Indianapolis Sentinel, Volume 34, Number 119, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 April 1885 — Page 1

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TOL. XXXIVNO. 119. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY - MOKNING, APRIL 29, 1885. WHOLE NO. 10,183.

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EN.

THE ENGLISn PREMIER.

Gladstone's Presentation of the Afghan situation is & Most Foirerfal and Conflncins Statement. Nothing Developed to Prevent War Between tho Two Great Powers of Europe. GLADSTONE'S SPEECH. A Comprelieiiive antl Lucid Statement of tho Afghan Trouble ud Kaglaud's rialn Duty. London. April Tne House of Coniieoes, on Monc'ay eveniDg, had gone into a Conmittee of Sapply, and having; at the Prinoe Minieter'a request, rejected by a vote of 2(0 to ISO the motion made by the opposition to separate the vote of 'credit, thia ruction called for a division into a Tote of credit for the expenses of the Soudan enterpiise, and another fsr "special preparations account." Tie object of this motion plainly was to secure a debate on the Governruent'a Soudan policy, by questioning the outlay of that part of the credit which would, by its division, have been applicable to the expenses of the Khartoum expedition. In the Committee of Supply, the vote of credit at a whole being up, Mr, Gladstone proceeded to explain tne Government's ob ject in asking for it. He disposed of any probable discussion of the öoauan question by a short and powerful argument. In this he urged that it wa3 nov the paramount duty ol the Government "to hold the British fcTceain the Saudan available fur eervica wherever the call ol duty and honor may take them in the eervice of the British Empire." This utterance was received with cheers. Mr. Gladstone continued as follows: r cow come to the mbje t of the special preoiratloDP. with regard to wnioh I have heard wiih great satisfaction the awurances of the nonorable ptntlernen opposite to the Government that they are dif posed to forward, in every wav, Jhe grant of lunds to use cheers irom the opposition benches!, which to tho best of our mind ana judgment are required for the maintenance of what I, on a former occasion, described as a national and imperial policy. I Cheers. J Ctnainiy an aaequa'e scnfc of our obligations to our Indian Kmpiro has never yet beeu oaelu sivtly claimed by auy one party in tue ts;ate. la my opinion he would be cullty of a moral o'Jensa and gross political folly Who should endeivor to claim on behalf of his owu Dirty any superiority In that respect over those who are habitually opposed to him. Urlei of "Dear," "htar." It is an la--pi rial policy in which we are en:a$eJ. cheers. J n respect to this vo'e, I ha7e heard that there are comments upon its smallness: but It fa tne largest vote of credit which has been aked for within the last seventy yers, Tc;t that in the time of the Crimtao war. Wtiet I would observe ia this, that the vcte is a little larger than It loot, for though it is stated at SC5.CC0.tCO in the first place, it la contemporaneous with a large Increase oi the charge of the annual estimates for the army and navy; In the second place. It is posib.'e it will receive considerable addition from the other brarch of the vote, namely, the Si.ytCO.OGO whicn we put down as likely to bo spent in the fcuudan: and in the third place. aDd mere important tüuti either ot thesu two items, it roust be Lome in mind that this case is primarily an Indian case; a case of military preparation. TIoe who xnizht want to know w.iat is the loUl amount of the chare now going forward as likely to be entailed by the present preptratlons would require to know wbat we ourselves do not know yet, namely : wbat wid be the cost of the viperous and eflective measures which, as tva hope and telitve, are iteintf taktn in India to meet its bare of the present obligations. ji:nee'a. A demaud for information is always a plausible demand, often a reasonable demand, never ademand to be treated with anything but respect. Let us consider what is the cremen: position, and what is the mode of conduct of the G ovenment adapted to that position. It is not a cue of war. There is no war before us. actual, or. we may say, perhaps, proximate, thousa I am slow to deal with epithet which are, of cjurse, liable to Kome latitude of Interpretation I am not called upon to letine. and I would find great difficulty in dtfining since it does not sand upon any cc ant e ol mine, or of my colleagues the degras of danger that may be belore us. We have labored, aud me continue i? labor fo- an honorable settlement by pacific aieans. (Cheers J Bat oae thin? I will venture to aywith repaid t that sal coiliDSincy, an outbreak of war, a rni ture of rela tions between two great powers i;e Russia an'! Kngliind: one thing t wiluay with great strength of conviction and great earnestne-s, in my endeavor to lmprea it upon the connr.itee, that we will atrive to conduct oursalves to the end of this diplomatic controversy, in such a way as teat, if. unhappily. It is to end in violeuce or rijpture, we may at leat be able to challenge tte verdict of civilized manhood upon a review of the (orrei-pocdence, upon a review of töa demands and relusalF, to say whether we hav, or whether we have ror. done all tnat men could do, by every just and honorable effort, to prevent the filuuftlng of two soch count Me?, with 11 the milions that own their sway, iuto bloodshed and strife. 1 1-oud chf crs.l In my opinion the question Before the committee at this moment i a simple aud very narrow one. Wfiat e preseut to yoa is a esse for oreraraticii. Is there, or is there not. any ce for prpaa'ion? ICteers.l look at tno facrs before hs. Try them by that tet and by no other. Do not urte your own foreaone CDnc'usions to tbe m'sc'tdnct of Russia or any one. Do n't enter into the judicial part of the cae only, but alo into that part ol it which Is prudenüil. I pon ttat pect of the c?e, nd that alone asking no credit es to the future an i no acquittal as to the pas: we say it is a case f r picpaia'.iou. Cheir. The: fact witnla your knowledge are euouzh to make it your tounden dcty so 10 prepare. Therefore, If tain asked for more lnformauou, my answer is thia: 'It is Jrapofsible forostotive you full information.' We could not at this moment orea up the correspondence that has been going on. We could not lay before you unsifted Information and rumors that have reached us. W'e could, not enable you by any possibility to judge of a question that has not vet reached a state of maturity for judsmeut. The evidence la not complete. The developmoat is simply toing (orward. Do cot let us to an guinely point to a favorable issue. Do not let us Ce pair that reasou and justice may on botn sides prevail over narrower and more unworthy feelings. 1 Cheers J. We can not pive you all the information we poeis. It we did give it. it would not p'ace you in a position for a conclusive judgment. Were we to 1 De part, we should infallibly mUleal you, and. therefore, we stand slmpiy upon what ia patent and notorious ani lay that mere is in thot-e patent and notorious fcta, with which tue whole world is acquainted, cause, and aoundaat cause for preparat'oa. (Hear. hear. J hall I n"w, in a very lew words, sketch rar-iJly and slightly the ontlines of those patent and notorious facts? The Harting point of our movement in this cae ia our otIi?;ation of honor to the Ameer, who ataods between us and any other consideration of policy. But our obligations to hint are not absolute. We are not oblleed God forbid we hculd ever be obliged to deftnl him or any t ody tlsj, were he misled Into a course of tyranny againfet the just resentment of hia subjects We are not bound to nsUin him in his course of evil, but we have a conUrgent obligation to give him our aid and support, and I think every one who hears me will say that that obligation should be fulfilled in in stinted mini er Ihear, hear, if it ready bs a livinc nblication. contlngrnt only upon this one condition that his conduct lasuca that we cn hotettly at prove it. That is the present condition of aflilrs in connection with the Ameer of Afghanistan. I have stated distinctly to the Hoce that there havn been fell communications between him and the Vicerov of India, and that the language he holds and the principles to announces are those which absolutely entitle him te

eali upon us to act in concert and in council with him, to act lor him. and as far as we can. with him, to protect him in thn po session cl his ju rights, Cheers. Wed, with this view, a plan was lormeo for the delimitation of the frontier between Afghanistan, and wnat was only yesterday the Turcoman country, but what has cow become, by rapid progress. Knssian territory. We have made very rapid progress ourieives ia various q imicrs cf the worla, and tne ide. whici beyond all, I desire to carry alon? with me, at eveiy step cf this painlul and anxious process, is the determination to make ev-ry allowance and conctasioa as to thoe with whom we are dealing that we should claim for ourselves Hear, hear.) Therefore, I will only say that this teiritory aas rapidly becozae Kustinn; and that Russia is now in immediate contact with Afghanistan, end the plan irnde for the delimitation of thn Afgtan territory has. unhappily, been frustrated to this extent, that' It has not yet taken e3ect in action. The circumfUrcs of the delay may tave ta b2 careiully examined hereafter. I am not about to examine them no n, or make the de ny a matter of coarse: but 1 mat po n out a notorious fact, that it allowed for military advances, upon debated ground, that were obviously and on the live of them in u high decree dangerous to ihs peace and oai.gerous to tac future settl raent of the qu&stion. However, we et ourH'l vt-Rto bring afcou: an iigreement witn i:isi t y thichwe hoped that those dangers iui;ht in a Er.-aidegne be ne";itrIized That asreemeiit was concluded en the lGth ot Miirch. although It na parsed t y the dte of the 17th ot March, imsruucn a I thinK that was ths da'e on which ltV4televraphed to St Peter Luoivifu. T;e artelx.ent consisted ot a covenant and a consideration. Ite covenant w;ss that l:u?siaa troops should not aivanoe or attack, piovidtd the A'f.han troops dilnotaiyn nt e or attack. That was the covenant Tnre tollowed a reservation, and the reservation was that, uule in the cti of some extraoromary accident, such as a dls'urbance in I'enjden, tie statu iico s-honld remain undt..tnrbed. 1 well

recolltct the feeling which the mention of toat reservation created in the ntnsa. The same feeling has been created in our own minds. It was obvious that we weie just as much enticed to insert reservations on our side. I only refer to this matter in order to ae:cribe as well as 1 can the spirit in which we have endeavoied to procee 1 a spirit of liberal construction and interpretation wherever we thought we could apply it without sacrifice of honor or duty. Exceptions might have been aken to that reservation as covering .'8rge contingencies had we been inclined to mako it in a spuit of caviling, but we determined to iive ctedit, and we thoueat it our duty 10 give credit to the parties to tnat areeraen-, and we acted upon that duty, and I did not in this House y one word to impute evil color to that rcfeivation. We thought it our duty to give that construction to the reservation, and I do not say that the construction is shown to have otea wrong. Come hat may fhiar, hearj. I am bound to say, that although the llonso was somewhat startled by the reservation. I believe toe agreement wa accepted by the House as a binding cov tnant. It ws a very solemn covenant, involving great issues. There were thousands of men oa the one side standiug for tüeir country, and on the other sM for what they thought their patriotic duty, plsced ia apnslttou of danger- a? contiguity and in dacger of bloody c illis oa. Then the engagement came between the denger and Ue people exposed to ir, and we be'Ieved that it would be rrecogalzed as one ot Ii e iao-it sacred covenants ever made between two great natloai, and that there would be rivalry between the two powers to sift the incident that followed, and accertaln how it had come aojut, and who and where were the persons upon whom rejouibllity lor it re3ted. j tie-ir. nea J All this remain in suspense. What happeued? Tne bloody engagement of the SGihof March Toilowed the covenant. I shall overstate nothing. I shall not puiposely overstate anything. Alii will sav is thin: Thai that woefnl eD28?ement of the ZOt'a of Match distinctly showed that oue party, or both, had either through 111 will, or through uufortunste mishap, failfd to fulfill the conaitlous of the engagement. We con&idered it. and we toneioer it still, to be the duty of both countries, and above all I will Ray it is lor the honor of bath countries to carmine how and by whose fault this ca!amity came about, I will have no icrgone conclusion. I will Dot anticipate that we are ia tne right, and altfocgh I have perfect confidence in the honor and intedigeu-'e of our officer j cheersl, 1 will not now assume they may not have beu mis.ed. I win prepare mjself for the ibMie, and I will aDldeby It as iar as 1 can In a spirit of Impartiality. W hat I say Is, that those who have caused 6uch an engagement to fail ought to become known to their own Government und t each contracting party. I will not say w are even now iu possession of all the fact of the case, but we are in possession of facts which creite in our own minds imprts&ions unfavorable to thecondact of some of tr.c.e who form the other pirty to these negotiations But 1 will not deviate from the s rietest principle of justice in anticipating auything of 1 ne ultimate issue of that fair inquiry wnic-11 wa desire to prosecute, and ar endeavoring 10 proeecu'e, the cause of that deplorable collision may be uncertain. Whoso was tue pro vocation is a matter of the Jitmost caaseq'ieace We know that the attack was a Kusdia attack. We know that the Afghans suffered la life, in spirit and in repute. We inow thatablo v was struck at the credit and authority of a boverjin who is our protected a.ly and wno hid commuted nooflense. All IstyKtbat we can not. in this state of things, close thin book and .ay( Vt will look into it no more." Wo must do our best to haverisht dene ia this muter. Under these dr eutrntitrf there Js a cue for preparation, an 1 1 hope the House will feel witi me. after what I have said, the ucessity we are nuder ol holdirg the sfouoaDese fund available for service elsewhere. 1 hope the IIousi will not pr- upon us a demand for time, which can bnve no other f flct than prorogating here and elsewhere the belief that there is ome indecision m the mind of harliameut, floud cheersj: wherea?, I believe that with one heart and one soul and one purpose only, whils retrying the absolute liberty ot judzment, tne conduct f the Government, aud visiting then with its consequences, the House will go forward to perform and meet the Fernanda of jus ies and the calls of honor, andwü, subject only to just csaud to henor. labor Jor tn purpose of p;act'. Loud and general cicers. The vote to pasa the entire credit of $ 3, C0O.0CÜ cn bloc to the Government, as Mr. Gladstone had requeued, was then pat from the Chair. The credit in this form was at once sreed to without diacunion, amid loud and prolonged cheering froaa both bides. The cheering was renewed and made tarüult-x ous when Mr. Gladstone arose from his place and passed out of the chamber. KUSSO-AFUIUX AFFAIRS. Tbe Cornnslssrry of tn luulnn Army lias Completed Arraogemetits for Tran sport At ion. Lc5dos, April Tne Commissary Depar'nent of the Indian army baa completed arrangements for furnishing transportation and provisions in India for two army corps. The first corps consists of 13.C00 British and 1G.CC0 native troops with 30,000 camp-fo'low-frs (transport tender?) and SOOu hones and Z0 OCO transport animals. Thesecond ccrjconsists of 12.000 British and 15 000 native troops with 2S 0C0 followers S.OCO norland 2S.C0O transport animaN. One month's sud plies are to be sent to Kindli, Killa aud Ab dulla, and three rr oaths' supplies to Qictta. j News of Another nui Not Cooiirmei Grain Freight-Coal, Etc. Los ;pox, April 28. The news of another battle, though not as yet confirmed, has greatly increased the danger of war. The Times says that the rumor is probably the first oozing out of news which has been cmcially suppressed. At present calv the Independence B.lge and the Diily Naws have received a report of the battle. It is prrsumed that a body of Rufisiacs followed a body of retreating Af. ghans while couting in the country for ths purpose of collecting information, and parhaps pushed to Chamenibe'de, thus coming into contact with the Afghan troops on the

direct route to Herat. Or, a similar movement may have been made from ZilSkar or Akrobat. At present tnere is notoiog toihowwheia the conflict occurred. The declaration of war is not expected to follow directly upon a rupture of diplomatic re'atioiis. Baioa Da Staal end Sir Edward Thornton would be recalled, and Kuisia would then probably order General Kocaicff to advance on Herat. England meanwhile occupying Quetta and Candabar. The feet that tbe'ltusstan transport, which passed though the 8aez Canal and was then ordered back, is still waiting at tbe entrance of the Suez Canal cause3 some anxiety. Grain freignta to tbe north of Kng'aad from the Sea of Azov were la?t week twentysix ihillir.gs and aie nof thirty-three shillings. The first charter for coal to ba sent to Cronstadt was made at West Hsrtlepool yesterday at Cs 0i per ton, which is nearly 2i

above last year's rate. Russian importers are anxious to get coal early into tne mills. Ail British merchantmen haye been insured agaiDSt war risks. During the last faw days it has been rs-ported that the whole Rusjian coast o! the Baltic bas been strongly fortified, and that the approach at any point is dangerous, owing; to the presence of torpedoed and cea iuilcs. No KepieavLtatlou Keiitrdtog I'ort Hamilton. Loxm. April 2S In the House of Commons, this afternoon. Mr. Gladstone stitei that Russia has made no reprenentatioai to the Government anent the British oc:opaticn oi i'crt Hamilton. Coala for Cape Town. London, April 28. Immense quantities of ccal are being shipped to Cape Town, South Africa, for the nse of British armed cruisers and men-ef war, iu the event of an outbreak of war between Holland aud Rutbia. (JENER IL FUKEKSX "EYS. The French lrai 1'ralae Gladstone Speech and Applaud the Kogllsh farllatn it. I'auis, April 2S Tne newspapers lsre today prdiee Mr. Glad&lono'e speech and applaud the patriotism of the Engiiso Pdrliament. The Temps says it expects that, after exhausting diplomacy in order to maintain an honorable peace, Mr. G!adstone will employ those; rare administrative qualities which have made him the first financier of cur time in preparing and prosecuting a war. In tbe Senate tonight a bill was pi;:ed fixing a stamp tax at 1 00 of 1 per cent, on speculative dealings in stocks, grain, oil, provisions, etc. l'oreigu Notes. Orders have been issued fur the withdrawal of til the troops from Wady Haifa. The Prince and Princess ol Wales have re turned to London from their visit to Irelend. The Government troops are returning to Suakini, orders having bsun received to withdraw. , 1 At Sheerness, England, four torpedo boats HiDg here have been ordered into commission for immediate ssrvice. A special dispatch from Tapae, dated April IU. sjys that the Russians occupy Aktope, and are actively at work making a military road from Panjdeh to Herat. The Belgian Chambsr of Deputies, by a unanimous vote, adopted the bill authorizing King Leopold to accept the ti'Ie of tovereis;n of the Congo Free Stata, Africa. The British Government has accepted the ofier made by New South Wales, of their contingent, now in the Sondan, for service iu India or esiwhere as may be requiied by the military authorities. A detachment of Canadian Voyagenrs, to tbe number of efgbty-one men, who were engsged in the Nile expedition under Gen Grl Wolseley, have "arrived at Portsmouth from tioez, houn-ward bound. liEN-UAL (J HAM'. He Continues tu I uipruve Presents and Cou;rttt ultl ttn Conttiia tu Arrive. New Ycf.k, April 23 Dr. Douglas yesterday felt tome a-xiety lest General Grant should become excessively weary with ihe undue excitement attending his birthday. That was the reason Dr. Douglas called at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon. But when the phjsician left this morning he said the Gen eral was as well this morning as yesterday iLomiLg, and that he is daily growing stronger. The General r-lept sooa after lu o'clock last night, bat witn iatervalsof wake faire s until between ö and 4 o'clock: this morniog. Then he f;l into a natural slum-'' ber. ami this continued without Making until nearly 8 o'clock this morniDg. Then the General awoke from his sltep, but for an hour afterward dozed and rested. Tbe doctor Ead he presumed he should return to the boT?e this evening. The presents and congratulations continued to day, several being received from California and other distant points. At 7 o'clock Washington McLean, of Cincinnati, called and had an interview with the General, listing over three hours. He expressed a belief in tbe General' perfect recovery ef besitb. He found the General lively aud in tbe btit oi epirts and profuse in his acknowledgements of thanks for tbe many kind remembrances of his friends on hi3 birthday. Dr. Douglas arrived at tbe hoasa at 10 o'clock for the night. The General's condition is about the same as this morning. Swindle Hallway Laborers Oat of Ihelr Wages. Baltimoke, Ap'il 23, For some tim9 past there has been trouble on the line of the extension cf the Baltimore and Ohio Ra;lway between this city and Philadelphia. Several contractors, it is charged, have swindled the operatives. To day there is dissaMsfaction near Chase's Station, just south of the Gunpowder River, and a riot is imminent. Contractors have ben changed and the workmen not paid. The works are held bv )M armed men, who declare ther will kid tbe fits: man who gees to work. Toey are holding Colonel Bradley, tbe Superintendent, as a hostage, until tney shall be paid The prieonersare nrround?d by armed gnarls, who furnish them with all necessaries. Uoless the xsoney Is paid, serious trouble is apprehended. Two men have been killed and three houses burned within a month pait.

NATIONAL AFFAIRS.

Gl owls Over the Appointment of Pilstury and Cbasc--Indiana IleTcniie Collectors to be Overhauled. Various Appointments --An Opinion by the Attorney General cn Lawton's Oase. jiASSACiirsEirs' ArroixniEXTS. The Growling Indulged lu About Them. Special to the Sentinel. Washington, April 28 The Mngwamp papers have had a great deal to say recently about the appointment of Messrs. Pillsbury and Chase to positions a3 Revenue Collectors in Massachusetts, and condemned the Presi dnt because of the appointments. And what for? Th9 only charge they make against the appointees is that they have been in years past active in tbe cause of promoting the interests of the Demccratic party. The "MugV are candid enough to admit th&t both gontleraen are hontet, efficient and trustworthy, but they say they have been prominent politicians in the pasr, and hence are unsuitcd for positions of trust. There is a good deal of indignation among prominent Democrats at the National Capital cn account of tbe attitude of the mugwumps in trying to dictate to the President. Indeed, the President himself is said to be already diegusled with these political enncchs, and nas served notice on thems that this ia to be a Democratic administration, and meddlirg on their part with the atfairs will be iebuked. Washington's Percentage of Crime Smalf, Special to the Sentinel. Washington, Aptil 2S Last Saturday night three negroes were murdered in this city by men cf their own color. This, upen its face, would indicate to an outsider that there must be much lawlessness here. As a matter of fact, however, thr is not a more orderly city in the Tnion than Washington. The peicenta? of crime here is as great as that in any other city in the United S'ates according to population. There are ovep 70 OCO Legrces in Washington against 1.0 COO white3. Ninetecn-twentieths o! the criminals ase made up from tbi colored pecple. 'Will Look Alter Indiana Bevenne Collectors. Special to the Sentinel. Washington, April 2. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Miller, in conversation with the Sentinel correspondent to-right, said thit it was the intention of himself and Secretary Manning to pay their attention at an early day to the National Revenue Coilectorehips in Indiana. He intimated that be would soon chop off tbe heads of all the Republican collectors, and put in their places Dsmocrats. SEWS OF NATIONAL INTEREST. An Important Army Order to be Issued by President Cleveland Appointments Suspension of Pensions. Ktc. Washington, April 23. For a number of days rumors have been rife in the War De partment that an army order was foithcoming which when issued would create considerable surprise. While no authentic information is obtainable from officials, it is understood that tbe order is to be iesued by the Piesident, and is to define tha limit cf the authority of the Lieutenant General of tbe Army. It was an open secret for months prior to Secretary Lincoln's retirement that a controversy existed between him and Lieutenant General Sheridan relative to the authority cf tbe latter. The Secretary o' War finally wrote a letter tr tha Lieutenant ileriral in which he defined the latter's authority. It is asserted that General Sheridan has came in conflict with the new Sec retsry of War in rrgard to ths same qaestions, as to their respective rights of command. On the nth inet. a general order was issued for certain resiments to exchanee stations by Jane 1. This order was "By command of Lieutenant General Sheridan." It did not contain tbe natu of the Secretary ot War. ncrthe words. "With the approval of the Secretary of War." Simiiar orders, as shown by the records, when issued by Gereial Sherman, contained the name of Stcretaty Lincoln. In the ceneral order above referred to, tbe Second Regiment of Artillery, Btationed at Wasbineton, was ordered to exchange with the Third Reaiment of Artillery, stationed in the Gulf States. Certain surgeons of the army bave expressed themselves as bitterly opposed to this change at this seaion of the year. They tay it wo aid endanger the health ol the unacclimated regiment, and that the transfer would be especially dangerous because of a threatened sickly seaon in the South. They ny further tbat the regiment new stationed in the South is acci:msud, and canremain there without danger. Other tiiicials say that this is th first order of tbe Kind iesued in tbe spring of the year. Secretary Endicott is now in Bos ton. The expected order, which promises a surprite, will propably not be Riven out until his return to the department, cert Thürs day. Ice Secretary of the Treasury has appointed Alpbonfo M. Bullcck to be Shipping Commisrsoner for the port of Norfolk, not for the port of New York, as was erroneously announced yesterday. Tbe President to day appointed the following Collectors of internal Revenue: Cornelius Vcorhe es, for the Fourth District of Missouri, vice David A. Stewart, resigned; John Whiteaker, for the District of Oregou. vice John C. Cartwright suspended; D. F. Bradley, for the district of South Carolina, vice Ellery M. Brayton, suspended ; H. Sheppard, for tb Fifth District of Virginia, vice William K. Craig suspended. He also appointed Jobn Holfson to be Collector of Customs 'or the district of Oregon, in the State of Oregon. Tne Commissioner of Pensions to-day directed the suspension at the Philadelphia of 1C2 pensions wnlch have been drawn, although the penieonera are dead. In some case, the Com minion er says, tbe persons in whose names tha pensions wr drawn, tave been dead since il71a He

has also directed at the same agency the suspension of eeven widows who were remanied in 11,. but who have .continued to draw tensions eyer since. The Commissioner has asked the Attorney General to bring suit against the pension agent for the ruoLevs wrongfully disbursed. The Navy Department received information this afternoon of the arrival of the Columbian National forces otf Panama. Third Assistant Postmaster General Hazen bas made a retort of the effect during the first year cf the reduction of letter postage from thiee cents to two cents. He says that the actual revenue for the year ended September SO, 1S1 (.the first year during wbich the reduced rate prevailed), was 12, 181. 501), or $7,476 99Iesj than the estimated revenus upon a three cent rate, and the loss by the reduction of the rate to two cents was $-523.-100 less than the estimated loss. The immediate falling ctf in the issue of postal card was 18 G per cent, amounting to S'5 031,237 cards. Crediting the extra revenue on letters from the lo?a on postal cards with j'S30t342 of the beneficial results of two cent postage, would leave J1JK7,5!'2 to be divided between tbe benefits growing out of the increased number of letters and the substitution of sealed circulars for epea ones. He thinks the actual less in revenue even less than this. In conclusion, Mr. Hazen says: 4 1 will only add that the results of two-cent postage have more than realized the most sanguine expectations of it3 warmeat advocates." The Attorney Oeoeral'i Opinion In the I.awton Case, and President Cleveland's Keplj to Ills Reklination. Washington, April 2s. After the question had been brought up in the Senate, on ihe lset day of its special session, as to the eligibility, of A. R. Law ton, of Georgia, to the position of Minister to Russia, to which position he had been nominated, President Cleveland submitted the matter to the Attorney General for an opinion. That opin

ion is now made public, under daie of April 14. It is as follows: En: My opinion Is requested on tha followinz cate: Alexander K l.awion, wno nad been a cadet at Writ Point, and hell a commissloa as Lieutenant in the Unittd States Army, and in oae or both cf Uitf-e cua meters, had taten an oath which is contendeC.and whtth, 1 am to asame, as a part of tbe case submitted," bonnl him to support the Constitution, End afterward bore arms against the United states in the War of the Rebellion. Oa the Cth of February, lx7, be received a lull paidou and amnctty for the part he had taken la the rebellion, and the question i3 whether he can hold a civil ofliee under the United Spates notwnhsiacdinEthe tntrd festioa of the fourteenth aneudment of tt.e Constitution, which took eilect on the 2tuh of July, 1SS, and is ia the following wcids: fr-'ec. u. ro person &ball be a Senator or RpreFentatlve in Con'rew. or :l.-ctor of President and Vice President, or noid sny oßice, civil or military, under the United States, or under any Sut. who, having previous y taken an oath as a member of Congress, or a fcny othcer of the United States, or as a member of any ft ate Letrl-Iature, or as executive or judical ctiicer of auy tstate. to tupport the Constitution et the United Slates, snail have engaged 111 insurrection or rebellion afcair st the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each House, reuove tuch disability. The question presented will be disposed of upon the legl Intentand lntauiiK of tnis amend mem. Prior to ti e adoption ot the amendment, the Executive, in the exercise of an unquestionable power, has granted paraoas to the person wbosa ca e is now under consideration. andotnera standin Me tame predicament of kuilt. 'ihe power to pardon vetted in the Executive by tho Constitution was not given to te exercised capriciously, lut when reFotted to ia caes like the present, u Rboald beia fartlurance of the peace of society ana in f he interest of the .overnment. M:ca belüg tne theory it must be presumed that every exertioa of tüat power la fcucn case by the Executive Peparlment of the Government was in furtherance o-the objects for wh.ch the power was sranted, for nothing Is better established than that a want ot fidelity to its constitutional duties never to be imputed to any one of the great coordinate departments ol the Government if it be pofsible to avoid it. At the time the fourteenth amendment went in'o operation, Mr. Liwton and the other persons referred to had beeu restored by the pardons previously granted to all their riKhts as citizens, and toad become, by virtue of their pardons, st. innocent as if tbey had never committed the ofleLte fomlven. The question, then, for my opiLicn :s, whether It was the intention of the fourteenth amendment to take away rights whKh irevions pardons had restored; or, in other worcs, whether it waa the purpose of that amendment to tfct a reproacii upon the Executive Dtrartroent of the (iuvernmeut by repudiating, as unworthy of credit, its acts of unquestionable validity, by destroying the rights wnica had undoubtedly vested under those acts, and by violating the National faith and solemn pledges. It can not b? denied that the amendment is as comprehensive as language can make it; but, at the tarai time, it must be remembered that tne words of every law are tn te taken in subotdinatloa to its Intent, and that where tney are general, their sense will be restricted, if necessary to prevent anunjU6tor abbtird consequence, which, it must be presumed, the I.fRit-latuie col id not have contemplated. It was Lpon this principle that the supreme court of the United StaUs, that held that an individual I ardenea for taking part in ihe rebellion was not debarred irom suing in the Court of Claims, by a law provicins: that an order to recover tbe proceeds of captured or abandoned property, the c'simant must prove tbat he has never given any aid or comfort to the pretent rebel, tte iuiinz of the Court is quo:ed aal the opiaioa prcceeds: Ttai this principle as applicable to tne inteipretation of constitutions as to statutes w ccn luaively efc'ablhed by tbe Supreme Coart la te .!au?hter hon? cause lis WaiL, 77!, wnere the Couit refund to accent the full meacin? of ctitain general words In the fiit fectioa o! the fourteenth amendment In oider to avoid an inteipretation tbat would have Involved so great a deiftiture from tbe uructnre and spirit of our inatitnt'ons es in the absence 01 eiple.it language could not be prevnmed tu have teen intended. Applying, tben. this ound rule of interpretation to tbe third section of tbe fourteenth amendment, 1 axa of opinion that the C0Lse,uence of allowing Its pcneial words of exclusion 10 operate without a limi ation in 'avor of persons in tr.e situation or Mr. Lawtoti would be productive of an Injustice and cisresard of tbe public laith which nothinc snort of tne mot explicit and controlling language should authorize If toe conclusion I have reached is not eil founded, then It follows that if the people of emend the thirl the United States should ectlon cf - the fourteenth the Sinei particular of amendment in requiring an unanimous instead of a two-thirds vote ol both fioute-s to remove the disability Imposed onfall pernors wbote disabilities tad been theretofore received by a two-thirds vote would find themselves aain under the necessity of applying to Congress a reouli wnich woid not ba a whit leu at war with justice thaa what would occur II Mr. Lawtcn aj.t others in his situation vere to hsve been deeraded by theaoendment to tbe condition of disability from whien their pardons had raised them, lain also of the opinion that Mr. Lawtoa is not a.TVcted by the amendment because, at ttie time it wa crdtfned, theotfente cn which the disability imposed it based could not have teen Imputed to him for tbe icasoa that he had by virtue f his pardon ber one "a new man endowed with a new credit and capacity, his guilt had been bio ted out, and he tecarre as lnnoeent as if he had never committed tbe offense Whatever was his connection with the rebellion, the effect of tne pardon was to cloe the eyei of the law to a perception of it. 1 am of opinion, therefore, ihat Mr. Law ton is qualified to no'd a. civil otHce under tSe Govm ment ol tbe United Htts. I have the Honor to be yourp, very respectfully, A. H. Gailanp, Attorney tieneral. To tbe President Before the opinion of tbe Attorney General bad been communicated to Mr. Lawtoa.

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