BUS. IN ESS NOTICES. tot 4011i0 application oil yens , wonder( pain Pain Paint entirely cured nie of a globule. nett. rals,le pain in the bead and one side of the face, which / bad/leen afflicted with and — a great sufferer since Christ. case, 'Son are at liberty to use my name and reference, as I am glad to soy at all times that Pain Paint is the walikest and brat remedy for pain I ever found. B. P. Fo'g, Awning fricker„ No. 12 B. iflxth street, Philadelphia. A citios man ! writing to a friend, says: "My vet 3 ago to hurope is indefinitely postponed. 1 llave discovered tho "fountain of health" on Shin aide of the Atlantic. 9 hree bottles of tho Peru- Time Syrup have rescued me from the fangs of the wee nnta iin. PnreiNsit." DYdpeptice should drink from tapl&dt his Ile ,Ithikatit;AN kili LI db., BOB'fON. MASS.—The very lm si„ ant put extensive improvements which have recently Pat In fide Popular lilo4, the lamest izNew Beg one a the propriet o rs to viler to Touri Families, and e Traveling r tiblic, accommodations an d r u conv ent anaeraditaoysohvrnlmadeecnumeDoungithe Cl allartnienta. 'with bathing rooms, water closets. &c.. at ."'" t one of Tufts' magnificent passenger elevators, the ITconstructed, conveys guests to the upper story of se in one minute ; the entries have been newly and carpeted, and the entire house thoroughly , replen and refurnished, making it, in ail its appointments, larle any hol in he cony. Telegraph Office, 1311• Ralle and C a fil on the tint Hoer. im.w.f.3m 1a1W719 RICE & SON. Proprietors. MF.YEIPS NEWLY IMPROVED CRES• CENT SCALE OVERSTRUNG PIANOS, Meicaeowledsed to be the beet. London Prize Medal and beet Myer& irt America received. MELODEONS iiiiECONDLiAND PIANOS. laftro w &erne Wareroome. na Arch at..beL Eighth. EVENING BULLETIN. Wednesday. April 22, 1868. PRESIDENTIAL POWER. There is danger that the disgust universally *it for the character and actions of Mr. John- OOD may cause us to overlook some of the very important lessons which the experience of the last few years ought to teach us. This would, in itself, be an evil of great magni tude; for on the impress which the great Events of the day shall leave upon our institu ter% Will depend their stability in the future. Of all the lessons which we have to learn, atone exceeds in urgency this: that by a defect in our system it is at any time possible that the country may be governed fora term of four years in direct opposition to the will of a m`tjarity of the people. If a President, or an acting President, can be seduced away from the party which elected him, he may carry en the government with the aid of a minority of Congress, upon a policy sondem:led by the majority of the people, provided only that that minority in Congress is not too small—does. not fall below one third. We saw this happen in the cases of Tyler and Fillmore, but we never saw till oow bow intolerable might be the evil; we judge it by the calamity from which we are now saved, only by the extraordinary and most unusual fact of having been able so far to retain a two-third majority in Congress, owing to which the country is still governed by the predominant party. Had the Demo crats been only a little stronger, into what an abyss should we have fallen ! Rebel supremacy, the fruits of a long war, of 300,- 000 lives lost, of a vast expenditure of trea anre—all these would have been utterly lost by a single defect in our system of govern ment. Our people cannot better devote their in telligent reflection than to the condition of this evil, and to the provision of some remedy for it. Clearly it is thoroughly anti republican in principle that the policy and destinies of a grip country should depend 'spot the virtue and principle of a single citizen. This indeed might happen in some terrible conjuncture, inevitably; but the trouble here is that it is an ever present evil, a disaster always threatening. The whole safety of the country hangs'upon one man,not occasionally or exceptionally, but normally and regularly. So long as we have an honest and right minded' man as President, we do well, but no longer. We cannot and must not continue to suspend the destinies of this great nation upon the intelligence or the principles of any one man. Various methods have been suggested for warding off the danger. It has become clear that the responsible heads of departments to Congress must be increased, and the Tenure of- Office bill went a long way in this direc tion. The President must not only appoint his Cabinet officers by and with the consent and advice of the Senate, but can only re move them under the same conditions. Still this does not go far enough, and the proof is visible in the present state of affairs. Not one of the Cabinet officers, except Mr. Stan ton, enjoys the confidence of Congress, and yet the President might keep them to the end of his term, if allowed to remain himself. Nay, if re-elected, might continue them for another four years,even supposing it were pos sible for Congress to remain as at present con stituted. A step further in the same direction by an amendment to the Constitution, would be an immeasurable improvement. Heads of de_ partments should depend on the legislative body here as they do in England. Strange as it may seem, England is more republican than we on this subject. Why should not the heads of departments be appointed by Congress, and hold during its pleasure? It will be said that this makes a further large deduction from the power of the Presi dent ; so much the better. When republics are overthrown it is always by usurpation of the executive, never by assumptions of power by the legislative body. Congress is too directly responsible to the people ; elec tions occur every few months, which, although they may be of the very small est importance in themselves, are felt most powerfully by Congress; comparatively little by the Executive. Is not this a remark able anomaly ? Congress is so directly re sponsible to the people that even a local elec tion in a single State may alter its policy, by indicating what is the judgment of the people at large upon passing events. The President will not heed these signs. The true policy of the American people is now strongly felt to be a curtailment of Executive power ; such further curtailment will enormously add to the stability of our institutions. Another course that has been urged is one that would more radically, alter our system of government than the foregoing. It is to make the President elective at short intervals; to be chosen rrom amongst the Senators by the Souse. Such a step would have much to commend it. It would save us the almost in tolerable excitement and pressure of the Presi dential election—a-pressure whien, at times, becomes dangerous to our safety. Our chief danger now is that of slipping back into old ruts. A popular and trusted president would tend to make us forgetful of the dangers of Presidential Power, which it pow coceme us so vitally to remember. If we are to remain a Republic we must have less power in any one man. The only stable republic that Europe has ever seen is that Which has no President at all. Bwitzerland, id place of a President, has an Executive Committee appointed by the. Legislative Council. In all republics the President is the standing menace. In our own case, were the minority stronger, does any one doubt that our exercise of the constitutional right of impeachment would be met by force? Is it not even now openly threatened? Are not forty thousand men now daily dulled, in rebel uniform, in Maryland? All points to the one necessity, that if the republic is to endure, the power of the Executive must be curtailed. WILL AIR• 30IINSON RESIGN? Tis is now the all-absorbing question at Washington. It is generally conceded by all parties that the Senate wil9 convict, but that it may take some days after the arguments o the Managers and President's counsel have been concluded before the final vote will be reached. The court will retire for deliberation after the arguments are closed, during which most of those Senators who have been consid ered doubtful will take occasion to express their views and it will then be positively known I how they intend voting. Although whatever transpires in secret session is supposed to be strictly private, it is a well known fact, especially at Washington; that " walls have eats," and the result of secret sessions are telegraphed to all parts of the country long before the pledge of secrecy is removed. Mr. Johnson will therefore \ have every Oppor tunity afforded him by his partizans in the Senate of knowing exactly what his chances are, and if be discovers his case to be hope less, as we have every reason to conjecture he will, we Italie no doubt he will resign and give as his justification for pursuing this course the plea that he cannot expect justice from the Court of Impeachment. There is a grave doubt, however, whether Congress should permit the President to re sign under the circumstances in which he is now placed. If he is impeached, tried and likely to be convicted, his resignation is a mere subterfuge to escape the disqualifica tions which will attend his conviction, and the Senate may well claim the right to pro nounce judgment, and not permit the criminal to walk out of court at his pleasure, and so escape the lawful penalty of his offences. What position would by taken by the Senate in such an emergency is not known, but it would owe it to its own dignity not to permit Andrew Johnson thus to go nnwhipped of justice. In. connection with this subject we will state that,whilst we entirely disapprove of the habit of betting, we would warn our friends about accepting any bets, which we under stand are being offered, that "The t President will not be convicted," the idea being that he may resign, and thus avoid a - verdict by the Court. A. NEAT RAILROAD CONNECTION. The people of Kent county, Eastern Shore of Maryland, are deeply interested in per fecting an arrangement for the erection of a line of railroad which will extend from Chestertown, the county town upon the Chester river, to Middletown, Delaware, where it will connect with the Delaware Railroad and form part of a direct route to Philadelphia. The scheme has proved popu lar with the residents of the Eastern Shore, and there is every reason to believe that the work will be speedily begun and 'finished. The advantages which will result from this enter prise are material and important. The Eastern Shore of Maryland, like the lower counties of Delaware,has never been in the direct line of travel, and the people are sleepy, non progressive, and wedded to stupidly conser vative ideas. Kent county, a peninsula in the Chesa peake Bay,is only accessible but by slow stage coaches and occasional steamboats from Baltimore. The district is an agricultural one, and throughout the whole of it there is not a single educational institution worthy of the name, excepting the college at Chestertown, and this does not rank higher than one of our grammar schools. Most of the people are bitter haters of Northern ideas and Northern men; they were rebels during the war, and many of the leading families of the section sent their sons to the rebel army. They were slaveholders before the war, and are now negro haters; and lose no opportunity . to revenge themselves upon their former chattels. The negro apprenticeship eases which have come up in the Baltimore courts were nearly all brought from the East em Shore, and serve to exemplify the feeling which exists there against the negroes. Of course a population of this kind is entirely Democratic, and hearty loyalty can hardly .nd expression. The erection of a railroad through this benighted section will open a channel through which liberal ideas can flow, and it is but fair to expect that the inevitable influx of Northern people, and their attri . tion with the present residents will brighten the latter up, and eventually induce a com plete change in their social and political no tions. The route designated for the proposed railroad lies through a highly cultivated sec tion, where all the cereals and the fruits— peaches particularly—are raised in abund ance. These will then be brought directly to this market, and as the land is in many places eminently adapted to the purposes of market gardening, another source of supply for our increasing population will thus in time be opened up. As the country is level there will be comparatively little grading to do, and the road will not be a costly one. That it will prove a remunerative enterprise cannot be doubted. HUGE FIGURES. Next to London, houses and lots are more valuable in Paris than in any other city in Europe. This fact, however, is not allowed to interfere with the grand plans of improve ment of the Emperor, and no heed is taken of the costliness of a bit of property that is wanted by the Government for the purpose of beautifying a boulevard or to afford a bet ter sweep for canister and grape-shot in the event of a popular uprising. Recently the most valuable corner-lot la the city was swept of its encumbering budding to make room for a aciivpreet, and the sinus awarded in pay ment of damages let us into a view of what real estate is worth in the French capital, and THE DAILY EVENING, BULLETIN PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22 ,1868. what the grand improvements in progress are costing tbe public treasury. The property referred to lay at the eOrner of the Rue de la Pais, and the Boulevard and it. occupied upon the several floors by re tail dealers. The size of the lot was twenty five feet in width by seventy-five feet in depth, just one half the extent' of the new BULLETIN Building lot, and for it an award of $450,000 in gold was made. But this was not the only bill the government had to foot in the transaction. There were some ten ants to be dispossesed and some leases to be purchased, and these swelled up the grand aggregate considerably: One tenant for a three years lease got $38,000, and others got smaller amounts, making up in all the sum of $lOO,OOO in addition to the purchase money of the property. Other buildings in the same neighborhood were purchased at figures that are scarcely less formidable, and their tenants were awarded sums that seem fabulous, in the way of compensation for damages sustained. Thus a candy dealer received $lOO,OOO in gold and the sum was scarcely more than one fourth of what he demanded; a stationer got $60,000 for a six years' lease; a jeweler $OO,OOO for a nine years' lease, and so on to the end of the chapter. Enormous as these prices seem, property in the most valuable business streets of Paris or on Broadway, New York, are not more than half as valuable as the same description of property upon Oxford street or the Strand, London. These facts may afford some en couragement to American holders of real estate to hope for a great rise over what are now - considered enormously extravagant prices. New York and Philadelphia are on the high road to become 'as huge and as populous cities as Paris and London, and there is no reason why houses and lots on their principal business streets should not in crease in value in an equal ratio, with the increase of the respective cities in extent, population, wealth and importance. England learns slowly but surely, and she is now agitating reforms that her American cousins adopted many years ago. In respect to punishment for crime she is still somewhat behind us, but she is showing very clear signs of improvement. A hundred years ago the gallows was the sovereign remedy for almost every fault, from cutting throats to passing bogus half-pence ; and even within the present century, hemp-was applied as the penalty for many, crimes that - are far short of what American laws deem worthy of capital punishment. At the present time the death penalty is inflicted in punishment of the crime of murder alone., The result ie seen in the lessening of the more serious crimes, for where the gallows was the pen ally alike for petty pilfering and cruel murder, the wrong-doer did not hesitate to use the knife or the pistol in the pros ecution of smaller misdeeds. The principle that "one might as well be hung for a whole sheep as for a lamb," caused many a bad man to stain his soul with blood, that would have been un shed had punishment been graduated accord ing to the character of the crime. In Parlia ment, last night, a bill requiring that all exe cutions of criminals shall be private, was dis 'cussed in Committee of the Whole. An ef fort was made to amend the bill by entirely abolishing the death penalty, and to substitute for it imprisonment for life. This failed and the original bill was adopted by the Commit tee. This foreshadows its passage into a law, and future generations of Londoners will be spared the scandal and the beastliness of the scenes which in the past gave such bad emi nence to Tyburn and Newgate. Bunting, Durborow Co., Auction eers, Nos. 232 and 234 Market street, will hold on to morrow iThursday), April '23, by catalogue, on four months' credit, at 10 o'clock, to be continued on Fri day, April 24, at same hour, a large and attractive sale of Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods, including 225 packages Cotton and Woolen Domestics, 709 pieces Spring Woolens, Italians, &c.; full line of Linen Sheetings, Coating and llonse-keeping Ar tic es, Dress Goods, Silks, Shawls, Velvets, Balmoral and Hoop Skirts. Traveling and Under Shirts, Quilts, Ties, Suspenders, 7,000 dozen Hosiery and Gloves, 3,000 dozen L. C. Ildkfis., White Goods, &c, ; also, large assortment of lastionable ready made clothing. ON FILII,AY. April 94, at 11 o'clock, by catalogue, on four months' credit, about 200 pieces of Ingrain, Ve netian, List, Hemp, Cottage and Rag Carpetings, 250 Rolls Canton MattingS, &c. Sale or a Handsome Residence, No. 705 Cu s treet, by order of the Orphans' Court. The sale advertised by James A. Freeman, Auction eer, for next Wednesday, includes a very desirable property, Callowhill street, above Seventh, the estate of Abraham 11. Alburger, deceased. STECK & CO.'S,AND HAINES BROTHERS' Planos,and Mason & Hamlin's Cabinet Organs, Eit --1. J. E. GOULD'S New Store, apl63m,rp No. 92 3 Chestnut street. DOWNING , I3 AMERICAN LIQUID CEMENT, FOE mending broken ornaments, and other articles of Glass, China, Ivory, Wood, Marle, & c. No heating re quired of the article to be mended, or the Cement.. Al ways ready for use. For wile by JOHN It. DOWNING. Stationer. tett 134 South Eighth street, two doors ab. Walnut. JOHN CRUMP, BUILDER. 1731 CHESTNUT STREET. and2l3 LODGE STREET. Mechanic! of every branCTUrequired for howiebuilding and fitting promptly furniehed. fe37 tf JONES, TEMPLE & CO., No. 29 SOUTH NINTH STREET, Have introduced their Spring Stylee, and invite gentlemen that wish a Hat combining Beauty, Llghtneee and Durability to call and examine them. J., T. & Co. manufacture all their Bilk Hate; mhlo4l4p WARBURTON'S IMPROVED, VENTILATED and easy-fitting Dress Bath (patented), in the ap proved fashlona of the season. Chestnut street. next door to the Post Attlee. - sela•lYrP ( 1 ALVANIZED IRON WIRE FOR TRELLIS, 1..1 flower Frames. permanent Clothes Lines, and other uses, where protection from rust is desirable. For sale by TRUMAN & SHAW, No. 835 (tight Thirty•flve) Mark. et Street, below Ninth. PATENT SHUTTER BOWERS AND TASSELS, and the Self bowing Shutter Bolt, for sale by TRU MAN & SHAW, 8.35 (Eight Thirty.five) Market Street, below Ninth. VENTILATED DRY AIR REERIGERAffifid, AND Packer's celebrated Ice Cream Freezers, for Bale by TRUMAN & 81.1A.Y! 831 (Eight Thirty.fwe) Market street, below Ninth. 1033. 1 1'n°1alfglifiRceEADaelsiortRenitiEoPTVitil Papers Just in for *ring gales. Linen windo w , ehadec manufactured. Wain and gilt. Country trade imvitcd. JOLI ThTON'S Depot, 1033 Spring Garden at, bel. Eleventh. eettly 4p LION. SALE.—TO MERCHANTS, STOREKEEPERS , HoteIs and dealere-200 Cues Champagne and Crab Cider. 250 bble. Champagne and Crab Cider. P. J. JORDAN, 1..120 Pear etreet. HAVANA FILLERS—IIIGII FLAvoliii) fiFETEA A bolo Valero by the bolo or lots, IiAVANA STEM SMOKING TOBACCO, pure and unscented, by the barrel. BANANA CIGARS, direct importation, usual assort ment ; also, remnants under old tariff, at low rates. "MARIANA RITA."—We continue, with our cur tomary care, the manufacture of our standard Havana Cigars under this favot ite brand. The impossibility of (Locum infing a seasoned stock with which to promptly fulfill or ders, compelled us to suspend advertisements, and accept now orders (for other than sample lots) only for delivery within three and four months. With au increased force we are overcoming this diffi culty and preparing to execute all orders more promptly. The "Mariana'lt ita" (21 varieties) aro sold by principal dealers at reasonable rates—and, in most caeca, with con. siderable inducements to buyers by box or quantity, STEPHEN FuGTIET & soNs, evil lefty,* No. South Front street. U GROCERB, 110TELKEEPER.13, FAMILIES AND T Others.—Tbe Inaderalgned has just rat:4)ll.od a froth supply Catawba,CaliforWa and Champagne Wines,Tonle Ale (ler invalids), constantly on hand. P. J JORDAN. 40 _Pear stres)t. Below.ThirdandWa4mteDreelat CLOTELANO• NOTE TO. LADIES; _ ALL_SELECTING 13cors , cr,cyrnaNG On MOIST floor Special Department BOYS' and YOUTHS' CLOTHING, for Children, from 3 years upward, GARIBALDI'S, BIB MAIICHS, SCOTCH SUITS, &e. - 2 --Youth have all and for -- sizes. "Boys' Department" shall be what Gentlemen's IS, THE BEST 111 PHILADELPHIA. Prices -- lower than any where else. WANAMAKER & BROWN, Oak Hall Buildings, Sixth and Market Sts. I Entrance for Ladiee on Sixth etreet. EDWARD P. KELLY, TAILOR, 8. E. Cor. Chestnut and Seventh Sts • Large stock and complete asemrtment of SPRING GOODS, From tho beet Fordo) Manufacturers. Clothes equal or superior in Fit, Style, Comfort and Durability to thaw of any other FIRST-CLASS TAILORING ESTABLISH• MEN T. Moderate Prices. Liberal Discount for Cash. ar . 2l 1 • 'CLOTHING FOR SPRING. CLOTHING FOR SPRING. • CLOTHING FOR SPRING. All-Wool Cassimere Suits. All-Wool Cassimere Suits. All-Wool Cassimere Suits. Ready Made Clothing. Fresh Made and Reduced Prices: Fresh Made and Reduced Prices.° Boys', Boys', Boys' ..;Aothing. Boys', Boys', Boys' Clothing. Boys', Boys', Boys' Clothing. Always on hand a carefully selected stock of uncut goods for Men and Boys' wear. Clothing made to order. We make the Boys' trade an especial feature in our business, and parents may rely on procuring at this establishment Boys' ?othing well cut, well made, well trimmed and urable. ROCKHILL & WILSON, ROCKHILL & WILSON, ROCKHIL.L. & WILSON. . 608 and 606 Chestnut Street. ICE AND COAL.. ICE. ICE. ICE. ICE. ICE. ICE. ICE. ICE SUPPLIED DAILY TO LARGE OR SMALT, OON. SUMERS in any part of the paved limits of the Coatolidated City— WEnI PHILADELPHIA, MANTUA, TIOGA, RICHMOND. BRIDESBURG. and GERMANTOWN. Familiee. Offices etc. can rely on being furnished with a PI RE ARTICLE, SERVED PROMPTLY. and at the lowest market rater. COAL. COAL, COAL. COAL. COAL. BEST QUALITY OF LEHIGH AND SCHUYLIIII.L COAL, at prices as low as the loweet, for a first-rate article. • BLACKSMITHS' COAL. HICKORY, OAK AND PINE WOOD, AND KINDLING WOOD. SEND YOUR ORDERS FOR ICE OR COAL TO Cold Spring Ice and Coal Company. THOS. E. CAHILL. Pree't. JNO, GOODYEAR., Sec'''. HENRY THOMAS, OFFICE, No. 435 Walnut Street. BRANCH DEPOTS. TWELFTH AND WILLOW STREETS. TWELFTH STREET AND WASHINGTON AVENUE. TW ENTY-Flrl II AND LOMBARD STREETS. NORTH PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD AND MASTER STREET. PINE STREET WHARF, , SCHUYLKILL. apthe m w .1r0.90 fgr.T7-1'W07,4 1 17'M RICH CURTAIN GOODS. BARGAINS IN NEW GOODS. FINE TAMBOURED LACE AND Nottingham Lace Curtains. Vestibule Lace Curtains. _ Lace and Nottingham Drapery. Curtain Muslim of Every Style. WINDOW SHADES AND Built AND WHITE HOLLANDS. Sheppard, Vai Harlingen & 4rrison. No. 1008 Chestnut Street. av2o m w f 3 MARKING Wl= INDELIBLE INK. EMBROIDER )31 ing, Braiding, Stamping, ite. IL A. TORRY. Filbert street. IL‘USICAL BOXES, USEFUL TO WHILE AWAY Au the tedium of a sick chamber, or for a handsome bridal Present. Wilt di BROTHER. Imparters. f:e.2 2 -ffra ' 824 Chestilut street. below - Fourth. irp,l MONEY TO ANY AMOUNT LOANED UPON DIAMONDS, WATCHES. JEWELRY. PLATE. CLOTHING. Ao. at JOI.TES A C'o.lB OLD ESTABLISHED LOAN OFFICE. Corner of Third and °saki!! streets, Below Lombard. • A N.B.—DIAMONDS, WATCHES; JEWELRY, GUNS. . • BI=EdEI!M 1.1 BBL!. RUBBER MACHINE BELT - MO.I3MM PACE. lug Bose. die. Enliineera and &mien will find .a full assortment of Goodyear's Patent Vulcanized Rubber Belting. racking Hobe, &v.., at the Ittanutecturerie Headquarters. ,„ 4OODYEARB3, 308 Cheistaut th side N. B.—We have now on baud a lvge lot of Gentlemetelly Ladles' and Ittisetwe gam Boots, Ake, every varlOW ant 3 style of Gain Overcoat& AIUCTION W.EN. L.altOt. SALE OF WOOL. At'sI,;I%E.F.B , REMp T oitY BALE 78,600 LDS. WOOL PM , * ELL 4e. WhST, Auctioneers, vy ill on on r, “monisorw. April 4,11 i at Id o'clock. at the Hole, No. 6 Booth FRONT street. at public sale for Cash. order .1 C. W tiling •Llttell and William P. Cox, FIWO et et in ilanktuotcy of James L Southwick & George .I!.l3heble, tr. ding as Southwick, Shoble & Co.. • 78,600 I.Be. WOOL. : • COO lbs. Wool, (various.) . '2l,ooolbs. Wool, 3 4: to full blood. %OW Ina Wool. 3.1; VA 0 lbs.. 3,14•3.14; blood. Ihni4 this. Wool, .?..0.4.N5 blood; 1,000 lbs. broken. 600 lb& Wool. unwashed. 2,110 einidy Wool Sacks,Trttekr,Flealen,Basketa,Stove,&c. OFFICE FURNITURE, dm 'Also, large Fire•proof Safe, Walnut Desks, Lounge, Choke, Letter Preps. Clock. Stove, Carpet, Matting, &c. I 'statogne one weok previous to sale. It IKETAIL DEM GOODA. BLACK SILKS FOR WALKING SUITS. Black Silks for Dresses. Black kinks for Sacolicat. BLACK SILKS In great variety, at low priceo. Colored Posit de Boles, New Spank Colors, $1 87 to $6. We have reduced the price of our $1 75 Milk Popllnettes, Plaids and Stripes to $1 50. Thr.ve geode we can guarantee to be 20 per cent. better than any other $1 50 Poplinotte in the city. ALPACA POPLINS. 31e. to $l. PLAIN ALPACAS, 37c. to $l. MIXED POPLINS. 25c. to $l. MOTTLED MIXTURES, 31c. to el. Plain All - Wool Delaines, 31c: Ard great variety of Mixed Drees Goode, suitable for walking and traveling oulo. 11. STEEL & SON, NO - 713 end 716 N. Tenth St: It bILK AND LINEN PLAID POPLINETTES, $1 50. PLAID POPLINETTES, $1 60. PLAID POPLINETTBB, $/ 50. WILL OPEN THIS DAY, ONE CASE PLAID POPLINETTES, At $1 50, worth $1 75. J. C. STRAWBRIDGE & CO., N. W. corner Eighth and Market. lop ---- SHEPPARD, VAN HARLINGEN No. 1008 Clie,ttnut7tStreet, Fertiectfully invite the attention or Fatnitier, Home keel- ere and the Prep' let or. , of lief le, Boarding iloweil and Reetanrants, to their Larce Stock ,f NEW LINENS BOUSEKEEPING DRY GOODS, Purchased for Cash at Greatly Reduced Prices, Compriting all the varieties of etJie and width In every detcription of Linen Sheeiings, Pillow Case Linens, • 'I able Linens, Table Cloths, Table Napkins and Doyl ies, owels and 'I owelings, Linen 'rabic. Coven, Linen Floor Cloths, Linen Fnrnitnre Covers, Jacquard Linen do. Plano, Table and Melodeon Covers, tstriped as d Plaid Table Coverings, Cretonne Chintzes, Tabled Furniture Coverings, Printed and Damask Dimities, in Colors, Furniture Dimities, homilies Bxblbltlou Quilts, Crib and Cradle Quilts, Bureau Covers, Counterpanes, Blanksts, Quilts and Flannels, Together with a lino assortment of eorta:in and Upholstery Goods. N. B.—Beirg the oldest establishment for the special sale of White Goode. Linen, Housekeeping and Curtain Goods, we call give to our patrons the advantage of a long experience and thorough acquaintance with this epecia department of the DRY GOODS BUSINESS, and making all our purchases for CASH, secure to them the !Owed possible prices at which the same qualitiee are sold, either in this or the New York market. No. 1008 Chestnut Street. alp2o ra N. I litrP WHITE RICE EY SHARP & CO. 727 CHESTNUT STREET • Will Open To-Day, and Offer AT POPULAR PRICES ; I. Addition to their Former Extensive litoik a Full Line of WHITE 13-CIoCCDS. Organdy and Swiss Mulls, Nainsooke, Cambric*, Jaoonete, Bishop Lawns, Eto., Eto., Together With a Large Stook of L'iques and Marseilles FOB WALKING SUITS. .RICKEY, SHARP & CO. No. '727 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. mwertqf SILKS. JOHN W. THOMAS, Woe. 405 and 407 N. Second Street. Black Silks. • )(A:key:fa Silks. Stripe Silks, .toigured.Silks, 'Plaid Silks. .Piaix. Silks. 214 11 1, 010 E 4100 DO FOR EVENING DBEBIEI. , , SPRING AND SUMMER DR.EgS GOODS Bilirsin on the now shades tEltripoviTheaks and (daces. iili t ere. Pr nit do Solos, Oros Grains. Taffetas; alao,Liache mere doh , sublime, from $1 75 to $7 E 9. Pine hergeo, Argentines, Plain French Bilk and Irish Poplins; nII colon, lorded hnd Poplin Alpacas, Piques and Percales; French all , for dressesralsol'Plain Check Nn Ins col; e. Organdies, Acc, J. W. P.l.t OUFOR & 'CO 920 Chestnut Street. 2 Laces, Fancy Goods, Hosiery and Parasol Departments now offer, in their varlets , and economical' tintrgee, *rem, Inducementx to buyorA. J. W. PKOCTO itt alit CO, 920 Chestnut Street. MOURNING GOODS, BLACK MO HAIRS, The celei.rat, d Crown Brand, warranted to retain their color, nold only by J. W. PROCTOR & CO., 020 Chestnut Street. L o A v 'l n ME lexa S nd re'sßlaD" P 2 LOspVElßes'. celebrated makes,. d. W. PRO( ;TOR 48b ()0., - 820 Chestnut Street. Slawle for Spring and Summer. No w open, all the 7eadinsetylts. from IfOiroillt4l J. Av. PROMOkt iet CO., 920 Chestnut Street. WHITE GOODS AND UNENS. Now open, a complete Ifne of all tinorequisitea in them, departmonte. 1 , ambles flu niotilng are invited to ezatetno oar ~,tock. LUPIN'S BOMBAZINE, GENUINE. Herm', Coarse and Fine Mesh , Yard to : yards wide. At I .) .opillnr Prive-4. J. IN, PoOOTOR dt 00., CI 2,0 Chestnut Street. & AFMISON, Spring and Pi; tunme r CLOAKS AND MANULLAS. ALSO. HANDSOME WALKING SUITS, Now open In great variety. J. W, PkOi ;TOR & CO.' 9t20 Cho4nitt; Street. KULP & MACDONALD, FINE STAPLE AND HODSE•FDRNISH!NG DRY GOODS), CHINE SE GLASS CLOTH LINEN Superb article for durplicee. Lattlee' Dreteee or Gcntt Somme: Coate. Grass Cloth and Linen Handherobiefe An article which for Lomas , and durability cannot be excelled Great Bargains In Irish, Barnsley, French and German Damask. Table Linen, Towels. gheeDuel, Oh Wings, lee. a ' ImrP ti 9' LINEN STORE, 4 P 828 Arch Street. CHEAP LINEN SHEETINGS. Irish Linen Sheeting, 2 1-4 yards: wide, $1 25. Scotch Linen Sheetings of every width. Real Barnsley Shootings. French Sheeting.. • Yarn Bleached bheetings. very durable. Pillow and Bolster Casings, of every width, from 62 cents up. BEAUTIFUL TABLE COVERS We have just imported an invoice of very handsome Table Cover., ail colors, in beautiful designs. SPECIAL BARGAINS IN Table I Innis, Napkins, Towellngs, ke, Ur We exhibit the largest and most varied Linen stock to be found in the city. GEORGE MILLIKEN Linen Importer, Jobber and Retail Dealer. 828 Arch Street. ' deem WI E. Butterick's Ladies' Dress Patternk, Warranted a perfect fit. For cale only at MRS. E. R. WAGNER'S. spls lmrp§ SILKS. ' To Areldtectft and Builders. Ilyatt's Patent Lead Band and Cement Sidewalk" Lights, Vault Lights, Floor and aloof Lightm, made by Brown Bros., Chicago, for este, tatted and laid down by nonnwr WOOD a, Co.. • 1186 Ridge Avenue. Rog w f m Sam§ Sole Agonta for Philadelphia. Perfumery and Toilet Soapa, P. & C. R. TAYLOR, beta ax t. DRY GOTT% J. W. PR4PCTOR & CO , 920 Chebtaut Street. LINENS, 60., N 0.1206 Chestnut St. RARE% CURIOUS AND BEAUTIFUL LADIES' AND GENTS' Ladies , Drees Trimming Store, No. 809 Aroh Street. No. 64 North Ninth Street. SECOND EDITION. BY Vi;EI.;EGRAPII: LATER CABLE NEWS. state of the Markets. *MOM TEM WEST. OPENING OF THE LAKE TRADE. DEATH OF AN OLD JOURNALIST. NEWS BY CALIFORNIA STEAMER INTRUESTIVG FROM PANAMA. Floods and Storms in Australia. BY the Atlantic Telegraph. LoNzoN, April 22, A. M.—Consols unchanged. Five-Menges, 711, 4 4 !. Erie, Illinois Central, 93%. FRANKFORT, April 22, A. M.—U. S. Five Twenties easier at 7W. LivEnroot, April 22, A. M.—Cotton un changed. Estimated sales, 10,000 bales. Bread stuffs and Provisions quiet. LocnoN, April 22, Afternoon.—Consols, 03% for money and account. Five-Twenties, 'MR@ 703 d. Fries, 46; 2 ',. Great Western, 34. Illinois Central,933-S. lavenrooL, April 22, Afternoon.-=-Corn de dined to 30s. Bd. Lard firm. Pork quiet. Beef declined to 1225. 6d. Other articles unchanged. Front the West. tsseelalDespatch to the Philads. Evening Bulletin b, the Franklin Telegraph.] CHICAGO, April 22.—The &mite of Mackinaw are open; several vessels passed through both ways on Sunday. The propellor Montgomery, arrived here yesterday—the first boat here from below. Fifty-eight vessels arrived at this port yesterday, and thirty-four departed. Communes, Ohio, April 22.—The bridge bill will come up for action in the House to-day. A tremendous delegation Is here from Cincinnati and Newport, and every train brings reinforce ments. There seems to be a desire among the members to compromise on a 410 foot span. •Aff Iniane German, named Hildebrand, at tempted to dash out his brains on the east ter race of the State, House to-day. Although badly injured, he will recover. LseANex, Ohlo, April , 22.—Jacob Morris, for many years olitor and publisher of. the Western mar, of this county, and for some years of the Hamilton Intelliytriccr, died there at his residence early this morning. Mr. Morris was in his seven tieth year; was one of the pioneers in Western journalism; a man of spotless character and en joyed the confidence and esteem of the entire community. • Chum, NEBRASKA, April 22.—The Commis eloners of the county have resolved to submit the question of issuing $50,000 in bonds of Douglas county, to the Union Pacific Railroad Company, for the construction of a bridge across :he Missouri river, to a vote of the people. Gen erals Bradley and Rousseau arrived from Port land, Oregon,, this morning. General Rousseau was telegraphed for by the Impeachment Court. lie leaves for Washington in the morning, Newe by Steamer• NEW YORK April 22.—The Steamship Ari zona, from Aspinwall, brings Panama dates to the 14th, and $948,000 In treasure. The Protestant chaplain at Panama, Rev. W. G. Hughes, died on the 9th, after a brief illness. The Peace Comrnifsloners had returned from Chiriqui without effecting anything with the rebels. A force of 200 has been sent to subdue the rebellion. The Isthmus has been declared ix a state of war for sixty days. The 'United States guard-ship Cyane was in Panama bay, and the gunboat Penobscot was at Aspinwall. The Colombian minister had been cordially received by the government of Venezuela. The Tolima rebels had been suppressed. Reports regarding the cholera in the Argentine Confederacy were more favorable. The reported successes of the allies lAcked con firmation. Paraguay had gained an important victory. Important ministerial changes are expected in Chile. The Huasco silver mines are not as rich as re ported. Chile declines to join the South American Congress. The Italian bark Elvira Grameli, with the crew of the wrecked British bark Wailsea on board, had been lost, and 38 of the crew on board wore drowned. Th '10;11ow fever continues to spread in Callao, 30 per . 4..0 dying daily. Rift sari been declared a port of entry. Later s from Australasia had reached , Panama:. •"3 and gales had destroyed mach property it 4 ' ‘ Wales. The shipping on the coact partith., 4 suffered, and many crews had been lost. nor Daly, of South Austra lia, had died. The wheat yield tar was very small. The destruction ork cattle and prop erty b floods and gib.,„ Ail New Zealand is appal ling. Penlanism is likely to give trouble there. The native tribes are again fighting. Soldiers' and Sailors' Convention. BALTIMORE, April 22.—The Soldiers' and Sailors' State Convention mot here at noon to day, to elect delegates to the Soldiers' and Sailors' National Convention, at Chicago, on the 10th of May. The Murder'of WArcy McGee. (From the Albany Argue of April Ili The testimony taken against Whalen throws doubt upon the nature of the McGee Murder. The accused and Murphy had often threatened deceased, especially in the election contest of Devlin and McGee. Bat John McGee, half brother of Thomas D., testified that on New Year's night Whalen called with Murphy at the residence of deceasel and informed him of an attempt to set fire to his house, upon which Mc- Gee sent Whalen with the following letter to the Chief of Police : J. M. L.-PRIVATE NEW YEAR'S Nicarr.—lnformation has been brought here that an attempt to fire this house is threatened at this hour, half -past two. I cannot see the proper officers; but I ask for a special guard of two or more men, as may be deemed sufficient to protect life and property. THOS. D'AncxGEE. To Chief McLaughlin, or the officer in charge. [lmmediate.) The letter did not reach the Chief till i A. M., and had evidently been opened. An evident attempt ie made to make party capital out of the aflair, and to ascribe it to a great Fenian conspiracy; but it is probable that it has no higher origin than the drunken malice of a bitter partisan. The Bridge at Columbia, Pa. The Columbia Herald says "It is with a feel ing of pride that we can proclaim to the citizens of - York and Lancaster counties, that "our bridge" will probably be finished by January Ist, 1869. Arrangements at this point are being per fected-. that will enable the managers of the work to erect the span over the canal be fore the Ist ',of May, and after that date we are reliably informed that one span will be erect ed every other 'week.' They have laid an extra track for ti): Purtoxi of balding the material from the river track up to tho bridge, without in terfering with thn regrdAr t bneinessrnf the road. Car loads of timber me dollyerrivingand a mart ber of stone nutters are cenittuttir at work Aging tip s ter the SON. it:4I3[INGI-T O•;-1 'THE IMPEACHMENT COURT, THE PROUEEDINGS RESUMED Great Argument of Goy, Boutweil FULL ABSTRACT OF HIS SPEECH From Washington. WASIIINGTOIq, April 22.—The Impeachment Court was crowded this morning by a brilliant audience, attracted by the announcement of Ex- Governor Bontwelfa argument on the part of the Board of Managers. After the usual prelimina ries, Governor Bontwell commenced his speech, of which the followlne is a condensation , 4, 0y1:p1 , 1Q1 . 6161Ty. ELL'S evErolf, _ Mr. Prethlent, Senators—you may now anticipate the speedy conclusion of your arduous labors. The Impor tance of this occasion is due to the unexamnied circum stance that the Chief Magistrate of the principal republic of the world Is on trial upon the charge that he is guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors In office. The solemnity et this occasion is due to the circumstances that this trial Is a new test of public national virtue and also rf the strength and vigor of popular government The trial of a great criminal is not an extraordinary event—even when followed by conviction and the se verest penalty known to the laws. This respondent is not to be deprived of life, liberty, or property. The object of this proceeding Is not the punishment of the offender, but the Raf t ? of the state. As the daily life of the wise and just in +trate is an example for good, cheering, encouraging, an strength ening all others, so the trial and conviction of a dishonest or an unfaithful officer is a warning to all men, and espe cially to such as occupy places of public trust. The issues of record between the House of Repre. eentativee and Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, are technical and limited. We have met the issues, and, as we believe, maintained the cause of the House of Representatives by evidence, di rect, clear, and cenclusive. Those issues require yen to ascertain and declare whether Andrew John son, Pre. ident of the United States, is guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors as set forth . in the several aril. Glee of impeachment exhibited against him, and especially whether he has violated the laws or the Constitution of the country in the attempt which ho made on the 21st of February last to remove Edwin 11, Stanton from the office of Secretary for the Department of War, and to ap point Lorenzo Thomas Secretary of War ad interim. Governor Boutwell then proceeded to miscues the cell. stitutional powers of the President and Congress. He said:— If Blow be in fact unconstitutional it' may be repealed by Congress, or it may. when a case duly arises, be an. nulled in its unconstitutional features by the Supreme Cowrt of the United States. The repeal of the law is a legislative act is declaration by the court that it is uns constitutional Is a judicial act; but theyower to repeal, or to annul, or to set aside a law of the lolled States, lain no aspect of the cane nn executive power. It is wade the duty of the Executive to take care that the laws be faithfully executed—an injunction wholly inconsistent with the theory that rt Is In the power of the Executive to repeal, or annul,or dispense with , the laws of the land. To the President in the performance of his executive duties all laws are alike. He can enter into no inquiry as to their expediency or constitutionality. All laws ate presumed to be constitutional, and whether in fact constitutional or not, it is the duty of the Executive so to regard them while they have the form of law. When a statute la repealed for Its unconstitutionaJity, or for any other reason, it ceases to be a law in form and is fact. When a statute is annulled in whole or in tact by the opinion of a competent }udictal tribunal,from that moment It ceases to no law. But the reep wid sut and the cc tinsel for the respondent will seek in vain for any authority or to 'Mr of authority in the constitution orthe laws of the country byit 'filch the I'l,e/dent is clothed with power [Wirelike any distinction upon hie own judgment or upon ;he Judgment of any friends or advisers, whether private or official peisons, between the several statutes of the country, each and every one of which he is, by the Constisution and by hie osth et office, rewired faithfully to evecete. Hence it foltowo that the Clifne of the President is not, either in fact or as set forth in the articles of Impeachment, th it ke has violated a conitini done! law : but his crime is that be has violated a law, and in his defence no lulitiry eau bc made whether the law to constitutional; for inasmuch a• he had no constitutional p wer to injure for hirueelf whether the law was constitutional or not, so it is no ex cuse., for him that ho di/ unlawfully so in{ .tire and came to the conclusion that the law was 1/11COLlatIttlth.ohai. It follows, from the authorities already quoted, and the por items fourded thereon. that there can be no inquiry here and now by this tribunal whether the act in question ---the set entitled "An ect regulating the tenure of certain civil officce"--is in fact constitutional or not. It was and Ls the law of the land. It was enacted by a strict adher ence to constitutional forms. It was, and is. binding on all the officers and departmentt• of the government. With deference I maintain still further, that it is not the right of any Senator in this trial to be governed by any opinion he may entertain of the constitutionality or expediency of the law in question. For the purposes of this trial the statute which the President,. upon his own confeselen, has repeatedly violated, is the ISW of the land. Ills clime is that he violated the law. It has not been repealed by Congests; it has not been annulled by the nupreine COWL; it istauds upon the statitteebook as the law; and for the purposes of this trial it is to be treated by every Senator as a constitutional law. Otherwise it follows that the President of the United States, supported by a minority exceeding by one a third of this Senate. may set aside. disregard, and -violate all the laws of the land. It is nothing to this respondent, it is nothing to this Senate, sitting here as a tribunal to try and judge this respondent, that the eenatere participated In the passage of the set, or that the respondent, in the exercise of a constitutional power, returned the bill to the Senate with his objects), s thereto. The act itself is as binding, le as conetitutional, is as sacred in the eye of the Constitution as the acts that were tornted at the first cession of the first Congress. If the President nosy refuse to executes law because in his opinion, it is unconstitutional, or for the reason that. in the judgment of his friends and advisers , it is uncouetitutional. thenlie and his successors in office may refuse to execute any statute the constitutionality of which has not been affir matively settled by the Supreme Court of the United States. U . a minority, exceeding one-third of this Senate by one, may relieve the President from all responsibility for this violation of his oath of office, be, cause they concur with him in the opinion that this legis • baton if either unconstitutional or of doubtful constitu tonality. then there is no security for the execution of the laws. The constitutional injunction upon the Presi dent b to take care that the laws be faithfully executed; and upon him no power whatsoever is conferred by the Constitution to inquire whether the law that he is charged to execute is or is not constitutional. The constitutional injunction upon you„ in your present capacity, is to hold the respondent faithfully to the execution of the con sti titutbnal trusts , and duties imposed upon him. if be wilfully disregards the obligation testier upon him, to take rare that the lawn be faithfully executed, then the constitutional duty imposed upon you is to convict him of the crime of wilfully disregazding the laws of the land and violating hie oath of office. I indulge, Senators, in great plainness of speech, and pursue a line of remark, which, were the subject leas im portant or the duty resting upon us less solemn; I should studiously avoid. But I speak with every feeling and sentiment of respect for this body and this place of which my nature is capable. In my boyhood, trim the gallery of the old chamberof the Senate. I looked, not with ad. miratiou merely, but with something of 1545 upon the men of that generation who were then in the seats which you now fill. lire and experience may have modified and chastened those impressions, but they are not, they can not, be obliterated. They will remain with me aline tie remains. But, with my convictions of my own duty, with my convictions of your duty, with my convictions of the danger, the imminent peril to our country if you should not render a judgment of guilty against this respondent, I have no alternative but to speak with all the plainness and directness which the most earnest convictions of the truth of what I utter can Inspire. Take the case of the President: his oath is: "I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of Preeident of the United States, and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States," One of the provisions of that Con. stitution is, that the President shall "take care that the laws be faithfully executed." In this injunction there are no qualifying words. It is made his duty to take care that the taws. tae Lewis. be faithfully executed. A law fa well defined to be "a rule laid, set, or established by the lawsmakingpower of the county." It is of such rules that the Constitution speaks in this injunction to the President; and in obedience to that injunction, and with reference to his duty under his oath to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, he tail enter into no inquiry as to whether those laws are expedient or constitutional, or otherwise. And inasmuch as it is not possible for him, under the Constitution, to enter lawfully into any such inquiry, it is alike irspoeslble for him to plead or to prove that, having entered into such inquiry which was lu itself unlawful, he was governed by a rood motive in the re sult which be reached, and in his action thereupon. Basle g no right to inquire whether the laws were expe dieut or constitutional, or otherwise, if ho did so inquire, and If upon such inquiry be came to the conclusion that, for any reason, he would not execute the law according to the terms of the law, then he willfully violated his oath of ethics and the Constitution of the United States. The necessary, tho inevitable presumption in law is, that he acted under the influence of bad motives in so doing, and no evidence can be introduced controlling or color ing in any degree this necessary presumption of the law. The evidence discloser the fact that he has taken no step for the purpose of testing the constitutionality of the law. He suspended numerous otlicera under. 'or if not under, at least, as lie himself admits. in conformity with the tenure.. office law, showing that it was not hie solo object to test its constitutionality. He has had opportu nity to make application through the Attorney General for a writ of quo learranfo, which would have tested the validity of the law in the courts. This writ is the w rit of the government and it can never be granted upon the application of a private person. The President never attempted to test the law in the courts. Since his attempted removal of Mr. Stanton on the 21st of February-last, he might have instituted proceedings by a writ of quo tearranto, and by this time have obtaiued, probably, a judicial opinion coveting all the poierts of the ties. lint he shrinks from the test he says he sought. Tb tie is the pretext of the President fully exposed. The evidence shows that he never designed to teat his rights in the courts. His object was to seize the offices of the government for purposes of corruption, and by their influence to enable him to reconstruct the Union in the interest of the rebellious States. In short. he rem ted to this. usurpation as an efficient and necessary means of usurping all power, and of ,restoring the government to,rebel hands. No criminal was'ever arraigned who offered a more un satisfactory excuse for his crimes The President had no right to do what he says he designed to do, and the evi dence shows that he never has attempted to do what he no w assigns as his purpose when ho trampled the laws of his country under his feet. Governor Boutwell then passed to an elaborate exami nation of the provisions of the Constitution relating to the appointment of ambassadors and other Publics ministers , and consuls, judges of the Supreme Court. and other officers of the United States, for whose appointment pro; vision is made in the second section of the second article of the Constitution. - / Be argued with great force that the President is wholly without power, under and by virtue of the Constitution, to suspend a public officer, and that nothing is found in the Constitution to sustain the arrogant claim which he now makes, that ho may during &catalog:tot the Senate suspend a public officer indefinitely and make an appointment to the vacancy thus created without asking the advice end consent of the Satiate either upon the suspension or the respectfullya submit, Senators. that 'demo can be no reasonable doubt of tbc soundness of the 'MN/ have pre. THE DAILY EVE,NING BULLETIN.-PHILADELPIIIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22,1868. tented, both of language and meaning of the Concti= tuiloniiiregerdtog appointments to office. But, if there' were any doubt , it is competent and proper to consider the r fleets of the claim, if .xecognizadi as set up by the Preeident. And in a matter of doubt as to the constrne. Son of the phraeeology of the Conetitntion, It would be conclusive of tte tree interpretation that the claim we' Felted by the President Id fraught with evils of the graveet cherecter. Bedtime the right,sie well when the Senatees in session as when it ie not in Recision, to remove .aboo- Intely, or to suspend for an indefinite period of time, as 'cording to his own discretion, every officer of she army. of the navy and of the civil eervice, and to supply their placee with creatures and partisans of his own. To be sure, ho hie not asserted: in direct form. his right to re. move and suspend indefinitely . ' officers of the army and navy; but when you consider that the Constitution makes no distinction in the tenure of office between military, naval and civil .oflicerst that all are nom'. noted originally by the President and receive their appointments upon the coati, mation of the Senate, and hold their offices under the Constitution by no other title than that.which secure, to a cabinet officer or to a revenue collector the office to which be has been appointed, there can be no misunderstanding an to the nature, extent and dangerous character of the claim which the President makes. The statement of title arro gant and dangerous assumption Is a sufficient answer to soy &alit which might exist in the mind of any patriot as to the true intent and meaning of the Constitution. It cannot be conceived that the nen who framed that instrument, who were devoted to liberty, who had theenselyea suffered by the exer. else of illegal and irreeponeible power, would have vested In the President of the United btates an authority, to fie exefciaed without the restraint or control of any other branch or department of the government, which would enable bin to corrupt the civil, military. and naval officets of the country by rendering them absolutely de pendent for their positions and emoluments upon hie will. Moreover, this claim was never asserted by any Presi dent, or by any public man, from the begin ning of the government until the present. time. The history of the career of Andrew Johnson ehowe that he has been driven to the assertion of this claim by circumstances and events connected with his criminal design to break down the power of Congress', to subvert the institutions of the cotsetry, and thereby to restore the Union in the interest of those who par ticipated in the rebellion. Having entered upon this career of crimp, ho soon found it eapential to the ac complishment of his purposes to secure the support of the immense retinue of public officers of every grade and description in the country. This he could not do with out making them entirely dependent upon his will; and in order that they may realize their dependence,and thus les made subservient to his purooees, he determined to as set t an authority over them unautborized by the Consti tution, and theretofore not ettemeted by ane Chief Mae te trate. His conversation with Mr. Wood, in the autumn of feed, fully discloses this purp ore. Gov. Boutwell proceeded to point out the evils which had fallen upon the country - from the Preeidentei abuse of the appointing power, In the presence of these evils, which were then only parthily realized, the. Congress of the United Btates passed the tenure of office act, as a barrier to their further progress. This act thus findoe proved ineffec tual as a complete remedy; now the Presi dent, by his answer to the articles of impeachment, asserts hie right to violate it altogether, and by an inter pretation of the Constitution which is alike hostile to its letter and to the peace and welfare of the country, he as. eumer to himself absolute and unqualified power over all the offices and officers of the country. The removal of Mr. btanton, contrary to the Constitution and the laws, is the particular crime of the President for which we now demand his conviction. The extent, the evil character, and the dangerous nature of the claims by which he [reeks to ju tify his conduct. are controlling considerations. By hie conviction you purify the government and restore it to its original character. By his acquittal you surrender the government into the hands of a usurping and unscrupu lous man, who will use all the vast power he now claims for the corruption of every branch of the public service and the final overthrow of the_public liberties. Nor is it any excuse for the President that he has taken the advice of hie cabinet officers in support of his claim. In the fire place, he had no right under the Constitution to the advice of the head of a department, except upon subjects relating to the duties of his department. If the President had chosen to seek the advice, of hie cabinet upon other matters, and they have seen tit to give it upon subjects not relating to their respective departments, ft is advice which he had no constitutional authority to aek— ad•ice which they were not bound to give, and that ad. vice is to htm, and for all the purposes of this investiga tion and trial, as the advice of private persons merely. lint of what value can be the advice of men who, in the first instance. admit that they bold Hair offices by the will of the pereon who seeks their advice, and who understand most clearly that if tile advice they give should be contrary to the wishes of their master. they would be at owes, and in conformity with their own theory of the rights of the President, deprived of the otheres tt hiell they hold? Having made these men entirely dependent upon his v ill, he then solicits their advice as to the application c f the principle by which they admit that they hold teens places to all the other ottncerA of the Government. Could it have been exeected that they, under such circumstances, would have given advice to any particular diesiereeable to tte will of him who sought it It was the advice of eerie to their lord, of ter their masters, of claret to their °weer. '1 he Cabinet respond to 3lr. Johnson as old "Po! , .nir.s to " nrolet;" Ilan, lot says—Do you tee yonder cloud that's alnJt In shape of a camel? I'olm:oust—MA by the UWE, and 'tie like a c,acel, indeed. Ilandet.—)lethinks ir tAlike a Yolonlus—it is backed like a we& .1. 71antlet—Or like a whale ? _ . Polenius- -Vpry like a whale. The President is a man of strong will of violent eat , !lOW , of unlimited ambition. with capacity to employ and use timid men, adhesive men, eubservient men, and cor. rupt men, as the instruments of his designs. it is the truth of Meter, that he has injured every person with whom he has had confidential relation, and many have escaped ruin only by et ithdrawing from his society alto gether. lie has one rule of life: he attempts to use every man of cower. rapacity. or influence within his reach. Succeeding in his attempts, they are In time, and usually in a short time, utterly ruined. If the considerate flee from hint, If the brave and patriotic reSist his schemes or expose hie plane, he attacks them with all the enginery and patronage of hie office, and pursues them with all the violence of his personal hatted. he attacks to destroy all who will not become his instruments, and all who become hie lustre. meetsare destroyed in the use. He spares no one Al ready this purpose of his life is illustrated in the treat ment of a rt rifleman who was of counsel for the respon dent, but who has never appeared in his behalf. The thanks of the country are due to those distinguished soldiers who, tempted by the President by otter. of king doms v Well were not his to live. refused to fall down and worship the tempter. And the thanks of the country are not less due to General Emory, who, when brought jeer) the presence of the President by a request is hich ho could not disobey, at once sought to protect himself against his machinations by presenting to him the law upon the subject of military orders. he experience and the fate of Mr. Johnson's eminent adherents are lessons of warning to the country and to mankind; and the more eminent and distinguished of his adherents have furnished the most melancholy lessons for this and for succeeding generations. Carpenter's histerical painting of Emancipation 12 a tit representation of an event the most illustrious of any in the annals of America since the adoption of the Comstitti. tion. Jt was natural and necessary that tY.e artist snould arrange the perconages of the group on the right hand and on the left of the principal figure. Whether the particular astignment was by chance, by the taste of the artist, or by the influence of a mysterious Providence witch works through human agency, we know not But on the right of Lincoln are two etatesmen and patriots who in all the trials and vicissitudes of these eventful year, have remained steadfast to libt rty, to justice. to the prin ciples of constitutional government. Senators and Mr. Chief-lustice, in this presence 1 venture not to pronounce their names. On the left of Lincoln are five figures representing the other members of his Cabinet. One of these Is no longer among the thing: he died before the evil days came. and we may indt.lge the hope that ho would have esc*ped the fate of his associates. Of the other four three have been active in counselling and supporting the President In his at temp. ato subvert the government. They are already ruined men Upon the canvas they are elevated to the summit of virtuous ambition. Yielding to the seductions rf power, they have fallen. Their example and fate may, warn but their advice and counsel, whether given to this tribunal or to him who is on trial before this tribunal, cannot be accepted as the judgment of wise of of patriotic men. • • Governor Routwell next discussed the act of EV, on which so much stress is laid by the defence. By a search ing analysis of the debates of Congress in 1789, and co pious citations from Roger Sherman and othere, he showed that the results reached by the Congress et l7ier are conclusive upon the following points: that that body was of °pixie n that the power of removal was not in the President absolutely, to he exercised at all Glues and under all circumstances; and secondly, that during the eeesious of the Senate the power of removal was vested in the President and the Senate, to be exec tined by their concurrent action; while the debate and the votes indi cate that the power of the President to remove from office, daring the vacation of the Senate, was, at beet, a doubtful power under the Constitution. Ile said: It may be well observed, that for the purposes of this trial, and upon the question whether the Prenideet is or is not guilty under the: first three articles exhibited against him by the House of Repreeentative ,e it is of no coneemence whether the President of the United States has power to remove a civil officer during a recess of the Senate. The fact charged and proved against the Presi dent, end on which ao one fact proved against him, we demand his conviction, is that he attempted to remove Mr. Stanton from the calico of Secretary of Warder= log a session of the Senate. It cannot be claimed with any propriety that the act of 1789 can he construed as a grant of power tr. the President to an extent beyond the practice of the goverement for three-quarters of a century undo.* the Constitution, and under the provisions of • the law of 1719. None of the predecessors of Mr. Johnson, from General Washington to Mr. lincolu, :titheeelt the act of 1789 was in existence diming all that period, had ever ventured to claim that ell her render that act or by virtue of tile Constitudyn, the Preddent of the inited states had power to remove a civil officer during a session of the Senate, without its consent and advice. The utmost that can be said is. that for the last forty years it had been the practice of the Executive to remove civil efficrrs at pleasure during the recess of the Senate. While it may be urged Cleat this practice, in the absence of any direct legislation upon the subject, had become the common law of the country, protecting the Executive in a l olicy corresponding to that practice, it io also true, for stronger reasons, that Mr. Jchnscu was board by his oath of office to adhere to the practice of Ills predecessors in other particulars, none of whom lead ever ventured to remove a civil officer from hie office during the session of the Senate and appoint a successor, either permenent Or ad interim, and authorize that I itecetetot to enter upon the discharge of the deities of such office. The act of 1795, on which the President so strongly re lies. was next discussed with much thoroughness. by Gov. lioetwell, clearly deducing the position that the Presi dent's conduct finds no support either in the Constitution, in the act of 1799, or in the legislation of 1795, on which ho chiefly relies as a justification for the appointment of Thomas as Secretary of War ad tat "riot. It follows, oleo, t hat if the 'I entice of Office act had not been passed the • President would have been guilty of a high misdemeanor, in that ho leaned an order for the removal of Mr. Stanton ft em office dining the session of the Senate, in violation of the : Constitution and of his own oath of office; that he was guilty of a high misdemeanor in the ate pointraent of this whether as Secretary of Wee' ad Interim, and this whether the act of the lath of February 1795 is in force, or whether the flame has been repealed by the statute of 1863, or annulled and rendered obsolete by the intervening legislation of the country. His guilt is thus fully proved and established as charged in the first, second and third articles of impeachment exhibited against hlm by the House of Representatives, and this without considering the requirements or cons•nationality ,of the act regulating the tenure of certain civil offices. floverpor Montan:di then took up the tenuromf. office law. ITh. showed that the law fully included the case of Mr. Stanton in its provisions. He said that Mr. Stanton 'off Secretary of War„ . was, on the second day of March', 1867, within and Included under the langnage of tho pro ;vim. and wait to hold his office for and during the term of the President by whore he had been appointed, and one month thnreafter,,oulkiect to ;removal, however • and with the advicitE. and consent of 11%0 Senate. we maintain that. Mr. 'Stanton wan Alton hoidhlit . 114 oinco pf Nteretar7 9 1 War, lo • term of Provident Lineoin, .by Whom .he had been appointed; that that term commenced on the fourth of M arch. and would end on th e fourth o fMarch, lb he - ne t ituti on efines theniestking of the word "term." , When speaking of the President. It daya v "Ila shall hold his office during the term of fent years, and, together with the Vice Prerideet, Own for the, same term. be sleeted se f °bowie." Now, then, although the President firet elect , d may die during hie term, the office and the term of office etillrernain. Baying been establisked by . Ore Conelltntion, it is not in any degree dependent npon the circumrtance whether the person elected to the term shall ourvive to the 'end or not. It still Is a Presidential term. It still in in law the term •of the Prerlitent ho weeder ted to the o ffi ce. The Vice Presi dent was chosen at the same time, and elected for, the same tote, hut it le the term of a di ff erent office from that of President—the term of the office of Vice President. Mr jobnron was elected to the office of Vice ,President for the term of four years. Mr. Lincoln was elected to the office ef President for the term of four years. Mr. Lincoln died in the second month of his term, and Mr. Johnson succeeded to the office. It wee not a new office: it was not a new term, Be suc ceeded to Mr. Lincoln's, office, and for the remainder of -Mr. Lincoln's turn of office, lie is serving out Mr. Lie. aoln'o term as Pr. eldcnt. The law says that theflecreta ries Omit hold their offices respectively for and during the term of the Presidret by, whom they may have been ap pointed Mr. Lincoln's term commenced on the 4th of March, Mee Mr. Stanton was appointed by Mr. Lincoln; he was in office in Mr. Lincoln's term, when the act roan kiting the tenure of certain civil officers was parsed: and by the provt.o of that act he wets entitled to held that office until one month after the 4th of March, i 869, nnless he should be sooner removed therefrom, by and with the advice sod consent of the Senate. We all agree that in ordinary times and under ordinary dream• Mimes. It would not only be just, and proper tor a cabinet officer to tender his resignation at once, upon the suggestion of the President that it would be acceptable, but that it would be the height of personal and officia l In d ecorum if hell/were to hesitate for p a moment as to his duty in that particular. But thejuetificatlon of Mr. Stan ton. and hie claim to the gratitude and the eneoralums of his countrymen, is, that when the nation was imperilled by the usurpations of a criminally minded Chief Hag E . trate, he SPE , rted hie constitutional and legal rights to the office of Secretary for the Department of War,and thee by bin devotion to principle, and at great personal sacrifices, be has done more than any other man since the close of the rebellion to protect the interests and maintain the 74.110 of the people of the country. But the strength of the view we entertain of the mean ing and score of the tenure-of.office act is nowhere more rietiefactorily demonstrated than in the inconsistencies of the argument which has been presented by the learned counsel for the respondent in support of the President's positions. lie pays, epeaking of the first section of the act regulating the tenure of certain civil offices, "Here is a section, then, the body of which applies to all civil officers. Its well to those then in office as to those who should there after be appointed. Tho body of this section contains a declaration that every ouch officer es,' that is, if he is now in office, and `shall be.' that b, if he shall here lifte• be appointed to office, entitled to hold until a successor is appointed and qualified In his place. That is the body of the section." This language of the eminent counsel is not only an admission. but it is a decla. ration that the Secretary for tho Department of War. being a civil officer, as is elsewhere admitted in the argu ment of the counse l the respondent, is included in and covered and controllfici by the language of the body of this section. It is a further admission that in the absence of the proviso, the power of the President over the Secretary for the Department of War would correspond exactly to hie power over any other civil officer, which would be merely the power to nominate a successor whose confir nation by the tenate, and apppointment, would work the removal of the person in office: When the counsel for the responiient, proceeding in his ar gument, enters, upon an examination of the pro. vies*, be maintains that the language of that ptovieo does not include the Secretary for the Department of War. If he is not included in the language of the pro viso, then upon the admission of the counsel he is in. eluded in the body of the bill, im that for the purposes of this investigation and trial it is wholly immaterial whether the proviso applies to him or not. If the proviso dc es not apply to the Secretary for the Department of War, then he holes his office. as in the body of the sec tion expressed, until removed therefrom by and with the advice and conecut of the Senate. If he is covered by the language of the proviso, then a limitation is fixed to his office. to wit: that it is to expire one month after the close of the term of the President by whom he has been appointed, subject, however. to previous removal by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Referring to the President's plea that:his intent was merely to test the law, Governor Bontwell said : But his alleged purpose to test the law in the courts hown to be a pretext merely. Upon hie own theory of his rights, lie could have instituted proceedings by infor mation in the nature of a quo warran'o against Mr. Stan. ton on the 13th of January, 18s:sPI.. More than three mouths have pasted and he has done nothing whatever. When by Mr. etanton's fiction Lorenzo Thomas was under ar rest. and proceedings were instituted a islets might have tested the legality of the Tenureof-office act, Mr. Cox, the President's special counsel. moved to have the proceed ings*, dismiseed. although Thomas was at large upon his own recognizance. Can anybody belies, it was Mr. John f On's purpose to teat the act in the courts? Dot the re, spordenths insincerity, his duplicity. is chosen by tho etaten ens which he made to General Sherman in Janu ar, last hherrnan says. "I asked him why lawyers could not make a ULM and not bring me, or an offices*. into the controversy:? His answer war, 'that It was found impos sible, or a case could not be made no 'but,' raid he, 'lf we can bring the case to the Courts. It would not stand half en hour.'' He now _gays his object seas to Vest the case in the Courts To Sherman he declares that a case cotld not be made up, but 11 one could be made up the law world nos stand half an hour. When a case was made up which might have tested the law - , he makes haste to get it dismissed. Did ever aucacity and deplie city - more clearly appe. r in the excuses of a criminal? he House of Repreeentativee does not demand the conviction of Andrew Johnsen onlees he is guilty in the manner charged in the articles of impeachment; nor does the Ho' ee evpect the managers .to seek a conviction except upon the law and the facts considered with judi cial impartiality. lint lam obliged to declare that I have no capacity to understand those processes of the human mind by which this tribunal, or any member of this tri banal can doubt, can entertain a reasonable doubt, that. Andrew Johnson is guilt of high misdemeanors in °nice, at. charged in each of the first three articles exhibited against him by the House of Representative!. Gov. Bontwell, passing to the "conspiracy attieleses 8,7, showed that those charges had been properly laid, and after an elaborate recital of the evidence, de mar d conviction of the respondent upon them. In arguing upon the tenth article, he said: 'I he let rued counsel who opened the case for the Presi dent eeeneamt to have comprehended the nature of the offence Pet forth in the 10th article. His remarks upon that article proceeded upon the idea that the Hemel, of Representatives arraign the President for slandering or libelling, the Congress of the United Stated. No such off. nee hi charged; nor is it claimed by the managers that it would be possible for Mr. Johnson. or any other person, to libel or slander the government It is for no purpose of protection or indemnity or punishment that we arraign Mr. Johnson fir words spoken in Washington, Cleveland, and SL•Louis. We do net arraign him for the words eeoken' but the charge in sehstance to that a man who could utter the words, y Web, as is proven, were uttered by him. is unnt for tins alice be holds. We claim that the common law of crimes, at undo stood and s uforced by entif .ament in cased of im peas. lenient, is in substance this: that no pereon in office shall de soy act contrary to the good morals of the °thee; and that when an officer is guilty of any act contrary to the good morale of tee office whirls he hotels, that act is a misdemeanor for the purpose of impeachment and re. too , eel froze office. 'I he eueecises made by the President at Cleveland 'and St. Louis, n loch have seen proved and are sound in the record of the case, contained numerous passages similar in character to that extracted from his speech of the 18th of August, ]bee r and all calculated and designed to impair the just authority of Congress. While these declarations have not been made the hassle of substantive charges in the articles of impeachment, they furnish evidence of the uulawful intent of the Preeident in his utterance of the 18th of August, and ales of the fact that that utterance was not due to any temporary excite ment or transient purpose which passed away with the occasion which had called liforth It was a declarer. Lion made in accordance with a fixed design, which had obtained such entire control of hie nature that whenever Ise addressed public assemblies ho gave expression to it. The evidence which has been submitted by the respon dent bearing upon the tenth .article indicates a purpose, in argument, to excuse the President upon the ground that the remarks of the people ethunlated, irritated. and excited him to such an extent that he was not wholly re epansible for what he said. If this were true, it would ex hibit great weakness of character; but as a matter of fact it is not true. The taunts and gibes of the people vet °mho insulted served only to draw frorn him those declarations which were in accord wth the purpose of his life. This is shown by the fact that all his political declarations made at Cleveland and at St. Louis, though made under excitement, are in entire hannony . with the declarations made by him in the )cast Room of tae Executive Mansion on the 18th of August, 18eal, when he was free from any disturbing influence, and expressed himself with freedom and without excitement. '1 he blasphemous utterances at St Louis cannot be ag gravated by me, nor can they be extenuated by anything hich counsel for the respondent can offer. They exhibit the character of the speaker. Leen these facts, thus proved, and the views presented, we demand the conviction of the respondent of the min demeanors set forth in the tenth article; . . . _ . . Governor Boutwell then took up the 11th article, refer ring to the Preeidenthr Interference with the reconetrae lion netts of Congrees. Upon this point he argued very strongly, showing by the . Parsons' telegram and other whe the fixed purposes of Johnson to taw art the work of reconstruction. Ile Bald:— 'that the President was and is hostile to Mr. Stanton, and that ho desired his removal from office. there to no doubt; but he hasnot assumed the responsibility which rests upon him, he has not incurred the hazard of his pre sent position, for the mere purpose of gratifying his per sonal feelings towards Mr. Stanton. He disregarded the b nitre of oilice act; he first suspended and then removed :%1 r. btanton from the office of Secretary of the Depart went of War; he defied the judgment of and the advice and authority of the Senate •, he incurred the risk of Im peachment by the House of Repreaentativep.and trial and conviction by this tribunal, under the influence of au ambition .unlimited and unscrupulous, which dares any thing and, everything necei sary to its gratification. 11 cure, it is through his agency and by his influence the South has been given up to disorder, rapine, and blood. sh.d; hence it is that since the sarrender of Lee and Johnston thousands of loyal men, black and white, have been nun dered in cold blood or subjected to cruelties and tortures each as iu modern times could have been perpe trated only in savage nation, and In remote parts of the and ; hence it is that 12,000,000 of people are without law, without order, unprotected in their industry or their rights; hence it is that ten stets ace without government and unrep resouted in Congress; hence it to that the people of the North are even now. uncertain whether the re bet lief , vanquished in the field. is not nnally to ho victorious in the councils. and in the cabinet of the country; hence it is that thtglloyal people of the entire Union look upon ndiew Johnson as their worst enemy; hence It is that those who participated in the rebellion, and still hope that its power may once more be established in the coun try tot k upon Andrew Johnson as their beet friend, and as the tart and chief supporter of the views which they en tertain. he Brune of Representatives has brought this criminal to)air bar for trial, for conviction, and, for judgment; hm the Rouse of Representatives, as a branch of the leg. iFlati , c department of the government, has no special in t( rest in these proceedings. It entered upon them with great rcluctan ce, after laborious and continued investi gation. and only upon a conviction that the interests of the country were in peril, and that there was no way Li' relief except through the exorcise of ' the high est constitutional power vested in that body-. We do not appeal to this t ibunal because any special right of the Douse of 'Representatives has been infringed, or be cause the just powers or the existence of the House are in danger, except as that body must always participate in the good or 111 fortune of the country. They have brought this • rent criminal to yourbar,and here demand hie con. viction in the belief, as the result of much investigation, of much deliberation, that the interest') of this country are ri o lenger rate in hands. Never tu the hit tory.of frea.gevernment bas there been "'Noe. PO gross, no unjustifiable an attempt upon the part of any eixectutive,,whetner Emperor, Ring or Prod aent, to doperoy, the just authority of , another department JiiefirW" The Home of Representatives has not ,been indiffer ent to title areal:eft; 'this not been unmindful of the den - ger tO hieh you have been exposed; it has fieen, - whet yea must admit that without its agency and trupport yea were pewerlt an to /eget:Otte.' aggressions, or to . thwart, in any de gyre the purpose. of this tamper. In the exercise of their remit inflate' poWer of impeachment they hate brought him to your heir ;they have laid beforeyou the this deuce shoeing conelutively the nature, the extent and the depth of hbe gent. You hold this great rower' in trust, net ter youreelyes merely, but for all your successore in theta high Tenet s, and for all the people of this country. 'You cannot fail to discharge your duty; that duty h char. On the one head ft it your duty to protect, to Pre serve.snel to defend yourmenconatitutionairights,but it is equally.) our duty to preserve the laws and institutions of the country. It it your duty to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the rights of the people unio n r it; it is your duty to preserve and to trans mit union aired to your eucceasors in these places all the constitutional rights and privileges guaranteed to this body by the form of eovernment under which we live. On the other hand it is your duty to try, to convict, to pronounce judgment upon this criminal that all his etc careers, and all men who aspire to the ottice of President, in time to come, may understand that the 'House of Rep reeentatives at d the Senate will demand the efficient ob. eervance of the Constitution; that they will bold every man in the presidential Mince responsible for a rigid per. fosmance of his public duties. Nothivg. 'literally nothing, can be said in defence of this criminal. Upon his own admissions he le entity in substance of the gray. at charges contained in the articles of impeachment exhibited against him by the House of Representatives. In hie personal conduct and character he presents no quality er attribute which enlists the sympathy or the regard of men. Tho exhibition which he made in this chamber on the 4th of March. 1865, by which the nation was humiliated and republican institutions disgraced, in the pretence of the representatives of the civilized nations of the earth, is a tru hful exhibition of his character. Hit violent, de nunciatory. blasphemous declarations made to the people on ti scions occasions, and proved by the testimony sub mitted to the Senate, illustrate other qualities of his na. tore, lilt cold indifference to the desolation, disorder. and crimes is the ten Slates of the South exhibit yet other and darker featuree. Andrew Johneot has disregarded and violated the laws and I onstitution of his own country. Under his admin istration the government bag not been strengthened, but weakened. Its reputation and influence at home and abroad have been injured and dimin bled. lie bits not outraged and distant people bound to us by no Ben but those which-result from conquest and the exercise of arbitrary power on our part; but through his violation of the laws and the influence of his evil ex ample upon the men of the 'South in whose hearts the purposes and the passions of war yet linger, he has brought diem der , confusion, and bloodshed to the homes of twelve millions of people, many of whom are of our own blood and all of whom aro our countrymen. Ten States of this Union aro without law, without security, without safety: public order everywhere violated, public justice nowhere respected: and all In consequence of the evil purposes and machinations of the President. Forty million of people have been rendered anxious and uncer tain as to the preservation of publicace and the per pet, ity of the institutions of freedom in pe this country. here are no limits to the consequences of this man's evil example. A member of his cabinet in your presence avows, prociaima indeed, that he suspended from office imirlinitely a faithful public Miner who Was appointed by your advice and consent; an act which he doss not at tempt to juaiify by any law or usage, except what he is pleased to call the law of necessity. Is it strange that in the presence of these examples the ignorant, the vicious, and the criminal are everywhere swift to violate the laws? Is it estrange that the loyal people of the South, pet of them poor. dependent, not yet confident of their net ly acquired rights exercising their just privileges in fear and trembling. ehouid thus be made the victims of the worat paselorur of men whet have freed themselves from all the restraints of civil government. Under the influence of three examples good men in the South have everything to fear, and bad men have everything to hope: Csius Verres is the great political criminal of history. For two years he was envier and the scourge of Sicily. The area of that country , does not much exceed ten thou sand square miles, and in modern times it has had a population of about two million souls. The criminal at your bar has been the scourge of a country many times the area of Sicily, and containing a population six times as great. Verres enriched himself and his friends; he seized the public paintings and statues and carried them to Borne. But at the end of his brief rule of two years tie left Sicily as he had found it; in comparative peace and in the poseeieion of its industries and it. laws. This re. 'poudeut has not ravaged States nor enriched himself by the plunder of their treasures; but he lon inaugurated and adhered to a policy which has deprived the people of the blessings of peace, of the protection of law, of the just rewards of honest it distry. A vast and important portion of the re public, n-portion w bbee prosperity is essential to the pros. perity of the country at large, is prostrate and halides] Under the evils sinch his administration hoe brought on it. When Verres was arraigned before his judges at home sod the exposure of his crimes began, his counsel abandoned his cause and the criminal tied from the city. '1 et Verres had friends in Sicily, and they erected a gilded statue to his name in the streets of Si racuee. This respondent will look in vain. even in the south, for any t, etimoni.4.l3 to his virtues or to his public conduct. All classes are opereseed by the private and public calamities which be hes brought upon them. They apneal to you for relief. The netfon waite in anxiety to. the conclusion of theao proceedings. Forty millions of people.whoee interest in public affairs is in the wise.and just administration of the laws. look to this tribunal as a sure defence against the encooaclornente of a admit al Chief Magistrate. Will any one nay to at the heavieetjedgment which you ran give le any adequate punishment for these crimes? Your office is not punishment but to secure the safety of the republic.--But Moreau tribunals are inadequate to punish those criminals, who as rulers or magis trates, by the it example, conduct or policy, and crimes, become the scourge of communities and na tters. N• picture, no power of the imagination, can illustrate or conceive the eutietitig of the poor but ley al people of the south. A patriotic. virtuous, law abiding chief magistrate would have healed the wounds of war, soothed m ivate and public sorrows, protected the ys oak, en ouraeed the strong, apd lifted from themoutheno people the ble dens which now are greater than they can beer. Travelers and a stronemers inform us that in the south. ern heavens, near the southern cross, there is a vast apace which the uneducated call the hole in the sky, where the eye of man. with the aid of the powers of the telescope, has been unable to dl cover nebula', or asteroid, or comet, or plant, or, a tar. or sun. In that dreary, cold, dark re Oen of apace, which is only known to be lees than infinite by the evidences of creation elsewhere, the Great Author of cells fat mechanism has; left the chaos which was in the beginning. if this earth were capable of the sem huents and emotions of jetties and virtue, which in Leman mortal beings are the evidences and the pledge of our Livine orltinnnd immortal destiny, she would heave and throw, with the energy of the combined forces of air, tire. and water, and project this enemy of two races of men into that vast region, there forever to exist in a solitude eternal as-life, or asthe absence of life, emblematical [of, if not really, that "outer darkness' , of is Melt the Saviour of man make in warning to those who are the enemies to themselves, of their race. and of their God. But It is yew% to relieve, not to punish Thin done and our country is again ad vanced in the intelligent opinion of mankind. In other govefnm,nts en unfaithful ruler can be removed only by revolution, violence, or force. The proceeding here le ju dicial, and according to the forms of law. Your judg ment is ill be enforct d without the aid of a policeman or a soldier. Vs hat othef evidence will ho needed of the value of republican institution.? What ether test of the strength and vigor of our government? What other assurance that the virtue of the people in equal to any emergency of national life? The contest which we carry on at your hair le a contest in defence of the constitutional rights of the Congress of he United States, representing the people of the United States, against the arbitrary, unjust, illegal claims of the Executive. Tide is the old contest of Europe revived in America. England. Prance, and Spain have each been the theatre of this strife. In Prance and Spain the Executive tri. umeherl. in England the people were victorious. The people of France gradually but slowly regain thgir rights. Bra even Tot there is no fresdom of the press in Franco; • he' eis no freedom of tire legislative will; the Emperor is supreme. Spain is wholly unregenerated. England alone has a tree parliament and a government of laws emanating from the people who are entitled to vote. These laws are every te here executed, and a sovereign who should will fully interpose any obstacle would be dethroned without delay. in England the law is more mighty than the king. In America a President claims to be mightier than the law. This result in England was reached byslow move ments and after a struggle which lasted through many centuries. John Hampden was not the first nor the last of the patriots who resisted executive usurpation. but nothing could have been more inapplicable to the pretreat circumstances than the introduction of his name as an apology for the usurpations of Andrew Johnson. -•• leo man will question John Hampden's patriotism or the propriety of his acts when he brought the ques tion whether ship-money was within the Constitution of Er gland, before the courts," but no man will admit that there is any parallel between Andrew Johnson and John Hampden. Andrew Johnson takes the place of Charles I, and seeka to substitute his own will for the laws of the land. In 1636 John Hampden resisted the demands of a usurping and unprincipled king, aa does Edwin M. Stanton to day resist the claims and demands of an un. principle d and usurping President. The people of England have successfully resisted exe cutive encroachment upon their rights Let not their ex ample be beat upon no. We suppressed the rebellion in arms, and we are now to expel it from the executive councils. This done republican institutions need no fur Cher Illustration. All things then relating to the national o Ware and life are made as secure as eau be any future event. The freedom, prosperity, and power of America are is. eared. The friends of constitutional liberty throughout. Europe will hail with joy the assured greatness and glory of the new republic. Our internal diffi culties will rapidly disappear Peace and pros. peaty will return to every portion of the country,'_ In a fo* weeks or menthe we shall celebrate a restored Union ripen the basis or the equal rights of the States, in each if whicht r quality of the people will be recognized and es tablished. This respondent is not to be convicted that these things may come, butjustice being done these things are to come. At your bar the house of Representative+ demands jeep tied--justice for the people, justice to the, adenaed. Justice is of God. and cannot perish. By and through justice retries obedience to the law by all magistrates and people. - Ity and through justice comes the liberty of the law, which is freedom without license. Senators. as far as lam concerned, the case is now in your hands, and it is soon to be closed by my associate. The House of Representatives have presented this at your bar with equal confidence in his guilt and in. Your disposition to administer exact justice between him and the people of the United States. His conviction is the triumph of law, of order, of jus tice. Ido not contemplate his acquittal—it is impousiole. Therefore Ido not look beyond. Bet, Senators, the peo• breakof America will never permit an usurping executive to break down the securities for liberty provided by the Constitution. The cause of the country is in your hands. Your verdict of guilty is peace to our beloved land. Weather Report. dpril 22. Thermo -9 A. M. Wind. Weather. .„ meter. Port Hood, N. Cloudy. 43 Halifax, 8. do. 46 Portland, S. do. 47 Boston, W. Clear. 60 New York, 8- W. Hazy. 50 Wilmington,Dol. N. W. Clear. 48 Washington, '8 W. . do. 60 Richmond, N. W. do. .54 Oswego, N. W. do. 46 buffalo, E. do. 50 Pittsburgh, W. do. 47 Chicago, 8. W. do. 50 Louisville, N. do. 70 Mobile, N. do. 72 Key West* E. •do. - 81 Havanat ,- N. do. 79 *Bar., 30-25; tßar. 30.20. THIRP EDITION. IMPEACHMENT. To-Day's Preliminary ProemAlio, Original,Order f Speeches Retained The Impeachment Trial. Wwnuitv6•roY, April d',L Eirsarit,—The Court was opened with the usual formal!. ties at 11 c. , clook A. M. . . The Chief Justice stated that the find business in order was the consideration of the following order, offered by Senator Sumner:l Ordered—That the Manage.rs on the part, of the. nCtLid , of lepre sentatlyes haveleare to file written. Or Printed arguments before the oral argument coranumeee. • ' • Senator Vickers offered an amendment propelling to allow such of the Managers as are note authetited to si eak, to file written or printed 'ar_guments or make oral addresses, and the counsel for the President to alternate with them in so doing. J Mr, Curtis—Mr. (Thief Justice.—it May h aye to:mit:bear. Ins upon the decision of this proposition if Istatewkat l em now' authorized to state that of the counsel for .be President, Mr Stamberra indispoSition is such that it will be impracticable for him to take MAY further part in the proceedings. The substitute was agreed to by the following vote: nuckalew, Cragin, Davis, Doolittle;, Edmunds, FevJenden, Erelingbuysen,_Grimes. Hendricks. Johnson, .11e (beery. MorriU Morton., Norton, Fat. tenon (N. 11), Patterson (Trim.), Saulsbnry._ Sprague, 7ipton,Trumbull,Van Winkle,Viciter,Willeys,Wfisen and Yates-26. Nave-Cameron, Crate% Chandler, Conneee r VerDett. Drake, Ferry, Henderson, Howard, Howe, Morgan, Mor rill q . t.), Pomeroy, Ramsey, Ross, Sherman, SterWatt, Sumner, Thayer and Williams-10. The question recurring on the order ao amend9d, it wee lost by the following vote: Bnckalew, Cragin, Davis, Doolittle.rirw• ler, Hendricks, Johnson, McCrcery. Morton, Norton, rat tenon (N. H.). Patterson (Tenn.), Satusbuty, `Sumner, Tipton, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Vickers, Willey. Wilson and Yates-',a). NAYS—Memo. Cameron, Cattail, Chandler, Conness, Corbett, Drake, Edmunds. Ferry. Fessenden, Frelinghuy- Fen, Grimes. Henderson, Howard, Howe, Horgan, Morrill (Me.), :Morrill (Vt,), Pomeroy, Rainsey, Rosa, Btusrman, 8 Prague, Stewart. Thayer and Williams-26. Mr. Steven—Mr. President, I desire to make an in thiry. and that is, whether there is any impropriety in e Managers publishing short arguments. After the motion made hero on Slaw day, some few of us, I among. the rest, crromenced to write out a abort which I expect to finish by to-night, which if the t order had peened, I should have filed. Ido not know that there Is any impropriety in it except that it will not go into the proceedings. Ido not like to do anything improper, and hence, 1 make the inquiry. would be President, I yould !Tire Whether it would be in order to move the original pr er, on which we have taken no vote. Chief Justice—lt wouldlnot, as the Chief Justice under stands the matter has been disposed of. • 'e reading of the order submittted by Senator Stew art some days ago was called for, and it was read es f ol laws : That one of the managers on the part of the Mouse be permitted to tile his printed argument before the adjournment to day, and that after an oral opening by a Manager and the Tel ly of one of the President's counsel, shall have the privilege of filing a written or of making an oral address, to be followed by the closing apeoch of one of the President ' s counsel and Modulo-I reply of *Manager under the existing rule • The Chief Justice said it could be considered by -unani mous cement. . . No objection was made. Mt. Conners offered the following as a substitute: That such of the managers and counsel of the President as may choose to do so have leave to file their arguments on or before April Mr. Sumner—That is right. Mr. Buckalew moved to lay the order and the amend ment on the table. Rejected without a division. , The amtndment and the original order were rejected After several other motive were offered and vote d down, Mr. Trumbull offered tbe following: Ordered, 3 hat as many of the Managers and of the counsel as may desire be permitted to file written argu, tneuto or address the Senate orally. Which was amended by adding the proviso that the concluding oral argument shall be made by only,ode l'ilsnager,as provided in the Slot rule. Numerous amendments were rejected,and considerable debate ensued ; but the yeas and nasa being taken on Mr. Trumbull's order as amended, it was adopted by "a vote of 28 to 22, the discussion having continued up to 12.50. , „ . Boutwell then commenced his argument, reading from printed slips. The galleries In the meantime became vgrpmuchcrowded. Manager Houtwell commenced speaking at a quarter before one o'clock. The Steamer Old Colony Ashore. NEW YORX, April 22.—The Bound stetgrier Colony went ashore on Hart's Island in a: fog thin morning. The patsengers were safely brought to this city by the steamer Washington. North Carolina Election. WILMINGTON, April 22.—The election is pro- pressing quietly and the Conservatives are gain ing ground. At Stump Sound Precinct, in this county, up to 4 o'clock yesterday, out of 46 negro votes 45 were for the Conservative ticket. Conspiracy to Rob and Murder. LOUISVILLE, April 22.—A conspiracy to rob the way train on the Jeffersonville Railroad, and murthr the men in charge thereof, was yesterday diecoVered through Detective Bright. Four of the conspirators were arrested at Jeffersonville, and two others escaped who were In the emplo7 of the Company. Arrival of Steamers. NEW YORIC, April 22.—The steamships Rapi dan and Eagle, from Havana, and Scotia, from Liverpool, have arrived. The Latest quotations from New York. ((By Telegraph.] Smith, Randolph & Co.. Bankers and Brokers. No. 16 South Third street, have received the following quota, tions of Stocks from New York: April 21st, 1868, 1836 o'clock.—Gold, : United States Sixes 1881, 1127e4113; United States Five.twentles. 63. 111;6 tit ; do. 1584 . 110®110%; do. 11866. 1103.1(41105,1: do. illy. 1866. 1083`.®108 4 4 ; do. do. 1867. 1083060)1081S; do. Fives, Ten•fortles, toet@m 7 ;;; United States Seven thirties, 3d eerie,, 106%041061:1:' do. do. 3d series. 106%® 1% 3 4 • ; New York Central, 119 X :Erie, tV - ,11 Reading, 43. N. lechisn Southern, 803,'; t Cleveland and Pittsburgh, S4_4'; Rock eland, 83; Northwest, Common. L 63: Do. Pre ferred, 75; Facitio Mail, 0274: Fort Wayne, 102. Markets by Telegraph. • NF.W YORK, April 22—Cotton buoyant at 81(4300. Flour dull and declining; gales of 7.1100 bnis.; State. $9 260 $ll 30; Weetern, $9 25@511 14; California. $l2 85@51450.. Wheat dull and declining. Corn dull and lower; sales of 29,i00 bushels nixed Western at $1 15®$1 18. Rye stock scarce and 2(430 higher. Pate firmer.; sales of 24,000 bushels at 8074 c. Beef stead,y. Pork quiet ;.• new urea $27 tRX. Lard firm at 1734@1834e. Whisky dull and nominal. BALrimoge, April 22.—Cotton firm; Middlings, 81 cents Flour steady. and holders very firm; the stock is very scarce and none offelna. Wheat ateady ; Pennsylvania, *2 2 0 ; Maryland, $8 00(453 10. Corn firm r • White $ll2 ql 14; Yellovr, $1 swim. Mt Oats heavy; Western. :Siaryland and Pennsylvania, 95(490. Rye firm at ti h n. Baron unchanged. Pork active at $2B. Lard Alnn ct 18)1 cents. - • STATE OF TVA,. THERMOMETER THIS DAY AT Tux, BULLETIN OFFICE. to A. 11.....60 deg. U M.. 68 deg. 2 P.M. • • • . 61 deg. Weather clear. Wind neutriwest. CURTAIN MATEWILIWeis I. E. WALRAVEN No. 719., CIHESTNUT STREET, MASONIC HALL, is now opening an Invoke of very fine LACE CURTAINS, OF SPECIAL DESIGNS. ALSO, NOTTINGHAM LACES Or' VARIOUS GRADES. All to be Sold at Very Ueasonable Rates' TERRIES AND, REPS In Solid Colors, as well as 041906 NEW AND ELEGANT PIANO AND TABLE CIO MB ALT 'MUT LOW PRLCER Window Shades for Spring Trade u 61/11Rik* leAtuarr. 2:30 ,01C.11001x.
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