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soME OF the English social science"
philosophers are advocating the remarkable
doctrine that under certain circumstances il
may be the duty Of individuals to commit ssi.
eide, and even to put out Of the way friends
or relations who can 10 longer enjoy the
world, and are only trouble to those who
are compelled to take care Of them. AS, for
instance, when al aged person fingers under
an incurable disease; Or when an accident,
inevitably fatal. will psolong the agonies Of
the sufferer Until death releases hiia; or In
the case Of victim Of hydtophobia-ail such
persons these philosophers think should
either gently take themselves into the psx,
world, OF II they do not some Of their humane
attendants should quietly send them of into
an eternal sleep.
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Foster to be Hung.

Governor Dix, Of New York, after care
full consideration of the whole subject, has
decided not to commute The death sentence
of Foster, the car-hook murderer of Putnam,
to Imprisonment for life. Probably there was
never before in this country such powerful
influence brought to bear in behalf Of muir
derer as have bean exerted to save Foster.
But the Governor has resisted all appeals and
opportunities, and decided that the public
welfare and the safety of society demand his
execution. In view Of the fact that the law
Of the State Of New York makes murder q
capital odense, Gov. Dix's course must meet
the approval Of all candid minds, for there
are no extenuating circumstances in Fos-
ter's case. While they continue to hang In
that State such murdersrs as Foster are the
proper subjects Of the law. But on abstract
principles Of policy We might take issue with
bis opinion that the safety Of society demands
his death. We believe Imprisonment for life
would go quite as Ear to deter crime. If known
to be certain, as the death penalty. But we
don't propose to discuss that question at this
time
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Tne new IIan,pshire Election.

Corrected returns from New Hampshire
show that the Republicans achieved very
substantial victory at the election on Tues
day week. The first news looked a little
squally, as it represented that every Con-
gresSional district had elected a Democrat,
that there was no choice Of Governor by the
people, and that it was not quite certain We
had a majority OF the Legislature. Though
the whole delegation from the state was
Democratic i'll The last Congress, Republicans
were little discouraged that such dis
graceful state Of things was to continue for
two years more. 1t seems, however, that
we gave up too soon, and that the Liberals
and COpperheads were premature in the
shout Of triumph they sent up over the re-
suit; for we have carried two out Of three Of
the districts, being clear gain Of two MEN,
bers, have elected our candidate for Gov
ernor, have majority Of over forty in the
House, two TO che in the Senate, and large
ma jority of the Governors Council. We
have, therefore, gained everything but one
member Of Congress. The Copperheads and
their Liberal allies are welcome to such vic
tories as this whenever they can fairly win
them
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Since the article in another column was WIT
ten, referring to the report that Judge hichard-
son would probably be Mr.. Boutweil's success
sor. he has received the appointment OF secre-
tary Of the Treasury and been confirmed By
the Senate. Readers Of the New NATIONAL
ERA need no new assurance that We think
this an appointment eminently ct to be made,
end that 1t gives Us the sineerest grasifcs-
ton. We believe it viii be equally satisfae-
tory to a large majority Of the people. On
previous occasions we fully expressed our
reasons for desiring the nomination Of Judge
Richardson in the contingency Of Mr.. Bout
wells election to the Senate, and for believ-
ing it would subserve the best interests o'
the country. Our convictions upon this point
not only remain unchanged. but have been
strengthened BY subsequent observations
and reflections. In his appointment the ma
ton has an assurance that there viii be no
change in the financial policy so persistently
wisely, and successfully pursued BY Secretary
Boutwell, for the past four years. And sta
bility Is what the country demand. Though
change is the law of nature, it is not safe
law In the financial policy OF nation. The
Pre- sident, by selecting as Secretary Bout
Wells successor gentleman SO familiar with
and known to be so favorable to, Mr.. Bout
wells policy, has given guarantee Of sta
bility worth all the brilliant experiments eve'
recommended by New York dnancier
Therefore We are gratiiod. and the country
will be benefted.
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Sew Work and Our Financial
Policy.

: The reuort hat judge Riekarison vii Pc
appointed Secretary of the Treasury in place
of Mr.. Boutwell, has filed some, and perhaps
all, Of Che New York papers With exceeding
zres, siarrn. Mr. Boutwell, has never come
I'D to the Wall street standard OF n'odei
Secretary of the Treasury, and there ore pc
has incurred their steady opposition. The
New York Tribune, long before 1t deserted
the Republican party, Lost no opportunity to
show its disspproval Of his financial policy.
The New York Tfnes has all along been onlJ
little less savage 10 its attacks, and re-
Gently It has fairly rivalied 1t in vindictiye'
ness. 1t has had several articles recently
dspouncing his steady adherence TO eoutsc
demanded BY the interests of the whole coan'
try rather than by the local interests OF Ne"
York. 1t is believed that Mr.. Richardson
would adopt and carry forward this policy
and therefore the TINES transfers its oppoSi
ton and dislike to him. In q recent attach
upon Mr. Richardson, prompted hy the re-
port We have named, the TYnts savazs!,
says:
There is no reason Ia suppose that Mr.
Richardson does not now, as heretofore, sus
tain the legality and policy OF Mr. Boutwell,
action. Were he once installed in the Treas
TRY Office, the commercial and financial inter
ests OF the country would be, "a they havc
been for months, at the mercy Of one man
exercising at his own discretion enormous
powers which were never Intentionally con
ferred upon him BY Congress"
1t will be news 10 the people. We think
that Mr.. Boutwell, has exercised the iiscre
tionsry power he believes the law to inyeS
in him to the injury Of even the commercial
much less 10 the general business, Interests
Of the country. II will hardly be denied
even By the Times, that the country vas neNe
more prosperous than it is now, and has beer
for the past four years. Manufacturing 6
| adjustments have increased at an unprece
denied rate The farming interests are pros
porous, shlp-building is reyiving, commerce
| is extending, labor was never IN greater de
mand or commanded higher wages, and al
branches Of industry are in a far more Hour
ishing condition than ever. New York i
not an exception. AT any rate, II VIII b'
hard to show that any check any branch o
productive or useful industry may have re
ceived there has not been the result of III,
exercise of the enormous power the Sec
rotary Of the Treasury Is said to possess
Nor is there any fear that continuation o
Mr.. Boutwell's policy under Mr.. Richardson
will injuriously affect the finances Of th'
country, for which the Treasury must h
managed rather than for the exclusive beneli
Of New York.
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Pr0srtss of Our Manu- featuring
Wealth..

While the New York 9Yosss is labozing in
one column to convince the people that the
present policy of the Treasury Department is
fraught with the most dangerous conse-
quences to the country, and to prove that the
enormous powers" of the Secretary have
wrought great injury to 'the financial and
commercial interests Of the nation" it is
publishing in the next column facts which
show that 1t was never in so hourishing a
condition as it has been for the past ten
years, and is now, and that its fears are abb
| solutely groundless. We published two or
three weeks ago some statistics as to the in
crease Of manufacturing establishments in the
various States Of the Union. We now con-
dense from this argument Of the Times against
the assumption that Mr.. Boutwell, has been,
and that his financial policy still Is, running
the country, statistics as to the increase of
manufacturing wealth in the United States at
this time.
These facts prove, as the Times states, that
no increase in the development Of national
wealth has been shown in the history Of the
world equal to that presented by this country
during that period. And it is true, as that
paper also asserts, that this progress is rem
dercd all the more remarkable BY the terrible
and devastating war through which we passed
The simple statement Of the aggregate in
crease Of the value Of the manufactures of
the country In this decade, from 81, 1856 SOL, :
776 in 1860 to s4,232 ,s25, 442 in 1s70-an In.
crease Of l:3 per CENTS all the proof we
need advance in support Of the position.
This rate of increase is nearly double that of
any previous ten years. The Times, which
has taken the trouble to analyze this increase
Of wealth, finds that the proportion Of growth
In the great manufacturing States Of New
York, Massachusetts,. Ohio. and Connecticut
is about lo2 per cent, or 20 Per cent. less
than the average.
In New York the increase Is more than
double that Of the former decade, being l03
per cent, against 4c per cent. in that period,
the growth Of manufacturing wealth bang
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Government Hospital fOr ihe iH
sane.

In The District OF Columbia is al Insane
Asylum or hospital supported by the General
Government out Of the taxes of all its citt-
zens. This hospital is under the charge of
DR.. Nichols. Colored persons are admitted
as we'll as white. So far all right. Suspi-
cion, however, is aroused that the colored
inmate does not receive the same care as the
white This suspicion Is aroused because Of
the fact that the colored patient is isolated
from the white patient; that persons visiting
the Asylum are never shown the corner set
aside for colored patients, while the commo-
dious and well furnished halls for the white
patients are to be seen with the patients
surrounded By musical instruments, billiard
tables, &c. When inquiry Is made for col
ored patients they are represented 10 being
80 mad as not to admit Of being seen. This
Is a matter that the Representatives Of col
ored cons ituencies in Congress will be called
upon to look into. We are opposed 10 sny
Government institution for the benefit Of all
the people alike being controlled By any in.
huence that ignores the rights Of one class o
citizens, while it exalts another.
Our information IN relation to the manner
Of treating the colored insane at the Govern
ment hospital comes from such source that
it is impossible to doubt it. The cOlored
mans rights are respected in our West Point
and Annapolis Government institutions, and
we insist that they be respected in our Govern
ment Insane Asylum.
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ALL sense Of justice seems to have de-
parted from that portion Of the press which
has constituted itself, par excettence, the
champions Of reform" We have had q
thousand proofs Of this ia the last two years,
and there has been no improvement il the
morals since the Presidential election. nor
even since the Credit Mobllier affair has
blown over. The last Illustration Of their
gross injustice is their course toward Sem
ator Harlan. Though the Credit MobIlier
Committee Of the Senate, after a searching
investigation in regard to the use he made OF
q private donation 10 iefay election ex.
penses, reported that they found nothing
worthy of censure in his conduct, these pa
pers keep up their warfare against him as
fercely as though ne had been guilty Of some
glazing crime. Some years ago, before we
heard 80 much Of the elevation and ''inde-
pendence" of the press, this sort OF dashon-
esty would not have been tolerated.
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4 beautiful Wax Medallion.

We have seen 1ne MEDALLION d President
Grant In wax, manufactured by Mrs. II. I
b. Cary, Of this city. The Likeness Is s;x.L-
ing, and the WORK has the appearance Of &.
sculpture Ia marble. The EDeialiIoa has
been presented 10 Hon. Frederick Douglass
BY Mrs. Cary. Mrs. Cary - a man 4iactu.es
Of wax, paper, leather, and Eaic 6owsrs, and
also gives instruction in the work at Der resi-
dence, s2l Fourtecuth street northwest.
Mrs. Csry's school affords Cns opportunity
Tor our young ladies 10 acquire an at tia,
can but be highly remunersl.yc, and We would
like very much to have Ms. Cary employed
by ous school Trustees II g.y.o. lasgac-
ton to class 10 the high scAaol. Tais wor@
Is certainly al accomplishment sach as any
lady might be pzoad to posses.
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TEE executors Of Hon. Thaddeus Stevens
estate, We see ii stated, have resolved to sell
the Caledonia Iron Works belonging to Il,
which consists of about l6 900 acres Of land
and extensive iron ore mines, besides fur
naces, &C., situated about ten miles east Oh
Chambersburg, Franklin county, Pennsyl.
vanIa, and FOX that purpose have placed the
same in the hands Of Mr.. Simon Stevens.
The proceeds Of the sale under the win Of the
"Oid Commodore In o certain event, are
to be given "to erect, establish, and endow
house ofrefuse In Lancaster, Pennsyivania,
for the relief Of homeless INDECENT orphans,
who have lost either parent" AR. Stevens
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News Third Assistant Postsaa steS
General.

Mr.. Edward W. Barber, OF Michigan, Tor
SONS time Secretary Of the Michigan State
Senate, then reading clerk Of the National
House Of Representatives, and subsequently,
Supervisor Of internal Revenue, las been
appointed Third Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral IN place Of Gen. w. II. Il. Terrell. re-
signed. We know Mz. Barber well. and
think the appointment good one. He Is 9
gentleman Of integrity, fHir buzinsss capacity.
and respectable ability. We are confident
he viii make courteous and popular. as well
a. faithful and efficient, offcer. Nothing
more can be required. and al this has been
sacsrtained without the aid Of Al examining
board Of schoolmastsrs.
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our COlOred schools.

Heretofore The management Of he cCloIed
schools Of Washington and Georgetown has
been intrustei to three trustees appointed
By the Secretary Of the Interior. Under that
management the schools have prosprred and
have become An honor to the colored people
Of the District Of Columbia. Notwithstand-
ing this the enlightened cOlOrcd people here
would hail with pleasure the day when the
setting aside Of their children In separate
prescribed schools will be at an end. They
hope to see the time when prejudice against
our race will not be matter Of education al
public expense, and they have looked anK-
iously for change IN our school system that
would bring about the abolition OF separate
and prescribed schools based on colot. The
change just made by Congrcss in giving the
management Of our schools to the local ali.
thorties brings the problem Of equality In
the benefits Of common schools no nearer a
solution. so far as the management Of the
schools a. colored schools ia concerned w
have no reason to doubt but that they will
be as well managed a. heretofore. But We
desire plOxreS7b anu our C"!o!en f1ehu'
throughout the country must insist upon the
Representatives they elect TO Congress doing
their full duty in behalf Of their constituents.
Equality before the Law and protection in
publ rights u our demand. Now, during
tie recess Of Congress. when yoar Represent
adves are in your midst, impress them with
the Importance Of looking after your Interests
as well as The interests Of theI white con.
sfiturntz
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WE read IN on exchange that SON. Of tic
col0red men arc taking Charles Sumner into
their good graces again We should very
much like to know when and for what rea-
son the Senator passed out q! their good
graccs. l. ii not time this nc-,ense was
stOpped-these MINIS and vhins, this petty
fault finding and stupid critIc.4mr 1t isn't II.
the power OF the cOlOred men 20 make Dir
Sumner Oac whit less thcir friend either b.
ingrEttudc or bv slow appreciation Q! H.
long hattir in their behalf; but IL Is in the.f
power to injure theInsrlye=, and % impede
their own progress, hy unscnerous fault
finding. Mr.. Sumner can better afford h.
wait for Justice tkrn fhc colo.rd pa1plg
can afford 20 Be unjust 70 m.-Nsg' Jsr.
Tribune.
We arc probably rs conyCrsant with the
feelings Of the colored people toward Hon.
Charles Sumner az IS the exchange above
quoted from. There has been no lngratitlds
On the part Of The colored people toward the
noble Senator, no ungeGcrous fau!t-Gn Ing
no slow appreciation Of hi, long battle ia the. I,
behalf. on the contrary, the mere mention
Of his name IN acy a5semhaga Of co.ored
people awakens the lyudcst response In
rapturous applause. The colorel people Iii
not agree with Mr.. Sumner On tie candlIala
for Presidency. This vas not iuzratltuIe
they but exercised 4 right Cor which Hon
Charles Summer !abored earnestly % secure
to them, viz: the right t. choose for them
selves who should govern them.
The New York Tribune shoula know THAI
1t Ii not the paper 70 lecture colored people
as 1t ia the recognized organ og all thu hos
tiiity to colored people in this country.
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MIR. Boutwell, In the Senate.

Mr.. Secretary Boutweli's election to The
United States Senate from Massachusetts, as
the successor of Vice President Wilson, is q
source Of sincere qualification to very large
majority of the Republican party, and espe-
cially, we believe, to the readers Of the NEW
NATIONAL ERA. Mr.. Boutwell, vas one OF
the earliest, ablest, and most earnest adyo-
Gates of emancipation, and Of equal political
and civil rights to ali classes and conditions
of people. As Secretary of the Treasury he
has exhibited ability, frmness, wisdom, and
fidelity such as marked the administration OF
very few Of his predecessors. Ills manage
ment Of the finances has been eDlnenny Sic
cessful and satisfactory. If it has not met
the approval Of Wall street, ii has Of the
country at large. The vast majority 81 the
people have sustained his financial policy.
That is the only Kind al endorsement which
he requires. During his connection with the
Treasury he has acquired an experience
which will be Of vast benefit to ths country
in his new position, and will serve to render
him one Of the most useful, as he will be one
of the ablest and most inHorruptib!e, members
Of the Senate.
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IKE New York TTi6ame has reached that
low level in its downward course Of ab6o-
lutsly denying the existence of Ku-klux as
sassim at the South, declaring the whole
story a "bugaboo" to influence votes. This
is an Impeachment of Mr.. Greeley's testi-
mony and an insult to his memory, for he de-
clared in a speech delivered in New York
upon bis return from his Southern trip that
Ku-Kux bands were a terrible reality, de.
serving the excavation of al law~abiding and
patriotic citizens. Mr.. Reid, the present
apostats editor Of the Tribune, cannot have
forgotten this testimony, and whether be
has or not, be knows his statement that the
story of Ku-Klux outrages is an electineer.
Ing trick Is not true.
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will provides that in this institution mo pre-
ference shall be shown on account of race OF
color in the admission and treatrnsnt-neinher
poor Germans. Irish, or NohEEnneda1s, hcE
any others on account Of their race OF reEgion
of thek parente, must be excluded" {
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The Governor Of Mississippi is evidently
a clcar-headed and just-mnded man as well
as sound Republican. He not only does
not participate in the silly and wicked preiu-
dice entertained BY Southern rebels and
Northern Copperheads for native Republicans
and emigrauts from other States, who they
hold up TO reprobation a. "5callswags"
and "carpet-baggers." OF these 'pioneers
in the cause of liberty and REFORM" the Gov
ernor entertains the highest respect, and in
his recent message he calls attention to the
fact that, mainly through their efforts, Mis-
sissippi stands among her sister States of the
South as an example of reconstruction, based
upon reconciliation by full and just recog-
milton Of the rights Of all her citizens. And
he expresses the strong conviction that. hav-
ing once realized the benefits Of a liberal
policy, wherein all are alike protected, and
the opinions of all are accorded decent re-
spect, it is not probable that any prejudice
Of caste, or blind devotion to exploded or
impracticable theories Of government, will
ever again be suffered to imperil individual
safety and destroy the prosperity Of the State.
The political contest, which was determined
on the fifth day of last November, settled
forever the question that all men shall hence
forth enjoy equal civil, political, and religious
rights and immunities under the Constitution
and laws 0? the United States. Under the
common law those rights had been already
fully recognized; and public sentiment has
only come up, after many conflicts, to just
conception of the principles established
among enlightened nations more than half q
ceOt,7r- non
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~ The Congregational Record, nov printed
under the direction Of Hon. A. II. Clapp,
CongrssAio.d Printer, presents much bet
ter Appearance than did the conoreaosal
oloSs, which 1t succeeds as q chronicle o!
the proceedings of Congress. Each page Ia
divided into two wide columns printed In
clear and full type, and II Is in every way
creditabie to the Government Printing once
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senator John r. Lewis.

This gentleman is entitled to the apprOba-
ton of the people Of his State in no small
measure. He has exerted himself generally
in the interests Of his constituents and has
won especial gratitude for his fidelity in the
matter of the bankrupt law. In the early
part of 1872 Mr.. Lewis introduced bill on
bankruptcy into the Senate and BY able and
persistent effort secured its passage, and by
its means the bankrupt Of Virginia and
other Southern States were saved 81, 500
each. We find by an exchange that this law
was then declared constitutional by the
ablest lawyers in the country, but the Court
of Appeals Of Virginia and Judge Alexander
Riyes, United States District Judge, declared
it unconstitutional. At the commencement
Of this session Of Congress Senator Lewis and
several members OF the House Of Representa-
tives introduced bills into both houses Of
Congress declaratory Of Lewis bill of 1872.
A bill introduced by Mr.. Critcher was the
first gotten up, and passed the House on mo-
ton of Mr.. Plat. When the bill was sent
to the Senate Senator Lewis labored iucess-
anty upon the Judiciary Committee until be
secured favorable report from the commit
tee and the passage Of the bill.
Hon. John Lewis is Chairman OF the Com
mlitee on the District of Columbia, and we
have no doubt that his earnest efforts, as OK
hibited above in behalf of the interests of the
people of the whole country, will be made in
looking after the interests of this much-ds-
serving and much-negleetsd District Of CO.
lumbia. He has always proven himself the
warm friend of the cologed man.