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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1867-02-16

NV ORLEANS, Feb -, 1867.
Tie bill calling Il convention to
form a new constitution, passed the
Senate on Thursday last by a vote of
s24 to I it had previously passed the
House 10y Il to 10. There is but lit
tie hope it will escape the veto snafile
of COY. Wells. lie will send the bill
back to tie Legislature, and then it
will become 81 law i'll defiance of him.
You haYa 40 idea of the profound
disgust which this official has sue
ceedcd in drawing down upon his
head because of his betrayal of the
trust reposed in him. lie not merely
deserted, but has gone "clean over "
to the enemy. The bill provides for
the election Of members Oh the first
Monday Of April.
1t has recently been determined to
erect Court house on Basin street,
between Canal and Common. This
is dcsidclatum most dpyOntly to be
wished, for the present C0urt-houses
i mean for the state and City-are
Il disgrace to New Orleans. They
remind me of so many prisons, and
not very respectable ones at that.
The United States court room i'll the
Custom House, is commodiouS and
respectable, but nothing very extra
ordinary, and it has no library, an
adjunct which hold to be ncceSsi-
ty, particularly in or large cities,
where so much legal learning is re-
quircd.
The unanimous vote Of the state
senate against the constitutional
diSposes Of that question
smmari'y and finally. But | fear
that the legislature will fall into the
trap which has been set for South
Carolina and Alabama. The propo-
sition Of Parsons and Orr, | take to
he this, that all negroes who can read
and write, or own certain amount
OF property, shall have free suffrage,
and placed on footing with the white
citizens, in all respects. This step
viii he the initial letter i'll the alpha
bet OF coming events:
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1867-02-16
MARRIED.

On the 18th instant at the residence of the brides
mother, by Rev. W. i. G. Hunnicutt, Mr.. JAMES
P. PARKER to Miss DRUE NJ. WIGGIEs.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1867-02-16
Compromise Plan for Reconstruction

Compromise Plan for Reconstruction
The following message was sent by
His Excellency, Gov. Humphreys, to
the Legislature, on Monday, with the
subjoined communication from Sena-
tor Sharkey:
EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
jackson, Miss, Feb. II, 1867.
To the Senate and House of Representatives
received, on the Sd inst, from
Hon. w. L. SlIarkey, Senator elect
to the Congress of the United States,
telegram, as follows:
"HOld the Legislature in session,
| have something to communicate" "
To-day, received a communication
from him, enclosing proposition
herewith transmitted. Senator Shar-
key says: ~ enclose yOu propositions
which have been prepared by dele
gate from North Carolina, with great
care. These propositions are to come
from the States, and some of thu lead-
ing men have said, if the South does
not like the Constitutional Amend
ment, why don't she propose some
plan of her owng think they will
be adopted by North Carolina, South
Carolina ard Arkansas, as all their
delegates here approx them"
have no recommendation to make
on these propositions, as l disapprove
them entirely.
BENZ. q. HUMPHREYS.
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STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,t
Madison Comfy.

Feb. IG,1667-6m.
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1867-12-07

Mlle, bic mir nt@ts 91nnen urb Beben>
Die mii6en bod 8ebn, 1,1r Soft 9tbt
baS Qeben."
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1867-12-07

y 2eute, bic @rafer fir gftrbe auf BEN Gel-
be (anuteln. i5'l g. r. A..
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1867-12-07

KY Sm Aueuit 1916, am Gete getri III Bin
cults, communicated bic BON pius benz Neunten
beanabiaten@ taatSperbre&er, BON bener BIT mel
item {pGiter na@ &rdften ju feiner 0ertreibune
beitruget.
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1867-12-07

y Namen teriidtister 8olfsmdnner. D
Mpnti, &esola, ,e. fno BON benz senneinen SOL
betpobnte 9tabtpierte.
The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-31
The Great Moral Nation.

1t is with deep that the sincere friends of the people
that the degraded state in which great proportion of the
laborng population sunk by the of education proper
housing and due religious perceptions beginning to make
children in the dense crowded neghborhoods daily
growing robbery and plumber and not only disgrace
full to themselves but nuisance and terror to their
respectable neighbors Ington and the Wesmnserroad
have long been notorious for the conduct of its rouhs and
decent young have been brutality attacked in going to
and coming from places of worship Indeed part of the
town exempt and the Marborougsreet pocecourt had
lately long list of cases. and told by the reports that
for time past there have been loud complaints by the
occupers of houses in different streets at the Weend Of
their being annoyed by lads gambling their
houses and making of the most dsgace language and
several occasions the cergymen attending the chape and
have had to make application to the different
poce-staons for to be sent specially to abate the
nuisance The efforts of the poiceathough several lads
have been weekly charged and fined at this cour-do
appear been attended with much Severacases
are then given where lads troops disturbed the
ton They resisted the police and nsulted all who requested
them to desist They gambled swoe and made of the
ouest language and behaved with degree of audac and
violence that showed how dangerous they youths
What kind of men they would make is easily conceived
T ere fined for gamblng but this will have but little
effect course of prison discipline including occasional
whinninos might perhaps teach them better
The very painful death by drowning of two young
is another proof that brutal spirit supervening In the
one instance poor girl in Scotland drowned in the
ence of several men, who made attempt save her. though
urged to do So In another instance young woman bathing
at was drowned while within reach, and six
men stood looking on and attempted to her. al
though by holding each others they could have reached
her, This evident increase of inhumanlty Is sad sign OF
the age-London Weekly Times,
The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-31

but it must be remembered that these only individuals
and may be influenced by heaven knows what tortuous
or interested motives nation is made up of indivd
uals but nevertheless must not confound national
with individual lkings and dislikngs individuals may
forgive and forget, nations The memory OF the
Alabama and Bull-Run Russell will make millions of
unborn Americans gnash their teeth with rage when the
faings of Thad. Stevens and Andy johnson shall be
entirely forgotten
Let it not be imagined that America bears no enmty
against England, and has inclination to fight her,
because she does show any great desire to do SO at
present. This country is rather in unsettled state
at present the national debt is heavy the finances are
in disorder and the South is not constructed but one
year may bring wondrous change especially after
SO good a harvest the present one America, like
Ireland would have everything to gain and nothing to
lose by fighting England She would become possessor
of this entire contnent would become the great mari
time and manufacturing nation of the world and above
ALL she would by foreign war, and especially by war
with England coaesce the Earring factions that threaten
her with ruin and anarchy, and that will destroy her
unless some great outside pressure destroys them.
The fact is, that in almost everything we have the
inside track" of England All we want is to be in
a position to begin. We shall be the basest and most
recreant people that lived if we do not make the
most of those advantages which almost seems had been
decreed by special Providence We shall have the
sympathes of almost every nation under the sun; and
let be assured we shall have their deepest if
prove up to the mark in this the hour of trial
Let us lose no time There should be Circles wher-
ever there six Irshmen their sympathizers In
pushing on this great work. man need sacrifice any
thing. Millions of money can be raised every month,
and pay than the price of two glasses of
beer week. Just imagine; if the Irish of America
to pay twenty cents week each it would in one
year amount to NINETY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
sum sufficient to equip and arm ONE HUNDRED THOU
SAND MEN Here is fact the price of two glasses of
beer week each from the Irish population of America
would, in all probability, set Ireland free With one
quarter of the mentioned would be able to begin;
and begun money would flow in from every quarter;
and let add from quarters from which the majority of
people least epect aood come It is for the Irish
American to say how long their motherand shall
be in slavery and how long their shall be
by-word and reproach
The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-31
Written for The Irish Republic.
TRANSPORTATION.

TRANSPORTATION
HE SLEPT SLAVE, AND WOKE MAN.
In the cotton fields of Tennessee,
Beneath the summers slanting sun,
Harold, slave, sat meath tree
When his unpaid long days work was done.
And, somehow, in his darkened soul
Strange dreamy visions he could see,
And hear tread, like drum beat, roll
From feet that stepped out bold and free
Twas the spirit of coming Liberty.
His father was slave, and died
Beneath the Christians clotted whip,
That snapped the flesh from back and side;
He saw the hot blood smoke and drip,
Swung from the lash, upon the leaves,
And steep the flowers like purple dew
But God looked on those summer ewes,
And forth his sword of vengeance drew,
And smote to earth the goddess crew.
His mother was dream to him,
A shadow blent with sighs and tears,
That wept away into the dim
Recesses of his childhoods years.
The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-31

Since then he moved in solemn pace
Filled with grief scarce understood;
Bearing the letters of his race;
Tracking the meadow and the wood,
With crimson paths flushed with his blood.
The softest sound, from Christian lips,
That broke upon his clouded ken,
Were curses, like the snap of whips;
And hate glared from the eyes of men.
Yet often, as he looked above,
His soul, unread in things of earth
Beheld hand trace out in love
The story of fair Freedoms birth
When chainless he would walk the earth.
One night he slept upon the floor,
And dreamt spirit from the skies
Ait outside his cabin door,
And cried to him, be free, arise"
He leaped unto his feet, and saw
The spirit rise on wings of gold;
And while he stood in holy awe
Fair Freedoms banner was unrolled
Above him, FREEMAN, fold on fold.
Oh! Freedom, blest are they who gaze
Into thine eyes, and breathe thy breath;
Their banks glide on thro' golden days,
Till anchored in the bay of DEATH
But nations WOO thee all in vain,
Who'd place thee second in their love;
Within the souls where thou dost reign,
Thourt throned all other gods above
Thou wilt have no divided love.
The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-31
The Cause of Ireland and Universal Liberty


WATERFOWL N. Y. August IL, 1867.
To the Editors of The Irish Republic.
Ss From the frstnumber of your journal the present
ISSUE have watched with interest its articles upon those
topics which most deeply countrymen and
adopted fellowczens and cannot good why
the Irish in the United States should not once enter on
and resoute pursue the of national and political
action you ably advocate.
To those to whom experience is of value useless to
speak. Their numbers, however, very few. We may
safely conclude that the majority of Irshmen this country
have learned valuable lesson from the past and that sg
gestions such find in the REPUBLIC will not prove
entirely improbable.
He who loves liberty and country should be acuaed by
liberal motives and concede freely others the rights and
privileges anxousy wishes enjoy When the late rre
pressbe conflict had become apparent the great body
of the American people had resolved suppress the further
extension of human slavery in this country and parties
became divided the ISSUE then the time for those who
really wanted Ireland Free manifest their love for freedom
by uniting with the party of progress and proving
American people, and to the world that they the true
advocates of universal liberty. But misguided by low
vulgar and unprncpled set of politicians they continued in
the wreched belief that just and right uphold the
of slavery in the United States and the same time
they had the mpudence to advocate freedom for Ireland
thus defeating their object and exposing their
criminal inconsistency and shocking nsncery. That to
give the negro his freedom, would be to place him on an
Intellectual and social equality is such drvelng folly that
it have other effect intelligent mind than con-
tempt for the reasoner and pity for the dupe that believes
it. Had those sefyed leaders been sincere in their efforts
free Ireland and went forth with banners flying in the
of universal freedom the claims they would have had
the American people for sympathy in behalf of Ireland
holy cause would have been irresistible Had the glory that
surrounded the Irish the conclusion of the rebellion
been followed up by such manifestations and actions in favor
of the freedom of the long oppressed African race was
our simple duty to display it would have this day placed
in possession of the British domnions in North America Is
it yet too late?
The political party to which, unfortunately we have
in large degree attached fortunes have always advo
Gated enacted and carried into effect those laws which
redounded more to Engands interest," and compelled to
become her best purchasers than any England could
nave devised for herself Is the Irish lost its duty
to its native land orgeful of Engands cruelty not
to know how to crush English interests in this country and
The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-31
GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE.

The Editors of THE IRISH REPUBLIC will allow
their views the strongest and bodes
with proprey they therefore, they do not hold them
selves responsible for the opinions expressions heading
The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-31
POETRY.

VI Et4.
Written for The Irish Repab
A Chant of Freedom.
Away with means
And slavish groans,
Send up chant of triumph now,
And Irvine laurel crown to wreathe
Around our country's bleeding brow;
Too long she's worn
The piercing thorn,
Too long she in the dust has lain;
Fhe present cries, cold land, arise,
And take your rightful place again"
The knave may sneer,
The coward fear,
The sluggard shrink from strife and toll;
But count them not as Erin's sons,
Those spurious sprouts of Irish soil;
Their souls are steel,
And cannot feel
The pangs that rend our nations heart,
And in her cause come woe or veal,
Their craven spirits have no part.
But earnest true,
She looks to you,
Who'll for her sake all dangers brave;
Who'll grasp the victor's fadeless crown,
Or fill the hero's honored grave.
No paths between
The red and green,
Our land no triple party knows;
But nurtured on her breast are two
Her faithful children and her foes.
The foe is strong,
And fierce and long
May be the contest for the right;
But like the Cid,* our warrior dead
Shall strike beside you in the fight
Work well begun
Is almost done;
Our cause must not again be lost,
For, reused by centuries Of wrong
Each Celt should be himself host.
The clanking chains,
The racking pains
Our brothers bear in dungeons vile,
The lofty words, like flashing swords,
Our martyrs spoke for thee our isle,
Shall whet our steel,
Till tyrants feel
Beneath their yoke we'll rest no more,
And God will bless with grand success
Our sacred strife for native shore.
Hurrah hurrah!
For right and law!
Spread to the breeze the Green and Gold,
Upheld by the unconquered Gael
Ger keep and castle as of old;
The land is ours
Her towns and towers
Should never float foreign rag;
In dust, then fling the hated thing,
And hoist instead our dear old flag.
OUTS, Mo. UN
mt chronicles tell that the Cid Ruy Dias and his
warriors arose from their graves to fight for the hon
Written for The Irish Republ
TRANSPORTATION.
HE SLEPT SLAVE, AND WOKE A MAN.
In the cotton fields of Tennessee,
Beneath the summers slanting sun,
Harold, slave, sat meath tree
When his unpaid long days work was done.
The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-31

chronicles tell that the Cid Ruy Das and his trooI
of ghosy warriors from their fight for the honor
SPAIN
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4 PLATFORM.

LOYALTY TO the Union OF the STATES:
FIDELITY 10 the Constitution in its true
extent and meaning: Obedience to and
maintenance Of all laws, State and Ma
tional, eonstitutionslly enacted.
RESISTANCE to Tyranny, Usurpstion
and Oppression, Of u man or many T;
and 10 all encroachments upon the rights
of freemen or Of States, OF upon the just
and Constitutional prerogatives Of sny
Department OF the State o. National
Governments.
RESTORATION Of disfranchised citizens
70 all rights and privileges of which they
have been disseized.
PERPETUAL ASSURANCE 10 the colored
race Of all the rights Of freemen.
No REPUTATION by State or Nation
Of any honest debt.
No ESTABLISHMENT Of Military Des-
potisms, no enthroning Of martial law,
no suspension Of the writ Of Habeas
Corpus. no Staying Of citizens by Mill
tarv Commissions, no lettres de cachet'
in time OF peace.
Observation-Disclosures Of the Military
to the Civil Power.
No STANDING ARMIES Of States in time
Of peace.
APPROVAL Of the efforts Of the Presi-
dent 10 prevent the humiliation Of civil
liberty by the revOlutiOnizing Of the
Government, and to restore the Union Of
the States; and of all that he has done
10 defend the Constitution and to main
tain the rightful supremacy Of the civil
law aud charity and allowance for
what he has left undoue or done amiss.
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FROM NEW YORK.

New York, June 13.-A decision was
delivered to-day in the United State;
court, dismissing the writ of habeas
corpus in the case of P. Heinricks,
the alleged Prussian forger. The prise
ner was remanded to the custody Of the
United States marshal, and will be held
TO await the action of the executive au'
thorities at Washington on the question
Of extradition.
The ram Dunderberg, in her trial trip
for speed yesterday, made sixteen and a
half miles per hour. One mile vas run
in four minutes and two seconds, with a
screw working ffty-four revolutions I'M
der seventeen pounds Of steam. She
leaves for Europe in about three weeks.
Brazilian dates to May 2Sth, state that
the bo~mbardment was kept up, and new
works were being made. The Brazilian
troops, under Baron Hervsl, had crossed
into Uruguay, and were ready TO con-
tinue the march to the Upper Parsna.
A fiotiIls was being equipped in Malta
Grassa for an attack on the Paraguayans
in that province.
The revolution in the Argentine re-
public has ended. MontevideO was
closed against vessels from the Argentine
ports, and communication was forbid
den throughout Uruguay.
The cholera prevailed to some extent
along the South American Atlantic sea-
coast.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-06-14

Correspondents Of the New York World
The lawyers Of this city [Richmondl
seem q be in a fog as to the meaning Of
some of the most important provisions
Of the bankrupt law. Whether this is
the result Of iDcapacity or q device 10
swell the list of appointments cannot
say but their Interpretation OF the law
80 far as it relates to forced bankruptcies,
is producing much uneasiDess and appTe-
hension. Some Of these professional
lights maintain that creditor can force
his debtor into bankruptcy, even where
there is no disposition 10 defFaud, and
where the amount of property Is vastly
in excess of the Liabilities OF the party.
Such a course would be ruinous to thous-
ands. for a forced sale of property at such
a time, when the offerings will be so
vastly disproportiOned to the means of
purchasing. would iDhict an unpaTdona-
be wrong upon the honest and solvent
debtor. II q man with fifty thousand
dollars worth of property, owing five
thousand dollars, Is forced into bank
ruptcy in such q state of the money mar
ket as now exists, his whole property
would scarcely bring a suttciency TO dis
charge that obligation. The law, in so
far as it sweeps cut Of existence all the
stay laws passed in the south, involves
danger to many, and can be rendered
peculiarly oppressive to a large class of
debtors who, with q little time could
easily meet all their obligations. Volun-
tarv bankruptcies viii, Of necessity, be
vefv general throughout the south.
Lawyers here, and elsewhere in the
southern country, have already on file a
large list of applicants, and the number
will increase daily, as the dull prospects
ahead reveal TO them the impossibility
Of meeting their obligations by the usual
means. 1t is impossible for business
men in the present PROSTATE condition of
TO pay any old debts. The most
rev can do now is live, and this many
them hndi it exceedingly difficult to do.
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LATEST
BY
Night Dispatches.
rvrsrrns A.socrArrD PRESS nrronrs.l
FROM WASHINGTON.

WAsHINGTON, June 13.-The case OF
Surratt was resumed this morning, and
the list OF talismen ordered yesterday
was called and several excused.
The National InEeHigencer says it has
authority for stating that the cabinet has
decided that the military officers in the
south have no power to remove state Of
icers.
In the prize fight at Aequia creek to-
day, between Collyer and Barney Car
son, the latter was declared the victor at
the sixteenth round. Collyer was badly
punished.
Judge Londee to-day, in the criminal
court, fled a motion to set aside and
vaeate the Judgment for q new trial in
the case of Sanford Conover. The argu-
will be heard in about ten days.
An order was issued to detain COnoyer
in this city.
The p~ostofice department has no in
formation whatever of Interruptions to
the mails in the district Of country, nor
near the scenes Of alleged Indian hOstil-
fifas
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urnuurAr corroN
We find the following 10 an English
Review. Has this cotton ever been in
$500 c

We find the following ia an English
Review. Has this cotton ever been in
trodueed into tH&nited States?
The cultivation Of cotton has recently
become a favorite speculation in Peru.
The soil and climate Of the coast valleys
are well suited to its growth, and the
quality is excellent. The quantity OF
land available for cotton cultivation is
immense, and the profit has lately been
such as to tempt capitalists into this
branch of agriculture. Peru NAV
therefore speedily become a valuable
source of supply for England. An i'm
poFtant service has lately been rendered
by Peru to India, by giving it the true
Peruvian cotton plant. Peruvian cotton
has long been known in India, but the
species introduced came originally from
Brazil, and was grown in, and adapted for
a hot, most climate, The native cot
ton OF the Peruvian coast valleys had
never been tried. On a dry soil il Is
found to succeed admirably, and as it
possesses a staple wen longer than that
of New Orleans cotton, il may eventu-
ally render England independent of fu-
ture supplies from the American states.
and We shall obtain an article Of first
rate quality from our own great depend
eney. Considerable excitement has been
caused in the Madras presidency by this
opportune discovery.