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Mr. Seward's Account Of His Trip

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Day
4
Month
March
Year
1870
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Public Domain
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Ex-Seerela'y Seward and part', as alrtady aanouneed, sufely retarned from tkeir extorniü') a:id protracied jouruey in Iba hyperbwean latitudes of Alaska tnd tropical regions of Mexico, on Moeday,. and of courae such an event did nol escapa the at'entioii of the persistent newspaprr " interviewers." The exPramier is said to look ton years younger thin wben be left the responsibilities and harassment of official lifa. Uis lace bis a florid hue that might be ex pected in one far youngcr than himself, produed by a sharp walk on a winter ra rning. Ilis eje possessed an unusual lustre Ile told the anxious gatherer of the latest news that Alaska was a won derful country ; that he aw the finest rivera teeming with fish, and noble fores'a of the finest lumber in the world, the Indian tribts tractable and peaceable. The t mprature nover ranges below fourteen above zero, and in sumroer between ieventy and eiglity. He considera Alaska the shipyard of tho world, nnd in addition to its luniber it has unparalleled resources of fish end faro. He is of the opinión that something should be done at once to prevent the ruin of her great tources of wealth, the fur teal ; the feal Islands of Alaska he considere the Öuest in thü world, and ehould bo proected by judicious laws. The populaliön thoro is sieall, but in the progress of oiviiization that section will be a sceno of wonderful industry. The country needs, in Lis opiuiou, some form of a civil govarnment, but it must be very 'imple - a compUcated systero is unneceaary. In brief he thiuks Alaska a vuluable aoquisitiuri of territory, far esceedmg bis previously foruied opinión of ite vast wealth. Ile also visited Mexico and met all of the notables. Juárez, as President of the lïepublic, was a man ijiinently fitted for bis high station, poneesing prudence, wisdom and foresight. He fouud tho Mexicana a people frugal iñ their habita and simple in their views, i .dustrious, and, under a permanent and ubstantial adminisiratiou, would mnke tho basis of a firm governmeut. When qiestionerl upon Cuban affairs he deluurred, and with a niemory of ihc gen erous hospitality extended hiin while there, bi'fore bis eyes, he chose to reeerve his opinions until some future time. The Secretary will return to the hades of his Auburn homo as toon as Tho Iladicals in Washington have agrucd to misu tho means and send an geut tbiouglb the South to teil the colore d peoplo how to vote. Kind souls. The atteropt to connect Mr. Gnlladay, of Kentucky, with t!i 8lc of cadetehips has failed. AU such " Lonors " reet upod Radical ehoulders. The so-called Union League in RaUigh, North Carolina, is ciad iu khe 'uabilwHfntg of mourning. Two of its membr bs-fl imt beeu hunz for crimes committei . ; Wiien' carpet-bagger Wiiittkmork found himaelf in the i.et of the fowler or the trap of the rat-catcher, and ahout to be turned ignoniiniously away from the public crib, tans L5,000 a ycar, mms tuileage, sant the frauking privilege, tans any more offioes to sell, and this despite tho best effoi ts of Bek Bgtlbr, a chip of . tbe same block, but wbo had prudently bagged bis neighbors' ppoons iustead of a fat fee for a cadets'uip - so far as tbe public is aa yet advised, lie stolo tbe marcb on bis Radical judges, all at once turned honest, and resigned. Beiug an ex-reverend, of the orthodox persuasión, his resignation was, perhaps, in keepiug with lúa professiou, a sort of drath-bed repentanos with the eole object of escaping deserved piinisbment. Ilowever, the House hurled at his departiug fchndow the following reselution : Jlesolced, That B. F. Whtttenaore, late member froin the Ï1rst District of South Carolina, áld make appotntinents to the Military Aoadomy at West Polntand to the Naval Academy at Annapolis In vlolatlon of law, aml lliat. sueh appollltmenM were Infloencéd by peauulury conslderatious, and that his condnet In the premísea has buen stich as to show hiii! unwortbyof a scat In tbe House of Representatlves, and tberefore is condeinnccJ as comluct unwortliy a represen tatl ve of the pcople. Od Tuesday, Mr. Drweesk, of Nortb Carolina, and Mr. Gollodav, of Kentuoky, the farmer a carpet bag liadical, the hitter the exact complement, a Kmtucky ultriiL-t, fo'lowed WhittejhBB'b exampli?, resigneJ, and "Süently slole away." The House heaved t his brick at the doparting DEWEüfK, but Gollodat Las. ' as yet. e?capi?d censure : Bcsoh-ed, That Johu T. Dcwccsc, late tUpresentatlvé In Coi gress from tlic Thml Congreftsional District of North Carollnn, did make au appointuieut to Ihe United States Naval Apadeiny In vlolatlon of law and that sneb appolutment was Influeuced by pecuntary conkleratlon8, and tbat his I condoctln the preralsea has been siieh ;is to show him uuworthy of sout in the House of Repreeen-tatives, and is theroforo coudemned as conduoj anwortbyofa represuntative of the people. - Let the purgiug progress, even if tho House is lelt without a qaoriim. Ia which c.se, howecer, wn commend to the few secd Kadicals left theosample of I i tho Indiana Lsgisluture, which eisayed , to ratify the XVth. amendment without a quorum. A quorum, if radical precedent is anythiog, is no more neceesary for legislation than on a Saturday field day, wheu gaseouB members only vie with each other for prizo columns in Ihe Globo. ii ii - i "Jlstice," in the last Chronicle plnnts himself squarely in favor of u "'ïi'idies' Course" in the Uuiversity. Ho says : "It is evident that mauy of the professors Lero will never be called upon to instruct ladies,'" because, as we sunnise they teach studies which ladies are not likely to wish to pursue ; aUo, "if a separate college had been established for t'iem, a number of professorjhipa would have been founded which have not been fouuded here." And it is just there whora the opponents of their admission hinged their objectious; the Uuiversity course 3 not what the ladies, in any numbers want, or the ladies do not want tho Uuiversity course, whieli ever way the readof ehooees to state it. But "Jlstice" adds : "Justioe, then ïinperauvely dotnauas iaat nrsi-ciass professors be at once procured for thetu ia those branches in which they would have had instructora bad the State ingtkuted for thorn a separate Uuiversity." This oar writer favors, and favoiing, charges : "Unlees this s done, any talk of having given them equal advantages with men, is uttorly untrue." 80 much for asserlion, but if access to tba same classes is not equality of advaatage, what ia it ? O, here it if; ra'.her bere ia what is meant by equal advan'ages for the girls : "We tLiuk, therefore, tbat the formation of a ladies' course, that is, of a coursa consisting in part of tho branches usuallv taught íq their highe r schoola and not i:i tbose of men, is only a logical conscquence of tbeir admissioD to the Uuiver6ity." Which rneans a little piano, a Hale guitar, a little water coloring and oil daubing, a little embroidery and wax work, a littlo calisthcnic and poeing, etc, all of which we will go for if tbey can also have a little course in making shirts aud unmentionables, in darning eocks and sewing on buttons, in washing and ironing, in baking, broiling, roasting and stewiog, in keeping a house and in caring for the babies which there n ought to abound. Without tbis - th coune as it is, say we. If it is a uiau's position and work in lifo these women wish lo prepare, for the courses and profossors now are, and the plead ing of "Justioe" for a new Oberliu or Hillsdale or Albtoa i&ill timed and uncalled for. A Bill has been introduced by Senator Howard, cutting Texas into one State and two Territorios by lines running northerly and southerly along the Trinity, San Antooio and Colorado rivers, the central portion to be the State of Texas ; the eaatern portion, the Territory of Jefferson ; and the western the Terriiory of Matagorda. One notice able feature is, that Texas U to be kept out - how and when did ske goi otit? - ot the Union uutil she consents to tbe división. The framers of tho Constitution did not look oto futurity farenough to ee what persuasive argumeots would bo used to make sovereign State ratify constitutional amendtnents, and acoept other Radical deraands. The Senate, on Friday, by a rote of 48 to 8 refused to refer the credentials of tho outoroon Revelü- half Indian, half CoBgo, and half white - to a oom mittee, nd by the sama vote admitted 'niiu to a seat, when the oath of office was adiuinistercd to him. Now for the miller.nruui'

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