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m Tho nrinting oreuM shall be free to entry.
D6tma who'nndertake* to examine the pro.
oeedlags of the legialatnre, or'.any
aoveffimentt and no law ahaUi everbe made
to reiffialn the right thereot. Thefree «>mm.n
-0?lfi-<
Senior men SSfpnbUo eapaolUee. oy where the
matter pubUahtfi la proper for pubUo lnforma-
truth thereofmay be given, in evl
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FOR GOVERNOR:
*HIKSTBB CLXMEB, of Berks 00.
:;iTh© Democratic PlotCojpm.
7ho jDomoaraoy of Poansylvimla In Convention
mett rocognlzlng n crisis in the oflUlrs of the Republic,
and ©stcomlngtbolmmodlatorostofcatlon of tbo Union
paramount to all otbor Issues, do resolvo:
L That tbo States, whereof tbo pooplo wero lately
In rebellion) aro Integral parte of tbo Union and are
eptitled to representation In Congress by men duly
elootod wbo bear true faith to the Constitution and
InwSi and In order to vlndlcato the maxim that tax a*
tlon without representation Is tyranny, suob represen*
tatlycs should bo forthwith admitted.
2i lWth of tho Republlo Is pledged to tbo
payment of the National dobt, and CongrcM should
puss all la*wa necessary for that purposo.
& That wo owe obodlonco to tho Constitution of tbo
United Statos, Including tbo amendment prohibiting
Hlavory, and undor Its provisions will accord to tlioso
omiloclpauid all their rights of ponton and property.
4. That oaoh State has tho exclusive right to regulate
tbo qualifications of Its own doctors.
& That tbo white race alono Is untitled to tho con
trol of tho Government of tho Republic, and wo uro
unwilling to grant tho negroes tho right to vote.
d. That tbe bold onunolation of tho principles of tho
Constitution and tho policy of restoration contained
In tbo reepnt Annual Mossugo and Froodmou’s Bu
reau Veto Message of President Johnson entitle him
to the confldonco and support of all who respect tho
Constitution and lovo their country.
j, That the nation owow to tbo bravo men of our
armies and navy a dobt of lasting gratitude for their
heroic services In defence of tho Constitution and tho
Union i and that while wo cherish with a tender affec
tion tho memories of tho fallen, wo pledge to their
widows and orphans tho nations care and protection.
8. That we urgo upon Congress the duty of equal
izing tbo bounties of our soldiers and sailors | -
More Good News—The Civil hlglits Bill
Tlie Civil Bights Bill was vetoed by
President Johnson yesterday. Up to
the hour of going to press last evening
the Veto Message had not come to hand.
The following telegram was sent from
Harrisburg, on Friday evening last, by
the agent of the Associated Press. Itwos
excluded, however, from all the Repub
lican papers in Philadelphia. This Is a
sample of their fairness. When detect
ed 111 false statements, they meanly de
cline to make the correction :
J*rcNl(lcnt Johnson nud the lleinocrncy.
llAUHisnuno, March ZJ.— I Tho (llmlrinun
of tho Democratic Htato Duntrnl Committee
authoritatively denies tho statement which
has appeared ill the New York papers, Unit
any committee of the lute Democratic t'on
voutlon, or of tho State Cuntrul Committee,
has waited upon President Johnson.
RimtT Rev. W. 11. Htkvhnh, Bishop
of Pennsylvania, bus arrived In London
nn route for Rome. His health Is much
Improved.
John Van Bkiikn, who has been
down at Charleston looking around, re
turned homo on the -Hth Inst. Ho says
If them are any rebels left In that city,
heeould not see or hear of them. Every
body'was In favor of the President and
the President’s policy.
Maj. Gen. Frnnklinhasbeen appoint
ed the responsible and lucrative position
of superintendent of Colt’s pistol fac
tory. He Ims sent in his resignation to
the War Department and it has been
accepted.
Gen. Ward, recently conlirmed by
the U. 8. Senate as brevet brigadier
general, was lately arrested at Cleve.
land, Ohio, on a charge of forging a
check for $5OO in gold. It is safe to bet
that he was intensely loyal.
Ex-President Pierce will build a
summer residence at North Hampton
this season, and have it completed by
July 1. He owns about forty acres of
land there, in one of the finest locations
on tlie Atlantic coast.
The Democracy of Bucks county held
a ratification meeting at Doylestown on
Thursday evening, the 15th inst. There
was a large turn out, and the Democrat
speaks in tlie most hopeful terms re
garding the present campaign. Look
out for a huge majority for Hiester
Clyliter in old Bucks.
A dispatch from Washington re
ports that the Ways and Means Com
mittee have agreed to continue the ex
emption of tax on income at six hun
dred dollars, adding fifty dollars to the
exemption for every child in a family,
up to fifteen in number.
One of the Government Revenue
detectives on the Canadian .frontier
writes to the Commissioner of Customs,
that the smugglers have laid ..pipes
across the St. Lawrence river, and are
engaged in pumping whisky from Can
ada Into the United States.
. The hotel proprietors of New York
ure to hold a meeting this week to con
sider the expediency of reducing the
price* of hoard. If the hotel keepers
can safely see their way to that con
clusion, it is probable that many other
interests will follow their example.—
The restaurants also are thinking of
the same kind.
Major-General Thomas' has, in
accordance with the request of the late
Gommltee on the Conduct of the War,
prepared a narrative of all the opera
' tlons of the Army of the Cumberland.
This will finish the history of the war
tinder the auspices of that Committee.
The narrative makes sixteen hundred
foolscap pages, and was on Tuesday
placed in possession of the Chairman.
In the country about Vicksburg,
both in Mississippi and Louisiana,
eight Union Generals, between fifty and
sixty late Colonels and Majors, and
several hundred privates and non-com
missioned officers, discharged at the
close of the war from the Unioh army,
are now living.in that region, engaged
in various occupations, many of them
in partnership with officers and soldiere
of the rebel army.
Mr. Wheelwright, of Newbury
jjorl, Mass., is still at work upon his
great enterprise, the construction of a
railway from the River Platte across
the Andes to tire Pacific, and is confi
dent that it will be completed within the
next ten ybars. Already two hundred
and forty miles of the route are in the
course of rapid construction from the
Port of Rosario to the interior city of
Cordova.
Quite a panic prevails at the present
time along some portions of the north
shore of Staten Island, N. Y., in con
sequence of the possibility of Hydropho
bia. Six or seven dogs, said to be
rabid, are at large; and during the last
week ■ fifty-seven dogs that had been
bitten,have been killed. There is talk
of a self-appointed Vigilance Commit
tee, whose business it shall be to com
mence a vigorous crusade against all
canines on that portion of the Island.
The Department of State has re
ceived authentic information that the
three colored children of Rose Klyrea,
of. New Orleans, who were taken to
Havana without the consent of their
parents, have been sent back to her by
tjie United States Consul at the latter
city. General Canby gave the infor
mation concerning the abduction or
removal of the children, when the
State Department instituted the meas
ures which led to their recovery.
A clerk in the Paymaster General’s
Department was threatened wiih dis
missal for refusing to pay an assessment
for 1 - (Republican) election purposes in
New Hamprhire ; he appealed to the
President and the President not only
forbade his dismissal, bpt ordered the
Paymaster General to give him the
ekriiest possible promotion for his ipde
pendence.
The President.
. Day by day, with the maroh of events,
the future grows clearer to the eyes of
the people of this nation, and.tbe path
Of duty more plain before them. With'-,
new and ever increasing reaponslblll
ties, the ability to jneet them properly
seems to be given,;
In such a crisis as Is upon this nation
what Is moat needed Is this right hind
of a leader; one In whom the masses
ean put their trust, and whose guidance
wise men can safely follow. He who
would aspire to such a position should
be wise, hold and.honest., He must be
able to see the right, and willing to fol
low 'lt fearlessly, unawed by danger,
and uninfluenced by any sellish motive.
Happy are the people, who In a great
crlslß like that upon us in the- present,
find themselves under the guidance of
such a man as him who now presides
over the destinies of this nation.
The best minds of the country, whom
ever they are to be found, whether in
the North or the South, tho East or the
West, all approve of the wise and
statesmanlike policy of President John
son. When the work of the warrior
was done the labors of the statesman
had but begun. A nation lay In ruins.
Andrew Johnson by the removal of Mr.
Lincoln was In the providence of God
culled to stand face to face with duties
and responsibilities of the greatest poH-
Blble magnitude. Any ordinary man
would have found himself unequal to
the task. Any but the purest of men
would have found himself bound hand
and foot by the ties of party. The oc
casion demunded superior abilities and
tbe most exalted patriotism. This was
found combined in theperson of Andrew
Johnson.
Regarding the war as a contest waged
for the maintenance of the Union, and
not for the sake of conferring especial
privileges upon the negro, President
Johnson acted in accordance with his
honest convictions. No sooner had he
laid down his policy for the speedy res
toration of the Beceeded States to the
Union than he was bitterly assailed by
two classes of men in the party "which
hud elected him. That some of tho
leading fanatics are honest In their
efforts to elevate the negro to an equal
ity with the white race we believe, but
the mass of those who oppose the policy
of the President are influenced by self
ish motives. Over and again they have
given expression to tho real euuse of
their alarm. They “ee In a restored
Union tho extinction of their rule.—
ThaddeUH Stevens never makes a speech,
without giving expression to this ldeu.
With them party Is the first great con
sideration, before country Itself.
President Johnson knows these men
thoroughly, and lie lias no putlouuu
with them. When lie denounced them
publicly the whole country rejoiced.
Ills spoooh on the of February met
with a hearty response from the masses
throughout tho nation. Every new step
he tukeH In the path of restoration
elicits new pluudltH from the multitude.
They are with him, ready to march
under the banner which he has raised.
His lute announcement that he regards
those only as Union men who support
his policy will be the watchword of all
who love their country more than party.
The Union Party.
The Republican party, when tbe war
broke out, stole the livery of Heaven to
serve the devil in. They announced
themselves as tbe Union party, and de
nounced all who differed with them as
disunionists. This was a strange party
name to be adopted by those who were
the real leaders of that organization.—
They had been original and_avowed dis
unionists. The only men in the North
who desired or advocated the dissolu
tion of the Union were high in its ranks,
Yet they held to this title in order that
they might lead the honest masses
blindfolded to tlie accomplishment of
their base designs. Being adepts in de
ception, they succeeded while the war
raged in deceiving many.
-On the liddof February Andrew John
son stripped the cloak from the leaders
of certain prominent radicals. The peo
ple rejoiced. Hellas now laid down a
test by which every man may try his
Unionism. The Union men of the coun
try are those who stand ready to aid the
President in restoring the Union. There
are none others. The Uniort* party is
theparty which standsopposed to the in
famous designs of the radicals in Con
gress. The line of distinction has been
plainly drawn by the President. Read
Mr. Ingersoll’s report of the interview
he had with him in regard to the Con
necticut election.
Andrew .1. Stelnmun, Esq.
The unanimous vote by which
Andrew J. Steinman Esq, was contin
ued as chairman of the County Com
mittee was no empty compliment. It
was afitting expression of the confidence
which the Democracy of this county
have in his ability and integrity. We
only speak that which we well know
when we say that he is eminently fitted
for the position. He will prove to be a
most efficient leader in the present all
important campaign.; We were glad
to see so many members present on
Saturday. It is a good omen. Under
the control of Mr. Steinman, the differ
ent members of the Committee will find
work enough to do. That it will be
well and effectually done we cannot
doubt.
The Radical Fire Slackening,
Within the past few days the radical
newspapers of the country have greatly
modified their assaults upon President
Johnson. They see how the tide iarun
ning in Connecticut and elsewhere,
and are alarmed, as they well may be.
Even the New York Tribune and the
Philadelphia Press have grown very
mild. Greeley is deprecating the wrath
of Andrew Johnson and trying to prove
that he is not opposed to the election of
Hawley, the Disunion candidate for
governor in Connecticut. Meantime
the the even tenor of
his way, and insists upon it that he
cannot be expected to aid those who
oppose his Hawley has been
compelled to beg for favors, but has not
succeeded in securing any promise of
support from President Johnson. The
friends of the Union, all conservative
men of both parlies in the State of Con
necticut. are rallying to the support of
Mr. English, the Democratic candidate.
It looks now as if he would certainly
be elected. Not long ago, no one would
have dared even to hope for such a re
sult in one of the New England States.
The skies are brightening.
The House of Represenhitives of the
United States has adopted a resolution that
it will adjourn on Thursday, the day of
May, if the Senate agrees. The blanks is
to be filled up, and the time may be in the
beginning, middle, or towards the end of
the month.— Exchange.
If the Senate, says the Philadelphia
Daily Nexus, will fill up the blank with
tlie first Thursday in May, and pass
tlie resolution at once, it will be doing
more service to the country than it is
likely to do by the passage of any meas
ure which has been before it during
the session. The people would feel
greatly relieved if Congress would ad
journ,- and give them the opportunity
which they will havo next autumn to
express their views with regard to pub
lic measures. It js probable that after
the next election many of the members
of the present Congress will entertain
more sober opinions of national affairs
than they now have.
John Cessna.'
It Is seldom that a political renegade ,
has met his deserts bo suddenly ashas
the man whose name stands at the head
ftfcrovMo sodUrAaomedSosltton of minor
and {dofit fromplhe SSemocljatlc pfjuty
of Penpsylvanjai clung to ltpjntll
the lauajS hope in.
Its ratijfs bad-been vvyenoned 'from hlii
grasp. Then, belngi tempted by the
rewards which had beenreonferred upon
others who had gone from Its ranks into
the party, he left If., He
did not do this, 'howeveffiifitll bie'nw
majle,a mq&tdeaperate.-.effort,- to secure
the Democratic nomination for Gover
nor three years ago. Finding when he
came to the 1 Convention that- he could,
only muster nfnc votes', ho leftourrahks
In disgust. No one regretted his going.
He was received by his new found
friends with some marks of destlno
tlou. Last year they made him Chair
man of their State Central Committee,
and he did tlielr dirty work., Well and
faithfully. This little promotion led
him to aspire again to the nomination
for Governor. After using every appli
ance ut Ills commund he managed to
secure one vote forecrtuln—thutof Bed
ford oounty. He got that by using the
most unscrupulous means to defeat
Frank Jordan, who also had some simi
lar aspirations longer standing
than those of Cessna.
Tho Republican Convention assem
bled. Poor Cessna found that he had
not votes enough to make eveu a decent
show for a complimentary vote on the
first ballot. So, making a virtue of
necessity, he concluded to withdraw his
name. Before doing this he got Col.
A. K. McClure to make a strong effort
to have him reappointed Chairman of
the State Central Committee. That
was a flash in the pan. Cessna must
have seen from what was said and done
in the Convention that his new friends
had precious little respect for him ; but
we do not suppose he imagined that
any sueli indignity would be pot upon
him os tlie appointment of Frank Jor
dan to file position to which he aspired,
after abandoning the contest for a uom
lnatibn as candidate for Governor.
A greater insult was never ottered to
any political aspirant. The appoint
ment of any other man In the State
would not so have outraged Cessna.—
lie miiHt pocket the Insult however.—
Hu uunnof abandon the party witli
which he Is now acting. Thero Is no
otlierplucu for him to go. He ean never
aspiru to any position of Importance In
the tanks of the organization to which
he carried all the little political liiltu
ciico and Importance he hud. Ho Is
dead and burled politically forever.—
Ills public life has hcun a lltful fever
bringing him no honor and no great
profit, /fcqtiiniaal in pave!
The I'lltslHirg Meeting.
in another column we give a full ac
count of the great Johnson Mass Meet
lngtheld 111 Pittsburg on Tuesday eve
ning. Mr. Carnahan, whose resolu
tions endorsing the President were so
unceremoniously put down in the Dis
union State Convention lias been heard
from. He has taken the Radical politi
cal bull squarely by tlie horns, and the
beast is in as much danger as was that
of the obstinate Quaker who thought
the father of his herd a match for a full
grown elephant. If Mr. Carnahan and
other friends of tlie President make a
vigorous figli t against old Tom Williams
and James K. Morehead t tliey can easily
prevent them from being returned to
Congress. In such a contest they
would have tlie hearty support of all
truly loy'nl men.
Tlie bold and manly speech of Mr.
Carnahan shows how thousands of hon
orable and intelligent Republicans feel
and think. They know that the policy
of President Johnson is wise and emi
nently well calculated to restore the
Union, while it preserves the Constitu
tion from the assaults constantly being
made upon It by the followers of Ste
vens and Sumner. We regard this
meeting at Pittsburg as a proper effort
ot the Conservative Republicans to
break loose from the Disunionists who
now have control of that organization.
It will be followed by moderate men
throughout Pennsylvania.
The Express is in raptures. It pro
fesses to have found one Democratic
♦newspaper which is in favor of negro
suffrage. It copies article on that
subject from a New York weekly which,
we venture to not three men in
Lancaster ever saw, and not a dozen
ever heard of. The endorsement there
given to the doctrine of negro suffrage
is not such as is being accorded by the
radical Disunion newspaper press, but,
feeble as it is, the Express is wonder
fully elated thereat. It professes to see
in this a sure sigu that the day is not
far distant when every ignorantand de
graded negro in the land shall have a
vote. We would advise the Express to
moderate its joy. The millenlal day of
negro equality is not yet at hand.
It will be compelled yet awhile to
submit to live in a community where
the white man is regarded as superior
to the negro. Grievous as such an afflic
tion may be to the editor of the Express
it must be borne. 'The Irish and the
Germans will continue to vote, while
the negroes will be refused any such
privilege. It may denounce the idea of
this being a white man’s government,
but white men will still maintain it as
such, in spite of obscure and wrong
headed newspapers like the Lancaster
Expxrcss and tlie New York Leader.
The Express seems to tie growing
atrabillious on the result of the Spring
elections in this State. The universal
gains and the many significant triumphs
of the Democratic party are decidedly
significant. They show which xuay the
soldiers arc votiny. This has alarmed
and angered the Express. It not only
loses its temper, but forgets to observe
a proper regard for the truth. It accuses
the Intelligencer of speaking disrespect
fully of the brave men who went forth
to battle, not for the sake of negro suf
frage and negro equality which the Ex
press advocates, but for the Constitution
and the Union. We have heretofore
corrected that paper when it made simi
lar assertions. It knows they are false.
We defy the Express to quote a single
passage from the Intelligencer, either
Daily or Weekly, in which the gallant
soldiers are spoken of in any terms other
than that of praise and admiration. It
is true, we have not puffed up General
Geary, and some other men of similar
character, whose - military reputation
have been made by newspaper corres
pondents and not by fighting. But we
have never refused to award to the true
soldier, either officer or private, hiß full
meed of praise. I f the Express would
maintain a reputation worth having,
we advise it to cease lying.
We are informed, says the Bedford
Gazette, that Col. Frank Jordan
has been appointed Chairman of the
Disunion Geary State Committee,
vice John Cessna kicked out. This
is “the unkindest cut of all.”—
The “ Governor " will now have to takef
his plaice as a private in the ranks, and
“ forward, march,” bright dress,” “left
wheel,” “mark time,": “company,
halt,! 1 according to the command of
Col. Jordan. :
Jordan Ib de massa, Qe esoa Is do servant,.
Try lilra hqwhe like It wr a spell;
So day crank de butternuts, so day keep de
go (plsam'ts l trbw away ’de Sh'el) I" ’
Repeating their Stories.
*i It Ijvery early in the eampalgn 'for.
*mir onjonents to be. forced to repeatfc
KoryHet they are Already reduced tel
fiiat OTalt.v'-Not diurlng' to
Seopljpnopeßvadvoißaoy o|-the
pies tjbby havftlaid down
tjj&tle gldund ’la rendered
conjtracted,' All-they
can do 1b to parade certain'votes of Mr.
Clymer which were cast when there was
a dead lock in the Senate, and to repub
lish his speech made against granting
the use ,of,th& hall of the Hpuse /orthe
purpose <of heidirig therein a’ partisan
political meeting'. The ihyresshashad
that speech In twice already. How often
it proposes to republish it during the
campaign we do not know, but we sup
pose once a week.
The people have not yet forgotten the
disgraceful attempt of the Republicans
io force such an organization of the Sen*
ate in 1884 as would have been uncon
stitutional and revolutionary. That
body then stood 16 Democrats to 16 Re
publicans. The Republicans Introduced
resolutions of every conceivable char
acter in order to force the Democratic
members to record their votes against
them. Among others was one In re
gard to allowing the soldiers to vote In
the army. If the Democrats had voted
for that, or for any other of the resolu
tions offered, they would have recog
nized the revolutionary claims of the
Republicans. Of oourse Mr. Clymer
voted nay persistently upon every mo
tion that came up. He could not have
done otherwise without yielding a great
and well settled principle of political
action. When these votes of Mr. Oly
mer are paraded before the people, they
should remember how they were cast.
Before that, when there was no com
pulsion upon him, Mr. Clymer had vol
untarily and cheerfully voted to confer
the right of suffrage on the soldiers In
the army. He never at any time op
posed the amendment to the Cbnstltu
tion which was passed for that purpose.
Such is the plain honest truth in regard
to the matter.
That vote and the speech to which
we have referred are to be the main
dependence of the Disunion party In
the pending campaign. They have al
ready paraded these things In all their
newspapers, and, though only two
weeks have elapsed since the nomina
tion of their paper General, Geary, they
ure forced to repeat them. How oau
any party succeed which goes Into a
great light like tlio present with their
ammunition completely exhausted bo
fore the battle Is fairly begun? They
must Inevitably bo beaten. The Dem
ocracy are Just gutting their butteries
fulrly planted, When they open upon
the Disunion lets who follow the
lead of HLovoiih, as Geary Hays ho does,
there will bo warm work.
Wilson's Army Bill,
This bill, which passed the Senate on
the 14th by a vote of ayes, 27, nays 6
absent or not voting, 18 —provides for
live regiments of artillery, twelve regi
ments of cavalry (two of which are to
be made up. of negroes), and fifty regi
ments of infantry, (thirteen of which
are to be made up of negroes). Promo
tions in negro regiments are not to be
confined to the negro corps! .No pro
vision is made for the Veteran Reserves
they were entirely counted out. Fes
senden, Republican, of Maine, said :
“The request of the Reserve Corps for
retention in service he considered sel
fish and impudent!’’ (The Invalids
will make a note of this.) In all, the
bill provides for a standing army of
about seventy-five thousand men and
niggers. What earthly use this army
is to be to the country, except to roll up
taxatiou, we cannot see. God knows
the public burthens are heavy enough
already. Should the bill pass the House,
we hope it will get a prompt application
of the veto.
On the Right Track,
Hon. Eli Thayer, formerly a Repub
lican member of Congress, from the
Worcester, Massachusetts, District, is
stumping Connecticut in behalf of the
Democratic State Ticket. On Wednes
day evening last he addressed the peo
ple of New Haven, in Music Hall, in a
speech of great power and eloquence.
He maintained that all the members
elect from the South ought to be ad
mitted to Congress, and said the object
of the Government is to let the people
alone, and make them let each other
alone. He said the Republicans were
entitled to no credit for subdoing the
rebellion, forit might and ought to have
been put down in a year. If an ener
getic man had been President the war
would have been finished in 1862. He
denounced the freedmen’s bureau bill,
advocated free trade and urged that
paper money ought not to be issued by
the Treasury at Washington. He closed
by challenging Mr. Sumner or any other
man to debate before the people of Con
necticut.
A Connectlcnt Eye-Opener.
“ The endorsement by Mr. Johnson of
Cleveland’s course iii coming out for the
President’s policy is looked upon here as
what is known as an ‘ eye opener.’ General
Hawley and his Republican friends had been
endeavoring for a long while to get some
such act of committal from the President,
but all to no purpose.”
The above special despatch to the
Philadelphia Ledger tells the whole
story of the Connecticut election. The
President emphatically endorsed the
Democratic candidate. Whether his
late action in the matter will be suf
ficiently well understood to carry the
coming election remains to be seen. If
the same action had been taken a week
ago tlie matter wonld have been placed
beyond the possibility of a doubt.
Amendments to the Gonstltntlon.
The New York Post (Rep.) ridicules
the number of amendments proposed
by Congress to the Constitution, and
very truly says:
“ Our constitution is not a thing to
'be brought into Congress and tossed
from hand to hand in a sortof contempt
for itsiinperfections, and finally mended
like an old shoe, with a new heel and
a new toe-piece, a patch upon one side,
and a patch on the other. We fought
the rebel States, which had thrown off
its authority; we poured out our blood
like water in its defense; we mortgaged
the revenues of long prosperous years
to come that we might reduce the in
surgents under its dominion; we eulo
gized it through the four years of that
cruel war as a frame of government
which had never been felt by the rebel
States and their population, save in the
benefits it conferred, and we brought
the insurgents back by persevering
efforts and immense sacrifices to their
allegiance. It does not become us now
to treat this venerable instrument aa if
itwere the work of sciolists, a thing
yet to be licked into shape, and upon
which every man who happens to be
returned to Congress is invited to try
his ingenuity."
The New York Tribune don’t like
President Johnson’s polite response to
a notification of his election as an hon
orary member of the Manhattan Club.
It growls as follows :
The World publishes what purports to be
a genuine correspondence between a Com
mittee of the Manhattan Club and President
Johnson. The Manhattans have elected Mr.
Johnson an honorary member, and desire
“ to adorn their walls with'a representation
of the form and lieaments of a statesman
ftnd a patriot who,” &c., <fec. As Mr, John
son aooepts Tyilu sincere thanks, we pre
sume he is unaware that the Manhattan is
a C opperhead Club, arid that three-fourths,
of the men who Bign ’the letter to him—Bar
low, Balmont,. G. T. Curtis, Hiram Crans
ton,-Marble, Schell, Tilderi, rite.—were open
Secessionist? or Peace Democrats through
'the war,
President Johnson's Record en the But-
Question.
SaJh 181J8 the territory of Minnesota
yitade application for admission Into the
Objection wamn%de4Qha|pon-ji
'BtHjjßlpn, because it confenMtMfrigbt
• oj-ajilTVage upon persons not citizens .'of
; States—aliens dot naturill
\ze<h«Thls was the main ground urfid
by-'tßdsewvho opposed his - ' admission,
and forjmis It was contended that her
Constitution was not 11 republican in
form.” President Johnson was then in
.Senate, an<},contended, th(jl
BUffraf/eibaB.ltiecOnatitklloiial'prero(fo
tiveqf the States' trtofwyand that it war
the right of Minnesota, as of every oth
er commonwealth, to regulate the qual
ifications of voters according to hfer own
conviction of right. The ; following ex
plicit declaration of the Senator from
Tennessee, eight years ago, may serve
to enlighten his radical opponents at
this day on the question of constitution
al construction of which they appear to
have such need. It wllLshow that one
essential feature of the President’s re
construction policy was shadowed four
years ago, and that he Is now living up
to his already announced convictions.
Hear him:
“I desire to enter my protest against
a doctrine which maybe supposed to be
advanced here In reference to the quali
fication of the voters of a State. This
Government has no power under the
Constitution of the United States to fix
the qualification of voters In any sover
eign State of the Confederacy. I want
to enter my protest against the doctrine
being indulged In or cultivated to uny
other extent, that this Government has
power to go inßidea sovereign State and
prescribe the qualifications of her voters
at the ballot-box. It is for the State and
not for the Government to do that. If
the doctrine be once conceded that the
Federal Government has power to fix
the qualifications of voters in. a State,
the idea of State Sovereignty Is utopian.
There is no such thing as State Sover
eignty if this Government can fix the
qualification of voters. Thereare simply
twothlngs to be ascertained here: First,
have we evidence that a State has been
formed ? Beyond, have we evidence
that it Is Republican in form ?
These two things being ascertained,
everything else Is for the State tlmt ap
plies for admission."
The Connecticut Election.
The following correspondence be-
the Postmaster atHartford, Con
neotlout, and the President, speaks for
Itself—lt needs no comment:
11 Post Office, Hahtfoiid, Conn.,)
Mnroh 22. )
To President Johnson
Hin: I am now engaged In publluly ad
vocating tho dilution of Jumus K. English
ns cnmlldatu for (lovurnor of Connootluut, n
goutloman who 1h openly oommltted to tliii
support or your voto, to tho dofoiiHo of your
-'2il of February Hpuooli, und of your pollov
of restoration In opposition to tho Dlsunloii-
Ists of Connecticut. Inm opposing the elec,
tlnn of Uonorul .Joseph It, Iluwluy, wlio
oponly disapproved of your voto nud ot
yourffiid of February speooh, and declines
to Miipport your policy no opposed to tho
Itudlonl minority In Congress. If my po
lltluitl notion 1h not sntisiuetory to you, I
hog you to rooolvo my resignation ns Post
muster of this olty. I hnvo thohonorto bo,
Your obodlent sorvnnt,
(Signed) IS. H. Cleveland.”
The President returned this to Mr,
Cleveland, endorsed as follows:
11 Your political notion in upholding my
meusures and policy is approved. Your
resignation is, therolore, not accepted, but
is herewith returned. (Signed)
Andrew Johnson.
Executive Mnnsion, March 23.”
A Party/Without Principles,
The astounding impudence of the Rad
ical Disunion party is equalled by its
talent for lying. One after another of (he
recent State Conventions of that organ
ization have endorsed President John
son and the bitter opponents of his pol
icy in the same string of resolutions. —
We are glad to see that in Rhode Island
they had too much decency to resort to
any Buch miserable lying subterfuge.—
The New York Herald thus announces
the result of their deliberations in that
State:
The Republican Convention of Rhode Is
land yesterday nominated General Am
brose E. Burnside for Governor by accla
mation, and William Greene for Lieutenant
Governor. In view of the dissensions ex
isting in the party no platform resolutions
were adopted.
That was infinitely better than to
pass such a string of wordy inconsis
tencies as is dignified by the name of
the Republican platform in Pennsyl
vania. As they have no decent princi
ples they might as well admit the fact
at once, just by way of making a show
of honesty.
The Harrisburg Election.
The importance of the Democratic
victory gained on Friday last is so well
shown by the figures, and has fallen so
like a dead weight upon the mule con
tractor party, that we cannot refrain
Hrom reproducing the vote, as follows :
Mayor—Edw urds, Democrat, over
: Kepner Ind. Democrat 117
Treasurer—Wilson, Democrat, over
- Dunn, Republican 242
AuniTOKS —Haller, Democrat, over
Stroh, Republican 200
Eager, Democrat, over
Shelf, Republican 201
Osier, Democrat, over
Bostic, Republican 208
Three years ago Mayor Roumfort was
elected by only 47, and last fall Hart
ranft, Republican, had 3 majority! The
result on Friday, certainly exceeded our
most sanguine expectations.
Democratic Tlctory In Brie.
William L. Scott, one of the Vice
Presidents of the Convention which
nominated Hiester Clymer, and an un
flinching Democrat, has been elected
Mayor of Erie. This Is a most decided
triumph over the radical
and shows a Democratic gain of otter
three hundred. Everywhere through
out the State the tide runs with sweep
ing force in our favor, showing what
will be the result next October. The
people of Pennsylvania will crush the
radical Disunion party.
“ Tweedledum and Twecdledee. ”
The radical journals, such as the New
York Tribune and Forney’sPress,delight
to refer to Senator Stewart, of Nevada,
as a son-in-law of the late rebel Henry
S. Poote. This, now that the Senator
has introduced resolutions which please
them, is designed as complimentary.
But a few weeks ago the Bame journals
were for anathematizing the Senator
because he had married the daughter of
one who afterwards turned rebel.
“ Strange, all this difference should be
’Twlxt tweedledum and tweedtedee !’
An Odious Comparison.
Senator Wade has always made ugly
comparisons relative to white and black
troops. This man Wade says: “Expe
rience had shown that colored troops
were as good as white, and it was a noted
fact that while the white regiments along
the frontier were being reduced by de
sertion, there were no desertions from
colored regiments."
This is a dose for men who fought
four and five years to restore the coun
try to its original high position, and if
they can swallow this, with other naus
eous pills emanating from the same
party, we will be compelled to believe
the truth of their sayings. At Harris
burgand otherplaces the “boys in blue"
have been settling with those who make
such assertions at the election polls.
The Cincinnati Enquirer.
It affords us pleasure to. state that ar
rangements have already been com
pleted for the Immediate resumption of
the publication of this excellent journal,
-whose offioe was totally destroyed by
the disastrous conflagration on the 22d
instant. The Enquirer is one of the
beßt newspapers in the great West,-and
we trust that it will speedily rise froiq
Us ashes,
The Berwick Gazette says, that a
breach of 260 feet was made in the cen
tre of the Towanda dam by the late leg
freshet. This will probably pave An im.
portant bearing on the coal trade north
for a portion of the coming season.
The President'll Policy.
Mmi Stettin? In Pittebnivof the Friends :
fe of pncMent Johnson—Th&ise of City
nallDeiind It—Market Street Used for
, KfctiOepaslott—apqech of Robert B. Car*
I »*eMßrtntidifei»nstalntn#,. 1
P^MdeatJonn^nAdeviU
to be jheld-ln on
,s?aerfjijLevenin£ l -for jfchfe purpose of en
ttdrslngth'epolicy of president Johnßon
in the matter-of Reconstruction. At the
hour announced for the opening of the
meeting, a large concourse of people as
sembled on Market street, in front of
the Hall, but to their astonishment they
t fonnd it closed. It was then announced
that arrangements had been made for
1 the Use of the HSU, butthe Market Com
mittee of ths City. Council? had decided
that they could not occutiy it. A meet
ing was then improvised on the Bide
walk, under a gas lamp, a bench pro
cured for arostnlm, when an organiza
tion was effected by the selection of Col.
Samuel MoKelvy as President, assisted,
by a numerous corps of Vice Presidents
apd Secretaries.
Immediately after the meeting had
been organized, a large delegation of
citizens, preceded by a brass band, ar
rived at the ground. Robert B. Carna
han, Esq., in response to repeated calls
made bis appearance on the stand, and
proceeded to address the meeting.
He alluded to the fact that he was an
office holder under the General Govern
ment, but thought It was dis
honor to hold an offloe nor a reason why
any man’s honesty should be Impeaoh
ed. He proceded to explain and defend
the policy of the President.
What, Htiid ho, Is the policy of tho Presi
dent In regard to the States lately in rebel
lion, which has been the object of so mnch
denunciation in Congress und in certain
sections of the country? It may be ex
pressed in a single sentence. It is to briug
the States lately in rebellion into practical
relations with the National Government ns
speedily as possible, consistently with the
public safety. When E say States lately in
rebellion, I mean the people of the States.
Tho President does not admit that any of
these States were ever out of the Union. In
constitutional theory and in fact the Union
was never broken. In his opinipn seces
sion and rebellion wore impotent to dissolve
the Union. Nothing but revolution could
•accomplish such a result. He believes that
the Suae is an integer in our political sys
tem ; that without States there can bo no
such thing as our Federal Government;
that tho eleven States which were lately in
rebellion are eleven of the thirty-six col
umns on which the Federal Union rests.
These opinions of the President are not
new. I believe they have been entertained
by every one of his predecessors in office.
They were certuinly entertained by Hamil
ton, Jefferson, Mudlson, the Adamses,
Jackson, Webster. Clay, Bouton, Wright
and tho most illustrious statesmen the
country bus produced. Thoy wore nover
doubled by any ono until tho postllont
heresy of secession was promulgated by
Calhoun and his followers. About four
years ago a new doctrine wus broaohod in
opposition to tho teachings of more than
seventy years. The new dootrlno wus that
of Stuto Bitleldu; that a Stute could kill it
self and thus suvor its relation to tho Fed*
• (mil Government; that hocuuso curtain
1 oillziOMM of a Sluto rebelled und gave their
' rulwilfnii an organized form, tho sovereign
ty ufihu SLuloh bocumo forfeited, and uo
graded Into some subordinate political po
sition. Now this doctrlnu is Just four years
1 old. I Uellovo it was originated by Mr.
Ashley, of Ohio, but its ablest advocate is
1 Thudilous StovonH, Thu President looks
1 unpn this now doctrine as a horusy, as pos
--tyont and destructive as that of socoNHlon,
When the oxcitornontof tho day has pussed,
I think tho wholo country will agreo with
> him.
Active hostilities ended with the sur
reudor of the rebel armies lust spring, but
wo are still in military possession of tho
rebel Staton. Tho President found them
without Stale Governments, or with rebel
governments which could not bo recognized,
and he appointed military or provisional
governors. These appointments were alto
gether military, and were made in pursu
ance of our military occupation. The
States were required to abolish slavery,
adopt the Constitutional Amendment
abolishing slavery, to repudiate the rebel
debt, and repeal all laws in regard to the
blacks which bad their origin in the exis
tence of slavery. A discriminating amnes
ty absolved the masses from the penalties
of treason. The Slate governments here
ro-organized, and the people of these States
were invited by the President to send Sena
tors and Representatives to Congress.—
Wlnit has been done by the President was
done by virtue of his powers as Comraand
er-in-Cbief of the armies of the United
States. Subdued rebels have been simply
restrained, and the same power which au
thorized the President to prosecute hostili
ties for the preservation of the Union, au
thorizes and justifies this military repres
sion, while we are still in military occupa
tion of the hostile territory. The prescribed
conditions were accepted by the people of
the rebellious States. Their State govern
ments have been organized, and they have
elected Senators and Representatives and
sent them to Washington. What was done
by the President was generally considered
well done, unfil Congress assembled and
the A’hole country approved.
Now this plan of reconstruction was pre
cisely the same originated and inaugurated
by President Lincoln, with the approbation
of loyal people everywhere. Reconstruction
can mean nothingmore than reorganization
of the State governments, adapting their
constitution and legislation to the altered
condition of affairs resulting from the war
and the destruction of slavery.
Now this work of reconstruction is chiefiy
the work of the people of the Stales them
selves. Even the President can interfere
with them only indirectiy, and by means
of the war powers with whose execution he
is charged. He certainly can prescribe the
terms on which tho military occupation
will be withdrawn, and he has done pre
cisely this very thing. He has told the peo
ple of the States lately in rebellion, what
were the indispensable pre-requisites to a
withdrawal of tho military force now in oc
cupation of these States, and his pro-requi
sites have in great part been complied
with.
But when 800(1(01-8 and Representatives
from these States come to Washington and
ask to bo admitted to seals in Congress, no
inquiry is made into the personal loyalty of
the member, the regularity of his election,
and return, but ho is toid that his St-te is
out of the Union, and not entitled to repre
sentation in Congress. Here appears to
be the radical difference between tno Presi
dent and Congress. Congress duims abso
lute power over these States—to say how
the State governments ahull bo formed,
what shall be put into their constitutions,
who shall be voters and who shall not vote,
and there is talk about irreversible guaran
tees, itc. The President claims that the
flowers of Congress are limited to inquiries
n regard to the regularity and legality of
the election of members of Congress, the
fitness of the Representative to sit in Con
gress, and the general nature of the State
government, a? to whether it be a Repub
lican or not. In all of the Rebel States there
are many persons who never took any part
in the rebellion—men whose loyalty was
tried as if by lire. But these men, many
of them elected to Congress, are placed on
the same footing with Rebels and denied
seats. You are here to say who is right
in this controversy. Is it right that
loyal men in these States should be treated
as Rebels? Andrew Johnson once said if
tla*re were but loyal men remaining in
h State, those ought to have control of the'
government of the State. If these loyal
people are not allowed to control the politi
cal affairs of the State, how can a Rebel
Stateever be re-constructed? Mr. Lincoln’s
plan was to allow one tenth of the people of
the State, being loyal to the Government, to
assume and arrange the State government.
But Congress now declares that the political
sovereignty of these States is shattered and
destroyed, and must be reconstructed be
fore the State can be allowed to take her
place in the National Government. I sub
scribe to no such doctrine, and while I have
great respect for the character, abilities and
integrity of the Republican members of the
present Congress, I think the coarse of the ,
majority is calculated to work irreparable
mischief.
What has the President done that the con
fidence of Congress should bo withdrawn
from him? He vetoed the Freedmen’s Bu
reau bill, a measure whichhad its origin in
this idea of the absolute power of Congress
over these States. The President has shown
this measure to be unconstitutional, oppres
sive and dangerous to the liberties of the
citizens. It erected a military tribunal
which was’in times of peace to decide con
troversies between different classes of citi-.
zens. If this bill had become a law, a
steamboatman from Pittsburg, as soon as
he touched Tennessee or Mississippi would
be liable to be arrested and dragged before
a military court on the complaint of a color
ed fireman, perhaps, that he owed him a
dollar, or had not given him full rations, or
something of the kind. He might be de
tained a month in the- investigation, his
boat tied up, and he could have no appeal
or redress of any kind, no matter how un
just, or partial, or oppressive the action of
the military court. Institutions of this kind
will not be tolerated by the people of this
country in time of peace. The bill of 1860
was passed when we were in a state of war.
It was altogether a military measure. The
operation of the bill was limited to a hostile
country, and it was as mach a war meas
ure as the conscription act A pressing
public necessity in time of war dictated that
measure, but it is ridiculous to say that the
same necessity now exists, I believe the
country at large approves the veto message,
and the reasons assigned for the veto are
unanswerable.
Well, the President has pardoned rebels,
not half so many, however, as his enemies
charge. Well, did anybody espfect, even
when war raged with its greatest fury, that
rebels would not be pardoned. Did anybody
expect that any others but the leaders of the
rebellion would or could be punished,
. But it is said why is not Jefferson Davis
tried? ppes anybody oharge this delay
upon the President? You all remember
bis letter to the Chief Justloo on the subject
six months ago. But the Chief Justloesald !
no court could be held in Eastern Virginia,
because the country was noder military oc
cupation and bad not been, reconstructed, ]
an. oplnion In which he does not appear to
hayd the &ncurrenoG of his colleagues.
'Mr. Garnahnn referred to theaction oftlio
late Republican Convention at Harrisburg.
He haa offered .a modest resolution to the
effect that wo bad confidence in thelntegrity
and patriotism of the President.
He was at once awarded with such a
storm of obloquy as had never before greet
ed his ear. It was not true, however, as
stated in the Press and Washington CAi'om
clc t that he stood alone in favor of tho reso
lution. He had ascertained that therewere
about twenty members who ’ Would have
voted for it. Ho withdrew it, however, be
cause it was manifest that it could not pass,
and he was unwilling to see tho President
defeatedln the Convention. He found on
the iloor ot that Convention persons denoun
clngAhe President, at least unwilling to say
that they had any confidence in him, who
three yeare ago were acting with the Dem
ooratio party. When Andrew Johnson was
suffering in Tennessee for his loyalty, some
who now donouneo him ns unfaithful, were
putting obstacles iu tho way of Mr. Lin
coln’s administration, He predicted that in
Six months the managers of the late State
Convention would find themselves in a miser
able minority before thUpcophe.
At tho conclusion of Mr. Curnnbhn’H re
marks, ox-Mayor Lowry, Chnirmun of the
CoinmlUeo on Resolutions, read a series of
resolutions which strongly support Presi
dent Johnson. Among them were the fol
lowing:
Resolved , That uo Stuto can be takeu out
of the Union—tho late rebellion being an
Ineffectual effort to tloso—and tho rebellion
having been utterly overthrown, it Ls the
duty of Congress without delay, to admit
to seats in that body, all loyal men who can
present regular credentials, und take tho oat h
proscribed bv law.
Resolved , That we sustain the recent veto
of President Johnson on the Freedmen’s
bill In all Its parts.
The Manhattan Club and President
Johnson.
The Manhattan Democratic Club of
New York, have elected President
Johnson an honorary member, and ad
dressed him a letter requesting his ac
ceptance, and also requesting him to sit
for a fuLl length portrait which they
desire to have taken for the use of the
Club. The letter is signed by John Van
Buren, President ; Jas. T. Brady, Au
gustus Belmont, Manton Marble, aud
others, aud compliments Mr. Johnson
on the position he has taken aud his re
buke of disuuionlsts.
President Johnson bus replied as fo
lows :
Executive Mansion, )
Washington, D. C„ March 12. J
Gentlemen—l have tho honor to ac
knowledge the receipt oi your letter of the 2d
Just., informing mo of my election mm mi
honorary member of tho Manhattan Club
of Now York city and asking mu to ullow
jm urllst of your selection to take a full
length portrait of myself for your club.
In communicating to you my acceptance
of thuso compliments, I desire to thank you
sincerely for them and for the friendly ex
pressions of support and encouragement
you tender mo in the discharge of my pub
lic duties, An holiest, aud oluur conviction
of duly a* d consciousness of rectitude of
purpose, tho unwavering support of tho
American people und the blessing of an all
wise Providence, will, l believe enable me
to meet any emergency. I feel that I Imvo
tho first two, and it shall be the object of
my ovory ondouvor to deserve the remain
ing requisites.
1 um, gontlomon,
With groat respoet,
Your obedient servant,
Andrew Johnson.
John Van Huron. Esq., 1
T. Hainan,
The “People” who are to Rule the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Before slavery was abolished the “Re
publican” leaders asserted that the ne
groes, if freed, would be fully capable
of taking care of themselves. They
seem, latterly, to have vastly changed
their belief upon this subject. Take,
for instance, the thousaud and one
amendments to the Constitution, and
the bills, resolutions, &c., which have
been offered or passed in the Rump for
the fostering and support of the blacks,
among which prominently stands the
vetoed Freedmen’s Bureau bill. As a
later instance, take the following from
the Rump Senate proceedings of the 20th:
Mr. Morrill, Republican, of Vermont
moved for the appropriation of $25,000
for the relief of destitute colored people
of the District of Columbia. Mr. Sauls
bury, Democrat, of Delaware, moved to
amend by makiDg the expenditure ap
plicable to white people, but tho chair
refused to receive the amendment. Mr.
Morrill said there were 15,000 destitute
colored people in the city! Mr. Sauls
bury offered an amendment appropria
ting $2*5,000 additional for the destitute
white people. The amendment was re
jected by the Senate. Mr. Willey, of
West Virginia, moved to have the ap
propriation distributed to white and
colored alike. The Senate rejected
this amendment. Mr. Davis, • Dem
ocrat, of Kentucky, moved that
the corporate authorities find em
ployment for all able-bodied black peo
ple, and that $5,000 be appropriated for
that purpose. This was also rejected by
the Senate. Mr. Saulsbury then moved
that the money be expended under the
direction of the Mayor, ami not of the
Superintendent of the-Freedmen’s Bu
reau. The Senate rejected this. The
joint resolution, as offered by Mr. Mor
rill, was then voted on, and passed by a
large majority.
We will simply remark that these
“ fifteen thousand destitute colored peo
ple” for whom $2*5,000 of the people’s
money has thus been appropriated, are
the same to whom this same Rump
Congress desires to entrust the muni
cipal government of Washington, by
making voters of all male negroes of the
age of twenty-one years. It is true that
poverty should be no bar to political
qualification ; but this confessed desti
tute population of fifteen thousand has
but lately arrived from every part of the
South ; the negroes composing it have
no knowledge of civil government, and
can have no interest in the welfare of
the city ; for the most part they are con
stitutional vagrants ; many of them are
vicious and criminal; and almost all
are lazy and worthless, as their nomadic
tendencies clearly indicate. They won’t
work when work is offered, though they
could get work if they possessed energy
or industry enough to go in search of it.
Laying race and color altogether aside,
therefore, are these the people to whom
to entrust the government of the Fed
eral Capital? —Patriot and Union, ,
What a Friend of llenry Clay says.
To tlie “old line ” Whigs of Pennsyl
vania, if any there be who still revere
the name and the memory of that politi
cal organization, we commend the fol
lowing extract from a letter of Hon.
Leslie Coombs, of Kentucky. General
Coombs is well known as the intimate
personal friend of Henry Clay. He
writes thus to the Whigs of Kentucky :
“ As a veteran in the Whig army in
times past, standiug by it in all Its dis
asters, as well as in its brief period of
triumph, I appeal to my brother Whigs
in Kentucky, what will you do? With
which of the two great parties now di
viding the country will you co-operate?
Are you for the negro or th aiuhite man?
If you coincide with me in opinionj-hen
I entreat you to assemble with the Dem
ocrats, and all others of similar views
in your respective counties, and send
your wisest and best men to,Louisville,
-to hold counsel together to save the
State, and restore the Union as our im
mortal Revolutionary fathersmade. The
recent veto message of President John
son, and the action of the Senate bus*
taining it, is calculated to warm, the
hearts of freemen, and give hope that
the usurpers ana tyrants in Congress
will soon be put down, and honest men
take their places.
Gain of 3,500 in New Hampshire.
The Manchester (N. H.) Union says :
The real gain of the Democrats in the
late election is better indicated by com
parison of this year’s vote with the Con
gressional vote ot last year. That in
cluded the whole vote—the soldiers in
the field voting for Congressmen, but
nof voting for Governor. The Repub
lican was 7,925. This year
the soldiers voted at home, and most of
them the Democratic ticket. Suppose
Smyth’s majority to be 4,500, the true
Democratic gain is about 3,500.
JoHN P, Hale, United States Minis
ter at Madrid, has written to prominent
members of Congress, urgingan increase
of his salary, which is now twelve thou
sand dollars in gold. If John P. Hale
cannotr manage to live at Madrid on
twelve thousand dollars a year In gold
he bad better come home at once.
, fwareur:
When in our Report of the speeoh
.made byGeneral Geary oh his nomlna-
itlon wesaw-flt .'to-characterize it as a
poor performance, the Hxpreta saw fit
to deny the truth of our assertion.—
What will it think of the figure whloh
this paper General and tricky politician
cuts lu the following article from the
New York World;
Tho person whom tho anti-Johnson Ro
r! p “ nus ylvanla nominated tho
? “i!y Governor was formerly the
lerrUorriil.aovornor of Kansas. His namo
l B ti oh !f W ' Qoar y- Doubtless ho can wrlto
his own name; perhaps ho can spoil It
“r r ™ l 'y i but It Is certain ho cannof write
his own messages. When ho was In. Kan
sas ho stole thorn. Woro ho to bo "looted
Governor of Pennsylvania, of which hap
plly there Is sinull probability, ho would
ftovo to steal them again. /onnsylvanlS
reullv desorves a Governor capablo ot writ
ing Ids own messages. iV Common
SeTiool system of that State ought not to
culminate In suoh Gubernatorial Imbecility.
Wo print below In parallel columns ex
tracts from Governor Geary's Inuugural
address of 1867, and the fnuuguriu ad
dress of Govomor Honry J. Ganluor, do
llvered to the Massachusetts Loglsluturu
two yours bofore, In 1856
EXTRACTFROM OOVER*
NOB lIENBY J. OABD*
NHK'il IN aUGU UA L
ADDRESS DELIVERED
TO THE LEGISLATURE
OF MASSACHUSETTS,
JANUARY l), IBM,
KXTIIACT mow OOVEII
NOHJOIIN W. Q BABY'S
INAUGURAL ADDHKSH
DELIVERED TO TIU
TERRITORIAL LKOIK
LATUUK OK KANSAS,
JANUARY 12, 1857.
Genielmen qf the Terri
torial Lei/hlature (if
Kama*;
Tlio all-wlßo and be
nertooQt being, who
controls alike tlio deft
tlnles of Individuals
and of uatlonß, ha#
permitted you tooou
vene this day, charged
with grave responsi
bilities. • • • •
••••••
For olllctal notion, l
know no bolter rule
thau n conscientious
conviction of duty,
none more variable
than the vain uttempt
toeoucl I lute temporary
prejudice. Principle#
uud Justice are eternal;
aud if tampered with,
sooneror luter thosuro
and Indignant verdict
of populur conduinna*
tlou against those who
aro untrue to their
leadings will bo rou
dered. Let us not bo
fnUo to our country.
°ur duty, und our con
|HtltuonLs. The triumph
,of truth ami principle,
1 «iin partisan ami
selfish objects, should
bo our stondy purpose
—the general welfare
and not the Interest of
a few our solo aim.—
Kamaa Journal of Cbun
clltfor 1857, page 21.
There Ismuch moro uf the same sort of
bnre- tscod literary thieving. I‘orhups roll
bury would bu tlio tutor turiii, Ibr the thult
la aooomnunlod witJi violence. Geary not
cmly HUilu tho MnssaeliUHotls Governor's
appronriulu HunttinoiilH uml correct Kmi
glisb. but twists them Into (luury grammar
uml drour.v senso-not quite destroying tho
Identity nl tliu luiwuvur.
' tlml'l by paying two com
pliment;! to tlio Unity m pliu’u of tlio ouo
which bo steals, “(Iriii'lmiH llolnir." bo
comoM "tbo all-wise uml bonollounl fielng."
\Vltb thl»clmn K owollml no lUult, for It may
Nlnnlfy Unit tho man who now solicits I’ant!■
sylvimln's sum-ngoM has tlio germs of a
conscience In him, ami, llku tho Hottentot
ami Iho I hug, whoso religions are uluo of a ,
yory rudimentary sort, thought It possible
a tho act ol uln to propitiate Itu rowanler
by ampler iiHorlptlons to hlu awful namo.
Hut tho iioxt dlstlguromunt which Uoury
practices upon thin utolou property lu vll
lalnouH, Uovornor Gardner's VnnkooH
wuro purmlttod to "auHumblo," "IntruHtod"
with grave responsibilities. Goary must
uoodn “convcno 1 ' hlu legislators "charged ”
And uo ho boos on, buttering his stolon sub
h tan Lives with suportluousudjecliveH, In tho
hopo that tho loat will beswullowodoro it is
known to bo stolon. "Principles aro on
during,” |was the phruso at tho Hull; but
Geary strains over thosentonoo and iinally
proclaims that "principles and jUHticu aro
eternal." Wo will not quarrel with Geary
over this transmogrification, though it is a
rule ot truth as well as of rhotoriu not to
stretch tho language beyond tho broadth ot
the tact. Justice probably is otornul, but
Geary must see that in tho present instance
it has boon only nine years in coming
around; and as for principles, which, ho
says, are eternal too, it is quite enough tor
him to prove that the stock which he had In
Kansas in the winter of '57 will last him to
tho fall of '(iti, to satisfy honest Ponnsyl
vanias whom to cast their votes for.
Gentlemen q/ the Ornate
and Ho use of hepre
scntaiivcs:
That graoloua Being,
in whose hands are
alike the destinies of
individuals and of no*
Hons, has permitted us
to assemble this day
lulrusted with grave
responsibilities and
duties • • • • •
• •••••
I know no safer Index
in official action than a
couscloutlous convic
tion of duty, noueino e
fluctuating th'-n tho
attempt to satisfy tem
porary caprice. Prin
ciples are enduring,
and If iiLsregardodf
sooner or later the ver
dict of condemnation
will he recordodagnlnst
those who are, false to
their
Let us then bo true to
our country aud our
duty. Let the success
of principle, not ofpur>
ty, be our desire— the
lament ol thoatato, not
of a taction, our alin.— \
Massachusetts He note
Document A’o. 3 for IKVj.
President Johnson and the Office-Holders,
The following correspondence speaks
for itself and needs na commeut:
LETTER TO HON. E. U. ROLLINS.
Paymaster-General's Office, l
Washington. D. C., March 2, IHCMI. f
Hon K. Hollins, United Mates House of Represen
tative*. ' J
Sir: I have just received a circular of tho
“New Hampshire Union Club,” requesting
mo to remit u sum equal to “one aud ono
hulf per cent.’’ of my annual salury for tho
purpose of “defraying” (he expenses of tho
approaching election.
Ihe circular states that “ such persona as
go homo to voto at said election are thereby
excused from complying with this request.
As I am not a voter, I must, according to
this circular, remit u sum equal to one and
one-halt percent, of my annual salary.
X am against all measures which tend to
destroy tho purity of the ballot-box ; and
this I regard as ono. J have never given a
cent for the purposeof bribing voters to voto
contrary to their Judgments, and I novor
shall. Any man who sells his vote deserves
to be disfranchised.
I have watched the doings of" Congress
during the present session, and , in so doing,
have noticed that you have acteil with that
disunionist, Thaddeus Steven*, and , there
fore, I run ln( to believe that you and your
company partake of his cup , which contains
the essence of disunion. ♦
U pon the principle that “ liko begets like,”
I am led to believo that this money, so
raised, will bo expended for tho purpose of
elevating more diaunionlsts to power. As
a student of tho Constitution, I have been
taught that all efforts made for tho purpose
or procuring power and office by unfair
meuns are contrary to the spirit of liberty
and lustico.
I do not believe that you have, during tho
present session, acted In accordance with
the will of tho majority of the poopleof New
Ifempshiro, and I confidently hope thut
you and your disunion copartners will, ut
this next election, meet with that rebuke
you so justly deserve.
Your appeul for funds argues tho weak
ness of your cause.
I am, sir, yours respectsully,
* E. B. Johnson.
INDORSEMENT OF THE PRESIDENT.
Referred to the Paymaster-General
Tho independence exhibited by tho
writer in resisting tho attempt to levy a tux
upon him as an office-holder under tho Fed
eral government, and his Just estimate of
correct principles, entitlo him to respect und
approbation. I, therefore as an evidence of
m U appreciation of the qualities manifested
in the letter , recommend him to the Pay
master- General fur early promotion.
Andrew Johnson,
Executive Mansion, March 15, 1860.
The Washington correspondent of
the New York Herald says the “ Dead
Duck” is coming to grief. He is visi
bly sinking under the heavy honors
President Johnson laid on his back
when he dubbed him D. D. The cor
respondent thus describes his present
appearance and deportment:
The Secretnry of the Senate shows grief..
Earlier in the session he would trip lightly
through the Capitol passages from, the Sen
ate to the lower House, appear inside the
bar of the House and lay a message from
the Senate before Mr. Speaker, with a loud
voice, a smile, creased countenance and an
advanced stomach. Latterly, however
when he appears he seems dejected. He
mumbles in a faint voice the titles of the
papers which bo holds in his band, and slides
sorrowfully away to a sofa in the lobby for
a few moments* interchange of woes with,
the sepulchral Kelley or the ghostly Broom
all. His loss*, ot voice, stomach and spirit
occasions remark in the galleries, among
reporters and others, who like to catch the
titles of Senate bills and to oommiseram
u the duck with the weak quack.”
The Fall In Price of Dry Goods..
The N. Y. Poet of Tuesday •evening'
says:
Prices of goods of all descriptions are
falling. The decline was great yester
day, though some kinds of merchandise
were held by owners with considerable
firmness. So much effort to makesales>
has rarely been put forth, ahd the dis
position was everywhere manifest to
close transactions and to “ realize.” The
concession in dress goods are large—it
extends to prints and all fine fabrics;
on standards and woollens it is lightest.
The fall in one month, on the basis of
Borne of the prices of goods sold at auc
tion yesterday, is reported to be fully
one hundred per cent., but this is, of
course, no criterion whatever of the
market. The average decline may not
exceed twenty or twenty-five per cent,
in that line.
There is a very general feeling of in
security in business circles, amounting
almost to a panic in some quarters, ana
this adds to the depression. Nobody
questions the policy of settling, but the
public, and particularly themeniabufl*-
mess, do not readily buy.