Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-03-30
The Present and the Future.

V
 ''It is fashionable" says the Atlanta
 n yie% o s pps a sly y,vs 9H''sTay which thrcateil to bcfslp the future of this ''Tie'S The 'SSonstituihueast tA,ks that the .present generation is smdke to be pit lied than posterity, btcs& posterity Twill not have expefienceAthe benefits of free eovernment, whhs this genera tion has. This generation of Ameri- cans was born free, but it will probably die in bondage"
 Posterity will know nothing of free government, except as a historical rem iniscence,, unless it asserts its preroga- tive of governing hself, on the princi- ples of right and justice, under the form of government established by our fathers, and guatanteed by fhep fo hs.
 So far as it could be doiie by constf- tutional compact, it HHssbccn broken down, and instead of Tnfsplitting that form and system QYerninGnt 10 our posterity, we Impose upon tlfema des- potism of theimest odi GUS e chafacteT.- The government of the fathers of the Republic has Been destroyed, i, and in stead of being citizens of a.aonce sfrec govel'hment,'w haseIieeomeusubjects ofa releptless, despotis9 .,and our.chil- drcn, are being born under: this system and will be reared and educated s'ili ft and be taught to believe that it is the best Governmentsen eaRb,g They will not know better, by, experience, and consequently will not have to endtire what i've serfs wlio once we're free hhve to suffer; for tho memory of the Hcc past is ever before our minds topturing us with the blessings which we. have sacrificed and which we hayc retreant- ly thrown away, never to be again eii- joyed. ,s if' fsf9ui lR.aast3 Saiba.si
 gThcse arc8ig gloomy reAeetionss but they arc such IS the present condition
 of the people of this country suggests to every retlcctihg mind. We may be able to maintain the semblance Of. free governmcnt, but,as all but the name have been saGgifceds there is but little more to. lose.
 -l'f '' l ililldl a. l..s.a .s. Ill.li12l sf1agqg Bsss- It islfoahd het-to be, s,rac tiealae to enforce the h,nkrnptl law ,ationee Senator Anthony therefore introdnced a proposition to-day, suspending its operations except in the matter Of ap- pointments under the act. ihtirJdne |. The matterwas referred to tlIef,Judiei- ary Committee, where a bill is pending, transferring the appointment of regis I ters under the act from the Chief Jus ticc to thc District Judges of the Uni l. ted States 5as tisl9 :8gs yie.s,s{,ye
 ge~ A Vera Cruz correspondent says fhe most formidable body of horselnen known in Mexico fon many years has been organized and placed under Me jas conlmand, and should the hattie Drove a liberal defeat, it will most probably be urged into a disastrous
 route. On the other hand. if Maximil- ian is defeated, his ocayalry will suffice him for desperate attempt to cut his way to the Rio Graude, where he will take refuge in tlie United States. < hg" The lferala's Charleston. g. C.. correspondent says mass meeting of Icitizens, irrcspettivc'of color, was held Ethere last week. There were only about fifty whites present. Judge Moore, a white man, presided. and i negro acted as secretary. The meeting wis tlccid- edly Radical. Resolutionsfclaimine the suffrage anfl,the right to hold oiliee tor the cotored men, opposing large land 4 moNepolics and calling for a revision
 of the State code and feoranization of the courts were adopted.
 Esg~ Beverly Tucker. whois proscrib-
 ed in the United States. recently trw- l.eled from san Luis Potosi to the city of Mexico, and was robbed five times.
 ss3r Ex-Senator Foster, of Conneeti- cut, has been nominated as Minister to Austria, in place of Mir. Motley, re- ] -sinnnl and Cnr.an ininl.tnl -l-I