THE LEADER OF THE HOUSE.
The proclivity .lor hero-worenlp cannot be
Bade rcpronch to the American people, not
became It Is not true or them, bnt because it t
Inherent ia human nature. Frobablj the dispo
ition arises I rota something other than a per
imlcn ol reveieuce to God. Indeed, hero
worship la Itself perverted by that class who
Impiously affect a privity with the awtul coun
sels of heaven. It ia, perhaps, a mode of pride,
in which we assimilate towards an exalted fel
lowship by admiring tue object, and redouble
the gratification by matrnifying him. In so
hish-mindrd a people, we might expect, upon
tliis theory, an inordinate bero-worsuip in our
country. And so, indeed, it is. But no one
could ever become a popular idol hero without
oratory his own or that of his adherents. To
make speeches, therefore, is the American road
to honors. It a younsman is conscious of talents
wbico lustily exalted aspirations, be has no
resour. e but to turn to making speeches. But
he must have themes and occasions. Whero is
he to pet them ?
It was the sovereignty once imputed to rulers,
but now recount zucl iu the people, that gave
government Us pie-einiuent dttfuuy. iiut the
popular notion o' Its sovereign cupremscy,
with the corresponding habit of attaching undue
iu;portiu:ce to it, survive their cause, and de
mand ot un orator that tie shall discus state
bushier. No, how is he to do it it no
tirent, vital, and important issue has been
evolved tui determination, by the normal opera
tion ul tnc governmental eslablishmrnt iu con
nection with events lie must give up his hopes
of hOLor irom the people, or elf." cheat them
out ot them. He therolcre exasparates some
inconsiderable Issue, or more likely, aud still
more miscnievousli-, be lays down some dogm t
fur In advance ot events; extols it as a cardinal
principle, and exercincs his ingenuity and his
eloquence in show mg the alarming imminence
01 some disastrous imrineement ot it. This an
individual ot toierable scrupulosity might con
sent to do. But there is seldom occasion for
aspirants to contrive and execute these
impostures lor themselves. The air is thick
with them, ready made, by nobody in particular,
but by all, somewhat unconsciously. That class
ot our citizens who take interest in politics (who
are, alter a.l, a nnnoiity, anu not the better one.
at that) are, consequently, always preoccupied
with these groundless and moi bid anxieties.
Their gcueral miuo, ot which each Is a specta
tor, is like (he screen, which to the outside ob
server presents the shadow ol some hideou aud
gigantic creature, while to the operators ot the
magic lantern the terntlc apparition dwindles
to a petty inoect, ingeniously disposed lor the
purposes ot the illusion.
We should thus expect to find the powerful
and aspiring spirits of the land seeding state
dignities tmoogh such discussions and autago
nienis as should give occasion tor the employ
ment and display of their talents, and that, as
the ordinary course ot events would tarnish
nothing to justify popular attention, the most
importunt business of politicians would be the
invention of artificial public exigencies, and the
prosecution ot partisan subterfuges. Let the
reader consider. Are thet-e corollaries rash ? Is
it not so r And yet, in such an atmosphere
reeking with the very brimstone ot duplicity is
it not aetoulshiOK that in our public characters
the moral constitution of men should still
survive?
Thaddeus Stevens is the ablest parliamentary
politician of our aay. The leriility of some
minds may be iu idess, but that of his is in ex
pedients. Borne may be profound in what they
think, but Thaddeus Stevens is powerful iu what
he does. Some may be original, but he is
efficient. The basis 01 this extraordinary public
character is in tha uucquulled verity of his
habitual apprehension of ihe "political" world."
lie takes it, in whole or in part, ut all times, at
just what it is. He is the most comprehensive
master of that sort ot moral meteorology in
"which the mutations and incidents ot political
affairs serve as the phenomena. The "political
world" aud ihe ecneral world, more or less
confounded by others, are to him as exclusive
of each other as are truth and falsehood. The
system ot relations which is called "political
liie" is a system ot subterfuges. But it is a
system, nevertheless, with the moral necessity
of consistency. The system is but a complex
falsehood, but to be consistent with it is to be
true to it. Whether a man, endowed wi'.hina:ch
Icbb and indomitable fidelity as an original law
of his character, should or should not employ
the principle in operating, consistently with
its structure, a moral machine of false
hood, is a question. But those who
believe that the debasing bondage of Ameri
can politics can be broken only by detaching
the system from moral truth, must conies the
value of that isolation of politics from morals
which is necessitated by enforcing the integrity
of its own system. "To hell with your con
science!" said Stevens, with contempt, to a poli
ticaster who was willing to constrain his virgin
moral sense to the brothel of political intrigue,
and yet afraid to proceed in the undertaking
alter effecting the abduction. The grest parti
san had left his at home. Save in tms place, all
the world was its held. It was to bo conserved.
The burst of contemptuous exasperation, bo
coarsely expressed, raiyht have been rendered
thue: "My friend, the" first business ot a con
science is to make one faithful. In the natural
world you must be laithtul to truth, because
that is the law of oreanism. In the political
world you are. of course, still to be laithtul; but
here you are to be laithtul to falsehood, because
falsehood ia the law of organism. If you can
not be laithtul to an organism of lalsehood,
you are yourself false in coming into it. Poli
tics is an imposture, aud you and I know it.
You insult my conscience by pretending not to
know it"
In personal appearance, few men have ever
worn, in a body, a more perfect symbol of the
soul, than does the Leader of the House. Tall,
with a slight bend in his figure, his presence
conveys the notion of a dignity of stature in in
definite reserve. His large hand, with a look of
its own, is ever undergoing some slow change of
ungracelul but earnest motion, as if it, too,
could think, and collate, and remember. His
abundant and datk hair, heaped up in curly
prolusion. Is as changeless as a wooden wig,
giving extraordinary effect to the mobility of
his features, and his uncommonly high head.
His nose is remarkably long, containing three
distinct variations ot profile which, when marked
in so protracted an orgun, looks like
attempts to shorten itself. His chin is
broad and b ld, his brows strikingly ad
vancing and cavernous, and his mouth wide,
deeply marked, and grim. His eye is a feature
that must be seen to be conceived of; it can
thrill to the subtlest hbrils the soul that looks
into it, yet it doe not gleam; it can domiuate,
awe, and confound, yet it cannot be said to have
lire; it can be seen across the vast hall from toe
galleries of the opposite side, when animated in
debate, yet i is notjanre; in conference, it is
cold ; in courtesy, it is averted ; it suspicious, its
acrutiuy demolishes duplicity; uuder excitement
it darkens; in scorn, it seems to shoot Minie
balls to rive, to olast, to poison, to consume.
His complexion is a uniform, melancholy sal
low. His customary attitude, as he sits in the
House, is one exoressive of occupation, even
when not specifically engaged; his spine, up to
his loins, is erect; irom thence to his heaJ, it
bends regularly forward, , his arms betn,?
extended somewhat awkwardly on the sides of
his chair or his desk, while his knees protrude in
opposite directions, and Lis 1 iok is downcast and
sad. His appearance rarely gives token of atten
tion to what is pas.iing, though the constant pot
tering motion of his prone hands, and the expres
sion of his attitude, contravene all idea of abstrac
' tion, and, indeed, the common marks ot reflection.
The universal type of firmness in the expression
of a countenance is resolvable Into' chpficterU
effort. But of all human beincp.e alone seems
never to strenethen himself by a specific draft
on bis resources. His loins are never girded up.
When he rises to speak, the preparatory interval
is without the usual appearance of collecting
and marshalling the thoughts, which the great
with reason, and the small witn aSectauon,
seldom omit,
THE DAlLYj EVENIKG lEl-EGK Al l i-rilLADELiIIIA, TIIUKSDAY,
In his exordium, the art of his oratory is dis
played. With the simplicity of a plain man, in
e loud, otsultory, bnt not declamatory voice, he
tUBHge attention by a halt soliloquy, in Which,
with ft sort of grandtatherly grumbling about
some trivial matter in ludicrous contract with
public business, he f harpeus every hearer's sense
of the grotesque, awakening in all that lnd"scnba
ble mixture ol freedom witadeierence, which we
feel towards one who seems to combine iu one
expression ot manner a confldingopenness with a
quaint indifference or arrogance. His speeco,
at this stage, is monotonous, and sometimes
incoherent, and always with atone of mulUed
good-will, and a tottl absence of all trace of
scorn. Tbe hue of this drollery is of the most
harmless and contagious kind, making himself,
rather than others, the oblect ot the general
tutcr, and its tact l perfected by his seeming to
aim inetlectlvely elsewhere. During this time,
he is looking about his immediate place, as if
hunting mislaid notes, or a dropped handker
chief, with the dull solicitude ot dotag-. The
House, meantime, are cracking furtive Iokcs at
his expense, while here and there a page, with
cautious but siguihcant mimicry, is "inking on"
Old Tbad," an impertinence which the boldest
ot the brats would not dare indulge towards any
other member. Every lace wears a smile, every
body is in good huicor with (he odd and inte
rating character on the lloor.and especially with
himself; and the House, careless ot the public
and ot the sWn striie ot party debate, giggles
llKe a picnic.
Then, rising erect, the Leader lifts his long
ritht arm witu a wide sweep, the elbow In
advance of the baod; contracts his beetling
brows, throws up mid back his towering head,
and with a sudden, straight thrust ot his long
jellow ringer, followed by the whole outstretch
ol his arm, he sends forth, in a thundeiing tone,
the iron bolt of his nrgiiment. It stuns the
ablest intellects and sturtles the coolest lemoets
in earshot. The succeeding postulates are but
repetitions of this, driving each other forth in a
quick succession that bieaks don all adverse
analysis. With endless diversity of association
w4th tbe ludicrous, with the cowardly, with the
laitblcss, with the disgusting he shows tbe
same arrow, winged aud barbed at every flight
with new analoeies to impel and new words to
wound. "One thing is everything if it is stronger
than any other thiua," said he, sententiously, to
a young expositor oi De Jure Be'li m support ot
coin scatiou. He cannot be said to debate. With
bini ii is but ni-eault. The ratiocination of the
philosopher, stai ting on the plane of the politi
cal hoiizou, would, as was formerly the case
when kings were sovereign, run into senseless
nud chimerical dogmatism, or would now, in
the intelligence of ihe age, immediately destroy
its own toundatious and resolve all "politics"
into hand. Uur statesmen, nevertheless, all'ect
the instrumentalities ot ra.tontil logic, and
frequently support their empty propositions by
an imposiLg structure ot intellectual combinti
t.ons that serve, iu proportion to their logical
consistency, to betray iheir own minds into the
ssme obscurity of inoiul distinctions to which
the partisan is obliged to bring the people; as
the elder Booth would plav "Uichurd" with such
perfection that he would b.: deceived by his own
simulation into attempting a real t raged v on the
boards oi the play-house. But Thaddeus Stevens
is not a demonstrator. He is not w hat is cus
tomarily called a thinker. He is, pre-eminently,
an ngent. Not that in this boldest and coarsest
oi the great managers of our Congress there is
not the mectiutr, with its opposite, of a mysti
cism so subtle as to be the fittest extreme to
exemplify the proverb. But it is the mysticism
ot instinct that unconscious but unerring phi
losophy which goes by the name of shrewdness.
He in whom it is but a rudiment and a curiositv
may cast it Into speech, body it forth as a sys
tem, and expound it in a oook. But he in whom
it is the plane ot the mind, over which walk his
thouehts, and on which are built his experi
ences, is as lucHpauie or analyzing or as unwill
ing to explore it ns the planter of a cornfield is
to undermine his soil with the curious investiga
tions ol geology. The "political world" is not a
geography lor survey ing, but a machine for work
ing; not a spectacle to be contemplated, but an
apparatus to he operated. It has its principles,
its.laws.its dependence of parts, all beginning and
ending in the machine itself. To work it, it
must be treated ns mi generis, and abstracted
from the general world. To etlect the latter, is
the only purely intellectual labor involved in
the management. He that never forgets the
peculiar laws ot the constitution oi partisanship,
while in the midst ot its excitements, will pre
dicate his action upon them, regardless of per
sons. This is difficult to do: but it has heen
done. By no man has it ever been better done
than bv Thaddeus Stevens. What are the neen.
liar endowments requisite for such an astonish
ing mastery over the uu willing minds of other
powerlul men?
1. A will of inherent and uncommon mieht.
Mr. Clay had such a will. Added to it, he had
a power of per3uaMon and personal attraction
w hich it has become settled by the world was
unequalled by any political leader of aucient
oi modern history. But these were not all. He
was gifted with love more miraculous than wis
dom, or strength, or elequence. Tbe chivalrous
adversary who openly dened him, secretly longed
to reciprocate affection with him. The Iriend
who adhered to him was intolerant ot any ques
tion ol following him. More than half the
House were classed with those who would rather
do wronpjthau estraug themselves from Henry
Cloy, nut never had that marvellous man the
power in the House of .Representatives which is
daily wielded byhhe most unpopular man on the
noor. aaia a jew England member of the
House, ol much longer Congressional expe
rience than Mr. Stevens. "My dear sir. we
have talked over this amentlmeut, and all say
they can't go it." Tell them," coolly answered
the despotic loader, "that thev must go it."
"Well, lor my part, I won't so it " was the re
fractory response. "You shall l" was the re
joinder, with the cold audacity ot a Roman con
spirator, coupled with the mysterious reticence of
a Hebrew prophet. The foimer challenged nri
tbe latter subdued, the pride of the insubordinate
conirere. .
2. A perfect indifference to praise or blame,
I e., applause or censure, as such. The effect
ot this quality is to give to favor or rebuke,
irom cne who has it, all the moral weight
of perlect disinterestedness. Who believes he
could nutter Thaddeus Stevens? Or who sup
poses mat he could be made to blush with mor
tification? We have described his person and
mien. What could better express the sentiment
ot perfect indepenaence ? There is not the
smallest exhibition ol anxiety lest he be taken
below his estimate. Proud, aggiessive men put
on a look like that ot Mr. Benton. "Sir," they
stem to tay, "thus lofty I hold myself. Degrade
me 11 you dare ! Proud, but sensitive men, a-,
tor example, Mr. Calhoun, aim to hit the deli
cate demarcation between the respect and the
lorbeatauce of others, as it saying, "I beg' you,
generously give me deference, sinoe, if withheld,
I must demaLd it:' But here is one too proud
10 consider such a question. He seems to sav,
"I am ust what I am, and do not caro whether
you know it or not," or rather, more accuratelv,
he seems to say, as he certainly does think
nothing at all about it. Whon, therefore, some
tribute of praise has lust been paid him, and
there follows a tavor from him, nobodv in the
House supposes the latter to hive depended on
the former, or wheio such a relatiou does exist
nobody questions a moment that the reciprocity!
on the part of Mr. Stevens, is simulated lor tho
stike ot tho cause.
But this Indifference serves a still more! im
portant end. What would bo disgusting chur
lishness from another becomes in him but a
privileged b'nntness. Men who confess tho
universal obligation to be inoffensive t are
obliged, in politics, to multiply subterfuges in
order to recoucile co jrtesy with reticence,' No
person who bus ever seen much ot this singular
man would dream of holding him to a sensi
bility lor the good opinion of others. Ia vulgar
phrase he is "counted out" in that regard; anl
wheie there is no distinction ol persons, there
is no oflense to individuals. He never has occa
sion to lie. His motives, in their qualityi are
open as noonday, and are trusted by friend and
loe alike with something of the reliance which
we have upon a natural principle. BiH his
motives, in their concrete relations to the cir
cumstances ot the occasion, are as secret as
silence and darkness; as we may know that the
motive of our physician is to cure us, though he
may conceal from us ia therapeutic agents,
The trim intolcance wi b which Mr. ftavens
Upholds a principle, reckless of all Incidental
consequences to publ c measures or men, is
undoubtedly a mer9 phase of that stern "in
tegrity" elsewhere delt upou, lor it is certain
that It has no snalogue in his merely personal
relations. A signal example Is familiar among
Wai-biogton gossips. When Heal . the ciief con
spirator lor tue burning of the Northern cities,
was about to c executed, extraordinary Efforts
were mane to induce ouie clemency. But H
was the prevalent opinion, that unless a swift
example wa made, only more offenders would
have to perish, to say nothing of the; ques
tion ot Justice. At almost the last I hour
it was suggested that a respite could be
prorured if Thaddeus Stever.s could ' be
got to ask it. No person in the United States
would have been populurlv believed to be more
inaccersible to such an appeal for sucn aculprit.
Tbe attempt was devolved upon an aged triend
ot Mr. Stevens, widely differing from him In
politic. Mr. Stevens without hesitation de
clared his readiness to Bign any oaper, however
strongly ttrawn, by a iriend whom he desig
nated, well known for the fervor of his feelings
and the eloquence of his appeals. The letter
was drawn with extraordinary warmth. Mr.
Stevens signed it with great terling, and it was
carried to Mr. Lincoln. Yet, strange to ssy, the
iroving tenderness of the xterneat of men left
unshitken the resolve of the most amiable of
men. Beall was executed forthwith.
3. Principle. Call it the principle of expe
diency, the principle of consistency, or moral
principle the quality we are getting at is an
integrity of aotiou in furtherance of an end. It
is ridiculous to speak of a good-hearted, impul
sive, irregular, but luoffensive man, as a mau of
"integrity." He may be a man ot truth, a man
ot generosity, a man of purity, but it he acts
according to the preponderance of impressions,
his "integrity" depends on that of external eir
cumstauces, and consequently is anything good
but integrity. The term "principle," "rule." or
"system'' may be pubstituted, and the proposi
tion is the same. On the other hand,
"Devil with devil damned i
l irtn concord holds."
Theie may be Integrity or principle in the ac
tions of bad men lust as likely as in thoie of
good men. The affectation ot society has for
generations rendered these simple distinctions
obscure, by dropping the prefix "good," or an
equivalent qualification, to the word "piinciple"
or 'integrity," aud otuer kindred words. In
truth, integrity Is the mere uniformity or con
tinuity ot character in action, and is as destitute
ot ethical quality as memory or constructive
genius, and is ns distinctly a separate trait of
persoiml constitution. Aud as such, the same
Iran usually goes under the name of steudiast
ness, trueness, fidelity qualities eminently re
quisite in spies, detectives, and other practi
tioners of professional treachery. Tbo incen
tive of Paul in "lighting the good tight," and
that ot a vile detective in fait htully compassing
the b traal of a coutidina offender, differ with
all the shocking contrast which suggests the
comparison, l.ut the mere quality ot fidelity
was identical in both.
This quality attains aa ascendancy in the ob
ject, ol our rude anal vs's never surpassed by any
man. It seems so Latural to him to conform to
a princple that we mav hazard the strong ex
piession that nothing which he says or does,
considerable enough to be consciou-ly volun
tary, is wiihout relation to a principle. Of all
the words, and deeds, and looks, and motions,
in public, of this powerful man, not one is
lost. The casual emanations from the mind
and will of other men are like the seed of
the thistle, that float hither anl thither
en the idle breeze, or lodges on adventitious
obiects, with here and there one that reaches
the ground, and inkes root. But from bim,
every outgo, be it never so small, is lodeed. like
the tags ol the burdock, on the body of some
thing passing that is sure to plint it indue
season where it is intended to grow. II we con
sider the extraordinary resources of bis energy,
and superadd this consideration of strange
economy of them, we may conceive the weight
ot an effort made in earnest by htm.
But there is a mightier result. The consist
ency ol a man ot principle becomes a landmark
tor others. The principle may be theirs, or
opposite to theirs. It may be a good one or a
bad one. But whnlever it is, if a miin is
known to be laithtul to it, others, intrinsically
less stable, necessarily reckon their course by
his. He becomes an equator, whereby they cal
culate even the deflections ot their own. From
the nature ot things, animadversion aud oppo
sition vastly augment this moral influence, be
cause they areacontinual assertion of it. "They
know where to find him," i. e iu given cir
cumstances because they know his principle.
But the circumstances must be given,, e., safely
assumed, otherwise they are swallowed up.
"I care notbing about who votes in Washing
ton City," said Mr. Stevens colloquially, over on
the Democratic side ot the House, when the bill
granting sutl rage to the negroes of the District
of Columbia had been reported from the Com
mittee, and was earnestly desired by the
radicals to pass, for ulterior etlect, while con
servative Republicans were exceedingly averse
to acting upon it, and the Democrats were thus
in a situation to easily stave off a vote on it
indefinitely "I care nothing about who votes
in Washington City, but 1 am determined to
force these skulks on our side to a tost of prin
ciple. So, whatever becomes ol this bil, you
may have all party advantages and I shall know
who's who on our side, eh?" ,
The Democrats, assuming that the bill was
sure to be defeated it voted on forthwith, when
hall the Republicans were known to be opposed
to it, and eager lor the unhoped-for triumph,
promptly agreed to unite with the radical
leader, and iorce a vote on the spot. Any other
member on the radical side would have been
suspected at once had be opened such a proposi
tion. But they knew his stern devotion to prin
ciple. Tho Democrats snpported him iu the
preliminary motions lor bringing on a vote. ' In
vain the conservative Republicans, between two
fires ot such extraordinary co operation, pro
tested, upbraided, and apoealed. The Demo
crats were unyielding, and the great radical un
sparing. After the defeat ot a motion to postpone,
a Democrat.iu high glee, stepping out ot the door,
met a citizen of the District, who was Ignorant
of the proceedings; and rubbing his bands, an
nounced, to the great joy of the latter, who had
been long in a state of exasperation on the sub
ject, the certain deteat of tbe bill, explaining
the manner in which Mr. Stevens, with charac
teristic Integrity, had been entirely willing to
sacrifice the measure in order to enlorce the
principle. The citizen hurried to his neighbors
to communicate the good news, and the mem
ber returned to bis seat. Mr. Stevens moved
the previous question, and was seconded by the
requisite majority. He then rose lor his cus
tomary appeal on such occasions. This time,
like the circumstances, his beginning was out of
his usual course. A vague apprehension had
begun to take bold ol the Democrats. Au.mous
ami hurried colloquies disturbed order. The
radicals, themselves hitherto not clearly in
the secret, aiscloed exultation. Everybody
was in a log. Mr. Stevens multiplied the doubts
and misled the solutions by equivocal and i de
sultory, but irritating language, until a Babel
of confusion surrounded him. Tue dist raction
was silenced, but intensified, by the testoratiou
ot order. He saw the conservative Republicans
now wholly disconcerted, and had nothing to
do bnt to anticipate with scathing and bitter
irony the recreancy which he knew they would
no longer dare to practise. The roll was called,
the vote was announced the hill hud passed I
Thus, three great qualities staud out in special
prominence In the character of the master
spirit of the American Congress wilt, inde
pendence, ahd principle. The most essentia) of
all cocditions to such a mastery as bis, to wit,
the fixed habit of viewing politics a a system
of subterluges,. in. which . there is no moral,
legal or .politico-soieutiUo principle, and of
adapting ell means accordingly is the natural
outgrowth of these three to a great extent. But
it is probable that, after all, it is the product of
an invincible and incorruptible moral sense,
more than of all other elements of the personal
constitution or all the influences of experience.
In hiB private lile, i. e., in his relations to the
general world, the writer has never heard, from
tbe most bitter or unscrupulous of Mr. Stevens'
personal enemies, the slightest asoersion upon
his Justice, his good faith, his charity, or his I
atlections, Outside of politics, be is probably
an honest man. As he bas never been denounced
but as a politician, we trust enough has been
suggested to toe thoughtful reaoer to huvs
broueht him to tolerate the opinion, that the
most innocent partisan fgambler is be who is
most consistently and most distnteredlya partisan
f rambler. A public character In this country, at
esst Is not a man, but a sort ot Officer an agent
lor operating an artificial enginery. It mar be a
bd business, and If so, the machine Is bad, and
ought to be abolished. But all the agents who
woik it might abandon it, and that would not
abolish It It is the people's own darling hum
bug, and thev will, as long as they continue to
keep it, evolve Irom their own number, Irom
time to time, men to run it. But these agents
sre also, with an inevitable personality, men.
It is In their natural and not in their official
character, so to designate it, that judgment
should be most stern, because of the greater
sanctity and tbe immensely greater variety of
personal obligation. "Evu be thou my good,"
said the archangel fallen. A more comprehen
sive embodiment could not be effected In words
of the principle of the "political world." A
politician who pretends, in the atmosphere of
his trade, to exercise the principles of moral
honesty, is corrupted. He may do less dis
honest things in politics than Thaddeus Stevens.
But as he does not recognize the essentially false
character ot the political machine, he U incapa
ble of a discrimination which would make it
shocking to carry into general life the vile du
plicity of partisan gaming. The conscience,
thereiore, is disobeyed in the one, for certain
purposes, but is tainted, deteriorated, pol
luted in the other, for all purposes. It is not
he, therefore, who, consenting to mingle with
political intrigue, pretends to no purer practices
in common lile, that will cast the first stone at
Thaddeus Stevens. Ho differs capitally from
other partisan managers, iu that be acts from no
selfish motive, taking this in its ordinary sense.
Contemning all applause, defying all censure,
incapable ot meekness, or of the sense of beuj
belittled which comes of being stripped of ex
ternal adtuncts, this man has no ambition. On
the other hand, his love of power is the master
passion ot his soul. But no position in the gift
ot Lis State or ot the United States could give
him the power which he now holds in the House
of Representatives. In the Senate he would be
hampered by the paucity of rumbers and
by tho absence of the stern laws of
the previous question. In the Execu
tive office ho would be chained hand and foot
by constitutional obligation and moral respon
sibility. But on the floor of the popular branch
is the poBt lor this grim, consistent, imperious
leader or rather dnver. His success is a start
ling proof of the stuff that politics is made ol,
and if Thaddeus Stevens would go one i tep
lurther, and destroy the machine altogether, by
publicly confessing its utter destitution of truth,
he would but act out fully the natural quality
ot bis spirit, and he would entitle himself to
tho gratitude of a people whose most baleful
delusion is a belief in politics. We hope, ere
Mr. Stevens reaches the age lor retiring Anally
from the national play-house, that he will aiopt
this humble suggestion, viz. to come before the
audience and make a clean breast of it. If he
should do so, he would be not only what he is,
the greatest, but also the last, of the politi
cians. Aew York Galaxys
FINANCIAL.
JAY COOKE & CO.
No. 114 South THIRD Street,
BANKERS
AND
DEALERS IN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
U. 8. 6s OF 1881.
6-208, OLD AND NEW.
10-40S; CEMIFICATES OF INDEBfEDXESS,
7 E0KOIE8, lat, 2d, and8d Series.
COMfOUlVD INTEREST XOTES WANTED.
INUtRESr ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS.
Collections made. Stocks Bought and Sold on
Commission.
Special business accommodations resorved for
LADIES. 6 7 2m
U. S. SEC UMTI ES.
A SPECIALTY.
SMITH, RANDOLPH & CO.,
BANKERS & BROKERS,
16 S. THIRD ST.
THILADELPHIA.
3 NASSAU ST.
HEW TOKK.
STOCKS AND GOLD
BOUGHT AND HOLD ON COMMISSION
HEKK AKD IU KEW YOBg. 11
1)AVIES BROTHERS,
No. 225 DOCK STREET,
BANKERS AND BROKERS.
SOT ADD IIU
UNITED STATES BONDS, IE81s, ft-20i, 18 40t.
CMTKD STATES T 3-lOs, ALL ISSUES.
CEKTirit'ATEs OF INDEBTEDNESS.
Mercantile Piper and Loans on Collateral negotiated
Btotkg Hoonht and Bold on Commission. l u
IlE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
HAS REMOVED
Dunn the erection ol the new Hanlc building,
to 1 17 4p
No. 05 CliESNUT STREET
520 SF IVE-TWENTIES.
7'3CS -SEVEN-THIRTIES
WANTED.
DE HAVEN d; BROTHER,
17 ' No. 40 S. Third SrBfcitT.
CIGARS AND TOBACCO.
A
HINT TO TOBACCO CHEWER3
WEDDING-CAKE FINE CUT
TOBACCO.
The only USE CUT TOBACCO ever manufactured
lnPotladelplila.
The Beet in tlit Market.
EVERYBODY USES IT.
Manufactured from the Best leaf.
BOLD EVERYWHERE. 611
Factory, S. E. corner Pboad and Wallacb Street
F
OR 8ALE STATE AND COUNTY RIGHTS
of Canewell Co. 'a Patent Wind Guard and Air
tieaier lor i o.i i'u L.iup.t it prevent, uin i-uuuiioys
Iroui breakinn. Tbis we will vai rant A lao saves em -
third the oil. Call aud see tnem they eoat but ten ceuts
ho. 2U RACE btreet. Philadelphia. Hample sent to aud
part el lu United ebitof vn receipt of V oeubj, 1 iy
JULY 12, 18GG.
SUMMER RESORTS.
EXCHANGE HOTEL,
ATLANTIC CITY.
Tbe mbcnt er, tratolul for part fever, tender
thanks to hit patron and the public tor the goncroo
cnitom Fives bim, end ben leave te my that hit
doom U ow open lor the season and ready to re
ceive boateers, permaaent aad transient, on tbe
most moderate terms. I ne bar will always be sop
p'led with tbe choice! ol wines, liquors, and clmrs,
and superior old ale. The tables will be set with tue
best the market afford.
Flshinr lines and tackle always on hand.
Stable room on tbe premises.
All the eomfcrta of a home can always be found at
the Exchange.
GEORGE HAYDAY,
6 14 thstu2m TRUPKlErOR.
FOUNTAIN HOUSE
CKESSON SPRINGS,
On the Summit of the Allegheny
Mountains.
IB NOW(OPEN FOB THE BECEPIION OF QUESTS
Since last searon additions' buildings bare been com
pleti d ai'd inrnmiieil. audliiK greatly t0 our taclutles lor
accommodation. The noiuU bare been very mora
improved. A Band bas beer, enaaned lor the aeiuion.
Ins livery Is In attendance. Excursion Tickets are
luiicd by tbe IV nn.ylvania Ballroad, rood nmll Ociobe
1. I'anwnacrs leaving Philadelphia at 10 A. M , come
tnrooih In Vrriieon In darliRbt. All through trains stop
I'ersons wishing to engage rooms, caa do so by ai
dresalng GEORGE W. MTJL.LIN,
CBESBON 8PRISQ3.
Cambria Connty, Pennsylvania.
8 28 1m
SURF
H O U S
E,
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J
A FIRST-CLASS HOTEL,
IN EVERY RESPECT, IS NOW OPEN.
AI)DBKS3, i
WILLIAM T. CALER,
6 a Mm PROPRIETOR,
K. B The Haterlee Band is engaged Tor the season,
RATIONAL HOTEL
AND
EXCURSION HOUSE,
Atlantic City, N. J.
Tbe undersigned having leased the above favorite es
tabllsliment, aud having refitted and refurnished it
throughout. It will be opon tor the reception ot guests,
on 8ATUHDAY June 16. I860.
Tbe table will be supplied with the best the seasen
affords Including Oysters, Fish, Clarrs, etc. etc, and
none but the surest Wines, Liquors, Cigars, etc., se
lected for the Bar.
Committees of Excursions will find it tbe only place
in the city whete they can be accommodated, having
the largest batl-room, and music tree of charge.
J. WILLETT,
6 ljjm PROPRIETOR.
TJN1TED STATES HOTEL,
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.
Will open for tbe reception of guests on
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1866..
PODWOHTH'S BAND engaged lor the season.
Persons desiring to engage rooms will address
13ROWN & WOELPPEU,
rnoPKiBroRS, axlahtic city ,
Or So. 827 RICHMOND Street,
6 9 2mrp Philadelphia.
M E 11 C II A N T S' HOTEL,
CAPE ISLAND, N. J.
This Hotel being cn tljely refitted and refurnished in
the be.t manner, 13 KOW OPEN FOR THE RECEP
TION OF GUEbTB. '
Tbe house Is located near tbe ocean, and every atten
tlcnwlll be given to merit tbe patronage of the puollc
MoNUTT & MASON,
6 2iU PBOPRI BTOR3.
J3EIIINS COTTAGE,
(ADJOINING McMAKIN'd HOTEL;,
CAPE ISLAND, NEW JERSEY.
This new and handsome Hotel, built In the Italian
Villa style and aeliHhtiullv located. Immediately on the
beach at the foot ot perry street. Cape island, New Jer
sey, Is now open lot the reception of visitors. In Its
erection no pains or expense have been spared to secure
the comiert of Its guests and being newly furnished
thtouthout in the most elegant and rrehereht style it is
oue oi tbe most pleaiant aud attractive stopping places
on the Island.
Among its elegantly furnished apartments will be
found two superbly fitted up Ice Cream Baloous, where
the choicest Creams, Water Ices, t'onteetions, Jellies,
cm., w iu ajwa. ue iuuuu. . At. riLun,
JUw Superintendent,
C
ON ORES S MALL,
CAPE ISLAND, N. J.,
WILL B1MA1N OPEN UNTIL OCTOBER L ,
There bas beea added to ttls popular House, since last
seuson, tne enure ocean House property, giving an ocean
runt ol over MV leoi, aud over HM rooms trouuug aud
in lull view ol the sea.
A penect syitem of sewerage and drainage has been
completed, a leatare possessed by lew hotels ouulde ol
large cities.
'1 lie appointments of tbe House thrsuphont have re
ceived a most carelul supui vision, suggested by the ex
perience oi Dast seasons, for apaitiuenu. auf rexs
J. IT. CAKK,
Congress Hall,
iiassier s Brass and String Band, tl H
nHE WARM SPMNGS, NEAR-HUNTING.
JL don, Peuusylvania This dellghuul summer resort,
Ave units north of the i'enusylvauia Ral road, at Hun
tingdon J'a., Is now opal, lor ilu accommodation ut
vibiu.ni. Ihe locution is beautiiul the water Invigo
rating, fine grounds loi huuting, driving, eta. rMoue
cieek, near the Bpriuys, aflorus good .water Mr fishing.
'1 heie Is no more rouiuutlc tpot iu the country, aud lor
Itvalids ihe iresii air and sweet scenery are especially
ileoliuble. 'ihe Pennsylvania Railroad Company will
Issue excursion ticket, tovultor irom Jane 10 to Uoto
lerl. lotniortable coaches run daily between the
Hprlnpsand Uuut.ngdon. i'or particulars addxeas me,
at 11 uutlnudon. fa.
WILI IAM J. GEI9SIKQEB, Proprietor.
References bon. tt iliiam A. I'orier, Colonel Charles
T UutUiews t-snxom street baths; L T. WutUon, Josii.,
President Huntingdon and Broad Top Railroad Com
pany I Colonel A, K. Chambers, firm ot Chambers a
tat tell, No 8J . 'third street) Charles At. Allmond
lsi , Proprietor Washington House. g at iu
HE TAMMANY HOUSE,
NORTH CAROLINA AVENUE,
NEAR THE DEPOT, ATLANTIC CITT.N. J.
The subscriber takes pleasure In Inlormlng hia former
patrons and the pub iu, that the above house is now
opeu where he lit be happy to receive all whomav
laor him with a can. '
In connection with the Hotel, he has opened a FIRST.
CLAbB BlLLlAhD ROOM. poueu a s inoi-
ELIAS CLEAVER,
PROPRIETOR.
6 Him
"CONTINENTAL. HOTEL,
J LONG BRANCH, N. J.
This new mammoth hotel, tbe laiveat In the eountrv,
la new open tor the season Accommouatiuua lor IMi
peisons. Address
.,, SPRAOUX A 8TOKRM,
BlBlm fropriotors.
OLDZKOM HOUSE. BIUG ANTING BEACH,
la now open tor the season, with many IniDiove
uieots, geod fishing and gunulug baihuig uiuuroaniMd.
Mr. Houkom's jachi. the "Mary," will vouvey,pasaeu
gera to the hotel, terms, ai er week.
12m wu. HOLDsmO il. Proprietor,
SUMMER RESORTS.
SUMMER RESORTS
, ON LINK OP ' '
Reading Railroad and Branches.
MANSION MOUSE, MOUNT CARBON,
Mrs. Csrellne Wonder, TottsvUleP. O., Schuylkill ee
1 USCARORA MO TKL,
re, Hannah M lller, T nrcsrora P. 0., BchaytaDl eo
MAMA A 0 Y CITY HO TEL.
( Q. W. Prost, Mahanoy City P. 0., Schuylkill ee,
imijx it j uojc,
Mrs. Susan Hartaori, Beading P. 0
ANDALUSIA, 1
James 8. Madeira, Reading p. 0.
LIVING SPRINGS HOTEL.
Dr. A. Smith, Werdersvllle P. O., Berklte
S0U1H MOUNTAIN HOUSE,
H. H. Manderbacb, WomeUdorf P. 0., Berks 00.
COLD SPRINGS HOTEL,
Lebanon eo., Charles Roedcrmel, ITarrlsbnrg P. O,
BO YKRSTO WN SEMINAR Y.
i. B.Benky, BoyeratownP. 0., Berk eo.
YELLOW SPRINGS HOTEL,
i 8. B. Pnydcr, Yellow Bprmgs P.O., Chester co;
L1TIZ SPRINGS,
Bamuel Llchtenthaler, LitlvP 0., Lancaster ee
EPIIRATA MOUNTAIN SPRINGS,
Alexander 8. Feathei, Ephrata P. O., Lancaster ee
AfBrHl.1868. 233in
gUMMER TRAVEL,
Via North Pennsylvania Railroad,
SHORTEST AND MOST PLEASANT ROUTE T
W1LKESBARUE, .MATJCII CHUNK,
E ASTON, .
BETHLEHEM,
ALLEKTOWN,
I1AZL.ETUN
AND ALL POINTS IN TUB
Lehigh and Wyoming Valleys.
Commodious Cars,
Smooth Track,
Fine Scenery,
Excellent Hotels
Are tbe bpeetalitlea of ibla Route.
Through to TVllkesbarre and M.uch Chank without
change of cars.
Ihe new road between the summit of tie mountain
and Wilkesbarre opens no views ot unsurpassed beauty,
and the new betel provides tbe best and most aincle
accommodations tor summer visitors.
Lxcutslon T'cketa irom Philade'pbla to principal
points, iscued IRO.M T1CKL1 OH U f.8 CNLT, at re
duced rates, on Baturdas, food to return till Monday
evening.
f xcurslon Tickets to Wilkesbarre, good lor ten days,
issued any day.
THROUGH 1 PAINS.
Cars leave the Depot, TH1KD and TH0MF80K
Streets, at 7 30 A. If .3 30 P. M , and 513 P. M.
For particulars, see time table in another column.
6 9 2mrp , ELLIS CLARK, Agent.
QHOETEST ROUTE TO THE SEA SHOKE
D CAMDEN AKD ATLANTIC RAILROAD.
SUMMER AKlIANUKMfcNT. ,
THROUGH If 'IWO imfR.
Five trains da'ly to Atlantic City, and one on Oundav
On and atier THURSDAY, June 28, lses, trains will'
leave Vine Street Ferry as to'lows:-
r-peclal Excursion 640 A. Iff.
HI all tlli 7ii0 A. M
Freight, with Passenger Car attached....".'.' 9'15 A. m'
Expiess (tbiongh in two hours) 2 -do P. M.
Atlantic Accomntooation 4-13 p, m
, , HKTUHNINO, LKAVK ATLANTIC,
Special Excursion 518 P. M".
4 46 P. M.
Freight... i(.?3 A M
tmii'UKB Uft IWtl UOUTSJ. 7 OB A. M.
Accommodation 5
junction Acccmmoi,atlon t Jackson and In
termediate stations, leaves Vine street ft-30 P. X.
lt.turritiifr leave. Jackson 612 A M
Hnddontlcld Accommodation Train leaves' '
tne reet... 10 15 A. M. end2 W P. M.
Leaves Uaddonfleid l-0 P. M. and 315 P. M.
bundsvMail Truln A tian.i.. i . ...
7 n A. it. ami A tiantieat 4 45 P. M. """"
Fare to Atlantic S2. Round trip tickets, good onlr
f0Jl,,dav ?Di ,r,ln on which they ate issued, 3.
iJhSjl y'ar.1Phl fnress Company. Principal Office
No lib S. tilth street. Branch Office No. H) N
W harves, above Vine, will attend to the usual branches
of express business along the Hue ot the road, and de
liver baggage, etc., to and from all trains.
Goods of every description called lor and forwarded
by ei press to Atlantic (ity, and all way stations on
the road Baggage checked irom residence at Phlla
ee'Pl'l" o hotel orcottage at Atlantic Ity.
fc!2ni JOHN O. BRYANT Agent
OAMDKN AND AMBOY. PHILADELPHIA
GRAND EXCURSION ARRANGEMENT
1 Foa
. TOURISTS AND PLEASURE TRAVEL
NIAGARA FALLH, MONTREAL, QUEBFC, THE
WHITE MOUNTAINS. HKE GKORGE.
SARATOGA. DJ L& WARe. WATER
GAP, ETC. ETC
These excursion routes are arranged lor the special
accommodation of tourists and pleasure travellers,
ennbliag tbem to visit the celebrated watering places of
the North, at much less than regular rates of fare.
Tickets good nntll November 1st, 1W and entitle the
holder to atop over at anv point on the route.
For Tickets, information, aud circulars descriptive of
the routes, applv at the 'ticket Office of tbe Company.
o R'.'S CHEhAUT Street, Continental Hotel.
30 '2m W. H. GATZMER, Agent
FOR 3IAY.
Commencing MONDAY. July 2, 186(1. Trains will
leave (Upper Ferry) Market street, Philadelphia, aa
lollowsi
too A.M., Morning Mall. .
3C0P.il. Cape ay Accommodation.
Returning will leave Cape island
6 30 A. M., Morning Mail.
SOAP V. Cape May Axpresi.
Ticket Offlc s, at Fern loot "f Market street, and No.
tthChe.nut street, Continental Hotel.
Persons purchasing tickets of the Agent, at No. 828
Cbesnut stieet can by leaviDg orders, have their ba
gage called for and eheoked at their residences by
Graham's Baggage Fx Dress.
its J. VAN BEN88ELAER, Superintendent.
JROWN'S MILLS BOARDING HOUSE.
Ihe former patrons and friends offhe Boarding House
originally kept by the Brown family at Brown's Mills,
In tbe township ot Pemberton, county of Barllngton,
and State of New Jersey are hereby in lormed that tbe
subscriber know ready to accommodate all who will
favor him with their company.
THOMAS SCAIXERGOOD.
N. B. Stages for the accommodation of passenger!
to and from Brown's Mills, win run from Pemberton to
depot.
JOHN HAVENS,
6 23sw2m Proprietor ot staves.
II I T E IIOUS B,
ATLANTIC CITY, N J.
WILLIAM WIIITEHOUSE,
PaoraiiTOs.
Transient snd Permanent Boaiders taken on Liberal
Teims. 3stutnawrp
UNITED 8TATE8 HOTEL."
LONG BRANCH, N.J,
Is now open for ihe reception 01 visitors.
7 5 1m BEN J. A. biiOEMAKER. Proprietor.
FOR ALL KINDS OP
11 ,i
MAOHINEEY,
w ansnted not to gum er chin in tne coldest weather,
at about one third Ihe price 01 lard oil . Having obtained
the soIh ihbiv inr what has been Druiioun1 n -14
who have given a trial to be the best lubricating oil la
use, ddi excepting tuo oa.t vv,u w iam oils, we leel
warranted in making the lollowlng Oder to auy party
wl.olsliestogiveour ol a trial : We, It the Olfuoti
not erov. satuu.oiory, will take it back and return the
money, I' paid, aud make no charge lot tliegtiautiu (not
exceeding n rmuwum, u:u ,c, ,V( u
the cost of trauspoitatlon both wave.
, J. V. MOORE & t'O., Sole' AgeJs,
91 lai Ne. 56 N. SECOND Street above Arch. .