, 1865-09-23
NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION.


A tc]c:raphfc error in thc transmission OF
alc first report Of tho resolutions OF the New
York uuicn Convention, making the words
s1yfr5nratioa for thc rights Of citizenship
read ",xg7rdua,ion Of tle rights Of citizen.
.lip,'' led Us into misconception Of aporiion
Of the platform yesterday. Preparation means
hardly 20 much as perpetuation. Preparation
of the blacks for the rights Of citizenship In
1,lies condition Of purgato.y from which it
Is not clear low or when they sIan be rcs-
cucd. But as The New York Convention pro-
yided similar pursatory for the late slaEe-
holders, from which they arc to bc rescued
only 20 soon rs fhey elevate und prepare their
late slaves for tho rights OF citizenship, per-
haps there Is no room for complaint
The piatlos1n Is great improvement upon
tie Curpcsl,.ad concern which Thutlow
Weed sought TO hare duplicated by the Union
party. The resolutions appear to endorse
President Johnson's policy, but they really
come fur short oft For instance, they ap-
prove tle initial steps he has taken to restore
their local nttairs, with the important saving
clnusc: "as sooa as may be found compatible
hi.ii the preservation Of order, the lnalnte.
nance Of peace, the exclusion Of slavery,
and the Eultlllmcnt Of tho Co1stitu-
tioual obligation of tho National authority to
guarautce 10 every statea Republican form Of
vcrnmcnt''-clearly implying that that
time has not been found yet. Again, they
1esolve That Whenever 1t shall be deemed COM
ra.ib,e with the pEDllc safely 10 restore to
lit lite Confederate S:aiee the "rcsc-red
exercise" Of the right to inauase their local
allaiss "wc trust II will he in the fatl, aud On
The basis that 1t Will be exercised IN spirit
Of cgual end impartial justice, and with
view 1o IL: deviation and preparation Tor :hs
full 1iE!.ts o. citizeasAip Of MI Ae1r people
inasm8cl lis these are principles which con-
stitu,c the basis Of Republican Institutions"
This implies not only that 1t is not deemed
compatible With the public safety 10 restore
E:1th privileges TO them at present, but that it
will not le dec1ncd compatible until they shall
have tak.n steps to elevate the Irredu,yn aad
prepare them ior the rights OF citizenship.
Tlis Is rs much probably rs Ec could expect
from Convention Which contained Que
hundred md seyeuty-two delegates Of the
Weed persuasion, and perhaps as much as We
Ind right 10 ask cftcr the managers had al!
lowed the CorCerheads to get the start Of
thc1n rs two weeks time whereby they were
enabled to brcuk into the Republican cloak
room and carry or the principal part Of our
wardrobe, with nobody At hand even to cry
out stop thscf."
HOne criticism upon the platform OF tsa New
York Cniouists is that tlcy omitted, perhaps
through inadrcrtcucc, to pat their antagonists
in the piilory for their disloyui behavior
during the war. The Pennsylvania md Min.
ncsota conventions eacl brought true and
terrific bill Of Indictment against the Demo.
cratic party, presenting their reasonable a,ll.
ancc with the rebels in its proper light, from
the close Of Buchanan's administration down
10 The assassination Of President Lincoln. The
New York Convention might have copied
either OF them with profit.