Plymouth Weekly Democrat, Volume 11, Number 25, Plymouth, Marshall County, 22 February 1866 — Page 2

VÖLU ME 11.

THE PLYMOUTH WEEKLY DEMOCRAT. tt 1 Ü XfiL JUS tili

THE PlVMOUTn BEMÜHT.

T ii l'rüdai, Feb. 22, ISoG. TIO.V The Democrats cf Marshall County arc r nutstf-tl to meet in Mn Convention at the Court IIou-?e in Plymouth, on Saturday. March 3d. 166, at 1 o'clock I. M., for tlic purpose of selecting Delegates to -attend the Democratic State Convention, ton,' held sit Indianapolis on the 1Mb dar of March. Bv order of the Central Committe. Jf. KEEVK, Chairman. A. C. C.vpkon, Scc'y. ftool fliiiipr Well Done. The veto of the Freedmen' IJurcau hill by the president shows uumistakably that he ii not as yielding under pressure a3 was hi illustrious predceosor. The uesroite are howliue; lustily and gnashing their teeth with impotent rage. A jplit in the prtriy u thus completed, aud light begins to break in upon the darkness of the past. We furnish this week the veto message, and commend its reasoning to the honest members of the republican party in this county. Which .side are you on, gentleman ? Are you vrith the president for the Constitution and white men, or are you with hi traducera for the negro at all hazards 7 Take your places on one side or the other, f?r the line ii now clearly dran. .cRro Itadicallsm, The republican convention held here lat Saturday week, did one good thing at least; they pasted a string of resolutions fully committing the nsclrcs to the radical wing of their party, aud are now squarely and openly (as they have heretofore been ecretly) pledged to the nauseating doctrine of negro equality. We are glad to see them i!ifis fa rely on tho record. They now acknowledge themselves to be preri?elv where democrats have charged them with being for soiüo time past, and which they hare always till now denied. Tlwy uc now fairly committed to the war which their leaders have been making upon the president on account of his reconstruction pDÜcy, and will henceforth be found ag heretofore favoring any and every measure calculated to keep them in power. Thsy have no care as to whether the coastitu tion and the las be observed, provided always that su?c?i as a party hi within their gTasp. Their le.tdcrs would rather crawl on their bellies and eat dirt iu the presence of a negro thn let go their hold upon the reim of power. They caress the African, and calling him brother, refuse to be comforted unless he be placed n an equality vrith them in the management of the government. The white poor, the crippled soldier, and the oldiers wife and little ones may beg or starve, but .Huiho must b provided for at all hazards. A fret dmen'e bureau is with them a greater necessity than an equitable bounty law for the soldiers who fo'Jght their battles. The negro frauchhe is of more worth iu their estimation thnn the preservation of the government bequeathed them by their fathrs. Negro homesteads cut out of white men's lauds, arc more to be desdred than the restoration of peace and good urler, and negro officials less offensive to them than tv.; r hadow of coming event. Thoroughly committed as they now are to these '' hemes of negro investiture, the houcst men of the country can see where they have lccn led for the past few years by these ragrophobists, aud we tih be sadiy mistaken it the people do not at tho next general election by their votes repudiate the whole radical ncgrolovicg crew of orruptioiii-ts, now and f.r & while past in the ascendant in the political management of the country. Jt will jnon bo decided by the people themselves whether the negro is to be admitted to full participation in the benefits and management of this government on terms of equality with the white man. Should they so decide, may God have mercy on us as a people, for vain will be the help of man. A facetious letter-writer in Washington aays that he was recently compelled to pay this bill, although the payment reduced him to the extremest rtiiury : Board and room (three days) $15 00 Use of room f irniture (extra) ... 2 50 Fire 'extra). 5 00 Gasf.xtra 2 00 Us5 of bedclothc- (extra) Drinb Use of table t.t meals (extra).... UeiD told ''Don't know" (extra). . I?eing told "Can't f-ay" ('extra) .... Carrying baggage to and from room (extra) Privilege of spittoens (extra) ... . 0 00 3 00 50 2 SO 1 50 $35 50 Add ten per cent, for cajh 4 50 Total." MO 05

Gold opened in New York on Tuesday ilf aedtaca: at 13'U

The col J weather of last week was in-! teusc. The thermometer on Friday morn-

iu went down to 22 degrees lel-.w zero, j jTliis U luwer than it has reached in this i locality, with one exception, for several vcars r-ast. Snow had fallen to the depth I i I of about a foot, and in many places drifted j badly, causing almost au entire suspension j of travel on the railroads for several days. Wc received no papers? from the we.-t for evcrul days last week, but have since learned that the Ftonn was cntivntl over the western States the thermometer i j mauy places showing the temperature as low as SO to 40 degrees below xero. God pity the poor and destitute in such weather, j . . . ; it is hara enough lor tnose in gooa cirj cunistances to protect themselves from the j inclemency of the weather, much more those who arc illy provided with the neecssarie? of life and who arc scarcely able te get aloug in ordinary times. The News. T,,c,7,In the United States Senate on nitor Wido nmdr n hitter r-idlfnl cnooli ! ,

infroducinT a institutional amendment ' F V - , , , ' ,1 nnrouucing a .onsmuiionai anicnamcntl(,mil. as to n p.. tn . -.l.to,!

restricting me otnee oi tnc presiaent to ... ... . of unfinished business having arrived, the freedman's bureau bill was takcu up and the pres-ident's veto sustained by a vote of 30 to 18. The announcement of the re suit was received with prolonged and enthusiastic cheers from the galleries. resolution which was finallv adonted. that in tne house inau. ötevens oiierea a no senator or representative from cither of . J r ' the lately rebellious states shall be admitted into either branch of congress until congress shall have declared such states entitled to representation. Dispatches from all parts of the country bring glowing accounts of the manifestations felt by the people because of the veto of tho frcedmcn's bureau bill by President Johnson. ira i -- - Homesteads for Xegrscs. From the H.irrUbLrg (Pcnn.,) Tatriotanl Uuxon. Oa the 8th inst., the Kump House passed a bill, by a vote of aye one hundred and twelve, nays twenty-nine, allowing nement lands in Alabama. Mississippi .Louis-1 iana, Arkansas and Florida, under tbc j Homestead acts of Mav 20. lSfi2. and j , , Much 21, 1S01, in the same manner as white mn. Those acts allow the taking up of eighty acres by each actual settler, upon the payment of a fee of ten dollars an aerc. The bill just passed for the States mentioned reduces this fee to ßce 'l.Uan for each patent, provukJ that no Jtftiiicd'on s:all lemo'tt on wrounl ofcuJor If the bill should become a law. then in only those five Southern States will white men have the same privileges and advantage.? as negroes in settling upon public lands, and only there because of the anxiety of the negro p:rty to help thy blacks to cheap homesteads. In all other States and Territories of the Union where negroes arc not likely to settle ichitc mrn must still pay th full htmratend p icrs ! If this is not "discriminating on account of color," (against white, if that tV a color,") please tell us what it is t Upon this negro bill the nomocracy (as usual against all black legilation,') voted no. As usual, also. George F. Miller of the Dauphin District, voted FOR the bill

j j? it f i 7 i t un ii iuc inns iu uc sccurci io nie irccn-; -forhee l, l,r hwefen1j Jr Wiiiijinl . T,. ....

and tor the old lull prices tor poor white mit! Wlui,, cf Dani.bin Jnninf, ! Northumberland, Snyder and Union, re . .. . t . member this fact. A Voice from tlicllome oi Tlnul. Steven. The Lancaster, Pennsylvania. IntelliQfMsr, of Wednesday, in noticiug the glorious victory of the Democracy ofthat gallant city on the previous day, ?ay.s : "It is in all respects the greatest victory ever achieved by the Democracy of Lancaster, and will have a most salutary and beneficial effect upon the rest of the State. The arch demagogue, disunionist, and traitor, Thaddeus Stevens, has been signally and terribly rebuked at his own home, aud white men everywhere have gooel reason to rejoice over the result. "Sound the loud timbrel o'er land and sen. The white men have triumphed the white men arc free.' Five Clnt Fractional Cukkkncv. The new five-cent fractional currency has been printed at the treasury department. In size it compares favorably with the old issue ; the paper, however, is much inferior. Instead of the vignette of Washington it bears that of S. M. Clarke, chief of the printing bureau. The back of the note is green, upon which is printed the following words: "Kxchangeablc for United States notes by the assistant treasurers and designated depositaries of the United States, in sums net less than three dollars. Kecciv'ahle. in payment of all dues to the United States less than five dollars, ex t eept custom?, Fotu Young Men Drowned. Kvansvili.u, Ind., February ,15. Four well known young men of this city I). O. Evans, Samuel Grammar, John M. A;p and W. E. Stockton went over the river yesterday morning, and on their return last cvenine, just after sundown, their skiff wag swamped in the middle of the river by the heavy alo blowing at that time, and all of them were drowned. We mentioned vestcrday the fact that a resolution had been introduced into Con gress to change the namo of this country from the ;Uuited States," to ' America." We havo since understood lhat Mr. Sumner is about to offer a substitute providing that "New Africa" shall take the place of the present title of the nation, which is terribly suggestive of the heresy of Stale rights. I'iitaifefjrt iu A rji. Congress has provided a Uureau for tho poor negroes. Now let it provide a I'urcau for the poor whites. X. Y. Leader. The suggestion is not loyal- The Leader must cultivate a more orthodox spirit of loyalty, cr its editor will havo to be reconstructed, or constitutionally amonded. Ft TVfTjTM DwoeraK

Freedmcn's Bureau Bill.

THE F'ü3,SEi:XT"S VETO. His Reasons Therefor. To the Smate the United Slate. the bill which I have examined with care originated in tho Senate, and has been i passed by the two Houses of Comrrcss, to amend an act entitled "Au act to establish a llurcan for the relief of freedmen and refugees, and for other purposes." Having, with much regret eom to tho conclusion that it would not be consistent with the public welfare to give my approval to the measure, I return the bill to the Senate, with my objections to its becoming a law. no immfdiatk necessity loR THE MEASURE. I might call to mind, in advance of these objection, that there is no immediate nccessitv for the proposed measure. The act to establish a Uureau for the relief of freedmen and refugees, which was approved in the month of March last , has not yet cx-1 ; pircl. It w thought stringent ami exjnsivc enough tor the purpose in view. icioro it ceases to have cttect, turther ex- . . . . ' WlltlUWU i - iu tinie of pcacc .... 4 , v v.vv.. j UNCONSTITUTIONAL PROVISION. I have, with Congress, the strongest desire to secure to freedmen the full enjoy ment ot their ireedom and their property, and their entire independence and equality in making contract.? for their labor. Dut the bill before me contains provisions which, in my opinion, are not warranted by . i. r-.. :..! i i ii -a j . iuc vonsiiiutioii, uuu are not wen suiieu to accomplish tho end in vicf. MILITARY JURISDICTION. Tho bill proposes to establish by the authority of Congress, military i'.irisdiction over all parts ot the l r.ited State ?s contaming rem :fugec and freedmen. It would, J nature, apply with most force bv its vei" :to tho.se parts of the United States in which 'tho freedmen most abounu, and it expresaly extends the existing tomporary jurisdiction of the Frcodmcu's Bureau, with greately enlarged powers, over those State? iu which the ordinary course of judicial proceedings has been interrupted by the rebclliou. The source from which this l1' jurisdiction U to emanate is none other than the President of the Lotted Ptates' ac.t,nS though the War Depart ment and the Commissioner of tho Frcedmcn's Bureau. The agents to carry out this military jurisdiction arc to be selected j either from the army or from civil life. The country is to be divided iuto districts and sub-districts, and the number of salaried agents to be employed may be equal to the number of counties or parishes in all the United States where freedmen and refugees arc to be found. Tho .subjects over which this military jurisdiction is to extend in every part of the United States, include protection to all e uployces, agents, and officers of this Bureau in the exercise of the duties imposed upou them by the bill. In eleven States, it is further tocx tend overall eWses affecting freedmen and refugees discriminated against by local law, custom, or prejudice. In those eleven Stati-s. the bill subjects anj- white person who may be charged with depriving a man of anv civ il rights or huuim.i'tics igingto white persons, to imprisonor fine, or both, without, however. i reeu ma belon incut or ! defining the civil rights and immunities j 'w.ifc asx. . a w a a a t a 1 1 iiuui u ii t live :..i. i... . i. . i 1 . - e.. ..1 . . J J V i - i ns-liftiou alo extend.; to all t.uost ions that resncctino- contracts. The a-ent mav arise respecting contracts. who is thus to exercise the office of a miN itary judge may be a stranger, entirely ignorant of the laws of the place, and exposed to the errors of judgment to which all men j are liable. J he exercise of power, over which there is no legal .supervision, by xu vast a number ot agents as is contemplated by the bill, must, by the very nature of man, be attained by acts of caprice, injustice, and passion. The trials having their origin under this bill are to take place without tlui intervention of a jury, and without any fixed rules of law or evidence. The ruies on which offenses are tobe heard and determined bv the numerous agents, are such rules and regulations as the President, through the War Department, shall prescribe. N previous presentment is required, nor any indictment charging the commission of a crime against the law; but the trial must proceed on chargci and specifications. The puuishishment will be, not what the law declares, but such as a court martial may think proper ; and from these arbitrary tribunals there lies no appeal, no writ of error, to any of the courts in which the Constitution of the United States vests exclusively the judicial power of the country. While tho territory, and the class of actions and offences, that arc made subject to this measure, are so extensive, the bill itself, should it become a law, will have no limitation in point of time, but will forma part of the permanent legislation of the country. I cannot reconcile a system of military jurisdiction of this kind with the words of the Constitution, which declare that 'No person shall be hld to answer for acapital or otherwise infamous crime unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jus ry, except in cases arising iu the lautl or naval forces, or in the militia when in actual service in time of war or public danger j" and that, 4,Iti all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right of a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury of the State or district wherein the crime bhall have been committed.'' The afeguards which the wi.sdoin and experience of ages taught our fathers to establish as securities frr the protection of the innocent, the puni..hniuit of the guilty, aud the ctjual administration of justice, arc to be set aside; and, for thd sake of a more vigorous interposition in behalf of justice, we arc to talc the risk of the many acts of in justice that would of necessity follow from an almost countless number of agent, established in every parish or county in nearly a third of the States f the Union, over whose decision there h to be no super vision or control by tho Federal Courts. The power that would bo thus placed in the hands of tho President ii such as, in timo of peace, certainly ought Lover to bo

j intpiit! any rn man.

ARK WE KXOAOED IN WAR '! If it be asked whether the election of such

j a tribunal within a State is warranted as a measure of war. the question immediately ; present? itself whether we are engaged in jwar. Let us not unnecessarily disturb i the commerce and credit and industry of j the country by declaring to the American I people and the world' that the United people States are till in a coudition of civil war. At present there is no part ofour country in which the authority of the United States is disputed. Ofleuces that may be committed by individuals should not work a forfeiture of the rights of whole com munities. The country has eute.ed, or is returning to, a state of peace and industry, and the rebellion is iu fact at an end. The measure, therefore, seems to be inconsistent with the act".1, condition of the couutry as it is at variance with the Con- ; stitution of th? United States. I no necessity for the enlargement OF THE BUREAU S POWERS. Tf L nvnm;nnci, ,l,..l If w nn i,. , ,vn;uv T :.' f,f w.ar ;r w.1? j-n-, ,ftrift, .'it should niwri.l for tmc who wer0 pamg suddenly from j a condition of bon d ajre to a state of freedom. This b This bill proposes to make the Freeduien's ureau. established by th act ol IXhi), as . t . ond qi many reat ana extraorumary mm tarv measures to suDnres a lornndable re(hellion, a permanent branch of the public Administration, with its powers greatly en larged. I have no reason to suppose, and I do not understand it to be alleged, that the act of March, 1SG5, has proved deficient for the purpose for which it was passed, although at that time, and for a considerable period thereafter, the Government of the United States remained unacknowK edgod in most of the States whose inhabitants had bien involved in the rebellion. The institution of slavery, for the military reduction of which the Freedmeu's Dureau wa3 called iuto existence as an auxiliary frirnr li-m l.onn nlrn-iilc pfiTpftlinll V Mild fill auv abrogated throughout the whole conn tr,: an amendment of the Constitution of the United States, and practically its eradication has received the assent aud concurrence of most of those States in which it at any time had existed. I am not, therefore, able to discern iu the country anything to justify an apprehension that the powers and agencies of t lie Frced men's Bureau, which were effective for the protection of freedmen aud refugees during the actual continuance of hostilities and of African servitude, will now, in a time of peace, and alter the abolition of slavery, prove inadequate to the same proper euds. If I am correct in these views there can be no necessity for the enlargement of the powers of the Bureau, for which provision is made in the bill. SlTI'or.T AND EDUCATION or M UN. The od section uf the till authorizes a general, unlimited amount of support to the destitute and suffering refugees and freed men, and their wive and children. Succeeding sections make provision for the rent or purchase of landed estates for freedmen and for the erection, for their beneiit, of suitable buildings for asvlums and schools, the expenses to bo defrayed from the treasurv of the whole reople. The Congrcsof the United States has never heretofore thought itself competent to establish any laws bejond the limits of the District of ('olumbia ,exeept tvi ; the bciieht of our disaMe.l soUicw and sailors It hai ncv cr founded schools for any elas of our own j . nooiile not even for the orphans ol those 1 i w1k, Uave fallen iu the defence of the Union- l.nt h left the cue of the-r cdu i '"wn, but has left the caic o t t ic.r c H Cation to tue Hillen more couij-eieiii uuu efficient control of the State, of communities of private associations, and of individuals. It has never deemed itself authorized to expend the public money for the rent or purchase of houses for the thousand, uot losay million, of the white race who are hoi.estly toiling from day to day for their subsistence. A system for tho support of indigent persons iu the United States was never contemplated by the authors of the Constitution, nor can any good reason be advanced why, as a permanent establishment, it should be founded for one class or color of our people more thau for another. Pending the war, many refugees and freedmen received support from the Government, but it was never intended that they should henceforth be fed, clothed, aud sheltered by the United States. The idea on which the slaves were assisted to freedom was, that, on becoming free, they would be a self-sustaining population. Any legislation that shall imply that they arc not expected to attain a selfsustaining condition must have a tendency injuriousalike to their character and their prosperity. The appointment of an agcut for every county and parish will create au immonse patronage, aud the expense of the numerous officers and their clerks, to be appointed by the President, will be great in the beginning, with a tendency steadily to increase. The appropriations :i;ked by the Frcedmen's Jlureau as now established, for the year 18C0, amount to $11 ,715,' 1,1 .. It may be safely estimated that the co:;i to be incurred under the pending bill will rceiuire double that amountmore than the entire sum expeuded iu any one year unthc administration f the second Adams. If the presence of agents in every parish and county is to be considered a war measure, opposition, or even resisteuce, might be provoked, to that, to give effect to their jurisdiction, troops would have to be statioued within reach of every one of tbeiu. and thus a largo tauding force will be rendered necessary. Large appropriations would therefore lie lotjaircl to bustaiu and enforce military jurisdiction in every county and parish from the Potomac to the Rio Grande. The condition of our fiscal affairs is encouraging, but, in order to sustain tho presont measure of public confidence, it is necessary that we practice not merely customary economy, but, as far as possible, severe retrenchment. In addition to the objections already stated, the 5th section of tho bill proposes to take nway land from its former owners, without any legal proceedings being first had, contrary to that provisiou of the Constitution which declares that no persons shall be deprivodof life, liberty ur proper ty without duo rrcccn3 of law. It docs eppm that tho Und to which this iec- ...

tic n refers may not be owned by minors or! persons of unsound miud, or by those who j

have been faithful to all their obligations as citizens of tho United State. If any portion of the land is held by such persons, it is not competent for any authority to deprive them of it. If, on the other hand, it be found that the property be liable to e.uucauon, ceu ,nen u cannot ue appro- " , - i pnated to the public purpose until, bv due! proeofs of law, it shall have been declared I forfeited to the Government. mm mi p it i ,i ; 1 here are still further objections to the ; hi nn irrnniw c car nnc 1

ouslv affecting the class , . V it is'desizncd to brin', V- 1 Uuder consideration refers tocer-; 11 i t i - "?S 1 6f l,ie statM a? lhouffh ,hcv not been ! to keep the min. UA . ful, reslorcd to tlu, Uniu.a s ,

ot persons to whom relief. It will tend the courts of the United States, and of the ötates. His condition is not so exposed as may at first b imagined. He is a portiou of tho country where his labor cannot well be spared. Competition for his services from plant ers from those who are constructing or repairing rail frA, Ati,,täV 1 i i i . ' Cin,iy V ! Irom Otlier State. Will nrt!l lil him tn pnmmqn. .i.ct - i - c! a.,"?,,so Itasca a ; however, each State, induced by its own wants and interests, will do w hat is ncccssarv and proper to retain within its borders all the labor that is needed for the development of its resources. The laws that regulate -supply and Jemand will maintain their force, and the wages of the laborer will be regulated thereby. There is nodangerthat thegreat demand tor labor will not operate iu favor of the laborer. Neither is sufficient consideration given to the ability of the freedmen to protect ! anl take care oi themselves. It is no more than justice to them to believe that, as they have received their freedom with moderation and forbearance, so they will distinguish thom.vdves by their industry, and will feel, and soon show the world, that, in a condition of freedom, they arc self-sustaining, and capable of selecting their o.wn employment and their own places of abode; of insisting for themselves on a proper remuneration, and of establishing and maintaining their own asylums ami schools. It is earnestly hoped that. instead of wasting away, they will by their ef-! fort, establish for themselves a condition of respectability and prosperity. It is certain that they can attain to that coudition only through their own merits and exertions. CONCKNTP.ATION OK I'OWF.K IN TUK EXECUTIVE In this connection the query presents itself whether the system proposed by the bill will not when put into complete operation, practically transfer the entire care, support and control of four millions of emancipated slaves to agents, overseer, or task-masters, who appointed at Washington, are to.be located in every county and parish throughout the United State containing freedmen. Such a svsticmwouKi eventually tcini to sucn a conFREED jeentration in the Executive as would enable him, it so disposed to control the action of a numerous ch-t', and use them for the attainment of his own political ends. CONGHF.SsIONAL KKrilKSENTATIOX. I cannot but add another very grave objection to this bill. The Constitution imperatively th-clares, in connection with taxation, that each State shall have at least one Repre sentative, and fixes the rule for the number j to which in future limes each Stateshall be' entitled. It also providcsthat the Senate oft the United States shall be composed of two! Senatorf from each State, und adds with peculiar lorce that no State without its c.m-ent, t Senate. The original act was necessarily passetl in the absence of the States chictly to be effect etl, because their people were then contumaciously engaged in the rebellion. Now the case is changed, and some at least of the States arc attending Congress by loyal representatives, soliciting the allowance of the constitutional right of representation. At the time, how ever, of the consideration of the passing of the bill, there was no Senator or representative in Congress from eleven States which are tn be mainly affected by its provision. The very fact that reports were, and are made against the good disposition of the country, is an additional reason why thev need and should have representatives of their own in Con gros to explain their condition Con gros to explain their condition, acnisition, and assist by their local : Ige, in the perfecting of measures 7mly affecting themselves. While the, replv to knowlcd mediately liberty of deliberation would then be free, and Congress would have full power according to its judgment, there could be no objection urged that the States most interested had not been permitted tobe heard. The principle is firmly fixed in the minds of the American people that there should he no taxation without representation. Great burdens are now to be borne by all the country, and we may best demand that they shall be borne without murmur when they are voted by a majority of the representatives of all tlie pceple. I would not interfere with the unquestionable right of Congress to judge, each house to itself of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members: but that authority cannot be construed as including the right to shut out in time of peace any State from the representation to which it is entitled by the Constitution. At present, all the people of 11 States are excluded, those who were most faithful during the war not le-sthan others. The State of Tennersce, for instance, whose authorities engaged in the rebellion, was restored to all her constitutional relations to the Union by the patriotism ami energy of her injured and betrayed jicoplc before the war was brought to a termination. They had placed themselves in relations w ith the general government, had established a State government of their own, and, as they were not included in the emancipation proclamation, they, by their own act, have amended their constitution so as to abolish slavery within the limits of th-ir State. I know no reason why the State of Tennessee, for example.! should not fully enjoy all her constitutional! relations to the United States. I The President of the United States stands! before the country iu a somewhat different I attitude from that of anv member of Congrcw ! i hoseii from a sinde district or State. The I President is chosen by the people of all the States. Eleven Stales are not, at this time, reprcscnte-d in either branch of Congrcw. It would seem to be his duty, on all proper occasion, to present their just claims to Congre;. There always will be tlitfcrences of opinion in the community, and individuals may b guilty of transgressions of the law; but these do" not constitute valid objections ngainsl the right of a State to representation. It would in nowise interfere with the discretion of ('digress with regard to the qualifications of members: but I hold it my duty to recommend to you, in the interests of peace, and in the inlerests of the Union, the atimission of every State to its share of public legislation, when, however insubordinate. Insurgent, or rebellious its people may have been, it presents itself, not only in an atitude of In)--ultv and harmony, but in the person of representatives whoe loyalty cannot be questioned under existing constitut ional or legal tests. It is plain that an indefinite or permanent exclusion of any part of the country from representation must be attended by aplritof disquiet and complaint. It is unwise and dangerous to pursue a courso of measures w hich will unite any very larcre nection of the country against another - . ... . . . . . . V jvtion of the country. no ätuor hrWr mV,Ä '

ijfctumtq iu n Maic ot iUccrtain eipecta-1 have not. let us at once act together to secure Cough, Chronic Cougha, Consumptioa, Uroation uud restlessness ; while to thoe arnon tnat 'h''hlc end at the earliest possible! bin's and Croup Being prepared Irom Honr Whom he live it will be n sonroo nf emi ' m!,ncnt- ll is hardly neeesary fur me to in- i nd Ilerbiitis healing, 50ltcning,HnJ expoctorum nc lues, it will De a source ot con-; form CongreSS lluUf in lllV ow1 ju(1:rmc.nt ting, and particularly luitable for all affectionsnf staut and vague apprehension. L ndoubt- j most of these States, so far at least as deponds '-he Throat ad Lu-. f vr a!e br Drucaists

euly the freedmen should be protected by i upon their own

the civil authorities, especial v bv the x-!,,l,,y rest, iretl, ana are

erciseofall the constitutional cowers nf i t,,k'd. to enj,v lJei.r

'-'"lUKi: "ts piuee oi aoouc; aim with the nowers eonfi-rt-i-.l In- tin. art öf f.irnli -V V '. 1 " . V. . " . if, therefore he tlocs not find in one ronimuJ .Pir i" .1 the act ol. March j.oss of Appetite, Acidity of the Ftoroach. FUtusires, or pro,tr remuneration for hU labor, u," land "nd mvil re." of the cLlTX if, n " r"10'"1-' '""f1 "" "J he n move jo another where labor h more i iSZÄ I ' !XJ M? ' " " esteemed and better rewarded. In truth. Ltr...ti-1 i . eprywnr at i per Mttio.

the latter may predominate. Tho course of I imagination, the dcvrlopnient of indn-try :md

business and natural abuses willTaisc at tho south mm as devoted to tin Unh.n as t!iwofjany other parr of the land; but as lh v ;re ( all I'xVlutb-d fruni Congr-.. if, in a prrmancnt statute, thry are declared not to be in i full constitutional relations to tho country, t uiev nuiy nuiiK incv nave cause to hecome a "ti HI Vtllti mm in lecnncr and scniinu-ni titi the government ln.1er tl... ..liM,.,.! ;.,!.... tbmoftlie American people, the idea is inho rcnt :,n ineradicable, that the consent of the majority of the whob- people is necessary to v-'curc a tv iiiiii ir atiiuicM ( nee in le,Ti-l.ition " 11 " ' iui.'l.lir action, have already bf en to be deemed to be enconstitutional rights as nion. ltcasoninir from the Constitution itself, and from the actual situa tion of the country. I feel not onlv entitled. uui uuumu, iu assume mar. wiin me uueral courts restored in the full exercise of their functions, the rights und interests of all classes of the people will, with the aid of the mili tary in cases of resistance to the law.be ssentially protected aaint unconstitutional infigment and violation. Should this exi.ei - . . . i. ..... . . ibuou unimppiiy iau. wincii l do notanlicipate. then the "Executive fa already annul 1 met ions to the laws. AN KAUNEST HOn:. I rcture the bill to-the Senate, in the earnest hope that a measure involving questions and interests so important to the country will not become a law, unless, upon deliberate consideration by the people, it shall receive the sanction of" an enlightened public judgment. (Signed) AXDKEW JOHNSON. Washington. I). C, Feb. 11. lsr.G. Plymouth Marble Works. HARTMAN &, HAUK. Having peinianrutly located in Plymouth for the purdose of proseeuting the above business, arc prepared to manuf.vcture all kinds f Monuments, Tor.tb Stuws Head Stows of all $';$ and forms. Marble Table Toys, Uureau Tops. Counter Slabs , Sic, d-r. The? solicit the patronage of all who want anv work in their 'line, and asure them that thev will sell their work AS CHEAP, IF NOT CHEAPER, than any other establishment in Northern Indiana, and warrant ntinfnction in all case. Shop on Michigan street, between Washington and Gano. XT P.O. Box ISO vl0ni3 Ij. rpHE MASON & HAMILTON CABINET J ORCANS, forty different tjU, adapted to sacrJ and secular music, for 8?0 to $600 each. FI FT V -ONE GOLD or SILVER .MEDALS. or other first premiums a wardid them. Illmtrated Catalogues free. Address Masom & Hamun, Roiton, or Mason Brothfrs, New York.

viini it. j nr.. cfrtn industticus turn oi rr:nd and m quest f . ! immediate wealth. Direct to I PARKINSON Ä.C.O., In.it-r-. FIRE! FIRE ! FmEli.:'!...":

TO THE PEOPLE la consequence of the recent Jltrou Fire we have remor. dour LARGE STOCK OF DRV GOODS, consisting of DUY GOODN, HEADY Mn!e Clnijiiiijr and BOOTS A.D snOES, HATS k CATS VAXKEK NOTIONS, LADIES ano ENTS FC US, GLOVES and HOSIER V, TJENTLE MEN'S AND LADIES' NISKING GOODS. IL H IfBi Uli 4 T - . ,, , , , Iu fact everything usnally kept iu a country itore TO (7. S. CLEAVZLAXirS OLl S TORRE ROOM On La PORTE St. And neit door to C. II. Leevi Law Uttce j 1 H in O H ID O H TP TD P - X Xv XJ PRICES, Regardless or O O "HE0 . We return our thanks to our friends and the public generally for their former liberal patronage, and respoctfulljr invite them to pro us a call at cur new Store Room before purchasing elsewhere, as va ; arc determined to cIojo out our prcsnt! tock and will mak it to their interest to' ive us an early call. TI DA L,aV CO. I I. S. Don't forget tin place- O. S.j OLK AVK LAND'S old Store Koom on; Lalorte Street. vl0n28tfj , x , J j Pi-tmovth Prvot ,x

TAKE CARE of Your

Mellifluous Cough Balsatr everywhere. DYSPEPSIA. DR. STRICKLAND TONIC is a roncentrattd prcpur.ttioii of Hoots ami Herbs vith antiaciJ" tnd carntiuAtivcs to strebgthm the Ptomach and ncrTous evstem. It it a rerttin Dr. MrfcklnndN Pile Itttned haa cured thousand; of the worst rje of Blind and Bleeding File. It give immediate relief and iTectä a permanent cure Try it directly. It U warranted to cure. Kcr .ale by all Drr.j;it3 at 0 cfiiU per bottle. Myers Jt Urother, Wholesale Agfrnts, St Louie. Curnh.im A. Vnn isV-,asirk. 1G I.nko Strpt Ptu. ! go, Ills., Wholesalo Agcntf. T:in?2Ij i;Put .Tlwisej i thy Pure !" ROAD TO WEALTH5 A fin ACTIVE AND RELIABLE ßYJ V As'-nt, Male or Female, and of k'I a pp., nre wnntcd to canvass every City, Town, Vüliage, Hamlet, Workshop and Factory throughout the entire world, for the sale of our WATCHT, JtWFLRT, f'LVXR-W.l&Z MtVIClL rOXZ, AIBCM A OTITUft ARTlCLra. Enargotic persons of pood habit Mi l fair baslii tact, c u cUhr out $2.r ptr week In the corrtry, r.iiil a M'.T,h I.r-cr jiticuct In tfei klj eUlcd localities ! t Samr.lc-s ot our srMeV t !: urr.otint of &.V tl'. DC ent by mail for infection, and if rot perfect! j ! Minfaetorv no ehanre Send vonr uddre m, if t x. I 4 i'ottplt, Cold, or Soro Throat, RfCtClRES IMMtMATt ATTENTION Al tMOtXO tr enECKin. Ir tt.i.o'vtino com n ft Irritation of the Luiigs, a Permanent Tkiozt AT2?ti3i. or an lasiri'a lung. Diseiss 11 OFTF.N THE KECLT. BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES UAVINä A D1KECT IMfLUEttCE TO Till FACTS, miZ tMMEblATX XlLTEr. Tor Bronchitis, As thin Catarrh. Consumptive and Throat Diseases. TRGCHS3 ARE t'SED WITH ALWaIS COO f-t-CCSM. SINGERS AND PUB LI SPEAKER B will find Trochtt useful in clcanng the voice when taken before jincin or Sneakimr, nl relieviD I ti. ,i,rf, ... 1 0ln, -j ;rIbcd Iniala from the throat after an unusual exer'ion of the vwcal Thfl Troche are recornmei.ded and scribed by Thym ian, n! have had" Kvtitooem'snent men throughout the couutrv. BiNL'gan arfie'eoftrue merit, nnd lnvinir vroved ' their clhYao by a te.t of ciany jeara, each jear ' (nid? the'n in mw lc-tÜti. in various part of I the world, and th Troche are univenally yroI nounccd better than other ar-iclc. i I Obtain only Shown' RnoNcm.it Trocurb, and do not tiki nnv ot the ll orthltn -aiarwa 7 j that may bo offered. t Suld everywhere in the l'nitrd Plates and in : Fvreitn eoutitrie? at ?." cent? per hot j ?lln' Geio. MEDICAL. DR. A. Fhv LAIM MOIli:. Eclectic k t'rofcopian iei.m, respect ful I v announces to th public, that lie will visit the Edwards llon-e in 1 VlrmiMilli In.li-itii niwv t n f 1 un it ii f.-i!!nr IVcmb(.r ist. J-muiry 23th, March M, Arril rith.'Mav 10th, June 1 1th, where i.e n ay be con : pultedby persons nftlicted with diseases incident to this btitudo. hspccial attr ntion giTen t the treatment of Clironic rae. No charge for Examination. TllnlS jull NEW STOCK LAUER AND BRO. Have Stmt received a SFIF.IV I1D Asüorlnient of READY-MADE SCLO T HING, KATS AN CA? 5, BOOTS and SHOES, Variety of potion?. j Tluir Stock of Hoot" tt-lhoesii prtlruUrbr ' deserving publie attt:tion, t. regaida uaittity , ijMality and piito ä rieircioilmiRftmbracciIIqi;tit.ir.du not be uudero!d by anvfcouatio the plac. Ö" Call "d examine Goods and Tricti lor j rhmeut. Marrh?. 1wr '-'t

la warranted to be the onlv preparation LnOFß lo - f t. i i ii . ....

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