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y z- ered tbrteaad individuals, vbile cars nity retch, Ed cot far exceed fifty thoosaud. Tho coopUint tbat e have invested loyalty, ir respective of allothercon.-idciHtieus, it'a tbe right to vote bas le.n acswered ly the following pro vision of the President's organization i.roclaniation: "And with aalbority to evrcito w;ttln the limits cf sid State til ihe power nore sury and proper to null uch lo! reopie tLe State c f Xonh Caroli ia lo restore said state to its cxasiituUuual relations with the rederal Uovcrc.uierjt. igain spuaking of the Army: "And they are enjoined to attain frcci In any way Hcdcricr, iiupedii.g, cr ditcouraci:)?: the Krai people from the oigauiisiitm of 6 btate (ivvcruiccut as here 1j authorized." "Which establishes beyond. dcuU that tbe original lDtcLt of tha President was that ot-ly lojs.1 citi isns could take part in rtconstruction. Ia 1SG5 the Provident stated his own views in these express words : "If there were only fire tbonand loral men la a State, or a less camber, tut Sufficient to tatccharge f the political machinery cf th9 State, those five thousand men, or ba lets number, are entitled to it, If ail the ret thauldha otberm-e luclined." This I hold to Le good doctrine to-day ; and will to entitled to quo:ation ia all time to couiO,ia every contest of loyalty with treason. Subsequent to this tinrj the rhilalelpbi-t con nection seais to have entertained the o; i. i a thnt it was necessary to extend tbe range of loyalty ia the South, or that Urion l.-yalty Lkh did orcry thing, dared ertrjiLir, id suffered everything for the Eucecs3 of tLo leaer&l arm?, would become "the five thousand or a let-3 number," fjteciijed by the President, Hence in that celebrated conel-iva, when such ecntiiac-ct as thrro cf llttry A. Wise were the current staple of all rcbeUo:a, aa follows: Ton call tho came lost; it Is not loft. Iflhadtrl virpbed I tbould have favored iti ippir.g them naked. Tbey imsht have si t aleJ for paidou, but I v nid bavo seen them t nii:cd before I would have granted it. For Biycelf I take no oath, I ask no pardon." That convention in its address to the country declared of theye peorle, "there is no section of the country where the Cocetituticn and laws cf ttc Lcited Stales Lnd a inoro prompt and entire bedience." Hut just at tbat point, as if tho assembly bad passing before it a procession of ghosts from the ileraj Lisand New (Jrictns massacres, it was deemed Lest to cccae back to tie i-ainerrv position of loyalty and tdd a more trrilstic nsfctcraticn in this form: '7 hey rer.ew their irgacintnt to bear true faith and ailcgince."- Ar.d hhd the case cot been a desperate one they might tare paused with that : but tbey continued 'through all lima to coao." Thca tho sectenco full read thus : "Tbey renew their enpafremenl to bear true faith and aliegatce through all lime to come." Put, as if rtmn.lcriE: that ttcy were posted as perjurers fir lairg Lroken just euch a ftrmei vow, they rellied aain and prolonged tho sen tence with this additional member: To tbeCoDf titntloa of ti e 1'i.ited tatef, nJ.to U laws tbat may bo made in pursuance thereof." TLu in order to pet the?o rebels on the loyal fegiflcr, they pledged thera, to all eternity, to obey whatever laws might ia future b tcade un der the Constitution, titill they pcemcd to doubt whether the loyal peoplo would receive tbein back ioto church tinle.s they coloo to the cor.fces.'onal and were put upon probation i but time was prec ious, and they could not brock tho idea of a pro bation, llcnce they c' rno up again promptly, ia full force and good order, marehirg to .tho sound of Dixie, with Mais and bars flying, and agsiia make solemn proclamation : "In no cno of thera (the States) is there tho slightest indication of refiftance to this authority against its just and binding obligations." But remembering that evil-di?pp?ed Union mn tnight think threats to subdue and to reduce them to a state of remi-slavery the freed men sounded very much like aV;ght irjdigoaticn" to rc-sif t bindicg obligations, they dare net give up the white-washing process without another turn of the screw or.d application of the brush. And hero wo tare the nal consummation the perfoctioa of political audacity the sublimity of impudenco the we jlui iltra of falsehood deified. "Tho supremo author ity has beea acknowledged by word" good enough a8 far as it goes ':otd act"' better, if true 'ia every States ;" wh at more 'and by every citizea withia its jarisdictioa." Why, ilr. President, if all that had to be done ia orde r to cauo you and I and all our fellow-citixens t accord loyalty and truth and devotion to the rebel element of tho 8outh they who are charged with rcj.roducisg it upon this floor demand our commiseration. But evea all this did not satisfy th.it most ia approachable and incomprehensible bodr. They feared some part of that most righteou loyal clement might fail to play their pRrt bcToro the work of reconstruction should be completed, and btneo a saving clause ia these words: "Though tfisleyal in lentimeDt and pcrposi", and neither the bonur, the credit, cr the interests of tto cation would te tare if they were readmitted to a share In iU councils, we have no rifht, for such reasons, to deny to any portion of the Stato or people rights cx pressly conferred upoa theai ty tho ContituUoa of the United States." Thea let these gentlemen move an amendment to the oath taken in the Senate : "1 do profaacly swear to support the Constitutioa of tb United iStatcs, though I am disloyal in sentiraentand pur pose, and neither the honor, tho credit, or the in terest of the cation would be safe if I was readmit ted to a share ia tho councils of the natioa. So help me Satan." toother oath would meet the case, and ta no othor power could they sucoesfully appeal for aid. From that day to this Democratic orators hare culogixcd the loyalty of the rebels of tho South, and the liouse end Senate bare resounded with their I raise ; and yet a Louisiana editor, oa the day the 'hiladelihia Convention vai ia session, kcowiri' its elements and spirit, said : 'Let us wait and hope, for as sure as effect follows eauhe, the couveutioa assembled at Philadelphia is the entering wedge to inaugurate civil strife." Before I leave this question cf loyalty I desire to cast some light upon its present status by callin npoa a distinguished routhcrn witness. I call to the etand Robert Tiombj, of Georgia, who thus writes to Corry, of Cincinnati, relative to the com ing campaign : "After the reception of yonrs of the 6th insxant. wdth the proceedings ot the Cincinnati convention, I accept with the greatest pleasure the potdtion to which 1 have been aigDed, and will cheerfully gire my utmost effort to promote, estahlii-h, and vitalise those prinripies." . I therefore accept any man as a brother in peace r war who will hoDcttiy stand bj and defend theui. 1 will be wiih tim as long as the weakness of hnmaa Uy will enable me to- et.nd by the truth to my own hurt." "Therefore, sink or swim, survive or perish, I am with the West and the South for tha taaintainance of the Cincinnati platiorm of April 13. 1 will take im mediate measnres to organize the State of Georgia on tbat basis, and will urge the true men of the so-called ten rebel States to fall into line. You can fully count a them. I have tried tberu " "I regret nothing in the past but the dead and tha failure. I am ready to-day to use the best means I can command to CkUtlish the principles for whichj f oegbt. "Very respectfully and truly , jotir friend. "B.OBKKT TOOlfBS." This testimony settles the fact that the rebels of Georgia unite with northern Democrats to-day to vitalise the principles for which the rebel Toombs fought. And these are the men they would admit Into Congress, and this is the exposition of their loyalty; and because Congress prefers the Union xaen to these complacent traitors we are denouueei. To meet tha vaunting charge of oar military bill Tbeing a despotism it haj only been necessary to show, in the axiomatio utterance or tho senator from Maine, that "we began to reconstruct as foon as we begaa to conquer ;" and the military WW is only in aid of reconstruction as a police reg ulation. Without the emancipation proclamation there never bad been reconstruction, aud without the much denounced civil eights bill emancipation Would have been only a speedy mode of rushiegthe whole colored element or the South into incalcu lable sorrow, saffering, or death. But ema icipa tion and civil rights bill, both to be of permanent adicacy, demanded the constitutional amendment abolishing slavery, declaring citiienship, with .her concomitants cf manhood and nat cnality; while the key to tha treasure-house of God-given rights, the rudder to tha newly launched vessel, end tha emblem of authority and dignity, was known to be tha ballot. With these acku'jwleJged la authority, perpetuated ia application, respected la their providential wisdom, and duly credited for tha honor they have already secured from foreign Powers, the work of reconrtruction will be cocsum Xuatcd, treason foiled, and loyalty enthroned. The failure on the part of the opponents of con tresiional reconstruction has been most signal in attempting to show an identity of character be tween the origical views of President Lincoia and the doctrine that the rebel State governments sur vived the war. Ia 1S33 Hr. Lincoln declared by proclamation, "The loyal State governments of several States have for a longtime been subverted." And again he repudiated the a;tion of the rebel , State authorities of Virginia just after the sur tenier of Lee, showing he regardei all those gov " rna?eDts as doad to loyalty and tho Union. Xor have they been able to gain any comfort from his refusal to sign the Winter Davis bill.whica reached him aa hour before the adjournment of Congress, " at a time when he was tryi ng to reorganize Louis lana and Arkansas oaadiHerent baMs; and tha results cf the war being still so uncertain that ha doubted the propriety cf being irrevocably com mitted to any particular bill, though to this one he httd no special objection, aside from tha conflict with Lis e!Trt ti restore suddenly the Sutes of Louisiana and Arkansas. e w h are permitted to record our votes and t aise our voices in behalf cf the final emancipation f ccr country from the 6hacklcs of tyranny, occu y the t-osi sacrod and irryc. sing position ever silky Ai&acsyaiiisrc's the revolutionary d." They laid the foundattca or a temp.e, on cover ted the walls; they entered ir,to a sacred covenant with the God of heaven, but were never able to cloM the contract. In 177(5 tbey promise.?, if Providence . wcnld crown thtir revolution with success, they would do just'"e to tbeir bondmen. John Juy, the rit Chief Justice of the United Stiles, assigned the rcasoa for the covenant ia tho following words : "I believe that God governs the world ; and I be lieve it lo be a niaxici in R.i, as in cur courts, that those who atk for equality ought to do it." Laurent., of South Carolina, ca mo to the confes sional with most appropriate w,rdj : "I ar.i not ore of thyrevs bo dare trast in Providence for le(euc and sccurily of their oira .liberty while they ensruve :;'! ifh to continue la slaver j thousands who are as well eatitled lo freedom as themselves." But after the shouts, of their deiiveranco had gocoout to tho ends of the earth, what did they ttfitify as to the fulfillment of Jehovah's part of the contract? It was fitting that Washington should annour.ee tho result, iicarbira: "Every step by which the United States have ad vanced ta the chracier of a; independent nation aeerua to have Leen iiucguibhed by roma . token of provideu'.ial agency. " Bat tho storm ccca abated, the emotions ercked by i ts origii..il fury soon subsided and wera followed by terrible aposUjy. The lather of his Country marked this change with deep regret. To Colotel Laurej&s ho said, ia 1762; The spirit of freeiorn which, at the cemmfn jetrtpfct if this contest, wou'.J ha.e gladly t.icriSce.l evci jthii.g to the altair.tiient of its object, has ion.i t-ince subsi ded, and every scifiih paisiun has taken its place." Lather Martin, cf ilarylan J, sai 1 : VThen onr liberties were at slate we warmly felt for the common riRhti of r:iea. The dansor being tho::j;ht to be pa-Ffd which threatened ourselves, we are daily growing more insensible to those rights," Id the foundattca of a temp:e, ouiecv llr. President, tbeso venerable men were right; that national sins brini fiat ion w punish ment.. They were right ia allowing that the proitise ex torted by calamity often fails in prosperity, and tbat their own pledges unfulfilled w cro recorded on high. At last, through long years cf such terrible apostaey as never before disgraced Christian civ ilization, we wero called up a to comply wLh that old end sacred contract entailed upon us by the men of tho Revolution. We entered as onr first answer, this is a white mia's war ami we are am ply able. Providence replied with Bull Run and such like disaster's. Finally, to the ear of this na tion came from over tho lapso of years the adtnoni tory words of Martin "respect tha common riglts of men." Tho patriot father called upon for another son to fill the place cf him in bis gory bed, the w ifo mourning a fallen hu.-ba:id, and orphaa children, in their unutterable anguish, learned to pronounce, "respect the cominoa rights of men I" Providence hedges us around froru every avenue ofese:ipo. or tlje to-day wo would have been found enacting over again tho scene described by Washington, al lowing "tho spirit cf freedom to subside and every selfish pa sioa take it3 place." But tho nifro fact of emancipation is not a full corr.plianco with our natiotal duty unless that carries with it all the rights and privileges of freemen. To grant a man bis freedom from shivery and yet not secure to him the full and fair protection cf lw is only a mock ery and insult. To allow him t' amuse property and then lot ethers govern it by law, to allow him to seek liberty but deny him the power of preserv ing it by leghdstion, to allow hita tho claim to life but refuse birn a jury of his peer, would be to rob hira of tho substance &zi cheat Lira with the shadow. ilr. President, there socnn to be a strango dis crepc-ncy ia many of t he leading positions of tho speech of the Senator from Wisconsin. In one in stance he affirms : "Now tbat thsy have ia coed faith pledged anew their allegiance, s-nd desiro to join with us in rebuilding tha waste places over rua by this dossolating war; now that they have in tact ceased ta be rebe!?, why shall wo continuo to denounce them as rebels ?" Butn the next breath be tells cf a war of races. lie says : "That war is now iaipcEuir?g all over the South ; it js only tho pressence of the Federal Array which prevents iti outbreak upon a gigantic sealo in the exilo and extermination cf tho blacks from tho Potomac to the Rio Grado." Of this I haven) doubt. From all the dsnun ciatioa of Un:cn men ia the rebel papers of the South; from all the murders of loyal colored men in the South ; from tb refusal to punish for crimes against lifo and property and character whea loy alty seeks redress ia rebel courts, 1 have fio doubt it it a fuct that only uthe Federal Aray prevents the extermination or exile cf the blacks from the Po tomac to the Rio Grande." Fatal admission ; terri ble troth! But, Mr. President, the passionate appeals of tho Senator, his firry d enunciation?, nu strange porver sioa of facts, all tend to prceipitato that very state of things be professes to deplore. These ore no new alarms ; th changes have been rung upon th em ever tineo tho fatal rupture between the Pres ident and Cor.crress. The Philadolohi convention, of which the Senator was so conspicuous a mem her, prepared tha public miad for just such a suto of facts, aai declared that 'Xo people have ever yet exlstel whose loyalty and faith Each treatment longcontinccd would not akena and impair." This was intended to be ea apology for the first outburst of rebel Lato. But then, as if a little fer mentation might aid the rising continued. storm, the address "The ten millions of A rnncar.s who live In the South would be unworthy citizen cf c freo country, o.ece rate sons of heroic ancestry, unfit ever to become guardians of the richts and liberties beiuathed to us by the fathers and founders of this Republic, if thv could acifrH, with uncomplaining sobTiiis.ivcncss, the humiliations thus sought to be Imposed upoa them." Certainly the leaven baa leavonoi the lump certainly the rartv have- the anticipated results ia the necessity of a Federal Army to save the blacks from "exilo or extermination. But the Senator says "they have in good fa:tb pledged their allegiance," and ceased t3 be rebels. The rebels of tha South Would not thank the Sen ator for such assertions. They know they cling to the fancy that the lost cause will yet revive, aud in all their social gatherings sing their rebal songs, eulr'ciio their heroes, and curso the Union, the Yankees, and tho flag. They hold as their true position, with the Augusta (Georgia) Constitution alist: "Wa. are a beaten peotde : beyond that declaration do not go." They bold with Chalmeri: "We of the South struck tor individual liberty, but centraliiation overwhelmed us and endangers the liberty of the wholeccuntry." They hold with the Mobile Tribune, relative to tho Orleans missacro "It was well done ; even if five times or fivo tun dred times tho sacrifice of life had beea raide to accomplish the purposo it would still havo been well dune." They hold with tha samo paper "that the defunct confedoracy seems not to ba so very dead ia Kentucky after all." Docs any sane man believe for a singlo moment that to kaook down and beat en opponent ever expelled a logical fallacy from his bead, or expelled a corrupt motive from his heart? Rather ho would cling more closoly to bis idol. and nurse his angir in secret, hoping for an opportunity to enthrone taa one and gratify tha other. I believe in my heart the honorable Senator would this day regret to seo the military called away from tho South on account of what he must know would follow. He knows that the constitu tional guarantee of freedom of speech would perish ia aa hour, and no man would be allowed to discuss the war, the results of tho war, and tho rights of the people of tho North, Last and West to go w here they please and utter aa fully as at homo all the deep-seated convictions cf their souls. lie knowa that the former slaves would be as com pletely at the mercy of tha rebels as when they were ia their legal power, for now the additional motive would appeal to tbe brutal and infamous that these people of color loved, the old flig and aided the Lincoln hirelings. lie knows that men of the North would be injured ia busino-s and driven from many parts of the South. Ho knows a free press would be mobbed a3 a pleasant pastime, and editors shot as amusing recreation for the knights of tho "lost cause. He knows that schools and c lieges dare notallow their pupils and students to recite in public tho r pirit-stirrirg eulogies upoa loyalty and tho Amerieaa Union which patrioti.-m has produced and cloqutr.ee immortalixed. lie knows that the t u lj it dare not attempt to enforce kinduess and forbearance to tho frcedmen nad the doth of submission to the laws of tho people's Con gress, as required by tl c doctrine that "the powers that be are ordained of God." Ila knows that af ter policy has defined its position and cuiidity ad opted its hypocritical cant the great m iss of rebels are outer rebels still, sr. a wiii remain so durinz eniiro lifo ; no mental or moral change has ever come ever the spirit ot their dreams. I he loyal white men and loyal blacks and a few deceived and now silent and submitsive are ail to whom tho Government can look for hearty co-operation aad support. 1 do not wub to be ucchantabie, and tbereforo I am iaclined to pause just here aad dwell upon the tact that if left alone the pcnitcat rebel and the unrepentant rebel would ucithor of thera be asking or desiring to-day the privilege of voting. Oa the day of surrender they would have said, we entered tho war against you, determined to i destroy tie Amerieaa Union ; wa hated the idea of i nationality; we cherished the fancy of Slate sov- ertigory ; we adored the institution ct slavery as a systcuicf power and wealth, ache.ipand convenient sy fcteui o f concubinage, a concomitant of aristocra cy, and the proper corner-sUne of civil govornmect. Ihe appeals of our revolutionary fathers in behalf cf universal frceiora were a'l discarded ; and when haea of tho North wore exiled from tha South, or warned not to enter it with hopss of hospitality, if they camo cherishing the doctrines of Thomas Jef ferson, we yielded a hearty approval; We turned cur pulpits against tho doctrines of universal fathers "knelt ia prayer end battled for a world brotherhood ; we expurgated our literature ; we put our orators and poets under bonds to be truo to our prejudices and desires ; and during all these four years of war, by battle, by assassination, by conscription, by starvation in pri3on-pens and dun geons.'and by an effort to press yellow fever into onr service, we have bankrupted esrth for expedi ents of destruction, llav ng done all this, do have mercy upon us, and a How us to retire to obscurity. If life and property are granted we will ever re member your great and astounding magnanimity. But with all our national mistakes and national sins, do not expect us to ossuaio to aid and cherish and build up through the bollot-box this late ob ject of our vengenee. With tbo blood of tbeavong iug angel oa ail our door-posts we caaaot ia less than a gneratioa forget this calmity. We bavo no lovo of cointry ; and it is only by love that the citizen can faifill the duties cf bis position. Per haps w have loved our States too blindly ; but be yond doubt we have hated our Government of the Union w ith a perfect hatred. There are few moa among us who wcro your friend t and never falter ed. Our slaves are demoralized; but you can make nothing of theio. You have run your gov ernment ia spite of us ; your ways are not as ours ; Te cannot help you, and besides, we have r.vora each to tho other to die in the last ditch rather than live again in the Union under the hated stars and stripes. Your principlos are now to triumph we do not uade:stand them. But if they redeem our de.-olatcd lands; if they build up our ruined ci'ies ; if they bring commerce to our silent wharves and hurbors: if they erect tho school and college, our children may some day "yield that obedience which wo refused. If thero are any among us who can take your Constitution to their vtius, lot them eaibracs it ; if any who can spend their time and means and influence to sustain your Union party in canvastirig and voting and becoming legislators for the nat.on by swearing truthfully they never ug ivo aid or comfort to tho enemies-of tha country," in your discretion let them do so. Ia view of all this, Ihave no doubt the rebels would have submitted cheerfully to such reconstruction as we are now en forcing had not their north rn allies become their champions, eulogists and defenders. Jlr. Prosi ent, you will remombcr that during the war if a citiaea of tho South had been found with one of our spoeches ia his possession, the rebels would have exiled, imprisoned, or murdered him, on a proven charge of sympathy with the Union of the States; but if he had been found with a speech of tho Democratic Senator from Indiana about him tho same rebels would have voted him a friend and given him the. benefit of tbo stars aad bars. But had the Union men of the South found a soldier with on of your eloquent and impassionate appeals for universal freedom and the success of the Fed eral arms with Lim, they would bavo divided their last morsal of food and defended his perishing life at the risk of their own. And, Bir, tho people of tho South measuro public men by tho same stand ard to-day. The L nion men of all grades look to the Republican party for sympathy and support, while the unrepentant robols look to their Demo cratic allies for consolation and hope. Mr. President, tba only path of daty for ui to travel is that marked out by the light of Christian civilization. We are pledged by the spirit of cur institutioas ; bv Pilgrim vows and Pilgrim faith ; bv interposition! of Providence, from the hourcf the Mayflower's peril to the fail of treason's ban ner, to do, by our legislation, all and everything demanded by the strictest rules of Heaven's justice. When we attempted to evade a settlement after the American Revolution of 1773, we gradually com menced to illustrate the proposition, "Whom the gods intended to destroy they first make mad." When we denied the criminality of slavery, and turned tho Bible ' ptccopts aside, and with the em blems of bread ocd wine enticed Christ's bumble poor to the ruble of communion in order that the soul-driver might, wiih greater accuracy, cast the lariat over the head of his property, we were in voking Heaven's vengenco and mortgaging the blood of a whole generation. When we decided to try the virtuo of cxtortel tears, and sweat, and blood, es a fertilizer for the virgin soil of the mighty West, and sought to consecrate Kansas and Ne t risk a to the dominion cf the blood-hound and lash ih oor impotent rage, wo wero only preparing an amphitheater for tha greatest moral and physical contest humanity ever witnessed or civilization ever crowded. Retribution is written all over the later pags of cur national history. And now comes tho era of compensation. Liberty proclaimed through all tha land, the swarthy sons of Africa pleading from the platform, theforumand rostrum tho cau?e of universal rights, and quoting ia the earB of defunct aristocracy the severely true pre cepts of a long-abused now triumphant democracy. . By all the concentrated rays of history, written in blood, I seo only one path of safety for my na tive land, and this is univeral justice . -You may sail whatever see yon chocse, and shift your sails to any pointyou please, and whether in the calm or s tor ui rou reach tho goal there never can be peace or safety only in tha haven of universal justice. We may tamper with conscience, and make conces sion to the wounded spirit of a once domineering people, and lie down to dream of Dives in hell and 'azarus in Abraham's bosom; we may shut our eyes and close our ears, steel our hearts and hush our voices, and tnea look oo t again upon a cardival of death, hearken to aa ocean tone of woe, and die despised, traitors to country, God an man. But if we seek only justice thon our work shall live and grow and swell into inoro magn ificent proportions as future eras rise and culmina to into the perfec tion of truth and duty. rtEPOETED E2TRES3LT FO THE ADVERTISER. Washington, Feb. 23. The Presi tleni removes Stanton, and appoints Lo renzo Thomas Secretary of War, ad in ierim. Stanton refuses to give up the office. Thomas threatens to use the military to oust him. The President sent to-day the nomin ation of Thos. Ewing, Sr., a3 Secretary of War. " Washington, Feb. 21, Gen. Geo H Thomas telegraphs Senator Wade de dining the Brevet tendered hiin by the President. Washington, Peb. 25. Debates on impeachment commenced at 10 o'clock. Many speaches are beincr made. The final vole taken at a late hour on im peaebment resulted, yeas 126. nays 47. Washington, Feb. 25ih. Stevens, Paine and Bingham, were appinted committee from the House, to prosecute the impeachment of Johnson at the bar of the Senate to-day. ade said the Sen ate would lake action on the resolution adopted. The House appointed seven members as a committee to take evi dence under oath on the impeachment question. The excitement over impeach ment is considerably diminished. Basi nes3 at the War office is attended to as usual. Thomas mide no further demands for the records of the War Department. Emery called at the Adjutant General's oihce for private mails and went home. Chicago, Feb. 2oih. An immense meeting was held here to-nicht, sus taining the action of Congress on the impeachment of the President. Specials from Washington say the committee have positive evidence that Johnson en deavored to excite a conspiracy against Stanton and Congress. One article to be presented will arraign him on that charge. General Emery, commanding the district, will sustain this charge. It is DeiieveJ by prominent parties that about three weeks will be occupied be' fore a final vote is received from the Senate oa the question. The President is irritated and despondent to-night, be cause Stanberry made no application for quo warranto. He eent a lengthy mes sage to the Senate yesterday, giving his reasons for removing Stanton. LATER. Washington, Feb. 26. Midnight. Thomas has been released on a writ of hubeas corpus. The President directs that Thomas apply for a writ of quo war ranto, and serve it on Sianton, to show by what right he exercises the duties of Secretary of War. The authorities are thinking of de claring marshal law in Washington until the dificulties are settled, cr until the excitement abates. j STILL LATER. J Washington, Feb. 26th Midnight. Gen. Thomas appeared in Supreme Csurt to-day, accompanied by his counsel Richard T. Merrick and Walter S. Cox, with Joseph Bradley, Sr., advising-counsel, Judges Oliver, & Fisher oc cupied the bench with Judge Carter. A subpoena was issued for Sianton to appear and bring his Commission-as Secretary of War and certain other papers. Case postponed until to-mcrrow. Washington, Feb. 27ih. Carpenter, of Wis., opened for Stanton; Thomas was allowed to leave Court without bail. The Senate committee,' to whom was referred impeachment message from the House, reported o. 6eries of resolutions thereon and propos-3 a like action on the case, resolutions were adopted without dissent, and an order made for the ap pearance of Andrew Johnson at the bar cf the Senal?-. ' The delay of the House committee on reporfing on the articles of impeach ment is said to be owing to the fact that an impression exists that it cannot be converted in a permanent charge by the Senate of his violating the tenure of office act, hence the committee are to day engaged in forming "articles with a view to secure a. united party vote. Report says the Treasurer refuses to honor Stanton s requisitions aa Secretary of War. - Grand Jurv convenes in this district on Monday next. Nebraska CiDucvtiscv JARTIS S. CHURCH, Editor., BROWNYILLE, THURSDAY, IE3. 27, 18S8. Call for Republican County Con vention. A Republican County Convention will be held at Brownville on Saturday, April 11th, 1833, at, 12 o 'clock, M, to elect five Delegates to represent Ne maha County la the Republican State Convention to be hold at Nebraska City on tho 22th day of April 18o8,and to do sch other busiaess as may be of interest to the party in this county. The Re publicans of each precinct in tho County are re quested to hold meetings on the 4th cf April to elect Delegates to attend said County Convention. Each precinct is enthled to the number of dele gates as follows, viz: Peru 11 Glen Rock Lafayette 5 Washington Douglas- -3 Brownville-- Neinaba City 5 A'pinwall St. Deroin 5 Bedford Benton-- 2 Tho above apportionment is ma do from the vote for Congressman, at the October election of 1866 that toing the last stiictly party vote given in this Ciunty. We hope to see a full attendance at the Convention, and thai every prociack will be fully represented. WILLIAM 0. GLASGOW,! WILLIAM W. 1IAWLEV, j AMOS T. D. nUGHF.3, n WILLIAM PHILLIPS, f Committee. DANIEL C. SA.NDERS, J.M.PAUI.IN, J " WILLIAM n. HOOTER, Prca't. G. W. Fairshotiter, Secretary. Republican State Coyentlon. A State Convention will bo held at Nebraska City on Wednesday , April 20tb,1363,at 12 o'clock M., to elect Delegates to represent the Republican prty of Nebraska at the National Convention to be held at Chicngo, May 20th, next. Also, a can didate for Member of Congress, Governor, Secre tary of State, Auditor. Treasurer, 3 Presidential Electors, and the delegates present from each judi cial district wid nominate a suitable person for District Attorney, for their respective districts. Tha Convention will be organized as follows : Richardson County Nemaha county 5 Nemaha, Richardson, and J hnson I Pawnee, Gage, Jeffer son, Saline and Lan caster I ( J a go and Jefferson 5 Johnson I Oroe 7 Laneas er I Cass 5 Cass, Sarpy, Saunders Butler and Seward-I Saunders, Soward and Kutlar 1 Platte, Menick, Hall, Buffalo. Kearney and Lincoln I Saline, Lincoln and Kearney I Sarpy 2 Douglas "-8 Dodgo I Piatte 1 Washington 2 Washington and Burt-1 Hall, Buffalo & Merrick I Burt and Cuming 1 Dakota 1 Dixon, Cedar and L'- Kau qui court Dodge. Cuming. Stan ton Dakota, Dixon, Cedar, L'Eauquicourt and Pierce 1 Pawnee Total 52 A State Central Committee is to bo elected for the coming campaign, tae plae of holding the nsxt btate Convention designated, the basi3 of re presentation for succeeding Stato Conventions agreed upon, and other important business will be brought before the Convention. Republeans, send delegates, and let no oae coun ty be unrepresented. St. A.D.BALCOaBE, Cioirniaa. Omaha, Jan. 20th, 18(58. Senator Tipton. we devote the greater part cr our space this week to the spepch of Senator Tipton delivered in the U. S. Senate crowding out editorial matter, valua ble communications already in type and much other interesting matter which we intended to have published. The speech is of more general interest to "all our readers and we are happy to lay it be fore them 'so soon after its delivery. Mr. Tipton's friends intend to press his claims for re-election before the next Legislative Assembly of the State, and they are anxious, and it is filling that the electors" should know the ground whereon he rests his faith, and the abil ity wherewith he pushes his conclusions before the Senate. So far as reconstruc tion is concernsdwe believe the Sena tor stands upon the only tenable ground there is in the premises. He contends that when General Lee surrendered his sword that the territory composing the insurrectionary States stood to the Unit ed States in the position of a conquered province and in accordance with the ge nius of our institutions shonla be con structed first into Territorial Govern ments, and then( so soon as may be into loya! Slates under the control of undoudt ed U nion men. regardless of color, ed ucation, or previous condition. The Sen ator's speech is well worthy of careful perusal, uead it ana hand ;t to your neighbor, with instruction 10 do wise. like- Tne Conntj Contention. A County Convention has been called to meet in this city on the 11th of Apr.il next. The Central Ccmmutee metal the Headquarters of the Republican Club on Thursday cf last week and trans acted their business in a spirit of concili ation and harmony. All concurred that unity of action and 'the success of repub- ican principles were of paramount im portance, and that all individual and lo cal interest, must yield the ground to the , The members of the Central urarni.- tee are all staunch republicans andare deserving cf great praise for the concil iatory spirit with which each entered up on the business before them. The' reso lution passed and presented with the call plainly speaks the irrevocable purpose of each memder to work early nd late for the nomination and election of earnest Republicans to fill the various offices in the "entire circle from Alderman to the Presidential Chair." Let every Republican voter in the . . . -L- i -e . 1 county see to it mat tne resoive oj iuc committee be the watchword of the par ty in the coming canvass,and success will then crown our efforts. Through the kindness of A. D. Marsh, P. M., we are permitted to make the fol lowing extract from a letter from Sena tor Tipton : 'This day McPherson, Furnas and myself were before the Committee on Public. Lands, and the Chairman is fa vorably disposed toward our Bill, and we think we will receive a fuvorable report from the Committee." We have received No. 1 Vol. 1 of The Repudiator, a weekly newspaper published ed bv B. B. Taylor &. Co.. St. Louis, Mo., and from iiwe learn that "The ob ject of this Journal will be to accomplish ihe repudiation cf the so called national debt." "So for as relates to party politics, and in all other respects. The Repudiator is an independent journal. Vtf are gratified that we can truth fully stale, however, that in philosophy in principle and in lact we are ana ever have been a Democrat. Just so. INow who will doubt the wis dom vi the Republican policy of recon strucuon which seeks to amend the Con biituuon by adding thereto the proposed 14ih article submitted by Congress to the States for. ratification. If the Constitution of the U. S. is so amended, then the "eo called nationa debt" will have become a sacred obliga uon, and mut be paid. The Republi can Legislatures ot Uhio and New Jer sey rathed the Amendment of the Con siuution bv the addition of thi3 article one short year ago but the Democratic LttnaTaiures of the same States Lave receuily voted to withdraw such rauncn uon and leave repudiation an open ques tiou. We are now informed by this new independent exponent of Deiuocra cy, that "in philosuphy, in principal aud lact" a Democrat is necessarily a iiepu tiiator ot the National Debt, lu order that the advocacy ot such obnoxious pnn cipals may uol injure the standing ot the Democratic pany wnh those who cannoi induise thii teaiure of ihe pia.torm ilia duubileas wise and discrete in ihe lead era to send out ineir advanced guards as independents. i - i Our Wasninjuuii correspondence V AbHINGTON, i eb. lb, 'tiS. JldverAser : Has il ever been yuur cusiuriune to transact business ia W tton in .uu, eiiner wun any vi iue ucvAtv aieuis or with Congress? n 1 it not men jou can form but a poor idea of me de iuy aud red tape. Au admirably ihua irative anecdote is io.".d amoug me aul' lerern. A treuilemun having business in Washington, reacaed here tweniy-nve yeurs ago, by a morning train, aud re tuscd to take a room a. uie noiei, claim tug lhai he wuuld get through m time tu return by the evening tram by the sdiue dav. Last week Uv died lu this cnv. a bankrupt, and was burned ui me af exyeuae ol ihe Ciiy. Uoiii?ress is s.nl discussing the recon- o stiuciiuu question, t or iwo uays paai, however, this, in jhi Senate, has given way lor a consideration ui ihe Alary laud benalorship. Ihe whole subject is uLideruoiuir uiioiher Veniilauon. ii was o o supposed a v jte would be reached to-day But owing lo ihe illness ol neveiuy Johnson, it will nut be taken beiore to morrow. There seems to be but one opinion in regard to this question; and thai is thai ne will be rejected The debate on ihu new reconstruction question, especially in ihe fceuaie, ha been thorough, carrviug the conviction o W 9 that even it iniaides mav have been made in the minor details of the Cou gressioual plan, there remain? not any Uoubi as to ihe correctness of the principles which are us basis. Senalul ivioriou,' Pumeroy, Nye, Cragiu. Howe, VYilliams, bievvari, Morrill, Drake, HJr- lau aud Tipton, have all made leugtny and lelliug speeches on this question, all ot which ougut to have extensive circula tion among the people, The Railroad inieresis ihroughout the entire country is largely, represented here. iNeOraska has delegates iron- Ne maba, Kichardson, Otoe, and Dakoia counties, asking grams' to did in ihe con strucuon of roads leading weet. The bill granting lands to the Brownville, Ft. Kearney & Pacific Bailroad Company, will, in all probability, be reported by ihe Committee to ihe Senate tu morrow. The claim is regarded as a meritorious one, aud ihere is no good reason why it houid not become a law. The present, however, is rather an unfortunate time tor such enterprises. Being near the ciose of the Presidential lerm, leading men are busy "making Presidents," and one ot the great hoboies is -retrench meut," "economy," &c. all, of course, important in themselves, but may be over done." Nebraska is belter adKen.is.-rl this winter, than ever before. The Nebraska Judgeship is not vet disposed of. The Judiciary committee have reported lavorabiy as to the cotfir mation of Mr. Worihiugion, and aciion may be had any day. fhis is a vexed question, upon wtich our Senators are divided. Another question, promising to be "vexed" was the nomination by the Pres ident of Gen Sherman as brevet Gene ral The General himself, however, has put a quietus upon the whole affair, by telegraphing his brother Sen. Sher man, lhat he will not accept the pbsiiion, and asks the Senate not io confirm him. A. J." undoubtedly mean: trouble by sending up the name of Gen, Sher man ; but the gallant Eoidier declines to be used as a "tool." national issues cow agitating me county- . . Mr. Sumner to-day introduced a mem orial from ciu'2ens cf .Massachusetts ask ing that the office of ihe President of the United States be abolished. Mr. O'Niel of Pennsylvania introduc ed the following siDgdar resolution in the House, to-day. Be it Resolved, Sfc, That the Treas urer of the Uniied States is hereby di rected to open a certain wooden box marked "jewels, &c." locked with a pad lock and tied in various directions with red tape, and bearing ihe red wax seal of ihe Patent OSice at all the crossings of the tape, which has for many years been deposited in the vault of the treas ry, so as to ascertain the contents there of and report the same to Congress." RocxronT, Mo., Feb. 25lh. Editor Advertiser: The people of this usually quiet place have been much in- tprpMpd in a horse race which came off here ty day. W. N. Thompson ran his celebrated horse "Wild Charley," over a distance of six hundred-yards-, against A. B, Ffee's horse 'Texas," for a S200 purse. "Wild Charley" wen tha race by ninety feet. It is claimed thai "Wild Charley" is a thorough-bred, im ported to Illinois from the stables of the Duke of Huntitgton, England, and -hat "Texas" is a wild horse from the prVsries of that Siate. and but recently trsined to ihe saddle by Maj. Durfee, his present owner. N Young Robert Taylor, who recently shot his step-father, .P. G. Morgan, in Sonora. was a short time since exam ined before Justices Windson and Hurst, on a charge of an assault with intent to kill, and wa? bound over in the sum of 63,000, to appear at the next terra of the Circut Court. This county recently appropriated $2,000 to construct a levee on the Nish- nebottanv in ihe norih-west corner cf the county, to protect the 'farms in the valley of this river from overflow by the June freshets and high prank of the "old Muddy." The Council Bluffs and St. Joe. R. R. Co. are now constructing the levee. The farmers of this county are activ- ly preparing for seeding. The bpricg is opening up early. We look every Friday for the com ing of. the Advertiser, and are much in terested in your farmer's department. To Be Costijjued. xEWAD VEltTKEMNTS. sherifFs sale. Notice Is hereby given tliat cn the 30th dayof March. 1863, at 1 o'clovk, P. M.. of said day I will offer for sale at the door of tUe Court nuse in Tecuruseb, John son county, Netraska, tb9 followmr described reui es tate hituate in sail c-nuty of Juhnsun, to wit: TLe sou. h half of ths kiUthvrcst ijuirter of section live, township four range eleven e t ; all i f said real es tate hems taken a tie property cf John D. HnrJ on an execution issued out of t'ie District Court of John son county, Nehra: kd, in favor of the piaintirTina case wherein Jodtiua Deputy is pl..iniiff ud John D. Ilurd ami Jamoi W. Deputy are dereridauts, and to me directed aaabenflT ot siiJcma'y of J j.'iason. Given under ruy hand this l--.t day of eraary,lSS. 2i-4t-lad 3. S. ItOGEItS, SueriU". LOST OR STOLEN One white and spotted Black SInt Pep. A Liberal Reward will be paid for her delivery at 21-1 1 IIACKXET'3. FARM FOR SALE. W. T. STOTJT offers his Farm in eertion 25, town 3, Range 15 in Hickanlnon county, Xe'j , for sale, itu aied eisht mile eoutbwen of A.piuwall. It isali ncder fence ni cultivation except 15 aore of tl mter. Well watered. Persons de-irinj: to pmcha.e wiii call on Mr. Slot. t one mile south of J. E. Crow's, ilonte rey, Richarau county, Neh aka. 2l-6t WANTED Teachert. Students, and other intellitjent Meuaud Wotueu. iu a buf.B '8 p ly ing 8100 to $aOO per month, ac ording iu abul.y. For particular add res ZK.GLJ-.R, MtCCKDT & CO., Lombard Block, Chicago. 111. li-ui-ly G. P. BERKLEY, CARRIAGE AITL SIGN PAIIJTIlIt. Graintr, Gilder, Glazier and Paprr-U injer. All work d..rie on Short Notice. Favorable Terms and Warrauicd. 4)rS- -vr TMr At ;v St re. Hain l, BIWIVXIILLE. XEjRASKA. 12-Ji-iy J X ir nn t.ttt 3 III STAPLE AND FANCY 4r v Embracing alltha UflHri TIOo' the Season iiLUIitj Also, a large and well-clected stock of ii ii U ii il ii J 2 Gents Furnishing Gods, BOOTS.. SHOES, HATS AND (JAPS. A .VI) Our Uoods were bfuzht of fir.-t handi. and wo think we can off or sacQ inducements to purchasers as cannot fail to cuit thoso wishing to tuj. Call and see for jour-elves. All kiDds of Produce taken in exchange or Goods 50 JACOB MAROHN, Merchant Tailor, Main Street opposite McPherton'i Dloti, BUOWNVJM.K- NhiB- i ALSO AGENT FOR OllJiJiiUOlJ "XTatural Leaf, Fine Cut, Grape Jnice ard Xaty i Tobac-o,at bW'AN & UUO S, NTail3,rilJ, Well Backet, Seires, &c, at 11 riWA & ERO'S. 7 ft e3 t""S, fc----2 u ; TO THE LADI&- WE ; are selling SK., ShauU, L Ijood of everj descri. n 01 'n, Ware. Furniiurc. de. Vnl.vjl r. J to 5G0, sentre of claret (o f-en'j'L"' rrr' 6 of ten and uowards. Kziif. Circulars sent free to any adjw, ME.SSE.NGER4Crj 42 IlMOVtr Si BrL - P.O.Box 2331. lMj!a STATEMENT UPTHE WESTER!! ACCIDENT AUDIT insurance Co., orDes Hlolae. On the 1st (Jar of January. 1S6S '' oirihe State of NebraskaPTjrsuantto t. U .m tit. u.m 111'.. that State Tlienamecf the Company la tbeWe - aad Fire Insurance Cemjuny, of Des JiJiaea I The Capital Stock ofthis Co. is t00 ! Tha Amount cf Stock,raid ini. v, , ? ASSETS - ,CCC : Cash on band and in hands of agents etc Notes taken far premiums ' ' Invested iu stocks a4 other securillei J 7i r UI IIIVIll o Hmiiroad Furniture Personal Prcpetty LIABILITIES Dne Officers, Ajents and others Lo?es adjusted and due Looses af J cs ted and cot due Los.-ps unadjosted L'-sies In suspense The larset unnat insured In oaa rUk Hx.LtX accidsau V &u Co Fir a STATS OF IOWA, ) PoU County, j We, Gd VT Clark. President and T C Sr. i retary of the Wetera Accident and Vi- Conipany, nr3t tetnR du'.y .worn, do depo fv-renuiLS statement ii true, t. the Ut of or,! eie and teMef. GkO. TV. CU2I prL ,?' T. C. Snow, Secretfcry. ' "J! BRANCH OFFICE, 1E2 Faruham street. Omaha, Keb CT WHITilOE,Ge-i. VIRGIL S. HALL, Agect, ! i2-r.it nclfj Lottcix 1 Tor the XJenefit of Shelby Collet S FRANCK. SMITH & rn 9 MAXAGERS, Will le Drawn iu Cctingtont ft j CLASS B. Feb. ll:b, 1363. ' CTiAOS 23 February 20th, 1S6S. 50,000 Numbers anl 1,13 Prizes: prize ot--Piiie of Priia of Priia of lriz of a) ln I u i I Prize of 1 Prize of 1 Prizo of I Prize of I Prize of. I Prise of I I'rlza cf I Priza of 5o Prizes of loo Prizos of 15o Prizes of 2 jo Prises of - 9 Prizes of 9 Prize? of 9 Prises of 9 Prize of 9 Prizes of 9 Prizes of 9 Prizes of 9 Itiz9 of 45 Prizes f U u la m m Z U D rW w s 1 45!) Prizes of. a 1 ,130 Prize?, emountioj to JtU Tickets S12, Halves SG, Quarters il 53" The above JfAONiriCEXT si50tf srni! Lottery will be drawn in itblic, la Covucri, Kv., ly ttreesworti Conirrjistoiiers, a', le'cioctf. a. at the corner of Fourth anu MadmosS S Tiieleaiai? 3t!a Lottene are no Gift Enterprise, blt? bte iloi ey Lotteries, th.it have beea conducted parU thirty yer, and aa drawn under U. j.iiVkj of a charter from ua State-, and bond are .if: the pay iu eut ol alt prizes. The official of a;a.i drasvi:. prizes will be published ia iba New loik iiif aid Cincinnati! DailyCouituerc.al and CiflucaaU te nia paper. EjWe draw two Lotteries dailv, and sW he advamase of SELECTING TSIKlSOWMSIfJtSiii i'ei.d your addre. for a circular. Address ail orders t ) FRANCE. SMITH &C0. 3T COF.VC79.T. IT. At thtf Slga of the Bed Stead. Is tho place to bo Big FUKNITURE AXD UPHOLSTRY!!! mm mm 1 SIM trl 00. aCj?te3 Keep constant! on hand a complete asjortaea! Sofa?. Bedsteads, Benureaus, Spring beds, V'hatVots Cuairs, Kitchen J Wsrdrribef, Rorkin;CT::.1 Uat RJ, and Parlor, Mar tie toped end It S tands Lenuge.", Set'ees, Mattresei. Kitchen Safes, Plain SUndj ; Hocking Cribs, Bed isctins. Tete-te; Ccmfurts. Children's Cbs anLGijrs, Piano Stods, Teapoj tsnds. Gilt and Rosewood Mooldms, Pillows, Pillow Slips, etc, etc.,ete,' h ow Cases and cjjicevork made toor And anjthtn and everything required to pi in or fancy housekeeping. i o-"1 All of their ware is either manufactore-i np under their special superintendence enable them sound articles at sisa-;' tcx eastern manafactuted goodj. . OUR HEAESE t A is at tbe serrice of the -inblie at anf m'.mUtf be needed, and is gotten up in as ca 1 J' farther east. Hetalic Burial CaseSt of all sizes eoniUntlj on hind, at eaitera f VTa are AiSn-r tmir.ei on sti"ct!yca .,1 1 At a imnll iWf. and br attention to J . K It : U " tha wants of the community, expect 13 as in the past to receive the patroag 0 mj- M'FALL&jg Ougar Loaf Syrup, Sorxhuro, ,Dgvxjj Jgeans, Uomia Heal, Pog jfsOl' ... itae lU cur . A n rl':5J toar L I Cue r'rn lit. last ier , on i ous i T i tbe i day leh a th bo I 9 ar cf ti t I a I r t ! i
