The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-01-25


the time when the people are absorbed with
weighty political matters and not so likely to
watch their selfish schemes to concoct tariff
to suit themselves. Ii is to be hoped that Mr.
Fessenden and other enlightened statesmen
like himself in Congress will resist to the last
the schemes of the manufacturers.
Two IMPORTANT BILLS APpnovED.--Th Pres
ident has approved the bill providing that in
addition to the regular meeting of Congress on
the first Monday in December there shall be q
regular meeting on the 4th Of March, upon the
heels of each outgoing Congress. Thus, imme-
diately after the Anal adjournment Of the pres
ent Congress on the 18th Of March next, the new
Congress will take it's place. As tits generally
understood that the special and immediate OBJ
jects Of this new law involve the curtailment Of
the Presidents power over appointments to
Office and the prosecution Of his impeachment,
the question may be asked why did he not put
in his veto against this bin? We presume the
reasons why are, first, that he could find no
valid objection against the bill, and secondly,
that Q veto would have been q useless waste Of
time and labor. Had this law been in force on
the 4th Of March, 1866, it would have saved Mr..
johnson, Congress and The rebel States world
Of trouble.
propriating 100000 for the purchase Of the
southwestern corner Of our City Hall Park. as .
site for government building, which shall In
clade the city Post Office and accommodations
for the United States courts. This thing being
settled, ii is to be hoped that the building will
be an ornament to the city and creditabie 10
the national government, and that in its erec-
ton neither the time nor the money will be
wasted that have been squandered upon our
still unfinished New York county Court House.
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CHARITY AT HoxE AND ABRoAD.-H charity
should begin at homo it need not end there.
Our citizens may well respond heartily to the
appeals which will be made TO them al the
Cooper Institute tonight in behalf of the des-
titute at the South, and tomorrow night In
behalf OF the sufferers by the instruction in
lrete. At the time when such heroes as Marco
Bozzaris, suss.s phIIsnlhropists as DR.. Howe,
such poets as Byron and Fiiz Greene Hallecx,
and such orators as Clay, Webster and Everett,
had awakened universal interest in the cause
of the Greeks, the shrill voice Of John Ran
dolph was once raised 10 Congress to remind
his hearers There ara Crooks at our own
doors " Tlis exclamation may he repeated
now with equal truth. Without lessening our
sympathy with the Candioies, II should quicken
our sympathy With "the Greeks at our own
doors,' with tue freezing and starving poor,
with penuiless widows and orphans at the
South and In this metropolis.
TUX CURRENCY QuEsnoy BEFORE Cox
eREss.--An evening contemporary gives the
credit Of the suggestion which IL the basis Of
Mr.. Randalls Currency bill to Boston gentle
man, and says that this gentleman first made
the proposition more than year ago. Now 1t
is possible the person referred to may not
have seen the ideas originally thrown out by
the HERALD, though we have constantly advo-
Gated the views embodied in Mr. Randall's bill,
and long before he enlightened the world
with his suggestion. II Is possible, we say,
that he may have been one of those rare indi-
viduals who do not look at the HERALD, and
that he might have stumbled upon the exact
views we have expressed over and over
again; bat il Is not likely.
MRS. ELHABErH CADY STANTON ON SUFrRAeE
ron woMBS.-Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton's
address in the Assembly Chamber at Albany
on Wednesday last on equal rights, regardless
of sex AZ we'll rs Of color, was powerful logi-
cal argument in favor Of impartial suffrage TO
women az we'll as men. There are several DIFF
aculties, however, in the way Of this grand
idea which will probably prevent Its consum-
nation till the dawn Of millennium. The first
is that the fixed sentiment or the men Is op-
posed TO woman suffrage; secondly, only
small proportion Of the women themselves are
in favor of II, and these advocates are OF that
ssssrong minded" class which generally among
their own sex are laughed at and tabooed.
Lastly, there Is reason TO fear that impartial
suffrage, including women, would result 80
extensively In favor Of unmarried candidates
for Office, men and women, as greatly TO in
crease the number OF old bachelors and old
maids In the country-a manifest drawback
which we hold 20 90 sufficient TO kll the bill.