OFFICIAL.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
I'luwd at lli« Hr»t Swwlon of
Ihc Tnirty-Xiiith Congress.
[PUBLIC NO. 04.]
An .1.7 Svpfj/rmsn/ury to ikr. Surra?
Artf Rchituij to I'ensiont.
]!e it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives uf tho United States
«t America, in Congress assembled :
"That section fire of an act entitled 'An
act to giant peoaioMj' approved July 14,
isijj," approved July 4, I>">4, and scc
■ jinn three uf an aeteutitlcd "An nftsup
plemeatary t»» thf lievoral net? relating to
pensions,' approved March 3. 1804, be
and the ssma are hereby repealed, and
the following shall stand ill lieu thereof;
That, from and nfW th<* pas-age of this
ser, nil persons by law to a leas
than hereinafter specified. who,
while jn the military or navniservice anH
in line (if duty, shall have lost, the sight
of b'otli eyes, or who thall have lost both
hands, ov been, permanently and totally
Enabled in the same, iir otherwise so per
«imn. mlv and totally «li«ab)ed as to ren
.j|r than, ullerly he I picas, or so nearly so
aa tQ rebuke the constant personal aid and
attvH.laiioc of anothef ]>crßon, shall be
ehtltled to a pension of twenty-five dol
lara p*r month • and all persons who,
under like eii oumstaree*, shall bare lost
holli fuel, ur One hand and one foot, or
been permanently uu>l totally disabled in
the an me, or otherwise so disabled as to
be in'eapacitated for performing any man
ual labor, bnt not so much so as to rc
) quire Constant personal nid and attention,
.hall be entitled to a pension of twenty
dollaud per month >, and all persons who,
under like circumstances, shall have lost
• Vine foot. or been totally and permanently
Wisablod in the same, or otherwise so dis
abled us to render their inability to per
form manual iabdf equivalent to the loss
< 112 a baud cr a foot, shall bo entitlod to a
pension of fifteen dollars per month.
SECTION 2. And be it further enacted,
That any pledge, mortgage, sale, or as
signment, or taansfer of any right, claim,
or interest in any pension which has been
or may hereafter be granted, Hhall be void
and of no effeot; aud any person acting
as attoincy to receive aud receipt for
money for and in behalf of any person
aiitilied tQ a pension shall, before receiv
idg said . money, take aud subscribe an
oath, to be tiled with tho pension agent.,
and by him to DO transmitted, with the
vouchers now required by law, to the
proper accounting olfioer of the treasury,
that ho ha# no interest iu said money by
any pledge, mortgage, sde, assignment,
or transfer, and tiiat he does not know or
believe that the sutne has been so disposed
of to any person ; and tiny person who
shall falsely take the said oath shall be
guilty of perjury, and.on conviction,
shall bo liable to the paina aud penalties
of perjury.
SUCTION 3. And bo it further enacted,
That any person who shall present or
cause to be presented at any pension agen
ey any power of attorney or othor paper
required as a voucher in drawing a pen
sion, which paper shall boar a date subse
quent to that on which it was actually
stgned or executed, such person so of
fending shall be deemed guilty of a mis
demeanor. and shall, on conviction there
of, be punished by a tine uot exceeding
five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment
(or a term not cxeeoding three years, or
by botji, at the discretion of the court
before whom sttch conviction shall be had,
and BO SUN of money d*o, or to become
due, to any pensioner under the laws
aforesaid, shall be liable to attachment,
levy,, or seizure by or under any legal or
equitable process whatever, whether the
same remains with the Pension Office or
any office or ntfent thereof, or is in conrso
of tntbswission to the peaaioner ontitled
i here to. butsliall inure wholly to the ben
efit of such pensioner.
SsrriON 4- And be it further enacted,
That no claim agent or other person shall
hereafter charge or receive more than 25
cants for preparing the papers nocossary
to eoabio a pensioner to receive a semi
annual payment of his pension, nor shall
any pension agent charge or receive more
than fifteen, cents for administering an
oath to a pensioner, or his attorney in
fact, under penalty of five dollars in each
ease.
SECTION And. bo it further enacted,
That section ope of an act entitled "An
»ct supplementary to the several acts re
biting fo pensions," approved March 8,
1866, it hereby repealed.
SfcOwoN 6. And bo it farther enacted,
That if any per*>u entitled to an invalid
pension has Murch 4,1861, or
sVall hetea!l'tcr die, while au application
Wr »neh fiensioh is"pcnding, and aftev the
proof has been completed. leaving no
widow and no taiiKit child under sixteen
yaarti of age, his heirs and legal represen
tative* shall be entitled to the accrued
pension to whioh the applicant would
have been emitted had the certificate been
issue.l before his death.
Sronw.N 7, And be it further enactod,
That in all <3se* when a commission shail
hava been tegulurly issued to any person
in the military or naval service who shall
have died or been disabled while in the
liM «112 dutjr. afterKhe date of such cotn
t&lfftioß, and before being mustered, such
officer or other person entitled to a pen
sion for such death or disability, by ex
isting law?, shall rroeivo a pension cor
r*po»ding his rank, as determined by
mob eouuHwaiou. the lame as if he had
bfan mfatared provided, that this sec
tion shall not apply to any officer who shall
have wilfully neglected or refused to be ao
nrMtervd.
And be it further enacted,
Tint ofiioers absent on sick leave, tod en
listwi «nes abeent on shall
be regarded in.the administration of the
pension law's in tho saire manner aa if
t*»y wet* in the field or hospital.
"Nwrwwt. An<l be it farther enacted,
That th» pwied of sorrie* of all persons
entitled U) the benefits of the pension
laws, OT m aewmntwf fbuit death any
person may become entitled to a pension,
shall be 'oeostrued to.extend to the time
af disbanding the organisation to which
Kucli poraoms belonged, or until their ac
tual discharge for other cajise than the
e*t>rr«fti<m of the service of such organi
ts. And be it «*»
| led, That enlisted men employed a* team
I .-tcrs. wagoner?, artificers, hospital ster»
| u.«U, t inien*, saddlers and all other eu
j listed men, however employed in the ser
ving of the »nn_vm nivjfjaot specifieitflj
mentioned in tltt first soetion of *ll aot
entltlej ''An act to granfci enfuon*,'! ap
proved July 14, lS(>a. shall be regarded,
in the administration of (he pension laws,
as nmi-commi-sioßed offioen o| privates.
SKOTIOS 11. And be it further enac
ted, That if any officer, soldier, or seaman
shall have died of wounda received or
disease contracted in the line of duty in
the military or naval service of the I'ni
tcd Stateß, leaving a widow and a child
or children under the age of Ifl years,
and it shall be duly certified under seal,
by any court having probate jurisdiction,
that satisfactory evidence has been pro
duced before such eouit that the widow
aforesaid ha# abandoned the cArc of such
child or children, or is on unsuitable
person, by reusou of immoral ciindues, to
have the custody of the same, then uo
pension shall be allowed to such widow
until «ucli minor child or children shall
have become sixteen years of age, nny
previous enactment to the contrary not
withstanding; and the minor child or
children aforesaid shall be pensioned in
the same manner as if uo widow had sur
vived the said officer, soldier, or seaman,
and such pension may be paid to the reg
ularly authorised guardian of such minor
or minors.
SECTION 12. And be it further enac
ted, That section four of un act entitled
"An act to grant pensions," approved
July 15,186'2, is hereby so amended that
the provisions thereof shall apply to and
include the orphan brother or brothers,
as well as sister or sisters, under sixteen
years of age, and the father as well as
mother of a deceased office) s or other
person named hi section one of the above
entitled act, who wore dependent upon
him for support in whole or in part, sub
ject to the same limitations and restric
tions.
SECTION 13. And be it further enac
ted, That nothing in this or any other acl
shall be so construed n« to repeal or mod
ify the sixth section of an act entitled
"An act.supplementary to "An act sup
plementary to 'An act to grant pensions,'
approved July 14, 1802," approved July
4, 1 SCI, or to entitle a persoo to receive
more than one pension at the same time,
aud in every ease in which a claim for
pension shall not have been tiled within
three years after the disoharge or decease
of the party on whose account the claim
was made, the pension, if allowed, shall
commence from the date of filing the last
paper in said case by the party prosecut
ing the same.
tiKCTrON 14 And be it further enac
ted, That the fourteenth section of an act
entitled "An act supplementary to an act
entitled 'An act to grant pensions,' ap
proved JuJy 13, 1802," approved July
4, 1804, be and the same is hereby re
pealed, and that the widows and children
of oolored soldiers and sailors who have
been or may be hereafter killed, or who
have diod or may hereafter die of wounds
received or of disease contracted in the
military or naval service of the United
States, and in the line ot duty, shall be
entitled to rcceivo the,pensions, bounty,
and back pay provided by law, without
other evidence ot marriage than proof
satisfactory to the Commissioner of Pen
sions, that the parties had habitually rec
ognized each other as man aud wife, and
lived together as such ; and the children
bom of any marriage so proved, shall be
deemed and taken to be the children of
the soldier or sailor party thereto.
Approved Juuc 0, IbOG,
Report oT tftv Meooiiatriiotloii
The final report of the Reconstrue
tion Committee, which was yesterday
submitted to the Senate by Mr. Fea
senden, anil which we print this morn
ing in full, will command the undivi
ded attention of the country. The
great question of the present year is
lleconstruction. To secure Recon
struction on the basis of justice and
freedom is the task which the party
that conquered in the campaigns of
1860 and 1864 has now to perform.
The report of the Reconstruction
I Committee is the complete, and, we
may say, the official declaration of
the principles which the Republican
party is bound to carry through, and
in the advocacy of which, we fell con
fident, tho whole party will soon be a
unit.
The report begins with adverting
briefly to the course the Committee
found it necessary to adopt. They
had been direoted by a resolution of
Congress to inquire into the condi
tion of the Confederate States, and
report whether they were entitled to
representation in Congress. The
former of these points admitted of no
dispute. The South was in a state
of utter cxhauetation. Congress hav
ing failed to provide for the contin
gency, the duty of the President was
obvious. He had no power,except
to execute the laws of the land an*f
to establish, as far as he could, a sys
tem of government. All his acts
were those of a military commander,
but no authority was given him by
the law over the subject of rocoD.
struction.
On the moeting of Congress in De
cember, tho President officially an
nounced the organization of local
Governments, aud the read
mission of the late ReDel States.—
With regard to this recommendation,
Congress must either have acted
blindly upon the opinion of the Pres
ident, or proceed to collect for itself
the necessary information. ThelaU
ter course was chosen. Its first d«ty
was to cali upon the President for
the information in his possession as
to what had been done. The infor
mation, which was not communicated
until six weeks after the Committee
had beeu in aetual session, appeared
to the Republican members of the
Committee incomplete and unsatisfac
tory. theerreawetaneef, it
appeared that but one course remain
ed, viz., to investigate thoroughly
and carefully the state of feeling
uuiyng .lii« Southern
ti inftijr whether
it #ns Bafe to reaamijk t hit into Con
gi"«s». To obtain tfis information
the Committee had recourse to the
examination of ivitnaWba whose posi
tion had given them the best means
of forming an accurate judgment.—
The results of tbis examination have
been heretofore published. ■
The report of the .G'omroitte* next
proceeds to examine the claims of the
South for re,admis»ion to Congress.
All (HsCusSloh of the question wheth
or the* recovered States are out of or
within the Union is ■waived, and the
report assumes as, bevrwd dispute
that the people of the llebel States
had infact withdrawn from the Union
and made themselves subjects of an
<rth& government. The government
of the United States had undoubtedly
a right to exact indemnity for the in
juries done, and security against their
recurrence in the future; otherwise
tho Government would bo powerless
for its own protection. The Goverw
m?ntaliad equally the duty to protect
those in the South who had remained
trtio and loyal. The Committee was
unablo to find in the information ob
tained, any satisfactory proof that it
wa:s safe to readmit any of the sece
ded States to their former position
in Congress, exoept, perhaps, the
State of Tennessee*
With the evidence evinced before
them, it is the opinion of tho Commit
tee that the Ilebal States were, at
the close of the war, disorganized
communities; that Ctyijjress cannot
be oxpected to recognize as valid the
election of men from such communi
ties; and that before their admission
to a participation in the Government
Congress must provide such Consti
tutional or other guarantees as will
tend to secure the civil rights of nil
citizens of the Republic a just equality
of representation; protection against
claims founded in Rebellion and
crime, and, at least, a temporary re
striction of the right of suffrage to
men of undoubted loyalty.
The Committee, therefore, reaches
the conclusion that the so-called Con
federate States are not at present,
entitled to representation in the Con
gress af the United State ; that be
fore allowing sucli representation,
adequate security for future peaie
and safety should be required; that
this can only be found in suCh chan
ges of tho organic law as shall deter
mine the civil rights and privileges
of all citizens in all parts of the Re
public, shall placo representation on
an equitable basis, shall fix a stigma
upon treason and protect the loyal
people against future claims for the
expense incurred in support of rebel
lion, and for manumitted blaves, to.
gether with an express grant in Con
gress to enforce these pro isions.—
To this end they offer a joint resolu
tion for amending the Constitution,
and two several bills designed to
carry the same into effect. The spe
cific recommendations submitted to
Congress were tho result of mutual
concession, after a long and careful
'comparison of conflicting opinious,
and the final report has "received the
signature of every Rhpublican mem
ber of the Committee except Messrs.
Washburne and Blow, who were ab
sent.
The report is vory abl# and will
occupy a conspicuous placo in the
history of the Republican party.—
Whatever excoptions may br taken
to one or another part, the whole
will commend itself to tho friends of
the Union as a conclusive and admi
rable summary of the measures which
tho majority of the party regard as
indispensable for securing the asting
restoration of the Union and the tri
umph $f tho principles of Justice and
Frocdom.
A New and Grand fpoch in Medicinel
DR. M MICHEL is the founder of a ccw
Medical System ! Tho quuatitarians,
whose vast internal doses enfeeble the
stouiach and paralyzo tbo bowel.-', must
give precedence t<> the mau who restores
health aud appetite, witli from one to two
of his extraordinary Pills, and cure* the
most virulent sores with a box or so of his
wonderful and all-healing Salve. Thotie
two great specifics of tho Doctor are fast
superseding all the stereotyped nostrums
of the day. Extraordinary cures by
Muggicl'a Pills and halve have opened
tho eyes of the public to the inefficiency
of the (so called) remedies of others, and
upon which people have «o long bliudly
depended. Maggiel's Pills are dot of the
class that swallowed by the and
of which every box full taken creates an
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two of Maggiel's Fills suffices to place the
bowels in perfect order, tone the stomach,
creates an appetite, iind redder the spiticft
light and buoyant 1 There in no griping*
and .no reaction in the I'orui oi constipa
tion. If the liver is affected,. it* func
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BUTLSR PA.
W E ONESOAY JPME BQ, M«».
flar " Liberty and Union, Now arid Forever, One
nd 'nsepa rable."— O. Webtier. i .
ulntott JState Jirhet.
For Governor:
Maj-Gcn. JOHN W.GEARY
Of CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
Union Republican County Ticket.
CONGRESS.
K. M'JUNKIN,
(Subject to District Von/ereet.)
ASSEMBLY.
HENRY PILLOW.
( Subject to District Rumination.)
ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
JOS K I'll CUMMINS,
TIIOS. GARVEY,
PHEiuiy.
J AS. 11. STORY.
I'ItOTHoJ^TAJtY.
J. B CLARK.
REGISTER AND RECORDER.
SIMEON NIXON
CLERK OF COURTS.
FRANK M< EASTMAN.
COMMISSIONER.
JOHN W. BRANDON.
CORONER.
JAMKS KEARNS.
AUDITOR.
0 11. GUMPPER, 3 yrp,
J. CAIiVIN OLKNN, 1 yr.
TRUSTEES OF ACADEMY.
Rev. J. I). LEGO ITT.
Rev. JOHN OAILBY.
Soldiers' Mass Meeting.
A call has been made by the soldiers
of Allegheny county, for a Mass Meet
ing, to be held at Rakerstown, on the 2(sth
inst. A general invitation is extended to
the soldiers of Butler county. All are
requested to meet in Rutler, by seven
o'clock, A. M., June 20th. The sugges
tion is to form a procession, and goon
horseback. It is hoped there will be a
general turn out of soldiers from Rut
ler county.
Those south of Butler will concentrate
at Glade Mills, and remain until the pro
ceAin from Butler arrives.
speakers will be in attendance to ad
dress us, and a good time is expected.
W. O. BftACKENRIDGE, "l
W. It . MOORE. I
C. E. ANDERSON,
G. W. BLEJiGJtR, 1 12( om '
A. BLACK,
GEO.PURVTANCE, j
The I'niled State** Scnalorgliip.
Some uneasiness is manifested by the
Pittsburgh (Jaztllc upon the passage of a
resolution iu our late County Convention,
, on the above subject. Iu that paper of
Monday last, we flud the following :
" Truttwu/Uy men assure us that the
late Rutler County Republican Conven
tion neither passed, nor had before it, a
resolution upon the United State- Hena
torship. Will the Butler American ex»
plain this matter 1"
Ip the firs' place, wo would like to be
informed, as would our readers, as to who
are the "trustworthy men who have thus
assured the Gazette man ! In the second
place we woflld inform the Gazette, and
all others concerned, that on observing the
above paragraph in the Gazette, we called
on our foreman on the subject, who in
formed us that the resolutions wore pub
lished as handed into tho ofiic. by Doctor
Lusk, one of the Secretaries of the meet
ing. We found the manuscript still iu
the office, and upon it find the resolu
tions—all in the order iu which they
were printed ! Any one curious enough,
can call and examine for himself. Tho
following.is the resolution relerred to: ,
A*«WivW, That we look with pride to
the name uf his Excellency, A. G. Curtin,
whose exalted patriotism as displayed in
his great efforts in behalf of the national
cause,- —While treachery elsewhere aboun
ded, —-as well as his tenderness of heart,
as displayed in bis great care for the
comforts and intercuts of the soldier, has
won tor him an enduring fame which
shall embeiwh one of the brightest pages
in the history of our glorious common
wealth; that wo yet hope to sec him
honor the commonwealth in the councils
of the nation, as he has in tho executive
chair, by filling with distinction the se«t
now disgraced by the traitor Cowan, and
our representatives are hereby instructed
to assist in this patriotic consummation.
We have only to add that we had learn
ed from members of the Convention, in
' eluding Major Harris—its Presidtnt, and
! Lieut. Story—Chairman of the Commit
' tec on Resolutions, that such a resolution
, had passed. We have just inquired of
Mr. T. B. White, who was delegate from
■ this Burongh, and also a member of the ;
[ UttMBiMM Re*elati»M, who inform# j
us that tho resolution referred to, was re
ported by the Committee, anil passed
without a dissenting voiee.l Wo make
thib statement. nofcip tho interctft of any
candidate. lmt in the interest of truth, at
the request of the (jfhzctle. Vie lrtlpe it
will liberal enough to pablishlthc above
for the information of its readers ; as a
reply to a very groundless insinuation.
Di:sf,nTi:ns VOTIVO.
On the first page of our paper this
week will be found tho law disfranchising
deserters. WtJ published tUTs bill f,oou"
after It passed the Legislature. For some
time it lay in the fwssossion of the Gov
ernor. He has nt>w signed it, however,
and atftive preparations are being made to
hate its provisions strictly carried out.
Duo penalties are attached to its viola
tion, so that it cannot be disregarded, ns
was the law of Congress last year, while
standing alone.
We would advise our friends to pro
serve this paper, and thoroughly study
this law, so that they will bo well prepa
red to vindicate it at the polls, on elec
tion day. This advioc is especially given
to our friends iu Winfield, Cfoaitield,
Donegal, Venango, Marion, Rutler and
Oakland townships, where we have un
derstood this olhh* abound. The observ
ance of this law will take about 22,000
oft tho Democratic vote of the State t his
Fall.
The ContCreKNloitHll'lMii-
The supporters of the President's policy
have professed to he out of patience with
Congress because they had not long since
given the country sonic well defined pol
icy, as against that of the Executive.—
J he result ol their long deliberation is
bolore the country, however, in the shape
ofjja Constitutional Amendment.. Against
this auiCLdmcnt, wo think, it will be hard
to raise much objection. At any rate it
will be the rallying point of the Repub
lican party ut tho approaching election
And against it will bo arrayed every
Democrat of tho North, joined by every
rebel of tho South. The verdict of the
people is riot hard to prognosticate The
following is the auieudiueut relerred to :
A Joint resolution proposing an amend
ment to the Constitution of the Uuited
States, passed by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
# of America, in Congress assembled,
two-thirds of both Houses concurring.
That the following article be proposed
to the Legislatures of tho. several Stales
as an eniondment to the Constitution- of
tho United States, which, when ratified
by three fourths of said Legislatures, shall
bo valid as part of said Coustilutiou :
A ttxiCLK—Sec. 1. All persons born or
naturalized in the C#tcd States, and sub
ject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citi
zens of the United States and of the State
wherein they may reside. No State shall
make or enforce any laws which shall
abridge the privileges and immunities of
the citizens of the Unitod States, nor
shall any State depi've any person of life,
liberty or property without due process
of law, nor deny to any person within its
jurisdiction the equal protection of the
laws.
Sko. 2. Representatives shall be ap
portioned among the ncveral States accor
ding to their respective numbers, count
ing the whole number of persons iu each
State, excluding Indians not taxed, but
whenever the right to vote at any eleo
tiou for electors of President and Vice-
President of tho United States, Rcprc
sentativos in Congress, Kxocutivc and
Judicial oiliccrii, or the members of the
Legislature thereof, is denied to any of
the male citizens being twenty-one years
of age, and citizens of tne United States,
or in any wny abridged, except for par
ticipation in the rebellion or other crime,
the basis of representation therein shall
be reduced in the. proportion which the
number of such male citizens shrill bear
to the whole number ol male cifitens
twenty one yeart of age in sudli State
SEC - 8. No person shall be Senator ot
Representative in Comcre?*) or elector ot
President pr Vice pre sident or .hold auy
office, civil or military, withiu the Unite !
States, or under any State, who, havin :
taken an oath as a member of Congress,
or as an officer af the United States, or
as a member of auy State Legislature, or
a.« an Executive or Judicial officer of any
State, to support the Constitution of tho
United States, shall have engaged iu n
surreetion or rebellion against the same,
or given aid or comfort to the enemies
thereof; hut Congress may, by a vote of
two-thirds of each house, rornove such
disability.
SEC. 4 The validity of the public debt
of the United Slates, auihorized by law.
including debts incurred for the payment
of pensions and bounties :or services in
suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shali
not be questioned, but neitherthe United
States nor any State shall assume or pay
any debt incurred in aid of insurreerion
or reboJlioo against the United States, or
any claiju for loss or emancipation of any*
slave, hut all such debts, obligations and
claims shall be held illegal and void.
W&~ We have baen informed by one
who know*. that all the employees of the
Post Office, in Philadelphia, were assessed
with black mail, for the purposo of de
fraying the expenses of the Johnston
seeting lately held there; and that the
employees of another department refuted
to contribute to the same purpose because
they were unwilling to assist by their
mcaus, in the promulgation of principles
that were repagnant to their feelings and
judgment. This latter course was com
mendable.
*&• We refer our readers to the adver- j
tisement of Rev. J. J. Rocfcyroll, teach
er of the Normal Scool. Prospect, Butler
county, Pa. JZvery one interested should
to read if.
Mr, Seward ou the. KWMI or the
oration.
W,««r e jtartwtfis eriminU with Mr.
Iluuter, chief elark of tho Statu Depart-
in • fraud tp the extant of two cents
on the Goveramebt of the ITfltwd States.
We haVe ldgfeivej from that gentleman,
under hut frank, generally supposed to
cover official business, and to be lawfully
used for that purpose alone, a ucatly-exe
cuted pamphlet containing >lr. Seward's
last Auburn speech, and though the
priut has a suspicious look of the govern
ment printing-house, wo shall keep it
eveu at the expense of encouraging the
pious error that our income tax is levied
to publish and distribute Mr. Seward's
persona) out-givings. We shall do so,
for,the purpose of calling attention to
these few sentences which oeeur on page
and coutain the substKnco of the
whole speech :
"What, then, does tho nation need?
It needs just what 1 have dwelt upon so
much and so earnestly in theso remarks ;
it needs reconciliation, and just now
needs nothing nlore. It needs, moreover,
only n very little of this. It needs a re
uonuiliatiou between the Senators of the
United States who are liow acting and
those senators who, being loyal and qual
ilied for membership td the Senate, liavo
beeh already, or may hefe»fter he, elected
by the people of the several Stntbs which
wore lately involved in the rebellion. It
uceds a reconciliation uf the same kind
be.ween the,,mcuiberg of the House of
Representatives who are now acting and
loyal me'nbors already elected, or to he
elected, by the people in the same before
inuutionod States. It uceds just this
C'ongr: ssioual reconciliation, and nothing
' more.''
It seems to us that this is a very grave
mistake. Doubtlces the nation needs re
conciliation. But of what? Of the pas
sions war usually engenders ? They can
hardly be said to exist in the North; and
tin* people of the north, who, whether
we regard their numbers, strength, fide!
jty to the nations institutions, or hope
aud faith in a nafioual future, really are
the nation, need no reconciliation with
the people of the S nth, because, prac
tically, they abhor in; hatred toward them
Nor is it lair to say that there is need that
our actual members of Congress need a
reconciliation with those who elut.ii to be
members of Congress, aud aro not, from
the Southern States. Such men as Sen
ators Fcssenden, Trumbull, and Sherman
have no bad feelings, and represent none,
towards such men as Marvin, of Florida,
or his constituents. Messrs. Buutwcll,
Coukling, Washbarne, Wilson, of the
House,have no quarrel, aud want none,
with Maynard or with Stokes—whom a
Democratic paper, with characteristic
courtesy, ealls the "ribboned ox of the
Radicals'*—nor can there be any quarrel
between the people of the North and those
who sent Messrs. Mayuard anil Stokes to
Washington.
\Vhat the country needs Is something
which Mr. Seward very gayly. but eu
tirely ignores—the reconciliation of the
conflict between "two radically different
political systems," which be declared in
IMSB to be impossible, and which lias
proved itself so by bringing aoout the
late war, and by defying the unstinted
pardons of the President and the most
powerful sedatives of tho Secretary of
State. That these conflicting systems,
in their distinctive principles, still exist,
is plain from what Mr. Seward himself
said about their results. Whero one pre
vails, an aristocratic rnling class iii the
sure accompaniment; where the other
prevails, "universal suffrage obtains { aud
the State inevitably becomes, sooner or
lutein republic or a democracy." In
the Southern States "laiely involved in j
the rebellion" tho -ystem recognized by
Mr. Johnsou aud his Secretary includes
aud, inOoC'l, is controlled by an arist >
cratiuruling cl»s-, principally distinguish
ed for their violeneV: durinir he ribdllioti.
anil their defiant opposition to the pr.n
CI pies of .republican govartuadiit since. -
The system, OU tb; o'lhji baud, wi.ieh ;he
large bodv td inte: i,:ctr are: n etct
tious Republicans in he N (b x -n 'J
prevail Involve- universal, or ivliar t- a
better phase of the same principle im
pVtial si.ffr&ge, a.i 1 h- -ki. the eat ;lilksii
ment ot u true rupublie
It is the conflict be w< t u these '.<*<■ .nat
must have reconciliation and though we
believo a uiau has a right in a republican
government to change his mm l for tl ft
better, Mr. Seward wis ♦, jniit h s 1 under
in than be is iu Istso that c use
words of his spoken ibeiwto bow no iu
calculable and inherent suoCi'i t'-ty iii the
system of freedom ovet the system which,
in all lis forms, is essentially the system
of slavery Contrasting the two. be said
ol the former : "It « pens all the tiel'U
Of industrial euif loyuient and ail the ile
partments ot authority to tlie uncNoeke l
and e<|ual rivalry of all classes of men.
and coi.reu ineni.
aud brings lutoLhu highest pus^aduactiv
ity all the physical, moral, aud cl
ergies ot the whole State.", Does Mr.
Seward no# hope forauy better kind of
peace than is thus prom scd v Me pleaded,
| then, tliat'tbc principle "conforms to the
divine law of equality wUieh is written
in the hearts aud consciences of men, aud
therefore is always and everywhere benef
icent." Is there any other principle from
which Mf. t-eward can now prophesy any
nobler or purer result?
No. Mr. Seward i.% it seems to us. ,
seriously and dangerously mistaken, and
if the thoughtful men of the Republican |
party are inclined to follow him—which ;
we do not fear—let them take warning I
from a lesson read to <hem from history !
by Mr. Seward himself:
"The Democratic party derived its
strength, originally, from its adoption of ;
tho principle of equal and exact justice
to all men. So k>ug as it practiced this
principle faithfully it wm invulnerable, i
It .became vulnerable when it renounced .
the principle, aqd since that time bw I
maintained itself not by V?rtu6 of its own
strength or even of iUi traditional merit*,
but because there as yet had appeared in
the political field r>« other party that had
the conscience to take up and avow and
practise the life-inspiring principle which
the Democrat!j pttrty i lad gurrcuJere j."
The Nation.
DUMMUNICATBUIS.
For the CI tlten
Reply to Belay JcM Had Bella.
Onod morning ! Indies. I hope you
have somewhat recovered after your pro
found arguments iu the Court of Love.
This is a singular case, the lore of con
tention being love. The jury have heard
our arguments; Venus, sitting on her
throno of state, is ready to charge them ;
and we must make a Jlntil appeal befero
they render a verdict. Su, listen, ye
benighted mortals, to the wisdom of Un
known. I will not sj.euk to yo in para
bles, or with uuibiguou* words, but glial'
tell yo the unvarnished truth, which is
always hard for iguorunt and sinTul peo
ple to swallow.
This is a case where I am charged for*
disbelieving in love. Was a man ever
arraigned for such an offence before*
This is the boasted land uf liberty. Lita
erty indeed ; if a man says .there is no
love, ho is immediately seixed upon by
the A masons of Venus, and held up to
the gaze of the ' fair sex," as a monster,
a heathen, a hen peeked Jiusband, a wilt
ed bachelor, aud a variety of other do
lightful epithets. Oh, ye gods and little
Oshes, preserve me from such Ivvintj crea
tures as women hold themselves to be ;
and in particular from old maids, with
their inevitable cats and knitting.
Speaking of my disbelief in love, Bella
says, '-woe to the lady who trusts her hap
piness to him," Pray do not throw your
self iuto unnecessary hysterics, my dear,
on that score. Ido not intend to take
uny one, not even you, as you advo
cale love so strongly, your nature is nee.
essutily opposite,J"for better, for wjrse,"
for worse it certainly would bo if I was
to make such an egregious fool of myself.
You ask me if 1 ha\e never known an
instance of a happy married life No one,
except by actual experience, can answer
that. ''Still waters run deep," you know,
and under the calmest exterior often throbs
an aching heart. Hella also says, ''she
would rather burn the few thousands—
meaning gold—than havothcui influence
any gentleman in her favor." Hello t
that is what I call a downright absurdity.
Who ever heard of a woman throwing
away money for love, when wc all know
that they would sell their dying grand
father's wig and old shoes to obtain money
to buy a new undowri. The idea is pre
posterous. She says she has heard of
persons dying of love, and that it must
have been trur love. / think so, too;
but it was such love as was never heard
of before, and never will bo again whilo
women aro so mercenary, and men such
fools.
Betsey Jean, tho Head Defender of
tho love passion, and originator of words,
"punkinism," for instance, —she should
have spelled it puuipkiuism—asks, "can
a groveling passion for beauty and riches,
bo called lovo ? Certainly not; mid there
fore 1 hold, as beauty and riches are the
great objects in marriage, now a day),
that Cupid, disgusted, has dopartcd out
of the land, arid left in the hearts of men
a "groveling passion." Betsey in auother
part of her mighty article, say* she thinks
-Bella" is her old schoolmate J , and
if she is she knows that slit has found
the ''priceless jewel," a true heart. Bella
denies it. Which aro we to believe?
Now Hella, you should turn tho tables,
and say: ' rf Hcfspy Jean is my old school
| nate , tho.need not deny being an
i 'id 111,. ;. .Vr T kn w she is one, an 1 only
told on me beeuu ■ -he has no beiu."
I hat W"uM shi'ft her that she must out
tell lie* tj.it ol school
fl>e greut Tain" ut i'etersvijle s>j|s,
she ut-ier hear! of ladies boasting 01
"conquests <1 th« iietris of gentlemen.
W iiy, what kind of a country ilo you live
in ? I guess the ladies down your way
,:et so few Hers that they are afraid to.
n fuse one for fear they will not got an
other; and so they snap at the first fool
who a ks tliem pa share his ldt, and they
think ihey aro in love. So .they are,
w.th his lot of land, bat not with his lot
in society.
Now Betsey, as you are such a stanch
'fefender of love, to save yourself frou*
being an old maid, you should seek, out
some softhearted swait, who believes in
the "holy passion cast your irresistible
fascination upon him; and if ho has not
j the mora! courage to pop'the question,
you should do it for him, and thus make
yourself miserable. And in the years to
come, when your heart has become
sepulchre of buried and withered
when lovo has fled your bosom forever j.
when your weary spirit beats against the
bars of its earthly prison-house, and
to soar away to join the kindred spirits
above the quiet stars in the Goldia (jiij
of God ; when you. have found that mar
riage is not true happiness, and that it
too often clouds tho lift) and visions of
girlish dreams; then, when all this shall
have come to pass, let your memory turn
back to this time, and think what
fife mljht have been if you had hearkeue^
U HKNOWH,