The New York herald., 1865-01-05

spectivs governments, and that NOS moro shAa
half OF that valuable staple will fall into ~
hands Of tho United States government. Mr. Drspset
however goes vested With fun from the sevsn
mont 70 use his own discretion dealing with The ssb
sct and wil NO doubt perform his duty laashfsly nd
70 the best interests Of the country.
Food for the People OF savennah.
From the following correspondence viii bs sssn thao
Colonel Julian Allen has been sent 70 New York BY the
Mayor Of Savannah General Sherman oonsenting) q
purchase large quantity Of provisions for the poor =
that city The provisions 70 be paid for In rice, q
immense quantity Of which sad+o be stored IN savanS
nah Annexed Is the corespondencs:-
SAVANNAH, Dec 81, 1seE
DEAR aR-You will please purchase for the city q
articles Of provisions leaving 70 your discretion 70 mst
such changes circumstances may direct, the city q
in case any deficiency In that article aangemsntd
for rembursements TO be made satisfactory 70 M Aen
tho city hereby binding itself for the action Of tho com
mttee as perresoution unanimously passed In council
the soh day Of December 1894 Per records o. ths
800 bbs good Irsh potatoes, 500 DO Kiln dried corr,
meal, 26 do white beams 800 do n,r,ads hard bread
JsS: i; :. assias4ssra ssEnn4sa
H. BRIGHAM
Attest-JAxrs 0uoEL, Clerk Of Council
SAVANNAH, Dee. 81, 1894
Italian s. s 's
cry Of savannah proceed . New York for the paI-
pose negotiating the exchange Of rice for other pro-
visions for the use Of the suffering and destitute nhao
ants Of this city. h DlTAOLD,
Attest-JAnRs GrorL, Clerk Of Council
Treasury Aozscr, furH SPECIAL DI.rMcr,)
ALBERT G. Browne, Supervising Special Agent, Treasury
thorzed proceed TO New York, under the above "a.
hoy and the may svs S% s9,Rs,: .9 Ts
Yos also requested 70 srsas clearance for prevsone
for the Of the people - oanaah = sny aesss ~
exceeding $4,000 In valve: S.,o, a.W:,.i ns,.nn.
Colonel Anen be found u the Asor House, where
he will remain until the shipment Of tho provisions =
completed New York has always been foremost In ex-
tending helping hand 70 the distressed and on this
occasion would be bad idea for few Of bo-
raj merchants club together and make the people %
Savannah present Of the provisions We do MOI want
their rice, and well afford 70 spare few thou
sand dollars though the recipients Of the charity
rebel against the Stars and Stripes When Norfolk
and New Orleans stricken by the yellow fever ths
merchants Of New unremttng in their atten-
tions TO the wants their brethren in the South and
now when the people call for the bare
saries Of lfe will they be any the les chary OF means
which kind Providence has placed as their disposai
General Beale's Blanket Mission.
Some weeks ago viii bc recoIlected General Bealo
OF the rebel army released from Fort Warren for ths
purpose Of buying thirty thousand blankets tho rebel
prisoners confined In the North These blankets "a
be paid for by shipment Of cotton from Mobile; but
| through misunderstanding the staple has not
rived The blankets all ready for delivery, but hefen
hitch about the delivery Of the equivalent and the
consequence that the rebel prisoners are seriously
,nconvenenced.
ssThe Ame adm mt 20 the ConstitutiOn.~
ADDRESS BY GERRIT SMITH.
The Cooper Institute was well hllcd last evening by
Intelligent audience drawn thither by announcement
that Mr. Gcrrt Smith would speak the "Amsndmens
70 the Constitution" Ho commenced by observing that,
In his Judgment the constitution distinctly forbds slave
ry and this was apparent from the fact that
teed TO every State republican form Of government ff
the people could not have amendment that would
was an anti slavery paper IL be at least implied The
constitution should be interpreted 10 iegslizo
slavery or permit It's egalzation. But far moro i'm
portant amendment the constitution proposed and
that was an amendment which should provide that no
man be civy politically disabled because o. hts race
or origin Such an amendment would not only banish
slavery but would make eiectual protection against -
return The power which the constitution had In itself
70 make amendments important; and " Il were ex.
ercsed there would be an end Of slavery, polygany
and other abomnatons, and make the people OF tho
American States homogeneous Ho opposed 1 O
the premature rcoonstructon Of the States, aud q
favor OF provisional governments until the rebellion was
subdued The speaker alluded 70 the plan for recon-
structng Union before Congress- and commendc9
some of It's features but wished that there apros
vision in Il forbddng the forfeiture Of civil and polcak
rights because OF OF origin In short the plan oS
Congress calling for war Of races Christ orucihet
was the Saviour of the world, and the negro cTucnea
was OF this nation No State, In his Judgs
ment should return to the Union unless she would ~
impartial In respect TO the distribution OF power Lou
sana should be admitted with her present eonkttu-
tion although that State all things considered, did yerY
we'll He thought General Banks was good governor
and an enlightened friend ~ the coored people notwith.
standing the stigma upon him By abolitionists My
Smith then went 10 speak of the plan OF GencrM
Banks the employment " the negroes and said hss
II but right TO put the blacks under resuicuon ~
the guidance of another power, but after the war ha
colored people should have all their rights MT r,1
then enunciatcd the startling proposition that ecces'ase
cal and other laws were the greatest cure unur
humanity or w srosnlps SSsf' "as recognized w ad va
honor the God Of nature, and hc OeheVsl
the time would arrive whsn Sout&
would hold that whatever ignored o , ~ npvn ,'a
ture was not law he dwe especially upon ,ne a.'snpk
10 egallze human bondage and quoted extrafw irora
letters written by Chief Jusce Chase nine years asc
wherein he said :,f am FOR freedom every ywheie hh1
nons Most heartily will rejoice when the people tnS
THAR udges shaI educated up TO the point Of csnr
ine slavery az so great wrong that u cannot be ie
m YOU can md judges, who will decide that ~
40 cIoarIy and papabiy rcpugnant 20 al
ius,lee that II can be sustained nowhere and b ~
.hall be tho last 10 object TO the decision q
speaker then discussed the effect OF the prociaA -
emancipation, and returned 10 bis Mgument-WA, ~
ing could make slavery law, because u could mo-
fninistered In the spirit Of honesty. The war " -
great burdens upon society but u would give us ae
appreciation Of the dignity grandeur ana sacrs" "a
man In conclusion, he said we needed better law ~
better religion How would they get themf he
by getting higher and justcr conceptions oi man II
day was coming when nature vonia % Wv T