VOLUME 4.
Original ftoetr!?.
For tdi CiTMBM.
CANDOR AND DECEIT.
I rambled thi .ugh * nhiidv dell,
The gloMH} loaves waved u'ei my head,
A compact ma** o'f living green,
Bfnpriukled thick with brown and red.
It was the •niuiy hour* of June,
Tho wild i>t d -.in* hu» B i»*an song,
The t»u»y bee from und am! flower,
Conveyed hit honied sweets along.
The speckled trout Hprang from the brcok,
To catch the iuxei't buzzing by,
Tfc'crow cawedoa the distant hill,
the r.wallows all went skimming by ;
The pigeon weed With berrie» red,
Grew da the Telvet nionn-4-lad bauk,
TW« asargfei of the ahallou brook.
W'na edged with ru«he« tall und rank.
Beneath a be*ch tret'* leafy shade,
Two iiiajdeua fair «at down to dine,
Their bread wo* white a* driven enow,
Their dtiuk w.«n sparkiin ruby wiue ;
Tbeii robe* were of a gorgeous dye.
Their eoifuren mingletl gold *nd white,
Their silken treeaet hung in curia,
As black aa ebon shades oi nLht.
Tholr kerchiefs mude of tissue stuff,
Out spread were lying at their feel,
Endorsed in gold upon the homa,
Was caudoi and deceit,
'Twa* than I knew ladie»fuir~
Hut for the kerchiefs at their feet ;
They told thejr names, yet did tell
Fair candor from deceit.
Thus, whlUt 1 gazed upon the twain
Lath sat a«ide her ruby cup,
And gaily laughing, stooped to pick,
l|er golden tinseled kerchief up ;
Then turning round to take their bowls,
1 s:tw a »ignt that made uie stare,
Deceit's red robe was sable backed,
Aud wiry Masher blood-dyed hair.
I backward stepped, In deep disgust
O think how much I'd gazed au«l sinned.
I trod upon a twig, it snapped 1
And oft they fleeted like the wind.
Ah! well, thinks I, I'm not so bad,
For wiser men whom oft I meet,
Are puzzled olt to judge between,
Fair Candor and Deceit.
Their forms the same, their face tho same,
Their book- the samv. save this :
That Candor 's fair, all over fair,
I'eceit is but n fair market miss;
You cannot tell her face to face,
9o smiling fair she seems,
But when she turns her back, a change
Comes o'er your luscious dreams.
BaU.ua, Slay 28, 1867.) L W
RECONSTRUCTION,
The l>i»fritiicliiKiiiK CJiiiinc.
Opinion oT the Attorney General.
Washington, May 20, 1807.
Attorney General JStanbery'a opinion on
the clauses of tlie Reconstruction act on the
Hubjectof voting urnl holding office, is made
public. The opinion as to the powern of
commanding generals will be given hereui.
( er. As 10 ihe onginal uct he buys:
The quuliffjatiouH of a voter are by the
fifth Hcctiou limited to the election of dele
gates to a convention, and to the question
whether such convention shall or shall not
lie held ; and that tioqualiicatioiip as to the
voter arc required in all eieut<ona t>> any ol
tice under existing provisional Rovernnients
iluring their coi tinuence, und uaio eligi
bility at. such elections, certain are
excluded.
As to the supplemental a -the miya:
The quetion of qua I ill CM »ion ««r di-qual
ification i* fixed by registration. No pow« r
is given to any oth»*r lamrd or any other au
thority after registration i* complied to
change tho. r« g »iry. *he permit.s wl-oae
name* are admitted to regis ry are » n i led
tn v -to, subject to the luni'Ation hereinafte
<nentiof»ed, and no other. '1 his
mu«t l>e completed before r.licfi>at «if Septem
ber, 1867. The functions ol the b »ard of
■of registration cann »t ptssibly be extended
beyond that fixed time, but after that time
the duties remaining to lie performed by thn
officers composing this board are limited to
holding and superintending elections aid
making proper returns to the commanding
general. This brings us to the direct ques*
tion, who is entitled to registration? First
as to citizenship und residence, no persons
are entitled to vote who shall not be resident
}in tho State for one year previous to the day
election. It is not necessary that this
previous residence for .t yea - should exist
at the time the person applies for regis
tration. A person in all other respects
entitled to vote is entitled to registration,
though he 1 t s not at the time been a rts
ident of the State for a full year ; f.»r we
find in the supplemental uct that the oath
as to residence does not require tlie appli
cant to sue.ir {hat he has been a resident
for a year, but only requires him to stat«-
the number of months of his ro-idence, C"ii*
templating a peri.»d less than, a* wed as the
full term of, twelvemonths; therefore, a
to such person so registered, if it happen at
any election subsequently to be held, that
the time of his residence, counting from the
slay of election, does not cover au entire
year, he cannot vote at such election, for
this supplemental act does not, as to resi
dence, change the provisions o!' the original
act, as it is explicitly provided by it as to
registration, that it shall include only th se
.qualified to vote by the original act. To
carry out the purpose of the law in this re
spect as to residence, boards of registration
should note opposite the name of the person
whose residence has not extended to the full
term, the exact time of his re-idenee.
As to the citizenship qualification, it is
Stated in the original act, it is citizenship of
the State; but by the first clause of the fit
section in the supplementary act, th« regis*
tration is to be made of male citizens of the
United States, and as to oath the applicant
is only required to swear he is a citizen of
the State. lam of opinion the phrase "cit
izen of the State, 11 as used in the oath, is
intended to include only such persons as are
citizens of the United States, and that an
alien who has not been made a cit zen of the
United States, cannot salely take the oath ;
* but as boards of registration have only au
thority to admiuietei the pre>crib*'d oa h
they could require only further oath as to
AMERICAN CITIZEN.
citiittisliip, and tf an alien not made a
citizen of the United States takes the oath,
he takes it at his peril, and is mliject to
prosecut i in fir perjury.
Sei-.'nl, as to age. No one is emiiled
to regietraiiun who is n'it at least twenty
one years ol afje when he applies fir r>'uis-
Ir.ui iii In this rrxpect the qualification
as to iige (lifiF-rs fi in the qualirira i n as t 1
residence, niid he fuel tl>a' miij ri'j must
<ii-t at Ihe date of •ti n
Thir'l, as t i dislmnclii emr t. T e fifth
S 'cti n 112 the original act deni>-s the r.glit
to vote to such a» muy be di franchi'ed lor
participation in the rehelli"n, or felony at
c •minon law. The words here us»d, "in
the reliellioti," must be tiken 10 liii'uti tlie
recent rebellion; but the sopplemcn ill >:t
eul.irges the dl-quulibfutioii, and lequires
ihe iipplicant to swear that lie has nut been
disfranchised fur participaiinn n any rebel
lion or civil war against the United States.
The mere fact ol Mich participation nr com
mission docs noi of itsdf work a disfr.n
chisnnent; it must be ascertained by judg
rnent nf u cnurt nr legislative act. I i m
not aware of any law of the United States
which works disfranchisement as ti right
of suffrage by force of an act itself, nor does
such a consequence follow from conviction
I lor treason or any other acts of participation
in rebellion. The provision in the enstitu
ti"n ol" the United Siates does not declare
shat shall be the punishment on conviction
of treason ; that is lef• fur Congrcs, with
the limitation ihat corruption ol blood shall
not 112 iljnw us a consequence of any forfeitute
except during ihe life of the party. Con
gress, in the exprcise uf its power, has lim
ited such punishment on conviction to the
penalty of death or imprisonment, and by
manumission of slaves owned by the party,
and to disqualification from holding an) of
fice under the United States. lam not ad
vised of any statute now in force in cither
of the ten States except, perhaps, Virginia,
which declares disfranchisement ns to right
of suffrage by force of the act itself. The
original act contemplates disfranchisement
arising from participation in rebellion ;
wherem disfranchisement tinder the fourth
and lilth clauses of the supplemental bill
does not arise from such participation, but
oilier elements must concur; that is the
no ling of cenain o(fii:esor taking an official
oath by certain officers, and afterwards par
iicipa'ing in rebellion against the United
Sates. As ui some officers, no doubt mem»
bersof a Stale Legislature nnl Congress,
are dearly enough designated. A State
convention lur framing amendments 10 the
State constitution, though clothed with leg
islaiive power, cannot properly be called a
State Legislature, and in the acts now un
der «onsiderution, a convention a Leg
islature are expressly distinguished troin
each other, for they require a constitution to
be framed by ihe convention, and require
the Legislature ol the same Stale to ad"pt
til'* constitutional amendment. When, then,
in the same nets, they Bg .in use ihe phrase,
•• Leg slaiure of the Sa'e," ti ey must lo
on h rst od to use it in the same sense, mil
disiinguislted from a COnstitUiiolial .cotnens
tio i: but ns to 'h 8" Legi-laturi t which
pas ed what are called it ances ol seces
s.oti, I a n ol op ni u their members are
properly comprehend d within ;hi» disqual
ifying dau e, for i can imagine 110 >
ive position in » hicn the duty of allegiance
wis more distinctly violated A mure dilh
cult inquiry is, who to consider nn officer ot
the United Sure , or an executive or judi
cial "Hi mt nl'any State. Various classes of
ifficeis are in euded ; Siaie< fficeis,and Fed
eial officers, and executive or judicial offi
ce s. X, legislative officer is mentioned ex.
cept a member ol the State Legislature or a
member of Congress. The descriptions
used as t ■ ther IK ers, are ns to State offi
cers, ili- y n ust be judicial or executive ; and
as t" I federal officer, the terms exe ulive or
judicial »re nt expressed. lie is ile-cribed
simply as an officer uf ihe United States.—
Officers of the militia of a State are nut in
oluded in these terms nf description, else tne
net would have included civil or military
officer- of ihe Slates, for in the ihird section
ol th>' constitutional amendment, known as
a>ti. le 14, Congiess expresses t a nurpo- e
very clearly I hat section is ex| r--.-s y re
feried to more than once in these acts, and
s made to fact part uf these acts. Its lan
guage is followed word fu- word in these
qualify ing clauses as far as possible, except
in the particular in which one is made to
apply to eligibility, and the other lights
to vote. When, therefore, we find Congress
declaring what persons shall be disftan
cltised from holding any office, expressly in
cluding mditary as well as civil officer-, as
in the third sec'ion referred to, and in pro
viding what persons shall he disfranchn-ej
from voting woo held any office, it omits to
mention military officers ; we cannot escape
the conclusion that military office;* were
not within their contemplation. It must be
boriie in mind that we are here considering
a class of military officers who were such
prior to the rebellion, wlieu the office was
i-yal and kno-ru as officers of militia; not
t! at class who became officers during the
re el ion. This la-t class was under the
< la use nf d squalificaiion which applies to
piriicip ition in rebellion. As to the civil
officers disfranchised the clause fairly in
eludes all Stale Ulcers, Governor, Liuttnaut
Governor, Stale Auditor, Treasurer, Seer--
tary of State, officials proper who exercised
executive functions at tho seat of govern*
1111-nt. 1 aiu nut prepared tn say that Only
these proper Stata u|Ui«l» come within ihe
teims of descrip inii, nor mn | prepared as
t-i judicial officials of n State t - limit ihe
description to judges of courts whose juris
"Let us have Faith that Right makes Might; and in that Faith let us, to the end,dare to do our-djty as we understand it"— A. LINCOLN.
BUTLER, BUTLER COUNTY, PENN'A, WEDNESDAY, JUNE MT
diction ex;ends throughout the entire St ite.
I must content myself by saving they are
cleuily wiibin the meaningof ihe law. Mu
nicipal officers do not come within the pn
vismns of the net. Subnrdinat" officers of a
legislature, who are nut members, do not
c-iuie wi-hin is piovi-i-ms As to county.
iowi s pn I pns»inor office s, he reserves his
opi i n whether all if them r not all, while
clas-es of them co ue wi hin dis<|uHlifica'iou.
All other executive or judicial officers ex
cept county officers, come witniu ihe mean
ing uf these 1 tws.
l'ersous who exercise special public
duties tin her in the uttture of occasional
employment, tliati general and continuing
official duly, do uot come within the law,
us bi>utds of commissioners of public
works, directors of State asylums, visitors
ot f-'tuie Universities, directors of Staie
penitentiaries, Stale directors of Banks or
other corporations.special commissioners,
i &o.; hut all peisous who as executive or
judicial officers ot any State, have taHen
the oath to support the Constitution ot
the Uuiied Stats, are clearly disfran
chised. All persons, who, during tho re
bellion, acted iu au official capacity, where
the duties of the office necessarily had
relation to the support of rebellion, such
as members of the tebel Congress and
rebel Conventions, diplomatic agents of
the rebel Confederacy, or such officials
whose duties more especially appertained
io the support of the rebel cuu.-e, come
within terms ol' exclusion.
Officers iu the rebel States, who du
ring the rebellion discharged official du
ties not incident to the' war, but iu the
preser" tion of order and in the admin
istration ot the law, are not to be consid
ered us thereby engaging in rebellion
The interests of humanity reijuiro the
performance of such duties, and they can
never be considered as criminal.
Mr. Stanbery is satisfied the language
used ill the act as to participation iu the
rebellion carries the idea of voluntary
participation, aud that Congress used in
this sense the word " engaged." Some
plain, direct overt act, done with intent
to tun her the rebellion, is necessary to
bring the party within the purview and
meaning of the law. .Merely disloyal
sentiment, or expressions are not suf
ficient. The person applyiug fur regis
tration is not required to clear himself
from the taint of disloyalty. The mean
ing of Congress becomes yet more eyideut
when we look at the last clause of the
prescribed oath. He is required to swear
ho will faithfully support the Constitution
and obey the laws of the.United States,
and will to the best of his anility ensour
age others to do so. This provision looks
to the future and not to the past, and the
purpose is manifest to omit in tho, light
to vote the disqualification arising from
past disloy ilily, putin the test oath as a
disqualific.il i hi from holding offioe. mere
eels of coiiitiioii humanity and charity
cannot be considered as involving the
party in participation in the rebellion.—
So, too, with forced contributions to the
rebel authorities, or compulsory pay
ment ol tixe- in aid of rebel arms; but
whenever an act is done voluntarily iu
aid of the rebel cause, it would uivolve
the person and work aisqual.fi atton un
der the law Voluntary contributions in
furtheran eof ihe rebellion, orsubscrip
tions, contributions of loud or clothing
ot nec-siry supplies, except of a strictly
sanitary character, are to be witii
acts which disqualify.
The duties und powers of the Hoard of
Registration are adverted to. The ad
lniuistratii n of any other oath thm the
one provided in the act would be extra
judicial and Without authority, and false
swearing could not be assigned us peijury
upon such unauthorized oath. fhe oath
in the act is ihe sole und only test of the
qualifications ot the applicant; it he lakes
it. his name must goon tho register.—
I he iioiird cannot enter upon an inquiry
whether ho has sworn truly or falsely
At the election the duty of tho Boid is
simply to receive the votes of registered
persous, and reject all others.
THE Old Southern political leaders die
hard—Mievertbe'ess die they must,and po
litical. It is according to the tesiiaiony of
many witnesses capable of speaking on
ihe subject, that the Republican cause is
making rapid progress in the South, and
is certain to triumph ther? in the election
it' ji majority ol Republican Congressmen'
This stale of things is not likely to be
changed before the election takes place.
A lady iu Vermont has for twenty five
years pa.-t. «pent all her wings in add
ing gold beads to a chain orstring which
was left to her%y a relative, with the
injunction to d> so "for her s iko." A gen
tleman who saw he cha n lately says it is
now about tl i tv feet in length, aud con
sists of ino eih n ne thousand gold
beads, of dihrnt paterns, wor h from
three to five d liars a, ice
Thete is a young law student in IS no i
whose deceased a her left him a fortune
of S6J,OUO, and who. iu order to save the
ei|»ense of paying Ins board, wnts on the
guc ts at his i mpl iver.s establishment
from twelve to thie? p. ui., each day, io
consideration of his breakfast, dinner an 1
■supper.
—At a Ridicat meeting in Shelby
county, Tenii., a day or two since, a color
ed orator who was a slave two years ago,
said: "The rebels are trying to u-«e us a<
cats pawt-j they say wc ought tohold office;
but seven years agji we didn't hold any
thing but a hoe huudle. and would not now
it they could have their own way."
—Why is Oillott accountable for much
dishonesty ? aiis —Recalls he makes the
people steel pens, and says they do write.
TRAGEDY AND FARCE,
liy an unfortunate combination of cireum*
stance* treason aud rebellion have to allap
pearances gained au important triumph. —
Oj*en hostilities ceased two years ago, but
treosou and lebelliou are actu.tl realities
nevet thelesi, and still capab'e of receiving
and inflicting injury. It may be iinp »*sib e
for 'reason now <o win a triumph tiuit wi.l
restoie to it it* lost power and give to teb- l
lion ttie horrid It out it mice pi t sen* ed, }et
it can be revive i and • ne -graced t«» such a
degree that it may again b d ily assert use I
and bring new trouble aud disgince to the
llepublic. For this r« ns m we deplore, in
common with a vast u ajority of the loval
people of the country, tlie summary release
of Jeffer-ou Davis.
No event has occurred since the disaster
t.f Appomattox exploded the confederacy,
that has si encouraged and emboldened
th »se who gnvfc rliems ive* to treason's w rk
to seek mime way out of its wreck to rise in.
I he liuzzths, a d jubil iti ns, and general
c 'iigiiitu utio i that 101l owed Mr. Davis'
release were n »tunmeaning, but ou tlie eon*
trary illustrate beyoud question the lin
gering devotion t» treason, the enduring
hostility t» the Hepublio and tho cordial
sympathy with its implacable foes thatyet
characterize the people we have conquered.
To them it was a triumph, not of civil law
over a military force, ns some of our own
oeople have professed to regard it, but of
the Rebellion over the Republic—of trea.-oo
over loyalty.# They gave to their j..y tho
wildest manifestation, not because ot a res
toration of civil law, but because of this V.icit
acknowledgement that treason is not a ci'ime,
and thd that Rebellion ;an protect it-* own
supporters. Who ca i say that they deceive
themselves in this, when the chief conspir
ator today travels througn the hind as Iree
and undisturtied a> tho mo t trusted I yal s V
I here may be those whose natures are so
fine and whose hearts are so full of benevo
lence and human sympathy that tliov out
see in this only a n ible magnaniimt-, and a
comtnenda le clem o»ey on the part I* an
outraged government. They mav be rii t,
but they are tortninly not appreciated. The
people look upon the release of Davis us an
outrage upon them; a m ck»Mv of justice
ami law, an ' a triumph of treason, they
know Davis the head of a grea' rebellion,
the individual in whose name and by vvho-e
authority that rebellion wuscouducted, and
the one above all others responsible fort e
unparalleled attrocities and barbarities
that were perpetrated in it; interests. They
nave no legal knowledge of th se ficts it is
true, but no one will question that they are
plain, open and palpable facts, at 1- ast ,-ulli
cieutly evident to warrant his arre-<t and
trial as an offender against law and justice.
They do not ask his punishment in ndvauee
of a fair and itupaitial trial, but tiiey do a«k
that the man to whom the suspicion of such
horribl? guilt attaches be held to answer;
anu, if guilty, then punished according t >
his de erts. Je lerson D ivis was arrested
t.vo years ago. charge! with complicity in
the assassination of President Lincoln The
public p osecuior was President .J bin >n.
who hud him arrested and cmlifi.'d lie.
preferred tlie charge, and by his orders he
was detained in custody two whole years.
Why he was so Io tg imprisoned without
a trial n » one knows hut Air. Johnson' who
is solely responsible for whatever d *p:uture
there nas been iu tniv ease from the usual
and ct<nstitutiunul methods id' prociduic.
We do nt jn tif. thi - denial of lights, nor
i deed ca it be justified. The prisoner
has been within the power of the President
ever hinee his arrest, an I a proper ivgaid
for the l.iws demand d his dicliarge, far
as this particular offence was concerned,
whenever it became evident that the charge
was unfounded. Others were tried and pun
ished for participation i < that crime, why
was n»t Jefferstm Ihivis? Wt> liavetlie Stir
rait tragedies; why the Davis iircu ? Dot
be thi** a- it may, we have tno fact that he
was held as t pris -n r of State beyond the
reach o. civil process, until the beginning
,of the pre-en' month. Ho was then -u -
rendered by Mr. Johmmn, immediately to
be arrested on an indictment found, charg
ing him with treison, the lug .est crime
known to the law. The prisoner's counsel
were ready to pr «ceed to trial: the cancel
for the government was aiso read>, but the
private counsel ot Air. Johnson asked f»r a
continuance. It is not strange that the
piisoner asked t»» be reletscd on hail, but
that such a request should bo joined in, ut
least no' resisted by the opposing o tinsel,
and be final!) giunted by th* couit, stamps
ihe wli de proceding as a farce, amusing
to some no doubt, but an indignity and
outrage upon the loyal people ot the coun
try. Tho fact of Davis' long imprison
ment does not in the least relieve it ol
this charactci. lie was confined not upon
a charge of treason, but for suspected com
idicitv in President Lincoln's assassination.
He had never been imprisoned a single
day on uspicion of having committed any
other offence. Must the law deal more
leniently with such a suspected criminal Ie
cause hf has been -uspec ed 112 other offences,
beiii..us enough in all coacience, ami con
tf ted thernfor? Ought not the fiicets of th«
law to be rather the more vigilant an I strict
when dealing with sm-h men? Instead of
this we see an i-agerness on the par: ■ 112 those
concerned t >aid the prisoner to his fie <!om
un I to make the farce a« disgusting 11 loy
alty as * ossible. This eagerness ill bream*
the judg* who presided, the counsel who
-houl i have prosecuted, and several «»F the
bmds'iien who should have bee it about their
own business.
We fail to see on* single reason why Jef
ferson I> ivN should b" set at liberty, a I
cm detect not even one circoinsta* c«> in hi
ca-«e thateou'd appeal 'othe gen-o «is mag
nanimotix or the philanthr »pic t r inter!, r
ence. As it is. immunity is granted io trea
son and the law chea'ed of i*s victim. A
disgusting farce has followed ch»s-* upon a
painful tragedy, and wtkfile thousands of
brave spiu s sleep iu tne dy-t. ami thou
sands of linger out a painfu' exi-t
--ence for the crimes which ftiis • neman
petrat'd. he walk* up and down iin rest rain
ed, protected in his life, his person at»d Ins
property. —Frank/in Hexpository.
—A New York, correspondent of a Bo*
on paper, after mentioning tho fact that
Jefferson Davis has gone to Canada, fixes
the period of his returu at a distant day,
thus: 'He will probably return when a
regenerated public sentiment shall premit
Horace (»reely and himself to bo elected
to the Senate of tho United States,"
—What -'bus" has found room for the
gratestjiu tuber of people? An* —Col urn
! bus Why is a cbo'eric man like a hand
i saw? Ans- Becaus directly he gets hot
I he lose* hia temper
TAK£ THE PAPERS.
uir jr. r. tvulw.
JVJijr «t -n't you take tho piper* ?
liiey'rt* tliw-llte uf ut|r
Except übout eli-ctiou tillia,
And then 1 renl for rpita-
Siil'«i. ribc* you cuhn -t 1.-9« » c^nt,
SVliy riliuuKl you bo nfialJ!
Fut C.LSII (tuid fiai tii lutit
At iuU*n»-', fum fJld paid.
UotlieamtU ukr the pspers,
A nil pay to-ih»y , ituip.iy delay,
Aiiil my woid for }i iz* lulurrod
You'll live til! y »u uie gray.
Au "id neighbor of mine,
Whilo dying wilh acuiigh
De»hud to iiti ir the latest n«w«
hilt* he wan going off.
1 t"ok the paper and I read
Of ».,n,e ue* pills iti force;
Hi* bought u b x—and i.i he dead t
No—heirty as a hoide.
I know two inuti as much alike
Ah e'«?r you saw ttto»tua»p«,
Aud no plirunologlst couhl Und
A ditbMeuce In their bnuipa.
One talfo« the paper, aud hit 1 f*
it happier than n King's ;
Htl children < :«ti all ro.vd nud write
And talk ol men aud thiui<s.
The other took no p ipei.and
While Htr.dling through the wood,
A trt-t- fell dowu a-ul broke hU crown
And klded him—"very good."
Had he been rending of the new *,
At home like neighbor Jim,
I'll b-t a rent, that accident
Would not have happened him.
Why don't yon take the pwpera 112
Nor from tho Printer sneak.
He cause you borrow ftoui his boy
A paper every woek
Per be who take the paper*
A id ptiys hid bihn vheu doe
Can live in peace with Uod and tnan
And with the Printer, too
To the KopublicaDS of the Union.
The National Union Committee appeals
lo tlie Republicans of every S'ate, for their
n*sit-t'inee and co-operation in this au9pU
ciousc isis of our country.
We de»'tn it if tlie importance
that the Republicans of eaeh Suite honld
immediaielv reorganise for the remaining
elections of 1867, preparatory to the corning
Presidential contest. Especially should
this organization be immediately effected in
thosf States which hate never before recog
nize I as tho only bn»is of government
the equal and inalienable rights of man.—
Not a day should bu lost in firming and
strengthening Vrithin those States a public
sentiment in consonance with the principles
which underlie the great political organiza
tion to whicji we belong.
lo this end, we d"-ire to prosecuti' a thor<*
ongh cativa-s of tho Southern States, by the
most fftieient speakers of both races. We
would second their efforts by a distribution
of documents enforcing the principles, poli
cy and aims of the Republican party. We
woul4 tffill, in every locality where it is pos
sible, meetings for discussion, where those
who are with ns in principle may learn to
lief with unity und energy. These meas
ure" aie required to br ing out the vote of
'lint large Io ly of Republican Unionists
who n««w leti'ler the Sou*hern States a but
tle>Hold of principle, it is the pressing
need of the hour that hoi 1, judicious and
able men thoroughly imbued will our creed.
sh«»uld t l iere explain our principles, estab
lish our faithfulness to them, and prove
that national greatness and human freedom
depend it] on tho permanent triumph of our
caus-\
•Beyond this it is rn <st that we
should now establish in those States, free
thoughts, free speech and a free press. Eves
ry part of this Republic must lie open 10 tho
discussion uf principles and measures. This
inusv be sustained r.s a cardinal point in our
creed at any and overy h.nsard. Efforts to
irrimidate the humble and ignorant voter
on ihe part >f tho Southern planter, must
be met witn tho spirit of freemen, and a de
t< rtninanon which a just cause sanctions.
In time past the Republican parly has
strugg'c l against tho unjust reproach of be*
ing sectional in its aims and character, al
though its purposes and its means of effect
ing them wet 2 such as the fathers of the
Republic approved. It was aoeused of be
ing governed by selfi-h motives, and of de
siring to aggrandize the North at ihe ex
pense of the Smth. Its tidver.-aries hav
ing the power to silence and to crush all op
position,denied a'l discussion, and overawod
oven freed m of thought in fifteen States of
the Union. It is therefore now an impera
tive duty which we owe to or party and to
ourselves, to embrace the llrst opportunity
of truly rcprejenting to those States how
consistently wc have e oit<•. led for the in*
terests, welfare, «r.d freedom of the whole
Union.
riie ovcrfhiow of slavery and the rebel
lion, and the enfranchisement "I tho freed
men, rendering tiii ; over;hr.w secure un l
final, have happily vindicated our 0 urs*
a d or-anizvtion: but it is t;c o soiry t-l
stamothwconvicti 11 112 - ur loyalty and Gd d- '
it/to the right, irrespective "112 section or
race. up>m the r-cfinstruc r cd States. F«»r
•he time in many years, the enthu ias
tii* followers of 01.r flag and confessors if
our faith arc tharo taking part in the
lar gathering, and iu many of the Southern
Stat**? we have rea-00 to believe that they
f'-rm a de-id-d majority. They are, how
ever, with our organisation, find lack rohe
-ion
the Republicans have n-ver voted and h ire
00 practical knowlc Igo i-f ihe meat h where
t.j* the popular will is cxprcsed. With
many of lhem thn habit is fixed of render
ing implicit obedience to ulilc and dextrous
politicians who are implacably hostile to
our principles and «2o:« vuiioed on the pros*
; tration of our caus •.
I Our imme liat * organlz ition, is therefore,
1 imperative. We cannot delay without in*-
I periling all for wbirh s » much has been sac-
Iriticed in thepust. Confident in our strength
in the »r:b, the West, sod the PsgiSo
States we must not forget that we hnre a
greut dm* tu perform towurd tho loyal and
true men of ihe South.
Republicans! our appeal is to you to oar
ry on mid sustain what' loyal and true men
have so nobly begun. Wc cannot ask
speakers in ad lit ton to giving their time and
talent* for months m this lahot, to defray
their own necessary expense*. We cannot
print and diairibute d icuuients of the char
acter required without a heavy outlay. We
have nn means or reliance except upon the
general* spirit of lllut greut patty which
holds the claimt of humanity above all
price. Ihe patronage of tho Government
brought into power by the statesmanship,
the courage and tho loyalty of that party,
will not aiil us in this good work.
We most therefore appeal diroetly and
; personally to you. lfyt u are rich, give gen
erously. If pour, send us whatever you can
afford. The generous purpose and tho no
ble aim sano'ify tho humblest efforts. At
all events, act promptly, and let us feel that
the sympathy of the Kopublicati parly is
with us in our purpose of making this great
land thohomo of true Republican principles,
whero distinctions .if rape and oolor are un
known, an J whore liberty, virtue and intel
ligence form the enduring basisof our great
ness and prosperity.,
Address loiters and contributions to Gov
ernor .Marcus L. Ward, Chairman and 'l'reas
urei, Newark, New Jersey.
Executive Committee nf the National Union
Committee. —Marcus L. Ward, N. J.; Sam*
uel A. Purvianco, Pa.; Will. Claflin, J/ase.j
John B. Clark, N. II.; Horace Greeley, N.
Y. ; 11. II- Starkweather, Conn.; N. U.
Sinithcrs, Del.; 11. W. Hoffman, Md.
NEW Yi RK, RIMV 10, 1807.
A MODEL COMPOSITION.—AN Indiana
paper gives the following essay on ''The
Ox," just as it came from the peu of one
of its young contributors;
'Oxeu isaveryslowanlmil, they are
good to brake ground up. i wood drather
have horses if they didn't Itavo kollick,
which they say is wiud collected in a
buneh which makes it dangorser to keep
horses than an ox. if there was no
horses tho people wood have to wheal tliar
wood on a whealbarow. it wood toke thetij
two or three days to when] a cord a mile,
(lows is useful to.i have heid som
.-ay th it if they had to he tother or an ox
they wi od be a cow. But I think when
it cum to have their tits pulled of a cold
mornin tlisy wood wish they wasnt, for
oxen dont generally liavo to raise calvs.
if i had to boenny i wood drather be a
heffer. but if i coodent bo a heffor and
had to be both i wood be an ox.
" ISAAC SPIKER."
A TRUE LADY.—I was once walk
ing a short distance behind a very
handsomely dressed young girl, and
thinking, as I looke I at her beautiful
clothe?, T wondered if she takes half
as much pain* with her body ?"
A poor, old man, was coming up
the walk, with a loaded wheelbarrow,
and, just before ho reached U3, lie
made two attempts togo into the yard of
a small house; but the gate was heavy,
j and .vould swing back before he could get
lb rough,
"Wait," sa d the youug girl, springing
lightly forward, ' I'll hold the
And she held the gate until ho passed
in.and received his thanks with a pleas
ant smile, as she went on.
" . t 'he deserves to - have beautiful
clothes." 1 thought, "for a beautiful
spirit dwells in her ' reast."—Leo.—
Link Corporal,
A Curious Question of Law—An ac
tion was recently brought in tho Charles
ton, South Carolina. Court of Common
Pleas to recover rent for the Charleston
Hotel from January, 1865, to February,
1805. During this time the hotel was
within the range and under the tire of
tlio Federal batteries from Morris Island.
It was struck several times during the
bombardment, and tho proprietor was
copmelled to abandon it. It was claimed
that the bnmbarlment to which tho ho
tel wad exposed was a dispossession or
ejection of the tenant by the tii •< major:
and, for the time the bombardment lasted,
it was a suspension of the rent. It was
also contended that such dispossession
produced by the casualties of war, 'ermi
nated the lease aud discharged the tenant
These views were sustained by the court.
\ GI OD INVESTMENT. —Kobert Adams, of
Wnter!o», F;enehcreek township, bad his
arms and iib» broken by an accident., ul»>ut
ihice months ngo. Mr. Adnms wn» lortu-
I un'e en ngh'to hold a policy in the travel
er's insurance co'.ip my. of Hartford, ngninet
general accidents, 112 r ten thousand dollars,
issued by I. 11. Hilliaid, agent. Franklin,l'a.
Since the ftci'Vnf Mr. Adams has been re
ceivi'g promptly frmo flic company the
nice lit lu fflm of two hundred dollars a
month. This we call a gsd investment.—
■ People lo pot hurt should pr. fitby
Mr. Adams! < SHinplc. Vendugo Pptctator.
CVRE LOR ILYUKURHOBIA.— Tike tl.e
root of elecampane one ounce an in half, Put
j tiue, then 1 oil it in one pintof now mil
down to a half | i .t; take this three n or i
ing», fasting, and eat no food until four o'-
I clock in afternoon. It should be t ken
every other morning) tba last two doses
uiust weigh two ounces each. Tbisiemedy
will have the desired effect it taken at any
tic e within t»auty fjur hours after the
aovi.ieot.
GBJEF knits two hearts IN closer bondi
than joy ever can, ai.d common sufierisgi
: are fir ttronger thaD common joys
DUMBER 25.
THE NEWjJQEY LAW. ~
The following i. « u „ py 0 f the jj aw .
Law, passed bv both branches of the Logti
lature of Pennsylvania i
■ s sc. 1. Be it marled, dx., That jn the
general election to bo held on tb« second
. ue.J«j of October, Anno Domini one thou
sand eight hundred and sixty-seven, and
triennial ly thereafter, at such election, the
qualified electors of the s6 voral counties of
this Commonwealth shall elect, in the nm»-
ner provided bylaw for the election of other
county officer*, two sober, intelligent and
judtoious persons to serve n« jury commis
sioners, in each ofsaid counties, for the pe.
riod of throe \oars ensuing their election ;
but the Paine persons shall not bo eligible
for re-election more than onco in any period
of six years; Provided, That each of said
qualified electors shall vote for one porson
only as jury commissioner, and the two per
sons baying the greatest number of rotes for
commissioners shall be duly cleotod jury
commissioners for such county.
SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of said jury
commissioners to meet at the seat of justice'
of the respective counties, at least thirty
days before tlio first term of the court of
common pleas, in every year, and thereupon*
proceed, with due dilligence, to Belect from
the whole male taxable citizens of tlu county'
at large, a number, such as a term of the
court of pleas next pteoeeding, shall by tlio
court be design,ited, of sober, intelligent ft ud
judicious persons, to serve as jurors ID tho
several courts of such county during tho
year; and if the said commissioners eannot
agree upon tho names of persons to be so"
seleotcd by them as jurors, they shall pro- *
coed as follows: Each of the commissions
ers shall make a list containing the naiios
ol one half of the requsito number of per
sons, and ten per centum iri addition thereto,
ar.cj tho proper number slmll he obtained by
each of said commissioners striking from the
list furnished t,y the other, a numl or equ*l
to the said addition; and the names not
stricken out shall be the selection of names
of jurors, and the said jury commissioners
shall, in the modaand manner now directed
hy law, place the names of persons so se
lected, in the pr >per jury wheel, and tho
sail whoel looked, as now required by law,
shall lemain in tha custody of the said jury
commissioners and tho keys theroof in tho
custody of said ccunty.
SEC. 3. The said jury commissioners antl
the sheriff 1 of the respective county, or nn'j
two of them, shall draw from the jury wbeil
panels of jurors, aud grand jurors, of tha
proper county, and as petit and traverse
jurors, fur trial of issuos in faet which may
be taken in any action in any of the courts,
civil and criminal, in the fjcveral counties
aforesaid, in the manner new praoti<ed and
allowed ; but before tho said jury commit
sioners and shoriffshall proceed to selcot or
draw jurors in tho manner aforesaid, they
shall severally take the oathV affirmation
now prescribed by law to be taken by tho
sheriff and county commissioners bfloro se
lecting and drawing jurors.
SEC. 4. I hat so much of any act or acts
of Assembly of this Commonwealth, as mako
it the duty of the sheriff and county com
missioners of any of said counties to select
and draw jurors shall be repealed, and all
acts and parts of acts of Assembly now in
force, imposing any penalty or punishment
on the sheriff and county commissioners, or
either of them, for anything done or omitted
by them in relation to the keeping, locking,
opening, sealing or breaking the seal of any
[ballot boxshall, and the same is hereby ex*
tended and made to apply to the officers ere.
ated by this act.]
SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of eachof said
jury commissioners to take upon himself
and discharge the duties of said office under
a penalty of ono hundred dollars for each
ond every neglect or refusal to attend tho
same, to be sued for and recovered before
any justice of the peace of the propercounty,
as debts of like amount are now by law re
coverable, ten dollars of which shall goto
the persons suing nnd the residuo to be paid
by the said justice to the treasurer of the res
spective county for the nse of the same.
SEC. G. In case of the inability of either
or both of the *aid jury commissioners hy
sisknessordeuth,or other unavoidable causes
to di-chargc the duties of laid office, or iu
case of neglect or refusal to serve thereon,
it shall be the duty of the president judge in
. such county wherein such vacancy may have
iccurred, to appoint a suitable person or
pers ins, as the ca*e may be, posses ing tho
qualiCculions af'resaii, to perform the du
ties of said office during such vacancy, and
such person or persons, after having com
plied with ihe requirements of tho third
' sei ti >n of this act, shall proceed to the du
ties of saiii o(B -o tho same as if elected by
I the people, until the n»Xt general election,
i when the people shall elect u c mitnisgioner
| io liau thereof.
A rain io Maine was recently asked to
| snbioribe for a chandelier for the church.
I "Now," said he. 'what's the use of a chau
: dclior? After you get it; you cuu't get
1 j any ouc to play on it "
Oue of the largest pictuurs known to
; Photographic art has been completed in
? Washington' of the east lront of the Cap
; i 01. It is four feet five inches long, and
, three feet nine inches wide,
e «■ • i»
A Memphis paper says there are thirtj
five '*puie quacks," who, wr.hout ciedL
■ cal education, and haviuu fa led iaevcry
s thing eist, oonclu led to le dcctors,
hare lxtted in tliat city.