Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-02-11
THE EVENING STAR.



WALLS NEW OPIRA HousI. -Beneas of
Stage Manager H. B. Phillips, this sveninE. on
WHICH occa~ion VIII be performed, FOR the nrst
time in Washington, the new drama, "Oar
@Mutsal Friend, or the Golden Dustmau,"
dranatized from Charles Dickens LAST great
novel. The indisns now IN this city viii be
present. -...- "a =. - ~
NATIONAL rHrArrR.-Mrs. Il. W. Lander in
Faces " .-.rt II T---s. s.si o.. Z s.sfs .14l
MKTzKRorT HALL-Young Folks Concert OF
Professor Fox's musicai and patriotic festival
OF beauty. by 400 young ladies Of Washington,
In costume this evening .aE .i.F .r7
NEW MARKHr HALL, Georeetown;--Pro-
night. 80 800 49,
ODp FrLLows' HALL.-General O'Neiii fthe
hero of kidgeway) will speak tins evening
Abundance free. Et.rf- q
CuUKcH OF THE ErrPHANY.-The vestry O,
the neu Episcopal Church of the Incsrnatioa
are making strenuous EFFORT TO complete their
the elocuuonary and m usical soiree to be given
this evening. February n, in the lecture room
of Epiphany Church. we are pleased to learn
that MISE Juliana May is to sing some favorite
selections. Those who attended the previous
entertainment wIll be graiifiea to hear uother
series OF readings and Rotations of like artistic
merit. 8. .F". Ut. -
THE SOUTHERN REPUBLICAN ASSOCIATION
:. HdmtHon Opposes tie Sterens Plan Of Re-
e0nSThehoH--On Saturday evening, the busi-
ness of the clerks NJ ting at Union I,eaeue
Hail having been hurried through in ORDER
tnat Governor A. j. Hamilton, Of Texas, could
denver an address before the Southern Repub-
Ilcan Association. they having also rented the
Dali The speaker was Introdu ced by General
wilson, chairman of the clerks meeting, who
suii occupIed the chair. .. p. -
Governor Hamilton spoke for some time,
contending that no State had a right 10 exclude
any class of people from using the elective
tuition of the United States, which guaranteed
10 every State republican form OF govern
ment. The people would sustain Congress in
enforcing tins. 1t was Congress that was timid
not the people. Under the proposed constjtu
uonal amendment the Southern States couId
olsfranchise as many as they pleased, and the
only penalty prescribed by Con- ress was that
they should only have representation accord
ing 70 The number of actual voters.
Inc speaker said he would throw up hrs bat
DiRner than ever before il old Massachusetts
would take the initiatory step In voting down
the amendment. He did not intend to make
war on Congress. but unless they would pass
a law providing that every loyal man twenty
one years of age should vote, w he had not been
convicted of GRIM the time would come when
they would have it Kissed in their ears worse
than nest of yipers. The loyal men OF the
South wanted no such prOtec ton as that of tAe
SWORD, held by pampered BE- whIskered brig
adler general. Military men were very good
in war; they were an arm eli the Government
to execute the will of the people as announced
by Congress He was willing to ackne Wedge
thar Zen Grant was a great man. and deserved
all the honor that had been shown him. but he
did not deserve TO sit IN judgment between the
speaker anG those who had driven him from
his home and now kept him away 1.-The who
slept AT Mount Vernon could be resurrected
night, the speaker was not willing thar be
should mold all the people at the edict of his
voice. People talked about Andrew Johnson
being an usurper, but he had ne yer vet entered
upon such fearful experiment as that: but IL
Congress should pass the reconstruction hill
now before them and the American people
should weigh Congress and Andrew Johnson
tine end OF the scale which held Congress
would 90 down and Andrew johnson would
had
reconstruction bill fer eighteen months, and
Taking as lightly over 10 as they would about
reorganiZlng the municipal government of
washington, and he belle ed they had devoted
as much time TO that as nything else Andrew
Johnson was, by the Constitution Of the Uni
TED States, Comm lander in Chief o the army
ana navy, and would have command OF the
Drgadler generals who were placed in the
Soutn After the close of the rebellion Gen.
Grant was cent down South to examine the
country and make q report He made trip of
a lew days, came back. and reported that
everything was lovely and the goose hung
h1gn ana At that very time the speaker was
writing 20 the President that everything was
not lovely and the goose hung low. Military
government This trouble in the country couId
never be settled unul every rebel from the
hlgnest 10 the lowest be marked with eternal
lniamy. Ii al the close a number of the lead
ers mad been executed for treason, ten thou
sand smaller ones would have fed the coun-
Try, and there would have been peace to day
The reconstruction bill now before Congress
carefully avoided and was meant to avoid
setting aslde the rebel State governments, and
the country to-day owed General Banks
oeot OF gratitude for his speech against it.
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