The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-11-30

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The Alabama Negro Supremacy Convention
commenced its sittings in Montgomery on the
9th inst It has therefore hen in operation
some twenty-five dsJs The sittings Of the
Louisiana Cop.enton began on the 23l inst,
and IT Il as yet scarcely under full Roadway.
But already white MEMBER has found 1t
necessary to repudiate in toto the violent and
incendiary language Of one Of the organs Of
the Convention ia New Orleans, used in an
article which we reproduce IN another column
The Virginia Convention, which win p-obably
be the most important and exciting Of them ell.
will commence on the Sd Of December-next
Tuesday. The Convention in Georgia has been
called for Monday, December 9. No date has
been assigned for holding the conventions In
the remaining unreconstructed States. Indeed,
1t is no. positively ascertained whether in one
or two sufficient number of votes have been
polled TO authorize the District commanders In
calling the conventions in those States at all.
This is the case with Arkansas, and, perhaps,
with Florida. In South Carolina, also, the vote
is very close, the total showing 80 far only
slight prepOnderanoe in favor Of holding the
Convention.
That wo are justified In designating these
assemblages "negro supremacy conventions"
will be readily conceded by any candid person
who has kept the run OF the proceedings
Of the pioneer oonvocation--the Convention
in Montgomery, Alabama. In that body
the radicals-black and white-have an
overwhelming majority, and they have gone
to work with all the zeal and hot temper of
men who have suddenly become possessed Of
some signal piece of good fortune or have
been magically invested with some extra0rdi-
nary power and influence. Their leaders are
of the tar, pitch and turpentine style Of talk
ers, rabid, prejudiced and ignorant Of brutal
instincts and entertaining an intolerable aver
sion to the white population in the State. The
few moderate men In the Convention cannot
withstand this torrent Of 81. Domingo radical
ism, and are obliged to give way before It or
submit to vile personal abuse and insult
Personal violence has even been resorted TO
for the purpose Of coercing an anti-proscrip-
ton brother into the radical way Of thinking.
Among their first acts was to .onieavor to
abolish the existing Sta.c government-which
is yet clothed win some Of the garments Of
reason and is willing to see justice done the
white race-and erect in its stead government
with Sambo in oil his glory as the chief-the
head, body and soul Then the most intolerant
ordinances were passed, outstripping Con-
gress in the extent of disfranchising white
men. It was even impudently urged that the
Military bill did not 60 far enough in wreaking
vengeance upon the overpowered Southern
white people, but new tortures in the
shape Of confscaion, expatriation and
disability to enjoy or exercise the commonest
rights of citizenship were among the degrading
devices Of these princes of darkness In conven-
ton assembled; and toned down, as some Of
their incendiary and revolutionary schemes
have been, by hints from the central black
organizers In Washington, the leaders were,
according to our correspondents at Mont
gomery, ut last accounts still engaged In eau
cusiug upon those disgracetal measures: At
one OF these ca1cuses threat was made by one
of the leaders that if the majority report, which
DISTINGUISHES all who attempt to defeat the new
constitution by declining to vote upon 1t, and,
in addition, proposes an oath in all future
elections which will practically disfranchise
great number more, were not accepted by the
party, he should himself bolt and use all his
influence to defeat the work of the Convention
in short, do himself what he was anxious that
others should be disfranchised for attempting
to do. The scheme of making the white citizens
pay the blacks for services from the date Of Re
emancipation proclamation is among other pre-
posterous suggestions which this motley assem-
blage has given birth to. But 1t is unnecessary
to multiply evidences of hatred and malignity,
united with the most egregious ignorance and
downright impudence, which the leaders in this
Alabama convocation have displayed in their
efforts TO degrade the white and elevate to an
utterly unfit position the black race Of the
South. 1t remains TO be seen whether the con-
ventions that are to follow will adopt the
course Of this pioneer black radical effort at
Montgomery and subject themselves to an
equal measure Of opprobrium and disgust
Fanny Janauschek. the German Trage.
dienne.
We have rarely seen on the stage more
striking example of what genius, courage and
perseverance can effect than in the case OF
Miss Janauschek, the German actress, who has
been playing for some time past at the Aca-
DENY OF Music. She came to this country COM
psratively unknown and without any flourish