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CONDITION or Tme cnOPS.

The following notes on the condition
of the crops throughout the country are com
piled from the report of the commissioner
OF agriculture from Nov. I:
WHARF.-The general average condition of
This important cereal is high. In but nine
of the states falling below 100, and in % tine
average is above TO-. In some states being
as high rs / 32 and in several above ll2. Cal.
iiorDa stands at TIE loot OF thelist, report.
ing as. This was due to drouthfin Il consid-
cradle portion of that state. The Average
lor the whole country is 100, the highest
hgure reported since 1862, when it reached
lO2 The commissioner places the average
yield per acre at l3rbushels, and the total
crop 3j0O000O0 bushels, and as there is 40
present crop wllelargely exceed that,Oi that
year, which was 250,0c0,000 bushels.
CORN-IhlS crop was retarded by late
nanting and in some localities by drouth.
The general average is paced,a at 92, against
90 in September last year The crop in lll-
nos is only reported at rs.
OATS Ihe figures for this crop are placed
rs high as lOi. One county in Texas lCald-
wcll, claims IN average yield OF 60 bushels
per acre. .,
RYE--Averagc for whole country, l0l.
BARLEY AND BUCKWHEAT-Ayerage 9S
| each.
Prospect for good crop favor
able. The percentages OF conditions are as
| follows North Carohna, So South Carolina,
s.; Georgia, II; Florida, "a; Alabama, 81;
| Mississippi IS; Louisiana, "; Texas, 70; Ar,
kansas, 90; Tennessee, 100; the general
average being S6 against a3iin August.
PoTAToES-O OF the best crops for sew
eral years Average for the whole country,
! 30
SoPGHrM--Average 95. In Mississippi
IN average nj l0l gallons OF thick syrup to
the acrc is produced. The area OF sorghum
cultivated is large this year
! ToBACCO-Reports very favorable ior
| good crop. The leading tobacco-grow1ng
states report as follows: Connecticut, 100
MARYLAND, 50; Virginia, %; North Carolina
qS, Tennessee, 1902; Kentucky, 100; Indiana
100, Missouri, 104; Kansas, ll6.
RlcE- Promising on all the islands and
coast lands of South Carolina
Uops-Worm eaten ia New Hampshire
! but good prospect in Wisconsin,
APPLES Scarce and poor. Better IN
mountain districts o( the south than the
north, but rotting badly. Good crop in Kan
sas.
STOCK HoGs-The condition as to size and
weight is full average for the whole coun,
trv. Twenty states report an increase, aho
eleven a decrease in number whlie nVt
renOrt an average.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-11-24


There at present one hundred and
hlteen chinese students in tNi- co"n'rt'
Bishop Haven hiss sppolhted the Rev.
Joel osgord missionary to Africa.
:, y he Mlnma conference of the United
Brethren church have resolved not to receive
any minister who uses Tobacco. s.
The managers of the Southern Meth.
odist publishing house, at Nashville, Tam.
are trying to fund its debt hy issy,ing bonds
to the amount OF $'f6,cne,
Mrs. Mary J. Proctor, of Rochester,
Aas heiueathed the bulk OF her estate,
amounting to about 100000, to various bo..
nevolent institutions of the Episcopal church.
The Rev. Arthur Mpreel!, Of Stock,
vel London, who IS considered to rank next
to SpurgeOn IN the English Baptist pulpit, is
cori'rs 10 the United States on six months
N1tNrng tour '''
A Methodist minister in Gecrsia walks
thirty miles in each @eeE in order to fulfill
one Of hI' appointments, and works two davs
?"t u every week in briekyard for corn to
feed his family.
The general manager of the Michigan
Central railroad company has isyhed M or,
der directing that hereafter OH Sabbatks "no
work k shall be doNe except such as is abeo.
lutely necessary"
There are over 900 Young Mems
Christian associations in this country aud
about as many more on the other side of the
Atlantic, They have united in setting apart
az a season of special prayer Cor unconverted
young men, and tos Christian work on their
behalf IN this observance they ask the CO.
operation of all Christian people.
The committee appointed by the South
ern Presbyterian general assembly 10 inves
tigate the a'air- OF The publishing house at
| Richmond, found that the secretary conduct.
ct the business Of the house in a very sl0v.
/ enly and irregular manner, mixing up his
| private with his official business They do
not believe this confusion was from any
wrong or unworthy motive. They prpOse to
sell the house and let the printing by con
tract.
Congress disgraced itselfby adjourning
to allow members to attend the horse race al
Baltimore. The Independent speaks with
| becoming plainness of this act: "lf il had
been anything useful and instructive, or any
i thing simply innocent, harmless, we should
yet complain Of the neglect OF duty; but the
! example of leaving the BUSINESS Of the,Dub
| lie, whose servants. they are, to 'attehd'thu
most demoraliaipg sport VA the continent a
sport which exists only for the purpose oil
supporting gamblers and sharperS, which has
made ioGkrying a synonym OF rOguery and
which dehcs the laws Of our states against
gambling and pool>selling do this isa
| DISGRACE :'''"'
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-11-24

| know it is mean to ask YOU" said
Posy, touched by his gesture and expires
sion, for he said nothing. B." suppose it
wouldn't do to cut it and take out the
seedsf'
THAT would,h5 be fair, fsadld Tom.
my, seriously' "rll try to help yod a
little"
In spite of his modesty, he proved a
great assistance and the apple soon:d =.
appeared and they were .loeking for the
seeds, .... to......... a.
One'I love-" said, Tommy, placing a
seed in Posy's little hand, ETwo |
love" giving her ap9ther Three i
love, / say. -Four | love with all my
heart, and and FIVE j .cast-away."
al should ieel drcadfully if.there were
only ive,' said PoSy, anxioWly. l..
Six he loves, said Tommy, solemn
| iy. "Seven she loves, eight they both
loye-and that's all"
"O Tommy only ore more" said
Posy, beseechinglS, as IL her fate rested
whollf with him. fn.s ~ -.-
p" Jerusalem the J., Golden! Nine he
cNmeslP cried Tommy, placing carefully
in her hand the least mite of seed.
-. Is it too small to count ?" asked
posy, with great concern. :.
Nothing is too small to count" said
Tommy, sternly.
The little seed almost jumped for Joy
in Posy's hand. e.a.
1" IN the little fellet just saved us,
said Tommy. counting the nine aeetl8.
"You believe now be will come, don't
you, Posy ?" ... .I
"E know he will come now" said
Posy and, as if her faith had brought
| it, at tllatmonient youthful, sunburnt
face pressed itself against the window
and smiled kindly at the little figure in
black. . ..a"~ .e.
"There is tramp outside, who says
he has had no dinner to-day" SAID
grandpa, coming in and looking straight
at Posy.
at is Johnn cried Posy, seeing the
twinkle in his merry old eyes.
Nine he comesln shouted Tommy, as
Cousin John came in.
Here is what brought you, John, y
said Posy, showing the nine seeds.
shall always keep them"
As John sat down to dinner alone
Posy said: go dear it I had been sure
YOU would come, John, think ! could
have eaten more dlnner' Grandma
took the hint and pu. on another plate
81 know could - said Tommy
meekly and on went third plate
amid shouts and groans.
Nine brown seeds lay III paper box
on bit of white cotton. Eight wert
I full and large, but one was vert small
-,Sargem Flint.
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The Silver Dollar.

As the reconciliation Of the silver dol
lar in some form is attracting 30 large q
share Of public attention, it will be OF
interest to know Just what the silver
coinage of the country has heen and now
IS. The first silver dollar under the law
of 1872 weighed 4l6 grains S92 40 fine,
and parts in same proportion. Weight
Of $1,000, S665 ounces.
In January, 1887, the Law was 50
changed that the silver dollar weighed
N2l grains 900 fine, and parts in same
proportion. Weight of $1,000, Sj0s
ounces. .Yhis ia the dollar that was drop
ned from our coinage IN 1868, because it
had practically been ont OF circulation
for twenty years or more and is the dol
lar which ii is now iSop)sed to adopt,
both as TO weight and tineness
Ia March, 1858. A law was passed
which did no. touch the silver dollar
| itself but reduced the weight of the halt,
dollar and smaller silver to proportionate
parts of &Sl grains 900 fine to the dollar
$l0bO.of'these coins weighed 500 ounces.
The law of February II, 1873, estab
lished the weight of the halt dollar,
quarter, dimes and half.dimes at SS5s
grains 900 fine $1,000 of these coins
weigh SOB ounces. These arc the coins
now issued, and ar, in general circuia
ton. They are Il legal tender to the
amount of S. in any one payment. The
trade dollar was authorized in 1873, tC
weigh i20 grains 900 fine, and this is
legal tender to the amount OF - onlyIL
one payment $1,000 of these coins wsjgt
| SD ounces. L. --.------
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pniiinr ChiIdren to Bed.

Not with &report for anyoi that days
sins ol commission or commission. Tate
any other time but bedtime for that. i
YOU ever heard little creature .ighing
and sobbng in its sleep you should never
do this Seal their closing eyelids with
a kiss and blessing. The time will
come all too soon when they will lay
their heads upon their pillows lacking
both. Let them then at least have this
sweet memory of a happy childhood, OF
which no future sorrow or trouble can
rob them. Give them their rosy youth
Nor need this involve wild license. Tho
iudiciols parent will hot 50 mistake my
meaning. Ifyou have ever met the man
or woman whose eyes have suddenly
filed when little child has crept trust
iapIy to its mothers breast, you may
have seen one in whose childhood's home,
Dignity and severity stood where Love
aud Pity should have been. loo mIch
Indulgence has ruined thousands Of chill
dren too much love, not one.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-11-24
southern Lines to Europe.

1 Six steamships, ranging between a
thousand aud seventeen hundred tons
each, are advertised to run from Norfolk
to Liverpool, fortnightiy, until the close
If the wear. The first vessel sailed
Wednes iay with 1000 bales Of cotton;
| Twenty years ago no southern port had
steam ia Europe. Now Baltimore has
tWd'fecnlar lines, with other steamships
tp,iting in.f frequent trips, and NV ~, Ut-
leanA, Galveston, Siyannans aru Wit
midgton passes intermittenf 4nes' run
ping. through the cotton season ana oc-
ra, ,ionally Afterwards. The nialifreliance '.l
th,ls OF sputbetn steam mss " EMrope
4 cotton. Ifathey desire regular Euro
nein n steamships they n,ust create piher
cornmeme to the West ladisslMexiepand
south America.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-11-24

| have caused the meandered lakes in
all the township plats 10 BE- counted, and
there are in the actually surveyed pof,
tions of the state Just 1899 meandered
lakes. Calling them 5000 in number,
and, from reliable data in this Office, we
find that these lakes average 800 acres
each; this gives us an equivalent ON
500. 900 acres of water in the surveyed
portions of the state Now, computing
the lakes in the unsuveyed portions of
the state from reliable data in possession
of this Office, we find that there are 1000
more lakes, which rake 1000 in all.
The number OF lakes to Il town Is much
greater in the unsurveyed portions of the
State than in that already surveyed
They are found also to average greater
areas. We find we are compelled to estl-
mate the 1000 lakes in the unsuryeyed
portion at 800 acres each, which gives lis
an additional water area Of LOO 900
acres, making total Of water area on the
surveyed lands of 2700,000 acres OF
water within the limits of the state.
This does not embrace the vast water
areas included within the projected
boundary lines of the state in Lake SIT
perior and Lake OF the Woods, and along
the great water stretches OF the iuterna
,ional line-(icn. james II. Baker
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Iutgre Of the picking should he as f,voable

future OF the picking should he as fyoroble
aS that Of 1876,
The army bill, as reported to the Senate
IRON the committee on appropriations ia
amended by the entire omission Of the clause
inserted by the house, which provided that
iour cavalry regiments should be recniited IN
thelr iull force of 200 men each and kpnt
IN service on the Texas frontier bu, that The
total number Of men on the army rolls shouId
be limited 20 10000, The SEN ate committee
reco9mend the. inserfiGli,, in place OF ,he
mandatory provision cdnceraing the use ol
troops in Texas; g the following CLAUSE !.
cavalry r@imetrts may be recruited Ia. one
hun"red men in each coGpany, and kept AS
near as practicable, to that number ssd I
sufficient force of caYalry shall He employed
IN defense Of tha Mexican and Indian from.
tier OF TEXAS. The committee do not rec.
Hrinend any increase in the amounts voted
by the house, but on the contrary propose a
reduction Of $4,000 in the item Tor the con.
version OF smooth bores to rihed cannon.
100000 in the amount for hospitals, and S5OO
IN the appropriation Tor the office of the
commanding general. 3D..
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-11-24
Ideals.

Every man has his ideal Of some sort
some GOAL toward which he Is pressing.
Thele ia farther shore of human desire
and effort. 10 some it lies among The
pleasures or riches of the world TO
other, in the direction of mere worldly
wisdom; to still others It tmay b4 that Just
visible line OF perect being, where the
s5ul in the exercise Of all its powers shall
give praise in its every moment. This
imrulss. which lies hurried in human
nature does not always n silt in pro-
gress, either for the individual or for
society, owing to the perverted Judg-
ments and depraved tastes by which it
i. often miscredited. We are all filed
with 4 restless encr!y which is pressing
ms forward toward something beyond
Well it will be for us if that something
be true lofty, spiritual II any man is
satisfied with present attainment mth
what lie is or what he has accomplished
he is blind to his own defects, and has
lost the ambition of life. Ripo fruit i
paruered. or falls to the ground and
p,rishes. This is the law of nature,
The Shock OF corn that is matured, God
garners. Continued life gives room io'
Continued advance and service Tres
: H0bb,nS.
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WARRINGTON.

aate has confirmed James S.
ulSn adj agent Of Shoshonc agency,
-, william 5. M'Millin, pension
r0, CIV Vfleans; James 7. Pagan, re.
TuollG bS moneys, Little Rock, Ar
|, ya9 T. Wilder, postmaster, Ne
Y Nebraska,
",r 'On returns of the department
,y, made on the first week in No.
On mPare The product in bales within
y comparison by states with the
'eu; Texes has the lowest per
MCuli be still lower but for tif.
j,0o a'un Increase of acre. Arkansas
IN Ve stand high, not only by rea.
ivo,' 'v'9p, but because their yields
N1r., low last year. Alabama is
N.Y. n only because her last crop
EUOr VI one The figures are as fol.
oo}SroIlna 81; South Cprolina,
NaSp' Florida, ~; Alabama, l05
~ ,,G Louisiana, 81; Texas, 80,
N.Y.. Tennessee, ll5s .Tlli'
,,o,a yOuV lour per cent reduction
'VSa'e Of last year, il even tn,
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Declined with Thanks.

We are obliged to the New Century
Art Publication company for one of their
exquisite chromos, but we feel com
pelied to return it with the request that
they send US some less elaborate study
in its stead. The picture, " Autumn
Scenes on American Farms" is beautiful
enough, the atmosphere is marked with
a rare transparency, the foreground is a
marvellous copy OF nature, the Perspec'
tive ia perfect, the high light, middle
tint and background are all good, the
drawing is accurate and the coloring
delicate and natural and we will say the
other things about it when the company
sends us the other art slang. But we
cannot hang it up in our house. We
have a son, who will in all probability bt
raised in the city, and We cannot, with
out doing violence to the feelings OF {
father, permit the hope and staff OF oul
declining years to grow,up, and by con
slant study of that picture, fall into th'
belief that American farmers, in tigh
boots and olaw,hammer coats, and the
wives and daughters in princeese dresse
and Valenciennes lace. and kid slippers
20 out in the autumn with pair 0
| blocded horses and a basket phaeton, AM
gather blood.red and golden yelloV
apples of the same spreading gnarlet
and rugged oak tree, glowing in all tn
flaming splendor of the autumn gloriiie
maple. Take back your picture, aq
give us a David aud Goliah, With gree
grassland red blood. Don't put in niue
grass, but pile on the blood. .-Bplihgto
HaWktye. 4 .tS,A&,lp<l &, b ~ So
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-11-24
m1ScELLANEOUN.

4 powington, Pa, dispatch says band LOT OF
tramps stole quantity oil lfope;,Iy lpp,;oS iTT, Tba
railroad cars at West Chester JGHo'ion, @ ,ho
railroad employees made rald upon on, ,ne mn1
tramps and recovered the properly Vu, tuau,Us "OS
until two railroad men and four OF lhe tiamPs
were injured. Two trains were stopped nS nSGt y
lewiston BY them the other morning, aut .he ~
was only after desperate resistance Gn IIe nto
nart of the conductor ana his Isis.auaI ;,atoS
hat they we're driven o.; " IS eo eS'maueu iu,,na
hat there are between 900 and ,oU0 trtmps
,s"ndering u between that places and Plttspurg'
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so,lI, rears atter the discovery 81 gold

so,lr wears alter the discovery Of gold
n Australia A mint was established, and
~ ,,rnS of the, raw gold, ,instead OF being
sant to Great Britain, was coined INTO
soUs sovsreigns in the new colony. The pco'
lbese e locally-coined sovereigns with dls. 4,
tr,,st tn,st and disfavor /, they clamOred for the
Tf"SI FUSii"h S soyereign, and were ready to pay
. 1,,s nsSemium for It. And yet all the whll'
y Preau m,ou an absolute fact that the AVS AVS
tyolian sovereign contained nore e, SoISu DO,
sI"I' smS Of higher standard, than did 'h'
English.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-11-24


THERE isn't much difference between
a Gtasshopper and grasswidOw. Either
viii Jump at the first chance
NOTE mined IN a deserted PittsAuruh
boLv. ET[pat Mo vslI Gr I W. no
Stber or mother BoiI the mill veV
befnre GIVING II to the bou-p
oNv1y y asked PIT ,ono dar. owbv
wa, Ealaam a frst.cIass aslronon,s, ~
The other man gave N mn of r,nI..
. :,bnre . .a;d Psta a'tvag because bs
bad NJ ,roubIe in Gnding an AZ. 70.
roid u
uUn,,, L., ;.,ho. a. g. -, a.l.I.
oentlemen of = RAGGED uyrhin and mint
;ng ,o a dense vol1'1op Of smCpa thst va.
iss1,ina Grc IN the windowsof a " arebonse
" No sir that ia ONLY tbo sroote ;. 70.
rl;od fbe bov - ~ ~
.I,r,f az o..;.oI,.,. and ,.nn,,so,.,,,
-, 'r9 ~ ~, ,i%als'o cn,.n5 M ,i,o, I; l;,;n
1o ona ,ne''L iong ir,onros.;bie wall ali 5ysy r
frao ( mer;cs cs Tor . cbean cradA ot Cb,is,.
rnos ,r.o ,;rsssnts s5snted fo tho v.snia al
vonrT men On salaries -H1,rteue
'',,.o .,1,, .1s. y .ylJom I, pnu.;.
snQms sisi ot,ie, .r pIy ~ iSa'e,S
uuiinS Inc 'l "lnttIj any SnG , .nousanuS u, eS, =,
;ho Ju,Ls f3r M o,ber nnrnoee tEan Ia
ret I'd az shoYeling tbreejof four feet 6f
snow off the front -psyements three or
font Tine a wenk - N1rrj,ioIrn Bcyols
m ,,..,.,..
hE @a.yI,"tiom than !.
.llan 'e Tbreab TIl"b" "scsf" coli % in,y;cato 1%v
prccsss prV . narag7apher can At ii his room
h New York and scratch the back of "a
,oro,roher in New. Orleans = Courier.
iyjo,%3ci
- e pon, ), .o;I = d;.tA
IL MAS loia ~, ~ - p"IH t"ru",,aa Sa.u "a'y =
looh.4s ou,.Jin; ,aI;,;aol ~ ooo4;n, M % and Iora
c.o"u a. Iiaao ., "yIS W., dSar,, Iot az e
WI .yc,, had tvsr been there since " said obe
/ If bis bearsrs as he proceeded TO laud an
onnosition candidate ''.'
ir,...' I,.,', r,a, ,.no douo, no ,,;oo,,
u n,J" ,,ioS Sr,b III m pi.tia W NJ WokroaLa
oI loIei ~ -'pi In. ~ 49,. 49, -''U~ oa oi
"'le one oi"Il,iou t,,a; ~ ~ 60 a. '
EoG4 sa;d oGdn NJ % 9. !. S"u "ooJ s"c;0t, and
,ootor - INV GOOD lord ~ aid the other.
| e MAT il all hell lacks ="
H. ,,,,,,.o.. .l,o4 ,,,. o,nrorod
VI. d ooaa ,,,,. reiJ 'n"s was ,or
tNpivss' ~ opnsi"1' me-, arpiV XIX '' 1rictIy
tlle atn!, 'me pm !, pnu ,n, "a IA !, MN ot ~
esnls % SuoIra ~ ,nos,;ra SI whers ,Ss ms " men,
t,9ofs,@ eol "toets te IEf,, WTel ca and ,hnn
s. uvis aSse'nplvu t in;,' y ,solIoSorris, S S
.Ne4' " P''AiNs F0N', o'i Ai'' .r-1r
Al ths IScent S"Vy S,ioS III In 0b,T,. bo,,osn o
h.aIJsv IppiJT"on " sne r"U ,r"s avsr,ri
eAGynool ana lo1mlisHess h;aE s,o;nSoS We oniv
neu ~ AZ ii" Lis M NJ ;nreBg,;ie rpndiov
Iounu hIt = ih,., nn.h tn,o aotnU p,o1I,sy
WA sShn'ft NM - U5 O35noi5. 9ou .Sa bss go 70 .nSnI
anu wl'en II ~ vans 'He ''''7 " 'FT" = =
wilma v"ch i, "anini9'' ,..,, -:
T.. AN lrishman VINO. had been sicK ioDg'
time was one Gay met py tne patisn
prles'i Wheh tne ,oii0WlDs coh'eiseoio,
I .tnn Fn1 r.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-11-24

A,LADY complains Of the present male
styh, that there Is tso much. collar ana
too little gentlemsn. '''
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-11-24

A You've lady, in conyersing with a
gentleman, spoke f'having resided in -.
louis. Was ST. louis ttyohr native
place.?', Ssked .theEentleman, 'A, We'll,
ves, part ,ot the time" resportief the
lady.
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FACTS AND F4NCIES.


You would not think ber chtess were boominr
TCe1f
No line 90 mGs her heamihg snHiedhripsa., -.
M hl3ate TorlumeH around hfr hnveF& M'M
End Jet owe bell HN
Sine rggI no. lEe sHn iu dazzling brightness.
Shr sicpa not1ike " lawn aslh lalrg f-bina.s.
Her eye, resemble moi ne stars sbo9e btt
H.f Ahe Ct ioye her .f.I'.
NowaTifs iresses isll ia rich Fshiasian:
No claslo torn half hidden nv iilHs ipu-- y
No b.iiitaut liHcT -Jpld eer discover;
And ysi 1--we htIs
FOR she is truly Eensibie and COOL
,tnd at thcchnrmS that nake tue Eofsanheai
nile ls hsG / and she llves ms moreVTsT.
..f Aud ~ love hsFl ##a .....
. - Be-',ifT that. she's my usHvysr-.4 ia
t-.lart fm tgF'H Lorqfehor
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-03-31


Truth will out, and when it comes
from a Republican organ it is all the
more refreshing. The Washington
Republican, until recently, the warm
est champion of the carpet-baggers,
commenting upon their rascalities, is
constrained to say:
"And what is almost as singular as
the existence of these facts is that the
people Of the North have 50 long
countenanced the conduct now to bc
condemned and brought to a close.
But this may be said in extenuation :
that until quite recently the great body
of the people have not known the ex-
tent of their mis-doings, and were led
to believe that the governments they
represented were conservatOrs of the
public welfare as means of protect
ing the colored race in the rights with
which they have been clothed. The
public mind is, now disabused Of these
impressions. The people have not
failed TO see that if they had been, in
fact, of fany service to the blacks the lat
ter would have stood by them, and they
would not now be abandoned by that
race so generally as appears from the
events Of the late campaign. twill not
do to say that it was wholly in conse-
quence Of intimidation and violence,
for if the government had been OF any
account in the world they would have
had following which, supported by
the blacks and aided by the Federal
courts and other officials there, would
have furnished absolute protection to
all. The very fact they were so weak
that the colored man could not rely
upon their efficiency to defend his
rights, when aided by his own adhe-
renee, is enough to convince the most
incredulous that they represent only
those who administer them, and so ex-
isting are a disgrace to the name of
government.