Aitorman ir an r 1 New Series; Vol. , V ; No. 11. $3 00 By Mail. $3 50 By Carrier. sOets Additioliaraltet &fee Months. 1 gintitait grolnittrian, THURSDAY, 34RC.13.. 12,,1868„; i , QUALIFICATIONS i*IITED ATONE-, •,• • MENT therefore, wff •do .exqe,etpugly, blame the Westminster diyines for being silent on the great‘heed of orthodox dOetrtnti,":the.iiedeinlitinit of all mankind, and of all the matdrittl:ereation, out of the, : hattds oft Satan and his wicked angels, which is the vcir7 basis of all orthodox truth, the ground twhereoi 'God and: the sinner meet; We willnottallow those divines to be. -ligmatized by their indiscreet admirers, _as if they hail gainsaid thninost alFttet-tritths of Iloly Seriplure; -, denied the,love of 09d to all_meit and (very man, denied the wOrk'of,phrist foi all men and every man. "No ; the Weirminster'liviiies 'have enough to boar airetidy for litrittginglint'imoh a dog 4, tactical confession offaith ii and for seekipwagreemeo.... at the expense of,,b i oixtglillont.,o,n a great fundame,ntq i iruth of the gospel; le.t, them ntiebnaccunitid of over urning the fouttdatiot(;-='-:Ectiociitit'itidng's 1V ofcia 011 the • Standards . of the Olitircht otScotlitnfl. , The remarks whi.6ll We firopose to make iiirthe following paragraphs on some aoco#,.o:s.l.a.d.a.oubt- less better be .omitted.-: The inconsistencies of some men, it isatvell know . n, 'ate theii'saving:fea tures. Instead Of exiosing theit:incorriiite i neies, it would perhaps be more jlidiOotte to hide them. If they are made to.appear too„p,igialy, they may. be amended and the , advantageof them be. lost. It is better, however, in the' long nth, that/the policy of candlsr ile-adtan tage at first seems to be in andther, : divetym i Only let it be understood that i cini ! aim is, uooo put blame on Prof. Hodge for coming so dose to our ground, in many places, bat t r ‘i show vist his system doeS' not liing him . -- there'; and thae, - as a consistent dogmatik, he tmist,'M j 4d, whole, he does, stick ,to,the degtirine of aLimitett Atonement. On page`243, the Professor stiyiii "The penal ::atisfaction Made by the Suffering?' Of Clirigi'to `llt, Cfr .0 the law and justice of God is,in.xts own intrinsic value a fall equivalent in, the strict, • rigor of jus tice for the penal sufferings= of all nen foreier." Further down i: on the 'same page; the'assertion made, th a 'll3"peittetletil ferni: l Witti"liOWeier positive meaning,, " that the atonement censisted. in Christ's bearing in our [the elects'] stead, the literal penalty of thelawin full rigor." On the next page, we are informed that " the intrinsic value of his wettleiiitioirilian equil to all that his people could have suffered ; " and yet, in the next sentence', we reed, Of the difficulty Which a Christian experiences in understanding "why infinite wisdom saw it to be necessary to exact so much of such a sufferer." A difficulty not likely to suggest ithelf to any but a 'believer in the commercial or limited view. of ChtiWe work. Page 308: "Since then` .the work of Christ is exactly adapted' to. , the legal :relations and needs of each, anil sine° it is abundantly-suf. , ficient for all, and since, in perfeet,good• faith, it is offered to all: men indiscriminately, it 'nomad. ly follows thativatesoever --believes +On Rim, non, elect (if that were subjectively possible) just as truly as the elect, would find a perfect atonement and cordial 'we:l4mo readaer 14,Wheneyer, he comes." Nobly, spoken!. Me t leeme te any New School pulpitefof.the utterance of duel:views!, Yet twelve pages afterwards . - Coinek the'stun'eing statement that " Christ died in order to secure thp, salvation of, the elect, and not in order to make the salvation of all men possiblo." But if Christldi not - die for this: end,iis it' true that the salvation of Till men is posible;and - if i the salvatio ( riof.all.men-is. not possible, s i s t fair or honest to offer sal i vatkon to all then? ban the offer of a salvation ; which is.,net. possible be made in good faith ? .1; . Again, on page, 4t5; we hre' told that, among other things de4iho tO be ilecoMplislied by the death of Christ, "was to lay inthe,perfectisuffi ciency, of the , atonenient for all, and its exact adaptation to each, a real foundation fertile bona fide offer of salvation to all tneti indiscriminately on the condition of faith," and,yet, he, ioimediate ly g oes on to 45y, .foal if alarmed at,themdmission, he has made, " The design has ithe!eleot for its sole, ultimate p 1 +.-:.the-pointing is his own— " and it in snyvatteopects the non-elect oily as" it " neeessarklipolves the bringiT!.:g.to bear ripen the ricm elm* among whom [the-404] lii% - '0.i11 1 . 1 .u; ences moral and:otherwise, which in valfious.de grees invelve clisracters and destinies." Our Old School Professor speaka in the seine breath of thins asAegessary, and yet ashot.,,de signed by God; of a, TosulC:of , the atonement, not contemplated in the atonertiedt ! A r certain. blind fate brings the non -elect iitgirrejAins,to the atonement, while the Idiirineilleoree intended-it only' for the elect' 1 1:1 1 :ere is E(.13'1.4# Modern dualism. Had our , side h i een guilty in 8,441; ft wise, some terribbi word; like .Mabichteistrt would have been latifiehed..{it'our heads For 99iff, lyes we are content to ask i lsthether these are the ' 4 ad v.tuced views" of Princeton ? f• . We cannot'leave this disonssion without revert- ing to, one painful featnro,of the "Profei - sor's ar gwnent; a feature wkiph':hows the pervertit2g, hardening * effect of -slick doetriiaes, "won, th.e finer sensibilities of r one'e'natnie. We refer to those passages in which lie .seems. 'altinist to sneer a.t. the idea of God loving the ,whole world enOUgh' to provide an atonement -for 'them. Page 40,6, he.'says: "All the advocates'ofi:general redemp tion believed that ehrist,mOVed by an unperson:: al and indiscriminate philanthrOpy' or love of. Men' as such, died'in order to make the salvation of all men - rioisiboihein O - n — the condition of faith." .1 1 :4761 2 L0C: niti:3llolo6 7 .Whiblilled the Father-to- give.;tbe Son and , the -Boa: to die.was not a mere) general philanthropy,lint_the•higtfat, most peculiar ; persAnal love:". abler that thia ~hig y ost; ind 7 -most, peenliar love; Which‘ moved !Grodl to: give, IlisAnly begotten 40 well beloved Son, could'have: had) fpr its objects the Myriads?! mho were ;not p i ektAlly, saved ,by; it. " Surelkit is a profane clefamatxba, 0 1 1 , 0 AS 'king. to , say.,thitlts eireoti4 al:far:be measured, in Croti:s-, providing a saliratio:d ,illsn to ac'erue,4 o . them ;upon- , eonclitioPS rX.4OKni intle,R l o .IIP; the "cases& most to 43e..irep44:lAle• Rrolp an a,bUselai/)Scripture . to say tl at gate eleofriand _ t ale. reprobfite indibciimintige y j lof tlus -atria i zitietlitS Soul-redff4Wing 9-Naiv, while we would •ribt, fora, moroent•ques , ,• titirpthe peptiliaritY•and e itt tengitY' of thO , ole - eting to cr?'Gbd, - we leaLve'lt t - bur readerg' wheaterA • ?•••,..$1.:o ~ I the idea or f a love, Drotct enough p • Ancompass, the, whole, perishing werld •i its, Elan t iof„ salvKtien ; would not be .even` 'more .honorable. to:the diVinel natnrelthan the electinfr‘loVe 'th' *I alone; t e e , rtr (leek theideaof electinglo:&.aldne in thb atone: ment disParagitii•W-i; pression, as, of something,quite iplengruous limitation with the magnificence: ancLebstliness of the atoning work; whether'lth'el *Mehl by such a'view is done to the grand . announce-' meut,,:phti kik : prod i so loved the worldAati he:g4me liisqusa tten• •.1 of •• • ble whichlnegotesliend *high and ArYthoo'-' Togians will Inite to givegitii rteeount at the. last day? • • , • , It remains then for us sitplyitrt sta ( l,e our own :view.of .the Design of the Atoned:tear then,"that the atonement was'dosegifidi to put all men in a salvable conditldis :Itia:getie'ial, not • limited. In the, soleniri'Vangnage of t Last W ill and Testament, we believe that the bleed of Christ was shed for the sins .of , the whole hu , man 'race.: SANGUINE EPFUSO Prtc 'IIVAANI - I Eni If we ,may reverently 'Suppose' a logical , order in the mind of GO.d.---it chrOnolo- - gical is iesupposable—we wonld say that,,-the atoning- decree, as the , broadest, came , Ifirst; and the electing deciee, by which the "atonement' rendered'effiea'CiOtts to a limited ,number, came AV t b • V next, , eco no .believe that al or indeed tha any, are saved by the atonement; - those ,aotually saved are saved by electing- grace {upon' the ground of the atonement; but oif.tltcjothei , hand, we do no; believe tlYat the'atimenient becomes an atonement, gets its Whol'e legal.value, merely fop the:fact that a certain number ef persona are put into a pesition to reap its benefits... We do not; believe that an atonement •would be logioally ,abd legally impotsible,' as Dr. Hodge ... Consistently must, without a ; forra'al,eoinitet , Coiering,..certain individuals 'who alone should enjoy its .1:lei:le-AAA as an atonement. The electing.:deeree , to eer - - - tainlTsome, is only apart of the vast and, glOrioqs plan to provide salvation for eveTy ; 9ne - ; , to embrace - the whole..cveAci,in the arms of, nite atoning love;- to put upon every sinner the guilt and sole responsibility of rejecting •a salvaP tion pruvided for him in common with' the: Whole' human rice.. • 1 . • t I • • We do ,nut. pare to do more than state our view on this subject. The attempt :to force. a limited atonement upon Seripture not only beneath'ar-: giiment„'but it 'eary ies. with it, to "our minds, something pasltivelY-,shocking. For the touis:d.o force which hard-bestead exegetes have practised upon , Stripture iwthe interest of this doctrine; • • we believe the inspiring Agent, who meant, to make. the great truthZ l or salvation I lain as the, • I din .and sta i r,s, in the sky, will hold them to Strict account. .We believe their doctrine is Ft,ti abriptural, i demoralizing, hardening-to heart and dotiSc'ieneg;'ptlej udicial totrue . reliAitin gamePalvinfaiii:, Ahd fe. are net sutprised that some Old, ..School ' , teachers.are framing a set of .terms, under s co3Fer of which they map bide froM.the odium of the doctrine, while yet the''' . System inexorably binds them to . It, and met{nWhile.fheir e...iten4ti3gphrases are found devoid_ of real ,xneaningaand ire:actually suggestive of•dutilicity.on the,part,¢f God. How inspiring,*Ow gladdeniiig,tow god-like, Mite' 'contrary - , is the idea ,t)f this iierld-enibia- J. • °leg love ;of God in Chimer yv . h4 an over , whelaiing appeal to every sinner, that Christ his PHILADELPIIIA, TITIMPAY, MARCH 1868. 111111 died •for .him and , cleservas tkelgratitude and nbe-: dienet of Ills ransomed•naturel What a biassed. solution of the inystery•f our sin-entailed eondi.;• tion is this'seriplural fat Of .a divine provisio n; made D.!, infinite east, ao .44xteusivp , :with, and exactly, adapted' to, out ic rofeur!di,necessitilsl , , l How, lit lights - up the..w e :prospect ,of,• sin ranH woe ars:walls; to see f w king, in : tho - 04.4f t .tike , Lamb Of/God that .take • awiy the-;sinilof the woricli-I'Thetieli.4';a re' ' ibish of mottling all --r - ,• I• ' around the horizon. T *hole. fallen 46rld is lifted, toward God. i‘ntorleineo for 'thei. .. fill 1 I ST every perishing soul V k provided .and may be had . for the humble belilviro..soceptance. 'This, this ii the'grand ;evinVelibal plea'•,---L Phristi 7 Eo dying love for man—withl which the 'Airily 'heart is to be4;nelted a.nd ) tlip tep,fonntains gfspiritaa, life in the JorigibarrertiNtim. Are ito' be..unsdalpd.._ - IN° .4doedrine •iv More Nli l.to'Ciliiistianity.than thisi; none 'commends? 'iltiaitity more effedtb.-• ally .0 general `apCep tali Voi.' assures, it, more ctE tit certainly, its dPeD , Ria9e,h, elleaTP..of humanity Despoiled of this dectrilitei p-helieve•Christianity stolifd speedily take, it ptiOiiiaraeng , the. faded abstractions of the - i.,,great, united Presby: tef lit' ohureh: in "wield IT should Ve heresy - to 4 It,. ,. ' 1 ; 14441.th41 ,1 9eAfine, ii?.,,.. oi*rßifyAptpaillf,4 , P3 Conpeirequid tc2cialisurr tO;be:possible-,; •T i.' • EXCLUSIVISM IN, H HPI COPAL - CHURCH. . . ate4'.'St6pheit. Hi ArYrigjti. , has bean tfoim d guift3e , Of' - a '4oi t atidik'olAtlig ca ii 'Of the BOhicf 'of 'Prei: n) ra .1 . ut , , L... *, - •,::. . - 6 . 1 li , ~• "4 byteis,--xl7 l high eiaair'c:,,ef'.H.i.nd . I sehtellPa ZO _ r@ceilfirp '(4puh,lic.aiinteitio4,:,', from. the .Bishop.; This.imiilies .that at 3- . *6 . 6 clergyment.muata ;b - e - pilient Ntiiheii liel'ibfa. ~li fished: uirl ' .' -: , ''SiirbOly h 0 'this e4s: ben 'distos4' - of, iiire`g t Ji,..7: .1 ... Li , :. _-....,... has; lamth er, perhaps pore focipiglabie, arisen:' i i titcry.4,4. Hubbard of o , piscop4l,Chilr4 iFI.3 Westerlyi,,R.;l.,lok..Febi t Bthi game , notibe that,he , wokild/e)tekiaiige ritilpitil ist fih'e folldwinglSab ath With the '4,ptiit,liage?r 4A thai;''plh, t de. Bislop' Clarke of this d'OC ( e -' t 3.; ell. 6 remote from , 1 e s), e3 s. of the fact; itiad: DU IWedikestliy - athiliarileTiFeel; wrote an;earite6l, 9 ileMoOticilice to tr. Hubbard, not p i remely f'orinclAi . ri? l it, but acidity , to' his re :mo.#statiee .the follomrtg.ilanguage,F, i • . . . . , , Aviou -may idecli eft° carry out. fl it exchange,. ~ \ I if yo'll see '$ chi the ~,.ound thit it is 'exprtwly pfohibite'cgl bynlciur Dio es ' I ' -7 ' f .- ' •f • ' '''' 3 ~i • Mr: Hubbdrd `repl i iqs at ngth'in a letter;dateol Friday the 14th, stating„t. t he,always„designed to take this step, and-that was acting:upon long cherished convictions of uty. He plead the . 'Weitiderftil outpouring oft jApVrit upon the 'corn iiiiiiiity, as the great ar inent - for unien; and says_.... ~ ; . ,„, " Yhis union and unite pf,our,. Logd. and very wlgodly ; ,inen--as,,ope di ning- 7 -are, obliged to cot a, -mighty power' in•relig and ilind:togethoris - ,ix. Ch Ly aayive ,on pinur points I.rne, is : First Day, S,ev DaptiSts, Methodist, 0013 pal: '.• .l, • , As io the possible rest an offence, hd seyS!:. - 7 cl ,;;,I#' ,by : any - stch leg from you, I shall, 9 npt„ee VAhall. still remain 41i; ' Vroiestant: Episcopal,. pi brethren,. 4ke7inyselt:Ou We shall, if thus ,forced mord,pure •braincli of ti Church,---a .branch mai: and practices of,pur - _,Rp : teachings ~of our blessed , ' as ,to the result.., We sha sympathy of all true Christ we shall ha,ye the pyesena the guilt of schism will ,i u5."..,F, . , Mr. „Hubbard adds, in ~! the Mianimons - approyali:i ens, vestry and din:greed , Tie echatige ..vas . " Oar and the det:,"wakO: . (;M:MUn to that tiptist .. minister eitutih; he - - . sags : that, in Our. Church, the tion .of absolution - 'des co and that I.desired him tol 'my full recognition :done, with of .t .e recognition by our 'Marc episcoß4 Qrdipation ". ELECTION OF A MIS: I I House of Bishops of. tl Church in this country, on the sth inst., in, speci tion of a Missionary Bis • vacancy caased by the The eleC,ti,on fell upon etion-have - been own-, ready blessed. Even to me the other eve ss that , there _must be i .,which can .so unite @hes,,clifiering,so wide f; doctrine and ;discip th Day, And Clyistia,ri egatiOnal, and,Episco- of diiotplip - ofo:r such Ation,.. you cut me ott • to be i a n .E pissopalia rr., 1 . 1 , :communion , pf. i !he Teti., Many bele,y,e4 ut offov,ill be with one. ; wit, form, a new., and Protesorit. ,Episeopal ue, to ,the teachings wrs, /Ogre true to thg Lpter, I have no fear, ya,vpitbe, approval arid i. .men; and, better still, nd, blessing of: jiiius., t wit 4 you, not with othoript, that helas :support of his :ward- hi dui as intirnited, ' tecl liishsp kir T. 41 letter; referring ot:officiatecl.i ire his . IJo,explain to him, :fling of. the declar : "ed: to the kiresbyters, d it, to show thereby intsterial ordinaCon. y:e, done openly, and g question; the f the validity of non-, 1 IkRY BISIIOP.—The Protestant Episeolial inbleil in New York, s ession for the elee • of klregon, to fill the ili of liishop S'eoti Rai. `Benitimin . H. l'addpek, , D'..., 'Of Detroit:' The session was a private 'One hut.it ntiderstofid:ontside that, in view ofithe.,pre*ent, divisions__or sentiment in the chuFeh; and the hearisg g r , episeoßal election,u.pon,them, it wan , a season - Of warm, e.- eitement, , a hnvef,seen ncktatexrke, Rt-,llf ji4T. th fil .B, A* 9 lk'el e ie t 4 t Ni t dAl ff tri j eAkcittAsuzi., • LETTER , FROIVI JOHNSON, D. D.. , . MAIMISETIT, Mic,Et,4larch 2,1868.: liaVe '-already heard of, the religious, intere s t in £hi commenced:just ,fprier to,the, Week of Prayer; and-has been sustained with great, power ever slime. 'lt bas 'Made us think of the - Apostolic I way, of putting, ditib . S i l in uproar and' . turnin& Ihemonsilie.',down. The devil has been diiPossessad harvest at,a atruggl#,lan„d has &imeT., ontiof' Ronk hearta,fnaming;rkgin& mad. Yestdidart4e lit r iebrate'd thei'Saeranient'bf the Oig`Aliar to make,PUblj.,9-• • 'l•Ofesio f their faith and de dicate Aheinselves..,th God., 'lt.wits , a scene,,not ofterrtq be4itnessed; and never to be forgotten. There s& pod ‘‘rtlidilhoiry head," it ." erciwit glory now ; because , found in the way' of right couerieas. 3ly the, sOe of 04 age ; stood young phildreie z i iimingiko, God the: beauty and fresh: ness, RAJ jOy:Cf!'lifes; morning Thirteen hus lAfu..4.'*itE fliSirivive,ste...6dcri' the in:esence of Gfod, Inge fiith not to .., ), eaehj:nthera,now, hvt,:to„ father and mother dank!, with their tAro.inughters. , l.Another father!-Arith 4 tlired of ilia children'brought " gifts of t mid p int Ape and :Myrrh." Wives) , to make their' closets thrones of,..Rower `as : they Poured out ; their hearts, :the9c forimpenitenti , husbands, ;stood up yester dirtci`weidogn€4hosq-'husbands to' Communion in Christ, thanking God tha i t' : he 'had avenged his 'own elect. ' Children welcoined pareut, 'showing that iv another, than the. Scriptural sense; " a little , child:shalt lead Ahem." • K , ~d -indeed who vowed tti 1 • thdir V9WS at tiro. altar yesteraay in the Vr Rby teliag,olkugch: here Maiquette. ,The.faithful, feeble few, whd before composed the; Ohnith, an& wbo had Watched' and prayed and rabdred for thVse' soilla; Were like o-lad hat 'iesters coniinc , home rejoicing, dinging their harvest, 'song ,and bringjng ),their sheaves ,with them: - Andiai it shouldbe with good harvesters, the .shed,ie,s : :were , piof' : e than• the reapers.' The • ,t.; • rt • • clisptopor'tiori between the welcomers and the wel cdpied, made the scene don lily impressive. The membership ;of i -the,Churc was .much more than doubled. It Made , fisthink of, the Master's words, t " Fear not flock; it is your Pather!s good pleasure iii give you Eke kingdom." - The, work,has beenriquiet, earnest, seemingly, thorough, and manifestly of God. The occasion is ;ialuable - , nOpless from its weight . of character and nie4giien influence. in the coMmunity, 'than froth its .kßrnerio.?.l strength. With right de , velopment;dt'cannot fail to affect favorably and decisivelyr the 'interests of , Christ's kingdom •,in all"this upper peninsula of Michigan. May. God give`wisdom,to hiin who ihall have the moulding •: ; • of, these new-bOrn souls.., , H. J. To FALLING, FR9M, dlqiCE.—One df our M. E. contemporaries espimates that, not less than 700, 000 perking have been in conneptibn with that Ottur6hiii the , last ten lears:who . atie` not new in ' Of 'these not than 100, 0X coup l~~ve ~k eera:loht removal, transTer.toi_other churches, 4c. Of j•lic,iest,spme are shut out by the [unscriptural] requirement th atterid - fcliss-meeting., most : ought never to hive been" received as they ivei, on probation, at all`, and Mid were only counted in to swell, the Revival returns. Another. exchange suggests. that ,the probation.itself isione:great reason. of the falling awai t and , that if these had been. cordially we', coned - tirthe : full enjoyment of 'tIM means of grace, and-Siouolit limier the fall and refreshing influence of Church :,life,. world not. have been disheartened. l , CaMbbellite preacher once 'gave a Metho dist thb parable of the Pr:Aidid Son • there w,asa,no running _to meet him "'while ,he was yet a great way offf,' tho poor iellowsneaked upli&the gate in all his misery and shame, and when he passed through' it he was ordered to " stay ia•the.yard fora year,,_ and ihere his . "elder brother, n .,would tell him what , to do, ,and :"order him: round,';' and at' the end of his• probation he would be let into the house.— z , - As the public' debt wai-diminished about seven and"a:lialr.Millitins last month, we hope all indebted - to - , us ,wili feerthcm.selves so much Tich er as to !hasten payment which seem , to be de layed longer - than usual `this year. The`. present month that remains to those whosd year be gan January 4, to pat the.adTaneed rates—my Genesee Evangelist, No. 1138. Ministers 52.50 H. Miss. $2.00 Address :-1334 Chestnut Street AFFAIRS AT TIIE CAPITAL. The course of the Chief -Justice has given oc casion for much remark. and for some anxieties. The point, made by him with regard to the rules does not seem to be of much practical account. His' opinion Was that the -rules for the trial should he - aderpted after the Senate had resolved itself . _ intna'6Ourt. This hits been done since the organ iiatind of th 6 court; big the Senate had pro ceeded' in accordance with precedent—first, in its legislative capacity debating,and adopting the rules, then --when; organized -,as a judicial body re-enacting them. 'The Chief Justide disclaims most indignantly the interpretation of antagon- - ism to the Senate. put by many upon his, letter respecting the time ,of -adopting the rules, and protests that there is nothing, in the letter that does net appear upon its face: , • , 1 On Thursday he vtai expeeted to apPear in the Senate and administer the oath, but in the morn-. ing he wrote to Senator, Pomeroy, '4hat'he could not answer the summons of the Senate that day, on account of his duties in the Supreme Court, and that probably a feW,days would make little difference; to the Senate. As soon . as this was known-, he was waited upon, by many Senators and urged: to appear.. He finally re-considered his' deterincitatinn, adjoilined.the Supreme. Court, and at one o'clock,canie into the' Senate and took the oath at presiding officer.. He then adminis tere.d the oath, to, the .Senators separately in al phabetithil. ordei, proceeding without interruption till Senator Wade's name was called, when Dem o'Craiir, Senators obfected, fld - a discussion arose 14.7 • which. continued through Thursday and Friday —full latitude being given to debate. It seemed alittle singular that in- View of the plain provis ions of the Constitntion;the .United States Sen iite should have indulged in such debate upon the propriety of administering tho oath"' to a Senator from Ohio ' or that the 'Presiding officer did not call them from the laxity of a debating, societ=y by an'iramedipte deeision. The debate was tedious andliroVokingi The court was not fully organized, yet: the2Chieflustice , presided ;.aft-alFowit o* - drtYr - rookit-t6 talkf'frnily; troth the sworn and the unsivorn,, andlinobody could tell whether it waso,.Court or simply a Senate. The Senators seemed desirous to- avail themselves of an unlimited tithe-to make speeches i before the rules should come into' effect that'. would cut off prolix debater).":Mr..Dixon ,gave us his Speech' upon the whole sUbJect, and although called to order many times, he' `was sufferetto occupy more than an hour. The whole Prodeeding looked like a lawless one, even though it were the Sen ate of the,,'-United States,. and presided over by the Chief Justice. Finally after two days' dis cussion Senators Wade, Willey, Williams, seri and Yatet were permitted to take the oath. It.nfay be that the right of Senator Wade to sit during the trial of the President, will be ques tioned by the counsel of the latter ; if io that wilbbe the 'time to discuss it. No one need fear that 'Judge Chase-will untidy favor Andrew Johnson; or that his political Sentiments are un dergoing any change; even though -he manifest some sensitiveness with regartfto his.-position of Chief Justice. , „ osaid that the President will ask for a long 'time to prepare for the trial; failing in this, that he will move to quaite proceedings on the ground that if the charges are sustained they do not con stitute. `the high crimes and pisdemeanors of the Constitution ;" and then if the:trial proceeds will challenge certain Senators on- the ground of having formed and expressed opinions, and the Authority of the, , whole body as being but a frac tion of :a Senate--Thanging on the verge, &c." The impression' is very strong, that every expedi ent will -be adopted'bY the defense that tends to delay p'roceedings," but; the friends of impeach ment are not- unaware of the dangers of a pro tracted trial and will push it forward as rapidly as will comport with the' dignity and importance ofo the occasion. The entire absence of passion and of partisan zeal. on their part. is A pledge that the decision they reach Will be' one'lhat will com mend itself to -! the favorable . judgment of the country. This most important trial in the history of our country has begun:with t'r'ue: Republican simplic ity. When we reCall.by the pen of Macaulay the brilliant pageant; at the i impeachment of Warren Hastings; and -consider the vast difference in character and consequences between his trial and that of the President, of the United States, we see how great things may be done in simplicity yet with with solemnity; -Without ostentation, and yet lose nothing-6f their greatness. The eity.,is filled, with strangers: attracted hither to.Niitness the trial, and many,Will come to be disappointed, since thd :galleries of the Sen ate can accomodate only about one thOnsand peo ple. Secretary Stanton still occupies the War Office night and. day. He 'has not been absent from the..building,since the President removed him. -Thomas Of the "interim" has made no recent attempti to gain possession, and is recognized by no one as'anything but. Adjutant General. . The greatest interest is felt in the election in New Hampshire to-morrow; that open's-and gives charac,ter to the campaign. We shall have unu sual demonstratione of joy . , from the party that wine. The Republican'members , now returned from there are full of confidence .that!they,shall have a majority of at least three thousand. i. . FENWICS.: , WASHINGTON Mar eh 06,1868.
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