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a. the night thc day, thou can'tt not then be Jaht to any nun." V/M t TT JPOLTITICAL. Presidont Johnson's Valedictory. Farewell Address of the Retiring President to the People of the Unite I States. BHVI1W Ot TUB CLOSING ADMINISTRATION. Tko Policy of the Past, ?fcc To the Feojde of the United States : The robe of office, by constitutional limita tion, this day fulls from my shoulders, to be immediately assumed by my successor. For him tho forbearance and co-operation of the American people, in nil Iiis efforts to adminis ter the governn :nt within thc pule of tho Fedetal Constitution, aro sincerely invoked. Without ambition to gratify, party ends to subserve, or personal quarrels to avenge at tho aaorifico of the peuce und wclfure Of the country, my earnest desire is to see the Con stitution as defined and limited by thc fath ers of tho republic, again recognized and obeyed as thc supreme law of the land, and sao wholo people-North, South, East and West-prosperous und happy under its wisc provision*!. In surrendering the high office to which I Was called four years ago, st a memorable and ? terrible Orl?is, it is toy privilege, 1 trust, to | .ay'to the people of tho United States a few . parting worda, in vindication of an official , ooursc BO ceaselessly assailed and aspersed by : political leaders, to whose plans and wishes , my policy to restore thc Union has been ob- ? noxious. In a period of difficulty and tur naoilalmost without precedent in thc history of any people, consequent upon tho closing .cenes of a grout rebellion und the assassina tion of thc then President, it was perhaps too . much, on my part, to expect of devoted parti sans, who rode on thc waves of excitement c which nt that time swept all before them, that degree of toleration and magnanimity which I sought to recommend and enforce, and willoh I bolieve in good timo would havo advanced ?a infinitely farther on the road to permanent peace and prosperity thuu we havo thin far .ttainod. Doubtless, had [, afc tho commence- n ment of my term of office, unhesitatingly lent n its powers or perverted them to purposes and w plans "outside thc Constitution," and become " an instrument to schemes of confiscation und of general and oppressive disqualifications, I would havo been hailed as till that was true, ,E loyal and discerning- a? tho reliable head of " a party, whatever I might have beet) as the w Excoutivo of thc nation. Unwilling, howey- ^ er to accede to propositions of extremists, and bound to adhere, at every hazard to my oath r" to defend tho Constitution, I need not, per- u: haps, bc surprised at having met the fate of ar Others whoso only reward for upholding con- in ?titutional right and law have boen the con- j r,t eoiouuncss of having attempted to do their du- 'n ty, and thc calm and unprejudiced judgment of history. th At thc time a mysterious Providence as. su signed to mo thc office of President, 1 was by W tho torma of the Constitution, the Command- oo er-in-Chief of nearly a million of men nuder sit: trms. Ono of my first acts waa to disband in ?nd restore to tho vocations of civil life this tn immense boat, and to diveat myself, so far as Co I could, of tho unparalleled powora then inoi- dal tient to the ofiico and tho timea. Whether W or not, in this step, 1 was right, and how far l'u deserving the approbation of thc peoplo, all am taan now, on reflection, judge, whon reminded crr of tho ruinoua condition of public affairs, that 10 must have rcault?(j| from tho continuance in "M< the military service of such a vast number of wen. t,,c Tho oloso of our domestic confliot found ^ abo ntmy cager to distinguish itself in a new ^ta field, by an. effort to punish European inter "Pl1 ve.ition in Mexico By many it wasbeliovcd a*'? ?nd urged, that aside from tho assumed jua ^rc" t?'oe of tho proceeding, a foroigu war, in which ro^' tioth sides would cheerfully unito to vindicate 80U| tho honor of tho National Flag, and further illustrate tho National prowess, would bo tho ?q F Surest and speediest way of awakening'Na donal enthusiasm, roviving dovotion to the ? Union, and ocoupy a foroo concerning whioh, gmo doubts existed as to its willingno a, af ter four yoara of activo campaigning, at onoo to return to tho notive pursuits of peace- pur' Arin Whether theso speculations woro truo (iT feisty it w|H bo conceded that they exiled, ^ end thnb tho predilections of tho army were, ^ ((Ot the tims being, in tho direction indioatcd. nfty< Taking odvantogo of this fcoling, it would t?0|J ?iavo boen oaay, ns tho Commnndor-in-Chiof m (ff tho army and navy, and with all tho power fltre| and. patrooago of tho Presidential offico at my, p.,rt disposal, to turn t,ho concentrated military str?ngth of tho Nation against Fronoh intor- rpn0 peroneo> Moxlco, and to inaugurate o rnovo- un(j'( pent whioh would havo baoa rocoivod with erou faVor by tho military and a largo portion of i$^0 ?be people. dors fy ?9 propor, in this connection, that I should t0 \\ refer lo tlie almost unlimited additional pow ers tendered lo the Executive by thc meas, urea relating to civil rights and thc Freed men's Bureau. Contrary to most precedents in thc experience of publio men. the powers thus placed within my granp were declined, as in violation of the Constitution, dangerous to the liberty of thc people, und tending to aggravate, rather than lessen, thc discords naturully resulting from our civil war. With a large army and augmented authority, it would have been no difficult task to direct at plccsure the destinies of the republic, mid to make secure my continuance in the highest office known to eur laws. Let the people whom I nm addressing from thc Presidential chair during the closing hours of a laborious tefln, consider how differ ent would have been their present condition had L yielded to the dazzling temptation v>f foreign conquest, of personal aggrandizement, and thc desire to wield additional power. Let them with justice consider that, if 1 have not unduly " magnified min'! office," the public burdens have not been increased by my acts, and other und perhaps thousands or tons of thousands ol* lives sacrificed to visions of false glory. Much as I venc?ate thc "Constitution, it must bc admitted that this condition of a If ii rs lias developed a defeat which, under the ag gressive tendency of the Legislative d?part aient of the Government, may readily work ls overthrow. lt may, however, be renie lied, without disturbing tho harmony of thc estruuicnt. The veto power is generally exercised upon ^institutional grounds, 'and whenever it is HO ipplicd and the bill returned with the Exeu nive reasons for wilhli ?hiing his signature, t ought to bc i in mediately certified to tho Su ircuie Court of the Un i tod States for its de cision If its constitutionality shall bo de lated by that tribunal it should then become law; but if the decision is otherwise, it hould fail, without power in Congress tu ro nact and make it valid. In cases in which the veto rests upon hasty nd inconsiderate legislation, and in which 0 constitutional question is involved, I 'uuld not change the fundamental law; for 1 such cases no permanent evil can be in ?rpor tted into thc Federal syst j m. It is obvious that with >ut 9U3h un amend ? icnt the government, as it existed under the (institution prior to the rebellion, may bo holly subverted and overthrown by u two lirds majority in Congress. It is not, loreforo, difficult to sec how easily and how pidly tho people may lose -shall I not say tvo lost?-their liberties by au unchecked ul uncontrollable m ijority in th ! law-ni ile g power, an 1, whoo OIIOJ deprived of their ^kts, how powerless they are to rog tin nu. Let as tura for a mom o nt to tho history of e mujo'ify in Congress which has acted in oh utter disregard of th-3 Constitution. bile publie ntu n i m has boen carefully sn I nstatitly turned to the past and expatiated is of tho South, tho servants of the people, high places, have boldly betrayed their ist, bToken their oaths of obedience to tho institution, and undermined tho very foun finn of liberty, justice, and good government hen the rebellion was being suppressed by ? volunteered service of patriot soldions id the dangers of tho battle field, these men pt, without question, into placo and power the national councils. A ft. ur all danger 1 passed, when no armed foe remained, cn a punished and repentant people bowed iir heads to the ftig and ronowed their nl iance to the Government of tho United te?, then it was that pretended patriots loured before the nath and began tu prate ut tho thousands of lives and millions of isuro saorifiocd in the suppression of tho allion. They have since persistently ght to inflamo the projudioos ?ngondored ?veen tho fieotions, to retard the restoration icaco and harmony, and, by every means. :ecp open and exposed to tho poisinous ith of party passion tho torriblo wounds of ur years' war. They have prevented the irn of poaoo and ',ho restoration of the on, in ovcry way rondorod delusive the poses, promises and pledges by which the y was marshaled, treason rebuked, and ?Ilion crushed, und made tho liberties of pcoplo and tho rights and powers of the iidont objeots of oonstnnt attack. They i wrested from tho President his oon?titu al powor of supromo command of tho ar and navy, Thoy havo destroyed tho iigth ?nd oflioionoy of tho ?xoontlve De ment, by making subordinate offioor* in md?nt of sod-able to, defy thoir ohiof, y have attempted to pince the President ar tho power of a bold, defiant and trench. 9 Cabinet offlcer; They have rbbbed tho outivo of tho prerogative of pardon, ron d null and void (tots of olotnenoy granted iou sands of portions under tho provisions of the Constitution, and committed grows usurpation hy legislative attempts to exercise this power in favor of party adherents. They liave conspired to change the system of our government hy preferring oharges against tin) President in thc form of articles of impeach meut, and contemplating, heforo hearing af trial, that he should be pl ieod in arrest, held in durance, sud when it became their pleasure to pronounce his sentence, driven from place and power in di*gi.?.ie. They have in due of peace increased thc national, debt by H reckless expenditure of the public money and thus added to the burdens which already woi-h upon tho people. They have permit ted the nation to sutler the evils of a deranged currency, to the enhancement in prion of all the necessaries of life. They have maintained a lurgc standing army, for the. enforcement of tin ir measures of opposition. They have engaged in class legislation, and built up and encouraged tuouoplica, that the few might bj enriched at the expense of tho luituy. They have failed to act upon important treaties, thereby endangering our present peaceful re lation? with foreign po weis. Their course of usurpation has nut beeil limited to inroads upon thc l?XOOUtivo Depart tuent. Hy unconstitutional and oppressive mactments, the people of ten States of the Union have been reduced to a condition more ntolerahle than that from which the patriots if the Revolution rebelle.1. Millions of .Vitter can citizens cm now nay of their op prensora, vith more, truth than our fathers' dill of Iritish tyrants,- that they have "forbidden he iruvoruors to pasa laws of imm?diate au I tressing importance, utilosa suspended until heir assent vhnuld be oh tul nod ;" that they lave "refused to piss other laws for the ac omtuodatiou of largo districts nf people, un lisa those people would relinquish the ri^ht f representation in the Legisla turo-?:? right nes ti mable to them ami formidable to tyrants nly;" that they havo "made judges depon ent upon their will alone for th>3 tenure f their ofhves and the amount.and p-iymeul f their salaries;'' that they have "erected a iiiltilude of new olliees, and sent hither warms of officers to barrase our people and o<rj ut their substance that they have "affoo .d to render the military indepondeut of and iperior to the civil power." "combined with thors to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign > our Constitution und unacknowledged by ir laws," "quartered large bodies of armed oops among us" "protected them hy a mook iii from punishment for any lui rder which icy should commit on the inhabitant of these tates," imposed "taxes upon us without our insont," "deprived us in many oases of the mofit of trial by jury," "b.keu away our tartera, excited domestic insurrection n?tigst us, abolished our most valuable laws, tered fundamentally the forms of our gov n nient, suspended our own Legislatures, und clarad themselves invested with power to ?'islate for us in all cases whatsoever." Tt cannot, therefore, be charged that my lhition has been of that ordinary or crimi I kind which, to thc detriment of the peo .'s rights ami liberties, ever seeks to grasp ire and unwarranted powers, and, to itecotu sh its purposes, panders too often to popu prejudices and party aims. What, then, have been tho aspirations iioli truided me in my official acts ? Those s need not at this time an elaborate expia .ion. They h ive boon elsewhere cnn ih.ousivoly stated arid fully discussed i become a part of tho nation's history. - them t am willing to bo judged, knowing t, however imperfect, they at loast sh nv ho impartial urn 1 th it my sole n ilbition boon to rest ire tho Union of the States, hfully to execute tho omeo of President, I, to the best of my ability, to preserve, pro i and defend tho Constitution. I cannot tonsured if my efforts have boon impeded he Interest* of party faction, and if a polj whioh was intended to reassure and con ,te tho pcoploof both seotions of thooouu was mado tho oeoision of inflaming and ding still further those Who, only recently rms against each other, yet, as individu als citizens, were sincerely desirous, as I shall ?boliovo, of burying all hostile feelings in grave of tho past. Tho bittor war wis ed on tho pirt of tho government to vin to the Constitution and sive tho Union ; if I havo orred in trying to bring ab mt ?rc speedy an 1 lasting peace, to extinguish t burnings and Chinitio*, and to provont bles in th.* South whioh, retarding mate prosperity in that region, injuriously nf id tho wholo country, ? am quito content .cst my oaso with tho morG deliberate ?nientof tho pooplo, and as I havo already anted, with tho distant future, ho war, all must remember, wnsastupon i and doplorablo mistake. Noithor sido tfstood tho other, and had this simple and its conclusions boon koptin view, all was needed was aooomplishod by tho no t/lodgment of the torriblo wrong, and tho expressed bettor feeling and earnest endeavor st atonement showu sud felt in the pioinpl ra ti tie? I ion of constitutional amendments by the Southern S'atos ut the olo-ie of the war. Not accepting the war us a ooufesscd false step on thc pirt of those who inaugura tod it, w w un error whioh now only time can cure, and whioh eren at thia late date, we should endeavor to palliate. Experiencing, wort over, as all have don?, the frightful oort ot the arbitrament of tho sword, lot us iu the future oling closer than ever to the OountitU' lion .ts our only sttogitard. It ia to be hop >J that not until tho burdens now preying upou us with snob fearful weight are removed will our people for ;ut the lessons of the war; and that, reinetubcribg them froui whatever ?atiee, peace bctwe?u sections and States may be porpetu d. The liist>ry of late events in our oouutry, us well as of thc greatest govern men ts of an oient uni luodern times, tambo* that wa have everything to fear trim a dopirture trou tl ut letter and spirit of tito Constitution, aud tho undue a?oeudanoy of mon snowed to assuiuo power iu what ure considered desperate omer gouoina. Syila, ou bnooittiug utuat?rnf liouMi ai once adopted measures to crush hit ?momies and to consolidate thc power of bis party. ile established military colonice throughout italy; deprived nf the full Unnau frunohise the inhabitants of the Italian towns who had ippnsed his usurpation ; confise itcd their lauds iud gavv them lo his soldiers ; and uoufcrrod jil izi us), ip upon a great number cf .slaved be oiluitlg to those who hud proscribed bim. ?hus creating at Home a kind of body guard "ur his protection. Alter having giveu Kotue iver to slaughter, and tyrannized beyond a I ixuuiple over those oppi>8od to bim aud tb egiims, his terrible iiMlrumants of wrong, ?iyH? could yet feel safe iu laying down the insigne lit" power so dreadfully abused, and in uiuglin^ freely with the families aud frieudti d' bis myriad victims. 'Jibe fear whieh hi i.id inspired continued ulcer his voluntary bdioatiou, und even in retirement his will ras law to a people who had permitted them id ves to bo enslaved. Wiiatbut A^ubtilt nowlcilgc ami conviction trrWth^^&oiuu' copie h ul become chanced, d'n'ofRWIW. uuel tterly brol'eo in spirit could have induced tis daring assumption? What but public idiflferenee to eousequeuoes so terrible as ti tuvo Uounf even to every calamity whicl lbscqiioutly befell her could have justitict ic conclusions of thc dictator and tyrant ir \H startling experiment? We Dad that iu tho lime which has sine? ?isped human nature and exigencies to gov 'Uiueut have not greatly chunged. Who, i w year* past, in contemplating our future mid have supposed thal iu a brief period o tier experience everything demanded iu th uue ot' military emergency, or diotutcd lr price, would come to be considered us mer utters of course; that consumption, ooutis tion, loss of personal liberty, tho eubjeotioi States to military rule, rind disfranchise eut. with the extension of the right of sui ige morely to accomplish party ends, woul ceive the passive submission, if not acquict nee, of the people of the rcpublio ? lt has boen clearly demonstrated, by reoen ourreuoes, that enoroauhmeuts upon th institution eunuot be prevented by th c?blent alone, however devoted or dctei ned be may bc, und that unless the pcopi crposc there is no power under the Const inn to chock a dominant majority of tw rds' in tho Congress of the United State: i appeal to the nation, however, is attende ,h too much delay to meet an cmcrgcnoj? lille, if left free to act, the peoplo woul root, in time, such evils ss might follow islativo usurpation, there is danger that th ie power whioh disregards the Constitutio I deprive them of tho right to change thei ors, except by revolution. We have a ly seen tho jurisdiction of the Judiciar mmscribed when it wits apprehended th? court would decide ngainst laws bavin their solo object tho supremacy of part' le the veto powor, lodgod in the Exccutii tho Constitution for tho interest and pri ion of the people, and exercised by Was! iou and his successors, hus been renderc atory by a partisan majority of tWe-thirc aub branch of the National Legislatur? i Constitution evidently contemplates thi n a bill is returned with tho Piesido* .?tions it will bo calmly reconsidered fc gross. Such, howover, has not been ti it iee under tho present party rulo. It hi uno evident that men who pass a bill ut partisan influences are not likely, throup iotio motives to admit thoir error, ar oby weaken their own organizations t moly confessing it under an official out! lo of opinion, if nothing else, hus inte id, and prevented a calm and dispnssio reconsideration of a bill disapproved I Executive Im outa]oguo of orinies, long aa it ia, yet completo. The Constitution vesta t oial power of the United States "in o ' Supreme Court," whose jurisdiction '-shall extend to ul] casos arising under this Consti tutiou" and "tlie laws of tho United States." Encouraged hy this promise of a refuge from tyranny, a pullen of the Uuited SUtes who, ( by the order of a military commander, ^iveu auder the aanotioo of a eruol and d dibentla e i ?ct of Congress, had been denied tba cou? ! atitfcllionai rigkta ot liberty of oonhcieocn, free I dom of the pres? sud of ?pee*b, persoual free ? dom fru?a military arrest, of being held to I answer (or crime utily upon pres?utiu*ut ?ed I indict'uant, of trial by jury, of tUv writ of k il/rat ciMjftts, mud the protection of civil sud constitutional government-a ciliaou, thus deeply wronged, appeals to th? Supreme CVurl for tlie pr otoo ti wu guirauUMtd to hita only hy the ofif"aie law of the Und. Atouofj^eroa aud excitod majority by tlw^tiH9BHHtj||tf legislative power atrippe4j|^| the judges, trauafcrretl UMH U tb*? Gciw?iiil, ao*l >*??fjH ; oitia?n to a degredatku) aSSH > than death. I lt will aJuo be recorded aa vols uf the ti mas lLa4 a e-rty^WBrOTr^riOT itself a monoply of oou?i?t?ucy and paUiulisui, sud boasting, too, of u* uuliiuU?>d away. CO deavorcd, by a coally and dal i berate trial, to iiupeaoh on? whu defended tba Constitution ?nd tb? Union ?dt ouly throughout the war of thc rebellion, bat during hut whole term A Oifioe at Chiaf Magistrate; but at th? lime lime could lind mo wurraut or maaus tit heir coin m-uni lo brim; to trial ev?eu tl? thief of the rebellion. Indeed, the remark* iblu failuitvi in his cute wera au oftvu repeated, but for property's sake, if for uo other tva on, it became at last necessary to extend to lim au unconditional pardou. Whit wore >1 ti lily thau this illustrates th? extremity of uauugetueut mud iooonsiateuey ou the ona ?and, uud of faction, vindictiveness, aud io iterance on thc utliajrfl?ttau^ktwm will Lard y be eneourngijdjHj? , . Hoc li a record, it ?es that itaiam??' Bbfi.v the most i^&ytf?fjs9 - Kuy, if act at W^WW - ^?m>f seeking te uake tre.aso?^^^^Pj*T?w.?uld in truth, ?lW?&tok?MS jaoutfcjfrhcir purpose rather t* ijSHaH^tfftl??'3 of thc Doust i tutiou aud .^wBr?"'e' al1'* *? punish fidelity to lu^^^Mtfigff?W, if counter to party dictation, Hfau*t their caiuuiuud. ff* v Wly^OT^ne pe iceyjfijflie country, the Htt?t^kgji'*o ii"?Wne as.-u ned pow r oM XflHSmthdraw at pleasure from teTTiffl 'i^e^tstitutiou of slavery also mud ipFcfWW?WTon io a tebelliou tom lenoed in its interest. It ahould be borne io lind, however, that thc war neither impair 1 nor destroyed the Constitution, but ou th? mtrary preserved its existence, und uiadc ?parent its real power and enduring streu^th. li the rights granted to the States, or re rved to^ the people thereof, remain intact, mong these rights is that of the people of oh State to declare ibo qualifie itions of tlteii rn State electors, lt is now assumed thai ingress eau control this vital right, which n never be taken away from the State.! it bout impairing the fundamental ptiuciph tho goverumeut itself It is neoessarr t< e existenoe of the States, as well as to tnt otectioe of the liberties of thc people, fo e right to aeleet the elector in whom thi iitieal power of a State ?hall be lodged, tn Ives the right of the State to govert? itself hen deprived of this prerogative, the Statei ll have no power worth retaining. All wil gone, and they will bo subjected to thi ?Urary will ot Congress. Tho governtnen I then be centralised, if not by the btsaugi law?, then by the adoption through parti i influence, of an amendment directly it ifliot with th? original design of the Con ution. This proves how necessary it i it th? people should require the ad minis tina of lb? three great departments of th rornment strictly within the limitations ti Constitution. Their boundaries hav n aceurately defined, and neither shouh allowed to trespass upon tho other, not ve all, to enorotoh upon the reserved right he people and the States. The trouble he past four years will prove to tho nntioi minga if they produce so desirable a rc . Tpon thoso who booame youuer moe amii sound of cannon and din of arm*, nn .tly returned to the farms, tho ftotorie.' the sahools of tho land, will principa?! alve the solemn duties of perpetuating th on of the States, in defanoe of whic dreds of thousands of their comrados e.] d, and hundreds of millions of nation nations were incurred. A manly peop not neglect tho training necessary to r aggression, but they should bo joaloi tho oivil bo rondo subordinate to the m element. Wo ncod to encourage, in c legitimate way, a ?tudy of tho Coust'u for whioh ibo war waa wagod, a knot e of and reVoronce for whoso wiso oho? vu iv. IV..JNU. 24' by tbost? HO soon to occupy the places filled by their seniors will be the uniy hope of preserv ing tlie republic. The young men of the Da tion, not yet under the control of party, must resist the teudeney to cen tra Tu itiou-sn out growth of the rebellion-aud be familiar with the fttet that tuc country oousists of suited St it?**, abd that wheo thc ^tatas aurrcudered ce it Min great rights tor toa .-take of a mere per? feet union, they retained rights as valuable sud important *s those which they relinquish ed tor the cum tuon weal. Thia aouud ul i doelriue, far different from the Waohiugs that led to the attempt to se cede, and a kiucbud theory tb a States were t ak eu out of Union by the rash acts of con spirator* tba happened to dwell in their bor ders, must be iscsivedaud udvoouted with the ImsiuaiM of eat ly manhood, or tho people ruled by corrupt oumbiu itions of the pial afutren, *bu, plethoric from ?, annually migrate to the capital of tho Ia to purohaae apeoial l?gislation. Until ?epreseutativee of the people in Congress fatly e* bi bit tito diverso views and in tent of the whole uitiou, aud laws cease to .o made without full disoussiou at tho behest ?f ?D'Uf pitty lauder, there will never bo a ?roper respect showu by the law making pew it' e.thar to the judicial or executive branch ?f the go ver mu cut. The generation just bc (iouiug t j u.<tr th? balhit-box.it is believed, mly knew that thV sttCUttOD sb,mid be call id to thea.- eouaidtv.'itiona to m?mate, by their oles, tb >i they wish their representative* to bs.-rve all thc rest ?inls which tin- pe 'plc, in .touting thc UoU&tilU io.i, tuteuded lo t.npo.se pou party oxce^a. Caiuly reviewing my administration of tho ovsruutsiil, 1 ted that, with a sense of ao ouuubiliiy to tf >4, u*viug cousoieutiously udo ?voiod to dif iltaryte my wh ile duty, I . ive toothing to regret. Everns have proved? ha oojreotiieas of tb?; poliuy set forth io my tat and sub?-quent messages; the wmtt diioh have fallowed the roje.-tion of forbear* no?, magnanimity, and constitutional rulo rc known aud deplored by thc utitiou. Il ia a ia attar of pride and gratification, ia -tiring from tho most exalted position in to gift of a frtia p.?opie, to feel and to know lat iu a long, arduous and eventful publia F?, uy HOtiou has never been influenced by wiro for g kin. ao l that 1. o tu in all .sincerity quira, "Who u biva I defrauded ? whom iv.- I oppresse 1 ? or of wb so hind have I oeived any br.be. to blind my eyos there tit?" No resp in-ibtlity for wars that ive beau w ?ged or bl ? id tnat b is been shed! sis upon mo. .My thoughts hav<3 been those poaon, and tay effort has ever been to allay titeutions arnonL' my oountry.uou Forgetting too pm. lot us roturo to tho st principles of the govi ru neut, and, unfur g the buinor of our country, in->onbo upon: iu iueflf loeable ob, tractors, " Che Oonstitu? n aud the Uuiou, nae and insepar-iblo." ANDUKW JOHNSON. Washington, D .0., March 4, 1869. AN IMPORTANT ENTERPRISE.-The mag icent success of the Augusta and Granite lo faotories h is impelled a number of gen mau io South Carolina and Georgia to corn ie somewhat of their surplus funds for the rpose of establishing a uaw cotton mill - is proposed to raise, by subscription, uesp I stock of 1500,000, and locate the faetory Vduoluse, South Carolina. Of the sum pos d. the mummt o'' $200 0 0 has already n conditionally , subscribed et the North, I there remains but an equal amount to be H>4 Southward, in order to make the enter te a success. W? are glad to know that Ut j handsome proportion of thia has already n pledged, and now that the subscription, ks are opened at the office sf Messrs. John 3ohen ?fe Son, wo anticipate constant ao dons, so th*t the matter will bo promptly lohed. Though tbe capital ?took is to be 0,000, sixty por cent, only viii be called' when all is subscribed, and the remaining y por cent, in four installments within ive months. Ont of this capital it ta pto id to expend $400.000 tn the ereotion of till of 15.000 spindles. The Augusta ha?, we. believe, IS 000 spindles, and th? i evil's ni 22,000. Wo refer to this to ? th it, though not so capacious as either hese splendid factories, tne projected mill "am-luse will, nevertheloas, be ono uf con table magnitude.-Augusta OoHstitutipn Mn. BROWN, you said the defendant was* nat and intelligent : what makes you think are acquainted with him ?" " No, Sir, iver seed him." " Why. then, do you e io such s conclusion ?" Cause tyah ?a ten newspapers and paya fur them th ad< oe." Verdict for de/endant. ?RA/VKR ohould be tho key of tho ?ndj look of tho uv^hb.