VOLIII)iE -BMIRBER 16.
TIIV.
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POTTER JOURNAL,
PLBLISAMD DT
MCALAU.NET, PioptikOr.
'll/17-D'eT.f.ted Lo t h e mode of Itepublicauisra, the in
te iese4 of Agelogltore, the advanceruent of Ed ut,tion,
twAt good at NU...recent). Owning no guide
.cept int or Prluel_ple it will eudextifor Leahl in the
work of moreourl Country;
Icr.tdvertieeponts inserted at the following rnteA.
e;eekt., lifeeiarbangaiTlA nr. made. A...squarer'
tAiitio# Brevier or 8 oklcunpageil types :
. *listen, .. .... . 50
Inserttoil4. ,
$0.15.,09ue15t pules - don-less tlmis 40
1'0912104,1 year 10 00
:Iria-tileoeVartio, 1 year " 500
A dinitil6tratoe's or Executor's Nttiicel 300
Special and .Igditorlal, Nutices per line-- . 20
tronolent -I,l , iertisementA mes . t tie paid in
:ndy!snee,and no notice will be taken of ad‘-ertt.ement
from a disisucei unless They are accompanied by the
money Or satidfactore reference.
eicitited isith neat cieti.
nd drapatell. •
BUSINESS NOTICES.
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wee and Ac c epte d .tncictitt Illior.lflnsons
.1-1 ULADI A. 'I. OD GEV-No. Z-12, P:.1. 1 AL Stated
J ..,14.ectingi ou the 21 and dth 'vedneortays 01 each
ruolith. Ilan, In the :.'d Story of the °limited Block.
I:4.c.LARRADES,'..4.t,..T. War. Sti F.A.R., .W.M.
r.ilL).. T. ELLISON, M. IL,
li-kbTiel.:. , :ii PII YSlCl.A.N.lesude eport, Pa..
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respectfuLfyiltiferrns the citizens of the vilhoze and
• ielnitv that be krill pront ptly responl to all tails for
prut'esi:indal set vices. Oiliee on First stipiet, first 1...0r
, a-s.t cetildi iesicletice r4O - , ,
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It, Tide last; in response to inquiry, the
Hon.
th r nry. Wilthr Davis wrote a le,tter
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settingl 4 rth with his characteristic clear;
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ness au cogency his views i upon the prob. ;
lent' of r •construction. This letter has re;
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roamed ' •
unpublishel The consent of Atm
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Walls , the - publication having been obt
,
Lambed, friend at Washington transmit:4'u;
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its ) the manuscript, and we have thus the
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pleasure of presenting to : our, readers a•
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docnme which strikes Us as ranking
among t e mrst master , ly' expositions; of
the subebt involved; that' has yet appeared.
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Follow ng is the letter: i '
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ri Bm.:rmoitE, May 27, 1865 ; 1 I 1
I I MY VEAI3. - SYR:: l ' Please accept my , an,
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knowledgments for iyour kind note.
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I 1411 I could give you a short and sat
, isfactory answer to your ,brief and id egnant
ques[idu touching Our pn l ospects underPres
iden9 JOIn3SOI2.
The!ftiture of the nation is summed up
in ther'estfiratiant pOlitiettl powerto the
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States lately in 'rebellion. • 1
Of what the Piesident's policy is• on
that's pic I know nothing.
' Tli :condi. ions of the problem are plain,
and the onsequences of the several possi-:
, I
I ble sohitilnis folloW with logical certainty.
It rests %N W' the 'President, in the State in I
whichl Cpgress has left the question,' to I
I take i a initiative; anti the mode in which I
I' hat i dune will determine all that follows.
Wha vet; Stategovernments he allots to
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[ be or-ranized and to elebt Representatives
, ' will bere cog
and enators to. Congo.ss recog
niz ed by. Congress; in December, id all
proba ility.
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I .2V - lie exist now in any State which re-,
Wet .; none can be organized legally with-1
ont t ie assent of, the Ufl; ted.States : 1 anti i
no st4s to setnre that assent can be take.
witlaint his permission - . fi i I
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• The Presidents, only power over ' 1 the
' question rests in his right to refuse pet-mils-I
sion for, riny - convention or election to be;
held finless on terms satisfaCtory to hinr;l
but quit po‘‘er is decisive. If Ite•reftfse to
permit
any election or convention to bel
laildd thingswill await the solution of
ress.
Conn' ' I 1 '
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If he permits the aggregate white' pop- I
nlatiod of, ihe South, qualified to vote un
der the old gdyernments abrogated by the
rebelbon, to organize State_ governmelitS.j
that !installs the revolutionary fiction in
power the States- and fills Congress' ith '
Iteprsentative.s and Senators, , • I
That is to
-place the sceptre, in the hands
from which we have jtfst wrested the sivorti.l
If the President arpt to discriminate
the InYal from the disloyal, and exclude
fronal votin g all whn have given aid.acid I
comfort to the rebellion, 3 mere handful Of;
, 1 3 -, , ,
...; i t ;' • ,• .• , ,
the popmation will reiriatn,- molly nacyna-i
peteitt to form 9r - manifaiir aState ,Qoy
eroment, and sure to be overwhelmed; li7
..•.- r L.-7: DAN BAIiER, i. the kolitical counter revolution at the next
1 -Yr" b'e t. . ° iT.l. B°l7l :l- 1 ; 3 1 . 1 .- I.l otl r i t.C74l Ple AG p 1 7 ;.e C n r t , elecOn, which will restore power to the
4 4vPi• Who are.dnsabi ll ed by Q reason of wounds received l ; leaders' of the rebellion. While it stands
ortuse.th contracted while In the !service of the United
Stites, ; and penglona, tiounty, and arrears:or l ei ) . ob- 1 under the protection Of the United States,
twined for widows or heirs or inwie who have. died or tit will Constitute an o ions" oligarchy, dis
bt4n tilted while in eervice- All letters of inquiry , .I, ~ - _, L .
prorsiptly 'answered, and'on ietelpt by wail of a state-' posing of the iives, anti property of he
me:llcof gul ca',4-of claim:ma, I will forward the rte.,
0/ „, . mass
of their fellow citizens, without
"niaiYpplo ferthett FiLuttture. Fe" in.rel9lol i
eaielqag.aved by laty. ItefbrA to Irods..ip av e. Bv:eti! T.,, r , .4 any responsibility, and controlling the ea
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°:Clinlhell''
John
S.
" u laVr:iia n il.':" 7- 1 tional legislation by the people for whom
'Sae& 641 . ,-Claim Agent, ,Couder6port, Pa. they i .vote. 1 • . , i
4ontv S. MANN,
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A...-17 1 )R,.:5 - EY AND .COUNSELLOR Al' -LAW.
C,itsaernE.Kltt, IV. '., will'atlentl the I ,l i,verd. C airte;
11 l'ott,r and Cunirkiii ci.manlies. All 1/111.illlesIS girl.
trltSietl - 10 • tad wire wlil receive pronqp. attention.
bilice c.nt•lialn ltr,:•et in resitlttice. .
• A.Wi1t1717. • G. oloisTE1).
A T-roEITM I V-AND D . CO(: EL. LE It
„-Ctiodersport, via t,.tze wa to nu buAines, en
ctoded .11 , 1 OR); UAICC
In the. 4 seeol i Ft oce -of ilia Olta n i.e4
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"IgI..te.I3ENSON. .
Coulerpon, Pa, dill
ittenl caul). entru.ted to him with care
soid prothrtnesA. I.!ourts of :oijuioiti.• conif.
ties. 0 ;lice Oa b ecoiol rcot,twar the Alic t ....acy britlgc
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• • •Iy. IF. .11,140 X,
T'TORICRY AND COUNSET.T.OII.' AT LAW,
CotrlerApo . rt, veil! atZetiii th e °burls P.l-
•er and. the ttdjt.ttutpg couutses. ' .
:MILLER .1: Y1e..1.11,..1.11.NEV.
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TiOrt' 4 l.7,l'?_-_vr I.,AW, "111:,%:: - 9trc, Penn , a.
i t A y:Aineati. (brine 1:411119:Lid.0 of Chtluis:r4ail.rt the
L tilted .St:lteei :lila :41.:kti,o;.vt•rntn,;.11:;:‘ , :h no feel m 00 , ,,
Boutiv, A Kr . rtrA of I.4roir -2,1 Irr,i,i 6 „ s 95, ,I.rr ,, t , % 14;
W W` ' WIL I - W ty .'” .'
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.• 3IL: W. .11c.A1A.RNEY.
REAT: RS - rill:L . and IN - SUR. INCE
1;/4 6 3i.1 Pintett. Aal .84d, Times 1/51(ifkl Titles
Lusures property agnitt,t fiteiathe best
•eittipanie,..inthe . C•inatry. and remon6nx4in-i3oci
dents InAe,,TfaXelers'.l.naurante Company. of Hart
ford. llasiftesifatalbtacte.l lirontytly 17-Lta
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• 1 ) ..; A.: STEBBINS d.f.
TERCII.A.Strs•—Doado,4 y Cd
Drpods, Fancy
.LIAL
Aug pvgrything.uriu. , dly k , •11:, to a good country- t4 , , re
'.l:coduce,4gaglit “ud.told 1:29
„H. ,51313,141N5,
r EttCl.l.l..V l ` - - WELLE•ViI,LE , Y., Whole
- 1 ind'aud It etail Deal• , r iu Dry (idols, Fancy and
izsawfo GOode.elot ning, Lad ion DresaClod.-,Greceri
Pidur; Fkied, _Lc, • It. , tailers supplied on tiboral Lerma
.•''CliLiteLES S. JONES,
TER.C!IANT---peolers in Diuge
; Oils; Fancy Articles, Dr:F GOOdS ,
04%.•eeric./h 11:11 , 1 Str , tt, Coudersport, l'a
r IL .E....61.315tED.
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ERCIIIINT—DeAIer in Dryßeady-mad.•
I•kt :(.11. , thloit,.CrotAory, ( . Iroverie4, Flour, Ft.ed,
Plrliglalf.. &C., Matti street, (Jou , l,•Nrxr!, Pa
COLLINS smurii. •
ATEItCI4NT--llealer iu Dry . Go..tdst, Groct•rie , ,
ii:13.4 Ware, C Wkly.
11.14 . 1114.in.0i R. %Pa:Lally found in a country store. '
H. -J. 01.:ILSTEln.
Mr.4..RDW4TZE Xterentott, nod De
os tin'Stores;
Tin ina . sheet Iran-Watt,)[: in street, Condor
weort, renid.n. Tin and Silent Iron Wan:made to
ofiler; iii.go&ratyle, on short notice- •
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CCiUD.ERSrORT 110 TEL. •
A. 5.311 llt E, rKO P 113110 ft, CorUer of Nl:tie
.laud Aigecottr!,jtsvii.O.,ll4.lelelyOrt
A,,(Avory StOrld id airk, kept itLCUlltlecrlort w!til nom
r(qted; rfhtiti• Stages to ett , l from the
..Potter Journal Job:oll.ice.
lie2 r. r ,e alo s r a t r n t i t e n n e t n 4 l )f
We aro no-U T PE to oar already
or prepared to do :di kindle of work, - cheaply
and with toete:ood neitne:A. Onici*solicited.
-Lt.-VIVIAN HOUSE.-
Lewisviitcq Potter :aunty,' .P Mylvartia.
.111.111 TON LEWIS. Proprietor.
IJ-token this cicolteut flute!, the proprtetor wi*bes
o•lnake thersicquailitxhee of the traveline public and 1
(+eta confklt•itotLeiving E.lll2foction loon who may
all on hicuj-t-Fc . b.:l2, 66 if
kRBLE .- WO - 11,K1
7 %,e4,
;Monuments . and o Tomb-Stones I
4 1 1 ; - . 4 " `- .- Of ark kindA, will he furnished on reasn/13
!hod .
C b '.l3rounle:
Enhtlia, 1.!;. miles south of
Ocimlefiport, PZI-, on the Sinficallthoning
Road; oile.nce yotai• orders attbe - P.o , t Office. fec,i
i.
50 elf Per Year I We want agents I This result is unavoidable, The whole
• - ll ' i everywhere I.° "11 our ImPR°TED 1 '' ' f thEi population' of the South has
VoilOwiinc;„acebtoes Three new kindc, Under and Mas A .
uppaF,fcod.; -Warranted. five years. Above sala,ry i iviv/la aid 'and comfort : to . the rebellion:
n - 0 1- largeAzowitniselona pahi. The o:via' machines sold i r„. .. .
in nbe Baited Susuzs topless than 40. which are tuilv 111c,"War was made by the accession ot the
necsincit bylitowe, wheel., 4:. w.tioii Gr o r e r 6, i,,.
Unibm men to the rebel faction. It,is' idle,
k.r i aiy ar i,„ol.46B.cchelder. Art other cheap ma- , - , • .. ; I
chirtesamin(rionliKonis and the seller or neer are to Calk of a quiescOt mass of loyal men
1 ,1 0 ,1,,, to arrest, doe, and 1;1[1).Am-fluent: Circular:! 1
1'1)0 e-by .I Ine Itwas the Union 1
tree. 9.d Tress, Or call upon. Shaw Sr Clark, Riedel ore,
_ . rn A 0 e . ,
tsrd, Maine, or ghirago,.lll.Pe'l'4Pl!6:!-.... !dryly ! mei? sirb - o•pa%ed toe ordmanwor-Seeesszoc ,
, - , lteh 1 ' Itch ! Itch ! '. 1, in YirOnial and whq made it eiredual flirter
-• ' • • " 'it Was passed. In no Stath was the CAT rebel-
StiVl! SCRiTCH 1 SCRATCII ti •I d . • . . , ,
~- . _ :lion anerops in out the active aid of
ViffilEATON'S 011iilrMZI-r-1:9 - 1 tha‘e opposed to ion. - ' '
litii:Ciare'lheitch 1048 hoard s I But the Untied taes had no friends in
mio tails' BAST =BUIL TriCEg.S, CITIL4 .•
th
EtLAlNgiuid - 441EnaprioNs. op THE , groy , ei rebel States ama — init'-thoie•State... and
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?rico bo cents. For sale by al) dfivgillEdi Brien l iiiiZ th 4, have none to-day.
- meants to WEBER .1:. POTTER, Bole Agents, 270
Washington street, Boston, h will be forwarded by 112 e Union men of the South preferred
mail, tree of postage to any part , of the thnittlEtairs• TT
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On and ace to disiudon ; the y deplored
June 1, IE:S, sp./lot:co wl,y lyr. w pe 1
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---'-s -,. •-•••‘,..._*1 f.: :, .', l - - - - AllatTatk .-. '. ". '- -- -'' , ,
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' X 'DOUG TO LOVE. `
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Borg t ove, none to -areas,
Hon- can If ever my sadness express? ,
Chuck is defunct, dead as a iale, ;
Hushed is'his }Atkin, and still is his tale;
Oh, such a.t le, white orithe end,
Opht, did lie bhainit ...vitt); a wiggle and bend;
ovelmfint n
e, he reposed on, the ground. I
Nos , ee stinet, dead as nale.
Where attillii.6 bark aud the u 4 a,; ; ; of hia.tale?
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, In dreamq.-alone. poor Clinnek I see,
t Swigging lds milk, or else scratching a flea, •
'Tis butaxlream, waking I weep. . _ • 1
I For asiderlE2 feet of grdund does he sleep. I
oh, blissfill purp, oust 'full oflpla, i
,
'1 Haven't Ilfed you day after dry?
(ivcn v milk, given you bread,
Given youl inany a pat on the head?
Now you ire ee.kstiner, dead as a!nalc,
Where'an't the bark: andthe Wag. of your talc?
,i ~ .;1•:,
No de* iolitiV, nun to kares...% , k .
i Vainly
I Why 'did diet 'Bailin more,
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wa5.,..), .pizen, or swall4ta bone? '
's o wa ."..-4,n tale, no beannt.teye, -
I AnsivOihe questin, or give a repli;,
1 Was it a flt— T stoppage Ofbreth— .
t Eatin 2 much the sad cause Of your tiethl
I Still m i a. a word,.dead as a.nale,
I_DiM is'll -1 - eye,stilled forever his talc.
t 3
Henry
(r.
Xiebolea: l 4.iba oflrie , QlO
lFrom the,liiefouri o...moerat
Winter Davison Recon
struction;
COUDERSPORT, POTTEII : OOIIiTTY, PA., TUESDAY: AUGUST 7;.1866.
the'Outbreak 'of war, but they. 'never lA
tated a moment which side' - to, take. If
there was to- be war, they were foilheir
Statei and against the United States.
There was no respectable number of Union
men wiling to aid the United States in d
compelling submission to the Constitution
and there are 'n'orie now. All submit
in fora , . Many are willing to_ noviewe in
the -unavoidable. All fad' willing to goy
ern •the United States again,. since inde- i
penitence is impos;ible; but ail - Were also!
willing to aid the rebellion and not and
assault and battery was committed for the
United States from the Potomac to the
Gulf ofllexico. I
The Union men of the South did not
merely bow to overbearing tbrce, but they!
hastened to seek places in the Legislatures, !
the 'Congress, the Executive Mansions, and
gave it a countenance and support without,
which it must have iu a year, andl
when its-cause was hopeless the were!
quiet and 'submis.sive, and did not rise to'
aid• the United States. ' I 1
It is certainly to this class of the white'
population that we must look for aid in!
restoring civil government in these Suites;
but it. is a great delusion to suppose them
either bohl or strong enough to meet and
defy-the mailed and energetic faction of!
revolutionists which drove them into rebel
lion. If they be in. power, they will
, again ;
do the will of the resolute and reekleis men
-who stood behind and around them, and
no legal line discriminates them from the
rebel mass.
If this discrimination be attempted by
the oath, to. support the Consatution, of
the United States, everybody will• take it
and Lobodv will be excluded.
If the leaders of the rebellion, civil andl;that basis. No considerable portion of t.t.
military, be excluded, though willing to; white population of those States is in fatior
stibmit and take the oath, the mass of the! of it. , The loyal are as much against it as
rebel faction will • be; admitted ; and that I the' rebel leaders. - .1
will be the controlling L and determinine . de- I None will-:adopt iit of themselves, nor
State
ment in constituting the govetninent ; will they adopt•it on the request dud inl
and selecting Representatives and Senators; ;der the influence of the President.- !- =
and the practical result is the same as if ~ Put all will,subm i t to Wit. exaot4 and
I nobody were excluded. accept it if unavoidable.
If either of these forms be accepted by To submit the question to the 'loyal
the Presideut and recognized by Congres.s, voters of the State assumes Elie' existence
lit will instantly change the balance of po- of !a Stite government !and -a constitution
litical power in the United States. defining the right.of suffrage and malting
It is probable the people who have saved' loyalty a condition.. -. , • •' ' !
the nation are not content to accept its cilia. there are uo such constitutions in
consequences without a murmur. . .i an --State 'which rebelled. The United
,
None of the white _population of the , States have refused to recognize :any State
Southern States is interested i n pay i ng t h e
L l.governmenm ia.any of those States: I
trublic•debt or imposing taxes to meet its! ;There are, heretofore, no State govern-I
interest. They hold
_none of it. It was! Ments and no voters in any.• of the rebel
created to subjugate them to the laws. It ISfats: I
was created to subjugates them to the laws.! • ; There are States, and PeOple of those;
It has bean 'consumed in. their overthrow. States-. ,--both known to the Constitution!
It is, to be paid in great part out of their ; of the United estates. 1
substance. It has annihilated their public And the negroes are as-integtel.a p[trt •
debt. It has filled the laud with-ostra- ofthe p9Ople of the State a_) t - ttel whites.
cized officers, with wounded soldiers, w i th i Both are citizens; neither Las alright to
an odious free negro population, lately their 1 eXclude the other; neither can speak in the
slaves, and still under their political control. name of the State for the other; it is the.
. idled right of both to be - heard and reprdt
If the whites be restored to political
; rented in constituting • their te
cornon gove I
power, their rep esentatives are interested
in repudiating that Public Debt, in refus.. : l l q t e ie n s l is e i,t t i ' c a , r nd the au p y ol P it r i o rl e l !• e t° i r s il ub (i .i iil e i L s . th o e f!
ing to pay its interest, in restoring. their
nay , , in •,. iirinino. , the Whites is as unjust and absurd as to 1
officers to the army aud
their wounded on the pensionj roi t , in in. j submit the question of the politiCal rightsl
demnifying their friends for losses by war; of the whites „,, teL;the,.lenarbitiment of the 126 ” I
groes—wite 4 . 116 . Ll3l.jerenep, tlial th e ne-1
or confiscation or .forced tax sal.., in res
gro-es are loyal everywhere and the greet;
tering slavery under the forms of appren
bodi of the ti ites are disloyal everywhere.;
ticeship or - fixed wages and compulsory I ' , be
.prohiern .therefore , ii,
solved...by ~a 1
servitm •and discriminating
legislation. The effort has already been;
end e PP ressivel simple appeal to the people nt . am State. 1
1 No election can be held, no convention
made in Tennessee,• amid the spirit which;
dictated it pervades the whole South, and exercised
no political authority be legally
will find statutes ready to its hand in every j etrcised in, any of those States but by thel
will- of the• United States, and for the pies-1
State. In Congress, a minority can arrest
till-Congress speaks, by the will of the
legislation. ' A majority of either- Houser eat,
Ires '
can compel submission to any terms, under
'lf, ia t e litef o re, the President, will declare
penalty of arresting or disorganizing,, the!
,init, n o elect i on shall be .he'd unless the
gevernMent.
Statesi % . 13 •‘ eg c r° t h at no convention shall assemble(
. , .
The representatives from the population free :und. equal
lately in rebellion will form a powerful and.{
i t: a h i ,,,, e b' t h ey
hostile Minority, and if they do not find have not helped .to elect, -that
enough, enemies of the government from I un i t! ,
oneshall proceed to frame a government
give them' in the, beginning universal suffrage
the States now represented to 'ern and e uality before the law be declared its
a majority in one Hottss for some of
p t as he t i tl m i ai. k. iient al basis, the problem !is solved.
purposes above indicated, the near
throws no light on the near future. The! st i dtp 4 p „,
If hose conditions be accepted, the Con
prospect of political disortsanixation will I will ',be Treat:lute:l . :to, COugress,
, the government reeognized which it
present few terrors to people still hot with ; form,. - '
rebellion, smartiug. under the overthrow, -- I — f7hey be : not: accepted, the President
and quite as content to ruin as to rule the will. ,heht-
.the State till Ongresi. declare
country. 1
j how they: shall be govetued.t . .
To expect them • to join in electing a Re-1 If, the problem be not fiealt with in this
publican President would be an amiable! way, or some 'such way, it. will be•solVecl in.
delusion which the first election would dis- au advrrea : sense.,: = .- • -
pel; and - thei 'might find it some indem-llf it 'be not solved rightly: it threatens
nity fur emancipation if the increased vote Ito degenerate iuto a barren - and bitter.agie
they would cast in the name of their freed; tatien, sure .to result disastrouily to those - I
slaves should happen to decide the contestl who propose thepolitics! enfranchisement '
and elevate them, to, power;. I lof the neoroes;!and to consolidate thelMion
.0 ,
If !the people are ready 'foi these - conse: of the.eneeniei 'of:the .govionment itt,,the
quencea, then there is no difficulty , id re. 4 loyal and :the rebel States into:atfirresisti
stoking political power to the Southern`; ble power; which must, wrest the . govern=
States. Louisiana or Virginia will serve! went finm the' , • hands of those .wbo have
as models; !or other foring Will grow with !sayed.it. This coalition.is probablein any
mushroom rapidity: • ' ' I event; but: on this question -it. is certain
But if it be important that the friendsl and fatal.
and I not the enemies of the government' The negro population -must aie reeog.:
shall continue to govern it, other measures ! nized by the; President <and Congress as
must be taken. • i lin integral part of the people of the State;
The State , governments in, the! South tin Alit:Pt-Nicety-4 1 the- Ocintititution• of the.
must . be - placed in .hands' interested teekUnitede§tattsovithohtrwhtiet'cohcnrreude
maifitain the authority of the United States.' and full participation in power ;no State
It is not enough that conquered people are 1 government will be recognized in any State
willibg to submit to entity them to govern t ivbicl4 rebelled, or it will .remain ostracised
1
lus. The .United States must filidzfriendi
I interested and nble-to'suppress hostility to
I its authority and to discharge all the fung
itions of goveriiiient, ( State'and" National,
in the, fine of , every disloyal 'or : hostile
power. And•the powermf. those nho, re,
beileti mustbe -- curbed, by those who did'
I - -re
notbel, aided by - those whOjoined the
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bellion reluctantly: and, are anxious to
atone for their error or weakness:
This can be done only by recoornizing
the ne,„,,cro population as an integral part of
the people of'itht goitthe' rtt. Statel; and
by 'refusing to limit i any ,§ta - fe" govern
ment to be organized )071 any other basis
'than universal sutrrae and equalized be
fore the law. •
rWhatever anomalies may have t been
winked tit'durinre'the era of slavery, it may
well be doubtedif, without a serious blow
tat our principleq any 'government can ;be(,
recognized republican ; in form which ex-'
chides from, suffrage and uqual. laws,a.
joritv 'of the citizens of thu Sqates, as would
be the case in' South Carolina filidlliSsis
sii>pi,-Or hall-the citizeOS, l lie the
!case in Alabama, Georgia, Lonisiana. and.
Virginia, if thu negro 'citizens be &frail
' chised.
It is certain that (r;)vernnient %illicit de
dared them equal before the law,'and re
't cognized itniversal sutfrage, - vvoilla- be re
publican in z foriu and Substauee also. It is.
e4ually cortain.that such, ; a constitution in
the Sou Bern Stales is. the Duly one couL
sistent/with the national peace and safety;
land Conn-fess Iris the right and,' think,
obght to refuse to recognize any State g iv
ern rent in those States not on that- baists:
But the white people of the States which
rebelled will not organize governments en
tte
ES
and oiitthat for another generation, an
enemies of the !government trill wrest it
fiprii those whe saved it.
TO permit the whitest© - disfranchise the
negrbes is to permit', those who have beer
our metric to ostracise our fitends. ,The
n'egrotis aie'thd only persons in ttiOse States
who haiii" - noi,' been in arms against. us.
Tfik ) i - have altiays and everywhere -been
friendly and not hostile to us. They alone
have a deep interest in thecontinued au
premacy.of the 'United_ States, for ;their
freedom' depends on it. On them alone
can we •depend to simpress a'new insurrec
tion. - They.alone will be included to vote
for the friends of the government in all the '
Sonthern States. The atone have shel
tered,leil• and pioneered Our starved and
htinted bretheren through the swamps' and
woods of the South,. in their flight from
ndw *Are t 6 TUle them.
The,, shame and , folly of deserting 'the
negroeS are eqUalled r by the wisdom of
tetegnizing:and protecting - their power.
,They ,will form tv clear and controlling
whitel
, majority agatnst the united vote
South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana.
With a very staled aert.csion from the
loyal whites, they will form ,a majority in
Alabama, Georgia and Virginia.
Unaided iu• ail those States, they will be
a majority - in many congressional and leg
, islative. - districts; and that.alone suffices to
I break the terrible. and, mcinacing unity of
the SoutherdVote in Congress. •
• If organized aud . .led by men. having'
' their co:fide - lice:" the ne g roes will prove as
powerful and loyal at. the polls as they have
already, in the face pf equal clainor and
!equal prejudice,' proved themselves _under
'such leaders' on the field of battle.
To'those who say they are unfit for the
(franchise, I reply. they are more fit than
isecpc.sionists.
-
If they be ignorant they are not more so
than large masses of the, white voters of
the Soutli,.or the rabble which is tumbled
on the Wharve.,4 Hof New York and runs
straight to the polls: ! •
Rol - ever ig,norant, they know enough to
be ouAbe. side of the crovernment, and the
intelligence of the waster has not yet taught
them that wisdom._,,_
They Mu he influenced by the master,
but the MaSter must toAch his hat to them
at least, and it will be ha open Auestion
whetlier 'they vote with the master any
Lima- they fought i'pn his side. It is
pertain_the .Northera 'immigrant 'will find
the negro it safe ally, and arguments on his
lips will lose no weight by their Yankee
orign. ,
• lt is :Said not to, be safe 'fnr - the master
to visit his plantations in Geor - ria • when
he does hct will hardly - carry much'influence
politically. ,
I repeat thl, in this problem are involved
the issues of I fe and death. • •
If thutiegio population be recognized as
an integml portion of the ,people. of the
States Which rebelled, and governments be
organized; on the 13asis of ;traversal suffrage'
and equaliey • beford the law, Congress
ought to recognize them, and the problem
is solved forever. • .
IT governments be allowed by the Pres-.
ident to be organized an the ,basis of the
exclusion of : the mass oil the nitro popula
tion, then. Congress ought to refuse to re
coanize them; but I fear it rail not, refuse. -
- If the question be . shbmitted to thevote
of l any portion of the White population, the
riegroestvilll be est/tided from power.
The resultr.entaiLs pn lus a barren_ agita
tion instead of a beneficellt settlement, It
carries with it a division of the ; friends.of
the gov'erament and threatens . to eleVate
its enemies to imcie,rJ f •
For -'premature - agitators; I have small
sympathy. • They are cocks -which crow at
midnight; they do not herald ,the dawn,
but merely disturb natural rest by - untimely
clamor. . .• •
But this is a question Of political
narnics, ,witich . presses now for win tion;aud
on it depends the cliieffinits of the war. ,
If if be tiotsi:i . 4htly - siilveti rioic, it 'will
find no solutioraor ajgeneration - and pos
sibly none then without:reneWed civil cora
motion., Over the result I have no power.
I..ean only 'hope and -,
lour obedient servant,.
• if. WiNvia
That walla in empty remark of the
ohl woman froth'. the couatry, who, while
on a visit to her - dad:OW; saw a waterfall
for thejlret tithe.
"What do r©u eall that great big stiffed .
Mary!"
“Tbitt's a waorfall, ;roe
waterfall. It Ittoks more like a
' •
If one pine tree cant make piteh i how
many :will it take to, make a pitcher? If
one tWing,e of pain can' make an ache, bow'
many will intake to mike ari acre t 'And if
it takel fon r /new two days to eataham,how
long will it take to eat a ) hatn-cr! •
4
Mien :. you see atpßn On a, moppligyt
fili;gbt :try/ni td. - rtinvffice 'Shado - w ° tl:lA
it is improper to follow a gentleman you
may be sure! it is high time for him to join
' a temperance society. • • --
ME
TERlffp.- PER AtIII,IIDI.
.. .
F.asr Sroax.--An Englisfm3arr was
bragging of thol't :speed. of English mitroads,
to a Yankee traveller seated at his:side in
one of the ears - of a"fast traie_in Ensland.
T.hoongiue bell: was rung as the ears neared
a station. It suggested to tho Yankee an
opportunity. of "taking down Lis companion
a peg or taco."
that rineccoutty
the Yankee,
"We are approaching a town." saitilho
Englishman; "Theyhave to erammenCe
ringing about On milcis before they gefto - st
' Station i or else the train would .rusi 'by- he-
I fore the.belllcould be heard! Wondetful,
isn't it 1 I supposo they haveult invePtuil
bells in America yet 1"
"Why,: yes," replied the Yankee,' "we've
got bells, but can't use 'them on our rail
roads. 'We run so fast that the train always
keeps ahead of the Sound ; no use Whatever;
the sound never reitchei the village till-after
the traintets by." • :
"Indeed!" exclaimed-the Englishman.
"Fact," said the Yankee,"had to rive np
bells.. Then we •tried steam whistles,' but
I they wouldn't answer, either'. I was On a
locomotivrii when the whistle was triA—
We were going at a tren:iendous rate r
tricathes were nowliar,and had to hold my
hair on. We • saw a twcrhorse Wagon
crossing the track aboUt five miles abead,
I And the engineer let the whistle on,screech.
ling like ,a,trraoper. It' screamed awfully,'
but..it wasn't no use, e' next thing 1.
kneirj. was Picking Ms - self:out of a pond
by the roadside, amid - the fragments
locomotive, dead horses, broken wagon,and
dead engineer lying beside me. Just then
the, whistle Came along, .mixed up
some frightful oaths that I had hertr&the
engineer use when he first saw the hiirscs.„
Poor fellow! he•was dead before his voice
(rot to him. Afar that we tried ligh
6
supposing : these would travel faster thin
sound. We got one so powerful thaCtins
.chickens woke up all along the road when
we . came by, supposing it to be Morning.
But the locomotive kept-ahead of it
,stiff;
and was in the darkness with the light
.etoSe 'on behind it. The inhabillints:peti
tioned against it; they coultrnt.skrep
so-. much - light in the night_ tune-; 1 ivad.y
we had to station electric telegraphs a tioikg
the rtad,With signal men to t01e 45 /mph
the train was in sight; and I 14,20;-,'
that some of the fat trains beat the Egli!:
ening . fifteen Minutes aVery,forty
But I can't say as that is true; rdSt.
know to be so.
best thing said pertinent to the
difference between the President and tlin
people comes from a citizen of a recoil;
strutted State; "We are all Johnson witin
said .gr.J.lf.Botts in his Baltimcre speech;
the only difference is, one goes for what
Johnson says, and the other for what 1.0
does."
When Lord B—died, a person
met 'an old man who was one of his Most
intimate friends. He was pale, confustid,
and awe-strickeb. iEvery one was trying
to console him:. but -in vain. "His loss,"
he exclaimed, ;t'dos not eireet mo so riouUlt
as his horrible ingratitude. Would yOu
believe it? he died without leavinz ma'
anything in Ills NS who hive dined -
with him at hii own house three time4..ll:
week for thirty years!"
CerA Dutchman's temperanCe lecture;
"I shall tell you ho it va.s. put minehand on mine headl and there was von big
pain. Then I put mine hand 63 mine pody
and there was another. Then I put mine
hand in mine pocket,and there vas nothing.
So I jined mit de temperance. Now there
as no more pain in mine head. The vein'
•T m mine pody was all gone away. I
mine hand in mine pocket and, there wai—
-1 111 SoI h. ll stay mit 1,
twenty Lo ars. s 4
temperance."
tgrA. year or two after TylerS accemiati
the President contemplated an escursioniti
some direction, and his son went to order a.:
special train of ears. i f It so happened that
the superintendent was a rely strong Whig,
On "Bob's" making known his errandatitit
official bluntly informed him that lila r.rikt_
did not run any special train for.th6
dent. "What!" said Bob, "did you hot -
furnish a special train for the futittod
Gen'eral Harrison I" . "Yes," said the su,
perintendent,patting Bob on the hack, "and
if you'll only bring your father in ghat slip
you shall have - the best - train on the road
.An incident.occurred at the 'New,
. York dog pound last Week., A boy fell
from the dock, outside the ,enclosute, into
the East River,ancl a man,who had brought
alarge dog, but not' entered the puurol,
happened to .be standing.uear..lie dropp4
the rope by which 116, held the dog, for
a moment, in order I take his coat off, so
i that he might rezeue the bpi, - The dog
l released, plunged into the riser.berore rho_
man had fairly begnn to remove hiL do
' thing, tmd xeizing the boy by the' atnt,
dragged him to the dock, froth st - bielt he
was easily taken ..from the water. The e
prints of thelaniritirs.;;teeth coil I,cti,r - e4yr..
be seen in the boy's', tie'sh. m
The dog a. to
no effort - to escape„ hut was led unto' tliq
pound. He was exempted from the daily
drowning, and taken ty the friends vf ti
rescued boy.
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ME
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