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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
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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
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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
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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.:
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WASHINGTON Mar
eh 06,1868.