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Tbe PrcNcnt DIniiiiIouIkIn.
The following article wo tako from tho
New York Times, n paper which has
inc reputation ot uctng me exponent ol the
views of Secretary Sewanl :
THE WAR FOR THE UNION AND THE WAR
AGAINST IT.
Mr. Thaddeus Stevens and his Radical
friends are not unlikely to overshoot their
mark. Their fiery zeal will in due time
defeat itself, and bring upon their own
heads the punishment with which they
threaten others. For all this agitation in
Congress, this piling up amendments to the
Constitution, this denunciation of every
inan who differs from them, this anxiety to
d'suble and punish our fellow-citizens in
the Southern States, is in strange forget
fulness of considerations which the statesman
who would live must ever keep in ;
view. It pre supposes the eontinnancc do- i
ring peace ol a public opinion which uc
quired force under the excitement and
perils of war. It makes no allowance lor
the abatement of feelings which derived
their strength from a conflict involving the |
life of the nation, and which are nuturully
modified, if not eradicated, now that danger
hasgiven place to triumph. And it ignores
the fact that many of the measures urged
by Radicalism, and which the Radical leaders
would fain push to completion between
the rising and the setting of the sun, cannot
acquire any guarantee ol permanence,
.and ma)' be annulled without ceremony hy
another Congress. Even wiih regnid to
Constitutional uiuendmi nts, it takes for
granted the concurrence of the requisite ,
number of States, although the known J
weakness of the Radical element in several
oi thciu renders such a result extremely
improbable. There is lolly, therefore, as :
well as mischief, in borne ot the scenes now
Leintr enacted at Washineton. Th<? i.l^n <
w # O " """ " "v" j
of subjugating the Southern States and re- '
-ducing them to the condition of conquered ,
provinces, obtained no Javor during the I
peiiod most likely to foster it. True, tlie ,
\Yendell Phillipses ? n the platform enact- j
<d the same role of characters now played
by the Stevcnscs of another place, but the ,
^reat body of the people repudiated it uu .
qualitiedly and always. The Copperheads, ;
taking their cue from the Phillips school
of Radicals, opposed the war under the al- ,
legation that it was a war ot conquest. j
Rut the people, from whom men and means
to curry on the war were derived, never ,
regarded it as other than a struggle to pre- j
serve the national integrity. All their j
plans, all their arms, were predicated upon ;
the continued existence of the I'niou in
its entirety, and consequently upon ti e
continuance within the Iniun ot the n bel
States, throughout the whole term of the ;
rebellion. The en tiro policy ol the (?<>v |
rrnmi'iit !<ir?ii?n 1 1
w. ?v?va^u uuu UVIIIC9I1U, J' I ? ?t" L'CUC > 1
on this hypothesis. The proclamations ol
President Lincoln, the correspondence oi
the State Department, the legislation of i
Congress, the efforts and aspirations of the ;
Northern people?all were in harmony upon
this point. It was this and this alone which
justified the war. It was this and only
this which sustained the North under re ;
Terse, animated it when things wore their
gloomiest aspect, and gave unceasing v?;ror
to the spirit which led to victory. The
States weie held to be States all ihc time 1
And the close of the war was hold (o imply
the resumption of their former relations a.between
the Federal Government and the
several States which had been concerned
in the rebellion. This popular appreciation
of the question is of more value, for
niOAt practical purposes, than the abstract
arguments of publicists on either side. As !
the subtleties of the secession problem have
been blown into nothingness from tins can
non's mouth, so the theorizing of Messrs.
Stevcu's and Sliolluburger is blotted out us
of no account by the deliberate judgment
of the people. Wo have thu testimony of
Gen. Grunt to the good faith with which
the citizens of the South acquiesce in the
crdict of tho war, and resume their alio
giance to tho old flag. Tho terms diet ted j
by Gen. Grant, with the full knowledge of
President Lincoln, were calculated to bring 1
about this happy condition of affairs The |
great soldier who guided tho strugglo to
its end dreatucd not of arrogating to him- {
self the functions'of conqueror, or of iur- j
5osing upon the South terms of vassalage,
'hey who did the fighting felt always that
they were fighting, not to extend a con- ;
qucror's flag over alien territory?not to i
add provinces to a republic and mn!:c it" I
glorious symbol '-a flaunting lie," but to
put down rebels and restore tlio authority
of the Union over all its component pnrts.
The armies oi the Union f?>ui?ht only for
that. An*l when that was accomplished,
boldier and people alike It It that the work
of tho war was ended, and that nothing re
muincd to keep Northern and Southern
States apart. The Ui ion was restored,
and with the restored I 'nion came back the
equality of the States atul the lull title ot
each to the privileges conferred by the
Constitution The N jrthcrn people have
gone yet further From the moment when
the rebellion was known to he suppressed,
>i i ?- i- ? i o. _ i . _
V11V > IIIIVU eillTl'll !U IICUI I II U WOUIIUS ucoufioncd
by tlie war, and to reassure tlu*
South in every respect. Tbcy have established
lines of steam eommunieutioii almost
without number. '1 hey have provided the
means of reconstructing railroads. The)
have furnished capital to cultivate planta
tious and to promote industrial and comI
mcrcial enterprises in every Southern State.
I They have settled liberally with Southern
debtors, and have sent on credit goods to
supply the Southern market. In this
manner the question of the I'nion and the
relations of Northern States to Southern
States have been virtually and satisfactorily
settled by the people of the two sections.
Southern people come hither and lind
friends and fellow-citizens, instead of aliens
and subjugators. Northern people go there
and find, in the varied resources ot States
now freed from the corse of slavery, fresh
grounds of confidence in the power and
prosperity of the I nion. It remains for
men like Mr. Thuddeus S'cvcns to declare
the work of the (Jrauts and Shermans of
the army unliuishcd, and to condemn the
magnanimous spiiil of the American people.
To u man who hud dared anything
or done anything befitting a hero, we might
be disposed to listen with resj.ee:. Hut
that men who never shouldered a musket,
nor exposed their precious persons to danger,
should now scold and hector, and talk
about terms which a con.jiieior may dictate,
is simply intolerable. And when Mr.
Stevens, who during the war attempted
nothing more formidable than the drafting
of ubsurd gold bills, spits his voiicui
upon the President, and impugns the sagacity
and patriotism of Andrew Johnson,
the people will not be long in deciding to
whom their confidence should be given.
Un one hand, they see the tyjie of a class
t tij,) it is enacted tli;it every elaim against
the I nited States, cognizable by tiio Court
of Claims, shall be forever barred, unless
the petition setting forth a full stat merit
of the claim be li ed in the Court, or trans
milted to it within six years alter the
claim first accrues, provided that c aims
accrued six years before the passage ol the
Act, shall not be barred if presented within
three years after the passage of the \et.
thus, all claims against the I'liitcd
States, cognizable by the ''ntirt ol tMaims,
and ol more than six years' standing, will
bo barred alter the 3d of March, I Nib.
The claims cognizable by said Court
are : 1. All claims lounded upoa any law
ol Cono^ss. 2. I'pon any regulation ol
any Kxcculivo Department. 15 I | on any
contract expressed or implied, except ( I)
< 1 klliiU irWiUJlliif *AI?# . .
VIUII1I.1 *?UI "* "I UfJI -IIUl'lll Ull illlJT
treuty stipulation, aiul (-) elaims l'.ir prop
crty d iiuaoo?.l, dqfftroycd, or nj>j>rt?}>riat<.(1
by the urusy or nav\ en tin ged to the suppression
of the rebellion.
The abovo limitation, though conlsiitiid
in an act respecting the Court oi Claims,
hlft.\ hmilk liv niunv; #.? ?
? J I AllllU l?>
"all claims against the liiited Stales,"
whether prosecuted before the departments
or offered to bo set off by defendant* in
suits by the 1Ttiiteci States against them u*
debtors.?Xatiunol lnUlliyciucr.
A cotemporary says: "There is a man
in our county who always pays tor his j>a
per in advance, lie never had a sick day
iu his life?never had Corns or toothache?
the frost never kills his corn or beans?
bis babies never cry iu the night, and his
wife never scolds.'
wnosc radicalism \cars ag> a horded Southern
fire eaters the means of iounrntiug .sec
tional strilc, and whose zeal to day smacks
mote of Austrian almoin isin than of ra
tional republicanism (hi the other hand,
they have a Southern loyalist who risked
life and everything in the cause ol the
I nion, who did niutc than any other single
man to organize loyal sentiment in
the border States, and whose policy since
his elevation to j? over has been marked
by consummate skill and jo igim-nt, and
ny a disinterested devotion to the ns'oru
tion ot national peace ami unity, which
entitles him to the eo operation of the
country. It is against this patriot, tried
and true?against this statesman, endowed
so eminently with qualities peculiarly
suited to the crisis?that Mr. Stevens presumptuously
and insolently proposes to array
the great I'nion party.
Important to am. I'lusons iiayino
Claims aoai.vst tiik (I??y t hn mkn i\- 1 >v
the tenth section of an Act approved
March 3, 1*03, (12 Statutes at l.aigc, j>.
Tlie Soulli lu t'oiiRrciN
The lion. C. C. I.angdon, formerly editor
of the journal to which he writes, now
a member of Congress from the Mobile
hi.-^iiet, has addressed to the " Mobile
Resistor and Advertiser" a letter, dated at
Washington, in which, after reviewing
very forcibly the action of Congress tr on j
the admission of the Southern i.epreson j
tutives, he states that he has come to the '
conclusion that the Southern States will j
be deprived of representation during the |
existence of the present Congress.
The motives which, in hi-* opinion, con
trol the action of the radicals are so clearly
and well stated in his letter, that we quote
that portion of it: '
The motive of all this is perfectly
transparent. The radicals ur? ai-xious to
puss certain measures, and oinonj* them
amendments to the Constitution, for the
double purpose ol consolidating their own
power, and al o ns further punishment of
the " wicked rebels." Were they to ad
init the Southern members, all their well
laid schemes would be certainly defeated?
' especially all those whi.-h they require a
two third vote?while, if the Southern
members are kept out, the radical ruajoritv.
in each House- i>i
, .W ww?MV iviii (A/ v liautu I
1 tliciu to carry all tlieir measures, bidding
defiance cvcii to the Kxeentivc veto ; for :
instance : parties in tho Senate now stand
>8 Republicans, II opposition and one
vacancy from Iowa. NVo will give the
vacancy to the Republicans, making their
number 3D. Admit the 22 Senators from
the Southern States, and parties will then
stand 30 Republicans, and llo opposition.
No two third vote for them here And t
besides, there are 2 Senators classed as
i Republicans, who will vote with tho oppo,
aition on all extrcrin* measures of the radicals.
These are Messrs, Cowan, Doolittle
and Rixoti, und this will make it a tie 1
in the Senate?30 Republicans and oil j
opposition. ,So the admission of the South- j
' tin Senators would deprive the radicals of
their power in the Senate, And this is j
reason enough for keeping them out. In
; tho House, parties now stand: 120 Re-|
puoitcans to do opposition. Admit the |
I os Southern members and the opposition I
i is increased to ltd?inukiu^ it impossible j
tor the radicals to carry any measure that i
requires a two third vote. This view ot j
t the case satisfactorily explains why it is
the Southern tin tubers -re not admitted.
It is power versus t 'oie-titutioual right."
m < <=? ? ?
A Word lor C^rnllcinen.
j The (icorgia olueii contains some
words of counsel to the sterner sex which
we copy below :
< ieutletnen, you are very hard to please
in regard to female fashions. What must
we do to please you, gentlemen? You
preach one theory and encourage and
practice ni another. \ ou grumble when |
o wear leathers, flowers and small bun \
net*. Quarrel over silks and satius.? !
Make-port ol false curls and beau-catchI
crs, ai d make up taces at paint, powder
and j'oiatuin. You abominate low-neck(
ed dresses, (nor thr / /I) and :url your '
j lip scornfully at a well wadded high neck- j
ul one Short waists objectionable and !
long waists intolerable. You declare we
I ill ourselves with tight lacing, yet you go !
into raptures over "splendid forms," and 1
the tighter they are drawn the more "an j
gt lie" they uppcar?1,1 think they look .
n />py. i and the longer they make your'
ea!?-. ami /> ir se, whenever you see I
a lady wluse waist is "but a span" shorteu
your ealis for the sake id sulTering hu- i
inanity ! 1 he dear creatures cannot live J
without breathing! When hoops are not
in vogue you laugh at our slimm^a, and I
n< < oT.vi when we try to spread ourselves
! vou laugh ihe same. I! our dresses trail
vou call us street sweepers ; it they do i
Kit t : :i i I Villi limlieiolmK- v-iV IV. mivli Ir. !
show our?slippers.
\ <>u prow sentimental over carnation
cin ks .i:l talk " beds ol roaos." No j
wiiiiKr ladies cultivate rases when they !
are .-'leh objects ot attraction and subject
i ol flattering i ilu-'on- Let a richly dress- i
ed and highly rouged lady enter a bull !
room and how many masculine lips ex- '
claim, " How divinely beautilul!'' " Mow
lovely and bewitching! ' and O what a ;
magnificent creature!" Soino knowing;
old lojyr ui the comer .sarcastically mut- |
tors" Judge ! inen ly a magnificent bun- j
ill-- t?l diy <^tn>ds !" That remark, leads us
to believe he has been " taken in" a hi '
! niatriinony, by one of those bundles, und
experience! has taught him the truth ol
thi old proverb, " All is not gold that
: glitters."
I Mow, g ntleuicn, bow and scrape to as
many hoops as)ou please, and billow with
your eyes as many trails as you please, but
don't praise us one minute and laugh at us
; the next. Truly the poet understood your '
sex better than we do when he cxcluimej,
, " O, consistency, thou art a jewel
, The following advertisement appears in
an Arkansas paper: "Any j^al what s ^ot :
a bod. a coffee pot and skillet, knows how
] to cut out britches and take kecr of cliil
dien, can have my services ti!! J :ath parts
| both on u?."
The Three fVlshcK.
There was once a wise emperor who
made a law, that, to every stranger who
came to his court, a tried fish should be
served. The servants were directed to
take notice if, when the straugcr had eaten
the fish to the bone 011 one side, he turned
it over and began on the other side. If he 1
did, he was to he immediately seized,
and, on the third day thereafter, he was
to be put to death. Hut, by a great stretch
of imp- tiul clemency, the culprit wan per I
initlc 1 to utter one wish each day, which j
the emperor pledged himself to grant, pro 1
vided it was not to spare his life. Many
had already perished in consequence of
his I'dtot- a In n ' " - - 1 1?
, - v..v , ii u'uia auu ins i
young sou presented themselves at court i
The li*di was served as u>uul, and when !
the count had removed ali the G.-di Irotti
one side, Liu turned it over, and was abuut
to commence on the other, when lie was
suddenly seized and thrown into prison,
and was told of his approaching doom.
Sorrow stricken, the count's young son
besought the emperor to allow him to die
in tlie plaeo of his fither ; a favor which
tlic monarch pleased to accord him. The
count was accordingly released from prison
and his son was thrown into his coil in his
stead As soon as this had been done, the
young muti said to his jailors : " You know
I have the right to make tliree demands
before 1 die; go and tell the emperor to
send me his daughter, and a priest to marrv
na 'l'l\n hri* ?? ? * *" 1
.j nil" #uv m.^b uciuaiiu was IIUI SO aincn
to the emperor's ta-'tc; nevertheless, he
felt bound to keep his word, and, therefore,
complied wi.h the roijue-t, to which the
princess h id no kind of objection. This
occurrel in the times when kings kept
their treasures in a cave, or in a tower set
apart tor the purpose, like the fchnpcMr of
Morocco in those days; and. on (lie second
day ul his imprisonment, the yountr man
demanded the kind's treasures 11 his
lirst demand was a bold one, the second
was not less so; still,an emperor's word is
SMCred nn.l (iimiii" l'
, luauv I III.* J ' I U114 IM* j I1U
wus iorcod to keep it ami the lr<a.>ures of
gold and silver were placed at the prisoner's
disposal. On getting possession of
them, he distributed ihem profusely among
the courtierp, and soon he had made a host
of friends by his liberality,
The ciuporor began now to feel exceedingly
uncomfortable. Unable to sleep, he
rose early on the third morning, and went,
with fear iu his heart, to the prison to hear
what tiic third wish was to be.
M Now," said ho to the prisoner, ' tell
me i hat your third demand is, that it uiay
be granted at once, an 1 you may be hung
out of hand, l'oi 1 am tired of your de
mauds."
44 Sl!i> " ntlJU'oro.l l ie i\fio- .? il 1 I
? - -wy viVN* IIIO I'llOVIKI, I IlilVU
but one more favor to request ofyenr majesty,
which, when you have granted, 1
shall die content. It is merely that you
will cause the eyes of those who saw my j
father turn the fish over to be put out."
44 Very good," replied the emperor,!
44 your demand is but natural, and spring*
from a gojd heart. Let the chamberlain
be seized," lie c.utinued, turning to his
guards.
' 1, sire !" cried the chamberlain ; 44 I
did not see anything?it was the steward."
44 Let the steward ho seized, then," said
the king.
Jiul the steward protested, with tears in '
his eyes, that he had not witnessed any-1
thing of what had been reported, and said
it was the butler. Tho butler declared I
that be had seen nothing ot the matter, '
aud that it must have been one of the ,
valets. But they protested that they were i
uucuy guoraiu 01 vrnat a ia oecn ciiartrou i
against the count ; it. ; hurt, it tuvn^d out '
that nobody oou!J be found \rh i bad secn ,
the count commit the o.fcucv, upon which
the princes* said :
"I appeal to you. my fither, as to nr.other
Sdouian. It nohodv saw the offence
committed, the count cum t be guilty, and
my huibund is inn ct;f."
The emperor irowned ; forthwith the
courtiers began to tuuintur ; then lie smiled,
and immediately their visages became
radiant.
lid it Le so,'' si d his majesty ; let
him live, though 1 have put many a man
to death (or u lighter iffeiicc than his.
i?... :r i.~ : i i . - - -
4>ui. ii uc is nui i:u:ig, iiu is ii:uiTicu. ' UStice
has been done."
A Noble Sentiment.?In I:is reply to
the Montana delegation, published yesterday
morning, the President made an utterance
which, we have no doubt, wiil he
remembered through- of future oeuesafions.
It is this : "1 feel that 1 can afford to do
right; and so feeling, (Jod being willing, 1
intend to do right; and, so far as in me
lies, I intend to administer this tiovernment
upon the principles that lie at ihe
foundation of it." I his is the language ol
a noble patriot, an 1 deserves tho ooinuictt- ,
dation ol the good men and true in every
section of our country.
Soft Gingerbread.?One cup of molasses,
o..c of sour cream, two eg^s, ono
teaspoon of soJa, 0'ie of ginger. .Mix
rnthcr th:u.
Female Society.?We cndoroe every
word John Randolph said about Iodic*'
society. Rend what lie soys, young man,
and act accordingly:
14 You know my opinion of female society.
Without it we should degenerate into
brutes. This observation applies wilh ten
fold force to young and thou'} who are in
be prime of iuanh<?d. For alter a cm tain
time in life, the literary man makes a shift
(a poor one, I giant,_) to do without the
society ol ladies. To a young man nothing
is so important as a spirit of devotiou
(iioV f ia K iu i ^rnnfn^ tn oa??>a ntmukU
tw lit" vivum/i y iv ovuiu uuitav v
woman, whore intake tuny occupy bit
heart, and guard it irorn pollution, which
besets it on all aides A man ought to
choose a wife us Mis. Primrose did her
wedding gown, for qualities that 41 wear
well." One thing at least is true?that if .
matrimony has its cares, celibacy has no
pleasures. A Newton, or a more eminent,
scholar, may find enjoyment in mere
study ; a man of literary tasto can receive
in books a powerful auxiliary, but a man
must have a bosom friend, and children
around him, to cherish and support the
/Irnnritw-oa of >?*/!
viivatiuwna \jm
Great crimes work great wrong, and
the deeper tragedies oi human life spring
from its larger passions; but wuful and
ijiost melancholy arc the uncatalogued
tragedies that issue troni goesip und detraction;
most mournful the shipwreck often
made of noble natures and lovely lives by
the bitter winds and dead salt-waters of
slander. So easy to say, yet so hard to
disprove?throwing on the innocent, and
punishing them as guilty if unable to pluck
out the sting* th??y never Beo, and to siienoe
words they never hear. Gossip and slav
der are the deadliest and crudest weapons
tuau has for his brother's hurt.
The History of Mexico shows that during
the last forty years Mexico has bad
thirty seventy different forms of Government,
thirty two of which were 44 Republics,"
and seventy lire Presidents ! Its revolutions
during that time have amounted
to over two hundred. Many years
since a Mexican Protectorate was ur
gea upon tnc umcca coatos iseuate Dy
(ienerul Houston, upon the ground that
the Mexican people otherwise would (all a
prey to aome European power. Tho project
was condemned and abandoned. But
perhaps in view of tho past and present it
would have been well.
Vi'hen cares " like a wild deluge come,"
when the soul i? weary and the burdens
arc heavy to bear, let us repose on that
one comforting fact?that we cannot get
away, even it we would, from the love that
encircles and pervades us. Believe it or
not, (Jod's promises never fail us; His
Almighty anus never cease to be about us.
Sometimes, when low in tho dost, the
earthly crosses and misfortunes, and the
soul darkened, we lose this sense of the
Divino care?tlod seems very far from us
then ; but when He seems farthorest lie
is really nearest.
mm
The Czar has addressed a rescript to
the Government of Warsaw, promulgating
a series ol educational measures to be carried
out in Poland. Superior and elementary
schools are to be established for Poles,
Greels and Russians, and separate schools
tor Get mans and Lithuanians. All scholars
will be taught the Polish and Russian history
and languages.
The religious instruction will bo intrusted
to the secular clergy of each respective
uenuuuuauoii.
Where we t.> ,;sk a hundred men who,
from small beginnings, have at'ained %
condition of respectability and influence,
to what tliey imputed their success in life,
the general answer would be, " It was
fro u beintr early compelled to think for
and .Vjciiioii ourselves/'
(it.SOKR CooviFt.?Three tablespoons
1 of incited bu tcr. throe of buttermilk; put
into a teacup; fill up the cup with mcl.is*
Sos, one teaspoon of ?u la and one of gin?
1 <r<'r,-Biir with n spoon, and add as little
flour as possible, and roll out smoothly.
uvft. f 1 i..\ id l ?
1 >? iiu hii'K'J*/ i ai?>en i iiiuro
i>?:?n n thirl of the cel." Ilusband (triumphantly:)
"That's all the law allows
you."
"What a Cue head your Loy has!" said
an admiring friend.
"Ye*," Paid the father?"lie's a chip off
the old block ; uiut you my hoy?"
"Yes, lather," replied the boy, "teacher
said yesterday that I was a young block*
head *.'
l.ic omck. Kt cis til m.-ik* A fnHutiA
a colouij?omi v marrying a fhahiooablo
young luJy and '.riling her clothca.
Frugality id a fur fortune, aud indmtry
a g^od catato.
Cotfittoa oco-;c is valuable in a'! kind*
ofbueine?: oic' 'Vfr- jnaVing.