"Jf any man attempts to haul down the Jlmcrican Fing, shoot him on the spot.'1 John A. Dix.
VOL. 1.
PLATTSMOUTII. N. T., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 18G6.
iNO 48
THE HERALD
IS HTBLISIlfcO
DAILY AND WEEKLY
-WTEKLY LVLKY WlDSEsDAT
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II. D- HATHAWAY,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
fJ-Gflj-e comer Mam str-et and Leree, second
wo .
Terms: Weekly, $2.50 per annum;
Daily, $1 per month.
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Ti-"Jrs his irjf'uiotial ser icrs to lii: til is OS if
Cas- conn . y
,r Uc-i.t-nce ia F. mi YVha.'' h u-e. curimr i.f
flA anl .S' -tr.ris; 'MlicP"(i M ini stlsit, i-i"i-
ite 'Joui i. House, l'l.ilt-111-.u'h, Neuiaska.
T. JI- .lI.-lKi:i2TT.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
And
Solicitor ia Chancery.
PLATTSMOUTH, - - NEBR.-.SKA.
f II. will kl HI, 1 w. 1 A II. HALL,
E. C. LEWIS
Real Estate Agents,
Commissioners of Deeds
AM)
Fire and Life Ins, Ag'ts,
l'Lx i rsMOimi, .v. r.
Coll-ctonis I'ton i!y ntt.-ii't'l to, and iirivtl le-
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of I., u.l iii . -I .tr.it. ii. SI oiry i,i.i ii-il oo lieal K.-ljie
le.uii...,. I.. I.' I W.ir I.- M-.ltc-'-
CLAIM AGENTS-
Ak po- f'jr cl'vt mi (f cl tiun linst '.overnnirtit,
f:- .V (J r I f. t hit r iliW MIl'l TlHlMil iSi' . A 1T flt-
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ile- K' U'.izc it...- . Oiiiuli ., Ni' -
.Mil '.tun 4i M tiA.I, .N.Ii.aJ City.
; . F. tiili-y. M l.iui-, Alii-t.uii.
Pr. Ili. I. !.-. II .t-.u, l.i'...iiiur;lL!.
II W Duiu ii- tlnr,.;.i, Iiiimi.
II M 1 .till, t ' 1 1 ,. , I i . .i 1 1 . ' I . u, .
Hhnt .i ri.ut-iiii.mli Netiraska.
I. Il Kltli, Ihtir KiViTii Mitl.iK"'
II a K Fcllu, ISN-Miiii-Wi-ci.iimi
Jl..i: I il .1 iiii.:a, i'litti-iinmib, Nt-lirn-ka.
I. l.'wi.-, A't.i m. at l..iw, Hull ilo. New York.
'iric', llu-v y t'uil, Dcs Mi.i:.e, Ioa.
.National Cialm Agency.
WASHINGTON. D C
F. M. DORR.INGTON.
M il AOI'N'l;
ri-ATTSMOUTll, - -
NEBRASKA,
I'nuri t.rrfHim Miiii ihr lrpAt till lt.. Ta-t-iiiV
'--r-i-'ii-. Ii tunl and Ii iunry La:i-I '
cu 'tr-l . ( t rVt iti'j'Jet t -, m ci in .r.Mtrtiou to
ti- m mi, 4 ..f Hie cuim. F. JJ. DUItlilNvilO V
F. M. DORRINGTON,
REAL ESTATE AGEN". ,
1'LA TTSMOVT1I, A :',
Pmnipt altftition jmi.l t i t.ie .urvli.if and sl t.f
K.i.i-, au'i p.iyineut of l anes, aud ail uu.ines
lvt t.ntiiiig tu a Kruc il LauJ Agency . Tides iuvea-
l.att J.
li'ftrs by i-erni i.wiua t
ll.-n.K S. Dumiy. Juil 'id Judn-itl Dit., F.ills
4'i'v. Nrliaka; Malor KilwM Hurbank, P.. nusier
I'. S A . I,e4n-iii Hi. K;iim;!'; II"" J. liurbi.k,
late A-.-i.-or XlHM-ka. Kal.8 I ity, N.b; Hon. T. M.
M i li"tf. IMatl-m- uili. Ni l' . I It. Li irg-loii,
l tH:..l . t.iak 11 V. t. Vol . riaU-Muou'h, Nli.;
.Vlj. r l. II. Wlufl. r, L. r. Iioltaii Aiir.-il, I'awm-e
Atiry; i'haN Nvltlel No. Ill Hruailway, Nw
York. ilHiiry, l)fi;rich 4 Bi'o u. W jflnutrlori, l. C ;
Tr. Matiire it Co , tliiciio. Ills ; K li li.
i:.-lieIn, N. Y . I'lof. Ileniy Ai llUg aie, Harlfol d
Cniver-uy.'-N . Y.
PLATTE VALLEY
G. W. CROW,
PROP.
I am prrpar.l to furnish a'l who may faror me
wuli lueir pairoiuiK". Willi lo.l(;ir(, aii.if men' or
ki.mi tT the aerk. U.H.CKUW.
I'lattMU lUlli. April !?,!
jcsetii
SCIILATEIl.
TVATCyMAKEK and JWELER,
M.MX SIEttT,
ri-ATTSMOUTll,
NEBRASKA.
A o.-d a-aortnient of Wat .Cl - Pros.
J weity. M!er War-', Kane Co.' Viol cs and Yl-
ia Tainniin-i n haid. Ail work. Com-
ku'..I to hi ci re nl b warranted.
April 111. Irtii.
ricss & Finisher
Ktrt Just or''d and refitted their
Saloon and Restaurant
L'r twt, ouh of Main, where th.y will furaish
a: a: I tunc lb best dishes the market affords.
tj"lf e-t Oystert coastant y on hand.
f'RSK LUSVII erery morning h.tweeen 01-3
all(12 t3"iy Bxu-Jer accommodated.
drtj 3m
Win II. Lcmke,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
ONE DOOR EAS T OF F0ST0FF1CE,
Plattsmouth, Nebraska.
cTT !Si3 t
WILLITT POTTENGER
ATTOHNEY AT LAW,
PLtTISXOUIlI . KBULSK1
A.mT3rot3TPes
AND
PHOTOGRAPHS.
W. H. Shea's
NEW SKYLIGHT GALLERY
Ofposiu TOOTLE Jb JIAXSA'S,
PL A'l TSMOUTHi N. T.
I am now fully prepared to fake your picture io
any style jua iu.iy tlesorr, fholoftrapb, Ambrotyp.-,
(Jem picture, e'c. All kind" of pictures copied equal
to the oneiiiH , and at nvxlTaie rale. I!os?w.n
Fiaroi , .Vl.iolditiicf, Album. &e , will b constantly
kept on hind, ftomember, i,oue hut co-id wotk will
b- permitied to leave the looms, bati-faction guar
antenl. ianl7
KLEPSER & WISE,
Dealers in
BOOKS & STATIONERY,
WALL PAPER,
WINDOW -SHADES,
Confectioneries,
Notions,
Toys
Coal Oil Lamps.
Ac, Sec.
W are ;.-o atrer.ts for the ISucbinan W'ocli-n
Mills, of Si jo-. .li, Mo., auti have now ou baud a
tro-U a-.-oriiiiiut ol
FANCY CA6S11E1:ES,
CLOTHS, JEANS,
FLANNELS, Jo.,
which e h a ve reL-eirc-d on commission, and are
pr- pare4 I excu.injv (or
VOOL CR CASH,
at very rea.mih'a it'u-ei. 6f fliea us a call,
onedo..r ea.-t or tlie HtKALD olLci', J'lattauiouth,
elra ka.
May io, 1SI"5 tf
3NT m
CABINET SHOP.
II. BOECK,
Having receatly built a new and suit le shop on
Main St., Plattsmouth, N. T.,
Wou'il ref ctfully Inform tha ritizmit of Ca" an I
adi'.imu rouiilies lb it he has the iuClluie for car
rying on in--
CABINET BUSINESS
Id all its branches
IN THE MOST APPROVED STYLE
I am prepared to torn out the
C II E A P E ST
&r d uiufct durable
Fnrnltare
Of eery description, eer offered in the Territory.
SATISFACTION G UA R A NTEED.
.ai-Pnrtirn'ar aiteation raid to making and fia
ihhioj:COKFI"S. All kin Is of lumber taken In exchange for work.
I'latU loulh. April 10, 1SG5.
jgURLINGTON AND MISSOURI
RIVER RAILROAD. :
1SGG EASTWARD 18GG
Short nnd Quick Route to
CHICAGO AND THE EAST.
In C'lnDft-tioa wilh tl.e De Mninns Valley aod
Cuicaao, liurlioxioa and Quiucy KailroadK.
Three tiMin leay" 0;turaw daily on arrival of
Dcs Moices Yalley train.-.
BUT YOUR TICKETS VIA
0TTTJMWA and BURLINGTON,
10 R SALE AT
OMAtTA,
COUNCIL BLUFFS,
NEBRASKA CITY,
DES MOINES,
KNOXV1LLE,
ALBIA,
MONROE,
PELL A,
0SKAL00SA.
EDDYVILLE,
OTTUJIWA.
Biggage checked from Otiumvva to
Chicago and the East.
Ps-enren he choice of all the g'it lin Iid
ing North, East and South, and will find t cxeis io
ail principal i lntj fea.t t-y all touies al ti e Uttuniaa
ticket otlloe of thi empi3r.
l'aenEers will flud th:l roote Qalc, Safe and
Sui. ia its oouoectioc.
Ci K. PKRKIS3, Saporinteotent
U CA&fEA. CO'twt ficif bt-aad fao.eQtr AiOt
BY TELEGRAPH.
TO THE DAILY HERALD.
Ntw York, March 1. TnLurni's
Washington special, Mr. J. C Derby.
U. S. agent for the Paris exposition or
1SC7 has been in attendance in Con
gress several days lu explain to inetn
bersthn necessity for prompt action of
an appropriation to be made, as the ul
most limit of time for applications of
r-pace is near at hand. Senator Sum
ner and Gov. Banks, the chairmen of
foreign relation committees in each
houp, having the s-ubject in charge,
are urpinsr prompt and favorable ac
tion. More than twelve hundred ar
ticle.", from all the loyal Slates, have
been nceivt-d by the Governmtu:
agent of New York.
Gen. Cu?hing yesterday finished his
plea in the Stiprr me Court in the licjuor
case, and was followed by Attorney
Gen. Reed.
Maximillian's agent is floating ab iul
Washington iu a very unobtrusive
way.
At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the
U. S. Treasurer has inve.-ted the S22.-
000 appropriated by Congress, in 5M0
ecuruies
New York, March 1. A record
kept by one of the otlic'rrs of the Treas
ury Department shows that counter
fens from the fifty dollars i??ue down
to ihe five cent note, to the amount c-f
82S0 7o were detected ar.d marked by
that office last week.
There is the highest authority for
stating that there are no differences be
tween the President and Secretary
Stanton. The latter fully approves th
President's action, as also the other
members of the Cabinet.
The Herald's Toronto correspond n;
writes that the Fenian alarm tiill con
tinue?, and bank robberies are becom
ing frequent.
New York. March 1 Dates from
Vera Cruz 13;h, and City of Mexico
to the 10th. received.
3 f 00 Juarits are reported defeated
in Michaocan. many were killed, COO
captured, and :he rei dispersed.
200 guerrillas were dispersed at
IYr?fuera Grande with a luss of 40 ki l
ed and wound ?d.
I'edro Martinez was defeated in an
attack on two squadrons of the Kmpe
ror's regiment on its way to Saliiilo.
600 insurgents were defeated in Su
nora with a loss of 120 killed and
wounded.
Cholera is feared at Havana.
A cattle disease has appeared at
Sierra Mona, and large numbers of
oxen died within twenty-four hours.
Small pox is increasing at Regola.
Three escaped convicts from the
Tortugas were picked up in a small
boat at sea, a negro named Jeff Rerry
and two whites named A. Dyer and
S wanton, names however supposed
false. They were returned to Key
West; n was first reported one of the
whites was Spanijler.
A DE.1IOCICATIC- SPEECH-
We furnnh our readers to day with
the speech of President Johnson. It
is claimed by the copperhead press of
the country as a Democratic speech"
and we azree with them. When the
President cf the United Stales delivers
himself of such a tirade of personali
ties for the purpor?e of vindicating his
course, it certainly does look like it
was in accordance with the principles
of 'Tiodern Democracy; and what goes
still farther to prove its Democratic"
origin, is the fact that the leaders of
the 'miscellaneous crowd" who sere
naded him in honor of the veto pl iced
him second in the list of the 'three
greater Americans Jefferson Divis,
Andrew Johnson and Robert E. Lee."
Read it. Democrats; and if you feel
like claiming it a a ''Democratic
speech." we shall make no objection.
CITY ELECTIO.V.
Our annual charter election takes
place on the first Monday in next
month. There is nothing does more
toward building up a town and increas
ing its business than a good set of city
officers. The town should be itnprov
ed, and the improvements should be of
such a nat jre as to assist the permanent
prosperity of the town, witbout regard
to individual preferences. Let our
citizens cast about them for such m-n
as they think will best subserve the in
terests of the city, and then elect them,
regardless of their political views. We
do not believe ia the policy of drawing
strict party lines in a city election, but
think it much better to select men for
their merit. To be sure, we would
always prefer a sound Union man to
one that was only "white-washed;" as
we think the fact of his holding to the
views of the Union party is good evi
dence, as a general rule?, that he is an
upright and sound man. Rut we say,
do not make party alone the test in the
cominp i VY taction. Select sjch men
as will forward ifeo interest! of our
growing city.
I4 Illicit Si' C'LUn.
Platt-moutu, Feb. 24th.
Farmers' Club met at the Court
house; John Mutz in the chair. Rut
few members were present.
Dr. Child.-, correspondent of the Ag
ricultural department, distributed seeds
and the monthly report of the Agri
cultural department.
The question for discussion was pro
posed by Hon. S. Maxwell What is
the best time for sowing wheat; the
best variety for this country, and the
proper amount of seed to the acre.
Mr. Fuller said, sow as early as pos
sible; thought Fife wheat was the best,
but should try C.'iina thii year; sows 2
bushels to the cere. Fall plowing has
not done as well a3 spring plowing;
prefers sowing in corn s'ubble and
plowing in with a double shovel plow.
Supposed the spot on wheat caused by
rvjtn and hail.
Mrf Maxwell thought the spot caus
Lwi by Extreme heat after heavy ruin-;
had founj o bu. he,a of Chjna aiJ j 1 2
of Fife was about the proper amount
of seed Fife wheat stools more than
China; would not be loo sparing of seed
Thin what does not fill as well as that
which is thicker. China will yield
a bout 20 bushels to the acre, had raised
over 30 of Fife; expects an average of
25 bushels. Found corn stubble best.
Would use double shovel plows where
the ground was weedy; deep planing
not generally good; would sow wheat
and plant corn for rotation. "Will have
to adopt a rotation with clover before
many ytar.-; had seen clover growing
here and believed it would do wtll.
Mr. Mutz preferred Scotch Fife; had
found that it stood up better than other
varieties, as the straw was stouter and
the grain did not shell and waste as
much as China; would sow 2 to 2 1-2
bushels of China; would be particular
to separate all of the light and imper
fect grains from seed wheat by thor
ough cleaning. Can do nothing to pre
vent smut.
Dr. Child had found the earlier
wheat was in the better; about three
years out of four have a dry spring,
and wheat should be sown eariy so as
to sprout before the dry weather; early
planting made eaily harvests; had
stormy weather during harvest that
would generally be avoided by early
harvesting; believed Mediterranean
wheat the earliest could generally
harvest about ten days earlier than his
neighbors. The only objection to the
Mediterranean was 'the weakness of
the siraw, it would not stand storms cs
well as Fife. Had not bten troubled
wi;h chinch bugs, supposed it was be
cause his wheat was early in ripening.
Had experimented with quantity of
seed two years ago 1 1-4 bushels
yielded most, last year 11-2 was the
best.
Mr. Thomas preferred Scotch Fife;
found the yield larger than other varie
ties; early sow ing best; be sure and cov
er the seed well, and roll the ground ;
rolling would be a preventive of smut;
would advise blowing out all light grain
from seed, which would also prevent
smut to a great extent; light wheat do-s
not produce strong plants and causes it
to degenerate; can improve the quality
of wheat by proper selection of seed
and proper planting; would not object
to early fall plowing; to prevent chinch
bug would burn oil" all weeds and stub
ble in the spring, and plow and sow
immediately; would use a high harrow
or cultivator in putting in w heat to avoid
collecting stalks and stubble in the
teeth, and shoving the seed together in
spots; would prefer to drill in wheal
four inches deep.
Mr. Doud wished to know which was
the best kind of harrow for this coun
try; he preferred a hinge harrow of the
Geddes pattern.
The regular time of meeting was
changed from the 1st Saturday in the
month to the last. Will meet the last
Saturday in March. Farmers are in
vited to attend and a
sist in making ihe
ineetiDg
interesting.
W. T. PARCEL.
Secretary pro tern.
CWe see that friend Ilesser has his
garden seeds in the stores around town,
and they are goinp off like "hit cakes."
0n man laid in $10 worth of them to
day. Ilesser's is undoubtedly the test
ceds in the market. Being raised io this
eooaty, tasy will bt iur to grow.
THE PKESIDE.Vr'S SPEECH.
On the 22d inst. a large meeting c-l
Democrats was held ;n G t over's The
ater, Washington, to endor.-e the veto.
Thy fdjourntd to present their reso
lutions at the White House, and about
2 000 persons assembled there. The
President came out and saiJ :
Il is extremely gratifying to know
that so large a portion of tny fellow
citizens approve of the po'icy adopted,
and which 1 intend to carry out. The
day is peculiarly appropriate for the
endorsement of a policy whose object
is the restoration of the Union as Ue
signed by the Father of his Countiy.
I stand here to-day as I stood in the
Senate in 1SG0-G1, when I denounced
tiaitors trying to break up the govern
ment. There were tvo parties one
which was determined to destroy the
government to save slavery, and the
other, almost equally dangerous, equal
ly willi'ig to break up the government
to destroy slavery. Whether the dis
unionis'.s come from the South or the
North, I stand now as I did then
vindicating the Union and Constitution.
Tremendous applause Government
lias stretched torth its stronu ami:, and
witti physical power put down treason
in ths lield. Their armies have been
disbanded, and they come forward now
in a proper spirit, and say: "We were
mistaken; we made an ellon to carry
out the doctrine of secession, and to
dissolve the Union, and in that we have
failed. We have traced this docrine
to logical and physical results, and we
were mistaken. We acknowledge the
flasj" of our country, and are willing
to obey the Constitution and yield to
the supremacy of the laws." Great
applau-e. Coming in that spirit, I
say to them, when you have complied
with the requirements of the Coiis'.itu
tion. w hen you have yielded to the law,
and when you have acknowledged al
legiance, 1 will, as far as 1 can, open
the door of the Union to those who
had erred and strayed for a time.
Greut applause. The spirit of re
venge is not the spirit in which to deal
with a whole people.
1 know there has been a great deal
saiti about the exercise of the pardon
ing power. There is no one who la
bored with more earnestness than my
self to have the principal intelligent
onU conscious traitors Drought to jus
tice, the law vindicated, ami the great
fact judicially established that treaso i
is a crime. Applause. Rut while
conscious that leading mid intelligent
traitors are to be punished, should
whole communities. Stales and people
be made to submit to the penalty of
death? No! no! Let those who have
erred be punished; but to a great mul
titude, forced into rebellion, I say len
iency and kindness.' We put down the
rebellion in order to prevent separation
of the States, but when the struggle op.
our part became successful, we find
now an effort to concentrate the power
in the handj of a few at the Federal
head, thereby to establish a new prin
ciple equally as objectional as separa
tion. The government may be revo
lutionized without war, and this is most
dangerous, because the progress is not
so t-asily watched. What is now being
proposed, we find in point of fact.
Nearly all powers of the government
are assumed by an irresponsible cen
tral directory, which does not even con
sult the legislative or executive depart
ment by resolutions reported from a
committee in whom it seems practically
ihe legislative power is now vested.
The great principle which authorizes
each branch of the legislative depart
ment to judge for itself the qualifica
tions of its own members, has been
vinur.lly taken away from the two
branches and conferred upon a com
mute i.
1 fought traitors and treason in the
South, and now when I turned around,
I find men (I care not by what name
you call ihem) still rppostd to ihe res
toration of the Union. I am tree to
say to you that I am still in the field
Ureal applause. Voices name them;
who are they?
President You a-k me who they
are; 1 say, Thaddeus Stevens, of Penn
sylvania, is one; Mr. Sumner, of the
Senate, is another, and Wendell Phil
lips is another. Long continued ap
plau.-e. Voices give it to Forney.
I do not wa-te my ammunition on
dead ducks. Laughter and applause.
I stand for my country; I stand for the
Constitution; there I have placed my
feet from my advent into public life
They may traduce, they may slander,
or they may vituperate me, but let me
say to you all, this has no influence
upon me. Applause. Let ine say
further, that I do not intend to be over
awed by real or pretended friends, nor
do I mean to be bullied by my enemies.
Tremendous applause. Honest con
viction is my courage, and the Consti
tution is my guide. I know, country
men, il has been insinuated no. not
insinuated, it has been said directly in
high circles that if such usurpation of
power as I am charged with had been
exercised some 200 years ago.it would
have cost an individual his head. Of
what usurpation has Andrew Johnson
been guilty 1 None. none. Is it
usurpation that I stand between the peo
pla end encroachment of power? From
the same source the exclamation has
gone forth that they were in the midsl
df earthquake that they were trem
bling, and could not yie'd. Yes, fellow
citizens, there i an earthquake coming
there is a grand swelling -f the pop
ular judgment and indignation. Amer
ican people will speak, and by their in
stinct, if not otherwise, will know who
are their enemies. I ha ve endeavort d
to be true to the peoj le in all position
I have occupied, nnd there is hardly a
position in this: ciivertuneiit I have not
at some time filled. I su pose it will
be said that this is vanity, but I may say
that I have been in all of ihem. 1 have
been in both branches of the State Leg
islnitire. Voice You commenced a tailor.
A gentleman behind me says I began
as a tailor. Yes, I did begin as a tail
or. Applause. Thai tugestion
d.ies not discomfit me in the least, for
when 1 was a tailor I had the reputation
of being a good one, and of making
close fits, and I was always punctual to
my customers and did good woik. Ap
plause. Voices We will patch up the LTnion
yet
No, I do not want any patchwork. I
want original articles restored. Point
to the man who can say Andiew John
son ever ncied with fnfidrlity to the
great mass of tbe people. Men may
talk about beheading and usurpation,
but when I am beheaded I want the
American people to be a witness thai I
do not want it by inuendoes and inde
cent remarks in hih places to be sug
gesied to men who have assassination
brooding in the;r bosoms. 0:hers have
exclaimed that the Presidential ob-;acle
must be goi out of the way. What is
thai but, 1 use a strong word, inciting
io assassinati m. No doubt, I say, the
intention was to incite assassination of
that ob.-tacle which the people had
placed here. Are i he exponents of this
Government not, yet sati-fied? Are
these who waul to destroy our instiiu
lions and change the character of the
Government not satisfied with the quan
tity of blod that has been shed? Are
they not sati-fied with one martyr in
in this place? If my blood must be
shed because I vindicate the Union,
remember that the blood of martyrs is
tbe seed of the church. This Union
will grow and it will continue to in
crease in strength and powr. though
it may be cemented and cleansed in
bi'cod.
One word about amendments to the
Constitution. In a conversation with
Lincoln last February, he indicated a
desire for an amendment compelling
States to send Senators and Represen
tatives to Congress; because it was a
part of the doctrine of Secession thai
the States might withdraw their Sena
tors and Representatives, or refuse to
elect them. Now we find Congress
persistently refusing the admission of
Representatives, though daily imposing
new burdens of law and taxation on the
unrepresented South. I regard this a
a fundamental error, and have ever re
sisted encroachments on the Constitu
tion, and I stand prepared to reti.-t
them to day. Would to God the whole
American people were assembled here
to day, as you are. to witness the grvat
struggle that is going on to preserve the
Consiiiuiijn of their fathers. They
would soon settle the question if they
could once see the kind of spirit mani
fested in the efforts to break up the
principles of this Free GovernmeLt.
WIio Represents the . rent a
lioual larly.
This question becomes pertinent from
the tact thai there proves to be an utter
and radical disagreement between the
President and Congress on the most
important question-! now before the
country. He insists thai the delegates
from the late rebel States have an ab
solute right of immediate admis-iou to
Congress, and Congress holds that they
have not. This is ihe viial and all ab
sorbing question of the time, and upon
this point he ia in declared direct hos
tilny t the grand mass of ihe Repre
sentatives ami Senators who are in Con
gress the exponents of the great Union
party of the nation? Is it possible to
deny this?
His theoretic views, even upon a
matter so grave, might have differed
from theirs without interrupting har
mony, but he presents those views as
one objection, as "a very grave objec
tion" to appioving a bill passed by ihe
vote of more than two thirds of Con
gress. When the Executive power is
thus arrayed and exercised to move
Congress to adopt the course mosi re
pugnant to it, on the subject of highest
National moment, is it not quite tune to
put the inquiry we have wrr.ten et ihe
head of this article?
Upon negro suffrage, and especially
upon the wisdom of enforcing1 it upon
Slates, there are various opinions among
the Republican mass?s and leader?.
Yet it is scarcely extravagant to bay
that there is an almost universal agree
ment that something is to be done to
protect ihe freedmen. Jjven ihey who
preferred the ballot came down from
that position to vote fo a measure on
which harmonious aod efficient action
could be had, the Freedmen's Bureau
bill. Rut neither the ultra course nor
this alternative can ihe President ap
prove. All ba has to .say. practically.
for ihe freedmen is, "Let them emi
grate!" Andrew Jahnson was nominated up
on the plat! onii of principles adopted
at Baltimore, the cardinal one of
which is that traiiors forfeit forever
every right incompat ble with the na
tion's safety from the peril only thty
have created a principle intensely
abhorrent of thai of Chicago, that the
spirit of the Constitution and of liberty,
and the hfe cf the nation, are at the
! mercy of the most implicit adherence
i to the letter and form of the Constitu
tion, under which, because still in the
Union, train rs forfeit no rights. Also,
there have been repeated elections of
Representatives and Senators since the
Presidential election, and these expres
sions of popular opinion not only re
pea', bn ad J to, and proclaim still more
indisputably, the significance of that.
Further, ihe numerous recent elections
of State Legislatures which, by une
quivocal declarations, have made
known their hostility to the immediate
re admission of the ex-rebel delegates,
and to any failure of securing the
emancipated in his position, are addi
tional, fresh and emphatic proofs of
ihe popular sentiment. In view of
these plain and well known facts, to
which may be added the universal cop
perhead jubilee over the President's
veto exposition of his views, it must be
confessed that he has ceased to stand
in any practical sense as the represent
ative, and has virtually taken his stand
as an adversary, of the great Union
party of the country. Jlo. Dent.
mil Arpou Reconstruction.
The Georgia humorist thus describes
the efforts to gel Lack into the Union :
For to moments and inspirin weeks
ihe legislature have been in solemn
session, one of w hom I am proud to be
which. For several days we were
engaged as skouls, makin a sorter re
konysance losee w hether Georgia were
a Siate of or a injun territory wheth
er we were in the Union or out of il
whether me and my fokes and you and
your fokes were somebody or nobody,
and lastly, tut by no means leasily,
whether our poor innocent children,
born durin tbe war, were all illegal
and had to be born over agin or no.
This last pint are much unsettled,
but our women are advised to be calm
and serene. My friends, our aim has
been honesily to git you back into the
folds of the gloryous old Union. Like
the prodygal son. we had nuthintolive
on, and feelin lonesome and hungry,
hive been bowin and scrapin and mak
in npologys for five or six months. We
hav been siandm afar off for weeks
and weeks, but durn the calf do they
kill for us. They know we've got
nothin, for they eat up our substance,
and as for pulling rings on our fiogers,
we couldn't expekt it until they bring
back ihe jewelry we carried away.
1 cannot say, in the language of the
poet, that our labor has been a labor of
love, for we've had monstrous poor en
couragement, to be sure; but we had
set our heads toward the stars and
stripes, and we jinily determined that
come wool come wo, sink or swim,
survive or perish, thunder or litenin,
we'd slip back, or sneak back, or git
back somehow or somehow else, or
we'd stay out forever and ever amen
and be hanged to 'em. so called, I golly.
9Xen Frozen to Death.
Yesterday morning, at 10 o'clock,
Mr. Pooler s train from Denver cross
ed the ferry at Belmont, having made
the trip in from Denver in twenty-two
days. The train experienced very se
vere weather, and laid over one day at
Fort Kearney. Two men froze to
death going from Kearney City to the
Fort, a distance of only two miles.
Their bodies have not been found, be
ing buried in the snow.
At Rock Creek, on the 13th, two
men were frozen to death. Each had
a team. Three horses out of the four
also froze to death. The members of
Mr. Pooler's train made up a subscrip
tion of S45, and delegated Mr. Win.
Delaney, of Colorado, to disburse it to
their families. He rode twelve miles
thai night to do so, besides giving them
all the spare provisions on the train, as
they were entirely destitute of food.
The names of the unfortunates were
Boyd and Phillips.
The body of Mr. Clark, of Denver,
was brought in on this train, and will
be forwarded to his friends in Michi
gan, for interment. St. Joe Union.
Information Wanted.
Left his home in Hendrix's Precinct,
Otoe county. Neb., on New Year's day,
for Brownsville, Leonard VV. Wochner,
since which time nothing has been
heard of him. He is about. 5 feel 6
inches high, black eyes and hair, round
shoulders, quiet and unobtrusive in his
manner, about 30 years of age. Had
on when be left a fur cap, round cut
black sack coat, a red comfort round
his neck, and en army overcoat with
him. He rode a fine bay mare, about
fifteen hands high, black mane and
tail, left hind fetlock white, about six
years old; he had on the mare a new
quilted saddle and new bridle.
His friends are very anxious about
him, and any information of his where
abouts will be thankfully received if
directed to Joseph Sands, Nebraska
Chy.
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