TERMS OP THE GLOBE Per anunris-In advance Six months Ehree monthi =I Itifisertfon. 2 di,. - S do. )no square, (101ines,)or leSs.s 75 - $1 25 $1 50 Two squares 1.50 2 00 3 00 Three !Kisses, 2 25 - 3 00 - 4 00 3 months:6 niouths. 12 months. .$4 00- $6 00 $lO 00 . 0 00 9 00 15 00 .800 12 00 20 00 .10 00 15 00 25 00 .15 00 20 00 30 00 .20 00 35 00.... ...... 60 00 moo square, or lee. two squares three square., Four squares, Rolla column, Dn. column, Professional and Business Cards not exceeding six linen, Qua year $.5 00 AdminUitrators' and. Executors' Notices, $2 50 Auditors' Nistioes, 2 00 Palmy, or other short Notices 1 50 .. . ... 4lii-Ten lines of nonpareil make a square. About eicht words constitute a liar; so that any person can ca. ally calculate a stituirs in . rnannscript. Advertisements not Parked with the number of Inger- Cons desired, will be continued till forbid and charged ao• fording to these terms. • Oor prices for the printing of Blanks, Handbills, ate. ere also Increased. • AGIIA DE MAGNOLIA A toilet :delight. Superior to any cologne, used to Lathe the face and person, to render the akin soft and fresh, to allay inflarnurdon, to perfume clothing. for headache, he. It in manufactured from the rich southern Magnolia, and is obtaining n patronnoo quite unpreceden ted. It Is a favorite with actresses and opera singers. It J. sold by all dealer.. et $l,OO hi loran betties, nod by De pas Dames & Cu., New York, Wholesale Agents. Saratoga Spring Water, sold by all Druggists. S. T. -1860-7X_ Femme of sedentary habits troubled with weakness, lassitude, palpitation of the heart. lack of appetite, dis tress after eating, torpid fever, constipation. &c., deserve to sufferiif they will nut try the celebrated PLANTATION LITTERS, Which aranow recommended by the highest medical authorities, and are warranted to produce an im mediate beneficial effect. They aro exceedingly agreeable, perfectly pure. aud most u st spersede all other tonics where a healthy, gentle an:natant is required. They purify, etrengthen and invigorate. They create a healthy appet its. • They are an antidote to change of water and diet. They strengthen the system and enliven the ruled. The . ; prevegt miasmatic and intermittent fevers. 'They purify the breath and acidity of the stomach. They cure Dyspepsia and Constipation. They cure L ver Complaint and Nervous Headache. They make the weak strong, the languid brilliant, and are exhauftsd nature's great restorer. They are composed of the et ebrated Calisayn Dark, wintergreen, sassafras, roots and herbs. all preserved in perfectly pure St. Croix. ruin. For particulars, see circulate and teed menial, around each kettle. - - - - - Beware of impostors. Examine every bottle. See that - It has our private II S. stamp nn mutilated over the cork with plantation scene, and our signature on a fine steel plate side label. gi e See that our bottle is not rtfilhd with spurious and deleterious stuff. .CrirAny person pretending to sell Plantation Bitters by the gallon or In bulk, Is au.impoStor. Any person Imitating this bottle, or selling any other material therein, whether calltd Plantation Bitters or not, is a criminal under the U. 8. Law, and will be so prosecuted by us. The demand for Drake's Plantation Bitter., from ladles, clergymen, mer chants, tic.„ is Incredible, The simple trial of a bottle is the evidence we present of their worth and superiority. They an: sold by all reepectable druggists. grocers, physi cians, hotels, saloons, steamboats and country stores. P. H. DRAKE & CO. ..F.lncava Spring flirter, sold by all Druggists. ITS.TO you a hurt child or a lame horse I Use the Mex ican Mustang Liniment. For cute, sprains, burns swellings and caked breasts, the Mexican Mustang liniment is n certain cure. For rheumatism, neuralgia, etitfjoints. stings and bites, there is nothing like the Mexican Mustang Liniment. For spavined horses, the poll evil, ringboue nud sweeny, the Mexican Mustang Liniment never fails. For wind-galls, scratches, big-head and splint, the Mexican Mustang Liniment is north its weight in geld. Cute, bruises, sprains and swellings. are so COlllll/011 and certain to occur iu ever• family, that a bottle of this Liniment is the best Investment that can be made. • It le more certain then the doctor—it KOOOO time in sending for the doctor—it is cheaper thou the doctor, and Arbould never be diepensed with. , "In lifting the kettle from the Or e, It tipped over and scalded my hands terribly. • • • Tile Mustang Lini ment extracted the pain, mused the sore to heel rapidly, and left very little scar. CHAS. FOSTER, 420 Broad street, Phllada. Mr. B. Litch, of Hyde Park, Vt., writes: "My home was ,considered worthfres, (spavin,) but since the use of the Mustang Liniment. l have sold him for $l5O. Your Lin iment is doing wonders up here." All genuine is wrapped In steel plate engravings, sign ed, G. IV 'Westbrook, Chemist, and alea ha. the private U.B. stamp of Denies Barnes & Co., over the iop. Look dandy, and be nof deceived by counterfeits. bold by all Druggists at 25, 50 eta, and $l,OO. Sarakga sold by all Draggleta. It Ins most delightful Hair Drosslog. It eradicate. scurf aut; dandruff. It keep+ the head cool and clean. It makes the hair rich, soft and glossy. It preventsthe hair turning gray And rolling off. . . It rmitores hale upon prematurely bald Leads. This is just what Lyou's listbalron will do. It lepret ty—it is cheap—durable. It is literally sold by the car load, and yet its almost incredible demand is daily increa sing, until there is hardly a country store that does not keep It, or a family that does not use it. .13.111031 AS LY9N,Chemist, N. Y. Saratoga Spring Water, sold by all Din ggists. Who would not bo beautiful? Who would not add to their bounty? What gives that marble purity and dis t-ingot:appearance we observe upon the stage and in the city belle? It is no longer a secret. They use ilagan's Magnolia Naha. Ih continued use removes tan, freckles, pimples, and roitzliness, from the face and hands, and leaves the complexion smooth, tt ansparent, blooming and ravishing. Unlike many cosmetics, It con•alus no mate rial injurilos to the skin: Any Druggist will order it for you, It not on hand, at 50 cents per bottle. W.E. HAGAN, Troy, N. Y. Chemist. Denies Barnes & Co., Wholesale Agents,N. Y Ssratcga Spring {Wen sold by all Druggists. Helmstreet's inDßitable Hair Coloring is not a dye. All instantaneous dyes are composed of Lunar caustic, and ,iiicore °r ies! destroy the vitality and beauty of the hair. .This is the original Hair Coloring, and Las boon growing In tavor ores twenty years. It restores gray hair to Ito 'original color t y gradual obeorittion, In a most remarka ble manner. it is also a beautiful hair dressing. bold in :two sites-50 cents end 81—by all dealers. C. 11bINSTIUSET, Chemis t Saratoga Spring Water, sold by all Druggists. LYON'S EXIISACT or Pail JAMAICA. GINOUI—for Indigel• Lion, Nausea, Ileartburn, Sick Ileadrcho, Cholera :Verb., • Flatulency, &e., where a warming stimulant Is required. Its careful preparation and entire purity make It a chop and reliable article fur culinary purposes. Sold every where, at 50 cents per bottle. Aek for "Laos's" Pure I 0 tract. Take no other. Saratoga Spring Amer, sold by ail Druggists julyll, 1.666-towly 10,-all the shore articles for halo by S. S. SMITH, Huntingdon, Nana NEW GOODS CONSTANTLY RE celved at CUNNINGHAM A CARRON'S, CHOICE Teas, Coffee, Sugars and Molasses, for sale at Lewis k Co'e iuoily Grocery. CUNNINGHAbI & CARM.ON ARE sellitig et' at greatly reduced prices. PERFUMERY and ..gancy Soaps for sale at - 1/EIVIS CV;S Family Grocery. pURE SPICES atCUNNINGHAM & CARMOWS. AawILARGE VARIETY of artiples too numoroug to mention, for sale at thilVIS it CO'S k y Grocery. Can and See. WILLOW and CEDAR WARE VT for sale et LEWD; .t PATS Pithily Grocery. TINVELO?.ES— g •/ By the box, pack, or less quantity, for sale nj l e .Elrbr BOOK AND an TIONERY STORE. 42 CO . 1 00 EEO WILLIAM LEWIS, Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XXII. 6lnbe. HUNTINGDON, PA. W. Lewis, Editor and Proprietor Hugh Lindsay, Associate Editor. What the 39th Congress Did ? Congress met when the policy of President Lincoln was being success fully carricd.out by President Johnson, and the people of the South were be coming reconciled to their condition, and were acceding to everything that was fair and just. Congress didn't like Lincoln's policy because it was "too mild," and they commenced to censure President John son for following in his footsteps. Congress, from the first, wished to punish the South by depriving them of their right to legislate, unless the mil lions of ignorant negroes should be privileged to vote, although the Con stitution declares that "all legislative powers shall be vested in a Congress of the United States." Congress commenced to legislate for the freedmen; and acknowledged that they had bettor rights than white men. Congress commenced to dislike President Johnson etill more, because he continued to carry out President Lincoln's policy, and because he would not do more for the negroes than he would to reconcile the Southern people and thus preserve the Union. Congress passed a bill for the Gov ernment to feed and keep the negroes of the South, more thin they would do for the destitute soldiers of the North. President Johnson vetoed the hill, and it failed to pass by a two-thirds vote. Congress passed a civil rights bill, which declared the negroes citizens of the United States, and otherwise inter fered with the rights of a State. Pres ident Johnson vetoed the bill, but Con gress made it, a law. The House passed a bill conferring the right of suffrage on negroes in the District of Columbia. The same bill was considered in the Senate, but no vote was taken. President Johnson addressed a colored delegation to which he said that the people should decide that question. The House passed a bill that within the territories of the United States there should be no denial of the elec tive franchise to citizens of the United States, because of race or color, and all persons should be equal before the law. The Senate considered the bill, but failed to vote thereon. Co-ogress was now directly opposed to President Johnson, because he would not co-operate with them in their efforts to give the negro equal political privileges with the white man. He could not recognize their right to pass laws for the South without the South being represented. Congress established a central direc tory of fifteen members, composed principally of the leading Radicals in both Houses, who were to report the so-called Confederate States were enti tled to be represented in either House of Congress. After being in session six months the Committee reported in substance that the said States were not entitled to representation, although the Constitution gave them such right, aad that they were subject to the North. The Radicals in Congress held a eau eus in which they bitterly denounced President Johnson, and threatened to impeach him, if he persisted in thwart ing their efforts. Some went so far as to intimate that they would drive him into the Potomac. The President kept cool, and didn't say a word, al though we have no doubt he thought they would have a good time trying it. Congress yielded a little, to let Ten nessee come in "out of the cold," so that that State might not come up against them in this fitll's campaign. President Johnson did not oppose their inclinations, and was pleased to see the Radicals "giving in." Congress passeil another freedmen's bureau bill, which the President again vetoed. The bill became a law, never theless. Congress thought they would ad journ before they would get the thole• ra, or be still more inconsistent by ad mitting other Southern States. Congress closed its session by re membering the Union soldiers, whom they had forgotten all along, and gave them $5O and $lOO (a fortune no doubt); hut they remembered themselves bet ter, and passed a bill increasing theft• own pay $2,000 for the session. This was n, fitting finale to all their inglori ous proceedings. We have not thought it worth while to mention the Constitutional amend ments Congress sought to pass, (about sixty,) nor the number of inconsistenr ties of which it was guilty; but the above correct statement of its proceed ings will furnish an adequate idea of what class of people they thought the most, and upon whom they conferred the most favors. Union soldiers are nowheyes when the "poor, destitute darkoy" presents himself to their im agination. Congress has done many things that it will wish it had left undone, and it has left undone many things which it will wish it had done. They can stand the taxes because they have increased their-pay. They can see the country ruined because they will blame it oil President Johnson. The Lord pre serve us from having such another Congress. Official Copy of the Proceedings of the Philadelphia Convention presented to the President. Speech of Hon. Reverdy Johnson. Reply of President Andy Johnson WASIIINGTON, Aug. 18, 1866 The Committee, consisting of two delegates from each State, appointed by the National Union Convention to wait upon the President with an WE. cial copy of the proceedings of the convention, mot on Saturday morning and postponed until one o'clock the time for the interview. About one o'clock tho committee, headed by a hand of music, reached the White House. They were conduc ted into the east room by Marshal Gooding, and were so arranged as to form a circle. The delegates to the convention who were in the city were then invited in, and took a position in the rear of the committee. The Pres ident soon appeared, and was accom panied by Secretaries McCulloch, Welles and Browning, and Postmaster General Randall. The Eon. Rover• dy Johnson, of Maryland, then ad vanced and said: Mr. President: We are before you as a committee' of the National Union Convention, which met in Philadelphia on Tuesday, the 14th instant, charged with the duty of presenting you with an authentic copy of its proceedings. Before placing it in your• hands, you will permit us to congratulate you that on the object for which the con vention was called, in the enthusiasm with which, in every State and Terri• tory, the call was responded to, in the unbroken harmony of its deliberations, in the unanimity with which the prin ciples it has declared were adopted, and more especially in the patriotic and constitutional character of the principles themselves, we are confident that you and the country will find gratifying and cheering evidence that there exists amongst the people a pub• lie sentiment which renders an early and complete restoration of 010 Union as established by the Constitution cer• tain and inevitable. Party faction, seeking the continuance of its misrule, may momentarily delay it, but the principles of political liberty for which our fathers successfifily contended, and to secure which they adopted the Con stitution, are so glaringly inconsistent with the condition in which the coun try has been placed by such misrule, that it will not be permitted a much longer• duration. We wish, Mr. Presi dent, you could have witnessed the spirit of concord and brotherly affec tion which animated every member of the convention. Great as your confidence has ever been in the intel ligence and patriotism of your fellow citizens, in their deep devotion to the Union, and their present determina tion to maintain it,' that confidence would have become a positive convic tion could you have seen and award all that was done and said upon the occa sion. Every heart was evidently full of joy, every eye beamed with patriot• is animation; despondency gave place to the assurance that our late dreadful civil strife ended, the blissful reign of peace, under the protection not of arms, but of the Constitution and laws, would have sway, and be in every part of our land cheerfully acknowledged, and in perfect good faith obeyed. You would not have doubted that the recur rence of dangerous domestic insurrec tions in the future are riot to be appre hended. If you could have seen the men of Massachusetts and South Caro lina coming into the convention on the first day of its meeting, hand in hand, amidst the rapturous applause of the whole body, awakened by heartfelt gratification at the event, filling the eyes of thousands with tears of joy, which they neither could nor desired to repress, you would have felt as eve ry person present felt—that the time bad arrived when all sectional or oth er perilous dissensions had ceased, and that nothing should bo heard in the future but the voice of harmony pro claiming devotion to a common coun try, of pride in being bound together by a common Union, existing arid. pro. tecte,d by forms of government proved by - experience to be eminently fitted for the exigencies of either war or peace. In the principles announced by the convention and in the feeling there manifested,. we have every assurance that harmony throughout our entire land will soon prevail. We know that as in former days, as was eloquently de eldred by ‘Vebstnr, the nation's most gifted statesman, Massachusetts and South Carolina went, "shoulder to shoulder through the Revolution," and stood hand in hand around the Ad. ministration of Washington, and felt his own grent arm loan on them for support, so they again with like mag nanimity, devotion and power, stand round your Administration and cause you to feel that you may also loan on them for support. In the proceedings, HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST, 29, 1866. -PERSEVERE.- Mr. President, which we aro to place in your hands, you will find, that the convention performed the grateful duty imposed upon them by their knowledge of your "devotion to the Constitution and laws and interests of I your country," as illustrated by your entire Presidential career, of declaring that id you they "recognize a chief Magistrate worthy of the nation and and loyal to .the great crisis upon which your lot is cast," and in thiSdec !oration it gives us marked pleasure to add, we are confident that the con vention has but spoken the intelligent and patriotic sentiment of the country. Ever inaccessible to the low influences which often control the_ mere partisan, and governing alone by an honest opinion of constitutional obligations and rights, and of the duty of ooking solely to the true interests, safety and honor of the nation, such a class is in capable of resorting to any bait for popularity at the expense of the public good. In the measures which you have adopted for the restoration of the Union, the convention saw only a con tinuance of the policy which for the same purpose was inaugurated by your immediate predecessor, in his re-clee tion by the people after that policy had been fully indicated, and had been made ono of the issues of the contest. Those of his political friends who aro now assailing you for sternly pursuing it, forgetful or regardless of the opin ions which their support of his re-elec tion necessarily involved, being upon the same ticket with that much lamen ted public servant whose foul assassi nation touched the heart of the civili zed world with grief and horror--you would have been Use to obvious duty if you'had not endeavored to carry put the same policy; and, judging now by the opposite ono which Congress has pursued, its wisdom and patriotism aro indicated by the fact that that Congress has but continued a broken Union by keeping ten of the States in which at one time the insurrection ex isted, us far as they could accomplish it, in the condition of subjugated prov inces, denying the right to be- repre sented whilst subjecting their people to every species of legislation, inclu ding that of taxation.' That such a state of things is at war with the very genius of our Government; inconsis tent with every idea of political free dom, and most perilous to the peace and safety of the country, no reflecting man can fail to believe . We hope, sir, that the proceeding of the convention will cause you .to ad here, if possible, with. even greater firmness to the course which you are pursuing by satisfying you that they are with you, and that the wish which lies nearest to their heart is that a per fect restoration of our Union at the earliest moment be allowed, and a con viction that that result can only be ac• complished by the measures which you are pursuing. And in the discharge oY the duties which these impose upon you, we, as did every, member of the convention, again fur ourselves indi vidually tender to you our profound respect and assurance of cordial and sincere support. With a reunited union ; with no foot but freedmen's treading or permitted to tread on our soil, with a nation's faith pledged forever to strict observance of all its obligations, with kindness and fraternal love everywhere prevailing, the desolations of war will soon be re moved ; its sacrifices of life, sad as they have been, with Christain resignation, be referred to a providential purpose, of fixing our beloved country on a firm and endurable basis which will forever place our liberty and happiness beyond the reach of human peril; then, too, and forever will our Government chal lenge the admiration and receive the respect of the nations of the world,and we in no danger of any efforts to im peach our honor. And permit me, sir, in conclusion to add, that great as your solicitude for the restoration of our domestic peace and your labors to that end, you have also a watchful eye to the rights of the nation, and that any attempt by an as sumed or actual foreign power to en force an illegal blockade against the Government or citiions of the United States, to use your own mild but ex pressive words, "will be disregarded." In this determination I am sure you will receive tho unanimous approval of your fellow citizens. Now, sir, as the . chairman of this committe, and in behalf of the conven tion, I have the honor to present you with an authentic copy of its proceed ings. When Mr. Reverdy Johnson had concluded, the President said : MR. CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN OF THE COMMITTEE : Language is inade quate to express the emotions and feel ings produced by this occasion. Per- Imps I could express more by permit ting silence to speak, and you to infer what I might and ought to say. I con fess that, notwithstanding the experi• once I have had in public life, and the audiences I have addressed, this occa sion and this assemblage aro well cal culated to and do overwhelm me. As I have said, I have not language to convoy adequately my present feel- Hugs and emotions. • in listening to the address which your eleqUerft and dis tinguished chairman hasjust delivered, the proceedings of the convention, as they transpired, recurred to my mind. Seemingly I partook of the inspiration that prevailed in the convention,when I received a despatch, sent by two of its distinguished members conveying in terms the scene which has just been described of South Carolina and Mas sachusetts, arm in arm, Marching into that vlist asAeinbfagd,' and time giving evidence that the two extremes had come together again, and that, for the • future, they were united, as they had been in the past, for the preservation of - the Union. • i - 41 5( 1 '. ' - :-.,,-,' • "tr • : ~-,,,, 41- 1 , . 1 ..,...,..4 4.i,.. ~.. ~..,„ ....!...:, When the. despatch informed me that, in that vast body of men,: distin guished for intellect and wisdom,every eye was suffused with tears on behold ing the scene, I could not finish read ing the despatch to one associated with me in the office, for my own feelings over came me. (Applause.) I think we may justly conclude that we me moving under a proper - inspiration, and that we need not bo mistaken that the finger of an overuling and uner ring Providence is in this matter. The nation is in peril. Wa have just pas— ed through a mighty, a bloody, a mo mentous ordeal, and do, not yet find ourselves free from the difficulties and danger that at first surrounded us. While our braVe men have perform ed their dutiesboth officers and men, (turningto General Grant, who stood. at his right)--while they have won laurels imperishable there are, still great er and more important dude's to per.; form; and while- we have had their co-operation in the field, we now need their support in our efforts to perpetu ate peace. (Applause.) iSo far as the Executive Department of the Govern, mont is concerned, the effort has been made to restore the Union, to heal the breach, to pour oil into the wounds which were consequent upon the struggle, and, to speak in, common phraSe, to prepare; as the learned and wise phyician would, a plaster healing in character and coextensive with the wound. (Applause.). We thought, and yet think, that we had, partially suc ceeded. But as the work progressed, as reconciliation seethed to be taking I place, and the country becoming uni ted, we found a disturbing and mar ring element opposing us. In alluding to that element, I shall go no farther than did your eonven , Lion and the distinguished gentleman who has delivered to mo the report of its proceedings. I shall make no ref erence to it. That, Ido not believe, the time and the occasion justify. We have witnessed in one department of the Government every offert, as it were, to prevent the restoration of peace and harmony in the Union. We have seen hanging upon the verge of Government, as it were, a body called, or which assumes to be, the CongreSs of the United States, but in fact a Congress of only part of the States. WO have seen this Congress assume and pretend to be flu. the Union,when its every stop and act tended to per petuate disunion and make a discrip -1 tion of the States inevitable. Instead of promoting reconciliation and harmony, Its legislation has par ! taken of the ehareter of penalties, re taliation and revenge. This has been the course and.policy of ono depart ment ofyour Government. The hum ble individual who is now addressing you stands the representative of an other department of tho Government. Tho manner in which he was called upon to occupy that position I shall not allude to on this occasion; suffice it to say that he is here under the Con stitution of the country, and being hero by virtue of its provision, ho takes his stand rampart of civil and religions liberty. (Prolonged cheering.) Having been taught, in my early life to bolo it sacred, and having practiced upon it during my whole public career, I shall ever continue to reverence the Constitution 'of my fathers and to make it my guide. (Hearty applause.) I know it has been said, and I must be permitted to indulge in the remark, that the Executive. Department of the, Government has been despotic and tyrannical. Let me ask this audience of distinguished gentlemen around me hero to-day to point to a vote I ever gave, to a speech I ever made, to a single act of my whole public life that has not been against tyranny and des potism. What position have I ever occupied, what ground have I ever as sumed, where it can be truthfully charged that' failed to advocate the amelioration and elevation of the great mass of My countrymen ? [Cries of "Never !" and great applause.] So far as charges of that kind aro concerned, I will say that they are simply inten ded to deceive and delude the public mind into the belief that there is some one in power Who is usurping, and trampling upon the rightsand pervert ing tho principles of the constitution. It is done by those who make such charges for the purpose of covering their own acts. [Cries of "That's so!" and applause.] 1 have felt it my duty, in vindication of principle and the Constitution of my country; to call at tention to those proceedings. When we come to examine who has boon playing the tyrant, by whom do we find that, despotism has been exercised ? As to myself; the elemente of my na ture, the pursuits of my life, have not made me, either in my feelings or in may practice, aggressive. My nature, on the contrary, is rather defensive in its character._ But I will say that hav ing taken my stand upon the broad principles of liberty and the Constitu tion, there is not power enough on earth to driVe me from it. [Loud and prolonged applause.] Having placed myself upon that brood platform, I have not been awed, dismayed or in timidated by either threats or encroach ments, butt have stood there in eon jnnctior. with patriotic spirits, sound ing the tocsin of alarm when .I doomed the city in danger. [Great applause.] I said on a previous occasion and repeat now, that, all that was necessary in this great struggle against tyranny and despotism was, that the struggle should be sullicientlY audible for the American people to hear and under stand. They did hear and looking on and seeing who tho' 'contestants were, and what that struggle was about, they determided they would settle this question on the side of the Constitu tion and of prineipM. [Cries of "That's so," and applause.] I proclaim hero to•doy,. as I have on other occasions, TERMS, $2,00 a year in advance. that my faith is abiding in the great mass of the people. In the 'darkest struggle, when the clouds seemed to be most lowering, my faith, instead of giving way, loomed up through the dark cloud far beyond, And I saw that all would be safe in the end. My countrymen, we all know that in the language of Thoinas Jefferson, tyranny and despotism even can be exercised and exerted more effectually by the many than by the one. We have seen a Congress gradually en croach step by step upon constitutional rights, and violate day after day and month after month the fundamental principles of the Government. [Cries of "That's so," and applause.] We have seen a Congress that seemed to forget that there was a Constitution of the United States--that there was a limit to the sphere and scope of legislation. We have seen a Congres4 in a minority assume to exercise powers which, if allowed to be carried out, would result in despotism or monarchy itself. [En thusiastic applause.] This is truth, and because others 'as well as : myself have seen proper to appeal to the pa. triotism and republican feeling of the country, we have- been denounced in the severest terms. Slander upon slander, vituperation upon vituperation of the most villainous character, has made its way through the press. What, gentlemen, has been your and my sin? What has been the cause of our offend ing ? I will tell you. Daring to stand by the Constitution of our fathers ?- [Approaching Senator Johnson], I con sider the proceedings of this conven tion, sir, as more important than those of any convention that ever assembled in the United States. [Great applause.] When I look with my mind's eye upon that collection of citizens coming to gether voluntarily', and sitting in coun cil, with ideas, with principles, and views commensurate with all the States, : and co-extensive with ttio whole peo ple,-and contrast it with the colleetieh of gentlemen who are trying to destroy the country, regard it as more im-. portant than any convention that has . sat, at least, since 1787. [Renewed applause.] I think I may also say, that the declarations that wore there made are equal with. the Declaration of Independence itself, and I here to-: day pronounce it a second Declaration of Independence. [Cries of "Glorious," and most enthusiastic and prolonged applause.] Your address and declarations are I nothing more nor less than a reaffirma tion of the Constitution of the United States. [Cries of "God," and 'applause.] Yes, I will go thither, and say that the declarations you have made, that the principles you have enunciated in your address are a second proclamation of emancipation to the people of the United States [renewed applause]; for in proclaiming and reproclai ming these great truths you have laid down a con stitutional platform upon which all can make common cause, and stand united together for the restoration of the States and preservation of the Govern ment without reference to party. The query only is the 'salvation of the country, for our country rises above all party considerations or influence. [Cries of "Good," and applause.] How many are there in the United States, that now require to be free? They have the shackles upon their limbs and aro bound as rigidly as though they were in fact in slavery. I repeat, then, that your declaration is the sec ond proclamation of emancipation .to the people of the United States, and offers a common ground upon which all patriotscan stand. [ApplaUse.] Mr. Chairman and gentle Men, let me in this connection ask you. what I have to gain more than the: advance ment of the public welfare ? I am as much opposed to the indulgence of egotism as any one, but hero, in a con versational manner; while formally re ceiving the proceedings of this convew tion, I may be permitted again to ask, what have I to gain consulting human ambition more than I have gained, except in one thing?' My race is near ly run. I have been placed in the high office which I occupy under the Con stitution of. the country, and I may say that I have held, from lowest to highest, almost every position to wiiich a man may attain in our aovarnraent: I have passed through every' position, from alderman of a village to the Pres idency of the United States; and Sure r ly, gentlemen; this should be enough to gratify a reasonable ambition. If I wanted authority, or if I wished. to perpetuate my own power, how easy would it have been to hold ang Wield that which was placed in my hands by the. measure called the Freedmen's Bureau bill. [Laughter, and applause.] With an army which , it placed at, my discretion I could have retrained . at the capital of - the nation, and with fifty or sixty millions of appropriations at my disposal, with the machinery to be worked by my own hands, with my satraps and dependents in every town and village, add then with the civil rights bill following as an auxiliary [laughter] in connection with all the other appliances of the Government, could haVe proclaimed myself dictator. ["Thitt true," and. applause.] But, gentlemen, my pride and my ambition have been :to occupy that position which . retains all power in the hands of the people. [Great cheering.] It is upon that I have alWays relied: It is upon that I rely now. [A voice; "And the people will not disappoint you."] Ahd I repeat, that neither the taunts nor jeers of Congress nor of a subsidized caluminating press . can drive me from ipy purpose .. [Great applause.] I acknowledge no superior except ply God, the author of my ex istence, and the people of the Unito4 States. [Prolonged and enthusiastic cheerihgd For the one, I try to obey all His commands, as best I can, cota patible with my poor Introanity. For 0-1_1033 JOB PRINTING OFFICE. m • HE' GLOB'E JOB' - OFFICE:" if! the most complete of any to the country, and pot' soma tho most ample facilities for promptly executing in the best style, every variety'of Job Printing,' inch— HAND: DILLS; - -CIRCULARS, • I .BALL - TICKETS,' .-• • &C- CALL'ANIi =an is ontittnek or won., 7 ' ''l LEWIS! 800,11., STATIONERY. At; Mlliild'STOgN. the other, in a political and represen tative sense, the high behests of the people have alwayS been respected and • obeyed by me. [Applause.] •‘' Mr. Chairman, .I. have said Mom than I had intended to say. For the. kind allusions to myself contained in your address, and in the resolutiens adopted by the convention, let me re mark that in this erisis, and atthis peri-• od of my public life; I hold, above all price, and shall ever recur, with feel,. ings of profound gratification, .to the last resolution, containing the erldorse ment of a convention emanating sport=' taneously from the great mass of the people. I trust and hope that my fu-. ture action may be such that you_andi the convention you represent may nod regret the assurance of confidence you have expressed; ["We are sure of it."]. Before separating, my, friends, one ; and all, committee and strangers,please accept my, sincere thanks fbr the kind manifestatfons of regard and respeet you haVe exhibited -on this' occasion', I repeat chat I shall always continue to be guided by a conscientious cont viction of duty, and that alWaYs gives me courage, under the Constitution ) which I have made my guide. At the conclusion of, the President% remarks, three enthusiastic, cheers. were given for Andrew Johnson and three more for General 'Grant. The President and General. Grant then re tired arm in arm, and were immedi z ately followed by the, committee and audience. • Nn 9 How our Government Obtained Rebel Information. The country will remember that da l ' ring the last winter of tho rebellion,', our Government obtained-, assurance of the hopelessness of the Confederate cause by 'welling into possession of General Lee's testimony before a cOrri•! mittee of the rebel Congress, whoso sessions were strictly private, and whose report was made in secrecy to, the Congress during ari executive-ses sion. How the evidenee into'Mr. Lincoln's hands is told by a correspon dent of the New York Times. Hs. "In the room where, the committee. met was a eloset, and, from that closet,, immediately after their adjournment, - came the priceless information. , Ont r side the house it at once changed. bands, and a second party walked lei surely through tho streets orßich. mond with it, until upon the environs he encountered one of the common, country carts of this section proceeding with the half of a newly killed beef toward the rebel, lines in General. But-. ler's front. No communication that the most lynx-eyed could perceive passed between the man and the cart,' but the ftirmer gradually changed his direction and was soon walking back in the direction whence he _had come. The cart went on, reached and passed through the rebel camps without mo lestation, and reached the pickets, where it halted as a matter of course. The beef was destined for the house of a planter just beyond the rebel Him and in plain sight of their outposte, and about equidistant between them and our own outposts. These eplitn, ations made and a careless search Of the cart made by the rebel sentry, that is a look into it, the cart proceeded on its way. Just as it neared the house a small party of our cavalry made`a dash at it, and to - the utter surprise of the rebel pickets, who saw the *phi affair, our men only hovered a moment around the cart, then galloped back with one more man than they came with, leaving cart and beef, and driver and male behind them. They,did not know it then, but under the beef was a man, and the man bad a paekagti, and the package contained the state ments of General Lee before the Ccim mittee of Congress a few hours before. .In outline, this WAS how the thing was done. It may, seem straugo; Lincoln and Grant knew leng before many of the highesicifhciale or diein aurgont Government the sworn state ment of their •commander as to the hopelessness of further resistance.---- Knowing that the an 4 Grant had this information explains many things in connection with thi arrival within our lines of Hunter, Stephens and Campbell, at the time of the Hampton Roads conference, Which: at the time were inexplicable. The_ feat of obtaining this information iq Unrivalled in the annals of-war, and gradually, as the facts,come to light, it will be found that Grant had every day such particular In - formation from the rebel capital that he knew what Jeff. Davis was talking abotit each day; in the most private of his cobversa tiens with his Cabinet - and members of his Congrese." " 'A Ater Carricrol.;---The. New "Kork Journq of Commerce speaks as - folloya of the cloSo of Congress: . It'found the country torn and was-. ted by a long civil war, the, finances disordered, tile currency, depreciated; and the harden of taxation oppressive: Never had a. body of men a nobler op portunity to signalize their Supreme devotion to the peace, union and pros-, purity of the land to whose service they had been called. There is hardly to be found in the annals of any na= tion a more ignoble failure. - They have contributed nothing to' ths public need. as far as their action is concern ed'—peace;, union and prosperity are as remote as ever. Never before was so large a majirityofany refirdienta tive body so remarkable fpr personal selfishness and partisan'ambition. The session has been closed, and net ono great measure worthy of the Congress in such .a crisis is found to grace its re cord. To retain political power, to circumvent the President, to kOep uP the organization of the party, to pro vide jobs for serticiitthle adhereatl, and to give a few sops to greedy sec: tional agitators—these, for the most part, make up tbe pages of its history. 4 great OPOrtunity fias'he'en Wasicid _but So Was hoped 'for of late from it, tbat the country Wilt be thank ful for the final adjournment. . ~ F
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