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The Policy of President .folinaoii A New
Pi or lainatlou and a Sew Cabinet.
from the Herald.
We have, from time to time, in tbe course of
Ihc last twelve month, urged upou President
Johnson the necessity, expe Jicncy, and advan
tages of a comprehensive reconstruction of his
Cabinet We have pleaded that the Cabinet
which carried the administration of Abraham
Lincoln through the war was not the Cabinet
demanded for the new issues and new ideas
resulting from a restoration of peace that it is
one thing to put down a great rebellion by
forte of arms, and another thing to restore the
submitting States to their proper fraternal re
lations in vhe gcncrttl Government. But there
liave been at no time since the dreadful tragedy
-which cut ou" in the height of his fame and
popularity our much lamented President Lin
coln, so many tarts and considerations com
bining as may now be advanced In behalf of a
new departnre by the Administration from the
starting point ot a new proclamation and a
new Cabinet.
As we uu Jerstanl the situation, the members
of the exlatiog Cabinet, actively or passively,
ure committed to President Johuson's policy of
Koulhern restotation Hgainst the policy of Con
tress. The active Cabinet members, miice the
aupture was nrot oillciallv declared between the
TieMdout and Congress, have been the Secreta
ries of State, the Treasury, and Navy; the new
Attomev-General, Htunsbery, and the new Post-master-General,
Randall ;and,singularly enough,
the most remarkably passive member has been
Mr. Stanton, our lato resolute, ener.aetic, radical
ud emphatic Secretary of War. Uut, actively
or passively, this Cabinet stands committed to
the President's Southern policy, which we are
satisfied ought now to bo abandoned in defer
ence to the manifestly picdominant public sen
timent of the North.. The governmental system
of the United States, national and local, rests
upon the will ot a majority of the people. Re
epect lor this sovereign authority is essential to
1 law and order among us, and this respect has
jUoen a prominent characteristic of Andrew
Johnson, Irom his first election as Aldetmau of
a little villntre in Tennessee to his occupation of
the White House.
Consistency, therefore, as well as sound
policy on his part, demands of him a cordial
adhesion to the restoration plan of Congress
sod ft now departure in support of this policy.
Wo liave all seen enough ot the developments
of public opinion in the North since the adjourn
Bioiitot Congress to convince us that the North
ern States, irom Maine to California, will sus
tain the Constitutional amendment of Congress,
in view ot its conditions affecting politically the
leaden of the Rebellion and negro representa
tion,' and in view of its substautial securities in
liehalf of the national treasury and national
debt; And against all Rebel debts and claims for
emancipated slaves.
Unon this etroug platform of reconstruction
the Northern Union party of the war i9 now ral
lied tor tbe coming elect ions for the next Con
gress, and Vermont and Maine indicate the drift
ot these elections. Falling in with this popular
current of the North on this platlorm, the Presi
dent cannot only retrieve his late misfortunes,
but be can become at once the roaster of the
fcituavion, with the ratidcation of thw new Con
stitutional amendment by the Southern States,
lookin? to bira as their protector and leader
against the Northern radicals. To this end,
therefore, tbe President's most effective starting
point will be Irom a new proclamation, anew
Cabinet ot new men, identified with the war for
the Union, and harmonious In sentiment upon
this question of Southern restoration. Such a
man as Charles Francis Adams, our Minister at
London, for the State Department, would, tor
Instance, be tiniver-ally accepted, and from the
ranks of the Republican party and war Demo
crats all the other executive departments might
Joe acceptably filled. The day has not yet ar
rived for the promotion of converted Copper
'heads or reconstructed Southern Rebels to these
positions. The time will come for absolution to
them when the Government is made secure with
the ratification ot this essential Constitutional
amendment. General Thomas, of Vircinia, that
able, tried, and trusty Union soldier, for Secre
tary of War, would, on the other hand, be a
good practical movement towards the restora
tion of the South to the Cabinet.
A prudent and sagacious statesman adapts
limsetl and his policy to the pressure of events
and tbe exigencies ot the day. He does net
licsltate to abandon a programme when he sees
that it has become doubtful and dangerous,
nor to take a new departure when it promises
an easy and decisive triumph over his adver
saries. Accordingly we urge upon President
Johnson a proclamation to the Southern States
in favor of the Constitutional amendment be,
lore the country, and a harmonious reoream
tion of his Cabinet on this policy, and In view
of a sound and cohesive financial system, and
a vigorous administration of our foreign affairs.
Let Mr. Jolmion Resign.
From the Hound Table.
If tho President of the United States were to
proract bis stump-speech tour for three months
longer, and then run for re-election, he would
scarcely command the vote of a corporal's
guard. Ia vain would an obsequious press,
taking the key from its fugleman, chatter about
liis rough honesty, his contempt of forms, his
patriotic love of the people, his single-hearted
desire for the restoration of the Union, and bis
even-handed aversion for fanaticism or section
alism, North or South. In vain would his organ
in this city, in a burst of bad temper at the
impending falsification of its prophecies and the
traversing of its selfish hopes of aggrandizement,
lay' dowu a program mo lor civil war ai tho
threatened consequence of such events, the cer
tain penalty to be inflicted on the nation should
Mr. Johnson not be allowed to have everything
His own way, and his menus not be permitted to
enioy all the plunder.
We are no partisans. We care not a fig for
either politleal party or faction, as such.
Htrictly speaking, we have no respect for either.
The tchemers who coutrol them, aud who
divide the spoils in the event of success, wp rm-
lievc to be corrupt and rascally almost to a
Mm. Tl ...... 4 1 , I i . V. I J . .
mioii. mac id iibbiu, ii uuytmug, uj cuouse ue-
tween them except tbat. now and than. whn
tho i have gone too fur in their nefarious jobs
muu Lumuiucs, sumo nine temporary good may
haply be attained on the set-a-thief-to-catch-a-thief
principle, by ousting them and thrusting
in iu vw, lueuesi ineu, me educated men,
the conscientious men ot the country, are not,
unuappuy, in pudiio me at an; ana among
those who, in their default, transact the national
affairs, however their incidental adherence tn
some valued principle may Grain them sympathy
at time, there are few, indeed, who command
our respect or attract our esteem. We are no
Tartisans: but we are sincerely desirous to sub
the speedy, thorough, and kiudly restoration of
the lately recusant siates. we advocate this
unreservedly and warmly, aud without fear
that, under the circumstances, we shall be ac
cused of professing neutrality while favoring
one of the belligprents. It is essential to the
peace, the prosperity, and the happiness of tbe
wnoie country, mat tue presem aunormai reia
tion of its sections shall be brought to a close.
The delav in bringing this about since the ter
initiation of the war has now lasted quite Ions
euoueh: it threatens to lust too long. We do
not desire to see permanent alienation find its
roots ia a policy which many earnest people
nave approved, wnnout loreseciuir or uenviug,
ppiUaiis. u so eruve a result, But such un
alienation is not only possible but ominously
piooabie. i ho discontent ot the bouth is crrow
lag more and more marked every day. There
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Is (spreading there either bitterness aud harden
ing aveision, or a Port of hopelessness and
apathy which are even worse in their probable
bearing npon friendly relations or Industrial
resumptions. . This is not as It should bo. What
ever may have happened in the past, we of tbe
North and our biethren in the South are, and
lor the iuture must continue to be, brothers
still. A speedy restoration of the Union which
shall bring us, slavery and its connections
excepted, to the status quo antebellum, is impera
tively demanded by evrry prudent, by every
patriotic, and by every generous consideration.
Why then, is it asied, do we oppose the Presi
dent, who is emphatically in favor of Just such
a speedy restoration f
We answer : Because we are absolutely
driven bv the force of collective circumstances
to the conviction that the emphatic advocacy
of reconstruction by Andrew Johnson will have
the surest tendency of any other possible inci
dent to impede and to defer tu Thai the pre
sent Congress will yield to bis arbitrary and
muddled behests is clearly out ot tbe question.
What they refused to do last sesiou they cer
tainly will not, backed by the logic of interven
ing elections, consent fo do In the comincr one.
But one party must yield. . Kit her executive or
legislative must go to the wall. The way out of
the dilemma on the basis of a lictltious Con
gress and consequent civil war, as amiably
uroposcd the other day by the New York limes,
Is both ouiraccous and ridiculous. The temper
of the overwhelming majority of the nation is
such that any aitempt ot the sort would bring
immolation upon those who proposed and
joined In it. Most especially if essayed by Mr.
Joliiison would such a coup d'etnt be destruc
tive to himself and his Iricnds. He has lost the
confidence of the people, and so have all tbe
more prominent of his advisers. We do not
regard the remit of the Maine election as a
proof that the majority there are opposed to
tbe South, and unwilling to admit her to her
ri ghtlul shaie in the national councils.
It is an evidence which will be followed bv
another and an other until there is thunder all
round the sky, and which will demonstrate that
uie jNortuern people do not and will not trust
the present Administration. They do not be
lieve that the principles or professions of these
men arise irom or are dictated by considerations
wnicntue nation is called upon to respect or
justified in supporting. -It is folly to contend
witn tne lriesistibie logic ot tacts. Any person
with a cool head and an eye undetected by
party prejudice must see that no policy inspired,
or likely to be inspired, by Mr. Johnson cau pos-
siDiy command anjtnmg like respectable
strength. Mr. Hotlman has no more chance to
be Governor of New York, for example, than
Mr. Weed has to be Pope ot Rome. It is abso
lutely necessary lor any party which is to make
head successfully ugnitiat the' Itepubl. can organi
zation, to possess itself of new ideas, new prin
ciples, and most decidedlvnew lenders. Jmtu-e
to the South, a sweeping reduction of the tariff,
aud determined economy in national expeudi-
lures, furnish an outline of the probable features
of the first; of the last wo as yet see no sitru.
But the signs will assuredly not be long In forth
coming. The war has taueht the community all thronirk
the United States much, very much, which it
did not know before. The contemplation of a
new set of public characters has, by tho effect
of comparison aud contrast, been teaching a
tremendous lesson, the effects ot which are now
becoming manifest. It has taught Americaus to
welffh as they never weighed before the differ
ence between sacrificing self tor country and
country for sell; the ditl'eieiice between words
and deeds, between politicians and soldiers. It
is by such a light that the lute miserable out
pourings ot tue President have been heard and
judged. Men cannot forget.il they would, the
extraordinary bitterness, the unexampled fury.
witn wuicn be anathematized, but a little while
back, the Southern cause and the Southern peo
ple. He either meant what in said or ho did
not. If he meant it, bi present, position anoma
lous and equivocal. If he did not mean it, how
can he be trusted for the future " Southerners
do not know, have no security, but that Mr.
Johnson may be reviling them "next week more
luriously than ever, and following up his de
nunciations by inimical actions. It is impossi
ble to believe that intelligent people in the
cotton States can thoroughly trust tho President;
and in point of fact tney oo uot really do so.
His whole character, his career, and his person
are diametrically opposite to the most cherished
Southern feelings, social tastes, and political
proclivities.
On the other hand, the people of tho North
great numbers of them outraged .by what they
count his apostacy to the party that elected him,
many immeasurably disgusted by his speeches
and personal demeanor, some unable to forgive
bis acrid hostility to the South in the hour of
her travail, and all in a manner feeling dis
graced and dishonored that such a man should
till the chair of Washington trust him far less.
The popular conviction is not that bis attitude is
that of a pure statesman, a conscientious patriot,
wishing to do all and dare all for a beloved
country, but that it is that of a cunniag and
experienced, albeit rather frequently a some
wDut hazy-headed, demagogue who has made
the perhaps mistaken calculation that Southern
votes added to those of a certaiu class of South
ern sympathizers North were to be stronger aud
so better worth courting than were likeiy to be
those ot the great rtepuoiicitn party, xnis calcu
lation involving as it did tue two dangerous
hypotheses, that revolutions sometimes go back
ward, aud that the Democratic party might be
reconstructed as well as the recusant states-
may yet by possibility be verified; but it is as
certain as the sun shines that it never will be
under its present leadership. '
In addition to the prevalent distrust ot him
self, Mr. Johnson has also to contend with that
which, disastrously tor mm, artacnes to various
of his .leading adherents. There is an atmo
sphere of double-dealing, of political trickery, of
indeiatigable self-seeking, about some ot these
persons which has done mucn anu irreparable
mischief to the prestige of Mr. Johnson's ad
ministration. Their very names suggest finesse
and charlatanry. Thou conspicuous advocacy
of the Piesident's policy has hurt it only in a
less degree than his own. t-verv one knows
that their adhedou comes of the tlesh-pots, sns
not ot the conscience; and every one except
those interested Is heartily tired of tho inoblo
and factious tactics which have so ion? been
employed to arrogate power aud filch the public
spoil. J ue nation is sick ana weary to exuaus-
tion of the trading politicians. . It would gladly
lav them all away togetner on some distant and
obscure shell where they could rot in quiet aud
be hoard of no more.
We would not be one-sided, and bv no
means confine tbe letter remark to the hacks of
a fcingle party, but intend it to be general and
catholic in its application to all. The desired
reconstruction, the wisbod-for reconciliation be
tween Norlh and South, will be truest and most
cordial when many voices including those cf
Stevens and Sumner, famous tor love of protec
tion as well as lor hate of the South shall be
beard in Congress uo more; which remark is
dictated by no unfriendly feeling towards either
gentleman, but, as suggested, by the persuasion
that pacification will be greatly facilitated when
ail WHO nave ueen conspicuously uuijiuo iu
either section shall have retired from public
life. The entire couutry will be happier, and in
every way better oil, when the whole existing
race of hack politicians shall bo brushed out of
sight, and 'when not a trace of them shall be
leit behind. There is scarcely one of their
number but might render his country good ser
vice by retiring from public lite with the next
session of Congress.
Let Mr. Johnson set them the example. His
proies.-tons ot love for his couutry are un
bounded. Let him now prove his devotion by
at act which neither iriends nor foes can mis
construe. So long as be remains where he is,
amicable reconstruction, it is now certain, is
quite out of the question, if even a new civil
war do not arise as a horrible but not impossi
ble consequence. Tho suggestion of his news
paper advocates has already, shameful to say,
pointed out tho modus operandi whereby this
fresh strife mav be ..brought about. Let Mr.
Johnsoji put such miserable and dastardly coun
sels to shame by gracefully resigning the august
position to which he most unfortunately suc
ceeded, and, by so doing, allow the divided
sections to come together in peace and harmony
once mote. That certain risks would be in
volved In such step is quite true; but we may
safely say the danpors or not taking it will be
still greater. It is difficult to realise, all things
considered, that any chantte whatever could be
for the worse; there are many chances that it
would prove very ranch for the better. At the
time of hid inauguration Mr. Johnson clearly con
templated the pof siblllty ot such an act as resign
ing the position which he well knew the country
did not think him fitted for, and it is now a
very convenient season for him to put his tardy
purpose into execution. "The duties," he ob
served, "are. mine for the present, 'and we really
think that the patience with which up to the lat
lew weeks the country has borne with him will
lustily the President in rewarding it by a lultill
ment of his implied promise. Let him resign
his office, and he will have established a title to
the eiatitude of the American people wLich will
go far towards making them forget his treachery
and his weakness; a title which will lead those
of the dominant party to remember only hi
f crviccs iu Tennessee, and the rest to credit that
he bas been tho victim of intriguing politicians
and his own undisciplined pasions rather than
the slave of an intrinsically bad and corrupted
nature. For unquestionably his resignation at
ihis period would do the country vast good and
cut the gordliin knot of countless ditlictilties;
and be may be assured, considering all former
us well as recent experiences, that most wl-o and
thoughtful Americans whose opinion is of any
value would always thereafter consider that
nothing in his official life ever became him like
his leaving it.
Tlie Constitutional Amendment.
From the Timet
There Is not the slightest diflercnce of opinion,
as far as we are aware, in the Union party, and
very little anywuere else, as to the wisdom of
ratifying the Constitutional amendment pro
posed by Congress. It received every Union
vote in the House, and is sustained by every
Union journal throughout the country. The
only point upon which differences do prevail is
as to the policy of making its adoption a condi
tion precedent to the admission of representa
tives from Southern States. Upon this, Union
members of Congress were not agreed among
themselves. Some were opposed to admitting
them until after the amendment should have
become part of the fundamental law, by the rati
fication ot three-fourths of all the States. Others,
like Mr. Bingham, ol Ohio, insisted that when
ever any Southern State should ratify the amend
ment, that State should thereupon be admitted
to representation. Othprs, like Mr. Boutwell,
of Massachusetts, and Mr. Kelley, of Pennsyl
vania, refused to pledge Congress to admit them
even after the amendment should be adopted.and
other" still did not oeem it within the constitu
tional power of Congress to impose its auoption
an a condition ot admission to the fundamcutul
ngju oi repiusciimiiMii. i
In point of fact, the adoption or rejection of p
the amendment has notning whutever to do,
aa tbe law now stands, witn the admission or
reiec'.ioii of members irom the Southern States.
Audi providing for their admt-sion on condi
tion ot its adoption was rejected by the House,
and even if every Southern State should ratify
the amendment "to-morrow, Congress has no"t
pledged it-elf in any way thereupon to admit
their repiecntatives in Congress. The two
questions are entirely i-pparate and distinct,
and each must be dttermiued upon its own
merits.
The amendment iUelf is as follows:
Joint resolution proposing an Amendment to the
Constitution ot the Unite l states.
lie it resolved, By tbe Henate and Hou-e of Re
presentatives oi tho United Status of America, in
Congress assembled (two-thirds of both nouses
concurring). That ti.e following articlo be pro
posed to the Lurislatures as an amendment tho
Constitution of tno United Stales, which, whtii
ratilied by three-fourths of said LoMiaturcs, shall
be valid as part ot the Constitution, namely:
Article 14 Section 1. Ati persons born or natu
ralized in I ho United Slates, and subjeot to tae juris
diction thereof, aro citizens ol tbo United btatoa and
of the Sta'o wherein (they reside. No ijtato shall
make or enforce any law which shall abridge the
privileges or immunities of citizens ot the United
States; nor hall any Stato deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property without due process of law,
nordony to unv person within its jurisdiction the
equal protection ot the laws.
Section 2. Representatives shall be apportioned
among the several States acoording to tboir respec
tive uumbera, oountintr the whole uumber of petsona
In each Mate, excluding Indians not taxed. But
when tbe right to vote at any elect. ou tor the choics
of Electors lor President and Vice-President of the
United States, Keprescntatives in Congress, the
executive and judicial o Ulcers of a State, or the
members ot tbo Legislature thereof, is denied to any
ol the male inhabitants of tueh State, boing twontv
ooe years ot age and citizens ot the United States,
or In any way abridge the right of suffrage except
lor paiticipauon in rebellion or other crime, tlia
basis ot representation therein slia 1 bo reduced in
the ptocortion which the number ot such ma'e citi
zens Bha'.l hear to the whole, nubcr of male citizens
twenty-one year ot age in uch Stale.
Section 3 No person sh 1 be a Senator or Repre
sentative in Congress or elector ol President and
Vico-Piosident, or hold an'v office, civil or military,
under tbe United States, or under ant state, who,
haviujr previously taken an oath, as a member of
Congress, or as an ofllcer of the Un.tod States, or as
a member of any state .Legislature, or as an execu
tive or judicial otlicet ot any State, to support the
Constitution of the United States, shall have eu
uaiied in insurrection or robelliou a if ai nut tbo same,
or irtveu aid or comfort to the enemies thereoi. But
Con less may, by a vote of two-thuds oi each
House, remove such disability.
Section 4. The validity ot the publio dobt of the
United -States, amhorzed by law, including debts
Incurred lor payment of pensions and bounties lor
services in suppressing insurrection and rebellion,
shall not be questioned.. But neither the United
States nor any Mate shall assume or pay anv dobt or
obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebel-
the loss or emancipation of anv slave: hut all bucIi
i debts, obligations, or claims s;iall be held illegal and
voia.
Section 5. Tne Congress shall have power to en
foice, by appropriate legislation, tue provisions of
luibarucie
The objects sought to be obtainod by this
amendment are important and desirable. The
tirst, which clothes with the equal civil rights
belonging to citizenship all the native-born iu
habi:ant3 of the United States, commends itself
to "very trim's sense of justice and of public
poucy. it was tne worst ieature of slavery that
it Kept a large class ot persons outside the pro.
tection ot the law; aud now that slaverv has
been swept away, there is no shadow of excuse
lor perpetuating tnus worst ot all its wrongs,
We truf t the Southern States will make speedy
provision for extending the full protection ol the
law over their enlrancbisod slaves, in common
with all their people; but aside from this there
are many reasons of justice and propriety why
tne national conmnition snouia make this guar
antee universal and perpetual.
The wcond clause of the amendment Is do
signed to romedy an inequality which now exists
in the cntoyment ol political power. It was de
cided bv the framers of the Constitution that
ponilatton, ana not bouts, should constitute the
mu-is of representation, aud this ceases to be
the wisest rule only when large masses ot the
population are excluded from eutlraire in some
elections of the country, aud not In others. Then
it becomes an element ot lueqtialitv and Injus
tice. A voter in the ene section has double the
political power of a voter In the other. This in
equality enlstB to-day between the 'Northern and
tbe boutuorn btates, and it oni'lit to be cor
reeted. This would be trno if the question had
never had anything whatever to do with too
Hebellion or it the inequality wre iu favor ol'
the Morth instead of the South. Kverv man cuu
tee that it is unjust, and the Southern Stales
ought to see It es well as the Northern. And as
uo i-ectlon t& to be benefited m tl.e lona run by
auv inequality or any injustice, tne Bon m as
well as the Noith oupht to ratify this amend
Mem. Jt involves, it 1 true, a lompjrary. sur
render ol u ponou ot ine uouticni rower no
I'liinved under tbe Constitution: but that sor
render would be more than compensated by re
movine an lniontice wnieu, bo loinr as it exists
ldiist bo tho lruitful source ol' fectional discon
lent and national discord.
The thiid clause of this amendment declares
orrtnin clasf-es ot persons wno took a responsi
ble part in the Itt'belllon iucliulble to otllca
until relieved therefrom by to-thtrds of Cou-
erees While the power of tougress to puril?!
pate in tho exerriso of the pardoning power, or
to prescribe qualifications lor loc al office In the
several States, may be open to doubt, none can
rest upon the substantial justice of this provi
sion, so iar as Federal office Is concerned. Men
who have waged war upon the Government
cannot complain of any wrong in being ex
cluded for a time from personally sharing its
authority and power. And the time when they
may thus be readmitted is within the wise dis.
cretion of the Government Itself. This is a
wholly different, question Irom tfcat ot admitting
Stales to representation, as it touches only the
ouestion of the character and qualifications of
the persons by w hom those States may be repre
sented; and in this respect the amendment is
not unduly harsh or severe. As it oriirinally
passed tlie House, ihls clause excluded every
body who had taken any part in the Rebellion
or given it aid and comfort in any way, from
voting until after the next Presidential election ;
but this was changed in the Senate, and as it
now stands is not open to serious objection.
The fourth clause simply forbids the payment
ot the Rebel debt, aud is not opposed by any
body; aud the fifth only gives Conaross the
pwer to carry the other provisions into effect
a power Congress would probably possess In the
absence of any such specific grunt.
The amendment now awaits the action of the
Legislatures of the several States. It is just in
itself, and its adoption, by remedying injustice
and providina lor the public satety, would do
much towards tranquillizing public sentiment
our prcnaring the way lor a more speedy restora
tion ot pcare aud harmony to all sections of our
ct mmon Union. It Is greaily to be retrretted
that all the States were not represented in the
Congress by which it was proposed; but it is
submitted to them all for their consideration
and action. Nothing would conduce more to
the public peace than its speedy ratification,
especially by tho'-e States which are to be most
directly affected by its provisions.
The Congressional Klectlous.
From Vie World.
The great importance of tho ensuing Con
gressional elections does not depend on their
relation to the early admission of the Southern
Senators and Representatives, but ou their rela
tion to the next Presidential election. The ten
excluded States make a difference of seventy
votes in the electoral colleges fifty for their
Representatives and twenty for their Senators.
The radicals are manteuvring to exclude these
seventy electoral votes. To foil their Intention
is the most solid advantage that we can gain in
the approaching elections.
Happily, we do not need, for this purpose, to
elect a majority, but ouly one-third of the mem
bers of tbe House. As the laws now stand, those
States are entitled to their due number ot elec
toial votes, and the President ot the Senate
would be compelled to receive and count them.
To have the southern electoral votes counted,
it is not necessary to repeal a law, but only to pre
vent the passage of a new one a state of tacts
which make a great difference in the Congres
sional strength needed by the Unionists." To
repeal an existing law requires a majority of
both Houses; but to defeat a new law which the
President disapproves requires only one-third
of the members of one House, and one vote ad-
oitionnl. If we can elect one-third of the House
ot Representatives, we shall effectually coun
tervail fhe chief object or the radicals in their
nolicv of exclusion. A eain of twbntv odd
Congressmen will give us seventy electoral votes
which we should otherwise lose.
This point ia of sach vital consequence that
we desire to make it entirely clear. To this end
we ask a perusal ot the joint resolution pasaed
previous to counting tbe electoral votes iu 18G5.
The following is an exact copy:
JOINT BESOI.UTIOH DECLARING CERTAIN STATES
NOT UNTITLED TO REPRESENTATION IN TUB ELEC
TORAL COLLEGE,
Whereas. The inhabitants and local authorities of
tho States of Virginia, .North Carolina, nouth Caro
lina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, ixmi-
siana, lex as, Arkansas, and Tennessee rebolled
against the Government of tho Untied States, and .
were in soon condition on tlie ma day ol Aovoin
her, lHdi, that no valid election lor eluotors of Presi
dent und Vice-President of the Unitod Status, ac
cording to tho Constitution and laws thereof, was
ucio tnerun on saiu uav; inereiore
lie it resolved by the Henate and Home of Itcpre
sua alive $ of the United State of America in Von-
gres astembled, That tbe States mentioned in the
preamble to this joint resolution are not entitled to
representation in the Klcotoral College for the choice
ot f'resident and Vice-Piesident ot the United
States, for the term of office comraouciug oo the
4th day ot March, 1865; and no electoral votes
shall be received or oounted from sa id states con
cerning the choice ot Piesident and Vice-President
lor said term of otilce.
Approved February 8, 1865.
Tho Republicans cannot object to the prece
dent set by this joint resolution, for it is a prcce-
aent oi tneir own niamng. it esratuisnes the
principle that whenever the President of the
Senate is not specially instructed by Congress to
the contrary, he must count the electoral votes
ot all the States, and declare the result as all
the votes make It. The joint resolution passed
in 18G5 applied only to the electoral votes of
that one election. Unless the President of the
Senate shall be again similarly instructed by a
new joint resolution, in 1809, all the Southern
votes will have to be counted. It is important
to ooservo thkt the loiceoing joint resolution
w as not passed until oiler the Presidential elec
tion of l(i4, and that tUo recital in its preamble,
on which the resolution U founded, is the recital
of a pa:st historical fact lespectiug the condition
ot certain states ou tue eighin ot the preceding
November. It benco follows that tho present
Congress cannot pas such a resolution relatiug
to the next Presidential electiou. If the South
ern votes tie excluded, it must be done by tho
Congress now about to be electPd. The coiiutry
it quite safe on that point if (be Unionists cau
elect ouc-third of the new lloue of Representa
tives. The election of a majority of the House,
though on maty accounts desirable, would pro
duce no immediate advantage above what would
equally follow from the i.-lection of Union mem
bers enough to support the veto, it needs a
majority of both Houses to pass a law, and as
thi Republicans would still control the Seuite,
it is only negative results that can bo expected
from the next Cong resH. To block bad legisla
tion, the veto and one-third ot one Hou'e are
all that is necessary. Tbe key of tho political
position is the next Presidential electiou. Tho
seventy Southern votes will probably determine
it. Those seventy votes will be counted if we
can prevent the passaare of a joint resolution
like the above by the next Congress, which can
be easily aud trtunipbantly done by good, man
nacmcut and a little extri exertion in about,
twenty districts where the Republicans had
trifling majori ties in 18G4.
QTEIfiLEDER, TROUT, VOIGT A' CO
-' ue. .most lesreetlull to call tbe attenUon ot the
puuuv inrne to ineir newiy-luvcntea rateuc,
'1HK I'MVl'llMt I. 41 l via lu-l-
wblcb, by disiUariflnK a percussion cap. made expressly
tor the purpose, will move verv ili ,-inal in ilm ,.r..u...
tion ot burglaries, etc.
i e iV"0,C,''.'B 0I ome ot ' 'reat advantages:
lat. Mniulicliy ol obstruction, cheapness amlemein
V,,,,i"J"ou,' fiat aservuntor chl.d ma? set It.
f reuoui from dunter to persons or property.
aa. universality ol application to any part of a Door,
?JE ?li i ""'t Abutter, Uate, Gaidon, Trosetvo,
'.wP'Y? a c,,fck ,0 burglais by aiarn.lng tbe In
mates. ne!ililnrit h ..nii..n ' "
6th l lie mind Is lelieved from much painful anxiety,
IP tcmnie loneliness or old ukb. especially wuon ai tides
o'f' )lue are kept In the Louse.
i . , ,u"lvrsal protection to travellers to (listen
on t'hnuiier dnora.
of m for t!0"Btruction ilmpl nd not liable to got out
DlllLtTlONS FOB TTKK ACOOMPA.NT EVEEV IN-
' STKL'WENT.
w..6 ...ve. ut ur article at the low price of ONE
in . ,va 01 'a caW and It cannot be i?ot
cut uper ether lioni us or irom our agents, 1'or lurther
,.,..... ., unt ui nraiian as.
. DltlULWlUt
1 liOHT. VOIOT A CO..
OUice. Ko. ill WALNUT htreet.
' . .. Room No 18
r..,,n send the ALAHMIST to any part ot the
TZ.lyLuZ Mw.i oi puce, aud cents extra loi
Couutry A geats wanted. K 3 in
342
HOUTII STRKET. 11. IVANCONA
nava tli 1,1., n.i.. .... ,
;mi nmuii tiowmi. :m bOVTli hire' oelow
SPECIAL NOTICES.
5f DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HIGH-
WAYS OUice, FltTH Street, t aids. below
PHii.AOF.Lm i a. BevtemberlO.lSU.
NOTIO, TO CONTKAClOKS).
ftaled PronoKaia will be roolvcn at the O dice of the
Chlcil Commiaiiloiier ot Ilinhwa.a, until li o'clock VI., oo
MON DAY, the tb Inst., lor the conntiuction ol a Bewac
on the line ol Uteen street, irom hlKhteoiiih to Nm
t"Hilh atroct. to be built 01 brick, olrcu r In rorm,
with clear limlde OInmetcr of two leet aim Inches, with
alien Inlnta and manholes aa may be directed bjr the
Cbtci Knulneer and Surveyor. . . .
'I be umlerKtnniling to be that the contraoior shall
take bill prepared against tbe proairty trontlng on
tatd aawer, tn the amount ot on dollar ana twenty Ave
ceiita lor each lineal loot nf iront on each aide of me
atret. aa payment In mil without reoomao to the olty.
All hidtiora are Invited to b present at the time ana
place ot open I n (i the said propoaals. . ...
ach proposal win be accompanied bv certificate
that a bond baa been filed In the Law Department, M
directed by or Mnanco ol May 2", 18S0.
II Ihe lowest bidder i-tinil not exectito contract
within rive daya after the work ia awarded he wi I be
dei mi d aa 1( cllnlnir. and will be held l'able on his bond
lor the dlllerence between bis bid and tbe next higher
bid.
Mpccltleatlotia may be had at the Department of Sur
veys, w tiicu will be atneily adhered to.
W. W. 8MEOI.ET,
8 14 3t Chief Commissioner ot UlKhwayt.
BET,
DEPARTMENT OF PU1JLT0 HIC.II-
WA 8 Ofllce west side of FIFTH Htreet. be ow
Cbesnui
rniLAPELpniA. September 20, 1866,
KOTICK 'IU CUKTBAUfUUH.
Sealed Proposals will bo received at the Office ot the
Clilel 1 omtiusBloner or ttiKDwaya until li o clock M
on HONDA 1, 24th Inst, lar the conmruotlon ot a
bewcr on the line of Mount Vernon street. Irom Tenth
to Eleventh street, to be built ot btlck circular In form,
with clear innlde diameter of two leet si Inches, and
with uc i lnlaia and manholes as mav be directed br
tbe hlef KnKineer and tturveyer. The nnderatandlna
to be that tne oontractor ahull take bills preuared
ayalnit the prone -ty fronting on said sewer to the
amount ol one dollar and twenty-live cents lor each
lineal toot ol Iront on each side ot the street as so much
rauti ii Kid. the balance to be Dald bv the cltv
All bidden are Invited to be present at the tlrao tad
place ol opening said propoaals
ICncb proposal will be aoeompanled br a certlflctte
that a bond has been filed In the l.nw JicDartmont aa
directed bv ordinance oi JUay 25 liliO. I' the lowext
bidder shall not eieeute a nntract within five days
alter tlie work is awarded he will be deemed as declin
ing, and wid be I eld liable on bis bond for the difference
bet ween m.i dio. anu me next nigner ma
Hpeciilcatlons may be had at the liepartment of Sur
veys, wuicu win do strictly aauerea 10
W. W. BMEDr.ET.
0 24 tt Chief Commissioner of Highways.
;
OFFICE OF THE LKI11GH COAL
AND AV1GATI0N COMPANY.
i HI LADKLPUl A. AUSUSIW. INHi
The Stockholders of tbls company are hereby notliled
that tue Hoard oi Managers have determined toauow
to all persons who shall annear as Stockholders on the
Hooks ot the Company on the tfth ot bepteinber next,
alter the closing oi transient, at 3 P. M. oi tha. day ths
privilege or subscribing lor new siock ct par, to the
extent oi one share ot new stock tor every live shares
then standlns In their names Each shareholder entitled
to a tractions! part oi a share shall have the privilege of
auuBciiuiug iur a iuii aiiara,
1 lie subscription books will open on MOND AY, Sep
icnioer iu, anu cioae ou baiiuuai, necemuer i, isott
at A P. At.
VaMiient will be considered due Jane 1. 1867. but an
Instsiii ent ot VO per cent., ur ti n dollars per share, must
ue paiu at ine time oi auDseriDiiiK- ine naianca mav be
Said irom time to time, at the option ot the subscribers,
eiore Ihe 1st ot November, itail On a'l payments.
including the aforesaid instalment, made before the 1st
o t June. ikoi. aiscount will be aliowca at tne rate ol 6
D er cent, per annum, ano on a I navments made between
tnat date and the Is . ot November. IBM, mturest will be
cliarptd at tbe same rate.
All stock ntt paid up in full by the 1st ot Vovemoer,
1867 wl.l be lorleited to ibe use ol tbe C ompany tler-
titicates lor the new stock will not be issued until atter
dune l. itltiT. and said stock, u paid up in lull, wl.l be en-
tit ed to tne November dividend oi lttil, out to no earlier
dividend. bVLvnun atufuf.uu.
8 30 Treasurer.
THK ANNUAL MHtiTINU OF THE
Stockholders of the CKE8CENT CITY Oil.
C OMFAN Y will be bcld at their olllce. No 258 H TIIIKl
Sireet, on lUcoDAV, October I), at 12 o'clock, noon,
lor tne election oi omccrs.
9Wl7i M. BUZBY, Secretary.
BATCHELOR'8 IT A I R DYE
THE HLST IN THE WOtoLI).
Harmless reliable, instantaneous, ihe only perlcct
dye. No disappointment, no ridiculous tints, but true
to ui. lure, Diaca or urown.
Cii-MlNi. la SIGNED WILLIAM A. BATCHELOB.
ALbO.
Itecer erntioe Extract oi A; llleflcurs restores. preserves
and beautilles the hair, prevents baldness. f-oal by all
Druggists. Fat-ton No. 81 BAKCLAY bu, N. Y. J3
KSjf JUST PUBLISHED
aa&' Bv the rhyslclans oi the
NEW YOKE. MUSEUM,
tbe Ninetieth Edition ot their
(OUK LECTURES.
entit'ed
phicosopiiy or mahmage.
To be bad nee, tor four stamps, br aadre&dnK 8ocro-
toiy New 1 ors iiuneum ot Ana'emy,
b lit. No. (jit) 1 liOADVVAY. New York.
qien echo mills,
GERMANTOWN.
McCALLlMS, CREASE & SLOAN,
MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS OF
C JS. Ht I n: rr 1 1ST Gt s.
WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT,
No. 509 CIIESNUT Street.
RETAIL DEPARTMEiNT,
No. 510 CIIESNUT Street,
Ofl'OSlTH MiDBrEMDEKCB 11 ALL 9 U 2lH
MILLINERY, TRIMMINGS, ETC.
i MRS. R. DILLON,
' Nos. 323 and 331 SOUTH Street.
Has a bandsome HMsrtment of MTLLIXERYi Mfsse
and Inlanti' aia an Caps, Sllkj, Velvets Cttpei
Blbbons, Eeatbers, Flow era, Frames, eto. 1 18$
SPLENDID OPENING OF FALl. AND WIN
TER KT'YLKH. MKM. M. A. BlltW-H No. 131
(JIlfchNLT Mreet, Fhilaaeiphia IMi'oKTKU Or'
LAiTf-8' l'IUf AND CI.Okl TItlUMlJd Also
an elegant slock of Imported Faper fa.tems tor
Indies' and I'hllaren's Dress. Pafisiau Dress una Cloak
MukliiH in all Its varieties. Ladles inrulshiua' their
rleu aud costly uiateriu mav reiy on being artiailcalir
tilted, aud their work tliilhhed In the must prouipr and
etliclent manner, at tin. lowest possible prices at twenty
four hours1 notice. CuitlUK and baatintr Patterns in
sets, or by the alnule piece, lor merchants ant dress
makers, now ready. S 20 tfiu
JARBLED SLATE MANTLES.
' SLATE WOllK of every description on band, or done
t order. "
I LAIN 8 LATE AV'D TILES always on band.
J, li. KIMKS & CO.,
It vs. S120 tnd fJS CUESNUr Htreet.
9U
WATCHES, JEWELRY ETC.
-
BOWMAN & LEONARD,
MA NCFA 0TTJRP.K3 OF
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER
IK
Silver and
SlUcr-Platcd Goods,
ARCH STREET,
No. 704
rm.-ADBi.rniA. -
Tbne In want of RIT.YF.R nr BIT van m
WAN, wnl find It much to their advantage U visit
our H I OHK beio,a making iheir purchaar Onr loa
experience In the msnniaotare ot the above klnda f
gooda enables us to delv competition.
it r eep uo rhouuiui luose wnien are or the rflHT
Ci.ASH.all ol our own maka,and will be sold at reduce
prices,
FOE GOLD WATCHES.
su oi'juuinoia in our vitv
We call ancclal attention nftlia inln. i- ,i
to tlie . uju.j mi.. un viw
FINE WATCH AND SIIVKIlWAnm
ESTABLISHMENT OP
V. W.'CASSIDY,
No. 19 South SECOND Street,
Who has on hand one of tho finest assortments ot Jew
e ly, etc, of any in the city. A splendid assortment
BILVEPWARE ALWAYS ON HAS D. Remember
W. W. CASSIDY,
8 ,fi5 Ko. 13 Booth SECOND Street.
O. RUSSELL & CO.
No. Q2 North SIXTH
St.,
I Having Increased their facilities for
FINK WATCH REPAIRING,
Invite tbe attention of tbe pnbllc.
All work w arrnnted for ose year.
C5SS
IAMOND DEALER- & JEWELER.
WATCHES, JMTFLllY A HM Elt IVAIlg. iJ
ATCHE3 and JEWHLP.Y REPAIRED.
J!i5 Chestnut St-.TM1
,7
Owing to the deellne ot Gold, bas made treat re
duction In price cf hi large and well assorted stock
Diamonds,
Watches,
Jewelry,
Silverware, Eto
Tbe public are respectfully Invited to call ant examln
nr stock before purchasing elsewhere. i ti
WATCHES, JEWELRY, &c.
MUSICAL BOXES.
A fall ni8ortnicnt 01 above coods oonstaiirlv an
li and at model ate prices the Alusical Usxus playiaai
Irom 2 to 10 beautiful Airs. ,
FARE, & BEOTHEE, Importers,
No. 824 CIIESNUT STEEET,
11 llsmtbjra Below Fourth,
HENRY HARPER,
No- .020 AttCII STREET
Hanulactn and Dealer in
W'atchea
I''ine Jewelry,
Silver-Plated Ware,
81$
Solid. Silver-Ware.
1UCH JEWELRY
JOHN B REN NAN,
DKALER IN
DIA2I0NDS, FINE WATCHES, JEWELRY,
Etc. Eto. Etc
9 2 'A Ko. 18 6. EIGHTH S1K1ET, PhUada.
THE EYE AND EAR.
JJEAFNESS, BLINDNESS,
THROAT, LUNG, AND CHEST DISEASES
CATARRH ANO ASTHMA,
Disordered Functions ot
TUE DIOESTIVE ORGANS
MOhUll) AFFEGXIOKS OF TUB LIVEB,
WEAKNESS OP NERVES, AND GENERAL
DEBILITY OP THE WHOLE SISrEM,
Treated with unprtcedented success by
DR. VON AIOSCHZISKER,
No. 1031 WALNUT Street.
'ilio loi lowing 01 KTLIMK.N. wbo have lately been
cm id under tbe treuluiiut of Dr. VOa JlOn ilZl.-v-K
I It. liuve klii(ll) peiuiilied lilm to reier to iliem, and
tbey would K.adi bear lestuoonv to tbe amount oi
ILiMi-H'l derived Irom bis TKKAT111-.N 1 i
'l.ll. lucCHt.yHV,l.tQ.,'o.i!) Wa nut street.
MidhMAKHl, f t.'i-, So. Aim Walnut aueet.
ALAN W oUl, Jr., .ni . 10.MU Arcb stroei
C. li. OKI r N, l-.su.. Ao. lift .North .-eveutli street
t. J. liULLUWAY, Ksq. Ho Suft Market street.
J. t'OOFl-.K. i:sq,No Korili Front slroet.
lr. lAVllbU,h. W. comer of Mutb audCbesnut
"''eueral Kl I.BTjRN. V. fl. A., Oliard street
T. W. t-WEEM-V, Ksq., U. b. Assessor ol the Second
iViiABT, Efq., Piesident oi the Nineteeath Wart
lubiic Schools.
Kev. 8. U. HARE, I'hiiadolphla Conference
Hundreds of other iiau.es, ail persons vthowonldba
careiuiit toiiscieiulous to tvhoui they would penult the
li doit-oiiient ol their names can be examined at bis
OFFIC'li,' 1W1 WALNUT 6treet.
THE ATOMIZER.
Br. TON MOSCBZl.sKEB assorts vltu the ntinost
CMiitdeuce ' Hat his s.vs cni oi tixaiuix LI Ml,
HiKOAT, CUJl8T Dlsea.es, CATAKK11, ASiHMA,
Slid ail inalauies of the cllgcsllve organs, by the use ot
tlie AlOttilZtK, ia tbo ouly reliable one Binoe the
luuduetion oi this system oases have boon broaabt
to hit oll.ee, Ko IWil W. UW btreet in which
ev ly ether possible means have oeen iruitlessly ea
pli yed, but read! yleldU toliis treaiuieui.
Ine A'loil2Kll uau Al lARAiUH etmstrnoted on
scieitlilo principles, w hich, by a mechanical arraiiKo
nient. eilhar by atmospheric pressuia or steam, oon
v ens any media ne mm a tine U'ltAY, and , feadl y
convey it il l BK0NC1UAL 1 1 ;WB ' tU.
Wilh the BKhFlMAlOKY t UU1J;, . "''J0'"
sulinilted to the aetiou ox thil AIPAUV1U8 km
no.li ii of Iheir I I1F. H'AL VALL'K. a in other
Sre ni Stmus. but u-e iftelv.d Into Uie HK8MKA
TilY OliOANS id' then uU JlkDiClNAL
B11'miw.IOAL Ol'EBAtfONS OS THK EYE.
AIL i-lfillli ALOI'liHA'llO.NSonttio Kyoa, auch as
taturaov, Artlucial l"upU, fross fcyes, etc., stiiliu.ly
peiioimed.
O V T Ij 13 II
A flne assortmiMit of POOKKT
TAI.i.k t i iW'-i, i;az,ui
ZOll M'Kni'h HllIKV Hill:
a r ' L V. I.Hl.WOV
Cutlcrr Store, Mo. u t-oulh TF.N'l i V
DIS'I lliree doors ebo