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THE IRISII ESTABLISHED CMBCII—' •
The
exaggerate the responsibility of English Protes
tantism f<Kjttfttu9fo;rtnnato IrfebiSlFairfe,
so also is there atendency toexaggeratetbe im
portance‘‘tff - the action 1 ’taken’by the English
Parliament'in-ifebearing on thd Mure tyf'She
Irish Cfyurobj.’ ‘ The tjrish indeed Re
thrown back onj the voluntary,contributions; ofi
its Membership, while its. latgei.enddWmentsjrill
most probably be devoted to pi'oihdtin'g the*lrish’
Ni’tiohal EdUcatioh 4dhdhie?, Bdi ''it Is Jd ! be re
membered ,tliq °flr'h,9)9 layproperty, of;
Ireland, a, SW»U. peroentage, excepted,., }6 iu.’the.,
hands of the.members off thafc.Chulro'h, aind that
they evince -an »■ fandticSjU-.,
loyalty to heir. It isj.nOt', the Established^ but;
the Presbyterian 7 wjhlob'!
vorely by the withdrawal of, endowments,.f«r>;ex
oept in.the Linen-manufacturing.'districtSj tlrish
Presbyterians ar eh 0 twedlth y : ,an d s fchereis little
doubt that the r English Parliament will ‘soon
cease to Vote; the phhiial Rdqium Dbman. And
. J j 9 t 7. , V ■ y . i • 11 |i 1 )> - • i -
while, for, (i ,flm EpiscppM. ,yi a mon
etary pyipt of obqnge. will /not i4 heo
so great, it >'wiH> certainly be- gradual;. ; The
respect for j&djrfietory' rights lll -rdhl 1
—which has chaiWdterizdd' legis
lation, will y l , indiviflyial,
dignitary of the-Irish Church being diSpriyodtof
his endowments during his. own (lifetime, and the
work of disendowmeht WilFtherefore bP slovf hkd
gradual,'and the necessity fof'Aew sup
port will probably be, met as;they ; arise.; (OhjJhe.
other hand) a more equitable adjustment of sala
ries will doubtless be made in the and <
the bishop-trill do) longer 1 roll'ih lnxuryat'the ex-’
pense of‘the cUriite 1 . (/'l'.'
11. But there are Sjtillgreater, than.
these. The sspeetrdn which .tfce- twOigre#t Pro
testant Churches of Ireland'will’bd presented j to
the Irish people, when "the 'stumbling-blocks of
State endowment and the Regium Donum are
taken away, will be far more favorable than, it
has boon. They will no longer Ipe mere badges
of foreign domination, and the‘priest will no
longer be able to 'roOSe sectarian hatred by ap
pealing to prejudices. The, Celt will be,
more open to the advances of a .purer faith when
it comes in the Meekness <of Ghristf-r-a king yet
riding on a ooltthe -foal of an 4ss-— than when it
came as a contjiforoE ' Which' o'f the trio" forms
of Protestantbm will appeal most powerfully jto,
the Celtic intellect may seem' doubtful. -.To p
superficial observer it might seem that any want
of a purer Shd taore Scriptural creed 1 that might
arise in his mind, would naturally be b4'tlter‘ sat
isfied in the Church that corresponds .most
closely in outaiardform tohisown,—in tbe'Church ;
that appeals most to his love of’the external and
the formal. (But history does riot*sustain the
judgment. £he Calvinistio .Theology „ and tpe
Presbyterian order .were the Re
formation byj9ie.Oelta.ftf Rrance and Switzerland.
The keeh Oeltfio intelldet.of * Calvin nnd tbe olear
precision of-lW Celtiu mind’in general mafk
every line if the systepn Tof Geneya, ans have
been xathpr p Riudranoe„thaft, a help to its .pro
gress arnoag Germans, Norsaand ‘Anglo; Saxons,
who lovo the mysteridus'andtheihdefinite'! Of-iljL
the English-speaking thSone most
to the n/iujl of Calvin ; ,jbeifrB;^lie;jQeijii^ ,
Owen. yA' Calvinistio ; Fleshyteranism I® the
leading Saith. among the/Cohs ofqW-ales, and-the
Baptist Calvinists'hnksechnd' in Frineipib
ity. The Colts' of the Highlands'are the most
intensely Calvinistio,' tdn ( d. jpppabqrp
of the,.,t,WQ Scottish ‘iAsafltaWiea* i And
Romish) Church itsolfl.no ‘teaching ever took suclj
a powdifutjhftld of‘the 'COltio Prenfch intellect,
as did th'e teaching of Jansen,'Pas
cal and e^° T^.iu iJP o^'lr
b!e that lrish Presbyterian
C hurch may pave a-noble, a national future; when
the disruption tobg ab\l ! always im
minont, lrish ’.and^ l Ultramontane aspir
ations shall have,takeyjplftpO- • i >t - .....
111. But the cKseUdaWowOt the Irish Estab
lished Church will be an rtiWrßal beneftt "totthat
Church itself. Th‘e\ld‘siyiiig “ heyer was
ao ondowmeht but therXyvjis a ilrope to eat it” .has
beau largely ber caae.; |Th,c Irish
episcopalian Rector will we a flomie Massionai’y
under ihe new state "Of things bythd 've'ry ne
cessity of :his position. 1 1 ‘lie, Churbh'
compelled to put forth all l et Strength to paip
[ tain for herself a .position/ jah® hasi'bifhf
hrto regarded as her own By right. The-wonder.
|hil activity and euergy w lifetthik 1
|be Free Church ,0!' Seothndy&l fipd .its. cogn
4 : !
'terpirt in her. ; the'vtiry ptospect of such !
a change as‘th , iB, , 'has arouSh.d a degree nf activity
.ip Church and tl.orac Mission work in .
theupast few years,' ths.t .has nq .parallel iPiIW,
former’ period 1 of herthistory.- And) wes-rejoiee.
that; it is of a' lcind, that We eati' hearti jy l
sympathize witif. 'As CoihWrlid With thte imfor
• J F -:41 tia t- v*. , *■ /-vi 1 - V rT1 -^V 4 i-r
phpreh pf,:England, the
by a highjdegree of doctrinal /sopudness. Pusey
istn -WouM be-’fidiculons in a country where ‘.‘the
real thing” is abundant, and-whatever the sins Of
Irish' Churchmen, SympatKy-lithyßome, in
nature of ;i things,-cannot be reckoned among,
them.- .... .1 ; [ ,
liVnjThabearings of this Parliamentary vote,on
other Irish questions is imppltant. ~The rg^eatf 1
, Itißh gridvanefe it thCiLandsTenure. 7 Eree,[Trade
:with Englapd ("h'asidone ifbr
‘lreland jwhati it ..would: apeedily/db/ for-usq-bsjs
-deft agriculturo the only, employment,open,,,to
peopley andi;bas thus made s-the, Land, Question
> hll-importantj'-a qnestiom of life andi ideath often.
) T;he, English of indefeasible iupd unlimi
ted property In land which, is neutralized [ipßhig-.,
land by, the abundance, iof manufactures, and ip
this coUntry fey'the abundance* of land;;h»S!n«i.
ther palliative in Ireland, ’is at -the
'mercy of the‘landlord’';'he Pfhsf) work on th'e
land 7 owngr’;s, terp3..qr I .star ; v,e, ifbo.(eannot|emi
grate. And this system is all the more unjust jin
it is;aii ! innovation in-Ireland:- oM'old'times
the land wap the property of the clan ; but con
’fiscatioh 'has not ,merely taken away the lights,of
the ,, of- the clan ,ftut -of,the j people <
alaOj; giving the elan a new. head-and making him
that what the"old head never-was, an absolute!
fedUal Wd-lord. ’ This same bhinde/ and: Bijus- .
tioe hap beqh done. over lnThej.Sopttishl
Highlands and in India... Hpwi.th'S' touching'
the rights of the: Church will, be..a precedent for
striking l at wrong, anc( teuohihg-the,
of 'the' lajrfd-lord also; 1 so limlting themi
that he shall possess absolute control as to
either the term® or,tim.es of, leases,, apd making
it more.*.easy for .tonantst to proprietors,
and 0 more SSMto improve their fartah.- * ----••** 1 ,
Surely in many,ways the justice, of .tho 1 , Lord.
is establishing itself on the face qf. the earth.
o;li—t ■ ♦- X'H” ■ .- . M‘.
.LICENSES RJJFiJSEI). . „
- Among- the many.’“encouraging statements
made in the Narratiye of' Religion in, 'the
Churches of, the' Third' Pj^esbytery/,were, those
in refer,e,pcp „ in,, the
bounds of -two. of our.,rural congregations .(East
Whiteland and 'W'est Nantmeal) to prevent the
iksiie jlto'eAlses fdr"ihy ’ of intoxicating
drinks'. 1 Bevs. A.’ M-. Stewart and
D. C.: Meqkpr, i yith ; plumbers of their flocks,
acted with great energy,- and ,secured such :an ; ar*
•ray I ’of respectable sigriatures’»to the necesßaiy re
moustrdnces, that''the courts having the power to
grant the licenses, Ifelt it their duty to. refuse,
when the, usual’applications, piade. . .Thanks
to the. efforts’> of the two-.town
ships named have not, and cannot have, for a year,
a licensed their bounda
ries. Who wilf go and fld likewise ?
, TIIE OMAN IN PUBLIC WORSHIP. !
The power of qlpnp,{Without
words, to soothe,' ttonquilizo and exalt the -mind;
and unconsciously prepare it for thje more, speci
fic acts.of worship, is;too# doubt : felt i«very : iSab r
'bath Day, by' those' • who.' frequent 1 a stmctuary
whore a gopd and well-managed-ptgan .is' jppp, of
.the! accessories.' ' The organist .may minister as.
truly to the spiritual ‘warits"of the worshi'ppets by
his voluntaries ae the,poet whose simg[
or Wen? ds^the'preacher himself. Or, by Lis ut
'ter disregard 1 of the proprieties''qf'ihe placfe, or
■.the-mismanagement..of bis noble.‘‘instrument, be
may .largely aid th.e great enemy of souls inrconn
,tera'o(ing and dissipating’the jmpi;ess ( ipn.for good
made by other parts of the service.; VThe organist
needs to' he devout man, entering' with all 5 , his
heart into the spirit of the services, and using the
great capacities'of his 'instrument to give voice to
his own spiritual aspirations and to peach 1 tlpe
fleetest recesses of ihe spiritual natures of the
, heoTers. How even; thb; approaches to. the , im
penitent heATt'may be carried by the appeals of
md sip, is beautifully 'shown * in the, following ra
marks'jof’Srpajmachor,' upon. David’s playingV
fore Saul: ¥ „ j ■ .. ~ m . ~; i
i; “It was:a pong without, wolds whose,.soothing
melody then I'ell upon the ear. of the king. Words
Corresponding to 'the music effected
tha contrar,yijesult;tp .that;i/hibn:iWas ,aimed, at,
and might evenih'ave increased the ill-temper of
the king.ii‘Thqqe,ai;e‘even 1 -i..yet.men: :enough of
this eOrt,rr4jpersona:without faith,, yep.
both abdithe world—whom solemn mu
,j * J i ‘ J i ' if »/.><*' ’
the.'Eing. «fllsra«L”i hff> Erederipk Wil-,
hara.rEriiminacber,, D.U., just published,.fry Barr
I per & B!Op. ri .New York. Page3\). ~ ,
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1868.
A..C) a, K »•»/
0,1 K
si'c’ts’-able' most powerfully td Might/ and" in*
whoni" it a widens "’■at. lesfst for the tirUe, dkposi
tioOs-Which 'border .on-devotion ’and piety, -while
yet; 'the* words ‘< whichr-correspond-to -'the sacred,
tyelodjf; wbdld produce' l in- ! fcbenr ! thei<#ery.'Oppb-.
idtii'effeotP ’^What-nO'manifest fron^t-hia/butt-hait;i
iinathe souk-qF’Stiiehy persons," thejjfcsi (point’ pfe
which they may- beftouehed’by that whiehi-Ssvga
iefced, hCas’ >nofc yet * wholly tfeeaydd- away ? oLpt
them bp non utheir; giartti ho toe vetlest : by coh
> sfcaht striving aghibst ttheMfahkptts’Sririehp unspo
ken,’ echo; forth from ’tohieh
;tHey are.dohgbted and refresbdd^ytbfe; last string
tin* their Sout .on wljich the (heavOnly. breath gent--
ilycsonndsmayatJleiigth!<preakOSnndej,ianditihpir
: {[version to. the heayenlymessage hnhl]y<termiiiate<
lin a diecided andtincuiable.oppositiah'tlo all- that,
.tomes down from above'.” : . ; ; '
tubo-y ■>.* <li-n- n..!.] i
; ; ;h2ttebS ” i!
w'iii i Si^il T l*j
.■'MA. Editor:—With your permission I pro*
pose to fberesults of somte f .
'refleetioh'on:theasubjefe£ ,6£ .‘lirertrifflnffi iflfieE isj
now before our JGlMlrcli iha ‘form so immediately,
prahtical-aird demanding, is it seems to me, a,
■more thorough re*
‘Ceivedi -u>« -ns Mr.notoi!i r ) '!;> s-.’ustpus Iriniuo) :
[ < ‘The importance of tke>great> question beforeus
iis on all hands acknowledged, abdmel doubt deeply 3
'felt;. -.But is ’there) not resfson«to'BUHpfebb>thati:the
i attention of our ministers-and people .hasioflate
been ealledichiefly to a vieW'Of this? subject l ‘.re-:
:specting; which ithere <is‘but:little’diivwsity of :sen
timentl andllittle n&ed of inquiry? L;refer:ito;the.
iilesirableness of “reunion "‘abstractly,'considered,
kSPJregarded’ iuite’relationfe-to the efficiency abd.
-powfer of' 'Presbyterianism in, this cdbhtry, assu
ming that it'is practicable, on grounds?, i&at
,mise .permanent harmony in,, the uoifedjbpdy.. It
sebms to.he ‘extensively .taken, jfoii: ‘grafted ; that
if the-reunion can be once -acoomptfehed;.all dtffi-.
i?ilties 'will iinme'diately vaniih ■' 1 ’ that the'
great thing is,
,tl?e moral.force, other
like demonstratidnfttor bear infavorpf; union, : so,
'■as ’to’ overrule ‘*the anxieties of dosdltfulmAiicds 1
'anjl rush £he' < nfatfcer through’.to 1 'a k Sjfeedy don-’
summation. Heiice there i'S' apy
; way respeictihg pbs^e^csß^iiehces
'dfa’re'nnioh rashly fentdred 1 irilbj.pr’the'Wceksity
df boldly ‘ facing the’ obstacles that are to 1 be dis- -
p'osed bfjin 1 hrder'to a 'Cordial,■ypradtical ‘ uhibn •
that ’ and"cohsntrifce in 'fadt iin
anSw'er’tb his prayer' fertile.. onerieVd' 6f Rjs 1 dis-’
'ciples. Is if wise to assume that two 1 b’o'dies 'that'
Veally represent ,tfrb' parties iri 'tKfel history’of a 1
Church 1 that has beeh 'alrefadytwiee divided on
substantially the same'issues, only 1 heed’to'Ytifeh
•into'each 'other’s atmb to fihd that'th'erd has been
iibthing but a‘slight a
' There war of words between' them '? Is it -not
well to exercise'patiehce
practical sides of subject 1 before wetake
'Such steps as we cannofre,tribe ?' :T' canhbt but
• feel-i deeply and 'painfully't'fiat a sad'inistake'has ’
' been 1 rudde by mahyof our' brethren oii 'botli
‘sideb, who have seemed ’to fro wh’ uptin ail effb'fts
■ 'to securd'a frank and earefiil comparison ofvieWs
‘such aU"would 1 be likely t<y reveal the' pCfecfifee
‘pbints 6f difference and the' exterit'of' the div’er
■sities 1 between ns' and our'Old ‘School brethren: •
.It-dbe&'app'eair to me, afl'ei? I ’ihuch':'anxioas ih*
cjuiry', that' nothing appioachiiig " at ‘ thorough -Un
derstanding of eathother's'pdsiitidh, has yet been
' readied by-the two parties-that’are proposing'to
unite. -And- yet there is apparently a strong de
termination to press the qdfestion to a final deei
sion-iinder’the'urgtehfey off unpopular clamor- fbr
’uhion'at ’all- 'hazards:- Ohr fathers continued
’their negotia'tionß'tbTO.ugh eight br'ten yekrs'bet
fore they consuhrrriated' the reiifcibn'of 1738;’a
fi reuoion,"lwbich after all preeahtihn, was® fol
-Ilowed‘;by; a- worse schismthan the'fdrmer in less
'thati'SO years. 1 1 ’ 'Moral causes’’work 1 ifaore ripidiy
mow’than’ever before’; ahd df -' we patch up 1 an
uniofi op l ai-hollow agreement if will’’not" takie a
'third bf eighty years to- add another to the’chfar
-1 actoristie 1 <■' divisions of - ■ Presbyterianistn. And
-anbth'er‘‘great division’wonld seal the’ fate of our
Church in thifa’lan'd. 1
. ’ 'Befbre I elosfe this preliminary • article suffer
me ttf askonr lay-brethren who are
for immediate -reunion, if thdy haveT'considered
.that if We,' as a 'minority, onr O. S.
brethreh; who. will eon'stitnte' ?a ‘'majority of the
united "body, -our institutions ancl“Ghurch ‘pro
perty will pass.'‘Out off our power; or at least be
chiefly lost to ns; in .case we shall find it neces
sary to make anofche'r e'xodo’us from the house of
'bondagej The Hake possibility of 'being com
pelled'to go outstripped and single-handed again
after havinglspfent thirty years in reconstructing
cur ecclesiastical fortunes;.affords a reason, why
some.of ne wish to- ll kndw of asuretg ” what we
ere doipg, before we enter into a "partnership in
which we shall be: the weaker party.- The fair
esMninded men. among our brethren‘ .will honor
(US ibe more for desiring and demanding isucb an
explicit understanding between us and them be
fore wmactually npite, as will be followed by no
.bitter repentance.when it shall'he tooilate.
lam not pne.of.those wbo belip.ve that an or
ganic union between the : two branches of the
Presbyterian Church in this: country on safe
grounds, is. Dgt of the question. On the,contrary,
'l.think that sneh an. union -will affer a lime be
practicable ; while I’do not believe that the way
is fully prepared , for it in the .present- condition
of things. ;In two or three future articles; I will,
if Providence permit, endeavor to set forth clearly
the grounds of these convict! ns. ‘ Yours for
■ Real Union.
. fin The,Evangelist for Feb. 20th,-.we stated what
seemed to ius to ;be the result of. the discilssion;. so
far as the doptriual. basis was concerned, yiztthat
both Schools were ready to adopt the Confession in
its proper Ajsforical'or Reformed sense ; and-also,
' that ‘"in'respect to alloivable explanktioris and ,in
terpretsitions offthe sysfCm, lio libeHy'was 'asked
'for on)either;side,-locOßsistent witlt the above prin
ciple, none that interferes with the intiegrityiof the
system and its specific doctrines. But as much lib-'
erty is cTfnceded'as i 1 cfTln r this same principle.’’
And we qpptpd (.he Pnnp&ton, Review to the e>f
fect, that '■'‘the ibmTstry- 1 are--bOt’'-reejuired to adopt
syfiW ptopqsjJjQsP contained:in our standards.”; and 1
.•hat .diffcEept explanations, are allowable, provided;.
■ the 1 dbetrines 1 themselves are not “ rejected.'’ ,
'As the Evangelist pow publishes the above
second time', we suppose it regards the statement
'as I &mpfis‘ing'everything 'essential in a doctrinal,
basis hf union'.' Perhaps it does.' '"And,yet a few
'questions arise in regard 1 to its possible interpre
'Vition, ti’whieh we invite the attention of our
1 rfe'sjieiled ootemporaryl ‘ L
1 ’Who 1 ik ofthe consistency'of the
VariduS interpretations ‘ with 1 the Calvinistic' or
’RefAiWecL'sfiise o'f the f Confession ?
... : The united Churph, : titen
;agaipj,What. if the united ‘Church choose
ito takeia more rigid: view of the Reformed sense,
'atrd : extended it,to a greater number off spebffic
(jo.c't'rines or opinions than it is now supposed, in
sqine parts of.the,Uhnrch n to,cover? ~ What, on
(;he Evangelist’s basis, is ,to hinder .them ?, -To
whom, against the possible “penalties nff'siich a
.d'ecision, could there lie an appeal?' 1 .If- it he, an-,
‘ f swered4hat''the 'great majority in the united
Chiipch can be 1 relied,,on as certain to.Bhow a,de
igjpepf toleration ieq.ual to that. now! allowed in
‘thevmost advancedepottiohs’’ of l the Churdh- 1 we
■ answer': 1 ■ (l'.)'‘This‘is 1 probable, but ’not dehi'dn
'sttable/ "It is'a.'significant.fact that.no organ of
opinion ; other r branch j ustifies, demands .or
(promises .such |toleraj.ion. ; - (2.) .An ‘intolerant
‘-minority, supposing it;to .be s minorit^pwonldhe
datable of Tnisohie'ffto neutralize all
'thi benefits ofTieiinidn.' (3.y If the' vast iha
’‘'i* ' '• *■ ' 111 i i i-. - .J :• i - : <
; branches.are in favqr of perpetu-.
aitjpgrtbei degreeof.toleration allowed inauy.part
.there be iny ht'sita
%kpress'it?ndw'in the I moist explicit- main-:
W/t C ; » ! II I . L- ’ I ’Mi- 1 - •’
y 2. Roes the, Evangelist wish us to understand that
pt would be edntenti and that the united. Church
-should‘be. eon tent with'the"! decree- off toleration
%hifeh 'the editor o'ffthe Princeton Review is in
plined to‘fallow ?'^
( .3., On;,l(bg yhole,’is the Evangelist so. de
sirous for. Reunion that it would prefer to have
the doctrinal-lines'rfrawa closer thati- they now
■are 1 , rather 1 rtban’the" scheme of'Reunion''should
Bui? 1 ,iy ■ : - '
1] f).‘S . .
, there no doptyines in qur,extended Gon
fession. thatiare ,not fundamen taly an d . that, might
'be rdjected’without injuring the integrity off the
Calvinistiq systein?', " . ‘ J '
V '
■>*’ OwE iI OP IPHE ’IffEW York.’dailies created a
‘ great ’sensation' a. few days ago by warning Jef
ferson Davis tp,'take himself ,off, in view of . the
. fact,.that by “the. .first of i May, Andrew / Johnson
'would be''removed "from the-‘Presidential chair;
and “ Old Ben Wade” would be occupying his
place. That stern Radical, in the judgment of
„nolj, be deterged by ithespifin
technical difficulties' whieh have, inter
jfoked between'ih'e arch rebel and his just-doom,
;hut wduld' ’quickly find a way tq ’meet, out to
’hirnhis’deserts. We trust .the prognostications
pf the jlerfld: ,mayjur,n out, to be something
more -than: mere master for :a : stirring: paragraph
' ■With'a prpper/dxampie made of two such men
’fas and Jefferson Davis, who
doephot sec that the now torpii .moral sense ..of
-the whole country would. be,rastonishingly qnick
vened ?* Who doubts that the secret assassination
clubs of the South would vanish dn the instant
that such an act of justice in. high places was
announced; who would not expect every .flaming
arrogant rebel of the South to subsidy'into .the
most exemplary meekness;, or be found ready to
'swear that he had' never been anything but a
radical at heart?■ Theship of the republic, now
almost on her beam’s, ends, would be righted in a
moment by such a favorable gale. Nine-tenths
of the obstructions!to the reconstruction of the
South on principles off loyalty and equal rights
would vanish. 'Rascality in all places .of public
trust would hasten to the nearest hiding-place, in
a panic at‘the. rising: sentiment: of justice all over
■the.land. .. i' .
Senators 1 It rests with you to say whether
morals, politics, finances, personal rights and per
sonal safety in our country shall enjoy this great
relief.
A©" Hon.'W. E. Dodge, President'of the Na
tional Temperance Society, says of a recent in
terview with ,General Grant: '!
“ I left him with the conviction 'that neither
we nor the friends of.temperance have any cause
for anxiety in this respect."
Grenesee Evangelist, ISTo. 1144.
( Ministers $2.50 H. Miss. $2.00.
I Addressl334 Chestnut Street.
The N. Y. Sun, edited by Chas. Dana, late as
sistant Secretary of War, adds:
; “ The truth is, that the practice of General
Grant is total abstinence. In camp he—almost
alone, among all the prominent officers of the
atmy—never tolerated liquor or wine either at his
'table* or about his tent. Fatiguing marches and
the ereite'ment and exhaustion of battles did not
l?reak over his rule, not to touch or
taste anything alcohplic. Again and again we
have Been wine offered him at public and private
Ainnersjohly tobebie steadily refused. We arc
mssnred'that now in time of peace, and in the
society of; Washington, he still maintains the
samecustpm.” •
AFFAIRS AT THE CAPITAL.
.*■■!< -i 7' si • <. '
r Ahotable event' of the past week at the Capi
tal has been' th,e '.dedication, on the anniversary
of his death, of to the memory of
Lincoln. Washington claims with no.littlc pme
of being the j?rs< city that 'lias raised
such' a' memorial to the ■ martyred'‘President.
The location is at the junction of Louisiana and
and 0 ap4/(directly,in
,front- pf the City Hall. , The. itself, is
.simple in. design,, consisting of a circular shaft
resting' updti an 'dctdgoaal base, and dfttwhed with
apioulded capital, upon which stands astatute of
Lincoln , in) the s attitude 'of making an addfCSS;
.The-freedmon of the, .District and its vicinjtty
. !?eiebratg,d oh. Thursday the anniversary of the
proclamation of' Pres. Lincoln, emancipating'the
sKyesofthis; District; by a large procession Of
military; masonic and, temperance orders, and
ward delegatipns. In the procession was a-print
ing, press from .which were issued and distributed
along .t|ie route .copies pf the message of Mr. lin
coln appro < ving fhe‘ bitl bf !Emancipation of April
16th :: 1862-k-to which waS’ appended in reVerent
gratitude: 1 “ We-thd recently em&hcipated slates
,of 'phi 6 . district of'Columbia, thank God,, for that
gloripus act .ofj.Justice. towards poor down-trod
den humanity.”.' ' "
j Another ‘iiiipoitaht ’step towards the comple
tion of the impeachment trial was made on Jjst
liirday- by .'the announcement of the President's
counsel, that the evidence, .for. the defense yyas
cloga^i., T.he closing day was one of discomfiture
'to thej jlefepsc. Thp .whole Cabinet;'With' the
.ASceptipn •#£ .Stanton, was in Cdhiti'tp tbhtify in
regard tothediscussion'pf
of the TenureqfOffice Act'in Cahinct, and 6f
the decision reached and 'the (Conformity of the
President’s conduct to that decision. Their tck
tiniony out, but not till after Messrs.
Kvarts and Curtjs had made many’efforts to in
trocj.upe it'. These gentlemen showed much cha
grin ind.even anger at this failure, and abruptly
«me.. ■ •’
There is of eoursenmch ‘speculation as to the
final,vote. 'This will be reached, after discussion
in secret session, by action .updn the separate ar
ticles With open doors. Any one article; if sus
tained by the vote will be sufficient to bring coh
vfction. The action upbn‘the. principal charges
l is foreshadowed by the vote' of the' 14th of Jafi
uaryrrefmstating Stanton, when thirty-five Repub
licans voted in 'faypr Of re-instatement; By this
was settled thiee things: that Mr. Stanton’s case
came under the Civil Tenure act; that there was
ho adequate reason' fOr his suspension; aid third,
that it was not in the President’s Constitutional
power to remove him. Thirty-five Senators voted
in the,affirmative, whilst only thirty-six arc re
quired to convicti On that vote Henderson was
paired with Hendricks’, and' Grimes, Sherman,
Sprague, Willey, and Boss were’absent. No one
supposeff'that' all these' men are to vote for ac
jqpitthi.'’’'/''/', '‘ i _ ■
" Again.' when the President' notified the Sen
ate of l the removal of Mr. Stanton and the ap
pointment of Gen. Thomas ad interim, th;e Sen
ate passed the. resolution : “ That under the Con
stitution'h'nd la w;s of the. United States, the
President has no power to remove the Secretary
of War and designate any other officer to per
form the" duties of that Office at# interim.” All
the Republicans ’ present, twenty-nine in all,
voted for this resolution. Of'the thirfeen'absent
Republicans, there are nine,’at’ least,’whom wiM
rumor has not taken the liberty to count as in fa
vor of acquittal. /' i ,
It. is felt here that the President has made a
weak and ineffective defense, hrid the Republi
cans are' confident of his conviction. At the
same, time it cannot be denied that there is much
feverish anxiety concerning ’ certain Senators.
Stories'of one declaring over the card-table, that
he expected to give'a vote soon that would make
him unpopular} of another visiting the President
at night; of another declaring “ a dozen times ”
that the President is innocent; of another pro
claiming, ! in the’ street-ear, that -be knew of six
Republicans Who would vote for acquittal—these
are current and find ready belief; but take any
one of these stories and attempt to trace it to - a
reliable source, and it resolves into the thinnest
air of gossip. " ,
A gentleman who conversed with the Chief.
Justice last Friday evening came away with the
impression that the Chief Justice expected the
Pfesident'wdiild be acquitted; but it must be
borne in mind that judge Chase is not in full
sympathy with the majority of the Senate,-ap'd
also that this gentleman may not have rightly in
terpreted his cautious utterances. ' '
I believe, in spite of all the rumors whidlparo
so .industriously started and blown all over the
land j there is as good reason to expect that
forty Ilepul lican Senators w 11 be found votingypr
impeachment.-on, some of . the articles,, as thjt
every Democratic Senator has already mao e. up mi
mind to Vote against imp each men t
April 20th, 1368
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