THE DAILY EVENING TELEG R ATO. PHILADELPHIA , SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 18G7. HjB 1SEW YOEK TEESS. 1CD7T0P.IAL OPINIONS 0 TIIK LEADING JOURNALS UPON CUKRKNT TOPICS. IMI.KD VKBT FOR SVF.MNQ TKLKQRAPll. Tti Offer of Amucsty. From independent. Tfwtov, Iowa. Count Ga-parin's lctior has floated across the sea to this fur-uwoy country town of tlieWtet. I admire that rcpnbliciu trenchman. He undcr.tunds American affairs, lovea American idi'ne, and believes In the Ame rican people. I took oft my hat to his rather ugly portmit when 1 Hrst saw H on the walls of the Union Ltacue in New York. But a Rood man may give bad advice. The Count adds his voice to the cry for a general amnesty. It is an easy thing to pardon wrongs which ae clone, not to ourselves, but to other people. It is a French philanthropy that purdous the Pouth for wronging the negro. If, iiwtead, the South were at this moment shooting down French men, burning their pctiool-tiour.es, and stealing their children, tJonut Gusparii) would probably not esk tor an amnesty to the South. It is dtiiicult to make t foieitfiier believe that a rebeiiion in the lmeresd of human slavery n rebellion ins.lgated by the three combined lusts of power, ot greed, and of passion a rebellion whoe atiodtics have been parall' l d only by the warlare of li.dian eavaecs a rebellion suo duel on the held, but sllll lacing in Southern men's bteusts; it is ditlicult, I sav, to nnike even one of the mos-t lntellmcnt of foreigners, like Count Uuspurin, teiieve that sueli a rebellion is the work ot an ord rary enemy, who is to be dealt with b.v ordinaiy means, uud trusted on ordinary terms. l'he Houtti, when accustomed to rule, pat terned her public conduct alter that of her iuo-t tyrannous slave-masters ruling royally, brook iiig no oppfbiiion, and playing tne oppressor grandiv. Hut the South, loreed to obey, copies the conduct ot her most vicious slaves teicn inar a submissiveneis, practising a deceit ot levaliy as a mask lor treason, and preieuding t'be .l peace while vet plotting war. An amnesty to the South, which shall invc3l her with liet- old political prerogatives, which shall pive her an equal voice with the North in the government or the Union, and which shall leave in her hands her old opportunity to op press tin; negro, would met tlie opnrobiuin of the civilized world. Nevertheless, the radical pariy, in demanding justice to the negro, de mands no injustice to ihn white ninn. 1 am acquainted with nearly all the repre sentative radical men ot the North acquainted, also, with the r public ies and utterances and I speak within bounds when I any that til" radical party, as dmtuiguisiied irom its sur rounding niid of the Republican party, has been in favor of lenient rather thin ol ecvtc ternis in settlina wi'h the llebeilion. Tl'e radical pai tv holds, w it li Miiea jlay, that alter a great rebellion, a wise, victorious, .ni'l li'iniuiio Government will pardon the many and r.ur.ish the tew. And even in punishing fh" few. what shall be the punishment ? Deaiii ? Tliu radical party asks (or no drop of blood. Confiscation? It beprudges no man his property. Exile? It bears too little ill-Will to foreign nations to ex patriate American icnegmlcs to toreisii shores. Whflt then? it neinands that the ring leaders ot the Rebellion shall be deprived of the power of casting i ballot and ot holding an office. In New Yoik Staie, evea a picts pocket who steals utteen r.oll'iis, and goes to jail, can never attei wards, on coming out, go to the ballot-box or run for an otlice. Is treason a los crime thau petty larceny ? Tha radicjl Party, therefore, demands that the men wtio lately 1 lied their hands to destroy this nation shall not now be invited to govern it. To this end, it demands that the test-oath, like a sword of fire, otiull guard the doori of the Federal Capitol against tne intrusion of traitors. It demands that Auo re .v Johnson's usurping &tate Governments thall be displaced by local and valid legislatures. It demands that a Southern black man shall not (are worse for being a loyalist than a Southern white man tor being a traitor. All these demands may be very unreasonable, vriy cruel, und very linningnarimoiis never theless, they aie made; nor should they be jibatcd. Count GaFpniin speaks nsruinst the Constitu tional amen -uncut. I ntu flail lie ditliKcs i'. The radical party chares this rcpugu'iacj. "It has always appeared to me,'' spys u, "thi, la the tirst time, to sanction by rn article of 'he Constitution a distincricti ionudud on color is to give a strange conclusion to a victory of the North.'' Tlie-e are wise word;. The J.Avpcii dcni re-echoes them. Oppo-ed to the Cons. na tional Hnenclnu'iii ironi Ibe Leinninsr, this journal w ill oppose it to the end. The amen 1 mcnt commiia the political l ite of the negro to the hands of tlie Uebel. This is an net ot moral delinquency oi wh ch the North ouht not to be guilty. Count Gusparin has clear moral percp tioiis, and sees that under the Cousiitutional amendment, as under t'.ic oil regime of shivery, the negio must submit his necK to iheoppreii sor's h.-el. Bi'.t Count Gasparin, in ir-king for the admis sion of the Southern States, do'.'s not kno-v their teiiiper. A law is one thins; its b-i rvanee another. The Count thinks that, under a iaw of impartial snll'rae.', we could afford to admit the Wouth. Hut what reverence clos the Soum show tor any lav enacted in th interest ot the negro or tlie North? For instance, tucichiis uliius bc n a constitutional piwixtou puunm teeing lreeooui ol speech and of the press in ail pert- ol the United Stnte. l!ut ol what validity has this provision been in the Southern States'? Has it piotcc.ed a N .-them man in the utter nnc o bis opinions ! Tin le is, moreover, a Co:i stilutioiial au endini'iit winch toicver prohibits .slavery in the United states. And yt, have not negroes la'ely been sold as slaves"i;i idiiryhmd by or Jei ot the couits? Would the Count like to know under what pretext they were sol 1 ? The phraseology el the prohibitory amendment is, "Xeilhir slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a pvnithnunt fur croi.t'.'' A "negro com ini'd a crime s eals a chicken, perhaps, or shows his dusky skin and pretends to tie a human beinu, w hich is ciime enough in Mary- ! laud and he is fold by the courts mto iuvolun- j tary servitude. Now are Itchchi, wo recommit the uueieiit outrages of the slave-mai uet upon loyalists, to be rewar.led tor their barbarity by an act of anine-ty ? llie last numlier of the Me.uphis Avalnac'ie pr.blibhes a "black list" of such oi ihe business men of that city rs were oppo-ed to the Rebel lion, commenting tlitir-: "From this time heuceltirth and forever, let every true Southern man who wus an ex-litbel, or whoso son, brotlier, father, or consiu vva - one lot him avoid the business firm of " (then follows the list). The journal then adds "Hencelorth thev are famous. Sinull-pox or Tarantula. Kit her will answer.'' Now does Count (jui rarin piopose to oiler to the Memphis J oalanche an uct of ninnosy ? Ni r!h Carolina Ih said to have been, and to be now, the leaat rebcll ous ol toe Rebel States. But whut is the loyalty of North Carolina? The Wilmington Visjmtch threatens unotticr rebel lion. "Already," it says, "ihe Southern people have piven evidence of thcireapr.city as soldiers. With the North united ucain-t ther.i, many if their own people agaiust tbea,, no orsrauized government o commence with, no army, no navj,i o rei-ources, liotl.ing to coalesce Ilium but a pilnciple, and on that thousand" refusing to stand, they kept up an uneven contest for in dependence tor tour years with a valor unex ampled, a lortitude ui. paralleled, and a determi nation unexcelled. In this approiiching con flict, tor conllict there wdl bo if Congress at tempts to de-troy the States, they will have nearly half of the North as allfs, and will be themselves united. They will tieht to theknl'e, uud then to thp hilt." Doe? Count (ia-pariu think that the Wilmuiaton Dhpatch argued con vincingly lor un act of anine-ty ? Texas is luin diicinir into her schools ( Ahat few Hue has) cewlmn cutiosities ot iPei'ti'iire knowu as "Confederate primers,-' "spelling- botiks adapted to the Poutb." But whit is the object of a "Confederate primer," eit? -pt to tenth treason? And what is ibe ellcot of a "Confederate primer," except to prepare the next ft' Delation lor am w rebellion? Ooc-tConnt Gappann think that "Coii'cderate primers'' are arguments for an actol amnesty? Gineinl Sheridan says oi the South west that "awhile man imirdeis a negro in cold blood, and his trial is a fsree." Dotm Count Onuana consider such a larce as a serious argument for an net ot amnesty ? May, eood ( ount 1 lines the Jvc w Oilcans riot plead for an am nesty to the rioters ? The plain truth is, the rebellious States are Still too defiant, still too disordered, still too full ot tbrcnteiiines and slaui'htcrs, to be admitted just vet on nny terms whatsoever. I believe that the amnesty which the North has idieady granteti to the South the amupptp by which traitois have been given back their lives, their houses, and homes, their facilities lor business and an open gate to the pursuit of happiness this amnesty isnlieady as much as uic na:ion can grant to mo south. j If impartial suffrage were to become the law of the whole land to-morrow, it would not in the least affect the question of a gncral am nesty. Impartial sullrage stands on its own lonndation, which is the citizen's right to Ins franchise. General amnesty stands on its own foundation, which is the good behavior o the culprits who want to be amnestied. The negro ln.s already earned his ballot; the Rebel h.rs not yt t eat ned hi? at nesiv. j "It in Important," sas the Count, "that pence should be peace, and that purdon should be piirdi-u." This is an eminently French scnti incut. Rut it is lucre important that there flioiild be peace to the nation than pardon to the traitor. Thus far, there has been a eood d-al of pardon and very little peace. ' llere atter. let the condition of patdon be the prac tice of peace "To exclude rebels from public life," savs the 1 Count, "would be to exclude the whole South.' Would the Count, then, have us admit Jefferson ' l av h as Senaror from Mississippi, and Alexan der 11. Stephens as Senator from Georgia ? This i lea rr.ay seem roseate in France, but seems dismal to a pilgrim on these pranies. "Instead ot the pobcv ot exclusion," says the Frenchman, "adopt boldly the policy of ad in is- ! siou." But the Count's f-ugncbttou is ol a policy of calamity. As Lprd Bacon savs. "He who I injures one man threatens a bun trod," so the couth, by injuring the negro, threatens the nation. To tUinu the South, therefore, in her present ttate of halt-revived civil war, would , be an equal injustice to ihe nccro und the I na icn. On the other hand, to e.vclu ie the i rebellious States until the negro shall have his j liylits, and unnl the while man shall keep the peace, is the only policy of nation dl safety. i Political tiucstlous lu t lie Supreme Court From the Kalian, The Supreme Court of the United States is just now the subject of lively popular interest 1 mid diicushm. It lia9 recently been, nud will soon be agaiu, called upon to decide questions ' which have bi en made political Ksue3 between , hostile parlies and concerning which few men are able to think impartially. All the is-tics of the war, and of the era of reconstruction sue- 1 reeding the war, will be submitted to the judg ment of this Court; and a f treuuous effort wiil ! be made to secure irom it decisions which will , nullily the wi'l ot the people an'J vindicate the rejected policy of Mr. Johnson. There is great danger that, whatever maybe the decl-ion of the Court, its action may fail to command public conudei.ee; that if the decision is agaiust i lie views ot the majority, it will be a-criled to parti-i.n-ti'.p, and that if it is with theiu, it will be thought to have been influenced by iear. j It is exceedingly desirable that no' such im- pitEsion should be left upon the numld of the ' people after a deci. iou has been made, but that the laimess and wisdom of the Court should bo , manifest to every one. For our own part, we in opt earnestly deprcca'c any weakening of popular confidence in this eminent Court, as equivalent to air undermining of tlie people's laith in lawitxeli-a faith which needs Etreuutu e mug and upbniid'iig m 8 special manner at this time. We snull, tnerclore, a ter explaining- the reasons for doubting the impartiality of the CVurt, oiler some nipgestions as to the mode in which the apprelii ndad dangers may probably be hvoided. The Supieme Court consists at present ot nine judges, live ct them appointed by a Republican president, and lour by his Democratic prede cessors. Uutortunateiy, it cannot, be doubted th:t ut least lour of the judges have so tlioiouthly made up tticir minus upon all the i issues oi reconstruction us to make argument I before them a mere iorm. Chief Justice Chase could not be persuaded by Mo.-e- und the pro phets that the picseut State Governim tits at 1 t lie Sou.h are legitimate; while .Indues Nee-on, Ciier, and Cliiiord could not be persuaded of : the trnuair even by one who should rise ironi i the dead. We arc strongly inclined to believe I that Judge Field, who was appointed us a Republican, but whooe sympathies, never I very heaitily with the party, except in : Ei'p'poil ol the war, are now quite alienated Irom it, is also too well convinced in his own i h.iik; to be reully open tt argument. Assuming ; ct r i lii-picions to be correct (and they are uni I v isally enieriaiiied among lawyers and poltti 1 ciaiis ut iihiuiiton). Judge Wayne, ol Georgia, , would lif'M the casting vote. Tne natural pre , sumptiou is that he would side with his Demo- ' til-tic H.-eociates, BDd such is our expectation; a i t so patriotic has been the course of Judge -Viaync during the last six years, ami so sincere bus appealed' to be his desire to do his duty , ! rntlicr than to gratily his prejudices, that we : 'duulhuveat least as much coniitienoe in his ' impiii nal'ty as iu that of ihe best ot his as o I ciiivts. The other judges, Stvayue, Davis, and Miller, have never been known as politicians, inn! will no doubt consider tuc important ques tion betore them in a truly judicial spirit. W'e leel bound to pros? our regre t t but the , iliytingiiislicd Clnei Justice ot the Court has not, since taking his place uoou the bench, more Mmtly ab inined iiom taking part iu political iiiseusioiis. It is not easy lor oue ot such de tided convictions and cne'-grtic spirit to sit qi.it tly by while great bat. les are being (ought in which his synipatl ies are strongly enlisted; Hi tin h was the duty of bis position, an 1 he has prcaily- weakened' hi- inlluence over the Court and Ids hold as a jurist upon the public contidence by purtnng u course which, i:i any f'vecutlve or legi-lative t'tlicer or private cui ' i , would have bten eminently honorable, but w Inch was rnsulted to t lie ollice of a judge. And his repeated declaration" lu tavor ot universal Pullrage lave iiritattd smiic of his associates ii tocouiiter-iteclaiutions ot hostility to it, which must ereutly emourrass their uclion when poli tical questions come bfctore theiu lor judicial b' lotion. 'J he j articular case w hicuitli reported will lie luitde. the means of orinuiug the subject of iccuiisti uc:iou before the Court, is one arising in the United Suites District Court of Alabama, in which, it is said, amotion will be made to Dismiss l be appeal ou the ground thut the State has ceased to exist, uud that the Court has lapsid with it. The decision of this motion in cd not and ou'jht not to have tlie least bear it, e upon the qut9tiou of the validity of Mr. Johnson's Soutnern Governments. A Stute may, perhaps, exiM without any government tur a time, and u Federal Court created for a Sta e iph- not, and we think does pot, expire with the State Government, or even with tlie Stute iuell. An apneul rum the State tribunal in one of the reconstructed States would present ihe real i-tie more clearly, though even that would not necessarily turn upon the isiuo of receiuti vciion. Tl ech;ei dntv of the Court, ns we conceive, in r ratine with the tremendous queetions which will be brought before it, is to coullne it'-ell strictly to the n utter iu hand, to decide the precise points beioro it, and to abstain rigidly Irom the slightest discussion of political questions rot necessarily Involved. Kxpressions oi opinion oi. points pot clearly presented bv thcltictsof each piuticulur case will not only amoi nt topoihin.? as precedents of law, but I wi'l break down the reliance ol the country on the Coutt. Even if counsel on both sides agree In stibmi'tlng the rase ou political Issues, the Court ought, if possible, to determine ii uoon other grounds ; rememliering thut counsel may be seeking some ulterior purpose at ibe expense ot the public good. The same reason which iniim e the Courts to throw out collusive actions sbou d Induce them to disregard. coll u .tve argu ments. Ihe questions involved in reconstruc tion mRy be looked at Irom twenty different standpoints, and it is inlolcrsble that they idiould be decideJ upon a hearing of three or four counsel, representing only two private individuals, whose icul interests may be united, and who may have trumrcd up a case for the expiess purpose of accomplishing a common political eno. Ihe opinion of the Court In the Indiana con Hiiiaty cases, although perfectly sound upon the teal quest ons at issue, and p' riiaps equally tonect upon all points, is nevertheless deserv ing ot en icisiu in the respect just mentioned. There was not a particle of pretense that Con gress had author zed the slttinu of thp lndlina military comroisidon, yet a majority of the Judges undertook to declare that Congress could not create such a tribunal. It is quite possible that their opinion upon this point is light, but it is no more law or authority than one of the Chief Justice's speeches to the colored people in Charleston. Such an opinion is calculated to arouse a suspicion that the Court Is anxious to express its views upon these great questions belore they are legitimately pre sented to it. Ihe Supreme Court was always, prior to 1857, wisely mix ons to leave political questions to bo determined by the Legislature, and repentedly occliiiea to "interfere" iu cases which afforded quite as much piound for interference as Rny that are now likely to arise. The judges foresaw that uuv attempt to control such controversies by judicial decisions would only peril the exist ence ot the Court, wh'le tettling nothing foribo coi inry, uuu mcy riuutiy oeciueit to avoid sunn i.ncompeiisiitt d risks. In ihe case of Dred Scott the Court departed from this line of duty. ami sought to 'listen a certain political policy upon tlie nation. The eil'ort failed, and onl'v bioueht the Court iino disrepute. We cannot' believe that the attempt will be repeated. If it should be, the people will have to meet it not merely with contempt, but with puuishmeut. Hut we will not dwtll upon tuis point, as we hope for a wiser course on ihe part ol the Court. Until we are compelled to admit ourselves mis taken, we shall advocate its claims to respect auo confidence, believing that it will maintain its cuily reputation as just and wise tribunal. Tlie SlictU-d Dtnd. From the Ti-iluue. Many veteran observers of the shifting cur rents ol Ameiican politics are puzzled by the unconquerable vitality evinced by the Republi can party. "How U it," they ponder, "that .this party, which came into potver through the divisions ol its opponents, who showed a majority of fully one mdlion of votes, should now be able t deiy the imvt perfect combina tion of all its enemies? How could it poll, at the fiaLiiicntary State 'elections of IStjil, a lull quaiter more votes than in the arduous I'csi dcuiiul htrtigfle ol lMil) ? Why should the result of each successive cllort to overcome it show it stronger and more invincible than ever belore? Does it bear it charmed lije '! Has it made no blunders, given power and patronage to no embezzlers, devt loped no disintegrating auti pa'lnts and antagonisms in its own ranks? W hat accounts for the dimness, the tenacity, of its hold on popular confidence ?"' W e answer: The Republican party is mortal, like all parties which preceded it, und wiil die when it., tiniccomes. It hti3 mudegn at mistakes. It has betn misled iu'o putting ihieve- und swindlers into power, and has thus robbed thenation.to its sore disci run and injury. And the one para mount it asou for the prolongation of its power is the fixed determination of the Copperheads to succeed it. and the equally stern rcsohe of the people that they bhan't. iieCRUau would probably have been beaten for rrtsideut, anyhow: but he would not have becu io uttei ly romed but fertile Copperheads, who insisted on shoving under him a platform w hiieon no man could' stand. The Philadel phia arm-in-arm Convention could hardly have upset ihe Republican ascendancy, anyhow; yet the rllrit need not h'lve resulted in such sig i.al, disastrous failuie, if the most conspicuous und obnoxious Copperhead; had not insisted on bossing the job. And the recent Eighth-ol-Jrnuarj revivals have shown ihe same tenacious lesolve of the mo.-t notorious and odious Cop pcilicads not to let the Republicans give place to any rival aspirants to power but themselves. So it looks as though the Republican ascend ancy must Le pretty sale for tlu next r.ix years. llie Connecticut gari.eriug was quite 'large, considering that, no ticket was to be nominated, and was reasonably earnest and spirited. The lion. Jnir.es Brooks made a long and fluent speech not ;o pocd no he used to make on our f ioc, nor so forcible r.3 bis solemn protestation (n the Whig State Address of 1847) that he I voi.ld ru vtr consent to the surrender of any j liioi c fr e soil to slavery. Two or three others speke less absurdly than might have b; en ex pected. But here were issae Toucey, and Thomas II. Seymour, and William V. Eaton Ii.fuliate archer ! could not one euRlco?" iVl prominent, a'l speaking, or resolving, all intent en pot letting tue people forget that, v henever the Ri publicans go out of power, 11. ey must be succeeded by politicians who tried in every possible way to paralyze the national nr in when inised to prevent the forcible disrup tion oi our Union by the sword of the slave power. Jlr. Toucey 'a complicity as Secretary ot the Navy in Buchanan's betrayal ol the national delenses into the hands of the Rebels, 1. H. Seynioui's and Eaton'o public, unqualified sympathy with tue R.bcls, and hostility to "coercion'' from the outset, probab'.y insure the Ri publ cans of Connecticut un easy dme In tht ir State canvass nt hand. The reffocratic dinner at, Washington, thoi fh lionoicd by the Pre.'Jd"itt's presence, and that 1 ilie Blair Pinnly, was ia the main a collection of torsils from the drill deposited oy fit' late war. Consricuou-i among them was lii cnantin's man Jerry, who, hs Attorney-General, gave a solemn ofliei;. opinion that there wtio no onstitiuioiml means whereby recession c uhi be forcibly resisted, and who never heaid will. out sorrow ot a Union victory throughout the ensuing war. Mr. Black found no tiicne so cougeiiialtoliissvmf-ath.es m the late release by the decision of the Supreme Court ol Lamb i dm I'. Milligan and his confederates, sentenced j to death in DsfM by a Mili'ary Court for con- spiring to subvert the Union nseemlaney in ln lana, and hand her over to the militant ! Rtbels, Of these uuhuncr traitors, Mr. Black J feuw tit to say tliht I "Time priva e cit'geng oi Iixliiinn, perfectly inuo I cent ol any oflense I say iiern rtii tunnn nt, uucuuso ; up to this tm o no liumuii heiusr bus ever leuliv Hoiii i!Kntoa6eiul their guilt the o ouzons ! weroarrtttteii, kiniw pet, mid carried Lclore a body i ol nail who ly without power t.i modulo with thuiu not iilitlioiied oveu to swear a witne.-s tor thorn j or Biainst tin-in and there, of cr a proceeding . which ii wouln no a mockery to call a trial, thev I wi'io ordered to ho kitrbd on a certain fixed d'tv. in tins ooUMticu of things tho Judicial authorities iuter I venetl, and Uh tliu ttid of 1'resitienr .1 fi li iienn 1 lie Vict ms wero rescued." There aie many very foolish, bad things which the people can be ca ole I and deceived into doing; but theie h one that they never can and thai is, putting their Government in tentionally into the hands of Touccv, Black. Seymour, and other persistent, envenomed opponents of the war for the Union, "if the Court understands herself, and she thinks she does," this will never be done. Wheiviore, we piav thoe gentlemen and their compeers to make themselves as conFp'cuous and voci ferous as possible in all lut ire gatheriivs of the enemies of republicanism. n Fulillc Opinion on the Im penult incut MUKkllou. I'rctn the Timet. Fiom the columns of our Hepublican con temporaries we have gathered proofs not only thut impeachment Is not demauded, but that the piopositlouii polul'ng 10 that end are depre cated as inexpedient, both In a national and a party sense. This view in no case proceeds fiom any lingering liking for the I'rosl.lent or bis policy. The party are a unit in reference to the duly of Congress to push forward its inrnsures of reconstruction, regardless of the plans of the Prefldeut; and in reference also to the hopelessness of all attempts to bring Mr. Johnson and Congross Into haimony. The feel ing prevails, however, that the Union strength in the Capitol is sufficient for the aceomplish n ent ot the cherished purposes ot the party, and that there is, tnerelore, no necessity for waging war upon the Executive. Practically, In all that pertains to the stat us of the South and its restoration to the Union, he is power less; and to make him tlie victim of Congres sional authority would be to cull forth a largo amount ol fecline iu his behalf, and to invest bim w ith a capacity for mischief which he can in no other way obtain. As matters stand, he can do very little In any re-pect. Ills vetoes effect nothing. His identitictttion with the Democratic party severs the Insl bond ot sym pathy with the Unionists who elected him. And for these and kindred reasons, the Re publican press or so much of it as has yet been heard irom on the subject discounte nances the movement lor impeachment as equally unnecessary ajd unwise. A just estimate ot' the gravity of the proceed ing and the unseemly spirit in which it was in augurated is lurther'ob.-ervable. The propn.ny ol inipt achinent, in certain circumstances, is conceded, and the ability ol the country to endure the stain is allirmid w ith a positiveness that implies no lack of confidence. But it is at the best a serious alluir, only to be begun under the piessuie of imperious necessity. The strain upon our institutions, our finances, and our en dit might not be unbearable; but it would be sutliciently serious to suggest caution in the inception ami nianacrcmeut of the proceeding. The judgment ot the country should be previ ously convinced. The pride of the American people in tLe integrity of their institutions und the honor ot their rulers should bu shown to require the trial. And the temper ami motives ol the accusers, and the impai Utility of the judues, should not be open to cavil. The opinion appears to exist that these conditions have been imperfectly complied with. The discussiou in the caucus, and the sayings of Mr. Ashley in the House, indicate more ot partisanship than of calmness, dignity, ami judicial hrmnefs. The idea geneiated is that for paitisan reasons the President must be icniovcd not that the honor oi the nation and the loyalty and purity of the Government rent'er necessary his trial and pun ishment. The organs of Republican opinion are evidently apprehensive oi tLe danger which lll judged zeal may indict upon the party; and hence their disapproval of the manner in which the question was mooted by Mr. Ashley und his friends. Having been introduced in a form that ren dered Fome action unavoidable, the reference ol the subject to the Judiciary Committee is every where recognized as tlie proper course. It removes tl e subject from the arena of partisan strife. It confides the task of preliminary inves tigation to a body whoso leading members whatever be their personal predilection are not likt ly to misinieri.ret incts, or to miscalcu late their weight at a tormnl trial. Moreover, it fcenis to dispo-e of the w bole subject, at any rale for the session. The Coinmi'tee will con duct their inquiry, of course, and they will in due season report. But therj is little proba bility ot more being done, in the House or Senate, while the present Congress lats. And meanw hile public oj.iuion, and the opinion of the parly, will have an opportunity of making it elf understood. If. as we believe, and as our Republican contemporaries assert, the impeach ment project conflicts with the views and de sires ot the people, the period consumed by the preliuiinaiy inquiry will suflice to rectify the misapprehension under which their representa tives have labored. 'J be inexpediency of the movement is declared on yet other grounds. Without entering minutely into th" minor shades of riiiierenco in the state ments ot our eomenipornrif touching impeach ment, it will be found lhat they concur iu reminding Congress of the urgent need that exi.-ts lor prncticnl legislation before! the 4th of March. In the absence of legitimate woik, buncombe and partisanship might b? indulged in with comparative impunity. But the condi tion of the country is rrittcsil". Its industry, its trade, its finance, are 60 disorganise! that to neglect them is to invite disaster, distress, and embarrassment. Extreme sensitiveness and anxiety are experienced with regard to the causes of the depression; and the conviction is I universal 111111 congress ought not to delay measures of relief. The people care less for par- lisanship just now than lor relief irom taxation. 1 They are not willing that the material industry sl.ould be crushed under a load of duties and I taxes, cr the national credit imperilled by an j unsound and neglected cuirency. And the 1 Union party, through its pres, evinces its sense of the responsibility which, at such a I t'ico. rests upen those whom it has sent to j Washington. ' SHIRTS, FURNISHING GOODS, At V. SCOTT & 0 O., SKIRT MANUFACTURERS, 4 SI. I EALE1IS IX MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS I?. 814 CIIESNUT Street, FOl n EoCliS BII.OW JHB "COjiTISFSrAT., 81Jrp rHiLADELFlllA. p A T K T SIIOULDErw-SEAU SI 1 HIT MANUFACTORY, A Nil GEN'ILt.MhN'a fUKXISIHSG STOHB IJKttCT 1I1IIG SillUlS AJSD DIiAWi:B n.i.'le ii cm iiiefisurcmciit at v.-ry abort notice. All 01. nr nil.'iltsul Cl-.MLKiJlJ B lKi.6 GOODK 111 111): TMllcO'. WINCHI.STEK & CO., 11 IS So. 700 CIIESKL'T Biraet! J-l 0 1 J.-1'U KM S 1 1 l.N ( i (;OOJS. EXCEILEXT orpoKiuinxT BARGAINS. 13 SECtJ212 ro tii' tht estate 01 tlie late JOHN A. MtJRPUKY, Importer amlEculcr in IlOrsK.FVKMSIHXU uoous, No. CIIKSNUT ST11KCT, lU twctD Met!, and Tenth, South Mde, I'liila. IKf Aduiiniftiators new t.ffcr the whole stock at prlcei l.u.o lli i.romury ratt cliarged. 1'hie ioo euibructu c . rv ih r.fc antvit in a w eil-i tdi red lioiifclioi J : fiuln 'im Wait ltrusties. oouen Ware, llaKet, Flutud t nro, l utkrv. iron w uie. Jaranued V aie, and C'ook tDi; I ter. B sol' evert cletcrtptiun. 1 t-itut vnriiiv of SllAKf It t.OODS. UUtD-CAOEls, t. i tc . run he obtained on the most leneouablo t"ruij l.ViAKCllC ia.KUIOi.nX01to and A 1 KB A mVaonmerit U TAP1ER K A CITE GOOD'. '1 lii; Ih tne lnrai retail e-iab'li.liinent in tbig line In T-Mludeii'fcia tnd eltiZ" na aim ttruiitera will lind It to tLeir i.dvaii'81e to e xamine our stock hetore tmrcbasliiL'. Ncle lur irU n'ts In tl.e co.mirv may order by mall, n"rt r.irn'M att. ftioii wl.i I ilveu. Uluwtui JUJJIET SHOEMAKER "&C0. WHOLESALE DBtliGISTS, MAAUFACIUIiEHS UirOIiTL'HS, AM) DEALERS IA Piiliits, Varnishes, and Oils, No. 201 NORTH FOURTH STUKKT, U'H3m) COVKKU 0 ACE. S.t, 's.: 1 - ; rrr 'v.'i! t cn . n. ' . fjrn 'T r. r ' f,.il Ll' ' WATCHE3, JEWELRY ETC. VEV15LAD0MUS& CO. niAioxn dealkks a jewelers. WATCIIKS, JKttKI.KY AblLtKK WAKK. . WATCHE3 and JEWELUT EEPAIEED. j?02 Chestnut St., PhUft. ii' CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY AMD BRIDAL PRESENTS. Have on band a targe and beautiful assortment of W atones. Jewelry, and Silverware, suitable lor CurUt n as Holiday and Bridal Presents. 1'artteular attention solicited to our large assortment of Diamonds and Watches, Mold Chains lor ladies' and tentlimcn's wear. Also, Sleeve Buttons, Btuds, and bcal BliiRS, In great variety, all ol the newest stylos. FANCY SILVEIUWARE, ESPECIALLY SUITED FOR BRIDAL 0IFT3. Wear dally reelTln? new poods, selected expressly for ihe holiday salt s. 'Our prices will be found as low, 11 not loner, than the sauio quality can be purchased eld. where J iiicbasers Invited to call. IilamondH and all precious stones, a'so, old Gold and 61 ver, purchased or tskeu In exchange. ol4p jEk WAU1IES. JLWELUY il-'3 r xxr PAlBHTnv. No. 1 SOUTH SECOND STREET OTers an cntiiely new anil moFt carclully selected fctljCK oi IAMER1CAN AUD GENEVA WATCHES, - JEWELllY, Sll.YERWARK.und FANCY ARTICLES OK EVERY DKBCIlll'TlON, snltahle for BUIpAL. OR HOLIDAY PRESENTS. An examination will show my btoek to bo unsur passed In quality and cheapness. Particular attention paid to repairing, eiiS HtnVMAN & LEOXAUS), MASltKACTUKERS OF WHOLESALE AND KEXAIL DKAUSS IN !!(! 704 SHrcr-riafcd Goods, ARCH STREET, rniADBipniA. Those in want ol H1LVKK or srLVKR-PLATED WAiil will hnd It much to their advantage to visit our.S'l OHi, beiore making iheir purchase. Our Ioiik experience In the niKiiuiHCtoie ol tbu above kinds of ds enubli s us to (Ioit compi iitlon. W e kecji mo roods hut tlioae whicu are of the FIRST CiyAtiM, ull ! vdi own make, and wiil be told at reduced priL-es. 62tij Lai ge and small sizes, play ii irom 2 to Uatrs.and costing from tSto 8 SCO. Our aMortoietitCunipriessucb choice melodies as "Jloiuo, Sweet Ilorao "The Lait ltoe of bummer. "Auld Lang Sy no. ' 'Star Spangled Jlanner." "liy Old Kentucky Ilomo,"cto. etc., I'.esides benutliul eelecilons itum the various Operas jiiipi'i tid direct, and lor sale ut moderate prices, by FAE1R & BROTHER, Importers ol Watches etc, 11 llMiithSrp So. S.'4 C1IEHXVT St., below Fourth. S I LV ER-VVARE FOR J. 11 J DAL P 11 ESEN T S. Ci. RUSSELL & CO., No. 23 North SIXTH St., Invite attention to their Choice Stock of HOLM) h U.V L. IV VI AKL, buit..L.e lor CliliiSi'il Ab audllUl UAL 1 l; K N I .. 14 -ib 1LEK11Y II A E PER, ISo. n2 fVlSCII treot, Uanumcturer and Dealer in VYatohes l,-ine Jewelry, Silvei-l'lnteul Wr, 1J Bolitl SilverWsre. RICH JEWELRY. JOHN B REN NAN, DEALER IN EIAJC0XD8, FINE WATCHES, JEWELEI Etc. Etc. Etc P Jt'J 13 tlUGUTll ST., PlIILiAUA. XNI3IA RU13UE11 GOODS WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, O F A L L K INDS, VCK i AMILY, DSUGGISTfc', STATIONERS', CXM KANTJPACTURER3' USE. ' an be olituincd direct at Oie MANl'KACTOHY AUKNCY, No. 708 CI1ESN UT Street. Customcis lure. 1M! ftn'l It to tbeiv ailvtrnta: o to d"ul j i w i : Silver j Ko . J. WILLIAM HOFHANN, No. 9 NORTH EIGHTH STREET, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IS ALL KINDS OF GOODS AITERTAININa TO TUB HOSIERY BUSINESS. i A large oeortmont or MEKIKO UNOERO'ARMENTS, for Udlw' Children's, and Gentlemen's wear. Medium nd Superior Qua'ltj GOODS of English and Amerlca nionulaetnre. Extr Ileftvy Killed All-wool SUIKTS AND DE AWEJtS. Flald and Stilped HOSIERY, for bkoting aud Fanoy Dresses. N I A large soiortlnent of UXDERG ARMKNP3, suited to (tnr climate, on liBiid all tho yenr round. LUMBER. 1 Q(V7 -8KT..ECT WHITE PINE B0AUD3 XOU I . AND 1'LAKK. 4-4, -4 6-4. -4, 2H. X and 4 Inch. CHOICE 1 AMCL AM) lut C'OAlsloN, ik feetlooif. 4-4, 6-4. 6-4, i. IH, and 4 inch. WHITK riM,l'ANKl. AT1 KhN II, A NK LAI tii. AM' bl'PLKlOB KTOlK O.S UAUli iQflT BUIliUING! 1 Ol) i . Ill ll.DIMil BUILDING Ll'lbt.KI 1.IA111KH! I.TTMBKRtl t-4 CAROLINA H-OUKINU. 1 ft-4 CAROLINA KIajOKINU. 4- 4 DH.AWAHK FLOOItlNtJ. 5- 4 IKLAWAUK FLOORINQ. MblTF PINK Fl.OOKlMU ASI1 FI.OOH!. WALNUT KiOi'RINQ. BPKUCK KIOOIilNU. h'lh P BOARDS. HAIL PLANK. PI.ANTKRINU LMIL 1807; -CEDAR AND CYPRESS SH1NULI.H. LOMI LKDiB SH1NOIFS. BliUKT CKUArt HHINuLlOa. t'OOl KK HHINOLKH. riNE AHHOHTAlhNT f OR 8ALK LOW. 0. 1 thll.tK LOON AND POWTS. No. 1 CtUAU LOOS ANU POSTS. LUMfiKR FOR ITNDKUTAITRlJfll ) I . LUJbPKK KOli ( NliKRlAKKHNU KM) ttllAU. WALNl'T, AND PINK. rkdckdak walnut, and pine. i QCT ALBANY LUMBER OP ALL KINDS IOU 1 . ALBANY LUMBER OK ALL K1JNDS bKAHONKD WALNUT. 8KASONLI) WALNUT. Dr. , OiLAB CHI IlKY, AND ASH. 0.ii PLANK AND H0AUU8. Al A HO' IAN Y ROHEWOOD AND W ALNUT VF.NKER8. i CAT CKiAR-ItOX iOU I . CHiAK-HOX MANUFACTURERS. r At:i I he KOAKDrt. Kl'ANlNll t l.HAK llOX 1867." SPRUCE JOJSTl (SPRUCE JOISTl bPUUCK JOlnT 81'KUCK JOIOT. FROM 14 TO Si Fk.LT LOVO. KKOM 14 TO Vi FKKT LONtl. SUPLKIOK OHW V BCIANTL1BO. W A I LE, liuui II r-K itt OO., li2mrp No j.HQLTM nivur.r fm H. V I L L I A m S. LUMBER, ScvciiUcnlli una bi)iii3g Uiiracn, rillLADLFIIIA. ai29th9to2 C. P E R K I N S, J. LUMBEU MiatCIIANT, BuccctBor to R. Claik, Jr., NO. 324 CHRISTIAN STREET. ciifltHnily on band, a laige and vailed assortment r.ui ainKLumbcr. b'Hi CUTLERY, ETC. O U T L E It Y. A lino assortment of I'ni'KKT n,i 1'Alll.l.'. i 1 i-rl .h ti V l.vii.M ij . fmWr$&9a ZOK hTItni-s l.ADlKs' HaiMOmj PAl tii TA1LOUH blil-.Alfi. ITC, nt L V. HI.LMObD'S Outlerr Btore, No. lHft onth TKNUI Hireet KI8! Tlirce doors above Walnut ' FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF SAFES JhQVANS & WATSON alANLFACIlKLLS Of FIRE AND BURGLAR-PROOF SAFES EESKiNEP 1-OB EaulL, Mcrcautlle, or Iwclilar-IIow V Established Over 2-5 Years Over 24,000 Safes in Vw. The only Safes with Inside Door. Never Lose their Fira-Proof Quaiitj. Guaranteed free from Dac.pr.ws. Bold at Price Lower ttiua outer nxakdm WAMLHViOMSi No. 811 CIIESNUT Street, I'llILADtl.rlli A. 1 J SADDLES AND HARNESS BUFFALO RODES, IjAP RUGS, HOUSE COVERS. A lare sucortnient, WHOLESALE OU LETAIL low rices, lohcthcr with our usu v Vsortmentoi 8ADDLEEY, ETC. WILLIAM S. 1IANSELL & SONS, No. 114 MAUKKT Street. PJ O II S E COVERS, bl'FFALO LOBES, LAP HUG 3, ANGOLA MAT j, KLLCW MAEKKT KATi.3. KNKASS it OO , No. 631 MAKKE.T Street Coiuo uudbie. tl 1 Lite-Bl?6 I one In door, J. 11. 15 U R DSALL' CONFECTIONERY, s 1CK No. CItKAM AND PININtt 8M.OON9, Clll'SNU T Sr. MUAED U' W KKU1T AND roi'ND (' A K 11. o' ail Inuc asseriuiett ol C". t 1 1'.M j HOLlDAVo. wiiu a 1 , etc , lur tlio 11 IS linro
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