e. TcrmM of l'uimoutlon. Tiik WAYXKsnritn ItupriiLicAX, Office In Mayora' building, emit of the Court House, In pub lished every Wednesday morning, at S3 per annum, is aAvaxcb, or S3 110 if not paid with in the fear. AllnulMcrilion aeeoniila mi ht teaetlleil annually. No piiper will be wnl out of the State milem pniil for ix advance, and II eueh uhwrlptlimiiw ill Inviirtuhly lie discon tinued at the explniUpn of the time fur which they nre paid. 'iKiiiioiiifHtionnn snbjeetaof loenl or gent-nil 1nti-ri'-t am r..wi-iriilly nolle llttl. To ensure intention fiivoraoMhis kind miit invurliihly lie nccoiiipaiih'd liy Hit' nuiitf or llifiiuiii'ir, not fur pnlilli'iillon, lint hk tfiiiii-iintviiiZiilnHl ktiipitillon. All tellers v-rt:lilliiv In iit.ineiisul to oilioe hltiMt lie addressed to tlti Keillor. political. A l l Ht.SS or T II K I IO K C PI II I.U A f4TATK fc.XTRAI. -1.H HI ITER. Cdmmittkf. Rooms, 1 IIarkisih ik;, July 27, 1807. J To the People of Pemisyl vanlai Felloir-Cithenx : The official term of Geo. W. Woodward, Chief Justice of tlie Supremo Court of the State is ulmut to expire ; nml under tlic Con stitution his successor M ill he eleeteil on the second Tuesday of October next. This election is every wav im portant, nml the more so, because of I iiie KivatpiMi.c,pi,san.l issues iiiv(.It.I, :i . . 1 1 . . 1 1 1 1 nud of the fact that the term is for fifteen years. 1 .1 X I 1 ! 1 i 1 both National and State, are divided into three classes: the Ijcgislativc. .... ..... .............. .11 in mvrm m n i hivmmi nrkn Executive and Judicial. The poop! . 'ri 1 are the source oi all power; and our Constitutions provide the manner in which all olliccs shall be filled, and tlie terms for which they shall be held. Tim National Judiciary being for life, and that of the State Judiciary (iftccn years; changes in those tribunals tiro wrought more slowly than in the other branches of the Government; and hence .should be made with the greater caution and wisdom; for nothing is of greater public importance than a wise and patriotic judiciary. Our past his tory shows a constant tendency in those several departments to enlarge their respective jurisdictions, and occasion ally to encroach on each other; and especially is this true of the judiciary. It is but recently the Supreme Court of the United States, in the interests of slavery, gravely undertook to over turn tlie foundations of the Govern ment on that question, and to nullify and destroy acts of Congress enacted by the men who made the Constitu tion. The Dred Sc. it t decision virtually legalized and extended slavery over all the Territories of tlie I'nion, in defiance of ( 'ongrcs and the p.'ojile; and laid down principles, which, but for subsequent events, would have extended slavery and made it lawful 111 nil the Mates. .ml alter tlie ro- cent civil war was inaugurated, State judiciary, by a denial of our the ; constitutional powers of Congress am in urn- man! J .cg.Ma.urc, 111 measures ; ..i' c. ...... . 1 .1 : ansoiuieiy necessary to carry on tlie 1 I ... .1 . . t. . . . ! I I varaim sue me n aii-.n, s inipomic 1 dill' finn it. In inti .-n 111.11nt1.11l 11.1I111- ots everywhere tremble tor the ismic ol the contest. True, these false theories ,.f ;i i!,,f;t;., 11,. (. tue continued assert ion ot Uicm iar alyzed the linns of both the National and Slate Governments, distraiicj disheartened our people, gave aid nml comfort tothe enemy, prolonged the war, and added immeasurably to our sacrifices of blood and treasure. . Hence it is, "That warned by past misfor tunes, we ask that the Supreme Court of the Slate be placed in harmony with the political opinions of the majority of the people, to tho end that the Court may never again, by unjust de cisions seek to set aside laws vital to the nation." AVI 10, then, are Henry AV. Williams and George Sharswood, the candidates for this vacant seat upon the Supreme bench ? What are their past records, und where do they stand, in these eventful times, and on these momentous issues? The weal or woe of the Com monwealth, and perhaps of the nation, is involved in these questions; and it behooves every patriotic voter in the State to examine them with care. Of Judge Williams, the Union Re publican candidate, we here propose to give 110 extended biography. He is a high-toned Christian gentleman, about forty-six years of age, a ripe scholar, and a learned and eminent lawyer, with fifteen years' judicial experience, on the bench of the District Court of Allegheny county. I Ic was first elect ed judge in 1851, when he ran over one thousand votes ahead of his ticket, and was re-elected in 1801, by the unanimous vote of all parties. The following extract from an editorial in the Pittsburgh l'oxt, (the principal Democratic paper of the West,) shows the estimation in which he is held by political adversaries : "The nomination of the Hon. Henry AV. AVilliams as a candidate for Judge of the Supreme Court is a gooil one. He wa the bext man named before the Republican Convention, and possesses legal and moral qualifications for the responsible position to which lie has been nominated." He is of the AVebster and Clay whool of politics, and during the rc--cnt civil war, from the beginning to the end, did everything in his power, through his means, his voice, and his votes, to strengthen the hands and en courage the hearts of the loval people in the struggle to maintain tlie Union. AVho, and what Judge Sharswood is, as a public: man, will appear from what follows : , Eurly in tho history of this nation political seutiment became divided on tlie powers of tho Rationul nml State governments, and their true relations to caeli other. On these divisions two freat parties wercsubsequently founded, 'lie one, known as the Sta'tc Rights party, had John C. Calhoun for its recognized champion ; and the other, for its recognized leader, had the great expounder of the Constitution, Daniel AVebster. The former held free trade, and the right of nullification and se cession as cardinal doctrines, denying the constitutional power of Congress to impose duties for protection, and claiming nullification and Mcession as inherent rights of a State. Tho latter JAS. E. SA VERS, VOL XI. denied these assu nipt ions, and Ijctwccn these conflicting principles and parties there has been perpetual warfare. In the main, the old Whig party ranged itself under the banner of Webster, anl the Democratic party under that of Caihoun, One of the legitimate fruits of the States Rights doctrine was the rcliellinn of 18.'3, in South Carolina ; tlie avowed object of which was to nullify the protective tarill" of Congress, enacted in 1828. The coun try at that time was saved from a dis astrous civil war by tlie firmness of President Jackson, the wisdom of Con- , nni the patriotism of General .... Tmt ,,;,.., nt nMim m( civil war iailed ; and the principle on which it was based was repudiated. . . . . ....... . , ,.,.- . V I mi. V 1 II til I It,., hi 1 ,111 11 l'J" llll'l l"UI l.'ttlllll V H117111111, ()1,.(.r .,., Slah ; ,imlaV()1.. i , c. .1.,.:.. p:...i.k.. 111 (tin 111 cuti- iiii-ii ttuiii-.T jiiiiiiir. doctrine of secession. 1 lie svnipatliv, imbecility and connivance of President Buchanan, and his udviscrs, so con tributed to tlie success of the ctlbrt, that its consummation could only be prevented by a long, desperate and bloody civil war. J11 the end, anil after fi arf'i.l sacrifices of life and trea- sure, the rights and power of the Na 1 tional ioyi rnment were again vindica ted, and the Calhoun tlx: ri le of secession was again overthrown. Such at least has been the popular conviction, and muse fir rejoicing ; and even the worst of Sunt hern rebels have been compelled to confers it, and for two I yea is past have been weeping over j their "lost cause." Strange, sad and j incredible as it may seem, we are al ! ready called upon to fight. these great issues oyer again: ine iiemoeratie party, with Judge Sharswood for its leader, and with Free Trade, State Rights and Secession upon its banner, is again marshaling its hosts, and now summoning us to the field of political combat, on these same issues ! That parlv nt their National Conventions in I bs.'iti and ISI'O re-adopted what are known as the Virginia and Kentucky i resolutions of 171)8 anil 1700, as part i of their platforms. These resolutions I arc known as the embodiment of the ! old State rights and Calhoun doctrines. I'l'linv il.t mil i'n,ivi!',1 ilwi I'nl'iliims nl'tliM ,.. ,. , 1' .1 ( ,,. .), 1 ,., j . 'i.i 1. -t 1 11 1 11 1 1 j 1 n 1 1 11 1 1 iti it . iitt i 11 1 ti 1 1 ' .,i. ... .... ....... i;...t;,, ,.,.,....,.-,.., ;,, )( I Itllt tl. t tllllllllllll ll . t Ij . I I 1 . 1 1 I' III , III narv and proper ense of the term, but declare t hem to be merely a ,, t,,.,t . ' ' 'ox h't all oilier caxcx of emiiiiurt aiu'jii'i iiarliex haeina vn 1 ....;. 1.. 1 ,.. ... . , :,,-J .,,, , ".''.".' .'" i ! N PI! ACTIONS, AS OF THE MOPE ASH j meascke or i:i:i)i;is," l.'iuler this free democratic charter for rebellion, the lawful election of I Abraham Lincoln as President of the ; United States was claimed by the 1 people of the rebel States as an "in j fraction" of the "compact ;" and they 1 chose secession and civil war as the "iio'f," and the destruction of the 1 Union and State independence as "the ' inenxurix of redrrxx." The domVratic j party, nt its last National Convention,' ! proclaimed the war a failure ; and it , has now put into the field a life-long j Free Trade and State Rights eandi : date, whom Judge Uiack endorses as J one who "will standby tho Constitu tion and give pure law viz: who will stand by the Constitution as the State Rights party construe it, and Igive ussiicli "pure law as Judge Rlack has given President lurhuiian and Andrew Johnson. Judge Sharswood and bis party friends have not only denied the lawful power of the National Government to coerce a rebellious State, to make and enforce a draft, to make paper money a legal tender, to emancipate and arm negroes, to punish rebels and traitors by disfranchisement, to suspend the writ oi habeax corpux in time of rebel lion, or to arrest and try offenders in time of war by court-martial; but they hold that all these things, though actually done, were illegally and wrongfully done, and therefore settled nothing! Or, as the Democratic organ (the Philadelphia Age), in a recent elaborate editorial 011 the Republican State platform, thus expresses the same idea; "We put it to the sober thoughts of the peopleof Pennsylvania, whether they would not have all these grave pending questions decided ac cording to law, and not according to war, .ii sT, ix fact, as they would HAVE I1EEN" DECIDED HAD THEY AKISEX EIGHT YEA Its AGO OR HAD XO WAR TAKEN PLACE." Is, then, the "lost cause" not lost? lias the late dreadful war decided nothing? Is the right of secession an open question? Ibis slavery not been aliolished? Arc not the four millions of bondsmen free ? Has our national debt no legal existence? Have the victors no jower over tho vanquished? Have the rebel States and people lost no rights by 'rebellion? Have our sacrifices of blood and treasure been all made in vain ? Fellow citizens, weigh well these solemn questions, and answer them at the ballot box .on the second Tuesday of October next. . Having concluded to reserve for a future occasion some remarks on party organization, and other topics, this ad dress might here properly close. Rut, it may be asked by some, is Judge Sharswood, indeed, the political heretic herein set forth? "A man is known by the company he keeps," says the old adage. AV e have the right to as sume, and have assumed, that the Judge is of the same political faith as his party, and the public . will hold him responsible for all the tmilty acta AnJ fu( i Tl u be no mistaking the true position of ' FI ILM NKSS I X Ti IK RIGIIT tho man who recently delivered an elaborate opinion denying the consti tutional power of Congress to make paper money a legal tender. (See the case of Borie vs. Troll, Isgal Intelli gencer of March 18, 1904, page, 92.) Ami when we go further back, and examine his early history, we find ample justification for all we have written, and more. So long ago as April, 1831, he appeared as "The Orator of the Day," at a meeting of a States' Right Association, in Phila delphia. Wc here copv some of the proceedings of that interesting convo cation from 1 he Jwanuncr and Jour nal of J'oliliml Economy, Devoted to the Adcuncitixntl of the, Can.se of State UUhtu and Free Irade" Vol., 1, page 301). The orator on that occasion deliv ered a long ami carefully prepared vindication and eulogy of the State Rights, Virginia and Kentucky reso lutions, herein before cited ; and sum med up his elaborate endorsments thereof as follows: " We come Intel; to our darling place, and finding nothing in the Conxtitidion extuhlixhing any final judge of the enu merated poircrx, prohibitions, and re ferred r'uihlx, it mu.it red upon the ad- mittid princijilex of general law, in eaxes of compact letireea )iarticn having no common miicrior.. Each Static has TiiK ltrtiitx to juixik van itself ov TIIK IXFIUCTIONS OK TIIK COMPACT, AND TO CHOOSE FOR ITSELF THE MOST l'KOPEUAND EFFICIENT KKMEDIES, The better to exhibit still further, if possible, the true character of that meeting and its distinguished orator, the following toasts are copied from the proceedings. (Same vol., p. 312.) Toast : "John C. Calhoun the first to throw himself into the breach against Federal usurpation. Mail he lire to xee hix prineii a ...7.,...( ). .....; lex predominant llll UlflIIIJUL till It III I'l, Toast : " The Palrintx, otheneixe call ed Xidijierx of South Carolina their memories will be cherished when the advocates of the l orcelhll are lorgot- ton, or remembered with execration Toast : The State of South Caro lina ax her principles are cherixhed, ire need no fear uxurpotion, either in the Legislative, Judicial, or Executive departments of the Government." The Hon. John C. Calhoun was among those invited to this meeting by Jiidj-e Sharswood a. id others : but de clined in a published letter of sympa thy. We thus submit, as briefly as pos sible, the record of the Democratic candidate, and of tho party which placed him in nomination. AVe feel that no added enmuunts could do jus tice to the subject ; and only ask you, fellow-citizens, to examine the whole record with care, and under a sense of your solemn responsibilities to your country, render your verdict at the ensuing election. P.v order of the Committee. F. JORDAN, Chairman. Geo, W. Hamei:.sly, L , J. RoiiLEY Ik-XGLISOS, j '-C-N Tin: i.ni'i:.w uni:vr case. Exlrncl from (iio'l'itsl inioiiy.. linly Jitlm miii ill .isliiil ikml tH.liiiiu(oii i'lii1 IilMtli-lK'tt III' Hiimi'il. From Ihp Cincinnati Gazette. AVasiiixcitox, July 22, 1807. From a great mas of affidavits taken Ibr the Judiciary Committee, and which have not been used in mak ing up the '-ase against the President, the following will throw some light on various subjects of interest to the pub lic. The names have been suppressed for obvious reasons : i:xnniiiiiilloii of . of Hie City or I'liiiauciiiiiia. Q. AVhcn, if ever, were you upon the staff of Andrew Johnson, then Governor of Tennessee, and in what capacity ? A. As a temporary aid from the 15th of August, 18G4, tothe 12th of November, 1S0-I. Q. State whether you resided in his family, and how intimate you were with liiiii ? A. I did not reside in his family ; 1 boarded in a hotel at Nashville, Ten nessee, hut during the political cam paign of 18IJ1, I accompanied him from Nashville on his tour through Indiana and up to his return to Nash ville. AVe got back November 10th. During that time I occupied the same room with Gov. Johnson, and wrote his private dispatches and letters. Rrowning, his private Secretary, was also with him, but the 1110.it ofthe time was not able to do business from illness. Q. While at Nashville did you know a penon by the name of Mrs. A. I did ; the widow of a confeder ate officer. Her husband was report ed killed hi the early part of the re bellion. (. Please describe the woman. A. She is a little over medium hei ght, between forty and filly years of age. She has a married daughter; is of rather light complexion, light au burn hair, blue eyes, and has a finely developed form. Q. What, if any, terms of intimacy existed between tlie woman aud Gov ernor Johnson? A. I left Nashville on the 29th day of December. During the time I was there this woman had tho entree of the White House at all times. She had obtained permits to trade in the army of the Cumberland for her son-in-law. I saw letters in the hand-writing of Gov. Johnson's aid. signed by him, which the brought out from hi office, AS GOP GIVES US TO SEE THE waymsbikOa., toaesday, mm l mi recommending her son-in-law to Presi dent Lincoln and to Secretary Stanton one to each recommending her son-in-law for a position in Savannah to take supplies to Savannah to take supplies to Savannah atler we heard ofthe capture of .that place by Sherman. I asked lier as she came out ofthe office if she had got the documents she wanted, mid she showed them to me. Her intimacy with and calls upon Gov. Johnson were matters of common notoriety and scandal in Nashville. Her son-in-law afterward remarked to me, that the old woman could twist Andy Johnson rouud her finger just as she pleased. (). AVhat was this woman's reputa tion for chastity in Nashville at the time? A. N10 was known as a woman who retailed her virtue for money. Q. How well known was this repu tation; A. In July, lcOJ, when 1 was on duty in Nashville as Lieutenant, Gen, Roseerans issued an order that all the bad women should bo sent out of the city, and I was ordered by Capt. Ed. M. Ilulburt, Assistant Provost Mar shal and Chief of Militai-y Police, of the 18th Michigan Infantry, to assist in the execution of this order. In the performance of this duty I first beard of this woman, and learned from all the fast people and fast women with whom I was brought in contact, of her character, which was so bad I de termined to have her arrested at all hazards ; but she had suddenly disap peared. I 'pon making inquiries for her, I was informed bv several people, and especially by Joe Cheatham, n de tective, that I had better let that wo man alone, or I should got nivsclf into trouble, as she was Andy Johnson's woman. Accordingly I ceased the pursuit. Afterwards I saw this same woman at the capital (Tennessee), as I before stated. Q. AVere you present in AVashington in the winter ot 1800, when Andrew Johnson arrived in AVashington ? A. I was, and roomed at 4 12 Thir teenth street, and boarded at the Kirk wood 1 louse. (J. How soon after President John son arrived in Washington did you sec him? A. 1 'resident Johnson arrived in the evening, and I called on him the next afternoon in his room, I think No. 182, at the Metropolitan Hotel. Q. State, if you know, whether fhat woman ( ) came with him ? A. She came, as I am informed, by Lieut. Kennedy Long, then and now on President Johnson's staff, on the same train from Nashville witii Presi dent Johnson. Q. At what hotel did she put up, what room did she occupy, and did you set' her there Y A. She put up at the Metropolitan Hotel, and occupied, I think the next room to President Johnson. iT&aw her in 1 resident .lohnson s room that nttcr 110011 when I called. She walked in without knocking and I left. Q. How long after this occurrence before you were in President John- sou's room ? At what time of the day ? and on what errand ? A. I called the next afternoon. I cannot state the hour precisely, to in form President Johnson that Mr. Stan ton had not complied with his request to appoint me a Captain and Com missary of Subsistence, of Volunteers, and also to present to him two young sons of Mr. Thomas Underwood, of Kaliiyette, Indiana, one about eight, tho other about six years of ago. Q. While you were there were any cards sent up to President Johnson's house ? A. There was one, and I saw that. Q. Did President Johnson order the person whose card was sent up to be admitted ? A. He did. Q. AVhat name was on that card? A. J. AVilkos Booth. Q. Was he admitted ? A. He was. Q. State as near as you can the particulars of the interview between Mr. Rooth and President Johnson whether they met as strangers or in what other manner ? A. From the familiarity of the greeting, I should judge they had fre quently met, and were intimate friends. When he came in they shook hands, with the usual salutations of friends. Q. How long did you stay? A. Not over five minutes after Mr, Booth came 111. - I left with the two boys, leaving Mr. Booth and President Johnson together. (I. Had you seen Booth before? . A. Once on the stacrc more fre quently at tho Kirkwood and Metro politan Hotels, and he had been point ed out to me, though 1 never had been introduced to him. Q. Did you sec Booth at the Kirk wood House at any time hercfore the assassination and if so, how long? A. I saw him, I think, on the 12th of April. He came in. I was sitting there. He inquired at the desk of the office if President Johnson was in. He was told that he was not. He then said ho wanted to see him on private business, and went away without fur ther remark. Q. On the evening of the 4th of March, alter U10 speech of V ice pres ident Johnson In the Senate Chamber, did you call upon him at the Metro politan? If so, state all tho occur rences of thof interview, giving all that was said fay both of you as exactly as possible, j RIGHT. Lincoln. A. I called there, I think, between five and six, and immediately Upon entering the room I said to President Johnson, who was lying upon the bed, "Great God, Governor, you have ruin ed yourself and the part v !" President Johnson raised himself up 011 his elbow and said: "By God, I will straigbtcu myself out and make myself felt before the end of my administra tion. Mr. Blair has been here and invited me to go up to his house, which I intend to do on Monday. Burnsidc servant, go down to the bar and get me some whisky." I then left the room. Q. I low certain are you of the words "jlv administration." as your at tcntion called to them bv the manner in which they were said, or from any other cause, so that you can be certain of the exact words ? A. I am certain or tho words, and my attention was called to them by the very emphatic manner of the Pres ident. Q. Did you call on President John son while he was at Mr. Hooper's house, corner of iiltcentli and II streets? If so, state all that was said in that interview between you both, especially everything that was said re speotinor tho next Presidency ? A. 1 did call on him at Mr. Hoop er's house, I think, on the night of the Gth of May, I8G0 Sabbath evening. In the course ot the conversation, I remarked : "Governor, you look tir ed. Being President is hard work and small thanks, lsntit! lie replied 1 es ; particularly when n man is lifted into it on another man's coat tail." He stopped a moment, as if in thought, and continued s "The man who gels tho McClellan vote, with the anti-negro sulirage vote of the Re publican party, will get the Southern vote, and that will elect the next Pres ident." Q. Have you the original roeom mendations of Mr. Johnson to Presi dent Lincoln, or to Mr. Stanton, or both, for your promotion as Captain and Commissary of Subsistence? If so, annex -copies hereto. District of C'oi.i mhia, AVashixcjtox, April 1, 18G7. There personally appeared - , and made oath that the paper above written, by him subscribed, con tained in pages marked one to nine, inclusive, has been carefully read over bv him, and contains the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so far as (he statements are made of his own knowledge, and the truth so far as statements are made from uifor motion, to the best of his own knowl edge and belief. N. Call am, Notary Public. The following are the recommenda tions referred to, which will show the intimate terms of the witness with Mr. Johnson, and the opinion of the latter regarding his character: State of Texx., Exec. Df.p't., Nashville, Term., Oct. 13, '07. J Hon. E. M. Wanton, Secretary of War, II axluuglon, 1. V. : Having formed the acquaintance of Capt. of Indiana, 1 find him to be a gentleman of integrity, and u very deserving young man. He desires the appointment of Cap tain and Commissary of Subsistence or Assistant Quartermaster in the volunteer service. 1 believe Captain well qualified for the position lie seeks, and would give entire satis faction to the Government in the dis charges of the duties imposed upon him, and if consistent with the public service, hope that the Secretary of War will confer uponi him the ap pointment. I have the honor to lie, very re spectfully, your obedient servant, Axnr.F.w Jonxsox, Brig. Gen. and Military Governor. State of Texx., Exec. Dep't., 1 Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 12, 'G4. Hon. E. J. Stanton, Secretary of Wan Dear Sir : Allow me to introduce to your favorable consideration Mr, , ot Indiana. Air. de- sires the commission of Commissary ot Subsistence, or Captain and Assist ant Quartermaster, and I earnestly recommend him to such an appoint ment. J have the honor to be, Very respectfully, Your obedient scrv't, Andrew Johnson. Brig. Gen. and Mil. Gov. of Tenn. Indorsed If another Commissary is needed let this gentleman be appoiut- ed. Nov. 21, 1863, A. Lincoln. Further EtreU From Trllniony. The following extracts are from a long affidavit made by one thoroughly acquainted with what transpired in the circles in which Mr. Johnson moved in Nashville. It bears tho seal of a well known notary : "I knew Nicl S. Brown, once Gov ernor ot lenncssce, and a noted rebel. He came to Nashville once, in 18G.'). It was a very hard matter to get a pass to get through tho lines, and lirown wanted to get one. He called on the Governor, and tho Governor refused all intercourse and interviews to other people that day, and was alone with Neil 8. Brown. Either that night or next morning, the Governor was to go with him to Columbia. N. S. Brown went along, and made a short speech at Columbia, opporcntly on the Union side. Then Brown did not re turn with . but went through the rebel lines, tmd did not return till after Lee s surrender. Afterwrd thssamawitneBscame to EDITOR AND PUBLISH Ell. NO. 8. Washington, when Mr. Johnson was President. An interview at the White House is thus alluded to in the testi mony : "He (the President asked me whv I was in a hurry to get back to Tennes see. "I said Governor Brownlow had called a meeting of the legislature. "He said 'Ho had a d 1 sisrht of use for a Legislature He'll have no quorum this time, The people of lennessec arc tired of this foolishness. and very soon will settle with this Leg islature. "Before President Lincoln issued his proclamation of emancipation, Gov ernor Johnson signed a petition, which was sent to astungton bv Governor Campbell, M. C, asking' President Lincoln to exempt lennessec from the proclamation, so us to let slavery remain there. "After the proclamation came out, in which Tennesseo was exempted, I heard Governor Johnson mnkc a speech in Nashville to a large crowd of about 3,000 colored people, in which lie said President Lincoln in his proclamation has exempted you from emancipation, but I Andrew Johnson, Military Gov ernor of Tennessee, to-night declare every one of you free." NPF.IXII OF IIOX.NCIIl YI.F.nt'OI.rAX. A Defenne or fonvreva nml it I'lenr Kxpna Itluii of Hie 1'iillllenl niiiihiIoii The I'rewiileul'a I.hnI Veto MeteuiKe Dlxwoeleil The Ilon.jSehiiyler Colfax was seren aded at the National Hotel, Washing ton City, nt the close ofthe last session of Congress. After several choice aim by the hand, the honorable gentleman came to the balcony and respomlciAs follows, being frequently interrupted with loud expressions of approvals Fellow-Citizens : Congress sincerely desired to avoid this inid-siiinnier ses sion. They passed the Military He construction bills last March. The President vetoed them on the explicit ground that they made the military commanders supreme and absolute ov er the people of the late rebellious states. Congress accepted bis construc tion of them, and repassed them over his veto. They were cordially endors ed by the people ofthe North, and ac quiesced in more readily by the people of the South than had been expected. Soon it became apparent that under them loyally would Iriumiili in most of the Southern States, and then the President vetoed his own veto, and promulgated a decision of his Attorney ft .1... 1 .. .1 1.1 M ucucrui mat unuer incse laws me lim itary commanders were mere police men, subordinate to the Provisional Government over which they had been placed ; the army but a poxse comdatux, to enforce the decrees ofthe rebel Gov ernors and Mayors, und that every reb el was to bo his own registrar. The people, surprised at these decisions, ap pealed to Congress, 111 which they plac ed such deserved confidence, to reas semble, and from Maine to California they came hither to resume their legis lative authority, and to so declare the meaning of their legislation that no legal sophistries of any Attorney Gen eral could mystify it. Vetoed again, they repassed the statute book as one of the laws which the President, by his constitutional oath, must take care to have faithfully executed. Some. 1 know, condemn Congress (iir baying done too much in its past legislation, and some for having done too little; but I think it has struck the golden mean, firm and yet prudent ; courage ous without undue excitement, indexi ble and yet wise. The President in his last veto denounces the military despotism, as ho calls it, and declares that Congress has subjected the South to a tyranny most intolerable. W'c have heard these charges of military despotism before, during the war, from the party which so bitterly opposed his election three years ago. Every net tending to strengthen the Government, such as the suspension of the habeas corpus, trials by court martial, &c., was denounced as a military despot ism ; but the people rendered their verdict, and it could not be reversed. Instead of tyranny, the key note of the Congressional policy is protection to all, and the vindication and triumph of loyalty, eid God helping us wc shall stand by it until it isacrowned with triumph. Applause.! I will use no word of disrespect toward the Presi dent, lor although differing with him in policy as wide as the polls, 1 respect the ollice which he fills, and prefer argument to invective. When I listen ed yesterday to Mr. McPherson, the Clerk ofthe House, as he read the bold and defiant message of the President. 1 could not but feel that in the whole of it he arraigned himself far more than the Congress which he addressed. All parties agree that he spoke correctly when, in his North Carolina proclama tion of May, 1865, ho declared that all the civil governments of tho South hat! been destroyed by tho rebellion. He then, withnur. railing r'nnrrrrcQ fn- gether, went on with tho work of re construction 111 the absence of all law upon tlie subject. I las Congress made State governments subordinate to tho military power ? So did tho Presi dent. Has Conirress provided for the calling of State Conventions ? So did the President. Has Conirress au thorized the ratification ? So did the President ? But he ordered conven tions by his executive fiat, and recog nized their constitutions without their being submitted to the people. Con gress roquired the people, the register ed voters, to call tha convention them. elves, and then to approva or reject Terms oC Adirortiislutjr AID JOB WORK. Advkrtthehicnts Insert hI at SI pnr tquir (Sir throe luw rtloiin, nnil BO rrntn par Miliar fiirnicliiultlltlimnl insertion; (ten line or lta runtHlnwiiar). All transient ad vertlaeiutnta to bv paid fur InatlvAtiin. llrsiNraw Noticks aet under the head of loeal news will lie ehiirKwl Invariably 10 aU Una foreiifh linertlmi. A Ilia-mi ileUiielton made to pemoni art vert ! In by the quarter, half-year or year. Special ntttiiv-i chnrned oue-Uuli mora than regular ad vertlRenienlH. Job I'Ki.-iTisonf everrklnd In Plain and Fan. eycoloia; lliinil-blll, lllnnkii, Card Pamphlet, Ao., ot every variety anil stvle, printed at the almrlint notlee. The Utl'l liLH AN Okmcr liaa lust been re-lltled, nml every thlnit In the Print. I1111 line ran lie exoeuted In the most artlatlQ muiimtr and at the lowest rule. their work by popular vote. it plause. Ibis Congress required tho ratification of a Constitutional amend ment ? So did tho President. Has Congress established a tcstoath ? Sodid the President. Our crime is, I sup pose, that we provide that those whom the nation had made free should have the freeman's ballot for their protec tion, while tho President did not. But the results of his policy strikingly con trast with the results of ours. Tho nation looked on to seo what fruits would result from his action, and what they were. In nearly every State tho rebel power resumed its authority and became dominant in their executivo legislative, and judicial departments, the vagrant and labor laws virtually rc-ensiaving tho emancipated, followed by murders, outrages, riots and massa cres, crowned the whole. Loyal men were under foot, and tho revivified snirit of rebellion was triumphant. With our duty to our country and on our oaths wo could not afiirm and legalize this policy, and heneo tho leg islative action wo have sinco taken. Approved in tho past wo have been. I cannot doubt even a moro triumph ant indorsement hereafter. Applause. The President nppenls to tho ballot box ( so do we, anil by its its decision we are willing to stand or fall. In 18G2, in the darkest hour of tho war, amid disaster and reverse, tho ballot box sustained us, and returned n Re publican majority in Congress. Iu 18(i I wc were compelled to accept all the odium of conscription, tho heavy burdens of taxation necessary for our national credit, and to keep our flag flying in the field, the charges of our enemies that men were being drafted from their homes to free negroes, ond the denunciations against tho war as a failure; but with the simple motto of "Our Country," under (he lead of our noble President would to God ho were living to-tlav we won n magni ficent triumph. Applause. In 1800 when President Johnson turned his back on the party which elected him, traversed the country, making speech es to he read bv millions, denouncing us ; with his wliolo Cabinet against us, with but one honored exception, ap plause and cries of Stanton, with tho whole power nnd patronage of tho Government thrown in the scale of our enemies, we appealed again to the ballot box, winning tho most magnifi cent victory ever known to our politi cal history. Applause. But this will bo eclipsed by tho coming victory of 1 808, when we shall place in the olliees of the Government men who will be faithful to liberty, justice and loyalty. We ask no more, and will accept no less and this vic tory will be swelled by tho votes of the reconstructed South. When they return, as they will, in accordance with the terms prescribed in our legis lation, they will return with magnifi cent majorities for the right. Ap plause. They will come back, led as they must be, by those who have liecn faithful to the Union in its darkest hours. They will join with us of tho North, under the inspiring influence office labor and free men, in tho march of prosperity and power, and will join with them in so legislating, that hereafter in this noble land there shall be no man so poor, so humble, so obscure, that he cannot look up to tho American flag as his unfailing protec tion, and to tho ballot, which shall vindicate his rights in his own right hand, and all the loyal people shall say, "Amen." Loud applause The subject of impression at first sight was being talked over at the sup per table, when the lady whose duty it was to preside "over the tea cups and tea," said she lormcd an idea of a person at first sight, and generally found it to be correct. "Mamma," said the youngest son, in a shrill voice that attracted tho atten tion of all present. "Well, my dear, what is it ?" repli ed the fond mother. "I want to know, what was your opinion of mo when you first saw me ?" This question gave a sudden turn to the conversation, Tun Frcedmen's Bureau reports tho best crops in Tennessee ever raised. As soon ns free labor is shown a fair chance, the best crops will be raised in all parts ot the South ever gatucreu there. Moke than ono half of the nickles in circulation are counterfeit. They are made of lead nnd cannot be de tected, except by experts from tlie gen uine. . General Sheridan says incidentally in one of his communications that in the interior parishes, moro blacks than whites write their names in rcgistcr- DURINQ the past two weeks six cit izens of Lancaster, Pa., died, whose ages aggregated four hundred and seventy years. . Dr. Hall says: "Bachelors dio earlier than other men.'", But then "whom the gods love die young 1" Tnc centre of the United States has been definitely fixed. It Is Columbus. Nebraska, 96 miles west of Omaha. - Baescm, the showman, is lecturing b the eastern border counties of Penn sylvania. Ix Atlanta, ia., new floor nib fbf 3 60 a barrel. V r
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