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We wait with good deal of curiosity to see
whether the conviction of Hawkins ia Utah
will prove the death-blow TO polygamy 1t was
meant to be; or, indeed, any blow at ALL Bv
an odd legal within, the scales of Justice in that
muchmarried community are placed, not in a
blind woman's hands, but 10 those Of wife
whose eyes are sure to be either crooked with
jealousy or love. As man can be indicted for
adultery only at the suit Of his wife, the dec.
sion In Hawkin' case has introduced a dilemma
OF exceedingly nice proportions into every
family circle. Every FIRST wife sits down to the
breakfast table this morning with the proud
consciousness that she can oust at will the
whole detested lot of her husbands afhnities
from under her roof, Sarah did Hagar; but
with the slight drawback of the fact that her
Abraham goes with them for no man will be
likely to return TO the sweetness of loves Young
dream for the eldsrly lady who has condemned
him to fine or imprisonment for three or twenty
years. After all, there was perhaps no practi-.
cable recompense for the Mormon FIRST wives
but that of this possible revenge the affection
which has stopped over into q dozen unclean
ways cannot be legislated back into its frst
fresh fountain. 1t remains to be seen in how
many cases resentment will induce the wife to
give up the small part she yet retains of her
hold on her husband for the sweets OF ven gesnce
The number, we suspect, will be small. The
woman who has borne day after day contact
with her rivals in her own house, 10 not likely
10 pluck up courage to'wage publie fare
against them. But the law will be Q ter ibls
weapon in the hands Of young wives n fu are.
whose territory 10 threatened with inyaston.
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The Assembly.

John Y. Grdley has declined to be longer
candidate for Assembly. lest his running should
give our best district TO the adversary. His
card will be found in another column. Mr.
GrIdley has by this act--which was entirely
bis Own-achieved new claim 70 the confidence
aud esteem of his Repu blcau friends.
We were under apprehensiOns that the Re-
publicans, though strong 10 numbers. would be
weak III talent this winter in the Assembly, and
We rejoice in being able TO chronicle the nomi.
nation OF Frederick Douglass in the Rochester
district. Mr.. DouslaSs had the misfortune to
De oorn slave, but he has nOby worked his
way up from ignorance and debasement TO en-
inence and honor. AS Horatio Seymour ia
likely to be in the next Assembly, We ought TO
have at least one thlrou Shly competent and
ready debater on the kepu5 lean side !; and
Mr.. Douglass 10 suoh man. Doubtless, here
will be Others, but hardly one so widely aud
50 favorably Known as be is.
Gen. Funk. soldier OF honorable record,
the candidate 10 the XVIII Assembly D strict,
is opposed by James Irving, Tue legislative
bully Of last winters not0rety, for whom no
decent man can vote, and by liquor-dealer,
who could only have received the nomination by
mistake. Hadn't the District better get on
without any more Of that kind?
Robert Il. Strahon, of Newburgh. is again Q
candidate, aud last winters record, not less
than his service in the Foley Injunction case.
Is his title to re. election.
Staten Islanders ought to elect David ".
Judd this time.-N =. TribtBs.
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A CoLoRED LAwYER.-In st. Louis or
Thursday last an unusual scene was enacted in
the Supreme Court of that city, 1t being the
earoling as lracticing lawyer Of the State Of
John Il. johnson, belonging to an old creole
family Of ST. Louis. The motion for enrolmen
was made, strangely enough, by A. J. P.
Garesche, bitter Democrat and Secessionist
during the war. In his remarks to the Court,
Mr.. Garesche uttered the following words,
which are quite notable. coming from the
source they did: But while l will maintain
ever the distinction between political and so.
cal equality, shall necessarily deny that they
are synonymous terms, but the law has granted
to the people Of color political equality, and
however | may depreciats the manner in which
it has been brought about, still it is an
accomplished fact, and do honestly believe
that lasting, thorough peace will never be
secured, or real harmony obtained, until d
cheerful ac9uiescence is giving to the princi.
ple." Mr.. johnson is said to be talented and
highly cultivated young man.
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The following resolutions were adopted at a
large Republican gathering held in Oxford N
c., October 9th, Our correspondent at that
point justly deprecates such appointments as re-
ferred to in the resolutions:
RESOLVED, That We do not regard officials,
either State or national, as good Republicans,
or as friendly to the Government or as favora
bic to the peace Of society, when they besto
the patronage Of their Offices upon ku Klux
Democrats or their sympathizers, when the
friends of the Government are willing and aux-
ious to fill those places.
Resolved, That We commend to the law.
abiding and peacel loving people of the State,
without distinction OF party. to denounce this
dangerous organization, Gas certain distin-
guished Democrats have recently done in their
correspondence with Judge Bond y and to place
themselves on the side of peace and order
against crime and disorder.
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Thanksgiving.
By the President or the United states or
Ameriea-A Proclamation.

By the President or the United states OF
America-A Proclamation.
The process of seasons has again enabled the
husbandman TO garner the fruits of successful
toll. Industry has been generally we'll re
~arded. We are at peace with all nations. and
tranquility, with few exceptions, prevails at
home. Within the past year We have 10 the
main been free from ills which elsewhere have
ath cted our kind. If some Of US have had ca
lamities, these should be an occasion for sym
pathy with the sufferers, of resignation on their
part to the will of the Most High, and of re-.
joiclng to the many who have been more
favored.
|, therefore, recommend that, on Thursday,
the thirtieth day 81 November next, the people
meet in their respective places of worship, and
there make the usual annual Acknowledgements
to Almighty God for the blessings He has con
ferred upon them, for their merciul exemption
from evils, and invoke His protection and kind
ness for their less fortunate brethren, whom,
In His wisdom, He has deemed it best to chas-
tise.
In faith whereof have hereunto set nv
hand, and caused the seal Of the United States
to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this twenty.
eighth day Of October, in the year OF
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
SEAL. and seventy one, and of the Independ.
ence of the United States the ninety
sixth. U. 5. GRANT.
By the President:
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary Of State.
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There is needle factory in New Haven
where the whole process is done by single
machine without the manual labor Of any
person. A coil of steel wire is put in. The
machine cuts it Of at the required lengths.
Ii cuts the steel pieces consecutively punches
the eyeholes, counter sinks the eyes, and grinds
the points in fact, does everything, until the
needles drop out completely formed.
The world etiquette means 'in due order"
although in its original French it signifies a
ticket or card. 1t appears that it was once
the custom in France, on occasions of ceremony
or festivity, to distribute among the guests
tickets containing an outline of the proceedings
and directions for the conduct of the company.
II everything was done properly, it was said to
be according to the ticket Of etiquette, hence
''in due order"
--Abolltionists were not tolerated in the
South 10 1850, Union men In 1860, nor r, pub
loans in 1870. Ia 1871, we are teaching these
people something OF the grandeur Of Amti lean
citizen hip. There are such things Is th free
exercise OF political action and the free uttss-
anes u political opinions
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Another "LOst Cause.D


The two charges on which the Copperhead
Democracy seem mainly to rely in their war
against General GRANT, are that he bias 50 ac-
cepted costly presents from his friends, and
appointed some Of his relatives to Office. But
they did not think General MCCLELLAN any
less entitled to the Democratic nomination for
President in 1864 because he had received
"costly presents" nor have they ever breathed
q word of censure against him for accepting
money from his friends to enable him to visit
Europe and reside there for years. Nor were
they any the less ready to accept General
SHERMAN as their candidate, until he declined
the honor, because he had received costly
presents from his friends.
They are careful to conceal the fact that
General GRANT has received no present from
any source since his election to the Presi-
dency. Coming out of the army poor, as he
entered it, few of his coIntrymen expressed
their grateful recognition of his priceless SER
Woes to the country as head of our armies dur
ing the rebellion. The amount was only few
thousand dollars, while the English people
presented the Duke Of Wellington over two
millions of dollars after the battle Of Water
loo. And yet his services to England shrink
into comparative insigni6cance by the side of
those rendered to his country by General
GRANT.
The clamor they make over the undsputed fact
that, not being an in6del, Gen. GRANT has ''pro.
vided for his own household" by appointing some
Of them to unimportant Offices Is as senseless,
and contemplate, and inconsistent as the others.
1t 10 not claimed that he has appointed any
relative who is incompetent or undsssrving, or
that one Of them has proved dishonest. And
until they can show that he has disregarded the
question Of character and fitness in the selec.
ton of friends for Office they may howl them.
selves blind over his alleged nepotism without
making the slightest impression upon the peo
pie, or bene6ting their own rotten and infa-
nous cause.
In no way can the Democracy pay higher
compliment to the integrity, fidelity, and abil.
ity of President GRANT than by the confession
they make in the character Of their warfare,
that his position 10 impregnable. 1t is in fact
an admission that he has honestly carried out
ell his pledges to the country, economically ad-
mnistered the affairs Of the Government, and
faithfully consulted the best interests Of the
people. 1t is as really an abandonment of the
contest in 1872 as the policy recommended by
certain dependent organs OF the party, which
is to make no candidate of their own bat adopt
anyone the sore.head Republicans may place on
the trsck-like ChiefJustice CHAsE, j Judge DAVIS,
or Senator TRUKBULL. Until the Democracy
can invent some other objections to Gen. GRANT
than these they may consider their cause
lost
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Miss ANNA DICKINSON delivered her lecture
on "Dsmagogues and Workngmen" to a very
large and intelligent audience at Lincoln Hall
in this city, on Friday evening. In this lee
ture Miss DICKINSON has undertaken to show
the tyrannical character Of Trades Unions, and
their Injurious influence upon the working.
man himself as we'll as upon the general
industry of the country. The lecturer started
out with an exposure Of the bold and false as
sumption of Trades Unionists, that only those
who labor for daily wages in the shop or on the
streets are workingmen in the proper sense of
the term, and that all others are the drones OF
society, living on their labor. She asserted,
what no one but member of the Unions or
demagogue of the smallest kind will dispute,
that In this country, at least, the whole people,
rich and poor. high and low, are as much
workers as the day laborers, and that most OF
those who have achieved fortunes have done it
by hard, unremi,ting labor for much more than
eight hours day. Physicians, lawyers, ministers
editors, chemists authors, geologists, botanists,
manufacturers. merchants, clerks, tradesmen,
and every other class of American citizens are
workingmen as really a. that small minority
who constitute the organisations known as
Trades Unions. And yet they are all olassed
aud treated a. encumberers Of the ground, hav-
ing no rights which " Unionists" are bound to
respect.
Miss Dickinson illustrated her position, that
Trades Unions were bsne rather than bless.
ing to workingmen, by the fact that according
to the constitutions Of the Trades Unions"
a member whose labor Is worth but S. week
must receive $40, while one whe can earn $50
week shall receive no more. If such man
attempted to work outside of the Unions at such
wages as he could earn, he was prevented by
the organisation, even at the expense of bis
liie if nothing but his assassination would &C
complish their purpose. The indolent, unskil-
full. and dishonest workman is placed on a
footing of equality with the most skilful. in
and faithful. The bad are leveled
up, while the good are leveled down. 1t is
not the purpose, therefore, Of the Unions to
produce better class Of workmen aud to re-
ward each one according to their merits, but to
destroy ell who do not become members of
their arbitrary, tyranniosl, and illibsrsl com.
,instion.
This contest which the Trades Unions are wag-
ng, that the few may profit at the expense of
he many, 10 not contest between labor and
spital, but between the labor Of the masses
nd unskilled labor Of the Union monopolists.
This 10 the conclusion .. which Miss DICKINSON
rrives as to the practical operation of Trades
Unions, and it is for these reasons. among many |
theirs of less Importance, that she has declared
'sr against the brutal tyranny" In this
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W. ]. HARDlN.-By letter from Denver, COL,
We learn that this gentleman has returned from
q successful tour over the Territory, and that he
will soon give the public the benefit of his OBJ
servations through the columns Of the Nsw
NATIONAL ERA. Mr.. HARDIN is an energetic
and untiring worker in the Interest Of his PEG.
pie, and, having spsLt several years in the
Western Territories, 10 enabled from expert
enoe to speak of the advantase to be derived
from the settlement Of agsisalturists On the
lands Of the Government.
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tune was struck by Mr.. GRIZZLY 10 his New
York speech after his Texas visit. But it is
as wickedly unjust as similar attack would be
upon the Republican administration of Massa-
chusetts or Michigan, and it must prove a
losing game in the end, though it will un-
doubtedly do much temporary injury to our
cause South.
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The ElecfiOns-vIctOry!

The result of the elections held on Tuesday
is gratifying to the friends of liberty aud good
government. Tammany is wiped out in New
York State. The Republicans have carried
Mississippi, Detroit, New Jersey, Minnesota,
Kansas, Arkansas, and Republican gains every
WHARF
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NEW NATIONAL ERA
FREDERICK DOUGLASS, Editor.

Communications for the editorial department should be
I'd dressed Editor New National Era, Lock Box 81"
Business letters from subscribers advertisers should
be addressed to Frederick Douglass Jr Lock Box 81.
This paper is responsible the expressed by
Correspondents.
S5<subscrbeu changing tbsr residences and desiring
TO have the NEw NATIONAL them should
be particular in writing state fully the address
embracing town. county, and State we'll the town
county, and State from which the change Is to be made
Attention this will save much trouble.
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True liberty cons in the privilege OF
enj ying our own ri hss--sst in The Do ,russt0A
Of the ,hts of Others,
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BrsHor j. w. LoaUEs, of the Zion NJ f.
Church, is 10 the city looking after the interest
of the several churches under his supervision
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-05-04
MARY sanford,

"A writer in the Irish Repubkc very
sensibly suggests the pTopriety and ne
cessity of forming new party, from the
existing Irish organizations, on q tenn.
perance basis, He says:
Let Temperance and Ireland be our
rallying cry in future; let the patriotic
O'Donovan Rosa issue a, Rronuncianaentc
against greater enc my of Irishman than
even the Anglo-Saxon-viz., rum.
Let there be circles formed throughout
as the first article of their constitu-
tion-pledged to abstain from the use Of
all that intoXicates, until Ireland is free.
By this means he will secure the conf
denco not only of all good and determined
Irishmen, but also Of Irish woman: and
while the cause of Ireland will be pushed
forward with sober and determined
earnestness. the Irish people in this
country, and wherever such ORGANIZATIONS
shall be formed, will be benefited there
by to such an.extent that thousands OF
happy wlves- mothers and children will
nave reason to bless the man that inaugra-
ted such a glorious project.
1t can be openly extented to Ireland.
anu temperance circles can be established
under the very noses of Cardinal Cullen
and the Lord Lieutenant; and they can.
not surely object to the formation of tenn.
peIance societies. How would the fol,
lowing pledge read in Ireland: II solemn.
ly promise, for the sake Of Ireland, to ab
stain from the use of all Intoxicating Il.
quors as beverage, including all wine
and cider. This would not be a violation
of law, while the pure and patriotic
spirit that brought the idea into exist
ence would still be kept In view"
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-05-04
ROSETTA 3. HASTINGS.

The IDLE MAN.-All degrees of
Incidence incline man to rely upon
others, and not upon himself; to eat
their bread, and his own. His
carelessness is somebody's loss; his
neglect is somebody's downfall, his
promises are a perpetual stumbling
block to all who trust them. If he
borrows, the article remains borrow
ed; if he begs and gets, it is as let
ting out OF waters-no one knows
when it will stop. He spoils your
work; disappoints your expectations;
exhausts your patience; eats up your
substance; abuses your confidence:
and hangs dead weight upon ali
your plans; the very best thing an
honest man can do with lazy man,
is to get rid of him.
Society precipitates it's lazy mem
bers, as water does it's filth; and they
form at the bottom, pestilent sedi-
ment, stirred up by every breeze OF
evil, into riot, robberies and murders.
Into it drains all filth; and out of it,
as from a morass, flow all the streams
of pollution. Brutal wretches, des-
perately haunted by the law, crawl
ing in human filth, brood here their
villainous schemes, and plot mischief
to man. Hither resorts the trucu-
lent demagogue, to stir up the fetid
filth against his adversaries, or to
bring up mobs out-of this sea, which
cannot rest, but casts up mire and
dirt.-H. w. Beecher.
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The DIFFERENCE.-Whe a rakisb.
reckless youth goes astray. friends gather
round him In order to restore him to the
path of virtue. He is sowing his wild
oats. and may be reclaimed and made
shining hight in society. Gentleness and
kindness are lavished upon him to win
HIM back again to innocence and peace
No one would suspect that he had ever
slnned. But when poor, confding girl
is betrayed, she receives the brand ofso-
ciety, and is henceforth driven from the
ways ofvirtue. The betrayer Is honored.
respected, esteemed; there is no peace
for her this side of the grave. Society
has no loving hand for her; no smile of
peace, no voice of forgiveness. These
are earthly moraiities unknown to beay-
en- There is a deep wrong in them.
and fearful are the consequences,
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-05-04

A STRANGE SRoRY.-The Nash
vile Union and American .vouches
for the truth of the story, the impor-
tant facts Of which are the following:
A Confederate soldier went to Brazil
at the close of the war, taking with
him his wife and two daughters
one 10 and the other II years of age.
lie was an educated man, having
been preacher in Montgomery
County, Tennessee but apparently
this was not the sort of ability which
makes man rich in such place as
Brazil, and after while he became
a bankrupt. According to Brazil
ian laws the children of a man who
cannot pay his debts may be sold
as slaves, and the money thus OBJ
tanned is applied in payment of his
Obligations. The unfortunate Ten
nessean had become an naturalized
citizen ofthe Empire, and in accor-
dance with law both his children.
now nearly grown into womanhood,
were taken to the slave-market and
sold to the highest bidder. The
price paid was 5 1900, by returning
which the father can buy them back
again.
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A Minister Stricken with Death
While Addressing the Congregation

The Rev. Benjamin Eaton, first and
only rector of Trinity Episcopal Church
Galveston, was stricken with Death while
standing in his pulpit last Sunday. The
Galveston News, thus describes the al
fecting scene:
He assembled the pulpit. Announc-
ing his text. There is yet room,' all
trembling beneath the weight of his last
message, he referred to one after another
OF the friends of his youth, and the COM
municants of the church that had gone
before. He painted Death entering the
church door, passing up the broad aisle
laying his hand to the right and to the
left, breathing his cold clammy breath
on the cheek of beauty, and waiting the
silver hairs of age. Now touching the
iather, then the son; here the mother;
there the daughter. As the specter 50
plain to his entranced vision advanced to
the chancel-rail. and as he saw that his
time had come, his words struggled for
utterance. He faltered. His weakened
limbs staggered. A gentleman who ad-
vanced to his assistance was waved back.
For ten minutes more he spoke, his
words only audible to those near him.
The excitementsof the audience was fear.
ful. Three times he struggled to con-
tinue, saying: I am very sick, but 7
must say Again he stag gefsd. He
fell into the arms of Mr.. G. B. Hughes,
SIS he raised his hands to pronouce the
benediction. Like Noses, that other
servant of God, he was too weak to hold
up his hands, which was done by Mr..
Hughes. As he said his last words, TO
God, the Father His tongue refused
to speak further; his hands dropped. III.
was carried to his rectory, where he died.
AFFECTING SCENE AT THE FUNERAL.
"A correspondent of the Banner of the
Cross, writes of the funeral:
Seldom has funeral so impress;ve
so beautiful, so sublime, been witnessed
by any community The good man was
buried II the place which he lad select
ed, and which was prepared at his own
direction when the church was built un-
der the chancel floor, at the right of the
alter. The crowd in attendance was i'm
mense. -Four hundred Sunday-school
children filed the galleries-all robed in
white, with black scarfs. When one of
them threw flower upon the coffin,
there was instantly shower of blossoms,
and the grave was filed with flowers.
-Four clergymen, all from distance, were
present, and participated in the exercis-
es-the Rev. Messrs. Rucker, Trader.
Phillips, and Rainey. When Mr.. Rack
er committed the body to the tomb, tears
choked his utterance, and the vast as
sembly wept aloud. The choir sang Sob
bing. The whole church was draped,
the chancel windows covered, all bust
ness In the city suspended, and the bells
OF all the churches tolling.''