VOLUME 2. Let us Clearly Understand Each Other. All over our country, those who seek to preserve and perpetuate as much as possible of tho essence ul Slavery, after its outward semblance shall have been legally buried, are invoking the name and authority ot President John son as an apostle of their school, without so far as we can learn, one particle of ;iu thority for so doing. 'bo Copperhead remnant in Vermont indorse and eulo .'\*a President Johnson; so does Tin World; so do tho five-dollar-per-i))onth fossils of the Silurian era in Virginia; so does acting Gov. J. M. Wells of Lou siana, who. in a speech at New Orleans on'the 17th iijst., said : "It must bo perceptible to every one who is at all conversant with the political history of the country, that tho radical abolition party is brokeu up, disorganised juid demoralized, despite their apparent success during the present war. "The official corruption, unequalcd by anv party which has over preceded or may ever succeed it, has rendered them obnoxious to the American people. "Tho heavy taxation which must neces sarily follow to pay the enormous debt of this war, and which mnst continue lor tho next half-century, jixr.* odium u/>- im the party which will oiitlivc the parti/ itself. "Then to whom are wo to look for tho healing of the national wounds ? Is it not to those who have taken national con servative grounds, and who have ever, during this war, advocated conservative principles —those principles advocated in past years by tho old \\ big I'arty, and more rcciSitly by the conservatives of tin; Republican party and of the Nomocracy, and under whoso benign teachings wc have grown aud prospered as a nation ■' • "Gur President, \ndrew .Johnson, has ever been a conservative Democrat. In his hands is placed the destiny of this nation, and from him we have nothing to fear, but everything to hope. I besperk for bis A.luiinistration one of the bright est pages in our history ; and under this Administration, fellow citizens, ooking to him for protection and taking his policy as our guide, must we organize our State tiovernmcnt. Kvcry eflort will be made by the radical Abolition party to prevent the return of power to tjie conservatives of 'hi- South, and all the elements of op pusition will combine to prevent their success; and one ol their formidable auxiliaries, as they suppose, is to extend the right of suffrage to that class of per sons recently put iu possession of their freedom. "This has been too clearly foreshad owed by the political adventurers who have come among us to hav<* escaped at- tcitfum. 'This, then, will bo a question for jour future action ; and if, alter having taken this country from the Hed man, ami hol ding it for more than a century, you have become go charitable as to give it to the Black man,l can only submit, and bow to tho will of the people. The power granted to the several States by the Con- 1 stitution of the United States to regulate this *uostion of suffrage is plain to all. '•lt deafly belongs to the People, and I shall abide their decision." —Tho hopeful < fecc of the .'.'National Conservative" party of Lousiana vill doubtless succeed in persuading his pa trons that tho blauio and the cost of the war should all be saddlei} upon their "lladical Abolition" antagonists, who wore never in power at Washington, nor vet in the "restored' State of Lousiana. Of courso, if tho Radical Abolitionist are to blame for prfjvoking tho \\ ar, the Rebels cannot be; and if the former haye been in power for the last four or five years, it seems odd—nay, it is odd— that uo "restoredj'State has conceded the Right ol Suffrage to one single negro or mulatto, and that Governors of tho Wells pattern rule over every one of those Statps. They do say that the constitu tional couveution which "restored" Lou siana was an expensive body ; but it nev er wasted a cent on granting Suffrage to negroes, nur yet on putting Kadical Abo litionists into power. The Cincinnati Gazette has a letter of the 21st inst. from Decatur, north Ala bama, which says: "The contraband is tlio most interest ing feature of this country. lie is nu merously represented here, and at the contraband camp, two miles north, there are over six huudred, of all ages a;id shades of color. Here, about the milita ry post, they are crowded into teu-by twelve shanties, two or three families in each, aud, although they have almost nothing to eat or wear, tbey are univer sally fat aud generally contented. "Their former masters seem to hate and despise the poor creatures as soon as they learn of their freedom. A lew days since, an old colored woman made com plaint at the Provost Marshal's office that her master had turned her off without a cent of money or any meaps of support, !«imply because he had finished working his ehrn, and dido teheed her any louger. Au old man of sixty pars, who had ser ved his master giccc he was old enough to usv a hty*, told me a titwilar s^or^r. — 'Uncle, how you learn ed you were free ?, 'Only a week agogir. J thought I mought bo free a good while AMERICAN CITIZEN. ago, but I wasn't right sure till last week; arid when 1 knowed I was freo, I told my old master I would still stay and work fur him if he would give me my meal and meat, and fifty dollars a year. lie told me no, he wouldn't do it; ho was only going to keep his hands till he got his wheat harvested, and then the niggers might goto the d—l.', "'fbe old man packed up and left that night, taking with him all the hands but one. The planter bad to harvest his grain with his own white bands tjii§ year— his black ones are getting S3 per day tor eutting wood on the railroad. "Two or three weeks ago, a colored man living 15 miles from here, learning ol his freedom, became a little 'too sau cy,' as it is termed, and refused to per form some unusual and unreasonable task, lie was decoyed into tho woods on some pretext and shot by a paroled liebcl sol dier. His body was throvn into tho river, and bis absence accounted for in some plausible manner ; but his body was found not long after by some men who were fishing; three bullets had pas sed tljrougli his head." —We suppose that President Johnson with all his devotion to "Statu flights," will find that these kindred cases demand of him interference and regulation—that very many of the late masters are too much exasperated by their defeat, too savage toward tho negroes for favoring tho I'uion cause, and too indurated in the etcies and the habits of the slavehol der, to treat their ex-slaves with justice, humanity or oven wisdom. Those who are driving off their negroes to steel or starve are tho very parties who fear that "free niggorswill never work—they think freedom moans idleness supported at the cost of their masters or of the Govern ment." We venture the assertion that not one negro in all the South has pre ferred idleness and theft or pauperism to work for fair wages when assured of bis freedom and his pay. I'ut of work for nothing save the scantiest food and cov ering, with occasional cuts from a I orsc whip, they probably think they have had enough—and no wonder. What I'resinent Johnson believes and urges is that it is greatly,desirable and preferable that each State should wisely and justly settle tho Suffrage and all kindred quest'ons for self—should §0 set tle them as to hush all intestine feuds, remove all discontents, and leave Cotv gress free to admit her delegation instant ly 011 its apperrauce at the Capitol next December. We ardently hope that this may ho, and that will present herself under such auspices that all laws stand in tho way of the admission of her members, even though some of them have bceu active llebels, shall be promptly repealed, and tho delegations at once admitted without dissent. Yet wo are bound to warn the South —because it is the truth, anil she needs to know it . —that if her delegations come to Wash ington broathing the spirit of this Union Governor of Lousiana, and bearing Con stitutions instinct with the virub of these Alabama slaveholders and of their fivc dollar-pcr-month confederates in Virgin ia, whic proffer no hope of even future enfranchisement to their Mack people, they will find Jordan a hard road to trav el. And we do most earnestly entreat them not to force upon those who feel grateful to the lJlacks for their aid in restoring the Union, and y;ho believe something more is their due than "the same rights that free negroes have always had,'' an issue which, whatever its result cannot fail to reopen the wounds and post pone the pacification of our common coun try. Wc speak what we deeply feel, be cause we know that it must bo liea#d and heeded, "lietween us be truth." 15ut why should there bo further col lision ? Have we not had contetion enough? Why,; above all, should the Capital aud the Labor of tho South, be again pitted against each other in an an tagonism that cannot fail to prove calami tous ? Why should not the planters*the landholders, tho gentry of the South, at once resolve that tho future relation be tween aj;d their laborers shall be one of mutual kimluess and trust ? What substantial, beneficent interest iu all tho South can be advanced by their antagonism ? What aerfe of her soil \yi 1 1 not bo reduced iu value by it ? W hat merchant, manufacturer or artizan must not suffer from ft? Men of the South ! wc entreat you to settle the Suffrage and all kindred questions for yourselves, and settle them 011 a basis of eternal justice. Inspire the negro to work, and plan, and save, by proffering the Riglu of Suffrage to all wfco shall prove worthy of it and capable af exercising it intelligently, safe ly and usefully. l'ut away spite, and false and malice, and vengcnco, and recognizing the great that Sla very is forever dead, modify your Consti tutions in accordance wi'h that truth.— Silence Northern agitators and igternied dlers by removing all pretext for their interference ajid convincing your bum- Ble neighbors that you arc better friends "Let us have Faith that Right makes Might; and in that Faith let us, to the end,dare to do our duty as we understand*it" — A - Lincolh BUTtiTCR, I>UTLEI! COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 2C> lsc,:,. than they can find a thousand miles off among those whom they never saw. C ail the ablest, most intelligent Blacks around you, discuss with them the whole matter, and agree with them on such action in the prouiises-as shall be mutually deemed best. You will not find them exacting nor unreasonable; and your accord with them will go very far toward securing a prompt repeal of all acts of Congress im posing penalties or disabilities which stand in the way of your recognition as citi zens of a fully restored Union. Once mure wo entreat you tu hoed this appeal . —A'. 1. Tribune. THE TWO PRESIDENTS. Hon. John W. Forney delivered the Oration before the Literary Societies of Dickinson College on tho 28th ult. Ilis subject was"The Two Presidents," Lin coln and Johnson. Like all Mr. Forney's productions it is eloiiuenf in d'etion and hia tribute t'» ihe Presidents in as eloquent as it is just, while his vindication of Pres ident Johnson's policy is replete with wis dom and patriotism. We give tho con cluding portion of the address : It would scein as if it was intended that those two men should bo brought closely together, in the last few weeks which made the one a glorious martyr and the other the chief of a groat ppople. When tho day of tho second inaugura tion of Mr. Lincoln Hpproaehod, Governor .Johnson was at Nashville, engaged in his efforts to reorganize Tennessee and bring her back into the Union. He telegraph ed me, asking if his presence was abso lutely necessary, adding that his heart was in his work, and that he would rath er aid in sending his adopted Common wea.th hack to the hearth stone of the old Union than to bo \ ieo President of tho United States. -On consulting with mutual friends, ami especially with Mr. liinccTn, it was decided to insist upon bis presence. How warmly the departed sago regarded "Andy Johnsim" a hund red instances might be cited to illustrate. His knowledge of the citizen, the Sena tor, and the military governor was suffi cient to inspire confidence; and the terri ble sufferings of the hunted and outlawed refugee made Andrew Johnson the object of his keenest sympathy. They were at Richmond almost on the same occasion, and reached Washington a fow hours apart from each other—in time to hear (he great intelligence that closed there hellion. lam not of those who think diat when two men, whom God seemed ni have made almost copies or counter parts—whose live* wera so alike, and whose patriotism so equal and so genial —are suddenly severed by the Volt of death, it is a dispensation to be received if not with something like satisfaction,at least with a very ready (resignation. I accept tlfe decree. It would be most im pious to quarrel with tho ii<»ciutable fate that permitttod it, and I thank Heaven that we have, in Andrew Johnson, a pa triot so tried and so true, and so ready for the fierce emergecies of the future. Hut the loss of Abraham Lincoln cannot be replaced. It was as if some great orb had fallen-frotn eternal space into ever lasting chaos, jarring the whole earth, and making tho very pillars of the skies to tremble. Our country is not destroy ed, but he who saved it died in the effort of saving it, and can no more be replaced than the mother who gfves her own life for that of her offspring. And how be y«nd all price is the of Abraham Lincoln. It has almost revolutionized parties. Not one strong tford that Mr. Lincoln said wheu he enterud office, and maintained when ho was most violently assailed, has ever been mollified and ex plained. but rathei litcrated and strength ened ; yet is it true that loug before the assassin stole away his life, he had almost conquered antagonism and dumbfounded envious faction itself. 1 may be answer ed, ''Success wins sometimes more than virtue and this is true of vulgar — : 'iil i Hut Lincoln's was in this: he never let go the helm. Dark, thick, and tempestuos were many of the heavy hours of the past four years; Jjut the star of hope shone steadily 011 the altar of his heart. The darkest month of the year 1801 was the month of A-pril . tho dark est part of the year 1805 was the middle of Apiil. The rebellion broke upon us in the first aud ended in the last. The earliest martyrs to tho eaijwe of liberty gave up their lives in April, four years ago; aud the most illustrious martyr gave up his life iu April of 1805. We were unprepared fiir war in April of 1861; wc were prepared for peace iu April of 1805 ; and the faithful recorder shall come to compile tjie materials, for the illustra tion of tho close of this mighty struggle, ho will b« overawed to note that a month which commenced with such fair pros pects should Jbave s<) gloomily ended,— Early 4u the month, tho first fruits of Grant's niKstorly strategy were gathered. On the 2d of April he announced the tri umphant success of our armies, after three days' hard fighting. On the 3d of April lie sent word to the President that lie had taken Petersburg and Richmond, and was in full pursuit sf Lee's retreating army. On the oth of April Sheridan, and Hum phreys and Meade and Wright reported the continuous triumph of their conquer ing ujHiuins. On tho 9th of April Oen. Grant telegraphed the Secretary of War that Lpo had surrendered tho army of Northern Virginia Upon the terms pro p sod by himself. On the 11th of April, full of gratitude to Gods, forgiveness to his foes, and love for all, Mr. Lincoln spoke from the win dows of the Presidential mansion these words which, precious as his last on earth, sound like the syllables of inspiration as we read them now. The rejoicing thou sands had called upon him t'no evt,[)i|ig before, but that ho might weigh add con. dense bis opinions he asked for time to deliberate. On the 12th we had another day of jubilee, and on the 13th the night was set apart for special illumination. — Never did the political capital of tho na tion shine more resplondently in tin; robes of light. It was as if Peace aud Recon ciliation had joined hands over the graves of tho illustrious dead—as if war and woe had fled to the cxtroniest shades. — The next was Friday, the 1 Jth of April —another morning of happiness. Hut what a night 1 As I go back to that dreadful recollection, 1 go back to the frightful agony that made millions mourn. I was in Richmond when it was announ ced that Mr. Lincoln had been murdered- It seemed to me as if Nature had taken a pause —as if, between the I'afling war and the dawning blushes of peace stood our farewell sncrificej-as if having just learned to love, to revere, to depend upon him, to place our cares and hopes in his keeping, as in u sacred repository— he should be called away. As Elijah was swept from earth to Heaven, so was our deliverer taken from us. If there is a solaco for such a calamity, it is that he died without shame, iu the midst of his glory, and at the very threshold of the temple of a rescued and purified Repub lic. Nothing is more wonderful than to seo how tho President pouo, and the Presi dent here agree on tho questions of the day—the very issues, in fact, which Mr. Lincoln may be said to have died in the very act where the control id' that negro vote would fall. When they come to talk about the elective fran chise, I say let each State judge for it eelf. I am for free Government; for smancipation ; and 1 am for emancipa ting tho white man as well as the black man." It will bo seen, therefore, that Presi dent Lincoln, while recommending that " tho very intelligent" negroes, and those wjio have fought for (he should vote does not once propose that Congress shall take charge of tho subject. All is left to the States. President Johnssn takes the same ground in stronger language, lie believes if Congress could confer the right of suffrage upon tlje South Carolina negroes, their former masters would con trol them; and he emphatically declares that he does not desire this tq be so, used as these votes would be against tho poor whites of the State, and for the benefit of the aristocrrcy of the soil. I might add many other sustaining thoughts. The dan ger of giving to Congress the right to regulate suffrage now is that it may be used hereafter to enable a mere patty ma jority to oppress a State or section. In all tho so-called seoeding States, save two. the white population exceeds colored; and in moat of them largely so. The white people of those States, with almost entire unanimity, are intensely ' hostile to tho principle of negro suffrage. How ever unreasonable or unjust th.s hostility maybe, it is a fact which stares us in the face, and with which the Govern ment is compelled to deal. If in re-or ganizing these States preparatory to their full reinstatement in the Union, the right of the negroes to vote should be guaran teed to ti.oai by the interposition of tho General Government, would it not have the effect of so uniting the white voters in all elections, upon candidates of their own exclnsiv© selection that the coloted voters, being in tho minority, would be rendered utterly powerless? Even in the States of South' Caroliua and Missis sippi, \rhere the blacks are in the niajor . ity, it is by no meaps probable that at a first election they would be able to rally to the polls iu sufficient numbers to out vote the more intelligent though less nu merous race. It would take time for them so learn that they had the right to vote ; and even if aware of the right, they would scarcely have the intelligence uecei-ary to it« exercise iu any effective manner. If the effect would be .■« to unite all white voters on the same candidates as utterly to nullify the political power of the negroes, would tho njen elected uudtr such circumstances, probably be of Ihe cJags most favorable to the amelioration of tho condition of the colored popula tion ? Xhese are practical Considera tions which is will not do to wholly ig nore in our eagerness to establish abstract ■principlen <»f right and justice Hut let us leave the question (o time —to the careof a loyal Congress—to the vigilant fidelity of a devoted Union Pres ent, who proclaimed himself the friend of the masses of the colored race of Ten nessee, and will never allow them to bo oppressed byl heir recent masters, it will not bo many days before those fitter real ise, by the best evidence?,-that the only way to secuie the admission of their Sen ators and members to Congaess is to adopt the amendment of tlip Constitution abol ishing slavery, to provide for the educa tion of the colored population, and for the payment of colored labor by a wiso and geneious piao, and to repeal the odi ous penal codes made necessary by the accursed system of slavery. Till these things are secured, they will be kept out tho halls of the nation's legislature. When they are secured, thf) American Citizen of African decent will have a chance to fit himself for that sacred citi zenship which ought never to have been bestowed upon ignorant or lazy men, whitfft>r black. Both Lincoln And John son agree, therefore, that there can be no destruction of State sovereignty by seces sion—that tho question of suffrage be longs to the States, and not to Congress —a«d that slavery is deftd by military success, by Executive proclamation, by Congressional statue, and by the acts soon to bo completed by the three-fourths of of the States, ratifying tho amendment of„tho National Constitution forevor abol ishing if!. When tho impulsive Romeo, eager to propitiate bis love, yould have hurried the philosophical and tranquil Friar Lau rence, who promised to aid him in his suit, the patient priest exclaims : "Wisely and flow; tliey stumble that run fiwt.'' Let as take the axiom and the moral to our own hearts, flip swift and dazzling panorama of war, which flashed its me teor changes before our astounded eyes, and achieved reforms that could not have been wrought by centuries of peace, should not tempt tjs into a spirit of fatal imitation. The fabric of free Olovcrn pient saved io tho shock of battle will soon resettle into the regular grooves of law and order. Institutions necessarily set aside, that treason might be punished, and Government be able to put forth all its energies in the struggle for its exist ence, will soon resume their wholesome influence. Time, reflection, system, are the essential auxiliaries. Nor, indeed, need we be in Jfifßffi. Least of (ill wo apprehend failure, because of present doubts and contingent difficulties. Be hold tho catalogue of wonders on the page of the four last years' history—» wrought in the progress of this triumph ant war for human freedom. In an age that, compared with the last generations, seeuis like an age of miracles, tho over throw of the rebellion was the grandest and most sublime of miracles. The ma lignant prophecies of our enemies every where, which they are now so anxious to forget, glare upon them from the page of history, liike so many reproaches of tjieir ignorance and their hatred. In war, on land and sea, in finance, in statesmanship, in dipplomacy, in the inexhaustibility of our resources, in our inventions, in tho wondrodrt prosperity and somfort of the loyal people. i» the deliverance of. four millions of human beings from slavery, in the disbanding of a multitudinous army, apd the dismantling of a larger than that of any of the nations of the earth, we may find not only the material for fe licitation but for a superior and a solid consolation. There is no lion in the path of our future so fierce as those which have been subdued and fciiun iff the paths of the past. Let ns, therefore, confide our destiny to the constituted and constitu tional agencies of tho Oovornmonji, and to that benign I'rjjvidcnco -which has watch ed over us from the perilous beginning to the victorious close. —A pew in a (jongrcgtional meet ing-house is thus advertised for sale in the Amherst, Massachusetts, Ex pres* : "A pew in the meeting-house of the first parish ip Amherst is for sale. The mar, owns the pew owns the right or space just as long and wid" as tRe pew is from tht bot tom of the meeting-house to the roof, and he can go as much higher as he can get. If a man will buy my pew and sit ip it on Sundays, and repent and be a good man, ho will goto heaven, and my pew as good a place to start from as any pew in the moeting-house." —"Qnemore question, Mr. Parjcs," said a counsel to a witness, who hap pened to be a tailor. "You haye known tj»e defendant a long time; what are -Lis hajbiw—-foose or other wise?" ''Thlc one Jio's got now I think, is ra,ihcr tight under the arms, and to short for thl fasion," replied parks. ' ,"Stan(J down," said the counsil. • *"■ * -m NUMBER 32. NATIONAL WlT.—ltalian wit is high ly dramatic, spontaneous, genial. Among its proverbs are—"Tho dog earns* his liv ing by wagging his tail." "Mako your selves all honey, and tho flies will dovoui it.""The smiles of a pretty woman aro the tears of the purse." " IJo who takes an eel by the tail, or a woinau by tho tongue, is surq to cjoine off empty haud ed.« The character of Spanish wit is exces sive stateliness, Of their proverbs—"He who has nothing to do, let him buy a a ship or marry a wife." " Prom many children and little bread, good Lord de liver, us." "J\ fool is never a fool un less he knows Latin." French wit is characterized by fijiette, brilliancy, doxterity, point, brevity. In repartee llig French are unrivaled. Their conversation is not only an art, but a fine art. In punning they aro unequalled. In no liturature are there so many pro vorbs which speaks disparagingly af tho fair sex. "Man is fire, woman into the devil conies and blows." "A wumaq conceals only what sbo doesn't know." "To get chickens one must coax the ben." " Scratch people where they itch." —An odd genius entered tho adjoining Ford's thcatro, wlicro Booth took his last drink of brandy just before he murdered Mr. Lincoln, and inquired of tho barkeeper: "Have yon tho same bottlo on hand out of which Booth drank on tho night of the assassination ?" "Yos, Sir." "And the pnnebrandy in it ?" "Yes Sir.'? "Can 1 have a drink of that samo brandy out of that same bottle ?" "Yes Sir." "Let's have it." The visitor tastos the brandy, makes awry face,and contjpijps; "And that's tho satno brandy that Booth drank?" "Yes sir." "Well I dont't wonder that ho killed the President. A drink of that brandy would make a man kill his grandmother i" DO YOU GIVE IT UP? Why aro washer-women the most un reasonable people 1 Bemute they expect toft water icfcn if rain* hard. My first is always bitter to my second: My third is both bitter and sweet? Wo man (uoman). Which sea would a man most like to bo in on a wet day ? Adriatic (a dry attic). What disorder cxeitis the greatest compassion i The tmall-pox, for the patient is gen erally pitied. (pitted). —An Irshman got out of the curs at a railway station for refreshments, but unfortunate}/ tl,e bell rang, and the train left before ho had finished his repast, "ilould on !" cried I'at, as he ran like a madman after the car: "hould on, ye inu: thern ould stamis ingin—ye've cot a passenger aboard that's lift behind! —A Portuguese" shostaakor used to give liis wife a severe flogging every month, just bcfcro he went to confession. On being asked the reason of this pro ceeding, he replied that, having a memory, he took this method of refresh ing it, as his wiife, while under tho casti gation, was sure to remind him of all his sins. Man doubles all the evils of his fate by pondering over thcrc. A. scratch becomes a wound, a slight becomes an injury,-ft jest an insult, a small peril a great danger, and a slight sickness oftend ends in dcatli by (he brooding apprehensions of the §icjc. We should always look on tho bright side of life's picture. —A thick beaded squire, being . worste 1 pv Sidney Smith in an argu« ment, tool his revenge by exclaim ing. "If I had a son who ■was-an id iot, by Jove, I'd make him a parson. rt "Very properly," replied Sydney, 'but I see tha your father was of a, different mind " —There is but a step from ths sublime to the ridiculous. A local journal thus describes the eflec&s of a hurricane: "It shattered mountains, tore up oaks by the roots, dismantled churches, 1 id villages waste, aaij, overturned a hay stack." • A PRIVATE INQUIRY. — Why is a soldier who attends tq the command, '•prepare to receive cavalry," lik% his own weapon ?—Because he's abeyin'-'t. —'• Say, Sam, what you sell shoes for ?" "Can't sell de:n, Pomp." "Wbj mff " dey's haj£ a.'ready. " yab ; yah !" • _ ' ' THE first thing a man takes to iijv bis life is hip milk—the last i« hjj» hkr.