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TO CONTRACTORS.
GALE OF BEEF CATTLE.
OFFICE DEPOT CoMMIssARY.

V1 Z
Fort MONROE, jan Y. 1866.
SEALED PROPOSALS, in duplicate, will be re-
URDAY. the 9TH instant, for ONE HUNDRED
AND FIFTY $50 HEAD OF BEEF CATTLE. more
or less. Cattle will be sold at their gross weight.
No proposals will BE received for less than twenty
(2O head Bidders required to be present in person
or represented.
Payment required on day of sale in Government
funds.
Proposals should be endorsed Proposals for Beef
Cattle" and addressed to.
iag3-5t JAMES CURRY, Col. and C. S. Va
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BALTIMORE JANUARY g. 1866
AUCTION SALES.

GALE OF sERvICEABLE AND UNSER.
~ VICEABLE QUARTERMASTER'S STORES
AND GOVERNMENT HORSES.
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OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT QUAR-
" MASTER,
WILMINGTON. DEL, January I'd. 1865.
SALE OF SURPLUS GOVERNMENT MULES,
All good and serviceabe.
VIII DO sold at Public Auction. at Wilmington,
Delaware on
FRIDAY, the 9Th of January,
FRIDAY, the 18th of January,
FRIDAY, the 18th of January
FRIDAY. the 26th of January,
FOUR HUNDRED GOOD SERVICEABLE MULES,
One hundred on each day of sale.
The particular attention of purchasers is called to
the excellent quality of these Mules. being of good
broke to harness, being tho surplus team Mules Of
Washington Department.
Animsls sold singly.
Sale to commence at 10 A. NJ.
TeIms-Cash in United States currency.
By order of
Brev't Brig Gen. JAMES A. EKIN,
In charge lst Div. Q. NJ. G. O.
G. II. GALLAGHER,
ia 3-t8th Capt. and A. Q. NJ.
GALE OF HARD BREAD.
DEPOT CoNMssARY, /
Fort Monroe, Va, December 49, 1865.
SEALED PROPOSALS. in duplicate, will be re-
eeived at this office on WEDNESDAYS AND SA-
TGRDAYS OF each week for all the surplus HARD
BREAD at this depot.
The bread is in boxes of so rs. each and in good
shipping order.
All purchases will be delivered on board of trans
ports without expense to the purchaser.
No proposal will be received for less than twenty
(20) boxes, one thousand q, 600 pounds.
Payment required on notification Of acceptance of
bid. in Government funds.
Proposals should be endorsed Proposals for Hard
Bread" and addressed to JAMES CURRY,
del4-u Colonel and c. S. Y.
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TEVO THE BUTCIIEEs OF BALTIMORE.

il
SEALED PROPOSALS for furnishing the Mary
land Penitentiary with FRESH BEEF and NUT
rU i@T I n6 % o F0R ffoFIy m 5 T
Three hundred pounds more less daily, as follows
Not more than five neck pieces pounds each; one
two quarters of Mutton each day. the balance in
Beef of the following description, and of thick end
of the plate. an brisket or the round and vein
pieces. Shins entirely excluded.
The whole delivery of Beef to be substituted by
that of equal quantity of Mutton day in each
week throughout the Summer season if required, or
the delivery of either to be omitted any days of
the week Subject also to any increase or diminu-
ton of the quality as occasion may require and as
may at any time be directed.
The Beef to be of the best quality according to its
kind.
Satisfactory security required. Address,
N. W. c. THOMPSON,
jal3-ua25 Asw Warden.
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SALE OF GOVERNMENT BARGEs.
CHIEF QUARTERMAsTERs OFFICE,
DEPOT OF WASHINGTON,
WASHINGTON, d. c., January 49, 1865.
Will be sold at public auction, under the direction
of Breyet Major Benjamin Burton, A Q. NJ, at Sixth
street wharf Washington, ?; G, on SATURDAY,
Government vessels, viz:
Barge MIDDLESEX,
Barge FINANCIER,
Barge JURA.
Terms cash, in Government funds.
D. Il. RUCKER,
Brevet MAJOR General and Chief QuartermaSter,
jal5 Feb2 Depot of Washington.
TIT ARGE SALEOF CONDEMNED CLOTH
AA ING, CAMP AND GARRISON EQUIPAGE.
GRIEF QUARTERAAsTERs OFFICE,
DEPOT OF WASHINGTON,
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. Is, 1866. }
Will be sold at public auction, under the direction
of Capt. D. G. Thomas NJ. S. H, at the Government
warehouse of Seven teenth and streets, Wash
ington, D. c. on MONDAY, JAM g. 1866. at 10 o'clock
a. NJ, a large lot of Condemned Clothing, &C., con-
Drums, Sashes Books, Jackets, Blankets, Bed
Sacks, Leggings HavelOcks, Cap Covers, Rubber
Blankets Rubber Ponchos, Axes Pickaxes Matches,
Spades Shovels. Kettles Knapsacks, Hayersacks,
Hospital Tents, Wall Tents, Sibey Tents, Common
Tents Flags Goats, Caps, Pack Saddles, Vests Trow
sers, Shirts Turbans &c.
The sale will be continued from day to day until
the stores sold.
The stores must be removed within FIVE days from
date of SALE
Terms cash in Government funds.
D. H. FUCKER,
Brevet Major General and Chief Quartermaster.
jal5-tJaN Depot of Washington.
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DUREAU OF ORDNANCE,

DUREAU OF ORDNANCE,
ED NAVY DEPARTMENT.
WASHINGTON, January 18th, 1865.
Sale of seryiceable and unserviceable NAVY
POWDERS at the United States Navy Yard, Nor
folk, Virginia.
There will DO sold to the highest bidders at Public
Auction, at noon of the 18th day of March, 1866 in
the office of the Inspector of Ordinance. at the Nor
folk Navy Yard By snDlDIe five hundred and thirty
four Thousand fourh hundred and three 1874 403 pounds
of NAVY POWDERS, as follows:
502,360 pounds serviceable
1877 condemned
1888 damaged
1858 compressed
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THE COMMERCIAL STEAMBOAT
COMPANY are despatchirg. DAILY. at II o'clock p
VI, q. STEAMSHIP FOR NEW DIRK
Freight received by this Line is H SnLFD WIFE
Lime ~
No detention Of Carmen Mt either end of the Line.
TINE THROUGH IN IS HOURS
Jl2.tan2 Fa1ni, ~, yborf
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ENPRESS COMPANIES.
Z; ss.,-s4zsf.taszsa NATIONAL EXPKEsS

"A G-sal -ztg1ztEsEs1 NATIONAL EMPRESS
StssxSSixE1s wy AND
Trans ORTATION COMPANY
DEPOT FIG SpUTH EUTA W STREET
BALTIMORE.
The NATIONAL EXPRESS AND TRANSpOR.
Ia lion COMPANG Is prepared to forward
"oid aud Silver CON- Currency Parcels and Freight
Boston Mass; New York City; PhiIad elpbia Pa
Washington D.t.; Georgetown, D. T.; llarper's Fer
y, Va; Charlestown, Va Winchester, Va: AIeyan-
aria. Va; Frederick [. re, Va; Richmond Va: Pc
tvrsburg, A.. Norfolk Va; Cuarluitsyille Va.
stanton, Va. jackson River. Va; LyucAburg Va.
LcEtustun, Va; DanyilIe Va; Bristol Tenn: VOL
ION, y O.; Gnldsboro \. c.; \ ew bern, y. c.: Beau
lott, y; T., MoreAerd City, y c.; Raleigh \ q.
Greensboro, \. e.; Salisbury n. C.; Charlotte n c.
Chester, >. T.; NlndshorO, >. c.; Charleston ) c.;
and ~ Stations on the following roads: Winchester
ana Potomac Il. r. connecting with different points
IN the valley Of Virginia. Orange ana Alexandra
X; r.; Virginia Central r. r.; Richmond and ban
vile X NJ; Virginia and tennessee K. H.; +, trrs-
burg and Lynchburg K. r.; Petersburg and Weldon
IL: H., Raleigh and haston X. r., Weldon and Nil
minston Il. r., Wilmington and Rutherford r r
North Carolina Central X. r.. Charlotte and Colu,nl
bld X; r., w es'ern North Carolina r. R. atlantic
and North Carolina K. Il. As the lines vi Railroads
opened, it will extend its business to ali pooLs
south, III addition to those d. and as fast a. pos
a,Ge to points /, the North aud " eS
The tariff OF charges will be based upon q lair bust
ness per centage above the OF transportation,
han tue cost Of transportation with the view to
break down or drive oil rival upon this basis the
Company SOlIcltS public patronage.
1T orders bc left at the U"e, Goods will be sent for
without charge, and forwarded promptly.
NATIONAL EAPKESS AND TR ms
A "a
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FOR NEW YORH
OUTSIDE LINE.

Flonnig0ns Wharf, foot If Long Dock.
No Risk from Fire-No Detention by Ice.
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Passengers are notife that this is the only Steam
boat Line by which Through Tickets are sold and
Baggage Checked the Seaboard and Roanoke
Railroad, and by which Passengers make connections
going South.
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Passengers going to Newborn n. c., will fn1 the
route via Weldon and Goldsboro to be the 3mOst er
DedifiOLs and economical.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1866-05-23
The freedmen.

We are permitted to make the follow.
ing extract from private business letter
written to citizen of this place by his
agent South: 'A 1i' oa""l
"The Freedmen appear to be getting
along pretty well, all things considered ;
but a more ttifing, lazy, thieving and ly,
ing set of human beings / never saw
They have to be generally watched at
their work. The negro is dying of now
as fast as possible without killing them
Since l have been on this plantation
eight negro babes have died, owing to
neglect on the part ofthe mothers They
don't appear to care for their children at
all, On two or three places near us the
smallpox is killing them off, We have
taken care TO vaxinaie ours. The way
they are dying don't believe that in
five years one half the present number
will be living" ;rras .}
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The Platform OF Congress.

Ir The. eimble to the bill admitting
Colorado asa State, which has.been ove.
toed by the President, il is stated:
"And whereas, it appears, by mes
sage Of the President of the United States
dated January 16, 1866, that the said
people lave adopted a constitution, which
upon due consideration, is found to con.
form to the provisions and comply pith
The conditions Of said act" etc.
Now, in the very message of the Pres.
ident which is appealed to, he declined
to declare Colorado a State, because her
action had not ~cQnformed to the provi.
sions" and she Abd hot "complied with
the conditions op thoIact' providing for
admission. He said
"Thc proceedings in the second in.
stance for the formation of State gov.
ernmcnt having differed IN time and mode
from those specified in the act of March
2l, 1864, l have declined to issue the
proclamation for which provision is made
in the fifth section of the law, and there.
fore submit the question for the consider
alton and further action of Congress"
o. The, ,brazap,faoedn of ,thisdisregard
of truthtisivonderluLn Congress evident,
ly has asIhttleTegard f0rt tbat quality as
it has for dete6cy ana theUonstitution.
Cincinnati Inquirer.
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tsPeeeh Of rThaddeus stevens. ems


Po'|Tn the latespeech ofthe Radical leader
Mr., Thaddeus Stevens, in the House of
Representatives, we find the following
He is allhding to that section Of the Cen
trail Directory report that DISTINGUISHES
the Southern people for a number of
years 'i4j 3d o5r8a ,iii Hatl e.alt,o
"Gentlemen tell us that it is too strong.
Too, strong for what2 Too strong for
their stomachs, but. not for the people,
Some say it is too lenient. 1t is too len.
lent for my hard heart. Would to God
THAT the exclusion Of rebels might not on
~ rnn' to2tAe ysars1e76, but to the year
El9OS6. 1T would then be mild punish
ment. But hear it said that you must
not humble these people. Humble them;
why not Do not they deserve humilia.
tion % they yihot deserve degradation
If they do not, who does What crimi.
nal 1ors-felon deserves ID more z They
haVe not yA confessed their sips why
-shoald they be- forgiven H's' 9,Ia's5 n
THAT Is The language which this man
applies to '.lO,oOO,OOO of the American
people, whose Intelligence, morality, yir.
tue and chastity would not suffer in the
least in comparison with those whom this
malignant represents. This Is the style
fIyff4SE ] wyHiGE1lSpRe piVfsss b ibclievolis
best for the interests of the Union This
language is to Indicate the policy which
is, t9 secure future peace and harmony
between the two oisections, and conduce to
their mutual happiness aud prosperity D
This Language Of yiOlentand outrageous
passion, utterly opposed to the dictates of
calm reason and common sense, is echoed
by some as the voice Of statesman whose
ADVICE It is safe to follow. The Union j.
IA .bs strengthened by thumiliating phd
degrading by treating as "felons and
criMinals,P one third OF our whole pop.
ulation, Itnis !alsssst unnecessary to
make any reilly to such miserable and
scandalous Language. That intellect is
indeed obts0wAich does not at once see
theTmoreI than criminal folly of its spirit,
and who, does not denounoe that man who
would give it utterance upon the floor Of
Congress. 1h.hfrnJ 'suos n { 70 s.se 9Ii
''lf we never desire to heal the wounds
Of the war-if we would tear them open
afreshA we desire to have eleven Of our
States the bittcrest enemies, ready to ally
themselves, with any foreign power for
our oyerthr, v at the first opportunity
lLrwe have to do is to adopt this pro.
gramme lot the Pennsylvania demon of
mischief, whose malignancy passes all
comparison Gin. Eng. aaislI
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The Coming Election.

Let every Democrat and every conserv.
ative citizen, of whatever party, fully ap-
preciate the vast interests at stake in the
coming fall election. Shall we have an
intelligent, patriotic Congress, or another
aggregation of criminality and Ignorance
such as the pres ent? That is the ques.
ton. If we can elect Congress which
will sustain the policy Of the President,
we will soon have restored Union with
peace and comparative prosperity. IT.
on the other haud, the SumDerites are
successful, we may expect career Of vi.
olence, usurpation, bloodshed, ending in
a total subversion of all that is left Of
Constitutional Government li.In Gods
name let the people awake to q sense of
the danger impending. Marion Demo
crdt. ~" -''''' "a
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instead of increasing, has declined in pop
ulation. AT an election for members for
Territorial Legislature held in 1861, 10,
$50 votes were cast ; at the election before
mentioned in 1854 the number was 6, 1872;
while at Regular eleetion in 1865,
which is assdned1oA abasik of legislative
action at this time, the aggregate number
Of the votes was5 .9O5. Sincerely anxious
for the welfare and prosperity of every
Territory and State, at well as for the
prosperity and welfare of the whole U nion,
l regret this apparent decline of popula.
ton in Colorado, but it is manifest it is
due to the emigration which is going on
from that Territory into other regions
within the United States, which either
FateIh fact Of beliqt dt bSlthe iHbaBIaBts
Of cdCfado HS6er riR hstifi piiaerat ni I wealth
and agricultural Fese,irses. II, however,
Colorado has not really declined in popu-
lation, another census or another election
under authority of Congress would place
the question beyond doubt, ard cause but
little delay in the ultimate reception Of
the Territory as a State, if desired by the
people.
The tenor of these objections furnishes
the reply which may be expected to an
argument in favor of the measure, derived
from the enabling act, which was passed
Congress. on, the, 81 st daE of March. 1854
AlthS9gM QSGsrdsdAAep sdpbosed that
the cdsditioF d the Territory Was such
as to warrant its admission as a State, the
result Of two years experience shows that
every reason which existed for the instilu.
tion of a Territorial instead of State
Government in Colorado, at its first or.
ganization, still continues in force. The
condition of the Union at the present mo-
ment is such as to inspire caution in re-
gard 10 the admission of new States
Elevendofihe ihldE States have been, for
some time, and still remain, unrepresented
in Congress
1t Is common interest of all the States,
as well as those represented as those un.
represented, that the integrity and harl
mony Of the Union Should be restored as
completely as possible, so that all those
who are expected to bear the burdens Of
the Federal Government shall be consult
ed concerning the admission of States
and that iq the meantime no new State
shall b& 1femathreIy and ni1n cessarily
admittedtda pAftiaiSasisn IL ltho political
power which the Federal Government
weilds, not for the benefit of any individ-
ual States or section, but for the common
safety, welfare and happiness of the
whole country.
[Signed1 ANDREW JOHNSON.
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 10, 1866,
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Avoid Taxation.

To think of it'll Men who hung four.
teen American flags from their windows,
and had two at each mantle indoors, dur.
ing the war for the best goyernmept on
is! is sss 5s? sIiss: asssi lsat Ss'
contracts, "the people want to be taxed,
and are begging to be taxed !" these very
men are at Washington, and at every
State Capital, and in the Courts, engaged
in one grand struggle to escape taxation.
Each man tries to lessen his share, every
class tries to throw it upon the other -
The shareholders in Banks who have far
years back avoided the payment of taxes
to which the United States Supreme
Court say they are reliable have been
engaged in an ddroit attempt to protract
the reign Of indulgence, The law which
passed the Senate conforms to the decis.
ion of the Supreme Court It is resisted
in the House; and q formidable lobby
inte.poses arguments, sugf ests amend.
meuts, and struggles for delays, What
is the meaning Of this 7 It means that
SlOO,OOO,OOO of capital in Bank shares
Xaptss to escape taxation fOrpnothsg ypsr,
ToFsaSethfee millions Of money isWcrth
a struggle; and what harm if the ex-
empted burden falls upon labor ard
trade, and less fortunate forms Of invest.
ment. Albany Argus.
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Mrs. JEFF. Davis yisits,her Huss
band.

~ 81 Ia Il
We clip the following in relation 10
the interview between Mrs. JEFF Davis
aud her husband, from the correspondence
Of the New York Herald: .,,.a, D u :,
Gal half f-past eight O'Clock Lieutenant
Fessenden, Fifth United States ARTILLERY,
waited upon bes to escort her inside the
fort Her child accompanied them -
She was taken to General Miles head
quarters, who received her with every
polteness and consideration due her po :
sition. Under other circumstances she
might have striven more sedulously per-
haps to evoke the most favorable impres.
sion possible upon the custodian Of her
husband, but her great anxiety was to
proceed at once to her husbands place Of
confinement and see him. She wanted
to see how he had borne his Imprisonment,
whether he was sick or well, aud learn all
about him. She was not long kept in
anxiety. Mr.. Davis had been apprised
of her coming '''si ,'' ~ "
"WithIn fifteen minutes from the time
tf her admission to the fort she wasswith
him in Carroll HALL Lieutenant Fessen-
den still bore, her company. She. has
remained with Mr.. Dsvis all day, and
took her dinner with him. An officer has
been constantly in the, room Their
meeting was tender and affectiohate one,
as such a meeting must naturally be after
such a protracted separation, and partic.
ularly under the circumstances attending
the separation. 'i.And we let the curtain
drop, over their talks of the mast, their
realizations Of the present and hopes for
the future. She confesses finding Mr..
Davis in better health than She had ex-
pected but still AYERS that he is much
feebler than VI en- brought here. Sheis
every way satisfied with tho treatment
she has received, and acknowledges that
everything, saviAg his restoration to lib
erty, has been done for him that could
be-, To Doctor Cooper, bis medical at
tendaDt and adviser, she is especially
thankful and gives the unqualified credit
of keeping him as cheerful as be is It
is not known yetShether she viii stay al
DR.. Cooper's during her sojourn or at the
Hygcia Hotel. 1t is also not known how
long she will remain here" o..,.5,
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Complementary.

90 -. HaII.
The Ohio Legislature adjourned or
Friday last, until the Cd Of January, '67
1t was the only good thing they done
during the session." I1I.t -
The above appeared in the Hooking
Sentinel, which provoked Putnam of the
Chilicothe advertiser, who was member
of the last Legislature, to speak in this
wise: VIA, .7.a.) -,..'..,
This is o mistake. 1t was a bad thing
It should have obeyed the provisions Of
the Constitution and adjourned sine die.
Every Democrat voted against an.adjourn.
ed session, for which there is no more
necessity than Thad. Stevens has for q
fcrked tail to admouish people that he
belongs to the birthstone country.
. . D.
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,Qrsh ithss washington Correspondents Of
bid bsIabaslhs NewiFOrk News) 9qqi ~
The Judge and Grand. Jury I'm
, nthe, 4efteEscA Davis Trial.
THE, ,INFAMoNs.

bd nfun HliEs fff-1-fftti 'rNtD'nGu09S 9di
I,li II is stated that the infamous Under
wood and his packed Jury have found a
true Jtrppeg bill against q e&enen Davis for high
treason, The charge to,tbe jury, by this
miserable wretch, who Aares to insult the
people QfI Virginia while sitting on, q
bench Of jaatiee, hes doubtless reached
! you; but, FOR The, benefit Of the citizens
of NeW York, ]. desire to place upon rec
Ora the Gapeg df tie members Of the ju.
~ hailing from this, Gfy, !, pu9 , ,II ., . '''
pr First On theliat is William N. Tinsley,
ah illitsrate0 baker, Who deserted his ma,
tive State in her Hour of need. During
ahe first years Of the war he made money
Iput Of the Government, and managed to
keep bis person out of the hands of the
teonsoripppficers by taking o contract to
manufacture "hard tack" for the army.
\ No sooner had he worked himself out Of
la job, tbap, like Foote, be went in search
I,of a sequesiered spot which he found in
1aiNorthern cline, optof the reach Of the
conscripti officer B. Warlell, q dealer
IipiiceJ left here the second year of othe
war and amused himself till close of The
conflict by playing spy for Butler, aand
doing other, dirty work. After the ,evac.
.ustion of 1the city, he returOd and has
since endeayored TO establish hmselfIin
business, but with, little success; respect.
able people refusing eysnrto purchase
Northern ice from such an individual
HASA boon companion. .of. that -detes a
BILE creature, Hpnpicutt, the editor Of the
tff9e negro Nation. BY Tie way the Of.
foer who came tothis city to SUNNI on
JURORS tor Underwood, first called upon
this man Hunnicutt, and endeayored tc
tget him to aetIas juryman He,1 how.
ever,d declihed3 asildid also tFraDklir
bStearns, the great. The other three ju
rorsi from this city, William Fay, 7. .7Duf.
} fly, (liquor dealer) and Charles H. White.
hurst, are obscure individuals who for
ever hereafter will have the word infa.
nous written opposite their names i.s''
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Forcing Negro Suffrage Upon
the People Of the Territories.

The Radical majority in the Rump
House Of Representatives has passed 0
bill forcing negro suffrage upon tn, peo.
pie of the following Territories, whether
they want itor not, viz: Nebraska, Col.
orado, Dacotah, Montana, Washington,
idaho, Arizona, Utah and New Mexico.
- Here is the clause in which they do it,
Tbs ninth section is as follows,; lns7 il
ioHAnd belt further enacted, That with.
in the Territories aforesaid there shall be
no denial Of the. elective franchise to citi.
zonsiof the United States because Of race
or color, and all persons shall be equal
before the law; and all acts or parts Of
acts, either Of Congress or Of the legisla.
tive assemblies of the Territories afore-
said inconsistent with the provisions Of
this act, are hereby declared null and
The men who thus force the hated ne.
gro suffrage upon the Territories, and who
arc striving to thrust it as a bitter pill
down the Southern States, in almost ev.
cry instance represent States who do not
sanction it at home They 1.-Two where
white suffrage prevails, but are deter.
mined no other communities shall enjoy
that privilege, Every body else is to bo
made to do differently from what their
States will 90, '''.ii..l1' .',.,.,.s ,.0" SD'