The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1866-07-28


Summary sf Weekly News.
THE UNITED SrAFRs.--Since we last wen
to press an event of great import sance ha,
taken nlace. IL is the ADMISSION of Tenne.
see. This VIII decide the terms upon which
~ States ately 10 rebellio .e re-
admitted 70 their former privileges in the
Tr,;o,. Tennessee was almost unanimously
adm tilted upon ratifying the constitutional
am, ndmert. The precedent having been
tbns established, it will be impossible to
ref,sa. other States admission, which will
adont the amendment in ike manner. Some
of the extreme rador;als ara dissatisfied with
the action Of Congress in the matter, be-
cause they allege that the Site mas been
admitted before the amendmen. mas become
part of the Federal Constitution that the
amendment NAV. in fact, naser be adopted
bv a sufficient number OF States 70 become
4 part Of the organic Law Of tue land. The
! President himself is opposed to it on the
ground that the State was never out of the
Union and that the action of Congress es-
tablishes the right of that body to keep
States of tha Union, which are legitimately
ia. However, the question Of reeoDstruc-
ton has been practically settled. We now
wait until the Convention Of the National
Union Party, or third party, as it il called,
lays down its programmc y Philadelphia,
ID see the decisive Issue that will be pre-
scented to the country. The hostility and
bitterness existing between parties is much
to be depIored and reminds US Of the stormy
times of 1860 The American republic il
not entirely free from danger, and we would
form an exception to the history OF the
world if ambitious politicians of whatever
sec, would not plunge the country into wal
10 carrr ont tfeirDwn heartless schemes OF
personal are abatement. They will not
have 70 carry thr musket and the knapsack
but Will Weld this honor to the work
ingman. But !, hope for the best, and thai
is that all differences ray be amicably ar
ranged, and that the threatening civil war
the 8 battlefelds Of whicho one speak e.
remarked sswnuld be "a the North will b,
dispelIed into thin a'r, and our nation vii
70 ia in the high way of peace and pros
/ perity.
The cholera is still raging in New York
though it's violence las been abstted durin,
. the past week. One case has been reporte,
. in Peoria. Illinois. ID il doubtless il
! Chicago, could the truth be known, but
must be in very mild form to be kept .
? long from the public.
B Gen. Il. O. Osborne has been con hrme
) Postmaster Of Chicago. 1t is said, that b
Intends to make clean sweenof the clerk
in the institution
Erso. aser,,- sbsws from Europe is gbw
ing in imPo ..nee. The great question no
i, what via Franco do2 Tier Proposi'io
to Prussia and Itasly was As follows;
The German G-anfederation 70 be die
solved and another CONFEDERATION TO De 6
\ tablsbed, of which neither Prussia no
Austria should forrra part. No terri'orr Il,
cessiiSn to be demanded OF Austria, 10
abashdspment by ythe latter Of her nights
nitv at first demanded ~ Prusslax Prussi
60 incorporate Schleswig- Holstein, hesso-
Cassel, Hesse-D armstadt and Brunswick.
The population Of the Prussian Kingdom
would thereby be raised 10. rs, 900 900.
The Rhine to constitute the western From
tier of Prussia, and the Province between
! the Rhine and the Mesne to serve as indem-
nity t. lie Sovereigns dispossessed by war.
An e2 ~lange of Territory to take place be-
tween Baden and Bavaria, which would
give the former nearly the whole OF the
Rhenish Riante, Saxony, Hanover and the
i Duchies Of SAKE, to conclude the military
4 convention with Prussia. The inhabitants
/ Of Loudon to choose whether they shall be
! long to France or Baden, and the popnla-
ton Of the valley OF the Saue TO choose
! between France and the Rhenish govern
ment.
! This proposition wasrejected, and the fol-
lowing was made by Prussia as the basis o.
4 negotiations
@The exclusion OF Austria from the Ger
j nian Confederation, the exclusive command
! Of the military and naval forces Of the Con
! federation by Prussia, the diplomatic repre-
lsentation Of Germany abroad, and annexa
! siorI to Prussia Of the Duchies and part o.
the territory occupied"
4 The En-, seror sent this proposition to tn.
| co. -ts of London and st. Petersburg, q in
tyolvIng qucstie Of general European inter
est which could only be settled BY the con
1 sent of the great powers,
Napoleon has been deeply iiiated D
\ the rejection of his offer OF HlodIstion. Oh
the Ith Of July, the Parisians hung TIL,
} streets nth flags, in honor of frances posi-
s}lion As arbitcr OF Europe. Those flags mus
come down now, and there is q chance q
the Zouave to try his bayonet against tn
needle gun in the hands Of the stnrdl
northern German. France has taken tn
alarm at the wonderful success of Prussia
which has more than rivalled the glories 0
i the great Bohaparte. Ii will never .,crmit
united Germany il able TO prevent Il, 20
this would not only render impossible Ii