•"-eh time as Congress can organize truly re publican forms of government, by establishing •*qual civil rights in all respects. These peti tions were stated by tbe Senator to Designed by whites and blacks (mainly "freedmen, and of course those engaged in teaching them, ss the instigators).

WHAT BE. SCBEBB SAID OF TUB SOCTB.

He dwelt upon the condition of the Staves recently in rebellion, and read letters from iriends of his in the South informing bim