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Shall We ApOlOgizef

"What the American people oppose 10 the
Democratic party are the theories ana mates
which preceded and which have survived the
war. That the Republicans have done all that
they might have done to mollify those feelings,
We certainly do not say. They have not done
all that we wish they had. "-Harper's Weekly
1t is hard to know what else the Republi.
cans should have done. to mollify the hatreds
of the South. They restored to the whole rebel
population the right to vote. and to all but
few of the prominent leaders the right to hold
Office. They have not confscated q dollar OF
rebel property, or punished rebel for his
treason. They have given them back the abso-
lutte control of the States they labored SO hard
TO take out of the Union. They have ap-
pointed ex.rebels to Office, and removed the
disabilities from every one who would consent to
ask it-even of those leading traitors who had
been exempted from the universal amnesty
accorded to the great mass of the Southern
people. We can conceive nothing more we
can do to "mollify" them than humbly to
apologize for resisting their efforts to destroy
the Government, and beg their pardon for
abolshing slavery. Is this what Harper's
Weekly regrets that the Republicans have not
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urave Lynchers!

u;,e with one OF our exchanges in the
.h., a wholesome check has been given to
uO aa.nerste band Of ruffians who have 30
r.. ,.ten the execution of the law into their
h,nds by the brave resistance made by one
NcDoy.Lp CHEEK, in Jail in Brookville, Indi-
80. for murder A mob of seventy five men
broke into the Jail few nights ago, and COM
mepeed firing revolvers and lunging crowbars
!, him in his cell With a small bedpost he
knocked the ringleader on the head, picked up
the pistol he dropped in his fall, and drove the
whole cowardly crew out of the Jail. They
scampered across the country. bearing their
dead ringleader with them. The Cincinnati
Gasette's account Of the affair says that sew.
sral of them lost their way in tho timber and
cornfelds, and were seen by farmers residing
in the vicinity. at daybreak, with scared faces
and soied garments, not in the least resem
bling the fearless, daredevil sort of fellows
they imagined themselves few hours before
Among other instruments with which they
proposed to '::vindicate the outraged majesty Of
the law" was, as you might expect, bottle OF
whisky. We know nothing of the merits OF
this criminals case, but it would be desirable
if all men arrested and imprisoned in Indiana
had his pluck, coolncss, and strength.
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This gentlemen is now on tour through the
South, engaged in the duties of his office. We
have tangible evidence of his speaking a good
word for the circulation of the New NATIONAL
Era, for which he has our thanks. Mr.. Lo-
aURS earnestly urges upon the colored people
of the country the Importance Of taking and
reading newspapers, and shows his apprecia-
ton of our efforts to supply food for the minds
of our race and the friends of progress by com.
mending this journal. In the campaign now
ensuing our journal will be found valuable,
from the fact of its reaching many of the lead
ing and thinking men of the South. We shall
endeavor to clearly set forth issues involved
in the impending struggle, and promise to
manfully and firmly defend the right. The
New NATIONAL Era should be in the hands of
every reading colored voter in the South pub.
iished at the centre or political influence,
enjoying the confidence Of Republican leaders,
ii cannot fail to be useful and desirable me.
dunn through which to reach that element in
the South upon which depends the safety and
strength Of the Republican party in that
section
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To AabOring Men.

1t IS plain that man with family can
save much out of Sl.5D per day, but he NAV
possibly cut of some expense that is useless
there are scores OF lab0ring men who use to-
bacco. This does not benefit any man. It in.
Jures him; and it costs not less than ten cents
day taking it for the year This is S36. so
per annum, or 1896 80 in ten years. But with
the interest added, as it would be in our Bank.
1T would be 1926. The interest alone amount
ing to Sl2S.5O. Why should a man whose in.
come is small waste this large SUN?
We call upon every man who has family to
save something, if it is but one cent a day.
Let every man put into the bank all he can
spare. Because
lst. 1t will save him from spending it for
useless things, which he would do. very likely.
if it Was in his pocket
I'd. 1t will be in safe place. and itself earn.
ing money for the owner
Sd. 1t will accumulate little by little, and, if
added to constantly, will in time, make the
saver independent.
4th lt is little safety fund against a rainy
day, or a day of sickness
Let every man open an account at once with
the Freedman's Bank
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Aentucky's Negro LAWYER.

FROM me Louisville Courier-Journal Of Nov 2,l
yesterday che innovation upon the old tim.
customs aud prejudices of the Kentucky b,r
which was begun on Monday in the exami,,
ZION OF \. Is. Harper and George A Gr;f6tbs
ooth colored, as TO their fitness for the nractic.
OF law In the State Courts. was conspmms,eS
oy tneir being licensed aud fully admitted 70
Sne Gar " tnlS state. They had passed a very
~ eAanin atlon, and were cOmplimeuted
NC uuSes on the manner ia which they az.
quteed themselves, and it is predicted bv tbe;r
lriends that they will reflect credit mon tbe;r
race Oy the ability with which they will fulsl
tue uuties OF the profession. They have imam
gurated new dispensation, the dignity nj
"hich III is incumbent upon them To un6old
ana we do not think that they will receive ,,v'
Ihlng out the klndest treatment from the wbits
members OF their profession.
george A Grlfflths is from Dayiess countv
M"e.e ne neid the appointment of Storekeepsr
I .he revenue Department, but has been on
10y !" Louisville Tor ,eyeral months past. lie
Is sara 10 possess considerable propertv in b.
vless, has shown some ability on rho 60
ana Is regarded rs very intelligent man he
VIII return 10 Greensboro 10 commence tho
Pracuce oil his profession, and being well and
iaVoraoly known to the citizens of that vic;n.
10y, VIII start on his new career under suob
tar auspices that the chances are ali in favor
VI HIS success.
n. II. Harper is from Detroit Michigan II
IS said that In his youth he showed a f5ndpes.
Tor books, and acquired knowledge by dint of
perseverance aud industry, surmounting obsta
cles which would have daunted many of the IL,
doient youths of the present dav. He nart;.
cuiarly affected music, and devoted b,msaIf -
us study until he became good musician and
successful teacher. Messrs Tripp & Linto,
nave now in hand for publication an anthem
composed by him. He commenced the studv ne
law In Detroit in 1869, under the jnstruct;o1. ~
george IL. Penniman, Esq, giving up the work
10 which he was then successfully engaged Vi,
the organizations of chors and musical associa.
uons. lie came to this city last year. and has
organized several musical classes and choir,
uere. de did not, however, relinquish the study
OF the law, but pursued it with the yigor and
success that marked his Efforts in other drec
tons, and the result of his labor and per,e-
verance was witnessed yesterday in his admis
sion TO the Bar Friends of both colors svIn-
pathzed with his earnest and praiseworthv am
btlon, and rendered him kindly assistance
Ihe successful attainment of his object BY the
honorable means he used to secure it, l. .
laborlng to merit the position To which be a,
pred, not only is highly creditable to himself
out should serve as AN example to the Young
men OF his race, who may learn from him thai
reward follows labor, And respect is accorded
to merit everywhere
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The New York Tribune defines free trade to
be scheme invented by the merchants and
manufacturers of Great Britain to get rid of
their surplus goods That country has more
of the products of its manufactures to sell than
are wanted by its own people. SO free trade
was devised to induce other nations to buy
them. 1t sent out its own agents and subs-
died others here to persuade Americans to
abandon home manufactures and buy Of it.
Now all they have to do is to persuade the two
millions of operatives engaged in American
manufacturing establishments, and the farmers
who supply these establishments with $780,
100000 worth of agricultural products, to
abandon the whole system and rely solely on
Great Britain to supply us with cotton, wooden,
iron, and all other fabrics. Then the work
will be done, we shall have perfect free trade
The wages of the workingman will be reduced
to the ten-cent standard, half our working
classes will become paupers, and we shall be-
come dependent upon foreign countries for
every comfort of life, with no money to buy it
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Lieutenant Governor Dunn.

Oscar j. Dunn, the Lieutenant Governor of
Louisiana, who died in New Orleans yesterday,
was at one time slave. Thirty years ago his
owners published in the New Orleans Picayune
the following advertisement relating to hun
Sire Dollars Reward.-Ran away from the
subscribers on the 23d November last, the
negro boy Oscar Dunn, an apprentice to the
plastering trade. He is of grille color, be-
tween 20 and Il years of age, and about Eve
feet ten or eleven inches high. All persons
are cautioned not to harbor said boy, under
penalty of the law. Wilson d Patterson,
corner Of st. John and Commerce streets"
To day this fugitive negro, for whose return
FIVE dollars was offered, is mourned by every
good citizen Of Louisiana as an honest capa-
bic, and faithful officer, who has been stricken
down in the midst Of an honorable and useful
career. He raised himself to the position of
the second officer in the State by sheer force Of
q powerful will, eminent talents, and indefati.
gable industry. After arriving at mans estate
he conceived the idea of securing bis freedom,
and, if We are not mistaken, saved sufficient to
purchase It. While battling for the possession
of money to secure the boon of freedom he be-
traysd great anxiety to acquire an education,
and in time realized both OF his favorite ambi.
tons. Some years later he entered into bust
ness in New Orleans, and being what was styl led
a clever negro, Of sbstemious habits and indus
try, he won the respect of the whites, and accu.
mulated large property, estimated at nearly
two hundred thousand doilars.-Balt,mor
American.
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Mr.. ATKINSON, the great free trade cham.
pion OF Massachu sets, is a cotton manufac.
tarer OF that State, and has accumulated a
colossal fortune in consequence of the protec.
tive policy which has proved of such benefit to
the country Having made his pile, (if we
may use an expression more forcible than
elegant, and become so strong as not to fear
foreign competition, or so rich as to be indif.
ferent to 1t, he is now clamoring for its over
throw. The efforts of the Southern people to
build up manufacturing interest, and the diff
heulties they must encounter till they become
strong enough to walk alone, is matter of no
consequence 10 such men as Mr.. ATKINSON
and other free trade advocates They have
mounted their free trade hobby, and will ride
il to the death. wherever and over whatever il
may run. Mr.. A. is a representative free trade
man. theory is of far more Importance with
them than the welfare Of the country or the
interests Of the people,
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~ nsea haVe secured places L has hes, u Ell.
,ne system established bv lsvv al ., 49,
| -. 'hakng appointments, or the e,,I, os.nO.u
"Ho recommended for Govsrn,,..s u sHOS7
persons not sufficiently well 80 tos'',on'
personally or who give letter. ;n',u. " mem
characters OF othce-seekers. wi,bort eus
sense OF the grave responsibility wb;oh spo JPo'
course devoiVes upon them. A civil seN-
a., "Ilcu can correct this abuse ia mnoh
DESIRED. In mercantile pursuits. the t,,itn uon
man who gives a letter of recommends; Issues
lrlena 10 enable him TO obtain credit fr,,n
granger Is regarded as morally responsible 60.
'"o 'i.FSrlty OF his friend. and has ability f.
49, ,''s ooi igauons n reformat0ry law yhieb
wv" eaiorce this principle against aU in.
oOIsers ot persons Tor public place would ssen-,
H'ea' caution M making recommendations
sanitary iesson has been taught rho cara
,uss anu the dishonest public servant in n,
- "a Tuuhoer OF Prosecutions aud conyie,jon,
OF the last two years ''''''o"'
IL Is gratifying to notice the favorable ,h..
m"'cn mas taken place throughout the conn,so
III orluglng to punishment those VIZ -,
Plo'eh recreant tn the trusts con63a5 ., 81,
anu IN eievatlng to public Office none hm, ,has
VINO possess the confidence of the booas,
'ne virtuous, who II will always be fonn3 80
they live u"''! III which
'"ess'ge 10 congress one wear aoo
lrgentiy recommended a reform in the c;vii
service OF the country. In conformity with that
Congress in the 9tb section g
VI act making appropriations for supdrv civil
= Po"'es oi the Government, and for other mr.
'oses' approved March }. 1871. gave The n,
essary authority to the Executive 20 maze,
aee civil service reform. and placed nnon ~
ne responsibility Of doing so. Under tbs a,
horlty OF said act | convened board Of cen
lenen, emnently qualified for the work 10 de-
use rules and regulations to effect the nasdad
e,orn' Their labors are not vet complpte bnt
Is believed that they will succeed in dev;sins
plan which can be adopted to the grea, 49,.
i sne Executive the heads of Denertmsn,.
no members OF Congress and which will y.
ound to the true interest Of the public sary;rs
rial. '''' nave isir
1 have thus hastily summed IN the operator.
tue government during the last year and
lade such suggestions as occur 20 ms 70 D..
roper Tor your consideration. submit ,be,n
I t confidence that your combined action
III De wise, statesmanlike. and in the be.t IN.
sreSts OF the whole country.
Fen L. S. GRANT.
rNtoUr'VE MANSION, December l. 1871.
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Capt.in O. s. b. Wall.

the delegate elect to the Territorial Legislator,
from the Second District, was born in Richmond
county, North Carolina, and in 1887, when 8
boy, removed to Southern Ohio, where he re-
ceived q liberal education among the Quakers
of that region.
, In 1853 he settled in 0berlin, and soon be.
came known as all active worker in the anti.
slavery cause, and, especially, as an operator on
the underground railroad, his proclivities in
this latter direction finally securing for him ac-
commodations in the Cleveland Jail as one of
the participants in the noted Wellington res
cue case, that took place during the Admins.
tration of Franklin Pierce.
After the rebellion broke out. and when the
Government had adopted the policy of enlist
ing colored soldiers. he was employed bv Gov
Tod OF Ohio to recruit c)lOred troops, which
duty he performed with so great success that
on the recommendation of the then Postmaster
General Dennison, ana other prominent Ohioaus,
he was commissioned captain by President
Lincoln, and was the first colored officer of that
rank ever commissioned by the Government
lie was assigned to the l04th L. S. g. t., and
served in South Carolina.
AT the close of the war he was appointed
sub Assistant Commissioner of Freedmen's
Affairs by General Saxton to do duty at Charles.
ton, where he remained until the spring of
1866, when he was mustered out of service.
subsequently he was appointed by General
Howard a civil agent in the Freedmens Bu-
reau in this city, and continued in this service
until the spring of 1869. at which time he was
appointed Justice of the Peace for the Dis.
trict of Columbia, and was designated, also,
rs one Of the Police Magistrates of the city,
which positions he filled with credit to himself
md to the satisfaction of the community.
In the recent campaign for the election of
oil - n II
dominated by the Republican party of the
second district for place in that body, and,
though determinedly opposed by portion of
lis own party, was elected at the polls.
His past success in the various positions he
las filled, warrants us in predicting that he !
Will ably represent his constituents in the new
leld of duty to which he had been called
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IT has been discovered that JAMES M. LEACH,
a rebel member of Congress from North Caro-.
lima, is q member sin good and regular stand.
ing. of the Ku Klux Khan of that State. Ex-
Governor HOLDEN, who was impeached and
removed from the gubernatorial chair by the
Ku.Klux Legislature for the crime of being a
Republican, and who is now one Of the editors
of the Chronicle, expresses the belief that
every Democratic member of Congress from
the South is Q member of that blood stained
aud reasonable band of outlaws. We have no
doubt that his opinion would be fully justified
il the facts could be ascertained. This is a
matter which demands the very serious consid-
GRAFTON Of Congress- If they have secret as
sassins among them, as all members of the Ku.
Klux Khan are in intent, if not yet in fact, the
sooner they are expelled therefrom the better
for its good name.
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WHILE the United States are diminishing
their debt at the rate Of one hundred
millions of dollars a year, and have paid five
hundred millions Of the principal since 1866.
the debt of every other nation in the world ex.
cept England, is steadily increasing. The deb,
of France is three thousand millions of dollars.
the annual interest on which is one hundred
and fifty millions Of dollars. The debt of
Great Britain is four thousand millions of dol
lars, and is no smaller than it was at the close
Oh the war with Napoleon. The debt of Aus
u'a' Germany, and Russia are all growing
Digger year BY year, and Spain is iu still worse
condition There is not one of them that ever
expects TO pay any part of the principal of the
debt. twill remain perpetual lien upou the
industry of the people. Gripping their epepies
il not entailing upon them life Of povsrtv
Whs, baseness to complain of our burden,
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Buffers DUTCH GAP CANAL.-The Rich
mond Enquirer OF a recent date says: Dutch
Gap Canal is now an object rot only of his
torlcal, but also Of practical interest, TO every
traveller down the James river. Until quite
recently the work was supposed to have been
failure. Butler made the necessary excays-
ton, but was unable TO turn the current of thu
river sufficiently to render the canal useful
The surging food of last October removed the
difficulty, and now steamers and ships Of the
larger kind may pass safely through It. Work
men are now widening and variously improving
the opening, so as to secure benefits perma-
nently. IL may surprise many of our readers
who have not looked into the matter closely, to
know that the canal seems only forty or fifty
yards long, and when il is fully completed yes
sells will pass this short distance instead OF
being compelled to make a curve of seven
miles, as formerly.
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THE New York Tribune has at last opened
its battery upon Secretary Boutwell,. II has
threatened this attack monthly for the last year
or more. Mr.. BovrwELL is friendly to Presi.
dent GRANT, therefore his financial policy,
though advantageous to the country and ap.
proved by the people, is discovered to be all
wrong. He did not dispose Of the. $500 900 900
OF bonds in the right way. 1t is true that the
people will save, in the end, $A 900, 900 by the
operation. But then that very fact makes it
more Objectionable to the Tribune, because it
serves to increase the popularity of the Admin
stration. If Mr.. Boutwell, would commit
some great financial blunder which would bring
disgrace upon the Administration. and defeat
the prospect of Gen. GRANTS denomination, he
would have been a model Secretary in the es-
timation of that paper. But he won't play into
its hands by such an official crime. and there
fore his policy is denounced as unwise and
ruinous--to somebody. 81
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-" Country folk" the London Spectator
remarks, believe London to be sink of
malaria and iniquty." AS for the first, it is
lone of the heslthiest towns in the world. and,
but for one or two districts, might be the
healtbiest In England" So, too, in regard to
criminality, contrary to the general belief,
figures show that its habitual and suspected
criminals are as in 784, while in such towns
as Bath. bennington, Scarborough, and Rams.
gate, the proportion is in PIT, and, in what
are classed as agricultural towns, it is l in
ABB. In the eastern, midland, and southern
couatries. the number Of criminals is usually
twice, and occasionally four times as great az
in London. The rural villages are usually
considered e..homes of ideal purity and piety,
yet, in comparison with them, London is twice
as innocent, twice as healthy, and about 400
times as charitable. This superiority in aims
giving seems to indicate corresponding extent
of pauperism, but benevolence, it is to be
remembered, is more thoroughly systematized
in London, while in the country there may be
a great deal Of want and suffering with very
inadequate relief.
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We see it stated that the visit of Hon. X. B.
ELLIOTT, the able colored member of Congress
from South Carolina, to restaurant in this city
so disturbed young man sitting at the next
table, that with much indignant comment he
left the restaurant Subsequently Mr.. ELLIOTT
ascertaned that the young man was employed
in the Treasury Department, from which,
upon representation of the case, he was
promptly dismissed. And it served him right,
If the story be true, only his name should be
published.
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Trustee King to Speaker HuIse.

We ask the attention of our District readers
to the letter of CHARLES KING, Trustee of the
Schools for colored children, to the Speaker of
the House of Delegates, printed in another COL
umn. Mr. KING presents the matter clearly
he is lawyer, and has no doubt as clear con-
ception on the matter of the law regulating
our schools as any other man in the District of
Columbia
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ALL WIS would have the reason why Urr.r.s
,. GRANT should be renominsted and re-elected
70 the Presidency clearly set forth to the colored
people of she South, will do all they can TO
sxtsnd the circulation of the NEW NArIoSAL
ERA, through the columns of which the arsu.
msnts in favor Of the aforementioned con.
summation will be adduced. 4a
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The East Ha6dam Mass Advertiser
says there Is lady in that town over eighty
years of age, who during the last two years
has quilted twenty bed quilts, one of which
had 1916 pieces the Others averaged over
5000 pieces. She has also during the same
time knit over 800 pairs of mittens, aud don,
her own Homework. Nearly all of the sboy.
articles were given away.
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Mrs. Woodruff has asked the Cleveland
Herald to print the following The day the
social speech was delivered in Stenway Hall.
Mrs. Woodruff spent three hours with Henry
Ward Beecher, who went through the SPEECH.
line by line, and he said that its high moral
tone would do honor. to any pulpit
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ALI. interested in the enlightenment and ad-
vancement of the colored people of the South
will assist in extending the circulation of the
New NATIONAL ERA