The New York herald., 1874-08-28
NEW YORK HERALD FRIDAY AUGUST 2s S74-TRIPLE SHEET

which win be imposed upon tine members OF me
Fortyfonrtn CONGRESS. Questions OF mighty an@ mo
immeaiate solution. DSi '"'F First IN importance,
perhaps, rs the present deploraale conal-
war, the elevation 10 citizenship OF 1000 900 or
serfs, and the successful efforts OF the dominant
party TO utilize this element for It's own political
purposes by clothing them with the elective ran
cnise and arraying them in bitter antagonlsm
ing the whites by test oaths ana dslran IT,
has produced condition OF AFFAIRS at once fright
ful andalarming The colored race has demon
strated wnat all thinking men antlcipa tec-ts
utter unftness, Doth morally and in ellectually,
for the affairs of government. Wherever 1t has
mad control social and financial ruin have been the
inevitable results.
An utter cessation OF all attempts by legislation
or otherwise on thep part Of the federal government
to use the colored race Tor political purposes
will par nally, at least, remedy much OF the evil.
II left alone to the control OF their own indg.
ments and impulses the antagonism oil the colored
people TO the v hites, not natural, but iomented
for political purposes, would gradually die out,
and the two races mutually dependent upon each
other, woui move on each IN its appropria
sphere to the solution OF its own destiny The
colored man Is to-day clothed with all the civil and
political rights possessed by the White man. No
one proposes 10 interfere with his possession ana
full realization OF them. Legslation Is powerless
on the question OF SOCIAL equality.
The civil Rights bill. so-caled. with Its
abominable and unconstitutional provisions, If
less 10 accomplish this result, and It's only
effect would be to vex and harass the whites and
ruln ii not ueSIfOy, TIE Dl4CkS. neeu not say Ia
this intelligent presence that the passage OF this
Oil INTO law would sound the death kne
to our whole educational system, and that
the negroes whom we are educating chiefly at our
own expense would be the greatest sufferers by
1t. | am aware that 1t has been whis
pered in certain quarters that the Presi-
dent will veto this bill should it be passed by
Congress-, but there Is no authority Tor the state
mcnt. No, no, ne Will never veto this bill.
have no faith In these unofficia outglvings, made
undoubtedly to secure support In his third term
raid, which in my Judgment is iully as infamous
as this bill! iseli. am not thrd.termer. l am
IN favor OF the zone term principle"
Another OF the 2reat questions demanding I'M
mediate solution Is the financial problem.
where 1t appears as though our whole business
interests had oeen stricken with paralysis. During
nearly the whole OF a seven months session the
present Congress, entirely under the control OF
the republican party, discussed this question
without reaching any beneficial results. The first
IN office. OF course understand what a sweep
ing change this would necesstate-lrom the
White House to the lighthouse nearly all would
have to 60. But let them depart, and that speed
lily, and may the places which have known them
know them no more forever. And next, the coun-
try must be brought back 10 a sound financial
basis. This should begin with the government in the
hooded the country with an irredeemable paper
currency. The green back Is legal tender for al
''debts, public and private, except duties on i'm
ports and interest on the pubic debt" The gov
ernment thus dlscrlmlnates and depreciates It's
own promises to pay. Why should not the green
ernment as well as individuals?
The Convention then adjourned sine die, after
session Of not more than one hour and half