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ATOSIIMENT*4- , ffS , MIME.
. .. ,
We have already eitpiressed *ore than ayti l t-,
patby.witb Yrof.,,lXotif,e, in # biii.aposuri of the
.
fallacy and u4sprkptnralness ef tie so-paled i
Moral , 1 #11441e; : f 0 0 43 7- ' And 1!"e )believe he:
will find the New School Church with 'Min as a ij
body, in rejecting any theory of the Atonernint
based upon , mere ' benevolenbe in the .divine ..na-)
tore.. 'Re will.;:fmd us overwhelmingly,,if wit
unanimously, with him in, the belief that :the
attinern4t Was ilesigned i l4,''.'sBme into sense
satisfy justice ras in nltimate'principle-of theviii;
vine nature :4 great buglitaY hie been Illa iii
Taylorism 1 113 ., )04+ :' ,i i -e i SA°4 :O /1° 47 X .-
or
4
this volume,' and in the July and. januaryaiiiiit
bens of the PWlie l etion levii ' Iffebelleye there
is about as ranch Taylorieut itk:enel branch alLin
the other';'' that isiitett to none !Will. ' And' h
regard to the tderpi,piit'fort4:,l4ltoga p o yi l
tory, that the, teachings of Di. ,N, W. <Taylor and,
Prof. Ptirk 14 redognizeil4s orthoißit iii'thii ptd
posed nnited-.Churoli,it 4oes : not ,cortinitg!Coitr,
sympatlay; ; ao we . doubt Yot 41. would-. have , exei- I
ted geeerel jpitp* *Vie 'isT9W:oohOOf ChtliCh,
if it had not been regarded: ;as an offset to the
exclusive' :9 1 4 114 6w pellet- upon which -many
in the. Old sqho4l, bititieh were alone willing to
have the re-Union brought about,. We shallibe
perfectly content, with a poliey : broad enough to
include the ieachings of ottr , ; own theological
Seminaizies and :Our :own. leading'. theologians,
without travelling ' into other denominations.
And we think eve4,Presbytery in our body, will
say the same thing when the time for saying it
comes,
We are glad to have Prof. Hodge , niththe
New School body alrm, in disavowing the OM
menial theory, and the absurd 'and ,inamoilti
doctrine of a transfer`' o9Wl — trete - 0 , e
to another., Prof if - edge's indignation that Mr.
Barnes should quote the coarse bold language of
Luther, bn imputation, from the' Commentary on
Galatians, as showing to what results these ex
treme views legititnately lead, is a healthy symp
tom. And' as to the idea of exacting the
same sufferings from Christ as would have
been the proper penalty of the law
, visited on
sinners, this Old School professor denounces it as
" outrageous injustice," as " an illegal violation
of that absolute righteormess which is the prin
cfpiton essendi off thi) The' Substitution of
Christ, he says, necessarily involves; as a mat
ter of justice, the substitution of different kinds
and degrees Of suffering." In the following
sentence, he comes so near Mr. Barnes' position,
that the question is raised whether, like the
comet of 1843 (was it?) he does not actually
touch the sun. Sweeping 'towards that steady
luminary, he says : "Christ suffered precisely
that kind, duration and degree of suffering that the
infinitely wise.jnstice, or the absolutely just wis
dom of Clod determined was a full equivalent for
all that was demanded of elect sinners , in person;
aptivalent we mean in respect to sin expiating,
and justice satisfying efficacy—and a full equiv
alent in being 'of equal effieacy' in theie respects
in strict rigor of justice; -according
~ to the judg
ment of God." Barnes, on page 247 of his
book on the Atonement, speaks of, two senses in
which substitution, is accomplished under the
atonemeut. First, "In the fact that the unde
served and , voluntary imfferings of one are in
place 'of the '.deserved sufferings of= another,"
and second, " in the nature of the sufferings en
dared; that his sufferings shall not be the same
in 'kind or degree whioh the sufferings of the
guilty themselves would haie been, but of such a
nature as to be a proper equivalent for them, or
shall in the eireumstanier of the case; answer
the same ends which would 'have , 'been accom
plished,by those sufferine.P ,
Theae,:two quotations ate probably the most
important , that- can be brought from either, of
the two books, to illustrate the relative views of
the authors and the two schools on the nature of
the atonement. these two sentences hinges
a great 'part. of the contro'versy. p ro f. H o d ge
and Mr. Barnes are se nearly alike, that it takes
no small amount of analytic power to discern and
render comprehensible 4.9tkers the difference.
The comet does not 'touch the sun, but the lustre
of the two bodies is so intermingled that they
may well be regarded as'Ark contact:, It is, Prof.
Hodge; however, who makes a _great account of
the difference, and we :'must him `in an
attempt' to. estimate its, significance. The
for all its puzzling nearness to the sun, whirled
around it; and sped awl , again , and will 1 : 1 9t be
near the central luniinaryegain for ages.
.
' The difficulty itriseS from thefiet,` that Prof.
Hodge insists . On regFding'Chriat'S sufferings . as
penal, nay more, as precisely the same with what
his people virould,havestiffered,,when considered
as penalty:.
,riteys bake up a..lsenal , quantityi
which„ by rettOon of thevarue of one of the fae
tora -Lthe '''
f th ' - 14.te—is ecra i l t i .'
, , map. o , e su,,. n :
is precisely, the dame, as thestiArings ? view i ettas
Penalty, of. the entire telect people., , .flew', Mt.
Rapes and the: islewSChoer,wOuld, 'say equally
ii.o. 'the .Profesibs, Jhalghtiat'Sinilferings' are in
place of the iufferingS'of siniters;, that they are
any expresition of-God's hatred,of, sin;yhich he
always . ; shows -by-connecting it ,with-suffering;
that they are ,necessary before' he can pardon sin ;
lut that not being visited on the offender,they
are, not II punishment of Sin, nor a p,ertatty, , nor
`the: penalty for isin,but they are a substitute for
the'penaltyl of 'the law, which 'being voluntarily
'suffered by the Law=giver hiM3alt in the petsoik
, 4 ,
:o,iiipOOO, iiie gee , n i ndo4,o be` equivalent;
M as
AP" of tile4iTille RM;Wence...k*%Pd of 4;9'
, divine faithfulness to. law 'and ,governmettt.,
Let us repeat, for the poineis vital : Both Parties'
- believe that thelliderings of - Chrittt . were! en-!
Aired .iii the PlaCe - of - sin ilerS ; iJufferingeetaured
because and'in place of, those owed by sinners to'
-the' law; ,that , they. are, in place
,of those suffer
•ings, which, all moral _beings, divine,' angelie.i.and
human, so far as we know,instinctively;•Le. for
re fi ritiS which Canbot he,.. inarySed, 'demand - Of all-
7 ,..., - Dor ..
1 o enders awainst the law. See. Mr IlarneS ,on
the liesign of punishment, Atonement, pp.:1 . 93,4,
quoted with approval by. Prof. , Hodgeypagessl.
See /dad Barnes on the inattiie of therkAtonettient„
Pp. 202,'256. 'And here - it' is' iiellleitiote the,
fact'that Mr. Barnes parts'company with the;
advocates of the-Gorrnmentar TheorY, a1t4144i
Prof.. Hodge with, an nupardonable disregarcL 4 4±l
facts which he himself had elswhere'neted,,elasseii
him, pp. 341,2, with the advticatei of this the
ory. liiii.Bed,i'On ''Page 351, he declaree thqt
f` Barnes" with severakethers, "materially departs
from the true: faith _as
,to the nature Of ; the,
iitonement." Of' Vine , it was,,neeessary that
he*. a teirible -ohafe ilfektlitet"shitainid'Nvith .
some shoi 3 Of payment, if it were only to link
, .
his name ,with , a Belli* of known inadequate
views. (See!alsopage 39, where he even, assoei
ates Mr. Barnes•with the cSocinitins.) But Prof.
-Hodge 'knows p l erfectlY well that Mr. ; Barnes'
views differ, on an essential ptiint,' from the Gov-,
ernmental Theory. That Theory, in the very
first lines in which it is, described in Prof
Hodge's book,- page 327, "'places.the necessity Of
the Atonement- of 'Christ in the exigencies of
God's moral Government; not in the' demands
of an involuntary organic emotion of retributive
justice 'common to . God a4d man." Prof Hodge's
own, quotations show how wide apart ,from this
view of punishment is Mr. Barnes'. Let,us add
a - few quotations of our own, from page 194, of
Mi. Barnes' book : " There is, back of any idea of
. . . protecting the community, the feeling that
it is RIGHT that the offender should be made to
'suffer. . . When we sees - man justly punished,
we think of this not as ..,designed to .protect
the community, hut we think of him as suffering
that , which our nature tells us is right,'whateirer
may be the consequences in these other - respects.
We rejoice in the belief that these incidental
effects'will follow from the infliction, of the pun
ishment, but we should regard' it as a violation of
justice : . if, these views should guide the Magis
trate in determining the amount of punishment;
'that is, if it were only so much as would, best
tend to reform the' offender, 'or to later others,
or to proteo the community. We'demand some
thing more; we demand that witichwill,ln some
prpper sense; express whett he,eritee deserves."
We contend , that these extracts put an impassa
ble barrier between Mr. Barnes and the Taylorite
view; ,of the Atonement. Mr. Barnes and the
New School generally, to the best of our know
ledge and belief, cleave. to those healthful doc
trines; now so widely impugned,. on which alone
the majesty and supremacy of ali , laNsi, divine and
, .
jipman„rest. They hold that justice, in itself
considered, demands suffering for sin, and "'that
therefote Christ had-to suffer - before, the sinus •
,
could be pardoned. ,
Now 'Prof. Hodge insists that we shat call the
t
sufferings of-Christ, thus put in place o -'sinners,:
penal, nay " pretsely the very pentiliy of the
t.
law," pp. 168; although admitti i ng, in the same
breath, that the sufferings of Christ are different in
quantity and quality from/hose of the sinner.
Mr: Barnes and the New School believe that
sufferings `which are different in quantity and
quality from those 4PAc' of the sinner, cannot with
any. propriety be called, like those, penal : they
would say with Prof' Hodge, " that all which.the
law, in , strict rigor of justice demands on the
account of our' Sins," is rendered by the suffer
ings of Chrst."Aecepted instead of ours;" but
they prefer to,say that these sufferings of Christ
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY : 27, 1868.
ate'not,s substituted pen but `'a sub ti.t.late for ,
the penalty;'l'heypress,,l S iof.:'lTOdge with :ibe
difficulty; : bow s , any suffering can ;be, a, penalty,
which is' not visited on the offender. hitneelf; in
the kind and degree's ountemplited. by law ;. he,
turnin k
i ass; how attytbijit r bd penalty can' an
sorer'
the demands of' 1?1.0 . 1.#00
answer to,Pnr qgnstion , wo:*.o fgroaftor•
Mr. Barles!'insiver.to , thelkpesticin, how.
mgs;'which not Penali'ditneedonsiplishqin ends
'penalty,VubstantfilV4 o ry.ggsiong
: ~ °94;1 1 4.6 44 *
niake;- after going but.litheinen further
his theory. Mr. Barn,stingrodnees the. inquirer
asking : " What after Itift'is 'the value of litich
suifferinp .L What iS,thetg -f eaact bearing 774nd
he himself pits the :
bearing of sifferina , „Ak.What, in, any case,
* - AtATO*7•9 6
hBAY B PPr!)49/ itmf°, Yoil,?leil f iNFld4t?i b e
.trt.toll44 the Prine-i* 1 1 0i9ht w°9lfLOh9w),the
e:9 ll TkootiO 3 ,9ny, 9aso.A4weeP s4er.i,ng an 4, t 49
N ivinp f avc i m, might expliis all thelesaential i princi r
plea end, remove material ; difficulties in
the doctrine, of 4,9 *r: Barnes,
after, 14049 g a i'llgfeoPlE4f9 statement
nature , of - theAtonementAnd,oneensivering Ott*:
demands ; of SPriiPt9r.l3tlPaZiA,l' out. of Te4lll
- the necessary limits , . of., hunan knowledge
and &,.ftense.of the danger; in theology; of, pres
ling 'beyond • them. , ,
Ithrndilemma in whinkTrof.,flodge is placed,
that inaking the sifferingS of a pnrfectry-isia
lesi infinitely holy, tking l ' i "preciseli the
voorlevaity avoided ;in ; a way
,to,
-separate him. wiflely. *ni. Barnes land :cnit , i
selves., It is here that the eoniet , appears again'
aiitiiiBvlt6iii the suitt'vitli which it` ileiria4 to
1)404, q nd sweeps ;rush ;into`
the -.regions 91: a choerless high !‘,orthodnx.y.."
We shall- try-.. to follo w it telescopically , riez,t
lIIIPEACIIM644I I
ltlii enori-ei gre:l,..,Atience tituit forbearance
of tii6;it th
y-ni nth agrfortieth COngr&s
4n - drew Johnson is exhausted. Far nearly:three
years he :has been taking the part, of the subdued
rebellion, add -has been laboring to < nullify its
overthro*. There has, perhaps, always in that
time, been a large majority in Ciingre;33 who be
lievecl his impeachment justifiable -an4 . desirable;
but it was felt to be such a.serious matter, and so
, many ether interests demanded Llegislation,,that
it' *as on the *hole thought beat to tolerate Mr.
JOlilison as the leaS evil - of the two. Over 'and
• •
over again we have been ,amazed at this Yorpear
ance. Over and over we have suppressed,
our indignation anddeelined to agitatethe matter
iii' our noluinali", because we supposed good land
true men in Congress, feeling just as 'we did 4 and
knowing vasty, more,
,Might and ought to be
trustedentirely with the decision °tip graye and
so >, unprecedented. a matter. Yet look et a
hasty summary'of the'acts of this , extraordinary
man, anyone of *ILI almost would seem to cOil
taia matter of formal indictment
,He was scandalously, and infarnously• intox
icated when sworn into the office. of Vice Presi
dent;
ktiiltiOf the attempeto bring back rebel
ascendency in the South, aa,it existed before the
War, and, of hindering with all, his - might. arestor
ation on the principle that the rebellion had failed
and loyalty and'justice bad triumphed.. '
has planted himself Obstinatelyr in the way
'of the national progress in, the line of justice and
equality to all men, and has labored with all
might to cherish and strengthen the
pre ttdice of race and color.
lle" made loud professions of .xtreme radical•
ism in, order to, gain the rtunity,to betray the
. •
loyal oause. •
. _
' •He is guilty okitirse than treason in the at
tempt, whir been the ruling principle of his
,
office, to m e treason honorable and loyalty dis
r
gra
....,
'never attempted to bring to justice a single
traitor as'such; but am o ng earliest acts was
to pardon unrepentant rebels in multitudes.
He has pardoned alarming, numbers of high
criminals; as counterfeiters and mail robbers; he
has made ,the forms of justice a mockery, in one
instance, inWhich the accused had the President's
pardon in his pocket when brought to the bar for
-
trial.
He,has dispensed pardons through .prostitutes
and the vilest characters. •
Hellas removed men from office for no other
reason han that they were too loyal for his pur
poses, and too zealous to execute the laws, which
he Was,,determined to override. When he dared
not violate the law himself, he has sought to cor
rupt the highest officials in the army, and make
them tools of his purposes. He has put such
cOsiturefivf his, into the, revenue service, that the
, . .
fiery dude hig.becOrtte a scandal, and corruption
and freifd,;have.'grOirn into a science, and whisky
rings are compounding felonies, enriching them
selves, _ beggaring , the treasury, and • breaking
down the national credit; and actually threatening
thi3 gountry With an entire pplitical regime based
upon the . interests .bf, 'the fraudulent" whis
dealerj3:• •'
He is guilty of The New drleang massacre, of
theMeinphis riots,
of the tit)" thousand -unpun
ished inurders of loyal whites and'blicks in Texas,
since the-war, an d' o r . th e 'countless ;unpunishe d
outrages which have only been partially Checked
in the,Bouth by. the_ Congressional 'Plan of Rcr
*bits: :ffliffed Oiknirea;',vrith the loWest bar
;oio d`epitfiets. He has disgraced 1 4 8 high tiffice
haranguing noisy
ietiowdsoillloVer.the.cotuatty, in a state of intoxi
dailotipindinl thei übe Ofplanguagerso .! scandalous
iiiiil)ra.4hiSinciiiiitliatintsiiiielition!had be'plead
01t...z.v% ; i
as -a
He haspnt.such deep dishonor upon the Pres
idefitial. office •-by hi& personalliabits and ,
tion ehanaotdr as it has=neversuffered-before.
fOeeeney never , clitilbed'io high in all our
tory, and no respectable but will feel re!.
lieved when Andrew Johnson slinks back idio
merited obsetirty`• „-r
All this and rmuch : more has leen submitted to
by an immense' , majority' Cetigress, with a pa
tienee.whichonly eAnalleo:that of the people in
the •fall andlvinter of 18(0 and '6l,,when: State
after State werit of secession,
-and <battery after battery was erected around, Fort
Sunitee, and , when the relnctant, , e.ridurink, loyal
peonlehYnitit s ck fidui those'juit measurgi'Of-re
preaSioniwhieh they`might have 'Jaen. tidy
vraited,leng, and long opportunity ; : was ,given to
the Southto undo their rriad acts, and escape the
fou't ; years of horror and Toverthiow Which. fol
lowed! ''The loyalpeeple,-woUld not act until the
* South compelled them t 9, Congress, too, has '
given Johnson every chance to amend his
record-and live out his term in peace. But he
them to impeachment , at last by his
oWnblind, mad, obstinaey. has , given - that
technical , form. to his treason that 'both enables.
and cbmpeis them, reluctant as they are, ,to this
'act. He has openly defied the plain letter of the
He hts rushed upon his doom.
We believe it 'Will speedily be accomplighed.. l
We thank ‘ qoa not only for the firm spirit of the
EU:Me; but for the noble attitude and unshaken
loyalty of the leading officers in the army, from
the Lieutenant General, to Sheridan and Sickles,
'to Sherman' and Thomas and Meade. We are
MEI
.thankful for the itarierturbable coolness and firm
ness and discreetness of the Secretary of War
himself And we rejoice in the noble words of
sYmpathy•flaShed from the Capital of our State,
by that true soldier, patriot and Christian, GOv
ernor Geary. There will be no military demon
strations. Mr.:Johnsonwill go quietly and
_ig
*ominously Wills , home, -declared ineligible for
any office in the" United States, and none will
more thoroughly ignore and repudiate him than
whose behalf alr'his great crimes
were committed.
AFFAIRS AT THE CAtITAL •
WAsuirropu, February 24, 1868,
wrote!you a week ago,:that impeachment had
been killea again, and pen little dreamed that we
werabn the eve of;anrexcitement on that very sub
ject; auch-as r haisnot been felt since the assassination
aftehinolhx. - But impeachment has come again, and
is `'time . has cOnie to 'stay - till`Andrew Johnso n ceases to be President of the United States. The
- conclusion seems foregone, and is looked upon by
every one as a certainty.. The issue is a clear and
simple one. The President/in , defiance of a law,
passed over, his veto, and recognized as a law by him
himself in his, previous suspension of Secretary Stan
ton and the assignment of reasons therefor, has re
moved Mr. Stanton during a session of Congress, and
appointed his successor. The view taken of this act
by the Senate, which:is to sit as the jury in his trial,
may be inferred from the passage of the law itself
last summer by more than a two-thirds vote, by the
.restoration of Mr: Stanton to his place after his sus
pension, and by the resolution of Friday, declaring
this new act without authority of law, by a vote of
more than fouito one. The Senators abstain, as in
duty bound, from expressions outside, but it is well
known that the resolution of Friday commanded the
vote of the best lawyers of that body : Trumbull,
Fessenden and Conkling.,
No one present in the House on Saturday, when the
resolution was presented to impeach the President" for
high crimes and misdemeanors" could question the cer
tainty that a bill would be carried to the Senate.
The resolution -was signed by all the Republican
members of the Reconstruction Committee, even by
those who have ridiculed the possibility of such a
step, and Was advocated, with great force, by the two
most conservative Republicans -Spalding and Bing
ham. The speech of Judge Spalding was listened to
with marked attention, and was regarded as assu
ring the vote. He referred, with . great feeling, to
his past course in the matter, and the full determina
tion he had, had to resist every such measure; but
declared that his conviction now was, that:so long as
~Congress Submitted to having its laws traMpled upon
Genesee Evangelist, No. 1136.
Ministers $2.50 H. Miss. $2.00
( Address :—.1334 Chestnut Street.
the couno-,j could not have peace, and he, therefore,
hoped that this resolution would be acted upon with
dispatch and unanimity. James Brooks was the
champion of the President, but weakened the cause
by his wild and extravagant threats. He had been
in consultation with Judge Woodward and Senator
Bucksle*, and had made a diligent use of law books
up to the time of taking the floor, but, in his speech,
seemed to be
,more under the inspiration of such
spirits as Henry - Clay Dean or Brick Pomeroy. His
protestations that he_." never, never, : never would sub
mit,"-,and threats that " the thousands and tens of
thbuSan&s t end df Democrats" would- rise
in their Might, we received with derisive laughter.
He was'pale with excitement, and looked, after he
sat .down and considered more coolly what he had
said; ashamed of himself. The defence of the Presi
dent has been very weak, and has revealed the fact.
that this act has taken the Democrats as Much by
surprise as it did the RepubliCans, that it is indefen
iblS, and that they are'imit 'willing to' assume the
responsibility of it. One of the best lawyers on that
side adinitted all this in a conversation on Saturday.
Somtpf them are,very angry, and declare, that. this
one 'thing ha§ t i lardwil the-Odi:iffy into the hands of
the sx 'ttenieltadicals and confirmed every position
they.have taken.- .One: thing is quite evident, the
most quiet and assure& men here now are such men
as Stevens,BoutiVell,'llogan, Kslly, Sumner;BUtler,
Wade and Morton. 4 :- 7
The scene in the House when, the resolution was
presented on Sahaday - will be a memorable one to
all who were permitted to witness' it. Almost every
mernlier Was!•in. his 'place, Senators and other dis
tinguished men„crowded the lobbies, from the gal
leries three thousand'people'looked down with eager
eipe r ctation,while hundreds-in the halls, goaded on
by,t,exaggerate&,rumors' of what was transpiring
wwithin , pressed upon each other at the doorways.
The regular:boSiness was droning along dri Commit
tee 'oriWe' Whole when Thaddeus Stevens entered
and laid twolhin payiers on his desk. ' It is felt that
the hour looked for has come at last, the Commit
tee rises, the Speaker Assumes his place, announces
..therules of the House with respect to demonstra
tions of applause or disapprobation, and. gives the
floonto,the "gentleman from .Pennsylvania." I Mr.
Steiena, Pale and very feeble,' takes the floor, while
in hreathless Silence all wait to hear his words. He
'announces a brief repcirt and a resolution from the
.Re:cdnstrtictiton'Comtnittee, which he sends to the
Clerk to be'read ; 'these he' submits to the House
.witheut debate reserving the right to express his
views before the vote is taken. Then follows the
debate of which I have Spoken, and towards the
close or 'the afternoon the test of 'the - spirit of the
"House` is made in the attehipt to fix the tinae for a
vote on the resolution. It is found that all dilatory
motions, objections and fillibustelings areas "green
withs," to that determination which presses straight.
to the , conclusion of the 'hatter, and by unanimous
copeent it is decided, that after debate through Sat
urdayevenin o'clock and _Monday, the vote shall be taken
at five on the latter day. - This first scene
foreahadows the end; the President, for some unac
eountable reason, has persisted in butting his head
against the wall and'at last he has - destroyed him-
Meantime, Mr. Stanton holds his place and has
not left the War Office day or night, while Adjutant
Gen. Thomas,- who has filled the air with noisy
Alireits that he would take possession by force, is
arrested" and put under $15,000 bonds to appear in
Court next• Wednesday to • answer for the violation
of law in Ottempting to assume the Office of Secre
tary of. War, and the War Department is guarded
by. soldiers. •
The Presiderdcontinues-his garrulous talks with
newspaper correspendents in which he appears very
valiant, but his acts do not follow up and support
the defiant rornoval of Mr. Stanton. It may be that
the reply of Gen. George Thomas to the nomination
to the place offered to Sherman' a week ago declin
ing the honor, or the reply of Gen. Emory in com
mand of the District, "You cannot use me," or the
attitude of Congress, or the telegrams to Congress
'fro& Governors Ogelsby and . Geary promising sup.
'port, or the failure to make a favorable impression
upon' the Democratic NOrninating, Committee now
here, or the fact that none of "the thousands and
tens of thousands, promised by Mr. Brooks,
except Alderman McMullen of the Fourth Ward of
Philadelphia, seem; ready . to "•come in their might"
—it may be that some one or all of these reasons
have influenced the President in sending in the
name of Thomas Ewing, of Ohio, to be Secretary of
War, and in claiming that his intention has only been
to gain possession of the port folio of War by civil
process.
4P7 1
As I write, Mr. Stevens is closing the 'debate in
the House. Members leave their seats and flock
around him. By many it is felt that this may be
his last speech, so feeble does he appear, and his
words fall with great solemnity on all. At once
when he closes, the vote is taken and the Articles
or Impeachment are Bent to the Senate, only forty
seven [the correspondent writes 42 on the exterior
of, his, envelope,]: in an unusually full house, voting
against them.: To-morrow the time for trial will be
set, and the President cited to ,appear. If it be
done "'twere well that it be done quickly."
FENWICK.
ear The. N. Y. Independent of last week has
an editorial on " Public Obscenity," truthful,
and earnest in spirit ; but, alas for consistency I
it gives in the very same number a "full page il
lustration" of the sin it denotinces in the shape of
au advertisement . of the vilest qua k nostrum
known to the public. The whole page is covered
with abominable details of the uses of this medi:-
stsr The following of our exchanges have pub
lished the Round Table's item from the London
Ath,enauon, but take no notice of Dr. March's
crushing reply to the charge :—The North,-West
ern Presbyterian, of Chicago; the Western Pres
byterian, of Louisville; the Central Presbyterian,
of-,Richmond, and the Christian Intelligencer.
We beg leave to refer these papers to our first
page - of Feb. 16th, to the N. Y. Nation of Feb.
sth, to the Independent of last week and to Dr.
.March's letter in the Round Table its. The
forthcoming number of Child's Literary Ga
zette will add another to .the numerous exposes of
this baseleas slander.'