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Gates, and indeed declares, that the cause of
all the discomfort there is the refusaltof the
Government to permit the leading and con-
spicuous traitors to hold Office, aud that the
restoration of that privilege to the "most
intelligent, the educated, influential, and really
most useful men" would bring about speedy
peace and order.
But if this OPTION were based upon common
sense, as all experience proves it is not, and as
none but a visionary believes it to be, would it
justify the remarkable language We have
quoted? 1t is a coarse and indscrminate at
tack upon all emigrants from the North as a
chloride Of rascally foreign adventurers"-" the
refuse of Northern cities who went Southwark
after the war-@out at the elbows, destitute Of
character or education" These Ignorant ad-
venturers" are charged with uniting with that
ignorant class which, it sneeingly says, only
yesterday hoed the fields and served in the
Kitchen" in scheme for swindling the in
nocent rebel taxpayers.
Here is plain condemnation Of colored suf.
frags. as well as OF all Northern emigrants,
and very strong indication that great wrong
has been done the intelligent, educated, in
fuenta" rebel people of the South in taking
the control of affairs out of their hands. We
greatly fear our New York contemporary Is
"universal-amnesty" mad and that it is willing
to sell impartial suffrage the right OF
Northern men to go South, and the legal con
troll of the Southern State governments for
this wild, humanitarian chimera of " universal
amnesty" AT any rate, we can make nothing
else out of the extraordinary language above
Tod
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DURING thirteen years, ending June 30, 1870,
the United States imported from foreign coua-
tries dry goods to the value of one thousand
six hundred and nineteen millions of dollars,
or on an average of oversize, 0Uo,e yearly
To pay for this vast amount of goods we have
sent 81 ,6l9, 200, 900 in gold to Europe, all OF
which went into the pockets Of foreign manu-.
facturers and foreign laborers. II the policy OF
our Government bad been one of uniform pro
lection to our own industry, as that of England
was until she had built up her manufactures
upon so firm a basis as to fear no competition,
and by reducing the price of labor, we could
have manufactured all those dry goods and
distributed the money among our own people.
Is that or free.trade and British workshops the
Wlsest polcVS
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LOUISVILLE, May l3.-At a meeting of the
street railroad managers held to-day they
agreed that it was useless to try to resist or
evade the enforcement by the United States
authorities of the right claimed by the negroes
to ride in the street cars. The negroes having
refused the offer of special cars and determined
to insist on riding with the whites, it was de-
cided best to avoid serious collision by opening
the cars to them 1t is likely no further trou-
BILE will occur beyond occasional collisions with
roughs."
The facts above stated show that interest is
at last becoming in the South what it is in all
free society-the touchstone of political action.
These railroad managers of Louisville have
awakened to the fact that they cannot nurse
their own prejudices aud foster the senseless
prescriptions of a community without running
their cars at loss. These men are doubtless
as true Southerners as those who desire to
enjoy the luxury of appropriating an enter
prise they have never paid a cent to establish ;
aud who, therefore, should be satisfied with
receiving, by their ride in the cars, an equiva
lent for their fare without attempting to cheat
the company out of other peoples fare because
these other people happened to be colored.
The scnselessness Of these prescriptions as we'll
as their Inconsistency, is shown by the we'll
known fact that the most beautiful and
accomplished white women sit in Siamese
closeness to the blacklist African to be
found in the land, if the African happens
to be her nurse or her footman; but as
soon as colored person is known not to
belong to the service Of any passenger riding,
all sorts of odors exhale from the imagination
of the fair Caucasian and all sorts of ieRds revel
among the negro's features. And yet we know
that necessity is great teacher in these mat
tiers. 1t is wonderful to see how quickly &C.
ouiesceDce follows legal decisions in favor of
equal rights in the cars and elsewhere. When
fair daughter of the white race has to carry
her prejudices in her feet and walk mile or
two in devotion to them, rather than ride with
negro, the negro may sit and grin out the ven-
geance of an injured victim with the conscious
ness that it will not be long till he will have
bis white sister for q companion. When once
the curly head of a negro pops with exultant
right into the door of street car, preiudices
must yield, or else the interests, the amuse-
ments, and the devotion which await at the end
of the journey, must all be relinquished by our
fair sisters, who are mainly dependent on rail.
road Observation-Disclosures
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In Mr. CUsHlEG's article upon the treaty Of
Washington elsewhere referred to, he states
the remarkable historical fact that no true
English army ever surrendered itself to any
other foreign enemy than the United States !;
but that twice, 10 the war of the Revolution,
and once in the second war, (l6l2,) an Eng
lish general captulated on the field of battle,
and surrendered his forces to the United
States "There is no parallel to this series
OF events" he says, Sin all the numerous
military operations of England in Europe.
Asia, and Africa, from the time of WILLIAM
the Norman to that Of VICTORIA"
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Republican Compliment to South
ern Emigrants.

There is no doubt that the New York Tribune
is honestly and earnestly opposed to the out,
RACES everywhere and every day committed by
Ku-Klux outlaws, and Mr.. GREELEY, at least,
has been unsparing and unceasing in exposing
and denouncing their fearful crimes But his
spirit does not always animate and pervade its
columns upon this subject. He is now in
Texas, and the presiding genius in his absence
evidently lacks Mr.. GREELEY's caution, if not
bis sympathy with the loyalists. We, therefore,
End in it an article upon the Southern situation
which seems admirably designed, though posi-.
bly, not intended, to palliate these Ku-Klux
outrages, and to encourage their continuance
by furnishing arguments to justify them. What
other constructions can fairly be placed upon
such language as the following being the in
PRODUCTION to the article alrd lady referred to,
commenting upon the pictures Of Southern af.
fairs painted by correspondent
at is melancholy picture that they draw
for US. The most intelligent, the Influential,
the educated. the really useful men of the
South, deprived of all political power, have
come to look upon themselves as the outraged
subjects Of 8 despotic conqueror. Taxed and
swindled by a horde Of rascally adventures,
and by the ignorant class, which only yester.
day hoed the fields and served in the kitchen,
they care nothing for politics except to throw
OF the oppressive yoke they have no interest
in national affairs they would call themselves
Of either party, provided their rulers were only
of the other. The refuse Of Northern cities,
who went Southwark after the war. out-at-
elbows and destitute Of character and educa.
ton, now roll in splendid carriages, drink rare
wines, glitter with diamonds az big az Fisk's,
and steal taxes a. fast ~ New Youk Street
Com mission. 1t 10 no wonder that the impov.
erished planter, growing poorer every day, the
eXConfederats officer who fought so bravsly
for q cause in which he honestly believed, the
professional men, accustomed all their lives to
hold Office and lead the public sentiment of
their communities, look on such things with
rancorous hearts. They might submit to be
ruled by soldiers who had beaten them in bat
tie but here they are plundered by suttlers
and camp. followers"
We very we'll understand the immediate
purpose of the Tribune to be to force upon the
public mind the absolute necessity of adopting
its great panacea for all Southern ills-univer.
sal amnesty. This article very clearly ind-
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4 SinSicatiOn-The Union Men Of
the south.

The Montgomery (Als.) State Journal com
plains of the injustice so frequently done the
active white Union men of the South by hssty,
inconsiderate writers, who talk so hppantly
about their dishonest motives. 1t saws that
their sincerity as a class is impeached and
their very existence treated as doubtful /; and
it adds:
owe know hew unjust and cruel these allu-
sions are. There are in Montgomery hundreds
OF white men and women, there are thousands
all over the South, who are true to freedom
and the Union, holding fast to their faith with
sublime fidelity in the darkest hours of the
civil war, and who are true to-day. There are
men and women here, Southern bred and born,
who for their loyalty have suffered loss of pro-
perty, social position, friends, and all that
made the future bright save their love of truth
aud the approval of 4 clear conscience. There
are men among us to day Of whom the world
Ia not worthy, whose names will be canonired
10 the grand calendar of the worlds heroes and
martyrs. There are others, and thousands,
who have died TO bear witness to the truth,
aud who sleep ia unnoted graves all over the
South, consecrating their native soil with the
blood of their nartyrdom. Oh, friends and
brethren of the North, take back these cruel
and careless words. Lash as you will corrupt
place-seekers wherever born, but spare the
sweeping denunciations which class Southern
loyalss with the greedy cormorants of office.
Here, all around US, are Southern.born white
men, loya. and true az the needle to the pole,
shut out from church and social gathering aud
business, prescribed aud banned By the unpun.
ished malignants Of the rebellion, now restored
to the high places of power by the magma
nlmlty OF the very party whose adherents they
seek to destroy. We ask for those men the
justice and sympathy which you accord TO the
struggling friends Of freedom 10 Europe and
the Islands of the ses. Besids their costly
sacrifices our loyalty is cheap aud poor. We
invoke for them the effective and earnest sup
port of all. good men in their heroic and per-.
Gus maintenance of the national faith amid
the savage hosts of the revived rebellion,
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WE are receiving numerous complaints from
Baltimore, Washington, and other cities against
letter carriers for the demand they make for
postage on the Nav NATIONAL ERA. We are
informed that in Baltimore one carrier demands
from our subscribers flee cents postage ON each
paper. We wish our subscribers would bear in
mind that the law only requires fee cents post
age per quarter 10 advance. If the gentlemen
who have complained to US on this matter will
send us the number Of the carrier making these
eYtortionate charges, we think we can remedy it,
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IT is as true now that every member of the
Ku-Klux organization. every political assassin,
every violater of the laws for political equality,
every one who ressts the collections of the
revenue, and every enemy of the Government,
is Democrat, as it was that every rebel and
every rebel sympathizer in our late civil war
was Democrat. Not Republican ever took
up arms against the Government, not Repub-
lican now belongs to one of the secret bands
of assassins engaged 10 murder, robbery, viola
tons Of the laws, and in q new conspiracy
against the integrity of the Union
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The information from the South within the
last few days seems to indicate that there is
here and there class of loyal persons who are
not disposed to be murdered by bands of Ku.
klux assassins without making an effort to
save their lives. Almost without meeting the
slightest resistance in any quarter. from citi.
zens or the civil or military authorities, these
disguised Democratic cut-throats have gone
where they would, murdered whom they would,
and perpetrated what outrages they would
BY daylight, as well as at night, they have
for months, and even years, boldly ridden
into populous towns and villages, murdered
their victims, burned houses and churches,
and whipped women aud children with perfect
IMMUNITY. No one has ever suffered for his
crimes, no hand has ever been raised against
them.
But at last the patience of the people is
beginning to give out, and there are hopeful
signs that they have at last resolved upon re-
sistance to the hellhounds who have 80 long
rioted in the blood of Innocent men, women,
and children. In whipping or numbering colored
men, In burning school.houses and churches
and private dwellings, and In stealing the
property of their victims. A band of the in.
famous wretches, who visited q town in Missis.
sippi to murder a Republican editor, was
brsvely met by armed citizens of the town, who
fred upon them and killed one Of the dis.
guised assassins.
This calamity to one Of their numbers created
q panic ameng the cowardly gang and thew
fed in great disorder, as they always will when
fairly met by resolute men. A similar resist
ance to band OF the prowling miscreants in
South Carolina, who were seeking q victim.
proved equally successful. These disguised
inps Of Satan have become bold In their con-
duct simply because they felt that they were
safe from harm. Let them understand that
hereafter they are to meet with determined
resistance from the people, and they will prove
that they are as cowardly as they are brutal.
None but towards of the basest and lowest de-
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The tax payers of the nation should never be
permitted to forget that our public debt was
incurred by the Government in putting down
the rebellion of the Democracy against the
Union. This struggle against Democratic trea-
son cost the Government four thousand millions
of dollars. The taxpayers have paid off seven.
teen million Of it, besides nine hundred million
of interest, and are paying the balance of the
debt at the rate of one hundred million of dol
lars year. 1t is for paying off this Demo.
cratic rebel debt that Republican admnistra-
tion is % bitterly maligned by the traitors who
created the debt
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General Longstreet has recently stirred up
the Ku-Klux Democratic ire in Mississippi by
consenting to accept an invitation TO take seat
within the bar Of the House Of Representatives
One of the Democratic papers of the State ex-
claims "Who would have thought that man
would so prostitute himselfY 1t leaves q dark
spot on that glorious Confederate dag under
whose folds he marched" There is no mis-.
taking the temper of very large portion of
the Southern Democracy. Its restoration to
power means terrible mischief to the country !:
and this all Republicans should unite in pre-
venting.
Arthur Merrill (colored), q resident of
Galesburg, Illinois, is an applicant for pension,
and seems to deserve one. Born Q slave in
Maryland, he took part in Fort McHenry and
other battles in 1912. Taken prisoner By the
British, and forced to actas pilot on one of their
vessels, he succeeded In running it upon the
rocks, swan ashore, and regained bis freedom.
In consequence Of the great consumption
OF perfumes by American soap manufacturers,
u Is now found profitable to 60 into the cultiva-
tion of some of the vegetables especially winter.
green, peppermint, and bergamot.
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however, We hope the mischief VIII stop. We
shall welcome back to our ranks the better
part Of the deserters, and they will have learned
from experience that, however powerful the tie
Of nationality, it is only secondary to that
higher alliance which is based on unity OF con.
victions and principles. The higher a man
stands in intellect and culture the larger his
horizon, the higher he will rise above the
limits of nationality, the nearer he will feel
related to the highest intellects all over the
La
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THE last Democratic administration with
which the nation was cursed cost the people
$4,000, O0O. 600, the lives of quarter of a mil
lion of brave loyal men, made q million of
Government pensioners, and has subjected US
to an annual tax Of nearly $500, 900 900 for
interest and pensions. Is there any reason to
hope that the party is any more honest and
patriotic now than they were thens On the
contrary, they have become ten.fold worse
By their ten years of crime and blood they
have proved this. Their success in 1872 would
prove. therefore, as terrible calamity as their
success in 1856 did.
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in 1872 would not only be reputation of all
the reconstruction measures of Congress, FORE
shadowipg restoration Of slavery, but con-
demnatiou of all the efforts of the Government
to put down the rebellion and save the Union,
and of every m, who periled his life in the
struggle, from Gen. GRANT to the humblest
private soldier, as well as an insult 10 every
patriot slain In the contest.
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The Hon. j. MILTON Turner, Minister to
Liberia, called on US this week on his way to
his post in Liberia. Mr.. TrkSxR was active in
the campaign in Missouri last fall and did good
work for the Radical Republican ticket. Mr..
TURNER is eminently qualified for the position,
and We wish him pleasant voyage and
healthy sojourn at his station in Liberia.
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The last Atlantic Monthly contains an srti-
Gle from Col. HINTON. of this city, en- "the
organisation Of labor" of which the New York
Independent declares, "that any page OF it has
more really valuable suggestions than. all the
reveries of the ladies ia the late Labor Re-
form Convention held In New York, and all
the denunciations so freely dealt out BY gen.
tlemen," and chsracterizes it as Astounding In
practical good sense"
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VIZ are indebted to some one unknown to US
for copy of Hon. GEORGE L. RUrrIS's able
speech on the resolution asking Congress for
protection to life, liberty, and property in all
parts of the United States, delivered in the
Massachusetts House Of Representatives,
April Tth. 1871.
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THE NEGRO TRIUMPH.

We quote the following from the Associated
Press dispatches of Monday last:
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Tammanyism, this inaugural ceremony speaks
volumes to the nation. 1t shows what can De
done by fair dealing, sound principles, hard
work. and strong pluck. Never was there
harder fought battle of the kind in this coun-
try and never was there a more worthy vic
tory. All our friends in this intelligent and
rich Yankee Commonwealth have reason to be
proud of their laarels. Special praise is due
to the State Committee for its untirng labors,
under the leadership of Hon. Bartlett Bent,
jr., of Middletown, chairman. Ex.Gov. Haw.
ley, editor of the ancient Hartford Daily
and Weekly COurdHt-now the Oldest con-
tinued paper in the United States-has done
yeoman's service.
1t was rare treat to witness the Inaugural
ton. The day was splendid, the military
turn. out very handsome, notwithstanding the
snobby and snarly attempts to prevent it by
the malcontents; the attendance Of the people
was large and, to crown the whole, the ad.
dress of Governor Jewell was everything that
any true patriot can desire. Among other ap
propriste topics, be thus speaks of the newly
enfranchised citizens of Connecticut
"For the FIRST time in the history of the
State our colorsd fellow-citizens have had the
privilege of voting, which should never have
been denied them, and it is but Just to them to
say that they have exercised this privilege with
an appreciation of its Importance and respon-
sibility which seems to have silenced all oppo-
sition. The word white is still in our constitu-
ton. Inasmuch as it is made null and void by
the adoption Of the fifteenth amendment to the
Federal Constitution, l recommend that il be
stricken from ours"
$ These are good words, 6tly spoken, and
should sound wide through the land.
In our nsxt We shall speak more at length
of the peculiar circumstances attending our mis-.
sion to the land of "steady habits" c. WD.
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LOW TAXES!

AS we have said elsewhere, the
Farmer postponed saying anything
about taxes in reply to what we pub
lished several weeks ago, until the
last week, which shows its tricks
too plain. The editor well knew we
would have no chance to reply, and
therefore deceivest he honest voters
of this county. We say and know
that our taxes are higher than in
most other counties, taking improve
ments, wealth and population. But
suppose that our taxes were lower,
it is nevertheless true that our peo-
pie are taxed too much. We say
the honest laboring man who has a
small property partly paid for can
not make both ends meet and live
as he would like. Voters, when you
pay taxes to buy over $1,000 worth
of stationery and blank books, &c,
you are shamefully imposed upon.
Gentlemen, your argument is too
thin.
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THE JUDGE QUESTION.

Without a candidate of our own,
the contest is yet one not wholly de-
void Of interest to Republicans.
True the point of difference, be-
tween the friends Of Mr.. Critchfield
and those Of Mr.. Reed as to regular
ity' of nomination, that is, whether
Mr. Critchfield, who received the
largest popular vote, should have
been the nominee, or Mr.. Reed, who
was declared the nominee by the
delegates from Holmes and Coshoc
ton counties, Wayne county refus-
ing to participate, is a matter of NO
Importance to Republicans. The
Republicans, as party, will not
take sides in this contest; but as
individuals, however, the large mass
of our party will vote for one or
the other of the candidates.
Is. there anything in the contest
that calls upon us, as individuals, to
make a choice between these two
Democratic candidates? II there
is, it is of a local character en-
tirely. hB
We find in the opposite party 8
large number, amounting to nearly
a majority, who are dissatisfied with
the meager and slight explanations
that are given of the expenditures
of the large amount of money col
lected as taxes, and they desire a re
form in these matters. They hold
that the taxpayers Of the county art
entitled, once every year, to an in
vestigation of the expenditure:
and allowances, of the commission
sers, by an impartial committee, ap
pointed by court, land that the repor
of that committee should be pub
lished. To all of those reform!
Mr.. Critchfield is pledged, ant
also are those of the Democratic
party who favor his election and ad
yOcatp reform
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Advertising.

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