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Turning Upon his sIandereTs.

Every right-uindei man will approve the
tone Of indignation, contempt, and defiance
exhibited by Gen. Grant in his inaugural
message towards the vile gang Of slanderers
who assailcd him with such vindictive fury
and such gross and indecent meadacity dur
ing the recent Presidential campaign. 1t
exhibits but becoming self-rcspect, natural
feeling Of indignation at the great wrong done
him, an entire consciousness Of having en-
deayored faithfully to discharge his official
duties, and just sense Of qualification that
his course has been SO slgnally approved, and
his enemies 50 terribly rcbuked. The whole
loyal, honest-hearted portion Of the Ameri-
can people will warmly sympathize with him
in the righteous Indignation he eylnces at the
infamous injustice done him. And we trust
it viii prove warning hereafter 10 all such
INSCRIPTIONS slandorers and falsihers as the
President refers to and has impaled in his
message. Their infamy now passes into
history
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Civil Rights.

We want them, We need them. The self
respect, the self-reliance, the education, and
the virtue of our people are all retarded by
our present prescribed condition. 1t will be
as advantageous to our white friends as to
ourselves when the dictaion Of outsiders
ceases TO control the social relations of man
in his own house. A white man is afraid to
meet a colored lady al table or to invite q
colored man to his house, because Of his fear
Of losing caste thereby; colored man will
not invite white man to his house for fear
Of being considered trucker to prejudice,
although in both cases there may be affinity
Of spirit and sympathy Of heart. So that an
unrighteous agreement among those who
have nothing to do with the matter produces
certain sort Of enforced social equality,
while at the same time there is a constant
howl against allowing both colored and white
people to put this bugbear of social equality
down.
Every sensible wan knows that social
equality is an lmpossibility, and on this very
account everybody should be left free to do
as they please, and not be coerced into re-
jecting the society he wants on account Of
color, no matter where the proposed place of
reunion may be in the hotels, on the steam
boat, in the ball room, or In our own resi-
dences.
In this matter we have but one word to
say, aud that is what the old abolitionists
used to say" abolish slavery first, and then
let people ind their level" Give us our
public rights and social matters will take care
Of themselves.
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Cuba.
How The sev.s Of the Kings Abdice,ion " |,
Received In the Island.

Writing from Havana, On February IL. a
correspondent saws: The recent events in
Spain have taken everybody by surprise. a 4,
customary here, and as It always happen.
when any news of Importance arrives, great
care was taken to inform the leaders II the
Spanish party first to allow the information
to reach the people through such persons as
had been Informed BY the Captain General
il confidence a: to what was going on, and
in the meantime 70 suppress the regular pres.
kilograms. The cable steamer brought the
kilograms from Key West on Tuesd1y even
ing, tue General receiving them while wit
Messing performance at the TacOn Theatre.
Their parport was by IN communicated to
the political governor and secretary, Olivia.
req. Before the performance had ended,
Iainberiik and few other privileged pecs0ns
were aware o! the secret, two wsl!-kuowu
exchange brokers among the latter Early
on "Wednesday morning these broker. pur-
cha sed all the bills they could get, knowing
that rise must necessarily occur, AMI a.
noon the Information was generally knogn
in Havana, but the General still suppressed
the kilograms. On Thursday morning the
rogu!2ce began % murgnuE the journals
SIMPLY mentioned dat grave fumOr, were In
circulation, and, a. additional Telegram. were
continually arriving, the General al last de-
EFeEed the regular press kilograms, and al
lowed the journals to publish them, bat issued
siTlct orders that the papers should not pub
hsh any editorials on the question, Which
suited the Dalio, which Is stropg advocate
Of The fallen BourbOn., aud the Coaslqacia,
which !. partisan OF the pretender, Don
Car!os. The Europa, an evening paper Of
no Importance, the recognized organ Of the
Quafterraaster General and his subordnates,
and also devoted to the interests Of the slave
owner, demuued little, and the radical YoI
and IF.5gno, the latter an embryo Rspubll.
can Journal, stated that theJ would obey
under protest and 10 order 10 avoid any ds.
tarsancss between Spsniards, leading to d.
union and bloodshed. The editors Of the
I1s.no, representing several thousand Re-
PUBLICAN sPanLatds, weee also refused per-
misslen 70 have torchlght procession, with
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Make Y0ur 1nlpressiOD.

Congressman have returned to their homes
70 await the assembling Of Congress next
winter. They will have between now and
the reassembling of Congress an opportunity
for ascertaining the views of their constitu-
ents upon questions affecting their interests.
Now, then, Is the time for the people to make
their demands for future action Of their Rep
reseptatives and to impress upon them not
only the necessity for action on their part,
but to give them to understand that non ac-
ton in matters Of vital interest will WORK to
their political disadvantage.
The colored constituents Of the members of
the following districts in the South should
hold their members to strict accountability
should they fail 10 urge their complete free
dom by pressing a measure for the protection
Of their public rights. These members re-
eeiye their chief support from colored voters:
The second and fifth districts Of Georgia !;
the second, third, and fourth of Alabama :;
nrst end second Of Arkansas; the six dis
tricts Of Louisiana; the second, third, fourth
fifth, and sixth districts Of Mississippi; the
first, second, aud fourth of North Carolina :;
NV N'St'NN' vi tlIc iiISt,
second, third ana fourth of Virginia. The
members OF these districts are especially ill.,
debted to colored voters for their elevation
to Office, aud they will not only be derelict
In duty but ungratelul in superatiye de.
gree If they do not use what pow er and intiu.
snce they may have in shaping legislation so
that the rights of their constituents can be
projected.
The Republican party in the nation at
large owes it to the colored race to make
them really free III fact as well a. Ia name.
and its Representatives in Congress must be
made 10 feel the necessity for action in the
matter Of the complete emancipation of the
colored race from the oppression affecting
their public rights. If the immediate Repre-
sentatiyes of colored voters in Congress will
do their duty next winter, an end TO the con-
troversy about equal rights in this country
may be reached.
Colored men Of the South agitate. agitate!
agitate! and urge upon your members the
full performance Of their duty. Insist upon
promise from them to do their full duty
Those who refuse TO give you encouragement
should feel your dsapprobation at the polls.
There Is no good reason why your rights
should not be respected before the law, and
any attempt ct evasion on this question Is
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THE 5EcEET.-Those who prize bcauu-
ful head Of hair (aadwe know our lady friend,
do will thank US for few words on the IN
valuable qualities Of Ayers Hair Nigor as
a dressing. Ia our own case it heal, hu-
NOR, keeps tie head free from dandruH aud
scuri, stops the tendency Of our hair to fall !,
and heightens its beauty. A slight touching
with it removes the coarse and dry appear
ance which neglected hair pats on, i.upar.s Il
rich gloss, and makes us prescntable In the
most fashionable company. Such rare quail
locations, presented in single preparation,
create for it all enduring value; but add TO
these the faculty Of restoring to gray locks
their youthful color, and maintaining our good
looks with 50 small an expenditure of time
and attention, and you starnpit prime fayorite
with the public, and ensure its permanent
and enduring popularity. (ALa.)
Republican.
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The Fresdman's Savings Bank.

A correspondent OF the Boston 4drsEt'ssr
recently forwarded statement from wash
ington to that paper protesting to be a synoP-
sis Of the report Of the Comptroller OF the
Currency on the condition Of the Freedman 5
Bank. In this pretended synopsis were hud-
died together whatever tended 20 csuse dis
trus. in the institution and tina: which made
in its favor was studiously omitted. The
fact IS that the examiner who had charge OF
the investigation Of the affairs Of this inst!-
tuition speaks as follows oft:
THE executive officers are, IN my op.n-
ion, men of the most undoubted integrity OF
character, devoted to the best interests OF
the institution, working for small compensa-
tons, and have educated themselves to the
practical knowledge of the business Of a say
ings bank to degree that promises q pros.
porous future for the institution
We DO not undertake to say that The bank
in It's management cannot be improved. We
certainly held the contrary opinion. We be-
lieve that It should, as G.- IS it has The power,
encourage every industry engaged in By col
ored men, IS ninety per cent. Of its de-
posts are from such men. If there IS any
officer who is tainted with colorphob!a to
such an extent as not to be able to appye
ciate the Importance Of the banks assisting
colored enterprises when It can 10 so with
out loss to itself, but much good 10 the enter
prise, such officer should be removed and
another should take his place who can
understand that the Institution was or!gi-
mated for the specific purpose of aiding in the
work OF building up race whose history has
been that Of all outraged and oppressed
people
The colo.ei people % tie South have been
taught, through the instrumentality Of this
bank, tie importance of saving their hard
earnings, and we cannot permit a word
against the 5olyency Of the Institution to go
without correction, when the facts are that
it is really safe concern.
We have no difficulty in finding the reason
for this attempt Of the correspondent Of the
Boston AdrstiseT to create distrust in the
Freedman's Bank. 1t is no doubt inspired
by the banking interests OF the South that
has become Jealous Of The growth of the
FreeJman's Bank. Il Is the work of the
enemies of the race, aud comes from no feel
ing of solicitude for the welfare of the major
portion Of the depositors of this institution.
We say to our people stand b. the bank, and
at the same time insist that it do its full duty
in standing by the race.
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Territorial Gevernmens.

The appropriation made by Congress to
the District of Columbia for improvements in
front Of United States Government property
proves the existence Of liberal spirit on the
part of members.
Certain parties, from interested motives or
through chagrin, disappointment, and per-
sonal feeling, have sought to defeat this ap-
preparation. They have used the cheap, but
dangerous ammunition Of detraction against
the territorial officials only to suffer by the
recon Of their own weapons.
Forgetful of, or indifferent to, the interests
of the poor who must inevitably suffer when
the treasury is depleted, these boasted friends
Of that class did their best to keep them out
Of their pay, and tried to take advantage Of
their destitutiOn TO corrupt them by brides to
denounce the Government. 1t Is true that
contractors and others were needing their
money, that the hour Of payment had been
put of from time to time TO their great loss,
but II Is not true that the territorial officials
held the remedy for those evils In their own
hands. Any Government that depends on
.SouSitSS Hiust uwais its pichsotc Vi SohSoAt
its convenience or submit to Its routine, and
it is sheer nonsense to hold local officers re-
sponsible for the delays Of Congress In grant
ing appropriations for the Improvement Of
property under its charge. But the strong
point Of opposition was thought to be the
charge Of squandering public funds made by
the soreheaded opponents Of the District
Government When, however, they were
challenged to prove their accusations, they
utterly and ANONYMOUSLY failed to show the
slightest evidence for their charge. This
reckless method Of warfare, their poverty Of
invention, even in falsehood, their implied ar
raignment Of Congress itself have done much
to kill these opponents of, and if anything
is left to be done, the Government has local
| funds enough to do it.
| Now that the Government has ample means
and its liabilities are being rapidly met, the
people will settle down in ease Of mind and
invoke the quickened energies and renewed
| confidence Of the people to push forward
every interest Of the District in the pathway
Of progress. 1t needs but the continued en-
| ergy, forethought, and admins .rative tact
displayed by the leading men in the District
Government to bring Washington city to the
desired point Of magnifcencs as the capital
| Of the nation.
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a Negro Fee hat q Colonization
Hand.

Here is what Rev. II. NJ. Turner says in
his speech on the s. Present Duties Of the
Negro Race"
81 would Ike to state another thing just
here, that L., 1 have grave doubts about this
being the ultimate home of the culored race
any way. / do not believe we are ever TO be
expatriated from this country; but / am OF
the opinion that our people will one day turn
their attention TO Africa and go to it. fear
we cannot, for great while, hold our own
against the whites, with their numerical
strength on the one hand and their fearful
competition on the other. Besides the land
and the money are theirs, and we are not CO.
ing to be satisfied always in the capacity OF
water-carriers and wood-hewers."
Such stuff and nonsense coming from man
who has had some reputation for good sense
and sound feeling Is not only surprising-iti is
disgusting.
He has doubts about this being the home
Of the colored race. This idea is not new,
but 1t Is news TO hear 1t put forth by a col
ored man. Pray where is the colored man S
home? and what does Mr.. Turner mean by
home? We had supposed that a mans home
was where he was born. But If Mr. Turner
means that the colored mans ultimate home
will be in Africa, he Is but a feeble and dan
gerous echo of old pro-slavery and present
negro-hating utterances.
Mr.. Turner talks in feeble way about our
owning land. Does he not know that there
are more acres of public land in Colorado
than there are colored people in the Union,
which can be had by simply settling on it &?
Land, too, where the appliances OF eiyiliza-
ton are as accessible as in Savannah-land
worth more than the whole continent Of AT.
RIGA Is at present.
What is Mr.. Turner'S objection to hewiog
wood and drawing water? Some one would
have to do this in Africa as we'll as here
some body has got to do this every where
Why not do 1t here as we'll as elsewhere
or does Mr.. Turner expect to create in AZ
RIGA nation Of idlers and vagrants5 Ifnot
where is his point about hewing wood and
drawing water?
1t is simply shameful that such raporings
about Africa's being the American coloret
mans home should find expression from 6
man whose position gives him the opportu
mites Of decclying Our people.
Every well-informed colored man knows
that that old viper, the Colonization Society
is being warmed into new life by the inter
ested parasites who have lived through it,
name upon the public for more than hal
century. Taking advantage of the suffering
Of our people in the South, which these very
men have helped to subject us to, and snatch
ing at the utterances Of a few misguided col
ored men, the Colonization agents are going
through the country exciting and unsettinG
our people with view either to cheat then
or expatriate them, and we sincerely hope
Mr.. Turner will soon see the evil efec
Of any such utterances, and correct them o.
repudiate them entirely.
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ColOred COngressinen.

We have 10 the Forty Third Congress nine
colored members, Pinchback, Lynch, Elliott,
Rainey, Rapier, Walls, Cain, kan-ier, and
Peters.
This is an Increase Of three members over
the last Congress, and decided advance as
to ability. Plnchback, Rap!er, and Cain are
all men OF mind, Of nerve, and fidelity who
will be seconded in their labors by the ex-
perience Of parliamentary life gained in
the last two years by Elliott, Walls, and
Rainey. In the presence Of such men our
cause ought not to suffer; nor do We think
IL will
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oH hearty Misunderstanding in 1t, rs he does,
that we are "not possessed of the civil rights
which citizenship should carry with !t,i that
this Is wrong, and should be corrected, and
that TO this correction he stands committed
SO lar rs Executive influence can avail, Will,
when 1t shall convene, be most prompt TO
make good the pledge which its parties have
made, and Pass bill fully protesting our
rights. Should it fail to DO SO, we shall feel
that Faith has been broken, that honor has
not its proper influence, that justice il out
RACED, and that citizenship has been insulted.
WE ARE REJoICED
TO see the Chief Executive officer Of the na-
ton, the man Of men, selected out and ex-
allied to its highest position Of place, power,
and honor, so Enthusiastically extending out
his powerful arm to the struggling, and say
ing to them, Your devotion, your appeals
have reached me the schools closed TO you
should be opened you should have access TO
them You should not be prescribed as you
are at present." For when he says give the
co!ored man access to schools he does not re-
Ter to colored schools, for to those he has &C.
cess already. He evidently refers to cur
earnest demand for access to schools that
shall be free to all, that We may not be de-
graded and despised. We thank him for the
might Of his exalted influence, saying, as his
language fairly implies, unto the managers OF
railroads, Of steamboats,, the proprietors OF
hote!s, and others, when person presents
himself look not on his color, but entertain
him If he demeans himself a. gentleman.
A genuine love Of freedom oyersteps the
bounds Of race, nationalitiss, and peoples,
and glves its sanction to struggling humanity
everywhere"
We FEEL FOR CUBA,
struggling to be free. Were we left free in
the exercise Of Our feelings and Indignation,
we would be found with arms in our hands
aiding the Cuban patriots. Had we not fear
that we would embarras5 our Government,
we would demand Of it to Immediately de-
clare belligerent rights to those heroically
struggling in Cuba to be free from the pro-
verbal perfdy OF Spain, lighting as she is
against humanity. The fact that half mil
lion Of Our race are slaves in Cuba causes us
tofeelintensely in the matter. The restraint
upon US for the last few days, through the
hope that Spain might possibly be Repub-
lie, is dispelled. We have fears that, though
| she has noble and true spirits within her
borders, she is still for time the despotic
Spain of the past. Her brutality In Cuba,
especially to her slaves, together with her
notorious violation Of the laws Of war, and
the impossibility of her subduing those fight
ing in Cuba and determined to be free, de-
mand immediate Intervention on the part OF
DIR Government, if not declaration OF bel
| ligerent rights, GEORGE T. DOWNING,
]. SELLA MARTIN,
=. II. MURRAY,
JOHN JONES,
r. T. GREENER,
GEORGE LEvERE,
GEO. 3. EAsHoN,
Z. BELCHER.
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The POnserOy Case.

Some sense Of propriety and justice seems
to have returned to the Lower House OF the
Kansas Legislature, in regard to the Yorke
conspiracy. But the Senate still persists in
maintaining the position it took during the
excitement created by Yorke's lying state
ment The subject was referred to joint
committee, which reported to each House on
Friday last, a majority CT four sustaining
Yorkc's story, and the minority of three re-
ported it not proved. The minority report
was adopted by the House, thus proving that
its members had recovered their senses, and
the majority by the Senate, being too cow
ardly to admit, as the House did, that they
had done Mr.. Pomeroy gross wrong. This
is the course Of all small minds and we have
before Us Republican papers equally mean.
Having expressed the opinion that Pomeroy
was guilty on the er parte statement of a
scoundrel, they hayn't the manliness to atone
for the wrong they have done by frank re-
traction, now that the charge is known to be
false. MIR. Pomeroy's explanation Of the
transaction has been corro5orated not only by
Mr.. Page, but by the cashier Of the bank from
which he received the money. He came here
to testify to the fact before the Senate COM
mittee, but arrived too late. He published
the statement, however, that the money was
given to Mr.. p. as he testiies. This settles
the question Of his innocence in the minds Of
all candid and honest men
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J. 3. STEWART, who was coniluci Ii The
Capitol Bastile for scvera! weeks ~ crjt. If
a vote of the House ior relus!a, to reveal e.,
private transactions to one Q! it, committee,
has brought suit against Speaker Blaine sad
Saggeaut-at-Arms Ordway, laying his dam
ages at the respectable su,n Of :lV3,r@. II
he could bring "a suit ami recover damages
against the members who voted for his i'm
prisoume2t we should rejoice at It. We be-
lieve his confinement WAS dangerous and
unauthorized exercise of power that ought to
be checked. But the Officers Of the House
only executed its orders and did their duty,
and it is not very likely they will be punished
for it, or any body else. Congress, at any
rate, IS al irresponsible body, except TO putt
lie sentiment, and may tranple on personal
rights with entire iInpunity.
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THE Hon. Frederick Douglass having been
refused entertainment by the proprietor OF a
Trenton, New Jersey, hotel, the other even.
ing, member of the New Jersey Legislature,
within a few hours, reported bill Furnishing
with heavy penalties any Discrimination be-
tween white and eolored people by common
carriers, hotel keepers, theatre managers, or
In schools and cemeteries supported from tho
public funds. The Legislature viii do only
an act Of the simplest justice BY promptly
RAISING the bill.
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ava Right. Ina Arkansas.

Tue Legislature OF Arkansa. mas passed a
Civil Rights bill which requires all public
houses and conyeyances to make no di5tinc-
ton in the treatment OF iaGe Of gge:ts o.
travellers, under penalty varying froIn 500
to II so fine, ana Imprisonment from three
months to tao years. As one OF the irst
fruits Of the Law the steamer DarIsnelle left
Little Rock the other lay without white pas
sengers, because two coiored men insisted On
having state rooms. But white folks will
probably get over this sor; Of self-sacrifcs
before long. 1t will cost them too much to
persist In their refusal 10 travel on boats
With colored peonle.
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The COiOred Citizen.

Our contemporary has gone under. We re-
greet this, as we need every organ our people
can publish. Is there not something to he
learned by this sudden demise. The editors
Of the Citizen thought it we'll either to attack
people or to nauseate them with praise, and
in falling below the dignity Of journalism,
or rather in not rising to its proper level. ths
Citizen made the same mistake that man
makes when he thinks he is building himself
up by pulling somebody down. Yet it may
be said that Nessrs. Sampson and Murray,
its editors. are both able and amiabe man.