che |!c(lfcvtl (fbiMltt.
Eriday Morning rebniarj 23, IHUG.
MISC EG EX AT IO X.
The history of Mexico and the South
American Republics teaches a sad, but
important lesson. It is a tale of anar-j
chy written in blood. The glory of its
Bolivars and Santa Anas loses its lus
tre beneath thetarnish of ceaseless civ
il convulsions, and its testimony of the
stability of popular government, is one
continual bloody denial of the univer
sal feasibility of Republican institu
tions. It is the record of countries j
whose hills God has pillared with gold
and whose valleys He has jeweled with
diamonds; whose climate smiles in
perennial spring and whoso soil produ
ces the rarest of plants and the "fairest j
of fruit;" whose rivers are the mighti
est, whose mountains the loftiest and
whose forests the grandest. But there I
is a mysterious influence that brood
over them, a changeless cloud thai
drops perpetual misery upon their in
habitants. It is the frown of the C'rea- j
tor who >r> -de the races distinct end sep
arate, rebuking the imploHgness of IV#
creatures in violating the natural laws I
which lie gore them for 'heir govern- j
m nl. It is God's penalty for the crime
of mlseegenation. This is not mere as
sertion. It is the philosophy of fact.
The races which inhabit the greater
portions of Mexico and South Vmerica j
ore mongrels. The cupidity of the
Spaniard induced him to carry the Af
rican into slavery upon the soil which
Spain had conquered, while the lust ol i
the conqueror led him to mingle his
blood with that of his -lave. The re-i
suit of this mixture is a turbulent,
blood-thirsty and ungovernable race,
whose history is one of ceaseless revo
lution, whose interminable war- areol
the most savage character and whose \
bloody crimes, though often commit
ted in the name of Liberty,put it be
yond the pale of civilized peoples. Is
not, therefore, the loionfasilvcompre
liended ? It seems to us that "he who
runs may read it." But, strange a.- it
may appear, there are those in our day
and generation, intelligent men and
women, who do not heed the warning
thundered forth from the internecine
wars of Mexico and South America. I
Their ears are stopped with the paper i
on which their theorie- are written;
their eyes are color-blind, so that they
cannot perceive the distinctions which
Nature and Nature's God demand shall
be observed. They are possessed with
a devil, the single idea of leveling, and |
this carries them to the doctrine of the
political equality of nil mankind, and
consequently, the social commingling j
of men of all races and the ultimate ■
mixture of blood. Who is Frederh
Douglass? Who is George T. Down
ing? They are mulattocs, practical il
lustrations of the Consequences flow Lug
from the doctrine of the theorists ol
whom we have spoken. And what i
the public character of th<>" well-known
hybrids? They are agitators, disturb
ers of the nation's peace, revolutionists
who demand the sacriflee of the sacred
principles of the Constitution, to their
dan re for social and political elevation.
They possess the same turbulent na
ture that steep- tile Ande.-.' foot in
blood and that makes the Amazon
blush for the shame of the Spanish
conqueror. Yet these natural anarchists
are encouraged in their propensity for
revolution, by men like Charles .Sum
ner, who tell them that San Domingo
will be repeated in this country, if their
demands an- not granted. It seems
impossible that the testimony of Mex
ico and South America should belo-t
upon the people of the United State-,
yet then* are in iny who are even wor-e
than the Bourbons, for, while they will
not learn anything from history, they
seam to have forgotten even what In
their lucid days, they acknowledged to
be the truth. Go:l forbid that of such
shouid over be a majority of the voters
of our country!
TALK of benefiting the negro! Why,
the men who, like Sumner, intimate
to him that if he i- not placed upon an
e juality with the white man, he ought
to imitate his brothers in San Domingo
and Jamaica, are doing hint infinitely
more injury than all the opposition to
his enfranchisement. On the other
hand, those who strive to keep the ra
ces separate and distinct, socially and
politically, are laboring for the,good
of the negro as well as the white, inas
much as if each moves in his own
sphere, there can be no such jealousy
as resulted in the war of races end the
brutal butchery which blacken the his
tory of San Domingo and Jamaica. lu>t
the black man reflect whether it is well
for him to be placed in a position ol
rivalry with the whites, ere he listen
to the reckless counsels of men who on
ly desire to use him as a stepping-stone
to a continuation of their power.
—The Right Reverend John B. Fitz-
GLORIOUS NEWS!
The President Vetoes the Freed
men's Bureau Bill!
Gil LAI EX CI TUMI'. NT Til UOIU.IIOIT
THE COl'.vruv !
We have just received the welcome
news that President Johnson has vetoed
the infamous Freedmen's Bureau Bill.
We can hardly realize this glorious fact,
but it is even so. The veto message i
before us, in full, and we are bound to
believe the evidence of our own senses. 1
Shout, freemen, shout! the day is
breaking.
S iUTi'l the load tmbrel o'er Afric's d irk sea.
The Wrong is def.'atei and white men are fiee ! J
—We will publish the veto message j
in full in our next issue.
WE publish on our outside, the report I
of the majority of the Committee on i
the Federal House of Rep-j
resentatives, in the matter of the con-!
te-ted election rase of Me -is. Coffroth j
and Koontz. 1 hive Republicans, Me-srs.'
Dawes, Upson and Baxter, and two I
Democrats, Messrs. Marshall and Bad
ford, sign this report. It is certainly a ■
complete vindication of the course ol
the Democrats throughout this Con
gressional d.-trict in endeavoring to j
prevt at the -minting of illegal and un- ■
authenticate'; returns. Whilst we ex
onerate Gen. Koontz from all blame in ;
the matter, ir i- our duty to call the at- ]
tent ion of thepublicto the means, now
expo-ed by "Bvpublican"< ongrt—men (
themselves -ought to he used by hi?
partisans to secure hi> election. Tin
same tricks were resorted to in count
ing out Mr. Findlay and the editor o.
this paper, who were candidates for tin
legislature-at the same time that Gen.
Coffroth ran for Congress. Our reader*
are aware what a hullaballoo was rav
ed by our politieal opponents becnu.-t
Mr. Shannon and our-elf tried to pre
vent the counting of the illegal ant
fraudulent return- from the army re
ferred to in this report. I t will also bt
remembered that an "inve-rig-.itinj.
committee" visited this place for tin :
alleged purpo-e of exposing the con- j
duct of Mr. Shannon and others, l>efort
which John Cessna was one of the prin- i
cipai witnesses. Well, after all tin j
howling and roaring on the part of tin .
men who complained of the rejection ol
those returns, a Committee composer
of SEVEN "REPUBLICAN" ant.
tini Democratic members of Congress
sustain the course of Prothonotarx
Shannon and take the very identica
po-ition- occupied by our-elf durinj.
the entire controversy! For Instance,
the Committee say,
—"On an inspection of the paper? j
presented liefore them on behalf ot Mr. !
Koontz, purporting to lie ret urns of sol
dier-' votes, on which he relies, the\
are satisfied that most of those -o-eau
e l return-are, under the art of Pemi
-ylvania, of August 23, lssil, regulating
elections in case of Soldiers in actuu
military service, too defective on then
face to pass a lego' sending. and wen no
• mitten to be counted bp dm countg rt tun.
judges, even it they had been all hefon
said county return" judges at the time
of their meeting."
Thi- i- exactly what Mr. Spang and|
our-elf argued before the Prothonotary
and almost word for word what tin
Prothonotary stated to the county r--
t urn judges. Therefore, the course ol
the men who demanded the counting
of tho-e returns, is condemned by theii
own friends in Congrt-s. Let them
hide their heads in shatne! We tuqx
every ' Republican" in this ( ongrc—-
ional district, will read the report ol
i his Committeeand learn from the lead
ing men of his own party in Congress,
how egregiously ho has been duped in
regard to the much talked of matter of
"throwing out soldiers' votes." As to
the effect this report will have upon
-ueh men as Thad. Steven- and his fol
lower- iti Congn-s, we c-annot r ay.—
We l.ever believed that they would per
mit Gen. Coffroth to have a seat in this
( ongre-s. jf they could avoid doing so;
and it i- our opinion that in defiance of
the recommendation of the Commit
tee on Elections they will admit his
competitor.
—Gen. W. 11. Miller has been elected
Senatorial delegate from the Dauphin
district, and Messrs. Vuchmuty and
Wilson R 'preventative delegates from
Dauphin county, to the Democratic
State convention, with instructions to
support lion. Hiester (lymer for Gov
ernor.
—Gen. A. 11. Coffroth has been giv
en the seat in Congress for this district.
The vote in the House stood for admit
ting Gen. Coffroth, B<>; for admitting
Gen. Koontz, 58. The case will hardly
j come up for further investigation, this
: session.
—Gen. Grant has issued an order for
the suppression of all newspapers ut
! tering violent sentiments against any
branch of the Government. It strikes
us that if this order be carried out, both
political parties will soon be without
; organs.
—lt is said that the Cabinet was di
; vided upon thequestionof vetoing the
Freedmen's Bureau Bill, Seward, Mc-
C'ulloch, Dennison and Welles being in
favor of the veto, and Stanton, Harlan
and Speed against it.
—The delegates from Carbon county
to the Disunion State Convention, aie
instr • t< dto sup; ortll . J. K. Mi •r< -
IIARRISBURG LETTER.
The I'olilioil Wfather—Senator Bcnrd--
lee—-The Bedford llistrlel Attorney Bill
—The titiheriiiitorinl Conventlouh—The
(iearj- II muGus, Ve.
Haruisburg, Pa., Feb. 19, 1866.
Editor Gazette: —There has been a
-light lull in the political weather, since
the storm that blew from the black cloud
of Negro Suffrage. By the way I for
got to mention among the Democratic
Senators who spoke against the resolu
tion to endorse t he conduct of the Penn
sylvania Disunion Congressmen in vo
ting for Negro Suffrage in the District
of Columbia, the able and upright Sen
ator from Wayne, lion. H. B. Beards
lee. His speech on the subject referred
to, was one of the best that was made
daring the discussion, and ought to be
published throughout the State.
Mr. Armstrong, the member for your
county, introduced a bill in the House,
a few days ago, for the purpose of de
capitating your District Attorney.—
What petty schemes the tools of the
men now in power are constantly re
sorting u>! Of course thi- bill had its
origin elsewhere than in the brain of
Mr. Armstrong. The remark- of that
personage when called upon to explain
the purpose of the bill, showed that
clearly enough. But special legislation
i'or the benefit of individuals in the
Disunion party who get into "tight pla
ces," i-. the order of the day; and the
people are taxed t<> pay large salaries to
the Solons a-s.-mbied here, for nothing
but the enactment of a few spiteful lav. -
against the interests of the political
party that happens to be, in a minority
in the legislature. Mr. Per-bing. of
Cambria, who i- alway- watchful of T be
interest-' of hi- party and of .in- .State,
stopped the hii! in the 1 louse and it w as
laid over under the rule-; but was af
terwards passed when it came up in or
der. In the Senate, Mr. Householder,
who had not the courage to stand up for
the endorsement of the Disunion Con
gressmen, stood ui> its bold as a lion and
"called up" the bill; but Mr. Shoema
ker, of Luzerne, offered a substitute,
striking oat the odious features of the
bill and making it general, instead of
:ocal, in its character. Mr. Shoemaker'-
-institute was adopted. So, if the
House accejvt the substitute, the effort
to -ingle out the District Attorney of
your county, a- an object of rite special
vengeance of the Legislature, has most
-ignally failed.
As the time for holding the political
state Convention-, is drawing near, the
claims- of the several aspirants for the
respective nomination.-, are freely can
va>-ed. Atpre-eut the con test lor< mv
ernor on the Democratic -ide, lie- i i
tween Hon. Hiester ('lymer, of Berk.-,
and Gen. Geo. W. C.i--. of Pittsburg,
with the chances in favor of ('lymer.
There has been an under-eurrent in fa
vor of Hon. Asa Packer, of Carlton, but
it seems to hav. subsided. 1 have also
ueard the name of Maj. Gen. W. S.
Hancock mentioned in connection with
.his subject, but wiietlcr be is - rimi-lv
hought of a- a candidate, I am unable
.o -ay. On the Disunion side of the
House, Gen. John W.Gearv seems to
aave the inside track. The reason of
mis is, that the politician- of that party
fear defeat, and they hope to humbug
enough of the soldier element with
Jearv, to enable them to make uj> for
their los-es on th Negro question. But
they will find out that the men who
fought in bring buck tin Southern St nes
•ntothe t i/ion. will not vote for any man
who runs on a ticket nominated by a
party that i- now trying to de-troy the
fruits of their fighting, by keeping those
k Slates out of tin t 'nion. even though he
be a Major General. They cannot be
lieve that lie was honest in hi- jiartici
patioii in the war for tin Union, if he
i- now in favor ot" Disunion. Beside*,
there are some things in Geary's mili
tary career. which will be ventilated at
the ju-ojier time, that will make him as
ridieulous a- the "hasty plate of -oup"
letter made the hefo of Lundv's Lane,
i'lu principal competitors of Gen. ( fim-y
.'or the nomination, are Mr. Winthrop
W. Ketchutri, of Luzerne, and .Mr. J.
K. Morehead. of Pitt-burg. They will
both have con-iderabk -how in the
Convention, hut Geary will be nomina
ted, or I am much mistaken.
(me of the funniest things altogether
i- the predicament in which the Di-u
--nioni- find them-elve- in regard to
President Johnson. They don't like to
givt uj> the far ofii-esin hi-gift—the
spolht opini i— and yet they hate him
with an inten.-itv that they cannot con
ceal. In their double dealing on this
subjeel, they exhibit the cloven-foot so
that tin Pn -ident mainly cannot fail
to perceive it. But they are afraid to
break openly with him, and -> in their
conventions they "express confidence"
in liiin!! and then, pre-to! change!
t hey endors• the proceedings of Con
-1 gross!!! Isn't that a pretty way to whip
the ancient Henry around the part of
tree that wasn't cut down? But this
game won't win, mark that! LEX.
For the Oazettn
"0 THEY WANT I liINTJ?"
The organ of the Disunion party in
Bedford, asks this question in it- last
issue. It mean-to say that President
Johnson is playing die tyrant and that
the Democrat- are sustaining him in
doing so. Since when has that paper
discovered that the President is not "the
govern m< nt ?" So long as Lincoln ru
led land his rule laid the hand of op
pression upon hundreds of men, made
bastiles and jirisons of every fort in
the North and "jugged" people with
out notice or process of law) it was all
right with that sheet. Then the Pres
ident was "the government," and ev
ery thing he did was perfectly right,
in the eyes of the editors of the Inrpii
rer. But because Andrew Johnson
will not follow the lead of Tliad. Ste
vens & Co., and refuses to swallow the
negro whole, these fellows are down
upon him and would have us believe
that not he, bat Congress, or in other
words, Stevens k Co., are "the govern
ment!" 1 saw, a few days ago, in the
publican" paper, an article in reply to
the Pittsburg Gazette, another leading
"Republican" paper, on this wry sub
ject, from which i quote for the edu
cation of the Gazetted Bedford coadju
tor, the following sententious pnra
j graph: f
"It is something of an unpleasant j
fact, however, that there are a few in- j
dividuals in the country who have all
their lives been afflicted with chronic,
obstinacy, not to call it by a harsher j
I name, who have launched their etivcn-1
; omed darts against the President, ids
policy and the great Union party hv (
i whom he is sustained, just as they did
against hi-lamented predecessor. That >
the l)on Quixotes have their Sanelio
Panzas, is true. When one of them
makes a 'great' speech in denunciation
of the President, some dilapidated
I newspaper in ids interest must the
next day write the President down a
'dictator.'"
I guess tho Inquirer men must have ;
j seen some "great speech" probably :
one in manuscript by "Governor" < ess
na—"in denunciation of the President,"
since they write him down a "king."
- But all their "writing down" will not
do, if Andv Johnson "holds out faith
ful." * SCHOOLBOY.
*r*r.-a s-a •irzsr. ■-—* —'
(For the 0;i/.ett\]
xiii'Niroixv vxi:.
II It is probable that most of the read
ers of the Gaz' /te have heard of the fa
mous and eccentric Lorenzo Dow. Mr.
t Dow commenced, and ended, bis public
(street 1 many years ago, a- an itinerant
1 preacher. Ik labored for a while in
connexion with the Methodist Hpisco
; pal Church. However, the cider-mill
• programme of regularly recurring cir
j euit-travels not stating in- impu!-ive
nature and expansive hoitevoioiu'c, lie
soon discarded the absolute authority
i of bishops and presiding elders, and
; started forth upon his own hook, with
i the Bible for in- guide and the world
1 j for his :, :! r'-h. *>uhoqiien iy he trav
eled quit" cxten-ively in tin-United
. States, and ai.-o visited England and
Ireland. Vast multitudes thronged
upon his minis! ry. and hi- labor* every
where we? attended with beneficial
■ results. Many anecdote- arc related of
■ t hi - remarkable ehri-i ian minister, both
of anamiisingand instruetivci haracter.
; amongst which i- the following, <ug
ge-iivc of tin unnecessary commotion
produced in certain quarter- by the
rumbling of tiie "gently moving car of
progress" on ' nele Toby's "Keystone
Rail Road." Mr. Dow, it i--aid, when
on hi- way to a certain appointment,
, overtook a man who appeared to be
deeply deiectefl. He inquired the cause
of -adiP'— on the part of his newly
found friend. and w as informed that he
had borrow-dan axe from a neighbor.
' The ave had teen stolen by a graoele—
"; thief, and tin poor laborer had not tin
mean-of cameling !ti-obligation. Mr.
1 Dow whose oind was fruitful in expe
' dient- said, "cheer up, friend; come
with me, anl I will find the thief and
the stolen a-ce." lie provided himself
. suitably, aid the two journeyed on to
i gether. Hiving reached the place np
j point d, a/argecongregation was found
j in waiting Mr. I low ascended the pul
(.j pit, passei through the preliminaries,
and cnnitieneed preaching in his pecu
liar and fharaeteristic style. Pausing
abruptly,he related the circumstance
. I of the botrowed axe having been stolen,
and expressed much sympathy for the
poor labotor in his troubles. Then, de
' | liberate!y taking a stone from his coat
pocket, I m* exhibited it to die congre
gation, and looking searehingly around
Uj'sin the multitude of upturned faces,
he said, ".Voir, I in'ind tn hit thi man
who ftoh the ox.e Placing himseli in
throwing attitude, and "suiting the ac
i tion to the word." a man in the a—em
biy dodge/' and made an efibrt to hide
bctwcei the pews. The eccentric the
ologian stretching "Ul Ids arm and
pointimr a siini, quivering finger tow
ard the alarmed culprit, -aid. emphat
ically, " The re is thi wan who sfoti ii<
/" An investigation wa- instituted,
and Mr. Daw's impression proved to be
correct. How true the ancient adage,
" A guilty conscience need- no accuser."
When a writer refer- to gamblers, (le
hoye/ites, draidarri'*. SoOhath-hn a far*.
A- a- different cla—e- of moral offen
ders, and the legitimate repre-entativi -
of the das- mentioned in an\ special
locality,lose theirdiseretion. rage, dodge
and cut all kind-of fantastic caper-, it
' may be taken for granted that each
(.li-tinguishcd actor in the ludicrous
drama knows .something about the
stolen axe. When a minister hear- a
faithful b—tiuinny against prevalent vi
ces, and brings upon himself overrent of
persecution, the wagging of envenom
ed tongue- gives evidence that the nail
has heen driven in a sure place. The:
agitated fraternity by their "i n—" and
fury, show that they are not ignorant, j
orguiltle-s, a . it regards "the stolen!
axe."
Even Editors and Lawyers, with all'
their caution and prudence, sometimes \
get into difficulties, by not making due
allowance for the impulses and imper
fections of poor, fellow humanity.—
Wisdom and virtueare not alwayscon
| nected until greatness. In fact, men of j
prominence and position, at time- do i
! rent foolis!) things, and have just cause
to urge, with becoming earnestness, the
deeply touching plea of the poet;
•■Tench me to fee t another'* woo.
To hide the f iulis I see ;
That increy I lo otheis -how,
That mercy show to me."
Men who meet the demands of sound
1 morality, and observe the 'golden rule,'
can stand erect in any community and
maintain a noble independence; whilst
Adam's erring sons, and Eve's jrait
. daughters; will ever impres.- the pub
lic mind unfavorably by their wincing
and "dodging;" at least so thinks
U. T.
! Feb. 17, 18G6.
j Elertion stl Tyrone. I'a.— Dcniocriilic
(Oiiii mill Victory.
Tvkoxe, Feb. 16.—in the vote for
Burgess in this borough, to-day, the j
Democrats gained thirty-three* over
their vote of last year.
—There are twenty-two thousand ap
plicants for clerkships in the United
THE PRESIDENT AND TIIE NEE ROES.
The following is the substance of the
reply of the President, to a negro dele- i
gation, headed by Fred. Douglas, which
called upon him at the White House,
ou thcTthinst., to make known to him j
their views, and urge hi- co-operation
to secure immediate negro -ufi'rage in :
the District of Columbia and elsewhere: j
The President, in reply, made a long i
i speech which was several times inter- i
runted by Fred. Douglas, whose inter
j ruptions were rather imperiously si
; lenced. The President said he would
■ make no speech. The liest way wa- to j
i talk plainly and di-tiiictiy. If he had ;
not giv< n evidence in hi- pa-t course of
j 11i- friendship for the colored race there
1 was nothing now he could do to that
end. He lead -aid, and he repeat* dit
here, that if the colored man could find
no Mo-(-to bad tin m out of bondage,
j he would he that Moses, and lead them
! to the land of promise and liberty. But
he was not willing, under the circum
stance-, to adopt a policy which would
| lead to the shedding of their blood and
j the -acrifice of their lives. He believ
ed that if the policy which some are ;
i persisting in at the present time wa-
I carried out it would result in great dan
ger to the colored man. lb—aid "-up
i pose th( colored man now in the South
could, by a magic wand. IK* enfranchis
ed to-morrow, w hat good would result
j t<> him?" He expri'-sed the grounds on
which he was oppo-ed to slavery, and
said that it had now been abolished and
a national guarantee given in regard to
it that could not lie revoked. Hi stated
the evil result which would accrue b\
forcing a principle of the extension of
suffrage upon the people either in this
Di-trict or a State in opposition to the
expressed will of the majority, and con
! eluded with a general intimation that
thi> wa- a man's Government,
and an admonition that the negroes had
better lie colonized; finally saying to
the negroe- that they were both after
the -ante object. but were traveling dif
ferent road-. At (lie <*(nelusion of hi
remarks Fred. Douglas-aid he would
have to refer the great question to the
people. The President re-ponded, -ay
ingthat he had great faith in the people.
The negroes, after failing to receive
the Pre-ident'- consent to argue the
question with him. departed, evidently
liot very well satisfied with their inter
view.
W uriU of Clicci'.
The Democratic Convention of N w
llampsiiire has indorsed in -trong ian-
Ignagethe restoration policy of Presi
dent .loli -on. TH>. Democratic Con
%'ention of < 'omiecticut has indorsed the
restoration policy of President .John
son.
The Territorial Legislature of Idaho
i ha- indorse;! the restoration policy of
President Johnson.
A delegation of leading men from
Montana as-ure the President that the
! people of that Territory warmly sus
tain hi- measure-.
The conservative Republican papers
1 throughout the North su-tain the Pre—
! ident. The Conservative Democratic
; paper- throughout the North -ustain
die Prc-ident. All tln- paper- of the
! South, except one or two in Kentucky
! and two ortbreeont of it, sustain Pres
ident Johnson in hi- great ellort- to e
voke harmony from discord and peace
from war. lie receive-the In irty sun
i port of the true Union men of thecinm-
I ;ry, irrespective of party mtmesand di
i vi-ion-, both in the North and in the
South.
He 1- sustained cordially by General
Grant.
Ile is sustained warmly bv General
1 Sherman.
He j- sustained generally by the vet
eran-who achieved the vietoru - of tiie
Union, both officers and men.
Hi- positions are enthusiastically in
i dorsed by all anti—ece-sioni-t-.
lb- iuinounc* d day before ye-terday
; to a delegation that called upon him
■ that lie-hall take no ,-tep- backward;
that he shall not change hi-eour-e: that
1 the measure of hisamhition will iK-lili
i ed to oveifflowing when he sees the
country once more firmly united, and
harmony in ai! it- members fully rc
i -turerj.
( in the other hand, he is oppo-ed bv
'i'haddeu- Steven-. He i-opppo-e<l by
it. i'". Wade. He is ojipo-e(l and de
' nounced by Charle- Sumner! He is
opposed b\ Wendell Phillips! He i
oppit-e'l i*y Henry Wil-on. liv Fred"! -
; ick Don' la—, by B. F. Butler! Hoi
' oppo-ed by the unwa-hed radiea! po
: iiticjd (ire—of tlie North.
He ,>i)pposed by the radical polite
I reHgiotis press of the same sectuMi.
In* • - <ippo-ed by the old soce—hm
i-t- of the North.
He is opposed by those who want a
! grand en-(lidatcd military govein
-1 ment. alter the fa-liion of Napoleon
and the e.iaj" en,' nj If'tl/fi.
He is opposed by those who have
: been expectorating upon the Constitu
' tion. By those who have been decla
ring that ju-truinent a covenant with
| heil and an agreement withdeatii. iy
! those who want t(. change the color of
| white men. women, and children to
! brow n mid veilow.
Vnd now. fellow-Citizens, look on
; <hnt picture and then on this, and judge
| and act as you think patriotism and
! Unioi and de<wmy require.
Cheer and steady!- Loitisride Jnar
iinf.
S'Si % imiiin iM'iorp tL<> < tsm
tuiUcr on
Tin- Richmond ])L[>{iteh of Tuesday
gives the following account of the ia
tervicw between the Virginia delega
tion and the <'ommittee on Reionstruc
tion:
After the interview between Pre-i
--dent Johnson and the committee, a i'or
malsummons, kiguedhy Mr. Fessen
den, Uiiainnan of the I "cited States
Committee on Recon-iruetion, was
-erved upon all the members of the N'ir
gi ilia Committee, except Mr. Pendleton,
by the Sergeant-at-Arnis.
The summons cited the authority of
that -ommittee to call before them ]>er
•on-and papers, and the mem hers of
tin* Virginia ('ommittee accordingly
waited upon Mr. i-'essenden.
Fes-enden informed the Virginia
( ommittee that :iie matter had been re
ferred to a sub-committee of three, of
which Mr. Howard was chairman. The
committee thereupon went to the com
mittee room, and met Mr. Howard.—
Mr. Dale Carter asked to lie examined
first, which was agreed to. His testi
mony was given in a private room, ;tl
ter which he left. Mr. Joyces was next
examined separately. Mr. • P'ay le't the
committee, and was not examined.—
After the examination of Mr. Joyce-,
the further proceedings were carried on '
in the same room. There were pre-ent
Mr. Baldwin, Air. Keen, Mr. Grattan
and Mr. Joynes.
Mr. (.{rattan, on being asked whether
a jury could be found in Virginia who
would find Jefferson Davis guilty of
treason,-aid no; but afterward quali
fied the remark by saying that as Rich
mond had always contained a large
number of Union men, such a jury
might be found. When Mr. Grattan
gave this opinion, before qualifying it
as above, Mr. Joynes rose and said he
differed in opinion with him. No oth
er member of the committee spoke.—
Subsequently Mr. Baldwin said, dur
same question, that ninety-nine Virgin
ians out of every hundred had agreed I
with Mr. Davis in opposing the Feder- !
al Government; that their Cause had
been his cause; and that it would, eon- 1
sequently, be a painful thing to give ;
such a verdict; out that, as men of lion- :
or, under instruction front the Court,
(hey would give a verdict in accordance
with theiroath as jurors, however pain- 1
ful it might lie.
Mr. Baldwin va- further ititerroga
ted as to his interview with Mr. Lin
eoln, in April, l*<>t, and answen<l as
follows: That he had a private inter
view with .Mr. Lincoln,and (hut they
had talked freely concerning the state j
of the country. Mr. Lincoln asked why
the Virginia Convention did not ad- ;
journ? His reply was that, although
there was n Union majority in the Con
vention, they would not adjourn while I
ignorant of the plan for the adjustment
of our sectional difficulties, lie had ai- 1
-o said that if he had Mr. Lincoln's
1 lower he could settle the disaffection in :
fifteen minutes by withdrawing the !
troops from Sumter and Dickens, and
by callinga convention of all the States. '
Mr. Lincoln had replied that he would
do thi-. Howard said that he felt eer- j
tain that Mr. Lincoln never had prom- j
i edto withdraw the troops from Sum
ter as an inducement to the Virginia
Convention to adjourn, for he would
have been swept from his -cut by the
indignant people of the North. Mr.
Baldw in replied that his memory was
good, and such was his impression, but
as lie was alone with Mr. Lincoln on
that occasion, and there was no one now
to rebut hi- testimony, he would not
give it as anything more than an im
pression left upon his mind.
Tin-proceedings, although formal were
marked by good temper and cordiality
and the Virginia Committee and the
SuM ommittee on Reconstruction sep
arated with reciprocal kindness and .
courtesy."
OIM.RT:WI(T> W. M:\VS.
SENATE. - --A joint re-olution of the
legislature of theStateof < >iiio, against
tin* assumption of the war debts of 1 he
several States by tlie General Govern
ment. was presented and referred : o tiie
< ommittee on Reconstruction. The
petition of five hundred negro- -oldiors
askiiig right of suffrage, but not -ocial
equality, was referred to the Commit
tee of fifteen. A petition of manufac
turer.-, asking that the tax on sales of
agricultural implements tie reduced,
wo-referred to ttie Committee on Fi
nance. Mr. Sumner presented the pe
tition of Fred. Douglass and other ne
groes, who claim to represent the negro
race, protesting against the passage of
i the Constitutional amendment now
pending in the Senate, in its present
form, and against allowing any Slam
*'iiy implication or otherwise 7- to ex
clude any one from voting on account
of race or color. After some highly
laudatory remark- oy Mr. Sumner, the
petition was ordered to be printed and
iaid on the table, i iie Committee on
Military Affairs reported favorably on '
the bill'to repay the State of Missouri
1 for money spent in rai-ing troops for
the United States during the war. Tin
Fill to tlx the military peace esiabli-h
--ment of the United state-, eg-, after a
loiigdiscussion.takeu up ami read. The
constitutional amendment to fix the
lvisis of representation in the several
States of the Union, was then taken up
and discussed. Mr. Williams, of Ore
gon, made a long speech. He opposed
i the admission of the Southern Stares
! tinder their present form of govern
ment. and the holding of office by men
who oppose.! the 1 'nited State- (fovern
ment in tiie war: tut he did not think
the negroes in the South yet qualit • <1
to vote. Hive them a little time to
• team, and he would he with the Sena
tor from M:—aolm-eu- Mr. Sumner .
lie considered it more important that
the Republican party should rule than
that any -et of men should vote. He
was witling to admit Tennessee a- an
experiment, and if thai did not succeed,
to keep the South under military rule.
\ vote on the question was asked. Hut
on motion the further consideration of
the resolution was postponed until t<c
day. Tiie bill to prevent and punish
kidnapping, was taken up and pa-sed.
It- provisions will lie found in the pro
ceeding- published elsewhere. The
Senate then went Into executive ses
sion. and soon after adjourned.
HOCSE OK RKCUISKNTATI v I;s.— A
hill providing appropriations for the
Do-tollicc Department for the year en 1-
ing January 30th, !-s~. reported from
the Committee on Yppropriution-, was
ivferred to the Committee of the WhoU?.
< onsiiieratioii of the hill allowing the
-ai<- of postage stamps and enveloe.'s
on credit, was then resumed. Mr. Ka<-
son, of lowa, moved that all 'mt the
first .section he stricken out. it would
tin <i authorize the Postmaster General
until June frith, is<;s, to deposit postage
stamp- and envelopes witli any persons
he -lionld select to - 11 and circulate
them under his instructions, such per
sons to give bonds for the faithful per
formance of their duties. After sotne
discussion of the hill, because it wa- in
tended to facilitate postal communica
tion at the South, its further considera
tion was postponed for two weeks. The
House then went into Committee of
the Whole on the additional Civil Ap
propriation bill. A debate sprang up
on the appropriation providing one
hundred and ten thousand dollars for
the payment of elaiiusdue for con-: rt; f
ingand furnishing the United States
District Court Housein Baltimore. Sir.
Waslihurtic, of Illinois, moved to strike
out the appropriation, but. the vote be
ing taken, it was retained. The next
appropriation was the sum of forty-six
thousand dollars for refurnishing and
repairing the President 7 .- hou-c, Mr.
Stevensstating ihat bedding.furniture,
spoons, Ac., wore taken away in such
,amounts during the illne-sof President
Lincoln that there was hardly anything
left for the incoming President. The
appropriation was retained, as was also
various others embraced in the bill one
of which wa- the smo of thirty thous
and dollars for defraying the funeral
expenses of Abraham Lincoln. At L iu
P. M. the House took a recess.
After recess the session was taken up
with speech-making.
The SI;N STK was not in session on
Ktit utility.
In rno Hoi sK,a iwvionstram-e against
tin 1 i-—;iif of stamped envelop was pre
sented, and resolutions, were offered
justifying the suspension of the finfuos
onrp v.v ;i i M'i the main tenant of military
governments in the South. The re-?
of ih time was consumed in talking.
moat!'. Tlu-crcdi htials of the Hon.
John Sherman, re-eleeted Senator from
< )?iso, were presented and placed on tile.
The following- petition- were presented:
From citizens of Rerki leyand Jefferson
counties, Virginia, against the ee-sion
of tjinse counties to Wist Virginia: I'.y
Mr. Sumner, from a negro convention
in Florida, asking for a grant of home
steads, educational assistance and the
privilege of the elective franchise. Pe
titions from citizens of Now York, ask
ing that a Republican form of Govern
ment be organized in the Southern
States. Another petition from New j
York, in favorofan International Copy
right law. A petition from Philadel- j
nhia, asking a reduction of one dollar a j
barrel on the tax on crude Petroleum. '
From citizens of Pennsylvania, j>ra vi f
lor such i modification of the *i*,.
laws as will afford more protection •
the labor and industry of the •
From the Free Trade league, n
a continuance of the Reciprocity Tr.
Several other petitions of minor in ,
tance were presented.
HOL'SE OK R K I'LL I ISF.XT ATL V K-.
olutions were introduced, by Mr. 1.
year, of-Michigan, that the present
dition of tiie Monthern State- jus:
the -usjicnsion of tiie writ of lining,,
pit* and the maintaining of a,;;
pos.-es.siou, and thanking the Pre-ic, .
for employing military force to pr
Union citizens and frecdinen in - (j
States. The r> -olutions were v.
separately and agn ed to. Tiie ■.
each bill will be found elsewhere,
joint resolution was rejiorted fron'
Committee on Foreign Affairs re
ing the Secretary of the Navy
isha vessel to a.s-i-t in layingatetam
line across Behritig's Strait- was. ..
after some <li- -n—ion. A bill v.
ported from the Committee ot, ,
merec a mending the act prclii
importation of foreign cattle, -•
give the Secretary of theTri a-ury
tor authority in certain case-. j t "
pa-sed. Tiie Committee on Klw
rejiorted that Mr. Henry L. Wash
is entitled to the -cat now !l M :
Voorhccs, from the Ninth ('m gn"
a! di-'rict of Indiana. Titer. ,r
laid over. The considers! i .. <
contested election case of the
Congressional District of Pcmi.-vl v:. -
Coffmth v>'"v.- Koontz, wat !, > - i -
ed, and after a lortg debate Akg .•
It. Cott'roth 'Democrat W.t- flet*;.■
entitled to the -eat by a vo'.e of; .
nays *,s, and was sworn in. '] ]„'. j, ;>!
hill was made the special or. - !.- •• of til,-
day for one o'clock P.M. t<>-niorr<iy.
and the Hou-c adjourned.
qiscn.i.tx>:i s MAVS.
Hon. "Nfosi- W. Cooh atmh. ;i !ii.
ly respected and prominent cub
Monro; - 'utility, died al hi- o-.-a.. x
Middle Smiih.ticld, on the r.th j >.<(.,;
the i;sth year of his age. I(, - -j.
a mcmherof the Lcgistatureuu-L, r.
a number of year-a- A—o -ia;. ,
of Monroe county.
—-Detective Baker of the War ;
partmeiil, who i.-arried tHit._- v.
-urii a high hand during the rebc'j;<
lias hcmi convicted ticlbri the t <
(httrt or Washington, of fa -a in,;
onnient. His sentence has I 'm p.;.
poiud for the present.
—A delegation from the ,\: th x;
LpiscopaJ Conference of Akwamir
waited upon the President vc-t rii ..
to assure him of their o(i-operati
The President rec< ived thcrn v<■;
courteously.
—Gov. Potion, of Alabama, has] -
claimed an amnesty to all person- . -
hie to be prosecuted for offenses aj:
the laws of tlutf State, rape or tuur
exci'ptfd,during the interregnum !>
iW-.u tin oid and llev. civil p...
ments.
—Anemic Ward recently lecture - .
N( w l Means for the benefit of the km
iiy of Jefferson Davis. The opr;
house was not only crowded, but uian;
persons bought tickets who could c
attend. The receipt- were very la: A
—John Rio-, who claims the Chi
tainship of the Clierokees, had an i
terview with the President on Tliur
day, Uith io-t., ii is believed for tl
jiurpose of obtaining his recognition.
('inof.
- i i iia- bt eu proposed to divide x
Vork State, placing those counti - •
gefltci win is, interests and jiolitit -
moiiizo. .i. petition for that pin - ]
will, it is -aid. be sent to Congress.
G< n. Grant has issmd a circulart
the Department commanders, dircctii
them to i'unii-li inform.uion in IVJ ■
to disloyal newsjiajiers, with a view:
thesuppri ion of such.
—The editor of the Richmond V
aminer called on Gen. Grant on Friday
and solicit, d a revocation of the si>
pension order. He was directed topui
his jietition in writing.
—Mr. Seward was in the Unite*
States HOUM of Representatives 01
Friday, conferring with the New V - 1
delegation. He i< said to havclieu -
vere on the radicals.
—it is stated tiiat tiio Austrian N '
ister protested to Mr. Seward agr.i' *
the insults in Bancroft's oration,
that Mr. Seward ju-tiiicd 1' c. r.>;'
remarks.
—Sixty-three thousand valentine
pa-scd through the New York j-n- -
lice- on \Y< due-day and Thur-ti: y
Tin* nuiiitiei i;isj year wa- nearlv i<
nun.
—Negro suffrage and equality res
tions have been introthiced in the Mail'
Legi-lature. Resolutions urging u
punishiiieut of the Southern l.i ;F -
liave be 11 reported against.
—The U. S. Treasurer ha- connnci: -
cod to cash alt war and navy warn;
not amounting To over AlftJMia a '
qnarf. rinastersand other disbursiflig
ticers 7 cheek- under S.">.IHI(.
Two persons weresufforatcl by tl
esesjjH'of ga,s in a room in ah '
Chicago, on the fftli in.-.t. Hueoi 'y
wa- dead when lounil in tiie in ;, ra.- -
ihe other n - o\ ered.
—At Rock port', <Ah.io, la-t w"
uian hacked his wife to piece.-wy
axe in lied, and then drowia-d in"'"
in a neighboring pond.
—An election for burge.— hc'tl ' '
rone, Pa., on I-'riday last. - 1v ' j \
DemiMwatie gain of M votes sine'
year.
—A iiill i- to lie introduced in *
New Jersey I louse for a railroad in 1
position to the ( amden and Am
line.
-A messenger of the United
Kxpress Comyany. at St. Lean. ■
robhed while delivering a satcla
Saturday, of sin.ecu.
-The South Carolina Episcopal';
vention have re-olved on a reus
with the Episcopal < iiurcl) < 1- (In - 1 !
ted States.
—The order suppressing lite
inontl Krau* !'•>• has been revoked,
the publication of.that paper wiJ ■'
sunied.
—Over five hundred pardons ot N
ami South Carolinians were sent to '
President for signature on Friday.
—A lit-; utcii to the New York
/icc.e says the President will ct rtae
veto iii Fm-dmeti's Rureau hill.
—At Louisville. Ivy., on Friday to
ning, the thermometer indicated son*
I degrees lielow zero.
—The Mississippi has overflowed
; unrepaired levees near Raton itou>a?
La., and a great tlood is anticipated
| —An imperial train valued at
jiHHt was captured recently in Mexico
the Republicans.
—General Robert K. l,ee testified be
j fore the Reconstruction Committee on