THE NEW YORK PKES3. EDITORIAL OPINIONS OF THE LEADING JOURNALS UPON CURRENT TOPICS. OOMPILKD KTKRr DAY rOB KVRMMJ TKLKOrtAPH A Rontheru Proposition. vmu the lYibune. It i known tbut the Governors of several frdjtliprn Mutes under the Johnnon reglnic were recently Jot several davs in WasUinirtou, and that tliej, alter conference with the President. niirerd on a plan of reconciliation and rc.-tora- tiou which is to be first submitted to their re fi-ctive I.epiRlature?, prior to a more general submission, vve were seasonably favored with the remit of their deliberation!!, but under an lii;tinctlon of contlJence, which jeenis to have boon partial; since the identical matter which ie wire enjoined not to print until it had been acted tin by one at least of tbo Legislature in tiueHiuu, was on Tuesrday printed without re serve by others. The follow iiift is the gist of the project: HVtfTMM, etc.. He it further resolved by tlio A'islHluie ol , that tliq following urtk-lu Mmll be adopted us uu utneiiilmeiit, to bououiu juirl of tlie Constitution of the .Statu of ; "Article. I'.very mule citizen wlio hits ro Miiiit in the Male for one year, and in the county in m hloh lie oilers to vote six mouths im-.m-ilintr-ly precediiiK the day of election, and Citti mid l lie Declaration of I ndopuiHenco ami tin- I'oiislitiilion of the United States in tuo i'.i'vllsh laniiuiiKC, and write Ills name, or wlio laav be the owner oi Will worth of tuxalilo pro )". t , shall he entitled to vote at all elections lor liovernor of the htate, members of Hie .Legislature, and all other officers the election ol whom nia. be by the people of tho Stale. ""'fii'Wci, Tlml no person, by reason ol this ai tiele, sliali be exeluilctl from vol inn who has heretofore exercised theelective franeliise under the I'oiiHtituiiou or laws of this Stale, or wlio, at the time ot t lie adoption of tins amendment, may be entitled to vote under tho said Constitu tion and laws." REMARKS. The aim ol thi- proposition, it will be seen, is to secure the npnt of si tirade to all Southern wh.tes, uLless il be the newly naturalized and yet to be natural ized, aud exclude (so lar aa possible) the blacks. We cannot see how this eclietue should be expected to sivo satisfaction. We stand lor universal amnesty with impar tial sun'rago. We do not balance one by the other: we commend each on its own merit because it is just, wise, and calculated to benefit each section and every class. The North needs and will profit oy universal amnesty as well as the South; lor neither the country lior a part of it can truly prosper when another part is un easy, apprehensive, uftlictert, wretched. We are for unoartial eu Urape, because the whole land needs rest from sterile, diiuserous agitation con cerning neeroes and negro rights. We all kuow '.vhete this must end: tuen why not go at once to the end and be done with it ? Tho Southern proposition stops haif way, and will settle nothing. It ie more likely to intensify agitation than to allay it. but the prop.ised restriction of black suffrage is radically unjust. Where a State provides for the educa ion of all her people, we have not a word to say apalnst a requirement of ability to read as a qualijcation for votincr. Men should know how to read; if they wilfullly refuse to learn, thev uitiv plausibly be disfranchised. So not so plau-ibly, but with a show of reason the mao who has bad a fair chance to acquire property, ei has none, may be debarred i'rooi vo'ing, as ihntt less and irresponsible. But to say to men who have been slaves till now who have bi en denied the riant to acquire property, and to teaeh whom to read has been a crime by statute "You shall not vote unless you have $201) worth of property, or know how to read and wri'o," i adding insult to injury. . You might as well hang a blind man for not being an accurate judge of colors. It is not to be thought of. In tho county of Logan, Southern Kentucky, as well as in several neighboring counties of that State and Tenne8aee, a number of neeroes, several of whom served in the Union armies, have recently been killed and their property destroyed or stolen by undetected villains, phose animub is fairly iudieated byahandoill they have posted up, as follows: I AM COSIMITTKIi. 1. No man shall squat neuroes on his place, unless they are all under his employ, male aud lemnle, 2. Negro women shall be employed by will to persons. o. Ali children shall bo hired out for some thing. 4. Negroes found in cabins to themselves shall suiter the penalty. 5. Negroes shall uot bo allowed to hiro negroes. 0. Idle men, women, or children, shall sulTor the penalty. 7. All white men found with negroes in secret places shall be dealt with, and those Unit, hiro negroes must puy promptly, and act with good taitlilothe negro. I will uinlco tho negro do Jus part, and the white must , too, S. For the first ollense Is 100 lashes; the second is looking up a sapling. 9. This I do for the benefit of all, young or old, high and tall, bhtclc and while. Aav one that may nol like these rules may try their luck, and see whether or not I win bo found doing my duty. 10. Negn.ea found stealing from any one, or taking from their employers to other ueKioes, death is the first penalty. 11. Running about late of nights shall be strictly dealt with. 12. White men and negroes, I am every where. I have friends In everv tlae. lin your duty, aud I will have but little to do. The miecreants who post these handbills would all be voters under the .Southern project; while tue Union soldiers, whose property they have burned, will be disfranchised. It won t answer. We are heartily glad that the Southern whites are taking hold ot tlie subject of Kecon fctructiou. They might have started better; but it i better to start faulty than not at all. They vtiil improve In time. The Q,ueeu'a Speech. l'l vra the Times. The Atlantic Telegraph gives us a verbatim report of Queen Victoria's speech at the open ing of the British Parliament. Her Majesty congratulates the Lords upon the peaceful and satisfactory nature of the relations between her tJovernment and all foreign powers, aud hopes that the late Germanic war may lead to durable peace on the Continent ol Europe. With regard to the questions at issue with the UiHted States, she gives her high sanction to the understood tact that she has suggested a mode by which the ditlereuces growing out of the acts of her subjects during the laic civil war may receive an amicable solution, trusting that her suggestions may be met in a corres ponding ep.rit, remove all possible misunder standing, and promote relations ot cordial friendship. As to the war between Spain aud Chili and Peru, it appears that the proffered mediation, or goodoilices, of theQueenaud the French Em peror have lailed to lurther the object of re-t-toiiug peace. In the matter of the Cretan insurrection. 6he has. with Napoleon and Alexander, retrained from direct interference; but all have exerted themselves to bring about improved relations between the Sultan and his Christian subjects, not inconsistent with the rights of tae Porte. The neaotiations whereby Prince Charles of Honenzoliern accepted the Governorship of the Dauubiau Principalities have been satisfactorily arranged. Colonial consolidation is a fixed fact, and a "bill will be submitted to Parliament whereby all the North American Provinces will be united in one Government as members of the British Empire. The Queen expresses a kind sympathy with her famine-stricken subjects in India, and rotates that her Government had instructions 1o make the utmost exertions to relieve the widespread distress. Since the famine au abun THE DAILY EVENING TgEGjAPII. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, dant harvest has much improved the condition of the suffering districts. Iti turning to Ireland and Feniantim. her Blajesty saOu spirit of womanly chtrlty: "The pereverinit cflbita and unscrupulous assertions ot treasonable conspirators havp, during the last Autumn, eialted the hopes of some disaffected persons in Ireland and the apprehensions of Ine lo.yal population, but the linn and temperate exercise of the powers In truded to the Executive, and the hostility p'anitested aifalnst the conspiracy by men of atl cla?9e and crcods, bave jireatly tended to restore public confidence, and have rendered hopeless any attempt to disturb the general tranquillity. I trust that you will, consequently, be enabled to dispense with the continuance of any exceptional legislation for that part of my dominions." His Majesty tegrets the extent of the cholera and the cattle plague, and, in reference to the former, stBtes that she has oMercd important commissions to arrange for the itu Drove meut of the sanitary conditiou of the principal cities. Addressing fne Commons, she says the esti mates for the support of tha Government bave been prepared with a duo resard to pmnnmv and the requirements of the public service. She hopes the Commons will grant a moderate sum lor the establishment of an efficient armv reserve. , The important subiect of Pari! also claims her attention, and she expresses the significant hope that Parliamentary rtoliKoru. tious may be conducted in a spirit of modera tion and mutual forbearance which may lead to "the adoption ot measures which, without ' undue disturbance of the balance of political power, shall freely extend the elective Iran- ' chine."' 'J he condition of tho labor nniclinn nnit Iho ! riehts and wronars of employers and employed. ! tiiu meuiiuiieu, wun sugiTPsiions mat measures be taken to settle diilerenoe.-i and seenrp int.in . The condition and wants of the merchant marine aie al-o subjects for leeislation, and attention i- called to important features In the navigation laws of France. The railway muddle is so important that, her Majesty will propose a bill to recrulato those stupid corporations, and enable them to meet engagements. Auiongminor matter, the Parliament is called upon to improve the manaarement of the pick ' and poor; to amend the Bankruptcy law: to consolidate the Probate, Divorce, and Adini- laity t ourts, and expedite legal business in the Common Law aud Excise Court-". Tciiaut-rieht is also mentioned, aud a bill i will be introduced to encouraee occupiers of ', land in Ireland to Improve their farms, and to i secure to them just coaiponc-atini for pcrma- 1 neut impiovemenis. i Mr. Johnson and Ilia Proposed Com- i promlMt) A Tali to the V luile. i'Vom f7ie Herald. Side by side wilb the Constitutional amend- ; ment adopted by Congress and already, ratified i by seventeen of the loyal Stales, requiring only thice more to fix It, we give the amendment : greed upou as a compromise between Presi- : dent Johnson and certain leading politicians of ! .the Rebel Slate. Here th-y are: CONOUKSSIONAI. AMl'.XD T II K I'BVSIUKVT'm SI' 11- I MKNT. hllri IK Article M section 1. All Article 11-Seclion 1. No Pfismia liurn or niitura- SUue, tinilor Uio ('oiistilu- ; j.i'u in tue united stales, nun. mis it rlnlit or lis ow n mil suhject to the juristlic- will to renounce its place , ion thereof, lire citizens of m. or wii.inlrw iv,,i., n.n the Vnileil States, unci of I'nion, nor has the Fedt- iic laigniiciuin wiej IW I .11 V .O V LTI1 111 Clt t ally Hlll tile, iso Stiiteslmll inuke to elect a statu li 'nlil Llm or enforce- any law winch Union, or to deprivt) it of ' shall ahridKethcprivlletes lis equal MifVrusre 111 the or iniinuiiiiles of citizen Nenaie, or of rcureaentti- , of the U ulted Htaien : nor lion In the House of Keii- i en..... pmiii: Mrjiu.o iv.tciHuuvtfH, lUUUlllOn. ' any person ol life, liberty, under tlie Coiislilutiou. 1 or property without due shall he perpelunl. process of law, nor deny section 2. The public I l any person within lis debt of the United Stales, Jurisdiction the equal pro- authorized bv law, shall I lection ol Uio laws. ever do held" sacred and I Sictton 2. Itepreentu- inviolate, but neither tlie ! tivis shall be apportioned United states, nor anv I allium; the several stales state, shall assume or pay i iicc-irdiiig to their respec-any debt or oblia(ion in- 1 live numbers, comitiiik' currcd In aid of lusurrec- i the whole Dumber ol per- '.ion or rebellion anuinst I sons in each state ex- the Government or aiuho cludinis Indians not rity of the United States, taxed. '-tit when tho nnhi to vole ut any elec- Section 3. All persons I lion for the choice ol elec- born or naturalized in the tors lor I'resictcntaiKi Vice United Stales, and subject i President of the United to the Jurisdiction thereof, suites, Representatives la areeitizens ot the United ! Congress, the executive states and of the states In and judicial oil it-en ol a which they reside; and the State, or the members of citizens of each Stale shall i the Legislature thereof, is be entitled lo all tlie privi- 1 denied to any of the male lenes anil immunities of 1 Inhabitants of such State, citizens In tlie several beinjc twenty-one years of Slates. No State shall do- ' use and citizens of the prive any ptrsou of life. United States, or hi any liberty, or properly with way abridged, except for oui due process of faw.'nor participation In itebellloii deny to any porson within or oilier crime, tlie basis Its jurisdiction tiie etiual ' of representation therein protection of the laws. " shall be reduced in the Section 4. Hepresen proporllon which the mini- tatives shall be apuur- ; her of such mule citizens tinned among tlie svo shall bear to the whole ral Stales according to I number of male citizens their respective numbers, 1 twenty-one years ol aye in counting the whole nuiii- i such state. ber of persons In each . Section 3. No person Stale, excluding Indians ! shall he a Senator oi JUep- not taxed, hut when any i rtsenlatlve in t'onyress, Slale shall, on account of or elector of President and rave or color, or previous Vice-President, or hold condition of servitude, any olliee.clvil or military, deny tho exercise ot Ihe ! under the United fcilates, elective Irauciso at any or under any stale, who, election for the choice of having previously taken electors for President and ' uu oaih, us a member of Vice-President of the ' t ongress. or as uu ollicer United statf.. Ifnmnh,. ot ihe United states, or as lives in Confess, uimn a member of nny State tiers ol tlie Legislature, and LenMaiure, or as un exe-other ollicers elective by cutive or Judicial ollicer of the people, to any or tne liny Slate, to support the male Inhabitants of such t oiiHIilullou ol the United Slale, being twenty-one Mules, shall have engaged years of age, and citizens in lusnrreelion or rebellion ol the United Stales, then against the same, or given the entire class of persons am or romlort to the cue-ho excluded from the ex- iines ineieoi. mil vongress ercise of the elective fran YHty y. a ' "vo-ebise bhail not be counted I raruiiuii t. x ne validity ot ; the public debt ot the L'oitcti states, authoriyed by law, Including delns lu- curied tor pa uieuiof pen- biuns iinu ouuuiits. lor ser vices lit suppressing insur rection anil rebellion, shnll not be iiestliuied. Hui neither the Limed Stales uor any Stale shall assume oi pay uny debt or obliga tion Incurred In aid ot in surrection or rebellion ugaiiisl Ihe United Slates, or auyclaim for the lessor emancipation ol any slave; but till such debt, obliga tions orclaimsshali be held Illegal Hud void. section a. The Congress shall have power lo en force, by appropriate legis lation, Ibu provisions of this article. At the first glance the reader will be struck with the woudeilul general resemblance between thete two plans, aud he will be apt to inquire, why should there be any further difficulty be tween the President and Congress, when the compromise proposed by Mr. Johnson is sub stantially the plau of Congress ? A little exami nation, however, will show that tho ditference between the two plius is ust the difference be tween the geuuine Brazilian and tho bogus Cali fornia diamond.. Let us see. uir. J onnson pro poses, first, to declare in the Coustituttou that no State has a right to t-ecede, which is super fluous; that the' (ieneral Government has no right to eject a Slate, which is claptrap; or to deprive any Statu ot its equal eutTraee in the Senate without its consent, w hich is already in the Constitution; or of representation in the House, which la already sufficiently secured, what, then, ib the meanluar of this proposition ? It is ouly a reaffirmation of Mr. Johnsou's theory that, alter what he has dono without authority from and in dcQance of Congress, in reeonstrucUue the Rebel States, Congress has no right to deny them admission into either House. It is the sophistry of Mr. Johnson's stump speeches, boiled down, in defense of his rejected policy. His second proposilion in reference to the national debt, and all Kebel debts, is suc-stan-tially the pendinsr amendment; and his third, in reference to citizenship and the equality of rights before, the law of citizens of all colors, is also, in substance, the Congressional declara tlon. and it involves on his part a conversion to the Civil Uights bill, which ho vetoed and which ! ,C.l)CK8nr'lmin'r1to "fnUbmlly fhr. ;6:1, ,n mIar,, ,0 the ballot-box. I the President proposes what may be railed im partial suffrage, with the condition that wl en any State shall, on account of raoe or color r previous rendition of servitude," deny the elec tive franchise, etc., then the entire V a,s of o i ! sons so excluded shall not b, coun ed in Ve , -avis ot representation. This seem" o t e n"r eetlvfair, but what says the ame, X ent of eororess? That w ben any State lH i MBvabrtdye- the sufliate. -evcent for nnr?X pation inrebeinon or other ( of representation therein shall ho r,i., .,l ; ;.rcordinBy. Acpordm, to I be Pre s Went s plan Hchels are not to be i.,uj. uci.is p an 1 and writing and I property ouainnpti'1 red,'""? ; ail classe- alike, whj bo Lla hlZn' p?n ! t7)aeqs,ou,tihflCRll0U h! ottS . Win, taking its population at hXfrd I feT11 r9 .rS'f ' licbels mnv h.. v.i..A. m ' Consrre-s im ucis may De excluded from the nnlU hut 1 adopting one hundred thousand people as' (he ffilfcxcTuW ifheIblacftks are wnouy exciufied. South Carolina will lose four of the seven men.beis of the House to which -he w by universal sutliage. he entitled S e will ose, too in proportion to the eTct, of a v restriction whatever upon blacks or whites so that a property or ren.iing and writing oualitl" cation will involve the same lwTOS. as exclusion on at co mt of color, itv the pro! perty and reading and wriiine quaiirtca ion mi the other hand which Mr. Johnso i pro I Z'sZ oraut. the whole black population (ev X'tng the fe- aught to read and write by the Kr Ju men s Bureau) and most of the' poor wl hum would be excluded from the sutlraVe c that 8outh Caio ma would be inorc a rlo.cVorf.0M tion under her old Kebel oliirnrcl ,T?"r brd?creor.S0Ot "U thG tLtr K'b" To make this thing sure, Mr. .lobn ,on nrono-c no equivalent or substliuto lor the third sec ion of tne amendment of Congress, cxcliKlinir cer tain cbses of Rebels from office, State or Fede ral, until absolved by a two-thirds vote of each House or Congress. On the contrarv, he pro poses to i-ive the Kehels full swim?, as ii nothin had hapiieucd. He does uot yet seem to com prehend the fact that the very' strongest Pecti,.u ol the ConeresEional amendment in the Korth is that which proposes to make the mater spirits ot the Rebellion take back seats in out political allairs until they can be .-alely absolved by Congress. Not long since Horace tireeley. la his benevolent desire to conciliate the Soutu issued, at a veniure, his inanitesto in favor of a general amnesty. The dav before Le did this he was good lor the United States Senate: the day alter he was as dead as Rnvmond or Thurlow Weed. The idea that the North shall be bad gered again in Congress bv such Southern Kebel leaders as Jell. Davis. Benjamin, Mason, Sli delJ, Wiglall and company, fs jusi, as odious in the loal States as was the Chicago-Vallan-tiighani platform of prace at any price. Mr. John -on'.-substitute lor the pending Constitu tional amendment, in short, is a oead lailure. W bat, then, can the Executive do to save hull s' If? IDs only way ol safety is to abandon all this useless bedcring and ditching, Guessing and quihblirtr, and squarely reccirnize the authority ot Ccnare.-s, ana frankly adopt the puidinir amendment, together with the idea that tne states which forfeited their rishts in the late Rebellion are subject to the terms of Congress in the matter of their restoration. The great issue ot bis impeachment does not depend upon the merio of this plan or that plan. It rests upon his usurpation of the exclusive powers of Congress, his hostility to the authority of the law-makinj, power, and bis failure-to "see the laws tuiihiully executed." In a word, it is because he has tlood and persists in standing in the way of the legislative rights of Congress and the will of the people, as expressed upon this pending umendmeut. that he is to be im peached. By fulling in wilh Congress and the aa.endmeiit he may still be snypd; otherwise no hedging or finessing- will avail him. He bus gone to the end of hi rope, and he mu.-t tall but k or be displaced. Suspension of the President. from the World. "We will thank someone who holds the oppo site View in slinn; tthnrnin o?..l lmUI i ,. m.i. erred in supposing that the IIou?e, in deciding to impeach a President, can suspend him if sus pected. And so ot the Vice-President. If an impeached President still retains all the powers incident to his station, how came Mr. Madison just fresh from Iraming the Federal Constitu tion to blunder as above V'lribune. The very morning on which this challenge appeared in the Tribune, the World contained a luminou'?, coherent, and exhaustive exposition of the views of Mr. Madison ou the point in question, liom the pen of one of the lipestand most constitutional lawyers in the country, au theiticated by his well-known initials. Mr. Curtis' exposition was buttressed by massive documentary evidence, so pertinent, so solid, so well applied, so conclusive, as to set at rest not only the question of Mr. Madison's individual opinion, but the intention of the franiers of the Constitution. We had a right to expect that the Iribvrie, after such a challenge as that quoted above, would let its readers see the evidence it had called lor. It that journal is edited with an honest desire to put iis readers in possession of the ttuth. why 16 it so habitually shy ot opposing arguments ? His true that a fair summary of Mr. Curtis' communication would raaKe the presump tuous air of conndence wilh which the Jnlune plums ih-elt ou untenable positions, stem cheap and ridiculous; lor before assum ing that the quotation from Elliot indubitably expressed Mr Madi.-on's views, uud mounting upon it to brandish a shillalah. the 'Irtlmne owed n to the reputation ot its editor as a his torian to investigate ihe subject. It Le can build with such a confident air ot detiance on a misunaei stood fragment broken Iro n theejaes ?I,ir-rineiB 0t.' a sul.iect, what trust can his L-hh e b1 he ever investigates anything W nBoiif,? .Am beu H,lcr tbp truth which ofhnvf h" 8!0 hml is Pmlel out to him by hi .?.8 -'noi,s ,un(J concea)s it, how tan ! hi J H ny cre,,it for pan,,or ? r dow he rhlS i. h,aH,,mnsr tbe character of a histo- lhat virtue? obligation to practise th1enPvi'l.rcu,1 Pase tue subioct is important, of siirh nk nU(1 solid, and the writer lor an ,lnXU? tbut " ouU be preposterous mn witl,dJ J f 8 nw-Paper to ulleJt to neat In nf S Uiu" 11 hia argument was low. con 'nam bn'i-y P.ro18 were 01 8u:h '"oderate reo uirefi maltht'ir "I'Wluctlon would have wi 3n f ai, 8pace" No excUse consi-tent pressiou. g CUn be iulag'" 'or their sup- 8..-nVi'ono?nuV,lthIioUllocs not a"tori.e the trial ? evlden? " '" P'ed officer during his visloni i rrtal m ,he n,e,e rea(lills of the pro dent as w d ?.Up.euch,lje"t" Prece Droceedhi V u fTP U wanting lor such a KpeHSuU?W ,htoryof all the thePomen'C nuniber of Imneanwl ." tnere bas been a brevet lSuTtm lT"Deached officer iuthor",1 u xwjft his triaU, ?baa in the Constituriobut was To.",0' '.wl out of it, kept out of it on in 0lberat-ly kept kept out lor rendered reasons consideration, authentic record tbaVsu'ch U I)rove'' by ttU3 offered, was debated"," wa ZTUOn large majority. No evident J i' niby t of this nature U suscWtil , I T hica "erX more compleioirTOnvlnc?Bf0uId Tsbly be wbelmingly unanswerable tiSdV,0' ,more r" followinl quotation from T1 of the proceedings rende?, Sil '?iWn rep2 superfluous: ' otlor proofs On the 14th of September Mr rf,..i , i Mr. Oouverueur Morris moved- Kutle(1se and That persons Impeached bu'"7. . , their offices until they be tried n, noved. fr,.)m Mr. Madlson-Tlie PresiJen na c'l"ted dependent already on the l.eii8 ,.i., UHSlB H10 power of one branch to try him in cnn.8 by tlsa or an impeachment by tJie oilier.0 ftilK? inediute suspensloa will put lilm in i of one branch only. Thecun ilVnVmoffi' In ortier to make way for the functions of another who will be more favorable to llielr views, vole u temporary removal ol the existing innulstrnte. 1 Mr. Kin concurred In the opposition to the amendment. n the qiieslion to nuree to It: Connecticut. South Carolina, (ieorirla Aye, 3. .New Jlainpsliire, Massiu'litiselts, New Jer sey, lVnns.vlvania, llelaware, Muryland, Vlr iilnin, isorth Carolina No, H. (Mudlaou'a Minute; f'.lliot, vol. fi, pntjes Ml, M2.) The Irilitne. in piuadincr the pwnirn from KHiot, lays stress on the lact that Madison was 'just tresh from framing the Federal Constitu tion," implying thereby that his opportunities must have made him perfectly acquainted with the lutcntton of its framcr. But their inten tion rests on no such deubttul inference; it is matter of authentic icrord made at tne time, infirie by Madison himself, made by tho leading aetor against the proposition, who carried witn him. by the force ot his argument, nearly turee lourths ot the Convention, fcveu if the pag. sage If om Elliot were as sreuultie as It Is proba bly fpunous, it could not shake or invalidate this entirely Impnguable record. What the Conventton'meon on this subject is proved by w hat they did on it, and no subsequent opinion ot anybody's can alter a past fact. That such a proposition was oilered proves that the power of suspension was not already in the Constitu tion: that it was rejected proves that the door was locked aud barred against it. fcltiot picked up such reports of the debates In the State Couviutions as be could find scat tered through tho publications of the tune, without undertaking to guarantee their correct ness. The carelessness of the reporter, or the inadvertence of some printer or proof-reader In two or three successive reprints, may have sub stituted the name of Madison lor that of some other speaker. The origin of this discrepancy may enlist a taint curiosity, but it is of no more importance than would be a second or third hand report of a man's conversation about the coLteuts of a deed, when the instrument itselt existed m his own handwriting, signed witu his name, hearing his seal, subscribed by attesting witnesses, and open to general in spection. We have thus recalled attention to' Mr. Cur tis' impregnable statement, mainly for the pur pose of subjoining an important practical in ference, which it concerns the Republican party to heed. It Congress shall attempt to suspend President Johnson, he has the most solid con stitutional grounds lor resistance. Congre-s has no more right to suspend him dining the trial, than they have to put him out of office previous to the impeachment. In the light of Mr. Curtis' exposition, it is a cae tuat admit.' of no doubt, and Mr. Johnsou would be false to hiscatuto "preserve, proteet, and defend the Constitution," it he permitted it to be thus wan tonly and flagrantly violated. If Congress shall have the hardihood to undertake what the authors of the Constitution deliberately decided should never be done; if Congress shall attempt to invent agalnn the Constitution a power which knocked in vain for admission and had the door shut its tace, the proceeding will be so revolutionary as to justify and demand the most resolute and unshrinking resistance. To su-pend the President in defiance ot the Con stitution will be as daring a rebellion a was that ol the South in lsiil. It will deserve to be confronted with measures equally decisive and crushing. President Johnson would have tne public opinion ot the world upon on his side, because the evidence is ot that plain, untechni cal. and conclusive character which the w hole world can appreciate. We take it lor certain, therefore, that, iu the light in which the question now stands, the idea ct suspending the Piesideut will no longer be seriously entertained. To push him into a corner where he would be compelled by his oath of office to resist, and where the public opinion of the world would sustain him In resistance, would be to plunge the country knowingly into the horrors and uncertainties of civil wat. Bad and bold as the Republican niulignants are, they will not dare to lace this terrible responsibility. But if they conduct their impeachment with due observance of constitutional forms, it will amount to nothing. The whole eVsipn has been based on the assumption that the President could be suspended during the trial, the Rcpub litans meanwhile gainiug complete control ot the Government, which they would use to enlarge the Supreme Court by put ting in a majority of Republican judge?, so that, whether the President was convicted or acquitted, all the questionable legislation of Congress would afterwards prevail.' This game cani.ot be played-no other is worth plavmg. It the President could be suspended, there would be a motive to pro'ract the trial until his term expired. But a trial may be prociacied by the defense as well as by the prosecution, and the Piesideut remaining in office in any event until its conclusion, his term would eradually wear away during tho enaction of a solemn taiee. The accused can bring as many wit msscsashe plea-es, and they must beexamlned; he can employ as great an array of coulscI as he pleases, and they must be heard. Butlsr. f'hiiiips, Ashley, and all the leading zealots for impeachment, have publicly coniesscd aud contended that it would be a futile proceeding without tho suspension of the President. Sus-peui-ion being a demonstrated impossibility, Raoicalit.ni had belter compose itself to die with decency. STOVES, RANGES, ETC. (JDLVEU'S NEW PA TENT Deep Sand-Joint HOT-AIR F UANACE, ltANClKS OF Al.l SILVIAS. Alo, FlillcKar's ftevr Uw Pressure Steam Ilentlug Apparatus. KOR SALE BY CllAlM.l'.S WILLIAMS, 6 1 '5 No 1182 market street. lllUMHSDN'S LOA1JON KlTCHbN Kit, 4h J-liKi J'EaN RAInOK, for Families, Hotels or 1 uLilc Institutions. In IWLSlY DiV rt.lll..T MI.S Ln l,lla,lalnl,ta llatitrAS luticis, rortauie l.euter, l.owdown i.raios. JlieuoBiU Moves, bath Bolieis, Ktewtiole Hates, boilers, ookii'g tstovis, etc , wliolesale and retail, oj ll( niaiialKcmrers. in ( Muih tin No. 219 N. (tCOSK Stieet. CUTLERY, ETC. OUTLE1U7. A fine HKortmcnt of POflKFT and TAhi.iC tUTLKKY. KAZOKS. KA. '.uu M'tunPA l ai.timi diHuiinuii rAj-iLli lhjj TAILOIW BHEAKs., KTC. at , L. V. HELMOLD 8 Caller? Htort, So. lSftfonia TENTH Htreet, l" Tlireedoura above Waluui pEJRCE'S PATENT SLATES, Warranted luperlor to snr otberslo use. light: noisklkssm durablkiii taunol be broken be. alllnif, and Never Become Glossy. Tbeie Blatei bave been unanimou.ly adopted by the Hoard ol Control lor use Id llie public Schools ot rblla d. lulila, aud aiao by tlie acbuol authorities oi llaitlinore auo Vt aihlDKlon. Alao h-ikce'8 patent slate surface. The only Patent stone Sun nee lor blackboards ao beioie the public, yv'arrnntea to vlve llicil n. 4 KiW lON PMKt'K t CO., o. 427 fcLK V kjS i' fl street ("action Peware of the imitation Unoksand Paste bouid Slalea ottered by auenta, and which are made, re-einble in appearance our alaied itoods The nonuln are all eli ber labelled on the back, or the package In i.eied aud niaiked, fateni-l Vtb. 10, 18ti:l I4imw3in rp JOBERT SHOEMAKER AC0. WHOLESALE DRUfcOlSTS, AXb DIALERS IJV Paints, Varnishes, and Oils, So. 201 NORTH VQURTH STREET ml OOBKEB Of KAVE- FEBRUARY 7, 1867. INSURANCE COMPANIES. TH-AHAUK MUTUAL sai.tty ixsUT any. Incorporated bytheteg la latnre ot l'etinnylvania, 1H;iA. j Crlice, 8. E. Corner TlliHIi and WALNUT Stree Ul nilartelerna. , . MARIN. lNoJKASCE on ve.nelg, carito, and I ireMh, o all parta of the worl t rra0SfrheVn"r;,.C,nsl,Hlie' nd to on merehandla. .V""RaCM On Stores, liwcllnm llbn'ea, Etc. A8SET8 OF THE COMPANT. u'Biiiurjl irwuj. IfO.OOu United tate A Per Cent. Loan. 171 ' 120 000 I Kited elatea It Per Cent. Loan. iwl '.00 0(9 Ur,lted Htatra 7 1 10 Per cent. Loan, Trenauiy Note 125.000(itT ot 1'hllaae phialx Per cent. Loan (exempt)! (54.000 state oj Pennsylvania nix 1'ec ('em. Loan 4t:,000 Slate of Pennnvlvanla Five i'er ( ent. Loan M,000 Hiaie of ew Jcmey blx Per Cent Loan 2(1,000 Pennsylvania hal road, 1st Mort- Six Per Cent. Bond K.rm l ennsylvaiila Kai road 2d Moit- , ...I'o six pi r ( ent. Honox 25,0r,0 Vtentein PennsyivaniM Kailroad t?lx Per Cent, llonda H enna. K. It. enarauteeii) 0 CCD stale of ienoessee Five Pet Cent. Loan 7,0( 0 1- ta e of Teuneesee ts'lx l'cr'iCcnt. loan 15000 30(1 Sbarrs Stock or (iermantown (las Company (principal and Inte ract . uuranteed by the city of l'MladelDila) ., 7,160 143 shares stock ot Pennsylvania . I(a,llo',d Companv 6 CCO Kio Shares Stock oi North l'enn- )n nfinli'S?1"" K'i'foad Corppany 0,OCO Mi 8 hares Stock ol Philadelphia and southern Wall steuumlilp ( omnan 1115,900 Loans dn Bords and MortKuie," lt Liens, on City Property 111,000- I 138,500 0 211.500 I m,.W2 50 54,700 0 44,820-00 50,7504 2000 00 24J50 09 20,730 00 18.000 00 5 0(0 00 yt 15 000 00 8,2M 25 :,930-00 0,00000 1M.90000 1 OlS.OJO par, Market Value, 11,070,280-7 86,0000 27,637 2 38,923-9 2,930f0 41,54 Real Estate Bills receivable for Insurance made Balance due at agen'c'li-s. Pre miums on Marine Policies, Ac crued Interest, and other debts due the Company fcrlp and stock of simdrv Insu rance and other iCompanlee, 1(3. afimatt d value Cosh In Bank f 41.10-2-26 iHdhlii Drawer 447 11 1,407.321 5H th7marke,n?a,!un.eW en,"'Prl"- the P" ' 8umediS 'J liomas C. lianil, .Samuel E.Stokes, 11 11 . . Li l VJH. Edmund A souder )heophllusPaulllii2. John it. lenrose, James Traquulr, henry C. l.allett, Jr.. James C. Ilautl. M liiiam C. I.udwiK. Joseph H. Seat Ueorse (1. i elper, liuiib Craiir, John I) 'luylor, Jacob Klcvel, THOMAS ucuij PKINU, V llilamti. Boulton, Edward llarliriKton, 11. Jones Brooke, Edward Laiourcade, Jacob P. Jones, J nines B. Idd- arlaaU, Joshua P. Eyre, Spencel Mcllvine. J. B 8einple, 1'lttsburR A. B. Bemer, " 1). X Morgan, " (JeotgeW. Bernardon, C. H A Ml 1,..,. IIfnrt Lti.bcbn, Secret'art JOIl C 1AV18, Vice President, 181! 1829-CUAllTE PERPETUAL. Franklin Fire Insurance Co, PHILADELPHIA. Assets on January 1, 18GG SOU, 511)0. Capital Acciuei. Surplus Premiums .... 400.000 0, .... 144.643 li ...l,lt2,30lj-tij U8KTTLED CLAIMS, INC011B FOB 18M U,4b7 53. tUW. LOstHM PAID 8IXCE OVER 0,000,000. Perpetual and Tern poraiy Policies oq Liberal Temui Charles Jl Bancker, ,.dwma c. Xal J oliiux V aner, eore faie. Biuouel Grant, MJired FitierT C. eon,e W . Kicharan, Francis W. Lewis. If. a lfcaacLea, peter AlcCall. CHAKLE8 i. BANCKiK, Preslaent. - . -"WABI) C. UAL,, Viclsiaeut. JAS. W. M(ALLlsTK.eretary protem! , iu IllOVIDhM' i-ll-E ALSO TKL'81 (JOill'ANT ho. Ill feouth FOUhlU street. raCOKPOKAlhll 3d SlON'l H, Wd., 1865. 1 CAPITAL, (150 00, PAID IS. ' Insurance on Lives, by Yearly Prenjluuu; or by 5 IS or i year PitniluniB, kon-ioneiture. wruye.w, LuuowiLeiiiB, payable at a luture ago, or on prior dcieaie, by Yearly Preniiunia, or 10 year Premium-. both ciaMes htn lorelture. ' rremiuina- Auuuities giantvd on tnvorable terms. 1 crm Po.klea. ('hili'rtu's Lndowmenta. 'Ibis Company, wbile gulng the Insured the secnrlty piupald-up latitat, win diwee the eiilireBroatool iiia LI t Lukintas auioug Its Policy holders. Aioi.cjB leteivio ai interest, auu paid on demand. Authurtztd bv cbar.er to execute '1 rusw, aud toactn f ecutor or Aomlniairtttur, Assixuee or Uuarulau an in oilier TiUUciaiy capucith uuuei aiiiioliitmciit o. n (curt oi this coUiUionwealih or of Bout, or Louies pontic or corporate. au r person orp er- 8A iirjEL K. SHIPLEY, ,UliM5Y HAINES, Wt'JLtejA U. ill wiping. H' HA Hl WOOL), KICllAKO CACBV CHARLES Wit. C. LUNUXTKKl'll, WILLIAM UAfcKJUt. F. COFFIN. 'I' WIMTAU uunirv "AJltlSl, K WIIIPLFY. KUWLAN1 PARKY, II'gM A8 WISTAB. at. 1., ' J. B. TOWK8KM), 1 ' n Medical fcaamluer. Leaal Adviser, 1'rpMiilpnt a ..,,uH JSORTII AMERICAN TRANSIT IKSURANCE COMPANY, no. 33 South FOURTH Street PHILaUaLPIUa.. Annual Poilcie. it.sued against General Accident! of ail descriptions ut ejicedii j,ly mw rates . ."iH'.w.'' ,fi0ld mr one year. In any sum from 100 to lu.iHju. at a premium ol only one-ualf per oenu aecui ln tbe iut) amount Insured In case of death, and miuuiwu0"1'011 Cil week eQU1 10 the whole P'" short uuie l icaeia for 1, J, a, 7, or lu days, or 1. , oi b tuouihs, at ibcen.s a day, insuring in the sum of WuOO oraniUK elo per week. I lieubieu to be had at tne Generiu on.ee, Ao. laj b. toCLXH uu-eet, rhl.adel. pb a,or at ti.e .anoushuiiioad llcket othces. Besnr. to purchase tne ilcketg oi the korth American Xranal Insurance Con.ptiuy. For eireuiara and furthei Iniormauon apply at tn (.ui ral Otuce, orof auy oi the authoila Ateula ol th. Cuuipoy. LKVln L. BOUPt, Prejridenu JAMtH M CONKAb. Qreasurer t. nnunn , Becretary JOHil C. Bt LLiTT, Bolicltor. , LilkECiORh. V i. ""P1.- ' Pennsylvania Kailroad Compauy E- B.lut,sle, ConUneiiul Hotel e-iu,ue. u. Paluoei.t ashler oi Com. National Bank. ii" J f'-euriUK, Nob. HI and 21K Dock street. wmk.i. S.0""". lrm of Courad is wanon,Ko.H2 i-uocu hew Is, late Oen. Hup'tPenna R. It. invit ilehvUey' W. corner ot Third and Walnut (i.C. Francis, us. Oen. Asentfenna B. R. Co. I lit, ni as K. l eierson, ho. MM iiui set street tv,i.h Kunz flrn 0' iuitz A Bowaru, "o. 2 8. Third street. j 3 iy tiVfe11 cuJiFA.Njr-6if xC.5.I?LOK.A'1.I 18H-CHAltTER PERPETUAL. lu aouitnV.fii il't61 opposite theExchanse. It.i Ann...D.,?.MAK1Xt; ttnu lLANDI.aULNCB lilt Coiupauy tnsuies iroiu loss or daiuane by F1BE etc lor'Suiltd merchandisV, lurnllSS Vy depL ?o, Mtmrum: ui P'"" building thanVv'vi-11? bccn f"clve operation for more ilVli) '.dJu.JV.';a"pUald.R bteh UV "eeU John L. IlodKe, UllILcrOES. Lawrence i.ewia, Jr. . diaiicuy, J ohn T. Lew 17 illlam s. (irant, KobertW. Learning, dark Wharton, feamuel Wilcox, Hiiijajiiiii i-tlln?. Tboiua. 11. Powei-a, f. K. ilclicnry, Edmuud 1 astlllun, T..111. f K...iu ' - Wuro Secretary WLCHEKJCR, President 41 Tl RE INSURANCE EACLUSIV ELY.-TH1 WVVliil,SUVAMJ FIrfK ' alSUHAJNCK com WAI Kj7inTpor',ed 18:T tarter Perpetual-Jio 510 I lila r hlre!t' opposite Independence Square, lor ow l avurauij auunu 10 iue commomtj "in lll lt'ly 3evConiinue to Insure against loss or lu ane by tire i u I ubllo or Pr vale Buildiim eiiimi p riiianentl, 01 tor aiin-lted time. AlJi on iuuuur.! term" 01 t"a-" ud WerthAudlae jieuerally, on liberal lnviidC?Jf 'Vf' "e VW Suroln. FnndA hem n ,.m.r,.''.,u'V", "J81"1 nnuer. which enable cam0l W insured an undoubted security In the 1 q .... . WBEOTOFS. Banlel Jmlth. Jr . 1 John Devereux. Alexander 'Beuson. I Thomaa Smlthr Isaac llaU-hurai, . Henry Lewis. ' ahouiaa Bobbins. J. (liliiiuliaiii Fell. lianlel Paddock. Jr , 'Wlllwn r,. I'AMKL SMITH, J ., President 1 WaUAM O. Ckowell Becretary INSURANCE COMPAN'IES LIVERPOOL AND LONDON GLOBE INSURANCE C03PMT Capital and Asscte, $16,000,000. Invested in United States, $1,500,000. Total rremiums IUcplved ljr th Company in 1805, 4,017,175. Total Losses Paid in 18G5, $1018,250 EntrlVJof pton,pUjr 'Ju't'1 wltiiout relereoc t ATWOOD SMITH. OFFICF ae,Mr,il Xutut ,or Psunsylyaiua. No. O MtM-oli ants' Lxchsns;) Hlll.ADKLl-UIA. It) U Obi INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA. fwC'K- W-aLNUT ST.. PHILADELPHIA 1NC0HPORATED17M. CU A R1ER PKEPETOAU capital, mom Assets, January 8, 1867, $1,763,267-33. ISLAND TBAFOK'AnoN and' FIBE BISKS Arthur n Cnffi. D1HLCTORS. Samuel W. Joi.cs, John A. llrown, Char es i avior, A mbroe Vv htte, Hlcbardll. Wooc'. M llllam W'elsli, K Mortis M am, John Vasoa, lienrtre I,. Parrtsoo. Francis K. Cope, Fdward H.'liotlsr, Frtward H. Clarae, II lam Cumminira, 1. , Charlton Henry. Alirrd. l). Jmup John P. White. LOUlSl? M.,l,.lr. r ,, " -urris,i-resiaent. ( nARLKs Platt, Secretary. WILLIAM Bl'LIILEK. llarrlsbur. p. central Agent for the State of Pennsylvania. LEGAL NOTICES. AftTllrru n i ... K TiIIE ORPHANS' COURT tOIt THF J. CITY AND COUNTY Of PHILADELPHIA. 1UC TheVui V,.?' JA"'-h H. CLyssolS, Deceased. anTi .rf- i,0.r. uPI'0"teJ by the Court to audit, settle v o2inl.,ieH lMt w,u an(1 iment o? Ja'mes l" balance in tT"' 'nd to lefmtt '"1hutlon ot the naiance in tlie hauua or the accountant, will nut "Snff "."Vl WlWVt ,,,e P,urpo9B "StaappSSi ment on iti-hliAY, rthruarv h. iKti7, at 4 o'clock P. iiM n.vMi0J,?.Ko Ui ri- WKlHStreeX intha i-29o;uFtb'.5tc'',h1'- ioaauA 8pi3lv WHISKY, BRANDY, WINE. ETC. JpREDERICK 13ALTZ & CO 'S IIB8T IMPORTATION 40 GALLON PACKAGES GIff. Just arrived and In bond, 50 Packages 40 Gallon EX. CFL8I0B SHEDAM j1N , which He are now selll . the lowest figure. We claim to be the FIEST IKP0BT2R3 OF FORTY GALLON PACKAGES SHERRY AND PORT WISE. a Sole Agents also lor UIV1ERK QABDRAT 4 Co COUUAC. No. 110 WALNUT Street. .1 12 1 m .'hi L BB L?1- "VVI1VES, Frtm the Vineyards of Sonoma, Los Angelos, aud Wapa Counties, California, coumut ing of the following ; WISE BITTER8, AJSi-fLlCA, KKllV, UlCK. A1C8CATEL, CAlAWUA, CLAHET, PO..-X. BuAfinrj These WINES are warranted to be the puri JuTtoN' pratie, unsurpassed by any lu the market, audare b recn.ruended lor Uedntiual and family puxitoaes. FOR MALE UY E. L. CAUFFMAN. AGENT, Ko. ai North FOURTH Street lSthstuiin PUlLAIkKi.pnn Q-KEAT 11 EVOLUTION IN THE UM TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES Pure California Champne, Made ana prepared ae Ifldone In France, from pure Cainomla Wine, and takiLu the place of imported Champagne. Ihe undersigned would call the attention o. Wine Deulcrs and Hotel Keepers to the following letter, which may ivea Correct idea ol the quality ot the! Wlue "COKTINKISTAL I30TKL, PUILADELFBIA, Oct. 25. 1856. "lltoBHs. botlCliF.lt & CO. I ' (.tiuicu tu:-bavin- mven your California Cham. pauc a thoioukh test ne taae pleasure lu saying tba we think it the bt st Anierican Wine we have ever used W e shsll at ouce place it on out Mil ot tare. Y oure truly, J. t. KINUbLET CO. 1 CALL and XKY OUR CAUJ'OKMA CUAAIPAGK BOUCHER St. CO., 11 20 luthtSnO N0. 3o Dt-Y Street, New fork. A. MAY KB. Agent, 710MKBOM 8t,jPht.adelphla. SHIHTb, FUHMSHIWG GOODS, &i J W. SCOTT & CO., SHIKT MANUFACTBEER3, 1IBALKRS IN AlKN'ti FUltNISldlNG GOODS' No. 814 CHESKUT Street, OL K JUOOH.H BELOW THE "CONXLNICNTAL, 't rp PHILAUaLPiilA. PATENT SHOULDER-SEAM KIIIltT MANUFACTORY AND GENTLLMEN'b FUBXISIIIKG 6T0RB. PjCltrtCT PITTING 6H1KI8 AND DIUWKK oiaue irom measurement at very short notice. All other ajiicles of UKMLUUUN B illitSS (JOODS In full variety. WINCHESTER ft CO., 1 l'S Ko. lOt C11EBMUT Htn.et' MEKICA,1 LEAD PEftCil CUMPASf NEW Y011K. rACTOHY) IIUDSOXI CITV, XI. J. It is Company Is now fully prepared to lumUh LEAD PENCILS. ' kqual Iu tuly o ttua Beat liraada, PBjaaM The Company haa taken great pains and nvested ar,.e tain'"' in Bum k up llinr la. tory, ana now ask Ul Auiejlcao public lo ive their pencils itair trial. All Btylee and Oradet are ttanufaoturetL A couiiilete aa.ortment,constanUv oa h.ml ln.rl ,.ir term, to the u.u. at tbeir Vf ho"" t?eiSS? No. 34 JOHN Street, New York. The Pencils are to ha I,. .. ... aid.otiuniJealere "u M'P" tiiniri Ask for Auieilcaa t.eadPeuclL C101 fuiwoai