THE COLUMBIAN, 13LOOMSBU11G, SATURDAY, JULY ?3, 1866.
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OKouni: it. jtooiti:, i:ti1roi:.
lll.OOMBlltntU, KATUUDAY, Jl'I.Y ft,
THE MODEL LETTISH.
AiiEoi!'i nmtr, V, H, Inti hmai. tlr.vu.NtiK,
r.vn.NtiK,1
cut-lM.,
'rilllltr.KNTII C'm.M.CTlnN PH., Htatk
Hon. Hugh M'ddloch, fieri larlnlhc 7Whmi7;
Sin, 1 Incloso you a copy of my Is
buo of this week. I Imvc llkowlso ad
dressed u copy to tlio President. You
will sco that tlio churgo that I am op
posing liln Is false;
If I am ei'STAiNnb nv Younsi:i.r
And Tin: Phusimint, If tlio patronage
is not takeli from us and given to those
wlio opposo tie, wo shall ho ulilo to ihakc
our vigorous Union organization u unit,
nnd TiuUMfirAXTi.Y bustAtn tjii; Ail
JtiMaritATiO.s1. Itospcctfully,
Pam:mox Joitx,
Assessor Thirteenth District, Pa.
A PUBLIC LETT EK.
OfrHrr. of tub llKi'Ciit.trA!?,
JlLOOMSIlUllCI, l'A., July 7, IMfl. )
JTon. A, 11. lnmlnll, I'rnldcui of the Xattonal Un
ion Cii'b, WllShllHjtoH. 1). C.i
Hut, 1 have just received, under the
frank of the chattel Senator Edgar Cow
tin, a cull issued by you and other mem
bcrs Of your "Bread and Hotter Bri
gnde," for a Convention In Philadelphia
on tho fourteenth of August. I return
it to you, us It does not "meet my ap
probation."
In timed past I entertained a high
Iforsohal respect for you, "When wo
inct at tho Baltimore Convention you
Were riiiio'ng tho most radical of tho
Radicals. "We both supported Andrew
Johnson. I acted in good faith. I never
dreamed that ho would provo recreant
and false, much less that you would
" fall from your high estate" to follow
his leadership, aye, and aid him in his
persistent determination to break up
tho organization that placed him in
power, and for tho success of which you
and I havo spent tho best years of our
lives. Jscorntodosobasealhing. You
insult honest Republicans by sending
them your address j and to Republicans
o'f 1'hins'ylvauid it 13 a greater insult to
send It under tho frank of a Senator
who has treated their generous confi
dence with so' inuch perfidy and treach
ery. v
Governor .Randall, It Is a .strange
ci-owd you aro how training in; Tho
great and generous party of your gallant
Statc-n party that lias bestowed so
many honors on you have an account
to settle witli you for your recreancy.
And they will do it. You seem to have
forgotten tho tragic fato of Judas. Go
your way. Having sold yourself to do
tho work of shamo required at your
hands you shall havo your reward. You
and those acting with you will And
yourselves eventually swallowed up by
the Democratic boa constrictor which is
Quietly waiting for Just such provender.
PAIjV.MOX Joiix,
COMMUNICATION.
Dksit.iiatk cases sometimes de
mand desperate remedies, but then
sometimes too theso desperate remedies
turn out dosp'crato ruins; Such I think
was tho caso with "that letter." 1
John imagined himself in a desperate
predicament, and so ho was. Ho had
Jiiadoadesperato throw; ho had staked
all of honor or principlo supposed to
havo been left him, in that last dio; lie
hoped to retain tho ofllco oven though
honor bright and principlo wero gone
Ho trusted-, if ho could only keep tho
teething llcsh-pot over which his soul
gloated, that ho would bo able to dupo
his followers, and make them heliovo
ho was still lighting for principle. Rut
tho pot Hko a fairy phantom, takes
wings'and iiies away. In its placo"that
letter" appears; his bootless villainy
stare's him In th'6 face Is about to bo ex
ited tho. muttorings of a great storm
hums in his ears tho caso Is- desperate
so it is. 'What is ho to do? Some
thing or somebody said,' "Publish that
letter yourself, take tlmo by tho fore
lock, mako your own comments." In
nu unguarded moment ho resolves upon
tho desperate remedy: but whatamis-
tako! tliOj, letter finds tho light first
through tho columns of his own organ,
'i'hero is no longer any denying or ovud
ing it. There it is, " verbatim el litera
tim." Ho forgot that thus ho would
bear testimony to the truthfulness of tho
Columbian, whero it also appeared
" verbatim el literatim," without addi
tion or multiplication, and so fix upon
himself indelibly tho foul stigma. If It
had been published in tho Columman
alono his particular friends would never
have seen It, or, seeing it, would never
liavo believed It possiblo for tho man
who lovcd'prlnciplo and despised ofllco
to stoop so low for this Independent,
free, whlto man to sell not only himself,
but tho whole " vigorous Union organi
zation" to tho Administration.
P. John, then, did writo " that letter ;"
ho says ho did. Who can deny or doubt
his authority In this caso? And wo may
bo allowed to ask, who that has a shred
of conscience left can find any apology
for such a letter? It is vain for him to
say it was an offer to exert lijm-olf on
behalf of his party. It was an offer, as
ho understood It then, and confe-os-ho
does now, to suborn that party ton man,
to "mako It a twit," and what for?
"Why to " triumphant sustain the Ad
ministration." It Is ubsurd to say It was
boforo tho policy Of tlio Administration
was developed. That polity right or
wrong had been avowed and proclaim
t'd. Tho Frecduien's Rumui IHU had
been vetoed; tho speech of tho twenty
second of February had been madoj
other paper., had tcnio out and dcuounc-
ed both these and tho President. Hut
P. John this man of unflinching Integ
rity of unyielding principle this Rati
leal Republican, as ho would havo us
eoii"iderhlm,qulcllysonds" that letter"
to tho Secretary of tho Treasury, and
oilers to barter nwny " our vigorous
Union organization" In tho Thirteenth
District, on what condition V Not a word
about principle, or u reservation as to
tho extent to which tho Administration
might go In tho space of seven months
not a word. It wusaposltlvopromlso
wherever " tho Administration" should
go, tho vigor of tho Union organization
should triumphantly go with It. It was
an elaborate sale tho price to bo paid,
retain ino in of lice. No wonder Presi
dent Johnson despised and spurned such
truckling: How strange that some
staunch Republicans should still almost
think that this man of such easy virtue
is the party I
MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT.
2b the Jfouse qf J'eprcxentativcs :
The following Joint resolution restor-
Ing Tennessee to her relations to tho
Union was last evening presented for
my approval :
Wiip.iikas. In tho year lfiOl the trov-
ernmentof the Ktato of Tennesseo was
seized upon and taken possession of by
persons in Hostility totno united mutes,
and the inhabhantsof saidState, In nur-
suancoofannct of Congress, declared tobo
mastiuo oi insurrection against too unit
ed States: and
Wur.it eah the people of said Rtatcdld,
41. . i. .... 1 .1 IV. I '
uii iiiu tv i-iiiy-secoini nay in rcoiuaiy
ici'r. 1...., 1.... ........ I.... .....
iOW'7, lJ tl llllU l'llUlllll Villi', lllttfj.l illlll
ratify a constitution of government
Whereby slavery was abolished, ond all
ordinances and laws of secession and
debts contracted under tho same were
declared void ; and
Wiikiikah a Stato government has
been organized under said constitution
which lias ratified tho amendment to
tho Constitution of tho United States
abolishing slavery, also tho amendment
proposed by tho Thirty-ninth Congress,
and has done other acts proclaiming
and denoting loyalty; therefore bo it.
Jlesolved, by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress aeinbled. That
tho Stato of Tennesseo is hereby restor
ed to her former political relation to tho
Union, and is again entitled to bo rep
resented oy senators and Jieprescntu
tives in Congress.
Tho prcamblo pimply consists of
statements, some of which aro assumed,
while tho resolution is merely a dccla-
ratlonof opinion. Itcomprises no leglss
latlon, nor does it confer any power
which is binding upon tho respective
Houses, tho Executive, or the States. It
does not admit to their seats in Con
gross tlio Senators and Representatives
from tho Stato of Tennessee, for not
withstanding tho passage of the resolu
tion, each House, in tlioexerclso of the
constitutional right to judge for itself of
tho elections, returns, and qualifications
of its members, may, at Its discretion,
admit them or continue to exclude them.
If a joint resolution of this character
wero necessary and binding as a condi
tion precedent to tho admission of mem
bers of Congress, it would happen in tho
event of a veto by the Executive that
Senators and Representatives could only
bo admitted into tlio halls of legislation
by a two thirds vote of each of tho two
Houses.
Among other reasons recited in the
preamble for tlio declarations contained
in tho resolution is tlio ratification by
tho Stato government of Tennessee of
tho amendment to tho Constitution of
tho United States abolishing slavery,
ond nlsothe amendment proposed by
tlieThirty-ninth Congress. If, as Is aNo
declared in tho preamble, .-aid State
government can only bo restored to its
former political relations in tlio Union
by the consent of the law-making power
of tho United Slates, it would really
seem to follow that tho Joint resolution
which at this late day lias received tho
sanction of Congress should havo been
passed, approved, and placed on tho
statute books before any amendment to
tho Constitution was submitted to tlio
Legislature of Tenncsseofor its ratifica
tion. Otherwise tho inference Is plainly
deduciblo that while In the opinion of
tho Congress tho people of a Stato may
bo too strongly disloyal to boentitled to
representation, they may noverthelosss.
during tho suspension of their former
proper practical relations to tho Union.
havo an equally potent voico with other
and loyal Stale;) in propositions toumend
tho Constitution upon which so essen
tially depend tho stability, prosperity,
and very existence of tho nation.
A brief roferenco to my annual mes
sage of tho fourth of December last will
show- the steps taken by tho Executive
for thorestoratlon to their constitutional
relations to tho Union of the States that
had been affected by the Rebellion.
Upon tho cessation of active hostilities
provisional governors wero appointed,
conventions called, and Governors elect
ed by tho people, Legislatures assem
bled, and Senators and Representatives
chosen to tho Congress of tho United
States. At tho snmo tlmo the courts of
tho United States wero reopened, the
blockado removed, tho custom-houses
re-established, and postal relations re
sumed. Tho amendment to tho Constitution
abolishing slavery forever within tho
limits of tho country was alsosubmllted
to tho States, and they wero thus Invited
to and did participate in its ratiilcatlon,
thus exercising tho highest functions
pertaining to a State. In addition,
nearly all of these States through their
conventions and Legislatures had adopt
ed and ratified constitutions of govern
ment whereby slavery was abolished,
and all ordlnancesuiid laws of secession,
and debts contracted under tho same,
wero declared void, so far as the politi
cal existence of tho States and their re
lations to tho Federal Government had
been fully and completely recognized
and acknowledged by tho Executive De
partment of tho Government, and the
completion oi tho work of restoration,
which had progressed so favorably, was
submitted to Congress, upon which de
volved all questions appertaining to the
admission to their seats of tho senators
and representatives chosen from the
States who.o people had engaged lu tho
rebellion. All those steps had been
taken when on tho fourth day of Decem
ber, ISM, tho Thirty-ninth Congress as
sembled. Nearly eight months have
elapsed since that time, and no oilier
plan of restoration having been propos
ed by Congress for tho measures Institu
ted by the Executive, It Is now declared
In the Joint resolution submitted for my
approval :
That tho Stato of Tennesseo Is hereby
restored to her former proper, practical
reunions to too union, ami is again en
titled to bo represented by Senators and
representative In Congress.
Thus nfter tho lapse of nearly eight
months Congress prepares to pavo tho
way to the admission and to representa
tion of one of tlio eleven States whose
people arrayed themselves in rebellion
against tho constituted authority of tho
Federal Government.
Earnestly desiring to removo every
cause of further delay, whether real or
Imaginary, on the part of Congress, to
tho admission to seats of loyal Senators
and Representatives from tho Stato of
Tennessee, I have, notwithstanding the
anomalous character of the proceedings,
afllxed my signature to tho resolution.
My approval, howover, Is not to bo con
strued as an acknowledgment of the
right of Congress to pass laws prelimi
nary to the admission of duly qualified
Representatives from any of'theSttvtcs;
neither is Jt to bo considered as commit
ting me to all the statements made in
tho preamble, some of which are, In my
opinion, without foundation in fact ; es
pecially tho statement that tho State of
Tennessee has ratlllod tho amendment
to the Constitution of tho United States.
No official notice of such ratification
has been received by the Executive or
filed in tho Department of Slate. On
thoeontrury, unofllclal information from
most reliable sources Induces the belief
that the amendment has not yet been
constitutionally sanctioned by tho Legis
lature of Tennessee. The right of each
house, under tho Constitution, to judge
of the elections, returns, quallllcations
of Its own members Is undoubted, and
my approval or disapproval of the reso
lution could not in tho slightest degree
increase or diminish tho authority In
this respect conferred upon the two
branches of Congress.
In conclusion, 1 cannot too earnestly re
peat my recommendation for the admis
sion of Tennesseo and all other States to
a fair and equal participation in nation
al legislation when they present them
selves In the pereonsof loyalSenatorsand
Representatives who can comply with
all the requirements of tlio Constitution
and tho laws. Ry this means harmony
and reconciliation will bo effected, the
practical relations of all thoStatestotho
Federal Government re-established, and
tho work of restoration, inaugurated
upon the termination of tho war, suc
cessfully completed.
Axnitr.w Joiikson'.
WASiiiKnTo.v, D. C. .Inly 21, Will.
GENEEAL PEESS DISPATCHES.
From Washington.
Tin: statement telegraphed to some
of the Northern papers that Vallandig-
ham, Rright, and Faulkner aro here to
advise tho President in regard to Cabi
net appointments, I am authorized to
say, is purely gratuitous. Theso gentle
men are here, In connection with many
others from various parts of tho Union,
solely to use what inlluenco they may
possess to secure appointments for their
friends in their respective localities.
Senor Romero states that ho has posi
tive inTormation that troops nre still
being dispatched to Mexico by Napo
leon.
Tho Navy Department is in receipt of
a letter from Captain Fox, dated Paris,
July third. Tho health of himself and
crow was excellent. Ho had an inter
view with tho Emperor Napoleon a day
or two before, lasting over three quar
ters of an hour, in which tho conversa
tion took a wldo but satisfactory range,
Tho Emperor is reported to havo been
in a conversational mood, hut unfortu
nately, much of tho conversation is con
sidered contraband by tho Department
Captain Fox would havo been at St. Pe
tersburg before this but for tho Emper
or's absence. Ho has expressed such a
desire to seo tho famous iron-clad that
Captain Fox has timed his arrival to
suit tho Emperor's convenience.
Tho Pay Department has commenced
paying tho three months' extra compen
sation to tho officers who remained in
tho service until tho termination of tlio
war.
Tho new Orphan Asylum on Four
teenth Street, about a mllo and a half
from the Executive Mansion, has been
leased for threo yearn for tho use of tho
Slate Department, or until a now struc
ture can ho erected for its accommoda
tion. Tho removal will tako placo In
Uctober.
Genoral Rousseau received tho repri
mand of tho Speaker on Saturday, ac
cording to tho previous Judgment of tho
JIou-o in tho Grluiiell all'alr, but not un
til after a disroputublo two hours' strug
gle upon a hundred points or order
growing out of two things, viz: tho
speech which tho lloiiso permitted Gen
eral Rousseau to mako and his resigna
tion, which ho sent to tho Speaker's
desk prior to tho reprimand. Judge
hpaiding otiored a resolution that in
yiow of tho resignation General Rous
seau bo discharged from custody, and
the latter announced his willingness to
receive the reprimand in his private ca
pacity, but Insisted that his resignation
relieved film from punishment as a Reii
resentatlve. Tho House, howover, re-
lused to entertain Spalding's resolution,
and refu.-ed to accept tho resignation,
Insisting upon tho reprimand, which tho
Speaker administered. Its brevity and
good taste wero highly commended on
all sides. General Roiisseiui considers
Ills resignation as having taken effect,
and that ho is no longer a member of
tho House. a
Tlio now Internal Revenue Law regu
lating tho mamtfacturo of distilled spir
its goes Into effect on tho first of Septem
ber, and tho Government expresses its
intention of seizins upon tho tirst promi
nent eases of violation, for tho purpose
of testing Its provisions to tho fullest
extent.
Tho Committee on Foreign Affairs of
tho House hnvo completed an elaborate
report on tho subject of tho neutrality
laws, and will, It Is understood, recom
mend a thorough revision of tlio stat
utes affecting our neutral relations with
other Governments.
The Judiciary Commlttco of the Sen
ate have agreed to report favorably upon
the nomination of Mr. Stanbury lor tho
position of Attorney-General.
Mr. Randall's nomination still hangs
fire. It would not bo surprising If he
was simply left unconfirmed without
being rejected.
Tho Stato Department has been advis
ed that tho following Fenian prisoners
In Ireland have been released on condi
tion of their returning Immediately to
tho United States: Daniel J. Muyhens,
Colonel Rurke, Rernard MeDermot, Ed
ward Morloy, and Kerwan.
General O. O. Howard, whllo riding
down the Avenue, on Saturday morn Ing,
camo very nearly meeting with a seri
ous accident. Tho coupling-polo of his
carriage broke. The front wheels be
coming detached from tho body of tho
carriage, tho horses became frightened,
the driver was thrown from his seat,
and tho General dashed violently over
the driver's seat against the dashboard.
Having only ono arm, he could not
break his fall, but fortunately was but
slightly injured. Tho driver was con
siderably bruised, and tho horses wero
stopped with tho trailing wheels and
undergear of tho carriage, before they
had proceeded far. Tho cscapo from a
frightful disaster was miraculous.
In tho House on Monday afternoon
Judge Trimble moved that tho creden
tials of Colonel Taylor and Messrs. Left
wich and Cooper, Representatives elect
from tho State of Tennessee, be referred
to the Commlttco on Elections, and tho-e
gentlemen admitted at once to tho floor
of tho House. The Constitution ex
pressly mado provisions to the effect
that each House was to judge for Itself
as to tho qualifications, returns, etc., of
us members; and no concurrent resolu
tionnothing less than a constitutional
nniendment could abrogate or curtail
that power. The Sneaker, however, de
cided that the resolution binding both
Houses to decide conjointly as to the ad
mission of the Into Rebel States to Con
gress was binding. An appeal was mode
totlioHouse.biitthorulingofthoSpeak
er was maintained. Shortly nfterward
the resolution admitting Tennessee, with
tho amendments of tho Senate, was
brought up. Scarcely any discussion oc
cuired, and in half an hour tho House
had declared its assent in tlio amend
ments by a majority of ninety-two to
twenty-five, and tho admission of Ten
nessee had beeomo an accomplished fact.
Tho galleries were almost empty, and
probably from the result having been so
sanguinely anticipated, but littlo sensa
tion was created by tho announcement
of tlio final pass-age of the measure.
In accordance with his ownjudgment
and tlio advico of friends, General
hicklcs last week declined tho appoint
ment to tho Hague, and the name-of
General John A. Dix was sent to tho
Senate on Tuesday for that placo. Sickles
may now be considered a candidato for
Gubernatorial honors.
The President on Monday signed the
bill reorganizing tho Supremo Court.
This actabolishes tho heretofore existing
vacancy, and provides that as fast as va
cancies occur hereafter, either by vacan
cy or resignation, the vacancies shall ex
pire simultaneously, until tho number
of judges on tho bench is reduced to
six.
The House did considerable business
on Monday night, passing eight or ten
bills, tho most important of which was
tho Senato bill regulating tho election
of United States Senators. It abolishes
Joint conventions, and provides that all
voting shall bo viva voce, Tho imme
diate effect of the bill is intended to re
movo tho present dead-lock in tho New
Jersey Legislature.
Judgo Curtis has written a long let
ter to J udgo In-owning, of Philadelphia
advocating tho Philadelphia National
if -if . . . .
.VU...I.I.UWII, ti jKi.il vuuuiuiiLV) mil.-; j
took to this Convention with bono that
it will do much to help onward this in
stinetlvo deslro of tho peoplo of tho
United States for union and harmony
and peaco ; that it will assert stronirlv
and clearly those principles which aro
tho foundations of our Government,
that It will exhibit tho connection be-'
tween their violation and tho present
distracted condition of our country ; that
it win reuuuo tho violence of partvsnlr
it, and especially or that splrltofhatred
which is as inconsistent with tho true
Iovo or our country as it is with trim love
or our brethren; and that It will do
much to convince tho peoplo of tho Uni
ted States that they must act soon is tho
wisest way, or suffer evils which thoy
and their posterity will long deplore.
Tho 'Tribune cono?pondent having as
serted several times that Vallandlgham
Is hero urging tho President to appoint
John 11. "Wells Secretary of "War, It has
become proper to state, as I do on tho
best authority, that Mr. Vallandlgham
has not succeeded In obtaining an inter
view with tho President, nor is lto like
ly to do so. Tho President has neither
sympathy with nor respect for men of
-Mr. Vallandlgham's antecedents, and
tho Tribune'n persistent efforts to glvo
them pronilnenco in connection with
tho President aro only in pursuance of
its systematic misrepresentations.
NEW ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
Tho President uomlnaled tothoSenato
Henry Staiisbury, of Kentucky, to bo
Attorney-General of tho United Stales.
In placo of Mr. Speed, resigned. Tho
.-senate, in execullvo session, referred
tho nomination to thoConimittceoii tho
Judiciary. Henry Stansbury was born
at Zanesvllle, Ohio; graduated at tho
Ohio University, nt Athens, Ohio; was
admitted to tho bar In 1S2I, nnd com
menced practleout Lancaster, Ohio, soon
after, aud Is at present about sixty years
of age. Ho studied law seven years be-
fore commencing to practise, und took
higher rank among Jurists at the outset
than any lawyer of the present genera
tion. Ho was Attorney-General of Ohio
under a portion of tho administrations
of Gov. Hartley and Rebb, from about
1815 to 1813, and resumed his profession
In Columbus, Ohio, until 1851, and then
moved to Cincinnati, whero he has been
ever since, though nominally residing
In Covington, Kentucky. In politics ho
was first a Whig, then a Republican,
and finally a staunch member of the
Union party that elected Mr. Lincoln
nnd Mr. Johnson to tho platform of
which hestlll adheres. Ho Is certainly
ono of the most accomplished lawyers
In tho United States. Ho has been
confirmed by the Senate.
ADMISSION OF TENNESSEE.
Tin: vote In the House of Representa
tives for tho admission of tho Stato
of Tenness4oshowed an overwhelming
majority of one hundred and twenty
five yeas to twelve nays, tho leader
of tho Radicals, Thad. Stevens, having
been compelled to vote In favor of the
resolution, after using nil his influ
ence to resist It. Tho admission of
Representatives from Tennessee to Con
gress upon the ground that the State
Legislature adopted tho Constitutional
Amendment as Governor Rrownlow
announced in his vulgar and offensive
dispatch to Mr. Stanton would leave
tho door open for all the Southern States
to regain their position in Congress, and
thereby a place in tho Union, for there
is nothing to prevent them from adopt
ing the amendment, just as tho Legis
lature or Tennesseo has done. Rut at
tho same time, while the other Southern
States will most probably follow thocx
nmplo of Tennessee, which was ns much
a Rebel State as any of them, it does
not follow that tho Northern States will
adopt the Constitutional Amendment
indeed it is pretty certain that they will
not so that it may not beeomo an
amendment to thoCoiistltutlon after all,
falling to receive tho necessary vote of
tho Legislatures.
Thus it is clear that the Radicals In
tho Houxe of Representatives have been
caught in their own trap. "While thev
havo been laboring for tho past seven
months or moro to opposo tho Presi
dent's policy by keeping tho South
em States out of tho Union, they have
virtually endorsed Mr. Johnson's views
by voting for the admission of Tennessee,
and havo written themselves down
blockheads by that fact. They have un
wittingly surrendered every point for
which they havo been contending. For
Instance : this Radical majority in Con
gross, with Thad. Stevens at their head,
did not heretofore recognize the Legis
latures of the States formerly in rebel
lion as legalized bodies ; but no sooner
does tho Legislature of the late rebel
Rous Stato of Tennessee adopt tho pot
Constitutional Amendment than tho
House, by an overwhelming majority,
at once not only acknowledges tho
legality of its acts, but is willing that
the Representatives of that Stato should
tako their seats in Congress ; from which
facts wo arguo that tho Radical party-
is dead and gone that it died of fright
at its own rash and ovll deeds. It raised
up'a monster which, like that of Finnic
enstein, appalled tho constructor. Thcro
remains nothing now for .tlio other
Southern States, in order to obtain
a representation or loyal men on tho
floor or Congress, but to get their Legis
latures to pa.-s thoConstitutional Amend
ment, which has been mado tho test or
admission in tho House by tho decisive
vote or ono hundred and twenty-flvo U
twelve, and which amendment these
States havo really accepted long ago,
although tho Radical majority in Con
gross did not choose to recognize tlio
ract because it did not suit their pur
poses.
Step by step, Tor some tlmo past, the
Radical faction hasbecn stultifying itaclf
and abandoning the ground upon whicl
it set its foot with such haughty deflauco
to Executive authority aud public cen
sure, while opposing tho policy of tho
President and abusing him in unseemly
languago it has virtually endorsed all
bis views, proving thereby that while
tho present Congress law all tho deslro
to be Intensely vicious it is only exceed
ingly foolish afterall. Tholastovidenco
that tho Radicals havo been outwitted
by their own blind machinations is
furnished by the result of tho Tennessee
question, which leaves tho door open
for all tho othor Southern States to como
Into tho Union, and gives n fair chaneo
of reconstruction, which .was tho verv
thing Thad. Stevens and his radical
cohorts havo been working so assidu
ously to prevent. Tho country will un
doubtedly rejolco greatly at tho event,
which promises to end tho revolution
nry career of this dangerous faction.
Jj.cciunije.
NEW POSTMASTER-GENERAL
Ai,i:'anii:h AVii.i.iamh Ra.vdai.i
whom tho President has Just nomiiis
ed to the Senato as the successor of o
i:it
Postmaster-General Dennison, wasbor
n
in Montgomery County, New York,
In
iHiu, nim is lorty-soven years of ago
AVhen very young his parents eniltrra
ted to Wisconsin, whero ho afterwards
studied niw ana was admitted to prac
tlio. in 1817 ho was a member of tin
Territorial Convention that farmed i
Stato Constitution for Wisconsin, nml Ii
18511 was elected Governor of that Kind.
being tho iiomlneo of tho Democratic
party. J 10 continued in olllco us Gov
ernor until 1801, and having Joined his
iortunes with tho Republican parly,
was soon ouerwards appointed bv Pre.-,
dent Lincoln Amor can Minister
to
Rome, whither ho went in lfifi
and
held tho position for a short time
Re
turning homo in lSul, ho wiusaiiriolnted
LFlrst Assistant Postmaster-General.
which position ho now fills. Ho has
since beeu coitllruied Fuitniusor-Gen-er.d.
Tiik Cholera Is Increasing in Prus
sia. It has also broken out In St. Petersburg.
PARSON RROWNLOW.
Up to a recent ditto Parson Rrownlow,
or Tennessee, had tho reputation or be
ing tho roulest-moutned man that spoke
tho English languago, which Is equal to
saying tho foulest-mouthed man on
earth, for the English languago has ca
pacities of vulgar foulness equalled by
no other form of mortal speech with
Which we aro acquainted. Ills ribaldry
and blasphemy as a preacher shocked
oven tho rude ruffians or the Southwest,
whllo his scurrility ns a politician and
editor gave him a position which node
cent man, and few Indecent men, could
approach. After having done as much
as any other Individual of his capacities
In tho South to stimulate the full spirit
of slavery to war and treason, he saw
lit for selfish ends, and to tho disgust of
every loyal man in the country, to tako
sides with tho Unionists of East Tennes
see. Neither thoy nor we had any
moro respect for his selllsh loyalty than
for his ribald piety; but the course and
force or circumstances kept him from
open treachery by making it dangerous;
and the generous attention nnd help he
obtained from the courageous ond un
flinching leaderof tho Tennessee Union
ists, who Is now President or the United
States, induced him to endure till tho
Rebellion was prostrated by our ar
mies. Even tho foulness of his tongue
seemed to suffer an abatement forn short
while, and it appeared as ir time might
cause him finally to be tolerated by re
putable people. Under these circum
stances, nnd under prospect of reforma
tion, Mr. Johnson was moro than gen
orotts to him, aiding him to place and
power, and finally assisting him to ob
tain tho position of Governor, which
Johnson had vacated to assume tho
Vice-Presidency. Rut the dog will re
turn to his vomit, and the serpent will
plunge his fangs IiiTo tho bosom in
which he has been warmed, Rrown
low turned on the President turned
upon him for ends as base and selfish as
had formerly led htm to Join with him.
Tho President would not as ho could
not permit him to carry out the atro
cious and savage purposes he had de
signed upon those who were his enemies
that Is to say, the greater part of tho
peoplo of Tennessee, who had neither
voted for him nor would uphold him.
Rrownlow actually wanted to inaugu
rate a general massacre and plunder
or those whom he had made foes by
thirty years of personal insult; and lie
proclaimed this in language so fiendish
ly vindictive as to shock every man
who had any manhood left in his na
ture. The President stood between him
and his outrageous purposes ; and
Rrownlow turned from thopooplewhom
tho President had saved upon tho Presi
dent himself. His olllco as Governor
gave him no more self-respect now than
Ids vocation us preacher had given him
Christian character, whllo the fact that
Mr. Johnson holds the olllco of Presi
dent seemed to add zest to tlio rancor or
his assaults. Ho sworo and raved more
furiously than ho had ever done before,
and used languago which would put to
tho blush even that of the malignant
madmen of Congress. 1 Io vented his per
sonal malice " in season and out of sea
son," In speeches, public documents,
and in his newspaper, and let no act or
word of tho President's pass without
I'miling in it new opportunity of re
venge for his grievances. It was quito
In keeping, therefore, when in a dis
patch to Washington, on Thursday last,
announcing tho passage of the constitu
tional amendment in one branch of the
Tennesseo Legislature, ho had the black
guard Insolence to add, " Give my com
pliments to tho dirty dog at the White
House." Ho know, or course, that in
using such languago ho was perfectly
safe from any notice or reply by tho
party immediately assailed, and if it
brought him renewed contempt from
all decent men, that was but what ho
had been accustomed to from tho begin
ning or his career. Xeie York Timet.
NAPOLEON'S PROPOSALS DIS
REGARDED. Tin-: Emperor Napoleon must now
feci that, however flattering to national
self-esteem, and howover lofty the posi
tion or arbiter or Europe, it is not ex
empt rrom harra-isiug cares and vexa
tions. I cannot say whether ho regrets
having announced in the Muniteur the
cession or Venethi and the acceptance
ol' his meditation by Austria; but I may
safely affirm hut ho uvu by no means
sathjied with the muntfextatton that im
mediately followed it. Those manifesta
tions on tho part of (ho French popul
ation, tho banners mid orijlammen
which floated front every window in
Paris and in the great and small towns
of tho Empire, and tho illuminations,
could not havo been moro brilliant had
Franco herself Just closed a hard-fought
campaign by a glorious victory. They
were, in fact, meant to bo tho unmis
takable protestation of an entiro peojilo
In favor of peace- or a peoplo who wero
naturally proud that tho ublo sovereign
who rules them should bo thus sued,
out who, too hastily, perhaps, jumped
to tho conclusion that all was over. Tho
emperor is disappointed at flndingthat
Prussia is re-olved to pass tho limits
which may havo been originally assign
ed to her in her action against Austria;
He is disappointed and indiynuntixt
leant, if wo may Judgo from ainieai-nn.
ees, and from what Is said in official re
gionsthat tho Italians bhoulil ho so far
forgetful of what they owo to him as to
disregard his repeated injunctions, and
so continue tho war by Invading a ter
ritory which has been given to hliu-lu
trust, no doubt, for Italy, but which for
tho moment belongs to France.
Ho Is annoyed and pained that bntli
should continue to act as if there had
been no question of mediation; that
Konlggratz should bo besieged, and CI.
aldlnl cross tho Po ; that neither belllg
ereut will wulvo for tho briefest
Ills right to carry on operations so long
as tho armistice is not signed; that the
iiuuaus should make a diversion in lii.
vor of Prussia by harrasslng the ri.irr.-ii
or tho Austrian army; and that both
utoso military casuists, with swords by
ineir sines, should deem it better to cut
tho Gordliin knot which ho himself
would initio by diplomacy. It Is trtio
the armistice Is not signed, and tho
French Government has not yet ofuel
ally declared Its aeccptanco of tho gift
which Austria has In her oxlrclilltV Of
fered. If Italy bo"lfi6 proiedted" br
Frunco, as tho French say sliO Is, she
does not seem to havo much regard for
the wishes of her protector. Tho Gen
eral who is said to havo Just entered
Venetia with his army Isthosamo whoj
to the discontent of tho Emperor, Inva
ded tho Papal States, and tho Emperof .
proved his dlsplcasuro by recalling his
minister from Turin. Tho Gazette de
France, the persistent adversary of tho
Italian Government, says It is astonish
ed that there ore still peoplo who urd
astonished at what It calls this hardi
hood. "The Italians, bv despising tho fact
of the cession or Venetia to France, only
bear in mind that in the history of thii
annexation effected by Victor Emanuel
In Italy tho same contempt of ourcoun
solsproved constantly favorabloto them.
Thev received our protests, but they
kept the territory they annexed in tho
namo of Italian independence."
I alluded yesterday to a rumorwhleh
was not entitled to credence that the
Po was not crossed without the cogni
zance of tho Emperor. A paper which
Is not c'orlcfil, nnd certainly not far
rrom anti-Italian, I.e 'Temps, observes:
" The most serious fact is the passogo
of the Po by General Cialdlnl, notwith
standing tho cession of Venetia to
France, it is difficult to believo that
tho Italians would havo token so deci
sive a step unless they previously had
the ossitranco that tho French Govern
ment would not be offended by It."
Prince Napoleon leaves Paris this
evening for tho headquarters of tho
King of Italy, on a mission rrom tlio
Emperor Napoleon relative to tho nego
tiations concerning tho armistice. rTho
Prince, who is charged to regulato with
King Victor Emanuel the definitive
conditions or that arrangement, is to bo
accompanied by Raron Saillard, recent
ly sent to Mexico on an important mis
sion. With Prince Napoleon's well-known
sympathies with Itnly, no envoy could
have a better chance Tor success. When
the cousin or the Emperor, who Is, at
the same time, the son-in-law or tho
King or Italy, undertakes such a mis
sion, it is because there is good ror hop
ing that lie will incline tho King to act
conformably to tho wishes of the Empo
ror. The Prince proceeds to Verona, aud
it is to him that the Austrian authori
ties aro charged to deliver up tho city,
as tho first formality or the cession mado
to tho Emperor or the French. Two
French Generals accompany his Impe
rial Highness, and Verona, on its sur
render to Franco, will bo at ouco trans
ferred to I tidy. Paris Correspondence of
tho London 'Times, July 11.
ADROIT ROBBERY IN BOSTON.
Oxk of tho most quiet and successful
robberies which has taken placo In tills
city for a long timo occurred sonio timii
during last night, and wo give tho par
ticulars as far as at present known. It
appears thatu week or teu days slnco a
man calling himself by tho name of
Rhiuchard appeared nt tho broker's
ofllco of George II. Gooding, No. 1G
Stato Street, made tho acquaintance of
tho latter-named gentleman, and repre
sented that ho was from Portland; that
ho had nover been in Roston before, but
that ho had been doing business as art
itinerant vender of books nml nnrimli-
eals ; that ho had concluded to settlo
down in business, and give up travel
ling, his Into business success having
orougnt nim tho means to do so. Ho
further represented that ho was desi
rous of finding a place to locate, and had
been advised that State Street was a
good locality: that his business
necessarily bo small, and ho could af-
loru to occupy only a small apartment.
In brief Rlanchard hired n. imrffnii nt
tho office or Mr. Gooding, and employed
carpenters to mako certain alterations
which ho deemed requisite, and thoy
havo beeu at work for a fow days past.
nen Air. uooding entered his officii
this morning, he round that il. Imil i.nn
entered during tlio night, the suA) open-
on anii roubed or about live thousand
dollars in gold, two gold Wllff'litwi. mill
notes and bonds sufficient to swell tho
total loss, as ho estimated It, to rrom
twelve to twenty thousand doll iiin. Tim
exact loss ho cannot determino without
lengthy reference to his books. Tho
thief, or thieves, whoever they havo
been, overlooked 11 vo or six thousand
dollars in notes and bonds.
in a secret drawer, but everything else
...- n tjii cic;ui. -i no store was opened
by keys, and entranco to th safo effect
ed by means or cold chisels. Tho heads
or the rivets which projected through
tho exterior surfato of Ilm cnin- ,ih
plate were cut off, and tho outer plato
removed. Tho lock was then forced,
and tho treasuro laid open to view.
xiieso aro an tno facts at present de
veloped. Suspicion
tho aforesaid Uluni'linni .i.n ia
bo found this forenoon. Hois described
as a man of good address, slightly sun
burned, dark Tuiir, smooth race, about
thlrty-llvo years or age, and about ilvo
feet eight Inches In height, well formed.
There Is ono Incident or tho diameter
humorous connected with tills transac
tion which shows to what results com
petition in trade will soniotlmo lead.
Rlanchard, wo learn, went over to Ha w
ley Street to securo a carpenter; saw
and talked with ono about the Job, but
did not definitely close tho bargain.
Shortly nfter ho left another carpenter,
a friend or carpenter nu
- .-...., (t 4ij mil, (IP
and inquired, " How is business?" Ho
was informed that, generally speaking,
It was dull, but that ho (carpenter nttm-
w mu; u.pcciod a job at No. Hi Stato
Street. Carpenter
. . niwiiuninil"
ulely went over there, saw Rlanchard,
"Kii-i-u louoms won: so low, so much
lower tlltlll tho otbei-'nnrlf ! l.n .......
forthwith employed. Tin u-m.f ,...!.
- -w ninv III tl IffJk
and partially completed tho job. Tho
jw.iu ui uiu manor is tlio fuel; that, hav
ing taken tho wind out of another
mini's wills, ho got no pay.. Jioiton
Journal, July it.