, 1865-08-02
Correspondence Of the Chicago Tribune.]

LUG ea1sasS ~ nAAus cuuuk}s WHICH II,
cludes this city, fer delegates to the Convsn.
tics, doubtless fairly represents the sent:.
meutof the sntre State upon the questions
at Issue. send you, therefore, the views oi
I'll the candidates, as expressed In published
carts in answer to the following question
"Whe!her that Convention shall declare b.
adtrcct Tcte the total and final abolition OF
slavery In the State, and the total sxtnctiea
of all r'Eht to property In slares held BY any
and an classes Of our people Whatever In
c3uding minors, women, insane, those whs
have and those who have not participated Ia
the rebellion, Al well as those who have op.
posed It; and By their action to cut of all
pa1ttes nom all recourse. right or claim fos
Indemnity upoa the Government Of the
ms,tfd Cd ss1tss for property Of which they
Judge Amos Il. Johnston replies with con-
siderable sagacity that 1t Is for the interes.
and accept aa soon as possible the conditions
imposed by the Federal Government. HI
eays the idea Of compensation Is lel1siye,
and adds:
"If We obstiaately hold on to the dead
body Of slavery, IN any manner, 1t seems to
door left open for readmlsason Into the En:o1,
and thus enable the r13ica1 party At the
North, (wbilst We arc chained down as con-
Querfd province under military rule J to con-
sum1nate the work in which they ara nor 20
ea,Eeauy engaged, Of fastening upou the
South the odious principle Of negro suffrage.
Everything with "a depends upon decided,
convention soor to assemble at Jackson. =
The President Of the United Ststes Is
opposed to negro suffrage Let Us, by ill
means, eeud our representatives to Congress
as soon as possible, to aid Ia resisting the
stscrg outside pressure he fe:1s On this ques.
tton, and assist in defeating the movement" !"
Hon. Fulton anderson. who has been q
member Of the Legislature since the State
seeded, EaTs:
Il sm epxlous th:t The people shou"d eeiza tha
only CHARGE which is offered 10 them to fetesse
1ht mEe'set, partially, At lsas', fsom the euonr-
be core BY taking ,he osth Of amnesty, which
ha. been prescribed BY the President Of tie
United Stsses, as the condition upon which the
c1eed. am offhs opinion taat sh At oath should
be taken by every citizen. In order to quslsfy hin.
for voting, and to enable him therebJ to exercise
In the future zone control over hts oHn dess or
and that OF the generations who are to come after
HIN;
who tsket 1t to support the proposition to abolish
e!aytry BY cur psn Constitution. o.
- entest'to rn,eeif no suen opinion. and sh II
SA@4AAh
against etch proposition, thould It come before
@ ,8s convention and sh0n.a be member Of s0as
liz OWL op;n,on IL, ,ha, II this great at OF
| npprtss1on u to be conf ummated, By w4,tn the
Southern people are to be depr,Tet OF Il ,0O1 00
COS property WITHOUT eompcnsA'ian. It should
gcytrrn EFT who're FIRST and highest duty to- a. far
a. iu piwet e1ttnds- to protect and eusrd With
equal ca1e, the interests snd the rights Of
pie II each ard of all the a1se. and should de-
Re thtt lhe.peop1e Of Misstss1ppi ehoald not BY
ue wrtnE,"
And Jet, 1tr. Anderson frankly gives 1t as
his op3nisn that II tha convention does not
.*tamely submit" to the bictnm of tie >tccn-
t1a1 power" It will b. dispersed By the mill
taty; and
ttLEdttonhf o7tbs would undoubtedly in that
event be preecrtbed as The condition Of exerctsng
try civil or political right which no honorable
esliea, to b. eoaposed Of The euppiisnt tools q
the Government, possibly Of ne9zote, with pp xcr
to ettab!l!h the fundamental isw under which
yon ard your children arc 10 lire, and IN the for.
nation, Of Which Jon will yourselves hare no
VOICE"
Judge William Yerger, who visited Wash.
ipgton in company With Gov. SharkeY, saws
the ststc should not fail to accept its pres
int opportunity lest worse fortune befall it.
sS1g &C. We sssars The r. M
oof own etolce. We heeufe the reign Of civil
lsw, 1nstead Of military license, once more In our
State. We nksute IN end 10 The II ER Of anarchy
we ast use the speedy removal Of standfuE army
from our midst-we aA.pEe the readn,ssion Of our
| Stnstprs and Membtrs Into Congress-and with
e1rasss b1 IL ss.onsi @ p nun5s1 q seveateeu On
The MD Of conservative Republicans and Demo.
fec in the inture, as # was Il the past to regulate
| tie question Of suffrage for ttstN-and thus pro.
Tee, Inc white man from having fo.cet upon him
I 'If compensation ior pas11mltted elares eaa
eger he attained, It Will not be by course that
viii exclude from Congress the REPRESENTATIVES Of
| the Southern States. md which Will place perm7-
| mint political power in The hands of those who
| wteh 10 c1ve-hnd+ u not checked. will .g1ve--in
addition to personal the right Of suffrage
| sid political equality TO tbs negro. No; II CON.
pensanon Ia ever made, It viii oe At some future
| dny-Wben the argry feelings and aspertt1es Gu
] gtndefed by Wtr have parsed aWay-when an
sera Of good feeling has resurued-snd when
proper ehare Of political power-Etth their mem.
| bers Of fCotgress fe.adm1tted to their seats-csn
sppta al to The Northern people IN behalf ofthe
| widow and the orphan whose bones have been
I defolatcd, and who're property destroyed during
| The pfcereeA of the rad var which his brought
| rntn md misery upon our conrGy."
Juf &c John W. Kobb comes aquarely up to
The question, and declares:
aSiuce the Unon mus: oe restored whether we
will or not, since We must be one people, sharing
ioRether whttcTer Of veal OF woe is IN store fol-
| thie pa,fcn, we wonld be wanting 10 ourselves
tnd {sithless 10 the trust hold Tor our postcfl
" did We not ret tore It In good faith. Can Soy
nefron In view ol the fatt thst he and his are IN
fhe fuIIYe 10 be bfected in all ther 1n:erests BY
il iortopee, Be long in determining whether II
Should be restored with = view to its 1ntnre TIN
| guilty Of whether 1t tho1'd be PATCHED
future difcord and contention. EyeE
tirable 10 lestore the Unioa Just as It VAS. The
I 9uetEon Of State sovereignty un:ettled-toe
! queetlcn OF slavery unsettled 10 begin again
new Career Of partisan strife, and to tenmt1att
| aEsin IN bloody inte.neetne WIZ. Shall Ec bs
| Ct thoEe who Wall gather no wisdom trom INT
| paet> and while We now behold as the eftcfs o
these disturbing elements onF cities In ashes, OH
] te3ds deaoltte nEd our honts drApcd In mourning
| whl1a VIC behold the EEaye8 OF our slaughtered
cead, snd rivers running red with blood ~ the1
nost sheif F., ecspsss p,.+,.;,r to the So. prspaE.
~ stShts IN order that We may eonviuc,
mstl kind Of our incapacity for st,f government
| No. / want 1t restored in pood filth, every Gle
| n6pt Of f0fufa diecord removed, ard no fncous,s
| tint PRINCIPLES admitted. waatIt restored upns
| drm SID durable basis. hnt this, in my opinion
csn cnly be Cone by The convention dcc11nc3
that heres!tcF Involuntary tcry1tude tl4ll n;
| poEer In SAte to tecede from toe Uotoa. OF t
LuIllfy ite hwf, and th ttneh tells revolution If,
ena only to be 1nsttaed upon principles that ias
tiiy revolution"
Nr, George L. Potter clcscs the lis* OF caa
dtdates and enty desires to enter the Con,
yeption that he may help to .tprevent pabt!t
mischief" He proposes th2t Mississippi
etand on its dignity, as 3 state that 'hat