This, and no other Is in our mind, the right interpretation Of his discourse, delivered on the twenty-second day of Sep tember, 1869, at the Republican Convention of Massachusetts.

Before recognizing or granting belligerent rights, he desires that the belligerence be proved. It must be proved. Before taking a decisive step in favor of the Cubans, he wishes to know whether the Cubans have, or have not, abolished slavery. Until this is settled, we must wait.

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