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Protection Formally AbanSl0 netI,

Mr.. GREELEY, in the call he has signed ap-
proving the Cincinnati movement, not only
sewers his connection with the Republican
party, but formally abandons the policy of pro-
lection. He explicitly declares that Fed
eral taxation should be imposed for rerenue"--
we use his own language" and 40 adjusted
as to make the burden upon the industry of
the country as light as possible" This is
the free trade doctrine, and has been repu-
dated as an absolute abandonment of the
protection policy by every advocate of it
from HENRY CLAY TO Mr.. GREELEY himself.
And no friend OF the principle has denounced
in more bitter strains than Mr.. GREELEY
has. And now, carried away by his in
sane aspirations for the Presidency. and his
malignant hatred for Gen. GRANT, he takes
upthc humbug cry ofthe "revenue reformers,"
surrenders a principle he processes to believe
of vital necessity to the country, and stultifies
himselfby practically declaring that the teach
ings of his life have been insincere and false
Let any who may think we do Mr.. GREELEY
injustice read the call' aud Judge for
themselves.
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A Parallel.

Before the Senate investigation committee
Mr.. Sumner is reported to have testified as
follows:
Yes; then made upmy mind that it was
a matter calculated to place our Government
in an unhappy position, and that it was bad
case upon the face of these papers there was
good ground to suspect, first, that there had
been violation of the neutrality laws, and
second, that certain influences had been
brought to bear upon the matter, perhaps of
an illicit character; felt that there was
painful suspicion in the matter, and it struck
me as being a case that required investiga-
ton; would have failed in my duty to nv
country if l had neglected to bring the mat
ter forward to the immediate notice of the
Senate"
1t is recorded in one of the few books with
which Mr.. Sumner is supposed not to be ia
miliar, as follows:
And Noah began to be a husbandman:
and he planted a vineyard, and he drank of
the wine and was drunken; and he was I'M
covered in his tent. And Ham, the father of
Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and
told his brothers without And Shem and
Japheth took a garment and laid it upon both
their shoulders, and went backward, and COW
cred the nakedness of their father; and their
faces were backward, and they saw not their
Iatner'S nakcdneSS. AND Noah aWOke from
his wine, and knew what his younger son had
done unto him, and he said cursed be Canaan;
a servant Of servants shall he be unto his death.
And he said blessed be the Lord God of
Shem and Canaan shall be his servant God
shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in
the tents of Shem, and Canaan shall be his
servant"
And the curse has rested to this day upon
the descendants of him Who exposed his fathers
"akedness. Wash. Republican.
Upon this the NEW NATIONAL ERA would
respectfully remark that parallels are two
edged and dangerous weapons. They should
never be used by the unskillful. The Repub-
hcan comedies more against the Government
than Mr.. SUMNER had charged. 1t places
the Administration in the position of a naked"
drunken" Noah, unable to conceal its shame,
or to observe the laws of common decency,
only to be properly approached blindfolded.
Mr.. SUMNER may think thus badly of the Ad-
ministration, but to our knowledge he has
never given description of it so painful,
shameful, and disgusting, as that found in the
parallel of the Republican.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1872.
TO CAMPAIGN CLUBS.

1t is the intention of the publishers of the
New NATIONAL ERA to make it desirable as
a campaign paper as well as useful otherwise
IS journal. Published at the political GEN.
IRE Of the nation it is in position that can,
and will, be made Of value to its readers.
Teaching as it does, the centres of political
influence in the South and among the ONE
MILLION colored voters of that section, this
ournal will be found valuable ally to the
Republican party. We print this week with
new type and will continue to present paper
with clearly printed and, we trust, useful mat
ter. We offer to campaign clubs throughout
the country the New NATIONAL ERA from
april l, 1872, to December 1, 1872, 5 copies for
Sc; 10 copies for s1o; or 100 copies for 800.
Address,
FREDERICK DOUGLASS, JR.,
Lock Box 81.
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COnger on Cox.

The Hon. o. d. CoNGER, of Michigan,
brought down the House the other day-in
his speech on the st. Croix Railroad Bill
with humorous and amusing g switch off,"
directed at the Hon. S. S. Cox, who, as is
well known, often takes such liberties with
his friends. We subjoin passage for the
delectation of our readers. He said:
81 know the gentleman loves the human
race, and yet it was but few days ago in
the House that one of his venerable Virginia
friends who lives on the other side of the
Blue Ridge came here to see him and looked
around the gallery at the shadows clustering
there, and talked with him about the present
situation of this House compared with what
it was fifteen years ago, the last time his
venerable friend met him here. And they
talked about the situation of the people who
have got in here since then. His old friend
said it was different now from what it was
when he used to come here and found gentle
men in Congress, and gentlemen riding in
the streets, and gentlemen holding office I'M
der the Government, when the white race
controlled things here. And how faithfully
he depicted the beautiful old days that are
past and he said: Now there is darkey
in the Senate, or was, or has BEEN He said
to my friend here: Now there are negroes
in the House. (Laughter.l He said: Now
negroes sit in around the gallery; they never
did so when 1 used to come here and meet
the first families of Virginia in the Halls of
Congress-
>"Oh, sir, went with my sympathizng
friend and his friend out into the rotunda,
and he sat down on seat before that picture
of Washington surrendering his sword, and
his old friend, overcome with grief from what
he had seen here, sat down and looked at
the Father of his Country, and said, address
sing Washington, George, my father was
your friend, and we belonged to the first
families of Virginia, your father and my
father did, George. [Laughter.l But it is
no use our staying in Washington any longer.
Another race has come, respectable people
are driven out, the first families are gone,
the street cars, negroes in the Senate, negroes
in the House, negroes in the galleries, dark
ness everywhere, George Laughter /
will not say that my friend from New York
mfr. Cox] sympathized with him, but the
tears stood tremblingi in his eyes as he looked
up to the painting, and my friend, looking on,
heard him say in that doleful voice, George,
this is no place for respectable people go
up, George, go up, and take your place be-
tween the Saviour and MARY MCDANIEL
(laughter,l and so the gentleman and his
New York friend went sorrowing on their
way. He sympathizes with the old families
of Virginia, but he does not sympathize with
vote for this bill. lLaughter.] He had bet
ter go up"
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A Friendly Rebuke.

Even Mr.. GREELEY's warmest synpa-
thizers in his present rebellion against the
Republican party, and his war upon the Presi-
dent, begin to doubt the wisdom and purity
of some of his political operations in New
York city. The custom-house investigation
brought out some facts in regard to his con-
nection with the Tammany Ring of most
damaging character. SO palpably mischieyous
has his course been, that as violent a hater
of GRANT, and as jealous a supporter of the
Cincinnati movement, as the Springfield Re
publican is compelled to admit that the philoso-
pher is very far from the political saint he
claims to be. In a recent issue the Replbli-
can thus refers to the testimony of Mr.. Bliss,
duplicating GREELEY in disreputable asso-
citation with Tammany:
"IIe went on to tell what he knew about
the Tamnany Republicans, and Greeley's
and Fenton's association with them, giving
names and dates and like particulars with a
fidelity quite overwhelming. He showed how
Greeley's and Fenton's general committee
was made up in great part of men who were
at the time in the pay Of Tammany, and how
largely an assembly organization of the same
section OF the party was composed of men
who were not, residents of the locality.
Among the latter, indeed, we find the name
of Mr.. Greeley himself, who was a voter in
Westchcster county and yet member of a
city political organization. The Co1klingites
enjoyed the exposure; the Times forgets in
its pleasure to abuse Schurz and Summer for
one day; and the Tribune grows hoarse in
shouting Decoy Bliss Mr.. Greeley might
as well own up to his sins in this respect
tlpV ton mainly tho rannP1 TO ko
ignored by friend or foe-and prouise never
more to be caught giving character to such
political harlots as for time possessed the
Republican organization in New York, and
alternately served, without inconsistency,
we fear, Tammany and Governor Fenton."
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ma. and Utah, was represented by men of

tana, and Utah, was represented by men OF
considerable note. Gen. DIX was chosen
temporary chairman, and Senator DooLITTLE
President of the convention. The platform
was drawn by HENRY J. RAYMOND, of New
York, and a copy was presented to President
JOHNSON by Senator REvERDY JOHNSON, of
Maryland. In the list Of delegates were
names of men long and highly honored by the
Republican party and the country. More
over in every city and county of the Union
were to be found not one, but a number of
hating, doubtful Republicans, and some open
Bread-and-Butter" men.
This convention of boilers, composed of
disappointed Office hunters, would be con-
tractors, and all sorts of adventures and po-
litical spectators. was followed in a month
by another of the same sort, held at Cleve-
land, composed of soldiers and sailors, to in
dorse the "Bread-and-Butter Party In
this convention were such well-known and
widely influential leaders as Gems. GORDON
GRANGER, e. A. CUSTER, j. B. STEADMAN,
JOHN E. Wool, THos. EWING, Jr., THos.
CRITTENDEN, ROUSSEAU, WOOD, MCCO0K,
and many others known to fame.
1t is evident to whomsoeyer will recall to
memory the occurrences of that year, and
contrast the numbers and strength Of the
disaffected then, and their distinguished and
powerful leaders, with the little handful of
the " disconnected " now, and their few and
not strong leaders, that the present bolt is a
mere nothing-a mosquito bite to the rage of
a Iona zephyr to the tornado--compared
with the formidable bolt of 1866, which the
Republican party, with laugh of scorn,
blew into nothingness with the mere breath
of contemptuous epithet! Why, that bolt
ing movement Of 1866 was so powerful that
President JOHNSON, when he afterward
swung around the circle" carried with him,
as part of his train, our Great Admiral, FAR
RAGUT, and Generals GRANT, SHERMAN,
and SHERIDAN at times, and the two first
everywhere. And that was a year after the
war had closed, when the fresh and soul-ielt
gratitude of the country made the bare pre-
sence of a great General of more political
effect than the influence and power of the
whole tribe Of marplots and demagogues
e1llDoIhcu III lilc tUllStlldtN an
boiled down together!
Just imagine TRUMBULL, and SCHURZ,
and Upton, and GREELEY, and all the other
hungry and disappointed anti-GRANT crea-
lures swinging around the circle" in imi-
tation of JOHNSON and SEWARD, and where
is the General, or Admiral, or true patriot in
any walk or profession who would risk his
good name and sacrifice all his future hopes
by uniting with the motley procession
Where are the men whose illustrlous names
will help avert from the movement the con-
tempt it so richly deserves? But the present
conspirators against the Republican party be-
long to that class who learn nothing from
experience. They are blinded by passion or
ambition, and so are resolved to continue in
their mad career, we have not doubt. Let
them go.
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Howard University Exhibition.

An exhibition of the Juniors of Howard
University was given at the University on
Friday evening last to large and apprecia-
tive audience. The exercises were music,
declarations, and original orations. The
students acquitted themselves creditably.
The original orations gave evidence of study
and thought. At the conclusion of the exer-
cises Prof. john NJ. LANGsToN expressed
the pleasure and qualification he felt at what
he had heard and seen; taking occasion TO
profter valuable advice to the young gentle
men of the Junior Glass, impressing upon
them that on their own persevering efforts
they could only succeed. Mr.. LANesToN was
listened to with marked attention
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Ladies' Fair,

The fair at Fifteenth street church is still
being held. On Friday evening last the
pleasure of an attendance at this fair was
enhanced by the readings of Prof. ARM
STRONG who had kindly volunteered to assist
in making the evening pleasant. We are in
formed that the ladies intend making this
fair attractive, and we feel sure that an even
ing there will be found to have been profit
ably and agreeably spent.
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Free Tea and Coffee I'm Danger.

Though the Senate decided few days ago
to place tea and coffee on the free list, by
majority Of more than two to one, there
seems to have been no sincerity in the act,
and therefore little probability of this impor-
tant measure becoming law. Republicans
Claiming to be in favor of it have adopted a
course in regard that they cannot but know
will defeat it. fthe majority of the Senate, in
voting to repeal the duty on tea and coffee,
were in earnest, they could have passed the
House bill on that subject long since. But
they are holding the word of promise to the
ear and breaking it to the hope. 1t seems to
us that this trifling with the peoples intere.ts
is unjustifable, and will be brought up in
judgment against the majority of the Senate.
or 1t least against those members who, BY
some sort of hocus pocus, so befogged the
matter as to nearly destroy all prospect of
the duty being repealed the present session.
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The "PerfeciiOniht" Tripped
Again.

Nothing has so mortified and excited the
Illinois political perfectionist " as the ex-
posures Of that little 1000 gouging opera
ton of his. 1t had escaped public criticism
for so long that he had flattered himself that
the danger had passed. And his wrath to-
wards all whom he supposes had anything to
do with bringing the disreputable affair to
light, is just in proportion to his imagined Sc
curity. Taking it into his head that Senator
CHANDLER prompted the publication of the
facts in Michigan paper, and feeling that
something must be done to break the force
Of the damaging blow at his integrity, he
made violent assault upon him in the Senate
He read the letter from the Tasting (Mich.)
Banner, containing the same exposures that
we made of the transactions, and charges
that it was written by Government EN-
ploye from that State, at the dictation of Mr..
CHANDLER. But the Banner thus exposes
the misrepresentation:
Concerning this we have simply to say
that we printed the letter as we received it.
but express our disbelief of the charges con-
tanned in it editorially. That the author ,cas
not George q. Maynard, of Detroit, as charged
by the Tribune, nor any private secretary of
Senator Chandler, nor was it written by any
citizen of Michigan, but by constituent of
Senator Trumbull, and so far as we know, not
even personal acquaintance of Senator
Chandler"
Itseems, therefore, that the letter was writ
ten by one of Mr.. TRUMBULL's own constit-
uents, a gentleman with whom Mr.. CHAND-
LER was not even personally acquainted.
This places Mr.. TRUMBULL's conduct in as
sailing him so bitterly in still more inde-
feasible light; and if he possessed any sense
of justice or any honorable feeling he would
retract his charges and apologize for making
so unwarrantable an attack upon brother
Senator. But as he is what he is of course
he will do no such thing.
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fatal desire for the honors Of the White House
has enticed him to join a faction, mere
would-be party, whose leaders, as he well
knows, though they call themselves Repub-
leans, do not the least care for the funda-
mental principles of the party. The average
common sense has already given its verdict
on the case, and decided against Mr.. GREE
LEY's chances. 1t has come to the conclu-
sion that the Liberal Republicans, notwith-
standing their brilliant display of rhetoric
and sophistry, have not made much Roadway
in Congress. In the Senate they are repre-
scented by few men, while the House has
remained unmoved; some members have
even Indignantly repudiated the imputation
that they would endorse the Cincinnati Con-
vention, and many State Legislatures have
already expressed their preference for Gen.
GRANT. Their leaders, deluded as they may
be concerning their strength, know very well
that their only chance of success lies in the
support of the Democrats, and this chance
they will not jeOpardize by nominating man
as Objectionable to the Democracy as Mr..
GREELEY. A Democrat, in case of need,
may swallow the bitter pill of voting for Mr..
TRUMBULL, CRATE Brown, or some other
man Of half Republican antecedents, but Mr..
GREELEY, with his old anti-slavery and
negro equality record, who always advocated
the cause of progress against Democratic
conservatism, is altogether too good man
to be acceptable to him. We still have faith
enOuph in the mower of Mr. GREET Ey,s in.
herent better nature to expect that we shall
see him return to his old associates when the
turmoil of the Presidential election will be
over, somewhat disappointed, but otherwise
unchanged, and we shall welcome him back,
though we should have honored and respected
him much higher but for this not very lunin-
Gus episode in his career.
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next five years, are essential to the firm es-
Enlistment of the rights of the newly eman-
cipated and newly enfranchised class. With
these views no intelligent colored man can
give any countenance or encouragement to
the Cincinnati Convention, for whether with
intention or otherwise the plain and certain
effect of that convention will be to cause such
diversion from the strength of the Repubi-
can party, as to give the Democratic party
an easy victory over the Republican party in
the next Presidential election.
Herein then is the paramount and all-con-
trolling objection to. the Cincinnati Conven-
ton movement. 1t puts in peril the Repub-
ican party, and the new order Of freedom
and civilization which that party has inaugu-
rated. A great party no more than great
nation is born in day. 1t is not so easily
created as destroyed. The Republican party
is not of sudden growth.
1t is the ripe fruit of the labors, hardships,
and suflerings of the truest and best men Of
the country, covering period of more than
thirty years. During all these years, under
one name or another, and in one form or an
other, it has been drawing to itself all that
class of men who desire to leave their coun.
try better than they found it, and to place ii
in harmony with the liberal and progressive
spirit in which its Governments and institu.
tons were conceived and framed. The nu-
cleus Of this party (known then as the Lib
erty partly was formed thirty years ago, under
the teachings of such patriots and philanthro-
pists as MYRoN HOLLY, GERRIr SMITH,
BERIAH GREEN, ALVIN STEWART, SALMON
P. CHASE, SAMUEL LEWIS, Doctor BAILEY,
WILLIAM GooDALL, JOSHUA LEAvETT.
Most of these brave and true men who counted
neither reputation nor life dear unto them as
against the cause of justice and liberty.
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The NEW NATIONAL ERA of this CITY is
one OF the best weeklies in the country. It's
article on the origin of the Freedman's Bank
was very line, with the objection that ii was
not credited to the Sunday Chronicle, where
1t originally appeared.--Sunday Chronicle.
Thank you, Messrs. Editors of the Ctyo,,-
'e'e, for the above compliment. We did not
credit the article alluded to above to the
Chronicle because we did not take it from the
Chronicle. We published the article at the
request OF party that we believed had the
right to give it to us for publication.
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underground Railroad.

We have received from the publishers,
through their agent in Washington, Mr.. j. .
IL. SMYTHE, copy of the Record of the
Underground Railroad, by WILLIAM STILL.
This book contains more than 700 pages, and
is well printed and bound, containing inte-
resting narratives of escaping slaves. The
book has been highly spoken of by several
journals, and it will make desirable acqui-
sition to the Libraries of those who have felt
an interest in the painting fugitive in the DAYS
that are past
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The Editorial Lash.

AT special election held in one Of the
Senatorial districts of Philadelphia, Col.
MCCLURE ran as an independent candidate
against regularly and fairly nominated Re-
publican. He was defeated and the certif-
cate given to the regular" Col. MCCLURE
contested the seat, and after long investi-
CATION has been awarded it on the ground
that he was defeated by fraudulent votes.
He has chosen the role of reformer," and
the Philadelphia Press thus tells the other
members of the Legislature what is their
duty in the premises:
The House at Harrisburg must follow the
example of the Senate and tie lead of Col.
Mcclure. We know there will be DISPOSE
ton to Ostracize him and to repudiate his
Repubicanism but the day when dozen
small-minded men, whose characters are not
above suspicion, can defeat one able man
resolute in his reform ideas, is over. Let the
House accept the ineritabie and pass the bills in
trodaced by Col. Mcclure. They are endorsed
by the unanimous press of the city, and they
should pass.
The Press issues its orders as one having
authority. Mr.. MCCLURE's colleagues are
given no alternative but to obey orders, nole,rs
rolens. They are not advised merely to fol-
low his lead but they are told they "must"
do it, and "pass the bills introduced by Mr..
MCCLUREW The Legislature of the old
Keystone State must have been reduced to a
high state of discipline, if willing to abandon
the ancient privilege of deciding for them
selves what measures they will "accept )" or
reject But we suppose it is all right, and
that Col. MCCLURE is abundantly compe-
tent to save them that trouble
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OHIO and Iowa held Republican State Con-
ventions on Wednesday of last week. and
formally declared in favor of the renonins-
ton of GRANT, as Ohio already had infor-
mally. The former instructed its delegates
to vote in favor of Ex-Governor DENNIsoS
for Fice-President, and the latter expressed
its preference for JAMES F. WILSON. The
Assembly Of New Jersey has also passed
resolution approving the administration of
President GRANT in the strongest and most
unquaiiiled terms. Thus the people continue
to record their verdict against the course of
the boilers and malcontents.
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ssyH The Washington Patriot has been
amusing itself and entertaining its readers
by figuring out majority for the Democratic
party next fall. Though proving to its own
satisfaction majority for its party, that pa
per is "not happy" and calls for union of
the Labor Reformers and Liberal Republi-
cans to make sure victory over the Repub-
lican party.