The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-08-22

LEAVENwuRrH. July 3I.-Grn. Frank T.. Blair
addressed an immense meeting here tonight Ills
speech was principally devoted 10 the action oil tn"
Radicals ia regard to Reconstruction aud the ne
cord OF General Grant. lie charged that Grant
had changed his views on the subject OF reconsirnc-
lion. having AT the close Of the war urged an i'm
mediate admission OF the Southern congressman
WAsurNGroN, July 3I,-The annual statement of
the Post Office Department will show AN alarming
dchcit, amounting Ia SS,ObO,uOO Tor the past year
-. JoHN's. y. H., Aug. IA strong anti-union
meeting was held at Yarmouth yesterday. Resoin-
tons Nere passed expressing Indignation At the re-
fssai OF the Imperial Parliament Ia redress The
wrongs III Nova SCOTIA. aud threatening L" iaAc
high handed measures 10 secure the dc'iNerance OF
the country from lis present position.
TELEGRAPH AINEs.-The British House of Com
mons has by u very decided vote declared in favor
ol purchasing all The Geographic lines IN the King
dom aud operating them 10y the Government
This will cheaper messages very materially. Com
munication by mail or telegraph shonld support II
self only, aud should not DE a source OF revenue 10
either the Government or individuals. Ca this
plan Is the American postal system, and We believe
the British also. Telegraph lines should be con
Quoted ON the same principle and I England
takes possession OF the wires the United States
will follow suit. ILen we shall have instant and
cheap communication with all portions OF the Re
public.
The Tunes Richmond special says at the Demo-
cratic ratification meeting on Saturday night Gov
ernor Vance declared that what the ContedeTacy
fought for would be won by the election of Sey-
mnur and Blair. Governor Wise. while supporting
the nominations. denounced as a falseh0Od The
first Tammany resolution. which alleged the rebel
lion TO be dead. He declared that the principle of
secession is more alive than ever. He especially
supported Blair, because be had promised Il revo-
lution.
In the Senate. tue credentials OF William i.
White. appointed TO succeed Senator Johnson IRON
Maryland, were presented and be was sworn in.
Specials To the morning papers say that several
politicians. bolters from the Tammany Convention.
and some dissatisfied with the nomination of Grant.
are rYing 10 compel seymour to withdraw OF,
failing in this. 10 endeavoT 10 enlist Chase or some
other prominent statesman as n third candidate for
President. Shouid Chase refuse, Chas. Francis
Adams is pronused for President. and Samuel Cary.
OF Ohio, for Vice President. The Convention is to
be held on August 9Th. in Pittsbutg or Cincinnati
The leaders of this movement are said 10 embrace
Lew. Campbell of Ohio. Gen. Fremont. sam. Cary,
and many participants III the old Philadelphia Con-
ventIon, two years ago.
The Fourteenth Amendment.
Proclamation from the office of the American
Secretary of State announces that the Fourteenth
10 the Constitution OF the United States
has been ratified by the required number Of States
that is TO say. three-fourths of all tie States in
the Union-and has therefore become part and
parcel of the organic law of the land. Tiis is the
Amendment which the South so contemptuonsiy
rejected when 1t was first proposed. 1t provides
that all persons born or naturalizcd IN the United
States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are
citizens of the United States and of the State where
they reside no State shall make or enforce anv
law which shall abriige the privileges or immuni-
ties of citizens of the United States that Repre-
scntstives shall be apportioned among the several
States according to their respective numbers. but
when the right of any class To vote is denied. the
basis OF representation shall be reduced ia proper
ton that all persons who. having previously taken
an oath as a member of Congress. or as a member
of %ny State Legislature. or as an Executive or
judicial officer OF any State, to support the Consti-
tuition of the United States, engaged in rebellion,
shall be ineligible to office till the disability is. re-
moved by IA vote of two-thirds OF Congress; that
the public debt shall never be questioned, and that
neither the United States nor any State shall ever
assume or pay any debt or obligation contracted in
aid of the rebellion.
Two of the States which had ratified this amend
Ohio and New Jersev-have at
tempted to rescind their action. but without sue
cess. 1t has been decided by the Executive De-
partment that Il State cannot take back an assent
once given To a Constitutional Amendment, and
very properly. To admit such a right would be TO
acknowledge secession in its hroadest and most
comprehensive sense. III a State might withdraw
Its acquiescence in a proposed Constitutional
change in n year after it had given ii in, it might
do SO in ten or twenty years afterwards. The
principle could not justly be limited by time. Mr..
Seward, therefore. acted very properly in refusing
to return to these States the notifications which
have been filed in his office.
by his proclamation. as the authorized officer,
the Fourteenth Amendment TO the Constitution has
become a part of the Supreme law of the land.
To il must yield all State Constitutions and laws.
If there should be a conflict. We have a law upon
orr statute book which denies to Cinnamon the
right TO testify in any case in which a white man is
The concluding line of the first section
q. the amendment covers this case. 1t reads in the
text as follows: No State shall make or enforce
any law which shall abridge the privileges or i'm
of citizens of the United States nor shall
any State deprive any person of life, liberty or
property without due process of law. nor deny to
u1y person ,cjthja its jurisdiction the equal protec-
Of its latcS."-1ha.
California Items.
The United States steamer .Sulcdnee. which sailed
july 9TH, from Victoria for Alaska. was wrecked
July 9th. on an unknown rock. in Shaldwell Pas
sage, twenty-five miles north of Fort Rupert. A
large hole was stove in her, near amidships, caus-
20 her TO sink. but not entirely under water.
CaptHoper thinks a portion: of her stores above
water maYxSaved. and probably her guns. No
lives lost
CRrELTY.-Joseph JofIan,,t v was arrested on a
charge of cruelty to animals. by piklng a fowl
while it was alive. has been fined $40 for of
Tense. 1t appears to be the rule rather than In
exception, TO treat fowls in this barbarous manner
in the markets of this city. The only excuse onere
for it is, that the fowl is plucked with more cas-
while alive. and that the body presents a bette
appearance afteTward.
UNPAID LEITERs.-lt is estimated that there are
on an average. about $50 letters without stamps o.
them dropped into the POStonice in this CITY ever
week. The young Mems Christian Association
! have been sending these letters forward to thei
destination. with a tag attached stating by WHOM
they were sent. They have in several instance
been rewarded by the recipients of these letter
. III :. =.