New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-07-08

LATINA NEW HERETO.
From Special Correspondent - IT., SOC,
Mr. Secretary Stewards speeches are not nova
DAYS reckoned to be of any great Importance, in any
point of view ParOdied by newspaper editors ana
correspondents they serve to make the unskilliul
laugh and read soberly if such thing be possible
they make the iudiciOus grieve They are but niue
if any better than Mr. George Francis Trains Efforts
and have not the excuse which the latter have, III
youth and exuberance of spirits. His Baltimore
speech contains little about his visit to Boston winch
is worth noticing If he means to be understood as
saving that the cOored people of this region were
glad to take the hand and accept the greetings OF
the President" he states what is rdculousy untrue
The colored MaSOns tried to get themselves recog-
nized by their white brethren, but not at all out OF
respect for the President any of his friends 1t
would be perhaps too much to say tnat the BLACKS
despSe President johnson more cordially imam Ine
whites but there is substantial difference III TINS
respect between the two classes III MI seward
thinks he and his superior fortunate In the TACT
which he mentions that those men VINO
would not pay respect TO them were o. m h aon
of Lowell has made ingenious calculations rela
tive to the decay of the native population
of this State and the prospective increase ana SUI
premacy of what Mr. Seward calls E" the adopted or
naturalized clement but the natives bear sway
here yet and are likely to do so good Whie longelu
| would not be understood to brag much about TINS
class of our population of the chief tiunkies
who surrounded johnson while here were porn III
Massachusetts, and even Randall says ms 1ather was
native of Worcester County, tOrbear 10 name me
respectable tOwn-but it Will bear comparison Win
the foreign element. The plain truth about the
Presidents reception here IS thai ~ mas oI lnaue
one hair white nor black If the House OF Repre-
sentatves should impeach the President on Nednes-
day and the Senate remove him on Thursday, very
large majority of the people would acquesCe III ther
Judgment and even rejoice that the chief obstacle 10
reconstruction and peace had been removed. 1 90
not mean by this that they are urgent In the matter
They can get along with Johnson or without MN.
They regard him as a bad and dangerous man. put
they know very well that the people of the country
have ample power to control him. ana every olsp9S-
ton to do So l heard the impeachment question dc-
hated bv a number of Members of Congress, on sat
urday, the 22d, while the PRESIDENTIAL COItege was
approaching the fremont House, ana lihee ou' oi
four of those who participated III the debate were Ill
favor of this ultimate remedy. ANA some OF tleSe'
know Joined in doing honOrs, greater or less to the
distinguished guests Having slep, rom So IoYV III m
wake up now but is there no remedy LOT TINS SOM
nambuc habit of his - had rather DE any klhd
OF a thing than fool, and yet would not be thee;
nuncle thou hast pared thy VIII Doth Sues anu
left nothing IN the middle.
Onr supreme Court has been interpreting some of
the Sunday laws. Like many other States, | sup
pose we have a statute which declares that who
ever travels the Lords day. except IRON necessary
or charity shall be punished by line not exceeding
$40 for every such Ofense. All sherlis;
grand Jurors and cOnstables shall inquire into and
inform of all Oftenses against the preceding proys-
ions of this chapter and cause the same 10 DC car
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travel on Sunday who has occasion TO DO So Shcrns,
grand Jurors and cOnstables inclusive but railroad
companies, steam and horse, incorporated by our
laws Systematically carry passengers on that uay'
and the Legislature steadily gives all petitioners VINO
ask that the law may be enforced leave TO WITH
draw Occasionally however. some poor fellow
GETS tripped up by judicial decision. For instance
One Sunday in December 1865, Patrick stanton went
from Boston to CharestOwn in car of TIE Metro
politan Railroad to collect debt; alteTwaId e went
to ROXbury and was injured on the way. Inc
Court found that he was travelling IN violation
of law, and he got no damages from the Company.
James A. Hamilton, IN suit against the City OF BOs-
ton was served better by the same Judges On a
Sunday in the same month. being little unwell he
was persuaded to take "a walk from llanoyer-st and
reaching BTOmfieldst.. was injured by iailhB Int0
excavation there The City, by It's solicitor, tired
10 persuade the Court that il was incumbent on
Hamilton to prove that he was travelling from neces
sity for purposes OF charity But the Court sad
that walking half mile IN the str cts OF Boston on
Sunday evening with no Intention of gong TO or
stopping at any place but the planilt own house,
was not travelling. and that the plalntlh was law
fully using the highway, and therefore may MAINTAIN
his action. As StantOns Grand the collecting OF
extraordinarily cOmmendable One-was completed
before he went on his trip to ROXDury IL is nara 10
see how his act differed morally from HaIniltOn'S.
And as between the Railroad and the CITY, surely the
former was entitled to more consideration than the
latter for the City not in violation OF the sun
day law. while the Railroad was On the whole, 1t
will puzzle the best of the lawyers TO point out how
public Justice has gained by these two decisions. But
let us be thankful for much OF sense as is con
tanned in the ruling IN EamlltOns case.
The question OF opening the public library on sun
day is pending again. The Legislature as 1 have
said has refused to prohibit the horse cars from car
ryng the people OF Boston into the suburbs there to
ramble the woods and fields, to the contempt Of
the ordinary religious exercises OF the day. 1t has
also denied the petition Of the BARRIERS, that their
shops may be shut up ION the Sabbath. Newspapers.
called Sunday" are printed here, and distributed
OF sold on Sunday morning. and thousands Of books
are carried home from the Public Library and LOr-
ings, and Burnhams, on Saturday, to begulle the
tedium of the Sabbath. Yet certain persons light as
uix on
Sunday if this the entering wedge, instead Of
a single and most unimpOrant act i'll the long line of
innovation upon old usages and notions. The 1rdre,
which has got the Rev. Mr.. PunchaTd back AGAIN into
its editorial chair is the leader III this stupid crusade
against common The temperance cause which
here as everywhere else, ensts the sympathles and
active efforts of the great mass OF moral and religious
people, is TO be injured and permanently retad
ed by the attempt on the part OF the evangelical
churches and organs to prescribe innocent an!lse-
the other day declared against dancing, and the
action of the Old Mems Christian Convention at Mon
treal in denOuncng amusements, the other day,
has been widely noticed by the press 1t is pretty
safe 70 say that If the grogshop Is to be supplaned
by the Sunday-SchOOl and the prayer-meeting, il
must at least be by easy stages i'll oher words, any
ret0rmer with half an eye can see that the way TO
prevent the people from resOrting to criminal and
dangerous amusements is TO provide them with in
nOcent and safe ones. Even If they are only com.
paratively innocent and safe something is gained
The papers say that Gen. Banks's friends are album
dainty satisfied with the result of an investigation
which has been held into the Portland affair of last
year. i supposed that that thing had blown over. j
learn, however, that committee consisting OF
Messrs. Blanchard of Walden, Conn Of Wobum,
Fiske Of Waltham, and others, appointed by the
officers of the district convention which nominated
Gen. Banks last FALL to visit Portland and obtain
facts there and elsewhere, the subject Of the al
legged misconduct q the gspfE2l Their report, ex-
OF two ago, but has not yet seen the light. Accom-
paDyihg it is mass of documentary evidence from
prominent public men of Portland and other places
IDClu1inQ Senaf0F EeggpDnen RpuregputatlVe LYNCH
and from physicians, and walters at the hotels more
less positive in its character which is put into the
case as part of, the evidence which has led the
committee to make up their verdict. don't know
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