VOLUME 4.
•Select fMrj.
A DREAM OF SUMMER.
c Bf JOUW a• WWT.TU&.
Maii(T nn the morning breath of June,
ntfiwent breeze* |>l*y I
And. through Jlfl h.ize, the winter noon
Seem* warm a* summer's day
The nngel of the Worth
HUM dropped hhi icy apaar :
Again Ihe lyomv earth look*/orth.
Again the atreamn gush clear.
Tha fox.hi* hill-side cell forsaken,
The munkrat leaves his nook,
The bluebird in the meadow brakes
lW*inging #ith *he hr^ok.
"Wear'np, O, pother Nature !" ery
Bird, hreete. and atrenmlet free,
4 1 flu r winter voice* propheey
Of euuimer day* to thee."'
go, in those winter* of the •>«!,
By the hitter bl;wt« and drear.
O'tfiwept from i#Mnorjr'» froxen pole,
Will sunny days appfeftr.
Itevlring Kopeand- Faith, they show
Th« uo»l jt« living powera,
And how beneath the winter's enow'
Lie'germs of i&mtaer flowers.
The Ni*ht is Mother of the Day,
'J'lie Winter of tho Spring,
And ever upon old Decay
The greenest moeeee cling.
Behind the cloud the skyiight lurks,
Through showers the sunbeam* fail;
For (ftd, who loveth al! UN works,
Has ten Ids Hope w4th all.
THE SURRA.Tr CASE.
A Peep Behind the Curtain.
The trial of John 11. Suratt is expected
to commence in Washington City soon.
Latterly, it is said, much important tes- i
timony has been obtained, which will
shed much light not only on the ques
tion of his gu It, but on the history of
the assassination of Sir. Lincoln. Wri
ting on this subject, the correspondent
of tlie New York Iferahl takes the fol
lowing
PEEP HKHIND THE CURTAIN.
The Contemplated trial of Surratt
attracts a considerable share of public
uttontion, and the interest therein is be
coming more and more profound, as the
day appointed tor the event approaches.
But'tiiis intero t is not of the character
which murder trials and trials involving
human life usually and naturally awaken;
nor doos it arise out of partisanship
caused by hostility on the one hand and
sympathy on the ot her toward tho accused,
fo» the late enemies of the Union and ot
Lincoln, not less than their friends
despise and detest Surratt for his cow
ardly and matneidalcon luct in abandon
ing his mother, an I would not regret to
see the severest punishment that eoul i
be devised inflicted upon him. liut the
interest chiefly arises and lies in the facts,
which are being gradually developed and
understood, that the aim of those who are
managing the prosecution is not to con«
vict Surratt with a view of causing him
to expatiate his crime on the gallows, but
in order that they may. after his convic- j
tion, by offering him immunity, which
can be secured by an act of Congress,
■ il,tain from him disclosures and tacts
implicating Jetf Davis in the assassina
tion, which it is confidently believed the
abject coward fcive to save
Inff lite, (in the other hand, tnc
couir&l'Mf Wtiiutr are not dofendiru
him simply tor their fees, or Iroui a de
sire to secure his eequittul on his account I
alone, hut rather to protect mid save
■cfcrtiiin maris distinguished friends and
clients **hu stand in the tiaek ground,
whom t'hey apprehend The cowardly Sur
ratt Would, it convicted, to save himself,
ctpnse. So, at least, assort the H diculs
■who lire managing ihe prosecution. I
hW»e heard il from tho lips of more than
one of them >*t distinguished ot their
number, and I inn certain that whether
they ate correct or not, they firmly be
lieve in the truth of the as-ertion. Nor
does the assertion, »emai kable as it is,
appear tn be without some foundation.
It iff well known to a few. including your
correspondent, that overtures have been
made to Surratt to the effe"t th it if he
Would disclose tho names of all who par
tieipited in the assassination conspiracy,
and the part t«k n by each, which it is
believed would implicate Mr Davis, a
tin/ pros, would lie euter d iu Ins caso.
and an act passed by Congress relieving
him fiom all legal responsibility on ac
count of his participation in tho atrocious
crime. These overtures, it is further
known, were made through Father Wal
ters, the Catholic priest who attends
Surratt, and Miss Surratt, who daily
Visits her brother in his ce'l. How the
proposal wan received when prcscuted by
Father Walters, or what advice, if any,
was given by his reverence, is not posi
tively kuown, their interviews being
eutirely private ; but from the conver
sations of SurrStr with ht#" sister, which
always tsfke place iu presence of one of
the keepers of tho jail, and, although
conducted in an undertone, can, in tho
main, be overheard, it is clear, upon the
information of one of said keepers, a very
intelligent and reliable man, that the
culprit is by uo means confident of an
acquittal, and is disposed to listen to any
propositions, the acceptance whereof
can save him from a felon's doom.
On the 28th ultimo, the day after Sur
ratt was brouguht to Court for trial, he
was visited by bis sister, who found him
m a dejected and lachrymose condition,
and to whom he complained, as he also
did later in the day, to Dr. Duhamel.
'Prison physician, of ill. His sis
■t£r observed to him that he should not al
low so trifling a delay (referring to the
AMERICAN CITIZEN.
" Let us have Faith that Right makes Might; and in that Faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it"— A - Lincoln!'
postponement of his trial) to affect him
i) ssrely, especially as the prosecution,
in not being ready,' had betrayed the
weakn -us of their case Surratt replied
that it was not the de ay ho cared ub out,
but that he did not like the aopearanee
of affairs at Court, that be feared his
counsel were uo: in reality so confident
a- they would have him bilieve, and that
instead of seeintr in the failure of the
Government to be ready a of weak -
uess, he regarded it as an indication ot
careful preparation, and a determination
to move heaven and earth to secure Ids
conviction. Miss Surratt responded that
if lie believed that bis counsel were de
ceiving liliu and feeding uiui on ..ti e
hopes, it >V|>- not ton late tor |iiiu to UM
bfate the 'pportunify that ha I beeh ot- i
lered (o -avc hinrvdf, and rh it she Woit'; t '
il lie desired. go at once to (ji-nerai A-h I
ley or General Uutldi Surratt uervousiy [
rejoiui d, " No, il l —not now ! an ' al
teram intent's, pause continue J, '• 1 kn >w
not what to do; but you know, Annie
you kn iw very wel that neither of mj
counsel Would, if tliey knew I would lie
convicted, give me any less encourage- |
ment than they now do. Some of my 1
pietended friends don't care a cent what
becomes of me so they can chain my
tongue." Before the interview closed
Surratt directed his filter to see Father
Walters at once and request him to call
as soon as possible ; and during the its
ternoon of the s;rue day 'lie m sen ile
uia:i wis visited alike by his togii, ill 1-
ical ant spiiituil advisers. but it is •|< 11 < u
manifest that neither the jbrisfcs of thj
lawyers, the nostrums of the doctor n.»r
the prayers of the priest hive re<t ir.'d
his confidence, strengthened his nerves,
or inspired him with resignation Aru
inor has been expensively circulate 1 that
Surratt never will be triad, and a few
days ago Mr. Merrick, one of the counsel
fer the accused, mile in open Court a
remark which is bona lentty Cited—>y
those " wli ise wish is father to the
thought"—in contirm iti >ll ot' the report
•Mr. Merrick it appears w is requested by
a brother lawyer to fix the time ot trial
of a certain cause in the Circuit Court,
when he suggested a day three weeks
distant. Being reminded by his learned
friend that he would then probably be
engaged in the defense of Surratt, Mr.
Merrick replied that he would not, as the
trial of Surratt would never take place
Hut I can assure tho public—and my
sources of information cannot be surpass
ed—that the trial of Surratt will ta'i o
place, the boast of Mr. Merrick to tho
contrary notwithstanding. And 1 will
venture to ussure tho public further/since
it is the belief of all gentlemen here
"posted" in the case, that remark of Mr.
M°rrick ws not intended so much for the
edification of his 1 earers, as to revive the
waning hopes of his pusllanimous client,
whom the learned c mnsel his reason to
apprehend is inclined to "squeal" in pr
der to save his neck. Met rick is a soutld
philosopher, as well as a shrewd lawyer,
and he knew the report of his remark
through the newspapers, which Surratt
peruses daily, made in his casual but c<m
fideut wanner, would be better calculated
by a thousand times to infuse hope and
courage in his t.mid and di spairing client
than anything he could possibly say t i
him in private, when his purpose would
be understood. Surratt must not be pers
mitted to expose his patrons and accom
plices, whoever they may be, and the on
ly way of preventing him is to keep hiiu
assured that he is not in danger, and will
be acquitted. If lie stands trial, as of
course lie will, and is convicted. Ins
Iriends " believe that no further induce
nsents will be offered him to make dis
closures.and they console themselves with
the idea that should such inducements
i perchance bo offered any revelations
j which he might make, for the eviueut
| purpose of saving his life, would be dis
cie lited Should he be acquitted tl ey
have nothing to tear, as his inordinate
| vanity and wonld impel him to
-wit-rxnr about w.tli copperhead couipan
ions, boasting and glorifying luui-ell us
the head and fiont of the diabolical eou>
spiracy. Hut lam permitted to say to
tlie public that IU the event of Surratt's
couviction, inducements will be held out.
to him, or rather that the privilege w II
be allowed hiiu, to divulge tho names of
his co conspirators; and if among tli ui
shall appear the names of any ot the d s
tinguished personages suspected, and he
can furnish or re'er to even prima fm i' j
evidence of the truth and correctness of
the disclosure, his life will !A spared to
the end that his exalted, and if possible,
more criminal accomplices may be bro't
to justice. Some ot the witnesses ou ac
count of whose.absence the trial was post
poied last wc>k. have arrived, and sev
oral uew witnesses whose testimony will
be of great import nice have tieert found.
On the whole it is safe to predict that the
accused if guilty cannot escape.
—The question of removing General
Sheridan is engaging the attention of the
President and his advisers. We judge
there is at least a probability of his being
removed. He stands up so squarely for
everything and everybody loyal and true,
and has such a habit of demolishing ev
erything and everybody not true and
loyal, that he has become unpopular with
Mr. Johnson, as lie was with Eearly in
the valley of tlie Shenandoah. The
country is quite ready for the President's
decision.
—The Kncampmeut et the Grand Ar
my of the liepublic, at Hartford, Couu..
have adopted a resolution condemning
the release of Jefferson Davis, aud de
manding that he shall be tried for trea
son. This is in perfect accord with the
sentiment not only of the soldiers, but of
the loyal publio geuerally; and the erys
talizatiou of it is one of the natural re
sults oi the bailing ot Davis.
BUTXiEft; HI,'TLKK COUNTY, PENN'A, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 180).
The Indian War.
Murder* ami I)epre«la(loiw.
APPALLING LIST.
OjDrßF.a's KANCUE. COI~, May 31, '67.
We have arrived at Godfrey's Kauche,
140 miles cast of Denver, thus far safe
nnd sound. So much has been recoun
ted of Indian doings that we absolutely
shudder u our close proximity to them.
For the editica:iuu ot your readers we
give you a list of the various murders
and depredations lately committed by
the Indians.
On the l!hh instant, two men named
Win (iuler uml .Martin Kannou were
killed and sculped twelve miles from
i ott tiwo id Springs. At the same time
uity head of horses and fifty head of
mules were stampeded by Indiana, who
were camped in the canons in the neigh
hor hood of Fort Mel'herson, in open
defiance of Ihe troops.
On the 23d instant, John West, form
erly an employee of Wells, Fargo &
Co s line, John Peterson, a native of
Switzerland, and an Unknown hunter,af
ter a desperate fight, were killed near a
station cit 1 «'i Big Lirauiie, situated six
miles from Fort Saunders, Colorado.—
The Indians on this raid captured one
hundred and fifty head ot cattle, but a
party of ranchmen, well armed, started
in pursuit and succeeded iu retaking one
hundred head. The citizens chased them
about twenty miles aud were several
times nearly within rifle r tngi . After
a two hours' chase tho ranchmen retraced
their steps, while tho Indians, tventy
fivo in number,started for a lonely rauclie
further west.
On the 24th install*., a mounted cour«
ier rode to Fort Sed wick and informed
(Jen. Hunt, the commander, that nine
teen Indians had made a raid on a white
man's camp in a ravine uear Pole creek
and bad killed and scalped three men.—-
Captain Mix and bis cavalry were in
close pursuit. The Captain did not sec
auy. The same day the same party of
Indians rnnde a raid on lliclette's ranch
and ran off four steers and four horses
On the 26th, nine miles above Sales
burg. Serjeant Mulligan, of the squad of
men detailed from the SOtl! infantry, to'
protect the i»raderf> <>n the Union Pacific
Hailroad, and two citizecs, one of whom
was named Wade, were killed uine miles
above Sa esburg, and were most inla«
raously and horribly mutilated The
bodies were recovered and decently buri
ed with appropriate ceremonies.
On the same day General Potter states
that eigh'een Indians rode up to within
fifty varils.of a corral near which was
stationed a detaeh.ueut of infantry, and
ran oil three mules, manifesting the great
est contempt for the soldiers by exhibit
in;; their breech clouts.
On the 20tb, twenty one head ofsto'ik
were run off opposite Heauvais ranch, or
old California crossing. Some soldiers
were near who fired on them. The fire
was returnedjseveral soidifers were slight
ly wounded, anl one mortally.
From Mr Henry Carlrdc, a gentle-
Dinn of undoubted veracity, we have the
following :
"On the 20th I had seme men cutting
ties lor the railroad at Cheyenne Pass.
Some time in the day thev were attack
ed by a small pir y of Indians. Two
of tlie men were killed, but 1 could not
loam their uhiues."
It is sup nose I by some that there were
three, but it is only by the greatest diffi
cully acuratc inform ation can be procnr
cd Those interested in the I'latt Val
ley llai'road, contractors and superinten
oeiits, will use .th.ei.l unjust to prevent
details from beiug given to the public.
Had we remained .satisfied with what ti
dings we of the war at Omaha,
we could hav : given the public nothing
but vague, unsatisfa t iry reports. Noth
iu_' was definitely stated. "They say they
had u slight brush with the Injins, but
there is no roliau' is in t .ene kind of re
ports, you know ; perhaps two or tnree
have been wounded; only this, and noth
iug more."
A correspondent, to be able to give re
liable news, must be in the field, must
witness what he is to record, that he may
have something tangible to report, lie
must a Ist) be disinterested, that he may
give facts us they actually occurred. Such
has becu our case; we went to the field
for that special purpo-e. We have de
scribed what we have seen unbiased by
any consideration.
The raucncs that still stand at inter
vals of tcu or twelve miiesare barricaded
after the most approved uianuerout West
in tho Indian country. Each ranche has
its little arsenal and ready at any mo
mem tor use. The place from where I
indict this letter is a fair sample of bar
ricaded abodes. It is owned by an old
settler uarned llallen Godfrey, a grim |
old chap, determined and obstinate.—
(Xiiero arc five graves near his ranche.—
The head boards bear the simple epitaph
'•Killed by Indians." For each of these
men killed, five ludiaus have bit the.dust
—sent to their account by the deadly
rifle of l, Old Godfrey." " Old Wicked," |
as he is termed by the ludiaus, is not
much troubled by the Cheyeunes and
Sioux now-a days. His very name is a
source of terror. In his raucbe are about
twenty rifles, always loaded All pas
seligers to Denvor mu3t per force stop at
Godfrey's for supper. This supper is a
square meal, a perfect one, and like other
meals on the plains, it costs 51.50. Sev
eral Indians passed and repassed within
a respoctable distance of this the
tot week. Depredations hive been cam
mitted in the vicinity, but Godfrey's
rauche will be undisturbed.
The Inuians are and everywhere.
Oar cavalry might as well pursue that
phantom ship called the " Flying Dutch
man" us pursue the übiquitous hawks of
the prairio. The red wen of the Wast
are unincumbered. They have n<> wig*
warns —no Camp equipage tp carry with
them. For the severe lons entailed upon
them by the destruction of their villages
they will make up by pouncing upuu the
treuibliug emigrant aud the trader's train.
The Indian will himself' until full,
and when fhat time comes, i. e.j when
emigrants twase to eHMs the plains, they
will fall off. like the surgeon's bloody
leech.
THE WAY TO rIUUT INDIANS.
The only way to light ludiaus, at least
the Sioux and Cheyeuues, is to permit
live hundred prairie settler-—men who
have lived on the plains from boyhood—
met) who are t-killed in all the devious
ways of the savage, togo after them.—
Tl esc men can readily be found in the
States of Kansas. Nebraska, and that,
portion of ?he Territory ol Colorado that
juts out on the plains, eastward of the
llocky mountains. For their services,
the captured poliies and other trophies
will prove sufficient recompense. Lot
the Government tut proclaim that for the
sake of economy, aud a speedy solution
of the Indian question, it is willing that
Western volunteers shtrald engige in the
task, nnd i thousand - ould ieap into the
saddle without drum or sounding cavalry
bugle. Their incentive to the self iius
;>osed task would be the wailiug,of West
ern mothers for their first born ; strong,
bearded men mourning for their sons;
brothers sighing for outraged sisters, lin
gering in servile bondage in the wigwams
ot their vile captors. No tnaudling seu-i
timentality, we opine, would find room in
their bosoms. Everything would be lor
gotten, unheard, save the furious cry for
revenge! When these men have chas
tised the Indians alter their own fashion,
let Eastern missionaries mingle with the
subdued and conquered tribes, and cum
plete the good work. If any Indians
were left alter the swords of the destroy
ing avengers, the missionaries would,
doubtless, find eager listeners to the
(Jospcl, and the Christian shepherds wil
ling flocks. The <2ospel would be as a
balm of <1 ilead to the stricken ones, and
the nomadic sons of ishtna.il would be
come civilized citizens of the great re
public
KLMM R IN I'LATTE VALLEIf —DOUGLAS
KANCIIE.
Summer on !he plains—a drizzling,
slushy, moist snow. A fierce norwester
is blowing, sending a chilly sensation
through all humanity. Nearly the fi'st
of Juue, and in these cold arctic regions,
a human being remaining one hour out
doors, without auy cxwcisu, would freeze
to death, Cbuvnting country I Should
exeurtionists wish to remove themselves
from the sweltering heat of summer, in
St. Louis, they can enjoy sleighing by
going to Omaha in the middle of Hum
mer. Were we suffering the fierce tor
ments of the unmentionable regions, we
should never wish to exchange for Omaha
s,nd the I'latta Valley. If it is so ex
tremely cold in summer, what sort of a
country is it in midwinter? Great Jupi
tor Olyuipua ! it must bo worse than
Iceland,
CIIIVINUTON, OF SAND CRKEK.
This Wastern Giant, who has achieved
such an unenviable rcputatiou in New
England, and such au enviable nam
throughout the West, We encountered in
onr travel" in the Indian country. He
is a giant in name, as well as a perfect
Goliali in stature. He is a puiidcruus,
muscular being, straight as an arrow,
graceful as an A ppo'lo, majestic as a
king, dignified as a judge. Ho stands
six feet four inches in his moccasins, and
weighs two hundred and forty pounds.
High, sublime forehead, dark hair,
spar-ely scattered over his head and
slightly silvered, black, brilliant eyes, a
full, magisterial, eairle face, prominent
uose, a man of great force and dignity,
commanding in appearance, and calcu
luted to str.k.i the «rdiu«ry man with
admiration His upjwnrau*>- has more
of the judge than the executioner; a
gentleman than the ruffian We could
never have believed that he was the
author of the sanguinary affair at Sand
creek as we saw it delineated. There
uiu.st have been au upright motive, a
stronger controlling power thau the peo
ple of tho East were aware of, to urge
him to utter the command to his soldiers
thatbealed the doom of the hapless beings
at Saud creek. lie is now about fifty
five years old ; was formerly a Methodist
minister, and preached for the space of
two years in Omaha.
GENERAL AUGL'R's INDIAN EXPEDITION.
Major General C. C. Augur has at last
succiut orders from General Sherman.
He started lor the Plains last eveuing,
although it was rnported he had gone
sooner, which was u mistake He goes
direet to Fort Sedgwick, and about the
15th of Juue will start from thence to
Laramie. From Fort Laramie the whole
expedition, which will be composed of
about 1,800 infantry, 800 cavalry, and
250 Pawnee scouts, will goto Fort Phil.
Kearney; thence to Foil iteno, Moutaua,
and the headwaters of the Yellowstone,
attacking hostile tribes wherever fouud,
and destroying their Villages and prop
erty when surprised. In laot, all indi
cations are for a vigorous campaign. He
has ordered quartermasters supplies suf
ficient for three months, aud means to
haul them.— St- Louis Democrat.
■' ->-W« never love truly but once. It
is the first time. Succeeding passions
are less involuntary.
—lt costs women little to say what
they do not feel} it costs men yet less to
I say what they do feel.
THE LITTLE CHEAT.
She Mill she luved mo dearly,
A a J pave me Mates sweet.
But eooti 1 dirt dlsrnTtT
She wu a darling cheat.
For though her form wai buxom,
With a. *: .dujjtuuin tone.
It t«rned out, on infection,
Hor charms wire not her own.
I pressed her to my bosom—
She g*re a littlu »tart;
I her tetOifc, but Cotildn't feel
The b«atmf of her heart.
I reached my hand, with stxldrn clasp:
My breast with grief wad full;
What in creation did I claepf
A lot of cotton wool I
BORDER STATE CONVENTION.
The President of the late Republican
State Convention (Md.) has complied
with the instructions of that hod)- hy is
suing a call for a llorder State Conven
tion to assemble in Baltimore, Maryland,
on the 12th day of September next. The
States invited to send delegates and par
ticipate in the proeeedings of that body,
are Maryland. Delaware and Kentucky.
In the selection ol these delegates it iB
distinctly announced that no distinction
is to be made on account of race or color.
Upon lirst view this Couvontion may
Deem to po«oss but little importance, but
upon a close examination of the subject
it will be seen that, if entered upon with
the proper spirit by the earnest uud fear
less Kopublicans of the border States, it
will result in iho adoption of measures
that will prove'of incalculable service to
the cause of Republican liberty. The
tirst great object to be attained is, a thor
ough and complete organisation of those
States which occupy an abnormal polit
ical position, hy being placed geograph
ically between two sections ot the ooun
try which have hitherto been bitterly hos
tile in sentiment. Under the present
condition of publi • affairs, Maryland is
destined to remain what she has been in
the past —a more cypher in the political
world, unless we choose to have it other
wise. Hy holding a Border State Con
vention in Baltimore at the time proposed
we can go far toward correcting this evil.
Auotlier important feature of the Con
vention will be to memorialize Congress
upon the subject of establishing univer
sal manhood suffrage throughout all the
States, by a joint resolution of the Na
tional Legislature. Thai Cougress has
uot only the power, but that it it its man
ifest duty, to afford full aud eompletc pro
tection to oaoh and every citizen of the
United States, in all the enjoymeuts ol
life, liberty and property, we have never
entertained the slightest doubt. To ar
gue that any man can protect himself in
cither of these important particulars,
without the exercise of the elective fran
chise, is to deny a proposition which is
proved by illustration almost every day.
The disfranchisement of one-forth of out
voting population is in direct violation
oj the Federal Constitution, and is an
evil which the law-making and law-reg
ulating power should correct without de
lay. The work of emancipation was a
national act, and we do not concede that
it will ever be complete uutil the ballot
is placed in the bauds of every colored
mau in the country. The exhibitions of
lebel bravado, aud of hatred toward the
men who rescued the Government in the
hour ol petil, which are displayed by the
cmociacy now assembled at Annapolis,
is abuudant evidence of the necessity of
cailiug every loyal man to the ballot box.
We deny the right of a political party of
thin or any other State to ignore the po
litical rights of any portion of oar loyal
and law-abiding citizens, and we charac
tcrize it as an open and direct violati >u
of that clause of the Constitution of the
United States which makes it the duty of
Congress to secure to every State a Re
publican form of government. We earn
estly hope the Republicans of Maryland
will sec the propriety and necessity of
moving in this matter with enjriry and
determinaton. The time for the meet
ing of the Convention is yet somewhat
distant, and thus ample opportunity is af
forded to make it a decided success both
in spirit and number The principles of
the Republican party have already taken
deep root inall the States that were lately
engaged in the rebellion, and it needs but
the honest effurt of her true men to redeem
Maryland and place her side by side
with her sister Republican States. That
the Assembling of a Border State Co on
vention, oomposed of representatives of
the States named within the call, and of
men who are known to be uncondition
ally in favor of human rights, will be
productive of' much good there can be
scarcely a doubt. This proposed Con
vention will bo the largest representative
body that has ever assembled in the Uni
ted States which is distinctly based upon
the ground of .universal rights, and we
trust that proper efforts will be made to
njake it worthy the cause of human free
dom.—Frederick [ Md. ] Rrjivblican.
ARRAIGNING CONGRESS.
One of the allegations of the New York
Timet sgalnst Congress is that it had no
authority " to pass a law excluding cer
tain States from representation until they
pass laws or adopt constitutions such as
Congress may prescribe." It is also im>
putcd to Congress asia fault, that it placed
military governments ever, or in place of
civil governments in the Southern States.
IJoth these are declared to be totally
unauthorized by anything in the United
States Constitution, and in consequence
of them Congress is declared to be guilty
of a breach of duty, oppressive and
dangerous. In this respect, and to the
extent of reiterating this charge, the
Times takes precisely the position of the
Democratic press generally. It it har
monized as well with it in other respects,
wo should not distinguish it; by name,
but let it go " to the bad" together with
the rest. As the Timet, howevor, shows
a disposition to act with the Republican
paity in preference to any other, since
the early decease of its own first-born,
conservatism, we feel inclined to exatnino
the soundness of its position where it
differs from our own.
That Congress had no authority to
exclude States from representation, till
they should pass laws or adopt constitu- j
lions, such as it might prescribe, is per
fectly true, in the normal and healthy
conditiort of affairs. But the relation
having been criminally severed and the
representation of the Statcß baring been
repudiated, by them*eli>es, and a long and
destructive war having ben waged and
prosecuted by them against the Union
and the States adhering to it, nothing, it
seems to us, could be moro absurd than
the proposition that they, after being
overcome by power, should bo allowed
quietly to rcsunii their old relations and
to enjoy their former representation in
the Union Government, without protm
ise, condition or guarantee for their future
fidelity, If there could be an equivoca'
way lor the loyal and bravo defenders of
the Union to say, excuse us, dear seces
sionists, we have erred in handling you
so rou' lily ; we should not have sacri
ficed throe hundred thousand lives in
opposing your littlo whim of secession, it
is -aid by admitting that after filling the
country with war and spreading desola
tii n over a large part of it, and sorrow
over the whole, the guilty conspirators
and supporters ofMi*» rebellion shall, on
their reluctant submission, revert at once
to their formir position in tlio Union.
Hut the fal.«e position of the Time*
is demonstrable in another way. The
wrong attributed to Congress in demand
ing conditions for (ho restoration of"the
States, must bo intrinsic to (he case, if it
bo a wrong at all. Hut so far from this
is the fact, that (ho Jaws p sied aud the
constitutions adopted by every State
received into the Union are submitted not
merely to the inspection of Congress, but.
to its judgment as the basis on which
the State shall be admitted or rejected.
The same principle is iuvolved in tho
case of the seceded States, and its app!i»
cation is amended by much weightier
considerations. In the application of a
new State, there is not necessarily tho
least presumption against the spirit or
purposes of the people. Still their cons
stitution is required to be approved by
Congress. But in tho Southern Statos,
the most inveterate hostility to tho Union
has been exhibited, and actual aud for
midable war has been carried on by them
for four years. Their relations to the
Union and thoir representation in it Imve
been suspended for that length of time
by their own will. And now, in the
process of restoration - to their former con
dition. their laws and constitutions are
properly subject to the judgment ot the
Union Government —even more than if
tbey were new States, first seeking ad
mission.
By a similar train of reasoning it is
easy to show the propriety of extending
military government over the Southern
States. The ground taken against it by
the* Times is precisely the same that was
taken by James Buchanan, and held by
the so-called peace Democrats during the
war, to wit: that the Constitution does
not provide for the coercion of States into
the Union, or for tho exercise of power
to prevent their going out. The super
ceding of civil by military agencies in
carrying on government is not, it is per
fectly true, authorized by the Constitu
tion in the normal and.healthy condition
of public affairs. But thu is not the con
dition of publio affairs in the Southern
States. And therefore this rule does not
apply. Another one, however, is found
in the Constitution that requires the sup
pression of insurrection and rebellion,
and the maintenance of iaWyand order.
The necessity for military force iu order
to meet these ends is a sufficient justifi
cation of its use, and ai-ufficient authority
fur calling it into requisition. But as
the reasoning is the same as that wh ch
relates to the supervision, by Congress,
of their luw3 and constitutions, we for
bear to prosecute it.
That the Democratic press, blinded by
chronic prejudice, should take a stand
against the Congress of the United
States having anything to say about terms
conditions aud guariuiieeit in the resump
tion of their prior relations to the Union,
by tho State* lately in rebellion, occa*ious
no surprise, since they have beeu the
firm abettors of the rebellion in its active
state. Bul'rhat the Time*, which has,
until its unfortunate aberration of last,
year, maintained its high position both
as' to loyalty and logic, should now betray
the weakness it has, in both respects,
strikes us not only with surprise but re
gret. These positions, taken by it in re
pelling some imputations of the Albany
tommy Journal, indicating a farther
secession from its old sound aud patriotic
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position than wo had supposed it to hat*
reached. An Jwe may add that the more
we hOe of tho animus of the States and
peopla and press, which haye caused thin
great trouble in the oountry, the more
heartily do we appreciate the stern virtue
of Congress in taking and holding tho
position that it occupies with reference
to theui.— Pitt. Commercial.
GENERAL Pope's orders in regard
to tho riot at Mobile and Colonel
Shepherd's suppression of a Mobile
newspaper are very sensible docu
ments. He explains his action in re
moving tho authorities of tho city on
the goneral ground that the military
are not sent into the South by Con
gress to do nothing, nor to do every
thing, but to see that life and proper
ty are made safe. This, in his opin
ion, they can best do— he, for his
part, intends to do this— by support
ing in all ways tho civil authorities,
against insurrection and anarchy and
whenever tho civil authorities, thro'
weakness, stupidity, or malice, fail
to protect the individual, by superse
ding them and putting capablo men
in their places. He acts under a
law of Congress which declares that
there is no adequate protection to
life and property in the lately rebel
lious States; but what means of pro
tection ho finds in cxistenco ho in
tends to help as far as possible. As
to tho newspaper, he infonns Col.
Shepherd that freo speech is to be
tolerated and encouraged, and edi
tors and public speakers, no matter
what they say, are not to be meddled
with. The military are to wait for
overt acts with which the civil power
may bo unable to deal.
ELOQUENT PASSAGE.—The best thing
Geo. D. l'rentico ever wrote is this inim
itable pn'sago :—" It caunot be that earth
is ticiu's ouly abiding place. It cannot
be that our iile is a bubble cast up by the
ocean ot eternity, to float a moment upon
its waves and sink into nothingness.—
Klse, why is it the high and glorious aspi
rations which leap like ungels from tho
temple of our hearts, are forever wander
ing unsatisfied? why is it that the rainbow
and cloud come over us with a boaflty
that is not of earth, and then pass off to
leave us to muse on their loveliness?
Why I < it that the stars which hold their
festival around the midnight throne, aro
above the grasp of our limited faeulites,
forever mooting us with their unaproach
able glory? Aud finally, why is it that
the bright forms of human beauty are
presented to our view and taken from us,
leaving the tliousand streams of oar af
fections to flow back in an Alpine torrent
upon our hearts '! We are bom for a
higher destiny than earth. There is a
realm where tho rainbow never fades,
where tho stars will be sproad out before
us like shadows and rcmaiu forever in our
presenco."
BLOODY AFFRAY.—A Now Orleans
dispatch of Hunday says : A bloody affray
has occurred at Natchitoches i Parish. C.
W. Stauffer and John Jones, partners,
had a quarrel. J)r. Jones and Judge R.
11. .Jones threatened to kill Stauffer if he
did not leave the placo. lie was the
popular Radical candidate for the Con
vention, and they wished him out of the
way. Last Monday Stauffer was about
to have tho Jones brothers bound over
to keep the peace, when the Judge and
Doctor attacked hitn. John Jones then
rode up, aud with a double barrelled gun
dehdcra'ely killed Stauffer. He then
rode to Stauffer's house, called for hia
wife ond told her he had killed her hus
band. He then rode out of town. The
Sheriff attempted to arrest the Jones' and
was shot in the head and severely injur
ed, and an assistant was shot in the arm.
These Jfnos'are nephews of Governor
Wells, and R. 15. Jones was appointed to
the Supreme Beneh of the Stato during
Wells' administration.
THE Tribune regrets that poiitive data
are still wanting to'prove that the spread
of elementary instruction diminishes
crime. May not this arise from the fact
that children are taught to consider man
ual labor as derogatory to educated peo
ple, that in educating the brain, we teach
them to expect to live by brain labor ?
Men who, liko Mr. Lincoln, rose fiom
a position of manual labor are constantly
held up, before boys, as models for imi
tation ; and the one lesson they catch is
the getting away from rail-splitting.
Hence the msh for places as clerks in
professions or offices, " while our millions
ot hands want acres, and millions of acres
want hands." If education is not to bo
an inceotive to expedients for "living by
my wits," those gentlemen who deliver
school addresses must cease awakening
the ambition of every boy to be Presi
dent, or at least goto Congress, and of
every girl to be the President's wife.
—Some of the Western farmers who
have been holding onto their grain in
expectation of famine prices, have had
their fingers badly burned. In Delaware
county, lowa, according to a dispatch
from that place, there is considerable
more wheat fur sale than any one supposed
a few weeks since, and farmers are now
bringing iu whatever they have for sale,
and selling it at SI 50 instead of $2 25,
which they could have got for it,a few
weeks since.
—lt is more common to see an extreme
love than a perfect friendship.
—Nothing can constitute good breed
ing that has not good nature for iti
foundation.