The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-04-09

Gated from all its industrial social and polite cal met
a pssp S s @ S p S9a sPe
At arSfP rs the Northern people and their
Toconstfuctlon, bsioysd that the thir eonth amend
abolished Slavery and ali It's Incidents And SO Il did
in my Judgment If it had been construed according TO
finally ovsrbornS e cumulative proof o. depth
ReS TRe 81 fs o hSh 5 al Us d 1
needful for we'll as Southern brethren The
Of Congress called the Civil Rights bill passed Is pas
gdpse @ me- would have PLACED the ballot In the hand
wel as Georgia and Virginia But despite the logic
tutionai compuiOn sgsinst Georgia and Virginia which
ess e sSn1 8S @ d%d DeoDe SSS S %
United SItes, the whole ot southern laborers
power despite the horrors Of the war which would
ultimately break ont again # these le6oIers should be dis
and so construed that would not secure the baotho
in the Northern States
a. Il was deadly ana suicidal constructon il degraded
tution Distinction between sovereign citizens and sub
envoeiess voesies Under seh ope
could the industrial and political ystemsof the South be
e words people" and citizens" said Chief Justice
bSney, bd ~, ARE synSnSSns ana mean me $ same thing IN
publican government the States, end pledged tho
judicial to guarantee obedienes to the Injunction II
munities which no State could Violate Il would seam
that the citizens might no, under the @gis of
this country to the other tho equal in political
declared in eEpicit language that the people
ordained it, that they shall hsye .Topresontqtyos"
powerful aud conclusive PROVISIONS ana intentions of tho
the who had composed ana proclaimed the
Decaraon OF Independence, and therein
fore had soomnly pledged Their lives fortunes aud
fend and MAINTAIN 6at pS years TO de-
The argument to accomplish the suicidal work sim
n gR
which, while commandng that the people shall have tho
nevertheless suitable qus6cnion OF voters such as
s states % mp % on the OF % inc most
conyenie nee adopted SUCH was perverted and trans
word qualification ched from its ordinary
1sres ig defined n e and by
really implied onya process of preparation by maturity
education or length oi residence tomeihinE Which the
citizen could attain to with reasonabe effort ana time
but ell the while consistent with the constitutional rule
of republicanRm and equality.
put hrough tne uctlon placed on TINS word Qua
preme. Under the pretence OF qualifying and fitting the
and destroy ectors bey could annihats ho consa
ency of the National Government AND silence the halls
Congress Worse still, they could make Republican
rule OF qualification for one class OF the people and their
and their posery They could subject the feeble to tho
African perhaps German or Irish, or Monsoan Descent
to some other favored race, arbitrarily nexoraby and
they had ordained power which might some political
conyusion some Southern State subject the white
This rule of construction counter revolution
,ersiye of the vital ideas of the American system
novel as it was incongruous and destructive II had
people and Of G1ited States [ne osr
% n9 ah S the esa et
i been established by supreme judicial decree that
for The country the fifteenth amendment has disspated
glory the war It realizes oVer poetic Ss
"As some tall cliff, that lifts it's awful FORM
Sons af M s sa, a1d % %dS 1ns the
Eternal sunshine settles on its head"
Whatever may haye been our indviduql. perhaps our
ZENITH exalted. we can no begin TO unfold, in all its
Quar- OBJECT is % soe the ppobe
4 hS Ss Of is a
by our fathers Il has been embraced by ourselves,
tlca crusSie enSh finished 5 aud prepared We
oG y MSheT the equality S
tGS es S and law or is mot
in which the experiment NAV be begun aud ex-
P o %s S s Hs % by all 1.-THE the
the highest types Of the human race alone We start
created equal have thrown our PORTALS Wide &c open
d Se oprod as naTS al to
our sovereignty. We must take them as they come
s hS u pq 9 n
hs aAsR 5 nS
that human nature cannot endure sslf-govarn-
:
rne tSG Mh f ali d m
privileges and nmenities Of citizens believe the sol
diers win hail ,helr return with upanimous aceaia
of qnimosites and regrets it national struggle
repotei, with glorious memories ZEN and results Tell
foe in battle arrsy-always fellowcouutry
nations Of the earth our united msrtai power There l.
exaggeration in the statement that own oont
nent-nay. the the neghborng isles
in cause can confront and repel every possible
combination OF hostile power;
Constrained by events which human sagacity could
avert, we have waged American civil war-enied it
without trace of conquest without the niction of
cept the concession of liberty with all its blessings
May not the men like those in whose presence now
stand we'll exut in srch war Tho pages in which its
will gnazed the records of the ages not alone as
%Sy 5 ssd but for the spirit
struggle the enduring verdure of national hfe liberty
and fratsrnal peace.
After the General had closed the band strucl,
up Hail Columbia, after which General Sheri-
dan introduced George III. Boxer, ESQ. Seer
tary of the Union League, who read the follow
ing poem of his own conception
MIR. BOXERS Poem.
Turn as may in search Of worthy themes,
To iii with lie the poets solemn dreams
Some hint from Rome some retrospect OF Greece
Some some thought Of hancel9t & an and .ll,ro .Guin,eyero
Or those grand echoes that forever flow
From Roland's horn through narrow Roncesvaux;
Whose Pahn ame f iumnssd s tn" crusaders Ianao
Or that strong purpose which unclosed the seas
Or when the love lock and the oose.eroppod crown
hs Mass or poured eT pragsra flock
Upon the breast OF Plynouth's wintry rock;
eaded the the sons e again
Those splendid themes so sacred to my youth,
aG9 ar9as o fRRSy tRsy Tf IN be esS E TRUTH
That light the Of these heroic days;
With scorniui finger turned the historic page,
D6 sqh s h9%ga an R@ Els aI sy
S2Gght til smile oeTran E his sraf s,Sfpas Eis fTOwn
Machless in grandeur, product OF cyuse