Shelby Volunteer, Volume 20, Number 51, Shelbville, Shelby County, 1 September 1864 — Page 1

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THE. SHELBY VOLUNTEKK It publiihed erery Thursday morning at, Snu-B. viu.., i -I Shelby Ounty, Indiana, I y 4R E Vii E ?C ST 1 C E K . TERMS: 2.00 .1 'It, , . IKVlKIAJlT.Y IN ADVAXCE. at paid until theexiiration of G month., J." mlj nxid until thi ex pi no ion of the yeir, 2,0 These term will lieritfidly fidh-r-d to. BUSINESS 1)1 RECTO It Y. MISCELLANEOUS.' Shelby Co. Auctioneer. UAVINU taken out a license under Uw Nation:.! Kxcie Lawal Auctioneer for Sheli.y County, I am nrenared t attend to all liiiiic.xs i that liiie,nj lieruliy notify all person a-lling at tnil-lle outcry without lici-ne, ex cit as provided in rxid law. that they lay themselves liahl to a panaltjr of SOU. Ad Irext jerry weaklky. helbyfVUe,Dee.4, r RICHARD XOIIIUS, Count? Surveyor, snr.i.itvviiM.i:, imi, Special attention fien to the draw in? up of lleel. Mrt gagex, anil all conveyanccx, wherein a description of land is required. ti. B. When akxent order niay lie left at, the Recorder's Ofttca in the Cou.it House. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. , it. it . li o it i), .AJttovii ?-- rat X.tlav, Office rer Pot Ofllee lrng Store, I FlIELnYVILLE, IXD. ' Particular attention eiven to the collection of Soldiers claims. Pensions, llact Pay, llou..ty, i.c. jAMKs ir.iiiciso, ATTORNEY AT LAW 01Ti ee irnf Hxrrison and Franklin Streets, second story Kentrance fir-t door North of Post OUico. 7ixi8 SIIELIIYVILL'.: IND. NEWS DEPOT ufVucl J tMiociio;i 1 BOOKSTORE oi'iMtsn r. Tin: eosx on h i:, IIARUISOX ST., S1IELRYY1LLE, "MriIF.UK vou will find romlantly on har t all of tin WW ni-t Popular P'TiodifjU, Monthlies, I'.iilies. n;i. Weeklies. Also, an msortniont of .m Yi'.'. LooK.-. IleadkiUlMK tEKlES tF ItooK s, l esid-s a lar ass .i t mentor TOBACCO AND CIGARS, h,.h!.,v er of Uie cel are invited to cai) and try. LIST OF HOOKS, lAPKi:5,ic. Mum nt.ir.. Yankee Notions, Nic N a , Cotnir Monlhiy, Xeir York ledger, New York Mercury, New YrV We. Vly, Flat ol Our In ion, The True Flap. The Welcome t!ui st, The Tolire Gazette, llarjierx We.-l.lv. Frank Leslie's Illustrated, New York Illustrated News W'ilk's Sierit of the Times, Frank Leslie's Hu U'. t of I'uti J. P. It. Jam.-'o Novels, Kmersoii l!"riiic!t"s Nov-. Is,, t'aj.t. Marryett's ' lia's 1:c'.. iis " ll.ivid l!-tth 'hills " (I. W. M. It.-ynold's ' T. S. Arthur's l'.uie::' Sue's Vorter's Spirit of the Time., N. Y. Clipper, Scientilic American. Vanitv Fair. J'IMal JOHN MMlllllS.iN, Jr., Pr.'ir;t..r. NEW CASH STORE AMI TV 0 a v C jS i o d s , Y6 2, liu g , Mouse, ftyWF. citizens of Phelhy t nini.v are reI tliatat the atn.ve locution they will ctfi;lly notiTied l.vas litid a full assortment of of every artich pertaiiini-: to uie pniY GO Trade, honjrM at the Lowest Kates for cash, and mill 1 e sold fr theiame. I shall aim to keen my Ft ck vf LADIES .DRESS4J00DS CLOTHS, CASSIMKRKS, TWEEDS, Uii, iiliirtisis, 1 it 11 ii o 1 J- ? Sc . 11 and corn-dote. Ilavins liad a mini''cr or years 0Nien rnre in the trade, I profess some knowle,!-e ol the hnsiness aud exerx-islerinie in tlte f elect ion of m.v rood-, and it is eldom tliat au interior article isj-ahuel n;. m m: 1 have on allrt the remnant of a lar;;e st -cfc of READY-MADE xthlch was purchased la-fore the raise. and ivi'.l P'-siCv. old at first cost, to clot out the st-ck. A fall line of BOOTS Sc SHOES, IZatn rtivcl Capw. Pon"tie de.-vired.liat oil and examine niystock K'fore purchaxinn elsewhere Hero, roller l!.e i lace. No. - i.a.v House D ock. PLUKY 11 ITT FL NEW STOCK just ri:ci:ivi:d at the TOST OKHGE MlUG STORE UAVlNfl purchased tnc Jtocs ami fixtures licrete'coe ; kt t'j J". W. Morgan, and bavins iarsely in. re this the name. I am no prepared to say to the citizens of rpo-i ! city and Shelly county that hereafter I will he ennHcd to! aacAmmmUte my customer wilhex-ery thins IxM.main; to the rarious hranehei of the 1'IUV. L APOTII KC A K Y Tit AD K. ndarticular nttentinn given ti Pit KSC KI PTION S Niht v iLj this part of the business b e can at Lend, to iu con action with principle of Science and Cherai.try. PIITSICIANi -ill flud my stock full and conij'.h-te, ami j-.rVei ax loir as thelowet. The olject in my business shall b to aavi-fr the wants and wishes of the j uhlic, and not the moner. A call Ut elicited. anelll - . II. T.KKFEKS. .Dentistry! DR. J. K. JAMESON Oflenhli professional nerrice to the community cf Shelby, ville and rteimty. llaring had a number of years practical experience he feela confident of lu ability tu i;ive entire sat- . liXactlon to all wh may favor him wilha call. PLATE WARK, TEETH riLrLlXC, EXTRACTING, AC., 'j)one on short noticand in the most approved manner. ' Oflie on Ilarrisoii street, a lew Uoon North of Elliott tt lUiorn Hanktog Botue. . IX-cltn-Uo

Eye and liar I nlinnarv.

J. V. PAHRISII, M.D., Oculist and Aurist, GEXERAlsUIlGEOX, Infirmary on I lar r .ti Hiwt, lt.jixs' I iiildin;;. South of ti-jrga'a Hardware store, ur jtairs. Siil-i.byville, 1 Ml. " F Jjir.K AT? all diseases of the Kye ami K;ir. He will oner1 ateon Cataract. Artificial Pupil. Pterygium. Ftraiiisnuis (cross Ej-ex). n:,.l will treat ca- .f Sore Ey.-. Mich as :;.iiu.ated Lid. I'uruleut Mptimluiia, Opacities'of Cornea, ic. All forms of CHRONIC DISEASES Treated on Scientific Principles. Teetli JSxti-siotecl With more ski 11 and LES l'AIX than is usual in this department of Surgery. 91tfo BOOTS and SHOES AT OLD PRICES. riV! I" uiiuersi.'i,ed t;d,.-s pleasure in snyinjr to the people R ofMietl.yviilcthat he lnx openedin the room o;-upied l.y C. .1. .MoUKIfcUN a.i a Jewelry Store, a large and well selected stock of Boots slikI Allocs HATS AND CAPS, Iiousht direct of the manufacturer and l-cforc the late heavv advance theriifoie I can sell pMids in my line from 1U to i.'0 per cent Cheaper than any one that bought recently. Call and Examine my Stock, which eml.n'ccs every variety of Boots and Shoes, Ladies "Walking Boots, Gaiters, Balmorals, Rubbers, Hats and Caps, Hosiery, Suspenders, &c. I militenlare upon the merits of my merchandise, hut pii ler that my Y;Mids shall tell their own story, and as to rim ts, I only care to say that 1 can offer s.nne tarirains v. .;cii w ould tempt a miser. Come then and ex.-hanire your (iiiiaiM - hs for thins; that will pveyou more pleasure! and at the the same time testify to your irood taste. 1 say tn ull. 1 will sell as Cli LAP as. orCII KAPKU than any other hoii-; in tl is place, nod I mean just what 1 say. lii-i'i'-m! it the place, Eolith side i f ti e I'u'.dio Soiiaie, two loors V. est of l-is ii.ir.t.ss. ApyiiOaim -.1. U. KITE ITII. SHELBY COUNTY ERAI7CII Jlioisii! Claiiii Aiuy OF WASIIlNUrON CITY, U. C. t'ONIH I I Ll HY IIAUVEY. COLLINS & liKACE, lieneral OoveriiiiH nf Agents and Attorneys, 47o S'"reiitli ?trs't, West, W !!xotos Cny. J), C, " ' -jluis Present,-, :r I Prusecntod lief .rc the T"virtniei.ts md ('oui l of ri.iiins. Patents. Pensions. P.ounty and liountj l.amU secure 1. . j General Uulim-Traiisjicted. 1'r.tn. I.. IIarvkt, .. .Imi. F. Collins. .li i.n s linxcz, of Washington city. ol New-Vol k, of Cincinnati. We -jive iiei s mal attention to o lire Pl'.N? JONS. 110I'NIII.S. HOCNTV LAM'S. HACK PA V. A..'., a.vriiit:? to SoMiers vv!io h ie i,ecn .v. mirk'.!, coniract.-d disease, or the fami liesof siicjah ne died or 1 .. 'a kilie.l while in the discharge of their line ot ilnty.js such, dnriiej the jirefentor any revious war; clainis against the ilovei liincnt for ineomiiily foi private i roj.ei ty la , en far l uVdic uses, or for damages to s.icli ir iperty ; collectim.'. sulistini;, drilling and orani.ir.'j volnntr.-rs ; and for horses lost in Ce ser vice. Y I'iUf' f:i'...i aiin r. inivjs, A V I'"IR SKY AM) Cot NsKl.lOR AT I.AVV , All KM", Shell yvilichci: y Co., Ind. Feh.-.'tJ.'O'.L t: A T A'IJ S T YL1SII! Frcsli Horses and New Buggies hiverv, Feed & Exchange a vv v STABLES. The nn dersicned resrectfnlly notify the community that th-'y have m;'cl,:is.'d th.-stal le feruu-idy owned ly Le.-s Anisden. on Washington street, and are pn pared to lnrnish P.uilde and Single Conveyances or Saddle ll,,rs' S to all who may iKsire. Vie have an entire NLW SET of Horses. 15 n urL'ies, Can iau'es. Harness. Sa l lies. Aic. and feel confident of oiiral'ility M ii--et the leniiiieinents of the community. Horses. U-.nsht. ''i haiued and sold. Tla-se havini; horses to dispose of will find it t-i their advatitaje tj j:ive i',s a en:. Horses kept hy the hour, day or week. Shc'.'.yv'ile, May -.'li. 1-C4. Wi:r,P, t LANCASTLK. J. H. SVi'GUIRE 8l CO., n AVINd permanently located iu She" y viile, :re now manufacturingand will kci pconsUiutly on hand, a full assortment ot DOUBLE AND SINGLE CARRIAGES of the various Styles now in use. We h.wo no hrsi; ition in saying that we are now selling for less money than any other establishment in IheState, I'liATUHHI AM LLIl'TH' M'KlXi WAGONS. I All Work Warranted for One Year, A!xj KXA?ll!x.Tl OK OI K STOCK NOI.IC'ITl'Dl' TU. , It (-pairing Done lo Order. ISAAC DAVIS, WUi'UKALC AND RETAIL DtALTR 1 Hats, Caps. Umbrellas, GLOVES AND STRAW GOODS. He has Just Eee'd his Spring Stock x-c-T.a r,.., ,i t. F GOOnS, direct from the M;inufacturer in the

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which lie will sell ax LOW asihe LOWEST. All the LATEST STYLES kept at No. 15 Pennsylvania street, four d'or South of the l'ost Othce, oct30-ljl 1.M1A1APWL,1S. IND.

SHEL15YVILLE, IND., SEPTEMBER , 1804.

o.fi or tiii: Avinpi'oo::vii.r. A LEGEND OF M NOE0X ROCK. EV ClItOUM k. UAYCCX. Lonely and s.vl n tin- grwn hillside, Nciir the old gnty nxksat the pirate's bride; Whtchinp; the fast n;ceedinr light Of tlic j;ori:v.n day, so warm and Lright ; Sen lining the distant ocean view, With those wondrous orbs of midnight hue; Li-t'ning anon to the mournful trill " Of the lonely night-bird whij.poorwill: nijipoorwill .' V hippoorwill ! An the wild glen nnswered, Whippoerwill ! Kinglets dark as the raven's wing, Over her fair brow clustering; Eyes whose flashing, brilliant light, tiiVMi the gleaming blurs iy imhl; Cheeks where nestling n'ses bloom; Lips exhaling sweet perfume; Warbling ttnes, whose soft, low trill, Wake the sad notes of the whippoorwill : Whippoorwiil ! "Whippoorwill ! And the dark forest echoes, Whippoorwill ! I Jewels are gleaming, rich and rare, I From the shining braids of her jetty hair ; i -atin whose texture well might vie With the fleecy clouds of a summer sky; I Velvet heavy with silver and ijold. The slender, beautiful limbs enfold ; But she looks like a statue, cold and still, While above her chantsthc ione whippoorwill : "Whippoorwill ! "Whippoorwill! And the deep valley echoes, Whippoorwill ! All night long she has watched and wept, While the pitying stars their vigils kept ; Scanning the ocean's outline dim, For the white-winged vessel bearing him. Alas! it will never come to her, Though heavv footsteps the echoes stir ; On her pale brow gathers the death dew chill. And her dnge is sung by the whippoorwill: "Whippoorwill ! "Whippoorwill ! And the dense wood answers, "Whippoorwill ! Close by the rock, on the green hillside. Slumbers the form of the pirate".? bride : While the night-bird still chants the funeral knell, Of the proud and peerless Arabel ! akmg the echoes far and near, With a mournful cadence soft and clear; Gushing forth with a r.orrowing-till : "Whippoorwill! Whippoorwill ! And the lone cavern echoes, "Whippoorwill ! itir Mr. Tilton has published in the Independent "some cditoaril notes," giving the results of his observation in the Dali in ore Convention, lie says : After the adoption of the platfrom, a stiile arose as to who should seize the honor of nioveing the nomination of Mr. Lincoln a wrangle which to an unimpartial spectatorappearod little less than dis gusting, and in which many well-known men engaged, to their own discredit and to the confusion of l lie house. A good de l of the customary and inevitable bad tast of political conventions was exibited when the delegates, during the roll call of Slates, arose to announce their votes for Abraiiaia lincoln, winch many were unwilling to do without u spread-eagle speech, exciting the impatience of the house making a series of grotesque performances, dining which one member, bent on accomplishing a little speech, announced himself for Abraham Lincoln, the second Saviour of the world. Mr. Lincoln may now run the churches. With "an antislavery God and an antislavery Bible," the radicals may have an antislavery Messiah. iC-t"A very pretty story is told of the iate millionaire, Gcneril Wadsworth. lie said : I wish my account with the Government to be kept w ith one paymaster onhr ; for it is my purpose at the close of the war to call on you for an accurate state ment of all the money I have received from the United States. The amount, whatever it is, I shall give to somepemancnt institution founded for the life. relief of disabled soldiers. This is the least invidious way in which I can refuse pay for lighting for my country in her hour of danger. Now, this fcas a beautiful appearance, but we hear nothing of the consummation of the project. Can it be possible that, with such noble intentions, and exposed daily to the enemy's bullets, he forgot to make the rcqisitc arrangements in his will? A Point Woktii Noticing .The New Yoik Tribune said recently that there was move waste in the currency than in the lives of thesoldieis. The Albany Argus, noticing it, clips the following : mm f i ii -.iltt lhe balances on hand with the United States Treasurer and his assistants have run dow n very low. In addition to the six per cent, compound interest notes, the ti over nment depend entirely for current expenses upon the internal revenue, and the popular loan to the new 7 30. The receipts from all sources, including issues, will not exceed two millions one hundred and fifty thousand per diem, while the expenses are between three and i four millions per day. ! If its statement of the financi.il condi- ! lion is correct, its apprehension are real. j Tat's Intehtetatiox. An Irish begIS ! gar recently made his appearance at the I United States Hotel, when the landlord j said to him : -whv don't you goto work ? A Lirfp healthy man like foa should not be seen - o ! becqing." He said he could not find any work. "Well, then enter the army. There 'you can get 8400 bounty, besides 13 a month and found. I "Found," replied Pat "yes, be jabers, found dead on the battle field." Emaxcitatiox Accobdixo TO Bt'ISINESS. j-'1"!.6 Xew. Y"rlt Hea"U ing forward whole regiments of igi Push-

norant

and bewildered negro troops to be slaughtered by rebel broalsiders of grapa and canister."

RECONSTRUCTION OF THE CTATFC i Ol A I L3 !

Protest of Senator Wade and Winter Davis Against the President's Pailure to Sign the Reconstruction Bill. Mr. Lincoln Sharply Arraigned. He is Char (led with Pervert ina the n.-. C(C f ui ion. A IXcpublican View oft.ic Prt vileiir OIIiti.nl Conduct, i j To the Supporters of the Govtrnmcnl : j We have read without surprise, hutl not without indignation, the Proclania-! tion of the President of the 8th of Julv, i 1SG4. The supporters of the Administration

are responsible to the country for its con pla for restoration,) unprepared by a j duct; and it is their right and duty tol,onna' Pl'oval of this bill, to be in- . J a a i .... .

check the encroachments of the Kxeeu tiveon.tho authority of Congress, ami to require it to confine itself to its proper sphere. It is impossible to pass in silence this Proclamation without neglecting that duty; and, .having taken as much responsibility as any others in supporting the Administration, we are not disposed to fail in the other duty of asserting the rights of Congress". The President did not sign the bill "to guarantee to certain States whose governments have been usurped, a Republican form of government" passed by the supporters of his administration in both Houses deliberation. of Congress after mature The bill did not therefore become a law ; anil it is therefore nothing. The Proclamation i.s neither an approval nor a vote of the bill ; it is therefore a document unknown to the Constitution anil laws of the United States. So far as it contains an apology for not signing the bill, it is a political manifesto against the fi iends of the Government. So far as it proposes to execute the bill which is not a law, it i.s a grave Executive usurpation. It is fitting that the facts necessary to enable the friends of the Administration to appreciate the apology and the Usurpation bespread before them. The Pi oclamation says: "And whereas the said bill was piesented to the President of the United States for his approval less than one hour before the sine die adjournment of said session, and w as not simc-I W 1,;,,, " If that be accurate, still this bill was presented wiih other bills which were signed. Within that hour the time for the sine die adjournment was three times postponed by the votes of both Houses : and the least intimation of a desire for more time by the President to consider this bill would have secured a further postponement. Yet the committee sent to ascertain if the President hail any further communication for th. House of Represent ativesj reported that he had none; and the friends of the bill, who had anxiously waited on him to asceitain its fate, hail already been informed that the President had resolved not to si;n it. The time of presentation, therefore, had nothing to do w ith his failure to approve it. The bill had been discuscd and considered for more than a month in the House of Representatives, which it passed on the 4th of May. It was reported to the Senate on the liTth of May, withxW out material amendment, and passed the Senate absolutely as it came from the House on the 2nd of Jiriy Ignorance of its contents is out of the question. Indeed at his request, a draft of a bill substantially the same in material points, and identical in the points objected to by the proclamation, had been laid before him for his consideration in the winter of 1802-1803. There is, therefore, no reason to suppose the provisions of the bill took t lie President by surprise On the contrary we have reason to bei lieve them to have been so well known that this method of preventing the bill from becoming a law without the con - ..., ..... .. . -liliitil,..ivn I'Ai tvOi. il.i itl r,t n . li o , I " -i .- i. - u ,, .... 100,1 I'0,0'1 011 lonS loic the bill We are informed by a gentleman cntitied to entire confidence, that beloie tne 22d of June in New Orleans, it was stated by a member of General Banks's xj-m. " S 1 1 XI .11 staff, in the presence of other gentlemeu i in official position, that Senator Doolit tie had written a letter to the department that the House Reconstruction bill would be staved off in the Senate to a pei iod too late in the session to require the Pi cs - ident to veto it in order to defeat it, and

that Mr. Lincoln would retain the bill,! The President's proclamation "holds if necessary, and thereby defeat it. I for naught" this judgment, and diacar Is The experience of Senator Wade, in tlC authority of the Supreme Court, and his various efforts to get the bill consid- j strides headlong toward the anarchy his cred in the Senate, was quite in aecor-1 t),-oclamaticn of the !th of December in-

! ! dance with that plan ; and the fate of the - I bill was accurately picdictcd by ie:ters received from New Orleans before it had passed the Senate. llaa t ue proclamation stoppea mere.

it xxroiil," l,ivo broil nn!v nni ritficr defeat! t.. l.. ...::i f r,,...r..

- - naiiiuL inc n in ui jiMipiv3j miii'.i uiuu nf tb will of the npordo bv th Kimi.i.i i -,i

W - s-. t - t j tive prcversion of the constitution. But it goes further. The President savs: ud whereas the said bill contains,

among other things, a plan for restoiing

the States in rebellion to their proper practical relation in the Union, which plan expressee the sense of Congress upon that subject, and which plan it is now

"on-bt lit to lay Lcfure the i-coplo for! their consideiation." ' Dy what authority of the constitution

in wjint lorni . I lie result to be uvj.r- mg t tie I uited Mates to jrurmuity to eve0k by whom? With what cfiect w hen iv State a rept:L3icaii foim of g-overn-nseertaine.i ? 'nu-nt, "it rented with Cui.j:tv to decide Is it to be a Jaw by the approval of what goveinmcn i- the cubli-hed um the people, without the approval of Con- j in a Siatc ;" an-l "when Senators and giess. at the will of the President ? j Ilepresentative of the Suite are a linitte l i

w :i 1 l. I : . .... 1 .: . ... xni in'.- 1 icMui-iit on nit opinion f)i j the poiiiuat ni.nroval. execute it as a ? Or is thi nieidv a device to avoid the seiions respoiisihiliiy of defeating a Jaw on whit h so manv loval hearts jeiioscd lor .security.? Uut the reasons now assigned for not approving tiie Lill are full of ominous significance. The President proceeds : "Now', therefore, 1, Abi aham Lincoln, i'"sidcnt of the United Slates, do procla,m declare, and make known that, while I am (as I was in December last, when hy proclamat.on I propounded a flexibly committed to anv mgle plan of restoration That is to say, the President is resolved that people shall not by law take any securities from the rebel States against a renewal of the rebellion, before restoiing their power to govern us. His wisdom and prudence are to be o insufficient guaranties ! lie further says : "Anil, while I am also unprepared to declare that the free-State Constitutions and Governments already adopted. and installed in Arkansas and Louisiana shall be set aside and held for naught, thereby repelling and discouraging the loyal citizens who have setup the (same as to further effort " That i.s to say, the President persists in recognising those shadows of governments in Arkansas and Louisiana which Congress formally declared should, not be recognized whose representatives and senators were repelled by formal votes of both Houses of Congress which it was declared formally should have no electoral vote for President ami Vice-President. They are mere creatures of his will. They cannot live a day without his support. They are mere oligarchies, imposed on the people by military orders under the form of election, at which generals, provost-marshals, soldiers, and camp-followers were the chief actors, assisted by a handful of resident citizens, and urged on to premature action by private letters from the Picsidcnt. In neither Louisiana or Aikansas, before Banks's defeat, did the United States control half the territory or half the population. In Louisiana Gen. Banks's proclamation vu-jui; x . x vi. fundamental law of the State is martial law." On that foundation of freedom he erected what the President calls "the free constitution and government of Louisiana." But of this Stare, whose fundamental law was .martial-law, only sixteen parishes out of forty-eight parishes were held by the United States; and in five of the sixteen we held only our camps. The eleven parishes we substantially held had233,l5 inhabitants; the residue of the State not held by us, 575.G17. At the farce called an election the officers of General Banks returned that 11,340 ballots were cast ; but whether any, or by whom, the people of the United States have no legal assurance ; but it is probable that 4,000 werecastby soldiers or employes of the United States, military or municipal, but without authority of any law, state or national, and 7,000 ballots represent the State of Louisiana. Such i.s the free constitution and government of Louisiana ; and like it is that of Aikansas. Nothing but the failure of a military expedition deprived us of a i.e one in tiie swamps oi norma ; aim before the Presidential election like ones rnav be organized in every rebel Mate! where the United States have a camp. The President, by preventing this bill from becoming a law, holds the electoral votes of the rebel States at the dictation of his personal ambition. If those votes turn the balance in his favor, is it to be supposed that his competitor, defeated by such means, will acquiesce . It the rebel majority assert their sui t,Cmacv in those States, and send votes wl,;.h elect an enemy of his government, ! ...;i vc not reiel his claims ? win wc not ito mI a 1 . .1 . M r . .. i 1 . , A5W 13 ll0i u.ai c.vn war ior me l j tloncy inaugurated by the votes of rebel Seriously impressed with these dan " gers, Congress, "the pioper constitution al authority," formally declared that there are no State governments in the rebel States, and provided for their erection at a proper time; and both the "senate ami the House of Representatives rejected Senators and Representatives chosen mix . 1 j (er tne authority of what the President ; (.as tjic f,cc constitution and government J cf Arkansas. Hrmrated. , If electors for President be allowed to i chosen in either of those States, a ; s-uiter light will be ca-t on the motives 1 the President to "hold for llli.S LUtCIinilClil. Ill L.JUUiaU 44 il .11" kanas ' That judgment of Congress which the I Pridpnt rlefies was the exe-cise of an ; n.,lf,,,'rr pxelissivelv vested in Congress

by the Constitution, to determine what is the established governmentin in a State, and in its own nature and by the highest judicial authority binding on all other departments of the government.

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The Snj rcr.ie Coujt l,a foimal'v elated that, 1: ruler tli 4th section f th I Vtlt article of thj con-titr.tiori. ieijt::r-

r!:.... 1.- m r .1 t - . , into nie councils 01 iiie t moti.tlioa :th )i'ti,. f il. . . i i-i.i nj. oi mi.- inufniiiH'iii iiin:ir wiiicn IJifV are appointed, as well ;.s the ivpnidican character, is icccgntzc.! hy t he roper constitution!. authority, and it decision is binding on overv other d'Tirlment of the Government, and cuid not bfcue--tioned iu a judicial tiihnnal. It is tim that the conte-t in this case di 1 not last long enough to biir.g the matter to this j issue ; ami as no Senators or Keprescnla- i fivc woi. rf-.T...rt.l i .... . i. . -...1 .rllio f'armnn,.,. I , " ..1 t 1 AT li I inc 1 1 o ei nment oi winch Air. Doir was; tllf hi.Til rntmrnkc xi- i - t.r.t r..,Hl ! to decide the controvci v. - - - . . . . , 'J ...... JK '..IS', .,'' 1 Yet the light to decide is j. laced there." Even the President's proclamation of the Sth of Decetnb.r foimallv declares ' . . - i that "whether members scut to Congress from ati' States shall be admitted to seats constitutionally rests exclusively with the respective House-, und not to any extent with the Executive." And that is not the less true because wholly inconsistent with the President's assumption in that proclamation of a right to institute and lecognize State governments in the rebel States, nor bc-

cause tne I resident is unable to perceive j repealing all laws recognizing tdavcry, that his recognition is a nullity if it bejan l making allmenequal before the law. not conclusive on Congress. These beneficient provisions the PresiUnJcr the Constitution, the right to dent has annulled. People will die, and

Senators and Representatives isinsepara ble from a State government Jf there be a State right is absolute. government the If there be no State governments there can be no Senators or Representatives j chosen The two Houses of Congress are expressly dec! a red to be tho fcple judges of their own membeis. When, therefore. Senators and Repre sentatives are admitted, the State govern ment under whose authority they were chosen is conclusively established ; when they are rejected its existence is as con clusively rejected ami denied ; and to this judgment the President is bound to submit. The President proceeds to express his unwillingness "to declare a constitutional competency in Congress to abolish sla very in States as another reason for not signing the bill. But the bill nowhere proposes to abolish slavery in the (?iatcs. The bill did provide, that all slaves in the rebel States should be manumitted. But as the President had already digued three bills manumitting r-cveral classes of slaves in States, k ., conceived possible that he entertained any Ecrnpu-s touching that provision of the bill re specting which he is silent. He had already himself assumed aright by proclamation to free much the larger number of slaves in the rebel States, uuder the authority given him by Congress to use military power to suppress the rebellion ; and it is quite inconceivable that the President should think Congress could vest in him a discretion it could not exeicise itself. It is the more unintelligible- from the fact that, except in respect to a small part of Virginia and Loutiina, the bill covered only what the proclamation covered added a Congressional title and judicial remedies by law to the disputed title under the proclamation, and perfected the work the President professed to be so anxious to accomplish. Slavery as an institution can be abolished only by a change of the Constitution of the United Slates or of the law of the States; and this is the principle of the bill It required the new constitution of the ! State to provide for that prohibition;! and tiie l'resi lent, in me race or ms own proclamation, does not venture to object to insisting on that condition. Nor will the country tolerate its abandonment yet he defeated the only provision imposing it. But when he describes himself, in

spite of this great blow at emancipation, xxx one-tenth ; the bill icquirei one as "sincerely hoping and expecting that oax, the proclamation another ; the bill a constitutional amendment abolishing ; ascCrtains voters by registering; the procslavery throughout the nation may be amati0n by gus ; the bill exacts ada lopted," we cm iouslv inquire on what J,cience to existing territorial limits, the

his expectation rests after the vote ot the House of Representatives at the recent session, and in the face of the political complexion of more than enough of the 1 ..i :i nr... . f

States to prevent me possionny oi us 0f mil:tary Governcis and l'rovost-.nar-adontion within any reasonable time ;; i .is . the Lill forbids electois for rre-

and why he did not indulge his sincer j hopes with so large an instalment of the ; blessings us his approval of the bill

would have tecured. ; bill exacted exclusion of dangerous eneAfter this assignment of Lis reasons ' mtf fr0rn power and the relief of the nafor preventing the bill from becoming a ,;on f,mn t,e TCie debt, And the prohilv the President proceeds to declare his nr suvciv forever, so that the sup-

- - a . nuruosc to cxecuto it as a law by Ins plenary dictatorial power. He says : . "Nevertheless, lam fully satisfied with the syfctcm lor restoration contained in the bill as one very proper plan for the loyal people ot any r?iaiu iiuni'iHb iv.... it and that 1 am. anl at all times shall nrenared to Sive the l. vecuuve ai.i and assistance to any such people as soon as tne liiiinwij in..-. - QfaiP f-hzW have been suppressc 1 in any .1 rel.tillllr IO 11'" L.nilCll

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siicri fliaw, au'i ilT" . have sufficiently returned to theii ii.ii j tln Constitution and the laws I- 41 - w 4 - ,., Iff the United States in which cae Militti ry Governors will be appointed, itlidi I rections to proccc 1 according to the uill. A more studied outraze on th i leirisU-

tive authority of the people has never itlic han ls ol one-tenth of the peop.eno

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refused to approve it, and then by proclamation puts as much of it in force as be

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ti-vt t .ir. 1 ppj.,v,.s tu rxirntc lief j i:ts by f.i v; s i.nlct.o . n tii tho !w -f the ITuiJesl ta!e ai! 1 not nibjeet to 0 C -iSi t nuit ii.ri "f t),f Senate. Ti.- bill tit ctel the jij pointinetit of provisional overnors jbv ,xn 1 u ith the .tiivii'e and f"ii-c::t "I tim dilute. Th. l'resi dent, alter .b-fratinp t!ew. i ifi ovcs to nj ptiliif, w ithor.t law an ) wulior.t tli a ivice . 1 ind -or. vent of tl . I :.. . I 1. . . iill8ie, .l!.uiy .jv"i iuji.s uu w itu.i i States. j He u a'rea I exercised this dictatorial ' uvurpation in Louisiana. ad lefetcJ th ; bill to mtvi iit it, limittitioii. Il- iicefoitli w e mr.st rvL'.iir fiillo' r.st rvL'.ir-jTV fov t Picst lt -ntiAi law iv. ' t:ieced.nt as the of the lebcl t.itt "F.XI.. cxivi: ?i INMOS. "Wasuin;ion. Much lo, 1S04. l.XCCUenC i .Michael Ihihu, GoftTMOr L.'UmlaUH "Until further ordeis y in are liercljr inviste i w it It Hi,' p. nvcih exercised lmk eito by the Military Governor of Louii- ' ana. . Yonrs, Attr.AiiAM Lincoln." This Michael Hahn is no officer of tto United States ; the President, without law, without the advice nd consent of the Senate, by a private note not even countersigned ly the Secretary of State, makes him dictator of Louisiana ! The bill provided for the civil administration of the law s of the State but it ; should be in a fit temper !o : gjvern itself marry, and transfer propcitv, and bar and sell ; and t these act of civil lite courts and officers of the law are necessary. Congress legislated for these neces sary things, and the President deprives them of the protection of the law I The President's purpose to instruct hi Military Governors "to proceed according to the bill a rnakeMiilt to calm thediaappointment its defeat has occasioned is net merely a grave usurpatiou Lut a transparent delusion. lie cannot "proceed accoiding to thxj bill" after preventing it from becoming a law. Whatever is done w ill be at bis will anJ pleasure, by persons responsible to no law, and more interesteu to secure the interests and execute the will of the President than of the people ; and tbt will of Congress is tobe"f,( fornavght "unless the loyal people ot the rebel States choose to adopt it." If they fdiouM graciously prefer tho stringent bill to the easy proclamation, still the registration will be made undor no legal sanction ; it will give no assurance that a majority of the people of tha States have taken the oath ; if administered, it will be without legal authoiity uu.l void : no iudictmeut will lieforfalso swearing at the election, m for admitting bad or rejecting good votes ; it will be the farce of Louisiana and Arkansas acted over again, under the forms of this bill, but not by authority ot law. But when wc come to the guaranties of future peace which Congress meant to enact, the forms, as well as the substance of the bill, must yield to the President will that none should be imposed. It was the solemn resolve of Congress -to protect the loval men of the nation against three great dangers, (1) the return to power of the guilty leaders of the rebellion ; (2) the continuation of slavery, and (3) the burden of the rebel debt. Cong: ess required assent to those provisions by the convention of the State ; and if refused, it was to be dissolved. The President "hold for naught" that 1 resolve of Congress, because he is unwilling "to be inflexibly committed to anv one plan of restoration," and the eop!e of the L'nitcd Stales arc not to be al lowed to protect themselves unless their cnrmies arce lo it. 'Phc order to proceed according to the jjj IS therefore merely at tiie wm ol tli , ,.(.j)C States; tnd they have the option j to roct it, accept the proclamation of t(C xljj, 0f December, anl demand tha ! lrc;iJont's recognition ! Mark the contrast ! The bill requires 1 a majority, the reclamation is satisfied r,r(Kamation .limits of others ; the bill1 '; ,,OVerr.s the rebel States bv law. equaliz:)g H befoie it ; the proclamation commit4, them to the lawless discretion ; . . i - jient, tho proclamation and defeat of tho jjj threaten us with civil war m;s5.ion or exclusion of such v lor the aax voters ; me ' - - - i v,re5sion of the rebellion w VI donble nr reo'irces to bear or pav the national debt, lice iiic masses irom ns c. i .4mui-i nal;on Gt the rebel leader, and eraJicataJ ttie ca.,tC cf the war . the proclamation. ccmQS neither of these guaranties. I it i Miei.i respe.sn ui" ji an ttie ..olitical exclusion of reUl lea der. : leaving slavctv exactly wnere i was h. fct ouiLiealt of the rebel iiiii, aula i.-y - , fr,-ioni Gf the !.ivc he rndertook t f-.. . 1 ruirllitr ncn Ol l .. manumii. It is biiniinel up in an il'fjs il oatl , of :,,-. .,n.ioti.an.l therefore TOMW4iV4.. ....w... - The oath is to suprort all r001 - ,tion8(,fthc Picsident during the ret, liori having ie.rerence t rves. n having icerr- - ' -- Any government to be accepted t : ...., -ii iniT that Oatil. bolit .x . - .....-- -X ol navery, nor .- - , ; Cooctw led ra hwfi tS-J i ll.. anxr kei.uiiii

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