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The Testimony of the Vanquished.
Frrm the Timet'
The same philosophical characteristics that
distinguished the speeches of Mr. Stephens, of
Gccnria, appear in bis testimony reoently given
before the Committee on Reconstruction. It
differs very striklnel y In several respects, and
In none more than In its vein ot philosophy,
from the testimony of General Lee. Lee de
clined to indulge in speculative fancies; refused
to go below the urface, or to set forth any
thing that was not quite palpable upon the face
of it. He could hardly be drawn into the
answering of questions involving political views,
and was cautious to the lau decree as to the
force and bearing oi every word he uttered.
Stephens woe more open and free, more explicit
and exact, as well as more rhetorical, less
dubious, and less tcurlul; and was not back
ward in exhibiting what of course he possesses
a far more thorough knowledge ot political
Influences ami 1wb, and a far more extensive
api-rebcnsion of the springs of human action
and thd forces that govern the popular will.
The two names jiibt mentioned aro thoso of
the two foremost men In the Southern States.
The testimony of no other parly or parties
could be of equal importance or historical value,
unltss it, were tnat 01 Jetlersou Davis. Jhs test!
mony, moreover, would have more hintoriaal
Intel est than practical value, lie is capable of
tell i up the world some tliinni about the inaido
working and actual conductor the Rebellion,
which we should probably learn from no other
source; but as he has b n kept in close contlne
menl ever since the fall ol the Confederacy, ho
knows little ol the great moral changes Which
have come over the Southern people since that
time. Moreover, it is probable that Davis Is
now, among Southerners, quite exceptional in
his let lings and views.
Ab the actual figure-head of the great South
ern Confederacy, and its representative men
beiore the woild, it is probable and in truth we
understand it to be a lact that he still regards
himself as the guardian of its ruins, and t be sen
timental defender of its wrecked fortunes its
Sutative parent and its inconsolable mourner;
e will neither restrain his bitterness against lis
detroers nor acquiesce in the decrees whose
supremacy is inevitable. This may nil bo quite
as pitllul as It is puerile; but it is what might
have been expected of Daw. and what would
render any evidence that might be extracted
from him more entertaining than anything el.se.
We are by no means committing ourselves
to the political philosophy ot Stephens, as set
forth in bis testimony, when we say that in
many particulars it possesses the characteristics
that are ordinarily designated statesmanlike.
Stephens displays a faith more or less firm in
principle and profound regard lor that which is
expedient Mistaken lrequ9ntly in the appre
hension of truth as in his celebrated "corner
stone" blunder he yet exhibits a perpetual ten
dency to base himself on broad and established
doctrines; but, when the application of any one
ol those doctrines to the circumstances ot prac
tical life is palpably impossible, he would either
ignore it altogether, or lor the time being subor
dinate it.
He declares, himself, for example, to have been
a Union roan at the epoch of secession; but find
ing secession Inevitable, and the Confederacy an
accomplished tact, he became a leader of the
new Confederacy, in order that he might do all
in his powf r to rescue and perpetuate the prin
ciples established in trie old Constitution and
the political forms established in the original
Union. 80 now, again, he is still a believer in
the "separate sovereignty ot the several States,"
though it will be observed he does not not?
reiterate as strongly as he proclaimed in the
South two or three years ago, the "ultimate, ab
solute sovereignty" ot each State; but while, as
he alleges, his "convictions on the orginal ab
stract question have undergone no change," he
Accepts the issue of the war as settling it finally
again&t hu views. We say that, as things go.
vie of this style are considered philosophical
enough, and though tney neither indicate the
clearest Initial convictions, the highest order ot
principle, the spirit that actuates martyrs, nor
the man who is tit to rule in great crises, tey
pass current as meritorious in ordinary times,
and furnish a rnle of conduct not altogether in
applicable in the common woric of government.
Mr. Stephens sets forth views analogous in
principle to h s own, as having controlled the
action of the Southern people in the past, and
as still controlling it. Circumstances, such as
the secession of South Carolina, compelled the
citizens of Georgia to act against their own con
victions, and though Unionists in principle,
they fell into, Indorsed, and fought for the des
tructive policy ot disunion. They had always
believed, however, that the State had the rigdt
ot secession, and though Mr. Stephens is cau
tious on this subject, remarking that "some may
have changed their opinion in this respect, but
it would Le an unusual thing, as well as a diffi
cult matter, for a whole, people to change
thi'ir convictions upon abstract principles,"
yet he reiterates with great force that the entire
State, like himself, has accepted the result of
the war on this nuestion. or on these nuestinnn.
as final, and will in no case bring them agaiu
into
uihpuw in xne arena 01 war. xuey tried
war, he says, for the maintenance of their rights,
but having found that it destroyed them all,
they will now and henceforth seek their main
tenance only by ways of peace. '
It is not in the noveity of Mr. Stephens' state
ments that their merest and value lie; but as
furnishing the ablest analysis of the grounds of
Southern political' action, and as a personal nar
ration of the processes ot his own intellect,
during two great historical crises, they are of
enduring interest.
What Free Trade did for the South.
From the Tribune.
"Cotton is King !" shouted the South, "and
labor is the business of slaves." Selrisu, arro
gant, and confident in the secure possession of
a fancied monopoly, the South determined,
through her politicians, to "play it alone" on
agriculture. She periodically smashed our pro
tective tariffs, and established British free
trade on the ruin ol Northern manufactures, and
soueht to drive the mechanical labor ot the
free States to the unoccupied Western lands, and
to force it to nurment the pioduction of bread
ai;d meat to cheaply feed her slaves while
raising cotton. The South played deep her
"lone" game on agriculture. In the midst of
it she burst into war on the North. stalked
out of her cotton-fields into battle-fields. Ho w
naked the lunatic was) Exclusively devoted
to planting, importing everything, making
sothuig, free trade irom tier crown to her loot,
she began fighting without lion manufactures,
-without cloth manufactures, without leather
manufactures. She had no metals nor niachinerv
for making arms and ammunition no establish
ments lor making machinery of transportation
no powuer lulu's no paper mills to make cur
triages or even regimental muster rolls. She
had no navy to keep opan her ports for the in
troduction of supplies from Rnrone: tinrnllinir
mills or shops to keep her railroads in running
cr ier. Cotton alone che had, but she had no
baeninc to put it in. She was nonr npnrtw
naked, and powerless, save in her courage, arro
gance, and determination an awful monument
ot the IruiU ol British free trade. There are
Southerners who clearly see this truth. Among
them is Alexander II. II. Stuart. ContrrMmim
elect from Virginia. He declared In the Staunton
operator or r e oruary 27
"The recent war has taught us some useful lessons.
It baa shown ui how dependent we iave been on the
North and loreisn countries, and how helpless we
were when eut off from the outside world. Let ns
proat oj tuts paiuini auu uuinuiaung experience,
THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH. PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY,
and try and put ourselves on a better footing In
I11 turn
"Why should we not beat the North with their
own weapon r We hare a muoh invontive genius
as they, and we hare, as I bare shown, greatly the
advantage in a-oosnphio.il position, ami all t ie
hysical elements necessary to a suooosslul proseou
tion 01 manuiactnrina- industry.
"7 he North a-ked protection for hor whl'e labor,
whioh was eswntinl to its existence, because it had
to compete with the pauper latior ot Europe Trie
Poutb, needing? no protection lor its peon ior labor
and productions, beoaune tnv bd no foiimdable
competition in tbe maikeit ot the world, re in nod
to accord It to the tree labor of the North, and
thus, by a anort-sirhted and mi-takn polioy. tho
two systems were brought iuto a relation or anta
gonism which culminated In the war it we had
supported the protective system, I real It boll ts we
would bare had no war. IT von will revert to the
hMoryot the last fortv years, you will find that
wheuevar we had a protective tariff oomparatlvu
qui prevailed In tbe country t but as soon a- pro
teoton to free labor w as withdrawn, sectional ex
citement and animosity followed.".
These are the words ot a statesman, honored
and distinguished by twentv-five years of ser
vice m Important public trust'. They outline a
filan for the truest, best, and only recotistruo
ion ol the South and restoration" of the Union.
Will not both North and South accept it r
The Reconstruction of the Cabinet the
First Duty ot the President.
From the Herald.
President Johnson must be convinced by thus
time that those members ot his Cabiuet who are
opposing his restoration policy have not suffi
cient respect for their own dignity nor regard
for his position to throw up their portfolios. It
must also be quite evident to him that they are
retaining then positions for tbe express purp isc
01 assisting the radicals In Conere.18 in their
ellorts to defeat the measures of his administra
tion. Whether this is their Intention or not.
sucb is plainly the practical effect of their
course. Tho lact that they are known to. b
using the patronuee ot their several departments
to strcnethen the radicals, and the President at
the same tune retaining thorn in hifl Cabinet,
contuses (lie minds of the people. It creates
doubt and hesitancy in regard to the oblecta of
his administration.
This confusion is precisely what tho radicals
desire; tor with it they aie able to discourage
the conservative Republicans and dishearten
them in their effort to sustain the President's
restoration policy. They imagine that all that
is necessary lor their complete success is to con
tinue the present regime until alier the next
Congressional election, when tney believe that
they will have everything their own way. Tins
r-hows very pluinly that the greatest dinger
which now tluenteiis Andrew Jonnson's Admin
lbtration is tho intriguing aeainst him by his
own constitutional adviiers. It bus already
increased tbe strength ot the radicals in Con
gress and given t hem so lurno a majority that
the President is unable to carry through any of
his measure?.
As long as such men as Stanton, Harlan, and
Speed are permitted to remain in their present
positions, lust so long win tney use tiie lutiu
ence of their departments aaiu-t the Execu
tive, and lor the express purpose ot building up
the radicals. This fact of itselt' proves the ne
cessity of an immediate change, nd their
prompt removal by the President. This action
should Ye taken by Mr. John.-on without delay,
betore they succeed In strengthening the radical
politicians with the people, There is no doubt
that the great Iliads of the people approve Mr.
Johnson's restoration policy, und will sustaii)
the measures of his administration. But this
does not appear to have any weight with the
present Congress, and will, t hero! ore, be with
out avail to the President until another Con
gress is elected and takes its scat, in the national
legislative halls.
To postpone reconstruction until then will be
a serious calamity to the country. It will in
crease our difficulties and lead us to dangerous
complications both at borne and abroad. But
whatever is accomplished sooner than that will
have to be done through tho present Congress,
It is with them that he is now obliged to deal.
It is essential tor his own sake and that of the
country that he should have a party there strong
enough to check the radical majority, and, it
posBiDie, control it. run he could have had to
day were it not for the intrigues of the radicals
in nis own uatnnct. Thehe mies in his canm
must be removed. Their opposition to the mea
sures or nis aumimstration tins already Decome
a too serious question for the President to longer
neonate or trine witn tnem.
We are aware of and can appreciate the deli
cacy which a man like Mr. Johnson would have
in reference to the removal of those men from
office who were associated with his lamented
predecessor, but he has by his forbearance, even
n ine lace ot provocations, already allowed this
to control his actions too long for his own good.
Aside irom that, there ts too much at stake tor
him to allow feelings of delicacy to control his
action. He has tried the radicals long enouerh
by letting them have their own way and the
support of several of the most important depart
ments ot the Oovernroent. Now let him
try and see what virtue there is in a
harmonious administration. It is certain
that every day that he retains the radical
oieorgamzers in nis cabinet ho loses strength in
tbe present Congress, and the revolutionary
party in tbat body becomes more powerful and
defiant. In view of these tacts It is essentially
necessary that the President should act at once
in this matter. It has reached a point where a
reconstruction of his Cabinet becomes a neces
sity. He has everything to gain and nothing to
lose by prompt action. Let him, then, boldly
assume the responsibility, and select irom tho
ranks of the conservative Republicans constitu
tional advi-ers to take the place of every radical
disorganizer now in his Cabinet, and he will
find tbat it will work like magic on tbe politici
ans in and out ot Congress. It will show to
them that he is in earnest, reassure the public,
and encourage the iriends of his administration
everywhere.
Is the Habeas Corpus Still Suspended ?
From the World.
We are no favorers of subtlety and finesse in
politics. In a free country, where government
is tinder the control, or supposed to be under
the control, ot public opinion, proclamations
and documents addressed to the mass of citizens
fchould have no other meaning than that which
the ordinary sense of plain people would natu
rally put upon the words. This sound rule has
been egregiously transgressed In tbe President's
proclamation of April 2, if the interpretation
now put on it at Washington be the one origi
nally intended. It is given out, nay, it is as
set ted in an official telegram, that the Proclama
tion ol Peace does not remove martial law nor
restore the habeas corpus in the Southern
states. We Buppose we must regard the follow
ing sin prising correspondence as genuine;
"ArjouBTA.Ga., April 16. ilaJoi-General Howard :
Does tbe fresloent's proclamation remove martial
luw in this Htatef It so, General Brannon does not
ieel authorized to arrest parties who have commlttod
outrages on treed people or Union retiueea. l';ease
ana we rby Ut.'evraob. Davis Tilson,
"Jiriffadlor-General ot Volunteers."
To this the following answer was sent yester
day, by direction of the President:
"Wab Dxpabtmeut, Washiuqtos Citt, April
17 The President's proe amatlou dots not remove
nuutial law, or operate in any wai upon the F-eod-meu's
bateau in tbe exercise ot its legitimate Juris
diction. It K not expeoient, bowever, to resort to
military tribunals iu any ease where justioe ean be
obtained through the medium of civil authority.
"IS. D. TOWKSKND,
"Assistant Adjutaut-ueueral "
If Iho Proclamation of Peace does not remove
martial law and restore the habeas corpus, it
would puzzle everybody but Us author to tell
why it was issued. For aught we can see, the
President might just as well have published a
curiously constructed conundrum, A good puz
zling conundrum would have precisely the same
legal effect; and if anybody bad succeeded in
guessing it, it might have proved a good deal
more entertaining. The Proclamation intro
duced itHelf by a long string or whereanei, re
citing tbe reasons for its issue, and culminating,
at the point of junction, as follows:
"And whereas, itauding armies, military occupa
tion, martial law, military tribunals, and the sns
pen.'iou ot tbe privilege ot tbe writ of hatoas eor-
rus, are, In time of peace, danrerous to publio
terty, incompatible with the individual rights of
the oitixpii, conirar to tho renins and spirit of our
ire Institutions, and exhaustive of the national
resources, aid ought not, thereiore, to be sanctioned
or allowed, except in enses of actual necessity tor
repelling invasion or suppressing insurrection or
rebellion.
"And whereas, the policy of the Government of the
United Mate, from the beginning of tbe Insurrec
tion to its overthrow aud final suopros Ion tins been
in conformity with the principles herein set lonh
and enumerated
"l htretoie, I, Andrew Johnson, President of the
Unlteo States do hereby proclaim and declare that
the insurrection wbi h fierotolore existed in the
8tatcs ol Georgia South Ca.oiina, North Carolina,
Virginia, Tennessee. Alabama, Louisiana Arkansas,
M'ssiseippi, and Florida, Is at an end, aud henoelortb.
to b" so regatdrd.
-In testimony whereof I." etc.
1 It anybody can reconcile these enorgetic de
clarations with the continued existence of
martial law, we shall award more credit to the
Ingenuity 01 the Interpreter than to the candor
ot the author of. a document so deceptively
worded. What possible connection Is there be
tween the premises and the conclusion, when
this recital ot the peril and mischicr of martial
law is made the ground of a proclamation which
docs not remove it ? We aro here told in one sen
tence that martial law aud tho suspension of the
habeas corpus ought not to be allowed except
for "suppressing insurrection or rebellion ;" in
tho next sentence, we are told of tho "over
throw" of tbe insurnction, nay, of its "tlnal
suppression," Put tbe two sentences together,
and the amount to a declaration that there is
no longer any possible justification for martial
law, und this Is followed by a solemn proclama
tion that the insurrection which has "heretofore
existed" in ihe ten enumerates States "is at an
eud.and henceforth to be so regarded." How,
in the name of reason, can an insurrection that
i" at end tt'siity things which were allowable
only A3 instruments for Its "suppression ?"
We can discover nothing in the proclamation
of the enbtle, artful, dodging Secretary of
State; but it it is to be explained away, we can
easily discern Mr. Seward's Uimer in that.
The rcplv to the Georgia Freedineu's Uureati,
objectionable as vp deem its substanco, will
bear one interpretation which is creditable to
President Job nson'8 enduring tenacity of pur
pose. It totally Ignores the Civil Rights bill,
and suggests the inquiry whether President
Johnson regards it as it law. If the proteges of
the Georgia Frecdmen's Bureau are maltreated,
the Civil Rights bill not only authorizes, but
enjoins upon, the officers ol the bureau to make
arrest, aud bring tne olfeuoers to justice:
"fa ction 4. I hat the District Attorneys, Alar-dials,
and Deputy Maishais 01 the United tMaies, the com-mis.-ioiiers
appointed by tho circuit and te ntorial
courts ol the United Slates with powers of arresting,
imprisoning or bailing offenders anainst the .aws of
the United (Stales, tho oil.cers aud agents ot. the
Freed men's Huria'i, and every other ollicor who
mnv bo specially empowered by Iho l'lo iiient of the
United Slates, shall be and they are oereby specially
authorized ana required, at 'b expense of the
United -ti tes. to institute Droceidmoa upainut all
and every person who snull violate the provisions ot
mis una cause mm or tnem to be arrested and
imprisomd, or bailed, as tho case may no, for trial
beiore such of tho United Mates or territorial courts
as ny this act havo co"inzanco ot the on'ouse; and j
with a viiw ot affording luaeoaablo nroiection to a l J
puiauuB iu tuuir coiibiuuiionai rignu 01 equality be
tore the law, wi'hout distibonon ot race or color, or
previous counition ot slavery or involuntary servi
tude CXOi lit as a Dunishnioni lor crime, wnernnl'lhn
party shall have bten duly convicted, and the prompt
,,,ri"'' v v. "10 uuuro vi una uu.., iv snail ue me
duty ol the Circu t Courts of the United Siaiot, and
tbe Suporior Courts of the territories of the United
Stater, irom time to tune to increas t ie number of
commlssioreis, so as to afford a speedy and conve
nient means ior the arrest and examination ot per
sons charged with a violution of this act "
Now, when the officers of the (ioorgia Freed
mu's Bureau doubted their authority to make
lurtber anests under martial law, the President
might simply have directed tneir attention to
this section of the Civil Rights bill, where they
aie authorized to make arrests "tviin a view to
adorning reasonable "protection to nil persons
in. the constitutional rights ot equality before
the law." It is as clearu case under the Civil
Rights bill as there could possibly be; and vet the
Pret-ident ignores that law entirely, and bos re
course to martial law. Of the two evils this may
be ihe least; and though inconsistent with the.
Proclamation, it is, alter a lasblon, technically
defensible.
Its technical defense (which Is sufficient to
protect the President and those who act under
him from legal consequences) rests on the
peculiar language of the act of Conercss author
izing tbe suspension of tho habeas corpus. Tbat
act en.powcrs the President, by proclamation,
to suspend the habeas corpus "throvghout the
United States," and "during tbe present Rebel
lion." Only eleven States ever having been pro
claimed in Rebellion, and the suspension being
authorized in the whole thirty-six, the law
established the principle (so far as an act of
Congress could establish it), that, while the
suspension must be contemporary with tho
Rebellion in time, it need not be co-extensive
with it in space: in other words, that the writ
may be suspended m States not actually in rebel
lion, provided rebellioa exists anywhere, in any
ol the States. This principle has been repeatedly
acted upon by President Johnson himself. On the
13th ot June, 1865, he proclaimed that the rebel
lion bad ended in the State of Tennessee; but
said, in the same proclamation, that it should
not be construed as impairing the suspension of
the habeas corpus or the exibteuce of military
law. On the hrst of December he issued a pro
chimation annulling the suspension ot the
habeas corpus in all the States and Territories,
with certain enumerated exceptions; among
them, Kentucky and Tennessee, one of which
had never been proclaimed in insurrection, and
the other had been proclaimed out of it. As
Texas was not included in the Peace Proclama
tion, it may be regarded as still technically in
rebellion, and on the principle adverted to, the
President may keep the habeas corpus suspended,
and martial law in operation, wherever he
chooses. So that if Coneress uould undertake
to impeach nim, or anybody should think lit to
prosecute his agents ior illegal arrests, he has
precisely the same defence that Sir. Lincoln and
his agents would have had, when they made
siniiiur arrests in New York, on the ground that
there was a Rebellion in some other part of the
country.
It is very possible that this Georgia appUca
tion was a got-np inquiry, by which the radicals
meant to test the President on the Civii Rights
bill. It he had reason to suppose so, his reDlv
was ekiltul. "if tbe civil tribunals fail to afford
protection, resort to martial law; but avoid it if
you can," is the substance ot bh direction; and
hateful as martial law is in a tree country, this
is not a bad Roland for the radicals' Oliver But
though martial law is not la d
we shoulo be recreant to our principles, and
fulse to antecedents to which we look back with
pride, if we failed to reprobate it, even when
its ghost reappears to sear the eye balls of iu
original friends.
The Radicals.
From the Daily Newt.
History Is full of striking examples of tho cor
rupting influences of power, but it furnishes
no parallel for the course pursued by the radi
cal wing of the Republican party since they
succeeded in securing complete and undisputed
control of the Government. It is true the men
who shape the policy and direct the action of
this party have always been bad men, and their
protean party protean so far, at least, as name
is concerned has always been a bad and cor
rupt party. But they would not have dared
twenty, or even ten years ago, to entertain the
purposes they now openly avow, or so reck
lessly to unveil their nefarious designs. They
still, indeed, profess to reverence the Constitu
tion and respect the laws; but ths thin veil af
hypocrisy which, with scornful carelessness, they
spread over their motives, only serves, like the
meretriclouB drapery of the harlot, to snow off
tbe corruption it doe not hide.
Ten years ago the people of the United States
were free, and their Government was represent,
tlve. To-day, an oligarchy which has destroyed
the Constitution, defied the laws and usurped
despotic powers, makes a mere mock ot our
once-boabted liberties. And when iheir authority
is questioned they do not attempt to defend the
legality of Iheir acls, but answer wlh more
thau Imperial arrogance: Ma too, ticjvbeo; 8c
rn ratione volunlat.
It is difficult to reali7o that this state orthings
exist; the masfes of the people do not realize
it. But p have an abiding hope that they will
ere long, and when tnat dav arrives, the sceptra
of the usurpers will crumble In their grasp, v
We cannot understand hw men. who are
neither loots Lor knave, can sanction the usur
pations ot Sumner ami Stevens, or lad to see
that, in sustaining them, they are establishing
piecedcnts that may and will, some day, b? used
against themselves witb teartul lorce. R;spoct
lor the law is essential to the stability of a Iree
government, and 101ms its only gunrauteo. Un
ltss this sentiment be deeply rooted in the hearts
ol .the people, pBper constitutions will ,be found
worthless in securing their liberties. When,
thereiore, constitutional limitations upon power
are once disregarded, even in small partvjulars,
the whole moral power of the charter is do
Btroved, the swoid becomes tho ultimate arbt'er,
might makes right, aud liberty is lost. Aud it
the taoicals succeed in demoralizing the people,
what guarantee have they that some equally
unprincipled but abler demagogues will not
wrest from them thtlr ill gotten bioty, and
crush them in turn beneath the heel of as galling
a despotism?
There is siarcely an act of the radicals since
the termination of the civil war that was not
done In the very teeth of the law: that lines nnt
breathe the spirit of usurping despotism; that ;
was not prompted by the maiiinmnt hate which
mru wcai tuuee lury ure COUSC10US 1
of oppressing,
Tske. lor example, the case of Jlr. Stockton.
Unable to disguise the (act that liU expulsion
was necessary to secure a party triumph, and
therefore to be accomplished at all hazards,
they do not hesitate to disfranchise a State, and
broadly declare that the clause of tho Consti
tution which constitutes each House the lodge
ot the election, returns, and qualitication of its
011 members, gives alisolule power over the
whole subject. They acknowledge no limitation
whatever, and have procticuliv aunulled thst
clatifcot the Constitution w hich prescrl:es tbe
qualitication ot members. It thov had resolved
that henceforth none but red-heailed men shall
be admitted to seats in Congress, the usurpation
would not have been greater.
'So, too, in regard to the admission of Sena
tors and Representa'ivcs from tho Soutnern
State". And here thev not only apply tho same
monstrous doctrine, but have undertaken to
delegate their powers, both legitimate and
usurped, to a central directory. Where is thore
authority in the Constitution for a metrber of
the Lower House to pass judgment on the quali
fications of a Senator? Yet this is Inst what
Congress has authfri.ed Mr. Stevens and other
memhers ot the Lower House to d in revard to
the claims of Southern Sen-itors to their seats.
And what glaring inconsistencies, what shame
less scll-stultiflcution do they no commit in
the pronunciamentos which accompany their
decrees 1
Tho Southern States are States, and they are
not States; they are in the Union, and they are
out ol the Union; their inhabitants are citizens,
and they are not citizens; they are loyal, aud
disloyal; they are misguided brethren, whose
return to the avuncular mansion is to be cele
brated, under tbe uuidauce of "love and jus
tice,"ibythe slaughter of tho latred call; and
they are desperate malignants, who, also under
the guidanep of love and justice, are to bo
httngtd, orawn, and quartered. Was ever
beiore such a tissue of absurdities gravely put
forth lor the amusement of tho rfioundi'itisrs 1
Is this t xoggerated ? Let any one who thinks
so look over the files of the Tribune or the
jfress, or any other orthodox radical journal,
and decide lor himself: we are willing to be
lodged by the recnid.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
ffr "THE SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANY OP
J PHILADELPHIA."
The Corporators ot "Tbe Safe Deposit Company of
Philadelphia." In compilHuce wiln the requirements
01 their chartir, beroby appoint TUESDAY, the 1st ot
May. 18Gb, lor the openiDK of the books fur subsciiptlon
to ihe Capital Mock of said (Joropany, at tbe office ot
the Provident Lite and Trust Company, So. Ill S.
r u u u i n mreei
t uarlts Macalcstcr.
Alfred Sti le.
George A. Wood,
Joseph B. Townsend,
Ucoree M. Troutuian,
Charles Wheeler,
William C. Kent.
James W. llaziehurst,
Kicbard Meade liaclio.
4 11 lit
Alexander Henry,
lolm Welsh,
delDh Porle,
Charles Borle,
Geerte 1 rott.
W. W. HalUwia,
Isaso Lea,
fan ul it. Shipley.
r5f CAMDEN AND AM BOY RAILROAD
J AKD TRANSPORTATION COMPANY'3
OFFICE, Bokdemtowk. March 28. 1H66.
0T1CE. Tbe Annual ileetlinr of the Stockholders
oi the CAMDKK ASli AMBOT BA1LKOAD AND
TRANSPORTATION COMPANY will be held at the
Coniiianv's olllce in BORDENTOWN. on SATURDAY.
the 'ibth of April, 166, at 12 o'clock M., tor the elecUou
oi feven Directors, to serve tor ihe ensuing year.
li 30 14 2S SAM UhL J. BA YAKD. Seen
year.
Secretary.
K&T EW LONDON COPPER MINING
s3 COMPANY.
The Adjourned Annual Meeting of Stockholders for
Flrctlon oi Directors to serve the ensuing year, will be
held ON FRIDAY, APRIL 27,
At tbe Office of the President.
No. 417 ARCti STREET
At 8 JO P. M.
SIMON POET.
413 Ht Secretary.
Sar- OFFICE OF THE TEN MILE CREEK
OIL COMPANY.
Philadelphia, April 18, IA68.
SPECIAL NOTICE. Tbe Annual Meeting of the
Stock holders of Ihe Ten Mile Creek nil CoinranTwlll
be held at their office. No. 274 Sou'h THIRD Street,
loom No. IS. on TL1.SDAY. April 24 at 7H o'c ock P M.
4 I86t It. H POLLOCK, Secretary.
frsr DINING-ROOM F. LAKEMEYER,
s-2' CART't R'H Abey, would respectiuliy lnlbrra the
Public senei ally that be has leitnothinguudonetoinake
tins place comfortable in every respect tor the acooin
niodaUon oi guests. He has opened a large and com
modious Dlnln-Room in the second story. His PI1K
BOARD Is lUrnlshed with BRANDIES, WINKS.
V1BKY, Etc.. Etc. bt SUPERIOR BRANDS. 1 1
frwf JUST PUBLISH E D-cs-'
By tbe PhTslclans of the
NEW YORK MUSETJM,
the Ninetieth Edition of their
FOUR LECTURES,
entitled
PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAOK.
To be bad tree, lor loor stamps. b addressing Secre
tsrv New York Museum of Anutomv.
7 17S No. 818 BROADWAY, New Toik.
ffS?f A PHYSIOLOGICAL VIEW OF MAR
a3 BIAGK i Containing nearly 300 pages, and 130
Hue Plates and Engravinysol Ihe Anatomy of the Human
Ortans In a State of Health aud Disease, with a Treatise
on Early l irors, its Deplorable Consequences npon tbe
Mind and Body. 1th the Author's PUnof Treacment
the ouly rational and succ chsiuI mode ot euro, a shown
hv ilia letortof cateS treated. A truthful Advinnr tn tliA
marrlid and thone contemplating marriage, who enter-
tain doubts of their physical condition. Sent free of '
postage to any sauries, on receipt oi n cents, in stamps
or potiial currency, by addressing Dr. LA CROIX. No,
SI " AIDEN Lane Albany. N. V.
The author may be consulted npon any ot the diseases
upon which his book treats either vtrtfnally or by mail,
and medicines rttl to any partol the world. 11 8 tiia
trtsr BATCH KLOR'S HAIR DYE.
THE BEST IS THE WORLD.
Haimlcss, reliable. Inetautaneou. The only perfect
dvs. No ofsappolntroent. no ridiculous tints, but true
to nature, b ack or brown
GENUINE IS SIGNED WILLIAM A. BATCDELOB.
ALSO,
Regenerating Ex tiact oi Mllilfl eurs restores, preserves
and beautifies tbe hair, prevents ba dness. Sold by all
Druggists. Factory No.Bl BARCLAY ct, N. Y. S3j
rT" THE GREAT NEW ENGLAND RE-
MEDY I-
DR. J. W. POLAND'S
WHITE PINE COMPOUND
Is now offered to the afflicted throwbout the country ,
atter having bten proved by tbe test of eleven years, In
the New Id gland States, where IU merit have beeome
as w ell known as the tree irom which, In part. It derives
its vlituet.
THE WHITE PINE COMPOUSD CURBS
Sore Throat. Colds, Coughs, Dlptherla, Bronchitis, Spit
ting of Blood, and Pulmonary Affections generally.
It Is a Remarkable Remedy for Kidney Com
plaints, Diabetes, Dlfflcu ty ot Voiding
Urine, Bleeding from the Kidneys
and Bladder, Gravel, and
other complaints.
Give atrial IT you would learstke vafee of a good
and tried medicine. It is pi sat ant, tafo, atare.
Sold by druggists and dealers In taMM generally.
' GEORGE W. SWETT, M D., Proprietor,
lffimaUui BOSTON,-Mass.
APRIL 20, 18GG.
CARPETINGS, &o
(JAErETLNCJSl CAIU'ETINOS !
aicCALUHlS, CREASE & SU)
No. 519 CHESNUT Street,
orr-oaiTt udifeudknoii hall.
Heir leave to inform the public that thoy have now
open tboir
SPRING STOCK
or
CARPETINGS,
NEW AliD CHOICK MESIGKS
or
Foreign and Domestic Manufacture,
Which they ofler at price corresponding with
THE DECLINE IN COLD.
FREKCU AND ENGLISH AXN1XSI Elt.
ENGLISH ROYAL WILTON.
VELVF.Tf, ALL WIDTHS.
SUPERIOR ENGLISH BRUHShLS.
TAPJiSTR V ENGLISH Bh VSSELi,.
ROYAL W1L70N. VELVET, BRUSSELS,
AND TAPEtiTRY CARPET.
V'c oflcrtbe above in all widths, with bordors lor
Hall- aud Main.
AIho Imperial Tliree-Ply Carpet
15xtr Supprflne Ingrain.
JUST BECE1VED,
VVU1XE, BED, CHECKED. AND FANCY
Canton Mattings,
OF ALL WIDTH 9.
MrCallums, Crease & Sloan,
No. 510 CHESNUT Street,
OITOSITE INDEPENDENCE LI ALL.
I3241rurp
CAHPETINGS ! CAltPETINOS !
Reduced to Present Gold Prices.
J. T. DELACROIX,
No. 37 South SECOND Street,
ABOVE CHESNUT,
Has received per late arrivals,
200 PIECES J. CROSSLEV & SONS'
13KUSSEJ.S CARPETINGS
NEW AND ELECANT PATTERNS.
Also, a large line of THBEE1LY EXTRA HCPER
AM) FUR INOhAIN CABPKT, DAM A SK AND
VEJSETIAK STAIR AND HALLCARPETISGS. COT
TAGEAKD BAG CARPETS. OIL CLOTHS. SHADES,
ETC , which will be sold low In consequence ot the fall
In Gold.
J T. DELACROIX,
So. S7 South SECOND Street
4 12 lm Between Chesnut and Market.
"QLEN EC II 0 MILLS,'
GFAXANTOWN, PA.
McCALLOlS, CREASE & SLOAN,
nanafactarertt, Importers, and Whole,
al Dealer in
CARPETINGS,
OIL CLOTHS,
MATTINGS, Etc.
WAREHOUSE,
.No. 509 CHESNUT STREET,
OPPOSITE TBE ETATK HOUSE,
Philadelphia.
RETAIL DEPARTMENT,
8 6 3mrp
No. 619 CHESNUT STREET.
CARPETINGS!
L.EEDOM & SHAW
A re sow opening full assortment ot
Foreign and Domestic Carpets.
Thfse foods will be sold at the LOWEST CASH
PRICES, to coirespond with the FALL OF GOLD.
No. 910 ARCH Street.
1281m ABOVE NINTH
8TOVES. RANGES. &o.
(JULYEIl'S NEW PATENT
SEEP SAND-JOINT
.H. 0 T - A I It FU11NACE.
RANGES OF ALL. SIZES.
ALSO, PHIEGAK'S liEW LOW PKESSUEE
8TEAM BEATING. APPABAfUS.
JTOB BALE BT
'645
CHARLES WILLIAMS,
Vo. 1182 MABKEX STREET,
MARRIAGE GUIDE,
BT DB. WILLIAM YOUNG.
MARMACE GUIDE, by DR. WM. ToTJNG.
IAkKlAOK til1 IDE, by t)H, WM. TOUNO.
at A BltlAGJC GUIDE, by DH. WM. YOUNG.
MAKK1AGK GUIDE, by DR. WM. YOUNG.
MAfcMAOJC OUIDK, by DR. WM. YOUNG.
WAKR1AGE GUIDE, by DB. WM. YOUNG.
MAKKIAGE GU1DK, by DR. WM- YOUUG.
MARBIAGE GUIDE, by DR. WM. YOUNU.
MARJUAGK GUIDE, by DH. WM. YOUNG.
M ABBIAGE GUIDE. "There are more thlnirs 'twist
Heaven and earth, Horatio, than ue dreamt of In oar
philotopliy." ,
Let noyinni man enter the obligations of married life
without radlwr every pane of DB. YOUNG B ilB
Kl AGE GUIDE t or. Kveiy One Ills Own Doctor. It
discloses faU that every one should be aonuainwd w 'n.
Ii contains one hundred engravings, explalutnr the ana
tomy ol ihe human sysiem, both nis le and female, Willi
useiui luiorniatlon that every onesaould know.
Price, M cents. Hold at , .-,
DM. W1LI.IAW YOUNG OiFICE,
I 17 C So. 416 bTKI CB (street, above Fourth.
FOR SALE STATE AND COUNT i" RIGHTS
of farewell Co.'s Patent Wind Guard and Air
Heater for Goal OH Limini It prevents lbs Cblmueys
irom brt'aklua. Ibis we will warrant Also s&vus one
third the oil. Call and see tbt-m they cost but ten cents.
Mo. tb RACK btreet. Philadelphia. Sample sent to any
part ot the United btate oo receipt of ii eeuts. t IU
MILLINERY, MANTUA-IvUkING, Lo
ijQC C II K S N U T "TUB T.
ImU ' We are pixparcd to Oder
TO
WHOLFRALK M TRKTAIL BUYER
OVil ft LEND 1 1) MulK
op
MILLINETJY AND IKAW GOODS,
Vf RY LAV(,E REDUCTION
tHftM HK h'.H'V PRICES.
Onr stork includes all the latosi bIibkos of
81UAYV UA18, i .
btraw bonnets,
and gypsies.
fcONNET MAIFKImL OF EVEHY KlNt
,LN RVK.HY SHADE.
liltmONS
ALL Wl . i,8 AND 'OLOUS,
IO MATt tl MATERIALS
tlXR LACE-, Il LCMON Ms n. ETO Eto.
A ItTIFI IALKLOWEK8,
OF THK CHOICEST AND MOaf DESIRABLE
TYLI-8.
sol clt an Inst ret ion ol otr stock and do not
doubt that lor conip'p'pnrss oi assortment and mode
ration ot rice It cannot be equalled.
Glv os a call.
WEYL A ROSENHEIM,
4 i31m12t No. 72H CH E SN Uf Street.
cJp "BONNETS! BONNETS t
1 ON NET OPENING,
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2.
E. P. CILL A. CO.,
No. 710 ABCU Street
!2Tlra
MRS. II. DILLON,
Ncs. 323 atd 331 SOUTH Street,
Has a handsome srrrrtmentof SPRING MILLIv'ERTt .
Misses' and lmatitt' lia s and Caps. MlKs, Velvets,
Crapes. Ribbons. Fes'bers. Fiowers, f rsmes etc. fl IS 4m
HOOP SKIRTS.
DUPLEX SKIRT
FAMI10N8 FOB I860.
BRADLEY 8 DUPLEX ELLIPTIC'
(OB DOUBLE SPRING)
HOOP SKIKT.
Each noop of this PEIULIAB SKIRT Is composed oi
TTio nntiy-l,n,p.t u lr,i vr t gi braid, d tightly and
f tofcotter rdo e to kdgk. ionninir at once the
aKOiNG'si ndm.stsLLXlliLE HOOP made
fcV,-7iWJ",10B",,'or hh hke oe single sprinirs,
but villi FVKitriiKM ii vk their rrBKKOT anu brautisul
siiai'K where three or lour ordinary skirts will have
been i brown away as useless.
'i bcu temd'tful t x.buuv Anns greatly to the coat"
POBT and cokvekii kcb besides giving .ntknhbflbahursi
to the weaker, as will be particularly erperuneed by
ladiks attendlpir er. ad- d recptiont, balit.ottrat. tie.
la fact tor the nomtnade. or ,.., the church, thra
irr.oretr they are i hstKPASrKD combining com obt
crBAini.iTT and kcc:omt. with tbat KLEUAhea ol shape
which has made the
DUPLfcX ELLIPTIC THE
BTANDABD CKIRI
OF THE FASHIONABLE WORLD.
Manoractured exclusively by the SOLE OWNERS ot
1 atent,
WESTS, 13KADLKY & CAItY
No. CHAMBERS and Nos. 79 and 81 BEADE Sts..
NEW YORK, i
Merchants will be supplied as above, and by PhUadel
phia Jobbers.
KOK SALE in all First-class Retail Stores In this
citt. Inqulielor C2M3mip
BRADLEY'S DUPLEX ELLIPTIC SKIRT.
J3 RAD L EY'S
DUPLEX ELLIPTIC i SKIRT
Combining Dnrabi'lty with elegance ot shape. Mew
Spring Styles Just received,
, J. M. HAFLEIGH,
I" " No. m cnmSMPT Street
gRADLEY'S
DUPLEX ELLIPTIC SKIRT.
Host fashionable tnd popular In Use. For sale by
J. O. MAXWELL & SON.
i 10 8m 8. g. corner ELEVENTH and CHESNUT.
ESTABLISHED 1795. .
A. S. ROBINSON,
French ri::lc Looking-Glasscs. M
ENGRAVINGS PAINTINGS, IKAWIMS ETC
Manufacturer of all kinds of
Loolting-Glesj?, Portrait, and Pio
t -
ttare Frames to Order.
No. 910 CHESNUT STREET,
THIED DOOR AEOVETHE CONTINENTAL,
PHILADELPHIA. 8 15 $
ROBERT SHOEMAKER & CO,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
MANUFACTURERS,
IMPORTERS,
AND DEALERS IN
Paints, Varnishes, and Oils,
No. 201 NORTH FOURTH STREET,
i 16 3m K. y . COBS FR OF RACE.
JJ N I T E I) STATES
BUILDER'S MILL,
Ncs. 24. 26, and 28 S. FIFTEENTH St.,
PHILADELPHIA,
ESLER & BROTHER,
' WOOD MOULDINGS, BE ACKETS, STUB BALUS
TERS, KEWKL POSTS, OKKEBAL TURNING,
SCROLL WOBK, ETO.
BHELVIIQ PLANED TO OBDER.
Tbe largest assortment ot Wood Mouldings Iu this city
constantly on hand. . 17 8m
(JHALLENGE LIGHT!-
Paragon Oil and Safety Lamps.
BRIGHT LIGHT THBEE HO DBS ONE CENT
No chimney I No smoke I No grease,
gold b Inventors,
KELLY Sl NEEL,
No. Oil MARKET Strest
AUENT8 WANTED. ,
Also, Dealers In soaps and Coal 0 ..chlneiyOIK
warranted nut to gum or chill. 1 85 ' tioa. 16
B B I D E S B D B O MACHINE WORKS,
ornoB,
JTo. U h. KHONT 8TBEET,
miLADSLPHlA.
We are prepared to All vrdsrs to any extent for oof
well known
M ACblii KRT FOB COTTON AND WOOLLEN MILLS,
ncladlng ail recent Improvements in Caning, Bplnning,
and W eaving. .
rre IB V lie Wl atwnuvn v. uwuhuwiuivh ,v vuc
rre works.
i I
ale bed rovxs QM.
TOE STAMP AfiENCT, NO. 304 CHESJTm . .
J. BTRKET.ABOVE.THIBD.WILL BE CONTINUE '
AM KJ.KKTOrOHE 1
STAWt'SOiEVKKT DKHCRTrTION CON8TA BtTH "
H ilANw AX IN ANT AMOUNT. lilt