, 1865-03-24

The question Of negro slavery having been
settled as far as the North is concerned by its
abolition in all the territories and States of the
Union by the constitutional action of Congress,
to be followed, as there can be no b0ubt it will
be, By an equally constitutional ratification by
the REQUISITE number Of three-fourths Of the
States, the question Of the social and political
status of the negroes has come up for discussion.
Mr.. Wendell Phillips led the way, and the
crowd Of smaller men are following. Illinois
has repealed the ''bIack laws" which prohibit
ed the immigration Or settlement of negroes
within her boundaries. Mr.. Charles umn
has introduced to the Supreme Court Of the
United States a properly qualified coloured gen
tleman to sit and practise as the equal OF Mr..
Seward and all the other white c0unsellOrs and
attorneys who formerly mon0poIized the bust
ness Of the court. i colourcd clergyman has
received a special invitation to preach in the
hall Of the House Of Representatives, and on
Sunday last delivered what is reported to have
been an excellent discourse to a large congre-
cation Of members and d great crowded. the
public, including many hundreds OF ladies and
Dir. Wilson, Of Massachusetts, las introduced a
Bill into the Senate to compel all railroad and
steamboat companies and all stage and omnibus
drivers 10 accommodate black people in their
GtlNtNUlctS Oh tilt Nilut' IODti.S do Iu6 NuiICop
under the penalty Of forfeiture Of their charters,
and Of fine and Imprisonment against captains,
drivers, conductors, and others who shall set
the law at defiance. The next movement is to
declare that the negroes shall have in all res
poets the same political rights and privileges as
people Of the white race and that they shall
be eIigibIa for the Offices OF President, Vice
President. and Ministers Of State, foreign Am
bassadar, General, Admiral, Judge, or any
Other In the Gift Of the Government or the peO-
pie. The Rev. Mfr. BeacAHr, who pants yea
lousy after Dir. Wendell Phillips, though longo
tukllra91, advocated in q sermon on Sunday
evening, which he specially pre-adyertiscd tor
the purpose, the accordance 10 the negroes OF
every social courtesy and every political right
accorded to the white race. There is every
reason 10 believe that all these measures will
be duly carried, and that the theorists and phi
Iaurhropists will be able to sing loud praises of
rejoicing, or preach thanksgiving sermons in
honour Of the legislative triumph Of their opin-
ions. "NiSce@en2ti0n," However, which Mr..
Phillips believes to be calculated for the i'm
p|rovement of both races, finds few to counte-
nance it and even Mr.. Beecher, who is lnclln-
ed to 90 as far as most people IN negrophlllsm,
draws the line at the intermiXture of blood, and
thinks it best for both races that they should
remain unmiXcd. But, whatever legislators
may enact or preachers preach, there is a good
social barrier-some may call It a tyranny
which in America, where negroes are so oyera-
bundaat, the negro can never Overpass or con
qucG. His SlQt4g~UiI be unchanged if he re-
main in the country, and all but the very few
who may happen TO acquire great wealth will,
in spite of Acts Of Congress, continue to be al
ter the war for emancipation what they were
before r-the p2riahS of American civilization.