Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-01-12
VOL. XX---NO. 9.

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/ few. negroes in their population, cannot ap-
Proach this issue from the same stand point
with the southern States. Even the
very limited number of the loyal epeo-
4 pie of. the South stand in no relation
j which would Justify the forcible surrender
i of the country into the hands of the Afri-
can race. have adverted TO the cause of
universal emancipation in Maryland, and
throughout the country, because believe it
TO be measure of duty, as well as an urg-
4 ent case Of necessity. But l could not JUS
1 THY myself to the people Of Maryland if |
should give eountenanee TO the effort now
making by some impulsiVe men, no doubt
sincere and honest in their CONVICTIONS, to
| confer universal suffrage u on the negro
race. -T-lli L5z3 q al-s ci-h1-r1o1-s
| / cordially accept the view of President
johnson in reference TO the only practicable
mode of adjustment between these conflict
ing interests l am willing TO do the col
ored race full justice If they prefer to re-
main with US on terms not inconsistent with
our claim to-exeiusive control in the gov
ernment of the State. / am willing to try
the experiment. with6uts prejudica End to
the fullest extent, out, ! am not at liberty to
withhold the opinions which were fore
shadOwed by my taking the oath of office,
under your new Consl tuition, whose pro
visions denied the right Of suffrage to the
negro-that his manifest destiny assigns
him, sooner or later, not as the result of
legislative eompulsion, but, Of his own vol
untary motion, to some more eOngenial to-
cality where his peculiar characteristics
wiilsfurnish no barrier TO his enjoyment Of
social and political rights. -. 3, --.... q.
Explanation. .-r
The paragraph referring to one Fuller,
who was stated as having assumed the title
Of ex. Governor of Utah, not being known at
the State Department, should not be under
stood as referring 10 Hon. Frank Fuller,
formerly Acting Governor of Utah on the
occasion Of the secession of Gov. Cummings.
The paragraph was based upon the suppOsi-
ton that late defaulting Quartermaster
OF similar name was using that title for
purposes known only to himself Ex-Gov.
Frank Fuller is known and respected as an
honorable man IN every respect.
5l From Nashville
d NASHVILLE, Jonuary 1.-The last Mill
tary COMMITTEES in Tennessee is dissolved.
! Cotton dull and transaction meagre at
40@4l4. Receipts are fair with large ship
nents blythe rver North. 9L-
The Cumberland river is slowly falling |
with six foot of water on Harpeth Shoals. |
The first large cableiof the suspension |
bridge over the Cumberland was put in
Legislative.
. There is as yet no quorum in the State |
Senate and barely one in the House. No
business of importance has been transacted. !
A bill giving equal rights TO the negrOes will |
come up ON the 18th. A bill has been in /
trpdueed sppr6priating one hundred dollars |
to the widow of every Union soldier from
Tennessee
False Pretenees.
- Frank Hong, pretending 70 belong to the |
firm OF Hong, Hurdles, & Co, of Macon,
Georgia, yesterday purchased $1,000 dollars |
worth Of goods from a city firm. He gave |
checks on the First National Bank of Gin |
eihnati and received, funds in addition to
the goods. Telegr9ms 10 Macon, found no
such Arm, and to, ,Cineinnati, that there was
no money there. Hong was arrested.
Latest Items from the. Crescent City.
New oRIRANs, January 10,--Cottonl quiet.
Sales of l,9OO bales ct 4S949c., .., .- ~
New York checks-l per cent discount.
Gold 1856. .l-f -E
Freights-C Cotton, to New York &c; to
LIverpOolsl9e 9e.- 20 -- 80
r. AT Jackson the freedmen generally are
making contracts. -l.a.- .- = P,
At YazOo City since the first of last June |
25, 600 bales of cotton have been received.
A lot of negroes in Caddo ParisiI. on the /
Red River rose in arms ten days ago and
tried to murder the oveTseer but failed
They then marched to another place, want |
ing reinfoIcements. The militia nabbed all /
without difficulty and arrested aceompliees
on. several plantations, where arms and |
ammunition were found secreted in large |
! Previously, the freedmen in |
that section had refused to work The
whites aud militia in Csddo Parish are |
armed ~ e-i2ll = .-.i A'i-
Aspecial to the Mobile Advertiser, of the
Sth, says: General Thomas officially inz
forms Governor Patton that all United
States troops are 10 be removed from the
State and arms and ammunition furnished
the State militia provisious for.destitute
families will bs'promptly furnisHed to the
State. 9 30 ~
The same report came from Georgia con-
cerninp the withdrawal of troons