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lvr the New X'aiium "Kita ^u-- year, a ?i
iae phot .graph of Touiasaint L'Ouverlurr
skill and Bratcr). ''
The race-proud editor of Ibo HunJay -V .1- \f
j'iy Chronic!', of this city, in the last issue of j 0j
that journal almost flies otT into ccstacy over j
the courage and skill of the white American I (r
in warfare. His thoughts on the courage rf
and skill of the white American and his con- j?
elusion have been inspired and strengthened tt
by the grand achievements of the aforesaid ca
white American on tho battle-field of Colfax,
Louisiana, where has been forever settled n
the question as to tho superiority of the p,
white race over the black race as warriors. s;
Thia editor, who gloats over nu assassination
and dignities it by treating it as warfare, tries tl
to And an excuse for the courageous white ^
Americans by charging that the negroes
provoked tho conflict, alleging the provoca- tl
tioa to bo that one Ward, a colored m m, had c]
said that "the colored men could take posses- h,
slow of all tho offices if they had a mind to." c,
lu this utterance the ct?.tcsmanliko editor of d
the Chronicle gives us to understand that q
Ward was not cxcrcisiug the right of an ai
American citizen, but rather challenging tho tj
white race to a bloody conflict. Such a con- al
elusion is the most ridiculous nonsense, nan ry
is not worthy the brains of one of the on- p
tighteners of the sui*rior race. Did not ai
Werd utter the truth in view of the fact that rc
* the colored voters in the State of Louisiana t,
art in the majority. There is nothing in the p,
language of Ward, above quoted, to indicate p,
that he referred to the ability of the colored rt
people to take possession of the offices in any g,
but a legal manner, that is by the exercise <jj
cf the elective franchise, or in obedience to
proper authority as officers of the law ; the ui
facts in the matter prove that they were act- jE
ing la obedience to law when attacked by the ja
courageous and skillful white Americans, fs
whose bravery and humanity were so cur- jf
iously blended in their setting fire to the ic
court house and in their gallantry in shoot- Ci
lag down defenseless prisoners. This action g
of the white Americans justifies the claim of t]
the Ckrmicle that "there are no people in tj
the world who have shown greater skill and a;
bravery in ecery tcarlUc struggle than the C!
American people." So, not even the
Modocs whose system of warfare partakes
somewhat of the characteristics of that of
the white Americans at Colfax, Louisiana
Defeated in their political aspirations in- 11
side the party of progress, certain editor: in ; a;
this country are striving to organize the pao- I h
pie into an opposition in which they (the f<
editors) will he leadeis, by falling back to (the
old principle of loving rum ami hating a
niggers?especially hating niggers. In this n
warfare against the negro, in which is dis- sj
played the skill and bravery of the superior P
white Americans, the New York Tribune as o
leader ts followed by the Sunday Morning b
Chronicle, of this city. The attempt of the f*
Chronicle to show that the colored people in- Sl
vlted the exhibition of superior skill and }
bravery over ail the rest of'mankind made in
Grant Parish by the white Americans, is base 0
enough toahow us that the sympathy of that *'
Journal is ou the side of barbarism. The v
Chronicle says in relate>u to the Grant l'arish 1
affair, "Xo man could do a worse service for 11
the African race in the bulk or in detail, than
to attempt to array tl.cin against the white 1
iaoe, aud especially agaiust the American '
portion of it." If colored men were arrayed '
against tlio whito race at Colfax, they were
thus arrayed as officers of the law, in obe- c
dience to the command of the Sheriff?who *
was a white man?and for tha purpose of 0
protecting the property and rights of the jieo- t
Pie, while and black. For the Chronicle *
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W SHJ IUKI -JUV.U UU JlUiUiCa a n.u v* J,
races is to argue that the colored policemen t
In our city would be inviting a like conflict to
that at Colfax, if in obodience to the Chief of (
Police they attempted to prevent while men s
from violating law aud order. Tho conclu- s
ion to be arrived at from this sort of reason- ^
tag is, that the uegro ought net to he allowed t
any part ipatiou in tho Government at all, ?
not even as soldier* We do tut beiieic
that the editor of the C'kronUU will bo able to
And much sympathy with him in his pride of (
the achievement of white Americans at the t
battle of Colfax, Grant Parish, Louisiana, t
W# assure that cJitor that his race 1
cannot aflotd?lest they lie outdone? J
to stand still In the face of the achievemant
of the Modocs in the sains kind of skill 1
and bravery as exhibited by tLe white Atner- j
leans of Louisiana. Though these Loumi- {
aniens fail to gain the admiration for their ,
"akiil and bravery" cf the world, they can t
felicitate themselves upon the admiration of I
the race-proud editor cf fbmrg'? Sunday J
Mcrni.-.j Ckroniclt.
~
.4 Slal?? Motto
it u cuuous how stale, empty, ho* much j:
nM ft mere mocsery a poiiut,. ?>-icu-.v?iu
and motto u.ay sound after a '.apse of a few .]
jimii, although in its uu.e it was emhuslas- '
dually eeboe.l and i< .1. c J by many thou'unds
of voices us tie ^nibcdlment of au issue
on which it was tLeu asserted the future of a
i nation depended. The is?-ue did not stand
the test, and the word that exposed it produces
altera*, j au impassion analogous to
that with which wc lock at the fashion-plates
of tome former decade. We cannot wonder'
enough how our parents and grandparentvouid
dress in so absurd and tasteless a style,
or if we happen to belong to the older generation
ourselves wc are at a loss to understand
how once that which to-day seems ?o
grotesque and ridiculous, appeared highly
becoming and tasteful to our youthful eyes.
Nor does the analogy stop there. Just as
titf mW picturesque costumes of antiquity
and of the rtnaujanct will alway s delight our
eyes in spitn of the centuries or thousand
years that have gone by since they have
gone out of use, so those watchword-: which '
wen the expression of acme true nations! L
t lame never become superannuated, while t
the sii"n? drummed up by greeJy and cun- r
slag politicians at a means of enticing the J
enasae and gutting into power, after a short t
tit? eflpoar as much out of time and place as
anJ old fashion plate. ' ti
HanDy a rear baa gone by since the - c;
moos "clasping 01 hands over the bloody ti
ia*m" was tha latest noysltr of the. day. is
hose who made it their watchword roared , c
with the graateat outlay .of siraogth their t<
rngs were capable of, for the object of fro- oi
ncing the impression that their voices were a:
ally those of the whole nation. According U
> them the people were longing to forget the a:
Id feud and put an end to It forever in one n
aiversal embrace of brotherly love. The sj
hole atmosphere was radolent with broth- :
rly love, and particularly those who had a
rst discovered this universal soperabund- "
ueo of love pretended to be overflowing wjth ?
, although even in those days one could not n
ill to notice that all prominent Republicans . n
ho could not he convinced that a feud ^
r-nrk as old * the Hemihlic itself Would 1-0 '
.itJed in that embrace, and did nol deem it j q
ife to put the power in the hands of the oid si
aemy, were assailed with a decree of malice ?
ad bitterness unprecedented in any previous (
residential campaign, nor fail to notice that a
icn Ku-failux outrages occurred in those I r<
calities, of all others, where the followers 1'
f the love prophets had full sway,
ltoccntly the country was horrified at the p
eacherv of the Modocs, and the cry is j I;
ilscd that they ought to be summarily pun- a
hed, exterminated even, and loudest in ! Cl
icir denunciations are the advocates of the ^
jnoua "clasping of hands" since they calcu- n
ite to make political capital of the occur- '
:nce against the President and his peace J p
olicy. Yet only a few days later those ; 0
ivagesjwere completely outdone in atrocity ; ,1
y the perpetrators of tho massacre of more 1 a
lan a hundred negroes in Louisiana. We j e
3 not intend to extenuate the guilt of the f c
[odocs, yet it hardly needs pointing out | 0
lat until President Grant acknowledged the j 0
aim of tho Indians and inaugurated a more v
urnano policy toward them, our own Gov- a
mment, our highly civilized and refined t|
cmociatic and Whig administrations, their Vl
cnerals and their agents, set them tho ex- r,
irsplo of cruolty, treachery, and perfidy; s
tat tltfv tniitrfit thnm hnw fit hronlr froatloa 4:
"*v; -v'- "*v*?
nil to disregard all the dictates of humanity. t]
hose Indians, moreover, do not set up any ^
re ten so to civilization, nor do they make <
ay professions of love to a people who for u
lany generations have waged a war of cx- p
irraination against theiu. The outrages in <
ouislana, on the contrary, have been per- p
etrateJ exclusively by men of the superior \
ice, proud of their civilization, and alto- 0
sthor the adherents of McEnery?the can- r,
idatc of the party that raised the love ban- p
ir?and since they are moreover committed <]
cder a Republican national Government and ; e
i the face of an energetic Administration, it' a
. superfluous to speculate on the state of af- n
lira which would exist in the Southern States 3,
the love banner had been victorious. A p
>ve feast in true cannibal stylo would be ti
tiebraled, at which the unreconstructed ?
outherners would practically demonstrate 0
seir version of the "clasping of hands over t
re bloody chasm," which otherwise appears w
s stale and meaningless to-day as a weak u
iricature on some long-forgotten subject. n
Dcno Piatt on Wars or Races. :s
Is the editor of the Capital on on a vaca. '
on: Has his " devil" invaded the sanctum J
nd essayed to ' fire the .youthful) Southern
cart." Brown's Young Man must have suf:red
a relapse since he criticised the Colored
'itizen or ho never would have allowed such ^
specimen of illogical, ungrammatical, bad
letaphor, worso spelling, and, intellectually
peaking, muddy article to appear in bis pa.
er under such a high sounding title as "Wars
f Races" as appeared last Sunday. Having t
een born white, my dear Capital, an honor i
>r which you ought to be forever grateful, <
eeing that, henceforth, you can never err, '
ou doubtless recall what the instructor of ,
[ueen Elizabeth, Roger Aschaui, once said i
f a famous writer in the "Latin tong"? i
1 and in his labor also to moch toylo, as it '
.ere with au uncontented care to w rite bet- '
er than he could, a fauit common to very ,
iany men." i
1'cnuit u.-, " sable sons," l.> comment on
he " composition" which is entitled i The) '
Vati^i) of Races, italicizing certain portions c
or ,*ur convenience nnd your instiuotiou : !
" Wars of It.vcES.?That the cilect of 1
mancipation would be to dissolve a relation
rbich was propitious to the safety of the '
veaker party, and to establish, in the place
if a pnsuasiee to amity, a discordance, and
hat tnc ofl'ect of enfranchisement would he 1
o intensify that discordance, aro things
rhii.h ucr.e who had studied the history of '
aces in contact could have entertained a 1
loubt." '
We are sure no sane tuau will deny that <
lie ed'ect of emancipation Las been '' to dis- !
olvo" the "relation," much, indeed, to the !
atisfactioa "of the weaker party." We j
;uow also that "enfranchisement" has in- \
enslfled that discordance, and thus having <
Tinted the premises of this astute logician, ;
et us look at his argument:
" The people of the United States, ;n the.r ;
ixperienco w ith the Indian tribes of this coniuent,
have had abundant proof how fatal are
ho races of Germanic origiu to all others
vith which they have become cohabitants,
tndcr circumstances which absolve them froiu
tuy Interest In their preservation. Huraaniarians
hold up their hands in philanthropic
lorror when the more Imprudent and outipokeu
of the Southern people declare that,
>ring unable to utilize the negro, killing is <
he best use to which he can be put; but, in ;
io say ing, they are only laying down, In the i
brm of an aphorism, that which lias been i
iraeUcally asserted by the European, from .
he day when he first sat foot upou this con- :
inenti to the era of the present wcr with the '
Slodocs and the existing disturbances In
Louisiana."
The " imprudent and outspoken of the
^vuui> -u ua*w uvvu sua.j <
leclare a great many absurd things, and if :
*e remember correctly try a great many fool- j i
ah ones, among others, to role the iatelll- j ]
jent Northerner, and make them do their
lirty work of slave-catching and the like, j
Failing In that, they tried to establish a (;
southern Confederacy, breaking the obliga- jt
;1obs which bound them to their native land, | j
tnd because they could not rub, sought by j
rove it treason, and afterward by open rebel- ;
ion, ! its trey the Government which their ' :
'ethers had established. It U not wonderful' ;
such " unprudcnl" (n and proftJcu South-1 (
trncrs should feel that, since the negro could s
rot be kept useful as a slave, he must be [ <
murdered when he became a citizen. It cor- j;
? 3 ponds well with the chivalrous disposition ' <
it the Southerner. He could get along with .
he negro as a menial; but he fears his thrift j j
ind sagacity as a voter and a citizen, and Is
glcaliy applies the rule or ruin argument to i j
ilm as he attempted to apply It to his native j
and. <
The statement that this "aphorism" wc? I]
L'terted from the day when the huropetn i
irst " iat (sic) foot" upon this continent, <
nay he true or false; but adds nothing to 1
unify either the slaughter of ths Modoc*, or . 1
he tnas<acr? in Louisiana. ; 1
Our learned ethnologist further asserts that e
lotbing can be done to obliterate the pbyei-; ]
THE NEW N
il, intclicvtua'., end moral JUfeicuci be
reea the African and the iTifr-wwiAtr.oritfu;
iipite of the evidences of bia eye*, if t
rer observes the average negro of Washing
m and tbo South ; la spite of the evidence
f bii reading, if he ever reads of tbo aclr-.
ad banking houses springing up througbou
se South and thronged by tha negro eage
ad able to take in ail the knowledge whic
iay be g'ivea lim, or ready to deposit bi
tvings:
" It is easy to moralise ; and there are a
handaaee of very excellent mora! reason
by we, the superior race?in c'viliiat'.oc
hristianity, education, and eniigbtenraeni
dth an extensive repository of \ ery choic
laxims and noble sentiments?=hou!d b
lore considerate and forbearing. But ;
oes so happen that our civilization, Chri9t
nity.odfcation, enlightenment, maxims, an
enjiraents go for little when it comes to
lances which call into activity feelings eiths
f spei ial interest or of special enmity.
There are things, thought by some to b
a*y, which it is Impossible for an}' man t
ccompllsh; to reconstruct himself anil t
seonitruct unotl.er. Conformably, there ar
wo things which it i? impossible for any jiO?:
le to accomplish; to regenerate anotht
copte and to-regenerate tt?<rif. The Enr<
ean wii! remain an European, the Imlian a
dian, and the African an African; ear
cting upon his own prediejtes and each ej
mplifying, in his conduct, the intrinsic an
nchangealile attributes of that erm,jrrti t
hysical and moral elements ami forces wide
lake up liis constitution."
Xow til's is certainly a queer jumble i
latitude, metaphysics, and bad spelling ft
nc of "the superior race" to use in such
eep argument. It surely is an srguraci
gainst the civilization, Christianity, (wha!
ver that may mean in this connection,) edt
ation, enlightenment, maxima, and so forti
f tliis superior race, when by the writer'
wn acknowledgment it goes for nothin
hen it comes "to a question of practical to!
ration." It is only on such an occ&sio
iiat all these fine tilings, the possession <
hich is so often vaunted by the supcric
tee, are actually put to tho proof. If the
Land not this test then they are but a
sounding brass aud tinkling cymbal," a
ho average negro lias long since compn
ended. Whether it be "possible for a ma
to reconstruct himself'' wo leave to tli
loralist or the physician to decide. W
astcn to ^ay that v.e never thought it a
easy task," and aro confirmed in that vie'
y the example of tho editor of the Capiui
Vo do, however, believe one man may "ri
onstruct another." One signal example w
sraeir.bcr daring the Franco-Prussian ws
y a Yankee Harvard student who won son
ecoration3 for the successful act; and moi
intensively, some sensible) Southerners who:
worthy U- S. Grant, JL.L. D., succeeded i
tconctructing, and has b3en rewarded by
econd term of office for the huinanitaria
erfonuanco bv the American people. <
lie platitude "the European will remain
luropean" which might have been carrie
ut to an iuflnltc series and added no moi
o tie sense or argument, v.o dismii
.'it'ti a word to take up the mctaphysic
se of tho terra ''predicates," and look wil
jingled awe r.r.d astonishment at tl
entenca which follows. We have so?
lothicg like it since we felt our way amid ti
eg cf Haul's Eritik cf Pure Reason. "Coi
;ere=" rather had us at a disadvantage i
Irst. r.nd we thought cur author was like !-.
Jassical friend Cicero, getting off some pi
in Congo or Conger eels, until bis provioi
polling of srt led us charitably to ccnclui
re may have meant ratjtriK, in which ca:
ve were able to combine "the physical at
noral elements and forces
"That by far the greater number ofthose wl
ipplauded manumission and counteuanci
be wprk of enfranchisement were conviucr
bat they were preparing the way for tl
iimination of the African?wero cudowir
rim with a gift which would ultimately pro)
atal to his existence?is unquestionahl
there was no majority cf the people of tl
United States so blind as not to see that i
leprive the negro of the protection which
cou'mical interest had established in his favo
uiu tora.se Him to a political element iucoi
x-tition with a race personally and nuiue:
ally his superior, would be to place him
xtremc and perpetual jeopardy. But t!
issistanco of the narrow and fanatical w:
reeded for a party purpose ; and so, und
rretense 01 benevolence, ia the name of t
iquality the love of which had no place in ti
learts. of those by whom it was uttered, t!
leadly benefaction w as conferred.
"The number of Indians upon the Nor1
American continent attiie time of its disco
srv by Europeans, has been estimated ;
;wenty-five millions ; the present number
:stimated at two hundred and fifty thousan
rhis is what contact with Europeans, wit
rut the protcct.ou of a bond of interest, h;
lone for the aatoclhonoa of America. The;
s uotoue kncwu instance of the cohabitant
)f the Europceu with tho aborigine, withoi
>Uch a bond, that has net proved fatal to t!
utter, tt He out any special grounds of ei
uity?without auy w ars except such as a!
net itabie from the want of capacity in ti
two races to understand each other, the u
dves oi British Polynesia ate melting awa
;\ en more rapidly than those of North Aare
ca. Within the memory of living man ci
!izat.oa and religion went forth from Ne
England, with the sympathies of all Protes
rnt Christendom enlisted in their behalf, 1
Miiighteu and convert the Sandwich island;
and with what result? A remnant of se
:nty out of a population of seven handn
thousand remain to chant the old polythei
Lie tuues with tiie old polytheistic siguhio
Lion, to phrases borrcwed from the New Xe
tament; and it is called Christianity 1"
We call the readers' attention bera to loj
Jul sequence and intimate connection of tb
ugumcnt as weli as to the choice phrases
iiis historian, philologUt, and ethnolcgi;
"Xho elimination of the African'' is excoe
nrlv rood mid varv alatebraic. It is a mild
word than citenihriat.cn and destructio
which we used to hear preached by Yanoc
Toosbs, and Jeff. Davis in anti fcch'ciw dav
IV e haif suspect tbat some little skirmlshj
done by the colored troops during "the la
unpleasantness" contributed materially
the softening cf tnat I hruse. The neg
locks back upon the "economical latere
Ibo.v euphemistic!) established la Liu fuvc:
with feelings such as the proud, dcmlaee
ng, sitvery-loving, race-hating author cf ti
article can never know. He is thankful th
icsllco Los triumphed as ho knew it wou!
FTe tries to f/rget the plantation with iu u
rttcralie wee, the slave-whip and hound
and takes his plaoe quietly, modss'.iy b
inaly r.s a citizen, cot fearing the person
tompetiUoa ef any number cf "the superi
ace'' who reflects no more cred.t upon i
:enturie? of culture than the writer of tl
irticle. We are here treatbd to a ikgressn
itatistical and otherwise on the "snu
Tones," flnd-ane,) who have dwindled dov
to a handful because they had not th
'bond of interest" which made the negro
ncresse and bleach out under the beaij
niucucee of the "economical interest" sfoc
isid. Itr.tish Polynesia and the Sandwii
Islands are also bfcugbt In with the dn
ret, as e.vi and tearful examples, our auth
tvidently bexg igijorsat of the civilising 1
iuence of cent lets la the former case si
S'ew England ram. which so beautiful
sermonized the "civillzatlgij end religion
cut these' poor aativca by het Amerac
dsssicg. over such cola orgs se "eohabttsocy
ATIOyAL ERA AN
-; and such doubtful expressions as "want of
, capacity" " to understand," and
? ''ttrfeg man"?rather loose expressions for
; f journal devoted to the cream of the ?as
^pcrior race?we coma to other delectable
I morsels. Oar readers will notice the attenit
nation of the argument and the frequency of
it the blunder* a* our logician proceeds :
' "Races of men disagree because they are
- spoilt to underttand each other, and tight
oi their duajrtezxzdt because they donotlove
n 'Qc\ ciAtr. California miners ahoot the Dig.
cer Indians simpiy because they do not like
( their looks; and frontier men bunt the abo,
* rigines hrciLjc riKtrtc ;c, peradccniitre, the
g aborigines would hunt them. Against such
p acts no law interposes, and none can eflecjt
tually interpose. ThU because tbero is an
other law that docunaita?a law more authentic
,j than any that UgitLainrcj can enact. Gova
ernment?official interference and military
j. rule?may, for a time, to some extent, restrain
the people of the South from acts of
virtlonro lnur.?l tKa Hull's hllf iljch latCf
e ference oaunct, from the nature of things, bo
0 perpetual. while there are no means by which
0 ' e natural trinities of ran can be obliterated.
e Let the judicious friends of the negroes?
y. sincere or otherwise?read their future in the
,r history of the native Indian. Statutes,
j. schools, and colleges, even freedman's bu?
reaus and constitutional amendments, will
I, no more raise the one to a condition of safety
than plows, presents, and missionaries
j have the other. Whatever tho elements of
which society is composed, tho intrinsic
^ qualities of those elements will ultimately
' dominate the situation, and in obedience to
the supreme late of natural selection, the prob'f
lem, with directness which proves its contempt
ir : of philanthropic interference or party dea
crces, trill go on working out, by moans of its
i own forces, the result which nature, the supreme
legislator, has prescribed."
"Incapable to understand!" "Fight at
their disagreements !" "Because, otherwise,
peradventilhe! !!" "This," what? "dotal~
nates" "more authentic than legislatures
j? j can enact." Gracious Hcvings! Where are
Yellowphush, Timothy Dexter, Mrs. Mala
"j. prop and good dame Partington and her son
j Ike? Surely such a phrase would, according
; to the last-mentioned laJy, be "Jilatorious
^ to the nervous cistern" of even the average
a i plantation negro.
j.1 Having wandered from Polynesia to Calin
' fornia, our author, with the accurate analogy
e of his class, turns all his arguments to the
p . negro, a race we are proud to say superior
n ! in all the elements which go to make a strong
K and vigorous people to all the races he has
mentioned. The Polynesian may fade away,
and the Indian retreat before advancing civ c
ilization; tho Digger Indian, too, may sink
lr under the barbarities which American legis1Q
laticn, to our disgrace, be it said, permits;
e but the negro and the Chinese come of hatIU
diar stock, and the former having stood nearly
n three hundred years of oppression, will in all
a ! probability survive tho trials of freedom.
n Whether "the injudicious friends" or tho
)f ! aegroes are to read their future in the fate
a of the Indian, it would be difficult to tell from
!t] tho grammatical construction of this scn-e
tcnce. Tho feelings of the writer, however,
IS give the clua. T3ut what silken thread shall
al lead us through the labyriath of tho con.Tj
eluding sentence ! Gooid Brown defend us!
;0 Dominate the situation and the problem with
,a directness! "Will go on working out!"
;Q And yet intelligent white men, boasters oi
j. Anglo-Saxon blood, such writers a= this, are
,t the men who talk of the inferiority of the
:s negro, who dare to quote "the law of natural
lu selection," showing from the use of the term
J3. that they, in all probability, have never read
}e ! Darwin, Wallace, or Mivart, who eudeavot
,0 to excite race hatred bccauso incapable ol
.j noble cr generous sentiments, who arrogate
to themselves superiority because?because?
they are white ! Let the negro take courage.
,,1 God has preserved us through all these eon>d
turics of w rong, and has made us patient to
re endure, strong-handed, generous-hearted,
'S and keen-witted, if for no other purpose, to
c_ put to shame such illogical, unarammatical,
. - ..-.I cnUKSInta i of flm
to Capital, who trios his prentice hanJ r-n (TKC
,n i !(')-,'?> of Ractt.
Satiitgu Hank Collapses!
The Bowling Green savings bank failed on
" * | the lsth of November, ls7l, having among
e' | tho nominal assets e 25,000 of invisible bonds
: of this city, $33.4-1! of loan? on utterly valueless
collaterals, and SCO,023 of call loans in
the names of jiersons who have never been
" found. One dividend of 26 per cent, has al,,
ready been made, and another of 10 percent.,
v_ which will be the last, is now ready. It is
* | impossible by any language to do justice to
:g | tho cruelty of this rooberv of the ignorant
(j' ; poor; to the resisting influence it used upon
i/ | thrifty habits, ami the temptation it otiered
j"; to the uses of those who thrive on the vices
e | of the great mass of workmen for wages ; and
,v to the villainy which committed this fculesl
j of wrongs and has thus far refused to make
e j any restitution. The men who rob savings
Q_' banks should not again stand erect; they
" should be blasted out of human likeness, anil
' should go groveling on all fours thencefor
, ward. "That these persons who dishonor the
* i name of thief have goue unpunished, and ate
'' J almost certain to escape iadeflaitely, is a faci
" j about which it seems useless to say a word o
' i comment.?.Vita IV V Financier.
\V {
t- The paragraph a he re given teiu * =.i?j
to ! story. Its language, though severe in its
';1 application to those who managed and robbed
| the bank, is equally Just. Nothing tan com
. pensate, upon the failure of such a hank, foi
a-' the consternation, anxiety, discouragement
s- distrust, and suffering spread among the pooi
I people. So sensitive are the people as to tht
[i-1 perfect safety of their stored and preclou;
tis ; earnings that upon the slightest rumor to thf
of, contrary, in utter forgetfulaess of ail afferent;
it. j they begin tire "run" as for dear life. Amocj
d* Um motley and clamorous group about tht
or | banking-house doors are to btofrund the la
,' borer who has just left the bed of a twenty
y, foot sower, ia which, by hard labor, he earner
? ! his small tank balance, and knews well llit
eg value of it; the domestic or servant, wires*
te scanty earnings, the result of many month';
to toil and economizing, are in jeopardy; tht
ro bootblack and newsboy, who, with great re
st1 luctance, have been induced to deny theui
" ! selves the immediate use of a single half
r-, dime, from week to week, in anticipation o
?lt the brigat future prospects to be rcahted bp
at the accumulated dollar,
d. ' The importance of these savings institu
a- [ tloas ia their effects upon the poor generally
Is, j end especially upon the bab'.ts and aspira
ut tioas of the colored people of the country
hi the large and invaluable work done by tue
or Freedman's iavmg* banks during the las
u eight years In the Southern communities , th<
lis apparent restlessness now exhibited by oai
in people for the establishment of private or in
c- j dividual savings banks ; destined, we fear, t<
rn j share the fate of the Bowling Green bank
at lead us to present some rchect.ons to the co!
es ' ored people wlucb may not be without inter
ju , est at present, and to which time at leasl
*- j with Its better experience w J1 accord value
ch The most imp>ortant question involved u> th<
sg establishment of a hank, is i>erfaci
or safety In the keeping or nvestraent of iti
o- j funds. Poor people need a place where thej
id can put away spar* pennit*. '.ounsiderei o
ly 1 little consequence in themselves and osoa.l;
' squandered if kept in the pocket, t with tU
a. ' ce?Wct,.n that the resulting dJ'uxrt can ai *'
ways be found when called for The?e pen
rp CITIZEN.
ales are aot gathered and stored for the /
benefit of avaricious and thieving men who
lire the toll of otters. We know of so.
oblige ton oo tbe part of the poor men to urt
their small earnings for tho accommodation
(at the risk of their own Interests) of tho individuals
in any particular community. Such
money received from tbe struggling masses
; is to be handled, first, with entire reference
! to its safety; and, secon ily, except so much
1 as is needed for daily use, is to be invested
?in ...II,. Il,n Urrrest DroSt. with
! wncrccer it, ??44i ? ?a ?
the least risk, whether ia Europe or America,
East or West, North or South. Capital always
seeks what is considered greatest eecurity.
This doctrine we believe to be in
accordance with good sense and sound business
principles. Just here is to be considered
the apparent dissatisfaction said to he mac!,
teste : by many of the depositors at the branch
agencies of the Freedraan's Bank, who are
being surrcd up because their money is not
invested in the immediate locality of the
bank. We do not assert from positive knowl- j
edge that this feeling is engendered by greedy
inon who are anxious to gobble up the 14,000,i
000 saved by the colored people ; nor at this
distance can we prove that it is the result of
(jealousy on the part of other private hanking
enterprises in the South, that are eager to
manipulate the money of colored people.
But we do maintain that all the spare capital
i of the Anglo >axon in the South, seeking
naaity of investment, finds its way North.
Further, we challenge contradiction 01 me
statement, that were the vast land-. of the
South distributed and peopled, under cultivation
and valuable; were the bond* of the '
Southern State* sure of redemption and noj
repudiation; were the Southern railroad* and
other enterprise* stable and paying invest- *
mem*, then would millions upon millions of;
dollars at once flow into the South from the :
I North and from Europe.
If the thousands of depositors in the Freed. '
man's Banks desire that their money be in- i
vested in the South, in preference to other 1
localities where greater safety and surer ;
profits are to be obtained, It is to bo presumed
that they can be accommodated. For '
two hundred years they liavo toiled for the j
; upbuilding of the South without compensation.
This desire to contribute $4,000,000 I
; more to that impoverished locality, with all!
f the accompanying risks, is in keeping with ;
the lifelong generosity of the race. We urge
; the colored people to consider well any efforts
i making to establish private bauks, 9imply
because the trustees of the Freedman's Bank
do not regard Southern securities as safe
Banks springing up from such a cause will, ;
sooner or later, share the fate of the Bowling J
Green bank. Every new bauk established
1 by colored men, managed by officers grounded !
i in principles of iutegrity, for the real advance-,
I rnent of our people, will bo bailed with pleas- j
! ure in financial circles, and with great pride
j by.those interested in the development of the 1
j race.
; In the meantime no language can too
elmnrrli: rnnwr mir helief In the usefulness, i
j the solidity, and the growing power of the
: Freedmau's Banks in this country. Con- <
i trolled by disinterested trustees, colored and
white, (many of them gentlemen of rare j
financial ability,) who are studying the esyerienco
of the past and daily becoming uiore ,
| zealous and watchful of the interests en- j
; trusted to theut; manned by ofiicers wbo are ,
I hourly evolving pi ins for greater safeguards,
'' checks, and balauces in the transaction of j
', business, with agencies and representatives
| at the great ruonicd center, New York, as ,
| well as Philadelphia, Washington, and all j
! the leading cities in the south. These banks
afford opportunities, conveniences, and safety :
1 ! for the profitablo investment of small earnI
ings, not surpassed by any banking-house in j
1 i the land. Their deposits w.ll s^ea reach ten i
j million s.
scurrilous Jourii:il!siii
The newspaper press, in thi-> age of pro-1
gress and real reform, should ho the -trenu-:
j ous advocate of liberty, the upholder of stable
I government, anJ, above all, the conservator
' of the morals of the couimuniti It already
' : looms up in the world uy ineani of the scope !
i which it has, and the last influence it wields '
: as the quatre itat of the realm. It has gained
I dignity from many Illustrious names found j
1 upon its roll of honor. It has been defended 1
by the ablest minds, from Milton's Areopa-'
! gitica to Victor Hugo's L- h'- i I'rust, I
with a wealth of learning and sagacits un-I
equalled. It should call to its ranks the 1
I | ablest minds as recruits; but it is n sad fact
: i that, men who have conspicuously failed as
: lawyers or clergymcu arc supposed to he
1 abundantly able to instruct, through the colj
: uains of newspapers, the great public a how
. j.they were unable to serve in any other c&pa- j
i city. The lack of instruction is, however, a
| secondary consideration?a mere negative
1' quality, which su enterprising journal,
through inability, may not possess; but &'
; positive attempt to report untruth, to defame
i j reputation, to "wake the vvotse appear the ;
I | belter reason," to attack character without ]
. | apparent motive, and then shield oneself ber!
hind tiie prerogatives of a newspaper, is scoun- i
t' dreiism rather than journalism.
r i We write litis with a view of attacking as
;; forcibly and characterising as clearly as we
51 may, a mean and cowardly attack recently
j' made uj-on certAia persons in our community
; j by the Daily Btpubliran.
z The attack was not <mlv mean, :t wa? low
,|and sourrttous, fit only for the columns of I
. j such delectable sheets as the SaHaral /'slice
. Gautu, or the vile seem of the New York
i, prurient journals. It was cowardly, be;
cause, not satisfied with attacking men, tills !
; Journal of the "largest circuit lion in the Dis-:
s irlct," patrcniced by Congress and the Gen-!
era! Government, slabs a woman and slinks '
. : behind the shadow of a reporter to hi !e it- '
: sen. it is uie u.ji urns lue l.
his outraged the fct-icrs of the better class !
f | of the colored people by its aiojs at certain 1
r | colored men whom it tniy not like, and i
| through tfcem atucirag the female members
. of their families. Xtat it should be done '
, so persistently, Is, to say the least, strr.age. ,
. What motive can Mr Murtagh and his
; associates hare for attacking the private
: character f col .ed people, ah we d_.-e
i venture the assertion, the;. Co not know,
i i either by sight or reputation ? Ostensibly j
; none. Mr. Murtagb we have always heard !
spoken of as a gentleman, and of course can-'
> i not oversee his paper at all times. lie, at
, | least, should have those in charre who would j
* not allow his Journal to to used as vehicle '
- of abuse. In the second pisce, if the propri- '
i j etors and editors of the JUpMican have no
. possible motive f >r attacking the parties res
ferred to, and we dafv them to show any,'
t they lay themselves open so the charge of
i! making random attack* on *b armorer, which
r la a prostitution of Joornahsm, or of allowing
f, themselves to be made the ptlant tool* of
certain In sign 1 Van t colored men, who a betas
> the personal friendship and confidence which
. the RrpMica* has repesed in them by at- !
' tacking the characters cf their superiors? I
gratifying their personal spleen at any ,.i
[ ease of tnith and justice.
"Vipers, that creep where Ban disdain* :
climb,
Afii, taring wend their loathsome tree* to th
top,"
Hsng, bining at the acbier mar. below."
In the last brilliant exploit of too Ktp*lli
ran, it has overshot the n;ark. Its garble
reports of the Colored School Hoard raccl
tugs, emasculated in the interests of son.
one, we know not who; its exaggeration t
the petty crimes of colored criminal*, hnv
all been borne, if not with patience, at lea5
with silence. This last unwarranted, ird*
cent, and lying attack, we beg to assure tha
Journal has ar -used the just indignation *
all the thinking and law-abiding colored pec
pie of the District, (see communication i
another column,) and he ones it to the con
muaity thus outraged in the person of a .if
lenccrcss wonu, ciuin i'< <r?i' ..
tives, bring forward his facts, r,r I''. Ta:r
responsibility by announcing himself a- r,
the author of the obnoxious article Whs
ho has written of one colored man or worn a
may, with equal truth, be written of all, an
no base no redress. Therefore, it Is ih?
every colored man and woman fee', this Ir
suit, aad Idoks to tlie editor of the Daily K,
puUtean for an explanation. Shall w
havB it?
tlie ri?ll Service Mai-lilne
The Washington correspondent of tho No
York Fccning Post josttlvely denies that Mi
Eaton and Mr. Sheliabarger have been a;
pointed to till the vacancies caused In tli
Civil Service Advisory Board, by the resii
nations of Mr. OurtU and Mr. MedlU, re
says:
44 Notwithstanding the denials sent henc
by the Associated Press, it is trun that tl
members of the Civil Service Advisory Boat
express the opinion that the civil service ruh
will have to bo modified in several imports!
particulars. It is likewise true that tho Pre
ident has said verbally to more than or
member of the Board that he desired tl
rules to be modified so as to give Lira rco:
latitude in making appointmocts."
44 Nearly every member of the Cabinet
.itwlfh t\\a trArkina nf lim mini \
they now exist, and If the new Board ev
assembles they will each suggest curia
modifications as absolutely necessary."
On this subject the Chronicle has hi
several sharp thrusts at the scheme in tl
last few days. On Friday It closed an art
clo with tire following sensible and plti
comments:
" \~o believe in a practical civil-scrvii
system, which would insure the selection
worthy and well-aualifiod gentlemen hi
ladies as clerks, which would promote lite
as they gave evidence of increased practfc
usefulness, and which would make tlielr p<>?
tious unassailable by political chauges of tl
administrations. But this cannot bo brougi
about by propounding unmeaning qucstioi
which remind one of two grains of wheat
two bushels of chafi', and whtcb any bloc
head with a tolerable memory can bo cramrni
to answer by the expenditure of ftora ten
five-aud-twenty dollars."
j The Boston Commonwealth has dubbed ti
Civil Service Keform Scheme " The Curt
Patent Automatic Lifting Machine and Cor
pound Universal Separator." Commentii
upon the resignation of Mr. Curtis as one
the managers of this wonderful machine, b
cause tbe President seems to think less of 1
power thnu he does, the Commonwealth snj
bo liad no right to complain of him forrejec
ing a small grist now and then, if it l.a|
pened to be iuq-erfeet. The trouble wit
Mr. C., it sajs,ls in regarding his machine ?
so perfect that ail ;ts results must be accept*
as good; and in denying to the President a
right to use any information he might obta
as to the fitness of candidates not ?Maim
from the competitive committee.
The Commonwealth admits that tl..- (. uil
scheme sometimes worked right and ionii
times wrong, and says the question ought I
be then whether the good outweighs the bs
ouiure resumug MJ suiuu ui u. a.? ci .> .-H*
here who knows anything about It* operat:<
will agr?e with that paper that in the rua't.
of promotions in the departments, it h.
proved a great failure. And indeed the boon
made confession at the start, of their wantfaith
in it by aoeepting the recommendatiot
of the heads of the bureaus as an oil's,
against perfect answers in the competition I
the amount of twenty per cent, flut this w
a mere arbitrary rule, iu contradiction to it
theory of the whole system, made as a coi
cession to common practical sense to th;
extent?admitting that the head of an odiv
under whose eye Uie contestants had been r
work for years could know one-hub as muc
about their relative capacity as the boat
could had out in six hours with their paler
mill. We cannot see why the opinion of t!
head of the bureau is not good for 100 p
cent, as woil as 20 per cent, if good for an;
thing.
There are few who wili not unite with th
Commonwealth in scouting the idea ' .it a.
toa-d ' an learn more ty an cxa.runation that U
teen p-tteui 4y practice. The unit in the ej
amiuauoos is that oxper tneos in figures, gran
mar, and rememuHUice of dates, eoun
ajainst con men icnee, and exctutu
alility, the>e latter uot being measurable '
the testa of the Curtis machine. Many
man can give the dimensions of Noah's ari
and tell the age of Methusaieh to a secoc<
who would bo utterly worthless in follow'.c
up tie intricate windings of an artful free
or in managing the business of a division <
a subdivision in the Treasury.
Aa-1 who win decy the aaaert.oa thai thei
are many n.eu and women who, on the fir:
utal, could cot antwar la th? ?.x tours' ej
ais-nation iw.i-th.rds of the qotttloos, woul<
iu six taoottit or u* yean, accompliih In li
Department ttn tt-ut lit aau.~nt of Inn :.t
thai toenld t>? dnrt? by Iomt of t\t ucfitrti <ii
coverti by ti* ucamnonj boar J Tlt? Is it
almost unanimous opinion of the [xincipi
bureau o.l en, and Arthur Kal;a, In h
work ca government, advance* the sun,
opinion, founded on bit experience as t men
her of the British board. Au ! hs g~ts eve
further than this, and aaeerit that the vet
faculty and Uc?la which lead* to extraord
nary success In achieving book-learning :s
da.jua'.i.Vati j? far business and cS< :al en
pigment ex?.e,t :a special ,?nt-, i
translators or compilers
Wo ll>? K.ict ?r ft**.
aiu cocnprebeoded tbu? Uctt, and therefoi
be does not propose when the Curtis m!
gr.aJs out h. poor article to adopt ! becaoi
It Las goae through that hopper. He pr;
po?es to carry out the "spsnt" of the rule
which *ptru, in essence, I* to net good oil
cert.
\V?. art indebted 10 Utnauv (*. out, L?,
fix a copy of tbs C iftuoaaU Commtcial cot
tslulftg Us Instructive arucie on sheep an
goal-raising la the West. The crowded ttai
of oar coldKCt preoUdei lu publication i
present.
STW e an rex; torn that "Depught
letter arrived too lau tor .hsertlob tUs ml
ff-.'J rv
The ( rulriinlnl.
In the city of Philadelphia every etfrft s
' being made by its citifene to make the cene
onnial celebration oT the Declaration of Inl<*fen
lcn'<- of the Un 'c l S'afe- as grand a
success a-i ' very lover "f hie country can
wish it to (0. Tli? enthusiasm atid energy
, in the matter are not cotillccl to tho inai?
<.. * nor to tlio white race a. -no; al! feel a
large iui : ; in ih? gr ?'h ft:, uatioa for
j. tL" f*?t on hundred years, black as srcli ay
white, and wo may bo allowed t > cay thai
^ the blacks liavo probatdy i ? to L-* fabliau:
over inn 11 avi* ti--> whit.- W '..:i the r.
tury of Amtrtma ir, lepra lea ' eitoa
, that which mankind holds m - hv.r, La >
boon restored to tho -o!. ic ! -i ; mat,;, j
rights tavti been recognize I m ong.Dg .<
n the people f that race b> the Or.
1 ornn.etit, to a cert.Jn ' n,t I extent
1 with the recorJeJ prousb t f . p .ooic of
' the nail m to make tfaii .. . ; rccc'
r.iti ? C the coiorc I : . _i.t t o life,
liberty, and the pursuit oi l.up, .n. -i to a
.tctly the same extent i- /ther citizen' T,
day the negro iu tin ii it:. <t citizon, i-. i
li.i patriotism cannot ho le.tionr I .n th
face of I'ort Hudson, Mii'. x a's Il^r. 1, .c 1
Fort Wa^nor. Nor was it Vfr to the ite ^a.
** to llu.l evidence of the hi. 'nan'
country In the L"aH*d 81 ItM; IM K* UIM
in the revolutionary -tru.^lo and tL war
lsi.', and did good amies, yotwitbstaoH
lug the Hack mail's eicrtt >n hns ' con pa.J
iv for in the heart's blood of i s hr the r and
r. sons; nidwlthstan l:ng *1. > " t 'hit he, ws,
y. made the victim of the m -st cruel :; . .
ia known to history?an opp >it. ? ;: t 'el
r. and pampered by the Na-i o : ..
j his race, in the nail n's \'.r , ?t.
her rescue with such ai t . tnd ari.h
as to tu.a the tide of ado -r .md ,ai
j(* 'ttl! | b''l ?> .!. -1 i .'l 1 "it
J eratioas, certain v.htio l-i-U.-s c aatci-: *
?* the committees eog.tgs i . i t. work ..'p:
J* paring for the ceuteumal, L.ivo hit - ...cm
ie upon to g.ve an ox!.;' ii m ol th ir su; ;.... .
>o of race by mult.: tin col -re I p: . s
rc | Philadelphia because . f tl ; : 1 -co to :joperate
in the work f prcpat.ugf'." the r..
H centennial. These ladle i 1. \v? :
cr formed the colored peopl; that the cm;..:.
' o nial celebration Is n<j .-acera of the-rs, and
that if they wcto alio we . to Uko pa:. In it .
tJ would be as a matter of couticty only. T..
to ; Idea these ladies endeavor to i:aj r ss upon
ii- the colored people It that tl > is ; white
)V man's country.
Wo cottfidenliy h :<s th ,t by the tar o.
;o Julr, 1670, these white la.ilea of Philadeiof
j phia tvlil Lave learned that t'..> :s a :i.
1,1 country, and made so larger. by the braver,
'"j and patriot!stu of Its colore I citizens; ami
,{. that the fact of its be::., free. csuspic- ssiy
ie , distinguishes It from the other t.ati us si the
ht earth as to give a mure effulgent hue t i th.
^ glory of Us progtcss, and gives to the ecu(j.
| tocnial a laiger r.n I a >b!or signtccaucc.
I tl?- iS. i.I til) (
During'.Le vls.t of Frederic.: Iloughus tu
18 our iniJst, while ho chanced to .e walking up
is Market street, he passed a crowd of Wiu
blacks aud his peculiar appearance o attracted
their attention that ono looking up
? Into the face of that venerabio man gave vent
01 to tbu following exclamation, " J-u-s-u s
e- C-h-r-i-s-t; L?-o-r-a-c-c G-.a-c-l-e-y."?
ts Plan*.
>*3 I Mr. Douglass, wL..e .: r. .u. .ii.e, sis.tci
t- the Marine Hospital at the !:r. Irati u f M:
p. i . J. Griffiths, the so >n ..har. lie
h also lectured on self-male uien, in Judaii
Iiali, to a largo nn i app 1. audience,
:d 1 anil at Shclbyviiic, on the next evening
,11 The cclebrat." n was .. .. . r v.v. a .s.cc-i
in Mr. Is. :glav< v. ,s :! . , t of T/.n 1.
>d K q.
iliw:? i no more hope that i're \u.
Grant will ever be . lr to stop the a. uth:
; of his political and personal cuenucs thatj
j ' there i- that Lucifer ? hi become r I
I I to the "Prince : Peace." Tiie uior- .
; norm al hi- adniinistml u the real an 1
fidelity he display s !u eoforcitw the law, th '
' ' uiore successful LU oiforts t> 'errat
jg i frauds and bring lefaultc: t, taste,e, to
r ,-' lighter the people'-Uses t,.. .m?-, the inctu
' bitter th . warfare, an It. . ma.ignaut
their hatred. In 1 I, vt t > L., ucpart
j donable -.u of whipping th.- Democracy .j
terribly darmg .be reh:i. a. t .? ?. .r i
cnteimiuauon against puo:., p.unleis, ml
the crime of get plug tlicm at ol office. Ir
t he had followed ti:e ha:c examj c of Leo un:
p ' deserted to the rebels, or had, ..? ? John: sr.
and Trumbull and >ba. betrayed tns parly
, i that elected bleu, b. ..ould havo be.a tni
j otjnl ,f tkair Mat rtmulwii
"i LioU. L. O. U.vsbEii, ,u- M.L.ilf ilea.
IC
: ileut at I'iirt-au-l'r.&ce, b..a a
: freah UureU. Ho lnu!> i fce ) tio If-tjUoa
'* Government to reaped li e r gbt-> . Au.tr
I can citileas by making ;t;w ;1 nodo . ; la;
illegal arrest of our Coctular A-jen; at .'.ilru'
gjone. Mr Bossett nt appo trial at a'j :t*
ib Jurr.lirre, <.ij I ' c i .. r i li *.o. g u. >
H?otl trying pe..od A ... fe.aU.ni '.'.ullayt:
1 Through all of hit nag oUallous,.. not a., ty <
strictly opprove !, be b > a the onCaeaci
"* , of the auto Bop a ad lutt reded*-,
uredrt upon bit ian.it. We fee. .oulidctit the
President wlrl retina u.m at an encouragej'
meat to coicre 1 men of a . ::ty unl aj au
' earnest oi bit atteru.tiii. u to npi*.ial not
* the wor?t but the best coi.re I r;.ea to office.
A lluiium l?? Oar Counti } men.
William C-'.ler. llryant t.tl Usury Wad*
worth Locg'e lo v. two of our three greatest
poet), bav? i^seu honored at it. l'atarsbu'g
with a signal mark .f d.?L.n.t. .a, .y vimis.
si on, as honorary meiuoers, \j ibt fatnous
*> Acadaiuv o* that city. TLU A.. An;y It
'C i;bout a hundred years C.1J, and r.nks -.n-^rg
ir .t? booonuy members i.rrt : tns Ijxv.'
j. men, bring and dead, who Lavo ilouriste 1
. during that nertod Or" ta? . . r,.r? _ ?
" there are ti'-fctne. sut?.-r : 1 Jirsui'.,.,
U end Of the llctag, Tmbjh u. UscarTuu
is w.t*, and Euriauiiuel eii:. If.- -? the VO
l# Amerrceos wh have \;-t .. .-a : J. Oa
the occrut.n ?e hu-<j rlc.. i lu, addresses
J of eulutry uu i ct >.e c .:e dudes.cd
u ( by tire a. ?*. Uluitrt- -? -f the ' '?-uTi f U is a
y ' while the Urand Duke CotirUtnute,
untitled for culture u-A eul.tj..icuiu?0t auu
a eighty of Use-regular tueiu'.iM f the A.sl.ury,
tortus tLo c..ut b.Ht.aut .. ;..-.u
tuce.
t? There is, ?? .e^ru f.'.m 'he CropH r, substantial
hoaen couuecled ?.lh the position
lt to wh.Ui our irreat poets fc ice been * . .la
the Jlpioma uan.ee w.ii, t .
* highest- honors of the K^tiuu Du; .u. lu
" St. hetersburg Mr b.-yaa; aci Mr. l.acu .
ie low would now "rarit will- tlie rrerttesl
y. nobles. "soiti.ers of tlte inherit! 'jua: i
, wvuid mount guard at the lc.:? ot ?e^ res.1
denote, end la ell state pageants u.u>- w.u.J
take precedence oft. n- tab. cx.cpt ?.,?
Imperial Cebtnet."
but, at the Grope.? remarks " .... >< .;o?a.ng
borum ere placed a heu.it _> mhrte ?'
snow." They c are ! > turn ^1 r ave
. fur e lifetime *u the ?rrc . .u_
a tr. ..S I... ?'? --
-j m-i tviivai| ml * -;rt *
b*?n pa&airetej, i-J r.?c.J bv
H U.c of Jtu^ulo aad . >::j
t?&thaact?( aitti fr<jm >-, '..? t ai.1 *?'.?lags
a graarer glory wlij U.t tola. (y
wlojh tat racogoU*vi vtcii uwr it thai
" U mm ponalb.y rarieot upon ttcrAVv .<~Yr
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