, 1866-05-01
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Governments property mus SITUATED.
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EI.Flfnte Semmes a Candidate for OF
Nee-0pcxnIiun eE ahe Test Oa&21-DAf.
dcnltIes Of llse NnsIonallss-Cofored
Schools Burned Ont-(:ov. SharA-y's
Kecord-Thc CotIo'. =.
,s---- ~usrtspondcncc Chicago Tribune.t
NoD11E. A1a., April Il, 1866
sour distinguished fellow-citlen, Admiral
Raphael semmes,'' as ono OF our lallies hath
1t, is a candidate before the people Of this
county foz the peaceful Office Of Judge Of
Probate. That he will be triumphantly elect
cd Is beyond eny kind Of doubt. 1t can hard.
j. be considered discredftab1e feature that
the people Of the South cling so closely to
their naval and military heroes, and never let
an opportunity miss Of manlfesting their ap-
probation In every possible md substantial
manner. Old Semmes, q cownroly humbus
rs ever drew breath, lies close to all tteit
hearts for they know well tie vital injuries
be ind others like him inflicted on American
commerce. One Of the most dangerous preca-
dents that any war has ever made Is the one
which seems settled at present by the prac-
ticc Of Grant toward semmes, Lee and otlcr
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inals, that their parole protects them from
MI past dc1fnQuencies mud crimes It was
supposed, heretofore, that parole wQs aim
ply military protection during war, but tho
settled course Of the Government for the last
twelve months hasmadc It much more I'M
portant matter, which throws the veil Of oh
lfyion, II not pardon, over past and heinou5
lourishel 70 much hers the past hVc years,
perjury, rebellion and treason, and nearly
every one OF orr conspicuous rebels hare
been guilty of all three.
The Government seems to be trying hard
for repeal OF the test oath, which, it is sin
eeEely hoped, will not 10 consented to by
Congress, though the law has beet, ns conf
plete dead letter In the South as could well
be imagined. Neither the Postmaster Cen
eral nor the Secretary Of the Treasury have
paid any sort Of attention to it. There arc
plenty Of men here who could c0nscIenttOus1y
take 1T hut they arc precisely the sort Of men
who don't get q chance. Our !1nios' men
who stuck out and remained Lcre tnrouSn the
war, were harmless enon5n, God KNOWS, car
rying their lives in taeir hands from one day
to another. aud never daring to call their
souls their own, hut whether they should be
pe1sistently elbowed aside rs they haUt been,
and now arc, tor blatant, unrcpealant, RED
handed rebels, ready any nomen' 10 J., 70 @ oses
neain what they have already tone, Is mat
tet for the people Of the Nora as well as the
Government to consider.
Onr only loyaI orear here, the Nationalisk,
has Ind a hard time Ut 1t. 1t was established
mainly by loyal backs, that the people Of the
South might bsSe SONIC little chance to know
what was soHg On on the other side. It has
mini tic paper, for Of course none Of the job
ofitcee would do 1t. It has been also extreme
ly dilllcult to keep plint<zs, Of any wages.
The followers Of the ''ntt prcservative Of all
arts" nre social beings. md couldn't stand be-
ing t,booed BY their fellow jours, as they uni
loImly were, md after tryiug It awhile they
would give up and gait. Then the forms
trick resorted to to discourage the publish
ers. It haf been about as hard matter to
keep building for colored school, Fire,
thaI inexornble element, has been the unduu-
ing resort of :he chiyatry to keep their late
chattels In their original Ignorance. But
Government officials bare aided the schools
somewhat. They hare been for the last eight
aue building that 1t would hnraly answer
to burn up. or course every e1ert Ia being
used to get them out, and eventually they
will be oblisrtl to 20. I hardly thLok colored
schools can te maintained Ii the South much
longer, in the face OF the desperate hostility
which Is manifested agafnst them by The
whites. They seen determined to keep the
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/ have often heard a very hnrd case, which
Judge sbarkcy decided In Mississippi. some
years ago, rcterr.d to, ard have heard Union
tdIcezs defend Tho Judges decision in the
case, and say TINT he only decided according
to the law ant not bis own prefudlces. uav-
Ing come acrot9 O late volume of Howartrs
Mississippi Reports, In which the case was re-
ported, md knowing something Of 1t other
wise, myself, glyeyou synopsis Of 1t, that
your readers may jldge whether the Civil
Rights Bill, over which our newspapers and
politlctans are groanng and making 50 many
WY feces, was necessary or not: Elisha Bti-
zteiie, \ tarmer-or q we say, sp1anter,n-of
Jefferson County, Mis-, Vas attacked with u
loathscme dlseasc. Nobody would 70 nelr
him to pay him auy attention, except young
mulGtto glfl, his own SLAVE. By her care his
HE WIS saved and he WAS cured, and he was
so grateful Tor her services that he made her
isee, tools her 10 Ohio, had her formally mag
united there, aud 5pleudiely educated In
oe Unefia. IL & ns afterwards went 10 sec her, aud
her according to lt4s laws Of OHIO. aud took
her back home with lin. T1ls issue Of ibis
marriage was son, who WIS pducateff and
treated Us If he we're white and jrce. nnd "a
bis fntheE's dtnth he made Till recftin. the
freedom OF his vile, and the marriage. anil
acknowledging his eon as his OWL legitimate
y, and leaving all bis property to bis vile
NAN ~eAA@~" ~ uVASAOke StAGu 4S
arc common everywhere, found TIM,
Briz1ellc, deceased. had relatives In North
Carolina, and he Immediately made bar.
gain to work the case cn shares. When The
casc reached Judge Sharkey'o court. of COURSE
he could only look at 1t in the truly in!efnal
spirit Of slavery. He knew what vas rfquiIei
of him, md spraDs to, his task with m alacrf
" rarely sh~-- e3 others in better cause
T~-a 6nce utterly ignored the past relations
o. the parties - man and wife, the ohio mar.
riage, and the will as none of these suited his
purpose, and declared the whole controrelvy
TO be on the deed Of emancipation, which be
decided to be contrary to the laws Of The
state. He, consequently, not ouly gaye The
mans property, Of whom he knew nothing
and cared less, TO Lis relatives ID North Caro.
lima, but condemned the zaau,s Eiie anG
child, well educated, beloved and tendcrls
whites, to be sold into bondage for the benefit
Of the estate. It Is this ted-handed wretch
who has been entru&ted by President OF the
United States With The reconstruction OF 0
"1epnb!tcan Government" In his State (dii
my ever exist there y and whe now up
proaches the portals Of the capitol as Sem.
and equal rights to alI. Portions Of bis opin.
lon on thts memorable case are worth quo
''1E se1s ,ls is .rs,e,tea b, The rens,.
HSna th9f hon ~ nsor on given .nh}cesi and NJ
cGl,Se Meu Qre psTuIft.ff "a ",r;t.2 2ue!s'ss. Is
iae Staie. 1Xey 0YS sced ',se ss;o e resam .nd
S9hject 10 neayy penalties ior orsuscs. a az;
LIZ stasG oi me case snows eotc1usigely TINT ths
nad rs o7actn In On cDencs 10a1ef moral
e1estsla os. sa a1ea,eoas ~ Jndecst peFuscons and
hsY,ue chI11n1 r. W Hpie tsnsh a. 12r.;ysnS ;t. anS
perhapz have had repev at ,aw hi ee - AZ ac
count tu1ust be taken for rsutS aud profits, and to,
tte anal testfment Of the estate, ace good rea
f'9 Ihe Mnr cae ,ceg @ znGu!a re- asnt back to lsv
IL II WIS 1 aselesS 10 go through the formalltte*
e;,haann. o. aaw tine tine I Isesmsdy says thts most
cGmnicse tha ~ s s,a oGao1ess h more 111 a9a
Passe conrPa than tha II soaia pe az law 9
% as Mc nave seen for The past thirty years, Is
aon3,iess ;1n more complete than II could be al
iaw taan iais t case ts deserving o. pnolic atten
;l,oo' as saoEing me animus Of slavery, whtct
beYEg t4ssp5 espisa sse.eaa as u oxes Has. and needt
be finally kept under, Law, 11sticc. 1t e1I,1st{Fe v
I'll that Is deemed dearest 10 free men, DE in
ccremopiously set aside when thew come i