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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 ,