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Year: 1870

BgrI am a Conservative, fighting Radi-
calsm, or Democrat, opposing Tennessee
Radicalism, just as you please. The great
point wish to impress upon you is, l care
nothing for party names, but am sincere,
earnest and hearty hater of Tennessee Radi-
calism.- General John c. Bro,Un's KnorUille
Speech.


The position of General Brown is the true
one. 1t is wise as we'll as patriotic. Tennes-
see Radicaism is the present objective point
which we aim at Let that be destroyed, or
at least driven from the ADMINISTRATION of the
State The national alliances can be made
hereafter. If an Old Line Wing call himself
a Conservative let it be done if an Old Line
Democrat sticks to his own name, let it be
done; but let Tennessee Radicalism be the
enemy of both This is not little, dirty
scramble for official place, or to obtain control
of patronage for corrupt uses, but to redeem
.the State and lift it to the high road of pros
internal peace.-Mempdis AUazaacde.
Year: 1870

Keep pushing..'tia wiser than setting aside,
And dreaming and sighing and waiting the tide.
In ife's earnest battle they only prevail.


Who daily march onward and never say fail.
With 40 eye ever open, a tongue that's not dumb.
You'll battle and conquer though thousands assail
How strong and how mighty who never say fail
The spirit Of angels is active, 1 know,


As higher and higher in glory they gos


Methinks on bright pinions from heeven they sail,
To cheer and encourage who never say fail.
Ahead, then, keep pushing. and elbow your way,
Unheeding the enyious, all asses that bray;
All obstacles vanish, all enemies quail,
In the might of their wisdom who never cay fail.
In life's rosy morning, in manhood's fair pride,
Let ibis be the motto your footsteps to guide;
In storm and in sunshine, whatever assail,
Wen onward and conquer, and never say fail.
Year: 1870

we nave IN every ward IN the city at
least one thoroughly organized Republican
club. In some swards there are more than
one, and in several of them various places
have been hired in which to assemble and
talk over, in an informal manner, the polit-
ical situation. We called at three or four
Of these places on Monday night, and were
eheered with the evidences we saw OF unity
and determination to succeed at the next
election. In the Fourth Ward. especially,
we met number of intelligent, resOluse,
staunch young men. who were discuss


ing the action Of the Ward club


at meeting which had been held
earlier in the evening. The company was
composed mainly Of young colored men,
and We Judge they are CreoIes-natives of


Louisiana, and as completely identified with
the interests of the city and State as any
class or individual to be found here. When
we entered the room, a very talented young


speaker was giving his views of what they


should do and were determined should be


done in the next election. He demanded a


fair election, and a perfect right to vote, tor


himself and political friends, and urged


upon his companions as their first duty to


stand by the cause and all those who stand


by it. His remarks were heartily endorsed


by all present. He was surrounded


by such men as p z. Canonge


Raphael st. Armand, Robert Malcolm,


James johnson, Parish and many more
such of the Fourth Ward, and Mason, Bar


rett, and others from the Third. Mr. w. K.


Fish was discovered to be present, when.
with enc voice, the boys demanded that he
should make them bis of speech. He
indulged them with practical, sensible
talk Of about fifteen minutes length, in
which he expressed his qualification to
know that they were working harmoniously
together. That the campaign was now
fairly begun in which they were to select
such men for the various offices as would
reflect credit upon the party and upon
themselves. The nominations were to be
made by delegates partly selected by the
voters at the primary elections held in the
clubs, and these selections should be made
with care, and promptly ratified at the
polls.


Although the meeting was impromptu,
and the time merely devoted to practical
consultation, there was an unNistakable
degree of enthusiasm manifested as Mr.
Fish who is evidently great favorite with
the Fourth Ward boys, pointed out the way
by which they could make their power felt
as an element in the Land.


MIR. Barrett, from the third ward, was also
called upon for a speech. He entcrtains
correct ideas of the situation, and displays
very remarkable knowledge of current
events.


AS shrewd politicians and reliable, trust
worthy members of d great party, we DO
not know of any young men who can exceed
the fourth ward boys. There are others in
the old Third, for instance. who may come
up to them, but passing them while under
full speed can hardly be done. But one idea
seems to pervade throughout the city, and
that is to win the fight in the next election.
And this will be done.
Year: 1870

Kossuth paid second visit to Washington in the
Spring He then spoke with the utmost admiration of
the West, and with gratitude OF his reception
there but seemed saddened by what he had Of the
South. At that time invited to join his party on
visit TO Mount Vernon This in the day Of Col John
under whose regime the home of the Father
of his Country its most dreary and dilapdated
pect SO early in the things looked unusually for
lorn and untidy, with fowls pigs, and halfnaked little
remember feeling heartily ashamed of the great "pl
grimshrine" Of the Republic recall touching in
cdent Of that day. When al reached the ugly, red
brick structure like small cemetery gateway called
"the tomb" Kossuth advanced with head uncovered
and gazed through the grating at the marble sarcophagus
which holds the dust of Washington and gives immor-
tality 10 Struthers-a sOne-cutter He stood for
somewhat to surprise, burst into tears He turned
quickly away and leaning against tree sobbed like
child. But he was not as some OF the party supposed
weeping for Washington. To his noble wife, who laid
her hand on his arm In mute sympathy, he said: "Ah,
he saved his country-I could not save mine"


last KOssuth in London. In the Summer of 1883
He was then living in cottage in ST. Johns Wood-a
place so shadowy and retired that might imagine it
leagues away from any great city. His style OF living
was simple, to the verge OF discomfort The house was
but partially carpeted and very inexpensvely and in
sufficiently furnished. From the friend by whom was
accompanied, Mr.. Charles Gllpin Liberal Member OF
Parliament learned that Kossuth with whom he
intimately acquainted. constantly refused personal
pecunary aid and valuable presents from wealthy En-
gish admrersthat he then supported himself and
FAMILY by lecturng and writing for various Journals and
that he had used and using the contributions
ceVed In the United States for the of Hungarian


liberation alone, mostly through the costly and perilous


secret Service" which, unfortunately, his last


sort Much ofths precious little store had gone few


Al 0oriop ri Oh
ended IN the execution Of of his most heroic con.
fedefa'es ana In the banshment Of his poor old mother
and his devoted sisters He looked ssdder than when in
America the year previous but bowed or broken. 1t
remained Tor Louis Napoleon betray the heroic hope
which Francis Joseph could subduefor the Peace OF
villafranca to supplement the surrender Of Gorgey


Kossuth had then three chdreu-two bows fine hand
some lads with heads somewhat like their fathers and
with their mothers Oriental eyes, and daughter whose
pale little face seemed to me uDnatuay sad a. though
the cold shadow OF the prison were resting on II st or
perhaps It was the yet colder shadow VI an early death
Year: 1870

short time ago, the people of this city
were shocked by the report of " horrible out
"roc cein Harlem.n A girl of thirteen years of age
,node affidavit in one of the Courts that certain
man whom she named had induced her to enter
n shanty, where she was subjected TO force'
and violated under the most cruel and shock
ing circumstances. The accused was arrested
and incarcerated to await trial; and the mdlg-
nation of the people of Harlem against hlm
was 80 great that the reporter declared he
would have been lynched if he had fallen into
tbeir hands. When the case came up for trial
on Tuesday last, the complainant, on exami-
nation. declared that all her previous state
ments were false, that the outrage never took
place, and that she had been induced 10 make
the complaint by other persons. Whereupon
tbe man who had been accused was honor
1" ably discharged by the Court.


But is there to be no penalty for the real
culprit in this case, who not only committed
periury. but who charged man with crime
of which she now says he is guiltless-a crime
for which he would doubtless have been Sc
verely punished if she had persisted in her
original falsehood, and for which, as 1T was,
he suffered Imprisonment for nearly ten weeks
while awaiting trial There could scarcely be
a more wicked or atrocious otfense than that
of which this girl was guilty; and she, as well
as the persons who induced her TO commit
perjury, should be severely dealt with by the
law. We trust the case will be investigated
and prosecuted. We have been led to believe
from the developments in several analogous
trials of late years, that this case is not with
L., in
which conviction has followed trial on SINH
larly false charges but in which the truth did
not appear ill it was too late to remit the
penalty. These bad girls who are induced by
base persons to peEjure themselves as a means
of extorting money, or crushing some wretched
victim, should be taught that they are guilty
of crime which is followed by severe retri-
button We should think there need be no
difficulty in getting hold of the persons who
were in connivance with Mary Matilda White.
Year: 1870

1he Erenin0 Telegraph philadelphia gives the fol-
lowing explanation of the term Keystone State"
by which Pennsylvania is designated:


Long before our Revolutionary era the arch and its
Keystone were symbols OF union and strength. Hence,
the dea fastened Itself upon the minds OF the Pennsyya
mans that State occupied the position of the key
stone To the Union There are many incidents In our
history well calculated to develop this idea At the time
OF the adoption Of the Declaration of Independence
pennsylvania was the dividing State between North and
south, there being six on each side OF her.


In the Congress OF Independence the representatives,
OF the Colonies sat In scmcirce around tho Speakers
chair fennsyyana occupying the center OF the arch
she was also the last Mreen State " yoto and thus
Year: 1870

After the Democratic Ratification Meeting
held yesterday at Rochester had confirmed the
denomination of the State ticket, made some
time ago in Mr.. Tweed's back parlors,
that gentleman gave us glimpse
into the future. The majority in this
city, he announces, is fixed at from fifty to
sixty-fve thousand. Mr.. Tweed is moder-
ate. Why he did not say seventy-fve
thousand is not apparent He could
| lust as easily make it the one figure
as the other, on his theory that the Elec-
ton and Naturalization laws cannot be en-
forced against the villainy of his repeaters and
the fabulous arithmetic of his canvassers
But herein the owner of the city majority is
to find his mistake. We shall enforce the
laws, and under them the majority in this city
for Gov. Hoffman will not be either sixty five
or fifty thousand


We are still, at the hour this is written
without the full text of the platform. But ii
is not needed. The real platform is John Il.
Hoffman, the tool of Tweed g. Co.. and the
signer of the Erie Directors bill. The Ratif-
cation Meeting at Rochester may adopt what
reputation of The Worlds devotion to Louis
Napoleon and denunciation of the Germans it





course toward Cuba-what professions of a
friendship to peoples struggling for Freedom
which gets no further than resolutiOns-what
abuse of Republicans, and profession of devo-
ton to Democratic principles;-all this deceives
nobody, and amounts to nothing.


We await the response of the Young De-
moc1acy to their cOntemptuous rejection. If
they do not mean to accept Mr.. Tweed's re-
buke and pass meekly again beneath the yoke
they will need to make elsewhere a more
marked demonstration than they effected at
Rochester
Year: 1870

advantage of the Church in all other parts OF
the world. Naturally the policy to be pur-
sued toward the Pope must for some time be
n grave and embarrassing feature of Italian
politics. The complications growing out Of
the question cannot be foreseen. The one ac-
complished fact which it is now necessary to
recognize is that the temporal power il ended,
and that there is no nation in Europe able and
disposed TO restore it. With the Pope and the
Church in their purely spiritual capacities,
Victor Emanuel and the Italian Government
have nothing to do and to this complexion
the new question will doubtless resolve itself.
Year: 1870




Rome is at last in possession of Italy. The
foreign power which for ten years has hindeTed
the unity of the Kingdom and the occupation
of its rghtful Capital has been broken, and
instantly the natural and rightful order of
things is resumed. The Italian troops having
invested the city, entered it on the Goth, with
but slight resistance and amid general reoc-
ings; and are at liberty to proclaim and to
make it the capital of their country. The
occupation of the Imperial City was foregOne
conclusion when Napoleon fell and Victor
Emanuel had no longer the excuse of foreign
power in Rome with which to answer the
passionate demands of his people. Expected
though it was, the event will create profound
sensation throughout ChristendOm. There will
be unaffected joy among all free peoples at the
attainment of the great aim of the Italian ma
ton. 1t is the most important, almost the cul-
minating act of unifcation. The recovery of
Nice and Savoy, unjustly wrested and still
illegally withheld from Italy, will complete the
work of Italian unity begun ten years ago.


There will be curious surmises, conflicting
opinions, grave doubts as to the wisdom of
this sudden ebliteration of the Papal temporal
power In its brOadest sense we believe it
viii be to the advantage of the Church and
the world. Catholicism has been for many
ages powerful agency amid the conflicting
movements of civilization. The possession of
authority not purely spiritual has added moth
ing TO ITS strength as such agency; indeed, it
has weakened the influence of the Church bv
reason of the lack of vigor and progress
with which the temporal power was directed
and enforced. Ii was, in certain sense a
scandal to the Church, and the loss of IFS
temporal power at Rome will revert TO fine
Year: 1870

There ought to be a general response to the
call for the convention of Southern Union
men at Knoxville which has been issued by
Gen. Hamilton and Mr.. Booker. The Union
men of the South have heretofore failed to
act with that unity which is their greatest
strength and protection. Any movement of
the kind which promises to organize their
strength for the support of the Union and the
advancement of its true policy of Impartial
Suffrage and General Amnesty cannot but result
in the benefit of both citizens and country.
Year: 1870

The Erening Mail celebrates its fourth birthday
by announcing-for the first time we believe, though
he has had charge of it for two years-Major j. NJ.
Bundy as its Editor The Mail succeeds where so
many experiments of like kind have either failed
OF attained only dishonorable success, because 1T
does not mistake abuse for wit, and does not think
il ncedful to become common sewer OF 5lander IN
order to be sprightly Its prosperity is triumph OF
honorable journalism which we are glad to record
Year: 1870

The Centenary celebration of the Universal
ist Church is TO conclude to-day. The reports
which have been published of its proceedings
present a clear idea of the extent and I'M
pOrtance of the work in which it is now en-
gagged. The Centenary sermon by the Rev. a..
b. Miner of Boston, preached yesterday at
Gloucester, and printed on our second page,
as nearly in full as the crowd on our columns
will permit. gives a brief history of the work
of the Church during its existence.
Year: 1870

In addition to whot has already been given
of details of the great victory at Sedan,
we publish this morning a third remarkable
narrative, full of graphic description and
valuable information. The dispatch of the
King to Queen Augusta, of which we have had
extracts heretofore is also given in full.
Year: 1870

will abandon all efforts to regain them is at
present a matter of doubt.


AT the same time that these operations were
in progress on the SOUTH the French on the
north of the city abandoned Pierreftte and
fell back into the fortress of st. Denis. This
latter is one of the strongest and most exten-
siye works in France and against 1t the Ger
mans are not likely to make any vigorous
IL,
Year: 1870

resembed tho keystone OF an arch which Ia always In
serted last and without which the arch could not stand
These well known facts undoubtedly presented them
to minds Of many and tho title OF Keystone
gradually worked Its way among the people until II
finally became acknowledged title by overy ono"
Year: 1870

THE RAngoAD.-Au article which we
copy from the Atchisou Chsmpion. looks
encouraging for our Railroad prospects;
or would look so, were it not that we
have been so often disappointed in hopes
built upon similar foundations. We even
hear it hinted. that the arrangement al
luded to BY the Champion. has been de-
lsyed. If not altogether foiled. BY the in
reference of the Director who has been
causing most of the trouble heretofore.
and who seems determined that nothing
shall be done unless be can resp heavy
profit from it. A portion Of the Board
have done all in their power to build the
road. bat have had TO 6ght smother por-
tion Of the Board. besides contending
sgsinst unavoidable difficulties and draw.
backs.


The sentiment Of the people Of this
County is that they would rather the road
should be built by the Company that has
done the work thus for, and they want
the Company to make handsome sum
Of money out Of it. Bot most of oil. they
want it soon; and il The present Compan
cannot build it, or if they are prevented
from go doing BY the trickery of . por-
tion of the Company. they want tho Com
pspy to turn it over to somebody who
can and will build it. The public pa
thence is exhausted, and confidence almost
destroyed, One day. the hope is held ont
that the road will be completed to
White Cloud in . short time; and per
bsps the next day. the completion is post
poned year. These sudden transitions
from heat to cold are enough to ursettle
the bile of any community.
Year: 1870

w The New York Times is satisfied
that. with the proper spirit on ho'h sides.
Congress aud the President may yet kiss
and make NJ.


The difficulty is. Congress ia not willing
to accept Grants selection of the spot to
kiss.
Year: 1870

The Onion League Club Committee Before


the Senate Legislative Ccmmitiee on the


New Charter-What Horace Greeley Sug-
sests-He Wants the Central Park Commits.
sion TO Remain Untouched-The rrespOnsi-


bility Of Two Local Governments.


ALBANY April 4, 1870.


The Senate Committee on the new Charter for the
city Of New YORK met In the Deavan House this
afternoon at four o'clock, Senator Tweed in the
chair. There was large attendance including
many gentlemen from the city Of New York.


Tne CHAIRMAN said:-The committee has met to
hear the advocates OF the opponents TO the Charter
for the city Of New York. We shall be happy to hear
gentlemen representing interests in the city.


Mr. HORACE GREELEY rose and said:-T appear on
behalf of q meeting OF citizens convened at the
rooms Of the Union League Club and representing
large amount Of taxpaying interest, and
earnestly devoted 70 good government I
feel very certain I speak the minds
Of Q majority Of that meeting when l say
they DO not wish to be regarded by your committee
as either advocates or opponents Of the document
now before you. They ask me to ofIer, as one OF
their number, to set forth certain amendments they
wish 10 be made to that Charter, but they 40 not
offer them IN any factious spirit. Nor do they de.
sire to be understood by you or By any member OF
the Legislature as enemies OF the charter reform.
On the other hand they ask to appear before you
and assure you that reform s An especial necessity
of the city. aud as they regard this document
bodytng many excellent advances toward reform
we are not here TO ask you to re.
ject 1t. We ask you to improve It,.
we ask you TO adopt certain amendments tnat will
make 1t more useful and more eficient as we think,
than 1t would be IN the state IN which t was first
presented. We have walked up for several morn.
ings past with the news In our ears that new char
ter had been adopted or had been rejected in the
Assembly, and 1t seemed to me that the citizens
OF New York should have had time to
consider any such document. We hear that
this was rushed through on previous
question, or something Of that sort, without having
any time for amendment. do not care who should
bc tue trainers or charter. No one man Is able to
frame charter for the city OF New York, and no
document can be sncb charter as we read unless
1t had been duly and wisely discussed. Besides the
million living In the city OF New York there are pro-
bably not less than two or three millions whose
property Is tnere VINO are members OF the comma-
nifty without being actual Our time IL speht
there; our LABOR Is gwen there and whatever we
have Of fortunes or Of hope Of fortunes IL under the