The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-05-30
What N ". n. WOrId'S FaVOriIe for
a StraighIOuI Nomination,
Says Of the Cincin-
nnti TfPLxPr.

Judge Church, Chief Justice of the
n. \. Court of Appeals, received the
first vote of that State. for the Presiden-
tial nomination in 1868, and has recent
ly been urged for a place on a straight
Democratic ticket, by the N Y. World.
That paper has caused him to be "'inter-
viewed on the subject of the Cincinnati
nominations, and has obtained the fol-
lowing expression, which is decidedly IA
vOrable to the Liberal programme, and
Is the more noteworthy because it is
based On what he has ascertained to be the
drift Of public sentiment"
Il have had leisure and have taken some
pains to ascertain the feelings of the people
and to obtain its DRIFT of public sentiment.
/ To secure this have gone among the COM
mon people and the men who are not seek
| ing office. and who vote from conscientious
duty. | never 90 to what are called the po-
litical leaders, nor the politicians nor office
seekers. when / desire To know the public
/ sentiment or drift of opinion, but to the in
! telligent mechanic, the farmer, and the
laboring man. 1t is there the change in
public opinion and its drift is first discov-
cred and can be ascertained more correctly
l than from any other source. | have taken
/ the trouble to talk with this class of men.
drawing them out without expressing any
views of my own. In all that have talked
/ with | have only met one man who SAYS he
will not vote for Mr.. Greeley. In many
cases Democratic farmers have said: 1T
! seems queer for us to go for Mr.. Greeley.
and at first it was bitter pill but il it is
necessary to defeat Grant then we will
/ cheerfully 90 for him Others unhesita-
! tingly declared in favor of the Democratic
! Convention indorsing Mr.. Greeley. 1t is
my opinion that the mass of the Democrats
are ready to go for Mr.. Greeley, and To my
| surprise | found the Irish voters almost
unanimous for him.
q. Do you think it policy for the Roches-
| ter Convention to make an open declaration
in favor of Mr.. Greeley?
| Mr.. Church-At first | thought the course
| of the World the correct one-to hold oil
any expression of opinion until the Ma
/ tional Convention: that there was danger
! of our going too far in that direction-but
| am now OF the opinion that the Rochester
Convention should recognize the action at
Cincinnati and speak of it with all the en-
couragement possible. and 20 ~ far as we
can go without "A square Endorsement of the
| ticket, which should be left TO the Balti-
more Convention, which alone has the au
thority TO speak for the entire Democratic
party of the nation.
The impression left upon my mind was
that he believed that the Endorsement Of The
nomination Of Mr.. greeley by he Democracy,
! acaS fast becoming certain, tohether he leaders
l1ere for 10 or not. Y
WASHINGTON, May 22.-The amnesty bill
was signed by the President to-day. The
exceptions will cover bout two hundred
cases.
The civil rights bill passed the Senate this
morning. and is on the Speakers table in
the House.
There are some fifty or sixty bills ia order
already ahead OF il, and az IL takes a two
thirds vote of the House to take IA bill from
the Speakers table, out of the regular or
der, there is no possible show for its passage
this session, as il cannot be reached by the
time of adjournment, and the necessary
two-thirds vote to take il out of its regular
order, cannot be obtained. The bill, as IL
passed the Senate. reads:
Be it enacted, That whoever being cor
poration or natural person and owner, or in
charge of any public inn or of any place of
public amusement or entertainment for
which a license from any legal authority Is
required, or of any line of stage coaches.
railroads or any other means OF public car
riage of passengers and freight, shall make
any distinction as To admission or accom-
mediation therein, of any citizen of the
United States. because OF race. color. or
previous condition of servtude, shall, on
conviction thereof, be fined not less than
$500 nor more than $1,000 tor each oflense
AID the person or corporation so Offending
shall be liable to the citizens thereby injur-
ed, in damages to be recovered in an action
of debt.
Section provides that the offenses under
this act, and actions TO recover damages
may be prosecuted before any TerritoriaL
District or Circuit Court of the United
States, having jurisdiction OF crimes at the
place where the Offense was charged 20 have
been committed. with a right 20 appeal. or
to have writ Of error in any ease TO the
Supreme Court of the United States 3"
The bill which passed the Senate this
morning extends the power to suspend the
habeas corpus To March 4, 1873.
Only Messrs. Sumner and Nye voted nay
on the amnesty bill.