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.
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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
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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
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. ' '
'ox h't all oilier caxcx
of emiiiiurt aiu'jii'i iiarliex haeina vn
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".''.".' .'"
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
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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.
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