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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1868
To the Demoetni Grine at> Rod County
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In pursuance of authority given the un
dersigned, at a meeting of the County Com
mittee, held - on SaTuartior, ;tummy 25th,
you are requested toassemble in theseveral
Wards of the city of Lancaster and borough
of Columbia, and in the several Election
Districts of the comity, on SATURDAY, the
15th day of FEBRUARY, 1888, to elect not
mote than five delegates to represent such
Ward or District in a general County Con
vention, to be held on WEDNESDAY, the 19th
day Of FEBRUARY, at 11 o'clock A. M., at
Fulton Hall, in the city of Lancaster, for
the purpose of electing six delegates to rep
resent the Democracy of the county of Lan
caster in the State Convention, to beheld at
Farrisburg on WEDNESDAY, the 4th day of
MAROR, 1868.
Each District will nominate one person to
serve as a member of the County Commit
tee for the ensuing political year, and will
also elect a President and Secretary of the
District organization, by whom an Execu
tive Committee of one in each sub•division
will be appointed as soon as possible. These
names should be placed upon the credentials
of the delegates to the County Convention.
The most active and efficient men should be
chosen.
A. J. STEINMAN, Chairman
MCGRANN, Secretary.
'Lancaster, January 28, 1888.
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Shall Negroes Tote In Pennsylvania?
John Hickman's proposition to strike
the word white from the Constitution of
Pennsylvania ought not to surprise any
one. If Congress is right in forcing ne
gro equality upon ten States, every other
State should at once voluntarily remove
all disabilities upon their black popula
tion and admit them, without any de
lay, to all the rights and privileges
which white men enjoy. No one in
Pennsylvania who approves and sus
tains the present Congress ought to
hesitate for a moment to vote for ne
gro equality. No supporter of the policy
which has been deliberately adopted by
the Republican party can honestly re
fuse to sustain the proposed amendment
of Mr. Hickman.
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If it is right to give the negroes in
South Carolina the right to vote, to sit
on juries, and to hold office, it becomes
our bounden duty to confer the same
privileges upon them in Pennsylvania.
The negroes of the South showed little
evidence of loyalty during the war.—
They were the main support of the re
bellion, remaining quietly at home and
and cultivating the land under the di
rection of the women and a few old
men and half-grown boys. There was
scarcely a single district iu the South
where the negroes had not the white
rebels at their mercy during the entire
rebellion. An uprising of the blacks
in any one of the Southern States
would have given a killing blow to the
rebel cause. Yet nothing of the sort oc
curred. Everywhere the negroes re
mained quietly at their labor until the
immediate presence of the Union armies
tempted them to try a change of masters.
Then they flocked to our coffins, not
with a desire to fight for the Union, but,
with a disposition to hire as servants to
the officers, and a perfect willingness to
be fed on rations, and be relieved from
the necessity of working. While the
negroes of the South were thus indif
ferent to the Union rause, very many
of their sable brethren in Pennsylvania
consented to serve as substitutes for
white men who had "no stomach for
the fight," and who were willing to pay
liberally to keep out of thereach of rebel
bullets. It is true, the negroes did not
amount to very much as soldiers, but
whatever aid the Union cause derived
from the African was due to the negroes
of the North.
Shall the disloyal uegroes of the South
be not only enfranchised, but endowed
with every privilege any white man
ever possessed, while their "loyal"
brethren in Pennsylvania are left to
labor under all the disabilities imposed
upon them ? That is one of the questions
which the Radicals must meet and
answer.
Mr. Hickman's amendment will com
pel the Radical majority in the Legis
lature to face the music. They must
vote on it. It is entirely consistent
with the policy off.he Republican party.
There would be infinitely less danger
to be apprehended from granting the
right of suffrage to the negroes of the
North than to those of the South who
are now exercising it without restraint.
The principle is the same. To change
the Constitution of Pennsylvania, as
Mr. Hickman proposes, would be no
violation of the Constitution of the
United States. It is a matter entirely
within the control of Pennsylvania.—
We shall see what the Radical majority
in the Legislature will do. If they are
not a set of cowardly political poltroons
they will vote to strike the word "white"
from the Constitution of Pennsylvania.
How the Radicals Economize
The Radicals in and out of Congress
are making quite a flourish over the
economy of Gen. Grant's estimate of
the cost of the Army for the coming
fiscal year. The estimate is certainly
extremely economical, but is it correct ?
The General estimates the expense of
an army of sixty regiments at $50,000,-
000; that is, $500,000 per regiment. sow,
we do not believe that this amount will
even feed and clothe the privates, let
alone pay them and the officers (of
whom there are extra numbers in every
branch of the service), and arm, equip
and transport the troops.
Before the war and upon a gold basis,
each regiment cost more than $.1,000,000
per annum. It will i notdo for the party
which has squandered over six hundred
millions a year upon Government ex
penses in time of peace to charge the
former cost of the army to Democratic
extravagance. The truth is that Gen.
Grant's estimate will not cover one
third of the expenses of his sixty regi
ments, and he and his friends know it.
The estimate is intended both as a bid
for popularity on the score of economy,
and as a device to reconcile the people
to the enormous military establishment
for which it provides.
The expenses of the Government have
been for many years met by two sorts of
bills, Appropriation Bills at the begin•
fling and Deficiency . : the end of
the year. When appropriation • are in
sufficient for the objects named, the de
ficits are made up by the De iciency
Bills. For the purpose of bli ing th •
people, Grant and his frier .s intend o
throw the weight of the • oming -Iris
expenses into the deficien • s; be
cause the Appropriation Bills must be ,
passed before, and the Deficiency Bills
will not be passed until after the Presi- I
dential election. This is the secret of
the first Radical pretence of economy
we have had for seven years.
The General, who is himself drawing
from the Treasury a larger salary than
that of the President, is ostentatiously
economical now. And why? He is
languishing for promotion. The people
will remember, and apply the old dis
tich—
"The devilgot sick, thedevila monk would he
The devil g A. well, the devil IL meek was he.
This new-born economy of the Radi
cals is simply a trick to tide them over
the Presidential election. If their can.
didate, and they sincerely desire to re
duce.the oppressive burdens of a suffer
ing people, let him relinquish part of
his princely revenue, and let his Con
gressional backers give up part of the
FIFTY DOLLARS A DAY they are filch
ing from the Treasury. Their charity
to the country should begin at home.
THE reply of the President to Gen
eral Grant's letter has not yet been
published. It relates the charges made
by Mr. Johnson. The members of the
Cabinet substantiate his statements.
It will appear in next week's INTELLI
GENCER.
AN exchange says our representative,
Thad. Stevens, has changed his loca
tion in the House of Representatives,
and now generally takes his seat on the
right hand of Speaker C•3lfax, so that
he can the more conveniently hear and
participate in the deviltry which is
going on.
TT-IE LANbAISTER'WEEREY'rNTEETAGENCER, WEDNESDAY',IP - EDI:MARY 12, 1868
Why Maintain a Standing Army?
It is susceptible of demonstratiorithat
tdie sqglregakt profits kif , all the enter
s Prise . ; t nnd Isixtr of the Plpple clf/the
,United• States do not exceed $2,000,600,-
000 -per annum, while the different
taxes, federal, State' and 'local, idirect,
and indirect, extorted from the- 'same
people, exceed $600,000,090 per annum.
One third of the entire' income of the
people is consumed by taxation. No
wonder that under such burdens trade
languishes, enterprise is checked and
industry suffers. There is no instance
of similar taxation in any other country
in the world, and history furnishes no
example of like taxation having ever
before been endured by an independent
nation.
Is there no relief from these burdens?
Notwithstanding the interest of our
enormous public debt, saddled upon us
by a reckless Congress at the rate of
from eight to nine per cent., which
honor requires us to pay, we believe
that there is; but the remedy must
come from the people themselves, and
it must be applied with a firm and un
flinching hand. The remedy is RE
TRENcirmENT, not superficial or shal
low, but thorough, searching and com
plete.
The great drain upon the National
Treasury is the expense of Government,
the payment of civil officers and the
maintenance of the army and navy.
The bulk of this expense• results from
the support of our military and naval
establishments, the army costing more
than all besides. The expense of the
army even now exceeds $80,000,000 per
annum. It is for our tax-ridden people
to consider whether this expenditure is
necessary. We think it • should not
merely be reduced, but that itshould be
altogether removed, and propose to as
sign a few reasons for our opinion.
The army is not needed for defence.
We are at peace with all the world, and
likely to remain so for years to come.
Even the Indian war is terminated, and
domestic resistance to authority entire
ly extinguished. Further danger from
the latter source, if any existed, would
be repressed, not by fear of the army,
but by dread of the powerof the nation,
receutlyso terribly displayed. If trouble
should again occur with the Indians it
could be promptly met and overcome
by volunteers, who are best adapted to
that species of service.
The army is not needed to man our
fortifications. In time of peace no one
will attempt to seize them, and if war
should break out, twenty-four hours
will suffice to fill them with volunteers. ,
To protect the public property from
depredation, watchmen will answer as
well as garrisons.
The army is not needed to preserve a
knowledge of arms, or a martial spirit
among our people. More than a mil
lion of our youth are veteran soldiers,
trained in the most desperate conflict of
history. Most of them will remain for
years fit for duty, and ready to respond
to the call of their country iu any em
ergency. These compose the real Army
of the United States—the army of the
people—brave, strong, patriotic and al-
Most innumerable. No other nation has
a force that will co , upare with them,
and we need none other.
The standing army is a relic of our
weakness. It was formerly supposed
necessary to protect us from aggression
' by our neighbors or other powers. Who
now fears Canada or Mexico, or dreads
an invasion from Europe? For= MIL
LIONS of free and warlike people, occu
pying a continent begirt with oceans,
may well dispense with the protection
of the Federal army. They can afford
to resign the institution, which in the
infancy of the country their fathers
borrowed from foreign monarchies.
In proposing to disband the army, we
desire no suspension of the manufacture ,
of arms, accoutrements and munitions
of war. Let these be always on hand
in sufficient quantities, and of the most
approved patterns, to supply when ne
cessary the army of the people. But
above all sustain and cherish the West
Point Military Academy. Constantly
and thoroughly educate an adequate
number of the ingenuous youth of the
country in the profession of arms, so
that they may be skilled in every branch
of the science and art of modern war
fare. The experience of our civil war
has shown that those thus educated lode
nothing in military capacity by after
wards going into the pursuits of civil
life. Our most successful Generals were
graduates of West Point who had long
retired from the service. Men thus edu
cated will always furnish the true /
nucleus of an army, which is found in
brave and accomplished officers, and not
iu the skeleton regiments of peace es
tablishments.
By disbanding the army, severely
curtailing the navy, abolishing the
Freedmen's Bureau and pruning the
scandalous salaries and expenses of
Congress and the Departments, (such as
S1,21)0,000 for public printing) the peo
ple will speedily be enabled to disband
altogether the army of revenue officers
and tax gatherers. With no standing
army, $10,000,000 (amply sufficient) for
the navy, and sharp retrenchment in the
other branches of government, we can
easily abolish all federal taxes, except
customs and the excise on liquors and
tobacco. Is not this "a consummation
devoutly to be wished
We respectfully submit these sug
gestions to the Democratic National
Convention, so that if expedient it may
adopt them, and promise the people
ENTIRE RELIEF FROM TAXATION, with
out, in the slightest degree ; impairing
the faith of the country pledged for the
payment of the National debt. On the
contrary, giving to the world increased
confidence in our public securities, by
showing how easily we can, by proper
economy, provide for them, and thus
paving the way for a sure and speedy
return to specie payments.
GreA Increase of the Public Debt
The monthly statement of the public
debt has just been published. It shows
a total of $2,051,384,085. During the
short month of February the debt was
increased about 89,000,000, and the
amount of cash in the Treasury was
wished 510,000,000, this decrease
'ig in coin. Thus we see that the
tota increase of the debt in one short
01011 i • s about $20,000,000. What is to
become of the country at that rate?—
How long can we stand the expenditure
of many millions to enable the Radi
cals to try the experiment of negro su
premacy? Keeping up a despotism in
one half of this country is a very costly
business. When do the bondholders
expect to be paid, if this state of affairs
continues? How long will the masses
consent to be ground to the earth by
taxation, with the burthen constantly
increasing. These are questions for
voters to consider.
The Florida Convemion
The black and tan Convention of
Florida has broken up in a row. The
Tallahasse correspondent of the New
York Tribune gives .an account of the
proceedings which shows a terrible state
of demoralization among the members.
The minority have finally got together
and are framing a Constitution in secret
session. It is literally a " dark lantern"
affair, with a set of lantern-jawed North-
ern Radicals as wire pullers—a misera
ble scramble for offices from beginning
to end.
AT the recent Democratic Convention
in Connecticut there were seventeen
men present as delegates, from diflerent
parts of the State, who voted for Hew
ley, the Radical candidate last year.
It is not strange there was such a change
in the popular tide last fall, and there
is no reason to fear that it will ebb soon.
THE New York Republican State
Convention nominated Grant for Pres
ident on a platform with bnt two planks
in it—negro supremacy and gold for
all charm of
.bondholders, • •
The Great gonsplracy.
There are some features in the Con-' , ,
' , eressinna4opspintii,*krivoCnegro . au-, -
'iremsiery pon, the :eountry ? and, per
Vetuatii the rule of a-':_tautisait mi n ority:
that elmllengee the special.; attention of
}he people ,. The recent eleetionellave
"demonstrated the fact that - this scheme
is offensive to a majority of the citizens
of the North, and It is admitted to be
odious to almost the entire white popu
lation of the South. Yet Congress in
, sista that the scheme shall be consum
mated, Whether it is donstitutional or
not, and whether it is acceptable to the
people or not.
Constitutions were devised to protect
the rights of the people from the usur
pations of accidental majorities, as well
as of unfaithful representatives. With
out the restraints of the Constitution the
power of Congress would be unlimited
and despotic, and the people would
have no security for freedom but the
will of their representatives. The Fed-
eral Constitution not only restricts the '
power of Congress, but provides a tribu
nal to apply and enforce its restrictions.
It is the province of the Supreme Court
of the United States to pronounce upon
the constitutionality of Acts of Con
gress, and if unconstitutional, to con
demn them. Yet the Fortieth Congress
is about to enact that a majority of the
Supreme Court shall not condemn its
acts; and lest this may not answer the
purpose, it also proposes to except the
Reconstruction Acts from the jurisdic
tion of the Court. A brilliant contri
vance of usurpation, to except the act
of usurpation from the jurisdiction of
the Court! If this could avail, Congress
might subvert every popular right by
passing a law to that died, and then
excepting the law from the powers of
the Supreme Court.
Idle as this expedient is, it shows that
members of Congress have committed
wilful and deliberate perjury in passing
laws so unconstitutional that they dare
not submit them to the judgment of a
Court, five out of whose eight members
belong to their own party. And it
shows, too, that they are resolved to
fasten these laws upon the country in
defiance of the Constitution. To per
jury they are preparing to add treason.
In the canvass of 18613, which resulted
in the election of the present Congres - s,
nothing like these Reconstruction Acts
was submitted to the people. On the
contrary, the plan of reconstruction
then advocated was diametrically op
posed to the present. It proposed an
amendment of the Federal Constitution
to the Southern States, thereby recog
nizing their existence and rights, and
this amendment distinctly conceded
the control of Ilieballot to those States.
in that canvass, the Republicans dared
hot avow themselves in favor of sub
verting the Southern State Govern
ments, usurping the control of suffrage
within the States, and giving the ballot
to the liberated slaves.
And they dare not submit these ques
. tions to the people now. They are de
termined to consummate their work
before the next Congressional election.
A scheme which was never proposed to
the people, and which, so far as the
people have had an opportunity to pro
nounce upon it, has been emphatically
condemned, is to be rushed' through
without the consent of the people. By
a general disfranchisement of whites,
and a universal enfranchisement of
blacks, effected by military force, one
third of each branch of Congress is to
be filled out with representatives of ne
groes, who, after being admitted against
the will of the people, are to entrench
themselves in possession of the Govern
ment ; so that the intruders, with the
aid of a small minority of Northern
Representatives, may rule and defy the
country. The people are to be stripped
of their rights between two Congres
sional elections as completely as ever an
owner was robbed of his property be
tween two days.
The Congressional conspiracy is to be
thus consundmated, alike in defiance of
the Constitution of the country and the
will of its people; and the usurpation
itself is to furnish the electoral and con
gressional votes by which it is to be
perpetrated. But a free people will yet
be heard and felt upon the question
and will scatter to the winds the mute
candidate and no party platform under
which it is designed to shelter and con
ceal the most atrocious usurpation of
our history.
How Negro Majorities Are Secured
The world never witnessed such a
complete farce as the elections in the
Southern States have been since the
uegroes were enfranchised. Not only
has their utter unfitness to vote intelli
gently been demonstrated in every in
stance, not only have they been con
trolled and manipulated at will by a
few interested and unscrupulous politi
cal adventurers, but all rules governing
elections in this country have been dis
carded, and the grossest and must bare
faced frauds have been unblushingly
committed. Whenever it was found
that the Radicals had not a sufficiency
of votes polled in any State or district
to suit their purposes the polls were re
opened again and again by the satraps
in command, but as soon as the required
number is reached by the re-voting ne
groes, the ballot box is, presto hermiti
cally sealed. This game has just been
practiced in Alabama. When it was
discovered that not enough negro votes
had beers polled in the four days alloted
to that business, and that the constitu
tion establishing a negro government
in the State was in imminent danger of
defeat, General Meade ordered the polls
to be kept open until Saturday night,
to give the negroes and their few white
allies an opportunity of making up au
apparent majority for the establishment
of negro supremacy, by bogus constitu
tional enactment.
It is said this device has failed in the
case of Alabama, and that not enough
votes have been cast for the negro su
premacy Constitution to ensure its
adoption according to the law passed
by Congress. What will the Radicals
of Congress do in such a case? Will
they be controlled by the restrictions
imposed by themselves? Not they.
Already they openly declare their pur
pose of recognizing the new constitu
tion and enforcing itsprovisions, though
it has been defeated, instead of being
adopted. How long can our govern
ment be expected to endure under such
a state of affairs? Is it not a cheat and
a lie to style this a Republic? Let us,
for the future, call it what is—a despot
ism. Over one-half of it a despotism
has been established—a despotism con
trolled by the fraudulent votes of a
horde of barbarian negroes, by means
of which despicable agency a set of
reckless fanatics expect to defeat the
will of a vast majority of the white
men of the United States at the com•
ing Presidential election.
SI . TMNER'S term as Senator expires on
the 4th of March, 1889, and members
of his party are already intriguing to
secure the succession. There are sev
eral aspirants for the place instead of
Mr. Sumner, and some of them declare
that they will take back seats no longer,
but intend "to go for him." Generals
Banks and Butler are both desirous of
the position, but Governor Bullock is
said to have the inside track, and Mas
sachusetts people say that the great
orator and scholar will accompany Mr.
Wade in his retirement to private life
a twelvemonth hence.
AN Indiana Radical paper says:—
"That the great party who have won
our nationality at the bayonet's point
will drive the chariot of Reconstruction
to the end like Photon." This enthu
siastic editor evidently is unfamiliar
with the classics. But we can tell him
that the Radicals are like Phaeton in the
chariot of Apollo—they are scorching
the earth, and ripe for the avenging bolt
of Jove, which will reach them on the
Ides of November.
W.the President Save the Life of the
Nation at All Hazards.
1 In. l lits last annual message to Congress
President Johnson spoke thruk: •
6ileffmay occur in whichthe EiectiiiVe
be compelled to stand on its rights
add maintain them regardimt.of all conse
quences..., If Congress should pass an act
3vhickiiii riot only in palpable conflict with
the Constitution, but will certainly, if car
ried out, produce immediate and irrepara
ble injury to the organic structure of the
government, and if there be neither judicial
remedy for the wrongs it Inflicts, nor power
in the people to protect themselves without
the aid of their elected defender ; if, for in
tanco, the Legislative .Department should
pass an act even tbrougo all the forms of
law to abolish a co-ordinate department of
the Government—in such a case the Pesi
dent must take the high responsibilities of
his office, and save the life of the nation at
all hazards."
Those words are " like apples of gold
in pictures of silver." They are wise ;
and bold. They show statesmanship
and manhood. The heart of every true
lover of his country approved them
when first uttered. They were com
mended by the entire Conservative ,
press of the country, and woke a re
sponsive echo in the hearts of a vast
majority of the white men within the
bounds of the United States. Millions
resolved then that should the test ever
come, they would stand by the
President to the bitter end in any
effort he might be called to make '
for the preservation of the form ;
of free government bequeathed to
us by revolutionary ancestors. And
to—day, while Thaddeus Stevess and his
crew of desperate traitors are said to be
preparing to consumate their crowning ;
act of usurpation, a vast majority of the
white men of this country stand ready,
at a moment's warning, to answer to
any call for help which may be made
by the lawfully elected President of the
United States.
There is a fierce unrest in the minds
of the masses ; an eager desire to end
the continued outrages of this usurping
Congress in a summary manner; a grim I
determination that makes men set their Don Platt on the Democratic Party
teeth,andthattightensup themusclesas Gen. Don Piatt, a prominent and
as if the conflict were just ready to be- I well known Radical politician of Ohio,
gin. If Andrew Johnson has a spark has been giving Horace Greeley some
of manhood, he will never be removed information in regard to the result of
from his position by the present Con the recent election in the Eighth Con
gress. One word from him would call gressional District of that State. He
i
to his rescue the united manhood of the informs the philosopher of the Tribune,
Democratic party, the bone and sinew, that Gen. Beatty did plant himself
the muscle and the will—in short, the squarely on the Pendleton greenback
p
fighting element of the nation. The platform, and that on any other he
would have been disastrously beaten.
conflict would be a very short one. The
work would be quick, sharp, decisive—
But there is a paragraph in the General's
but it would be complete. There would
letter,referring to Vallandigham and the
be an end of Congressional usurpation, Democratic party, which we consider
and au end of military despotism in this worth copying entire. ( ten. Don says
country for a long, long time to come. with emphasis:
It is the duty of the President to Mr. \ allandighani counted confidently
mhoiscrpactirplaarritty
fothuencrhal'osils'elVule
make good his words, "to tal e the high
responsinilitico of his office, mid to sAI E I taken when he trade the trial. At the sth
THE LIFE 111 E .N.IIION 11 ALL
s o , f ,fi Ja r n n u n aly Convention it he was voted out,
a HAZARDS." Congress cannot succeed in voice e ' o? Te a t s no r c o r u a7tie "e ic e e t iAe wi li3 e aT f t u h l e l
its desperate and revolutionary designs ' sway and force. And in his blind egotism,
unless Andrew Johnson should show o h , e ,n ha p s a l r o t s y t
o si r g , h a t ni o , t at t i h o e n tru i e ho na i t ) t e irlo , l ,
, his
himself to lie a despicable craven—it party does not breathe through the nostrils L'c
miserable, pitiable coward. We believe of any one man, or set of men. There is no
he is made of steiner stuff. If Congress owithout
b a o s d y
this. at
T ti, h t i s t s
e, o s
ar we fo ll
should assail the form of our free gov- example, swep't their so-called leaders
ernment his person, we believe he nearly away. It changed the ourrent of its
will not yield without a struggle in °prettyns„eayse dead. We n
to t r i r e
f a u t c i t e
which he will be fully sustained by the before the war ended, that it lived, and
people. I could, as of old, make itself felt, unpleas
antly, at the polls. At the great day, when
the Almighty calls the people to judgment,
the Democratic party wilt COllle up shouting
jar a " white man's Gm erninent," and aeon -
mg its solemn determination to "vote the
ticket, the ?thole tie/'et, and nothing but the
ticket."
It strikes us that Gen. Don Piatt has
a very correct conception of the energy
and vitality of the Democratic party.
We have no doubt it will last as long as
he says it will, and that in the last day
it will come up as white as he predicts.
One or Covode's Little Tricks
The other day Logan raised quite a
row in Congress, because, as he alleged,
one of his colleagues had taken the
privilege of writing out and correcting
a speech before allowing it to appear in
the Congressional (Robe. Thereupon
John Covode rose, and with all seeming
gravity moved that the Wan reporters
be directed to insert the speeches of
members precisely as delivered. Of
course that was a sharp little bit of bun
combe' on the-part of "Honest John."
Had he believed his motion would pass
he would never have offered it. He is
the most ignorant blunderer in the
House, and murders the King's Eng
lish in the most shocking manner.
Some of his sayings are familiar through
out Pennsylvania.
When Banks was elected Speaker of
the House, in ISIS, John rushed with
breathless haste to the telegraph office,
and handed to the operator the follow
ing despatch :
"Glory to God Banks use clrcted."
It was sent to a friend in Westmore
land precisely as delivered, and is a
standing joke in the wesbom part of
Pennsylvania to this day.
When he ran for Congress at the last
election, in replying to some charge
which had been made against him, he
said:
"Tice allegation is a lie and the , I,gator
knows it."
Recentlyhe expressed his opiuiou of
the present Executive of this State in
the following words :
"Geary is the humbugged e,Nt 1. over nor We
ever had•"
This luminous individual spells God
with a small g and two d's, and the
balance of his orthography matches
that. His speeches are ludicrous on
account of his egregious blunders, but,
take him all in all, he is a fair repre
entutive of his party. He is a hypo
crite in all things great and small, and
his motion to have speeches reported as
delivered, was one of the "hum/mg/fa/-
est " things we have noticed for a long
time.
An uncorrected speech of Covode in
the Congressional (Wok would be a
sight to all.
Very Rough on the "Inquirer."
The State Guard professes to know
something about the secrets of Lancas
ter county politics, and it is not at all
complimentary in its notices of some of
the Radical leaders hereabouts. Some
thing it said stirred up the Inquirer of
last Saturday, whereupon the State
Guard replies in the following very
rough style :
The Lancaster Inquirer shows so sore n
face at reading our reference to certain
affairs in Lancaster county, that we caunot
help believing what we said applies entire- !
ly to the influences which encircle that es
tablishment and pricks the consciences (if
any is left) of the men who have used that
concern as an organ of evil to pure Repub.
licanism. Our allusion to the politics of I
Lancaster county, was made at the earnest
request of one of the noblest Republicans
1 in that grand old county, who was never
• purchased to do a disgraceful act, who never
violated his word for money, awl who never
had occasion to sneak from Harrisburg
through its back allies to the railroad depot,
with the greasy evidence of his shame in his
pocket. An honorable and a pure man, a '
citizen of Lancaster county who is respected
by every Republican iu the Old Guard,
spoke in the paragraph printed in the State
Guard to which the Lancaster Inquirer
took such irascable exceptions, and we have
I only one inference to draw from the Inquirer
sensitiveness, namely, it is guilty. There
is not a Republican county In the Union
against whose petty leaders the same
charges of corruption have been pre
ferred by citizens living therein, as have
been laid at the doors of Lancaster county t
factional leaders by the ablest of the Lao
caster county Republican organs. There
are men living in Harrisburg who daily
ho'ast of having seen the shame money
placed in the hands of Lancaster county
politicians, to do that which the entire Re
publican party there hated and opposed.
Perhaps the Lancaster Inquirer would like
to have named some of the creatures thus
purchased. If so we think we can refer it
to individuals for information. Suppose
the Inquirer asks Thaddeus Stevens for
light on the subject?
Why put the Inquirer to the task of
troubling Old Thad. Let the State'
Guard tell the public who it refers to.
To leave the public to conjecture might ,
wrong innocent men. Let the guilty,
if such there be, be exposed. It is the
duty of the State Guard to speak out in
plain terms with regard to this matter.
THE Express has not had, a word to
say about the serious charge of habitual
drunkenness which has been made
against General Grant by leading Re
publicans. On the contrary it has come
out with a labored leader to prove that
intemperance is a disease, and not a
crime. It says, "it has become the
very bad habit to denounce it as a crime,
to rate it among the vices." We confess
there is good reason just now for " the
party of great moral ideas " to take such
ground as that on this subject, but it
certainly sounds strangely in the col
umns of a professed temperance paper.
A Good Suggestion. ' Great Increase.etliselesa Metals.
p. .. . • .. ._
The annual statement of the receipts The Republican party,- etude into
..
anil.expenditures of Lancaster county, power in., 1860 4 prinCipally -upon the
hinot Publishedln the daily , papers qt stOingtir:efspromisee"-.0( kretrenchment
this r eity, because the Commhlsioners ! and reform 4 The eliensirilioth of our
are not willing to pay ... for thin: adver- ' National and State tioitirriments had
tieing it. It appears inall the ;weekly been confined within
.proper limits
journals, however, and we are•glad to i whenever and wherevertheDemocracy
say it shows that the financial affairs of had control, but a hue and cry was
the county are in a prosperous condi- raised about extravagance, and though
tion. The Auditord make the following it was destitute of foundation, many
important suggestion. Speaking in re- people were induced to believe there
gard to the method of paying the Coun- was something in it. The country has
ty Treasurer for his services, they say : had a specimen of Radical economy.—
Adopting the Idea of Governor Geary In his It would be difficult, indeei, to estimate
late message, relative to safe keeping, etc., of
the State funds, we respectfully recommend ; how much the change so foolishly
the eactment of such laws as will give to the ' sought for by the masses in 1860 cost
Coun t yt Treasury the benefit of any profit, or
gain made by any investment of the county the country. The sum total is too vast
lands, prohibit the use of the County bands for i
Private purposes or advantages. Making th e 1 to be easily computed, but the burthen
Treasurer chargeable with any gain, increase. , is. felt pressing upon the industry of
profit or per centage !which he may make, or
enable any other person to make oat of the 1 every one. The resources of the nation
are seriously crippled by it, and from
sam t o ff violation of such laws. Requiring • - .
him nswer, on oath or affirmation, to the
Auditors, respecting any and every inves.t. all sections the cry of distress comes up.
ment or disposal of the County funds, without
criminating himself; and to set out in his ac- Is that cry heeded? Do the leaders of
counts, tinder oath or affirmation, the name
wofhe.N.-, andery h
erswon,eorreliihestiktneetiposn,oanr
h d as plaee kep , w t
tie the Republican party regard the im
.
roverishment of the masses? Are they
funds, and on what terms; and that he be '
compensated by a salary, to be fixed annually moved by the destitute condition of the
by the County Commissioners, with the ap- many thousands of working men who
proval of the County Auditors, instead of a
fg r h c e e r n e t t me r :n his receipts and expenditures, are now out of employment and doom
ed to see their families want for the
That will strike every one as being a
fair and reasonable proposition. Those bare necessaries of life? Is any effort
who have the care and management of I at retrenchment and reform made by
, them? Let the record of their doings
the public money of State or county
should receive a fair compensation for , in our State Legislature answer to the
services, which should be fixed by law. people of Pennsylvania.
To leave large sums in their hands, and In the year 1860, when the Republi
at their unlimited disposal, is to tempt can party had control of the Legisla
them to hazardous experiments, which , ture, notwithstanding it had just come
into power on the cry of retrenchment
may very easily result in disaster. We
and reform, the number of officers em
hope the judicious and timely sugges
tion of the County Auditors may be ; ployed about the capitol during the ses-
acted upon at once. All that is neces- ; sion was greatly increased. An honest
sary to ensure its immediate adoption Republican, who has the manhood to
s
is for the members of the Legislature ! peak out, has been writing a series of
Times',from this county to agree upon a bill letters to the Reading Daily
for that purpose, and it will promptly ; in which he exposes some of thegrossly
pass both houses without the slightest extravagant appropriations of Republi
opposition. ;
can Legislatures. We published an ex
tract from one of his letters the other
day showing how the public treasury
was being robbed in various ways.
From another and later letter we make
the following extract :
I have taken some pains to ascertain the
number of officers and persons employed
in and about the House eight yearsaatt, and
to-day, with salaries, as near as I inn able
to ascertain them :
In 1060—
One Clerk
One Assistant Clerk
One "Resident" Clerk
Four Transcribing Clerks, (each
$050,) 2,600 00
One extra do 450 00
Five Sergeants -at-Arms, ($450).... 2,250 00
Five Door-keepers, $450 each 2,250 00
Five Messengers, do 2,250 00
One Postmaster 700 00
Two Extra Messengers, ;$450)...... 900 00
Ten Pages, (110) 1,100 00
Fourteen Pastors and Folders
(each $550)
One " Marshal" of Rotuuca
One Fireman
One man in basement
Ipsy Senators—The " God and .Morality"
Party.
A Washington correspondent of a
Radical paper says :
" Mr. Sprague, of Rhode Island, caused a
little sensation, about one o'clock, by in
sisting on his right to the floor. He finally
made himself audible enough to say that he
had a petition from his constituents, who
were poor, and had no one to represent them
on this floor. After this surprising decla
ration he became discouraged, and was as
sisted from the hall by a sympathizing
Senator."
"Discouraged "is good. We suppose
the" sympathizing Senator" was Yates,
of Illinois, who recently made his ap
pearance in the dining-room of 'Wil
lard's Hotel, clad in a single linen gar
ment. A strong movement is on foot
to induce him to resign. He has been
in his seat very little during the present
session. Chandler, of Michigan, is lit
tle better than Yates, being drunk most
of his time. We do not suppose Wen
dell Phillips, and the more decent and
conscientious Radicals, will be able to
damage General Grant seriously with
the politicians of the Republican party
by proving that he is frequently drunk.
It seems to be a very common thing
with the present leaders of the " God
and morality" party.
Negro Cadets at West Point
On the principle, we presume, that
" the colored troops fought bravely," it
seems that they are to be made a per
manent part of the national army. In
a debate in the House of Representa
tives on last Thursday, on the Military
Academy Appropriation Bill, Mr. El
dridge, of Wisconsin, moved the fol
lowing amendment;
"And provided further, That no part of
the money appropriated by this act shall be
paid or applied to the pay or subsistence of
any but white cadets."
The vote being taken on this sensible
proposition, it was promptly rejected by
ayes (Democrats) 2S, nays (Radical) 711!
From this decided expression of the
sentiment of the Black Republicans in
Congress against confining hereafter, as
heretofore, appointments to Cadetships
at West Pointlo youths of the Cauca
sian race, it may reasonably be expscted
that a number of likely young negroes
will soon be appointed to that institu
tion.—Phila. Sunday Mercury.
The Conspiracy Between Grant and the
nadical Congressmen.
The 'Washington correspondent of the
New York Herald says:
That there was a conspiracy between Sec
retary Stanton, General Grant, and certain
members of Congress, having for its object
the publication to the country of the corres
pondence before the President could make
any reply to the highly disrespectful letter
of Grunt, is becoming plainer as the circum
stances tending the affair are better known.
It is well understood here that those coo.
cerned in the plot feared the effect of another
communication from the White House;
they were apprehensive that such a commu
nication would not only go far towards
neutralizing the force of Grant's last broad
side, but would, in all probability, present
so powerful an argument in proof of Grant's
premeditated treachery towards the Execu
tive as to seriously damage that distin
guished otncer's character for veracity and
carry in favor of the President the sympathy
of the great body of the people.
They trusted that if the correspondence
was submitted at once any other letters
that might pass between the Executive
Mansion and Army Headquarters would
be permitted to remain unnoticed. Hence
the haste in making a return to the call of
Congress, and a copy of the correspondence
was sent to the. House of Representatives
before the President could have time to
answer Gen. Grant's last letter.
It is said that a resolution will be intro
duced calling for this letter, and the people
will then have possession of both sides of
the question in full, and will be able to
judge of the question of veracity between
the President of the United States and all
the members of his Cabinet on the one side,
and General Grant on the other.
Regulating the Galleries
On Wednesday last ) Lewis Lindsey,
the leader of the negroes in the Vir
ginia Black-and-Tan Convention, of
fered the following preamble and reso
lution ;
WHEREAS, Since the rules and regula
tions have been adopted for this Conven
tion, in which the eastern gallery was set
apart for ladies and gentlemens accompan
ing them ; whereas, the door Keeper of this
Convention have violated this rule by ad
mitting white male citizens in the said Gal
lery without ladies, and refusing colored
male citizens the same privilege, be it
therefore
The Benpinghoff Robbery.
There is yet no clue to theperpetrators of
the Benninghotf robbery, and probably the
rascals will escape, as the "swag" is large
enough to divide with any detectives who
may be keen enough to find them out. So
TirE debate on reconstruction in the large an amount of available money has
United States Senate still drags I not been secured in one operation for many
Some one or two Radicals use their pet I years, and there is little prospect the Ben
phrazes in advocacy of negro equality I ninghoffs will ever handle any of it again.
daily, but the public seem to have lost The Titusville Herald of Thursday says :
I Two suits have been commenced against
all interest, and it is not uncommon for Joseph, the son of John, by Messrs. Har
some extremest to spout away for an ey an ay, ea eying damages at $5O -
dC d chl
hour or two with not a quorum of Sep. 000, for defamation of character, by the
afore present, and the galleries nearly
issue of warrants for arrest, and arrest.—
emptied of all except the negroes, who ! The snits were bronghtin the Court of Corn
quietly sleep in their seats.
! mon Pleas, Venango county.
Resolved, That hereafter no distinction
shall be made In admitting persins in the
Galleries and the door Keepers are regnired
to act accordinvlv.
Total officers, fifty-three
The number of Posters and Folders in
1860 was considered very extravagant at
the time, and the total number of officers
much larger than necessary. The number
of officers now is yet a secret.' I have made
souse desperate ellbrts to find out, and can
only say what I slated already, that the
tots' number is ninety-eight, and to classify
[help I will do the best I can. The reader
can, however, rest assured that I am very
near the mark, both in regard to the officers
and rates of compensation.
In 1868:
One Clerk $2,000 00
One Assistant Clerk 1,400 00
One Resident Clerk, (J. A. Smull) 1,500 00
Six Transcribing Clerks 6,000 00
Ono Assistant to Resident Clerk,
(Wm. Cooper,) 1,000 00
One do. do. (W. P. 5mu11)...........800 00
Six Sergeants at-Arms 6,300 00
Ten Doorkeepers . 10,000 00
Eight Messengers 8,400 00
Two Postmasters (prin. and asst.) 2,200 00
Thirty-eight Pesters and Folders 30,500 00
One Marshal of the Rotunda 900 00
One Asst. Marshal of Rotunda._ 800 00
One Engineer 1,000 00
One Fireman 900 00
One A ,sist. Fireman 750 00
One Supt. of Closets SOO 00
One Asst. do 750 00
Thirteen Pages 2860 00
Three additional " Officers," title
unknown 2,400 00
\inety•eight officers $81,260 00
Surely these are startling figures, I do
not say that I am exactly right in every
particular, but, I do say that considering
the fact that I am an outsider, I am very
near the mark—as near it as any other man
could possibly be without being an official,
and regularly initiated. To corroborate
this statement I need only mention the fact
referred to in a former letter that a resolu
tion was ad opted by the House directing the
clerk to state the number of officers em
ployed or appointed for and during the
present session, and that when the clerk
came to make his statement he found the
number too enormous to be laid before the
public at all, and the "Retrenchment and
Reform Committee was immediately re
solved upon in a caucus convened for that
purpose, to whom said resolutions, after
being reconsidered, was referred, and there
it now sleeps its last sleep? This commit
tee of which Mr. Wilson, of Allegheny, is
chairman, has thus far looked on without
any attempt to stop the enormous leak of a
thousand dollars a day !
The writer concludes by expressing a
belief that "the people of Pennsylvania
will hold their Representatives respon
sible for this wholesale robbery of the
Public Treasury." We hope and believe
they will do so. But it is as certain as
anything can be that no reform will
ever be made until there is a complete
change in the composition of our State
Legislature. So long as the Radicals
succeed in electing a majority of the
members they will act as they have
done in the past and as they are now
doing. Not until the people of the State
rebuke them signally by making a
complete change will there be any re
form. All the fuss which was made
about the corruption and extravagance
of the last legislature has only resulted
in an increase of extravagance and ras
cality. If the peopie of this State de
sire to protect themselves from down
right robbery they will have to send a
majority of Democrats to the State
Legislature. That will bring about a
change. Nothing else will.
Public Debt
The following is a compartive state
ment of the Public Debt for January
and February, 1868 :
Debt Bearing Coin Intere.g,
Fthmary, January.
Five per cent. Bonds snr.;:irJ,2oo Ou tlui,:r2v,suu
Six per cent. Bomb of
11367 and ISIS. 11,690,9.11 SU
Six per cent. Bonds of
loSt.
Six per cent. Five-
Twenty Bonds. 1,Y.18,450,tt30 P 1,373,501.750 (10
Navy Pension fund. Li, 00 11)0 90 13.u10d0p
:153,676,600 00 53,076,660 00
Toml. SO $4890,1112,091 SO
Debt Bearing cu• oacy inerree.
February. January.
til.r. per cent. Bonds. 470000 00 $20,713,1X10
Three-year compound
Interest Notes;
Three - yearSeven-Thlr.
ty Notes. .214,irdC',800 w 2.11,265,450 fro
Three per cent. Certi
ficates.
48.244,750 00 46,214,780 UO
25,1M1,r0u Co M,2C5,030 U
-
Total. 83)8,70i,GM M 9,401,230 00
Matured Debt not Presented for Payment.
Three-year Seven Thir
ty notes due August
17, 1867. '' . 1.742,6.30 ix) *-2,9=,160 00
notes
Compo ,
m u in ta June
nd
atured
10, July 15. August 15,
October 13. and JJe
cember 13 1807. 0.904,80 u OD 5,952,800 flo
Bonds Texas Indemni
ty.
Treasury ju ni Lu a te , l
p A r f o t r s
thereto. 102.311 64 1 gi,8 ' 1 4 3 1 L'l
Bond-, April 15, 1842. 6,(X)0
Treasury notes, March
3. 1863, 716,1112 Ou :16,196 00
0,471. m 2,M4.81.5
Temporary lonns.
Certificates of Iridebt,
edneas.
512,28,160.19 ' 8 15 . 571 , 010 5 5
Debt Bearing no Interest.
U. S. Notes. $358,159,127 00 5: 1 , 155 ./ 2 7
Fractional Currency. =,240,43:3 51' 31,507,563 85
Gold certificates or de
pont
29,R19,290 00 20,101,580 00
5418,021.845 61 }407,801,690 85
Total debt. 32,615.384 6313 50 r 2,642,276,253 48
ANIOt•NT IN THE
$49,491,162 70 9108,430,253 67
:13,578,150 61 25.770,349 71
Total $124,(0,313 31 .1134,200,603 33
Amount of debt less
cosh to Treasury. 52:5 1 .17,318,311 19 F2,5081:5,030 10
Increase In the public dent in one
month, $19,189,7= 09
The foregoing le a correct statement of toe public
debt .13 appears from the books and Treasurer's re
turns In the Department on the Ist of February, ha
HUG IifcCTJLLOCEI,
Secretary of the Treasury.
The above statement shows that the
debt has increased $19,189,7' during
the month of January.
John Hickman Proposes to Amend Our
State Constitution.
iithoewataccoeußnoteyeeGifie.d
J.
We have in our possession, says the
Manchester (N. H.) Union, a rare book,
entitled " Report of the Secretary of the
Senate," giving a detailed account of
the payments from the contingent fund
of that body for the year ending De
cember, 1866. The whole amount ex
pended was $ 184,894.04, and the correct
_
ness of
The special order in the lower House of
the Legislature, on Wednesday, was John W. Forney, Secretary of the Senate."
It is a book of eighty-seven pages, and
Hickman's joint resolutions proposing the Is from beginning to end, a perfect
following amendments to the State Consti- laivrinth of figures. Of course, it is
tution I impracticable to print any considerable
Be arerolvea, Sr, That the following amend. I portion of it, or even to make an ab
meats be proposed to the constitution of the street of its contents, without more
Commonwealth, In accordance with the pro- i time than we have to spare.
visiOLIS of the tenth article thereof.
1. The eighteenth section of the arst article The leading article in point of cost
'of the constitution shall be so amended ea to seems to be paper, and it is entirely in
read as follows:
credible that so smalls body as the Ben-
The Senators and Representatives shall re.
(wive a compensation for their services to be ; ate, in its presentemasculated condition,
ascertained by law and paid out of the treasury ! could use a tithe of the enormous quan
of the Commonwealth, but in au case shall the :
said compensation exceed one thousand dol. I
tity with which it ls charged. Next In
Lars a year to each Senator and Representative , order, perhaps, comes newspapers and
during their respective termsol office, together magazines, and it appears that the Sen
with fifteen cents per mile In gotta, to and re- atom are supplied at the public expense
turning from each regular and extra session, to
be computed by the usually traveled route lie- with everything in this line that their
mean their places or residence and the capital fancy calls for. Among the assortment
of the State. They shall in all wises, except we notice all the foreign Quarterlies,the
treason, felony and breach, or surety of the ,
attendance rivileged from arrest during their ; leading Amer can monthlies, and week
at the session of their respective ly and daily newspapers from all parts
House, and in going to, and returning from the '
en
same, and for any speech or debate lu either
of the United States. Then we have
House they shall not he questioned in any velopes, of different qualities and styles,
other place. Iby the million. The pens can only be
2. The dmt section of the third ai ticle of the I
constitution shall be SO amended as to read as I numbered by the leaves of the forest or
follows: the sands upon the sea-shore. Then
In elections by the citizens, every freeman of efarte knives and scissors. We find that
the age of twenty-one years, having resided in
onB man was aid over $2,000 for knives
this state one year and In the election district ,
p
where he offers to vote, ten days immediately I alone. Divide this by the number of
preceding such election, having paid a atateor Senators, if you know how many they
county tax within two years, assessed at least I are and see how much it costs to supply
ten days before the election, and able to read ,
this consth ution, shall enjoy the right.i or en each with his pocket cutlery. The same
elector, but a citizen of tine United states Wilo bill contains charges for over 1,700
his previously been a qualified voter of this I shears and scissors. But perhaps a bet-
State and removed therefrom and returned,
and who shall have resided in the election Ms- ter idea can be got of " haw the money
taut and paid taxes as atormaid, shall be en- goes" by presenting sample pages of this
titled to vote after residing lu the State six I record ofprofligacy •
months., Provided. That freemen citizens of •
the United States. between the ages of twenty- 8 large cocoa mats, very tine..
one and twenty two years, having resided in 8 dozen tine damask towels
the State one year and lu the election district 3 dozen bathing towels
ten days as aforesaid, shall be entitled to vote I box soap, 82 ; gallon alcohol, $5 50;
although they shall not have paid taxes.
3 feather dusters, 15; slbs. sponge,
Mr. Hickman, having the door, said, in 15; half dozen hair brushes, 11 50:
regard to the tirstamendment, that formerly 4 do., 7; half dozen combs, 4 50; 2
legislators were satisfied with five hundred cliamoisskins,''
dollars. But legislators had gone on in- For B. F. Wade, Harper's Maga
creasing their salaries until they had at last I rine $4; Eclectic, 5 ; Westmin
proposed to pocket $1,500. He wanted ster, 4; Le Boa Ton, 9; (this is
some uniformity. Hare amount ware fixed j only a sample of many pages)
in the Constitution there would be no 4 copies Military Laws, $54; 10 Ap
change in the "value" of "services" here piston's Cyclopedia, 9R), 1 dozen
during one winter. He had originally in- psi bone Almanacs, 2 40; large
serted $7OO in his resolutions, but the gen- Coltou's Atlas, 20; Rebellion
[lemon from l'otter, (Str, Mann) had moved Record, 8; (hundreds of copies)...
to insert $l,OOO. The members should be 423,000 thick bull' envelopes, $2,-
saved from themselves. He appealed to 15-1.75; 8 dozen blank books, 180:
the " reformers" who had come hero at 10 dozen memorandum, 180; 4
the opening of the session brimfull of dozen thick blank books, gilt, 156 ;
economy. Ifs presented the following 3 dozen scrap books, 81; 20 gross
statistics: Maine has a Legislative session English pens, 75; 0 dozen card
averaging seventy-live days, and its Mem- eases, 54; 6 dozen portfolios, 270;
hers receive $l5O for the whole session ;in 4 dozen pocket-books, 144 ; 0 doz.
Stassaehusetts the members receive.s3 Per match boxes, 72; 50 dozen Gil
day; in New Hampshire, with a session lott's swan quill pens 62.50; 6
averaging thirty days, they receive $l5O dozen taper candlestick's, 120; 2
per day; in Rhode Island, $1 per.day ;in dozen penknives, 50.60; 5 dozen
Connecticut, $4OO for the whole session ;in pocket-books, 75 ; 4 dozen do., 120;
Vermont, with u session averaging fifty 30 gross tine matches, 270; 12 doz.
days, $1 per day ;in New York, with a propelling pencils, 108; and so on
session averaging one hundred days, $3 in this bill to the amount of over
Per day, and in no case shall a member's 6,000 4,224 S.
, salary exceed $3OO for any session, except 2 3 12 dozen penknives, $67.00; 21
it be art extra one; in New Jersey, with a dozen do., 911; 11-12 doz. do., 35.50 ;
session averaging ninety days, $3 per day t 1-12 dozen do.. :14.50 ; 2 dozen
; for the first forty days, after which $1 per do., Si; 6 dozen do., 240; 6 dozen
day; in Delaware, with a session averaging stag handle, 1if....-Ittid to on inter
sixty days, $3 per day; in 'Maryland, with ininablv
a session averaging sixty days, $4 per day ; 21 pairs shears, $4B; 12 do., 27; S do.,
'in Kentucky, with a session averaging 22 ; 2:1 do., 40.25; 45 cases extra
sixty days, $1 per day; Ohio, with a ses- sc i ssors, 305 . 2,-, 31 p a i rs s h ears,
sion -lasting train one hundred to 0110 42.50; 50 dozen do., 100; 12 do.,
hundred and twenty days, $5 per day ( ban k,) 60—and so on to nearly
I for - actual attenclanee • in Michigan, 2,000 pairs
I with a session of l o rry to seventy 24 propelling pencils, $lB ; 111 doz.
days, $3 per day under the existing assorted pen-holders, 13.05 ; gold
Constitution, and $4 per day according pen, 3.75; 105 doz. elastic bands,
Ito the new Constitution just about to be 43.20 ; 2 doz. ivory folders, 21 ; I
submitted to the people; in Indiana, with dozen corkscrews, 12; II dozens
a session of sixty-one days, five dollars per erasers, 0.00; 2 thermometers, 5.25;
day ;in Illinois, With a session averaging S patent inkstands, 13.50; 12 match
sixty days, two dollars per day for forty safes, $19.50
days; in Missouri, with asessiou averaging Scrap book, $5; 1 paper-weight,
ninety days, five dollars per day;
in Wis- 3 2.5; large scrap book, 5 51); card
cousin, with a session of ninety days, three case, 275
dollars and fifty cents per day; in lowa, 1 large journal, $lO ; index for do.,
with a session averaging eighty days, three 150 ; 6 pocket-books, 16; 12 cork
dollars per day ;in Minnesota, with u sea- screws, 12 ;24 letter flies, 42
sion of from sixty to ninety days, live dol- 144 dozen boxes matches
lars per day; in Tennessee, with a session Corkscrews, $24 ; 12 key rings, 3 ; -I
of front one hundred to one hundred and table match safes, 3 ; gold pen and
forty days, four dollars per day ;in West case, 14 75; ivory ruler, 2 50; I
Virginia, with a session of forty-five days, bronze paper-weights, -IS; 40 bun.
three dollars per day; in Oregon, with dies toothpicks, 5; 54 dozen rub
e session of forty days, three dollars her bands, 33; 57 sponges, 19 76
per day ; in Nevada, with a session 12 sponge-cups,
of from thirty to fifty days, three 1 large inkstand, $5 50; 1 do., 11 50;
dollars per day; and in Kansas, with 12 extra diaries,-I'1; 12 large pieces
sessions greatly varying in length, fourdol- natural rubber, 3- .
Mrs per day. In Pennsylvania the legisla- Large file, $3 75; call-bell, 250
ture was supposed to sit for one hundred 2 dozen large glass inkstands, $72;
days, but its actual sittings were for but 1 dozen do., glass tops, 168 ; 6 doz.
sixty days. Every Thursday, or Friday, do., 78 ; 4 dozen do., 84; 3 dozen
members went to their homes, and did not do„ ; 8 inkstands, 7.70
return until Monday or Tuesday. For .18 dozen pincushions, $6O; 50 pack.
each of these days, gentlemen received a ages medicated paper, 25; 4 doz.
fraction over twelve dollars, three or four erazers, 17.70
times what is paid for the best skilled toil. 5 gallons slcohol, 130; 4 dozen bait
Our predecessors had voted themselves soy- brushes, 00; 1 dozen do., 20; 5 do.,
enteen dollars per day, and they actually 9; combs, 0.6.5; I dozen chamois
proposed in committee to vote themselves a skins, 0; .1 cloth brushes, 5; 11
daily pay of twenty-six dollars. Was it dozen flesh brushes, 7; 1 dozen
at all astonishing that' a general outcry English hair brushes, 10; 2 doz.
should have been raised about the extraor- combs, 15
divary pay of members of the Pennsylva- 6 dozen fans, $6; 171 dozen kid
nia Legislature? gloves, 512.50; 2)1 boxes crape,
He then broached, with great concern, 105; 651 yards silk, 240.62; 1 gold
the second branch of the resolutions. It mounted pencil, -1.50
was a haunted subject into which he was 4 boxessoap, $32; washing soda, 10;
about to enter. Our Constitution was wrong, 2 bottles olive oil, 5; hay rum,
unjust, inhuman, and the worst of it was 2.25; 1 gallon alcohol, 0.15; gum
that all men, in both parties, knew it. camphor, 4.50; 8 pounds sponge,
The word " white," the speukersaid, was 24; 1 gallon alcohol, 5.50; 3 doz.
inserted by the vote of Democrats whose whisks, 18; 1 gallon bay rum, 6;
best friend was a negro, in whose arms he 1 gallon cologne, 5; 1 box shay
died. For thirty years this word had dis- log soap, 1.50 ; 2 ounces oil gera
graced the Constitution of Pennsylvania. nium, 2; toilet powder, 1 ;
l'he Republicans should do their duty and papers pomade, 1.50; 1 bbl. chlo
leave the Democrats to do as they please; ride of lime, 35; 20 Ibis sponge,
we were not responsible for their faults. 50; 2 steel razors, 5
He would have gentlemen sustain a living 4 marble clocks
principle rather than a dead dogma ; the 2 lemon squeezers, $2 ; 4 boxes
truth rather than a lie; loyalty rather than lemons, 40; 168 pounds sugar,
treason. There was a stain upon the name 33.60; 8 brass bound buckets, 11..
ofthe good old Commonwealth and it should 1 bath tub, $18; 1 dozen curry
he eradicated. We had duties to perform. combs, 4.50
Let us begin and God would aid us. Con
cress bad committed the Republican party Impeachment to be Attempted.
to its policy. Every act for the reconstruc- The Washington news shows that the
lion of the Rebel States was grounded upon Radicals have resolved to attempt to iin
the political equality of color, black and peach the President. A special telegram to
white, and the South was compelled to ac- the Philadelphia Age says:
cent those measures, or remain unrepre- The movement to Impeach the President
settled in the Government. We had ac- p
vented the situation. Referringis progressing with startling rapidity. The
to Johnson
so-called reconstruction committee held u
and Butler, he said they were nearly alike long and rather stormy session on the sub
-one was a Peter Funk, the other a quack. jest yesterday. Mr. Thaddeus Stevens-
He would keep away as far as passible from propped in a chair at the head of the table,
both. The financial schemes of the General , and scarcely able to sit upright—deelared
did not suit his tastes. It was a pity these vehemently in favor of reporting a resole.-
two men were so widely separated. They lion of impeachment at once, without going
ought to co-habit.
, through the form of an investigation into
In the overwhelming light of the /line- the conduct of the President with reference
teenth century, ought the negro to vote? ,to the Stanton affair. It is said that Bout-
This was the all-absorbing question. It : well coincided in the o in ion of Mr. Stevens,
could.not well be dodged. Should the polls but Bingham wanted some sort of an M
ho open to the blacks in Virginia and other , vestigation at least. It would take but a
Rebel States? Let Republicans be cautious little while, and accordingly it was resolved
in their reply, or they might place them. to appoint a sub-committee, consisting ef
selves in an unpleasant position before the Boutwell, and Bingham, (Radicals,) and
people. We said to the citizens of Rich- Brooks, (Dernocrat,) for tne purpose of ex.
mond, Charleston, Savannah, New Orleans coining witnesses, and r the facts
and Stabile, you must allow the negro to concerning the President's repe
alinglle Ware
express his choice iu all matters of govern- gard of the " tenure-of-office" law, in di •
ment. Did we mean what we said? Was Its;
Is Grant not to obey Stanton's orders.
there no demagogueism about it? No sel- It is understood that Mr. Brooks, being a
fishness? No meanness? Were we in favor member of the Ways and Means Commit ,
placing the negro on a perfect equality tee, which requires his constant attendance,
with the white man In Philadelphia, in was, at his own request, excused from ser-
Pittsburg, in Reading, in Lancaster, and in vice on this sub-committee, and Mr Beck,
Harrisburg? Aye, you boggle! The prin. of Kentucky, the other Democratic mem ,
ciple carried into operation in Richmond, ben was selected In his place. The stib-com -
he thought, would not be out of place ! mittee met at 2 o'clock for the purpose of
Philadelphia. Christianity never changed examining witnesses. Grant was sent for,
places. It was immutable, unchangeable.
but it is understood hedid not arrivoin time,
So was tiny moral principle. And as we so Mr. Jerome B. StilLson (J .B. S. of the
had professed to be guided by principle we New York World), was called and examin
should treat all persons alike in all places. ed with reference to his Interviews with the
Ile had felt deeply the unpardonable in- President, heretofore reported In that Jour
just ice of excluding from the franchise pa- , nal. Grant will doubtless be in attendance
tive born citizens. The negro was a natural to-morrow. Stanton will follow, and upon
man, born to immortality. Ile, too, was their testimony the sub-committee will re
made iu the image of God. Ile was not port in favor of impeaching Presiden t. John
a brute, nor destitute of reason. Had son, and, from present indications, the
not a negro eyes, hands, arms, senses, Ireport will be sustained by the full com
affeations' passions? Was he not fed with mittee, and by :a strict party Vote in the
the same food, hurt with the same weapon, I House. It is now simply n question of a
killed with the same diseases, warmed with I few days. Radicals like Bingham, Spahl
the same sun, as the wits man was? If Mg, Dawes, Banks, and othersof that stripe,
you prick him, do you not hurt him? if will be found voting with Ashley, Butler,
you tickle him, does he not feel it? If you and Stevens, on the impeachment question.
wrong him, shall he not revenge himself? The party Utah has been applied, and all the
Let us beg that our sins may be covered up. rucak• kneed fellows will he compelled to
The negro was neither blind, nor deaf, nor " toe the mark." The programme, plainly
insensible. He heard our expressions of visible, is to rnake Wade President, through
ingratitude or unthankfulness. How much `the instrumentality of it Jacobin majority
rather he should bear and feel in love than I in Congress, assisted by the army under
in hate! Take heed! the mildest creature . the control of General //tram U. Grant and
may become furious. We must acknowl- Mr. Edwin M. Stanton. President John
' edge the force of human nature. Some I son has no time to lose, if he would pre
! important principle of action should be de- serve his authority as the Chief Executive
cided upon, on which the Republican party officer of the nation, during the remainder
could stand united. The National honor jof his constitutional term of Mike, for there
must be vindicated. First we had the abo- ; can be no doubt that the revolutionists at
lition of slavery. The second stage of pro- I the Capitol are contemplating his speedy
gress had yet to come. There was no living I removal from the Presidential chair.
man—not even Wade, or Chase, or Colfax,
or Sherman, or Grant, who could be elected
President fly the Republican party in 1568
as they now presented themselves before
the people. They (the people) did not un
derstand us. Why should they, when we
did not understand ourselves. 'Were we to
have a candidate for the negro. or against
the negro? Ah! what dodging there was!
What little disposition to face principle! It
Was a nice thing to carry elections,
but were we for the negro or against
the negro? Gentlemen might smile.
Smiling would not do In October. The
question was, were we for the negro or
against him? Did we intend to cheat?
There were many men disposed to cheat—
to take up a candidate whose position on
the only question involved in this grand
controversy should not be known to the
people. They wish to make us like seed
sown on stony ground, and having no
earth, to grow up and wither away. We
were chaotic as a party, and an early agree
ment was indispensable for success. It was
moan in the country to trample upon the
hearts and brains of those who saved the ,
country. He was not prudent; many ,
might think him rash. But amid the tim
idity of time servers, heard a still small
voice promising the accomplishment of the
grand, sublime work before us.
The Salary of Legislators to be tied need
The Word White to be stricken Ont.
Hls Speech on These questions
$1,150 00
000 00
1,000 00
s'_l,4oo 00
The question is quite frequently asked,
concerning the most widely read author of
works ofjuveniles, Who is Oliver Optic?
In reply to those Who make the Luqniry,
we will inform them that it is a nom de
plume adopted by Wm. T. Adams, Esq.,
and under *which be has achieved great
fame on both sides of the Atlantic. Mr.
Adams is a native of Medway, Mass., where
he was born on the 30th day of July, 1822,
and as a consequence is in his forty-sixth
year.
Great Excitement over a Bank Failure.
A special telegram to the Cincinnati En
quirer, dated Memphis, February 6th says :
The excitement in financial and commer
cial circles, in consequence of the failure of
the Gayoso Savings Bunk continues to pre
vail. Over a half a million dollars is due
the depositors, which falls heavily on me
chanics, laborers, and poor people, who are
wild with excitement.
A party or mechanics and depositors
vis
ited the cashier's residence last night with
r i i ;u iT t e e j hn e ot iiri f ? oild.
intention ofhanging him,
Mr. Taft, cotton broker, called at the
President's private office, Invited him out
is the hall and attempted to assasatnato
him. Taft shot at him with a large navy
revolver, but missed him. The report of
the pistol brought aid, which saved hia life.
Tne appealings of the poor people in re
gard to their loss, is beyond description.
Th 9 (allure is a heavy calamity to Memphis,
and casts a gloom over the city. Heavy
runs were made on other banks, which
weathered the crisis. To-day general dis
trust prevails in financial circles.
The Commutation Money Paid by Draft.
ed Men.
The House Military Committee held a
session this morning, in which the bill in
relation to the commutation money paid by
dnifted. men was conaidered in connection
with a subsequent act authorizing the re
funding of all such money in cases where
the claimB were already on tile in the pro
per °Mee of the government .at the time of
passage of the - act. The ohmtnittee have
now determined to report a bill.extemling
the time for the presentation of thesticlaima
for two years, so as to allow ample time for
all parties interested to take proper steps to
secure a settlement.