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Believing that in the pending all impor
tant political contest no agency can equal
the newspaper press in efficiency, and be
ing impressed with a conviction of the ne
cessity of extending more widely the circu
lation of sound Democratic journals, we
have concluded to offer the WEEKLY IN
TELLIGENOER. to new subscribers, for a
mhed period, at the following very IoW
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Single copies, 1 year ' $2.00
5 copies, 1 year 9.00
10 " .", 17.00
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° An extra copy will be sent with every
club of 20 or 80.
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LARGEST AND CHEAPEST DEMOCRATIC
SOUR:sTAL PUBLISHED IN PENNSYLVANIA
The rapid increase in its circulation dur
ing the past year shows that it is properly
appreciated by the people. We ask every
one of our readers to make an effort to add
to our list. In no way can they do more to
further the spread of political truth, or to
combat error. Let there be -an organized
e f fort made to get up clubs,
The terms which we offer are so very low
that we do not propose to make them per
manent. 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 Lerma arc CASH
IN ADVANCE.
Money can bo sent by mall from any part
of the county at our risk. Parties at a dis
tance should Fond checks or post °files or
ders.
To the Members of the Newspaper Com
We have sent out the circulars and
subscription papers directed to be pre
pared by the Newspaper Com mittee. Let
each member of that Committee go to
work ,and with the help of sub-agents se
cure a thorough canvass of his district
without delay. In this Important work
we are sure they will be aided by every
true Democrat in Lancaster county.
The Impeachment Trial
We furnish to the readers of the
WEEKLY INTELLICIENCER the latest
news in regard to the progress • of the
impeachment trial, to be had by tele
graph up to the hour of going to preys.
Whether the additional ten days of de
lay will be granted the President we
cannot say. No Court in the world
would act as the Radicals in the Sen
ate arc doing, and the trial will be
no better than a mockery, whatever
the result may be. It is barely possible
that a fraction of the Republican Sena
tors may refuse to violate their solemn
oaths when final judgment is to be ren
dered. We shall see before long.
Circulation of Newspapers
The Democracy of Pennsylvania are
welting up to the importance of giving
a wide circulation to Democratic news•
papers. They seem to appreciate pro
perly the efficiency of this great agency.
All our exchanges come to us with the
gratifying announcement that they are
constantly adding large numbers of new
subscribers to their lists. This is as It
should be. It is a sure indication that
the Democrats of Pennsylvania are be
ginning the great Presidential contest
in the right spirit, and with a zeal and
determination that must result in a
glorious triumph.
Tn this County the same laudable dis
position is manifested. Within three
months the circulation of the iNTELLI
fIENcErt has been.greatly increased, and
that without any systematic effort. -
Through the agency of the Newspaper
Committee, which was appointed by
the County Convention, we expect to
have the whole county thoroughly can•
vassed. The work is now being done.
Let it be well done! And let it be
done.quiekly Slur friends should lose
no time in perfecting their arrange
ments and pushing this work forward.
W'e have every confidence in them, and
are sure they will all give a good ac
count of themselves. The plan recom
mended is an excellent one, and it only
requires a little energy to carry it into
full effect is every election district in
the comity. Let immediate steps he
taken to do so.
Corruption at Elections
It is confidently asserted that the Itad•
beats expended live hundred thousand
dollars in the State of New Hampshire
within a week before the recent election.
They are said to have paid us high as
$75 for a single vote. The money is be
lieved to have come Principally from
the contributions of internal revenue
officers, who devoted a portion of the
proceeds of their frauds upon the Trea
sury to the benefit of the Radical party.
The =Mint is not surprising when we
consider that many collectors rent to
the distillers of their districts the per—
manent privilege of cheating the Gov
ernment unmolested for 81,000 per
month a piece. This enormous black
mail not only feathers the nests of the
corrupt officials, but enables them to
contribute largely towards purchasing
thesuccess of their piny a. elections To
preserve so rich a source of supply to
the corruption fund of the party Con
gress stubbornly kbeps the whiskey tax
at two dollars a gallon, when it is known
thatnotone-lifth irf this tax ever reaches
the Treasury, and that a tax of fifty
cents per gallon would yield more reve
nue to the Government.
The-,loss of the Radicals in New
Hampshire, after this piofligate expen
diture of money in the State, enables
us to appreciate the force of the current
of Democratic reaction now sweeping
over the country, which has at once
neutralized the military prestige of
(Irma, and overcome the etreets of un
precedented political corruption. The
prospect is, that the Democracy will
surmount both these obstacles with suc
cess in Connecticut. And when the
scene of conflict reaches the great Mid
dle and Western States, where the mil
lions of the Radical whiskey fund will
not avail to corrupt the millions of
voters, the results of the reaction will
become still more apparent. If the De
mocracy should succeed in finding a
candidate for the Presidency of suffi
cient strength to balance the military
popularity of Grant, which the Radi
cals now admit is their- only hope of
success, the Presidential canvass would
soon cease ,to be a struggle, and end in
a rout of the revolutionary faction more
disastrous-and complete than the crush
ing defeat of the Whig party under a
former General in 1852.
Davis and Johnson
Another postponement is to be made
In the trial of Jeff. Davis. While he goes
free, with Horace t;relcy and other
prominent Radicals as his bondsmen,
the only Southern Senator who stood
by the Union in the hour of its peril, is
being hurried through the mockery of a
trial before a tribunal which is com
posed of men who are ready to violate
their oaths for the sake of securing a
'conviction. Jeffer.4on Davis and An
drew Johnson furnish a beautiful corn
mentary upon the Justice and the pa
triotism of the Republican party.
FoRNEY's Press is crowing over au
basignificant vain in Norristown. It
bas slot heard from the other towns in
the Sta4q,,nearly ,every one of which
howe the most surprising Democratic
gains. Of course not.
STANTON still sleeps and keeps watch
In the War Department. Fora month
he has not ventured outside of it for a
nlngle hour. ,~o••says the New, York
Tribune. • •• •• •. •
.The Imperial tienalf.
The prospective condition 'ototir•Na
tional Got;einn9in is selions , SSNed,
for the consider4on of thtohtffilpen.
A declining party is gradnOPY anc1:08-,
tematically coneantratinfabe,
portant functions of thegovernnieint in
the hands' of the Senate, so as to place
them beyond the reach of the people.
For this purpose the Tenure of Office
Act was passed, and to this end the
President of the United States has been
impeached., The former measure abso
lutely divests - the President of all con
trol over his subordinates, by transfer
ring the power of removal to the'Senate,
while the Impeachment movement
shows how readily the Senate can
empty the Executive chair, and fill that
chair again with one of Its own num
ber. The Tenure-of-Office Act is de
signed to fortify the incumbents of office
against the will of the people, as it may
be expressed through the Presidential
election; while Impeachment enables
the Senate, by promoting its own organ
to the Presidency, to fill all the offices
of the country with its creatures; which
no President can remove without the
consent of the Senate itself. The Chief
Magistracy of the Union is stripped of
its power and degraded, because it is
only through the election of a President
that the collective voice and will of the
people of the whole country can be
made potential. No wonder that pert
Yankees impudently petition Congress
to abolish the office of President.
As the Senate is thus rapidly absorb
ing the most important powers of the
Government, Executive as well as Leg
islative, let us consider how that Senate
will hereafter be constituted. It le com
posed of two members from each of the
thirty-seven States. Any party, there
fore, which can obtain the ascendancy
in nineteen States will hold the perma
nent control of the Senate. By the de
spotic system of enfranchisement and
disfranchisement the Radicals will se
cure the Senators from the ten slave
States against the will of their people;
the same faction already have the Sen
ators from the three States of West Vir
ginia, Tennessee and Missouri, which
are governed by minorities, and only
need the Senators from five New Eng
land States and one other, say Kansas,
to make them masters of the situation.
Thus, in reality, the people of the six
last named States, containing a popula
tion smaller than that of the single
State of Now York will control the
operations of our Government and the
destinies of our people.
' The people may amuse themselves
with the farce of a Presidential Elec
tion, but what can their chosen Presi
dent accomplish? He will find him
self bound, hand and foot, to the chariot
wheels' of the imperial Senate He
can Inaugurate no policy that is not ac
ceptable to the Senate. lie can remove
no subordinate whom the Senateprefers
to retain. He may, indeed, assist the
Senate to fill the offices which, by death
or resignation, become vacant during
his term, but even then lie will be com
pelled, like Presiden Uolinson, to choose
his appointees from the partisans of the
Senate. The principal employment of
the President of the People will be to
draw his salary of $25,000 a year, and
expend it In dinners and entertainments
at the White House. If he should pre
sume to meddle in the affairs of govern
meht, he will, according to precedent,
be first rebuked by a resolution of the
Senate, then impeached and tried with
indecent haste, and at last deposed, to
make way for the Chairman of the Sen
ate, who will more faithfully register
its edicts and execute its decrees.
Is not this an historical picture and a
correct description of the degraded con
dition of the Chief Magistracy of a once
proud and free people? But perhaps
the Radicals overestimate the patience
of the American people. Forty millions
may not submit to the permanent rule
of . the Senators of three millions. The
forty millions may ultimately insist ou
having a voice in the control of their
own government. And when they do,
woe betide the Philistines who have
bound the sleeping Samson of Ameri
can Freedom! And woe to the per
jured demagogues who have polluted
the House of Representatives, prosti
tuted the Senate, degraded the Execu
tive, fettered the Judiciary, and at
tempted to debauch the people of the
United States.
Repeat of Taxes
Congress has passed an act repealing
the taxes on manufactures, which now
yield the Treasury $60,000,000 per an
num. This is right, although its man
ifest design is to influence the Presi
dential election. The sudden spasm of
retrenchment which has seized the most
extravagant and corrupt party in the
world is the effect of fear. If the danger
should pass away, and the Radicals se
cure a new lease of power, they can
readily restore tne taxes under the plea
of necessity.
But a refluction of expenditure should
have preceded the reduction of taxes,
if the Radicals are sincere in their
pretences of economy,
Why not disband the standing army?
Why not reduce the expenses of the
navy to nominal figures?
Why not lop off half the civil ex
penses of the I.3overnment?
Why not cut down the pay of Cou
gressmen'.'
'hy continue the Freedmen's Bu
reau?
Were Congress to practice genuine
economy, we Might readily dispense
with all taxes, except customs, stamps
and excises on liquors and tobacco,
without afflicting our national faith or
impairing our national credit.
Who I the Usurper ?
By the Tehur : e-of-Office act Congress
provided that the terms of office of
members of!::the Cabinet should expire
one monthfatter the term of the Presi
dent who' appointed them. Stanton
was appointed by Mr. Lincoln in his
first term, and Stanton was therefore
not protected by the Tenure-of-Office
act beyond the 4th of April, 1865. His
removal by the President was not pro
hibited by any law. But Stanton con
tinues to occupy the War Office, and
maintains his place by force.
Who, then, is the usurper? The Pres.
dent, who exercised a power conferred
by the Constitution, exerted by all his
predecessors, and not denied by law ; or
Stanton, who can show no title to his
OffiC3 but an expired lease, and dare not
even test his claim in the Criminal
Court of the District of Columbia?—
Stanton is the usurper; Stanton, the
tyrant, who has imprisoned more citi
zens without process of law than any
other man alive; Stanton, the traitor,
who has betrayed the President and the
plan of restoration he recommended to
the President; Stanton, the butcher,
who refused to exchange prisoners of
war, in order to keep the rebel prisoners
confined, while Union prisoners were
dying by thousands. lie is the usurper.
An Ambitions Youth
The member from Manheim is cer
tainly a most ambitious youth. He
seems to be desirous of monopolizing
the honors and the emoluments of office.
Not content with a seat in the Legisla
ture, he run for constable of Manheim
township yesterday. The people, either
thinking he was not fit for the office, or
concluding that he had been sufficiently
rewarded for his services, refused to
support him, and the result was his de
feat. His opponent S. S. Geist, who has
held the office of Constable for a num.
ber of years, received 206 votes to 63 for
Major A. C. Reinoehl. Rather a bad
beat that, , we should say. It is supposed
his vote for Hioicman's proposition to
strike'•the word white from the Consti
tution of Pennsylvania was the cause
of his polling such an insignificant Vote.
THE LANCASTER WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER, )ESDAY, - MARCH 25, 1868.
Negro Suffrage at the North::
,o„,The,following eXtracp from thc i pro-,
lieedigjka HotiOOtlieprrentar,
tivet4t Wiustipgttifij Ott h '4Vetilreada • 4
)ittit,4o extreniily 7; •
trztividtsm., ';l ' HllMa,i ' E.
hr.iisroomalt, of 1101VIvania.;':Iiioved•
to retonsider 4. , the vote:referring tohthe Joa•
diciary Committef i a bill introduced bybim
July 11 , 1867, to arargor to the several
States of the Union a republican form of
government.
The bill is as follows:
WHEREAS, The form of government of
several of the States of the Union is not re
publican in this particular: that by the
constitutions and laws •of snob States, po
litical rights are made to depend upon
parentage and race, and are hereditary im
certain families to the exclusion of others
'equally citizens of the United States ; it is
the constitutional duty of the United States
to guarantee to every State a republican
form of government ,• therefore,
Be it enacted, cc., That all provisions and
enactments in State Constitutions and laws
which make distinction in polithial or civil
rights among citizens of the United States,
or deny such rights to any such citizen on
account of parentage, race, lineage orcolor,
be. nd are hereby declared to be void and
of ne effect.
- - - -
Sze. 2. And be it further enacted, That if
any person shallprevent any qualified
citizen of the United States from exercising
the right of suffrage at any election in any
State, nue er the pretense that such citizen
is disauulified by the Constitution and laws
of suili State on account of hls parentage,
race, lineage or color, such person shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on
conviction thereof in the proper court shall
be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding
$5,000 or to undergo an imprisonment for
five years or both, at the discretion of the
Court.
The object of Mr. Broomall's motion
was to take the Bill out of Committee
and put it on Its passage. Of the Re
publicans who participated in the de
bate that ensued, seven, to wit, Broom
all, Scofield, Williams, Kelley,Schenck,
Stevens and Beaman, supported the
Bill, while but two, to wit, Lawrence
and Spalding, opposed it. The latter
only opposed it because his State, Ohio,
rejected negro suffrage last fall; and
because, to use his language, "I should
regard the passage of this bill at this
hour as the death knell of our hopes as
a political party in the Presidential
canvass." He expressed his own senti
ments thus: "I believe the day may
come when our Constitution, the great
bulwark of our liberties, shall be so
amended us that all free people may
vote at the polls. God hasten the day
when (hat right shall be extended !"
No doubt the representation of Mr.
Spalding that the passage of the bill at
this hour would ruin the Radicals in
the Presidential canvass carried con
viction with it, and the matter was
dropped. But who can fail to see in
these proceedings, proof strong as holy
writ that the measure's merely postpon
ed until after the Presidential election?
Of nine Radicals who take part in the
debate, only two oppose the bill, and
one of these announces his approval
of its principles, but asks for delay in
the application ! This proportion indi
cates that the friends of the project have
a majority in Congress now ; and the
preponderance will be vastly' increased
by the speedy admission of the Senators
and Representatives of Southern blacks.
The Radicals fought and won the con
testof 180 on the Constitutional amend
ment, which concedes the control of
suffrage to the States ; and forthwith
Congress organized Negro Governments
at the South. The Radicals will fight
the contest of 1808 on the issue of Negro
Suffrage at the South, and if they win
will forthwith extend Negro Suffrage
through (he North.
Colored Delegates
The Radicals of South Carolina have
elected an n arf-an-arf" delegation—
half whites and half blacks—to the
Chicago Convention. It is probable
that the party managers will persuade
the colored brethren tostay at home, so
as to avoid the scandal of their appear
ance in Illinois. But the fact of their
election shows that Sambo is ambitious
to figure In National politics, and can
not long be repressed.
Now, if Cuffee is anxious to go to a
National Convention at his own ex
pense, Low much more will he desire to
go to Congress at the expense of other
people? He may be choked off awhile
by representations that it will hurt the
party, or that Northern whites are not
yet "educated up" to the point of re
ceiving him with open arms, but the
bait of $5,000 a year will speedily over
come his prudence. If lie eau get votes
enough to elect him, he wont decline.
It is morally certain that the Congres
sional districts of the South in which
negro voters predominate, and these,
owing to the sweeping disfranchise
ment of whites, embrace more than
half the whole number, will ultimately
return Negro Congressmen. But It is
equally certain that they will not elect
negroes until after the next Presidential
Election.
Row the Radical Majority In Congress Is
Kept Up. .
In no one thing has the present Con
gress shown a more perfect disregard of
all law and all decency than in their
decisions of contested election cases.—
The radical contestant Is sure to receive
his seat, no matter what his character
may be or how slight the grounds on
which his claim is based. In the late
contest between Powell and Butler cer
tain important facts were suppressed In
the report of the Committee. Butler,
to whom the Radicals assigned the seat,
because now himself a Radical, was
proven to have procured assassination
and murder. He gave one Lafayette
Jones a pair of boots for killing a Union
citizen by the name of Waugh, and also
offered one Ellis a suit of clothes to
..pass through the lines and assassinate
one McQueen. Ellis attempted it but
failed,
and Congress relieves Butler of
all political disability by special legis
lation, and gives him the seat to which
Powell was fairly elected. And this is
but another of the many outrages of a
like character which have been com
mitted. It is by suoh means that the
Radical majority in Congress is kept up.
The Flag at New Orleans
Tue Radicals continue to manufacture
the most extravagant stories about the
doings of what they call unreconstruct
ed rebels in the South. That kind of
lying has been reduced to a sort of sys
tem, and certain leading Radical papers
have a department devoted exclusively
to the dissemination of such falsehoods.
Only a few days since the biggest kind
of a sensational story was made out of
the fact that only six United States
flags were carried in a procession of the
firemen of New Orleans. The agent of
the Associated Press explains the whole
matter, and effectually kills off this last
bugaboo. Before the war no flags were
carried in such processions. Last year,
while Sheridan commanded, there was
only. one flag borne. This year, with
Hancock in command and Jeff. Davis
looking on, there were six finefis. , s dis
played. If flags he the symbol of loy
alty, the loyalty of New Orleans has
Increased just six-fold since last spring.
We have no patience with these miser
able stories, but it is necessary to ex
pose them now and then to show how
much the Radical press of the North is
given to lying.
Democratic Victory in Elizabethtown.
The Democracy of Elizabethtown
made a most gallant fight yesterday,
and gained a signal triumph. The chief
contest was for Burgess, and the Demo
oratic candidate was elected by a ma
jority of fifteen. The Democratic judge
of election was also elected by a major!.
ty eleven. We congratulate the gallant
Democracy of Elizabethtown on this
victory. They have begun the great
Presidential battle by carrying the
outerworks of the enemy. The borough
has been steadfastly opposed to us here
tofore.
GENERAL J. WILSON SHAFER, per.
emptorlly declines to run as the Radi
cal candidate for Governor of Illinois.
He does not want to be Peaten, 4 any
man will be who stands.on the Andical
platform. , ' r
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l 'ide4iii e - ii*Std 'as ' pe;
cullar glory of our institutions. It was
created to be the guardian of the Con
stitution, and poise the balance of jus•
tics between the several departments
of the Government. It was designed to
settle the angry differences; of wtione,.
States and parties, so quit" there 'might'
be no
. )CC.,4,?1,0ncr. .cxoos e for vloifince.,
And it was es pecially intended .to pro
tect the liberties of the people from the
usurpations of other branches of the
Government, and their subordinates;
so that the oppressed or injUred might
seek peaceful redress in the Court, in
stead of resorting to arms or revolution
for thexecoiery Of, their rights.. ...
This august tribunal was cherished
by the people as the very corner -atone
of our fabrlo of free government, until
the advent to power of the present rev
olutionary party. Almost the first offi
cial act of this unscrupulous faction was
to increase the number of judges from
seven to ten, for the purpose of chang
ing the complexion of the Court. And
no sooner had Mr. Johnson succeeded
Mr. Lincoln, than Congress provided
for the reduction of the number of
judges, as their places became vacant,.
from ten to six. When almost half the
States were in rebellion and beyond the
power of the Court, Congress added
three to the number of judges; when
all the States were reclaimed and the
business of the Court immensely in
creased by the litigation consequent
upon the war, Congress provided for a
reduction of four in the number of
I judges. The increase was avowedly
made to enable Mr. Lincoln to put Rad.
Scale on the bench, as the reduction was
admitted to be made to prevent Mr.
Johnson froin putting Conservatives on
1 the bench. Now that the Senate is ex
pected to remove Mr. Johnson, a Rath
-1 cal member of Congress has introduced
a bill to increase the number of judges
I of the Supremo Court to twelve, so that
Mr. Wade may appoint four newjudges
at once! The object, of course, Is to
Pack the Court, so as to procure fraudu•
lent decisions In favor of the Radical
programme.
The House of Representatives has
also passed a bill, which is now pend
ing in the Senate, requiring two-thirds
of the judges of the Supreme Court to
concur in a decision against the consti
tutionality of an act of Congress. This
means that where the Constitution and
an act of Congress come into conflict,
the suitor whose rights depend upon the
Constitution must have twice as many
judges to decide in his favor as the
judges whose rights depend upon the
act of Congress, Propositions have also
been introduced into Congress to de
prive the Supreme Court of all juris
diction In political questions, which,
if effective, would destroy the most
valuable functions of the Court, and
subvert one of. the chief purposes of
its creation. And last and worst of
all, we are now informed that there
has been smuggled through Congress,
by fraud and trickery, a provision,
which, If operative, will deprive the
Supreme Court of all jurisdiction over
questions under the reconstruction acts
affecting the lives, liberty and property
of our fellow-citizens. The Radicals did
not even dare to expose this infamous
provision to the restricted debateallow
ed to Democratic members of the Senate
and House of Representatives, but rush
ed it through when most of the latter
were absent Irom their seats, by false
representations of its character and pur
pose.
Thus this Radical faction deliberately
saps the foundations of justice, and at
tempts to degrade the character and au
thority of the great Head of our Judicial
system. And these outrages are com
mitted to shield from the condemnation
of the Court their vile scheme of Re
construction, which is not only repug
nant to the Constitution, but has never
been authorized or sanctioned by the
people, and which its authors are afraid
to submit to the judgment of the people.
What a burning mockery of the spirit
of popular government! Those who
were elected to represent the people sub.
vert the Constitution, do the very oppo
site of what they were chosen to do,
and refuse to submit their work to the
approval or rejection of their constitu
ents, until it is imbedded in our system
of government, as they think so deeply
that It cannot be uprooted by the people
themselves. And to deprive the people
of every means of reaching the evil,
they strip the President of his Consti
tutional powers and proceed by wanton
perjury to remove him from office; and
violate the very sanctuary of justice by
shackling and degrading the grand old
Court which has been the pride and
boast of our system of government. If
the people of the United States tolerate
and approve these usurpations, they
will richly deserve the Inevitable fate
in store for them.
Continuance of the Freedmen's Bureau
A bill providing for the continuance
of the Freedmen's Bureau has just been
passed by the House. It has been found
to be au efficient agency for controlling
the votes of the negroes, and the tax
payers of the North are to be burthen
ed with au expenditure of about twenty
millions of dollars to keep the corrupt
concern runningtor. another year. That
is a specimen of Radical economy and
reform, which we hope to see properly
appreciated when the white men of
Pennsylvania go to the polls.
The Indiana Democrat
That sound and reliable Democratic
paper, the Indiana County Democrat,
comes to us greatly enlarged and other
wise improved. Its proprietor, James
B. Sausom, Esq., though yet compara
tively a young man, has served long and
faithfully in the ranks, and is entitled
to be considered one of the veteran edi
tors of Pennsylvania. He is one of the
best political managers in the State, and
wherever he has control, the party pros
pers. He has just added a fine power
press and other improvements to his
establishment. and his paper shows
abundant signs of prosperity. We are
glad to see that the Democracy of Indi
ana county properly appreciate his ser
vices.
FORNEY'S Press says the Republican
party of Pennsylvania is solemnly pledg
ed to pay the five-twenty bonds in coin.
We read the resolution on that subject
which was adopted at the Republican
State Convention, and for the life of us
could not tell whether it was for green
backs or coin. If Forney's interpreta
tion of its exceedingly ambiguous lan
guage be correct, what has he to say of
of the resolutions adopted by all the
Republican State Conventions in the
West. Every one of them declared for
greenback payment, but we have to
see the first word in the Press condemn
ing them.
IN Alabama the white men declined
to vote, and the Reconstruction Consti
tution failed to be adopted: Congress
having put through an amendment de
claring that a bare majority of those
voting would'be sufficient to secure the
adoption of such a constitution in any
of the unreconstructed Stites, the white
men of Arkansas Went to the polls and
voted the abomination down. What
will the Radicals do now ? They ;earn
to be utterly unstile to establish negro
supremacy by ady device they adopt.
Nothing will prove effective for that
purpose but the bayonet.
FORI4EY'S Preen tries to account for
the big Democratic majority in Harris
burg by representing that an unusually
small vote was polled. The Patriot and
Union effectually disposes of that pre.
text by showing that it was the largest
vote cast at a municipal election in that
city.' Will the Press correct its mistake ?
'Let its readers watch and see.
How the Yews , Feel.
•
is a fierce tiniest th. min ,
, ret
I , 2 Ority of theisli*• :1
• I to.day. They vie . '
g-
". on and alarm the .• pg us
rr .of the Radical maj ty, in !'.n.
:T.gre*Aey know th ' , .9 • ornk
of 'free gOVernment, wh oh was won' for
us by_the blood of Revolutionary an
cestors, is being destroyed. They 'see
the Constitution violated daily with im
punity, the Supreme Court curtailed of
-its powers, gad the President tmpeaoh-•
tit 'andqibbut to teinaved; not °zit.=
apy,,nrin:pk,,pr, „misdemeanor
committed
. by bY because,.. as
Horace GieeleY'ciiiifesses; he is an ini4
pediment to the establislnnent of negro
supremacrin-ten - States of the Union.
Is it strange that a majority- of the
whiti3,men &Pennsylvania should be
excited-ii , pen they see all they hold
most dear thus assailed? Is it anywon
der that letters daily reach us, urging
us to advocate an armed uprising of the
people in defence of their rights.and
their liberties? The Democratic press
of this great State is holding the Dem
ocratic masses in check from day to day.
The leaders of the Democratic party
counsel moderation because they be
lieve a remedy exists in the ballot-box.
The Committee on Resolutions, which
framed the platform adopted by the
Democratic State Convention, purpose
ly refrained from every thing which was
calculated to excite the passions of the
masses. They made the platform of the
party merely a declaration of the great
and living principles which are now
presented for the consideration of the
people, trusting to them to apply a
peaceful remedy to existing evils at the
coming elections.
The law-abiding spirit of the Demo
cratic party has so far prevented any
popular outbreak. The leaders of the
party will continue to counsel modera
tion ; but we must warn the usurpers at
Washington of the danger to come. A
vast majority of the white :men of this
nation are bitterly hostile to the revolu•
tionary policy now being pursued.
They are perfectly conscious of their su
perior power. They know that they can
very speedily sweep the horde of fanatics
who are arrogating all power to them
selves out of existence. The masses are
eager to engage in that work. A call to
arms for such a
,purpose would be an
swered by the bulk of the hardy and
vigorous manhood of both sections.--
They are only restrained from an up
rising by the assurance of the Demo
cratic press that the ballot•box will
bring a peaceful and bloodless remedy.
Little as Andrew Johnson commands
the respect of the Democratic masses,
they would rally in their might, with
arms in their hands, to prevent him
from being removed, if they should be
authoritatively called upon so to do.
That a continuance of the Radical
leaders In their lawless course of usur
pation will precipitate anew revolution
we have no doubt. Unless they change
their policy we shall unquestionably see
this country plunged anew into the ter
rible vortex of civil war. Let them pause
before it Is too late.
Llbol Sults.
Within a few days past two remarka
ble libel suits have been decided in the
Courts of New York. The one was in.
stituted by Rostine Parker, a conductor
of the New Jersey railroad, against the
Nation, the other against Mr. Beach of
the Sun, by Mary Ann Dean. In both
cases verdicts were promptly rendered
in favor of the defendants. The leading
newspapers of the country commend the
course pursued by the Juries in these
cases, and regard it as an evidence of the
prevalence In the public mind of the
conviction that newspapers have a right The New York 1 ribunc, IL an article
to make comments on passing events. on impeachment says :
It is not ija accordance with the Ameri- i The President is determined that the
can mind to keep up the strict and arbi-
Southern States shall return Into the Union
1
1 with governments cre te by n
trary rules in regard to libel which ' nizing the white vote s only, d
th N s v o h d i a le u r ff e C r e a g g n g e :
Con
originated in the odious )tar Chamber' gress has resolved to confer
to
on
readmit
the i black and white races, and
Court of England. Jurors will apply
ex..
Irep e er d ti m ei t s t u h f e rre S g l e at e es n r i Z e o i n e t u he r b e a m s e is of
the proper remedy in such cases by
, This antagonism,
ercising their full right to judge of the in the fundamental pr c o 3 /;:
Is the fountain and
law and the evidence; and it will not' s le o m u rocfe Reconstructio n ,
tr „ho t Pe n '
between the
be long until the old English law is President and Congres"itY
displaced by more liberal statutory en- That is as clear a summing up of the
actments in every State of the Union. whole matter as we have seen any-
We had a fair law enacted in Pennsyl- where, and the President is to be re
vania some years ago, and it is the opin- moved, not because he has violated any
ion of not a few of our ablest jurists that : law ; but because he declines to aid in
it still In force. It expressly provided establishing a negro empire on the
that the truth might be given in evi- ruinsof ten States of the Union. Horace
dence In all provocations for libel, and j Greeley most distinctly announces to
that proof of the truth of the charge J the world that that is the sole ground
should operate an acquittal. No honest ion which the impeachment is based.
man could find fault with such a law. '
None but rogues and rascals seek
to shield themselves under the ob- We find in that able paper, the Co/.
solete legal maxim of " the greater the umbian, the following interesting per
truth the greater the libel." sonal sketch of General Ent, the Dem
ocratic candidate for Surveyor General.
It will be read with interest, and not
even his opponents can fail to see that
he is a man worthy to be honored and
rewarded. The Columbian says:
General Ent is well known to all our
readers, and has an unsullied reputation
both as a soldier and as a man. He was
born at Light Street, in this county, August
16th, 1834, and consequently is 34 years of
age. He graduated at the Law University
in Albany, N. Y., and was soon after ad
, mitted to the practice of law in this and ad
joining counties, which profession he fol-
I lowed until the outbreak of the war. Gen.
Ent was the first to move in this county in
' the matter of raising troops, and on the first
call of the President tendered his services,
and was unanimously elected to the posi
tion of First Lieutenant of the " Iron
Guards," a company raised for three
months, and which afterwards changed
its term of service to three years. This
company was accepted by the Governor
April 17th, 1881. On the 28th-of May fol
lowing, he was elected Captain of his com
pany, then known as " A " of the 6th Re
serves, Captain Ricketts, its former cona
mender, having been chosen Colonel of the
Regiment. September 21st, 1862, he was
I.commissioned as Major of the Regiment:
November 26th, 1862, Lieutenant Colonel ;
May 23d, 1863, Colonel, and subsequently
was brevetted Brigadier General for gallant
conduct In the field. On the 11th of June,
1864, he was mustered out with the Penn
sylvania Reserve Corps, having served two
months over his time.
During this period the General partici
pated with his Regiment in the principal
battles fought by the Army of the Potomac
from Drainesville to Cold Harbor, in which
last engagement ho received a bullet
through his band, which has lamed him
for life. During Lee's first invasion of
Maryland he was home on recruiting ser
vice, but at ttle risk of a Court Martial and
without waiting to be • relieved, went at
once to the front, and joined his Regiment
in time to participate in the battle of An
tietam. He and his Regiment were parti
cularly distinguished at the subsequent bat
tle of Fredericksburg; being a part of the
only charging column that succeeded In
breaking through the enemy's line; had
the movement been properly supported,
victory instead of defeat would have
crowned our banners. At the battle of Get
tysburg the General specially distinguished
tiimself, his command operating on the
left in the vicinity of Round Top. During
Grant's campaign to the time of his muster
out, his career was a brilliant one, and we
doubt not the people will reward his ser
vices in a triumphant election.
Since the war the General has been prin
cipal engaged in the iron business, which
interest he has deeply at heart. He is a,
fluent, forcible Speaker, 'and ere the cam
paigh closes will give kb opponents a fair
test of his intellectualsbilities. At the time
of his nomination, and since, he has been
in New Jersey on business, and no man
was more surprised than himself at the
compliment.
Such are our candidates, and we go into
the canvass with the oopsciousneas of hav
ing good men on the tidiket, pledged to con
stitutional principles, and we doubt not the
people, by their triumphant election, will
show that reason has resumed her throne,
and that the reign of passion has ceased.
And now friends, go to work.
Honest Radicals
The Radicals of Michigan are honest.
They accept the situation without qual
ification, and enunciate the leading doc
trines of their party in bold terms. The
following resolution adopted at their late
State Convention shows where they
stand :
Resolved, That the Republicans of Mich
igan owo it to themselves, to the memory
of the framers of the Declaration of Inde
pendence, and to the interests of free gov
ernment everywhere, to secure by a tri
umphant majority the ratification of the
proposed Constitution, with its broad plat•
form of equal and exact justice to all men,
and impartial suffrage and equality before
the law.
The party is the same in Pennsyl
vania as in Michigan, but the leaders
are afraid to announce its principles so
clearly. They content themselves with
a resolution endorsing the Declaration
of Independence, and stop at that;
knowing the extreme men will all in
terpret it to mean negro equality, and
hoping that the masses will understand
it differently. The mistake they make
is in supposing the masses of this State
to be ignorant and stupid.
Down on the Dutch and Irish
During the discussion of his amend
ment, proposing to strike the word
white from the Constitution of Penn
sylvania, John Hickman said :
I may possibly see the day that /may walk
side by side with a colored woman. .1" have
seen a great many colored women that _I
would rather walk with than a great many
whitemen. ;mow a great many negroes
who I think are better entitled to vote this
moment than a great many white men who
do vote, and have long exercised the fran
chise.
Major A. C. Reinoehl, the brilliant
member from Manheim, strove to emu
late Hickman. In a stilted and very
silly speech which he madeon the same
question he denounced the Democratic
party for denying the right of suffrage
to the negro while they conferred it on
the white foreigner. He grossly in
sulted every adopted citizen when he
denounced them as "foreign-paupers."
He said:
If Democrats give the right of suffrage to
foreign paupers to whom a spelling book is
a sealed mystery, and who still smell of
bilge water, and from whose garments the
Celtic aroma or the Teutonic fragrance of
the fatherland has not yet been' removed by
the pure air of freedom, why should not the
cofee•colored descendants of the first fami
lies of the South have a voice in reconstruct
ing the States of their forefathers ?
The grandfather of the little' upstart
who uses such language as that, we are
assured, is unable to speak the English
language intelligibly, and his father
prefers to converse in Pennsylvariki
Dutch. "Set a beggar on horseback
and"—our readers know the rest.
JOHN HICKMAN says the cowardly re
fusal of hie Radical brethren in the
Legislature to pass his negro suffrage
amendment, after their admissions that
it is right but not expedient, will cost
the party forty thousand votes at the
coming Presidential election. What
will be left of them after that?
RELIABLE advises from Tennessee
give the lie to all the terrible stories
about outbreaks and outrages upon
Union men in that State. The reports
about the Kukuluk Klan, which have
appeared in Radical journals, excite
laughter where the facts are known.
.No outrages have been committed by
them. There is some disturbance here
and there, but the Radicals and the law
less idle negroes are to blame for it. ,
d. ,r St• • .
IFr When the chief of an absolute des
• otel th pleoto,.
I! ," • IC " that mllltiky politer
.•
• • ;( 7 . ce plord to entrce l the
1. poppy the er. A n orms °Pavan
, Vie
ConstitutiOn to limtthe power of
despot, and no means of combatting his
will. That is a very simple form of
Government. The nobler races of men
have never admired it, however, and a
few years since kwas confined to Asia
and Africa. Russia Wail 'despotic to a
cart*. extenkbut even there the prin
ciples of , free government have made
some progress. For a long time we
were in the habit of boasting that ours
was not only the freest, but the most
perfeot government the world ever saw.
It is true there were those who advoca
ted a greater centralization of power in
the one branch of the general govern.
ment, but they were denounced as Fed
eralists, and were justly heldln detesta
tion by the people. The masses seemed
to be jealous of their liberties, and had
they been told that in 18138 a majority
in Congress Would arrogate to them
selves supreme apd despotic power,
and that through Thaddeus Stevens the
edicts of that body would be issued in
the form of letters to John W. Forney,
they would have laughed the prediction
to scorn. Yet it has come to that in
this much vaunted republic, as witness
the following letter :
FORTIETH CONGRESS UNITED STATES, 1 .
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 11, 1868. I
To Cbl. John W. Forney :
DEAR SIR: S have long, and with such
ability as I could command, reflected on
the subject of the Declaration of Indepen
dence, and finally have come to the sincere I
conclusion that universal suffrage was one
of the inalienable rights intended to be em
braced in that instrument by our fathers at
the time of the Declaration, and that they
were prevented from inserting it in the
Constitution by slavery alone. They had
no intention to abandon it as one of the
finally enumerated rights. but simply to
postpone it. The Committee on Recon
struction have Inserted that provision with
great unanimity in the bill admitting the
State of Alabama in the Union.
They have ;Nally resolved that no State
shall be admitted into the Union unless under
that condition. I have deemed this notice
necessary, that the States, now in process of
construction or reconstruction, may be ad
vised thereof. Yours,
THADDEUS STEVENS.
Colonel John W. Forney, Editor of the
Press.
Did auy despot of Asia or Africa ever
issue an edict in more peremptory terms?
We ask the people to look at it. What
man can say this is a republic when he
reads the above, and remembers that a
majority of Congress stands ready to re
move the lawfully elected President of
the United States, and, in the words of
Schenck, " to clip the wings of the Su
preme Court," should the Executive de
cline to enforce Stevens' ukase, or the
Judiciary dare to pronounce it uncon
stitutional? We challenge the world
to produce a more perfect example of the
style employed by the rulers of absolute
despotisms. It Is perfect in its sim
plicity, and we suppose Grant stands
ready to enforce it with the sword, if
need be. What has become of our
boasted freedom ?
The New Hampshire Election.
Complete returns from New Ham
shire show the following result
Harriman
Sinclair
Harriman's majority
Last year Harriman's majority was
3,1.40. The Democratic
.gain over last
year is therefore 058. The Radicals
elected 193 members of the Legislature
this year and the Democrats 139. Last
year the Radicals had a majority of 9G,
this ,year it is reduced to 54. It is over
such a Democratic gain on the popular
vote and in the Legislature that the
Radicals have been crowing so lustily.
The Sole Reason for Impeachment
6 , neral Wellington H. Ent
IN 1887 the House of Representatives
of New Hampshire stood : Radicals, 202;
Democrats, 128 ; Radical majority, 74.
In 1888 the same body stands : Radicals,
192; Democrats, 188; Radical majority,
64. A Democratic gain of twenty mem
bers of the lower house In one year is a
portion of the Radical victory in New
Hampshire, which they are calling upon
their adherents to celebrate.
IT is said that Stanton has not yet re•
covered from the effects of the terrible
fright into which he was thrown by
dreaming that Mosby was on the war
path again, with the design of capturing
him. The Long Bridge and the War
Department are kept heavily guarded,
and Stanton still dreams of Mosby.
He is getting very thin and pale.
More About tie • 1 • ,., iteg—The
"Inspector" Ans , r'. e " Collee
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. ,
iißeVaffi'e Italie° ”il. - ;7 , . published ,
e flylar ...F , .. .. "•''' , e letter of
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llec ,w , .... 0 nave hereto
g./1•0 ~
n ft. in . , tVlumus:
,A•1;A -' ".; 40Cieritt i rs%18th, 1888.
• izateiint Ih`Pressii ow 'e. through
your columns, to ask Collector Wiley if he
is not aware of the fact that Albert 0,
Leonard holds a commission as Inspector
of Revenue for the 9th District, Pa., which
commission bears the signature of E. A.
Rollins, Commissioner of Internal Reve
nue. If the Collector doubts this, why
don't he enforce the law against Mr.
Leonard for representing himself and as
41Wrling , i 0 Act as an officer of the reve
nue? As regards the balance of his story
as published in the /Depress of the 18th,
I have only to say that had the case referred
to been investigated, as he represents It was,
and as it should have been, the United
States would, to-day, be at tenet $5,000 richer
than it is, and Some of the Ring would have
been that much poorer. Ido now assert
that the books of the distiller and rectifier
referred to, were fixed up, and that within
48 hours after the °memos reported to Col
lector Wiley. When the case was reported,
the distiller's and rectifier's books, showed
no entry of any whisky having been bought
or sold, but within 48 hours the books were
all right.
Why did the lawyer referred to, say to
the informer, that if he ;the lawyer) could
fix it with the informer and Assessor War
fel, it would be all right, no matter if tho
case had been reported to the Collector?
Why did one of the defendants in the
above case say to the informer, " If wo can
Liza between ourselves, It will go no farther,
even if you did report to the Collector?"
remarking, at the same time, "I know all
about the Collector!"
Signed, A. C. LEONARD,
Revenue Inspector, filth District, Pa.
From the Columbia Spy
Another Chapter About the Whisky Ens.
loess.
LANCASTER, March 18, 1868.
Rambo, Rag., Editor Cbiumbla Spy:
SIR : Our attention has been called to an ar
ticle In the Columbia Spy of the 7th instant,
which contains the libelous insinuation that
whisk/ hod turned into wafer after having been
placed in our charge by revenue officers.
While we admit your right as an Editor to
hold public, officers to a strict accountability
in the discharge of their official duties, we
cannot allow you or any one else to connect
our names with any alleged "Ring " or combi
nation for fraudulent purposes. We have our
character as citizens and business men to
maintain, and mean to do so. We therefore
respectfully but positively demand that, In
your next issue, you publish a full, complete
and unqualified retraction of the libelous in
uendo of which we complain.
Yours, ,te., J. R. Brrsgs. @ Bno.
We received the above letter a few days
ago. It was written by another party, but
signed in a bold, compact hand, by one of
the Bitners. It purports to be a reply to
the following interrogatory, which appeared
in an article of an issue of the Spy, dated
the 7th lost., namely: "How many barrels
of whisky placed in their (the Messrs. Bit
ners') charge, had mysteriously turned into
water?" After waiting nearly two weeks
for a reply from the Messrs 8., the above
came to hand.
We cannot but regret that they did not
see proper to deny all knowledge of the mat
ter. We do not believe that they have the
miraculous power of turning whisky into
water, but we only desired them to state (as
they have not) that they had no knowledge
of such a thing being done. When wo wrote
the article we had in our mind's eye the
eighteen barrels of whisky which were
seized in the vicinity of Maytown, in this
county and which, when inspected at Phil
adelphia, was water—whether the trans
formation was made in transitu, or in that
city we were unable to tell, hence we made
thoinquiry of those who might be likely to
know more about the matter than our
selves. We did not say by whose agency
the whisky was turned into water.
We concede that the Messrs. Bitners are
entirely blameless in the matter, in the ab
sence of proof to the contrary. Thus much
in reply to the above letter. And now,
Messrs. Bitners, we want to know from you
the name of the person or persons who
made the arrangement for the use of your
car which was sent to Chickics, in which
was shipped forty barrels of whisky, but
invoiced to a certain George Schaum (who
had charge of the car) as corn. We also
want to know why said car was not for
feited to the use of the government.
We want from you en answer to the above
questions. If you fall to answer them we
herewith inform you that we can produce
.the evidence, conclusive and damning, as to
, the whereabouts the forty barrels of contra
band whisky was loaded in your car, and
who did it.
Serenade—Speech or non. Chas. E. Boyle.
On the return of lion. C. E. Boyle, the
nominee for Auditor General from the State
Convention, to his home in Uniontown, a
number of Democrats formed in procession
headed by a brass bend, marched to his
residence and tendered him a serenade, in
response to which Mr. B. made a short ad
dress, which we find reported in the Genius
of Liberty as follOws :
I feel very sensibly the honor you do me,
gentlemen, by coming this evening, incle
meat as it is, to testify your approval of my
nomination as the Democratic candidate for
Auditor General of Pennsylvania. This en
dorsement I value highly, because It pro
ceeds from my townsmen—from men with
whom I have lot.gbeen intimate, and many
of whom haw known me from my child
hood ; and I regret that, tired by travel as
I am, I cannot properly acknowledge it.
Gentlemen, we stand upon the threshold
of the most momentous political struggle in
which the people of this country have ever
engaged. It differs from all that have pre
ceded it in this; that while they involved
questions of governmental policy, many of
them, it is true, vastly important, upon the
result of this depends the existence of the
government itself. It is notnow a question
what the government shall do, but rather
whether It shall be preserved from destruc
tion.
- -
It is evident that the party which sup
ports Congress is carrying forward a revo
lution. The Constitution of our fathers
established a government of three distinct
branches—each supreme within its own
domain, and each intended 'to operate as a
I balance to the others. The powers of each
were clearly limited and defined ; and until
I within a brief period, the rights of each were
I scrupulously respected by the others. But
the party against which we are contending,
, fatally bent upon its own perpetuation and
aggrandizement, and finding itself unable
to obtain control of two of the branches of
the government, is attempting to concen-
I trate in the one which it does control, all
the power which should be distributed
among the threes Congress enacts laws
plainly unconstitutional, and then under
takes to deprive the Courts' of their clear
right to so declare them. It strips the Presi
dent of powers conferred upon him by the
Constitution, and assumes them itself or
bestows them upon its adher.eqs. Not
content with that It perfers article. of im
peachment against him, puts him upon
trial for the commission of no offense, and
not Improbably will deprive him of his
office and fill it with ono of its own mem
bers. It has even been proposed to abolish
the office altogether. It dissolves the Union
by Act of Congress, after it was preserved
by the best blood of the land. It destroys
ten States some of them of the original thir
teen, and usurps the powers which belonged
to them alone. It refuses admission to
Senators and Representatives for the alledg
ed commission of offences, and immedi
ately thereafter admits its own partisans,
notoriously guilty of the same acts.
This, I say, is revolution—this destroys
the government of the Constitution, and
sets up another, totally unlike it. Shall
this revolution be consummated, or will the
people arrest it, and restore and preserve
the government of the fathers, the estab•
lishment of which has always been regard
ed as the grandest achievement of human
wisdom ? There are other great questions
involved in this struggle—none greater
have ever been passed upon by the Amerl
can people—but this one overshedows
them all. Shall the revolution be arrested?
Shall the government be preserved ?
I wish to speak with no unnecessary as
perity of those who hold opinions different
from our own. There are good men, and
honest men, and men who love their coun
try devotedly, who do not view the coming
struggle as we do. If wo are right, let us
hope that reflection will show them their
I
error, and the evils likely to result there
from, before it is too late.
Thanking you gentlemen, for this mani
festation of kindness towards myself, and
for this evidence of your devotion to the
great party one of whose humble represen
tatives I now nut, let me say that in this
great struggle I feel confident you will be
found where you have ever been—battling
for the Constitution of your country, and
bravely contending against its assailants,
coins whence they may,
President!
1 Electors.
The following table, showing the
number of Presiden dal Electors to which
each State is entitled, will be useful for
reference :
TED IN CON PRESS
STATES REPRESEN
California. 5
Connecticut 6
Delaware 3
Illinois 16
Indiana 13
lowa 8
Kansas 3
Kentucky 11
Maine 7
Maryland 7
Massachusetts...... 12
Michigan 8
Minnesota 4
Missouri 11
Total
STATES NOT REPRES
Nebraska ' 3
Nevada 3
New Hampshire... 5,
New Jersey 7
New York . 33
Ohio 21
Oregon 3
Pennsylvania 20
Rhode Island 4
Tennessee • 10
Vermont 5
West Virginia 5
Wisconsin 8
:ENTED IR CONGRESS.
Mississijapi
North Carolina..... 10
South Carolina..... 8
Texas 4
Virginia 10
Alabama..
Arkansas.
Florida....
Georgia...
Louisiana
Total
Whole number
Majdrity
If Colorado shall be admitted into the
Union previous to the election, the ag
gregate number of Electors will be in
creased to 320.
The 11. S. Supreme Court yesterday gave
leave to serve on General Grant a notico of
the petition in the Georgia cage, returnable
on Friday next.
THE umaatonorr
tli ce e Prett y]. gent—Proceedlnts
WABILINOTOV, Mardi 23.
13nrwlea—At.12i:0"elock the Chair an
nouncedAhat,"aectording to the rule, all leg
islaUve and executive buainess would cease,
and directed the Secretary of the Senate to
notify the House that the Senate was ready
to proceed with the trial of impeachment.
A. resolution was passed to print copies of
the proceedings of the impeachment trial
for the use of the Senate, for the Chief Jus
tice, and the counsel for the accused.
The choice seats in the gallery were filled
by ladles, who occupied at the opening of
the Senate about three.fourths ofthe space
alloted to the public. The door was ar
ranged as before. The chaplain again in
voked a blessing, praying that God shall
jreside over this high Counsel, and that
ustice may be done.
Mr. Slanberry read the answer to the 2d
article, reasserting the arguments addressed
in answer to tillnlat, and denying that the
Tenure-of-Office Bill was violated. In an
swer to the 3d, the respondent denies that
Stanton held his office by appointment from
him. The charges of conspiracy, .ac.,are
replied to by the answer to the Ist art icle,
He denies that he gave Thomas any in
structions to call in the aid of the military,
to gain possession of the War Depart
ment, and that no force has been used
by them, but a peaceable demand was
made and refused. In answer to the sth
artlcle,he denies having attempted to hinder
the execution of the Tenure-of-Office law,
and says it Is not alleged what means wore
employed to effect such purpose. The sitth
article is met with a denial, that respondent
conspired with Thomas to use force. The 7th
article is replied to by the answer to the 4th.
The removal of Stanton was made in pur
suance of the authority of the Constitution,
and was not forbidden by any clause of the
Tenure of Office bill.
The answer denies specifically all the al
legations of the Ist article, which asserts
that Stanton had legal possession of the
War Office after the date of his removal,
and all the subsequent allegations of the Ist
article.
The Court being ready, and the journal
having boon lead, Mr. Davis submitted a
motion, that the Constitution requiring the
Senate to bo composed of two Senators from
each State, and certain States being unrep
resented, therefore the trial of this case be
continued until all the States are repre
sented.
Mr. Connese moved It be not received,
and called for the yeas and nays.
Mr. Howo Inquired whether the motion
wee In order.
The Chief Justice read the rule, and said
Mr. Conuess' motion was not in order, and
directed the Secretary to call the yeas and
nays, which was done with the following
result: 2 to 49, all present voting In the
negative except Davis and Islcereery.
Saulsbury and Bayard did not vote.
Mr. Stan berry then rose and said that he
and his fellow Counsel had devoted every
hour since the last day's proceedings to pre
paring the Proeidenr's answer, and regret
ted they had not more time, but summated
it now.
Mr. Curtiss road it, the address being to
the Senate of the United States. The an
swer to the Ist article recites the circum
stances of Mr. Stanton's appointment, and
his continuance in office by Mr. Johnson,
maintaining that Stanton held office only
by virtue of his appointment by Mr. Lin
coln; that the subsequent condition of
Stanton rendered his retention as Seers
tary of War incompatible with the public
interest, and with the proper discharge of
the Executive duties with which he was
charged, and for which the President was
responsible.
The correspondence of August last is
cited, and the answer claims that the settled
practice of all preceding Presidents and
Congress settles the right of the President
to remove subordinates at will, and that in
good faith he removed the said Stanton and
in accordance with his understanding of
the requirements of the Constitution, and
notified the Senate of his action, expecting
that whatever the difference of opinion be- I
tween them would be it would bo deter
mined by the Judicial authority. The anti
wer further claims that the Tenure.of-Office
bill, even if admitted to be constitutional,
does not cover the case of Stanton.—
' The necessity of settling the point in dis
pute between the Executive and Legisla
tive branches is insisted upon at length, and '
it is maintained that it could be brought,
before the Court in no other way. The Bus
pension of Stanton is claimed to have been
under the authority of the Constitution,
which, in granting the power of removal,
gives, by implication, the lessor power of
suspension, as included in it.
H E.—The Chaplain in his opening
prayer referred to the Impeachment pro
ceedings, as follows: "Grant to them,
especiaily this day, when the great issues
are to be presented hero, and In the Senate
a double measure of Thy Holy Spirit, so
that here and there, In the House and in
Senate, they may be guided by that wisdom,
which cannot err; that every proceeding
I may be conducted according to the princi
ples of Eternal right, and that at last a de
cision shall be reached in accordance with
the mind of God."
The Speaker then proceeded, in the regu
lar order of business, to the call of States
for bills and Joint resolutions.
Mr. Everts then proceeded to read the
answer to the tenth article. The respond
ent does not admit the correctness of the
report of his speech referred to in the first
specification, and the same denial is made
as to the second and third specifications,
viz: That the extracts quoted do not fairly
or Justly represent the character of hists
marks on the occasion referred to. He de
nies that he has been unmindful of the du
ties of his office, and denies that he has
ever said that Congress was not a Congress
capable of making laws for all the States
because some of them were unrepresented.
He admits he has said to the people, Just as
he has said to Congress itself, that its policy
is not calculated to bring about peace and
harmony. He insists upon his right to
have and to express, on proper occasions,
his opinions as to the policy of Congress.
He denies that the tenth article, in all its
specifications,
affords any ground for im
peachment. They appear only to the dis
cretion of the respondent in his personal
capacity. In answer to the eleventh arti
cle, he denies that he ever had, in substance
or by implication, questioned the power or
validity of Congress to make laws, or pro
pose amendments to the Constitution. lie
insists, however, upon his private and offi
cial right to hold and express opinions, and
alleges that, like the tenth article, this ono
makes no charges calling for impeachment.
The reading of the answer occupied an
hour and a half.
Mr. Boutwell, on behalf of the managers,
requested a copy of the answer, and said It
was their expectation to present their repli
cation to-morrow at one o'clock.
Mr. Everts then addressed the court In
relation to the period of - time to be allowed
the respondent after the replication Is filed,
before trial is to proceed. He said the Presi
dent's counsel had been too fully occupied
with the answer to make any preparation
whatever for the trial, and they therefore
requested that the court allow the President
and his counsel thirty days from the date of
replication to prepare for the trial. A mo
tion in writing to that effect was presented
and read by the Secretary.
Mr. Howard moved It lie on the table un
til the replication is filed, but withdrew It
on Mr. Bingham's announcement that the
managers were ready to express their
opinion on the application at once.
Mr. Logan, on behalf of the managers,
said he should oppose it because no reason
was offered for delay except that the Presi
dent's counsel needed time. He said they
had as much time as the managers, and
some other reasons should be given, as
there had been in the application for delay
made in former trials of impeachment,
when it was always stated, on oath, that
time was needed to produce distant wit
nesses, t.c. No such cause was alleged and
shown, and the rule adopted by the Senate
required the trial to proceed unless cause
for delay was shown. The managers in
sisted that no more time should be taken
np than was absolutely necessary for the
trial of the cause. No more time should be
granted to the President than to the mean
est man. At the expiration of the thirty
days application might be made for further
delay to send for witnesses, perhaps, to
Sitka. Material reasons for delay should
be assigned now.
Mr. Evade called the attention of the
court to the fact that the President's coun
sel had been allowed only eight working
days In which to prepare their answer, and
said it was not an answer to their present
application that equal haste would be neces
sary on the part of themselves. Their po
sitions were not similar. The managers
had enjoyed peculiar facilities for summon
ing and examining witnes3ea,and the Pres
ident had public duties which employed
much of his time. The counsel asked no
more time in - this case for the President
than they would for the lowest criminal.
If unforseen circumstances should arise,re
quiring delay for the production of wit
nesses,Sic., for either side, it would be the
duty of the court to grant it.
Mr. Wilson announced the determination
of the managers to resist all unnecessary
delays. The first steps taken by the coun
sel on the 13th was in violation of the pre
cedent of former impeachment trials. In
the case of Judge Chase, the respondent had
asked for eleven months delay, supporting
his application by sworn statements. Only
thirty (30) days were granted, and yet his
preparation was so perfect as to secure his
acquittal. in the elaborate answer to-day
presented, Mr. Wilson found the strongest
argumentagainst delay, for the respondent
therein- cla.ed his right to do the very
things on which the trial Is based.
The respondent's case was not that of an
ordinary criminal. He asked timein which
he may continue to - injure the interests of
the - country as he had done by the acts be
now juatides. The cause shown -in their
application was not such as would warrant
the Senate, under its rules, to grant delay.
Counsel should not be allowed time to edu
cate themselves in the case.
Mr. Stanberry replied that some reliance
should be placed by the court in the per
sonal honor of the counsel, when they say
that they have been so pressed for time in
preparing theiranswer, that they have not
had time given to consult with the Presi
dent as to what witnesses should be sum
moned. While they were so engaged the,
managers bad been arranging for the , ' co&
duct of their case. ` • .
Mr. Stanberry reiterated that be and his
fellow-counsel bad not even a document
prepared or a witness summoned, and if
they were forced to proceed with the case
to-morrow they would appear defenceless
and unarmed. He appealed to the court
for time, if not the full period asked for, at
least a portion. He argued against the con
uti~~~
etruotlort placed by the manners On the
rule cited.
Mr. Bingham was about to reply, when
the Chief Justice remarked that the mana
gers Rowst close the debate. •
Mr. rd moved that the application
be laid on the table.
Mr. Johnson called for the reading of the
20th rule, limiting debates on interlocutory
motions to one hour by consent of the
Senate.
Mr. Bingham then replied to Mr. Stan
berry, saying no one questioned the honor
of counsel, but this application 'was not to
be decided by reference to that oonsidera -
Bon. The President has sent his counsel
here to ask, upon their honor, for an exten
sion of forty days to prepare his answers.
Only ten days were granted, and the answer
was prepared and ready. Now they ask
upon their honor, for thirty days to prepare
for trial.
The President bad, been guilty of gross
negligence in not summoning witnesses and
was trifling with the Senate. He wanted
thirty days in which to prepare to show
still more clearly that the Constitution was
but a cabinet in his hands, to prepare for
further abuses of the mighty power ho still
wields. The words of his answer, in which
he claims the right to remove all executive
officers at will while the Senate is In session,
were conclusive evidences of his guilt anti
dangerous intention. They constituted
menace to the Senate. The country has no
less a right to a speedy trial than the ac
cused. In the name of the people tho man
agers demanded that the trial should pro
ceed. He would venture - to say that no
cause tor delay could be shown by counsel
which the managers could not overcome.-
They would probably admit whatever the
witnesses to bo called for would be able to
prove for the respondent.
Mr. Henderson offered a motion to have
the application noted upon after the tiling
of tho replication.
Mr. Butler, for the managers, urged that
tho question of time should bo settled now.
The yeas and nays were called on I\ Ir.
Henderson's motion, which was not agreed
to-25 to 28.
Mr. Howard renewed his motion that the
application be laid on the table, but Mr.
Drake made the point of order that the mo
tions of counsel must be acted upon by a
vote of the Senate at once, which the chair
sustained.
Tho yeas and nays were then taken oil
the original motion that thirty days' time
be granted, and It was negatived by a strict
party veto-12 to 41.
Mr. Sherman then made a motion to ad
journ, but:before it was put, Mr. lEvartm
amended his motion sd as to apply for a
reasonable time after the replication of the
managers is tiled, and that it bo now Axed
by the Senate.
Mr. Johnsou moved that ten dove bo al
lowed, but the motion to adjourn was put,
and the Court adjourned until to-morrow
at ono o'clock.
The Senate thou adlourned at 4.40
URI AT DEMOCRATIC VICTIHIY AT
HARRISBURG.
Gain of 262 Mucci Loot lull
•
The Patriot and Union mays:
The Democracy of Harrisburg covered
themselves with glory yesterday, electing
Mr. George F. Weaver, for City Treasurer,
by 446 majority—the largest majority ever
polled in the city, and a gain of 221 over last
spring and 262 over JtkigeSharswood's ma
jority last fall.
The three Clty,Auditors are elected by an
average majority of 455 votes.
Every ward in the city wont Democratic
by handsome majorities. The Democracy
now control the whole city government
electing all the Common Councilmen-- a
gain of two, mix School Directors, all the
Assessors, Judges of Election, dm.
All honor to the working Dement ale of
the Capital City.
DE3IOCHATIC VlelrOlt ES
York—A Gain of Thirty• Eight.
YORK, PA., March _o.—David :Small, the
Democratic candidate, wits elected Chits'
Burgess to•day by three hundred and ninety
six majority. This Is the largest Democra
tic majority over given in this borough, and
Is a gain over last year of thirty-eight (:ts),
Bedford—A Clain of }orlyOue.
BEDFORD, PA., March:2o.—AL the election
to-day the Dernocratm carried this borough
by sixty-five majority—a gain of forty-one
ovor last fall.
Titusville and ft:mu Reclaimed.
TITUsVILLE, Pa., Mah 20.—At tho city
election held to-day in Corry and Titusville
the Democrats elected their Mayor and e
majority of the Council In both places, which,
were never known to go Democratic before.
Middletown—A Gain of One Unwired and
Twenti , .one
NfinntiTrowl,t March 21.—C01. John Mc-
Creary, the Democratic candidate, was alec
ted Chief Burgess of Middletown on Friday
last, by a majority of 91, a gain of 121 votes
since last fall. The South and Middle
wards worn carried by the Democrats.
131111 CM
LEBANON, March 21.—Yesterday, at tic.
regular spring election, the Democracy mac -
ce3ded, for the first time In twelve years hi
electing a majority of the borough officers
voted for. Por Chief Burgess, J. 11. Bress
ler, Democrat, is elected by a majority of
32. Last fall, Williams, Radical, had .11
majority In the borough.
Greene County
The Spring Elections In tircene °minty
resulted In unprecedented Democratic vic
tories. Tho Radicals only carried two ohs.
tlon districts in the county. That earn..
near being a clean swoop.
Wilkesbarre
WILKESBARRE, March 21.—The eleethin
here yesterday was a complete Democratic•
triumph, resulting in a majority for them
of 15 in the First Ward, a Democratic gain
of 34 since last October, and a Democratic
majority of 78 in the Second Ward, a gain
.1 35 since previous election.
==!
MARCUS Hook, March 21.—For the se
cond time in the memory of the oldest in
habithnt, ye ancient Borough of Afarct.
Hook yesterday elected the entire Demo
cratic ticket by majorities ranging from ten
to thirty-ilvo. It was an opon stand-up
fight all day, but the Blackies (as they call
ed themselves) had to succumb to the char
ges of the White Veterans. W.
Maine Election.*
'rho Democratic increase in Portland,
Maine, where, at the second election for
Mayor on Monday these was again 111,
choice, shows how the Democrats aro gain
ing on their opponents. They now keep
even with the Radicals in a city which up
to this year has ranged from ono thousand
to twelve hundred Radical majority. Iler,
are the figures:
Democratic
Republican
Independent Republican
First. &cond. (. fon.
.. 2,241 2,563 921
2,4115 2,621 2211
.. 179 207 22
Total teal 5,521 iO5
A majority of all the votes cast is neces
sary for a choice. But it is probable the
City Council will now choose the Mayor;
if so, the chances are about equal between
the Democratic and Radical candidates.
At the largest town election ever held In
South Berwick, on the 11th Instant, the
Democrats elected their entire ticket by
fifty majority ; the first time forret' years.
—N. Y. Herald.
The Election In Arkonettlik J
MEMPHIS, March 23.—The Little Hoek
Arkansaa Gazette of Saturday gives the
following election returns;
Majorities against the constitution in
counties: Independence, 150; Cross, 150;
Poinsett, 100; Prairie, 533; Hot Springs,
234; Woodruff, 400; Dallas, 304; Ouachita,
224; Calhoun, Union and Columbia, small.
In Phillips the majority for it is 1,312; St.
Francis, 135; Crittenden, 400, and Monroe,
123.
The Conservatives claim large majorities
in the following counties over the vote for
the convention, viz: St. Francis, Independ
once, Monroe, Desha, Prairie, Conway,
Leary, Phillips, Cross and Poimiett.
The Proopeet in North Carolinn
A telegram to Forney's Press seems to
admit that the Radicals have little hope of
carrying North Carolina. It nays :
The Radicals claim that the constitution
will be ratified, but the conservatives have
speakers canvassing every county of the
State, and feel confident of success. Con
servative committees aro also canvassing
every captain's district and registering
voters. The advantage appears to be
favor of the Conservatives, from Cho- fact
that considerable apathy exists among the
negroes, and the fact that nearly u‘ ery
white vote will bo polled.
Terrible Row wli.ba Nekro Desperado of
the Polls lo Aeleinsas.
At Helena, Ark., yesterday, Bnrt Turner,
sheriff, attempted to arrest a negro who had
killed three negroes recently In a neighbor
ing village. The negro drew a revolver and
shot the sheriff through the body. 'Menem,
then mounted Turner's horse and fled to
the hills. The negroes around the polls
created a disturbance and enabled the lugl
tive to escape to the hills, where he was
found by a posse who had gone in pursuit.
On their attempting to arrest him ho fired,
wounding Mr. Sebastian Pape, and held the
rest of the party at bay until a squad of
soldiers arrived,who fired upon him wound
ing him severely. In this condition ho was
carried back to fait. Helena, where he died
Masonic.
The constitution of the new Masonic.
Lodge at Hamburg, Barks county, on
Wednesday was one of the moat interest
ing and largely attended coremouies of the
kind ever held in this state. The new lodge
ie styled " Vanz Lodge, No. 406 ;" the lodges
of Reading, Allentown, and those of Schuyl
kill county were present; also representa
tives from other lodges ILlPhiladelphia and
elsewhere, making the total number of
lodges; represented, twenty-live. The Dis
trict Deputy Grand Master of lierks coun
ty J. L. Strichter, Esq., Of fi ciated ; and
with appropriate ceremonies constituted
according to ancient usutwe the brethorn
into a lodge. The Rev. G. W. Maclaughlin,
delivered an able and suitable address on
Masonry, and what it requires of Masons.
The Rev. T. I. Jaeger, delivered an interest
ing closing address in the German Lan
guage, We have condensed the foregoing
statement from a very able report of the
Reading Eagle of the proceedings on this
teresting occasion
-
Tin; MOST Unhappy Person in the world
is,the;Dyspeptie. Everything looks dark
and gloomy; he feels "out of sorts" with
himself and everybody.alse. . Life is a bur
den to him. This can all be obanad7 by
takingPernvianaSTuß(sProlorldeouruni•
Cases of 27 years standing have been aired
by it —Cbmmunicated. . ,•