The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-03-23
FOREIGN News.


later news, being dates to the 7th inst. We
append some extracts from the intelligence
brought by this arrival:
| The Lord Chancellor, on tile 5th, moved,
| in the House of Lords, the second reading
| Of q bill to make parties to divorce suit
capable, but not compellablo to answer any
questions as to whether they have or have
| not committed adultery. Lord Chelmsford
opposed the bill, and after some discussion
there was, on division, twenty-nine for,
and twenty-nine against the measure, the
Lord Chancellor following the usual prac-
tice.
The Chancellor Of the Exchequer, in the
House of Commons, said that the reform
bill, OF which he had given notice for March
but hoped on that day to be able to state
what course would be taken with regard to
Scotland and Ireland. The returns had
been substantially complete for some time
past, and would probably be published by
! Saturday.
The most noteworthy rumor Of the day
is that the relations between Berlin and
Vienna are becoming strained" Prussia
has made, it is said, an offer Of compen-
sation In money for Holstein, which Austria
rejects, desiring the Silesian County of
Glatz. The Prussian Cabinet, however, is
determined to annex the Duchies, while
the Austrian Commissioner in Holstein has
officially advised the people Of the Duchy
to revive the Constitution of 1854 direct
divergence from Prussian policy. Messen-
two Courts. The language of Count Won
| Bismarck's organs has become menacing,
and it seems certain that Prussia, whether
| I'D earnest or not, is armlng fast. The
| Austrian Government will probably be
compelled to give way, but it will go to the
what is practically an order to leave Hol-
stein.
A telegram from Hamburg says: s'Great
uneasiness prevails here in consequence Of
the rumors of a probable collision between
Austria and Prussia on the question of the
Duchies."
A Chilean privateer has been fallen in
| with off the coast of Norway. The Con-
cordia Spanish steamer) arrived in Chris
tiansland to load cargo Of fish for Cadiz,
by hoisting the English flag. Vessels in
Norway are demanding higher freights
from Spain upon Northern produce.
The Arenl' National publishes intclh-
gence stating that military revolts have
broken out in Spain: The garrison of
and to have afterwards withdrawn into
Portugal. Attempts at sedition are also
reported to have occurred at Alcala, and
several sergcants have been arrested. The
same journal asserts that Spain has de-
manded the extradition of the Spanish
|
on the ground of their being deserters.
The Portuguese Government hesitated to
comply with this demand.
The Pope will hold Consistory shortly,
but whether before or after E aster is un-
certain. Six new Cardinals are to be named
on the occasion. DR.. Lynch's name has
| been spoken Of in some circles; ebut," says
the Rome correspondent of the London
Times, las he has represented the interests
of the Southern States for some time, it is
little likely that an honor will be conferred
which would be regarded as an insult by
the Government of the United States.''
The London Times has the following on
the Presidents veto message:
The President of the United States has
just refused his assent to a bill passed by
both Houses Of Congress, and has thus
brought the Executive and legislative
powers Of the Government into direct col
Vision with each other This exercise of
authority he has justified in a long and
elaborate message, of which it is not, we
think, too much to say that it establishes,
completely and absolutely, the wisdom Of
his decision. The question at issue con-
cerned an institution long designated as
peculiar to the Southern States. of the
Union; but the events which have recently
transpired in our own colony of Jamaica
will enable us to understand, with very
little difficulty, the political conflict in
America.
We may perhaps best explain the bill
thus rejected by borrowing an illustration
from the history OF Jamaica. If, then, we
can imagine that an Act of Parliament had
been passed empowering the party repre-
sented by DR.. Underhill and his friends to
constitute military tribunals in every parish
of Jamaica, and through those tribunals
to administer martial law for the express
benefit OF the negro and the humiliation of
the white man in all tho transactions of
life, we shall get good idea of the Freed
mems Bureau bill as sent up to President
Johnson.
By the protected legisla-
ton the enfranchised negro would be made,
not free man, but pauper, supported in
an exceptional position, at the charge of
others, and against every principle of
American institutions. The State had never
done, even for its most deserving citizens,
what it was now asked to do for a section
of the population, whose only distinction
was their color. This was not the way to
make the black man really and truly the
white mans equal. II the negro claims
the rights of freedom, he must accept it's
duties, and, above all, the great duty Of
labor. There was no reason to suppose
that he could not carry his labor to market
as advantageously as any other citizen.
Nowhere was labor more in demand than
in the States where the negroes dwelt, and
even If it were otherwise, any man could
change his place of abode at discretion
Industry and thrift would enable them be-
yond question to get their own living,
and provide for their own needs, like any
other class Of the people, and the exercise
Of these virtues would open the surest,
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