ore, COLUMBIA JEt&L. DEMOCRAT AND BL00MSBUR6 GENERAL ADVERTISER. EEVl L, TATE, EDITOR. "TO HOLD AND TRIM TUB TO 110 II OF TRUTH AND WA E IT O'ER THE DARKENED EARTH." TERMS: $2 00 IN ADVANCE. '"Win, """in, "id Hi 1T0.V, E, ' 1 ' r i 1"M i i, 2s es, llll- I ll i -I OLTs NO. 26. FIlESII ARRIVAL OF llU WOUlUtUJll. B X .1 B I ll'l in I ll.I A T Miller's Store. jiUtt M.Mrl.i''r l"fi Jum rtMnrnert from Ihn Oltlt-a ttllll nil Dill T iJirgn nun puiuci nrnuiuiiri hi nnt.vn AND SUMMEIl GOODS. Iputrbased nt Philadelphia, in tho tnwoat fir;iiro, nnd ' I i.i. , .. ... .1 .if .,, I ti ml fn an 1 1 mi tia mmlprntii tnrrn. . ran Im tirnrurod e sewliern III tttouiusburL', Ills itork comprises .AlllF.V IIKWS liUVIIS, rfliirst stwc.nnu inieai insiiinn. uhy (mo i is, .1X1) uhockmrs. ii ini)ii'iin: (lur.KX'iMiui. c.f.DJin iMitr., nui.i.mr irjtnii KOvV, AW.S, BOOTS If S1IOKS U.1T3 S,- (Mrs, Hfcc, fjr., .ye., .inui lit hi ntiinltf tiniil In rnnntrr soon,. i wlii.li lio hi lln tin- ulilln generally. i nn llixnu.lliricu nun nil "in... .i ... S II. MILLER. ni'nn!ir. Mny V. WA. TMIK pooplo nf llio county of Columbia J sro r r iiurihill V Informed that III. uudi rsiijuuil Kns fo, ml' at llln It K CO It DIM'S OFFICE, iii.uuMBiitntu. Tin: nnsr Nt) :iii;.rT.fT rtfSOUTMKXT tit" I Tabu found iinywln'ri' In tho County, rnn.lntlns Note, t.eiter. I.iia.nl nml ';i Paper- 1'i'iu. Didders, iviirils, Ink and I'.uvelnpo. ; .4.SI , NEW AND SECOND-HAND ROOK'S Cnmprls In. History. Pnetry, I'ieflon.Tlie ST. I til? ft oloey ami ili.t rlaaair. CalnlofftirM ly.u.ii.i nf ,n)ll).H ,nn,,,M imlillrntliiti , from which se taction, ran In! made, and Hunks fiiriii..ieil l" prdcri by spe.lal n rr:i nemr n I Willi New nrK Ajienu. TTlK S U iUH Ul V "f'f (IR L iMOllH FHKSII GOODS. Jntl received nt luiasiw Nrw Store. Molasses, f'Ugats, Tea ColTi-o, 11 ic', ilaTs ani Caps. Fish, Salt. Tnlncco, Si.nrn, rnnilK.-. I'T.KD AND IMJOVI.T"NS. ! In-w irirt nniiir''H to nuM ion. , il " II atr. Iisrjrn, .nni pro.lnj-f prnrrnMr tikrn 1 nuft Sr tYlt h h pro a! fit I -If of Bnt ion n nil il l't ft nnm-hiir .M7 S. l1" I ri" 'UK COM'ESMON AND EXl'E- rii-rio nf nn 1V M.III. Pnl ll'lif.i for llif l.f-fit. mul n n rn tit inn In on 113 U'i nun i.iIhh", t-iiilfr fri'in yrrTiiii iii-iitinr, I rrii.niuv lWny if .Mmi'ii.".!, Ac, rniiillns at ill" Mii.r tinu' llii. lr"" r 'rir-l'rnit Ily nn nlmlinn nf.-il Imiiri'lr i if r un.lcri; 'iS rniKnlirniiii' .rm"r.v Jit rnrliMlnu n fmlimiil .iililri'h'fil rnrclnpi linjli! i .ct niijr lie Iiril of tin; millmr. i 1 1 1 1 1 1 . ..1 1 r i 1 ii . n"'.. Jiinr A, lM - ly llrnnhlj 11. King- rn., N, Y iValioDiil Foundry. , It I OOMSIMJUO.f'OLUMUIA CO., PA. M llh fiilinrrit.fr pririrnr f llio Kliiirf naninil ri. J loniiTii caiai miiinnii. ninv iri "iii'n i i''"i' m tors for All Kind i i' Mnr l.ln rry, 1 r rn'lcrl.ii. Illam Fiirn.iri.ii. Stiiiinnnry niivlni9. Mills . TIlVi:PIIIM'i MAI.'IIIM S, fiC. tiC. Hf Ii olio prfparcit In iimkii Slur.', nil t7. ami I atlnrnf. n'nwlrnn", ami fur)tliiii; miinlly iimile In r-i.t-rln." I'liiinilri''. . Ilia riun-ivu Inrilillx nnil jirarliriil wnrkmrn, wnf ' j n nil linn in rroivinij llio Ins. lit roulrarlH nn tlm mi 1. 1 re iHiinnhle tefjns. irytiraim .01 nil kinilii will lie tnki'ii In cirhnnii. for rftitinc.. "Iff This entahli.hiuent I. Inca.ed near tho l.arknwnn, rs A IllooHinbiitK ltnilro.nl Depot I'ciF.it nu.i.Mi'.vnii rrttombiirn, Pept. 11, i?tia, TELL'S SPKCIFIO PILLS War- ! B Aiim m a i.i, t'isrs -I'an lio rcllej on I Nei er f.iil to rum! lln mil naun ate t A(n r pei dv In nrtiou! No rhiuiire nf iliel requiri d I Do lint liilerfi re Willi hnsiii..s pursuits I t.'an bo used uiilioiit iletertiou ! Upwards n f oi.O rures the past inniith -hoMm of th"iii very .evuru rases. Over nuehuiidred phy.irjaiis Irue nsod them in their prartiri', nml ui speak well ol ili. ir rlRrarv, uml appruve nf their roinpo.itinn, whirh is valiieiy veeeinble, mid harmless on Ihu system. Hun tired, nf rerlitirntes run he thowii Ilell's spicule Tills are I he nriirimi! nml only uuiiiiine . dperilie 'liny n rv ailnpled fur iiinlu and feui.ilu, old nr yiiiini-.'miil the only reiiah o remedy for elfeclinit , a periuaneiii uml speedy rurv in all rases nf Hperiun, lorrhen, or Hemiiuil Weakness, Willi all ils train nf evils, suru ns Urethral mid Vicinal Disi harites, (ilvel : the Whites. Skill I)' or Involuntary llmissious. Iiirou- nniianre, Cemial llebility mid Irnlnbility, Iinpulenre, Weakness nr l.uss nl Power, N'ervious Debility, &r Hllnf nhtih nri.es principally from r-'eiual Luessesor I Self-" buse, nr somo runslitutiiMinl deraui:eiiient, ami Inrnp.'iciiati'a the .uQV'ier from lulllllini; IIhi duties nf I liimried lid" In nil sexual riise.ifes. as nuuoriliea, . (iliel. nnd rMrirturei. ami in Diseases nf llio madder I uad Kidneys, they net anrharinl I'.idief is eiperi. i unrud by takmi; n F.inpl.' boi. j Knnl by all the principal ilruspisls. I'rienSI. They will be sent by mail, serun ly sealed, and roil i tidentlally, on receipt of the money, by ' J. llll VAN. M l. ' No. 70 I'edar New York. Cimanltlng l'hyslrinn fur tlm treatment of Seminal, Urinary, r?eiu.il, and .Vervous Diseases, who will send, freiitiiiill, thu follow in nluabln work, in seal vd envelopn : Tiir 1'inir.ni Tuoi'BM.-Dn. Ml'.I.I.'rt TIir.ATD'i: on Self Alnise. I'reniaturu Decay, luiiiotmco uml loss of power, Hexiial Diseases, Hi oilnol inkiiess, .Nishtly nuiissinni, lienilat llehitily, &.C., kc pamplilil of 1. 1 piii'j, contuiuius important a. luce to Hie alllirled, and Mhirh should be rend by every suirrrr, ns Ihe means of,(iiro inthi!sever"t Hajes la plainly set forth inn atampa rnrjntreil lo pay poxtago. Decemher I, IrOI-ly. . Nos. 0,11,13, 15, 17 Courtlnndt Street, NI'.All 1IROADWAT, Ni'.W YORK (UTY. 1'his olil esl-Jill.lieil and frivorile resort of tha Hurl ness l.'oniinuniiy has been recently refilled, nml ia com plete in over) thing that can minister to thu comforts nf lis patrons. Ladies and families aro specially and care fully provided for. II I centrally loralod In tho luiMiiess pnrt nf tlm rity, nnd is couticuoua to the principal llnus of strainboats, cars, iimniliussua ferries, &e. In eonseuueneo, of thu prossurw earned by tho Kobel Hon, prices havo been reduced to One Dollar ard I'ifly Cents per Dai. The labia Is amply supplied with nil tha luxuries nf the season, and it equal to that of aiy other hotel in Ike country. Ample lecoaiinodatloni ara ofleted for upward of gnosis. ttv" Do aot beiiova lunners.nackmsn, ami others who may say "Ihe Western lintel it full." I). I). WINClll'.STCtt, Proprietor, TIIOH. I), WINOIIUaTEU. rt. IS, leTiS. JjEATHER I LEATHER I ! rpiirainlersicnsd would announce, that he hat on hand X atMs llaluudOap I'.inporiuni, on Main fit., Illumes, burr, uu assortment of diuercnt kind of leather, such at tine ralf tkins, inororco, (red nndklack)and linings all ft which Im will sell cheaper than can bo had elsewhere In this market, Call hs.I eiemlne ihem for ynurselvet. JOHN K, (JIRTON. Uloomtburii.May U, liH. Select Jpoctvn. t'rntn tho Itnllwny ltciiilillcan Butter flfty Cents a Pound. mi'llHR rOF.TRT, ttntk frmn tho tomb the doleful mini, llutt-r Tiny Cmita a pwind I t'ofi anil cn.y.trnr nml lliuii.lpr, liny a pickle nnil pny for a eiicninbrr, What mnki-i it 10 t How rnn It bo Two dnltar for n pmiiul nf lea Sixty ecnli fnr cnflV'i1 crnunil, And Ii nil i' r fifty ri'iili a pnmul Hay. thry rny I on Ilia run, forty iIoIIum fir .1 ton j drain ft'i up nml flrffii jno. ilown, Ami butter liny ecu in a pound, Dry flnnilK, loo, arc 11101c than double, To cover y.mr back it l jonte trnable j Mill intcl f.i.bion- nn Conlractnra arefniiml. Ami lintlrr (lfiy colli- 11 pound I Wo onn will h.iv to ntnp (ho tliiniihtnr. Aa a poitnJ nf bcrfnmv eot a. purler, Ami Hint rninrliini'n in near thn rnnnil, Anil butler fifty r.rtit n pound, Thy ray inorulatlnn rnmoa all ; Trui", fur nu iiiiin, livr whitit turn fall ; Nicnr liven- white man con. uiiiUr groitnil. Whiln hiittir'n fifty cut a pound I Wo are ftf'itini! now, tbey.ny. In tin true ami rlslitoii. way, To put niKJi'r up anil hIiIU' man down, While liuttet'K lllly reain a pound I l! tlii I. nfli'rlniii. war, U'e 111011111 havo kiiuwn it Innj tn-fure, And tti.iiik. wo nay to Old John llronrn, lnr hiilt'r'a fifty cjiiIi- a poun 1 I And think we n.iy, In ln ami ('hue, 'Ami all thein feller, in tint ptnrp ; I'or I hi-y am b.niml lo keep 11. iluwn, While butter' fifty r.eiitn a pound ! When llret the boy. weiilto the war. 'I he alwny. left llh a grand hurrah Hut unw im hear 110 rlinerimt rniund, Wlilh biiller'K lifty ft'iil. a pn1111.lt old Ah? tit Iny... to make rt Joke, Ami raid thin war kuii Id end in miu.ke Hie Juki! I. su. 1. 1, a. we hnre found, And hutler'tt Gfty cenH a pound I Whern i. lite tjradml Katniirip.itinn I Where i. Un Imnent euiiip.'iiBatinii I Where i Ins 1 11 ;i ti 14 3 r i t that li.nked o round I IVitrr if Hutttr I- I'lfiy renle a pound! Jilf-l look the mitnattoitf eritip j lake rni:e Onmiy. no inhttor what the prlco I., (freane jnur ntyrr and ..wallow hini duivn, Ifbulter is lifty tents a found. I nl 1 think it's now aluin.i mo lute, ll uill have 10 purlieu for to hnte ; And Ih-y are bound to pill him dovru. While butler', fifty rent, a pound. ('nnsr., I Invii to In-ar Ihn lloo-ters rrnw. J love In nee Ilia I'uciea crnw, I hate to ree the rows around When butter's Oft) cents a pnuiid. AN 7MPORTANT PAPER. Protest of Leading Republicans against DictatorialUsurpationa A Cauctic Rebuke beuator Wade, of Ohio, and Represen tative Davis, of Maryland, hold up Lincoln's Usurpation of Power to the Reprobation and Scorn of the Freemen of the United States. To tho Supporters of the Gov-, crment. , Vs havo read without snrpri o, but not without iudioiiation, ihu iroclamation ol'tlie President of thu e'lh ol July, lofi l. 1'hc supporters of ihu Administration are responsible to the country for its eonduct j ami it i- their riy lit and duty lo check (he encroachment of the Executive on the au- ihority of Congress, and to require it to. conlinu itself lo its proper sphere. It is iinpos iblu to pass iu mIimico this i proclamation without neglecting that duty ; and, having taken as intD'h responsibility as any others in fcitpportuig ihu Adiiiinietra-1 tion, wo nro not dipntil to fail in the oth-! er duty of as-sorting I lio lifhl of Congress.! The President did not sign tno lull "to guarantees lo certain States whose Govern-' mcnt havo been usurped a republican form of Government,"' paicd by thu supporturs of his administration in both Houses of Conuns after inatuio deliberation. Thu bill ditl not,therefi.ro)bccome a law, ' and it is, tbarefore, nothiup; The Proi'ltuiiiitiou is neither an approv-' al nor a veto of tho hill ; it is, therefore, a ' document unknown to the law and oonsti tntion of tho United .Suites. I So lar as it contain an apology for not signing thu bill, it is a political maiiifeeto ag.iiiist tbo fiiends of tho Governnioiit. t'o far as it proposes to execute tho bill which is not a law, it i.i a f;rnve ExojWitivit usurpation. It is fitting that the I nets necessary to enable tho friends of the adminitration to appreciate tho apology und tho usurpution be spread bcloru iliem. Tho proclamation says : And whereas tlio raid bill was present- cd to tho President of tho United States for his approval less than ono hour heforo tho .sine t'c adjournment of said session, and was not signed by him If that bo accurate, still this bill wns presented with othor billi which woro signed. Within that hour, Iho time for tho sine die adjournment win thrco times postpon ed by tho votes of both Houses ; nnd tho least intimation of a desire lor inoro timo by iho President tooon.idor this bill would havo secured a further postponement. Yot thn Coramitteo eent to ascortain if tho President bad any further communica tion for'tho Home of Representatives, bo ro perted that ho had nono ; and that friends of tha bill, who had anxiously waited on him to ascertain its fate, had already been informed that tho Presidont had resolved ,i not to sign it. BLOOMSfiURG, COLUMBIA Tlio tinio of prenontntioti, thoroforo, had nothinjjto tlovrith hi failure to approve, it Tliu hill hail becu discuseod anJ consid nrcd for more thnn a month in tha Houso of RcproBontatiros, whioh it passud on tho 4th of May i it rcaa rcportod to tho Son itto on tho 27th nl May without material amendmout, and passed tho Scnato ahto lutoly as it came frum tho Houso on tho id of July. Ignoranoo of ita oontonts ii oat of tho question. Indeed, nt his request, a draft of n, bill substantially the samo in all material points, and identioat In the points objected to by the proclamation, had been laid bo foro him for bis consideration in the win tcr of ieoy-1803. Thoro U, thcri'foro, no ronpon to suppoto tho provisions of tho bill took tho Presi dent by surpriss. On tho contrary wo havo reason to bo lio vo them to hnvo been fo well known that this method of pri'renting tho bill from bo mming 11 law without tho constitutional responsibility of a veto, bad boon rosolvcd on long buforo tho bill passed tho Scnato. We aro iuforuied by a gentlemen enti tled to rtitiro coufldenco, that hiiforc the 22d of Juno in New Orlcotio it was stated by a mombsr of Gen. Hanks' staff, in the prrnenoo of other gontlemcn in official po sition, that Sonator Doolittlo had written a latter to tho department that ihu House reconstruction bill would bo staved off in tho Senate to a period loo Into in tho ses sion to require tho President to veto it in order lo dclcat it, and that Mr. Lincoln would retain the bill, If necessary, and thereby defeat it. . Tho cxparienco of Senator Wade, in his various elforti to got the bill considered in tho Senate, was quite in accordanco with that plan, and tho falo of tho bill, was ac curately predicted by letters roeeived from N. Orluaus heforo it had passed the Son ata. Had tho proclamation stopped thero, it would have bosii only one other dofuatof tho will of the people by an Executive per vcision of tUo (Jonstitu'ioii. Dsit it goes turlhcr. Tho Provident tays. And whereas tho said bill contains, among other thing-i, a plan for rcstiring the States in irbe lion to tb'ir proper practical relation in the Union, which plan oxprossss tho senso of Congress upon that Mibjoct, and which plan it is now thought fit to lay heforo tho pooplo fur tho:r con iideration Uy what authority of the Constitution ' In what forms ? Tho rosult to be deolar od bv whom I With what effect when ascertained ? It is to bo a law by the npprovnl of the people without tho approval of Congress at llio will of the President ? Will tho profidorit, on his opinion of the popular npproval, nxrotito it as law! Oris this merely a devieo to avoid the serioui responsibilities of defeating a law on whir Ii so many hesrti reposed for so unrity ? Rut tho reasoiu now assigned for not approving the bill are full of ominous significance- l'hu President proecods N.uv, therel'oro, I, Abrahmi Lincoln, President of tho United States, do pro claim, declare, and mako known, that, whilo I am (as I was in D'leombcr last, when by proclamation I propounded a plan for roitoration) unprepared, by n formal approval of thin hill, to be inflexi bly comniirted to any singlo plon of resto ration That is to say, tho President is resolved that the pooplo hnll not hy law take any securities from tho rebel States against a renewal of the rebellion boforc rostoring their power to govern His wisdom and prudeno ore to ho our suflicient guarantees I lio further says : And, whilo I am also unprcpaicd lo du el arc that tho Preo State Constitution and Governments alrondv adopted and in stalled in Arkansas and Louis.mna Rhall bo cet. asido and hold for intijlit, thereby repelling and diseouraging tho loyal eiti zens who havo set up tho samo as to fur thcr effort " That is to say, tho President persi't? in recognizing those shadows of Governments iu Arkansns and Louisiana, widen Con gress formally dcnlarod should not bo re cognized whoso Representatives and Sen ators were repelled by formal votes of both Houses of Congress which it was declar ed formally should havo no ehctoral voto for President and Vico-Prosideut. They aro the mere creatures of his will. lliey eunnot livo a day without his sup port. They aro mero oligarchies, imposed on tho peoplo by military orders under tho the forms of election, nt which generals, provost marshals, soldiers and camp fol lowers were thu elitet actors, assisted by n ! handful of resident titizons, and urged on to premature aotion by privato letters from tho President. In neither Louisiana nor Arkansas, be fore the Hanks' defeat, did the the United States control half tho territory or half the population. In Louisiana,Gonoral Dinks' proclamation candidly declared : l,Tho fundamental law of the Stato in martial law." On tho foundation of freedom, he cree tod what tho Prosidont falls "tho frco Con stitution and Government of Louisiana Rut of this Stato, whoso fuudamontal law was martial law, only sixteen parishes out of forty eight parishes were hold by tbo United States ; and iu five of tho six teen wo held only our camps, Tho cloven parishes wo eubtnntially held had 2Xi,l8r inhabitants ; tho resi due of tho Stato not l)eld by ub, 57,5017. COUNTY, PEJVN'A,, At tho farco callod an oloction, the offi cers of Ocn. Ranks, returned that 11,:H0 ballots wore east j but whether any or by whom the people of tho United Sta'tes havo no legal assuranco, hut it is propablc that 4,0111) wcraoast by soldiers or employees of tho United Statos, military or munici pal, but nouo according to any law, Stato or National, and 7,000 ballots represent the States ol Louisiana, Such is tho frco Constitution and Oov- crnment ol Louisiana, and like it t that oi Arkansas. JNotlunir but tho lailuro of a military expedition deprived us of a liko oue iu thu swamps of Florida, and boforo tho Presidential election, like ones may do oriranizcu in orcry rebel Stato whoro tno United States havo a camp, Tho President, preventing this bill from becoming a law, Holds tlio electoral votes oi tuo rebel states at the dictation ol his porsonal ambition. If thoso votes turn tho bal&ncs in his favor, is it to be suposed that his competi tor defeated by such moans, will acqnicce? If tho rebel majority assert tliojr supre macy iu tho-ic States, and send votes whioh elect an oncmy of llio Government, will we not repel his clains 1 And is not that civil war for tho Presi dency, inaugurated by tho votes of rebel Status. Scrioush impressed with these dangors, Cougress, "the -proper CoustUulional au thority," formally deolared that there nro no Stato Governments in the rohel States, and providctl for their erection at a proper time ; and both the Senate and House of Representatives chosen under the authority ol what tho President calls tho froo Con stitution nnd Government of Arkansas. Tko President's proclamation "holds for naught" this judgment, and discards tho authority of tho Supremo Court,and strifes hoidlong toward tho anarchy his procla mation of tho 8th of December inaugura ted. If electors for Presidont bo allowed to bo clioson in cither of those States, a sin istor light "will bo cast on tho motivos whioh induced tho Proiideut to "hold for naught" the will of Cougnsi rather than his Government in Louisana and Arkan sas. Thojudgmrnt of Cangrosi which tho President defies was tho excreio of an au thority exclusively vested 111 Congrcfs by tho Constitution to dctormiiis what is tho established Government in a Stato, mid in its own nature and by tbo highest ju dicial authority binding on all oihor de partments of the Governments. Tho Supreme Court has formally de clared that under the fourth section of the fifth attiflc ol the Constitution, rcquir irg tho United States to guarantee to ovo ry State a republican form ol government, ''it m7s tcitli Congress lo decide what gov ernment is the established one in u State;" and ''when Se'ia'o'n and Representatives nf a S'ate arc admitted into the couucils of (ho Union, tho atithorily of tho Govern, men! under tchich they ate appointed as well ns its republican character, is reeog nizei by the proper constitutional authori tty,and its decision is binding on ivcry Department oj the Government, and could not be questioned in a judicial tribunal. It is true that the contest in this aaso did not Inst long enough to bring tho matter to this issue ; and, as no Senators or Rep resentatives woro eleetod under tho author ity of tho Government of which Mr. Dorr was the head, Congress was not callod up on to decide the controversy. Yet tho right to docido is placed there." Even tho President's proclamation of the 8ih ol Dccoinbcr, formally declares that "i hcthrr members cniit tr f !nnrfrA0a from any Stato rhall bo admitted lo .eats, constitutionally rests exclusively with tho respoctivo Houses, anil with the Executive'' not to riny extent And that i3 not thu leas truo becauso wholly inconsistent with tho President's ; without tho advice and consent of tho Son assumption in that proclamation of a right : "to, by a privato noto not even counter to institute and rccnonizo Stato Covcrn- ! ticned by tho Secretary of State, makes mcnts in tho rebel States, nor bcoauso the President is tinahlo to perceive that his re cognition is a nullity tf it bo not conclu sive on Congress. Under tho Constitution, iho right to Senators and Representatives is insepara ble from a Stato Government. ' If thero bo a Stale Government, the right ia absolute If thero bo no Stato Government, thero can bo no Senators or Roprcsontativo cho sen. Tho two Houses of Congress arc ex prenly deolared to bo tho sole judges of their own members. When, therefore. Senators and Rcnro- sontatives are admitted, tho Stato Govern- j to tho bill1' a makeshift to oalm the dis ment, under whoso authority thoy wcro ' appointment its defeat has occasioned is chosen, is conclusively established j whou i not merely a grave usurpation but a trans- thoy are rejected, its existence is as oou- clusivcly rujeotod aud denied ; aud this jiidgrmont tbo Profident is bound to sub mit. The President proceeds to oxprcss his unwillingness to declaro a constitutional coinpotenoy in Congress to abolish slavery in states" as anothor roasou for not sign- iug tho bill iiut tho hill n owwhoro proposes to abol ish slavery iu the States. Tho bill did provide that all Slaves in the rebel States should bo manumitted. Rut as tho President bad rdrcady sign ed thrco bills manumitting sovoral classos ! still tho registration will bo mado under of slaves iu States, it is not concoived pos- j no legal sanction ; it will gtvo noassuranoe sibln that he entertained any scruples ' that a majority of tho pooplo of tho States touching that provifion of tho bill rospoct. havo taken tho oath i if administered, it ing whioh ho is silent. will bo without legal authority, and void ; Ho had already himself assumed aright no indictment will lio for falso swearing at by proclamation to freo muoh tho larger tho election, or for ndmittingbad orrojoot numbor of blaves in tho rebel States, un-1 ing good votes ; it will bo the farco of Lou der tha authority gWcn him by Congress siana and Arkansas, aotod over &jjain,un- SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1864. to use military power to suppress tha ro bcllion ; and it is quito inconceivable that the President should think. Congress could vest in htm a discretion it could not exer cise itself. It is tho inoro unintelligible from the fact that, excopt in rospcel to a small part of Virginia and Loaisinun, tho bill cover ed only what tho proclamation covered added a Congressional title and judicial remedies by law to tbo disputed titlo nn dor tho proclamation, nnd perfected the work tho President nrofesscu to bo so aux- ious to accomplish. Slavery as nn institution can be abolish- cd only by a ebnngo of tho Constitution of tho Uuitou elates or of llio law of tlio State; and this is tho priuciplo of tbo bill It required tbo now Constitution of the btato to provide for that proliitmton, and tno President, in tho lace ot Im own proo lamation, docs not venture to object to in sitting on that condition yd hu defeated thn only provision imposing it I Hut when ho describes himself, in spite of this great blow nt emancipation, as 'sin coruly hoping and expecting that a con stitutional amendment abolishing slavery throughout tho nation may bo adopted,' we curiotiilv liinulre on what his cxneota tions rest, after the voto of tho Hou of Representatives at tho roceut sossion, nnd in tho faeo of tbo politicnl complexion of moro'than enough ol tha States to prevent tho possibility of its adoption within any reasonable time ; and why ha did not in dulge his bincero hopes with so larga an installment of tho blessing as his approval of the bill would havo securod. After this assignment ol his reason for proventing the bill Irotn bcooming a law, tho President prooccds to dcclaru !iis pur pose to excculcit as a law by his plenary iliclatoriil jioiuci. Ho says : Noverihclesx; I am fully satisfiod with tho system for restoration contained in tho bill as ono very proper nnd plain for the loyal OKoplc of any Stato choosiug to adopt it ; and that 1 am, and at all times shall be, prepared to give tho Executive aid and assistance to any such people so soou as tho military resistance to tho Uni ted States shall havo been suppressed in any f-ueh Stato, and the poople thereof shall havo sufficiently returned to their obedience to the Constitution utid (ho laws of the United Statoi ; in which cases Mili tary Govuruors will bo appuintod, with di rections to proceed according to tho bill., A more studiod outrage on tho Legisla tive authority ol the pooplo has never bucn perpetratid. Congress passed a bill : thu President refused to approve it, and then by procla mation puts as miiuh of it iu foro ; as ho sees fit, and proposes to cxecuto thoso parts by olfiocrs unknown to tho laws of of the United Statss and not subject to the confirmation of tho Senate I Thu bill directed appointment of Pro visional Govuruors by and with tho ndvico nnd coiHout of tho Senate. Tho President, after defeating tho law, proposos to appoiut without law, and with out, tho advico and consent of thu Senate, Military Governors for the rebel States '. Ho has already exorcised this dictator ial usurpatiou in Louisiana, and ho defea ted the bill to prevent its limitation Hene.oforth wo muni regard tho foil iw ing precedent as tho Presidential law of tho rebel States ; Executivi: Mansion, 1 Washington, March 1-1, lBlit f His excellency, Michael Ilahn, Governor of I.ouUana : Until further orders yon nro hereby in I voslcd. w.it,h tho 1'wsr3 ue"ise'1. hitherto ! bi' the Military Governor ot Louisanna. Yours, Aiiuaiiam Lincoln. This Michael Ilahn is no officer of the United States, tho President, without law, tigncd by tho Secretary of him dictator ol Louisana I Tho bill provided for tho civil adminis tration of tho laws of the State till it I should bo in a fit temper to govorn itself repealing all laws recognizing slavery, and making all men cqnal before tho law, Theso beneficent provisions tho Presi dent has annulled. Pooplo will die, and marry, and transfer property, and buy and sell and to thesa acts of civil life courts aud ollicori of the law arc necessa ry. Congress legislated for thoo necess. ry things, and the President deprives them of tho proteotion of tho law ! Tho President s purpose to instruct his I xMilitary Governors "to proceed according paront delu-toui He cannot "prooeed according to tho bill" aftor preventing it Irotn becoming a law. Whatever is done will bo al his will and pleasure, by porsons responsible to no law, and moro interested to scotiro tho in- tercsts nnd exceulo tho will of tho Proai (tout than of tho peoplo : and tho will of Cougross is to bo 'held for naught,' unloss tho loyal proplc of tho Robel Slates ohooso to adopt it." II thoy should graoiously prefer tho stringent bill to tbo oasy proclamation dor the forms of this bill, but not by an I thority of law. j jui wneu wo como to wic guaranieos oi i future peacQ which Congress meant to en ucl, tlio Ibrtns, as well as tho subitanco of the bill, nmit yiold to tho President's will that none should bo imposed. It was tho solemn resolvo of Congress to protect thu loyal men of tho nation agaiutt turco groat dangers, (1) tho return to power of tho guilty leadors of tbo re bellion, (2) tho ootitinuance of slavery, and (3) tho burden of tho rebel debt. Cougross required assont to thoso pro visions by tbo Convention ol the Statc;and !e -l . ! - .1! I 1 II rciiuuu, ii was 10 uu uissoivuu. Tho President "holds for naught" that ! resolvu of Congress, becamo ho is unwil- ' ling ''to bo inflexibly oonimittod to any otto plan of restoration " and the peoplo of tho united States are not no niiowca lo pro ttwtf llmtiiafilono imlnaj rhnir unntmna nrvfnrt ' 4itfr tlininfilna iitttntu ilmir iiriAmfna nsvonrt , ;ti j irjg as it woro, or the real nympathy of tho Tho order to procood according to tbo jbeet soldiors now in our servico with tho bill is thoroforo merely at tlm will of tho cause of constitutional liberty. Tha letter rebel States ; and they havo tho option to 1 was addressed to ri friend, by whoso per reject it, accept the proclamation of tho 8th liasiun u ia of December, and demand the President s . ' . . recognition. Unnronw Spbinos, Pa., July 10, 1804. Mark tho contrast I The bill roquiros a lJtar ir: Tho publo havo acau no of majority, the proclamation is satisfied with liical announcement of tho foot though it oiio-tcntli ; the bill requires one oath, tho is no doubt by this timo very generally proclamation, another; tho bill ascertains known that I havo resigned my comtuis voters by resignation, tho proclamation by siou in tho army, 1 havo flovotal times guess ) thu bill exacts adhereni o to exist- , siono boon assurod that my personal friends iug territorial limits, the proclamation ad- aud many who without tho claim ol por mils of others; tho bill governs tho rebel soual acquaintanco have taken nn intoroifc States by law, equalizing all before it, tho I iu my official oarcer, feel that somo oxpla prooaination commits them ta thn lawless nation of iho circumstances and motives of discretion of military Governors and pro niynctiouis duo to them. Accepting this vo.-t marshals ; the bill forbids doctors for ', claim upon mo, I have already answered President, the proclamation and dofcat of . somo of my friends in subatanca as I do tho bill threaten us with civil war for tho 1 you now. admission or exclusion of such votes ; tho j Tho impulses of most mon would np bill exacted oxclusion of dangerous enemies provo my coune in this matter, if it oven from power aud the relief of tho natiou rested on no other ground than a dctor- froui the rebel debt, and the prohibition of i nunatiou not to acquiesco in any measaro slavery lorever, so that the suppression of that would degrado mo ; but I had a high the rebellion will douulo our resources to 1 er motive than that. I heiovo that tlm bear or pay tho natioiisl debt,freo the mas ses from tho old dominion of tho robel load- er' mil eradicate tlio cau?o ot tno war i the proclamation secures uoithcr of theso guaranties. It is si'out respecting the robel debt nnd tho political exclusion of rebel leaders ; leaving slavery exactly where it was by law at the outbreak of the rebellion, and adds no guaranty oven of tho freedom of the slaves he undertook to manumit. i I. is summed up in an illegal oath, with-i Whilo thero may havo been moro or out a sanctiou aud therefore void, I less of personal ambition mixed up in the The oath is to support all proclamations movement of secession, as there must gon of the President daiiiiu: iho lebelliou hnv- orally bo in tho managoment of political iug reference to slaves. ' affair?, yet I do not doubt that it was Auy Government is to bo accepted at mainly determined by an honest conviction tbo bauds of ono-tenth of tho people not in tho miuds of thoso who enrmrrod in it. eon Iraven in' that oath - Now that oath neither sccuro.-i tho aboli tion of slavery nor adds security to tho freedom of thu slaves the President declar ed free. It dots not secure tho abolition of ola very ; for tho proclamation of freedom mcruly professed to Ireo certain slaves while it recognized the institution : Kvcry Constitution of the rebel States at the outbreak of tho rebellion may bo adopted without the chaugo of u letter ; none of them establish slavery. It adds no security lo frcodoui slaves. For ibeir titlo Is tho proclamation of froedom If it bo unconstitutional, an oath lo sup- port it is void. Whether consliiutioual or not, tho oath is without authority of law, and thnrufoi'O void. If it is valid aud observed, it exacts no enactment by tho Stato, either in law or Constitution, to add a Stato guaranty to the proclamation title ; and tho rights of a slave to freedom is au open question bu foro tho Stato courts on tho rolativo au thority of tho Stato law and tbo proclama tion, If tbo oath bidds tho onc-tonth who tnko it, it is not exacted of tlio other uino-tcuths who succeeded to the control of tho Stato Government, so that it is annulled instant ly by tho not of recognition. What the State courts would say of tho proclamation, who cm doubt? V Rut the master would not go into court ho would scizo the siavo.t What tho Supremo Court would Bay, who can tell I When aud how ii tho question to get ruVro. No habeas corpus lies for him in a Uni ted States court, and tlio Presidont defeat ed with this bill its extension of tint writ to this case. Such aro tho fruits of this rash aud fatal act of ibo President a blow at tho friends of his Administration, at tho rights of hu inanity, and at tho principals ot republican government. Tho Prosident has groatly presumed on tho forbearanco which tho supporlors of his Administration havo so long practised, iu view ot tho nrdous contest iu which we aro engaged, and tbo rcckloss ferocity of our political opponents. Rut ho must undorstand that our support is of a oauso and not of a man ; that tho authority of Cougross is paramount and must bo respeotcd ; that tho whole body of tbo Union men of Oongresa will not submit to bo impeached by him of rash nnd unconstitutional legislation ; and if he wishes our support, ho must oonfiuo him self to bis exooutivo duties ; to obey and exocute, not to mako laws ; to surprcss by arms armed rebellion, and lcavo political ro-oraauization to Congress. If the supporters oi tho Government fail to insist on this they become rosponsiblo for tbo usurpation which tuoy tail to rouuuo VOLUME 28. il nro justly liubfb to the indignation of tbo pooplo whoso rights and socurity, oom- inmuu to ineir Keeping uia soorilice.r l.ot thorn consider tho remedy for t them consider tho remedy for those iriurpatioDB, and, having found'it, fearless ly exocuto it 13, P. WADE, Chairman Senato Committee. II. WINTER DAVIS, Chairman Commitfco nouso of Represen tatives on tho rebellious Statoi. Major General Buell. Dolow wo publi'h n few extracts from ,. i,i ,i r , ,, , ... , ,, "d ,f"pl0" lettcr of MaJ- 0e- ; ,5ue11- Iau eentiments nro tho most conscientious convictions of a tried and gallant soldier j and, as wo believe nnd Gou 3uell ,,;, ft rovoati aQ f , ' ' policy and moaus with which tho war was being prosecuted woro discreditablo to the nation, and a stain upon civilization and that ihoy would not only fail to re store tho Union, if indeed tbey had not already lundercd it restoration ifnpossi blo, but that their tendency was to subvert , tho institutions undor whioh iho country had realized unexampled prosperity and liappinoss ; and to such a work, 1 could not luud my hand. n ca - that tbo control of llio Government had passed permanently into tho bands of a sectional party whioh would soon trampln on tho political rights of the South. This appreheusion was shared in by a very largo portion ol iho peoplo 7ho did not fa- i vor secession, anu who were so anxious for the preservation of tho Union that oven I coorcivo measures, if tempered by justice and meroy, would not have eitrangcd , Ibeni. Under thoso circumstances the uso 1 of military foroo to put down armed rn- , sistanco was uot inooiripatiblc . with n rco of tho ; torattou of tho Union with its former glories nnu aiiections, provided ibo means woro , omploved iu such a manner aa r fionvinm , tLo peoplo that their eoustitulional rights would bo rcsnoeied Suoh a nnlin. ilinrn. I foro, in tho u.o of foroo, if forco "must bo resorted to, had tho manifest advantage of weakening the power of the robellion,'nud strengthening tho Government, independ ently of tho moral foroo which dignity and justioo always lend to authority. A policy which recocuizod theso prin ciples was wisely declared by Congresa in tbo beginning of tho war; and from a fer vent desire for tho preservation of tha Union, iu whioh pridx of oouutry and all my iiiserects as a citizen centorod, not less than from a natural impulse, I gayo that policy my earnest support. Uufortunatoly it was too often cheated of its due effootby tho iuliusiouof sectional rancor, and tbo iejudicioU3 0r unfaithful acts of ngocts of tho Qovcrnment j aud when, 'at the expi ration of a year, a systoni of spoliation and disfranchisement was inaugaratcd,the rau.o was robbed of its sanctity, and sue ces, rendered moro difficult of attainment. You havo, in theso few lines, an expla nation of tbo motives of my conduot whilo I was in command, as well as of the stop whioh, after Iwcnty-lhree years of 6orvico, has closed my career as a soldier, and broken up tbo professional habits and as sociations to whioh I was eduoalod, and in which 1 have passed the larger portion of my life. I iu vory far from casting un favorable rcuccttona upon tno tuousanusin the service, who, perhaps.witu views sim ilar to my owu,havo not chosen my course. Fow of thorn have been similarly siluatod ; and I rather commend tbo patteuco witk whioh thoy havo struggled on in pnsitiona whioh must otherwise havo been filled by lass sorupulous men, and in whioh thoy might mitigato somo of tho calamities wbioh thoy yet ooold uoi wuouy prevont. Vory truly Youn,, D. O. Bnnr.E. tSyRev. Philander Hoiubiholl reads a hymn of whioh tho following is a specimott verso j T Abraham, our files! and Kin,;, lot nil tha (itili bo tiven, Ilo's noMoft ruler of ilia earth ; and out stiluei til In heaven, He'll cruili Ibo conptrhandt for slue, nnd kill lb I. bela too ; Ajul send la rlre and brlinitouo, tho bolting FrMUOPt cmw 8d til
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