Smyrna times., 1866-12-05

a generation, and of this the Reverend Henry
Ward Beeeher Is the most distinguished illus
trlatlOn. tie develops from one thing to an
other; he establishes a permanent type Of
growth-a school of thought in it, and then
passes on into something else specifically diff
ferent.
lie began as a very liberal sort of Congrega-
tionallst minister, uniting Baptists and PedO-
baptists in one band in Brooklyn. He then
produced church, sending its missionaries
armed with Sharp rifles to Kansas, and its
regiments into the field of battle for the Con-
stltutlOn. lie went to England for relaxation,
and as IA platform political speaker surmounted
difficulties and produced effects, and made him.
self felt as a power and host by John Bull,
such as no other speaker even O'Connell, ever
did. lie came home and grew into a peace
man. His people prayed for his conversion
back again, though all believed he ever hereto
fore spoke out what he believed to be truth
and nothing else for the time being, and 10 he
takes to writing stories for the enterprising Mr.
Bonner. And there is no doubt he will do it.
Is this all mere sensatonalsm? In each phase
or specific line he has produced offspring Of his
thought and feeling that will and do prove per-
manent. There Is no relapse into the old type
Not mere varieties, but species of their own,
| continue to exist; and yet that he will perma-
nently remain confined to and identified with
any one OF these species, who shall say? or
what he Will grow into, who shall predict? The
Beechers are, we are persuaded, u new AmGri-
can-not species, nor genius-but a new tdmi-
ly, either specially created for the United
States, according to Agassiz view, or develop
ed from New England germ transplanted
West, and then brought back as far as to
breathe the peculiar air of Brooklyn, as Oar
win would pronounce. But the whole is GER
talnly intended to demonstrate how perfectly
and quickly, with sufficient force of character,
with right sort of climate, the very same in
dlvldual may change specific nature and per-
manence of type.
Agassiz found, he declares, 1900 distinct
species Of fishes in the Amazon. Should the
Beechers ever emigrate there, there would be
at least as many distinct species of that family
in far less time than has elapsed since the
thawing out of the big glancier that once pull
verified the soil Of its valley.-IhHu Ledger.
THE MEANING OF UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE-
The New Orleans Commercial says: Universal
suffrage, which is the cause of quarrel in this
instance, is not thoroughly understood, in our
opinion. 1t does not necessarily make every
negro voter. 1t simply involves the possibil-
ity that every white man may not be one. 1t
leaves that question to the State 1t simply
says that every man shall have the same rights,
regardless of color but it allows the State to
regulate the terms. Thus Louisiana might ac-
cept the suffrage doctrine, and yet not have a
hundred negro voters, simply by providing that
every man who could not read and write, or
who had less than five hundred dollars worth
of property, should be debarred the privilege
Of elective franchise This is what is caod ed
ucated suffrage, and prevails in Massachusetts,.
The property qualification existed in Virginia
tor many years, and in New York it applies
now to negroes; but Massachusetts is the only
State which has made intelligence the rule by
whi..h the Government shall be determined. II
is the correct one. There may be exceptions,
but the ignorant pauper should not be allowed
to dispose of the property of the thrifty and
the intelligent This is the drift of the Mobile
Adrertiser, and w0 expect the war to 60 or
with Titanic force, as there are giants ranged
on either side. We shall try and keep posted
about the result, as we believe with the Adrer
tiser that the question is a growing one.