Year: 1871

ment Of order in Franco centres not In M.
Thiers, not in the National Assembly, not in
the Central Committee or the Sub-Central
Committee, but in the French army. If some
one does not rapidly rise to the surface who
can guide and control the armed forces of
France the horrible iniquities of 1884 must
be looked for-the Reign Of Terror must be
considered re-established. 1t is no business
Of ours whether France decides to be a repub-
lie or limited monarchy or an empire. In
establishing permanent government France
can do as she will II France cannot save
herself one consolation remains-Germany
means to save her. The German forces are
ready at moments warning to protect the
National Assembly and to occupy Paris. 1t
would be . strange conclusion to this war
II France should beg Prussia to save her from
ruin.


This Days Fifteenth Amendment Jubilee
How Stand tho Democracy ON This Amend
ments
Our colored fellow citizens of this city cele-
brate to-day the anniversary of the proclama-





clares that 1.-THE right of citizens of the United
States to vote shall not be denied or abridged
by the United States or by any State, on
account of race, color or previous condition Of
servitude," and that Congress shall have
power to enforce this amendment by appro-
pirate legislation" That is all there is of It;
but its adoption marks the consummation of
one of the most remarkable and comprehensive
political revolutions in human history. Ten
years ago, under the constitution of the
United States. Americans born, Of African
descent to the number Of four millions, were
held as slaves, or as having no rights as free
people which white men Eags P2sp9 te Is- as.,
spect WitH...nn ten years, as the fruits of
gigantic sectional rebellion for the perpetas-=
tion of African slavery, all these civil and
political distinctions of race and color have
been swept away, and this days African
Celebration Is in honor Of the crowning
achievement Of equal rights as cltizenns Of all
men of all colors at the polls.


We expect, too, that our colored procession
to-day will be very imposing one, judging
from the initial experiment of last year, which
was great success, and especially in passing
of, from first to last, without the slightest dis
turbance or interruption. There were reasons
to apprehend last year, from the prejudices of
race and color, that the procession of the
grateful blacks would hardly pass of without
some scenes Of rufianly violence; but, as by
universal agreement among all classes, there
never was more orderly procession in the
city. So it was, too, last year with similar
professions in every part Of the country. So,
we have no doubt, it will be here to-day. In
these colored professions of last year we saw
that the masses Of the whites Of the Northern
States frankly recognized the fair play of this
fifteenth amendment, and that even in the
South the blacks were not disturbed in their
| jubilee.


New York is cosmopolitan city. Look at
the nationalities of which it is composed. On
the 18th of this month, in honor of the rhtron
saint Of Old Ireland, we had an Irish process
sion exceeding in numbers anything they could
get up in Dublin; to-day we shall have
fifteenth amendment jubilee, which will bring
out our African population in all their glory,
and on Easter Monday we are to have Ger
man peace jubilee, and an army of Germans
with banners that would do honor to the impe-
rial city of Berlin. The Hebrews Of New
York to-day are richer than were the Jews of
Jerusalem in the golden reign of King Solo
mon; and our English, Scotch, French, Italian
and Scandinavian festivals will serve to mark
%Lo a<r nr&h % oh &C


Notwithstanding metropolis. OF course, then,
we all understand practically here the doctrine
Of equal rights, and so we are sure that our
colored fellow citizens will have happy day
| Of it with their equal rights jubilee


Old Tammany stands well before the coun-
| try upon this subject but how is it with the
democratic party Of the United States
Down South they proclaim the fourteenth
amendment, of equal civil rights, in
valid, and the fifteenth amendment,
Of equal political rights, a fraud, aud it
is sapparent that the Southern democrats ex-
pect to upset these amendments in the Presi-
dental election of 1872. They do not mince
the matter. They boldly proclaim it. But if
the democratic party shall attempt again to
try the experiment of unsettiing the fixed facts
resulting from the war they will surely be
again defeated. In frankly accepting the con-
stitution as it is they have fair prospect Of
success but if they will still insist upon ''the
constitution as it was" under Buchanan, they
will surely be again defeated. 1t is for the
Northern democracy this time to bring the
South to reason, instead Of following the Hot
spurs of the South once more on the road to
ruin. Surely Tammany Hall has had enough
Of that folly.


The WIsEACREs OF THE ASSEMBLY pro-
pose to pay fifty thousand dollars to any man