New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-01-25

| A1t'savcry soc'sty was saying. / thought some
times Yis fond Sonc oor,erod mo JTo,,ie
Of Representatives, stood In its LOBBY n the morning.,
hcatd s speeches ana WIZ its members That
yifced that man was likely except no occupied very
h.h p9,it9n-that mnn hsd moro immedia,e i1nne.ee
ON legislation live hundred miles Hglu naShiHtton
than nose sitting IN thoe seats Inc kaAo'o a,gy
chamber what he believed a. long ago 1884,. when he
United States Senator. loctured on fuphc
Opinion aud he SAID my principles were right my, my
hel SAID william: you don't know the JOY II gFes ne
TO hear you cay So" Mr. Seward said he could not DC
such fool az To itoutofdoors MI Seward also sad
81 would not mar my present influence my po,luoh
is 20 carry thing forward aud put II INTO law. can
ing the truth OF these sentiments which the people nave
action. think seward might have lot much inferior
! men than himself to do that work. lie mght
| have followed his own convictions; that Would
! have carried the people forward. and Ordinary
men might have done the work OF making we
machine move The speeches made by Mr. seward ~ the
West Just alter Mr. Lncolns nomination. viii iVe ~
evidence That Mr seward ever gaze 81 staesinaihe
! mind All / want 20 say is II men come INTO
S e@ Of the country 80 far we can influence
them hey are 10 put into their platform ana on II pris
must conciiate nobody IL long the weak theory OF
Nj Lincoln thar he had got to cOncate Kentucky and
Maryland Where are they now I We are To concilate
God and justice There other questions for the next
generation fight, and we must do our work well.
COL Tbos " Iurrinson Thought the resolution IN rea,
ton to Cen Grant was rather strong II ne eoa see
Would follow up that chance II every military hero in
the world wa. the other side He said no other man
IN the country had occupied more difficult position
! than cen. Grant had since the war was ended ne
Thought Grant was being educated step ~ step. by tho
onrfu pressure Of his position and his actions had shown
That be- would do h, duty In the face Of all opposition
The Rev. o. Il. rockingham Of New oih Inc nrHt
sneaker. Endorsed the remarks OF Col Hgguson. The
black had gained much, but not all ana lie es'u
tal thing still 10 hc done He wac not morally or III
tcllcctunliy wors than Che days 81 slavery, aS re-
CARDS A- Immediate position individually, as man "lo
oppression At the south there was an ndchno amount
ol waste lands which thc black men ought TO nave te
privilege OF occupying h9nt''Auo upon; ~ ti' o ~
secured, aud could back mp the black meh so lat
they could honestly earn their own hFeboou auu Dy
humc~iruds Tor themselves - "ulr lhch ut lN'u '
black men would t1h' IS lFDy Interest h nbtpua Ntn
local question:, ard herome useful ana influential o.t
We should baca MP every ull'k ui,h al ~ ,v S,'
,n that me- could vote easily ~ we DO, ahd pu3Ac
| opinion 10 support ths was much needed
SIR Aaron A fovt Aoi Sc" lorh 'il' I.'.llIL
ham, remarks. and said should hold 70 yet more
rnrio. we should demand OF Congress the immediate
passage a. "a suffrage law, ana M amendment o the Con
Free exercise ~ thcr rights.
The Convention tAcn adjourned untl y O'CLOCK
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
Tho society was promptly called 20 order AZ the h0ur
designated The first speaker being Nr stephen T. Foster
WHO reviewed tc view, brought forward by tho speak
rf7 90 iLr forenoon d.. lh "Jttt W. 10 fl,s "t Wv
action or of Tho church aud CLERGY on the ques
ZION al slavery Before the var DE communion table
ana TIE auconhlo.s were side y side. The latter hid
| been swept away, bui nor pAillee o. tAa
! clergy Ilr would throw them both aside, AID
| tramplc them ashes under fool. mo chufch oId
] M
rlc0u lie would ltyc woman suffrage and negro sui
a. gr become one great question and Then we could bat
,. ',' iwed b i. VIE Hr- Abby Kelley Foster
vino tpokr supplementary terms - The 5i1Hdad ANA
deprecated TIE action ls she alfgeW oI NE lkhbNE
t, having compromised The negro 30 humorous tires
Tue commute. appointed o. nominate irt oi oll''iH
rrpoted tie old board io rcceclou ANA The report was
NJ Ira stewart az Hopelalc made short address sub
hitting that the interests az Tue black ana white
/ were Identical. and tItf any man Who worked Tor MS
living found ia.h5m i'"u in o.eiS ',om W.T. s ,
Pr,f,..or i " Tooh.y and Mr. Thurston. ~ Whining.
ton followed ana the conclusion of their remarks Nj
PLl. uAs again called Tor and made bri"f speech, he
i rr. rr .et,r.l state Conventions in session Ia,
day souh of Mason and DXons line There arr ria or
ei which have been 900 session Tor some time, ana one
bif ~ Nom ar, cof,po,od of negroes VINO whatever
may have been their education. md themselves for iho
-ste 1t, fir.i,i- Well n is not too much o. say that
each OF those conventions has been prompt and decisive
without any waste oi time. uns every h"urihdustroI,y
calling. % wise should. Tor the best advice they
could 80, mJ1Ins thcir woik OF .lhettdi IlM wiieh
tley worn the industry they display and the re-,
/ suits they have aIrNtu az Vi i n M or. o
M Whit mon forming "a s'ituii0nal Convention IL
Conventions the southern states, and ~ has nothing &"
.b.y A. d. Ed ASHAMED OF its work that IT. own
I r'rfy uron0s,s 10 deny u, right 10 draw ia
/ p,y. on tho ground that II has done nothing
] 4 has dlWdl Il through Tho whole SuWmer.
/ ihe only original speech made III II was made by
George William Curtis thc rights Of woman suffrage
nm. ION of Inc EripI-s STATE ~ Ncy-York u rs
CONSTITUTIONAL Convention disgrace 10 the whte
81 Doe taken sample Of the white race - 100
! per cent below any Of the Conventions Ia the
/ southern states II you have seen the New-York
press VII! De aware that the acton-Or rather non
actiol-fhc ab,utdity OF the acts. the mpossihity 81
expressing decisive opinion on any point exhibited by
their Constitutional Convention has been the daily and
weekly theme OF ie iauf" GU ana country less",
throughout the state. tunk the folks who talk about
the necessity OF edngatlns negroes before thcy
approach l1wnaEinr lad better blot ont the NeW-Nork
constitutional Convention think the last heard OF
sng'n N,1 i te satc with NY friend Mr. Froting
nam think The average common sense OF and the
The NECESSITY ~ getting their bread s sufficient.
and the only Trustworthy ground work of an democratic
government The idea OF referring matters edu-
Gated only alien 10 the theory ~ instu
tons hut event, have shown 10 be an absurd resource
The cOOred showed that toy understood the needs
SoWth n va tbouehf that INV resolution ,ss rather
! hard on Gen. Grant, that the General had
! shown great many decisive actions. No doubt
den af Maine he IN. taken sides rs Sherman Of OHIO he
has obeycd the laws which Irumbu has voted Tor he "a
az good i,epubhca ~ O9hh,g on ne"- 1oh M Is -
Of those for President Of the United States.
good as Conking aud ldmunds and
Fesscndcu. nc l. tt tO be President The negro has
night 20 vote and he keep II ten ytars he make
something OF H. But. in the mean time If e the Re
publican party trading ms rights: II he onehnlf
ready 10 throw overheard n It Will promote their In
orest, lac all the business Of the south at stand
check. and the great civil questions are not decided
man l. brought forward FOR the Presidency whose
opniOus-if he has anyaro 10 20 great way to decide
the policy OF the Government The negro asks what ms
Oh are and big weight IN hls scale VIII guar
anec him his rights forever, while small one may set
his hts aiOat he wishes 10 know II lac may ask what
the candidate thinks and receives a negative an
swer lie asks II there is anybody certain that
he mas got any opinion aud nobody certain. Let ask
that vote Gen Grant, and you may ask me- To
vote for him Twelve years hence when the white race
have been conquered when business has all its channels
opened and cleared. when the has his vote and
nro scussng hours and womans rights then Con
Grant or the Great American Traveller, Daniel Pratt
may have the Presidency. Now, while the
issue remains fluid. the lava II hot, while the
revolution not ended, while are
lust putting increase into harYest-I want 10 know
I wont itTaut-f