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By *X,ol1?>?f ir?^i>lx? lastest from. Europe. NEW YO BK, February 27_The steam? ship Hermann has arrived, with Liverpool datos to the 14th inst. Cotton quotod easy. Consols, o7@87J. United States five twenties, C7i. Gen. Forey had declared, ia the French Senate, that the return of the French troops from Mexico could not take placo as soon as had beeu desired in Franco. M. Boher said, in behalf of the Govern? ment, that the foreign policy of the Em? peror had been expressed in his address. Congressional Proceeding*. WASHINGTON, February 2G--The Senate discussed the concurrent resolution that no Senator or Representative from any of the seceded States should be admitted until Congress declares snch States entitled to representation. Senator Sherman maintained that the resolution could confer no power not al? ready vested in Congress. In the House, a bill was introduced to continue in force the Act to re-establish a bureau for freedmen's affairs. Mr. MnClung offered a resolution, pro? posing that the bill be referred to the Committee on Reconstruction, with in? structions to them to inquire and ascertain whether there was anv manifest contumacy in any of the seceded States, and also to inquire into the expediency of levying con? tributions upon the disloyal inhabitants ol snob States, in order to defray the extra? ordinary expenses which will otherwise b< thrown on thc National Government, ir providing for tho maintenance of a stand? ing array to protect loyal citizons in theil mutual and personal rights under the Con stitution. The bill was referred without instru-c tions. The House discussed the joint reaolutior proposing to amend the Constitution so af to give Congress the power to make laws to secure to the citizens of each State al the privileges and immunities of the citi zens of the several States, and also pro? tection in their rights of life, liberty an< pro nerty. WASHINGTON, Febvuary 27.-The Housi resumed the consideration of the cons ti tntional amendment granting equal righti to all citizens of all the States. The Senate considered and concurred h the resolution of the House in reference ti the admission of the Southern States. Senator Dixon made a speech in defenc of the President's policy and tho late act of the Administration. Richland Lodge No. 39, A. F. M. & AN extra communication of thi ^^Lodgo will be held THIS EVEN >^^*XING, 1st inst., at 7 o'clock, at Od. Fellows' Hall, for thc purpose of conferrin, the Third Degr?s. Bv order of the W. ld Marchi 1 R. TOZER, Secretary. Fine Liquors. KECEIVED this day, a stock of BRAN DIES, WHISKIES, HOLLAND GUS Jamaica and New England RUM, WINES Ac. The above goods will be sold at mode rate prices. C. P. REMSEN, Corner Washington and Assembly sts. March 1_1_ Office of Southern Express Company COLUMBIA, S. C., MAECH 1, 1866. THIS Company is now prepared to foi ward PACKAGES and PARCELS, c every description, to any station on th Greenville and Columbia Railroad, am from thence to any part of tho Unite States. March 1 15 $10 REWARD. ^ STRAYED or stolen, from th *f\ j-, reaififinen of Col. T. B. Clarksor ^jf??JL^iu this city, on Mondav nigh XL?JUlast a DARK BAY MARE, abor fourteen hands high, with thin mane an tail-the latter rather long. The abov reward wUl be given for her delivery i Col. Clarkaon's, or at Mr. Barnwell He? ward's plantation, on the Wateree; or ? for information leading to her recovery. March 1_3* Taken Up as an Estray, ~ ON the 27th February, a sma *i\=y>BAY MARE, with black mane ar QL2J .tatt. Borne white spots in foreheai and saddle marks on her back, t birt ec hands high, about six vears old. JOHN HALL, March 1 3? At Hal.' & Long's Mill. HTE. NICHOLS GENERAL INSURANCE A6ENT Corner of Assembly and Washington Sts COLUMBIA, S. C., REPRESENTS a number of the best both Northern and Southern-comp nies, possessing an aggregate capital over $33,000,000. LIFE, FIRE, MARES! INLAND AND ACOIDE?s TAL RISKS taken on equ table terms, and all losst promptly paid. ?s?T'Policies made payab' in G-old or Currency.""?K March 1 _ 6 mo* Bacon, &c. CHOICE NEW YORK HAMS, STRII SHOULDERS. Family, Extra and Fine FLOUR. Prime WESTERN LARD. Choice GOSHEN BUTTER. Fresh BUTTER CRACKERS. SELF-RAISING FLOUR. RICE FLOUR. Just received and for salo bv RICHARD CALDWELL WHO ALSO HAS FOR 8AI.E: HAY, CORN, OATH MAKE YOUR OWN SOAP ' iii/ Sating and Using your Waste drei BUY ONE BOX OF THE Pennsylvania Salt Mannfacturi Company's SAPONIFIEI OB CONCENTRATED LY] IT will make 10 pounds of excellent HA SOAP, or 25 gallons of thc very I SOFT SOAP, for onlv about 35 CEN Directions on each box. For salo at Drug anil Grocery stores, and in loti Wh0fpWM.bM. ELLICOTT tc SONS, No. 3 Spear's Wharf, March 1 3mo Baltimore, Mi ft ? Thc Great Speech of President John? son. Tho following' is a report of tho Presi? dent's address, at the Executive mansion, Thursday evening, 22d ult., in response to the resolutions adopted at tho citizen's meeting: On the procession reaching the Executive mansion, where an immense crowd had preceded it, Mr. Fen dall, th? President of the meeting, and the following gentlemen of the Committee, viz: Messrs. Wm. L. Hodge, Dr. John B. Blake, Charles Knap, James G. Barrot, J. D. Hoover, Thomas B. Florence, C. Wendell, Joseph H. Bradley, J. C. McGuire, Ward H. Larnoo, Augustus E. Perry, John F. Coylo and William E. Spalding, presented to the President the resolutions which had passed the meeting, with a brief and pertinent address from Mr. Fernhill, in which he informed him that the assembly had adjourned to the Presidential mansion to pay their respects to him. Tho President was then formally conducted, by Mr. Fendall and the gentle? men named above, accompanied by Colo? nels O'Beirne, Beeves, and others of his household, to tho front portico, from whence-silence having been obtained in tho vast assemblage, through the efforts of the Hon. Green Clay Smith, who stood with the President-he addressed them as follows: FELI/DW-CITIZENS: For I presume I have the right to address you as such-to the Committee who have conducted and or? ganized this meeting so far, I have to ten? der my sincere thanks for tho complimenl and approbation they have manifested ir their personal address to myself, and in tho resolutions they have adopted. [At this point a fireman's procession attracted the attention of a portion of the erowd and created such a disturbance that the President was unable to proceed for seve ral minutes. Mr. Fendall, Chairman o: the Committee, in vain endeavored to re Btorc order. Hon. Green Clay Smith thei took the stand, and succeeded in making himnelf heard, and in bringing the crowe to something like silence.] The Presiden proceeded: Fellow-citizens, I was about tc teader my thanks to the Committee win waited upon mo and presented me with th? resolutions adopted on this occasion-reso lut ions, as I understand, complimentary ti the policy pursued by this Administratioi since it came into power. I am free to sa; to you, on this occasion, that it is extreme" ly gratifying to me to* know that so largo i portion of my fellow-citizens approve ant endorse the policy that has boen adoptei and is intended to be carried out. (Ap plau~e.] That policy has been one whicl was intended to restore the glorious Unioi of these States to their original relation to the Government of the United States [Prolonged applause.] This seems to be a day peculiarly appro priate for such a manifestation-the da that gavo birth to him who founded thi Government-the Father of his Conntry of him who stood at that period when a these States entered into this gloriou Confederacy- [The firemen's processio again succeeded in creating sufficient diE turbance to make tho President unable t be heard.] Tho President good humoredl remarked, "Don't interfere with their they are right, and always were right." He proceeded: This day, I say, is peer liarly appropriate to endorse the restort tion of tue Union of these States, founde by "the Father of his Country." Wasl ington, whoso nama this city bears, is ea balmod in tho hearts of all who love frc fovernment, [A voice, "So is Andr?' ohnson." Washington, who, in tho lat guage of one of his eulogists, was "first i peace, first in war, first in the hearts of hi countrymen." No people can claim hin no nation can appropriate him. His rept tatton and love aro commensurate wit the civilized world, with all those who lo\ free government. I have recently visited the associatia which ia directing its efforts to the con pletion of the monument erected to h memory. I was nroud to meet them, anc so far a's I could, to give them my numb influence and patronage-a monumei being erected to him who founded tl Government almost within a stone's thro of the spot from which I address you. L it bo completed. [Cheers.] Lot tl pledges which all these States, ?ssociatioi and corporations, have placed in th; monument of their faith in and love for th Union be preserved. Let it be complete! And in this connection let mo refer to tl motto upon tho stone sent from my ow State-God bless her!-[a voice, "ai bless you"]-a State which has struggh for tho preservation of the Union in tl field and in the councils of the nation, nc struggling in embarrassment in cont quence of tue interruption that has tak< place with tho Federal Government gro ing out of the rebellion, but struggling renew her relations with the Governmer and take her stand where she has sto< Bince 179C. [Cheering.] Let me, I sa repeat the sentiment inscribed upon t stone sent here to bo placed in that mon mont of freedom, and in commemoratii of Washington. I stand by that sen ment, and she is now wining to stand 1 it. It was the sentiment enunciated tho immortal Andrew Jackson, "T Federal Union, it must be pr?serv?e Were it possible for that old man, who statue is now before me, and iu pictn behind me, in the Capitol, to be call forth, or were it possible for us to comrr. nicate with the illustrious dsad, and could be informed of or made to undi stand tho progress and working of factic rebellion and treason, the old man wot turn over in bis grave. [Laughter a cheers.] He would rise and, shaking the habiliments of tho tomb, stand ore and, extending his long, bony ling would reiterate the sentiments he or spoke: "Tho Federal Union, it mutt preserved." But we soe and witness what has trai Sired since his day. We remember wi o did in 1833, when treason, treachi : and infidelity to the Government and Ct ' stitution of th?' United States then stall I forth. It was his power and influei tliat went forth then and crushed tho tr? I son in its infancy. It was then stopp ! but only for a time. Thc spirit continued; thero were ir disaffected to the Government both No: and South. Wo had peculiar institutit of which some complained and to wh others wore attached. One portion of < countrymen advocated that institution . the South, another opposed it in the Nor and it resulted in creating two extrem One in tho South reached tho point which they were propared to dissolvo Governmont of tho United States, to cure and proscrve their "peculiar insti tion." And in what 1 may say on this casion 1 want to be undorstood. There ^ another portion of our countrymen \ were opposed to this peculiar institntioi tho Sonth, and who went to the oxtremi being wiUing to break up the Governm to get clear of it. [Applause.] I am t ing to you to-day in the common phri and assume to bo nothing but a citii and ono who has been fighting for Constitution and to preserve the Govi mont. Theso two parties have been rayed against each other; and I stand I fore you to-day as I did in tho Senati I I860, in the presence of those who v ! making war on tho Constitution, and I wanted to disrupt the Government, to j noonee, as I did then in my placo, tl ' who were so engaged as traitors. I 1 j never ceased torepoat, and as tar as efl 4 go to carry out, the sentiments I then uttered. [Cheers.] I remarked that there were two parties one for destroying the Government to pre? serve slavery, and the other for breaking up the Government to destroy "lavery. The objects to be accomplished were differ? ent, it is true, so far as slavery is concern? ed; but they agreed in one thing, and that was the breaking np of the Government. Tliey agreed in the destruction of the Go? vernment, the precise thiug which I have always stood up to oppose. Whether the disunionist comes from the South or from the North, I stand now where I did then, to vindicate the Union of these States and the Constitution of the country. [Ap? plause.] The rebellion, or treason, mani? fested itself in the South; I stood by the Government. I said I was for the Union with slavery, or I was for the Union with? out slavery. In either alternative, I was for my Government and the Constitution. The Government has stretched forth its strong arm, and, with its physical power, has put down treason in the field; yes, tho sec tion of country which has arrayed itself against the Government has been put down by the Government itself. Now what had wo said to those people? We said, "No compromise; we can settle this question with the South in eight and forty nours." "How?" "Disband your armies, acknow . ledge the Constitution of the United States, obey the law, and the whole question is settled." Well, their armies- have been disbanded; they come forward now, in a spirit of magnanimity, and say, "Wo were mistake?; we made an effort to carry out the doctrine of secession and dissolve this Union; in that wo have failed, and, having traced this thing to its logical and physical consequences and results, we now again come forward and acknowledge the fiag ol our country, obedience to the Constitution and the supremacy of the law." [Cheers.! I ?ay, then, when you have complied with the Constitution-when you have yielded to the law-when you acknowledge youi allegiance to the Government-I am ready to open the doors of the Union and restore you to your old relations to tao Govern ment of our fathers. [Prolonged ap? plause.] Who. I ask, has suffered more for th? Union than I have? I shall not now repeat tho wrong or sufferings inflicted upon me but it is not tho way to deal with a whol< people in the spirit of revenge. I know there has been a gocat deal said about thc exercise of the pardoning power, so far as the Executive is concerned. Then* is nc one who has labored harder to have thc principal, intelligent, conscious traitors brought to justice, to have the law vindi? cated, and the great fact vindicated that treason is a crime, than I who stand before "you to-day. Yet, while conscious, intelli gent traitors are to be punished, sboulc whole States, communities and people bc made to submit to and bear the penalty ol death? I have, perhaps, as much hostility and as much resentment as a man ough to have, but we should conform our actioi and our conduct to the example of Hin who founded our holy religion-not that '. would liken this to it, or bring any com f?arison, for I am not going to detain yoi one. But, gentlemen, I carno into po we: under the Constitution of the country anc by the approbation of tho people. An< what did I find? I found 8,000,000 o people who were in fact condemned unde I the law, and tho penalty was death. Unde I the idea of revenge and resentment, the; were to bo annihilated and destroved. ? how different this from the example set b; tho holy founder of our religion, whos divine arm touches tho horison and em braces the wholo earth. Yes, He wh> founded this great scheme came into th world and found our race condemned unde the law and the sentence was death. Wha was His example? Instead of putting th world ' r a nation to death, He went fort! ! with gi ace and attested by His blood aui His wounds that He would die and let th nation live. Let them repent, and le them acknowledge their allegiance; le I them become loyal and willing supporter and defenders of our glorious "stripe and stars" and the Constitution of ou I country; let their l?ders, the conscious intelligent traitors, suffer the penalty c I the law, but for the great mass, who bav been forced into this rebellion and misle I by their leaders, I say, leniencv, kindness ! trust and confidence. [?ntbusiasti I cheers.] I But, my countrymen, after having past ed through the rebellion, and given sue evidence as I have-though men croak freat deal about it now, [laughter]-who look back through tho battle-fields an 1 see many of these bravo men, in whos ; company I was. in localities where th ! contest "was most difficult and doubtfu before the smoke of battle has scarcel j passed away, before the bloodshed ba scarcely congealed, what do we find? Th rebellion is put down by the strong arm ( the Government in the field; but is th? the only way in which wo can have rebe hon? They struggled for tho breaking u of your Government, but before thoy ai scarcely out of the battle-field, and befoi our brave men have scarcely returned \ their homes, to renew tho ties of affectio and love, we find ourselves almost in tl midst of another rebellion. [Applause The war to suppress ono rebellion was 1 prevent the separation of the States, i prevent them from flying off, and thcrel changing the character of tho Goven ment, and weakening its power. No> what is the struggle? There is an atteni] to concentrate the power of the Govon ment in the hands of thc few, and therel bring about a consolidation which ; equally dangerous and objectionable wb separation. [Enthusiastic applause.] Y find that powers aro assumed and attemp ed to be exercised of a most extraordinai character. What are they? We find that governments can be rev lutionized, can be changed, without goii into thb battle field. Sometimes revol tions, the most disastrous to the peopl aro affected without the shedding of bloo Tho substance of government may be taki away, while the form and shadow is st adhered to. Now, what are the attempt What is being proposed? Wo find that, fact, by an irresponsible, central director nearly all the powers of Government a assumed, without even consulting the I gislativo or Executivo Departments of G vernment. Yes, and by a resolution i ?>orted by a committco, upon whom all t egislativo power of tho Government b been conforrod, that great principle in t Constitution, which authorizes andempo ers each branch of the Legislative Depa ment-tho Senate and House of Represe tatives-to be the judges of the electi and qualifications of its own members, h been virtually taken away from those c partments of Government, and conferr 1 upon a committee, who must report befe they can act under the Constitution, a allow members duly elected to tako th seats. By this rule, they assume that thc must be laws passed, that there must recognition in respect to a State in t Union, with all its practical relations stored, beforo tho respectivo Houses Congress, under tho Constitution, sb judge of thc election and qualifications its own members. What position is th You have been struggling for four years put down the rebellion. You denied the beginning of the struggle that i State had the right to go out; you said ti they had neither right nor power. 1 issue has been made, and it has been ? tied that a State has neither the right j the power to go oni nt th* TTnioii; and wi you nave settled that, by t) *-reontive i military power of the Government, and by the public j dugui ont, you torn round and assume that they are out, and shall not come in. [Laughter and cheers.] I am freo to say to you, as your Execu? tive, that I am not prepared to take any 'such position. I said in tho Senate, in tho very inception of tho rebellion, that States had no right to go out, that they' h..<! no power to go out. That question has been settled, and I cannot turn round now, ?nd give the he direct to all I profess to have done in the last five years. [Laughter and applause] I can do no such thing. I say that when they comply with the Constitu? tion, when they have given sufficient evi? dence of their loyalty, and that they can be trusted, when they yield obedience to the law, I say extend to them the right hand of fellowship, and lot peaco and Union bo restored. [Loud cheers.] But then, gentlemen, as wo swing round the circle, I have fought traitors and trea? son in the South; I opposed the Davises, the Toombs, the SlideUs, and a long list of others, whose names I need not repeat, and now, when I turn round, at the other end of the line, I find men, I ear? not by what name you call them, [a voice, "Call them traitors,"] who still stand opposed to tho restoration of tho Union of these States, and I am free to say to you, that I am still for the preservation of this com eact; I am still for the restoration of this nion; I am still in favor of this great Government of ours going on and follow? ing out its destiny. [A voice, "Givo ns tho names."] A gentleman calls for tho names; well, suppose I should give them. [A voice, "We know them."] I look upon them, I repeat it, as President or citizen, as much opposed to the fundamental prin? ciples of this Government, and believe they aro as much laboring to prevent or destroy them as were tho mon who fought against us. [A voice, "What aro tho names?"] I say Thaddeus Stovens, of Pennsylvania, [tremendous applause;] I say Charles Sumner, [great applause;] I say Wendell Phillips, and others of thc same stripe, aro amongst thom. [A voice, "Givo it to Forney."] Some gentleman in the crowd says, "Givo it to Forney." I have only just to say that I do not wasto my ammunition upon dead cocks. [Laugh? ter and applause.] I stand for my coun? try, I stand for tho Constitution, where I {?laced my feet from my advent into public ife. They may traduce mo, they may slander me, thev may vituperate; nut let mo say to you that it has no effect upon mc. [Cheer*.] And let mo say, in audi? tion, that J do not intend to be overawed by reason ol pretended friends, nor do 1 intend to bc bullied by my enemies. [Ap? plause, and a cry of "The people will sus? tain you."] 1 know, my countrymen, that it hasbcer insinuated-and not only insinuated, but said directly-(the intimation has beer given in high places)-that if such a usur? pation of power had been exercised 20( voars ago, in a particular rei?jn, it woulc Viavo cost a certain individual his head What usurpation has Andrew Johnsoi been guilty of? ["None!" "none!"] Th< usurpatioa I have been guilty of has al ways been, standing between tho pcopb and thc encroachments of power; and be cause I dared say in a conversation with i fellow-citizen and a Senator, too, that '. thought amendments to the Coustitutioi ought not to bo so frequent; that thei: effect would bo that it would lose all iti prestige and dignity; that tho old instru ment would bo lost sight of in a smal time; because I happened to say in a con versation that, if it was amended, sucl and such amendments should be adopted it was a usurpation of power that woul< have cost a king his head at a certaii time. [Laughter and applause.] And, ii connection with this subject, it was ex plained that we were in tho midst o earthquakes, that they trembled and coull not yiold. Yo?, there is an earthquak coming: there is a ground swell comiiii of popular judgment and indignation ["Tnat's true."] TheAmeriean people wil speak by their instincts, and they wi! know who are their friends and who thei enemies. What positions have I occupied? I hav occupied all positions under this Gc vernment, beginning with an alderma and running through all branches of th Legislature. [A voice-"From a taile up."] Some gentleman says I have beon tailor. [Tremendous applause. ] Now, tbs did not discomfit mo in the least, for whe I used to be a tailor, I had the roputatio of being a good one, and of making clot fits-[great laughter] -always punctui with my customers, and always did goo work. [A voice-"No patch-work."] Ni I do not want any patch-work; I want whole suit. But we will pass by this littl facetiousness. My friends say, "You ai President, and you must not talk aboi such things." When principles are ii volved, my countrymen, when the exis enco of my country even is imperilled, will act as l have on former occasions, an speak what I think. I was saying that had held nearly all positions, from aide mau, through both branches of Congres to that which I now occupy, and who there that will say Andrew Johnson ovi made a pledgo that he did not redeem, < made a promiso than he did not fulfil Who will say ho has ever acted otherwii than in fidelity to the great mass of tl people? They may talk about beheading ai usurpation, but when I am beheaded want the American people to be the wi nesses. I do not want, by inuondoes, 1 indirect remarks in high placas, to see tl man who has assassination broodiug in h bosom, exclaim, "This Presidential obst eic must bo gotten out of tho way." I mal use of a very strong expression when I si that I havo no doubt the intention was incito assassination, and so get out of tl way tho "obstacles" from place and pow? Whether by assassination or not, there a individuals in this Government, I dou not, who want to destroy our institutio and change tho character of tho Govei mont. Aro they not satisfied with o murder wo have had? Does not the mi dor of Lincoln appease the vengeance a wrath of tho opponents of this Gover ment? Aro they still unslaked? Do th still want moro blood? , Have they pot g honor and courage enough to attain tin object otherwiso than by the hands of t assassin? ["No, no."] I am not airaid of assassin? attacki me whero a brave and courageous ni would attack another. I only droad h when he would go in disguise, his fo steps noiseless. If it is blood they wa let. them have eourago enough to stri like men. I know they are willing to worn but they aro afraid to strike. [Applaus If my blood is to bo shed because I vin cato the Union and tho preservation this Government in its original purity character, lot it be shed; but when it shod, let an altar to the Union bo erect and then, if it is necessary, take me a lay me upc n it, and tho blood tbat n warms and animates my existence shall poured out as a last libation of tribute the Union of these States. [Great pl?use.] But let tho opponents of t Government remember that when ii poured out, *'tho blood of the martyr i be tho seed of tho Church." [Cheers.] Gentlemen, this Union will grow; it 1 continue to increaso in ?fre.-gth i power, though it may be cemented i cleansed with blood. I have talked lon now than I intended to speak. Let thank you for tho honor you have donei So far as this Government is concern let me say one other word in referonce the amendments to the Constitution of tho United States. When I reached Washing? ton for the purposo of being inaugurated as Vice-Preside nt of thc United States, I had a conversation with Mr. Lincoln. Wo were talking about the condition of affairs, and in reference to matters in my own State. I stated that we bad called a Con? vention, had amended our Constitution by abohshmg slavery in the State-a State not embraced in" his proclamation. All this met his approbation, and gave bim encouragement, and in talking upon tho amendment to the Constitution, bo said: "When tho amendment to the Constitu? tion is adopted by three-fourths of the States, we shall have done all, or pretty nearly all, I am in favor of in amending tho Constitution, if there was one other adopted." Said I, "what is that, Mr. Pre? sident?" Said he, "I havo labored to pre? serve this Union; I have toiled four vears; I have been subjected to calumny and mis? representation, yet my great desire bas been to preserve thc Union of these States intact, under the Constitution as they were before." But, said I, "Mr. President, what amendment do vou refer to?" Ho said he thought there should bc an amend? ment addeel to the Constitution which would compel all tba States to send their Senators and Bepresentatives to tho Con? gress of the United States. Yes, compel them. The idea was in his mind that it is a part of the doctrine of secession to break up tho Government by States with? drawing their Senators and Representa? tives from Congress, and, therefore, ho de? sired a constitutional amendment to compel them to be sent. How, now, does tho matter stand? In the Constitution of the country, even that portion of it which provides for the amendment of the or? ganic law, says that no State, without its consent, shall be deprivod of its represen? tation. And now what do we find? We find tho po? sition taken that States shall not be repre? sented, that we may impose taxes, that wo may send our tax-gatherers to every region and portion of a Staate, that the people aro to be oppressed with taxes, but when they come to particip?t* in the legislation of the country, they are met at the door and told, "No; you must pay taxes, yon must bear the burdens of the Government, but you must not participate in tho legislation of the country, which is to effect you for all time." Is this just? ["No, no."]" Then I say let us admit to the councils of tho nation those who are unmistakably and un? questionably loyal; those men who acknow? ledge their allegiance to the Government, and swear to support tho Constitution. It is all embraced iii that. Tho amplification of a oath makes no difference it a man is not loyal; but you may adopt whatever te?t oath you choose to prove their loyalty - i hat is a matter of detail for which I caro nothing-let him be unquestionably lo\ al, owning his allegiance to the Go? vernment, and willing to support it in its hour of peril and need, and I am willing to trust them. I know that some do not at? tach so much importance to this principle as I do, but one principle we carried through the revolution was, that there should be no taxation without representa? tion. I hold to that principle laid down as fundamental by our fathers. If it was good then, it is good now. If it was a rule to stand by then, it is a rule to stand by now. It is a fundamental principle that should be adhered to as long as free go? vernment lasts. I know it was said by some during tho rebellion, that our Constitution had been rolled up as a piece of parchment , and laid away; that in the time of war and rebel lion'there was no Constitution. Well, we know that sometimes from the very great necessity of the case, from a great emer? gency, wo must do unconstitutional things in order to preserve the Constitution itself. But it, while tho retoelllon was going on, the Constitution was rolled up as a pa: ju? ment; if it- was violated in some particu? lars to save the Government, there may have bean some excuse to justify it. But now that peace has come; now the war is over, we want a written Constitution; and I say the time has come to take the Con? stitution down, unroll it, re-read it, and understand its provisions. Now, if you havo saved the Government by violating the Constitution in war, you can only save it in peace by preserving the Constitution, and thc only way to preserve it is by a strict adherence to the Constitution of our fathers as it is now unfolded. It must now be read and understood bv the American people. I como here to-day, as far as I can, in making these remarks, to vindicate the Constitution and to save it, for it does seem to mo that encroachment after en? croachment is proposed. I stand to-day prepared, so far as I can, to resist these encroachments upon the Constitution and Government. Now that we have peace, let us enforce the Constitution; let us live under and by its provisions; let it bo pub? lished; let it bo printed in blazing charac? ters, as-if it were in the heavens, punctu? ated with stars, that all may read and un? derstand; let us consult that instrument: let us digest ita provisions, understand them, and, understanding, abide by them, I tell tho opponents of this Government (I caro not from what quarter they come whether from tho East, West, North Ol South,) you who aro engaged in the worl of breaking up the Government by amend? ments to tho Constitution, that the prin ripies of free government are deeply root ed in the American heart. All the powers combined, I care not o what character they are, cannot destro; that great instrument-that great chart o freedom. They may succeed for a time but their attempts will bo futile. The; might as well undertake to look np tnt winds, or chain the waves of the ocean, ant confine them to limits. They may thinl how it can be done by a concurrent reso lution; but when ic is submitted to th popular judgment and to tho popular will they will find that they might as well un dortake to introduce a resolution to repea thc law of gravity, as to keep this Unioi from being restored. It is just about as feasible to resist th great law of gravity which binda all to common centre as that great law of gravi ty which will bring back those States, an roplaco them in their relations. All the? conspiracies and machinations, North am South, cannot prevent it. All that is want ed, is time until the American people ca get to know what is going on. I would th whole American people could be assen bled here to-day, as you are. I wish w had an amphitheatre capacious enough t hold these 30,000,000 of people, that thc could be here und witness the struggle inc is going on to preserve the Constitution i their fathers. They wouid settle this quei tion. They could ?eo who it is, and how is, and what kind cf a spirit is manifest? in breaking up this great principio of frc government. Yes, when they came to sc tho strugglo, and to understand who is fe and who against them, if you could mal them perform tho part of gladiators, in tl first tilt you would find the enemies of tl country crushed and helpless. I have detained you longer than I intent ed. [ "Go on."] We aro in a great struj fie. I am your instrument. Who is the: have not toiled or labored for ? Who: is the manor woman, either in public i private lifo, who has not always receive my attention or my time ? Pardon th egotism; they say that man Johnson is lucky man; that no man can defeat me. will teU you what constitutes good luck, is doing right, and being for the peopl that is what constitutes good luck. Som how or other ?.th* peoplo will find out ai understand who is for and who is against them. I have been placed in as many try? ing positions as any mortal man was ever placed in, hut, so far, I have not deserted the ncople. and I believe they will not dc sert'me". "What principle have I violated ? What sentiment have I swerved from ? Can they put their finger upon it ? Have you heard them point out any discrepancy? Have you heard thom quote my predeces? sor, who ?fell a martyr to Ins country's cause, as going in opposition or in contra? distinction to any thing that I havo done? The very policy "which I am pursuing now was pursued under his administration, was being pursued by him when that in? scrutable Providence saw fit to remove lam, I trust, to a beti er world than this. * Where is there ono principle adopted by him, in reference to this restoration, that I have departed from ? ["None! none!"] The war, then, is not simply upon mc, but upon my predecessor. I have tried to do my duty. I know ?hat some people in their jealousy have made the remark.that tho White House is President. Just lot mo say that tho charms of the White House, and ah that sort of flummery, has less in? fluence with mo than with thoso who are talking about it. Thc little I eat or wear docs not amount to much. That required to sustain mc and my little family is very little, for I am not feeding many," though in one sense of consanguinity i v affinity 1 am akin to everybody. Thc conscious satisfaction of having performed my duty to my country is all the reward I have. Then, in conclusion, let me ask this vast concourse, this sea of upturned faces, lo go with mo in standing round the Consti? tution of our country. It is again unfold? ed, and tho people aro invited to road,, to understand and to maintain its provisions. Let us stand by tho Constitution of our fathers, though the heavens themselves may fall. Let us stand by it. Though faction may rage, though taunts and jeers may come, though vituperation may como in its most violent character, I will bo found standing by the Constitution as thc chief rock of our safety, as the palladium of our civil and religious liberty. Yes, let us cling to it as the mariner clings to thc last plank when the night and tempest closes around him. Accept my thanks for the indulgence you have given me in making tho extem? poraneous remarks I have upon this occa? sion. Let us go forward, forgetting til o past and looking to tho future, and try to restore our country, trusting in Him who rules on high, and in thc earth below, that ero long our Union will be restored, and that wc will have pea^c not only on earth, but especially with the people of the United States, and good will. I thank you, my countrymen, ^for tho respect you have manifested on this occasion. When your countrv is gone, if you are about "that place, look out and you will find the hum? ble individual who now stands before you weeping over its final dissolution. Auction Sales. Gas-light Slack. By LEVIN & PELXOTTO. THIS MORNING, at 10 o'clock, we will sell, at our store, GO shares Gas-light Stock, to pay assess? ment, by order of Board of Directors. Terms cash. March 1 1 Furniture Sale. By LEVIN & PELXOTTO. TO-MORROW MORNING, at 10 o'clock, we will sell, at our store. A variety of Household PUBNTTUBE, among winch are: Bedsteads, Bureaus, Chairs, Tables. Feather Beds, Mattresses. Washstands, Looking Glasses. Kerosene I.amp?, Ciluuoware, Ac. March 1 ;_2 Variety Sale. By Levin & Peixotto. TO-MORROW MORNING, at 10 o'clock, we will soil, immediately after tho sale of Furniture, 4 boxes lino Granulated Sugar. 5 boxes Family Soap. 3 boxes Starch. Boxes Pipes, Fancy Soaps. Superior Champagne, Ac. ALSO, A lot of very superior genuine Havana Segara, (warranted.. ) Immediately after which, tho following valuable Books, iu perfect order: 76 vols. London Quarterly Review, hand? somely bound, commencing from 1809 to L845. 26 vols. Edinburg Review, 1802 to 1815. Essaisede Montaigne, 4 vols., handsome? ly bound. Biblioth?que Portraiture, 3 vols., hand? somely hound. Lives from the Clarendon Gallery, 3 vols., handsomely bound. Van Hale's Narrative, History of England. Eclectic Gift Book, 2 vols. Fielding's Works, 1 vols. Lectures on tho English Language. life in Abyssinia, and a great variety of leairablo works, belonging to a private library._March 1 2 Catalogue Sale of 500 Lots D)-y Goods. Boots and Shoes, Hats, Milimet'y, Silks and Notions. BY MCKAY & CAMPBELL. ON TUESDAY, Cth March, at 10 o'clock, at our store, next to Post Office, Hasol street, Charleston, 3. C., will be sold, Line of DRESS GOODS, GINGHAMS and PRINTS, Ac. 100 cases and cartoons Boots, Shoes, Hats and Straw Goods. ALSO, Cases Trimmed Hats, Silk and Belt Rib? bons, Dress Silks, Notions, Ac. Conditions cash. Feb 28 1 IM and Building. By A. E. Phillips. ON MONDAY next, tho 5th March, (sale day,) at ll o'clock a. m., I will sell, at the Court HOHSC, by order of tho Trustees, A LOT on the North sido of Medium street,bctween Gatos and Assembly streets, with the building thereon, known as tho Medium Street Church. The lot contains one-fourth of an acre. The house is about 25 by 40 feet. Terms cash. Feb 27 Guano! Guano. TUST arrived in Charleston, 100 tons of *j FORD'S PHOSPHATE, which I can supply to our planters on the most liberal terms". For circulars, with terms, Ac, ap? ply without delav. JAME'S G. GIBBES, Agent, March 1 3_ Colbmbia, S. C. EDWIN Q. BELL, (Ixde of Charleston, S. C.,) B?lS&Eft & BB0&35B IN Southern Securities, 40 AND 42 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, WILL buy and sell Southern STOCKS, BONDS and BANK NOTES on com? mission. Orders for tho issue of any of the Southern Banks filled with promptness and despatch. Parties indebted to the banks should av.il themselves of present low rates to liquidate then- indebtedness. March 1 thslmo