Terre-Haute Weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 26 February 1868 — Page 2

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(Is' li'ii'/,." JitlsDiSMfAroLiB, FEB 20,' 1I56R If th^bjjacrt^^of Io^iAtjapolis to »&- •loiiconifDodsto poiit'ic&l Gonyeotion# may be frond.- the tfrwM'. W,' :.b«-( aweTt04. tftat a Natiopal '•1! iEfeSvwdtion is somewhat beyond ber cali-i-:i. berj?«Hc»»iy hotel ibiibe city bat been Jil-

MUor two days, and the

have been obliged to forego

uifi th»jt*u»l «ec«ssories of civilized life i-To "V ft^^b^oportipiiu jti the delegates ciwpj"1' irnot tt 'fcev? etperience but th»y atefeOt BO well provided "with "oapp: ",. and garriion equipege" as ^ojild'.be.4^iral^le,. ftpr^o, well as they.^ould have t'" b^en had they been favored with advance iff! copies of itije muater-rolla of the ninety* ,' two ,XJnUh battalions now, conc'ent^aUd

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.They have met the same enemy

j' befoir^' ind he has fallen before their impetuous onslaught I They know his mettle, they know what labor and sacrifice ot*r h«*t v^ctdry i» ^o»t, and the^r ."are i^-»ager forthe fmy//••»•• •!.!* i: Ko twie' gatheriagi of people of the same nod. eduld^^eiiant .fi. jnot'a striking' i'iu. Hsontratt than that'preaented by the 8th of ti.i« jaauary Convention and. the crowds now

.thronging the hotels, district he&dquar'•'''"'UflMi 'atr^ ptreetl: Of the city. Differenqos "iin pcnonal appearance are sufficiently .,1} tho attention' elf the a a a a tftance,-as the personal contrasts presentod by the respective forces of QKAST and ^^ipyiaRTON in July, 1863. But a still J»i" greater diffurence is apparent in the spirit »nd isopulses of the two Conventions.— i^fhe Dsmdcraicy seemed, ',tp have,,'but one xj&ot^ that of hatei" It shone in their nactions, looks and utterances. Revenge .11 i, wa». tba goal to y?hijh all their hopes tended, revenge for the "wrongs" inflicted on them -during the war. Among the i."*t7nioa legions, here to-day, no word of malice pr

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have ovate tere for t?i9 enme purpose "which brougt so many of them to this ctty Jn t)»e Spring of 1861, to serve and -,./ii!%ave, their country. "Failure" is not -."[^written in the vocabulary of such men:

is their motto. With GRANT

at the head of the Union column and BJLKXK marshaling the Indiana corps, .liihey will be found steadily "marching

along" to a decisive victory, to a second

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1-11 Tha orowd in attendance is unprecedi ented^y large. The Union men of many •'1: counties are here almost masse and there

I- ieaoJuiU injthe city of 'Sufficient capacity '!r'o '!rki contain half the number who desire

adOdttft&c«. It is proposed to hold the Convention in the State House yttrd but 'there is atrong oppositi«n to the propositioh. Ticket* Of admission have been issued with little regard to the fact of op-

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^delegates, it being deemed not exactly tha ptoper thing to exclude men who have traveled many miles to attend this conrention of the Union party.' i. taK COKVIMTION.

At ten o'clock precisely Hon. Jacob Wright, Chairman of State Central Com. ]".i '.'aittee, called the meeting to order and nominated Qeta. Tom. Browne of Randolph |MTemporary Chairman. The nomination was carried with enthusiastic ttaaaiaity. 'r'-i, _.'.V •|!On taking the chair, General Browne thanked the convention for the honor im conferred and directed the Secretary of :U tfca State Central Committee to call the roll of counties All were fo^nd to be represented.

ChM. Jacobs, Etc[.,' was elected as tern-

^orary Secretary. O. Wilson, Omer v^1 Hartman, John H. Popp aod Henry Jordaa were elected as Assistwst Secretaries.

The Chair announced that a letter from ,. „r 9oru Schoyler Colfax had been placed at "x' Use dilpasal of the Convention by Gov.

Bakery The leUer was loudly called for ', aad wiw read from the stand by J. N. tyn^ lsq. ..

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Mm ta ladteaa, vhas tbey wme together next ttnueiay la their biennial Conrenttoo. Gat the vn? f«)ee oftke H«oa» do not allow its preei&ing offl. -r n, ar te be abeent flaring it* msione, and I must, .- H*relt»*, de«)» tay««ir this groat privihsge. •i J* way not be inappropriate on the threshhokl »i the t^peadln* campaign before o», to look

S««k fbraftw n»lnute«, at thoeedeeds of triumph q( oary«tiag and patriotic party, which ha«

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•,. It isfiindeed*! a grand-gathering of the loyal hosts t'

jvery county, from Posey

to JS^ubeti, from L^ate to 8witzerl#nd? JIM farniahed its contingent to swell the noble ,/»myi wWot has rallied, here to organize expected .that the vic«, -ffntorjr Willi be *fon ^without' effort. A hard ^^eampaign is before the Union men of In':i""diaBia. "Th^'wlio are here to-day agree ih the BttrtemeElt that the enemy is active ^«nd.-vigilant. But ear forces Ave not "raw

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IVhen the National Convention of our opponents at Chicago tfared to hah^ 'out tho white flag of surrender by proclaiming the war a failure, ^nd demanding, a Immediate sesaat^q af fiostiutiles, we promptly accepted the issue and the.'-solaler *lth his ceftriage bo* and the voter With tfaa ba!-lot-bbx united In stampii^f their indignftpt condemnation da the dtagtacefuVarrowal.''L"":•

Wheath# GpyWnm«nt wi» '«pp»|eB|W to issok bocdi by the fcund-eds of millions fdr'tB^ prtservatiop of t?nr iatioisal oiistenpe, Deniijpra^s ridicdledtbetn as worthless, ahdcautionVd the people agalust risking their means in them lrtjt the loyal people were deaf to their warnings? and Bow the same party denounce them 44 having wade coo good an investment in the purchase,^.n

IKUtn "groenbacka" were aUthoti»e«l, ljjffft Bepubli$a# ..ongreas, who can, forgdt the Dem9Ctatxc prediotious .that it wonld nltimateiy take ,ahat full of tfewp to buy a. Ijat^, f#d jap^ fhes havelthe assurftpce to seek to ipak* poli,ticai cafiitsd oaf or he a ii

When the Xhirty-Kiuth Qongress r»efU(J (the Proaidant's policy of Beconstruction, ana insisted on one which should embody Constitutional guarantees for the fiuurtt with fu^l protection, for all who loved thje and the Unfon, our enemies, denonnced us as wishing to postpone Reconstruction while now the same Democrats, with their silly, the President, aye striving to .put pvary.passible stumbling-block ttokte way oftheir retnraf I

Wbea the "Fourteenth Article" was frrStiossd as an amendment'to the Oonstitution, embodying no'mandatory nuffr&go enactment, bnt protecting equally the civil rights of all native-born and naturalized citiiens, Jnaking a voter io Indiana Just ai potential as une in South Carolina,'and! no more, bicring the-door of the TreaSbry.ags^nst my paymiMtts on account of the Uebel Debta or keJEmfcticipatidn of Slavery, the whjle Denioratio party d»no«noed it and urged the Southern Bebels to spurn it/.M, they dtd, $OWJ fta jtwd Democratic States of Kentucky and Haiyiand demand payment outof the Peoples' taxes.fn tha Treasury for the slaves the Nation eth'artlapated aud the Democratic1 tegjlslatures of Ohio «f New Jersey andoavor to withdraw the conient t»f'''tiip»e States to the inolpient Constitutionalamecdmsttt, leaving tbe door open fpr tha prose^ution of these Democratic claims,'if' a ttanocratic condress should be chosen, .-. ,..,1,

I will not •fctend thii letter b^a dsfiisj^ of! tho Congressional policy'of constrfl!Ctiot! for FsiJa* tor Morton's, able vindication if it has covered the whole grtiund unanswerably. Suffice'it tbjsa^ that Congress having authorized tfte suttfagjB"'Of evSry'iVee iiati the Sebai States, rebils aud all, etcept those who, by violktiffg offiieial ffat! S, had added peijury to treason, and tbi iemo«a'(lb party having denouncea'u's for this limited and temporary disfranchisement, the same party shbute ts rejoiciugs over the fact that-the fe'tnaibd^1 of

Not is this all, the President in full.mmj at

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President, Betfife^tieCaWnef jBfficart, '$610*08' 'ftttd' tfjJftt to jfcft ocratic Generalsl tThrew down the gauntlet-ai ItlM fadtof the aatiotf'tfcey'haft ffcsolvtd ,to d«ftMrw. and when the D«adcr»tii1ibrdWof 'ths South in reply shouted ^no ?cercion," It was the Repute' lican party that wrote en its banners, "The last man and tha last dollar if seed le," and tha unoonquerabfe amies which their Congrtaatanal

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iegiaifctioa callad to its field finally .wreed tbfc Several xesolutiode w®r$ prasentwl ^nd BebJlion into aubjection. .iiyini v'*•*" E%p«, without reading! gp

In the darkeit aayi of tho: atarogglf, ,wen at evrry street comer we were temptingly told, by Democrats "Ton can't |o i»»,.t&e South," thlff wa« ear pwty that uai«r iiiisp^l?ed of iia ltepcblie, «id tifiat party rwaisjiha we whoye itelegatee no meet at oar s«at*»,.£»piW.' "W'U®» jinprecsdented and ooeroas taxation became n^ceaaary to maintala our credit, to pay and aupply our heroic toliier», and to keep our flag flying ia toe field, .vpg jdatod tlje prejudice, which eTery Democrat!® ediwr&tuoiptcii to ftgiicit tbeibordei of taxation, and thus daring ^iutnph^Vhsn conscription law* became a military netooatity to fill upour regiments, decimated again, and again by the bullets of theeaeDQk} aedtkepis* the camp, the siege /w»d the march, p-tia wh«n the country was filled with Democratic IemSE« Era [To n» of these laws, we risked popnlfcrity, yjctory antail, by defending them "»sjbrave1/ as our veterans defended the country^'Iji .the Held. ..

When 51 r. tincoln at last st^ck at siavetf as the cause of alt our'wo?8, as well as the rigUt arm ofthe JietelllbD, ^nd when Democratic: gators'and writers still were scandfclo'uslxand P^-r4 sistoiily cftSnmn ated as having converted tha war for the Union into nn abolition war to free negroes, we fearlessly allied o«ir causs to that of thai amble ahd the Hifplfces, and Providence awarded as in fidelity by th«,t^ fcrnii^nt Buctesslon bf triumphs which give salvation tJ th4 T7nlon as well as. freedom to the slave.

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with the same Democratic party which ppj. bis electlon—tha sarns persoo, who, as si capdiddftfe',1 declared tjhat treason should be made odiotw,! but who, as Chief ilfag strata, is tUehpp«ai4 %si4lra" tl^ of every, one who still. )oy^e the .^lojt .$otaW" —^hoseoath binds Elm t.'.at thf.ia^s.M faithfully oaecuted," and who dowa officer after office*, for the^pexfr^ist^e

their duty--who r^tal^ia iu .offlcaana ^i^dar salary ae his Attorney General (p'reiidins over one'af the' Executive Departments which n» C]^q)S ia his antl3taaton message .to tha 69nate Should be in unison with the President) a gantleoi|ia who. says pub: ioly that he xeUX not appear pjtjorq Ilia cotfrfH to defend "the larra" from hostile attacte-stanv aelf-convicted bgfora tha country as having Strive en to induce the Os^er^l of tne Armies to defy a law he did not himself dare to ..resist, gighaliy failing In this, his Democratic supporters unit* cow in Mtt°r denunciations ef that single-Qeart-ed and illustrious,officer, with epithets,.whjcli will not coil the'rfe /pi^ts by rspeatlbf. /But the heart of the country, alwsya generous&jgdjjust, tnrna towards, that, gallant and slan/eredbommander With eieit more affection than oefcra, and longs for the hour, Hrhea at t]i» .b«Hot»box,".th»' people will vindicate'his fln« ft«e from thea^ malignant aspersions 'aha'cart him to that'seat of, honor and responsibility, Which has beSn houored^ by th? Father of thi CoUntry which ouf greatest soldier saved, and the CHugreSB to whose fidelity and infiexibleirmness, this Nation, despite the criticism of friend «nd' fo«i owes the prevention of Kebel reconstruct!an in tho South, will, instead of taking any backwhrd steps, "speak to the people that they co forward," Until every star in our banner, palod though' they tnay have be4n by treason, shall shine with brilliancy wbielt only loyalty insures.

SOHUVLSR COLTKX.

A rflsolutlon^was offered by R. P. Grig» ins, of Jasper, indorsing Grant and Qol» fax as the choice of the Union party of Indiana,, for the Presidency. an^,jVice Presidency. It Wfrs carried by a- rising veto amid unbounded enthusiasm. The Band played Hail Columbia.

The .^fchairman announced "the oext business in order to be the e^ppoititmeht of Committee on permanentt organization. The following Js thai lyommjittee:

Pint DietriCt«-Jk W. Cook. Second District-sT. J. Cumtoiflf. Third District-—Col. S. Stansfer. Fourth District—Wm. A.Peelle: Fifth District—-A. 0. Stevenson. 11« Sixth District- G. Crain. 1 Seventh District—J. L. Milligar. Eighth District—D. R, Years. I Ninth District—Silai'CoJgrov^y Tenth District—Oeo. Moon. Eleventh District—M. %. Ess^x. ', The appointment of a Committer oh' Credentials was 1 dispensed witbj ^y con-' 1 ii if Sent. J,

A Oommittee ca PJaU'orm was appointed as follo'wsr Eirst District—C. M. Allen, J. H. McNeely.

Second District—J. P.' jjuce, IT. O S a Third District—Col. Ira GHveri jRalph Sill. .. .11':

Fourth District—CapUt L. D. [Lyon, John F. Kibby. Fifth District—John L. Setchan, W. W. Curry.

Sixth District—R W. Thompson^ P. C. DunningJii f.c. ULrf Seventh 'District—R. P. Hert/Pooffi'

Eighth District—8. Fisher, James O'Brien..' t" ., ,«.«»/ Ninth District— —Grosej John Morris. .. .'

Delegates at large to the National Convention, were elected as follows: Hon. J. P. Kerchevah, Hon. John U. Pettit, Hon. John Raynolds^ Hon. Henry S.

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A all ^^lqUons, hereafter presented be-referred without reading carried by A ^eArfy TiaaniTfiotft vote.

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debate.'*'""«• The following Committae ftp appoibt« ed'fo We?l" Sta\%" ^^a!^^nd 3tkte

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Jfret Di^iQtr-rOol. JU A. ilann. ,w Second g-Jrown, Third Dwtrict^-W. U. $ocner, J^PURTH ^PTNCI^RB, M^HFY WOJ^?K fiviWV.

Sixth JDiatrictr-W. K. E^wa'rcls.. Seventh District-—Gen. Lew Wallace. Eighth District—Col. K, Cra,yeQS. Ninth District—Wm, A. Bonham. rji^tbDktxict-^oNrttLoaW^

Eleventh District—G. H. Luther. 'i ThI*eri|ta#t 0%UitatioA Hrtfed-tb'rf RfllOuHhg' as tb« permanent officers of the convention

JA8: HUGHES, of Manro»i« f*u ?,. i-.lSu *«, VttrE rtrtterDKNTBf'^ X'"1T 1a*-Thtw.»66evens,

4iii-Hotr^D. BeesoDj Wstynaii M-jiiKi s-Lnw:

3—N. W. Herod, Bartholomew AM _J

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10-^-I^r. CT?S. Bar^ick Lagranget 3 11—MajuiCfclkkusf Porker. .General, HugTpjTs was escort©^ to ohpi?faa41f)roc^jjed, #t once tp t^prder of business, 7onlyAji«taining',th6? con fori" tibii' with a btief feipnPefeston of'thanks.

7th Di3trict*-R.: W~ Harrison ?pitin ^bntJ'Beri."F. Milford.' ir| „.o

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.1st! District—*A/ L. :Robinson ,!qQiinngent, Ji W.-Wartm&p-' 2d District—W. S. Jones ^/contingent, A.. Houghton a? 3d District—Capt., Johft^ Gues^,, jcontingent,'R. H. Litspn.,?

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4th. Districtr-JilH- Faxqubar cpntih':" gent Jacob Julian.

District—Dr. Justice icofatih^ent,

iDivO. Metager.' 1 MhJiDJsuict-f»Jv MeUettsii «entin« gent, W. H. H. Mi!ten district—Gan. Mlld"8."Haecal COntingent.^amOTs!uorpen.

gent, B. & Origins 3©G&siw ®$^|^lijii^E^r^AT»i0NAL CONVENTION.

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Tebth. District—J. H. Defreea,' Wta. M. Ciapp. Eleventh District—Ausofi Wolcott, J. B.Niles. *"1

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1 »houW be glad to accept yoar kind invitation,' 1. «kd xhw« »njvj tt"' prlTi,«f» of looking into the feoMof theMpfwentatire men of our organit•

was ananiiffousiy voted tl&Valflte*-' olutions be referred to the Comnrittee-'on resolaticns without debate.'

presented a resolu*

tion warmly endorsing the course it Cpnigrete of Hbhi O.' P. librt^n,Inrfd tjhe publican de3,egatjar«ril^i1

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resolatio^.^M refetreii ^^6g(Conam!{teS" under the WITB1./ Ttree were given for Sonata Morton.

A resolution on finances waaifitroS1 and referred ut^der. rulo to the prop er Committee.

A resolution in favor of colonising the

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W. Prnther: contingents, Smith Vawter, Capt. D. G. Ralb. .,1 4th District—B. H- Swift, B, F. Claypool contingentB, J. Livingston, N. H.

3d District—ira G.'Grorer. 4th District—Jli^ge W. A. Cullep^ '*%b 5th District—Hon. A. H. Conner. '6 th District—Charles Cruft.

7th District—Hon: G. O. Behm. •^*8th District—Hon. N. P. Richmond. 9th District—Hon. John W. Burson. "iOtli District—Hon. J. A. Mitchell, aith Dietrictr-Col,. fAlfred Read.

Cfhe 'State Centra! Committed subsequiently met ani organized by thejchoice of Hpn

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Chairman.) On motion of 'Hon. John Hanna, Col. Consul BAXBB,'of, Vaoderbu rgh, was declared the UnatSiraous -choioe of this Convention for Govemorw •*,•••

Mon. Will Cumbaclc,''o£ Decatir, and tioo. ^Ismsc Jenkinson of Allen, were placed nomination for Lieutenant Governor, tad't&eSeeretai^ proceeded tocalj the roll of cquntiesj but befo^ the, result was announced Mr. Jenkinson moved that Hon. Will Cumback, 'be declared the unanimous "choice of the convention for Lieut. Governor. ,,

The motion* prevailed amid lpud.fpc-

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Mr. Cutriback wwl- called for and responded vefry brfefly. thanking the convention for the honor ooaierred and promising to let the delegates hear big views upoh^the great issuee of the campaign in their seve^c^to^es duiln^tiha naftiyfcftt I sii&t :tif 7". 'T^'i W'T^?TV^ 1

Mr. Jenkinson responded to a' hearty call by .thanking his friends'fbfr their generous support, pledging hiabAstf efforts towards the electionofthe tiekei. 13ie conbetween Col. Cumback and bimceif, he said 1 had •not been of a personal cbar"iwter nor cotlT^ini^fraprtSeTf political -and-^4nohkl: friendship.

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JKThe ee^octionof a candidati^u^ Secretary Stlfe? Messrs. ofiman, Messn^r, -^uaajBeld and Shfj^ic' were placed in nomination', bUtbefore'the result of the first ballot was announced

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tjhe nam^s of ifessner, Mansfield arid ifihryock were withdrawn and Max T. A Hoffman of Oass was declared the nomi nee of the convention by acclamation

General Nathafi ELiniball of Martin was nominated for Treasurer of Stat? by acclamation, amid the wildest enthusiasm and on being'

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i'iiG 0Jnvention was called to order at 2 .o'clock. The names of Messrs. Lange und Oakley were withdrawn from the list of candidates for Auditor of State. A second ballot was had, while the votes #ere being counted the Convention voted twOjDames standing low'M^iOB^hej t^lly (»heetl Hawhe withdrew ms name in of'FiShfe Lamb with drew in favor of, Fisher. Many counties chapgod their votes and much excitement prevailed.' On motion of Cpl. C. M. AI"Wn It1Was voted that a new call of counties be Had, but the result of the ballot beiug.cajied for the Chair decided that nb ether ballot could be taken until the result was announced. Change of votea continued to' be made until the result was finally given, by which it appeared jthAt Maj. J. D. Evans, of Hamilton, havie'g received 922 votes (846 being necessary .to iv,choice) was the nominee of the Convention for Auditor of. State. The:vote was made unanimous, and amid great ep^ plause the candidate came forward: and thanked the Convention for their expres-

CharlesP. Jacobs, John A. Finch,: EdW^ETA. &4vis,Celonel John W.Bay and James B. Black, of Indianapolis P. ,S.: Kennedy, of Crawfordsville Byron W. Langdon, of Tippecanoe, and Henry M. Scott, of Pike. great.deal of time was occupied in changing votes and some confusion was created. The result was the nomination of Col. J. £, Black, of Marion, on tbe first ballot, he having received 933 votes. The nomination was made unanimobs.

Col. Black came forward aod pledged the old majority of Marion "for the Union ticket nominated to-day."

Messrs. March, Sexton and Williamson were placed in nomination for Attorney General.

On the third ballot Hon. Delano^ E. Williamson, of Putnam, was nominated, receiving 843 votes, to 828 for Judge March. Mr. Williamson briefiy thanked the Convention. "He would be found in the midst of tho fray when the fight came

French. oontingente, Ezra, QllemeA, G. H. VOSB.

Ttiitlllricf' VupKi'lftdi,' J. S. W&

8th DWtrict— —f BrOwnlee, J. "D.

BenDettv™ir*r4 •. in i-lua -joi R-fli I «th"jDislrict-M3.' D, PoWell and john Houg^^contingeatfl/H H. I^eff, jJ. M. Haines. loirt^ncraririraHatnB

Purveysfnfei? I jotiiig6nti,131, E,t- Dickinson, C. H. Woodburn. I 11 Distribc—A. Ouriiey," C. G,Powell contingenta Ou H. P.JfcJailay? W. W. But-

Messrs. Olcott, Hobbs, Rhodes, Shortridge, Young and Knapp were put in nomination for Superintendent of Public Instruction, and on the second ballot Barnabas C. Hobbs, of Wayne, received (JB9 votes, and was declared the nominee ofithp'tjonvention. Prof. Olcott received 796 votes, and very handsomely moved to m&ke the nomination of his successful

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The Districts were then jd^lled jin numWicrtl^o^er and the^spok^Mati 6t eachr delegation, announced its "choice forj Statb Central Committee: i. 1st Dirtrifctf^-3, W. F6ster.*iJ' 2d DistricMQeh/Wi-Q. Gresham.

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moet vociferously called out, aad responded in one Of t^9 best short speeches ever uttered. We have no space for more than this brief allusion. He had often wondered why such au office as that of Superintendent of Public Instruction had been placed at the end of tbe list. It might be that it waA regarded as the de-. «ert,and placed in that position to grace the end of the feast. Alluding to the ticket, he said we had one of the best Bakers in Indiana at the head, and a man at the other end to take care of all the children in the State. He bad not sought this office, was not a volunteer, but had been drafted in. He would pacify the minds of 'those who thought they saw an inconsistency in a member of the society to which he belonged, comisg out for Grant, by the assurance that he believed Grant would be found to be the right man for the duties required,and, believing that, it was not his business to inquire what he might have done in the past. He spiced his closing remarks with many happy hits, and sat down amid a perfect tumult of applause, rounded off with three lusty cheers for Hobbs, and three more for the whole ticket.

Hon. B. W.Thompson, (rona the Com. mittee on Platform, presented the following report which elicited cheer on cheer as each resolution was read, culminating in grand salvo of cheers for Morton followed byexplosionsequally stunning for.Grant aad Colfax. The hall shook with the tumultuous uproar of 2,000 voices. Hats were hurled in air and every possiblo demonstration of extravagant delight and wild enthusiasm was visible:

The Union Bepublican party of Indiana, assembled in Convention at Indianapolis, on the 20th day of February, 1968, to consult in references tbe present condition of the country, make tbe following declaration of principles: jFirtt, The Congressional plan of reconstruction was made necessary by tbe rejection of the Constitutional* amende ment and the continued rebellions spirtt of the Southern people and if they will not, upon the conditions prescribed by Congress, become the friends of the Union, it is the duty of Congress to do whatever the emergency requires to prevent them from doing harm as enemies.

SteoMi, The extension of suffrage to the negroes of the South is the direct reeult

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Convention in fitting terms, for the honor cSonferred upon hioi»,,and promised to do all in his power to insure the triumph and success of thd ticket.

Messrs! j^ijsher, Evans, Latige, Hawhe, Grubbs. Oakley, Lamb and Ellis were placed inj)qt$feiation for Auditor of State. Oh firtt ballot Maj. Evans had 592 votes, Fisher 308J, Lamb 241, Hawhe 201 Grubbs 145. Lange 92, Oakley 53, Ellis 43}.

At this point a recess was taken until 2 1 i'ilit -tit Aw****•'••• ni o'clock P. M.

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sion of confidence. ,l »^Capt. T. W. McCoy, ef Clarke, D. I. Jackson, oJT Jasper, and Gen. Laz. Noble, of Knox, werp placed in nomination for Clerk of the Supreme Court. Capt. McCoy reoeived 1002 votes on the first ballot and hie nomination was made unanimous. Being lustily called for, he came forward an A 'acknowledged the compliment bestowed in a neat speech.

T^ie following gentlemen were placed In nomination for Reporter of Supreme Court:

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of the rebellion and tbe conti&uad,rebellious spirit maintained therein, au^. v/as accessary to secure the reconstructipMf th» Union and the prefer vat igp of the loyal men therein faorn a state worse thao fjavery,'and the question of fcuffrxgH in? all the loyAl .State#, belong-to. the people of those States undec ,the, Const) tution of the United States., ffttrrf, Thegovernment of the Una tea States should be administeiml with the strictest economy consistently. with. the. public safety and interest. Rev^nue, should be so laid as, to give ^he greatest possible exemption to articles of, primary necessity and fail moat heavily upon [luxuries andthe wftalth of tho country,'and ali property should Sear a just proportion of the burden of taxation.

Fourth, Tiv» public debt made necesekry by the rebellion should be honestly paid and all the bonds issued therefor should be ptsid in legal tenders, commonly called -greenbacks, except whercL by their'express terms, they provide o^hSrwise and' paid iti such quantities as will make the circulation commensurate, fith the commercial wants of the country, and se as to aveid too great inflation 9? the currency, and an increa^p in the'pride of gold.

Fifth, The large and rapid contraction, of the currency, sanctioned by. the.yotft of the Democratic party in botb Hciusda of Congress, has bad '^t moa^ injurious "effeot upon the industry and busing of the conn try *nd it ia the duty of CongrMS to. provide by law for supplying the/Jefifioncy in legal teader notes, commonly palled greenbacks, to the full extpnt required by the business waats of the couptryJ

Sixth, We are oppoaed to tho payfcent of any part of the rebel debt, or to' any payment whatever for, emancipated slaves^ 'in'': 1.. iij r.. .1.

Seventh, Of all who were faithfuMp the trials of the iate war, fcere are entitled to more especial honor tlianl 'the brave soldiers, and seamen, who,.endured the hardships .of campaign and cwW»nd imperiled their livies in thomrviceiofitheir country: the bodhties rand pensions! provided by law for these brave defenders of the nation are obligations never to be

forgotten-, the widows and orphans df the gallant dead araHhe wards of the nation a sn^ed legacy 'bequeathe^ ,t» thej nation's pr^tectingcare.

Eighth,1 Tho pfiblic lands are the prbpttx ty of the people monopolies of them, either by individuals, or corporations, should bp prohibited .they Jhould oe~ to-' served for actuul cottiers and, "as a substantial recognition of the servioes of the. Union officers and soldiers in the late civil war, they .should each be allowed one hundred and sixty acfaa thereof

Hfinth, The doctrine pf Great Britain and other European powers, that because, a man is once a citixen he is always so, must be resisted at every hazard by the United.States,»» a relic of tbe feudal times, not authorized by the l$w of nations, and at war with our national honor and independence. Naturalized citizens are entitled to be protected jn all their Wghts of citizenship asJ'thOugb they were natiVe borti, ahd no citisfsh of the, United States, hativO de naturalized,: must be Habl« to arrest and Imptisontneht by any foreign po^Wer1 for acik done or Words spoken in this country and, if so arrested and imprisoned, it is the duty of the Government to 'Interfere in his behalf.

Tenth, We cordially approve the bourse of, the Republican membert of Congress in their active support if the bill ptobibiting a further contraction of the currency, in which they faithfully represented the will of the people of Indiana. Aad this Convention expresses their unwavering Confidence in the wisdom and patriotism of OHVer P. Morton—his devotion to the vital interests of the nation during the past six years has endeared him to every lover of Union and Liberty, and wc "end greeting to him, in the American Senate, and assurance to him qf our unqualified endorsement of hU course

Eleventh, General Ulysses 6. Grant and the Hon. Schuyler Colfax are tbe' choice diana, for President and Vico PrealdehVof the United States and this Convention hereby instruct the delegates to the National Convention to cast the vote of Indiana for theso gentlerafed/ ££The Committee appointed to- select and present a list of delegates and electors at large, reported for delegates at largo tp National Convention!, as follows:

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Hon. B. W. Thompson, of Vigo Hon. Henry S. Lana, of Monteomery Hon. W. A. Peelle, of Waype, and Gep. W., Q, Gresham, of Floyd.!: j^v'..

Contingents—Uoa. D. C. Branhara, of Jefferson Hon. Silas Colgrovo, of Bandolph Hon. Daniel Pratt, of Cpss, and Col. J. W. Foster, of Vanderburgh. ,tfr

For electors at large: Cel. T. H. Nelson, of Vigo, and Hpn. B.F. Claypool, of Fayette.

Contingents—Hon, John Petitt, of Wabash, and Gen. Geo. Wagner, of Warren.

A dispatch trom Senator Morton was received by Gov. Baker and laid before the Convention. The Senator stated that he bad forwarded a letter to the Governor to be read to the Convention. The letter not having come to band, was or* dered to be printed with the proceedings on its arrival.

HOn. Henry S. l#me was called for ia so imperative a manner that there was

refusing compliance and "the Old war horse" responded briefly in his usual inimitable vein. -.

Late as was tbe hour—neady seven o'clock—tbe Convention would not adjourn for supper without a speech from Col. B. W. Thompson, and that gentleman was obliged to comply with their wishes. His remarke were more than usually eloquent even for him and elicited the most exuberant applause, ending in. a round of cheers "for tM distinguished patriot and orator."

A few remarks from Judge Hughes, closed tbe afternoon session, and the Convention adjourned to meet at 7J o'clock, to listen to addresses from Gov. Baker and General Dumont.

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At 7$ o'clock the ball was again crowded with an eager audience. The President introduced General Dumont wbo delivered an elaborate address, for which we have not space in this issue. At the conclusion of General Dumont's address, the exercises of this memorable Convenvention 6f the Union Bepublican Party of Indiana were appropriately closed with """""oorwraro* BAwnt's srwcB.isa 1$ The time has arrived when ae other those great periodical contests which are incident to popular governments is MboUt* to be inaugurated. The principle^' iow» ever, for which we, shall contend in tho ^copending struggle are the same ft*' which the loyal, liberty-loving Union DM' of die country have been continually battling since the commenoemeat 'of the

BebeHion in miMm* **b However some csefi may 'dpiiiW td forget the record of Individuals and of par-

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ties during the years intervening between the redHcJJun of Fort Sumter and the surroudor of the rebel armifes of Lee and Johnston,1 the 'ghosts of the past will not bidding and the dowta at their 1 same men

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who mpde the Hartford ^Convention do dpty fpr theui against p^l^tical opponents who were in nowise responsible for lbs action, must' be tnado to remember that that CohvetAion was a pattern of loyalty when compared with the Q^ioago conclave of J.864.

The Bepublicah piartV Would be false to itself and false to tha dountry if it permitted tbeeo-calied Democratic party to assume.^ offensive now, I^iat party is s^l tbp,prisoner in the dock, on trial for its lite at the I Jar or the Nation, anji amount of denunciation of the prolecu ting ofieen,, no amount of fecial plead' .iqg,,can ,diyart the minds of. the traitors from the rear iasue which is "guilty not guilty" of compsE^ing the

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Men7 whb) during tbe war, denounced greenbaeks as uncc^ostitutional, and not possessing even the righteousness of filthy rags, may clow pretend to bi:8o enatnored of them as to propose to inundate the country -with paper, money by' th^ix tut-

"^Iten who, at Chicago and ellsewhere, denounced test baths as1 the invention of tyranny, may-00w pretend to OBI# iipon the inn-o^ad,j oath as «t, sufficient security against the adBU8Sion(.of rebels to Co.ngrws. ''""i11" -1"

Men who, during the 'wafr deaounceq the draft, and boasted that they had ney

stored "by force, -resblWt re-resoFWthat the ^nlon hastbas been restored, and that they dti it, but st^U the intelligent.people of the counUy wiH ap-f ply to taem the infallible rule of judgment "by their fruitsShall knbw twmn and allow them to t».k» those eligible back seal^.tg tf^ch Mr. Johnapo^ so politely invited them in 1864.

The restorktioh of the States lately in rebellion to tht/ir praifttical relations-tjo the government of, the United States, is the paramount,vque^Upn, of, the ^y, oh the proper solution of wnicii all' suhordinate questions in & large 'measure depend Two distinct plans reconstruction are presented to the conntfgrr-ithe.one known as the PreaidentifU plan, ana which flow ha!" the support of the Demooratic party the other' known as the Congressional plan, Which has the endorsement of the great loyal Union Republican party, but for whppe efforts^during the war, no plan of reconstruction would now be possible. The advocates o! tbOee two distinct plana of reconstruction differ both aa to: the law. and the facts which enter into any iinquirf .involving the merits of each.

The subject, therefore, naturally divides itself into the fwo following questions, under which I propose to treat it:. 1st. What are, the facts affecting the merits of the two plans of reconstruction now proposed ib the country 2d. What is "the legit status Of the States lately in rebemonI

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the. constitutional powers of Congress and tie President respectively Over the questiohs involved in their restoration

If the frcts are as tha organs of Democratic public opinion assert them .to be, Congress might well, for the sake bf accomplishing a speedy restoration of the revolted1 Stfrtes, waive any irregularities in the Presidential proceedings and iratify acU which are believed to be beyond the scope of. the constitutional poWers bf the Executive Department of the government.

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What, then, does the Democratic, party allege the facts to be which should induce Congress to riscognize the State organizations fdrmed' under the auspices of the Presidont as legal, valid State governments?

It is believed no better or fairer mode can be employed of ascertaining the positicin if the Democratic

party on these allowing their earer in this

est ions of fact than OgUis Stato, oonatot HdtidriCks, to state them in hirown laoguager^He said, in hia 8th of January speech, and substantially, reiterated." the statement in a subsequent speech in the Senatp 1st. That after thti '&otie of tho war tbe peopl^of' the South "entirely acquiesced id the results of the war, yielded obedience to law and r/espect tp the authority of the United States." 2d2d. "Thit the people of hll the Southern States adbpted the President's recommendations and elected delegates to Conventions Constitutions, were mac^ submitiedj v6ted upon and ratified." 3d. ''That iti each State Constitution slavery was prohibited tbur: debt contracted. in the rebellion was repudiated their right.of secession was expressly and in the most solemn tnanner abandoned, and their several ordinanoes of secession were repudiated and declared invalid." 4th. "These Constitutions were approved and ratified according to the forms always respected, and wer?acceptable to the people both North and South."

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If these propositions were true, or even time in the main, the revolted States and their people would to-day be represented in both houses of Congress ofthe United States. My present duty is to show that with a few slight exceptions, which will be noticed, they have no foundation in troth or in fact. In other words, I put in an appearance for the Bepubliean party of Indiana and plead the general denial to the whole complaint.

Although the burthen of pfoviog these impositions is on the Democratic party, whom they are affirmed, I take upon myself, contrary to the ordinary rule in such cases, the duty of disproving the affirmations and establishing the denial.— This I shall do, not bv an exhaustive review of the evidence, out by sucharef-. erence to the principal links in the chain as will suffice for the end proposed.

First, then, did the people ef the South, after the close of the war, yield obedience to law and respect to the authority of the United States

In entering upon this idquiry, it should be borne in mind that there then was and still is on the Statute Book of* the United States ax act of Congress entitled "an act to prescribe an oath of office, and for other purposes, approved July 8,1862, by which every person elected or appointed to any office of honot* bf 'profit under the Government of the United States, (the President only excepted,) ia required before entering upon the duties of his office, to take and subscribe an oath that he had never voluntarially borne arms against the United States since becoming a citizen thereof that he had voluntarily given no sud, coantenanoe^ counsel or encouragement to persons engaged in armed hostility to tbe United States that he had not sought or accepted nor attempted to exercise the functions of any office whatever tmder any authority or pretended authority in hostility to the United States that be had not yielded a voluntary support to any pretended government, authority, power or Oonstitution within the United States^ hostile or inima re to

Before proceeding to show how much ^bedfctice the Oefeated rebels of the South yiefd tb tHs liW, and how much respect they manifest for thtf authority by which it wm enacted,: I desire to express^ my grafiflcatkm that Mr. Hendricks teems to approve tbis oath, and to have faith in TOe

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•could be restored? to power. "Since 1862 it has been and now is," continued he,"tha Statute law of Congress that no man shall be a member of Congress, or hold any office under the United States who *Q" gaged, in or gave a.id to the rebellion.'

As no doubt is her^ expressed of the' constitutionality of this Statute, no desire j.— n«y wantof qonfi-* its propriety or constrained to believe that tbe Senator has changed the opinion ho. formerly held on the same subject. 2 well remember that, in 1864, ip his plain in the Senate he most emphatically condemned this .oath' by compsribgIt with the odious religious test oaths formerly.required to he taken by members of the British Parliament. But be that as it may, Mr. Hendriokr, cow relies upon this oath to keep Congress uncontaminated by the presence cf 'Ted-handed rebels," and thereby admits' the validity of the act prescribing it

How much obedience, then, did the' people of tbe South yield to this law 7 How much respect to the authority of the United States by which it was enacted?

Under'the Presidential plan of rSoon struotion, and .undor the lead of. Mr. Johnseo,,:aU the rebel 8tatee, except Texas, proceeded in, the faU of 1865. to elect Senators and Bepresen^tativ6s in Congress. When t,hey did tbjs they wetfl fully informed of the existence of the act of Congress prescribing the "iron-clad" oath.- "i""*

How m'Uch obOdien'tie did thby yield to that laW? How tnttch' respect did, they Cilice for that oath Lei'a few'fticta answer the question:

But, this is not the only evidence of the continued rebellious temper and spirit of tbe people of the South, and their, utter want of respect for the authority ot the United States. North Caroling, for instantie, made the taking effect of sundry of her laWs in relation to freedmen to depend upon the withdrawal of the military protection extended to this class of people by the United States, thereby refusing to "accept the situation," unless permitted to dictate to Congress what should be the character of its legislation in relation to the recently emancipated slaves. Mississippi showed her respect for the authority of the United States by passing an afct, approved November 21, 1865, as to a certain class of offenses committed before the war, granting an amnesty to such persons, and to such personB only, who had volunteered in the Confederate army, and who did not desert said army. If a man had served in the Union army, or enlisted in the Bebel army and deserted, he wits to be tried und punished for offenses committed before the war but if he had served the rebellion without deserting, this purged him from all guilt. Who so blind an .not to see that such legislation as this WHS out of ^jure respect for the authority jof the United States! Again, by another act of the some date, Mississippi set apart tweni typer cent, of the entire revenue of tbe Stat^. a revenue proposed to be raued by th^ mM'eniortnouB taxation, for a relief fund for the relief of destitute, disabled' Confederate soldiers and their widows and children. Union soldiors who resided or might settle in the Seate of Mississippi were to be taxed to pension those who fought to destroy the Government! Does not this discrimination in favor of iBooel scldiere and against Union soldiers show a marvelous respect for the authority of the Uuited States, especially when lt^is considered that by another law of thesamO State a Union scldier, if he happened to be a black man, might be sold on the block into temporary slavery to pay poll tax.

Again, maimed Bebel soldiers were exempted from the payment of poll taxes and license fees 'but no such exemption was extended to persons who fought for their country.

Another very significant act showing the respect of Mississippi for the Authority oftheUnited States, was tbe fact that her Legislature, on the 1st of December, 1865, obliterated tbe very name ofthe osly county in the State that bad bten loyal to the Government during the war, and re-baptized it in the name of tbe chief of the rebellion, by giving it the nam A of Davis. The name of the county-seat oftbe same county was changed to Leesburg, in honor of General Lee. Is it not a gre*t outrage that a Legislature so loyal as to pawan act like this, showing such marked respect for the Authority of the United States, should not be permitted to eleot two Senators of the United States to take their seats by the ^side of Mr. Hendricks and assist him to represent true loyalty and trueconstitutional liberty

The butchery at Memphis, and the slaughter at New Orleans, speak in thunder tones, in favor of the proposition that the people of tbe South yielded obedience to the law and respect to the authority of the United States I Let me call your attention to a bill growing out of the last named butchery, rendered by the Chie! of Police of the City of New Orleans to the City Treasurer of that city, after the murder of the members of the Convention^ Thus it reads: "CoMrrxoixra'B Omcs, 1 "itiw ORLXAWS, November 1% 1867. I «Omci or Tax CHXSV O» POLICE,

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City of New Orleans, To Thomas B. Adams, Dr. For cash paid for hauling forty-tix load* dead and wounded from "TOBtffid the Mechanics' Institute te station House, at $3 ....v$138 Paid for carrying dead froni Station

House to Work House Yard,, eight load*», at $3' 24 Paid for fifteen loads wounded trovanw station to Freedmens' Hospital, at $4 60 Paid cArriage and'cab hire for myself and Aids during the week of- the riot -Here you see, from an official document recently brought to the notice pf Congress by General Butler, that these rebel officials of New Orleans account for rixty-

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Georgia chose Alexander JEk'Stephens, late Vice President of /the Rebel Confed* eraoy, and Herschel V. Johnson, kia Sanator in the Rebel Congress, to .represent her reconstructed loyalty in the Senate of the United. States an^, her piBopie elected two rebel Generals tp seats ..in lb a

William A. Graham, fretU from the Coafederate Senate, and Mr. Pool,' a member of the Bebel Legislature of that State during the war.

In the Hbase, the people of the {same State elected a member of the Bebel {Congress, a Colonol hi the rebel army, And a member of the Convention which passed' her*ordinsince of seoessiosu. I '1|"

South Carolina, chose as her Senator, a Confederate State's Judge, and a staff officer of Beauregard in the rebel army.

Virginia elected to the House two members of her Secession Convention who had acted as .members' of' that body after the commencement of hostilities.'

These fire mere samples of the kind- of n^eh which the Sdutb chose as members bf the 39th Congress, and it is perfectly notorious that, as a general rule in the elections which resulted in the choice of such men, loyalty to tbe Government of the United States was proscribed, while service in the Confederate caum was a re pa or to a a or

Wtth fects like these staring us |n tLe face^ it,is not: difficult to determine how much credit is due to the senatorial- assumption that these people yielded! obedience, to law and respect to the authority of the United States.

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United States. And yet these are the people for governing whom, gallant PbiL Sheridan was removed from command by the President, to the great delight of the Democratic party, North and South.

But we Are assured not cnlythat the people of the South did yield obedience to law and sg^ect to the authority of the United States but that they .entirely acquiesced in the results of the war.

One of the rapulta of the war, as is now conceded,pn, aft bands, was the abolition of slavery in the insurgent States, and the consequent obligation tp protect the freedmen in their inalienable rightj, among whicbj there is good' authority for saying,

'"IMV'iberty and the pursuit df happirifess.* Indeed, the founders of the republic are reported to have declared that, *'to secure these rights governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the eonsent of the. governed." "!'6

When ifr. Johnson assumed tflfbe the Uaited States, and arrogated to himself the lAw-makin^ power of the Government, ho waa hbt unmindful of tbei feet that •slavery had been abolished in tb^ insurrectionary States by Sxeoutive proclamation as a necessary vrar measure, and that this abohttoo-'had reeeivedtthe sauotion of Congrew and the people.

In his amn»ty proclamation of May 29, 4865» he ragaired every rebel,'as a condition of pardon, to take and subscribe the following oath, viz: "I tob solemnly swear, or affirto, in the presence of Almighty God, tbst I will henceforth faithfully support, protect and defend the Constitution of the United State^iand the .Union of the States thereunder And that I, will in like manner abide .iby^nd faithfully supper* all laws and proclamations which -hiLve been made during ihe existing rebellion with reference to'the emancipation' of slaves. So he to

By the President's p'rocTifeation of the same date, (May 29,1865, appoint, ftfg a Provisional Governor fot" North C^rolifca, and providing for the re-estab liShment of civil government in that State, one of the qmdifieations prescribed for every voter wa^that he should previons'y •to vqMng take and aujbscripe the amnesty oath whiph has jus^bejB^^o^d aUength.

The North Carolina proclamation was UUe mo^e^after which all the '.other re.construction.proclamations' sabsequently issued wero.fashioneJ: tbe same oath be-

WWQ.rfas^iioneJ^ the same oath being required in eacb as a condition precodeij^to the exercise of the elective fraccfeUe» rebellious people of North CaroliptuSouth Carolina, Alabana'a, Mississippi, Florida and Texas, in reconstructing under the Presidential plan, took this amnesty oatb. *ffh6?c facts, now passed into history, are reproduced to shtfw that so far as swearing faithfully to support freedom as against slavery concerned, the people of these States did acquiesce in .the results of the war.

But to *nake his declaration gopd, Mr. Hendricks must be prepared to show not only that they thus swore, but that they aisd Iri good faith kept their oatbl

In supplying the evidence on this point, it will not be expected that within the limits of a single speech ail tbe proofs of entire acquiescence will be addled as to all the seceded States. Instead ofjjattempting this, some scraps from the history of Johnsonian reconstruction in a single State will be submitted as a sample of the whole.

Let. j&ipsiesippi be the model State selected, and let the evidence be drawn from her legislative enactment? passed in 1865, before the meeting of Congress in December of that year.

The resuscitated rebel legislature of Mississippi met in October. 1866r Ana was in session during that month, tbe month of November, and a few of the first dnys of December of the same year. .,

It was compcaod of men who had just sworn faithfully,, to support the abolition of slavery, and no wicked Radical Congress had. as yet done aught to provoke them to do otherwise than as their own judgments sh'Obld dictate.

What then under the favorable circumstahtfes 'did they do? By law'tbey compelled all cOldred persons t] have homes, and-by the same law rendered it impossible that they should have homes by making^them incompetent to even rent or lease, (much less, to own,) lands or tenements, save in,an incorporated town or city, and there they could only rent under the control aud with the permission pf the corporate' Authorities.— The object of this legislation was palpable it was to drive the emancipated slaves to seek honies, as tenants by sufferance, in tl&ir old quartors Oh the plantations of their former masters.

By the same act, the freedmen, and all other colored persons, were also required to have sonRe lawful efxtpioyment in order to legalize their existence in the sovereign reconstructed State of Mississippi. How then could lawful emyloy ment Toe acquired or obtained? 1 answer that a colored person could only have a lawful employment in one of two ways, viz: first, by being licensed to iabor by the police authorities of tbe lo« cality in which ha might live, the price of license being fixed by the local authorities, and vary:ng'from one to five dollars, and betcg revokable at tbe pleasure of those who Issue It. Second, by contracting in writing to serve some white man for a period of more than one month, and by that contract reducing himself to a worse condition than that of slavery itself. This contract, necessary to legalize tho colored man's existence, was by law declared to be an entire contract, and if the employe quitted the service of his master, without good cause, before the expiration of his term of service, be forfeited all wages then due, and was liable besides to be arretted by any officer or citizen and carried back to his nmtex? and for making the arrest and delivery, such officer or citizen was entitled to five dollars reward, and ten eents a mile from tbe place of arrest to tho place of delivery, all this to be paid by the matter, and deducted out of the future earnings of the fdgiAve. And, lest there should be any failure to execute &2s fugitive slave law, it was made tbe duty of every civil officer to make the a mat and delivery of the fugitive.

But these Johnsoaised rebels well knew that it would be a vain thing to enact that a colored man could not legally exist in the State of Mississippi, save as tha stipulated temporary slave of some white man, unless there were proper penalties prescribed against the terrible crime of not having a lawful employment. This omission was suppiied by the vagrant law of Mississippi, approved by Govern or B. G,.Humphreys, late 'atJeneral ,in the Confederate service, on the 24th day of November, 1865, and still approved by Mr. Hendricks and his party, as may be inferred by the declaration that these people entirely acquiesced in the results of the war.

By this vagrant act, all colored persons, male and female, over the age of eighteen years, wbo should on the second Monday of January, 1866, or thereafter, be found withoat lawful employment or business, were deeiared to be vagrants, and on conviction thereof, were to be fined not exceeding fifty dollars, aad imprisoned, at [CONTINUED ON TOTTOTH TAdX.]