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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1870-06-20
HAMILTON, NEVADA, MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 90 1870

Office, alleging the land described to con-
tain valuable mine or mines, and that
such lands are more valuable for mining
than agricultural purposes. Such afida-
Wits must be specific as to each forty acre
tract described. Yet neither the return
OF the survey nor the mineral affidavit is
conclusive against the settlers for agri-
cultural purposes, who can make and
file a non-mineral affidavit, alleging the
land to be more valuable for agricultural
than for mineral purposes, upon which
he is entitled to file his pre-emption
claim, and upon due notice given have a
trial in this Office as to the truth of his
affidavit; and If the testimony should
then show the land in question: or any
forty acre tract of it, to be more valuable
for agricultural than mining purposes,
the whole of 1t or such portion will be
dealt with as open to pre-emption or
homestead entry. II, however, all or
forty acre tract of such disputed land
should appear to be more valuable for
mining than agricultural purposes, all or
such portion of it will continue to be re-
served as mineral land.
Where the land has been settled upon
and used for agricultural purposes prior
to July 26. 1866, according to the pron-
sions of the Act passed at that date, the
burden of proof will be upon the party
alleging ii to be mineral
AS TO PROVING UP PBE-EMPTIoN CLAIMS.
After the plat of the township has been
filed in this Office, and three months
after the filing of the pre-emption claims
81 =
show a valid settlement, the proofs will
be received at this office. The proofs
must show the settlement, improvements
aud continued residence as before stated,
together with the qualification of the
claimant as a pre-emptinner. When the
claim is not contested, one creditable
witness besides the claimant will be suiii-
eient The proof being satisfactory the
case Is passed for patenting In case
an adverse claim has been filed, citations
will be issued from this Office. and day
fixed for hearing on application.
As TO THE FORM or THE CLAIM.
Any legal division which is con-
tinuous and will block mot cornerj with
another may be taken to the extent al
lowed by law.
NUMBER OF ACRES ALLOWED.
One hundred and sixty acres, whether
in or outside Of the railroad limits, or
any less legal subdivision, may be taken
by pre-empton. When not fractional.
the claim may be one hundred and sixty,
one hundred and twenty, eighty, or forty
acres. If fractional, the party is entitled
to the quarter section, though it should
slightly exceed one hundred and sixty
acres In homestead claims, lands may
be selected in the same form as in pre-
emption, and to the same extent, if out
side Of the railroad limits if inside, then
not exceeding eighty acres.
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LOB PRINTIN al

The News Job Office is now supplied with an
excellent stock Of type, borders, presses, paper
cards, and other materials and facilities for
good job printing. Additional materials are
arriving. and we ask the attention Of our
friends and the public 10 the fact that all
lob printing can be handsomely and expedi-
tiously done at this Office.
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As To FILGNo CLAIMS.

ship --- north, range --- east.
Upon receiving these answers, the
declaratory statement will be prepared
here. if the land is open to pre-emptlon,
and sent to claimant. who can sign IT in
-tha-presence of one witness, aud in
close II nyfAseesed to the United States
Land Office, SnceuINaito, for filing, n
certificate of which will be returned to
the party filing.
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Eatray Notice.

:, AT THE MoNTEZUMA STATION,
1r\ Patterson District. there are one DAP
AZA.PLED GRAY HORSE, with portion
of the left ear cut OFF; one BAY MARE with
white face, white right hind lee, and branded
with square on the left shoulder thus ~,
the forehead and a little white on both hind
feet. The owner have the same by proving
,ef0-gfs julius GoTTL1ER.
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-31

From he LsteiAbVT0 FIRRt{.
WepfbiISh theabove extract "a notice
Of the judges appointment With great
satisfaction, and Teeognize in This appoint.
menfA willingness on the part d Gov!
Stevenson, to respect the wishes Of the
people at large, and particularly Of the
legal profession, as expressed to him, with
an almost unanimous voice, by the large
delegation from this circuit recently In
Wheeling.
Personally, we have only a slight &C.
quatntance with Judge McWhorter, but
the impression made upon US Is most ia.
vorable, md he Is spoken Of, wherever he
Is known, as q thorough gentleman, q man
OF the highest integrity, irrgproachable
morals, great fFmness and decision Of
character, and Of fine ability. We prom.
ise him 4 cordial welcIme to his new
home, and determination on the part Of
our feIow.citlzens, who are as quiet and
law.ablding men as can 10 anywhere
Eound-selfsh misrepresentation to the
contrary notwithstanding-to sustain him
In the Just administration Of the laws,
We are Informed that Judge McWhor'
ter will hold his first court Of Pocahontas
on the LIST proximo.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-31
Minnesota Reputation.

A special to tho Chicago Tribune s'ys
that the ST. Paul Pres publishes cores
pondenCe between Allen Melville, Of New
York, a holder Of a portion Of the rcpu.
dated Minnesota State railroad bonds,
and Hon. B. +. Butler Melville says in
his letter that, rs Minnesota Is rich and
won't pay, and won't arbitratC, and won't
consent to he sued by the bond. holders,
there Is but one OTHER way-have her
sued by another State of tho Union. He
asks Gen. Butler IL Massachusetts, tor the
honor OF tho whole American people, will
accept respectable amount Of the bonds
fol some charitable institution, and make
an example N this great Northwestern
Republic. II she will, no says he thinks
be can procure the gin to be made for that
purpose Gen. Butler replies that most
probably Massachusetts would accept
bonds amounting to one hundred thousand
dollars or over for the support Of her State
charities, and undertake to collect them
BY suing,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-31

TmFehns ee fpierEention scheme Is
lostthSs SrGliiad IS thssd laclal int stigs-
ton proceeds. Col Thurston, d Nash.
VILE, formerly Of Gen. Thomas stat, de
clared TO the committee, Saturday; that
the statements made by the intervention
lists are unwarranted. He testified that
most Of. the alleged outrageS occurred
nearly q year ago; that Tennessee, on the
whole, WINS about as peaceable as any
northern Statc; that every little disturb
ancewaj greatly magntaed, and that, SC
far as he was aware, the stories that Union
men and ex.icderal soldiers have been or
dered to leave the State is utterly false.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-31
Rr11.A1nr. 0 March q. 1s7

... DEsALNA4sAst Wy 4ANsSSeA ~ $500
10 LaG E1lEorS Of LAt IHtGili0meGr:
DEAR SIRs:-Please publish the follow
ing and oblige:
The Bellaife Orchestra Club was organ
lied at a meeting held in the drug store Of
NTcGrcgor & Hoover, Saturday evening
March 20, 1870. The following officers
were elected:
PreNdeRN WIN. Lilly.
VIoe Pfeadtnt-T. C. Hoover.
!SeentGry-B. B. Morris.
TFtdEuFer-A. L. Baron.
Conductor-ProE A.. H Fox.
HE. Waddell and II. N. Hoffman were
appointed Committee on Constitution
and Bylaws VIM. Lilly copyiSt.
Very respectfully yours,
B. B. MORRIS, Secretary.
WI Lilly, President
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-31

TIE WoLvEs-Wc learn that these
pcstiferOus animals are again annoying
some Of the citizens of the Irish corner,
in this county. One night week before
last they visited the farm Of MI. R, D.
Erwin and carried away a sheep. Mr. 2.
informs us that they arc getting quite bold,
and that for several nights III succession
he Inns heard them bowling on the noun
tAins on the south side Of Monroe DRAFT
but short distance from his house.
Greenbrier PtnAix. -.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-31
ia DAY nTETITGENCEB THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 81 l8O
SPECIAL NOTICES.
r ,AUGHLNs ExPEoToRANT

r AUGHLNs EXPEoToRANT sY-
RUP.-Anong the many thInSS required du.
finE thIs unpleasant winter for personal HEALTH,
icptFoRF and EASH this syrup stands among tho
arGe Il has been before the public now fOr IS
yeArl and has given the most entire satisfaction.
All pou6m suffering from COUGHS, COLDS
and HoARSENBSS, should not be without It, aS
It win GGOFd speedy relief In most diseases ofthe
Throat, Chest or Lungs. FOR CRoUP-CAn be
relied on In extreme eASeS. FOR WH0oPING
CouGH-InVasiAbIy gives speedy relief. FOR
SORE THRoAT-Keep the Throat moist with It,
Y1obENFo oUGHs-YIeld 70 itD eonttnueduSs'
Sold BY Druggists EVaeTally.
LEUGHLIN. SMITH & co..
Wholesale Druggists,
lana MAInSL. Wheeling.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-31

JUDgE HARRIsoS.-Wc learn from The
Union Regiatsr that Judge Harrison has
signifed his intention Of removing to
Denver City, Colorado, for tho practice Oh
his profession Green6rier PhGniE.
For the practice Of Ills practice he
should 20 70 Utah.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-31
THURSDAY, MARCH 81, 1870.

CORRESPONDENTS who tril write OF
both sides OF the paper need not expect
to see their communications published
Paper Is plentiful and cheap, but.with u
time and labor are dear. We have mont
of either to spare on correspondents wht
cannot respect the primary rule Of writing
for the pres an Communications writ
ten on both sd d. he 5sheet go to thu
wasts badlasWiittipp gtreaaLng
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-31
Information Wanted.

To TIC Editor Of Aa LatetlIgAOer: :
Our people arc anxious to know whc
Prof F. H. CragO is, and what experience
as teacher he has had! Can you give US
any information? Yours, .as 81.
A FRIEND or EDUCATION,
II our correspondent is suffering fol
want Of this information and will make
his application to the regents Of the Wes
Liberty Normal School, he will doubles
be enlightened. m Y.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-31

TIE election held in Union and Nor.
gan townships in Monongalia county, on
the 10Th inst, to decide in relation q
taking stock in the UniOntOwn and West
Virginia Railroad, resulted in an over
whGlming declaration in favor Of the sub
scrinaon. VA L--- 20 I ..L
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-31

STATE OF WEST WANNA, [,
County, or ONO.

STATE or WEST WANNA, az
County OF ONO.
I, John ]. Jones, Cashier pro TEN. Of the FirSt
National Bank OF Wheeling, do SOlemnly swear
that the above statement Il true % tho best Of my
JOHN J. JONES,
'.i.E.' lar m Cashier pro tenn.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9oth
:. 1T7.t'ri.,ai H, Notary Public.
GRO. K. WHRAT,
mAF3l CHESTER D. KNOX,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-31

HOUSES and room rents should come
down." says the Steubenvillc Herald. A
number Of houses did come down in Sun
days gale in Now York.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-31

r Asst CALL l-PRRsON8 WHO
IL have been furnished by me with blanks
return on Eame to me at my Office, Custom House,
On or before Saturday the 9th day OF April next,
or tho null penalties Of the Revenue laws Will be
enforced.
Odlce hours from 3 TO 5 o'clock, ?. n.
ROBERT PRATT,
Ass't ASs'r Cd Division,
WRRRLINu March % 1870 mAF29
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-31

JOSEPH McPnEEsoS, of Bnxton county,
writes home from Kansas, to say that he
is not deatI-repOrts to the contrary not
withstanding.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-31

srArE OF wEsr vrRoMfA, b

'.F SrArE OF WEsT VIRGINIA, lss
l.r..a.t County or ONO,
LIS, Brady, Cashier Of tho Merchants National
Bank Of West Virginia, at Wheeling, do solemnly
afrm that the above statement II fuO, 70 tho best
Of my knowledge and belief, ~ Il, cut.
DAY Of March, 1870. J. MORGAN,
Notary Publie!
Correct, Attest: ..-,.,..::
J. n. VANCE, Directors.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-31

TNHoSE OF OUR READERS WHO
Il haVO Daughters 10 educate are anxious to
select the most thorough, comprehensive and
hIgh.toned school In which TO do II. We cheer.
fully recommend the Young Ladies' Institute Of
this city 90 being one Of this clAea-beyond q
doubt the most complete In oil It's appointments
In tho State. Here young lady can he educated
to ill almost any position 10 life. Some Of tho
principal features taught arc BelleA'L Letters Lam
guAges. tho art Of Competing, Music, OIL Paint.
Ing, Toleuaphing, &c. In fact, this IL the iDstl:
tuition for young lady to attend to become well
and generally informed.
TIE building Is furnished with oil tho modern
improvements. Time IL nearly Of hand for tho
opening Of tho naxt term, consequently those
who intend sending should mako Immediate up!
plIcation 10 secure admission, and give time for
home preparation. We invite attention to the
advertisement In another column giving rates for
boarding pupils You may possibly SOC falmil:
lar name Hmnng those Of the instructors. -k0edl
tim Of gneNliHg RtgiSttr q AE1rM md.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-31
MARRIED.

"A killing frost has nipped Jimtisk's
military aspirations.
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KRAP-ELD.-Marrh 18Th, 1870. at The n. E
Parsonage In TriAdclphlA. by the Rev. +, Ball
Mr.. RlciiARD KENF and Miss ALICE z, ED, oil
0fWhOGlIng.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-31

WToAEN AND SOCIAL EVILS
w Essays for Young Aen-thO truO cstl
mAte Of wOman-Tths, happipes4 Of au honorable
marrlage-ths fearful soclAL Eyus Of the day
the cause and cure. Sent nee, in sealed enyel
opeg. Address, HOWARD ASSOCIATION, Dos
r, Philadelphia, Pa. ...;...c j, JAn9sd&w
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-31
New Advertisements.

TNOURTH STREET N. 3. CHURCH.
10 The Rental Of Seats In tho neW a g e e!
nom OF the 4th street II. 3. ChufchS M @ = g
place on Saturday, April ID, eomteollctt1 " I
O'Clock, ?. H., and continuing uu154n t u, SS,ti
aFc requested to s. present maIS1sl
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-31

PRANDRETHS PILLS. THEIR
u great value consists In this: They may be
used 90 long as any disease Affects any Of tho or
gans OF the body; and by thus perseVeFng In thsiF
use the disease viii be cured, and the body ~
stored to health, nee from every faint and itnpa'
rity. Their reputation proves their merit.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-31

Dr.. Turner, Of Savannah, Ga., says he has, for
nearly forty years, recommended Brandreth's
Pills a. specific In Yellow Fever; that he never
knew patient to die who took them for this
mGlAdy, being otherwise sound Their prompt
use takes out OF TIM body those matters which
feed the fatality Of the disease. AZ general
hmIIy medicine he considers them tAr in advance
OF all oIhOra and here be speaks from personal
experience Of their qualities. .
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STATR OP WEST VTRGDIIA, loo
COUNTY OF ONO.
|, John Wagner, Cashier Of the National Bank
OF West Virginia, do BolOmnly swear that tho
above statement 10 true, 70 the best Of my knoW'
edge and belief, JOHN WAGNER,
Subscribed and sworn to before me this S0th
day Of March, 1870, TIM. McNEELY,
Notary Public.
J. R. HUBBARD
n. POLLOCK, DlFectOrs.
maESi JAS. MAXWELL.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-31
CHmDRENs LIVES SAVED FOR

4
~ 50 CENTS. Thousands Of Children die
annually Of Group. Now, NOtherS, u Jon would
spend 80 cents, and always have bottle Of Dr..
Tobias Venetian LInIment in the house, Jon
never need fear losing your little ono when at.
tackled With this complaint. It is now a years
since I have put up my Imminent, and never
heard OF child dying Of Group when my LInI.
ment was used; bnt hundreds Of cares have been
reported to me, and many state Il It was $40 per
bottle they would no. DO without 1t. Besides
which, It Is certain euro for Cuts. Burns, Head
Ache, TOOshAchs, Sore Throat, sWelllngt, Gumps,
Collie, Dilrrhea, DysOntery, spasmS, Old Sores
and Palms in the Limbs, Back and Chest. No
one once tries 1t who 10 ever without It. II Il
warranted perfectly safe to take internally. Full
directions with every bottle. Sold by tho Drug.
giStS and and StOrskeepers In tho United States.
Depot 10 Park PlAcs, n. =, mars.d&w
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500 REWARD.
Gravel Cement Roofing.

The undersigned would respectfully cAI Tue
attention Of the public TO our Rooang. when we
claim 70 b an improvement on, me Ordinary
TfavCl roof Il iS dre proof, nonEGpanEtve, non
-iLis no pAtAnt humbug, merely IN improvement
TIE above reward will b. paid to any person
who viii produce o roof put on By NJ which hAs
failed 10 live entire Ratl6iaetIOn.
Ali work warranted for ave years.
Orders nom city or adjoining country will re-
ceiVS prompt attention. II - ,s-.'
MCCORMICK h CLATOR,
ONCE on 9Th, between John and Centre so;;
mar3Ia Wheeling, W. Va.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-31

DEPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
II the National Bank Of West Virginia, at
Wheeling, at tho close Of business on Thursday,
March 2Itb 1870 ..H.i ~
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-31
RADICAL REyoLUTION HAe

"a been accomplished In hair dyes The
horrible compounds containing LEAD, SALT
and SULPHUR are discarded. The leading
chemists implore tho public not to use them, and
Professor Chiffon, whose reputation Is second to
that Of no analytical chemist In America, has
recommended
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-31

DEPORTOFT THE CONDITION OF
N tho Merchants National Bank Of West Viz.
ginia, at Wheeling, .Rt the close Of business on
tho 18th day Of March, 1870.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-31

I CflAtAu0rO'8 EXCELSIOR Hair Dye
as a PERFECTLY INNoCUoUs ARTICLE,
which may be used without fear. Remember, II
Is tho only ono that has been analysed and found
wholesome Its effects arc instantaneous, and
the colon itinpaTts natural ~ 8 tn.rr
CRIsTAD0RoS HAIR PRRSERYATIVR, as
Dressing, acts Ikea charm on the Hair after
DyelnE. IryiLIttN LNr. mar8.d&W-
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-06-11
SHALL 1T BE THE MONOPOLY OF
SAVAGES?

From the n. Y. Sun.
Sooner than the juice of the crushed straw
berries served at the White House to Spotted
Tail had dried on the war-painted jaws of
that savage, and while yet it mingled with
the black and vermilion which menacingly
bar the cheeks of Red Cloud, both of these
men, who have been known to us mainly as
murderers and horse-thieves demand of the
Government fixed ammunition and breech-
loading rifles, and imperiously require that
the construction of uanscontinental lines of
railroad shall be stopped
What is the question, what is the bloody
issue which General Grant wraps with tobacco
smoke, and propitiates with gifts of meer-
schaum pipes candy kisses, and sugared ber-
ries smotheIed in cream? Senator Stewart.
of Nevada, in debate in his place, presented
1t the other day with the vigorous terseness
characteristic OF the public utterances of this
brave and sensible statesman The country
between the Missouri and the Columbia
rivers, said the Senator, lis not only not
open to settlement bat is not accessible to
settlers. 1t Is monopolZed by Iudians by
mountains by deserts. | ask Senators if
they prefer the monopoly of Inaccessible re-
gions, the monopoly Of desolation, and the
monopoly OF batbarsm, 10 the monopoly of
railroads."
That is all there is OF this question.
pptllSu Ian anu lieu l.lblitl- representing Jn6
Sioux and Cneyenues, say that inaccessi-
bility, desolation, and barbarism shall mono
police the existing buffalo range. The genius
of the county demands that the Northern
Pacific Railroad be constructed through the
valley of the Yellowstone. Which shall pre-
vail-the civilized sentiment OF the nation or
the barbarous pleasure of savages too lazy to
til the soil, too proud to change their hunter
iyes, too insolent TO acknowledge the control
of the Government.
IN behalf Of the public interests of the
country, we demand that this most import
ant question be discussed aud settled with
other diplomacy and other Influences than
strawberries and cream. garlanded with hot
house and open-air flowers. The Sioux are
il blood earnest. They mean war if we do
not yield to their intolerabie and preposterous
demands. Is there not spirit enough in this
administration 10 meet the temper of these
warriors IN proper manner? We pray
General Grant 90 spare as the humiliation of
any further effusiOn az cream and candy
upon the peril of Sioux outbreak against
the Governments military posts on the
Northern plains.
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structed government the same defiant hos
tility to the authority of law and the same
sympathy with the organized savagery known
as the Ku-Klux Klan.
The fact that the prevalence of crime or
trayed by Governor Holden is peculiar to
North Carolina, and TO parts of Tennessee
and Texas, is q sufficient answer to the
Worlds statements. Taking the South as a
whole, we believe life and property are now
as safe there as in Northern States There
was period, undoubtedly, during which a
different state of things existed. But with
the completion of reconstruction, and the
restoration of the States to their position in
the Union, have come order, security, and
peace. There are 'high-spirited and reso-
lutte people in Virginia, in South Carolina.
in Alabama, in Mississippi; yet who has heard
of crimes akin to those which are common in
North Carolina in those Statesp Unless some
thing of this sort be found in Virginia or
South Carolina as well as in North Carolina,
the theory by which the World attempts to use
violation of the laws as an argument against
reconstruction falls to the ground.
The pretense that the North Carolinians are
forbidden to make their own laws, and are
denied control over their own government, is
not less fallacious. Some hundreds, there
may be, whom Federal disabilities still rem
der ineligible to Office. But the local consti-
tuition neither disfranchises any class nor inn
poses restraints of which any good citizen
can complain. It's provisions exemplify the
rare moderation and good sense which
actuated those on whom the reconstruction
acts conferred preliminary power
We suppose that the objection of the
World is to the equality of political rights
which the law secures to black and white. 1t
is not that the people are forbidden to make
their own laws, but that one class no longer
enjoys power to disfranchise and oppress
another class. This consideration is potent in
the minds of the old school of Democracy
But it seems out of place in the columns of
the World, which has recently read its party
some very wholesome lectures on the folly of
perpetuating senseless prejudices and tradi-
tions.