i4e4Camsktintelligencer GEO. SA.NDELESON, EDITOR. A. SANDERSON. Associate. LANCASTER, PA., APRIL 3; IE6O CIR'OULA.TION, 2000 COMINGS I IhnlaillMON Pala% 1400 pot SWUM. . air S. M. Para mat Cole .Anyzesseme Amiga' ,119 Nairn skeet, New Tart, and 10 State rarest, Baehm. • S. M. Pima .L tt 00., are Agents Ow The'Lescwager ArtaiNyam.. sad the newt influential end Urgent eireele. Ong Nelmislathe United States and the Cliundell.-- They two 11 . • 11•0,10 arntreet tbr us at our;heest rater DEMOCRATIC STATE NOMINATIONS FOR GOVRIINint: HENRY D. FOSTER, of Westmoreland. ELECTORS:. ELINA - TOILL Kamm. &ergs M. Heim, of Barks county Bichard 'faux, of Philadelphia. L Frederick 13etier, William C. Patterson, -3. Joseph Crockett, Jr., i.e.-Bremner, 6. Jacoby, Charier 7. 0. P. James,. 8. 8. David Scholl. :9. Joel L. Ligh tner, 10. 8.8. Barber, IL T. H. Walker, 12. 8. 8. Winchester, 13. Joseph Lenbach, A POWERFII In to-day's paper will be found an admira ble, dignified and manly message addressed to the House of Representatives by President BUCHANAN, on Thursday last, in reply to the resolutions of inquiry adopted some time ago by that body, at the instance of Mr. COVODE, a Black Republican member from Pennsylvania. ' The position assumed by the President in his reply, viz :—that Congress has no right nor -power to arraign the President in the manner proposed by the Covode resolutions ; that the only method known to the Constitu tion, by which an inquiry can be made into the official conduct of a co-ordinate branch of the Federal Government, is by impeachment, when the aceuser and the accused shall meet face to full and when the facts shall be elicited, not by an =parte or Star Chamber procedure, but through the well known and established rules of evidence—is, so strong, convincing and overwhelming, that we do not wonder that Congress was taken by surprise, when this bold attempt at usurpation, on the part of a partizan majority in Congress, was met by the Chief Mdgistrate by an indignant refusal to comply with a demand unknown to the Constitution, unsanctioned by any law or known usage, and repugnant to the good sense of the age or the dignity of manhood. The protest of the President is a paper of great power, and replete with that manly and high toned sentiment which alone becomes the position he occupies. Had he done less, , he would have proved recreant to the high trust and confidence reposed in him by the American people, and lent a helping hand to the ignorant herd of partizan bigots, who disgrace the Halls of Congress by their presence, and seek to bring down to their own degraded level not only the office of Represen tative, but that of the Executive, whose first duty into the power that placed him at the head of the Government—the people—next to the Constitution, which he is sworn to support. We commend all of our readers to give this important State paper a careful perusal. THE 44 HIGHER LAW LECTURE Our neighbors of the " Union " and " Ex aminer" are wonderfully exercised at the audacity of the local editor of the " Intelli gencer" in daring to criticise the ".Higher Law " lecture of Mr. Reilly, delivered before , the Howard Association on the evening of the 20th ult. The Union gives the lecturer credit for " denouncing, in severe terms, the doctrine of passive obedience to all government," and for " boldly advancing the doctrine that each man's conscience was his imperative rule of action—and that if laws and constitutions ever conflicted with a man's own conviction of right, it was his duty to disobey them." The Examiner pronounces the lecture as " keeping pace with the progress, civilization and intel ligence of the age," and, in other respects, fully endorses all the untenable doctrines of that remarkable production. Now, we have no desire to enter into any controversy with our editorial neighbors.— We live in a free country, and if those gentle men see proper to sanction and endorse the propositions of the lecturer, they are at perfect liberty to do so But we beg leave to respect- fully differ in opinion with them. We recog nize but one higher law upon earth, and that is the BIBLE. From its teachings, we learn that it is our duty to " render unto Cesar the things that are Cesar's," and to yield a willing obedience to those " who have the rule over us." We also learn from the same high authority that the magistracy are " God's ministers," and we are also prohibited from "speaking evil of our rulers." This being our belief, we hold that every good citizen is in duty bound to obey the laws of his country, and no man can be a good citizen who coun tenances or advocates a disregard of legal authority. We may be a little " old fogyish" in our notions on this subject; but we are, nevertheless, honest in our belief, and shall probably continue in the same faith so long as we live. Whether we met, with "a severe rebuke " for our criticisms on the lecture, as intimated by the "Union," (from whom the editor does not say I) we leave for the hundreds of ladies and gentlemen who heard the discus sion to say. We incline, however, very strongly to the opinion that had a vote been taken in the audience, after the speaking was over, the " boot would have been on the other leg." In concluding this brief and hasty rejoinde to the attacks of our Republican contem poraries, they will permit us to make one more remark, which we do in all kindness. The remark is this, and it is based on our daily observation for years past—that there its but one step between Higher Law Abolitionism and rank Infidelity, and the advocates of the first mentioned doctrine, in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, become converts to the latter sentiment, sooner or later. They commence their downward course by denying the plainest teachings of the Bible, and wind up their career by repudiating the God of the Bible.— Our neighbors have taken the first step in that direction. We hope they will pause and - reflect before they take another. seir The communication in another column, headed "The Charleston Convention," is from the pen of a gentleman who, for many years, has been a leEiding and influential Democrat, and whose opinions, at this time, Are well worthy the consideration of the delegates to the National Convention.— Whether all the positions he assumes are correct or not, it is not for us to say. Time will determine whether he is right or wrong. THE STATE LEGISLATURE The State Legislature will adjourn sine die to-day. Mr. PALMER, of Schuylkill, has been elected Speaker of the Senate during the MOM On Saturday, the House re•oonsidered the bill relative to the Sunbury and Erie Railroad, and passed the same by a vote of 53 to 38. EDITORIAL ORANGE. R. J. HALDEMAN, Esq., has retired from the Harrisburg Patric,/ & Union. The re. mining partners of the old firm, Messrs. 0. BARRETT and T. e s . Mac.Dowam., have become sole editors sod proprietors, and the paper will 'beim:lW be conducted by 0. BARRETT A NUT FOB. FOREIOBEBS. -.Atliegraphp-Lor-"what _purtiorta to be one —of ANDREW G. CIIRTIN, the Know Nothing Republican candidate for Governor, has been going the rounds of the Republica9 preeif.• According to the papers which originated the canard, he is descended from "genuine Penn syttania ;lock." This happens not to be true. We learn from the Boston ITIot that Andrew G. Curtin is the son eau Irishman—of "Row land Curtin—horn, and reared up . to mature manhood in the Parish of Dysart, county of Clare, Ireland. He has more sacerdotal blood in him than perhaps any man in the United States: not long.ago there were tvielve Priests of his blood and name living at the same time, in the same Diocese, in the great Catholic county just named. His direct uncle, Hugh Curtin, one of the best horsemen in Ireland, is yet living in the old family establishment, and many of his cousins—all Catholics to be sure—are dispersed throughout this Republic." So mach, then, for his Pennsylvania origin. 'But this is not all. Cuarm was a rank, intolerant bigot in politics and religion song before the inauguration of Know-Nothingism. The genial Irish spirit of his ancestry seems never to have had any existence in his breast. No man living haff divested himself more corn pletely of thp natural feelings of race, in all its good features, than ANDREW G. Corm. When the "Dark Lantern Party" sprung into being, this man was foremost in the ranks. He was at the top and bottom of it. It was chiefly through him (says the same paper from which we quoted above) that POLLOCK, the Know Nothing, was put in the chair occupied by WILLIAM BIGLER, the Democrat— s piece of service, which secured for himself, during the adMinistration of that weak Breen ' tive, the Secretaryship of State"; and it was also mainly through his supposed connivance with the Know-Nothing School Directors of Philadelphia, that they dared to dismiss one morning, all the female Catholic teachers from the public schools of the city. The Pilot concludes its article by saying: " Such is ANDREW G. Cuarm, the Know- Nothing candidate for the Governorship of the Keystone State of the Union, in origin and political principles. An Irishman's son, he does his best to destroy the political and religious rights of his father's countrymen ; a Roman Catholic by birth, and having the blood of numerous Catholic clergymen in his veins, he is the foremost man of a league that would repeat the atrocities of Cromwell ; of certain and direct Irish parentage, he has the mean ness of allowing himself to be represented as the scion of another race—a degrading act of insult to the sacred principles of genealogy, and of great deception on his friends ; and as an American citizen, he is animated by no public principles but those that are at once antagonistic to, and subversive of, the Con stitution of the country." Mr. CURTIN is now endeavoring to conciliate 14. J. Reekhmr, 16. George D. Jackson, 18. J. A. .4.131, 17...4. B. Danner. 18. J. R. Crawford, 19. H. N. Lee, 20. J. B. Howell, 21. N. Y. Fetterman, 22. Samuel Marshall, 23. William Book, 24. B. D Hamlin, 26. Gaylord Church. DOCUMENT the foreign vote of the State, and is essaying I to throw dust in the eyes of the Irish and Germans by representing himself as favorable to civil and religious liberty. But the record speaks louder than words, and his professions are worthless when contrasted with hie pm . tice. It is not denied that he was the very head and front of the Know-Nothing party in 1854 and 1855, and there is not a scintilla of evidence that he has ever recanted from the dangerous and proscriptive doctrines he then advocated. Let our German and Irish friends be capful how they entrust power in such bands. There is a prevailing idea that the two third rule in National Democratic Conventions originated in the Baltimore Convention of 1844. This is an error. It was adopted as the basis of the first National Convention ever called, that of 1832, at which Jackson was re nominated with Van Buren for Vice President. Previous to that date _the Congressional Cau cuses had assumed to present candidates, but the election of Jackson in 1828, apinst caucus dictation, terminated that policy. The Cincinnati Enquirer, speaking of this, says : The two thirds rule was reported in 1832, from a committee, of which the late Vice President King, of Alabama, was Chairman. An attempt was made to substitute the majority principle, but it was voted down. In 1835 the second National Convention was held at Baltimore. The two thirds rule was adopted after a long discussion. The majori ty principle at first carried, but was finally stricken out. In 1840, no action was taken on the two thirds rule, at the third National Convention, as Mr. Van Buren was re nominated for President by acclamation. In 1844, at the fourth National Convention, the two-thirds rule was adopted by a close vote, after a long discussion. At the National Conventions since held it has been adopted without opposition. The two thirds rule has never defeated a candidate for President who had a majority of votes in a Convention, save the case of Martin Van Buren, in 1844. It has been customary for the minority to yield to that poison for whom a majority of the Convention votes. We have no doubt that will be the case at 'Charleston. THE TWO-THIRD RULE. HON. JOHN ROBBINS This gentleman has been nominated as the Democrat° candidate for Mayor of Philadel phpia. This is an admirable selection. Mr. R. combines qualifications and availability in a high degreee, and :, we look forward with con fidence to his triumphant election. His oppo nent is the present Mayor, Hon. Alexander Henry. The contest will be an exciting and animated one, in view of the approaching Gubernatorial and Presidential elections.—:- The election will take place on the first Tues day in May REMOVAL AND APPOINTMENT The President has removed JAMES C. VAN— DYKE, Esq., from the office of United States District Attorney for the Eastern District of Peionsyjvania, and appointed GEORGE M. WHARTON, Esq., to succeed him. 133= The President of the Virginia State Senate has laid before that body a report from the Commissioners appointed to audit and pay the Harper's Ferry expenses. The report of the Committee sets forth that thus far the total claims against the State for services rendered in the " raid," is $236,274, in payment of which $225,000 have already been appro priated, leaving unprovided for claims to the amount of $11,274. It is impossible to conjecture what will be the amount of out standing claims. But the whole amount of expenditure for this invasion will probably reach $260,000. This is worse yet than the expenses of the celebrated "Buckshot War" of 1838. That affair, we believe, only cost our good old Commonwealth a little over $lOO,OOO I THE FREE BANKING BILL. The bill establishing a system of Free Banking has passed both branches of the Legislature, and is now in the hands of the Governor. Should it receive the Executive approval, we will publish the bill at length in our next issue. INCREASE OF SALARIES. The salaries of the Supreme Judges of the State have been increased $6OO each, by act of the Legislature—also the salary of the Auditor General from $1,700 to $2,500. The latter advance is made in consequence of the increased duties imposed upon that officer under the Free Banking-bill. • I The Connecticut Elootion took place on yesterday. A TEST VOTE. A very significant vote- ` was =taken in the House of Representatives, at Washington, on the 26th ult. A Mr. BLAKE, of Ohio, with more zeal than discretion, got his Republican friends into a position which was any thing but comfortable, and forced Masers. Covode, Stevens and other of their party colleagues to dodge the qaestion,whibn Messrs. Morrie, Millward and Schwartz were fright ened into the nays. It is represented as having been a scene of great confusion in the House, but a much greater tribulation to the, Black members who were thus compelled to meet the negro question fairly and squarely on its own merits. The cause of all this trepidation and alarm in the Republican ranks was the following preamble and resolution offered by Mr. Blake : WHELLUI, The chatteling of mankind and the bolding of persons as property is contrary to natural justice and the fundamental principle of our political system. and is notoriously a reproach to onr country throughout the civilized world, and a 8,-rions hindrance to the progress of republican liberty throughout the flagons of the earth; therefore, Scraped, That the Committee on the Judiciary be. and the same is hereby, instructed to inquire into the expedi ency of reporting a bill giving freedom to every human being, and interdicting slavery wherever Congress has constitutional power totegislate on the subject. Upon the reading of the resolution, the yeas and nays were called for on the Demo cratic side, and opposed by the leading Republicans who did not wish to "show their hand." Bat they had to "face the music." The yeas and nays were called for on the passage of the resolution, and resulted as follows: Yxea—Memra. Adams, of Matusachusetts, Aldrich, Alley,. Bingham. Blair, Blake, Brayton. Buffinion, Burlingame, Burroughs, Butterfield, Carey, Carter, Colfax, Conkling, Curtis, Delano, Duell, Edgerton, Edwards, Eliot, Ely, Farngworth, Foster, Frank, Gooch, Grow, Gurley, Hale, Helmick, Hoard, Humphrey, Hutchins,Kellog, of Mich., Leach, of Michigan, Lee, Lovejoy, Mekean, Morrill, Olin, Palmer, Potter, Pottle, Rice, Sedgwick, Sherman, Somers, Spaulding, Skinner, Stewart. of Pennsylvania, Tappan, Tompkins, Tram Vandever, Waldron, Walton, Washburn, of Wisconsin, Washburn ' of Illinois, Wells, Windom-410. Neva—Meaars. Allen, Anderson, of Missouri, Ashmore, Avery, Daksdsle, Barr, Barrett, Bocock, Boteier, Boyce, Bring, Bristow, Burch, Burnett, Campbell, Clark, of :die snort Clopton, Cobb, John Cochrane, Cooper, Cox, Craig, of Misamri, Craig, of North Carolina, Crawford, Curry, Davis, of Maryland, Davis, of Indiana. Davis, of Missisippi, De Jarnette, Dunn, Eemundson. Etheridge, Florence, Fonke, French, Garnett, Gartrell, Gilmer, Hamilton, liar. deman, Harris, of Maryland, Harris, of Virginia, Hatton, Hickman, Hill, Hindman, Holman, Houston, Hughes, Jackson, Jenkins, Jenkins, Jones, Keltt. Kenyon Kunkel, I Lamar, Landrum, Leach, of North Carolina, Leaks, Logan, Love, Mallory, Martin, of Ohio, Martin, of Virginia, Mc- Knight, McPherson, McQueen, Mcßae, Milee, Millson, Millward, Montgomery, Moore, of Kentucky, Moore, of Alabama, Morrie, of Pennsylvania, Morrie,; of Illinois, Niblack, Nixon, Noeli, Phelps, Porter, Pryor, Nigh, Quarles, Reagan. Riggs, Robinson, of Illinois, Ruffin, Schwartz, Scott, Scranton, Sims, Singleton, Smith, of Virginia, Stall. worth, Stevenson, Stewart, of Maryland, Stokes, Taylor, Thayer, Thomas, Trimble,Underwood, Vallandigham, Whiteley, Winslow. Woodson and Wright-109. The Speaker said that, as the resolution was defeated, the preamble fell, as a matter of course. Now, many honest, well-meaning people will be ready to inquire why -it was that so many Republicans either dodged the vote altogether,. or voted with the Democrats, inas much as tile preamble and resolution contain nothing more or less than the doctrine which SEWARD and the other great leaders of the Abolition party have been preaching for years ! The answer' is easy: Thee is an important election approaching, not only in Pennsyl vania but throughout the Union, and that election, the Republicans know, cannot be fought successfully upon the slavery issue.— Here, in Pennsylvania, the nigger question, if left exposed to the public gaze, as it would be by the Blake resolution, would be the death of their party. Messrs. Stevens, Covode, Morris, Hickman, and the rest of the leading Abolitionists knew this full well, hence the effort to stave off the /vote. The resolution startled them with amazement. It fell upon them like a clap of thunder in ji clear sky, and frightened them out of their propriety.— It will stick to them, however, like the fabled shirt of Nessus, and an outraged people—who can now see the drift of the Republican party —will rise in their might and vindicate the Constitution and laws, and the supremacy of the white race, at the ballot-boxes in October and November next. SEWARD A PERJURED MAN. Wendell Phillips, the most honest, logical and eloquent of the abolitionists, in a late public speech in Brooklyn, N. Y., charged William H. Seward with a crime no less than perjury, and the loud applause of a crowded audience of Black Republicans attested that, strange as it may seem, there are individuals in this country who regard the oath of fealty to the Federal Constitution as a meaningless ceremony, which can be foresworn by the individual taking it, whenever it conflicts with partizan necessities or fanatic prejudices.— Hear Wendell Phillips ; Mr. Seward records the slave cause. Do you think he would obey it ? Not for the love of the millions that hang upon his lips. Not fur ten thousand times the mere gorgeous bauble, for which his speech is a bid, would William H. Seward lift his hand to return a fugitive slave to Virginia. (Loud applause.) You applaud it ; and yet what a compliment it is? It is only a deserved compliment for us to believe of our greatest statesman that, when he swore to support the Constitution, he intended to commit perjury. (Loud applause and laughter.) I am not exaggerating. If I had stood here tonight and affirmed in your presence that the great statesman of the Em pire State would have obeyed that clause, you would have flashed back upon me, the epithet —" Slanderer 1" I am obliged to believe, judging from the record of his life, by the testimony of his fellow-citizens, that that very Constitution which he has sworn scores of times to support—that very Constitution -which he says comes from hands almost divine—that when he swore to support it he intended to corn mit perjury." Yet this is the foremost man in the Repub lican ranks—the master-spirit, the " teacher," the creator of the party, and he a perjured villain I With such a teacher, what of the scholars? THE EDITORS' BOOK TABLE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC QUARTERLY REVIEW.— Thomas B. Florence, Editor and Proprietor. Published at Washington City, at $3 per annum, in advance The second number of the Quarterly Review has Just been issued, and Is a decided improvement on the previous one. It contains several very able articles. The contents I=tlM=l Slavery vs. Abolition. The Impending Crisis at the South—How to meet it. Mexico. - Salem Witchcraft. Negro Slavery and the Moral Law. The Military Establishment of the United States. Walier Scott. Aerial Navigation. Ancient and Modern Oratory. Quarterly Synopsis of our Foreign Commercial Relations. Northern Notes from a Southern Sketch Book. Archives of Aboriginal Knowledge. Shaving—A Satire. DE BOW'S REVIEW, for April, has been received. This contents are as folloWs: " Secession of the South." " English Reviews." "Our School Books." " Mexico." "Matter and Mind." "Johnson, Goldsmith, etc." " Shakespeare." "Free Negroes." "The Rio Grande, etc." " Statistics of Commerce, Agriculture, Manufactures, Internal Improvements, etc." Twenty-eight volumes of this Review have been pub. fished, of which complete sets, or single years or numbers, can be had by addressing the office at New Orleans. Th contents of the Review are much more diversified than formerly. Some of the ablest writers in the country reg ularly contribute. It is a favorable time to subscribe. TILE HOME MONTHLY, for April, is an excellent and interesting number, handsomely embellished with an en graving representing the Ant meeting of King Henry the Eighth with Anne Boleyn. Published monthly, by Cyrue Stone, Boston, and James Challen & Son, Philadelphia, at $2 per annum. GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK, for April, is out, as bright and beautiful as the sunny Spring month it heralds. The steel engraving with which it - opens, is a perfect gem, and tells its own story eloquently. The Fashion Plates and other illustrations, are also in keeping with the season.— The literary matter embraces the usual variety of choice stories, sketches, poetry, and editorial chit chat. The first article, (neatly illustrated) entitled "Tea for Indies, and Where It Comes Prom," will .be read with interest by all tea.drinkers. DELEGATES TO THE GENERAL CON The following named gentlemen have been selected to represent the Philadelphia Annual Conference of the M. E. Church, in the Gen. oral Conference which is to convene at Buffalo in the month of May, viz : Rev. Dr. J. P. Durbin, Rev. Dr. F. Hodg son, Rev. Pennel Coombe, Rev. T. C. Murphy, Rev. Thomas J. Thompson, Rev. H. Oololazer, Rev. Dr. Castle, end- em Wm. Cooper. CITY AND COUNTY . AFFAIRS.. THE FIRST or Aram—This, the great busi ness day of the year In Lancaster, fell this year on Sunday. Yesterday, lioirever, the eity was Crowded with strangers from all parts of this and adjoining counties, and not a few of the "light-fingered gentry"' from Philadelphia and elsewhere. The hotels were crowded tooverflowiug... The influx of people Into the hotels colour neighbors, Scubaxi "and LICI/133, two of our lbeat.and moat acemantootathm landkul6 was ax gieat u we have ever bears wean any similar occasion. The same may be said of the hotels of Mews. litonsai., Hum Coors; Liu; Bunn, Bus; and - others. The amount of money sr** alianuel bands cannot well be estimated. We think, however, we are safe in saying that it was not less than 51,'000,000. The liirst of April is a "great institution," especially in Lan caster. .—The pletpoCkets were busy among the crowds that visited our City on yeeterday. One countryman lost $llOO, another $9OO. another SAO. another $7, and, we did bear it said that still another lost $2OOO. Several 'valuable bonds and mortgages were also Wren. At the time our paper went to press, we had heard of no arrests. These light fingered gentry appear to have been particularly adroit in their operations. _ . P.S. Amm named John R. Friedenberg was arrested, about 4 o'clock, and committed for picking the pocket of David Slender, of W. Earl township, of a pocket book con. taming $l5. He was committed by Alderman Musser, in default W 420001411, to'answer at Court. CLOSE OP THE HOWARD EVENINGEI.—The last of the Howard Evenings for this season was held on Tues day evening last, when Hon. A. Hans, Chairman of the Lecture Committee, delivered a briet able and comprehen sive address on the history and succeed of the Howard Evenings. The plan for the government of the Association and these Evenings during the next and succeeding seasons was given, which will be laid before the public In doe time. The discussion was participated in by Maj. Littman. Gen; Steinman, Prof. Wise, Rev. Dr. Gerhart, Prof. AL D. Wick— ersham. Jay Csdwell, Esq., Judge Champtieys, Dr. Parry, Judge Hayes, Col. Dickey and Hon. L E. Hiester. Gen. Steinman offered resolutions, which were vivant. monaly adopted, tendering the thanks of the HOward Association to the County Commissioners for the use of the Court Room without charge, and also to the various musi cal associations for the delightful music furnished the Howard Evenings. The President, Hon. Tuomss IL Boasowss, then, in a brief address, declared the Howard Evenings closed, and regretted that circumstances might hereafter prevent his participation in them, at least as much as he would desire. Mr. Mester rose, and moved that the thanks of this assembly be given to Mr. Burrowee, for his - services to the Howard Association, with their congratulations upon his recent honorable appointment—alike creditable to himself and the appointing power; which motion, being seconded, was put by Mr. Hiester to the meeting and unanimously adopted. Kevinekl thee performed with hie accompanying juvenile band, in excellent style, several national airs— after which the President declared the meeting adjourned, and the large audience quietly dispersed, regretting much he close of the Howard Evenings THE FENCIBLES' BAND.—The Band of the Fericibles, among the finest corps of musicians in this or any other State, have secured the services of Mr. DANIEL JCLEM 'we, late of the City Band of Reading, u Leader. itr. C. is said to be an accomplished and thorough musician, and our musical critics pronounce his solos on the bugle ap proaching theheat they have ever heard. We have not yet had the pleasure of listening to the Band under Ito new leadership, but expect to before long, and will then pro- coed to give a learned and highly critical (I) disquisition on the beauty and sublimity of music, and the peculiar "charms it hath to soothe the savage breast I" We always had vanity enough to think ourself A No. 1 on the Jewsharp! especially in a rendition of "Fisher's Hornpipe" and "The Girl I left behind me." We considered it "in days of yore" onel,?the most difficult instruments to play upon. With all these superior advantages, our opinion ought to be worth something. What say our friends liars. ITBI3, HEPPYJI and KEVIIII3IO ? —The local editor of The Express suggests that the Band, in order to afford our citizens generally an opportunity to hear them, get up a Promenade Concert, similar to that given a year or two since. An hour could not be spent more pleasantly in " the merry month of May," than at an entertainment of this kind at Fulton Hall. We heartily second the suggestion. THE PHILADELPHIA M. E. CONFERENCE. This ecclesiastical body closed its labors on Friday evening last, after a session of_ten days, Bishop BAKER, of New Hampshire, presiding, assisted 6y Bishop SCOTT. of Dela ware. The appointgaente for thi District are as follows: SOUTH PHILADELPHIA DISTRICT EREIVIOLI HODDDON, D. D PRELUDING ELDER. Churches. PHILADELPRII, Union, Nazareth, Ebenezer, Salem, Bt. Paul's Wharton Street Mariners' Bethel, Western Broad Street, Central, Pitman Chapel, - Second Street,. ......... Eleventh Street, Scott Chapel. Thirty-eighth Street, Asbury, Centenial . Haddington, Hestonville, Radnor, Darby, Paschalville,... LANCASTER. • First Church, St. Paul's Safe Harbor and Manor, Columbia, Marietta Mount Joy Bainbridge HARRISBURG. Harrisburg, Harrisburg Mission, Dauphin, Halifax, Middletown, Wieconiscg, The churches in this county, which constitute a portion of the Wilmington District, are eupplied as follows : Ful ton, S. It. Gillingham; Mount Nebo, J. N. Magee ; Straw burg, S. M. Cooper. POLITICAL—At a meeting of the American Union Club, at their room in East King street, on Thurs day evening, the following permanent officers were elected President, David Fulton; Vice Presidents, J. B. Swartz. welder, Thos. T. Moore ; Recording Secretary, H. K. Killian ; Treasurer, Samuel Killian. The meeting was largo, speeches were made, and much enthusiasm prevailed. It was stated that from information received fifty-four counties, as far as heard Trom, will be represented in the State Convention which meets in this city nest month. Aldermen and Justices of the Peace in Lan caster County, 1860.—The following is a corn pieta list of the newly elected Aldermen and Jus tices of the Peace, in the city and county of Lancaster, as well as those holding over from former years. The figures indicate the years they were severally elected:— LANCASTER: s. Ward. .J. C. Van Camp, 1860 C. F. Voight, 1818 N. IV. Ward. C. R. Frailey, S. G. Musser, N. E. Ward. Wm. Frick, Wm. B. Wiley, S. E. Ward. Wm. P! Leonard, 1858 J. T. MacGonigle, 1859, BOROUGHS Adamstown: E. Billingfelt, 1.8611 Columbia—Up. Ward, Vacancy—tie. John Eddy, Lower Ward. Thomas S. Welsh, 18571 F. H. Ebur, 1858 1 Elizabethtown. H. M. Breneman, 1858 1 George Byrod, 1859 Mount Joy—E. Ward. J. R. Long, 1856 Samuel I. Shay, 1856. West Ward C. M. Martin, Jacob Urich, Marietta E. D. Roatb, Robert Dunn, Manheim. G. Shaffner, F. Ensminger, Strasburg. Jacob Hildebrand, 1860 James McPhail, 1860 Warhingion. TOWNSHIPS Bart. Wm. S. Ferree, 1860 J. M. Heyberger, 1860 Brecknnck. Wm. Von. Neida, 1860 H. B. Becker, 18591 Carnarvon. John E. Valentine, 1857 James McCaa. 1859 Conestoga. H. Mehnffy, Jacob Fehl, Clay. Samuel Eberly, 1880 Samuel Niesley, 1860 Conoy. J. Foreman, 1859 C. S. Erb, 1859 Cocalico West. Wm. H. Paul, 1880 F. A. Strain, _ 1860 Cocalica East. Cyrus, Ream, 185 C. Bentz, 185 Colerain. James K. Simpson, 1856 W. N. Gilbraith, 1856 Drumm Samuel Boyd, 1800 W. W. Steele, 1856 Donegal East. Charles M. Brown, 1857 S. F. Albright, 1860 Donegal Wen. John B. Hort, - - • 1860 Rtulolib:Shank, ' 1860 Bctstaass Caexaa.—We are pleaaed -to. notice ' that Mr Campbell has associated with himself in the Boot and Shoe business, Mr. James Harebell, who has been for many years connected with the establishment its one of Me best practical workmen— This is substantial as knowleigement of the identity of interest between labor and capital which is tooofted ignored, and the new firm hays our best . wishes fore flourishing trade. • . ROBBER,' NEAR at?' HARBOB-911LOZOPORM- • . . r Kiiiians Al Az Aam.—The extenaire nes to which' chloroform tos heretofore been ,iiiiployed for purpOsee of robbery in the largketties, his pat the mire thread ettl ieus upon 'their goird, and now its application Is alnioat of rare occurrence. The rural thieves, however, have at last got hold of the secret, and make use of it with con siderable effect. Some time on Tuesday night last, we learn from the Frpresr, the farm house of Mr. John Per king, about half a mile back Of Safe. Harbor, was -entered and robbed of three hundred dollars through its agency. The thieves finding one of the doors unlocked, went In and made their way to a room in which Mr. Perkins, hip - wife and child were sleeping, and having saturated the carpet and other fabrics with chloroform, awaited the result on the outside. After waiting until they supposed the drug bad taken effect, they went in and rummaged the room. Finding a small chest or box, which contained money or treasure, they carried It to a field near by and bruise it open, and carried off the money, three hundred dollars in bank notes and silver. An employee of Mr. Perkins, on going to his work the following morning, found the chest, and thinking all was not right, went to the house. and 1 proceeding to the room of Mr. P., found him, his wife and child in a prostrated condition, bleeding very freely at the nose. A physican was called in as soon as possible, and their condition relieved. They continued to bleed at the nom, however, at intervals during the day, and have otherwise suffered from the effects of the drug. The peeps• trators of this outrage are not known or suspected, but are apparently the same party who committed the burglary at the house of Mr. Nemer, in West Orange street, on Wednesday night of last week. Our country friends should keep a sharp look out for them fellows. CAN CONSUMPTION. Bs Cease P—The exact period when this terrible scourge of the human race be comes incurable has never been satisfactorily determined, whilst all agree that it is incurable in certain stages. When the lungs are once destroyed in their structure; end when deep-seated ulcers begin to corrode them, there is very little hope of a cure, although cures have taken place after such lesions were known to exist, as has been proven by -poet mortem examination. A wonderful remedy, and a aura cure in all Incipient cases, Is "Dr. Keyser's Pectoral Cough Syrup," a medicine made by Dr. Geo. H. Keyser, of No. 140 Wood street, Pittsburg, Pa., after a number of years of careful experience, and after having cared num. bars of cases of very dangerous Ralmonary disease that had been given up by physicians. Dr Keyser has studied med icine regularly and belongs to the old school, and the medicine that he offers to the public has, besides, a high reputation among our people. We could refer to hundrede of cases of apparently incurable lung disease, in which this medicine has cured. The cost of a trial is a mere trifle, as he sells it in bottles at fifty cents and one dollar, at his drug store, 140 Wood street, Pittsburg. Sold here by C. A. Helnitsh and all Druggists. THE CHARLESTON CONVENTION. Masks. EDITORS: If you will give me space in your col umns, I desire toexpress my views upon the course which the great Sauhedrim of our party soon to meet at Charles ton, should take in the selection of candidates. In this I have no interest save the success of the party, and thereby of its • principles. I have definitely, and I hope finally, retired from all active participation in the struggles within its organization, and expect to have even less to do with its open contests with the mongrel opposition, which follow the arrangement of its internal machinery before taking the field in form. The Pennsylvania resolutions, adopted at Reading, ex press the opinion of the party in this State, and the main tenance of their justice and truth has been confided by it to gentlemen every way capable of enforcing the proposi tions contained in them. They' will not ask the Charleston Convention to adopt them verbatim. If they find that a majority differ with them In opinion, on a question which is after all rather an abstraction than a practical reality, except in the woful dissensions it has produced, they know their duty as Democrats too well not to yield as far as they can with honor and safety yield, and know also how to submit gracefully If peremptorily over-ruled. We may also be sure that the true Interests and honor of Pennsylvania will not suffer in their hands Whatever may be the platform adopted by the Conven tion, of this °vet) , Democrat may be sure: It will be care fully and deliberately examined by the best and ablest men of the nation. We maydikeilse safely infer, from our experience of the lab Ts of former Conventions in this re gard, that it will be practical, and not encumbered with vain speculative abstractions. For my own part. I have a resolute faith in the action of the Convention. and believe most firmly that it will strip the question of slavery of the mantle in which demagogues and traitors have tried to en velope it, and present it in a form satisfactory to patriotic citizens North. South, East and West. Some other things as well, as a good platform to stand on. are required for success. The party must have a can didate who can be relied on to carry out its principles, and who is available. To nominate a man who is unreliable, but available, is to adopt the policy of the opposition. Suc cess would be no victory, or at least secure none of its fruits. Appointments. A. Cookman .J. W. Jackson. .J. B. McCullough Joseph Meson. .J. E. Merldlth. .F. Moore. I think it must be admitted that no man can succeed in a Democratic Convention through the game of brag and bluster, whether countenanced by himself, or. unwittingly to him, practised by short-sighted friends. I could quote a great many examples both in State . and National Con ventions to illustrate the truth of this proposition. but en little reflection is necessary to show the weakness of such a policy, that neither illustration nor ar.ument are neces sary. Without entering into detail, therefore, I set aside Mr. Douglas altogether as a probable nominee for the Pres idency, on this occasion He may be able to dictate who it shall be. All political experience shows that his power will not be great enough to secure his own nomination.— There is one contingency which might give it to him. If he can get a majority In the Conventfon so determined in his support as to repeal the two-third rule, of course, that would nominate him. It is almost certain that his reliable vote will be much below such a majority, nor, if he had it, would those be wise friends who would advise and carry out a policy so certain to lead to inevitable defeat. The declarations of Mr. Douglas himself on this subject are manly and noble. They have made him many friends.— Confidence, however. is a plant of slow growth, and, In my judgment, his time is toot yet. I have mentioned the name of Sir. Douglas, because I think that his nomination would be equivalen t to throwing the election into the House of Representatives. Honest and patriotic citizens, whatever their political proclivities may be, who carefully watched the proceedings of that body, whilst electing a Speaker and Clerk, will deplore an event which even possibly might lead to a repetition of those scenes, or the enactment of others far worse. No true Democrat will deliberatelynnd knowingly lend him self to any combination which' might terminate in such a calamity to his party and his country. I think I have surveyed the field of action accurately.— I know that I have done it carefully and deliberately. I propose to suggest the qualific .Lions which the Democratic candidate for the Presidency should possess, which, in my judgment, will secure his triumphant election, and the restoration of the Democratic party to its former Invincible supremacy In the nation, without the aid of an afflicted and subsidized opposition. I apprehend, then, that the nominee should come from south of Mason &Dixon's line, and yet should not live so far south of it as to make him incapable of appreciating the condition of public opinion In the North upon the great subject which agitates the nation. If he has at any period of his life lived among Northern people, or has interests to some extent identified with their's. so much the better. .D. L. Patterson .J. Castle. W. McCombs. .J. H. Lightburne. .J.. 5. Lame. J. E Kessler N. Frame. ..J. R. Merrill. ..J. Humphries. ..T. A. Feruly. E. P. D. Pepper. ..J. F. Crouch. ..J. M. Wheeler. ..W. M. Dalrymple ..Joseph Gregg. ...J. R. Durhamel.. W. H. Elliott. J. L. Heysinger .H. B. Manger. .J. T. W. Martin .A. Howald. L. B Hughes W. Bishop. .R. J Carson. .0. G. Rakestrale 8. W. Kurtz, 'G. L. Shafer. .W. B. Gregg. ..A.. Fisher. He should be a man whose political history shows that he has always had the unreserved confidence of the com munities amongst whom he resided, and who has receiv-d without solicitation or struggle their spontaneous support, both within and outside of party lines for high and region sib's public station. If to this can be added some national evidence of the same character, exhibiting the like unsc , licited tribute to his virtues as a man, and his abilities and popularity as a statesman, such evidence should not weaken but strengthen his position. He should be a man who had proved himself able to re sist the seductions of power, when engaged in an effort to break down a great man, whom it had good reasons to re gard with fear and dread, yet, at a proper time and on a proper occasion, had shown that he was not afraid dis tinctly to avow the principles which govern his action, without regard to political consequences to himself. Re should be a man who, on more than one occasion, has displayed the possession of intellectual powers entirely adequate to the discharge - of his onerous duties. Whose E. G. Groff, 1860 John C Martin, 1858 Earl Writ. E. Burkholder, )L B. Graybill, Earl East. A. B. Biller, firmness cannot be questioned. whilst the amenity of his manners in the discharge of difficult end responsible du ties, under circumstances peculiarly delicate, has won the love of his political friends of all shades of opinion, and compelled the esteem and respect of his political enemies, and who has none other. He should be a man of middle life. whose energies and sympathies are not impaired by the withering touches of advancing age, 'and, yet, whose character and history show that he is not to be swayed from the path of wisdom and statesmanship be the flattering and often deceptive show of worldly greatness. Boldness, energy and prudence should be distinctive traits In his character; for there is every indication that the foreign policy of the United States is rapidly approaching a crisis. In which it will require the utmost exertion of these qualities in its wxectitive, and of the best men of the nation whom he can call around him, to secure the prize for which the government, whenever under Democratic guidance, has been so long and persist ently struggling. viz: the shortest and cheapest route, to Asia. unembarrassed by foreign interference. With stiecf.ss in this project, all history shows, will pass into the hands of our glorious country the .ceptre of empire. both com mercial and political. No human imagination can pictum its wealth, power and grandeur, when • this object shall be obtained. He should be a man who, thoroughly acquainted with Western and Southern life, has not been so utterly with drawn from the great mmmercial, manufacturing and po litical centres in the East and North, as to be unable, from habit and training to give their interests due weight in the poll." , of his administration. If he belongs to a family distinguished for ability, cour age and patriotism, and has himself served In the tented field, with honor to himself and advantage to his country, without assuming to himself particular merit on that account, he will not be the less acceptable to the people.— If. beside this, he is so popular in the State whose vote will probably decide the election, as to Induce some of its prominent men to tack themselves to his skirts as their only hope of escape from utter political oblivion, thereby conclusively proving their conviction (and selfish ambition is proverbially acute in its perceptions) of the strength and force of that unsolicited popularity, those elemente of his availability should not be passed Over without considera. tion. D. S. Geist, Ephrata, Jacob Kemper, 1857 John G. Bauman, 1857 Eden. 'Robert Evans, 1855 H. H. Breneman, 1856 Elizabeth. IL. R. Hibshman, 1859 Samuel H. Miller, 1860 Samuel Wicks, 1860 Robert Maxwell, 1860 Hempfield West. I John M. Greider, 1859 S. M. Friday, 1859 Hempfield East. P. H. Summy, 1856 John Stauffer, 1857 Lampeter West. L. M Welkinson, 1860 Levi Huber, 1859 Lampeter East. John Quigley, (Joel Miller, 'Adam Bair, 18513 !John Seldomridge, 1857 Leaeock Upper. bane Bnahong, 1860 Win. Weidman, 1859 Lancaster. Harris Boardman, 1859 Henry Andrews, 1859 John MeClune, 1859 Manheitn H. Shreiner, H. H. Hertz, He should be a fortunate man in political life. Inde pendent of the argument that good fortune in generally due not to chance, but to qualities which command it. the prestige of former nutcase loot immense importance. Whole divisions threw down their arms in despair, during the la ter German campaigns of Napoleon, on the appearance of a few French battalions, before his retreat from Moscow. Little Britain David Cope, Vincent King, Ht. Joy Finally, he should be a man whom office has always sought, and who has never sought office, except so far as an honorable ambition to serve his country has induced him to yield to the wishes of the people. If such a man can be found among the distinguished names already presented to the Charleston Convention, by Democratic State Conventions and the Democratic Press of the Union, I think the answer of the friends of the other opposing candidates, if candidly and sincerely desirous of securing the election of the nominee, whoever he may be, shimid be in the simple and emphatic language of the common law when a defendant confesses)udgment, nihii dicit. Christian Coble, 1860 John H. Zellers, 1857 G. C. Hawthorn, 1840 Charles Dorms, 1857 Daniel Fulton 1857 Andrew Mehaify, 1859 Paradise. John B. Warfel, 1860 John S. Smith, 1857 As to the nominee for the Vice Presidency, although as much care should be exercised in the selection of a candidate as in the case of the superior office, yet, in my opinion. Penn sylvania owes a debt of gratitude to Indiana, (and I speak of that which I know), which, not now pressing. Or having shown in any authoritative manner, the disposition to press the claims of any of her own distinguished sone, she has now an opportunity to repay gracefully. As to theaspiring efforts of those who press themselves, they should be left to their own unaided exertions. To Indiana, so far as Penn sylvania is concerned, her delegates shbuld, in my appre hension, refer the question as to the person, and there is no paucity of men among the. Democracy of that Btate whose reputation is national, and who would confer honor on the position. If the delegates from Pennsylvania should respond to the faithful, determined and efficient support which their candidate received from the delegates of Ind'. ana at Cincinnati, we may again have the two "B's" to lead ne on to' the like success, but far more permanent and decisive,in 1860; as that which followed the banner upon which they...were Inscribed in the ekes and furious contest 0f.1156.' • Providence. John Conrad, 1858 John Sttohm, Sr., 1859 Penn. Henry Weaver, 1860 Rapho. 1_ Samuel R. Zug, 1858 Sadrbury. Mahlon Fox, 1857 Samuel Slokom, 1858 Salisbury Sylvester Kenedy, 1858 Robert W. Morton, 1858 Strasburg. H.' N. Brenernan, 1860 Henry Masselman, 1860 Warwick Francis W. %aid, 1860 L•Ti A. RAO. 1856 For The Intelligenoer. Itstioni sd 071=11110A1 OF MI An 180 Marsh 29th, 1819). MESSAGE OW TUE PRESIDENT. 7h theYouse - of Reprelatirtivier After a delay which has afforded me ample time for reflection, and after much and careful deliberation, I,fiud myself constrained by an imperious sense of duty as a co ordinate branch of the Federal Government, to protest against the first two clauses of the first resolution, adopted by the Rouse of Representatives on the sth instant, and published in the Congrei sional Globe on the succeeding day. These clauses are in the following words: Pesdoed, That a committee of five members be appointed by the Speaker, for the purpose: First, of investigating whether the President of the United States, or any other officer of the Government,- has, by money. patronage, or other improper means, sought to influence the action of Congress,_ or_ any committee thereof, for or against the passage of any law appertaining to the rights of any State or Territory ; and second, also to investigate whether any officer or officers of the Govern ment have, by combination or otherwise, prevented or defeated, or attempted to prevent or defeat, the execution of any law- or laws now upon the statute book, and whether the President has failed or , refused to compel the execution of any law thereof. I confine myself exclusively to these two branches of the resolution, because the por tions of it which follow relate to alleged abuses in the post offices, navy yards, public buildings, and other public works of the United States. In such easel inquiries are highly proper in themselves, and belong equally to the Senate and House, as incident to their legislative duties, and being necessary to enable them to discover and provide appropri ate legislative remedies for any abuses which may be ascertained. Although the whoa of the latter portion of the resolution are ex tremely vague and general, yet my solepur• pose in adverting to them at present is to mark the broad line of distinction between the accusatory and the remedial clauses of this resolution. The House of Representatives possesses no power under the Constitution over the first or accusatory portion of the resolution, except as an impeaching body, whilst over the last, in common with the Senate, their author ity as a legislative body is fully and cheerfully kdmitted. It is riolely in reference to the first or im peaching power -that I propose to make a few observations. • Except in this single ease the Constitution has invested the House of Representatives with no power, no jurisdiction, no supremacy whatever over the President. In all other respects he is quite as independent of them as they are of him. As a coordinate branch of the Government he is their equal. Indeed, he is the only direct representative on earth of the people of all and each of the sovereign States. To them, and them alone, is he responsible, while acting within the sphere of his constitutional duty, and not in any manner to the House of Representatives The people have thought proper to invest him with the most honorable, responsible, and dignified office in the world ; and the individual, how ever unworthy, now holding this exalted position, will take care, so far as in him lies, that their rights and prerogatives shall never be violated in his person, but shall pass to his successors unimpaired by the adoption of a dangerous precedent. He will defend them to the last extremity against any unconstitu tional attempt, come from what quarter it may, to abridge the constitutional rights of the Executive, and render him subservient to any human power except themselves. The people have not confined the President to the exercise of executive duties. They have also conferred upon him, in a large measure, legislative discretion. No bill can become a law without his approval as representing the people of the United States, unless it shall pass after his veto by a majority of two thirds of both Houses. In -this legis lative capacity he might, in common with the Senate and House of Representatives institute an inquiry to ascertain any facts which ought to influence his judgment in approving or vetoing any bill. This participation in the performance of legislative duties between co ordinate branches of the Government, ought to inspire the conduct of all of them in their relations towards each other with mutual • forbearance and respect. At least, each has a right to demand justice from the other. The , cause of complaint is that the constitutional rights and immunities of the Executive have been violated in the person of the President. The trial of an impeachment of the President before the Senate, on charges preferred and prosecuted against him by the House of Representatives, would be an imposing spec tools to the world. In the result not only his removal from the Presidential office would be involved, but what is of infinitely greater importance to himself, his character, both in the eyes of the present and of future genera time might possibly be tarnished. The disgrace cast upon him would in some degree be reflected upon the character of the Ameri can people who elected him. Hence the precautions adopted by the Constitution to secure a fair trial. On such a trial, it declares that the Chief Justice shall preside. This was doubtless because the framers of the Constitution believed it to be possible that the Vice President might be biased by the fact that in case of - a removal of the President from office the same shall devolve on the Vice President. The preliminary proceedings in the House in the ease of charges which may involve impeachment, have been well and wisely settled, by long practice, ppon principles of equal justice, both to the accused and to the people. The ,precedent established in the case of Judge Peck, of Missouri, in 1831, after careful review of all former precedents, will, I venture to predict, stand the test of time. In that case Luke Edward Lawless, the accuser, presented a petition to the House, in which he set forth, minutely and specifi cally, his causes of complaint. He prayed that the conduct and proceedings in behalf of the said Judge Peck may be inquired into by your honorable body, and such decision made thereon as to your wi-dom and justice shall seem proper. This petition was referred to the Judiciary Committee, and such has ever been deemed the appropriate committee to make similar investigations. It is a standing com mitten supposed to be appointed without reference to any special case, and at all times is presumed to be composed of the most eminent lawyers in the House from different portions of the Union, whose acquaintahce with judicial proceedings, and whose habits of investigation qualify them peculiarly fol. the task. No tribunal, from their position and character could, in the nature of things. be more impartial. In the case of Judge Peck the witnesses were selected by the committee itself, with the view to ascertain the truth of the charge. They were cross examined by him, and everything was conducted in such a manner as to afford him no reasonable cause of cum In view of this precedent, and what is of far greater importance, in view of the Consti— tution and principles of eternal justice, in what manner has the President of the United States been treated by the House of Repre— sentatives? Mr. John Covode, a representa— tive from Pennsylvania, is the accuser of the President. Instead of following the wise precedents of former times, and especially that in the case of Judge Peck, and referring the accusation to the Committee on the Judiciary, the House have made my accuser one of my judges. To make the accuser the judge is a viola— tion of the principles of universal justice. and is condemned by the practice of all civilized nations. Every freemab must revolt at such a spectacle. I am to appear before Mr. Covode, either personally or by a substitute, to cross examine the witnesses which he may produce before himself, to sustain his own accusations against me; and perhaps even this poor boon may be denied to the President. And what is the nature of the investigation which his resolution proposes to institute ? It is as vague and general as the English lan guage affords words in which to make it. The Committee is to.inquire, not into any specific charge or charges, but whether the President has, by " money, patronage or other improper means, sought to influence."—not the action of any individual member or members of Congress, but " the action (of the entire body) of Congress itself, or any Committee thereof.' The President might have had some glimmer ing of the nature of the offence to be investi gated had his accuser pointed to the act or acts of Congress which be sought to pass or to defeat by the employment of" money, patron age or other improper means." But the accusation is bound by no such limits. It ' extends to the whole circle of legislation; to the interference "for or-against the passage of any law appertaining to the rights of any State or Territory." And what law does . not appertain to the rights of Statiar Territory?' And what law or laws has the President failed to execute ? These taight.easily hive been-pointed out had any each Vaste.d. , .; . Red Lawless Owl • Anipquiry to be made by the &KM ivhetber Jafiee Peck , i ri"genbial far cited his judicial duties, without tha specification of any particular act, Ido not believe there would have been a single vote in that body in . favor of the inquiry. Since the time of the Star Chamber and of General Warrants, there has been no such proceeding in England. The HOW* of Representatives, theliigh impeach ing power of the country, without consenting to hear a word of explanation, have endorsed, the accusation against the- President, and made it their own act. They even refused to permit a member to inquire of the - President's accuser what were the specific charges against him. Thus in this preliminary accusation of "high crimes and misdemeanors" against a co ordinate branch of the Government, under the impeaching power, the House refused to hear a single suggestion'even in regard to the correct mode of proceeding; but, without a moment's delay, passed the accusatory resolu tions under -the pressure of the previous question. In the institution of a prosecution for any offence against the most humble- citizen—and I claim for myself no greater rights than he enjoys—the Constitution of the United State's, and of the several States, require that he shoed be informed, in the very beginning, of the nature and cause of the accusation against him, in order to prepare for his defence.. There are other principles which I might enumerate, not less sacred, presenting an impenetrable shield tti protect every citizen falsely charged with a criminal offence. These have been violated in the prosecution instituted by the House of Representatives against the Executive branch of the Government. Shall the President alone be deprived of the protect tion of those great principles , which prevail in every land where a ray of liberty pene trates the gloom of despotism? Shall the Execu tive alone be deprived of rights which all his fellow citizens enjoy ? The whole proceeding against him justifies the fears of those wise and great men who, before the Constitution was adopted by the States, apprehend -d that the tendency of the Government was to the aggrandizement of the Legislative at the expense of the Executive and Judicial depart. ments. I again declare, emphatically, that I make this protest for no reason personal to myself, and I do it with perfect respect for the !louse of Representatives, in which I had the honor of serving as a member for five successive terms. I have lived long in this goodly land, and have enjoyed all the offices and honors which my country could bestow. Amid all the political storms through which I have passed, the present is the first attempt which has ever been made, to my knowledge, to assail my personal or official integrity, and this as the time is approaching when I shall voluntarily retire from the service of my country, I feel proudly conscious that there is no public act of my life which will not bear the strictest scrutiny I defy all investigation. Nothing but the basest perjury can sully my good name. Ido not fear even this, because I cherish an humble confidence that the gracious Being-who has hitherto defended and protected me against the shafts of falsehood and malice, will not desert me now, when I have become old and grey headed. I can declare before God and my country that no human being, with an exception scarcely worthy of notice, has at any period of my life dared to approach me with a corrupt or die honorable proposition, and, until the recent developments, it had never entered into my imagination that any person, even in the storm of exasperated political excitement, would charge me, in the most remote degree, with having made such a proposition to any human being. I may now, however, exclaim in the language of complaint, employed by my first and greatest predecessor, that " I have been abuqed " in such exaggerated and indecent terms as could scarcely be applied to a Nero —to a notorious defaulter, or even to a com• mon pickpocket. I do, therefore, for the reasons stated, and in the name of the people of the several States. solemnly protest against these proceed ings of the Ruse of Representatives—because they are in violation of the rights of a co ordinate Executive branch of the Government, and subversive of its constitutional indepen dence ; because they are calculated to luster a band of interested parasites and informers, ever ready, for their own advantage, to swear before ex parte committees to pretended private conversations between the President . and themselves'—incapable, from their nature, of being disproved, thus furnishing material. for harrassing him, degrading him in the eves of the country, and eventually, should he be a weak or timid man, rendering him subservi: eat to improper influences ; in order to avoid such prosecutions and annoyances, ecause they tend to destroy that harmonious action for the common good which ought to maintained, and which I sincerely desire to cherish between co ordinate branches of the Government; and finally, because, if unresisted, they would establish a precedent dangerous and embarrassing to all my successors, to whatever political party they might be attached. (Signed) JAMES BEMHANAN Washington, 28th of March, 1860. ANOTHER JOHN BROWN RAID.— At the Hazlett and Stephens' sympathy meeting in Ashtabula county, Ohio, James Redpath is reported to have saidt Aaron D. Stephens is dead. His brave life was choked out of him for presuming, without asking Senator Mason's permission, to believe in the Declaration of Independence, and, thus believing, for still further daring, (to use Captain's word,) " to put that thing through ;" or, in the words of God, as rendered by Isaiah, for attempting to " Proclaim Liberty through out all the land unto all the inhabitants there. of." Many of you knew him: shall he die in vain and unavenged ? To those of you who are friends of the slavedriver I have nothing to say—my duty is with men whose hearts are too large to be suffocated by the dust raised by party mounte banks, and whose gaze is too steady to be dazzled by the glare of the false and fatal splendor of the Despot's Court. To those of you who are ready to imitate Stevens, this only need be said : Be prepared ; bide your time ; ere long you will be called." For I tell you, men of Ashtabula, that the strangling of John Brown was not the death of his cause; and that, ere many more moons revolve, the slave will be offered succor again. Six months before the blow at Harper's Ferry. I stated that it would be made, and even indicated by 'whom ; and again, I give the slavedriver a solemn warning to set his house in order, for his doom is pronounced—" he shall die and not live."— Money will be needed to exesute these ilans of liberation. Those of you who approve-it may aid it by your money. EIGHTY LIVES LOST IN A COLLIERY.—A fearful catastrophe happened on the second instant by an explosion of gas in Burradon Colliery, Northumberland, England. About 120 men and boys were at work in the pit at the time, of which number more than eighty were killed.. Two explosions occurred, the first about half past one o'cl ck in the after. noon, which was slight and alarmed only a few lads. The second explosion occurred about three minutes afterwards, and was so violent that all the workmen made an imme• diate effort to escape from the pit, but only about thirty were successful. Most of the others perished from the stifling effects of the choke-damp. An awful wail arose in the cottages belonging Co the men down in the pit as the intelligence reached their families, and then women and children flocked to the pit mouth, where a frightful scene ensued as ibe men and lads who had escaped were brought out. Hundreds of persons remained on the bank all' night, many of them women and children, shivering in the cold air, in breath less hope that some one would come out of the pit to give them intelligtice of father, brother, husband, ur son. but upon whom they were never destined to gaze again, except as a blackened corpse, A walk through the village on ,Saturday afternoon showed that in almost every third house there was a corpse, or that preparations were made for one that was expected from the pit.—London paper. tl THE FUGITIVE SLAVE CASE. PHILADELPHIA, March 29 The fugitive slave Moses Horner was taken South in the 8 o'clock train this morning, the U. S. Marshal disregarding the writ of bws corpus issued by Judge Allison. Nine of the colored men and one white man who attempted the rescue last night have been committed to prison. RAILROAD Than; BURNED.—The baggage car and two passenger cars of Monday night's Western train, on the Pennsylvania Railroad, were burned at the Avenue Drove Yard, West Philadelphia, about I.o} o'clock. The cause of the disaster was the breaking of an axle. All the passengers escaped without serious injury, arid reached the city by the passenger ~./1 4 WOL • - • . '
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