VOLUME 3.
Parties, Issues and Men.
The time i» last approachiog when the
people of IVnoaylvanie will l>e called
upon to make their decision at the polls
upon the momentous issues now in agita
tion. It is *c*rcelj' conceivable thut, at
tor all the discussion that has occurred,
there can be much ignorance concerning
the positions of political parties and men;
but to aid in forming a judgment for
those whose attention is engrossed by
other affairs, we deem it necessary to state
concisely what w understand to be the
ir.o-t important poina in ihe p'nding
canvass in this r mmonweaHh an i up n
there we C'lifi cnlly n: ill
readers if whoever]" # bias, lor a
vcrdiet in iaVi i of tin i . ■ idaies and
principles of ihe Urj.abiican party. We
ask the attention • 112 independent and un
prejudiced men to til's statement, bee.*' tt-»
of ihe misrepresentations so widespread
an lo the character, objects and candidate
ol this great organization, and because
we arc satisfied that many candid and in
dependent men have heretofore suffered
themselves to be misled by sheer fabr -
cations and abuse launched against u• b
our enemies. To all such wc beg to say
that the emergencies <Tt the country ai
the present time imperatively demand id
every citizen that ho .-hall consul' li e
best interests of the nation in making a
decision as to the deposition of bis vote
at the ensuing election since an electoral
verdict now may be fraught vilh very
grave consequences. According a- it frhall
be proper i>r otherwise
At the olivet, then, we may remark
that, although there are other pulitie-i.
i rganizations conte-t tig i he. fief the l.e
puhliwan party is the only one distinctly
recognizable M a well defined party, with
a | rev ions record ly which to judge it.
and with principles applicable to the
present troubles. The peat national
Democratic party, dctnoral zed by the
misconduct ol its leaders, and rcudered
hopeless by its course during the war,
gave up the ghost tit the Philadelphia
National Convention, and the nondescript
organization whien takes its place has so
many names ih.it no one can tell what it
should be rij»htl'ully called, while its
principles are only claimed by the tra
iners ol its platform to be the defunct
Ucpublican issues of I*o4. The He
publican part points to its gluy. us
achievements, the proudest ui the liWtoiy
of the republic, whcrtiy the mightiest of
rebellions was eru-hed an 1 slavery olditc-
rued. Oil eouting into uati.innl exrcu
t ve p +fr for the tiro time, it found iLe
Union one wide scene of anaichy, an I i
restore! order ami rendered disuui' n 111
possiple After such a work as thi." i
has no special need of tacking onto itf
name the words National Union. The
party, by every aet of its career, is uni
versally known to be identified only with
4'uiou and nationality. It is, too, the
only orgauized paity in the nation really 1
devoted to ilie maintenance uf the liei—
doin id' the enfranchised, the gr-at prin
ciple of equality before the law, and thi
still wore vithl principle of the right I
the majority to govern.
It is up in this basis that our candidate*
l'or Congress staud ihroughout the length
and hreudth of this commonwealth. The
principle enunciated in the constitution
al amendment submitted to the State* tor
ratification by the last session of Con
gress arc not controverted by any one ip
tiic pending canvass, nor can 'hey lie
successfully These are, briefly, that all
persons born or naturalized in the
.States are citizens of the republic and of
the States in which they reside ; that i o
State shall make or fnlorce any law wli ch
ahall abridge the privileges or iuiuiunitic
of citizens ot the republic; uor shall
any State deprive any person of life. lib
jerty or property, without due process of
law, nor deny toany per>ou within its ju
risdiction the equal protection of the
laws; that the hasis of re ire-ien ition in
Congress shall be alike J'oi all sections
and all States; thit perjured uiiiit:iiy or
fiivi 1 officers of the republic wli • partici
pated in the rebellion shall not again be
'eligible U) Rational office without
relieved ot the disability by a vote of
two thirds of both Houses of Congress;
that the validity of the Uuiop war uebts
shall not be questioned, aud that the
£ebcl war debts, claims, obligations, etc..
shall forever be illegal aud yoid. Upon
such a platform as this the Republican
of ought to
be re elected, it is such a declaration as
cannot be rejected without gr*n* injiny
to the best interests of the nation.
Taking the two cau4Wai.es tm I.J- • em
or» of Pennsylvania, we liav» a Juir is'
a* tihe re»J character of the Kepubiwin
party ou the one hand ajd the rionoe
* t:. I
Bcript opposition ou the otnei, A< the
candidate ot the Republicans, »«
Major General John ft Geary, who, u*i
til the brtakjsg out of the civil war, wot
AMERICAN CITIZEN.
all his lite a DenimWt. bur wh i, disgust
ed «:th the conduct of that dur
ing ihe war, the ltepul licati
policy, and is BOW their chosen standard
bearer. This brave so'dier comes before
the people with a most honorable record
in two gte t wars, that in Mexico ami
that against the southern rebellion. Into
the former he went as captain, and for :
his gallantry and services rose to the rank
of a coli nal Into the latter he went as
a colonel,and by his heroism and aeh eve
inenta became a major ccim-l. Ho li in
•he-ast .aid in the we ien '! • yn t
alv.aj- in active "Civic 'i in the
•. in i l the nil et and deserve* tile
proud li# 01 112 being 'lie espceia!
re ii iit.il teoi I'ennsyivani i : o ihe hi
uiupbaiit alii immortal army of Slienu in
ti it.- marvellous campaign through Geor
gia and the Carolines. On the other
hand we have Iliester Clymer, a rene
gade Whig, who during the whole ol the
civil war never once raised his voice to
cheer on our armies struggl'ng in battle
for the old flag of the Union ; who nev
er once Voted iu such a way as to give
aid or comfort 10 the national govern
ment. or to su-tain the Union cause,
though all that time he was a member of
the Pennsylvania Senate We find liiin
denouncing Andiew Johnson then as a
I'e ie.ral hireling end mercenary, because
he accepted t''° position ot Military Gov
ern rot Tennessee. Wo fiud him re
fusing even to let Johnson speak iu the
Capitol of Pennsylvania, aud imputing to
tii 111 the basest and most dishonorable
motives, whereas he now, without apolo
gizing for h,s words and V' te. seeks to
ge: 11 i 111 ell' elected Governn by using
Johnson s 111 ui' a- a '-over W< Il Lid hiui
voting against allowing the soldiers in
the field to vote at, the elections in which
they had so great a stake. In tact we
find hi in imm the beginning to the end
of the war in active sympathy with the
rebellion and in open hostility to the
I'liion cause, so far.as speech and votes
could constitute hostility. Here is the
contrast— a Union soldier and hero ol
■Sherman's army against a rebel sy mpa
thizer and s over of dissensiou anong our
own people ouring a war in vh eh iiar
mnny was so essential.
C .ming next to the conle-t tor men.,
li s I the Mate Ltgiala'ure, we fin
th tit is quite is important as the <\>u
giesaional sti u.- jle. We have now be
tore us a constitutional amendment, of
which we have given the pith above, that
requires to be ratified by two thirds of
the States, and without the assent of
Pennsylvania the attainment of that re
~ult is impossible. The nondescript Op
position stands openly committed against
ratification, .t follows the President in
ail his rabid denunciations of <'i ngress,
and his bitter hostility to the amend
ment. Should a majority in ihe Legis
lature be opposed to the Hepublhans.
that anieiidmc'i e.nn t be ratified by
I'cut s\lv niin, uh 'c if-the Kepablicans
have a majority every man stands pledg
ed to vote for ratification. Here, tli. n
is a broad mid unmistakable issue, and
all who favor peace and reconstruction
upon a safe, legal and durable basis
shoul contribute their share toward it
by voting for the llepunlican candidates
tor tl.e Legislature. Our opponents ad
mit that this is the position of parties,
and for this reason tlicy opposed the call
ing of a special scssinu ot the State Leg
islaturcs in the loyal States to ratify the
amendment soen after its pa*»age by Con
gress, as Governor Curtln proposed at the
time.
It should not be iorgotten, too, that at
the present time the hopes of the free
traders, as well as their cupidiiy, hive
been aguin awakened, they are
aiming, through the means of a tri
uuipn of the reactiona.-ics, to overthrow
the great system of protection to Amer
ican industry, and to establish upon its
luins British liee trade All the ernis
saries of reaction clam . ag.iiust t'ongross
expressly beeiiu-e it strove by judicious
measures to render protection the peru a
Dent bast.-ol iui taiifl policy. an.l they
everywhere "avow the iutcntiou 112 over
turning this au.i lowenug all the dvtiAb
to a free trade standard.
Not content with :his, they seek ty
keep the burdens of internal taxation as
high as possible, iu order th.it the leve
nue likely to be Just by free trade may be
squeezed out of the toiling misses and
ihe suSeiiuu |. .11u■ a.:'orer- of there
ou'olic Ala rye n 'of ihe reproaches
cast upon Oongrcas Colli, 1 from tl is - aree,
Mil have I'i-r the:r id jee; the clectj,;n 112
U.eii liivo,.i,m t , . >;. i«-u* • lti policy
llom thai of which the pte-CMI oUjreap
is the On tin - ,-u je. i Leon
sylvanm nh ulu speik in uo iluubilul
tone, aud yet just at this time ihe reac
tionarte.- a.e ryii.g to ek cl a lie trad' r
to the United States Senate
"Let us have Faith that Right makes Might; and in that Faith let us, to the end,dare to do our "TJTY as we understand it"—A- IAKCOLK
BUTLER. BUTLER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 180G.
Southern Loyalists Convention
in Massachusetts.
Speech of Hon Horace Mayuard
and Gov. Bjownlow.
In taking the chair, Mr. re
ferred to the insulting language which
had beeh a; plied to the Southern Loyal
Convention in the Juhnson meeting, the
evening before, in Faneuil Hall; and to
claim, thai, besides those who bad taken
part iu ih<4 t>i bell urn, there was not at
tie.' Si uiii ' in omnibus lull' of people.
Be and his ass■■eia'.e- came a- repreeen*
tattves of I yal millions. lie proceed
ed:—
! • During the war, we 'veie cheered
with a.i earnest and uuw;.veriug taith
i ih.it li'- li ■ emtu in would triumph,
*. . .
ilia o n calls : was iho 'Mine •! jus.iee
and right, and w ntld ultini itely prevail,
and when it p' evailed, our belief was
that our day would come The cause has
triumphi d, ihe nation is saved, the flag is
preserved fr in destruction ; bu' our day.
unfortunate*v, has not yet come. (Voices'-
'•li shall come;" ••It wiil c. me ;" "It is
coming" Loud applause.) One most
significant and impressive utterance has
gone forth throughout the land and beeu
met everywhere by the loyal hearts of
the uation-whh an-weritig applause, and
we believed that that could be the law of
the time, and control the destiuy of our
people. That sentiment was, "Treason
mu.-t be made odious, and traitors must
be punished." (Applause.) I have faith
yet to believe that this doctrine shall be
made goo i. Not precisely. |it;rhaps. in
tb" win mil through the iu-trumcntality
| ilia! you tiini 1 had expected; but, my
| i MUiitiy'.ien, there is a power above aud
be) oiid tip power of I'resident and Con
gre«s. of judge.- aud courts, — a power
that makes and unmakes these high in
sinimentalities, and to fhat power do we
now appeal. (Applause.) It is the voice
jot the American people, expressed at the
ballot-box. that i* the final decree from
which there is no appeal, and which can
j not be reversed. (Applause.)
If you ask us'whit you can do for our
relief, I point,as your Governor has poiut
el, to the example of Vermont. 1 point
to the example of .Maine, and s.-y, "Go
ynu and do l.kewise." (Applause.) My
countrymen, as I lock upon t lie present
condition of nfiairs, I sec that the issue
of the time is nut. as h is becu stated by
ni uiy people, whether we arc to have a
L'niou ol 20 or 30 States. That ques
tion has long since been settled, and been
made a matter • 112 record by the glorious
arms ol our soldiers They bore the flag
through more than six hundred fights,
with 36 stars emblazoned up in the blue
union, and they bore it onto v ctoty. —
(Applause.) No star has been otdiiera
ted; no lost l'leiad, thank God, has es
esped In in the imperial constellation
(Loud applause.) '1 hat is not the t|ues
lion N"f it the question whether ten
of these Slates are out of the I uiou or
in the Union Not at all The question
in .-imply ill s: Who shall adunuisiei
the aif.iii's of the country? ."dia I the
men who have saved t administer its af
fairs : or shall they be turned a vay or
controlled by a combination of Southern
rebels, aud their Northern allies, sympa
thizers, and associates? (•'No," "No,"
"Never ")
"The question of reconstruction, we
are told, is the great question of the
time. Will, that is an important ques
tiou, I admit; and it is important just iu
this way. Here are ten States iji a con
ditiou that is supposed to require what is
feruicd reconstruction ; aud the question
is, whether you will reconstruct them, oi
whether tb y shall reconstruct you. ■ Vo
ciferousaud prolonged applause.) Wheih
cr you who conquered in this fight shall
give the law to the South, or whether yuu
will accept it at the hands of those yhoui
you conquered."
Mr. M.presented the deep personal
iutcest which the Union men of the
South have in the ccisii u ol this ques
tion ; and made a thrilling appeal lor a
right dccisi n at the ballot l ox
Gov lSrouulow was greeted with a
treniend< us outburst ol enthusiasm, which
couiiuued for soiue length of tiuie. lie
was evi icutly iu quite feeble health, aud
as he rose upon ihe platform, supported
himself by a chair. He eicused him
self from niakictr an ordinary political
speech [he certainly made no ordinary
onej both on aocouut ot hts health, and
lor another rea-. u :
"1 am ii w Governor of the .:reat aud
reconstruct, i State ol Tu ineskee, and iu
Ulead . 1 dabtdtug .u party politics, I Waul
to maintain the dijjuity of t4t« ortiue —
(Hoarc of Uu/liter an I great applause.)
It wi.l d > lor an ,iooi lental Hresideut
will publicly ituu uuees .hat lie has laid
aside his dignity aud his robes i.t "ft e
ana 18 out on a stump exbihl-
tion; it will do for a man who, under the
influence uf—"h >w came you so?"
(laughter)—il wi'l do for such au one to
qurrel with the common masses, at l.'leve
laud, or to attribute the butchery at New
Oi leans to a loyal, a brave, a patriotic, a
talented, and a glorious Congress. (A
voiee—"God bless them," and 1 ud ap
plause.) It will do for a man who, iu a
publip speech ut St. Louis, tried to excite
tne mob to hang Thad Stevens aud Wen
deli Philips, either ef whom is a butter
man lhau he ee< r tens (Laughter and
■ipplau-e.) But yuu will agree that it
ti us ti"t oec -me man like ti iv. llulloek
an i myself, the Goieruorsot two great
Sta.es, to deal iu the slang ot party politics.'
(Applause.)
II - showed whot Tennessee had doue
in ihe i rganization of a loyal governmnt;
how slavery had been 'abolished by the
iu-t of the people themselves; how rebels
Ii 4I been disfranchised; the negro en
dowed with equal civil rights; nod the
pending constitutional amen luient rati
fied. He said, —
"Pending the pa sage cf the law dis
franchising rebels, a portion of our meiu
bcrs bolted, fled to adjoining neighbor
hoods, and bid themselves iu the garrets
aud lofts of the rebels round about Nash
ville. We sent the Bergeant at-aruis and
a guard after them, finding them occa
sionally and bringing them iu as crimi
nals and culprits, aud marching thoiu up
t' the bar of the House and ol the Sen
ate The were eueounged to do that
tiling at Washington, by Andrew John
ion (•'Shame ") 1 know of what I say
and whetcof I speak. As a toward for
their perfidy and perjury, he appointed
several of them collectors and assessors
of the Revenue, but thanks to God and a
loyal Senate, they \yerq cot confirmed.
[App|au«e.]
"But a 112 w weeks ago, we convener!
an extraordinary session of the Legtsla
turo. and after three week* hard fighting,
th all ih<; influence* at iV i-hin.it'in in
rayed against u->, w« ratitii d tin cins i
uitional mnendiuen > sent u> l-y ('ongrc-<
by more than a two thills vmc in both
branches. [Applause ] And yet they
liolted again, and the bolters were en
couraged to break up the quorum by de
sputches and letters fiom Washington,
from Judge Patterson, the Son iu law of
'he Preiidcnt an 1 a Senator of tlie Uni
te i States —and a |«isereant and a wretch
at that —from ivl. Cooper, the right hand
man ol'Johnson; and yet against all his
bribes, and letters, and telegram.-, We
carried flic constitutional iiui.oidioeut*
tiiuuiphantiy over bis head, [Applm-ej]
and ucver, at any day, since Hi" JjCgis
sainre was convert* 1 ie til l a esolutiou
pass th. body i ndo -ing \ndiew Joli -
in or liis pnliey [ \pplausi". and ones
ol "good,' I havt- oi'ieu had • .ceision to
siy. and I say it here again, that the most
patriotic, talented, brave, and glorious
t'ongiess that ever convened .-iuce the
organization of this Government is the
present ''(ingress o! the United States.
[Loud .ipplause.] I'Ut for the Legisla
ture ot Tennessee, they would be without
an ctjual in the world. [Laughter and
applause.]
••And jet, gentlemen, our troubles in
Tennessee are not over To nioirow a
convention is called iu Nash\ille, by the
rebels and Copperheads, to take prelimi
nary measures to overthrow the present
State Government, and they know and
leel, aud I know and leel, that Andrew
J hnson is with them; for when I noti
fied V m. H Seward (and this is a secret
you never heard before, sir) of the a 'op.
tiou Jay "in Legislature of the constitu
tional ameuduien s a while ago, uudcr the
great seal of the State, he answered it in
such a sneering aud contemptuous letter
as you never saw
"I received a private letten Crow a man
of high standing in *euuessee, a judge,
•inee I let', home, advising me uet to re
turn to Tennessee at all. He is a Iricnd,
and writes me in good taitii that 1 am in
uauger of aaaasbinatioD or of being hung.
Will 1 stny away or return.' (Many voices,
•(jo back.'; 1 will tel' ylrn whatl shall
do When Luther was going to a certain
ciiy his friends urged him for God's sake
not to go. l- I stay away'" said he; "1
would go if there were a» uiauy devils iu
their cuy as (here are tiles on be huu*e
tops." i hat is my reply. I will go,and
i Will go at the head ol the Ulilitia
ol TcnuesSee. [App ause J
'i hey seut uie «ut ol ttie State oiicu.
aiter ic.pri*iuing uie three months and
,cu uaja iu tne ocai ol winter jLm
tiod be ng my helper iey ! hall navel
uie Oti again, i oill .-wing fruui a
laiup post uuU< r the shadow ul tli .ij
tui i;J leuues-ee Ueioie* »'iU IUO, -.a
neb. iUa appUu e.) Oar tK
ce.-s iu uepeuuo up . i
thing alum., and mat is, geutiti. tt:
result ol Hie tl<_eU»>u- ai ilit. iN iJi i.
tali. 11 you o»i all tLwio a
I States, ss I believe aud feel you will, we
will silence their batteries, we <*ill hum
ble them, MII I make 'hem know their pla
ces. 1 beseech yi u, theicfoie, one and
all, to be at the ballot holes iu all the
States where you have au election. Re
turn a loyal Congress; iuerenso the ma
jority ; have enough there to triumph
over vetoes; and if you have two radi
cals up for Congress, vote for the tnau
who is the mo*t radical. (Applause.)
Sound Advice lo Ihe President
and the Noulh.
The New Yirk Ihruh! still eonti or
to give good advice to the I'ie-ideni and
the South. It thinks that the public
sentiment of the Northern Suites ha- been
sufficiently developed within the lust two
mouths to bring the Presii ent and Con
gress to reason, reflection and hat im nv
"ii the great issue of Southern reconstruc
tion, for it has no doubt but that the
Constitutional Amendment now befme
the Mates, will sweep the North from
Maine to California "Willi the pa-sane
by a iwo thirds vote," says the Ucrahl,
'in each House of the Constitutional
Amendment embracing the ultimatum of
Congress for the restoration ol ihe exclu
ded Souther , States, ibis conflict between
President and Congsess should have end
ed. The I'iesident should have accepted
the Auieuduient as a measure constitu
tionally couipleied so far as Congress is
oouiwrnod. lie si recognised it in sub
mitting it.to the States through the Sec
retary of Stuto, so that iu carrying befoie
the people the question between his pol
ley and the policy of Congress, it was
simply upon the expedieutof ibis amend
uieut. it is not a Jacobin measure —the
objectionable radical section originally
put iu was «ti ikui out and the amendment
was passe I without it. against the
remonstrances of such radical leaders as
Sunnier.
"Subsequent events have shown (hat
the President, mule a mistake ill not ae
I't pting ilv .iiiii'ti inicni. si passed, as an
end id hii conflict with 0 ngress,. Uu
riunately, lo>, msicid of elosiug be
lias still further widened the breach in
the speeches of his iate pi gtimage <o
Chicago. lu this excursion the Presi
dent's denunciations of Congress have
lurni.-hed plausible excuses tor more vio
lent denunciation* again-t himself by
liadical orators and organs over ibe
ieugth and breadth "I the land, to the
-oatidal of our popular system of govern*
inent abroad und to the mollification «>l
lie great t ody ol the American people of
a I paities
•'Surely wt' have had enough of < hi-.
A" between I lie President and Congress,
the hatchet ought to be I utried, and no
better basis of a treaty of jieace can bo
devised than this Constitutional amend
ineut. Let the President, then, u-e his
influence South in securing the linaiedi
ate ratification of this amendment, and
with the restoration on this platform of
the Southern States, he will secure a de
cisive victory over the radicals in secu
ring the balance of power in
LI is nppor unity and his advantage- in
ihis direction cannot be elaborated, whil
IU pursuing the opposite course he uiui-t
inevitably fail.
"In behalf of the Union, the Southern
people and the Southern States, still ex
cluded from Congress, we call upon the
Governors thereof to fall into line, with
out further delay, iti the ratification of
tho reconstruction constitutional amend
ment of Congress. It will surely carry
the victorious North, a&d. all thing* cou
sidercd, it is. reasonable aud fair to tbe
defeated Sditfli. It >8 only a settling up
of tho ballances remaining against a do
feated party in a terrible civil war, and
the North will insist upon a treaty ot
peace which cannot be broken by nuy fu
tare Congress or political party. Th at is
all. Gov. Brownlow, 01 Tennessee, is a
bad specimen as par.-ou or Govcruei; but
in getting his State back into Congress
he has set a good example for rfll the
other Southern Governors."
ALAS! —Union men with their fami
lies ar constantly passing through Wash
ington on their way North to settle. —
They pre obli_'Ci? to leave their homes in
the South on arcuunt of the perscoution--
to which they are subj ectod at the hands
of the reeonstru. Ed rabbis, i hey state
it is fast be 'lining impossible lor men
cuterinining l< yal seutilueuts to live in
most parts of the South.
—A lady was a.->ked to join one of the
D visions of tha Daughters of Temper
ance. She replied: •This is unneces
.i:y .iit \ r my tojo'.o <>a<i of
I, > ::i the uiS'S "t u I' w weeks
. . (», .i ■- ■ h; iriea-i why he itai
r ie a »il '! •Whv," raid he
i jrt.U'. >ou had ktiivcfiih.it yfallevil
*» »h./ui i ehooAi «W IHWHI 112"
A Case for Prnldent IOHIIMOII.
As the author of '\My I o! y ' was so
prompt and earnest last year in rebuking
attempts to levy party contributions on
I ederal ofcee-holdess, we bog leuvo to
call bis atteutiou to the following iuter
esting and piquant correspondence :
I!OOM NT). 157, ASTOR HOUSE )
NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 1806. J
mittee of the Resident National Union
Committee at \\ ashington, accompanied
by the ' hutrmitn of thu National Finance
Committee. \isit New Ifork for the pur
pose ol obtaining money to be eni| |n\ed
in the payment uf the necessary expanses
of the coining campaign. an.l request sueh
aid as you may bo dispose I to render u
which will be propaily applied
'1 wo of thu officers here—a rolleetur
anil A-se<s>r—liave volunteered t > raise
i lie sum of fivethonsaud il- H.ir- (§5.i:00)
ii:ii h. \"U will i'li ii* u- us
luut'h as you can. uiri seii'lin* it to us bv
Tuesday next.
(jlilij»o us by a response by Tuesday
next.
Yours, Ac., Cuaules K.naVp,
Chairman Fiuancu (Vuimitiee.
0. Wt.KIJKLr..
Geokois F Sti iNßiuNimt. Esq , N'o
23 liibls House
M /'. Slcinbrenner's Ursprmse.
NEW YORK, Sept. 18, 1800.
GENTLLMKN : —lu response to your
communication of the 14th irist., in which
it is implied that a contribution ofs3,o'J t
for the purpose of defrayiug "tho ex-peu
HPS of the com ug campaign," iaox) acted
from me and my fi lends, 1 ha\e to state:
'J hat during the four in which
1 have held the office of Assessor of th"
Vlltli District ill New York, 1 have nil
received thiotigh uiy official position <
(/»llar to which 1 am uot entitled by law
and am, therefore, personally, utterly uo
able to respond in the amount proposed;
and to at tempt to collect the amount fr in
the citizens ot the District would place
me in such a lelalion toward Taxpayer
as would be incotnpatib e with the pio,' r
discharge of my official duties, and 1 l en
peeifully submit that these tiicts ton h
ample reason why I should decline ucce
ding to your request.
l!ut I received my Appoint incut as As
sessor at the hauds of our utartyr l'resi
dent, Abraham Lincoln; and setting aside
every other consideration, I am not in
clined to dishonor his memory nor to itis
grace myself by taming my back on the
party whose efforts and fidelity to the
Union mid to Freedom elevated Abiah nil
Lincoln, and altei bin , Andrew Johnson,
to the Presidency.
Gentlemen, 1 remain with much res
pect; j our<<, &e.,
UIO I'. STKINBREN.NKR,
Assessor, \ r 11tli District N V.
To CHARLES KNAPP, esq., Chairman
Finance Committee, and C. WKNDKLI,
Esq.
Impartial SHU'rugo.
We have < ailed attention to ttie trow
ing conviction that the spirit <>t n>alig>
nant rebels is such as evinced in the
May massacre here, and in tl elate
butchery at New Orleans, and the gener
:ii I'efi iiit attitude now assumed hy the
malcontents in the lato insurrectionary
districts, that there is no security for
black or white loyalists, hnt in the guar
anties of impartial suffrage.
Since the New Orleans mufders, these
indications have greatly increased. The
Nashville J'rcts and. Timen, lender the
head of "I'pipajtial Suffrage," .-ays most
dee'dedly,—
"The blood of the martyr if indeed the
seed ot the (Jhurih. Mm who shook
their li(Sads at the mention of cnio el
suffrage a few weeks ago. have beguu to
consider tho matter in a new light uiuee
the massacre at New OrJcuns. Jmjiur
linl Suffwye must come uiuee lltuf event.
We mean that the loyal colored Citiiens
must be admitted to the ballot-box on the
same teems which are required o! the
white man. The nition can no longer
turn iU back upon its honest, patient sin
cere friends. It can net afford torofu.-j
the rotes of over Ijalt a million Union
Uuion firm Union
men, ron-is'ent Union men,— Imply be
came their skin is black or brown or mu
latto. The IncmJs of the Federal Gov—
eminent iii the Sflnili uiuat bo entia.i- 1
ehised, or all our efforts a! i-.-i •ration 01 '
reconstruction will prove a dviacciul
(allure. Let the watchword be, I .nion
A SO IMPARIIAL — M'mphm
i'ust.
—lt is understood that !he frieo'is of
Dr. Miidd, one of tlif ;i- . • initiuu on
(liralolS, II W Ull'iu'r .. : ..." /ica It tjle
.iry for l,;c. are up an
•iiniKiif ;,ei tion to I•. i;c=! the
esiUents of h three i- «i'r < nuu'.ie- ot
larylaud, wl.-n- the d r i ed.
1 tWr his
NUMBER 43
The Picsidont's \en FeiW.
WASHINGTON Sept. 22, 1860.
That part of the bumau family inhab
iting the portiou of theglobe lying within
t be boundaries of these States—Northern
and Southern—who have made up their
mind* to be astonished at nothing, are to
be congratulated in their state of prepa
redness for coding events—more espe
cially for the njxt feat of the Presiuent.
That great | erformcr having recovered
from the fatigue of his recent tour, is
preparing to swing around the circle with
new and u-tonishing variations. He ha ß
aire dy . nc nto tiaiuing, and thote who
at j cm. u: i to occupy fan cable posi
■ inn-at M b arsals, say he has made ex
tra r :in:' l v pr me-.s iu the new at'itudes
imd p - ui s v. liicb are to be added to
• lie evincing tent. Professor Weed lft*
been o|( here sud g'ven liis Eiccl'ency
some useful le-is iiis t i begin with. Ta
his abse.iee sev 1 experienced tutors
are to take tuns in putting him through,
tid it Is coiiti nt v exp eted that when
the time arrives I' M uppiaring before the
pull e, His 1 ,xui lleticy will be able to au
<l <i i: li in-IJI in hi- new un Icrtaking to
the ustniiishuM tit of In holders not previ
• a*ly made uiqiiaiined with its extraor
d naiy character.
In plain teni^—the President is going
to take grouid for thp Constitutional
Amendment proposed by Congress, and
urgo its udo| tii n by the South at the
earliest day possib'e, with the view of
taking part with the least delay in the
I nblic busine.- s of the country. >lr.
Johnson lias no scruples—his past history
-hows that, —and be delights in taking
unexpected attitudes i|i the developement
ot policy. Some people uiay think he
will experience a difficulty in view of hi"
rrci ',l. Not a bit of that. It will be
ii" more < 1 fGnult for him to get over hiif
ic lon the amendment question than
it wis to surmount that on punishing
traitor- an I making treason odious, and
in Kcon-ti ucfion generally, up to the
time lie made his original sommcrsault.
Ibe past, whatever it .may have been,
w II uriMsh no impediment iu the way
112 Mr. .li litison. if the end is desirable,
lie will have a roi-on to give—nn argu—
no lit, specious in its character, of courso.
lit will till the South that, hawing got
■ lie ■ Kadicals" so firmly committed to the
Auicud'iient that there can be no back
ing out —which was his motive all th»
time—now is the time for the South to
take them at their word, —snap up tlia
A iiendment, pass it and come into Coti
grcss by the holidays, lie will tell them
that the price, though great, is not too
great to pay for getting in—that it is far
better to be on the inside at almost any
price than to be kept on the outside, —
that once iu the chances will bo far better
lor carrying thiir points than they will
bo wh'l" s andiug out in the cold.
Tnis 13 the pr 'gramme —this the ar—
rangemenf. Tho tun e and occasion ar«
\ct to be chosen.
"Toi^K'V
Wli.it ,s pi ty.' A smile, a toir, a
long ii/ ti i tli.; lungs of ijtornity. It
lives iii iUI cmated existences—in man
and evcty object that surrounds him.—
1 here is poetry in the geutio influences
of love an I all et.o ,i, in the quiet brood
ings of the uul r the memories of
early yesrs, and in ihe thoughts of glory
that chain our spirits to the gates of Par
adise. There is pmtry m the harmonics
of naturo. It glitters in tho waves, tho
la iibow, i'IO lightning, and the star—its
cudcnee s 1, ird in the thunder and the
cataract—;nu »oi[. i tones gurgle sweetly
tr in the thousan Iv nee hirps of wind
aid livu'et, ami lorcst—the clouds
sky go floating over us to the music of
melodies—and its ministers to Heaven
from the mountains ot the earth, the un
trodden shrines of ihe ocean.
There's not a moonlight ray that comes
down up'.D stream or hill; not a broeie
calling from iU bluo air throne to the
biids of the summer valleys; of sounding
through midnight rains its low and
mournfu. dirge ovor the perishing flowers
of spnug; not a cloud bathing itself like
an angel vision in the rosy gushes of the
autumn twilight, nor a rock glowiug in
the yeiiow s .i.-:i ; .l>t, as ifdreamiog of the
Kdi-n mi l, bin id lull of tho beautiful
ui ■ , i... & ile.vcn ui
i|u . ki tied by its spirit, au.i tho heaving#
1.1 ttu i 10 Oaittt
a,. it .is jii i uiyftenofis breath
ings.
Wa.»l::og OB 'iu.iu.; t.'-.c past five
y: r?, 1. never !.a i so u«-_i;rtvU an ap
pe . • - 11. '• fie Lutiils am empty
\i; k iii u la 'ill; I hat of
_. i. o. •j i i '.o • i< . or eat ot il.e J'ho
s .i , .mi- <ia • ■') ihe ni imeut, and
ii., .nscjue i dearth of news.
* ** ** ,
\\ hen ,i -hoc- i .i.er noes to make a
igfc-\*xj 'Hit? ujitfi jic uj«r ifcw hvrtA