She Republican,
Ckoiksf. IV (Jonni.ANnv.R. Kilitor.
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Thursday Morning, March 23, 1867.
.fit fKM'n H'aittctl.
Modern loyalists and the negroes
liave almost consummated that which
thcirgraiidfuthersnnd the Indinns fail
ed to establish on this continent a
ceDtury ago a Despotism, instead of
civil and religious liberty I e nave
irreligion and a multiplicity of crimes;
enough to disgrace anj- half civilized
country. 'Where peaco, union and
concord once dwelt, we hovo strife,
disunion and discord. Thoso who
preached liberty and union most vehe
mently, have robbed us of both. Those
who denounced assassination as the
wickedest of all crimes, less than two
years ago, now advertise for hands.
Thoso who denounced "border rufli
litis" kd enthusiastically for "stuffing
ballot boxes" and treating elections
with contempt, now set them abide by
proclamation!. Those who found fault
with their neighbors for holding four
millions of negroes in slavery, have
enslaved twenty millions, and if not
checked will enslave all on this con
tinent, even the bondholders.
W need proceed no farther for our
present purpose, to prove and satisfy
the most captious that the leaders of
the party in power will commit any
crime, if necessary to perpetrate their
rule, and tho longer they are tolerated
the tighter they w ill iorgc the lettcis
of slavery.
The Clerk of tho Hump Senuto, pro
prietor of two papers, 'both daily,"
in his issuo of tho frets of the 20th,
in a hading editorial, irdvertiscs for
n assassin in the following unuiistn
ImO language. Head it :
' Some of the friends of bis AreidenrT are talk
ing out of school. Aeeorclinn to their revelations
Andrrw Jnbiisun will make a deivierale nm-lf
to breleeled tolhe I'nilifl Slates Kinnte IF 111'. Ilr
1'KIIMITTKK TO M:iiVJ UlT MS I'ltKSI
DKNTIAL TKH.M. Tli-v bout that with tlir "id
or the naf iiuial patroinj he will so let the stakes
si to make thii remit e?y. His return to the
ri..i:e would Ur an itiuircsliiig ii.-uiic iu national
p"tMi(.i. and would raiise altnoFt ns rre?i'. etiti
Hon Hi llio return of JtSenon Itavi hiuwlf, al
thouith the diuVrrnor bolweeu the twonieu in mint
cf a'-ii'tv and rlmrarttrr is largely In favor of the
prisutirr at Fort Monroe. The vast resources itill
lell at hi disposition uiiuht, iudtied, he ao orran
ixed and employed, if hie intriiLioui were not pre
viously known, ni to create a conFiderahle tiarty
for hiinwlf. Put, while time mokes all tlimfrw
tven, bo it often run nil thin?, and we rather
eut-jH-ct that when the period of trial arrives, Ivn
neMre will be ao ciim,l('tcly in the hands of the
Hadiralr, that unlt-ei Andrew .lolitiwin ran be re
stored to liinisLlf ly some Providential intci-poKi-tinn.
proving either tluit he Mi entirely inniieeiit
of the pri-at crimes whieh he has cotuniittiii, or
that he is ready and anxious to atone for thetn.
hia clianoe of neu(.'ilij( a scat in the htualc will
be very sm-ill iudnd."
The capitals aro ours, but the lan
gunge is that of tho editor of the Phil
adelphia rrms, and fwr whieh the pro
prietor, John W. Forney, is rcsponsi
ble, and but for his known cowardice
we suppose be would ndrtake that
which is here pointed out for others
to do. W'c suppose that if the 1 resi
de!.! "is permitted to serve out bis
term" tho purasito of "two papers,
both daily," will be greatly disap
pointed. Light from .1 Itark Vlarr.
Tho bitterest and probably the most
cowardly enemy that Jefferson Davis
lias bad for yearn, was Senator Wil
ton, of Massachusetts. To show the
lilt bis loyal soul lias made we
need but refer to tho following pre
amble and resolution introduced in
(lie Rump by him on the 21M int-t ; be
tides ho made a speech the same day
in rrply to that loyal wind-bag Nye,
from Nevada, which betrays a differ
ent tone from his babblings heretofore
which leads us to infer that he is re
t'irniug to bis former sanity while on
the shoe-bench at bis virtuous New
Kngland homo. It has been heralded
over the land that Mr. Wilson, was
lately converted and joined the Church
which msy account for his new friond
ly feeling toward Mr. Davis, and the
tinting of bis speeches with a little
Democracy and good sense. Hut to
the resolutions, they express tho feel
ings of three fourths of tho people:
trie rent, Jiflerson i ft rititen of the State
of Mississippi, wm raptored by a military lore
in the sen in- of the I'luted Slate on the lith day
ot May. lHfi3. and has unre been held in eonflne
m nt M I primmer of state in Fortress Monroe,,
irffinia; and whereas, the said JefliTwtn Pavis
s'smls char-fed, on the hiheet authority, with the
hetnrma crime of ponspirma to munler the lute
r'XI'n;,
Jrftcrsfii Itavis baa rHrsitcnllv declare,! his
ii lO.-enee of Ihe offences charireil against him. and
tbroiifrh his leptl aitviacrs, by all means known
to the law, has aniifrht and demanih'd a sKssly
an I I'tibhe trial by doe firoeess of law. before a
i;il tribunal or competent juri"ticlion : therefore,
fafrl hy lie Jh-aoir, le Una H
tntttm rwnrtim'nj, Thn,t the. Inntrrr ponhnrmfnt
4 tbe SMid It-fifraon 1 vit without a trtnl, or tin
r -I'Timm' of trrifir litnr fnr 1ril. IP nf in v-
......vv the 'li umtvi tf ji.MK'f, tlit-npiiit
W .in to. n.d tJ.i rHiiiri'ra tit 1 the ('nniihi.
ij;i, f c4 Ujftt routiDitu iiiMic, wniml iu.thc tili-
... the rttioi h..iu.T uu.tf in imimnipfi tin ; Y.olrntly fur l.nith mensural lo the
Ilut t lac Mild Jrf-rTMtn Iri h brought In ft t u 1 ffi. .....i
..lvandroblletri.l.orthls.rpcle.JUfroml0,'u, , Tu are, ith rare except
reiiuurntent uu bail, or on hn owa reeoirniranra. ions, the luwmng sycoplillhts WllO
. , j have eulogized the South in the day
TltE Aiuoi RNMKNT. Both branch- j or its power or tho fierce fanatics who
es of Simon Cameron. Legislature l'.llT0 breathed vengeance and destruc
Jr. lion ftirycfcrs, with a madman lurj,
.:nr ni;vi--u wj u'm"uiu -i ".n.,,t(
llio 11th day of April, and have voted
themselves Sl,.r(iO ouch, and stamps,
pKir, etc. We "bad supposed that
the loyal portion had made ci.oiigh
t Jt of the old Indian Chief this winter,
so they should have tjvl Ibr Stat
tl, c ftr V
"'oforrl Suttrtigr."
0,,r loyal brethren aro just now
considerably exercised over this sub
ject. Tho honest portion of the party
openly confess they are in favor of
being degraded to tho level of tho
negro,in a political sense, and of course
tho other evils that follow w ill soon
bo accepted by them. Hut the bum
mers and bhyster9,ns Ciovernor Geary
would say, deny, hypocrito like, that
they favor this doctrine, in order to
give back-bono to tho "wealthy and
intelligent" portion of their party.
The following taken from a leading
loyal organ, we think, however, is the
signal gun that all must notice before
the next election. Hear him :
"Borne of the Republican members of the Ohio
Lcpiftlature who vuu-d Batumi the propoaition to
inbuilt the question of uepro autlrae to the peo
ple, bejrin to aee how nnwi they were. Cireum
atanees have identihrd the Kepuhlieun party with
the affirmative of thut question ; and they mutt, a
they should, be dtfeutt-d in any Htute where they
eilher oppose or seek to evade the isrue. For pood
or ill, lor weal or woe. the Republican party is
eominltted to the priuelple ol ttrpro aunratfe. It
e&nnot evade the itue; and it should not if it
eould. To do ao would indieate furh supreme
cowardice and injustice as to prove tlie party an
worthy of trust or control ; and weold result, as it
should, in its overthrow and di?racc. ilut
such fate awaits the party. It bus no deire to
tuke anv aiittrlc step uaokwara; and tho few men
ia its raiiksy tike luoae in southern Ohio, wboheei
tate or h.vll, will be compelled to jo forward by the
irrrpiMitile pressure of public sentiment. Thie
will be made apparent liclore the close of the pres
ent sesnion of lite Ohio Legislature and that Mate,
like every other uorlhern hlute, will tako -ruund
iu fuvor of a principle which Providrnee has east
into the political hopper of the times, and which
must be ground out by the Kcpublican party, or
tliat party, like wliutcvcr talis upon the stone in
scripture, will ltst.lt be "ground to powder.
AVo clip the foregoing truthful ex
emplification of Black llcpublican doc
trines from tho Albany Journal, the
Stato oriran of modern loyalists. Wc
would siiggpst tliat our neighbor re
peat this "new commandment'' in bis
nest issue for the benefit of his flock
becauso many of Ins white brethren
deny this pa't of their creed, and if
not pobtcd on this point may full from
black grace. This may be a bitter pill
for the editor of tho Journal, in this
place, to swallow, or anybody else
whose relations aro all white; but
thoso of the loyal persuasion may us
well begin to eat dirt now as at any
other time, because they will be com
pelled shortly to stand up to the rack
with "niggers," fodder or no fodder.
New Patkiots. Tho Despotism,
Hadicalism and Ruffianism perpetra
ted by the Humcrs at Washington,
is termed by the Philadelphia Prist
"patriotism and Union sentiuu fits."
Well, if this is so, it's no wonJerGcn.
Washington was troubled with those
two celebrated loyalists, Benedict Ar
nold atid Major x.ndrc. Tho latter
died at tho end of a rope, and the
former starved in a chicken-loft in
London ; and if the "patriotism" of
Tbad k Co. does not soon yield peace
and Union, the same fate will overtake
them.
A Loyal Move. Tltf Hump passed
an act last week authorizing the Sec
retary of War to furnrsh Rev. Govern
or Brownlow with 10,000 stand of
arms to put into the handi of Tennes
see negroes and loyalists for the pur
jioso cf carrying the State election.
When tho Secret nry of War in 38"ifi
furnished arms to the people of Kansas
bleeding Kansas to protect them
selves, it was denorfiieed by Greeley
k Co. its an outrage ; now it ts esteem
ed by the same men as a virtue. The
modern lojalift resembles hi brim
stone niajcstj' in many particulars:
"When the Ievil pit sick,
The Ilevila monk would be,
llut when the l'ciil got well,
Jlevil the nionk war he."
Wo last week noticed the kind of
material out of which leading loyal
ists are manufactured, and among
them tho new Senator from Missouri,
Drake, who, previous to lhtlO was not
or.ly a leading secessionist, but on the
11th of January, in that year, intro
duced into the LcgUluturo and voted
for a bill to enslave all the free negroes
in Missouri, and in a speech slated
that, bo doubted tho honesty of any
white man who would refuse to vote
for this measure. Now he wants them
all to vote. A wonderful conversion,
truly! The cxcentricitics of fanatics
and fools spring from the samo seed.
Important. It is announced from
that celebrated bastile, Fortress Mon
roe, that Jefferson Davis, Jr., made
his uppcaranco at that establishment
on tho morning of tho loth, and that
all concerned enjoy good health.
A I.nirriAL Soi l. Mr. Tiplon, the
new Senator from the new State of
Nebraska, made bis debut in the Uni
ted Stutes Senate the other day by
opposing a vote of thanks 10 George
l'cuhotty lor his tlotinlion ot two mil
lions ot dollars to aid the cause of ed
ucation in the South. Sir. Jiptnn
fr it until be knew how
1 Mr. 1 CllliOllV oO( Olintlg 1110 rclH'l-
lion. The- bnve some very liberal
and large-minded men in the West,
we presume, but they don't send them
ill to Congress. Xetc York Time.
Wno Ark Tiii.t ! We invite onr
countrymen, says tho National hitrl
igmrcr, to a strict scrutiny of the char
acter of those men who clamor most
and more than a madman's lolly, lhit
the most truculent of today tere the
most servile of yesterdy. The bully
in unilormly a coward. The tyrant
Ftrippcd of his power is ever a slave,
lor the man who would consent to im -
pose a la le8 rule on another in one
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woo lias nul tue raanuuvu ik itm .t
to r-.ci-t H in li cn p'-rmn.
f ftay in the Hump,
We present our leaders the follow
ing account of the "rumpus" which
took place in the loyal wigwam at
Washington mi tho 2M inst., while
the granting of one million of dollars
for the Southern Sufferer was under
consideration in ttump No. 2. It will
bo observed that the Beast charges
Bingham with murdering an innocent
woman, whilo ho in turn shows the
Beast to have been n bummer ull his
life. Thus, is again illustrated tho
old adage, that when rogues quarrel,
honest men get their duos. Had somo
"Cop" charged thoso two celebrities
of being murderers and cowaids, it
would have been "treason," but now
that they have done it themselves we
suppose loyalists will accept it as gos
pel of tho loyal dispensation, and a
prime articlo at that. Tho actors in
tho debato ure ull of tho "loyal" breed
except Mr. Hldridgo, who is an un
flinching Democrat from Wisconsin,
and refused to have the hero of tho
Dutch Gap "bottled itn" niritin. The
reader will observe that Butler ae-
knowledgesdisuuion,und also declares
that Mrs. Surratt was illegally exe
cuted. Hut to tho debate :
Mr. WoonnRinoK, of Vermont, tor
the purpose of showing that the Uni
on soldiers a lio had suffered in rebel
prisons were themselves in favor of
this bill, rctnl from the New York
Titnrs a letter from a Union soldier
now living in Hutlund, Vermont.
Mr. Logan, of Illinois, whilo not
considering that as an argument, quot
ed aguinst it the resolutions adopted
in meetings of associations of the
Grand Army of the Hcpuhlicin Wash
ington, New York and elsewhere.
Mr. WooiniitliOK declared that if
such association consisted of soldiers,
they were wanting in the first ele
ment that distiiiguinhcd a coward
from a brave man. Applause on the
floor
Mr. HnooMAl., of Pennsylvania, sup
ported the amendment ottered by Mr.
liinirhnin, and trusted it would be
adopted, and that tho joint resolution
us thus amended shouid be passed.
Mr. LotiAN, in reply to Mr. Wood
bridge, could not see what the ques
tion of bravery and soldiery conduct
had to do with tho passage or defeat
of the resolution. Ik-disliked to hear
those remarks of the gentleman from
Vermont, lie did not think it came
in good grace from a man w ho had
never hud the opportunity of testing
his eoiirnge so us to know whether he
was a brave man or not. If this res-
olution passed he would propose that
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like aid be granted to those who are
suffering from inundation in the Ohio
and Mis-ixsippi vulleys.
Mr. Hi ti.kk, referring to the inti
mation made by Mr. Woodbridge the
other day that he (Mr. Butler) was
not a statesman, said he agreed to
lhat, and bad just escaped being a
statesman by lulling to be elected to
tho Thirty-ninth Congress.
-Mr. ooiiliiiiiKiE denied that he had
said any such thing.
Mr. Hi'tlkr Then the gentleman
from Vermont means to say that 1
am a Statesman. 1 am very much
obliged to him. Laughter As to
the action of tho soldiers of the (irand
Army of tho Keptiblfr, I received from
them, unsolicited, 8 resolution approv
ing my course, and so long us 1 have
the approval of the soldiers of the ar
my, I can very well do without that
of thoso who were not out of tho soil
cushions of this House duringtho en
lire war. Laughter on tho Demo
cratic side.
The debato went on for a consider
able time, and with somo considera
ble asperity tif feeling, and wns par
licipaleil in b) Messrs. Schenck, Law
rence of Ohio, Pile, Miller, Fares
worth, Hronmnll, Shellabarger, But
ler and Bingham.
In the courae of the debate Mr. But
ler spoko of Mr. Bingham as having
gone over to the other side of the
House not only in body but in spirit,
and reminded him of what that "great
nnd good man," President Johnson,
had done w hile Provisional Governor
of Tennessee, in taxing welfllby reb
els to support poor families.
Mr. Bi mi it am, in noticing this al
lusion, sakl it does not become a gen
tleman who recorded bis rote fifty
times (Mr. Kldridge suggested fitty
seven times) lor the arch traitor of
the rebellion for the Presidency of tha
United Slates, to undertake to cast an
imputation cither on my integrity or
on my honor. I repel with scorn and
comcnipi anv nueranre oi inui kiiiii
by any man, whether ho be the hero
of Fort Fisher taken, or the hero of
Fort Fisher not taken. Roars of
laughter on both sides of the House,
the Democratic sido of the House
manifesting peculiar enjoyment of the
scene and encouraging Mr. Bingham.
1 also stand here, sir, in the mime ot
llio Amerienil people to repel with
scorn and contempt to levy charities
by confiscation in violation of the
Constitution of my country. That,
sir, is tho propositi.-.n w hich the gen
tleman (Mr. Butler) declares to utter
in an American Congress in the sa-
1 ored name of charity
Applauac and
la tighter.
Air. Bi'ti.fr rose lo reply, hut the
Chairman announced that the time to
which the House had limited debate
had expired
Mr. IliTl.v.R asked tho privilege of
the House to reply to the gentleman
i from Miio,
The Chairman said the rrentlmaii
could not ask that privilege of the
House when the House was in corn
mil tee of the Whole.
Mr. El.rKili expressed the h"e
that the irenllemitn from Aliisaaclm-
setts would get the opportunity he i records that have gone to tho country way I y Ihe people. Congrr, hnw
asketl. It was a snbh-et which his i nnd the worhl 1 ilMV ihe reiiLlemun's ever, dechires that these constitutions
(Mr. Kldriiljre'H) nide of the House
would 1 1 Up to hear ventilated.
The Chairman Raid that Ihe Com
mittco would have to riso for that
iiii'ot-o, a ft lliu Commitlee tvtin ueU
inij under direct order of the Jlotife.
chwinc the debate.
1 he ( ommitteo rose, having nrt
a.-rccd lo Mr. I.inphnm amendment,
! ottered when the llonsc" went into
1 committee lo-dny.
j M r. llcTl.r.n then aaked uninimoub
I .... l - ...
ij j t iiuwriii iu rii an tor len minuter.
Vr. rt.titiir-r-r fTprcf-'d the h
that tho House would not "bottlo np"
the gentleman from Massachusetts.
Laughter
Unanimous consent having been
given.
Mr. HtTl.r.R expressed his infitiilo
obligations to tho Uouno for its kind
ness, and said : 1 have never conceal-1
ed tho fact which is now so otVenseive
ly put forward, thatl voted for Jeffer
son Davis in tho convention of my
party hliy-soven times. 1 thought
him tho representative man of the
South, and hoped tlicruby to save the
threatened uisunion which ajipeareti
in tho distance. I was foiled, and
disunion camo. Tho difference be
tween mo and tho honorable gentle
man from Ohio is this : that whilo
Jefi'crson Davis was a Senator of the
United States, and was claiming to he
a friend of tho Union, I supported him;
while tho gentleman (Mr. Bingham)
supports him whilo be is a traitor. I
have changed my support. Laugh
ter I saw tho error of in)' way and
repented. But I did not expect a
blow to bo aimed at mo in that direc
tion from tho side of tho House which
supported him then, has supported
biin ever since, and it still supporting
him and bis friends. Laughter and
applause. J
Mr. Bint'hnm's seal is on tho Dem
ocratic sido of tho House Reporter.
I did not mean to impugn the honor
or integrity of the gentleman from
Ohio. 1 only said I thought be was
leading the otltcr side of the House.
Mr. Binoiiam If the gentleman
had qualified his words by saying he
thought so,l would not have said one
worth
Mr. BrTi.m I never speak any
thing 1 do not t'.iink. Luughter and
applause 1 will not try to repeat
the words 1 nsca. 1 said the gentle
man hud gone in spirit, f s ho had
gone in body, oTer to the other side
of the House. thought so then; I
think so now. 1 said so then ; I say
so now, (latighttr,) and 1 cannot take
it back, sir. Sanifestations of en
couragement. The gentleman hits
had a good tato to attack me, for the
reason that 1 could not do any more
injury to the entn-ics of my country.
1 did the tast 1 could. Other men of
more ability could do more. And no
man is ready to give them higher plau
dit for their valor, their discretion and
their conduct than myself. Because
I could not do mere, I led exceedingly
chagrined.
It' during the war the gentleman
from Ohio (Mr. Bingham) did as much
as I did in that direction I should be
glad to recognize that much done.
But the only victim of the gentleman's
prowes that 1 know of was an inno
cent woman, hanged npon the scaffold.'
His only victim in the war was Mrs.
Surratt 1 can sustain the memory of
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Fort Fiher, if he and his associates
can sustain him injhc blood of a wo
man tried by a military commission
and condemned without sufficient ev
idence, in m j- judgment.
Mr. Hikoiiam asked and obtained
five minutes to reply. Ho said : Af
ter ten years of service in this house,
gentlemen will look in vain lor any
remarks of mine personal to mortal
man on tltis floor, mto when I was
gratuitously assailed by others. 1
have observed tho amenities of debate
and the amenities ol personal conduct
out of the House, in such form, I trust
as entitles me to the respect and con
sideration of thoso who know me best.
But tlse gentleman (Mr. Butler.) while
ho talks tif matters of taste, chooses
to constitute bimseir my judge touch
ing the integrity of my conduct as a
sworn representative of the people;
and when ho come tc make, his reply
to me, feeling that be bad done a dis
honor to hiinwlf and n injustice to
me, undertakes to qualify his rash
judgment by saying that he only said
lie I hough so.
Sir, if ho had said nt first that he
thought so, it never would have dis
turbed my unanimity, for 1 would
have concerned riysclf just as much
about what he thought as I would
about "Who killed Cock Robin."
Luughter. Thcgentleman has shown
tho samo want of consideration for
the rights of others in tho remarks
whieh bo has iust made by favor of
the House. By w hat remark does be
const ittite himself a judge to say of me,
to sav of men who were his peers
the field of conflict when the earth
quaked, that the blood of innocence
is on my hands.
Does the gentleman mean to say in
his sweeping judgment that it is also
on the hands of those bravo men who
constituted by the warrant of your
President a court to pronounce the fi
nal judgment, without which nobody
could have hoen executed. Sir, I ro.
i pt
cat in tho luiigtinrre of a man, the
; hitchet of whose shoes the gentleman
Urns not worthy to unloose, who said
j that be would patiently bear first,
and consider and prorioiinee judgment
nllerwanls. In the Unguao of the
great 1ord High CJtanoellor of F.ng-
iand, notTt ithstundirtg tho u'terances
of a cynical poet Hint ho was "the
greatest, wisct, meanest of mankind,"
1 will s;iy that, whether tho blood ol
innocence is on my hands or not, I
lenvo to the charitable "speeches of
men and to future ages," the great
question connected wilh the assassi
nation ol the chosen of tho people, by
which be was cut down in the pres
ence of his reinicinrr eountrvmcn. not
lor hr crimes but for liis virtues
! iniiriiiiirinr' a his rreat soul went
; tip t." the common Father of us all,
J" charily towards nil and malice to.
; wirds none." It was lit that the
means by which bis taken off was ac
complished should bo ascertained and
determined. When summoned to do
It 1 Jiroii rucu mill i ns iiim i'iiiai it' j
I tie iiisk, nnu those won caueu me 10
that work know best with w hat rcluc-
' uncc I entered n non it
Rut ith mv
own uresent coiivietions and with the
calumt.v.
Hero'thc fall ol tho Speaker' ham-
tier announced the termination of
ilr. liingham'a five minutes.
mm
The Trenton. N. J. Gazrttc state
that the literary ocoundrcU in ttie
: ''"'""""T i""" " f'ulH
iv-:....' . .. ...... -.i
"'""(? weekly newspnper. e nave
j n doubt but that it is lillcd with loy-
alty and "cnind moral iileas."
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M is Tj-intrd nl PI
VETO OF THE SUPPLEMENTARY
MILITARY DESPOTISM BILL.
The President sent the following ve
to of tho Supplementary despotism
Bill into tho Hump on Saturday lust.
It was taken up It once, and the Hill
passed over the Veto by 1 1 i yeas to
25 nays in tho House, and Ult yeas to
7 nays in the Senate :
This bill provides for tho elections
in the ten Slates brought under the
operation ot tiie original act to winch
it l sujiiiluiitcutary. Jts details aro
principully directed to tho elections
lor tho lot mation ol tho State consti
tutions. But by the sixth section ol
tho bill all elections in these Statu oc
curring whilo tho original act remains
in force are brought within its pur
view. Heferring to the details, it will
bo found that, first of all, there is to
bo a registration of tho voters. No
ono whoso nnmo has not been admit
ted on tho list is lo bo allowed to vole
at any of these elections. To ascer
tain w ho Is entitled to registration, re
ference is made necessary by tho ex
press language of the supplement to
the original act of the pending bill.
The filth section to the originul act
provides as to voters, that they shall
bo mule citizens of tho State, twenty
one years old and upward, of whatev
er race, color, or previous condition,
who has been a resident of said Slate
for one year; this is tho general qual
ification, lollowed, however, by many
exceptions. No one can be register
ed according to tho original act who
may bo disfranchised lor participa
tion in the rebellion, a provision which
left, undetermined the question as to
what amounted to disfranchisement,
and whether without a judiciul sen
tence the act itself produces that ef
fect. This supplemental bill sujwr
adds an oath to be taken by every
erson, before bis name can be admit
ted upon the registration, that be bus
not been disfranchised for parlicnpa
tion iu any rebellion or civil war
against the United Suites. It thus
imiHHtes upon every person the neces-
i sity and responsibility of deciding for
i himself, under the ncril of nunishment
113- a military commission, if he makes
a mistake, what workB dislranchise
ment by participation in rebellion,
and what amounts to such participa
tion. Almost every man, the negro as
well as the while, above twenty-one
years of age, who was resident in
these ten States during the rebellion,
voluntarily or involuntarily, at some
time and in some way did participate
in resiKtance to the lawful authority
of the general government. The
question with the citir.cn lo whom this
oath is to be proposed must he a fear
ful one, for while the bill docs not de
clare that perjury may be assigned
for such fulse swearing, nor fix any
penalty for tho offense, wo must not
forget that martial !arr prjvui!., t!:at
every jierstm is answerable to milita
ry commission without previous pre
sentment by a grand jury for any
charge made against him, and thai
the supreme authority of the military
commander determines tho question
as to what is an oflense, and w hat is
to be the measure of punishment. The
fourth section of the bill provides thai
the commanding general of each dis
trict shall appoint a many boards of
registration as may be necessary, con
sisting of three loyal officers or per
sons. The only qualification stated
for these officers is. that they must be
loyal. They may be persons in the
military se rvice or civilians, residents
of the State or strangers, yet these
persons are to c.crcisc most impor
tant duties, and are vested with un
limited discretion. They are to de
cide what names shnll he placed upon
tho register, and from their decision
there is to bo no appeal. They are
to superintend the elections, and to
decide nil questions which may arise.
They are to have the cuttodv of the
ballots, and to make return of the per
sons elected, whatever frauds or er
rors they may commit must pass with
out redress. All that is left for the
commanding general is to receive the
returns of the election, open the same,
and ascertain who are chosen accord
ing to the returns of the officers who
conducted such elections. By such
means, and with this sort of agency,
are the conventions of delegates to be
constituted.
As the delegates are to speak fir
tho people, common justice would
seem to enquire that they should have
authority from the people themselves.
No convention so constituted will in
cny sense represent tho wishes of the
inhabitants of these Slates; for under
the ull-cmbrncing exceptions of these
laws, by a construction which the un
certainty of the clause as to disfran
chisement leaves open to the board of
officers, the great body of the people
may be excluded from the polls, and
from all opportunity of expressing
their own wishes, or voting for the
delegates who will faithfully reflert
their sentiments I do not deem it
necessary further to investigate the
details of this bill. No consideration
could induce me to give my approval
to such an election law ir any pur
p ise, and especially for the great pur-
tiose of framing tho constitution of
a Stntc. If ever the American citi
zen should be left to the free exercise
of his own judgment, it is when be is
cnirng'cd in the work of forming the
; fundamental
law tinner which lie is
: to live. 'I hat work
is bis work, and
it cannot properly be taken out of his
hands. All this legislation proceeds j
upon the contrary aisnmption th.it :
the people of each of tho States shall j
have no constitution except such as
maybe arbitrarily dictate, by Con-1
cress, and formed tinder the restraint
inf military rule. A plain statement
of facts make this cvidrr.t. In all
Itbese state tht iv are existing con-
' stitutions formed in the nernstomeil
j aro not " loyal and republican " and
i rrftiires the people to form thrm anew,
j What,t'nen, in theopinion of l'ongres,
is necessary to make the constitution
J of a State "hval and republican ?'
! The original nt t anawera the finestion.
, It is tho universal fcro auf rn
i. i : i. ! - l-. t--. ls-
! fittest ton ii linn Liie rtuerat t tuisinn-
: ,inn )rnr, ,,, Statea thcmselve.
i A (.;ii1,;vc ,nnchincry or mnr-
j a aWi riTilitar3- cocrtion, and politi-
' ral disfr'ancliiseuient, ia arowc llv for
i . .
that ptinioi-e, and none Other. I lie
or-jttTti"pnf t' ton Sf't'-
conform to tho acknowledged stand- porience through whieh the nstion
nrds of loyalty and republicanism. ; has pushed we shall all come to know
Indeed, if tiiere arc degrees in repult- i that otir only ssl'rty is in the j rc-er-lican
forms of government, thoir con- vatioo of our Federal Coin-tilulit u,
stitutions Mre more republican now ami in according to everv An eric n
. , ... .i . . ... c r .!... i . .. . . . . -i
mail wncn iney were niiinw, wur ui
which were memoers wnen uto iingi
nal thirteen lirt became member of
the Union. Corgrcss does not de-
ihiiiiiI that a single provision of their
constitutions bo changed, except such
as confine suffrage to tho white popu
lation. It is apparent that those pro-J
visions do not conform to the standard
of republicanism which Congress seeks
to establish. That there may bo no
mistake, it is only necessary that ref
erenco should be made to the original
act, whieh declares "such constitution
shall provide that the elective fran
chise ahull be enjoyed by all such per
sons as havo tho qualifications herein
slated for electors of delegiel."
What class of crsons is hero meant
clearly aiiiiears in tho same section ;
that is to bay, "The nialo citizens of j
said Slate, twenty-one years old and
upward, of whatever ruco r color or
previous condition, who have been
resident in said State for one year pre
vious to the Jay of such election."
Wilhout those provisions no Consti
tution which can bo framed in any one
of tho ton States will be of any avail
with Congress. This, then, is the
test of what the constitution of a
State of this Union must contain to
mako it republican. Measured by
such a standard, how few of the States
now composing the Union have repub
lican cotihtitutions ! If, in the exer
cise of tho constitutional guarantee
that Congress shall secure to every
State a republican form of government
universal suffrage for blacks as well
as whites, is a nine qua non ; the work
of reconstruction, may as well begin
in Ohio as Virginia ; in Pennsylvania
as in North Carolina. When 1 con
template the millions of our fellow
citizens of the South, with no alterna
tive left but to impose upon themselves
this fearful and untried experiment of
complete m'rro enfranchisement, and
.. 1 j- r i- t
i in vv umu Bin uirt uiuiii n uwj
almoM as comiilw or submit indi-fi-nitely
to tbe rigor of martial law,
without a single attribute of fn-emen ;
deprived of all the Mured guarantees
of our Federal Constitution, and threa
tened with even worec wrongs, if any
u-orsft are T)Oft-ihli it fctv-nia to me
,i , , . .1. , j rB ii,
UJL' yu,UiUUU 13 ,l,wuir" '-"'.puUierondi thenot niong aad road to tkepiaosof
to whirb an people can be reuutt d. , Leci&ninc;
1 1 i true that they have Leer, enpag Ctmtaifling FLJ-one Acres
ed in rebellion, nd that their olytt-t j And fuoru, . rrf,
being M'paration of the State and i and having thereon erected a dwallmg kouta. for-
a dissolution ol the I uion, tiiere "
an obligation restincr upon everj loy
al titiztn to treat them as enetnien,
and to wage war against their cause.
Inflexilily opposed to any moveraetit
iinperilling the intej;Hty of the gov
ernment, 1 hesitate, to urge the adup
tion of all meaRure necessary for the
nurpreion of the insurrection. After
a long and terrible Btmgi,!e, the effort
of the government were triumphant
ly r-ueeeesfut, and tho people of the
South, tuhmittitig to the stern arbi
trament, jij'ded 1'orcvrr the issue of
tho contest. Hostilities terminated
noon after it became mv- dutv to as-
snnie the rcsponsihilities of the Chief
l.xctutive omccr ol tlio republic. i
at once endeavored to repress and I
coiitrcil the ra'ion which our civil i
strife had engendered, and, no longer
regarding these erring millions at en
emies, again acknowledged them as
our countrymen. The war had ac
complished its object; the nation was
saved, and that kcminal ptincipal of
mischief, which, from tho birlh of the
government bad gradually but inevi
tably broug'it on the rebellion, was
totally eradicated. Then, it si-emcd
to mc, was the auspicious lime lo com
mence the work ol reconciliation :
then, when the people sought once
more cur friendship and protection, I
considered it our duty generously to
meet them in the spirit id charity and
forgiveness, and to conquer them even
moro effectually by t'ie magnanimity
of the nation than by the lorce of its
arms.
yet believe thai if the policy of
reconciliation then inaugurated, and
which contemplated an early restora
tion of these people to alt their politi
cal rights, had received the support
of Congress, every one ot these ten
States, and all their people, would at
this moment be fast anchored in the
Union, and the great work which
gave the war all ita sanction, and
made it just and holy, would have
been accomplished. Then, over the
vast and fruitful regions of the South,
peace and its bles-inga would have
prevailed, while now millions are de
prived of rihU guaranteed by the
Constitution to every citizen, nnd af
ter nearly two years of legislation,
find themselves placed under an abso
lute inililury despotism. 'A military
republic a government formed on
mock elections, and supported only by
the sword," was near a quarter of a
century since pronounced by Paniel
Webster, when speaking of ttie South
American Stutes, as "a movement in
deed, but a ri'lroi'Kilo and disastrous
movement from the regular and old j
fashioned monarchical system." And
he added: '-If men would enjoy the
blessings of republican government,
they must govern thcmselvt-s hy rea
son, by mutual counsel and consola
tion, by a sense and feclingol general
interest, and by the ocqtiicsi encj of
the minority in the will ol the majori
ty, properly expressed ; and above ail.
the military must be kept, accordinir
to the l.ingu.tce of our bill of iLhls,
in (-trill subordination to the civil au
thority. Wherever this lesson is nu
both learned and practiced, there can
I no political freedom. Absurd, pre
posterous U it, a scoff and a satire on
tree forms of constitution!
liberty,
lor lorms til government to he pre
p,
arriliril lv n.i..u..r i. . ' -
rtlil of fiifl'ritj.'e t he cxen.!ied at the j
point of the aword." I confidently j
believe that a time will como hen'
these State will Occupy their true o- j
sitiona. in the I'nion. J
Tho barrier which now seem o
oloitinate must icld to the force of an '
I enl'jl.lened j n -t pul.iic opinion,
and aoonrr or lalrr nneoimtilulional
nnd oppressive leijisl.ition w :!t be cf
laced lnm our statute lnok. When
this shnll have been rensumitti'il.
pray Vodth.,t the error of the past
may in? liiroitpn, ana that once
moro we shall be a happy, onniled,
and tinwiM ro'i people, and thai
In t., artor the b'Mcr and eventful r.
citizen nun in every " lai . me rii;:,
u Inch that Corihtiitilion s ;.u n.
Am hi w Jc wsv.
Washington, Match 'J.'!, 11,7.
In Knoi township, on the llth instant, FRANK.
LIN IMERTF., son of .V. II. and Cioui.i p.
Paorlts, sired 1 1 yrs, 7 monthr anj I day.
31cu' dffrlisrmrnts.
JOHN H. FULFOFID,
ATI OK St. I AT l.AV,',
Clearfield, Pa.
Offea with J. D. M'tnslly, Esq , over First Xa
tional Hack,
jts-r-oirpl attention rivsn to the teearing
of boanty. Claisas. Ae., an lo all lefal owaiatM.
March !. IBA7 It.
(1AL TION All persons are hereby eauliuned
asrainst purchasing or ia any way meddling
with the following porsonal property, now in pos
session of John Lyons, of Brady township : 1 oook
stovr, I eoal Move, 4 pairof bedsteads and beduiog,
I table, I clock, I Woking -glaes, oaphoo.nl,
chairs, dishes and crocks, as Uio muic bowels to
me and is subject to tnv order,
marie. St pd JOtti'ii P03TLETIHVAIT.
NORMAL SCHOOL.
THE Nvrmal Kchoo mil be opened in Canru
Tille, on tite okuh Ut of April, ,xx coutuiM
in iwMio elerca week. Tber will be an mot
mnt nuuie t ccoaa.bdatc nil tencben nnd papain
wbo esa ream m lougmr lUnn one etiuun, to n
tiibtT voder dt charge or that of lb Aiiutn&t
Teacfarr, or of both.
Ttnvt or tvitiof:
Teaehen, per tetjion, from $3 to $iV I be mom
iMrbert in n-ttenAaMt, tha lea the .anion.
Pupils, per .M-Mion. wba de aw pnrff leach iog,
or are nul ouoopetrat to tench, tlw coiaina; winhat,
tt. Tuition to be paid in adac and applied to
the parmaot of no OMifttant fa-arhT.
M. W. e.tKK, Co. tpu
K. AH papili. ono can iter tbe Normal
elaaara, will be aUimtM. Mar.?VJt.
OUS'HAN'M COUKT ALL tji'
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
T Y virtue of aa order of to Orphaftf Court of
It I
Cicarbeld eoasjtv, fa-.tbefollowirc deaerioed
I.eaJ trials, lata Uia troDenv of WILLIAM S.
r.vilLlY, dwwed, annate in i-rajy township.
i ",d . ?
i highest nnd neat bid tier, in th Tiiia of Lultara
barg. on Saturday, the 5 I'm daj of April, 1;C;, oi
1 o clock, f. M., Ill :
ALL THAT TRACT OF LAND
Situale a aforeaaid, botaoded td jerribeiaJ fbl
krr: Mrg inning nt n putt on tbe fbaffer rond and
on line erf Auel Urouk; tbenoe went ninety -c
percnos to a port ; Utesnor aouth teigbrT-orTut. pr o
ei (l l powt; tiieuca east one unndred nuj fir
perrhet to n post : Uiene north tnirtj perch to n
t rbeMnot, dwwn ; tbenoe went iweJre perebe totao
, ,7.,?:'"' ,"7 a-eseo.
TLUUa: Cash oa cont. -wianit of rsle.
fi All AH t. MILr.
Marek 2!, lr7 4t Adnimairatriz.
MARBLE WORKS.
Italian and Vermont Marble
Finished In the UigUeit
S.)le of Ihe Art.
TIIE nWerikcr Wr leave to aoaooaeo to tbo
rititews of CWartielo eoasity. that bo kaa
opened a Marhlo Yard IB tfc, bvroorh of Cloar.
Arid ow tbo 8otli west former of Market ssd
Farta atrcots. wocro bo is prepare t Msoa
faetara all fciada of Alaibia Wwk. aaeb aa
T-yjj n, bTOXES
MONUMENTS,
TOMES.
Box and Side Tombs.
CEilETELY POST.,
CRADLE TOMES,
MANTLES. PH ELVES.
AND BRACKETS.
Ht tartars bisaaelf tiat bo la aMs ts rs9tN
witb tbo aaaoofaetorers oa sido of tlo csnrrv.
Either in Workmanship cr Price,
And ttsrtfore aotieits tbo patronajtt of tbo real -
I avoaitj. All inqairin ij letter promptur aa-
swered.
Ksr-h
!.!' t'.
wm. h.
SherilT's Sale.
BT Tirtoo of n wr t of Teatatntn Firi raelan
Waned oal of tbo Cwrt t.f ( ctmnsnn f eaa
ot C'.iatQC onontv. and to no dirtrtod. Uere will
no aifoed t f obi if aato. nt tbo Coart lianivo.
in tbe bomarb of Clea-e.i. on WedaiUy, I Wo
17th Aj of ApHl, at I o'rloek. . m. too
follooing deter. bod Root K'taia. t wit:
AH Iefeodant't iaterotl in and to n eortnii
tract of lnnd iinalo in Karttaaf unoip. Clear
field ooontjr. Pa eoouiainf ooa bat drrd nod
foarneroa. tnoro ot f abt oifbt nartt of
whicb if oleared ad nnlor cntieiinn, baeiof
lharonn oroetod a frict mil., nao null. bleknub
boo. doellina; n-vow vmI bom. edj inin lndt
of Joba KiMlnon, Juba HeiR nnd otbera. Selttd.
taken in oaeewtion, nnd to be ould no tbt proper
it of Jaoieo nocgB.
jK-Ciddert aill take notice tbat ISfveroont.
of tna furrbno tnoncT nanat be oid obtn too
pro pert lo knocked down, or it vi)l bo put an
asaia f'r nto JACOB A. FACST.
f oaitiri-H Omct, I Shar.f.
Clearoeid. fa . Mareb dT I
SherilT's Sale.
BT VIBIt K of a ant of fan mm lone4
oat of tlo Coor of Cean .o tsm of
Cieoifia A oooMv, anil ta bo irorte'lf tbra
will ba eil-ieej to Ft 1UC FALK at In. Coart
Huose ra tbaboruafb of Cloarala M taeonoaaf
tba ITik day of April. 1st;, at I a ejoca, p.
tbo fallowing frafmrlf. ta wit :
Tbrro eerula traota of la4 aitoata ia ft
toww.hlp. CleorAtta onootv. Ia Ono sbaroof
beriaaio at ft bossloeb. tHeooa 4t oeff-se wmx
1 parahoa lo atowe ptla. tboooa S'.a:h oaroafl
west rl rerrbes to bireb, oootb 40 4e(roeo east
laa perrfaea to bewilaeb, aavtb bo slor'aoa oaH
a poreboo to plaes of bertaairf. oauiaia( ,ra
aeroa awd Jt9 poneneo. lseseB4 piera -gia.
aief at a blrrb. enotb it Jetrees .-! 4 J per e Lea
la b.atloeb. aMiib f I 4 f esr w't IS perries ta
piaa. lb 7 Oerroea west !l perrbaa lo p..st.
anb M porvbet o . tor:, .-.ii 4 f "res oast si
pevehes to betaftiec. coataimrr, Jiv aerrs Ita
Ibito piers axciaaiet bemlixk. oortb a -fvoes
weat If perebo. la po.v aortb Ti drfreH
oivt 4? orebea to asten, toatb bt elrreaa west
oa pevrbe. to beg tnoi' (. o.-otaiotr-g 1 wove.
Bt iae. takea ia eaeeotioa. ovd la fca sola as tho
prr..ttT ol Jk Muvrra4 laiaiss MeKoo.
r-LiJders will uks ftotiro tbat II par eeaL
of lbs yoTbaso vwev saoat ba paU wbea tba
t ri'portv ia bocb.4 swi, or it will ba pot ap
sgaia far solo. J ACOB A. fAl --T.
tsimrr i Orn-. I t bar if.
Caartela. Pa. Maieb S. 1'T
VrMIMSTRATtllfS SOTIt'li Notvea
If beret'T frivvai tbat Ktteraof Administrate.
ou the rstate ol ltarlra Eilirrrr, oVevaseA. late of
llraiv anwtiship. Ckariirli ewuntv. Pa., baro tbn
dav beow dulv s;ranti to tho ocfirs rwed.to wb"sa
' 1 wwanaa indented to said etae will ploaoe faska
pavsaeot. aod tbose bar ug eaims or deasaftdt win
1
LI MN'.cn,
A-l'O'Oistrator.
Msr-b II, l:-t.
To Builders.
OFLr.P rRitSAl.s w,ll be reeiel aa'.n
O Thoi.lav. Apnl 4, lsr.7. I.v tho Board of
r.b'x'.l I'lrertoes of fwrwraw ille WTourh lot lar
aib:rf wiatenel arA ereetias banU'n to acet'SB
wtoflale tSe s. hrM nf too aaul bor.i.b. T sji
ao-l qieeibea: .ns ftiav le seea bv -ajl.a oa lbs
beereianr. Hv orles of the Hrmr I
A. li. tE'Jl.'itt ta. 5e. J.
u-rev-s il'e. Va-rb !., lr.. w..v. . .t
f t.l'TItl-Ail prrs..na a,-e bvwJ v eaalio-rA
against paerha'
1 C ev tf 1 e - f.-rtweeer-
bN'sfnnMeTS"
oo. ra ..ac bv MHir baaarea
; J T!Tu. rTTT..
rirea te W.:ll,m baivr bx the wr. le-rirweA. a 1
ever rreeirel anv rooviderstiow la sa-4 a.a".
at , "!T rT-?" ,!,.T..rr.w t
j eorvpollod bv Uw.
AM'rir'w Kirutu.
. iy fi