-day, is in a great meastire due to the devotion of Abraham Lincoln to principle and duty. Welling up from the deep fountain of grateful hearts comes the free acknowledgment. Our minds dwell upon it. We lisp. it}: with the pen ofa ready writer, breathe . . it in song, while the genial breeze from plain and valley, upon its joyous bosom bears the soul-inspiring’ anthem of liberty to the everlasting bills, and the moutitains in turn waft it to the sea. What ‘Lincoln was to the Republican party and the nation in 1860, so was / Grant in 1868. Like Mapoleon I, he seems “empowered Ww ubiquity.” Whether in the cabinet or in the field, he is the same marked, extraordinary character. “True Americans, to generation, will rise wp and. called blessed the President, who in his: first message to Congress, recommends in bold, outspoken words, the enfranchisement of every loyal American citizen, It has been admitted on all sides, that intelligence and industry, combined with loyalty, are indispensible qualities of the citizen. The opposition said the negroes would not work,and we knew they were denied the advantages of an-education. In his recent message to Congress, the President ‘set both these questions at rest. He said: “I hear no complaints of lack of industry on part of ‘the Freedmen where they are paid reasonable wages.” ‘He also said, “they are making rapid progress in learning.” Such being the case, what should debar them from the enjoy ment of every privilege of American Citizens? Our opponents, seeing the dilemma of their situation, have sought their last ditch. Standing out like mile stones on the. highway, are the record and arguments of those who have, with all the power that in them lay, opposed this just measure. Allow us a few woments to examine the argaments Of some of our California legisiavors. if At the Capitol of this State, on ‘the 18th of January, 1870, Mr. Marphy, of Del Norte, said, in speaking against the Fifteenth Amendment, “The men of 7 demanded that their voices should be heard, supplicated aad expostulated with their Parliament, which stood nearly in the,same position to them as the Congress.of. the, United, States stands to us at. present,” ‘The would be argument speaks for itself. None but a Democrat, deeply dyed, would be induced to makense.of such, A schoolboy could easily detect the fallacy. it doss not deserve serious refutation, but as it is the argument of a Pythagorian measure, we Will give % a passing “nor tice, Ip is au argument in appearance, aad not in fact—tbe discussion being on the constitutionality of the measure. Suppose we grant the gentleman what he claims, tbat Parliament stood in they sane position to our fathers that Congress does to us—that of tulers. The Del-Norte Democrat was afraid to pur gue the comparison of Parliament apd Congress; be was aware it he did so, a fierce array of unwiolesome tacts would impede hia progress. The trath is that, im, butone sense can the two be compared, and that is in their relation . of rulers, 1 would ask Mr, Murphy question. 1 would like to know if ihe the North their friendsbet wood aghast ~ ‘and ocgupied the same postion inthe. sentatives_are Chasen from the masses; fronted Jefferson Davis. of Mississippi. . and elected by them. But again: Was" The old_man -eloquent. told the arch . it not the gist of our fathers’ complaint} wis in the ears of our children, inditéit-as} February, in the Asse jtol of this State, said-in his speech on the 15th Amendment, “It is safe to say, that now here in the broad limits of the United States, ten years ago, coulda than have obtained a respectful hearing ja advocacy of the right and policy of giving negroes to vote ?” in this connection, simply amounts to nething. very lame; and if Sonoma cannot do better than that in electing members of the Assembly, I suggest she give up trying.’ Sap right and policy would not have been received by the American people ten yeats ‘ago, it argues nothing against its reception today, unless we regard the not. The gentleman makes no allowance for the necessity of a change of policy in commanties and nations in which may arise unseen eraergencies from year to year. imagined ten years ago that we. would. have passed throu éade? Would Mr. had he been told in 1860 that before 1866 that his friends would have rebelled’ against the Government, and been Whipped into the traces again? Is it any the less a fact, would not have received ‘such intelligence then? 1 ween pot. not been insulted, the thousands who are new widows and orphans were liv ing happily ers; our milioss of treasure was not expend sinated ° Klan was not organized ; and “‘Wegper, ‘Petersburgh, Milliken's Bend, and Pittsbarg Landing were’not baptised by a copious mingling of fratricidal biood ‘a decade ago. in’ Mr. Henley’s speech a prominent instance of Democratic veracity. lo that speech he said: ten years ago is the negro of to-day.” The Democrats of Califoraia should make Mr. Healey Professor ‘of Moral Philosophy ; and it¢.whole system of ‘ethics would undergo # sopatinizing, demoralizing revision. ‘Phere would be an interminable conflict between Wayland “and Henley. speak thas? man, and~ Democrats are all trathful men. In 1960) the negro was a slave. Mr. Henley says he was the sxme in 1870. Tn 1860. the American negro had no record as a soldier that white nien were bound w respect. ears betore 1870 his valor had been tested on many a well 0 field. anon which Port Hudson, } Bend, Fort’ Wagner and Uulstee stand, out in bold relief. og: M stance; he has no-such record. 3 gentleman. was a, British subject to-day, . the negto, as a Slave, was denied the penefit of mental culture ; but in 1665 ‘before, did not know their al % they were supporting 555 schools, and men-were able to read, who, the year Sng i san on ter ee Fyouthful and.aged. diligently labori i ing: ~ But_are . Youthful and. aged. diligently laboring: Lot Bee ee we not represented in Congress to our ‘So ‘aucneasful . 2° extirpation of the biack race from the heart’scontent?. Did not Mr. Murphy’s friends send their Casserlys and Axtells: there? Once more: Were not the acts of Parliament toward the colonies a sefies of tyranical dictations ? with Congress ? amendments submitted to the people of the several States, and it accepted by an overwhelming majority, is it not the work of the people? phy’s comparison? He knew at the time of making it ‘twas unjust. Mr. President, excuse me, I am perhaps} mistaken. Some of these Democrats. have soft places in their heads, and if we can jucge by arguinent in Murphy’sis one of them. visedly, but let us forgive him ; it was Nature’s fault and not Ins. phy ! That effort taxed his mental ealiber severely. He will not make another like that in the next ten years, ate aspiring genius will be-borne down btneath the cruel pressure cf the Fifteenth Amendment. a peroration he quotes Patrick Henry’s “Give me liberty or give me death.” He ought to have made a hero of himself,. and said, with the poet « It is so Are not . proposed Where is MurOk. ‘He did speak unadPoor MurAnd Oh! for shame . . as “It seems te me but yesterday, Nor scarce so lon 2, Since all. our schoo Their muskets took, .'¢-charge:the fearful foe. “We charged upon a flock of geese, And put them all to flight, Except one sturdy garder, Who thougiit to show us fight. ‘‘Butah! we knew a thing or two, Our Captain wheeled the van. We routed him, we scouted him, Nor lost a single man.” Mr: Henley,of Sonoma, on the 18th of ly at the Cape! and Chinese tlie right . His mention of the Chinese Mr. Henley’s argument is ge we admit that sach a people as omniscient, which we do Who could ‘have* h so eventful a deenley have believed because he Vur flag had with husbands and fathour President was not sssasn years ago. The Ku-KluxForts Pillow We have “ The negro of But why do I Mr. Henley is a truthful But . several filliken’s Henley says, in subIn 1860 Henley was making his famous spee +the-negroes were attending the day and night schools~ by: the-thousands. The to acquire an.ed on. So successful had they been.that.President Grant, as I before stated, said.to Congress in his recent message, “they are making rapid progress in learning.” Henley says, in effect, they are as ignorant now as in 1860. But again:, Tem years ago these four million negroes were the property of Democratic slaveholders; but before brad-awl Henley, taxed his brain in preparing. that suicidal attack on the negro, those. hitherto slaves were free and owned themselves, wives and children ; possessed their dwellings. schoolhouses, churches, orchards, fields: of waving grain, horses, cattle, and hundreds of thousands-ef dollars in bank. in the face of all this our Democratic exponent says that tea years have produced no chabge in the negro. But he, you know, is a truthful man, and those Democrats are all truthfal men, We give Mr. Henley the benefit of believing conscientiously what he has said, and accordingly pronounce him a fit subject for the Stockton Insane Asylum. He asks the question: “Have we (the . whites) grown wiser?” and answers it himself, by saying no. The thirty millions of intelligent, enterprising Americans have not. grown wiser in ten years! “Tell it not in Gath! Publish it not in the streets of Askelon! Was it not a wise act to make a portion of the Constitution to read, “ there shall be no more slavery in the United States forever?’ Have the American people learned no wisdom from the sacrifices, atrocities and results of the war? Mr. Henley says, in substance, these have all passed and left no good impression, even asa dream dies at opening day. A portion ef the-speech made by this gentleman from Sovoma was quite eloquent, abounding in aptness o1 expression and Jofty flights of imagination. All this is easily accounted for, Nataralists tell us that the swan sings its sweetest song just before it dies. So with Mr, Henley, he sang his last antinegro song,-which, was replete with_ unadulterated Denioeratic aroma. Jove help him, he is dead! We will write his epitaph from Gray’s Elegy : “Here reste his head ona lap of-earth, A nan of fortune; and to fame nnkaown, Fair science smiled not on his hnmblehirth, And melancholy marked him for her own.’ You all remember the -herculean labors of Hon. Samuel T. Oates; the perfect phillipics he hurled against the 15th Amendmeut. How grand in conception, thorough the research, and conclusive the rosapning he brings to bear on that subject. His argument is abont as conelusive as that of the old lady, who was giving directions to prove good bluing. Said she, “take a cup of water, and drop a piegg of the bluing into it; if the bluing is good it will either sink or swim, don’t. know which.” Hitherto we had been disposed to censure Governor Haight, but today we have come to praise him. You wast all acknowledge the Governor is-a power on the stump. Weare not ignorant of the fact, that he went from California to.Ohio, and canvassed that State for the Democrats, ‘The result of that campaign is known. Ohio went Republican, bas since ratified the 15th Amendment, ana we hereby tender his Excelleney our sincere thanks for lending his invaluable services to so good a cause, O, latter day Democra.‘cy! Thou huge, degenerate creature, ‘who ling basked in the effalgence of Plutonian light and whose many aspirations were freigh‘ed with the odors of Erebus. Thou sim of imconsistencies ! and endless contradictions. We haye seem the presicing with native. dignity, at a Mongolian feast; and again have beheld the persecut ing with characteristic rigor, the same fellow sy irits Democracy! thou hast walked arra in arm with the Negro in the South, there thou dost bow obsequious to hig sable majesty; but in the tar West thou-hast-deroanced.bim.as.the connecting link betv.e.u the monkey and the man ; aml now, O Democracy ! thou art fallen, Like Saul of Scripture memory, thou hast been slam upon the high places, for there the shiekl of the mighty wes vilely cast away. Before us lies the emaciated form of 2ome healthful and robust dody, that received deserved encomiums from Madison aid Jefferson. ‘You who have tears to shed, prepare to shed them now.” Toll {.toll ! toll! Democratic life thas ends ; Toll 1 whi) wir! Weep for the oppressox’s friends. Thou, in thy life time, recciv-dst thy cod things, aud the Ne ro his evil things ; But now he is comforted and tavn ari wormented. An article appeared in the Democratic North-West, headed ‘The ‘friuraph fn South Carolina 25,000-men-andwo-pin pha Deu. T under_the significant.caption of ‘‘Hear them Rave.” An extract from the articlo i men have been ’ mostevery State, that Negroes, with the in~~ stinct of cannibals and the intuition of PaBn might be made citizens. No, this eous-rule must not be submitted to. Continent, as an alternative, we heartily — and zealously favor. As & race, except as slayés, they are of no use to God or man.” So these distinguished savants.of the Democratic North-West and Sonoma Democrat, say the She have the instincts of cannibals. is disedévery was not made until the Negroes were free ; these gentlemen did not tell ns this years ago. As a bondsman he was — enough, but as soon as he became free, he was possessed of a cannibal instinct; it is a wonder they. could trust such people ; why did they not,fear the contact with such hideous creatures? These very people haye been the Democrat's hotse-hold Gods. They have had them to do their cooking, wait on their tables, run errands, to nurse their babies, and go out riding to protect their young ladies. They ate and drank with them, walked and talked with them, went trayeling, and even slept with these very same'people with cannibal instincts. ‘Trace these Democratic find all they have but bareexistence, flowed © from the Negro, The houses they live in, their fine horses and carriages; the money they dress their ae ney with, the food their wives and ch dren—eat, the monied influence they enjoyed the education the stole ;. trace it bac and you will find all this, and more, was derived fromthe sweat, blood and tears of the Negro. The concluding paragraph, speaking still of the Negro, says: ‘‘As a-race, except as slaves, they are of no use to God or man.” That,T shall leave as it is; occupying the high ” position I do, I cannot compromise m principle by condecending to answer an allegation hatched in pandemonium and peddied out in small parcels, by men, who, buzzard-like, leave the ethereal hights of the middle air, and with one swoop ce npon a decomposing carcass. I will leave it,as the hand writing on the Democratic wall of.destiny ; let the sun shine upon it, and show the world to what depth humanity has. fallen; let the winds. of Heaven blow upon it, and scatter far and wide, the intelligence of the lodged spite,the corroding spirit. of revenge that rankles in ‘so . many Democratic bosoms. The question has been asked the thousandth time, will the Negro hold sacred, the inestimable privilege, into the enjoyment of whichhe has now come? We believe he will. Sitnato him as--you -will,.smile spon him -as you may, he never can forget the clanking of ¢hains,-the heart piercing wail‘of woe, Hoe must remember those troublous,times,when men,-opposed alike to loyalty, justice and humanity, “cried hayoc! and let slip the dogs of war.” There are those who have; ever been inimical to our prowess ; they have used means, time. and talent and infiuence against us. These yery men will play the sycophant and desire to bow \at our shrine ; but we will say to them, 80 far shalt though go and no farther, and there shall. thy Democratic wave be stayed. **He is a friend_who runs out in a storm to shake a hand with us,” but. such fawning spirits could not ‘‘breast the waves” of prejudiced popular opinion. They come to us and say, our interests are identical, let us reason together. What! hath a Negro ‘interests? can he reason? has he an idea above that of a beast? He, whom you have said has exhibited no self-government, could you have him assist in governing others? You, who have argued so long that the blacks rested under the anathema of, “‘eursed be Canaan, servant of servants =shall he be to his brethern,” would you reverse the Divine decree, and make him a ruler? In the. future, as in the past, we will stand beside the banner.” Where ready hands and willing hearts are wanting touphold-human rights, progress and gooc government, there will we be found ‘a living wall of human wood.” Should the time come when colored American citizens, allying themselves with the abettersof unjust and oppressive measures, and’ ‘growing covetous” an “itching palm” by selling for filthy luere, the cardinal principle upon which ‘rests our free government, ‘be ready gods with all your thunderbolts dash them to pieces.” We invoke the assistance of the friends of liberty everywhere; the kindred of Wallace and Bruce, of Pitt and Fox, of Curran and Emmet, of Tell and Kosciusko, of Bozzaris of Tefra, of Washington and Lincoln, to, join-us in our mighty joy, for Our God has crushed the tyrant, Our God has raised the slave; ’ Has mocked the zounsel of the wise, And the valor of the brave, _ Let it glisten in the dew drops of morning, shine forth in the intense heat of meridian sii, and be borrie-on the evening zephyr’s wing from orient to oceident. “Let music.swell the breeze, Aud ring from all-the trees Sweet freedom’s song,” Strike the cymbals . sweep the harp with fingers skillful, let the organ blow its deep full tones. Flear it ye honored deaa, whose lives wereconsecrated to the canse of suffering humanity. Sonl of John Brown . Jook upon us, Yor the last vestige of slavery has been removed, and you ‘‘still marching on.” Lovejoy, Adams, Pierpont, Parker, Rogers, Gidding and Morris, behold us unshackled to-day! . Bursting the cerements of grave, methinks a voiee sepulchral comés up, saying, well done America! Thou hast become eicellency of nations, the, joy of the whole we of Barbatism,” wich was copied approv. . Conelnded oa the fourth page. reads thus: ‘‘The rights: ‘and liberties-of —— = streams back totheirsourcesand you will = ==

City ° supply Live > receive GET Apear in amp. Pans. aches. IZLE, tion hat Letof Amerghth day rtin and lifornia, Hydrauconsistdy any, No. y stock Mnain un« shall be . dvertised : ment The Vth nt assess ising and }, Bec’ym5 t Law, je Streete vada" vat i Sy ial Sts. iy ComLAT AND iE LINE ake direct he Eastern . Flat, as relock, A. ard bound A.M. P.M. wilt train, at 1d coming wrk. e Office, is, Fargo The Daily Transcript of the Several States; and in order to , Pee NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 11, 1870} ' Publishers and Proprietors. : Office Cor. Broad & Pine Streets. ——wERMS OF THE TRANSCRIPT > ————— Per Week : 2:11 1 + Twenty-Five Cents." Address on the Fifteenth Amendment, delivered April 12a, by Rev. J. H. Hubbard. _ Mr. President and Fellow Citizens :-— We congratulate you on the auspicious circumstance that has calle . us together. The prattling child, the thoughtless.youth, they who are just treading upon the threshhold of man or womanhood, the middle aged and hoary headed, all are here. Notas in other days have we come, but hopeful, trusting, and with brightening prospects for the promising future. . The Fifteenth Amendment has become a part cf the Coustitation-ofthe United States, We to-day, a8 citizens of this State, are invested with every right of the citizens tully appreciate the present, permit us to ‘hastily teview the past. Two centuries and a half have flown since African slavery was introduced on the American continent. Deeds of horror and blood have transpired under the peculiar institution.. Human speech fails to convey just idéus ‘of “the fearfal truth. Authors of celebrity have giver graphic descriptions of Gongpiracy and revolution, of overthrow in dynasties and: loss of empires >but who-of the greatest-genius and widest range of thought, can depict im true colors the sorrows of the oppressed. The great Beecher may attempt it, with eloquence thundering like Niagara. The gifted Sumner, skilled in ciassic lore and invincible as the.fates; Mrs, Stow, whose cultivated mind resembles the father of waters, in his wide sweep, invigorating, penetrating, enchanting; theold Commodore, Thad. Stevens, has attempted it; his great, good heart. has swelled within him ; and warming with the .progress “ot his subjeet; al, ak ag the-}the latest c hand become clenched, the brow contract, but each aud ali would fail inthe laudable endeavor. ; Hearts have been rent, as a potter’s vessel is dashed in pieces ; stripes have been ag abundant as the leaves on the forest trees; sighis and» groans have ascended to the Almighty, as the sound ofemany oceavs when they burst_upon the shores. In vain did the traveler cry to the ‘watchman, “what of the night?” No cheering omen caught the watcher’s pfacticud eye; naught to break the midnight solitude; no radiant day star proclaimed the coming dawn ; but it had been recorded in Holy Writ, “Ethiopia shall stretch forth her hands unto God,” and then there came a single ray of light, which only rendered the darkness more apparent. The wrongs and woes seemed more than human hearts could hear. But we realized the aptness of a naval hero's remark, when, amid the roar and din of battle, he said, “the fire is too hot to fast long.” ‘The leading nations-of the earth were abettors of the slave traffic. From Burope, South America and the West Ladies,was seard the clink of the bondman’s chain...England, first to set America the example of holding property in mau, took the lead in ubolishing the nefarious system, and the names of such men as Wilberforce, Pitt,Clarkson and Sharpe, will -berevered by coming generations, as long as > the rivers run towards the sea,or the clouds return after the rain. It was in opposition to the African slave trade, that ' Cowper wrote from the captive standpoint, thus :— 3 ' “Es there, as ye sometimes tell us, Is there One who reigas on high? ‘Has He bid you bay and seil us, Speaking from His throne, the sky? peem cur'nation brutes no jonger, Til) some reason ye shall find, Worthier ot regard, and stronger Than the color of our kind.” The wave of justice that. broké in majesty over the heart ot Britain, had not spent its force, until she had emancipated, and her bondmen stood forth disenthralléd By the irresistible genius ot universal emancipation. Cowper wooed the muse to his side once more, and thus in lofty strains ‘he sang :-— “Slaves cannot breathe in England; If their lungs reveive our Bir, that moment {tney are free.” But all this while the cause Hh the appresen tn. Ane mexica was shrouded .in impenetrable ' gloom. Yearg flew as years only can, ‘until -the steady radiance of the North’ Star became’ the panting fugitiye’s. beacon light. They 4 +e earned to consider the people of [intellect in Gpposition to an equitable With uplifted hands, when-is-1850;-thele. of I . free States agreed to catch absconding ;} bee eS ingwho. ‘glaves and return them to their masters. . ‘should or should notcompose the House . : ifice tof Lords?. yet; our Senators and RepreSs —— : e does here, would ‘a voice in saying who “when Joshua R, Giddings of Ohio, contraitor, that he had ‘more than once received the fleeing bondmanh to the liospitalities of his fireside, and that he would strike down the oppressor who would dare to cross his threshhold in search of his chattels. Then came} the threat, supposed to be unmeaning words, that he, (Jeff. Davis) would one day invade the North, with the sword in one hand and the Bible in the other. The South had= —~and the Nerth, yielded, until forbearance ceased to be-a virtue, and they could grant po more. The South became enraged,said their.requests should be admitted; or they would make the: Northern mudsills the stepping stone to their independence. Anold writer says, “whom. the gods destroy they first make mad,” Rage and vituperation were the burden of Southern heart and tongue, even as the fragrance of the rosé and wrultif“lora perfumed their gale. _ In rapid succession came the Convention at Charleston, the nomjna‘ion and election of President Lincoln, firing on the Star of the West, the bombardment of-Fort Sumter, a protracted civil war, and ita inevitable issues. What we celebrate to-day, is in a great meastire due to the devotion of Abraham Lincoln to principle and duty. Welling up from the deep fountain of grateful hearts comes the free acknowledgment. Our minds dwell upon it. We lisp. it}: with the pen ofa ready writer, breathe . . it in song, while the genial breeze from plain and valley, upon its joyous bosom bears the soul-inspiring’ anthem of liberty to the everlasting bills, and the moutitains in turn waft it to the sea. What ‘Lincoln was to the Republican party and the nation in 1860, so was / Grant in 1868. Like Mapoleon I, he seems “empowered Ww ubiquity.” Whether in the cabinet or in the field, he is the same marked, extraordinary character. “True Americans, to generation, will rise wp and. called blessed the President, who in his: first message to Congress, recommends in bold, outspoken words, the enfranchisement of every loyal American citizen, It has been admitted on all sides, that intelligence and industry, combined with loyalty, are indispensible qualities of the citizen. The opposition said the negroes would not work,and we knew they were denied the advantages of an-education. In his recent message to Congress, the President ‘set both these questions at rest. He said: “I hear no complaints of lack of industry on part of ‘the Freedmen where they are paid reasonable wages.” ‘He also said, “they are making rapid progress in learning.” Such being the case, what should debar them from the enjoy ment of every privilege of American Citizens? Our opponents, seeing the dilemma of their situation, have sought their last ditch. Standing out like mile stones on the. highway, are the record and arguments of those who have, with all the power that in them lay, opposed this just measure. Allow us a few woments to examine the argaments Of some of our California legisiavors. if At the Capitol of this State, on ‘the 18th of January, 1870, Mr. Marphy, of Del Norte, said, in speaking against the Fifteenth Amendment, “The men of 7 demanded that their voices should be heard, supplicated aad expostulated with their Parliament, which stood nearly in the,same position to them as the Congress.of. the, United, States stands to us at. present,” ‘The would be argument speaks for itself. None but a Democrat, deeply dyed, would be induced to makense.of such, A schoolboy could easily detect the fallacy.. it doss not deserve serious refutation, but as it is the argument of a Pythagorian measure, we Will give % a passing “nor tice, Ip is au argument in appearance, aad not in fact—tbe discussion being on the constitutionality of the measure. Suppose we grant the gentleman what he claims, tbat Parliament stood in they sane position to our fathers that Congress does to us—that of tulers. The Del-Norte Democrat was afraid to pur gue the comparison of Parliament apd Congress; be was aware it he did so, a fierce array of unwiolesome tacts would impede hia progress. The trath is that, im, butone sense can the two be compared, and that is in their relation . of rulers, 1 would ask Mr, Murphy question.. 1 would like to know if ihe the North their friendsbet wood aghast ~ ‘and ocgupied the same postion inthe. sentatives_are Chasen from the masses; fronted Jefferson Davis. of Mississippi. . and elected by them. But again: Was" The old_man -eloquent. told the arch . it not the gist of our fathers’ complaint} wis in the ears of our children, inditéit-as} February, in the Asse jtol of this State, said-in his speech on the 15th Amendment, “It is safe to say, that now here in the broad limits of the United States, ten years ago, coulda than have obtained a respectful hearing ja advocacy of the right and policy of giving negroes to vote ?” in this connection, simply amounts to nething. very lame; and if Sonoma cannot do better than that in electing members of the Assembly, I suggest she give up trying.’ Sap right and policy would not have been received by the American people ten yeats ‘ago, it argues nothing against its reception today, unless we regard the not. The gentleman makes no allowance for the necessity of a change of policy in commanties and nations in which may arise unseen eraergencies from year to year. imagined ten years ago that we. would. have passed throu éade? Would Mr. had he been told in 1860 that before 1866 that his friends would have rebelled’ against the Government, and been Whipped into the traces again? Is it any the less a fact, would not have received ‘such intelligence then? 1 ween pot. not been insulted, the thousands who are new widows and orphans were liv ing happily ers; our milioss of treasure was not expend sinated ° Klan was not organized ; and “‘Wegper, ‘Petersburgh, Milliken's Bend, and Pittsbarg Landing were’not baptised by a copious mingling of fratricidal biood ‘a decade ago. in’ Mr. Henley’s speech a prominent instance of Democratic veracity. lo that speech he said: ten years ago is the negro of to-day.” The Democrats of Califoraia should make Mr. Healey Professor ‘of Moral Philosophy ; and it¢.whole system of ‘ethics would undergo # sopatinizing, demoralizing revision. ‘Phere would

be an interminable conflict between Wayland “and Henley. speak thas? man, and~ Democrats are all trathful men. In 1960) the negro was a slave. Mr. Henley says he was the sxme in 1870. Tn 1860. the American negro had no record as a soldier that white nien were bound w respect. ears betore 1870 his valor had been tested on many a well 0 field. anon which Port Hudson, } Bend, Fort’ Wagner and Uulstee stand, out in bold relief. og: M stance; he has no-such record. 3 gentleman. was a, British subject to-day, . the negto, as a Slave, was denied the penefit of mental culture ; but in 1665 ‘before, did not know their al % they were supporting 555 schools, and men-were able to read, who, the year Sng i san on ter ee Fyouthful and.aged. diligently labori i ing: ~ But_are . Youthful and. aged. diligently laboring: Lot Bee ee we not represented in Congress to our ‘So ‘aucneasful . 2° extirpation of the biack race from the heart’scontent?. Did not Mr. Murphy’s friends send their Casserlys and Axtells: there? Once more: Were not the acts of Parliament toward the colonies a sefies of tyranical dictations ? with Congress ? amendments submitted to the people of the several States, and it accepted by an overwhelming majority, is it not the work of the people? phy’s comparison? He knew at the time of making it ‘twas unjust. Mr. President, excuse me, I am perhaps} mistaken. Some of these Democrats. have soft places in their heads, and if we can jucge by arguinent in Murphy’sis one of them. visedly, but let us forgive him ; it was Nature’s fault and not Ins. phy ! That effort taxed his mental ealiber severely. He will not make another like that in the next ten years, ate aspiring genius will be-borne down btneath the cruel pressure cf the Fifteenth Amendment. a peroration he quotes Patrick Henry’s “Give me liberty or give me death.” He ought to have made a hero of himself,. and said, with the poet « It is so Are not . proposed Where is MurOk. ‘He did speak unadPoor MurAnd Oh! for shame . . as “It seems te me but yesterday, Nor scarce so lon 2, Since all. our schoo Their muskets took, ..'¢-charge:the fearful foe.. “We charged upon a flock of geese, And put them all to flight, Except one sturdy garder, Who thougiit to show us fight. ‘‘Butah! we knew a thing or two, Our Captain wheeled the van. We routed him, we scouted him, Nor lost a single man.” Mr: Henley,of Sonoma, on the 18th of ly at the Cape! and Chinese tlie right . His mention of the Chinese Mr. Henley’s argument is ge we admit that sach a people as omniscient, which we do Who could ‘have* h so eventful a deenley have believed because he Vur flag had with husbands and fathour President was not sssasn years ago. The Ku-KluxForts Pillow We have “ The negro of But why do I Mr. Henley is a truthful But . several filliken’s Henley says, in subIn 1860 Henley was making his famous spee +the-negroes were attending the day and night schools~ by: the-thousands. The to acquire an.ed on. So successful had they been.that.President Grant, as I before stated, said.to Congress in his recent message, “they are making rapid progress in learning.” Henley says, in effect, they are as ignorant now as in 1860. But again:, Tem years ago these four million negroes were the property of Democratic slaveholders; but before brad-awl Henley, taxed his brain in preparing. that suicidal attack on the negro, those. hitherto slaves were free and owned themselves, wives and children ; possessed their dwellings. schoolhouses, churches, orchards, fields: of waving grain, horses, cattle, and hundreds of thousands-ef dollars in bank. in the face of all this our Democratic exponent says that tea years have produced no chabge in the negro. But he, you know, is a truthful man, and those Democrats are all truthfal men, We give Mr. Henley the benefit of believing conscientiously what he has said, and accordingly pronounce him a fit subject for the Stockton Insane Asylum. He asks the question: “Have we (the . whites) grown wiser?” and answers it himself, by saying no. The thirty millions of intelligent, enterprising Americans have not. grown wiser in ten years! “Tell it not in Gath! Publish it not in the streets of Askelon! Was it not a wise act to make a portion of the Constitution to read, “ there shall be no more slavery in the United States forever?’ Have the American people learned no wisdom from the sacrifices, atrocities and results of the war? Mr. Henley says, in substance, these have all passed and left no good impression, even asa dream dies at opening day. A portion ef the-speech made by this gentleman from Sovoma was quite eloquent, abounding in aptness o1 expression and Jofty flights of imagination. All this is easily accounted for, Nataralists tell us that the swan sings its sweetest song just before it dies. So with Mr, Henley, he sang his last antinegro song,-which, was replete with_ unadulterated Denioeratic aroma. Jove help him, he is dead! We will write his epitaph from Gray’s Elegy : “Here reste his head ona lap of-earth, A nan of fortune; and to fame nnkaown, Fair science smiled not on his hnmblehirth, And melancholy marked him for her own.’ You all remember the -herculean labors of Hon. Samuel T. Oates; the perfect phillipics he hurled against the 15th Amendmeut. How grand in conception, thorough the research, and conclusive the rosapning he brings to bear on that subject. His argument is abont as conelusive as that of the old lady, who was giving directions to prove good bluing. Said she, “take a cup of water, and drop a piegg of the bluing into it; if the bluing is good it will either sink or swim, don’t. know which.” Hitherto we had been disposed to censure Governor Haight, but today we have come to praise him. You wast all acknowledge the Governor is-a power on the stump. Weare not ignorant of the fact, that he went from California to.Ohio, and canvassed that State for the Democrats, ‘The result of that campaign is known. Ohio went Republican, bas since ratified the 15th Amendment, ana we hereby tender his Excelleney our sincere thanks for lending his invaluable services to so good a cause, O, latter day Democra.‘cy! Thou huge, degenerate creature, ‘who ling basked in the effalgence of Plutonian light and whose many aspirations were freigh‘ed with the odors of Erebus. Thou sim of imconsistencies ! and endless contradictions. We haye seem the presicing with native. dignity, at a Mongolian feast; and again have beheld the persecut ing with characteristic rigor, the same fellow sy irits Democracy! thou hast walked arra in arm with the Negro in the South, there thou dost bow obsequious to hig sable majesty; but in the tar West thou-hast-deroanced.bim.as.the connecting link betv.e.u the monkey and the man ; aml now, O Democracy ! thou art fallen, Like Saul of Scripture memory, thou hast been slam upon the high places, for there the shiekl of the mighty wes vilely cast away. Before us lies the emaciated form of 2ome healthful and robust dody, that received deserved encomiums from Madison aid Jefferson. ‘You who have tears to shed, prepare to shed them now.” Toll {.toll ! toll! Democratic life thas ends ; Toll 1 whi) wir! Weep for the oppressox’s friends. Thou, in thy life time, recciv-dst thy cod things, aud the Ne ro his evil things ; But now he is comforted and tavn ari wormented. An article appeared in the Democratic North-West, headed ‘The ‘friuraph fn South Carolina 25,000-men-andwo-pin pha Deu. T under_the significant.caption of ‘‘Hear them Rave.” An extract from the articlo i men have been ’ mostevery State, that Negroes, with the in~~ stinct of cannibals and the intuition of PaBn might be made citizens. No, this eous-rule must not be submitted to. Continent, as an alternative, we heartily — and zealously favor. As & race, except as slayés, they are of no use to God or man.” So these distinguished savants.of the Democratic North-West and Sonoma Democrat, say the She have the instincts of cannibals. is disedévery was not made until the Negroes were free ; these gentlemen did not tell ns this years ago. As a bondsman he was — enough, but as soon as he became free, he was possessed of a cannibal instinct; it is a wonder they. could trust such people ; why did they not,fear the contact with such hideous creatures? These very people haye been the Democrat's hotse-hold Gods. They have had them to do their cooking, wait on their tables, run errands, to nurse their babies, and go out riding to protect their young ladies. They ate and drank with them, walked and talked with them, went trayeling, and even slept with these very same'people with cannibal instincts.. ‘Trace these Democratic find all they have but bareexistence, flowed © from the Negro, The houses they live in, their fine horses and carriages; the money they dress their ae ney with, the food their wives and ch dren—eat, the monied influence they enjoyed the education the stole ;. trace it bac and you will find all this, and more, was derived fromthe sweat, blood and tears of the Negro. The concluding paragraph, speaking still of the Negro, says: ‘‘As a-race, except as slaves, they are of no use to God or man.” That,T shall leave as it is; occupying the high ” position I do, I cannot compromise m principle by condecending to answer an allegation hatched in pandemonium and peddied out in small parcels, by men, who, buzzard-like, leave the ethereal hights of the middle air, and with one swoop ce npon a decomposing carcass. I will leave it,as the hand writing on the Democratic wall of.destiny ; let the sun shine upon it, and show the world to what depth humanity has. fallen; let the winds. of Heaven blow upon it, and scatter far and wide, the intelligence of the lodged spite,the corroding spirit. of revenge that rankles in ‘so . many Democratic bosoms. The question has been asked the thousandth time, will the Negro hold sacred, the inestimable privilege, into the enjoyment of whichhe has now come? We believe he will. Sitnato him as--you -will,.smile spon him -as you may, he never can forget the clanking of ¢hains,-the heart piercing wail‘of woe, Hoe must remember those troublous,times,when men,-opposed alike to loyalty, justice and humanity, “cried hayoc! and let slip the dogs of war.” There are those who have; ever been inimical to our prowess ; they have used means, time. and talent and infiuence against us. These yery men will play the sycophant and desire to bow \at our shrine ; but we will say to them, 80 far shalt though go and no farther, and there shall. thy Democratic wave be stayed. **He is a friend_who runs out in a storm to shake a hand with us,” but. such fawning spirits could not ‘‘breast the waves” of prejudiced popular opinion. They come to us and say, our interests are identical, let us reason together. What! hath a Negro ‘interests? can he reason? has he an idea above that of a beast? He, whom you have said has exhibited no self-government, could you have him assist in governing others? You, who have argued so long that the blacks rested under the anathema of, “‘eursed be Canaan, servant of servants =shall he be to his brethern,” would you reverse the Divine decree, and make him a ruler? In the. future, as in the past, we will stand beside the banner.” Where ready hands and willing hearts are wanting touphold-human rights, progress and gooc government, there will we be found ‘a living wall of human wood.” Should the time come when colored American citizens, allying themselves with the abettersof unjust and oppressive measures, and’ ‘growing covetous” an “itching palm” by selling for filthy luere, the cardinal principle upon which ‘rests our free government, ‘be ready gods with all your thunderbolts dash them to pieces.” We invoke the assistance of the friends of liberty everywhere; the kindred of Wallace and Bruce, of Pitt and Fox, of Curran and Emmet, of Tell and Kosciusko, of Bozzaris of Tefra, of Washington and Lincoln, to, join-us in our mighty joy, for Our God has crushed the tyrant, Our God has raised the slave; ’ Has mocked the zounsel of the wise, And the valor of the brave, _ Let it glisten in the dew drops of morning, shine forth in the intense heat of meridian sii, and be borrie-on the evening zephyr’s wing from orient to oceident. “Let music.swell the breeze, Aud ring from all-the trees Sweet freedom’s song,” Strike the cymbals . sweep the harp with fingers skillful, let the organ blow its deep full tones. Flear it ye honored deaa, whose lives wereconsecrated to the canse of suffering humanity. Sonl of John Brown . Jook upon us, Yor the last vestige of slavery has been removed, and you ‘‘still marching on.” Lovejoy, Adams, Pierpont, Parker, Rogers, Gidding and Morris, behold us unshackled to-day! . Bursting the cerements of grave, methinks a voiee sepulchral comés up, saying, well done America! Thou hast become eicellency of nations, the, joy of the whole we of Barbatism,” wich was copied approv. . Conelnded oa the fourth page. reads thus: ‘‘The rights: ‘and liberties-of —— = streams back totheirsourcesand you will = ==