gatidtota inttniplat WEDNESDAIt, YUkROEE 18 ; 1888. TEREORARY CLUB RATES. • , . „ Believing that in the pending, all impor tant political contest no agency can equal the newspaper press in efficiency, and be , ing impreesed with a conviction of the ne cessity of extending more widely the circu la#on of sound Democratic joirruds, we have concluded to offer the WEBiLLY IN TELLIGENCIER, to new subscribers, for a tolled period, fit the following very low rates: $2.00= 9.00 17.00 82.00 45 00 An extra copy will bo coot with every club of 20 or 30. Single copies, 1 year 5 copies, 1 year 10 " " 20 e u II 3 0 0 11 THE WEEKLY INTELLIctENCER IS THE LARGEST AND CHEAPEST DEMOCRATIC JOURNAL PUBLISHED IN PENNHYLVANIA The rapid increase in its clrculatiop dur_ Mg the past year shows that 1t is properly appreciated by the people. We note every ODD of our readers to make an effort to add ttiour lists In no way can they do more to further the spread of political truth, or to combat error. Let there be an organized effort made to get op clubs. The terms which we offer are so vary low that we do not propose to nicks them per matient. The arrangement will only be a temporary one, and will not be extended beyond the first day of next April; • Each subscriber will find his name and the date at which his subscription expires printed on the paper. Our terms arc CAsIl IN ADVANCE. Money can be sent by wail from any part of the county et our risk. Parties at a dis tance should Kind checks or poet office or ders. Attend the Township Elections Our friends will remember that the township elections take place next Friday. Let every Democrat go and do what he can towards securing proper township officers. A little vigilance and energy will enable us to elect many Election Officers and Assessors, whom we would otherwise lose ; and these officers are very Important to us. Turn out. Andrew Johnson. History will Jo justice to Andrew Johnson, If this generation does not. From humble origin and narrow o portunities he has gradually advanced by his own honest efforts, to the fire position in the Republic. His leading traits of character aro moral courage and devoted patriothim. An original Democrat, he adhered faithfully to his party until secession carried oft the mass of hie Southern fi lends, when he cast in his lot with what he supposed to be the "Union party of the country. Our people remember with profound grati- tude hie manly and thrilling utterances, when hr, ninno of Southern i-;enntors In Congress, turned his bark upon his releillons section and pledged his t'alth and fortunes to the Constitution. As he woo faithful to the Constitution at the beginning of the war, and throug the war, No ham Lo lawn ndth Col to the tho alma, the war. C'hoaen and elected Vice President or the United Staten In 1861, because or hi:, emit' devotion to tho enlist+ of the Union, has contingently and signally juellfled the wledorn of hie election.. Upon hie Recession to the Preen'envy, he applied every Obit and energy to the restore- non of the Union under the Contd. lion. Ile adopted, and endeavored t( Pernatt and executelhe plan a Ills pre deeessor, Nvldell )vas the only one tha could restore the disorganized States tt their proper relations with the federal system. And when his party rejected the plan, because It promised to repuire the Union, without perpetuating the party, heillsearileil hip political friends, 111.11.1 pla( where tal himself in the breach or the C mititutio where iihnopt aided, 0 II:01 rincc 111111111.11111N1 the right. • Appalled by lbw-revolutionary faction °Watch! or the Constitution, IN no Prefil• deist W 11.4 Veer llerOte 0 , 041011.11, perleell tell with unrelenting bitterness by at ovvrwiwiniinv majority or both brat 1(1) ()I' it pi(rjurol 'ottgroHm, aucl drill uvitry l'ulivtl,m ( igistravy which Kayo folio() and dll;• nity to the ollioo, ho has novor faltoroil In the path ()I' duly, nor bout, hofoni ho tempest that has hcato» upon Lim. As each successivo oat of Congirostilonal usurpation rrueLc l him, Lls oloquont, vetoer rung out above , Ow Morin, n slgnallaed III:4 fruitless efforts to nave the Constitution^ of Ids country• At last,goatied to madness by the reprounlies of the President, Congress has deter mined In remove one whom It cannot silence, and Inflict the last blow upon the Constitution by degrading Its Chief Executive. Tiberius Graceltiet degraded the tri bune °claylns, and therelty destroyed the consequence a the tribunate and unsettled the balances of the 11001511 Republitt. The sequel was Caesar. We trust that the degradation of a People's President, and the subleetion of the tenure of our (thief Magii,lraoy to the Measure of Congress, may not be too speedily followed by Empire. But whatever may be the fate a the ite public, a garland of imperishable re• flown will rest upon the brows of the martyr President, —a martyr to the sanctity of oaths, a martyr to the Con stitution and a martyr to liberty. He will go to posterity the lust free final dent; those who billow will he the slaves, of Congress, And if ever our people recover their virtue, they will seek to blot the disgraceful episode of the itnneschinent, trial and degradation of Andrew Johnson front their history, as an indignant nation will hasten to expunge its trattes from thu reeurils'of Congress. Republican majority 5,550 5,192 'I 545 9,113 4,015 3,584 ........................3, 529 0,071 4,050 '' 140 The returns from 223 towns give liar riman, Republican,3o,s3l; and sinclair, Democrat, 30,923, showing a Radical majority of 2,008. The remaining eight towns last year gave a Democratic ma jority of 11G, which will probably be increased, thus reducing the Radical majority of 3,146 In 1807 to 2,402 in 1865, The EXpress•and the Prison Beeper. a Deinocratie gain of 051. The Lower For some time past there has been a House of the Legislature stood in 1807, fierce light going on inside the lines of 203 Ratlioal9 to 128 Democrats; Radical the Radical party of thie county in re- majority, 75. This year the Lower gard to the management of the County House stands 190 Radicals to 141 Dem- Prison. The Alei.o.c4B has b o ldly a nd ocrats ; Radical majority, 49, it Demo openly charged that the expenses are cratle gain of 20. much greater than they should be, and It will be observed that the Demo that the public is being fleeced idler the cratic vote will exceed 37,000, a majority most approved Radleal style by those of the legal votes of New Hampshire, who have control of the institution. It A glance at the map will show that New has assailed the Keeper, the 'lnspectors, Hampshire is surrounded by the in and all connected with the eoncern in tensely Radical States of Vermont, orie article after another. Maine anti Massachusetts. This fact To these grave charges the Inspectors shows whale° the Increased Radical have replied in a lengthy article, giving vote was derived. The vote of New facts and figures to stow the falsity of Hampshire has hitherto never exceeded the accusations made by the Erpress. 71,000. Whether the statement referred to is j An examination of the vote by towns sufficient to exonerate them, those who will show the damuing fact that the have read both sides can determine for Radicals have gained only Itt those themselves. But, there is one : thing in towns bordering on Maine, Massaehu- It that is certainly rematitabie. The eetts and Vermont; while in the interior Inspectors do riot confine their state- the Democrats gain largely. Doloniza. ment to a defense of themselves. They I lion beat us, but that cannot be done in more than insinuate that the attack of November. It will be remembered that the Dem the Express was only made for the pur ocratic gains here made were made on pose of extorting money, in the shape I the vote of 1867, when the Democrats 'of black-mail, from the Keeper of the carried everything. Similar gains else- Prison. where will give us Connecticut by 8,000, The charge thus made is a very seri- and New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland , Delaware, Ohio ous one. It is made in print, over the West Virginia, Illinois, Indiana, 'Ken signature of six responsible men. If it tricky, 'Wisconsin, Nevada, California be not true the editor of the Kt-pre:ail and Oregon by majorities that: cannot Should feel bound in justice to himself,he shaken his family and his friends, to have the' I matter fully investigated before the proper judicial tribunal. He can pro ceed either by prosecution In the Court of Quarter Sessions, or by civil suit in the Common Pleas. Will he do so? We are really anxious to ace whether he is willing to rest under such grave charges without malting an attempt to clear his reputation. If he should per mit the matter to rest as it nowlattuade he - cannot complain If the public should conclude that he feared to meet his accusers, lest, they should prove the truth of their,ehrittei, Elcialoa . .• *PORTLAND, March 16.—The s econd oleo- Alen of Mayor, to-day; reaulted ap before in rm_cliolceploOlellan,'Repnblican, zeceived 2624 votifti; Pitman, Democrat, 2563; 'Deer -ing; Independent Republican, 267. The Radical sate Convention. The Raillial 134tesegiven, anti:7llloh , assembled at rAihiladelphta, sh#ed wi t plainly that wheVis called' he ROmb lican party is an - prganiz, ~ xi kcifit to .. gather br but - one boa ti solieiii?e power of public plunder: Fortunately for the gang of State and Federal oth- dals who compoied the Convention, there was little left for them to do. It was conceded by all that they could notpossibly &tamed in electing any man who was itriOwn to be fully committed to the doctrines of their party, Hence the universal acceptance of Gen. Griint Lu 3 their candidate for the Presidency, with the hope that enough unreflecting voters might be gulled into supporting him to give the leeches who are fatten• ing on the spoils of office an opportunity to hang on for a while longer. There was no contest as to who should be de. Blared the choice of the Coventlon for President. A vast majority of the del- agates were pledged to support Andrew U. Curtin's claims for the Vice Pres'. . - dency, and to Hartranft and Campbell the nominations for Auditor and Sur veyor General were conceded. Very little, indeed, remained to be done, and the Convention proceeded to the work of doing nothing, with an unusually loud flourish of empty trumpets. First Frank. Jordan made a speech as Chairman of the State Central Com mittee ; then that immaculate specimen of the Philadelphia rowdy and political black-leg, Bill Mann, made a speech as temporary Chairman ; Oren Lem. Todd, of Carlisle, made another very windy speech as permanent President. The efforts of all these speakers seemed to be to say nothing, or to come as near to that as possible. Cut out the abuse of President Johnson, anti there would be nothing left of these oratorical efforts. We never saw such complete specimens of political inanity. They were as empty and destitute of thought as the disjointed pratings of a trio of parrots. There was no attempt to discuss any of the great issues before the people, no thing but some stale abuse of the Presi dent, and a vast deal of vaporing about the power and the duty of Congress to remove him as an obstacle in the path way to a full harvest of spoils. Of course there were some resolutions, but these were as empty as the speeches. A lot of scraps, selected at random from the editorial columns of that obscure newspaper, the York Republican, would have answered just as well as the lot of twaddle which was reported by its edi tor; The first of the series denounces Andrew Johnson; the second praises Gen. Grant; the third, combining the first two, denouucesjohnson and praises Grant; the fourth praises Grant; the fifth praises Andrew G. Curtin ; the sixth praises Congress, for establishing a negro empire in the South and Itn poaching the President; the seventh praises the Senate, and calls fur dm summary removal of 'Johnson ; the eighth flatters the soldiers; the ninth flatters Stanton ; the tenth flatters Geary; the eleventh Praises the Decla ration of 11111011011tIVIIIT, so fur as these fools think It con be tortured Into an endorsement of negro equality ; the twelfth flatters Hartranftand Campbell; the thirteenth attempts to flatter the foreigners; and the fourteenth Instructs the delegates to Chicago to vote as a unit for Grant and - Curtin. We find in some of the papers a rest,- lution favoring an increase of the tariff, for the purpose of raising prices still higher; and one declaring In favor of paying the National debt without say ing when or how It shall be done ; but as no mention of any such resolutions is made in the Prom, we are at a loss to know whether they were ell heti offered or adopted. We .make tip our summary of this platform of the Republican party of Pennsylvania front Forney's Prim, and we lIHIC the people to look at IL Is It such a declaration of principles as Is demanded at. this '1 Will the mosses of ' thls great State be gulled by such stuff? Are they ready to commit the destinies of the nation Ibr four years move to it party wnlelf puts forth such a manifesto as that? We think not. We lire sure an Indignant no will be heard from every thoughtful man In Pen nay I vanla. Thousands of vonservative Republicans will be dis• gusted, and, brunt Mg loose from former party ties, whit go to the polls with the resolute air of intelligent freemen, and by their• votes wall help to swell the enormous majority which is sure to be east for the nominees of the Demo cratic party, first at the State election In October, and after that at the Presi dential election in November. New Hampshire Wu are at last able to present to Our readers the almost complete returns Of the New Hatupshire election, and In spite of the despatches claiming the re election of Harriman by an Increased majority, we are now able to show that the Democracy have really made large gains. New Hampshire, since 1855, ham never been carried by the Demo crate. The State hue gone Republican by the following Majorities for the past twelve Your', ,Tile Financial Question.: We print In another column an argu ment on the Financial Question by Mr. Ernst, an eminent banker of Kentucky, to which we invite the attention of our readers. The question Is stated therein clearly and strongly, and conclusions arrived at which are rapidly becoming the prevailing opinions of men of all psriles. New Jeraey Electing • The returns of the charter elections in New Jersey show slight Railidal "gains at one or two' points, hut the lt?eMoe racy more than make up tot-that else whcre,gainirig generallYpt , en over the very lama majorities of .last tair,•,When we,swept the State from one endAo the Has the #our e .Come't F. *Ma to . ‘biiinO „doubt in bitemind that thri f icaserif Pr eat' olutiam is 'l4:!4udged by: the Court 010)iis tryinthine l h And,igiat hite,con.' l iictia will surely folio phis trial not? because he has really,,,,.been guilty of high crimes and misde meanors, but be cause his judges are his bitter political opponents, and believe that his deposit tion from his high office is essential to he success of their party. That the Senate will be actuated by this motive, is the belief not only of the Democratic, but also et the Republican party, being openly announced both' in their public journals and in private conversation; so that it may be taken to be the unani mous opinion of, the country, that the Republicans of the Senate will vote for the conviction of the President, because he is not himself agtepublican; and is therefore an obstacle in the way of the successful accomplishment of their de- signs. Such being the case, the question arises whether the President will be bound to submit to the judgment pro• nouneed,against him, and whether it will not rather be his duty to refuse to surrender his office, and compel Mr. Wade to apply to the Courts to give him the dignity which he covets; in this way, the questions at Issue would be finally decided by the Supreme Court, a tribunal to whose decision the people will willingly bow, since party feeling will not control it. We notice that the " Cincinnati Enquirer advances the opinion that an appeal lies, under the Constitution, from. the Senate, sitting us a high Court of Impeachment, to the Supreme Court of the United States, since that instrument declares " that the judicial power shall extend to all cases of law and equity arising under the Constitution." This is a new ques- tion and one which has never been tested ; but whether there is force in it or not, the course which Secretary Stan ton has pursued has shown that an offi- car who has been removed under a very clear claim of right, may still hold his office and drive his appointed successor Into the Courts to eject him ; the Presi dent may improve this lesson taught him by the tactics of his enemies. But If Wade should attempt to take violent possession of the Chief Magis_ tracy, we are loth to believe that the Democracy at least, will not stand by the President, and be ready to repel force with force. It mal result in a civil war; but If Congress will claim such powers as this, of removing a Presi dent elected by the people, simply be cause of a difference in political senti ment, civil wars will be sure to be the order of the day hereafter in our court ' try, and we may as well test the question of the powers ofcougress nowas hereafter We are quite sure that if positions were reversed, and it was a RepubliCan Presl- I dent being deposed by a Democratic Congress, sparks would fly before the project was a " fait accompli." Rests : twice to tyranny must begin some where and at sometime, even In this l long muttering country. It Is the mil : versal sentiment of our people that in no country ou 'earth could the citizens be; so oppressed, taxed and robbed as we have been for the past years, with • ot't causing a violent overthrow of the flovernment. The reason probably is that we have always believed that the ballot gave us a remedy which, sooner or later, would be effectual in restoring tolls our rights. But,we have now a party In power which deliberately over rides the decision of the ballot, unless that depision is agreeable to it. It as seas the right to remove the President, because he Is not In political sympathy with it; for the same reason it refuses I to admit to their seats Senators and Representatives who have been elect. ml by the people. it proposes to elect its candidate for the next Presidency by the votes of the negroes of the South, and to thus nul lify the will of the white people of the North ; and should we, notwithmtaud- I lug, elect a Democratic President, we may feel confident that it will trump up some reason for refusing to recognize his election ; Intuited by the army, as It seems 110 W to be, it assumes the power to deal With us and the country as it Pleases, and we are given to understand that we may feel thankful for what-' ever of grace Is vouchsafed to us,— Is not time, then, for us to I think how fur it is prudent for I us to allow this assertion by Congress of I absolute power, to go. Confident as we are of carrying a majority of the electo ral college at the next election, It might be wise in us, since the time is so short, to continue till then to suffer and en dure, could we be satisfied that the will of the people in that election would be recognized by those who are now In power. But we cannot lie satisfied of this. Men who will dare to remove a President because of his political opin ions, will not hesitate for the same rea son to refuse to allow a newly elected President, to take his seat; or should they permit his Inauguration, they will not he slow to repeat the impeachment ! experiment which they found so suc cessful once before. In short, if this pre• I cedent of deposition for political hater odoxy is established without resistance ' in the ease of Andrew Johnson, future ' Presidents, with two-thirds of the Sen ate and a majority of the House of Rep• resentatives politically opposed to them, will know what fate is in store for them, should they dare to act in opposition to the will of Congress. So that, as the Radicals are sure to have for sometime to come, a two-thirds majority in the I Senate; and as they will probably have', a majority of the next House, (since, President Johnsen being out of their way, they will meet no impediments to their schemes of getting in full negro representations from the Southern States,) it would seem to be scarcely worth while for us to waste our ener glee in the endeavor to elect a Presi dent, who when elected, will be para lyzed and powerless, and be but the , nominal headof the government during his extreme good behavior. I There is food for reflection in this and whether our course should be on, of action or inaction lu the pres ent emergency, Is a matter which should receive the gravest de liberation ; for we feel assured, that upon our decision rests much of our hope for the future, and that the crisis is now at hand which is pregnant with the fate of the,nation. The Alabama Claims The claims of this country upon Eng land, arising out of the capture and , burning of large numbers of our mer chant ships during the late war by Con. federate cruisers whi , h were fitted out in British. ports, have gave rise to a very important debate in Parliament. The tone of the discussion has been frank and very fair. There appears to be a disposition to meet this grave ques tion in a spirit of statesmanlike mod- , eratlon, which It is to be hoped will lead to a speedy adjustment of all difficul ties. The tone of the English news papers is calm, and Most of them speak of the affair without bitterness. The London Times says "the debate must convince the people of the United States that England wishes to settle the law in this case in the American sense, and that the failure of Great Britain to re fer the Alabama claims to arbitration Is due to no desire to avoid her just obli gations." It also suggests that Mr. Sew ard has only to meet Lord Stanley in a similar spirit to end the misunderstand ing. Which of them Is It? The Washington correspondent of the 13al.tiniore, Gazette says.: . . A Radical .member.. of Congress from Petuasylvania. has come to trouble: , here Owing to. some -impropriety of condnetdik the KirkwOod-Honse. "'ardente= we need not detallotuffice it to say .that -011E3 of the gentler. sex Is involred.ln,the affair. • • • Which of them is it? '. . i.. 4.• , i ~.., 'il 13 , 5 Ala ~.. erli • , fl ere Suffrage at the North. I - ;already fey Despair. i TM; ;‘Wh . ` * fr ' '' l ivitti :i - ed by the restilter a ss?Yearce `t,:Bilmilesbl. akifteeoftxeeseivelY '" . e .k . "ad Drk tbelrilarling" . peachment (the :gm of b 4en edges; an 0 : el , :, , a portion of the,, e er =' Vet t shOld - te# .ont at last , to be; a ) idole4d, oat Ilea 4 ut ie , ?to thK .nZrai disclaim any intentio in , , ditriitege as they do, ilt ttCttir list °tits cri lea ari dee f niqiii us h;`,;bierCongressional autho , ,witltYpe 1: 33. 11 41 d . ' dwe Celt n a P tlt , its oe% IngligifidepThe ConigtictioVActs :rill 0 - 11kutrrage at the dith: „-TAreeY. ego wea n teir,llit*orititland onlimunildate of Congress, after providing for the lia'Well to remind these gentlemen and forthePreel allylof le I i t h e r Vrteld f e i r and as creation of Negro Conventions to frame the people generally, of the views of pec an five D emocratic candidate for gal P A ' : constitutions for the Southern States, ; Sumner and Stevens, who have never , don. The Washington correspondent of directed that the constitutions thus failed to control the policy of their their leading organ,tlmAntienaverystemd. a , howls loudly after the following most formed should b‘submitted for accep- ' party. Leas than a year ago Mr. Sum ., lugubrious fashion: tance to ell, ell persons es, 0941Prie per- neriteMe. to. Tkeodoee Tilton of the, i. That the. President is - technically guilty milted teiVete, and if majorltyof thole New York -independent on 'the Subject vi on o th lated e inlictm consti ent ir fram tional ed , entitled to vote and registered for the in the following terms : t th an ou d g tk of th an e la n:- tunial character, seems sadly proven. But piiiPageln any State, did not cut their _ SEDNATE EAR B ECAMB o E u It,A pril, .. s i t l g c Y te d," that the skilful lawyers who conduct the ballots In favor of the constitution sub- m ! Noritie" r n 20th imi h at to have aroundd 3fic lirlilb whol e able su lg j (le nt c v l o e u r y d s o ig t tl i t i t . ht witted to theni, it should not be adopt- I shall cease to deny the elective franchise on This, however, is the least of the dangers id. Congress thus distinctly enacted I account of color. But youpostponethedaY which threaten to balk the, put of th e i by ine4ting on the preliminary of a con- loyal people determined that J ohnso n ght: and announced that every elector who 1 stitutioNal amendment. I know your vows miler:l - ger protect treason and punish loyalty did not vote in favor of the constitution to the good cause; but ask yell to e make in the Presidential chair. stibmitted, should be eannted against it. bquanelonWmeusterensenftledrawiti.tho.ut delay. n l i n his n a e r e ic j ir tine P 3 . f Me dti ertnet em t e t at u le r4 l B Congress Invited two modes of oppoei- other words, it must be settled before the preside:Wag fever and desperate in the con -1 tion to the new constitutions, one for the l Presidential election, whichis at band. Our scioueness of beefed plane, meanly jealous zone at the South are of Wade, and perhaps, cherng th;4,for electors to gap the polls and vote them rlr in ea r c e l d y v f o ei t i e n re w .lhey will vote at thePreel- torn hope of a'Democratio nomination coins down, the other to absent themselves dential election. But why Norsho hey vo forces with the enemy and etandsaethe eel from the polls and defeat the conetitu - at tho South and not at th e both. ,Their The lr dential ally. It has bees known for a long n m en orT e co C r i ckl done by their absence. Both methods v rtl tne e s o ar f justice _ is _ the same _ fo rt g e tlc t e " a t ninrls i g i e n n i r were were legitimate, and Congress provided Bout eneeded a t the North as well as the South. There are Northern States where than was made necessary by the mere that they should be equally effective. ttrirvote u s e cg on makie he t r h e e t i t t r o o o d ott e le a r ne r le a Lfe s ,f, a tli s ial t Ivi zi n t i i ii i d 3ns a of ni ti p , e t Larties, ms trbd oi The Negro Convention of Alabama bey o nd were their votes will be like the last pie- the Chief Jostle?, fil led with the gay and gave birth to a monster in the shape of pondorant weight in the nicely-balanced fashionable Winter society of Washington, a constitution, which even surpasses in scales. inilr I L a et d o a u n rd3 go r t ?t u f t V O n W o - w o Me a l l v l l e l; e ll i e t were ed s oo ttled we m re by an e po lectr a lc u r lo o k ua l e o r n deformity the products of the other tried, 3 v r eili i be 114 for human rights for- in a loud voloe, announced n " the President African assemblages. It disfranchises olr,er. Lot them vo in Pennsylvania, and of the United States and daughter." Few every individual who will not swear to cause. l i t o e vn e f ti vemo r T e s t , t t ? . .g,g ri co , N o •c t ) e te i n t ckt e h w e Iheo significant wer e 3r,s o o n o t ka with ~ . will which p w a i sse: : tr n om for fL e e t " accept thecivil and political equality of , York, and the scales which hang so doubt- to face through those brilliant and crowded all men;" thus taking the ballot out of 1 fiViYillVeliti h n e eli a ne e to in th c e on it n e e pg r i rl izan.ca:se; rooms, u n usualag e the United Sttes ev a e ttri o d t in the anPresi the hands of every opponent of negro EnTrunchisem s en n t i , which Is the corollary dent ning reception t of the Chief Justice Was f e u v il; suffrage In the State, and disqualifying I and complement of emancipation, must be I realized. His carping letter to the Senate— ninety-nine hundredths of its white a national act also proceeding from o tb a eNe- his refusal, at first, to obey the mandate to population. The staunch Unionist who Nc t ;: L i t a e l s. Government and tc alti , est E b i e r, t m 55 1 i n t . ti e s ar o p n e s a o r f fiti l i t t e s o r i e l ti v ll i n n g o ( T y e r a — r a e n t d u ll i t s m d e u c n i : sacrificed his fortune for his country, And within the past month Thaddeus 1 folding of a plot to obstruct and defeat, as and the white soldier who shed hie Stevens has introduced into Congress a far den t as . r 0 8 w m t i l a l e A t e h e ma c o n b v i e c a t e n t o o / w l o h r e k . r h ' r a e 8 r m i ' blood in Its defence, are disfranchised, bill to extend " universal suffrage " over depends, of course, on the firmness of the because opposed to negro suffrage. The the whole country. Senate: but, in any event, he is a serious Northern emigrant who goes to settle We do not believe any serious effort tbe y La is ele ro w ur it a h v ey w il m iAte i n a t t i t o er na ro o , nly na lr e tte! on the fields of Alabama, which his will be made to accomplish this design n,,t, great. Ho 'seems determined to main own blood and toll may have assisted before the Presidential election. The , min the consistency of a public career which to rescue from secession, is denied the m m ay b e summed up in these words: He Radicals have learned that any acces- nev er had an opportunity to serve his party ballot, if he carries with him the prin- slon of strength they might gain from that he did not betray it. ciples of the State government under T Senate itself is the next great danger. the votes of negroes in the North would which he was born. This constitution be more than counterbalanced by the The re eron isexries exists eanm among beilLelpthautuaicsaeringoousn thisde would disfranchise a vast majority of votes of disgusted whites' In the same question. Ross, o,Kansas, and Sprague, the freemen of Pennsylvania and the section. But no dispassionate observer oafrßhdodeol.usTenddijec,Chasue'st,svoono-ifndiaew se tere North by whose servants and at whose who has studied the progressive history Re e p a ub y lic n ane n it is n nu e r c e ess n ary to win over to n expense it has been manufactured for of the Radical party for the last seven prevent a conviction. The more than prob- Alabama.able defection of Fessenden would carry I years can doubt that they will makethe at least four more qontlemen who hang on A majority of the electors of the State I attempt after the Presidential election. his skirts. The lolly of Congress in - not qualified according to act of Congress, proviaing for the suspension ot• the Prost including large numbers of the more If they succeed in that election, they , i l le o n n t n t i tt e r s i a ng o tri o al rr w an il i f t opportunity this be e i N v l e d s e the n e'lle will inevitably proceed by act of Con rational negroes, resolved to defeat this gress to regulate the qualifications of prit to corrupt judges will not remain Iniquity; and as the easiest, simplest unimproved. and least expensive way of doing so, voters In the North. Their twenty new is i' h h e e r nt ro ort a r ie en d a a e o l i f a tF on daue a r e n f d ef m ly t i v etv o e f v i r , absented themselves from the election. Senators and flfty.six new Representa tives will insist upon this course, as a Supreme Court in the ease of McArdle, that And although in defiance of our North- the Reconstruction adz sues nconstituttonat. protection to themselves and their color ern ideas of fairness, the polls were kept i F n o g n g a r ei ‘ s s,o h t T o IV 1 e v dd e o I/ o : e tt law ad r e e o t iorn e d constituents. And led by Sumner open forfite days, and bands of armed and Stevens, (or his ghost,) and backed (Trumbull stifled the bill in the Senate,) negroes and squads of United States everything we are thus hastening to a noint whore by popular majorities at the North,and cavalry scoured the country to drive in t egr o z ti w to e te av u e nro i n n e e' l l ay fo j r u i d o l 3 el a a l l t Tlat. which they will again construe to have the voters, the constitution was defeat• , I endorsed theirschences in advance, they The situation is alarming, and the people od by a majority of THIRTY THOUSAND. I must be aroused, or all 18 lost. TheroBllollld will assuredly accomplish their pur- Now Congress is coolly considering, i, b ,n e o a n v g t t , o e from niairo T h e o North,Senate deepireio its e icl i 11 l t e e n: . pose. No sane man can doubt that Rad- and will undoubtedly pass, a bill to rue-' teal success at the next Presidential rity, and awe . the Supreme Clow I, with its ten this infamous rejected constitution B er tvocal Chu!, into silence. Meetings election will mean Negro Suffrage everywhere,awoaullrcolobeedhteolditsperil. and the country upon the State; and will admit mem- throughout the North. In that event bars of Congress chosen under this eon- the Northern people will be fortunate Street Fight Between Grant and Zilch stitution by the minority that attended if they are not required to swear to ac- Chandler in 1851. the polls!In the winter of 1810-51, General Grape eept the civil andpolitical equality of all PuNic I'AITII Is too weak an fiances-was stationed with his regiment in Detroit. men before being allowed to vote at all. At that time he was a lieutenant in the ser sian to properly stigtnatize the perfidy , _--. 41•10. .1.- - vice nod was decidedly n fast youth. Ho of this movement. It is odious, execra• IS There No Punishment For Perjury? had a little Indian pony that ho used to ride ble, fraudulent tyranny. Yet it was to No Intelligent man can read the upend down theetreet on a clean jump, soand be expected from a Congress that has Tenure.of-Office Act, under which the ) , i' a a p El p lll en o e t'S toLitesosiidorunnekocaclasl slippedtihonotinmee.lt never kept a pledge given either to the President is impeached, without under- and fell on t he le y, sidew a lk in front of a South ur the North, that tramples alike standing that the members pf his Cabi. Chandler's use. Therefore he brought li Ns u .a lka s git t i o n ‘ s v t h C ic h i tr o d om ler p f a or e n t e6l t e m a n t t d o le o r lea m r a hj e upon its duty and its constituents, and net are expressly excepted from its gen deliberately avows perjury, by acting 1 eral provisions. Their terms of office answer thatiarant wouldnothave fallenhad outside of the Constitution its members are limited to expire ono month after he not been drunk. In view of the present are sworn to support. the term of the President who appoints position of the parties toward each other, the i story will bear relating. We Ilnd It in the ......... them. Stanton was appointed by Mr. I Chicago Times: A Quarrel iii tile Republican State Con- "Chandler lived humbly, great in Ills pc- Lincoln in his first term and has never i option. w o l t i l it o r it lin a e i : o ttge time Ulysses' advent in been reappointed. If the Tenure.of- Littip work as the delegates to the after ° w r hich, upon a keen, , Office Act applies to Stanton at all, his cold morning,` the tempest was shrieking Republican State Convention had left I through the streets—the tempest born in term of office under it ex tired ou the them to do, they could not get I I 4th of, April 1805, and since l then he has i t i h ,n e r l a a t n o d ry o o f f th at o or O m j I storms b fa o r w o tt ir ys t , o p w r a o r d d u t e n e e d N i n o the rrn through it without a bitter quarrel. The ' merely held the place of Secretary of pole, on purpose to do honor to the incident fight begun when a resolution was of. ' wo are about to relate. The reader will per- War by permission or eufferance. lured authorizing the Chairman of the e v e o l i v i lli aa that v n o ntuf t e io w t o orn rks o !rr w d as fo And yet it's arranged beforehand that . r the her t.o 11; Convention to name a Committee with authority to select electors, and dela. the Senate shallconvict PresldentJohn- the streets of Detroit. tempest was Ulysses!; while behind his counter, standing like sou of a violation of this unconstitu gates front the different dietriote to rep- .alromveo:lNNlst.lithhlisiathuanrdao-ar-Libonits, -IC weeo roal, tlonnl law In attempting to remove ' resent the party nt Chicago. This bold the sun and moon y stand, uncion p seioun y or 1 Stanton. And the Sedate Is expected movetnent was well calculated to excite approaching eclipse. Upon this tompentu to do so. It is curtain that every Sena- di y forml d I militaryt the angry Indignation of the minority. for who records his vote in favor of the a tt i t m i s ght ' hu a vebeen un s c oe a n walking n wti martial Urel It was not only in direct violation of the i condemnation of the guiltless President 1 dignity over the iron-chid surface of the usages of the party, and in complete I el °walk In front of Zachary's domiell.— ," I will earn and reap a reward of eternal '6olillisoofourlitititawrdismanytantot,wl7lo r ro m p k p e o d d, a fo o r ig t a h r o . " posh ion ih the call "der which v..- in rainy, But Is there no punishment Convention assemble I, but it was an . , '., Th e 1 view rader lies recognized Ulysses. A close or mantiLet judicial perjury? outrage upon the musses, who had al. I `of Ms features disclosed anexproselon ready chosen their delegates. We do , Democracy must see to it that when of determination and a heroic air, betoken the day of retribution comes, as come It leg the future friend and ally of Stanton. not wonder that there were loud pro• "Hu glared at the icebound walk, and cell), sooner or later, the unjust Judges the ice-bound walk glared book at him. tests, earnest appeals, and menacing , of the " High Court of Impeachment" i His feet slipped, but he executed a flank threats when It became evident that the be brought to trial before an humbler , movementand regained them. They slipped 1 Curtin men were bent upon forcing it ' again; he flanked again—but in vain, He through for the purpose of sending a tribunal on a simpler charge. 101 l to the ground, and lost his cigar. The delegation to Chicago which would be a tempest howled around him, dashed into The Radical Platform. ' his face, whirled his bat off, hove away his , complete unit for hint. Tl.e debateForney's Press says : cigar, and whisked his illustrations hair on which preceded the passage of the reso- .., The resolutions adopted by , the Repub- end. His eminent overcoat was sacred breeches ; his lotions Was very excited, and the curses limn Convention yesterday commend thein• I y grand trab s r l e i a o c ene ; re itn e p the t ; his d he go s ti-like e calf of life which followed proportionately bitter, selves. They present as the platform of the lofty leg tthe at six years.— was contused. He lay there, a spectacle of dignity and honor. "Ha I" 'he Mann of Potter, and others predicted Wi t a y is th t e he l l i t e e t° st r. U * l platforms, and the most • muttered, "I'll fight finales this line—will that the passage of the resolution would Judicious enunciation of principles." iI I" He elenehed his teeth, was picked up lose the party many votes in the coo- The history of the past six years !Iby a pkdostrian, and disappeared. ing electiou. 'rho Curtin men were in- What has it been? The people know 1 The next day, the following complaint o w f aMo tr. dg i e t d . In the Mayor's Court of the city flexible however. They remembered full well. Three of these years were , how they had fared when Cameron all stained with the blood of our best i "STATE OF MwErians, CITY or DETROIT, ruled the roast, anti put the matter and bravest. Then hours wore wings 1 ' i s cP — o u s oltYli"aertmdS aa V t l i azk a b t e o in n g o d r ul a y bd s u p t 'ogl e , through with a high hand. Mr. Todd, of lead, and drugged along most wearily. ' loth day of January, A. D. 1851, and for the President of the Convention, fixer- Then days were days of fierce strife, twenty-tive days previous thereto, Zachary ? r li de an ti d ii le d r e td ar n f e r g o l m ec N t n t o o w keg u h n i 3 s o i n de j w a a e l k k . eked the power thus granted to him in and their nights were made hideous by i the most arbitrary manlier, in some in- the shrieks of the• wounded and the I son avenue, in front of the house occupied stances appointing on the Committee groans of the dead and the dying.— ,by him; and did then and there commit ninny other acts contrary to the ordinances men who did not reside in the district While the people made the most un- •or said city Further, deponent earth not. I they wets chosen to represent. The re- exampled sacrifices of life and property, , U. S. GRANT. suit was that the Committee completely hordes of Radical thieves plundered the 1 0 " Sworn to and subscribe before me, this 1 day th . _e! January, axrtENE ignored the action of the people in some public treasury at will, and helped large- • ..1 v f ELEA Dd R", 1 81 5 t 1 y . Clerk." districts, deposing the men they had ly to increase the burthens that now 1 The reader will perceive by thia complaint t i li s a d t d Z t ~c hd i d i rd y ; ie n v e e s r id i f i c t that r e ni t t r el:lay, po o c h . chosen delegates to Chicago, and ap. weigh down every industrial pursuit, i pointing others. The supporters of and crush the laboring men to the earth ! have since made him rf3fcargr a e w ai w man. Wade avowed their determination to go under a grinding load of taxation, from Under this complaint, his sacred person was rj o e t el h b e y d a re li r l i e tipstey, and he was . carried scorned of any justice , b to Chicago and to labor with all their which he can see no hope of escape. We late unabashod, P a r n ece ald u s t a h v e e might to defeat Curtin's nomination. were told the war was waged for the That they will do so there (r no doubt, restoration of the Union. It finally his own. Ho appeared as his own counsel, a an i d ne U t ir ie ss m es ee nti i d . h l e sgo w d as face to u and they will be far more likely to be ended. The people of the South quiet- 1 Ilk t i be ce s . un l a m na I goon hob-robbing. Zachary denied that successful in their efforts than if they ly submitted, and for three years there hoe t i h r e t r h e orN a n: o w:1 , 111 j ly i T e t a w of as t i L 3ve and r . had not been so outraged. It was a has been profound peace. What has ,he ad a ho w e u vass e ; and asserted t hat if i he had nice quarrel in the Convention, and is been the history of that period? Has tlaeh, ' not likely to be quieted during the cam- the Union been restored? Have proper on It; and that if he was on It, be fell down pat gn. efforts been made to repair the ravages 4 because he was drunk. Grant's martial soul with such ire that he Such was Zachary's defense, and it filled —..-- - of war, and to restore the prostrate in- i stinging a rawhide dustry of the nation? Let the records i forthwith proceeded to a saddler's and pur forrgftogrnee Implement — with Acir e N 3. v . h m i which 11 , , w t. w e a n a t of Congress answer. The Radicals have —a strong, tough, supple, y. spent all their time In attempts to male f i t i rro a nahed o n Zachary's center and - gave which Min their hold upon power, and in per- in a crowd'—on Jefferson avenue. Ulysses cu, t Zrtea y w eif:r i t a d n ed h b o y ex a n d o n a n e k d letting devices to perpetuate their mlB. rule. They have set up a military des- movement,on t .inexecuting potism over one half of the country I his rear, which his wary enemy Itnmedi- Lu r mg e or i t irs d t h i t i s m i e elz o t s o d hl ui sa m id t , e a r r dolzlarr of only to be superceded by the rule of ig. ately attacked with such -vigor that Zaeh norant and barbarian negroes. We are a a t tt ß orn uil t ß eo un in . N U , l i ysses i I l leingi a short a leped, glad that the Press thus boldly puts the retreat which afterward immortalized him issue. Let the people of Pennsylvania soon Tiatancecl.a vain c ls e o nd o e w d th lm e ilghnt. was fairly understand that the Radicals have adopted the history of the past six years for their platform. That Is Row a Tree Soldier Talks. all that is necessary to insure us a Dem- General W. W. H. Davis lea true soli °crate, majority of at least twenty thou- dier and a true Democrat. He never yet faltered when any duty was set be sand at the coming election. tore him. He can command, but is equally willing to obey. He accepted the nomination of the Democratic party in 1868 when there was no chance of elec tion, and had good reason to expect it would be conceded to him at the re cent Convention. He allowed his name to be offered, but directed it to be with drawn when he saw that other candi dates were preferred. In the last Issue of his very able paper, the Doylestown Democrat he pays a very high compli ment to our candidates, Mr. Boyle and General Ent, and says : "We have a personal acquaintance with both these gentlemen, and can assure the Democrats of Bucks county that they are every way worthy their support. " As we were a candidate before the Con vention for nomination for Auditor Gen eral, it may be expected that we will say something about our defeat. We mightgive divers reasons for failing to get the nomina tine, but we can compress it into a few words —we did not rpceive votes enough. Oar par tial, personal and political friends thought we had a claim to re-nomination, and pre sented our name tothe Convention, but that body thought different, and we are content with the decision. We neither feel sore nor disappointed at the result, but will give the nominee our most hearty support, both by word and pen. We are under many obliga tions to our friends in different parts of the State for the support they gave us—but we are especially obliged to the country , Demo cratic press for its advocacy of our claimslto re-nomination. The knowledge ofso many warm friends more than compensates for defeat. "We ask all our readers to give the plat form adopted by the Convention a careful perusal. The political truths announced in it must meet the approbation of all lovers of free government." Spoken like a man and a Democrat! General Davis is one of the purest and most unselfish men in Pennsylvania, and devotion and ability like his cannot fail to be rewarded hereafter. No Joke The editor of the Elpress takes the , charge that he has been In the bhbit of levying blackmail with remaTitable coolness. He evidently regards it as a very light matter. He makes no show of indignation, and endeavors to turn aside the pointed thrusts of his political friends by indulging in a joke. Such a course is, to say the least of It, a little singular. It may be that he considers his character to be so far above sus picion as to need no defense. If it, be so, it is well for him, But, we are sorry to say, that Is not the opinion of those who have had the very best opportunities for knowing him. We are assured by those who ought to be perfectly posted that there is a way of silencing him ; and there are those In his own party, men who aro worthy to be fully trusted, who assert moat positively that they know how the thing can be done. Itis more than suspected that the sptomodic cries for reform, which every now and then appear in the columns of the Ex press, are only a part of a system which its editor has practiced for years. There are charges which we have heard made by prominent Republicans. If they be true they are certainly very ugly truths. The editor's attempted joke on us, in connection with our allusion to his war with the officials of the Prison,..has no point. We have not the slightest idea that we shall ever be brought into any more intimate acquaintance with them than we enjoy atyyssent. If those who entered the proSeeution against us for libel ever get ready to push the case we shall be pOteetly ready to meet them. I We regard it asaimply impossible that we should ever''be convicted, and iv e have no doubt our prosecutors will find out that they made a great mistake when they allowed themselves to be hurried by passion into beginning pro "ceedings against us. We would advise the editor of the %Express to vindicate his own character. The charges. whieh .are made against .film areotthe gravest possible nature. Let him proceed at once to clear them up. if he does not, the community will be forced*, conclude that they are alltrue, and that will surely be no joke. CIIPPIDg Its Wings. We print in another column the de bate in the House, on Saturday, between Mr. Boyer, of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Schenck, of Ohio. in which Mr. Boyer denounced the perfittrolthe Radicals, a few days ago, n secretly tacking on to a bill, in ;relation to officers of inter nal revenue, an amendment depriving the Supreme Court of its appellate juris diction in habeas corpus cases, and ape. elaily intended to affect_the McArdle case. The hostility of the Radicals to the Supreme Court was plainly mani fested In the proceedings, which clearly indicate that they are determined to re lieve themselves from all subjection to its authority, and by clipping its wings to take from it its legitimate power as the expopnder of the Constitution and the laws. Democratic antes in Maine. AUGUSTA, Me., March 10.—The Demo crats yesterday elected Daniel Williams Mayor by fifty-eight majority. The vote was the largest ever cast. The Democrats and anti-prohibitory liquor law men have a majority in the Common Council. BIDDEFORD, Me., March 10.—Ferguson Haines, Democrat, was re-sleeted Mayor of this city yesterday by 175 majority. The Democrats carry five of the seven wards. WISTAR'S WILD Chery Balsam This Bal samic compound has become a home fix ture. Let all who suffer, and have i.n vain attempted to cure their coughs, colds, bron chial or pulmonary complaints, make use of this unequalled remedy. It can be relied upon, as the mass of testimony , that has been published since its introduction is ample proof of its efficacy.—Cbmanunicated. Proceedings apipaTess. WasigaTerre/f! aif arch 11. the felted Statesize.! rd ay, nit session iaa. wawa .the Diploma App was 00n . sidered and poised, the appropriations for the mimdona 'to , Portno p V ri - Lrcuador and P Heeds beintretahmet. , . f Sherman, the anding' . bill wasmuti, made the order for to-day. The Post-office Appro priation bill was reported. The bill autho rizing fifty additional clerks in the Second Auditor's office (to facilitate payment of bounties) was passed, with an amendment. Mr. Henderson, of Missouri, called up the bill to remove the Navajo Indiana, pend ing which the Senate adjourned. In the House, Mr. Stevens, from the Re construction Committee, reported a bill for the admission of Alabama, which was made the order for to-day. The Senate resolution to replace soldiers' clothing destroyed to prevent contagion n cnrrei in. Mr. Paine, of Wis., from t6WPreedmen'a Com mittee, reported a bill providing for the settlement of Sea Island lands for the freed- men, eta., which was passed. Mr. Eliot, of Maas., from the same committee, reported ' a bill authorizing the Secretary of War to continue the Freedmen's Bureau, which was laid over. Mr. Schenck's bill toexempt certain manufactures from tam (published yesterday) was reported back from the Ways and Means Committee and passed with but two dissenting votes. Mr. Banks, from the Foreign Committee, reported back his bill to protect American citizens abroad. Adjourned. WASHINGTON, March 12. In the U. S. Senate, yesterday, a bill was passed authorizing writs of error to the Supreme Court in revenue collection cases, after the money has been paid into the Treasury. On motion of Mr. Edmunds, of Vt., the House amendment to the bill to cover into the Treasury the proceeds of cap. Mired property, was non•concurred in, and a conference ordered. The eunding bill was discussed. In the House, a conference was ordered on the Senate amendments to the Invalid Pension bill. A communication was pre sented from the General of the army show ing that 70,812 votes were cast for" the new Constitution in Alabama and 1005 against it. The bill to continue the Freedmen's Bureau was considered. The Senate amend ment to the bill "to facilitate payment of bounties" was non-concurred in and a con ference'ordered. The bill to admit Alabama was discussed. A letter from Gen. Meade, asking additional appropriations to carry out.reconstructien was presented and re ferred. Mr. Van WYak, from the Retrench ment Committee, presented a report in re lation to the fictitious destruction of bonds in the Treasury, which gave rise to a lively discussion between Mr. Van Wyatt and Mr. Logan, pending whie.h the House adjourned. WASHINGTON, March 13. In the United States Senate yesterday, among the memorials and petitions pro :toted was one praying an appropriation for widening the harbor of Christiana, Dela ware. One praying a change in the royo nue laws. Ono for the removal of political disabilities ; one against the passage of the international copyright law. One against the national banking system. One asking for the abolition of the office of President, and one asking a change in the appoint ment of civil • officers. The House bill granting pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the war of 1812 was postponed. The House amendments to the bill to amend the judiciary act of December 24, 1708, were concurred in. Adjourned. In the House, a committee of conference was appointed on the joint resolutions re garding certain mopeys now in the hands I of the United States - Treasurer. The Senate hint resolution creating a military store ouse at Fortress Monroe, and the Senate bill authorizing army paymasters to be credited for over payments, were both passed. The report relative to the fictitious destruction of eighteen million dollars worth of bonds then came up and was recommit ted with instructions. During the consider , ation of the above report, a message was I presented from the President, stating that as he had not returned the act to amend the supplementary reconstruction bill it had become in consequence a law. The Freedmen's Bureau bill went over until next Tuesday. A committee of conforenee was appointed on the Senate gmendment to the consular and diplomatic appropria tion bill. The report of the Retrenchment Committee ou the whisky frauds was laid on the table and ordered to be printed. The resolution regulating the tariff for freight and passengers on the Union and Central Pacific Railroads went over for further ac tion. On motion the Senate bill amending the internal-revenue act was taken up and passed. The Impeachment Managers offer ed a resolution authorizing the stenograph ers of the House to report the proceedings of the trial, and also providing for the print log of the proceedings each day. Referred to the Committee on Printing. Adjourned. WASHINGTON, March 13. SENATIL—The favored ticket-holders to seats in the galleries commenced pouring into the Capitol by 10 o'clock, and by 11 the Indies gallery was packed by as brilliant an audience, as upon full dress opera night, None were permitted to pass the Supreme Court door withouttickets, and guards were placed nt a half dozen points, thence on to the entrance of the galleries. A heavy police force was on hand, the rules were rigidly enforced, and hundreds of strangers, ignorant of the necessity of obtaining tickets were turned buck disap pointed. The Senators seats are arranged as before in the open space. In front of the President's chair are two long tables, each furnished with coven chairs, ono of tables being intended for the managers and the other for the counsel. Back of the Sonatorm pints, anti filling the entire lobby, are about 200 chairs, intended for the au aommacietion of the members of the I louse. The Judiciary and others are entitled to the floor. The Chaplain invoked a blessing upon those now entering upon this high and im portant duty, and upon whom rest thb eyes of the country and of the world, that they may be guided by Divine wisdom, that all their note may be characterized by justice, and that this High Court may be led to such a verdict as God will approve In the high court of Heaven, and to which all the people shall respond heartily. Amen. The bill to amend the judiciary act of 1779, passed last evening, came over from the House. It was signed and has received the signature of the President pro tem. The return of ttro Sergeant-at-Arms of his service of the summons on the Presi dent was read. Mr. Stanberry appeared for the Presi dent, and asked for forty days delay to make his defense. Mr. Bingham, ou the part of the Mana gers, contended that the Bth rule provided that on the appearance of the President ho was required to file his answer; and in case his answer was not filed, that the trial should proceed as on a plea of not guilty. Mr. Stanberry expressed greater surprise than he had over before felt at this claim put forward by the managers, and saying there seemed to be a disposition to hurry through this momentuous trial, as if it were a ease before a police court. He argued from the wording of the other rules that the appearance day was not intended to be the day for answering, and the trial day.— Ho said two of the President's counsel ' wore not present, that no opportunity had been afforded for the preparation of the de fense, or the calling of witnesses, and that in the worst days of the Star Chamber such an attempt to hurry through a trial had never been made. Ho spoke very warmly, saying there seemed to have been a trap set for the President. At the conclusion of his remarks, the Chief Justice said that the motion would be argued for an hour in accordance with the rituals, when Mr. Bingham rose and said he had been greatly surprised at hearing the nasty words which had dropped from the lips of his learned friend, Mr. Stan her, y, and asserted that the only motive of the Manegers was to enforce the rule which the Senate had made, and to prevent a dila tory lino of defense. The Chief Justice was about to put the question on Mr. Stanberry's motion, when Mr. Edmundsoffered:an order that April let be the day appointed for the filing of the President's answer ; that within three days thereafter the Managers filo their replication, and that on the oth of April the trial pro coed. On motion of Mr. Morton, at 2 o'clock, the Senate retired for consultation. At 410 the Senate returned to their cham ber and the Court reassembled. The Chief Justice announced that the motion under consideration had been overruled and an order entered that the President be required to tile his answer on Monday, the 23d of March. Mr. Bingham offered an order that on the filing ofihe replication by the managers, the trial proceed forthwith. , The Chief Justice submitted the order to the Senate and on the question of its adop tion the ayes and noes were taken with the following result : Yeas—Messrs. Cameron, Cattail, Chandler, Cole Conkling, Conness, Corbett, Drake,Forry, .Marian, Howard. Morgan. Morton Nye, Pat Larson, of N. H:, Pomery, Ramsey, 'Ross, Stew art,Bumner, Thayer, Tipton, Williams, Wil son and Yates-25. Nays—Messrs. Anthony, Bayard, , Suckale er, Davis, Dixon, Edmunds, Fesseaden, Fowler, Freelinghuysen, Grimes, Henderson. Hen dricks. Howe, Johnsom_AdoCreary. Morrill, of Me., Morrill, of Vt., ziortenNlatterson, or Tenn., eanishary, Sherman, lippigne, Trum bull:7lm Winkle, Vickers and Willey 2f , . Mr. Sherman moved that the day for the answer be fixed as April Bth. Mr. Butler asked to be heard on behalf of the managers, and asked why railroad speed should not be used on this trial.— He said the railroads and telegraphs could be used for bringing witnesses, to.. and affected the business of life. Their influence should be felt on this trial. He contended that the rules andprecedents of ordinary courts were not applicable to this trial. In ordinary trials no danger resulted from de lay. In this case necessity for prompt action was pressing. Therespondentatthe bar con trolled the power of the nation, and migift,in a moment of passion, prejudice of wrong, use It for the injury or ruinof the country. The business of the War Department would atop until the result of this trial was reach: ed. The pulse of the nation heath In per turbation while the trial goes on. He claimed that an early day should be fixed for the defendant's appearance, and, if he' can show that he has not had time to pre pare, grant him the indulgence of further time. He said the defendant knew on the 22d of July what he would have to do, and he had fourteen days longer time for pre paration than the managers. Mr. Nelson, of the counsel, said he had not come here expecting to hear such po litical discussion, and was under the im pression that the forms of proceeding would be purely judicial in their character, but, like the honorable manager, he did not ex pect that they would be strictly limited by the formal precedents of ordinary tribunals. He thought liberality should be extended by this High Court to an unusual degree, and contendekihat the application of the defendant;:waal one deserving . snob. He cited a Kole of ,coarta in Tennessee which tirovidei, for thtilpostpotiement of a triad totanother term, when - the defend ant has not had time to preparebia answer. Re spoke of the gtand Magrdinde of this mute' andt urged atenseessity .of cautions deliberation and the impropriety of rail road speed. He said the last two charges of the House of Representatives opened a Pandora's box, which necessitated a fall in vestigation of all the points of difference between Congress and the President, and would make the trial almost interminable. Mr. Conkling offered an amendment that, unless cause for delay be shown the trial shall proceed immediately after the filing of the replication. Mr. Bingham expressed the satisfaction of the managers with Mr. Conkling's amend- meat. The question was put on Mr. Conkling's amendment and the vote resulted 40 ayes, 10 noes. The order as amended was then adopted without a division when, at 5.15 the Court a dj ourned until the 23d inst. he House attended the trial in a body, marching into the Senate In line beaded by the Chairman. It was noticed that not a simile negro had been able to get into the cies, the plea) generally occupied by hem being filled with ladles. When the Chief Justice directed the ac cused to be summoned, the Sorgoant-at- Arms called out in a loud voice, "Andrew Johnson, President of the United States I Andrew Johnson, President of the United State!!! Appear and answer the articles of impeachment exhibited.ngninst you by the House of Representatives of the United States." Messrs. Stanberry, Curtis and Nelson then appeared as the President's counsel. The following is the text of the plea put in by Mr. Stanberry for the President : Mr. Chief Justice : I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, having been served with a summons to appear before this honorable court, Bitting ae a court of impeachment, to answer certain articles of impeachment found and presented against me by the honorable, the House of Repro eentatives of the United States, do hereby enter my appearance by my counsel, Henry Stanberry, BenJ. R. Curtis, Jeremiah B. Black, Wm. M. Everts, and Thomas A. R. Nelson, who have my warrant and au thority therefor, and who aro instructed by mo to ask a reasonable time for the prepa ration of my answer to said articles. After a careful examination of the arti cles of impeachment and consultation with my counsel, I am satisfied that at least forty days will be necessary for the prepa ration of my answer, and I respectfully ask that itbe allowed. (Signed) ANDREW JOUNRON. HOUSE.—Mr. Farnsworth asked that the rending of the Journal be dispensed with, but Mr. Eldridge objected, remarking that ho understood a bill had been rushed through yesterday without the knowledge of the House, alluding to the amendment to the bill to amend the judiciary act, tak ing appellate power front the Supreme Court in certain cases. Mr. Money presented the petition of six slaves of the late George W. P. Custis, set• Ong forth that they had labored on his Ar lington estate, severally, from 35 to 59 years without wages, and had frequently been promised provision on the estate for their old age, and praying Congress to grant to each of them a homestead of twenty acres out of the estate which is now the property of the United States. WASHINCITON March le. The Senate was not in session on Satur ' day. In the House Mr, Boyer, of l'enneyl vania, called the attention of the House, and particularly of the country. to the mode in which a most important measure had been passed through the House on Thursday last, solely, lie said, because it was introduced in a manner calculated to deceive and to lull suspicion He proceed• ed to rend from the Globe tho report of the proceedings In connection with the adop tion of an amendment to a bill, which amendment deprives the Supreme Court of its appellate jurisdiction. Mr. Boyer then wont on to say that the object of the amendment offered by the gentleman from lowa, (Mr. Wilson,) and adopted, was to deprive the Supreme Court of the jurisdiction in the McArdle case, It was very obvious, he said, that the object of the gentleman from lowa was the repeal of the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court in such cases, and it was intended doubtless to operate on very case which is now pond , ing before the Supreme Court, because it refers in terms to the past us well as to the future. The House, and particularly the minority, was disarmed by the remarks which prefaced the introduction of the amendment. The House wee told by the gentleman front Ohio (Mr, Schenek) that there could be no possible objection to the bill, and the House was asked as a mutter of courtesy to allow it to be passed nt that time, without any expectation that the gentleman from Ohio would accept it as an amendment to the bill, and which was not germane to the subject matter which related entirely to a different thing, and which the gentleman must have known, If ho understood the natureof the amendment, ' would never have been suffered to pass with out objection, if Its real character hurl boon explained, and if the House had not, by t remarks of the gentleman from Ohio, he thought it was a matter which related on tiroly to appeals to the Supreme Court, in the cases of revenue collectors, end that It was not intended for any other purpose. I admit that, occupied by other matters, and trusting to the gentleman who introduced this bill to the House, the minority never suspected that In that way the majority would attempt to effect their escape from what they must believe to be a pending judgment of condemnation against thorn at the hands of the highest judicial tribunal of the land. It must be because they fear that their acts aro unconstitutional ; It must be because they aro afraid to submit them to the test of judicial inquiry; and in that covert way by disguises, not easily seen through at the time, a measure was intro duced, which, if it produced the effect for which it is intended, will prevent the constitutionality of the reconstruction acts, perhaps, from being tested in the manner in which they are now being tested in the MeArdle case boTore the Su preme Court. It must proceed, therefore, from a consciousness on the part of the majority that those acts are Illegal, and outside of the Constitution, that they ro aort to the passage of this measure. But if they were about to pass such an act as that, they should have passed it openly. It should have been introduced in such a way that it might have boon met, objected to, and fairly discussed, and then, if by over whelming numbers, they were enabled in that way to pass an act for the purpose of obstructing the cause of justice, it could not be avoided. But What I especially com plain of is the manner in which it wit/Wont: —by disarming the suspicions of the ml nority. This much is duo to the minority, which was not, I admit, using the language of the gentleman from Maine, wide enough awake to anticipate that anything should come from such a source and in such a manner so entirely different from what it had been led to suspect by tbo nature of the ' introduction of the bill, and the remarks by which it was accompanied. Mr. Schenck, of Ohio, then rose and said : What are the facts on which the gentleman proceeds to present these views There was a bill which came from the Sen ate, relating to appeals or writs of error to be taken to the Supreme Court of the United States in cases where officers of the Internal Revenue were concerned, placing them on the same footing as officers of the customs in reference to such appeals and writs of error. I desired that that bill should pass, and on my motion it was taken from the Speaker's table. I explained It, and there is the re cord in the report of the proceedings of the House, which shows what took place in that connection. Unanimous consent having been given fur the consideration of the bill, pending its consideration, thus brought before the House, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee asks mo if I will yield for the purpose of enabling him to ID troduee an amendment—nowt very unusual proceeding in any case where a bill is under i consideration. What s the character of the amendment which the gentleman says takes away the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court In the MeArdie and like cases ? He says they were entrapped into letting It pass. Mr. Boyer—l did not say that it did take away the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. Mr. Schenck—What then ? Mr. Boyer—But that It was intended to take away the jurisdiction Mr. Schenck—Very well. The gentleman , construes it as being intended for that pur pose. When I heard that amendment, I understood perfectly well what its effect would be, and I do not know whether there could be any difference of opinion between the gentlemand myself to Its effect. I liked the amendment. I believed it was a good one. Believing it to bo germane, and it being presented and distinctly understood, what did I say? What the gentleman would, perhaps, not have said—that I was willing the amendment should be received ; but I did not attempt to accept it. I bad no power to do so. As a modification of the bill, I simply consented to refrain from de manding the previous question, in order to let in the amendment, in order that it might be voted on in the House; and I then de manded the previous question on the bill and amendment; but still the gentleman says he slept on, and his friends around hlm, vigilant watch-dogs on the walls of the temple of liberty, and always guarding the Constitution, did not observe It ; and this, he - flays, was a trick and a fraud practised upon them. The gentleman has alluded to the Su preme Court and its jurisdiction, which he thinks it was the' intention of the amend ment to affect in reference to the bleArdle case. He thinks that it was a conspiracy to undermine and destroy that court. .Sir, I have lost confidence in o:majority of the Supreme Court of thellnitedStates. Is that not plain enough? I believe 'that they usurp power when they dare to Undertake to settle questions purely political in refer ence to the statutes of States and the man ner in which those States aro to be held, sub da nd in ef n l d aw th - e m m a ki b n u g s i po g w th e a r t p d o f w t e h r e , by attempting to arrogate to themselves jurisdiction under any statute which hap pens to be ondhe statute book; and from, which they claim to derive that jurisdie* lion, and if I can take it away frum them by the repeal of the statute, I will do it. Is there any indistinctness about that? Mr. Boyer—That is a very manly and courageous explanation. Mr. Schllok—Now, sir, I hold that the Supreme Court of the :United States ono. ? gating to itself a pretension to settle, not merely judicial, but political questions and trampling on the principles or the decision made in the case of the Dorr rebellion,' and every other decision of that kind, a majori• ty of it is, step by step, proceeding in a usurpation of jurisdiction, which. does not belong to it, and I hold It to be, not only my right, but my duty, as a representative of the people, to clip the wings of that Court whenever I can, in its attempt to take such ir Sights. Mr. Boyer a few words in continuation of this discussion. I am perfectly (mutant with its results. There hes been enough admitted by the gentleman from Ohlo to entirely satisfy me, and, I trust, the corm try, that I was correct in my narratiortubf the facts. It is conceded that the bill which was In troduced by the gentleman frein Ohio was altogether different in its provisions film the amendment which was afterwards offer ed to it. The bill itself provided forth° ex tension of the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court; the amendment provided for its restriction In another matter. The bpi itself related to officers of the Internal Avenue; the amendment related to the writ of habeas corpus Issued and brought before the U. ti. Circuit Court to determine whether a citizen was unlawfully held in custody. It is admitted that the gentleman from Ohio obtained a footing in the Howie for his bill by prefacing its introduction with the remark that there could be no pos sible objection to it, and by explaining that It only related to collectors of Internal ro• venue. It is admitted by the gentleman from Ohio that after having by the oourte• ales of the House obtained unanimous con sent for the introduction of the hill and for action at that time, he allowed an amend • mont to bo offered which'ho knew would, it understood by the House, prevent the bill being acted upon by unanimous consent. WASHINGTON Mardi 17. In the U.S. Senate yesterday, Mr. Cattol I , of Now Jersey, reported a bill amendatory 01 the currency law. Mr. Sherman ? repur ted the House bill exempting munulactures from tax, with an amendment retaining the tax on certain articles. - - In the House, Mr. Ross, of 111., offered a set of resolutions declaring the Constitution the supremo law, the civil superior to 'uni tary power, sot., which was referred. Mr. Ingersoll, of 111., offered a resolution for the issue of legal tenders to supply the place of those retired, which was referred to the Ways and Means Committee, by 00 yeas to 58 nays. The rules were suspended, and a motion by Mr. Butler was passed, to allow of the consideration of any matter prepared by the impeachment malingers during the President e trial. Proceeding"' of the Legistoturc. HAitnisguito, March 11. 'rho general registry law Ives passed in the Semite by a party vote—yeas 1.1 (Rep.), nave 0 (Dom.) Among numerous bills Introduced In the house were the following: Authorizing recorders of deeds In the several counties to record the certificates of honorably dis charged soldiers. Mr. Espy, an act pro viding for tho payment of bounties to vol unteers whose names bayonet been entered by the provost marshals, upon proper evi dence being furnished of their service, Th,. following bill was passed: House bill "to extend the powers and authority of notaries public in the city of Philadelphia." This bill invests notaries with "all the powers and authorities which are by law vested in commissioners appointed by the District Court." HAnnisiumo, Monday, March 10. SENATE.-A bill wax introduced limiting to Ave yoare the time at which shoran and coroners shall be hold accountable. A bill authorizing the use by the National Asy lum for Disabled Soldiers of the State Ar• monal. Among the bills passed was one opening Fifth street, between Gormantow 11 avenue and Berke Street, and one author izing the appointment of a criminal court in Schuylkill, Dauphin, end Lebanon. Ad. journed. Hotm—A bill woe passed preventing the widening of Willow Grove road at certain point. A remonstrance of the Philo dolphin Councils against' the proposed bridge across the Schuylkill, near the wire bridge, was presented. An at Incorpora Ilia; the Fame Hose was taken up and final ly passed, as was a further supplement to an act incorporating the Pennsylvania llor- Monitore' Society, and authorizing the Issue of additional stock: A motion to order 2,000 additional copies of the I.eglelative Hand book was also adopted, as were reso lutions relative to the death of J. 11. (lbws, late Speaker of the House. Adjourned. The Connecticut C pa igu—stpeectt 0 Senator Hoolutte at Hartford. IlAtereenn, Wednesday, March U. Sumner Doolittle addressed a VIM. NAHUM bingo hero this evening Ihr two hours. At the o close he "arraigned and impeached Congress" as follows In conclusion, while the impeachment of Presidont .folitionn closes my mouth upon the subject of his imponelt moist, while delicacy and duly forbid ire to speak upon that, my mouth IN not cltees and no considerations of duty or delicate) will prevent too front speak lug of another impeachment, and before a tribunal inert , august titan the Senate. In the name of constitutional liberty, in the name of our groat mice:darn who laid the foundations of this Government to secure liberty fur thorn 'wives and for us, in the name of ell who love that liberty, who aro ready to !struggle and if need be to (lie renter than allow it to be overthrown ; in the mime of the twining gonerationm, and of that race to which we belong and which has given to the world all its civilizetionm, I do arraign and lin - peach the ltediettl policy of the present Congress of high crimes and trtindetnennors. At the bar of tire American people, lit the preownee of High Heaven and Wore the civilized world, I Impeach lt, Undo:: it ann. against the laws of nature which God the Almighty has stamped upon the 1.11(14 Ilf mankind, because It attempt:: to force it political and social end unnatural (inutility between the Atrican and the Caucasian, be tween an alien Inferior and exotic race froth the tropics, with tho highest typo of the hu man race in the home of the littler in the temperate zone, Second, I impeach it no a crime against civilization, became it would by force wrench the Government out of the hands of the civilized white race in ten States of this Union, to place it in the hunds of the half-civilized African. Third, I Im peach it as a crime against the Constitution, because it tramples down the rights of the States totlx for themselves the quitlitlctitions of their own voters—a right without which a State ceases to be republican et all. Fourth, I impeach it as a crime against the Constitution and against national faith, be cause it annulsthe pardons constitutionally granted to hundreds of thousands of the. moat intelligent white mon of the South, and in open palpable violation of the Con stitution disfranchises them, Fifth, I im peach it as n crime against the existence of ton Slates of the Union and the liberties of eight millions of people, because in express ternet it annuls all civil government ii which alone those liberties may bo secured, and places them under an absolute milita ry &venom. Sixth, I itnpouch lt as a crime against humanity, tending to produce u war of races to the utter destruction of one tie both, a result which cannot be prevented except by a large standing army, which neither, our resource's ,will bear nor our liabilities long survive. Seventh, I im peach it as an utter abandonment ot purpose for which the war was prosecuted, of the idea upon which we foughtand unut tered a rebellion. It tends to make false all the promises land pledges made by the friends of the Government in Its tearful struggle to put down the rebellion, and it tends to make true all the prophecies and forebodings of its enemies. The great string gle in Now-Hampshire has been upon the advanced lines. The friends of the Connti• tution and of that liberty it was designed to secure, while they bravely held their own, and made largo gains, have wont a complete victory. Perhaps a complete tri umph in New-Hampshire now, would have allowed the people of other States to imagine the great victory already wart to be less wise and less prudent, and to underrate the tremendous struggle necessary to meet and overcome the Itedicalimm which, in the name of a great and successful General, now threatens to destroy the Constitution., the most sacred rights of the States under it, and the liberties of the people, by u re volution in favor of centralization and 1111. periullsm, moreinsidlous, but not less dun gereum than secession Itself. Yesterday, although they werecentrod upon the fritinas of Constitutional liberty, in Now-Hamp shire, they stood nobly; when blows full fast and thickest they advanced,they gained, but not all that was hoped. To-day all eyes ere turned upon Connecticut. With equal exertions your majority of last year will be more than treble, and then if our Convention in New-York, on the 4th of July next, will select our standard-bearers, and, plating them upon the Issues of the present and not of the past, and whoever they may be,' civilians or military men. statesmen or generals, from the test or from the West, if they do not place ns upon the defensive,hut give the word to advance upon the wholefline,from Maine to Califon:Liu we must be victorious in the great struggle in November, unless truth and justice and the love of true liberty have ceased to rule the hearts and consciences of the American people. An Act of Cruelty Mr. Bonner, of the New York Ledger, IA certainly excusable for turnidk an honest penny by setting Mr. Grant, the father of the General of that name, at work, to puff into eminence his son. But Bonner him, much to answer for, in beguiling from respectable obscurity an innocent old gen tleman, and inducing him to display his egotism and garrulity in the futile at tempt to make a great man out of a very ordinary boy. If the father had sufficient power of discernment to see in his son Ulysses, the germs of greatness,: why did ho not give him a better situation than that of a porter in his leather store in Galena, at a salary of forty dollars a month —a small pittance for a man with a family f The older Grant boasts of having been able to give each of his children 125,000, after re taining enough to support himself and fam ily in at least comfortable eiroumatanoes. Why, then, did he not, out of that abun dance, give to the great and brilliant Ulys ses, the smallaum of threehundred dollars, to enable him to purchase an outfit, whet' he Waft offered the commission of a lieutenant . 'loud? Why was it that it was left for a to er partner of the elder Grant, E. A. Coln*, Esq., to furnish the means for pre curingtbat outfit, alter the positive refusal of the father and brother to advance him a dollar for that,purpetter AVe would re speetfully suggest that,the least saiCtio. subject like this by the relatives of Genera- Grant, with a view to improve his chances for the Presidency, will be themost wily mended. A jtididons "reticence" is a you good- thing in its place.—Cienetanif pktin. dealer. ,G ,
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