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Policy of the President. Better than the declaration of princi ples or address of the national Union Con vention; better than all the promises of parties and predictions of the press, bet ter, indeed, than any evidence we have had of the will and power of the North is the following speech which we to-day give to the public from the President of the United States. The remarks were made on Saturday last in response to the presentation of the proceedings of the Convention by Hon. Reverdy Johnson, as the Chairman of the Committee ap pointed for the purpose. Gen. Grant was present on the occasien, and it may be regarded as a significant endorsement of the policy of Andrew Johnson that he was not less warm in his greetings and congratulations to the many members of the several delegations present, than his great chief. The language of Mr. John son means peace to a distracted country, the restoration of civil power, and the determination at all bazards to put down Radical power. Mr. President: We are before you, a committee of the National Union Con vention which met at Philadelphia on Tue;sday, the 14th instant, charged with the duty of presenting you with an au thentic copy of its proceedings. Before placing it into your hands you will per mit us to congratulate you that, in the object for which the Convention was called; in the enthusiasm with which, in every State and Territory, the call was responded to; in the unbroken harmony of its deliberations; in the unanimity with which the principles it has declared were adopted ; and more especially, in the patriotic and constitutional charac ter of the principles themselves, we are confident that you and the country will find gratifiying and cheeuing evidence that there exist among the people a pub lie sentiment which renders an early and complete restoration of the Union, as es tablished by the Constitution, certain and inevitable. Party faction, seeking the continuance of its misrule, may momentarily delay it, but thte principle of political liberty for which our fathers successfully contended, and to secure which they adopted the Constitution, are so glaringly inconsis tent with the condition in which the country has been placed by such misrule, that it will not be permitted a much longer duration. We wish, Mr. President, you could have personally witnessed the spirit of concord and brotherly affection which aimated every member of the Conven tion. Great as your confidence has ever been in the in telligence and patriotism of your fellow-citizens, in their deep devotion to the Union, and in their presentdetermin ation to reinstate and maintain it, that confidence would have been a positive conviction if you could have seen and heard all that was done and said upon the occasion ; every heart wvas evidently full of joy ; every eye beamed with pa triotic animation ; despondency gave place to assurance that our late civil strife end ed, the blissful reign of peace,'under the protection, not of arms, but of the Con stitution and laws, to be in every part of our land cheerfully acknowledged, and in perfect faith obeyed-you would not have doubted that the recurrence of dan gerous domestic insurrection in the fu ture is not to be apprehended. If you could have seen, sir, the men of South Carolina and Massachusetts comning into the Convention on~ the first day of its meeting, hand in hand, with the raptu rous applause of the whole body, awak ened by heartfelt gra,tification at the event, filling the eyes of thousands with tears of joy, which they neither could nor desired to suppress, you would have felt as persons present felt, that the time had arrived when all sectional and other perilous dissensions had ceased, and that nothing would be heard in the future but the voice of harmony, proclaiming devo tion to a common cou ntry-oK pride of being bound together by a common Un:ion, existing and protected by forms of Government proved by experience to be eminently fitted for the exigencies of either war or peace. In the principles announced by the Conveution, and in tihe feeling there manifested, we have every assurance that harmony throughout our land will soon prevail. We know that in former days, as was eloquently declared by Webster, the nation's most gifted statesman, Mas sachusetts and South Carolina went "shoulder to shoulder through the Revo lution and stood hand and hand round the administration of Washington, and felt his own great arm lean on them for support." So will they again with like unanimity, devotion, and power stand round your administration, and cause you to feel that you may also lean on them for suppcrt. In the proceedings, Mr. President, which we are to place in your hands, you will find that the Con vention performed the graceful task im posed upon them by their knowledge of your "devotion to the Constitution, the laws, and interest of your country," as illustrated by your entire Presidential career, of declaring that in you they "re organize a Chief Magistrate worthy of the nation, and equal to the great crisis upon which his lot is cast." And in this declaration it gives us unmixed pleasure to add we are confident that the Conven tion have but spoken the intelligent and patriotic sentiments of the country. Ever inaccessible to the low influences which often control the mere partizan, governed by an honest Opinion of consti t'tional obiioins and reght: -md of the duty of looking solely to the true inter ests, safety, arrd honor of the nation, such a class is incapable of resorting to any stale bait for popularity at the expense of the public good. In the measure which you have adopted for the restoration of the Union the Con vention seems only a continuance of the policy which, for the same purpose, was inaugurated by your immediate pre decessor. In his re-election by the people, after that policy had been fully indicated, and had been made one of the issues of the contest, those of his political friends who are now assailing you for stoutly pursuing it are forgetful or re gardless of the opinions which their sup port of his re-election necessarily in volved. Being upon the same ticket of that much lamented public servant, whose foul assasination touched the heart of the civilized world with grief and horror, you would have been oblivious to duty if you had not endeavored to carry out the same policy. And judging now by the opposite one which Congress has pursued, its wisdom and patriotism are vindicated by the fact that that of Con gress has but continued a broken Union by keeping ten of the States in which at one time the insurrection existed, and as far as they could accomplish it, in the condition of subjugated pre;inces, deny ing to them the right to be represented, whilst subjecting their people to every species of legislation, including that of taxation. That such a state of things is at war with the very genius of our gov ernment, inconsistent with every idea of political freedom, and most perilous to the peace and safety of the country, no reflecting man can fail to believe. We hope, sir, that the proceedings of the Convention will cause you to adhere, if possible, with even greater firmness, to the course which you are pursuing, by satisfying you that the people are with you, and that the wish which lies nearest to their hearts is, that a perfect restora tion of the Union at the earliest possible moment be attained, and that result can only be accomplished by the measures which you are pursuing ; and in the dis charge of the duties which these impose upon you, we, as did every member of the Convention, again, for ourselves, individually tender you ."our profound respects and assurance of our cordial and sincere support." With a reunited Union, with no foot ut that of a freeman treading or per rittedl to tread our soil, with industry enewed, with a nation's faith pledged forever to strict observance of all its Ou igations, with kindness and fraternal ove everywhere prevailing, the desol a ions of war will soon be removed ; its acrifices of life, sad as they have been, ill, with Christian resignation, be re ferred to a Providential puipose of fix ng our beloved country on a firm and dmirable basis which will forever place ur liberty and happiness beyond the each of human pieril. Then,'too, and forever, will our govern ent challenge the admiration and re ieve the respect of the nations of the orld, and we in no danger of any effort V impair our rights or to impeach our :onor. And permit me, sir, in conclu ~io,to say, that, great as is your solici ude for the restoration of our domestic eace, and your labors to that end, we ejoice that you have also a watchful ~ye to the rights of the nation, and that nry attempt by any assumed or actual ~oreign power to enforce an illegal block ~de "against the Government or citizens f the United States," to use your own ild and expressive words, "will be dis egarded." In this determination I am ure you will receive the unanimous ap roval of your fellow- citizens. Now, sir, as the chairman of this committee ho are now in your presence, and in ehalf of the Convention, I have the ionor to present you with an authenti ated copy of its proceedings. sPE.ECH OF THE BREsIDENT. Ir. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Coinmrittee: Language is inadequate to express the mrotions and feelings produced by this ccasion. Perhaps I could express more y permitting silence to'speak and you o infer what I ought to say. I confess hat, notwithstanding the experience I ae had in public life and the audiences have addressed, this occasion and this sseblage are calculated to, and do ~verwhehu me. As I have said, I have ot language to convey adequately my resent feelings and emotions. In listening to the address which your oquent and distinguished chairman as just delivered, the proceedings of the Convention, as they transpired, re ~urred to my mind. Seemingly, I par ook of the inspiration that prevailed in the Convention when I received a dis atch, sent by two of its distinguished embers, conveying in terms the scene hich has just been described, of South arolina and Massachusetts, arm in arm, arning into that vast assemblage, and hus giving evidence that the two ex tremes had come together again, and that for the future they were united,. a they had been in the past, for the reservation of the Union. When I as thus informed that in that vast body f men, distinguished for intellect and isdom, every eye was suffused with tears on beholding the scene, I could otnish reading the dispatch to one ssociated with me in my office, for my wn feelings overcame me. [Applause.] think we may justly conclude that we are acting under a proper inspira tion, aud that we need not be mistaken tat the fnger of. anorruling and un erring Providence is in this great move ment. The nation is in peril. We have just passed through a mighty, a "bloody, a momentous ordeal, and yet do not find ourselves free from the difficulties and dangers that at first surrounded us. While our brave soldiers, both officers and men (turning to General Grant, who stood at his right,) have by their heorism won laurels imperishable, there are still greater and more important duties to perform; and while we have had their co-operation in the field, now that they have returned to civil pursuits we need their support in our efforts to restore the Government and perpetuate peace. [Applause.] So far as the Exe cutive department of the Government is concerned, the effort has been made to restore the Union, to tieal the breach, to pour oil into the wounds which were consequent upon the struggle, and (to speak in common phrase,) to prepare, as the learned and wise physician would a plaster, healing in character and co extensive with the wound. (Applause.) We thought, and we think, that we had partially succeeded ; but as the work progresses, as reconciliation seemed to be taking place, and the country was becoming re-united, we found a disturb ing and marring element opposing us. In alluding to the element I shall go no further than your Convention and the distinguished gentleman who has delivered to me the report of its pro ceedings. I shall make no reference to it that I do not believe the time and the occasion justify. We have witnessed in one department of the Government every endeavor to prevent the restoration of peace, harmony and Union. We have seen hanging upon the verge of the Government, as it were, a body called, or which assumes to be the "Congress of the United States," while in fact it is a Congress of only part of the States. We have seen this Congress pretend to be for the Union, when its every step and act tended to per petuate disunion, and make a disruption of the States inevitable. Instead of promoting reconciliation and harmony, its legislation has partaken of the character of penalties, retaliation and revenge. This has been the course and the policy of one portion of your Government. The humble individuai who is now addressing you stands as the repre, sentative of another department of the Gov% ernent. The manner in which he was called upon to occupy that position I shall not allude to on this occasion. Suffice it to say that he is here under the Constitution of the country, and being here by virtue of its provisions, he takes his stand upon that charter of our liberties as the great rampart of' civil and religious liberty. [Prolonged cheering.] Having been taught in my early life to hold it sacred, and having done so during my whole public career, I shall ever continue to reverence the Constitution of my fathers, and to make it my guide. [Hearty applause.] I know it has been said (and I must be permitted to indulge in the remark) that the Executive Department of the Government has been despotic and tyrannical. Let me ask this audience of distinguished gentlemen to point to a vote I ever gave, to a speech I ever made, to a single act of my whole pub, lic life that has not been against tyranny and despotism. What position have I ever oc cupied-what ground have I ever assumed where it can be truthfully charged that I failed to advocate the amelioration and eles vation of the great masses of my country men?~ [Cries of "Never," and great ap plause. J So far .as charges of this kind are cons cerned, they are simply intended to delude the public mind into the belief that it is not the designing men whIo make such accusa, tions, but some one else in power, who is usurping and trampling upon the rights and perverting the principles of the Constitution. It is done by them for the purpose. of covers ing their own acts-[That's so and applause] -and I have felt it my duty, in vindicatiou of principles, to call the attention of my countrymen to their proceedings. When we ome to examine who has been playing the part of the tyrant, by whom do we find des potism exercised? As to myself, the ele ments of my nature, the pursuits of my life, have not made me, either in my feelings r in my practice, oppressive. My nature, on the contrary, is rather defensive in its haracter. But having taken my stand upon e broad principles of liberty and the Con stitution, there is not power enough on earth o drive me from it ! [Loud and prolonged applause.) Having placed myself upon that road platform, I have not been awed or ismayed, or intimidated by either threats r encroachments; but have stood there in onjunction with patriotic spirits, sounding he tocsin of alarm when I deemed the cita el of Liberty in danger. (Great ap% ;lause.) I said on a previous occasion, and repeat ow, that all that was necessary in this great ontest against tyranny and despotism was hat the struggle should be sufficiently audis le for the American people to hear and roperly understand the issues it involved. They did hear, and looking on and seeing ho the contestants were and what the strug le was about, determined that they would ettle this question on the side of the Consti ution and of principle. (Cries of "That's o," and applause.) I proclaim he.re to-day, s I have on previous occasions, that my fath is in the great mass of the people. In the darkest moment of this struggle, when he clouds Eeemed to be most lowering, -my faith, instead of giving way, loomed up hrough their groom; for, beyond, I saw that al would be well in the end. My country en, we all know that, in, the language of homas Jefferson, tyranny and despotism an be exercised and exerted more effectually y the many than the one. WVe have seen ongress gradually eucroach step by step 1 pon constitutional rights, and violate, day after day and month after month, funda mental principles of the Government.-( Cries f "That's so," and applause.) We have een a Congress that seemed to forget that 1 tere was a limit to the sphere and scope of egislation. We have seen a Congress in a 1 inority assume the exercise power which, f allowed to be consummated, would result n despotism or monarchy itself. (Enthusi, stic applause.) This is truth; and because thers, as well as myself, have seen proper o appeal to the patriotism and republican feeling of the country, we have been de >ounced in the severest terms. Blander up' on slander, vituperation upon vituperation, 1 f the most virulent character, has made its4 ay through the press. What, gentleman, i ias been your and my sin? What has been th aca of' my nofending? [wil tell +y1u.~ Daring to stand by the Constitutton of our fathers! Mr. Chairman, I consider the proceedings of this Convention equal to, if not more im% portant than those of any Convention that ever assembled in she United states. (Great applause.) When I look upon that colleetion, of citizens coming together voluntarily, and sitting in council with ideas, with principles and views commensurate with all the States, and coNextensive with the whole people, and contrast it with a Congress whose policy, if persisted in, will destroy the country, I regard it as more important than any Con vention that has sat-at least since 1787. (Renewed applause.) I think I may also say that the declarations that were there made are equal to those contained in the Declara tion of Independence. (Cries of "Glorious," and most enthusiastic and prolonged ap, plause.) Your address and declarations are nothing more or less than a re-affirmation of the Constitution of the United States. (Cries of "Good," and applause.) Yes, I will go fa3rther and say that the declarations you have made, that the prin ciples you have enunciated in yar address, are a second proclamation of emancipation to the people of the United States. IRe newed applause.{ For in proclaiming and re-proclaiming there great truths, you have laid down a constitutional platform on which all, without reterence to party, can make common cause. engage in a common effort to break rhe tyranny which the dominant party in Congress has so relentlessly exer cised, and stand united together for the re storation of the States and the preservation of the government. The question only is the salvatior of the country; for our coun-y rises above all party considerations c influences. (Cries of "Good," and applause.) How many are there in the United States that now require to be free? They have the shackles upon their limbs, and are bound as rigidly by the behests of party le.ders in the National Con gress as though they were in fact in slavery. I repeat, then, that your declaration is the second proclamation of emancipation to the people of the United States, and offers a common ground upon which all patriots can stand. (Applause.) In this connection, Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, let me ask what have I to gain more than the advancement of the public welfare? I am as * much opposed to the indulgence of egotism as auy one; but here, in a conversational manner, while formally receiving the proceedings of this Convention, I may be permitted ag:iin to inquire what have I to gain consulting human ambition more than I have gained, except one thing -the consummation of the great work of restoration? My race is nearly run. I have been placed in the high office which I occupy by the Constitution of the country, and I may say that I have held from lowest to the highest, almost every station to wvhichl a man may atta!n in our Government. I have passed through every position, f:ocm alders man of a village to the Presidency of the United States. And surely, gentlemen, this should be enough to gratify a reasonable ambition. If I had wanted authority, or if I had wished to perpetuate my own power, how easily could I have held and wielded that which was placed in my hands by the measure called the Freedmen's Bureau bill. (Laughter and applause.) - With an army which it placed at my discretion, I could have remained at the capital of the nation, and, with fifty or sixty millions of appropriations at my disposal, with the machinery to be unlocked by my own hands, with my satraps and dependents in every town and village, with the civil rights bill following as an auxiliary, (laughter,) and with the patronage and other appliances of the Gevernment, I could have proclaimed myself dictator. ("That's truelI" and appleuse.) But, gentlemen, my pride and my ambition have been to occupy that position which retains all power in the hands of the people. (Great cheering.) It is upon them I have always relied; it is upon them I rely now, (A voice, and the people will not disappoint you,) and I repeat that neither the taunts nor jeers of Congress nor of a subsidized, calumniating press can drive me from my purpose. (Great applause.) I acknowledge no superior except my God, the author of my existence, and the people of the United States. (Prolonged and enthdsiastic cheer, ing.) The commands of the one I try to obey as best I can, compatible with poor hun inanity. As to the other, in a political and representative sense, the high behests of the people have always been and ever will be respected and obeyed by me. (Applause.) Mr. Chairman,.[ have said more than I intended to say. For tbe kind allusion to myself, contained in your address, I thank you. In this crisis and at the.present period of my public life, I hold above all price and shall evet recur with feelings of profound gratification to the resolution containing the endorsement of a Convention emanating spontaneously from the great mass of the people. With conscientious. convic.tion as my courage, the Constitution as my guide, and my faith in the people, I trust and hope that my future action may be such that you and the Convention you represent may not regret the assurance of confidence you have so generously expressed. ("We are sure of it.") Before separating, my friends, one and all, please accept my heartfelt thanks for the kind manifestations of respect you have exhibited on this occasion. Sow TuRNwPs.-We find the following good advice in a country exchange: The scarcity of grain this winter will evidently be great, as a result of the great drought this mummer. This may be remedied in part, if sach farmer will sow several acres of his best and in turnips. They make excellent food for stock, and may furnish substance to a large class of persons who may not be able ;o obtain other food. Don't neglect this. 'he matter is important enough to claim the mmnediate attention of every farmer. Five inndred bushels of turnips fed to stock are ~qual to three hundred and fifty bushels of ~orn. Cut down the withered corn stalks, nanure carefully, and sow ruta bagas. The rield will provide amply for the deficiepov n grain, if carefully managed. Try it, t . 1pon our word you will be repaid for your abor. THE NoETH'MEsTERN- CORN CROP. should no serious change ih season occur )etween this and harvest, the yield of corn n the North-west, will be the largest ever mown in the history of this country. The ~stimate is 1,039,000,000-over one thousand nillions of bushels! What a labyrinth of: igures-what an ocean of corn! The Ohio mud Missouri valleys are the great corn gra laries of the West. Ohio will produce over 10,000,000 bushels. Growing corn depends )n a combination of warmth, humidity and imestone, which is no where so happily >lended as in the Ohio valley. The alluval leposit is so great in some sections that fr mn 'rty to'sixty bushels per acre is the annual rield. An acre of land in Ohio has produced 180 hmh els of cnrn.-Clncinnati aette. Arrest and Confessions of the Murderers of Mr A. D. Walker. The obscurity which has for several weeks enveloped the persons concerned In ther murder of our fellow,citizen, Mr. A. D.. Walker, has at length been satisfactorily dissipated. The freight train, of the 1Sth' inst., brought up from Columbia two negro, men, Belton Cline, alias Williams and Lon don Jones, alias Adams, the former of whorn? has been arrested in Petersburg, Va., and the latter in Columbia, S. C., on suspicion of having been implicated in the above mur der. On the 19th inst., they were brought before the jury of inquest and there made the following voluntary confession. although. warned that the evidence would be made use' of against them on their trial : On Sunday, July 22, they met a white man, one Bill Morris, alias Charles Derem, alias Wylie Morris, with whom they had been acquainted, who asked them to accom pany him to Chester the same night to as sist in some "job," from which they would probably each realize $500 or 1,000. They arrived in Chester by the evening train, pur, chased a bottle of whiskey and set out for' Walker's residence, which they reached about ten o'clock. Morris then prepared: some strings, telling the negroes that Mr. Walker had charged him with horse stealipg, and that he intended to tie him up, whip him' and leave him tied all night. He also sta ted that there were $30,000 In the house. In the meantime, Morris, who was known by the deceased, had disguised himself by blacking his face.' As previously relatede Mr. Walker was induced, by the representa tions. of London, to visit the supposed sick man, in company with Mr. Estes. The par ty were joined on the road by Belton, Morris: being concealed in the bushes. At a given signalfrom Morris, London seized Mr. Wal ker, while Belton attempted to grask Mr. Estes, who succeeded in escaping. Belton then returned to the assistance of London and held Mr. Walker until Morris emergAd from the woods and shot the deceased throughEthe head. London, in the meantime,. had pursued Mr. Estes as far as Mr. Walv ker's house. After the perpetration of the murder, Morris told Belton to go up to the house and, with London, secure the money, while he would return, cut the telegraph wire and meet them at Cornwell's Station. This Belton did and, together, they broke open the door, London discharging his pis tol at Mrs. Walker who was sitting up in bed alarmed by the noise. They then ran sacked the house at their leisure, uttering threats and abusive language, and after re. maining three-quarters of an hour, with, drew, warning Mrs. Walker and Mr. Estes not to leave the building, as guards had been stationed around the premises. On their return they searched the corpse and dis covered two dollnrs and a pocket book cons taning papers. On reaching the depot, they secreted themselves under a car until the.ar, rival of the train for Columbia. They were joined by Morris at Cornwell's Station, and a division of the plunder was made, Morris giving to the negroes a gold watch and chain, which he had removed from the body of Mr. Walker. Two or three days after, wards, Morris proposed to the prisoners a trip to Newberry, to assist in another "job;" w~hich resulted in the murder of Mr. Lane, of' that District. This the prisoners declined to (10; since which time, according to their statement, they have seen nothinr' more of Morris. Shortly after they went to Peters burg, Va., and after a few days stay, London returned to Columbia, where he was arrested last week by Mr. Green, the efficient chief of po'lice, with Mr. Walker's watch hi' his possession. Belton remained in Petersburg, spending money lavishly, and was arrested by the son of Mr. Lane, on suspicion of baving been concerned in his father's mutder. Belton had a large trunk fild with new and valuable clothing, and was to have been married the day after his arrest to a negro girl in Petersburg, to whom he had presented several handsome silk dresses. According to their own admission, these negroes have been concerned in no less than three murders within the last two months, and rumor connects them with crimes even of' a darker character. We hope that every effort will be made to effect the arrest of Morris, who is said to be the- leeder of a band of desperadoes. 4 full and accurate description of' this miscreant will be found in our advertis'ng columns. The two prisoners have been consigned to the charge of the civil authojitties. They were both born and raised in the town 'of Newberry, S. C. Morris passed two months in this District last spring, and, to add to the enormity of his guilt, had frequently enjoyed the hospitalities of his victim. The jury of inquest found a verdict in accordance with the above facts.-Chester Standard. The late speech of the President in re sponse to the resolutions of the Philadelphia Convention and his proclamatian, restoring peace, order, tranquillity and civil rule throughout the land, may well be regarded as most important events in the poli?Ieal history of the country. They are the natural results of the harmonious action of the late great conference of the delegates of the peo% ple. The reaction in the public sentimnt of the North is deep and progressive. The truth is beginning to assert its sway and to have free course among all classes. The eyes of many, heretofore blinded by passion and prejudiee, are being opened, and to perceive with clear vision, that "the nation is In peril," and that the Congress in power Is, in reality, htt the Congress of a section, whose' mission Is the revolution of the Government and the verthrow of the Constitution. The manly words of the President and his proclamation of henceforth peace, have been received with joy. He had prepared.public pinion for its willing reception He had by iis previous course educated the publIe mind for the proper appreciation of the great truths there announced. Military domination Is at an end. The athority of law is supreme. The writ of abeas Corpus is virtually restored. The Commonwealth of the South are reinstated to every constitutional right, save -that of representation. The President has done all n his power. And the broad and simple uestion before the Country is now reduced t> this: Shall the Commonwealth .of the South be held as States In the Union for very other purpose, save that inlienable ight 'of representation? On this single oint the contest will be foug&it. (Cor. Char. Courier. EARLY Conzs.-The Edgefield Advertiser ays that Messrs. Smith & Clemens, of Mount intage, nine miles below this place, on onday last sent a load of corn of this year's grwth, to that village for sale, and readily btained for the same $1.80 per bushel. It as of the Pennsylvania gourd seed variety, nd dry and fine. This species of corn is ertainly entitied to the consideration of our eople, as It produces a fine yield, and iatures before the drought generally comes n. Another year we hope many of our ,'a-er wil ive it a thormngh tes+