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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1869.
COUNTY COMMITTEE MEETING.
The Demoeratlo County Committee will
meet on MONDAY, the 22d day of MARCH,
1869, at 11 o'clock, A. M., at the Democratic
Club Rooms, in the City of Lancaster. The
punctual attendance of every member is
requested. R. R. TSHUDY, Ch’n,
B. J. McGbann, Sec’y.
Tlie Enforcement of Negro Suffrage.
The Radicals of our State Legislature
have determined to outrage the public
sentiment of Pennsylvania by endors
ing the Negro Suffrage Amendment to
the Constitution of the United States.
They have declined to permit the peo
ple to vote upon the question. In obedi
ence to the dictation of Congress they
surrender the most valuable of the
rights which were originally reserved,
and over which - the people alone have
sovereign control. Neither Congress,
nor the Legislatare, nor both of them
together have any right to force negro
suffrage upon the people of any State
against their will, or without their ex
press consent given through the ballot
box. If the proposed amendment to the
Constitution of the United States
should be ratified by the Legislatures
of three-fourths of the States, it
would still fail Jo be binding upon
the people of any State, unless a ma
jority of them voluntarily accepted it.
The right to regulate the elective fran
chise is one of those great rights which
the people never surrendered. It re
sides with them, and can not be right
fully taken from them even by the
method which is now proposed.
The Legislature of Pennsylvania can
not alter the constitutional provision
which restricts the suffrage to white I
freemen. Attempts have been made to
restrict It, but they have all been pro
nounced null and void by our Supreme
Court. It was never pretended, and Is
hot now claimed that Congress has any
right to interfere with the elective fran
chise. The framers of the Constitution
of the United Slates never for a moment
contemplated the possibility of such
action as that in which tho Radicals are
now engaged. Amendments to the
Constitution, to bo within the purview
oftlieclau.se providing therefore, must
not invade the sacred circle of clearly
reserved rights. The people In this
country are the source of all political
power. The creature can not be greater
than the Creator, and any attempt to
enforce negro suffrage upon the people
of any State against their will is an out
rage of the grossest character, a violation
of the’fundamental principles which lie
at tho very basis of our Republican In
stitutions. Thepeoplowntild hojustified
in resisting the enforcement of the pro
posed Nem'o Suffrage Amendment, even
if it should he declared to be ratified by
three-fourths of thoproseutStato Legis
latures.
That the Legislature now in session
Jit Harrisburg has no right to pttss upon
this question is clear beyond a doubt.
It was not only not elected witli
any reference to this question, but the
Itepublican party denied most strenu
ously throughout tho last campaign
that they had any idea of interfering
with the right of the people of this and
other States in the Union to regulate
the elective franchise for themselves.
The right of the people so to do, their
sovereign power to control this great
question, was clearly emaciated in the
platform upon which Grant was elected.
Tills makes the proposed outrage the
more glaring, and ought to be sufiident
to arouse a fierce storm of indignation
throughout tin* length and breadth of
Pennsylvania.
It is certain that the proposed amend
inent cannot be endorsed by the Legis
latures of three-fourths of the States be
fore next October. That will bring the
question up before the voters of Penn
sylvania. The present Legislature may
refuse to permit the proposed amend
ment to be passed upon directly by the
people, but they cannot prevent a new
Legislature from being elected and
pledged to repeal the ratification. Upon
that issue the coming political campaign
will be conducted. The people will
then decide the question for themselves,
and we have no doubt that they will
render a verdict which will condemn
the subservient advocates of negro
equality to merited oblivion.
The issue between the two parties is
now fully made pp. There can be no
more skulkiug behind lying evasions.
The people will vote for or against the
repeal of tiie Negro Suffrage Amend
ment, and the result is not doubtful. A
Legislature will be elected which will
undo the infamous work of the present
one, and a (iovernor will be chosen who
will not be the* mere subservient tool of
the Radical majority in Congress,
'llien Pennsylvania will once more re
sume her proud position as a State, and
with a proper pride, and a due regard
for her greatness and glory will again
assume control of her own local nffiurs.
Wo appeal from a corrupt and truck
ling Legislature to the people, from a
secret caucus of Radical conspirators to
the ballot-box.
How tlic Debt Increases,
* H liL ' ellia *f Radical journals would
exhaust the vocabulary in crowing over
the decrease of the public debt as shown
hy the statement for February. We are
glad to see that t here has been one month
in which the income was greater than
the expenditure, but, as one swalloW
dots nol make a spring, so neither does
the exhibit for one month prove that we
are really coining hack to economy, re
trenehnientaml refottn. Notwithstand
ing the reduction of last month the debt
is still greater by forty-five millions of
dollurs than It was in May, ISOS, only
ten months ago. Thus the Nation has
been spending at the rate of four and a
half millions a month beyond its in
come. Lest our statement should be
questioned, we append the following
table, which shows the amount of the
debt at different periods and the in
crease :
‘May 1, lsus
Junol, ISiis
August 1, isos
Sopiembur 1, I.NGS
October 1, ISOS
November 1, ISOs..
December i. ISOS..
Junimry 1, 1500
February 1.
March ],JSOO
On the firsL of next May a large
amount of Interest on the public debt
falls due, nnd some thirty or more mil
lions of dollars in gold will have to be
promptly paid out to the bondholders.
When that little account is settled we
cau balance the books and see how we
stand. The debt statement to be made
on the first of next June will be looked
for with interest by the toiling tax
payers of the Nation.
18C3 and 1808.
Iu ISG3 the Democrats had aruajority
In the Lower House of our State Legis
lature.
Then the expenditure of that body for
officers was $27,G20.
In 18G8 the complexion of the House
had chapged.
Then the cost of officers was $86,3.13.80,
In 18G3 the pasting and folding in the
House cost 58,445.08; in 18GS it cost
$37,723,10. Yet the number of mem
bers was the same, and the amount of
work to be dodo also the same. The
cause of the increased cost is to be at
tributed solely to. the extravagance of
the Radicals, who robbed the treasury
to feed a crown of hungry hangers on.
Let the people keep that in mind.
When Mr. Woehburne finally leaves
the State Department, it is urged by
several Radical Senators that some cal
culation be made as to how much work
he will have at the rate of
$B,OOO a year t also for how many offices
he has succeeded in drawing salary dur
ing the last two weeks.
The Official Documents in the Hackman
Perseverantia omnia vincit / Our
fenuous efforts, aimed at the exposure
the Hackman whiskey fraud, are
gradually being crowned with success,
and slowly but surely we are exposing
to the light of day, the dark mysteries
of the transaction. The parties con
nected with'the affair, afflicted with ex
cessive modesty, stay in the background
as carefully as foxes cling to their holes,
or as rats to the trap from which they
are about to be shaken into a water
butt. We every now and then, how
ever, get a good hold on the hair of one
of these retiring gentlemen, and the
pressure becoming too strong for him,
drag him out before the public with a
communication,'telling us something of
what he knows.
We succeeded in getting Assessor
Warfel to exculpate himself from all
connection with the fraud. Mr. Mus-
Belman wrote a letter in w’hich he dis
played an immense profundity of jgno*
ranee. Now it is Ex-Collector Hood’s
turn. As be has refrained from telling
us of his connection with the transac
tion,we baveprocured from Washington
and publish elsewhere, his testimony on
file in theßevenue Department, which
was given .before that silent youth of
melancholy aspect, Jacob Krey bill,made
his acquaintance and performed in his
presence his celebrated feats of Hood
winking. The letter written subse
quent to those performances, we hope
to lay before our readers at an early day.
Thisfinterestingaffldavitand accompany
ing statement of jvir. Hood shows that
by the sworn statement of Hackman
himself, he failed to pay the govern
ment tax on 14,890 gallons of, whiskey.
The testimony of Brown and Draben- j
stadt, two of Hackman’s employees !
showed that the number of gallons on
which the tax remained unpaid, was
the estimate which Mr. Hood
made, allowing one-third for error in
B. and D’s count, made the number of
gallons on which the tax was still due,
s2l,fi9(i; and the final return made up
for tho government by Assessor Alex
ander waß 20,(>H) gallons on which the
tax assessed amounted to $41,2:20.
Mr. Dickey’s persuasive eloquence
however, induced Commissioner Rol
lius, notwithstanding Hackman’s con
fession, to decree that that deluded
individual was mistaken in suppos
ing that he owed the government
anything and to order the release
of his estate from the whole amount
charged against it. Congressman Dickey
is an able man ami is destined to have
a brilliant career. Ho is a more persua
sive man than Orpheus ever was, for
that ancient individual simply succeed
ed by his music in moving stones ; but
Dickey, thegront uud wondrous Dickey,
by his sublime eloquence in behalf of a
poor widow, (who never afterwards got
any of the money,) not only moved the
proverbially stony heart of a govern
ment official, but absolutely caused it i
to melt and made Ills hands relax ,
their grasp upon a roll of greenbacks
valued at over $40,000, which they had I
strongly clutched.
Tho official documents which we
publish prove beyond the possibility of
a doubt that the (Government has been
swindled out of over forty thousand
dollars. There is no longer room for
doubting that the most shameless ras
cality has been practiced in this busi
ness. LetAhe taxpayers of Lancaster
county look at the proofs, and as they
scan the figures let them remember that
every dollar thus stolen has to be made
up by honest and innocent parties.
A Keverend Flunkey
Bishop Simpson of the Methodist
Church must be a born llunkey. He has
written a letter, over his apostolic seal
and signature, "apologizing to General
(Grant for the want of attention paid to
him theotherSunday in church.” That
was not the style of the old-time Metho
dist preachers. Peter Cartwright was
once denouncing profane swearing in
deservedly bitter terms, when a brother
in the pulpit behind him whispered to
him to be a’little careful, as "General
Jackson ir«s in the congregation .” (Old
Hickory had gone in quietly, and not
with the snobbish parade of the ex-Tan
nen. Cartwright showed how he de
spised the man-fearing spirit by crying
out:
“ Well, if (ieneral Jackson bo here, that is
no reason why I should not tell the truth,
lie will as certainly go to hell us any other
man, unless lie isconverted.’’
General Jackson was so pleased with
the independence of the speaker that he
sought an interview with him after ser
vice, and complimented him on his
candor and boldness. What a contrast
Cartwright presents to the cringing
flunkeylsm of .Simpson,
Sot for Money But for Principle.
One office-seeker turned up who
does not desire preferment from pecu
niary motives, but for the establishment
of a principle. The story is told In the
following telegram from Washington:
General butler to-day introduced to Sec
rotary Boutweli a colored man from New
Orleans, named Joubert, and recommended
him for appointment as Assessor oi inter
nal Revenue in tliut city. Joubert said he
did not desire the office, from pecuniury
considerations, but merely to test the dis
position of the party in power us to the
right of his race.
That negro has a proper appreciation
of the status of'the Radical party. He
sees that it will bo compelled to pander
to the negro for votes, and lie very cun
ningly bases his application for office
upon that theory. We have seen this
party dividing offices with the negroes
iu all the Southern States, Tlis blacks
see and feel their power, and they will
use it to elevate themselves to official
position.
Remonstrances Against Negro Kquallly.
From every (Joutuy in me State re
monstrances against the ratification of
the Negro Suffrage Amendment are
pouring into the Legislature. In many
instances a majority of the names at
tached to these papers are those of men
who have heretofore acted with the Re
publican party. Thousands of such
persons in every part of the State are
bitterly hostile to the proposed amend,
ment, and very properly regard the at
tempt of the present Legislature to force
Negro Equality upon them as an out
rage of Lhe grossest character. That the
voice of these remonstrants will be
heeded we do not believe. The necessity
for passing upon the ameudmentat once
is admitted. The Radicals know it
would be overwhelmingly defeated if
the people were allowed an opportunity
■to vote upon it. It cau only be put
through by fraudulent means.
.$2,500,52.5,527
. 2,510,245,850
. 2,523,534,-ISO
. 2,535,014 313
, ‘3,f>31,013,715
. 3,537,12<J,5.53
. 2.531),031,514
. 2,.710,707,201
. 2,5515,205,().'>S
. 2,545,330,004
Election for Postmaster.
The Inquirer proposes that an election
be held in this city- to determine who
shall be appointed postmaster, and that
the person receiving the highest num
ber of votes be recommended as the
unanimous choice of the Republicans
of Lancaster for that position. We do
not know how this may strike the dif
ferent parties who are now contending
for this coveted prize. We have no ad
vice to give in regard to the matter,
but, being largely interested in securing
a competent and efficient postmaster,
we hope the best man may be chosen. ;
We care not how this result is obtained
so it is reached. If our Radical friends
choose to go through the excitement of
a popular election to determine who
shall be chosen, we shall look on with
considerable interest.
Grant is providing liberally for his
own and his wife’s relations. Quite a
number of fat positions will be gobbled
up by them to the disgust of those who
are not in the family. One of them has
already been made Collector of New
Orleans, and another Marshal of the
*District of Columbia. Grant may not
be muoh of a politician, but he certainly
understands how to reward his friends.
THE LANCASTER "WEEKLY INTELLIGENTCER, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17
Whiskey tfrand,
Tho Georgia Legislature has promptly
ratified the proposed Fifteenth Amend
ment to the Constitution of the United
States. It was supposed that after turn
ing out the negroeU that body would de
cline to aid iu forcing negro equalityupon
other States. But, accordingto Blodgett,
the Chairman of the Radical State Com
mittee, they concluded, “since Congress
had inflicted negro suffrage upon them,
to try aud inflict in turn upon thed d
Yankees.” If only the d d Yan
kees were interested less objection could
be made, but a 3 there are a good mariy
Yankees who are not d d, aud a
flarge number of white people who are
not Yankees, the anticipation is not so
pleasant.
General Grant smoked and laughed
over the proposition of the Georgians
to do for the d d Yankees, what
Congress has done for the people of the
South. He regarded it as a good joke,
and expressed his approval of fhe sug
gestion. It will not be pleasant for the
people of Pennsylvania to have negro
equality forced upou them by the action
of the bogus Legislatures of Southern
States, which were elected by negroes
dragged to the tolls by agents of the
Freedmen’a Bureau, while white men
were disfranchised. General Grant’s
effort to enforce this outrage will not
commend him to the white men of this
State, and thousands who voted for him
will curse him for it.
The rush for office underGraJfl is un
precedented. It is estimated that there
are already, on an average, over forty
applicants for every position under the
Federal Government; and the number
is constantly increasing. Members of
Congress are so run down by the impor
tunate beggars that they have no time
to atteud to business. The House has
had but few sessions, and these very
short ones since Grant was inaugurated.
Several Radical members of Congress
have telegraphed home, and had it an
nounced through their local news
papers that they cau not possibly fiud
time to reply to the multitudiuousletters
they receive. The mails going to Wash
ington are crowded to bursting with the
petitions of hungry fellows who im
agine that they have the best claims
upou the party. A week will settle
some of them, and Forney says “ there
will be gnashing of teeth and despairing
hotels among thousands before (hr show
ers of April begin to fall." !
An effort is being made to secure the
appointment of negroes to office under
Grant. The New York Tribune insists
that the Ministers to Hayti and Liberia
ought to be black men, aud that the
claims of those who made Grant Presi
dent must be recognized. Wendell
Phillips declares that the proper appel
lation for thenew Executive is “ Grant
the Negroe'a President lt remains to
be seen whether this “ negroes Presl
dent ” will- “go back on” those who
elected him. He has so far shown him
self to be more influenced in his ap
pointments by an appreciation of
services rendered to him, than by con
siderations of a higher and public
character. When he pays off his pecu
niary obligations, we suppose Sambo
.will come in for his share of the spoils.
Andrew Johnson was impeached
for attempting to eject Stanton from
his Cabinet, and the whole fight turn
ed upon the question whether he had
violated the law in appointing a Secre
tary of War ad interim. Grant appoint
ed A. T. Stewart Secretary of the Treas
ury, in violation of a well-known and
well-established law, and insisted upon
retaining him in office in spite of the
law. Why wasn’t Grant impeached?
He had unquestionably done more to
deserve it than Andrew Johnson ever
did.
Not Guilty.
Last September a rowdy Republican
Masß Meeting was held in this city, the
ardent young Radicals from all sections
of the County swdrming in upon us,
armed, uniformed and equipped, and
animated with a desire, frequently
boastfully expressed, to “cleau out”
this copperhead town. They made the
attempt and although they claimed to
number ten thousand, they wereigno
miniously defeated and put to flight by
a few of the boys from the Hill. They
retired to their homes in the country,
many of them with broken heads and
bruised bodies *h v d minus the beautiful
silver capes and fgray trappings with
which they had adorned themselves
when they started out in the morning;
they had learned a good lesson and
probably made up their minds thatnext
time they came to town they would
behave themselveß with greater sobriety
and discretion.
But they told doleful tales to their
fathers about the way they, innocent
lambs as they were in the parental sight,
had been set upon and maltreated by
the^ wicked town fellows; and the anx
ious papas believed every word of it and
thought their dear cherubs had been
grossly wronged. And so the Radical
politicians pretended also to think, be
cause they were terribly mortified to
know that their valiant host of ten
thousand had come to grief at the hands
of a score or two of sturdy Democrats
whom it had essayed to “clean out.”
The Radical papers howled in chorus
uninterruptedly for days and weeks,
charging all sorts of naughty things
upon the Democracy of the city ; they
were rioters, murderers, thieves, &e.,
&c.; the Mayor and his police were
j abused for not protecting the “ten
! thousand” roughs in their effort to
! “ckan out” the town; the Hill boys
were denounced, the Jntclliycnccr was
denounced, and so in truth was every
body that was within our gates, who
believed that Grant was a goose and
that Seymour was a statesman. All this j
was done for political effect, but they j
did raise such an uuearthly din, that j
mauy good people did think that there ■
was something iu it and that the City |
Democracy might have behaved badly !
towards their country cousins. ’ I
But unfortunately for the continued I
existence of this belief, some foolish :
Radicals caused au indictment to be
found against thirteen Democrats of the
City, charging them with having been
rioters on that occasion. The trial came
j ou this week, and the evidence having
j conclusively shown that the boot was
j on the other leg, the jury, a majority of
■ whom were Republicans, found all tho
defendants not guilty; but thinking
that they ruay have been somewhat in
fault, in not obeying tho Biblical in
junction of turning to tho aggressors
the other cheek when they were smitten
upon the one. they directed them to pay
tho costs. :
i Tho evidence showed that many dele-
I gallons came into town eager for a fray.
The Millersville company were all
j armed with pistols which they dis
charged in repeated volleys us they up
i preached our limits. The authority of
• the policemen was defied ; Olficer Mat
i tern was knocked down and disabled,
I Mayor Sanderson was abused and nar-
I rowly escaped being beaten as he at
j tempted to reduce to order the country
; roughs. Organized bauds arrayed in
red breeches or grey capes marched to
the attack of our citizens, but speedily
retired with severe loss and in great
disorder. The events of the day our
readers will find portrayed with great
particularity iu the testimony which
was given at the trial. They will see
from it as clearly as did the Jury, that
the riot and disorder which prevailed i
was due, in its inception, to the conduct
of the youDg bloods from the country
who sought to take possession of the
town, and they will justly condemn the 1
attempt of the Radical orgaus to make ;
our citizens responsible forthe lawless- !
ness of their own political friends.
Punishing the P <1 Yankees,
Swarms of Office Seekers.
“Grant, the Kegroc’s President.”
1 Twc-Tblrds. Majority In tbe noose of
BepresentatlTCJ.
The Chicago Tribune , ultra Radical ob
it is, rejoices that in the next Congress
Its party will be far weaker than it is in
the present. In speaking of the House
of Representatives, it says:
“ This shows that, while the Republican
ascendency has been increased in the Sen
ate, the two*thirds control in the House ex
ists no longer. In that branch it has a re
spectable working majority, bat it can no
longer dictate its will to the purty, to the
minority and to the country. It can no
longer pass bills by contract, nor can stock
brokers in distant cities be certain as to what
bills will become laics, and what shall not.
We think that the country has cause to re
joice that the majority in the next House of
Representatives, by no possible contrivance,
can exorcise the overwhelming legislative
control which it has exercised in the Fortieth
Congress.”
When a party organ is thus pleased,
and assigns good reasons for it, that its
organization has been reduced in num
bers in Congress, the people ought to see
that it is for their interest that the said
organization should have no members
at all. —OincinTiati Enquirer.
These journals both were too fast in
their conclusions. As soon as the vote
was had in November, and the fact
ascertained that the Democrats had
over a third of the House of Represen
tatives, we predicted that means would
te found to curtail this vote so that the
:adicals would have two-thirds. That
they wereVeady for such iufamywe
could not doubt, and time has demon
strated the truth of our predictions.—
The action of the Clerk of the House
was not oDly unauthorized by law or
precedent, but was such a stretch of ar
bitrary power as ought to ensure the
condemnation of all patriotic citizens.
ABifSassion subsides there will be are
turn of reason, and these outrages will
awaken popular indigualion. Then
there will bo an end of such things.
Discussion or Uio Amendment.
I The Radicals of the Lower House of
I our State Legislature have graciously
I consented to allow the negro sulirage
amendment to be discussed. They
made this concession because they
knew the Democratic minority could
; delay the passage of the resolution of
ratification for at least two weeks. On
Wednesday evening (the 17th inst.,)
the question comes up for discussion.—
The Democratic side of the House has
iu it several strong men who will
be able to-do justice to this important
subject. Let them speak out freely and
fearlessly. They can not hope to de
feat the infamous amendment, but they
can show the people how false the Re
pnbllcan party has been to all the
pledges it made, and how ready it is to
sacraflco the most sacred reserved rights
of the people at the dictation of sup.
posed party necessity.
The Tenurc-of-Ofilcc Act,
Senator Morton said the other day
”1 i\m unable lo see llmL the Toniire-of-
Ollleo Act Jma done anything to purify the
public depart tnoulM of onriupt and jiiolll
dent nniivliolderK.*'
, No one who knows anything about
i the workings of the law doubts the truth
l of that remark. In fact it lias only cov
ered up corruption and protected rogues
in their rascality. It has enabled Radi
cal Senators to get up “a ring” which
controlled the oflices ; aud it is that
ring which now opposes the repeal of
the law. The probabilities are, how
ever, that Grant will force its repeal by
refusing to nominate ofllcers until it is
done away with. When it is wiped off’
the statute book there will be another
endorsement of the wisdom of. John
son’s policy and the folly of the Radi
cals publicly will be recorded.
Gkant offered to sell the house which
! had been given to him as a Washington
1 residence for $40,000. Thereupon A. T.
| Stewart stepped iu and said the price
was too low, being only about what he
paid for It four years ago. So he put his
hand in his pocket and presented tlrant
with a check for $OO,OOO, and requested
that the mansion be transferred over to
General Sherman. It was done. Then
Grant and Sherman got together and
determined to pay Stewart for his mu
nificent charity by making him Secre
tary of the Treasury. That is how the
slate came to be changed at the last
moment, to the disgust of the Radical
politiciaus. llow pure iu contrast is
the course of President Johnson, who
would not take a present of any kind
from auy man.
Tjiki’.i: is much ill feeling iu this
I State In regard to the way the patron
age of the Generul Government is to be
distributed. The members of Congress
have agreed in caucus to a programme
by which each Radical member of the
House controls the appointments In his
own district, while Senators Cameron
and Scott say who shall bo appointed
from the State at large and from the
Democratic districts. Forney is loud in
his denunciation of this plan, andsuch
papers as the State Guard are talking
about the rights of active Republicans,
and the propriety of consulting the peo
ple. Such stuff as that amounts to
nothing. The programme laid down
will beadhered to, and thedlsappointed
may howl until they arc hoarse with
yells of disapproval, but they will not
get even a smell at the public pluuder.
Congressman Dickey has been in
town, pnd declares that he has been’so
in fixing up Grant’s bungling
Cabinet work, that he has not been able
to find time to tell us all about the
Hackuiau fraud ; who stole the papers
in the ca e, who got the money the gov
ernment was cheated out of aud the
other interesting questions in regard to
tho matter, his replies to which the
public are so anxiously awaiting. Con
gress will soon adjourn, however, and
ho then promises lo give us his atten
tion.
He proposes then also to file the in
ventory in the estate of ThaddeuaJP|fc
vena, if we will not criticise too sev|i&
the nature of the assets, and willqttrc
talking about that Pacific Railroad
stock.
The Georgia Senate has reconsidered
its vote whereby the Negro Suffrage
Amendment to the Constitution of the
United States was adopted. This has
thrown the Radicals into a paroxysm of
rage. The New York Tribune demands
that the Georgia Congressmen shall be
kept out of their seats until that State
ratifies the Fifteenth Amendment. If
such States as Georgia voluntarily gave
assent to this outrageous measure, it
would still be hard for us to bear; but
when negro equality is forced upon the
people of Pennsylvania by the action of
the Legislatures of other States the in
famy becomes still more glaring, and
the outrage more grievous.
j There has been much wonder ex
pressed at the appointment of General
Longstreet to a lucrative office by Gen
eral Grant. It is now ascertained that
Longstreet is a cousin of Mrs. Grant,
and the wonder Is subsiding. The
Grant and Dent families are all to be
provided for, all the poor relations made
rich, and the remotest connections are
at once recogDized as having paramount
claims upon the new President. Such
disgraceful and wholesale nepotism was
never before witnessed.
AVashburne has been studying
French ever since Grant was elected.
He had his teacher appointed clerk in
one of the departments at Washington,
and excused from duty. In that way
he made the Government pay for learn
ing him how to pronounce a few French
phrases. He will cuts very sorry figure
In Paris, however, in spite of that.
The most magnificent Gift Enter
prise of the day.
GRANT’S CABINET.
All who invested liberally Becured
large prizes.
The Radical City Treasarerof Lowell,
Massachusetts, has run off with some
$60,000 of the municipal fands. Dis
honesty in office is now the rule among
Radical officials, honesty the rare ex
ception.
Grant’s Nepotism.
President Grant’BCurious notion that
all the offices in his gift are his own, to
dispose of as he will to relatives, depend
ents, or personal friends, without any
reference to party needs or public inter
ests, is beginning to create a very dan
gerous and ominous state of feeling
among the leaders of the Radical party*
An incident ha 9 just occurred in Cin
cinnati which shows that, if Grant
continues as he has begun, he will soon
have every influential organ of his party
in the country out against him.
When it became officially known that
Mr. Thomas H. Foulds was to be ap
pointed Post-master of Cincinnati, it
created almost a panic among the
Radical politicians of that city. What
the feeling is may be judged by the
following significent extract from the
Cincinnati Commercial , one of the first
independent Republican journalsin the
There are Bevoral things in this case to
excite remark. In the first place, Mr. C.
W. Thomas, the present Postmaster, has
shown an aptitude for the place, and dis
charged the duties of his office with a degree
of intelligence and energy that has given
funeral satisfaction; and the persons most
argely concerned in the business of the
office, and who have the most intimate
knowledge cf its management, have felt
that it would be well to have Mr. Thomas
continued in office; and many of them have
asked, for the sake of the service, that he
should be continued. The Times, Gazette,
and CoTnmemaJnewspapers bavecommend
ed him in decided terms. Now, as it has
been announced that tbejPresident proposed
to retain officers who were doing their
duty In an exemplary manner, and that he
would wait until the repeal of the Tenure
, ot-Office act before sending appointments to
j the Senate, except in cases where charges
j were preferred againstincumbents, thocon*
; elusion that he would let the Cincinnati
I Postmaster alone for a little while did not
seem unreasonable. J/roc are to understand
that Presid&nt Grant makes exceptions to all
miles in regard to his personal friends and
(he friends of his family, we have to observe
that his list of acquaintances is, perhaps,
hardly sufficiently extensive to warrant him
m supposing that he can select from them the
best governing material in the country. We
confess that wo cannot regard it as an au
spicious symptom that the first chango in
pn important office in this part of the Slate
is the removal of an officer of recognized
efficiency and the appointment of a gentle
man who has, thoro is no doubt, many ex
cellent qualities, but whoso promotion
seems rather duo to tho circumstance that
ho was a personal friend than to any endow
ment or experience.
We have not tho slightost objection to
seeing Mr. Foulds in tho sorvico of his
country in tho capacity of Postmaster, but,
as ho is a resident of Covington and the
Postmaster in that town is an old gentleman ,
and not able to give much attention to the of
fice, and withal m comfortable circumstances
we suggest to the President that he should re
move Jesse E. Grant from the Covington
Post office, and uppoint Thos. 11. Foulds to
that place, permitting C. W. Thomas to bo
Postmaster of Cincinnati while ho is pre
ferred for that office by those interested
most directly and lurgoly in Its good man
agement. ,
This last shot is anything butconcill
atory and bodes mischief for the Radi
cal administration party.
But Grant’s position is really disheart
ening to all who hoped for some sort of
administrative reform during his Presi
dency. All really wise and great rulers
regard official patronage as a public
trust, to be used for tho best interests of
the country. The hack politician’s
ideal is far higher than Grant’s; for
parties, even tho worst, do subserve
some great public ends, But office, ns
the reward of mere personal service or
to add to the importance of a family, Is
in this age simply infamous.
* We might hope Grant would keep on
in the course he has begun, if it should,
in simple disgust, induce Congress to
pass a civil service bill, by which effi
ciency and good conduct may be made
the passports to official position and
promotion therein, rather than relation
ship or personal favors toa President in
obedience totbecorrupt behests of party
leaders.— N. Y. World.
Paying His Debts
When Andrew Johnson became Presi
dent some friends in New York sent
him a magnificent carriage and a span
of fine horses. He declined to receive
them or any other presents, holding to
the idea that no officer of the Govern
ment should receive anything in the
shape of gifts. General Grant has much
looser notions on this subject. He is
ready to accept any thing from a horse,
or a check for $(>3,000, down to a box of
cigars or a bottle of liquor. He has had
four or five fine houses given to him, and
enough of money and other things to
make him a rich man. He is now in a
position where he can pay off some of
his obligations, and lie has been doing
it to tho best of his ability. His action
in this respect is in marked contrast
with that of Audrew Johnson and other
Presidents.
The Democrats have a majority in
the Ohio Leislature, and consequently
the power summarily to reject the pro
posed Negro Suffrage Amendment; but
the Cincinnati Enquirer urges them to
submit the question to a vote of the
people. That is wise. That it will be
voted down their can not be a doubt.
Why should the Radicals of Pennsyl
vania refuse to follow thp same course?
Does any one need to ask? Does not
every man know that Negro Suffrage
would be defeated in this State by an
unprecedented majority? The attempt
to prevent a vote will detach thousands
from the Republican party and give us
a Democratic Legislature and Governor
Some people were sorely puzzled to
tell how Grant ever came to appoint
Hoar Attorney General. The secret is
out at last. Hoar presented Grant with
a library, and Ulysses naturally con
cluded that ho ought to know more law
than anybody of his acquaintance. The
books brought.the answer, and, another
pecuniary obligation being thus dis
charged, the great smoker puffed the
cigars Mr. Boric gave him jvltli com
plete complacency.
A Lesson for the Da)’
A certain ruler was asked by tho chief
of the people to sit in the receipt of cus
toms. But the Scribes and Pharisees
said unto him, “This thingcan tliou not
do, unless thou sell all that thou hast.”
“And when he heard this ho was ex.
ceeriing sorrowful, for he was very
rich.”
And so another received the customs.
Grant is bound to tako good care of
his personal friends. Senators Schurz
and Drake called upon him to get some
appointments made for St. Louis, but
Ulysses very bluntly informed them
that lie had selected someofliis own
friends to fill the offices there. The Mis
souri Senators departed much cha
grined.
There are but two of the seven mem
bers of General Grant’s Cabinet who
have ever been in Congress, viz: Mr.
Cresswell, of Maryland, aud Mr. Wash
burne, of Illinois Gen. Grant seemed
to consider the fact that Congress was
now in very bad odor with the people,
and that tho leas any of his appointees
had to do with it the better.
To send Sheridan to New Orleans
against the wishes and in opposition to
the protest of ninety-nine out of one
hundred of the actual citizens of Louis
iana, is the manner of enforcing tho
“Let us have peace” doctrine in that
section of the Union.
There is a Democratic gain in the
New Hampshire Legislature, and a fall
ing off on the Radical popular majority
This is more than should have been ex
pected, with the whole prospective pat
ronage of the general government
turned to the account of the Radical
candidates.
Heavy Verdict for Breach of Promise
A breach of promise case was recently
decided in the county court of Warren
county, Illinois* In which the defendant, a
man of considerable wealth, set up the plea
that the young lady was of African descent.
Several medical witnesses testified that a
personal examination disclosed indubita
ble indications of African blood in her
veins, although she was perfectly white and
had moved in the best white sooiety in the
country. Others, however, declared ahe
had no African blood. The jury rendered
In her £avor to the amount of
510,000,
An Important Will Case.
One of the most important will cases ever
before a New York court has been on trial
In Orange county, durlDg the past week.
The gist of the matter in dispite was whether
Mrs. Mary L. Powell, widow of Thomas
Powell, the wealthiest man in Orange coun
ty, was capable of making a will. The
contestants took the ground that her belief
In spiritualism was such as to render her
incompetent as a testatrix. The amount of
property In question is about $2,000,000.
Official Document* In the Hncbman
W hlshey fraud.
Washington, D. C., 1
February Bth, 1869. j
Editors Intelligencer ; I noticed in your
paper a short time since an article in re
lation to the Hackman case, and was a lit
tle surprised to hear that it had been set
tled by the Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue, without tbe payment of the tax due
the Government.
In looking over tbe files of tho depart
ment I accidentally came across tho evi
dence of A. H. Hood, who X think was
formerly Collector of your district. I say
accidentally, because I had often looked
before but could never find any of the evi
dence in the case that had been transmitted
here by Mr. Alexander, the Assessor, all of
which had been stolen from the file of the
Department. This evidence of Mr. Hood’s
will enlighten your readers somewhat on
the subject, and I may be able to send you
other information in regard to it at Borne
future time.
I notice that the Examiner says that the
Collector of the District recommended its
settlement. There is however no such
recommendation on file in the office here,
but it is alleged that Collector Strickler did
so recommend. Yours truly,
Steasburo.
TESTIMONY op A. ir. HOOD, ESQ.
A. H. Hood, Esq., formerly Collector of
Internal Revenue, for the 9th District of
Pennsylvania, after being duly affirmed
testifies as follows:
In tbo spring of 18GG I was Collector of
I lat * Reveuuo for the 9th District of Penn
sylvania ; I was present at the examina
tion in the case of A. S. Hackman, at the
request of the Assessor, Mr. Alexander;
about the Ist of March, ISCfi, a charge was
made to the Assessor that A. S. Llackman
of Rapho township, had between January
Ist and May 31at, 1805, doiruudod the
government out of a largo amouut of rev
enue on whiskey distilled between thoso
periods ; to the best of my knowledge this
ebnrgo was made by a man named Brown,
who had been in the employ of Mr. llack
man at that time ; at the hearing ho stated
with great particularity, under oath, that
Hackman had mashed and distilled much
larger quantities of grain during that peri
od than he had made any return of; an
other. witness,lnaraed Drabenstadt, testified
that he had been omployed in the Distillery
of Hackman during that period, that Hack
man every day mashed and distilled a
greater quantity of grain than he accounted
for; ho produced a small book, originally a
passbook, but the leaves torn apart aDd loose
though they all seemed to bo there, which
lie said contained a statement of the amount
of grain mashed and distilled during that
time, according to which statement the
quantity of whiskey produced in said time
was not less than 23,9-iO gallons ; there wore
other witnesses examined, but I cannot ro
memGer what they testified to; tho books
of the Penn’a Railroad at Mt. Joy station
showed that 15,702 gallons was shipped from
theru during tbnt time; the hearing of tho
casowasnot concluded in one day, thero
was one, two, or more adjournments; tho
parlies were present with their counsel; all
the evidence given in the case was com
mitted to writing by tho Assessor’s Clerks.
Mr. Alexander told me that la- had sent it
to Washington together with his report;
Bnmo days after the hearing was concluded
Mr. Alexander called at ray otlico to con
sult mo concerning what construction, Ac.,
we would put upon the testimony; after
considering tbo matter I proceeded to draw
up a memorandum of my conclusions from
the testimony given in tho case, which I
have with mo ; after proceeding in it some
distance Mr. Alexander suggested to mo
that his opinion was that thero was u. good
deal of spito on tho part of tho two princi
pal witnesses against Hackman, and that
their testimony though true in the main
should bo taken with considerable al
lowance; I asked him how ho would
represent that allowance, and he replied ;
I would strike off one third of tho amount
of their testimony; I furnished tho calcu
lation upon that basis, and handed him the
paper, telling him to make such use of it
as ho saw proper, and when he was dono
with it to return it to mo, and this is the
paper marked “A;” the assessment made
by Mr. Alexander was somewhat less than
the estimate I handed him ; a considerable
portion of that estimate was based on Mr.
Hackman's own testimony ; ho was sworn
in tho case and stated that he had on hand
on tho sth of January, DUS, the number of
barrels, hogsheads and tierces ns given in
tho paper marked “A;” the number of
gallons contained in these casks was not
stated by Mr. Hackman, but was estimated
by Mr. Alexander and myself; Mr. Alex
ander afterwards, without consulting me,
reduced the amount of my estimate 756
gallons; Ido not know why ho did this,
but suppose it was beenuso be thought the
estimato of the contents of the casks too
high; I gave Mr. Alexander tho paper
marked “ A,’ 1 not as an official act of mine,
but as u memorandum to aid him in aim
ing nt his own conclusion; in my opinion
from tho testimony, my calculations nt the
time was prettj nearly right.
Signed, A. 11. llood,
STATEMENT A,
A. S. Hackman, by his own sworn state
ment, had ou hand January ;'th, 1805 :
5-12 bbls. whiskey at 40 gals, per bb1...21,ft50 gals.
6ii li.ids. •* “HU •* each 7 2to °••
3 tierces “ “ •• *YI "
Deduct quantity on hand tax juld, ' ‘
January Ist, ifc'o3, as per return of
Dec. 31st, IStH _1(i,1.52
Distilled prior to law taking
(on hand Jan. oth, istnj removed
not over 100 bb!s. at 40gala, oach..., i.cuo
Leaves pj ggy
According to testimony of Urowii
nnd Drabenstadt tlie amounL of
whiskey made from Jau. Ist, JMtf,
to May 31st, JWii, was not less than
23,010 gals 23.010
Deduct quantity on which lax was ’
paid ns per returns »,JM ; also tor
possible error In testimony of
llrown nnd ;Drnbenstadt 1 , of the
whole, 7,»50 -iT ioi •*
Leaves •>! .■
Equal at $J per gal” to
X. —Xo reliable conclusion can bo
drawn from the fact that but 1.7,702 gnllons
appear to havo been shipped on tho Penn
sylvania Railroad, as It does not appear
how tho difference between this quantity
and the quantity olhorwise stated was dis
posed of.
(Sißuod,) A. H. Hood,
Murch /lb, 18(17.
Corrected 20,(111) gals.
In a Dilemma.
The servile huato with which tho Radicals
oi our State Legislature aro proceeding to
obey the edict of the military President in
regard to tho ratification oi tho XVth
Amendment, is likely to get their party in
to tho very trouble which they seek to
avoid. Tho object of tho Radical politicians
is to obtain a settlement of the shffrago
question, in accordance with their own
views and purposes,without permitting the
people to have a voieo in the matter. This
object they hope to accomplish by rushing
tbe XVth 'Amendment through the
Legislature snow in se-siou, tho members
of which were elected without reference to
tbe suffrage question. But they will be
foiled. They cannot obtain the assent of
tho Legislatures of three-fourths of the
States prior to the October elections. The
Legislature of Minnesota, which is over
whelmingly Radical, has adjourned with
out taking action on the Amendment. A
new Legislature will have to be chosen in
Tennessee before that State can act upon
the question. These two States, added to
£«ew Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Ken
tucky, Ohio, Indiaua, California, and Ore
gon, make up the number required to pre
vent tbe ratification of the Amendment.
Texas, Mississippi and Virginia notyoting
must also, be counted against ratification
because their silence is in effect and to all
intents and purposes negative to the pro
posed Amendment. Here then are thirteen
States certain not to ratify before the next
election in Pennsylvania. This 'fact will
enable the people of the State to pass upon
the amendment just as .effectually as if it
had been submitted to \ them for ratifica
tion or rejection. Nay, in this way the
Representatives who have betrayed the
people by refusing to submit the Amend
ment to the popular arbitrament, and by
slavishly registering the imperial decree of
the General-President, will be brought to
judgment. Thus the Democracy will pos
sess the double advantage of having in is
sue before the people the odious measure
itself, as well as the record of the faithless
Representatives who strove by fraud to
impose that measure upon the country
With such a load to cany, the radical party
will sink Into the lowest ‘depths of defeat
It might have saved itself by submitting
the suffrage question to the people. At
least it by such a course, have es
tablished, in some sort, a claim to decent
consideration at the hands of the sovereign
masses. But to the great wrong of propos
ing to take from the people the undelegated
right to control and regulate suffrage for
themselves, they have added the crime of
attempting to do it by deliberate robbery.
Such a record ought;to and will damn any
party. —Harrisburg Patriot,
The nomination of the rebel Long
street, is not relished by the Radicals.
Some of the papers are disposed to favor
his confirmation as Surveyor of the
Port of New Orleans, and others bit
terly oppose it. Grant finds himself in
constant antagonism with his party.
Endorsement or the Nereo SnfTraee
| Amendment*
Habßthburq, March 10.
EVENING SESSION Off THE SENATE.
The Senate met at half-past seven o’clock.
Speaker Worthington announced that the
Senate tod met tor the especial purpose of
I fifteenth amendment to the
United States Constitution.
Mr Duncan dwired to present a number
, o{ Petitions on this subject, but the Speaker
ruled that nothing but the consideration of
the amendment was in order, and suceest*
ed to Mr. Duncan that he could present
them to-morrow.
The clerk then read the following viz:
Joint resolutions to ratify the amendment
to the Constitution of the United States.
#Tf H^REAS| TwMhirdß fof the members
® e ° at f£°d House of Representatives
e P n te< * ® ta^es » In Congress assembled,
cua adopt an amendment to th 6 United
foUows^ 1 eDt^e< * ar ticle fifteen, as
TTn?t2?S? t l ’ , The right of citizens of the
SStlwih 1 *?!.* 0 £ ot , e “i 18 " not be dented or
'-ho l.nited States, or by any
C° ‘or: ° r pr ° TiOU “
Sec. 2, The Congress Bhall have power to
tion™ UlB Brllole b y appropriate^ legists-
»ht w}T. odment 1188 been submlt
legislature of Pennsylvania for
ratification or rejection; therefore
Beil enacted 6 y the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of Pennsylvania
in treneral Assembly met. That the amend
ment, as above proposed and submitted Is
herohy ratified and adopted bv the State’ of
Pennsylvania.
The wboio session was occupied in its
discussion. The Democrats of Pennsyl
vania were most ably represented by
Measra. Burnett, Soaright, M’Candless Da
vis and Wallace.
The Republicans agreed in their caucus
to say nothing to defend their position, but
Senator Lowry becoming restive under the
lashing of the Democratic Senators, made
as able a defence of the fraud about being
porpetrated upon the people as his feeble
condition would admit. During the dis
cussion Senator Errett made himself so ob
noxious to the wholeSenatothattlioSpenk
er was compelled to call him to order.
On the question, will the Sennto ratify the
amendment, the yens and nays were requir
ed by Mr. Errett and Jackson and were as
follows:
\ens~ Messrs. Billingfelt, Brown (Mer
cer), Coleman, CounelL Errett, Fishor, Gra
ham, Henszey, Kerr, Lowry, Olmsted. Os
terhout, Robinson, Stinson, Stutzmnn, Tay
lor, White and Worthington, Speaker—is.
Is ays—Messrs. Beck, Brown (Northamp
ton), Burnett, Davis, Duncan, Jackson
Linderman, M’Candless, M’lntiro, Miller
Nagle, Randall, Scorighl, Turnor, Wallace
So the question was determined in llio
affirmative. Tho preamble and title we're
also agroed to.
The Semite -then adjourned until to
morrow at ten o’clock.
Tlio Rnnp Jndfuicnt.
1 estorday, uuder the gag of the previous
question, the Stuto Senate adopted a reso
lution making tbo XVth Amendment the
special order for last night’s session, und
fixing half-past ten o’clock as the time at
which discussion must cease and the vote
be taken. The hot blood of shame will
mantlo the ebook ot every truo Pennsyl
vanian as ho reads of tbo reckless tyranny
which muzzled dobato upon a question so
gravo and so fraught with importance to
the people. But the advocates of tho Snap
Judgment meditated by the authors of tho
X\ th Amendment, could not nlford to let
thoir measure run tho gauntlet of free dis
cussion. That would have boon its death.
Ihoro was but one way to pass it, and thut
was under the gag of the previous question
and by tho parly lash laid upon tho shrink
ing bucks, und tho caucus rowels driven
into tho quivering sides, of tho poor, eon
temptiblo cowards, who know tho incus
lire to be wrong but incked the courage to
do right by voting against it.
But tho Radicals of tho Senate havo put
themselves upon.the record in such a man
ner as will surely draw upon thorn the
wrath ot a betrayed and outraged people.
Senator Wullaco (Dera.) offered a Berios of
resolutions proposing to submit tho XVth
Amendment to a vote of tho people at the
election in next October, but this fair, demo
erntic and liberal proposition was defeated
by a strict party vote, every Democratic
Senutor voting for it, und every Radical
Senator voting against it. In order that Mie
public may see the fairness of Mr. Wal
lace’s plan of disposing of this XVth
Amendment, we here insert tho resolutions
offered by that gentleman :
•‘Whereas, The CoDgress of the United
States has proposed ah amendment to the
Constitution thereof, to be known ns Article
XV, which changes the rule of suffrage now
existing in thia Commonwealth, and sub- !
stitutes therefor another and a different
rule, which said amendment is now sub
mitted to the legislatures of the different
States for ratification, and
Whereas, "All power is inherent in the
people,” and it is right that they should
have an opportunity to vote for or against
the ratification of the said amendment and
to determine whether they will or will not
change the rule of suffrage now existing
therefore
Resolved, That the Judiciary Committee
of tho Senate be and they are hereby in
structed to proparo and forthwith report to
tho Senate a bill /or the submission of the
question of the ratification of the said amend
ment to the people at the election in October ,
ISG9. 1
Resolved, That the Sonato will not uct
upon the question of the ratification of the
said amendment to the Constitution of tho
United States at its present session, but will
await the action onhe;peoplo nt Ibe polls
thereon.
Now, then, let the fact that a proposition
ro fair, so honest, so Democratic, was voted
down by tho unanimous voice of tho Radi
cal Senators, be made known from one end
of the State to the other. Let every freeman
know that the Democratic Senators strove
to submit the proposed Suffrage Amendment
to a vote of the people, but that the Radical
Senators defeated the proposition to submit
and insisted upon taking SNAP JUDG
MLN r, without regard to the wishes of the
people. Let this PACT be the issue be
tween the two parties. Let the Democratic
press with one voice proclaim it, aud let
the people hurl from place and power tho
miserable caitiffs who have betrayed them.
Moreover, let it be understood that the
Democrats of the State Legislature made
special resistance to the ratification of the
-W th Amendment, because it is a base and
traitorous surrender to the Federal Govern
vxenl of a ripht which the people resowed to
themselves at the formation of the Goveni
menL The members of the legislature who
vote for the ratification of this Amendment
are guilty of treason to tho people of the
State. They voto away one of the rosorved
rights of tho people, without tho people's '
consent. This is treason of the rankest ;
sort, and Dio men who are guilty of it are '
traitors of the vilest kind, As for tho ab- 1
struct principle of Negro Suffrage, which is
Involved in ibis proposed amendment, it is
overshadowed by tho groat fraud perpetra
ted in preventing tho people from passing
judgment upon that principle at tho ballot
box. The base betruyal of the people by
tho radicals in the legislature, baa convinc
ed us that there are plenty of negroes who
could fill theseatsoccupiedby thosetreach
crous representatives, if not with rnoro in
telligence, at least with greater fidelity to
their constituents.— Harrisburg Patriot.
Kissing II IB H ilo While Dying or Hydro
Mr. Edcergon, who died of hydrophobia
at Saddle river, had to beheld byfiveoraix
men, and during his luold intervale begged
to kiss h;a wife, who was very ill in another
part of ihe house. Just before his lust
dreadful lit he pleaded so piteously to kiss
bor once more before he died, that, risking
the consequences, they took bor to his bed.
Tho dying man carefully wiped tho froth
from his face, and compressing his teeth
tightiy to prevent any of the poisonous saliva
exuding from his mouth, kissed the lips
which he had so often pressed in love and
affection, and then resolutely turning away
aftor bidding her adiou forever, relapsed I
into a dreadful paroxysm and died. Tho 1
man who kopttbodog which bit Mr. Ecker- i
son, after knowing that ho had been bitten !
by another tnad dog a week before Mr.
Eckorson’s death, gayo him fifty dollars as
a compensation for the injuries sustained,
and persuaded Mr. Eckerson to sign a paper
ot release from further claims. The neigh
bora are very indignant, and talk about
c.ubbing together to carry on a suit against
the owner of tho dog in behalf of the widow !
and orphans. The neighbors think that the
very least Mr. Hopper can do is to pay off
a mortgage of seven hundred dollars rest
rngon the Eckerson place, and they threaten
a law suit if he does not lift that mortgage.
—Trenton True Am.crica.7i. b 6
Attempted Arrest of a T>e«perndo-Two
Officer* Shot.
Memphis, March B.—Captain Haynes, of
the Arkansas militia, accompanied by Ser
pants Brown and Fincb, of the Metropoli
tan police, with a requisition from Governor
Clayton, of Arkansas, approved by Gov
Brownlow went to Horn Lake, Miss.,
twelve miles below here, yesterday, for the
£on P of arresting Cub Hailand, a noto
i .t™ bon V! w Indlan ’ who bad fled from
Arkansas. On approaching the house, Cub,
mo? ? vldent “inspected their intention,
met them at the door with a revolver in
each hand and opened Are on the party,
Sergeant Finch through the body
d J lcl ?? a WonDd from which he has
C "P tain Haynes was also shot
twice in thegrom and dangerously wound
ed. Cub then fled. Brown and Captain
DDder 1110 Impression that
they hud badly wounded the Indian, bat
hUS?/™ 1 .. 0118 f’ ate JPat he returned to the
house where the affair occurred last night
“ d 8tl ? lo ( ‘wo horses in revenge for his sV
posed betrayal.jFtnch was a native of Ohio
and served in the Union army.
A,vial Affair at Fom
Uy Folnoned
.^’S 0400 ' ¥ ar< * JO.—A revolting discov
ery whs made yesterday evening ln tiT«
Fifth ward, or what Is better SSL'™-
Bridgeport, the details of which molt
sickening. Near the corner of Farrell and
Lyman streets lived a man “amid Mo?rtl
nei bv h ? m P °J eil a lime kiln
amf tv?! Choi fam "y consisted of a wife
W 0 children, aged respectively three
8 81x months. These four persons
discovered to be poisoned and the
mother and two children quite dead, bnt
the man was still olive. Prom him, at in
tervals, between the spasms, intelligence
waa gained that the woman and children
died on Saturday night, but denies -know
ing anything of the cause. The remains
were fearfully swollen and 'covered with
blood. The cause of death will probably
remain a mystery, as the man Fonn is in
sensible and sinking fast.
Report of tho Olnorltj of the Committee
on Federal Relations Recommending
tlie SnbmisiloiT of tho proposed XTth
Amendment to the Federal Constitu
tion to a Vote of tho People.
2b the Senate of Pennsylvania :
The minority of your Committeo on Fed
eral Relations, to which joint resolution for
the ratification of the amendment to the
Constitution of tjbe United States, to bo
IX3 arl l c l Q tifteen, was referred for
consideration, cannot agreo with the con
clusions arrlvod at by tho majority of tho
committee and respectfully report that, in
their opinion, the question of tho ratifica-
I, 0:! or rejection of thej suid amendment
should not now be acted upon by the leois
lature, but should bo submitted to the poo
pie in order that their desires upon the inb-
J«wt may bo known and their instructions
obeyed.
We will not enter iuto a discussion of the
propriety of the amendment itself but I
waiving that,will confine ourselves to what 1
In our opinion, is of infinitely more lm
tance-dho right of fhe people to determine
for themselves who shall, and who shull
not, vote.
That governments derive tholr just pow
ers from the consent of the governed, is u
maxim as old a 9 our institutions, nnd tho
violation of tho principle ombodied lu it
I was, more than uuy oilier, tho cause of tho
: Revolution aud tho establishment of our
1 , e _P o , ndenco * es true to-day as it was
in L <b, that the people are to bo consulted
when anv of their rights or privileges are
about to bo affected or taken from them.
bovereignty is in the people; not in the
souse in which this assertion is often lightly
made, but In tbut substantial nnd important
h makea U tho v<?f y basla or <>'>r
?inn Our own coustitu
t ou exp icitly provides In tho second sec
tion of the declaration of rights "ibut all
power is iuhoiont in tho people.” it wns
\sell said by Judge iison in the eonveti
lion hold in this State to ratify tho Federal
Constitution : “That tho supreme,absolute
I and uncontrollable powor is in tho people
before they niako u constitution, nnd re
maius in them after it is made. To control
tho power and;conduct of tho Legislature
by an overruling constitution was au im
provement in the science and practice of
government reserved to the American
•States. .When they have made a State
constitution, they have bostowed on the
government created by it a certain portion
of their powor; but tho feo-simpio of their
power remains in themselves. It resides in
the people as tho iouutain of government;
tho people havo not—tho people meant to—
and tho people ought not—to pari with it to
any government whatsoever. In their
bands it remains secure. They can delo
gato it in such proportions, to such bodies,
on such terms, and under such limitations
as they think proper.”
This great power is not vested In tho Slat#,
nor in tho United Stutos. Neither* a legis
lature nor a convention can possess h.-~
Perhaps some politician, who has not con-'-
sidered with sufficient accuracy our politi
cal syatoms, would unswer that, In our
governments, the supremo power was
vested In tho constitutions. This opinion
approaches a stop nenrer to Iho truth, but
does not reach it. Tho truth is, that In our
governments, the supreme, absolute, ami
uncontrollable power remains in the people.
As our constitutions are superior to our
legislatures, so tho people uro superior to
our constitutions, indeed, tho superiority
in this last Instance, is much greater; for
the poople possess over our constitutions
control in act, ns well as right."
Under our system tho work of a conven
tion specially delegated to form u coustilu
tion is iunperativo until it is passed upon
by the nooplo, and rocolve from their hands
its vitality. Tho Constitution of tho United
States and that of our own Stato both passed
tho ordeal of tho people uml been mo opera
tive only under their approval. Tho ten
dency ol public opinion is more and mum
in this direction, for ol' the constitutions
adopted in the United States, upwards of
eight}* havo thus been submitted and an
proved.
Having thus seen that the consent of Iho
peoplo Is a matter of theory, of right ami of
practice, wo now eoinn to consider the ap
plication of these principles to the question
before us,
Tho proposition contained in the amend
ment is a fundamental otu\ By this wo
mean that it was ono of those vital ami im
portant rights that enterod deeply into the
compromises of tho Const tutlnn and that
power over it was given neither to the Federal
nor the ,State government, but that tho right
to declare who should exorcise tho power of
election in tho .State was reserved to the
peoplo and remains with them.
Judge Wilson, before referred to, in com
; meuling upon tho character of this right,
Bays : " All authority, of overy kind, m dc
, rived h\j REPRESENTATION from the people,
and the. democratic principle i.v carried into
cveri/ part of the government. It secures, in
the strongest manner, the right of Sntjnwe.
Montesquieu, book 2d, chap. 2d, spi-aking
, of the luwa relative to democracy, says :
i "Inu democrucy tho people arc in some
respects the sovereign, unci in others tho
subject.”
There can bo no exercise of their suv
, ereignty but by their suffrages, which are
their own will. Now, tho sovereign’s will
is the sovereign himself. The laws, thore
| fore, which establishes tho right of suffrage,
j are fundamental to this government. And]
indeed, it is as important to regulate in a
republic, in what manner, by whom, to
whom, and concerning whut, suffrages nro
to be given, as it is, in a monarchy, to know
who is the prince, aud after what manner
he ought to govern.
“In this system it is declared that the
electors in each Stato shall have the quali
fications requisite for Its electors of the most
numerous branch of the State Legislature.
This being made tho criterion of right of
suffrage, H is consequently secured, be
cause the samo Constitution guarantees to
every .State in tho Uniou, u Republican
form of government. Tho right of suffrage
is fundamental to Republics.”
We havejno power over this question. It
belongs to the people, although a technical
reading of the Federal Constitution on the
subject of amendment seems to indicate
! that we have the power that really belongs
to the peoplo.
We nro of opinion that tho power of tho
Legislature ol this State to ratify of its own
motion an amendment to tho Federal Con
stitution is to bo restrained nnd confined to
those matters over which control has been
vested by the people in tho Federal aud
State governments.
Our power cannot go beyond tLis, for Iho
stream cannot rise higher than its source.
Without the consent of the people of this
Stato, a right that is uot granted by them
to either tho Federul or the Stuto govern
ment, cannot bo taken from them, uorcan
the riglus’ofn minority of tlieStntes be taken
away by tho majority, when tho right in
vaded has never been within tho control of
the Federal Government. If this attribute
of sovereignty can bo taken from us by
Congress and Legislature then'liberty of tho
; proas aud trial by jury can in like manner
j bo swept away, and it is within (ho power
of amendment to create' an established
church and connect Church nnd State.
The exercise ot this power bv the Legis
lature, without the consent of the people, u
not amendment, it is revolution.
A further consideration of the struuturo
of our government and of tho powers
granted by tho people loads us to tho sumo
conclusion.
Tho legislature of tho Stale is limited and
controlled by tho provisions of the Stato
constitution. Its acts in vlolntion thereof
are void, As au independent body, every
attempt on its part to interfere with tho
I right of suffrage, or to chango tho rule
| thereof, is of no effect. It mny regis
| ter the public will, but it cun never
| act with power upon a subject beyond
| its control. The Constitution of tho
I United States is u part of the constitu
tion of Pennsylvania, and tho constitution
of I > onnsyl vanla is a part ot the Constitution
of the United States. Kach Is supremo i
within its sphere. The government of tho
United States is ono ofonnmernted powers. I
all powers not granted to It “ are reserved
to the Stales and tho people.” Wo may for
the purposes of this report consider it to bo
supreme in its control of doubtful and con
current powers, yet beyond theso wide
fields and outside of thorangoof its author
ity, is found the control of tills important
subject. It is reserved to tho States, or tho
people. It is a part of tho Stuto constitution,
and m that respect the provisions thereof
aro tho supreme law. Being neither un
enumerated, a concurrent, nor u doubtful
power under tho Federal constitution its
control manifestly is in tho Stato or tho peo
ple. This amendment would be futile if
the subject of it were not beyond tho pale
of Federal authority. No oue will arguo
that its control la in the Stoto Legislature, I
if the provisions of tho Federal Constitution I
on the subject of amendment aro uot to bo
considered, but we have already seen that
it is in no manner controlled Ly Federal
anthority. If it Is, then the State Constitu
tion, the supremo law upon this subject, is
mado inferior to the power of tho Stale
Legislature, and they may by amendment
override it. No such violation of the rights
ot the people was ever contemplated by tho
framers of our constitutions, but tho plain
and clear Interpretation oftbe wholesubject
is, that tUis right is one that belongs to the
people nnd can only bo effected or controll
ed by them.
If by the voteof tho Legislatures of three
fourths of the States this amendment bo
ratified, and by the action of our State it is
rejected, then our control of suffrago in
Pennsylvania is taken from us by the votes
of the Legislatures of Florida and Oregon.
Surely such a result as this was never con
templated by tho framers of the govern
ment.
If it had ever been supposed to exist, tho
Federal Constitution would never havo
been ratified.
For these reasons wo conclude that sov
ereignty upon this subject is reserved to the
people, that the power of amendment in this
form without their consent does not exist,
but that it does exist as to all those mat tors
in which powers and rights are vested by
| the State or Federal Constitution in the
; Stato or Federal Government.
The people of the State established this
rule and it is their right to be consulted in
Its change. We cannot err in going to them
for instructions.
The Legislature was elected ppon other
issues; one political party in the late elec
tion maintained that “ The question.of suf
frage in all the loyal States properly belongs
to the people of those States,” whilst tho
position of the other has uniformly been,
that the people of tho States are possessed
of all power oyer the rule of suffrage. Both
recognise the right of the people, and tho
Legislature would be recreant to Us duty as
well as to the dictates of common houo9tv
to recant the express pledges involved in
its election.
The matter for us to determine Is not.
shall this amendment be ratified, but It Is
the far graver question, shall tho people be
deprived of their right to pass upon tho
question of its ratification or rejection Wo
boliovo that they should not, and tluSifiw
t r iXbVthe f S™a t ef reao " UloDB f ° r nd °F-
Judiciary Committee
r S S® nate bo and they are hereby In?
stmeted to preparo and forthwith report to
u bit for the submission of the
question of tliu ratification of the said
o“ober m °l?J £( t 0 thC PCOPI ° at ,be in
Resolved, That tho Senate will not «»ri
upon tho quoatlon of the ratification of iho
Un?tedß?n < J mei ! t i. t 0 lhß Constitution of Urn
nwntt th„ 0t itS P™ eat “salon, but will
thßroon h nn l°m U>o peoplo nt the polln
V.i^j°, on, , ond wlll nccept tho result there ns
rutillcutlon or
All ot whir), h* respectfully submitteil.
Wn-LIAM A. Wat.i.a, }:,
>vm. M’CandlsEsh.
n V -?ir? Va l - eUcr *
Iho following U Mr. Slowarl's loiter of
resignation
Washington, MjuHi !«,
To (he President
,*}*; , A PP reci "ilUK Iho high honor eon.
icrrod by your nomination, and tho unnn
by Senate 'of n,'v -
rhnthnf ’ ‘ ‘’ncu instances hoyond m'j,
Hffl ,™ n, PBl nu. to decline, <A,u]d t .
! af™ .P-scrte,! by the provisos „t
; the act of l,&*j which, in organizlm? th .
Department o, the Treasury, b pr%; "m .
Secretary from being directly or I I , ■
concerned or lntpreeto.l In carry Inn mile
I business of trade or commerce. Co v ' .
, romo by any reasonable sacrillce pen „nl
• 10 ...yia'll, 1 would willingly make II I
l mm'! en Pr ° ,raUS i r " r Iho bauds , I
| gen lemon, m whom iho public have mil
; every interest in lliu gains and
pr.illls that could possibly accrue to mysel l
In Iho bnalnesa of my houso, during' mv
oinclul term, to bo applied to such iml
char tics , lM Umir judgment should ilioiui,.
. ami Imvu proponed aud sought bvtlict \, '
i mmlinl 1 ’I’'ol 1 ’' 01 ” 1 " 1 " instruments, h, nr
! compllsh that end; but serlnns dnfcmi.vs
■cl l’n','l' ° n ' aVO h (Hl,u ' 3 Pressed as n, u led h
er Ihnt course would sall»r v the re
ments ol law. Although 1 would not In . -
, into to nmko thin transfer, provld.-q r
I would enable me lo accept the ollicc m„i
thus uuilo my cllorts wilh your own, and
Uioso nt Iho other members iifvuur (M.inc
n restoring economy, honcstV, and Mri. i
lrugallty In the administration of Hie i;,,v
ermneut, and lift, as rapidly as puss,l.l,■
rmiu Hie people Hie great hiirden.s ~f ia\
Hon, debt, and extravagam-o rc-l in
UP"., them yet l]„. business rclal,,',,'.
t my tlmi, In conncctjims will,
othera, largely Inlcrested in Hi,,,
continuance, are such that lliey cuniiid I.
I covered summarily, nor can mv iid, ~.,
be wliol'y and absolutely disposed . :
wlthou. producing great embarrass
and loss to those with whom l have Is , „
connected, r cannot consent to enter un..ii
tho admlnistralloijaif laws by any
'course that can be construed Into a dm,,
gltrd nr violation nt law, and whUe 111 .■ i.■
lore 1 regret that the plan proposed is deem
cd nadequato lo rvllovu me from ihn h ■ ii
ami uh It He.'tiiH to mv tvolmioal dinabiluu ..
1 .ViHd to tin* livttvr judgnu'tit of oilui-.’
ratliiT tiiun Hct'in to bo willing lo mvriii i
portion In dlHrvganl (.flaw. l„ a nu ljv o -
uewing tho doHiimtion whidi was tomi.-j. ,i
at Uio outsot or thoH.» ol.jtviioim 1 .........i,
you, Mr. President, my tiou'.k.H i!,, ih,
honor dcim* nu* in oflrring this high
tion, and u.ssuro you that you will imv.-in\
oarnoHt (‘Hurts to sustain vmir AdministtV
lion in carrying out tho \'vhu and snlniaiv
muaaurcs indical.M bv you out. m,
upon your ollh-t*.
SincvrHy your I'riw.d,
AI.UXANDUU T. Muu.vil
| T!u» *\iw Nccroinrj ol ih, Tri'u*iirj .
I 1,10 *'»• T. Kuril I'omiucniH u* f t »j|,..
• tlu* iU‘\v Sfcrt-tury n|’ihu Treasury •
(U tho now Neorotary of Hu* TroiiMirv u
regrot that it is not in our power to “uv im\
! l, dng favorable. I| is ovi.leiitlv, cvni m,
I ( »ou. ( Irani's own estimation, an niMn iiit
1 niont unfit to be made. Mr. IlnutwH!
I lew yours ago, was at the baud of a Hun’.ui
I "! Treasury Department, und insir.ni
. ol exhibiting oapueiiy superior to Uio n
, <l”iii-MiioutH Ol'ilmt subordinate position I. •
showed a scant ami inadequntucouiiwh-i',.-
, l°r it* duties. It is known that (Jon. lin,,.'
j willing to rerngni/.n tin* Haims of Ma--. ’
dmsetts, offered Mr. HoutwHl the 5..-,,.
[ tarynhip of tho Interior-a Cabinet «r.
; that has always been given ton second
I third rale man, Mr. lioutwoil Imnnil :dn Mr
' to the place to which, iti the Mn
| ot necessity, he has now been appoint, d'
| but his aspirations were in such glaring
! cess of his just pretensions, that even (dr.
G rant declined to consider titern in his
| iginal cast of a Cabinet. A President vli
, standard of competency was so low that 1..-
■could appoint Washburne Secretary .
Slate, thought tho Department of the Inti i
I lor fully equal to tho capacity of Mr. IHm
] well; and, in a proper sole of gradatimi,
! this was a just enough estimate. Mi.’
Houtwol! is about us well qualitled for th..
f inferior ofllco to which General Cram lir-t
I invited him as Mr. Washburne is fur th.
management of our foreign relations. T..
take the former feeble head of the Jbin-an
of Internal Hovetme and mafeo him tin
chief director of tho national finances i-, u
greater blunder than oven General (Irani
could bavo porpotrated if ho hud been l. u
to tho free exerciso of his own Judgment,
and bad not beeu compelled loextempi'n/-
a uew Cabiuot umid the ruins und cornu
siou of bis first preposterous selection.
If President Grunt must select u Si-n.
tary of tho Treasury from among tUl* m. i.
now serving in Congress, it was the oi.\
ous dictato of good sense to lake s<-n .
member who had acquired distincii. u
either by proposing, or bv debating m,-a.
ures connected with tho flnnncis. '.Such „
man would naturally feel an Interest it
that class of subjects, and would have pur
sued investigations, and have acquired in
formation, which, so far as it went, iinu.c
bo useful to him in the adrnimstalion oi line
important department, but Mr. P.nutu. •
has never proposed any fir,uncial mcn>ut. |
nor oven an amendment to nnv fmun>-i-I
moasuro, during his whole career in <‘"i:
Kress. If bo has ever participated in th- .!••
bates upon such measures, a Ims been m i
manner ho leeblo, and with liitorinatii ii
inadequate, as to have attrucled no nmi
His efforts ot this kind (if be has ever am.l.’
any) cannot be said to have -Iq-pcd mu ~t
pnbljo recollection, for men do net f rc i
what they never thought it worth Un-i
-whilo toattend to. Mr. HnutwcM’Mrin'iii---:.:
speeches wore not merely too worth!* -,, i
be remembered, but 100 mean to be pern-. -i,
even with tbo cursory attention wbi- h . ’
bestowed on the miserable inanities «.f [' ,■
ordinary run and dead level ot ( ,
Congressional debates. Mr. lluiitw.:,-
■ mind Is Incapable of ib 1
class of subjects ; he feels too little 7nn-i. •:
j in them to have broached evetnm Ingem--
| crotchet, much less a wise and sa*nii-n,u .
i plan for placing' the {lnnnces on a s< i; !
oasis. He is no more tit for Secretary m ti,,
Treasury lhau he is to be the chief oi'a ...n -
mission for codifying the Kedorai law-, . >
president of a college of physicians an.]
surKeons. or Chief Justice of the Kupr.-m-
Court. The idea of a man of his slender c.i.
pneity and mental equipments proposing 1.0
Congress a practicable plun for
tion of specie payments, or for refunding
the public debt at a lower rate of iiT
terest.or for revising our ohsurd and ehaoia
system of taxation, is simply ridiculous.
Ho can of course put forth feoblo and bur
rowed platitudes on such subjects, u- In
could on the methods of conducting tin-
Survey, or medianiculjmpro veilu»n i-
In the Mint, or on any other subject which
ho does not understand, irhobnsnm
qualifications for the great and rospon.sih:i
ofllco to which ho has now been appointed
no man over so perfectly succeeded In In I
lng his light under a bushel. -
I Jfesides the weakness of this appoint no- 1 ■
I on the score of competency, it necessii -i.
he curly retirement of Judgu 11 oar from i
olllco of Attorney * G unern I, as Mussai-hu
setts cannot permanently retain two (’..ln
not offices. Judgo Hoar Is its biller and
bigoted a Radical os Rnutwell,himself, but
ho Is nevertheless aVrnnn of vigor and ab:!:•
ties, and altogether life finest officer for in
place in the original cast of tho Cnbjn.-i.
General Grant will lose a competent Aitor
ney-Uenornl to gum a .Secretary of i)„
treasury whose qualifications lor. Lbat <db.-
lio had hituseli deliberately weighed and
found warning. It is said Unit compel.-.
tion will be made to Mr. Hoar by appoio;
ing him to the first vacancy that occurs ,
tho bench of the Supremo Court—a sen;;-
dnlous traffic in judicial offices again-t
which oven tho Tribune feels con-traiiied i>.
protest.
| The Rending- off heir Dcniti HarrmiK.
Yesterday afternoon Sheriff Ryle with bi
deputy,Thos. S. Smith, Esq., visited Geor".-
S. Twltcbell, Jr., In his cell in tho counTv
prison, to read tho death warrant just issue.i
fixing tho day for tho execution of tho sen
tonco on tho Hth of April. Tho two officer •
named, together with Rev. Geo. H. lJrlng
hurst and sovoral officers of tho prison en
terpu tbo cell of Twltcbell uml made known
to hun the object of their visit. To thi
-1 vvitchell replied, •* I do not blame ymi I'm
discharging your duty ns an officor of Un
law, but feel that God will give mostrengi h
to hear tho tidings with submission.” The
warrant was then read to him with feelii g
and solemnity by Deputy Sheriff' Smith.
Daring the reading, tho prisoner at inter
vals gavo vent to his feelings by pleading in
tho Almighty for strength of faith. Atlln
conclusion of the reading he said—** Tin-
Lord’s will must bo done,” and taking Un
hand of Mr Bringhurst, said—“ Pruy for
mo tbnt God will give mo submission.” M r
Brlnghurst then offered prayor, nnd thi
was followed by an earnest prayer from tin
prisoner, to which all those in the coll re
sponded with a heartfelt “amen.” Tho in
terview lasted about a quarter of an hour,
the scene being most solemn and effecting
throughout, the Sheriff in particular being
deeply moved and solicitous to disch tr-'.-
his painful duty as humantdy as It \ v 7-
posslblo to do it.
Sheriff Lyle rend the death warrant
Gerald Eaton to tho condemned vestordn’
afternoon. When tho Sheriff- entered tin
room, ho found Eaton standiug with In
arm resting against ihe wall. Ho m-nb
known tho object of bis visit, and tho pris
oner sn d he was ready to listen to the rv«d
w£n < !5t| IB Qi ar W t » rtmi txiuUuuod to stand
while the Sheriff was parlortnlng tho mi
ed mh« !n y ’ At ttXP 01080 Klllon «IHH'ar -
ed to be in no manner effected, Mu \* „
upon ortil,mr y topics, Since tho
conviction ho lias boon attended bv th.
Rev. Mr. Mcllvatu. ofUiolWu, V,
ssmsssssisat^
Booth-. Ult IniurMw,
loli wWoh .W! .1
ho In.uwaico comptuio, Uv* »«Sr
tho In.unuico on J, VviQtn
nllhoußhhi. inothw
oovor nnulo ,n,y o,n>lKXn