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Tlio President'!* Speed*.
On the 18th instant, in Washington a
procession of soldiers and sailors waited on
3) !1 ?? T -1 - - i
xtusiuuih .jonnson, loiiuenng mm tbcir
grateful acknowledgements for his recent
'order giving preference in appointments
to thoso who had pcrforrftod honorable service
to the country in the army and navy.
, Tt is not affectation in me to say that
language is inadequate to convey the heart
lelt feetihgs produced on this occasion by
I your presence here, and by the prescnta
tion ot your sentiments as expressed by
you representative in his address, and in
the resolutions which you have thought
proper to adopt. I coufcss that in the
peculiar posture of public affairs, your presence
and address give encouragement and
-confidence to me in my efforts to discharge
the duties incumbent upon me as Chief
Magistrate of the republic. And in what
I have to say, I shall address you in the
character of citizens, sailors and soldiers
I shall speak to you in thoso terms, and
none others.
I repeat my thanks for the manifesta
tion of your approbation und of your en
coura^i'iiicut. \Ve are to day involved in
one of the most critical and trying struggles
that have occurred sinco this Govern
moot was spokon into existence. Nations,
-like individuals, must have a beginning?
must have n birth. In stiuggling into existence,
a nation passes through its first
try rug ordeal.
It is not necessary for uic now to carry
vour minds back to the strugglo when this
nation was born. It is net necessary lor
rue to allude to the privations and hard
ships of those who engaged in that struggle
to achieve the national b'rth. It is
not necessary to point to the bloc<3 shed
und the lives lost in accomplishing that j
result. The next ordeal through winch a 1
nation has to pass in which it is called up- !
-on to give evidence tliut it has strength, j
capacity und power to uiaiatniu itself!
umong the nations of the earth.
In giving sueh evidence, we passed thro' ;
the war of 1N12, and through the war j
with Mexico; and we passed through all
the struggles that huvo since occurred up
to the beginning of the rebellion. That
was our second ordeal ! Hut a n ition has !
?:n i - - i ? .. . I
auvviict IU.-5I atlll tU UllUUIg'', illlU I IIill IS lO
give evidence to the nations of the earth,
and to its own citizens, that it has power
to resist internal iocs; that it has strength
enough to put dowu treachery at home und
treason within its own borders. [^Cheers.J
Wc have commenced that ordeal, und I
trust in God wo will pass through it sue
cessfully. I feel complimented by the
allusion of your representative to the fact
that I stood in the Senate in 1 iSGU and
18G1, when tho nation was entering on
this third ordcul, and raised my voice and
hands against treason, treachery und traitors
at hoinc. I stand here, to day, holding
to and maintaining the same principles
which 1 then enunciated.
Wc are now in the nation's third ordeal.
We are not yet through it. We said that
States could not go out of the Union. Wo
denied the doctrine of secession, and wc
have demonstrated that we were right?wc
demonstrated it by the strong arm. Yes,
the soldiers and tho "sailors, God bless
them, have demonstrated by their patiiotie
hearts and strong arms that States have
not tho power to leavo the Union. What
followed ? The Confederate armies were
overpowered and disbanded, and there was
n willingness on tho part ot tho people ol
those States to couie back, be obedient to
the laws, and acknowledge the supremacy
of the Constitution of our fathers. For
what huvo wc passed through this third
ordeal? It was to cstublish tho principle
that no State had the power to break up
Ibis Government. It was to put down the
rebellion.. Tho rebellion has been r.m
down, and for what? Wasit to destroy
the States? (Voices " Norer.") For what
have all those lives been sacrificed and ull '
this treasure expended ? Was it lor the
purposo of destroying the States ? No; it
was for the purpose of preserving the
States in tho Union of our lathers. It was
for that you fought; it was for that I toil
cd; nut to break up the Government, but ,
to break down the rebellion and preserve '
tho union of these States. That is what
we have been contending for, and to estab- 1
lish the fact that the nation can lift itself
above and beyond intestine iocs and treason
and traitors at houie.
?c?
When the rebellion in Massachusetts
was put down, did that put Massachusetts
out ol the Union and destroy the Stato ?
And when the Kbellion in Pennsylvania
was put down, did that destroy the State
and put it out of the Union '( So when the
recent great rebellion was put down, and
the Constitution and laws of tho country
restored, the States engaged in it stood us
part of the Union. The rebellion being
crushed, the law being restored, the Constitution,
being acknowledged, these States
stand in the Union, constituting a part of
tho glorious and bright galaxy of States. *
We said to tho Postmaster Ooncral :?
" Let the people have facilities for mail
communication, and let them begin agaio
to understand what we all feel and think?
that we are one peoplo " We looked out
again and saw that there was a blockade;
that the custom houses were all closed.
We said : " Open the door ol the custom
house and remove the Llockude. Let trade,
commerce and t! e pursuits of peace be
restored;" anil it was done. We thus
traveled on, step by step, opening up custom
houses, appointing collectors, cstab
lishiug mail facilitic, and restating all the
relations that have been interrupted by the
rebellion. Was there anything undertaken
to be done here that was not authorized
by the Constitution, that was not justified
by the great necessities ot tho ease,
that has not been clearly concurrent witli
tuc Uonstitution and the genius and theory
of our Government '/ (('licfers x What
remained to be done'/ One other thing re
mained to demonstrate to the civilized and
Pagan world that we have passed successfully
through the third ordeal of our na
tionul existence, ami proved that our Govcrniucnt
was perpetual.
A great principle was to be restored
which WH6 established in our revolution.
When our fathers were contending against
the power of Great Britain, what was one
of the principal causes of their complaint'/
It was that they were denied representation.
They complained of taxation without
representation. One of the great priu
cipl&s laid down by our fathers, and which
tired their hearts, was, that there should he
110 taxation without representation, llpw,
then, does the matter stand '/ Who has
been usurping power, and who has boon
defeating ttie operation of the t'onsttluaon/
And what now remains to he done to coin j
pletc the restoration of these States to all
their former relations under the Federal
Government, and to finish the great ordeal
through which we have been passing? It
is to admit representation. And when we
say, wiiuit representation in the constitutional
ami law abiding sense, as was intended
at the beginning ol the (lovernnient.
And where do s that power liu .' The
Constitution declares in express terms that
each house, the Senate and House ol' It.-p
rescntativcs, each acting for itself, shall be
the judge of the returns, of election and
qualifications of its own members. It is
lor each house to settle that question under
the Constitution, and under the solemn
sanction of an oath ; and can wo believe
that either house would udu it any member
into its body to participate in the legisla
tion of the country who was not qua'iticd,
and tit to sit iu that body and participate
in its proceedings ? They have the power
?not the two houses, but each houses, but
each for itself.
The Constitution further declares that
no State shall be deprived of its equal suffrage
in the Senate of the I nited Stales
Without its consent. Then where do we '
stand? All that is needed to finish this
great work of restoration is for the two
houses respectively to determine these
questions. "Oh !" but some will say, "a
traitor might come in !'' The answer to
that is : Each house must be the judge;
and. if a traitor presents himself, cannot
either houfc know that he is a traitor, and
if he is a traitor, can they not kick him
out of the door and send him back, saying
to tho people who sent him, "Vou must
send us a loyal man." Is there any difficulty
ubout that ? [Cries of "No, no."}
If a traitor presents himself to cither
house, cannot that house say to hitn, "No,
you cannot be admitted into this bodv. (in
back. Wo will not deny your people of
the right of representation, but they must
send a ioyal representative." And when
the States do send loyal representatives,
can you have any better evidence ol their
loyalty to the Constitution and laws? There
is no one, learned in constitutional law,
who will suy that if a traitor happens to
get into Congress the body cannot expel
him after he gets in. That makes assurance
doubly sure, and conforms the action
of the Government to the Constitution of
our fathers. Ilenoc, I say, let uh stand by
that Constitution, and in standing by it the
covenant will be preserved.
While 1 have been Contending against
traitors and treason and secession, and the
dissolution of the Union, I have been contending
at the same time against the consolidation
of power hero [Cries of'good.']
I think the consolidation of power hero is
m|U;tiiy dangerous with (ho separation of
the States. The ono would weaken us and
might run into anarchy, while the other
! wonld concentrate and run into monarchy.
' O, but there in an idea Abroad that one
man can be a despot; that one man be tisnrpcr,
but ft hdftdrcd or ttor? hundred meu
! cannot.
Mr. Jefferson, the apostle of liberty,
| tells us, so does common seuso, that tyranny
1 and despotism can be exercised by many
more vigorously and more tyiannically than
illV nnn \V li.it nftwui* t>-?1.1 ? *
J V..V. ?? %? I'WUVI UUO JVUI I 1 l^HICUI
to bo a tyrant ? What can he do ? What '
| can lie originate? Why, they say he ex- I
i erciscs the veto power ! What is the veto
| power? ("A voice?*'to put down the nigger."
Laughter.]
I In olden times, when tribunes wore first
elected in the 1 toman Republic, they stood
at the door of the Roman Senate, which
( was then over reaching on the popular
: rights, and putting the heel ol power on
the necks of the people. The people chose
a tribune and placed him at the door
of the Senate, so that when that body
ncnturcd an oppressive act he was clothed
1 with power to say 1 veto"?I forbid. Your
President is now the tribuno of the people,
and thank (lod, 1 am, and 1 intend to assert
the power which the people have
placed in me [Cheers.]
Your President, standing here day after
day, and discharging his duty, is like a
horse on the tread-wheel; and because be
dares to differ in opinion iu regard to pub
lie measures, lie must be denounced as a
usurper and tyrant. Can he originate any
thing under the veto power? 1 think the
veto power is conservative in its character. !
All that can be done by the veto power is
to say, when legislation is improper, hasty,
unwise, unconstitutional, "stay, stop action.
Wait till this can be submitted to
the people, and let tlieiu consider whether
it is right or wrong."
That is all there is in it. Hcncc T say
that tyranny any power can be exercised
somewhere else than by the Executive, lie
is powerless. All that he can do is to
cheek legislation?to hold it in a state ot
obeyancc till the people can consider and
understand what is being done. Then,
what, has been done? I have done what 1
believed ?ho Constitution required roc to
do. 1 have done what I believed duty and
conscience required tee to do. Ho believing,
1 intend to stiel to my position, relying
on the judgment, integrity, and the intelligence
ul tho masses o! the American
people?the soldiers and sailors expressly.
As the President closed his speech, he
was loudly and continuously cheered. The
band pertorincd some more patriotic airs,
ami the immense crowd dispersed.
? ?
Tiik Vicissitudes of Life.?There
died in this city, a few days ago, a woman
who e lite has been a strange admixture of
good and ill fortune?ot opulence and inr"
L
digence. Her name was Louisa olcyco, a 1
native ol Canada, and descended from a|
very old family of that time. She came 1
to St. Louis from Canada some forty five
years ago, being at that time, a young lady,
to pay a visit to some relatives in that city.
While there she was a great deal in society,
and met a man of whom she became
enamored, and finally eloped with him to
New Oilcans. Kvery inducement was held
out by her lricnds lor her return, but she
refused to listen to their counsels. To avoid
their constant solicitations she with her
paramour removed to Kuatan Island, in the
Hay of Honduras, and in time became Very
Wealthy. Iter botrayor dying tin re, she
was stripped of her property by an unprincipled
rogue of an Englishman, and was
forced to depend upou the charity of the ,
captain of n fruit schooner fur a passage to
the States. She arrived in New Orleans
about tl irty years ago. pcnnilcos, and has
at one time since then been possessed of
property to the amount of over *?1<>0,UU0 ;
but misfortune again overtook her and she
died destitute, at the age of sixty fine.
Jfcfcifi' Tribune.
Lawks'Fair Histi kukij.?Last night,
about half-past eight o'clock, considerable
excitement?during which one lady fainted?was
created in the rooms, corner ol
King and Koyal streets, for which a fair
for the benefit of the Methodist Kr i.-:conal
Church, South, is now being held, by tfle |
appearance there ol a ssjuad of soldiers, j
who inarched in, preceded by the Cnited
States flag. They demanded the instant
removal of the pictures, representing (ienerals
Lee and Stonewall Jackson, which
were on exhibition there, threatening, in
Case of rclusal, to tear them down themselves.
Fearing a disturbance, and wishing
to avoid any ting out of which political
capital could possibly be manufactured in
this transition stage in the country's histo
ry, the managers ol the lair complied with
the demand, and the obnoxious likenesses
were taken from their position ou the wall.
?Alexandria (jazcttc, llith.
In blowing off a steam boiler, under a
moderate pressure, after the water has us
caped, the hand may be held without in
convunieneo in the dry steam which follows;
when, however, the stoatu begins to come
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n?/ nr. ?U ll?4VC IIINC IU l/VIIUl IIMI U|I'JI1
the hand, the latent heat, not until then
disengaged, \% ill scald severely.
Tile Kttlmln MIIIS.
We hud occasion, a lew days ago, says
the Charleston News, to rei?c to this new
enterprise, now in progress in the western
part of our State. Since thon we have
learned some futher particulars, which may
be oi interest to some of our readers. The
mills are being erected by a chartered company,
whose capital is hall a million ot dollars,
but they have the privilege of increas:?
i"t ?
iji It iu inij lilllllOUS.
The company owns about six thousand
acres of land on House Creek, between
lands of Hath Caper Mills and (Jranitevillo
Manufacturing Company. On tho laud
there is ample water power for all purposes
of the company, and numerous springs of
the purest water, which is indispensable in
bleaching cloth and making paper. Their
springs at one place form a body oi water
twenty feet deep, aud so pure that the
smallest objects can be seen at the bottom.
All the buildings are being constructed
in the plainest but mo6t durable form ot
brick, with tin and slate roofs, and arc in
the most improved modern style. The
factory buildings arc immediately on the
South Carolina Railroad, nine miles from
Augusta, and the dwelling houses on high
table land, a lew hundred yards distant.
lJoth houses and factories will be lighted
with gas, and the factories heated by steam.
. Ml the machinery is driven by water power.
The situation is one ol the very beat
that can be obtained, both on the score of
convenience and health.
The machinery in the cotton mill consists
of ten thousand throstle spindles, to
spin the warp, and ten thousand self-acting
mul spindles, to spin the filling, and live
hundred looms, to work up their productions.
The company also proposes to add
blenching machinery to bleach their cloth,
which will mainly consist of the finer grades
of shirting, print good3 and long cloth.
There is one large eighty four inch
Foudenicr paper mill for making printing
paper, and one forty-two inch machine for
making the finest writing papers. All the
machinery is the very best that can be got
in Emrlaiid, ami has been all specially tr>a
nutucturcd to the order of the {'resident of
the Company, who went abroad last suin
mer lor this purpose.
Kvorvthing " '.!! he fini^ho-1 and in war
king order within the next four months.
The Officers of the Company are:
Benjamin F. Kvans, President.
K. Jj. Korvison, Treasurer.
I 'i r koto its.?John W. (Irady, Benjamin
Mordecai, and I?r J. .J. Cliisolm.
John L. Branch, Chief Engineer.
Monky.?Men will work for it, fight for
it, beg for it, steal for it, starve for it and
die for it. And all the while, from the
cradle to the grave, nature and God are
thundering in Our cars the solcmu question,
14 What shall it profit a man, it he
gain the whole world nnd lose his own
soul ?" This madness for money is the
strongest and lowest of the passious ; it is
the insatiate Moloch of the human heart,
before whose remorseless altar all the finer
attributes of humanity are sacrificed. It
makes merchandise of all that is sac-red in
human affections, and even traffics in the
awful solemnities of the eternal.
?w# ?
A Li:cii? Explanation.?1 Mother,'
said little Nod, one morning, after having
fallen out of bed. *1 think 1 know nlm I
?J
fell out of boil last night. It was because
I slept ti-o near where I gut in.' Musing
u little while, as if in doubt whether he
had given the right explanation, he added
'No, that wasn't the reason, u was because
I slept too near where 1 fell out.'
*?-<^???
Personal respectability is totally independent
of a largo income. Its greatest
-.ecrot is self respect. Poverty can never
degrade those who never degrade themselves
by prctcnco or dupli-ity.
m m ?
lie was justly accounted a skillful poisoner,
who destroyed bis victims by boqucts
of lovely and fragrant flowers. The art
lias not been lost; nay, it is practised every
day by?the world.?[Bishop Latimer.
In extent of territory, Russia is the fir?t
empire on the globe ; (Jrent Britain the
second, and Brazil the third. Brazil has
f>7 1 ,*35 souarc miles more than the I'nitod
States, ami a population of P,150,000.
lie alone is wise who can accommodate
himself to all tho contingencies of life; but
the Pool contends, and is struggling like a
swimmer against the stream.?[Prom the
Latin.
It is folly for men of merit to think cs
capiug censure, and a weakness to be affected
with it. Fabius Muximus fluid he
was a greater coward that was afraid of roproach
than he that fled from his enemies.
A Tastf. of Wok.?1 clasped her tiny
hand in mine, 1 clasped her beauteous form:!
I vowed to shield her from the world's cold
storm. She sot her beauteous eyes on me,
the teats did wildly llow, and with her
little lishe said,'?Confound you, let mc
go 1"
Want's a Wide. ^
The following advertisement recently
appeared in a St. Louis p&per t
Wanted.?1 havo lived solitary long
enough. I want someone to talk at, quarrel
with?then kiss and make up again.
Therefore I am ready to receive communications
from young ladies and blooming
widows of more than average respectability,
tolerable tame in disposition, and hair
of any color. ?
As nearly as I judge of myself, I am not
over eighty nor under twenty-five years of
age. 1 atn five i'cct eight, or eight ieet
live, I forget which. Weigh 135, 315 or
531 pounds, ouo of the three; I recollect
each figuro?j>erfocUy well, but as to their
true position. 1 am somewhat puzzled.
Have a wholo sftit of hair dyed by nature
and free fVora dandruff. Kycs buttermilk
brindlc, tinged with pea gtecn. Noeo
blunt, according to the Ionic order of architecture,
with a touch of the composite
and a mouth between a catfish's and an
alligator's?made especially for oratory and
tho reception of large oysters.?Ears palniatcd,
long and elegantly shaped. My
hair is a combination of dog's hair, moes
and briar brush?well behaved, fearfully
luxuriant.
1 am Bound in limb and on tho negro
question. Wear boots No. 9. when corns
are troublesome, and can write poetry by
the mile, with double rhyme on both edges
?to read backwards, towards, crosswise
or diagonally. Cun play tho Jews' harn
or La.** drum and whistle Yankee Doodle
in Spanish. Am very correct in my morals,
and first-rate at ten pins ; have a great
regard for the Sabbath and never drink
unless invited.
Am a domestic animal, am perfectly docile
when towels arc clean and shirt buttons
all right. Ill possess a pre cminating virtue
it is of forgiving every enemy*whom I
deem it haxardous to handle. I say my
prayers every nigtot, musquitoes permitting;
as to whether I snow in my sleep I
want somebody to tell. Money is no object,
as 1 never troubled with it, and never expect
to be. 1 should like some lady who
is perfectly able to support a husband, or
ii she could introduce mo to a family where
religious example would be considered sufficient
compensation fur board, it would do
just as well.
?
On Marrying.
Some fellow who seems to think well of
the 'institution/ discourses of marrying.
Hear him :
(let married young nun, and be auick
about it, too 1 Don't wait for the Millenium,
hoping that the girls may turn to angels,
before you trust yourself with one of
them.
A pretty thing you'd be along side an
angel, wouldn't you?you Drute I Dont
wait another duy, but right now?this very
night ask some nice, industrious girl, to go
into partnership with you to help clear your
pathway of thorns, and plant it with dowers.
Suppose she 'kicks' you, don't you
know, you blockhead, that there is such a
thing as trying again, and that the 'minnows'
having bitten at the hook and ran
away, there is now a chanco to catch a better
tisb 7 Marrying wont hurt you?it
won't. It'll sow thu buttons on your shirt,
and mend your breeches and your manners
too?it will 1
Going to get out of this subjugated
country, and try your fortune in Mexico or
Uracil, are you? Well, if you will go,
take somebody with you who will lovoand
care for you, where all others may bo indifferent
to your welfare. But dou't go?
at least for a time. Get married ! There
mver was a better time, for we are ail subjugated
rebels together, and no ono will
'make remarks' about the scantiness of
your ward robe, or tho coarseness of vour
furniture. You can but tho wood and she
can do tho cooking, with a nice little stovo
that won't cost much.
Plenty ol f'rccdwomen to wash and iron,
and clean up generally. Stop your whining
about being poor, and get married !
Stop drinking whiskey, chewing and
smoking tobacco, and playing cards, and
save tho money thus foolishly?worse than
foolishly spent. Your wile?that is to bo
?will take care of your savings, and furnish
you in return with woman's affection,
and pure coffee to warm your froacn nature.
tiet married?you esj>ccially who are in
the "scar and yell w leaf" of bachelorism,
and if you don't may ybu freeze to death
some of these cool nights. You ought to
freezo, you good for-nothing buttonlcss
creature !
A greenhorn standing by a sewing machine
at which a handsome young lady was
at work, looking alternately at tho machino
and its fair operator, at length gave vent
to ms uumiration witb:
"lty golly ! its purty, 'specially the part
kivcred with oaliker."
A Frenchman, who promised to establish
a school, hearing that a high school
would be more respectably patronized, took
a room in tho garret of a four story boose