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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.
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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