gb.r. :k:trilrric:4o....-.....:..):ktiA1i John. AliVeir 16july 68 New Series, Vol. V, Nc,.. $3 00 By Mail. $3 50 By Carrier. 50ots Additional after three Months. puritan . ..irt5...8t.01:4% T URSDAY, .11ARC11„:26; Ig6B. WHAT CONSTITUTES:A PARISH? The recent trial. of Bev: Stephen TI. Tyng has brought, into activity some long dormenkclaims, which have more than a.denominatidnal , interest. If the canon :underWhich he was disciplined was rightly interitete,d l bk the court, the . parochial system of therEpiscopal Church. in this country involves. anl 'assumption .'of 'territory and persons, which is simply an outlaw!, upon .our .American ideas (if deneminatioral eqUidity.: "That' it?.-Wai .1 • rightly interrireted, we do ;not; „believe; the .Isiew ,l(o" rk diocese at least, : the ,cutistruetiOn given must. temain ,the,..operative one,. until changed. hy.ghe action of; the General Convention —an event ,of Which we suppose therels"un mediate hdpe , . The parish systemof the Churekof ,E'nglatid gives to the_ incumbent of each parish; a fixed territory, makteg all the , persons there residing to become - parislaiOners. Whey - allay be seaters,dis coinut,ll,iiitiiiitis, iu Presbyb or I%.te the (list tutei''the4arish ohurah, or accept the services of the incumbent - ; still they 'belting tolliiipitrishrund are his parishioners. `.l.`hi..is l ihe l ,parciehiaireirtingenaent for a Suite Church, andtVOtildieconie . a neceasity, if any necessity for a sta.'s establishment•existed. But, until the exhuming,_ ofthis old canon, we had supposed that, in this couqtry, and under our voluntary sYstem,,this claim to 'pastoral au thority over territory as s,uch, waslil?arislon i ed. 11`,e had supposed that the Episcopal CiDireli• here, it not content to cast Wolf us au iudefen,4ble spiritual usurpation, had at least q.uietly.dropped it as an imprauticability. • • •••• • . In this counir;, the true idea of a parish is that which assigns to a pastor the persmis. -and families who usually attend upon his- ministra tions, as being pl'operly his Pgrtkhiouers: it ac counts no p,ersous as such simply beeauseho,l their proximity to his church. Tue church en Washington bquare in thiti city, maybe, and tact is, attended: by families_who a.dOzen squares distant, and within one squar`Of anOther church of the saute order., , t iorritorially they might be claimed by the latter, but-intact they are Rover thought of except as belonging to the parish of the termer. And we believe .it ., was in , evidence that precisely this state of' things exists in New Brunswick, between thltparish of Dr. Stubbs, the prosecutor of Mr. Tyug for the of feuee of idli•mlion and his nei , libOnteetee ivhfo united with..bim iu the-protest. Tile Episcopal churches of this city may each 'have its territorial parish: we, know not, havr 'this ,is but we are sure that if every Episcopal family is really a resident of the parochial territory' orthe parish whose worship it attends, a .city, map with the parish boundaries marked; would 4•'•it rich puzzle fur a geographer. We,preautue, fat::t in the case is, that, on' the .prinbipai of territorial in trusion—thd only charge against` a day passes in which ,the Episcopal: clergy of Philadelphia or New York; in their'performiince of sonic of the serviees,ofihe Church, are not'mak ing exactly the legal intrusion 'which Mr. Tyng made in the parish of Dr:' Stubbs: it is,a,st i ate of things which, ander thexelig ions liberty enjoyed in this eountrris unaitiOidable---tiothiug less. .reb ple will noi,,,subinit, to.atert,itorial parish relation, as a thing of prescription. They will; on the one hand, choose' their ovVri th 9 other hand, they,will reside in.,wore or . less proxituitil , to the place of itswcreh;ip;- I .i they , please. •,, • • The principle on which.' Dr. Stubbs. founded, his complaint, and which;while the deCikion the court stands unreversed,suust he accepted in the New York , diocese astalaw-or'the'illpiscopal Church, is the English 'one Whic4 % ii3s,'We j have said, gives •the' rector a territory with every dweller upon it, as his' parish: ''Mr."Tyng, itr truded upon ,the: parish of Pr. Stoh,s,.not by entering • his :church, not by going . 4otig -the families of hie Congregation with ptivate offi ces, or calling-them u, .together. at some place for schismatic servieePitnit _acceptingi an invitation to -,preach` An. IC71164:110 ,4ehurchi located within the , :geograpktioal: ltmitei of •said' parish. Of course elegy - one ' presuings, the real offence to hava_hflen Interdenominational Fraiernization; bat as this Wis-cittifulty leftjont of the iudietnrent; and ia544#4a1?44, - ;04 1 -0ed, we take only the d04.3' umentary,yiew of the case ;, and that makes inetktable this idgidafleffect of the complaini,--that Dr. Sltubbs etaints that, un der the Church lam, the Methodist Church there i 9 a part of his', parish„ that the people of the , • • ~ congregatten to whom : Mr. Tyng preactiett, , er.as t least SO Maitrori kbemras tota. within - !: . tory, are his parishioners, and are under his ec clesiastical jurisdiction as their rector. And the' logical result of the decision of thecourt is to to give thisponstrous assumption the - imprimatur of the diocesan authority of New York! We 'suppose there' are dioceses in this 'country in which such a ceanplaint'n'tiuld have been promptly dis Missed. We know that , sdme of the Episcopal clergy around us, including men of .the highest consideration, incur .precisely the:.same exposure to pros'6chtion, but the . ); are'not molestecNr likely to be. But the 'evenChere naked, is one of a . ..c series of movements which' are working the Churgh. 'concerned toward some 'mire decisive and• unmistakable positionr on the points at issue. (f . thelCi6 the inimericar strength to . carry; out • . - anti ' , n‘afe- O • tisnis it will ere ion& co'/ des, develop itself by mere .specific canons. If, on the other hand, those bishops,and .clergy._who are desirous of Servjlig;:the, cause of our common Christianity, 4herever and whenever the truce? (lonian cry calls them, find theMselves able to command a .vote, they will sweep , aside' these technical embarrassments, as relicsof the darkneßS Miich is' past, now' that the light shineth. di)", belin•A:'that ManyTreneral Conferences will pass, before 'either more and : :sharper restric tions willbe i laid.Upon, the. Low-A:lhu.rehi,elergy or- they wilPtdisenthrall the Church ab 1.. whole from this bondage to effete canons, and in offipial Ministrations and holy cordiality, walk 'hand in hand with the entire "sacramental host of Gpd.S elect," THE MEETING OF THE JOINT COMMIT.- Th E has vangelat of last week a much fuller rppert of the meeting of the Committees on Re union, than appears• in any of our. other; contem , poraries. We were aware-of all the facts stated, and more, but Were pfev nted from publishing them and.others by ii - fiehno• Of`what was due Co the ciretunstances and wishes ,saf, the Committdes themselves, and to •_the -Assemblies .which they represent. But us` thee() facts have been made pnblic, We -think our readers may ,as-well lie made acquainted with them. We, fthe'iefiiie copy from the Evangelist arnisina that Dr. Pat tersurr,- I*n before thepLatvae 'was re - tiched, now finds T hinkself rinablet ti . p - ObV i e h lie,understands t of the asis,—as it,- g as no su - ciently guardinc , our Presbyterian liberties: He , prefers the plan agreed tipen,last Year. -, The Old School Committee met a day 'pa ad vance, for separate consultation: 'When both came together, they presented certain points on whieh,they desired a modification of, the •basis formerly adopted. This led -at once to a full ex planation on both sides. Brethren on both sides felt it-due to eaeh'other, and to the great bbdies which they represented, to be perfectly outspo ken. Hence they " kept back nothing." Every latent suspicion that lurked in the corner of any heart, was brought to light. I ,The 86eol brethren told all their doubts and fears. On our side the Committee were equally,phAn. Dr. Pat terson, though sineerely - desirous of union, if it could_ be a truaand,cordial one, with no mitntal reservations, whatever, was not yet blind. to the difficulties in.the way: If there were to be " guar antees" for " orthodoxy" on one aide, there should be guarantees for "liberty" on.the other. He was not willing to surrender a pa'rtiele of that liberty iu Christ, in which our churches had en joyed such a blessing from on was - a valuable accession to the Committee that he could be preaent, not only on account of his own personal iufiuence, which is deservedly great, hat, - as hg represents the 'Northwest. :Other brethren were ,If the unien was to take place, it Was not M be One.iii whichthe New School men were merely, .to ,be tolerated, but oup in which both parties,were id be equals in every re spect.:;t , These declarations had their effect. It is due to truth to say, that, this mutual frankness dis closed such a divergence of' views, that at one time those wbo were most desirous of union, felt' very doubtful of the result. . They had been in session two days, and Still they could, otsee their ,Way , to a perfect avreement " Their hearts were anxious and troubled, lest:: [Weir labors bad • , - been id vain. ' But'phe third day brought lia.ht. After dis , .cussion had been exhalisted, Dr. Gurley, _of Washington, who had come to Philadelphia in great feebleness, yei` r ivho was anxious to be wes efif meeting, whirls night be the hist 'could Ptteria, , arose wad'affered'h resoldtion that . a clause be L iiigeited in „ the doctrinal basis, Which 'LLwl,illeriVii4ting that the Calechisms, our'reek "rdiedstaildaids as a, Church,..should bp held in intd,,,a-ritS and in their fair hiStotteal, that in' the 'net - brined o'r Cal viniki6,eitise,” yet granted fail liberty to both sides - in "explaining and 11- lustratidg'" those doctrines of' the u-ospel. This cut the 'k not atmide., The resolution'was adopted untitiinic". - All felt that there could be no ( longer any o' union in a Church 'which had Villa - proved itself at once prthodbx and free. tfigiledi,ffidultie's Were'thus mei: and it be gan to - aftigethat they wouldfie ov63orn i e; the tide oefeelin g , which had beeWrestraiiLed, - 11egan 'to.ii 4 geand overflow. As they bowed together in thatiksgiving to God, the voice of prayer was mingled with weeping; and at — the close of the laieetina•, as'they were about to part, they stood PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1868. 0p . ,: and joining hands; Song together the glorious doxology • " Praisa ifroni. Whom , all blessings flow." • THE PERMANENT , COMMITTEE ON FOR- MISSIONS. ,. The Pprmanent c i opwittee on Foreign , sions desires' to.remind the Standi:ng,Counaittees and Stated ClJerks or Presbyteries , af•the impor. tined of their forWardinistatenients i frce'the Presbyteries; so th 4 thetOintnitt'ee !nay be able . • . • d L VI , make a full and satisfactory ' report to t the I, neral Assembly.: Such. stutemeats shouldobe Ad dressed to the Secretarrtat 258 Bmadiay; New York) so as to reach it the latek.t','l:4''the .Y +'s • r • " first day of May. IJO - The Counuittee also wcuhl culltbe attention of Presbyteries; pastors, andlChurchreessions,to the earnest appeal of , the Jest; ASsenibly for an .. on-f ward movement, in all the congregations Hader its care, in the 'grey t catiSeof 'Foreign Missians. - The Assembly, qxp,rcwsl its •‘• I cern" that thik-cause does not receive . a lar i ger support; and declared its se'atitnett , to :bet that ait WoUld , be disisttous beyond ensure to` the piety and power of oni,Clisiireit", W4Ve j the prevail that ta,prowitd.hcme evangelization our foreign work <thust balforsaken." The voice 'of God ails for an , : advance along all the lifines' of our benevolent action , There Tto peciai .and ; urgent reason, in the 'condition claims_ of nth ,:missions which we snppor,t, and in thepresent circumstances of our' biarteh ,of the Church Cathelie; `for' more generons . aids than ever' before in SaSitilnino , the heaven=biessed'work of vying the gospel to the heathen world China responds to the resolve of the American Board to undertake her evangelization on a scale more worthy of Aniericai Christie:LS an of the end to be - aCcOnipligliql, by sendinc , under the read of an American friend of Christian missions .• an embassy of, her noblest sons 011ie : nations Christetidoin, asking for an intercourse `by which she map receive dp'e'd:ticiejr 4aVerto im, part to her. One hat of the pagan WOrfe'thus tql C) invites us to it the gospel. The protryess Of the Nyoi..k fields, imposes a necessity rinforcements of men a - targement of ap rot riations from which there iknd-eseap r ing,, The '6'is 64(1 1 a vtiVe s '*iinii't!' - nht y m the• `will of what.the will of our Lord is, and what, will en sure his blessino. Tiw Committee heg leave Of their brethren to f the lused - remind them o 4nguage y e last Assenably in regard 'to the remedy for the want 1,1 . of interest - and Ina equacy of contributions which it deplored in relatep to. this cause., ;If the pas= tors and statedfstiripliesmill acquire and comma, nicate information on: this subject; and show that personal interest in hi, which the, .A„sseiribiiy'ek= horts, the churcheS,will 'advance. Immediate *action „op, the part of.church9s which have not , yet lbs.& icontribations in this ecclesiSstical year 'fbr thia''Ohjact, and the for"- Wardii3o' of ropolig fitan'es are am st 7 • • _ Presbyters. : invoked. • ROBERT, RUSSELL ROOTH; Ch'n Perm: Com. , inifFor. Missions. WALTER' S. GRTII4III t , •••ci•etafy - -• • • • N March`t.B 1868—' DR. SKINNER IN . TII I E4I.ILPIT TIIEVA'St ClFlllRCH.—We,havp,p , refy . ctqpiled a mprg„, teyesting . service, _than tliwt ih tanit Firstightinch on Sabbath ; 11.G.trafr122adY,ir pattii 41tes pied' by Ittv.: T. - . F IT." *foil Viddti the'deV i etional pi,'rt 4 Tke:sPivi - itii r. Barnes.. ; It 1iC . 14 • I • privilege f tkelph9; services igiuflyiledilv the.w two,tveterains,itf the service of Christ and , his Churcli.l;i Sie n 6s arn d • . , events' in' which Ihth 'bore a n 11261.11316 1 iind"bi iumortant part;andlyhichtfie Acome,liiAtbric rose before the mind./Theirlong and well filled lives have been lukujin,q,with consistency to the theological princtple3 whiCh in.tdo them Eintaus in the days of-thet; yoWth, and which...mart be he;;rd with no..ut'ertaiii Sonia from their liips to-day. : Not the shadowfordeaxpr weakness has yet the Mercy. oe God v fal le n IVO mental ifaculties of eithbr.t How it is.-with Mr.- Barnes,' his Lee tiires on the gvidencks •pvtic k eNineteenth,Ceritury Whitt the conditien of the revered Professor in Union Seminary,. now in his seventy-eighth year:, one need have no doubt who listens to his 'animated, logical, trenchant 'style of delivering his Mastefs message from the pulpit`. The Sermon on Siind4iitternoon was frOni, Isa. 48:18: f! Oh that thou hadst,,hearkened to my commandments; th'en had thy peace,U &c. His text, he' said, so.ggeettd•thiee 'propositions .: (1) That God desirecland had poivir'o lidugto Bass; what yet did not happen. (2) That lie Was willing to shciwicavciur where he.eould not ? showit, from the failure of men to fain' the necessary conditioni; add (3) That what G:pd'siTremely and intebsely • desired was that men should-keep his command tnentst-1 These propositions he illustrated and en faced: without .any display of imaginition, brit wA r b. a clearness of statement, a rapidity at. d vMd nes§ of allusion and a.Lonly. Scriptural and com- mon sense mode of. argument which riveted the attention. His inferences and his cantitins-left nothing ,t9 - ' :- ke desired in the completenesg:of the forni ; anethe soundness and practical excellence of the matter. The,,Homiletic4l Training 9f onx young inen cannot be in-safer hands. t We:dci not yothigee one more capablel of Wire l entliusiaanilbr the' right, or .indimbation' ,itl. aganitst.. the wrong, one who u .synipithies cg the : , ancl moral issl/A Ctr;t!he day ar9 'fresher, warmer or sounder, beats Art-Any:bosom of tlose Whogtiok.tip' to and venerate Min as their itistruetif. . . ' MEM ; j . .... A ZNITER-PRESBYTERIAN. Ok THE . INION OF TRE 4 BRANOESi-r'.' [The T CHRISTIAN INSPliliefOAt. of this cit, contakay,the . , following tliqughtful, letter from " anuesfeemed; friend and correspondent:" (With:, a disclainier'on the'pext of theEclitor,-b.grto'erieldfs ina its statements. The' Whdle is worthy of careful consideration. Italics are oars.] - 1 '• suppose that many have. beep surprised n at the,great solicitude manifested by sowe ofus;lest, in, negotiations :for; union between; the 0.-S: and N. S. Churehos, the latter should,,get, the advan tage, and the,former,.shoold, be:drawn intA, her esy; and, in . our, , solicitude„,we o baye not been slow to counsel and warn our Old.,Schoolfriends, and:to attend to i their. business faily as much, as was courteous, and we bave trot hesitated to talk about our sTew School friends inia,;way that bore a little hard ,on gospel' charity,:. After ally j our solicitude may .have been. wholly; unnecessary. It: may, he : that our Old School, brethren are fully campetertt u to ',manage, their ,part,of this matter. They. may take our adyice ,yery; kindly, and they . Thc.ll may: fancy Oat ilig'Y'aFe as. 'Wise as KO:are,andljn§t..la loyal .to:,Muth .1 We; er'Y not,:be„thankedfor our interference, and may be bidden to mind our own business. Then the consideraZion that, in these negotiations, the Old th&liconSertrAtites, should still our fears, . Cen§eryatiyes are ,not likely to be caught napping. They are ,wont to contest the field inch by 'pith They vf'ould jaiher have wise.. 'The newness of a thieg.is likely to' be peirnas facie evidence to them of' its heresy. They are much like-ourselves, and we need not concern ourselves about them. When conserver taffies ,progressitei ,nfgatiate,' the progressives opt to put up with= preseift: toteration. 'Thus it has been i .and : thus it. will likelpl be again; There is danger that our motiveabe. saspected when we ~thus ,dissouratie this union. Some 1314 y that Oar solicitude is prompted by steothilig aenoniin'atioiearyeifidinss. It- Yay seeitlllat i 'while such a union‘lnigh,t be of wrsat ,Udvantage to did , cause of ...Christ,. it Noulci„lilzely,,dup,age the United ,Presbyterian 04 1 Z;p41.. , -t,.. l woufcl, likely draw in many of our people cid*wasters, The Presbyterlan Church, divided, •swhllow`g*our interegetvery Year; the Rieshyterian church, unitedi'woirld,' draw largely upon;pur, principal, aulsoon rob.,ust.bf our:present vigef l ..4o, strength. I may, be - that our Old School friends•will thiek l pfthis,, and. regard our solicitude, as A ctep'l ; ll . h t i l itiatitiet Of 'aelf-preserva Au:honest doiffessiiiii' . fs' said to he good for the'soul, and hdw;ivitli,:yOur leave, good reader; I will go on to confess as follows : 'although. not N - ,: f etyp s id rojnatiT, I 14Olrk preach in tor, thein''Bf ! 'i'Mvri.m 7 lx a have be lieved, ' and. hat 'to' Make othersii el leVe, that itV;ik'all'AVeA'eriotigh that.the church was broken rip, t7iat; 'Perhaps ' (?) thereby the gospel was more widely knOwp;tha t t 'saran' denominations su could 'act ; morel di'rectli ti . dtt r irdnitiilt; if 1 No . ti t tehil;Sw i 'tqt tfin"n..l . ,3re'we it proved • cart 'reiieup - Thele,fitirch the better: I alp hggin iliWg my apclhigizing• fOr seliiSPl with tdi re rsh 'I. feel about it as man l y may be supp'o'sed to feel over their'apOlis•s c rling tor slavery ten years kgo. 'AS I for myself', 'd - to u not think that IT will ever. a'gair''lnake"eleuses . flor or' ceasl'io regard the - prOsent`ifiticle'cl 'state of the . I CBieck as involitirig God s people , in great TILE MOTE AO TOE 8EA.31.-Thp . Congrega ; t w reglisl has been defen.ling the. "Puritan order" in, the.old style, i. e.,‘ by abusing all others: It says: ' - ..1, ' The first Church of England bhurch in this city' [AOsion] became th'e• first Unitarian-.--using a' Pr yer-Kook stiii.'Yes, but by its ieily change it ')36o.ine' Corigregational. • '"-The Presbyterian Chiiiclfin England hifi 'VeUmne and remains al- Mbst` Wholly Unitarian." "It! never was Presby 7 teiian in any proper, historicalsense of the word'. • f:, 3o are 'glad that 'the - Examiner and arronicle belongs to a denomination that practices immersion, and that the Religious „Telescope (Dayton, 0.) represents a 'body (the United Brethren in Christ); which sometimes adminis ters baptism in the same Way. We hope that there is•water enough in their respective denom inations to wash them clean of the obscene quack ivies that defilßl their Bth pages last week. We are sori . ttd-add that the Church Union avows that it-considers such advertising•in the lihe of Etb.lo.itimaW business: . • • • ' ' Genesee Evangelist. No. 1140. Ministers $2.50 H. Miss. $2.00 Address :-1334 Chestnut Street AFFAIRS AT THE CAPITAL. ."`range whisperings float through the air of greatitemptations addressed to the most exalted station and fame; and far. worse, of au attest ear to these satanic seductions." . Mr. Tilton is correct when he writes that these ".strange whisperings" do pollute the ear at Washington; but he ought to have added that they are set on foot. by men who are Judge Ohasesienemies,and that great injustice is done to him 'when his% friends treat them as -serious. '"i'he'aiippoSition• that he will become the Deal cainfiaate for fhb Presidency in the event his,daiug or attempting to do something in the irupeachmentArial, arid that he will perform these etiiiditione and accept the nothination invo:ves : first that Judve Chate should ''become a party to utterly corrupt and ll'isVonorahle bargain; and second, that the Democrats, should enter into a compactso'foolish as .to contain its own defeat. Nothing in 3 Judge Chase's course of life gives Ai:rant : to his enemies, much less his friends, to connect such.inj.uriou,s susPicions with his name. lie is tco honest , in nature, and too conscientious in: his convictionwto:suffer any,temptatious of his opponents or any, personal disappointments to draw hiM away . from principles whioh he has held unswervingly fbr so many years: - And BOy far as the pemoeratic'fiarty is concerned, the scheme is an nbsardity' 1i would split the party into frag merits. Its real strength and energy inside in its ultra inen, its radical leaders, the men who are more pro-slavery and, more disloyal now than during the War; and any such proposition would be receivedby these men with a howl of rage and disgust The scheme implies' that: Judge Chase,LiQ'WhellY corict and that the Democratic leaders are litter fools- ';--jtieither` of whioh infer ences are ivairafited'by fact. The whole scheme has 'dolibtleth ,bfiginated with friends of Presidthit Johnson and is characteristic of their *aft cunning and ready deachery—it is denied by loth Chare and the llemocrats; still it cannot be r denied that Judgb 'Chase has exposed hiniseitto many foOlish"cliarges by his fondness for political preferment` manifested even since he has beerrin.the Wiest judiCial station:_; The National iiiiklligemer which is well _un aersteato be edited at the White Heim, makes the fell i ctiing bid to Chief Juitice Chase to refuse le,Preslde at the trial l,* " L 'a INOVilrre:Vell consider :whether the Chief Justieeis under the least possible eompul sion'in this matter' ;Suppose he should be driven ,by theserintolerable affronts to defend the most sacred dignity:-whioh can be lodged on any man's , person in'this - country, by refusing his presence for such purpoSe?" . ' • ' ' To-day the' President made answer to'the char ges brought against him. One of his organs here'sigee that the answer is very strong, and one MCJOhnsim cen reskupon confidently for a Verdict from the-`'peti'ple,; ) ven if the Senate shOuld vote.for conviction." The --House Mans c,ers have likd daily sessions and have prepared arguments: in advance as far as possible to meet all objections that -may be urged' by the Presi dent's cOunset, that there may be no delay on their' account. It is' understbod that they are ready to abandon the last or " Butler" article reciting-the speeches abusive 'of Congress made by the President On his "swing round the circle" trip, if the defence attempts to take undue advan tage of it, by summoning witnesses from distant points fOr the purpose of 'delay: A measure which is expected to withdraw ju risdiction Of the `'Supreme Court from cases ap pealed' frtim the Circuit Courts, as was the MeAr dle case,, and which was designed to affect that case, hai passed both Houses, and is now- in the hands of-the, President. He seems, to have been ton'bnsy to 'send in his veto to the bill allowing a•majority of votesi-caSt to decide upon the adop tion of 'a-Constitution in the rebel States, -and thus that becatne a law: Possibly this measure 14.hiehhasinnw been More than a week in his peSsession -may 'share= the same good fortune. The Democrats of the House have- been exces sively mortified that this- measure should have passed without their knowledge. It was brought in by Mr. Wilson of hilts as an amendinent to another bill, and they have been compelled to niake the adthission that they did not understand it at-the time it was before the House. This ac -knoWledgement has exposed them to the scathing ridicule of Gen. Schenck, through whose skill the measure was passed. He disclaimed any respon sibility for the ignorance of . the other side of the House, or that it was his duty to run over to that side, shake members by the shoulder—those vigi lant watch-dogs •• on the walls of liberty always guarding the Constitution—and say, "Wake up, Mr.tßoyer ; wake up, Mr. Holman! the country is in danger. This incendiary from lowa has of fered an amendment to a very innocent bill, and you are not on the watch ; the country is likely to be destroyed, the Q onstitution overthrown, the Supreme-Court deinolished, and everythino . ° is going to ruin'. rlbeg you to arouse and get full possession or yOur faculties in order to prevent this catastrophe!" It is very seldom that any bill good or ••bad gets before the Blouse without the " I object'' of some of those who were napping this time, and' the satire of this speech was well deserved and riehti enjoyed by all but the vic tims. • , • Gen. Hancock haS returned from: his disastrous attempt to expound the Constitution, and report assigns him as the next candidate for the- De partment of the Atlantic vice Thomas declined, nice Sherman declined. EN WIWI. Bliirc..b. 28,1868. ~
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