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VOLUME 1. NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, SUNDAY OCTOBER 29, 1871. NUMBER 90.
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POETRY.
AUTUMN.
BY MRS. SOPHIIIA P. SNOW.
She cometh on with a steady pace,
And royally taketh sbmmer s place;
A hazy veil floats over her head,
And her garments are dyed in gold and
red.
A shining sickle is in her hand,
For she reaps what was sown throughout
the hind;
She is crown.d with garlands like some
fair bride,
,And the horu of plenty hangs by her side.
-. You can trace her step o'er the teeming
plain,
By the purple grape and the golden grain:
You may know her step by the rustling
0 leaves,
By the naked vine, and the garnered
sheaves.
She opens the burs by a single shout,
Ainl.the ripened nuts came falling out;
She sends a shadow athwart the sky,
And the feathered tribes to the southward
fly.
She is sometimes fickle as April sun,
When it seems that her race is almost run,
She breathes her sweeteat on nood and
` glen,
And the days of summer come back ag&n.
I The bee is buried from its winter cell;
The seek for flowers in the naked dellI
L5 The squirrel hies from its snug retreat,
- But alas! no nuts his vision greet.
C When drear old winter comes over the
hills.
v To hind with h:s fe:t. is. the rivers and
she" knows that her reign for the season is
t, ape' s over the plain and is seen no more.
n '0i talhus us this. in her quiet way,
[, "Thit all things e.rtlyiv must pass away,"
it As lutiun is follwed.l by winter's breath,
'o the brightest lije must end in death!
Fe-FREDEllf 9hif1;Llss.1
PY HON. HIENLY WILSON.
[- (I' ntih et lro ou r last.]
' Of this, too, he received sub
.itoiititl evidence in England and
Scotlti:&, (epu'ially the latter : in
Entl:uid, by the refusal of the
Ltaiigeliel Alliance, at the instance
of the Aimeriean deleation, to ex
* luile the r 1te iet.tti"ei of slave
holding churches front its piattron;
in Seotlaned, ý'hewe he foennl the free
('hureh iinit a eily reeeving contri
'r ;hutions for its churchi-building fund '
from such churehes, but sturdily
[ deftnding its propriety by the voic0
cl of its prince of schielars and clergy
l- men, Dr. ('hailners, and by that of
v its hardly less honored leaders, Dr.
r Cuninghlatm and Dr. Candlish; and
this was done in spite'of the earnest
remnonstrances of himself and others,
among them that most eloquent
Englishman, George Thompson,
urging them not to receive that
"price of blood," but to "send back
the motley."
Mr. Douglass remained in Great
Britain nearly two years; in which
time he visited England, Scotland,
Ireland, and Wihles, everywhere
pressing upon the public mind the
*evils of slaver' and the duty of
labor'ing for its overthrow. He was
*cordially received, and trratcd with
the utmost consideration. His
friends, without solicitation from
him, raised one hundred and fifty
poun(1s for his manumission, and
two thousand and five hundredt
ilollars with whsich he establish at
press in this eountr'y, which he sub- It
se'quenthy did, at Rochester, New
York. His journal was first called
the North HSor', and afterwardt
Frede'ricA'Dt Im/a.-s' Payeer, and was I
ably condutted and well sustained
till after the abolition of slavery.
IThins by voice, pen, and personal a
influence has he contributed in no t
snall or measured degree to those g
Imanifold labora which the last thirty ii
y'ears have witnessed for the re- a
imoval of slavery, and for the re
habilitation of his race with those F
rights of which it had so long been a
despoiled, and for the still higher c
purupose of preparing it for the new 14
position it now occupies. '
The main interest and import- 11
ance, however, of Mr. Douglas' b
career are public, rather than per
sonal. Full of thrilling adventure, Ia
striking contrasts, brilliant pas- I
sages, and undoubted usefulness, rs
as his history was, his providential t1
Irelations to some of the most
marked facts and features of Ameri- C
can history constitute the chief ele- tI
nments of that interest and inmpor- tv
tance which by common consent u
hl;(ong to it. Lifting the curtain, it Lu
S
revealed with startling vividness
and effect the inner life and the
workings of slavery, not only upon
its victims, but upon all connected
with it. In it, as in a mirror, are
a en how unnatural, how inhuman,
and how wicked were its demands.
Torn from his mother's arms in in
d fancy, he was treated with the same
disregard of his comfort and the
promptings of Nature as were the
domestic animals of the farmyard.
e As he was transferred from one
master to another, every one can
see what the hazards of a "chattel
personal" were, and how the kind
ness of one only aggravated the
harshness and inhumanity of an
g other. In the extreme solicitude
manifested by his kind master and
mistress at Baltimore that he should
not learn to read, and their marked
displeasure and change of treatment
when he had thus learned, are seen
a not only the stern necessities of I
slavery, but how it quencheth the
kindlier feelings and turned to bit
, terness even affection itself. In the
d terrible struggle with Corey he so
graphically describes, when "the
dark night of slavery shut in upon
him," and he was "transformed to a
I brute," is disclosed something of
the process by which manhood was
dethroned, and an immortal being
r was transformed by something more
than legal phrase into a chattel-a
thing. Had he, after his first un
successful attempt to escape, been
"sold South," as he had reason to
lapprehend, and had not been sent
I North to Baltimore, thit night
( would have remained unbroken, and
that transformation would have
been complete; and the world now
kiioi s what a light would havi; bee:,
extinguished and what a sacrdifce
would have been made. He eecap
ed, indeed; but how manu dil no'.
Not all so richly endowed, though
- 'none can tell how many "village
1 Hampdens," how many "mute in
gloriuus Miltons" have thus been
lost to letters and to nine; while
many have learned to svimpathiie
with Dr. Campbell, at Fiusibuy's
Chapel, when he exclaimed: "Ms
blood boiled within me when I
heard his address to-night, and
thought that he had left behind him
I three millions of such men."
And sadder still when it is seen
that all this was done, if not in the
- naume of Christian religion, in spite
f of it, by those professing its holy
faith, his owner and tormentor,
l Corey, both being members of the
church-the latter punctilious and
pretentious in his church-going,
prixying, and ps:am-singing, adding
the latter generally to his daily
family worship; and saddest of all
when Mr. Douglass, rescued as from I
the lion's den, bore a testimony
which could not be gainsai'h, the t
multitudes, though fascinated by
his thrilling story and matchless
eloquence, withheld from him what c
he earnestly sought, and only thel
few were willing to receive the un- I
populnr doctrines of his abolition- a
ism. For twenty years he labored t
as few others could, addressing
thousands upon thiousanids in the z
New England, Middle, and Western u
States; and yet till the begining of I
the Rebellion he belonged to a o
despised minority, and the system 14
that had so outrsged him and his Ir
people still dominated the state, and C
was sanctioned, if not sanctified, by sa
the church. In the light of suci a n
history this mountain of national n
gitassumes more towering pro
portions and its base is seen to rest p
not upon the South alone, but upon C
the wvhole land. The ciime was ii
gigantic; and. though its expiatione
has already been terrible, who shall a
say that it has been commensurate ti
with the crime itself ? Mlany corn- d
plain of the burden left by the war, i
are impatient of the slow progress h
of practical reconstruction, and are p
looking gloomily into the future. a
The consideration suggested by this 'L
narrative may well awaken appre
bensions. it
Few have forgotten the closing a
utterances of Mr. Lincoln's second a
Inaugural concerning the war *till 04
raging, sounding as if they fell from fii
the judgment seat and were the of
words of doom itself: "Yet, if lii
God will that it continue until all ci
the wealth piled by the bondmen's hi
two hundred and flfty years of 3.
unrequited toil shall be sunk, and hi
until every drop of blood drawn by~ is
s the lash shall be paid by another
e drawn by the sword, as was said
n three thousand years ago, so it still
d must be said, 'The judgment of the
e Lord are true and righteous al
e, together." The solemn significance
3. of this language is still worthy of
ý- thought, though the war has ceased
e and the great armies then in the
e field have been recalled.
e (coucLunDn.)
e Profits of Omauge Culture.
:1 A grove' _ orchard of Seedling
- trees, fifteen years old, should
e average 1500 to 2000 oranges to
- each tree, and these will sell readily
e at one-and-a-half to two cents each,
l i purchaser paying for picking and
i packing. This in a grove of one
I hundred trees would give from
t twenty-two and a half to forty dol
lare per tree per annum, or $2250
f I to $4000 per acre 100 trees per
acre. The orange tree, if properly
- cared for, will continue to grow and
3 bear ad infinitum. I have seen
trees, said to have been one hundred
e years old, that yielded annually
1 from 7,000 to 10,000 marketable
t oranges. Can the same space of
f ground planted in any other article,
be made to give a greater return in
money value for the same outlay of
capital and labor?
"Take a piece of wild land; say
- its original cost is ten dollars per
acre; to put it in proper condition
for successfully growing the orange,
say will cost, (grubbing, ditching,
plowing, and fencing) $100 per
acre; say original cost of one hun
tired trees and putting them out
one dollar per tree, on one acre
x00, thus making one acre in an
orange grove cost $200. If put out
in budded trees will give something
in market the third year; if in
seedlings about the fifth year.
During which time the same laud
can be advantageously cultivated in
corn, peas, potatoes, and all kinds.
of melons awl garden vegetables
f r family use. The labor neces
sary to cultivate these articles can
give the orange trees all the atten
tion they will require; and at the
end of ten years there will be an
income of $1,000 to $2,000 per acre;
as secure as the best bank or rail
road stock in the country.-F. L.
Dancy, in (ie South-Land.
GARRl0S UNIVERSITY.
This institution is now becoming
active and prosperous under the ef- 1
ficient management of its present i
officers. The president of, the facul
ty, Prof. J. A. Higgins is well liked,
and the rooms are well filled every'
day with lively and studious pupils.
The following preamble and resolu
tions offered by Mr. O. L. C. Hughes, I
were unanimously adopted by the
National Convention held in this f
city a few weeks ago. c
Whereas, It has pleased God in
His infinite wisdom to so order theft
Iaffairs of men, that out of blood, bat-i
tle and (leath, the colored man has
gained freedom, manhood and eiti
zenship ; and, whereas, it becomes t
us to acknowledge an over ruling a
Providence in all things, to buckle c
on the armor of true men and fear-i e
lessly meet the full measure of our Ii
Iresponsibilities ; and, whereas, this Iji
Convention has been called to eon- l
suit and decide upon the best meas- a
tires to be adopted for the advance- ii
meat and education of our raee: y
Theretbne le it resolved, by the re- t
prerrentatives of the people in the o
Convention assembled, that we hail, b
with feelings of unmingled pleasure, b
every noble effort made in further- h
ance of the cause of higher educa- p
tion among ut', and that without p
disparaging institutions of learning c
in other parts of the country, we S
heartily indorse the action taken in ii
permanently establishing the (lan-i- i<
eon Utricersity in the city of St. d
Louis.
Rewiarvd, That we shall ever feel xi
it our bounden duty to encourage, a
sustain, and recommend the Garri
son University by every means in p
our power ; not only because of its p
favorable location in the great city ti
of ast Louis, with its churches, its i
libraries, and its varied means of a
culture sad refinement ; not only v
because the President of its Faculty, a
J. . iggine. A. I., is one ofthe o
best and most suecessful teachers o
in the country ; but more eiyeecifl ti
r because of the high stand taken
d from the first against the evil spirit
U of caste, placing its foundation
e broadly and squarely upon merit
- without respect to class, color, or
e creed.
f Third Resolved ; that we bid the
l "Garrison," God speed in its noble
e work ; may its cause be ever on
ward and upward in the great cause
of human elevation ; and may the
true friends of progress, everywhere,
unite in the firm determination to
place it where it belongs, second to
none, equal to any.-JfMi. Weekly
i Review.
ADDRESS
In the Convention of the Colored
People of the Southern States,
began to be holden in the City of
Columbia, South Carolina, on
Wednesday, the eighteenth day of
October, 1871:
REPORT:
The Committee on Address, to
whom were referred the subject of
l preparing an address to be issued
by this Convention to the American
people, beg leave most respectfully
to report that they have carefully
and dilligently considered the same
and recommend the adoption of the
following address to the people of
the United States of America.
R. B. ELLIOTT,
Chairman of Committee.
To the People of the United Stales of Ameriea:
FELLOW CITIZEs: The colored peo
ple of the States of Alabama, Ar
kansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland,
Mississippi, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and
the District of Columbia, have dele
gated to us, their representatives,
assembled in Convention, authority
to give expression to their purposes,
desires and feelings, in view of the
relation they sustain to the Gov
ernment and people of the United
States, under the course of events
that has arisen since, and as a con
sequenee of, the war of rebellion.
We owe to Almighty God and the
spirit of liberty and humanity that
animates the great body of the peo
ple of this country the personal
liberty and the rights of citizenship
that we enjoy, and shall, under the
promptings of duty, labor for the
permanence and perfection of the
institutions that have served as the
great instrument of consumating
this act of justice.
In seeking more perfect recogni
tion as members of the great polit
ical family to which the interests
of humanity have been peculiarly
committed, we desire to recognize
our obligations and responsibilities
as members of this great family,
and to assure the American people I
that we stand among them imbued
with a national spirit-with con
fidence in and devotion to the prin
ciples of representative popular
government, and with ideas of policy 1
Ithat embrace every individual and
interest of our common country.
The fruits of the great legal'
measures that were intended to es
tablish our rights and interests on
a common footing with all other
citizens of the nation, have, to some
extent and in particular locations,
been withheld from us by the pre- I
judices and passions left in tlu,'
hearts of a portion of our fellow- I
citizens as a remnant of former
ideas and associations. We need C
your aid and sympathy to complete I
the great work begun and carried C
on in our behalf. We desire to lay '
before you the facts of our case in a
brief but truthful statement. We (
have not at command the all-im- 4
portant instrument of a local public
press, as the medium of communi- t
eating with you; the press of the I
South, with few exceptions, being
in the hands of thoge interested to
lower us in your esteem. We have I
deemed a convention of our repre- I
seiitatives as the most ei~cient I
means of laying before you the true I
state of our condition sad feeling. I
Siuce the close of the war austtled '
policy has controlled the publie and ~
private action of the great body of'
the white people of the South to- i
wards us, They have sought to hold I
us in a condition of modiled ear- I
viiude, so that we should not be I
able to complete with the industry i
of the eoasuky. They have not been I
oomtestad to employ the advuatagme
that empitsl and expsrieaee in pu
o lic and private affairs confer, but
t resorted to compulsory means, nn
2 sanctioned by the laws of the coun
t try, the spirit of American institu
tions, and the practice of civilized
hations.
The first great effort to carry into
Seffect this line of policy was perhaps
- most conspicuously displayed in the
adoption of the code of laws com
a monly known as the "Black Code,"
passed by the provisional govern
ment of South Carolina, in the year
1865, and followed by other States.
It is unnecessary to give in detail
the features of this system. It es
tablished cage of the Oriental type.
It furnished courts for the trial of
question of cade. It provided for
legal compulsion as a means of pro
curing our labor, and fixing the
rates of compensation and rules of
performance. It provided separate
laws--civil and criminal-and se
parate courts for their enforcement.
Finally, it allowed us no voice in
the passing of the laws that were to
govern us, or hand in disposing of
the proceeds of our labor taken
trom us as taxes for the support of
the government of our respective
States.
The action of the military author
ities, followed by that of Congress,
and, finally, the amendments to the
Costitution of the United States,
took from the hands of those seek
ing to establish a system of slavery
scarcely less objectionable than that
which had just been overthrown, the
means of accomplishing their pur
pose through the forms of law.
The next resort was to subsidize
and control, through the motives of
favor and fear, the political and civ
il yowers conferred by the liberality
of the Government. On the one
hand, the friendship and patronage
of the white citizens were offered as
the condition of complete political
subserviency, while on the other
hand threats of being deprived of
homes and employment as the means
of subsistence, were made by the
landholders and employers of our
respective States. These threats
were in many instances carried into
effect. It was found, however, that
the necessity that existed for our la
bor left in our hands power suffi
cient to thwart the effort of our sub
jection.
To meet this new difficulty resort
was had to secret organizations,
with a view to the control of the
masses of the colored people by the
murder of the prominent represen
tative men of our class, and by the
infliction of bodily pain upon a cer
tain number of their followers. As
the means proposed involved the
commission of the highest crimes
known among men, the pro
tection of oaths, secret organizations
and disguises were resorted to. We
have been hunted like beasts by
armed and disguised bands. Many,
both men and women, have been
killed; vast numbers have received
severe corporal punishment; and
many more found shelter in the
swamps, by day and by night, from
this storm of human hatred.
We owe it to ouumslves and to
our government to acknowledge the
well directed efforts that are now
being made to bring the perpetra
tor. of these crimes to justice. We
are assured that the American peo
ple are in earnest to secure touas
the fruits of the great measures for
our civil and political habilitation,
and that the Executive and Judicial
departments of the Government
are thoroughly sincere in their de
termination to give effect to the
Constitution and the will of Con
gress in our behalf.
We ask of you that you will give
to the Government the fullest mea
sure of moral support to enable it
to complete that which is soanapi
ciously began, and that minor dit.
ferenees of sentiment and poljey
may be hushed while the nation is
gathering up its length to purge the
landoat the foulest crimes by the
sword of justice. When the nation
was tbreatsmsd with diviuion, polit
cal diser~asess yielded to the neces
sity of maintaining its territerial
integrity. Now that it is again
threatened feru the vortex of pms
sic. and crime saliated, 1.4 the
same devotion to right mad jasties
induce equal efforts to preserve its
moral integrity.
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