TUE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH. PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 18GG.
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THE POLITICAL WOULD.
THE GREAT QUESTION OF THE DAY.
THE USUHPATION,
A POWERFUL DOCUMENT.
'rom tle iltlnnttc Monthly for Octtbtr. ,
There arc thtve pns1on, to which public men
are especially expc-Hcd tear, hatred, and ambi
tion. Mr. Johnson In tho victim and slave of
all; and, unhappily lor himself, and unfortu
nately for the country, there Is no ground for
hope that he will ever free himselt lrom their
malign influence. I
It is a comnion report, Bnd a common report
ionnded upon the Btatenipnts of those beat ac
quainted with the President, that he livc9 in
continual fear of personal harm, and that he
anticipates hostile ConrcFslonal action in an
attempt to impeach him and deprive him ot his
office. He bent of all men knows whether he is
justly liable to impeachment; and he ought to
bbow that Congress cannot proceed to impeach
him. unless tho otlenses or misdemeanors
chained and proved are of such eravity a-i to
justify the proceeUing in tiie eyua of ihe country
and the world.
There is nothing vindictive or harsh in the
' American charncter. The lorbearance of the
American people 1 a subject of wonder, if it is
not a theme for encomium. Tncy havo assented
to the pardon ol many ot the most prominent
Iiebels; they have Btn the authors of the war
reotored to citizenship, to Ihe possession ol their
property, and even to the enjoyment of patron
age and power In the Government; and finally,
they have been compelled, through the policy
f the President, to submit to the dictation, anil
in some sense to tho control of the men whom
they no recently met and vanquished upon the
- field ot battle. The testimony of Alexander II.
Htcphens everywhere suggests, and in many
particulars exactly nxpresses, the policy of the
I'resident.
Mr. (Stephens asserts that the States recently
in iebeilion were alwajs entitled to representa
tion in the Congress ot the United States; and
Mr. Johnson must accept the same posi
tion; for. if the right were once lost, it is
impossible to suggest how or when it was re
gained. It is also known that, while the Johnston-Sherman
negotiations were pendintr, Mr.
Davis received written opinions from two or more
persons who were then with him, and acting as
members of his Cabinet, upon the very question
in dispute between Congress and Mr. Johnson
the riant of the then rebellious States in the
(ievtrniuent of the United Slates. These opi
nions pet up and maintained the doctrine that the
Rebel States would bo at once entitled to repre
sentation In the government of the country,
upon the ratification or adoption of the pendiug
negotiations. It may not be just to say that the
President borrowed his policy trom Richmond ;
but it is both just and true to say that the lead
ers ot the Rebellion have been incapable ot sug
gesting a public policy more advantageous to
themselves than that which he has adopted.
The President knows that the people have been
quiet and impaitial observers of these proceed
ings; that the House of Representatives has
never in public session, nor in any of its cau
cuses or committees, considered or proposed any
measure looking to his impeachment.
The grounds of his fear are known only to
himself ; but its existence exerts a controlling
influence over his private and public conduct.
Associated with this fear, and probably spriner
inc trom it, is an intense hatred of nearly all
the recognized leaders ot the party by which, he
was nominated and elected to olliee. Evidence
upon this point is not needed. He has exhibited
it in a manner and to a degree more uncom
fortable to his frionds than to his enemies, in
nearly every speech that he has made, com
mencing with that delivered on the 22d of Feb
ruary last.
Superadded to these passions, which promise
so much of woe to Mr. Johnson and to the
country, is an inordinate, unscrupulous, and
unreasoning ambition. To one theme the Presi
dent is always constaut to one idea he is
always true "Ho has filled every office, from
that of alderman of a village to the Presidency
of the United States." He does not forget, nor
does he permit the world to forget, this tact. In
home lorm of language, and in nearly every
epeech, he assures his countrymen that he either
is, or ought to be, satisfied with this measure of
success. But have not his own refieations, or
ferae over-kind friend, suggested that he has
never been elected President ot the United
States t and that there yet remains the attain
ment of this one obect of ambition?
Inauguration day, 1865, will be regarded as
one ot the saddest days in American annals.
We pass over its incidents; but it was fraught
with an evil suggestion to our enemies, and it
must have been followed by a firm conviction
in the mind of Mr. Johnson that be could aot
thereafter enjoy the confidence of the mass of
the Republican party ot the country. He fore
saw that ibey would abandon him, and he there
fore made hot haste to abandon them. And,
indeed, it must be confessed that there was
scarcely more inconsistency in that coarse on
his part than there would have been in con
tinuing his connection with the men who had
elected him. His nomination to the Vice-Presidency
was an enthusiastic tribute to his Union
sentiments; beyond a knowledge of these, the
Convention neither had nor desired to have any
information.
Mr. Johnson was and is a Union man; but he
was not an anti-slavery man upon principle. He
was a Southern State rights man. He looked
uDon the national Government a a necessity,
and the exercise of auy powers on its part as a
danger. His political training was peculiar.
He had carried! on a long war with slaveholders;
but he had never made war upon slavery. He
belonged to the noor white class. In his own
luneuaee. he was a plebeian. The slaveholders
were the Datricians. He desired that all the
white meo of Tennessee, especially, aud of tho
whole South, should be ot one clans an slave
holders all patricians, if that were possible;
and he himselt. lor a time, became one. an
ing in this, he was satisfied when all became
non-slaveholders, and tho patrician class ceased
to exist. Hence, as far as Mr. Johnson's opinions
and purposes are concerned, the war ha accom
plished everything lor which it was undertaken.
Tne Union has been preerved. and the patri
cian class has been broken down.
Naturally, Mr. Johnson is satisfied. On the
one hand he has no sympathy with the opinion
that the negro is a man aud ought to be a citi
zen, and that he should be endowed with the
ritrhts of a man and a citizen; and, on the other
. hand, he shares not in the desire of the North to
limit the represent.! tion of the South so that
there shall be equality among the white men of
the country. He is anxious rather to increase
the political atremrth of the South. lift fears
the growing power of the North. The same ap
vrelieusion which drove Calhoun into nullifica
tion, and Davis, Stephens, and others into re
bellion and civil war, now impels Mr. Johnson
to urge the country to adopt his policy, wlneh
secures to lite old slaveholdmg States an eighth
ot the political power of the' nation, to which
they have no just title whatever. To the North
tn;s is a more flagrant political injustice thau
was even the institution of slavery. Ho once
expressed equal hostility towards Massachusetts
and South Carolina, and desired that they
should be cut oil' from the mam laud and lashed
together in the wide ocean.
The President appears to be reconciled to
Bomb. Carolina: but if the hostility he once en
tertained to the two States had been laid upon
lUaKKurhiiHi'tta alone, he ouelit to have felt bis
venecance satisfied when her representatives
entered the Philadelphia Convention arm in
arm with the representatives of South Carolina,
assuming only, what is not true, that the senti
ment of Massarhusetts was represented in that
Convention. As a nerleet illustration of the
President's policy, two men from Massachusetts
Sonth Carolina, as foreshowing the future rela
tive powtrof the white men of the two State
In the government ot the country. The State
of the North and West will receive South Caro
lina and the other Rebel States as equals in
political power and right9, whenever those
States are controlled by loyal men; but the?
are enemies to justice, to equality, and to the
peace of the country w ho demand tne recogni
tion ol the Rebel States upon the unequal basis
of the existing Constitution.
Of thece enemies to justice, equality, and the
peace of the country, the President is the leader
and the chief; and as such leader he is no longer
entitled to support, confidence, or even personal
respect. He has seized upon all the immense
patronage of this Government, and avowed his
purpose to use it for the restoration of the Rebel
States to authority, rcpardless of the rights of
the people of the loyal States. He has thus be
come tho ally of the Rebels, and the open enemy
of the loyal white men of the country. The
President, and those associated with him in this
unholy project, cannot but know that, the recog
nition of tho ten disloyal States renders futile
every attempt to equalize representation in Con
gress. The assent of three-fourths ol the States
is necessary to the ratification of an amendment
to the Constitution. The fifteen old sUve States
are largely Interested In the present system, and
they will not consent voluntarily to a change.
The question between the President and
Congress is then this: Shall tho ten States
be at, once recognized thus securing
to the old slave States thirty Represen
tatives and thirty electoral votes to wnich
they have no title or shall they be required
to accept, as a condition precedent, an
amendment to the Constitution which provides
an equal system of representation lor the whole
country? It is not enough, in the estimation of
the President, that the loyal people should
receive these enemies of the Union and mur
derers of their sons and brothers as equals, but
he demands a rpcognit ion ot their superiority
aud permanent rule in the Government by a
voluttary tender of an eighth of the entire
representative force of the republic. When
beioro were sucn terms ever exacted ot tne con
queror in behalt of the conquered? If the vic
torious North hnd demanded of the vanquished
South a surrender ot a part of its representative
power in the Government, as a penalty for its
treason, that demand would havebpen sustained
upon the principles ot iustlce, altaotiqh the
proceeding would have been unwise as a mea
sure of public policy. As it is, the victorious
North only demands equality for itself, while it
oilers cquiility to the vanquished South. Was
there ever a policy more just, wise, reasonable,
and magnanimous?
Yet the President rejects this policy, deserts
the loval men of the North by whom he was
elected, conspires with the traitors in he loyal
States and the Rebels of the disloyal States tor
the humiliation, the degradation, the political
enslavement of the loyal people of the country.
And this is the second in eat conspiracy against
liberty, against equality, against the peace ot'
the country, acainst the permanence f the
American Union; and of this conspiracy the
President is the leader and the chief. Nor can
he defend biniselt by saying that he desires to
preserve the Constitution as it was, for he him
self has been tutruniental in securing an im
portant alterarioa. "The Constitution as it
was" has passed away, and by the aid of Mr.
Johnson.
Nor can he say that he is opposed to exacting
conditions precedent; for he made the ratifica
tion of the anti-slavery amendment a condition
precedent to his own reeoenition of their exist
ence as States clothed with authority. Thus is
he w holly without proper excuse for his con
duct. Nor can he assert that the Rebel States
are, and ever have been, States of the Union,
and always and ever entitled to representation
and without, conditions; lor then is he guilty of
linpeacuaoio uiieumjo 111 uuiuauuiug ut luein tue
ratification of the Constitutional amendment, in
aicta'ing a poncy to tne aoumorn states, in or
ganizing provisional governments, in inaugu
rating constitutional conventions, In deprivintr
officers elected or appointed by authority of
tnose states ot xneir onices, una, in nne, in
assuming to nimsen supreme autnority over
that whole region of country for a loner Deriod
of time. Thus his only defense of his present
policy contains an admission that he has
usurped power, that he has violated the Consti
tution, that he is guilty of otlenses for which
he ought to be impeached. Thus do the sue
gestions which the President tenders as hia
defense furnish conclusive evidence that his
conduct is wholly indelensible.
While then the President cannot defend his
conduct, it is possible lor others to explain it,
its explanation may De louna in some one or
in several ot tne toiiowing propositions:
1. That the Rebel leaders have acautred a
control over the President through the Dower of
some circumstance not known to the public.
which enables them to dictate a policy to him.
2. Tnat ne lears laipeacnment, ana conse
quently directs all his efforts to secure more
than a third of the Senate, so as to render a con
viction impossible.
3. That he seeks a re-election, and purposes
to make the South a unit in his favor, as the
nucleus around which, the Democratic party of
the North must gather in 1808.
4. That be desires to reinstate the South as
the controlling force in the government of the
country.
In reference to the first proposition, we are
restricted to the single remark, that it is not
easy to imagine the Rebels capable of making
any demand upon the Executive which, in his
present state ot mind, he would not be prepared
to grant. He has pardoned many of the leaders
and principal men ot the Rebellion, and some
of them he has appointed to office. He has re
sisted every attempt on the part of Congress to
furnish protection to the loyal men of the
South; and he has witnessed and discussed the
bloody horrors of Memphis and New Orleans
with cold-blooded inditierence. Early in his
term of office be offered an immense reward for
the person of Jefferson Davis; and now that the
accused has been in the official custody of the
President, as the head ol the army, for more
than fifteen months, he has neither proclaimed
his innocence and set him at liberty, nor
subjected him to trial according to the
laws of the land. Davis Is guilty of the
crime of treason. 01 this there can be no
doubt. He is indicted in one judicial
district. The President holds the prisoner by
military authority; and the accused canuot bo
arraigned before the civil tribunals. Davis was
charged by the President with complicity in the
assassination of Mr. Lincoln. There is much
evidence tending to sustain the charge; but the
accuser is neitner suDjcctea to trial oy a mili
tary commission, nor turned over to the civil
tiibunals of thei country. These acts are
otlenses against justice; tbey are offenses against
tne natural auu legal rignts ot tue accused,
however guilty he may be; they are otlenses
against the honor oi the American people; they
are acts in violation of the Constitution. If the
elections of 18iiti are favorable to the President,
they will be followed by the release of Davis,
aim the couutry will see the end ot tuts part of
the plot.
Lpon any view ot the President's case, it H
evident that he has thrown himself into the
arms of the South, and that his persouat aud
political fortunes are identified with southern
succe.-s in the coming contest, lie claims to
stand upon the Baltimore l'la'f'ortn of IHiil, and
to follow in the footseps oi President Lincoln.
The enemies of President Lincoln are reconciled
to this assumption, bv the knowledge that Mr.
Johnson's counsellors are the Sevinours, Val-
landighum, Voorliees, aud the Woods. Mr
Johnson, under these evil inlnieiics ot opinion
ana counsel, lias succeeded in producing a divi
sion of parties in this country corresponding
Buusiantiau.y to tue division wuicu DemostDene3
says existed in Greece when Philip was eneaaed
in his machinations for the overthrow of the
liberties of that country. "All Greece is now
divided into two parties the one composed of
lu r" uesire neither to exercise nor to be
suujixi 10 arbitrary power, but to enjoy tne
oeueuvs oi iiDerty, laws, and independence; the
other, or tnoe wim whu than am. or, .i,j,..
lute command ot their fellow-citizens, are them
selves the vassals of another person, by whose
m.nno than nAIln A .kl. . . i ,r
u". U J t V,1 uuiHiD tneir purposes."
The Republican pmty desires liberty, inde.
penuence, ami equai laws tor all people; tue
Presidential party seeks to oppress the negro
race, to degrade the white race of the North by
depriving every man ot his due share in toe
government of the country, and fihnlty, to sub
ject all the interests of the republic to the
caprice, policy, ana passions or its enemies. '
Ihe residential party is composed or traitor
in the South who had the courage to fight, of
traitors in the North who bad not the courae
or opportunity to assail their Government, of a
small number of persons who would follow the
lortuncs ot any amy if they could be permitted
to lean the ollal of the camp, and a yet smaller
number who are led to believe thst any system
of adjustment is better than a continuaace of
the contest
The Presidential party controls the patronage
of the Government : and it will tie used without
stint in aid of the scheme to w hich the President
is devoted.
It only remains to be seen whether the
courage, capacity, and virtue ot the people are
adequate to the task ot overtnro wing and crusti
ing the conspiracy In its new lorm and under
the guidance of its iipw alltcs. The Republican
party carries on the contest acaiust heavy odds.
nnu with the fortunes oi tne country staked
upon the result
One hundred and nineiv-one men nave been
recognized as members of the present Hous ot
urpresentalives. Xhere are nity vacancies
lrom the ten unrecognized States: consequently
a lull House contains two hundred and forty-
one members. One hundred and twenty-one are
a majority a quorum for business, it every
State were represented. Of the present House-,
it is estimated that forty-six members are sup
porters of the President's policv. If to these we
aau tne mry members trom tne ten tsiaies, me
Piesiflential party would number ninety-six, or
twenty-five only less than a majority of a tut I
nouse. jno view can be taken oi tne present
House of Representatives more favorable to the
Republican paity; possibly the President's force
should be increased to torty-enrht men. It is
w orthy of observation that neither the Philadel
phia Convention nor the President has breathed
the hope that the Republicans can be deprived oi
a minority of the members lrom tue loyal States.
The scheme is to elect seventy-one or more men
trom the loai States, and then resort to revolu
tionary proceedintrs lor consummation of the
plot. The practical question the question on
which the fortunes of the country depend is,
Will the people aid in the execution oi the plot
contiivod for their own ruin? Upon the face of
things, we should say that it is highly improba
ble that the new party can make any important
gains; indeed, it seems most improbable that
the I'resident can survive the eflect ot his own
speeches. Rut we must remember that he is
supported by the whole Democratic party, and
that party cast a large vote in 18(M. and that in
18C2 the Republican majority in the House was
reoncea to noout twenty.
In the Thirty-eiehth Conerress the Democratic
party had ten or fifteen more votes than are now
neeued to secure the success of the present plot.
To be sure, the elections of 18U2 occurred at the
daikest period of the war. Tue young men of
the Republican party were in the armv, and but
a small number of them had an opportunity to
vote. There was still hope that a p"ace could
be made through the sgpney of the Democratic
partv. These circumstances were all unfavor
able to the cause of the patriots.
The Democratic party is now weaker than ever
betore. Its identity with the Rebellion is bet
ter understood. Theyouni; men of the country,
in the proportion of three to one, unite them
selves with the Republican party. As an orga
nization, ccnsldered by itself, the Democratic
party is utterly powerless and hopeless.
The defection ot Mr. Johnson, however, in
spiics the leaders with fresh courage. It is po
Mble tor them to enjoy the patronage of the Gov
ernment tor two years at least, and it is barely
possible for them to secure the recognition of
the ten Rebel States, or, in other equivalent
words, the ten Democratic States, to the Union.
This combination is formidable; but its d m
gerous nature is due to the facts that Mr.
Seward's name and means of influence are still
powerful in the State of New York, and that he
has joined himself to the new party, and become
an instrument, in the hands of desi&ruing men
for the organization of another rebellion. Out
side ot New York Mr. Johnson's gains In tho
elections will be so small that the Union ma
lority will remain substantially as in the present
CoDgress; uor can we conceive that the gains
in that State will be equal to the necessities ot
the conspirators. It is probuble that the under
taking will prove a failure; but it should never
be loreolten that the country is in peril; that it
is in peril in consequence of the uncertain poli
tical character of the State of New York; and
that that uncertain character is justly attributa
ble to the conduct of Mr. Seward If, then,
Mr. Johnson succeed in the attempt to change
the character of this Government by setting
nsiue tne congress oi tne toyai states, jir
Seward will be responsible, equally with Mr.
Johnson, lor tne crime.
Reverting to the statement already made, that
neither Mr. Johnson nor any of his supporters
can even hope to secHre a majority of the mem
bers elected from the States represented iu the
present Congress, it only remains tor us to con
sider mors specifically the scheme oi revolu
tion and usurpation in w hich these desperate
men are engaged. The necessary preliminary
condition is the election of seventy one mem
bers of Congress from the twenty-6ix States.
To these will be added fifty persons from the
ten unrepresented States, making one bundr-.-d
and twenty-one, or a majority ot Cougress it all
tho States were represented. This accom
plished, the way onward is comparatively easy
When the Thirty-ninth Congress reassembles
in December next, Mr. Johnson and his Cabinet
may refuse to recognize its existence, or, recog
nizing it as a matter ot lorm, deny its legitimate
auttiontv.
He would summon the members of the
Fortieth Congress to assemble in extra session
immediately after the 4th of March. Fifty per
sons would appear claiming scats as representa
tives n om tne ten Mtutes. tue iicpuoucans
would deny their rieht to seats the supporters
of the President would maintain it. The sup
porters of the I'resident, aided directly or indi
rectly by the army and police, would take pos
session of the hall, remove the Clerk, and or
ganize the assembly by force.
Whether this could be done without blood
shed in Washingtonland elsewhere in the North
remains to be seen; but as far as relates to the
organization of the House, there can be no doubt
ot tue success ot tue undertaking, wesnouiu
then see a united South, with the President at
the head, and a divided North the armv, the
navy, the treasury, m the hands ot the Rebels.
This course is the necessity of Mr. Johnson's
opinions and position. It is the natural reult
of the logic of the Rebels of the South aud of
the Democratic partv of the North. Mr. Johnson
believes that the present Congress intends to lai
peach him aud remove him from office. Admit
that this fear is groundless, yet, if he entcrtain
it, he will act as he would act if such were the
purpose ot the two Houses. Hence he must div
stroy the authority of Congress. Hence he
uiraigns its members as traitors. Hence
he made the oinniticant, revolutionary,
aud startlmg remark, in his reply to
Reverdy Johnson, us the orgau of the
Philadelphia Convention: "We have eeenhau
ing upon the vergo of the Government, as it
wire, a body called, or w hich assumed to be
the Congress of tho United States, nut in fact
a Coniriess ot only apart of tho Slates." This
i a distinct, specific denial of the right of Con
truss to exist, to act, to letrislate for the conn
try. It is an impeachment ot all our public
doings since the opening ot the war of all our
legislation since the departure of Davis and bis
associates from Washington. It is au admir
sion of the doctrine ot secession: tor it the de
partuie of Davis and his associates rendered
null and void the authority of Consress, then
the Government, aud ol course the Union, ceased
to exist: the Constitutional amendment abolish
incr slavery Is void: tho loan acts and the tax
acts Hre without authority, everv fine collected
of an oUender was robbery; and every penalty
inflicted upon a criminal was itaelt a crime
The President may cousolc himself with the
jetlection that upon these points be is fully
supported by Alexander II. StepbeDS, iate Vice
President of the so called Confederacy.
We quote from the report of hl examination
before the Committee on Reconstruction:
"Question. Do you mean to understood, in
your last answer, that there 18 no constitutional
power in the Oovcrnmenr, as at present or
ganized, to exact conditions precedent to tho
rf-storatinn to political oower of the eleven
States that have been in Rebellion ?
"Answer. That is my opinion.
"Question. Assume that Coneres shall, a'
this session, in the absence of Senators and
Representatives trom the eleven mates, pais an
act levyintr taxes upon all the people of the
United States, includng the eleven, is it your
opinion that such an act would be constitu
tional? "Answer. I should doubt If it would be. It
would certainly, la my opinion, be mnnit'estlv
unjust, snd against all ideas ot American repre
sentative government."
Thus it ie seen that these two authorities con
cur in opinion; although it must be confessed
that the late Vice-President of the so-cailed Con
federate States in utbanitvot manner and in the
art of diplomacy fur surpasses the late Vi?"
Piesident (as Mr. Johnson, if his los'io does not
fail bioi, must soon say), of (he so-called United
States.
Having thus impeached the existing Conaress
and denied its authority, the way Is clear for
the organization of a Congress into which mem
bers trom the ten States now excluded 3hall be
admitted.
Representatives who do not concur in these
preceedibgs will have only the alternative of
taking seats am one the usurpo:s, and thus
iccopnizing their authority, or of absenting
themselves and appealing to the people. The
latter course would be war civil war, with all
the powers of the Ooverment, lor the time
being, in the hando of the usurpers. The ab
senting members would be treated as rebels,
and any hostile organization wonM be regarded
as treasonable. Thus would the Reticls be in
stalled in power, ana encaged in conducting a
war neainst thf people of the Nortband West.
It, on the other hand, tho representatives from
the West and North should deem it wiser to
accept the condition, and awaii an opportunity
to appeal to the country, how degrading and
htiB:iliating their condition! Tue.v might for a
time endure it; but finally the people of the
North would ri'e in their might, and renew the
war with spirit and power, aud prosecute it
until the entire Rebel element of the country
should be exterminated. Tho success of Mr.
Johnson in thp elections is then to be followed
by a usurpation and civil war. It means this, or
it means nothing. The incidents of the usurpa
tion would be," first, that the old slave States
would secute thirty representatives in Congress,
and thiity electoral votes, or an eighth of the
Government, to which they have no title what
ever unless ihe negroes should be enfranchised,
of which there would be then no probability :
and, secondly, that two white men in the South
would possess the political power of three white
men in the North. The results of the usurpa
tion would be strife and civil war iu the
North, and, finallv, the overthrow of the
usurpers by force, to he followed, possibly, by
an exterminating war against the Rebel popu
lation ot the South.
Already has one of Mr. Johnson's agents
announced the usurpation in substance, and
tendered to the country a defense in advance ot
the commission of the crime. The defense is
simple and locieul. Congress refused to receive
tho members from ten States. Those Slates
have the same immediate right of representation
as the other tstates. uongress is, tnererore, a
revolutionary body. Any proceeding which
secures the right of all the States to be repre
sented immediately Is a constitutional proceed
ing, inis is lntciiniibie. Alexander li. Mepiiens
is the author ot this cardinal doctrine of the
Presidential party. On the other hand, Con
gress maintains that enemies vanquished iu
war, though tormeriy citizens ana equals, can
not dictate the terms ot aajustment; nor even
enjoy the privileces ot a constitution which
they have violated and sought to destroy, with
out a compliance with those terms which the
loyal people may deem essential to the public
safety.
The issue is wen aenncd. Shall the Union
be restored by usurpation, with its attendant
fiolitical inequality and personal injustice to
oyal people, and consequent civil war. or bv
first securing essential guarantees for the future
peace ot the country, and tben accepting the
States recently in rebellion as equals, and the
people of those Slates as friends and citizens with
us or a common country r
Tho question is not whether tho Union shall
be restored; the Republican party contemplates
and seeks this result. But the question is,
Shall the Union be restored by usurpation bv
a policy dictated by the Rebels, and frauaht with
all the evils of civil war? The seizure of the
Government in the manner contemplated bv
Johnson and his associates destroys at once
the public credit, renders the public securities
worthless lor the time, overthrows the banking
system, bankrupts the tradincr class, rirostrntps
the laborers, and ends, finally, in general fiuau-
ciai, industrial, and social disorder.
INSTRUCTION.
TDARDEE SCIENTIFIC COURSE
LAFAYETTE COLLEGE.
in addition to the general Contse of Instruction in
tins lievartuient. ocslnDed to lay a substantial baxls ot
knowledge ai d scholarly culture, students can pursue
tliuHe branches which are esseutlallr practical and
ENGINEERING Civil. Topofrraphlcal, and Mecha
nic ; M1M.SO and METALLUJittYt AKCH1TKC
11 up, ana the application ol Chemistry to AtilUCUL
Tl lit-, aud the AKTri.
Tr-eie is also aOordcd an opportunity tor special stud;
of TKAUE and t'OAHttEltCK; oi l.ODKKN LAN
UUAt-K and fUlLOLOUY , and of the U18TUKV and
llvhli l u i iuj. oi onr countiy.
For Cliculars apply to fiesldent C ATT ELL, or to
I'lOl. K. B. TOUNUMaN,
Clerk ol the EacultT.
Eastoh Pennsylvania, April t, lbttti. 610
JJAM
F O R
ILTON INSTITUTE
YOUNO LADIES.
PHILIP A. CHEGAK,
Hem about to relinquish liu poiltlon in the pnblio
ftuooiB. witn wmcu he has Peon connected tor the last
tweny -three yeaia,
WILE OPEN A DAT AND BOABDtN'O SCHOOL
YOUNG LADIES, .
AT
No. 3810 CHE8NTJT STREET,
ON MONDAY. 8EPTEMHKH 111.
This Institution Is designed to rival the best seml-
nunes ui tue country.
CIRC ULAKS
Containing particulars and other Information In relation
to tuts institution, can be bad until tue 1st of Bop'
Umber, at
No. 640 N. TWELFTH Stieet. 82T
MONSIEUR ALEXANDRE WOLOWSK1
would llilonu tils mends and the niihlln urnnmnlu
that be In now ready to 1,'lve instruction iuMuing and ou
the Man o. According to bla own System which hereto -lore
hits proved so ouccesuful In reuderlug the voice
powcrlul andmelodloUH, aud at the eume time lmnurt-
"IK that li cllity to enable the accu utu reading of the
tiiosl dilllcult passes. Ills s.vstoua lor the fluuo cim-
uies ins pupi s to execute operatic aud cluxsical muilc
nun ease, teenng, and brilliancy.
Those wishing to avail tUvmeU'es of his lougexpo
rlcueecan do so by culling at his residence.
S U inrp No. -tH ti. WA8UUSG10N Square.
c
II E
UARAY INSTITUTE,
Ef-ULIHIl AND FRENCH.
Rnardirir and dav minlls. Noa l.v7 ami lv?1 NPKITnc
cirtei, win reopen ou J 11 1 itSDA 1 . riupteinucr m.
I n in h is the mnn'uno ot the tauilly, aud is cuustautlv
cOhru 111 IJIO IIIB1IIU1U.
l riuiiirv 1 epartuieut. SW peranuuui.
I'M Hchoh.rs pi r annum fcUO.
huy Lourdiug 1'upi.s. tviiO.
MADAME D'UERVILLY,
t 22 Iniw4m l'rluulpal
DELAWARE l.AWN ACADKMi'.-KNCLISII
l lasslcal, Mathematical Hoarding School lorliors
I'tlanco. N. J., twoiva uiiies ubove cit hourly acees-d
ble. Circuars obtained at No. "1 youth SEVEN I'll
oireet. No l.Kil t 11 khmjt tircei, or ot
amni ltcv.JOHN fticniLLW ay , a. M., Prlnc'pal
T AW DEPARTMENT, UNIVERSITY; OF
JU 1ESN SYLVAN I A.
A term will commence on MONDAY, October I. The
Ibtioductorr lecture will be delivered on tho evening ot
'list dny, at 8 o'clock, at the NOaTIl cOLLhUK,
NINTH ht, near Market, by Prof. 410KKH. Ull tus6t
MR. PERELLI IIAVINO RETURNED PROM
Kuroue, ha resumed his lessons.
I nmwsliu i0. ISM LUE8NUT btreet.
PRIVY WELLS OWNERS OP PROPERTY
The only place to get Privy Well cleaned ana di
rected at vary low price. peYSON
Manufacturer of Poudretta
810$ GOLDSMITHS' HALL, LLUBA-ttY btreet
AMUSEMENTS
N
EW CHKSNLT STREET THEATRE.
CHEBN O f street, above TncUtn.
Doors open at T. Curtain linos at 7 V.
MONDAY EVfcNINO, October 1, '
econd week oi the
Mil C 8-FPL ENGAGEMENT
ot the dlsnnKiilshed Comrdlan,
M It. JOHN 10. OWENS,
ho haa leen nit hi I v received with crowded houses,
compared ol the e Ite ot ttiecliv.
lie wilt appear in his world-renowned sumption of
CMLr 8v LON HIIIMiLK,
In the three-act t'oaiefly, entitled
UNt LE MiLU. allTNdLE,
nevrr before lertoruici! in thu city, ami played by him
In New Yorn tor
VPWARDS OF 225 SIGHTS,
IN 10NDON FoVr lOIIT Wt.FKS.
Mr. OWi.r-H will benupportcd by a powerful cft
OWKNK IN TWO Ptr-CKS.
The reilotmnnce will commence wt'h
l'SLK SOLON SIIIX1LE.
U M ' L 8OI.0N 8111 MILE,
VNOLE HOLON MIIN'JLK,
VM'l.E KOLO.N 8IIINOI-K.
IN CM. SOLON hlll.NOI.E,
Sotcn Shlmile Mr. J. E. OWES
lo conclude with the delliiht ul uttcrpiece,
JOHN DO mis
Peter raternoter Mr. J. E. OWFN8
Joha Dohbn Mr. . 11. Clarke
BATCRt AY AFTERNOON, October ti, ,
C1RAM FAW1LV MATInKB.
MKS. JOHN DREW'S NEW ARCH STREET
'I IIEATRE. Begin" at nimrfer to 8 o'clock.
THE FAST FAMILY.
JuHH. JOHN DtiEW
AS T1IK RICH WIDOW.
MONDAY AND EVEKY H.V4N1NU.
the sreat l'iay. In tour acts of
lit I'. IAS I FAMILY
with new ocenrry and prcat cant, Including
AIH.h. JOHN DlicW
AS THE RICH WIDOW.
Concluding each erenlnir with
I II A T HLF.H-KD BABY.
All the Company In thu catn.
MONDAY -Mr. HAND 1 AN, ' DESTINY
WA l N U 1 SAKE 1 1 11 K A I tv t ,.
. F. corner ot NlNI'il and WALNUT Streets.
alur!! r,ri Ainu, onuupr i,
sE( OM) AND LASl WEr.K
ot the great Comedian, ,,, ,,. .
Mil VI VillA ,
who will appear as
MR, FOXGLOVE,
In hi own original i omedy ot
r i ir.n in int. n in,
and bis (treat Impersonation of
U i AI,LAUUl, 111 MIS LAB I U.HS.
TUESDAY JOHN HKf'UOH Vt'8 popular Comedy ot
rL,Ai im nut. .
-VT EW AMERICAN THEATRE.
Engagement ol the great Artiste,
juk. .pu-r.i'ii riniuiuii, .
I. VI. 11 V KVI.MNI1. m.:
the great American Drama ot
RATIONAL 11 A L L,
Karket Street, Above Twelfth.
TIIE GREAT
LINCOLN MEMORIAL TABLEAUX
WILL OPEN
ON JiOISDAY EVENING, OCTOOErt 1.
Ikese Paintings have been in preparation i for the
past sixteen mouths and are fiom the pencil of the
wel-known anist. George wuudenicn and tar eclipse
an mm, pi el, oils ot his wonder, ul senilis.
I be uMect bus been cnosen as ueiug one or great
Interest .o the Ainencan people.
Ho nrs lrom the LUe ot A b KAE1 AM LINCOLN our
late lamented President, tram his eany H e to nis death
b the hand of the assassin with till the principal
events connected wltn tnu luneian; tno pursuit, cap
ture, trial and execution or tne conspirators, axe
given in life like auu tunning ibdicbux
li. addition to their historical Interest, the Tableaux
contain latihiul lhe-slze Poltraita of the prominent
statesmen and principal Olliccrs oi the .arujy and
An elaborate Dcscrintlve Lecturo will be delivered
hv MAkiUKL K. MURDOCH, .SQ . the celebrated
Mubkesneartan Reudcr, whose reputation Is well
k nown, standing, as he does, at the bead or his pro-
Mali'LLE ELVIltA DE SILVA. late ot the King's
nnnr. Hunovcr. a voung and talented Voca 1st. win
make her ilrst appearance in a merle. 1 bis ladv has a
rich and full sopruno voice, ana n believed to nave lew
eupencrs lu the proiessiou.
Tickets of Admission 25 cents
Reatrved Scats 6 ) cents
Gallery lor Colored Pel tons a cents
Doors open at 7 o'clock ; commence at quarter to 8.
'tickets may be had at the Hall. Also atRlsiev's
Bookstand. Continental t I rummer 8 .Music Store.
eleventh and Ihesnut streets; aud at Stewart's, .No.
tij aicu s, rcet.
MATINEES
EVIRY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND SATUR
DAY AFTERNOON.
ADMISSION, 25 CENTS CHILDREN', 15 CENTS.
9 27 6t W. H. BHAL CO., Proprietors.
National Hall has been completely renovated through
out, aud la now ono ot me finest Halls in the countiy.
TISICAL FV N D LL
Friday and Saturday, October 5 aud 0.
TWO NIGHTS ONLY.
MAX BTRAEOHCH
GREAT MUMCAL ALLIANCE,
Consisting ot the following Distinguished Artists-
Prima Dbnna boprano, lrom the La Hcala. Miian. Her
m irai Ruprpinuim hi Aumnca.
MAD'LLK FRiDA 1E GK11KLE.
Tne brilliant Prima Donna Contralto.
HKiNOU til'lMtPPE LlilUEKlI.
Ihe great Italian 'tenure. Hut first appearance In
Auioriua.
HERB KARL FORMES,
'Ihe renowned Raxso. .
F JEUIN PRUME,
Lata Violinist to the K ing of Prussia.
liLKf. AKUU8 BOb.KEL.VAN.
The original and brilliant Pianist.
PROFESSOR t. BKIIKh-Nrt.
The accomplished Maestro, win preside at tke Piano
i one.
CARDS OF ADMISSION, ONE DOLLAR.
Scats secured without extra charge at C. W. A
Trumpler's Music Store, corner oi SKVENTH and
LHEsNUT Streets, where a plan oi tke Hall can be seen.
The grand Piuuo nsed by orr Uoekelman Is Loin the
Manuiactory ol Cblckerlug A Hons, New York. Agents
in tnis ouv. wiuiam jjuiiou, cuusuui , street, fee
tween ninin uuu mini. iui t
HELLER'S " SALLE DIAriOLIQUE." AS
SEMBLY BUILDINGS. TENTH ASD CHES
Nl1 btveers
FIFTH AND LAST WEEK BUT OVE
of the great Illusionist Muslclna'ud tioinediuu,
KOUEBT 1KKLLER.
SUCCENK UNDIMINISHED.
THE ENTHUHIaHM 1NCHK.ASINO
ANOIHER KINK PROGRAMME OFFKHKD.
K.Vl-RY NIGHT during the week, Holler's new and
beautiludlllustoh, entitled
IHE aiYhTERlonS OUANOR TREE,
with Its leaves of green, buds ot snowy whiteness, and
rich gpldeu trult. Produced nightly to the beiightol
hundreds, and lusllv termed
- .IHE LADIES' FAVORITE,
with the followln g ne w te at urcjl :
U'nE HROKh.N BIRD,
an Ornithological Absurdim (new;,
MOCHA,
a novel method c making Coffee (new), and
"IHK l ANNON" tu.w.)
Admission Stents: iteserved Seats. 75 cents.
Doors Opto at 7. ( eminence at 8. 101 lit
EW ELEVENTH STREET OPERA HOUSE,
ELEVENTH Stieet, above ( 11E8NCX.
"Mh. KAiUli. KES Htl"
OPl: FOR 'IHK KKASil.V.
CARIM KUSS A 1MX K 'H J I l.VS l'KKLS,
Hip Great Slur 'Iroupe ol the World In their Git A s II
ETHIOPIAN SOIlfEKS, KONG-t, DANUK8, NEW
BlRLthVCES and PLAHTATION MJKNb. w
Poors open at 7 o'clock. Commencing at 8 o'clock.
8 3Ui)iii J- L. t'ARX i:OS, Manager.
V
ALER'8 (LATE MILLERS)
liAKDKN Nos raU-TJti V1NK tstioet.
WINTER
GUAND INbTKL'ME.N'fAL CONCERTS
Py two lorne and fll?J!e)"l,I'u t
-nostra.
, w r.
Ana EVER? NIGHT in coui ectlon with our
r.AUiM-aiciii ' nif 1 ,
aBraBsBand, couipiislng the Ocjt Artists in the citj ,
will pcm.ru,. opKN F0 XHI.. hkoN.
Our spacious i-uun er Gunlcn, artistically laid out
wltu Shrubbery. Kountuins etc.
IN THE LADIES' SALOON,
F.siif dally Fet apart 'or F MLH.S, the best of Creams
aud oilier Heliethments will be served. (j it,$
-ym: nasi xj
FOR LADIFS. GFNTLEMEN, AND CHILDREN,
N. A COR. OF NINTH AND AltCU 8IRKE1S.
The Institute whtcb ayaio has been Kreuuy Improved
tor the coming season, 1 now open tor aubscrlpliom alU
dav andevenintis. ...... ..
hodily exerci.e Impar'a health anl strength, and is
hit In v recommended to both sexes and all age.
Terms lor lnsuuotiou. 6 nionihs., ,, H 00
Terms lor eli piactlee. il munUis ,u aMiO
Fur particulars send lor a clroula or give us a call
tUUiiu Proletson UlL 1. BRAND & LKWH
MERICAN ACADEMY OF MUSIC
' ITALIAN OPERA.
OPKNINU NIGHT, MONDAY, October 19.
First lima In Philadelphia of
CR1HP1NO E LA COM ARE.
First Night of
GIOBGI0 ROSCONI.
For particulars, ac luture advertisements and circu
lar?. 10 1 6t
rfr-"wg the hjwos which we manu-
17 e I ( l tactere recommend themsn.Te. We promiaa
tu our patron clear beaiitltul tunes, elegant workman -hip.
durability, and reasonahia prices, combined with
a lull guarantee. Forsaleonyat No. lull WALNUT'
Btreet.
m PTftOrT PIANO MaNrFAClTJRmo OO,
LUMBER.
18GG;
FLOORING! FliOOKINR
LOOUJN(i FLOORING 1 1
O-llAltULlA r bt'lllll ISM.
4- 4 CAROLINA 1LOOIIINU.
5- 4 VIRGINIA Fi OOhlNlt.
4- 4 VIRGINIA FLOORING.
5- 4 I'F LA W ARK H.OOHIMv.
4-4DM AWAUF FLOORING
AMI AND WALNUT F. 0"rlING.
ASH AND WALNUT FLOORING.
hi I P KOARD.1.
'RAIL PLA.SK.
lSOG;
-PLASTERING
PLASTERING LATHS.
AT HH'Ut H) PlilOH.
AT REDUCED PRICES,
LATHS J
186(
C; El) A It AND PINK KIIIKfM
). CEDAR AND PINE SHINC1LES.
NO. 1 LUMI CJr i'AK riHINUMH
No. I KHORT KOAK HHINOLE8.
WHITE PI N F M1INOI.KS.
CYl'KV.SS SHINULKH.
FINE A8SOBTMKNT FOR SAW. LOW
i Qfili LUMbER KOlt UN I) KHTA K EHC '
J.OUU. LUMItKH FOK UNDERTAKER." il'
Hl-D CI I "Alt.
WALNUT. AMI PINK
Ri D t EDA It
WALNUT, AND PINF..
i C A Lh Als Y L L M H KU ALL KI N Df5.
lOUO. ALBANY 'LUMBER OF AM. KI.NPH
t-EASOM'.D WALNUT.
. , . v- 1.- r. . , . ,
cr rttiuiii j. ajuxi'i.
DRY I'i I'l.AK CHERRY, AND ASU
oak plk am bds.
Mahogany.
rosewood and walnut vkneers
1866
C'HIAR-HOX JIANtJt'ACTr HPRS.
C1GAR-POA' MA L'FACTUKliK.
SPANISH CEDAR BOX BOARD,-.
AT UEKUt El) Plill E.
1 QULi SPItlXB JOIfcT! SPKLCK JolSTI
lOOU, SPKU t ' K JOIS'I I 8I RUI E JOIT'
J-liOM 14 IU ifi f till LtlMU.
FROM 14 TO 32 Ff I T LONG.
OFHUCE SILLS
HEMLOCK PLANK AND JOIST.
OAK PILLS.
MAI LK BllOTHFR A CO..
5 2? tirrrp
No SofO SOUTH bTREF.T.
W. SMALTZ'S LL'MREU YARD, N. K
J. . corner FIFTEENTH and S1ILE8 street.
OFFERS FOR SALE,
. , nj CnEAP FOR CASH,
White Pine, seasoned. " ' "00-,
F lrst and tecond quailtv Yellow (4-4,5-4) and White
Plre (4-4) F loorinu llourtls.
rirsi anu keconu quality one ana two-sides Fence
Boards
Mielvlng Boards Bass, Ash. PIb)m and Boards,
White Pine Sills all sizes, Stap Boarxls. 4-4. 6-4.
Hemlock JoUt and Moaiilhnir. Irum ij i. -jm
all nklths. '
i-pruce Joist, Fills, and ScantllnK. from 12 to 38 teet
eng. all widths.
Plastering Lath (Enll.1 and Calais), Pickets.
Shinnies, chestnut I'oi-ts, eic
Mahogany. Walnut piauk and Boards.
A II bl,,lll (If l?,l lljllllu T mnh.1. , a.wl fn..!,!. a. Ik.
.... .. . , - ... v...,u..,, u,,,u, . v iiuuiguvu., .iic
shortest notice, at the lowest price. 9 17 Itn
TJ KITED STATES
13 TJ I ODER'S MI LI,,
Nos. 24. 26, and 28 S. FIFTEENTH St.,
PHILADELPHIA.
ESLER & BROTHE'R,
WOOD MOULDINGS, BRACKETS, STaIR BALLS.
TEB8, NEWEL POSTS, GENERiL TURNING
SCROLL WORK, ETO.
SHELVING PLANED TO ORDER.
The largest assortment ot Wood Mouldings ro this city
constantly on band. 719 3m
J C. P E R K I NS,
HJM11KR MEItOlIANT
Successor to &, Clark, Jr.,
No. 324 CHRISTIAN 8TREJKT.
Constantly ou hand a large and varied aseortmoa
of BuUdiBK Lumber. 5MJ
O - S li I jt II T
FOR THE COUNTRY.
IERRIS & CO.'S AUTOMATIC OAS
MACHINES
For Private Residences, Mills, Hotels,
Churches, Ktc. Etc.
Fnrnlihlag from Ten to Six Hundred'
Lights, a may tie Required.
This m achlne Is gnaranteed t does not gat oat ot order,
and the time to manage It Is about Ave minatee week.
The simplicity of this apparatus, Its entire treedooa
lrom danger, the cheapnets and quality ot the lUtht
over all others, has gained for it the favorable opinion
ef those acquainted with Its ir exits. The names ot
those haying Deed them for the last three year" will
be given by calling at our OFF1 C F,
No. 105 SOUTH F0UKTII STREET,
Where the n achlncs can be seen In operation.
FERRIS fc CO., Box 1401 P. O,
Send tor Pamphlet. gs
WAR IEPARTMENP, SCKGE0N-GEN1C
KAL'M OFFICE,
Washikgton, D. C, Aujrtist 10, 1866
An Army Medical Board, to consist ot Brevet
Colonel J. it. Brown, Burgeon, V. 8. A , President;
Biem Lieuteiiaut-Coloupl U. E. Wlrtz, Hurtreon, U.
S.A.; Brevet Lieutcuaut-Colouol Anthony Hover,
.-vijreon, U. tS. A.; and Brevet Major Warren WeU
ster, Assistant Humeon, U. 8. A., Recorder, will
mod In New Y oik city on the 20tn of Hop: ember,
next, tor the examination of candidates tor admis
sion into the Med.cal Stair of tho United Slates
Aimy.
Applicant must be over 21 years of ace, and
physically sound.
.Applications tor an invitation to arpesr boloro
the Hoard should be addressed to the tiurgoou
Ui i.eral, L'uitttU States Army, and must state the
lull litiuie, res'denop, and dute aud p aoe ot birth ot
tho Candida. e leetinionial as to chaiactur and
tiuallUcntious must Lo luruishod. It the applicant
lias been in tho ilodical t- crvice of the Army during
the war, the lac should be stated, together wi'h hia
loimcr rank, and time and place ot scrvioo. add te.
limuiiials lrom the olliccrs with whom he has served
should alfo bo lorwardod.
o allowance, is mado lor the expenses ol persons
underttoiua; tlio exaiuiuati,"-t Jt is an indispensa
ble ieiC(Uifito lo a)i'Oiinii"t.
1 hre aio at present sixty vacancies in the Medical
tn II, forty ix ot ahich are oniriuai, bcinsr crcutcd
by the Act oi Courress aiwoved July 28, 18ti
AjtaFiH K. BARNES.
8 11 niw9t Purgeop-Geuwral, U b. A. '
GARBLED 'SLATE MANTLES.
6LATK ft ORKorevery description on band, or dona
to order.
J LAIN ELATE AND TILES always on hand.
J. li. KIM KM A CO.,
125 Kos. 2126 and 2 .8 CHES .NUT HtreeW I