1
. . HN60N AND GRANT.
y of tho "In-oprrsFiblo Conflict."
Another Ninety D.ys Affair
Brewing.
s Irrtdcnt Vntlornrtl bij Mi
" V'holf tahtmt, txrrpt
Slant on,
I t 1 hnrpee Cirnut with Insubordination,
md thru Prove II .;raiit Doiilcn
, tlio HoIX luiueacliiui-ut.
" lie President, on tlio llih instant,
in eecordnneo with a resolution, sent
t. i) following correspondouee to the
I: :rp House, together with letters
fi-vni tho Cabinet endorsing his stato
liu'tits, and thus thifling the question
cl' veracity on Grant's shoulders:
Executive Mansion, )
VY AsniNOTON, 1'tbrvary 10, lSiiK. )
IIferal : The extraordinary char
acter of your letter ot the 3d inst.
wo. ild seem to preeludo any reply on
my part, Cut tlio manner in which
publicity has been piven to the cor
respondence of which that letter forms
a part, and the grave questions which
bin.- involved, induce me to tako this
t-ro of giving as a proper sequel to
ti o oommunieations which have pass
ed between us, the statements of the
five members of the Cabinet, who
were present on tho occasion of our
conversation on the 14th ult. Copies
of the letters which they haveaddress
cd to mo upon tho subject arc accord
ingly herewith enclosed.
i'ou speak of. my letter of tho 1st
ult., as a reiterative of tho many and
grots misrepresentations contained in
certain newsppaen articles, and reas
sert the correctness of the statements
contained in your communication of
the 2Sth ult., adding, and hero I give
your own words, "anything in yours
in reply to it the contrary nulwith
t.tami ing."
When u controversy upon matters
of fact reaches tho point to which this
hfio been brought, further assertion
or denial between the immediate par
ties; should cease, especially when
upon either sido it loses the character
ot tbo respectful discussion which is
reqtiircd by the relations in which the
parties stand to each other, and de
generates in tone and temper. In such
a esse, if there is nothing to rely upon
but the opposing statements, con
clusions must be drawn' from those
etaiements alone, and from whatever
intrinsic probability they afford in
fovor of or against either of tho par
ties. I should not shrink from the
controversy, but fortunately it is not
left to this test alone. There were
fjva Cabinet officers present at the
conversation, the details of which were
given in my letter oftho2Sth ult.,
which you allow yourself to say, con
tains many and gross misrepresenta
tions. These gentlemen heard that
conversation, and have read my state
ment. They speak for themselves,
end; I leave the proof without a word
of comment.
I deem it proper before concluding
tliii communication, to notice somo of
' tho statements contained in your letter,-
You say that a performance of
the promises alledged to havo been
mado by you to the 1'resident, would
bate involved "a resistance to law and
an inconsistency with tho whole his
tory of my connection with tho sus
pension of Mr. Stanton." You then
state that you had fears the President
vou!d, on the removal of Stanton, ap
point someone inhisp'aee who would
embarrass the army in carrying out
the reconstruction acts, and add, "it
was to prevent such an appointment
that I accepted tho oflieo of Secretary
off War adinterum, and not for the
purpose of enabling you to got rid ol
ilt. Stanton by my withholding it
from him in opposition to tho law, or,
not doing so myself, surrendering it
to one who would, ai tho statements
Mid assumptions in your communica
tion plainly indicate, it was sought."
First of all you here admitthat from
the very beginning of what 3-011 term
your whole history of yourcounection
with Mr. Stanton's suspension, you in
tended to circumvent tho 1'resident.
It w as to carry out that intent that
yon accepted the appointment. This
was in your mind ut the lime of your
acceptance. I twits not then in oltedi
4 nee to tho order of your superior, as
bortoforo been supposed, that you as
Miiiied the duties of the ollico. You
knew it was the President's purpose
to prevent Mr. Stanton from resuming
the oflieo of Secretary of War, and
you intended to defeat that purpose.
You accepted tlio ollico, not in the
interest of tho President, but of Mr.
J-Unlon. If this puipo-se, so ctiler
tuitied by you, had been confined to
yourself; if, when accepting the otlice.
j ou had done so with 11 mental reser
vation to lusti-ate tho President, it
would have been a deception. In the
i"!iics of sonic persons such a course
is allowable ; but you cannot stand
even upon that questionable ground,
'i iidhistory ol your connection with
tl.ifl transaction, as written by your
self, place you in n dillereiit predica
ment, and bhows that you not only
concealed your design from the Pres
ident but induced him to suppose that
vou would carry out his purpose to
Li op Mr. Stanton out of ctlico by re
J.'Miing it yourself after an attempted
restoration of tho Senate, so as to re
quire Mr. Stanton to establish bis
fi. lit by judicial decision.
I now give that part of this history
f(s written by yourself in your letter
cf the the 2th ult. :
' .--nif time after I e.Miiri-d the dutic. nf SVrr
t- v tt War orf itrm, the 1'iT.idi-tit .ke-l my
s-' w lo the nittrm Mr. Stantnn would hnrr '
-ee in reee the Srni.tr should not emicur in hi.
f" i -ri.i.'h to iil.tnin ormioii of the stf-e. Mv
rt :v ww, in MiHtanci tint Mr. Stanton w.ml.l
Iu - tft apnea! to the mnrt to rein1nto liiin, illu.
O my jMisttion lir nil itir tor rronnd 1 hud
t. -n in the once ot the bitlliuiort Fuliac Cumuli.
(nr..-,."
''OW at that time, as you adm't in
y nr letter of tho 3d inst., you held
t l.e oflieo for the very object of del'cat
':: an appeal to the Courts. In that
i'-uer yon fay that in accepting the
f ' e, one motive was to prevent the
.1 ; tident from appointing some other
J n who would retain possession,
1
r
tv 1
nv
i thus mako judicial proeceilings
"sary. Yon knew the President
unwilling to trust tho oflieo with
one who could not, by holding it,
pel Mr. Stanton to resort to the
GEO. B. GOODLANDER, Proprietor.
VOL. -10 "WHOLE NO.
Courts. You perfectly understood that
in this interview, somo time alter you
accepted the ofliee. tho President, not
content with your silence, desired an
expression of your views, and you
answerod bint that Mr Stanton would
havo loappeal to the Courts. Iftho Pres
ident had reposed confidence beforo
ho knew your views, nnd that confi
dence had been violated, it might have
been said that lie made a mistake ;
but a violation of confidenco reposed
after that conversation was no mis
tako ol bis or yours. It in tho fact
only that needs to bo stated that at
tho ditto of this conversation, you did
not intend to bold tho orlico with tho
purposo of forcing Mr. Stanton into
Court, but did bold it then and had
accepted it, lo prevent this course from
being carried out. In other words,
you said to the President, that is the
proper course, and you said to your
self, "1 have accepted this ollico and
now bold it to defeat that course."
The excuse you make iu a subse
quent paragraph of that letter of the
2Xth ull.,'tbat uftcrwurdsyou cbangod .
your views as to what would bo a where they differ from anything here
proper course, Las nothing to do with ! tofore stated by me, 1 proposo to no-
tlio point now under consideration,
Tho point is, that before you changed
your views. 3-011 bad secretly determ
ined to do tho very thing which ut
last you tlid surrender the ollico to
Mr. Stanton. You may have changed j,ose to disobey nny legal orders of
your views as to the law, but you ccr-1 tlio President distinctly given, but on
lai.'ily did not change your views asy gave an interpretation ol what
to the course vou had marked out for would be regarded ns satisfactory cv-
yourself from the beginning.
1 will only notice one inoro state
ment in your letter of tho "A inst.,
that the promises which it is alledged
were nuulo by yon, would have involv
ed you in the' resistaiiceof law. I know
of no statuto'that would havo been
violated, had you carried out your
promises in good faith, and tendered
your resignation when you concluded
not to be made n party in any legal
proceedings. You add, ,-I 11111 in a
measure confirmed in this conclu"ion
by your recent orders, directing 1110
to disobey orders from the Secretary
of War, mv superior and your subor
dinate. Whitbout having counter
manded his authority to issuo orders
I am to disobey."
On the 24th ult , you addressed a
nolo to tho President, requesting in
writling an order given to you ver
bally fivo days before, to disregard
orders from Mr. Stanton Secretary
of War, until you k'new from the Pres
ident himself that they were his or
ders. On tbo 2'.th, in compliance with
your request, 1 did give you instruc
tions iu writling not to obey any or
dcrfrom tbo War lep:irlment assum
ed to bo issued by the direction of the
President, unless such order is known
by tbo (ieneral commanding tho arm
ies of tho United States to havo been
authorized by tho Executive.
There aro somo orders which a
Secretary of war may issuo without
tho authority of the President; there
are others which ho issues simply as
the agent of the President, and which
purport to bo by direction of tbo Pres
ident. For such orders the President
is responsible, und ho should therefore
know nnd understand what they are
before giving such direction.
Mr. Stanton, in his letter of tho 4th
inst., which accompanies the publish
ed correspondence with the President
since tbo 12th of August last, further
says that sinco ho resumed the duties
of the olliee, ho has continued to dis
charge them without an' personal or
written communication with the Presi
dent, und ho adds "no orders have
been issued front this Department in
the naino of the President with my
knowledge, and 1 havo received no
orders from him." It thus seems that
Mr. Stanton now discharges tho du
ties of tho Wnr Department without
any re.'crence to tho President, and
without using his namo. My order to
you had only referenco to orders as
sumed to be issued by the President.
It would nppcar from Mr. Stanton's
letter that you have received no such
orders from hi in.
Iu your nolo to tbo President of
thelioih ult., in which you acknowl
edge the receipt of the written order
id' the 2!Uh, ytu say that you have
been informed by Mr. Stanton that he
has not, received any order limiting
his authority to issuo 01 tiers to the
army according to tlio practice of the
Department, and Hutu 'that while
this authority to the WarDepfirtiiient
is not cntnitenni'.nded, it will bo satis
factory evidence to me that nny or
ders issued from the War Department
by direction of the President aro au
thorized by tho Executive." Tho
Prcsiden, issues an order to 3-ou to
obey no order from tho War Depart
ment puporting to be mado by direc
tion of tho President until you have
referred it to him for approval. You
re-ply you have received tho Presi
dent's order and will not obey it, but
will obey nn order purporting to be
given by bis direction, if it comes
from tbo Wnr Department. You will
obey bis indirect order. If, as you
say, tboro has been a praclico in
tbo War Department to issuo or
ders in tbo name of tbo President,
without bis direction, docs not tho
preeiso order you havo requested nnd
nave received, chango the practice as
lo tho lieneral of tho army f Could
not tbo President countermand any
such order issued in tbo naino of the
President to do a special act, and or
der directly from tho President not to
do the net? Is there n doubt which
you aro to obey ? You answer the
question when you sty to tho Prcsi-
lent in your let tor ol the .id inst, "the
Secretary of War is my superior and j
V'our subordinate
What f urther comment on tho in
suhordinato ntlitudo which have as
sumed, 1 am at a loss to know how
you can relieve yourself from tho or
elers of the President, who is made by
I1FIEL1
'205S.
tho constitution tho Commander - in -
Chief of tbo army and navy, and is
therefore the official superior as well
of tho (Jeneral of the army as of the
Secretarr ol ar.
llespectfully, yours,
Asmiew Johnson.
General U. S. (irant, Commanding
Armies of tho United States, Wash
ington I'. C.
The letter of tho President is ac
companied by letters from tho Secre
taries of tho .Navy, Treasury, Interi
or, State, and Postmaster lieneral,
supporting his positions.
Ura ill's i.rttcr.
llKADgi'ARTKRA AKUr or THR 1'fllTEII
fcTATtS, WlMHISUTOl, lull, 1 1, 1S69. J
To His L'xrcllinrij, Andrew Johnson,
' rrcaident uf tUc United States.
Sib I havo the honor to acknowl
edge the receipt of your communica
tion of tbo lUth instant, accompanied
by the statements of five Cabinet min
isters ot their recollection ol what oc
curred in tho Cabinet meeting on the
14tn January. Without admitting
anything contained in these statements
dee only the portion ot your eommuni
cation wherein
insubordination,
1 am charged with
I think it will be
cr of mv Hter of the
plain to the lea
;iith of January, that 1 did not pro
idenco of the President's sanction to
orders communicated by the Secreta
r3' of War. I will say here that your
letter uf tho loth iiihtant contains
the first intimation 1 have had that
you did not accept that interpretation,
for tho reasons for giving that inter
pretalion. It was clear to 1110 before
ni3- letter of January 30, was written
that I, tho person having inoro public
business to transact with tho Secreta
ry of Wur than 11113' other of the Pres
ident's subordinates, was the only one
who had been instructed to disre
gard tbo au t lioii 13- of Mr. Stanton
whero bis authority was derived as
agent of tbo President. On the l'7lh
of January I received a letter from
tho Secretary of War, (copy herewith)
directing 1110 to furnish an escort to
tho public treasure from the Kio
(irande, to New Orleans, kc, at the
request of the .Secretary of tbo Treas
ary to him. I ulso send two other
enclosures, showing tho recognition
of Mr. Stanton as Secretary of War
by both the Secretary of the Treasury
anil tho Postmaster General, in all of
which cases the .Secretary of ar bad
to call upon me to mako tho orders
requestod, or to give tho information
desired, and where hisauthority to do
so is derived, in 1113' view as agent ol
tho 1'resident, with an order so elear
13 ambiguous asthatof the President's
hero referred to, it was 1113 dut3' to
inform the President of my interpre
tation of it. and to abide I3' that in
terpretation until I received other or
ders. Disclaiming any intention, now or
heretofore, ol disobeying an3' legal or
der of tho President, distinctly com
municated, 1 remain, very respectful
'3't your obedient servant,
U. S. Grant, General.
Tim Way the Monlv, Goes. A
short time since it was ascertained
that quite an extensive imposition was
being practiced on the Subsistence De
partment of tho army l3- pemons
claiming ami obtaining commutation
of rations for the time, as they alleged,
they wero held as prisoners b3' tho
rebels. Iy these false representations,
it is presumed there havcjboeti obtain
ed at least 82d,0DU by colored families.
Somo months ago, a woman giving
tho namo of Angella Pudcn, with
Walker Gilchrist, appeared at tho of
lieo of Colonel Loll, commissary
of subsistence, and a chum was put
in for commutation of rations in the
name of tho former, whose husband
was represented to have died iu Lib
b3' prison, and the latter swore to the
fact., and in tho course of a few weeks
the amount overfill) was paid to
her. It was subsequent- found that
tbo claim was fraudulent, and that
other claims iu which Gilchrist bad
appeared asja witness were also frauds,
lie was arrested. Other parties tiro
supposed to be concerned with him in
this money making business.
A HiNTToYot no Mkn. flic follow
ing which we clip from anexchaiign,
will wo doubt not, be taken in good
part bv'yoiihg men of this town, who
sVol guilt3- of tho olVence charged : "A
housekeeper who is a sull'ercr from
tbo evil desires us lo call attention to
tbo fact that young men, particularly
thoso whoso hair is liberally supplied
with pommudc, are in tho habit when
making calls to rest their heads against
the wall, to tbo serious damage of tho
wall paper." Tho grcaso from their
hair is readily taken up by tbo paper,
nnd tbo entire re papering of a room is
rendered necessary in consequenco of
this carelessness. Thoso young men
to whom tho remark applies, havo
doubtles never given the matter a
thought and it will bo only necessary
to call their attention to tho evil lo
prevent its repetition.
An intelligent Gorilla introduced
tho following in tho North Carolina
Convention, a few days since, and ask
ed that it bo referred to the Commit
tee on Cities and Towns: "lie-solved.
That all real estate shall be taxed in
necordanco to its valuo lhroiigliout(the
State, and that horses mules, oxen,
and nlltcr iiotivt-ii cultti hn lnvw.il f'.u
(mlf tlloir valllCi ,.xrE,,T 8tujons alu
jackasses, which shall bo taxed at full
vultio.
Ten deaths to one birth is fho ratio
among tho happy '-lreo" negroes of
Florida.
PRINCIPLES-NOT MEN.
CLEAR FIELD, PA, THURSDAY, FEU. 20, I8GS. NEW
1 Srimlor
llurkalnr on
Mlrtott'
HlrtlftlOH.
Hon. Charles li. lluekalcw, on tho
21Hh ult., delivered an able speech, in
tho U. S. Senate, on tho subject of
reconstruction. Jlclow will bo found
that portion showing the relation tho
Senate sustains to tho Stales and the
people under fanatical rule.
Mb. ltucKAi.KWsaid: MrLPrchidciit,
0110 aspect of tho general subject of
rcconUriiction has not been made
prominent in this debate so far us it
lias progressed, i think wo should
take up this great subject and discuss
it with referenco to the question of
party power which is involved in it,
and wbich,whatevcr mny a-peurupon
the surface, really inpires thoso Who
speak on both bides. We shall get a
wry inadequate ideu of tho subject of
reconstruction if wo confiuo ourselves
to u discussion of tho matter of the
acts of Congress which were passed
in relation to it during the pust year.
We shall get a veiy inadequate idea
of it if wo discuss it with reference to
the ciipm-it)' of tho adult colored men
of the South for the exercise of the
right
grasp
of suffrage, We. shall fail to ! 1110 political majority, and ten 011I3' to r.nned South, nnd hundreds of tbou
tind to comprehend it as it must i l'10 "ii""'ity, the latter being compos-' sands in the North aro approaching
bo "rasped and comprehended bv the
highest inloiligence if we confine our
selves lo those considerations which
relate to it as a mere plan for the polit
ical reorganization of' the South.
P.ecalise thu is so, as I believe, I
shall begin 1113- remarks 1 13- describing
the exi-lii.g organizations of power
in tho Government of the United
States, or rather in tho legislative de
partment or branch of that Govern
incut. Mr. President, by referring to
statistics, which aro now within
reach, we shall ascertain that recently
there were at tho popular elections
held in the northern, central, and
western .Stales votes given which,
when aggregated together, amounted
to a little more than two million one
hundred thousand in favor of what is
known as tho llopublicun party; and
votes wero also given in favor of what
is known ns tho Democratic party, or
Conservative party, amounting to a
little over two million The difference
between tho sums total of voets given
to each party was about 0110 hundred
and liftccn thousand :
Ki.MTin or lSi',7.
Jit:
Itr.i
Maine 40,272
lih-ije i-liMHl :...I40
MaM!N.'liuolu,..H.7ll,'l)'l
N'-w llMni,..!nro-...'i'.,.l.'i.'l
fount ut ii-ut -17,.i7A
New York .:I7:i,i2J
Vermont 1 1. ill)
New JrriHV 117.41.8
I'eniiM-lvnnia Ji-T.i.il
Maryland .U, MM
i'elawara V.NIu
Ohio 2HI.022
V o-l Vilnius I I.UU
K '-title .y '.hi. 22.i
liibpi'iniiiil U.llir
Trini'..re 22, .MS
4h,ii:;h tiovornor,
i j, ii.it tlorernor.
lS,:il.li (iovernor.
it.S.hml liovornor.
4ii,.S8.i Oovi-rnnr.
.121, una See'r of ritaie.
;i l.ti'.it -llorenier.
il.l 14 lfri.latiiro.
2nn.S2( riup'r Jmljre.
21,1 10 Irt'si.latiire.
S.ilt tlovemor, '(16
24:1, S'l& tlorernor.
2ll.;S7.1 l(;ul.,ture.
3,V:iV (iovernor.
74. HI flnrernor.
ltm,Sec State, 'till
2ii:i.4. f.'oiiere.K, 'tlii
. I'fl.Ttd tlm-ernor, 'Oil
Wl.rsy Hup'r Judire.
7.ll;i7 Horenior.
62.1S7 S.-hool Sup't.
3I.I-HT tlovernor.
4.0.1.1 tlorernor, 'Hfi
i.Jiih tlnrarnor, 'Oft
111, :17 tlovernor, 'M
4 i.XStl liorernor, 'nil
1 II, 2a;l tlorernor, '60
Indiana
...I. 'i.s.l H2
...I l7.li.S8
(17, 7ns
.-...SH.SStl
l7:i
fi.lijS
2'i...i:i
:t,ms
,4.1'Si
h.i .. I
4 II .VM.)
V.i
Illinois
Michigan
Iowa
Wi.eon.in
Mi.atiuri
M inneaota
.Nchraka
.Nevada
Kan.ua
t'aliiortiia
Oregon
Tnlal j.uiu.isn 2,134. at
This statement is arrived at by
taking all tho intcreslinr and full
elections which wero held in those
Slates in 1 IT, and where no such elec
tions wero held in that year, borrow
ing tho figures from the previous 3-enr
ltiti which will give a very fav
orable aspect to (he returns from the
l.epublii-an party, because it was mueh
stronger before Ihepeoplo in 1 S(7. Iu
tho States of Indiana, Illinois, Michi
gan, Iowa, and Missouri, lying togeth
er in tho West, contiguous to each
other, thero wero Republican majori
ties given at tho elections in ISIKi
amounting to tiio large aggregate of
one hundred an fifty-two thousand
six hundred und stiveiit3--nino. If
elections bad been held in IboseStates
in 1m", elections which would have
called oul the lull vote, would havo
imiueeu a complete expression of the ;
voice ol tlie people upon public ntlairs,
no ono ran tlouut that the greater
portion of this aggregate of one hun
dred and lilt3 -lwo tinnuaiid of politi
cal majorities would bnvo been swept
awa3'. Instead of their amounting to
that large number tln- would most
1 i Iv c-ty have not been over twent v or
thirt- tlioiinuiidaltogelhi'r; and il 3-011
loi k the same proportion of loss that
occurred iu the Sinte ol Ohio in liT
as compared with tho previous your
this aggregate innjor- would have
been either wiped out altogether or
reduced lo an insignificant amount.
l'.ut, sir, 1 have not made 8113- cor
rection of tho numbers as they appear
upon the face of tho returns. 1 have
taken tho elections for lSli", as far as
thoso elections wero lull, and the elec
tions for the previous 3'cur, where lat
er information could not bo obtained.
This statement commences with .Maine
and goes through all the States repre
sented in Congres at this moment,
including even the dominion ol Brown
low. Tennessee is included, and ev
cry other State represented in the
Senate. Tho aggregates made up in
the manlier 1 havo described are of
Icinocratio and Conservulivo votes
-,iil!l, lii'.l, and of Republican votes
i!,l:4,i'.'4, giving an apparent Repub
lican majority in the represented sec
tions of tho United States of ll"),:!so.
That is the result of the figures, and
upon a total votennitiunlingto 4,11'.!,-
lloro j-ou havo iu these election re
turns tho voice of tho people of tho
United States ns pronounced nttho
latest periods at which we can have n !
due and dear mid HiLl.iHriicl.nrv invnuii. I
- j ..v .le
gation, and 1 have made up this state
ment not iu a partial or unfair 1111111-
ner, bill in ono winch is liberul and
favorable to the Iiej.11hlie.an parly. J
Then how ought the pooplo of tho
United States, whom wo represent
here, to bo heard hero ? How ought
their voices to bo pronounced iu the
Senate, not upon this measure only,
but upon till measures which como be
fore us ? According to a principle of
numbers, according to a rule of equal
il3' based upon numbers, tho majority
in this Chamber out to havo twenty
eight members nnd tho minority
twenty-six ; thai is, upon this nnd
upon all othor political questions which
aro voted upon hero, if tho voico of
the pooplo wero represented exactly
as it has boon spoken in tho latest nnd
most authentic form, the vote ought
to be twent3'-Hix to twenty-eight ; and
that Allows the majority tho advantage
of a m em her upon a traction of only
three-fourths of a ratio.
Is that not so ? Hut I need not
answer tho question. Every one
knows that the fact should bo so. The
actual constitution ol this body at I had we none ol tho Jay Cook class ot
present is this: it is composed of j public bondholders to tako euro of.
fiOy-threo members, there being n j Tho Jay Cook Co., the great capital
vacancy in the representation of the j ists of tho county-, live in luxury, and
Stale of Maryland ; ami of those fifty-1 have not an earthly want ungiatified ;
three members forty-three belong to while starvation is takin.? place in the
eo 01 11 memucr iroin tiic -stale 01 con-1
neclieut, one from I'elit-lvania, two .
from Delaware, ono from Maryland,
two from Kentucky, one from Indiana, '
one from Wisconsin, and one from !
Minnesota. That is, nil the members
1 ,.1...,.! ,.;,i . i. 1
...... u v. vitnnv., iimt.1 Ufl IJt'lll IHIU19
or Coitscrva'.ivi-s, eoniliincd together,
count but ten, while tho majority
purtj-couuls lorty-throo, or more than
four to onu.
Sueh, sir, is tho political composi
tion of tho .Senate of tho United States
at a tune when tho people of
tho
United States, whose voice ought to
bo pronounced hero, ore about equally
divided, as the ret urns of tho elections
show. Tho majority have, therefore,
ar. unjust power if il bo measured b3'0
principle of cquulity, based upon
numbers, amounting to fifteen voices
in this liodj", the difference between
forty-eight and forty-three, and that
fifteen is taken from one side and add
ed to tho other, the result is in effect
nn unj list voico and vote on political
questions iu the Scnato amounting to
thirty. Thus, it is almost imposible
that any subject which shall approach
a party complexion in this body tan
bo determined otherwise than in eon
formity with tho most radical and ex
treme opinions which 111113- prevail
among the- majority members; for ve
know how a political party acts, or
rather, how il is directed. It is con
trolled almost unifurinly 113- tho most
violent, by tho most ardent members
among thoso who compose it. Tinw
are triumphant in caucus in tho pri
vate consultations whore tho action
of the jiarty is determined upon. In
debate they apply tho lash to their
more moderate colleagues, und drag
them forward to support the most ex
treme and radical meiisure which tlii'y
may propose. When, therefore, a ma
jority in this or 11113 other hotly of
similar constitution is so largo as four
to one, you, 111113 tako it for granted
thai the extreme nnd violent men in
tho majority will rulo tho uclion of
that majority in tho first instance,
nnd in tho next the action of the rep.
resentative hnily, and thus dictate the
legislative policy of tho tiovernmont.
IlEAt'llFl I, RtlETOlUC.Tho X. Y.
7'imr has just opened its e-cs to tho
fact that enormous expenditures of
tho last six years havo built up an in
fluence which is now tho greatest ob
stacle to retrenchment. The editor
is convinced now, that "an army of
contractors and oflicials havo drawn
sustenance from tho Treasury until
they begin lo fancy that tln-y havo a
vested interest in its funds. Tliey
havo lived so comfortably and prosper
ed so pleasantly on the fruits of the
war, 1 hat tht'3' havo not relish for
changes involving a stoppage of the
public p3"- They have grown ins, doiit
on contracts nnd per rentage und
salaries, and tie. line to fall
back on
rorvants
their oivn resources. The
are puling on the airs of mailers
They havo undertaken to dictate
where relrem -hmo'-l shall commence
and where it shall end. They assume
the right to say what Congress sliali
cut, tlown, what shall bu kept up ; und
they are orgimir.ing and pulling win-s
in all directions to save themselves
from tho operation of tho economiz
ing process. In other words, tho vest
ed interest iu nnd about Washington
nro resisting with nil their might, the
popular demand lor retrenchment, nnd
their combined strength issufliciently
great to excite uneasiness to the proba
ble result."
Now, nothing could bo truer or
better cxpresncil than all this, but the
Times, nevertheless, is a supportor of
the spendthrift, nnd shoddy- contrac
tors' part3'. When tho public plun
derers and tho leeches come together
to conspire how they can retain pow
er for another four years, we should
liko to have somo nssuranco that this
journal will not he calling upon its
roudcrs to "vote tho regular ticket !"
Homed, the murderous elephant, is
still rampant. Ho has got one lc' out
ot its hitler, anil is enjcaetl in elcniol
isliing evorytliniK that unities within :
his reach. A buijo pen of planks, I
throuirh which sharn snikesare driven. :
liaekeil hy 1; Ite-avy hank nl earth lias ;
lieen trt-t led nlituit liiin, Nolmd v t-an i
he limml to replai-o tho letters. The
l'liilaiklphia yiurisiii;i;i-sls that Mr.
Ftirepan'i send fur .111110 of the Jiadi- j
e-al Ctinremen, who have snecedotl !
in fetteriiii' the soverciirn States and'
niaiiy iniliioiiH ol'pooiilo. 1
e 1
There ia a f;reat killer ol linnian he-,
ings in this country nt present. Jlin
name i Koro C 'oyl. D'yo mind
J
TERMS-$2 per annum, in Advance.
8L1UES-V0I, 8, NO. 80.
I7iiyrf i'ullinlng.
Wo bnvo heard loyalist talk about
tho "life-blood of the nation," anil that
a largo national debt wns "a national
blessing." Tho New York Din Hook
iu exposing this species of dovilliy
and downright robbery si-s : Ja
Cook is woith fifteen millions of dol
lars. Ho mado this huge fortune in
manipulating that "public blessing,"
the three thousand million debt.
Six millions of working men arc
sweating and toiling to keep up the
interest on this fifteen millions made
in lour short years, and tho interest on
the balance of three thousand millions,
other money bloated non-producers
bold, in shape of public bonds. The
mechanic works ten hours a day ;
three Lours a eiay, hu toils for the Jay
Cook tribe, who qunrterly expect
their interest. The workingman pays
for all he or his family require, double
' what ho would otherwise havo to paj-,
mat condition, vuy Tongues, and
facile pens, are painting the "blessings
of a public debt," while penury and
want aro spreading over the land.
The riches of tho bondholders are the
burdens of the people.
' 1
.In S'.dilor at Church.
Tho editor of tho forest c-ounty
7Vi-.s accident found himself at
church tho other evening, under the
following circumstances. Hear hi 111 :
1 Weilnesdn v liii'ht. wo. run mil nf
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replenish the can having changed
it all off fi.r larger bills during tho
day, und not earing to break a twen
ty for a gallon of oil wo concluded
to i.ttend the religious meeting. Our
preacher, Kev. Crenry, appears to be
r.ealousty devoted to his labors, al
though the attendance is not so large
us it might be. After an earnest ser
mon, there was a season of prayer,
when the good minister requested all
who wero for Christ to rise to their
feet, and there didn't nppcar to be
aiiybod3' for Christ, such istbo uncon
cern etcetera and wo are no better
than our neighbors in this respect
Confidentially, now, next time 3-ou
just request all for Christ to keep their
seats, und see what a big majoritj'
there will be. We are not a preacher,
so to speak, nor even a Christian man,
but human nature is a broad fcUidy,
and can bo pursued even down in
to a l.og pen. Tho services havo been
continued for nbout two weeks, iu
which our tlerg3-inan has had ve
little assistance, und we believe some
members havo been added to the
church."
Thince John. John Van Buren
onee sauntered into one of our city
courts, und rented himself beside a
trietid who was conducting nn impor
tant suit. After several questions
had been put nnd exceptions taken,
Mr. Van Ruren, thinking that the ru
ling of tho Jtencli wns a little odd,
asked, in his peculiarly quiet way:
"Who is on tho other side iu this cuse,
besides the Judge f"
On another occasion, somo years
hack, when the Hudson River Kail
road was being built, "Prince John"
happened to bo passing a few days at
'Undercliif," the beautiful country
seat of (ieneral George V. Morris, nt
Cold Spring. The line of Road was di
rrclly in f ront of the house, and men
wore nt work excavating tho ground
in which to plnco tho ties. Not hnv
ing seen anything of the kind before,
the (ieneral asked : W hat nro those
little narrow pits for?" "Those, my
dear General, 'replied Mr. Van Huron,
"nre graves lor little utorkhMem '."
Such, we believe, was the financial re
sult to tbo early investors in that un
dertaking. MisrNPF.KS-ronn the TrxT. A
worthy eleaeon hired a journeyman
farmer from a neighboring town for
the summer, and induced him -although
he was unaccustomed to church
going to accompany tho family to
church, on tho first Sabbath of his
slay. Upon their return to the dea
con's house, he asked bis hired man
how ho liked the preaching. lie re
plied :
I ''I tlou t like to hear nny ministers
preach politics."
"1 am very sure you heard no poli
tics to-day," said the deacon.
"I am as sure that I did," said the
man.
'Mention the passages," said the
deacon.
"I will. lie said. 'If the Pemocrnts
scarcely nre saved where will the un
godly nntl the Republicans appear?'"
"Ah," said the deacon "vou mistake.
These were tho words 'If the right-
eons scarcely are saved, where will the
iin;rotlly nntl tlie sinner nppcu
Oh, yes," Haiti the man, "lit- miirht
have used thoso words, but I knew
deuced well what he meant."
Thero is a military commission in
Savannah to investigate charges pro-
"crrcti nainsi ittc .unyor in uiai cny.
()' eourso its procecilinirs are eondue-
toel
111 llie Mar 1. liamnt-r sl vlo. i he
)'e'no nitinime intir nntjers omsnu-1
1110 elnors, 1101 kikiwihit what is swnrn
10 falsely l.y tho w imessrs, nr even
'l Hn' witnessed nrev Hut this is h
I'100 country, nevertheless.
' "
A Jlississipid nero was recently
found dt-nd in the woods l.y the hody
ol' n stolen hoj. On the neirro tho i
fallowing inseription was jiinned
! "Tho nier killed the hog nnd the
hog killed the nigger."
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l,. t, 20 or Km, J in I 1 .liin-l, 2.-1 or lin, S lid
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K'litor and I'rojirirlor.
"tarbtf Work.
CL E A It F I E L D
MARBLE WORKS.
Italian aud Vermont Marble Onlthed In
tilt lilghnt style ol the Art.
Tlie utrrilipr. beer leare to anfioanee lo tbe
cilizMi.of CJiMWiii'lii vuuul, that tVv hve opened
n rxtrnfira Marble- Variioa ihsVmth-wuateeroay
of Market an J rutrrth .tri-t-U, Cleartti'lil, Pa., where
tli.-y are prepared to linike Tomb-r-tonci', Monu
ment., Tumi... bin and Hl?Tmb, C'raiie Tomba,
C'euieierT 1'o.iis .Mantli-., t-belrre, Hraj-kr-t., etc.,
on .bolt li'.tii-c. '1'hy alwav. keep on hand a
largo quantity of work unlabel, except tbe letter
iiilt. no tbat person, can mill and lo-b-rt tor tbem
aclvea toe style wanted, 'i'bey will al.o make to
order any other ctvle ot'woik that may ldcired,
a-nl tln-y ftalti-r tlu-uitv Ive tbat tlir-y can compete
witb the luHtiuUi-turL-rs out.nl... il tbo county
either in workman-hip ur prie, a t,.jy only exa
plovth" bent workmen.
ti? 'All iiioairics by bttcr promptlv an.werad,
.'OMN tifl.rcll.
MaT22,lhCr. HENRY GULICH.
33 A II Ji Ij i: Y A It I
in i.i'Tiif:rnrR;.
THE Biiti.rribor, harln-; pnrrha.ed the entire
lock and interest et Mr. eiabaan in tbe
Nlnrhle Y'ard in Liither.hurg. taxea tbi. method
of iMoraiitig tho pnblie that he i. now prepared
In fnrniab .MOM'.M EMS, TOMII KTO.N'KS,
MANTLI-'S. Ac, on .hurt notice and rea.onable
term., and exaculed in the hi'rheet a-vle nf tbe
art. W IL.L.1AM hCUVVhM, br.
LiiUWeburjt. Oct 17, ls'lT-tf (k:U
frothing.
HOW TO SAVE MONEY.
TUT, timet ire hnrd : you'd lib to know
How you bij fay your dolUri ;
Thn way to do it I will thow,
If you will read what fnllowa.
A man who lived not far frora bera.
Who worked hard at bit trade.
But bad ft home ho la to in p port
That iquanderad all be made.
I met him once. he, "My friend.
I lr-k thread bear and rough
I re tried to frt wyielf a uil,
But can't lure up enough."
Ear T, my friend, bow much ba?e you?
I'll tell ynu where to pro
Tn irt a emit tht enund and cheap :
lo KUZil.VSILLN k Co.
He took what little he had ared,
And went tu l(eiioitein A H rot here,
Anil there hi jrt a h ami dome auit,
For half ho paid to othera.
Tow he I? home, he iooki so well.
And their rflcot it urL,
Thiit when the? take their dally meal.
They don't eat half mueh.
And now he findt on Saturday night,
WiLh all their want supplied,
That he bae money left to apend,
And ouie to Uy aaida.
TTi" good Micee!, with cheerful tralle,
lie gladly telle to all.
If you'd save monry. go and buy
Vonr elnthe at
. ItKIZKiNSIEIK'S CLOTHING II A LI.
When the cheancit flceet and belt Clothing
and good Furnobing Uoodi can be bad to euit
every Ute and in every atyla aprll,'67
THE LATEST OUT I
MONEY FAVED IS U0XEY MADE ?
TE WIK ! Ifyoe i.h to ptirchaie CI.0TII-
y ing, 11 Alb CAl'
or Furnhhing Gooda,
;o to c. ir,
MOORE'S
New and Cheap Clothing tnre, hre will be
loand eee.untly on heed a lara-e and well -l.rted
afl.nrtmont of Fine liUok (.-...tmere mile
and drab., brown, light, and in feet
ALL KINDS OF CLOTHING
Adapted to all teaeont of the year; aleo, Rhirti,
Drawen, Cullart, and n lnrpe and well aeleote4
aiiortixent of tine HATS and CAPS, of tha
very lateM etylei ; and In fart every th in )t that
(id be oalUd for In hi line, wilt be furnubed
at the very lowttf pity prieee, a ther have been
purcheaed at tht loweit puisibla figure, and,
will be told in the aame way by
C. H. NOOKS,
la the Poit Office PuiMtug, 'bilipbrf , Pa.
m:vs.
Pallv and Weekly puperi, Majraslnen; alio, a
Urye aanortment of the laieet ftnd heel Noveli,
Joke Itouka, cfl conitantly on hand at
C. 11. MOOKI-VQ.
In iht Toil Oflire Muilding,
arll-ly J'hilip.iurg. Pa.
Irvrhnnt ITrtilcru.
SOMETHING NEW IN SHAW'S ROW.
1 RAM. & STOrt.HTO,
erchant Tailor,
ltUrkrt Strret, C'lrarlield, r
UAVIN'O opened their new ettil!i!ihmnt in
Shaw'f lliiw, nm dour eat of the post ofliat
and baruip Juit returned from the fas torn eitioa
with a larv aortuunt of
Cloths, CossiincrcBf Vestiigs,
Beavfre, and all kind of Goods for Hi on and
bo wrar, nre now prepared to mnke up to
order (1TII INU. frnm a mngle article lo a full
mil. In the la(et tyle and most workmanlike
manner. Special attention given to entom
work and euttlnf-out for men and boya. Ma
offer Croat harpain to ouitomori, and warrant
itn'.i e enttiifai'tion. A libera.) ahare of pnhlta
patronage li eulieited. Call and e ourfoodi,
M. A. FRANK.
etl?-tr IS K. K. L. 8TOIK.HT0N.
H. II KID OF.,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
(f lore one door ea.it of Clearfield Honte,)
Mnrkrt Mrert, f'loarttelil. Fa.
KrrPS on hand a full anorlmente nf (lanti
Furnuhinjr (lood. ru-h a Shlrtn, I.inen
and Woolen l ndorhirt, Irawer and Horki,
Neck tied. Pocket II ndkerr hit!, (Jluvi, llatt.
rmhrolliia, A In great variety. Of 'itee
(ioodf he keepi the
Best Cloths of all "Shades and Colors,"
Such a. Ul.rk Iloe.kin of lb. Terj ei-.t niake,-Knni-T
Cn.im re, in B-reiit t.tii-ii , al.o, Kren.-h
enalin;. Iliavir, Pilnl, e-hinch ilia, and Frieetl
nvrrco.tinj. Ail ol which will be .old oheapfot
". ami made uy ..(r.iing 10 the late.i etjrl.a
by etneri.m-td wurkmon.
Aim, Ayi-nt fr I'VarAM erurity for I. M.
Finer A ro'., retehratcd Sewing M.rhine..
Not. 1, ism If. 11. 11R11HIK.
1T AM 1 l aiHI.tMIO JiiiC !lihi(;lre
l at our .tore, ner l'hilirtlnrr, for whieh
! the hichr.lca.h price wl'l he paid
JcS II W. W. IIKTT CO.
I f '
0Y
loal, W hale and Unae.d nil., Family l)y.
Taroi.haa and 4j of .11 kind, (round la
For uJt II li. I.