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New-York tribune., 1867-09-13
" coNSTJTUTrONAL LIBERTY"

Gov English telcgraphs 10 Gov. HSght that
his election "wil gladden. the friends OF Con-
" "stitutional Liberty the country through"
Gov. Haight telcgraphs back that California
"bas echoed the voice of Connecticut.
d" we have but followed where you led in the
" sacred cause of Constitutional Liberty" What
do these gentlemen mean by Constitutional
Liberty?
They certainly mean something different
from that liberty affirmed in the glorious pre-
ambe TO our fathers Declaration of American
Independence, when they proclaimed that all
",pen are created equal" and endowed by
:" their Creator with inaienable rights to life,
liberty, and the pursuit Of happiness" Con-
stitutioaQl liberty is something radically differ
cnt from universal Liberty, its champions
themselves being judges II is not that sort
of liberty which Gov. English advanced when,
amid the despairing shrieks and howls OF the
dcvotees of q Constitutional Liberty" he voted
to abolish and prohibit Slavery throughout this
broad Republic No, it is something very diff
fcrent from that, as the two accidental Gov
ernors-one chosen such by lavish expendi-
t,re OF his own and other millionares' money,
and the other slipping in through deplorabie
fcud which distracted the Union party ana
kept twenty thousand of its voters from the
pOllS-very well know
John C. Calhoun was, for twenty years, the
leading champion of Constitutional liberty"
Polk. Pierce, and buchanan, were his tmd
aud cautious disciples The asserted right oil
every STAKEHOLDER to plant Slavery wherever
he might choose, in defiance of whatever local
or general rcpuguance, was direct deduction
from this doctrine of Constitutional liberty
Abraham Lincoln touched the core of it when,
in his canvass with Douglas, he defined Squat
ter Sovereignty thus: "If A. chooses to make
~ his slave, G.. sal not interfere Goa N
thanked that tins swindling mOckery disguised
as constitutional liberty" is not the liberty
for which our fathers fought, nor that wincn
their lneal sons are determined ana deS'ihcu
To achieve
New-York tribune., 1867-09-13


Since the President, leading on Rebei
cause. has undertaken the defeat OF The Union
forces in South Carolina, we have curious IN
stance of what the late Mr.. Carlyle would call
"swarming.n Mr.. Johnson fancies that he bas
made breach 10 the phalanK OF reconstruc-
ton, and every South Carolnian who has
fought and bled for the lost cause IS anxious
enough to help him to widen IT, Thers
"may be submission TO nero power SAYS
The Charleston Mercury but there VIII be
"no acquiescence, no support on the part Of
"the Southern people to anything done under tho
Reconstruction acts Of Congress until their
constitutionality is fairly tested before the
"Courts of the United States. TO this end 1t
"is the duty of every Southern citizen to do
call he can 10 make up cases iof the courts
"of the United Statesp by all means let cases
and case makers swarm, and let each DO III.
last and worst to obstruct the law VIC are 70
have another plague OF midgcs, 10 De sure
but we exactly know their strength ana venom
and the size and power Of the arch-insect- we
cannot escape these petty eviis-yet great
country can endure even President VINO
buzzes at its head, and whom only nations
forbearance saves from being brushed away.
The Courts are something, and the President
is something less; but Congress remains tha
great jury of the people.
New-York tribune., 1867-09-13

"conduct in the New N'0ricans massacre. that
"he is a determined Liberal, and is perhaps
"the one General who has thoroughly and hon
"estly carried out the RECOMMENDATION acts
"There can be no doubt whatever that lis
removal, If supported. compcls all Generals
"to leave the Reconstruction acts 10 work
themselves, and that it is intended TO show
"both South and North that tho President will
"only obey Congress 30 far as he Is actually
compelled. He will not carry out the policy
"laid down by the representatives OF the ma
"tion, and must, therefore, be either deposed
" or rendered poweriess to impede their action
The article concludes with an emphatic testI-
mony 60 the good conduct and intelligence OF
the freedmen. in whose brain and nerve, rs dls-
played under trying circumstances the wfites
discerns the best security yet offered Tor the
restoration of the South
New-York tribune., 1867-09-13
DTlTOCP4CY AND RUM

The Republicans OF Massachusetts, In con
ventiOn assembled resolve that it is inexpe-
dent to take action either way upon the
Temperance Law question: The leading
Radical Germans Of our city proclaim that
in such a crisis as the present, "nO patriotic
citizen viii abandon the banner Of liberty,
of right, of the regcneIated Union All this
is true but it docs not gansay the fact that
those who love Liquor for themselves more
than Liberty for others, and those who seek
wealth and ease through putting the bottle to
their neighbor's mouth, will almost without
exception, work and vote against the Rcpubli
can party. Vainly shall we seek to conciate
| or placate them by nominating as candidates
men who like liquor and believe the trade in
| it should be free as water. Their instincts tell
| them that party based on moral idea is
| iBeritably-in spite even of tself-LOstle 10
| their Uielos and ends. 1t is with them as it
was with the Southern ne9O-traders ten to
| twenty years ago: Some of them were too
smart to drink liquor, or could not bear it, but
they all hated Temperance lecturer, and re-
garded him as q danger to be resisted, or a
nuisance to be abated. - ~ -,..,9... .,...-
In Maine, a Democratic Legislature passed
the first act of Liquor PrOhibtion-though of
course not exclusively by Democratic votes.
Her first Governor beaten by the Liquor in
terest was Democrat, and Wing was chosen
in his place. But for many years past, the
Rum interest in that State has borne heavily
against the Republicans. 1t did so especially
this year, because Der late Republican Legisla-
ture passed more stringent Liquor act, sub
mitting it to direct vote ofithe People for
ratification or rejection They ratified it, by a
vote of two or three to one; and the Liquor
interest has taken its revenge therefor on the
Republican tickets at the late election.
In Massachusetts, the Republicans have re-
solved to prosecute the canvass independent
of the License question. They may do it;
but the Liquor men will not. They have q
secret organization that pervades the entire
State; they boast that it has 5000 members;
they will nominate State ticket composed
mainly of Republicans; the Democrats will
give it their every vote it will be beaten by
some ten to twenty thousand majority; and
then the Sham Democracy will everywhere
throw up their caps and fire their guns over
what they will term a "Great Democratic Re-
action" in the old Bay State.
90 Ill w lscOIsln; 30 III hllcnlgdn; SO, perhaps,
in Minnesota. We Republicans may and Will
vote for Universal Liberty and Right. The
devotees Of License will vote for Liquor, and
THEN votes will all be claimed for Democracy
Thus III 1899 the Democrats elected the Gov
ernOr of Massachusetts by the help of Rum !;
and in 1910 it was carried against them by
more than 10000 majority.
We who love Liberty and bate Rum say,
Let US all vote as our principles dictate; then
let Our legislators act Oh the Liquor ques
ton as they shall judge right and proper"
The Liquor men say, No: You Liquor Re-
st.ic.ioaists shall yoto a. We choose. OF wo
New-York tribune., 1867-09-13

TO n GOOD year. II must be added that the
quality will be much better than 1t VIA last
wear for the reason that tbon the whole re-
eiop for weeks was in a constant gloom OF rain
and fog which produced an inferior quality
Perhaps no region of tho West Is more
severely afflicted with the drOuth than North
ern Ohio which usually is dripping with
showers. This has caused it to be peculiarly
distinguished for excellent grass, which has
made il second to none in our whole country
for dairy purposes. For a long time there haS
been no rain already farmers are feeding hay;
the pastures arc so utterly dried UP that they
readily take fire from locomotive sparks, and
there is little doubt but whole daIries OF COWS
must he driven to more favored sections that
they NAV be wintered. OF course, corn, pota-
toes, and all other crops depending on moist
ure, suffer likewise. 1t is some consolation
that the people there are so foTehanded, anu
made 40 by the usual productiyeness OF their
soil, that they will be able to pass through the
coming Winter with little or no suffering, and
perhaps. they will be benefited by realizing
that there are sweet uses to adversely.
In the whole circuit of our country which we
have passed in brief review, the apple crop is
unusually good, with the exception of part
of New England, most of New jersey. Western
New-York, and Northern Ohio. In the special
fruit growing districts of the West and South
West, peaches arc SO plentiful that this is the
first year in which it does not pay to ship
seeding varieties. Potatoes will be, on the
whole, an average crop. In the West, where
the potatoe-bug threatened to destroy every
thing, fair supplies were saved by persstently
fighting the enemy.
In the States and Territories west of Mis-
souri, and Iowa they are boasting of good
crops, and Kansas in particular claims to have
an unusual yield. Colorado will raise her
bread, Nevada has many fields of heavy wheat
and California will be prepared to ship her cx-
cellent -four in large quantities either TO China,
Calcutta, London, or New-YOrk.
New-York tribune., 1867-09-13
ELECTORAL REFORM.

A correspondent (J. w. W. suggests plan
of Electoral Reform, which he regards as calcu-
lated to secure a much fairer and more certain
expression of the popular will through cleo
tons than our present Simple Majority SYSTEM
and greenly adds
"The great objection TO such Reform il. by many, sup
pOsed TO be its mpractlcability"
Why. YOU innocent soul! that is no objec-
ton at ell It's not esteemed such. even by
those who urge it. The real objection IS, that
the wire workers Of our present political ma
chinery do not see how they are to derive ad-
vantage or profit from any such change as you
propose; and, as they determine who shall be
nominated for Constitutional Conventions "a
well As Legislatures by their respective parties,
it is not possible to carry reform over their
heads. 1t is the old problem which perplexed
tho mice-lIOw to bell the cat They had TO
give it up--so will you. If not, please tell Us
how you would deal with IL.
New-York tribune., 1867-09-13

The Border State Convention at Baltimore
yesterday was attended by delegates from
Delaware Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mary
land. and the District of Columbia. The Hon
Horace Maynard was elected President
Speeches were made by Mr.. Maynard Senator
Cresswell, and others. A letter from Senator
Sumner declared ii the solemn duty OF Con-
gress to establish equal political and civil
rights everywhere throughout the Union
The resolutions assert the duty OF Congress
to protect eQua. rights of oil American
citizens in all the States; urge Congress to act
bravely and thOror shly for the right; approve
of the course of Congress and of Mr.. Stanton /;
call upon Grant to execute the reconstruction
acts of Congress Urge an amendment to the
Constitution prohibiting the disfranchising of
any citizen, in any State, because Of bis race
or color; and declare it TO be the duty of the
House of Representatives to present articles of
impeachment against Andrew johnson.
New-York tribune., 1867-09-13
DEMOCPATyC GAINS.

One who needed only the uproarious reJoic-
Ings of the Democratic press over the Caii-
fornia election, might think that the RepuDLi-
can party was about to collapse and pass en-
tirely out of existence. Bot that is not quite
the fact. The election of a Governor IN Caii-
fornia is the only point gained over which inc
Democracy have legitimate reason to reJoice'
We arc not certain about Cougressmen from
that State, but it is probable that two OF them
are Republicans. Now let us see what wonder
full gains tho Democrats have made in the only
place where gains can do them any good
that is, in the House of Representatives dhe
Senate is beyond their reach for half a century,:
The relative strength Of parties in the last and
nrasent Con presses is as follows
New-York tribune., 1867-09-13

Anybody who entertained a lingering douj,
of the disloyaty of the Democratic party,
might have had his doubts dispeied the other
evening, when the Copperheads held mass
meeting in Baltimore to ratify the new Mary
land Constitution. One Of tho speakers, who
began by declaring that the negro had no
rights except what the iwhite man chose u
" give him as privileges wound up with the
appropriate boast that his sympathies during
the war had always been with the Rebel
"army.r Among the sentiments which ap-
peared most grateful to the assembiage Wa
this: Little Phil. to fgb, Indians, and Stan
" ton to rule themr The meeting broke 10
with cheers for JEFF Davis and Wilkes Booth.
New-York tribune., 1867-09-13

In his latest published letter Wade Hampton
repeats his advice to the South to cut It's own
nose of, by refusing the liberal terms of recon-
struction offered by Congress; but for all that
he gives one sensible counsel which we wish
his people were wise enough to appreciate.
The States" he says, care competent to con-
{" fer citizenship on the negro, and think it is
"the part OF wisdom that such action should
"be taken by the soutnci2 States. we have
recognized the freedom of the blacks, ana
"have placed this fact beyond all probability OF
doubt, denial, or recall. Let as recognise IN
"he same frank manner and as fully, their
"political rights also For myself, / confess
"that am perfectly willing to see Constitu-
"tion adopted by our State comforting the
elective franchise on the negro on precisely
"tho same terms as it is to be exercised by the
"white man."
How much more decent Southern Rebel is
than Border-State Copperhead! The Balti-
moro Democrats the other night declared that
freedmen never should vote, and negroes had
no rights except what white men chose to give
"them as privileges
New-York tribune., 1867-09-13

The doctrine of fnality." preached 10y Earl
Russell some years ago, finds no favor, 1t would
seem. with the Reform League Household
suffrage having been gained the fight is now
70 I've for manhood suffrage and vote by ballot.
And in view of the victory which has been
won by the people Of England during the last
twelve months, who will say that the day IS
distant which will see the aiistOcracy yielding
these points tooY The revolution which has
commenced cannot bo stopped. England
marches steadily onward to democracy. The
proceedings at the Council of the League held
in London on the Goth ult., are significant.
New-York tribune., 1867-09-13

The fat has gone forth that the business
Of slaughtering animals shall no longer be car
ried on in the densoiy -peopled districts of this
city. Public health has denlS pded the change. and
those who are fighting against It aye but beating
the wind, for there will be no revocation of
the decree. The Board of Health will commit
an error if they grant any permits for butchers
to newly locate anywhere near Forty seconds
The same causes that have operated to drive
the business from below Forty -second-st will
soon drive it far above that line, and we warn
the butchers in time against placing themselves
in position where they may soon again be
disturbed.
New-York tribune., 1867-09-13

The Ant Slavery Conference lately held IN
Paris had but brief session; but its labos
will not have been IN vain if they have the
effect of fOrcibly reminding those who have
been doing battle for freedom that the timo
has not yet arrived for putting off their armor
It was one of the noticeable features of this
gathering that in the restrictions imposed by
the French Government on the proceedings OF
the Conference, the fact was prominently
brought out, that in some countries where prop
eJtg IN human beings is unknown the true prln-
ciples of liberty have yet to prevail over despot-
ism and tyranny But the movement which
aims at striking down the slavery of the body
will help that which seeks to unfetter the mind
and give freedom of speech. We print else
where an interesting letter from our Paris cor
respondent, giving an account of the Conference
New-York tribune., 1867-09-13
The returns from Maine show the following
figures for 263 cities and towns, compared with
the same places last year:
Renubl,can majority

The falling OH in tho Republican vote Is
9,iO3, and the gain on the other side is 300;
the falling off in the whole vote is G00i. Esti
mating the remainder of the State, we judge
Gov. ChambeIlain'S majority to be about II 900.
The State Senate has % Republicans to Z
Democrats and the House will be more than
two-thirls Republican. The actual gain TO the
Democracy is less than 1000 votes on poll of
over 100000 With an overwhelming prepon-
derance in each branch of the Legislature,
with two Republican Senators and the entire
delegation in Congress with all the State
offices and 1000 majority in the popu-
lar vote, we can afford to be tolerably
well satisfied Maine was, only a few years
ago, strong Democratic State, but she is not
likely to 20 back to her darkness, at least not
while Andrew johnson is swinging round the
circle.
New-York tribune., 1867-09-13
Fred. Doaelass will lecture in Newark, Nj


about the middle OF October.
William Rullman of the st. Nicholas Hotel
shot himself through the left side the heart last
evening. at No. I04 West Nineteenth-st.
At 1910 this morning fire broke out IN ths
basement OF the tenement house. No ~ Mottst oe"ve
Canal and Hesterss but was extingushed peioro any
damage was done
At 10 a. IN. yesterday the works OF the MIA "a
Roofing Company Brookh n, f. D., were entlTey, os
stroyed by fire. The loss 10 Yessrs. ". H. H. Cnius
Co, the owners, Is about s400e'
The schooner Frank Pes.>n arrived at 1 Bnnase ia..
this morning from Chicago makinA me guy & hcsgo %
made by sailing vessel between olnao auu
time, three days, five hours aud thirty minutes '"''
100 miles
The Alexandria Gdsette says: The report puO,
lshed the newspapers that Gen Robert f. Lee passed
through Washington day two since on bis way Eoltn.
is totally without foundation The General leit Ntx~
Springs on Friday last for lie xington.
Mr. A. Bird, Inspector of the Customs az
Buffalo arrival OF the Grand Trunk Express TRAM
from Canada yesterday morning. seized a sPiehvM" w
metallic coffin inclosed in wooden ease and marked '"
Ray, which attempted 70 be smugglod IN as o oesa
body. There Is no such person as W. Ray III Bunalo'
An inquest was held in Philadelphia yester'
day ia the of ANNE T. Richards. aged four years
who died suddenly the 18th Of last August The ver
dict OF he jury that she came to her death by Sye
nine administered upon peach az tho hands OF Rach3
and Mary Jonas. ne'ghbors. with whom the tsniiy us
luagroIot Tbo suspected peesoa, were eem tea "
DfBBu.
New-York tribune., 1867-09-13

Representatives Van Wyck and Jcnoke7,
Subcommittee OF the Congressional Committee
on Retlenchment, are in daily session at the
Custom House for Investigation into all alleged
frauds or abuses in the conduct of Governmental
business The developments Of the past year
show that there s wide field for such re-
search in this city, and any person having
knowledge or suspicion of such abuses should
nromntlv communicate with this Committee.
New-York tribune., 1867-09-13

1t is so rare to find sensible article On
American politics in IN English newspaper
that we are quite as much surprised as graft
fled at reading in a late number of The london
Spectator generally accurate review of our
present situation d propos of the removal of
Stanton and Sheridan. "0f all the Generals
in the service of the Union,r says The Spec
taior "Gen. Sheridan is, perhaps the ono
dearest to The Liberal chiefs. lie has shown
" over aud over again. more especially BY his
New-York tribune., 1867-09-13

In the Convention yesterday II was resolved
that the Attorney General ought to commence
proceedings to vacatc fraudulent Canal CON
tracts. resolution to take recess from
October / to May I, 1868. was laid on the table
On Thursday next the system of national freight
railways will be explained TO the members O.
the Convention. The most of the time yester-
day and last evening was occupied IN debate
upon the Canal Enlargement question.
New-York tribune., 1867-09-13
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utter den Linden. Berlin, are agents for TIE TRIBUNE in
Prussia
The above agents Will receive subscriptions and ad
Fertscnents fOr THE TRIBUNE and supply copies vi the
paper TO Americans temporarily in Europe
New-York tribune., 1867-09-13

have been employed upon Tho force OF "nom
2,lO2 arc employed in this city Inc a'Iee'" IL
this city were 2l,0i6, and III Kings county
6.299. OF the 27,si3 persons arrested Owl Couiu
not read OF write. Not quite one-hali the
offenders were under 80 years of age, and TWO
thirds of them were foreigners by l'rh. iho
condition OF the force is reported IS beng
highly effective.
New-York tribune., 1867-09-13

The Editor of THE TRIBUNE is favored With
steady stream Of letters from all parts OF the country.
soliciting loans or donations; which 10 say nothing Of
favorable response he Is physically unable to answer IN
auy way II he had the wealth Of AstOr or Vanderbilt
he might possibly satisfy, for time, the wants OF par
Of his volunteer correspondence but he would st DO IN
able to reply in person 10 ho seSerai applications lie
must therefore, request the Wi 20 accept this
graph a, general and ansi "a mo edsmcn. OF hen
New-York tribune., 1867-09-13

PLY and successfully opened last evening. A
report of the proceedings will be found else
where. For further information concerning this
extensive and artistic exhibition our readers
pre advised to visit the hail. each 20 see and
Judge for himself and herself.